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You get good out of life only, warns
the Commoner, as you put good Into
it.
It's the size of a dollar, thinks the
Philadelphia Record, that causes the
sighs of those who haven't it. .
I At any rate, in passing the census
bill Congress has done something,
chirps the Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
that counts. .
Americans now go to Europe, de
clares the Seattle Post Intelligencer,
for three reasons: To consult spe
cialists, study music or get into
trouble.
tr
In Dr. Eliot's list of books necessary
for the essentials of a liberal educa
I tion, Puck says we fail to note the
Football Guide for 1909.
Mr. Maxim Jr., recently returned
from Europe, Bays that in England
"they are drilling everywhere" and
. that In Germany "every other person
seems to be in uniform." Evidently,
remarks the New York World, there
is more work ahead for Mr. Maxim Sr.
What the human race needs, as
serts the Norfolk Landmark, ls an ab
solutely exact umpire-one as trust
Worthy as an adding machine. When
lilts invention has been perfected, lt
should be clinched to all baseball and
football games, yacht and track races,
gas and water pipes, etc., etc.
.. . Why do actors so often wear long
hair? Perhaps, submits the Kansas
City, Star, this is the reason: There
once was a statute in England under
which actors found wandering were li
able to be branded through the right
ear. The long hair concealed the dec
oration, and thus the custom was
started.
At the banquets of the eighteenth
century the man who carved needed
to know words as well as the use of
knives. Venison he "broached," the
pheasant he "allayed," the rabbit and
woodcock he "unlaced" and the crab
he "tamed." Dismembering a swan
was "lifting" him and the crane under
his knife was being "dsplayed." The
peacock was "disfigured."
As a variation from the abandoned
farm idea the Vermont Commissioner
of Agriculture has prepared an "avail
able farm booklet" including a list of
farina, apparently supplied by the real
estate agencies. Judging by the
prices and descriptions, some might
very well have been described as
abandoned but argreat many are plain
ly first clasB in price, declares the
American Cultivator. Prices of Ver
mont farms are supposed to have ad
vanced during recent years, but the
range of price here given shows that
there are many cheap 1 .ma still on
sale in Vermont. As for instance,
twenty-five -acres with a quantity of
spruce lumber, fair buildings, 4 1-2
miles from Barre, price $500. Anoth
er farm in East Montpelier with a
good house but poor barns .and 120
acres of land, * advertised to keep
twelve cows and team, is also held at
only $500. Some of the best bar
gains offered appear to be in the line
> of higher priced farms, which accord
ing to the description contain amply
enough lumber and wood to pay for
the farm. A study of the booklet
gives the impression that there are
still plenty of bargains in New Eng
land farm property.
FOFt M.SNDIXO ll?TTOXHOLES.
For mending buttonholes in tho
ne cv bands of bosom s'xlrts, stitch
pieces o? tape -flat aloug each eds?
ci the buttonhole, bringing them to
gether at Its ends. The tape on
each side should be just wide enough
to extend to the edge of the neckband,
where lt should also be stitch?d. Thia
new buttonhole will outwear the rest
of the /jhlrt.-(Boston Post,
Afro-American Mings
Society ' \u ^OraaWb'cTf' t$ Colonize .
Negroes. >
Rome, Ga.-There Ima boon founded
at Aragon, in Polk:-, county, a new .or
der that lias for its/bbj?bt' th?' settle
mont of the Negro problem and that
promises to become national in its
scope. "The Order of the True Amer
icans" ls the name of tho organiza
tion and efforts aro already underway
to establish a lodgo ia Rome. The
removal of tho Negro from Amerioa
and hts colonization elsowhere is the
prime object of thc order. It declares
for a speedy, lawful and honorable
settlement of the race problem upon
principles of justice to both .races. It'
ls stand for tho reunion of the north
and south, for one united white 'Amer
ica, for loyalty to tho American gov
ernment and for law and older in
stead bf mob violence.
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Negroes to Be Trained to Teach the
Bible.
Chicago, 111.-An extensive plan for
placing teachers in the colleges and
seminaries of the south which are de
voted to the education of the Negroes
so that the Negroes might be trained
to teach the Bible in their home
fields, was endorsed by - the executive
committee of the International Sun
day School Association, Ln- session
here. .,
Thc plan was the result of an ex
haustive investigation of tho schools
of the south, made by W..-N. Hats
horn of Boston, chairman of the com
mittee. The resolutions adopted
state that thc results secured from
the work heretofore done by this
committee among the Negroes have
not been ae satlsiactory as was hoped
for, and that, the committee ls of the
opinion* that owing to the religious,
social and educational conditions now
surrounding the Negro in the south,
work through field secretaries, con
ventions and institutes is not the
most effective in helping the. race to
systematize Bible ctudy and Sunday
school work. s
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Negro League Adjourns.
Louisville, Ky.-Morality and per
sonal cleanliness among the men and
women of thc black race was earnest
ly pleaded for by speaks at the clos
ing sesylous In this city of the Na
tional Negro Business League.
The convention left to tho choice
of the next meeting place to the ex
ecutive committee and re-elected its.
former official personnel, of which
Booker T. Washington is at the head,
with but three exceptions. The new
meu are Scipio Jones of Little Rock,
Ark., fourth vice -president; W, C.
Gordan of St. Louis, Mo., fifth vice
president, and J. C. Thomas of New
York, executive committeeman.
It was announced that a school to
train Negro gills as domestics will
be opened In Washington, D. C., Octo
ber 14.
The league officially passed resolu
tions thanking the arbitrators of the
recent railroad firemen's strike in
Georgia; the United States govern
ment for sending a comm it. don 40 li
beria, and asked all newspapers to
grant the organized- work of Negroes
impartial publicity-.'
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To Show the World Progress of
the Negro.
A national exposition that will,
through every style of exhibit,
?brougnt from every part of the coun
ty, demonstrate the industrial, agri
cultural and educational progress of
the Negro since emancipation, 1B the
project wherewith Professor R. R.
Wright, principal of the Georgia State
Industrial ' College for Negroes,
at Savannah, would celebrate the 50th
anni vei sar y of emancipation in 1913.
Professor Wright has just returned
from a 5,000-mile tour of the country
during the com se of which he tested
the sentiment regal ding the exposi
tion of prominent leaders of thc; race.
He speut several hours in Atlanta.
With every element of the Negro
population, Professor Wright says, the
idea advanced by himself ls universal
ly popular. Educators, preachers,
farmers and business men generally
view the proposed exposition as a
means of epieading beiore the world
. what the Negro has done since becom
ing hi3 own master, and what ho is
capable of accomplishing, regarding
advancement achieved as earnest fot
the future.
Recently at Louisville, Booker T
Washington enthusiastically endorsed
the proposal, and it is an accepted
conclusion that Negroes, irrespectlvt
of location or vocation, will give theil
co-operation.x
"Logically, of course," said Profes
sor Wright, "an exposition of thh
character and significance would ut
held in a southern city. Macon, At
lanta, New Orleans, or some othei
representative modem city will be se
lected as the site. I am particularly
anxious, also, that the federal govern
s ment should participate and I an
hopeful of success in this direction.'
Proles-sor Wright ls president o
the National Tc 41er?' Asosciation
which held its seventh annual sessioi
in Asheville, N. C., .June 22, whei
the idea of tie racial exposition wot
unqualifiedly- endorsed. Other repre
sentative bedies have extended th<
movement their -sanction.
"We want to obliteiaie," said Proi
Wright, "the old bitter association
that in a measure still characterize
emancipation celebrations and the er:
to which ?mancipation gave .birth.
"It is our plan to strip the occo
sion on Its flttleth anniversary of al
political pr prejudicial meaning, au
placo lt purely upon the basis of den:
onstrating what tte Negro ha
wrought toward bis own salvatlor
and what he is capable further of o;
looting In the samo avenues.
"Impulsive Negro leaders and il
advised white friends of tho race hav
during the last year or two Indulge
in hurtful and demoralizing demot
str" tiona based on purely t academl
and political phases.
"We ask the co-operation of ou
white neighbors in the south, the bee
and most understanding friends of th
race, in arranging a worthy diepla
which shall show the world what th
Negro has acutally achieved along mi
terial lines, which shall inspire th
humblest members of the race to fres
parcttcal endeavors and which sha
further harmonize tho best elemento
of' those 'twd races' so closely related
In the substantial destiny of the
southern states." :
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... :The Professional Negro.
"I have nb use for a professional;
Negro, the one who.makv-j'hls way-by'
being a Negro. I have no more i UKO
for <him than I have for a professional
Irishman or a professional German or
a professional Methodist, i am no
special friend to the Negro and I haye
no faith in a man who claims to' -be.
? believe in law and order. I believe
in the law being meted out to all men
and races alike and thte is my special
friendship to all races and nations'.'**
These strong words fell from* "trie
lips of the Governor of Kentucky, Au
gustus E. Wilson, as he welcomed the
National Negro Business League to
Louisville last week. Governor Wilson
besides being a republican and a Har
vard man is a brave man. He is one
of the new school of southerners, sin
cerely interested in the future of tho
Negro, because he ls Interested in the
future of the south aud the future of
America. His type of southerner's
friendship is vital for the Negro's fu
ture and in a large measure responsi
ble for his progress at present. His
admirable words are worthy cf the
calm consideration of every Negro.
The professional Negro like the pro
fessional Irishman and the profession
al Methodist Is passing. That Negro
who traded and throve In dayB gone
by on Negro emotionalism and preju
dice has been driven to the outside
of work. The grip sack politician
was in turn supplanted by the "intel
lectual" problem-solve who had *his
rendezvous at Boston. But both were
professional Negroes and of both the
race has had good riddance. The race
has learned that neither legislation
nor agitation ?but that patient and
persistent effort in all directions will
solve his problem. The Negro,
throughout, this country needs no
special friends, but defender of law
and order. He needs the opportunity
to work out his own existence as all
other Americans and then to be pro
tected only and as all other Ameri
cans.-New York Age.
Cabell Sworn In.
Royal E. Cabell, who has been post
master at Richmond, Va., was Wed
'nesday formally sworn in by the Act
ing Secretary of thc Treasury as com
missioner of internal revenue, suc
ceeding John G. Capers, of South
Carolina, who relinquished the office
Tuesday.
Blow For Publishers.
Quebec, Special.-A deputation,
all of the pulp and paper manufac
turers and all of the Canadian own
ers, of rights to <mt timber on crown
lands in the province of Quebec, have
called upon Sir Lomer Gouin, ' the
Premier, and asked the government
to prohibit the |C*fioi^^^^nJ^A^yd
to tile United SfTites. "H^^ni?ericans,
having the right to cut timber on
crown lands, did not join. The matter
is to bc submitted to the cabinet and
the indications are that the expor
tation of pulp wood will be prohibited
throughout the Dominion.
Law No Respecter of Persons.
Atlanta, Gu., Special.-In denying
a pardon to Olin F barr, former cash
ier of the Citizens' Bank, of McRae,
Ga., who has served 15 months of a
four-yenr sentence for the embezzle
ment of moro than $15,000 of the
bank'p funds, Gov. Joe Brown over
ruled the recommendations of the
State prison commission and made it
plain that family prominence and in
fluential friends will avail naught in
seeking pardons of him.
Attempts to Kill Doctor.
Birmingham, Ala., Special.-Fol
lowing the confession of his wife
that she was suffering from a criminal
operation, William McIntyre Friday
morning went to the home Dr. P. L.
Hagler and shot him through the
groin. .Four of the five shots were
fired without effect. McIntyre was
released on bond in the sum of $200.
Hagler was carried to a hospital and
later removed to his home. Mrs. Mc
Intyre, who had been ' ill several
months, is said to be in a dying con
dition.
Belief Work at Montera;.
. Mexico City, Special.-The State
governments are contributing liber
ally toward the relief fund, and it is
believed that $50,000 will be reaised
from these sources. The first esti
mate of property loss of $30,000,000
and of 2,000 .fatalities as a result of
the .floods may be under the mark.
The highways over the northern end
of the State have been destroyed and
it may be weeks before the telegraph
system is restored to its normal
status. **"
Window Glass Works Close.
Pittsburg, Special.-Reports re
ceived from towns in the Pittsburg
district were that 5,000 men employ
ed by the American Window Glass
Company are idle as the result of tho
strike inaugurated Saturday to ob
tain an increase in wages. Notices
were posfed in six machine blower
factories of the glass company that
the plants would ho closed forthwith.
The men have asked for an advance
approximating 20 per. cent, this be
ing refused h\r Hm <"-?Tn?iy.
MAT <FOR UMBRELLA JAR..
If you dread your umbrella Jar will
be broken from careless ^handling,
try .putting a rubber mat In the bot-,
tom. One housewife has Inside of
hers a circle of rubber tubing on
top of which is a flat tin plate with
slightly upturned edge. The tubing
keepa. this from resting on the bot
tom, and it can easily be emptied
of drippings.^-New York Pres.
PALMETTO HAfT?INGS
g ? t
ti?xfi $ ??O?OP . of ? General^ Interest
From All Tarts of tho State.
C., O. & O. Train Kills Two Mea.
Spartaitburg, Special.--The first
fatal accident on the Carolina, Clinch
field and Ohio Road, since construc
tion work was begun occurred Wed
nesday morning when a construction
train carrying a train load of steel
rails and a gam; of workmen ran
over Rome Wilson, thc foreman, and
doe Henderson, a colored laborer,
killing both instantly, and seriously
injuring an unknown negro laborer,
cutting off one leg. The bodies of
Wilson and Henderson were fearfully
mangled by the car wheels. The
train pulled out from Pacolet River
camp this morning nt 0 o'clock with
the workmen and rails,.ond had gone
about three milis towards Broad
River when the accident occurred. A
rail slipped from the front car be
tween it and thc second, and the
workmen thought that the ' entire
train would.be wrecked and jumped.
Henderson jumped between the first
and second car and was almost cut
in twain. Wilson, in trying to ieap
to a place of safety, fell beneath the
cars and was crushed to death.
Prospects Good For New South Caro
lina, Railroad.
Greenville. Special.-Messrs. J. P.
Charles and Broadus Martin have re
turned from a trip over the ?oute
of the proposed Glenvilla, Green
wood & Augusta Railroad, which is
fi? be built within the near future.
They report that rights of way for
this new road have been practically
all secured as far as Greenwood. The
road will run over tho. old grade of
the Carolina, Knoxville & Western
Railway as far ns Cokcsbury, at
which place it will leave the grade
for Greenwood. The road will run !
Through Princeton, Ware Shoals and
Cokesbury to Greenwood, thence to
Augusta. A charter has been applied
for and subscription books will be
open September 17.
Spartanbr.rg Will Cel?brate.
Spartanburg, Soetial.-At a meet
ing pf tho chamber of commerce
Thursday night preliminary arrange
ments were roado to give one of the
biggest free entertainments ever giv
en in this State upon the occasion of
the operation of the first train over
tho Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio road
into the city. The plans are to givei
a free barbecue to people from all
sections of tlo State and especially
to those li vin sr alonz the line of the
free firew^S! Babt and
a little oratory n^r^| Bon. The
iden is to make the OCCOSOTP a gen
eral holiday and provide free attrac
tions and good things to eat to
those who come.
Erring Gaffney Couple Arrested in
Atlanta.
Gaffney, Special.-Some weeks ago
M. C. Green, who lins a wife and fam
ily, left Gaffney, accompanied by a
Mrs. Kirby, a young mnrried womajt.
A warrant; wo"4i issuer!, for the arrest
of Green and Sheriff Thomas received
information that ho had been cap
tured in Atlantn. and was in cus
tody in that city. S! .-riff Thomas
will send cn officer for Green. Tho
woman who fled with Green left a
young baby about six weeks of age.
Green was engaged in conducting a
bottle establishment hero before, he
went away and was thought to be
doing a geed business.
Mr. Jennings Accjp**.
Cokesburv, Sp-fial.-Mr. J. S. Jen
nines of Greenville has been elected
rector of the Cokesburv Conference
school and luis accepted the position.
He is meeting with a good deal of en
couragement in his canvass for pupils.
Newberry is Against Bonds.
Newberry, Special.--LitlLe interest
was shown in the election in 'this
county Tnerdav on the question of
issuing $300.000 worth of bonds for
rond improvement. With all but two
small boxes heard from the county
gives for bond 110: ogainst bonds
1,230. About Knit of the vole of the
county was polled.
Popular Traveling Men 'Lease the
Hotel at Newberry.
Newberry, Special. - Messrs.
Charles P. Pelham and Haskell
Wright, of this city, have leased the
Newberry Hotel and took charge
lost week. Thc Newberry was under
the mnnacement of Mr. A. T. Brown
up until Ibo time of his death about
the midd!? of Alienist. Beth Mr. Pel
ham and Mr. Wright are well known
throughout this and other States,
Mr. Pelham having traveled the Eas
tern portion' of the country, and Mr.
Wright having traveled tho Western
States.
Pair io be Held at Leefield.
Edgefield. Special.-The Edgefield
County Fair Association decided to
hold their first fair on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, October 27, 28
and 20. Every effort will be put forth
at onco to make this first annual
event a signal triumph. The Ladies'
Chrysanthemum Association will hold
their fall festival in conjunction with
the fair people. A novel and gratify-'
ing succ?s* is thus assured tho town
' and county. .
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THE "GRAFT CASES" J?
Attorney General and Associates Will
i Soon Be Beady For Trial.. |
Columbia, Special-Active prepar
ations are being made by Attorney
General Lyon and bi's associate attor- (
o?ys for trial of the dispensary 1
"graft*' cases at the coming term of
2onrt, which convenes Tuesday, with ?
Judge Memminger presiding.
The attorneys have been at work
for* some time gathering up the loose
2nds of the evidence'obtained at in
tervals, and the cases brought up are 1
?xpected to bc of interest throughout
the entire country. ,
It is not known yet when the cases j
will be called, although it is thought
that some of them will be taken up
luring the second week of court. All
may not be brought up at the present
term as each of the trials may con
mine several days and it is customary
to clear the juil of prisoners before
the other cases are started.
Those now under indictment in
?lude Jas. S. Farnum, Jno. Black, Joe
B. Wylie, Jno. Bell Towill, L. W.
Boykin, W. ?. Tatum, M. A. Good
man, Jodie M. Rawlinson, W. A. By
afs and others.
Seminole Cases Will Be Pushed.
* Columbia, Special.-The prosecu- '
lion in the indictments brought and
afterwards to be presented to. the |
?r?nd jury in the case against those
involved in the organization of the
Seminole Securities company, will be
pushed by J. W. Thurmond, an attor
ney of Edgefield, and former solicitor
af this circuit 'when 'Richland was in
eluded in the Lcxington-Edgefield ter- ?
"ritory.. . The cases will come up at
?the coming term of court if possible
land it is very probable that other in- |
I lictments will be brought then. The
I prosecution as planned by the receiv
?rs was not pushed, according to Mr.
W. F. Stevenson, who was in the city .
Saturday, because of the difficulty in
securing the service1' of some of the
lawyers interested in the receivership
hearing, to continue in the criminal |
work. Mr. Stevenson is busy in the
, disperisnry litigation and could not
serve. It is thought, however, as a
result additional warrants will bo
.sworn out. ?
Water Route to Columbia. >.
Columbia, Special.-It is a wei- I
i come announcement which comes to
Columbia, Georgetown and other
towns along the water route between
here and Georgetown in the form of
a letter from Chief Engineer Adams
to Commissioner Watson and others !
-interested that1 the report of the in
vestigation of the Congaree, Santee
and Wateree recommends securing a
depth of six feet and a width of ono .
hundred feet from Winyah bay to
the Santee, and a channel depth of ?
not less than four feet to Columbia
by the Santee and the Congaree and
not less than four feet to Camden by |
the Wateree, and the raising of the
dam at Columbia two feet. This |
means water freight business from
Baltimore and New York to Colura
bit by Georgetown nil the year round
und placing this city on the same
water basis as Augusta.
Child Drinks Coal Oil.
Rock Hill, Special.--Haywood, the
2-year-old son of Mr. F. H. Moore, a
prominent liveryman of this city,
while playing around their home in
Woodlawn Park Saturday afternoon,
managed in some way to get hold of
a vessel cntaining some kerosene oil
and drank a lot of it, fotrunately a*
physician happened to be nt the next
door neighbor's and was called in and
administered antidotes and after
working with the little fellow for
some time brought him around all
right. He is said to have been a sick
child for severn! hours.
Drought Unbroken.
Orangeburg, Special. - Thc dry
spell continues here and the cotton is
going back every day. Owing to this
condition the cotton is opening rapid
.ly and the market here has been flood
ed. On Saturday 340 bales were sold
here and about 250 were marketed
Saturday. Most of this cotton
brought 12 cents per pound.
First Saturday in November For
Fanners' Competition at Gaffney.
Gaffney, Special.-The first Satur
day in November has been fixed for
tlue Cherokee county exhibit of the
colts which will compete for th? valu
able prizes offered hy the National
Bank of Gaffney. It is probable that
a tremendous crowd will be. in Gaff
ney on that dote, as n large number
of farmers sud stock raisers are com?
peting for the prizes. The prizes of
fered by thc Merchants and Planters
Bank for the best yields of cotton
and corn and the prizes offered by the
.National for the best stock is an in
centive to farmers to do their best.
Hamrick and tho Improvement Bonds
, \ Win Out in Gaffney.
Gaffney, Special.-Full returns
from the senatorial election give
Hamrick 820 votes and Hardin 040,
a majority of 180 for Hamrick. While
this is not official, it is approximately
correct. The vote for sewerage and
water works as given in the special
was not quite correct. The vote in
favor of water works was 336 against
10. In favor of sewerage 335 against
13.
SNAPPY km BRIEF
Items Gathered and Told While
You Mold Your Breath.
SOME EVERY DAY HAPPENINGS
Lively and Crisp, as They Are Gar
nered From the Fields of Action
at Home and Abroad.
China and Japan have reached an
nnicable adjustment of their compli
cations in Manchuria.
New Jersey is considered a mos
quito state but Prof. Smith, who has
put his theories to a practical tost,
has rid much of the mosquito terri
tory of .the pest by drainage. Ho
Buds that tho eggs arc laid in soft
mud and if the mud is dried they
cannot hatch.
Near Butte, Montana, Tuesday, a
grizzly bear carried off a little child
of a Mr. Doolittle. He pursued with
dogs and gun. The bear dropped the
child little hurt, killed ono dog and
put the other to flight. Mr. Doolittle
was thrown from thc horse he was
riding and had a leg broken, which
put lum at tho mercy of the grizzly
which mortally wounded him beforo
rescurers killed the bear!
In Costa Rico in the late presi
dential election the fight turned from
ballots to bullets.
A lone bandit held up an express
train Tuesday near Lewistown, Pa.,
and robbed it of bags of money.
"When he sent the train away he
picked up a bag of Lincoln pennies
mistaking it for gold and the gold
Vas recovered. Ile got very little.
"Washington, New York, Chicago
and. St. Louis are bidding for the
world's aviation contest in 1010.
Mrs. Fredricu H?rnsheim died in
New Orleans the last day of August,*
lacking only a' few months of 100
years old.
The President of Frnnce and Mme.
Fallieres entertained Mrs. Roose
velt and . daughter Miss Ethel, last
Tuosdaj*.
A Reading, Pa., dispatch says the
present drought is thc worst for 50
years.
St. Michael's Home for Children
in New York, was partially destroyed
by fire Tuesday and seven children
under five years old perished in the
flames. s
Disciples of the "Unknown Ton
gue" are disappointed nt the exis?
tenee of Tampa, Florida, -which ac
cording to their prophet, was to
have been wiped off the face of the
earth on September 1st.
"William Mitchell, a wealthy and
prominent citizen of Tbomasville,
Qa., committed the great criminal
folly of assault on a pure woman. He
did not succeed and bis punishment
was fixed at one year's service on the
chain gang. Ail efforts for commuta
tion of sentence to service on peni
tentiary farra have been rejected by
Gov. Brown. He must undergo the
penalty.
The Nashville, Tenn., police are
worried over many cases of "drunk"
from which there is no odor. They
can't find out "Howcome you so."
Ten deaths from cholera have oc
curred recently in Rotterdam. There
are 17 cases and 74 suspects.
Two masked men robbed the Mills
County German Bank of $1,500 at
Mine?lo, Iowa, "Wednesday in open
day.
The steamer Lucania of the Cun
ard line, which was burned and sunk
near Liverpool last week, will prob
ably not be repaired at all.
Mrs. Sutton has obtained permis
sion to have the remains of her son,
Lieut. James Sutton, exhumed but
she abhors the presence of the of
ficers that she thinks are responsible
for ber sons death.
Seven , deaths front cholera are re
ported from St. Petersburg and 33
new cases within 24 hours.
Count Zeppelin made a successful
sail in bis airship Sunday from
Frederichshafen to Berlin. He was
enthusiastically applauded.
The total number of victims of the
explosion at Boca Chica, near Key
West, Fla., was 20. 10 dead and 10
injured. All the injured are in a
fair way to recovery except James
Gallagher, whose condition is serious.
His back is broken and bis ribs and
chest terribly crushed.
Dispensaries are again open in
South Carolina except several coun
ties in dispute. In the counties
where the dispensaries were voted
out they will rerauin open till the pe
riod allowed for closing out the
stock.
The international cup of aviation,
known also as the Gordon Bennet
trophy, was won Sat urda-*- at Reims,
France by Glenn H. C irtiss, the
Amerjean aviator, in the fastest
aerial journey of 20 kilometres
(12.42 miles) ever accomplished by
man. His time, 15 minutes 50 3*5
seconds was only 5 3-5 seconds foster
than that made by Blerjot over tb?
same course.
The cave-in of an old mine did
great damage to two blocks of the
city of Scranton, Pa., last Sunday.
The surface sank from 2 to 8 feet.
Many houses were injured and. a few
ruined. The loss is set at $300,000.
The Spaniards last week set land
mines for the Moores and blew up
100 While engineers were placing
more mines in the night tho Moores
attacked and killed 50 engineers. >
The Mahdi st rebels in Arabia blew
up the Turkish barracks and wound
ed 240 men.