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tOANAND SAYINGS L. C. HAYNER PE?SIDEXT. Chas. C. inward O^RIUKR. y ; RF.3litISCES OY RR 5I.oon,(KK> Ml . 72 EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JAN?AKY 9, W07. ?f AUGUSTA, GA. Ii. O. BAYNE, President FRANK O. FOED, ?ashi?. CAPITAL..$250,000 Surplus and Profits. 150,000 Wtdull i? pleasad to har. yon open M aocwurt + With thu Bani. Cuit?me n an d cor reapor,A:n tx BO- * sored of every canrtetj md accommodation po?!- i4> ble andar ccmerra?Te, mod wo Bttfctog ra* thodi X i H i yi i frt M 1111 ii 11111111i? NO. 8. REBATES furl Overrntes Demurrer of Sfandafd Oil Company. STAINED IN TWA INDICTMENTS oration Sustained in Only Two )ut of Ten Pending Indictments These Because pf Technical defects Violation.'.Qf : Elkins Law tr Give Cut Rate to Shipper, Sven . BeaZn-^Dfeectr- -./- - Jhic^go, .Special. -: Judge "Landis lu-. Tidied States District" Court iled ihi: demurrer of the Stand Company to eight ^of the rc bs^d^lm?r?tspending- .agaijist '"" cognition, ?but sustained:, "the. ?rorro r asjiatwo others indictments msc "of technical defects, court ruled" against the de* lant^^Wnte?'tion that the- Elkins'1 j was---enacted- really to prohibit--] employment of indirect methods' [obtain preferential rates, it- be the defendant's con ten timi' that j vak not a violation of the law 'if tr ray/, eorupauy,. -dealiug^.;directly za shipper, give that shipper a -ratcY". ' ' , ho . -court also >ulcd- against the eildontjs<.claim that the provisions the"" Elkins law requiring shippers adhere- .to a published rate was d ns ;being against.- that, provision the,. -ipter-Stat? commerce law, ich . required carriers to transport D?rty for a reasonable rate, the* j holding that carriers and ship s'were: both'required to adhere to published rate until such rato ?"publicly changed in the manner ^scribed bv_law. : Binding oh-. Consignees.- X Che court ruled-against the de ?Lint's .contention that the provis LbfC;the inter-State commerce law "jumng^rm terminai-] [arges- was not , op?r?t i /e upou cou lees,, /h?rding'" that ,'in -?res>ect.;.to \ terminai;,charges, . inasmuch... as ? consigner; would have only little, '.ry,-interest' in the question, the hv^plainly was intended to be . bind - v, on consignees. I .Avier observing that - the Elkins ^and that, "unless that there was ia itv te ?e?piug.. alive "the future ?eeution. ofv^jffenses.. which ? had r: .- : commit ted against the Elkins iyV- prior 'io -its.: ,appeal, the court "Mi! sccti?nv.i3?,/j>f->. the. ..Revised" ^es..bf>'thftvLTnit5d States. , "'il^tta-^ ?it?mptjfb^fh?.;. Congress" that-: 1 'Ti- it"; to;-".curtail, -the. authority, iuce?edirig^?^ limiting "iva'nce thtr.effeet'-to be given to th jfctments. It .is'.rather the substi ?iit'on of a new-.rule- to be; observed the. courts in the. construction of ft^ute5-^e.reaite?L.,;tp.. .be.. "ens.c.te.d.. Chat- until such old rula is restored, \a?? sujic^e'[Iiu'4.Con?:ress intends thaU 'l"? /ConrTs'?iEair ^aiflld'^y-'thVl?^ "ejvir?. giving effecl"=.to,. .their -.enact: jn;ts,:.iseems, to me b'eyondiquest?on/:j /To Enforce Th?^Law -'.':it:|s the duty of the court, " said JxidgewLandis, "to enforce the will ol ?o^ressv;as exppressedin-^the w&tt?n,. enactment., In^thev.ascer?ttin ms?t pf that will,? am "not at libi?rty tqv?g?pre the ultimate object bf'"the 'law'. That object was the establish j m?nt :of uiiiform railroatl: rates.' rea [sonable in amount. The former law had failed ?to 'acomplish this, and f was therefore strengthened. Instead , )? being w?ped off the books, as have :i?g^;Se?'ed jts purpose, additional and ''^ere|liabilities were created, and ('-ernor? drastic Temedi.es -nd penalties authorized. //"MX opinion is that the so-called saving^clavtse in section 10 will be.in-? iserte'd^fdr ,the* soie purpose ?of ? defi mtely?iyr?scribi?g the .rule of .proce dure tfcat i>l?bul'd control'th? prosecu'tj tion ofj causes then pending in various sta.'jes^in the courts, thus,'avoiding .' the confusion and controversy which, as experience has shown, must other wise,-, fi?v? resulted. - ? Report oh'Negro Exhibit. AVashmjgton.; Special.-The govern I'meiYt board'i bf' the Jamestown Ex position, .dosisting .'of- Secretaries ;Taft, Skawjrh'd Hetcarf/held ja meet:. ?-f?r the pur^o^ ;of-receiving-? report" '''{rom the Negro?'Development & Ex position C?mrJaViy;1 which" under the! i lav; has c^argo- of the negro exhibit ! .as to the progress that has been made. ^?n'.?.?h'?ir work. Giles B. Jackson, otr ?'Richmond., the head of the company,. ;55ubmitted a v.-ritren report, and ad journment was taken until next Mon day. In the meantime Jackson's re .port will be examined by the hoard Fire Loss \Over- Half ^Million. New York, Special-Fire 'destroy ed the big furniture store of Cowper^ Th waite & Sons, at Third avenue and 121 strecs, entailing : a'lossx of hali' million dollars and causing the iu riury of four firemen,-none seriously. Tbe-Wazer which started a few minu tes after G o 'clock quickly develop ed into the mest * spectacular xfire seen in Harlem in a long time. " } -Eoad:IFrom Atlanta to Macon. Macon, GU3pt?c?al^D?re?r0rs. ahd| Btoekholders of the Macon, Dublin :.&< Sayaniiali. Railroad held a meetik he!;c and authorized the issue of - ab $3^000,000 mortgage 'bonds.- A road will be built from Atlanta to: Mn on tc'''.connect with . the Macon. Di;'i in ' <fc . Savannah . in this city. Tl; "s will give a line from. Atlanta to V: ;. Jin, r.early 190 nu?es)-'where con* nv:: mi. vrill be -made wlih - the Afr lfiJrrlc Coast Line. .. i A RIGID INVESTIGATION Under Resolution-of Congress^ Inter-1 State' 'Cominerte7 Commission Will Shift Every Piece-of Evidence to hi had in an Effort to Ascertain if- Ee cent Railroad Disasters Have Beei Due to Unreliable Block System, 0) , Carelessness of Employes Stationed Here. ^Washington,- Special.-What prom ises to be a most rigid' investigation "of the*recent" wrecks bri" the Baltimore &" '6hi?;.Railrpad.'.at .Tera';..Cp,tta, ?? Ci, in wihch more than two score of passengers lost their lives, and oh, the ^Southern Railroad at Lawyers, Va. on Thanksgiving Day? . when Presk .dent Samuel'Spencer and seven oth ers w'ejr'killea^was begun by the^mlefc State Commerce .Commission, ^acting under ? >gen?r?l: r?solution passed by .Confess in' the last session providing for an inquiry into the operation on . tbs block system on the " railroad*: throughout the country; It is the'pur -pose-of the -eoniinission''to'"determi?e'' whether the responsibility for these two wrecks should ;be . placed jon th? 'w?rk?njgs1 bf. th?b lock- system or the carelessness of the 'ra?r?ads^emp??y --?-<; stationed at the block statical.- . -*Conrinissi?n?r "ClemenTs1 is conduct' ing the inquiry, a?d. the railroads are represented by attc leys. It is under stood, if the block system is found tc be unreliable, some immediate legisla tive remedy ih?y be urged upon Cpi^ gr?ss by the commission.; . . The Terra Cotia Wreck-. The Terra Cotta wreck w?s first takeh up. Chief' Dispatcher T; F Dent, of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail road, testified that the whereabouts of trains are of ten unknown to'him for 5 or 10 minutes because, of th;; 'failure or inability of operators at thc block stations to t??mmurticat? with him when a train passes their stations, Engineer Hilderbrand, pf the "dead*' equipment' train, I whick crashed into the Frederick (Md;)"Iocal vat ' Terra Cotta" testified that " the "double green" light was displayed at Silver Jlr???*sjmd University, station_If.. there was any "danger light" at Ta ,kpma.j?tatiou,..; the witness...deelares. ;he-did' not lsee if.' H? testified-thal -between'' Friday evening' " af" 6:30' o'clock and Sunday evening at 6:30. when" the wreck 'occurred, a period of.4S hours, he-had had only eight hours sleep. He said, however, that when he. was-called .to make: the-fatal j run he did not feel' a :lact off sleepy* but was in good trim: > Three Times 'Suspended. Hilderbrand admitted he had- been suspendede. on. at. least, three, occur. sions, once for allowing the\:enginc where ' engm?ers have passed .by a red signal, bqt he could not give any. specific instances. He admitted he_ sometimes _to.ok a. drink when off duty^ but that on the day of -the wreck he had not-touched^ Prepared Special^ct?t?on of Presi ': dent's panania Message. Washington, Special.-To meet a great public demand for the recent mesage of the President to- Congress narrating the events' of his- trip & .the .fsthmus of Panama^ lasf'fall? the Gove'fnment Priiifing'Office lias.Jpre'; pared an edition, with seven appen : dices and 26 ^full-page - illustrations making, what is 'denominated a ' text book on the subject of - the canal, \vhich_wil he sold fe. th? public by .thc Superintendent, of Documents -'ripon' application for 50 cents per; copy. Abandons Reconstruction. New ' Orleans", Special.-A telgram from Washington states that the -United/Stetcs*;goverament;has''aban dpned ats ^rjecostructiph "pf Fort St Philiy, near the mouth of the Mis sissippi, riv.eiy and that ^contractors amounting to nearly $100,000 will be abrogated. One of the contractor* said that he had received a request -asking on what-terms he Ari? -abr? -gate--his-contract.-During-the~gulf hurricane,, last,, fall Fort .St.. Jhilip was badly damaged. % - ? :\ 'j ': . ''.i . i s -Serious' ?loods?;in ^Arkansas. % Little rRoclc, - Ark;., P Speci?l.4-The floods through central Arkansas are the worst known in 20'y?aTsrv'' Little Rock and Hot Springs arep radi cally isolated. No trains have ibeen operated to or' from Hot Spring? since Wednesday afternoon. Not' uh: til Thursday eveninar. was. ,the Rock Island able to operate'trains out o? Little Rock,-and all through trains on the lion Mountain are detoiued :via/.Texarkana- and -Camden. ' Tributes to Mrs. Jefferson Davis. .Montgomery, Ala;, . Special-Tri butes to Mrs. Jefferson Davis, in imanui?/ipt," or other 'eligible form, brought forth by her recent death, wilt be. sent to the Ladies' Memorial Association, to be kept at Montgom ery, "the cradle of the Confeder acy;" This is given out by Mrs. Margaret Davis Hayes, only surviv ing child of Mrs. Davis, in compli ment io the neighbors: of'her mother during-thoreariv davs of the wary. ' >'.-.<? -.. :\ ; \ ' * . ' Balled in Selma, Ala., Saloon. ? . r J '. ". .' * Selma, ATa., Special.-Marion Phil lips was shot and killed by L. S. Burch in a saloon here. Both men are white linemen. They had frequently quarreled and after a dispute, Phil lips knocked Burch down, whereupon P?urch..opened , fire, :killing ...Phillips. .Burch came here from Jackson, Miss, Phillips has a wife in-Savannah and relatives in Augnita, Ga, ?O IfllpiN Ail Colored Troops Ordered to foreign Service NO ECHO OF BROWNSVILLE CASE Department issues Ordere for Prepar ation for Service and Soldiers Will Sail Between Marcia 5 and June 5 of Present Year-^Troop.B Being . Sent Because It is Their Turn to Go and ?bt Because of Any Desire to Get Them Out. of United Statea at This Time^-None Were Sent Be tween 19?2 and 19?5, .'Washington, Special;-The Ninth arid Tenth Cavalry and the Twenty fifth Infantry, including all the negro soldiers' in the regular ?rmy iri this country^have be u ordered to preparo for service iii the Philippines and will : sail at different tiroes between March 5th and June oth of this year. The only Other regiment composed of negroes, tii? Twetl?y-foui'tb Infantry, is n?w doiiig service" iii the Philip pines; : Other -troops ordered to tue Phil ippinesv&re the Sixth . Cavalry, the Eighteenth, Twenty-sixth j Twenty ninth and ' Thirtieth Infantry. The troops which wili be relieved by the sending of these new regiments will be the Four th j Seventh and Eighth Cavalry.and. the Ninth; Tirteenth. Fifteenth} Sixeteenth aiid Nineteenth Infantry: It was' stated by. Major General Bell, chief bf staff/that the hegro reg iments are "being seritv to the Philip pines because it is their.turn to go, and not because of any desire to get them out bf the United States'?t this time. ? _t The negro "troops ?r? to sail for the Philippines'before most of the white organizations; rhe~rast of which will not/leave this country until early in January, 190S. Statement by Department. The followng statem?nt was issued fr?rn the War department in explana tion'of the orders: - "There-was a time, between 1902 and .1905, when the colored regiments were?pot sent to the Philippines at all. in 1905, however, this policy was tentatively changed; and the Twenty fourth Infantry, colored regiment, was sent to the Philippine* and is now there. The services of the Twenty fourth Infantry in the Philippines has been etirely satisfactory, and it is thought that the services of the oth er regiments will be. "In reporting upon this subject General Wood states: 'I recently vis ited and made an inspection of the Departnients of the Visayas and Min regiment.' "Because of,this report and expe rience, the general staff recommend ed and the Department decided it to bc wise tQ return to the former policy of equal foreign service of all the reg iments of the.mobile army. "The present assignment of the other colored regiments to the Phil ippines is merely for an equal distri bution of foreign service. They have njit been there for four years. It, now becomes ' fair to them and to other regiments that they be assigned to thc Philippines in due order. " " Foreign service, it should be stat ed, increses the pay of the men-20 per cent and counts double time for retirement. It was pointed out at the Department therefore that the idea that these orders were prejudicial to thc colored'troops .or were made on account of the Brownsville affair, was utterly absurd. The Georgia May be Presented With Silver Service. jgWashington/ Special.-A number of representative men of Savannah Sat urday called on Assistaut Secretar}' of the1 Navy Newberry, and conferred ivith him regarding:' the presentation of a silver service to the battleship Georgia. Although nothing definite was arranged,"it-is probable lhat"the vessel will be sent South in the spring. Savannah Puts In Her Bid. Washington, Special-A delegation from Savannah, headed by formei Senator Norwood, arrived here in the interest of the establishment of a sub Treasury in that city. Col. J. H. Es till, of the Savannah Morning News, and Pleasant A. Stovall, of the Sa vflnnr.lrTress; were among the party. The delegation held a conference with Senators Bacon and Clay and mem bers of the Georgia delegation in the House of Representatives and next week will go before the ways and means committee to urge Savannah's elands. Four Killed and Two Fatally Injured In Explosion. Kenosho, Wis., Special.-lu an ex plosion in the grinding mill at the Laftin & Rand Power Mill Company, in Plesant Prairie, Kenosho couuty, four persons were killed outright and two were fatally injured. Two others were badly hurt. One of the dead is Ralph Alderson, the other three arc Russians;.names are unknown. The financial loss is about $10,000. < No. 97 Is No More." Spencer, N. C., Special.-Fast mail train No. 97, running between Wash ington and New Orleans, the fastest train known to the railroad world, and the only one of the kind in the United States, being maintained by a spec ial act of Congress, made its last trip Saturday night, passing Spencer two hours late. At midnight a gen eral change of schedules on the South? em Railway system takes effeot and four new-trains take the place of No, 97 on the main line, CONGRESS AT WORK Both Houses of Congress Resume Work After Holiday Recess. Koon after the Senate met Senator Foraker's resolution providing for ?ii inquiry', by the Senate into the discharge of the negro troops of tho ?fwenty*fifth Infantry on account of the Brownsville, Texas, episode, Was kid before the Senate and Senator Cuibersoii made an address on the subject, He said that he would have kept quiet but for the fact that great injustice hod been done the people of Brownsville., Mr, Cuiberson said that the con duet of the negro soldiers had been Very iritathig to the Brownsville people add especially so to the wom en, He related^ that on August 4, last, the day before the "shooting tip" of the town, a criminal assault had been Committed by One of the soldiers oh the wife of a reputable citizen and said that no arrests had been made for the crime": Mr? Ciil bersori 'defended Captahi McDonald; of the Tex?s Rehgers, to whom Mt: Foraker had referred b?cdus? of Major Blocksoin's r?f?rence to hint as a man who was "so brave ,that he would bot hesitate to charge hell with a bucket of w?ter;" Mr. Cui berson also said that h? knew Major Biocksom to b? ?- g?riti?m?ri; Defe?ds^th? President In defending President Ro?sev??t for his dismissal of the troops, Mr. Cuiberson said the fact that the troops were negroes had nothing to do with their discharge;. Confu sion as to the legal question involved was, h? said, resposible for the state ment that the Pr?sident had ho au thority to make the discharge; ?he President's constitutional authority and the authority given him by the articles of War clearly covered the case and m?d? his action legal, he declared; He contended that dis charges for criminal offenses are cov ered in the articles of war as are also discharges made to effect punishment Mr. Cuiberson said that there was a distinction between ? "discharge without honor." ?h the former Cas? the President could exercise his dis cretion as he had done in the instance only he made as the result of a court martial. He instanced' several cases to sustain his position^ Negro Soldiers Motive. To establish the motiv? actuating the negro' soldiers in creating the &l leged disturbance, Mr. C?lberso?l read resolutions recently adopted by^ negro citizens of Boston, Whichv ad-" ...i xi..i. .4.1,0 enWitxr~- "ahnt itn": au mun* ui u? ci i mia^?j. Disclaiming any partisanship for the President, Mr. Cuiberson created a wave of merriment'by saying: "I have ntohing to do with the President in the matter. I care noth ing about him. My personal rela tions with him are about as cordial as those of the Senator from Ohio." (Mr. Foraker.) In all fairness, Mr. Cuiberson said, the country ought to know that the report made to the President was re liable. In the House. Within 15 minutes from the time the gavel of Speaker" Cannon fell calling together the House of Repres entatives, after the holiday recess, the lower branch of Congress ad journed, the absence of a quorum bringing about the early adjournment The House was a trifle late in meeting due to the absence from the Speaker's table of the badge of au thority, the gavel, and in conse: quence the small membership of the House present were kept standing a minute or two longer than usual un til the Speaker obtained the "ham mer." But when the gavel was re ceived a responding whack brought the House face to face with what bids fair to be a busy session. W. F. Englebright, of the first California district, and Charles G. Washburn, of the third Massachu setts district, were sworn in as mem bers of the 59 th Congress to take the places of James N. Norris Gil lett, of California, resigned, and Rockwood Hoar, of Massachusetts, deceased.' "The Omnibus Claims Bill." "The omnibus claims bill," so called, carrying apropriations foi claims under the Bowman and Tucker acts, and miscellaneous claims on which favorable reports have been been made by the war claims commit tee, was before the House and for nearly five hours the merits of th: measure were exploited. The bill, however, hardly got beyond the start ing post stage when the House ad journed. Immediately after approval of the .journal Speaker Cannon announced the appointement of Representative Englebright, of California, to a place on the committee of mines and min ing, vice Mr. Williamston, of Oregon, removed. The Speaker based this ac tion on the ground that Mr. William son had failed thus far to attend a single session of the Fifty-ninth Con gress. He has been convicted of par ticipation in land frauds in Oregon. Senator - (Julberipn defended the President's order discharging the ne gro troops, and Senator Foraker re plied to him. The Foraker resolution was, by agreement, -;ven the right of way in the Senate next Monday. The House remained in session only long enough to enable two new mem bers to take the oath of office. The government will appeal from the decision of Judge Evans declaring 1 the; Employer^ Liability law unoon-J ititutional, " ! Cashier and Others Kided By Explosion CRANK WANTED A BIG LOAN . / --' Dropped .! by tTnidentified Foreigner After He Had Demanded of Pres ident 4 Loan of $5,000-Cashier In stantly} Killed and Bomb-Thrower Blown vto 'Pieces-The Injured are Clerks: and the Negro Messenger, Who Was Fearfully Hurt, Both * Eyes Being Blown Out, Scalp Torn Off and Face So Mangled That He Is Unrecognizable. Philadelphia, Special.-Demanding a loan of $5,000 and failing to get it, a man ^'hb has not yet been indenti fied dropped a bomb in the Fourth Street National Bank Saturday, blow ing himself to pieces, instantly killing Cashier (W. Z. McLear, and injuring six others, one or two of whom may die. The only clue to the identity of the bomb-thrower Was ? bunch of keys found in a portion of the clothing at tached to which was a plate inscrib ed "Ri J Steele, Garner, Iowa," The Fourth Street Uational Bank is the largest financial institution in the city and occupies the greater portion o? the first floor of the Butlitt build ing on Fourth street between Chesnut and W??nut streets in the heart of the financial distinct. The explosion was terrificjiand it caused tremendous ex-, citemerit in the Crowded building and the street; The explosion- occurred a few min utes before 12 o'clock, fit ? time when the balik is usually well filled with persons iii a hurry to transact bus iness before the bank closes, No one saw the unknown man enter the bank except E. F. Shanbacker, the vice president, who was passing out of the building on his way to luncheon. He noticed the man was poorly dressed, looked like a Russian and carried a small parcel, The man walked straight back to the rear of the bank aiid ask eda clerk.to direct him to the office of the'president, Richard H. Rush tori;' ; What took place in his office is best told by the president himself. ; Asked a Loan of $5,000. fi 'I-Vw'as very busy when the man eu tered my office, and I asked him to bo seated- for a moment, He was .v.erv. ously. I asked him his business and he gave me his name as G. E. Wil liams and said he wanted a loan of $5,000. He .did not look like a man who could make a loan of that amount and I asked him for collateral. He said something about an insurance policy and that it would mature in from one to five years, I was then convinced the man was a crank and decided to dismiss him at once, not for a moment thinking there was any harm in hun. I told him he would i have to see the cashier and directed him out into the banking department. At the same moment I called the col ored messenger, William Crump, to see that the man was quickly takeu out of the building. As I turned to continue my work at the desk there was a terrific explosion and I thought the building was coming down. The man had not time to reach the cash ier, the explosion came so soon." Details as to what actually happen ed when the man left the office of President Rushton differ, as no ono can be found who saw the man drop the bomb. The door to the office of Cashier McLear is only a few feet from that of- President Rushton and the man must have dropped the dead ly missie between the two rooms. Cashier McLear was sitting at his* desk at the time and his body was badly mangled. The boom-thrower's body was, torn to pieces. President Escal?n is Anxious to Sup press Revolution. San Salvador, Republic of Salva dor, By Cable.-Hondurans residing in Nicaragua and Salvador started tbs recent revolution, in the government of Honduras, which was suppressed by Nicaragua "and Salvador. The Central American republics are arfx \O?s to maintain peace by all means. President Escalen, of Salvador, made an important declaration to this ef fect. Ex-President Poticarno Hou illa, of Honduras, who was compro mised in the revolution, has been im prisoned. Train Robber Arrested. Huntington, W. Va., Special-Per cy Martin, of Atlanta, Ga., was ar rested here charged with being one of the bandits who held up a Seaboard Air Line train 8 miles south of Rich mond on New Year's eve. He admit ted his guilt and delivered-to the of ficers a $500 diamond ring which had been taken from one of the passen gers. He told where most of the mon ey can be found. The Vatican Determined. Paris, By Cable.-Developments in the church and State situation con tinues to indicate that the Vatican authorities feel constrained to vindi cate their course, by which church property in France to the value of $120,000,000 was forfeited by the re jection of everything offered by the government, and will even go to thc extent of ordering the clergy to leave the churches in the hope of driving thc 'T. v.eh Catholics to demand re <?'.: . i he ballot box. i Late ?feb&s I I In 'Brief ?& I I MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST f It is reported that the Marlboroughs have become reconciled. Hot municipal elections were held in several West Virginia towns. Chancellor von Buelow calls on the German electorate to put down social ism. Great Britain will send a splendid naval fleet to the Jamestown expo sition. The new French Church and State Separation bill was signed an<f pro mulgated. Archbishop Ryan denounced the French government officials as worse than^pagans. . Judge William Bush, 82 years old, was run over and seriously hurt at Parkersburg. Defeated for re-election, a Massa chusetts septungenarian officeholder took his life. Two thousand Norfolk women met to plan the city's part in the James town exposition. - Gov. Vardaman, ot' Mississippi, de clares stories of Scooba riots were greatly exaggerated. Alexander J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, dies sud denly in Philadelphia. James M. Thomas was found dead in a ravine near Danville under mys terious circumstances. A prominent Atlantan shot and dangerously wounded aiibther at a wedding near that ?ity. Labor Commissioner Neill says he hopes for early settlement of South ern Pacific firemen's strike. A number of new laws,, notably the Pure Food, Free Alcohol and Anti Pass laws went into effect. The indications now are that Henry A. Richardson will be elected United [ States Senator from Delaware. Governor Charles E. Hughes, of New York, in taking office, declared for purity in the public sendee. Accusations against the Governor of Mississippi were made hy the re tiring warden of the penitentiary. Dr. Foster remains de facto super intendent of the Williamsburg Hospi tal despite efforts to supersede him. Sweeping reforms Vere advanced in the first message of Governor Hughes to the New York legislature. Tirty-five persons, principally Ital ian laborers, were killed or burned to death in a wreck on the Rock Island road. Spencer Blackburn, on a charge of criminal libel. The French bishops will meet to discuss the church 's crisis in that country at the Chateau de la Muetta January 15. The new $60,000,000 coastwise steamship consolidation formed by Charles W. Morse was incorporated at Portland, Maine. Governor Pennypacker of Pennsyl ania, in his message to the legisla uro, courted an investigation into the State capitol scandal. A young woman against whom he had decided a suit involving an inher itance tried to shoot a judge in his courtroom in St. Louis. The Atlantic fleet", under the com mand of Rear-Admiral Evans, has sailed for Guantanamo, for the winter evolutions of Hie fleet. Major-General Jesse M. Lee. was re tired under the age regulation, Brig. Gen. J. Franklin Bell was promoted to the rank of major-general. The deadlock among republicans of the House in Delaware was broken, both branches of the legislature were organized and the governor's message was read. United States pledges support to Great Britain in any steps toward ameliorating conditions in the Congo. Mayor McClellan of New York in declining to reappoint a Murphy can didate on the Board ol! Elections, uses blistering language regarding the Tammany deader. In a report to President Roosevelt Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane, who has made a IL investigation, states that thc coal famine in North Dakota was due to the shortage of cars on Western railroads. Charges of fraud were filed with the Postmaster General against the New York Cotton Exchange by Rep resentative Livingston, of ' Georgia, and Harvie Jordan, president of thc Southern Cotton Association. The society reporters always speak of a bride being "led to the altar," just as though a bride couldn't find her own way there blindfolded, re marks the Philadelphia Record. Complete Cotton, Saw, Grist, Oil and fertilizer Mill Outfits, Gin, Press Cane Mill, and Shingle Outfits. Huilding, Bridge, Factory, Fu.ric and Railroad Castings, Railroad, M 1! Machinists'and Faotory Supplies. Belting, Packing, Injectors, Pipe Fittings, Saws, Files, Oilers, etc. Wc cast every day. Work 180 Hands. 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