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Scraps ami .facts. ? Shelby. N. C., May IS: The Republicans of the Ninth congressional district, assembled in convention here today. nominated by acclamation for congress Samuel S. McNinch of Charlotte. Mr. McNincli has been a life long Democrat and several years ago was elected on that ticket as mayor of Charlotte. He has not yet signified his acceptance. His opponent will be Congressman Edward Yates Webb, the in cumbent. ? The Southern Presbyterian assembly now in session at Lewisburg, W. Va.. on yesterday elected Dr. J. W. Rachman of Chattanooga. Tenn., to be moderator, and Dr. T. H. Law of Spartanburg to be stated clerk. Dr. Russell Cecil of Richmond. Va.. and Dr. Walter L. Lingle of Atlanta. Oa? were also voted for moderator. Dr. Bachman received 10S votes. Dr. Cecil f>9 and Dr. Lingle 20. The ballot for stat ed clerk resulted in Dr. Law receiving exactly a majority. 92. Rev. J. D. Leslie of Ballinger, Tex., received 48 votes, Dr. Gee. Surnmey of New Orleans. 25: Dr. Jos. Lumpkin of Memphis, Tenn., 10: and Prof. O. F. Nicholsen of the Southwestern Presbyterian university, 7. Last night the Rev. Mr. Tucker of Brazil, addressed the assembly on Bible work in that country. The assembly was opened yesterday morning with the annual sermon by Dr. Boggs. ? Washington, May 18: Liliuokalani, the former queen of Hawaii, again has met defeat in her efforts to have restored to her something of her lost fortunes. The court of claims of the United States has just rendered an opinion in the case of the former queen against the United States, in which the demurrer of the government 1 to her petition is sustained. In this 1 petition Liliuokalani asked the court of claims to render judgment in her fa- I vor for $450,000, or in lieu thereof, the 1 rentals and profits derived from the 1 so-called crown lands by the government of the United States. The opinion of the court says, in effect, thut ( even admitting to be facts the state- 1 ments made in the queen's petition, she has no claim upon the government of the United States under the law. It 1 is held also that the crown lands were the resource of income to sustain, in 1 part at least, the dignity of the office ' to which they were inseparably attached. When the office ceased to exist they became as other land of the sov- < ereign and passed to the United States < as part and parcel of the public domain. The claimant is given leave to 1 amend her petition within 90 days. It j is said to be likely, however, that this < decision of the court puts an end to I the queen's efforts in this direction. ^ ? Macon, fia., special of May 19 to 1 the Augusta Chronicle: "The lax enforcement of the state prohibition i law received a broadside today in the < charge of the Federal grand jury by < Judge Emory Speer. The whole sit- I uation was covered in the fullest manner in the paper, which, holding that the United States government t stands shoulder to shoulder with any * state that openly opposes the sale of 1 alcoholics, promises somewhat of a * sensation iu the convening of court here on June 1. The charge was open and to the point in every regard. The fact that there are benveen 400 and 500 retail whisky licenses operative in this section of the state is taken as conclusive proof that the alcoholic beverages are being sold openly and with no regard to the statute now on the code of the state. The charge says, in effect, that to secure a Federal license necessitates the proof that the applicant is to engage in the sale of alcoholics, that at least one certain man in Macon is making the sale of whisky his principal occupation, owing to the fact that he holds now about thirty-five licenses, and that the welfare of the community demands that there be a more universal observance of the law. The tendencies < of the times for the enactment but | non-enforcement of the laws of the i state is roundly scored, as well as the t era of immorality existing in the negro f quarters of the city, aided and abetted i by the white population." i ? I-M". V-. r>. njllf, HUH H?l.-> >"!!< IVICU at Kansas City. Mo., a few days ago ; of the murder of Col. Thomas H. Swope, after a trial lasting five weeks, and sentenced to life imprisonment, was charged with a number of crimes, all looking to the end of getting control of Col. Swope's tremendous fortune. Col. Swope died on October 3. last, after a severe convulsion. It was charged that this convulsion followed the taking of .a cansule prescribed by Dr. Hyde and that the capsule contained cyanide of potassium, a deadly poison. Dr. Hyde said the capsule was a digestive tablet, on January 11, Col. Swope's body was removed from its tomb for chemical analysis of the internal organs, which disclosed, according to chemists' reports. .ri2-66 of a grain ?>r strycnnine. two uays oeiore Col. Swope's death M??ss Hun ton, nis cousin and business adviser, died at tlie Swope house of apoplexy. It was chained at the trial that Dr. Hyde hied Mr. Hunton too profusely after the apoplectic attack. Early in December a typhoid fever epidemic broke out in the Swope household, attacking ten of the members and causing the death of Chrisman Swope, a brother of Dr. Hyde's wife. Shortly before Chrisman's death he was given a capsule by Dr. Hyde and suffered a convulsion similar to that preceding Col. Swope's death. Margaret Swope, Chrisman's sister, who also had a convulsion after taking a capsule while under Dr. Hyde's treatment, was given an emetic at once by Dr. Twyman and recovered. Dr. Twyman, who was expected to be a valued witness, died of appendicitis just before the trial began. ? About a year ago, says the Saturday Evening 1'ost, Minnesota appointed a committee to study the subject of compensation for personal injuries resulting from industrial accidents. By a search of court records of Hennepin ' county, in which Minneapolis is situa- ' led, the committee discovered that the ] sum which the people of the county ? pay out yearly in court costs accruing < front the trial of personal-damage < cases exceeds the sum of all the vor- < diets recovered by the plaintiffs in such < cases. Hy paying the damages out of I their own pockets, without litigation, 1 taxpayers could have saved money. . And rather less than half the amount "> of the damages named in the verdicts ? actually reaches the injured persons or I their dependents. Contingent-fee law- : yers and trial costs absorb the remain- i der. Official reports show that employ- i ers pay certain insurance companies | about twenty million dollars a year to < assume the liability for personal dam- < ages arising from accidents in their . establishments, while in settlement of | claims the companies pay out a little i less than half as much. The remainder I goes for expenses of litigation, and so | on. Hased on Minneapolis' experience, i and remembering tliat the insurance ej companies do not cover the whole in- c? dustrial field, we may sav that to meet m cliims for damages arising from acci- d< dents to workmen employers pay out twenty million dollars a year: to cover the court costs of trying the damage suits taxpayers contribute ten millions <]< more, making thirty millions, while the m victims of the accidents actually re- pi eeive about five millions?a sheer waste hi amounting to eighty per cent. The un- ti conscionable waste?no less than its ti /nonstrous injustice?is condemning the pi present litigious, contingent-fee system in the minds of all thoughtful t]| persons. New York, Wisconsin and t Illinois, following Minnesota's leatl. j| have appointed committees to study tile S( subject anil devise an intelligent, just (.j method of dealing with it. c, n Jlto ^lorluiUf (fnquirrv. ui Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle T as Mall Matter of the Second Class, ts w - bi YORKVILLE, S. C.s C tr FRIDAY, MAY 20. 1910. * in Wii.t. the Anderson Daily Mail please of take notice of the discovery that York- to ville people have made as to the face al of the moon and make a report there- pt on. We are almost convinced as to the a result of local representations: but do in not care to commit ourselves without bt some little encouragement from our us esteemed Anderson contemporary. ha ^ hi Followino are the seven bishops co plected by the general conference of ti? the Methodist Episcopal church at Pi Asheville this week: W. R. Lambuth, tu Tennessee: E. D. Mouzon. Texas; R. uj H. Waterhou^e, Virginia: J. II. McCoy, w Alabama: J. C. Kilgo, North Carolina: gr Collins Denny. Baltimore: W. 15. Murrah, Mississippi. te * wl The Charlotte Chronicle is kind Hi ?nough to print the following, which is hu July appreciated: ni nnu-ennnfir ohti>r. hi! ?> IH-II II HFIIlr.1 l-> III > Ci|r<,|,v . X..... prise, The Yorkville Enquirer is right |jj jn the spot. In its issue of yesterday, (1? it contained a descriptive article, the equivalent of five columns in the Chronicle, on the Linville automobile tour, gr It was penned by Mr. Sam Grist, and n ivas a capital piece of work, being both . aright and accurate." na It is fair to say that Mr. Grist rep- n< esented the Charleston News and ar Courier jointly with The Enquirer, ind that paper also printed his excel- '1a ent story. m ly It would have been too much to hope mi hat the state Democratic convention is now constituted, would have been villing to change the rules of the party nc *o as to provide that only registered or . oters shall participate in primary 'a dections; but still there is no little mcouragement in the vote as recorded nc >y counties on the subject last Wed- 1 lesday night. In this vote there is ar evidence that the matter is receiving 'ia i*ery serious consideration, especially :hroughout the up country. Where the jo country counties did not go solid 'or the proposed change, there were at lni east signs of division, and this means a hat they are thinking. The change *>(l vlll come in time, we think, and when t does come it may be interpreted to se nean the triumph of the very sound tnd comprehensive principle that the :ountry should be governed by the penile who contribute most to its support. " ABOTT the best that can be said of tjr Stenographer Kerby's betrayal ?>f Hal- ^ inger and Lawler's writing of that j,a etter for President Taft to sign, is |0, hat it enabled the public to get an in- u? dght into the situation that it could yjj lot have gotten otherwise. We are lot inclined to try to justify Kerby, be- j?, ause we do not see how he is to be justified. He was in that office for on :he purpose of taking such dictation as lis chief saw proper to give him. and ? le was in no wise responsible to the lublic or himself for the nature of ju< hat dictation, lie had a right t<> quit, vo f there was anything in the duties <?f 11li lis position tnai ne cnn not line; iiui vif i\"e cannot see that he had a right to rU livulge any information that came to lim in his confidential relations. But Sj, since the information is out through Kerby or otherwise, it must necessarily >< considered on its merits, regardless J' 1 >f the manner by which it was ob- jnl mined. Kerb.v will never figure again tin ?xeept as the man who betrayed a confidence. He can never again attain a responsible position. w< in 1 m ' ha In his charge to the York county lei ;rand jury a few weeks ago, Judge DeYoYe took occasion to remark on the - , sinister significance of a common sen- rt.( inient that men of money do not fare Tli n the courts the same as poor men? "'J' n other words there is discrimination jo( ti favor of the rich. His honor stressed bn :liis suggestion along with tin* idea that f'*1 t meant that na n of money could buy V', lol uries, and suggested, that juries should .,,, esent such an imputation. There fai Aas nothing the matter with the , . , . ... . wl IllUge S It'It'I vllCl' Hi lilt' suojeei, ?'.MT|a s^. hat we thought then and think now :hat he failed t<> strike exactly the <;< inght chord. The average jury, com>osed of no matter what class <>f men, ^ las frailties enough; but susceptibility \\" :o bribery, we are proud to say, is not hu nie of ttiese frailties, at least tiot in ' this section. We have known York ju- f,.j rors to be improperly intlueiiced more pr than once during some twenty-live A rears of observation of the adininis- ( nation of the law in this county; but Hi we do not remember a single instance rei where we have ever had reason to e 11 inspect that a juror nas gone out of ,,js liis path of duty under the intluenee of Ca i bribe. But still there is some foun- B' lation for the imputation that the rich riminal stands a better show in the \| <1..... .1 ........ A .J..I..I.- til "Ul l."> Ultlll III* jmmji w?iv . r? .-i|?u ii- til lid case iti point is that of \V. T. Join s, tin- 1'nion county murderer. If there liad been a man on that jury that tried ha Jones, low and depraved enough to el? iccept a bribe, tiieiv would have been _ it least a mistrial, provided only that that man had been strong enough to th stand uut against the righteous indig- l,i: nation of the others. Hut now is it "'' now that the very supreme court of er the state has said that there was ab- im solutely no fault in the court below, dtiter by the jury or the presiding judge. Jones is still out of the penitentiary? If it is not tile man's money, ,|t a hat is it? We do not believe that the ar lawyers in this case are working purel.v for love of justice, nor do we think J." that they are influenced to any great ea ctent by pride of professional sue?ss. Unless they are after Jones's ioneyt we confess that we do not un?rstand the case at all. I Taft and Ballinger. The most interesting and significant ?velopment of the Glavis-Ballinger luddle so far. is the fact that even the 1 resident of the United States is not ig enougli to suppress an investigaon of the truth, when once the attenon of the justice loving American J ublic is thoroughly engaged. Although we do not infer from the Isclosures of last week, that President i aft has been guilty of any deliberate itent to suppress the truth; it does . ;em evident from all the facts and rcumstances of this Glavis-Ballinger ntroversy, that the president acted ither hastily in siding so unconditionlly with his secretary, Mr. Ballinger. The row is quite an old one, and the lerits of it are reasonably clear. ^ here is in southern Alaska a moundn of coal that is estimated to be - .. t orth not less than one mmon uouars. he Cunninghams and the Guggen?ims commenced several years ago to ?t possession of this immense wealth. I nder such laws as existed, Glavis ught to prevent such a tremendous rize from falling into the hands of C onopolistic capital. There were laws lat seemed to ensure the division of j operty like this among a large num?r of individual holders, and the unninghams and Guggenhelms were ^ ying to evade the laws by having inviduals take up the property in their terest, with the view of consolidatg it afterward. Glavis as an agent j the interior department, was trying prevent this. Ballingcr, who was so connected with the interior de- irtment at the time, resigned and in short time afterward became attor y for the Cunninghams. Later he came secretary of the interior and ted his authority in that capacity to imper Glavis and finally discharged m. That is the substance of Glavls's intention. After Glavis lost his posiin with the interior department, t nchot, connected with the agricul- a ral department as chief forester took o ) the fight and helped to get the o hole matter to the attention of con- f ess, at the loss of his own position. f It will be remembered that last Sep- I niber the president wrote a letter in hich he attempted to exonerate Bal- t iger from all the imputations that n id been cast against him by Glavis. s id it is the origin of this letter that t is just been brought into the lime- h ;ht by the recent disclosures of Sten- r ;rapher Kerby. ii The whole muddle, of course, lacks a u eat deal of having been cleared up. a has not been proved that Ballinger o is actually violated any law. It has s it been shown that the Cunninghams ii id Guggenheims were not entirely thin their legal rights in all that they ive done; but it seems to be evint that if Mr. Ballinger had proper- p supported Glavis all along this tre- c endously rich property would liave u en preserved to the people, and the p lnninghams and Guggenheims would ii it have been deprived of any right privilege that was justly or even wfully theirs. It cannot be shown and there does j< it appear any good ground for believg that the president has committed v ly intentional wrong. That he should ve had entire confidence in vhe integ- t ty of the members of his official a mily, is natural. We would not beve him capable of intentionally try- s g to justify a wrong. He is too big y man for that. But he seems to have ne a little too fast in taking such a it 'Sitive stand solely upon the reprentatlons of Ballinger himself. ii METHODIST CONFERENCE. A t oman Is Allowed to Speak?New \ Bishops Ordained. Asheville, May 19.?For the first l ne in the history of the General E inference of the Methodist Episco- E 1 Church, South, a woman was al- y ived to speak upon the tloor. By ti animous consent of the conference, y Iss Belle Bennett, secretary of the p Oman's Home Mission society, was A cited to address the delegates on o e subjec t which has been considered e of the most vital questions before e conference, the right of women sit in the councils of the church d for equal rights with the laity. For some time it was difficult to dge which way the conference would ? te, but after many speeches the a ambers voted to adopt the report of e majority of the committee on retals which denied the women the e ;ht asked for. It was thought that n e next action of the conference in a icing ten women on the great mis nary board was a little singular. The women expressed themselves 'J lighted with what has been aecom- fi shed at this conference in creating p sentiment in their favor and do not tend to let the matter drop and " ling the next four years have demined to work harder than before tl I' the passage of the measure which , ey claim means so much for the men of the south. Never before tiie history of southern Methodism tl ve the women received so much at- ? ition as during the present session the conference. While the women were not success- si I. the laymen of the church also h eiv?d adverse legislation today. tj ie measure which passed recently owing them larger representation t( annual conferences was defeated p lay by tile constitutional question p ought before the notice of the con- .. renee that it required a two-thirds to of tin- delegates and a threeiii t lis vote of the members of the tl nual conferences. The measure jj led to receive the required number -ill.I w.iv th..t-..r. ilt- l*i ! I It'll w iic)i leaves the law as it now w inds in the discipline of tlie church. K The most impressive service of the n 'tieral t'onference was the ordinain of seven bishops in ttie Central ? thmlist church tliis afternoon, ltev. d s. Collins Denny, Jolm C. Kil&o, illin 111 H. Murray. Walter It. Lainth. it. <!. Waterhouse, Edwin D. I!" >u'/.on and James H. McCoy, each tl companied by two of their closest p ends, entered tne church in a body needed by the bishop of the church, deathlike stillness pervaded tlie Sl urch as the procession entered. The ening hymn was announced by || shop A. W. Wilson, the collect was id liy Hishop E. E. Hose, prayer 1 is offered l?y Kev. C. H. HriKK's. the b istle was read by Hishop H. C. Mm- o ion, the Cospel by Hishop W. A. j| iiuller. The hymn. "How Itich Thy unity. Kiiifr of Kintts," was an- a uneed by Hishop James A. Atkins, n ie sermon was preached by Hishop a pheus W. Wilson. Examination of e hishops-elcct was conducted i>y shop Heiidrix. The "Veni Creator urnus, was reciieu i?y nisiiop i\ey. I ??f tin* bishops imposed their [fids on the heads of on eh bishop- u et. each was presented with a p ble and. Itislmp Candler presented n eh a parehnient testifying to their dinsition as bisliops. Tlte wives of u e majority of the newly-elected a shops were present and were given S( ats of honor in tile ehureh, whi" It is ina?lei|iiate to hold the groat P owds. The benediction was pro- 01 nineed by Rishop Wilson. ' * " tl -Colnmbia. May IS: Hilton Smith. S( e city jailor who was shot by the tieo, John Raid), last night, died tonight a local hospital. The negro was P rested this afternoon at Halenesy it at Columbia and is tonight in the t( nitentiary. Tltere was an unfounded mor this afternoon that the negro :l me very near being lynched. it LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. d. F. Ansel, Governor?Causes to be published a proclamation which offers a reward of $7.1 for the arrest and conviction of party or parties entering the store of Kennedy Bros, at Sharon, t. K. Montgomery. President?Warns Yorkville citizens to clean up their premises before the inspector for the health board comes around June 1st. (no. It. Hart. Mayor?Publishes an ordinance setting the date for the municipal election to be held May 31st. Ftiddle Auto Co.?Can furnish any and everything that may he desired or needed by the automobilist. first National Bank. Yorkville?Emphasizes the fact that it is making a start that is the important thing about a bank account. 'arroll Pros.?Have a fresh carload of Zenith flour and say you will be glad when you hear the price. A new shipment of coffee, forkville Buggy Co.?Invites you to see its smoothing harrows, side harrows and cultivators. Prices and goods are right. virkpatrick-Belk Co.?List a big line of articles that they have for sale at little prices. It includes many articles of every day use. ^ 10 11i\r*c*\r I?**minr1? vnii thnt season of storms is here and wants you to protect yourself from loss by taking out insurance.' 'arroll Furniture Co.?Can furnish you with bicycles at right prices and terms to suit. Bicycle sundries. . \V. Johnson?Has hams, breakfast bacon, cooking oil. lard, baking powders, syrups, flavoring extracts, etc. lerndon & Gordon?Now that the comet and its tail have passed the earth, are again ready to supply their customers with everything in groceries. . Q. Wray?Reduces prices on dry goods and clothing. He also sells twenty pounds of good rice for $1. National-Union Bank, Rock Hill? Points out that it is the boy who saves the money that other boys waste, who finally makes a success in life. It will help you save. C. Wilborn?Offers a town house and lot and a 50-acre tract In Cherokee county. Wants to buy a horse or mule. Mention has previously been made of he fact that the cherry crop is unuslly heavy this year. In confirmation if the statement. Mr. T. J. Thomasson f Filbert, left at The Enquirer office a ew days ago. several cherry twigs so ull of fruit as to be suggestive of uinches of grapes. Cotton ha? been POmlnz un boftti ifully within the past few days, and nany farmers who had planted five or ix weeks ago, and who have been fin he anxious bench for a month past lave ceased to worry. Many cases are eported where there has been replantng that the second planting Is coming tp side by side with the first. There re still some misgivings as to the fate f cotton on cold, sandy lands; but the ituation even there is more encouragrig. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The work of enumerating the opulation of Yorkville, has been ompleted for some days; but no figres will be given out until it suits the leasure of the department at Washngton. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Catherine Dickson of Yorkville, < visiting in Rock Hill. Mrs. D. E. Boney of Yorkville, is isiting relatives in Aiken. Mrs. Paul N. Moore and little daugher Alice, of Yorkville, are visiting reltives in* Columbia. Mr. W. B. Steele of Anderson, Is nonfllntr covprnl flnvq with his lTinthf?!\ Irs. W. R. Steele In Yorkville. Mrs. Mary Woods, who has been visting her sister. Mrs. D. E. Boney in rorkville, left this week for her home i Aiken. Mrs. Margaret Lowrance and Mrs. J. I. Bivens of Alherniarlo, N. C., are he guests of Mrs. Agnes McElwee in 'orkville. Douglasville. Oa., dispatch of May 7, to Atlanta Georgian: Prof. W. E. >endy, who has been president of the )ouglasville college for the past five ears, has tendered his resignation to ake effect at the end of this collegiate ear. Prof. Dendy has accepted the residency of the public schools of lonroe, Ga. He is well known throughut the state in educational circles. THE FACE IN THE MOON. "There is no man in the moon. It is woman, and she's a good looking wolan too. That stuff about there being man in the moon is all nonsense." This declaration was made at a comt party the other night, by a gentleian, who knew what lie was talking bout, and who was not afraid to speak ut. There were several in the party, oth ladies and gentlemen, who were imiliar with the fact as it appeared to he speaker, and they agreed fully; hut thers were skeptical. "You are joking," said one. "What's he gag?" asked another, and still othrs refused to take the matter seriously. "I mean just what I said," repeated he first speaker and for one after an t/% t-nno tho rmflinn liich all initiated agreed gave a full Ide view of a handsome woman's ead. Some were able to make out le head with the unassisted eye; but > others it did not appear until a retty strong field glass was brought bear on the three-quarter face of le earth's greatest satellite. The consensus of opinion was that le gentleman who first called atten011 to the matter of there being a otnan in the moon instead of a man 'as entirely correct. Hoth ladies and entlemen agreed that the head was ot only that of a woman; but of a real nod looking woman, wearing her hair one up in pompadour style, with lats" in tin* back. The general pronie i very much the same as the lady on u* silver dollar, except that the sister i the moon seems to wear a good nailed smile rather than try to look too rious. It was given up by all present that u* face in the moon is that of a wolan, and the idea that she should have ecu placed there f<?r gathering sticks ii Sunday, was unanimously tabooed, was decided too, that there must be man there also, as otherwise the woinn would hardly be looking so pleaslit. PASSING OF THE COMET. Ha Hoy's comet came on exact achedle time, blushed tile earth with its til in accordance with previous anoiincement. and went right on by itiiout doin^ a particle of harm to n.vbody or anything. just as the more nsible astronomers and level-headed eople generally thought would he tin ase. The average citizen of even more tan ordinary intelligence takes but [ ant interest in things astronomical, 'o hint talk of constellations and of hun ts crossing other planets Is meanigless jargon. He is not concerned as ? the difference between a star and planet, and as t<> whether the moon : inhabited or made of green cheese Is all one. These things are all left to to those strange, Impractical dreamers, 1 who talk of millions and billions of d?l V miles as surveyors do links and chains, |jt(i and whose research is generally accounted of but little importance to q mankind. J; But in view of the events of the past 8 few weeks, and especially the past few ?jjjj days, It will have to be admitted that ^ there come times when even the itn- cat practical astronomer has his inning. 1 And that Is not difficult to explain. Away, months ago when there was no sign of anything unusual In the sky, the astronomers told us that during p Anril and May there would appear in Au! the eastern heavens a brilliant star w<" with a fiery tall. They said they knew ^ this to be a fact, because away back Rai seventy-five years ago, this same ob- Sor Ject had apneared and they had fig- loured out its travels around and through ?a, limitless confines of space over a total ley, distance of something like eight bil- P"1 for< lion miles, and that on May 18, between j^jj 9 and 12 p. m? we would actually pass tna tnrough the tail of this mysterious vis- Unl itor. This story, supported by the actual appearance of the thing predict- paJ ed was well calculated to make even Wi the most unimaginative take notice, Ch< and when these same astronomers be- jon gan to debate with each other whether Val or not the mysterious wanderer Hai through space might come into contact with the earth on which we live and jof> send it, along with all who live on it, Wa to oblivion, who is to blame every in- Pe' Lai telligent creature for watching fur- yn, ther proceedings. vill It is probably a fact, that people Em generally have studied more astronomy during the past few weeks than ever p|a before in their lives. They have re- Dy: called the falling of the stars in 1833 kill and again In 1866, they have recalled ,ja the distance to the moon at 238,000 die) miles, and wondered ngain at the inconceivable 95,000,000 miles between ll)n Rof here and the sun. And in the contem- roi plation of all these things, they have nle been Impressed with the utter insig- All niflcance of this little earth, a mere j^r bubble in space, and realized how it she is easily possible for all that the as- Mo tronomers have told us to be true. 5p,r Sell As the result of it all, thousands and rp^( thousands of people everywhere, in- Wy eluding many In this locality, sat up Wednesday night to be a witness to J whatever might come to pass. But \va there was nothing unusual in this Im- nan mediate locality. The night was clear, the moon was beautiful, many stars Am could be seen, and there were a few Han meteors: but that was all. There was lian no auroral glow from tne comet's tall, **oc no noxious gases, no rain of fire, nothing to alarm anybody. Reports from the northwest are to the effect that brilliant auroral displays were seen from Williams Bay, Wis.; ^or but the astronomers say these had nothing to do with the comet. The |as^ observations at Washington, San Jose, Hill | Cal., Chicago and elsewhere, report unusually large spots over the sun dur- "" ing Wednesday; but as to just what ceni connection these have with the comet, thai has not yet been figured out. the The astronomers announce that the . . . . trie passage of the comet between tne earth tow and sun, was made without mishap, and that the fiery visitor Is now again ^ea on its seventy-five year trip over Its j ^ eight billion mile course through space. 0f i It was last seen in the east just be- at fore sunrise, but the next time it will ?ur be seen from the earth will be Saturday (, or Sunday night in the west Just after , , sunset {?*' ber, MUNICIPAL REGISTRATION. at t The registration books of the town of ?* 1 Yorkville, which have been open at the office of T. W. Clawson, as required by Met law, during the past ninety days, have wfJJ 1 -1 ... I* U ~ 1-11 ...mlltlod nail U C CII VJ1USCU Willi CL luiai v?i liv quaiun-u voters recorded therein. Of these 165 gav are white and 5 colored, and the registration by wards is as follows: Ward T 1, 29; Ward 2, 41; Ward 3, 30; Ward cou 4, 33; Ward 5, 23; Ward 6, 14. The Ban complete list of registered voters as vsfurnished by the supervisor from his aPP books is as follows: ' H. I. McCaw J, A. Tate, |F B. N. Moore. * L. B. White, JLH* J. R. Lindsay, J. P. Anthony, iqnc I. H. Norris, R. S. McConnell, J. E. Hart, J. R. Logan, F James F. Jackson, Dr.J.H.Witherspoon. f G. W. S. Hart, W. C. Latimer, ' ' Geo. W. Williams, F. E. Qulnn, ' . Geo. W. Brown, W. T. McKnight * (]i"; J. M. Brian, W. S. Neil, ?he J. E. Lowry, G. T. Schorb, K.in C. J. Hughes, R. J. Withers, C. W. Adickes, A. Rose, Nev I. W. Johnson, J. L. Sanders, p G. .H. O'Leary, J. S. Wagener * Pha D. T. Woods, J. J. Hunter, ,nfl H. C. Glenn, J. R. Killlan, f W. L. Wallace, Dr. M. J. Walker, ' Qulnn Wallace, W. H. McConnell, ?n H. T. Williams, Rev. I. G. Murray, ran. Geo. C. Cartwright.W. G. White, pas! J. B. Pegram, W. H. Herndon, ,u.e. W. D. Grist, J. R. Hart, suct A \f rirltit F) AT Afnrrnv * _ i_ O. E. Grist, Thus. F. McDow, map R. L. de Loach, L. R. Williams, TI1P M. W. White, T. E. McMackin. CoSt Sam M. Grist, M. E. Plexlco, lo,,^ James Tiddy, Walker R. Latimer. t|,P J. N. O'Farrell, T. W. Clawson, Hooi W. W. Jenkins, C. A. Berry, per John S. Sandifer, W. L. Bratton, f,>UI M. C. Willis, Jr., J. Y. Lucus, will William Dickson, W. F. Hyatt, styl< J. Y. Dickson, R. T. Allison, stru W. D. Glenn, J. O. Allison, M. C. Willis. W. M. Kennedy, Dea W. E. Ferguson, Lewis G. Ferguson, C M. J. Walker, L. G. Baber, bia J. Q. Wray, D. J. Mitchell, his J. W. Quinn, W. L. Baber, <?'cl< J. S. Brice, J. H. Dickson, fron C. J. Youngblood, C. W. Carroll, cat! j. \j. curiiweii, m. ij. uutuii, nuu W. H. McCorkle, John W. Miller, vice J. M. Stroup, J. B. Allison, afte M. L. Mitchell, B. P. Smith. Sny O. W. Run/., J. C. Wllborn, ceat D. W. Barron, R. E. Montgomery, gtee C. H. Sandifer, S. N. Johnson, luda J. C. Comer, J. P. Youngblood, chai T. M. Ferguson, H. E. Ferguson, by 1 Julius Cray * W. W. Lewis, brat W. R. Rogers, R. A. McGuinness. Sim Louis Roth, O. E. Wilkins, 31, Robt. B. Lowry, J. P. White, he ( D. L. Shieder, J. E. Carroll, two J. M. Starr, J, J. Carroll, and C. T. Stroup, R. J. Mackorell, the S. L. Steele, E. W. Long, cant J. M. Ferguson, W. H. Fowler, ham B. M. Johnson, Jas. A. Sherer, ter : T. C. Dunlap, W. I. Witherspoon, horn N. Craig McCorkle.Charley Herndon* usui D. E. Finley, C. E. Spencer, a c J. L. Williams, F. E. Smith, chui F. F. Sandifer, J. I. Barron, O. 1 R. C. Allein, S. M. McNeel, ing W. M. McConnell, A. S. Barron, mun rw. Ci. neaui, n. u. oruwn, m-m J. S. Jones, A. Y. Cartwright, tion. P. W. Love, J. R. Connolly, In 1 J. H. Carroll, J. H. Wltherspoon, Miss W. L. Williams, W. E. Erwln, cein W. H. Hudson, W. B. Moore, Miss W. S. Peters, T. W. Speck, with W. W. Hudson, J. G. Wardlaw, Eint C. C. Stewart. Forest Smith, surv J. E. Johnson, J. J. Wallace, tiers J. D. McDowell, Jno. C. Jackson, Nam Sam'l Johnson, Jr., R. A. Bratton, M. F. McAllister. Tims. P. Moore, F. C. Riddle. G. p. Grant, ?( R. J. Herndon, W. T. Moore. stab W. R. Carroll. J. R. Barnwell, N. J. N. Bowen, s?'ss * Colored. race , was mon WINTHROP COMMENCEMENT. ter i Invitations have been Issued by the tee faculty and the graduating class of Winthrop Normal and Industrial col- jt a, lege to their commencement exercises, burg June 12 to 14. The programme fol- the < i . old Unys- dlda Sunday, June 12. 11 a. m.?Sermon before the Y. W. C. A. by Rev. A. J. Bowers of New- $">0 berry. vide S.:io p. m.?Baccalaureate sermon by cand Rev. James I. Vance. I), p., Newark, offict N. J. 1 S7f. I Monday, June 13. 1 a. m.?Inspection of buildings and lartments. .30 p. m.?Joint celebration of the rary societies. Tuesday, June 14. .30 a. m.?Alumnae reunion. p. m.?Daisy chain procession. .30 p. m.?Address to graduating *s by Dr. Henry X. Snyder, Wofford lege. Lwarding of diplomas and certifies. 'he officers of the graduating class : President, Annie White; vice sident, Mary Carlson; Secretary, lah Wyman; treasurer. Janie Ford. Class Roll?A. B. Leba Abergottl. Orangeburg: Louise II. Newberry; Isabel Bailey. Oreennd; Mattle Lou Barnett, Rock Hill: Ith Walton Best. Allendale: Gerde Blermann, Walhalla: Pearl Black, nberg; Mamie Blalock. Blacksburg; nerville Booth, Chester: Annie May rleston, Sallv Virginia Briggs, Un; Julia Bell Brown, Marion: Mary "Ison, Spartanburg: Kathleen Cleck, Swansea; Nell Coleman, Shelton: rile Counts, Laurens: Lucile Crawtl. Jonesville; Annie Crook. Fort 1; Elise Cud worth. Charleston: Al Davis, Oreetl Sen: Kate Dickert, Ion: Mareuerite Dukes, Orange ??: Mary Ellen Eaves, Bamberg: ieme Ervin, Landrum; Maude r, Chapin: Leila Ferguson, Renno; nnie Fltts, Brunson: Janie Ford, ?ster: Lily May Foster, Greenville; rion Fraser, Walterboro; Belle Free, lesvllle: Lilian Gandy, Darlington: Inda Hamilton, Paeolet: Eunice rper, Klngstree: Ella Jacobs, Peak: ian Jaeger, Florence; Oline James, hopville; Ethel Jay, Greenvood; Ketchin, Winnsboro: Sara Kohn, lterboro; Kate LaFoy, Anderson: en Lathrop, Orangeburg: Birdie r, Pendleton; Fredrica Lindsay, -kville; Edith Lofton, McClellane; Susie Lofton. McClellanville: ma London, Rock Hill: Mary <es, Lykesland; Etta McCullough; ?ster: Norma McNalr, Aiken: GeorMarshall, Anderson: Alice Mitchell, son; Margaret Morrison, Wellford; ian Nix, Denmark: Ida Palmer, Un; Sadie Parker, Georgetown: MatllPeay, Chester: Mae D. Porter, Penton; Vera Pruitt, Anderson: Emily renel, Pinopolls; Mary Rich, Island: Lucv Riser, Leesvllle: Hortense ;ers, Bennettsvllle; Ellse Rollins, ne: Sallie Royall, Mt. Pleasant: AnSams, Allendale; Pauline Sams, endale; Ethel Sanders, spantang; Elberta Sease, Little Mountain: rguerite Shelb, Anderson: Willie rer, Blacksburg; Frances Smith, untville: Perrlne Stover, Heath ings: Frances Stribling, Walhalla: lie Thompson, Pendleton: Margaret irpe, Aiken: Rena Tillman, Van ck; Mamie Tilbert, Laurens; HelTownsend, Florence; Elizabeth ntham, Camden: Rena Wald, Or;eburg: Mary Wall, Marlon: Wyola llace. Greenwood: Elizabeth Wannaker, St. Matthews; Elizabeth Wai. Rock Hill: Benie Watson, Abbee; Louise Welborn, Fountain Inn; lie White, Beaufort: Maude Wll- j as: Blshopville: Margaret Wllnson. Lancaster: Jessie Wlngate. 'k Hill; Lallah Wyman, Aiken. Normal?L. I. 'ell Duncan, Barnwell. LOCAL LACONICS. -k Cases Continued. i he case of the State vs. John L. ! le was called in the supreme court Wednesday and continued. The J l-Kennedy case was also continued. J I Look Into It. t. R. L. Douglas, supervisor of the 1 sus for the Fifth district, writes 1 t he has Instructed enumerators of ' vicinity to look into the matter of supposed oversight of a large dist on the southwestern part of York nshlp. ith of Mrs. Ava Arledqe. ock Hill special of May 19, to Co- j bla State: Mrs. Ava Arledge, wife LV Wnmn 4 rlwIcp nf this oitv died . her home Wednesday afternoon, leral services over her remains were . i at the home this morning by Rev. ?. Carter, after which the body was j ?n in charge by the Daughters of t ahontas, of which she was a memwho performed the last sad rites j he grave. She was also a member , the Woodmen of the World circle, ^ carried $1,000 insurance in it. j nbers of the Carhartt band, to , ch Mr. Arledge belongs, acted as j bearers. inqs Bank Wins. ( he supreme court has sustained the , rt below in the case of the Savings , ik of Fort Mill, plaintiff-respondent | Alexander Sprunt & Son, defendantellant. The defendant had refused | jonor a draft for cotton bought for iy the plaintiff on the ground that , cotton did not come up to grade. ] case was tried at the December, l, term of the court of common , is, for York county before Judge \ gh and a jury, and the jury found the plaintiff. The defendant apled. The original draft of the bank j i for $1,567.50., and Sprunt & Son , >uted $339.47 of this amount. By ( decision of the supreme court, the k gets all it claimed with Interest. | i/ Station for Rock Hill. I ock Hill special of May 19, to rlotte Observer: General Super- ( ndant Foraker, Chief Engineer n, and Engineer Lemmond, of the i theni railway were here yesterday their private car to complete argements for the erection of a new ienger station in this city. Engi- j r Lum expressed surprise at the , :ess of Mayor Roddey in securing ullding from the company of the , piitude which the plans call for. ; building, Mr. Lum said, would | over $40,000. It will be 132 feet { r, double-decked, to accommodate | main line traffic on the lower . r and the 3 C's traffic on the up- ( floor. The upper floor will have | office rooms. The lower floor be finished in most up-to-date p. Work will begin shortly on the A cture. 4 th of Joseph T. Anderson. (tester special of May 19, to Colum- j Qt-ito' TAQAnh T* A ntlprwitn rlw?<l ?i t , home here this morning at 1.20 jck, after an illness of twelve days n pneumonia, with typhoid complinns. For several days his condition been desperate. The funeral sers will be held at the residence this rnoon. at 3 o'clock, by Rev. J. S. der, who was the pastor of the deted, and the burial will be at Ever n cemetery. The members of Sai tribe. No. 44. I. O. R. M., will have rge of the burial exercises, assisted rallulab council. No. 27. Pocahontas ich. Mr. Anderson was born near pson's in Fairfield county. August 1SC5. About twenty-two years ago ame to Chester, and for a year or was in the employ of the Carolina North-Western railway, leaving railroad service to engage in merile business. Later he began to [lie coal and ice exclusively, and la- j still coal alone. Mr. Anderson was j i*st and industrious, and was un- j illy successful in business. He was j onsistent member of the Baptist j rch. He was connected with the I. > 1. M. at the time of his deatii, hold- j the office of prophet. At the recent ( licipal election he was elected al- j nan from ward 3 without opposi- j Mr. Anderson was twice married. October, 1889, he was married to j i Ella flrist of Yorkvllle. On De- j; her 28, 1892, lie was married to j < Julia Albright, who survives him, \ i the following children: Joseph, ry, Ruth and Isiuis. He is also ived by one brother, Samuel Anon of New York, and an uncle, Richardson of Simpsons. - p Columbia State, Thursday: The p - Democratic executive committee e ded yesterday to increase the as- il merits on candidates entering the t; for various state offices. The raise made because there is very little n ey now In the treasury. Tile mat- n ,vas left witii a special subcomniit.I.w InDt tlu. ninHor n< dllll UIICI h"H,^ a 11 r ill*- inunvi * < oughly their report was adopted, sj )Ugh there was some opposition to g t first by Robert Llde of Orange , who thought that the expenses of J< committee should be cut down. The it assessments provided that can- n tes for governor should pay an 1! ance fee of $50, other state officers fi, i0, solicitors $25 and congressmen gi each. The new assessments pro- Si for $125 each for congressional d lldates, $50 each for other state ?rs. $f<0 for lieutenant governor and T ror governor. el DEMOCRATS IN CONVENTION. [Continued from First Page]. lican tendencies," and in the "preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad," we are opposed to the centralization policies of the present national administration. We insist that Federal remedies for the regulation * interstate commerce and the prev tlon of private monopoly shall be added to, not substituted for, state remedies. The subcommittee on platform consisted of Jas. A. Hoyt, Geo. S. Mower, Richard I. Manning, J. H. Lesesnc and S. McG. Simkins. Committee on Rules. When the report of the committee 011 constitution and rules came up an unfavorable report was read 011 resolutions affecting the qualifications of voters in the Democratic primary elections. These were offered by Samuel McCrary, Richland delegation, Sumter and Aiken delegations. The committee defeated the propositions by a vote of 27 to 9 after a vigorous defense by Mr. McMahan. The committee reported unfavorably the resolution offered by Mr. Stevenson proposing to amend the constitution relating to the elections of the state chairman. The resolution reads as follows: "Resolved. That the party constitution be amended in article 8 as follows: Insert In line 4 after the word 'office,' the words except the state chairman who shall be elected by the state convention.'" "Add at the end of the article the following: Provided, If the state chairmanship shall become vacant, the committee shall elect a chairman to act till the next state convention." The committee reported favorably on a resolution by the Lexington delegation making the rules more explicit and allowing the county executive committee to fix the dates for county campaigns. The committee also suggested that the word "president" apply to the presiding officer of the convention. It also suggested that a candidate in the primary must be a Democra* before being allowed to run. By a vote of 17 to 16, the committee decided the rules should be changed, so that should a voter prove that he had voted in the previous primary and his name had been ac cidentally left off the books, the voter be allowed to cast a ballot. Privileges of Voter. The committee submitted an unfavorable report on the resolution offered by R. P. Hamer, Jr., amending the constitution so as to allow a voter to come In five days before the second primary. This now applies to the first primary. The question of qualification of voters upon which majority and minority reports were made by the delegations started the fight. The various resolutions In this matter were then read and taken up separately. The minority report by Mr. McMahan recommended the amending of the constitution so that only registered electors be allowed to vote. Mr. McMahan's Idea. Mr. McMahan, speaking on the minority report, said that the interference might be regarded as dangerous by some to restrict the white man's vote. The elimination of the negro being aimed at, it might be regarded by many that the white man should be let alone. Mr. McMahan reviewed the history of the constitutional requirements. Two years In the state, one year in the county and four months in precinct should be placed Into the party constitution also. Mr. McMahan claimed the person voting should reside long enough before voting In a place to learn the issues. He referred to the recent flection in Columbia where registra:ion was strictly enforced. Mr. McMahan denied that registra:ion would harm the poor white man. Hut it would be aimed at trie floating population in the larger towns. Mr. McMahan made an earnest plea 'or primary restriction as set out in he resolution. The names signed to the minority eport are: R. B. Caldwell, for Ches:er; Jno. J. McMahan, Richland; Jno. R. Clifton. Sumter; J. C. Elliott, Lancaster; Thos. J. Klrkland, Kerihaw; W. F. Stevenson, Chesterfield; R. F. Smith, Pickens; J. G. Mobley, Fairfield. C. L. Blease of Newberry, claimed :he effect of the adoption of the minority report would be to cut off white people from voting. He thought the rules strict enough. Mr. Blease said the benefit would be to the negroes of South Carolina. There would not be sufficient time to register all the voters, and 25,000 voters would be disqualified. On the jury question Mr. Blease said some men wouldn't register because they didn't want to serve on the Jury. G. R. Rembert took issue with Mr. Blease In the matter. He did not think the resolution would go into effect until 1912, giving all time to prepare for thr new order. R. B. Caldwell of Chester, called attention to the danger from votes of persons who have no interests in the welfare of the government. Upon a call for the previous question lebate was ended. Senator Clifton's motion that the rote be taken by counties passed. The Vote. By a vote of 210 to 79, the report of the committee which was unfavorable was adopted. Charleston county voted its entire lelegation of 17 members for the idoption of the report. Richland county voted its ten members against the idoption of the report and, consequently, for the restriction of the primary system of voting. Nearly all the lowvinntrv counties voted for the adon don of the unfavorable report. The vote by counties: Yeas. Nays. Abbeville 5 ? \iken 6 \nderson 7 2 Bamberg & ? Barnwell 6 l Beaufort 6 ? Berkeley 7 ? Charleston 17 ? Cherokee 1 1 Chester ? Chesterfield 2 4 Clarendon 8 ? Colleton 7 Calhoun 4 ? Darlington 2 fi Dillon 1 3 Dorchester 4 ? Cdirefielil !> ? "air lie Id .V .7 .7 .7 7 2 3 Florence S ? Georgetown 6 ? Greenville r? 7 Greenwood 4 3 lampton 4 ? iorry 4 1 vershaw 3 Lancaster ? 6 ..aurens 5 ? >xington s ,ee B ? darion 6 ? Marlboro 7 ? Cowberry S ? )c??nee B ? rangeburg S ? ?ii>kens. . - 3 1 tichland ? 10 Saluda 4 Spartanburg 4 fi Sumter ? S *nlon fi ? Villianisburg S ? 'ork fi 4 Totals 210 79 The State Chairman. Following the disposition of the riniary matter, the unfavorable reort of the committee on the proposed bange in the constitution affecting fie election of the state chairman was iken up. Mr. Stevenson submitted a minority [ port and urged the passage of the port. Answering a question as to the procure on the national committee, he lid South Carolina did not have to n outside for instruction. He had no feeling against Gen. ones: the convention could elect who wanted. He had an amendment inking the change go Into effect in 912. Could this be construed as a ght on Gen. Jones? As to the allentlon that it was brought on by the eminole matter. Gen. Jones was uped as much as any one else. i D. H. McGill opposed the change, he convention did not name the lairmen of the two committees nam ed in the morning. The best body to name a chairman was the resolution given in full above. He thought the convention should elect the chairman of the state executive committee just ^ as it elected delegates to the nationul convention. The county chairman was named the same way. The state convention should retain control of the chairmanship. It was charged that this was an attack on the state chairman. It was a reflection on the Democracy of Chesterfield. Gen. Jones was not considered In any such liffht. Mr. Stevenson read an article which stated that the light was caused because of Gen. Jones's connection with the Seminole company. This was denounced. He simply contended that the committee was the arm of the convention and the chairman of the committee should be controlled by the convention. He did not think i Gen. Jones would serve unless he was wanted. He paid a tribute to Gen. Jones as treasurer. He had been In1 structed by his county to change the rule as to the chairman and therefore he could not consistently vote for a chairman the night before. W The countv convention eleoted the executive committeemen. This was directly In touch with the people and as near as possible. Mr. Hoyt's Response. J. A. Hoyt said he was responsible ^ for the article referred to by Mr. w Stevenson. He had at times opposed Gen. Jones but thought he had made a faithful officer. It was a personal fight. He would like to ask Mr. Stevenson how he would vote as to Gen. Jones. Mr. Stevenson said he would answer that by asking another: Why did Gen. Jones fear coming before the convention?was it that he feared election? Mr. Hoyt said that from the time Wade Hampton and A. C. Haskell redeemed the state the committee had ^ selected its own chairman. "It was / the hit dog that howled." ^ k Mr. Stevenson said he had not howled. It was the other side?the editor of The Record. The previous question was then ordered and by a large majority the resolution was voted down and the unfavorable report adopted. There was some discussion on the proposed change In the rules allowing a voter to prove that his name was on the club roll. The favorable report given above was tabled. Other reports were adopted, and after the usual resolutions of thanks, the convention adjourned at 10.45. MERE-MENTION. Two women and six children were drowned In the Gossatlot river near Gilham, Ark., Tuesday evening while h attempting to ford the swollen stream in a wagon Senator Lee Overman of North Carolina, says in a recent Interview that Mayor Gaynor of New York or Governor Harmon of Ohio, will be the Democratic presidential nominee in 1912 Advices from Nanking, China, are to the efffect that the Chinese of the province of Kangsi, are preparing for an uprising against the reigning dynasty and foreigners similar to the Boxer uprising of 1900 Marguerite Anderson, 7 years old, was killed by a trolley car in Atlanta, Ga., Wednesday.., When the doors of Westminster hall, f London, were thrown open Wednesday morning to give the public an opportunity to view the body of the late King Edward VII., more than 100,000 persons were waiting to pass before the bier In a desperate attempt to gain his freedom a negro convict in the stockade of an Alabama coal company in Bibb county, on Monday set lire to the stockade and he with thirty-four other prisoners perished in the llames... John A. Ryerson, a Chi- ? cago business man, committed suicide Monday, by jumping from the thirteenth lioor of the Chamber of Commerce building The house on Monday killed the proposed amendment to the Federal constitution ^ which provided for changing the date of the presidential inauguration by only one vote....John W. Gates, the tinancier, and Jno. E. Madden, a prominent New York horseman, on Monday settled an $11,000 law suit by the flip of a penny, after three years in the courts. Mr. Gates won Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the discredited arctic explorer, arrived in New York last week and it is announced that he will leave in June for Etah, to recover his records Wade Cowan, a farmer of Moulton, Ala., believing that Halley's comet would set the earth on lire, on Tuesday committed suicide. ....Frank N. Hoffstot, president of the Pressed Steel Car company, wanted in Pittsburg, Pa., on a bribery charge, 4 is making a light against extradition from New York state and will carry his case to the United States supreme court... .The Chicago police are making a search for a fiend who they believe to be of the '"Jack the Ripper" class. His latest victim, found Monday, is a 20-year-old-girl An At- , lanta, Oa., man, arrested a few days ago told Recorder Broyles that he was 51 years old and hadn't worked any in A thirty years. The recorder said, "Well, ^ I will give you a vacation by binding you over to the state court for vagrancy." A lumber plant employing 700 people, at Pensacola, Fla., was destroyed by fire Tuesday, with a loss of Jl,000,000 in the plant and dry lumber. .. .Republican leaders of con- 0 gress express the opinion that an adjournment will not be reached before July 15 Maurice Lustig, a New York detective, was convicted by a jury Sunday, on the charge of murdering his wife by strychnine poisoning to secure the proceeds of a J3.000 life insurance policy. Lustig will be electrocuted Antonio Misiani, an Italian black hander, was convicted in New York on Monday on the charge of attempted extortion. He was senteneed to serve a minimum term of three years and eight months in Sing Sing. Misiani's intended victim was Caruso, the famous Italian tenor A battery of seven steam boilers at the plant of the American Sheet and Tin Plate company. Canton, O., ex- | ploded Tuesday afternoon, killing twenty and injuring forty or more, several fatally To save the life of a boy whose arm had been caught in a machine in a knitting mill at Rome, X. Y., Monday, the foreman of the mill cut the boy's arm off below the elbow with his pocket knife An explosion of dynamite in the rurales barracks at Pinar Del Rio, Cuba, Wednesday afternoon, killed 125 and wounded 200 or more The boilermakers of the Central of Georgia railroad went on a strike Thursday The Chicago Democratic Bulletin, the offleiul Democratic paper of Chicago, is demanding the defeat of every Democratic legislator who voted for United ? States Senator Lorimer Thirty thousand dollars mysteriously disappeared from the Adams Express company's office at Oil City, Pa., early Wednesdav morniner. The thieves left no clues In a hand-to-hand fight between American and French sailors at Toulon. France, Wednesday night. Sailor Adams of the New York, was seriously stabbed The World's Sunday School convention opened at ^ Washington yesterday with 3,500 dele- 9 gates in attendance. The delegates are from fifty-two countries, representing 26,000,000 Sunday school students. Dr. T. B. Meyer of London, Is president of the association The death of 265 miners at the St. Paul coal mine at Cherry Hill. III., in November * last, was due 10 me violation or tne mining lav. s with the consent of mine inspectors, according to the verdict of a jury rendered Thursday. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Gen. Wilie Jones is quoted as saying that the court of inquiry called to investigate the Boyd-Brock matter, will certainly convent next Monday. The question of pay does not enter In- ? to the matter, as in the case of military ~ orders there is nothing to do but to obey. ? Columbia special of May 19, to Charlotte Observer: It is believed here that Dr. G. C. Bigham and W. B. Avant, two of South Carolina's noted ^ criminals have skipped the state, per baps, forever. The two men are charged with the killing of the girlwife of Dr. Bigham in Georgetown last September on a lonely Inlet. They were tried and convicted of man