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: eAMDEN CHRONICLE VOLUMKWIi. CAMDKN. S. C? FRIDAY, NOVKMBKR 15. !??(!. vn.45. ECHOES Of EKE EMS Paragraphic Synopsis of Results Throughout Nation. Hugit<?< Defeat* Hearst, Hut Remain der "of Hie Democratic Slalo Ticket WIum in New York. Results of tl?o elections In all part? of tho country are Hhown in the fol lowing paragraphs: New York?Latent reports on the vote for Governor show that Hughes received 746,334 votes and Hearst 084,722. This gives Hughes a plu rality oil the fuc.e of the present re turns of *01,<f 12. This plurality for tho Republican candidate outside Greater New York waa _13JL33?7?'The P1 u oc r a t lc-1 n d e "TRmaerifce league candidate in New York City was 74,726. With the official vote of three counties miss ing, Lewis Stuyvcs^nt Chanter ap parently is electod Untenant-Gov ernor on the lndepejjdouce Le^gue Domocrfcxlc ticket /over M. Linn flruco, Republican. / On the face of tho -returns, John ijflbloy Whalen, of Monfoe, is elected for Secretary of State; Martin H. Glynn, of Albany, Tor Controller; William 8. Jackson, Of Brio, for Attorney-General; Julius H&nsor, of Suffolk, for Treasurer, and Frederick W? Skene, of Queeus, for State Engineer and Surveyor by what may bo termed comfortable plurali ties Twenty-five Republican and twelve Democratic Congressmen were elected. ' * \ ? New Jersey-?Six Republicans un<l four Democratic Congressmen elected. .Republican majority of seven in the Legislature, throe of which are pledged to, vote against Senator John IT. Or yd on, makes It necessary for him to secure all of the other Repub lican votes to* succeed himself at Washington. When the majorities ajbar,-counties in New Jersey wore tub ,ulatod it discovered that on tho vote the State had fallen back lie Mi? Democratic column by a Mrjty; of 11,$80. The total Re join pluralities In Ihe counties the Republican ticket won were The' total Democratic plu were 28,650. Hampshire?Cha?. M. Floyd, fohchester, the Republican noni falls short Juat ton votes of be elected .Governor:?The" unofficial "complete show: Floyd (Rep-), Jameson fDem.4, 37.52 4; ey (Proh.), 2113; McFall (Soc.), ; Churchill, 2. The vote shows a aUty of 2944 for Floyd, but it s ten votes to give him tho need tnfcjorlty. If these returns prove the Legislature will decide the two candidates receiving highest Vote. Two Republican no Democratic Congressmen wore ilabamaBraxton B. Confer, ocrat, /Governor; nine Demo te Congressmen and no Republl w^re elected. The emallesl unty in the State, Winston; elected I Republican officials, which iir the Republican sweep since the re etr.uction days. Arkansas?Seven Democratic Con ismen and no Republicans were ted. alitornla?Jos. N. Gillette (Rep.) elected Governor, and eight Ro licau and no .Democratic Con men were elected. Colorado -? Henry. A. Buchtel p.) was elected1 Governor; throe ubllcans and no democratic Con essmon wero elected. Connecticut -?? Rollln S. Woodruff " p.) waa elected Governor* five ublican and no Democratic Con men Were elected. Delaware ? Entire Republican O and county tickets elected. Re^J bllcan majority In the Legislature urofi the election of a Republican ccessor ;to Senator J. Frank Alice, l&ose>term expires In March, 1907. FIorida-VFhrce, Democratic and no j5Tfi*?ilican Congressmen elected. Georgia?-Eleven Democratic and L:ReT>ubltcan Congressmen elected. Idaho--Frank R. &>oding (Rep.), jrnor; one Republican and no tocratle Congressmen elected. IlUiiois^?Nlneteen Republican and ? yht Democratic Congressmen were sleeted. Official returns from all the iuntles in tho Eighteenth District jve .Joseph Cannon, Speaker of the louse of Representatives, a plurality 10.08$. This Is 2109 less than his iplarality two years ago. Indiana ? Nine Republicans and four Democratic Congressmonelected. Iowa?Albert H. Cummins, Repub lican, Governor; ten Republican and one Democratic Congressman elected. Kansas?Edward W; Ho"h, Repnb Governor; eigjit Republican unjj no Democratic "' Congressmen Elected. Kentucky?Sevon Democratic and four Republican Congressmen elected. jvernor lleckbain won the nomina tion for tho United Stntes Senate In ie Democratic primaries. Louisiana?Seven Democratic and R^nublican Congressmen, elected. Walno?Fotr Republican' and no pjocratic Congressmen elected, lunssacl^usetts?Curtis Guild. Jr. >.), Governor; ol?ven Republican r'ireo Democratic Congressmen etl. /iclilgan?Fred M. Warner fR?p.) fomor; twelve Republican and uo [?ratlc Congressmen elec^d. ineoota ? John?, A. Johps^n i/V, Governor: one Democratic ght Republican Congressmen ind?Three Republican and , ;ratlc Congressmen were j Ipnl?Right Democratic Con elected. 0 L?Poor Republican and , rtfingln Panama. Assembly of Panama J r approved a bill *>r<v i ling tn the repnbllC. ~ by Preafdent Ama the twelve Democratic Cuu^rcbauion wojg elected. Montana- -One Republican and no Democratic Congnssmen elected. Legislaturo Republican will elect a Republican hucc t>syr to Uuitod Status Senator W. A. Clark. Nebraska ? George L. Sheldon (Rep.), Governor; five Republican and one Democratic Congressmen elected. Nevuda ? Johu Sparks (Dem.), Governor; one Democratic and no Republican Congressmen elected. North Dakota ? Burke (pern.). Governor; one Democratic and no Republican Congressmen elected. North Carolina Ton Democratic and no Republican Congressmen were elected. Ohio-?Seventeen Republican Con grossmen, Including Nicholas Long worth, the President's son-in-law, and tour Democratic Congressmen were elected. Oregon?Two Republican and no Democratic Congressmen eloeted. ""Pennsylvania ? Edwin 8. Stuart (Rep.), Governor; twenty-six Repub lican and six Democratic Cougress men elected. v v Rhode Island?James II. Iligglns (Dem.), Governor; one Democratic and ono Republican Congressman elected. South Carolina?Martin' F. Ansel (Dem.), Governor; seven Democratic and no Republican Congressmen were elected. South Dakota?Coe Ii. Crawford (Rop.), Governor; two Republican and no Democratic Congressmen were olectod. Tennessee?Malcolm R. Patterson (Dem.), Governor; eight Democratic and two Repnblicau Congressmen elected. \ Texas ? Thomas G. Campbell (Dem.), Governor;' sixteen Domocra Mc and no Republican Congressmen' elected. Utah ? One Republican and no Democratic Congressmen elected. Vermont?^Two Republican and no Democratic Congressmen clected. Virginia ? Nine Dumocratlc and one Republican Congressman elected: Washington ? Three Republican and no Democratic Congressmen elected. West., Virginia ? Five Republican and no Democratic Congressmen were elected. Wisconsin ? John O. David Boh (Rep.), Governor; nine Republican and two Democratic Congressmen elected.. Wyoming -J- Bryant 13. Brooks (Rep.), GovartipxL' ono Republican and no Democratic Congressmen elected. Arizona?Vote against the Joint statehood bill defeats the project. Porto Rico-?Official returns of the election held on this "island give Tu 'lo Larrlnaga, the Unionist candidate for Commissioner of Puerto Rico to the United States Congress, a major ity of -12,000 votes. The Federation of Labor parly pollod approximately 1500 votes. The Federation claims an Island membership of 30,000. Hawaii?Complete returns for Ter ritorial Delegate to Congress give J. H. Kalanianaole (Rep.), 7277: R. B. McClanahan (Dem.), 28G5; Charles Notley, hooiic rule, 1019. The Leg islaturo will be made up as follows: Senate, Republicans, 11; Democrats, 4; House, Republicans, 24; Demo crats, C. Democratic gains were made everywhere. In Congress?The Democrats lost three and gained thlrty-on" Congress men, giving the total Republican, 323; Democratic, 163. i 4 NEW RED AT 10 INDICTMENTS. Grand Jury Convinced That Grain Elevation Was Absorbed. Minneapolis, Minn. ? Indictments in fourteen eases were handed to Judge Lortiren in the United States District Court covering the giving of rebates by certain railroads and the receiving of the same by grain firms rand individuals. TheJistof railways Indicted follows: The Great Northern Railroad Coui bany, four indictments, about seven ty-five counts; the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway, one ?ndictment, fifty -counts; Wisconsin* Ceptral Railway, on6 Indictment, seventeen counts; Minneapolis and St. Louis Ra'lway, one'Indictment, five counts. The indictments against the rail roads charge the giving of rebates. Under the Jiead of receiving rebates the following true bills wcro re turned: W. P. Devoreaux Company. Mc Caull-Dinfimore Companv, of Minne apolis; Ames llrooks Company, of Duluth; the Duluth Milling Com pany. In most of the instances the rail roads are charg?d with absorbing elevator charges, though In a few cases the return of freight paid Is alleged. WOMAN IN HIGHEST COURT. Miss Mary Phllbrook Admitted to Practice in U. S. Supreme Court. " Washington, D. C. ? Miss Mary Phllbrook, of Now Jersey, who was admitted to practice In the Supreme Court of the United States, Is the twenty-seventh woman to enjoy that privilege. The motion for h?r ad mission was made by Solicitor-Gen eral Hoyt on behalf of forme* Attor ney -General Griggs, who hignly com ni ended Miu Phi lb rook's legal abil ity. Woman Alain In Lone Farmhouse. Mra. Henry Williams, wife of a farmer two miles and ft half south of Stafford* Sprfa'gs, .Conn., was mur dered by ft robber while alone In the farmhouse, her head being crushed by a clqb and her thrqpt cut. The robber Ransacked the house, smashed open a trunk and got $100 In cash ? I ' " ?*' 1 ' ? Jrromc ftefaars to Prosecute. District Attorney Jerome, of New York, said that, w|ille lie believed President Pea body, of the Mattjs! Life, had ytotewB uw' _ agents, hj? would te no action uatll after tkm ot trustee*.*; m*A ceMiuri v;;dbvj c;es Mrs. Damon at Twonly-two Mar riod a Revolutionary Veteran. Her OrHiKlfiithcr Also }la?l Fought For Independence?1>. A. II. Had 11 *?! ped (o Support Her. Rutland. Vt.? The Revolutionary War pension list was cloned with tho death ol Mrs.) Est her Sumner Damon, lged nlnoty-threo years, the only ?ur? vIvJuk widow ?f a soldier of the Rov ot 111Jon, which o'vurred at her home In Plwafl^H) Vnfrrnr Vi. Mrs. Damon whh a native of Ver mont.. She was horn in IS 13, and when twonty-two years of nijc, on September 6, l sxr?. at lirligewuter, Vt., sho was mar lied to Noah Da mon, aged H<> Vl'ty|j>WL^ years. Da mon enlisted in thowflbkofthe Revo lution at Milton, Ma^>S?kpril 19, J775, and served flv? ""ar* a* ten sion was granted to him at tho age o? eighty-nino years while living .it Plainfleld, N, II. He died July ,2, 1863. It was on the strength of tho record of hor grandfather, William Thompson, also a Revolutionary War veteran, that Mrs. Damon was made a member of Palestrello Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolu tion, at Walllngford, \'t. For tin.- last two years nearly all tho chapters had contributed to her support, and tW' Slate I/uffialnt ure of 1904 upproprifru'cl $ 200 to rfTlliv pur pose. A pension of ?12 a monlnHiad been granted to her i>y the (ioveVn ment and a year ago this was doubled. Why Esther Sumner, as a bright, and fror' all accounts, spirited girl of twenty-one, married Damon In his old age, no one attempts to explain. She was left an orphan at eight years and was bound out to household ser vice. Hho managed to save from her scant wages enough to enal>le*her to attend a village school in the win ters. When she was seventeen years old she tautdit a "district sohool" at Plymouth Union. Damon appeared In Plymouth Union nt a time, romancers hay, when pretty Esther Sumner was an gry at a swain for whom she cared more than sl\e would show. Within I wo weeks she had married the aged soldier. He was reputed to have some-means. Ho had none at all. After the wedding the bride learned t,hat all his worldly wealth was flG.50, and that even his wedding suit had been lent him by a friend. Esther had saved a little money, but within a few weeks this was gone, and tho young wife had to set about supporting her heroic but disabled husband. For sixty-seven years she has maintained herself by hor own ef forts, except for the forty conts a day pension that she received from the Government. Indeed, the first pension, awarded soon after her bus band's death, was only $S0 a year. Mrs. Damon sewed, nursed the sick, and refused offers of marriage. PET DEE^? KILLED master. Horlx'rt 'Tlradley Found Dead in a llavltie at Montclnir, X. J. Monlclair, N. J.?The shocking death of Herbert Bradley, a million aire Hour importer, with oRices in New Yoi'k, who was found dead at the bottom of a picturesque ravine in the deer part of his co3tly and beautiful estato on Eagle Rock Way, near Montclalr, with a wound in his thigh which had severed tho femoral' artery, has been thoroughly investi gated. Tho result con fir ins the theory that Mr. Bradley met his death in a desperate struggle with oae of bin deer, a large buck about four years old. with long antlers. Chief Gallagher and Deputy Coun ty Physician Herbert Simmons looked among the herd of-deer ^s they roamed about tho park' to ascertain whether any of th$-m bore the marks of the struggle, f As noon as the bis buck came Into view they plainly, saw that its antlers were Covered with blood and that there were a number ol' blood spots about the legs and body. Tho animal which slew Its master si 111 acted wildly and defiantly, and in order (hat it might do no further harm the Chief drew his revolver and promptly killed it. This animal whs Mr. Bradley's fa vorite pet in the enlirt? herd of fifteen dcr. None had over attacked him before. Mr. Bradley was forty-one years old, and leaves a widow and two chil dren. ?? ? ? " "I'M OFF TO KEE TI1E DITCH." I'*rtrewe11 of IKrotevcH an the May flower Leaves For Panuma Trip. Washington, D. C.?''Good-bye; I am going down to See how tho ditch is getting along!" shouted President Roosevelt as he stood on the. after derk of the yacht Mayflower at the Washington Navy Yard. The vessel was leaving with' tho President for his Panama trijf. Accompanying thrs President wore Mr?. Roosevelt and her maid. Sur geon-General Kixey, of the Navy, and M. C. Latta, one of tho assistant sec retaries at tho White Iidnse. The Mayflower took the party to Wolf Trap Light, at tho mo ith of tho Rnp pahar'iock River, in Cheaspeako Bay, whero a transfer was made to the battleship Louisiana., which is to con Isthmus. vey the Tresiden^ffo and from tho r Pedanse Indictments. Twelve officers and mnployea ol i nejn r V ? v. of iZcEhatt, Ala., have been indicted at Pcnsacola, Fla., for conspiracy to com&tlt.jiQonAge. "?"> ? ? ? " ? Hhmmm KcBftjr Not Indicted. Mit t tm against Shaun Harvard University ?tu m, whose trouble young pvaa mixed up. - ? ? v.. HSMl ??j - WASHINGTON Officials of the* Department of .lua tlee con for red on mot ho .is to prose cute the Standard Oil Company (or delation of the law. President Kooaeveit, accompanied oy Mr*. Uooseveit and Surgeon-Gen* eral ltixey, started for Panama. Sir lienry Mortimer Durand, Brit inli Ambassador, announced bis re tirement from th? Diplomatic ser vice. Director of the Census North an?J Chief (iarry. of the Customs Division ai. Ut?* Troas iry Departmont, Railed from Now York for Germany. The- President placed 1100 deputy coll ctora of internal revenue under Civil service rules. Samuel Gompers and other labor lender* had u tjonforence with the President on the Pearre Anti-injunc tion bill and other questions affecting labor. The Army will adopt the new bul let, which was recently tested at the National rillo meet at S<:n Girt. President Roosevelt lias approved the arrangement made l>y Colonel Rodgers, of the Sixth Cavalry, for the settlement of the grievances of the Utc Indians, The President instructed the ofll eials of the War Department to in form the Indiun chief* i.hat he will give them an audience at the White House on his return from Panama. OUK AIK)I*TK1> ISLANDS. ?The moderate party of (\.ba voted to dishaml and reorganize under an other name. Cuban Liberal**, dissatisfied be cause Governor Magoon has not j;lv en them office, held a meeting to plan to bring pressure to bear on him. A Cuban band of one hundred for mer rebels was dispersed near Clrn fuugos by Major Kane, commandant of marines. Three thousand (Filipinos assem bled at Cagayau tie Misamis, capital Of the'province of Misantis, Mindan ao, P. I., to protest against the ru mored reparation. Captain FredendaH, of the Army, who was tried in the Manila eivil courts on Ui(! charge of misappropri ating tjwf fund$ of the quartermas ter's shopB, has been acquitted. DOMICHTIC. Jet Hicks, Rjiegrrt, v.-as lynched at 8a Ur4 City, Gk?, for the murder of John Akridge. The Society^, of the Army of the Tennessee h^s reelected General Grenvllle M. Dodge as its presldont. It is belloved that Winston Church Ill, the author, stands a chance of be ing United Slates Senator from New Ham pail Ire. President Roosevelt returned to Washington from his outing in Vir ginia with one wild turkey, which had fallen to his gun. '<*' ? The President has approved the re port of the committee ^exonerating Governor -Front'/,' of Oklahoma, of charges against him. District Attorney Jerome, of New York City, explained in a letter to ex Judge Herrick ills reasons for defer ring action on alleged coercion moth ods of the Mutual Life. Tho British laborers on the Isth mian Canal were granted a holiday In honor of King Edward's birthday. 8an Francisco-policy holders have appealed to the State Department for aid in forcing three German and one Austrian tiro insurance companies to pay $ 14,000,000, losses. Suits v/cre begun in the Federal court in Utah to recover thousands of acres of coal lands for the Stato from the Gould corporations. A brother of Senator Money killed another man in a pistol duel at Mon ey, Miss. ? The will of the iato James G. Morsel several times a millionaire, filed tit Thomasville, Ga., leaves near ly to his daughter, Mrs Carolyn Morse Ely. The Louisiana Slate Hoard of Health lias modified the quarantine against Havana, soothat passengers may go direct their homes without detention, provided they, report on their health dally. Secretary of Commerce- and Labor Metcalf visited the Oriental schools in San Francisco, in pursuance of ills investigation of educational condi tions. Senator Chauncey M. D^new, com pletely recovered In health, It was learned, would attend the next ses sion of Congress. Voluntarily, appearing before the Fifth Court in Mexico City, J. E. Starr Hunt, charged with fraud in connection with tho International Bank and Trust Company, was ac quitted. ~ FOREIGN. The Pope, it was announced at Rome, had decided to rail a consist ory. A rumor that Herr von Porlbielski, the Prussian Minister of Agriculture, has resigned was published in Ber lin. Dr. Carl Hau. of George Washing ton University, was arrested in Lon don, charged with murdering hi* mother-in-law In Baden-Baden. Counsel for Count Boni made a vicious attack.on Euntond Kelly, the American lawyer, inf Bp?aklng for the defense in the CdBtcllaho divorce suit In Pai;i?. - Replying to a message from the In ternational Peace Association at Mi- J lan, the Pope urged aii nntionn trr jnitf stgpft-f^r 'h^ T'r^^ntlnn of war. Action by tho captain of a British warship In the Newfoundland fisher ies dispute provoked a protest from the Colonial Catoinot .to the Imperial Government. - ... German industrial circle* greatly fear a taflff war Kith Amerfarwrnw Twmrtt of tfce Congressional elections A fire In Canton, China, aoar aEu ropean suburb, caused a loss of ovei fi;?oo.ooo. . ... & - ... ' " t&. 1: A .?????? " . . f J. - J : - I expect c:3 c& Dureau of Stat'st'cs Mn(.)s an Optim.stic Estimate. ItiickwhoHt Not So Favorable?I'otiv tOtf.AW'ill (ilvc a llig Yield?? A 1<1k Tobacco Crop. Washington, I>. C.~- Tho Crop ll?> portiiiR Hoard of the llureau of Sta tistics, Department of Agriculture, And* from tho roiiori* of the'cor respondents nn(I agents of tho bureau uk follows: Tho prellinlnnry returns on tho production of corn in 1900 indicate a total ji?ld of about 2,88 1 .09'J,000 bushels, or an averugn of 3u.2 bush els per u*ro, ii^.wr'Kioil with an average ylold of 28.8 bushels as finally estimated in 1 90&, 26.8 bush els In 1001, and a ten-year average of 25.2 bushels. Tho following table shows for tho twenty-llvo iflMrolpal corn States tho preliminary estimates of average yield per acre for November, 1906: States. Av'ge. 1111nots 36.1 Iowa 39.F> N'ebraska 34.1 Kanmu* 2s.0 Fuxas 22.fi Missouri 32.3 Indiana 30.6 Georgia J 2.0 Kent ucky /; 3.0 T-mnessso /Jji. 1 Ohio v;"42.6 Alabama 16.0 North .Carolina. . . . ^ 15.3 Aj-'Mlisiis. .p. ? . . ... * 23.6 Mississippi 1 8.5 Indian Territory 33.6 Oklahoma 32.9 South Carolina 12.2 Virginia 2 1.3 South Dakota 33.5 Minnesota 3 3.6 Wisconsin 41.2 Pennsylvania 40.2 I/O 'is'aua 17-. 2 Michigan 3 7.0 United States .....30.2 The general average as to quality Is $0.9 per cent., as compared with 00.6 last year, 86.2 in 1001 atul S3.1 In 1003. It Is estimated that about 4.4 per ceut. oi the corn crop of 1905 was still In tho hands of farmers on November 1, 1906. uk compared with 3.3 ptfr cent, of the crop of 1904 la fai'mers' hands on November 1, 1005, 3.6 per cent, of the crop-'of 1903 1 n farmers' hand on November I, 1904, and 5.2 per cent, of the crop of 1902 In farniHrs' hands oft November 1, 1903. /The preliminary estimate of the average yield per acre of buckwheat Is ltf.7 lnohels, against an average yield of 19.2 bushels as finally esti mated In Hi05, IK.9 bushels in 1904, and a ten-year average of 18.1 bush els. The average for quality Is 90.4 per cent., ngaipst 93.0 last year, 91.5 in 1904 and 91.4 in 1903. The preliminary estimate of the avrage yield per ncre of potatoes it* 102.5 bushels, against rin average yield of 87.0 bushels as finally esti mated in 1905, 1 10.4 In 1904, and a ten-year average of JS4.4. The av erage as to quality is 90.0 per cent., as compared with 85.4 per cent, one ffmr ago, 93.4 in 1904 and 86.4 in 903. , The preliminary estlmato of the average yield per acre of hay Is 1.35 tonB, as against an average yield of 1.54 tons as finally estimated in 1905, 1.52 tons In 1904, and a ten-year av erage of 1.44. The average as to qualify Is 89.9 per cent., against 89.9 ono vear ago, 92.7 in 1904 and 91.3 In 1903. The prellmlnarj" estimate of, tho average yield per acre or tobacco Is X54.^-pounds, as comnared with the final estimate ot?-815.6 pounds in 1905, 819 pounds in 1904 and an "Iglit-vear average of 763.6 pounds. The average as to qualltv Is 84.5 por cent., as compared with 87.3 per cent, on" year ajgo and 89.5 per cent, lu 1904. fill EAT HOTEL COLI^raKI). lOO Workinon lliirit'tl in Ruins of the I ?i ?.!>>- at liOim ltcach, Onl. Long Beach, Cal.?Five stories of the ecntr?I/'wlng of tlio now $7!"j0,000 Bixby Hotel collapsed, carrying nine workmen to (loath In the tons of tail zied wreckage. About 150 artisans and laborers wore scattered through tho atructuro at the moment" it. fell, and of thenfe 100'were carried down In tho ruins, nlno being severely hurt. Thirteen men on tho contractors' rolls are unaccounted for. Many tons of iron and concrete wont down In the grout crash, and the exceptional weight of tho bulld 1 material made the rescue work doubly dlfllcult. 'Cries for help from men pinned under giant girders were echoed by walls of wives and daugh ters swarming over the ruins in search of their own. The dead arc: K. M. Perkins, Carlton Hrabhear, A. Uensenso, Albert Hartle, L. M. Phil lips and four unidentified workman. Tho Illxby was to have cost J 730, 000. It was to have 276 rooms. Standing 200 feet from the shore, It covered an area 348 by 175 feet. President lK>nonnced. The Union Republican Club. at Cin"innatf, has denounced the action of tho President in discharging from the army three compaules of fte^roes. King Edward's Birthday. King Edward celebrated his t:ltt.y flfth birthday quietly at Sandrlngham Palace. London. -r Governor M6L*ae. of Now Hamp shire, has pardoned John P. Cogftat sent to jail for four yeaVa for misap propriation of fun0s of the Nashaa Trust Company. ? *t 11 ? ? ? ; - j *? r~" ? KusAian Committee* The electoral commttteea (a and tho provlucen at Rttpsta ftava been suppressed aad tholr functions '-lave b&en transferred to tho to./n ?ouncils.. v v ? : a ..V-i'. \ v t Bobs Up in Southern Immigra tion Conference VARIOUS PLANS ARE DISCUSSED \ Two Setffcionfl of ^migration ami Quariutlne Conference at Nashville, Given Over to D-Lscusaion by Repre sentatives of Every Section of tho South. r* ? Nashville, Tonn., Spociul. ?Tho Southern Immigration ajn<t Quaran tine Conference, tho :\p poiutmont of ooul^m'oSj gave Uie day over to speech-making by men, representative of every section of the South. While the conference, which wiib presided over by it president, John I. ('ox, Governor of Tennessee, was called primarily for tho consid eration of mutters pertaining to im nigiation and quarantine, the action (if (ho Federal govorninent in taking charge of (he quarantine two ycai-s ago, eliminated almost entirely the subject from discussion and the delo *Hea devoted tho time to a consid eration of methods necessary to secur ing a proper share of the immigrants in riving in this country from froroign shores. The discussion had not proceeded far when the race question came to the fore and occupied the attention of the delegates throughout the two sessions of the day. The sentiment^ ot the delegates on The? negro question was manifest early in the daV in tho hoist of applause which, gtvemd Gov ernor t'ox's statement that the South must deal with the negro that the negro must he protected and his rights preserved, but that political right# must ho taken from the low and vicious of. the race. This senti ment was further endorsed when Gov ernor lloyward, of South Carolina, .X iio made fch?? principal speech of the day and was given an ovation, declar ed' that immigration would yet BolvJ the negro problem. Tiic purpose of tho conference is to bring about a more equitable ?)ist ri bution of the immigrants who reach tho United States from foreign shores The idle negro class causes some ap prehension hi tho minds of immi grants, according to tlfwwj believed to (a well informed, and this operates agni'iet the South receiving what thinks is its proper share of 'labp_ror5 from abroad Various plans are Bng ?;psted for ridding the South of idle u.;groes, and the race question there fore was early injected "into tho dis eUfdon. 1 Go\ernor Cox, who is tho prcma noot chairman of tho conference, cal led the delegates to onjer and wel comed them. In touching on the no vro question Gov. Cox said: 'Tho problrn? must be settled by ?ho South, l>nt the aid and sympathy of Ihe North is essontial. If t!u\v vvill not help us," cm tinned the Go *????!? >r, "if tht.y?Avil1 hot repeal the Vilh and 16'It amendments to th? "onsd'tntion. then let us here resolve" ?hat wo will write in the fundamental hiw of every Southern State, a guar an tee to the negro for protection of 'ife, liberty and the pursuit of han oineps. but forever denying to the vicious and ignorant * all j>olitieal rlyl'tfc." (Applause.) Bomb Tlirowor Shot. Moscow, Special.'?A bomb thrown itj&layor Hpinet on Tyer street Mon lav morning. Heinet, who wiis not "iurt, quickly puller! out his revolve) Mid shot and killed the man who threw the bomb. Child Wife's Throat Cut. Richmond, Vo.. Special. ? Mrs, James Wilcher, Hi years <>ld, mid yel ?it*'wife of two years, was found by 'ier mother, Mi;s, S. J. Woody, with her throat cut, Kiipjxmcdly by her Jinn, '?and. She had refused to live with ''im, as he once before attempted to '\ill her. She has a bare chance to re cover. Wilcher haft not been appre hended. Mies Settlo Loses Suit. - London, By Cable.?A jury in thv Queen's Bench Division of the High ;\mrt of Justice announced a disa ' neement in tha breach of promise Huit^ brought by Marian Drsughn, an Sctress,, daugfffrr.vof the late Judge Thomas Settle, of the Unfted States circuit Court, against Heinrich This <en, described as the son and heir ol i millionaire iron magnate of Dussol lorf, Germany. Counsel Thissen jnn munced subsequently that "they wouhb 'pply for another writ, and said thej expected an ?a*!; Affidavits Filed Cfcarffin* Attorn*} With Attempt to Defraud. New Orleans, ClpociaL^?Affidavits ? hartriwc attompt to defraud the Com mereial Gtrmania Bank A Trust Com pfloy of ^47,0?r *i*a also ehargin he insuring of a worthier* che*|ci5&C M<?320 were filed again*! FredDcibeL Ir., an attorney, ife i* cho ot *i> nen cxatiiiw' " " Saturday for recent two other seen afo held , V ^ Nearly AH Wreck Victims Are Burned to Ashes TRAIN GOES OVER EMBANKMENT ?Vrsck Occurred Now Wop4yjller IncL, When a Passenger Train Loaded With Immigrants Collided With a Freight on the, Baltimore h- Ohio Railroad?Thirty - Uig^t Poople Were Injured and Only 80 of the Eutire Train Load Escaped. Chicago, Special.?Moro than oue ttuli' tho passengers on an immigrant train on tho Haltimoro & Ohio were killed or injured in a collision Mon day between tho passenger train and i freight near Woodvitie, Ind. One hundred and sixty-llvo passen gers were on the train. \>f these 47 were either killod outright or were burned to death in a fire that broke )ut in .the wreckage immediately after the collision. Tho names of-'hll jf the dead will probably never-be known aw 45 of tho bodies were eon turned in tho flames or wore ho badly burned (hat ideutilieation will be out >f the question. Thirty-eight' people woro injured and Bevoral of those will die. Eighty others cscaped unhurt init lost nearly ull their buggage aTid clothing. Chicug^ III., Special.?At 1 o'elooU the oHloials of the Baltimore and Ohio announced thai they had receiv* e<l positive news fro^r tits wrack hi Woodvillo, lnd., and that out of 185 people on the train, forty Wore killed thirty live others injured and vsikty cscaped unhurt "^VT~ \ . ? \ Collision Head-On. Indianapolis, Ind., SpeoitfplA-A, spoeial to Tho News from Valparaiso,--: lnd., says: "A head-on collision bot\v$0n two passenger trains on tho Baltimore & Ohio Hail way was reported early Monday at Woodvillo, 10 miles north of this eify. Reports that 5 are dotfd, and 25 injured and twonty or thirty . I burned up in one train which waa.de--- ? Htroyed. All physicians in this city - havo gone to the scene of tho wygpk t /'jQno of-the "traiii5~was an imini- ' grant train." , Entire Train Burned. Baltimore, Special.?Advices tj? Baltimore & Ohio goueral offices here - . BRy: r ' ? ? ;"7 44 The collision was fcetw^pn a west bound immigrifHl train and a Chicago and Now Yor? oast tymhd freight train. There wero 135 immigrant* *?.: : .? ? the passeiigor train. The last reports soys that nn to 8: o'clock only one immigrant had been found dead and iih near as could be tofitaibont 40 oi\J SI ou were missing* Thoy may probnb ly have scattered over tho couniry; "The entire immigrant train of six cars were burned, hh were/'three car* ? in tho freight train. TUd flromatf of f V ? the freight train is dead and flrema? Culler of the immigrant train so bad ly hurt that he cannot live. 40 to Hospital. Chicago, Special.?At 10:30 o'clock - the Baltimore and Ohio Railway l>ot ifidfl physicians of tho Mercy Hcapi* tal to he prepared for the recaption?-?: of 40 injured persons. Tho train was scheduled to arrive in this city noon. Difference Adjusted. New York, Bpccial.XrJfto demand f of tho engineers employed by the pel. eware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company ha& been adjusted at a conference between President ? Truesdalc and representatives of\tho ,, engineers. They granted a ?in-bpnr day, an increase in wages acjrrej for the 900 engineers $30,000 t# 35^< 000 annually. " Negroes Hold Their State Fair. Macon, Gasj Special.?The first eol ored State Fair in the history of tto pood display Qf agrioaltmal products;.*) negro- inventions, women's work, slavery rdica an tL fa?ndigu*k-of--tfc<~ crafts. ' The fpTr will continue for one week with special flay? for * physician V congress, Wolr.enV days^-v educational day, religious and .sam tary congresses/ addresses b*l livercd" At TWeroTSJT CtnaberlSnd* Wjtltra J&tanlfer, ? !of