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CAMDEN. 8. C.. KRIDAY, AUGUST 7. 1908 PALMETTO HAPPENINGS TOLD IN BRIEFS * m - - ' * Occurrences of lateral GlefliMd Fnm All Sectiou* of tke Buay fiLlntito SU to ../.JO, rpT-i 73 < t- n 'arm demonstration work. farmers Throughout th* 8Ule Man ifesting Interest in the Movement ?Meeting to be Held on Mr. Gon ial* 'g Farm. Near Columbia, Au ?u#t 16. will be Well Attended. Columbia, Special. ? QuiiWi a compli *M>nt wa? paid to South CaroJ iua by ih? United fctuU's department ot ag riculture by lacing ?eUjel?d from among all the Southern Btatea ?m the jfield for tin? cpeetal furin de?voju*f ra tion work which is soon to be ia^ti fated by t lie Government. This work will go on in Dm Ktate and the in fvi - mutUjii gained therefrom will be ,ulh ?d by Dr. Kuapp miu 1 his aA*i*ta?t* all orer the Soutlu This work wiii be different from tliat which i* be ing conducted by the department un der the direction of Dr. Knapp, but will in no way interfere or take the place of Dr. Knapp'* work; the two will work in co-operation to a certain extent. The original plan an outlined by Dr. Spillroan when down lien* some day* ago, wan to have one farm in each . Congressional district on which de JDontsration was to be done, but so much interest has been manifested -that it has been decided io broaden this work, and in district* where the . .. conditions aj* favorabfe and the far mers will be tseveVal farms where this i work will he rni rieiLon. j The fajm belonging to Mr. Ambrose Gonzales, just outside of Columbia, has been selected as the liint farm to begin this work on and arrangements ? for a big meeting on this fann to be held August 15 have been completed. Thin will be the initial meeting of the. demonstration workers and there will be a similar meeting once a month in the future at Mr, Gonzales' farm, . a* it ie the most centrally located ~ farm in the State. , $000 for School Improvement. Columbia, Special. ? State Superin tendent of Education Martin has re ceived n letter from WicklifFe Rose, i - Secretary of the Peabody V>nrd, with a cheek for $500 enclosed. This check has been sent by the Peabody board to the School Improvement Associa tion to aid it in the good wotk it hi doing, and i<? in recognition of the work which has been done by Mia* | Nance. The check is signed by J. P. Morgan, treasurer of- the board. The Peabody haa given $12,000 to Winthrop this year, and its gifts to this Institution for the past several years have averaged $3,000 a year. It will bo remembered that thd Pea body board has also helped the schools all over this State in days gone by, and was very instrumental in the development of the school hei'e in Columbia, which finally became Winthrop College. L: . Big Cotton Mills to Shut Down. Spartanburg, Special. ? Practically nil the large cotton mills in this sec tion will close August 8 for two weeks, Bomq of them for a longer pe riod. The mills that will close down are Tucaupau, Enoree, Pacolet, Spar tan Mills, Arkwright and Whitney, of this county, and Clinton and Watts ...mills. _ The. Pacolet Mills will closc for an indefinite period, and will pay the Operatives half time and give them free house rents while opera tion is suspended. The other mills Fwill furnish house rent free. The elosiug down of the mills, August 8, will be the second time this summer the mills have shut down, and will probably- be the la-st. As a result of the shut down, moro than three hun dred thousand spindles in this eoun L-. ty will be idle. ? Fine Rice Crop in Georgetown. j Georgetown, Special. ? The acreage - of rice planted in Georgetown coun ty this year is about the satno as last '-year. Acording to the figures turn t^ed in, which arc practically complete, 4,242 acres of rice are under eulti ? vation this year. The crop is in fine ^condition, and if no storm interferes to mar the prospects a big harvest i& sure. - Teachers Chosen at Sumter. Sumter, Special ? At a recent meet ing of the board of education the ? resignation of Mr. R. D. Epps as prin cipal of the High School was accept ed, and the following additional (eachers elected for the Calhoun school : Principal and teacher of 10th ?? grade, Mr. C. C. Smith; teacher of |~?th grade^ Mr. .T. H. Spann ; com . mandant and teacher of 8th grade, Mr. W. M. Scott.; All of the schools ?Are now supplied with a full com plement of teachers exeept in the ;? Calhoun School, where a teacher for ..the 7th grade is yet to be elected. EL'. TOO WET AT GEORGETOWN. ? Farmers in Despair at Continued j RalnfalL \ eorgetown, Special. ? The rniny ?onllnncii and *?; ? ly aaturi^d hereabout*. The iets are hoping that the old saw __ rain on the first day of dog days ? sure sign for forty days' more rain will prove a false prophesy. Trying to Bring Back Alleged Tiger*. Columbia, Special.-*- Some time ago iwquiw lions were made by Governor Aiutel on ibe (Joyornor of Georgia tor several negroes accused of the violation of the di*|**usary luw. It M claimed thai tin* negroes were eoawluctijig u liquor business u* blind tigers, iu violation of (be dispensary law, near LowndesvilJe, Abbeville County, and Mr. 1. H. Met alia un dertook to put a stop to il. The ne groo# crossed oyer tin* line into Geor* gia. Tbe negroes were apprehended recently iu Augusta. Attorney (jen eral Lyon received a telephone mes sage to tjie effect that Governor Smith has temporarily suspended his order granting the requisitions, upon the representation of the attorney for the negroes that they wore being brought back to South Carolina to bo prosecuted for the violation ol labor contract. Attorney Generat Lyon had the following to say about the ease: "Mr. 1. II. MeCalla, of Lowndesvillc, i* a thoroughly trust worthy geutjvmun and has been milk ing an effort lor some time to break up the blind tiger business in his neighborhood. He is asking for the return of those criminals solely for the purpose of having them proseeut ed tor violation of the dicpyiisary law, and one of them for perjury, as tbo requisit ioiiA jdiow. There is no truth in "the statement that they are to be brought back peons. Had Fine Meeting at Donald's. Donald's, Special. ? - The Woman's Missionary Union, auxiliary to the Abbeville Association of Baptist churches, held their annual meeting at Donald's, July 124 to 20, inclusive. The meeting was well attended by delegates from all churches and mem bers of local church. The opening sermon was preached by Dr. II. A. Bagby, of Greenwood, on Friday evening. The work of the union was continued on Saturday morning and at 12 o'clock an address was made by the well known pastor of Ander son-.', church, Dr. J. F. Vines. His address on "The Mission of Wo man" was very strong and highly interesting to all present. At 3:30 o'clock p. in. another address on mis sions was made by Dr. McCall, a mis sionary from Cuba. . On Sunday morning the sermon was by Dr. A. T. Jamison, of the Connie Maxwell Or phanage, of Greenwood. Subject, "Missions." One of flic most inter esting features of the day was a talk made by Miss Carrie Mathis, of | Greenville. She has been attenting the Baptist Training School for the past year. This address was espe cially interesting to the ladies of the union, showing the courage, zeal and devotion of Miss Mathis to the cause to which she has* devoted her life. Mrs. J. S. Harris, of Troy, S. C., president of the union, was in charge of the meeting. Mrs. I. W. Wingo, of Greenville, president of tho (State Union, was also present. New Lancaster Enterprises. Lancaster, Special. ? The Fanners' Union Ware' House Company, of Lan caster, has been organized with t he following officers: E. B. Lingle, presi dent; G. L. McManus, vice president ; W. M. Moore, secretary and treasur er; J. F. Nisbct, manager. The cap ital stock is $i>,000. The company has purchased three acres of land, known as the old Spoke and Handle Factory lot, and will at onee erect a warehouse, 00x100 feet, with brick lire walls. Tho building U to he finished by theiopcning of the cotton season. Another new enterprise will be organized here in a few days, the Lancaster Ice and Coal Company, with a capital of $10,000. ? Aetna Mills Ordered Sold. Greenville, Spcciul. ? In the hear ing before Refereo Heyward here last week it was decided to sell tho Aetna Mills property, of Union, Oc tober 7, the upset price being fixed at $250,000. The appraiser's report, which was submitted at the meeting, places the value of tho #Btate at $305,000. Lertington Crop Conditions. Lexington, Special. ? In many sec tions of the county rain has not fal len in several weeks and crops have been greatly damaged by continued drought, and unless it rains within the next few days cotton will be al most a completfj failure. Old corn however, has not been hurt to any appreciable extent and in most sec tions tho yield will be unusually large. But where corn was not plant ed until late it is suffering for want of water and tho conditions at pres ent ara very unsatisfactory. Organized at Rock Hill. i Rock Hill, Special ? Tho Convention of the Sunday School Workers, which was in session hero for two days, had a very succcssful and encourag ing meeting. Tfi? Convention was called, for the purpose of organiza tion. Thi^waa done and tjio body is now thoV^ork County* Interde nominational Assftm^tion." DEATH OF MH.A. ti. GONZALES J I I I ' I, Passed Away Friday at the Home of , JJic Brother, Editor W. E. Gonaa lee, in Columbia Had Been, in III Health for Years. C-olnmbia, Kpcciul.? -Mr. A. H. Oou *alw? died Friday morning ut ti o'clock at the residence of l>i? brother, Mr. W. K. Gonzales, editor of The State. Mr. GonxaUs had been in ill health for years and for the last few month* hi* condition had been ser ious, but his death wax not expected a* he had been feeling better for sev eral days. Mr, Gonzales was u na'tive of Colleton eonnty and spent all bin life on the family plantation in (lint county near Adams Hun. He. wan 17 years old And had never married, lie it* survived by his two brothers, Mwhik. A. K. and \V. K. Gonzales. of this city, and one sister, Miss Har riett R. Gonzales. llis father was the celebrated Qcn. Ambrosie Jose Gonzales, a native of Matanzas, Oiba, who with Narciso I/opez bewail the struggle for Cuban independence in 3848, General Gonzales was the Hrst Cuban wounded in the war of 1850 an<l was exiled under sentence of death. In lflf><5 lie married Xliss liar-, rift t Hutledgc Klliott, daughter of lion. William Elliott, of Beaufort, General Gonzales served in the Con- I federate army on the staff of General Beauregard, for. whom Mr. A. 13. Gon/ales ' was name'd. Thousands of Fish Posioncd. Aiken, Special. ? The Audubon rep resent a t i ves a re gel t i i ig it f t e r n II e?red ^violators yi\.the fish laws in this coun ty. Home days ago it was alleged that some one at the Clearwater Mill lmtT~ehifprTed a quantity of sulphuric acid into Horse ("'reck, causing the death of (ish in that stream and in the ponds along the valley.- Mi~_LV B. Shaw is the panic warden in 4 hat vicinity, and when the matter come To his notice lie got busy and in a | short time he had several parties placed under arrest for the offense. There were live in the party, includ ing the head mechanic, Mr. McGliee. They were carried later before Magistrate S. S. Lee and given a preliminary, and were released under $.'300 bond. Jt is alleged that a great quantity of the sulphuric acid was emptied into the crcek, thoutrh the company in whose possession the acid was state that the quantity could* not have been more than "a bucket ful if anv was used. Letters have been received stating tlmt dead fish havts been .ceen in the creek and it is strongly Relieved that is was caused by the poisonous substance getting' in the water. The authorities here intend (o push the case and the de velopments will he watched with great interest by everybody. Shot Down in Parlor. Laurens, Special.? J., Louis Wil | liamson, u prominent young farmer of York county and the son of ' .7. L. Williamson, of the same count v, was shoj, an<l. mortally wounded by J. Henry Garrison, the shooting occur ring at the. Garrison home at Gray Court, a little town ten miles west of Laurens. Young Williamson lived thivo hours after the shooting, being conscious for some time and realizing tUat he could not recover. It seems that young Williamson was a visitor at the Garrison home ns the guest of ?Jiss Mary Garrison, the accom plished daughter of Mr. .T. H. Garri son. During the evening Miss Gar -rison ami? her visitor- were alone in the family parlor. About 11 o'clock it appears Air. Garri.-on went on the piazza for water. Observing the young people lie concluded from ap pearances -that tli?# young man was ( not acting as he should and fired upon him with a shotgun; An inquest was held and a verdict in accordance with the above facts fas returned. Garri Eon carac down and surrendered to the sheriff. Bather Seized With Cramp and is Drowned. Spartanburg, Special. ? .Tames Gib son, aged 21 years, was drowned in Lawsou's Fork Saturday afternoon while bathing. lie went into the stream shortly after noon and was seized with cramps and drowned be fore assistance could arrive. Gibson lived at Pacolet. Eighty-Two Candidates. - Columbia, Special.' ? When the time Cor paying assessments expired there were several surprises in county pol itics. Mr. John T. Duncan filed his pledge as a candidate for clerk of ?ourt, Mr. J. Frost Walker is n can didate for re-election as clerk and Mr. Ch'j. Black is also a candidate. There ire 82 candidates in all, and IS of lhc:m aro seeking the position of ;ounty commissioner, there being one commissioner from each of the four townships. There are eleven candi dates for the House of Representa tives. W. T. Jones ia Denied Bail. Union, Special.? Judge D. E. Hy drick has . denied W. T. Jones appli cation for bail. The hearing waa j was held in Spartanburg Ust Satur day. Tuesday night Clerk of Conrt Peak? reeeived an order from tho Jndgo wherein Judge Hydrick stated that- after a eareful *on*ideration of ill the relevant competent to*ti monv he did not think that bail thouid bo allowed and ordered ac cordingly. ? v A.-. ? .. -/? KSjrSu . fa. i Lad in North Carolina Town Shoots to Kill TRAGEDY AT A MILL VILLAGE I Jamofl Riddle, Bugineer at Hpyo Mil 1* Plant Shot and Killed by His Bon? Youth Olaima That he Acted In Self-Defense. ? ? Hope Mills, N. ( . Special, ? An awful trngejly was enacted Sunday night at Cottou, a mill village one milt* from Hope Mills and seven miles from Fayutteville. A tut inn was shot down in the viogorous strength of loss than middle age by his son, just entering into manhood. While James A. Hiddle, engineer of lloj ? Mills, No. 4 Willi convolving with throe friends in front of u livery stable at Cotton about (> o'clock Sun day afternoon his son, Tom Hiddle, aged IS, walked up into 'bo crowd and proceeded to roll a cigarette. The father remonstrated with bis Uon on the evil of cigarptte smoking and told biin that be must quit 'lie practicc or that evil results would follow, Tom, (he so^i gave a very port answer. Hough words followed, wliou James Hiddle, the father raised a plank and threatened his son with chastisement. Tom pulled his pistol and began tiring on bis father, one ball:? which caused death- passing through the heart, another just above the heart, another through the shoulder another through- the mm The iU'lh unJ. last chandler missed Hro. Hiddle, the murderer. sip- rendered to Chief of Police W.-A. McLean, of Hope Mills, ?t 1) o'clock Sunday night. McLean was instructed by the coroner's jury to take no bail, whereupon the prisoner was convoyed to the county jnil at Fayet !,eville late Sunday night. Receiver For Big Elactric and Water works Company. Atlanta, On.. Special. ? J Allies T. Anderson, of Marietta, was appoint-' i*l receiver for the (Soorgia Manufac turing ami Public Service Company, a half million dollar corporation which supplies the city of Marietta with electric lights and water, The appointment was .made on an invol untary petition in bankruptcy Hied against the concern bv Atlanta cred itors. The company of which M. M. Sessions is president owns an elec tric light plant, waterworks system and n paper in i IL A hearing won set tor August 1Kb. Grain Elevators Burned. ?Chicago. Special. ? Fire which was so hot that (ho firemen couhl not get nearer than a block of it, and which made it necessary to plav streams of water on buildings* three and four squares away, destroyed the Burling ton' elevators, "E" and VF". the dock transfer warehouse of that road and either burned or rendered useless 100 .box cars. The loss on the grain in the two elevators i*> placed by Armour & Co.. who owned it. at $700,000. The total loss is placed at .$1,000,000, ' Three Killed by Premature, Explo ? sion. - ? ? ? L Iluzelton. Pa., Special. ? Two Amer icans and on Italian, all of this citv, were instantly killed by the prema ture explosion of a blast at the stone crushing plant of Charles Kehoe, on the outskirts of llazelton. Thomas Kehoe. a son of the contractor, was injured about the head. Contractor Kehoe said that the death of the men was purely accidental. The bodie* were blown some distance from the scene of the explosion. Rhode Island Mills Cr.t Wages. Providence, K. I., Special. ? Notices were posted at the mills of the United States Cotton Company at Central Falls that one week from Tuesday a reduction of wages will go into effect. The rate or reduotion was not mentioned but it ii under stood by the operatives to be a 10 per cent, one. The company employs 500 hands. Steel Oars Demolished. Philadelphia, Special. ? What is de clared to be the great st freight wreck involving the destruction of ste<4 cars .occurred on the New York division of the Philadelphia & Read ing /Railway near Meadowhrook, a suburb, Sunday, when out of a coal train of twenty-eight cars, nineteen wore demolished, entailing a loss esti mated at $100,000. The train which was running at the rate of 50 miles an hour,- was thrown from the track by the breaking of the flange on the one wooden car in the entire train. Shippers Given Ten Days. Washington, Special. ? Nothing fur ther was heard by the inter-State cqtmnerce commission in relation to the controversary over freight rates in the Southeastern territory. Ship pers In thnt section* hare- been given ten days from July 31st in which to> file a complaint against a proposed increase of rates and it is expected their complaint will be here in a few days. , "X * a MR il fflHUY 81 Popular and Pretty Teacher a Victim of Insane Jealousy ? i # BLOODY ENDING OF COURTSHIP Miss Ball Said to Have Bean Shot on tho Vorch of Her Homo- Little Hope En tor tai ued For Her Re covery. Elkin, N. (\, Speoial.-~Mi?n Mary Hall daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hall, of flii* plarp, hits been teaching: u m in my r school at Mr, Jatneii Hoot's residence near Hcnham postolHee, six mill's west of Mlkiii, Sunday a ?yottng mini named Freeland Sharp desired to accompany her lo chin eh, hut she declined, having a previous- engage ment wiili hj* hrot Ihm'. 1 1?> then took Miss Ktlii'l 1 loots to church. On re in ruing home Sharp and Mi-s Hoots arrived soiik* lime In* lore the couple, ?\N hen the elder hrot her and Miss Hall arrived, Freeland Sharp was on tin* porch and as Miss Hall stepped on t he porch In* drew a pistol and tir ed at her, hut she struck (hi* pistol down and the. hall entered the floor.. She endeavored lo gel out of his \\ a y when he tired the second shot, the ball st rikiujf the left hera-t and pass ed through the lung and out at the back. Mr-sages were iiinnediat ?? I v phoned here tor aid. I)rs. King Mud JU'eeA^.I\XMit_fli..?Mll'e.. ulisO her fiVth^.. mother and. sisters. All is being dojie lor tin? voun^ lady that can be, tint at this writ ing veiy little liope is en tertained for her recovery. Miss I -all is a young lady of high standard and unsullied character, and nothing has happened in this community that has <o wrought up the fcejings of our people as this. ,t Sharp was hurried away to .jail at VVjlkesboro early Monday morning to< await the result ol' his rush act. Another Account. ^ inston-Nalcm, Special. ? -Because she hud repeatedly refused to marry him, I). F. Tliarpe, a prominent young man of Dcmmette, Wilkes county, seven miles front Wilkesboro, fired upon ahd probably mortally wounded Miss Mary Hall, daughter of Mr. J.. A. Hall, one of Surry county's most highly respected citizens Sunday night about 9 o'clock, whilo.the latter with her brother, was returning from church services at Macedonia? Tho brother of Misk Hall heard early in the evening that unless she married Tharpo during the night t he would kill her xo he accompanied her to church. It was on the return from church that Tharpo fired upon the young lady, the bullet taking effect about.. an inch above the heart. Tliarpe fired the second time, but the young lady knocked the revolver from his hand. The young lady has been teach ing school for some time and is one of the most highly-respected young women of the neighborhood, it iH understood that Tliarpe will plead in sanity. The occurrence created con siderable excitement throughout the entire community The young man was placed under arrest soon after the shooting. 'Bryan's Speech Short. Fairvjew, Lincoln, Neb., Special. ? The speech of acceptance of William J. Bryan will be short. Mr. Bryan said that by actual count it contained 5, MOO words. The issues of the cam paign will be discussed but not at great length, Mr. Bryan's views be ing reserved for more elaborate treat ment in the several speeches he in tends to make. Wtyto Man Kills Negro. Lynchburg, Vn., Special. ? rNear Concord, ten , miles cast of here Sun tiny night ,J nek Lee. white shot and instantly killed Beverly Cardwell, col ored, and mortally wounded his brother Samuel, who died Monday morning. The men, whites and blacks were drinking hard cider and had a drunken misunderstanding. Lee was arrested. News in Brief. According to a report from Berlin .the Sultan will declare hirtiaelf Em peror of all Moslems. C'ardianl Gihhons is resting in Rome and will probably have an audi ence with tlie Bope. . -President Castro feels insulted by the sending of Dutch warships and gave several Dutch Consuls thcir ? walking papers. John Mitchell, former president of the United Mincworkers, has been ap pointed chief of trade agreement de partment of the National Civic Fed eration. .The President of Honduras says he canceled the exequaturs of ths con suls at Cciba because they took sides with the revolutionists, - It is estimated that TO lives were lost in the Austrian Tyrol as a result of storms, floods and landslides. - Dr.- Wright reports that there are r>,000 white slaves of the opium habit in New York city alone. ?:?; Treasury gNMjtil are . speculating on the possibility of persons using airships for smuggling. VICTIM OF TAR AND FEATHERS F. E. Bliss, of Washington, D, C, Ignominlously Treated. Bull of fiooo Bach For Tlirce Men Charged Willi Assault und Ihit fery? I'limipal* All lietieent. Washington, I). C. ? ? Instead of marrying the girl of hie choice in Now York, Frederick E. Bliss, a prominent aud elderly huilnes" h?H been striving to get rid pf the re mains of a coat of tar and feathers received while railing on hi* fiancee. Ho engorged from retirement long enough to. swear out warrants fov the arrest of James*' L. White. Charles Marthenson and llenry C. Cole. , All the principals in itip case are prothlnent in business and financial circles, and they have given Wnsh lngton its midsummer sensation The woman in tho case, whose name 1h not divulged, resides at 1137 Kenyon street. lillsa, according to his story, is engaged to her, and they were to have gono to New . York to bu mar ried. Tho tlirce men who are said tOj have tarred, and feathered him, Bliss told the police, were with the young woman at the time. When Bliss nr? rived he was admitted to the house by the bHWOQlSltt. The elderly suitor was dumped on the floor, one of his cafifors^ttlng on his chest and arms, while another perched on his legs. The third w.leld cd a brush heavy with tar. When the tarring had been completed a' sofa rush lo'n was Blit and t/ho contents were applied. During the proceedings (ho Mrs. nilsH-t.o-be was not In evidence. Hail In the case of Charles Mar thenson, Henry C. Colo^and James L: White, accused of having" assaulted and ~ aired it'. tt. H ! iHarTirrijggaUflA Of his alleged attentions to Mrs. Mar thenson through hypnotic influence, was SI ooo in oacl) ease.1 This Is dou ble the amount on which tho men were first held. In asking the addi tional security for the anpeararce of the prisoners Assistant United Stutes Attornev Given said: ?* "So far my investigations have shown that the cas*. that of assault and battery against these defendants, is of such a serious and high handed character that I hiuBt nBk that the bonds bo raised." All of the principals were reticent as to tho details of tho punishment which was administered to Bliss. The victim, who appeared In court, showed tracoB of tho application of tar which was made to his face by the avehgors. The glances exchanged between tho quartet were anything but amiable, 'FRISCO GHOULS HANGED. Two Men Who Looted City After Fire Die on Scaffold. San Quontin Prison, Gal. ? John SlemSen and Luis Dabner, known as the "gas pine thugs." who committed a aeries of dacjfog crimes in San Fran cisco following the earthquake and fifre in 1006, were executed by hang ing here in the penitentiary. Doth men met death without, dis playing any omotion or making a statement. Two hundred persons were present, including Japanese Consul Koike and Henry Behrenda, the man who brought about the ap rest of the murderers. KILLED IN AUTO WRECK. Little Girl's Sknll Fractured When Tires Durst at Greenvnle, Ij. I. Qreenvale, L. I.? B. A. Ward, a chauffeur, of No. -533 West 158th street, Manhattan, driving a big tour ing car owned by James McCreery, I and having with him John Rhinehart, of Bull's Head, L. I;; and trir tw?-cbft- | dren, Louise and Jacob Rhinehart aged respectively eleven and nine years, was upset at this station. Three of the party were badly bruised and Louise Rhinehart suffered a frac ture of the skull, from which she died later at the Naesau Hospital. - :i STEALS LEPER WIFE General Wnrdwell Carries Her Across Border Into Mexico. Los Angelos.Cal. ? Determined that , ho would not be separated from his] wife, who is a leper and has been confined at the county hospital, Brig- , adier-Qeneral David K. Wardwell, re tired, veteran of two wars, has stolen her from the institution and rushed her across the Mexican border, where he declares he will live with her until j death separates them. No attempt will be made to bring them back, as the officials say they both threaten to end their lives if! forced to live apart. KILIJ9 SELF AND TWO CHILDREN. Cranston (R. I.) Man Commits Rash Deed In Absenco of Wife. Cranston, R. I. ? Leonard Hen dricks, in the absence of his wife, who was in Hartford, Conn., killed 'him* self and his two daughters, Ann, five' years old, and Llllie, three years old, by means of gas. The bodies of all three were fouqd after a locked room , had been broKen Into. A note left for Mrs. Hendricks said "Goodby" and expressed . hope that she would find a better husband. The authorities expressed the opln? ion that the note Indicated Jealousy. ? Coffee Bean Kjfts Bate. Irene Wild, fifteen months old, daughter Of Herman Wild, of Chic ago, a laborer, strangled to death at the Englewood Hospital as a result of accidentally swallowing a coffee bean at her home. The baby died while physicians were preparing to perform an operation. the Old Age Pensions Bill. : HISGEN HEMS NEW PART* ^ Nominated For President on lnde? pendence Ticket at Chicago. John Temple Omtei. of Georgia, Kamod m the Candidate For Vice* President"? Bryan Man Put Out. Chicago, 111. ?-Thomas L. Hlsgen, Independent oil refiner, of Massachu setts, and unbeaten foe of the Stand* ?rd OU Company, was nominated for President by the Independence parr ty's first national convention on tha third ballot. As It required a two-thirds rote to nominate It looked for a time as If Mr. Hlsgen would not land the prise. All of the candidates ? Hlsgen, How ard, Lyon and Graves?were out of the hall, as was Mr. Hearst, At 1.08 the result of th? first bal lot was announced as follows: Tho mas L. .Hlsgen, 806; M. W. Howard. 200; W. H. Hearst. 49; John T. Graves, 218; R. H. Lyon, no record. As it required 666 votes to nominate there wbb no result. The second ballot was: Hlsgen. BOO; Hearst, 40; Howard, 100;' Oravos, 180? again no result The tblrd ballot was be3un amid rounter cries of "Hisgen" and "Graves." It was apparent before the comple tion of tho third ballot that Hlsgen had been nominated. Hldfcen, 831; Grave*, 77; Howard, 88: Hearst, 2. The convention then nominated John Temple Graves, of Georgia and New York, for Vice-President. ' An attempt bv Jolin I, Shepard. a delegate from Kansas, to stampede - th'o convention for Mr. Bryan pro voked a riot in tho convention halt nnd the arrest of hMf n doren Bryan shouters. The convention was in tttt Ilea reserves were summoned and <3is^ couraged any further efforts at stam ped J ng, ? Mr. Shepard was piloted from the ?ho platform under escort by the Hearst leaders, led by Charles J. Shearn. to prevent a threatened as-* sault on him by dolegates from New York and California. MADE SPURIOUS MONEY For Years, at FayettevlIle. Ark., Hie Pal Turns State's Evidence. Evidenced > FayettevIUeT Ark.-t)ri L. V, Blancbard, a leader In social, politi cal and religious affairs in this com munity for fifteen years. 3nd J. C! Wllcoxaon have been bound over to the Federal Grand jury on a charge of counterfeiting. Wilcoxson. l^^ned State's evidence - and tegtlfled that Dr. Blanjmafd, al though the sftperlntendentycif a large Sunday-school, has been 'a counter feiter for fifteen years./ Wilcoxson says he became associated with Dr. Blanchard in making spurious money about five months ngfo/ but never knowingly passed any of it. ? .. ? CARNEGIE'S A VTO SMASHED. ?? ?? Millionaire and His Wife in an Acci dent at Inverness, Scotland. r Inverness, Scotland. ? -An automo bile in which Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie were motoring here crashed into another machine while going at ; a smart pace. Mr. Carnegie's car was damaged# and the millionaire and his wife were almost thrown ont. "While neither Mr. Cafnegle npr his wife sustained any injuries, they were considerably shocked, and gavp evidence of their alarm. 8o far ae known, no ill effects will result to either from the collision. FATAL AUTOMOBILE ACClBENT. Giimeina I)o Mello, of New Bedford, Man., Killed. New Bedford, Mam. ? Giimeina do Mello, the seven-year-old girl . run ' . over by J. P. Arcbbold'a fifty' horse power automobile on the Mattapoi nett road; died at St. Luke's Hospi tal. It Is asserted that the car, which waa driven by a professional chauffeur With Mr. and Mr?r~Ardf bold, was going eiowiy, but the ehtid suddenly ran In front of It and an accident was unavoidable. Mr. Arcljl bold Is a son of John P. Archbold, of New York City. MAYFLOWER GOES SOUTH. ; - * -.-V? ?,.* Government Yacht to Keep the Peace In Haiti. ? ? Oyster Bay, N. Y.? -The call for more gunboatt to* protect the inter ests of the United States In -the trou bled sections of Central America haa deprived President Roosevelt of the use of the yacht Mayflower. The Mayflower left for Port au Prince, Haiti, where ahe baa been ordered to rellC7o the P&dueah. Toothbrush Kills Baby. Xfylng on the bed wfth a tooth brush In her month, Jeanette C. fib er ly, aged nineteen months, rolled off the bed and fell to the floor, driv ing the toothbruah into her mouth. The brlstlea severed an artery lead- ; fng to the base of the brain, and the child died in a few minutes. wii iVui'ii ???"M.iMwi.r'r .. v > r : Buaaian Bandita Get $40,000. At Tiraspol.Ruaaia, a band of un-r known men attacked the office of the cashier at, the local railroad station and got away with * 40?<10Q. |&?Muffrngettea llnsgr in China. m The wctoea'i aofTrage' ?0 has extended in China, and at fethU anclenu.! nation has frage would do L?cept to wk