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-i/ * SP* rv?<Sv ?<mm i.4+l+$lv ~ii.??Jb?' ^r.r "*.. y 1 "-? ? '/>yfr; ? ny w fr *' < I j?JUf l >ntl JjJI tf...pmm CAMDKJN, S. 0., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1908 l SWMwmviAZ Kunt^ r Fix*#, ^tllt 'Half Supported K"^r vthi w "* tb ^nvc m^r* |2?pmbdibu? t i.' ,,| hbttMft. B<> E*m ipegl)lc' i1111 -Mir iftiintjf liito improv, n:oiit?, would it _IJ* wwe to redin t ho number o< ?? *n i great many- plftMaf A ur-room hou?fi coat* Use than tin ??!*room hu08e? o( ?jual ?om in Li J Sixty pupil* ?nH m^,llK can be hotter .taught Jr.;!-??8 taught th?n fifteen ftlT W buUdiHW; A ti sciiot-l will flbUH4h. tn: loiir tine Ir,,, sclj^ols woUld W ' tb k,.C|, ?liv. it' o! re "*!lau, f!l .counties in ')vj found dozens of cbool8 with 10 and 12 pupils eaeh. , ???ny weeks .ago 1 vi#ted a ruiul ?Wool with an enrollment of 11 pu pi's; three wihr. ?. JY wo* another sehooj with 13 pupils, and in another ? direction was a liiiid school with 14 EU& The three imehera were pant Mwij Well Kehirhl libUBfe tta? cliettvJ W ctjUlp|)o?i. Ill sbihe districts tiX ttileis efiuiuq are tb. oe |oun<f i?k tojM)' its three v.jiito schools, each ffiMmal, mimii: r of pupils seat JfefB.d irofa(i (list rca'for tb .high #ehool padeS. A.jiuuil many of the incor porated Vi!t(Sj$! have sclVobl districts rb-bitehsivie witii tin* incorporate' linri di: An accurate school district raap of the Stats would look very niueh like a crazy quilt. What in the remedy ? Take t'.io three schools cited above. Build n comfortable two-room house at a cen tral point, and <riv<: the entire.. -33J phplli to two teachers. Each pupij would then have hi^-recitation time doubled^ for thcre^.<AViu bo in the eobfioiidatDd schbol tn ore grades, Gr Clashes*, t^r*t there were in the most advattefc?* 'he three littlo Schools. T lifl' it ML e)nin(ic<| that some of liiese cKifarllfc would havo too far fr> Waik., :[Ii> ja marvelous how much th>fij>ie a lather who walked four fiiilea tb school and Wags ttnouT/* .fonkes t)^*L.liia child's walking ' oae inile.) tBhit that the consolidation 4RKf tfc'e Wnr'ol \*io far for some U? walk; Wwit then? Take part bf tho fa^nfey id transport these tb. tho fschbbl. Prof. W, it Tate bf tho Mcminger Normcl school, says, Ml Is kttiu.Hiiu ihfjHper io transport the 3iltant children'.! o . the good school than to bnnfr a poor school to tha distanct children:" Yes, one good school . is immeasurably better than three inferior schools; ' Tbo transportation of distant pu jtfla i? no new fad. Several yeai*s ?gt> the Eastovcr district in Rich land county threw five schools into one. The district runs four Wngon ettcfr, made for the purpose, to haul the distant children. Another in ?tanee: Three adjoining- districts in Fairfield county, with a combined en rollment of 60 pupils, have consoli dated thekt6chcols at Bethel, have fretted A ^S^OO ; school 'bouse and are transporting oil the children who live too far to walk. This consolidation gives the school enough pupils to es tablish a rural high school, with $800 of State aid. State Superintendents/ McMahan and Ma^tain have zealously advocat ed the consolidation of small schools. Sueh A policy would eneOqrage the building of bettor roads, '.while the Importation itself would protect the children in bad leather, and would protect the small 'children and .tbft Kills from insults or. violence, a*, the bands oCtramps or tfag* on the lonely country roads. " LrJfc&bborhood Jttljjj aMftiTlfl tiiin "H wire to prevent and efficiency pf the comrn iw. t door or in" . jealonsfcT*'* ?$fs*ted local *sJt the hJCtK b?vi tMf ^OUlM session find* a little 20 by 30 foot hull of a school bouse on (lie north wide of that creek, hikI a li fe tes* Bcbrol on each side of it. Or, ( 's bad boy is punished by tho teach er; eh sight way C iaifif?8 tho flair of sweeseion, and proceeds to have his own" little d-e-e-strico cut off. Or, one ofthfl local economists gets tired of paving n teacher $40 a month, since hi? daughter would teaeh for $30; thb tidstcelt will not yield tO the economist; then tjbe economist canvasses thfc dilUrici (q tlib interest of a new set of trustees, with tht Tn^pis^ as chairman. Or, D and art rival physicians already odds; D ?ay? that .Smith's boy has a contagious disease, and must be stopped from the school; E declares that the disease is only infectious, and 4hftt it WQUld he silly to atop Smith's boy; tho quarrel rages, the partisans array themselves, and down rdfel Ihb- local srho.bj tit* ttroptisnd by, tjie only really interested patroH of the school. Or, X begins to dw cjuss a hew school boiise; y fiiuy$ thai the old bite is good , enough, nud that X is, trying to lean the district; new house is built. Hnd the old o??e gradually rots dowm Or, Mis* Brown, the teacher, boards witl^ the Smiths; tho Joneses feel noglected, and begin to whisper it about that the teacher cannot Solve Sallie Jones' problems or parse Sallifc's sentences; the Sittith# UditjiiltC by assert itlg jhftt tjie tedenef iM ablb tb teach the wnpW JonfS fattily; , result? the anti-Sniijn fnctibh'^ children aro taught, iie&t session by Miss Sallio jbne? hetaelf: Once. tnbrbv Mr, Browti, witii miicjt religion}) devption tb. his ekurell creed, demands that the new teach er shall bo an X-ist; Perkins Y-isjri al onco begins to ' ferment while Stubbs declares (hnt Z-ianism has been outraged, sineo there has not been a X-ian teacher in the school in Ave years. When t ho new teach er comes, is ho to teach X ist doc* -trine, Y ifttr doctrine,- doctrine, ? or should he be a simple Ood-fearing man whoso daily life will be a re buke tf) these clamorous Pharisees V Alt this may sound 'like satire, out it is a mask rclwarsal of a play whfii^ the eiirtaiti hflyer falls. Cannot somfi neighborhoods -see themselves in ih* play i L Liquor Found in Beef Market. ' Spartanburg,- Specinh-^The beef market and restaurant of J. j. Bpann located oii Main street, was ruided Saturday afternoon *bjt the pplice and a barrel containing one hundred pints of iiquor was found in the beef mar ket. Spann claims that lie along with others ordered the stuff. This if* the biggest haul the polioe have made in some time. 'J. - [Ttttk Calf in Cherokee, Gaffney, Special.? Another freak of nature has been developed in Cherokee county. Mr. John Harmon, a w?ll-known farmer, living about nine miles* from the city, had a cow to deliver" a calf that is a combina tion of several things altogether out of the ordinary: The calf has two heads, one at* each end of its body, , two taita and six feot, Both sexes aveH also developed in it. The animal if. quite a wonder and has caused & good deal of astoniptinent. * Another DoaJh" Added to Tenner . ' ?eean's Victims. Bristol, Tenn., Special.? thlri death was added to the list of victim! or WiUjanm Beals, who at Jobnsox City killod Ms brother-in-law, fatnllj injured his sister-in-law and his owr wife, and then committed suicide I When Mrs- Bcals died Monday. Hii sister-in-law; Mrs. Bayless, is still ii ?a critical condition and may not re ***' ft. ? ~ ? ^HBws * GimxKrxGs; f rolutlpnary monument was at Fort l?ee, N* D. Yuengllng, ion of *. brew * in the' prison ward of Belle fYoTkClty.; . lergcr of the Andover Theo Itminary and the Harvard ~cbool hat been effected. __jrt Koch, ot Berlin, ar iTashlngton, D? C., to attend tional Tuberouloeie Cbn v- ? \ were lost in the wreck ?hip Loch Flnlas, from Callao, on the Tasma it is believed tbat the iys will be purchased a result ot comblna ted. Dluejackets who 'coin ick on Chinese In Shang rmltted tg escape easily consular conrt. , from Berlin. say that*] Of ' eleven German itemed with extinction into tho band* of la Tokio tbat the ^Harquls Kattura, ten bad decided it ot Cblb* to lines 'x'iSTir fllANsut/GHtEH; sAf$ it >ki ' ?- N * Djanl# QTam flMMMllAA' <4a ? CNutUoo, Who 3Up acted Acquit tal Laurens, Special.-**-" Guilty of m?n tlaughter with recommendation to th? mercy of the court,'' it the verdict in tin case of Henry Garrison, charged with the murder of Lewie Witiiaftltfn, bit daughter '? iweot lieaH. the rfcatf|t il k frelt surprise, ?? Garrisbri's friends bed expected immediate acquit tal when the ea?a went to the jury. Judge Memminger concluded hie charge at 8.1fi p. m., and gave notiee that he would wait on the jury until midnight, but there wea ho agreement at that hour, and the jury was looked up for the niglit. Friday morning the jurors were still not agreed. and Jufoc Mcmraingcr serit Infchi bjRtfll Wjth? Igftt Mictions to reach It Vfrrdifl; A I 11 <8 fclOci they oamfe <hlt wity it verdict br man* ?laughter;, with tecbtnmeijdation to mercy, (jnder this verdict the oourt may iinpbse ft Sentence of not lex* than two nor more than twenty M-iiis. Notice of motion for new trial was given, but the court's fil ings wore tfo generally favorable t<> the defense that there are few grounds for uppea}. The worst ex pected by tho defense was a nvstriul. It Mi si at 0(1 thai, two Jurors bold out for dcqiiiital, wliilfe it few voted it first for it Verdict 6f ^murder. They did riot u<<'ej*t (Jlt-risOn 's statement that lie belieted big pretty daughter, Miss Mary ulrfwm. l.tl danger at the bands 6f liei* sweetheart, Louis Wil liamson, hbr did they believe that WillUragprt . was drunk. Tho Garri son fnmily is tcmhecied with the most prominent people of Laurens county, and tho deceased, Williamson, was highly connected al) over the state. jT Henry Garrison killed J. Louis Williamson- last July and the deftrtrao was the "unwritten law." Miss Gar rison, who was the only witness, testi fied that on the night of th* tragedy she and Williamson, to whom she wt?s engaged, were in the parlor of her home When hef father appeared it the wiiidow and shot her fiance. Wil liamson died thre hours later. Charlotte Cotton Market." 4ji These primps represent figures paid to w^gonsj . .... 0 Good middling. ? " ' " ' s 7-8 Strict middling.. Q3-4 Middling.. v- ?? ? 4 4 * ???*?? Columbia Cotton Market. mOoU; jiinui!iii{4 . . 4,1 ?| u. u U.Oo Strict middling.. . ? mi< ???. o.7*o Middling ........ 8*4 Charlotte Grain and Produce Rye.. . . . . .. .... ...... ' : 1.3fi> Corn, . ...... . . 1.08 Cotton Seed. . . . ........ 22 1*2 Oats.*,. . . ........ 68 Meal Seed.. . . 26 . Cotton Seed Meal.. -20 Butter.. - 10(<fcl5 Chickens? Spring i .... . . 30(5)35 Ducks. ,. 20 "Eggs:;".; 20^22 Gcefee? per head . . . , .... 40(e?50 Hens? per head . . 35(S>40 Turkeys ? per pound 13(o}14 An Order by the Adjutant General Columbia, Special. ? Gen. Boyd lies issued the following general orders of hitcrest to" all the militia: 1. The following named books of recordsr reports and papers' will be kept in each regiment s 2. The following named books of record, reports and papers will be kept-in eacfi company t * .< A correspondence book,' a sick re-, port, a morning report, a descriptive book of 'officers and enlisted men, a record of enlistments. There will ' also be kept a Ale of all guard and special orders and "instructions re ceived from highe* authority, and retained copies of (Be various rolti^ krettarrtr ancFreports required by regu lations and orders. 8. There will be kept in each organ isation of the National Guard a prop erty book giving full information of all publie property, both United States and State, showing list of ar ticles, date of receipt, from whom re ceived the names of officers who sign ed the receipt therefor; also an ac count of all articles turned in, ex pended, stolen, lost or destroyed. A duty roster will also be kept in a book furnished for tbo purpose when in camp of instruction or other duty. 4. These "books, records and pa pers will be inspected at the annual inspection of the National Guard, and the payment of the salary of the com pany quartermaster serpeants or oth er persons designated by regimental and company commanders to take charge of and prepare books, records and papers will depend upon the re* port made by the inspecting officers as to eonditiOn in which same are found on date of. inspection. <<; &y order of the c6a>mander-in chief, J. C. BOYD, v Adjutant and Inspector General. ' . ' ?, I 7^- ? ^wit# Adjutant and: Inspector Central. v DefenlQlitablishe(Hi:p3| Spartan' Foster, co Jot* Qwrrtt. W colored ?t N, J. " STAGGtRS '? IftcURABLC OImmob V.uriturr Jjnoio! fuuw Statement on t U Ditcaaa, ?"???' Kpw.l.-Bw.u*. ?t the reported prevalence of 4 'stag gers'' ayiong bom* in tbi lower part . ' State, especially in Barnwell * Heuufort comities, Dr. M. R. I owers, associate professor 0f vateri nary science, has prepared the follow il*WTli\ <,<mccr,,i?* the disease ; TWe fata/ di?efl*6 fofimOnly call ..?l??gefs ' has again made its ap pearance among^ horses in this Slate, cases having been reported in Bam well county and elsewhere. The dis ease has appeared sporadic^ in houtU arolinu for many years, but 'io senous out break occurred until the epidemic of J 901-2. "In (lit full of 1901 a few cbrpr were rettorted from Lancaster County im> ek?<* *<'?'*? lo the f II ?lan^bur# **#??* l>urii,K uV1? m6rithH "W n y a . .A,ldorKf,n- Pickeus, Oco |?ce Spartanburg, Cherokee, (J,ven vood, Orangeburg, Barnwell and M?t estimated that the losses durini? thin f! Af/,Cat.1^ oxce*'dcd $10,000 > ("is ??vore outbreak no eases worn re,x,rted until 1000, when ffani ,!r,nHhe *??*" a*^n , re?>ortetl in Pieke L L Sra',(t"' ^rk, Barnwell, l lckciis and Oconee counties, Qut i nr? i ? tr also re 'Jerllt L Vin,a' Maryland, New kouislaua and Kan mi nK ??'? ?ame ^flhoii. I-euco-oucephnl id? is the proper mine for the disease, although it is Also caUec ?erebro-spiual meningitis U rvyn/?Ca Itl- The Cxact cuuse tJf yr u,,k,,ow". despite thy in t{? of ninny scientists, jt im? } W^Siniu fiueW-orKan ?n?8r poisonous plants, impure water mouldy feed, etc. One Westi^ Jjf Pr?dueed the symptoms of" iho disease by feeding damaged train eonfan ung n fungus, the spores*" if which enter t|)e circulation and set the'brain?n ab8C088CH of P,JfMTUlfS flre attacked; in tact, I have never seen one affected ed?URTnnrt^W ca*c"have bec? report-' I bnilV " 222 investigated by me 1 bnve found tesioiiii of the brain In iHt'nV !iU8, e8 tll<,re liaH been sof toti ng and degeneration of large Areas of he bram tissne, while in others there has been congestion of |}4e blood ves ?"???? meninges of iiie brain. V?mpton? n,"G ""nilar to those !?Zu?1 V! iiearIy nH ofhe1, forms of I so-called ; "staggers, ' '? namely, dull- I ?',nu'n> inco-ordinalioti, etc. t wn u"8U<l y, ?,ccnrs. within one or days, and tho few 'animals that vn,?e svefem changes in the nen-ous eh effo1 8l,owId be made ' to check the spread of the disease. Up. should lPJ*aratlce' aJ' other horses wS ? fe*n?vcd from the stable, die nfe?tp?l A* tboi'?u^hl.V cleaned, lisinfected and abandoned for two or three months. Complete change 6f I* ?; -fe- is of the utmost im easld W8 m,any a^co &*' eased hay or grain or impure water haJL n^f,U8^ .i pa8t outbreaks we cZJ Khat "? M" O taken ' Precautions were istWtml1Cal <reaim?nt is very unsat nfillihl 88 an?mal8 die so suddenly f/|e! ^ symptoms develop. When the first symptoms appear, severe pnr gjtjvea should be' given? ope oUt,c<J ladonn?8 hW' ? drams ?*tract bel ladonna being very satisfactory. The admin Utration of -drugs is often im , possible, owing to the delirum of the horse, but purgatives can be given h>podermicalIy. Whenever a. com" petent vetCrnanan can be had he en,le^ immediately ii Vl;?n *ho n,1imal can be handled, v n/.?&f (1re"eh m?y Prove of value. Fowler ? sol arsenic, phennnee. tin aa 2 drams, stryeh sulphate one iqua 4 sh'm?J(1if8 ?f tL^ affected animals inoJ w6 .?Sfnwl mul oigans exam ined, especially the brain. Tho bd TSr%0t tl}c di8ea8e. together with [J , . ?' post-mortem ' examinations, should be reported to the -office of the veterinarian at Clemson College. All possible advice and assistance will be Jurnished to assist in the control of this disease. Negro Oofiiplnttors Released. Greenwood, Special. ? Tlie remain ing five of the negro "conspirators" were released from jail last week on bail in the sums of. $1,000 oaob. Messrs. E. L. Richardson aud S. II. MeQep appeared as attorneys for the negroes and Magistrate James Rog ers released them in the sum above mentioned. Rev. "Johnny" Dean is still in jail. ? Solicitor <?oop:r "has stated itiat two haud-writing experts to whom lie had submit tod the "Har tie Horns' ' letter and samples of Dsaa'a handwriting, bad reported to bin that tha writing wss tb?t oi on? Md Mm Mm# . peraon. MM* RopXr^Brtdnk -A. ? 1 k at i ? w mm . EUROPE AIL EXCITEMENT ? ? ?*?* Frince Ferdinand Doc Urti (hS 1 txd? p?nfl6n^ of riii Fiople and Tak *4 For llimself tiie Tit?*' it 0**r Within ft Few Da^s Austria-Httl** gary Will Proclaim Wow Status of Bosnia M* Horaogovia All Bu* rope Stirred. London, By Coble. ? In the ancicnt tapitol of Tirnovo the independence of Bulgaria was proclaimed Monday with the Ofcar of the Bulgarians an a ruler. Ctar of the Bulgarian* is rec ognized t6 /nean more llift/i ( *rir of Bulgaria, because it ii A in timation that he regards 11*** ??Untrv an having soverignt.v ovejr all tho pe<* pie of t hat blood in tlio neiir hn?t Within fl d?V *?" two Austria-Hungary which has been woikiH^ i^ith Print**' Ferdinand in this preconcerted will prorlaim tho new ?t ?t u? of Boa nia and llj?r*affovjna. All Europe Stirred. Tho question which has boon stir ring the whole of Europe more deep ly thatl ally Wimilal* question within tl>e mef&ory l>( {he Jlroaeirt generation in, docs it m?an wart Fr6itl Nil the capitals tome repot ts, indicating that it means, (list of <*11, another huro puan congress of tho siguers ot the treaty of Berlin to aonaider the all ua tion and piohahly to revise lUff y* Turkey caiiuht in a moment of \vcak ncss )9 the" victim of this situation while some international animosities hava ,bcon stirred up, prohahly no power is willing to make war. ^ Keports from the emancipated Tur kish press to London indicate that th? "young Turks" will swallow this bit tor pill as best they can and, if tliuv do, naturally the Bulgarians while willing and eager for war, Will have no cause on which to base the be I ginning of hostilities. From the B'itish stiimluoaii -- the whol" affair has been a surprise be eauKe for the (list time in yt'rtts the British government felt itself, with apparently an understanding of France ? and Hussia and complete friendship with Italy, to he in a posi tion where it dominated European poli t U'S, reserving oht of this consid eration the almost open enmity be ! ween itself and Germany. I Probably never in the history of Europe have politics taken such amazingly kaleidscopie revolutions as during the past week. An entang ling situation will come when the signatories of the Berlin treaty meet to consider what action shall be | taken regardiiur the violations of the I treaty. Great Britain has served 1 notice that it does not recognize the right of any of the parties to this I treaty to violate its provisions with 1 out consulting the others but Eng I lish diplomats know that the eonfer I ence will resolve itself into a scrnm I ble among the powers to get what is I termed in European politics, coin I penaating advantages" which Aus tria, backed by Germany, has already I obtained. , , The official statement issued by tbe 1 British foreign office says : ' "Hi* Majesty's government cannot {admit the right of any power to alter I an international treaty without the consent of the other parties to it I and therefore refuses. to sanction any I Infraction of the Berlin treaty and declines to recognize what has been done until the views of the J other I powers arc known, especially those of I Turkey which is more directly con I cerncd than any one else." - Wright Makes Three Flights. x I Leroana, France, By. Cable. ? Wilbur I Wright, tho American acroplanist, made twp short flights with passen gers. One was with M. Bollee, who I weighs about 210 pounds, and the other with M. Peller, vice president of the Aero Club of tho Sarthe, who weighs 176 pounds. Those demonstra^ tions of the machine's aljilltv tc I carry weight were entirely satislnc ! tory. Mr. Wright made another short flight in tho evening accompanied hy I M. Pcllicr. Canadian Campaign. OttAwa, Out., Special. ? From tfu Atlantic to tlic Pacific. Canada i? now in the tliorea of the political campaign proceeding the general par liamentary elections on October 2d The nominations will take place p week before eloction, on October 19 and from now until that date Can adians will have little rest from the importunities of the politicians. Solo Survivor Rescucd. Mobile, Ala., Special. ? A mcsfsngt received here by the collector of th< port states that the Belgian steamei TiQis arrived at Port Arthnf, Te*;. and reports picking up at sea a raft having on board Aleldnder Sjobolm sole survivor of the crew of the Am crican schooner Boulali McCabc', and one dead body. Sjobolm reported that hta companion died from exhaus tion and starvation. The raft war jrfeksd up two hundred miles south west o t the Bahamas, Suppossd Incendiary Firs. , ^ Spartanburg, 8. C., Special. ? Thi cotton houae of W. A. Wood, neai Grocr, a crib and a lot. of farming implements and roai machinery were destroyed by fire. Three bales of cot tonTtrsrS atortd fa" thrtraitdtayT W trapped rimer fire Flames and Smoke Do Swift Work In Double iiouio in New York. H' - ' V . Family of I'jtV hi* in Hmuu? ?!l'nljF?'C HufrpTI tvwk at IHa/e in Mulbfrrj* Mirri'K New Ydi-lc City. . ? Nine persons were burned to dfSth Ami nix others were injured In a fire wh fell Parted lit a tenement bonne at No. 7t Muf< berry street csily in ihe mornluf. One of the? Mill who wan injured In jfhe wild jmnid which followed tlx? filscuvery of tlto blnzo will probably die. . A nUtlfi'or *(>f truant* lit the building were ov.MVflttfrf by smnH? In tho upper doom of It Up strU?titr4 de 6(1 nved. Me filmed dead! Dominic Harrottl, twenty years* old! I'latro FuocelH. thirty f'Skrf Old; Marls VuennllJ, twenty-seven JteflM Old; Hue celll, boy. seven yeatt Old? - ? *+? KuC* colli, girl, fivo years old^ ?*??* Kuc celll, boy, three year* old! Unidentified dead; Man. thlrty-fivo years old! man, twenty years old; uoy. fifteen years ol<l. -Flredlell found , tho bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Uotllinic FuccelH and their three children on tlld foiu-tli floor of the building, and tho bodies of threo unknown nilli were. .found In another roOm on flint floor. Only ono alarm wa? turned In for the tire, and II: was tinder control after an I10U1''* work by the firemen, The cuuho of tho lifaice Is unknown, but tho police and the nrf Marshal suspect that it was uf Incendiary ori gin and are investigating. Several women jumped from tho fire escapes without being nur't seri ously, a? an Improvised Ufa net bad been mado of a blanket. Several chil dren wero also dropped into It as by StandeiH held it taut. Tho firemen found the fire escapes of the burned building littered with household material*, ~an<T in many in-., Btancea the windows had been partly boarded up by tho tenants to prevent their1 Small children from climbing out. on thd flro escapes. The hallways of tho building were In darkucBs, and several other vlola tlonn of the building laws mado tho place n fire trap. SHOOTS BROTHER AT l'LAY. New Jersey Hoys Wore Acting as Sol jjlcrs ? Thought Gun Empty. Newtou, N. J. ? While playing "sol dlerH" in the yard of. tha?r homo at Clrcleville, near this place. John Hlch, Jr., accidentally f.hot and killed bis brother, Edgar, nlrcleon years old, with a shotgun. iierore tne brothers began i?> maruh arotind tho yard, John went Into tho house and got an old gun, which bad been stored away, and which lie be lieved was not loaded. Returning to the. yard, he ordered Edgar to throw up bis hands. Edgar did not. comply with tho order as soon as John de sired, and, pointing the gun at him, John pulled the trigger. The Bhot entered Edgar's left side and pene trated tho lung. He dropped to the ground, nnd was carried into tho housa by- John. A physician wre summoned, but before he arrived Ed gar died. The authorities made no arrest* TWO SUMMER HOTELS BURNED. Cottages nt Wlnthron, Also linnicd? Loss, $lfl0,000, Boston, Mass. ? Crest Ilall and the Ocean View Hotel, two of the largest summer hotels on the ocean boule vard at Wlnthrop, known aa the Crest, were burned, together with several cottages. The loss on the hotels And cottages burned up to 1 o'clock was estimated $160,000. Two women who were guests at Crest Hall, Mrs. A. C. Dumont, of Cincinnati, and a Miss Martin, were reported missing, All the other guests At Crest Hall, numbering fifty, and the thirty-five guests at the Ocean View Hotel are accounted for. Crest HA11 was owned by Frederick Hall, and was built seven years ago at a cost of $76,000. The Ocean View Hotel was owned by Mr. and Mrs. A, JD.L O'Brien, and was valued at $50,000, It was but three years old, - ,"7 MAYOR SHOOTS AT STUDENT. Champaign, 111., Students Unruly Since Longworth Approved Hazing. Champaign, 111. ? Mayor Blaine fired his revolver at a University, of Illinois student with whom he had beeu having a band-to-hand combat. His aim was poor and the student, one of a large parly engaged In bas ing freshmen, escaped.* Congressman Nicholas Longworth, addressing tho students, put htmself on record as approving mild forms of hazing. He related Incidents of his college .days At HArvArd to the Admiring students. The university authorities are inclined to regret that the President's son-in-law expressed himself la titat vein. -?? Two Cent tatters Coining, -w^ - -i The steamer Kaiseriu Auguate . Victoria lhat sailed from fcoathamp-J ton for New York took the first let ters po^ed in England for transmis sion to the United States under the! new two cent postal -rate. To Farther Popular Kdacatioi. 'B The second International Cong.-ea* I for Popular Education, \n sessiou at | Parle, Prance, voted to establish yer? manent headquarters to facilitate the International furthering of the cause, J ?> ; j ;,ft i> r- iff r;T.T; i.. i Ireland Honor* JUr.Q'Mtrt* Dublin.-? Joitph O'Mavs, the Irish tenor, had a triumphal tour o! Ire* land preparatory to file departure for the United fltatas. The Lord Mayor of Dublin gave a reception la { his honor and he was presented with the freedom of his native city, Lim-j . St, Peters* [ Stoeuai, the rhe at 41k ng. 1 BY wire. To Pi-oaffdttf Mi*? ^ ' Uostou. ? Cavryiixg wlfch hlni (Up nee?$**ry regnlsl.loii pnper? ;n\g * ropy of n <'u*t covered in <Uoinj?nt twenty 3F4*r? Old* Innrttcio-.- Wi-if; of the locr.l pollc.', 'eft 'it ) for CoIijv tui#, O'lio, to reol?i?' Ju'ui IT. T/u rpt*. ?vJjo i? wanted hev? '-? n it i.? br-r of larcetifeB, alleged i o toaV7 milted Ju J88.P. of moperty vglue4 at soveral hundfHT dollavz. Thoitnaiid Bhno C>pemfJrrK fitrlkr. I>vnc> M??s.-*~Bfttw??e3- one tho?i? *ftfH nud twelve honored lssfeid in local hIkm feetorlea : ii .u k of nn alleged violation of a coi^>acfc hy fflrt Joseph Can nr. Comity i.? dt? chargfttg flfteefi union Tifwberj'. Tlu? comnnny official* assert that iKe .In stallation of ntnrlitiu'H mad* the om pfoyment of the fifteen mn uutce?s ?*r>V . - -- Approve Hill of T^.dln.c. ? Thfl Traffic Bulletin lift* n letter fffftH Chairman Martin A. Knupp of thrt i^f^relnte flominprce( Commlmilmi to C. C* MflC&O'i ohair man of the uniform bin of lading committee, approving; t.i * d aft ??f the fi<Jw nnirorm hill of Irdliu* whlen In to fit) into effect November J. x v> . ?. - ? ??? . . '? . . Italic QunntMtlijo Agnlnst Cabft. Austin, Texae ? sfh* Biatn Health Department. through J K? Florence, actinx State lien 1th oC???*V raised the yellow fever quarantine r?fclnct Ha vana and other Cuban port* . ' Auto Accfdeni ICJIIs Ttvo, Detrott, Mich.- ? Paul H. Fey*. a commission morcliaut, who wa* In jured In the automobile aecldmit. in wtajch Mrs. Albert Beme?v of Kal*/ nijazqo, was killed, died In a liogoltaT, Key* aml-Mv*. B??if wo?>r itrtvtng down Jefferson nvouun In an aplo mobtle with L. tt. Ttirnbull' and Mr*. Emma Emeterlo, of Kalamazoo, whon the machine camn iif colli -ion with a - street car. Turnbull and Mr*. Eme terlo escaped with bruises. Robbers Tnko Victim's lfaf. Pottsville, Pe;-7? Jamea Malloy. of Blackwood, was held up In broad day light by three foreigners wearing: masks at a point between York Farm and West Woods, en route to Potts vllle. They relieved hini of $18 and Jewelry at the point ot ? revolver, and even .took hi? lint. Roosevelt Removes lVo< Washington, D. C.? A# the mult of a report made by the_Clvll SsrVlc? commission, President nuusevwii. i? moved Lincoln Avery, Collector of the Port of Port Huron, Mich..' and also-:;: directed the removal of Charles H* Dftlloy, Special Agent Of the Treas ury at that place, on charge* of "per nicious activity In politic#. " A (! ml n*l Evans* Son Accused. Washington, D. C. ? Lieutenant Frank Taylor Evans, wTjo, according to a dispatch from Manila, is to be court-martialed, on .varioua charges*. , .is the son of Admiral Robley. Evans, who took the battleship fleet from Hampton Roads to the Pacific Coast, No report of the charges affecting young Evans has reached the Navy, Department. BY CABLE. .? VUIVV4 tup Bj* ringuo Now in Morocco. Paris. ? The Tangier -correspondent of the Matin telegraphs that an epl? demic of what is supposed to be tht) bubonic plague ;ha3 broken out at Rabat. Thirty deaths from the dig ease were reported and a large num ber were UK '* * ? 'in? i(i fwl* wTCW^Th /? Dischnrge Leper ai Cured, -v^; ? Wellington, New Zealand,- ? A great degree of interest has been aroused here by the discharge of a Maori patient from the leper station With a clean bill of health, The man wri at the station for oijly.fleven months,.; Dr' by lnjeetlbns ot, culture? rosy bacillus. _v;': ? Rome, Italy. ? While plowing at Monteleon*. G*Ubrla, a, peasant found, recently a Grecian gold coin weighing two grammes. On one side at the coin is a female h?ad, it Is supposed to be the car cat and best specirn jtf known, All lMons Men, Sny? Slinh. London. -?The Foreign Office hni received the text of the rescript ot the Shah of Persia convoking Parlia . ^ C0?!Kf*tlT '* fixed forrxfovember TtrT The asaam bly ahall be compoaod of, ploue, up right men." Bays the rescript... "It ;lc?I club. Hyderabad a Vast ? Bombay, , ent of a newspaper whai-aach"" *?-" derabad, tho capital of the district, feacrihsa that city aa a j fere been mass of; sto?9 add mud. i posed fleste^eix w*re taken out of spo$3 The.- - ,Rhd night at J^iU.llUidkz?6 Due