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VQLlJMK XI. CAMDEN. 8. C.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER M. 1908. N< ), 43. PALMETTO HAPPENINGS! OLD IN BRIEFS] Qtourr?i\c?? y Interest Gleaned From All Sectiout o f tk? Bu?y ftJmctto St?t? J"roflto Glv?n on Dispensaries, inUrill 8 S 1>e? ' ? T 10 A,e gorae torly reiJ? Kjvc.*> il> the Muar* on ma<Jo b.v Auditor West tain h! C0Unfy (llHl)ensarien. The to. ?#>"**? on gal eg and percent-. nit n, fl, ,flre Kiven n8 ^ell an I ho ? M* 11 is *Uow? thttt S??tw fits withVw!?*81 l)er<?^n,tflKe of pro. v lV?l fl0rc"cc' f^ond, and Abbe !? ?\eu ^er coul' Charleston u,in\ ?!?rRe,#l 8aU's with Hichland ?>,?. t i r? 'aiK08t net profit was nude by Richland county with Char icaron second. wit'1 iwiotii quarters ' jree months ending with Scpteuv o*r snow an m.-rease ovor the April June^ quarter, but a decrease a? com pared with the tlrst quarter of the ^?*r' ' "c figure* on sales and brcuk flgo by counties arc given below: A.Lou",,y Sales. Breakage. ApoevjUc $ 32,494.31 $ 82.00 ;*,kcIn" 63.369*44 600.11 Uamberg 18,304.70 121.12 H?rowe!l 40,495.05 495.05 lienufprt 26,696.40 174.90 - Berk.ley 13(523.53 77.15 Charleston .. .. 150,623.85 125.45 Chester 21,526.63 172.73 Clarendon .. .. 11,012.90 93.25 Colleton 15,653.92 137.00 Iiorchester .. ... 14,587.75 160.40 graW 1 4,885.50. 208.19 ?rcnco 40,081.30, 230.25 Georgetown.. .. 26,173.25 44.02 Hampton 12,975.55 75.45 Kershaw.. . . 22^20.36- -162.20 ? Laurens 37,188.03 170.95 17.372.23 ? 119.40 Lextington .. .. 14,974.26 41.80 Orangeburg .... 50.423.34 253 25 Richland 113,303.38 650.25 Sumter. .? 4. ... 41,582.55 142.50 r Williamsburg . . 18,689.97 25.65 Totals .$819,260,26 $4,272.19 Profits end Percentage. The figures on profits and percent age for the quarter are as follows; County. Net Profit. P. C. Aboville ?.$ 11,059.67 50 Aiken 18,051.85 40 Bamberg .. 5.319.52 41 Barnwell .. .. .. .. 8,993.35 28 Beaufort 6,657.30 33 Berkeley , . . 2.400.83 27 Charleston 27,7,86 33 Chester 6.490.12 43 K^ftnendon 2.207.39 25 Cclleton 2.538.94 19 Dorchester. . ...... 3.140.44 27 Fairfield . . 2,733.24 23 Florence .. .. .. .. 13,905.71 52 ' Georgetown 7,177.78 37 : ; Hampton. T 3.309.97 34 " Kershaw 7,142.24 45 Laurens. . 11.710.04 45 "tee 4 332.55 33 7 Lexington 2.826.54 23 Orangeburg 14.055.14 39 Richland '. . 30,018.61 36 ^Sumter 16,482,18 66 "* MiHfamsbttrg 4,457.59 31 ? Totals. *212,862.39 35 ? -faUgra. In Newberry. Newberry, Special. ? A case of ihe ? new disease, pelagra, has developed in Newberry, the victim being an old colored woman, Anna Schurapert. 8be bas been afflicted with the trouble in a mild degree for three or. four months. On Saturday, Drs. J. M. ^Kibler and W..O. Houseal were re quested' to examine the woman a* to her sanity bv the probate judge, be* husband having reported that she had "."lost her mind and desired that she be sent to the hospital for, -the in B8PP? where she could be- oare4 fov. * ^ ?? * Bitten by t Mad Dog. Rock Hill, Special.? Mr. Thomas of the Finley Dairy farm, who was bitten by ft mad dog soveral days ago, has* gone to New York to tako > the Pasteur treatment. I Tfrr*4"-' " rnm?mmmam ?? Fire at Ware Shoals. , T Ware Bhonla, Special.? The home S . and bam of Mr. A. C. Long were des troyed by fire Sunday night. Evi dence points to robbers having **t the place on fire, the occupant* being absent at the time. Mr. Long had $400 insurance. The property be gged to Col. J. II. Wharton. r . Mining Machinery. Gaffuey, Special. ? Machinery con tinues to arrive to be used in mining operations in lliis county. Ten oars for the Flint Hill mine arc on the way and will he duo to arrive in a short time. Inquiries are being re ceived by those interested daily in regard to investing in these proper tics, and as soon as coal can be pro cured at a reasonable rate, the iroq ore which the county contains in euth fmniense quantities will be mined, And Cherokee will become one of tbe Jpryest mining centers in the Sputh, New Enterprises. Columbia,- SpeeltL? Tht secretary of state issued a oommiseion to the ? Darlington La*id and Development Co. 1" tfhei capital js $5,000 and the pet* tioners ere A- C. KoJIock and W. D. Caggesball. A oommisaion was aW iasued the Newberry Truat oompany, capitalised at 130.000. The petition ers aw M Siif b, W. O. Honseai, C. H. J- S* Hunter tod H. (X HoUowjp Presbyterian* Meet In Burnt cr. Sumteri Special.? After the open ing exflrcitee of the synod the en rollment indicated a large number present at the first session of rynod. Rov. Henry Alexander White, I). D., of Columbia Theological semi nary was clected moderator, and Rev. H. W. Fraxer, I). D., of Andason, was made temporary clerk. The session of the morning was opened with devotional exercises con ducted by Rev. Alex. Martin of Rock Ilill. j The following standing committees were announced by the moderator Devotional exercises? ^ev.' J. P. Marion, Rev. 0. (1. Mayes, Rev. II. A. 'Knox, I). J. Winn, ft F. Wilson. I Bills and Overtures? Rev. B. P. ' Reid, Rev. 8. C. Byrd, Rev. Chalmers I Eraser, Rev. James McDowell, Rev. M. R. Kirkpatrick, Rev. 0.1 A. Black bum, Rev. J. 0. Law, J. C. Knott, J. W. Cunningham, W. B. Wallet!. Judicial Business ? Rev. W. J. Mc Kay, Rev. W. T. Hall, Rev. W, 8. Bean, Rev. J. G, Richards, Rev. 8. C. Caldwell, 0. W. Taylor, II. W. Bvice, A. W. Inland. Home Missions? Rev. Alex. Sprunt, Rev. Alex. Martin, Rev. J. A. Wilson, Rev. A, C. Bridgeman. Rev. T. D. Onrtledge, Rev. Lowry Davis, Jas. S.' White, George W. Hills, M. P. Nash. The Narrative ? Rev. 8. M. Smith, Rev. J. M. Ilolladay, Rev. W. II. Mc Mean, Rev. A. G. Buckner, Rev. W. P. Theological Sehiinary ? Rev. E. B. Gillespie, Rev. J, K. G. Fraser, Rev. W. H. Mills, Rev. J. C. Rowan, Rev. R. T. Gillespie, Jr., Rev. I). W. Rich ardson, A. E. Spencer, W. A. Temple ton, A. A. Moore. I Finance ? S. E. Welch, L. T. Wilds, G. II. O'Leary. ! Minutes of GcnernI Assembly ? Rev. Robert Adams, Rev. W. M. Mo Pheeters, Rev. I). M. Mclver, Rev, A. E. Spencer, Rev. R. K. Henderli4e, D. R. Coleman, W. L. Boyd, A. P. John stone. Leave of Absence ? Rev. A. H. Mo Arn, Rev. J. P. Stevenson, Rov. G R. Ratchford, Rev. J. K. Coit, J. C Foster. W. E. Saunders. Presbyterial Records ? Bethel : Rev. F. A. Drennan, Rev. A. S. Doak, Rev. T. P. Burgess, J. W. Reed, ; Charles ton: Rev. B. MnLcod, Rev. F. W. Gregg, Rev. P. II. Moore, J .^F. Lem on; Enoree: Rev. W. B. Arrowood, Rev. 8. H. .HaY, W. B. Flanagan; Harmon: Rev. J. T. Dendv, Rev. D. M. Fulton, Rev. V. G. Smith. W. B. Robinson; Pee Dee: Rev. J. K. Hall, Rev. D. S. Lander, Rev. C. F. Rankin, E. P. Mooro; South Carolina: Rev. W. A. Hafner, Rev. C. F. Pirker, Rev. I P. S. McChesney, L. B. Williams. The narratives and stastical re ports of presbyteries were read and referred. "Campflre Bill" Granted New Trial, i Sumter. Special. ? Judgo Watts on motion of L. D. Jennings, Esq., of the Sumter bar, issued an order grant ing a hew trial to "Jack MeComncr, alias "Campflre Bill." the colored man now serving, a life sentence in the penitentiary for the murder tff Mr. Ted Gailliard at Manning about two years ago just as Cole Brothers' circus was leaving the depot. The motion was mado and granted on grounds of after-discovered evident. Conductor Campbell Killed. Greenville, Special. ? Honrv Camp bell. conductor on freight train on the C. & G. division of the Southern, fell off his train at Piedmont last week and the engine passed over his bodv, killing him almost instant Iv. He was a young married man. His body was horribly mutiliated. Tbo engine was Lifting at Piedmont when the ac cident occurred, Steel Bridge Over Great Pee Dae. . Cheraw, Special? The town of Che raw bat contracted with the Joliet Bridge & Iron Company, the lowest bidder, to erect a steel suspension bridge over the Great Pee Deo river in place of the one washed away by the recent flood. It will cost $20,000. It may be completed by February 35. Chili Fatally Burned. Newberry, Special. ? Maggie, the 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Lominick, who reaido in Cald well township, about ai^ miles from the city , was fatally burned on Fri " day last, dying a few hours after the accident happened. The little ehild'a clothing caught Arc from a fire in the yard, where ahe was playing, and be fore help could reach her she was so terribly burned that slje never i al lied from the eboefc. . Contract Tot BUel Bridf *, Newberry, Special?The aujftarvia ora of Newberry and 8aluda counties have awarded the contract for bnild ing a steel bridge over 8?fada river at Cta^pstt* to take the pttdfc of the structure washed away by the late flood. The contract has beeg award ed to the Southern Bridge Company, by Jumff i, Mfc THE STATE'S SCHOOLS BV ?Vr i? Wiij.um M. Hawiv l Vi.M' " * C?rvUn*. * ?? N?v?i?, TJe Uuitf ot Study. ?There Is ? ?mall but tuibulent class 0f ot|)0N Wiae waters who periodically belabor the publie sehools. In their night.. ?*res tbey see thousand? of tender children murdered or maimed In tho tw'nc."?,,00. ' ?nd ,*iv' ut th.( .kJi. f uch wild Donsoijio wo >1. . t* ??e ?ff?<"-making people reru8o to heed them even when iric" ou: ,omf "ai ?2s aLi,.* wwte?* have warned ua against one treat evil which we have gone on ignoring? that of an over crowded course of study. To he brief i X,C ycarH ?*? o?r -luoators ^a il,' 'ou,r?fr,y, f Uusivejy to the threw It's. a iust .*!? ??l1" for ,?rich,d jssr&ar^ a-,wid?r *>*** ??*? ! 1? th? Pl?P?l?. a u umber of sub jects has been added. Now, in order iakZTY*a*V?*\vit ,ual *?*WTi [ ,J'? ^t?Uj Board of Education r,t"mi?rbr. "?, S,'W?I? tor nny Instead it has adopted text book, covering ? rather ,v?,le r."ge ??rlv ? l' U".a K.'?"'",<l "'<??<? ui(o Maily Riad??, leaving each school to make up a course or courses from this c? bmldin^ of ? well-balanced oert r dyl.'8 Jhe Work of ??? ex claim r? ^ralft Ve,y few tellers lay ^I t ? t,mt Ktn^? of fltneBa. Yot each teacher, or" ill IeasFeaeh princi pal, experienced or inexperienced ?>ets about to make his own course' I liconcK prejudices and .tastes begins er is ? ne rt,?8ter>'' ??e teach er is an arithmetic crank, and his course b?8 but little else in it; an! thoi s favorite subject is ^ammar Pnrse evrkn hiR PUp !8 fl"alyze and' haa'no i ,?i ,n 8'ffkt ;j another ?rnn, ? . to ? ?r *coX?Ph', and he practioaly omits it; another "dotes nut tn?L ?"d tfie w,lole school is put , to memorizing and reciting irems era who al ?f tho>??irh-?>ing teach' f, " , ,e everything literally, put the who!* adopted list into~one course, ??J? U to every pnpi, Jn in ?( fiT?f.t.dca,.?f ifcnorant anr! J criticism is made against tho xeDti?,,d t/kss *han*? ?f text books. It would be neither wise nor ?0'!, 10 tnve n the saroo reader, through two or three es, 01 to use the same geography throuKh II, e 411,. 511, end Cth ^de U ",e h?"k i> "'""oil lo his advancement when lie hejrins it ui't8ahrs,onnhl<? ?? sbv ,h?i ?'"?->? hie Hf? A ?r.ihree >"?<? later in ?M8 life. And if a teacher were to keep the child of one o ttheee ZJ? fill guardians of tho schools in a vear? fV * f?r inatance- f?r three Ram? guardian would make smell nf m,!8u0f ?theJ loc?1 ^wspaper of sulphur 111 declaimimr against the outrage (then fail to sien Jhla name). On the other hand, many of rL'f l9 1? needle95ly tax the "pat uu i0 ,' and bl,rdei1 the chil dren with books. Let me give con nnhS TV' haVe *UBt exRmi"ed the published course of study in a ten grade school in one of our towns. In that course are prescribed flfty-flve eparate texts, exclusive of copy efc Tn fl *u b?,?kB' 8Cratch pads, eto. In the school are ten teachers. In another ten-*rade school, with four teachers, there are sixty-four texts prescribed. In the first men tew . , t.bere *re ten separate texts required in the seventh (Trade: in the second mentioned school e\evl en texts are i riven in the eighth grade. nh?oTerL u Pu?ht to haye the best obtainable book in every suibiect he Pursues and he ought t7bave all the books he needs ? books suite^ to his tl\ !Id a.dvanc?tt?"t, but I protest t^at the above mentioned courses are out of reason. To undertake to tench a these books to any one ehild in the allotted time would make old Bos rates catch his breath. In the flvit case it would teem that the course given was measured by the phvaieal endurance of the teachers? ten teach ers pitted against ten sets of children. In the second case the physical en durance of the teachers was no limit ~?our, tY55m pitted again8t ten sets of children. .. *1,^ 8r?,?^a^ ^rom advocating only the !c~*.ree ^ 8 ln the common schools, but our schools are undertaking too much, in the quantity of work and the kin'd of work. School work must bo eir eumsenbed by time, space, and tho ability of the pupil. Take the eighth grade course already mentioned. Of the eleven texts prescribed, nine are to be pursued at the same time. It is no figure of speech to sav that if a child s time is the dividend of a division, the quotient, or result, J?T in the thl\% 7**? of 1 chi,df" school life Very ProPSrly devote much ?me and energy to oral reading. Bat Wi *."r?h hs reaches the high ^ehool his oral ^ .^5 t^iroagih.ffoin ^ printed p*fs. IndcedTmsny ? ooljege student and not a few teaeh I? ?1u.tor same rfetiooi and in U>o same classes is a xvidc range of ability, tast?? and op|>ort unit >v among* the pupils. The bright ?tul pretqpioiu mind, t lu* slug gish bn^ refeotiv? mind, and Iho dull mind are found side by side. The pupil of robust body and vigorous health, the one of uKible hotly and delicate health* and the one with am ple time for every task nnd the one uith fbaUt time for any task all go to tho sftino school. The unpardch able gin of (he schoola is to bunch thrm together, givt tlum the same work, and lequire all to measure up to a common standard. flod made thrm in different molds, and it is ufce lees for the schools to try to iguorc the differences. It is unnatural and it is wrong. To march abreast twenty five ehjllren in one grade up to a given dead line is neither possible nor desirable. Children with diverse abilities, tastes, and opportunities should not he required to progress with even step through such divtihe subjects as mathematics, language, history, and drawing. If a hoy van do the language work of .the sixth grade, but is .prepared ' for otib' the 4th in mathematics, put him j'ist where he is titled to go. "Oh, he would not fit into my program," says some one. Theft make the program lit the. hoy. The possibility of doing this is one of the great advantages that the small country school' has over the closely graded school. There is, another thing which needs to be dinned into the ears of our people ? both teachors and parlous? that it is folly for a school with nine grades and two teachers to undertake to, do what a seluiol with nine grades and six teachers accomplishes. The two-teacher school may he the better school within its limitations, ' but it must keep within these limitations. A~ojie-horsr fnrmcr^vtin Avmitd rlnim lo be. able! to grow as many crops and us large crops as a four-horse far mer would grow, would be langhted at. Little David could not llyht in big Saul's heavy and cumbersome ar mor, but with a sling and a pebble ho did effective work. PROMINENT PKOTLK. Hamilton FIbIi resigned as Assist ant Treasurer of the United States at New York. Frank P. RargenU Commissioner General of Immigration, died lu Washington, D. C. A rousing reception was given to Cardinal Gibbons on his arrival in Baltimore from Pvome. The Rev. Dr. Alexander Mann, of Boston, declined the office of Prot estant Episcopal Bishop, of Washing-" ton. I). C., to which he was recently elftetfri. ?? Denman Thompson Is saventy-flve years old. 1-Ie created the character of Uncle .T<*?h in "The Old Home stead" thirty-three years ago, and. since' that time has played no other part. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, of Philadel phia, has been elected a foreign Fel low of'the Royal Society of England, the oldest and most distinguished scientific-society in the English-speak ing world. The Kev. Francis J. McConnell, pastor of tho New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, has accepted the Presiden cy of lie Pauw University, at Green castle, Ind. The Rev. John tP. Peters In a ser mon at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, declared labor ? unions, next to the public schools, were the greatest force in educating the masses, Rear-Admiral Evans In a magazine article asserted that President Roose velt told him the Atlantic fleet would circle the globe ? a statement which Mr. Loeb, the President's Secretary, promptly denied at the tlm*. The father of President Castro, of Venezuela, is still living in the Andes at the age of olghty-four and has liv ing twenty-flvo sons and thirty-four daughtera, by bIx succesilvo wives. The youngest child is four years old. NKN'SY OLlCANINCiS. A great. exodus of Americau tour? lstfl from London has started. Tha opening of the historical con gress In Haragossa, Bpain, was de layed by floods. 9 The report of the Kansas CUy Southern railway showed a surplus of more than three millions. By the call lug out of more union men In the part? mills the press of the country la threatened with o shortage. . Roman Catholic notables were present at the cornerstone ceremon ies +>t n uew $2,000,000 cathedral In St.**Louts: " m'-" CantaTn Joseph T. Drown. of Bir ney, Moht., Democratic candidate for Presidential elector, died In a St. Louis hospital.. Herren Hackatetter and Schrelder wore rescued from the balloon Plau en. which fell into the "North Sea, j and 'were landed at Hull, England. The forty-ninth annual report of the Stat* Insurance Department, made public at Albany. -N, Y., showed a decrease in the life insurance busi ness. Colin and Fallot. with fifty-eight other thoroughbred* -belooitlng -to j Keen*. Delnaont. Whitney and Hlteh cOek. nailed for England On the Min nehaha. ? Martial law was declared In the Turkish pro*ln~e? of Aaia Minor owing to reactionary- agitation. and 4 m*s??ore of .Tews has occurred At Baadad. A New York syndicate Is forming to take HMftO.ooo of a I7B.000.000 loan sought by Braril to wait ifca coat of a vain effort to cornetUhe coffee market, It waa brought out at the Morse Curt la trial 1lTNaw York Cltjr that the National Bank of Northjtoerlc* lent hundreds of thousands of dol lars to two clerks. 0?r tooeh of faahloa makaa an A r ?? * \J h*5 ?vv *?* ?- *'V ? KILLS BRIDEGROOM % WEDDING TRIP Rejected Suitor Shoots His Suc cessful fclva1. TRIES TO MURDER THE 6RI0E Widowed Wife of mi Hon* Defend* Heraelf Until lTnd? Thrusta Ifl* Thumb Under I'iatol IJumuiei*? Professor Vau Ingen KUlrd. PlaQuemlne, Li. ? Three yeara ago Ml?i Mainly Rhorer, daughter of an ex-Major of Alexandria, Jilted Frank S. Heauvro after having promlned to uecoms his wife. While the girl and ber huaband of three hours were speeding on a train to New OrloMua for their honeymoon, the rejected auUor entered the *-ar, ' congratulated the bride upon her marriage, then drew h pistol and shot the bridegroom dead acrosi her lay. The man whom Keauvro *lew waa P. F. Van Ingeu, one of the wealth ier young planters of Louisiana. ?{ Bcauvru had turned the gun from ' Van lugeu and was about to ulay the I bride when passengers ovurpoworcd him. | The wedding occurred at Alexan- ^ dria and was the society pvenc of the Bsason. ''^he girl told Beauvre that sh*i re jected him for Van Ingen becauau she not only loved thr latter more, but also because he had no "Creole French" blood in h s vein-. Beauvre went inVay without a word. Ke was in town, bu. did not attend thu rjitdinaii}.' A cro.vd of . frier. du xaw' Thro renrpto otrtor NOW Ui'l?a:?a7 bu>. tney did ;.ot kso Heauvre clamber aboard i he pani'i train. in* evening Beauww w?nt 1 n v u uie couc.i where the bride and fji'com bh:. He took tho neat oppo site, and leaning across the alBle, t a . c* * 0 u^n "Congratulations to you both." '""nauk you," eald the bride, with a smile. "We are very happy." .?m she Booko sho turned to her husband and laid hor arm across his Bl;ouldera. "'Jhis {b too much!" cried Btfauvrs, and, pulling the revolver from his no^ec, shot Van Ingen through the , head. \eit he tried to murder tho young widow, who saved herself by a plucky light until her uncle thrust his thumb under tho hammer of lleauvre's pis tol and seized the slayer. Tan lngen's head fell Into tho lap of his brtde-widow, and ho expired wl'.hln a few niinuter. - ? .3f^f^ivrc dccmTcd thnt lie uniy re gretted thai he could not Bend tho "false woman" to Join ber dead hus band. Mrs. Van Ingen, tho bride, followed her husband's slayer from the train, and was only prevented from attack ing him by passengers and police of ficers. ~ ? 1 't 1 ' " ?* DKTKCTIVK SHOT FOIt BURGLAR. - ' T*" " Killed by Mistake "While Looking For Hoiuebrenkerp. Pittsburg. ? Mistaking each other for highwaymen two Pittsburg de tectives opened Are on each other on the North Side. James Farrell fel? d<?E<? with five bullets in his body and with his gun still smoklDg. Clyde Kdeburn, who had killed the man whom he thought was a mur derous highwayman, and who had a bullet hole through his own cloches, serpen a match to search the body nnd was horrified to find by his badge that the dead man was a detective. Edeburn and Farrell did not know each other. One had been a detec tive In the city of Allegheny before It became m?rged with Pittsburg, the other was one of the main city oleuthr, ? . BOY DI1) THE ROBBING. Old Man Covered Kansas City Rail road Trainmen With Gnni. Tvansas City. ? A man fifty years old, followed by a boy of fourteen years, pushed open the rear door of the caboose of a 'Frisco freight train. "Hands up," one satd as two pis tols were pointed at Elmer G. Butch er, the conductor, and William M. Smith, a brakemac. The trainmen obey. "Xow, sonny, go through them," the older man said to the boy. While the robber kept the railroad men cov ered with his platoli the boy went through their pockets and took $22.60 and their watches. r,he robbers tied the two trainmen with ropes and left the train as it neared Kansas City. TWO KILLED III CIRCUS DIIEl Cowboy and Police Captain Shoct Each Otl'.cr at Guifpojt, Mis >. I The "5'inl* Knitiultd I.iUe Ono am.1 t !*?* Meu l' t II Dead Side S ? vl in tilt' HittST. Mobile, A'.* Two men ilo1 ctv?i other deai In I '.',4 circus line of the Miller Brother*' M01 HaucV Wild Writ Show In Gulfpoit, Miss., f.ud n riot followed tbst wouU have v??aU ed In many, mora fatalities if the Mayor had not rush?d a large-body of policemen And constables to tbs ??pot, Ono of the duelists wa* J. on Seely, a cowboy belonging to t h o show. The other was Lee Varnado, captain, of, police. Varnado lost his life because he disdained to decline a cliallonna to fight to the death from Saaiy striking a club out of ths cowboy a band In time. to save a teutmin. Roth men were killed inamntly. flK-jlf'a bullet entered Varnado's mouth raid rainy out at tho back of the captMn's head. Tho policHinun'o shof. went through the cowboy's eye nud trav ersed tho oraln. Quarrels aropi among the show employee when tbo outfit was pulling stakes to leave the town. Bsely was on the point of stunning a teutman with a club when Captain Vnrnado rushed up and knocked the weapon out of his hand. Tha cowboy, cry ing, "I'll kill you for that!" whipped out his plsto'. Varnado took out Ills revolver at. the same time, and the two backed to opposite sides of tho ring. Tho shots sounded like one, and tho men, staggering toward each other, fell side by side in tho ccntre i of the ring. : A. furious attack on the showman i by tho villagers followed. Shots ! wero firrd by both Bides. The cow I boya .and other show employes stoo l ! about- the dead iu?n and renulst'd too aitacu nrmly, ?o swift was tho Mayor's action that tho riot was stopped heTore, r.ny mis was huri. But the cowbojrt had to lake the cowgirls and Indian squaws out o' .town between two columns, and they rodo on their way with revolvers lu . their hands. | ^MAJOIi ROBINSON A SUICIDE. | Mobile Politician \Vas Considered Next in Line For Governor, Mobile, Ala. ? Major Edward Mil'." phy Robinson, thirty-five yeaya old, an influential politician, a spe-'.ker o! national note and next in line fo, the I Governorship of Alabama, committed | suicide by shooting while his family ; wero at dinner in their home. No causo is known. Major Robinson excused himself after eoup was served, and, stepping Into tho library adjoining, blew out his brains. Hq married tho daughter of P. D. Barker, postmaster o" Mo bile, two .years ago, and his wife and one child survlvo him. . T JOKE} CAUSES INDICTMENT* New Yorker Gives a Woman a Dad Coin For Fun, Detroit. ? Luclau T. F. Tull, audi tor of the New Amsterdam Gas Com pany, of New York, was indicted by tho Federal Grand Jury here on tho charge of passing counterfeit money. Tull brought with him when he came to Detroit fo:- a vacation last summer a .'oi. or counterfeit coins taken out of the gas company's slot machine meters in New York and gave some of them as a joke to a woman whom he met here, His ac tion came to the knowledge of a Sp. cret Service agent and he was o;? rested. Parseval Falls 0000 Feet Unhurt. The Parseval dirigible balloon met with an accident at a height of 6000 fesc near Berlin, Germany, as a re sult of which it became unmanage able and dropped rapidly down to tha earth. Majo^ Parseval and hi* as sistant succeeded in making a safe landing, The accident consisted In the bursting of the coraoartmeu/ forming th? tall of the airship, Austrian Reservist Called Home, Frederick Kemer, a graduate ot the University of Vienna, who has been studying mechanical engineer ing at Cornell University, Ithaca, N, T? went back to Austria in response to a call to join the Army Ressrvf Corps, to which ho it attached, Porte's Protest Stands. Constantinople.? Xiamll Pacha de clared that no Turkish Minister would ever consent to withdraw the Porte's protest against the annexation of Bos nia and Herzegovina by Austria. INVENTORS SHOW MORE ACTIVITY. ?3 8:527 Applications Tor Mechanical Patents Made This Year. I Washington, D. u. ? Inventors of every cIrbs In this country exhibited greater activity in 1908 than in the year .preceding. Ktiw&rd Bruce Moore, Commissioner of Patents, out lines the work of this department as follows: R 8.527 applications for me chanical yacsuie, 1091 applications 2br designs, 207 applications for re Issues, 2038 cavaate. . , He reports a falling off in the reg istration: of trade marks; 7407 ap plications for registration of trade' marks. S10 applications (or labels and 339 applications for registration o t prists weranttted, and ot these ) there -.were registered 6135 trads ? r.Tpiwni'niiMi ???irwwwwn? Brseches Buoy Bares Kfcbt Lives, f Ths three-masted schooner Plort Rogers. Captain Lowry, from George town, 0. C., for New Haven, Coha., I lumber lgden, wasdrlve??feehoro_oft I Bodies Island, N. C.. Captain Lo*j-y and hie ?rlfe, from Bath. Me.. Mid six "lejsirero rescued by the life sav ers in the breaches buoy. r ; .?? "" ??? t"*f . . *?**? Pierce Host Go to Texas. H. Clay Pierce must' fco to Texas coi*" tr marks, f38 labels nrd 370 prints. The total receipt* ol the offica were $1,874,180.75; the total expend!*: tures, 91,608,292.01; the grand total pet surplus of receipts over expendi tures. including the past fiscal year, Teas $6,972,070.38. TbH amount of profits derived from the issuance of patents' is large, enough, the Commissioner maintain?, to b9 used for the construction of q new Patent Office building. The Commissioner says that treatise en tered into with foreign countries will be o* great value to matfufacturbra and inventor o? this country w have foreign trade relations Acquitted Under the Unwritten Lett, Bsttlng up the pita of the unwrlt court each day and applauded testi monjr favorable to the defense. Latest News BY WIRE. TtVO I ; V ? |)li> ill lhv. Howell, Mich,? Two t ji civf.n lira dead and tht motha:- uiul nnotht# child were fatally lnjurel as a ve*~ ?ult of h firs la a faviunouse near Oak Crove. The dead th# Alverla Kiel, aged two month*, and Donna Hie), aged two aud a half yea. Dies to Save Dog. Sandusky, Ohio.?- Captain John Roblneon, of the barge Cut.sr, waa killed at Kelley Island. The boat was docking when a pet dox fell over board. Captain Hobineon jutuped Into the water to gave the dog and was caught between the V5*?el and dock. He was crushed no badly he died on the way to the hospital here. ? j Tillnmn Family Re anion. Augusta, Ga.? Senator Tillman ar rived at his bonin in Trenton, 8. (?. The Cay was celebrated by a family reunion, all of the Tillman family from various par.s of tha fc'lr.' j being pres?u. Xho Chester's Final Ti.'aT. Washington, D. C. ? Tuo scout 6.ruiutfV Chester, said to be the fastest naval vessel above 1600 tons din placement afloat, nas completed her final acceptance irlal. "She main tained a speed of twenty-ihree knots tor twelve hours aud 26.1 knot lot four hours. ' I* Wmr.an Willi gSOOO Lost. Chicago.? The police W4r$ r& ues>ed to ssarch for t Irs. George . Williams, who, with $3000, left Hfc" v.aukee, Wis., a wee* ago, to visit fin' caufllKsr; .Mr?. CharH'B Audmuu, at. Au.'o. a, 11'., and has not been seen V,vs. WMllnrna Is asvality-fpuyp ..i ,?Mi #Jm ? Ocnu'.ud l>'or v.r.i'8 CirotvS- . Chicago.? The fortnightly raport of thi ex.' efficiency cuiuinltteai ? snowed q fur the:' decrease of- 18,766 In the number of surplus cars, which bringi the total down to 115,030* The principal par: of this decrease is in coal and gondola car.*. Forbids Siaio Coui't to Act. . Xausas City, Mo. ? FederAl Judge Smit.i McPherson made permanent his injunction granted in June last 'year 'orblddlns the Probate Court p t I Buchanan Couuty, Missouri, from de^ 'daring Mls$ Mary V. Burnea Insane. She ;? heir to $1,000,000 of tha Burlies es.ate at St. Jogeph, valued ri; several million dollars. ' . / Ofllclnl Killed hv Newport, TruTB^to flUP dick died In the Newport Hospital, of which institution he was treasurer, of injuries received when he was struck by an electric ear, his skuU ?being fractured.. The Original Stage Topsjr D eatf. ... 1 Boston, Mass. ? Mrs. George Q. Howard, formerly Caroline B. Fox, a well known actraaa some years ago, died in Cambridge. Mrs. Howard was horn in Boston In 1829. She first appeared on the stage In juven ile parts at the old Tremont Theatre with Edwin Forrest, Chfcrles attff Kenny Kemble, J. P.. Scott and other stare of that period. Miss Fpx mar ried George Ct Howard in 1844, was an actor and manager, and wm the firai to prodnca tha accepts^" Ver sion of "Uncle Tom'a Cabin," and :' Mr r. Howard appeared In the original cast on the first nfxht of its produe. tlon as Topsy at Troy on liapcember 27, 1852. Mr*. James B. McCreary Ileal. Richmond, ' Kr.-r-Mrs. Jams McCveary, wife of thp settle*-?...,*? tor from Kentucky, died at her home berj after a long lllneM^mHOrfgS BY CABLE. J*! *_S Americans at Kodau'a Funeral. '"okio, Japan. ? The funeral of Gen# era: Count Michltaur* Nodau occurred whpn full military services were ct> ried out on Aoram* pavade ground, '~he military etserc whle'a followed the body to ihe guard o' hon<v * marched betide the cofflr. n, op a flag-draped gun carriage, headed by Admiral Togo, Fleet mlral of Japan t Marquis Ito and twelve other Admirals and General*, & Admiral Bperry, commander of the* American ?e?:, attended th* funeral, ??? " ? ? .* ? 1 ?" Kins'* Messenger Deal. London.? -Lieutenant Arthur Jer*> my Mounteney Jephson, who had been the King's Messenger since *901, and prior Jo that the Queen'e Messenger since 1823, is dead. Bi|? Airship Race in 1909. E#ris. ? The Aero Club of France has decided to organise a b?K aero plane fiie?slJiis in the autumn of 1909. when the Grand Prix d'Avlatlon of |20 09s will bo competed for BfTd Unveils Bnrko : ^b.?an?3^y W tht? .vmer.can Ambassador, a tablet in ihie city in mi_ Kdnrund Enr'.tr. the, catebrati lieli statesman and orator. Independence For Cnba. --Havana. ? ' Cuban, have tsausd a mi | t>o tint i&fttles