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CAMDEN,^. C.. FRIDAY. JUNE 25,1909* NO. 24. PALMETTO HAPPENINGS News Note* From All PirU of the St&(e of Interest to South Carolinians in General Transfer* Lighting System. ? Chester, Special. ? Jn November, l^!>7, I hu city of Chester went into ihc Imtduebs of electric lighting ol ?ss4 reels, business houses and homes <f it m i>eop|e, and on the 1th of June m\), retired from this same business. The work of transferring its clec ?I'ic plant tp the Chester Power com [?auy was completed Wednesday morning and on the matter of "mu *ii?i?tal ownership/' as far as relates to street and house illumination in ut un end here. This testing current was turned on Monday evening, end as the ladies would say, the entei priso 44 worked beautifully.'' Tuesday i^f it the new electric outfit glowtd uod sparkled brilliantly all over tho town. There is a ptudfastness at.d hxedness about the illumination which Jius not been known for many months under the old steam plant system, The price paid by the Ches ter PoWer company for Chester's Dormer lighting plant was $j0,00. At a special meeting of city coun cil Tuesday afternoon Mr. J. S. Lu cas, of Charlotte, N. C., attorney ,of the Southern Power company, was |;reKent and turned over to the city treasurer a certified check for the above named sum. The contract by cil-y council with Chester Power com pany for the operating of the lights is for a period of ten years. Horse's Kick Proves Fatal. SI. Matthew's, Special. ? Mr. Charles Rickenbakcr, a proniicnt farmer of Cameron, died Tuesday night at his home und*r very dis tressing conditions. On Monday a : iitrbr chittfc was playing in tjie yard, fronting his residence, which a hitched horse near by. An automobile canto along and Mr. Rickenbakcr, thinking; iftorc about the safety of the child than anything else, ran to the horse1 to keep him quiet. In some way he was kicked in the stomach and knocked senseless, and he never re fined consciousness. JJe was the ?"-.brother of I)r. .John Riekenhaker. a l-romincnt physician of Hint section, rhout f>0 years of age, and unmar ried. His death is a great shock to the community in which he lived, and enjoyed the esteem and conlidcncc of his neighbors. . | Cow Killer in Abbeville. Columbia, Special. ? Governor An sel Wednesday offered a reward ?>f Hiy dollars for the apprehension and conviction of a certain party or par t it's who shot and killed four cows belonging to Mr. W. P. Wideman, of Abbeville County, who lives on the. rural route from Troy. Several pe titions were presented to the Gover nor in reference to the matter. Mr. Wideman in his letter states that he has had four fine Jersey cows shot down in his pasture in the past sev eral weeks, and that he believed that if the Governor would offer a reward the guilty person or persons von 1-1 bo apprehended. Ccnvict Disappears From Lsxinsrfcor Gang. Lexington, Speial. ? Wednesday nf> ternoon about 4 o'clock B. F. Rush ton, a white convict, disappeared from tho chaining camp, and so far no trace of him has been found. Rushton left tho camp to go for wood, and soon after his departure a heavy thunder storm carno up. It is pos sible, therefore, that lie was killed by lightning, but search for his body has been unavailing and the opinion Is that he eseapod. Rushton was con victed of forgery at the February term of court and sentenced to eiyrht months on tho chainsrang. Rushton :s a native of Saluda county .. Out Mortor Car Tiros. Gaflfney, Special. ? Friday ^ pight a party of gentlemen from'1 Gaflney went over to Piedmont 'Springs to at tend the opening hall at that place. The party went in Mr. Z. A. Robert son's automobile. While the dance was" in progress, Mr. T. M. Caldwell, formerly of GafFney hut now of Yorkville, made the discovery that one of the tiros of Mr. Robertson's <var had been cut with a knife Meat Car Leaves Track. Kock Hill, Special. ? Passengers on the cast-hound train ou-the Cliiirb:>=. (on division ThurrfJlay ni^ljt-were "coTP fulerttbly shaken up and excited over the occurrenco at Fbjfcjnic creek tres tle, between Yorkville. A ear nf Jmsiyncd to a merchant at Rock Hill had been attached to the train at some point up the road in order to get it hero quickly and this cat jqmped the track at the.point named. After bumping along on the tics for 6ome distance the enr turn ed over and r< lied down the embank noriT.' Very fortunately it broke lfi?8(5. Jtfom the rest of the train aTertsville Stable Destroyed By Tire. llnTtsvillc, Special.? At B:90 Mon dny TiTutnin^-i Ire Ifirgc stable, b and wagon repositopr of the Hnrts ville Mule company on Home aVeiiuo v afl discovered to be burning. Flame* were shooting from the roof in sever al places. By 4 o'clock the establish ment, the adjoining ^stable ot Mr. B. J. Fletcher, w??'? complete lot*. . . * ? y iniW T" Warrant# Sworn Out Against T. 0. Duncan, Union, Special.? .John II. Morrii, formerly of this city and of Spring City, Tenn,, but now of Pacolet, liuu begtui an action aguinat T. C. Dun* (Til, The warrant was nerved by Deputy Sheriff J. G. Long, Jr., on Mr. Dun con at tho court house Friday after* noon, though comparatively few per sons have heard of tho incident and after - being taken before Magistrate J. Frost Walker, Jr., the amount of bond was fixed at $1 ,500 and was fur nished by ('apt. A. II. Foster. The foTlo\ving,.?is the substance of the warrant: That on the 19th day of December, 1000, T. C. Duncan ot I'nion, township. State and county aforesaid, did. falsely and t'raduleut Iv obtain from the People's band of I'nion, S. C., $.1,500 with intent to cheat niul defraud said bank, pre t ending that the said ,$1,500 was in ibo IJank 'of Spring City, Tenn., to tho credit of the Amerienn Lime company, and that If. It. O 'Shields, W. II. (list. J. M. Oreer and U. F. Arthur are. material witnesses. Hostelry Cliangos Hands. Bcnnottsville, Special. ? Mr. Ansel I >. Rogers has bought the Mnrlhoro Hotel property and will at onco make decided improvements in the build ings. 1 lo has for a number of years run this well-known hotel and knows the wants tuid needs of tlie traveling public. lie has given the contract Jor complete equipment of plumbing, water-works and sewcrriire. . An up to date heating plant will be installed und other improvements made. The hotel will be largely refurnished. Mr. Rogers expects to have within sixty days many conveniences and ad vantages that were impossible while title to tlie property was in another name. When these improvements are completed the Marboro Hotel will have all the desirable modern conven iences enjoyed by the best hotels. Chester Residence Burns. Chester, Special.; ? The dwelling house of Mr. Tlios. Hill, who lives on Richburg, If. F. 1). No. 1, was destroyed by fire between 11 and 12 o'clpck Friday night. The (Ire when discovered was in the kitchen and doubtless originated from a defective Hue. By the heroic work of Mr. II. W. Wilson and other neighbors, who appeared on the scene promptly, a considerable part of the furniture and household effects were saved, and r.ll of the contents of the smoke house which had caught on flrn in the mean time. were transported to a place of safety. The st a tiles and barns were not damaged. Mr. Hill bad no in surance on his propertv. and his loss will prove a serious blow. Charged With Selling Liqour. Anderson, Special. ? Nine warrant! issued by Chief of Police L. M. Mur phy were served Tuesday on J. K. Mano3 and Ed Faulkner, both white men, charging them with selling whis key, and it is expected that there will be other arrests within the next fe% days. It bad been known for some time tlmt whiskey was being sold by these parties, and tho officers had been quietly at work on the cases, bringing them suddenly to a climaj when tho arrests were made. Manoi is under a $G00 cash bond and Faulk, ncr is in the city lock-up, being un? able so far to givo the necessary $30(1 cash bond. It seems from what tht police say that tho coses are very clear, the whiskey having been bought at the instigation of thi police and being now at headquarter*. Mulo Dying Seized Owner'o Leg With Teeth. Salem, Black River, Special. ? One Norris Johnson, a negro tenant ,ol Dr. W. J. McKay, lost a tine mule. In' its death. agony tho mule seized Noi*. fis' leg and U19 by-standers had tp f<rjze its,, irouth open to release the negro's leg. ' This was on Monday. 7th; on SaiVirday his doctor said the "leg would have to be amputated. Almost Wrcckcd Oar. Lexington, SiipcwK? ' While Mr, 'Snjttx :|\_R?of and a party of- friends' were speeding ^jUong in his handsome^ nutomobilo <*n Sunday night about 8 o'clock frlong the Augusta roafl about six miles abovo Lexington they din covered' a number ofi. ftence rails piled up in tho road just in time to save a terrible accident. It is believed that it was a diabolical attempt to wreck the automobile and the mat ter is being investigated*. If th? guilty* parties are caught it goes with out saying that they will be prose cuted to tho fullest extent. Child Bitten By Rabin Dog. . Abbeville, Spccial.?Thc 8-vcar-old son of Mr. Tom Nieklea wa?\, bitten by a "dog that "has since been pro nounced mad by the Pasteur institute in Atlanta. l)r. C. C. Oambrell WH1 pet the vinta fresh every day and treat the boy at home. Early in April the South Carolina State board of health authorized the establish ment of a Pasteur institute in Colum bia, but it adorns' they are not in posi tion >ct to treat patients. REPORT ON COTTON INDUS1 RY Government Publishes RobuUb of Ex perts Study -Sea bland Cotton Acreage Has Not Changed Muth Since 1U00. Washington, Speciul. Daniel t\ Uoper, of t lio United States census bureau, Iiuh just prepared a eouiprc icn.sive report on the cut tou industry in thy United Stale# lust ye nr. In reference to the cutivatioU of #eu Ulaud cotton this report suys: I'he cultivation of sea inland cotton in tho United States ut the present timo, as shown by returns of ginners, '.s confined to 17 counties in Florida, 20 in Georgia, and 1 in South Caro lina, or a total of 47 comities. It is i.ot grown, however, throughout the counties from which it is returnel. Tho area given to this culture in 1800, aft returned at the 1000 census, and which has probably not changed ma terially, was 317,445 tier erf, dlstrihut ?<l as follows: Georgia, 170,700; kVorida, 122,^87 ; and South Carolina, - Experiments have been made in i, Many other parts of these "States^ and in other States, to grow this cot ton, but K.p unsatisfactory, hove been the results that all efforts t <> grow it i outside of certain well-defined areas iu the States named have been aban doned. Fanners who grow sea j'sland cotton iu the interior secure new seed frequently from the coast region's in order to preserve its identity, as the fiber degenrates rapidly into that of upland cotton. The distribution of sea island cotton bv counties for tho last five years will he found in Tahlu 15, and the localities producing it are represented on Map 1, page 2-1. The increased demand in recent years for superior staples is develop ing better varieties of upland cotton by seed selection and more careful cultivation. The United States de partment of agriculture has been and It now rendering very valuable ser n assisting the growers along lines. The long staples grown chiefly in the portion of the Missis sippi 'Valley, which extends from ^icksburg.to Memphis, a region aLout 57 miles wide and 200 miles long, are receiving more attention than hereto fore. The fiber of much of the cotton grown in this territory, measures from one and one-fourth to one and seven-eighths inches in length, and the average yield is about one hale to the acre. The seeds of these fancy varieties have been plain ed in localities outside of this region the last two or throe years with grati fying results, as the ' staph not in frequently commands a premium < f from 5 to 10 cents a pound over mid dling upland. Unfortunately, few of the loaclities producing this cotton ore supplied with 1 he ginning facili ties best suited for the proper treat ment of the fiber; saw gins, which cut and break the fiber, are generally em ployed. In contrast with this prac tice attention is directed to the fact that the Egyptian and sea island cot tons are treated by roller gins, which contribute to regularity and unifor mity in the fiber. Tho increase of the imports of for* elgn cottons which come in competi tion wit h sea island and other an. perior cottons grown in this country has aroused the American growers, us is evidenced by the fact that, when the Payne tariff bill was recently un der consideration, representatives of the growers of sea island cotton and of the best varieties produced in tho Mississippi Valley petitioned Cong, rcss for tho speedy enactment of an amendment to the tariff laws, by which an import duty of not less than 40 per cent would be imposed on tho market valuation of all foreign grown cotton imported into Amerioa, which can be used as a substitute or compe "tor by American mills against simi lar grades raised in this country. It may be stated in this connection that* tho importation of foreign cotton for the year ending: August 31, 1008, amounted to 143,400 bales of 5 00 pounds ca<jh, of which 122,170 were imported direct from Egypt ; the pro duction cf sea island cotton in 1008 was 03,858 bales, and that of the su perior varieties grown in the Missis sippi ^ alley has been estimated at about 300,000 bales. The Gccld Divorca base. New York, Special. ? Sensation seekers and the. curious who have at tended daily th?' sessions of Kather tints' Clemmons Gould 's suit for separ. ?ation ffom her husband, Howard Gould, were eadly disappointed at the resumption of the bearing before JustW Dowling In the Supreme Court Monday when it was announced that the defense had rented and that Howard Gould would not take the stand. It hod been expected that his direct tostiirouv and his cross-exami nation by Clarence J. Shoorn, coun sel for the plaintiff, wouljd take two i full davs. Seaboard Buys a Railroad. "Cheraw, 8. C., Special? A. H. Pafce asd son of this place, Monday trans ferred to the Seaboard Air Line Rail way the controlling interest in -the Chesterfield & I*ncaster Railroad. Company. The purchase prico of the stock was not announced. The Ches terfield A Lancaster Railroad, which was built in 1001, is about 40 miles in length, running from Cheraw to Crowberg, about thirty miles from Charlotte, K. ?. A NEWS FROM WASHINGTON In the Seriate Monday the finance committee's amendment to take hides 'from tin* free list ntul place a ?tuty of If) per cent ad valorem on them was under discussion all day. Senators Warren, of Wyoming, and ('urt?T, of Montuno, spoke ^n l'ovbr of the amendment, while Senator Puge, of Vermont,- opposed it. Orville and Wilbur Wright, who arrived here Sunday, started in Mon day at Fort Meyer to aaemble their aeroplane, the olHcial government tost of which will begin in a few days. Orville expressed tlio beli<j?, that his new machine will make a T average s|M**d of forty miles an hour. President Taft sot .June JS as the I time when a hearing as to "wind is J whiskey" will he granted the attor neys for the various distillers. /The President consult* <1 with At torney General Wiekersham for an hour and a half on the suh.jc< I of ? |.V? proposition tax upon the not earnings of eorporations. President Taft does not believe that a '2 per cent tax on net earnings is heavy enough to make any of the lar^e < orporat ions resort to evasive measures. As to bonds, it is possible, the President feels, to provide a limit i lor the issuance -of such securities ! based upon the capital stock, that j will prevent corporations from trans- I ferring all of their securities into bonds, the interest on which always is paid from gross earnings. There seems now to Imj little doubt but that the corporation tax as pass ed .will exempt net earnings of $'>,<)()<) and less So as to take any undue bur dens olf the smaller corporations. I ? ? ? ? Tlio Senate Saturday covered a multitude of subjects in connection with tho tariff, but mude final dispo sition of nothing of importance, lie ginning at 10 o'clock, the income and corporation tax guest ions receiver! attention for some time and ulti mately were postponed, with the un derstanding that they should not bp taken up again until after the tariff provisions proper should be linul!\ sit t led. Senator AJdrich, of the committee I on finance, brought in the eommit j tec's amendment to the wood pulp ' paragraph, which proved to be a pro vision for doubling the duty on wood pulp coming from countries which undertake to prohibit the exportation uj' logs to this country. Senator Beverdige presented an amendment for the cutting in two ?f the House ad valorem duty on ca:di I legisters. Mr. Aldrieh also present-! ed the finauce committee's side pro vision. There has been deposited in the library of Congress and placed on exhibition in the Manuscripts Divis ion, the original engrossed "Perman ent constitution of the Confederate States of America." The constitution was adopted Mprch 31, 3801, by the Confederate t ongress at Montgomery, Ala., and signed by delegates from South Caro line, Georgia, Florida. Alabama. Mis sissippi, Louisiana and Texas. When the capital was moved to Richmond it was carried to that city and upon the evacuation of Richmond was sent with other papers farther south where It was rescued bv Mr F t> DeFontain at Chester, S. C? from a band of looters, Mr. DeFontaine kept this and otI"?r documents for somr years and in 188JJ H passed into the hands of Mrs. G. i t, r?DcRcnnc' whose son, Mr. W. J. DeKenne, of Savannah. Go., now cwnn it and has recently deposited it, as a loan with the librarian of Coa | gt es8, Vigorous criticism of the tariff bill in its entirety was made in the Son ate Tuesday where, technically, the Philippine amendment to tho bill was under discussion all day, by Senator Owen, who declared tlmt the bill wns written to serve the puropses of the masters of monopoly in this country, which was to make the rich richer, and the poor poorer. He said the bill was contrary to (lie will of the American people. Senator Burkett declared that t he finana?M*committce 's action fin changing front over night on the , subject" of tobacco importa tions from the Philippines looked to him "like a camo of petty politics." Late in the day Chairman Aldrich presented the finance committer 's amendment to the silk schedule. President Taft di?cnssed with his Cabinet the plan for a tax upon the Undistributed net earnings of cor porations and expressed satisfaction over the finance, committee's plan to bring it to a vote in the Senate. Tho Senate Thursday odopted tho window-glasfr schedule, placing a lower duty on such glass than is pro Tided either by the Dingley law or by the House bill. Because of in tense fompetition by German manu facturers, the duty on illustrated post cards was increased 3*25 per r cent above the Dingley law. The sched ules relating rto*. lithographic paper, calendars, cigar bands and .similar products were adopted. The Senate adopted the schedule placing a lower duty on window glass. The President's message urging a tax on corporations read in the Sen ate Wednesday was road in the House Thursday. The Tlouse tried but fail ed to obtain the passage of a resolu tion asking the State Department for reports on wage* and^ costs of produc tion in foreign' 'countries, except Ger many. TRAGEDY IN NEW YORK (Jen. SigePs Granddaughter tho Vic tim Qf Foulest Murder ? All Shroud ed lu Mystery. N?'w York, Special. ? - Kli/uheth Sigcl, daughter of Paul Sigcl, of this pity, and granddaughter of the illuH trious Franr. Sigi'l, the Uerman war rior, who enlisted his eervicea with the I'niou army during the civil war, i? according to all indication#, thy victim ol' one <?f the most sordid mur ders in the history of New Yofk. If she is not the victom the police uro conlronted with a remarkable aeries of toincidenlal facts. Tho young lady has been missing for more than a week. Packd in a steamer trunk tied with rope, and left in a stuffy little room in a house occu pied principally by Chinese the body vf a youux woman was discovered Just Friday night. The girl's stomach, is in the hands (he Columbia University professor, who will muke a chemical analysis of ilt, content*. A-ithongh the murder ,x supposed to have been committed .June 0, the exact cause of her death has never been ascertained. A Mrs. K. Smith, who says slio knew the Sigcls well, suggests that the victim is not Klsie Sigcl but a mysterious ''Nellie" who has figured in Leon Line's love .affairs. She holds it possible that K.lsie and the Chiua innn were preparing to olopo when "Nellie" appeared, created a scene und was killed. l'nul iSigi'l, Elsie Si^el's fattier, ut I fhst failed to rucognize the decompoH- j ed mass at his daughter. Sunday 1 night, however, in company with oth ers of the family uml family eonnec , tiotiB, it was ultimately decided that j the clot hen, jewelry, hair pin ami oth er thirty on the body are those worn ' r>y Hsie Sigel and the father claimed the body. Sun j-icong, proprietor of a rcstau lant, who also conducted the rooming house above, disappeared shortly after the discovery of the murder, ad ding further to the mystery. The cos-' has many unusual features, notable among winch is the fact that a China man had been known to call at the Sigel home, presumably with the , tunc t ion of the parents. Elizabeth, | or Elsie, was 20 years old, and was , greatly interested in work among J Chinese. The Chinaman was found | j.iter to be passionately in love with Elsie, aiuj was forbidden the Sigel home. Miss Nigel was afraid of her i admirer it is eaid. A telegram secm I ingly to be from her was received J from Washington'*' city ttaying she would be at home on Sunday1, follow ing her' disappearnee. Two Chinna njen and a white girl registered at Pennsylvania Avenue Hotel, one of the Chinamen meeting the description of the suspected man. The mystery was still more deepened by the find ing of the following undated note a.r.ong the Chinamen's effects: "You seem to be growing cold to me. Just think of the sacrifice I made for you, my family, my friends. For God's sake don't forsake me. "ELSIE." The police on Sunday received in formation from Chicago of the arri val of two Chinamen who it is be lieved are the fleeing culprits. They seem destined for British Vancouver. Mexican Invents New Airship. City of Mexico, Special. ? Henri Samson's invention of an aeroplano promises sncoess. Models of the ma chine have already been thoroughly tested and have worked perfectly, and the construction of a full-stfced machine will soon be under way. The claims of superiority made for the new aerial craft are extreme com pactness, elimination of horizontal rudders, ability of the navigatm^to control its vertical course mVpok cally, by simply varying the centrco? gravity, such construction as to per mit of the ship's being made in any size, and a mechanism by which its course is changed automatically. 14 Hurt On Sight-Seeing Auto. New York, Special. ? Fourteen per sons on n sight-seeing automobile to Coney Island were injured Monday, one perhaps fatally, when the ma chine became unmanageable, ran into a tree7 and turned over. The chauf feur tried to step the machine but could not. Neither couid it be steer ed. Six of tho occupants were taken to the Coney Island Hospital. Prosecution of Biggers. .. ? Charlotte, Special.'? Tho defense in the case of the State against Biggers closed its case Monday at noon; in tho afternoon tho Stato began rout ing tho testimony as to the insanity i of the defendant. Policeman J. E. Hunter declared on the stand thut Biggers told him after tho homicide that he had killed Green Hood and asking him after being imprisoned to aend word to his attorneys. Maxwell & Keerans. Tho State further brought testimony from many other witnesses who said that 'ttjcy were not impressed with the man 'a being insane beforo the tragedy. 1 , Reuben D. Reid Dead. ? Wentworth, N, CL Special. ? Ex State Senator Reulttfe D. Reid, of this town, died, Monday morning at 7 o'clock at the residenee of hia broth er, Thomas S. Reid, aa the result of an attack of appoplexy, which occur red Friday morning while he was sit ting in hia law office at Reidaville. Ex-Senator Reid wan a man of nn usnal strength of character and ability. . 1 il KIllED, ? HURT. IS TROLLEY CRASH Motorman Disobeys Orders and Car is Telescopoilc WOMEN AMONG THE INJURED ?lout of (lie Victim* Wtro Jletuii'lutf Homo From tho Aulo lUn'o i\l frown 1'olnt, Ii.il.? Car \Y;?? Lc* iiimi Time. South Bend, Ind. ? Ton icrrons illled aiul forty Injured In a wre'k >n the Chicago, Lak? 8?>ore anJ South Bend llallrcud In I'orter County, In 1 in mi. t wo of tho bfj? cle%tric car# col ((linn head on. According to. General ? Manager H. U. Wallace, the wreck (va? duo to dlHobedlenoe of orders by Motoriuau George A. Heed, of tho mst-hound car, who waa killed. Hood rccelvcd Instruction!* n't Gary ?.o wait at \VUhou, a uhort dlstanco ?vcRt of Ualleytown, tho point Ht which the dl?a#ler occurred, for tho A'evt>bound car ty pays. Tho impact >f tho cars wan bo great that they vero reduced to a nmsa of wreckage. The dead are: George A. .Hoed, ino ortnan, Michigan City, Ind., formerly )f Villa Grove, ill.; H. P. Merrlman. nanied, South H??d; Chan. JohiiHon, 'orter, ind.; Kdward Cllbe.rtsoh, Por or, Ind.; A. Harbor, Hhshnwaka, nd,; P. T. Moore. resld&nco un mown; William Leon, secretary of .lie Dowag'.ae Motor Work h, I)owa jlnc, Mich.: F. A. Lake, president Dowagiae. . Motor WAfKB, lioAvaplnr, vilch.; IK II. 1 1 11 1 ho 11 , Nllen, Mich.; Charles SwnutHon, Porter, Intl. Thu ?erlously injured are: Fred Wusth, Chesterton, Ind., chest crushed; Ar .hur Johnson, Chesterton, skull frac .u red; Delhryt 10. Kinney, Michigan City, conductor east-bound car, rlxht irm and three ribs broken, right leg ?ut; Mrs. Ouy Stutsman, Mlshawaker, lid.., hole cut In hack of head and face nit by glass; C. A. Simmons, Denton Harbor. Mich.; -both logs broken; _M Ibs Nhii Lai-sen. Chesterton, Ind., ln ornal Injuries, niny die; 'f. W. Louie. Sllshawaka. Ind,, badly, cut all over >ody; Paul Wilson, Michigan City, 'ornierly of Cleveland, Olilo, assist* int to Coneral Superintendent Wal ace, of the Chicago, Lake Shore and 3outly Bend Railroad, leg broken, lead cut and Internal injuries, not ixpectcd to live. The east-bound car was going fifty r.l'.cs an hour to mo.k? un lost time. vVhen t ho crash occurred tho east >ound car wan telescoped and almost lomollshed. In this train were all of he killed and most of the Injured, '.lie passengers on the west-bound rain escaping with bruises. Tho two tars were welded together in a mass >f debris, in which lay the dead and lying and two-score injured. Dark less greatly Interfered with the pro cress of tho rescuers, and to niako natters worse, the nearest telephone vas nearly a mile away. All but one of the killed were in :lie smoking compartment of tho car, n the front end. This space was jrowded. Titus E. Klnzle, a real 08 .ate dealer, and Cordlus Kline, both >f South Fiend, left tho smoking room esB than a minute before tho crash '.anie, and escaped death, although :he> latter suffered severe jlnjurtes. Three physicians wero sent from Michigan City In a gasoline traction ipeeder and three more dispatched in in automobile. When tho physicians reached the scene they found scores 5f farmers and villagers rushing abou<? ?ndeavoring to care for the wounded md to extricate the dead and dying ay the light of a few lanterns. Many >f the wounded were pinioned in the wreckage, so that it waa necessary to ise axes. ADMITS THEFT OP 910,000, Paul Endemann Arretted In Brooklyn Charged With Embezzlement, New York City. ? Paul Endemann, the young teller of the Houston street branch of the Jofferson Bank, whose sudden disappearance soon after the president of the bank, Herman Broe sel. had appointed him, as a reward for years of apparently faithful serv. !ce, to head the new branch at Fifth avenue and Fifteenth street, led to tho discovery that hla accounts were between $40,000 and $77,000 short, was arrested in Brooklyn. He wan Immediately held for examination by Maqlotrate Crane under $40,000 ball, and, Rlnco ho could not furnish It, was loftk^d up In tho Tombs. According to Detectives McConvlllo and Nelson, who toado the arrest, and tho bank'3 lawyer, Emanuel Each wege, Endemann himself admitted that ho had appropriated $40,000, and a hasty examination of hla books ?howg that tho actual amount may reach $77,000. BOniiEIl AND OFFICER KILIiEO. ? .. v "tv ? Mother Heard tlio Shots Which Killed Her Hon. Oxford, Mass. ? A constable and a burglar are dead as the result of a fight in a railroad watting station at Oxford Heights, a suburb of this city. The constable who was killed was Albert B. Miller, thirty-five years old. and the other man has been Identified as Frank Harding, of South Mil ford. Miller, besides being a constable/, kept a store And newsstand near the 1 street railway station. He was the eon of Mrs. Irene E. Miller, who lives A. hundred feet up the road from her eon's store, and who heard The Bftots.i ? r , .. ? - - Dr. Hitin Steer * Suicide, Dr. J. Steer, professor of Clinical! Medicine at Washington University, | St. L#ouis, Mo., and noted as a lung specialist, killed himself with prusslci acid because he wae unablo to bear the patn of a supposed aneurism. , which nt&fii_j?fc?i$i*ns say he did not have. M<h1M? Fo# ??? Wright*. - National, als were pi brothers at a Da*oo. Okie. Hid For n Kulnvny. New York Oily. ?An offer for a trf borough subway roifto to cosi $ 1 1 o 000,000 wpi niado t<> tho Public S<:r vlco QommlMlon |>y U\o Uradioy*ttatf* n? > in t-i i a Company. Aocnxcd of .Murder, Fined $100. Flandreau, 8. P. ? Mrs. JOnnun Kaufmaun, accused of tho murder of Aki?08 Polrela. ft domestic servant, was found guilty of baftery horo and sentenced to pay K flne of $100 or to servo flfty days In Jail. The ftua wda Immediately paid. Hired to Ilitrii Horse*, Ho Say*. Pasaale, N. J.-r-tUndor oath In a coll Philip Goldberg,' who wns arrost ed on May 2S with Benjamin Weltier. wbllu in tho ftct of saturating th?r horses with koroBtno, preparatory to settJug thorn ftllro, nuido tho state ment that biiFlnofia rivals of the own ers promised him 5100 to destroy tho horses. Third Death In Feud Fight. Natchez, Mlss.~-I)r. Now man. son of I Jr. A. M. Newman, who was killed In 0. feud flglit ftt Meud vlllo, Ik tho third victim to die. ? ? ' "V ; Haywood Arrested For Smoking. Seattle. Wash. ? W; D. Haywood, tho Socialist lecturer, was arrested twice for violating tho now Statu antl-clgarette law. Haywood flrBt fr?l I Into the hands ?>f tho officers In EI lOnBhurg as he waa placing a c4gar otto In his mouth.* Ilo was released on 119 bonds. f : Friendless Allen Cuts 111k Throat. PlttRbnrg, Pn? TJnablo to? loeata- ? 1_ his rolntlvos. Honde Furnis, thlrtyr nvo years old/ who arrived bore from Austria, cojnmltted suicide by cutting his throat. 'I lCIopor Is Jailed in Plymouth. Plymouth, Ma,ss. ? Pasqualo Marl no and Mrs. Victoria Julia, both of Brooklyn, N. Y., wero arrested in Brockton. Marino was sontonced to flftoen- months In the House of Cor rection. Mr?. Julia, who is tho wlfo of a wealthy Brooklyn contractor, was placed on probation. Mexican Y. ML C. A. Hulldlnjfc ' Mexico City. ? Tho cornerstone of tho new $400,000 Y. M. C. A. build ing to bo eroptod In this city was laid- . by Vice-President Raymon CorraU ' Postofllce Hobhed. / ?>r ? ^ Long Dranch, N. .T. ? Thieves broke into the Ruuison pustcfficc and Stptc cash gift! stamps to tho amount of $1000. Tiorijiicr Now Senator. Washington, D. C. ? Senator Cul lom presented the credentials of Sen ator William Lorlmer, recently elect ed In Illinois. Senator Lorlmer was sworn Id. Or. Pierce Cliosen Chaplain. Washington, D. C. ? The Her. JOjr. Ulysses O. B. Pierce, pastor ot All Souls' Unitarian Church, which Pres ident Taft attends, was chosen by the Senate to eucceed the late Dr. Halt as chaplain. . ....... .. ???.,?. v ; Prohibition of CigAretteSl. . Washington, D. C. ? - Cigarette smoking by the enlisted men of the United State* Navy should ftev dt|? :? '? -ft oouraged in the opinion ot Rear-Ad-? rolral Seaton Schroeder, commander-* in -chief of the Atlantic battleship fleet, , Congratulations on Message* ' Washington, D. C.? Many letters are arriving at the White House con* gratulatlng President Taft on hin rt* oept message. Chandler Advises Congressmen. v^X'.rtp" Washington, D. 0. ? William B, Chandler Issued a, statement at Con cord, N. H,, urging all progressive Republicans to support President Taft in his attitude on the income tux* Women I'ulloonists Lnnd. Paris. ? All flre balloons of the Stella Women's Club, manned by women aeronauts, landed safely near the scene of the ascensions, near Bt. Cloud, after a two-hour flight. Merchants Fight U. S. Steel. Paris.? The federations of Fronch merchants have lodged with tho Min isters of the Interior, Finance and Foreign Affafrd a protest against the listing of Steel Common stock cm tho Paris Bourse, -??. HI tutlonal Castro's deorees of January. 1908, which annulled the salt and match monopoly cotjsejaloht, Oub? Reject!* Spanish Debt*. * Havana, Cuba. ? Through lta bee rSTarjr of "Stat*, euba formally re turn! to recognlxe Spain'* einlm rut payment of tho island1!# uhare ... national drbt contracted prtorHo -th*? ? Treaty of Paris. BImeon Titkc In :i,t* ? - St. Petersburg. ? Simeon Lake la .~r~' herefrom.. Bridgeport, Conn., to ?u perrlse the trial* oXTdUf ' largo ? 4s marines of bis doslgn. Eyes of Victims Out Ot*ff