The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, April 14, 1904, Image 1
VOL. I. NO. 11, CAMDEN, 8- C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 14, 19Q4. #1 .50 PER YEAR.
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X London, (By Cable).? With the Ja
panese fleet again cruising in the vi
cinity of Port Arthur and a portion of
the Japanese forces on the fighting
line haying crossed the Yalu River
and occupied strong positions at sev
eral important points, news of both
?aval and military operations is mo
mentarily expected.
Advices from Seoul, Korea, stste
that the Russians are occupying six
of the largest border towns on the
Tumen River, in northeastern Korea.)
A Korean prefect has sent in a re
port that the Russians and Chinese
who were at Yongampoo, Korea, have
withdrawn to Antung,.across the Yalu
River. Only a few merchants remain
at the former piacc. The Japanese
authorities at Tokio have no confirm
ation of a reported engagement be
tween Russians and Japanese at Kwi
sung. They have, however, received
advices from Seoul that the Japanese
aupply steamers are safely entering
the estuary of the Yalu River and are
landing their cargoes at various points
on the Korean snore. It is presumed
here that the movement of these sup
ply steamers is covered by Japanese
gunboats. If this is true, the Russian
torts erected upon the Chinese side
of the Yalu River arc evidently not
effective.
According to reliable Korean re- j
ports the American mines at Unsan
and the English mines at Gwendolen
are safely guarded by detachments of
Japanese troops.
Refugees who have arrived at
Shanghai from Korea assert that the
fear that the Japanese may land at
Possiet Bay (in Manchuria, about 65
miles southwest of Vladivostok) is
causing a general exodus inland. Even
the Russian garrison in that locality
are retreating, leaving only small out- !
posts behind them.
HURMCANB CAUSES DISASTER.
Bazar at the WarM's Pair Oraaate
Was Destroyed.
St. Louis, Mo. (Special). ? The high
wind that prevailed here completely
destroyed the partially completed ba
zar building in the Japanese reserva
tion at the world's fair, not a timber
being left, standing.
The building was a two story frame
structure and was partly roofed. The
work of reconstruction was begun al
most immediately.
No other buildings on the grounds
were damaged.
The storm was general throughout
Missouri and neighboring states and
much damage was done. A blizzard,
the most serious for this season in
many years, prevailed at St. Joseph,
and the telephone and telegraph ser
vice was crippled.
Fort Worth, Tex., (Special). ? A
cyclone passed up the Red river coun
try doing much damage. At Mills two
children were killed in the wrecked
home of Benjamin Diggs and several
other members of the family were in
jured.
A man driving along the public road
near Point Enterprise, on a load of
wood, was picked up and carried over
a fence into a Held and slightly in
jured.
Telegraph wires are down and the
running of trains on the Cotton Belt
Railway is interfered with.
Houston. Tex., (Special).? A tor
nado whiclt passed near the town of
Mexia killed a family of three per
sons and injured nine other persons,
three of whom it is feared are fatally
hurt. The dead are John Ballard, his
wife and 4-year-old child.
Many houses were demolished and
much damage was done to growing
crops.
Lincoln, Neb., (Special). ? Nebraska
was swept by the most severe April
storm known in many years. A tine
sheet of sleet and snow was driven
by a wind that at times reached the
velocity of a hurricane. Minor dam
age was reported from several towns.
Owensboro, Ky., (Special). ? The
end of a Southern tornado struck
Owenaboro and vicinity. The street
car power house was partially de
molished and not a street car is run
ning in the city. Much other dair i^c
has been done, especially to telegraph
and telephone companies. Waves ran
to high on the Ohio river that stenn
boats were obliged to tie up.
St. Paul, Minn., (Special).? Another
severe wind and snowstorm prevails
over North and South Dakota, and in
some instances railroad traffic is
blockcd and telegraph service is ser
iously hindered.
TwntrPfve KNM By Bertfcqsake.
Vienna, (By Cable).? According to
a dispatch to the Neue Freie Presse an
earthquake on April 4 killed 2 5 per
sons, injured 40, destroyed 1500 hous
es and caused great distress in the
vilayets of Kossovo and Salonica,
Macedonia.
Twa Killed la ? Wreck.
Sandusky, Ohio, (Special). ? In a
head-on collision between freight
trains on the Lakeside and Marble
head road, near Lakeside Station.
Fireman Frederick Dotll and Brake
man William Pokey were killed, while
Bnkeman John Brady, Engineer Jas.
Cullen and Brakeman George Ward
were perhaps fatally injure<T the ac
cident occurring during a dense fog.
Both trains were moving at a high
rata of tneed when they came to
Vice Chancellor Barged signed an
order in New Jersey to sh<Mr cause
why an injunction ahonld not Issue to
restrain the Northern Securities Com
pany from holding a stockholders'
meeting.
Work at the Bay State Mills of the
American Woolen Company, in Low
ell, Mass., was suspended, the com
pany ordering a shutdown for an in
definite period. This effects 700
hands.
Miss Jennie Gray, daughter of Col.
James R. Gray, eaitor of the Atlanta
ournal, was married in Atlanta, Gi.,
to Capt Earle D'Arcy Pearce, of the
United States Army.
A quarrel oyer a firl, their compan
ion at school, culminated in the kill
ing of a 16-year-old boy by another
in Chicago.
For half an hour traffic on Lower
Broadway was blocked by a small
fire in the new subway in New York.
John Cleves Short Harrison, grand
son of President William Henry Har
rison, died at Los Angelese, Cal.
. Edward and Jacob Hammond, broth
I crs, and Oscar Sigertsen were as
phyxiated by gas in Philadelphia.
rive persons are dead and another
is dying as the result of a fire in
Mount Vernon, N. Y.
The Exchange Bank of Dow City
and the Bank of Buck Grove, la.,
have failed.
The police raided the offices of the
Pacific Underwriting and Trust Com
pany and the Imperial Trust Com
pany, in Chicago^ and arrested thoft
in charge on the charge of swindling.
Sixty-three Indians were wrecked
in a train east-bound near Maywood,
III. Three were instantly killed, 3
were fatally injured and 20 others
were more or less seriously hurt.
The National Cottoo Spinners As
sociation at Boston adopted resolu
tions favoring an eight-hour day, anti
injunction laws and a better system of
factory inspection.
In an amended bill in the United
States Circuit Court at St. Louis an
insurance company which is resisting
the payment of policies for $200,000
on the life of James L. Blair, who was
vice general counsel of the World's
Fair, charges that Blair obtained the
policies by fraud.
Advices from Nome, Alaska, say
that the spring cleanup of gold on the
Nome Peninsula will be greatly in ex
cess of any previous season. Conser
vative estimates place the cleanup at
$1,250,000.
Smuel W. McCall and Charles F.
Choate, Jr., were appointed receivers
for the Union Trust Company in Bos
ton.' The company's liabilities are
placed at $1,600,000.
Albert Robbins and Edward L.
Robbins, president and cashier, re
spectively, of the defunct Farmers'
Bank at Auburn, Ind., were arrested
for embezzlement.
The retention of 35 Greek strike
breakers at the plant <^f the American
Car Company, in Chicago, caused a
rumpus there and the Greeks were
driven out.
The nail department of the Ameri
can Steel and Wire Company's plant
at Rankin, near Pittsburg, was burned
down, causing a loss of $175,000.
As the result of playing with pow
der, three boys were fatally injured in
Salt Lake, Utah, and one crippled for
life.
Coal has advanced $(.20 a ton in
Iowa on account of the scarcity caus
ed by the strike.
Porrifa.
It has been arranged that the sign
ing of the Panama Canal contract
shall take place at the United States
Embassy, which is American soil.
King Alfonso was well received in
Barcelona, a number of anarchists and
suspects liaving been arrested as a
precautionary measure.
It is officially denied that an anti
Jewish demonstration has occurred at
Gomel or any other place in Russia.
The French foreign minister, M.
Delcassc, and the Chevalier de Stuers,
the minister of the Netherlands, sign
ed an arbitration treaty in Paris.
Princess Sophia of I.ippe, widow of
Prince Gothicr Frederic Waldemar of
I.ippe, is dead.
The dock authorities at Liverpool
have been warned that if they con
tinue to hamper the Cunard Steamship
Company's operations by increased
charges the company will transfer its
ships to another port.
The Turks are reported to have
again begun the persecution of the
Bulgarians in Macedonia.
The H amburg-American Line steam
er Prinz Adelbert, from New York,
was in collision off Cape Degaton. off
the Spanish coast, with the Spanish
hark Jose Roig. The latter vessel
was badly damaged, but the steamer
proceeded.
Hard fighting has occurred in Ni
geria, British West Africa, and the
British punitive expedition sent against
i the__Okpoto Tribe has suffered a re
' vcrre.
King Edward, in a reception to the
diplomats at Copenhagen, expressed
t 1 United States Minister Swenson his
admiration for President Roosevelt.
The United States Consul at Odessa
reports that a demonstration against
the Jews at this time is unlikely.
The English annihilation of the he-?t
part of the Tibetan Army has revived
irritation throughout Russia.
United States Ambassador Mr
Cormic is negotiating a treaty in St.
Petersburg to secure for American
corporations the right to sue in
Russia.
Reports from the interior of Russia
indicate that the precationary measures
taken to prevent an$-Jewi|h riots
have been successful.
Ftaanctal.
One of the Rockefellers last week
brought 200,000 shares of Union Pa
cific, putting up a margin in cash of
40 per cent.
Missouri's wheat crop is 81 per cent,
against a ten-year average at this
season of 84 per cent. One year ago
it was 91 per cent.
Public trading in bank stocks was
resumed in the Pittsburg Exchange.
Such transactions had been su*pen,led
since last October, became of the un
settled condition in banking affairs
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Mount Vernon, N. Y., (Special).?
five persons were burned, one fatally,
?n * conflagration which destroyed
Columbia Hall shortly before s o'clock
A- M. Nearly the entire family of
Nathan Frey perished in the flames.
Columbia Hall was occupied on the
ground floor by the piano factory of
'? ^ ScMicher and the carriage re
pository of D. R. Woods. The second
was an auditorium used for theatrical
purposes and the top floor was oc
cupied by families. The building was
frame.
It was shortly before 5 o'clock when
Louis Levine smelted smoke. He
found the complete lower floor in
flames and escaped by the stairway
cut-off. Levine seised his baby and
calling to his wife to follow him, fled
to the roof, where he made his escape
to the adjoining building. Mrs. Le
vine was overcome by smoke and was
rescued in an unconscious condition
hTn/Lar0,USC.d the house *>y his cries
??C fr,K,ltenpd tenants poured
into the smoke-filled hallways. Na
back imoy'h?e,Zed by fear' stum*?Ied
pacic into his apartment and awoke
Ti? 1 tJ,rec shildren and maid.
'"e open door of the apartment
them * ft and thc flan,es caught
Mrs. Frey made her escape, but
b rey carrying two children in 'his
m!S th f.?L,,owcd by the eldest child
XdSrti'1'1'' *nd burncd
a tlllH,.** Eu-,rry' ,while descending
*ocatedher' h'ip br?k<- "" ?"d
nJ.hC| ,^rC depaJrtme"t ?n the mean
time had arrived, and with long lad
tenants, who were huddled
Si safe'/ carricd to ",e "'reel
d,I??!!P" ?',* fire ha, not been
$15 000 S 18 estimated at
ings,l? tenant8 ,ost aI1 belong
VMOINIA LAUNCHED.
BattJesMp Pleated AaM the Cheers ef
Theasasds.
Newport News. Va., (Special).
About forty-two years ago a fighting
fchip named Virginia showed in a few
hours that the navies of the world
would have to be rebuilt. Almost in
sight of Newport News the Confeder
ate ram Virginia and the first monitor
tried conclusions in a battle which
revolutionized all theories of naval
and sounded the death
? the wooden ship as a war
ay a new battle-ship, ad
Mr, presenting the highest type
of naval achievement, was launched
Sh^Kt^i!iyard^of thc Newport News
Shipbuilding Company, bearing the
J2ITC Y,rg,n,at' representing a people
for th i!atr ',ave a'ways stood
* J"* 58t typc of chivalry, cour
apJetite foJ a"CC a,,5? an '"satiable
bv tuotriol Ctr.?',ng thcir conviction
cJntes? Tl.S ?Pcn' h?norable
- " .The n^v Virginia is not
expected to revolutionize naval con
?nd!CthennbUt? the CXpCrt constructors
ft.. . 1 experienced officers of
the navy are confident that her thun
dering batteries and stanch and un
VmllJlS a/IMor w.ll prove more than
in r rni\ I I any ?>ht'"g ship afloat
and enable her to do her full share
? -nit United States at the
n o ten? for c na va 1 Powers of the world,
potent for peace and invincible in war.
HEARST SCORES ON OPERATORS.
Declalea of the New York Orcalt Coort Re
versed By Sapreae Bady.
Washington, D. C. (Special).? Thc
case of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission vs. Baird, commonly known
as the anthracite case, was decided by
the Supreme Court of the United
States 111 favor of the contentions of
the commission, thc decision of the
United States Circuit Court for the
reversed! Nc,v V"rk >>'??*
Ih's is the case instituted before
\W VUTSI?u >y ,}V R- "earst, of
tion l?v ?[, Wf? a"eged discrimina
te 1 11 ra,'road companies which
sylvima ant,iraci*c mines in I'cnn
Dttring the hearing some of the wit
tract* to Produce certain con
AiSSLT* Upon ,hc business of
min/, T- |C?mm,ttccs and the coal
jnmes, which action was upheld by
the Circuit Court of New York. The
that H - tatcs Supreme Court held
?"ppl'e'd C?",ri<" brrn
Brakenaa ead Tramp Killed.
Terre Haute. Ind., (Special ).-One
brakeman and two (ramps were killed
and two engines and about forty cars
demolished in the head-on collision of
two V andalia freight trains at Locust
Cut. eleven miles east of Terre Haute
.I??/?- attributed to the misin
terpretation of a train order.
IHefc Lest lit Caarage.
Chattanooga. Tcnn, (Special).? A
special to the Times from Bristol,
Tenm. says a mob tried to get pos
session of Finley Preston, the negro
who murdered Lilian Shaw, colored,
m Johnson county, and who is now in
jail at Mountain City. Thc mob al
most had the man in their possession
when their courage failed them and
they scampered away. Those com
posing the mob are said to have been
negroes.
imtmamrnm
The Giolotkil Survey will aoon
issue its rtyoijt 00 mineral resources
for 1902, ihoaring that in that year
for the third ti Me. the total , value of
the commercial naineral products of
the United Stales exceeded $1,000^00,*
000.
The exact . tores for 190a were
$i,a6oA|9t4is? which, as compared with
is I901. shows a gain of
16.0a per cent. The fuels increased
$26,667,743, or 6 per cent. Every va
riety of fuel increased in value except
anthracite coal, which shows a de
crease in quantity of *3^01,850 Ions
tons and in value of $36^30434. The ,
metallic products increased $123992,325 1
and non-metallic products $50*072,089.
To these should be added estimated un
specified products, including building, ,
moulding snd other sands reported to |
this office the rare mineral moly
bdenum snd other mineral products
valued at $1,00*000.
IiuhbiH IsPtlliiliii
Senator Lodge reported favorably
from the Senate Committee on the
Philippines the Lodge-Cooper bill to
amend the Philippines Civil Govern
ment cathy authorizing the issusnce
of bonds for municipal improvements
and guaranteeing a 5 pier cent, in
come on the cost of rsilroads.
The report of the House Committee
on Insulsr Affairs in favor of the
passage of the bill amending the
Philippine Government act in several
minor matters wis filed by Chairman
Cooper. .
nJr?rmtL Secretary Root will be tem
Eerm'L f'T" *nd Sneaker Cannon
fha*man of the Republi
can National Convention at Chicago
as&zpsea
by Sanutei?Gomper??b0r W"e C'?"d
Coa|ShStPriS>aring' a membpr <>f the
A uL at.r,,cc Commission, urged the
Arbitration Bill before the House
Committee on Labor. n?use
p.J'le remains of Gen. Americus V.
Ricc were buried at the National Cem
etary at Arlington.
thf r.rKUry *nd Senor Qu?ada.
^radt'on m,mStCr' S'gned a treat* of
James Thaddeus Small, a corporal
of marines on the Mayflower, com'
i'ngton SU,c,de in roo,n in. VVash
...f-ifent D. C Oilman presided at
the opening session of the annual
meeting of the Oriental Society.
AZhe,Dist.rict ,of Columbia Court of
Appeals holds that the statute to pun
and U'IMS G",eral T'n"
The Senate Committee on Finance
authorized Senator ^Idrich to report
an amendment to the hill for the L
crnmeut of the Pa^m. cl^, 4fe
??iclc*au,on ofrePresentative Por
arrived in Washington
iloi^o?"rP?" ?( pllci"? a l??n of
f<|I5.Sf.12"lrMi,e 5?11 CISe ""
Supreme Court deefded that
the railroad companies must produce
certain contracts with the coal com
panies that were called for. J
The President has approved the
from H?* *A SCntrncc oi Sissa?
tenTnl A ry ?" First Lie"
Lientenant O^Icm a"d S"??d
. Southard Parker Warner, of Wash
ington, son of Brainard H. Warner
has been appointed United States con
sular agent at Gcra. Germany. |
Gen. Americus V. Rice, of Ottawa
O., who had a brilliant war record and'
sit onIC Hi^n,1m w1" ?.[.8overnnient po
sitions, died in Washington.
1 States Supreme Ciurt
the riaht ?o K* ?/,y ?f Chica?? had
75 cents. pr,Cr of gas at
CONVICTED MEN INNOCENT.
Chkflfa Baadit Caefesses ta (Harder la At
leapt ta Sare Other*.
Chicago, (Special).? Almost within I
n. C?'!S. ?f tl,e han?man's rope,
leter Neidermeyer, one of the car
barn bandits made what lie declaj-ed
was a true confession to save two
from" Ion " m ?he 8?,,c?ws and one
tcmiary ,n,Pr,s,onment in the peni
"I killed Patrick Barrett in his sa
M VValace street last May,"
Jame? u J?hn Lypch ?d
James Simmons, who are under sen
n',C| ?o dr,ath [?r crime, and also
. 'I? ' x\\v' ^ho has been sentenced
to the penitentiary, are innocent. They
had nothing to do with the raid I
I k"",d, Barr"?- 1 ?!"' I
men 1 ? so,e,y. to ?ave innocent
In. ui Vf pc for,ife. and do
not want innocent persons to suffer
for what Ihave done."
A War.sa Kicked ta Destfe.
Wheeling, W. Va.f (Special).? Mrs.
Peter Minto, the wife of a coal miner
living a few miles below Bellaire.
? -P,Pe Crrkt' was kicked to
death Sunday night, and Monday
morning the woman's body was
found on the floor of the poorly
iirnished cabin. Minto was arrested
and has been placed in St. Clairsville
jail. Minto came home drunk and be
mt!!i r#.V hc neighbors
paid little attention to her cries, be
cause it was a common thing to hear
the people quarreling. Sunday even
ing the abuse continued until the
l!nr h\ i[' t fin.K crushed out of
shoes Minto s heavy mining
Tbrct Flrem:o K'HH st York.
York, Pa., (Special). ? The worst
fire in recent years in this city wiped
out the big six-story brick factory of
the York Carriage Company, damag
ing the big farm implement warehouse
of Ernest & Bupp. the foundry of the
Variety Iron Works, nine dwellings
and other property, causing a loss of
S200.000. By the collapse of a wall
of the plant of the York Carriage
Company three firemen were killed
and three injured.
DNi OF SPAIN IN PEHLI
IAKBLMU.
llfM tti Pwlln at ?
Madrid, (By Cable). ? Private ac
counts received from Barcelona re
garding the explosion which took
place as King Alfonso was leaving the
exhibition there continue to vary in
detail. The following official report
of the affair has been issued here:
"At 9:30 o'clock a petard exploded I
in the portico of the house No. 19 1
Rambla del Centro. There was a
loud explosion, which caused material
damage. In the ensuing panic two |
persons were slightly injured.
"King Alfonso passed the spot with
in a few minutes after the occurrence,
and was warmly cheered by the crowd
which had then become tranquil.
"The originator of the outrage has
not been discovered. One man was
arrested, but has since been released."
London (By Cable). ? Julius G. Lay, |
United States consul general at Barce
lona, telegraphs as follows:
"An explosion of gas occurred here,
giving rise to a report that a 'petard'
was exploded as King Alfonso was
leaving the exhibition. The explo
sion, however, took place half a mile
from where the King was."
Another dispatch from Barcelona
says it has been definitely ascertained
that the explosion which took place
when King Alfonso was leaving the
exhibition was due to an escape of
gas and that no importance is attach
ed to the incident.
King Alfonso arrived at Barcelona
for a fortnight's visit to Catalonia.
He was accompanied by Premier
Maura and War Minister Linares and
a numerous suite. The visit of the
King to Barcelona, which is the hot
bed of Republicanism, caused dis
quietude in Spanish official quarters,
as it was feared that the Republicans
and Socialists would vent on the King
their hatred of the Premier, whose
strong measures in dealing with the
strike rioters had made him very un- )
popular.
As a preventative measure large
numbers of anarchists and other sus
pects were arrested last week and a
cruiser, three gunboats and a large
force of gendarmes were sent to Bar
celona.
The Spanish King was accorded a
respectful reception at Barcelona and
shortly after his arrival attended a
Te Deum at the Cathedral. The
streets were decorated with flags and
lined by crowds of people.
BURTON IS SENTENCED.
Six Mentha la Jail and a Flae of
?f Exceptions Filed.
St. Louis, Mo., (Special). ? Senator
J. R. Burton, of Kansas, was sen
tenced to six months' imprisonment
in jail and a fine of $2500 for using
his influence before the postoftice de
partment in behalf of the Rialto Grain
and Securities Company of St. Louis
for having received payment from the
company for his services.
When Senator Burton, accompanied
by his attorney, came into the United
States District Court Judge Adams
spoke of the motions that had been
filed for arrest of judgment. The
court, after briefly reviewing the mo
tions, overruled them both. The
court then said to the defendant:
"Have you anything to say as to
why sentence should not be passed
upon you ?"
Evidently suppressing his emotions
wit^ a strong effort. Senator Burton
stood leaning with both hands on a
chair back as he said:
"Your honor will please allow me
to respectfully decline to say any
thing."
The courtroom was almost empty,
with the exception of a few persons
who had remained out of curiosity,
and the silence was almost oppressive
as Judge Adams in a low tone began
delivery of the sentence.
MORMON COLONY RAIDEO.
Bandits Carried Away Three of Elder Jofca*
son's Wives.
El Paso, Tex., (Special). ? Pros
pectors from the lower Sierra Madre
Mountains of Mexico, southwest of
El Paso, bring the story of a raid
made by Guan Colorado, alias "John
Redhead," upon Don Felipe, a newly
formed Mormon colony. The noted
bandit and his band pillaged the set
tlement. carrying away three of Elder
Hiram Johnson's wives, one of which
is the favorite of his large household.
A posse of Mexican rural police
and a squad of Mormons, who, as a
vigilance committee, styled them
selves as "avenging angels," pur
sued the bandits for thirty-six hours
and finally surprised them in the fast
nesses of the Sierra Madre Moun
tains. A fight took place, in which two
of the outlaws were wounded. The:
band fled, leaving the women. They
had been kept two days in a cave,
where a considerable amount of bul
lion treasure was found, which it is
believed, was stolen from a pack train
recently.
Swept By Conflagration.
Tampa, Fla. (Special).? A fire swept
West Tampa and before it was prac
tically under control at 6 o'clock had
caused a loss which will exceed $joo,
000. The only death loss so far
known is that of a Cuban baby, which
was burned in one of the cigar fac
tories. A panic was created in the
town when the fire began to spread,
and hundreds of men, and women and
children fled from the factories. The
factories of Santa Ella & Co. and Sam
Caro & Co., both of Chicago, and J.
M. Mirtinez and L. Sausche/, of Tain
pi ????!?? ?he heaviest losers
^hve rows mtm
MiUmm M to ? l%M Mm tafte,
.Mat Mnkd
Tampa, Fla., (Special). ? Fire per*
sons, members of a pleasure party
from the Florida Methodist College
at Sutherland, were drowned near An*
clot* lighthouse.
The dead are:
Mrs. Walker, wife of the president
of the college.
Miss O'Connor, of Atlanta.
Miss Slaughter, of Sutherland.
Miss McCray, of Sutherland.
Mr. Bouland, of Sutherland.
President Walker and Miss Newton
reached the beach alive. The bodies
of Mrs. Walker and Miss O'Connoi
have not yet been recovered.
The bodies of the other three who
lost their lives were washed ashor?
and recovered.
President Walker had taken the
party out for a cruise to the light*
house, but met rough weather and the
boat was overturned in the gulf.
The Florida Methodist College is
located at Sutherland, on the wesl
coast of the gulf, about thirty miles
from Tampa.
Tustin, Mich.. (Special). ? The thre?
children of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Holmes ? Laura, aged 13; Hazel, aged
11, and Wendell, aged 9 years ? resid
ing three miles southwest of Tustin,
were drowned in a large pond lesi
than forty rods back of their home
The pond was covered with a thia
coat of ice, on which the childres
ventured.
The ice was not strong enough , to
support them and they sank togethei
in thirteen feet of water. When tin
bodies were recovered two hours latei
the children's hands were still tight^
clasped.
CONSOLIDATION OF MILLIONS.
Caart Asked ta Set AaMc Merger at Electrh
Light mat Pawer Caapaales.
St. Louis, Mo., (Special). ? Suit t?
set aside the $20,000,000 consolidates
of the Missouri Electric Light an4
Power Company and the Citizens
Electric Light and Power Company
now constituent corporations of th?
North American Elcctric Company oi
Philadelphia, alleging that the mergei
was effected by fraud, was institueo
by Morgan Jones, of Denver, Col., is
the United States Circuit Court here
Mr. Jones avers that he is the ownei
of more than $100,000 worth of stocV
and that other stockholders stanJ
ready to join in the proceedings.
Through his attorneys he asks the
court:
First ? To declare the merger ille
gal.
Second ? That an injunction be forth
with issued to restrain the officers ol
the consolidation companies from a
further use of the funds.
Third-^The appointment of a re
ceiver to take charge of the Missouri
Edison Company's property and pur
chases pending the settlement of th?
litigation.
Briefly, Mr. Jones' complaint is thai
the merger was voted without his
consent, and that as a result the stock
of the Missouri-Edison Company has
greatly appreciated in value.
The defendant to the action are the
Missouri-Edison Electric Company
August Gehner, Charles H. Huttig,
Herman C. Stifel, C. Marquard Fors
ter, Eugene H. Penoist, Philip Stock
William F. Nolker, Henry S. Ames.
William D. Arthwein and the Unioo
Electric Light and Power Company
The merger was effected on Sep
tember 8, iqo.i, and was ratified on the
following day.
PACTS WORTH REMEMBERINO.
Combs are found in the earliest
known graves.
Guinea fowls arc becoming populat
as table birds.
For joo years the Chinese have mad#
waterproof paper.
A woman 5 feet 4 inches should
weigh l pounds
The sale of patent mcdicine* is pro
hibited in Sweden.
The proportion of divorces to mar
riages in Japan is one to four.
There are in use in the UniteJ
States 1,400,000 miles of telegrapb
wire.
The annual number of divorces in
Canada has averaged two for thirty
four years.
The exports of Canada for 190.1 weri
$478,574,591. a?d imports $-'4.1.141,016
The general depth of the Niagara
River at the brink of the falls is fou:
teet.
The age at which the greatest num
her of Japanese girls marry is be
tween twenty and twenty-one.
Nearly all business transactions it
Columbia are based on L'nited State
currency.
In the religious communities when
t!ie use of meat is forbidden appendi
c it is is unknown.
The records of the Weather Bureat
conflict with the popular belief in tin
equinoctial storm.
The propellers of t-he fast auto
boats revolve 1.250 times a minute
giving a speed of twenty-five miles at
hour.
Germany's imports exceed her ex
ports by 20 per cent.; France's, by 11
per cent.; and those of Belgium by 2i
per cent.
The plans under operation and pres
ent contemplation at Niagara Falli
propose to save about one seventh o:
its power for the world.
The first woman minister in F.ng
land. Miss Von Putzhold, has beer
appointed as pasto.- to the Lfnitarian
Free Church, of Leicester.
The farm laborer of Russia gets $60
a year, half of it in produce. His diet
is bread, potatoes, and, occasionally,
a little milk.
Municipally owned plants furnisl'
two-thirds of the eleetrie lighting ii
Great Britain and only about 5 pei
cent, in the United Stite-i.
The flanges on the propeller: ol
large ships are seven and a half feet 1
long. Their tips r-volve at the rate,
a mile and a liaJf a minuM.
Utert Km ttmrnt Hna it 9m
James Patterson, a 15-year-old cob
orad boy living on Church Hilt ?
Richmond suburb, shot Stanley Bay*
I'M. 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mm
C. B. Baylisa. Patterson is held ia
jail. The shooting wax the resnH
of a rock battle between white and
colored boys.
Petitions for the fall pardon of
Theron H. Brown, late cashier of tha
Life Insurance Company of Virgioia?
have been presented to Governor
Montague.
The directors of the Jamestown Ex
positown have presented Mr. John
Temple Graves, the eloquent Georgia
orator and editor of the Atlanta News.
JVi. .? s!,ver service for his efforts ia
behalf of the Exposition.
John Johnson, 16-years-old son ol
Benjamin F. Johnson, of Norfolk, was
a ?i.,a?d ,nsUn?ly killed by Walter.
A. Wallace. The shooting was acci*
dental.
J* N. Grimes, of Phoebus, is charged
with forging the name of J. C. KittreUl
to a check for $5.
At Stauntion a Parker Club ha*
been organized with several hundred
members.
Lynchburg is to have a fine new
theatre.
, The offices of President J. M. BarrJ
Vice-President E. J. Cost, GeneraU
Passenger Agent C. B. Ryan and
Fright Agent C. R. CappsJ
of the Seaboard Air Line, are to be
moved from Portsmouth to Norfolk,!
having quarters in the Atlantic Build-'
ing_.
Richmond hodcarriers are on strike]
throwing not only their own tnen, but]
125 bricklayers out of work. They!
demand $1.25, instead of $1.20, for si
day of eight hour*9 work.
The Newport News Electric Com-i
pany is planning to run its line>
through the Soldiers' Home grounds/
at Hamton.
Some unknown person made am
attempt to set fire to the porch of
^y?* Archie Moore's residence, it*
Alexandria. IJie fire was discovered
by a passer-by and extinguished before
it gained dangerous headway.
A man attempted to break into the
residence of Mr. Edward Fornshill, in
Alexandria. Mr. Fornshill drew his
pistol, raised the window and shot at
the man, who ran off.
Among recent deaths in Virginia
have been the following F. X. Burton,
of Danville; J.VV. Brillhart, in Lancas
Miss Lizzie Thompson, at
Hillsboro; Walter Cole, in Halifax
county; Mrs. J. B. Frazer, at McKen
ney; Joseph Thrift, in Westmoreland
county; Mrs. R. J. Shelton, at Bristol;
Lewis A Jones, of King Georga
county; V. K. Bowman, son of Col,
1 B?wman, of Salem; Mrs. Mary
L. Wingfield, of Roanoke, aged SSi
Mrs. Lucy Wauchope, of Amherst;
John S. Forbes, of West, aged 87 j
Isaac N. Jones, a prominent business
man of Richmond, a native of Wales.
The state board of fishieries ap
pointed inspectors for two years.
The people along James river filed a
communication with the board prom
ising to help enforce the laws during
the closed season. It was brought oul
that pirates had actually threatened to
kill persons who interfered with their
depredations.
News has reached Danville of the
suicide at his home in Halifax coun
ty, near the North Caroliifa line, ol
Koya Foster, a well-to-do farmer
He shot himself in the right temple
while lying in his bed in the early
morning. Mr. Foster was cold in
death when his wife went to the room
to call him to breakfast.
Almost hysterical from grieving
over her crime, Missouri Irving, a
negro woman of Newport News, who
attempted to eat alive the year-old
babv of her niece, is behind the bars
at the station house. The prisoner de
clares that she is subject to tits and
!S u?,JvaScf.ra7>r when she attacked
the child. She does not even re
member, she says, any thing about
hurting the baby. The woman had
been drinking and was craved. Shs
attacked the baby and bit pieces out
of its face and body. The child is
in a critical condition. When taken
to the statjon house the woman wa&
covered with blood and seemed to
glory .11 her deed. She declared thai
she had eaten the baby because sh<j
loved it so, and that when she got oul
of jail she would finish the job. Shs
described how he bit and ate pieces
from the infant's cheeks and how
other fragments of the flesh were
thrown about the floor.
The following are among the re
cent deaths in Virginia: Mrs. Mollis
x*'-,.- * ,>rincc Edward county;
W illiam 11. ||. Cawood, of Kin*
George county; J. W. Brillhard, Lit
walton. Lancaster county; Claiborne
Vi ?c' "runswick county.
1 lie recent ruling of the commis
loner of revenue, under direction of
the state auditor, threatens to closa
every drug store in the state whoso
proprietor fails to take out a retail
liquor license at $.150. The auditor*
hold that the druggists selling malt
liquors, alcoholic bitters or using al?
cohol in the preparation of prescrip
tions must have the same license as
barkeepers. A delegation of drug
gists will wait on the auditor and en-?
deavor to get him to explain his po<
sit ion. If lie persists, the matter will
be carried higher and may get into
the courts.
James 1. Copeland. of Norfolk, has
completed a wireless telegraphy sta
tion at Cape Ilatteras and will organ
ize a stock company to operate wire
less stations at Newborn, Hatter as,
Roanoke island and Norfolk. The sys
tem to be used is the Fcssenden. in
vented by Professor Fessendcn, form
erly wireless expert in the weather
bureau. This is the first move in this,
section for operating a wireless tele
graph for commercial purposes.
A blast explosion at a quarry of
the Southern Road Company, ati
1'abors, 2.1 miles from Charlotte, re-,
suited in the death of four men and!
the wounding of two others. The;
quarry was one used to furnish ma
terial for the Southern.
Cool wather and an annoying wind
prevented the wearing of spring
towns in the Master parade on tha
Baardwalk at Atlantic Citv, th<* big,
;row?l appearing largely in wraps.