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MINISTER A SUICIDE! A Prominent Pastor Takes His Own Life COMRONTED BY UGLY CHARGES PronSent Baptist Minister, Under Irvestigation on Grave Charges, Takes.His Own Life-Run on Two Pecria Banks, of Which He Was President. P'.-rria, Iil., Special-Rev. Geco. H. .. onis, pastor of the First Baptist eimreh, president of t he inter-state Savings Bank. and of the People's N ..n,.s Ban and reeuty anpointed riiager of the Yates senatorial cam was found dead in bed. He iv heen under investigarion by the Stite's attorney. the two banks. and iscrgreg'ation oi the gravest char Th a found by his wfe wher% she caled him to breakfast. He areained down towwn until late at nihdisposing oif somne busine-ss mat T1.I a letter 1.>uud beside him ha is was his last nig. n earth. e wanted to leave a meSSat of -a 'iyhi iYVe to all. in 1,ar1 it sNid: So ro blame imaut attach to - (:<-nor Yates nor his asiates. He -I - gave mre an opigortunity which .- opponents and ny e!elli!es uNite i last ~iire- Tinv- fails ue 1-:1 Iatempt to wtrite personal nemes' imicaesthat ht, v.-as dyV #:'e brouight the lerter to a icians believe that death was .~' d by evanide of nottosiiI. Cor n- Raker has taken charge -"f the be.iv. The People's Savis Hauk did m-1''"en Tuesday mornin.gr. Cashier Lok- said the bamk wvoubt remain - "sed until some plau ->f atil conld ic* dtermined. There was a rm: on ak and a larzte erowd surronad (d the building. The Inter-State Sav rB:si'k was also the object of rauis Monday arid Tuesday. C4aslil,-r An i''rsaiid they wordd be able .- 4and Breese's Case Reversed. lI l lmond. Sipeela . -- Thie 1 li ed . 0:o -icuit Courtin Appeals ne down a ci in l ese it nd irt Natia! lUnnk of I nied Stas Court al Char tre. by vhieh ihe was (oi nvictied and en'tc -'ed fo serve seven year- in the \::%a penitentiary. This ends this :%!--%s case and als. (nushed tih i et ment agains.t .1. E. Dicke-sou h'~ was found by the samne ::riand v. The ground "for the aiction~ of cart was that tw:0 of the .tand swho found the inidictmett "'b'' 't Breese had not paid their per .-i axes as required. L.et By Charter to Dnmmies. Savannab, Ga.. Specia.-Co(ntrnact '-r contract was laken up ini the Fe'du ral Court hr District Attoraey MIarionm Erwin in the prolsecution of 4;i'rane and Gavnor. and c-onncetion :nmen the contracts and the deftend 3:t as established. Cheeks2 tha't 3: .voefn given Greene :md11 Gaynior or *t he1 i.n payment for harbor imprlo'e a:-were exhibited and a--'einited - n h various coGn trae-s. I wars brom'.hn onit ilha: -elntracts 'r ~rprtant and expnsie improvxe men'cwre not hu'rerna'ty' lei by i Carter. n'ot1 to ireoe an ' v , direet. hut to rebui.-:e oft the 3fnts0 or l''selv aihied w with . -*es declaraui. wvas I'ot done( in nstances by i hw rpa re an ua of the coainwiV. buti bx 4n-en Decomnposed Body Identied. ~sbur. S"pecia:!.-~Thle hany dle * ''seri bo'dy of a manii whh i a bull * . . hrior2h his hed which was foud S bicket on the outskirits ot- Roan e. Va., is that of Sturley. C. Arma the r 'shier~ of theC Wasington al Bank, wh' mys iou'sly~ dis "ed fromi this cit v on- Ja narv ha entitication was made pos hen the numbiler 243241. attach un ''onl the body was idenititiedi as - uber of the accident inisuranee -,carried by the mnissing~ eashier. labama Mob Kiuls Negro. Mtgromery. Specia!-.-J imi 'otn j s was shot to deamh Snudilar it e hY a i~',h .iC wlile *llen av. 'ton. whioi ;ra' drnk whit nwnarb~nh '1 at -'.idence that (ot toni adi :r'd th Nine Negroes Cremated. ekTuesday :':iing an isolated rme house near~ th' vilage of 4 ' Bar, in Aarne A arud'! county. -onsurn~ed by' a ?1:'. in \.hieb w'.'re edto deai.thaim::e i*'lore':d pros one of thre inhabitma' :*-ap~ig House Ma'd a Suicide. - ahoue srvna nplye ''0 ai * 'er bedi .A b''tth- 'achco T w is mde certain by 1a 'ee d S'.n;. R. (.. stat in ia ut she inatend illing hearself' rn hamkinghi CONGR[SS AT WORK What Ouir National Law Makers Are Doing Day by Day. t lh-."wrltiv llvll, V 1'tIti UHav 1),11n~ :':~ . u liq 1'. a1 q~~~'ie jw"OU~IPPS.' of to swe!c it lo iniP i1 fr it, i.' ieat tile 'L~ei.C&.lit- taiked for Slrw:-.t fi rve hwurs andi was Fotlowed by Mr. rS~er. vh*spoke fo'r en-I rid.za i i-' thai. au imirL4)1. Buthl SWehesvo inieir~ed with de bate 1ar-g-ly hetv.wien Messrs. Bacon mei S;)wtari" P nfl thi~mn v.-vre two otr fflhre vt'.S'4 l4eui-lS ew If . Baen 's %.spvixJi w~t- ill tlice wain R f142a for dbc Pizlit of the Senatehl to ;advise2 ai'i .,)Iliselt il It.( matter )t' tilt' --oraTiw1 o 1iratijes anid wa, [a-gei y a rtiply to 1211% ,tn? re'' t :-Pteeh~ S)1 this question. Bailey Plies Party Lash. Fm dhw Uires t inw ia ti many year~s, he -Seizlio' rhainoer Nvas made illi! iSvt U;1' m or t ii~ mhiit4' patuPy [ls(ipli!1e to4 a miemibr "fJ lTIM brody. riati llfv lmt 1' tiec ails t hat tile tuiiai ~ wuflilot ;o.~o !'ort-et it. Mr. titit-Csm wa rho4. suhjeo or thle ef fual.,.! Ur. Bailey i'' w.hlit ill the absenico .!* Mr1. (il..lit i. Dem~lfocratic eulr.h)is vou-ced. wzU- lhie-i5tu nit!m 4t I his parW ini div juelileit I T he iii'.edt jiugn,~ v 14 s4 in' 424tueelion v.ith ihe vonsidU54 eratimtl ofj 32p Patter ,;1 S iL. 4tltiti5l of renamitnstalnee ngsi211ta mum apto 141 tilIrea ies withi forvin ~ TaIit1s he (Colorado Senia tttt' caiied~ 111 'hs reso)litllt iwiltCeli rotlt, m tl' i ' bilulsinesS, and ad1 dressed til~e Senae ulpati h. The fats, V011tt'2Pijj: in t(e canens.- ftP4)4242dilii'S Of Saturitlay :UI idihs Imillvinwra.al ji n l t Se't114( lvils P.1r, tes' ill th' wI ninds of Vote on Rate Bill. eNOII 1" 7t ? t 'h k The Ilonse coite'1ld Id al! lti'iillitaivy 51.'14s. it, the - he in: :,'itltuntil Thiursdty Thci lim e -ito t rleit' ifliei i (1ull1no -1t 4 Cit'ttl:111,1 t''ire bours j ioii and ~i~i* i~" '' .feaul. So fleret'. paitrn:"'llpl. ofit'lie hu 6its ettt clult .' int 'h,., i :! iig a 414t'.4ll eni 14' wave'! 1 i 'el *' i tn(blteikt ;111i1 sl4 ti ci ~t -vt"'ii t nNot one 0i NOW BACKS DOWN Dispensary irivestigation Com mittee Takes Back Water NOT TO FROBE PRIVATE AFFAIRS South Carolina Dispensary Ivtvesti gating Committee Announces That It Has Decided Not to Hear Evi dence of the Special Committee. Columbia. S. C., Special.- -Wednes day afternoon session of the dispen sary investigatng con nittee was characterized bv somei exeitinjg and more or less sensational and dramatic incidents. thouglh the evidenee which the spectators had bee'n led to be lieve would be brought out was shut of by a decision of' the ;'omnitssion. The Supreme Court room. vhere the sessions of the comlimittee are be ing held was crowded. At the open ing of the session. R1epresentative Lyon made a statement to the effeet that he and Senator C.ristinsen. in obedience to the commhit tee 's instrue tions. had visited the three home- eit ies of the three members of the board of dispensary directors. with a view to bringing out a coiparison between the propert(r ownied by the members of board before going on the board, and what they owned now. He said that they were no ready to go into this matter and that theIre were a nlunlber of witnesses present from Newberrv. the homw o? Chairman Evans. ready to testify. The other members o tlie commit tee got their heads together oil the judgoe 's rostrum. which overlooked the seats occupied by Messrs. Lyon'and Cthristinsen. and their detective. Mr. Klingenberg, and Attorneys . Welsh and Bellenger for the other side. While the conrem-eiie was goin' on, Chairman Evans pushed open the sid door and strode in. bis thumbs in his vest. and a eigar' in ,:he corner of his mouth. "Hubby or the spot, he ecflled. After cirenlating througxh the erond of spectators. Ie threal(ed his way into the bar enelosure and. leerin at the detectiv'. asSumed a belligerant attitude. It was felt, that some tron ble might he expected at the after nloon'S session and tier was a cur rent of suppresse ' dtement run ning throv'gh the room. The mateirial at hand was in a highhik- intlailiablc state and. but for the coolness of those who had this official business in charge. it is likely. that se?riols rC sults would have ensued. At this point the coiminit tee decided not to go into private details. and thus a disaire:'able s-:ene was avert 500,000 Bales at 18 Cents. Atlanta. Special.-Presidenit lIar Vie .Jordhan, of the Southern Cotton Assieatioe. im'ad~e the" foll owing state ment before leaving for New Yor'k: "I1 have beeni detinitely assured that an unewritinug syn-licate, heade d by E. R. Thomas and backed by' the strogest tintancial syndieate in New York. illh under-writ~e 50f.000- balgs of cotton at 1.I cents. Ti prmoposi tuionh winot interfere wh 1 thios- soot holers, whou desire to b Id for 15 eents.' '*r-ident .tor an dit is 'tly delred. 1at theC Souithn C .ottOn As' sociation .:nd is o --rs are noe+ neeti w h the "- . swi' eA o her n .1er to' Ii' :,t a pl.. Diaz and Party Bcard Ship. 3cxi'"' ity Sp cial .-Prveiet 1)az;' andi pa'rty le' \era Cruz ror Porsso . The' Fredden.t and the m.- mtembt~ers of the partyv bo'aided the 31exican mtan ot u-ar ravo and the lady mnember)i'swenmt on board the Ignorant of Morse Deal. .tuigusi a. 1a ine. S neelal. -- - The (ivde St einiiupi( 'omfpaniy tiled cer titiate of m 4incrporaition) with the see reta rv ofI State. The aut horizcd c'api taI is $1L .000,OO atll common~tt stoek. with ai par value of' $1001 a shimre. The irp riat 'rs of thle nev:'ti 'oma' claimed to' know njothing of the re ported neti~' ation for~i then purchase of the presenit ('yde Line of stanme lby Charles M. rM'. wh"r no"~ etnr ""0151n Eistern S t''triship ('ompa ny. apert - in m aliiin'" ''s o'tti.~ and ah.o: te etiropoian Steamsh'i: p (ompny 'i operaing a .Z' i ln be.ten Bostor and New. York. Famaily of Three Murdered. DIethan. \o.. Spca'd l in a anool ot the'ir own blood. their heads ahlnar se'O-red' ftrom themir bdi mas. thi !i'ad on were.M icvr ed ait their taome ner ('ohitionuid. -la. 'llT etil et was1 comm' ite I'd ' unt ai in the nioht dui robbery~ is n t:p:;sed to hav~e bec' t he muot v'- I )ctna teaec~ Ideiiite ei' has vet been obtm'iiued. Frentress and Bledse May Share School Fund. N 'mh' lle. Speial.--There wi!I be a1 meeCt ing of ' 'bth at''i bai'd 01 educ('. ton' ai :'. ear lyX date fotr thle pur:pose of 'i -m a .n ' na with ret e irne to allowba " 'r'retrS and l edstc fnd tof' 6:"011- in trder that they maynn ha.' ithatj1 pait that wouhl1 1a beenli r'e 'ived be'fot' the meeting2 of -h b.me n-;a A bw Attacks and Robs a Merchant. Chattau'.urm. 'peci a].-Patrick Mi] ton a prominen't't merchit~an t. was as sauted and robbed mn his place of busiess in theC hear't of the city by an unknown negr'o. A sun of money~ was taken from the cash r'egiste:7. Milton is in a serious condition and Ithere is much ereitement. COUNTESS ASKS DIVORCE Countess de Castellane, Through Iep resentatives, Begins Proceedings in A French Courts Against Busbandi. Paris. EV Cable.-Co'untess Bonii de Casteilance (formerly Ana Gorld,) entered a plea for divorce. Rep'resen tative-S (f the countIIeSS and1 the( counlt aippared befo)re Judg-e HlenryI Die:tes, of the Cour' oII Firsi Instance. who, 0 in confornitv with tie Freneih !a, endeavored t'o arrange a coneiliatiou before allowin a definite suit to pro ceed. It is; said on unquestionable authority that Judge Diette's efforts were not suecess ul, the countess ab solutely doelined to resume her relar tions vw-i':h her hnsband. and that after repeated. but vain attemlpts by Count de Castellane's advisers to arrange a settlemnt, the representatives of the count and countess left the court sid that the suit will proceed. AnotLer judicial effort at reconcilia tion wil. almost certainly be made be- in, fore the suit comes to trial in the or- R dinary course. th No dlecision has been reached rela tive to the ovcut ful custody o of the children of the count Cr and countess, but they being 0 uder age, will fur tile present natu rally re::nain with their mother. Friends of the Couut and Countess i de Castellance express little hope that m any adjustment of their differences at wiiI be brought about. but as divorce ". proceEdings undevir the Frenelh law are very lenghty. naw developments may occur before the ease comes', up for I trial. A dee:ee cannot be pronounced s under from three to six months. ft Zr Packers' Agent Under Fire. sI Chicago. Special.--The olly wittiess r on the stanid iu the meat packers' $: plea for immunity - was C. M. Me- li Farlane. office manager for Morris & , Co. His evidence related to the man ncr in which ifornitio w-as given re to the azents of the government in the cc ofilee of Morris & Co-. The cross-ex-t amination by Distrie: Attorney Mor rison was exceedingly sharp. Just be fore tihe adjouiuneiit of court the district attorney put somne leading questions re.;arding the working of the Oppenheinmier Company. which. it t is assterted by the government. was one off the a:lii ted colcern!s through which Ohe packer.s controlled the pri ces of by-prodets. He made the di roct assertion that tIe witness . not e telling the truth in his answ ers. and brought (:. a warn legal arunent in which all the attorneys inl the case tok part. The qusionis regarding Oppenheimer & Co., v.ere finally ruled ti out by the court. ti Brokers Charged With Fraud. t ti New York. Special.-Jolm S. White, t1 president of thelImperial Trustees 11 Company, of .Jersey City, and Robert di G. Ruxton and Clyde Colt, brokers of or this city, were arrested by Uni ted1 States Marshal Henkel, on indict mients charging them with using the mails to defraud. It. is elleged that., C'olt and Ruxtoin sent out thou.smds ' of circulars sr~ttinmg forth- fiiat they " represented clients with millionis of & idle capital to invest in first-class a securities. When visited by represen- w~ tatives of various concerns, it is al- iE leged that Ruxton and Coh proposed a to handle thme scurities ori'eredl. pro. oi viding thmey were guaianeed by the 'T Impreria! Trustee Comupanmy. of . e rsey ti City. White chargzed sums11 r'anging r from $200 to $5.000 for ?r'nteeimng thme se:-urities. .t Funding Board Purchases $50,000 T State Bonds. sV Nashville. Special.--The funding~ board parchased $1 1.0100 oft State bonds. paying 90 1-2 thoefor. This purichanse comeis out ot 190 surphis. .Forty' thlousandl out of. hist year's sumr plus also went to the puurchase of bonds, at the same price. Cumberland Co. Increases Capital to $I7,000,000. Nashville. Specia.-A t t he atnuual meeting of the stoekhoiders of the - Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph ~ company. at Hiopkin~sville. and in- b crease .f $:2.300,000 in stock was vot- E ed. makinm $17.000.000 in all. It is said the pro~ceeds wil! he used in im provmnents in the svstem. i Seaboard Shops at Abbeville, S. C., Destroyed. Chanrlest on. S. C.. Snecial.-A spec jul Irom Abbeville. savs that thc Sea ho0a;'d Aim .Line Railroad shops and o rondmhoumse were d1estroyed by fire J1 Sundlay moring with ani estimated loss of $25,000. The shops wer bilt. in 1392 anmd were actively engaged in repair work. All V.ood( work amnd I small parts of six en;;ines in theC rouned h house were burned andn their with dirawal from use until repaired is. Zgrat ineonvyeniencee to t he riroa d company. The losses are covered by insurance and it is understood tha the buildings will be replaced at oce. Ncw York Life Must Tell. Hloustoni. Tex.. Special.-Insurance Commissioner Flack, who has justre turned from theC Chiag meeOflctting, stated that the New York Life Insu anee Company had been asked by him for certain information c'oncern Ii. its affairs. anld that untili suchin tornun ion, the charter of wvuhe he re Ilused( t''disel0se was fortlhcoming the cormpany~ Woul not be giamted ape mit, to do busiess in the Srtt. For Sons of Vetrans. Montgomne-y. Ala., Special.-3fajmi Thomas C. Owen. conrmnmnder-in-ciefC of the United1 Sons of C'onfederatc Vetrans, has issued an opnrn letter to j to the camp and members of the i ni ted Confederate Vetrans. appiealin; for aid and assistance in reviving old camps of Sons of Vetranns ond ur'z ing the org~anizationm of new onePs. 3Ma jor Ow~ens is especially enixious t< t see a renewal ot interest inI Sons c: 1 Vetrans. by the time of the next ree ,,nion i, Nw Oren- < S200,000,000 LOAN Progressive Movement By the Southern Railway MEANS MUCH TO THE SOUTH icial Announcement iz Made That the Road's Stocksholders Will Be Asked to Authorize Creation of New General Mortgage, at Four Per Cent, President Spencer Stating That Dividends oi Preferred Stock Will Not Be Jeopardized How the Vast Sum Will be Expend ed-$99,834,000 to be Reserved for Future. New York, Special.-Announee etwas made that the Southern ailway Company has decided to ask e stockholders to authorize the issue $200,000.000 development and gen al mortgage four per cent. bonds. this amount $15,000.000 will be is Led immediately for the following rposes: $4.962.774 to refund pay ets for e(uipment heretofore made d charged to capital; ;3.500.,00 to fund investmnents int securities of, id advances to. subordituaxe -wmpan S hereto'ore imade and for the acqui Lion of property not. heretefIore nded, and $6.536.226 for double ack, revision of grades, new yards. ips, etc. The balance, of $1S5,000.0100. will be served for the following purposes: ,1.15S,000 to retire divisional prior n bonds on properties acquired for hich no provision is made in thme eon ulidation mortgage; $16.000,000 to tire not later than April 1. 1909. lateral trust fives: 18.008.00o to re re. as they mature in the iext 15 ars. equipment capital ohiigntions: 0,000,000 to acquire capital stoeks certain lines: $10.000.000 to pay. )t later than July 1. 190S for the stern division of the Tennessee Cen al and immediate improvements. After provision for tlie for&2oiug tligatioIs are made ther( will ie left .19334.000. which will be used to pro de for future acquxit iows :nd bet rments. President. Samuel Spei-er. of the Lthern Railway Coipany. in1 a comn unication to the votin.t trustees of e capital stock (;I the company rela re to the proposed bond issue, says at the existilg inai al ciiondition of te the company is such as to justify e creation of a iew mortgage and e immediate issue of $15,000.000 ofl ec new bonds as proposedl withou t sturbane-of the dividend now pai the preferred stock. England Launches Monster. Portsnmouth. Eengland. By Cable. e monster battleship. Dreadnaught. bich, when finished, will have cost .500,000, was launched here Satur ty by Kingr Edward. The ceremnony as the most simple imatginable, theF ig having vetoed all decorattions id pagentry otn acourit of theC death - his father-in-law, King Christian.-F ere was a moment ot suspense after ec King~ toulched the electrie button mrovinmg the last. block. as5 the huge lip hesitated and~ apipearedl reluctant take the water. Butt. nltimtateiy, e glided down the ways in safety. i is the heaviest an fl as; est battle: p l ever conist rueteil. Bigamist Hoch Must Hang. Springfield. Ill.. Specia i.-The Su eme (ourt denied a rehxearing in the mse of~ Jo4hanln Hoch,. se'ntenceed ta he ined in (Chicago. Feb). 2:1. for wvife Nearly Wiped Out by Flames. New MIartinsville. WX. Yai.. Special. -ire broke out in Lit tlton.it an oil IwaL near here. and before it could exinguishxed nea rly (ev businets: use was destroyed. about SO00 of the 0 inhabitants werei without home: id a tiniancial loss of mor, e t han $200 Two Brothers Shot Down. 1Roehellhe. Ga.. Spec:! 1-At the hlome .Jesse H ea en Nor . of Rochbelle. e Watts shot and instantly killed . S. Mclutie. sous or D. S. McIut . Sr..:ann!i aged 19 andl 1i respective -.They were at the -rate le:'vingz for me fromi a party. There were a w words between Wt ts and the dr Mcl utiie . Tlhen Watts shot oth ilhe voungim menl timroligzi the heart. illing t hem instanitly. Watts fied adl is nxow being pursuedt'i by the heriff. Three Struck and Killed. York. Pa.. Special-Three men were truck and killed by an accomodation a the Northern Central Railroad, ear Seitzland. 16 miles south of this ity. The victims wer'e part of the ~ew of a fast northboundi train. They ere repairing a burst tire of the riving wheel of the locomotive and. lindedl and deafened by the escapinug team. did not notice the approach of e aecomodation. ouvenir Stamps for Jamestown Ex position. Norfolk. Special.-Postmaster Gen -al Cortelvou has notitiedl thle board f Zovenors of the James1CtownVf Expo ition (omnpany that the Postoflice De cirtmnt will publish a special issue souivenir stamps comtmemo)rating~ e amestownl Exposition. Thtey will e in den~omxinationx of one and two cts and will be of appropriate WRECK AT GR[[NSBORO Fast Passenger Train No. 34, on Southern Railway, Crushes Into a Switch Engine in Pomona Yards Three Trainmen Instantly Killed and Two Scumb Later. 4.j.Specia!.--Five tr ni inmen weret killed !id one sa-ionisly inhiured in a -colli-ii biwen orth-boundI pfaseger tain No. :,4. of the Souzth een ia ilwa *y. ad aswitch engine at P'omnoi. at 1:2) o'clock Sunday morning.The dead are: Owen Norville.-engineer o1. No. ;4. W. W. Sellers. engineer of the Swtith engine. Charles 11. .o-hnson. firemai on switeh engine. S. Y. Newman, yard brakeman. William Bailey, telegraph student. No passengers were injured. Wm. Sparger,. fireman of No. 34 was badly hurt. but wilt recover. The wreck occurred near the Po mo1lra vard oilice and- almost directly in front of the Centi-al Carolina fair grounds. one mile west of this city. Train No. :4. in charge o Engineer Owen Norville. ran into the switch en gine in eharge of Engineer W. W. Sellers. Both engineers, Charles H. Johnson. fireman on the switch el gine.. were instaintly killed, and S. G. Newman. yard brakeman on the switch engine, and William Bailey, a young man reported to be learing telegraphy, who. it is supposed, was riding on the engine to the Pomona telegraph office. both received injuries from which they died, Newman lived only one hour after the accident and Bailey expired at 12 o'clock at Greensboro Hospital. where he was taken for treatment. W. M. Sparger, fireman )n train No. 34, was also in jured. but will recover. He is at the hospital and it is stated that he will be able to be out within a week. Hasty's Trial February 26. Gafiney. Special.-George Hasty. of this city. who fatally shot Milan Ben nett and (corge Abbott Davidson. of the "Nothing but Money'' threatrical cmnpany here December 15, 1905. will be tried on the cliarge of murder Feb ruary 26. Hasty, who has been in jail since the killing, will be defended by local conneel. The prosecutiCn will be conducted by TS. Sease, State at torne' for the circuit. who will be issisted. it is understood, by special coincel employed by the Actor's As soiation of New York. which has taken the matter up. Several witness es of the tragedy, members of the theatrical company, will appear on the stand for the State. .Three Die by Fire in Lockup. Eastmann. Ga., Special.-Saturday night the town barracks with its three inmates, who were placed there for drunk and disorderly conduct, being consumedl. The inmates were D. A. Cooper. Elbert 3Mullis and John B. Hart, all white men. Cooper was about 55 years old and left a iarge family. Mullis was ut 5>0 rears old and leaves a large family a'so. Hart was a young man and left a wife and child. The origin of the fire is unknown. Clyde Line Officers.. New Tork. Speial.-Calvin Austin and M. HI. Campbell have been eieeted pesidlent and treasurer, respectively. of the ncew inc~loroated Clyde Steam ship romnpanly of MIaine. Mr. Austin is -president of the Mfetropolitan Steamship compan~iy. which is one of the F'orse lines. Mir. Campbell is president of thle Peoph-'s line, which oerates steambhots between this city and Albany. The directors of the new copanv will be selected next wvegk. Five Die by Asphyxiation. Boston. Special.-A woman and four children were found (lead in bed in their home on 29 Dennis street. Roxburv dlistrict. An investigation by the police indicates that th'e woman MIrs. Annie L. Dixon. had killed the children and herself by opening three gas jets. Ex-Senator Hill Inproved. Charleston. S. C.. Special.-Since his arrival here, the condition of for mer United States Senator David B Hill. of New York. has shown mnarkec' and steadly imnprovenment. IHe is mon~ strengthened. MIr. Hill expressed himself as be(inlg dielighited with the limate of Camden. which is proving so benelicial to his health. He is to remain here util the terimnation o6. the season. havingr been ordleredi here by his physician. the ex-Senator being in needl of rest and change of climate For Causing Run on Bank. New Orel ans, Special.-The sensa tinal run on the Germania Savings Iank last year~ had its seqluel in the conviction for criminal libel of Pet Kiernan,. the owner and editor, and Jesse Webb. the city editor, of The Daily Amerincan, the ncwspaper which causedl the durry. The piaperI hias since suspndecd. lareely as the result of i ts loss of popularity following the attack~ on the bank. Texas Central to Build Extensions. Aust in. Tex., Special.-The Texe~ Cetral Ilailroad fled an amndment to its charter providinz totr the eon strutetio n o i a branch rtoad fromn Wa'' ,to) t lI totwn ot (tamfortl. inl -Irn in Erath county~ to Strn'w. ini P:O Pin to count,. antd for am braw fr Dln in Comanche eo:;:y t Nhlain. in Nolan county. The tital disomnt' of these three branches will be 1U0 miles. ATMYf. Tree% Along the Uoa4wy. W ful in produ.ciug financial benefit. pleasing and attractive sur roundings than any other investment that can be inde in the way of public improvements. On macadamizing country roads 'a proper location of trees protects the roadbed from the direct rays of the sun. which dry out the plasti: cushion forming the covering coat. Properly distributed tre-e growth -1lng the sides of a road has the ad vantage of breaking the sweep of the wind, which carries off the dried-out covering cushion of the-macadam. The covering having been blown away the wind now leeches out the binding ma terial from spaces between the stones of the pavement, the stones then be come loose and picking and raveling begins. and th-! road becom:< instead of a pleasing surface for traffi?, a ver itable nuisancl and danger to vehicles and horses' hoofs. The rbplaciug and repairing of the road rans into the use of new stone-additional binding ma terial, and top surface. together with the (xpensive operation of a steam rol ler, costing the community maintaining the road annually no small sum of money. The proper shading of tllee same I roads by means of tree-s prevents the direct action of rain. which washes out the material forming the covering coat and the binding. Properly shaded roads are less expensive to maintain. because they are shaded, and the an itual cost of sprinkling. which is prose euted for maintenance purposes, will cost seventy-five per cent. less when the advantages of tree growth are se eured for a road system lthanl when they are unshaded. IL wisely placed there is io invest ment for the country road which can be more helpful than tree planting. .udgment. however. must be used. On the lower grades of the road and in the valleys tree planting should not be so closely arranged as to keep the sub grade of the road too moist. In the event of this taking place. the founds tion will be endangered and ruts rapid ly formed. On the hill-sides, spacing can be considered safe for the ordinary growth at about forty-tive feet. centre to centre. In the valleys these dis tances should be increased to about three times the above spacing. Top moisture on an improved roadbed is de sirable: the tree guarantees that. Sub surface water for any road is danger ous: the tree roots drink it up. There is no one improvement that municipal engineering can arrange for that can help a suburban locality so much as tree planting. --- There is much difference of opinion concerning the location of the trees of a town or village street. as to whether they should be located back of the fence line or on the curb ine. If lo cated on the curb -line of sidewalks. which are of the ordinary width, th~e curb line will be thrown out. and irreg ular in proportion as the tree growth progresses. If located back of ,the fence line.. there is inconvenienet for the property owners in the shape of overshadng the lawn. with less advan tage in consequence of less shading for the road system. Trees so located in thickly settled villages or in cities are. of course. out of the question. If the streets are of ordinary width and land not held at fancy prices so that each particular resident secures more than the ordinary twenty-five foot lot. in the interest of well-appear ing and well-maintained streets. the fence line is the better location for the tree. On country roads the best loca tion for the trees is beyond the gutter lie. fairly outside of the improvement and beyond the channels which provide for the passage of the storm water. In selecting trees for your roads. se lect such as thrive wvell in your home localty.-Henry P. MorrisOn, C. E.. in Good Roads Magazine. I They Lead AUL At a recent good roads metin~g one of the speakers said that the main civ ilizing influences of a country should be placed in the following order of im portance. viz.: Good roadc. publie schools and churches. The point in volved was that if there are not good roads, children will not .go regularly to school, and if uneducated they will not have sufficient intelligence to at tedi and get the most good from church services.-G~ood Roads Maga A City of' Tower. Why not build office towers? The curse of the tenement is the want of light and air: and the same curse be longs to modern office buildings. An office tower would :secure an abundance of light and airi. It muight consist of a series or rooms arranged one above the other inside the tower with stairs and lifts inl projections at the angles: or four towers, each with a room on every floor, grouped around a stairs and lift -block in the centre. These towers could be carried 300~ feet high which is about the height of the cam panile of the new cathedral at West minster. A city of spires we already know. but a city of otffice towers is a1 suggestion of what might be. ::nd may perhaps be.-Builders' Journal. Curious Test ot Atmosphere. A curious test of the atmosphere was tried in the Frenchi Senate re cently. General Billot cocmplained of :i h leanee ait a1 rereni-( Sess5ion and at tributed it to gas given off byv the heating apparatus. The enginecer was unable to find any defect in the ap para~tus. Rleeourse' was had to a "bird :es:." Bengalec birds are reputed it be very easil~y alsphlyi:!I1W. One Wva" hung in a ieaue for eighit hours over the fau teuil in whieli G eneral Bijlot coracted thie headache. As the bird Iwais lively ait the end of that period, the atmhehre wa pronounrced pure. The largest island in the world is Greenland, with an area of 2.17O.000~ qurer kilometers.