Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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W. SOMERS - a light :ear' Whe te ..ky wvas hIn and b of Pari' ke'en vet balmvo 2ess. On *uch I ays as ia 'he we1i; d3Owni :.ansr :Nt:' watchd ga, menake th'ir purcihase' for lu theon.T. disry of their costum. L tn' 1Iorninc 'Onra:ed vii th SinLi wit> which he had seen ther S:ner;;e frmn their houses the niht bt fi. Tey lingered at the do or o (ree ;:r r b argaining for their ve; 'itables i the stirenuo..usness of 1o10 ve !ou.vives. Several had sat fo ha and with t1e:e he e(xchaAed th zos"i) c:. the quarters. Then. his eye tiiild with the vivacitv of that sCent lie rturnd to his studio, and sougl 10 Iph'Lae ol calnvas the dancing sunl igi of the Parisian street. Ile felt in hi the- CO'rIiage to paint masterpeces. Er vheln gray clouds and rainl made th (olors on his palette scarcely distii guishable from one another. his moo changer,. le could scarcely hear th dingy shaabiness of his studi 11 iooked with distaste at the picture o which he had been working for month and saw that it was bad. II 1)overty appalled hii. It was on such an occasion Iu Charles Bartle sat. pipe in mouth. col iemplating with deep discouragemi:i the work of his hands. IHe smoke gkonily. Presently. with a sigh. h took a laiette knife and prepared I scrpe <iown al! that he had dom There w:s a knock a: the door. "Come in.' cried Charlie. lookin round. It was slowly opened by a little o man. witi a bald head. a houked nos of inuiense size. and a gray beart He was shabbily dre'ssed. but the rina oi his linger. the diamond iu his tit and his massive watch chain. sugges ed that it was not froni poverty. "Moniezur Lir':" said Charlie. with siiile. ''Come in. I'm delighted -o se I k '. ou coU('ld' paint in thi weal~th", so I thought i shouldn't be i the way." Ie c into The room and 'ooke at Baru e's untinished- canvas. Th painter watched him a nxiousily, but i changie in the Frenehmtan's expressio betray'ed his opinion. "Do vou think it's utterly rotten' a sked C harlie. "Mvy dear fellow. yvou young maen ar so impattient. You buy a canvas, an' you buy paints, and you think you ca: produce marvels immediately. Yo w n't give time to it. and you -on gie patience. The old maste:.- w . en in such a hurry. Itead . af' .' an' 'ou'll see how they worked." Chariles ilartle impatiently thres aside his palette knife. I wis .h i'd ..een at crossing sweepe rae than a painter. it's a dog's lif that I lead. I do without everythin that gives happiness. and I don't eve: do wvork that's tit to look at." Mon~sieur' Leir sat down. took fror is waisteoat Ixocket the stump?l ot' a onfinished eigar.rtubb1ed Ihe charred en -ithi his iringer andl lit it. He smoke this with appi~iarenlt satisfaction. I ~'hits day he Lad known miany' painter; Some had succeeded, but most ha failed, and he knew that the profe: sion, even for the f'ortunate. was v'er hard. Geius itseit starved at time Sand recognition of tea did not arrive 1i a man was too emnl.ittered to enjoy 11 But he liked artists, and found a peel: liar satisfaction in their so('iety. Mo!: sleur Leir was a dealer. H~e had earl; seen the merit of lie imnpressionists had bought their pictures systemnat: ca ly, thus saving nmany of them frot disaster and at the samie time. beneti1 -ing himself, and tinally sold thei when the world discovered that Mr: net. Monet and Sislev wvere gree painters. His only daughteir had mai ried Iutaiolf Kuhn, a dealer in Nei York. so 'lonsieur L~eir felt justitie' inI spending the year's that r,:mainedt him in a condition of opulcut idlenes: But he' tiattered himself that the rain1 ers whose' works he mid bought f'or song wvere' his fr:ends a-s wvell as hi eustometrs, and it pleased him stillt potter about the studios of those wh 'et lived. When Charlie Eartle settle in the imane in which he himself ha an atnamuent. Monsieur Leir gladi. rnn ile 1:is acqtuainta nce. The youn rnan was'.t delighted to heat' stories c the wiid life they led iu Monunarte i the se'venties5. anzd be' wv::s taken. t O( l." t he kindlinaess of1 th r'etire(d dele for':.;:' 't' h-iikly. to Iour n' hlt ij' svII p 'i:. at' his troubl's and~ his an'. ion<. The a~' wa1s a lenely nun - d : :nh be:an io f''oi a <:'::aiun a: fe'' *n fr: the yo::go pan. N.i I,-r: . ~ r '' p t c ar s . . :: 3 :.e ld ays when' w"e had' i in or li m'. W\e drove lhard h::rgan :i a al abtove( board'. 1.ut no ehrstians h.ave takent to it there -:i't;ly enn't go on this way. nov: p:l: fra n: for my rent 1 -a. :d I shan'it have a peiToy le y'yclf bread and butter' for tI aonto. No oneti! hl uy a pi Monsieur L'eT.r looked at h in wit syd-inlure(d eyes. buit i:e said nothin. gIn glnced it t1.0 porzrait of rypetty girl wthtch stood in sol ry splendo:'. ma gnitiently fra med 0 ' a onney piece. -El. ET MAUGHAM. ! "I. d a 1ettLer from Rosie this morn e ing. Her peo1tp(Ile want her to -ive mne - up. They say iithere's not the least . ~neof my ever earning any mnoney." e Bi"t will she do that*" asked the .deatler. S No. of course not." answered Char lie. with decision. "She's a good giri. But it means waiting. witing. wait ing: and our youth is going, and we -4hali grow sore with hope deferred. C. W\hen at last we inarry we shall be e disillusioned and hitter. A IlIe sighed deeply. le brooded with despair oil the future. and the old m:n f did not ventur- to disturb him. He watehed the painiter withl compaSsio;Iu. At ast. however he spoke. r *What aethe exact conditions on e which the father of your tiancee will s Iaw you to mai1trry her?" . They're insane. You see. she has t five thousand pounds of her own. He t refuses to conSelnt to our marriage un a less I c.n produce the same sum or t show that I am earning two huindreid e id fifty a year. And the worst of it is that I can't help acknowledginig he's :1 right. I don't want Rosie to endure C hardship." e "You know thnt my dauglter's hus a band is a dealer in New York." re a turned Mionsieur Leir. presently. "I s vowed when I sold off my stock that I would never (eal ill pictures agin, I t but I'm fond of you, my friend. and I - should like to help you. Show me t yo'r stuff. and I'll send it to lRudolf: d lie may be able to sell it in America." e "That wculd be vawfuly good of o you.* cried Charhie. The dealer sat down. while Bartle piaced on his easel one after the other his finished pictures. There were. per haps. a dOZenl. a:nd Monsieur Leir looked at them without a word. For the moment he haid gone back to his old state. :tnd lie allowed no expres sion to betray his feelings. No one ,ould have told from that inscrutable gaze whether he tn ought the painting good or bad. a.That's the lot." said Charlie. at length. "D'you think the American public will seize their opportunity, an:1 allow us to marry?" "What is tha.t'?" asked the dealer. quietly, pointing to the last canvas. it's face against the wall, which Bartie had not shown him. Withut a word the painter pro dutced it and fixed it on the easel. Mon sieur Leir gave a slight sta:'., and the( indifference of his exp-'esscion vanishmed. 1 "Watieau"' he ecied. "But, my dear fello. how did you get that? You I talk of poverty and you have a WVat-t tea. W hy. I con sell that for you in( Amier icat for douible the sum youti "Look at it carefully," smiled Char- I The dealer went upi to the picture and peered into it. His eyes glittered( wi th delight. It i epresented a groupi rof c-harming persons by the side of a I lake. It was plain that the ladies. so decadent and dainty. diiscussed pre ciously with swains, all gailant in mi- 1 ti-colored sa'ins the verses of lIacine or the 'etter-s of Mmne. dhe Sevigne. The i placid water rertected white clotids, and 'he ree were russet alr-eady with 1approachinz 1utumn. It w.is r state- 1 ly scene, with it- green woodland dise! tanlce, antd the sober opt-lence of o'a' and elm. and it suggested ease andl Ion tedig 'hs yellows and greens and reds gowed with mielow " It's onie ef the few Wattenuis I'-e ever secn wph a sign,.ture." said the dealer-. "You flatter me,' s:. id 2haiie. "Of course it' uiny a co p.. T[he original beonged to somae oh ladies in England whiom knew: and last summer when~ it raincd. I spent my days in copy ngit. I suppt .ze chance guided miy han ha i'pply: every one agreed it was not bamdly done." "A eOpy?"T cried Monsieur Leir. "A tcopy? Where is the or-iginal? Woulhi your friends sell it?'" "The ruling instinet is as strong as eveir." laughed the palintrer. "Unfor ttuate'y. a month aftcr I tiniished this the house was butrned down, and every hin-iws destroyed." Th le deal~er drew a deen breath. and for u aioent meditated. Ie lookted at (Itartlie sharply. idt n't yotu say you wantred three hutndtred franes for your r'nit? lie atsked v-ery quietly. "I'll buy that copy off you. "Non ense. -V'l give it you. Yotu're taking~ nto end of trouble for- mae. and( you've been awfitlly kind." 'You're a foo!. my triend." an SWele: Monsieuir Leirt. ''Write mie Ot a1 reeiLt for the mon01ey.' HeI took from his pociLk'tiJook Itree -wanted imnev biad y. le shrtued his Pti' recit. Butt li e was about: to Loiik heris. yo're I not inga- to try I ny banky-panky reiliks. ae.~?I - .\ giel smdie pased acros Gol en! .h* palt out theP :siln:u~r ::d pat Wihot a w'.ord. ri-hi idl a- the o'ld nmnt su'ggeSti atid 'presenitly his * wn1 ntme wa neahtly p:iduted ini place ofI the n'lste's . b e hiaded thle ireceipt. "bu t it's well 10 no tput temliliationl ini the way of - Monsieur Leir laughed as lhe pock t ed the documemi anid took the Wat e (tetu in his hand. IHe pointed with a :- ihtly disdaiined tiinger at -Eartle's pictures. h "'m i >i n~ to take rtae copy alona *. wth me.' and 1Il sendl my femme do a 'menaaie for the others." he sa i. But i- t the door he stopped. 'I like you' n ' pictures. my friend. and w'aen Rudolf . unowsr a I ta an interest in yonn iare say Ile':! be a)ble to sell them. lon't be surprised if in another mon.h come and tell you that ou c; u marry 'our 11ancee." M.insieur Leir packel ihe Watman vith his wn hand ) S. .nd li-p:.tcell 1t vitihout i. He writ's a discreet itfle letter to his .on-in-iw : nnoune nr its I imediar ari' .al andl suggest .1" 11h.,t they sholi share 'hprofirs >: its ralI. It wis gr'.ing inte. so 0m- went to his (.nf(, 11141 drank the 4h1sithe Iith whih ho anvari;.hiy pre mred for the evening meal. Telcn. vith a chuckle, he vrote lhe fo:owin lore: ro the Chief Ofiiccr. U. S. .N. Customs. New York. Sir: An atteipt will shortly lbe m:' o pass through the Customs a copy >f a picture by Watte:u. It is s'gned :harles Bartle. If. moreQver. you scrape way t., nra mo. you will lind the sig mture of a French painter. I leave -on to make what iaference you hoose. Yours fa.lhfully. AN HONEST MAN. Less than this was necessary to cx .ite the suspicions of the least trust ng section of mankind. It was scarce y to be wondered at, therefore. that Ohen RuColfi Kuhn went to the Cus om House at New York to pass the oieture smt had been rent him. he was eceived witli incredulity. He asserted vith conviction tliat it was only a opy. and produced the receipt which dicnsieur Leir had been so cautious as o send him. But the oficia who saw tim merely laughed in his face. le vas quite aceustomed t the trick, vhereby astute dealers in works of rt sought t- evade the Kuty. "I suppose you'd be surprised if I old you that the picture was signed by tntoine Watteau." lie said, with a dry mile. "More than that. I should be mazed beyond words." answered Ru olf Kuhn confidently. Silently the customs officer took a alerte knife. scraped away the name f Charles Bartle. and there. sure nough. was the French artist's sig at ure. ' What have you got to say now?" he sked in triumph. A curious light passed through the eiller's eyes as lie stared at the can as. but he made no other sign that lonsieur Leir's astuteness had sud enly flashed across him. "Nothing." he replied. With meekness he paid duty on the stimated value of au original Vat eau. and a very heavy fine into the argain for his attempt to defraud the ustoms. He took the picture away. int when he reached home that night e kissed his wife on 'oth cheeks, vith unusual warmth. "You father's still the smartest ealer in Europe. Rachel." hesaid. But vhen she asked for an explanation f his words, he merely s:ook his head .nd smiled. In New York the newspapers learn 'verything. and perhaps it was not trange maat within twenty-four hours f these events an important journal ad an amusing account of how Rtu olf Kuhn. the well-known dealer. had een foiled in his attempt to pass hrough the customs, as a copy of some bscur'e painter, a very perfect ex miple of the art of Watteau. It was .triumph for the officials, and the ewspapers gibed freely because they rd got the better of a wily Hebrew. Cow Rudolph Kuhn had a client who 'hose '., snend much of his vast wealth n the acquisition of 0:d Masters. and o sooner had he read these entertain nig partlgrap~hs than he hurried to the e2!ler's shop. When he sa the pic ure lie burst out laughing. "I like ymur i mpndence, trying to lass that oif ais a copy.' "I showed them the recei." smiled ludolf. withI a dieprcenting shrug of hre shoulder. "X prop :>se to sell it :~s ('copy. It was sold io ny re'resenta ive in Paris ais such.' The milIlionail e lookcd at the dealer 11nd chuckled. "We';. I'nele Sam's 'uslS)i:S are good enioughi guar'ante.. 01r me. ll give* -on ti fty thousand tohars for it." "I! take sixvy," :nsiSVC "I the Pherl. mietiy. "Not ha'd for a copy." 'lmiled the myer. "I1'l have it ait ihai." lie carried the picture off. and with t thre various docarmenrts whic'h the :ustom Ihouse hadi{ s.eivered to IRudolf Cuhu, ini proof that 1:e had paid hc-'h luty and tine. Ini fntee o - rese it Vould~1 havr beenf a skeptic indeed who 10oub)ed the authenticity of so delight nil a work, * * * * * - * * i * * Somec weeks later Mon.mu'rr Leir gain kinocked t C:harlie Ikiritle's doo~r. Ie advanced into the middle of the IIudio. and without a wvo"d counted ut tiftv English baniknotes of a hun redl pounds eachi. "Wh'lit the udickens are you~ doing'." ried i-artle. whlo Llhought he had sud en'y taken leave of hi., s'rises. "Fh~ie thousand pomidti, .5ai3 the 0old -'n. "I thoaght you'd like' to see the . n':y actually befor' :011, so I hanged it inito these not.. "Wn do *you mein'''i ''Is your rhare cf the pn'fit on the ale of your11 picores~'. arid yiou nu:irry Ea*r'le s*aredat "Monsir-eur Leir. liel) ess'y IIe thought l it on:.it.. 3'' mi eartess Ist 1-u ' 'he r mani's eyes lemed it th131eir' l1uun! 3ind!)iaes. He ubbed~ hh,' hand joll.:fIiy v:n: he 'Onit 1 ove. the uni:ter' .ter c':: ria i03n. At h i vouli::red to Nj'n ex hii. ar3 tie undaer tstead vigurely tha:l a r;al! Ornl:a :nllioinab hi d bunnI n.tht Ihis ph u'r'. a'~l lie p'itr rs. andl this rr-' y ',':s lhne result. ide r .nied. te wr'ie o thius amirn::ble a nd discering patrni. lvt. imposs.n'u' ib l Th V alirian la:1 :lllht te pitur'e, and: tk'n thorn wy' withiOmV l'avilng his adrdre'ss. M:.n :1n m~jilionlre's werz'e no1' rltusly i''',(n onki t the pile of note11S. '"T'ke Ithear to thle hanik. miy boy:." :ard lie ol dealer, enrenan ted wit the1 i *uniz timn's ]nitrei'. ''anrd send a vire to :1 certa:in lady.' He made41 the notes into a bundle. id put themi n aru:iLes pocke't. and edI nim out of the house. The painit t valked as thugh he were in a dream. ut whien Monisieur Leir had seen the *Ounlg man11 safely onr his waiy to the unk lie wvent to Is o'-n apairtmuenlt. Ie took out Charlie's pictures, whiech mad r'emaineLd in the safe obscurity os iwell locked cupboard. One by one e ripped t':em off their stretchers, and ne by one lie put themn in the fire. E .,nnhed as he saw them crackle in the fhiiuesz. Then lie took :, atchet an eur Up the stretchers - eatly. "Iere is some excellcnt firewood.' hr. c-huc-kled. !s he gave the bundle ti h s r!:-.il.1 He ruib1bed ht: iandS when he thought i thus he saved severa Co[pers. !I had slippedl his mlemory (oIJpILletel. that he ha,1 jl.ts 1e'1de his friemi I Ir nit of ?135000I.-Nev York Trihi-. The rapidly increasing scarcity of ties in thle country constitute oie of the grave problemis which the railroads have to face. Indiana University has been offered i endowment for pathoogical re search i)y Dr. Benjamin Taylor Terry, of Colunbia University. The oscillating character of ligbt ning flashes has been proved by B. Walter from photographic records, which showed a wave-shaped fluctua tion in luminosity. The new Cunarder. the Mauritania, will. according to a special cable des patch, be a perfect palace of light, as she will be fitted with five thousand sixteen-candle power lamps. The tenth International Congress of Geologists has been called to convene in the City of Mexico on September G. 1906. Sr. Jose G. Aquilera will be the chairman, and Sr. Eziquael Ordony the general 'secretary. The official pro gram announces a number of excur sions in connection with the conven tion. In his revised book of altitudes, the geographer of the Geological Survey ives the. height of Mount Hood as 11.225 feet. in place of the old meas urement of 11,932 feet. Shasta is set down as 14,380 feet high. and Rainier at 14.363. California has twelve peaks over 14.000 feet. twenty-three over 13, 000, and fifty-five over 12,000. The Erie Railroad is about to com mence a series of experiments with gasolene ears, with the idea that if they prove practicable they will be used on many of the small and now unprofitable branch lines. It is be lieved that these cars will be widely adopted because the inroads made up on the passage receipts by trolley com petition make necessary a more rapid and more elastic service than is af forded by the steam power. * Experiments at Sault Ste. "Marie have denonstrated that magnetic as well as hematite ores can be successfully and economically smelted by electricity, satys the Boston Transscript. Not only can the electric process be applied to various grades of Canadian ores, but iron ores containing considerable per entages of sulphur and phosphorus, and which up to -:he present have been regarded as valualess, can be success fully treated by t'ae higher temperature available in an electric furnace. Property Controlled Wholly or in Part by Mir. Rockefeller controls wholly or in substantial pialrt approximately 475 great industr al, conmmercial1 and finan e(-lt corplorations, exclusive of very re ent acquisitions. In such of these as he does not own a majority of the stock his word is ireverthcless law, sinceQ opp)ositionI to his desires means a light destructive to those who would tw~art his wvishies. The 475 corpora ionsi have a capitali::altion of $5,23'J, 11bS,1J. and are grouped as follows: Capital izat ion. Indlustri.t comupanries-.........1.835872.300 .ai4;ee deosit compilanies..... 600),531 Telegraph and telephone coma pani'......-..-....-........-182,7.000 Iurmecomipanie---....-....----.0 lining comaninies....-........-19,00,000 celctrie light and power maies....-..-............ 110,702,700 Traion b and transportation exop nies.......... .... 166,750,000 Naviration complanlies--.......-4'147.800 Total....-..-..-.-..-......9 .23909,802 Mr. IRockefeller is largely interested in practicaly all of the leading banks, rust c-ompanies. building and loan (-omapanies and safe deposit and surety copanes of New York City. and is also in eighteen outside financial inisti tions. He is in five bIg mining cor ptrations and in navigation companies, reresentintg more than $40.000,000 of capital. of which one is thie Pacific .ail Steamship. ie controls sixty pr- cent. of the railroads of the cotun try. and nieatrly *.(00.000) human be tgs are depemilent for thle niecessarie~t bf life upon the earn ings of those in1 the employ of the Rockefeller concerns. - -New York World. The Average Age of Bjrde. The doctrine of vegeitatiinisml af' par s to be slightly shiaken by the re slit of ain investiga tioin thait an Eing lishi newvspapecr has mai de into the bta jecti of the iongs'viy of birds. Wi'h onntbe excepItion. thle (cariribon (r met t eediing birdis arei- the longer lived. Te~ excpti'in i-: thebi swan.i T Ie aver ids ar.e gien in11: 1le- flwitnP tltOl b'bd live twe le years bbwkell t telity n;oI: eattix ai .b ~~ jbH tbowl. cbbnnntlbn. ten: a n b:;i . Iif een e io-. ihteen: herbbn. !!.i r-lbii a..4 -b Iitel-i: poneb (bb. Iwony-fl ur : pellea. lift x: phea -:i. i tirm : pigeonh. tweint: ,Jap)anesd stioicismn. 1. Iwa tanii. a .InpanemlC:b .coldier on his wy~ homelib froml prisonb ini Russia. comn mittedt suietlde on tj reeving nt letter f-omi his fathli-r saving that his con duct in being 1:aken aliive wouuld spoil thi- re.ptutaltion of the .Tapanese army andl~ Cast Odliumi on the names of the famtoily antd the villager-s. anud con cluding by ordering him not to retur:, home alive. New York has just beeni paid by the INational Government for equipment suie in the War of 1812. AFTER DRUG TRUSlI Investigation Shows That All [ Their Methods Are Crooked ATIFRNEY GENERAL EXPLAINS f Government Has Fifled Petition for . Injunction Against Combination Composed of Proprietary Associa tion of America, National Whole sale Druggists' Association and Na tional Association of Retail Drug gists. Wa~shiitt. Special.-Tie Attor r Genieral imde public ic following z stten it: t . The governieiit hais filed in the D Circuit Court of. the United States i icthe (listrit ,,f Indiena a petition foe an iijunctio: anoinst certain zs- o Sociatiois. orporations and indivi duals. vomprising what is commouly !inowa as the druz. trust of the United t Ata The parties de r.dant speciti- n cally iiamed in tal bill hive volun trilv combinied togethei to control the prices tat whi:h propkLtary medi- f eineS aIL drags stall he sold to the s c-onsuicr th rough the retail druggists f in - iolation of inc Sherman anti t1ust law. t -The p mies to ih c(nbination in- s elude the Proprieta.y %,.-cciation of Amerie,. the National Whoirsale I Drugi s' A"ssoiati o: aitail Drug- I gists.C "An injunction is prayed for pro- t hibiting these issociations from act in in con cert for the purpose of mntai'uning prices. and the indivi duals. firnms and corporations who are t meibers of tle rCspeetive associa- r tifrom acting togetlier for the pur- < pose of maintainiiig uniform prices to the consumer thlroughout the Unit ed States. "The bill charges. in substance. that these associationis, their ofitrers. ] delegates and inenibers nare all engag ed inl :1 efmion undeitaking to-wit: the b-usinc-s of manufacturiig. buy. ing and ,eliniiu patent medliiiies and drugrs and proprietary article3 throughout the United States; that these associat ions. and lie iiieiber) thereof have en te:ed into a conspir aev to arbitrarily fix and regulate the price at wlhicl such ,rticles shall be sold to the consumer, and that they have established rules and r-egulationis to enforce such an unlawful agree ment by restricting the purchase and sale of stuch c~Vlommoities to thosei members of the several associationsi who shall live up to and observe the rules and rezulations thtus arbitrarily prescribed by the respective associa tions. Conspiracy's Purpose. "There is but one ultimate object, of the conspiracy, viz: to lix thle pried which shall be observed by all re tail druggists in selling to the eon sumer the various commiod~ities manu facut red by the several members otd the proprietary association. The~ pln by which suchi objec-t is e~eeted' is in 'brief. as follows : No retail drugn.ist can obtain goo0ds fr(.nf a wholesle druggist or a manufatcturer ofa proprietary mircine uniless such retail druggist becomies a memiber of the National Association of lRetail' Druggists, and in order to become such member lhe must aarec to ob serve the established pr-ice at which ] such proprietary medicines shall be'] sold to the consumer. "If such retail d ruggist . afte ~r be-] coming a miember of the National As 5octionl of Reta ii liruits. (-nts prices in the sale of suc-h articles'1 to the consumer, he is ~immediafely placed upon the list of what is known as aggressive cutters, and thereafter such retail druggist is unable to ob tain from any manufacturer who is a member of the Proprictary- Associa tion or from any other wholesale drugist who is a member of the Wholesale Druggists' Association, any of the commodities which may be manufactured and sold by them or any of them. Verdict Again A. & N. C. Newern. N. C'.. special.-Two ver (tS aigatinst corporations have beent rendeesil by juries in Cr-aven Superior (ourt here this week. TIhe first one was that of Ives vs. A. & N. C. Co. ~or breachi of (contra-t. The was :hie seod. he case haintg been remand 'd from the Supei or outi. .Judil ment was giuveni for .%.1 ot.914- In the case of Hanui(ele vs. WVester-n ln ion Teleg'raphi Co., the jury irendered a verdi- for plauinif ni ti sum of $1.000. This was also a trial rimanuo. ed ruin the. Stupio 10 ou~trt. Thomas Monument Fund. Nashvill. -pcia'l.-Em>npioyes of the~ Nashvi!le. ChlinI:ur':a z .SZ- h"o-. i rilwayn h 'v su c-:.a .'0 tor in (ente'n:u parl,. ..nai'r - - Lewi . J. Hi. .\mbrhose :mdi Hun;er M\I To Have New Bank. Bristol. Special .--Bristol is t o have still aniothier nie"- bauking inisitittion. The banuk of PBristol has beent organiiz ed with a maximtum c-apital of .$100, 000. and expects to' be ready for bus ie-s about .Tuiy 1. The oflicers of hi: hank w-ill he: (Col. Pati-ick Ha 'zai, of Scott county. Virginiia, presi ieit. vice.prsidets-Tl. C. Adams, . E. Nichels and Charles F. Hagan. The cashier is yet to be zelected. JANADA SENDS AlD arthquake Sufferers Igr.or( President's Ruang RIENDLY HELP IS WELCOMEE Lmid Applause at Maeting of San Francisco Re-Construa>ien Com mittee, Toronto Paper's Telegram of inquiry is Answercd in the Af firmative-$4,000,992 Received in Subscriptions From All Sources up to May 5. San Francisco. Special.-Mayo1 clmitz elicited applause by reading e following telegram at a meeting f the re-consirucion committee: Toronto. May S. "The Canadian Parliament votec ne hundred thousand dollars for the hlief of San Franisco, which wa! celined by President Roosevelt. 11 still awaiting aceeptance. Will yot ake it if offered direct ? Please rus swer. "TORONTO DAILY STAR.' James D. Phelan, chairman of the nance committee was asked to an er the message at once in the af irmative. Reportirg for the finance commit e. Mr. Phelan announced that the bsription from all sources up t( Jay 5 make a total of $4,000,992 'his did not include the $500,000 no,. eld in New York by the chamber o: ommerce of NYew York eitv. awaiting lie plan for rehabiliation of Sar 'rancisco. Governor Pardee was present foi lie first time at the meeting of th< re-construction conmittee and wa uestioned as to his intention con. erning the continuance of legal holi avs. In order to avoid official com lications and to prevent individua listress. the Governor, since Apri 8., has been daily declaring each sue eeding day a legal holiday. thus pre enting the foreclosure of mortage nd postponing the payments of othe )bligations that might otherwise fal .ue. The banks of the interior wer earful that a sudden eessation of hi: )roclamation might cause a panic an< t was on their behalf that Governo, >ardee announced that he would givi ive notices before the close of th< ioliday period. No Hope For Mr. Gorman. Washington, Special.-Senator At hur P. Gormnan, of Maryland, is crit cally ill at his home in this city. H tas not been in his seat in the Sen ite chamber for many months. With .n the last few days he had a sever, inking spell and his life was d paired of. His sickness began sev ral months ago with an attack of th rip with every indication thati 'ould culminate in pneumonia. Bu his was averted, and now, it is learn d e is suffering from a complica ion of ailments which give no promt e of his recovery. Embezzled Over $125,000. Philadelphia, Special. - Charge, viti having embezzled upwvards o P100000 from his employers, Edwi S. Green field, head clerk of the bank~ ing and brokerage firm .of Harrisot Sydr & Son, of this city was ai estel here and held in $10,000 bai ia police magistrate for a furthe tearing, in default of bail lie wa ;ent to the county prison. Greenfiel, ras made a full confession and is dc Lng everything possible to assist th rm in straightening out its tangle ooks. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ T. L. Black President. Nashville. Tenn., Special.-Th Southern Railway Agents' Associt ion completed its programme an djoutrnd. T. L. Black, of Charlotti N. C.. was chosen president of the as ciat ion: B. L. Bugg, Savannah. Ga vice presient: W. G. Crutch field. M( le, Ala., secretary, and J1. M. Gra: Merphis. treasurer. The execun committee is composed of E. IL. Le; Richmond. Ya.: C. L. ('andiler. A lnca. Gah.: and F. T. Pelter. Birmins ham. Ala. To it is left the selectic of the next meeting place. Beat and Then Shot Wife. Mobile, Ala., Special.-Anldre Tomas, 26 years of age. shot and kil ed his wife here at the home of a re ative. where she had taken refuge eeie assaults made by the husban Rtisliing upon the woman unexnpe( el. he rained blows upon her bot with his fist and then shot her throu. tie heart. .Jealousy is said to ha been the cause of the brutal murdt Vrginia Odd F.pllows Elect Office: Richod, Va.. Specil.-The gral l':ge of Odd Fllows of the Stat' Vria, in annuial sess5ion here ele e the following ufheeis: Grand mn D vis. ofl Rihmond : gndi trecasur J. \.Fer'uson of.' Richmnond : gr'a warden. .L. C. Noel. of lae county. Thanked Attorney General. Daon. 0.. Special.-The Natio! Cgar Leaf Tobacco Association pa ed a resolution thanking the Lni States Attorney General for' bru ing about an investigation of toba trusts and elected the following c cers: President. A. Bijur. New Y< City; vice president. Louis Newbu Cinninnati; treasurer, Felix Eckers PilPiadelphia; secreta-ry, Charles I Brooklyn, N. Y. -LIVELY DISCUSSION Senator Tiliman Brings Out ;. , "_- - - jW lii!S ftCiCC ISHlOWS PRESDENT HiA5 0BIa~Ll Executive and he SE.ator. Wshigton Spcini-SeatorTill man. who4t ma od a :-t:inc-ment in t ihe Senate Saturda v cove:.: LIe . etails of his and Se:attosr Haii's ne"(tia tiotns. througzh (x-5niitr (Chand!er. vith Presidei lin svelt regrding the rate bill. inad uiblic a. portion o-f a Written statement to him br. Chand ler of the Iast-named's viu:s4 con ferences with tIhe Preiide on this subjeet. Tle poriion iven out by Mr. Tillman is IargelV 1 rep'etition of the first part of Iiis statument in the Senate. It covers. hoIwever. that por tion where *Mr. Tillnan had quoted Mr. Chandler as savii that the Pres ident had stated that he had come to a complete disagreement with .hle sen atorial lawyers who were tryin to de feat or injure the billvinaming Messrs. Knox. Spooner and Fonraker. regard ilnig which stateniet Senator Lodge su(b1sequently snid he was authorized to say fron tIte White House that it was an unqlualitied falsehood. On this subject Mr. ('handl'r, referring to the President said in his written state ment "H( sail that he had been iuch troubleds by the advoeacy of an unlimited court revie]w by sore of the lawyers of the Senate. naming Sena tol's Knox. Spooner and Foraker as trying to injiuore r deeat lie bill by "inius colnstitutionii arm.-ionents. but that lie liad come t a complete dis a'treement with them. He made this poiit emphatie b reptition.'' The statement given out by Mr. TillmaD .Senator Tillmai said that on Sat unrday. May 5. lw insisto wi having firom ex-Scintor Chandier a written statencnt of the various oliferelices by the latter iii eonnecttion with the pian of the President to control the railroad rate legislation by alliance with Democrats of the Senate. and Mr. Chandler gave hini ueli a state ment made prir to Saturday. May 12. anid signied by Mr. Chadler. Mr. Tillman said that he wouild give out a portion of that statement relating to the interview of Mr. Chandler with the President on MarIh 31. which had become a snhbject matter of' dis -pute, but would retain tihe remainder -for use it) case of. any of. his state ments in the Senate Saturday should -be denied.'' -The following is the portion of Mr. SChandler's statement given out by - Mr. Tillman: "Oni Saturday afternoon, March 31, S1906. a friend of mine came itnto my office and told me ) ofthe White House conference of that day in wvhich an -undlerstaning ai to) a limited court -review had been reached withI Sena -tor Long 11nd thelrs. :md he told me that the Presidemt w ishied to get into commuiationi with the Democrats and would short ly ask mie to come and see hitu. While he was talking a mnessenger boy arrived withl a letter to me from Mir. Locb as follows: " ' 'The W hite Hlouse. Wash ington, -March :11. 1906. ---3v D)ear Senator (handler: The President requests me to say' that lie will be glad to have you comle to the White House at s.:10 o'clock to Sig.ht. Will you pleiase let the bearer knowv whether yout can com'W' Very truily yonrs5. eW L LI.M LO)E . -1lR.. Secret arv to the President.' " 'Hon. W. 'E. *Chandler. 121 I street.' "I told t te mesenger I would be Ath'e the' t ime mld place appoint ed the Pr'esidlent said to mec that lie wished, thIiromthi im. to get in1 'tofo m nici(ation winth Mr. T1illman. 3Ir. Bailey and other Democratic Senators He stated his purpose slowly and caerefully, and in exact substance his .statement was this: That he had e reached the conclusion that the best plan for railroad i'ate legislation was to expr'essly grant a cour'. review. bult 'to distin et ly limlit it to two poinlts itirst an iniquitry whether the inter State cotmmnerce comi o hadOl !~~ ex eed'ed its auth!ority, and se~co::d. an inqui ry whethet'r the cost;t ut ional ri-'his ofI the carierct had becai violat ed. -Ihc ..aid th:at he had been m.uchi :o trouibh-ds by t' adveeney oi an aun t:I. 1 eti'. s rIi rev 1 i by sotni' of thle t-'wv'r-si f the Se'nite-amm t ui~Sena vir Knox. Spo'n'r :nl'toraior' as h htryin..' in injur' or defeat. the bili by s-zremm wit tm Ile( made this point emphatie by ren eltition: t.sid t 'It w :h -.: t's for andt't no i ihtr :ni t ei h s'tee~ 55an ! .. . n 5'*r hh . i 5-si~ iha > nde s:i~ is;:.!:iNOwhihrthe'm~ IRiney Jznes Gets 18 Years. s.the :as' ot Riin y -Jonc:'' cohtsre<, ed ch~aruedl with killing G;eorge \:aleni tine.' "::'ther nes'u!. af.ter bteing kept eo toter all iah~lt s'ame~ i::t' (.,at* 11with rof imut -.h-r in t1.' s;:eon~d de'grete and Of 'is pun~i,~ifment tixed t 1.i yea "rs in the pentiten iary'. The jury at iirst ..tood~~ ten ohan-;ing and six for is v in the 1.eni'entii.