Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PALMEHO AfFAIRS Occurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OVF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range-What is Going On in Our State. Columbia Cotton Market. The cotton market was steady. Low middling.. . .. .. ...... 9 Strict low middling........9 1-2 Strict low middling... .. .. .. 9 3-4 Middlin.. ..............10 1-S Strict middling.. .. .. .... ..10 3 Good middling.. .. .. .... ..10 1-2 Charlotte Cotton Market. Good middling.. ..........10 i1 Strict middling....... .. ... 10 1-4 1 Middling.. ......... .. 10 1-8 Tinges and stains.. ....7 1-2 to 9 1-2 State News Briefs. Petitioin has been received from the bar of Barnwell asking for a special term of civil court to last three weeks beginning in October. There are said i, be a large number of cases on the <toeket. A commission was issued to the Carolina-Honduras Mining Company wkich will have its principal office in Charleston and do business on a cap ital of .3.000. The company will develop certain gold mining property it has acquired and Wm. Schirmer znd W. F. Jordan are the incorpora tors. Governor Heyward has received a letter fr-omu the special commission appointed to survey the line between Edvefield and Aiken counties stating tat 'he appropriation for the work wa.s too small and asking to be re lieved of their duties. This will prob .ably affect the efforts noiv being made to establish a new county out of the territory in that section. Died at Age of 103. Aiken. Special.-Mr. Micael Ander son died at his home in Gloversville a few days ago at the age of 103 Years. It was stated in a previous re port that Mr. Cass Weatherford, who <lied at the age of 97 years, was the oldest maa in Aiken county: but that was a mistake. The correspondent did not know of Mr. Anderson at the time that Teport was written. Mr. Anderson was veteran of three 'wars. He was married twice and was the father of 23 children, now seat: tered all over the State. Mr. Ander-. son was an honest, sober, patriotic and industerious citizen, and was re spected by all who knew- him. His remains were buried in the Langley cemetery in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives. Mr. Anderson 's long life can most proba. blv be attributed to the temparate habits and simple manner of living. Cut Guard's Throat, Escape. Charleston, Special.-Feigning ill ness, three negroes, Alonzo Godwin. Ha:mmond Wilson and George Kenny, coIv e-ts serving long terms on the chaia gang of the sanitary and drain age commission work near Ashley .Jnction stopped in the stockade hay ing asked for water, seized and over powered H. C. Stello. the white guard. and cut his throat with a butcher kni9n. Two "trusties" at the stock ade were locked in by the men, who ransacked the guard's rooms, donned c-iviliain clothes and escaped into the nearby swamps. The men contrary to rules, were not chained on the stockade. The trusties broke out and s1 ead the alarm. A sheriff's posse is scourng the woods with bloodhounds. From Bounded Warehouses. he state board of dispensary direc adjourned after a two-days' ses on. Maj. John Black was not able attend the meetings on account of ickness. The board decided to put nto affect a resolution adopted some time ago to buy goods' in bulk from -bonded warehouses. The advertise ments for purchases for this quar ter will contain a notice to that effect. New Rural Route. Mayesville. Special.-The postoffice department has ordered the establish ment of a rural free delivery route out from this office, service beginning October 1. This route will cover the ground now covered by a star route except that it wvill go further down towards Sardinia, as far as the old Cooper place. It will cau~se the clos ing of the Goodwill posto , e. This route was worked out by the present ~postmaster of Goodwill in which he was greatly helped by our hustlina congressman. Mr. A. F. Lever. The examination for carrier: will be held Sept. 8. Columbia May Have European Hotel. Columbia. Special.-The passage of deeds to complete the purchase of the Greeniield buiiling at the southwest corner of Main and Lady streets, pro. bably means the construction of a large and thoroughly modern Euro pean hotel building~ for Columbia within 12 months. A stock company is to) remodel the building into a ho tel. It will be Columbia's first ho tel on the FEuropean plan. Btrned by Sulphur Acid. Gr eenviile. Speial.-W bile being carried from the storage room to -the blacherv of the local plant of the ViriinialCarolina Chemical Company a for-ga!oncarboy of sulhui acid b)urst. sat-:a ti:ngz the e-iothing of two nezr' men, who~ wveirecarryingz it and sprin:klin the face of Mr. Leon P ichou who w-a; dire-ting the move id uARuNi A ORO S Condition of South Carolina Crops For Week Ending Monday, Aug. 13 1906, as Given Out by thp De partment. The whole State received ample sunshine during the week but. there was consderable local cloudiness dur in- the last two days in the southern central and wester counties. The average temperature was much above normal. The extremes of tem perature were a maximum of 100 de grees at Blackville and Bowman on the 10th and at Walhalla on the 7th, and a minimum of 66 degrees at Greenville on the 11th. The daily maximum temperatures ranged in the nineties, exceptp in the extreme wes tern counties and at places near the coast where they ranged in the, eight ies during the first three days. The daily minimum temperatures were about normal. The precipitation was deficient ex cept a few widely separated locali ties that had excessive amounts ran ing from about two inches to nearly four inches. with a maximum weekly amount of 3.96 inches at Cheraw. Both the temperatures and rainfall conditions were generally favorable. and ground dried rapidly except over small areas - where the rainfall was exeessive. There were no hight winds or other damaging weather condi tions.-J. W. Bauer, Section Director. Boy Accidentally Shot. Laurens. Special.-While t h ,ee small' boys of the city were down in the river Sunday afternoon hunting and fishing, Julius Trapp, aged 10, was shot in the left shoulder and arm with a shotgun by Clifford Harris, aged 12. The boy is not seriously_ wounded though quite painfully, as it appears that only a portion of a Wght charge of small shot struck the lad. le received prompt medical aid and is reported as resting com fortablv. He is a son of the Widow Trapp of the Laurens mill village. The Harris boy, it is un derstood, claims that he did not know the gun was loaded and was merely pranking with it when, to his utter surprise, the firearm was dis charged with the result above indi cated. Summer School Closes. Barnwell, Special.-The Aiken Bamberg summer school closed a most successful session here on Friday. The school has been in session for three weeks and has been quite a success in every way. The faculty was composed of Prof. W. L. Brooker of the Aiken schools as superinten dent, with Prof. E. H. Hall of Den mark and Miss Jennie Lou Brown of Aiken as his assistants. Each of the instructors is among the prominent educators of the State and the sum mer school was fortunate in securing such able teachers for the different branches. The attendance of the teachers from the three counties was good and all took a deep interest in the work mapped out for them to do. The State Pharmacists. Greenville, Special.-The thirtieth annual meeting of the State Pharma ceutical association convened in this city about 70 pharmacists being in attendance. The examining board re ported that only three out of 12 ap plicants for licenses to practice phar macy in tihe State had passed the .' amination. The successful appli eants were Claude Cannon. Spartan burgt: T. E. Rhame, Summerton; C. L. Moseley, Greenwood Crops. in Laurens. Lancaster, "Special.-For the past ten days there has been no rain in this section with the result that much general improvement in the crop con dition is noted. Cotton is yet far belowv the average and hundreds of acres in this county have been "'laid by'' grassy. Ther-e is perhaps an increased acerage planted in corn and uplands are, as a general thing, very good, while bottom lands are poor. Peas are fine and a large aereage, was sown. All r..ops will neecd rain very soon if the, hot wave co~nt inues. Monazite Mine in Court. Anderson, Special.-Judge Geo. E. Prince at chambers has granted a temporary injunction restraining cer tain parties from operating a mona zite mine near Pelzer in Greenville county. The plaintiffs are James and Joseph Alverson, minors, who allege that their mother, a Mrs. Taylor, sold the right to mine monazite on the small place owned by the family wjghout const~ting them about it. Negro Exoursionist Hurt. Lamar. Special.-Alexander Steph ens of .Hartsville, a negro excursion ist ret urrding from Augusta on an ex cursion run from Hartsville, was in jured at this place. His right foot was cut off by the train andl he re eeivedl other painful injuries about the head and body. Another negro, wvhose name could not be learned, was also hurt New Railroad to Lancaster. According to the Charlotte Ob server, a charter has been granted the Carolina Mineral Railway company, to build and optrate a -line 40 miles in length from Charlotte to Lancas ter. S. C.. through Meeklenburg andl Unioni counties in North Carolina andi Lancaster in this State. by way orth Cjosu Gold Mining and ).lillIingi co ny:i in 17n1ion county\. TH C.OSING SCENt Grewsome Af .lmatb of the Dramatic Scene in Greenwood County Thurs day Evening. (reemwood. Special.- hIe last act in t1he wrrib itragedy of the v.' witih tioiif-h1 attack 01 Mls-*i ieH Brooks by the. : 11 b. k:.s. Who calle to his dathi at the hands of infurated citizens. was 'elacted, when the ]aw\. in the person of oner W. S. Shadra'ch was allowed' an imning and solmnly sat upon the case. The Law. The inquisition is inl due and anle ient form and runs as follows: State of South Carolina--County of GreenlwOod. An inquisition indented. taken at Pet Brookss' in Greenwood counti. the 17th day of August. A. D.. 1906. before W. S. Shadrach. coroner for said county. up)n view of the body then and there dead by the oaths of (-blank shape here. as n1o testi mony was taken whatever). Bein._ a lawful jury of inquest. who bein charged an sworn to inquire for the State of South Carolina where and by what means the said Bob Davis came to his d'-ath. upon their oath to say: We th, tindersigied jurors do say that Bob Davis came to his death by gzunsIot wvounds in tle hands of un known parties. And we. the jinrors aforesaid. upon their oath aforesaid. say that Bob Davis in manner and form aforesaid came to his death. In witness whereof. I. V. S. Shadrach. coroner aforesaid and- the jurors aforesaid to this inquisition have in terchangeably put our hands ai(d seals, the day and year above meu tioned. W. S. Shadrach (L. S.) T. P. Purdy. foreman (L. S.): M. N. Banks, J. K. Devore. W. T. Ed wards, R. L. FXoshee. .1. M. Rikard. Jr., J. L. McKellar. T. D. Jones. J. R. Ligon, J. B. Ward. J. C. Huihes, J. T. Anderson and E. M. Gregory. Relics. Crowds visited the scene of the lynching all Thursday iight and shots were fired into the mutulated body of the wretch off and on dur ing the night and even Friday morning until the county authorities took charge of what was left of the body. the remains literally, and put them in a cheap pine box. It was supposed that lie would be buried in the color ed churchyard nearby. the negroes having a church named Mount Moriali close to the white chureh of the same name, but the church leaders would not allow it, so Davis was buried in one corner of a field on the farm of Mr. Ed. Creswell, not far from the place of his death. The usual ghoul ish souvenirs -avere taken: toes, ears. fingecrs, etc., were cut off by those who possess this morb~id desire to have re mindlers of lynched persons. The Lew Again. Solicitor Cooper arrive.d at 2 o'clock from Laurens in response to the tele gram sent him by Goverenor Hey wvardl. The cdovetrnor referred to this telegram in his secondl appeal to the crowd, but it had no effect. Before returning to Laurens. Solicitor Coop er directed that the coroner hold his incquest at onice and seigd him a copy of the iniquisition and furt her that if nto testimony was taken for the cotr onler to reconvene his jury and take some testimony. As wvill *be noted above, no testimony was taken andl so far no step)s have beeii taken towvards recoinvetning the jury. The Negroes Approve. The negroes in townt and in the counitry, so far as it is possible to as certain. have acqutiesceed in the lynch in'z. Proof of this will be found1( in he following ope let ter Principal Turner of th~e school had~ submitted it to dlif'erent white citizens who ad xised it pl~tic'ation. The address is as follows: "We the net.roes of this county. wislh to say'that we are wtih yout and in anything~ so serious as this von have assistance in what you think bes5t. We cananot a !fon!. as a V rce. to uphold anything that tends to lower (mIr Cristian iior mnoralI st andi nz, and :hie quicker we show t hat we are readyv to help trace the rascal to his den the tuicker will we have the sympiathyv of the white man when we are intrud eda upon. Some misguided colored persons may say that negroes should niot have assisted the whlite men in their search. but we say to them. 'You are simply needing commflonl sense.' If there is anythingr lacking on the part of the negro race it is that of self-respect and we say that if he canmot respect hiimself,'. eebh h;im. tnd do not he part iculhar' how and in what manner~i~i the lessoni the race os :1 hiish the fuer't t hat we should join in a nd overtake anv rascal we are' not in Il d ischarg'e otf onur diuty. Then le'It'.s as a rac'e learni to respect our t sel ves ndl thereby expect it of. otihers. "We think we voice thle sentiment of1 every resp~ectabhe negro in the 'ountry u when we sav that the coun11 Itrv is rid of onie of thed mleanetst. most disresp~ct able characters imag ittable and your thboughts are ours. It is ttnreasoinable to exteet .the whlite~ men~i to respiect and pro(t ect us wheni we do not resp)ect ourselves. The only thling waiited was* the righlt man and that is what wec had and wve are satishied. TSigned) "('olored Citizens of Gr~ eenwood' (Countv." To Succeed Allsbrook. Mainiui. Spec(ial.--At a meeting~ of b:r 1of contro l here iast wveek. Mr. (. '. Chein.ig wvas electe c oniv d1i$. pesrto suceceed Mr. J1. D). Allshrook, who handedu th b1 oaird his r~esignml tion - ome tame ago. Mr. (Chlewina wats e ler in the dispensa tri ner' thn. :t1'tir i bseen chosn fam!irr t EARTHQUAK[ LOSS HEAVY Property Lo-s is Even Placed as High as S250 03.00. cr More Than Ev cry Stick ant Stone cf the Com munity Car. Pcssible Be Worth Kncwn Dcad Placed by Refugee at 100. But 1"igures Still Run as High as 2.0)0. d:isster 1" \~alparai sl 0c*1:1edl by the earhjlh 1.1Mh. I'l 1". ell beaIo Thitirstla y. Englst N. and continued at frequent ilt rvI rlis i hout Ithat anld the next two days. Dispatches fro-m Yalparaico to the Associated Press state that a moder ate estimate of the fatalities is 2.000 and that lie property loss may be as high as $250.000.000. which latter is s -ieat as the loss sustained by San Franisci inl coniseliluence of the earth quakei :d irle devastate( that city last April. A refugee who la- ::rrived at Saniti ag) places the known Valparaiso dead at 100. and other messages in dinte tliat first reports oI damages and easttalties were ere ly exager :tteId. I)ispatches to the State De patmnenlt at Washingtion place the fatallies at about 500. These con tileting statenetIs cannot at this time be aLdjusted. It is evident that even yet confiusion and panic prevail at Valparaiso and uitil order is restored it will be impossible to ascertain with 1Nuraey te loss to life and prop er1y. Tlhe dwellings in the city have been practicallv aba-idoned by the in habitants. who are existing as best they ca1 in the plazas and streets of the city and the hills adjacent to it. without shelter from storm and stttn and with famine confronting them. Food is already scarce and high, water for drinking purposes is lacking. and disease is feared. The government is doing all it catn to bring in relief. The crippling of the railroads leading into Valparaiso con tintes a factor in the situation for an indefinite period. Relief supplies can only be obtained through other menas of transportation. the seaboard affording the best of these. At Santiago many of the best pub lic and private buildings were wreck t. The loss of life there was aug mented by the panie which seized the people, many of whom threw them selves fro mthe balconies of their homes. The destructive force of the earthquake was experienced over a large extent of the country, many towns sustaining serious damage. Facts About Valparaiso. The capital of the province of Val paraiso, Chile, and the chief seaport of the republic, is situated on a base of the Pacific, 68 miles (116 miles by rail) west northwest of Santiago, with which it is connected by rail. The older and business'portion of the city extends along the shore of the bay, while on the slope of the sur rounding lills are the finer residence subburbs. Vinia del Mar. a few miles to the east, is a noted suburb and sea shore resort. Valpataiso enjoys a mild and eqtuable climate, the average temperatture being 5S degrees F., the average for Januar'y 6:3 degrees atnd for July 53. The average annual rainfall is abotut 13.3 inches. The town.- has some well conustrtucted streets. and a square with many monu menits. The more important monu menits ~iclude statues of Columbus, William Whteelrigh t, who built the first railroad ini Sotuth America, Thto mas, Cochryne (tenth Earle of Dun donald), who organized the Chilean nuavy. andl a tine mnonutmenlt to the navy. stumotuntedl by a statue of Adl miral Pratt. The fort is strongly for tified. and the government maintains a large naval arsenal. The chief mantufactures are cotton goods. ma edhinerv andl iron works: ot her in ter ests are the ma:mtf'acture of tobacco, bottling of mineral wateri. sugar rr finting. brewingo atnd distilling. ThM harbor is very neccesseble atnd has a 'ompihlete systemn of doeks. warehouses atnd shtipyard. Valparaiso hasi b~een the port for Santiago since 1 854. It was v'isited lby a terrible eathqiouak~e in 1855 anid bomardled by a Spaih fleet in 1866(. Dutring the civil war of 1891 is was taken and partly sackedl by the con gressional trOOps. lThe population in 1900 was I 33,~4. of whom .12.000 were foreigners. $50,000 Lumber Mill Fire in Georgia. Macon. Ga.. Special.-A special to The Telegraph from Ocailla. Ga.. save the planit of the Ocilla Lumber Corn patny, one of the largest in the State, w'as totally dlestroyedl by fire Sunday morng; loss, $50.000. Diry kiht , millions of feet otf lumber. laths, shtin ges and oithet' material (lest roved. ( itizents made a great eflort to e'xlting uishi flames wVtiout avail and thint tturnted their attentioni to saving adl Joluing property, wvhich w~as success ftul. Very small insturancee on pro'~per ty. Mills will at once be rebtult. Origin of fire unknowtn. Prevented From Lynching Rapist. Autgusta. Ga.. Special.--A C'hrott icle sieia ifIhrm Mc( ormiek says the eo :putlat ion became wroug.tht up1:h:u whi te (cit izents. to prevenit a lyntch intg. had to take .Jack Samuels. a tiegro who had assatul ted a niegro girl, to Grteentwood,. where hte was mewt by sheriff of Abbeille county andi .iailed at the latter place Ioi' safeQ keepin. Jerome Willing to Run. New York. Special.-District At torntey' William Tr'avets Jerome issued the following statement: --In the present shiamefuil coi ti on of our' poilitical life int this State. I an will inig toi tan for' the alliee of Governor o? the Staie' if 'he Deinociratie con vention shall toiinate mien withott und ~erst and it. in lete ndc m sdri. Wholesale Prices Quoted in New York .I!LrK. 0 'The Milk Exchange price for standard quality is 2'%c. per quart. BUTTE1:. 'rmnrv-We~strcn. extra.$ 22'2:a$ 23 Firsts......... ...........20ha 22 State dairy. tancy.......... 27,, 22 Fir-sts ........ .......... 1%(i9 2 z' Factory, thirds to firsts... 14%@ 17% CHEESE. State, full crea:-, fancy.... 11%A l 11% Small ........ .......... 11%(a 11% Part skims, good to prime. 72,1 8% Full skims .............. 2 3 EGGS. .ersey-Faney.. .. ..... .. 24 @ -25 State and Penn.... ...... 23 @ 24 Western-Firsts.. ........ 19 19% BEANS AND PEAS. Beans-Marrow, choice.... - 2 95 Medium, choice ......... i % (a) 1 8) Pea, choice.... .........1 57%@ 1 60 Red kidney, choice......3 05 : 10 White kidney -........ 3 0 0 15 Yellow eye.... .. ..... _ 1 55 Black turtle soup.. ..... 35 Lima, Cal .. . ... - a@25 FRUITS AND REltIiES-Fr%7iT~. Apples-Duche.s, per bbl.. 2 25 @ 3:' 00 Astrachan, per bbl. .20 @ 2 50 Jersey, per bsket.. . 60 1 75 Pears, Bartlett, per basket 75 (a) 1 25 Bell. per bbl...........1 50% 1 75 Keifer. per bbl........1 00 1 25 Brackberries, per qt........3 1 puckleberries, per qt ... 25 00 Plums, per carrier........ 50 CO 1 0 Peaches. per basket........ 40 1 00 Muskmelons, per basket.... 30 ( 1 25 Watermelons, per 100...... . 1 01 0 (a0 7 LIVE POULTRY. Spring chickens, per lb.... 14 @ Fowls, per lb.............3(-a 13 Roosters, per lb .... ...... @ 8 Turkeys, per lb..........5 12 0 Ducks, per pas.......... 40 (a 10 Geese, pe pair ........... 90 @ 1 504) Pieo s, per pair ......... 20 @ 25 DRESSED POULTRY. Turkeys, per lb.... ...... 11 Q 13 Chickens, Phila., per lb... 16 @ 22 Fowls, per lb.............. 1 (W. 14 Geese, spring, per b ...... 20 Ducks, spring, per lb.12....... @ 12 Squabs, per dozen........1 25 @ 280 HOPS. State, 1905, choice......... 13 @ 15 Common to fair ......... 11 (a 12 Pacific Coast, 1905, choice. 17 @ IS Good to prime ......... 15 16 HlAY AND STRAW. Iea,prime, per 10 lb..... 1 1 0 Ducks, perin lb ........ 92 @ 1 %0 Nqab, per 1z lb........ 15 @01 95 Coe nixed, per 100 lb. 6)@ . Straw, long rye........... 50 @ 55 VEGEFTABLES. - Potatoes, L. I., per bbl.... 1 50 a 1 75 dersey, per bbl........ 125 ( 1 60 Sweets, per basket ..... 7 1 05 Tonatos, per box ........ 25 a 1 00 No. 2, pr 100 etb...... 5(l9 gg plant, per b 00. . 5 @6 5 Stuash, per bbl............ 50 @ 00 Pas., per bag............ 60 12 Jepers, p'er box.......... 26 @ 50 Lettuce, per bbl.......... 50 1 50 Cabbages, per 100........ 2 M1 ( 00 350 String beans, per bag.... 60 6 1 00 Onions Ct. white, per bbl. .300 (a 30 L.L per'bbl........... @ 2 225 Carrots, per 100 bunches... - @ 1 00 Beets, per 100 bunches..... @ 1 0 Turnips, per bbl.......... - 3 50 Cucumbers, per boa....... 30 1 60 Cucumber pickles. per 100. 2 00 3 25 L.or, per 10.... ......... 60 12 lerot, per do00 bunches... -5 @ 0 Beets peans per baghe.. 7- (10 Ournip,per lO..... .....10 @125 Caulifloer, per bbx.......0 6 0 ucumberpickle , ETC00.200 32 Floar-Winter dozab'es 35 40250 ore 10.............7 60 14 eCerype No.z. buhes...... 15 402 LmbNo. ewbag........ 75a 1 at, mied.00.... .........1-0 @ 132 Larditywr,.pr.bb........ 50 8250 Bev G ct rss E.. 7@ aspity patesse........ 9 5 46@ ounr resse............5 77y -1@7% Cone, per 10 wit........30 @2 Nob. pe 100llbw.......600 (4591) Dats, ie...0.5....... - @637% LIVPP E CROPC RO ISD ews York dresse..e.... 7eceive ples, expted dresed.... cors (af the Cntryrsed $1.......1.5 a) rei Glasgo, These0 price.... ca 30 ard5ly begs takena ere ntb..... of6 @t6o6se kindcatins arein tha igets Tied ina.They ere Thrin in8\6. mNew York. Adty.-ers frmeived p~ ro thfrsthsate fnAmedicanaes iteeprtoed inthe rcorsevofnty seao milon barrlshofht apples r theed t1.60to yea.8 The trearren nlsow. Thee isare caghardf ew orchnars topreeckonied ofth.s whchwllownems peals bein made forson, rowthe ofpphes oldper tree ofThis wil incras hc yiel cnsiegraly.de m:n.Thwere isathmoeyein horedt : nucin Theres nvercasea tiep in thea hisvry ofare. probaly whe thert dedfrmnyi the reor.hevn nielmilliona barressbefnappresaweree, anhrd dvan quaiThe free lans itel us thavil merhatse thisya tat nm1896.Turerae swolrkig ortieo tow supplyd the reureckns ofth.n sumersc that coene met for the roailt of the sdectres ofi nwilen ors the accumulatonsid egitimat poftr Hocaing. ofMny Therica Promnes het' orded por Ao.rgentn anevera has gven as-e sranes htNorfthAeictr wlhe I aled mand for moey ino the chan- 1 ply of wtdeeded bye moe mpotive, Fnd areranc ingoatosmorils :e he uthatrecats are bmus, thate anfacturs rer buyin aokngovestime osupthe rairequllcinemoey ovicng hecrs. htcniec xssi h >rbblTyothe exelet cces ofo nwten-J :erpise ough thncagt the pportnit or the cuntywlatioynotherlegiiaer p ofi proserincreasing. 'en cn i tin inalline offi the wieldaof Rus belie hate inl thipments ofro th arestsnng India hasre given now uncaed there oth Amerc wil0 serio1 daed pon for the balkt~ busie sup plo nwe to eede by roip in The,... harests h are imos~ hte te cps-O. -t:ui~:S Fearing State Ccntrol Disposes e its jings. SIX HUNDRED MILES GVEN OVER Seventy-rave Per Cent ol the Street RaHiways of Connecticut and Many in Massachusetts and Rhode Island Included. Boston.-Trolley lines are no long er a part of the assets of the New Y6rk, New Haven and Hartford Rail road. It was announced that the railroad company had disposed of its entire group of trolley lines to a vol untary association. The new voluntary association which now owns the trolley systems is to be known, according to report, as the New England Security and In vestment Company, and is composed of a number of individuals who are, without much do-bt, not unfriendly to the railroad interests. It is un lerstood that the sale or transfer in volves alJ the road's trolley holdings. rhis means about 600 miles of com pleted trolley lines in Connecticut, assachusetts, -Rhode Island and New York State. The lines in Connecticut form the largest group, for fully seventy-five per cent. of the entire street railway ystem in that State belongs virtually to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, including the treet railways of Hartford, Willi mantic, New London, New Haven, Bridgeport, Stamford and Norwich, ot to mention numerous other towns. In Massachusetts the hold ings included the systems in Spring ield and Worcester, the Berkshire Street Railway and sthe Worcester and South Bridge Street Railway and the Worcester and Black Stone Street Railway. These systems were held by the Consolidated Street Railways Company, which was owned by the ew Haven. The transaction is evidently the Dutcome of the agitation over the so malled merger bill in the Legislature last session. President Mellen told the legislative committee at that time that if the people of this State did ot want the railroad to hold trolley lines the railroad would bow to the popular will. The merger bill was defeated and Immediately afterward Attorney General Malone sent a draft of a bill .o the Legislature which he said would operate to cause the New Ha ven to divest itself of its trolleys. 3overnor Guild also sent a special nessage to the Legislature congratu !ating it on the defeat of the merger ill, and characterizing the present ailroad system in Massachusetts as njust and inequitable, and seying .hat the control of Massachusetts ransportation was slowly but surely >assing from Massachusetts to aliens. The committee on street railways hereupon recommended that the le ~ality of the New Haven's holdings n Massachusetts trolley systems be ested in court. The New Haven management pro ested that the trolley acquisitions in Mfassachusetts of the Consolidated street Railways Company had at all :imes been in conformity with the dassachusetts laws. New Haven, Conn. - This state nent was made by President Mellen Lt his summer home in Stockbridge, dass., over the telephone to his offie iere: 'The transaction involved the sale >f over seventy-five per cent. of the treet'railways of Connecticut, in :luding systems in the cities of New london, New Haven, Bridgeport, forwich, Stamford, Hartford. Wilii nantic and other towns in Connecti ut, together with lines running into Cew York State and Rhode Island nd numerous lines in Massachusetts. ncluding systems in the cities of pringfield and .Worcester." 0 FREE LUNCH UNFIT. hicago Plant WThere It is Manufac tured From Spoiled Meat. Chicago.-that the free lunch :rved in hundreds of saloons in Thicago is !--gely composed of meat n a condition absolutely unfit for use vas discevered by Food Inspector lurray w: en his force of assistants aided a barn at 124 Illinois street, >wned by William Davidson. The place contained thirty stoves. ver which six men were working n an endeavor to prepare decayed >ort- and be:f into a'semblance of its ~ri- -nal form, and thereafter "man facture" it into free lunch for the aloon trade. The men working I- the awful tench of the place were arrested on varrants '.worn out by Inspector durray, and with Davidsion are ac used of violating the health ordi ianc of the city. The raid of the Illinois street barn ollowed the inspection of a cold stor Lge warehouse. The warehouse is a ublic one, and in it InspEctor Mur -ay found 25,000 pounds of imeat nfit for - e. The entire plant was confiscated Lnd will b -- sed a- evidence against )avidson and his assistants. Speaker Cannon Renominated. Speaker Canno-. was nominated at Daville, Ill.. for Congress for the ~ighteenth time and was indorsed for resident with great enthusiasm, an ionor he said no man could refuse. IKills Wife and Self. Edward H. Sanderson. secretary of he California Truck Company, killed 2s wife and committed suicide in :heir home in Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. Sanderson, according .- a statement itde by his son, had acted strange y for several days. Bar Harbor Bans Automobiles.' Bar Ha- bar, Me.. residents and summer colonists were unanimous [r continuing the prohibition of au tomobiles in the town. The National Game. The Chicago Cubs think well ot atcher Walsh, their recruit from Kansas. Rube Waddell seems to be as sus eptible to injury as a kid raised in a~n incubator. The Providence Club has .signed third baseman Storkte, of the Am herst College team. In Chicago the Brooklyn team is referred to as the "over-confidence curing combination." Ralpha Glaze looks beiter each~ time H 0 MASS, BANK SIWI Tile First National Wrecked by Favors to Officers. E;. Loans tc Officers CaTied Failure, According to Report of Exoamincr Ewei to the Comp".oler. W~ashing.on, D. C.-T. P. a:: :2, acting Comptroller of the Cu:rency, received advices by wire from Na tional Bank, Examiner Ewer at Bos ton that the)First National Bank, of Chelsea, Mass., had been closed by action of the directors. Examiner Ewer .ms been appointed receiver. The failure ef this bank is due to large, excessive loans to officers and directors of the bank. Chelsea, Mass.-The information given by Bank Examiner Ewer to the Comptroller of the Currency at Wash ington, in connection with the fail ure of the First National Bank, of Chelsea, was that the collapse was, due to excessive loans made to officers and directors of the bank. It became known that the princi pal factor in the suspension of the bank was a large indebtedness on the part of its ,president, Sylvester B. Hinckley. This indebtedness is un officially estimated at from $300,000 to $500,000, but statements maae b-y dlectors of the' bank indicate th:; President Hinckley has transferred to the institution his equity in large real estate holdings,' which, it is ex pected, will provide for the payment in full of all depositors. President Hinckley is said t,, be dangerously ill at his home in New ton. On Saturday last he was unable to place his signature to the papers transferring his property to the bank, and it was necessary for him to re sort to making his mar' upon the document. This proceeding was le galized by the witnessing signatures of his wife and son. It is said that Mr. Ainckley has not been able to be at the bank for four weeks. Developments indicated that Mr. Hinckley was Involved in extensive real estate transactions, from which he expected to realize great profits. The director most' active in bring ing affairs to a crisis was Thomas Martin, a former president ,of the bank, who, in an Interview said that recently he discovered evidence of unbusinesslike methods, and started an investigation. This disclosed the fact that papers held by the bank were not what Mr. Martin considered strictly commercial. He said that the signatures in some cases "needed explaining." Mr. Martin also stated that suffi cient property had been transferred by Mr. Hinckley to the bank to in sure the payment of aepositors in full. NEW G. A. R. COMMANDER. Encampment Elects R. B. Brown, Ed itor of Zanesville Courier. Minneapolis, Minn.-R. B. Brown, of Zanesville, Ohio, was elected Co:n- ' mander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the annual en campment. Other officers chosen - were: Senior Vice-Commander, Will iam H. Armstrong, Indianapolis; Jun' ior Vice-Commander, E. B. Fentcn, Detroit; Chaplain in Chief, Arch Ibishop John Ireland, St. Paul; Sur 'geon-General, W. H. Jackson, In coln, Neb. The new Commander-In-Chief of the Grand Army, R. B. Brown, was born in 1845, and has always live~d in Ohio. He enlisted in the Fif teenth Ohio Infantry at the age of sixteen years, and served in therV Fourteenth Army Corps in the Army of the Cumberland until he was inns-' tered out in 1864. He then re-e i listed as a veteran soldier. and served as such until the end of the war. He was a private throughout the three years of his service and then be came a non-commissioned officer. Mr. Brown is now editor of the Zanesville Courier. The total membership of the Grand Army is declared in the .report of Adjiutant-General Tweedale to be 235,823, an increase of 3368 during the last six months. The losses by death for the year ended December 31, 1905, were 9205, or 3.90 per cent, of the total membership. In the preceding year the loss by death reached e.actly .the same percentage. The Commander-in-Chief in his ad dress bitterly arraigned those who. posing as the "most eminent men of the nation," had proved false to the~r trust in various ways, but declared that among all such The same of no Civil War veteran could be found. MANY EMIGRANTS FOR CANADA. Salvation Army Charters Steamers to Ering Settlers from England. Bri~gadie: General Howell and Colonel Lamb. of the Salvation Army, will leave England for Canada, has' ing completed arangements for the settlement of between 20,0010 and 25,000 -emigrants in the Dominion ithin a year. A fleet of ten or twelve ste: mers will be chartered fo-r their transportation. The emigrants will be scattered through Canada in such a way as to place them within reach of tae work for which they at e bezn suited. State Senator a Briber. State Senator F. 0. Butt has asen convicted -n the Circuit Court. at Perryville, Ark., on a charge of of' fering a bribe to another State Sena tor. He was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary and fined $200. Wealth For Canada. 1 Winnipeg figures that the Cana dian Northwest will raise 97,000,00) bushels of wheat this year and re ceive $63,000,000 for it. Chicago Freight Tunnel Open. The Illinois Tunnel Company began its freight service in Chicago after five years of constructior. Record runs in the handling of freight were made from many of the forty ~business Mouses and the four railroads already connected with the tunel system. Sporting Brevities. It has been decided not to race McKinley, 2.06%, this season. Philadelphia .Tack O'Brien is In England. He will be gone six weeks. Ab)raham Gage, of the West Indian~ eleven, made a new American record of nine wickets without loss or a run n a game a: Prospect Park, Brook lyn. IC'. M. Daniels won the 100-yard SI':g -,' Tr'a' ers ls'.and. Long !sand soin. He reduced! t'he emo'se ree