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PALMETO AfAIRS Occurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range-What is Going On in Our State. General Cotton Market. Galveston, lrm.... .. .. .. ..10 1-4 New Orleans firm.. ......10 3-16 Mobile firm.. .. .. ....9 Savannah st-ady.. .. .... ..9 15-16 Chairleston. firm.. .. .. ....9 15-16 Wilmington steady.. .. .. .. ....10 Norfolk firm.. .. .... .. ....10 3-S Baltimore nominal.. .. .......10 1-2 New York steady.. .. .. ....10.90 Boston steady............ .10.90 Philadelphia steady.. .. .. ....11.15 Houston steady.. .. .. ....10 3-16 Augusta firm.. .. .. .. .. ....10 1-2 Memphis'quiet.. .. .. .. ....10 3-8 St. L.ouis steady.. .. .. .....10 3-S Louisvile tirm.. ..........10 5-S Charlotte Cotton. These prices represent the prices quoted to wagons: Good middling...............10 Strict middling.. ............10 Middling.. ..............9 3-4 Tinges and stains.. ..S 1-2 to 9 1-4 Charlotte Produce Market. Chiekens-Sqring.. ......12 to 25 Hens-Per head.. .. ....S. to 35 Ducks.. .. .. .. .. .... .... ....25 Eggs .... .. .... .... .... .....2 0 Rye...... .... .. .. .. .. ..... so Corn.. .. ........ .. .. .. 72 to 75 Cotton seed......... .... ...21 Oats-Feed.. .. .. ... .55 to 57 1-2 Baltimore Produce. ba'timorc, Nov. 20.-Flour quiet, unchanged. Wheat firmer, spot con tract 74 1-2 to 74 3-4; Southern by sample 55 to 70. Corn firmer; spot old 49 1-4 to 49 1-2; Aew 48 1-4 to 4S 1-2; new Southern white corn 40 1-2 to 4S. Oats firm; No. 2. white 39 1-2 to 40. Rye firm; No. 2, Western domestic 73 to 75. Butter steady and unchaig ed; Zanev imitation 22 to 23; do creamery 27 to 2S; store packed 15 to 19. E-gs firm 30c. Cheese active and unchanged; large 13 5-S; medium 13 7-S; small 14 1-8 Sugar steady and unchanged. Heyward Elected President. At Nashville the Southern Im migration and Educational Confer ence effected a permanent organmza tion to be known hereafter as the Southern lInmig~ration and Industrial Association and elected the follow ing officers: President, Gov. D. C. Heyward, Columbia, S. C.; Secretary and treasurer, J. R. McMullen, Gads den. Ala.; The next annual conven tion will be held in Birmingham, Ala., the second Tuesday in November.. Mr. Augustus W. Smith President Columbia. S. C., Special-The death of Mr. Ewald Fleitman, chair man of the board of directors of the Union Mills, at Union, will not in terrupt the progress of the reorgani zation of these properties as many had feared it would. Mr. Aug. W. Smith, of Spartanburg, has been .elect ed president of the two mills. vice Edwin Robertson, of this city, re signed. Mr. Robertson retains the position of treasurer of the two, so as to give the properties the benefit of his financial training and experience. New Enterprises. The secretary of state commissioned the Greenville Cotton Mill company with a capital of $20,000. The con cern will purchase and sell cotton and cotton goods and J. F. L. Walker, E. C. Earnhardt, and J. B. Burgard are the petitioners. A commission was also issued to the Alderman-Weeks company of Aiken. Educational Conference. Superintendent of Education 0. B. Martin will atend the meeting of the Conference on Secondary Education in the South which is to meet at the University of Virginia, November 22, 23 and 24. Mr. Martin is on the pro gramme for the opening of the dis cussion on the subject. "In what defi nite ways may the State department of education develop a system of pub lie school high schools once establish gationi. Newberry, Special. - James D. Nance camp. Confederate veterans, is preparing to send a 'large delegation to attend the unveiling of the Hamp toni statute in Columbia on the 20th it., and as the very low rate of $1.54 for the round trip has been secured on the r-ailroads, there is no doubt that a crowd of Newberrians will ac company them. Negro Teacher Injured. . Greenville. Special. - A special from Walhalla says: Mary E. Sin gleton. a colored school teacher, was caught by a backing freight engine on a trestie near here and run over. Both legs were cut off and her thigh crushed. SheC is still unconscious and cannot recover. One of her pupiils, a itl negro girl. was also knocked down~ b th enigine and is uncon i ~ou 'The woeman was well thought oe W alhalla. DIED Of HIS WOUNDS Lancaster Physician Wio Was Shot Last Week By His Brother-in-law Dies in Rock Hill. Rock Hill, Special.-Dr. E. S. Me Dow of Lancaster, who was shot in Heath Springs- last Thursday by Mr. John A. Bridges and was brought to the Rock Hill hospital for treatment. ied of his wounds about 3 o'clock r'uesday morning. An operation was performed on him last Friday at noon. the left arm being amputated at the shoulder and the right forearm was split and the shot and pieces of tho slttered bone removed. The right arm would also have been amputated later had the patient been strong enough to stand the operation. but his condition was quite serious from the start. He continued to grow weaker until the end came Tuesday morning. Dr. MeDow was a son of the late Dr. Robert S. McDow and the )nly brother of the late Dr. T. B. McDow of Charleston. He was about 35 years of age, and was born in Ten nessee, ,graduated in medicine at Mewphis in 1893, practiced at Heath Springs for a while. then took a post graduate course.in New York and re :nioved to Columbia, where he prac, ticed a while. He located at this place about four years ago, where he practiced his profession up to the time of his death. Mr. Bridges came up from Heath Springs and surren dered to the .heriff. He has employ ed counsel, who will make application for bail at once. Negro Bank Closed Pending an In quiry. Greenville, Special.-The following! notice was posted in the doors of the Workingman's Savings and Trust Company: "This bank closed for the day pending examination of the State bank examiner.' This notice did not cause mnch comment on the streets after the news had gone the rounds. No one seemed especially interested. All seem to have faith that everything will come :ut all right. The Workingman's Savings and Trust Company was or -anized about six years ago. Some thing over $14,000 has been paid in as capital. It is the only institution in the State that is entirely officered by negroes and all of the depositors are negroes. J. 0. Allen is the presi dent; B. F. McDowell. vice president: and A. B. Davis is the secretary and treasurer. All of these are recogniz ed as good negroes and it is believed that if there be a shortage in the bank that it is due to bad manage ment and bad bookkeeping and not due to any fraudulent dealings. Palmetto Brevities. Judge J. E. McDonald, of Winns boro, employed several months ago by the present State board of dispen sarv directors to look into some $80'0,000 worth of purchases made by the former board and give his opin ion as to whether some of these ae counts should not be refused payment on the ground of fraud, has made his report, but the board has not yet given this out for publication. It is understood that the report is of a highly sensational character, that the attorneys discovers that some three hundred thousand dollars worth was purchased in an irregular way and that much of it has been shipped back and that still more should go back. J. A. M. Gardner sent in his resig nation to the Governor as treasurer of Aiken county, effective the 1st of next month. It is understood that Mr. Grahom will engage in the bank ing business. The legislative delega tion will be asked to name a man to succeed Mr. Graham. The Secretary of State issued a commission to the Greenville Cotton Mills' Company, of Greenville, which on a capital of $20,000 proposes to "deal in cotton mill products.'' The corporators are- J. B. Burgard and W. C. Earnhardt. The Alderman-Weeks Company was also commisioned; capital, $5,000; eorporators, W. H. Alderman and B. M. Meeks. IAn important conference regardingt inter-State freight rates will be held before the railroad commission on the 27th when the question of whea the presen~ t+ariff published by the commission is binding on the road. will be canvassed. Row at Mike's Creek Church. Gaffney, Special.-In a general row Suniday at Mike's Creek church. Geo rge Glover was sh~ot and dangerously wo'inded by Monroe MeSwvain. Thi:i place is noted for this kind of busi ness, several negroes having been: wounded there before. Dr. C. A. Jef fries, who was called to see Glover. says that the wound is dangerous Two Columbians Hurt in Charlotte Wreck. Charlotte, N. C., Special.-An ex tra freight bound for Columbia ran into an open switch in the Southern Railway yard here demolishing a number of box cars standing on the sidin anddamaging telocomotive. Engineer Jack }Fisher was b-idly braised and Fireman Joe Hughes. (co1 ored. had a leg broken. Both are from Columbia. Record-Breaking Snowstorm at Spar. tanburg. Spartanburg. S. C..- Specia.-A heavy snowstorm raged in this city throughout most of Wedlnesday and the indications are that it will contin tie dlurinig the night. Some of th. oldest inhabitants say the snowfall is unprecedented inl Novembher. Tra f tic is partly blocked. Sn~ow fell mi various places in the Catrolinas. ;4outhi ern Virginia and northern Georgia. LANDED AT COLON President Roosevelt Reaches Canal Zone Safely WELL PLEASED WITH RECEPTION In Consequence of the Louisiana's Quick Trip the Chief Executive Finds Nobody to Welcome Him President Amandor and Party Reach Colon by Nightfall and Go Aboard the Battleship-The Presi dent Submits to an Interview-Ex tensive Precautions Taken to Pro tect Him During His Stay on the Isthmus. Colon, By pable.-The first trip of an American President outside of the boundaries of the United States was successfully concluded Wednesday afternon at half-past one when the battleship Louisiana, having on board President Roosevelt and his party, dropped anchor in the harbor of Coloa The Louisianna, which arrived ahead of schedule time, was convoyed by the Tennessee and Washington. The three vessels anchored about a mile from the dock during a heavy rain fall. Owing to the fact that the Louisi ana arrived ahead of time, neither President Amador, of Panama, nor Charman Shounts, of the Isthmian canal commission was on hand to welcome President Roosevelt. They left Panama at half-past four in a special train for Colon and at half past eight at night boarded the Loui siana and exteded a cordial greeting to America's Chief Executive. In President Amador's party beside Shonts, were Chief Engineer Stevens and Executive Secretary Reed, of the commission. and Mr. Shonts, the American minister to Panama. The President Interviewed. During the afternoon President Roosevelt received the local news paper correspondets on board the Louisiana. He said that his voyage had been pleasant and uneventful. and expressed himself as gratified at the welcome which the citizens of the isthmus are preparing for him when he lands Wednesday. He stat ed that he propos'ed to look into the Jamaican labor question and also in tended to see everything possible con cerning the canal. Extensive precautions have been taken to protect President Roosevelt during his three days' visit on the isthmus, and it is reported that a number of known anarchists have been arrested here or at Panama. All steamers arriving at the isth mus are inspected and suspicious characters have been imprisoned and will be held in custody until the Prea ident deparis. The Metcalf Investigation. SanFrancisco, Cal., Special.-See -etary Metcalf 'who was sent to San Francisco by President Roosevelt to investigate the excluding of the Jap anese children from the schools at tended by the whites has concluded his work and will depart for Wash igton to make his report. He will take with him a great amount'of sta tistics and facts bearing. on the case He heard the complaints of the alleg ed boycotting of Japanese restau rants and other places of business; investigated the cases of assault of the Japanese, and numerous street brawls between the Japanese and the white boys. He declined to say what conclusion he had reached. Canadian Manufacturers. Montreal, Que., Special.-Many members of the Canadian Manufact urers' Association are gathered in honor of the retiring president, Mr. C. C. Ballantyne of this city. The affair takes place at the Canada Club and the guests will include many pub lic men. Swindles Total $3,000,00S. Chicago. Ills., Specia.-Charle: Whitney Norton said by the police and postal authorities to be responsi ble for swindling operations aggre gating $3,000,0-, was arraigned for a hearing before United States Com missioner Foote. It is claimed that 3orton victimized people in all parts of the <:ountry. His method, it is alleged, was to obtain bonds, stocks, mortgages or other negotiable papers to sell on commission. He. would sell the stock, the police say, and retain the entire proo' ds. Accussed Embezzlement. Atlanta, Ga., Special.-A special from Augusta, Ga., says R. E. De rry, one of Augusta 's leading business men and secretary and ti-easurer of the Augusta Real Estate and Build in Association has been indicted for embezzlement from the association of a sum approximating $1i00.000. The accused is 60 years 01(1 and a mem er of an honored and influential famlv. Iowa at Vicksburg. Vicksburg, Miss., Special.-With the lapse of but a few days since bidding adieu to the Illinois soldiers and other visitors the city of Vieks burg is nowv preparing for the recep tion and entertainment of the Iowans who are to come to take part in the dedication of the Iowai monuments in the Vicksburg National Park. The dedication is to take place Thursday and fr-om all indic,.tions will be a mot- rili, am;. d i nt hw~ event. PRESIDENT SEES ALL Criticall'y Inspects Progress of Canal Work WELL PLEASED WITH! OUTLOOK Insists Upon Being Shown All the Work of Ereavation, Even to Tem porary Tracks-Clmbs Upon a Steam Shovel and Plies the En gineer With Questions -Shakes .Hands With All the Americans He Ieets-Witnesses the Effect of Several Charges of Dynamite Mrs. Roosevelt Accompanies Him. Panama, By Cable. - President Roosevelt started at 7 o'clock Friday morning with Mrs. Roosevelt and the other members of his party to make an examination of the Culebra cut. At half-past eight the presidential train arrived at Pedro Wigul, where some steam shovels were at work. At this Doint in the cut the peculiar soil-conditions have resulted in more or less frequent 'landslides, and this fact was brought to the President's atteibn. Pisident Roosevelt climb ed upon one of the steam shovels, taking a seat alongside Engineer Gray whom he subjected to a searching fire of questions regarding the work. He stayed on the steam shovel about 20 minutes. ' President Roosevelt told Chief En gineer Stevens that he wanted to see all the works in connection with ex eavation, eves to the temporary lay ng of tracks. With this in view they poarded a wbrk train near Pedro Migul and went on to the next point, where steam shovels were at work. Here. there was n danger of land slides. Greets All Americans. The presidential train continued on the regular line toward Panama. ,The work of the steam shovels was observed and th3 President made a detour to examine the site of the Pedro Migul lock. He shook hands wit all the Americans he met. At 25 minutes past nine the President entered the deep portion of Culebra cut, his train going slowly in order that he might observe the working? of the drill machines and shovyls. The President spent some time in the deepest portion of the cut, where I last Sunday 22 tons of explosives were used to throw down 35,000 cubic yards of.material. The rain was coming down in tor rents and the water poured in rivu lets down the funnel-shaped sides of the cat. Several charges of dynamite were exploded in order that the President might see threffect, after which he went back to his own train. Sugar Trust on the Eack. New York, Special.-.The so-called "sugar trust'' or the American Sugar Refining Company, was brought to trial for the first time on a charge of rebating. The specific indictment charges the corporation with know ingly violating the Elkins law in ac epting rebates on shipments by the New Central & Hudson River Rail road Company in the spring of 1903, amounting to $26,000. The ec~a is on trial before Judge Holt of the United States Circuit Court. For granting the same rebates the New York Central was convicted in the same court. The sugar company, it is charged, accepted the $26,000 in re bates shortly after the passage of the Elkins act, the shipments having ben made just before Congress pass ed the law. There are several other indictments against the company, it is understood, also for violations of the Elkins law. By Wire and Cable. A proposed act for uniform divorce regulation was submitted to the di vorce congress in Philadelphia. The Immigration and Industrial Association formed in Nashville, Tenn., eleted Gov. D. C. Heyward, of South Carolina, president and resolv-. ed to meet next year at Birmingham, Ala. Trunks Rifed at Normal.. Greensboro, N. C.. Special.-While the students of the State Normal and Industrial College were at supper Thursday night, two of the young ladies' trunks we're ransacked and about $70 in money .stolen. Suspicion points to Mary WVest, a negro servant. who was left in charge of the dormi tory while the girls were gone to supper. The regress was given ex plicit instructions not to leave the building until the girls returned. The negro woman was arrested and plac ed in iail. Serious Floods. Tacoma, Wash., Special.-A flood area of 300 square miles in northwves tern Washington is the result of Thursday's heavy rains and melting snow, which for 4S hours, have rush ed from the slopes of the Cascad: Mountains causing nearly all the~ streams in the northw~est to spread over the lowlands. Several persons arc reported drownied and momentarv loss is already mainy thousands of dol lars. Jealousy Responsible for a Dual Tragedy in Georgia. Griffin. Ga., Special.-Milton Pitts, a prosperous farmer six miles from here, shot and killed his brother Charles, 21 years oild. The elder bro the then turned his weapon upon himself. sening~t a bullet through his hear. Jealbjusy tcaused the double tragedy, Mrs. Milton Pitts having been observed speaking to Charle~ aifter her husbar d had warned her not PITTSBURG LAWLESSNESS Demand for Extra Police to Meet the Exigencies of the Moment. Detail ed Account of Young Woman Nail ed to a Board. Pittsburg, Pa., Special.-Pittsburg terrorized and likened unto a mining camp or a frontier town, is the tone :f all the morning's issues of papers. Three murders, a number of rob beries on the highways, accompanied by violence, and an attempt at cru cifixion in twenty-four hours added to a large number that have occurred during the past two weeks, there has been such a public demand for extra police that Mayor Guthrie and the Di rector of Public Safety, Ridgway, put on a number of extra police without legal provision for their compensa tion, trying to effect a public clamor upon the Select and Common Council for favorable action upon the move ment. The crucifixion was brought to light by the screams of a woman in a tenement on Forbes street near Jones and Laughlin Steel Mills. The neighbors rushed in and found Mrs. Jean Mitchell, 19 years old, in the kitchen in a kneeling position on the floor with both hands nailed to the draining board of the sink and blood running down her arms. Alongside her hand lay a hatchet, the weapon which had driven the two big nails and which was then used to draw them out. The woman was unconscious and taken to a hospital. When she recov ered she merely said that when she entered her flat that morning some thing struck her on the back of the head and she felt herself drawn to ward the oink, her hands pressed against the board and the nails driv en n. Suggestions for River Works. Washington, D. C., Special.-Gen eral Alexander Mankensec, chief of engineers, has reported to Secretary of War Taft that $16,052,431 will be required to complete the engineering work upon the fortifications of the board, convened under the President's order of January 31, 1906. Among the amounts that Mr. Mackensec states can be profitably expended dur ing the next fiscal. year on the princi pal river and harbor works are the following: James River, Virginia. $200,00; Cape Fear River, above Wil mington, N. C., locks and dams, $200, 000; Cape Fear River, at and below Wilmington, $250,000; Savannah Riv er, Georgia, $110,000; Harbor at Pen sacola, Fla., $100,000; Alabama Riv er, Ala., $100,000: Mobile Harbor, Ala., $372,000; Black Warrior, War rior and Tombigbes Rivers, Ala, $753,000. Warehous of American Snuff Co. Dy namited. Nashville, Tenn., Special.-The warehouse of the American Snuff Company at Eddyville, Ky., was wrecked by dynamite. The explosion shattered windows for a wide radius. Bloodhounds- followed the trail of the wreckers for twelve miles into Cald well county. Several months ago the warehouse of the so-called trust in the southern part of Kentucky were dynamited and the growers who sold tobacco to the alleged trust received warning mesages from the "Night Riders.'' Funeral Train Wrecked in Georgia. Macon, Ga., Special.-A funeral train dashed into an open switch, on which were three cars, at Meeks, Ga. Many passengers were injured by the shock, being thrown from their seats. The cars were wrecked. The train was filled with women and children, who became almost frantic with excitement. Fast Passenger Was Wrecked. St. Louis, Special.-A westbount Missouri Pacific passenger train while running at full speed was hurled from the track by spreading ;rails neat Glencoe, 27 miles west of here, and beyond cuts and bruises all on board miraculously escaped. The entire train plunged into an embankment and the track was torn up for 200 feet. Miss Settle Loses Suit. London, By Cable.-A jury in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice announced a disa greement in the breach of promise suit brought by Marian Draughn, an actress, daughter of the late Judge Thomas Settle, of the United States Circuit Court, against Heinrich This sen, described as the son and heir of a millionaire iron magnate of Dussel dorf, Germany. Counsel Thissen an noneed subsequently that they would apply for another writ, and said they expected an early retrial. Sunday School Workers. Somerville, N. J., Special.-Judg ing from appearances every sunday school of New Jersey has sent its full quota of delegates to the Forty-eighth annual State convention now in ses sion here. The opening exercises were held Thursday in the Sec ond Reformed Chiurch. The gather. ing will be in session until Friday. ..Maj. Gen. Shafter Dead. .... Bakersfield. Cal., Special.-Major General William Rufus Shafter, U. S. A.. retired, died at 12 :45 p. m. at the ranch of Captain W. H. Mc~it trick, his son-in-law, 20 miles south of this city, after an illness of seven days. Burial will be in the Post cemn etrv. at the Presidie. San Francis co. ~with full military honors. The German Ambassador gave t luncheon in Washington in honor of .Prin Henry of Reuss. IS SHOT TO PIECES Ashevile, N. C. Murderer Pays the Penalty NOT WILL HARRIS, HOWEVER Negro Found in Woods Near Fletch er, 12 Miles from Asheville. Two Members of Posse Injured. Charlotte, N. C., Special-James Harvey, the notorious negro despara do who on Tuesday night shot and killed two police officers; three negroes. and wonnded a police captain at Asheville, N. C.. and then escaped. hotly pursued by hundreds of intfuriated citizens, well-armed, was captired Thursday morning in the woods near Fletcher, twelve miles from Asheville, and his body riddled with bullets. A long distance tele phone message from that place, 4sates that there was no doubt whatever as to the identity of the negro. It is stated that the first shot was fired by a Southern Ry. detective and that two members of the searching posse were injured in the capture and com bat with the negro. The shooting began as soon as the negro was found. 'he mutilated body of the negro is now being brought to Asheville ljy the posse. It will be remembered that immed iately following the fiendish crimes of the negro, large parties of Ashe ville citizens filled with a burning pas sion for revenge of the crimes of the negro desperado, armed them selves to the teeth and began a sys tematic search of . the neighboring towns and country around Asheville. All through the night different posses departed and up to morning, when the black murderer was captured and kill ed, the ardor of the search has never lagged for a minute. Blood hounds were used in the chase, but with little effect. Different rumors came in dur ing the night as to the whereabouts of the negro, but it was not until morning that he -was positively locat ed. The crimes of the negro were tht. most daring and uncalled. for occurr ing in this State in many years. With out the least provocation the negro emerged from a house on Valley street loudly proclaiming himself to be the noted Charlotte desparado, and be gan shooting on first sight of a man. When an attempt was made to arrest the negro who had already killed two negroes with his rifle and was shoot ing into houses promiscuously, by of ficers, it took the negro only a few minutes to leave two dead officers and one wounded in his bloody wake. Feeling at Asheville, among both blacks and whites has been at fever heat, and the quick ending of the ne gro 's murderous career was merely the expected result, whenever he should have been found. The Capture and Kiling. Asheville, N. C., Special.-The dead body of the negro murderer of five-.men here on Tuesday night was brought here. The body was fearful ly mutilated having been pierced by dozens of bullets. It is not known to a certainty that the dead negro is the notorious Mecklenburg county ne gro, Will Harris, but it is certain that he is the one who did the killing here Tuesday night. It is stated that one of the balls from his rifle glazed the head of one of the posse. The rifle was the same with which the negro did his bloody work bere. There were over fifty men in the party who found the negro, and doz ens of shots were fired effectively at the negro. -His body was later identified as that of James Harvey, of Forest City, Va. Masons ini Session. Phoenix, Ariz., Special.-The Ma sonic bodies of Arizona began their annual meetings at Pheonix with a good attendance of visitors. The Ma sonic Grand Lodge, Knights Temp lars, F.astern . Star and Royal Arch Masons are in session. Wish to Arbitrate. Chicago, Ill., Special.-Fearing that the agitation for increased wages has reached the point where it threatexnt the successful operation of the rail roads the executive officials of all the lines west of Chicago have decided to ask the Interstate Commerce Com mission to become the board of arbi tation for the settlement of all dis putes between the employees and the railways. It is hoped that by' this means to remove the danger oi s trik ers for all time. Death Result of Hold-up. New York, Special.-A hold-up by six men in an automobile in Central Park, wvest, early Thursday cost one of the automobilists his life. He was run down by a bigs touring car when the help-up men were making a dash for liberty and so severely hurt that he died in a hospital soon afterwards without regaining consciousness. The dead man was Wiggs Brandt, a chauf feur, aged 31 years.. Wages of 8,000 Men Increased. New York, Special.-The wages of the employes of the American Ex press Company. who are paid less than $200 per month was increased 10 per cent. The announcement of the increase was made at the oflice of the company. The increase affects from 8,000 to 12.000 men throughout the country and will cost the company about 600,000 to $700,000 to pay the in reased wanges. Late New In 'Brief A MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST The Vatican authorities have of ficially acquieseed in King George of Greece visit in' King Victor Emman nel. King Haakon. Queen Maud and the young heir to the Norwegian throne are on a state visit to England. M. Santos Dumont made several short experimental flights, with his aeroplane. The split in the Cuban Liberal par ty seems to be widening. 2 King Edward received numerous congratulatory messages and presents on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birth. day. According to a cable dispatch from Germany Karl Han was arrested in London on-a charge of murdering his mother-in-law. The revolutionists who robbed the mail van of a railroad train in Rus sian Poland of $650,000 after wreck ing it with bombs, numbered 100 men, the leader giving his orders by bugle call. Esme Howard, British Consul-Gen eral in the Island of Crete, has been appointed Counselor of the British Embassy at Washington and will act as Ambassador ad interim. Attorney General Moody is expect ed to bring suit in St. Louis to dis solve the Standard Oil Company. Secretary Loeb issued a statement that private conversations with the President should not be quoted, and that Mr. Roosevelt will be responsible for his public and official utterances only. Frank Hensley, 40 years old, was shot and killed near Elkton, Va., by his cousin, Thomas Lam. A man who registered as "R. L. Hall, Washington, D. C.," was found dead in a Richmond hotel. Claymont Court, formerly the home of Frank R. Stockton, near Charles town, W. Ta., was sold by Mr. 0. W. von Schrader to Mr. Murphy of Detroit. William Jennings Bryan comment ed on the results of the election, de claring them a proof that the Demo cratic party is growing stronger. At the hearing of the injunction case to restrain the New York Life Insurance- Company from using its funds for the campaign in behalf of the administration ticket the lawyers exchanged scathing epithets. A lone masked robber held up the passengers on a sleeper of a Rock Island limited train, securing $65. A demented boy is accused of start ing five fires in New York tenement houses and causing the death of a woman, while many other persons had narrow escapes. The Federal grand jury at Pitts burg returned indictments against the officials and employees of the Shelby Steel Tube Company on charges of engaging in a conspiracy to defraud the, government by putting defective boiler tubes in a number of war ships. Texas -rangers were ambushed by a party of armed Mexicans and liilled four, fatally wounded one and cap tured two of the assailants. A hotel under construction at Long Beach, Cal., collapsed and between 12 and 15 workmen were killed. Steps were taken by the New York State Democratic Committee to dis eipline P. J. McCarren. Antonio Villareal, leader of the Mexican revolutionary movement in St. Louis, will be extradited on the request of the Mexican government. ' The report of the Chief of Engin eers gives an account of the progress of improvements of the approaches to the harbor of Baltimore and esti mates, the cost of the 35-foot channel to the sea and the improvement of other bay ports. Congressman Gillespie, of Texas, discussed a suggested investigation by the Interszate Commerce Commission of the relations of the Standard Oil and the Harriman merger. Bankers met in Washington to con sider a plan for an emergency circula tion. Nine men, who say they were shanghaied, were rescued from the oyster schooner Whiting and taken to Norfolk. Fou y-sev'en or more !immigan's bound west from Baltimore were kill ed or burned to death in a wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio at Woodville Ind. Gen. W. R. Shafter, who -ommand ed the American army in Cuba during the war with Spain, died of pneumon Convicts were put to work on the roads in Augusta county. The Lynchburg annexation ordin ance is expected to pass without much opposition. The Deleware. Laekamanna and Western Railroad granted practical-. ly all the demands of its engineers. A young terrorist threw a bomb at General Rheinbot, perfect of police at Moscow, and was shot dead by the perfect while several policeman held him as prisoner. Pittsburg is being terrorized by a crime wave. Mrs. Russell Sage, widow of the New York financier, announces that she will distribute the bulk of her husband's fortune of about $50,000, 000 among worthy individuals. The Tenement House law was up held by ,the United States Supreme Court, and as a result the owners of about 10.000 houses will have to im prove their properties, at a ccst o1 a'out $10,000400.