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H% EAT TRUSTS INDICTED Six Great Packing Companies and 21 Packers Must Stead Trial. WE FORCE EXIRAWIION . | Defendants Curtailed the Supply to Arbitrarily and Fictitiously Increasd the Price, I Says the Grand Jury. Now York City.?Six great packing companies and twenty-one packers, sevoral of them multi-n'iiUionaires, socially and industrially prominent, were indicted by a grand jury in Hudson county, New Jersey, charged with conspiracy in limiting the supply of meat and poultry. The indictment is drawn up under the law of New Jersey, which provides, upon conviction, a maximum penalty of three years in the penitentiary, or a $l,OUO tine, or both, ffhe offense is extraditable, which means that practically the meat barons of this country must either successfully escape extradition or come to Jersey Citl for trial. Pierre Garven, the nubile nrosccn tor of Hudson county, announces he will forthwith notify the defendants of the indictment and will be ready to force extradition in every case None, he 9ays, will bo spared. The defendants as named are as follows: Corporations: The National PackJng Company, Armour it Co., Swift ti uo., Morris & Co., Hammond Packing Company, (.5. II. Hammond & Co. Individuals: J. Ogden Armour, A. Watson Armour, Louis F. Swift, Edward F. Swift, Charles 11. Swift, Edward Morris, Ira N, Morris, Arthur Meeker, Edward Tilden, U A. Carton, Thomas E. Wilson, Thomas J. Connors, F. A. Fowler, L. 11. lleyman, James E. Bathgate, Jr., George J. Edwards. Frederick 13. Cooper, D. E. jtiartwell, Henry 15. Darlington, A. A Vnlln.- 1 .nnn.nl /' The Indictment, which bristles In its arraignment of the men namedi also refers to "clivers others" as lw ing responsible. These latter, however, are not specified. The foregoing list of names, it will be sewn, represents tflie very backbone ot the great packing industry, containing, as it does, two Armours, three Swif'.s and two Morrises, all for most part residents of Chicago, j her with i'*' ortant figures | iheir indict. the first" conast to fix reprevailing abnorof commodities, t states that mere supply were put on stated iutau'als, small >ed upon 'bjmhe defendcurtail and/restrict the] .lie purpose of fictitiously, and unlawfully increasing the public." iipt is mado to recite tlie ,.d to have been sustained ib 1 ic by this alleged creaartificial prices, but ware" held specifically to blame, ans, it is chftfrged, the do"-o successful ^n keeping ^rk?t8 large quantities of poultry which, -41 put upon ta urnU 1A ImuA ieet reasonable jk'inand. ON HAS few JOB. ;'8 Matrimonial Agency to be in Full Swing, n, D. C.?The "Uncle Joe imonial Agency" is In " 'ce the publication of nr several days ago, <n Qhio deplored ot\ living as a CantA ^Klnfr matrimony, full t f./ sexes, dealing' Cnfi originalhavr been urndiiril jn whVr.hg'in tht?yspeaker's mail vtimois farmer- wrote that he did ^not mind the high prices, and that \he was possessed of a one nundred and twenty-acre farm and was look ing for a WTfe. A hot response to .the letter came from Detroit as follow s: "Dear Mr Cannon: I read your m<1 vertisemeiit published about the farmer liv ng in Stewardsvilie, 111 . who hadjfa one hundred and twentyacre fur . 1 am a pretty girl, eigiijJKm t&gu.jyenrs old. I have always in jV tfl?" ii? live on a farm. I will close Br Hoping to hear from you," etc. * . Another wt man writes: *'I>t*?ij* I iiiJoe. Why don't tli' Aipv ?^ps. (>r tlu> old ones for copt a worthy man ig<;? Now, nli vanity | man had iy, 'in all! girls are I 'Ot liur.-i .terane. nass meetnere it was ion l?l make reunion of Vetera iih. to invite e and fo the Mobile Bill. ? agricul 13,512,635, over tho Of this additional ping out ,<M)0 in all "Inga h1 vny -id^ln | tkAlnv uKumt ! ..iream8 ii) the uf,?re rising, a'(?j>rding 'ved. rnQfa ? *-? ! v V? 'fficer Killed. The body of Edpeclal revenue offl.n a thicket by the ,tncoln, Lincoln connueen Bhot from ambunti nlng to his home from tho it Is nald that many thrcatn - made agalnsti Den lire Cotton Promotes Prosperity. ta ?a.?An excellent crop ^Var, with high fcricfH for cotton, I^MaVroduced unexcelled prosperity Hp section, nnd this la being mii li evidenced by Increased tic in real eMAto in the city of ^H^auia. I L^Sne IIeL NEW mSSKSJPPI SENATOR. After Long Deadlock Legislature Beets Leroy Percy to the Senate. Jackson, Miss Leroy Tercy of Greenville, lawyer and planter, was chosen United States senator from iMississippi to succeed the late Senator A. J. McLaurin and to serve duriiiR the three years of his unexulred term by a majority in joint legislative caucu^ of live votes over former Governor James K. Vardamau. The result came on the ilt'ty-eightli ballot and was brought about through j a process of elimination, terminating a deadlock which has prevailed during seven weeks. Governor Noel had announced that should no selection be made during the present legislative session, he would appoint General James Gordon, the present temporary appointee, to serve during the unexpired term. Leroy Percy was bom in Washing ton county, Mississippi, November 9, 1861, and is the son of the lato Col. William Percy, formerly of Alabama. He graduated from tile University of tut; ouuui lit ot'wuuuv, auiiii., uuu im also a graduate of law of the Uuf-' versity of Virginia. His postgraduate course was at Princeton University. After his collegiate course Mr. Pcrcy returned to Greenville and engaged in the practice of law* in connection with the management of extensive land interests and aiUce *early manhood has taken an active p&rt In the political and other affairs of the state, although he has novef heretofore held._ public office. ^ 1909 CHUKCH STATISTICS. No Change In Rate of Membership lncrea^6. Atlanta, Qa. ?.Statistics of the churches In. tfliS Country for 1909, show practically no change in tho rate of chufajfr) membership increase, j The increase' in membership for the year was 791,713, the grand total being 34,677,000. At the same time thero.was a gain ot 1,023 ministers and 4,720 churches. The total ot ministers is 168,378 and of churches 215,160. In tae order of denoinina- ; tions the Roman Catholic still stands In the lead with 12,351,096 members; Methodists, 3,1511,913; Southern iiaptists# 2,139,080; Colored Baptists, 1,874,201; Southern Methodists, 1.780,788; Northern Ifvsbyterians, 1,311,- j 328; Disciples, 1,173,3."i7: .Northern j Baptists, 1,176,380; Episcopalians, 912,123; Congregatioiudists, 732,600; Lutheran Synodical, 726,926; Reformed, 112.560; Mormons, 4?i0,050; I'nited Brethren, 304,656; Jewish, 143,000; Dnnkards, 122,* 17; Friends, 119,001; Adventists, 91,951. Tae percentage of women to men in all the churches is j now 57 to 48. WEALTH RUINS COLLEGES. Sensational Charges Made by Bishop Atkins of North Carolina. Dallas, Texas.?When Bishop Jas. Atkins of North Carolina, after ? xt?> 11 ing the ability of those who amassed wealth, declared, with his hand raised and clenched, that predatory wealth was being used to subsidize 11??* colleges of the Christian churches and that he was opposed to su< It subsidization, the applause that followed from the laymen of the Southern Methodist Church, in biennial conference here, was vigorous. With Bishop I loss, Dr. Duyse. Dr. Kankin and others aligned on one side, and with Chancellor Kirkland of Vandorkilt 1'niversity at Nashville ; Dr. Wharton and other united on a policy contrary to that of Bishop lloss ; and others, the issue is to be raised at ihf next general eoni'i'renee, and is regarded as vital to tlio church. Tlio laymen subscribed $25,000 for the support of their missionary movement during th?' next three years. Will Appeal World Case. Washington, D. C.?As a result of the cabinet meeting, Attorney General Wickersham telegraphed to District Attorney Wise, at New York, to note an appeal from the decision of I Judge Hough dismissing for want of j jurisdiction the indictment of the Press Publishing Company (the New York World) on the charge of libel in connection with the Panama canal ciises. Mint Employees Dismissed. Philadelphia, Pa?From i?0 to 0 i employees of the mint, weighers, counters and others, worn dismissed. It was announced by otllciuls that about *") of the dismissals were consequent on the installation of automatic mac'nines, each of which does the work of four men. Newsy Paragraphs. A souvenir of the capture of a | -southern blockade runner during the civil war, an old box containing about $on in C'blifedei ato bond.*, lias been found in the customs house in lioston, Mass. The discovery was made during the removal of the customs house property to temporary quarters while; a new tower is being constructed on the old building. f? i.f'w. nnnAi.ii/-i./l 1,/if/tKn tlx. A/.A.l eniy of Science at Merlin that Mine. Currie, who, with t.ie lato Professor Carrie discovered radium, lias sue ceeded after una hundred and forty days of research in obtaining a tenth or a milligram of the now element known as polonium. She states that it possesses a rndioctiv ity supe rior to radium, byt disappears rapidly, whereas radium connorves its energy indefinitely. Polonium is said to he five thousand times rarer than radium. The tins sneck produced wiw tho result of treating live tons of pilch blend with hydrochloric acid. It is kept in i> vase Of quartz and the vaso is spilt and cracked in all directions from the rapid cbetnical decomposition caused l?y tin- poionium Dr. Henry Thibault of Scott, Ark , announces bis diBcovory that quinine, which has been in use for many years as an internal drug, is oc&ldes the greatest anesth tic yet discovered. The I niversity of Kansas, which ha? tested the matter in its medical school, says that quinine oveithrows-; stovarn ajid will drive cocaine put of the flold entirely as a local anes tin tic Injected locally the effec t or (juinitio is said 10 uisi ior several days, -o that (here arc no after pains from an operation for many days. It is said to bo absolutely safo. From 1-eonia, Lincoln county, Mont., conies tho report of (ho biggest radium vein ever found in this country. Along with it rich gold ore and some sapphires. Professor Perclval Lowell of tho Flagstaff (Ariz.) Observatory announces tho discovery of a new canal on .Mars h thousand miles long. He thinks this is evidence that tho planet is Inhabited. Aleck Wiekham of Sydney. N\ S W., swam fifty yards in 23 3-5 see onds. This i? a new world's record Wiekhnm hold flic* former record (ji >? 3f> Hi'coiidH for filly yards straight away. 7 : ;vV: >1-v ; '-AJ ' * _ 11 colrafp PLtfr Schema to Pass Spurious $10 Gold Pieces Unearthed. PFADMfl nrMTIOT ADDEOTFiV ULUM11H l/LHIBOE HIMLOIU; Dr. J. R. Dedcc, of Nichols, Ga., Receive! Ily Mail Box Containing Counterfeit Coins and His Arrest Followed. Vald03ta, Ga.?Dr. J. It. Dodge, a dentist at Nichols, Coffee county, and nis brother, Dr. E. E. Dedge, of MUitown, Herien county, were arrestI ed by United States secret service men and brought to Vaidosta charged with being implicated in an ai leged counterfeiting tcheine. Dr. J. It. Hedge was given a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner Hoy E. Powell, and bound over under a bond of $4,000. The warrant against Dr. E. E. Dodge was dismissed. Whflti llr T V? n f was arrested a small box containing ten spurious $10 gold pieces were fomd in his overcoat pocket. These coins wore exhibited as evidence against the accused at the trial. The woi'kmansbip is pronounced by the officers as about the best they ever saw. The coins are apparently made of a white metal nlated with Kold. and could readily be passed as gen ulne on a person who happened not to notice them carefully. Their l^eatest defect is their lightweight,! 'two of them weighing but little more than one genuine coin weighs. ^ Tho box of coins, which had been received through the mails addressed j to the accused at Douglas, Ga., had .been ordered forwarded to Nicn ols. ; ,The inspector's attention was called to It by the postmaster am his assistant, whose suspicions ha been aroused in some manner. The inspector opened the box, and carried it to the deputy collector's office fit Mjk'<ni wlioro it wns In Collector Storrs. Afterwards the package was returned to the Douglas ofllce and, in due course, forwai\led to l>r. Dedge ?u Nichols. The officers followed the package to the latter place and, when it had been delivered, arrested the doctor. The postmark indicated tin the pasteboard box containing the eoius was mailed at Atlanta, and while the ofllcers discuss the matter guardedly, they <!o not believe that. tlu> spurious money came originally from Atlanta. No evidence wan presented at the trial that l>r. Dodge had passed an> of the money, nor were any mouldy or countoriiiting apparatus found on his person. Dr. Dodge made no defense what ever at the preliminary hearing. 'I < tho ofllcers, when arrested, he stated that ho thought the hox contained son " dental supplies which he had ordered, and that he did not know who sent him spurious coins, or whore they came from. Nothing that would indicate the senders appeared on tin box or in it. DEMOCRAT LEADERS MEET. "We Have Been Talking Over Matters," Says Mack. Hot Springs, Ark. ? Norman E Mack, chairman of the national democratic committee; N. \V. McLeod, personal representative of Joseph V. Folk, of Missouri; \Y. A. Percy, the brother of the newly-elected United States senatur of Mississiimi. iinc Colonel S. YV. Fordyce of St. Ixniis, a prominent southern democrat, all being together at a hotel here, stai. ed the report that the visit of tho chairman of tho national committee to tlus resort would have important backing on the next presidential race. It was stated that a number of other prominent southern democrats arc to arrive during the stay of Mr. Mack. Mr. Mack would neither confirm or deny the report of his interview with Mr. Mcljood and others. "They are here, and I am here, and wo iinvo been talking over matters,' was all Mr. .Mack had to say. CRUSADE AGAINST HOUSE FL.Y Moving Picture Campaign cf Educa-( tion To Ce Conducted. wasningion, u. o.?i tie cnmnion house fly is the object of a nationwide crusade that was lnunched against hiui here. A moving picture campaign of education in theaters? throughout the I'nited States and in Canada was perfected by enthusiastic men and women, who have organized themselves into a special fiyfighting coinmittee of l:i? American Civic association Hy the moving picture films they expect to educate everybody to the dangers oi t h> house!!} and transform the population of the I'nited Slates and Canada into an army that will make bis existence short. Sea Island Growers Stick. Charleston, S. C. Tin* Soil Island J Cotton Hood association voted not to | dissolve, although there wa.i some talk of this in the fact of "leakage of seed and a turning from the planting of long staple to the more profit Able crop. The seed men will look furt.ler into the propositions to start u thread mill here and other kindn industries. Holding Cotton for 15 Cents. Montgomery, Ala. Nineteen thousand hales of eottou are stored away in Montgomery warehouses and are demanding a price of 15 cents per pound. Owners of the cotton announce that the staple will not I' released until the demand is complied with by cotton brokers. "Black-Eyed Susan" Selected. Annapolis, Md. ? That minatnre sunflower, the "black-eyed Kiisan," has hoen selected as the official flow er of Maryland by flu- vote of the school children of (lie state, and the fact was duly recorded in the minutes of th?> meeting of the state hoard of education. Dr. Cook in Chile. Andes, .Chile.? Dr. Frederick A. Cook and his wife, arrived from Santiago. They will remain here a week, when they may proceed across the mountains for Jtucnos Ayres. Bank In Liquidation. Chattanooga, Tcnn, ? The Union Bank and Trust company of Port Wayne, Ala., went into liquidation. Jt Is ono o'i a chain of banks with tbo parent institution in Birmingham. The deposits are said to be small. Schedule of assets and liabilities not made public. Tillman Getting Well. Washington, D. C.--Senator Tillman Is recovering in a remarkable manner from the recent stroke of paralysis he recontly suffered, lie hap the use of all of his faculties' now and is daily gaining strongth. * r i SOll^flERNlRRIGATION. Congressman-Craig, of Alabama! Tells flow the Farmais May Profit. Washington. L>. C. ? Irrigation In cho humid r<(glonB wuh tho text of a recent spet/eh by Representative Craig of Alabama. Ho proposed that the south should fortity itself against t lc boll \Vee\ul. The boll weevil, he said, was a 'certainty and would be in Alabama "In. two years. It was worse than useless to expect that there would bo discovered within that time a destructive agent tnat would prevent tne advent ot the scourge, and all statistics gathered showed that the Loll weevils left only 10 per cent of the cotton, 'i uat meant disaster to town and country alike. With irrigation, he argued, farmers could insure ten acres of crops tor every artesian well uiey had. irrigation in the humid regions, Mr. Craig said, had been tried sufficiently to be shown a most beneiicial thing. _ The few experiments that the agricultural department had been abls to make with its meager appropriation lor irrigation work had demonstrated that ait; utilization of the wells and other water sources on southern farms could wondrously magnify their productionu. Hv, cited tlie demonstration work being dene by the irrigation engineers near Selma, Ala., and said that the same results could be had at most anywhere in the south, and he offered examples from many of the eastern states. Last year the agricultural department spent in the humid regions'$300 of the total irrigation appropriation of $75,UOO. This year effort JS made to cut down the total to ?70,000. Mr. Craig is endeavoring to increase it to $-J{),000. STRIKE LEADER ARRESTED. Labor Leader Murphy Charged With "Inciting to Riot." Philadelphia, Pa.?Following the publication of a statement alleged to have been made by John J. Murphy, president or tne central i^auor union, that "a general strike should be called immediately. I think It is inevitable. There are men in the northeast who can shoot as straight as any trooper who ever drew a breath," a, warant was issued for the labor I' iiut'i, i:iiui&ui? iiiiu itii iiiLuniH to riot." The remarks on which the warrant for Murphy's arrest were based wore said to have been made by him following the announcement that at a special meeting of (he board of directors of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company llio request for arbitration submitted by tiie committee of prominent clergymen had boon declined. Riots fTi West Philadelphia and in the southern section of the city followed the running of cars in those localities. Director of Public Safety Clay said the strike is now merely a memory, lie also issued orders forbidding the use of wagons which have been doing a thriving business hauling to and from work people who did not care to take a chance in riding on to cars while the temper of the strike sympathizers was at fever lit at. TWO CONTINENTS UNITED. All-Rail Route From United States to South America. Mexico City, Mexico.?Da vid E. 'i'lioiuDKon. late ambassador to Mex ico, who recently bought the Intercontinental railroad, the connecting rail artery between North and South America, has forged another link in the enterprise by signing a contract with Guatemala for the construction and operation of an international bridge over the Suchiate river at Ayutla, on the border of Mexico and Guatemala. This point is at present the terminus of the Inter-Continental line, it requires the constructing of thirty miles of road to connect the city of Guatemala with the City OY Mexico. l'his will K've .New urieanH ana otacr American cities a thorough rail route to the capital of Guatemala. PRESIDENT SCORES POINT. First Administration Bill Favorably Reported in Senate. Washington, D. C.?The adminlstration bii! to create a court of commerce and amend the interstate comii'orce laws was ordered favorably r< ported hy the senate committee on interstate commerce, which will recoii'ii'cnd it* passage in practically the form it was recently revised by Attorney (Jen< ral Wickersham. The attitude of the house committci in regard to the bill, on the other hand, is giving the president some com crn, ami no seni ior some oi the republican members of the committee, and urged them strongly to do everything possible to expedite the passage of the measure, even if it should he necessary to amend it, so Iontr as the general purpose of the art was carried out. EGG-LAYING CONTEST. ^ - ? T I. ,1 I 1 ? ?w A n o4 i?i /% r 1 C I liuuauilll rit na iu Mtw Possibilities of Poultry Business. Mexico, Mo.?More than a thousand hens from the United States and Kurope will meet in an e^K-layinn contest here next fall, if the plans of T 10. Quissenberry, secretary of the Missouri State Poultry hoard, are successfully carried out. The competition will he held at the poultry experiment station, wh'V, will he built here and conducted unmiller thf? sunorvlKion of the United States department of agriculture. It will last for six months, and 18 intended to demonstrate the possibilities of a scientifically conducted poultry business. Tuberculosis Sunday. New York City.?Announcement of a national "Tuberculosis Sunday," to be held April 24, in two hundred and fifteen thousand churches of the . n_.i KM (In. MM. I I1IUMI omurn, VY*?r* iiiuu* \j j ua? tlonnl Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. It Is planned that on this date sermons on th<i subject will he preached In all of the churches of the country, and in the meantime instructions ahoir tuberculosis will he given to the clergymen through the local associations. Railroad Men Refused Increase. Cleveland, Ohio.?Thy replies of the southern railroads to the wage demands of the Krotherhood of Rnll road Trainmen and the Order of Hallway Conductors were opened here. The refusal of the roads to meet the men's terms was nnnnimous. This places th<- southern railroad situation In practically the same state/ as that In the territory north of the* Chesapeake and Ohio and eatrt of the Mississippi. It Is now certain that any action taken by the men to press their demands will, be simultaneous * ft 7 PRESIDENT ISilMO lu Address atNewark N. J., Taft Knocks the Newspapers. CALLS PAPERS WRITS President fait Says Newspapers Don't Carry in Pockets All ol Public Opinion and That He Intends to Avoid Them Hereafter. Newark, N. J.?President Taft prefaced Ills address before tho Newark board of trade here with a personal statement of his feelings after being a year in t"he white house , which brought the uudience to its feet witu cheers. He took occasion to pay his respects to the newspapers, saying he was going home to Washington and avoid them. Former Governor Franklin Murphy, in introducing the president, said that before Mr. Taft had gone to the white house last year, he had talked with him of the great responsibilities that were to be his. Mr. Taft earnestly said he wanted "to make good." "It "is true," said President Taft, "1 told*Governor Murphy I wanted to mane goou a year ago. l am not so certain of doing it now. He said something about the newspapors. When the newspapers are prone to criticise and sometimes unite in hammering your administration, treating it sometimes with contemptuous disdain and sometimes with patronizing friendship, it is hard to overcome the feoling that perhaps you ought to begin all over again. "In view of all that, to have received the welcome which I received ?and which I believe to' have been sincere?gives you a littlo hope that perhaps the newspapers don't carry in their pockets all of public opinion, and that perhaps the American people are able to see through something of hypercriticism, something of hysteria and something of hypocrisy, Otwl l.nvn o ?.rvol < 1(1. ?*?? IV (I I oj UIJ/UIIIJ vviiu | the man who, under a considerable responsibility, is doing the best' he can. "They say that sometimes demonstrations are misleading, but I am going to believe, as I have said, that your reception is sincere, and I am going to take that nattering unction to my soul as I go back to Washington and avoid the newspapers." Mr. Taft took for his theme the homely subject of government economy, and told of the efforts being made by his administration to cut down appropriations wherever possible. in addition to this, the president declared he shade the hope that the commission which is to be appointed to revise the business methods of the uig uepuruuenis ai vvusnmgion may effect a saving approximating ?loo,000,01-10 a year. NOT PREPARED FOR WAR. United States Army and Navy in Poor Condition Say6 General Bell. New Haven, Conn?Speaking before a meeting of national guardsmen here, Major General Franklin Hell, chief of staff, United States army, said that in the future the Monroe doctrine would givo the country a lot of trouble. In speaking ot the far eastern trade he said: "Does any oik; think we can secure a portion of the trade of the Far East unless we demand it? 1 tell you from a study of economic conditions in this country that if the nation doesn't get a share of tais trade there will be suffering here." "1 hope, before I die, to see a real military force in the American states. I am no glutton for glory, but I am here to say that the nation which will not fight for its rights will soon have none to light for. It la to be noted that this country is ever ready to light, but is never prepared." UNIFORM EDUCATIONAL LAW. State School Superintendents Are to Discuss Question. Washington, D. C.?Uniformity in educational legislation in the several states will be considered by a conference or state superintendents of public instruction, which has been called by the United States Commissioner of Education Elmer K. Brown, to meet at Indianapolis, March 3. The conference will be held in connection with the meeting of the department of superintendents of the National Education Association. Three conferences of state superintendents have already been called by the commissioner and important recommendations on the subject of uniformity in legislation, it is expected, will be the outcome of the fourth meeting. Commissioner Drown and Harlan I'pdegraff, specialist on school administration, will represent the United Suites bureau of education at the conlerence. Hogs Above $10. Pittsburg, Pa?Live hogs sold here at the stock yards for $10.05 per hundredweight, having crossed the "civil war lino." Graham is Sent to Atlanta Pen. Pencacola, Fla.?Thomas A. (iraham, a prominent naval stores operator of ltaldwln count v Ahihnnwi who was convicted two years ago of conspiracy to commit peonage and sentenced to serve thirteen months and pay a fine of $1,000, was taken to the fedetal prison at Atlanta. Tho ofllense came within the jurisdiction of the local federal courty by reason of the naval stores man coming across into Florida and forcibly tak ing a negro man back with hiui. War on Hookworm in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala?Dr. Wlckliffe Rose, executive officer of the Rockefeller commission for the eradication of the hookworm, who is hero to look Into the Alabama organization, states that the entire south is being covered by experts. There is a great amount of the disease. In Florida, wliero ho has Juat been, Dr. Hose says there have been schools found where every pupil and every teacner is Infected. The campaign in thin state will be related to that now being made by the stato health board. Latham is Editor News and Coruier. Charleston, 8. C.? Robert Latham was elected editor of the News and Courier, succeeding J. C. Hemphill, resigned. $1,6600,000 to Be Distributed. Lexington, Ky.?It Is expected that $1 *600,00 will be distributed al once to rlaininntK aorninnt tho BniiHilini Mutual Investment Company an a result of the confirmation of tho report of Receiver J. C. Rogers by the circuit court hero. The Investment company failed several years ago with nearly 3,0G(> claimants residing in overy state ot the union. ' , ' "W iff , LATE NEWS NOTES. I GeneraL Tiio thief who stole $173,000 from the chlcago subtreaaury February 18, 1907, Is now Immune from., criminal prosecution, the statute of limitations having expired, Tho only recourse of tho government now 1b to positively locate tho thief and institute civil action to recover the money. Secret service men contlnuo to run down' every clew. The caso, which long ugo came to he* known as the "Chicago subtreasury case," is one of the mo8t baffling with which the Unitod Statos government has had to contend. "Tuo sloppinees of women Is responsible for most of the divorce cases," said the Kov. Joachim, during a lecture in Pittsburg, Pa., Catholic church. Before marriage many of them aro neat and tidy at .ill times, * 1. 1 .11 ? I uui auui iuu wvuuiiig Lvrviuuiijr iuu/ are careful about their looks only on tho streets. Many homes aro wrecked because of the nagging and faultfinding by both man and wife and a disposition on the part of both not to bear with each other's failings." The toy piBtol, the torpedo cracker and other "instruments of carnage" will be in little demand next Fourth of -July, if the intentions of the promoters of a safe and 'sane celebration of Independence day aro carried out. Plans for this year's celebration in Chicago were announced by the Chicago Sane Fourth association. The plans aro for a house fes tlval to bo participated ih by persons of all nations who Have made this* their home. The American Geographical society at a meeting in New York presented a gold medal to Colonel CharleB Chaille-Long for his work in ascertaining the source of the Nile thirtysix years ago. Exactly what he did was to connect the discoveries made by two British explorers, Washington. The officers comprising the joint army and navy board have gone to Panama to determine the site for canal fortifications. The party will probably return to Washington about April 1. Counterfeit $10 notes of the scries of 15)01 again have made their appoarance. Three have been passed here and Ciiief W'ilkie, of tiie secret service, says the hill is the same counterfeit which has bobbed up in different sections of the country during the last live years. The bills all bear tho same number, 2,413,601 1). Imports of the principal articles of merchandise into tho United States during tho seven months of the now tariff bill ending with January, 1910, aggregated in value, $$91,000,000, as compared with $09.7,500,000 for the corresponding period of the previous year, an increase of $ 193.800.000. ac cording to oflicial reports of the bureau of statistics of the department of commerce and labor. "A hen is a bird," but its eggs aro dutiable at 5 cents per dozen as the product not of a bird, but of a hen. This is the decision of the United States treasury department. The contention was laid before the department that hens' eggs should be admitted as birds' eggs, which are duty free. The department ruled that they could claim the sprightly title of "bird," but that under a clause of the Payne tariff law specifically levying a duty on hens' eggs it will con. tinuo to cost nearly half a cent apiece to import the product of this particular kind of bird. The senate committee on military affairs has favorably reported Senator Bankhead's bill continuinc in force until December 31 tho act providing for the marking of the graves of the Confecleratee who 'died in northern prisons. The work lias been in progress for three years and Commissioner Oates, who has charge of it. believes it can bo finished by the end of the year. Members of the senate are wondering whether Senator llyburn of Idaho, who was so effectually squelched on tho Hankhead bill authorizing the loan of tents to the Confederate reunion, will oppose this measure. Should ho do so it is expected that he will again be found voting alone. Counterfeit 25-cent pieces, so skillfully made as to defy detection by anyone not an expert, are being circulated in Washington. Despite the efforts of a picked band or secret service men, headed by Chief Wilkie in person, the circulation of the mon ey continues. Not u trace has been found of the gang. According to those who have handled the counterfeit money the coins well nigh defy detetcion. They have the ring of minted money. Hence the work of the secret service in locating tho gang is exceedingly diillcult. it is believed that the gang is doing business in other cities so it would be well to be or. the lookout for new quarters. Assistant. Secretary of the Treasury Norton has recommended to congress tbe dicontinuance of the practice of the government of paying for lilt! II <iflnj)i/l ui i in; ll ucuuiltll silver and minor coins distributed throughout the country. Ho says that if tills practice is stopped on Jtine 3o next it will save the governmont $100,000 for shipment expense, besides reducing clerical work In the subtreasurles. Senator Hankhead offered an amendment Intended to bo proposed to the postollice appropriation bill, dividing rural delivery carriers into ten classes running from those who havo twonty-four-inllo routes to receive $990 per annum to those who have six mlleB at $435 per annum. A New Orleans orchestra figured at a hearing before the house committee on immigration, in connection with the Hays bill for the regulation of Immigration. Representative Kustermann (republican) of Wisconsin, pleaded for the froe admission or foreign musicians to "protect us from some of the discords of our American bands." He mentioned particularly the Italians and the Mexicans. A 1.~ ll/t|/lm? rnnpna<>n(ln? ?li*. mil n I Ulll I uwiuci, IV-|/I vnuiiviiiR mo UIUsiclans* organization, protested ' against the Importation of foreign bands and orchestras who work cheaper than the local musicians. | Major Charles E. Woodruff of the ' army medical corps, lias taken sharp issue with some college authorities who think tho regular army soldier Is overfed. Some years ago a squad of soldiers was fed on a groatly reduced diet under tho supervision of a college professor, to demonstrate his point that/ peoplo In general could live on much less food than thoy consumed. Apparently a satisfactory ex IMM JIIHMIL WWW 1JIilt11", iVIUJlil >V UUUI IIU wants even more food for the army, declaring? that the United States I ariny^ iH behind Knropean armies in that^matter, r.nd favors an allowanco of 60 cents per month for each soldier to buy extra food. A PAIMETTO STATE NEWS Columbia, 8. 0?Tho last day of tho legislative session la tho senate was witnessed by a* procosBlon of business that was marked with the dispatch ^vith which it marched along to .TTie accompaniment of motions to stable ami motions to adopt. Tho asylum bill passed its final roadlnR In the senate with uo de bate. It is provided that two of the members shall be tho superintendent * of the stale hospital for dtt&t Insane,, and the chairman of tho feflate hoard of health. 4 v The bill providing for the further \ ^ winding up of tho stato dispensary vwas linally passed. When the Garris school bill came up for discussion in tho senate a proposition was advanced to use the $275,000 of tho state dispensary funds for the public school instead of malt iu? u. UIIOUI uxiyrupriuiion ua proponed by tho school bill. The amount was fixed at the present figure, $60,000, but the money comes from the dispensary funds. The bill prevent ing deduction from weights of cot ton for bagging and ties was passed in the senate after much debate. The bill preventing nepotism in the employment of professors or other employes in state institutions of learning was killed. The senate, by refusing to ndopt the report of tho free conference committee considering tho railroad mileage bill making railroads accept mileage books for transportation on the trains, killed the bill, Tho bill carried provisions for several different kinds of mileage, identification of baggage, etc. A brief review of what the ceneral | assembly has done and has not, is of Interest just now. The free conference, after wrestling with the big appropriation bill all night, sent It over to the house, where it was adopted, and the final act of the session was conducted. The measure was signed and it carries nearly $2,001),| 000. This legislature has, above all, disI tinguished itself for the passage of hundreds of local measures. Anotnrcr uistinguisnmg reature or I this legislature is that the state taxes have been raised over one-half a_mi|l. I This is very striking iiVvleW "v fact that equalization In South Carolina is so very irregular. The statement can he made that the running expenses of the government of South Carolina has been increased by nearly $1,000,000 in the past .twenty years. The Record. There will he no new supreme court building. None of the state officials will receive higher salaries. Compulsory education was not kill ed. The asylum situation was wrangled over and resulted in a partial victory for t ie majority committee. The railroad mileage law was Rii>:islii '<1 Whiskey legislation remains the same. A pure foodstuffs measure was passed. Clemson college will he investigated. Dillon county was created. The penitentiary la^or contract was attended to. Food Inspection. I What possibly is the best'pieces of work by the general assembly was the passage of the food , 'ngjjecJ-'jr , act and the appropriation of to the weak schools of the state. The school act was fathered by Representative (Jarris, and it is really a jjreat monument to him. The food Inspec iion hci win prevent oouin uaroima being used as a dumping ground ior impure foods by tho western packing and grain houses. A tax of 2r? cents on each ton of. foodstuffs is provided by the measure. As was expec t-d, me compulsory education measure was killed. The Liquor Laws. The Kix counties will retain .their /' dispensaries, and the pronibition ' question is going to be of campaign material in the coming summer fight. The good roads measures were defeated. Colonel Cosgrove of Charles* ton withdrew his measure for the submitting to tlie people tlie question* of issuing $2,500,000 worth ot bonds for tho improvement of the highways | of the state. The hignway comnusI .don and good roads engineer lnoasI i, t'do utnm Charleston, S. C.?Within nine ii'onths or a year the Carolina, Clinch Held and Ohio railway will he exporting coal out oi Charleston ironi lis own bunkers and terminals on the Cooper river. Within sixty days, it' arrangements negotiated are confirmed, the company will be exporting coal temporarily from one of the Charleston. Terminal company's docks. I'lans for the development . o^ the- great terminals and the construction <>.' t he bunkers on the sites owned by the CI inch field company are now 1>? ing prepared and it is expected that the lirst work of building will be begun within a few weoks; These announcements were made by .Mayor Hhrtt upon the authority of Mr. W. M. 1'otter, chairman of the hoard of directors of the Cllnchfleld company, who, with Mr. M. J. Caples, president and general manager, and Mr. Campion, vice president and traffic manager of the company, came to Charleston to make temporary rangements with the terinin pany, whereby the exportat) from Charleston may he I in the next two months, r ness he developed col' the building of the r and hunkers of the Anderson, 8. C.? tax books in the clerk, the property of Anderson for 1 crease of $181,324 This year the val against $2,84fi,7t!7 assessment of $3, there is between 000,000 worth of proj The mill levy this year i 20 for Inst year. The ?< alone to be collected amount to over $57,0C be added $2,000 and tary and street taxe Charleuton, 8. C one thousand bags island cotton cror 4 ti/\uu'i iwt lkftcru It (luriiiK the wee recent determln to buy, after market for aoi purchase, many planning to qull* staple for the continue to grow The cotton was Ing from thlrty-tv cents a pounu. j i. the season aggrcgat 8.084 and the stock be 4,679 bags.