Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I "V ' * / X INSTRUMENT OF PROGRESS ere's to the flashing axe That cleared a glorious way or the men who fought and wisel; wrought A road for an empire's sway! ark to the mighty crash? Tts <v?hr>p? jirp snnnrlinrr still ? That brought the trees to the sturdy knee Which were backed by an iron will. Hark to the children's cry, In fancy heard to-day. When the red man yelled and The rifle held the ruthless foe at bay. Rifle, and axe, and spade, Honor, and trust in God? These were the tools that made The road that a nation trod. Thus have the men of the West Sprung from a gallant page. A.nd the power to hew, to dare and do, . Is their priceless right of heritage. Proud should the children be That their fathers' sires were men ]Who mapped a line from brine to brine With a flashing axe for a pen. Then here's to the flashing axe, And the men of mettle true; ' II-J- - - ??i i;?kf may ICS Diaue SO urigm uc a ucawu W6uv To the boys that belong to you. ?Forest and Stream.) %> RUNAWAY TARGET /: I w & I tkdb Br the Rev. A. Hadlev. Formerly Acting Military Chap- ? lain at Trincomalee, Ceylon. <7r ' It will doubtless come as a sur prise to a good many admirers of Mr Thomas Atkins to hear that a fisl once put a whole detachment of Gar rison Artillery out of action. So fai as I am aware, the circumstances an without a parallel, and, as I was ai eye-witness of the whole affair, I pro nose to set the facts down for Wid< World readers. Dear old "Puffin? Billy," the major of the battery con cerned, will be delighted at readin* once more the ^tory of his extraor dinary fight with the sunfish. And now for my story. It hap pened at Trincomalee, Ceylon, ii 1881, when I was acting as militar] chaplain there. The major was verj proud of his battery, and was forevei showing the men off. Stationed a! "he was at Fort Frederick, Ceylon with men-o'-war of all nations fre quently calling, "Puffing Billy" wa; often tempted to let the foreigner: see what British gunners could do Every time a foreign warship cami into the inner harbor her officer! muse, it possiDie. see an exmuuiui of the men's skill. As good luck or ill luck would hav< it, just in the middle of the annua target practice a Russian man-o'-wai came into Trincomalee. "The oppor tunity was too good to be lost, anc the major decided that the captaii and his officers must come and se< the British gunners fire at the float 1ng target in the outer harbor. Ac -cordingly the usual structure?a bar rel resting on beams of wood anc surmounted by a flag?was prepared towed out to sea and anchored abou a mile away from the Mess Houss battery. Firing had proceeded for half ai nour or more, wun excellent resuus when the major, puffing and blowinj as usual, strode up, accompanied bj the Russian officers. "What in the name of thunder ar< ' 'you up to?" roared the major, an grily; for a shot had been fired anc gone yards wide of the mark. "Something wrong with the pow <3er, sir," said the captain in com mand. The major was furious?as furious us dear old "Puffing Billy "'could be But neither fury nor bad languag* could mend matters, make the mer shoot straight, or drive the irritating grins from the Russians' faces. "Yoi must hit that target at all costs!' yelled the major in tragic tones, tak ing up a position by the gun. He took one peep through his 4. ~ glasses at iue laigci auu tutrix ca nloded wrathfully. "Why," he shout ^d, "the confounded thing is moving ; Captain Z , your point of attacl is afloat. You'll be knocking over th< lighthouse if\you don't look out!" It was only too true; the targe was adrift, and a boat manned bj four gunners and a corporal was im mediately dispatched to corral th< runaway. This, however, was mon -easily said than done. When th< rowers were within about fifty yard! the flag and barrel?which had beei floating slowly backwards and for wards with the currents?suddenlj gave a tremendous lurch and startec out to sea as if dragged by a steam ^tug at full speed. The men wer< iiuupiusseu <11 mis curious maneuvre; they stopped rowing and signalled lor assistance. As they lay then staring after the target a gunnei yelled out: '"Look! look! It's i hel^phant got tangled up in th< tackle." "A helephant, you idiot?" retorlec the corporal, shielding his eyes witt his hands as he gazed after the van ishing targe^. "Where did you go tc school? Any youngster knows j helephant's a land hanimal. By Jove though, it's an 'ippopotamus! Here pull away; he's after us! No?stoi her! Lay to; let's view the enemy Can you all swim?" / The order to stop was promptly obeyed, and presently there floatec placidly by something that looked tc the excited men's eyes like a floatin: island. Arming himself with the boathoolc the corporal boldly made a lunge a the mysterious object. There cam* a violent upheaval of the water, anc the next moment over went the boa and down into the briny depths o the Indian Ocean went the five gal lant gunners. The boat had run 01 to the back of the mysterious mon ster, and it had wriggled with disas trous result when it feit the stab. "Mighty foiae island that," gaspe< Gunner O'Flannasan as he rose spluttering, to the surface. "This i: too much like whale huntin' to pleasi fcice." ^ "Right the boat and clamber in,' spluttered the corporal, sharply. Fortunately the sea was calm am the men good swimmers, so ihat th< order was soon executed. Once in the boat the men sat silen :^e.nd motionless, recovering thei; breath and equanimity. Presently the corporal spoke: * .. i ? ? . fancy we were atop of a whale that time." "We shall be inside him'next," said O'Flannagan, suddenly. "Look! Here ' the spalpeen comes again!" Sure enough the target was moving towards them, ?nd ahead of it some vast brown mass could be seen 3 slowly approaching. Without oars? they had all been lost when the up set uccurreu?uib uucti & oat helpless, with bulging eyes, awaiting whatever was in store for them. Assistance, however, was at hand, for, the whole exciting scene had been witnessed with amazement from the fort, and a boat's crew, armed with loaded carbines, were at once dispatched to the rescue. The first thing' the men did was to recover their comrades' oars. This accomplished, both parties?now mustering ten men?went warily to work to attack the monster which had stolen their target. The unknown is frequently terrible, and it was so in this case. All that was certain was that the soldiers were face to face with some gigantic creature capable of upsetting a boat laden with five big men, and achievj. ing the feat without perceptible effort. U Having recovered from their duckv ing, the men of the boat first on the \'t aucuc ^uneu lauuuuoi) unaiuo cuo & target. i\ As soon as the blades of the oars 6 dipped and the handles rattled in the rowlocks the target began to move? * the monster was scared, and was tow. ing it away. By this time the men suspected that they had to deal with x a whale, but the long tow-rope, or . tail, or whatever it was, puzzled r them. "Whoever saw a whale with a a tail like a ship's hawser, twenty j yards long?" asked the corporal, in . amazement. ? Presently boat number two headed , the fish, which turned tail at once, ' dragging the target with it at inr creased speed. "Fire, number two!" shouted the sergeant-major, and in a ragged vol. ley the carbines exploded. Then up ! in the air went something that looked 7 for ail the world like a colossal flounr der. With a report like a big gun it L. came down flop on the water, sending 3 the spray flying yards high. A huge commotion followed, the creature 1 churning up the water and whirling 3 the target about this way and that, to 3 the no little peril of men and boats. Another volley, however, gave the 5 monster its quietus, and it lay still so 5 that the men in the boats and the nax tives who had now assembled in their catamarans were able to make a 2 closer inspection. On examination I the enemy turned out to be a gigantic r sunfish, or a species of great sting. ray. Its tail had got entangled in the j target tackles, and it had towed the x whole structure away with it. Hence ? the silencing of -the battery gun and I the chagrin of "Puffing Billy." The gunners, however, took it all . as a huge joke. The fish was certain1 ly a monster. Twenty-one men, myself among the number, stood?as i easily as the slimy nature of the ; creature would allow?bn its back, and when the carcass was ultimately j sold to the natives two boats' crews were the richer by several rupees 1 apiece.?The Wide World Magazine. r Topaz Weighs Forty Pounds. ; Edward Hauk, a young assayer, - brought into town from a point about 1 seven miles north of here, in what is known as the Copper Mountain - District, a giant specimen of clear - topaz, probably one of the largest that has ever been found, as it weighs 3 forty pounds. It is very beautiful , (six sided), with each plane almost ? as perfect as could have been done i artificially. Its full value is hard I to determine, but as ordinary-sized i topazes of the high-grade type of this ~ ?1A snosiV. 4 f io uuc ui lug auuui craven, xu 10 . difficult to see that a large number of elegant stones can be cut from the i Hauk topaz?fully 1000 at least. The stone is about three times as . long as it is broad, and its form is ! not unlike that of a six-inch gun. c It is almost transparent, light pass? ing through it easily without much refraction, the result being that the t rays emitted are nearly as brilliant j as those from a diamond.?Victor . (Cal.) Dispatch to the New York ; World. a 1 _________ > Effect of Steady Work. 3 Dr. John S. Buist. the famous i Southern surgeon, said in one of his - surgical lectures at the State colt lege: 1 "It is always in rather bad taste - for a physician to boast of being J busy. Physicians, undertakers and ; gravediggers only cause discomfort I when they allude to good times i and prosperity. r "There was an old man who api plied to the minister of the little vilJ lage of Point Rock for the post of sravedisser. His references were 1 good and the minister agreed to asi sign him to the churchyard. He was - to be paid so much a grave. ) "The gravedigger haggled over the i price, finally accepting it. , " 'Will I get steady work?' he , asked. ) " 'Steady work?' said the minister. . 'Land's sake, man, with steady work you'd bury all Point Rock in a r week.' "?New Orleans Times-Demo1 crat. c > ; Maine Sardines. Eastporc packers, at a recent meet, ing, agreed upon a standard quality t of sardines, which means thatthe pack 2 of 1907 will be uniform in quality. 1 Under the Pure Food Law a closer f- wor/*n will Ka I'onf nnnn tho nrnHit^t" f of the factories, and the packers who - try to evade the agreement entered 1 into will find themselves up against - the law. If the goods can be put up - in such a manner one time they can be put up in the same way at an1 other time, and the jobbers and com, mission merchants will ask them to 3 keep faith upon the slightest indica2 tion of remissness on their part. The sardine business will be greatly bene" fited by the agreement in question, and the consumers will feel satisfied 1 with tho acsnranre r>f thf> cpller that 2 the goods are all right.?Kennebefc Journal. t _____ l- Nearly 3,000,000 men are constantly, employed in the mines o? the I world. THE WONDERFUL "ROCI these stone monsters in the middle of tl WONDERFUL FREAK OF NATURE The wonderful formation or freak b! of nature shown and known locally d is "Rock City," is situated in a val- n ley about four miles from the town o 5f Minneapolis, in Kansas, between t< that place and Salina. The photo- j? 5raph conveys an excellent idea of it the general appearance of the "city" d Itself, the stones or rocks composing e; (t being slab-like in form, rising up- ti tvards in tiers, and reminding one of s< a yeast-risen dough loaf or cake. The height of the rock varies from small stones to monsters of fifteen and twenty feel; in height or more. The figures of the ladies seated thereon, and of the horse in the background, give an idea as to size. No definite scientific explanation can be given as to the origin of this extraordinary natural curiosity, but from the lavalike appearance of the "loaves," and the crater-like formation of the surrounding land, it may be assumed that it is due to volcanic or seismic Influences of prehistoric times. As, however, indications point to the fact that portions of the vast prairies once formed an ocean bed, an additional mystery is attached to the origin of "Rock City." ? The Wide World Magazine. AX ALGERIAN NATURAL BRIDGE. In considering the great natural bridges of the world, we are probably most familiar with the one in Virginia, which geologists believe has been formed by the collapse of a wall a of a cave. In the State of Utah is s: another formation of this kind, which tl is of very large proportions. It is T but little known, however, for the il reason that it is far removed from n the nearest railroad or highway. p One of the most extensive bridges v In the Old World is that illustrated c! ti the accompanying photograph. It ii s located in Algeria, North Africa, h ONE OF THE GREAT NAT US and in the vicinity of the hill town of si Conatantine. Here the rock forma- j w tion is so friable that it has disinte- ti grated on an enormous scale, form- i h ing what would be called in America I canyons and caves, besides the bridge In question. The opening formed by i the archway of the bridge is several ' t hundred feet in height, and over 250 ; t] feet in width at the point where the j archway i3 of greatest dimensions, i ^ At the right of the picture will be ;. noted the ruins of an ancient stone wall, which was probably used to support a highway beneath the bridge.? Scientific American. e The average rise of the Nile is a a little more than twenty-four feet. G Sectional Frying Pan. I k The sectional cooker that made its * appearance in various forms during the past few years shows that a de- . mand exists in the household for economy of room and fuel in the cu?.inary operations. Perhaps the intro- ? duction of the gas stove, with its lim- ^ a ???????jj The Sectional Frying Pan. b ited number of burners, has emphasized the necessity. The device here c: ;hnwn nosspsses the same features and merits. A frying pan in which two operations can be conducted at tl the same time should be a great boon V to the restaurant order cook, as well m to the divinity that presides in the tl ) [ CITY" OF KANSAS. ga a be given for. the presence of fa le prairie. ba th * ba Clothes-Drainer. . co One of the latest household utenIs recently patented is a washboiler gi rainer, an adjunct to the washboiler. ve :s object is to facilitate the placing th { clothes in a washboiler and also to ) aid to removing them. The drainer gl i made of wire, the mesh being very w< irge. It is shaped to fit Into the or- 10 inary washboiler, with handles at wl ach end, as shown in the illustra- he on. The frame is divided into four m; actions, which can be readily taken pr ? ? ? g? jwyi [rp= ? Drains Boiling Clothes. :e part and' the drainer folded into a gli mailer package. The advantage of bu tie drainer will be apparent at once, in he clothes to be washed can be eas- di: y nunuieu, ueiug piuueu m ur re- ~err loved from the washboller with go ractlcally no trouble. A further ad- on antage lies in the fact that the th lothes can be raised out of the boil- in lg water and allowed to drain before gl andling, thus avoiding danger of 111 ei L\L BRIDGES OF AFRICA. ca Y ( :alding the hands. Every housewife 'ould undoubtedly welcome the In- ctJ roduction of this time-saver Into the ? " Alcohol From Coffee Beans. After many scientific laboratory 0f rials it has been proved that from m ae bulb of the coffee bean a good ?a uality and large quantity of alcohol p; an be extracted. Heretofore the yC ulb has been useless. p, t m Lonely Boy of Letters. th The boy who is fond of good lit- lis rature is never very popular with w! ny one but his aunt.?Atchison Ei lobe. w A! itchen of the smailest household. CI t means that the meal can be astened, that it can be amplified in ariety without much additional ibor, and besides saving time in the pr ooking, it means less fuel, when be as is used, and one less pan to be of leaned. In the modern household wi 'here the pots and pans are kept pe :rupulously bright and clean, the fe itter saving is by no means the least sa esirable feature of the device.? ac hiladelphia Record. yc br Knew When to Quit. ^ In a recent action the plaintiff had tated that his financial position was lways satisfactory, in cross-examlatlon he was asked if he had ever . ' oen bankrupt. ie! "Xo," was the answer. The next question was, "Now. be 4l> ireful; did you ever stop payment?" "Yes," was the reply. *c "Ah!" exclaimed the counsel, "I 113 iought we should get at It at last, /hen did that happen?" "After I had paid all\I owed," was I le answeh?Tatler. I " The Unnatural Hen. By BILL NYE. It is not alone the fact that tht jateur carver missss the joints anc ;es to cut through the largest bones at fills him with regret and his laj 11 of sase and onions. It is th( rrible thought that the entire com' ny is looking at him. .No mattei w the perspiration may trickk wn between his shoulder blades, 01 iw the hot flashes may chase th< ills up and down his spinal column how much his eyes may b< mmed by unshed tears, the rest o; e company never allows its inter t to flag a moment. We remembei ie time we were called to assum< e management of a free-for-al rving tournament at the home of i ^ 11 m rvlin ry ttt Vi apa lrlnr? rA 'YCWCJ CU UUUiJ^ilUgi It UVOW a,IUU i V .rd we desired to catch oh to a; r "as possible. How clearly com< ,ck to us now the smiling faces o: e guests, the rippling laugh, th< ,ld-headed joke, the thanksgivini nundrum, and all as merry as i arriage bell. We call to mind th< rlish laughter of that one whos< ry existence, as she sat on our lef at day, seemed cemented and gluec our own. As we sharpened th< ittering blade on the ringing steel i felt bouyant and proud?prouc think how we would slice th< lite, calm bosom of that deceasec in; proud to think how, in oui Ind, we had laid out the differeni egnable points about that olc ckler, and in the anticipation o iplause glad and free, when we hac complished the warfare and victor: id stuffing had perched upon oui nner. We softly jabbed the shim ering fork a-straddle of the breast ne, tore off a goose pimple fron ider the wings of the late lamented ?uged out a few shattered frag ents from the neck, and tried t< t a sirloin steak off the back. Ai ipressive gloom seemed to pervad* e air. The old hen didn't hav< ir joints whe?e we had them laic 1 ? C? V? Tirnn tl rt/? IL 111 UU1 liilliu. oiiu rvaa ucj-ui m^u le seemed to be a freak of nature rattled us and unnerved us. W< iuged wildly at the remains, squirt g the gravy right and left, anc ling the air with fragments o ead-crumbs and sage. By som< nd of omission or miscalculation 5 made a wild stab at the back o e late lamented hen, and with* i snzy born ,of repeated defeats anc pressing failures, the knife strucl e- platter with a loud crash, anf asing- not in its untamed fury anced aside, and in an instan tried itself with a sickening thut the corset of the hired girl. Witl fficulty we drew out the glittering ade, now ensanguined with th? re of a fellow-creature, wiped i i the table-cloth, and fled out inti e cold, unsympathetic world, ou to the crash and confusion of strug ing humanity,, to battle#on througl e under an assumed name. Tha why we tremble and turn pal< aen our past life is inquired inti biographers. That is why a bakei wl makes us quail. WORDS OF WISDOM. There never is much good in "gooi LOiugh." ; A'man's religion never dies so loni it is doing something". The ignorant may be foolhardy it only the wise are brave. Everything is possible to tho3e wh< ) not fear the impossible. You can not hurl Satan from hi rone by hurling adjectives at him Among other things frequentl; issed as we journey through life i e last car. No, Cordelia, a man doesn't neces rily have paint in his eyes when hi color blind. There are times when words fall i an?but if he has a wife it doesn' atter much. As a rule, a married man's sugar ated sweetness wears off with th aning of the honeymoon. No, Cordelia, the cloak of friend .ip and the mantle of charity ar >t made from the same piece o Dth. A woman i9 apt to make some ver; riking remarks when she has occa Dn to hit her husband for a littl n money.?From "Pointed Para aphs," in the Chicago News. Nobody Ever "at" London. A case of irregularity occurs in i blegram that announces from Ne\ Drk the residence of a certain ac ised person "at London." You wil ;rceive at once the absurdity o ose words?"at London." A Nev orker may want to get at London it those who live there live "in Lon )n." And it is one of the triumph London and language (thoug] ost irregular) that no one is eve it" London. You can drop off "at iris on the way to anywhere, am >u may spend the winter "at" St stersburg or "at" New York. Yoi ay change cars "at" Chicago. Bu ere comes a moment when the Eng ih language gets irregular. Is i hen the fifth million is passed? Ni Qglish was ever "at" London. I ould be as irregular as being "at 5ia or "at" Heaven. ? Londoi lronicfe. The Boss's Character. There is a story about a conipan: omoter who advertised for an offici >y. He received 100 replies. Ou 100 he selected ten, and with tiv riters of these ten replies he had \ srsonal interview. His final choic 11 upon a bright youth, to whom h< id: "My boy, I like your appearand id your manner very much. 1 tiiinl iu may do for the place. Did yoi ing a character?" "Xo, sir," sai< e boy, "I cau go home and get it.' Sery well; come back to-mcrrov orning with it, and if it is s:itislr.c ry I dare say I shall engage you.' ite that same afternoon the fmanc r was surprised by the return of thi ndidate. "Well," he said, chcmly lave you got your character?' \'o," answered the boy, "but I've go ?urs?an' I ain't coming.'"?Argo LUt. A man is regarded as of greatss ilue to his country at the age o renty-four. j WASHINGTON. ? Secretary Root, it was state*}, has ceased to be President Roosevelt's . chief political adviser. , William Burge, a negro, was ! hanged for the murder of his wife, 1 Daisy Burge, in January, 1905. Secretary Loeb was offered .the [ presidency of a Washington, D. C., ' street railway company, and it is understood he will accept. | President Roosevelt praised General George B. McClellan at the un? veiling of the McClellan statue. Secretary Taft returned to Wash1 lngton from his trip to Ohio and re sumed work at the War Department. 3 After calling on the President, - Postmaster Willcox, of Chicago, said ? Mr. Roosevelt was thinking moro i about policies than about individual/ ; for the Presidency. i Captain William Swift, who wa3 3 in command of the battleship Connec, ticut when it grounded near Culebra [ on January 13, was found guilty of . inattention and neglect of duty by the court-martial. The President received the commit' tee of the Central Federated Union, 1 of New York City, and promised to 5 write that body a letter on Moyer and * rr uuu. r \ ' ?? t OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS, i Cubans agree with Americans in t condemning the Santiago police for 1 attacking sailors of the cruiser Taf coma. r Governor Magoon has approved a . plan for the expenditure of $4,500,000 for the construction of roads l throughout-the Island of Cuba. The Legislature, of Hawaii, has ap' proved an act incorporating the city and county of Honolulu. In the districts of Ponce and Guay1 mas, P. R., all the sugar plantations 3 are threatened with a loss of forty 2 por cent, of their crop, owing to the 1 fact that there had been no rain since . January 1. Senator Alfredo Zayas, a liberal j leader in Cuba, declared the second - republic would bft established and the 1 Americans withdraw completely. f " - . , DOMESTIC. , , . W. C. Proctor, a Cincinnati milj lionaire, who was bitten by k mad l dog, went to New York City for j treatment. t Snow fell in Nebraska, Iowa, Kan. sas and Missouri, and freezing temperature was recorded. ' The submarine boat Octopus, in : her trials at Newport, showed great 1 speed. 1 Fresno, Cal., is excited over the ' discovery of thirty cases of trachoma 3 among the Japanese and Russian t children in attendance at its public 3 schools. f* I A 1a/1 AlKnrf TTnon!cr o " A 4UailGl <VU A*l/Vl v *?vvu*Q f w - lineman, to climb Into Nettle Wood's i room at St. Louis and fatally shoot t her and himself. a The three coal companies at Sagi} naw, Mich., have been enjoined from I mining under the streets until protection is afforded surface property. Justice Gaynor, in a speech at the Harvard Law School, at Cambridge, criticised the Thaw case and said that the trial judges in New York County j were far too lenient in such cases. Mrs. M. A. .Robbins, of Boston, and three children of an immigrant died ? At sea on the Baltic. President Roosevelt entertained ? the principal officers of the American and foreign warships at Jamestown } at dinner. Goldfiheld is now the county seat of Esmeralda County, Nev., by an act 3 of the last Legislature. Charlemagne Tower, the American Y Ambassador to Germany, in a speech s at the University of Pennsylvania, urged the establishment of training schools for diplomats. Newport, R. I., for the first time, has levied taxes on furnishings of summer residents who are not peri manent citizens. t Five years in prison were given Charles H. Thornton and W. >W. . Baker at Chicago for embezzlement. e George H. Cottrell, one of the pioneer captains or. the Great Lakes, J'-J I- 1.1- (n AJorlno f!ltv uieu iu uia uuuic iu iuui iu? v.><f * Mich., aged ninety years. He began 9 sailing the lakes in 1836. ? FOItEIGN. y King Edward and President Fal. lieres exchanged visits at Paris, e The Irish International Exhibition, . near Dublin, was opened. The new Belgian Cabinet was formed, with M. De Troos, the Minister of the' Interior, the new Premier. The French Government refused to accept the certificate provided unv der the Pure Food law for American " meats. 1 Describing himself as Ignaz Giel, of f New York, a you ig man was arrested v for leze-majesty In Saxony, i, Charles T. Steudman, son-ifl-law of - ex-Governor Henry Lippitt, of Rhode 3 Island, committed suicide in Paris. t? The Dominican Congress has ratir Bed the American treaty with Santc . Domingo. j Oeneral Botha onnoses the plan of a commercial conference, saying the " Transvaal has the right to levy duties J on British goods. t Important tariff concessions are " made to Germany in the new com^ mercial agreement made between > that Government and the United t States. A. J. Balfour, the Unionist leader a in a speech before members of the Primrose League, strongly favored protection under the name of preference. The German Reichstag passed P by a large majority the bill establish' 3 ing a colonial ministry. t The reason for the barring of th( 2 opera "Mikado" in England was th( 1 fear of offending the Japanese. 2 A violent debate in the Duma ovei a the severity of St. Petersburg's Polics 2 Prefect developed the fact that the c Poles hold the balance of power ii j that body. I Sir George Arbuthnot, head of thf house of Arbuthnot & Co., was arrested in Madras in connection witb ' xl- ? T lilt) IctllUl e Ul IUC amtu uuuuvi, " house of P. Macfayden & Co., th? head of which committed suicide ai - the time of the failure, in October, ? 1906. , The Ifc'est Australian Governmsai has refused an application to set asidt t a million acres of land for use as s . Russian Hebrew settlement. President Cabrera of GuatemalJ had a narrow escape from deatfc t while driving at Guatemala City; t f mine was exploded near his carriage, killing the horses and wounding sev< etfryofflcers. ~ '' ,:r ' Ml BOY'S BODY 1 FOUND IN A MARSH, 1 , ' The Spot Had Been Burned Over and Searched Over. DISCOVERY ENDS LONG SEARCH t ' yj ? No Marks on His Body?Detectives Think That He Wandered Into the Marsh and Was Overcome by Cold?Investigation Ordered. Dover, Del.?In a tract of marshy ground that had been hunted over inany times and burned over as well, the bedy of Horace Marvin, the fouyy6ar-old son of Dr. H. N. Marvin, was found. His father is convinced that the chill was murdered after having , 't been abducted on March 4. There are no marks on the body to uphold his theory. The body was discovered by Allie aw'O UA? WTVIA wanf r leaaauLuu, a lai met o ouu, nVM? to the mar3hes on the Marvin farm to shoot ducks. He had entered the (arm from the rear, and had gone (. only a short distance when he saw an object which resembled a bundle of rags. As he bent over it he found it to be the body of a child. He then hurried to the Marvin house, about half a mile away. The doctor, accompanied by his elder son, Harvey, hurried to the marshes with their guide and recog- , ; nized the clothes worn by the boy when he was last seen. The cap was lifted from ttie face and the father exclaimed: "It is Horace! *, The body was carried to the farmhouse in a sheet and laid out to aw?it the Coroner. Dr. Marvin at once hurried to Dover to arrange for an autopsy End inquest. The body when found lay face downward in a patch of meadow, grass. There was not a mark indicating foul play. It was in a good state of preservation, indicating that it had' been frozen. The face was muchi swollen. There were some indica-; . tions that the body had been inj water for some time. The clothing! was intact. v The tiny woolen reefer was buttoned up securely about the body and not an article of clothing ' was missing. The knit cap was pulled; over the face and the mittens were on the hands. There are some mysterious features of the find. In the first place, the spot in which the body was lying was most thoroughly searched by Dr. Marvin and Superintendent Bearce of the detective agency about three weeks ago. At that time the tall sage grass from the swamp was burned away, and since then many others have repeatedly tramped over the spot without seeing any trace of the body. Only a few days ago Dr. Marvin's son Harvey-aided a number cf farmhands in placing a fence within a short distance of the place. /V Dr. Marvin says he had searched over the same marsh nearly every day since the disappearance. He and detectives stood on or near the spot when they burned the grass from it. Pleasanton says the body was in plain view for more than twenty feet when he came across it. Detectives who have been on. the , , ;ase are inclined to the belief that the boy wandered into the marshes from the farm, and being overcome by the cold, fell exhausted. OEAN HUFFCUT KJXLS HlMSELF., Governor Hughes Identifies His Law \ Adviser's Body. New York City.?Governor Hughes, < toming to this city to review the Sev+ flfof DnMmanf too a mof of ' CUlJ'UlOb AVC/QlUAUUty TTCiO UW breakfast at the Hotel Astor with the news that bis law adviser, Ernest W. Huffcut, dean of the Cornell Law School, had shot himself dead on the Albany night boat Charles W. Morse an his way to this city. Governor Hughes abandoned his breakfast, sailed an electric hansom, and with* Colonel Treadwell, his military secretary, went to the undertaking shop of * ' Stephen Merritt, at Eighth avenue and Nineteenth street, to which the fiody had been removed. Here the Governor was led back to the embalming room and identified the body. "Huffcut, you were one of the' : finest men I ever knew. I don't understand why you di? this," the Gov? ernor said. It is believed by Dean Huffcut's friends that he broke down from overwork. They say that he had labored almost incessantly in the drafting of the bills for legislation that the Governor desired. Dean HufTcut was born at Kent, ' Conn., November 21, 1860, and enof Arts and Sciences in the class of tered Cornell University in the School 1884. , DANCE COSTS FOUR LIVES. Parents Lock Up Childre n and Their Home Burns Down. West Branch, Mich.?Four small children were burned to death In the ^ home of Martin Campbel l, eight miles from here on a branch of the Michigan Central Railway. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell had gone to a dance a mile away from their home, leaving their sir little ones locked in the house. A big fire in the stove in some manner ignited the house, which was destroyed with its contents.. The# children were awakened by the flames, and the two eld- t est, aged eight and ten years, escaped in their night clothes. LAW CAN'T MAKE MEN WORK. Desperate Fuel Situation in British, Columbia?3000 Lawbreakers. Fernie, B. C.?By referendum vote all miners in Canadian mining dis tricta have refused to return to work in compliance with the new law. The ^situation is conceded to be desperate, as the whole country is in want of fuel, the railways having confiscated I everything. If the Government attempts to ar[ rest men for violation of the new law . 3000 here alone must be imprisoned. Prohibits Political Advertising. With but seven negative votes the I lower house of the Michigan Stats Legislature at Lansing passed cne primary election bill advocated by Governor Warner. The bill provides for a popular vote on candidates for United States Senator. It prohibits newspaper advertisements by political candidates. Chinese Army For Manchuria. Twenty new battalions of troops will be raised by conscription to form a special army corps for the defense pf Manchuria. ' ? . V*