Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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!? Willi ?SS MM Published Weekly ABBEVILLE, 8. C. > A queue or not a queue; that Is tlif question in China. The family cat Is by no means sale In this season of rabbit stews. oa?i - ?l-> PKImita Alolma flhfl vjrin an coicu ui vui^agv is an aviator. The police say she Is flighty. The air on the top floor of New York's new 30-story hotel ought to be tolerably good. Any 111 wind carries .orders to the manufacturer of storm doors at this season of the year. "Seedless lemons are developed oy t~ grafting." So are the kind sometimes handed to officeholders. Chicago Philanthropists are about to start a magazine for poets. It will be read chiefly by poets. Fifty-seven varieties of weather m 24 hours keep the average man guess ing and the doctors on the run. It should never be forgotten that American names look as funny to the Chinese as their names look to us. " * ?v- With. .fcupio juve utu D^vw?vuiu?. ?. out a long: tall a comet would attract do more attention than the moon. Gum-chewing has been abolished in the navy. Now can the ghosts of Paul Jones, Decatur and Farragut rest in peace. A doctor operating for appendicitis ? *! *? <n?nn? atria cui a man open uu iuo *>ivuB ?? He no doubt thought he was left handed. \ ' It may hare been noticed that no aviators have been seen skylarking around since the hunting season opened. As It costs 5 cents to send a letter to China the revolution will not re ceive as much advice aa It might otherwise. n ' The Harvard professor who claims that he Is able to catch fish with qolse probably did his experimenting with Backers. They talk of the eye kiss, the soul kiss and other modern Inventions, but what's the matter with the old-fash ioned smack? / A New York cook has been arrested tor stealing a steak. Still bis sentence sughtn't to be as severe as though he *ad stolen an egg. The New York man who Is looking for a wife that doesn't wear rats. pntTi or hobble skirts might not want her If he found her. Mice are being used by a Chicago woman scientist in the study of can :er. Does she stand on the table to to her studying? St Louis doctbr's wife wants a di vorce because her husband never kiss es her except by mail Evidently he Is afraid of microbes. So long as they are comfortable, i women probably do not care bow they innir in th? nublimated bathrobes they now wear on the street The prevailing manner of dressing women's hair no longer has an ex cuse. The hairdressers and. wigmak *rt declare It antiquated. Some of the beaver furt make a nature lover feel sad when he thinks of the poor muskrats that had to be slaughtered to make them. A bachelor .who lived sixty-eight years In one New Jersey hotel leaves Mils message to young men: "Marry!'' Some boys leave the farm with the expectation of studying law and going to congress, and others hope to be come phenomenal ball players. A London paper says the war in China may last .for years. It will cer tainly take a/long time to exhaust he available supply of victims. Tbe higher education is not a fall ure after all, for the manager of a Kansas employment bureau says col lege students make tbe beat farm bands. Aerial propellers are said to used to move canal boats in Prance. We presume tbe propellers are train ed to duck when any one yells "Low bridge!" Some people are natural born pes slmists. A Kansan is said to be deep* ly grieved over the news that one of bis relatives has left him a 'ortune. Tbe "United States is about to de prlve England of the glory of having the heaviest battleship; but we may expect England immediately to lay down the keel of a battleship that will be heavier than the heaviest one n the United States. A London doctor makes the an +Hot notionta whrt nHtli JUUliV/CIUCU L LUHk pubivui.0 " ?v vwv vi, their fingers get well quicker than oth era. We are waiting for some countrj doctor to find that patients who drinfc their coffee from saucers get along bet ter than others. A man named Potato was arrestee in St. Louis for flirting. Been making eyes, has he? The number of tons of artificial let produced in 12 months in this countrj Increased from 7,199,448 In 1904 t< 47,949 in 1909, later figures not be et available. This, of course, ii shoeing compared with th? ,of ?ns of ice produced in 12 nths In^the old-fashioned way t It show^ that the business o! aklng ice by new methods Is rapJd y developing. v V/rf' -Y;'; ' V , I MAY BE A CHANGE III DEPARTMENT THERE ARE RUMORS AFLOAT AFFECTING STATE COMMIS SIONER WATSON. POSITION OF THE GOVERNOR It Is Said the Chief Executive Has f < Offered the Place to A. D. Hudson? Agricultural Department is Most Important in State. Columbia.?For weeks there have been persistent rumors regarding changes contemplated in the state department of agriculture. These re ports have caused so much comment ato fa hopftllflp of the Ill lUUgLIUUL U1C outw __ - - great interest the public has taken in the work that has been accom plished by the department of agricul ture under Commissioner Watson. Some things are known; about others there is conjecture and some inferences. The following seems to be the situ ation: Ira W. Williams, United States farm demonstration agent for South Caro lina has been transferred from this state to Georgia, supposedly because of opposition by the governor. E. J. Watson is to be displaced when his term expires in March. His place, offered to one or two others be fore is now ofTered to A. D. Hudson of Newberry. I Of all the departments of the state government there is more patronage attached to the office of the depart ment of agriculture than any other. The state department of Agriculture is constituted as follows and receives o nnrnnrii} Hon ft * tilt? lUHUTVlUg . Direct appropriation about $19,000. About $20,000 is received from the feed stuffs stamps. .This work em-' ploys about ten men, including in spectors and chemists. The legislature appropriates $10, 000 for the United States farm dem onstration work and an additional ap propriation of $25,000 is received froni the national department of agri culture. The state aid is included in the direct appropriation. Washout Along The Railroads. As the result of the floods of rain in the last few days there were sev eral washouts on the railroad be tween Saluda and Wards, especially in the Mine Creek Valley. It is said that it will. take ten days to two weeks to repair the damage. Much nf th? track along the Mine Creek for some three miles was inundated and those living in that vicinity are credited with saying that they have known the water to reach a height of at least four feet above that at tained the last time. There are those who say that unless a change is made in the route of the road bo as to avoid this valley for at least three miles it will he impossible for a road bed to be maintained. Holiday Business Was Heavy. The Columbia postofflce handled the heaviest Christmas business this year in accord according to a state ment of George S. Hugglns, posmas tai- Santa niaus was particularly good and kind and thoughtful, and the postoffice force and their extra help were particularly good and busy for a week or more sending out and receiving packages and parcels and letters and postcards. It took 21 extra carriers, eight additional clerks and two registered clerks, in addi tion to the regular force, to handle the business and it meant hard work for all with scarcely time to exchange the compliments of the sef 1 with one another. Trying To Enforce Liquor Law. Twenty barrels of whiskey were shipped to Lockhart Junction con signed to Union. Five barrels were delivered to a, well known person here, when the officials stepped in and prevented further delivery. An honest attempt to enforce tb* law is being made by the city and county offi cials. Solicitor Hat Prepared Report. Robert A. Cooper, solictor of this, the eighth judicial circuit, has pre pared his annual report, showing the number of cases handled, the num ber of convictions secured, acquittals, \'"no bills" and cases discontinued. The Eighth circuit embraces the counties of Laurens, Newberry, Ab beville and Greenwood. The report of Solicitor Cooper shows the total number of cases disposed was 210. One hundred and forty cases are placed in the column marked "guil ty," 52 "not guilty" and 28 "no bills." Steps Taken To Stop Cock Fighting. Sheriff Long has taken steps to prevent the holding of the cocking main near Jonesville, of which he was informed by Solicitor Otts. While the sheriff has done what he can to pre^nt the fighting, the law seems to render him almost helpless. for cock fighting is not prohibited, unless it is done within three miles of a chartered institution of learning. The only thing, therefore, that Sher iff Long can do is to prevent betting on the fights. He is powerless to stop the fighting. Run Over and Killed by Train. Nophie P. Pleasants, a well-known young man, car inspector for thhe At lantic Coast Line, was run over by a string of car^ in the transfer yards at .Florence some time after mid night a few days ago and horribl} mangled, so that the only means of identification was by the initial of his watch fob. It is supposed that he had fallen asleep on the track and was struck by the cars, and it was some time after the accident that tbe body vas found, the track being the on< n which cars are shunted for repairs. I \ BONDS HAVE BEEN RATIFIED Dr. L. M. Hook's Signature Makes the issue Valid?The Money Covering Face Value Was Deposited. Columbia.?The remaining and nec essary signature to the bonds for the t purpose of having and making free the toll bridges over Broad river and Congaree river was secured, when Dr. L. M. Hooks signed the bonds. The sum covering the face value of the bonds?$75,000?was im mediately placed in a local bank to the credit of the county board, and the bonds were forwarded to the at torneys 'of the purchasers, .Towns end Scott and Son, of Baltimore, for their approval. The bonds, ranging in de nominations from $10(0 to $1,000, and handsomely lithographed, were re ceived by the county commissioners 1 irom trie engraver BBverm uayo a^v. The bond issue was' discussed at a meeting of the county board held In the supervisor's office several days ago. Urider the law it was necessary before the bonds became valid, for each , of the commissioners to affix his signature. All signatures were Be Eastover, commissioner from Lower township, who is ill at Knowlton's Infirmary, and his physician did not think it advisable for him to sign the 124 bonds of the issue at that time; the task was too great for his strength. But he was well enough to sign and make legal the bonds. The matter of the free bridges is in the hands of a commission, con sisting of W. G. Chiles, chairman;. George C. Taylor, secretary; J. B. Friday, J. Pope Mathews and Dr. C. L. Kibler. It is this commission, which will have exclusive charge of the disposition of the funds for free v.-^rr^o oHVi/iiio-Vi th? mnnev itself cured except Hook of VI 1U5CO, MlbUVUlOU V4.W ? . Is retained by the county commission ers, and paid oat by them upon the order of the bridge commission. The deal 'has been 1 practically closed, it is understood, for the Broad river bridge, bnt some compli cations have arisen in regard to the Gervais street bridge. Executive Clemency For Two. Sam Henry, who was convicted in Spartanburg county in July, ;1911, on the charge of assault and batter; with Intent to kill and sentenced to pay a fine of $500 or serve 12 months on the county chaingang, has been paroled during good behavior by the governor, and on the condition that he pay to the clerk of courtvof Spar tanburg county the sum of $250. George Addison, who was convicted in Spartanburg county in July, 1911, on the charge of assault and battery with Intent to kill and sentenced to pay a- fine of $500 or serve 12 months has been paroled during good be hnvinr and on the condition that he pays $250 to the clerk of court . of Spartanburg. Since assuming office, the governor has extended executive clemency in 320 cases. Have Attracted Much Attention. Published statements, written by Mr. W. D. Roberts ( the originator of the "back home" \ movement, in which comparisons between Norfolk and Charleston as to port charges are made, have attracted consider able attention here, the more so 'as figures given by Mr. Roberts are erroneous in several important par ticulars. Mr. Robert's figures are pre sented in the course of an article pointing out the fact that if the South Atlantic ports are to benefit from the^ opening of he Panama Canal, espe cially in the way of becoming centres for the shipping of coal, they must take steps to put themselves intc condition to handle the trade. Believed To Be Train Robbers. Chief Dowie of the police depart - >. nt \ao TXI11 ment ana uepuiy oaenu mu uaic two men in charge at Matthews whom they have good reason to believe are the men who held up and robbed the train at Hardeeville some time ago. The men, while passing through town on Sunday, were taken in charge by these officers and placed in Jail. The govenment was notified, and In spector Burrows from Savannah is here looking into the matter. After a most rigid examination of the sus pects, Mr. Burrows had them photo graphed and will have them held un essary signature to the bonds for till further investigation. The Report Was Not Correct. The statement is made authorita tively that the report in circulation that the Clemson College board had arranged to establish the experiment station in Florence was not correct. The board is said to have viewed Florence's exceptional claims with great favor, but they can not under stand why lands should be so high in this part of the world, though Florence has won the championship in corn and leads in all other produce of the farm year by year. Negotiations are now in progress. Will Attend The Fir*t Meeting. Secretary A. W. MeKeand, of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, who is also a member of the execu tive committee and board of govern ors of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America, will attend the first meeting of these committees in New York on January 9. The meet ing has been called by Chairman S ^ TVKKa r\f A flonfo av.n*ooiHont of V, x/vuuo, ui miaaia, votuvuv v*. the Association. Among the more important things to be considered at this session will be the next annual Convention of the Association. Good Roads Train To Charleston. . The special good roads train which is being operated by the Atlan tic Coast Line Railway over its sy. tem in the states of Virginia, Nortl Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida, and which will be in Charleston on January 11, 1912, met with an enthusiastic receptioi . during its trip through the two firsi lamed states, according to advices re ceived hqre recently. The train is being operated under the directior of the United States office of publu roads, department of agriculture. { I / . n ' -1 T'im TO RUN RULE LAST VESTIGE OF INDEPEND ENCE WILL BE DESTROYED ' BV TUC r*T AD u? i I r i u w^nn* VENGEANCE IS THREATENED Great Britain Is Acting as Russia's Accomplice and Englishmen Feel Outraged. London.?The Russian government has decided to suppress disorders at Tabriz and other disturbed Persian towns. The dislocation of the tele graph lines makes it Impossible to get a reliable narrative of the out breaks. Yet it cannot be doubted that a situation of the gravest com plexity has arisen. As reports of Russian progress in Persia and stories of the indiscrimi nate killing of natives in Tabriz and Resht, and of the destruction of Peiv Bio's constitutional government under Russian menaces continue to reach England, the people are becoming in creasingly disquieted at the Dritish government's complicity, which the foreign secretary, Sir Edward Gray, thinks is a matter of policy and coth pelled by the Anglo-Russian agree* merit St Petersburg. ? A semi-official statement issued says that the Rus sian government, in view o{ "acta of foolhardy aggression committed a^aiiist the Russian forces and insti tutions in Tabriz, ReBht and Enseli, sometimes followed by brutal torture of the wounded and base outrage against the dead,'! has decided that the severest punishment of the guilty Is merited, and Russian commanders, in conjunction with Russian consuls, are Instructed to adopt the most striii gent measures. Teheran.?It is understood that the regent and cabinet desire the appoint ment of the American, F. E. CWrns, the principal assistant of Mr. Shuster, as the new treasurer general of Per sia. It is more likely, however, that M. Mornard, the Belgian ex-directbr of customs in Persia, who some months ago made himself prominent by hisi hostility to Mr. Shuster, will receive iho nnaltfnn FEDERAL COURTS SCORED 1 Governor Baldwin of Connecticut 8ay? Superior Courts Meldle. Buffalo, N. Y.?Control of state au thorities by Inferior United States courts has developed to such an ex tent that the people are becoming Impatient, declared Gov. Simeon E. Baldwin of Connecticut at the open ing of the twenty-seventh annual meeting of the American Historical Association and the eighth annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in joint session hepe. If some of the recent court de cisions are not disaffirmed, Governor Baldwin said,. the judiclial power of the United States apparently will ex tend to any justifiable controversy arising in any state although pertain ing to mere matters of local concern. rL^-.TQ-1-nor RaiHwin also found a real MV ? V** uw> ( _ _ r_ danger in the recent utterance of a president that he was for a constitu tion when it conserved the people's rights, but not when it perpetrated the people's wrongs. "The danger," be said, "is that a chief magistrate by some stretch of his executive or military authority may come to play the part of a dic tator. It is only a remote possibility but the siie- ce which we profess warns us tb t great powers are apt sometimes to be used ahd that our fathers were right when, they declar ed that eternal vigilance was the price of liberty." 147 Lives Lost; Nobody Guilty. New^York.?The state failed in its ieffort to fix the blame for the fire horror of March 25, 1911, in which 147 employees of the Triangle Waist company lost their lives. A verdict of "not guilty" was returned by the Jury in the case of Isaac Harris and Max Blanck, proprietors of the fac tory, who were indicted in connec tion with the holocaust. One hys terical man cried: "Not guilty, Not guilty? Murder! Murder! Murder!" Killed in Hotel Lobby. Rome, Ga.?Douglas H. Harris was shot and instantly killed in the 16b by of the Cherokee hotel by Uriah L. Starnes, traveling salesman for a local marble factory. Starnes claim ed that Harris wrecked his family, and after giving himself up to the nearest policeman, said that he was the happiest man alive, and assured bystanders that if his victim was not dead he would go uau& auu uianu u good job. Harris was 25 years old and unmarried. His father now lives in Pensacola, Fla. Killed Family; Hanged Himself. Benton, Ark.?Despondent, accord Irfg to a note found, James Grant, a prosperous farmer ' and merchant, clubbed his wife, five children and step-son to death, and then hanged himself. Grant's body was found suspended to a rafter in a barn., and those of the woman and children about the farm dwelling, their skulls crushed. The note explained that, "owing to deep despair, and that 1 see nothing for me or my children, who I believe would be better off in heaven, I commit this act." Works Fighting Special Pensions. Washington. ? Senator Works of California will attempt to attach to the Sherwood pension bill a provision absolutely prohibiting any special pension bills, and making ineligible for pension any person who attempts to get special legislation. Senator Works hopes to stop the flood of spe cial pensions which are passed by coneress at each session. The senate committee on pensions is framing a substitute for the Sherwood bill, which would scale down the pension proposed (Copyright. 1911) PERSIA rats TO RUSSIA \ ALL POINT8 CLAIMED BY THE CZAR'S GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN CONCEDED*7 . AN INDEMNITY IS DEMANDED Dismissal of W.1 Morgan Shutter, the American, Is Now Certain. London.?Persia yielded to the de mand of the Russian ultimatum that W. Morgan Shuster, an American, who holds the post of, treasurer-gen eral In the Persian government, be dismissed from the service of the Persian government The Russilan ultimatum also calls for the pay ment of an Indemnity which is to re imburse Russia for money expended In onitlro on ormwl AYTIAflitlon into in ?cnz?ujl iuuu Persia to enforce her demand. Mr. Shuster's administration of HE DI8PLEASED THE CZAR. . . W. MORGAN SHUSTER, Treasurer-General of Persia.: i Persia's finances has been displeas ing to Russia from the start a^d when he caused the seizure of prop erty belonging to the brother of the ex-shah over the protest of the Rus sian vice consul Russia at first de manded an apology, and when this was not forthcoming, called for the dismissal of Mr. ^ Shuster, and this has finally been acceded to. The Persian charge d'affaires at St. Petersburg called at the Russian foreign office to announce officially his government's decision to abide by the terms of the ultimatum. Mr. ShuBter is resolute in declaring that he would have nothing to do with the negotiations and would only recognize the right of the national council to dispose with his services. The exact form of Persia's reply to Russia is not yet known, but from the latest news received from Tehe ran is would seem that the caDinei haB overridden the wishes of the commission Eighty Cattle Lost in Flood. Macon, a.?The Ocmulgee river, fed by forty hours of unceasing rain in middle Georgia, flooded over the danger line in the flat lands of Ma con, and thirty families, with the water at their thresholds, fled to j higher leyels for safety, leaving be; I longings to the mercy of the waters. A dairy of eighty cows was flood ed, and the animals, released by the owners, struck out for the middle of the stream, and disappeared down the current. Russia Would Raise Duties. St. Petersburg.?Opposition mem-1 ber+s of the duma ridicule ex-Presi dent Gu'chkoff's legislative proposal to provide .for tariff war schedules, appliicable to the United States, at the expiration of the Russo-American treaty of commerce anu uavigmiuu, i which he and other signers repre senting the octoberist and nationalist! parties in the duma have introduced into that body. The opposition de clare that the proposal would strike hardest at the Russian agriculturists and cotton manufacturers. Exports Show Big Increase. Washington.?The exports of the i United States to the countries of the I rest of the world during the eleven months of the current year ending with November exceeded the imports by somewhat more than $475,000,000. The value of the exports was $1,867,-) 614,510, while the imports were worth $1,392,552,228, according to statistics issued today by the depart ment of commerce and labor. During the corresponding period last year i the exports exceeded the^imports in ! value by about $211,000,000. ;/ ' < v v f VUi ' f.r? NEGRO LYNCH ED BY MOB Polico Are Unable to Find Any Clew and It's Improbable Any Arrests Will ?e Made. Baltimore, Md.?King Davis, a neK gro, aged 25 yearB, who shot and killed Frederick A. Schwab (white) at Fairfield, was taken from the lock up at Brooklyn, a suburb of Balti more, and shot to death by a small mob. * Davis, who was also known by the hame of Johnson, was dragged to a spot about 200 yards from the star tion and shot through the lungs four times. His body was not discovered until several hours lafer by passer by, w^o notified the police. No all night guard is kept at the prison^ and the authorities hadf no knowledge of the affair until the finding of the body was reported. Chief Irwin at once started an investigation, but has unearthed,no clue. The avenging band, thought to have not exceeded eight or ten in number, formed quietly. They effect t/n ontrancd Into thA 1(K>k-UD With out attracting the attention of those living ntearby, and ' went to Davis' cell, where they found the negro asleep. Hubert Chase, another ne gro, who was held as a witness in j the Schwab case, was not molested. Chase said Davins fought desperately and shrieked for mercy, but his cries were, quickly silenced by a blow on the head, which stretched him un conscious. He was .then dragged away to his death. ' No noise or outcries were heard by the neighbors, except the shots, and no attention was paid to these, as they were thought to have been fired Dy unnstmas merrymakers. Between the prison and the scene of the lynching, the grass was tram pled down, and a trail of blood, 'In dicating that Davis wa? badly beat en before he was taken out. L RUSSIANS KILLING PERSIANS 500 Men, Women and Children Mur dered at Peaht, Persia. London.?A massacre has been going on in Resht, according to offi cial Persian, telegrams received in London. These state that 500 Per sians were killed by the Russians, many of them women and children. The people, it is said, have been ex horted not to fight and not to give the slightest provocation, but the massacre still continues. Resht is the capital of the province of Ghilan and has 40,000 inhabltanta The government house has been bom barded and many government offi cials and police killed; Many private houses have been demolished. According to dispatches, the Rus sians killed four unarmed Mohame dans In the Armenian quarter of Ta briz during the fighting in that city. "The people of Persia," say* one dispatch, "are stupefied at the atti tude of Russia, especially as these outrages have followed immediately on the acceptance by Persia of the I second Russian ultimatum, and when Persia has shown every desire and disposition to conciliate Russia and establish friendly relations." # ?? __ General Reyes Surrenders. Linarnes, N. L? Mex.?With none of his arrogance left, General Bernar do Reyes, once considered the great est of his country's military men, is huddled In a chair in the little room that serves as the headquarters of the town's small garrison, and admits his defeat. Riding alone in Linares the gray-haired rebel voluntarily sur rendered to Lieutenant Placido Rod ringue, commander of twenty-five ru rales, the sole military guard In this city. Japan Wants Chinese Republic. Tokio ?A conference of members of the Japanese cabinet, at whicn many of the older statesmen, Includ ing Prince Katsura, the ex-premier, were invited to assist, was held here. The strictest secrecy has been main tained regarding the subjects of dis cussion, but it is believed that the latest developments of the situation in China were under consideration. It is understood that the conference / eached the conclusion that the adop tion of a republican government by Thina was inevitable. 77 Murderers at Dinner. Chicago.?Seventy-five murderers, with 600 other prisoners, partook of Christmas dinner and exchanged Yuletide greetings at the Cook county jail. In many respects the holiday was the most unusual in the tragedy laden history of the institution. Ewald Shiblawski, one of the four murderers sentenced to hang Febru ary ](>, next, delivered a terse tem perance lecture to a group of pris oners. 1,600 prisoners ate an elab orate dinner at the Bridwell. \ LATE DEVELOPMENTS AT IN IN DIANAPOLIS .GIVE WIDER \ MEANING TO PLOT. A COMMERCIAL WARFARE Iron Workers Activities Only Forme* Technical Basis for Crlss . Crossed Plotting. Indianapolis, Ind.?During the last, three weeks Information has been un earthed which gives to the dynamite conspiracy case an international scope and a much wider, deeper meaning in the United States than heretofore' it has had, according to Information obtained. v . One detail Of the new information: is certain large commercial organiza tions not affiliated with the National Erectors' association made contribu tions of thousands of dollars toward the execution of dynamite'plots orig inating in the International Associa tion-of Bridge and Srtuctural Iron workers. -< These contributions were not to be mad? ar coming from any firm ,iv poratlon, but were given as personal contributions from certain indivldn* ale whose names are In the hands of the National Erectors' association and of the Federal authorities. It is believed that if the. Federal authorities take the "time to go into-, v every angle- ofi the investigation that the work of the grand jury will not have been completed1 before the Sum mer days are here. It noV develops that the actual dy nami^iigslaldat the door of the iron workers' union formed but the tech nical basis for commercial and labor organizations to indulge in crossed and criss-crossed plotting, scheming .an/I hla*]miA.!1 BilU UUI|U9 JMiU ? 1 r The thread , eotmecting all these v plots and counterplots is very trail, t (V1! even severe<Kln places, thus making the task of obtaining sufficient legal evidence- with which to connect them all an almost hopeless one for the government V COTTON MILLS TO CLOSE &?>?v i". iij .fr&V k'-yda 160,000 Workers in English Cotton Mllfs Face Lockout Manchester, England.?Nothing haft happened to warrant th^ hope that I the lock-out of 160,000 cotton workers In Lancashire can be averted. The weavers in the Hftlen* ^fll a| ,Ac crlngton went o^ st^k* December 20 because of 'the employment of* non union labor. Two days later the com mlttee of the Lancashire Cotton Spin ners' and Manufacturers' association decided to lock out the workers In all the mills belonging to the federation as a protest against an attempt of ,> trade-unionidts to force weavers to ' ^ Join the ranks:. Meanwhile the original cause of the dispute?the refusal of a man and his wife to Join.the union at Accriitg ton?Is likely to be: removed. ' "Traitorous," Cries Rooseelt. New York.?Close on the hjeels of one great peace meeting, which was broken up by disturbers opposed to the ratification of President Taft's proposed treacles with England and France, disagreements have arisen over what Is being planned af one .of the greatest peace dinners the coun try has ever seen. Termer:Presfdent Roosevelt replied to an invitation to attend the function with a letter de claring that his sentiments were wholly at variance with those to be expressed at the affair and censuring it as "traitorous." . i Shuster Has Quit , ''/; London.?The proclamation of mar tial law at Teheran following the dis missal of W. Morgan Shuster by the Persian cabinet and the fragmentary reports received as to a bloody mas sacre by Russian soldiers at Resbt are causing serious apprehension. Teheran>?The cabinet notified W. Morgan Shuster, the American treas urer general of Persia, of hi* dismis sal from that office. This follows the decision of the national council and the ministry to submit to the de? mands in the Russian ultimatum. Christian Science Goes In Panama. Washington.?President Taft set tled the vexed questions of allowing' the practice of Christian Science or other, non-medical methods of healing the sick in the Panama canal zone. The executive order made, several months ago wmcn meuiucio m Christian Science church feared would prohibit their method of healing, was modified so that there can be no doubt as to the lawfulness of such practice. The order as modified goes into effect at once. Pope Keeps Count Bonl Married. Rome, Italy?The Vatican has de-, clined to grant Count Bonl de Castel laiie an annulment of his marriage with Anna Gould, who Ib now the duchess of Talleyrand and Sagon. Countess de Castellane was granted a divorce from her husband and given the custody of their three children November 14, 1906. About a year ago Count Boni applied to the Vatican for annullment of the marriage. The duchess of Talleyrand did not oppose the count. Peabcdy Trustees Issue Statement New York.?An appeal to friends of education in America for $1,000,000 to make the George Peabody college for teachers at Nashville, Tenn.t a great final memorial to Mr. Peabody's beneficent serice to the South and as the educational crown of the sys tem of schools now established in that section, is made in a lengthy statement from the trustees of the Peabody education fund. The trus tees give notice of having voted to close the trust. 1