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ppps-*?,s-/ 7 11 M fiat nm i 11 mm Published Weekly ABBEVILLE, 6. C. The cold wave wig wagged in at lasL Why Isn't tbe man "higher up? Tsn't he really lower down? One can, when one la hunting fo: shocks, find them almost anywhere. This would be a better and happie? world to live fn did every one try to make it so. The actors of the country are ex pected to erect a monument to the man who Invented the free lunch. A fat man's club was raided recently in a Virginia town. Naturally, the raiding party expected a stout resist Paris restaurants are seirving roa^ camel as a delicacy, but there Is no re<^pe for cooking a camel In a pa per bag. Baseball is now to take its plact among the oolite arts, since it has acquired the graceful possession of a ady magnate. The brother of the former shah, whc demands 180.000 of the Persian treas ury, Is named Salari. Are there no "yV* in Persian. A wife with a gun came to the res rue of her husband treed by a bear And tt wns the bear that was shot, U>o. and not the husband. / A n -1 1^1 A rexiusj i Varna ^ujaiunu uianua i< have educated two African chimpan zees to reason. After tbls there ought to be hope for some humans. Scientists declare that the world k over 500.000 years old. It will prob Bbly be 500.000 years older before any one man gets enough money to buy It Arizona is finding that statehood la not without Its attendant horrors, as a Phoenix young woman has designed I a burnt-leather "statehood sofa cush on." v It Is said that Kipling recei?''!d $1 a word Tor his poem. "The Female of the Species." If he has had to read the parodies of it, the price is too imall. / A New York woman has married h man whom she rescued from the slucis. What chance is he ever going to have to assert himself around the house? A man who had 72 sticks of dyna mite in a suit case has been arrested in Pittsburgh. We have been assured that he was not on bis way to the ?eace meeting. With a temperature of 25 degrees below zero the Black Hills may as well give ujf any claims they have beeh trying to put forth in their favor \s a winter resort. A Pittsburgh baby nine weeks old. was operated on for appendicitis The youngsters of this enterprising age are certainly the most precocious on 'ecord. Tbie idea of having the Manchu princes decide their own fate is de cidedly Oriental, especially in view of the fact that any fate which they may select is going to be decidedly *iard to take. Yale professor telis us that the hook worm is one of the causes or tne nign cost of living. We always thought that the hookworm was caused by the practice of throwing the hooks into the ultimate consumer. A Massachusetts minister has issued a new set oc commandments for wives. The women as yet are silent on the \ matter, which gives rise to uneasy sus picions that they are retaliating by for mulating another set for husbands. After they had gained entrance to a rault containing $500,000, Cleveland bank robbers became frightened and ran away, leaving the money behind. Things that are loo good to be true continue to happen. A man in New Jersey has refused fo accept the office of coroner be cause be cannot bear the idea of look ing on a corpse. Most office seekers are Jubilant, not depressed, over the prospect of landing such a dead surf thing. A millionaire is going to build hi. hens a $5,000 chicken coop; but it It to be feared that even in such an en vironment tbey can't be persuaded to lay golden eggs In fact, be will be luckier than average mortals if ihej 'ay at all. There is nothing so very strange ii. the fact that a Massachusetts minister has left the pulpit to go into the coal business. He is preaching the doc trine that it is better to have a fir? here than hereafter. It is said that a rule has been estab fished in an eastern b ^ool requiring all students to write names and nu merals legibly. If this rule could be successfully adopted, hard and fast tn every school in the land, editors would have a snap where they now aboriously attempt to decipher. The ultimate consumer has one ad vantage. He never gets arrested foi trying i:o smuggle a $100,000 pear' necklace into the country. The head of the "tip" trust in Chi cago has decided that the young worn en who preside at the checking-rooms In hotels and other places where he has bought the "tip" privileges must wear pocketless dresses so that thej will have no chance to hide the change which is handed to them. Why doesn'l be compel them to have their hand? amputated? MANY EXAMINED FOR HOOKWORM DR. D. F. RODGERS HAS MADE HIS REPORT FOR RICHLAND COUNTY. SHOW INTERESTS IN WORK The Treatment Hjs Been Asked By 225 Up to Last Report?The Work is Under the Direction of the State Board of Health. Columbia.?Report on the progress 4 of the hookworm campaign that is being conducted in this county under the auspices of the state board of I health has been made to Dr. LaBruce Ward, director of rural sanitation, by Dr. F. D. Rodgers, the assistant direc tor. The report shows that 225 appli cants for treatment were made. Mi croscopical examinations were made in 152 cases. The total number of microscopical ly positive examinations, 52; total number of micriscopical negative, 100 total number of clinical exami nations, 47; total clinical positive, ii; total clinical negative. 36. Twenty-six patients were asked to come again for microscopical exami nation . Sixty-six new cased were treated, M}d ten old ones were given further treatment. "The citizens of this county," says Dr .Rodgers, "seem to be arousing themselves as to the importance of this work, and from now on I think that the work will gradually increase. "The dispensary at Leesburg has been closed on account of poor at tendance through your request. This time will be spent in the schools try ing to arouse interest among the pupils and among the parents. "I was asked to give a talk on san itation at Eastover which I did and am sure it will result in better sani tation for that town." Irrigation of Beaufort Land. , A year ago two of the Beaufort county truckers put in a system of overhead irrigation which at the time caused considerable comment ai\d wonder, but which has proved so suc cessful that six other trickers have just completed plants of from 4 to 30 acres each. The water is supplied ^rom artesian wells by high pressure force pumps, propelled by ~ soline engines, galvanized iron pipin6 from one to one and r. half inch size being used it takes auite a sum of money to install even a few acres, which proves conclusively that the enter prise is a profitable one, or so many would not be putting in plants, and there are others who expect to. Lettuce will be the first crop un der irrigation, followed by beets or cucumbers. To Bring Quo Warranto Proceedings. Acting upon the request of the Spartanburg county delegation, Solic itor Otts, of Columbia, will bring quo warranto proceedings before the su preme court to secure a decision as to the position of magistrates in that county. The supreme court will be asked to decide as to the rights of J. M. Bbwden, S. S. Tyntr, T. O. Fowler and others who were appoint ed as magistrates for Spartanburg county in conflict with the' recom mendation of the delegation. Much . Liquor Sold in Aiken. The ban was placed on the near beer saloons in the city of Augusta latt fall, and as a result the sales of the Aiken county dispensaries leaped up during the last quarter of the year from $55,146 to $97,666, according to the annual report of Dispensary Au ditor Mobley. The report shows the total sales for the year in the six counties to be $2,474,398.33, with a net profit of $687,477.72. The operating expenses amounted to $117,969.69. The total sales show an increase of about $200,000 in 1910. Ten Applicants Took Examination. Ten applicants took the examina tion beforo the postmaster, Samuel J. Leaphart, for the position of rural carrier on route No. 3, leading out from Batesburg. This, too, in spite of the fact that this is one of the hardest routes in the county to cover. Those who took the examination were: W. Jennette Padgett, Joseph M. Padgett, Alvin D. Padgett, Joseph V/. Etheridge, Orlando W. Black, Jo seph E. Hinnant, Julius I. Adams, Carlton H. Willis, Travis P. Padgett, and Julian O. Hallman. Canvassers For Newberry County. The folowing canvassers have been appointed by the county committee to canvass the several townships in Newberry county in furtherance of the Rock Hill plan of reducing the cotton acreage: No. 1 township, J. B. O'Neall; Nos. 2 and 3, J. A. Sease; No. 4. T. E. Chandler and C. M. Folk; Mn K T W Vntini* Vn fi W n Pitts; No. 7, Law son Kellers; No. 8, G. P. Boulware, J. C. Blair; No. 9, W. H. Caldwell, Pat B. Wise; No. 10, W. P. Counts; No. 11, Colin L. Graham. "Ira B. Jones" Club in Cherokee. The formation of an "Ira B. Jones club" is a contemplated occurrence of the near future in Cherokee coun ty. A movement toward such a club has been launched and the promoters say they are meeting with even more encouragement than had been hoped for. It seems that the club will be under way with many members long before the political game is on. The movement originated in the county and gained much strength in the country before reaching Gaffney, but now much discussion is being- heard. HOG CHOLERA IN THE STATE The Clemson Authorities Have Given Some Pointers on the Prevention and Cure of This Disease. Charleston.?Prof. Ray B. Powers, head of the division of veterinary science, Clemson College, issues the following bulletin: Hog cholera is now prevalent throughout the entire state and nu merous requests for assistance in the control of this disease have been re ceived from practically every county. Owing to the large number of these requests, it is absolutely impossible for this office to immediately senll our veterinarians, but we will give these requests attention in the order received. When this is impractical, they will be given attention in the order of importance or according to location. To enable owners to prevent the introduction of this disease into their herds and to assist in its control the following information is given: Hog cholera is a contagious dis ease, caused by germs that are pres ent in the blood tissues and excre tions of hogs affected with cholera. Unless these germs are carried from sick hogs or infected premises, the disease will not spread. The follow ing are a few of the most common ways by which this disease is scat 1. By failure to properly dispose 1. By failureto properly dispose of carcasses of dead hogs. Buzzards, dogs, etc., will carry infection. Bury deeply or burn all carcasses. 2. By persons walking through yards where sick hogs are kept, the infection then bein? carried on shoes or clothing to yards where healthy hogs are confined. Keep visitors away from your hogs. Do not go or allow any of your help to go on prem ises where there are sick hogs. Treatments useless and money spent for drugs h$d tetter be expend ed for disinfection. While we have no cure for this disease, we have a sure preventive in hog cholera serum, pre pared according to the method origi nated by Drs. Dorsey and Niles, of the United States department of ag riculture. This serum is now being prepared by this division and is be ing used by our veterinarians in con trolling outbreaks of this disease. Will Lower Standard of Profession. The state nurses' association of South Carolina has taken a most ac tive part in the fight against allowing graduate nurses from the state hos pital for the insane to have the same privileges as those graduates from regular hospitals. Mrs. E. W. Dabbs of Mayesville, president of the asso ciation, has twice visited Columbia to oppose the bill now pending in the senate permitting the graduate nurses of the state hospital for the Insane rights as have other graduate nurses, and Dr. Baker of Sumter has come once, as have nurses from An derson, Charleston and Sumter. Mem bers of the state nurses' association say that their fight is an effort to prevent a lowering of the standards of the nursing profession in South Carolina. They maintain that grad uates from the hospital for the insane do not receive sufficiently thorough training in surgery and the ordinary branches of medicine. South Carolina New Enterprises. The secretary of state has granted a commission to the Arcade Amuse ment Company of Bamberg, with a capital stock of $2,100. The petition ers are C. T. Cunningham and M. A. Moye. A general amusement busi ness will be conducted. A commis sion has been issued to the Mobley Company of Little Rock, with a cap ital stock of $5,000. The officers are E. P. Mobley, Jr., president and treasurer. Must Serve Out His Sentence. Smart Lloyd, a negro, who was pa roled on Christmas eve day by Gov. BleaBe and released from the county chaingang, and who was arrested in a few days afterward and fined for disorderly conduct in the mayor's court at Aiken has been deprived of his parole and returned to the chain gang. Washington.?President Taft sent to the Senate the nomination of Emma J. Peeples to be postmaster at Hamp ton. Mrs. Peeples is the wife of Eu gene N. Peeples, the present postmas ter of Hampton, Have Jointly Issued A Call. The county superintendent of edu cation, Cedil H. Seigler and Mis* Mary Eva Hite, rural school inspector for Aiken county, have jointly issued a call to every teacher and eehool trustee in the county to attend a meeting to be held at the court house at Ainen, at wnicn time a county teachers' association, with a view to materially advancing and improving the schools of the county will be formed. Aside from the work of or ganization an interesting programme has been arranged for the occasion. To Be Arrested For Killing Negro. As a result, of the killing of C. L. Kirkland of Westville, son of one of the wealthiest negroes in this section of the state. Magistrate Truesdell of Westville has had warrants issued for Plumroy Hilton and Ben Peach, white, and Jesse Truesdell, a negro. Trues dell has been arrested and is now in jaM. The coroner's jury returned a verdict that Kirkland came to his death by gunshot wounds from the hands of person or persons unknown to the jury. Hilton, when about 16 years old, killed a cousin of Kirkland. Construct Dredges and Snag Boats. Maj. G. P. Howell, corps ot' engi neers, U. S. A., in charge of the Char leston district, was notified that au theorization had been granted by the navy department for the construction of the two dredges and snag boats at the Charleston navy yard for use on the rivers of South Carolina. The Charleston navy yard submitted a bid some time ago for the building of the two steel hulls, agreeing t construct them for $10,000 each, and in much less ";me than any of tlie cthn* bid ders BORAH CHILD LABOR BILL IS FI NALLY PA8SED BY UNITED STATES SENATE. WILL STUDY CHILD LIFE Measure Was So Amended as too Pre vent the Invason of Private . Residences. Washington.?After amending the child labor bill so as to prohibit the invasion of Drivate. residences in quest of information that measure was passed by the senate, 54 to 20. The negative vote was cast by Sen ators Bailey, Bryan, Chilton, Culber son, O'Gorman, Overman, Paynter, Smith (Md.), Stone, Thornton, Till man and Watson, Democrats, and by Senators Burnham, Clark (Wyo.), Gal linger, Heyburn, Nixon, Oliver, Wet more and Works, Republicans. The bill authorizes the creation of a bureau in the department of com merce and labor for the collection of "Information pertaining to the wel fare of children and* child life. Spe cial authority is given to investigate questons of infant mortality, the birth rate, orphanages, juvenile courts, de sertion, diseases, accidents, occupa tions, legislation and kindred sub jects. The provision expressly forbidding the invasion of domestic privacy by agents of1 the bureau furnished the principal subject of contention. The Culberson amendment prevail ed, 39 to 34. It reads: "No official or agent or representa tive of said bureau shall, over the ob jection of the head of the family, en ter any house used exclusively as a family residence." Senator Gallinger offered an amend-, ment to investigate t<he birth rate among classes of people. "If we have race suicide it does not apply to the poor classes to which past investiga tions have been confined," said the oflnotnr Senator Root declared there were no classes in the United States and protested against legislative recogni tion of any. The Gallinger amend ment was lost. REVOLT AGAINST MADERO Garrison a* luarez Arrests Officers and _oots the Town. El Paso, Texas.?An Italian sur geon holding a^ commission in the Mexican army, who arrived in EH Paso from Juarez, said he had count ed fifteen dead, including two Amer icans?a man and a boy 12 years old. The boy was lying in the street. He had been shot through the breast. Most of the-dead, he said, were near the custom house. El Paso, Texas.?The garrison of Juarez, across the river from here, rose in revolt and in half an hour the mutineers were in possession of the city. Looting and promiscuous shooting prevailed for hours. The commander of the garrison was throw into priaon with the chief of police, while other prisoners were re leased. As near as can now be ascertained the uprising was due to a report printed in a Chihuahua newspaper, which arrived here, stating that Gen. Pascual Orozoo, one of the leaders of the Madero revolution, had resign ed his military position at Chihuhua, and to the discharge of 100 men of the Juarez garrison. The dismissal of these troops was taken as con firmation of the Orozco report. The revolt at Juarez is regarded as the most serious episode which has occurred since Madero was Inaugurat t?U picaiutm-. Four troops of United States cav alry from Fort Bliss were rushed to the American bank of the Rio Grande to protect cithizens and preserve neu trality. Guards were stationed at the street and the . railroad bridges and at the two bridges at the smelter a mile west of El Paso. Americans who were caught in the uprising, also, were sent back to El Paso, Captain Martiner explaining that this was done to prevent their being injured by flying bullets. Prison for White Cappers. Bloomington, Ind.?J. B. Snoddy, one of eight persons charged with whitecapping Harvey McFarland, a farmer, was found guilty here. The penalty is a term of from two to ten years in prison. This is the first con viction on a whitecapping charge, al though midnight floggings have been common in the hill country of south- I ern Indiana. It was so apparent that a whitecap organization existed in Monroe county that Governor Mar shall detailed attorneys 10 assist, m the prosecution. Steel Magnates Answer Government. Trenton, X. J.?Absolute denial of alleged violations of the anti-trust law is made by the United States Steel Corporation, its subsidiaries and di rectors, in their answers, which were filed in the United States district court here to the government's disso lution suit. The effect of its organ ization, the corporation declares, has been to cheapen production, effect economies and increase foreign trade from $8,000,000 to $60,000,000 annual ly within ten years. Agricultural Commissioner Dead. Orlando, Fla.?B. K. McLin, state commissioner of agriculture, after a strenuous day spent inspecting ex hibits at tlie fair here, fell dead while delivering an address in Elks' hall. .Mr. McLin hesitated in his speech, then sank to the floor, lie was dead when assistance, reached nt;n. i'or twelve years he had held office as the head of the slate agri cultural department and was noted as >av:ng fiiu* effected pure food inspec ien laws i.. **,r>rida. U.up> n^UL, 13U.I AnOW DAMIf INDICTED COUNSEL FOR McNAMARA BROTH ERS IS CHARGED WITH BRIB ING A JUROR IN THE CASE. Grand Jury Bills Allege He Furnished Money Out of Defense Fund Los Angeles, Cal.?Two indictments, each containing counts of bribery and attempted corruption, were returned by the county grand jury against Clar ence S. Darrow of Chicago, formerly chief counsel for the McNamara broth ers. The bills allege that he furnish ed the money out of the McNamara defense fund and bribed Robert Bain, a juror sworn to try James B. Mc Namara, the confessed dynamiter and murderer, and George N'. Lockwood. a venireman. Bert Franklin, a detective, who Is alleged actually to have passed the bribe money to Bain and Lockwood,, is accused of the same ofTense in infor mation filed some time ago In the superior court. Franklin's trial has been set for February 27. The maximum penalty that could be imposed on Darrow for conviction on> all counts is thirty years' imprison ment and lines aggregating $10,000. He is under $20,000 bail, but the former chief defense of the McNama ras said he was glad the suspense was over and that he would face his ar raignment in the superior court with an equanimity born of Innocence. Tampa, Fla.?"There was no chance for Darorw to escape," remarked Dis trict Attorney J. D. Fredericks of Los Angeles, who Is spending several weeks here, when shown Associated Press dispatches announcing the in dictment of Clarence Darrow. "We knew that when Juror Bain took his seat that he had been bribed, and we knew who did it. I anticipat ed that the indictment, would come." That Darow will be vigorously prosecuted was intimated by Mr. Fredericks. "Thisiis but the begin ning," he laughed, /when asked if he thought it possible that the indict ment of Darrow in any way involved high officials of the American Feder-1 ation of Labor. W0LTER IS ELECTROCUTED Murderer of Ruth Wheeler Put to Death. Ossining, N. Y.?Albert Wolter was put to death in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison for the murder of 15-year-old Ruth Wheeler nearly two years ago. The girl came to Wolter's flat in New York in search of employment, and he killed htr after she had been mistreated. Wolter left a statement with Warden Kennedy denying that he had committed the crime. Although Wolter was convicted on circumstantial evidence, the court of appeals, reviewing the case after a series of legal delays, declared he was fairly tried and justly convicted. Ruth Wheeler met her death on March 24, 1910, in Wolter's apartment on the fourth floor of a bouse on East Seventy-zfth street, New York City, where she had gone to seek employ ment as a stenographer. No Battleship, Say Democrats. Washington.?There will be no ap propriations for battleships or public buildings at this session of congress. This was the decision of the Demo crats of the house after a sprited cau cus. Elimination of a battleship ap propriation was a surprise, tne caucus having been called to consider a $16, 000,000 public building bill. Represen tative Burnett of Alabama, however* offered an amendment to a resolution to dispense with the public buildings bill, that no battleship appropriation be reported to the house. Watterson Still Talking. Washington.?Col. Henry Watterson in a statement Issued and intended to bring a "distasteful episode" to an end, so far as he was concerned, de clared that the issue between him and Governor Wilson was solely as to which one had "lied." Colonel Wat terson said he "had engaged conclu sively to show" that Governor Wilson had lied and charged that the New Jersey executive "dared not face the facts." Colonel Watterson declined to make public any proors in 11 is pos session. Cotton Mill Workers Riot. Lawrence. Mass.?The worst rioting in the fortnight of the Lawrence tex tile strike! involving 20.00O persons, occurred when street cars were held up and stoned by mobs which refused to let operatives go into the mills. One woman was killed by a stray bul let, a patrolman was stabbed in the back, but not. seriously; a militia captain was badly cut by a brick and several others hurt by stones as well as by clubs of police and soldiers. HOG DAY ; i : FIVE GFNERALS LYNCHED Drastic Measure Is Taken by Those Who Were Opposed to Revo lution in Ecuador. Guayaquil, Ecuador.?An infuriated mob broke into the Quito peniten tiary in spite of a double guard and lynched Gens. Elroy Alfaro, Flavio Alfaro, Medardo Alfaro, Uipiano Paez and Manuel Serrano, all prom inent revolutionists. With the putting to death of Gen. Eloy Alfaro, ex-president of Ecuador; his brother, Gen. Flavio Alfaro, ex ministeV of war and commander-in chief of the revolutionary forces; Gen. Medardo Alfaro, who is believ ed to have been a brother of the two other Alfaros, and Gens. Paez and Manuel Serrano, the leading lights in Ecuador's latest revolution have been snufTed out. This revolution, although it had been a long time brewing, began in reality a few days following the sudden death on De cember 22 last of President Emilio Estrada. The first of the drastic measures taken by those who opposed the rev olution was carried into effect at Guayaquil when Gen. Pedro Montero, who was proclaimed president by the troops after the death of Estrada, was shot and beheaded by a mob, which, later, burned his body. The" shooting of Montero took place in the court room where the general had just been tried by courtmartial and sentenced to sixteen years' Im prisonment for his connection with the revolt. The people, evidently an gered at what they considered a too light sentence, rushed into the court room, and, after riddling Montero's body with bullets, dragged It into the open. They they decapitatted It, built a bonfire and threw into the flames the torso and head of the man who once was a popular, nero in Ec uador. GARDEN WORK FOR CHILDREN Relief Urged Before Child Labor Com mittee Convention. \ Louisville, Ky.?Purposeful labor in connection with their school was urged for children relieved of grind ing labor before the final session of the eighth annual conference of the national child labor committee by P. P. Claxton, United States commis sioner of education. For the mill towns of the South he outlined a plan already worked out to some degree whereby the children of the factory employees should contribute* to the support of the family by gardening. Teachers should be competent to in struct in agriculture and animal in dustry, he declared, and should be engaged for the year through, the winter srhoolroom work to be grad ually lessened as the time for putting in the gardens approached, until the work out of doors, under supervision, should use all of the child's working day. There is plenty of land in or near all these towns, he said, the project iB thoroughly feasible, and, he assert ed, under the least favorable condi tions the child gardener, doing what he would enjoy doing, could produce toward the support of himself and the family, at least as much as now, Metal Revision Passed by House. Washington.?Republican hopes of making a united stand on tariff bills in this national election year went glimmering when twenty-one Insurg ent Republicans joined the Democrats and put through the house the Under wood metal schedule unamended. Thus was added another signal achievement to' the record of Leader Underwood. Three Colorado Demo crats deserted their party, avowing their constituents would not stand for the reduction of lead ore. Plan Eight Great Army Posts. Washington.?Georgia and Tennes see delegations in congress will ap prove a plan recommended by Secre tary of War Stimson which would make Fort [YlcPherson and Fort Og lethorpe, two of eight great posts where the scattered army might be concentrated. The plan, which has been worked out by the officers of the general staff contemplates the abandonment of forty-one of the for ty-nine army posts now scattered over the I'nited States In out-of-the way places. The Message of a Hen. Rome, Oa.?"Watch! The end of time is near," is an inscription on a hen egg that was found by .Miss Cora Powell of 11 Etowah terrace in her hen house. The letters are in script, and have the effect of being emboss ed, raised enough to be detected by touch. The egg is of tinsual size and color. Miss Powell's hen house has only a small door, just large enough to allow ingress and egress of the fowls, and the large door is kept locked at all times. . > y . <. LAWRENCE ABBOTT SAY8 THAT ROOSEVELT WOULD ACCEPT PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. BRYAN OUT OF THE RACE Peerleas Leader's Name Is WKH? drawn From Ticket In Nebras ka Primary. ' Trenton, N. J?That CoL Tbeedore Roosevelt would no more decUto 'to take the nomination for president than he would decline to enlist. If neded, in time of war, is the opinion of Lawrence F. Abbott, one at Che editors of The Outlook, contained in a letter received here by Edward C. Stokes, former governor of New Jer sey. The letter received by Mr. Stoks follows a visit be mad* ta The Outlook office last week, wbca be had an interview with Colonel Roose velt and suggested that he write a letter or have one written detaing his position relative to the presiden cy. The letter from Mr. Abbott giv en out by Mr. Stokes is prefaced with a statement that Mr. Abbott had no authority to speak for Colonel Roosevelt, but that during the past two years he has had exceptional op portunity to learn Colonel Roosevelt's views and the workings of his mind. Mr. Abbott further says; "I am convinced he does not desire Via. MnmtnnHAn Vtrfll VIA uvmiuauvu <?uu w tit wt?v* test for it, but I am equally convtncfld that If his countrymen have stitt fur ther need of his service as their chief executivee, he will no more deeJine their call than he would decllite to enlist, if needed, in time of war." Lincoln, Neb.-j-The name of Judson Harmon of Ohio was filed as a presi dential candidate here for the Demo cratic primaries, while that of Wik liam J. Bryan was withdrawn. Mr. Arter filed the following notice of withdrawal: 9 "Secretary of State Addison Wait, Lincoln, Neb.: Learning that It la not the desire of William J. Bryan that his name appear on the Democratic ticket as a presidential candidate, and learning that he desires to go to the Democratic national convention as a delegate at large from the state of Nebraska, I hereby withdraw tlia peti- , tlon filed by me. (Signed) "A. A. ARTER-" MEYERS WANTSBATTLESHIPS ?? Secretary of Navy Arraigns Demo crane V/iUCU9 Tor nuaiiuvnmy Navy Program. Washington.?Abandonment ef/the program for two battleships this* year brought out a statement from Secre tary of the Navy Meyer. The action ^ of the Democratic caucus also caused :Vj activity in the Demociptic ranks in congress, with the result that another caucus to reconsider the matter will ' , probably be called. tiop of the Democratic caucus a3 **giv- : A ing another illustration of govern ment by snap judgment" He assert ed that "the Monroe d?ctrin? as - big as the navy and no- bigger," and that the United States, guaranteeing J the neutrality of the Panama canal, must be prepared to make good its ? pledge. of two battleships a year," said Secre tary Meyer, "the United States will fall a little behind its present effect ive strength, for the reason that in another year four of our battleships built during the same period wfl! be come non-effective. "The dreadnought type is the war ship of the present day. One dread nought built by a foreign power in excess of the number built by our selves is equivalent to wiping off our Met at one stroke the Indiana, Massa arraigned Ike ac Even with a continuous program chusetts, Oregon, Iowa, Kearsargeand Kentucky. England, the statement declares, / has authorized for the coming year five dreadnoughts, and Germany three dreadnoughts and one armored cruiser. Japan is said to have au thorized Ave ships of the latest dread nought type and $79,000,000 for con struction between 1911 and 1918. Taft Restive Under Attack. Columbus, Ohio.?Reviewing the achievements of his administration before the Columbus Glee clab here, President Taft drew the line sharply between the old line Republicans and the Progressives of his party and practicaly declared that the time was at hand when the "denunciation" of the Progressives must cease, and when the nation will demand facts. He had not the slightest doubt, he said, that the Republican party would win out in the November elections. Imperial Family May Keep Titles. Pekin, China.?It is understood that immediate abdication of the throne has been decided upon, as a result " tkn Of the COUieieuLc press dowager. Prince Chun, the ex regent, and Prince Ching, the ex-pre-. mier, in accordance with conditions laid down by the Republicans namely, that the imperial family and princes are to retan their empty titles, re side in Pekin or elsewhere at their pleasure and receive annual pensions aggregating 3,000,00^ taels ($2,000, ?00). Curfew Laws for Husbands Chicago?A curfew law for hus bands was advocated by Robert R. Glenn, former governor of South Car olina, in a speech here on the sub ject "The Country's Need of Ster ling Men and Women.'' "The man who stays away from his family at night is the most contemptible crea ture on earth." he said. "I wish we had a curfew law for husbands?a law that would make every husband stay at home from S in the evening until six o'clock the next morning:.