Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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abbevilLe, 8. c. Wrestlers may win in straight falls, but aeroplane racers, never. Automobiles would be even more popular if they did not smoke. A fireproof building is always fire proof as long as tbere is no fire in th? vicinity. ?nv_ noto *97 000 for a iuo uiau nuv w T..|V Bible does not expect to get $27,000 worth of reading out of it A wealthy Boap manufacturer ad dressed the hobo convention at Cin cinnati and escaped without a scratch. How fickle Is humanity. In summer "wie kick about the high cost of Ice, end in winter we trample it under foot ' , A Baltimore man has been on the operating table 24 times. He must be the fellow who casts the Bcaueriag vote.. The conning towers on the battle chips outnumber and outrank the cu polas on the temple of peace at The Hague. A doctor told a woman's club "how , to make a child sick." His talk could j be spread usefully for the benefit of ! grown-ups. f> \ I . . They call it the United States of China, but the states are about as firmly linked together as a mess of chop suey. A Boston minister tells men to vote ?8 they pray. With a good many of them that would be never until they nhout to die. Labouchere. the English editor of Truth, left ten million dollars. If that is the result of Truth, what is the use of so much lying? The Denver man who traveled 9,000 miles to take unto himself a wife can hardly be said to be the victim of a leap year proposal. jj Kitty Gordon tells us that it costs $200 a week to be beautiful, and yet few women are complaining about the high cost of beauty. ? - A scientist has figured out that a bee travels 48,000 miles in collecting the material for a pound of honey. What a beautiful price basis for a new trust! ' "Thehe is no telling a woman's age Sfi. after she passes 25," sagely enuncl ates a contemporary. On the con trary, every friend she has cheerfully tells It on her. Who says the Filipinos have not at tained a high degree of civilization? Manila Is grief-stricken over the de parture of tlxe troops for China. TH? best baseball team In the city went with them. iJ i I One of Alaska's most popular vol canoes is in violent eruption. If it is assisting to temper the atmosphere in its vicinity it 1b likely to make itself dearer than ever to the hearts of the Alaskan people. A child 5 years old in New York has had his income raised from $3,000 per year to $15,000, thus permitting him to support his guardians in the style to which they alleged that they have been accustomed. The French government asks for an appropriation of $4,400,000 for military aeroplanes. Th^se who imagined that the aerial navies would reduce the , cost of "peace insurance" may have to revise their lde&s. . | .fir . Paris authorities nave order Ray mond Duncan to wear more clothes in public. Evidently Raymond labors un der the impression that all the world's , a bathing beach. 1 A California boy 22 years of age v? fi? Wo honfl , UtLti LU< she will be good enough to refrain from spanking him In case she hap pen* to catch him stealing jam. ? Silk stockings are no longer consid ered fashionable In Washington. Has that any possible connection with the* crusade the women of Washington are waging against high street car steps t b v No man Is a hero to his stenograph er.YSo say the organize^ women ste nographers of Chicago. For self-pro tectlon then, we shall have to hire male stenographers for whose opin ion we don't gave a hang. A woman in Iowa laughed so long and so hard at a Joke that they had to send for three doctors to chloroform 'her. This ought to be some encour agement lo those mournful members of the community, the jokesmlths. A Harvard professor advocates u course in aviation at all our universe j ..ties, just as if the average college stu? dent is not flighty enough. A Butfalo woman says she can't live j -with her husband because he is bald. ;It must also be that his ears are too small to afford a good hold. The czar ordered the banishment of Bishop Hennogenes and he went to ! Ehirovitzky monastery in a private | car. That's better than Siberia and ! walking. A Pittsburg school has established a "course for brides." The course for a good many brides these days is first to Niagara Falls and then to Reno. One of the new novels is entitled "He Comes Up Smiling." The first man who ever retrieved a collar but ton from under the bureau, probably. "Too bad abcfut those forty Des Moines millionaires who can't get ahaved Sundays." Does anybody be Jleve Des Monea has forty mlUion aires? \ IDS JUDGMENT AGAINST WILLIS OUTCOME OF CHARGES AGAINST HIM AS MANAGER DEDMOND REMEDY.COMPANY. PLAINTIFFS GIVEN $55,488 Master in Equity J. W. Gray, In His Report Finds Judgment Against J Archie Willis, Member of the House From Laurens County. Greenville, S. C.?Judgment against J. Archie Willis, member of the House of Representatives from Laurens county, in the sum of $544.88, is the gist of the findings of Master in Equi ty J. W. Gi*ay, to whose court was referred the case of John W. Bridges and E. W. Dedmond versus J. A, Willis, G. K. Willis, W. K. Stringer, Leon L. Rice and W. E. Geer, as s^t forjth in his' report to the court of common pleas, filed with the clerk of court. This is the final "wind-up" of the charges preferred against J. Archie Willis as manager and stockholder ol the Dedmond Remedy Company, a concern organized at Belton some time ago for the manufacture and marketing of an alleged cure for pel lagra. It will be remembered that charges of mismanagement of the af fairs of the concern were brought against Mr. Willis last December, and an order was issued by Special Judge R. M. Shuman requiring him to show on December 9th, why an injuncuui. should not issue from the court re straining him from entering the of fice of the concern, handling any ol the books or records; why a receivpi for the Dedmond Remedy Companj should not be appointed, etc. The defendant responded to the order, and the case was referred tc the court of the Master in Equit) with instructions to take the testi mony and report back to the court ol common pleas. This the Master has done. An episode following the bringing of the charges against Mr. Willis wil be recalled. After the receiver hac been appointed, and one morning about 2 o'clock, when the auditors had completed an examination of the books of the concern, Mr. Willis call ed a representative of the Greenville (S. C.) News to the room where the books had been audited and handec him an affidavit, signed by Mr. Johr W. Bridges and avowing that the charges against Mr. Willis were groundless. Several nlays after this affidavit was published Mr. Bridges issued a statement declaring that the affidavit was forced from him by Mr Willis at the "point of a gun." Mr. Willis is said to be in Key West, Fla., at present, having gone there to engage in newspaper work He served in the recent session ol the Legislature a portion of the time that body was fn session. Will Hold Meeting In Columbia. The National Berkshire congress has accepted an invitation to meet ir Columbia in connection with the Na tional Corn show, which is to be helc here durj^g January and February of 1913. This announcement of th( acceptance of the invitation has beer made by T. F. Jackson, secretary and treasurer of the South Caroiins association. The national associatior has a membership of several thousand from every state in the United States The association in this state has a membership of 55, all well known and successful farmers. To Enter Race For State Treasurer. D. W. McLaurin, for 15 years state land agent of the sinking fund com mission, announce? that he wouli1 enter the race for state treasurer t: succeed Capt. R. H. Jennings, whc is to retire from public life "at the end of his term. S. T. Carter, present chief clerk to Capt. Jennings, will also offer for the position. The friends of Senator Spivey of Horrj county are urging him to enter the race. T. H. Rainsford is rumored as a candidaate for secretary of state. City Election At Abbeville. Dr. C. C. Gambrell defeated Mayot J. E. Jones by five vjites nt the city election held in Abbeville. Aldermen elected were: Ward 1, Mv B. Syfan; Ward 2, Jas. S. Cocheran; Ward 3, Geo. Shirley; Ward 4, Albert Henry The vote was as follows: For Mayoi ?Dr. C. C. Gambrell, 244; J. jj;. jpnes 239. For aldermen?Ward 1, W. H White, 34; M. B. Syfan, 48. Ward 2 L. T. Miller, 26; Jas. Cocheran, 39; Ward 3, George Shirley, 123: W. S Stewart, 66; S. E. McCuen, 56. Ward 4, Albert Henry 51. Fatal Shooting At Kingstree. W. P. Baker was shot end possibly fatally wounded at Kingstree by J. C Hudfeon. The shooting took place at Hudson & Baker's stables, near court house square. The affairs of the firm were being closed up and assumed by M. Baker, and in the course ol settlement it appears that some words were passed, when Mr. Hudson drew his pistol and fired on Mr. Baker, the ball entering on the left side, neai the heart. Immediately after the shooting Hudson surrendered to tht sheriff and was lodged in jail. May Join International Congress. The Columbia chamber of commerce has been invited to join the Interna tional Congress of Chambers of Com merce, the leading business body o -.he world, and to send three dele gates to the sessions to be held ir Boston September L'4 to 28. As th? congress has never met before in tin United States, it is attracting mucl attention from American business met on account of the opportunity whicl it will afford to enter into relatioui with the commercialv leSders of al other civilized countries. V COSTS OF THE COMMISSIONS One Spent $8,000 and Collected $500, 000?Others Collected Nothing? Spent $4,000 in One Year. Columbia.?The Blease winding-up dispensary commission, which cost the state of South Carolina approxi mately $4,000 for one year, is to be abolished within the next several weeks as a result of the Crosso nres olution. Xot one dollar turned into the state treaasury as a result of the work of the Blease comn:'jsion. ,The Ansel winding-up commission, I which was dissmissed by Gov. Blease [ on the grounds of "incompetency" ( ' worked for four years at a cost of $8,000 to the state ana turned into the state treasury about $500,000. It is expected that the final meeting of the Blease commission will be held l in Columbia in the near future, when ! the final report will be made. , I The members of the Blease com , mission are James Stackhouse, J. V. . Wallace, F. H. Dominick, Thos. F. , Brantley and E. M. Thomson. ! The members of the Ansel commis sion were Dr. W. J. Murray, John McSween, Avery Patton, J. Steele ' Brice and A. N. Wood. ; Testimony was presented herore tne ; legislature investigating committee to the effect that a settlement with j the Richland Distilling company had* > heen perfected for $100,000 when the ; present governor was elected. John McSween, a member of the commis . sion, testifying said that after the gov [ ernor was elected that the offer of . settlement for $100,000 was never dis ; cussed again by the representatives . of the Richland Distilling company. ; The legislative investigating com I mittee has resumed its sessions here ? It is very probable that the members . r of the Blease commission will be call nrl Viv fho mmmittpp to tell of the . | work that was accomplished during - the one year of its existence. South Carolina New Enterprises. r The secretary of state has issued ?a commission to the Hyman-Schneider ? company of Georgetown with a capi > tal stock of $10,000. The petitioners r are A. H. Hyman and A. M. Schneid . er. A charter has been issued to the f Murphy Hardware company of Ches j ter with a capital stock of $10,000.^ The officers are 'T. Y. Murphy; prefli ; dent; R. W. Strange, vice president I and W. L. Murphy, general manager, 1 secretary and treasurer. A commission : has been issued to the Dry Dbck Coal 5 and Timber company of Charleston ; with a capital stock of$5,000. The petl - tioners are H. D. Workman and H. H. ! Ficken. A commission has been issued i to the Paraplico Supply company of 1 Pamplico with a capital stock of $6,-, i 000. The petitioners are M. A. Coft s man, B. J. Hyman, W. W. Coleman ; and E. G. Funklea. A commission has i been issued to the Bank of Centenary > with a capital stock of $25,000. The i petitioners are W. McG. Buck, C. O. . Dixon, D-. G. Brooks. A. F. Woods, Henry Mullins and W. H. David. ? Limited Side-Swipes Freight Train. The Southeastern Limited,, South r om iiftKseneer train No. 31 "side-swip > ed" a freight train at the siding near Blytbewood. The engine of No. 31 was derailed and four cars were badly smashed. Robert McDougal, engineer ; on the freight train, sprained his left i ankle and received a scalp wound. - The accident tied up traffic on tVe Col I umbia-Charlotte division for. about r three hours. Both the passenger and > freight were southbound. The freight i was backing Into Blytbewood siding ' when No. 31 passed and collided with i several box cars not "in the clear." i ?-" I County Teachers Hold Meeting. Ome of the best educational gather i ings held in Barnwell county for some I time and one from which it is expect ed that much good will come was held at Barnwell when the trustees and teachers met in the Barnwell high i school auditorium. Horace J. Grouch, - county superintendent of education Railroad Suit is Compromised. The suit of Deputy Sheriff J. S. Huntsinger of Greenville against the Southern Railway company has been compromised. Suit was brought for $15,000, Mr. Hunsinger claiming dam ages to that amount for being put off a train by a ticket collector after he had paid his fare. Chaingang Guard Wounded. J. M. Boulware, guard of the county chaingang, accidentally shot himself, the entire charge of buck shot enter ing his left shoulder and arm. Mr. Boulware was alighting from a wagon and the hammer of his gun struck the wagon, discharging the gun. Dr. J. F. Kinney at once went to the wounded man, ten miles from the city, Mr. Boulware was hurried to the hospital in Laurinburg, N. C. where the arm was amputated ft the shoulder joint. The last reports were that he was resting well. Delegates to Annual Reunion. The confederate veterans of Lan I caster county, Wylle I. casKey, com i mander met in the court house and : elected the following delegates to the i annual reunion to be held this year in 1 Macon, Ga.: Capt. M. J. Hough, W. I. f Caskey, T. H. Davis. The meeting s passed a resolution asking the Lan ' caster delegation to use their influence - with the next legislature to have an ' act passed doing away with soldiers' home in Columbia. The only reason assigned for this move is that the home is not what is ought to be. Have About Solved Murder Mystery. J The detectives say that they have about solved the mystery of the mur der of little Andrew Jackson at Flor f ence. While things have not been - brought out clearly, their hypothesis i seems to be that there had been ? trouble between Andrew and two little - | boys of Mcintosh, the hackmnn, and i that the boys renewed the fight with i .the little fellow when he left his grand i mother's and that a grown man, a s | negro known as Georgetown, who 1 ! drives a hack for Mcintosh, took up | th& matter and choked him to death. .<'!: . s.-- . - a - . . TRADE PARALYZED BY GOAL STRIKES MINERS OF UNITED STATES MAY JOIN STRIKERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY. SUFFERING IN ENGLAND Price of Coal Is Advancing Rapidly as Result of World-Wide Strike of Miners. + + + The war in the coal world + + continues to rage. " OSA AHft minora nilt T" iiivic ait 4-uv,vw + in Germany and more are going + + out. Martial law may be de- + + clared. + + There are 1,000,000 miners out + + in Great Britain. Trade is par- + + alyzed and much suffering is re- + + ported. + + The anthracite coal miners of + + the United States threaten t<? + + strike. J + + The prices of coal are jump- + + ing the world over. + Berljn, Germany.?Tne coal miners' strike in the Great German coal fields of Westphalia continues to spread. There are over 240,000 men now on strike and the situation is becoming worse everywhere. It has taken a most serious turn in several districts and has resulted already in a fatal conflict between the police and the strikers in the district of Heme. The feeling among the men is in creasing in intensity owing to the rigid repressive measures of the au thorities, and it is officially reported here that troops will be called out if the police prove inadequate to deal with the situation. ^ The answers of the mine owners, including the Prussian state, which runs its own mines, to the demands of the unions in other German coal fields, take the same stand as , the owners in Westphalia, declaring that financial conditions do not permit the granting of the full increase of wages and the other demands of the miners, so that strikes also are impending there. ,T(f The distress which has been caused throughout England, Scotland and Wales from the coal strike is growing acute, more J>Srticularly in Wales. In that country practicaly the whole life of the people depends upon the output of the coal mines. / The men on the railroads and those rnimected with other industries are now being discharged daily by hun dreds, the notices to quit which were given them when the coal strike be gan now expiring. New York.?The anthracite coal op erators and the United Mine Workers of America alike profess unyielding f^lherence to their attitudes concern ing the miners' demands. "The situ ation'looks very blue and the indi cations point to a strike," declared President John T. White of the min ers. The operators say positively that they will make no concessions. CONFIRM PITNEY NOMINATION Mahlon Pitney of New Jersey Is Placed on Supreme Court Bench. Washington.?.Mahlon Pitney, chan cellor of the state of New Jersey, President Taft's nominee to succeed the late Justice Harlan on iho Su preme bench, was Anally confirmed by the senate oy a voie uj. ov li> ^u. -.These Republican senators voted against Mr. Pitney's eonfirmatnn : Bourne, Bristow, Kenyon, Cummins and Poindexter. These Democrats voted ags'ust him: Bacon, Bryan, Chamberlain, Cul berson, Gardner, Gore, Hitchcock, Johnson, Kern, Lea, Myers, Newlands, C'Gorman, Pomerene, Rayner, Reed, Shively, Smith of Georgia, Smith of South Carolina,, Taylor and Williams. The senate's consideration of Jus tice Pitney was in the fourth execu tive session it has had on his nomina tion and the vigorous fight against him because of his decision in a glass blowers' strike case did not abate until the last moment, i Justice Pitney's commission was signed as soon as the senate had con firmed him. Mob Kills T. ree Negroes. Olar, S. C.?Three negroes in charge \ of two constables on their way from Olar to Bamberg to be lodged in the county jail were taken from the offi cers by a mob at Odoms bridge, and shot to pieces. The mob of 75 to 100 men surprised the two consta bles and securing the three negroes finished their work. The negroes were Alfred Dublin, Richard Dublin and Peter Rivers. The negroes had confessed to attempting to burn the house of J. E. Cook, mayor of Olar. Girl Gets Share of Hawley Millions. Xew York.?Miss Margaret Camer on, known as the ward of Edwin Haw ley, and whose real name is Emma Sturgess, has been deeded by the late financier's heirs property estimated to be worth $1,000,000 and allowed a life income of $25,000 a year, accord ing to a statement by John B. Stanch field, attorney for the heirs. The set tlement was made, in accordance with a letter written by Mr. Hawley some time before his death, requesting that generous provision for Miss Camer on be made. LaFollette Issues Creed. Madison,( Wis.?Tnited States Sen ator Robert M. LaFollette, in his cam paign platform, declares his belief in :he initiative, referendum and recall *nd direct nominations; government Dwnership and operation of express companies. He opposes ship subsidy, !he Aldrich currency plan and Cana iian reciprocity. Senator LaFollette jays it is not his purpose at this lime to discuss the issue, or indeed :o do more than suggest his position jpon the vitally important ones. PLEADS FOR EVERGLADES I FLORIDA SENATOR DENIES THAT i THERE'S BEEN ANY GIGANTIC LAND SWINDLE. No One Doubts the Feasibility of Re- I claiming the Everglades of Florida. Washington.?"We are here to give the public scientific data, not opin- 1 Ions. I want this thing stopped right 1 where it is." Senator Fletcher of Florida thus quoted Secretary of Agriculture Wil son, referring to the time when the circular on the drainage of the Flor ida Everglades was suppressed in the department. Senator Fletcher : ap peared before the Everglades investi gating committee and assumed re-, sponsibility for bringing the matter co the attention of Secretary Wilson. Senator Fletcher said that the cir cular in controversy may have con tained some truth, but he thought that in the main it was unfair and unjust and, on the whole, would con vey an erroneous impression. Senator Fletcher said drainage of the Everglades had been a political issue in Florida. He did not know of any one who doubted the feasibility of reclaiming the Everglades. The dif ferences, he said, were over the ques tions of cost and length of time re quired for the work. There was also a difference of opinion as to the value of the reclaimed land. The senator explained the suppres sion of the senate document on the Everglades and the criticism of it by Representative Clark. He dnied that only facts favorable to the reclama tion project were printed and unfav orable material rejected. He said he had simply put the facts in the doc ument, and had excluded ipatter sub mitted to him by C. G. Elliott, chief I drainage engineer of the department of agriculture, because he thought it ( immaterial and 'surplusage." THE PANAMA CANAL TOLLS ; Maximum of $1.25 a Ton Agreed Upon j for Passage Through Waeerway, ; Washington.?Fixing the maximum 1 Panama canal tolls at $1.25 a ton, ; with a minimum not below an amount < sufficient to maintain and operate the ! canal, and with no preference to be i given to American ships, the house 1 committee on interstate commerce, s by a vote of 14 to 4, agreed on a 1 bill for the operation of the Panama canal. i The bill would authorize the presi- I dent to open and operate the canal ( and to make rules for the govern- < ment of the canal and fix the tolls. The provision relating to rates is j as follows: i That the president is hereby au- < thorized to prescribe and from time i to time change toll charges for the j " - mnol hv nil VPS- 1 1186 01 1116 L'dLUcx llio. v/uuui j ? sels, except those belonging to the < government of the United States (in- ( eluding those of the Panama Railway ; company) and the government of i Panama, which excepted vessels shall i be charged no tolls. < ' Will Buy Davis' Birthplace. Frankfort, Ky.?With the passage in the house of the senate bill, appro- ' priating $7,500 for the purchase of ] Jefferson Davis' birthplace, I near Elk- < ton, Ky., the memorial to the presi- I dent of the Confederacy for which 1 the Daughters of the Confederacy. < have been working, was made possi- 1 ble. The bill is now ready for the ! governor's approval. The homestead i is to be made into a state park and 1 a memorial will be erected in it. i Plans for a Jefferson Davis Way lead- ' ing to the farm are already projected- I Patent Owners Have Monopoly. Washington.?The Supreme court held that the owner of a patent has ( a monopoly upon all articles used in Its operation, may fix itst price and prescribe its use, and thereby laid down a broad principle of doubtful J application to many of the govern ment's important anti-trust suits now pending which involve questions of ' patent rights. The court stood four 1 to three, Chief Justice White, with 1 whom dissented Justices Lamar and Hughes, voiced his dread of the court's work. ( Urges Extension of Free Delivery. Washington.?Extension of free mail delivery service to villages and small towns throughout the country is being urged upon congress by Post master General Hitchcock. He has forwarded to the senate and house committee of postoffices and post roads a recommendation that an ap propriation of $1,000,000 be made to put the village delivery service into operation providing that not more than $1,800 a year be allowed for the work at any single office. i\r hi.) COTTON MS WEATHER BULLS CONTEND THAT THE NEW SEASON WILL BE VERY BACKWARD. Bears Say There Is Yet Plenty of Time to Plant a Hufie , I Crop. New Orleans.?The cotton market promises'to be much of a weather af fair. Planting time in the cotton belt has arrived and the trade from now an is going to eagerly watch the weather map for conditions favorable jr unfavorable to the new crop. The bulls contend that the new season will be very backward because of the long-continued cold and wet weather,' md that prices, for some time to iome, will be on an upward trend in consequence: Of late the new crpp months in the future market have been influenced by bullish senti ment The bear side is doing its best to jestroy bullish sentiment in the dis tant months by the contention that t is being made part and parcel of the manipulation going on in the old ;rop positions. The bears, and, it must be admitted, even many conserv itive traders, are of the opinion that there is yet plenty of time in which to plant a full acreage and that, in mch a backward season, it is better to plant a little late than too early because of the danger from spring !rosts that the young plant under goes. During the wee^c many mar ket letters cited instances where this last season cotton planted on the first )f June yielded a bale to the acre The labor situation abroad will aave to be considered by the cotton Lrade, but there is a growing disposi tion to give strike news second place to news from the cotton belt. t RIOT IN SOUTH CAROLINA ? Dne Man Killed and 5 Wounded In Windsor, S. C., Feud. Augusta, Ga.?S. Cushman, a farm er of the Windsor, S. C., section of fUken county, is dead; J. C. Cleckley ind >L. B. Johnson, policemen of the ittle town of Windsor, are in the kiken county jail; T. B. Adkins and three other men are in the Windsor ;uard house and five men in the town )f Windsor are wounded as the re mit of a factional feud which precip tated a riot on the street of the town vhen Cleckley made an attempt to irrest Adkins in the latter's market tor firing a revolver. When the town was incorporated ibout a year ago the opposition fac :ion declared it intended to run the :own and drive the two policemen jut of it. A pistol shot was heard In Adkins market and Cleckley arrested Adkins, thereupon the latter's two sons pre cipitated trouble in trying to prevent the arrest. A dozen or more men gathered on the street in front of the market, and as Cleckley started out jf the door a shot was fired in the iark. Instantly the shooting became general, and when it had subsided ? ?? ~ onH +TTrr? AthPr i jusnman >v<xa ucau ouu men, wounded, lay near him. Three Df the wounded got away. Yuan Takes Oath as President. Pekin.?In the new foreign office, yuan Shi ai was formally inaugurated provisional president of the republic Df China, in the presence of a great gathering of delegates, provincial en voys, military and naval officers and Dther prominent personages, but the legations were not represented. Yuan Shi ai, who was in military uniform, read a declaration, promising faith faithfully to develop the republic, ob serve the constitutional laws and re tire when the national assembly ap pointed a permanent president. Mexicans Rally Around Madero, Mexico Citl.?A gigantic testimonial of patriotism and confidence in the existing government was given by cit izens of the capital in the form of a parade and a massing of the people in front of the national palace from a balcony on which Madero delivered several stirring addresses. The demon tsration was orderly in the .extreme, every man seewingly being imbued with the spirit of the occasion?peace for the republic through maintenance of the constituted government. Will "Speed Up'' Congress. Washington.?Curtailment of the Democratic tariff revision program ?i?u ? ..ion' in ' cnppdinc iid" pnnerpss Willi CI V1V" ?-vr T o ? to permit adjournment before the na tional conventions is now the express ed aim of the Democratic majority in the house. Democratic Leader Un derwood of the house, chairman of the ways and means committee, indicated that the wool tariff revision bill, which is to be reported probably within ten days, will be the last of the revision measures at this session of congress. WmSBKm - I" ORTY-SIX ACCUSED MEN ARE AR RAIGNED IN U. S. COURT AT INDIANAPOLIS. RIAL SET FOR OCTOBER 1 ? . ' 5 Number of Demurrers Entered by Attorneys for the Labor Men / ,v. Were Overruled. Indianapolis, Ind.?"Not guilty" waa le plea of forty-six men arraigned in. ederal court here on indictmenta larging complicity in the alleged, inspiracy unlawfully to transport ynamite from state to state. Judge . B. Anderson overruled all demur ;rs of the defense, but granted thir r days for the filing of exception to is ruling. I A motion to consolidate the cases, ade by United States District Attor ey Charles Miller was sustained, but le court consented to hear attorneys >r the defense, if they decide to pe tion for separate trials. The coust istructed that the defendants ap ear when presentation in the matter made. The trial was set for Oc >Der i. When Judge Anderson announced e would overrule the demurrers to le thirty-four indictments, he turned > the defendants, for whom seats ad been arranged in tiers, and said^ 3entlemen, do you know the nature ' the charges ? gainst you?" "We do," came In a heavy chorus. Then one by one the indicted men, resent or former labor union offi als from many sections of the coun y, and headed by Frank M. Ryan, resident of the Bridge and Structu il Iron Workers, krose as their ames were called by the clerk, and isponded: "Not guilty." Attacks from many angles were ade upon the indictments charging le defendants with aiding and abet ng Ortie E. McManigal and John J. ad James 8. McNamara in the trans artation of dynamite on passenger ains, with being principals with Mc Manigal and the McNamaras in tie legal acts and w'.th having conspired i volate the statutes prohibiting any ich transportation. All demurrers ere overruled by Judge Anderson. * PERATIVES' WAGES RAISED >0,000 Cotton Mill Employee# in New England Benefited. Boston, Mass.?The crest of the igher wage movement in New Eng ,nd textile circles reached Fall River ad the 25,000 employees of 100 print oth mills there will receive a 5 pei ;nt. advance on March 25. The ac ' .^v on of the Fall River mills brings, le total of wage-earners V in New ngland textile plants who will gee stter pay to 175,000. The textile juncil of New Bedford has decided i ask for an advance in that city. An advance of 5 per cent also was mounced by the cotton mills of Hoi jke, Taunton, Chicopee and other laces, as well as by the Worcester "oolen Mills and the Hoosac Cotton jmpany's mills af North Adams. At le latter plant 200 operatives of the rinning department struck for an in ease and b%tter working conditions,. i hour before the advance was an ounced. It is expected, however, lat all the operatives will return., Cotton and woolen mills in New ngland employing about 100,000 per ms have not made a formal i an juncement regarding the wage Quesr-' on, but it is expected in Boston mill; rcles that notices will be posted lortly in many additional establsh ents annnouncing higher schedules. Many of the fine cotton manufactur es in Rhode Island, the Blackstone alley, the northeastern Connecticut id western Massachusetts are await g the outcome of a wage demand v*>w Bedford, where there are 30, >0 operatives, before acting. When business is in first class con tion there are about 300,000 textile jeratives in New England. It Is es mated that the general advance of om 5 to 7. per cent, will cost the 500 textile manufacturers $5,000,000 year. In some of the Lawrence mills it is iderstood the rise will be at least > per cent, for many classes of help. Doctor Cook Lauds Amundsen. New York.?Dr. Frederick A. Cook, ho is a close personal friend of mundsen, the South Pole explorer, ft New York for Liverpool, London, aris and Berlin. He spoke before hia sparture on Amundsen's dasr to the suth Pole. H? unhesitatingly be eved that the pole had been .reach 1 by the Norwegian explorer. He tought Amundsen was wel equipped ir a .rapid run with his light dog -awn steds. Dogged persistency was mundsen's strong point, said Doctor ook. Texas Cotton Mills Defended. Austin, Texas.?In a letter to Gov nor Colquitt, State Labor Commis oner Starling vigorously challenged, report emanating from the. Federal jpartment of commerce and labor i the effect that conditions in Tex ? ~,iiio wom rtenlnrable. and 3 COllUil Ulllm v.. , , . lat wages paid put the names of ost men employees on the patron ?e of loan sharks. The commission p says that he hsa Investigated con itions, and there is no truth in the 'port. To Fight High Cost of Living. Chicago.?Two plans for battling ?ainst the high cost of living were solved in Chicago. Both embrace lans for doing away with the middle ian and both promise a marked sav ig for those joining in the enter rise. One plan was put fcrth by the hicago Postal Clerks' Union, number ig 1,500 men. and the other by fifty r more householders in Hyde Park.) tid Woodlawn who held a meeting to iscuss ways and means of beginning, le work at once. Co-operative buy ig is the plan to be used.