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* I ABBEVILLE PRESS IDEM Publlahad Weekly ABBEVILLE, 8. C. Still, the short weight Ice dealer Is not as universal as once he was. The Prince of Wales Is of legal age, but has not been given a night key. Philadelphia Is to have a 21 story hotel It Is trying to keep step with Kew York. "Absolute divorce and the custody of the dog," Is the way an eastern decree reads. Mary had a little lamb, ana now that the price has dropped a little, she can have a little more. A woman looks under the bed for a man, while a man looks around to see if he can find a dictograph. More than 27,000,000 cigarettes are Bmoked each day in the United States. Would not that stain your fingers? In the weather line the year con tinues to show a disposition to go to extremes more Interesting than popu lar. The fact that Nan Corrlgan, a pret ty newsgiri, is to marry a wij ?. man is further proof of the power of the press. A noted poet Is reported as dead of fndigestion. Ever has It been difficult to harmonize the muse and the bread basket Rats are to be exterminated on the ground that they do lesB good and more harm than any other animals in the world. / A St. Louis man's wife left him ofcht: timps in two years, and still he Is Bulng for divorce. How much lib erty does that man want? China Is still In the market for money but is more particular than she used to be from whom Bhe borrows it. China is becoming civilized. New Yorkers are picking people's pockets through the open windows of elevated trains. New Yorkers are nothing If not progressive. Baroness von Suttner says the use of aeroplane fleets would barbarize the air. Who cares? There are no Innocent bystanders up there. The man who can smile and Bmlle when his neighbor's chickens scratch up his grass seed deserves to dwell where lawns grow green forever. An exchange informs us that there are 11,463 practicing lawyers In New York. No wonder that wicked city is visited by frequent crime waves. The barbers of Paterson, N. J., have asked for higher wages and wish to abolish tips. Paterson doesn't sound Uke m.uch of a place for tips anyway. A Russian Immigrant landed at Phil adelphia the other day with a beard 11 feet long. He should have no trou ble getting a job In some sldeBhow. One New York manager expects to have twenty-five Bhows on the road next season When you begin to find your troubles bard to bear think of him. If you have been going fishing these summer days and some of the big ones have been getting away, remem ber the Btory will be as good next summer. Coffee experts have testified that the last shipment from Mocha was over 200 years ago. It must have been a tremendous shipment to have lasted this long. i A Boston woman physician advo cates scientific marriages. "We Imag ine that scientific marriages would greatly Increase the waiting lists In most of our clubs. A woman who has been married thirteen years has Just received a di ploma from a Chicago high school. Marriage Itself Is" a pretty liberal edu cation for most women. A Japanese statesman remarks that bis country needs a new religion. We have a few hundred varieties of re HtHmifl rnltR and isms which we can well afford to give away. They Bay some Boston women are bo slow In adopting fashions that they are wearing hoop skirts at thlB late day. Imagine a street car conductor saying: "Move forward, please!" It was 100 In the shade the other day In Medicine Hat, where they run the blizzard factory, and 96 In Battle ford, where the Canadian northwest fights for cold records every winter. How's that for an anti-monotony cli mate? An Ohio man wishes to get cured of the gambling propensity by a surgl cal operation on Ilia uraiu. musi gam bling places will be pleased to effect a reasonably 6ur? care by the usual operation on the pocketbook. A mother sparrow In a nearby city defended her nest so vigorously from a painter that she caused him to fall off the scaffolding and break his arm. A brave little mother like that, fight ing for her babies under such odds, ought to win human respect even if she is only a common bird. Paintings worth $50,000 have been cut from frames in a New Jersey resi dence. As the rich sometimes buy pictures for their frames the burglar Is shown to possess the critical In stinct. A Pittsburg Jury decided In a case brought before It that a woman who has not seen her husband for twenty seven years can consider herself a widow. She can also consider herself fortunate that such a husband disap peared Instead of staying and making her support him. BETTER SCHOOL SYSTEM NEEDED IN SOUTH CAROLINA ACCORDING TO THE STATE HIGH SCHOOL INSPECTOR. WHERE CHANGE IS NEEDED Professor Hand Points Out That Edu cational Laws in the Past Six Years Have Dealt Almost Exclusively With Elementary Education. Columbia.?Many of our people seem to be obliviaus of the fact that until within the past six years our state school law dealt almost exclus ively with elementary school matters, as if a school system were embraced within the narrow but charmed limits of the three R's. And but one act has added to the range or compass of the law?the high school act of 1907. No state cat lay claim to hav ing a system of education until it embraces elementary, secondary and higher institutions; and no school I i a- ~ u #/v. ittw is tiut;qua.tc uuin it piuuuco iui the establishment, maintenance and management of all three types. Whenever a symmetrical system of education shall have been wrought out and giveii expression in a work able school law, it must come directly or indirectly from the brains and hands of educational experts, from educational statesmen. Those who are to construct an efficient system of education and interpret it in terms of a legal code must be familiar with educational systems in this and other countries, must understand the philos ophy and functions of modern educa tion, and must be able to adjust edu cational, economic and social forces. It is no reflection whatever upon any one to say that the creative part of this work will never be wrought out on the floor of a popular legislative assembly, any more than to say that an efficient system of banking will never be wrought out on the floor of such an assembly. In such a body tVioro nro tan m?nv crude and diver gent notions ever to be focused on a workable system, without the brains and Lands of the expert. Almost any kind of school legislation proposed In a popular assembly of lawmakers calls forth all manner of crude, ec centric, ill-digested and whimsical no tions and schemes. On such occasions every conceivable shade of opinion from extreme radicalism to ultra con servatism finds free expression and stubborn support. Two Derailments Near Greenwood. Traffic on the Charleston and West ern Carolina was delayed on account of the werck of passenger train No. 4. The train was derailed below Ver dery, In this county and Engineer Claude Skelton and Fireman Joel Tur ner, the latter a negro, both were bad ly hurt. They were carried to Augus ta for treatment. Mr. W. P. Milam, of Greenwood, mall clerk, was on duty on the train, but escaped injury. A freight on the Seaboard was wreck ed four or five miles east of town, but no one was ^injured. Army Worm In Barnwell County. The farmers of Barnwell county are very much worried over the appear nnf? ftf tho armv worm in fields near Blackville. A report that just reach ed Barnwell says that in a field of corn where they have been at votlt the "fodder" has been eaten from the stalks and the grass cleaned out. The shucks have not been attacked yet. Steps are being taken to eradi cate the pest and to prevent its spreading to other fields. Shot By Chain Gang Guard. James A. Galloway, a young farm er living one mile west of Mallory, was shot by Neill Mclnnis, a chain gang guard. Mr. Galloway was pass ing the convict camp and stopped to discuss the matter of some ditching that the chaingang had been doing on the Galloway lands. Mclnnis be came incensed at some remark Mr. Galloway made and shot the latter. Farmers' Institute at Sumter. A farmers' institute will be held at the Baker school, about seven miles from Sumter, beginning on the last day of this month, and extending two days into August. A large number of prominent agricultural experts will be present, as well as the men in eharee of the Clemson extension work in this state. Arrangements have been made to have the experts make their talks during the afternoons and evening, when it will be more con venient for the people from the sur rounding country to attend. Army Worm in Spartanburg County. The "army worm" nas appeared in this county around Mayo, a small sta tion on the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio railroad, eight miles north of Spartanburg. Its ravages are also re ported near the Cowpens battle ground, in a more northeasterly sec I tion of the county. At Mayo the ; worm has destroyed fields of cotton, ! corn and grass on the farms of N. i Potter and J. H. Cash. At the bat tleground Ambrose Scruggs' farm is the seat of operations. The advent of the worm has caused consternation. Storm Does Much Damage. Probably the most terrific storm in several years occurred at Lancaster and did considerable damage in sev eral sections of the town. A very unusual and one inspiring electrical display struck horror to the hearts of many and not a few received slight shocks caused from the lightning striking nearby trees and outhouses The cook room of a small one-story house near the Southern depot, occu pied by R. S. Beckham, was struck and badly damaged. ENCOURAGES THE MOOSF In South Carolina.?Urges His Follov* ers In This State to Take Trait and Keep It. Columbia.?A special from Wash ington states that the South Carolina Bull Moosers are going to get busy. They have just received orders from the colonel to take up the trail and keep it hot until they land their chief in the White House. Just as a correspondent called up on Capt. John G. Capers, former member of the national committee from South Carolina, for information nc tr? what the Roosevelt progressive movement was doing, Maj. L. W. C. Blalock of Goldville came into the office on his way from New York to his home. Maj. Blalock did not hestitate to say that he had been in New York in conference with Col. Roosevelt and his managers and that South Carolina would be well repre sented at the Progressive national convention at Chicago August 5th next. Maj. Blalock stated that he had undertaken this work in behalf of the national Progressive movement and its leader, Col. Roosevelt, and that he had communicated with a number of men in South Carolina and would also have a conference called quite shortly at which delegates would be selected. He stated that the delegates would be tfigh class In dependent men, regardless of former political affiliation. He seemed par ticularly glad to have had the direct indorsement of Col. Roosevelt and his advisers In New York that only such delegates from South Carolina would be acceptable. Maj. Blalock was very emphatic in his statement that he repudiated any alleged call for a progressive convention, such as had been referred to in the papers over, the name of Laban Morgan or any others. Capt. Capers would only state that he was doing his best to get out of politics and devote his en tire time to his business. South Carolina New Enterprises. The following are the latest new enterprises as taken from the books In the office of secretary of state: The Georgia-Carolina Power Com I pany of North Augusta, which was I chartered by special act of the leg islature on March 1, 1909, with a capital of $100,000 filed notice of in crease in its capital stock to $1,250, 000, the petitioners being Guersey Price, Antonio Lazio, Jr., J. P. Wood, J. L. Hankinson. A commission was granted to the Minter Company, of Laurens, with a capital of $20,000, to do a general merchandise business, the petitioners being J. >E. Minter of Sedalia, E. P. Minter and XV. H. An derson of Laurens. A commission was granted to tt^e Misses Rogers Company of Greenville, with a capital, of $6,000, to do a general mercantile business, the petitioners being Nettie Rogers, Ada Rogers and Elizabeth Rogers. Fifth Canvass of 3. C. Presbytery. The Presbytery of South Carolina has launched Its fifth canvass in the campaign to raise $200,000 for educa tional institutions. This fifth canvass is in South Carolina presbytery, which is asked to raise $20,000. Following the largely attended banquet at Ab beville special sermons were preach ed in most of the churches. At this time 11 of the 28 churches have sent in reports for the first day, totalling $5,200. The churches reporting are as follows: Greenwood, $2,204; Ab beville, $1,237; Upper i^ong Cane, $220; Donalds,-$90; Ninety-Six, $100; Lebanon, $240; Bethia, $65; Hopewell, $242; Little Mountain, $302; Rocky River, $50; Morris, $150. R. B. Sanders Killed by Jesse Owens. i Robert B. Sanders, of Red Oak townshiD. Barnwell county, was shot ,and killed by Jesse Owens, a white employe on Mr. Sanders' place. The particulars of the homicide are very meagre, but from what can be learn ed there seems to have been a diffi culty of some sort between Mr. San ders' and Owens' wife. The weapou used was a shotgun. Practically the entire load struck Mr. Sanders in the face, causing death in a few minutes. Mr. Sanders was a well-to-do, highly respected citizen of Red Oak town ship, and has always been considered a quiet, peaceable man. Car and Automobile Collide. As the result of a terrific collision at Langley between an automobile and an Aiken-bound trolley car, E. T<v,ctar RrHp-hnm a candidate for the house of representatives from Aiken county; Dr. McGinn of Langley, and three other occupants of the machine, whose names were not learned, were more or less painfully injured, while the automobile is a total werck. Dr. McGinn is perhaps the most seriously injured of the quintette. He was severely bruised and cut around the face and skull. Make Motion For Ball For Seigler. The Hon. Jas. E. Davis, of Barnwell, attorney for Mr. Jas. G. Seigler, tried at the June term of the general ses sions court for the murder last fall of Officer Wade Patterson, but con victed of manslaughter and sentenced to imprisonment for seven years, ap peared before his Honor, Associate j Justice T. B. Fraser, of Sumter, and I argued a motion for bail for Mr. Seigler. The state was represented Dy Solicitor E. L. Gunier of Aiken. The result of the motion has not been as certained. Politics In Cherokee County. The la6t few days have brought out several new candidates for county offices in Cherokee and decidedly more interest is being manifested in things poltical. N. W. Hadin and R. A. Dobson have been announced for the two vacant seats in house of rep resentatives and they have now been followed by G. B. Daniel and J. B Brown. W. W. GafTney, the present treasurer, is being opposed by Stanlej l Wilson and D. Booth Hughes of the Wilkinsville section Is a candidate fOT ) auditor opposing J. W. Gregory. TO 1 COMMISSI TKE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS TO ASSIST IN THIS IMPORT ANT WORK. TO PUSR THIS GREAT WORK Directors Pledge Support In Effort to Solve Water Front Problem Before Panama Canal Opens.?State-Wide Meeting to Be Held at Spartanburg. Charleston.?In view of the move ment among business men of the Piedmont to assist Charleston in the preparation of the port for the open ing of the Panama Canal, the Char leston Chamber of Commerce has lin ed itself up as an active alley of the dock and warehouse commission, in the matter of improvement of facili ties at the water front. 1 Action to this effect, pledging to the commission the support of the Chamber, was tak en at a meeting of the directors of the commercial organization, and this is looked upon as one of the first re sults of an official nature to come about from the movement inaugurat ed in Spartanburg for a statewide effort to encourage the preparation o! South Carolina's port for the opening of the canal. The board of directors of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce be lieve that the dock commission is en tirely capable of handling the prob lem of providing this port with docks. but it believed also, that the commis sion will welcome any active or moral assistance it can procure from the cit izenship and business interests of the state. The canal meeting to be held in Spartanburg on August 15 will prob ably be attended by representatives of a number of the important busi ness centres of the state, according to the way the Chamber looks at the situation. The Chamber of Com merce directors, of course, have heartily endorsed this movement, and will do all in their power to co-operate to the fullest extent with the up country folk. Opinion of Entomologist Webster. Anderson.?Dr. W. F. Webster, the entomologist from the department of agriculture ax wasnmgion, ib spend ing several days in this section look ing into the invasion of the army worms. He arrived in Anderson sev eral days ago and spent several hours in the infected districts. Dr. Webster is of the opinion that the worm is not the genuine army worm, but is the "fall" army worm that frequently ap pears in this section of Anderson county, seem to show a preference for grass, rather than for corn and cotton. As a matter of fact the worms are cleaning out the grass from the corn fields before they begin devastation of the corn stalks. Boy Drowned Near Branchlvllo. Branchville.?Willie Berry, about 12 years of age, was drowned about sev* en miles below here while in bathing in the Edisto river with his step father, Henry Smoak, and several other men. At this writing the body has not been recovered. The boy wag left on a boat in a bar in the river, while the men went up stream about 100 yards to swim down stream. When they got almost back they saw the boy bob up about 100 feet below where they left him. It is suposed that he got out of the boat and was washed off the bar by the swift cun rent. Politics In Orangeburg County. St. Matthews.?The county cam paign meeting opened at Cameron several days ago. All candidates were present, and each addressed the peo ple. J. A. Wolfe, clerk of court, whose health does not permit of hia taking an active part int he campaign, addressed the voters in a written statement. The meeting was typical of Cameron?orderly, good natured and attentive. Of special interest, was that of the efforts put forth by j candidates for the general assembly.' This campaign promises to be of a highly interesting nature. Campaign In Newberry County. Newberry.?The county campaign ' opened at Mt. Pleasant, in the ex-1 treme eastern section of the county, I on the Broad river side. There wen- I about 350 persons present, about 200 I of them being men. The two candi-1 dates for the senate, D. A. Dickert and Alan Johnstone, spoke 20 minutes j and seven of the eight candidates for the house 15 minutes ani t?"> fe tor superintendent of education 10 minutes each. The crowd iioiened | very attentively, but there was no cheering at any time. Army Worm Reported at Sumter. Columbia.?E. W. Dabbs of Salem, state president of the Farmers' union, who was in Columbia for the conven tion, said that the army worm, which has caused considerable perturbation in me up-couniry ana in .tsarnweu county, has made its appearance in the Black river section of Sumter county, where Mr. Dabbs' farm is lo cated. The worms, Mr. Dabbs said, are eating the grass everywhere an< are also attacking some of the young corn. The older stands, he said, are aot affected by the pest. Sunday School Convention. Walterboro.?The fourth annua; Sunday school Convention of the Col leton County Sunday School Aisocia tion was held at Carter's Ford church, near Lodge, in the upper part of thig county. A very large number of dele gates and visitors were present at tha sessions of the convention, which was universally conceded to be the beBt ever held in the county. It will be recalled that Colleton county was the first county in the state to employ a county field worker for her entira time. FROM ALL OVER THE STATE The Latest News of General Interest That Has Been Collected From Many Towns and Counties. Lexington.?Will Holmes, a negro, was arrested and lodged in the coun ty jail by Sheriff Sim J. Miller upon the charge of housebreaking and lar ceny, it being allegea that he entered the county store of Jacob Harman, about five miles from Lexington, some time ago. Columbia.?Mayor Gibbes and an other to be appointed by him will go to Washington, D. C., to place before the subcommittee on public build inga Columbia's need 01 a new posi office building on the government site at the corner of Gervais and Sumter streets. This was decided by council at its regular meeting. Charleston.?Major George P. How ell, engineer in charge of this district, gave out for publication his annual re port for the fiscal year 'ending June 30, 1912. This report has been sub mitted to the Secretary of War and covers everything that has been done by the engineering department in the Charleston district during the year. Charleston.?The police department had two cases of violence on the books. Dan Toomer stabbed Marie Simmons at her room on Shepperd street, the woman dying a short time after reaching the Roper hospital. Toomer was arrested. Two negroes engaged in a fight on the Wharf of the United Fruit company and one shot the other in the side. Charleston.?Information has been received here from Summerville of the killing of Lucius Cooper, a ne gro, by a storekeeper named, Massie about a' mile from the limits of the town. The men got quarreling at Massie's store and during the dis turbance, the storkeeper brought his weapon into play, sending a ball through the negro's head. Columbia.?Mrs. B. W. Dabbs of Salem, president of the State Associa tion of 'Graduate Nurses, is in Colum bia conferring with other members of the association in regard to plans for the state convention of the association to be held in Chester in the fall. Mrs. Dabbs is giving the other members the benefit of her experiences at the national convention in Chicago last spring. Orangeburg.?The second week of the Orangeburg county Democratic campaign was begun at Bowman. The meeting .was presided over by Magis trate D. B. Berry, president of the Bowman Democratic club. The speak ing was gone through with expedi tion. The crowd though large, was good natured and well behaved. All the candidates were well received and the day passed off in good shape. Columbia.?The Second South Car olina infantry left for' the camp of in struction at Anniston, Ala., taking the pla^e of the First regiment, which returned. The four local companies, the Governor's Guards, Richland Vol unteers, Columbia Light Infantry and Brookland Light Infantry, compose the First battalion of the Second reg iment. The regiment will return oo August 4, which date the manoeuvres for the year will close. Spartanburg. ?' S. J. Nichols, the Spartanburg attorney who figured so extensively in the dictabraph testi mony before the dispensary Investi gation commission in Augusta and later appeared before the commis sion in Columbia, where he explain ed that he was intoxicated when he was talking to Mr. Porter of Chicago, made a speech at Drayton mills in which he defended the governor and explained to his hearers the opera tion of a dictagraph. Manning.?The. National Progres sive party, as headed by John Gill of this county, met here and effected preliminary organization. Taking as indicative the crowd that attended, Gill seems to have things coming his way. He says that one-third of the Democrats and two-thirds of the Re publicans are going to vote the Nat ional Progressive ticket. Gill at tended the Republican convention in Chicago as an alternate from this state. Charleston.?Cornelius Lucas was arrested by detectives on the charge of killing a farmer, by name of Jones at Linden, N. C. The crime is said to have been committee several days ago. Lucas denies that he is the guilty man. Chester.?An interesting program has been issued for the Young Peo- ; pies' Christian union and the Sabbath ' school convention of the First Asso- j ciated Reformed Presbyterian presby- j tery which will assemble in this city ! July 30 to 31. The sessions will be I held in the local Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. Florence.?A large lot of held over , cotton was sold on the local market 1 for 12.25, grading middling. This I cotton was bought by E. J. Pender- ! grass for an interior mill, and the ! price was about equal to the New j York quotations, from which it is argued that spots, when they can be had now will bring good prices. Lexington.?The Farmers' institute for this county under the auspices of the Clemson Agricultural college and the Farmers' Cooperative demonstra tion work of the United States de partment of agriculture, was held at Summerland. Columbia.?The railroad commis sion has named July 30 and 31 as the dates for several important hearings. The rates will be discussed. A num ber of shippers will attend the hear ing. Ninety-Six.?Farmers in this section are much disturbed about the appear ance of the army worm. They f.re ruining corn and in some places r ?-e destroying cotton. Mr. Geo. Reid, of Dyson's, telegraphed to Clemson and secured the services of an expert, who is there now. Unless something is done at once it looks as if the worme are going to ruin the crops. i MRIFF BOARD MAY LIVE ANOTHER YEAR SENATE AUTHORIZES EXPENDI. TURE OF $225,000 FOR EX-* PERTS WORK. % THE HOUSE WILL. OBJECT The Democrats Opposed the Tariff Board With But Three Exceptions? The Regular and Progressive Repub licans Were United In Its Support. Wasnmgton.?President Taft's tar> iff board secured the promise of one more year of life from the Senate. After a short fight that body, by a vote of 34 to 29, authorized in the sundry civil appropriation bill and ex penditure of ?225,000 for another year's work of investigaton by the tarill experts. Whether the appropriation Is final ly made will depend upon the strength with which the House resists the Senate's demands. The House refus ed to provide for the tariff board when it framed the sundry civil bill and its conferences are expected to fight the provision when the big sup Iply measure is sent into conference between the two houses. Democrats opposed the tariff board provision, with but three exceptions, Senators Chamberlain, Newlands and Thornton; while the regular and pro gressive Republicans were united in its support The first move by ,the Democrats was an amendment by Sen ators Stone and Bacon for a congres sional tariff commission, to consist of five Senators and five members of the House. This plan was defeated by a straight party vote, 31 to 21. The presidential tariff board was made more subservant to Congress, however, by an amendment of Sena tor Bristow's, accepted by the Senate without a vote, and which requires the board to report to Congress once each year. Get One of "Murder Car" Gun Men. New York.?The gun men wanted for the killing of gambler Herman Ro senthal are beginning to fall into the nets set by the police. Harry Vallon, one of the five notorious gangsters who were in the "murder car" the night Rosentnal was snot, surrenaer ed. Within ten days Deputy Commis sioner Dougherty expects to round up the entire gang. Mitchell Appeals From Sentence. Washington.?John Mitchell, vice president of the American Federation of Labor, was sentenced in the Dis trict of Columbia supreme court to nine months imprisonment for con tempt of court growing out of' the Bucks Stove & Range Company case. An appeal was taken and $4,000 ball furnished to abide by the decision of the upper court. In the Bame case President Samuel Gompers was re? cenuy sentenced 10 one year ?uu otju retary Frank Morrison to six months. Strikers Win Technical Victory. Boston, Mass. ? Having gained what they look upon as a technical victory before the state board of conciliation'and arbitration, the strik ing trolley car men of the Boston ele vated railway company presented their alleged grievances to the grand jury at the invitation of District At torney Pelletier. The district attor ney also summoned before the grand jury the president of the elevated company, General William A. Ban croft, and two directors, James M. Prendergast and James L. Richard?, Twenty-five Hurt In Accident.I Erie, Pa.?Twenty-five persons were InlnroH Avp ?erinnslv_ when a trollev car jumped the track at Four Mile Creek, a summer resort near here. Passengers who escaped serious in jury declared it was a miracle that the accident did not prove fatal to many. Among the injured in the hos pital are Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Daw: ley, whose daughter was killed at the same spot a month ago in an auto mobile accident. Favors Repealing Reciprocity Act. Washington.?President Taft has indicated to several Western senators who were active opponents of Cana dian reciprocity that the would favor a repeal of the act. Mr. Taft will not withdraw his own support of Can dfan reciprocity that he would favor understood, but will take the position that the United States should not continue an offer that Canada refuses to accept. The reciprocity laws con tinue in effect in the United States notwithstanding Canada's refusal to pnrinrse it. Seven Girls Burned to Death. London.?Seven girls were killed, five were fatally injured and several others severely hurt in a fire in a four-story building in Moor Lane, in the heart of the city, occupied by Celluloid Christmas card manufactur ers, who employed many females. The fire started in a front room on the top floor and spread quickly. To reach the stairs the girls in the back room had to pass through the front room, and before they realized their danger, the flames had cut off the means of escape. Ticket of New Jersey Progressives. Asbury Park, N. J.?The New Jer sey progressive mass convention de termined to put in the field in the November election a complete pro gressive ticket, but still undecided as to the method by which tlw.s ticket should be nominated. A minority that opposed an absolute break from the old republican organization pre vailed so far that the executive com mittee decided against any declara tion for the immediate establishment of a new party. This course, oppos ed the view of Colonel Roosevelt. DC i nun HnnwiLu ARE CHARGED WITH ACCEPTINQ BRIBES FROM THE WABASH RAILROAD. 1 ARE CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS The City is Thrown Into Confusion When Detective Bum* Culminates the Investigation?The Arrest of 8ix More Aldermen Are Expected. Detroit, Mich.?Eight aldermen and the secretary of the common council/ "*T i /*? committees were placed under arrest on charges of accepting bribes and J votes and influence in the passing of a measure affecting city property re cently transferred to the Wabasl Railroad. At least six other arrests] of aldermen are expected at any mo- ' ment, and it is alleged that $3,70<fyj passed hands in sums of from $lfl(* to< $1,000. The bribery was consummat ed and the arrests accomplished un der the personal supervision of Detec tive William J. Burns. The officials already arrested are Thomas Glinnan, president of the council, who is alleged to have re ceived |1,000; E. R. Schrelter, Jr., secretary of council committees and also secretary of the American League of Municipalities, who Is charged with conspiracy to bribe and agreeing to accept $500; Alderman Josepb L. Theison, said to have accepted $500, and Martin J. Ostrowski, alleged to have received $200; Alderman Patrick O'Brien, conspiracy. Alderman Louis TYwflv. said to have received $200: Alderman Frank J. Mason, Alderman Louis Brozo and Alderman Deimel,, the last three being charged with ac cepting $100 each. / Alderman Glinnan has long been known in city 1 politics as "Honest Tom." When arrested it is said he turned over $1,000 and made a com* plete confession. May Investigate Orgy of Soldiers. Chicago, 111.?War dempartment ot ficials may be called on to investigate reports published here that members, of the IUionls and Wisconsin national] guards and of the regular army, gath ered at Camp Douglas, Wis., to take1 part in manoeuvers for which con gress appropriated money, engaged in a drunken orgy a few hours before, the start of the campaign, tl is al leged that officers in charge made no efforts to put an end to tne aeoauen ery. Street brawls in which women were insulted and soldiers fell in a j stupor in gutters are alleged to have J made the opening of the campaign aj mockery. Condition of Emepror it Grave. Tc-kio, Japan.?The condition Mutsunhltd, Emperor of Japan, is garded as extremely grave. The phy-| sicians have issued only one bulletii and that announced no change, which I is regarded as ominous. The nature! of the emperor's malady, which is indicated as acute nephritis, compli-: cated by uremic poisoning and whit?! began to cause serious alarm about July 19, haa prevented the imperial patient taking sufficient nourishment Harry Thaw Mutt Remain in Asylum, White Plains, N. Y.?Harry K. Thaw, in the eyes of the law, Is still Insane and must remain In the asylum where he was placed on February 1st, 1908, after he had killed Stanford White. Justice Martin J. Keogh, of ' the supreme court, denied Thaw's application for freedom. The court took the ground that Thaw.'s release would be dangerous to public safety. Jury For the Grace Trial. Atlanta, Ga.?Names of 108 citizens were drawn by court officers here from which the twelve men who will try Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace will be r selected. The' trial of the woman ac cused of shooting her husband, Eu gene H. Grace, will start in the near future. Excise Tax Bill Pasted By Senate. Washington.?Democrats and Pro 1 gressives united again in the Senate, and by a vote of 36 to 18 passed the : Democratic excise tax bill, extending the present tax on corporations, to the business of individuals, private firms ; and co-partnerships. Attached to the ! measure, also by the aid of the Re publican votes, were amendments for the repeal of the Canadian reciprocity law and a fixing of a $2 per ton tariff ; on print paper; and for the establish I ment of a permanent non-partisan tar iff commission. Dougherty Gets "Dago Frank." New York.?Deputy Police Commis sioner Dougherty prepared to give the i "thirH rlperee" to Frank Ciroflci, who, the commissioner says, is "Dago Frank" one of the ulayers of Herman Rosenthal. Ciroflci was arrested along with his "girl," Rose Harris, and a man named Abraham Lewis. All had been smoking opium and hours of questioning by Commissioner Dough erty failed to elicit any definite infor mation from Cirofici, the effects of the drug still befogged his brain and he laincu iu uicaaiii^ivww r < Search Goes on For Missing Nurse. New York.?The search for Dorias Ijames Snodgrass, who disappeared from her home in Mount Vernon over a week ago, continues without avail. Every clue is being investigated and detectives are trying to locate an automobile which dashed through Greenwich, Conn., containing two men and a shrieking girl early in the even ing of the day on which Miss Snod grass disappeared. Mrs. John T. Snodgress, mother of the girl, who went to the home of her son, has just learned of her daughter's disappearnce.