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ABBEVILLE, 8. C.
Bathing suits are made to fit the
occasion.
Mark the returned vacationer. By
his tan ye shall know him.
Some people gc on picnics and oth
ers get their shower baths at home.
Old General Humidity is once more
in supreme command of all the forces.
Air pockets continue to cause trou
ble, but nobody ever tries to pick
them.
The tides ebb and flow in political
battles, but the fly gets swatted all
the time.
Another way to avoid sunstroke is
to let somebody else do the political
wrangling.
Airship or aeroplane. They can
both become engines of death when
the unforeseen happens.
In Germany, too, the birth rate i?
declining. Is the whole human race
going to commit suicide?
New York has again given evidence
cf Its dislike of dead ones by avert
ing the hears? drivers' strike.
Not until his wife goes away on a
vacation does a man fully realize the
joys of poker as a summer sport
Conflicting emotions sway the girl
who is a delight to the eye in a bath
ing suit but who freckles in the sun!
A historian claims that the liberty
bell Is a myth, but our English bretb
ren have reason to suspect otherwise.
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Perhaps If the weather bureau will
take an Interlude in its prediction of
showers, the perverse skies might far
vor us.
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A JJOI1UUU BUUiagOlkD nuu uvu?
male attire had her shins kicked by
a mob. Even the hobble skirt has Its
* advantages.
A snlt brought In 1826 has Just been
ettled. There must have been some
of the law's delays In the good old
times, too.
Why bother to water the plants
while wifle Is away? It's much easier
to buy her a new set just before she Is
expected home.
We are becoming a spry and spright
ly people, science finds. A reflex, no
doubt,,of the agility acquired in dodg
- tag automobiles.
One pleasurable form of summer va
' cation is to spend two weeks on one of
those scout cruisers now engaged in
bunting icebergs.
A French town has proposed a grad
uated tax on fat residents, those under
135 pounds being tax free. The weight
of opinion is against it
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T? thfl laree increase in business
?
eh own by the Indianapolis poetofflce
for the fiscal year evidence of the in
dustry of Indiana's authors?
An Aastrlan count has gone into
bankruptcy with assets of $7.20. It
looks as if some American heiress
might get a bargain there.
When a small boy can go around all
day attired in nothing but a cotton
bathing suit the amenities of civiliza
tion do not greatly bother him.
Over in New York an alimony claim
for $28,445 was sold at auction for
*100. This does not sound like a
sporting proposition. It looks more
like a donation.
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I There are nearly 12,000 lawyers in
active practice In New York city. No
wonder some of the people there pre
fer to settle their disputes on the
;' streets with revolvers.
' A Pennsylvania farmer Bays he has
a flock of hens that can run the mu
sical scale, but what we want In our
heaa is less artistic temperament and
more egg laying ability.
A New Jersey man has been fined
for allowing mosquitoes to breed on
his land. But how can a man disperse
a flock of Jersey skeeters unless h?
be armed with a gatling gun?
A denizen of a Detroit boarding
house demands that his room rent be
returned because he has been forced
to kill 28,000 bedbugs. If he does
not have a care he will be arrested for
hunting without a license.
Students of the University of Chi
cago have been forbidden to use tooth
picks in public. If this Bort of thing
keeps up, Chicago will soon be de
prived of all its distinguishing charac
teristics.
It is said that girl scouts must learn
to bake bread, wash and iron, do sim
ple cooking, build a coal fire, darn
socks and take care of babies. But
what's the use? Girls who can do all
of those things don't ?ave to do any
scouting.
Pecple who complained of the heat
during the past few days should have
their attention and memory directed to
the records of a year ago. Having re
calls the temperatures of that tor
xid Interval they will be duly thank
ful that they are alive this year.
New York fisherman claims that a
deep sea turtle swallowed his hook
and dragged him to the bottom of Ja
maica bay. He admits that he was
soused with sea water, but there are
those who harbor other suspicions.
Another sign of reverting to the
savage period of the race is intimated
In the suggestion offered by members
of the physicians' meeting that kissing
be abolished by law as unsanitary and
a salutation by rubbing noses or fore
heads be substituted. Science seema
to be advancli^g like a crab backward.
WILSON NOTIFIED
OF NOMINATION
IN STRIKING SPEECH WILSON AC
CEPTS THE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATION.
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Governor Wilson's Speech of Accept
ance Was Full of Trite Sayings
and Snappy Sentences.
Seagirt, N. J.?Woodrow Wilson,
governor of New Jersey, in the pres
ence of several thousand friends and
admirers from many state, accepted
the Democratic nomination for presi
dent of the United' States.
The speech of notification was made
by Senator-elect Ollie James of Ken
tucky, head of the notification com
mittee. In his response, which was a
masterpiece of rhetoric and beautiful
English and full of trite sayings and
Enappy sentences, Governor Wilson
attacked the tariff and trusts and out-1
lined the things for which he, as the
6tandard-bearer of the party, stands.
He demanded an immediate reduction I
downward of the tariff and real regu
lation of trusts.
Governor Marshall of Indiana, the
Democratid nominee for vice presi
dent, was present.
Governor Wilson said, in part;
"It requires self-restraint not to at
tempt too much, and yet it would be
cowardly to attempt too litle.
"There are two great things to do.
One is to set up the rule of Justice
and of right in such matters as the
tariff. The other is the task of pro
tecting our resources. In this we face
Questions of conservation and devel
opment.
. "The tariff question as dealt with In
our times has not been business. It
has- been politics. .
"The -working people of America
are, of course, the backbone of the
nation. No law that safeguards life,
that makes their hours of labor ra
tional and tolerable, can properly be
regarded as class legislation.
"We are not the owners of the Phil
ippine islands; we hold them in trust
for the people who live in them.
"We have been a spendthrift na
tion and must now husband what we
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as preserve our water powers and
must add great waterways to the
transportation facilities of the na
tion.
"We must speak not to catch votes,
but to satisfy the thought and con
science of a people deeply stirred by
the convention 'that they have come
to a critical turning point in their
moral and political development
"There is another duty which the
Democratic party has shown Itself
great enough and close enough to the
people to perceive, the duty of the
government to share in promoting ag
ricultural, industrial, vocational edu
cation in every way possible within
its constitutional powers.
"I heed with deep thankfulness the
message you bring me from the coun
try.' I thank God and take courage."
Defiant Answer to England.
Washington.?By a vote of 44 to
11, the senate refused to strike from
the Panama canal bill the provision
exempting American ships from pay
ment of tolls for passage through the
Panama canal. The defeat of the Bur
ton amendment to strike out the dis
crimination in favor of American
ships was the senate's defiant an
swer to the protest of the British
government against the legislation.
It was this clause of the bill which
led Great Britain to send a formal
protest to the state department.
Turks Mutiny; Revolution On.
Salonika. European Turkey.?The
Turkish gendarmes in the garrison at
Okhrida, Albania, mutinied and their
commander, General Djemalrey, de
clared war in the name of the Young
Turks against the present govern
ment. The commandant gave notice
that would lead an army against
Constantinople, and issued a procla
mation calling upon all loyal Young
Turks to join his standard. The reb
els will attempt to force the abdica
tion of the present sultan, who took
\he throne when Young Turks rose.
Pays $40,000 for Meal.
Petersburg, Ind.?Several years
ago a tramp appeared at the kitchen
In which Maggie Drain was working
and asked for something to eat. The
family in which she was employed as
a servant protested, but she gave the
man his breakfast, and an hour later
he returned with a paper which he
handed to her, charging her to keep
it. It proved to be a document giving
to the girl the property of Marshall
McMurran at His death. The will has
been probated, and Miss Drain will
get $40,000.
Former Governor Alva Adams of
Colorado, who Is also national ?om
mitteeman for his state
U.S.MARINES flt NICARAGUA
WASHINGTON LANDS' A FORCE
TO PREVENT ANARCHY IN
NICARAGUAN REPUBLIC.
The Marines Landed at Corinto and
Were Hurried by Train to the
I Nicaraguan Capital.
Washington.?American bluejackets
and marines were landed in Nicara
gua for protection of United States
citizens and their property. The ex
noHiHrvn nort nf the fnrp.e of the eUn
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boat Annapolis, under Lieut, James A.
Campbell, Jr., was lande.d at Corinto
and transported by rail to Managua,
American forces were landed only
after President Diaz had confessed
the inability of his government to
protect the American-owned line from
Corinto to Managua and the steam
ers on Lake Managua. Some of the
latter had teen seized by the revo
lutionists under General Mena, depos
ed minister of war. Mr. Weitzel de
manded of Mena the return of ves
sels his men had taken and used as
warships in the attack upon Managua
the capital.
The American minister reported
that foreigners concur with resident
Americans in Managua that this ac
tion upon the part of the American
naval commander was the* only move
which could have prevented complete
anarchy and the spread of disorder
throughout Central America.
The state department is averse to
intervention in the factional quarrels
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but it Is understood its position in
this case Is the constitutional guar
antee must be respected and whoever
seeks to administer the government
of Nicaragua must base his title not
upon force of arms alone, but upon
the majority of the balolts of the
people, cast without duress. T '
LIME BENEFITS THE SOIL
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.Interest to Southern Farmers.
Washington. ? An Investigation
made by President Finley of the'
Southern railway syBtem has shown
that experts in the chemistry of soils
are unanimously of the opinion that
lime in some form will benefit many
of the soils of the Southeastern states
by correcting their acidity and Improv
ing their mechanical condition.
President Finley has secured the
opinions of experts throughout the
Southeastern states and also in the
Eastern and Middle states, in some
of which experiments with the use
of lime have been carried on for a
long Berles of years. These opinions
have been published In an Illustrated
folder, which is being widely distrib
uted among the farmers in the terri
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Southern railway system.
Farmers and others interested tn
this subject may obtain copies of this
folder by addressing W. W. Finley,
president Southern Railway company,
Washington, D. C.
New Kind of Whisky.
Columbia, Mo.?A new kind of in
toxicating liquor has been discovered
in Missouri. At the bottom of every
silo is found a liquor produced by
the fermentation of the silage. It is
similar to ordinary corn whisky be
fore being distilled.
Only Chinese Birdman.
San Francisco.?The only Chinese
aviator in the world, Tom Cunn,
made an aeroplane /light at- Alameda
carrying Gen. Lan Tien Wei, formerly
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of the Chinese republic, and now in
this county to inspect the American
army. The general was taken one
thousand feet up and carried through
turns and dips In fearless fashion.
When he set footf on earth he an
nounced unqualifiedly that aviation
would be introduced into the Chinese
army.
Witness Shot Dead.
Winona, Miss.?The finding of an
unbreeched shotgun, wrapped in a
sack, in a ginhouse, 200 yards from
the home of Eugene Shewmake, at
Eupora, where Walter Permenter was
fihnt to death, inspires the Deace offi
cers to hope that the assassin will
be captured. This is the first import
ant clue unerathed in the last chap
ter of Winston's county's bloody trag
edy, in which pretty Janie Sharp was
killed. A reward of $1,000 has been
offered for the arrest of Permenter'e
slayer.
Turkish Parliament Dissolved.
Constantinople, Turkey.?An impe
rial decree was issued dissolving the
Turkish parliament. The chamber of
deputies passed a vote of want of
confidence In the cabinet. The presi
dent of the chamber called at the
palace to report the action of the
chamber, but the sultan declined to
receive him. It is reported the cabi
net has ordered the arrest of Talaat
Bay, ex-minister of the interior; Dja
vid Bey, ex-minister of finance, and
other leading members of the commit
tee of union and progress.
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COLONEL CORNWELL PREFERS
DEATH TO FACING EMBEZ
ZLEMENT TRIAL.
WAS NATIONAL GUARDSMAN
Feigning Sleep, He Escaped Detec
tion and Put Bullet Through
,Head.
Philadelphia.?Col. 'Gibbons Gray
Cornwell of the Sixth regiment, Penn
sylvania National Guand, and a prom
inent lawyer of West Chester, com
mitted suicide on a train on which
he was returning from New York to
his home city to face charges of ap
propriating bonds belonging to a trust
estate.
As the train approached the West
Philadelphia -station. Colonel Corn
well, who was sitting beside the con
stable who accompanied him, leaned
over the seat in front of where he
had placed a dress suitcase. Pretend
ing to be Bleeping, he quietly opened
the baggage and drew out a revolver
which had been presented to him by
officers of his regiment. Before the
constable was aware of what was go
ing on, he had placed the weapon
In his mouth and shot himself in the
head, a physician said that death
had been instantaneous.
While the regiment which he com
manded was in camp, one of his cli
ents died, leaving a will in which oth
er executors were named for the es
tate for which he held in trust In
vestigation by new executors, it is al
leged, led to the discovery that a num
ber of bonds belonging to the estate
were missing. . t
Colonel Cornwell, who failed to re
turn home when the regiment broke
camp a week ago, was taken into cus
tody in New York, but was released
on his promise to return home with
the contsable who had a warrant for
his arrest.
He Indignantly denied that there
was anything wrong with his accounts
and, when starting home, seemed to
be in good spirits. As he neared his
destination he became morose, and
finally escaped 'the contsable's detec
tion and ended his life.
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$25,000 TO PROBE GRAFT
But While Aldermen 8pend That
Much, Crook* Will Put Up
' $50,000 to Free Becker.
New York.?The committee 01 nine
appointed by the board of aldermen
to investigate the alleged alliance be
tween the police and lawbreakers be
gan taking steps to make a sweeping
probe. Special counsej will be re
tained and $25+,000 will be expended
getting at the vital facts in the sit
uation.
A fund of $50,000 is said to have
been raised for the defense of Police
Lieutenant Charles A. Becker, under
indictment for the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, if he will remain silent
about the police system and throw
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HO Jlgnt upon me uaui;uuu ul uiuuiu
from the underworld. .
There was a conference of Beck
er's counsel preparatory to the argu
ments before Judge Mulqueen in the
court of general sessions on the mo
tion to dismiss the indictments
against the accused lieutenant
Grandfather^ of Q. O. P. D?ad.
Kansasi City.?Ira Haworth, known
as the "grandfather" of the Repub
lican party in Illinois, and a personal
friend of Abraham Lincoln, died at a
local hospital, a charity patient. He
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ed the first Republican meeting in Il
linois in 1856 and later wa? one of
the delegates who voted for the nom
ination of Lincoln for president.
Kissing Put Under Ban.
New Orleans.?Kissing, in so far, at
any rate, as teachers and pupils are.
concerned, has been frowned upon by
the committee on elementary schools
of the city school board. The com
mittee issued iistructions to the su
perintendents of schools to warn the
teachers of the dangers that lurk in
osculation and to advise them against
practicing it in greeting their pupils.
Culpepper, Va., Swept by Fire.
Richmond, Va.?A disastrous fire
broke out in Culpepper, a Virginia
town of 3,000 inhabitants. A tele
phone message from a neighboring
town said that all wires were dawn
to Culpepper, and that the latest re
port from there stated that the fire
was sweeping through the entire busi
ness section of the town. The latest
message from Culpepper came from
a railroad operator who said that the
fire was driving him from his key.
He stated that practically the entire
business district had been wiped out.
First Victim of Electric Chair.
Columbia, S. C.?The first legal
electrocution In this state took place
at the state penitentiary, where Wil
liam Reed, a negro, convicted of a
felony, paid the penalty of his crime.
The bill providing ior ine installa
tion of an electric chair was passed
at the last session of the legislature
after a hard fight and received the
signature of Governor Blease. The
chair used for the execution Is of the
same make as the one In which Hen
ry Clay Beattle, the Virginia wife
slayer, was executed.
Former Bandit Seeking Office.
Oklahoma City, Okla.?The most
remarkable candidacy for nomination
to office at the approaching August
primaries in Oklahoma is that of "Al"
Jennings, former outlaw and train rob
ber, once sentenced to life imprison
ment and then pardoned. Jennings
is seeking the office of county attor
ney of Oklahoma count on the Demo
cratic ticket. He has made such an
effective campaign that wagers are be
ing freely offered that he will be nom
inated and elected. Jennings Is prac
ticing law in Oklahoma City.
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"Bill" Sulzer of New York, one of
the well-known Democratic congress
men.
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MOST 8UCCE3SFUL '^RAFFLES*
OPi RECORD IN HANDS OF
CHICAGO POLICE.
He: Watched Movements of Society
Women In Order to Pull Off
' His Coups.
Chicago, 111.?After twenty-four
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inventory of the art treasures, brie
a-brack, jewelry, silver plate and oth
er articles stolen by Jacob P. Guth
rie, alleged society burglar and forg
er, now under arrest, and announced
that the goods recovered are estimat
ed to be worth $250,000.
After a partial examination of the
barn and the room in a storage ware
bouse which - Guthrie used to hide a
portion of the articles stolen, the po
lice estimated the value at $150,000.
This was nearly doubled when half
a dozen additional trunks and chests
filled with jewelry, laceB and bric-a
brac were discovered. Much of the
stolen property was found in Guthrie's
home, where he lived with his mother,
sister and brother, who is a Chicago
policeman. r
More of the young man's history
revealed that after graduating In a
course in electrical engineering at a
Chicago technical , Institute he ob- i
tained vemDloyment with an electric |
company. Later he was employed in
the municipal laboratory. Subsequent*
ly he was appointed an Instructor in
electrical engineering at one of the
public high schools.
Guthrie Is 26 years of age, six feet
in height and weighs 200 pounds. He
1b poorly dressed, although when '.ar
rested he had more than $16,000 de
posited to his credit in Chicago banks,
phief of Detectives Halpin said:
"Beyond a doubt Guthrie has ob
tained the most valuable collection
of stolen articles I ever saw in all
my connection with the Chicago po
lice departments. There is an . end
less list of all kind of jewelry, silver
ware, bric-a-brack and art treasures.
There are diamonds, rubies, sapphires,
' naovlo nrnrfK thmiflanHfl
of dollars each.
REBELS FLEEING TO BORDER
Believed That the United States Will
Increase Patrol Along the Border.
El Paso, Texas.?Movements of the
Federal and rebel armies in the dis
trict south of the border at this point,
together with the yet uncompleted de
sertion of the American colonies in
the trouble zone, occupies the Inter
est of officers of the United States
troops engaged in patrolling the bor
der at this point.
A party of thirty men from Colonid,
Diaz, to the "west of the Casas Gran
des district, arrived at Hachita, N.
M., according to advices received at
Bliss, and the colonies are expected
to reach the border. The Americans
from the latter settlements are re
ported to have been unsuccessful in
reaching the Federal army, engaged
in a series of skirmishes with the
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attempted the hard overland trip.
A report has reached the United
States secret service that General Sal
azar, with 1,000 rebels, has evacuated
Casas Grandes with the two groups of
Federals, greatly outnumbering the
rebel forces, in pursuit.
Dog Flntts Murdered Girl.
Washington, Pa.?After a search of
24 hours the body of Celia Funka, an
18-year-old Austrian girl, who h<td
been missing from her home at Mani
fold, three miles northeast of here,
was found near Washington by a j
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her pet for years. August Funka, fa
ther of the girl, was led to a clump of
trees by the animal, and there dis
covered his child. She had been chok
ed to death. On her throat were the
prints of fingers.
Britons Held for Spying.
Berlin, Germany.?The Lokal AnzeJ
ger publishes a Kiel dispatch saying
that five Englishmen, whose names
have not been made public, have been
arrested at Eckenforde, in Schleswig
Holstein, on the charge of espionage.
They appeared off the coast in a
yacht and two of them went ashore.
It is alleged tnat tney were making
photographs when they were arrested.
The police confiscated plates which
they found on the yacht and which,
when developed, proved to be pictures
of the Holstein coast.
Motorboat Run Down.
Philadelphia. ? Three men were
hrowned when a motor boat in which
they were riding was run down by
a freight steamer in the Delaware
river, near Burlington, N. J. A one
armed man, George Tyler, Jr., of Bur
lington, N. J., was the only occupant
of the motor boat to escape. He was
thrown across the bottom of the
wrecked craft and managed to re
main afloat until rescued. According
to the crew of the freighter, the mo
tor boat ran directly across the path
of the steamer.
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COUNCIL ARRESTED
EIGHTEEN MEMBERS CHARGED
WITH CONSPIRACY TO DE
FRAUD THE CITY.
MAKE INQUIRY INTO GRAFT
The Warrants Go Into Official Business
T" Mnoarliftne Pad CauakiI V?9i>a
Back.?Detective Burnt Flr?t Start
ed Investigation.
Detroit, Mich.?The arrests of six
teen aldermen and the announcement
that the prosecutor will request 18
warrants charging the sixteen arrest
ed and two additional aldermen with
conspiracy to defraud the city, by
bribery and other means added a new
sensation to those that hav$ accom
panied recent investigations Into 'al
leged graft In councilmanic circles.
Seven of the nine aldermen now
under bonds to appear for hearing
on charges of bribery in the Wabash
Railroad street closing case were
among the sixteen arrested. All of
the officials arrested have been re
leased from custody on ball. .
It is understood'that the new war-,
rants will In no way conflict witir
the charges preferred in the Wabash
case but that they will go into the
official business transactions of the
aldermen for several years .back. The
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suit of the personal investigation of ,
Prosecutor Hugh Shepperd who was
seriously 111 when the first alder- '
manic arrests were made upon evi
dence secured by Detective William
J. Burns.
One of the two officials for whom
warrants will be asked in connec
tion with recent developments is out
of the city. The other appeared per
sonally before the prosecutor with
bondsmen and he was released with- !
out the formality of being roistered
at police headquarters.
Wireless Plant Startles 'Unci? Sam.
Washington.?A powerful wireless !
station at Sayville, L. I., practically
commanding New York harbor and
controlled by a corporation reputed to
be under the influence of the German
government, is being observed by the
Navy Department and the Department !
of Commerce and Labor. Officials
here have quietly been watching its '
progress and trying to determine if
it comes within the provisions of the
Lodge resolution recently adopted by .
the Senate declaring that the United, .
States could not see without grave .
concern the actual or potential pos
session of * any harbor or other place ^
on the American continents by any
government not American when pos
session would give to such a govern
ment practical power of control for
naval or military purposes.
President Vetoes Wool Tariff BUI. '
Washington.?For the second time !
within a year President Taft vetoed a.
bil lto revise the wool tariff?schedule
K, of the Payne-Aldrich law. With a {
message of disapproval the President
returned the bill evolved as a com- .
promise between the house and sen
ate, holding that its low rates would (
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Senate Pasted Panama Canal Bill.- j
Washington.?The Panama canal ^
administration bill providing free pas
sage to American Bhips, prohibiting
railroad-jowned vessels from using the
waterway and authorizing the estab
lishment of a one-man government
when the canal is completed, was
passed by the ^nate by a vote of 47
to 15.
Passenger Train Ditched.
St. Louis?Thirty-five persons were
Injured, some of them seriously when
Mobile & Ohio train No. 2 from Mobile
to St. Louis, was ditched near here.
Relief trains were sent from here.
The train was composed of steel cars
which were making their first trip and I
; trainmen said the steel coaches pre
vented loss of life.
Two Cars Were Overturned.
Shreveport, La. ? Two passen'ger
cars were completely overturned |
when a Louisiana & Northwestern
train went through a trestle one mile
from Athens, La., more or less injur- j
ing several persons but with no fatal- j
lties. Among those hurt was Asso
ciate Justice A. D. Land of the Louis-,
iana Supreme court. J. A. Y/emp!o |
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or Mansneia, x^a., w a.a pui uuf o vuw j j
most seriously injured, being reported j ,
| still unconscious three hours after ]
the accident. His little daughter was f
also injured. .
Battleship Injured on Shoals.
I ^Newport, R. I.?The battleship Ne- j
braska came limping into Boston har- j (
| bor badly disabled as a result of run- j 1
ning into an unchartered shoal four j t
miles west by south of Point Judith ' (
light. The nature of her injury is not I ,
definitely known as the usual reticenre J (
of naval officials, until their formal I j
report is made, is maintained. The ' t
Connecticut, also the victim of an ac- ?
cident, came in harbor under her port j t
engines. The accidents will keep both | {
ships out of further drills for some ! j
time. i i
Mexican Invasion Causes Alarm.
Austin, Tex.?Advices from the bor
it--.. >rnvlfion "in vnrlprft" ,
Qer ars uiui uic iucAivu** -?? t
who crossed the Rio, Grande and were j
reported raiding American ranches, t
left Texas as quickly as they came, t
These dispatches seem to indicate the i
rebels did not remain on American <
soil long enough to do much damage, i
Governor Colquitt of Texas lost no t
time in asking the War Department at (
Washington for protection when h? <
learned the Mexicans had come intr ]
Texas. I
rHE ORGANIZATION MEETING TO
TAKE PLACE IN NEAR,
FUTURE.
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MUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWN C
*ace Track to Bo Scene of Proposed
Exhibition of County's Resources
During Last Week In November.?*
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Midway Attractions and Races.
Charleston.?Charleston Is to have
i county fair during the last week of
November, unless those who are In- /
lerestgd in the project are very much
nlstaken. At a meeting at the Char
eston Hotel, the whole matter will
discussed and a Charleston Couc
, ? ;
:y Fair Association organized. Tho
plan is to hold the fair on the race
track grounds and to make it an
wnual event. )
The proposal that Charleston have
i county fair was made by Capt P.
W. Wagener and has been .repeated
rhe Merchants' Exchange, of which.
Capt Wagener Is a prominent mem
ber, has taken the matter up and the,. r
chamber of commerce is also prepar*
sd to back it. It is expected that all
commercial organizations will approve "
Df and assist the project,and that It .:,,
will have the endorsement of the btisl- "..fv
a ess men and merchants in general,
rhe meeting to be held is open to all
ind every man who is interested in
the plan is inivited to attend. s
A county fair, such as is proposed,
will be a very different proposition
from the old-time eala week. Thera
will Jbe plenty of amusement features
but there will also be a great deal la ;
the way of solid Instruction and in the
cray of advertisement of Charleston,
uity and county. The fair will be more
tike the state fair at Columbia, and
like the county fair which is held
each year at Spartanburg, for exam
pie, and which sometimes attracts 1
is many as 12,000 people to the
Piedmont city, V V
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Automobile Struck by Train.
Florence.?Charles D. Bray bad a
narrow escape from death at the
crossing of Colt Btreet and the Colum
bia branch of the Atlantic Coast'Line.
His automobile was struck by the
Drain ana tnrown arouna aim on to
i side track, but only the front wheel
was broken and the axle bent - This
is not a dangerous crossing, ordinari
ly, being far down the yard, but,Mr. w
Bray says that -he could not see the
Lraln coming until he was practically
jn the track. J '
Laurens County Cam0al0n.,
Laurens.?The race between Jonei
md Blease for governor was made tho
Issue of the county campaign which
jpened here with a rousing though or
lerly meeting at the court house. The
Issue is confined so far to the caiull
iates for senate and house and it
pas in pursuance to a resolution
laoptea at tne county convention mat
jailed for an expression for or against
Blease. 0. P. Goodwin, for the senate,
leclared himself in favor of the pres
ent governor, as did six of the candl- .?
iates for the house, W. R. Richer,
Homer Black'well, W. C. Irby, W. W.
Campbell, Joe G. Sullivan and George
Browning.
Many People At Campaign Meeting.
Camden.?Twenty-five hundred peo
ple, perhaps more than that, were ad
iressed by candidates for contested
state offices from a stand in Monu
mental Square. Life-long residents
3f Camden say that probably tw>
fifths of the persons present were
from other counties. Several Blease
leaders from other sections were cdn
jpicuously present, among them being
George R. Rembert, of Columbia, ,
FYank Kelley of Bishopvllle and A.
W. Todd of Charleston. Automobiles
by the s9ore from adjoining sections
and from some more distant, .and
morning trains brought in large puan?
ties of visitors.
Campaign In Pickens County.
Florence.?Several hundred Pick*
?ns county voters heard the speeches
af the candidates for the senate and
congress from this district which
tvere delivered at the court house.
The meeting was presided over by
bounty Chairman J. T. Richey. W. .7.
Talbert kept the crowd In excellent
aumor with his jokes with which h<9
interspersed his speech. He criticised
Senator Tillman for his vote on Lon
ger. N. B. Dial delivered a straight
forward business speech which made
i deep impression.
First Eexecution In Electric Chair.
Columbia.?The first execution in
the electric chair was conducted 'a
:he death house of the state penitenti
ary here when William Reed, col
ored, received 1,000 volts of electricity
?.nd was pronounced dead. The law
changing the mode of execution from
langing to electrocution was passe i
it the last session of the legislature
ind appropriation made for installing
;ne cnair, wmcu i? ui? tut? sauc pai
ern as the one used in Virginia ani
n which Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., met
lis death.
Coroner Held an Inquest.
Lancaster.?Coroner King held aa.
juest over the body of Will English,
i young negro boy of the Dixie sec
ion of this county( who, it is alleged
vas shot July 17 by his brother, Hen
y English. The boy died from the
iffects of this wound it is said. Th9
verdict of the coroner's jury was that
he deceased came to his death from
junshot wounds inflicted by the di>
:harge of a gun in the hands of
tfenry English. 'Henry was brought
;o Lancaster and lodged in jail.
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