Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Mi BUMS MUM1 Published Weekly ' ABBEVILLE, 8. C. How fashion doth make fools of us ^ alL There is no proper season for plant ing dynamite. Pumpkin pie begins to draw upon the culinary horizon. What effect would synthetic rubber have on the chewing gum industry? I I If the women reformed their clothes the modistes would lose a lot of money. | Boys were playing Indians and ban dits long before the advent of the movies. j Nicaragua is no longer than an ^American state, but it is fuller ot E Dananas. t I New Jersey holds the chivalry cham pionship. There women are girls un til they are forty. ' No man can tell how a marriage will ttirn out, but any woman can? and usually does. I If the Astor baby had his way he probably would trade his $3,000,000 for an all-day sucker. There are four dozen wild buffalo in Yellowstone park. We suppose the tourists make them wild. Every woman hates to see her lit tle son go to school or her daughter married for the first time. ! Red apples may produce red cheeks, as a fruit grower says, but green apples make a little boy blue. V There is a shortage in the cranberry crop, but thus far no shortage in the turkey crop has beon reported. v Explorers in New Mexico recently have found a prehistoric flat, but even the janitor had become extinct. , . That electricity can cure hunger has been demonstrated by many a man who has mingled with a live wire. Once upon a time a man tnougnc j he knew a mushroom from a toad- , Etool. A large family survived him. Eating lunch every day in ten min- y otes is another form of speed mania ' that is responsible for many deaths. \ That St Paul woman who wrote a novel wlih her toes certainly handled the Bubject with a good understand ing. Some men are born liars, some have to lie for a living, and some lie because their wives are. too inquis itive. When there are so many great men and women in the country it makes us few common people feel awfully lonely. Some women pay more attention to their dogs than they, do to their husbands, but then maybe the dogs growl less. A woman in Washington was mar ried eleven years and never told it This shatters another long-cherished tradition. trr\ 1# Ko 11 AUUliiUl UC1CVUTO 5VII. WH4* broken Into print by exploding, but as a rule It Is the defective golfer who . Is explosive. " , i Food supplies are to go through the ; malls, and the cancellation of stamps ( on packages of eggs should be con- ] ducted gently. I The trouble will not be over until we fliid out whether the American or the National league champions are the better ball players. Scientists claim they have discov ered the germ of measles by experi ments on apes. But measles is not a thing to monkey with. A Pennsylvania man died at a ball game while rooting for the winning \ team. From a "fan's" view he died j at the summit of earthly bliss. The New York commissioner of po lice had Ms pocKet picKea.- unaer i present conditions In that city this ^ 6eeni8 like adding Insult to Injury. The picture of a juggernaut on a Joy ride Is indeed one to cause a tem porary suspension of pedestrianism on the highways and byways of the land. ( I < A New York man recently died of ojd age at 26. He was probably one ( of those who sang: "Better twenty years of Broadway than a cycle of J New Jersey." The n?w $100 bill is said to bear Alexander Hamilton's portrait, but we J fear we shall have to take somebody's 1 word for It. ' Kaiser Wilhelm Is afflicted with rheumatism, which hurts quite as ' hadlv In German, we are informed, as ] It does In English. 1 A Pennsylvania woman suing for 1 divorce charged that she has had but ! two new dresses In twelve years. No ' stronger case of extreme cruelty was J ^ver made out. 1 Speaking of pikers, the treasury ] department announces that there Is i a gang at work counterfeiting pen- < uies. | < We are to be blessed with a large 1 crop of oysters. Let us hope that the ; tabasco sauce will be equal to the de mand. Now that royal princesses are get- ( ting in the papers by having their jewels stolen, stage Btars will have to relinquish this favorite device and take to something less hackneyed. FROM THE PALMETTO STATE -atest News of General Interest That Has Been Collected From Many Towns and Counties. Columbia.?P. H. Paw and H. K. yard have been named as members >f the Georgetown county education >oard to take the place of M. W. Pyatt and J. A. Brourton. Sumter.?Forty bales of long staple ;otton were sold here in one day to rlarby & Co. at 15 1-2 cents per pound, rhis makes a total of about 75 bales sold here during the season. Sumter.?The South Carolina West srn Railway extended its track to the lite of its freight terminal in this :ity and in a few days wil put on a egular schedule of trains between Jumter and Bishopville. Lexington. ? "Aunt Celia" Powell, in old-time darky, died near Lexing on, being found dead in her bed. This aithful old woman had reached the ige of about 105 years, It is said, and lad been living in this community lince the war. Columbia.?Governor Blease sent he following telegram to the county lispenser at North Augusta: "If you :onsider it safe, open up and go on vith your business." It has been olos ;d on account of the street car strike n Augusta, Ga. Columbia.?E. J. Jones was dismiss ;d as steward of Confederate home, sfo charges were preferred. Several lays ago Dr. F. W. P. Butler, secre ary of the commission in charge of he home, sent for Mr. Jones and 'equested that he resign. Mr. Jones efused and the dismissal followed. Columbia.?The South Carolina in ernal revenue district came to an of icial end several days ago with the nerging of the district with the Ral )igh district in North Carolina. Maj, Vlicah J. Jenkins has been internal evenue collector for nine years. It is inderstood that a staff deputy of the. italeigh office will be located in Co umbia. Who this appointee will be las not yet been made public. Florence.?The wounds of Engineer T. L. Wysong, who was injured in the Uoast Line wreck at Lone Star, a few tfternoons since, began to show signs )f blood poisoning and it was deter nined to amputate the leg near the lip Joint. For some time Mr. Wysong vas in a very critical condition, but las rallied and is now doing very veil at the Florence infirmary. Lexington. ? Jacob B. Jeter, the vhite man of Swansea, who was tried n the general sessions court during ;he first ween ana in wuobb wjbo mo ury failed to reach a verdict, is still n jail. It -was thought that he would je tried again last wek, but the case was not called. Jeter has been con Ined in the Lexington Jail for nearly six months. Jeter is charged with as jault and battery with intent to kill. Laurens.?At a meeting of the citi sens interested in the recent effort to )btain Chicora College it was decided :o begin at once a campaign for the jstablishment of a girls' college in Laurens notwithstanding the failure :o secure the Greenville institution. The idea is to transfer the subscrip :ion made to Chicora to a fund for ihe institution for this city and to :his end the subscribers will be invit 3d to transfer their subscriptions to the latter cause. Lancaster?Rufus Miller, the negro who stabbed Perry Wright, another negro, in the breast, inflicting a' wound which, it is thought, will prove Fatal, having made good his escape Jirectly after the stabbing was appre hended by Constable Caskey, near Antioch, six miles eist of here, from which place he was immediately brought to Lancaster and lodged in fail. The two negroes were disputing jver a very trival matter, it is al leged, when Miller drew his knife with :he result mentioned. Spartanburg. ? The Chamber ot Commerce of Spartanburg is going to raise $15,000 each year for three pears. Part o fthis will be devoted :o the local organization and part to :he state chamber; provided the state chamber is permanently organized. A. 5V. McKeand, of Charleston, was pres ent at a meeting recently, and will issist in raising the funds. The noney will be used to advertise South Carolina in all sections of the United States, and the rest will be used to idvertise and advance Spartanburg. Sumter. ? Warrants have been sworn out for the arrest of C. M. Foung, rural policeman, and Mack Morris, constable of Magistrate F. L. Player of Shiloh, in connection with illeged outrageous conduct tpward :wo negro women, whom they had in iharge. Newberry.?Dave Boazman, a negro ibout 30 years old, was knocked on :he head at his home, a mile east of Silver Street, and died a short time :hereafter. Two white men, Joe Zllark Berry and Wm. V. Bledsoe, a nerchant, both of Silver Street, are In jail, charged with the crime. Spartanburg. ? Rev. J. F. Harley was re-elected state superintendent of :he Anti-Saloon League of South Caro lina at a meeting of the headquarters ;ommittee. Saluda.?Owing to the threatening weather and the busy season, the at tendance upon the educational rally maafinir horn n'oe nnito emoll HPVmm liiCviiug uuig ? wo 4UIVV/ oiuuii, 1 uv.1 t svere present, however, a number of the county's teachers and trustees of these with the others attending were *iven a rare treat by the State Super intendent of Education, the Hon. J. E. Swearingen, who made a ringing talk. Columbia.?The governor has ap pointed G. W. Ragsdale of Winnsboro as special judge for the Georgetown court, beginning on the second Mon day in October. Florence. ? The Florence cotton market seems to be improving this year, and the chamber of commerce is making a special effort in that di rection. A specialty is made here of the new long staple cotton, an asso ciation for community marketing having been formed. The cotton has been coming into Florence very free ly lately and there seems to be no dis position to hold it. SULZER NAMED FOR GOVERNOR CONGRESSMAN IS NOMINATED BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEMOCRATS. NAMED ON FOURTH BALLOT Governor Dlx Led at First, But Lost Votes Until Sulzer Won on the Fourth Ballot. uonvenuon nan, Syracuse, in. i.? William Sulzer, representative In congress from New York City, was nominated for governor by the Demo cratic state convention. It was the seventh time he had been a candi date for this nomination. Mr. Sulzer was formally declared the choice of the party on the fourth ballot, after the name of Governor Dlx had been withdrawn. Martin H. Glynn was nominated for lieutenant governor. As the various counties began to turn their votes over to Congressman Sulzer on the fourth ballot, Judge WILLIAM 8ULZER. Kellogg asked unanimous consent to withdraw the name of Governor Dlx, and to move that Sulzer be unani mously nominated. The action was seconded, but Chairman Parker an nounced it was necessary to complete the roll call. When this formality ended, the chair announced that Con gressman Sulzer had been named for governor, having received three cast for Martin H. Glynn. Mr. Glynn waB nominated for lieutenant \ governor. 205 MEN KILLED IN MEXICO \bout a Thousand Men Engaged In Battle. Eagle Pass, Texas.?Two hundred and five men are .""sported killed In a battle In which about one thousand rebels and Federals participated at [ Aura Pass, not far from MonJctova, Mexico, according to reports reaching | here. There is no way here of confirming the apparently heavy death list. Seven Federal officers were reported killed. There were about five ^hundred men on each side, the Federals being com " ? ? /-i ? i rpi./> manaea oy ueuemi oiauqucu j.uc battle was apparently a draw, but the rebels retreated in the face ot Federal I reinforcements. J Washington.?The Mexican govern ment apparently is,making no secret of the fact that it is now negotiating j with the rebel, Zepata, for peace, ac j cording to reports to the state de partment in Washington. Annual Waste of 830,000 Lives. Indianapolis, lnd.?"Out of some 1, 500,000 deaths annually in the Unit ed States, at least 630,000 are pre ventable," declared Prof. Irving Fish er of Yale university, in his address before the fourth national conserva tion congress here. "In the last analysis the war against preventable disease is a struggle between the dollar and the death rate," E. E. Rittenhouse of New York told the delegates. "And most of our communities prefer a high death rate to a slight increase in the tax rate. .There is not an ade quately financed health department in the country." Marines to Clash With Rebels. Washington.?Determined to pre vent interference in Central America by extending protection to foreigners as well as Americans in Nicaragua and at the suggestion of the Nicara guan government, Read Admiral Southerland proposes to use his ma rines to drive the rebels out of their fortified position on Barranos hill if they persist in obstructing free com munication between Barrancas and rnUJo efon V*aa VvoPn flppiH iYicliUlg UU> X iiio otty jiww v4?w-? ed upon as a result of the request if the British minister at Managua. 3,500 Copper Miners on Strike. Ely, Nev.?The 3,500 employees of the Nevada Consolidated Mining com pany of Ely struck. The strikers demand an increase of wages and other concessions. Two days after the strike of the Bingham miners the men in this district made demand on the operators for an increase of 50 I cents a day for all classes of labor ers and insisted that the companies recognize the unions. Last week the Nevada Consolidated Mining company offered the miners an increase of 25 lents a day. Rebuke' for China. Washington.?A joint demand upon China for immediate payment of ar rears on the Boxer indemnity, about $50,000,000, has been proposed by Russia to the other five interested powers. It is not denied that this movement is intended as a sharp and forceful rebuke to the Chinese government for contracting loans with independent bankers in disregard of the warnings of the powers, and after rejecting the proposed international loan. X DR. L 0. HOWARD Dr. Howard, government entomolo gist, has returned to Washington from Europe, having Induced England, Belgium and Hoiland to agree to put into operation a system of govern* ment Inspection of plants. jrtrnn AMiMKtAi aramitt AMERICANS LEADING WORLD IN SPENDING MONEY FOR LUXURIES. Figures Showing That When It Comes to Spending Money We Win the Prize. Washington.?Physicians and phi lanthropists composing the American Federation of Sex Hygiene, oI which Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president emer itus of Harvard, is president, have produced figures showing that when it comes to spending, the American cit izen is the prize performer of the world. In a carefully prepared list of the things along the various "white ways" of the nation for which money Is use lessly "blown," the federation shows that $8,000,000,000 a year is to be properly classified as money "burned"' for things we really ought not to have. The wine, women and song account heads the list with a total of some thing like $5,000,000,000, and the shop ping list tapers down to a paltry $13, 000,000 spent for chewing gum. My lady's hat costs the American citizen $90,000,000 a year. The purpose of publishing the fig ures is to direct thought to the sex problem and the white slave traffic. The federation plans to make a na tion-wide fight upon the white slave traffic?a generalization by which it includes all of the sex relationships that are not classed among the prop er. By the estimate of the federation, It costs the American public every year $3,000,000,000 to keep the white slave traffic as an institution, includ ing the hospital expenses that are considered as being collateral to the evil. The drink bill is a trifle of $2,000, 000,000 more, with $120,000,000 a year thrown in for the passengers on the water wagon who order soft drinks. A goodly part of the drink bill, it Is charged, may be found in the item of S90.000.000 a year that goes for patent medicines, r STAMPS FOR PARCELS POST Series Will Be Uriique In Size and Novel in Design. wasnington. ? Anauscmcuio uaic been made by Postmaster General Hitchcock for engraving and manu facturing a series of twelve stamps, unique in size and novel in design, for exclusive use in forwarding pack ages by the new parcels post. Under the law recently enacted by congress ordinary Btamps can not be used for this purpose. The special parcels post stamps will be larger than the ordinary stamps and will be ao distinctive in color and design as to avert any pos sible confusion with stamps now In use. The new issue will be in three se ries of designs. The first will illus trate modern methods of transporting mail, one stamp showing the mail car on a railroad train, another an ocean mail steamship, a third an automobile Riot When Police Halt Parade. Lawrence, Mass.?A battle with knives and clubs between Industrial Workers of the World and the police, in which two officers were stabbed, one severely beaten and several riot ers injured, occurred on one of the principal business streets of Law rence. The fight began when the po lice tried to stop an informal parade of textile operatives preceding a dem onstration in honor of Anna Lopizzo and John Ramy, who were killed dur ing the strike riots last winter. Boy Kills His Father. Troy, Ala.?Charlie Wilson was shot and instantly killed here by his 16-year-old son after the former had made an alleged attack upon the boy's mother. Wilson is alleged to have threatened to kill his wife for having him arrested charged with abusing her. The boy remonstrated with his father and the latter is said to have threatened to kill him. The boy step nori into an adioinine room, secured a shotgun and then blew out his fa ther's brains. Fumigating Drove Out Stowaways, New Orleans.?When the work of fumigating the steamship Puebla, from Mexican ports, begin at quaran tine station here, six Chinese stowa ways concealed in the hold, were driven from cover by the fumes of the sulphur and began pounding on the iron hull, yelling to be let out. The fumigation was stopped and the Chi namen rescued. The stowaways were turned over to the immigration Author ities pending deportation. , ,..K : ->* ' T 10 STOP WASTE ASSERTED IT WILL SAVE GOV ERNMENT $300,000,000 YEARLY. . TO SUBMIT IT TO CONGRESS Chairman Cleveland of Economy anc Efficiency Commission Out lines Plan. Washington.?Frederick A. Cleve /thniwman fV>/\ onnnAmv ciency commission, in a statement outlines the plan that will be follow ed in submitting to congress a budge' of public estimates and expenditures declared that "by ten years of con tinuous persistent effort, the govern ment could reduce its running ex penses nearly $300,000,000 a,year. The genera purpose of the proposec budget which President Taft has di rected Secretary MacVeagh to senc to congress as a companion documen to the usual annual estimates was outlined in President Taft's publi< letter September 19. Doctor Cleveland gave out the fol lowing as "the concrete recommenda tion of the commission:" "It is proposed that the budge' should be made up of five parts, at follows: "A budget message, setting forth ii brief the significant proposals. "A summary of the statement. (Th( purpose of this is to give a j>ictur< of present financial conditions and o: past operating results.) "A summary of transactions show ing contracting and trading relations (The purpose of this Is to serve as ai index to the detail facts, pertaiDinj to economy and efficiency in makinf purchases. It woud show how mucl the government has paid for fuel clothing forage stationery etc. Th< supporting details concerning thingi bought prices paid and the purposei of their use would be found in de partment reports.) "A summary of estimates. (Thii would be in the nature cI a brie comparative statement of estimates o revenues as well as expenditures ? the picture of what Is asked for an< the proposed method of financing.) "A summary of proposed changes ii law. (This would get before congresi and the country what legislation th< administration thinks desirable to en able It to do business with great econ omy and efficiency at the beginning o eacn season msieaa 01 u<tviug cuaug es in law dragged in as "riders" ii appropriation bills at the last da] . when no one has the time even to fine out what he voted on. The aim is t( head off 'joker' legislation that hat coimived at through a process of lo; rolling behind closed doors in a com mittee room and finally sirung 01 congress without the knowledge oi consent of members of standing com mittees on the subject.)" 3 MEN KILLED; 8 INJURED By Explosion on the Torpedo Boa Destroyer Walker. Newport, R. I.?The explosion o the forward end of the port turbine together with the steam chest, or the torpedo boat destroyer Walker off Brenton's Reef lightship, instant ly killed Lieut Donald P. Morrison o: Washington, D. C., the chief engineer and wounded eight others, two o: whom, J. W. Rumpf of Columbus Ohio, and H. L. Wilder of Orlando Fla., both machinists' mates of tb< first class, died later on the hospita ship Solace. E. B. Crawford, gunner's mate o: the destroyer Patterson, one of th< umpires named to watch the speec tests of the Walker, and John DeLa ney, a first class fireman of the Wal ker, were said to be in a critical con dition. Others injured are: Lieut Robert L. Montgomery of the destroy er Fanning, and umpire of the speec tests,- D. S. Kelly, chief machinist'! mate; W. E. Krause, oiler; F. B. Con way, j>iler. The discipline of the crew is said t< bave been perfect and their conduct in leaping down into the steam-fillec engine room to carry out their wound ed comrades brought the loudesi praise from their superiors. . Strike on Georgia Railroad. Augusta, Qa.?In response to a gen eral strike order issued the- con ductors and trainmen of the Georgis railroad went on a strike. Three hundred men are affected. The strikt order was issued by Vice Presidea' T. A. Gregg of the Order of Railway Conductors and Vice President Jame.' Murdock of the Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen, in charge of the lo cal situation for their respective or ganizations. That the strike ordei has been generally obeyed all ovei the system is admitted. One Killed, Twenty Hurt, in Wreck Nashville, Tenn.?Two Pullmar sleeping cars, four day coaches anc two express cars broke away from f rapidly moving Louisville and Nash ville train near Elkmont, Ala., plung * *?-? ?? + Vi On naiicrtv 60 aown ail emuaimun-m,, luvu fire and burned, but every passengei escaped death and less than a scor< received minor Injuries. An express messenger caught in the wreckage o his car and was cremated. Flames spread so rapidly that occupants o; the sleeping cars were compelled tc flee in their night clothing. Cole L. Blease Wins Fight. Columbia, S. C.?The South Caro lina Democratic executive committee at its session here, declared Cole L Blease, the incumbent, the Democrats I nominee for governor. The report o; the subcommittee appointed to inves tigate the alleged frauds and Irregu larlties In the primary of August 27 reported that it had not found prooi of sufficient fraud or irregularity tc alter the face of the returns. Wit! this done, the attorneys for Judge In B. Jones withdrew his protest. I t Congressman James R. Mann of ; Chicago, Republican leader of the : house, announces that if he Is re elected In November hs will bs a . candidate for speaker. . BALKANS THREATEN WAR i j BULGARIA, SERVIA , AND GREECE HAVE ISSUED ORDERS FOR j ARMY MOBILIZATION. 5 V" I Feared That Austria and Roumania Will Join in the Attack on Turkey. ______ ) 1 Belgrade, Servla. War prepare J tions are being carried on with fever ' ish haste. General mobilization of the Servian army has been ordered. ; Publication of news of military move 3 ments is forbidden. 3 Belgrade is> seething with exclte . ment The streets are full of uni formed reservists and the railway sta 3 tions are crowded with men on their f way to join the colors. The mobilization oi tne .Bulgarian army simultaneously with that of Servia has added enthusiasm to the occasion. Athens, Greece.?The Greek gov ernment, in agreement with other Balkan states, has ordered the mob ilization of her forces by sea and by land. The reason given for this step is apprehension on tiie part of the Balkan states that the mobiliza tion of the Turkish army and the dis quieting Internal condition of Turkey might induce the porte to seek a way out of the difficulties in war. London.?Balkan difficulties have developed with alarming rapidity to a point where only a spark is needed to set the whole of southeastern Eu rope aflame. Three Balkan states? Bulgaria, Servia and Greece?by com mon consent, have ordered simultane ous mobilization of their armies and are making every preparation for im mediate hostilities. ARE PLANNING TO B0YC0T7 Central America Bitterly Resents the Action of the United States. New Orleans, La.?Sensational rev elations touching the recent inter vention of the American government in Nicaragua are promised by Gen. Juan Leets, who arrived here from Salvador to appear before the special > uenate committee named under the 5 3acon resolution to Investigate revo 1 lutionary matters In Nicaragua. General Leets declares that the at f titude of the state department in the Nicaraguan embrogllo and the use of 1 American marines to suppress the re* volt of the people of Nicaragua against President Diaz Is resented in every Central American country as an unwarranted interference in the domestic affairs of those countries. ' ? - * -?1? TTwif a/1 1 He declares mat umeaa Uia uuucu * States senate should take some ac tion to counteract the anti-American feeling engendered by the state de > partment's actions In the Nicaraguan t matter, a propaganda favoring a boy* 1 cott against all commodities from the United States will sweep every Latin t American country from the Rio Grande to Cape Horn. Makes Long Journey for Ceremony. Louisville, Ky.?From Johannes burg, South Africa, to Louisville is 1 the journey made by Mrs. Ellen Hor 5 vitz, a widow, whose home is at the J former place, that she might particl t pate in the ceremony of casting the ' shoe, prescribed in the Book of Deut 3 eronomy for childless widows before - they are free to marry any other hus band. According to the Biblical di rection, Mrs. Horvitz went to the r home of her brother-in-law, Y. Hor r vitz, where the ceremony was per formed by a rabbi. No Prospect of Cheaper Beef. i Washington.?"I see no hope ot 1 beef getting much cheaper," said Sec 1 retary Wilson of the department of agriculture. Fresh from a vacation in - the west, Mr. Wilson declared there t was a much greater scarcity *of cattle r than he had realized. "The breeding J grounds of stock cattle," said Mr. 3 Wilson, "heretofore sent to the corn f field to be finished by fattening on 5 corn, cannot furnish much more of f that class of cattle. Homesteaders > have compelled the ranchmen to dis pose of their cattle stock." Three Men Are Shot in Mutiny. Tampa, Fla. Jose Bajado, a Span iard, was killed and Juan Ramallero and Jesus Martinez were fatally k wounded in what is supposed to have J been mutiny on board the steamship E Brunswick. A tug, with a United " States marshal, was summoned by * wireless as the Brunswick lay oft Ft. Dade. The dead man, the two wound E ed and one prisoner were turned over ' to the marshal. Captain Avery of the 1 Brunswick formally charged the men 1 with mutinous 'conduct The Bruns wick is bound for New Orleans. KNEW NOTHING WHATEVER OF THE STANDARD OIL CONTRI BUTION IN 1904. WAS PROMISED NO RETURNS An Immense Throng Crowded the Committee Room When Roosevelt Began His Testimony Before - the Senate Investigating Committee. Washington. ? Theodore Roosevelt for seven years President of the Unit ed States and candidate for re-elec tion on the National Progressive tick et, occupied a y. itness chair for three and a half hours before a Senate In vestigation Committee defending hit administration, himself and his cam- r paign associates against what he term- , ed "infamous charges," and "hearsay evidence." ' He appeared before the committee at his own request to answer the state ments made in August by John D. Archbold that the Standard Oil Com-' pany had given $100,000 to the Repub lican campaign fund in 1904, under the impression that President Roosevelt knew of and approved acceptance of the contribution. Not only did Colonel Roosevelt deny this; but he put into the formal records of the committee a sweeping denial that he had ever solicited funds from anyone while President; that any money had been received by - the 1904 campaign committee with an , express or Implied promise of favors from the Administration; that exces sive funds had been used In his 1904 or 1908 campaigner or that money . had ever been improperly used in his behalf, so far as he "knew. In reference to the Harriman fond of $240,000, raised in 1904, Colonel Roosevelt declared the statements of J. P. Morgan, George R. Sheldon and others had fully corroborated his ear lier statements that this fund was ? raised expressly for the New York : state campaign, and had not been so licited by him for his own support In thfe fight for the Republican nomina tion that year. "There was not one word spoken by Mr. Harriman or by me having any reference to any collection of funds for the National campaign," he said, referring to his interview/ with Mr.. Harriman in October, 1904. "On the contrary, the request was from Mr. Harriman, that Inasmuch as we had ample funds for the* National cam paign, and as the National campaign was safe, we could help him out in the state campaign." The session Of the committee was picturesque throughout / Colonel Roosevelt arrived at the committee room fully ten minutes before the hour of opening. .. Southern Train "43" Derailed. Cornelia, Ga.?Two were killed anty three others slightly injured by the derailment at Kitchen's Siding of Southern railway passenger train No. 43, enroute from Washington to At lanta None of the passengers were hurt. The dead are: Jake Costner, engineer, Atlanta; Ed Simpson, negro ) fireman, Atlanta. Injured?J. H. Pow ers, mail clerk, Central, S. C.; R. L. Martin, mail clerk, Norcrossa, Ga.; A. B. Gilmere, express messenger, Wash- ; ington. The engine and the mail and express cars turned over but the Aoaches and Pullman sleepers did not leave the tracks. Reported Tfiat Peace Pact la Signed. London.?Peace between Italy and Turkey was signed at Ouchy, Switzer land, last night, according to a news agency dispatch received here from Paris. Constantinople.?That the Turkish cabinet voted to accept Italy's latest proposals for peace was the announce ment made from an authoritative source. The preliminary agreements arfi to be siened uoon the arrival at Ouchy of a special Turkish emissary who left Constantinople immediately after the cabinet meeting. Dynamite Found On Car Track. Augusta, Ga.?A stick of dynamite about an inch and one half in diame ter and about 12 inches . long was found on the car track at' the corner of Fifth and Hale streets recently be fore the cars started running. The dynamite was found by one of the track inspectors who went ov$r the street railway tracks before any cars were started from the barn. The dy namite was turned over to Chief of Police. There is no clue as to the identity of the person placing the dynamite oh the track. Must Not Accept Presents. Washington.?The acceptance by army officers detailed with the organ ized militia of the various states of medals or presents of any sort, from either members or organizations, has been disapproved by the war depart ment. Notice to this effect has been transmitted to national guard officers throughout the country by Brig. Gen. Albert Mills. In explanation General Mills points out that such acceptance "might place the recipient under ob ligations at variance with the best in terests of the service." British Submarine Sunk. Dover, England. ? Fifteen officers and men of the British navy were drowned by the sinking of the subma rine "B 2" after she had been cut in two by the Hamburg American liner Amerika off the coast of Kent. The disaster in which the "B 2" was sunk occurred while the third patrol flotil la of submarines was maneuvering off Kent. The liner Amerika appears to have cut the submarine completely in halves. Lieutenant Richard I. Pul ley was the only man among the crew of 15 who was saved.