tOANAND
SAYINGS
L. C. HAYNER
PE?SIDEXT.
Chas. C. inward
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EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JAN?AKY 9, W07.
?f AUGUSTA, GA.
Ii. O. BAYNE, President
FRANK O. FOED, ?ashi?.
CAPITAL..$250,000
Surplus and Profits. 150,000
Wtdull i? pleasad to har. yon open M aocwurt +
With thu Bani. Cuit?me n an d cor reapor,A:n tx BO- *
sored of every canrtetj md accommodation po?!- i4>
ble andar ccmerra?Te, mod wo Bttfctog ra* thodi X
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NO. 8.
REBATES
furl Overrntes Demurrer of
Sfandafd Oil Company.
STAINED IN TWA INDICTMENTS
oration Sustained in Only Two
)ut of Ten Pending Indictments
These Because pf Technical
defects Violation.'.Qf : Elkins Law
tr Give Cut Rate to Shipper, Sven
. BeaZn-^Dfeectr- -./- -
Jhic^go, .Special. -: Judge "Landis
lu-. Tidied States District" Court
iled ihi: demurrer of the Stand
Company to eight ^of the rc
bs^d^lm?r?tspending- .agaijist
'"" cognition, ?but sustained:, "the.
?rorro r asjiatwo others indictments
msc "of technical defects,
court ruled" against the de*
lant^^Wnte?'tion that the- Elkins'1
j was---enacted- really to prohibit--]
employment of indirect methods'
[obtain preferential rates, it- be
the defendant's con ten timi' that j
vak not a violation of the law 'if tr
ray/, eorupauy,. -dealiug^.;directly
za shipper, give that shipper a
-ratcY". ' ' ,
ho . -court also >ulcd- against the
eildontjs<.claim that the provisions
the"" Elkins law requiring shippers
adhere- .to a published rate was
d ns ;being against.- that, provision
the,. -ipter-Stat? commerce law,
ich . required carriers to transport
D?rty for a reasonable rate, the* j
holding that carriers and ship
s'were: both'required to adhere to
published rate until such rato
?"publicly changed in the manner
^scribed bv_law.
: Binding oh-. Consignees.- X
Che court ruled-against the de
?Lint's .contention that the provis
LbfC;the inter-State commerce law
"jumng^rm terminai-]
[arges- was not , op?r?t i /e upou cou
lees,, /h?rding'" that ,'in -?res>ect.;.to
\ terminai;,charges, . inasmuch... as
? consigner; would have only little,
'.ry,-interest' in the question, the
hv^plainly was intended to be . bind -
v, on consignees.
I .Avier observing that - the Elkins
^and that, "unless that there was ia
itv te ?e?piug.. alive "the future
?eeution. ofv^jffenses.. which ? had
r: .- : commit ted against the Elkins
iyV- prior 'io -its.: ,appeal, the court
"Mi! sccti?nv.i3?,/j>f->. the. ..Revised"
^es..bf>'thftvLTnit5d States. ,
"'il^tta-^
?it?mptjfb^fh?.;. Congress" that-: 1
'Ti- it"; to;-".curtail, -the. authority,
iuce?edirig^?^ limiting
"iva'nce thtr.effeet'-to be given to th
jfctments. It .is'.rather the substi
?iit'on of a new-.rule- to be; observed
the. courts in the. construction of
ft^ute5-^e.reaite?L.,;tp.. .be.. "ens.c.te.d..
Chat- until such old rula is restored,
\a?? sujic^e'[Iiu'4.Con?:ress intends thaU
'l"? /ConrTs'?iEair ^aiflld'^y-'thVl?^
"ejvir?. giving effecl"=.to,. .their -.enact:
jn;ts,:.iseems, to me b'eyondiquest?on/:j
/To Enforce Th?^Law
-'.':it:|s the duty of the court, " said
JxidgewLandis, "to enforce the will
ol ?o^ressv;as exppressedin-^the
w&tt?n,. enactment., In^thev.ascer?ttin
ms?t pf that will,? am "not at libi?rty
tqv?g?pre the ultimate object bf'"the
'law'. That object was the establish
j m?nt :of uiiiform railroatl: rates.' rea
[sonable in amount. The former law
had failed ?to 'acomplish this, and
f was therefore strengthened. Instead
, )? being w?ped off the books, as have
:i?g^;Se?'ed jts purpose, additional and
''^ere|liabilities were created, and
('-ernor? drastic Temedi.es -nd penalties
authorized.
//"MX opinion is that the so-called
saving^clavtse in section 10 will be.in-?
iserte'd^fdr ,the* soie purpose ?of ? defi
mtely?iyr?scribi?g the .rule of .proce
dure tfcat i>l?bul'd control'th? prosecu'tj
tion ofj causes then pending in various
sta.'jes^in the courts, thus,'avoiding .'
the confusion and controversy which,
as experience has shown, must other
wise,-, fi?v? resulted.
- ? Report oh'Negro Exhibit.
AVashmjgton.; Special.-The govern
I'meiYt board'i bf' the Jamestown Ex
position, .dosisting .'of- Secretaries
;Taft, Skawjrh'd Hetcarf/held ja meet:.
?-f?r the pur^o^ ;of-receiving-? report"
'''{rom the Negro?'Development & Ex
position C?mrJaViy;1 which" under the!
i lav; has c^argo- of the negro exhibit !
.as to the progress that has been made.
^?n'.?.?h'?ir work. Giles B. Jackson, otr
?'Richmond., the head of the company,.
;55ubmitted a v.-ritren report, and ad
journment was taken until next Mon
day. In the meantime Jackson's re
.port will be examined by the hoard
Fire Loss \Over- Half ^Million.
New York, Special-Fire 'destroy
ed the big furniture store of Cowper^
Th waite & Sons, at Third avenue and
121 strecs, entailing : a'lossx of hali'
million dollars and causing the iu
riury of four firemen,-none seriously.
Tbe-Wazer which started a few minu
tes after G o 'clock quickly develop
ed into the mest * spectacular xfire
seen in Harlem in a long time. " }
-Eoad:IFrom Atlanta to Macon.
Macon, GU3pt?c?al^D?re?r0rs. ahd|
Btoekholders of the Macon, Dublin :.&<
Sayaniiali. Railroad held a meetik
he!;c and authorized the issue of - ab
$3^000,000 mortgage 'bonds.- A
road will be built from Atlanta to:
Mn on tc'''.connect with . the Macon.
Di;'i in ' <fc . Savannah . in this city.
Tl; "s will give a line from. Atlanta to
V: ;. Jin, r.early 190 nu?es)-'where con*
nv:: mi. vrill be -made wlih - the Afr
lfiJrrlc Coast Line. .. i
A RIGID INVESTIGATION
Under Resolution-of Congress^ Inter-1
State' 'Cominerte7 Commission Will
Shift Every Piece-of Evidence to hi
had in an Effort to Ascertain if- Ee
cent Railroad Disasters Have Beei
Due to Unreliable Block System, 0)
, Carelessness of Employes Stationed
Here.
^Washington,- Special.-What prom
ises to be a most rigid' investigation
"of the*recent" wrecks bri" the Baltimore
&" '6hi?;.Railrpad.'.at .Tera';..Cp,tta, ??
Ci, in wihch more than two score of
passengers lost their lives, and oh, the
^Southern Railroad at Lawyers, Va.
on Thanksgiving Day? . when Presk
.dent Samuel'Spencer and seven oth
ers w'ejr'killea^was begun by the^mlefc
State Commerce .Commission, ^acting
under ? >gen?r?l: r?solution passed by
.Confess in' the last session providing
for an inquiry into the operation on
. tbs block system on the " railroad*:
throughout the country; It is the'pur
-pose-of the -eoniinission''to'"determi?e''
whether the responsibility for these
two wrecks should ;be . placed jon th?
'w?rk?njgs1 bf. th?b lock- system or the
carelessness of the 'ra?r?ads^emp??y
--?-<; stationed at the block statical.- .
-*Conrinissi?n?r "ClemenTs1 is conduct'
ing the inquiry, a?d. the railroads are
represented by attc leys. It is under
stood, if the block system is found tc
be unreliable, some immediate legisla
tive remedy ih?y be urged upon Cpi^
gr?ss by the commission.; . .
The Terra Cotia Wreck-.
The Terra Cotta wreck w?s first
takeh up. Chief' Dispatcher T; F
Dent, of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road, testified that the whereabouts
of trains are of ten unknown to'him
for 5 or 10 minutes because, of th;;
'failure or inability of operators at thc
block stations to t??mmurticat? with
him when a train passes their stations,
Engineer Hilderbrand, pf the "dead*'
equipment' train, I whick crashed into
the Frederick (Md;)"Iocal vat ' Terra
Cotta" testified that " the "double
green" light was displayed at Silver
Jlr???*sjmd University, station_If..
there was any "danger light" at Ta
,kpma.j?tatiou,..; the witness...deelares.
;he-did' not lsee if.' H? testified-thal
-between'' Friday evening' " af" 6:30'
o'clock and Sunday evening at 6:30.
when" the wreck 'occurred, a period
of.4S hours, he-had had only eight
hours sleep. He said, however, that
when he. was-called .to make: the-fatal j
run he did not feel' a :lact off sleepy*
but was in good trim: >
Three Times 'Suspended.
Hilderbrand admitted he had- been
suspendede. on. at. least, three, occur.
sions, once for allowing the\:enginc
where ' engm?ers have passed .by a
red signal, bqt he could not give any.
specific instances.
He admitted he_ sometimes _to.ok a.
drink when off duty^ but that on the
day of -the wreck he had not-touched^
Prepared Special^ct?t?on of Presi
': dent's panania Message.
Washington, Special.-To meet a
great public demand for the recent
mesage of the President to- Congress
narrating the events' of his- trip &
.the .fsthmus of Panama^ lasf'fall? the
Gove'fnment Priiifing'Office lias.Jpre';
pared an edition, with seven appen :
dices and 26 ^full-page - illustrations
making, what is 'denominated a ' text
book on the subject of - the canal,
\vhich_wil he sold fe. th? public by .thc
Superintendent, of Documents -'ripon'
application for 50 cents per; copy.
Abandons Reconstruction.
New ' Orleans", Special.-A telgram
from Washington states that the
-United/Stetcs*;goverament;has''aban
dpned ats ^rjecostructiph "pf Fort St
Philiy, near the mouth of the Mis
sissippi, riv.eiy and that ^contractors
amounting to nearly $100,000 will be
abrogated. One of the contractor*
said that he had received a request
-asking on what-terms he Ari? -abr?
-gate--his-contract.-During-the~gulf
hurricane,, last,, fall Fort .St.. Jhilip
was badly damaged. % -
? :\ 'j ': . ''.i . i s
-Serious' ?loods?;in ^Arkansas.
% Little rRoclc, - Ark;., P Speci?l.4-The
floods through central Arkansas are
the worst known in 20'y?aTsrv'' Little
Rock and Hot Springs arep radi
cally isolated. No trains have ibeen
operated to or' from Hot Spring?
since Wednesday afternoon. Not' uh:
til Thursday eveninar. was. ,the Rock
Island able to operate'trains out o?
Little Rock,-and all through trains
on the lion Mountain are detoiued
:via/.Texarkana- and -Camden.
' Tributes to Mrs. Jefferson Davis.
.Montgomery, Ala;, . Special-Tri
butes to Mrs. Jefferson Davis, in
imanui?/ipt," or other 'eligible form,
brought forth by her recent death,
wilt be. sent to the Ladies' Memorial
Association, to be kept at Montgom
ery, "the cradle of the Confeder
acy;" This is given out by Mrs.
Margaret Davis Hayes, only surviv
ing child of Mrs. Davis, in compli
ment io the neighbors: of'her mother
during-thoreariv davs of the wary.
' >'.-.<? -.. :\ ; \
' * .
' Balled in Selma, Ala., Saloon.
? . r J '. ". .' *
Selma, ATa., Special.-Marion Phil
lips was shot and killed by L. S.
Burch in a saloon here. Both men are
white linemen. They had frequently
quarreled and after a dispute, Phil
lips knocked Burch down, whereupon
P?urch..opened , fire, :killing ...Phillips.
.Burch came here from Jackson, Miss,
Phillips has a wife in-Savannah and
relatives in Augnita, Ga,
?O IfllpiN
Ail Colored Troops Ordered to
foreign Service
NO ECHO OF BROWNSVILLE CASE
Department issues Ordere for Prepar
ation for Service and Soldiers Will
Sail Between Marcia 5 and June 5
of Present Year-^Troop.B Being
. Sent Because It is Their Turn to
Go and ?bt Because of Any Desire
to Get Them Out. of United Statea
at This Time^-None Were Sent Be
tween 19?2 and 19?5,
.'Washington, Special;-The Ninth
arid Tenth Cavalry and the Twenty
fifth Infantry, including all the negro
soldiers' in the regular ?rmy iri this
country^have be u ordered to preparo
for service iii the Philippines and
will : sail at different tiroes between
March 5th and June oth of this year.
The only Other regiment composed of
negroes, tii? Twetl?y-foui'tb Infantry,
is n?w doiiig service" iii the Philip
pines;
: Other -troops ordered to tue Phil
ippinesv&re the Sixth . Cavalry, the
Eighteenth, Twenty-sixth j Twenty
ninth and ' Thirtieth Infantry. The
troops which wili be relieved by the
sending of these new regiments will
be the Four th j Seventh and Eighth
Cavalry.and. the Ninth; Tirteenth.
Fifteenth} Sixeteenth aiid Nineteenth
Infantry:
It was' stated by. Major General
Bell, chief bf staff/that the hegro reg
iments are "being seritv to the Philip
pines because it is their.turn to go,
and not because of any desire to get
them out bf the United States'?t this
time. ? _t
The negro "troops ?r? to sail for the
Philippines'before most of the white
organizations; rhe~rast of which will
not/leave this country until early in
January, 190S.
Statement by Department.
The followng statem?nt was issued
fr?rn the War department in explana
tion'of the orders:
- "There-was a time, between 1902
and .1905, when the colored regiments
were?pot sent to the Philippines at
all. in 1905, however, this policy was
tentatively changed; and the Twenty
fourth Infantry, colored regiment,
was sent to the Philippine* and is now
there. The services of the Twenty
fourth Infantry in the Philippines
has been etirely satisfactory, and it is
thought that the services of the oth
er regiments will be.
"In reporting upon this subject
General Wood states: 'I recently vis
ited and made an inspection of the
Departnients of the Visayas and Min
regiment.'
"Because of,this report and expe
rience, the general staff recommend
ed and the Department decided it to
bc wise tQ return to the former policy
of equal foreign service of all the reg
iments of the.mobile army.
"The present assignment of the
other colored regiments to the Phil
ippines is merely for an equal distri
bution of foreign service. They have
njit been there for four years. It, now
becomes ' fair to them and to other
regiments that they be assigned to thc
Philippines in due order.
" " Foreign service, it should be stat
ed, increses the pay of the men-20
per cent and counts double time for
retirement. It was pointed out at the
Department therefore that the idea
that these orders were prejudicial to
thc colored'troops .or were made on
account of the Brownsville affair, was
utterly absurd.
The Georgia May be Presented With
Silver Service.
jgWashington/ Special.-A number of
representative men of Savannah Sat
urday called on Assistaut Secretar}'
of the1 Navy Newberry, and conferred
ivith him regarding:' the presentation
of a silver service to the battleship
Georgia. Although nothing definite
was arranged,"it-is probable lhat"the
vessel will be sent South in the spring.
Savannah Puts In Her Bid.
Washington, Special-A delegation
from Savannah, headed by formei
Senator Norwood, arrived here in the
interest of the establishment of a sub
Treasury in that city. Col. J. H. Es
till, of the Savannah Morning News,
and Pleasant A. Stovall, of the Sa
vflnnr.lrTress; were among the party.
The delegation held a conference with
Senators Bacon and Clay and mem
bers of the Georgia delegation in the
House of Representatives and next
week will go before the ways and
means committee to urge Savannah's
elands.
Four Killed and Two Fatally Injured
In Explosion.
Kenosho, Wis., Special.-lu an ex
plosion in the grinding mill at the
Laftin & Rand Power Mill Company,
in Plesant Prairie, Kenosho couuty,
four persons were killed outright and
two were fatally injured. Two others
were badly hurt. One of the dead is
Ralph Alderson, the other three arc
Russians;.names are unknown. The
financial loss is about $10,000.
< No. 97 Is No More."
Spencer, N. C., Special.-Fast mail
train No. 97, running between Wash
ington and New Orleans, the fastest
train known to the railroad world, and
the only one of the kind in the United
States, being maintained by a spec
ial act of Congress, made its last trip
Saturday night, passing Spencer two
hours late. At midnight a gen
eral change of schedules on the South?
em Railway system takes effeot and
four new-trains take the place of No,
97 on the main line,
CONGRESS AT WORK
Both Houses of Congress Resume
Work After Holiday Recess.
Koon after the Senate met Senator
Foraker's resolution providing for
?ii inquiry', by the Senate into the
discharge of the negro troops of tho
?fwenty*fifth Infantry on account of
the Brownsville, Texas, episode, Was
kid before the Senate and Senator
Cuibersoii made an address on the
subject, He said that he would have
kept quiet but for the fact that great
injustice hod been done the people of
Brownsville.,
Mr, Cuiberson said that the con
duet of the negro soldiers had been
Very iritathig to the Brownsville
people add especially so to the wom
en, He related^ that on August 4,
last, the day before the "shooting
tip" of the town, a criminal assault
had been Committed by One of the
soldiers oh the wife of a reputable
citizen and said that no arrests had
been made for the crime": Mr? Ciil
bersori 'defended Captahi McDonald;
of the Tex?s Rehgers, to whom Mt:
Foraker had referred b?cdus? of
Major Blocksoin's r?f?rence to hint
as a man who was "so brave ,that
he would bot hesitate to charge hell
with a bucket of w?ter;" Mr. Cui
berson also said that h? knew Major
Biocksom to b? ?- g?riti?m?ri;
Defe?ds^th? President
In defending President Ro?sev??t
for his dismissal of the troops, Mr.
Cuiberson said the fact that the
troops were negroes had nothing
to do with their discharge;. Confu
sion as to the legal question involved
was, h? said, resposible for the state
ment that the Pr?sident had ho au
thority to make the discharge; ?he
President's constitutional authority
and the authority given him by the
articles of War clearly covered the
case and m?d? his action legal, he
declared; He contended that dis
charges for criminal offenses are cov
ered in the articles of war as are also
discharges made to effect punishment
Mr. Cuiberson said that there was
a distinction between ? "discharge
without honor." ?h the former Cas?
the President could exercise his dis
cretion as he had done in the instance
only he made as the result of a court
martial. He instanced' several cases
to sustain his position^
Negro Soldiers Motive.
To establish the motiv? actuating
the negro' soldiers in creating the &l
leged disturbance, Mr. C?lberso?l
read resolutions recently adopted by^
negro citizens of Boston, Whichv ad-"
...i xi..i. .4.1,0 enWitxr~- "ahnt itn":
au mun* ui u? ci i mia^?j.
Disclaiming any partisanship for
the President, Mr. Cuiberson created
a wave of merriment'by saying:
"I have ntohing to do with the
President in the matter. I care noth
ing about him. My personal rela
tions with him are about as cordial
as those of the Senator from Ohio."
(Mr. Foraker.)
In all fairness, Mr. Cuiberson said,
the country ought to know that the
report made to the President was re
liable.
In the House.
Within 15 minutes from the time
the gavel of Speaker" Cannon fell
calling together the House of Repres
entatives, after the holiday recess,
the lower branch of Congress ad
journed, the absence of a quorum
bringing about the early adjournment
The House was a trifle late in
meeting due to the absence from the
Speaker's table of the badge of au
thority, the gavel, and in conse:
quence the small membership of the
House present were kept standing a
minute or two longer than usual un
til the Speaker obtained the "ham
mer." But when the gavel was re
ceived a responding whack brought
the House face to face with what
bids fair to be a busy session.
W. F. Englebright, of the first
California district, and Charles G.
Washburn, of the third Massachu
setts district, were sworn in as mem
bers of the 59 th Congress to take
the places of James N. Norris Gil
lett, of California, resigned, and
Rockwood Hoar, of Massachusetts,
deceased.'
"The Omnibus Claims Bill."
"The omnibus claims bill," so
called, carrying apropriations foi
claims under the Bowman and Tucker
acts, and miscellaneous claims on
which favorable reports have been
been made by the war claims commit
tee, was before the House and for
nearly five hours the merits of th:
measure were exploited. The bill,
however, hardly got beyond the start
ing post stage when the House ad
journed.
Immediately after approval of the
.journal Speaker Cannon announced
the appointement of Representative
Englebright, of California, to a place
on the committee of mines and min
ing, vice Mr. Williamston, of Oregon,
removed. The Speaker based this ac
tion on the ground that Mr. William
son had failed thus far to attend a
single session of the Fifty-ninth Con
gress. He has been convicted of par
ticipation in land frauds in Oregon.
Senator - (Julberipn defended the
President's order discharging the ne
gro troops, and Senator Foraker re
plied to him.
The Foraker resolution was, by
agreement, -;ven the right of way in
the Senate next Monday.
The House remained in session only
long enough to enable two new mem
bers to take the oath of office.
The government will appeal from
the decision of Judge Evans declaring 1
the; Employer^ Liability law unoon-J
ititutional, " !
Cashier and Others Kided By
Explosion
CRANK WANTED A BIG LOAN
. / --'
Dropped .! by tTnidentified Foreigner
After He Had Demanded of Pres
ident 4 Loan of $5,000-Cashier In
stantly} Killed and Bomb-Thrower
Blown vto 'Pieces-The Injured are
Clerks: and the Negro Messenger,
Who Was Fearfully Hurt, Both
* Eyes Being Blown Out, Scalp Torn
Off and Face So Mangled That He
Is Unrecognizable.
Philadelphia, Special.-Demanding
a loan of $5,000 and failing to get it,
a man ^'hb has not yet been indenti
fied dropped a bomb in the Fourth
Street National Bank Saturday, blow
ing himself to pieces, instantly killing
Cashier (W. Z. McLear, and injuring
six others, one or two of whom may
die. The only clue to the identity of
the bomb-thrower Was ? bunch of keys
found in a portion of the clothing at
tached to which was a plate inscrib
ed "Ri J Steele, Garner, Iowa,"
The Fourth Street Uational Bank is
the largest financial institution in the
city and occupies the greater portion
o? the first floor of the Butlitt build
ing on Fourth street between Chesnut
and W??nut streets in the heart of the
financial distinct. The explosion was
terrificjiand it caused tremendous ex-,
citemerit in the Crowded building and
the street;
The explosion- occurred a few min
utes before 12 o'clock, fit ? time when
the balik is usually well filled with
persons iii a hurry to transact bus
iness before the bank closes, No one
saw the unknown man enter the bank
except E. F. Shanbacker, the vice
president, who was passing out of the
building on his way to luncheon. He
noticed the man was poorly dressed,
looked like a Russian and carried a
small parcel, The man walked straight
back to the rear of the bank aiid ask
eda clerk.to direct him to the office
of the'president, Richard H. Rush
tori;' ; What took place in his office is
best told by the president himself.
; Asked a Loan of $5,000.
fi 'I-Vw'as very busy when the man eu
tered my office, and I asked him to bo
seated- for a moment, He was .v.erv.
ously. I asked him his business and
he gave me his name as G. E. Wil
liams and said he wanted a loan of
$5,000. He .did not look like a man
who could make a loan of that amount
and I asked him for collateral. He
said something about an insurance
policy and that it would mature in
from one to five years, I was then
convinced the man was a crank and
decided to dismiss him at once, not
for a moment thinking there was any
harm in hun. I told him he would i
have to see the cashier and directed
him out into the banking department.
At the same moment I called the col
ored messenger, William Crump, to
see that the man was quickly takeu
out of the building. As I turned to
continue my work at the desk there
was a terrific explosion and I thought
the building was coming down. The
man had not time to reach the cash
ier, the explosion came so soon."
Details as to what actually happen
ed when the man left the office of
President Rushton differ, as no ono
can be found who saw the man drop
the bomb. The door to the office of
Cashier McLear is only a few feet
from that of- President Rushton and
the man must have dropped the dead
ly missie between the two rooms.
Cashier McLear was sitting at his*
desk at the time and his body was
badly mangled. The boom-thrower's
body was, torn to pieces.
President Escal?n is Anxious to Sup
press Revolution.
San Salvador, Republic of Salva
dor, By Cable.-Hondurans residing
in Nicaragua and Salvador started tbs
recent revolution, in the government
of Honduras, which was suppressed
by Nicaragua "and Salvador. The
Central American republics are arfx
\O?s to maintain peace by all means.
President Escalen, of Salvador, made
an important declaration to this ef
fect. Ex-President Poticarno Hou
illa, of Honduras, who was compro
mised in the revolution, has been im
prisoned.
Train Robber Arrested.
Huntington, W. Va., Special-Per
cy Martin, of Atlanta, Ga., was ar
rested here charged with being one of
the bandits who held up a Seaboard
Air Line train 8 miles south of Rich
mond on New Year's eve. He admit
ted his guilt and delivered-to the of
ficers a $500 diamond ring which had
been taken from one of the passen
gers. He told where most of the mon
ey can be found.
The Vatican Determined.
Paris, By Cable.-Developments in
the church and State situation con
tinues to indicate that the Vatican
authorities feel constrained to vindi
cate their course, by which church
property in France to the value of
$120,000,000 was forfeited by the re
jection of everything offered by the
government, and will even go to thc
extent of ordering the clergy to leave
the churches in the hope of driving
thc 'T. v.eh Catholics to demand re
<?'.: . i he ballot box.
i Late ?feb&s I
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I MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST f
It is reported that the Marlboroughs
have become reconciled.
Hot municipal elections were held
in several West Virginia towns.
Chancellor von Buelow calls on the
German electorate to put down social
ism.
Great Britain will send a splendid
naval fleet to the Jamestown expo
sition.
The new French Church and State
Separation bill was signed an<f pro
mulgated.
Archbishop Ryan denounced the
French government officials as worse
than^pagans.
. Judge William Bush, 82 years old,
was run over and seriously hurt at
Parkersburg.
Defeated for re-election, a Massa
chusetts septungenarian officeholder
took his life.
Two thousand Norfolk women met
to plan the city's part in the James
town exposition. -
Gov. Vardaman, ot' Mississippi, de
clares stories of Scooba riots were
greatly exaggerated.
Alexander J. Cassatt, president of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, dies sud
denly in Philadelphia.
James M. Thomas was found dead
in a ravine near Danville under mys
terious circumstances.
A prominent Atlantan shot and
dangerously wounded aiibther at a
wedding near that ?ity.
Labor Commissioner Neill says he
hopes for early settlement of South
ern Pacific firemen's strike.
A number of new laws,, notably the
Pure Food, Free Alcohol and Anti
Pass laws went into effect.
The indications now are that Henry
A. Richardson will be elected United
[ States Senator from Delaware.
Governor Charles E. Hughes, of
New York, in taking office, declared
for purity in the public sendee.
Accusations against the Governor
of Mississippi were made hy the re
tiring warden of the penitentiary.
Dr. Foster remains de facto super
intendent of the Williamsburg Hospi
tal despite efforts to supersede him.
Sweeping reforms Vere advanced
in the first message of Governor
Hughes to the New York legislature.
Tirty-five persons, principally Ital
ian laborers, were killed or burned to
death in a wreck on the Rock Island
road.
Spencer Blackburn, on a charge of
criminal libel.
The French bishops will meet to
discuss the church 's crisis in that
country at the Chateau de la Muetta
January 15.
The new $60,000,000 coastwise
steamship consolidation formed by
Charles W. Morse was incorporated
at Portland, Maine.
Governor Pennypacker of Pennsyl
ania, in his message to the legisla
uro, courted an investigation into the
State capitol scandal.
A young woman against whom he
had decided a suit involving an inher
itance tried to shoot a judge in his
courtroom in St. Louis.
The Atlantic fleet", under the com
mand of Rear-Admiral Evans, has
sailed for Guantanamo, for the winter
evolutions of Hie fleet.
Major-General Jesse M. Lee. was re
tired under the age regulation, Brig.
Gen. J. Franklin Bell was promoted to
the rank of major-general.
The deadlock among republicans of
the House in Delaware was broken,
both branches of the legislature were
organized and the governor's message
was read.
United States pledges support to
Great Britain in any steps toward
ameliorating conditions in the Congo.
Mayor McClellan of New York in
declining to reappoint a Murphy can
didate on the Board ol! Elections, uses
blistering language regarding the
Tammany deader.
In a report to President Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Lane, who has made a IL investigation,
states that thc coal famine in North
Dakota was due to the shortage of
cars on Western railroads.
Charges of fraud were filed with
the Postmaster General against the
New York Cotton Exchange by Rep
resentative Livingston, of ' Georgia,
and Harvie Jordan, president of thc
Southern Cotton Association.
The society reporters always speak
of a bride being "led to the altar,"
just as though a bride couldn't find
her own way there blindfolded, re
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