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ffews of Interest Gleaned Prof Arranged Por Panners' Union Formed. Chesterfield, Special.-The Chester field County Fanners' union was or ganized here Tuesday. Delegates were present from 15 local organiza tions. Moore than 50 delegates were present. The meeting was presided over by Mr. L. L. Spencer, president of the Chesterfield local, who intro duced President B. Harris as the- first speaker. Mr. Harris spoke at length on the raising of^hogs, showing to those present how pork can be raised for less than 3 cents a pound. He was listened to with attention. Deputy Organizer S. T. Parroti ?was then introduced. It was through ids -efforts that the county organiza tion was completed. The meeting was fcegnn in the court house during the rece:? hour, court being in session. ?The speaker closed by inviting the delegates to the Masonic hall, where the organization was' completed. Mr. J. N. Stricklin was asked to act as secretary, while Mr. Pareott presided. Cheraw, Chesterfield, Mt. Grog han, Ruby, Cross Roads Church, Pageland, Dudley, Plains, Five Forks, Middendorf, Roeky Branch, Patrick, Orange Hill, Cross Roads and Shiloh were represented. ' The organization was completed by the election of the following of ficers: W. J. Tiller, president; G. W. Gum, vice president; H. C. Hendrix, secretary-treasurer; S. T. Knight, ehaplain; H. F. King, conductor; A. JT. Siaith, door keeper; A. S. Smith, C.. Kirkley and R. L. Rivers, execu tive committee. Tho delegates were among the most Influential farmers in the county and the union is safe in the hands of its officials. F. W. Rnckstuhl Was Selected. Columbia, Special.-The Woman's monument commission, recently ap pointed by Gov. Ansel in conformity with an act of the legislature, met ia she.governor's office last week and .ms in session for three hours. The commission is composed of Capt. J. G. Richards, Jr., of Kershaw, Gen. C. Irvine Walker of Charleston, Capt. C. A. Reed of Anderson, Col. T. J. Moore o? Spartanburg and Capt. Wm. E. Gonzales of Columbia. The matter of the selection of an artist was considered very thorough ly, the debate on this point occupy ing the greater part of the long ses sion.' The commission finally deter mined that it could not do better than, to elect the same sculptor who had performed such admirable ser vice to the people of South Carolina in the production of the Hampton equestrian statue, and the marble statue of Calhoun, which is to go in Statuary hall in Washington, and the model for which has recently been accepted by the Calhoun monument commission. / : Mr. F. Wellington Ruokstuhi has impressed all with whom he has come in contact in his work for South Car olina not only with faith in his splen did artistic ability but with belief in his devotion to the South. It is probable that Mr. Ruckstuhl will have a conference with the com mittee about the middle of May. He will leave in June for Italy to com plete the work on the Calhoun statue. Abbeville to Issue Bonds. Abbeville, Special.-The election in Abbeville school district for the pur pose of issuing $20,000 in bonds for building a high school was held Tues day with only two votes against the issue. Tne building will be erected in time for opening this fall. Press Association Meeting. Greenville, Special.-Col. E. H. Anil, of Newberry, president of the State Press; J. R. McGhee, G. W. Branson and John Wood met Sat urday in this city and set July 6, 7, 8 as dates for the meeting of the Press Association. Greenville's new hotel, the Ottaray, was chosen as the place of meeting. Officers May be Indicted. Greenville, S. C., Special.-Post Pffice Inspector Gregory, who came tere early Monday morning and who ?s making an investigation of the canner irr which the two notorious feggmen, Moore and Barton, escaped from the jail Saturday night, says that the Federal grand jury next week will be asked to take'some steps in the matter. It may be, according to information that is gotten from the government officials here, thal an indictment will be returned against either the guard or the jailer. ^U. C. V. Banquet. -CampxSnmter, No. 230, United Con federate Veterans will celebrate its anniversary with a banquet which is to be served at the Gannan Artilery Sall on Monday^ evening, April 19. Tlho annual meeting ol' the camp will be held on April 12, and an election of officers for the ensuing year will be, made. It was found impracticable to have the banquet on that date pod it was postponed until the Mon flay following. Offers Prizes to Farmers. Sumter, Special.-The Bank of Sum er recently announced that the honk would give $50 in gold to the customer who made the largest yield of corn cn one acre and $25 to the coe making the sacond largest yield. Tiie offer has created considerable interest and there are already quite a number of progressive farmers en tered for the contest. Within the past few years a number of Sumter county farmers, have grown crops of corn that would have been regard ed as ph?nomenal a deeade ago, and it would not ba surprising if tibs re sold is bro ton bj Sumter conn tv. n All Sections of the State and Busy Readers i Saved tho State a Vast Amount. Columbia, Special.-Dr. W. J. Mar ray, chairman of the commission to wind np the affairs of the old State dispensary said Monday night that he is very, very much relieved. When he accepted service on this commis sion it was merely as a business man accepting a business assignment, and he did so to oblige Gov. Ansel. As the commission got further and further into the work it was dis covered that there were apparently fradulent claims. The first work of the commission was to close out the stock on hand. This was disposed of at a profit, making the gross assets something like $800,000. On Jan uary 15, 1908, the commission be gan to audit the claims of liquor houses. One of the first claims so presented was found to be full of suspicious matter, and the commis sion, through Attorney General Lyon and Mr. Stevenson, was pushing the claimant so closely on this that some of the others refased to have their claims audited and. appealed to Judge Pritchard. Dr. Murray said Monday night that in the absence of these persons the commission had investigated the several claims in its own way and had rendered judgments. However, if these persons wish to come into the State with their books of record, it is probable that they will get a hearing. As to the claims already adjudi cated and ready for payment except for the delays occasioned by the courts, Dr. Murray said that he thinks creditors should be paid the same rate of interest that the State has received. "The. United States supreme court has "given us plenary power,'' said Dr. Murray, "and I wish to .use it judiciously. We will not coerce, nor will we take a dollar that we think is not honestly the property of the State. "We.have been receiving interest on our deposits at the rate of $2,000 per month for about 12 months. In fact, I think the decision has netted U6 about $100,000," he said. "You see the lawyers of these, liquor houses must now look to their emjploycrs for the pay, whereas if the State had lost the suit we would have had those enormous fees to pay. in addition to receivership expenses. It is quite a feather in the cap of Attorney General Lyon, and we are proud pf the fight made by Mr. Ab ney and Mr. Stevenson." Dr. Murray thinks the net assets of the State, after all claims are paid, will be $300,000 in cash and the dispensary building, valued at $76, 000. . ; j Illicit- Distillery Balded. Benettsvllle, Special.-H. P. Meek ins, the local United States deputy marshal, who is a most efficient offi cial, a few days ago (located an illicit distillery in the sand hills of this county. He notified Revenue Agent Wallace of Columbia and he arrived on last Monday night's 10 o'clock train and was met by Deputy Meek ins. These two officials, with a small possef proceeded 15 miles into the sand hills, where with little trouble they discovered the still. It is of 100 gallons capacity, and was already charged with mash, convenient for an early run. No one was at the still at the time of / capture. The officials cut the copper still to pieces and destroyed all the mash and other contraband stuff. This sand hill sec tion on the North and South Caro lina line has for more than 100 years been the rendezvous of moonshiners. Killing at Construction Camp. Spartanburg, Special; -Elliotte Davis, colored, shot and killed Walter McCullough, also colored, at J. C. Dunn's construction camp on the line of C. C. & O. railroad, a mile from Cherokee, Monday morning. The shooting was the result of a quarrel over a negro woman. Davis and the woman escaped. The Franchise Tax Returns. Columbia, Special.- Comptroller General Jones is preparing a' list of the firms and corporations that have made their franchise tax returns un to April 1, on which date the time for making these returns expired. It is estimated that the State will re ceive about $85,000 from this source and in fact the comptroller based his report to the ways and means com mittee on these figures. All firms liable for the franchise tax that have not made their returns will be penal ized 50 per cent. Goe3 After Desperado. Columbia, Special.-Henry Haynes, convicted of manslaughter at. Mon "k's Corner, ten years ago, a man against whom also there is a sealed sentence for breach of trust with fradulent intent, will be lodged in the State Penitentiary in a few, days, as Sheriff Causey, of Berkley left. Monday for Jacksonville to bring Haynes back to serve out his sentence. Anderson Company Reorganized. Anderson, Special.-Th? Palmetto Riflemen here have been fully re organized, and the men under the new officers are turning out well to .the drills. County Auditor Jas. H. Craig has been chosen. as captain of the company, succeeding his brother, Mr. S. M. Craig, who is a traveling salesman, and resigned on this ac count. Mr. Ralph Templeton is the .first, and Mr. R. A. Gilmer the sec ond lieutenant. All three of these men are good officers and will work hard to keep up the cora-pony'? standing. Wednesday was a bad day for the. RepubUcnn,,.- organization " ; of ... the House of Repr?sentatives. By!'ii coalition between some Republican \uinsurgents" and 'thc Democrats, the ways and means committee -was bowled over and the advocates of free crude oil end its products for the Payne bill won a signal victory when an amendment by Mr. Norris, of Ne braska, placing the insignificant duty of one per centum ad- valorem on those articles, was adopted by a sub stantial majority. The barley schedule" of the Payne tariff bill again was threshed out. The pending amendments were one by Mr. Miller, of Kansas, increasing the Payne rate from 16 to 25 cents a bushel, and the old one by Mr. Alex ander, of New York, fixing the rate at 10 per cent ad valorem. Postmaster General Hitchcock has approved of a number of designs sub mitted for a- special issue of stamps commemorative of the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition. Senator Gallinger has re-introduc ed the bill providing for a separate building for the Supreme Court of the United States. The structure would be sitruated just outside of the Capitol grounds and immediately north of the Congressional Library Building, to which, it is proposed the exterior architecture of the Supreme Court Building would correspond. The total cost of the building is fixed at $S,000,OCO. . . . Petition For Mrs. Oarmack. Washington,' Special.-Representar tive Brownlow and Representative Austin, of the'first and second con gressional districts of Tennesst-e, re spectively, have undertaken to make the widow of the late Senator Car maok postmaster at Columbia, in that State. They arc the only two Republican members rf fbe Ton""?T'?, delegation, and in addition to exercis ing their influence as individuals they ! have now set to work to get the as sistance of the State's entire repres entation at Washington. "President Taft heard protests Fri day against the increased duty on gloves, hosiery, pineapples and lemons, provided in the Payne tariff bill. State Senator Travis and John Mc Cormick, of Brooklyn, N. Y., repre senting importers of fruit, told the President that the increases on pine apples and lemons would have to be borne by the common people. The increase on lemons, which it was de clared amounted to 20 cents a box, would practically be prohibitive and leaves American growers in absolute control of the market. Kenneth Barnhardt, representing one of the largest department stores in Chicago, accompanied by Francis Simmons and Edward D. Winslow, also of Chicago, protested against the increase of duty on gloves and hosiery. They were presented to the President by Secretary of the Treas ury Ma-.-Veagh. The French government has in formed the State Department of its determination to out into effect im mediately the decision announced Friday from Paris to expel former President Castro, of Venezulea, from Fort de France, Martinique, and compel him to return to Europe. . J. H. Shelton & Son, of Washing ton, D. C., were awarded the contract for restoring the name of Jefferson Davis to the tablet on Cabin John bridge, from which it was removed during 1862. Their bid was $147.75. The work must be completed by Mav 15. The Senate tariff hill, so far as rat?s are concerned, was completed Saturday, but it was decided that in making a report, Chairman Aldrich will announce a reservation on cer tain important schedules for future action. These reservations will in clude hides, steel rails, wood pulp and crude petroleum. . . . Chairman Aldrich assertes that the Senate committee had made a more general revision on rates than was done by the House' committee on ways and means and that reductions in schedules had been made on a far greater number of articles. This did not mean that there would be re duction of revenues but that there would be recommended a bona fide revision downward, of the tariff. President Taft has recently declar ed that he favored the passage of a ship subsidy bill; Senator Gallinger has announced that at some early day, possibly not until the regular session of this Congress, he will in troduce and push with all his ability a similar bill to the one defeated in the House by a small margin this year. It is firmly believed here that, in the near future, a ship subsidy bill will pass Congress and become a law. The fight against such a measure has been long and hard-fought but with Taft in favor of it it will more than likely he enacted. ?mm Senator Simmons made a strong and vigorous speech favoring the Gallinger hill, which carried an im portant amendment drawn by him, and convinced many of the thinking citizens of the South that his posi tion was right. Seven natioss, led by the United States, have agreed to bar Castro from their possessions in the Carrib bezsn. Conference Por Education, i Atlanta, Ga., Special.-The twelfth ! annual meeting of the conference for edncation in thc South assembles in Atlanta on April 14, for a three days' session. This organization, co little known, is unique in the South. Its underlying idea is to interest lay men in education as a civic responsi bility. Within its membership ari business men, professional men. col lege men of nearly every walk il life whese object in banding togethel is to raise the standard of citizen ship in section in which th?v live. f YOKEGFjpWpTI Falb Frozen Over - From Bank to Bank-Damage Exceeds f X.^OOVpOO. Buffalo, New Yo^^^^Tne voice of;. Niagara 'waa'^mute^S?hday for the' second time m.the memory, ?f man. The'first time was late in Feh-, mary, when following- a' severe northernly blow, the falls ran dry. Now, following a severe southwester, the river is frozen solid from hank to bank. On Wednesday of last week the worst gale of the season and the most violent in the history of the weather bureau for April was re corded. The solid ice fields of Lake Erie were churned from- end to end and piled in a huge conglomerate mass at the lower end of the lake. Unable to escape by its natural channels the level of the river, rose by leups and bounds. The highest flood level recorded ; from previous years is 28 feet above the normal. Friday night the river was 40 feet above normal. Conservative estimates place the damage at $1,000,000. All the estimates of ultimate dam age are conditioned by what the Weather may have ip 'Store. The best that can be hoped for is a succession of calm, warm days., Then the ice will meet gradually and subside bit by bit. For .the moment the upoer reaches of the river, are running clear, but as far as the eye can SPO the white mantle of the frost blank ets the lakes. If that great mas.s should be driven down onto thc jam below, the damage would be incon ceivable. NE GBO LYNCHED. Hi" FLORIDA Assaults ?White Lady Who is Saved From the Worst-Negro Taken From Officers While ? Trying to Save Him. Arcadia, Flav, Special. - John Smith, the negro who Saturday drag ged Miss Mary Steel Ewing frbm her' buggy, two miles from Arcadia, in an attempt at criminal assault, was tak-, en away from the sheriff and his deputies at an early hour Sunday morning and hanged to a tree. The monster attacked the woman as she was driving peacefully along the road, dragged her from her bug gy into the bushes where he choked her into weakness while she begged and even offerod him $100 if he would go home with ,; aer for the money. When he was about to ac complish his foul purpose the girl with desperate effort attracted pass ers by and she was saved and taken home. The negro was hounded and caught. While the sheriff was taking him away for greater, safety Sunday morning a mob in automobiles caught them and overpowering the officers executed the culprit with deaf ears to his pleading for mercy. The identification was complete and positive, the young lady showing the rends she made in his clothes while struggling for- freedom. Six Die in Lenojr Blap. Lenox, Mass., Special-Six persons lost their lives, three others badly burned and poreprty loss of between $200,000 and $300,000 was caused by a fire in the heart of the business section of this town early Sunday. Four business blocks, two dwellings and two other structures were de stroyed in a section, bpunded by Franklin, Main, Housatonic and Church streets. The fire is believed to have started in the Clicord Build ing from spontaneous combustion. The dead: Edward C. Ventres, electrician; Mrs. Edward C. Ventres; Miss Leslie Ventres, aged 12 years; Miss Alice French, book-keeper; | Miss Isabel Cook*, book-keeper; Miss i Mary Sparks, school teacher. Injured :Mrs. Catherine Root and | her two sons, George and Arthur, | severely burned. . Oklahoma Indictments Quashed. Tulsa, Okla., Special.-Federal in dictments against Governor Charles N. Haskell, of Oklahoma, and six other prominent Oklahomans, charg ed with fraud in Muskogee town lots, ' were quashed Saturday by Judge John A. Marshall, of Utah, of the United States Circuit Court. The court quashed the indictments on technieal grounds. . Virginia Home Burns and Child . Loses Her Life. Richmond, Va., Special.-A special to The Times-Dispatch says that at Lawyers, Campbell county, early Saturday morning the home of Arm istead Yuille was destroyed . by fire and his 8-year-old daughter was in cinerated. Yuille and his wife were awakened by the fire and in the ex citement of attempting to extinguish the ^flames forgot the child, asleep in the building until the roof crashed in. Rescue was then too late and it was not until the flames had died out that the charred body of the child was found under the ruins. Liquor Law For Texas. Austin, Tex., Special.-Thc Legis lature Saturday finally passed the Robertson-Fitzhuffh bill to regulate liquor traffic in Texas, the House con curring in the Senate amendments. The Senate struck out the provisions of the bill prohibiting the sale of liquor to be consumed on the premis es, and struck out the imiform high license provisions and the prohibition against the ssle of liquors by grocers. Attempt to Blackmail Own Father. Fairmont, W. Va., Special.-Cur tis Smith, 18 years old, of Watson, near here, confessed having written letters to hi3 father demanding money, signing a black hand society's name to them. W. E. Smith reeeived two letters demanding a large sum of money and threatening if it were not paid to kill -him and destroy his home by , fire. The second letter wes answered by' Mr. Smith asking for more time. Thc boy was caught by dotectives as he was mailing ar. answer. Detroit; aid Jffichigan, in Path of . 3inTi?im, Which! Swept Over North, and West. Detroit, Mich., Special.-At . least eight persons' lost their lives in the storm that visited Detroit and Michi gan Tuesday night and Wednesday. Three men were drowned in a fool ish venture to croas the Detroit river in a row boat. At Jennings, in Missaukee county, three young men-Bernard Carison, Charles Jacobson and John Torrey were killed by being caught under a wall that was blown down by the wind at the Mitchell Bros. Mill. Eight-year-old Benjamin Hellmer was killed by lightning near Cona Tuesday night, and Ray Miller was killed at Brightwood when he was struck by a roof that had been blown off. The damage to roofs, chimneys, plate glass, etc., will probably reach $50,000 in Detroit and Michigan. The wind velocity reached seventy miles an hour. Chicago, Special-Reports of Tues day night's storm damage received here are that ten persons are known to have been killed in Mississippi and at least fifteen were injured. At the Terrell plantation, east of West Point, Miss., a number of ne groes were killed. At Wabash, Ind., Mrs. James A. Hayes and four children were pinned down beneath the wreckage of their home, which cnutrht fire. The mothor was badly burned, being rescued, and will die. The children were seriously hurt. Tb? high wind was followed by a cloudburst. Many bridges were washed away. A dozen houses were demolished in Wabash. The damage will reach several thousand dollars. . At Peru, Ind., four factories and several schcol buildings, many small structures, were wrecked by the wind. Pittsburg, Pa., Special.-Weather Bureau officials report the highest wind velocity in the United States at Pittsburg Wednesday when the max imum recorded was sixty-eight miles an hour. Wires were blown down in every direction and for a time there was not a wire out of the city. An airship owned by the Eagle Aero plane Company was about ready for flight. When the wind struck the tent it was kept in and blew both the tent and he airship away, demolish ing both. In New York City wires were blown down and snapped off, one coming in contact with a barrel of oil causing a $125,000 fire. ROOSEVELT WRITES~LETTER. Says Splendid Work is Being Done Messina and Reggio With the Lum ber Sent From the United States . Pays Tribute to Those in Charge. Rome, By Cable.-Just before his departure Wednesday evening on the steamer Admiral for Mombassa, ex president .Roosevjt wrote the follow ing message to the American people: "Before leaving Messina I desire to say that I am sure the American People do not realize the splendid work that is being done at Messina and Reggio with the lumber sent from the United States. I have visit ed the American camp and seen 250 houses already completed, and ar^ rangements have been perfected for the rapid construction of 1,250 more. The whole work, which is under the general direction of Ambassador Griscom, has been organized and per fected by Lieutenant Commander. Belknap, with the assistance of Lieu tenant Buchanan, Ensign Wilcox and Spofford, Dr. Donclson, Paymaster Rogers, 40 enlisted men of our navy and a number of stalwart American carpenters. In addition there is a fine group of Americans, sued as J. Elliott, Winthrop Chandler, J. Bush and B. Hnle, who are giving their time and energies to help the philan thropic work. "I wish to say I consider that the American people are deeply indebted to each and every one of these men. I cannot exaggerate the pleasure it gave me to see the officers and en listed men of our navy adapting themselves to strange and unexpect ed circumstances and successfully performing with ability and thor ough good will this most difficult tcik. Our nation can well be proud of them." Butlers Are Convicted. Greensboro, N. C., Special.-The Superior Court Tuesday afternoon re turned a verdict of guilty in the case charging Marion Butler and his brother, Lester F. Butler, with crim inal libel in publishing in The Ral eigh Caucasian articles reflecting on the personal and official integrity of ex-Judge Spencer B. Adams during his term of office as Chief justice of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Citizen ship Court, in the Indian Territory. Judge Long fined Marion Butler $500 and half the costs and Lester Butler $250 and half the costs. 10,000 Witness the Dedication. Birmingham; Ala., Special.-There were at least 10,000 visitor? in the city Tuesday to witness the dedica tion of the new city terminal station which' cost approximately $2,000,000. The station occupies two entire city blocks and has a subway permitting street cars to go through. Pr?sident; J. H. Harahan, of the Illinois Cen tral, and President J. F. Hanson, of the Central of Georgia, were the prin cipal speakers. Mr. Rosers Views the Road. Roanoke, Va., Special.-On arriv ing here Monday Mr. Rogers and his party were met by Roanokers and taken over the town in automobiles. Monday night a banquet was tender ed Mr. Rogers by the business iren of the city at Hotel Roanoke. Tues day the special train, bearing Mr. Rogers and friends, left here at nn early hour for Princeton, W? Va., where Tuesday night was spent. This is Mr. Rogers first trip over his new road. _ ?;' ir ; ? Four Democrats Vote for Against It-Deep Int Vote and Republic Demonstration After three weeks of consideration the Payne tariff bill was passed by the House of Representatives Friday night by a vote of 217 to 161. One Republican, Austin, of Tennessee, voted against the measure, and four Democrats, all from Louisiana, Messrs. Broussard, Estopinal, Pujo and Wickliffe voted for it. An attempt made by Champ Clark, the minority leader, to recommit the bill with instructions was signaUy defeated. The day was filled with excitement from the moment the session began &t noon until the last minute. The members were keyed up to the high est pitch and a practically full mem bership remained on duty through out. The final vote demonstrated the capacity of the Republican organiza tion to get together. The general public was greatly in terested in the proceedings and the galleries were packed. Both the diplomatic and executive reservations likewise were fully occupied, one of the conspicuous observers being Mrs. Taft, wife of the President. When the bill actually was passed the Republican cheered lustily, some dancing up and down the aisles OUTRAGEOUS SEIZURE Atlantaa, Ga., Special.-A sipecial meeting ol the Atlanta Bar Aasocia tion has been called to make what reparation it can for the invasion and dismantling of the home of United States Circuit Judge W. B. Shep pard under a writ of attachment. Lawyers as well as citizens declare the affair was an outrage. A month or more ago the jurist's secretary was driving Judge Shep pard home, when, the car hit a ne gro. The judge . claims he was not negligent but agreed to pay the in jured man's bill and give him $50. The attorneys for the negro refused to accept this sum and said they would sue. ' Instead of filing an ordinary suit, they waited until late Thursday even ing and swore out a writ of attach ment. One of the atorneys, accom panied by a constable and a force of negroes, went to the judge's home GOVERNMENT INJURIN The following from Charles W. Brown, publisher of Hoosick Falls, N. Y., Democrat, is in line with the sentiment expressed a few weeks ago by The Enterprise and shows that those publishers who also run job plants are beginning to sit up and take notice: Is the fact that the government of the United States is spending the money of the people (among them printers and publishers) for the pur pose of diverting business from the printers of the country a demonstra tion of the kind of "squar deal" the country is going to get under the Taft administration? I am loath to believe it. But recent events have inspired a deep distrust that only a complete ob literation of the policy and methods of the postoffice department will re place with reassurance. If the United States government can with consistency take away from the printer the printing of envelopes on the plea that it can do the work cheaper because the printing is done simultaneously with the stamping, why isn't it just as consistent to print advertisement^ on postal cards for the same reason? Carry this1 JURY COULD NOT AGREE IN Planquemine, La., Special.-At 7 o'clock Friday night the jury in the case of thc State against Fabrian F. Bouvy, charged with the murder of Prof. Fred Van Ingen, reported that it was hopelessly disagreed and was therefore discharged by Judge Schwing. The killing of Van Ingen occurred on October 3 of last year, while he STANDARD OIL LITIGA St. Louis, Special.-The Standard Oil lawyers mere than made good their promise to the court to complete their arguments Friday in defense of the government's suit to have the coropration dissolved as a Sehrman law violator. John G. Johnson, of Philadelphia, completed his address, following Mr. Rosenthal, 30 minutes before the usual time for adjourn ment. The court asked Mr. Kellogg, the government's attorney, if he wished to take advantage of the half hour in which to commence his replying argument, but the Federal lawyers VSOLENT MANIAC SHOOTS U Aurora, Ul., Special.-John Ander son, a plumber, becoming violently insane, Thursday armed himself with two pistols, a shotgun and three bombs and killed Mrs. John Mc Vick er, narrowly missed slaying her hus band, wounded Mrs. John Belford, and then committed suicide, blowing his head cu! with a shotgun. He start out to kill thc inhabitants of an entire square in which he said malic A PROMINENT H?GH POI?? High Point, N. C., Special.-The people of High Point were shocked at noon to learn that Mr. J. Lindsav Ferguson, secretary and treasurer of thc Atlantic Furniture Company, had committed suicide at his office some time between ll and 12 o'clock Fri day. The workmen in the finishing room nearby heard thc report of r. pistol ,and on examination found Mr. Ferguson lying on thc floor, pis tol in hr.nd, and bleeding profusely from tv wound :.n thc right temple. He Bill and One Republican erest Taken in Fina! ?ans Make Joyous i Over Result and patting their fellow members on the back.' After adopting a resolu tion that until further ordered, ses sions shall be held only on Mondays and Thursdays the House at 8:20 p. m adjourned. At the suggestion of Chairman Payne, the action of the House in fix ing a rate of one per cent ad valorem on crude petroleum and its products was by unanimous consent reconsid ered and the articles placed on the free list. The committee amendments in creasing the Payne rate on barley from 15 to 24 cents a bushel as well as the duty on barley malt from 25 to 40 cents a bushel were adopted. 'One minute before 3 o'clock an amendment was adopted giving far mers the right to sell their tobacco in the manufactured state without paying the tax. All efforts to change the tariff on lumber from the existing schedule of the Dingley kill failed. Hides are on the free list also, hav ing nm the gauntlet of opposition. The bill now goes to the Senate whose committee has its amended form ready to report and the senior body will immediately proceed to its consideration. I OF JUDGE'S EFFECTS and found Mrs. Sheppard alone witb her children, one of them a baby of . only six months. At once they began to seize everything in .sight and load ed it on drays. They took all the furniture except the beds, the cloth ing of all the members of the fam ily, the trunks and even the toys of the little ones. All he time, Mrs. Sheppard was pleading with the men to wait until her husband returned, but they re? fused to listen and she says they were both rough and Insolent. Next Mrs. Sheppard telephoned to the lawyer of the negro, but as soon as she ex? plained who she was, she says he ab ruptly hung up the receiver, saying he talked business with men only. Judge Sheppard was in court Fri day afternoon and openly and bitter ly . denounced the treatment he had received as not only outrageous, but as an attack upon the dignity of the United States Court. ' C BUSINESS AFFAIRS principle out to a legitimate conchs* sion and you will find that every bus iness in the country would eventually be attacked. But the government is not printing envelopes or anything else at a profit. The Dayton envelope plant is not only taking from the printer busi ness that belongs to bim, but is tax ing him to help pay for the losses in curred in running this postal iniquity. A little figuring will "prove this statement to be absolutely true. The government gets 50 cents a thousand for doing this nasty little trick, and it costs it about 70 cents per thou sand to solicit orders for, print and deliver these envelopes. But whether the government makes a profit or not is not the question Shall the government be allowed to enter into competition with th? business of the country from which it derives the revenues which enable it to live? Shall we be compelled to contribute to a fund that is to be squandered in an endeavor to cripple us in busi ness? It's time our congressmen heard from us.-South Hill, Va., . Enter prise._ THE BOUVY MURDER CASE was seated by his bride of a few hours in the chair coach of a Texas & Pacific train, en route to New Orleans. Bouvy's attorneys attempt ed to show that he was decidedly at tached to Miss Rhorer and that he smarted under the knowledge of a great wrong which they attempted to prove Van Ingen had done Miss Rhorer before his raarriaire to her. TION IS CONCLUDED said he would rather begin his ad dress in the morning, promising to finish by the usual closing time. That will end the hearing. The court will take the case under advisement but it is not expected that decision will be announced before n'cxt fall. Nintey-fiv? per cent of thc govern ment's evidence was incompetent and if judged by the AB C's of the rules of evidence would be thrown out, Mr. Rosenthal declared. . John G. Johnson, of Philadelphia, followed with the concluding ,argu ment for thc defense, discussing both tho law and thc facts. P SQUARE, THEN SUICIDES ious gossip concerning him had been circulated. Anderson's mind 'had been affected for some time and when he appeared Avith his armament of bombs and revolvers, he terriorized thc entire square to which he had an? nounccd his intention of laying waste. Th? bombs, he had strapped to his body. That his already weakened mind had completely given way was obvions. r BUSINESS MAN SUICIDES had locked the door of his office, lay down on the floor and fired the fatal shot, the bullet from a 44 calibre pistol, which he kept in the office all the time, passing entirely through the head and lodging in the wall. Death was evidently instantaneous. When thc workmen found him his. position showed that he had careful ly planned tho act. Mrs. Ferguson and the family physician hurried 'to the scene, but only lo find life ex trict.