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SECRET GETS OUT. Thomas K. Lauchfin Ends Life in Pittsburg. PRESIDENT TAFT AT FUNERAL. Coroner Says That Laughlin Came to Death by His Own Hands. Pittsboro, Pa., Special-Thomas IL Laughlin, brother-in-law of Pres ident Taft, assistant treasurer of the great Jones and Laughlin steel in terest ?nd worth $20,000,000, is a sui cide. He sent a bullet into his brain some time during Thursday night 'in his mansion on Woodlawn road. Efforts by wealthy relatives to sup press the faets were successful until Saturday, when Coroner Samuel -Jamison, after forcing'an investiga tion, made the public announcement. "The Laughlin case is one of suicide. He blew out his brains.'"\ Persistent calls for information from the coroner caused him to in vestigate the case, add after a visit to the Laughlin home he said that the physician's return was technical * Iv correct, although the cerebral " hemorrhage had been caused by.JL :"? bullet. The Physician's certificate of death stated the cause as cerebral ap poplexy and was' signed by Dr. T. M. McKenna. President Taft left for Pittsburg where at 3 o'clock Sunday, he will attend the funeral of Mr. Laughlin. The President left Pittsburg' Sunday night and reached Washington Mon day. On account of the death of Mr. Laughlin the' President has can celed his trip fo New York, which he had planned to attend the opera, ! and instead will begin his weeks .trip by going direct rto Chicago, where he has an engagement on March 17. - / To Issue $200,000,000 Stock. New York, Special;-A recommen dation that the capital stock of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, i;he socalled telephone trust, be increased to $500,000,000 is contained in the. company's annual report, but other thau to say that ; the company desired to be ' ' ' fore handed" no reason is given for the requested increase of $200,000,000. j Wall street believes the company purposes still greater expansion, though the report states "that none of the current year for ordinary cap ital expenditures." The report shows that the num ber of telephone stations hi the Bell system was increased to more' than 5,000,000, including 1,500,000 opera t ed^ by connecting companies. The wire mileage is shown to be in ex cess of 10,000,000-.. miles, and the traffic has increased to,nearly 20,-, 000,000 connections a day, or about 6,500,000,000 connections a year. The company had > a. net revenue for 1909 of more than, $30,000,000, and the svstem 'earned gross $149, 914,700, an increase of $11,770,400 over last year. Net? earnings were $48,367,500, ^out of which $23,910, 600 was paid in dividends. $10.221, 400 paid in interest and $14,235,500 placed in the surplus. Out of the gross earnings nearly $45,000,000 was charged to depreciation and maintenance. Aged Distiller Gives Himself Up. Baltimore, Special.;-George T. Gambrell, the aged president of tbe Roxbury Distillery company, want ed by the police on charges of fradu lently issuing, whiskey certificates up on which he was alleged to have ob tained loans amounting from $200. 000 to $300,000 surrendered himself to the authorities here. He was later released in $20,000 bail. Gam brell, who had been missing since February 24, returned from Ensley, Ala. His distilling company is in the hands of receivers. Sympathetic Strikes Unlawful. Richmond, Va., Special.-Sympa thetic strikes are Unlawful, accord ing to a decision handed down by the United States circuit court of ap peals in which it sustained a recent judgment of Judge Dayton, of West Virginia. The case was that of the Eitchman Coal and Coke Company vs. the United Mine workers of America. Statue of Newspaper Man. Washington, Special.-A newspa per nan may'have a statue erected in his honor at the national. Capitol, a bill having been introduce^ by Rep resentative Douglas of Ohio* ap propriating $20,000^ for that purpose. The man was Januarius Aloysius Macgahan, -whose descriptions of the atrocities practiced upon the Bul garians by the Turks attracted the attention of William, Gladstone, re sulted "a English recognition of Bul garia's freedom, and won for their author the title of "the liberator of the Bulgarians." Pushes Money Aside. San Francisco^ Special.-Andrew Carnegie arrived here from Del monte. In the course of an interview he said: "During the panic in New York I could have made $50,000,060 without difficulty. I had the cash, and the opportunity was ripe, but I felt that it was better to let con ditions readjust themselves natural ly. I have made up my mind not to make any more if I can help it." Wire to White House. Pittsburg, Pa., Special.-A private telephone wire from the home of Chas. P. Taft, to the White House in Washington is being arranged with the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. The 725 miles of wire will be at the service of Charles P. Taft from 6 p. m. till 6 a. m. No outside hands will ma nipulate the switchboard plugs and no outside ear will hear the per sonal conversations of the brothers.; The wire, it is said, will cost "Mr. I Tait $24000 a year/ 30,000 FIREMEN STRIKE. Railroad Managers Are AsKed to State Their Position on Union's Demands. Chicago, Special.-Admissious have been made on both sides that the con troversy between 30,000 firemen op erating on 150,000 miles of railroads west, northwest and southwest of Chicago aud the managers had be come critical and that the question of a strike, tying up practically all systems between here and the Pacific coast, would be settled in a few days. President W. S. Carter, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, on behalf of the firemen, has sent to the general man ager of the committee of the rail roads a request for a clear state ment of the employers' position. The brotherhood asked for information on three points in their demands. In previous negotiations the brotherhood said they were willing to submit the wage question to arbi tration under the Erdman act "pro vided the other two points were settled without the aid of a third party. It was announced by the generaJ managers' committee that an answer was directed sent to President Carter denying this request and leaving it to the union, despite their "strike vote" to take what future course they think best. Negotiations have, been on for six weeks. About forty-nine Western railroads are involved. If a strike were called, it is said 25.000 other employes would be thrown out. At the last meeting ten general man agers were present. Begins Burglary Sentence at 76. New York. Special.-Although he is 76 years of age. and veiw feeble, Philip Render, of Long island City, will be taken to Sins: Sing prison next week to serve a term of four years and nine months for burglary. He will be the oldest convict in the prison. He finished a seven-year sen tence for bigamy only a few months ago. He was arrested a few days later, on a charge, but was saved from prosecution by a Long Island farm er, who took him to his farm and I agreed to care for him. Render re paid this kindness by 'stealing every thing be could, and disappeared. He was arrested in a neighboring town some time afterwards. Disclose Whereabuts of $173,000. Chicago, Special.-The mystery surrounding the disappearance of thc $173,000 from the United States sub-treasury three years ago is solv ed, according to a declaration in Judge Bretano's court by Attorney James J. Barbour. He is represent ing one of thc defendants in the snit for $50,0000 for malicious pros ecution brought, by George W. Fitz gerald, former teller in the United ^States _sub-treasury, against Willian; Boldenweck, sub-treasurer; Herbert Young, and others, which was dis missed on motion of Fitzgerald last week. "Your honor we have the evidence as to how the $173,000 was stolen and we wish' Jo make use of this informa tion even if we have to proclaim it at a town meeting," said Attorney Barbour. Nurse Gets $53,000. New York, Special.-The judgment of the lower court giving to Mis? Addie M. Hunt, a trained nurse. $58,000 for the loss of lier legs in a railway ??ccident at Great Neck. L. L, in June, 1905, has been affirmed by the appellate division. When lier suit against the Long Island railway was fi ret tried she got a verdict for $25,000, which was set aside as in sufficient. In the secor?! trial the award was $58,000 and the railroad company appealed. Confederate Coin Brings Good Price. New York, Special.-One of the original Confederate half-dollrs struck off at the United States mint in New Orleans in 1861, after it fell into the hands of the Confederate ogvernment, was sold by a local coiu dealer for $3,750. The buyer was a wealthy New York collector, whose name is withheld. Confesses Murder. El Paso, Tex., Special.-Declaring that he had killed an intruder who had attempted to rob him, Charles Phillips, a carptenter, surrendered to the police here. Charged With Shanghaiing: Buffalo., N. Y., Special.-The Lake Carriers Association, which controls a large percentage of shipping on the f ^eat Lakes, was indicted by tho Federal grand jury here on a charge of shanghaiing. The indictments are against the corporation, the officials of which must appear before Judge Hazel next week to plead. Pleaded to be Taxed. Washington, Special.-The novel spectacle of a corporation pleading with the Supreme Court of the Unit ed States to be allowed to be taxed was presented when counsel for the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company asked the court to uphold the constitutionality of the corpora tion tax. A brief on behalf of the company was filed by William N. Dikeman and Arthur E. Goddard. Laughs When Told He is Dead. Rome, By Cable.-J. Pierpont Mor gan enjoyed a hearty laugh when he heard for the first time of the rumor that he was dead. "I am accustom ed to such tricks. I have never felt as well as I do now." Couple Form Suicide Pact. Philadelphia, Pa., Special.-Seated opposite each other at the beautiful table in their apartments here Dr. Charles C. Benson, 73 years of age, and his wife, Isabelle, 67, drained two glasses containing poison. City's Industrial Life Practically ? Paralyzed. TO VOTE ON STATE WIDE STRIKE Business Men Endeavoring to Bring the Long Drawn Ont Disturbance to a Close. Philadelphia, Pa., Special.-Anoth er effort to find some means with which to settle the trouble between the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com pany and the Amalgamated Associa tion of Street and Electric Railway Employes, has been made by the United Business Men's Association, This body represents 32 business men's organizations with 12,000 members. A convention composed of delegates from these trade bodies and from religious and fraternal bodies as well as commercial and other organizations, were called to meet to discuss the subject. Every labor union in Pennsylvania will have a chance to vote on the question of a general strike in sym pathy with the Philadelphia traction men before any such action is taken. The conservatives won out in the State Federation of Labor conven tion, and a resolution to delay a Stite-wide strike was carried. "The general strike of labor in Philadelphia has just begun," said the strike committee, "we are hour ly receiving assurances from hun dreds and thousands of men and women that they will throw down their tools and join in the strike." "Are you personally in favor of a State-wide strike?" was asked C 0. Pratt, thc car men's leader. "Only as a last resort," was the reply. "We do not favor strikes and only call them when compelled to do so." The call for arbitration of Mic dif ferences between the Transit Com pany and its 4,000 or more striking employes is insistent now. From quarter after quarter in Philadelphia and outside of it the demand for mediatory measures is voiced. Every where it is recognized that the failure to arrive at an arbitral agreement was the only thing that stood in the way of a speedy calling off of the general sympathetic strike in this city, which has practically paralyzed the city's industrial life. White Man Dies Defending Negroes. Pensacola, Fla., Special.-Roy Witherspoon of Gallatin, Tenn., died in a hospital here as the result of wounds received last week at the hands of a mob in Baldwin county, Alabama, from whom he was attempt ing to shield some negroes. Louis Donelson, alleged leader of the mob which is charged with an attempt to rid Baldwin county of its negroes, and who is specifically charg ed with-firing the two shots which resulted in Witherspoon's death, has surrendered to the authorities. The Price of Persistency. Boston, Mass., Special.-After a legal battle, which has been dragged through stale and federal courts for fully twenty years, Mrs. Eva A. In gersoll has received a certified check for $195,551.98, representing a fee which she claimed was due her hus band, the late Robert G. Ingersoll, for services in breaking thc will of Andrew J. Davis, a millionaire miner of Montana. What a Rumor Did. Cleveland. Ohio, Special.-With thousands of panic, stricken deposi tors clamoring at its doors, the bank of the Society of Savings faced a run which appearently had as basis merely vague rumors. Ninety per cent of the frightened throng that surrounded the building were women and nearly al' were foreigners. New Record for Pistol Shot. Spokane, Wash., Special.-Frank Frome, national indoor pistol cham pion, established a new world's rec ord here when he scored 99 out of a possible 100 at 20 vards. The old record was 98. The shoot ing M-as done under artificial light, while the old reeord was made undei natural light. Schoolmates to Avenge. Kansas City, Mo., Special.-Deter mine.! in avenge an attempted assault on Miss Cora Downs, 17 years old., by a negro in Kansas City, Tim] 50 high school classmates of the grr? joined a sheriff's party in a searck for the fugitive. Brick Wall Falls ou Workmen. Pittsburg, Pa., Special.-Three men were killed and seven were seriously injured here by the collapse of a 60 foot brick wall, left standing as tht ruins of a fire. Twenty workmen were buried in the debris, most of I whom were foreigners. Reperesentative Perkins Dead. Washington, Special.-Representa tive James Beck Perkins, of Roches ter, N. Y., died last Friday a* Gar field Hospital, after an illness of several weeks. This Negro Gets 99 Years. Kansas City, Mo., Special.-Wil liam Jackson, ir?gro janitor, charg ed with attacking six young white girls, -was convicted in the criminal court and sentenced to 99 year?' im wisoumenK_ Strike of Paper Makers. Corinth, N. Y., Special.-The strike of paper makers and sulphite workers has now spread to five mills of the International Paper company. Foul hundred men have walked out at the Fort Edwards mills, making 1, 500 odd men out in all at Glenus Falls, South Glenns Falls, Niagara Falls, Fort Edwards and here at Corinth. Three companies of militia were ordered to active duty. No at tempt was made to inulest the troops Although the presence of the guards men has served to restore order SOUTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS The Cream of News Items Gathered From All Over South Carolins ' and Boiled Down, Giant Oak Operated On. The "Big Oak" at Magnolia Cern , eterj', Charleston, has been operated upon by tree doctors. Years ago in a storm one of the great limbs of this mighty live oak was torn off, leav ing a gash or hollow in the stalwart trunk. Rain collected in the cavity and it became evident some time ago that the wood was beginning to de cay, and that unless steps were taken to preserve it the tree would ultimate ly die. Therefore, the wood that had rotted was cut out, the cavity fiHed with cement, and now the wound in the grand old tree is closed and pro tected against further action of the weather. The "Big Oak" is one of -the landmarks of Charleston and its vicinit}'. It is one of the finest specimens of its kind to be found in all the low-country. Nobody knows how old it is, but it is quite possible that it had already passed its sapling days when the first white men sail ed into Charleston harbor. COL. W. W. LUMPKIN DEAD. One of South Carolina's Best Known Public Men Dies at Asheville. Col. W. W. Lumpkin of Columbia. S. C., who has been ill in Asheville for more than ten days, died Sunday morning at 7:45 o 'clock. His death was expected; in fact his remark able vitality kept him alive for two or three days. Colonel Lumpkin was an old-time Southern gentleman, and was born in Oglethorpe codhty, Ga., sixty-one years ago. He was a Con federate veteran, leaving the cause of the Confederacy with the surrend er of Lee as a lieutenant colonel on the ?taff of General Ward. Colonel Lumpkin was a lawyer by profession and was of counsel;for the Georgia Central Railway of Georgia. Colonel Lumpkin was-a candidate in South Carolina for United States Senator last year being defeated by Senator Smith. He was^a Mason of high standing and was here attending the reunion of- the Oasis and Omai Temples of the Shrine. Rev. R. W. Patton Ends Campaign Rev. R. W. Patton, of Atlanta, sec retary of the fourth department of missions of the Episcopal church closed his campaign in Charleston on Sunday, after conducting many meet ings and delivering addresses--which have stirred much enthusiasm and done the cause much good. As a result of the address which he made before the Churchman's club on the resolution of Rt. Rev. Bishop W. A. Guerry, it has been decided that the i five Charleston churches will double their contributions to the mission ; fund, making the annual sum this year $1,600. Tillman to go Home. Although the improvement in the condition of Senator Tillman whe was stricken with paralysis a few weeks agoj has been very satisfac tory to his famil}, the Senator is not strong enough to travel but if his present rate of convalencence con tinues it is expected he will be abh to go to his home at Trenton, S. C.. this week. He is still under the con stant attention of his" physician. Thc Senator is able to sit up in a chan every day, but he cannot walk and. while he is able to talk, does not in dulge much in conversation. His friends hope that after a year's rest he will be able to return to the Sen ate. . First Governor's Certificate Received. The certificate of the Governor of South Carolina certifying to the ac tion of that State in accepting the income tax amendment to the Con stitution has been presented in Wash ington to the Senate. The document is the first of the kind to be receiv , ed by the Senate in compliance with the tariff law of the last session. Often Married. George Mosely, a young white man. of Greenville, whose achievements in the marriage line have already been reported, pleaded guilty to the in dictment of bigamy and was sen tenced to one year in the penitenti ary. Mosely is just about 21 years of age, and has been married three times, the last marriage causing his arrest. Doctors Deny Report. Greatly exaggerated and unjust to the University of South Carolina is the story that has been sent out from Columbia that 60 per cent, of the students at the university are suffering from hookworm. The phy sicians to the university are Drs. J. J. Watson and William Weston, who alternate by months in their service. "Out of 60 suspects examined," said Dr. Weston, "I found only half a dozen mild cases, which are being treated with fine results. Statue to Calhoun. In the two houses of Congress. South Carolina and Massachusetts joined hands over the grave of John C. Calhoun. The occasion was the unveiling of the statue of the great South Carolinian which sixty years after his long ;ontiniied struggle for state rights has been set in statuary hall. The handsome statue was the gift of the State of South Carolina, to the National government. After the C., N. & L. That the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railway Company has no regular passenger station in Colum bia has caused the railroad commis sion to take up the matter of the sale of tickets by this road. Appointed Judge Advocate. Firts Lieut. E. W. Sturdcvant, of the marine corps, has been appointed Judge Advocate of a General Court martial, io be held at Charleston, and is detailed there for temporary duty. PALMETTO HAPPENINGS News Notes of General Int?re#t From All Parts ol' the Stats, Battle Fla? For South Carolina. It was announced some weeks ago that the presentation of the official battle flag for the battleship South Carolina would take place next April when that good ship visits Charles ton, for the presentation of the sil ver service, donated by the State of South Carolina. The honor o:: pre senting this battle flag has been given to Orangeburg county ar d the local chapter, Moultrie, Daughters of the American Revolution. The flag is now in readiness for th? pre sentation and is in the possession of Mrs. A. C. Ligon, State vice regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The flag, which is the official flag for South Carolina, is a magnificent piece of workmanship. The field of the flag is made of gor geous, blue silk, with gold fringe. The large palmetto tree and the crescent are hand embroidered in white silk, with shading in gray. The flag is nine feet long and six: feet wide, the official size of the battalion flag. Aiken to Get Free Delivery. Free delivery of mail in the city of Aiken is now assured. The postai receipts are now far in excess of what is required by the postoffice department, and city council hus de cided to have the necessary improve ments made in order to secure the service at a very early date. Aiken's postal receipts are in the neighbor hood of $3,000 in excess this year over last. The receipts are far in excess of the required $10,000. Required to Apply Same Rat ss. The Southern Express company is required to apply the same rates or charges for transportation over the Charleston & Western Carolina rail way as are now applied to the Atlan tic Coast Line road by an order of the railroad commission. It is re quired that these rates be made on a continuous mileage basis. Found Dead in Bed. Paul E. Ayer, thrice a candidate for mayor of Anderson and well known in South Carolina, was found in his room at a boarding house there. He went to his room on Monday and when he iniled to report at his work iomconf was sent to his room to ascertain if he was ill. He probably died Monday night. New Railway Company. Thc secretary of state chartered the Greenville, Spartanburg and Ander son Railway company with a capital stock of $300,000. The company is given the right to increase the capital to $2,000,000. The line will be operated by electricity and will ex tend from the city pf Anders<ai to Spartanburg,-a distance of about 65 miles. Fatally Burned. Miss Angeline Duffle, who was liv ing near Saluda with her brother on E. A. Perry's place, was burned to death. She was buming some trash about the yard when her clothing caught on fire and despite her own frantic efforts and the assistance of her brother and his wife who were near, the flames could not be ex tinguished. Orangeburg to Keep Cool. The ice factory plant of the Crystal Ice Company was sold at public auction in Orangeburg by the trustee in bankruptcy. Jcseph A. Perry of the Crystal Ice company, by order of the United States court, and was bid in for $17,000. Already a new company has been organized to take over the plant and to engage in the manufacture of iee. Bail is Granted. Bail has been granted to W. F. Vance who killed Horace Hammond on the public square in Edgefield. Killed by Trolley Car. An inquest was held over the re mains of Irving McGhee, well known white man of Aiken, who was run over by an Augusta-Aiken trolley car, some distance from the city. Is in Spartanburg. Mrs. Geo. O.. Tenny, of Richmond, Va., who is suing her husband for alimony and legal separation, which suit has resulted in Mr. Tenny bring ing serious charges against his wife in a counter suit for divorce, is in Spartanburg for several days, a guest of Mrs. G. A. Bunch. Cheek Bone Broken. t S. R. Suber, in Gaffney, while starting from in front of his store on Frederick street, was thrown from a wagon and sustained severe in juries and bruises. Mr. Suber's cheek bone was broken ? To Abolish Office. The Southern Express company has applied to the railroad commis sion for permission to abolish its agency at Gaston. The company, says that an agent cannot be secured for that place. To Manufacture Automobiles. John G. Anderson, president of the Rock Hill Buggy Co., is about to embark in the -wholesale manufac ture of a high class automobile. To Build New Depot. Jamison & Morris, contractors, are awarded the contract for building thc new passenger and freight depot of the Charleston & Western Caro lina Railway company at Greenville, (be amount ot* their bid being. $37, 789.90. Swiped a Marriage Certificate. Stealing a marriage certificate was the novel charge on which a regro was in the recorder's court in Sum ter. X?ashi Nows of the National C; Passing for 1 Standard Oil Brief. < Basing its case largely cn its claim that the corporations merged with j -the Standard Oil Company of New . Jerseyfin 1899 were no-competing at , that.time, and on the allegation that 1 the- interpretation given to the Sher- 1 man anti-trust law by the lower ! court would strike down organized " business, the.Standard Oil Company'i bas filed in the Supreme Court of the ; United States its brief against the ] dissolution of that organization, j : This dissolution was ordered by the , circuit court of the United States for ( the eastern district of Missouri as a result of a petition filed by the gov ernment in 1906. Whether or not the I decree of dissolution shall stand will come up on Monday for oral argu ment in the Supreme Court. Frank B. Kellogg is now in this city put ting the finishing touches on the brief of the government, while Attorney i General Wickersham is understood to, be preparing an oral argument of the case. Tlie brief for the Standard Oil bears the names of D. T. Watson, John M. Freeman and Ernest C. Ir win. Blame Farmers and Packers. Retail meat dealers have placed, upon the farmers and the packers responsibility for the higher price of meat in testimony given before the I select Senate committee which began ( its inquiry into tho inereased cost of i living. Five reta? men from New | York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington wert heard, and Walter Brown a Washington dealer, who ? kills his own meat, was the only one 1 who did not admit that the price of meat had gone up at least 10 per cent during the past five years. Mr. Brown insisted that prices were prac tically the same now as then. All agreed, however, that competition among the retailers kept the price to the consumer as low as possible, con sistent with the price charged by the wholesaler. Senate Votes $30,000,000. After brief" general discussion the Senate has passed the bill authoriz ing the issuance of $30,000,000 worth of certificates of indebtedness for, the completion of irrigation projects 1 of the Government already under ' way. The bill is intended to supply sufficient money to finish these works and it is contemplated that the cer tificates will be redeemed by the im provements. Senator Clay, of Geor gia, made a speech in opposition toi the prinicple involved, rather than j against the bill itself. He predicted that the time would come when a direct annual appropriation cf fifty or sixty million dollars would be necessary to carry on the reclamation work. To Reimburse Carriers. The Senate -has passed a bill, which, if passed also by the House, will mean much for a large number of letter ?arriers in different parts of the United States. The purpose of the hill is to reimburse carriers for services, found by the Court of Appeals to have been performed by them in excess of eight hours a day some years ago. Several attempts have been made to get the House to take favorable action but without success up to the present time. Miss Gerald Stands Finn. Ignoring a letter of dismissal sent to her by Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, president:general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Miss Agnes Gerald reported for work as usual at the headquarters of the so ciety in Washington. Aiter 32 Years. The familiar face of Alonzo Stewart, who has been an employe of the Senate for thirty-two years, is now missing. The fact that Stewart is no longer an officer of the Senate was disclosed by Senator Hale, who introduced a resolution providing for the payment of six months' salary to him. His resigna tion was requested. U. S. Will Construct New Maneuver The United States government will clear 400 to 500 aeres of woodland m Chickamauga park near Fort Oglethrope, Ga., to provide a new ! army maneuver ground. About 50 army prisoners will do the work, some 35 being brought here from other post prisons/ It is planned to have the work completed for the army maneurers in July. Got That Much? Have you $34.87 in your pocket or in the bank? If you have not, then you are shy ou the per capita circulation of money in the United States, as shown by the books of the treasury department. The de partment, in reaching this calcula tion, estimates the population at 89, 883,000, and announces the amount of money in circulation on March 1 as $3,134,093,250, which, if equally divided, would give evry man, woman j and child in the country $34.87. FIEE IK GOTO BARLING Before insuring else when Old Line Companies. HA?UfjG At The Farmers ; ii in' i --mmmmm mgton. upltol Briefly Noted in the Reader. Congressmen Not Higher Than Law. Declaring that the court "was en tirely within its authority -when it issued the writ of mandamus order ing the joint Committee on Printing of Congress, to show cause why .it should not consider the bid of the Valley Paper Company, of Holyoke, Mass., Justice Wright, in a decision in the case declared that to^have re fused to issue the mandamus be cause some of the persons sued oc cupied the exalted position of Sen ators "would have been to betraj the law." Change in Railroad BUL The committee on interstate and foreign commerce- has made a dras tic change in the administration rail road bill by striking out the au thorization under which a carrier, which owns fifty per cent of tb ? stock of another line, may still fur ther extend his holdings. This ii one of the provisions inserted in th? bill at the request of Attorney Gen eral Wickersham, and is a part ol the bill as it was reported from thi Senate committee. $10,000,000 to Buy Land. The Senate has nassed a bill au thorizing the expenditure of $10, 000,000 for the purchase of land south of Pennsylvania avenue, in Washington, as sites for public build ings. There was no opposition, ani no time except that necessary for th? reading of the measure was consumed in its consideration. Asks Vast Sum For Jail. Two hundred and seventy-fivi thousand dollars for the remodeling of the District jail is an item askec by Attorney General Wickershaii in the next sundry civil bill. At torney General Wickersham plans U have the prisoners do the work ot the jail and make it a "cr?dit instea? of a disgrace to the District." HalJ the expense would be paid by thi District. Chas. Knox, Jr., Marries. ! Philander Chase Knox, Jr., son ol Secretary of State Knox, discreetlj left his young bride in Baltimow when he hurried on to Washingto? j to brave the parentaly storm and asl his father and mother to forgive theil hasty-marriage. A few hours latea Mrs. Knox, Jr., arrived and a fen minutes after that thc young son oi ,the Secretary of State and his new J wife were on their way back tl j Providence. ' Naval Increase fer Year. The House committee on nava! affairs has voted for the constructioc of two battleships, one repair ship, two fleet colliers and four sub marines. This represents the nav? increase for the present year and it practically the same as urged bji President Taft and by Secretarj Meyer. The two battleships will bi of either 26,000 or 27,000 tons dis, placement. Their co6t will be aboul $11,000,000 each. The repair shij will cost something less than $1, 000,000. The four submarines aw for the Pacific coast. To Mark Battlefield. The battlefield of Peachtree Creek Georgia, will be marked by the gov ernment. This was practically as sured by the promise made to Rep? resentative Livingston by Chairman I Hull, of the house committee on military affairs. The amount to be I authorized for this purpose is $2, 000. Senator B" um feels no doubt that he will be aole to secure favor able action in the senate. Bill For Salaries Cut Down.. The Legislative, Executive and Ju diciary Appropriation bill, carrying ! $33,895,765, has been reported to tho House by the Committee on Appro priations. The bill is a reduction of $584,124 from the estimates submit j ted by the various departments and a decrease of $549.754 from like ap propriations for the curres t fiscal yoar. There are 14,599 salaries pro vided for in the bill, or 112 less than for the current year. Agricultural Bill Passes. The senate has passed the agricul tural appropriation bill, carrying $13,500,000. Presidential Nominations. Nominations sent to the Senate by President Taft include the follow ing: Consuls: Arthur B. Cooke, of South Carolina, at Patras, Greece. Philip E. Hollande, of Tennessee, at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Ralph J. Totten, at Maracaibo, Vene zuela. IUK?M5B ) SEE \ & BYRD e. We^represent the Best & BYRD* Bank of Edgefield