Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, July 20, 1910, Image 7
Distinguished Men Disagree as
to Originator Conservation.
,
i UNCLE JOE ADMITS.MISTAKES.
Speaker Cannon and Gifford Pinciot
Wide Acart cn thc Question of the
. Chief Promoter of the Conservation
Movement-Pinchot's Party.
. Kansas City, Special.-Gifford Pin
chot and Speaker Jos. G. Cannon en
gaged in an extemporaneous debate
upon'the subject of conservation be
fore'the Knife and Fork Club in this
city Friday night, and while each
man gave' expression to the highest
personal' regard for the other and
both agreed that conservation cf the
nation's natural resources should be
encouraged, they differed on the.
whole, as to who was the father of
conservation. . v
., Mr.^ Cannon.. said that J. W.
xBowe?C. at .one time directly of the
^government geological survey, deserv
ed the honor, but Mr. Pinchot assert
ed that Theodore Roosevelt was the
, father of conservation.
Turning to Mr.' Pinchot, Mr. Can
non said:
"I havo the greatest personal re
gard for you, but I understand that
3'ou are now engaged in conservation
work for the organization of a new
party.
"I tell you, sir, that a party cannot
stand on a single issue, although our
party did stand on a? single issue_once\
m that great conflict between servile
' and free labor. "
\ Speaking of his record as a public
official, Mr. Cannon said: .
I "I admit I have iiade" .mistakes.
Great" Goth I have been mistaken a
score of times in the last. 35 years.
There are other fellows in Congress
who have been wrong just as "often,
but thev are not honest enough to
admit it."
"Theodore Roosevelt was the fath
er of conservation in this country,"
Mr'. Pinchot said, "the national con-'
servation association is continuing the
' work be started: The last session bf
Congress did great -work and oar as
sociation was largely responsible fer
it. The withdrawal bill as it passed
was due largely to the efforts of the
association.
"We now intend that the people
. must be compensated for- what the
i private interests get.. The old prac
tice of giving perpetual grants to pri-.
vate interests now is impossible and
the future is now safe against the
oppression of monopoly.
"I believe a hew school of politics
is coming in the Unitecf States. This
new school wiH decide whether the
country shall be governed by money
for profit or by men for human wel
fare."
Warm Times in Tennessee.
Momphis, Tenn., Special.-In even
town and village and county in .Ten
nessee, the State's serious political
situation has aroused the most intense
feeling. Regular Democrats and in
surgent Democrats and. Republicans
are lining up their forces for the
struggle whi?h comes in August.,
when the State judiciary and county
elections are h'eld. No candidate to
oppose Governor M. R. Patterson has
.been announced.
Adjust Ratss cn Hardwood Lumber.
Washington, Special.-That Louis
ville, Ky., be made a reconsignment
point for hard wood lumber shipped
from thc Southern States to points
in the North^ and West, and that rates
be adjusted accordingly is a request
contained in a petition received by
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
. Monorail Accident First Trip.
New York, Special.-Twenty per
sons were, injured and one seriously
irart, in the first commercial trip Sat
urday of the new monorail .service
between City Island and Bartow, in
the suburbs of the Biohx. Hc\ward
Tunis, the. inventor, who was motor
man, broke a rib, and one passenger
broke a leg.
Trainmen and Colored Man Fight.
Albany, Ga., Special.-Coot Tay
lor, a negro man, was shot to death
and Baggagemoster Edgar puncen
.pas- slightly injured in a battle be
} tween the crew of a special train on
the* Atlantic Coast Lino railroad and
the negro late Friday night. The ne
gro was trying to kill Piirmen and
had shot at him three times. Con
ductor W. D. Bullard tjhen took a
ha?sd in the fight, shooting the negro
three times, killing him ?instantly.
The shooting occured between Thom
?ville and this place.
Spectacular Tire in Hew York.
New York, Special.-Four hundred
thousand spectators witnessed Satur
day afternoon the most spectacular
pier fire since the Hobrien disaster
ten years ago in which 150 lives were
lost. As far as can' be ascertained,"
, two men perished during the confla
gration. The monetary loss will run
between $750,000 and $1,000,000.
Cocaine Drives Colored Man Crazy. |
Tampa,: Fla., Special.-Will Elli
son, a negro, crazed with cocaine,
shot and killed his mother-in-law,
Ceba Bryant, Rev. Jesse W. Avery,
of the- First -African Methodist
church, Henry Clark, negro organist
at the church, .and seriously wounded
his wife, Eva Ellison, anti his sister
in-law. Jjjirj Bryant,. Friday nizhi
Whi-o trying ?o escape he encountered
Mounted Policeman Hayman, sheet
ing him in the brea<:l, fatallv in-.
jui?ag Lim. Ellison was found'deaf,
om the results cf the ?rug.
DAT?S AND PLACES FAIRS
Announce m eilt Made For the Holding
of Fairs in the Great Virgiida
Carolina>Georgia Circuit -.Hand
some Frizes Offered For Racc3.
-?- *
Richmond, Special.-The following
are the places and dates of fairs in
the great Virginia-Carolina-Georgia
associations: Galas, Va., August 30,
31, September 1, 2; Madford, Va.,
.September. 6, 7, 8, 9; Tazewell, Va.,
September 13, 14, 15; Roanoke, Va.,
September 20, 21, 22, 23; Lynchburg,
Va., September 27, 28, 29, 30; Win
ston-Salem, N. C., October 4, 5,' 6. 7;
Greensboro, N. C., October ll, 12, 13,
14; Raleigh, N. C., October 17, 18, 39,
20, 21, 22; Charlotte, N. C., October
25, 26, 27, 28; Columbia, Sr C., Oc
tpber 21, November 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Au
gusta, Ga., November 7, 8, 9, 10, ll,
12;, Eatonton, Ga., November 15, 16,
17, 18. The total purses offered by
these combined Fair, Associations on
horse races, amounts to $20,000 or
over. The entry books were closed
on June- 1st.
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AMERICAN VICTORY IN GSR
.MANY.
Prosecutor Finds Oil Company Ha3
Committed No Wrong.
Berlin, By Cable.-The long and
venomous campaign waged by Ger
man newspapers and rival industrial
interests against .one of the German
branches of the Standard Oil Com
pany-the" Deutsche Vacuum Oil
Company-has just been brought to
a victorious end for the Americans
involved. *. s
A well ksown Hamburg'newsp?per
for months printed such a series of
attacks on the ''American graft meth
ods" alleged torhave been' practiced
by the vacuum company in the con
duct of its German business that ,the
public prosecutor of Hamburg felt
constrained to make an official inves
tigation with a view to eventual in
dictments. The proseoutor has now.
concluded his investigation, especially
of the work of E. L. Quarles, Ameri
can manager : 'of the German com
pany's sales department, and an
nounces that no necessity exists; foi
pursuing the inquiry further.
"No evidence of anything ?warrant
ing prosecution was found against
Mri Quarles, and the costs bf the en
tire inquiry will be borne by the
-State.
The result of the investigation con
stitutes a notable triumph for Amer
ican interests in Germany. '
It is not the- first time that Ger
mans finding themselves unable to
compete with Americans on ordinary
terms have resorted to slander.
Unela Sam, \'Leave It Alone."
Pensacola, Fla., Special.'-Judge W.
B. Sheppard of the Federal court
Friday denied the application of the
Southern Express Company'for a
permanent injunction restraining the
State Railroad Commission from en
forcing an order reducing interstate
rates about 17 per cent. In rendering
his decision Judge Sheppard stated
tfcat only in extreme cases should a
Federal court interefere with State
officers who are endeavoring to en
force laws passed hy the Legislature.
Capt. Lyon Not Guilty.
New York, Special.-Captain Sam
uel K Lyon, of the 25th infantry, U.
S. A., recently tried at Fort Myer,
Va., for irregularities growing *out
of the Brownsville;'. Texas, matter,
was fou?d not guilty and honorably
acquitted by the court. General Wal
ter Howe, commander of the depart
ment of the east, however, acting as
reviewing authority, passed upon the
case and disapproved the finding of
the court.
Big Tobacco Loss in Kentucky.
Henderson, Ky., Special.-Reports
reaching here Saturday from Hender
son, Union and Webster counties in
dicate that damage approximating
$2,000,000 was done by a cloudburst
Friday night. It is estimated that
50,000 acres of pooled tobacco in
Henderson county alone have been
destroyed and one tobacco plantation
of 200. acres, is a total loss.
Gasolene liing at Elks' Reunion.
\ Detroit, Mich, Special.-Five mil
lion dollars' worth of autos rolled
through the city in an unbroken Jine
of twenty-five miles Friday afternoon.
There were 2,500 cars in this monster
procession,* which took two and a
half hours to pass. Truly gasolene,
was'king at the Elks' reunion.
While this trenmendous automobile
pageant Vas wending its way through
the streets the Wright brothers' air
ship was soaring and wheelin? above
the earth at the State Fair Grounds
in successful speed flights, and on the
river ^ speed launches were cutting
the river at express train speed.
Married hi Masonic Hall.
New Orleans, Special.-With the
grand lodge room of the Masons here
furnishing the unique setting of the
ceremony, A. P. Dennison and Mrs.
Roma K. Stiles, partners in business,
Friday night entered into the closer
.partnership of marriage.
Their home is in English, Tex. lt
was the first time in the history of
Masonry in thc city that a wedding
ceremony took place in a lodge room
of the order.
Suppose All Farmers Ehould Hold.'
New Orleans, Special.;-In an ef
fort to fret New Orleans spot cotton
to New York in time td fill July con
tracts, special trains have been char
tered by local cotton men in this citv.
The first train, with 3,000 bales left
Sunday morning closely followed by
others. This is said to be the first
time in tho history of the cotton
business that express train service
had to bc .resorted to to carry cotton
to any market. The trains will be
run to New Yorkies a ninety-six hour
schedule.
THE N?WS MINUTELY TOLD
The Heart of Happenings Cami
From the Whole Country.
Direct exchange of postal money
orders between this country and
Uruguay will be possible after Oc
tober 1 next, the amounts in both
directions to be expressed in United
States money.
The tide of emigration of home
seekers tq Canada has turned, in the
opinion of officials of the Reclama
tion Service. Thousands have re
turned and a great many more are
expected back soon.
The elaborate funeral given King
Edward cost the English nation $202.
5C0 as is shown in the supplementary
financial estimate issued.
Nearly 75 vears old, but hale and
hearty, Ross Magnus rode horseback
all the way from West Virginia to
buy a farm in Colorado. It was his
Crst trip from home and he says it
was great and worth all the trouble.
While playfully tossing her 6
rronths-olb* sou, at Mrirganton, W.
Va.', Mrs. Plummer Pride al?owed the
child to slip over her shoulder and
fall to tuc floor. The boy's neck was
broken, and death was instantaneous.
The mothar is overcome with grief.
William S. Kenyon, assistant to
the attorney general, is in Chicago,
assisting the officials of the district
attorney's, office there in the pre
sentation 10 the' grand jury of evi
dence in thr so-called beef trust and
oleomargarine fraud cases.
Onranized labor has not been fair
ly dealt with, by the present admin
istration, and its enemies are in thc.
majority in Congress, according to
Frank Morrison, secretary of the
American Federation of Labor.
The naval yacht Hornet, a steel -
vessel of 425 tons, built for H?hry
M. Flakier ayd purchased by ' the
Government for $117,500 at the out
set of th?! Spanish war, will be sold
to Nathan S. Stern, of New Orleans, c
for $5,100. v
Contracts have been signed by the
navy depar ment for the construction
of a .'feel fuel oil storage tank and
a gasoline storage tsnk at each of
the following nava: stations- Brad
ford, fi. I.; Norfolk. Va , Charleston,
S. C.; Key West, Fla.; Guantanamo.
Cuba, and San Juan, P. R.
The United Kingdom sobered up .
$54.000,000 worth*in the year 1909,
acrording to figures furnished this
government by Consul-General John
L.. Griffiths, of London, who reported
a marked falling off in the consump
tion of intoxicating liquors in the
British realm during 1909. In that
' vear the amount expended for in
toxicating liquors was $730,000.000,
a decrease of $54,000,000 from 1908.
Sixty thousand crates of peaches,
constituting a large portion of the
Elberta crop,, are roUing in Fort
Valley, Ga., on account of the failure
of .the refrigerator car companies to
supply iced cars for Wednesday' and
?Thursday's harvest.
President Taft withdrew more
millions of acres of coal lands in
different States of the West, bringing
the total of coal lands withdrawn
made b.y him up to the enormous
toial of 71,518.588 acres. Something
like half of this amount is new with
drawals.
Applications are pouring in from
banks throughout the country whose
officials are anxious that their insti
tutions be made depositories under
the postal savings .bank law.
Mr. and' Mrs. T. Barberi, of Pensa
cola, Fla., received from Governor
Gilchrist%a handsome spoon bearing
the seal of the Slate of Florida.
Married 19 years ago the wife is
now only thirty-seven years old, but
Mr. and ,Mrs. Barberi are the par
ents of 13 children. Six of the chil
dren are twins. Governor Gilchrist
suggested that the Legislature pass
tn_aci .allowing the parents a pension.
"Discovery of th? existence of a new
counterfeit $10 gold certificate has
been announced by Chief Wilkie!*The
certificate is represented to be of the
act of July 12, 1882, series of 1901;
and bears the check letter "D,"
plate No. 150, the signature of W. T.
Vernon, Register of the Treasury; Lee
McClung, Treasurer of the United
States, and the portrait of Hilligas
The note is from a photographic plate
;arir4e_d on bond_p_aner.
Because her mother doubted her
word, and sent her to lier room as
punishment, 10-year-old Alice Dunn,
at Meadville, Pa., drank carbolic
acid and died an hour later.
Owing to the fact, that some let
ters mailed to Mrs. Fiances F. Cleve
land, widow of President Cleveland,
have been charged with .postage 'due'
addressed, the Postmaster General has
at the postoffice to which they were
issued tn order colling attention of
postmasters to the bill passed at the
last session of Congress whereby!
Mrs. Cleveland's letters, like those ofi
Mr3. Mary Lord Harrison, widow ofj
President Harrison, are entitled to'
free_transraission. ^ .
Officials of the Census Bureau say
tliey are paying as fast as possible
tie enumerators who collected the sta
tistics for the Thirteenth Census. The
pay roll for the enumerators is aver
aging more than $100,000 a day and
has once gone as high as $170,000 a
day. Director Durand is appointing
agents to collect statistics of the in^
mates of jails, prisons, reformatories,
almshouses and hospitals for the* in
sane and feeble-minded. Sixty-four
hundred of these agents will be ap
?i?inietj.' ? * !
Judge Rogers, of the Federal Dis
trict Court, in Fort Smith, Ark.,
granted ja writ of mandamus compell
ing an express company to accept
shipments of liquor to towns in Okla
homa, old Indian Territory. The
companies had refused shipments be
cause Oklahoma is prohibition terri
tory. Many wholesale liquor dealers
havev been awaiting the outcome of
this test case as a basis fer future
operations.
Former President R?psovelt has ac
cepted an invitation to be thc guest
of the Berry Schcol for Mountain
Boys at Rome, Ga., on October 7.
UVE MANGLED IO j DEATH
Balloon Bursts High in. Air and
Aviators Crash to Barth in Shud
dering Death-Sunshine Expanded
the Gas.
Leichlingen, Rhenish Prussia, By
Cable.-Oscar Erbsiocb; tho German
aeronaut, who won the international
balloon race at St. Louis in 1907, and
four companions were killed Wednes
day when the dirigible, balloon Erbs
loeh burst at a height of several hun
dred; feet and dropped to the earth a\
crumpled, mass.
The1 craft was of the non-rigid type,
176 feet in length and 33 feet in
diameter. The motors were of 125
horsepower and drove the airship at I
a speed of -28 miles an hour.
The War Departmentrecently pur
chased one of Erbsloeh's. balloons.
Th? cau.se of the accident is a mat
ter of conjecture but it is believed
that the bursting of^the bag'was due
to the expansion di g?s by the wann
sunshine. ,
The wreckage. fell so heavily that ;
the gondola was broken into bits and"
the motor buried in the ground. The
victims were frightfully torn.
Everything Covered in This Policy.
New York, Special.-In addition to
life,., accident, health/fire, burglary,
tornado, automobile and/yacht insur
ance policies, Russell F. Hopkins, a
young millionaire ^of Irvington-on
the-Hudson" who formerly lived in
Atlanta, Ga., has taken out a $5,000
policy against assassination, of . which
$2,000 is to go to first informant and
$1,000 each to the three others who
may supply information regarding
.the deed.
Hopkins first came to New York
as consul for the republic of Panama
and in 1906 married Miss Vera
Siegrist, a niece of D^. J. J. Law
rence, a patent medicine proprietor of
St. Louis. He built a magnificent
country" place overlooking the Hud
son, adjoining the place.of Miss Helen
Gould,1 and installed upon it a mena
gerie open to the public.
"Roosevelt; Friand to All Farties.
Oyster Bay, N. Y.,. Special.-Theo
dore Roosevelt said with emphasis
Wednesday that he has taken no
stand as yet in favor of either the in
surgents or the regulars in the Repub
lican pa rey and he desires to correct
any impression that he is showi'.ig
favoritism. f Of the situation within
tho party in New York State he said
he saw only harmony ahead.
"I want you to make it clear," he
said to'interviewers, "that I am see
ing both sides. I wish you would
make that emphatic. My main in
terest is in the State, but no national
issues.. I want to see both regulars
and insurgents, party men and in
dependents. I want to saaJJainocrats
as well as Republicans."
"But you don't want to see1 Dem
ocrats win ?" he was asked. .
?<Not if the Republicans ,do the
right thing," he replied.
Aeroplanes Could Wreck Warships.
Atlantic City, N. J., Special.
Glenn H. Curtis tossed oranges and
mimic bombs within three feet of the
decks of the yacht John E. Mehere II,
used in. place of a battleship during
the sham Cattle arranged to demon
strate ' the utility of aeroplanes in
coast defense. The mock bombs were
dropped from a height of about 300
feet and Curtiss purposely failed to
strike the deck of the yacht for fear
of injury to the officials and passen
gers gathered on her decks.
Experts agreed that a fleet of aero
planes armed with bombs of high ex
plosives could wreck any warship be
fore guns could be trained on them.
Millionaire Killed by Fall.
London, By Cable.-Hon. Charles
Stewart Rolls, one of the foremost
English aviators, a millionaire and
a member of the gentry, who recently
flew from Dover to Franc? and re
turn in a Wright biplane, was killed
Tuesday by a fall from his aeroplane
at the Bournemouth aviation meet
ing.
Dying Boy Calls for Dead Mother.
New Orleans,. Special.-With the
?'?aiizaticn that death was approach
ing, Clarence Desforges, a 15-year
old boy, began to call for his mother
to comfort biri as he lay on a cot in
the charity hospital Monday.
He gradually lapsed into uncon
sciousness, and died late in the after
noon. Death was due to a bullet
fired by his father five days ago. In
a jealous rage, the elder Desforges
fatally wounded his son, killed his
wife, and then' himself.
The boy died without the know
ledge that both parents were in tho
frrave.
Mayor Gets Big Conscience Fund.
Savannah. Ga., Special.-Savan
nah's conscience fund is richer by
$1,500 as the result of an unknown
man's requests. The money was
handed to Mayor Tiedeman on the
city's*main street by a prominent
minister, who declared it had been
taken from the city by one who wish
ed to keep his name a secret. The
minister was made intermediary a?t?r
firing his word of secrecy.
Death of Noted Astronomer.
Potsdam, By Cable.-Dr. Johann
Gottfried Gaile, the German astron
omer, who was the first man to see
the planet Neptune, died here Mon
day in his eighty-eighth year.
Income Tax fer Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga.. Special.-After de
bating the question for nearly a week
thc lower house of the general as
sembly passed the income tax resolu
tion by a' vote of 125 to 45. A sim
ilar resolution was adopted by the
Senate Monday.
OFFICERS ARE REBUKED.1
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Navy Department Censures -Superior
Officers in the Marine Corps-Jeal
onsiss and Personal Strife.
"Washington, Special.-The person
al strife among the officers of zhe
United States marine corps Friday
reached a climax when the Navy De
partment, as a result pf a court of?
inquiry, sent letters "of censure to
nearly all the officers concerned. No
.further judicial proceedings are con
templated. ? .
The censured officers are Major
g?n?ral George F. Elliott, command
'ant of the corps; Col. Charles H.
iLaunchhefmer, adjutant and inspec
'tor; Col. Frank Ii. Denny, the quar
termaster at Washington; Colonel
Charles A. Doyen, commanding the
mariue barracks at the naval academy?
at Annapolis; Lieutenant Colonel
Thomas C. Prince, assistant quarter
master .at Washington; Lieutenant
Colonel Henry C. Haines, assist?uf
adjutant- cud' inspector at Washing
ton, and Majors Louis J. Magill and
David D. Porter, assistant adjutants
'.and inspectors at Philadelphia and
Washington, respectively.
The court held that General Elliott
.had been profane, irritable and ir*
?ascrble at times, indulging moderately
?in intoxicating liquors, but never in
{toxicated on duty and sometimes
jfailed te treat^sabordinates with cour
tesy, but was usually polite), generous,
truthful, and a "plain blunt soldier,
open and frank."
At the bottom of the dissension in
the corps is said to have been the
question of the successorship to Gen
eral Elliott -when he retires in Octo
ber, the "fight being between officers
of the line and of the staff.
Stamps by the Billion.
Washington^, Special.-Ten billion
postage stamps, worth almost $200,
000,000, .' will ba used by the people
of the United States in the fiscal year
! which began July 1, 1910, and will
be, ended June 30, 1911. Thtse be
wildering figures are set down in the
requisition which the Postoffice De
partment has forwarded to the Sec
retary of the Treasury, by whose or
der the stamps will' be engraved and
delivered by the Bureau o? Engraving
and Printing. The total of stamps'
asked, for ?3 9,804,220,000, but that
number Will r.ot suffice, it' is known,
?he requisition being made for "the
sake of Economy," smaller than the
.probable needs. Last year's first
supply of $170,746,800 worth failed
and more bad to be ordered. The
?face value of the first requisition thia
year is $7,036,200 greater than last
-year's.
Must Call for Registry Receipt.
Washington, Special.-An interest
ing change in regulations affecting
registration of postal matter is noted
in an order just issued hy the Post
master-General. Whenever request
is made, by the sender of registered
.mail matter, receipt showing person
?'to whom and time when the matter
was delivered will be taken by post
master at point of delivery and re
turned to sender. "Receipt desired"
.must be inscribed, however, on the
registered matter from which the
.sender wishes such a receipt. For the
present the Postmaster-General inn.
"^tracts postmasters to ask if return
.receipts is desired and, where indicat
ed, to indorse mail for patrons of th?
office.
Famous Veteran Passes.
Lynchburg, Va., Special-Colonel
Auguste Forsberg, who commanded
the Forty-Second Virginia Regiment
in the civil "war, died here Friday af
1 ter a long sickness. He was 79 years
o?d^and a native of Sweden. He was
.city engineer for a long time here.
At the breaking'out of the civil war,
he was engaged at Columbia, S. C., af
4& architect.
Distrecrmg to Gscriia Fruit Growers.
Fort Valley, Ga., Special.-It was
stated" here Friday that thirty car
loads *cf peaches (Elhertas) will be
dumped into the Flint river, eight
biiles from herc, Saturday, as a re
sult of the failure to move the crop
.quickly. Eighty thousand crates
were awaiting cars here Friday, and
it is feared will be a dead Viss. Al
ready growers here have lost $100,
000 because cf lack cf ic?d cars. The
situation is said to be the worst in the
historv o? the industry in this section.
fell From Beat and Drowned.
Barrington, R. I., Special.-In at
.tempting to climb a bridge abutment
(from a leaky boat which was in dan
ger of ainking, Mrs. Elizabeth Link
of Abbeville, S. C., fell into the Bar
rington river and was drowned Fri
day. She had been visiting hers at
the home of her sister. Mrs. Fred
erick Buck. Sh? was 30 years old
and the wife of Frederick C. Link, a
traveling salesman.
Baptist Preacher Attempts Suicide.
Bristol, Tenn., Special.-The Rev.
Joseph Leonard, a missionary Baptist,
CO years old, attempted suicide at his
home at Wolfrun, Va., 9 miles from
Bristol, by jumping 72 feet from the
too of an oi! derrick at 6 o 'clock Fri
day evening. Both legs were broken
and his injuries are probably fatal
Ho climbed the derrick in the pres
ence of his wife and children who
pleaded for him to abandon his pur
pose. His mind is said to have be
tome suddenly unbalanced.
GHOST JOKE KILLS NEGRO
Barber Shop Porter While Dr?jafc" and
Asleep in Chair Barbers Powder
Trim White and He Drops Dead
When Awakened.
Omaha, Special.-While a coroner's
jury has determined that Tom Green,
a negro porter in a\ barber shop, was
scared to death, it remains a fact
that his death was kdirectly attri
butable- to the victory of Johnson
over Jeffries. .Green had bet all his
money on Johnson and' had mort
gaged his salary for weeks to come.
Having won* he collected his bets
and celebrated. In the evening, be
ing considerably intoxicated Green,
sat ki a barer chair and was soen
sound asleep.
When the hour for closing arrived
two',of the barbers concludea to play
a joke upon 'Groen. They powdered
his face and wool until they were as
white as snow and then threw a
white sheet over him. When Green
awoke and looked in a glass he
shrieked in terror: ''Good Lord, I
was always black. Now I am white.
It is not me. I am dead, and this is
my ghost." He fell back in the chair
and expired. * -
Trade With U. S. $190,000,000..
Washington, Special.-Trade of the
United States with its non-contiguous
territories .for the fiscal year just end
ed aggregated about $190,000,000 ac
cording to stiitistics of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor.? The
department contrasts this with the re- '
pord of 1897, when the trade with non
contiguous territories aggregated only
$35,000,000. .
Statistics show fhat for , eleven
months of the last fiiscalg year the
shipments from the United States to
Porto Rico, Hawaii, the Philippines,
Guam, Midway, Tutuila and Alaska
amounted to $75,000,000?and,tiie ship
ments therefrom to the United States
$96,750,000. This trade, both ex-,
ports and imports, was larger than
that of the preceding year. The
largest percentage of gain was in the i
Philippines, to which tho recent tariff :
act ,extended the privilege of inter
change of merchandise free of duty.
Imports from the Philippines in the
eleven months ending with May, 1910,
were valued at $15,887,418, against
$8,860,429 ia the same months of 1909.
Exports for the corresponding periods
amounted to $15.140,445 in 1910 and !
$9,825,083 in 1909. '
The Union Sea Island Cotton Co.
Waycross, Ga,, Special.-Repr?sen- ,
tative sea-Lrland cotton growers of
three States met here Monday. and J
perfected an /Organization under the,,
name of the Union Sea Island Cot- .
ton company, which will have head
quarters at Savannah and which pur
poses to build a large warehouse there j
with branches at various point?. The j
purpose of the union is to secure for j
the producer the best possible price .
for both long and short staple cot- J
ton. Reports on crop conditions by (
membera o? the company are to the
effect that the Georgia crop will be .
75 per cent of normal and that of
Florida 60 per cent. . .
Arrests Grandfather ' Clause. !
'Guthrie, Okla., Special.-On appli- i
cation of Daniel Sims, an ex-slave ?
and property owner of this city, Fed- (
eral Judge John H. Cotterall has is- '
sued a temporary injunction restrain- !
ing th J State Election Board, the
State "-loard of Affairs and the Secre- '
tary OJ! State from having printed '
the proposed "grandfather clause"
amendment to the Constitution on the .
ballot for tho State primary election
on August 2. 1
In his petition Sims alleges that ?
the proposed amendment'would dis- j
franchise him, as he is unable to read 5
or write, and that it discriminates ^
him because of previous condition ol 1
servitude. 1
. Georgia Bank Cashier Short.
Swainsboro, Ga.. Special.-A short- j
age of at least $23,000 has been dis- i
covered in the accounts of the Citi- '
zens' bank of this place as a result
of which Hush D. Strickland, cash- 1
ier, and L. W. Ponder, former book- (
keeper, are under bond of $10,000 3
each, and bank examiners from At
lanta are still working on the books '
of the institution. !
Lynched a White Man. 1
Rayville, La., Special.-Aroused bj
the fact that an appeal to the Su- {
preme Court had been taken, follow- .
ing his condemnation to death her?
Friday on the charge of having mur- 1
dered Town Marshal C.'C. Chenault, t
a mob battered down the doors ol 1
the parish jail at Rayville, and drag- 1
Sing J. D. Freeman, a white man. J \
from his cell, hanged him on the same i
spot where he had slain the marshal. I
The fact that a deep gash Avas found 1
in Freeman 's throat led to the theorj t
that he had attempted suicide,, prob- a
ably with a piece of glass, when h? o
beard the mob's approach. ?
Lynched Boy's Father Gets $5,000. (
Cleveland, O., Special.-Cleveland
associates of Carl Etherington, the f
Annti-Saloon League detective, whe i
was lynched at Newark Friday night, b
say that Hartwell Etherington, hil c
father, would head a band of moun- b
taineers from Kentucky that would v
invade the Ohio city to seek revenge i
for his,son's death. The elder Ether- i:
ingtork will receive $5,000 from th? c
AntirSaloon League, and this, it,-h f
said, will be offered as a, reward i?
Nice Job For College President. 1
Beverly, Mass., Special.-The presi
lent has 'offered to President Hadley P
sf Yale the chairmanship of the cern- ti
nissioft authorized by congress to in- '2'
rest?rate the subject of railroad C
rtocks and bonds and to recommend ?<
i plan for bringing the Issue of these
securities under the supervision oi w
:he interstate commerce commission "
[f President Hadley accepts, tin 1
president will consult with him re- ci
yarding the other members of the ti
jomni?-eioa. c
CAPITAL FACTS?
interesting News GatSrered ?a
the District of Columbia.
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Personal Incidents and Important
Happenings of National Import
Published for the Pleasure nd Ia*
formation of Newspaper Beartihr*
Only 13 Confederates Left, i
The death of Senator Dand, ?i
Virginia, and Senator McEnery, ci
Louisiana, leaves but 13 former Cms
federate soldiers in Congress. They
are Senators Bankhead and Johnston,
of Alabama; Senator Bacon, of Geor
gia; Senate r Money, of Mississippi
and Representatives Talbott, of Mary
land; Richardson- and Taylor, ot
Alabama ; Kucker, of Colorado; liv
ingston, of Georgia; Spight, of Miss?s
sippi; Gordon, of Tennessee, tai
Lamb, of Virginia. Senator Taba
ferro, of Florida, who has been de
feated for re-election, was also -na.
the Confederate service. "Senator T3I?
mau quit school in July, 1864, to joby
the Confederate Army, but was strick
en with illness wjiich caused the loee
of his eye and kept him an invalid
for two years. .
Higher in Cost, But
'"The congressional committee on
they cost of living recently detailed
fifteen reasons for the high east of
living, and yet ' ' the most los*
portant rr .^ns for high prices waa -
left out jf their report," says Solic
itor McCabe, of the Department, ed
Agriculture. "The execution of ' the
pure food law has undoubtedly Bad
a/i important effect upon pnces. For-,
merly resort was had to adulteration
and misbranding to reduce the pries
of alleged articles. Now people boy
raspberry jam, for instance, and pa*
more for it, but they get what they
pay for. So. it is with many other
articles in eommon use. This in
crease in price, "of course, is only
apparent, but it impresses jjhe people
who make purchases as real."
Lightning Rods on White .House:
Lightning rods are being- raised
Dver the White House. It is by Gov
ernment decree that the executive
mansion is being equipped with ap
paratus to protect it from eleetrii
onslaught, and during the absence oi
President Taft from Washington, the
equipment is being installed.
-The rods are placed on each, of the
12 chimneysi above the mansard roof'
and points to arrest the lightning w?i
be placed at intervals x of five feet
il on g a cable, which, runs around the
parapet. No lightning rods, however,
are to be raised over the executive
sffices adjoining the mansion.
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Bids For War Vessels by Oct. 1.
Plans and specifications . for Om
two new battleships authorized by
congress must be ready according tia
i decision by Secretary of the Navy
Mayer, in time to receive bids bj
October 1 for the one to be built by
jontract. The other will be con
jtructed in the New York navy yard
It was decided also that bids ow
:he six new destroyers authorized
mould be in by September 6.
No Postal Bank Till January 1.
Postmaster-General Hitchcock em
presses the opinion that no postal
savings bank can be established be
:ore January 1, 1911. He made this
statement in A conversation with
Postmaster Campbell, of Chicago^
vho requested -hat one of the flirt'
janka be placed in operation there.
Acreage and Condition of Crops.
The July crop- report of the De?
3artment of Agriculture shows the
'ollowing estimates of acreage and
condition on July 1st:
Corn, area planted is 114,083,000
icres. an increase of 5,312,000 acres
>r 4.9 per cent as compared with last
rear's final estimate.
The average condition corn was
55.4 as compared with 85.1,1 the tea
rear average.
Hew Engraving BuUding. 1 . *'
, Plans have been completed by the
?upervising architect of the Treasury
'or the new building for the Bureau
if Engraving and Printing which xs
o cost $1,750,000. The plans have
teen examined by the Commission of
<Hne Arts, created by Congress, of
vhich D. H. Burnham, of Chicago,
s the chairman. Its fonctions are
argely advisory. The building is te
>e 850 feet long, four stories in
leight, classic in style of architecture
nd is to be constructed on thc site
f the present building, which will
ie absorbed as the work progresses..
Jatterpillars Destroying Shade Tkee&
Shade trees of Washington, famed
or their number and beauty, are be
ug stripped of their foliage by
lordes of catterpillars. So numer
us are the pests that they have
laffied the caretakers' efforts to cope
rith them: Property owners have
oined in the attempt to repel the
nvaders, but it seems there is little)
hance to prevail against them. Some
ear for the very lives of the trees
s expressed. ^
'esting an Improved Compass. j
An improved compass, which wiTI?
robably superceded the present : ari-j
crs' compass, used by navigators for
entunes, is being tested by the Navy
Apartment on board the scout ero?
ser Birmingham. It is combined:
ith a rapidly revolving, gyroscope,?
.hich eliminates alb variation andi
eviatipn. This, according to navigrt-'
>rs, will make the art of navigu-j
on much easier and remove the nn4
ertainty of a ship's location.