Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 24, 1910, Image 2
Oldest Paper in Sou'h Carolina.
EDGEFIELD. S. O
Way is a housefly, anyhow?
The merciful man ls now very mer
ciful to his.beast
We know of some cats that never
tail io come back,
?The Moros seem to be less dan
serons than ice cream cones.
There are 130,000 foreign walters
tn London, all with palms extended.
How aeronauts have cities at their
mercy in mimic warfare is becoming
' ?mazing.
With a new record every day it
seems there is no limit to the powers
of aa-aeroplane.
The Chicago woman whose ear was
bitten off by her husband, probably
didn't feed him enough.
There is a very bad $2 bill in circu
lation. Insist on getting your change
in twenties and fifties.
A Kansas judge rules that lt Is the
duty of F-?est?ians to dodge automo
, biles. Also the necessity.
Few horses are wearing bonnets
this season, probably because bonnets
are absolutely out of style.
If you can't swim stay near the
shore. If you can swim be satisfied
to tell your friends about it.
Two Fhiladelphians have lost their
lives running for trains. Such unusual
baste was sure to be fatal in Philadel
phia.
Just bottle up your weather grouch
and strike a temperature average for
the,year on the Slst day of next De
cember.
It may soon be possible to telephone
to England from the United States.
Very well, but how about getting mon
ey that way?
Still there ls an abiding of optimis
' tic faith that it will prove easier to
dodge an aeroplane than an automo
bile or motorcycle.
It would seem that more people are
giving their lives to the perfection of
tbe aeroplane than to any former
scientific achievement
In twenty-seven years the Kimber
ley diamond mines haye yielded $420,
000,000 worth of diamonds. Still our
western cornfields do a lot better than
that
The man who is earning bis own liv
ing in these days, however mildly he
may be going about it, is truly enough
earning bis bread by tbe sweat of bis
brow. j
timorous males who are frightened
at the . way women are invading men's
occupations should take heart at the
success some achieve in trimming
Stats.
Going down to the sea in ships was
the ancient idea of peril. But it was
common place safety beside going up
in the air in the most modern style
of ships.
Ten or fifteen deaths among the
comparatively few aeronauts and avia
tors in the last few months are not
only depleting their ranks but showing
vp air flights as mighty dangerous
pas ti ming.
In'printing the new passenger tick
ets to be used on airship lines care
should be taken to have it specified
that stop-over privileges may be had
when necessary without the signature
of tho conductor,
' Counterfeit buttermilk ls being sold
?in some of the drug stores in the east,
and the health authorities say 'it is
very dangerous. Will it never be pos
sible to get a good thing that the coun
terfeiters can't counterfeit?
Farmers after experiment report
that the cows yiel4 their milk better
when the phonograph is kept going in
tbe barn at milking time. This seems
to offer a grand scheme of relief in
the form of moving all. the phono
graphs to all the cow barns.
The oil-burning torpedo boat de
stroyer Roe reached a speed of 31
knots an hour in a test off the Dela
ware breakwater, although the con
tract requirement was only 28 knots,
and is now acknowledged to be the
fastest* exclusively oil-burning torpedo
boat destroyer in the United States
navy. The American shipbuilder has
the reputation of cultivating a margin
of safety,, and turning out boats which
exceed the maximum requirements of
contracts.
When the automobile collides with
the locomotive it is seldom that the'
latter has to go to the repair shop.
The work of a contributing editor
ls sometimes made difficult by the
friends who insist on coming around
during office hours to talk politics and
tell bunting stories.
Having all the news about tbe bot
spell that was fit to print and some
that was not news, lt seems that we
might have a litio cool weather for
variety in tbe news columns.
After planning your Christmas shop
ping better figure on bow sanely yon
are going to spend the next fourth.
The prize cow at the Missouri agri
cultural college produces 110 pounds
of milk a day. But with our cook on
the job, there wouldn't be a half ounce
of cream in it
If tbe analysis of koky-poky is cor
rect we are unable to understand how
tbe files that gather upon the cones
manage to stay so long without seem*
Ins to be overcome.
TALKS lil NEGROES
Cot. Roosevelt Addresses the
Negro National League.
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ONLY BUSINESS ORGANIZATION.
. 'The White Man of the South the Ne
gro's Friend and Helper"-North
ern Whites Should Not Meddle.
New York, Special.-Colonel Roose
velt, former President of the United
States, speaking before 1,100 dele
gates to the National Negro Business
League, who cheered him and pledg
ed him the support of the negro
electorate for a possible third term,
counseled his hearers to . make the
most of their opportunities.
"The white man of the South."
said Mr. Roosevelt, "is the vital man
to have sympthy with the negro;
When your neighbor likes and re
spects you, you have won your battle.
The white man of the North does his
worst work in interceding between
the two peoples of the South and
his best work when he improves their
relations.
"I would not slur over the injustice
which good colored men are treated,
but I feel that the really substantial
way of conquering injustice is to
train your people so that the white
man will, willy nilly, recognize in his
colored neighbor a desirable' neigh
bor. Every down-at-the-heel, ram
shakle negro cabin is not only bad
for the people who live in it, but is
a reflection on the race.
"The man who lives a ne'er-do-well
life of idleness in doing not only ill
to himself but to his people. I be
lieve in this League. As I wrote five
years ago, when I was President, I be
lieve in it because it is out of politics.
You also stimulate among your peo
ple principles of business enterprises.
That is well. You recognize that you
should build a firm foundation before
you can erect your superstructure.
"In Mombasa we were shown muchi
courtesy hy an American colored
man who was serving there as a doc
tor. At a government experiment sta
tion, I found a Jamaican negro in
charge. An abyss of nearly 10,000
years seemed to separate these two
men from the naked savages I had
seen-yet the abyss was( not more
than two hundred years. In your
advance there have been haltings and
shortcomings, shortcomings on the
part of the whites a's well as on your
part. Nevertheless, there has been
progress.
"It takes some time to make a re
former think that an outlook is not
or e of unalloyed gloom. You some
times see a reformer who thinks if he
will be set down as a hopeless reac
tionary.
"You colored men and women must
set your faces like flint against those
who would preach to you only the
gospel of hate, envy and bitterness.
Realize that the only) way to help
your race is not by preaching vindict
iveness and hatred, but hy leading
your people up to prosperity through
good citizenship."
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R. F. D. Carriers Notaries Public.
Washington, D. C., Special-The
creation of an army of 40,000 notar
ies publie is authorized by the Post
office Department, in accordance with
the legislation enacted during the
past session of Congress. All car
riers of the rural delivery mails ser
vice are now required by the Depart
ment to execute vouchers for United
States pensioners, residing on their
routes, for which service they are to
receive 25c. for each voucher ex
ecuted. The establishment of the
rural free delivery service resulted in
the discontinuance of 23,550 fourth
class post offices, the postmasters of
which had been authorized to exeeu
cute pension vouchers.
Senate Passes $6,500,000 Measure, j
Baton Rouge, La., Special.-The
Senate has passed the special tax and
bond issue providing $6,500,000 for
the Panama Exposition Company of
New Orleans. The bill now goes to
the Louse where assurances have
been given of its passage next Fri
day. With popular subscriptions in
New Orleans this will give the pro
moters of the expos1 lon considerably
more than the $7,500,000 recommend
ed by Congress. ^
Terrible and Revolting Death.
. Lancaster, Pa., Spacial.-Scott Ha
maker, snprsintendent of the Sus
q?ehana Iron & Steel Co., met a
horrible death in the mill at Columbia
Thursday. The protruding key of a
knuckle on a belt caught -the tail
of his coat and he was drawn into
the belt and whirled around a shaft
which was making 1,200 revolutions
a minute. Three feet away was an
iron trough and with every revolu
tion his legs struck it,.both members
being hammered off piece by piece up
to the hips. His
National Convention of Negroes.
Washington, Special.-For the pur
pose of co-operating with the Repub
lican National congressional and
State committees in the work of or
ganizing the negro voters in close
States and congressional districts, the '
administration Republican Club has
called a national convention of ne- ,
groes to meet in this city on Sep- i
tomber 19 and 20. Eight States and i
the District of Columbia joined in the I
call. j
Southern Flyer Wrecked.
Columbia, S. C., Special.-Fifteen
persons were hurt, none seriously, in
a wreck Wednesday night of the
Southern Railway's fast Washington
train No. 30 northbound, near Rock
ton, S. C. Four coaches and the
tender were upset and thrown to one
side of the track. Three sleepers left
the track but did not turn over. The
engine remained oh the rails.
The cause "of the accident is be
lieved to oe spreading rails
J. A. Blanton, the conductor. Jake
Thompson, mail clerk were injured.
LAND OF DIXIE IS GREAT
Sentiment of Roosevelt, Greatest
American of Modern Times
New York," Special.-In response
to an invitation to address the South
ern Commercial Congress, at Atlanta,
in the spring of 1911, Theodore
Roosevelt has sent a letter to Mr.
Charles Hall Davis, chairman of the
congress, at Petersburg, Va., in part
as follows:
"August 16, 1910.
"My Dear Sir:
"It is not possible as yet for me
to answer definitely; but I believe
that, on my trip to California next
March, I shall pass through the
Southern States; and I hope that it
can be arranged that the Southern
Commercial Congress then hold its
meeting in 'one of the cities through
which I am able to pass.
"Morev ami more, the former mis
understanding about the South is
tending te disappear; and you and
your associates have set in moticfi a
force that will have much to do with
the complete dissipation of this mis
understanding. You are working for
a stronger South; and you show your
wisdom and foresightedness in the
way you realize that this movement
for a stronger South, to he en active,
must really mean a stronger national
cohesion; for tie other South of yes
terday is being 'changed into the
Young America of today. Every good
American must hope to see a real
solid South, in the sense bf solid busi
ness prosperity in the South ; for all
good Americans now realize that the
prosperity of any part pf the country
helps the prosperity of the whole and
the prosperity of the whole will grow
faster and stand on 'the most durable
foundations only when we effectively
realize that the words 'South,'
'North,' 'East' and 'West' have only
a geographical significance. I
earnestly hope that the young men
of the South will never forget the
past glories of the South, because I
earnestly 'hope that the voung men all
over America today will keep ever in
mind -these glorious . memories of
every section of our common country;'
and that the men of the North and
of the -West will remember the
South's past with -the same pride
that the South itself does; for the un
dying glorj' won by the men who so
valiantly arid with such sincerity
fought for .their convictions whether
they wore the blue or the grey, is
now a common heritage of all of us.
"The statute of General Lee in
Confederate uniform stands in the
halls of Congress today and his mem
ory is honored no more by the South
then it is by the North and in the
North as in the South alike, I think
we are now learning to apply abso
lutely in good faith the great words
of Grant. 'Let us have peace.'
"The part played by the South in
the constructive statesmanship of our
nation during all our earlier years
was of incalculable weight' and . val
ue. I firmlv believe that the time has
now come when the South's influence
will again be felt, \not only in con
structive statesmanship,' but -in the
enormous field of constructive busi
ness endeavor.
"You need more people, but. like
the rest of the countrv. you need thal
those people should be of the' right
sort. Feeling this way, I naturally
sympathize most cordially with every
purpose of the Southern Commercial
Congress in its efforts to make both
the South and the nation realize that
a greater nation will be developed
from the development of a greatei
country. In your membership no
political lines are drawn, your effort
is to strive for the advancement of
American citizenship; and all broad
minded men throughout the nation
sympathize with you in what you are
doing, both to develop and increase
the power of .the South and at the
same time to arouse therein a keener
national sense.
"With hearty good wishes,
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
Stole $500 Worth of Diamonds.
Asheville, N. C., Special.-A clever
thief succeeded in getting away with
a silver purse containing $500 worth
of diamonds, three railroad tickets
to New Orleans and about $15 in cur
rency, the property of Mrs. J. Murna
Jorey, wife of a prominent lumber
man of New Orleans, and has not
been captured.
The couple were staying at a local
hotel. Mrs. Jorcey left her purse on
a table and, while on the porch, the
thief grabbed ii
Collected the Debt All Right.
Washington, Special.-The Presi
dent has commuted to three years,
with allowances, the five year sen
tence of George D. Harris, charged
with misapplying the funds of the
Hot Springs (South Dak.) National
Bank an? ,with faisifvina. accounts.
Harris already has served two years.
Harris was an employe in a bank,
one of whose depositors was in debt
to him for about $2,000. When the
depositor mane a heavy deposit. Har
ris subtracted the amount of the in
debtedness.
Paroled to Claim Fortune.
Laporte, Ind.. Special.-Paroled
from the Indiana State Prison so thal
he might go to England to claim an
estate valued at $100,000, Charles
Adams, of this city, who was sen
tenced to five years' imprisonment
on conviction of forgery has sailed
from New Yrrk for London.
Attorneys jad established Adams'
flaim to the fortune to the satisfac
tion of the Indiaua prison authori
ties, and Adams promised the officials
that he would return to this State
to report.
U. C. V. to Little Rock 1911.
New Orleans, Special.-Official an
nouncement that the 21st reunion of
the United Confederate Veterans will
be held May 16, 17 and 18 of next
year at Little Rock, Ark., was made
Monday by Gen. Wm. E. Mickle.
$8,000,000 More From Tobacco.
Washington, Special.-It- is estimat
ed that Government internal revenues
for the present fiscal year will be
increased about $8,000,000 in con
sequence of the increased taxes' on
tobacco and cigarettes
Longworth, Roosevelt's Son
in-Law, Opposes Re-Election.
SPEAKER WILL NOT WITHDRAW
Congressman Longworth Says Re
election of- Sneaker an Issue in
Campaign-"AU of Us" Speak Up
1 Beverly, Mass., Special.-In a
statement declaring opposition to
the re-election of Mr. Cannon as
Speaker of the House, Representative
Longworth said here Thursday:
"In view of Mr.'.Cannon's unequi
vocal declaration. that he' intends to
be a candidate for Speaker of the
next House I think it is incumbent
upon those of us who are candidates
for membership in the next House,
who havema?e up our minds upon
our- course of action . and
have positive views upon the sub
ject to ?tate our position publicly.
Had Mr.* Cannon not made this an
nouncement and had it remained
doubtful whether he would, be a can
didate or not, it was my .intention
not to commit myself before election
as to whom I should or should not
support for Speaker. But since Mr.
Cannon .himeslf ? in, his speeches so
far in the campaign and in his re
cent declaration has' made his can
didacy for the speakership an issue,
I for one don't propose to dodge that
issue.
"I shall oppose-Mr. Cannon's elec
tion as' Speaker and I shall do so in.
the manner that I consider proper
and effectual in the settlement of
controversies in my party-namely
in th? Republican * caucus?" I made
up my mind before the adjournment
of the last session of Congress that
Mr. Cannon could not be re-elected
Speaker and my opinion has been
strengthened since through corres
pondence and, talk with my col
leagues."
Mr. Longworth'said that he had a
genuine ^affection for Mr. Cannon and
respected his splendid fighting quali
ties, but he continued:
"I am absolutely convinced, if
there is a full attendance at the Re
publican caucus, that Mr. Cannon
eannon be again elected Speaker. I
want it understood that I shall op
pose the re-election of Mr. Camion
to the speakership and that I am
firmly of the opinion that his re-elec
tion is impossible. I want it espec
ially understood that I say this sole
ly on my own responsibility and up
on the suggestion of no one else."
Woman. Pose3 Five Years as Man.
New York, Special.-For five years
Mrs. Elena B. Smith, of Boston, who
is now stopping at the Hotel Bre
voort, masqu^ffded in New York as
a man, worked in nearly- a dozen dif
ferent places ,and had "young women
try to win her' affection as a mar
riageable, "man" without anybody
ever doubting her sex.
Men, she said, believing she was
a man, confided their love affairs to
her, invited her to dine, bought her
cigars and even took her for strolls
on Broadway. She said it was a
fascinating life, but that she will
hereafter he herself.
While she was masquerading as a
man, Mrs. Smith said, she was known I
as Albert C. Martinez, from Argen- 1
tina. Only two persons knew her
secret-a physician in Boston and
Miss Edna Turgenson, a compani . '
To make good her wager with the '?
Boston physician, who bet $2,000 she ]
couldn't carry off the deception, she !
had come here with her friend, Miss <
Tunrenson, traveling under the name 1
of Mr.' and Mrs.. Martinez. I
Southern Flyer Wrecked.
Columbia, S. C., Special.-Fifteen
persons were hurt, none seriously, in ,
a wreck Wednesday night of the |
Southern Railway's fast Washington ]
train No. 30 northbound, near Rock- ?
ton. S. C. Four coaches and the ';
tender were upset and thrown to one
side of the track. Three sleepers left
the track but did not turn over. The
engine remained on the rails. <
The cause of the accident is be- j
lieved to be spreading rails i
J. A. Blanton^ the conductor, Jake j
Thompson, mail clerk were injured. I
Rockefeller Reunion.
Cleveland, Ohio, Special.-A re
union of the Rockefellers has been j
planned for September 9, at New- ?
burgh, N. Y., and it is expected that |
John D. Rockefeller will attend. '<?
The invitations have been sent out
and John D. Rockefeller has received 1
one, but he cannot say positively <
whether he would be among those
present. Those invited to the reunion <
are lineal descendants of Johann 1
Peter Rockefeller, who came to <
America in 1723.
Trees at Appalachian Exposition.
Washington, D. C., Special.-An
exhibit showing the types of trees 1
and explaining the problems and <
questions connected with the wood- \
lands will be made by the forest ser- t
vice at the Appalachian Exposition ?
to be held at Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. f
12 to Oct. 12. Don Carlos Ellis, of (
the forest service, is in,Knoxville toll
arrange and take charge of the ex
hibit which will relate Iargelv to the
forests in the Appalachian region.
The forest service also will parti
pate in the Kansas State Fail i
Trees at Appalachian Exposition.
Washington, D. C., Special-An
exhibit showing the types of trees I
and explaining the problems and (
questions connected with the wood- l
lands will be made by/the forest ser- t
vice at the Appalachian Exposition ?
to be held at Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. ?
12 to Oct. 12. Don parios Ellis, of c
the forest service, is ;in Knoxville to 1
arrange and take charge of the ex
hibit which will relate largely to the ?
forests in the Appalachian region. (
The forest service ?Iso will parti- t
pate in the Kansas ?State Fail 1
"IN SUNNY TENNESSEE."
Dminous Political Clouds Darken the
Great, State's Serenity.
Nashville, Tenn., Special.-Capt.
Bcniani?n W. Hooper, of Newport,
Cockc county, was Tuesday nominat
ed for Governor of Tennessee by the
Republican Sta?e 1 convention. The
name of Alfred A. Taylor, of Wash
ington county, was the only other
Dne presented to the convention and
immediatelv following the announce
met of the result of the first ballot
the namination was made unanimous.
The ballot stood, Hooper 382, 9-14}
Taylor 201, 5-14. The convention
also endorsed the candidacy of B. A.
Enloe, independent man, for Rail
road Commissioner from west Ten
nessee.
The independent State-wide prohi
bition Democrats who have fought
Governor M. R. Patterson every step
af his official career are expected tc
support the ticket nominated, as
against the regular Democratic nomi
nees, which includes Patterson for
re-election, and the coming can>
paign promises to be one of vigor an<J
bitterness.
- The' ulatform adopted declares for
no backward step in the prohibition
laws which were passed over the veto
of Governor Patterson and asserts
that as regards congressional, judicial
and legislative districts. It says
that the present system of districting
is nothing less than "larceny of the
elective franchise." The platform
also favors continuance of " liberal
Federal appropriations for Federal
soldiers, also for Confederate soldiers.
Captain Hooper was the chief lead
sr of the independent State-wide
prohibition factions of the Demo
cratic party which recently elected
their candidates for State judiciary
offices. It is said that the same com
bination will be in effect in the com
ing gubernatorial campaign and that
the independent State-widers were
deeply interested in Tuesday's pro
ceedings. Hooper was also the final
selection of the Sanders-Evans
Sharpe element cf the Republicans.
Captain Hooper is 39 years old and
i native of Cocke county. He was
graduated from Carson and Newman
College with first honors and served
two terms in the State Legislature.
He was assistant United States at
torney of the east Tennessee district
and served as captain in the Fourth
Tennessee Regiment during the war ,
with Spain. He has been successful
in financial affairs and is said to be
i man of large means.
Hoodoo Numbers for Autos.
Atlanta. Ga.. Special.-The rabbit
foot numbers for Georgia automobile*
are 7, ll, 23 and 13. This is demon
strated according to the Secretary oi
State by the demands-made for these
particular figures in the few day?
since a State law was passed requir
ing new registration of ail automo
biles.
Road Uncovers Big Fraud.
Omaha, Neb., Special.-A gigantic
system of fraud by which the Burl
ington Railway is said to h3ve. been
looted of thousands of dollars has
been discovered by officials of that
company. Wholesale discharges ol
?mployes are expected. Five con
ductors and a train agent on the
Oralia division of the system were
discharged for alleged connection
with trv scheme.
Tlv an was for a station to sell
tic1" notify the conductor of thc
f'. who would take up the ticke!
return it to the issainsr office
.chout punching. The agent would
then divide with the conductor anc
sell the ticker, time and again. Foi
nonths Pinkerton detectives have as
sisted the secret service department
>f the road in searching out the
frauds and a wholesale cleanout of
the alleged grafters will result.
U. C. V. to Little Rock 1911.
New Orleans, Special.-Official an
nouncement that the 21st reunion ol
the United Confederate Veterans wili
be held Mav 16. 17 and IS of next
year at Little Rock, Ark., was made
Monday by Gen. Wm. E. Mickle.
$8,000,000 More From Tobacco.
Washington, Special.-It is estimat
ed that Government internal revenues
for the present fiscal year will be
increased about $S.000,000 in con
sequence of the increased taxes on
?obacco and cigarettes
From $700 to Millionaires.
Bridgeport. Conn., Special.-Fifty
years afro a Connecticut farmer call
ed his four sons together, gave them
?700 each and sent them ont into
;he world. Thursday the four held
i reunion at Bridgeport.
Each is a multi-millionaire, each
ocated in a different city in a differ
ent line of business.
One of ?hem is Nathan G. Miller
>f New York, ex-president of the
fron Steamboat Company, former
iwnpr of the Nickel Plate Railway
ind President of the Eagle Lock Co.
An Honest Woman.
Newark, N. J., Special.-Mrs. Peter
jaw son, wife of the missing cashier
>f the Eagle Manufacturing Com
pany, bf Newark, who disappeared
wo weeks ago, it h cr.arged, with $4,
568 of the firm's money, found $2,
135 in cash in the pocket of an old
:oat of her husband which was
tanging in a closet in their home.
When she discovered the money
Hrs. Lawson fainted. When she re
tovered she went to police headquar
ers and turned the money over to
Detective Sergeant Tuite.
An Honest Woman.
Newark, N. J., Special.-Mrs. Peter
jawson, wife of the missing cashier
>f the Eagle Manufacturing Com
pany, of Newark, who disappeared
wo weeks ago, it is charged, with $4,
168 of the firm's motrey. found ,$2,
535 in cash in the pocket of an old
?oat of her husband which was
tanging in a closet in their home.
When she discovered the money
Hrs. Lawson fainted. When she re
lovered she went to police headquar
ers and turned the money over to
Detective Sergeant Tuite.,
Destroying Property and Many
human Lives.
ALL OVER GREAT NORTHWEST.
Fire Beyond Control-Battles Against
the Red Hot Destroyer Without
Victorious Results-People Flee.
Missoula, Mont.. Special.-Mer
cilessly and relentlessly the forest
fires in western Montana and Idaho
are sweeping over a vast era, driv
ing hundreds .of fuitives before
them info -dismal se'tilements and
wiping out of existence millions of
dollars worth of property.
Thirteen lives .have been lost eA
Walla oe, Mont., property tess one
million; fire sitill slireates?ing.
Elsewhere ia tbs fire zone the
situation has gone from bad to
worse. The most serious incident is
reported from hhs St. Jo-j c entry,
where 180 men engaged in the for
estry service are missing and ct i=
feared they 'have bean burned. When
the fire approached the camp where
there were 200 men, two of the
fighters took a horse and liding the
animal to deatih, reached another
camp and ordered a rescue party,
w?ic? penetrated the fire # at Bird
Creek.
Eighteen of the men were found in
tibe water, where they hud gone for
safety and they ware unharmed. Of
the remaining ISO no word has been
received.
The forestry srviee ?has organized
a relief train well equipped with
pack animals, carrying prousions and
hospital supplies, and will endeavor
to get through the fire.
About a thousand refugees have
been brought into Missoula. There
is much distress arnon? them. Their
wants are beiing supplied by Missoula
people trad they have been given tem
porary homes. Local hospitals ar?
caring for the sick.
Another train with 500 persons cn
board came over the Chicago, Milwau
kee & Puget Sound Raiway.
A dense pall of smoke hangs al!
over eastern Montana. In Missoula
it iras as dark as midnight at 5
o'clock, the dense smoke giving a
lurid hue which had all the semblance
of the glow of fire but which was
probably'due to the sun.
The town of Taft, near the Idaho
line, was destroyed by fire before
daylight Sunday morning. S?ltese,
below Taft Ina'? been abandoned bv its
inhabitants and D?borda is threaten
ed and one man is missing. At Sa.
Reg's tih.3 fire has crossed the river
and threatened outlying buildings.
Vaughan is reported to be deserted.
The area covered is roughly esti
mated at a hundred miles square.
There is a probability that there
.hos bean serious loss of life ns 'tihere
ore camping parties and lumbermen
all through thc mountains and thc
fire may have come upon them while .
they slept, or they may have been
awakened this morning to find them
selves cut off.
Curtis and Sherman Innocent.
Sulphur, Okla., Special.-The se
lect committee appointed by the
House of Representatives to investi
gate Indian land affairs and the so
called McMunray contracts and
which also has been investigating the
Gore bribcv charges has issued the
following statement:
"Tho committee has heard ani
carefully considered all of the testi
mony submitted and' is unanimous in
the opinion that there is and was no
warrant for any person to use the
names of vice-President Sherman
and Senator Charles S. Curtis in con
nection with any improper relation
with any Indian contract whatever."
Lone Woman Beats Fiftten Lawyers.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.-?Mrs. W. M.
Pelton, the aged widow of a once dis
tinguished Georgia congressman, won
her fight against the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad, to compel the re
building of a side track at Feltonia,
a small station on her plantation
near CartersvilLe.
Mrs. Felton, opposed by fifteen
railroad attorneys, acgued her com
plaint before the Georgia railroad
commission and the commission, made
its decision, ordering that the side
track on 'her property bc restored.
Funds for Southern States.
Washington. D. C., Special-The
following is the allotraent of fund?,
appropriated by Congress for the
milii.'a of the several States, as .
announced by the War Department ?
for the South: Alabama. $43.034.61; j
Florida. $19.501.10; Georgia, $50,- I
859.03; North Carolina. $43.946.S5; 1
South Carolina, $35.120.14: tenn es- ?
see. $46.940.85; Virginia, $4(>.?4(>.S5 ; ;
Mississippi, $39.122.37; Kentucky, I
$50,859.0$; Louisiana, $35,210.14; !
Maryland, $31,297.90; Texas, $70.-j
420.27.
Little Girl Saves Drowning Man.
Culver, Ind., Special.-By saving
the life cf F. Thompson, of Atlanta,
Ga., while both were swimming in
Lake Maxinknskee, Isabel Fultler,
aged 12, daughter of E. P. Faller, of
Richmond, Va., became *he heroine
of the cottagers of the summer re
sort.
Thompson is an expert swimmer,
but he was seized with cramps.
The little girl, also an adept, was
near him. When she saw he was
sinking she quickly swam to Mm and
supported him until relief came.
Lone Woma) Beats Fiftten Lawyers.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.-Mrs. W. M.
Felton, the aged widow of a once dis
tinguished Giorgia congressman, won
her fight against thc Louisville and
Nashville Railroad, to compel, the re
building of a side track at Feltonia,
a small station on her plantation
near Cartersville.
Mrs. Felton, opposed by fifteen
railroad attorneys, argued her com
plaint before the Georgia railroad
commission and the commission made
its decision, ordering that the side
track cn her property bo restored.
MYOWN. MY_NATIVE LAND
N. Y. Com. Turns Down Roosevelt
Wait Till September.
New York, Special.- Theodore
Roosevelt matched strength with the
'* old gdard" of the Republican party
in New York State Tuesday and met
decisive defeat. The Republican
State committee, in session here, by
a vote of 20 to 15, refused to recom
mend him for temporary chairman
of the State convention which meets
at Saratoga on September 27. In
stead Vice President James S. Sher
man was selected.
This is Colouel Roosevet's second
defeat at the hands of the "old
guard, " the first having been the
Legislature's refusal to pass the
Cobb direct primary bill, although
Mr. Roosevelt especially endorsed it.
With his set-back Tuesday plans for
harmony within the party in the
State received a severe set-back; and
as soon as Colonel Roosevelt heard
the news he issued a statement in
which 'he enrolled himself as a pro
gressive, so far as the New York
situation goes. The statement fol
lows :
"To the various persons who asked
me whether I would accept the posi
tion of temporary chairman of the
State convention I said that I would
dovso only if they were sure after
knowing my attitude that they desired
me, becanse my speech would be of
such a character that it might help
if the convention nominated the right
kind of a man, on a clear cut, pro
gressive platform ; but that it would
hurt , if neither the right kind of a
man were nominated nor the right
kind of a platform adopted."
Although repudiated Tuesday, it
does not necessarily mean that Col
onel Roosevelt will not be temporary
chairman, after all. The convention
delegates themselves will decide who
is to open the meeting and deliver
the "keynote speech."
In the interval between now and
September 27 it is expected that the
struggle between thc organization
and Roosevelt-Hughes forces will be
carried into every corner of the State
and that the chief issue will be at -
the primaries for the election of
Roosevelt or anti-Roosevelt delegates
to the convention. .
Whether Mr. Sherman.lent his sup
port to the movement which resulted
in.Colonel Roosevelt's defeat has not
been established defiritelv. .
Infantile Paralysis Infective Disease.
Trenton. N. J.. Special-The New
jersey State Board of Health is
greatly alarmed over a spread of in
fantile paralysis throughout New
Jersey and is planning a campaign
to prevent it. According to reports
received, there has been an'alarming
increase in this disease within the
past few years. Physicians declare
that the snread of the disease in New
Jersey is due to the ignorance of par
ents, who believe the malady is non
contagious. In this city alone there
have been 15 deaths from the dis
ease within two, weeks.
Dr. Bruce S. Keater, secretary of
the State Board of Health, who has
been actively conducting a preven
tive campaign since the first "signs of
the spreading of the disease, has. is
sued r statement advising: parents to
isolate children sufferine from this
malady. Dr. Keator said thal; a care
ful study of this disease was being
made in nearly every civilized coun
try, and that most physicians had ar
rived at the conclusion that it is an
infective disease.
Mills Reopening.
Providence, R. I., Special.-Mill "
conditions in the Olneyville section
of this city which a week ago seem
ed so hopeless than many operatives
left the city, shows a great improve
ment. The Riverside Worsted mill
reopened after three weeks of idle
ness and the National Providence
mills have started up a number of
additional looms.
$3,000,000 More For Censui.
The appropriation of $12,000,000
made by Congress to meet the cost of
the thirteenth decennial census will
be too small by about $3,000.000.
Of the $12,000,000 only $5,111,617.18
was balance on hand July 1, and
much of that has since been paid out.
Approximately 5,000 of the 70,000
enumerators employed are yet to be
paid. Congress will be called upon
to supply the deficit.
Where "Yellow Purps" Thrive.
Washington, Special.-In a state
ment issued by the surgeon general .
of the -7>blic lieal?h and marine hos
pital semJe it is shown that during
the last two years a total of 908
treatments of virus for mad dog
bites have been sent to different parts
of the Un'ted S tates. Alabama leads
with 326, North Carolina 2S5 and
South Carolina 122.
Tennesee Negrees Form Party.
Nashville, Tenn., Special.-A meet
ing was held here Wednesday attend-,
ed by about 30 prominent negro lead
ers of the S?3to at which it was de
cided to form an independent negro
party for the assertion of their rights.
The negroes are greatly disgruntled
over what they term the cold-deal re
cently given them by the white repub
lican leaders.
$500,000,000 Freight Increase.
Washiugton, Special.-Increases in
freight rates aggregating, according
to estimates made by the interstate
commerce commission, $500,000,000
annually-in that part of the country
north of the Ohio and Potomac and
cast of thc Mississippi river-were
considered at a hearing Monday in
the custom house at New York.
The formal hearing of the evidence
in thc case, the most important to
the people thc interstate commerce
commission has yet undertaken, will,
be postponed until September 7.