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PUBLISHED THREE GONE WITH TEAM Young Man Hires [Team and Buggy and Leaves TO PARTS UNKNOWN He Was a Guest at the St. John's Hotel in Charleston, Where Ho Seems to Hare Registered Under an Assumed Name for Some Reason. The News and Courier of Satur day says: The police machinery has been set in motion to discover the where abouts of "Ennist Hagwood" a young man who was last seen in this city oh Wednesday morning, when he drove off with a horse and buggy be longing to Mr. John McAllister, the Meeting street liveryman. "Hag wood" registered at the' St. John Hotel 'on Wednesday, June 23, as Ennist Hagwood, but it is now state ed that his right name is Lester Rey nolds, of Ai.la::ta, Ga. The police do not know what to make-of the disappearance of the young man. They received informa tion Friday morning that a light top buggy and a gray borse, driven by a young-man answering the description furnished of Reynolds, had been no ticed passing the Seven-mile last Thursday morning. This is so far the only clue which the police have met with In their hunt for the miss ing man. Reynolds told the night clerk of the St. John Hotel early Wednesday morning that he had hired a borse and buggy from the McAllister livery stables,' and asked that the outfit be called format.8:30 a. m. This was done by the clerk over telephone. Mr. McAllister stating that this pro cedure was agreeable to him. On taking possession of the horse and buggy Reynolds, or Hagwood, as he was then known, drove up Meeting street and stopped at the stables in order to procure a lap robe, at the Bame time jaskjlng Mr. McAllister regarding the roads on the other side of the Now Bridge. lie, then told the liveryman that bjTintended to take a young lady out riding, and did not intend to get r...rback to, the city until late tha*. even 'IfiBfc After the young man had left nie stdbles no more was heard of hrm-r/'and after Manager Fogus and Mr| McAllister had waited all day Thursday it was decided to put the case into the hands of the police department. Reynolds left behind him a email trunk, containing some expensive clothes. Through a traveling man, who, on Thursday morning. Inquired after a gentleman answering Reynold's de scription, Manager Fogus' first dis covered- that Reynolds bad register ed at the hotel under an assumed name. In describing the young man the traveling man stated that he had only three fingers on the right hand. The hotel , man had also no ticed this, and further inquiries con vinced him that "Hagwood" was In reality Lester Reynolds, of Atlanta, (la. According to the traveling man, Reynolds' fether committed suicide about six months ago, and the son had since been subject to fits of me lancholia. That the name of the missing man was Reynolds, and not Hagwood, was further substantiated by Mr. Walter C. Loo?, a sisn painter, of No. 304 King street, who told the police that he was well acquainted with the young man, who had come to see him several times during his stay in the city within the last ten days. Mr. Long was unable to give any in formation regarding his friend. Reynolds while in the city stated that he was an expert telegrapher and sign painter. He came to this city on Wednesday morning. June 16, from Spartanburg. and immediately registered at the St. John Hotel un der the name of Ennist Hagwood. Several letters written by him are at present In the hands of the police. Last Sunday morning Reynolds paid Manager Fogus a part of his hotel bill, and from general appearances did not seem to be in possession of a iarge amount of money. The young man is described as be ing of middle height, light complex ioned and apparently of about 22 years of age. The value of the borse and buggy with which the young man was last seen in this city is estimat ed at about $'_'00. Reynolds was well known with Beveral Pullman con ductors and other railroad men. all of whom speak highly of the young man. and are inclined to believe that he has met with some accident or with foul play. * Makes Actor Insane. At Worthington, Ind., this week. Guy Mercer, an actor starting in "Dr. JokyII and Mr. Hyde," became part in one-night stands for two years and the strain had undermin years and the strain had nndemin ed his reason. After his breakdown he continued to play the part off the stage. * Kxploskm on ^Launch. At Columbia an accident marred the launching of the gasoline launch "Nirvana" Friday afternoon. A match flame caused the explosion of vaporized gasoline and several of the party In the boat were burned. TIMES A WEEK. .DEATH TO RUSSIANS SUICIDES AND EXECUTIONS HELP KEEP PEACE. Russian Professor Tells Why People Seek Death?Special Newspaper For the Czar. Suicides and executions have re duced the population of the Rus sian empire by nearly 1,500 so far j this year. Of this number mo ?:? ihan 330 have been put to death. Of ficials attribute the absence of. dis turbance to the increase in toe num ber of executions and suic'ues, ex ecutions in that they are a warning to those who would violate the law and suicides in that would-be law breakers seeing the bopelessues of their cause end their days before they perpetuate anything that might lead to greater trouble. In the month of March 143 persons lost their lives by order of the court. Dr. Dvoretzky, professor in Kieff university, has discovered a new name for a disease that is prevalent in Russia and affects the ten-year-old in the same manner as it affects the octogenarian. As far as the profes sor knows the disease is confined to Russia and shows itself in a vast majority of cases in the desire of the patient to commit suicide. The avearge number of those who com mit suicide in Russia each year is 350' a month, more than 4,000 a year. All these, Dr. Dvoretzky says, are sufferers from "despair fever.-' He declares its victims, both as re gards their own lot and the fate of. the country in which they live. The Czar has ordored the estab lishment of a special ppper, which shall have a total circulation of one, that paper to be read by the czar himself. There are to be 15 numbers in a year which will contain about 50& pages of about the size and shape of the Grit Story Section. It is to be in manuscript form and will con tain extracts from the reports of all the police prefects of Russia, togeth er with such news from abroad as concerns Russia and especially as concerns the Russian government in its struggle with Nihilism and an archy. As an example of the kind of of fenses for which the press of Russia is amenable to punishment, the case of the editor of the Batoum Novosti is Illuminating. In announcing that the governor of Ku'tais had resign ed, the Novosti omitted to give a list of his titles. For this "crime," which was pronounced an offense against authority, the editor was! fined $L'50 and publication of the I newspaper was suspended for two weeks. This punishment is the least j ! severe of any to which newspaper editors are subjected in the czar's jurisdiction. It is considered of lit- j tie moment to force a newspaper to 1 suspend publication for. Besides J other punishments of newspaper edi tors there were 130 cases in which Pnes were levied against the press for offenses against the government. The total of the fines levied amount ed to nearly thirty thousand dol lars. * , LOANED TO THE STATE. Figurehead on Battleship South Car olina. Representative Aiken has secured a promise from the navy department to loan the figurehead now on the battle ship South Carolina at the League Island navy yard, to the State of South Carolina for an indefinite number of years. It has heretofore been customary for all new ships to have some kind of figurehead, but recently it was found that they served no practical purpose, and they will not hereafter be placed on any new ships. Assistant Secretary Winthrop of the navy, has informed Mr. Aiken that the figurehead on the South Car olina caunot be legally transferred, but will be loaned to South Caroli na to be placd in the State House or some other suitable place. A better place, however, would be on East Battery, at Charleston, where more people would sc; It in :> day than in a year if placed in the State House. Besides, Charleston is soon to be the permanent home of s*?me of the biggest ships: in the iiavy, nnd is the place above all others for (lie South Carolina's figurehead. ' Negro in Her Room. A dispatch from Lancaster to The State says about four o'clock Sunday momiog : young lady there discov ered a negro man in her bed room and promptly screamed, causing him to hastily make bis escape. Neigh bors saw the negro running rapidly from the building. Tom Murray, who lives in the neighborhood, was arrested. He denies the charge, but he answers the description given by the young lady. Hunts for Devil. Because he was frightened while running home late one night. Earl Rockefeller, a small boy. of Flint .Mich., started out the next day with a baseball bat to bunt the "devil." He was found by a policeman and brought home. The "devil," who had frightened him. was his father, who had invented the scheme In the hope the boy would not go out at night as was his custom. * OBASTGEBTJBG. TAFT'S SCHEME To Prevent the Passage of an Income Tax Now. IS AN ARTFUL DODGE That Black aiid White Firemen Must Receive the Same Pay for the Same Work?It Denies the Senior ity of the White Firemen Over the Negro Firemen. The board of arbitration appoint ed to settle the trouble between the Georgia Railroad and its white fire men, which met in Atlanta, Saturday night decided against the seniority of white firemen over negroes. The arbi trators, however, placed a premium on intelligence among firemen, which, it is believed, will ultimatelv result A I in the gradual elimination of all except the most expert negro fire men. The arbitration board was com posed of Hilary Herbert of Alaba ma, representing the Georgia rail road; Congressman Thomas Hard wick of Georgia, representing the firemen, and Chancellor David C. Barrow of the Georgia university as umpire. Their decision was worded gradually and did not in any case deal directly with the race problem. Their most direct reference to the senitoriy was in the words: "We find against proposition C." This proposition read: "AH fire men when hired shall be placed in freight yards or bostling service and senior white firemen shall have pref erence of engines and runs.' The award made the pay of negro firemen equal to that of whites. The negroes have been receiving from about 20 to 50 cents per day less than whites. The award was as follows:v (a) The Georgia railroad, when using negroes as locomotive firemen on the road or in the yards, or as hostlers, or as hostlers' helpers, shall pay them the same wages as white men in similar positions. (Concurr ed in by Messrs. Herbert and Bar row; Mr. Hardwick dissented.) (b) Firemen In the line of pro motion to the position of engineer shall have three years' experience before being promoted to the posit ion of engineer and shall be pro moted in the order of their seniority; provided they are able to pass all reasonable requirements and exami nations. If they refuse or fail to pass the first examination they will be reduced to freight runs without losing their seniority, and the next senior man in trun will be called on pass. Failing on the second ex amination the employe will be reduc ed to the bottom of the extra list or disposed of as the company desires. Firemen now in the service who are physically Incapacitated for service will not be subject to this rule. When ..firemen are promoted to. the position of engineer, they shall be given a certificate of promotion, signed by the engineer. (Concurred In by all three arbitrators.) The decision against proposition C was by Herbert and Barrow, with Hard wick favoring it. (d) This proposition covered only minor points in dispute and was concurred in by all the arbitrators. (e) In assigning vacancies to fire men seniority alone shall not con trol, though it may be considered in connection with the efficiency Mid with the necessity, where it exisn, of giving experience to candidates ii-i-Mi'?:ion to the pos> ion of en gineer." (Concurred in by all ar bitrators.) Mr. Hardwick in a dissenting opin ion from proposition A, fixing ne groes' wage? the same as those of whites, said: "In so far as the above finding j permits the continued employment of negro firemen, I dissent, because.I believe from the evidence that such employment is a menace to the safety of the traveling public. In so far as such finding required that when negroes are so employed, they shall receive wages equal to those paid white men. I concur, believing that such requirement by removing the principal incentive to their employ ment will result in the speedy elimi nation of this cheaper labor and a consequent improvement of the serv ice." The arbitrators reached their decision after about three hours' conference, init it required a long time to draw up the agreement. Arguments in the case were be gun Saturday before the arbitration hoard which is to settle the strike. II. L. Dickson. general counsel for tin- Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men and Knginemen. declared that this is a white man'- country and that the negro is a menace to the safety of the traveling pul>!ic when put in a cab of a locomotive. "The Georgia railroad wants to hire the negro because it can pay him less, can degrade the white man and keep him down to a level of the negro." He closed by an appeal to send the nepro back to the cotton field where he belonged and where he was need ed. He promised no matter what the verdict was that the firemen would accept it without appeal. Maj. CummiagR. general counsel for the Georgia railroad, grew very S. C, TUESDAY, JU^J THE LAW MURDERER WRITES LAST CHAP TER IN WOODILL TRAGEDY. Robert Einmett Eastman, Alias Km mett E. Roberts, Commits Suicide When Capture Seems Certain. A dispatch from St. Michaels, Md., says the last tragic chapter In a story of crime unparalleled in this sec tion of the country was written in the half light of an early summer's I dawn Friday, when the man accused [of the heartless murder of pretty lit j tie May Edith Thompson Woodill? a spectre-like form fleeing in a skiff from a posse of determined, relent less pursuers?stood for a moment facing the men who had cornered him on the waters of a narrow creek, then fired a bullet crashing into his heart and fell a lifeless lump into the bottom of the boat, which he i had hoped would carry him to a landing place where flight might be possible. Taking his fate into his own hands and blotting out untold the story of the death of a girl who had moved in the highest social circles of Balti more, Washington and Los Angeles? a beautiful, talented girl, who had been a protege of Lyman J. Gage and of Former Governor Frank Brown of Maryland?the man known here as Emmett E. Roberts, but who in reality was Robert Emmett East man, a failed broker of the Consoli dated Stock Exchange of New York, passed beyond the reach of the law and with his going there vanished' the hope of clearing up the motives and baffling details of this strange tragedy. A letter found upon Eastman's body, addressed to Miss Vinnie Brad come, care of Klaw & Erlanger, New York, gave .Eastman!?. ill-sus tained "xcuse for the crime. It wns a rambling account of how he had been out in a launch with a party of men and women, all of whom had been drinking to excess wjtb the ex ception of himself and Mrs. Woodill, and how one of the women in a fit of jealous frenzy had attacked Mrs. Woodill with a wine bottle and killed her; how the remainder of the par~v had taken flight, leaving hlra to dis pose of the body and how as a mcam< of escape from all his troubles the writer had decided to end his life. | NEGRO IN LADY'S ROOM. Tried to Prevent Her From Calling For Help. Some excitement prevailed at Ridge Springs on last Friday when it was learned that a well known young lady of that place had awakened dur ing the night to find a negro in her room. The negro placed his hand over her mouth to prevent her cry ing for help, but she succeeded In arousing the family, but the negro escaped. It is not known whether or not the brute was attempting to commit j an assault or robbery, and perhaps thinking the young lady awake had placed his hand over her mouth to prevent her from calling for help. The negro is described as being a j dark, ginger cake boy, about sixteen I years of age, weighing about 121? pounds and was barefooted, carrying a sack containing his shoes, a hat and cap. The officers are on the look out for hira. * DAMAGE SUIT DECIDED. RailrondM Responsible for Overwork ing Mon. The State Supreme Court. Friday affirmed the Circuit Court's decis ion in the case of McCreery vs. the Southern Railway Company, in which a judgment was reudered for $0.f>00. This was a very unusual case. The contention of the plaintiff's attorneys was that L. L. McCreery, who was a flagman on the Southern, had been over-worked and was kill ed while asleep on the track with a flag in his hand. The point in volved was that the man was aliened to have been on duty over-time, and for this reason the road was re sponsible for his death. The suit was for $10.000. and $9..">00 was secured. This case was a very similar one to the well-known ease ol Heid vs. Southern, which was tried in Dorchester a few years I much excited when he referred to the [efforts of the brotherhood national officers to force- the discharge of the negro. With a high pitched voice ' which trembled as he spoke, he said: "The North came into the South on a conquest before, to establish negro eouality or negro supremacy. And I now, these men from IVoria. Chica | go and Neu Haven, on their second [conquest, i-ome down to say that the negro they freed can not even work to make an honest living. They charge that we employ negroes be cause they work for less money than white men. Well, what if we do? I- it n prime to practice economy on a railroad? The proposition we are asked to accept is inhuman. We re fused to accept it at the behest of a mob. We will not accept it unless forced to do so by legislative enactment or. by an order of this court of arbitration." * 2 29, 1P09. NEGRO WINS They Win Out In the Georgia Railroad Strike BOARD FINDS RULES On His Part to Keen the Democrats From Getting the Credit for Put ting Such a Just and Equitable Tax Gathering Measure on the Statute Books. j In his letter from Washington to The State Zach McGee says the cor poration tax, as in the case of the income tax. is now on tho billows sea and it has its ups and its downs. Just now it is 1.1 its up* Following the president's message on the sub ject Senator Aldrich has introduced it and there are those * who act ually think it ib going to pass. Well, there are others, and you may just wait till this session adjourns before you decide to get ready i ? pay your corporation tax. It is believed by the astute here, and hoped for by the Democratic "politicians," that it would be a good thing for the Democratic party and, therefore, for the country, as the Democrats reason, if the Republicans did pats this measure, for it is brim full of injustices all up and down the line. And yet the Democrats are going to vote for it, as it ap pears at this writing. When it comes up on the floor, If it gets in ahead of the income tax amendment, then Senator Uailey will offer the income tax as a substitute for it. Then the vote will be made direct upon the income tax. If, en the other hand, the income tax comes up first, it is believed that Aidtich will otter the corporation tax as a substitute for the income tax. The Democrats will then vote against substituting the corporation tax for the income tax, or in the other case they will vote to substi tute the income tax for the other. It looks now as If there is going to be a vote direct to one form or anoth er upon the income tax. But what? The Democrats-seem now to be deter mined to vote tor-the tax on corpo rations if they can not get the in come tax; and right there is where they are going to fall down, too, if they don't watch out. If they will point out the injustices I in it, vote loud, long and united against it on the ground of these in justices, then they vfjill make an issue for the party which will serve them in good stead in the next elec tion. The question is whether they will have the nerve, and the sense, to do this? It will take some nerve, for the treason that corporations are believed to be unpopular institutions, and not many men in politics are willing to be put into the position of not doing all they can to hit a lick at these unpopular institutions. I: will take sense to see that corporations, are not unpopular. The business af fairs of the country, large and small, are done through corporations, and nearly every man who wishes to do anything worth while in the commer cial world these days, organizes n corporation and does his work through corporation. It does not take a millionaire, as some suppose, to be interested in a corporation. The man who has saved up $">!"'. the country school teacher, Ibe store clerk, and even the mill hand, Invests his little saviugs in a bank, a factory, a joint stock store, or some other j corporation. Now how will this corporation tax affect these? It will tax tbem 2 per cent on every dollar of dividends wheh comes to them: The man who has $100 worth of .'.toek in a sawmill concern which earns as much as $f>.000 and who gets now in dividends 7 per cent, or $7 a year, will In- tax ed 14 itents. And Mr. Andrew Car negie, whose income from the steel trust is $21,000,000 a year how much tax would he pay? Not one cent. Mr. Carnegie's interest in the steel trust is in bonds. Interest on bonds is a "fixed charge." and all "fixed charges" must be paid before "net earnings" are reached. And si. it is with a large number of other plutocrats, while the small stockhold er, will have to pay. Tin- income tax would iax a man according to what he has The corporation tax does not. and there is no justice in it. A corporation, where there are a few stockholders, could escape the tax by simply dividing up tl.Urn ings in salaries. which are ;t|so "fixed charges." The small stock holder, in that case, would escape without having to pay the tax on hi- dividends lor tin- vor\ good and eas> reason thai he would not gel an.? dividends, it all i.ejng used up in salaries. If any i.- left alter the "salaries" are paid. Men the small shareholder would p.-; his dividends, after the tax is deducted. Now this is the beautiful little scheme Mr. Taft his devised for the sole purpose of preventing the pas sage of an income tax which he has been in favor of and which he fully realizes is the juster form of taxing wealth. But. he must get up some thing to keep, the Democrats from getting th<". credit of the income j tax. * TV FOOLISH COUPLE ACNT AND NEPHEW ELOPE AND WANT TO MARRY. The Woman Is Twenty-two Years Old and the Hoy in the Case i?. Only Fourteen. Michael Muzzicota, a 14-year-old hoy, and bis aunt, Fannie Muzzico ta, 22 years old, both of New York, who eloped, intending, the girl says, to marry, were arrested Saturday I at Philadelphia by the police on war rants issued by their parents. The ! girl was taken into custody in a cigar factory, where she was working to [support her intended husband. Mi | ehael was arrested in a house while washing dishes. The boy broke into tears when a detective from New York and a spe cial policeman entered the house and : placed him under arrest as a runa way. He said he wanted to stay With his aunt as she had treated him so good. From the lad the police learned the whereabouts of the aunt, and going to the cigar factory where she was employed, arrested her. The girl was accused in the war rant of kidnapping the boy, and the detectives were greatly astonished when they brought her before Edward Gallagher, captain of detec tives and she informed them that she and her nephew had come to this city to be married. The intended bride said they lived j in a house at 2226 Fifth avenue, New J York, and that they had been sweet hearts for many months. They de cided to elope three months age. Stealing from the house at night, they went to Philadelphia, and since their arrival there she has been sup porting her nephew. Through letters i addressed to a friend the New York police learned of the whereabouts of I the couple and sent the information j and warrants to the police of that city. When informed that they would be sent back home, the girl said she could not bear to face her parents, as she was disgraced. The detectives took the boy to the house of deten tion, where he will be held to await the arrival of his parents. When the boy was asked if he-was poing to marry his aunt he smiled. He said that after he had been going around with her for a long time she had told him that it would be impos sible for her to stay at home any longer. He said he became fright ened and ran away with her. "I've had a good time ever since." ho concluded. * FATAL HEAT WAVE. Many Deaths and Prostrations Caused by It. For the last three days the weath er has been iutcn->ei> hot in this sec tion as well as other sections of the countiy. A dispatch from Washing ton says a warm wave with a wide held, levying a large toil of prostra tion, some fatal, stretched over the whole country Saturday. In Phoenix, Arizona, the temperature climbed to 100 in the weather bureau thermom eters. Washington, Baltimore and Lynchburg, Va., scored the highest honors in this direction in the Kast with 94, official, each. A dispatch from New York says fiercer heal than had broiled that island in any June for many a year Saturday paralized every movement throughout the length and breadth of Gotham. While scores of New Yorkers are being felled by the mer ciless beating of the sun and the choking grasp of a heavy humidity, the whole town is almost on the verge of panic over the unseasonable visitation of midsummer hot waves. Appalled by the early start of the deaf:-dealing weather in 'the tene ment districts, the health officials and dozens of private philanthropic or ganizations are taking emergenry measures to guard the lives of the younger and weaker inmates of the slums. For the babies particularly every effort is being made to tench and help busy mother.? to take pre cautions against the stifling heat. If earh indication.-, count for any thing, New York is promised one of the hottest summers its perspiring people ha1, e ever experienced. * Struck by a Train. Ar Greenville Friday morning Thomas Jamison, a farmer from the Dacusville section of Pickens coun ty driving to mill two mules, was struck by a freight train on the Southern railway and suffered a frac ture of the skull from which he will probably die. One mule was killed and the other injured. Married After Twenty Years. \n elopement planned in their youth, ami broken oft' by 'he girl's parents, separated Alma Lilian fet ters n and Horace W. Crane, ot South Demi, Ind.. for more than 20 years. This week Crane returned home from a long voyage at sea. and thought that she earrie the snake still free, they wer.- married. Snake in Folds of Her Skirt. While walkhiR through her kitch en; Mrs. John Hartzel, of Red Hill., Pa., noticed a snake drop from her skirt. She had been to a cemetery n mile from her home, and it is thought the snake got on her there. rO CENTS PEI? COPY WRECKS SHIPS The Mighty Lake Superior Shews Fury Under a Gale [ WRAPPED IN MYSTERY I Are Many Losses (if Ships and Steam ships?Big Vessels Are as Help less as Smaller and Older CraJte on the Waters of the Greatest of Great Lakes. Lake Superior plays no favorites. Dig modern vessels are as helpiess as older and smaller crafts when great gales lash her waters. As long ago as 1SS2, vessel men declared that ships were getting so large on the Gnat Lakes that their chances of losses or serious disaster were re mote. Hut rhe big and little, ancient I "hookers"' and the finest and larg est of the modern leviathans all look i alike to the cold, beautiful rock ar.d forest brimmed inland sea. j It is slow to anger, but its fury at times is irresistible. The salt wa l ter sailor who makes his first trip j on Lake Superior in calm weather is prone. to. sneer at its dangers, but. i once he has ridden out a northwest ern gale and witnessed and felt the great shouldering seas, which carry the twisting motion of the ocean, b?-: is silenced. Lake Superior is now called the "port of missing meD1' with Whitetish Point as "the grave yard of tfte lakes." The Adella Shores is the latest vic tim of the greatest of the Great Lakes. She vanished from the sur face with a crew of 15 men. That is all that Is.known and perhaps a? that will be known. The other day a paddle bearing' an inscription, "Adella Shores," was washed ashore at Whitetish Point, indicating that the ship and its crew are some dis tance from that point, but further than that the mystery of the dis aster is looked in the icy breast of the mighty lake. A sailor lashed to a plank or to a spar may drift ashore, but no maD expects that the incidents surrounding the foundering of the craft will ever come to light There is something exceedingly tragic in the loss of any ship in any circumstances, but when one goes down with all hands- on board und i not a word comes to land to tell the manner of her vanishing it is ; a knife thrust for the loved ones who j await the news with achitig hearts and the hope that springs eternal, and the public is awed by the sub limity which surrounds: such mourn ful events. Everything is left for the imagination, and one can only guess of the gallant light for lifo, the possible deeds of heroism and J of unavailing sacrifice. The body of a. man was found oh J the shore of Whitflsh bay several Jays ago. Nothing remained where jby It might be identified, but from the location where it was discovered the conclusion is drawn that it Is the body of one of the 2 4 members of the steamer Clemsou, which went dow n a year ago. The I). M. Clemson and the Cyprus, two of the largest and newest boats constructed for Great Lake traffic, were claimed bv Lake Superior during the last two years. Only one man escaped from the Cyprus out of a crew of 25. When the 400, 500 and 600-foot ers were still a dream it was pre dicted that soon lake disasters would b?- a thing of the past, but the great est loss of life that ever occurred on the Inland seas was to the pas senger steamer Algotna, when 70 persons perished. The steamer Mau istee went down in November, 18S;:. The mystery of her loss has nev- <? beer, solved. On the memorable Nov. 27, 1905, the Mat an fa and the Ira II. Owen went down at Dulutb and '?very man on both vessels was lost. Twenty-six years aro the steamor Winnipeg went down after being burned to the water's edge. And so the tab- goes on and hundreds of other incidents might bo recounted dating from the time that the first Anglo-Saxon placed his paddle in tbf mighty inland sea. * Wants New Trial. I Mis- Lena Castanie, of St. Louis. Mo., participated in a Virginia reel, and the United Railway company now wants the verdict for $1 2,000, ol tained bj her against the company, set aside and a new trial granted. Miss Castanie alleged that she was made p. nnanently lame by falling oft* a street car in September. 1907. The motion for a new trial was made when it was learned that Miss Cas tanie had taken part in a dance, claiming that this would have been \ impossible had she been permanently MaiiK. * I_ Kindness Repaid. Because of kindness shown to Har ry Green, an aged civil war pen sioner, 15 years ago, Joseph I.'. Cheesman. of Burlington, N. J., thi9 week, received a bequest of $5,000. Green, who was very deaf, was em ployed as an expert shoe cutter 15 years ago, but because of his deaf ness bad few companions. Cheese man, however, became his friend, and aided the old man in many in.cianc es. *