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NO OICIAL GIFTS DESIRED. Diplomatic Corps Are Advised that Gifts from Heads of Nations Must Be Personal Gifts. Washington, February S.-Mr. Nengelmuller, the Austrian ambassa der here, and acting dean of the dip lematic corps, after a conference with eficials of the Washington govern ment, has advised his government that it is the wish of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt that no official gifts sl .be presented to their daughter tpon the occasion of her marriage V'et week . to Mr. Longworth. Mr. Ngelmuller, in his circular to the diplomatic corps here, has informed the members of that fact, and it can be stated that the other European gov eiments will follow the example of Austria. Whatever presents are sent will b'e in the name of the sovereign. They will be in the nature of a person al expression of good will and not as presents from the governments them selves. OOSTLY SUIT OVER SMALL SUM. Two Judges, a Jury and Eighty-Four Witnesses in the Case. Two judges and a jury have spent four days and a night in Talbot coun tg court, Easton, Maryland, wrest hag with a contest between a white man and a negro over a strip of land worth $2.16. Even when the case is settled it will not determine the own ership of the strip and another suit must be filed. The suit has been twice removed hrom other courts, eighty-four wit messees have been snmmoned, whose expenses will amount to $350; the at terney's fees will not be less than *250 and court costs will amount to at least $300. The tract in dispute is triangular f*rmed by the intersection of two reads near Still Pond, Kent county. Norace Garner, colored, has occupied th te strip in question, which contains aa acre and a half. William H. Rowe bought the adjoining farm from Jr. John Kelley, who had previously seld. the triangular strip to the negro. hlarner put up a fence on what he .eensidered the dividing line. Bowers ripped it down and burned it. Gar m er brought suit for malicious destrue tien of property. The case was re Lmoved first from Chestertown on ac e ount of impartiality, to Queen Anne enty court at Centerville. Then it was transferred here. STEETDUEL IN SAVANNAH. ne -Man Xilled, Many Wounded the Course of-the Bate Bamsanh, February 9.-Political Spartisansof the two rival local fac eons had a pistol fight Friday after nonin front of the City Exehange SBabe"'Dyer was killed, Frank Na gle, a bystander, was shot through the eye -and is in a eritical condition; Pat Kearney, a policeman, off duty at the time, was shot through the neck, and C. H. or "Sap" Dyers was shot twice Sthrough the legs. -"Snatcher'' Dyer and Thomas Hew Sitt, a private detective are under ar 'rest. Besides those under arrest or wounded-, those who participated in the shooting were Harbor Master Jas. McBride, his son, Tim McBride, who is a clerk in his father's office; Plumb iug Inspector Richard McKenna and James Lane, keeper of the police sta bles. It is not known definitely who fired the shots by which the killed and wounded were struck. The shooting was general and about forty shots were fired, The battle started when the three SDyers attacked McKenna, one felling him with a .billy. The others came to the assistance of McKenna. There had been a fight earlier in the day in.the court house, when McKen na beat "Babe'' Dyer with. a billy. This had followed a fight in the~ court house on Wednesday last when two of the Dyer brothers fought Police Patrol Driver Monroe. Half a dozen pistols were then drawn but no blood was shed. McKenna at a late hour tonight was reported to be in a precarious condi tion. A report from the hospital stated that Kearney is..suffering from paral ysis as. a result ofli& waand. The comdiin of Nagel .aiso is re ported worse than was first snrmuseA. Tonight the coroner's jury return ed a verdict that "Babe" Dyer came to his death at the hands of parties to the jury unknown. Sap Dyer and Snatcher Dyer swore out warants against James McBride, Tim McBride, James Lane and Pat Kearney, all of whom were arrested, charging them with murder. Upon the verdict of the coroner's jury being announced, they were released. A SENSATION PROMISED. A Letter Which Capt. J. R. Fant Wrote to Senator Tillman About the Dispensary rour Years Ago. Columbia, February 9.-Mr. Lyon Friday night put in evidence a letter from Captain J. R. Fant, chief consta ble, to Senator Tillman. This letter was referred to in Captain Fant's testimony in the senate chamber in August, when he had said that he had reported in December, 1901, to Sena tor Tillman that there was corruption in the enforcement of the dispensary law, and that Senator Tillman had. taken no notice of his letter. This letter has been sent to the committee from Edgefield with re quest for publication. Mr. Lyon would not- give it out tonight as Mr. Bellinger was not present at the time, and Mr. Gunter's name was mention ed. The letter is "hot reading," and. shows that Senator Tillman, so far back as four years ago, had had re ported to him the alleged misdoings of the dispensary. A New National Spirit in the Great Eastern Empire. Berlin.-In an inttrview on Thurs day with a correspondent regarding reports that the United States are pre paring for armed interference in China, Lieut. Gen. Yen Tehang, Chi nese minister here, said: ''Anti-for-* eign outbreaks in China are an evi dence of the awakening of a new na tional spirit. China will no longer tolerate foreign aggressions and will' not allow Chinese abroad to be treat ed as an inferior race. ''At the same time I do not believe* that American preparation is really directed against China, but is meant to serve some other purpose. I think: the repitition of united action on the: part of the powers against China is impossible, in consequence of the po litical. situation. No power is likely to risk the danger of single-handed ae tion. Moreover, China is now in posi tion, to place in the field a .modern army of.200,000 men, and this num ber is steadily increasing. China willt now,.at least try to stand up for her rights.' Comments on the Graft Institution by A North Carolina Paper. Raleigh (N. C.) Evening Times. Unless the unexpected happens in the senate, the South Carolina legis lature will wipe out that abominable dispensary system before the present session has been concluded, which is, a proceeding of more than passing interest to other states so desirous of* finding the best solution of the liquor. problem. The solution is not the dis pensary--as a state institution at least-and its repudiation in the home of its birth is more than sufficient proof. that it does iot work for tem perance or sobriety. It is merely a money -making scheme after all, the feeling being general that the grafters and not the , tax-payers reaped the profits. The plan of the bill to abolish the system provides for general prohi bition. although when one-third of the voters in any county sign a peti tion an election may be held to deter mine whether or not local dispensaries may be opened. The main thing to re member, however, is that the state is preparing to reform. It will get out of the liquor business and it will ad mit officially that the law which has brought bloodshed and riot and bitter ness instead of good feeling and less drinking was a farce from its incep tion. South Carolina has struggled with a handful of men who had per sonal and political reasons for de manding that it be retained. But a wonderful change of sentiment has come over the people. South Carolina has struggled with the law for 12 years without persuading other states to copy the plan and none are likely o adopt it, now that it has proved a sgnal failure in every way. The e~. feat uf ile dispensary does not neces satily mean that the saloons will re turn, but it does mean that a proud old state will be rid of the shame which has stung it. bitterlIv and which has degraded the people and elimina ted decency for corription. Some of the Disclosures Made in the Report of the Special Commit tee of Investigation. New York. Febr-uary S.---The spe cial committee appointed by the trus tees of the New York Life Insurance company to investigate the -afairs of the company today made a partial re port of its labors to the directors. This report deals only with the relations of Andrew Hamilton, the legislative agent, with the company and is a se vere arraignment of his methods. John A. McCall, late president of the New York Life, also comes in for a share of the committee's criticism. He is blamed for his methods in con nection with "the bureau of tax~ation and legislation" during the last ten years. and for allowing Hamilton to pay out vast sums without a proper accounting. Special attention is call ed to remittances of $10,000 to Mr. McCall in London. and $134,500 to Hamilton in Paris in 1900. The pur poses of these remittances, the com mittee says, it has been unable to as certain, and recommends that proceed ings be instituted against Hamilton and McCall for an accounting or re payment. The committee says an an nual average sum of $61,000 was paid to Hamilton from 1896 to 1905. The committee adds that applica tion has been made to Mr. McCall for information reg,a rding the tIransac tions, but that it is informed by Mr. MeCall's family that his physical and nervous condition is such that the sub ject cannot be taken up at present. As to Mr. Hamilton 's health, which has been represented as being bad, the committee says it has been informed that he was physically able to travel, and has exerted every effort to induce lim to return to make a full disclos re of his payments, disbursements and transactions, but without success. The committee also holds both Mc Call and Hamilton responsible for 75,000 advanced to Hamilton to pay the state tax, andl which the commit tee declares was used by Hamilton for is own purplioses. The committee is advised that both are liable for this sum. The committee maintains also that it is a matter for legal adjudica tion as to whether George W. Perkins of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., is not liable for the payment.of Hamil ton's notes for $59,310. Mr. Perkins paid this account, the committee lolds, out of the New York Life In surance company's share of.profits in a United States Steel. Corporation syndicate. The committee,holds also that the payment of these notes by the company wa.s unwarranted. It is only just to Mr. Pei-kins to say the report adds, that he acted in the mat ter in entire good faith, that he deriy ed no benefit from the transaction,. and that his liability, if any, is a tech nica.l one. The committee recommends that the law department of the company insti tute appropriate legal proceedings to cary into effect the findings and eon-* lusions of this report. The report is signed by T. P. Fow ler. Norman B. Ream, Hiram B. Steele. Augustus G. Paine, Clarence H. Mackey, and was unanimously adopted. A Gentle Hint. General Wistar was, for a number years, the p)resident of the Pennsylva iia Academy of Natural Sciences. The Christian Endeavor World tells one of his stories. At one of the acade my's meetings a rather odd and origi nal method of reaching the north pole was suggested. 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