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NEGRO LYNCHED. MOB OF 1,00h KILL TWO COLOR El) 111':. Criminal Assailants and Fellow Pris oners Seized by Crowd While on Way to Jesup. Ga. Just at sundown Saturday after noon two negroes were lyuched by a mob of at least 1.4) persons. The lynching occurred on the eastern out skirts of Waycross. Ga .The negroes were Walter Walkins and Albert 'Baker. who were brought there that morning from Wayne county, one of them charged with outraging the 14-year-eld daughter of Mr. Wiley W\ainwright Thursday evening. The regroes were lodged in the Ware county jail during the day and late Saturday afternoon were taken out by Wayne county officers for the purpose of carrying them to Jesup for safe keeping. Suddenly a rush was made and a dozen hands clasp ed each officer and his gun. The ne groes were jerked across the rail road track and 100 persons pounced upon them, others still holding the guards. Through the wire fence of the railroad the mob shoved the ne groes and then started at a run across College Hill. For nearly half a mile they continued to the first l oak tree in the old Cherokee nursery. Here an attempt was made to break the handcuffs which held the negroes together, but without avail. No one had a rope but a heavy trace chain which was locked around one of the negroes was broken apart and a loot was soon iade around his neck. Some one mounted the tree and from the first limb caught the end of the chain, tying it around the limb, while others held the alleged assailant up from the ground. He was then turn ed loose. his feet about two feet from the ground. The other negro. still handcuffed to the body of the hang ing man, stood with hands clasped around the tree. The mob stepping back about 10 paces opened fire upon the men, hundreds of shots be ing fired into the bodies. Many tried to prevent the killing of the negro who was clasping the tree, there be ing much doubt about his connec tion with the outrage. Nothing could be done with t he enraged mob. After lynching the mob dis persod. The outrage occurred near the --home of Wiley Wainwright Thurs day evening. The girl had left the house for the cow pen when she was attacked by the negro. She was taken to the woods nearby, her screams failing to attrack any one of ' the house. Here it is said two oth er negroes joined the first. It was 11 o'clock at night before Mr. Wainwright. accompanied by neighbors. found her. She was ter ribly bruised and mutilated. The negro Albert Baker was arrested Friday morning and carried before the girl for identification. He was with several other negroes at the - time ind she readily p.ointed him out. GOVERNOR GRANTS PARDON. Sentence Against Lexington Man Suspende'd. Governor Ansel granted a condi tional pardon to M. L. Fox, convict ed in Lexington County Court of gamblinw, and given a sentence of , 60 days' or $75 fine. The petition was based on the fact that Fox was needed at home by hiswife and fani ily, and was signed by Solicitor Tim merman and many prominent citi zens of New Brookland, where Fox lives. The Governor granted the par don on condition that if Fox is ever convicted he will serve this senten ce. * SON WOUNDS FATHER. Fathers Dies as Result of Injuries Inflicted by Son. A special dispatch from Pickens to The State says Ben Masters, who was attacked by his son. Di~e Mas ters, at the home of Mrs. Roper, near Pumpkintown. on Sunday last, died at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning as the result of the injury received in the fight. Dice Masters has surrendered to the sheriff. It seems that the two men, father and son, became en gaged in a quarrel over some ferti lizer, whereupon the son struck his father over the head with a fence fail. EXCURSIONISTS IN FIGHT. One Man Dead and Another Mortally Wounded. As the result of a row on an excursion train returning from Fer nandina Tuesday night, Howard Jack son, a young negro is dea dand John Johnson, another negro, lies in the Augusta county hospital mortally wounded. The negro who did the shoting es caped from the train before it reach ed the city. There were seven hun dred and fifty negroes on the train and the shooting caused a panic, many being bruised in their efforts t~o leave the car in which the trouble occurred. Arrested on Charge of Murder. John Lewis ad Emma Lewis o marrested Wednesday anid 'u;ght to this city for the murder * i:.. Solomon Jlames. Colored who ". - ad di'ad on the track of the -Ralwa last Sunday morn ing w 8 tiltton, and near the home of th' *wises. The negro is thought '' been killed by an axe, there -. spots about their house, so it. is :tated, that seem to' be very much like blood spots al though this can not be stated posi tively Jealous3' Led to Murder. In a fit of jealousy Charles Roth well wounded his wife. probably fa tally, and killed himself at Hunting don, W. V--. What a levely world this is to a girl the first imue she falls inlove. Don't bend the knee unless you bow your heart. A girl who expects love to comeL after marriage places the cart before1 TALLY-HO TURNE) OVER. I hree Sight-Seeing Club Women Hurt on Com'ention's Outing. { fhe two thousand club womni 4 -lO Went to Newpirt. R. I., from Joston Friday for an out jug went rck greatly saddened as a result of mn accident which caused serious in- u iqy to three of their number. 31an;: o sitors, who were delegates to the '"nnial Convention of the General U e'rieration of Women's Clubs. in b 3'.ston. had been enjoying carriage o 1 ives about the city, and it was the ti (icupants of a tally-ho coach hound L Easton's Beach. who met disas- r' When the coach had reached t r. middle of a steep hill on Bath d ..ad one of its forward axles sud-t my broke and almost instantly the c vehicle collapsed. Netrly all of the e omen were caught beneath the coach. which turned completely over. Private automobiles carried the in jured to the Newport Hospital. u Most of those taken to the hospi tai were able to leave the institution after they had been treated for bruis- It es and other minor injuries, and I only thrte remain. 'these are: Mrs. a Henry Winn. Malden, Mass. suffer- e ing from a fracture of the skull: .\l rs. Bennet. of Davenport, - East Watertown, Mass, collar bone and :hree ribs fractured: Mrs. Sundeam, incoln. Neb. ankle dislocated and suffering also from bruises and cuts C about the head. The condition of t rs. Wiun is regarded as very criti :. It was thought that although l badly injured. Mrs. Davenport and ' r1s. Sundean will recover. * OLD NOTE CAUSED ANXIETY. t w\ife of Merchant Discovers Note In tended for His Clerk. An incident containing many varie ties of emotion occurred at Rock Hill Thursday. Happily all ended t well. Seeral physicians were called to the bedside of a lady living in the western suburbs who was in dire condition, weak from hysterical emo- I tion because her husband had left town without saying anything to her about it. Nor did he return during, the night and by morning the good lady was prostrated. Thereby hangs a tale. The good wife knowing this had seemingly good reasons for the collapse. It seems that she and her hus.band, who runs a store in one of the mill districts, had some time in the past discussed the action of some man who finding his business in bad shape had become desperate and com mitted suicide. To one friend the merchant had said that should he ever find himself in such shape he would not think of comntiting suici de but would simple pick up and: cut 'out for parts unknown. When he failed to come home and was not found at his store his wife imme diately thought of that conversation and was sure that her husband had got into business difficulties and had deserted her. This belief was brought to a climax when a note was found in th esafe saying that he had left town and didn't know he would be back. In the midst of a terrible! morning for the prostrated wife the train from Yorkville came in and on it the missing husband, who had, suddenly jumped the train yesterday and run over to a neighboring town on some business. The note found was one he had written to his clerk last fail some time when he was starting to the Jamestown exposition, and it had lain un-noticed in the safe until this most in-opportune time before being ~,found. It is uin-I necessary to say that more care willI be expected in the future. * FLIES INDICTED. The Charge is That They Spread Disease Germs. Uncle Sam has started to take a fly census to learn how much the pesky little buzzers- have to do with the spread or disease germs. The enumeration Is being mad~e by scien tinic bands of Agricultural depart ment entomologists. So far the cen sus has. been inauguarted in Wash ington. D. C.. and Pittsburg. Dr. L. J. Howard. chief entomoligist of the department. is in charge of the fly paper corps. He takes the census by posting sheets of sticky flypaper in public places, such as meat stalls., stores and daires. Every 48 hours the sheets are col lected and the flies counted. Being able to ascertain how long the flies have been dead. it is easy for the scientists to determine the periods during which they have been mo'st prolific in their particular localities. The abundance of flies in certain localities forms the basis of compari son with statistics furnished by the Health department on theprevalence of typhoid fever in those localities.. The experts hope soon to have, data showing the responsibility of the house fly for this dreaded summer disease. The g 'atest number of flies "enumerated"~ in any one period is 2.600. at the United States arsenal. the engineer post of the army. on the Potomac river, and near a big sewer. * MARKiING TDIE ON VENEZUELA. United States Government Simply Awaiting Course of E'vents. A dispatch from Washington. says: The State department is marking time on Venezula. Events that have occurred have produced a situation that promises little change for some [ time and this Government is await ing the course of events. The gun boat Marietta will leave Cuaca for Guantanamlo with .\1Mr. Sleeper. sec retary of the American legation at q Caracas, and Lieut. Francis A. Rug- a ge. military attache, as passengers. Ii Senor Veloz-Gciticoa. the Venezue- b lan charge at Washington. remains n in that city, but will take up his resi- !a dence in the suburbs where he will o continue to be in close,touch with b the State department if necessary. si Nothing had been earned at the Venezuelan legation concerning the n event in Caracas. so that no new light couh he shesi uponl tihe diplo- it matic tangle involving the two coun- e tries. IfE Sgme interest was attached to the le act of the ordering the Marietta 1 From Curacoa to Guianitanamo. No rm nstrutions were given for the re-|sm :urn of the vessel to Venezuela. The eason given was that there was nof urther use of the gunboat to ploy etween Porte Cabello and WilleW C: EXILES L OF THE s CZAR The Niusky post station stands pon a small barren stretch of lano a the banks of the river Lena. ThE " ver just there is narrow, swift aid loomy. Miserable huts cling to the tre rocks as if terrified at the tur wlent stream. The rocks npon the >posite side rise straignt out o. ie water, and here, if anywhere. the ena deserves its name of "accurrac sine." The fogs hang for long i= is ravine; it is niled with a chill< U aiupness, and a gray, mournful l viiight reigns there almost un angingly. The inhabitants of th' iusky post station are noticeable en among the other dwellers or I ie banks of the Lena, for their pale nd meager appearance. their lan or, their state of hopeless a athy. I had arrived at the station or. te preceedLing night, exhau ted and aif frozen. Next morning when ! woke it seemed to be still quitz arly. Lying in my bed I could see. rough a chink in the partitimi to the room on the other side 'here was a table with a lamp -ipon and at the table was sitting at Id man. He had rather a handsome ace, but its color was of a disagree ble pallor and unhealthiness, and is eyes seemed very dim. Near the old man sat a little 1 4 f some eight years of age. I was mly able to see his bowed heal. ith its downy flaxen hair. The old an was peering through his glasses :ith his dull eyes, and was ointins o the lines of a book lying upon the able. The boy with strained attea ion was spelling out te words, let er by letter. Whex he stumbled he old mian set him right with gen le patience. "i-n in, g-a-l-e gale." The boy stopped short. The un nown word was evidently too much or him. The old man came to his ielp. "Night-in-gale"--he read. "Night-in-gale" - carefully re ieated the pupil, and lifting doubt l eyes to his teacher's face, he in Lulred: "Night-in-gale-what is that?" A bird"-replied the old man. "A bird" * * * and the less a continued: "The n ght-in-gale s-a-t sat o-n on, he c-h, the c-h-e-r, on the cher-ry ree " "What's that?" again inquired 'he even passive voice of the child. "On the cherry tree. It's a tree he bird was sitting on the tree." "Sitting? What for? Was he & gig bird?'' "A tiny one. He sings well." "Sings well?" * * * The boy ceased to read and be tame thoughtful. It was very silent r, the hut; only the ticking of the endulumi was ,heard. Outside the aindow the mist was drifting by Is ~louds. What a pitiful childhoAd-i ~hought involuntarily at the sound of :he monotonous childish voice without the song of the nightingale. without the budding spring! Noth ngl but water, and stone to block out the sight of God's free world. Fou birds-perhaps a solitary raven; foi trees-the barren larch, or a rare The boy read another sentence in the same dull uncomprehendini one, then suddenly stopped: "But, grandfather," he asked, isn'I ts time yet? Look at the clock." In iiis voice was now a living, ain agi ated note, and his eyes brightened srtil they shone in the lamplight. as he gazed eagerly into his grand tather's face. The old man looked at the clock. "Dress quietly," he whispered. The boy applied himself to his dressing in eager haste, and soon both figures-granldfather and grandchild-Passed out through the iusk of the room. I arose in my turn, ,nd resolveo to dicover what had.='called them from the hut .into the cold and foss without. I had slept in my clothea and it did not take me long to pui n my' boots and overcoat and tcj leave the hut. I had not far to go. Both the oil fan and the cfhld were standing ou the step, their hauda buried in tueir ieeves. They were evidently await og something. The surroundings seemed to me now even more forbidding than they nad appeared from the window. The ists clinging to the crevices of the mountains were now only long fleecy ribbons, but below everything 'van till buried in the dark wet fog. The 2old morninlg wind, driving ,ue re-I uains of the night fog hefore it, olded the shivering watchers an -he teps for an instant in its icy eli brace. then angrily hurried on fu r hen. Everything looked dismal and dejected. "What are you waiting for?" fl asked the old man. "Why, you see, my little grand child wants to see the sun," he cn swered. At that moment the child '>egan to dget impatiently and to pluck at his grandfather's sleeve. His eyes were wide open, and his face wore n eager, animatted expression. II Involuntarily looked in the direc tion on which his gaze was axed, on he summit of the cliff at our side siag at the bend of the Lena. NINE W~HALES ASHORE. iht House Kecepers Are Cuttin'g Them U'p. Th. light h:ouse keep'n s at Mr's uto Iniet, on the 'rlorida coast hr~ve iised the Charleston offiee of the ht house district of nine whales ing ashore at Mosquito Tulet. The amonals are being cut up by the ht house men and others for the I and bones, which aire quite valua e, and the pr1izes should yield a 2 ist Utat l u . During the past year' or two a ,lbe of whales have been'l seen og the coast of this sec'tion,. and has not beenu so mainy months ago ue a monster whale of sho'ut 'in et got within the .ines c.f Cht' ono rndl cavorted abouit qut li for a day or too before~ th. snam al again found the channelI and fly-got out. Bastful Negro Under Arre" st. A negro under arrest in F"nsas Ii ty boasts that he has robbed mocre k an 1,000 people. .: i Up till now this spot had looked ke a great dark jaw, and clouds of fist were still crawling out of it. uddenly, high above them, the harp-pinted summit of the stone :ck seemed to tnsh, and the top of pine tree and a few lar' hes sprang y into soft rosy light. From some here behind the mountain on the rposite side of the river the warm tys of the still invisible sun had :udied the stony heights, revealing -.s the littie groups of trees grow .g in thvir clefts. High above tne Did blue s ado.s of our gorge they tuod. i:vering a'nd blushing in the i '. rae ia t, iuviig euibraces of :e tir::t rays of the morning. And then. suddenly, with a faint :enmor, another peak, which had t.ll ow been hidden in the blue back round of the mountains, stood rth, and tou its place in the illu mated group. Now, more and .vre hituerto undistinguishable hales arose in the light, and as .ey Loldly crowced fornard tae dark to:t.in slopes in the background eue to r..ecee stdli further, seem ci still mitier, still more shadowy The boy again plucked at his ;rant!:'tncr's sleeve. His face was t asrigur"d. His eyes sparkled, his ips it.e, and it seemed as if on.e :,riht rosy hue were reflected ' teloc'w-wihiteuess of his cheeks Un the opposite side of the .iver a aenti al-u come to pass. The m. jut I stiil hid the risen sun from a s;:t. but the heavens above eu v. " bright, and the dips in lines or the mountain chain. were . 1,.i clearly defined. In 'he .e: sioS lnfing us peaks of milk .ite i:;,t teere descenJing as if ee.iig -omne resting place darker ad .cau p:i. * ' * But above, the . - e now ablaze with bril i.ut oldi. etmi. the rows or larcuei .a ti: ,..itn summits formsed rear-e d-.,c t silhouettes against re.is::i ha iagroand. Beh:n them one felt there was vole living. mon?ng joyousness :rough the clips in the mountain hain a fleecy eloudlet of fire came hating, to disappear behind the : igiiuoring suniuit. It was follow by another, a third, a long shin g h t. The mountains were .re ,:ing, were alive with' a passionatE .uita tion. The living radiance crept lowel ,:d lower down into the gorge -:rely the sun was mounting the .ering summits that he mi,hl ,ti..ce c.own into our gloomy ravine .uat he might beam upon the su o "er, upAn the miLerable nuts, up the hid man, and the little chile taithig his coming! And ow be appears! Long goldei 4vs tzreai in giorious disordei o:. Iefl;d the dip in the mountain )e, and pierce their way througi ::e back depths of the forest. Band: i tiery sparks are strewn about the .ark b. ows of tne ravine, redeemini ,ow a solitary tree, now a slaty crag i.,w a tender grasy slope. tror the .iighting clutches of the icy tog .ery tiing stirs and breathes a leir approath. And for a few moments ev:.n th, morose river smiles brightly. Thi erests of the waves running towar'4 ur bank glisten in the ligilt. Sun beams play upon the squalid huta sparkle gleefully in the windows, an< tenderly kiss the pale, exalted fact f the little child. And now, from behind the dip ii the mountain chain a part o; the sun's fier'y circle emerges, r nd ou bide of the bank is also gladdened it glows alnd flashes in delighted agi ation. Thme sun beams upon h< different bright-hued layers of tno a:ouacainls, upon the busby greel pine trees. But the warm caresses5 of the -norn ing were not to be -ours for long., few more seconds and the l..otton of the ravine had become cold an4 blue again. The light died away up on the river, and the waters agail rushe1 savagely forward, seethina -mnd oaming in their narro.w bed. Twilight reigned again in the ra ine. "Thiat's all," murmured the boy And a moment later, lifting sorrow 'tl eyes to the old man's face, h taid inquiringly: "Will there be any more?" "Nothing raore," answered the olt ca-"You saw for yourself. Ont: little edge of the sunl appeared. To orrow L.othinug will be seen." "And that will be for months!' The old man told me that in sunmme: the sun circles for a time each da: jst above their mountain peaks bt irl the autumb he does not rist -c high, and is not seen above the broad chain. At first he passe; from sunmmit to summit, but late: p~s passage :.s lower in the heavens and he is lot to sight behing thi mountains. At last his rays~~reacd the lowest depths of the ravine onlj ir a few, seconds. So it had beei m-day. The sun nad taken leave of thi Niusky station for the whole winter The drivers would. of course. mee him on their travels, but the ok people and the children would wal for him till the spring, or rather thE uimer.-Translated from the Ras san of Vladimir K~orolenko by Mrs Davd Soskice for Temple Bar. Wonderful D~ol Collection. Prncess Clementine of Belgium roungest daughter of Leopold, is redited with having the most won erful collection of dolls in tL4 world. Among them are speciment rom Baby.lon, bone dolls fron areenland, a wooden one from Peru t paper doll from IndIa, Greek dollh with wardrobes, even dolls' houses ith furniture and dishes in them Ni URIDERER HANGED. !ar'y E. Lyle Pa;id Death Penalty fo Murder of His Wife. 1 arr'y E. Lyle Tuesday paid th 'nlty of his life at Waycross, Ga. or the murder of' his w'tife and chil< muuary 30. 190j7. The drop fell a 2.2') p. mn. and 2~> minutes late neC physicians pronounced him dead The' execution wans carried througi vit hout. o ihitch. Lyle himself assist ig the sheriff in the preparationlt 't l'w minutes hefore noon Lyle wa, .ronght from his cell. His step we 'imad he assisted in the adjus: newi or the noose. He made a shor ";yvr asking t ha his enemies miighm 't foriven. ''u 1is niek was broke; m he diedu without any struggles. Bryan ('haoses Glenn. "ov ernor Glnn, of North Caro ia has beon selected to make the irst seconding speech for Mr. Bryn; n the Denver Convention." was tateent made by Wrlliam J1. Bryal t. 1Tiv.w Nrah. Tu sda yl night. SilIIW -c". Cli IN 3.1). Steamer Outward Bound fron Savan- P nah Driven Ashore. dispatch from Savannah, Ga., says the British steamer luttuui- (V wood. Capt. V. B. 3oag, went ashore d Friday afternon outward bound for t Liverpool with a miscellaneous cargo ei valued at $346,S97. al The vessel was approaching the quarantine station when a treir end- I ous storm burst. upon her. Tug and vessel were caught by the full ti force of the wind., and the lint on- .J wood was stuck hard fast in the ti mud. She lay broadside to the il stream and all efforts to dislodge F her proved futile. Tugs kept busily ti at work. however, and the Hutton- l, wood was floated that afternoon at ; high tide by the tugs Cynthia and n McCauley. It was not necessary to a lighten any of her cargo. She pro- a ceeded to sea. THREE CHILDREN vEMAT. v Fire Destroys Home of Cleveland t s Manu and Sonic of its Inmates. Three children were burned to death at Cleveland Friday night, when r lire destroyed the house of Wi. Kli macks. The dead: Arthur Klimacks, aged 8; Walter -Klimacks, aged 15; Ida Klimacks. aged 18. Injured: Wm. Klimacks. father; hands, T face and back bruised, condition cri tical. Mrs. Annie C. Klimacks, mother. badly bruised. Mrs. Ehrman, injured by jumping. The fire started in the upper por tion of the house from an unknown cause. The children were smother 'ed by smoke. The father made a desperate effort to rescue, but failed to get at his children. * t ERIE TRAIN DERAILED. Engine Goes Down Embankment, Killing the Engineer. One trainman was killed, one pro bably fatally hurt and six passengers injured Friday night, when Erie train No. 19, Pittsburg to Cleveland. left the rails west of Garrettsville, Ohio, at 7.48 o'clock. The dead: Charles Simons, engineer. Probably fatally injured: George E. Key. fireman. The engine jumped the track where it runs on an embankment of 25 feet. It rolled down the incline. crushing the engineer and fireman. All the coaches were derailed, but did not follow the engine over the embankment. A wrecking train has gone to the scene. Attention Democrats. An Act making Certain Offences in Primary Elections Misdemeanors. and Prescribing Penalties There fore. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of South Carolina: At or before every political primary election held by any political party. organization or association, for the purpose of choosing candidates for olice, or the election of delegates to conventions in this State, any person who shall, by threats or any other form of intimidation, or by the pay ment, delivery or promise of money, or other article of value, procure or offer, promise or endeavor to procnre, another to vote for or against any particular candidate in such election, 1or who shall, for such consideration. offer to so vote, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 2. Every candidate offering for election, under the provisions of Section 1, shall make the following pledge and file the same with the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County in which he is a can didate. unless he should be a candi date in more than one County. in which ease he shall file same with the Secretary of State, before he shall enter upon his campaign. to wit: I, the undersigned of the County of and State of South Carolina, candidate for the office of , here by pledge that I will not give nor -spend money, or use intoxicating iquors for the purpose of obtaining or influencing votes. and that I shall, at the conclusion of the campaign and before the primary election. render to the Clerk of Court or (Secretary of State as hereinbefore provided), under oath, an itemized statement of all moneys spent or provided by me during the campaign for campaign purposes up to that time, and I further pledge that I will, immediately after the primary election or elections that I am a candidate in, render an itemized statement. under oath, showing all further moneys spent :or provided by me in said election: Provided, That a failure to coniply with this poiinshall render such election null and void, in so far as the can date who fails to file the statement herein required, but shall not affect the validity of the election of any candidate complying with this Scc tion: Anid provided further, That such itemized statement and pledge shall he open to public inspection at all times. Sec. 3. That any violation of the provisions of this Act shall be a mis demeanor; and any person, upon con viction thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500, or he imprisoned at hard labor for not, less than one month nor more than six months, or both fine and imn p risonent, in the discretion of the Stabs Negro With File. There was a little disturbance Wed iesday morning in Rowesville when a ight occurred between a negro and an Italian. James Bankie. The cause of the trouble is not known 1ut Bankie proceeded to stab the negro in several places with a file rtat he picked up) in the mill. Bloth were employed by the Blake Lum ber Co. Several very severe wounds were inflicted in the body. of the ne gro by the sharp point of the file. and his injuries may be serious. Bridegroomi's Fatal Fall. On Wednesday. June 1 7. Dr. 13. J. Smith. of Waycross. Ga.. was niar red to Miss Mary Eliza Carswell. at tte bide's home in Hephzibahi. One ve later the groom. twice marnel1. wa at work on a well curbing wvith hi son. He slippea, missed hie Moti in- inand fell. a distance of fifty feet. to the rock hottom helow. Death re sulted instantly. He was a prommi et citizen of his native city, and the bride was one of the most popular youn- adie her community. *1 EX-flANK C'4LRK ARRESTED. ttsburg Man Said to Have Taken $51,000 of Bank's Money. T. W. Tiers. former discount clerk the First National Bank of Pitts irg. Pa.. was arrested late Thurs iV on an afli.davite made l.iy Na onal Bank Examiner Wm. L. Folds arging him with the abstraction of )out $51,000 of the bank's funds. Tiers furnished bail in the sum of (1.000 for appearing. All the money was taken from ie bank form February S. 1906. to uly 6. 1906. Shortly after that me the bank officials learned of the 'regularities and dismissed Tiers. e made partial restitution and rned over to the bank certain col eral upon which it is stated the in itotion hoped to realize. Nothing, as said of the matter at the time nid the bank charged off the short ge from the surplus. Recently, however, the many onk defalcations occurring in this icinity resulted in an order being re Dived from Washington, it is said. prosecute all such cases, and re uted in the information against iers. Since leiaving tne employ of the ank Tiers has bee nengaged in the eal estate business. Most Destructive Enemy. ft is estimated that the rat does 50.000.)00 worth of damage a ear in England, and the figures re rnch greater for this country. n fact, the rat may be classed as he farmer's most destructive enemy. n a slaughter-house near Paris, rats n a single night picked to the bone he carcasses of thirty-five horses. here is very little they will not eat. ggs, young birds and animals are .mong the dainties which they snap Lp in the ordinary course of busi tess. But when pressed by hunger hey will eat anything through which hey can drive their terrible teeth. at will eat rat. The idea that a rapped rat will bite off an Imprison d leg and so escape is now said o be wrong. It is the other ratE which do the biting; they eat the aptive. As we now have no Pied ?iper of Hamlin to charm the rat Lway, as in the old nursery story t behooves every farmer to find of .nvent means to get -id of these es .,_,ve pests. A Toast to the Team at the Foot. 'A toast to the team that wins!" Well. this is the world'squeer way or the victor a toast-for the van inuished a roast 'Tis the order of things. you say For the lucky few there are paean of praise; For the other there's hell to pay. "A toast to the team at the foot!" Well it does sound a bit out o place But in pledging your toast-wh needs-it the most The first or the last in the race? Drink how you will-but here's m: glass To the fellows who lose thei place. -Exchange LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODES. Engine Drawing Work Train Blow U~p With Fatal Results. At New Brunswick, N. J., thre men were killed by the explosion a a locomotive on the Pennsylvani railroad at Steelton, two miles froi there, Friday afternoon. The 1occ motive was drawing a work train. W~hat Does He Mean, We take the following from th Commoner's last issue: In the president's last message h says in discussing the trust questior "Thus the corporations monopoh2l ing commerce made the law fo themselves, state power and coir mon law being inadequate to ac ompish any effective reguliatior and the national power not yet has ing been put forth. The resul was mischievous in the extreme and only short-sightedness and ut ter failure to appreciate the grosg ness of the evils to which the lac: of regulation gave rise, can excus the well-meaning persons who nos desire to abolish the anti-trust Ia' outright, or to amend it by simpl, condemning 'unreasonable' combi nations." What does the president mean It was Secretary Taft who suggest ed that the present law be amend ed by inserting the word "unreason able." This proposed amendmen has been denounced by the oppc nnets of the trust as an attempt t emasculate the law. At presenti is only necessary to prove that; conspiracy to restrain trade exists with the word "unreasonable" in serted in the law it would be neces sary to prove not only that the re straint existed, but that it was ai "unreasor able" restraint, and thi would transfer the question fron the jury to the judge. In his speech delivered at Memo ral hall, Columbus. Ohio, Augus 1. 1907, Mr. Taft said: I am inclined to the opinion tha the time is near at hand for al amendment of the anti-trust law dfinig in more detail the evil against which it is aimed, making clearer the distinction between law ful agreements reasonably restrain ing trade and those which are per nicious in their effect," etc., etc. It was supposed that Secretar3 Taft had the endorsement of Presi dent Roosevelt in .this proposed change, but from the paragraph above quoted from the president': message, it would seem that h< is opposed to this amendment and the fact that he makes this specifi statement at this time would seer like a rebuke to the position taker by Secretary Taft. Can this mean that the presideni Ioes not regard the Secretary as sufficiently inocu'ated with reform: Does the president intend by thu paragraph to indicate that the sec~ retary is not to be trusted on the trust question? What does, the aresident mean, anyhow, by this di i-eet and specific condemation of the uttmp to weaken the : l-trusi Flies and Mosquitos Be sure to fight the flies out of I the house. Do not leave any foods exposed to their ravages, and be sure to keep all garbage boxes, cans slop barrel, and other receptacles of waste or refuse, well covered, or better, taken away from the house and emptied. Flies are a dangerous menace to health, as well as very annoying to the person. Where the mosquito is, there is malaria, also, and it is now high time to begin to battle against this pest. Cover all rain barrels, empty the water from buckets, cans, or other things found setting or lying about the house after a rain; drain off all small pools, or ditch water. and if this can not be done.' pour a little coal oil on the surface once a week. Mosquitos do not fly far from the hatchery and every pre caution should be taken to prevent them coming to the house. Screen all doors and windows, and clean all foul places about the house. Remember that flies breed in filth, and keep them as far away from the house. as possible. ':Do it now." A Republican Shot at Mr. Taft. The Indianapolis News (rep) says: "The vice president has remained steadfast at his post in Washington, performing his constitutional duty with conscientious fidelity during recent months, while the campaign for delegates has been going on .so fiercely under the direction of the White House. His dignified course has been in striking and pleasant contrast to the hurrying to and fro in the land of the war secretary, with his cohort and political mana gers and press agents. Yesterday, however, Mr. Fairbanks filled an engagement in Chicago which he had made when he had supposed that congress would adjourn before he should be called upon to fill it. It was the occasion of the dedication of a new parochial school. The day and the occasion naturally suggest ed the theme, which was only by implication political. He discussed the great place the school and the church heold in our life as bulwarks against the destructive forces of socialism and anarchy. Incidental ly he showed that he was at one with the majority of his country men in opposition to the great en largement of the navy and the army. Better build more schools than more war ships. The speech, as a whole, was noteworthy for its good sense and optimistic patrio tism." Should be Protected. There are no better friends tc have in the garden than the toads. If they could be protected and en couraged to live there they would eradicate many of the, grubs and cutworms that do so much damag4 to plants. The great enemy .of the toad is the small boy. Bands o: -schoolboys have been known to gc out and in a single day kill as man: as three hundred of these usefu animals. Boys regard this as in nocent sport, being untaught, and not knowing that the toad is a mosi valuable insect destroyer. Teaci :these young barbarians to avoid - cruelty in all forms and cultivati ' kindness for all creatures. If the: - are the sons of farmers, instill int< - ther minds the fact that they art -working against the fathers' int -- erests when they kill such creature as toads and birds, which are thi chief destroyers of the insect pest - that feed on crops. If you wil - subscribe to "Our Dumb Animals' C the beautiful littte organ of the Humane societies, pnblished a1 7 Boston. and make your childrer read it through every month, the: Swill soon be converted from imps oj - destruction into angels of mercy. The Lead Trust at Work. It seems that the lead trust has been using the pure food law fo: the prosecution of the independeni paint men. It has been trying t< -compel them to disclose their for Smulas, and the paint men retaliatec tby starting a movement to require white lead and all related product: to be labelled 'Poison." This seem: -to have had the desired effect upor the lead trust and a compromis< -resolution was agreed apon whici protested against proscriptive legis s lation in the interest of one line o: business as against another line 0: business with the provision thal whenever legislation upon thes4 matters is insisted upon it should be directed toward the maintenance Sand upbuilding -of the law upot 1trade and allied industries by legi: lation insuring full weights and ful] measures and nrohibiting false and misleading descriptions. This meanm that the paint men will retaliate upon the lead trust if the lead trust attempts to use its influence against the other paint dealers, -A Frank Republican. The following from a staff corres pondent of the Indianapolist News, appeared in that republican paper, tissue of June 7: Chicago, Ill., June 6.--As has Ibeen said, there is to be no perso nalities associated with the campaign that has been planned by the field candidates. No one intends to say aught against Mr. Taft as a man, nor is there much disposition to say that he might not make a good president if elected. The sum to tal of the argument against nonmina Iting him is that he can not be elect ed. It is now being pointed out, and it will be pointed out with more energ when the delegates all zet here. I hat for the following rea sons he w ill be defeated, if n',mina ted: First-- -On refletion the people of the coum.: v will not elect a man whose ur mination was dictated from the White House. Second---He will lose the votes of a large '-umber of progressive re publicar. - everywhere as a result of the su;;, rt he is getting in Wall Street ;-,..i from the trusts and "int erests" :einerally. Third The negro vote is against him and will never become recon ciled to h; nomination. Four, h -Organized labor is un friend! t o him and is quietly plan ning to - age war against him if he should b. nominated. Fifth - His statement about Gen. U. S. G- .nt on Decoration day has offendei the Grand Army men of the ]an,: ,-d they may be expected to be lu- warm in the campaign. if they do :,t refuse to support him. Now these republicans who are opposir.-, the nomination of Mr. Taft for the above reasons believe every recon they assign is based on fact.. They have faith to believe that the delegates to the convention when they get together here and canvara the situation with the view of doixe what is best for the party will set wk hat a risk the party will be takingr in nominating a candidate against whom there is so much ag gressive - pposition. Prominent representatives of the party there are who believe the first reason assigned for desiring to prevent the nomination of Mr. Taft is sufficient. Many persons believe too little attention-has been paid to the use of federal power in obtain ing Taft delegates. It is common knowledge among persons who have followed the events of last year that the entire federal machine, with the pre..ident of the United States at the thro'tle, has been used in mak ing sure of the election of delegates who wosJd support the administra Lion's candidate. In the south, where the federal office-holders could not control without running roughs.' -d over the opposition, ronghs:nd methods were resorted to. Practically every delegate from the sou: who is here asking for ad mission to the convention as a Taft man w:- choosen by a convention of officehuoiers. When. it became be came r.ecessary for the. administra tion to resort to entreme measures Frank H. Hitchcock was taken from the offiee of first assis tant pre:t raster general and placed in charre of the work of obtaining delegaL. in the south. Why? Be cause, as first assistant postmaster generaL. ne had appointed the posti masters down there and, wa's the one ma:n who conld successfully as semble i hem in conventions for the purpose of electing delegates- that' would eme here ready to carry out the adnm nistration's bidding. About a year - g'o the federal admninistration deliberately started out' to-gather in i the 244 delegates from 'the eleven .southeri: states foi- Mr. Taft---states tthat do not contribute one .electoral .vote to . he election of a republican presidet and yet have within 'one lvote of25 per cent of the votes in the national convention. The, fed eral administration's activity in the, south irakes the contest from dowdi there acubly interesting. If the national committee should stand by Mr. Hitthcock's word-if it' shall say that it was right and proper for the oflkc-holders to dictate the election of delegates-Mr. Taft's chance U~ obtainining the nomina tion will be greatly' enhanced. Unless all signs fail delegates from the progressive republican states of the west uill want to know all about the Taft a liance with Wall Street before casting their votes in the convention. It is inevitable that there must be some explanations. Why is the Standard Oil company, the steel trust, every trust, good and bad, now for Taft? It will in. :he opinion of good .judges, take a lot of explaining to convince the the west~ rn delegates that a deal of some sorn was not made. In New York it is common talk that it was the president's promise to "take the teeth out o-f the Sherman anti-trust law" that brought some of the big ones over.. The administration failed to per suade congress to extract the said teeth, but from all accounts Mr. Roosevelt is determined that the national convention shall, in its latform. promise to have congress do the extracting at the n'xt ses sion. Somebody carried the word to the "undesirably citizr ns" in New York that if 'Mr. Taft should be nominated and elected th- y (the undesirable citizens) would not be molested during the next fou years. There is no doubt about this. And yet about 300, delegates were in structed to vote for Mr. Taft be cause he was the one man who could be depended on to carry out the Roosevelt policies. It seems idorth while to remark again tha t some one is being fooled. Is it th-e "int erests" in Wall Street or the pro gressive republicans of the centra west and the far west? LIGHTNING HITS OIL TANK. Fierce Fire St:nrted in :5,000 Bar-rel Tfank ini Teae A dis h tfrom 11o'ist .. Texas, ~sys Th Texas Oil Colupany's 3.000O barrel tank at Ne-ierland station. was struck by lightning late Thursday. A special train carried men from Port Arthur and help was sent from Fort Neches and Garrison to assist in saving other tanks. *