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LAST HOPE GONE roe Sti~pe Curt Devies Ike Unisl. ea a New TaL FOUGHT TO LAST DITCH W. T. Jones. Who Was Convicted of Brtafy Kling His Wife by Ad ministeuing Strychnine to Her. Fi naly Loses Out. and Must Spend P----nder of Days in Prison. W. T. Jones. convicted wife mur derer of Union County. is now safe and sound in the penitentiary, where he will spend the balance of his days Convicted of the killing of his own wife. Marion Jones, the prisoner. who has spent many months in the Union jail, was Monday evening re fused a rehearing by the Supreme Court. and the remittitur was sent down Amediately. The Supreme Court. in a few words. tells that Jones's only hope for even a stay of sentence is over: "After careful consideration of the within petition. the Court is unable to discover that any material matter or question has been overlooked or disregarded. It Is. therefore, order ed that the petition be dismissed and that the order heretofore granted. staying remittitul. be revoked." Thia order, signed by Chief Justice Ira B. Jones. and Associate Justices Eugene B. Gary and C. A. Woods, means a life long term in the Penitentiary for W. T. Jones. As no Federal question Is involved the opinion of attorneys is that the case Is ended, and that Jones must spend the remainder of his days in the Stae prison, unless a petition for pardon should be granted. There was considerable talk of an appeal to the United States Court at the time Jones's case was afflrmed by the Su preme Court of this State. birt this is not regarded as within the range of possibility. W. T. Jones, wealthy planter, of Santuie. Union county. has a serious crime to- lie wake nights and think over when he comes to the State pris on. His wife, on July 8. 1908. met a horrible deat& by strychnine and the testimony pointed to her hus band as the guilty man. Statements of his counted strongly against him at the trial. A chain of circumstan tial evidence was woven around him. and in February, 1909. a jury de lared Jones was guilty of murder. MFhe case, while as to the evidence. must have been very strong against Jones. Instances of ill treatment of bis wife and testimony that on the night of the killing cursing was beard at the Jones home, the fright ened look of Mrs. Jones as she en tered the room of a man, who stop ped at her .home one night, these and other matters were brought out ag the trial. It is even true that ef forts were made to cast a shadow upon the character of Mrs. Jones. In order t.o save her husband from the band of the law. She was then In her grave, but the verdict of the jury showed that these 12 men did not belive what was told them about Mrs. JonesdRef used bail before Jus tie (then Judge) Hydrick. Jones wa placed in the county jail, where he bas been ever since. Asuide from the general interest that the order of the Court will create as to Jones. there is an add ed legal interest, especially to the people of Carleston, because Judge Meamminfar, throughout. has 'been upheld by the Supreme Court. and the latest order is even more strong ly complimentary to Judge Meminin ger's ability. dIt will be recalled by those who -ave followed the case, that Judge Mmmminger urged the jury to agree upna verdict, calling the attention of~be jury to the necessity of furors -agreeing, it being their solema duty. On this point the Supreme Court said it was a Circuit Judges duty to so instuct the jury In such a situa * en Judge Meinminger, taking B oyt-Hayes case as an example. -charged Z,e jury on circumstantial evidence. In this. too, he was upheld by the Supreme Court. In th' mat ter of staments by jurors. ote Cir cuit Judge's ruling was upheld also. The order refusing a rehearin.s b-st emphasizes thee ruling. of Juzdg afaemminger, because nearly all the -exceptions were based upon thcee rulings. Circuit Judge Charles G. Daataer wrote the opinion in the case, rfte i sitting with the Supreme Cozr* on ac-not of the dIsonaltfeation of Jsitce Hy drick, for the reason above stated. Thus the order is signed by oery three of the Justices. WO~MAN SHOOTS NEGRO. When He Advae Upon Her She * Pulned Triger lbs. Bertie Rhodes. of Granville 'County. N. C.. shot and killed Joe Xintoa, colored, on Monday. The bnmidfde took place fifty miles from Durham. Before the justice. Mrs. Rhodes. member of a family comn posed of a Presbyteri.~n minister, her brother, a sister in charge of a Tex as conservatory, testified that she had forbidden Kinton's driving across her lands and that when she again rebuked him he left his buggy and came towards her. Then she loaded her shotgun and drea at him. The shooting took place 15 miles below Oxford. near the Virginia line. ODD~ FIWS ELECTr. Wade Hampton Cobb, of Columbia. is Next Deputy Grand Master. The grand lodge of South Caro lina Independent Order of Odd Fel lows adjourned Thursday mornin: after a two days session at Spartan burg. the'most satisfactory and the most largely attended in its long his tory of seventy seven years. to meet next year in Greenville. The election of odicers at the morning session resulted as follows: Grand Master. Wade Hampton Cobb. Columbia: Deputy Grand Master. James G. Long. Jr.. tUnon: Grand Warden. James H. Craig, Anderson: Grand Secretary. S. F. Killingsworth. Columbia: Grand Treasur~er. H. En lt Grenviea. TAKEN FROM RUINS PITARE CONDITION EXISTING AMONG THE LIVING. Eight Hundred Dead Taken From the Ruins and Several Living Peo ple Also Taken Out. Up to noon Monday 1.000 bodies had been taken from the ruins of the houses which were overthrown in the earthquake Wednesday evening at Cartago. Costa Rica. The esti mate of the dead placed the num ber at 1.500 but it is possible that this will be exceeded. Large forces which have gone to Cartago from San Jose and other points are now engaged in the work of rescue and even Tuesday several living persons were taken from un der the piles of stones and timbers where dwelling houses once stood. The number of sick and injured cannot be counted. many of them having been removed to adjoining towns and villages and since the disaster have died from injuries. Dr. Booanegra. the Guatemalan repre sentative to the Central American court of justice, was completely de mented when removed from the ruins the day of the earthquake, but he is now recovering from the shock. Physically he was only slightly in jured. The body of his wife, who was killed, has been embalmed pre paratory to being sent to Guatemala. Parosio. a village of 2.000 people. about 18 miles east of San Jose. also suffered severely from the earth quake shocks, reports reaching Car tago indicating that nearly a hundred persons were killed. Large fssures have opened up in Cartago province. which have given additional cause for alarm. Ten thousand persons have been render ed .homeless and the severe rains and lack of food and drinking water are responsible for much suffering. It has been found impossible to pro vide shelter for the people, who are huddled together in a pitiable condi ti - NULS HIMSELF ON CROSS. Man's Mind Affected From Brooding Over the Comet. While brooding over the possible ill effects of Halley-s comet's visit. Paul Hammerton. a sheet man and prospector. became insane- and cruc ified himself. accordizg t: mining men who arrit-.-l Mon.lay at San 13kr nardino. Cal.. w:th him. Hammerton was found whcre he had nailed his feet and one hand to a rude cross he had erecte.. Al though he war suffering intense ag ony. Hammertoa pleaded wir: his ,rescuers to let him remain in his spiked imprisonment. Since the visit of Comet A. 191". Hiammerton has been much alarm ed. and when he learned that the earth was scheduled to pass through te tail of Halleys comet, his mind gave way, and be believed that the end of the world was at hand. DIED HEROIC DEATH. Saved Live. of Three Children, but *ILost His Ow-n. iAt Philadelphia Policeman Wil 11am Weiss is dead from injuries re ceived in saving three children from death, under the .hoofs of the horses in a chariot race last Thursday eve ning at a circus performance. Char iots, drawn by four horses each, were rounding the turn into the nome stretch when the children, thinking te performance over, started to run across the track. The spectat'ars look ed on in breathless horror. Weiss ran in front of the approaching char lot and tossed the children back to safety, but was himself struck by the long pole of a chariot and knocked under the horses hoofs, and was so badly injured that he died on Mon day. CREIGHTON LOSES ON APPEAL. Action of the South Omrolina Confer ence is ustained. By a vote of 13 to 6 the appeals committee of the General Conference at a session heid Tuesday. sustained the decision of the Sout~h Carolina Conference, which recently expelled the Rev. C. W. Creighton. of Green wood, froin the ministry of the church on a charge of disloyalty. This action of the General Confer ence is final. The charge against the deposed minister grew out of nis -publication of a paper in Green wood, known as the Christian Ap peal, in which were published antag onistic articles relating to Church matter.s. HEIR TO H A F MILION. After Six Year's Search Aunt's Heir Is Lkated. George W. Lipscomb, for whom a search has been made for six years. was found at Douglas. Ga.. Tuesday. and notufed that a fortune of $500, 000 is awaiting him at Jackson. Mich., as a legacy from an aunt. A story in a local newspaper several days ago, telling of the search, fur nished the clue to Lipscomb's where abouts. and a telegram from his brother in Michigan reached him. His aunt was Mrs. Mary C. Lipscomb. of Jackson. Milch. BODY PLACED ON TRACKS. Egineer of Approaching Train D~is corers Murder. A. C. Harrison. a prominent resi dent of Maplesville. near Selma. Ala.. was murdered early Sunday morning by unknown parties. To all appear ances his skull had been crushhd in from a heavy blow over the head and placed on the tracks of the railway. The discovery of the crime was made by the engineer and the authorities were notified. Perish in Flames. 'At Faribanit. Minn.. Bert Sperry. his three children, and their granid mother were buvned to death in a; re whic~h destroyed their home Fri. ay. Mrs. Sperry and two children we- ad.: FOUND NOT GUILTY JURY ACQUITS THE MAN A MOB WANTED TO LYNCIL Carried From Greenville to Spartan burg to Es.cape the Mob That Were Ciammoring for His Life. Jesse Fuller. charged with the murder of J. E. Liddell on Christmas eve, at Greenville. was declared not guilty by the jury cbarged with his case after deliberations of two hours Monday night at Greenville. Trial of the case was begun Mciday morn ing and went to the jury shortly af ter six o'clock Monday night. -The principal witness for the state was W. 0. Stover. who claimed that Fuller confessed to him shortly af ter the murder. It was on his alle ;ation that Fuller was arrested and lodged in jail on Christmas day Fuller gave a satisfactory account of his whereabouts on Christmas eve. which was corroborated by Joe Bar ker, who claimed to have been with him. The acquittal is tne subject of much comment on the streets of Greenville for It was only by the strategy of the sheriff's office that Fuller was not lynched when Impli cated by Stover. A mob formed in front of the court house demanding his life. but he was spirited away and carried to Spartanburg. where he was kept in jail for several weeks. The murder of Liddell was one of the most brutal ever enacted in the city of Greenville and raised feeling to a high pitch. Several persons are still under suspicion. SHOOTING S(RAPE ON sTRzr One Man Is Killed and Twr. Others Are Wounded. Because they reente.- his atten tions to their qis ei. Edward and Herbert Mercer .-ag'Sed in a pist duel on the sir-! nf Z irl---:e. n:, Monday with Grady Sn?:r-v'. The latter and William BeatOn, a br !tandnr. - were probably fatally wounded and Edward Mei;c-r was slightly wounded in the sbculder. Following the visit of Snellgrave to Miss Mercer Sunday afternoon the brothers made such strenuous ob jections that Sneligrove was forcei to make a hurried escape by means of a second story window. Sunday night Sneligrove and the girl's father discussed the affair and it was thought that there would be no further trouble. bur as soon as the younger men met on the street Monday revolvers were brought into play. CHEROKEE MAN DROWNED. Efforti of Companions Failed to Save the Unfortunate. Information has just reached Gaff ney to the effect that C. Lipscomb. .. R. Graham and George Thomason were seining in a pond on Thicketty Creek Tuesday. Lipscom-b could not swim and claimed the pond was not beyond his depth. Recent high wa ter washed a deep hole where they went beyonld depth. Lipscomb and Thomason both went down, and Gra ham, in trying to save Lipscomb. nar rowly escaped drowning, as Lipscomb in a frenzy pulled him nder. See ing he could not save him. Graham managed to catch an overhanging limb and get out, where he was join ed by Thompson. in exhausted state. he claiming that Lipscomb and Gra -bam. struggling. sent him to the bottom. Lipscomb's body was re covered after a searth of three hours. BUILT COMET PROOF CAVE. Californian Expects to Be Earth's Sole Survivor. When Halley's comet approaches the earth Stephen Harter, of Pasa dena, Cal.. is likely to be the only human survivor. according to his declaration. Barter, who is a gardner, has dug a cave in his back yard. which he has stocked with canned goods and other provisions and provided with a system of ventilators, controlled by strings leading to the inner cham ber. There he will hide when the heavenly wanderer comes. Barter believes all life on earth will be snuffed out by the deadly gases which compose the comet's tail. IHe does not propose to be snuffed out, and each night he retires to Ibed in the inner chamber. the strings controlling the ventilation hanging close behind his head. * SHOOTS NEIGHBORS GU'ESTS. Suspicion of Theft of His Whbiskey Causes the Attack. Armed with a repeating shotgun. Arch -Brown, aged 27 years. 'Monday afternoon opened fire upon assem bled guests at the home of a neigh Ibor. four miles from Staunton, Va.. killing two persons and wounding two others, one of whom may die. 'Perry Hoy. and a boy, named Higgs. eight years old, are dead. Abe Hoy, brother of Perry Hoy, was prob ably fatally shot and the other shot wa. the father of the Higgs boy. *Browns wholesale shooting was a result of his anger having been aroused boy the belief that Abe Hey had stolen some whisitey with which Brown has entrusted to him. n~mwn went to Stunton after the shooting and surrendered to the jailer. LOST HIS FAITH IN WOMEN. Unilontown Merchant Will Not Wed Just Now.I Gannon Thomas. 51 years old, a merchant of Uniontown. Pa.. who procured a license to marry Carrie Belle Brown, a widow 42 years old. return"'d the license, saying that ti was worthless. as the widow had flown after persuading .him to buy her trouseau and adv-ance her a good ly sum of money. The courtship covered 12 hours. She said she was going to the hotel. but instead was speedint; to Pittsburg "I will trust women no more." .he added "One! I had to work for me at Uniontown ran away with $500. but this one CLAIMS TRONE A In %h Says He is the Oldest So of King Edward, the Snat AD IS THE LEGAL KING John George Guelph Tells a Strange Story in New York, Relating to the Late King of England. and One of His Early Love Affairs. John George Guelph. who claims to be eldest son of the late King Ed ward VII. by a marriage which Queen Victoria made her son disavow, and therefore the rightful ruler of the British Empire. was seen at 106 'Mon tague street In New York Tuesday. and asked what he intended to do to gain the throne. C'The prince," as he is still called by his wife and friends. although Eaa.rd VII, is dead, displayed in answer a e"blegram he had just dis patched to Gecrge V., at the palace in London. 'This is the best answer as to what my attitude will be." said he. The cablegram read: "Brooklyn, N. Y.. U. S. A., "May 6th. 1910. "King George. London: "Words fall to express my grief. You understand my position. I am at the service of my country. "John George Guelph." "But," said the reporter, puzzled. "how does that make your position clear?" "You will notice." said the prince. "that I renounce none of my claims in that cablegram. In fact, I assert my rights. My position in reality Is that of King of England and Emper or of the British Emrire. George knows that. He will understand what I mean. I do not lay myself at George's disposition, as a subject might be expected to do. in that last sentence. I do not offer George my services. I offer them to my coun try." "The matter of the prince's sue cession." said the princess, who was pressent at the interview. "Is witb the people of Great -Britain, and the leading statesmen there. It is up to them." -'But." it was pointed ou. "the ca blegram is addressed to King George. London.' It that not in itself an acknowledgement that George is King?" - "That means nothing." said Prince John. "except that it was necessary to address it in that manner to in sure its delivery." The "prince" was very much bro ken with grief. and as he told the tale of all that he has been made to suffer he frequently broke down and sobbed. He wore black, even to he necktie. And his grief seemed to o'f very gen-uine. He is a tall, well built man of forty-nine, who looks younger, and there is no doubt t.ha'. he bears a great facial resemblance to the English royal family. *The princess, klore the prince ar rived. told to the reporter an outline of his story. The late king. she said, while Prince of Whale's, mar ried the daurgter of an English peer who Queen Victoria disapproved and forbade the public announcement of the marriage. "Prince John" was born. The peer's daughter was hes tIed out of sight and never acknowl edged. But the marriage was nev er annulled. "The Prince" wernt to India while very young. The-e? be learned of his parentage and was of fered a title if he would go to Aus. :ralla and s-.: there. B3.. because th?e 'e-:entanc-- of the t' al. would be. at the price of his mother's good name, he refused it. He demanded acknowledgement for her also. She never received it and Is niow In the Holy Land as a missionary. Neithe~r the prince nor the princess would tell who she is. **The Prince" says he had a great many letters from the late king ae knowledging him as his son. "Will you make these letters pub lic now?" he was asked. "HI Iam forced to do so," he re plied. Just what his first step will be In the way of gaining the throne he would not say. Matters of that kind, so he said, cannot be done hastily. WHITE GIRL SAVED. Two White Women and Their Chin ese Husbands Arrested. At New York, under orders from the district attorney four habitues of Chinatown were arrested in what is described by Assistant District At torney Frank Moss as a new white slave plot. In one of the houses vis ited by detectives, Marcelle Feaure. a pretty 1 6-year-old white girl, whose home is at Easton. Pa., was seized and .ent to the house of detention. The arrests. as 'Mr. Moss said, foiled a plot to take the girl into Chinatown after she had been lured there from her .home for tha.t purpose. Two white w'.men and their Chin"'se hus bands are the prisoners. Mr. Moss said he Is confident no harm has yet come to the girl, as it was planned to introduce her slowly to the as pee. of vice In Chinatown before the sale for fear sne would become dis gusted and run away. MEET DFATH ON TRACK. Run Down by Coast Line Train at Rocky Mount, N. C. -Roy Gainey and Wilber Dera'ult. two young men, were killed at Ro::ky Mount, N. C.. late Saturday nightr or an Atlantic Coast Line ?rain. Th#se young men left Clinto-n recrntly to seek enrploymnent and were working in a cotton mill at Rocky, -.\ount. They met death In avoi'u.: 'we train at a crossing by stepp'ing 'ntu another track, when thor were run I down by an incoming trai:1. Whic~h they did not h/-ar on account of the! rumble of the first' train. Tiheir pa-1 rents live in Clinton and were up- I praised of the sad news. Good Man Gone. IProf. J. S. Newman, one of the < n~est known educators and practical1 farmers In South Carolina. died at< bis home at Walhalla recently. For several years he was a professor at 1 rCamsan coanege . WILL GO IT ALONE BAPTISTS AGAINST MERGIG IN MISSION WORK. Northern Baptists Want Southern Baptists to Help Them Help the Brother In Black. Home missions furnished one hun dred topics for consideration at Fri day's session of the Southern Baptist Convention. now in session at Balti more. The Rev. Dr. Burrows report ed that there was a general increase during the past year of $114.000 for the home and foreign mission boards. The board of home missions en dorsed strongly the policy of the Southern Baptist Convention of .hav ing no "entangling alliance" with oth er Christian bodies that can in any way endanger the Baptist doctrines or practices as Baptists. This utterance referred specifically to the labors of the board in Pana ma and Cuba, where it was stated that the work was progressing rapid ly, but that diffe;lties in the way of the work of both the Sunday schools and other phases have de veloped in the trend towards "so called church union efforts and the obliteration of denominational lines." "We report." the board adds. that the lives of professing Christians who go to the Canal Zone for money-mak ing are a hindrance instead of a help to Ehe Baptist church. Then, too, the efforts of some Caristian workers to discredit denominational work in the interests of an undefended Chris tian union are adding to the difmcul ties of our missions." The report. thourrh not stating specifically. was aimed at the Young Men's Christian Association, accord ing to a statement by the Rev. E. C. Dargan. of Macon. Ga.. member o the Cuba and Panama committee. After the session he said: Un Cuba and Panama the T. M. C A. stands for undenominational pre sentation of Christ; the Baptis1 Church has always. and will always stand for the Baptist presentation I do not mean to speak disparaginglb of the Y. M. C. A. I only mean thal the Baptist Church ought not tc merge with anybody in work amonj the missions." !An appeal from the Baptists of th4 North. asking that their brethren o! the South aid them in taking ear< of the negroes. created a stir it the Convention. The matter was re. ferred to a committee and will com4 up later for discussion. The communication came from th4 American Baptist Home Mission So ciety. headquarters in New York. I declared that two-thirCs of the ne gro Baptist ministers have had n< more than the merest rudiments of : common school education. "and ar deplora.bly deficient in qualifneatior for spiritural edifcation and leader ship." 'The Northern society desires th' co-operation of the Southern Baptista in the management and maintenanc4 oftat schools in the South and pro poses the establishment of a znum ber of summer schools there for the benefit of the nego Baptist min istry. EXCITING ENCOUNTER. Mr. J. A. Peterkin Excanges Shots With Hands. 'A special dispatch from St. Mat thews to The State says Mr. Jno. A Peterkin of Fort Motte .had quite an exciting encounter with one, Johz Daniels. one of his farm laborers, ot Friday morning. Daniels. who ii a neoro of unenviable reputation. be' came so dissatisfied with the re quirements of 'Mr. Peterkin as land' lord that he decided to rectify mat ters with a shotgun. He therefore repaired to his house, secured his gun, and went in quest of Mr. Peter kin. Knowing the character of the ne gro. Mr. Peterkin watched his move ments and satisfying himself that he beheld a weapon In the posession of Daniels on .his approach, Mr. Pet erkin proceeded to ar-tr himself like wise, and went forth to meet his approaching adversary. Daniels. perceiving that it would not be well to fight at close range. opened fire at long distance, scat tering shot in the imediate vicinity of Mr. Peterkin. 'Mr. Peterkin re turned the fire, but the distance was so great that little injury was done to the negro. though the shot were to the mark. Each fired two shots. Sheriff Dantzler was soon upon the scene and Daniels is now confined in jail. The conduct of Daniels is evi dence of the extent of his gratitude. Some weeks ago he got into trouble and Mr. Peterkin secured his release by going on his bond.* WARNING TO FEED DEALERS. Watson Gives Notice that Law Will be Enforced. (Warning has been issued by Coin missioner Watson on the enforcement af the Commercial Feedstuff's Act, as 'ollows. Warning is hereby given to every manufacturer, .fobber, dealer and person offering for sale commtier :ial f'eedstuffs that this department .n and after this date will vigorous ly enforce the provisions of the 'Commercial Feedstuffs Act.'' and ~hat all manufactured goods and toods found by the inspectors offer id for sale without proper tags. giv ng guaranteed analysis, and not >earing tax stamps will be seized and !onsfiscated and the manufacturers, obbers, d'alers or ,ersons e rn ;uc'h prnducts for sale will be prose !uted to the extent of law.* Seized With ('ramps. 'Kelley Steene, the 17-year-old son >f .Mrs. F. C. Dawkins, living at the :airfield cotton mill mnillage. Winns >oro. was drowned about S o'clock C'hursday evening in the mill pond. "here he had been swimming with ~e'veral of his companions. It is sup ~osed that the lad was seized with ~ramnps. Kills Girl and Self. John Going shot and instantly kill d his sweetheart. Niss Baton, Sun ay in Amherst county. Virginia. be ause .ha found the young woman !riving with his brother. He then urned the revolver upon himself. 5ia wondsa wil pnoablt provea tal. RUYAL - Baldng Poi C B renders ih - food moe -digestible Scientific Authority Has dmnanstrated that of two loaves of bread, one raised WIth Royal sarng Powder. - Ua the other with alum bak .ag powder.Use Royal paied p e - - tat Is 32 per cent. more * than te other, Avoid Alum THE NEW SEED LAW RULES ADOPTED BY THE OFFI CIALS OF THE STATE. How the Recent Act Passed by the General Assembly Will Be En forned. Rules and regulations for the en forcement of the seed in.spection act have been prepared ny the commis sioner of agriculture and the direct(.r of the state experiment station. The following are the regulations as an nounced: 1. In addition to the sheep so-rel, green and yellow fox tail, yellow trefoil. chic'.:weed. wbhh are men tioned in section 4 of this act, the seeds of crab grass. Johnson grasa. paspalum. barn yard grass, cheat. witch grass. nutgrass and other sedces. lanium. lambsquarter. prick ley lettuce, dock. wild carrot. peppe grass, wild mustard, plaintain. wild opion. spurge, spiny sida. amaranth. pigweed. lady's thumb. hogweed., ragweed button weed, evening prim rose. purslane. bind weed. Canada thistle. Russian thistle ard seeds of other weeds which may be added to this list from time to time shall be classed as impurities. 2. When inert matter such as de scribed in section 5 of this act. is present in seeds in access of 30 per cent the nature and amounts of such matters shall be stated on the label as specified in this act. 3. Any package of com cotton. oats, wheat, barley or other agricul tural seeds which shall contain more than 5 per cent of another kind or variety of agricultural or weed seed than the one specified on the label shall be considered mixed seed and shall be so labeled, giving the name and amount of each kind or variety of seed that occurs in the mixture. P4. Seeds shall be considered adul terated when they contain w-ed seeds, other agricultural seeds or any seeds or materials which would not occur in other seeds in the na tural course of events. In such cas es the conditions under which the seed were grown will be considered. 5. Seed shall be considered mis branded when the label as prescrib ed by the act does not give the cor rect name of seed contained therein. 6. The germination power of all seed sold in this state shall be stat ed in the label, as specified in sec tion I of t.he act. in per cent. No seed shall be sold in the state which does not whe-n placed under favor able conditions in the laboratory, ger minate the per cent guaranteed on the label. 7. Seeds sold for lawn purposes shall be labeled so as to show w-hat kinds of seed occur in the mixture and the percentage by weight and number of each. Such seed shall conform in purity and germination to the same standards set for other agricultural seeds. 8. Seed containing anthracnose of cotton, smut of corn, wheat, oats. rice, barley, blue grass or other grasses, onions or sorghum, black rot of cabbage or turnips, black rot of sweet potato. dry rot scab of Irish potato anthracnos~e or bacteria'. bliaht of beans. anthracnose of wheat, oats or barley, shall be con sidered a communicable disease and shall be cons.idere~d impure and unfit for seeding purposes. unless pre viously treated so as to kill the caus al organization of such disease with out injoring the vitality of the seed 9. The object of this ac' is to con trol the satle of seed and prevent the diistribution of w-eds and ot her pests thrt-g~n seeds in this state. It is the purpose of those in aut.hority to enforc* the law so as to secure the; best protect ion with :he least hard ship on any one concerned. With this pu:rpose in vi- w the regulations will be modified and added to as oc casion ser-m!s to demiand. KILLS GIHL HE: LOVED. Shot Her Mother and~ Attempted to Kill Himw'lf. At Schen'etady. N. Y.. becaus .Mrs. Jcs-phine Liopiello refused to consent to the marriage of her 16 year-old daughter. Angslina. to L cane .\lilano. .\iilarm pulld a revol ver from his ;ecket ar.cr -.:ot the girl through the rem;.ie. ca::sine .her al most instant death, shot the mother through the- throat and ten. alter a futile attemrpt to cut .his own throat, took poison. The mother an~d Milano SO UTH GAINS Reprmnation in Congress as thl Present Census Wil Show LARGE INCREASE HERE Each Southern State May Get an Ad tional Member in the Lower House But Northern Republican Repre sentatives Will Oppose the In crease Strenuously. A dispatch from Washington says since estimated returns of the 13th census. sent to Director Durand. in dicate that in many of the States of the South large gains have been made in popula'.ion since the last census was made. ten years ago. Dem ocrats are beginning already to ore pare for the fight that is almost cer tain to be made against a larger re presentation from that section. These partial returns indicate that in probably all of the States South of the Mason and Dixon line the in crease in population since the last ap portionment was made will be sufi cient to permit of an additional member of the lower house in each of them. while in some of the Wes tern States the returns indicate that the present number of Representa tives will either be slightly reduced. or at most no additional members. will be authorized. This is what will cause the trou ble. The Republicans will haze to give up any of their present strength and they would hate worse to see it go South. the homb of the Democrats. but they will. be unnble to defeat a fair apportionment. Tak ing the rule of progression. as stated by Director Durand, a little figuring will show what each of the States should be entitled to receive in the matter of Representatives in Con-' gress when the next apportionment is made. In 1830 the total numier of mem bers of the Hous.' was 332, in 1890 it was 357. and in 1904) it was 391. which is the number at this time. What were the relative rains in pop ulation during each of those periods? In 1890 the population of the forty five States then in the Union wats 62.116.811: in 19M) it had increas ed to 74.610.52': and at thEs time es timates make it am.:l 91.01.140. In other words. fro, ISS t-) ,90 t.he number of mem-is i:n the House was increased by tw-n:v-fi ! and from 1890 to 1'r,. tIviriv-four.u. Therefore, if The :,ouualai.n since 1900 .has increased from 74.000.000 in round numbers to ,1.60..000 17.000.000-there sholid be approx imately forty new mem!b.:os adnntt-d. Where will the y cone from. Will they come as represen..mtiV.ss of th~e big cities of New Y( Ik Chicago, Pittsburg, Phila~delphia an.d &oston, wrhere the tide of imm'::N'ation for ten years has been strong or will they come from the more thinly set tled agricultural districts c:f the South ar.-.1 West? These P.re questions that Director Durand admitted he- was tot.dlly un tble to answ--r int.'ligen'!) at this ime. Immi:ration will figure large T n the final totals be said. anli bhere is little doubt that the larger ities wili make i;: gains. ixence n i; vant more represv:itativ..s in Cc Those familiar with Iegislative ad airs in Washington do not hesitate :o state that the Repu.licans in the. )resent Congress. among them Re rese~nzatives Benn- tt. of New Ycrk: ~rumpacker. of Ohio. and K.-ifer. of )hio. will make every possible effort o keep the Southern States fr*om in 'reasing their rr moc-ratie ma'iber hip in the House~ when the figures tre a1 in and whe-t the time for re tpportioning :he variaus~ States again omes rounid. Year by year the C'ngr--ssmnt tame have made a det.ermined fight ::ainst the present number of Rep esentatives from the S.ouh-thoir laimis being based on the theory that nasmnuch as discrimination is used gainst the negroes and that in many nstances 'he election laws of the -untryv - ahi of the .\ason and Dix n in> are such that the negroes are xcluded that an exact representa roportion not to the total of< roportion not t.n the the total cif opulation in those States. but ac- - ording te the reuistered1 voters w-ho xarcise the elective privilege. Such attempts have not yet been t uccessful and probably never wi.l r e. s far as nrasent conditioni are EAG ATACK MEN ARE DESPERATE WHILE FORAG ING FOR THEIR YOUNG. Attacks on IAve Stock Are Be coming Frequent in the Northwest and Birds Are More Numerous. Eagles. now busy gathering food for their young, are creating no end of fear in the Northwest. Scarcely a day passes without reports of at tacks upon men, women, children or upon the smaller animals of the farms. It is said more eagles are nesting among the crags of the Cas cade and Olympic mountains than ever before and that the reason for their presence is the increased num bers of lambs. pigs, dogs. cats and poultry. Many of the big birds have been shot, but few farmers will shoot to kill unless the giant birds become too bold. 'MTaddened eagles attacked and tore the flesh of George Hartman. a hun te-. in the vicinity of North Yakima. Wash. A day later a stage driver was attacked as he sat on the seat of his coach and was driving toward Hartford. Wash. His face was bad ly torn by the bi-rd's talons. Farmers near Brinnon deciare the thieving eagles are causing them great loss among their young stock. A big rooster in Mason county is re ported to have given battle to a small eagle and to have bEaten off the mar auder. In all parts of the country eagles are said to be swooping down and carrying away many ducks and g %e. Farmers in the vicinity of Blaine report having seen eaqles carry off two-days-old lambs. In one pen the flapping of their wings caused such terror that the sheep rushed from their enclosure and 15 were drowned in a nearby stream. Near Enumclaw. a young eaglet fell from its nest 300 feet into the valley. Children passing the place were set upon by the old eagles and driven to their homes. T-he birds were routed by the firing of shotguns as they circled over the houses. In the Cascade mountains on the Pacific slope great inroads are being made on the pigpens. and near Seattle, Wash.. one eagle was killed while trying to capture a dog in the city pound. AUTO FOUND IN ALLEY. Suspected to be the Machine that Killed Woman. An automobile with bloodstains on the wheels found abandoned in an alley at Chicaco Thursday is be lieved to be the machine which caus ed the death of 'Mrs. Albert Behr on Monday night. Mrs. Behr, and her husbanA, a carpenter. were about to cross the street when the car Is said to .have swerved Into Mrs. Behr. who was almost decapitated. The chauffeur did not stop. it is reported, and dis appeared quickly into Lincoln park. A police captain whose son is be lieved to have ibeen one of the five men In the car, is active in conduct ing the investigation. Three salo~on keepers and the driver are said to are been the other occupants. STRICKEN DURING SERVICES. lurried Home for an Operation for Appendicitis. At Paduca. Ky.. Rev. M. E. Dodd, astor of the First Baptist church, rhile in his pulpit on Sunday morn ng was stricken with appendicitis. e was hurried to .his home. where .nl operation was performed in the iternoon. Rev. Dodd. while on his ay to church recently was attacked n the street and knorke1 dcwn by prominent tobacconist because .he elined to allow the wife of the Iat e. who pregiously had been dirorc d. to sing in the Baptist choIr. Marrie~d His. Grandmnother. William Po::nds. of Hefiin. Ala., Chursday married Mrs. John T. Bur ~ess. who Is legally his grandmother. urgess was Pounds' grandfather. nd was over seventy years of age, hen he married several years ago, ying shortly afterwards. Mrs. Nunds is now twenty-two. oncerned. but that the Schi of last ear will be renow'd w hen th~e ':ee on of making another appo~ ion et comes up, Is already well set.