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VOL. XN.w _______ MANNIN G. S. C., J WE1NEM SDAkY. DEICEME 28.A 11 19(N.2 DEATH IN EAME Is Thiriy Fimmn LId is Cage Steck Yards Fire Ihrint WATER SUPPY IORT IFaUingCanopy at FT"ntf Nelson. Morris & Co.. Crushes it We of Fire Marshal and Bsten Head.e Bliae Caused by Exlosa SpreadV With rest Rtapidity. ~ p: Fire Marshal James Hoi and be-;,, tween 25 and 30 of his &gen were kiled. and 40 others we injured af In a Are which at an earliour had th caused $.500.000 damagved at 10 h. a. m. still thro3tened thehole of is Chicao's creat stock yard to A wooden canopy fell 'om the beef house of Morris and pmpany. th where the Are started. caring with pi it tons of red hot brick 4 debrl is upon two companies of Iren and th the chief. crushing them death be and encas!ng their bodies ii verita- w4 ble furnace into which theIrbmrades wq were unable to dig for sevil hours so that practically all tie who C1 were not killed outright ten the o walls fel were roasted to ata be IE fore help cold come to thb Assistant Chief William Droughs and Lieutenant Fitzgerald *e with de Marshal Horan. under the Wl can- In opy when it ten and went imn to ho their death with their cI ne Other Aremen. witneaert the of disaster which resulted in *4eath -11 of tbe'r ch!ef, for a brief bme de- ph serted the oth-r parts of u blas Ing structure, and. rnahmnto the B8 pyre. vounht with their bai handa n &, drag the body of their det and wl comapanons out of the debr Find- a Ing. this a vain ecort. they fowed the orders of Assistant Mar*1 Siy- -h* ferlioh and redoubled their orts to tb shut in the spreading area otstruc- cr lion. - 'z The blaze was discovere shout m4 four o'clock by a watchmat the ea Morris beef house at Ord aniLoom- a Is streets. An ammonia pipburst lng started spontaneous conustlor tho and the fire sread so quidy the in watchman barely had turnesin the thi alarm before he ames be2n burst- he ing from the bulldlng [arhal or Horan. at his home on tI West a, Horan, at his home on t3 West "r Side, heard the second ca&Ui tre foi aPParatus and dashed to t stock yards-and to his death-ltis an- it tomobile. 0a A graphic story of the cosae of 'tv the east wl. which carriediS-men du to death beneath the wood overing be is told by Lieut. Joe. Macly. who was leading a company ofremen - frem the top of the canopy. Fr Mackey said as he lookeep the -e saw the walls bulge and hs ime- - e diate,' shouted a warning.;At the M same time he jumped from ie plat- ch form and was immediately ollowed ha by 10 or 12 of his men. ione of " these lost their lives, but aeir es- 11 Capes were mniracuzlous. 51s Fire Marshall Horan ad Bur- noC 7oughs were beneath me irith at 'Ie lest two companies of mC. said be Mackey. "and I shouted to tem that the walls were coming own. I heerd some one below shouet warn lng and I tot my own men and my- Tc self out of the way. "Immiediately after I Sniped I beard the groans of the menwho had been beneath me and I kuw they -n must be caught. Althoug1 nearly a aDl of my men and mysCf wers si more or less hurt. It fiash;1 upon -y us that Horan was among thee trap- e< ped and we bent every efforito save -a BOLD) THEIR VOTI Fifty Ohio Voters Ped Lilty Ic i There seems to have seen somns vete buying mn the last i!ietion ir Ohio. A dispatch from danbheste: says fifty Republicans :nd Demo ' crata of Adams coung pleaded guilty to indictments clarging th( ~ I .tttttttttt etainnsahrduemnfwyper sale of their votes at th. Novembe- ' election and were distrachlsed fo' from fire to seven yeae and flnei $25 and costs. These pleas cam simuItaneoslsy with thi return 0 79 lndictments by the grand jur: for rote selling. The 79 makes: total of 24 1 pers-as initeted on th! chareo. Predi-tions mere made r' . ently that before the grand jur completes its investigtions neari, i 1.000 persons will be bdirted. . Went Out 1est- L A poetal card was *e-e~ed Wed M needay from Rev. D). J. Miller, th- 31 missing pastor of the Bethel Meth odist church of Ashville. by one 0' ' his friends in that city. The card T stated that the ministertwas In Min et neapoils cn Monday last and was N en route to the home ot his brother s., in South Dakota. No resson was as- -I signed for the disatppearance. His 'a wife, who is in Asheville. is pros- i trated. Women Sat as Jurors. Twelve for spectators were called by Judne Grah--m In court In San st Fraceso. Ca!.. to pass upon a mo-li fiation of a decree of divorce where-u by Mr.s. Mary A. Bhek acquired the!e eustody or her m!.tor son from Owen ! A. D:::k. Without leaving the box P they rendered a verdict in favor of N the woman.2 land Sfiks. ' A spac!-' despatch from Port' Lmect. Costa Rica. says that a smail a island off the coast of San Salvador o dis'ap eared last Thursday following o a ser- o'r earth shocks and It. Is B beieoved that 17 famIlies br1'tilstd TWO FATAL FIRES EVEN LIVES LOST AND MUCI PROPERTY DESTROYED. ne A Cincinnati and One in Philb delphis-Twenty Firemen Burie undee Falling Walls. With a dozen streams still play g upon the aouldering ruins o to fire that destroved a block o incinuati's manufa:tring distric xrly Wedne lay morning. the ni pitulation of the losAs in life an' -operty shows the disas'er to b rger that any of the estima: aced durin; the Drogress of th mn2agration. The final count tak-en Weiuesda: ternoon shows that three men 103 ,eir lives, six were injured. one per L-s fptally. whilo the property los $2.0S2.000. covered by insuranc, the extent of $1.400.000. The origin of the blaze at botl e Krippendorf-O'Neal C impany' ant and the A. J. Nurre warthousi unknown. but t'-e manner in whic! e huge buildings burned forcea thi Ilet upon the fire department a. fll as the insurance men that the3 re the result of incendiarism. It Is conceded that the body o! tarles Schwengal. ladder man ni re Comy my No 15. 1is burIe oun tha -'.s The Philadespnia Firo. Four fremen are known to b( ad. twenty are thought to be b-iried the ruins and twelve others are Ir spitals as the result of a fire We!. eday night in the leather factory Freelander & Co.. 1.116-20 inclu ,e. North Bodine street. PhIladel ji It was Grst reported that Chiel ter. of the Sre department. was iong those still in the ruins. but tile he was injured, he escaped be c carried down by the fallln walls. While the temen were fighting ts nes from ato'ning dwelilns. D icuth wall of the big building Lshed down upon them. At the e there were at least thirty-five m on these buildings and all were ried down. Four of the unf -rtu te men were lates taken out dead. Twelve were able to extricate Dselves from the maes of br!cka d twisted Iron girders. but It is :ught that twenty men are still In a ruins. All of these are not dead werously injured. Sore of them s able to talk with their brother smen. who are bending every ef -t to rescue them. The north wall of the burnel -eture is still stand'ng. but it may I at any moment. If arch a calam should occur before the men are g oet. It is probable that all woul. crushed to death. After .an allught seirb In !th is of the leatber f4ctory of D. ledlauder. destroyed bv 4re Wed OdT night. ft is thought the num of fremen killed by U f4in- IaI. undr twenty. John C. Da~xter, let of the fire department. whoi d a narrow ese-.ps from death, d that bis reports eh->w that from~ to 14 firemen 1-st their llves. He Id. however, that his repor'.s are t complete. Superintend-:nt of po e John Taylor be!!eves the num r of deed will resch 20. CICAGO VERY UA.). vember Crine Wave Resuits is M1any 3Murders. 'ivhteen murders were conm~itted Chicago *elaig Novemtber. yu tonishing report of the prevalenat crime was contained in the mon:'r. review of the police buxreaau o: ords mace public this week At r as the records show no singli nths crime record !n Chicago was er so extensive as this. The report further showedi toet Z'. rsons lost iLheir li1 es In stre c : d railroad accidents during No mber. and nine persons died as 'hi ult of automobile and carriage ac fents. NIne persons were klle' :se engaged in Industrial pursuits Although the number of :nurders toobile killings and other crime: e constantly inrreas".g it is d: :h t to secure a convict~on or kri ,oender in pr~son beca~use of thi role law. THREE BURNE!) TO D)EATI. -rrible Fate Orertake, Some ILittle Negroes. Anoher sad tale. caused by th, Imnal careiessness of two repl res from Lynchburg In thisi St-ite tbert Peterson. a net-ro. and h fe. who lIve on W. w. Unin% m place, left home and io'kmi *eir three emall caldrin In th' :use. During ther asen th, use caught fire and the chil.Ire: well as everything else in th >use was dattroyed by the !!ames he oldest of the eh!!dren was lr ough. it is reported by the neiga >rs, to car-v th-e other children t tiety could she: have gotten ort. bu le dcors and windows beinsg .ecure' fastened, she was consumed witi ~e rest. Watch in Cctfish. While fishing in the M~so:ur! rivse rou:h the Ice near th~e pumpnif ation at Florence. N'tk. it~y Ntd >n cauht an S3 noun ' catish an pon clealnz the firb !f:nd a ri Lsd wath. upon wh -h wa.s th scrption: "Presented to V. Il rry by his friends at Inrmar .D.. Juno '>. 1902." This city: ,000 miles from Bir-mar-k Took D~rink and lDie'L. At Bi~rmingham. Ala.. !mnti!ata~ rt~er taking a drink of whiske-r ov a bottle. wh~eh one' of th.em ha rdered shipped to bIm by mafi. Gu .Coeman- and Sopher Fe r'ek !an ropped dead. TheIr deaths are hi RECORD BEATE] he b ue Ea Far "roducts Sew Gfl S.r d b Doi g iLe Y, ar OVER ALL OTHER YEAR! Stoe Department of Agriculture Annuzd Report Place6 Vale Farm Products in South Caroli at S143.489..--3, er More Tha Ei;ht Million Abort 1909. A statement .'.sued Wedneeda night by E. J. WaLson. commission of atriculture. commerce and indu triei. shoAs that the year 1910 hi been one of progress in agricultu: .1 South Carolina. The value of tt products groan upon the lands ( thIs State aas reached the enormoi sum of $ 15.4S9.563. which is thrt times the 1904 Zgures anl more tha $3,000.000 above the 1909 value c products of Lbe teld. In Col. Watson's sum:nary of col ditions were g!ven cut tabulatiot showing increased acreage of cor wheat an6. other products of the feli Tobacco and rice- whew -l-rexne :- rice a:-w.I-e for 1910 is 17.3'J araiust 1R.6I'0s for last year. T: production figures pl3ce cotton I 1.176.091 hales and corn at 44.733 000. Col. Watson's corn Igure stirred up the Government stati %clans recently. Summary. Col. Watson's stAtement Is as to lou Z: "Agriculture In South Carolina I the ycar 1910. though as yet the re. develoinment has but just begun. ha brought this State again to the fort front. among the agricultural pre ducing States of the Unicn. and as business proposition arriculture I agaI!n assuming the leaC 'he valu of the prinzipa! agricultural pro duets this year being greater tha twice the value of the manufacture output of all the text!les and th cotton seedl oil mills combined. I is not improbale that the total valu of the leading agricultural proluct wl!l practically equal the value < a'l manufactured products in tb Sute. including fertilizers and lum her. "That a rerolution has bee wrought in the past ?ecade may b gathered from the fact that in 190 South Carilina ranked twenty-secon in agrIcultural products among th States of the Union. with a totu value of s.tricz!!ur:- products in tha year of $S1.324.000. For 190S th ?:ve had rIsen in rankto e'.ibteen: and this year will rise still highe: The total value of the prinripal agr: c%1it:ral products thIs year. !nclud!n the coton crap Rilh the see-. cor: hay. wheat. ontv. tob-eco. potatoei rye mrd rice, withcut taking into cot s:derition at a!! th truck industri which has p'robably netted four :n! l'on rt'lar-. if not more. is $t 45 489.5. almost three times the ti ure e'-oted above for 1900. an arainst $137.182.087 for the yea I :09 for the so'- crops, an increas :r the aricui:u:ralin-tustry. ri .id"sof truid and !!v'e stod du; ne~ thIs year. of $8.207.47G. "The increase in the cotton croj s'ng fleure's wbich are probably se' eral thousand hal-is less than th ja-tua! crotp. 1s '..276.'000. and th: has b'en acompl!shed notwithstanc !ng the immnense !:mpetua -:-!.en t corn-rrowinga. which resulted In tb o'-e ye'r In crop being Increased b $6.692.000U In V~lue. "H:-d it no: been for the decreni o* neirly o'ne-fourth mnillon dolla1 In the rice crop and nearly thre< fturths m!!ion dottars In the tobsec crop, or if these cross had even kei up to last year's flgrres. the gran total inrase~ for this year woul have reached out for ten :nillion do lars. It Is to be~ doubted if hard: a State in the Inn w!!l show handisctrner in-re se In this won-le tul year In agtricultural developmen State . lfreasZe. "It !s no.-wort:hy that South Car< lina's ;'ercentage of tnmrease Inl t n!"e ye'rs, from 19"0 to 19C,9. wa !n-'e th--n any of the States of tU Un'rn, with th.- excetion of sixtee new St-tes. where the pere.-ntal would natturahly be larrer and w!1 which it wo::id be hardly fa~r - r':ar. In 1909OI the State of :11 n'c-:s was :he lea !!ng State in ar -'r.i h'vtrt rrodnet" valued NT:7.0*0)e. W!:h trtis m'ign'tee re Seuia Caro!!n9's re'cord th year compires favorably. heinc at wh- wo-:d place her on t! baetsn of las~ter's resut immrediat 17 ' foonit the treifth state -an'. 1t is patraly noteworth r dw-ho.: detrimnt to te re I lir ce-t-on cron. to note the incres onecya mniilon bushels In whNa enin in nearly onvhalf ieillit .doia-q ret to the producers thi th' ve'a- efo're.'' All of thse figuros Ind'!cate th jat 1-s? the pet of th!< St'te ha I wakened to the fact that th.ey ha a montov tmoney cron. which is ~re- n'ver fa:nrt in is avers-e l1 ' sat th'-: can. wh!i- raising th Cop. produ'c. smethtn to c't 'I P-.: a Hnmin..hI d. '-T. ... gr-ing *the- sher v !* ali f*. ~tthe penni are n< - the a-'olute Z?8Stty of proc4eedI se .a f.'st dvealat oC nt LIKES THEf SFA~tE PRESIDENT FINIEY OF SOUTU. at i ERN SPE.AKS AT BANQt'ET. Given by the Chamber of Commerce or Newberry on Last Tuesday Er ening. Fresh from the victory of his road In the celebrated "merger" case in ,f Colunibia. which has been in pro gres for the list three weeks. Prt A Ident W. W. Finley went to New berry on a specil tr-iin Tues !ay n!?ht and made an address at the Newberry chamber of commerce ban quet upon *he rcsources and the ever-br!gbteatng future of the Soutn. ir which he concluded by sayIng that be believed the v!ctory of the Sout s ern on Tuesday afternoon meant e much for South Carcl!:.a. as well as e the Southern. -It has been my good fortrue." Ls he sa. "to spend the past three; 'eweeks in South Carolina. and to be come better acquainted with the splendid people of this State and bet ter Informed as to the protres they L !are mak!ng. In this connectIon. !! A is particularly pleasing to Mt- to ad dress a South Carolina audience in t the court at Colunb!a has sustained 'e eonstit't-!onality of the legIslative U .,:t under which important parts of e our lines In this State were utite t to the Scutuern Railway 4ym-m. That verlict. the pustice of which 9 I believe will be generally reco: - nized, means much to the Southern Railway c'mt'ar.y. It means much to the people of *bis State. It means that you are in continue to have a through highway under a tin:le man arement from the South Carelina Piedmont to the Coastal rezion and to the sea at Chnreston. It means that our la-ge interest in the devel ooment anO prosperity of South Car a olina is not to be c!rcumscribed s withln relatIrely a small er.-a. bui. Is e to be practically Stite-wide In its scope. We rejoce In this. .lr. Toast master. and look forwird to a future of ever higher prosperity. in 'Pr:nz ing about which we s';all hope to hear a part. ani in the benefits of which we shall hope to share.*' s f live stock Industry. which w!il me.in more hog to go w!th the hom:ny. and in the end complete living at home. "It is particularly griti!ying to uz men who have been pushinz the arri culturI Industry in So::th Carolina Lwith all the energy we possess to know the Increase in yleid per x"o 1which has been over 1909. as tol lows: C-tton. 2 -ounds: corn. I S e10 brsheis: wheat. 1-2 hushel :oats. bushels. (over 1909): potAtocs. 5 hbshels: rye. 2-19 bushels: ba;. .0. of ton. The-e figures are partirulaly ratifylng when we take cot'on. fcr !nstance. where In South C-ro!!.qn the yield of lint cctton Las been brought up to 212 pounds. wble tbV average for the t'nied States Is only 169.1 pounds. Thi.s Is a highe'r yie'.. Sper acre than all the States !n th2 cIonhet s Vigna North r en only one of these. North C :ro 31na. !s worth consider)n :it ali. a2 the others .:e nnw con'Ured amnong the l.Lr-e producing States. Sources' of ILos.. T~his ha- ,heen don~e notw!:httan1 e ing a total less of an average of 7 spounds of lint cotton to the acre d! o named: e "Deuctent m,,isture. 16.6 poundi.: y evcessive moisture. 23.7 pounds: eoo's. 2.1 pounds: hot wInds. 1.1 e pounds: stormzs. 2 pounds; other-? s matic. 4.7 pounds. Total cl::ntic. S47.1 pounds; boll worm. 5 pounds: o total insect. 1.7 pounds. punt dis it ease. 11.4 1ounds: other causes un .1 known. 9.S poun !s. d "The plant disease Item Is i,rge:y -due to anthracnose and to cotton y wilt. For the former a r1iid insper a tion has been insttiuted to it u - seed free from it and for th, 1.t:: . a wilt-reslstent variety of -sen t b'eint supplI a t.. the growers "In wheat: we lack only niv' bush &s of b<:ng up to t he aorze- i-, fie Unite-l States and potatoes onYr teir s5 bushels and we are r.each!.r: o-:' fo the avarage of th* nlation In'' Another signifieant featura o' 9. sltt ion as It is ch.tneint w!'S t:a h developnent :n a.:r :iturr 's . a while South t7- r!!na had 21 e cent of all her land in cro;'s in~ 1 9'- - a considerably larger perr'n'a-s is now devoted 'o asu-.:u re. it Land Nrow Under Cultivatli'n is "For !nstance. betwe-"n SS') and a 1900. only 7.4 per cent of o:'r h!ni e area wa': devoted to corn. wht!!' 'o -corn h's grown on 9 5 per c'*nt Wheat has Icreased from i pu-r cent o 1.5 per cent. anid at the nr'-en' StIme 1.3 per cen' or the total land parea cf the State Is d--vo'e I to rOttOni .. "The ma:ntenanre cf th-.- full av e Iera'e crop of cot'on in the !'ee ot t the corn agitation of 1 91) is re e markebte and is shown by the faxs a that up to Decem--"'r l'. 1.i'9C atsa ks!nd cotton. hzav.~- el ::nnedI .e"This would indicato in tn.e ligh? .of all p-tet ex;--r!'-nee. he'h as to 'II . miaic a-n ! generai co-ditlen-. a run dl nn bole crop this '-a- of 1.?I ~ at 3ales 'houru in "h- fi:rr.= we h h. h-en placed pur:-osely at 1.!3 " Th' !!"res apply th'- y.ear to tentr of-. of * 4-':r I .'s- ; 9 ': A -a W tbs Octoh.- the *'- -r' a a' ut "It has hor ,arQ-:!aer:' 4r'' w In: to the Str'o d ,'rmon? nf a r, :nture to real:ze :Ihat1; for'^3 and .genef rma.k in:. for agrici trat de -, j v..Lpw: z hW SU: MC - FOR5D TO PARDONS HUMAN LIFE IS TOO CHEAP. SAYS GEOR(;IA'S GOVERNOR. Cov. Joe Brown Says Punishment for murdcr-rs Must be .ade Sure and .More Speedy. "Pistol-carrying and murders wtU never decrease until the certainty of puishment. su!cient and severe, a established beyun-I questirn." With this emphatiz declaration Covernor Brown put himself on rec ord as opposed to the proposItion of cheapening human life by opening the door of hope to the murderer through the possib:ilty of executive cl*mency. And it fcs1lows. therefore. that when the governor comes to pas& upon the numerous recommendations for clemency made in murder cases by the prison commission and now awaiting official action there w112 be n:any of them vetoel. The governor's emphatic state-1 ments anent the exercises of execu t!ve clemtency In murder cases were pvs of recommendat!cn from the comm!ssion in ix mur.er cases. four manslauthter cases and three at tempts to murder. "ILuman life is held too cheaply." continued Governor Brown." It hai i -or.:e to g.sa ha:t mnrder may Le -0,it'?~Lt-.1 :ne guilty man escape with only a few years in the pent tentiary. When he is given a life sentence he serves seven or eight years and then his case comes up for lemency. "If we are not to inflict life sen tence when the circumstances de mand. why not change the law and I 'ut the m:.n in for only seven years? !f we are 7o'ng to inlIct punishment in this state for murder. then we should fet the sentences stand after - comoetent iudge ant''Jury have S!ed the penalty. *lere are' ten human lives taken and I am asked as governor to ex rend elen- n'y to the rnin who took :hem. Think of It. "The infli-tion of punishment for tnk!ng a life is groun'ed in three ranr!es. First. the punishment of the murderer for his offense: secon 1. the nrotection or soc!ety from a repetl 'on of ths er'me: third. the example -rh'h it sets fnr others. ".Wher a man is convicted for mrder. given a life sentence and "hen relese.1 after serving a few: years in the penitentiary. it not only abs-lu'ely defeats the ends of jus te but it puts a premI:m on crime. axitv in !he administrat'on of law s largely responsible for the abund *..-e c cr'ue an i it is high time !!at the criminal Rhou ! know that ben .e r::ns co-:ner to law his pun shtirent will he swift and severe. "There ara instinces." concluded o.error Prown. "when c:emency in; -itirder cases is adIsible. When a n e:tenced to confinement fo. e' in a murder char'e becomes elpless and infirm through old age' r di-e:e~e an !is a hur !en and a drain u:ron the State. !t is frequently w-!!. if the circu:tanres justify, to 5!in- him a parole or a pardon. nd turn him over to the care and '-e~cof his family or friends and thus re!!eve the Stote. it Is an en -rely d!iferent matter from the gen r-ral prop:ori:!on of ,extending clemcn : to murderers. WIRtED F'OR HELP. Opertor Fooled the Robber Who Was After Caida Ordered to keep sending messages while a robber worked in the West shore rairoad station. in Highiand. N. Y., the operator ticked off a graph ir des-r~ption of the hoid-up and asked for help. Scarcely had the in :r:der left with $50 in e-tsh and some tckets b--fore railroad detectives were on his trail. "This Is Nolan." the brais sounder was'ti:i-ing~ when the Weehawken. N. Y.. operator prepare,! to take the~ messaire. Nolan is sta:ton agent at Hiighlands. N. Y. The souind.-r kept -ip:nlg on: "I am beingt help up. ' was slttin- at my desk when a vounc mran camne in and pointed a. rvolver st mte. saying he wanted . money and would kIll me if I resist "Told me to work at the instrt. uent and 'roep on bending messages. Th' ins-rumnent closed momentar! ly, anrd then resumed the ticking. 't ran: "I amn still at work. So Is the hhthwaymnan. Hass po~nted his run at me. saying: 'Keep sen !ing -nessa'.Zes. or I-1l pot you.' The rob ber is now opening the rcafe. Hie ake's out mnesy and t!-kets. and, as he ha:k out the do-r. says: 'l? you "ore in less tl-tn fiie m'nutes after i .-.s- h.re. ycu w!!l b" a dead man. Yow he iw mea W!<h I ha~d a gun hady. Could get h~. easily. He is waking down the tra-ks. Good-by.' Fata1liI'-. of Jtmat. A fier swalowingc a large dose of carbohec ac-id at he-r home" inc New I :. ns. Mrs. M-tr-; Kcdo!!ch lay don oni the :" wih h"r :ps pret'ed o -hwe- of "*er iv" d .-' old I-i'ant. -hch sh.* - rm c!we -ni.r he'r at:w.s. he"~W .---ul of i:,-a~.-- 2:'sht~l acid 4 ~d o >a-.. q ;icAd with h--r badthi of :hte:.' f rc'eer 5: hsvario':t. frces on their rhiveens. and to eaccgrat':!.it: :'o ;:..'pl o' the' S--::-- that they have such ?orce-s helping tne peo,.e WAiTS A CHANGE Prof. Ch.i eulaia Ptopoes to Rferm nd S mply Cndar. HIS PLAN GIVEN BELOW Wants the Year DIvided Into Twelve Months of Twenty-Eight Days Each and the Extra Four Weeks and Odd Day Attached to Each Three Months Group. Dr. Thomas Shrowder Chamber lin, professor of geology In the Uni-j versity of Chicago would reform and simplify the current calendar. Being one of the moat famous geclogists. Dr. Chamberl!n is familiar with time through counties& ages. He writes to Sclence: "I venture to suggest a calendar that embodies many of the eJfelent suggestions already made. bat insteal of intrcduc:ng a thirteenth month., make use of cnly twelve months of four weeks (twenty-eizght days) each. bunchint these Into four groups and placing the remaining four weeks be tween these groups, so as to set out the four se.:sonable quarters of the year distin-ly.' The integers of his proposed cal endar are: Qu:rters: Corresponding measur ably to the four seasons. Months: Twelve of twenty-eight days (four weeks) each, assembled In groups ->f three terminated by a single closing week with a special designation. All wonths to begin on Monday. as sulgested by Patterson. Weeks: Flfty-two of seven days ach. all beginning with Monday. For ty-eight of the weeks. In groups or four each, constitute the twelve onths. The remaining four weeks of the ftty-two. Viz.. the thirteenta. 0he twenty-.-.xth. the thiry-ninth an: the fitty-second. to be attached sev erally at the end of the four three month groups to make up four sym metrical q>arters of thirteen weeks eath. These terminal weeks might be designated as closing or quarter end weeks; but each !s to :ave it >wn special name, the thirteenth to be E3ster week. the twenty-sixth lu!ian week, the thirty-ninth Gre:- I o-an week sand the fifty-second Chrstmas -eek. In large measure :hese might concentrate into them selves the holidays, short racatIons. hook-cloing perlos. etc.: and so cnre to have other spec!al deelIna t!ons sulte-I to the va.-iou rocations. Odd Days-the odd day of the usual year, the 365th day, to be New ear's Day, and to be dies non so far a% tho week and the month are onerne-1. 2a proposed by Patterson. but to be grouped wIth the preced ing quar:or as the end-day of the old year and as the start-day of the new ear. The adjustment (or the od .n-uarter day to follow the Julian mehod and to be made by a Lea: ay followIng New Ye-.r's Day every ourth year, and to be a dies non LSO so f sr as week an:1 month are -.nered. but to be glouped with the preeding quarter. Further detall of the scheme. >articularly the places and namnes of the trans!!!on or quarter-end or clos ing week. appear in this table: Ftist Quarter. (Winter Season--Northern Hemi phere.) Su mmer Season-Southern Hemi here.) January-4 weeks. 25 days. February-4 weeks. 2S days. March-I weeks, 25 days. Close week--Easter week. Second Quarter. (Spring' Season--Northern Hemi sphere.) ( Fall Season--Southern H{emi spher*e.) Aprl-4 weeks. 28 days. May-4 weeks. 28 days. June-4 weeks. 28 days. Close week--Juliani week Third Quarter. (Summer Season-Northern Hem W Winter Season-Southern Hlemi sphere.) July----4 v:eeks. 25 days. Auust-4 weeks. 2S days. Septeber-4 weeks. 28 days. Close week--Gregorian week. Fourth Quarter. (Fall Season-Northern Hem i sphere.1 (Spring Season-Southern Hemi sphere.) O-toer-4 weeks, 28 days. November--4 weeks, 2s days. Deetmber -4 weeks. 25 days. Close week-Chritmas week and odd d:tys. Prof. Chamberlin's scheme shouid be popuiar. for by It the Chrisma holdays are made lenger. Hie writes: "Iln the matter of holidays, the seme se--ms to len I itself fairly, well to curreat practice andi is per haps well suited to mould future prc'r-:s well. The 2Sih day of Deeber would always fall on Sun da and the imi:ned~ate forerun n'-r of Chr.stmcs. Chr~stmas its'el: woud .always fail on the Mon lay of Chritma-4 week. Our greatest bhi d1'y would thus have a dis:inetive . rf- e :t its w at the head of:: s5e-alw w-k Inst'd of faIllnr in the~ r. : rf a mcnth eid or. a co~at lv shftn: ''ay of the week. The e~e hol!day season would be ~oed e:::.! liby' New Year's Day. e.2.or evry fo-:rth y'-ar b'y Leap' .. ie:otx N'*w Yar- ' D:y. The reC q'-as h ll 'ayM wm:ld thu:s be teneueed te nice days or to !-r. ar d ta.. :1ays of -ha -e--k might: have the vea1l .Iesigna-ton-. Ewe'.r Tu-es g~dig wth aster -inday, whirh tie spring e--asn. WAS BURGLA RS SPY YOUNG WOMAN TELLS STOtY (F HER DOWNFALL She Was Led by the Desire to Dress Well. to Travel and to Lve inI Beat Hotels. "I'm sorry now. and jest as soon as I get out of th!s I'll go back to my parents and be a road girl. No more burglary for -ne." ss!d 3fiss Jean Miller a2 she was taxen from Passaic. N. J.. to jail in Paterson. The girl was arrested after her com panion, known as James Hanley. had been shot while attempting to enter the house of Theodore P. Talpey. in Passaic. The firs. diamonds. watches and bracelete she wore. when t arrested, were worth hund reds of dollars. and she adm!ts every piece , was stolen. Hanley will die as the results of his wounds. Relating the story of her life Miss t Miller stated bAr parents are Iviu: in Ware. Mass. "Two year% aco when 15 years old. she said. "I went to E Boston. I wVrked in a store where I met Hanley. He said he was a t lalesm'n an- I knew as such for a i lone time. I was surortred when he , told me be was a bur!ar rnd wanted f to 'uit his acquaintance, but he per- i ssted. r "Fe offere4 to take me throneh t the E.st with him. to dress me well. and all I was to do wis to *'!av r bones." that Is st'nd ontside. keen q watch ani give alarm in caqe of - dancer. Now. every girl likes to r travel and drees well: so I agreed a We bo-an work in Ro-'on. then went to other cites. We lodAed in the - mowt fash'or.-bie pa-t of the towne e we were workinv: dinPe at the 'st J' hotels: wore fn', clothes. and neveria :ada5n cauie for sie-neetin; that we were 'rals' in crime." C-t'n-tinx her st-ry V!-% Miler od e robberie- romm!tted in Char ietown. Camhr 're. Provi 'nee - PhiladelWhia. Camden and Tersev o C!.v. Their vo-roed v4." to P-!sie " led to the f'tal fhOotIn- of 1 * lov and the *rrest of Miss Miller. "You n!ght think that wth all th's plnn- - der. we w-uld have some cash It hat IQ not true. There Is ntbin-r n the treasury. We lived hiPh.' tays Miss Miller. "and frequently e-e were obl!re to rob to rais- cast, -o pay our bi'll before leaving a -it1. Hanler. who !s also known to -%ice -s "Kid" Hward sn- Tbhoma Wandles. Pays that his mother. Mrs 'ustve Berner. tires In Brooklyn He had not seen her in ten years. he -a!d. brt be asked that she be not!- r 'ed if he d'ed. COST HIM HIS LIFE. Wire He Was Pulling Fell on a Live Electric Wire. A man in Anderson county lost hi ife in a qiueer way a few days.ago he report says Keith Taylor. a whitee an about 4S years of age. wasi. stantly killed near Iva Wednes Iay. n ight when he attempted to pui! a a crund a ire loose from a pole on the a .regf Shoals power line leading to h city. Taylor spied the copp;er ire as he and sevreral friends were assing along the road and! he de-id- I ed he wanted it. He tore it loo.nj from the pipe in the ground andj' hen from the pole. The wire ft aross the heavily chargd transii- f ;Ien wire and Taylor s b.ody got the. e ull force of the current. An inquest .va not thought nesary. Baby Found in Oven. Raked almost beyond rc.a;nitlon. he body of Win. a'olkes, aged TS. Mans d.sc-overed in an oven :n the Tansey brick yard in Philadelph:a. where he wrts '*-mployed. He had been nissng since Monday It Is sup poed that he cranwled into the ove:. o sleep and when tC dre was ig- I aed was roasted to, - .-ath. Prayer Answered. "I hope God w!!l t:tke me hozme I omorrow: I'm get:!mg old and fee.-, 'le and am not much u~te in the word." With these remarks on h:i 1is Henry W'-lharsen. ar. aged Ger :an. retired in his home !n Sharon -a. Next mrnmn.: he was. found d.ea. n bed. with his hands crossed ove.r his breast and a tile on. his face. An Old Sinner. Mrs. Hannah ?eehe. aged -3 years. -arged wath the murder of Jam es Sutton, at Cashm.iere. Wash.. on Aug I 14 last. has been fou~nd gu!!:y el .~anMlaughter and sente.'ced to fb'e .ears in jali. The womnan had hujil i wire fence scrcss the road in fro".t of her homne. and when Sa:ton a' emapted to dr:ve through after cut ing the wires, she shot and killed him. Fatal Joy Ri-ie. At New Orleans Iva~n Cox and Fred oodyear were held for trial in the1 'inrict crlmina! court onm the char;:' of murder grow~nst out of a ;oy r:d which preved !a'al to Tro-:e Smit:a '"nr-day mnorn:ug. The.rum.vhint dsed into the cid baen enal :sa be wcnan wa'. cowned. Seven Jap'rner' and G2 Corean V sv.!s w-ere wrerked ro' ?h.- cca- n: Juli~b uan sT recra nok'" MANY ARE DEAD Ihree Haudfrd Eaglish Misers Are Wed im Blte6 C.iiery. TERRIFIC EPLOSION -llowed by a Fierce Fire, Seals the Fate of the Victims-Rescuers Are Called Back From Their Dangern ons Task-Bluhop Conducts Ser vices at Mouth of Pit. A cablegram from Bolton. Eng and. eays :ore than 300 miners lost he!r I!ves Wedneeday in an explo ion in the Little Hulton coll!ery ot he Hliton Colliery company. which a located a little distance outside hat city. The expl'sion eceurred early in the nornIng. soon after the miners had ntered the pt' to be-in work. Tts o-ce was terride and later Irvestima !on tehowed that the lower pssnages ad been blocked. Heroic efforts -ere made by res-ne parties. but a eree Ore rh!ch followed the erkbo on prev-nte4 the reseners from wnetr-T'n- beyond 400 yards Into Ie werlars. At 9:30 Wednos'ay nirht all the ircrers were Cs;led ont of the mine nd . ernferen-e was held at which 'aernment Inpre-+ors and the engi eers of the ivine were prae-nt. In rn.--nr Gerr'd !axned a re-ort after -Vine a d4feent Into the pit. In +Ir'h he .tated tht It was lmooe 'he that RTW of the mina are still liva. Pe deI that noth'w .enld e Anne "cent to br'nt un 20 hndn 0 wId Irine neer the qft. Tbis re ort w3s cominn''eA* ton the anx 'ie e-Ae ei -d the rit mouth. ft-- w,'Eh the fliehoo of Mn-hawe*r vdur'e4 a to!chne Perriee In the ~n wIr and the peeple slowly dls erred. Yo erntlwatfon le r'ven *s to the Rre of the ex-loaIon which com 1-la.1 wre-Ved the mine. Thf! fe th- seened rreat mine Ais eter In Veelend thie v-ne. an ern!o 'n havng occurred ir the WellIng %n eoite-y at White Haven. Cam er!and. en May 12 In which 136 i-prs wr-e kiled. The explosion !av re-ttired in the ternnorary dis liernant of the machinerv whereby e ea-s are lowered and drawn to le surface and It was eos'dereble me befnre the 'rst rescre party eched the '>ottom of the pit. Tn all. they brorght out eigbt men til1 livIng but the ma'o-fry of these -ere in a serious condition f-om the rious gases. Ten bedies alse were emoved and !0 additfonal .odies ere found p-trtly envered by coal. Late tonight the colliery fans were :aed azain and the air was found be fairly good. Arrangements were den made for relays of rescuers to ' into the m~ne every three hours arothout the n!ght. Toward mId Iht two more miners were found ive. They were terribly .burned ud are in a critical cond!*!on. It was ,nnounced that 40 bodies ad been collected at the bottom of de shaft, and they will be brought p as toon as possble. A f!!ker of hore still anImates se rescuers that mere men may be yund al!ve. Doctors, urses and am uh"nees ate still on the scene, and elalves. mcstly women, are linget :g n the vicinity. Among the incidents wss the death f a rescuer. who. anxIous to reach Is two sons who were entombed, ot in airance of his comrades and rfited his life from after-damp. The king has sent a touching mes age of sympathy. DES OF SCISSORlS STAB. ecause She Would Not Allow Her Leg Bound. Because sthe was too mnodest to al ow the fsteni: of a tourniquet .bout her ier. Hlelen Gr'-shen died at V.\Incent's HospItal in New York :y en Wednesday. Miis Greshen cricentally stabbed herself in her et leg wi'h a pair of scissors walle t work in a clothing factory. Her e!ow emplcyees rushed to her as itance b'lt she refused to permit ,:y one to bind the wound. She soon a~nted from bcss of blood and was mi!d to the hosptal. It wres too ate, however. to save her life, al hugh the tzouse iuracon saId she ould ht've recovered had a tourn! :et been appi:ed immewdiately. Came l'ery soon. At St. Louis Paul Pengea, an ele 'trr operator in the National Bank i! Commerce tuising. was crushed o death by his car Monday nIght. hat afternoon he was a pallbearer t the ft neral of a former employer. Well. If anything happens to u'e. .h-re-s $:.')o li'e ::suran-e for my i.- an i the k:ds.'' he said to a rtend. Two hours later he was 'uwtti: off Qu~e. The da:-. s'-t for the rentoval of o..:-,:xas rom the hetds of a!t rh:-.'m was Deem- 1. and when .''~'h" * .e m.:pA-rc Ieft Ch ina a rew ':-ys )stor'~e :h'tt une the editt a ta nr.w W''t to 'Iar.v