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VOL. XXV MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 5,1911 NO.47 HE IS -SHOWN UP Senator Williams Point 0 it Inconsistency of Senator Ct mings. HE WAS ON BOTH SIDES Iowan Argues Against Canadian Re ciprocity and John Sharp Williams Cites 1904 Speech in which Cum moin Favored Puttifg Farm Pro ducts in Free List. The Washington correspondent of The News and Courier says the gen eral opinion of disinterested auditors of the colloquy in the Senate Thurs day between Senators Cummins of Iowa, and Williams, of Missippi, that the brillia.. Southerner routed the Iowan, horse, foot and dragoon. The deed was accomplished by the apt citation of a speech delivered by Mr. Cummings several years ago in advocacy of reciprocity, particularly with regard to farm products. There ( is wide recognition of the fact that ( in John Sh no Wi'iams the South has added arother to the galaxy of great Senctor.;. Senator Cammings continued his argument against the Canadian re- t ciprocity bill, but did not conclude. ( He attacked this measure from the( standpoint not only of its alleged in justice and political lnerpedideyc, but on the grounds that it was not properly drawn as a tariff law. If passed in its present form, he said. the agreement would give Can ada the option of reorganizing one half of it without accepting it -all. The statement, explained in detail by the Iowan, drew the attention of the Senate, many members question ing- the interpretation thus put upon the bill as sent to Congress by the President. Senator Cummins said the passage of the bill would be followed by a t storm of disapproval, against which the Republican party could not stand. He said it would be accepted by the agnicultural interests as notice that the Congress had determined they ( were not entitled to the same con sideration at its hands that is given to the other producers of the land. - "No self-reipecting. natidn can ac cept without qualification the Cana diai reciprocity agreement in the ex- e act form proposed to us," declared Senator Cummings. He declared he believed in tariff revision, "but mark my words," he said, "the pebple of t this country, with unerring judgment and intelligence, wilr know -who Is responsible for ~.putting . the farmer into free and unlimited competition In what he- sells, while still protect ing the things that he -buys." Senator WilMams. of MississIppi, - interrupted to read , from Senator E-umming's inaugural address in Iowa in 1904. . . In this speech 'Mr. Cummings ex pressed- the belief tha't..the Iowa farm er would not suffer from free Cana dian agriculutral products more than they do ffom the competition of near by States. "I remember that speech," sala Senator Cummins. "But it seems the Senator Is now I most inconsistent, in his views," said Mr. Williams.i "I am not," said Senator Cummins, I "ten or even seven years ago, theres was not the danger of competition of Canadian farm products that therec Is now, when the United States al- ( most ceased to be an exporter ofI such products." THEY TOOK THE FUNDS. I House Committee Advises Disnmissal of Several Men. The recomendation for the dismis sal from the Government service of American Consul Gen. W. H. Mich ael, at Calcutta, former chief clerk of the State department, and Thos. Morrison, present disbursing clerk, for their connection with the Day portrait case. as announced Thurs day, in which misappropriation of State department funds is charged, -was reported to the House committee on expenditures in the State depart ment by the sub-committee, which is conducting an investigation of the department. The sub-committee said that it had not completed its labors, but report ed the case of 'Michael and Morrison, in the hope that their services would be dispensed with immediately. The recommendation is the result of an investigation by it -into an alleged expenditure of the department of s2, 450 for a painting of former Secre tary of State Day, of which amount the artist, Albert Rosenthal, said he received only $850, the remaining $1,600 being unaccounted for. "This conclusion reached by your commit tee," the report says, "seems irresis tible that this sum of $1,600 was jointly misappropriated by Michael and Morrison, or individually by Michael." Burglar Creates Terror. The police of Macon, Ga.. are hunt ing for a negro burglar who has been systematically robbing residences on 'Boundary street and Coleman ave nue, having visi.ted no less than five of those thorou.;hfares this week. In one instance he ransacked a room at the home of S. L. Stripling, in which there was a person sleeping. Th2 negro has twice been captured by the owners of the house, but man aged to escape. She Avenged Him. After J. F. Hart had shot and fa tally wounded hber husband. Mrs. Jos en~h Walker. of Carlsbud, N. M., on Thursday attacked Hart with a heavy rock and heat his head to a pulp fnr revenge. Hart will die. Mrs. Walker was arrested. PICES ARE HIGIfR HE COST OF TEXT BOOK SOME WHAT INCREASED. But Then It Is Presumed That the Books Selected Are Better Than the Old Ones. The new books adopted by the 3tate board o-f educatdon for the free ublic schools -of South Carolina will ost the patrons of the school some nore than the books now used ac ording to comparative figures made p at the office of the State superin exrdent of education. The increased expense is..shown in he following comparative statement f the cost of new and old books repared by Mr. Swearingen: Primer. ost of old Primer. . . . .. . .12 ost of new Primer. .. . . .25 Increase over 100 per cent. During the five -ear period 1906 .911 135.000 primers were sold. Up >n that basis the total increase to he pupils of the State will be $17, ;80.00. Readers. 'ost of old First Reader. ... .20 ,ost of new First Reader. ... .25 Increase 25 per cent. Total number of FI#st R4ders old during the past five years, 200, ?00 copies. Aggregate increase to he pupils $10,000. lost of old Second Reader. . . .28 'st of new Second Reader. . . .35 Increase 25 per cent. total number of Second Readers old during the last adoption period, ,29,000 copies. Aggregate Increase 9,030.00. Geography. "ost of old Elem. Geography. . .39 ost of new Elem.%Geograph. . .45 -Increase 33 1-3 per cent. Total. number sold during last doption period, 63,000. Increase to mpils, $7,560-.00. Physiologies. In place of a two-book series a hree-book series has been adopted. ost of old series Elem. .. . . .30 ost of old series Adv. . . . . . .50 ost of new serie% 1st book. . .35' ,ost of ne*r series, 2nd book. . .40 ost of new series, 3rd boor. . ..60 ncreased cost to each pupil of the eries, .55. Increase -abaut 90 per ent. Arithmetic. In place of 'a two-book series cov ring the work up to the high school .three-book series has-been adopted. be first two books cover the work p- to the 7th -grade. 'Every pur1i herefore who passed into the 7th rade- will have' to purchase a new ook for the one year at a cost of 1 cents. ost of old Arithmetic Elem. . .32 ost of old Arithmetic Adv . . .40 :ost of new arithmetic Elem. . .22 ost of new Arithmetic, Inter.. .36 ost of new Arithmetic, Adv. . .41 Increase in cost of the series, 47 ets, about 66 2-3 per cent. CAUSES SOMIE CO~iMXT. -4-.. ction of State Board of Education Is Being Discussed. The State says much interest Is be cig maniftested in the action of the state Board of Education in eliminat cg about 80 per cent of tbe text looks now used by the free public chools of South Carolina. The meni'bers of the State board f education are: D. Mv. O'Driscoll, harleston; H. F. Rice, Jr., Aiken: ). W. Daniel. Clemson college; A. G. embet, Spartanburg; 3. Lyles nenn, Chester: Nathan Toms, Dar in~gton; A. J. Thackson, Orangeburg; r. E. Swearingen. the State superin endent of-education, is the secretary f the board and the governor is the x-officio chairman. .lr. Swearingen several days ago ssued a statement in which he crit cized the board for the sweeping hanges in text-books. He charged .at the board had placed an unnec issary tax of several hundred thous md dollars upon the peoDle of the state. The action of the board has aused much comment and further levelopments in connection with the ltuation are expected. Struck Below Ground. While working 1.500 feet under rround at one. a. mn. James Conroy. of Kingston, Pa., was struck b" !ightning and so badly injured thait be is not exepected to recover. He id not know there was a storm antil his chamber was filled with a blazing light, and he was knocked enseless and badly burned. The stroke of lightning had followed the intake of itr current as far as Con ioy's chamber. Fatal Crap Game. As a climax to a "crap game," en raged in by a crowd of negroes dur ing the progress of a camp meeting on Sunday at Montague, a small station on the Greenville and Knox ville railway, eight miles above Greenville, an unknown negro was shot and instantly killed by Will Robinson. Robinson was captured byy the sheriff and is now in jail. He claims he shot in self-defense. Flock to the Sea Shore. Three hundred thousand men, women and children slept on the beach at Coney Island, New York. Thursday night. driven from their homes by the intense heat. Early Friday, however, a cool wave brought relief. Five persons succumbed to Thursday's heat. Japs in South America. P'rivate cable advices received on Thursday state that the colonization of Japanese is now going on in Nic aragua, Hunduras. Panama and oth er Central American states. The Jap ase government is said to be be ad th movement. GOES SCOT FREE Covruoor Bease Pardens Wash Hunter, a Former Client of His WHO HAD KILLED A MAN Slayer of Elbert Copeland Relieved of Serving Eight-Year Sentence in Penitentiary by Act of Governor Who, as Attorney, Represented Him in the Courts. A special from Columbia to The News and Coutier says: "Governor Blease has pardoned G. Washington Hunter, the Laurens County man, who has been under parole for. the last several months. Hunter, who is generally known as "Wash" Hunter, was convicted of the killing of Elbert Copeland, at Clinton, and *sentenced to eight years in the State peniten tiary. 'T'he case went to the Supreme Court of the United States after hav ing gone through the Courts of this State. Hunter lest his appeal to the United States Court last fall and shortly after Governor Blease came into office he was paroled until July the first. Governoor Blease prior to his elec tion as Governor, was one of the law yers who represented Hunter as coun sel, and F. H. Dominick, Esq., of Newberry, who was Blease's law part ner and campaign manager, is one of Hunter's attorneys now. "Wash" ,"nter is brother-in-law of "Hub" .vans, of Newberry. H.unter was tried at the February term of Court; 1906, and being con victed of manslaughter, was senten ed to eight years, imprisonment. here was a change of venue in this oase from Laurens County to Green wood. . Four times Hunter was tried in Laurens county, therejbeing one con viction, the verdict of the jury being set aside. Then there was a change of venue granted. It was taken to the Supreme Court and the Circuit udge was sustained. Then came the trial at Greenwood, with the re suit that the conviction and sentence was secured. Then up through. the .State Su preme Court and the United States Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court the case went. The Iunter case was one of the most noted in the history of criminal oases hn Soith Carol'na. There. were ov r 700 names signed to the petitions for pardon. Among the signatures were several of the jurors who serv ed when the case was tried in Lau rens., The postmaster-of Clinton signed and among other signers were some from Abbeville County. Senator J. E. Wharton, of Laurens, signed the petition; also Col. Thomas B. Crews. (late); Representative David H. Ma 1 and a large number of others. Governor Blease stated that he was noved in this case by the Supreme Court's reversal in the Laurens case, this case reversing the Hunter case; that if the Hunter case had the ad rantage of a previous decision in the Lazarus case, it would have been de ided differently. Governor Blease indicated that he would, later, at the proper time, am plify his statement in the Hunter ease as to reasons for pardon. "Wash' Hunter was paroled on February 20th by Governor Blease. At the time it was.stated that it was desired to make a motion for a new rlal. On the same date the Supreme Court ordered a stay of remittitur 'he pardon papers were made out for "Wash' Hunter .and he, there fore, goes free. MAN LORD AND MAtSTER. Wife Has Nothing to Say Holds a Massachusetts Judge. These precepts for the guidance of wives and husbands in cases of dif ference over household ecconmy were laid down by Judge Chas. L. Long of Springfield, Mess., Friday in the eparate support case broulght by Mrs. Edith S. Marsh against Henry D. Marsh, assistant treasurer of the Five Cent Savings Bank: "To begin with, the husband is ab solute lord and master of the ex hequer. "Under the law he is entitled to his meals at any hour he wants them. "He may select such food as he hooses. If he wants one 'food and his wife another, the husband's de cision goes. "A servant .girl to whom the hus band object must be discharged. "Finally, man, who pays the bills, and not woman, Is boss." Judge Long advised the Marshes to patch up their differences. Mr. Marsh left the courtroom wreathed r. smiles. Mrs. Marsh did not in dorse the Court's opinions, and said so very plainly. Man in Grave Didn't Care. The Altruist Society of Montclair, N. J., had a picnic~there Thursday for some children from the New York east side. It was held adjacent tO a cemetery, and the little ones were warned not to enter the burying ground or pick flowers. One of the lborers, however, was astonished to see a little girl with an armiful of roses. On being questioned, she an swered. "I got them off Mr. Blank. and he's dead and don't care a bit." * Fatal Automobile Accident. One man, still unidentitled, was klled and Edward Ward and Charles Irwin of -Pittsburg, Pa., were fatally hurt in an automobile accident near Baddock, Pa., sometime during Fri day night. The dead body and the two ulcoDscious men were found by the-m rodsid e rlynxt morning. * STANDS BY THE BOARD GOVERNOR BLEASE SATISFIED WITH WHAT IT DID. Says the Members in Their Action Were Just as Conscientious as Swearingen Was. Governor Blease Wednesday after noon issued a statement in connec tion with the text book contract mat ter. Governor Blease said: "I have seen Superintendent Swear ingen's statement. I have no com ment to make. He is entiitled to his opinion, and I have the highest re gard for him, and, if he is a can didate for re-election, he has m: best wishes for his success, for I think he is conscientious and trying to do what he believes is right. However, after a most careful and thorough investigation I am satisfied that the seven gentlemen who represented the State by appointment on this board, (and who were appointed by my predecessor,) are equally as con scientious and as honorable gentle men, and did what they believed was for the best interest of the children of South Carolina. "I considered the changing of the board. Certain newspapers were very loud in their denunciation of me in contemplation of such action and spoke In the very highest and Iauda ble terms of these gentlemen, and it appeared from their ravings that had I removed these gentlemen I would have been subjected to the most se vere censure. "Now, that the adoption Is over, some of these same papers are criti cising these gentlemen. If they can make their position consistent, after publishing thse contradictory state ments, all right, for it will only be in keeping with the eri'n, ^f their conscience for their other fatiehoods and vituperation in which they haie engaged. "On the morning of the beginning of the book adoption I was called away from Columbia and, therefore, was not present at the adoption of the books on the morning of the first day. Neither was I present when the vte was -taken on the question raised by Sup.qintendent Swearingen-that ech man record his vote on each book. If I had been present I would have vote; ,for Mr. Swesringen's plan; and, if any one is interested enough to now, I will be delighted to state how I voted' on each book tbat was adopted during my presence. : think my record in the House of Representatives and in the State Sen ate. and in .the Governor's office will justify me in saying that I have al ways been free and open in every Ret that I have ever committed, and [ have no apologies to make to any man or set of men. I recognize no boss' but the people, and, twhen I go before them to them alone will [give an account. "I refused on several occasions to ee~ book men. 'Notably in this class were the agents of the' American Book Company, and I have been in ormed that Mr. Fair, one of their epresentatives, was rather severe in is criticism of my not allowing him o see me and discuss his books with: im. When'book men called, I de ~line~d to see them-stating to some o see Mr. Swearingen, that he was tite Superintendent of Education, ad tha.t the people had elected him o perform that duty and not me. s to Ginn & Co., I guess. Mr. Wal er will hardly say that I had any avors for them. The only agents ith whom I did have any conversa tion of consequence, did not get even i book, except Prof. White. "As I have said before, my fight as for Southern books, and we dopted Thompson's, Kinard's, Wal ace's, White's, Sims's and other South Carolina authors., As to the iheeler reader, while I was not pres nt when they were adopted, they are by a Kentuckian and many of the other books adopted were by Southern enthors: and in my opinion, ur people would rather pay alittle more and have their children taught the truth in Southern books, than o pay less and be taught books by ankee authors, and taught to be ieve that their grand fathers, and their great-grand-fathers were trait ors to their State. "I regret that Superintendent Swearingen look.' at the matter as he oes. "As for my part of it, ignorant as I was as to the needs of the chil dren, I did the best I could. As for the balance--I refer the people to Prof. O'Driscoll; Mr. Rice, Prof. Dan iels. Prof. Rembert, Prof. Toms, Prof. Thackston and Senator Glenn. If this is a Blease board, or if these gen temen were controlled by me, or if they are corrupt, then lay all the blame on my shoulders, and I will gladly carry it until the people of S~uth Carolina give the command "lay it down." Elks Club Raided. At Talladega, Ala., Thursday Sher iff Connett raided the Elk's club, se curing fifteen casks of beer and fif teen cases of whiskey. This is the largest raid ever made in the state of Alabama. The Elks are highly in dignant. The entire city of Talladega is in a state of excitement as the result of the raid. Hidden Mine Explode. Seventy-two Maderist soldiers were killed in the town of Jonacatepec, state of 'Morelos, on Monday. by the explosion of a mine planted by Fed erals before the excavation of the place, according to dispatches receiv ed at Mexico City. Some More Hot Air. The Augusta Chronicle says Felder made the statement in Atlanta Wed nesday night .that he will shortly be gin showing by oral and documentary evidence, that "Blease is a moral deenerate, and unfit to sit in a con MISSED BIG AMOUNT TRAIN ROBBERS MADE MISTAKE IN STOPPING TRAIN. Only Swag Comes From Registered Mail, No Express Being on Board. Posse in Pursuit. Apparently mistaking the first sec tion of the northbound passenger train No. 16 on the Southern Pacific railroad for a southbound train said to be carrying a shipment of $400, 000 in gold dust from Seattle to San Francisco two robbers held up the northbound train on Thursday night near West Fork, an isolated station in Cow Creek canyon, Oregon. The robbers rifled the mail car, blowing up the safe. and made away with the registered mail. They tried to secure entrance to the express car, but were foiled by liessenger Robb, who refused to open the door despite threats that they would use dyna 3nit~ he refused. The robbers after frud esly prying with a crowbar at the side door of the car, finally de sisted and decamped with the loot secured from the mail car. The amount taken by the robbers can not be ascertained at this time. This train carries in its registered mail the cash from Southern Oregon postoffices to Eugene, Oregon, which is their depository, and this was probably included in the mail4tolen. The robbers boarded' the train at West Fork while the engine was tak ing water. Soon after it had got un der way they crawled over the tender into the cab and directed the engineer to stop the train. This done one of the men kept the engineer and fireman under cover with his revolver while the other one *ent back and uncoupled the mail and baggage car. Then the engineer was ordered te pull these cars some distance up the .tract, where he was again ordered to stop. The robbers went back to the mail ear* and lining the mail clerks up, took the registered mail pounches and dynamited the mail car safe. The noise of the explosion warned Messenger Robb of what. was taking place and when the demand came for him to open his'door he made no responce. The .conductor of the train as soon as he discovered what had taken place went back to West Fork where he notified Glendale and surrounding points. Posses have been organized to pursue the robbers. DEPRESS PRICE OF COTTON. A Plot for That Purpose Said to Have Been Formed. A Washington dispatch to The State says a bull an.d bear war has broken out again although on a small scale, because it developed there on Wednesday in the hearing of the committee on expenditures in the. de partment pf justice that there has been a studied effort on the part of Northern spinners for the last four years to curtail the output of cot ton goods in order to force down the prices of the staple. Books of the Arkwright club whicb have just beeri exhibited to Congress man Beall of Texas led him to say that interesting disclosureS might be expected any day in view of the ac tions of Attorney General Wicker sham last year when the bull and bear movements were the issues of the day. While it is too early to say what the outcome of the~ matter will be there is a feeling that spinners from both the North and South will be summoned to testify before the com mittee to ascertain whether the cot ton market had suffered because of the agreement of the Northern men to curtail their production and to what extent the Sojthern spinners responded. Owed Him Small Amount Jesse -Kirk, a negro, shot and kill ed Will Wood, also colored, at Swit zer, Spartanburg county, Monday. Kirk claims that he shof Wpod, his brother-in-law, in self-defense. He said he and Wood had been off to gether and were reiturning home, when Wood claimed- that Kirk owed himn 25 cents. Kirk claims that he paid Wood the amount and Wood then claimed Kirk owed him more than 25 cents. Kirk denied owing him any more money. Ignored Governor Blease. A special dispatch from Atlanta to the Augusta Chronicle says the state ment is made that Governor Blease, of South Carolina, being ignored in sending out invitations to the unveil ing of the monument to the "Old Guard" there this fall-and he is the only :governor in the South thus ignored-is not due to th~e fact that 'he did not attend the conference, but Irather is due entirely to his action rinand conduct inreference to the Felder case. Fatal Tramway Accident. A special from Wilmington, N. C., says that as a result of an accident on the tram road of the Waccam-aw Lumber Company, near there Wed nesday, four men were instantly kill ed and one man seriously wounded. Three of the dead men are Italians. Details of the accident are not avail able at this time, but the coroner of Bruswick county is investigating the accider t. Cotton Mills Closed. In accordance with resolutions adopted at a meeting of the Cotton Manufacturers' Association of South Carolina held in Spartanburg last .Tanuar'y looking to a curtailment of the output of cotton mills of this State for a period of five weeks, be tween April and September, practical 17 all thie cotton mills of Greenville HELD LIVE WIRE Derrell Harrison Lost His Life While Viewing Base Ball Game. WAS HIGH UP ON A POLE Over Two Thousand People Who Were Witnessing Base Ball Game Saw the Unfortunate Man Fall Backwards and. Hang Head Down Ward for Some Time. The State says while perched on an electric light pole near the centre i field fence watching the Columbia Charleston- game Wednesday after noon at Elmwood park, Derreir Har rison, a young white man, came in contadt with a live wire and hung i suspended from a cross arm, head downwards, for about five minutes In plain view of about 2,000. horri fied spectators.- Death resulted al most instantly. The accident occurred in the sixth Inning, about 6:40 o'clock. Harr son and another man, whose name as yet has not been ascertained by the authorities, were watching the game from the electric light pole. A light which looked like a ball of fire flash ed and Harrison fell backwards, his legs catching (in the cross-arm, the other man dropping to the ground. His hat then sailed to the street be low. It is said that the other man was not. injured. In an instant the grandstand and bleachers -were In a state of confus ion. Women shrieked and bundreds of others rushed on the field for the cere of th'e acvident. .Tobn Riirke. centre fielder on the Columbia team, was among the first to go to his aid. A man climbed the pole with a rope and. attempted to tie it around the dead man's body to lower it to the ground, but his body was so limp that it slipped out, falling into the :rowd. Examination showed that he 1 was dead. Derrell Harrison was about twenty five year old. He was from the Eorse Creek valley of this State, but has recently been with his brother n-law, G. T. Scott, in the Olympia mill village. His wife was in Colum bia. After the accident the game was resumed, but many left. PUT BEHIN9D BARS. . we of a Desperate Negro Fiend Sav- e ed by White 'Men. A dispatch. to the State from Lex ngton says that Sam Carter, the ne ;ro, who was rushed to the peniten lary by Sheriff P. H. Corley Thursday t :ght to prevent a probable attack on I the Lexington jail, is now safe behina t ~he bars, is due largely to the success-| al efforts of the officers and to a few ! itizens of Swansea. This is the:I tatement made, .by Deputy Sheriff diller, who had just returned from :t ~he vicinity where Carter is alleged t oG have committed an assault upon a ittle 12-year-old white child on Mon- I iy afternoon week ago. . Carter had been working for the ather of the child for about a year, t aing come to South Carolina from y seorgia. On Monday afternoon, 19th a nstant, the little girl, together with er two brothers and two sisters, all f them younger than herself, were icking blackberries in a field near where the negro was working. Seeing the children, Carter went to where they were and enticed the lit tle girl to a thicket in the woods, elling her that he knew where there t as a lot of , blackberries, at thea ame time telling the other children o remain where they were. Soon afterwards a white man cameC long and noticed the little girl cone- . ng along the woods, followed closely y the negro, his suspicion aroused rom the appearance of the little girl, I e questioned her and the negro ( losely, but failed to get any satisfac- t ory answer. The girl's father wasj otified, and the girl told of what a ad happened, stating that Carter I ad told her he would kill her if she e ver told.C A warrant was immediately issued t for Carter and before the news of thec ssault had time to spread, the negroa was being rushed to Lexington In anc atomobile. Sheriff Corley had been otified by telephone and was on the way to the scene when he was met by the party in the automobile. The little girl belongs to a well known . amily in the community and the crime created a great deal of excite ent.c Struck in a Field. Robert Wilson, colored, a laborer] n S. B. Crawford's plantation, near1 Great Falls, Chester County, was in stantly killed by lightning on Fri day -afternoon. Wilson and several :ompanions were engaged in hoeing otton when the accident occurred. Three of the others were kocked down and stunned, but fortunately were not killed.] Convict Falls Dead.2 While laughing and talking with fellow convicts, a negro named Lee, alias Smith, who was serving a two year sentence on the Spartanburg County chaingang, tumbled over backwards and died before medi.cal aid could reach him one day lastt week. He was joking about his ar rest, -conviction and sentence when e died. Drown in River. The bodies of Albert J. Handtmian, a prominent club man and athlete, of Oninnati, ad Miss Anna Kees, known on the vaudeville stage as Bonie Hampton. were found in the Ohio river Thursday. They had been missing since Thursday week and it, TWO GIRLS WM IN RAFFLE AND ARE AWARDED A LIFE PARTNER. & Novel Manner of Raising Money at a Church Lottery Held in Phil adelphia, Pa. It is quite the thing In Philadel phia now for a girl to take e chance n a husband. That sounds as if It were not new, but .the fact is that a girl at a fair can put her hand in a rab bag and pull out a husband if she is lucky. Miss Mary Doyle did almost that it the fair for the benefit of St. Greg 3ry's Roman Catholic Church Wed iesday night. She and several thous mnd young women bought tickets in lottery for a husband whose identity was carefully :hidden. St. Gregory's ,ector vouchsafed that the prize would make a good husband, and an ounced that he would perform the arriage ceremony gratis. As an dditional Inducement a diamond -ing was thrown in with the husband The;drawing .for the gne capital )rIze was held on the porch of the ieadquarters of the church fair coin nittee Wednesday night. Miss len de Woodhouse held a box full of ;umbers. Miss Mary Muray. blind- t olded, thrust her hand in the oox Lnd diew forth a number. The girl 'ho held that number was the win ier. The united heart pit-a-pats of he hundreds of gir)s assembled were t1most audible. "No. 1669 wins" tunounced Miss.Woodhouse. After much fluttering it was dis vered that Mrs. Doyle held 1669. ler envious co-gamblers In the game f Ilove -thrust her forward and- she vas directed to step on zhe porch d discover her "winnings" w1o2 Vas hidden behind a screen. An. orchestra played the wedding narch -from "Lohengrin." With a >retty, petulant gesture Miss Doyle t mocked down the screen. There stood William Bowers, .nown to all the girls of the church; 'the bashful bachelor." He was lushing furiously. Besides he wore vening clothes, except that he had on green necktie.. ' "Pshaw" said Miss Doyle In a tone hat made Bowers blush a deeper I rimson, "I know Mr. Bowers is very t dce, but I don't want a husband that osts me only ten cents." She gave tp the diamond ring too. Bowers will be raffled off again, text time to buy a new organ for he church. '3,iss Doyle may .change her mind gain. - Miss Catherine N. Flanagan lid this afternoon. Pity, as well as udding affection, seems to' have In pired Miss Flanagan, foshe said: "Nobody loves a fat man, so '1l s iarry him." She held the ticket that ron Thomas Sklley as -husband at ie fair of the Church of the Immacu te Conception. Skelly is six feet eli and weighs 280 pounds. His identity which has been a baf lig mystery for a week, during hich the fair has been in progress, ras diisclosegl simultaneously with ie announcement that. he~ belonged o'Miss Flanagan If she wanted him Skelly mounted a chair and said e had entered the affair in a spirit ~ *f fun, but since he had seen. Mis 'lanagan he was willing and anxious o relinguish his bachelor life. Miss 'lannagan blushed prettily and it was t .greed-. JRY INVITED TO BARBECUE. s ut Judge Spear Says They Cannot c Attend the Affair. Announement in the newspapers 2 hat four prominent planters of Pul- E .ski county, who were recently ac- ~ uitted of peonage in the United ~ itates court at Macon. Ga., were to elebrate their acquittal on July 4 t ritbh a big barbecue and that an in itation had been extended to the 12 2 urors to be guests of honor, has rovoked from Judge Emory Spear 8 f the United States court a warning o the jurors not to 'attend. The udge takes the position that it is ~ gainst the law to tamper with a jury. e says that the names of the men I re in the jury box yet, they areC in the jury list and may be called Lpon to try a similar case. SeveralI if the jurors announce that they will ttend the 'cue despite the remarks g if the judge. Killed About Ten Cents. In a row over ten cents, the ter- ~ niation of a negro card guue, Hamp reter shot and killed Will C'de, near oodrff one day last week. Jeter as committed to jail at Spartanburg, harged with murde'. Jeter claimedt at Robert Green owed him 10 cents id pulled his gun to take a shot at obert; however, Cade got in the ay of t.he bullet and was killed. All >arties are colored. Held on Serious Charge. At Macon, Ga.. Charles Doctor, the roung musician who is charged with I riminally assaulting Leah Cohen, a 1 3-year-old girl and the daughter of labbi Cohen, is In jail. It was ex >ected that he would have a prelim.1 iary trial Tliursday, but he has not I tskted for it. Doctor has offered to narry the girl, but her relatives will iot consent. Sunday School Recruits. t One million four hundred and thir :y-one thousand, pupils have beeni tdded to the Sunday schools of the Jinited States in the last three years, ecording to statistics presented to he International Sunday school con rention, which was in session at San 'rancisco.. Buried Under Gold. Literally buried under $9,000,000i n gold, Wedesworth Williams, em ,loyed In the San Francisco mint, was so badly injured the other day hat hi renvery is doubtful. 1 Iwo GIS ROm Ihty iaim That They Were T3 to Steal Things Fr.. Sbr BUT THEY GOT CUGHT &rrested in a Department tore ' Strange Tale on Instruction Shoplifting.-Won Prizes in Sh of Sticks of Candy for Proficiye in Stealing. The New York World says th pretty, starched. frocks of two girls ach about ten years old, with anoth ,r giTI, about three toddling between. hem, attracted the eye of Miss Marioe. roung , detective, in the Greenhut egel Cooper CompanyAtore at 1t treet and Sixth Avenue Frday aft'e loon. At the lingerie counter, Miss . Foung says, she saw one of.the girls Oide a slip In her sleeve. A moment ater the other took a similar nent, the ;detective says She followed them and 'sar th m ake garment after garment, makng requent trips'to the waiting room. ially Miss Young Invited thie chnl Iren to the, office, where Miss Young Lsserts she. found -'$9.87 'worth ot ilk and linen 'sIps-pInned under thi dder girl's okirts and one sent pinned to the little childeless. At the police station, where they mre taken, the elder girls said they vere Helen Stewart and Helen Ben rood of No. 421,West Thzrty~.nth treet, and the baby was Agnes Han ey, of the same address. When harged with stealing one of thegirls aid earnestly: "No, mister, we didn't take the hings. Some one 'just put them here." The polioalth'n gave up their of-l orts to learn anything 'and took the hree to the ChldreuN's Sdcdety. From the time the smale girl eached the station house she began c, cry for her mother and father. L1 attempts 'to coifort her failed.' 'he detectives went out to look up b address, which was found to be etitous. This was about nine p. m 'con after they left the West Forty eventh street station called upthe ierry agents and asked -If they hadZ lost child there, givingta. descriptiow f Agnes. An hour later FAward Ah arn, a city freman, ahd bis distraer d wife, appeared at the Gerry rooms. hen they saw Agnes therei Was no eed for identification. The mtoher eized- the baby in her arms, crying ysterically. Mr. Ahearn said she had missed gnes in the afternoon, and. neigh ors told her that two.little girls haAd ken the child away as if for a walk. The next morning the baby's com anions were arraigned in the Chili en's Court before., Judge Hoyt. 'here "Helen Stewar2." said she was [elen. Birmingham, of No. 541 West 'tieth street, and the other said he was Mary March, No. 641 West 'fty-sesond street. . These names nd addesses were verified by the .etectlyes. After telling itheir right names the olice say the two girls ~told them tie following amazing story: -They ad been taught to steal by a Mfrs. iernan, who lives in West Fiftieta treet. With other girls about their ame age they had receIved a regular ourse in -shoplifting. To make them rofcent in .the art their Instructor, hey said, converted her parlor into shop. Tables and chairs were plac d in the centre of the room to rep. esent counters, which were covered rith ribbons afnd various articles of' ' rearing -apparel. Then they were - old they would "play store." The' roman's 15-year-old daughter acted: s the store detective. "You come in as if to buy," the ils say their instructor told them," nd the one who can .take the most rithout being caught will receive a tick of candy." The two children boasted that they ad won four sticks of candy In suc ession, although the girls 'pitted .ganst in .the contest of wits were auch older. Encourag'ed by this chievement, the detectives say the irs told them. tlhey decided to "work or themselves" Instead of for their ntructor and deserted the school .nd successfully pilfered articles rm several shops. Woman Starve to Death. For the second time within forty ight hours, 'a woman collapsed Sat rday of starvaaion in the steets of few York. This time the victim ied. She said she was Rose Dasso, ged 51, homeless and friendless. he had slept In doorways and parks or a year, she said, and with her ast breath she told a policeman who :nelt over her that -food had not assed her lips for so long that she ad forgotten the date, and had all' lut forgotten the taste. Engine Jumps Track.' Eastbound train No. 26, on the 3hesapeake & Ohio railroad, was rrecked Wednesday evening, one nile east of Aden, Ky. The engine umped the track and turned over. at F. -Kelley, of Mount Sterling, Ky., he engineer, was killed, and Edward L T. Watkins of Lexington, traveg ng engineer, sustained a broken leg. Cone of the passengers was hurt. Struck a Snow Storm. Dispatches from Duluth says thai teamers down the lake are sending n wireless messages stating that ey are late because they have been ield up by a snow storm this side of :be Canadian Soo. Snow fell in Lbundance, according to reports, all rhursday night. ' During the storm nost of the freighters 'anchored and odafe entil the snowfall cess-ed.