The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, February 11, 1909, Image 2
It (MINI
I .
*?ary Wilson Hi
^ mittee Under
fcl?
. jd, Special?Recommend- (
standard of the differ- 1
cotton as fixed by tftrem j
as the official clasaificar^-M
government, the commit- j
man'r* classification designed ?
ture '*ar.v ?f Agrculture to as- t
/ establishing such a stan- t
ve made their report to the j
The committee has made up t
epresentive of the nine differ* c
idea to be designated middling t
trict good middling, good mid- f
strict middling, middling, striet j
liddling, low middling, strict
ordinary, and good ordinary, to r
\ official standard. i
recommendation is made that j
sv of the confusion that mipht 9
in case the standards were pro- j
ted at once, they should QOtje
*0 effect until September 1st, t
^It also is recommended that y
be made to secure the s
omoTof fomgT^te^sJnlt
.action with the standards?*"1 lWt
ther recommendation is made that j
ingress enact legislation penalizing
ay one tampering with the standards
ahich are to be kept locked up at
the Department of Agriculture. Sec- ]
retarv^ Wilson has tho report of the !
committee under advisement.
Stated Names Retained.
The belief was expressed that as
result of an examination of t ho j
lards of this and foreign coun- j
'lie least confusion would arise i
i cotton business of the country j
hating a classification of cotton '
COnd&CTeptable to all foreign l
..sirbut owing to the action of
4>iese to attend
icramento, Oal., Special.?Grove
jhnson's bill compelling Jupan(jjBttend
separate public schools
rtfe Assembly Thursday by a
foi4S to 26.
/ Johnson's other bills prohibng^
aliens from being members of
.ards of directors and restricting
.hem in residence districts at the op- j
tion of boards of supervisors, were,
defeated, the former by a vote of 54 .
'It nrFte'Ia'<pr measure failed of j
upc ot a tie vote, the i
he bill being unable to j
Thof required 41 votes. Roll I
zzr**~*37 to :n<aft<?r aj
carry ousp nn(j several changes
and vice versa.
De a ltfipni debate was upon the'
it in th^epi-pynijon bill. Many
f^fiNOR HASKELL (
IZVv Okla., Special.?Seven |
were retenmed by the!
S|Lk nd jury here Wednesday i
lot allowed fraud inves- |
^ e charges being conspir-;
raud the government. The j
lose indicted are: Oover- (
| Yf Haskell, F. B. Severs, j
^{^2 h, C. W. Turner, XV. T. j*
FjJ ""? W. Hill and Waiter i
Itve bond. Fifteen J
' pnen in Muskogee ;
office of the United !
"ail here and signed Go**>11
's bond for $5,090. |
lsked to be allowed to!
sIm r,;1^ 3 tf* uent.
asma GRAFTED
smaller
nitro-1-The ^aft-1
ials for to a man but a ,
J * " All * 81 "mp of " :
f e operation
^ 'een performed
Slu?>eor<retown I7ni^p.^sp
al by I)r. George Tully
Ge-rge A. Kelley was taken
/ie hosp>al suffering from n disdd
kneecap which seemed to neces- I
RESIDENT ROOSEVEI
"\prano .flto, Cal., Special.?Gover- ]
*e?Ut Thursday received from I
president Roosevelt the follow- j
ib'Your kind letters just reeeiv-:
^'iat is the rumor that the Calislature
has passed n bill
e Japanese children from
choolsf This is the most ;
il of all, and in my judg "^s^nrly
unconstitutional and
at once have to test it in
Can it be shopped in the ]
of bv veto?" i
passed places the Japan- 1
fVERNMENT MUST BE
,ton, D. C| Special.?De-j
"if the government is to j'
^ full efficiency against crim-!<
must have some force of see- i
viva agents who ean act against '
a Is anywhere." President I
? *-?lt, in a statement made public <
f" the White House Wednesday, i
^^^ally reite^^d his opposition I
sfri J v
PES FIXE!
is Report of. Com
Advisement
Congress, the committee found
leeessary to confine itself to stat
lames which are in use in this cou
ry.
The standards finally recommend
?or adoption are those that are
tse in practical every day busin?
hroughout the greater part of t
oton belt, and are the standards a
ppted in commercial practice l
ween this country and Europe. T
iharacteristica recognized in the <
ablisbment of the grades are tho
renerally used in the trade at t
) re sent time.
It was the express wish of the coi
nittee that the government should
ill times maintain the strictes s
>errision of the preparation of t!
tandards, and that the standar
>repared should be safeguarded
very way by legislation to preve
heir being handled or tamperi
rith. It was strongly urged th
teps immediately be takent^^"?/^
he concurrence .ftf^fCer^itrnexehang
8^*Tdi>rdr, and owing to t
'act that at the present time on tl
ire being made in contracts fully
rear ahead, it was believed that
>rder to avoid confusion, the stan
irds certified should not go into u
n the trade prior to the time in<
;ated. It was pointed out that
nrould be unfavorable to have t
standards unsed as a basis of sales
the middle of the cotton season, ai
that they could not be used for t
*oming season without great injusti
ina contusion.
In fixing cotton standards, the eoi
mittee acted in conformity with a
thority of Congress.
SEPARATE SCHOOL
who voted against the land and c<
poration measures announced til
they. favored segregation of undes
able aliens because that was effe
ive anti-Japanese legislation.
Shortly after the disposal of t
Johnson bills, Mr. Drew moved tl
the vote by which his land bill w
defeated be reconsidered. He off
ed to amend the measure by striki
out a action which, it had been <
olared, violated the^ treaty rights
several nations. He declared tl
as the school bill har just been pasi
and that was the one against whi
the President objected most strei
ously two years ago, the Asseml
should go a step further and pass (
land bill also.
The motion was lost, the vote 1
ing 3(5 ayes and 3S noes. This she
ed a gain of ten votes for the p
ponents of the bill.
CHARGED WITH FRAU
that he was indicted, issued the f
lowing statement to the Assoeiat
Press:
"I have just heard of the indi
ment for conspiracy, coupled w
seven or eight of the oldest and hi;
est charactered citizens of Muskger
men who developed and built up tl
country by their unselfish effo
From now on the proceedings will
open to both sides.
"Hearst's crooked manipulatic
will be at a discount.
"I am satisfied the Interior I
partment has been misled by fa
statements. I am confident there 1
not been a dishonest act done by a
of the indicted parties, and that go
citizens in general, regardless of pc
tics, feel the same way.
"C. N. HASKELL."
FROM A DEAD-MA
sitate the amputation of his leg. T
hospital physicians, it is said, obta
ed permission of relatives of anoth
white* man, whose name is kept s<
ret, and who was dying, to amputr
his leg as soon after death as possil
and endeavor to graft the limb. T1
was done, it is declared, and now i
Kelley has a left leg grafted
above his knee.
-T ENTERS PROTES
ese in the same classification w;
other Asiatics and inserts the we
"Japanese" in the mesent Sti
statute providing for the segregati
in separate schools of "Mongolia!
children.
By this action the lower house
the California Legislature has tak
the step which the board of edut
tion of San Francisco intended
take two years ago, which was abi
doned after the board and form
Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz were call
to Washington and had several cc
Terences with President Roosevelt.
ABLE TO ACT FFFiriFWTi
The statement was called forth
"misleading statements appearing
koine of the afternoon papers" to t
effect that the work of the secret ?
l ice has not been hampered, and tl
the investigation of eases outside t
detection of counterfeiters and 1
protection of the President has i
been circumscribed by restricting 1<
islation at th? last session of C*
pass.
fr.
er ? '. . .
?
I DOINGS ONJONGRESS
' Inactod From Day to Day.
Senator Teller, of Colorado,
Wednesday addressed the Senate
|a support of Senator Bacon's resoi
tion declaring that the Senate has
right to any information in poesi
sion of the executive departmen
. and cited various precedents to si
* tain his contention. He elaimed th
only in exceptional cases is the Pn
n" ident warranted in withholding i
formation and declared that Congit
?d bad never failed to respect such i
tion on the part of the executi
when it has been based on eonsidei
he tions of public interest.
l?- The Senate remained in executi
session during most of the day eo
he side ring the nomination of Dr. W.
Crum, to be collector of customs
"? Charleston, S. C., and at 5:27 p. i
he adjourned.
General debate oe the agricultur
n" appropriation bill in the House a
forded critics and defenders of tl
u_ Department of Agriculture an exc?
he lent field day.
ds Mr. Lever, of South Carolina, 1<
>n off with an attack on the appoiri
nt ment and work of the referee boa
ed of consultio^r-chemists in the depai
at_ ?er.t. "Hr. Heflin, of Alabama, aski
*? on behalf of eotton growers for
es governmental monthly report on tl
h? consumption of cotton. Mr. Sturg;
he of West Virginia, urged an extensi*
a of the forest service. Mr. Humphre
of Washington, took an exactly o
jwMie view, wnue Mr. Mondell,
Wyoming, declared the bureau
1}" forestry the most autocratic gover
ment bureau outside of Russia. N
h? Bartholdt, of Missouri, urged the i
,n sue of bonds for inland waterwi
improvement and Mr. Candler,
h? Mississippi, complained of the tar
ce on agricultural implements. Chai
man Scott, of the agricultural coi
m- mittce, closed the debate with e
n- planatory remarks on the work do
by the department during the pa
? year.
3 While the bill was under consider
tion under the five-minute rule, an i
>r- crease of $500, to the salary of Soli
lat itor George P. McCabe, making
ijr- $4,500, was stricken out on a poi
et- of order.
An increase of the salarv of I
he rector Willis B. Moore, of the went
iat er bureau, from $5,000 to $6,000 su
ns fered a similar fate.
er_ Before the bill was taken up
ng general debate the House passed t
}<*_ Senate pension bill for Fedei
of judees.
,at The monotonous tones of the rea
led inp cleark of the Senate as he labt
ich through the bill of over 100 pag
making appropriations for the D
trict of Columbia constituted t
(he 'hief feature in the proceedings
that body Thursday. There was i
I evident intention on the part of t
authority to lengthen the time nee<
ro_ sarv to dispose of the measure, it 1
ing the only obstaele to an executi
session for the further considerate
p. of the nomination of William
Cmm to be collector of customs
0I_ Charleston, S. C.
e(j On the Democratic side there was
persistent demand for the most cai
fill reading of the bill and ocasioni
ct- ly members of the minority becar
ith involved in a spirited debate on itei
rh- usually left to the judgment of t
oomaiittee reporting th? measure.
When the Senate adjourned at
lat o'clock the reading of only half
rt. the bill had been completed,
be In the House the forest service ;i
its usual annual drubbing Thursda
the criticisms against it coming pii
ms cipallv from Mr. Smith, of Calif*
nia, Mr. Cook, of Colorado, and At
)e- Mondell, of Wyoming, nil of whr
lse charged extravagance in ndministi
ias *'on nn(* *'ie ext?rti?n of money frc
_ miners, farmers and even the owne
OJj of bee hives. Mr. Cook attributed
Mr. Pinchot, the chief forester, t
ulterior motive of scheming for Sr
i retnry Wilson's seat in the Cnbim
Both Mr. Pinchot and the forest s<
N vice were vigorously defended 1
Messrs. Mann, of Illinois, and Weel
. of Massnchuetts.
m" All attempts to amend the bill
"'r any important particular failed. 1
consideration was about two-thir
lie 1 l TT -i c OA
uvaipiticii wiich nit' nuusi; at u;^u
m. adourned.
Ins
f r "
. The Senate Friday concluded co
ist
sidcration of the District of Colin
_ bia appropriation bill, carrying i
aggregate of about #11,500,000.
conference report on the urgent de
ith ciency bill was agreed to. It appr
?rd priatcs $12,000 for the "purrhas
ite care and maintenance of automobil
on for the President," and $150,000
l" enable the Secretary of Agricultu
to continue to combat the foot at
of mouth disease in horses and cattle,
en A -esolution was adopted directii
?a- the committee on military affairs
to investigate military posts and varioi
in- phases of army administration.
J?r After en executive session, in whi<
ed the nomination of William D. Cra
>n- to be collector of customs of Charle
ton, S. C., was considered.
Private claimants by the score hi
.V their innings in the House of Kepi
sentatives, the whole session beii
by given over under a special order
in their consideration. The debate w
he not without its incidents, both hurao
er- ons and exciting. Mr. Mann provo
ist ed the House to laughter by questio
he ing the value of two Kentucky the
the onghbred horses, and he charged ht
>ot the committee had accepted the val
sg- ation of the animals as fixed by 441
>n- idiot" as against that of the elaii
ant's committee H conduct bis s
tfvaga?8.-v
fairs. Bat it was left to Moosra. Hap- Tl
bum (Iowa); Macon, of Arkansas, | \
and Gaines, of Tennessee, to fonidl
? the exeiting feature of the proceedings.
The Speaker became involved St(
ot in the controversy and was called upii
on to make a ruling, and then Mr.
|q. Gaines threw the House into an upi
roar by charging that the rules pro- , mi
5s- hibited a "square deal" to claim- ou'
ts ants.
is The President's message vetoing
ial the census bill was read just before c
>8 adjournment. t]
n 1
at The splendid qualities of mind find -y
io- character of the late Senator William
ve B. Allison, of Iowa, 35 years a United
? States Senator, and eight years a
member of the House of Representav?
lives, were the subject of many eulo- pro'
n- fries in the Senate Saturday. Nine- bun
D teen Senators spoke in praise of the pr0|
publie services of Senator Allison and
m- during most of the day the number of
Senators in their places on the floor no?
and the attendance in gnllerie* was of
large. The delivery of the eulogies sou
he consumed the entire day. The Sen- ues,
ate adjourned at 4:56 p. m.
Under special order, the House of e
Representatives considered the bill cas<
amendatory of the national bankrupt- ni"l
r<^ cv law. By way of a substitute Mr. a
Clayton, of Alabama, offered an
w' amendment repealing the bankruptcy f?al
t a law of July 1st, 18flS, with a proviso v ln?
. that proceedings under the law begun ^
prior to the time the act shall take cf- a Cl
}n feet shall not be affected. reP]
The first business of importance to "
P" claim the attention of the House of *Jan
Representatives was the President's ^0I
?" message vetoing the census bill. Mr.
n" Crumpacker moved the reference of
the bill and message to the census ^
!S" committee.
iv. The committee on rivers nnil bur- 1
? bors improvements practically has Wa
1 { completed its consideration of the bill ma'
ir~ providing for emergencies for surveys den
n" and for maintenance, which is to be A
reported within a few days. The bill
np carries a total appropriation of slight- mai
8 l.v less than $10,000,000. A survey for lan
the Atlantic deeper waterways pro- dar
a~ ject, which contemplates an inside n*?*
n" water route from New York to Flori- A
." da, is provided for. as well as a surt
Vey ^or 'n*erPoas*a' eanal through E
Louisiana and Texas, to connect the *ha
j. Mississippi and Rio Grande rivers. ton
Having for its object the prevention a'h
of the importation of deceased nur- 1
serv stock a bill has been introduced
in Representative John R. Lamb, of toti
j Virginia. It provides that all nur- c'?l
I sery stock shall be subject to inspec- H*8
tion by experts of the Department of a fi
Agriculture, at such points of entry Mr
,r_ as the Secretary of Agriculture may
designate. jur<
. Dr>\
The Rice Supply Estimated. hou
Houston, Tex., Special.?A. E.
Rn ' Groves, secretary of the Texas-Louisi- ^
lie ' ana Farmers' Association, has given ^
iS~ out an estimate of the rice now held raai
* by fnimers and by mills. According ary
nn to his figures there are 800.000 sacks fire
D. of clean and rough rice in Louisiana Pon
at and 017,000 in Texas, of which latter a*\e
510,000 is rough. Mr. Groves esti
a mates that .300,000 sacks will be need- V?
e- ed for seed, leaving a total aavilable jje<"
il- supply of 1,417,500 sacks.
Mrs. Blair Gees Free. sea
!1S Columbia. Special.?Contrary t? by
e axpec.tations, the jury in the second sat:
,0 'rial of the handsome Mrs. Ethel W.
Blair for the murder of her hus?
Dand, Conductor MeCulley W. Blair. 7
returned a verdict at midnight Fri- Qe,
lay night, acquitting her of the wir
dinrge, and site was immediately set f0
free by the usual court order. The prj
, ~ ' rase went to the jury at the close of wj,j
' the afternoon session, and Mrs. Blair sta
' remained in the court room with her jmj
a~ relatives doing her best to conceal At
>11) ...
rs ner agitation. Bir
Judge Henson Resigns.
>c_ Richmond, Va., Special.?Judge W. Lot
et. J. Henson, of the Twenty-second ju- rite
dicial circuit, composed of the coun- *?
by ties of Bland, Giles and Tazewell,
has resigned, the resignation to be ^
effective Februarj' 1. It is understood F'f1
in that Judge Henson proposes to enIs
gage in a law partnership in the city , n
of Roanoke with Marshall McCor- ion
P1 mick Flllton Tfn<rli>v n vnnnn. lo...
? -- J1 " J Wl,,,h IW" J,or
yer of Blond county, lias been anpointed
to (111 the unexnired te'-ni.
n- General Items Condensed. ^inn
ft f]
in The very latest says a man has
\ been dug out of the ruins of Messina
conscious and with chances of life
~ after being shut up there 38 days.
ie The town of Yehama (snvs a Chi- ^
Cg cago dispatch of the 4th) is 15 feet Hai
t0 J deep in water. ed
re Pittsburg, Pa., hns been the victim the
id of many negro depredations and to pha
suppress it many of them have been gjrj
lg arrested. This has brought that histo
toric city almost f^ce to face with e thei
us race war. gfrf
A book is to be forthcoming from shei
;h Germany's capitol in defense of the
m Emperor William in his late troubles. how
?- It will set forth that he is not cor- p08:
rectly understood. er j
id The Vanguard is England's las*
e- and the lararest wnr vmmm*l in
lg wo) Id. It has been launched. It is g
to 543 feet long and has 2,500 horse pofl
as power and a displacement of 19,300 vicl
r- tons. Joh
k- The National Assembly of Panama 0f
n- has expressed its indignation at thr wag
r- speech of Representative Rainey ir mm
at Congress, reflecting on Panama') dee
n- president, Obaldia. I bla?
in ????? ask
Emperor William opened the aev met
'erlla aubwa* to I
... & j
JRNADOJ SOUTH
irms Reach from Texas la
Kentucky.
JTHERN TOWNS AREHIT HARD
ere Rein, Hall, Wind and Electriil
Storms Sweep Orer South Oenral
States, Killing and Injuring
bay and Destroying Property
'slued at Hundreds of Thousands
r Dollars.
ouisville, Ky., Special?Death for
bably a score of persons, losses of
dreds of thousands of dollars in
perty and the crippling of many
graph wires resulted between
n and dusk Friday from a series
small tornadoes which swept the
th central States from the Tensee
line to the Texas Panhandle,
i storms were accompanied in most
?s by hail, darkness, terriihc light<
flashes and sheets of rain,
lost of the towns where loss of
occurred are off the railroads, so
t news from them has been comslowly.
Known casualties are:
tuttgart, Ark.?Mrs. Gerfield and
hild of Will Story. Mrs. Story is
orted fatally injured,
ulphur Springs, Texas.?Mrs.
les Ardis and Mrs. C. Pnlrtwoll
n Rolling Fork, Miss., just before
telephone wires broke word came
t four had beeu killed,
tooth, Miss., reported to Birraing1
that six had met death there,
n other towns such as Gnnis and
xabntchie, Tex., and Boscoe, La.,
ly dwellings are said to have been
lolished by the wind,
irkansas and upper Louisiana rice
Is were injured to the extent of
ly thousands of dollars, while the
?er cities experienced rains and
kness and lightning bolts that
le large buildings quiver,
it Chattanooga there was a terristorm
of hail.
teports from Birmingham stato
t several persons were killed by a
iado at Cullman, Ala. Friday
irnoon.
'he home of George Stewart, seven
es east of Hanesville, Aln., was
illy destroyed. His 2-dnvs-old
Id was blown half mile and killed,
i 2-year-old ehild was blown into
rate and probably fatally burned.
r. Stewart was caught under some
ters in the house and so badly iued
thut she will die. Mrs. Tom
vner and a child who were in the
ise were fatally hurt.
;ht Firing Teats at Fort Caswell
Satisfactory.
Vashington, Special.?In tests
de at Fort Caswell, N. G\, Februlst
and 2d of the new system of
control for rapid-fire guns, the
st artillery corps made an avert
of 50 per cent of hits in night
rig at a moving target at range
in 1.700 to 2,000 yards. The protiles
were provided with lighted
pers, and the target, which was 10
t by 24 feet was illuminated by
rchlights. The test was conducted
a 3-inch gun battery and was very
isfuctory.
Seven Dead in Alabama.
Birmingham, Ala., Special.?Mayor
:>rge H. Brier, of Cullum, Ala.,
es that seven neonle urn known
have boon killed in flint county
day afternoon by the cyclone
icli passed over this section of the
tc but that wire communication is
>ossible with the stricken locality.
Kayosa, a mining camp west of
minghnm on the Southern Rail>*,
live houses were blown clown but
y one man was injured, a Mr.
ran. The property loss in the teriry
north of Birmingham appears
have been very large.
Woman Brutally Murdered.
Vinston-Snlem, Special.?Charles
rell, a negro about 34 years old,
tally murdered his wife, Chrissie,
day afternoon as she sat in her
le on Highland avenue. He fired
r shots from a revolver, killing
instantly. An eye-witness says
rell began firing after his wife
1 him she was afraid to live with
i longer, she having left him after
ight Christmas week.
?kell Memorial Home Burned;
Three Missing.
tattle Creek, Mich., Special.?The
*kell Memorial Home was destroyby
fire Friday morning. Three of
thirty-seven members of the ornage
are missing. Seven little
s jumped from a third story win7,
but ii is not thought any of
m are fatally hurt. James Arra>ng,
12 years old, standing on a
d under the window from whieh
girls had to jump, directed them
r to make their fall as easy as
sible and caught two of the anuUjirls
in liis arms.
Dies Protesting Innocence.
partanburg, S. C., Special.?Will
ter, colored, who was twice con?d
on the charge of murederiqg
n Young, a well-known white maiv
the country, in November, 1907,
i hanged in the eounty jail Friday
ning. Foster went to his death
taring his innoeenee. After the
;k cap had been adjnsted he was
ed if he desired to make any state*
it, and be replied that all he bad
lay was that he was innocent.
1
The Battleship Deleware Launched at 1
. Newport Vewi Saturday?Pi snip- 1
tion of tho Great Sea Fighter. ^
Newport News, Va.f Special.?The
peat battleship Delewaro was rue- 4
oessfully launched from the yards af .
her builders, the Newport News Ship~
building and Dry Dock (V-rprrr <
Saturday. The lanehing wa wjfn.-sed
by 5,000 people.
Compared with the b '. completed
or under eonstri
the navy of any foreign co t ; -?
Delaware surpasses all. S >i.
vi iuur ?i?ier snips aumo ' ?? '\v *
Congress which will form n ni-.
table squadron. The other \ ? i- *
the North Dekota, being ' '
Quiney, Mass.; the Florid ' ?
will be built at the New 1
yard, and the Utah, to be ' H
Camden, N. J.
The Delaware is to carry a* tv< *'
armor and as powerful armuineui a?
any known vessel of its class; will
have a speed of 21 knots, which ia
believed to be the highest practicable *"
for n vessel of this type and class,
and will have the highest practicable
radius of action. The arrangements
of her main battery guns is such as topermit
a broadside tire 23 per cent
greater than that of the broadside *
of any battleship now built, or, so far
as is known, under construction. Her r
defensive qualities, other than those
dependent upon armor protection, are *
such as to give the maximum degree
of protection to all the vital portions *
by means of unusually effective compartmental
sub-division, so that in 1
conjunction with her armor protection
inc aerensive qualities or tins vessel
are believed to be distinctly superior
to those of any battleship hereto designed.
The hull is protected by &
water line belt of armor 8 feet in
width, whose maximum thickness is 11
inches. This armor bolt gives effective
protection to the boilers, machinery
and mngnzin' spaces. The side 1
above the main a mor belt is protected
by armor 7 feet 3 inches wide and
of a maximum thickness of 10 inches.
Above the main casement armor amid- 1
Bhips the side is protected by armor
of 5 inches thickness, which cffords '
protection to the smoke pipes, the major
portion of the secondary batter- '
ies of of 5-inch guns and the hull
structure.
Mr. Taft Leaves Colon.
Colon, By Cable.?President-elect
William H. Taft and party left hero
at 6 o'clock Sunday evening on hoard
the cruiser Noith Carolina for New
Orleans acorapanicd by the cruiser ^
Montana. Just previous to embark- a
ing Mr. Taft gave out the following: 3
"I am not prepared to make a
statement as to the results of the trip ^
to the isthmus, except to say that wo *
have found the work progressing in ^
a most satisfactory way; the orgnni- ^
zation better than ever before, the ^
esprit de corps excellent and the determination
of all, even the humblest ^
laborer, directed to the building of
the canal. I am sure that this lias
impressed itself upon every one of the- '
board of visiting engineers as it liao
upon me. _
nun reiercnee to ilie type of the?
canal and the continuance of the
prescnt plans, the engineers promise
that they will bo able to hand me
their report by the time we land at ^
New Orleans." ^
Razor For Suicide.
Asheville, N. P.. Special.?Telling"
wife that he was going downstairs te
shave, James M. Hyatt a prominent 4^
business man of this place, Sunday
morning shortly after 8 o'clock pick" ij?
ed up his razor and other shaving material,
went down stairs, locking the
doors and slashed his throat with the
razor, dying soon after the act wai 4
discovered by Mrs. Hyatt. No cause
other than ill health can be assigned ?
for the rash act.
4
Macon Has $40,000 Fire.
Macon, On., Special.?Fire originat- "
ing in a cottage on Wilder street in 4
south Macon, Sunday morning at It I
o'clock, driven by a stiff wind rapid- 5
lv spread to adjourning dwellings, resulting
in the complete destruction of *
twenty-six residences, the loss on 4
buildings and personal property
nmnnnf inrr tn A AAA
" I'F1 vA.iuaiciy <T?V|VW, 4
General Newt in Brief. 4
Charlottesville, Va., suffered from
a disastrious fire on Friday, the 4th. 4
The loss is Estimated at _
Subpoenas have been i? o
Judge Landis for a new t . I if o
Standard Oil Co. Judge Nil's he- >k
fore imposed a fine of $20 n;1 ) ?,.i
the company which succee<.el in /.el <4
tincr a new trial.
It is proposed at this li l- ?> *
gather the ashes of Ma tor Pi f <
Charles L' Enf-nt, the Fr n< . < Itr O
neer, and burv t1 nm at Arl.<
to have a suitn','-? monutnc i i.e- II
opnition of bis se-vices to Oen. Washington
in plann:"g the Capital City. *
Bryan Ponies the Story.
Jacksonville, Fla., Special.?Wil- a
liana Jennings Bryan reached Jackson- ' j
ville at 7 oVlvV Sunday morning
from Delaud an'' emphatically denies V-3
the atory sent out regarding the
alleged automobile accident near Tarpon
Spring*, in which it van said that
be wai badly injured and under treatment
in a Tampa hotel.
*