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' . i * * '"i ? . 11 * i... i 11 . .1 sga^j^ 3FI ,jft Robt Sfessamin, Who Accuses * %, Ms Swooflnwt of COMMITTING CRIME. ' A Very Remarkable Situation?The Brutal Killing o fCarl Miller in May Three Yearn A^o?The Unique Feature in the Cane That Hat* Attracted Wide Attention, Not Only in Missouri Hut Kine where. Charging that hia former^ sweetheart, Anna Bentley, committed the murder of which he is himself ac cused by the girl, Robert Sassamann will present the most novel defense in the criminal history of Missouri when he is placed on tria1 Monday, at Warrensburg, Mo. The case was called in June, but the venire of sixty men was exhausted without securing a jury, and a continuance granted to the 12th of August. Owing to the great popular interest in the crime, it will probably be exceedingly difficult to find twelve men who have not formed decided opinions, tor;. The case against Sassaman rests ^ upon the assertion of Anna Bentley that the accused man, who was once her lover, killed Carl Miller for purIr poses of robbery. Against this charge Sassaman will declare that Miss Bentley committed the deed and informed the authorities that he did it, through anger at his marriage to another woman. It is only the old story of a woman scorned, if Sassaman is to be believed?a woman who did not stop at murder and perjury to obtain revenge. Sassaman is of a wealthy family and some of the best attorneys of his section have been employed to defend him. Cal l Miller, sixty years of age, was killed May 30, 1904, two and onehalf miles west of Holden, and his body thrown into an abandoned well. Nearly ffve month had passed before anv inkling of the crime became public, when Anna Bentley made the startling accusation against Sassaman. Officials went with Miss Bentley to the scene of the crime, and in the slimy water of the abandoned well the decomposed body of the old man was found. On the evidence of the girl the coroner's jury rendered a verdict that the victim had come to his death at the hands of Sassaman. According to the story told the officers by the woman, she and Sassaman made the acquaintance of Miller at Holden and persuaded him to accompany tbem on a camping trip to Kansas. They were delayed by a swollen stream and on the night of May 30, at the camp fire, Sassaman sll'W thn nld man unrl V.:^ ... w.w w.x. Iiiwn, auu v-1 UOIIC11 II1C skull with an ax. The alleged motive was the possession of Miller's team and wagon. A heavy stone was fastened to the body, and it was thrown into the old well. Sassaman and the woman proceeded to Kansay, going to Topeka. In September, Sassaman. according to Miss Bcntley, deserted her to go to North Dakota with the intention of killing a tweetheart of hers of whom he was jealou.. She immediately returned to Missouri and informed on him. Sassaman's story of the crime puts the crime on the woman. The night of the murder, as the old man leaned over the fire to light his pipe, the woman, according to Sassaman's story, hit him on the head with an ax, killing him instantly. She then said to Sassaman: "From now on, Bobby, you do what I say or you'll get a dose of the same medicine, I am a woman, and if you should tell that I killed Miller, nobody will believe you. If I say you did it, they'll believe me and hang you. If you marry that girl in St. Louis or have nnuikm#* ^~ 1?? T,n * wjwiuiB luuic iaj uu wnil ner 1 u lay this murder on you the day you get married. After several nuarrels with Miss Bentley in Topeaa, Sassaman left her and went to St. Louis, where he married the girl of whom the Bentley woman had been jealous. The couple were married in Kansas City, and notice of the issue of the license was published in the Kansas City pa pjrs. Miss Bentley read it and immediately made good her alleged threat to accuse Sassaman of the murder. Owing te its unique features, the case has attracted wide attention, and popular opinion is about equally divided as to the guilt of the man or the woman, while many believe that both had a hand in the murderous affair and are now attempting to shift all the blame on their partner in guilt. FIRED ON FOSSE And a Negro Fell Dead Kiddled With Bullets. At Tlfton, On., Jim Hall was shot and killed by a posse late Thursday night. Hall and another negro, Torn Uateman, had a dispute about a negro woman Hall uk..i i?..? " ^ . ?.. ixtu'lllilll llirtil! times and fled. A number of men were sworn In hs a posse and followed Hall. When they came up with the negro. Hall appeared to he hall erased and opened Are on the posse This was returned and the negro fell dead. Bateman was not seriously FATAL KIN A WAY. A Roy Thrown Out of a Wagon and While returning -out prayer meeting Wednesday night near Longview, Texas. a team drive by K. Gibson became frightened and scattered thj occupants alopg the roadway. Olde Gibson, a hoy. asleep In the wagon, was Lurown out and killed. Rev. J. M Splvcy, a Baptist preacher, was injured Internally and thref others ware badly hurt v" ' - * - v'' u But Kakw Does Not Keep Pace With h is the Advance in the Gust of Liv- () It is believed that the year 1907 ? will make a new record for the num- 1 ber and extent of increase in wages w and salaries granted by all kinds of v employers in this country. Reports ,, which come to the bureau of labor, i< together with those received by the & American Federation of Labor at its p headquarters here, justify this be- tl lief. ? Wages, speaking broadly, are 11 higher than they ever were before ^ in the history of almost all governments. This is said to be true of a a great mass of railroad employes, of h building trade workers, and of near- t< ly all organized trades from which c approximately accurate reports are 11 obtainable. More than this, the in- v creases which have been secured * during the year 1907 have- generally come without strikes or other se- t( rious difficulty. The best of the pres- t] ent day business conditions is to be v found in these reports of wage and ii labor conditions. w There has been much suggestion o since the March stock market panic of a danger of slackening of business " pace, but it is pointed out by the au- J1 thorities on these subjects that ab- a solutely nothiuj aside from Wall s Street pessimism justified such fears. Certainly the reports of the raiiroads and of big industrial corporations, b showing in the majority of cases an p increase in both gross and net earn- v ings and in volume of business, indicate that business instead of shrink J J ing is growing as fast as ever. t] Moreover, the outlook is considered to be growing brighter every day. The spring weather had a depressing effect, and there is general concession > that if weather conditions had been normal and the market panic not taken place, 1907 would have l>een a season of phenomenal business devel- d opinent as never has been paraded, s Even as it is, with the upward turn N in weather, crop conditions, there is ? a strong impression in treasury and M other quarters closely in touch with business, that the year is going to " make many new records. (( About a year ago Secretary Wilson |t declared in a remarkable review that r this country had seen the last of c what could be called crop failures, n The secretary never lost confidence, 81 even during the most discouraging t] period of the spring. He insisted that cotton would come out better ? than ever before from like conditions p because cotton was better handled \\ now; that wheat would surprise tl OVOruKA.'JtF ??? ?1 1 v.>.ijuuuj ucvauoc Llie IIUW WI lL'tlL f intended for cultivation in semi-arid tl regions, would produce an immense i"1 yield, and largely compensate for short yields of the older grains; that 11 better testing of seed corn and im- ' proved varieties would make the loss h in that crop far less than would have c been experienced if like conditions b had supervened in the years prior to d the improvement of farming met.h- c ods. In short, the Secretary rigidly insisted that there was going to be no crop failure, and declined to be panicky. * His judgment is being vindicated every day, as reports come from all the cropping regions of the country. The crops are not going to be what e they were a year ago, but they are * going to be so much better than was ^ supposed two months ago that there f is strong disposition to start a new \ boom on the strength of them. t No better sign has appeared than I the reports which railroad men bring l of the betterment of their faeiiltipn t in anticipation of the fall and winter business. There will be no repetition . this year of the disastrous traffic congestion of the winter of 1906-7. JohnT. Marchand, assistant to the president of the Rock Island system, . who has been in the city this week, has explained what the Wester and ? Southwestern roads are doing to 1 bring their facilities up to the de- . mands of the times. Mr. Marchand ! was for many years with the inter- ^ state commerce commission, until a ? big railroad tempted him away with an increase of 100 per cent, in salary. ^ ! "If the railroads could only get the labor, the investment of money . in betterments this year would exceed anything ever reported," he ! said. "The trouble is that the labor can't be had at any price. We are do- * ing everything possible, for instance, on the Rock Island lines to establish ? a strictly first class candition. It has been only by the greatest exertion I that we have been able to get tires, 1 for instance, of which we had hun- * dreds of thousands bought, delivered to us. No labor. The new lines in ? the southwest have needed an immense amount of work and they have ' received it. But all the other roads are making the same determined ef- * fort to bring physical conditions and facilities up to the new standard which increased business demands, * and it means that the labor market has been drained. But it can be set down as certain ' that next fall and winter will not see ' a repetition of the troubles of last n luinirn. TW? II J- ' o wfinvci. xiic laiiroaus nave tneir; ? tracks in condition, have more cars, more power, more of everything, and ** have put it all into the best postible ~ state of efficiency. Tonnage is so ' big that the prospect of a small re- " duction which seemed to be promis- n ed during the spring, was really ra- a ther gratifying to the operating de- ^ partments, for it gave them a chance ^ to catch up with business. But the reduction evidently isn't going to v take place, for crop condition are j ^ vastly better than anybody dreamed j was possible at that time. I _ Meadwhile the cost of living amounts upward along with every- j ' thing. The next report of the bu-! I reau of labor on the comparative ad- ' e vances in wages and prices is awaited t with deep interest. The bureau man-! ? aged in its last annual report tojp 'V pssjFSSE iii *^ 5? * >%r. ' SUCCESSFUL DETECTIVE. I.'F. Wheeler, a Cripple, Arrests Mas In AnfaU. The following story we clip from le Auguata Chronicle of last Sanay: Paralysed from his waist down, nd seated in an Invalid's rol>r chair which he operates with his ands and arms, G. F. Wheeler, specilly commissioned as deputy sheriff y the officials of Orangeburg, 8. C., lime to Augusta yesterday morning nd arrested T. F. Bell, a middleged white man, big and strong, who i wanted for larceny after trust. Bell is alleged to have missed $110 hich had been entrusted to him by /heeler. When the money was detanded of him. Bell was unable to roduce it, and Bhortly afterwards jft -Orangeburg. Determined to pros liuir uiin uuu ruoiver nis money, u osslhle, Wheeler applied himself to tie task of tracking Bell. The sucess of his "sleuthing" is shown by tie fact that he learned, after much (fort and dilligeut inquiry, that Bell 'as in Augusta. Wheeler presented his case to the uthorities of Orangeburg, who were, owever, unwilling to send an officer > Augusta, because they were not ertain that Bell could be so easily pprehended. or was in this city, l/heeler then requested that he be ested with police authority, promlsig that he would capture the man. Yesterday morning Wheeler came 3 Augusta and wheeled himself to he barracks. Detectives Howard and Williams came to his assistance and i a short while arrested Bell, who 'as found at work in one of the mills f the city. Wheeler remained at the barracks ntil late yesterday afternoon, when e and Bftll left for Orangeburg. The itter promised not to make an effort t escape, and the crippled deputy heriff obligingly kept his handcuffs :i his pocket. When prisoner and captor left the arracks. Bell was acting in the caacity of an attendant, assisting Vheeler to operate his roller chair nd lifting it over the curb stones and nugh places. No one would have hought that one was a sheriff and lie other was a prisoner. BABY OIKIi IN BUNDLK. lercliant Took Unusual Present Home to Invalid Wife. When Chas B. Cryer saw a couple raw up to the door of his crockery tore of f.8 4 Michigan avenue, Detrlot iich., on Wednesday and a woman light bearing a large box neatly tied, rhieh she requests him to take uome 3 his wife, o took the package with' ut a thought that the contents would e other than flowers or some other r?ken of resrard for Mrs Crvor. who j not strong and is often made the ecipient of kind remembrances. He arried it to his home and waited a loment to see what friend had been o genorous in remembering his wife his time. Standing by his wife's side he wathed her untie the cords and lift the over of the box, and there lay a baby irl about a month old asleep. The ittle stranger was neatly dressed, nd the thonghtfnl donor had even emembered to put the nursing botle by her side and the nipple in her osebud month. , Attached to the clothing was a note sklng Mr. and Mrs. Cryer to keep he baby, if possible, for the writer new that they would give it a gooa ome and be kind to it. Mr. and Mrs !ryer have no intimation of the aby's parentage or history, but have ecided to keep her, as they aro hildest. POUKTRKN KILLED. ly A Passenger Train Crashing Into Wild Car. Fourteen persons were killed and ighteen wounded in a wreck on the 3onemaugh, Butialo and Alegheny livision of the Pennsylvania railroad Vednesday between Kelly station and 'ort City. The wreck was caused >y a freight car from a northbound rain getting loose on to the south>ound tracks and the train smashed nto 11 neiore me engineer was anie o stop. Memories, love to think of the days g >n by when I barefooted, free, Vould wander wherever I wanted to go, lazy and aimlessly, love to think of the path that led thro' woodlands cool and sweet, 'o the dear old stream where I used to go to free myself from heat, tnd I love to dream of that river bank and placid swimming place, Vhere the willows swayed by the breezes kissed the water's breast with grace. Jut I hate to think of the day when all my dreams were put to rout, Vhen mother discovered my hair was wet and my shirt was inside out. t's a long way back to the dear old days of long ago, Vhen I was a kid with freckels and a head of tousied tow. don't suppose I would recognize the scenes that then were mine, 'he swimming hole, the meadows, and the pathway for the kine. love to dream of my dreams of then, as onward creep the years, Jut there's one thing steals in them that 61 ops it y flow of tears. L 1 a. 1 A.f- 1.1 iL Li S il 1 \nu mat s tne tnougnt 01 tne aay when I was flogged with a paddle stout, Vhen mother discovered my hair was wet and my shirt was inside out. The Augusta Chronicle thinks the nan who committed suicide at the ge of eighty two need not have >ecn in such a hurry, A little wait ind nature would have brought him 0 the destination without any tron>le. nake the increase in wages look just . trifle better than that in prices, but here was an unholy skepticism about he accuracy of its conclusions, and ny housewife who would agree /ould have been a godsend to the ureau. The increase in wages has affected wide range of employment, but it 1 recogrized that there is^still a big I rooortion of p iople who' have not I enefited. Prices however, affect j verybody. and tj^*die^^iat even j he bureau ,' riW this ANOTHER RAILROAD From Kings port, Ky, to Gaffnoy, Columbia and Charleston. Will Paw Through Orangeburg County Between the City ot Orangeburg and the- Santee liver. A letter from Qaffney to The State says the citizens generally and the business element very especially of that progressive city are on the alert and and judiciously doing all in their power to accomplish their share of work in an undertaking which holds much for Gaffney and for South Carolina. This is the building of the oouin & western railroad, with Its western terminal at Klngsport, Ky., on the Ohio river, with Charleston, S, C., on the Atlantic coast, via Gaffney and Columbia, as the objective point for a coal distributing terminal at this end. Mr. J. E. Norment, who wrote the letter to The State, says he is not at liberty to divulge his sources of information, but the facts given are abslontely reliable and can be vouched for. Mr. Norment says that the road will soon be completed seems to admit of little or no doubt. It is intended to distribute coal all over the route traveled and the surveys include such a route as will develop valuable territory. Charleston has been selected as the southern terminal because of the unrivaled port facilities first and also because of the efTect the completion of the Panama canal will have there. It is also argued, in making Charleston the objective point at this end, that this will make that city the natural outlet of the coal fields of Virginia and Kentucky, a logical sequence, one could judge, from the route as has been determined upon. It is claimed here that the iron and mineral deposits of Cherokee county will be speedily and fully developed because the new road can deliver coal at greatly reduced prices. It can be authoritatively stated that this is oue of the purposes of the promoters. Hefore going further into the details of the undertaking and the territory through which the road will run it may be best to give some equally Important farts. Work ljns I teen going on for quite a while, even in this section, and this is the manner in which information concerning the work came to the business men of Gaffney. The second consideration I is of peculiar significance. I' A railroad la actually being built !>0 miles from Spruce Pine, N. C.t toward the western terminal, now being completed and in operation?and no bonds nor subscriptions are asked for. On the contrary, the offlclui-i are refusing offers for cash and 'Kinds from town adjacent to their ii<ad. saying they have plenty of cash and that they intend building the road throught the best route and the best territory, regardless of other Inducements. Another strange thing in connection with the work is that the officials are avoiding publicity, but are quietly working like beavers. It can be authoritively stated that the Seaboard and the Baltimore and Ohio roads are behind the scheme and both have direct connection.} with the new road. To sum up '.uc , some of the road Is finished and cars are running; the work is being rapidly pushed in other sections; no moil ey, bonds or subscriptions are asked for; the route decided upon opens a splendid territory,!) eyond question, and the body of business men, sent out officially to represent this business community, did not go upon any idle nor uncertain mission. The further fact that the Seaboard Ailr Line and the Baltimore & Ohio roads n-e interested, logically confirms all details involved, especially the magnitude of the scheme, the consequent business interests Involved and is, perhaps, an explanation of the remarkable fact that no bonds, 311bscrlptions nor cash are asked for. Klngsport, Ky., on the Ohio river, will be the western terminal, with Charleston, via Columbia, as ai objective point at this end of the line. The proposed route, after several surveys, has practically been decided upon uo fAllntnc V iocro VT \t the western terminal, where connection is made with the Baltimore & Ohio road, the South and Western starts by following Clinch rive?\ going over the Tennessee mountains by Cinch river gap; then on to Job 11 sor. City, Tenn., going thence to Spruce Bine, N. C.; then on across the Alleghantes to Hostlck, N. C., 16 miles from Geffney, north. The contract has been awarded andcalls for the completion of that part of the road between Bostick and Kingsport by the tirst of December. Ninety miles of the road, from Spruce Pine on to the western terminal, have already been finished and this is now in operation. Work is rapidly progressing in grading tue roadbed and laying the track on unfinished portions of the route surveyed. At Bostick. N. C., connection is made with the Seaboard Air- Line, thus putting the coal fields of the West in direct connection with the Piedmont section. An important detail of the plan is said to be that connection will be made by a branch road with Spartanburg from Bostick as soon as work is completed as far as this point The main ..110, as surveyed, goes on direct by GafTney .0 lxickhart Suoals, thence down Broad river to Prides station, on the Seaboard ..ir Line, near Carlisle, connecting again with the Seaboard. Union will be includ on aiso, or course, rne mirraio & Glenn Springs road from Carlisle being used for this valuable connection. The distance from . ostick to Spartanburg is 30 miles and it has been determined that a branch road between'these points will be used for making this most important connection. The next important move will be from Prides, on the Seaboard Air Line, straight on to Columbia, and then on to Charleston. The route determined upon from Columbia to Charleston wnl be an equal division of the territory between ^rangeburg and Sumter, In as direct a line as possible. This route was adopted among other considerations because it Includes little or no grading- It also makes and equal division of the valuable territory lying between Charlotte. Asheville and Spartanburg on the south and Columbia and Charleston on the north of t^e new line. It will not be the policy of the South & Western to parallel any othroad when this can be avoided. The purpose will t>e to develop new territory as much as possible, It is believed to put this mildly?that the moving spirit in the new road are in k 1 ' " ** ' FAIR NOTICE TO ALL. Mont Have Report on the Sale of Dynamite. Mr. James Henry Rice, representing the Audubon society in South Carolina, requests that it be stated that he intends to prosecute any and ail dealers who sell dynamite without written orders from the purchasers, and who wail to make a sworn report of their sales to the county auditor every ninety days. The penalty for disobedience of this law of the state is $100 line of thirty days' imprisonment, either or both in the discretion of the court. There are too many fish being killed in all parts of the State by the unlawful use of dynamite. Reports come in from different sections telling of the wanton destruction of fish by dynamite explosion and Mr. Rice is determined that it shall be stopped. He is armed with full power to act and if the law as to the sale of dynamite is not kept he will know the reason why and have all dealers prosecuted who fail to live up to it. No Little Ones. You're glad you have no girls and boys To fill your homu with romp and noise? Well, maybe what you say is true, Yet friends, somehow, I pity you. No shoes to shine, no strings to find. No bumps to bathe and gently bind; No little dress nor shirt to mend. No piles of darning to attend. No muddy tracks across the floor. No tiny handprints on the-door; No one to beg for tarts and pies. To fondly tease with "whats" and "whys," No one to hurry off to school With tender chide to heed each rule; No little willing, wayward feet To gladly run on errands fleet. dear; Your quiet keep?I want the noise, I want my merry girls and hoys. Eve beautiful seems most to me. With Cain and Abel at her knee; And Mary, virgin purest, best. With Christ, her baby, on her breast. ?Kathleen Kavanaugh. Ovcr-Cupit ailizut ion. Henry Clews, a New York banker, in an address before the Chautauqua assembly, declared that over-capitalization is a crime on par with rebates, railroad discrimination and other corporate abuses. Indeed, he went so far as to intimate that it is a worse crime because it takes from.the business and industrial forces of the country, moneys for dividends which were not really earned, especially when over-capitalization includes watered stock. Mr. Clews' address produced a profound sensation and is now occupying attention throughout the country. Mr. Clews believes that there is no excuse whatever for over-capitalization. So complete is information regarding the cost of almost any product, so systematized are all the details of their business conduct, so exact are calculations of maintenance and income, that no financier or body of financiers is warranted in overcapitalizing any enterprise whatever. Especially is this true, if the greatest profit in the long run is sought, because burden-some tariffs, exorbitant charges, extravagant expenditures being made at the expense of the public, most exhaust the resources oi the public; while economic management contemplating the public as well as the stockholders, tends to subserve the interests of all enabling the public to produce more largely, and therefore expend more considerably in what corporations have to dispose oi. Mr. Clews said that true economy has yet to be applied to the conduct of all our great enterprises dependent upon public support. In a large measure, Mr. Clews' deas are directly opposed to those obtaining in Wall street and other financial centers of this country. They look not merely to the profit of capital, but to the profit of labor; for if honest capitalization require only honest return on investment, there is a larger surplus from production to be divided with labor. Mr, Clews did not hesitate to point out this fact, and so emphatically that his address is regarded by economists as much a plea for labor as a denunciation of over-capitalization. Gen. KarakozofF, Ex-Governor General of Odessa was assasinated Monday in the center of the town. His assassin escaped. close touch with Ryan of the Seaboard Air Line and with Held of the Baltimore & Ohio, representing thus strong combined Interests which will be affected materially by the South & Western. Among the practical advantages (.w.l ..,I ,1 ? J- - e At n *t not; IUVIIIUCU i in- ginut1 HI mi' kicni I 11 & Western Is said to be the best of any road crossing the Alleghanies. As an illnstration of this it is noticed that 25 tons can be pulled here with exactly the same power now used by other roads in transporting 10 tons The cost of the road will be something large, an illustration of this being the fact that within a distanco of five miles in crossing the Alleghanies there will be 10 tunnels. These five miles are estimated to cost $193,000 per mile und yet the men at the head of the scheme are issuing no bonds, are soiling no stock aud are asking help from no individuals or towns. Several towns of some importance are within a fewmiles of the route projected and though offers have been made they have refused to deflect from what they consider the best route. A direct line and an easy grade are 'he first considerations and these are steadily adhered to. ~ - / BOUGHT LIBERTY. Girl Won Heart of Guard With Old Folk Tune. K.xlle Who IVvotwl Talent to Kuminn (evolutionary Cnuse la Now Beeonie Hoof Garden Artist. From a cell in a St. Petersburg prison to the roof of the New York theatre is the modest jump just achieved by Mile. Maria Ossipouna o ? ?- ? ^ ?? viivivi | o liuooiau pi lllia UUlltt, WIIU? from being a political prisoner in her native land, will shortly disclose herself as an aspiring singer in the land of her adoption. Being twenty-three years old though to do her no injustic, she looks quite twenty four), prison walls were powerless to hold her. After enduring the horrors of a Russian prison for four months, she got out and Is now breathing the air of the home of the brave and the land of the free. Mile. Mieler is a native of Findland, and became interested in the revolutionists. To them she dedicated her gift of song, and became noted for the concerts she organized and took part in for the benefit of the revolutionary party in Russia. Only the initiated knew that the proceeds were to go to the revolutionists, and apparently the affair passed off smoothly. But one morning, when Mile. Mieler was asleep at her hotel, she was rudely awaken by nine members of the St. Petersburg police force who forthwith arrested her and carried her off to prison. Here she lay for days with no news from the outside world, compelled to listen to the cries of other prisoners, who were being tortured, in agonized uncertainty as to her own fate. A little Finnish folk song was one of the melodies of happier days which was continually on her lips. As it happened, one of the guards who passed her cell knew the song. It touched his heart. This guard befriended Mile, Mieler, and used to bring her hot water, the nearest approach to luxury that the prison alForded, and a real luxury in that damp and hitter cold. He also took letters from her to her friends beyond the prison I walls, who thus lpnrnoH u/hnm was concealed, and began hatching out plots to set her free. Finally, on January 15th, when Mile. Mieder had been imprisoned four months, a member of the or-! ganization called up the prison by telephone, and, using the password, and representing himself as the secretary of the St. Petersburg chief of police, informed the warden that Mile. Mieller had been imprisoned by mistake, and ordered her immediate release. This was done. Skoui., the capital of Corea, is red with the blood of the Koreans. The Augusta Chronicle says ."thus does Jai>an extend its benefient sway there and it professedly sought to protect from Russian aggrandizement. Onk pawn broker firm in Charleston has paid a license of $1,000 and the fine of $250 to engage in the money lending business. Money lending in Charleston must be a profitable business. Why not raise the license to $5,000? It is all nonsense to try to punish the Standard Oil by fining it. A raise in the price of oil will make the consumers pay the fine. If some of the big men in the corporation were sent to jail a few month for violating the law some good might be done. "Judge Landis," says The Atlant a Constitution, "has placed the country under obligations." To which the Charleston Post ads: "Well, pretty nearly the whole country. He has placed the consumers of petroleum products under obligations of twenty-nine million dollars." i FRKCKLKS, As well s Sunburn, Tan, Moth, Pimples anil Chaps, are cured with Wilson's Freckle Cure. Sold and guaranteed by druggists. 50c. Wilson's Fair Skin Soap 25 cts. I. It. Wilson At Co., .Mfgrs. and Props. 60 and 65 Alexander street, Charleston, S. C.When ordering di- j rect mention your druggist. 1 This is Headquarters FOR Pianos and Organs. You want a sweet toned and a durable instrument. One that will last a long, long life time. Our prices are the lowest, consis tent with the quality. Our references: Are any bank or reputable business house in Columbia Write us for catalogs, prices aud terras. MALONK'S MUSIC IIOU8E, Columbia, S. t). Welsh Neck HARTS VII The 14th session will Literary. Music, Art, Expression an graduates of our leading colleges anrl phasized in every department. Healt with electric lights, hot and cold ba naetfs. Best Christian influences. Mil logue. wobt. w. Dtirrelt LIMESTONE COLLEGE I <>I I'oints of Excellence:?High Stand struction. University methods. Fin cellent laboratories. Beautiful site system. Full literary, scientiflc. intia A. B. and B. M. Winnie Davis S h'?ol tember 18th, 1907. Send for catdlo&i I)., President. A Cataloj to any of our customers for the ask l I nixiuuuK hardware business, an page catalogue which will be found I prices on anything in the supply line. Columbia Supply ; _1 , v FINED HEAVILY Judge Landis Imposes Maxlmuivr Penalty on Standard Oil ClilraKu Fwlrrnl Judgr Finds Hocke* fcllcr'h Company for Krimtex. At Chicago Judge Kenesaw M. Landis. Saturday in the United States District Court lined the Standard Oil Company, of Indiana. $29,240,000 for violations of the law against accepting rebates from railroads. The fine is the largest ever assessed any individuals or any corporation in the history of American criminal jurisdiction. and is slightly more than 131 times as great as the atnouut received by the company through its rebating operations. The case will be carried to the higher courts by the defendant company. The penalty imposed upon the company is the maximum permitted under the law, and it was announced at the end of a long op.nion in which the methods and practices of the Standard Oil Company were merciless scored. The Judge, in fact, declared iu his opinion that the officers of the Standard Oil Company, who were responsible for the practices of which the corporation was found guilty, were no better than counterfeiters and thieves, uis exact language being: "We uiay as we look at t situation squarely. The men who thus deliberately violate this law wound society more deeply than does he who counterfeits the coin or steals letters from the mail." TllltKH KlIXKD My the Collision of Two Trains in North Carolina. In a collision of an eastbound local passenger train and a westbound frieght, one mile east of Auburn, C., Wednesday night the engineef and fireman of the freight and the lireman of the passenger engines were killed. A number of the passengers were shaken up by tne .inpact. none of them sustained serious injury. The accident was caused by the passenger crew overlooking orders. Won't Dot Them Vote. By a vote of thirty-seven to six the Georgia Senate has adopted a drastic election law. 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