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THE FORT MILL TIMES VOL. XVII. FORT MILL, S.C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1908. NO. 31. r SOUTHCAROUI News of Interest Gleaned Tro Arranged For THE GAME LAWS NOW IN FORCE. Interesting Summary Prepared by Secretary Jas. H. Rice, Jr. From The Columbia State. The Audubon Society is in receipt of requests daily for copies of tV game laws. These cannot he supplied since the issue hus been exhausted, giving conclusive evidence of the interest. felt in the subject all over South Carolina. The society has requested that extra copies he returned. Requests have come also from other States. To make the principal points clear the following is a summary of the more important laws as prepared by Secretary .las. Henry Hicc, Jr. Gamo BircLj. The statute of 1905. missed two .yearn before the Audubon society was chartered, defines what are game birds and what are not. The game birds are: Swans, wild geese. brunt, wild ducks, rails (marsh hens), coots, gnllinulcs, surf hirds, snipe, woodcock, quail, (partridge), rice bird, black bird, dove, sand-pipers, upland plover, curlew, wild turkey and pnirire chicken. It is not known to the society why prairie (pinnated grouse) hens were put on this list, nor why Mongolian, or ring-necked pheasants and ruffed -grouse were left off. There are no prairie chickens in South Carolina; whereas there are both Mongolian pheasants and ruffed grouse, but such is the law. The above hirds may be shot in the seasons permitted by law, or tnken in those seasons by any method which the law allows. Nongame Birds. All birds not on this list are nongame birds within the meaning of the law, and may not be killed at any time; nor may their nests or eggs be destroyed. It is a misdemeanor to have in possession any part of a nongame bird, such us feathers, body or skin; and it is equally against tInlaw whether such bird was killed within or without the State. The State Owns the Birds. In the preamble to this act it is HW -11 ?: I 1 1-- 1 ?1 " iMtcii'ii; IUU1 It 11 \% 1111 llirUN. Wlll'HH'r | resident or migratory, in this State, | shall be, and are hereby, declared to be the property of the State." That is the law of South Carolina. Birds That Are Exempted. The act further recites that the English sparrow, cooper's hawk (the chicken or hen hawk), the sharpshinned hawk (known locally as the "Blue Darter"), the great horned owl and all other birds which are by nature destructive of other birds, are ^ not included among the birds pro* tccted by this act, nor are the nests or eggs of these birds protected. A person is allowed to kill crows on bis premises if they are destroying crops, but he is not allowed to sell them or their feathers. No non-pamo bird may be shipped out of the State nor may the epps or feathers of such bird he shipped. For Scientific Purposes. Certificates may he pranted by the secretary of state to any person of the ape of 15 or upward, who is properly accredited, permitting the ladder to collect birds and their eggs for strictly scientific purposes. The applicant must hp endorsed by two well known ornithologists, ami if it is proved that the holder lias taken birds for other than scientific purposes his certificate will be at once .... ii ?j ?i ..-i i < ' < >< iiiiii m>i rsuewt'ii. ivsiues he will bo liablo to a fine of $100 or 300 days' imprisonment. Tt will ho seen tlint no woman has ^ the right to wear the feather of a non-game bird on her lint ; it is an indictable offense nr.ler the laws of South Carolina, and it might be added that it is or indictable offense Gaffncy's Flowsr Show. GaflTney, Special.?The annual flower show was held Saturday evening at the residence of Mrs. II. I). Wheat and was largely attended. The event was given under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society of Limestone! Presbyterian church. The receipts of the evening were some $70 and the ladies are Well pleased with the result. Completo Mail Delivery fcr Fairfield. Orders from Washington have been issued directing the establishment of complete county system of rural service in Fairfield County, effective November 1, 100S. This service consists of fourteen routes as follows: Blair's,'1; Blythewood, 1 and 2: Ridgrwav, 1, 2 and 3; Roekton, 1; Shelton, 1; Strother, 1; Wallacevilie, 1; Winnsboro, 1, 2, and 3; Woodward, J. Routes No. 1. from Rockton, and No. 3 from Winnsboro, are new. having been established August 1, 39Q& I Merchants Lose Goods by Fire. Spartanburg, Special.? Fire destroyed the stores and stock of goods of J. TT. Grifiin and .1. II. Stone iu the Spuntan Mill village. The total I loss is estimated nt $13,000. partially fffvcrrd by insurance. The building occupied by Griffin & Son was owned bv O. L. Johnson and not insured, he having dropped his policy beranse he thought the rale too high. The fire originating in Stone's stoic. The origin of the fire is unknown. NA NEWS ITEMS m All Sections of the State and Busy Readers under the laws of almost every civilized country in the world. There are ^50,000,000 birds used up in the plume trade of Europe every year, these birds being imported from Asia, Africa and Polynesia. Many species have become extinct through this savage slaughter. The Open Season for Game. According to the act of 1900 tho season for shooting partridges, wilti turkey, woodcock, Mongolian or other pleasants is made from November 15 to March 1, with the exception of the following counties. Beaufort, Hampton, Dorchester, Colleton. Charleston, Barnwell. BeikIcy, Aiken, Oconee, Fairfield. Saluda, Georgetown and Clarendon. These counties have from November 1 to April 1. Lexington was formerly among the excepted eoun tips, but has boon taken off and the season there is from November lf? to March 1. The deer season is from September 1 to January 1, hut the law applies only to Georgetown county. The rest are from August 1 to February 1. Game Birds Not to be Sold. The act of 1006 makes it a misdemeanor to sell, or offer or expose tor sale, to pot hunt, net, or trap, or bv firelight to pursue with intent to catch, kill or injur eany of the game birds named in that section. The handling, possession or ownership of these birds is prima facie evidence that tliev are being offered for sale. The Law of the Land. These are the laws of the State of South CaVolinn. made by the lawful representatives of the people and are binding on every citizen whether he thinks tliev are wise or unwise. The first consideration is that they are the laws of the land. Any person has the constitutional right to make representation to the legislature to have any law changed, hut while it is on the books he is bound to obev it. Big Verdict at Greenville. Greenville, Special.? In the Federal Court here a verdict for two hundred and sixty-three thousand, four hundred ami fifty-three dollars and fifty-three cents was returned for the Southern Power Company, of Charlotte, in the suit against the Catawba Power Company, of Hock Hill, S. C. The suit was for the collection of some promissory notes. The verdict was agreed upon by the attorneys for the two companies. Fire in Darlington Causes .$15,000 Lors. Darlington. Special.?Fire on Wednesday morning destroyed a large tobacco warehouse on eusf Hr/iml street. This building bad been used for storing eotton and there were 'i04 bales of eotton in it at the time of the fire, all of which was destroyed. The origin of the lire is unknown. The loss is about .flo.OOO. which is protected by insurance. One of the Atlantic Coast Line passenger coaches, which had been sent up as a special for the delegates of the T. P. A. to the progress meeting at Columbia, was burned. Imperial Company's Plant at Mnllins is Destroyed by Fire. Mnllins, Special.? Fire destroyed the three-story structure of the Inij perial Tobacco Company, owned and I operated hv J. P. Sale & Co. The fire was discovered in the redrving machinery, and in a short time was beyond control. About 200 negro employes were at work in the building, and so rapidly did the tire gain headway that several came near losing their lives in getting out. In the building were about .'100.000 pounds of leaf tobacco. The loss is estimated at $100,000 mostly covered by insurance. Union County Votes Prohibition. Union, Special.?Union county again voted for prohibition by about three hundred majority out of fifteen I hundred votes vast. Purinp the past three years of prohibition the arrests for drunkenness have decreased 50 per cent and property valuations in the county are said t?> have increased two million dollars. Spartanburg Lawyers in Personal Encounter. Spartanburg, Specinl. F.x-Gov John Gary Evans and his former law partner, S. G. Finlev, engaged in a personal encounter here in the law office of Nichols & Nichols. Several blows were exchanged but they were separated before either was injured. Messrs. Evans and Fin ley were associated in the practice of law at the Spartanburg bar for several years. A few months ago they dissolved the partnership and there was a disagreement as to a.settlrment. Sa-lnda Bank Prosperous. Saluda, Special.? At the recent an tmnl meetimr of (ho stockholders of the Bank of Saluda the reports of tho president and cashier showed the hank had had a prosperous and successful year. It was evident from the president's report that a verv conservative poliov had been pursued and this was especially endorsed by the stockholders. The regular dividend of !? per cent, was paid and the sum of $J 000 carried to the surplus account. _ J" . titfttUti -f ni->i - THE OUTLOOK BRIGHTENS t Charlotte Cotton Mills Resume Operations. Charlotte, N. C., Special.?The Continental Mills, after several months' shut-down, have just started up; the Fidelity Mills are again in operation; the Atherton are also on full time. Not a cotton mill in the city will be idle. There is a general tendency towards the manufacture of the higher grades of yarns and the higher numbers according to a well posted mill man who was discussing the question Years ago there was little market for any but the coarse yarn, say 20's, but now the average of the demand has risen fifteen to twenty numbers, so that the present average may be said to be close to number 40's. This means that the average grade of trnnrl g Kotnir m 0 ... 1UUIIU1UV IUIUU IS II tic 1 than it was when the cotton mill industry was just beginning to be a leading industry in the South. The entire trend of the textile trade now is towards the higher numbers and the finer grades of cloth. China Ready With a Welconmc For Second Squadron Battleship Fleet. Amoy, By Cable.?"When the Chinese government selected Amoy as the port to receive the second squadron of the American battleship fleet, it made a wise choice. The broad wellprotected harbor, the climate (t'rom October to April) Unsurpassed and the scenic beauty of the surrounding country all unite in justifying the select ion. The second squadron consists of the battleships Louisuua. Virginia, Ohio, Missouri. Wisconsin, Illinois Kentucky and Kersarge, under command of Rear Admiral William H. Emory. The Chinese government has set nside the sum of 400,000 Taels (1T. S. gold $1180.000) to meet the expenses of entertaining the battleship squardron during its visit. The committed in charge of the arrangements lias stated that the Peking govenment has signified its willingness to make additional appropriation should the original appropriation prove inadequate. Cotton Crop Short. New Orleans. T.n.. Special.?Then . Picayune says in. its crop report: Material progress was made during the last week in gathering the last remnants of an apparently short crop of cotton throughout Louisiana and the Southern half of Mississimri. Most of 1 lie reports from these sections concede that first estimates were too high, and that sudden deterioration resulted from the ravages of the boll weevil. Tn the weevil-ridden sections of Louisiana there is a well-defined movement to either reduce the cotton acreage next year or abandon the growth of the staple altogether because of the uncertain conditions. Planters naturally turn to sugar cane. Frost prevailed in many sections of Louisann, and the cooler weather is entirely favorable for the matured cane crop. The cane is being rapidly harvested and transported to the sugar houses: Grinding has already begun in some of the houses hut the great majority will not begin before the next six or seven davs. Major Graham, of Raleigh. N. C., State commissioner of agriculture, estimates the eottor. crop in North Carolina to he sixteen per cent short r of last year's crop. No State, reported a crop equal to last year's except Texas. j I Cotton Mills Start Up. Augusta, Ga.. Special.?Nine of the 'i eleven cotton mills located here started operations for the first time since the freshet of August 20. The canal repairs are practically complete and 11....... ? c..ii i i -p ?? ..UK i - .1 iiii VTv.ki i?i wot it . I IIP weekly pay roll of these manufactories is $23,000. Prosperity Note. Now York. Special.?As a sicrn of returning prosperity, the 1'nion Bank of Brooklyn, formerly tlio Mechanics' and Traders' has just paid its second referred disbursement of 13 per cent to depositors, this dividend being antieiivated six weeks apo. Tiie bank has been able to realize from its resonrees more than was expect, ed. Since the resumption of business, hundreds of new accounts have been opened and deposits liavc increased $300,000. P~>s Rulinjs Announced. Washington, Special.?Free passes may be issued to bona fide ex-employees of a railroad who are traveling to re-enter the railroad's service. ] Passes cannot bo extended to the families of employees who died a 'natural death while in the service of common carriers, though that privilege is accorded to the families of employers killed in the service. : | ii'niYglil RAMPANT RUSSIANS Object to Abiding By Decision of the Powers OFFICIAL POSITION DIFFERENT Parliamentary Leaders Say that the Idea of an International Congress Will Be Abandoned?Foreign Office Says Negotiations Are in | Progress. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Interest in the Balkan situation is centered in tlie positive statement of several parliamentary leaders that Russia has determined to drop the idea of the proposed international congress and will refuse to recognize the annexation by Austro-Hungary of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This information, although purporting to be from ofiicinl sources is not entirely exact. Russia has finally committed herself to the principle that the question of the annexation of the provinces may be discussed in a conference of the powers, and Austria will permit the status of Herzegovina to be included in the programme, but only on condition that the delegates will refrain from questioning her action, and content | themselws with registering the alno- | gat ion of the artiele referring to this matter in the Berlin treaty. The Foreign (Ulice states that the negotiations between Russia, Austria? Hungary and other powers on this question are still in progress ami considers that an aeeeptable formula for submission to the congress may ultimately he found. It is difficulty, however, to foresee how a satisfactory agreement may be reached without one side or the other withdrawing its contention. Great Religious ParaJc. Boston, Special.?What was probably the greatest parade of a religious character iu the history of New England brought to a close Sunday the eentennarv celebration of the founding of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boston which was begun on Wednesday last. It is estimated that fully 40,000 men representing the Holy Name Societies of the Roman Catholic churches in the five counties which constitute the Diocese, with over lot) priests, participated, marching to the music of 100 hands. Thousands of spectators tilled every point of vantage along the line of march. Passing before the arch-Episcopal residence on Bay State road, the parade was reviewed bv Cardinal Gibbous and Archbishop William II. (VConnell, together with a number of visiting prelates, from a reviewing stand. The day was begun vith a solemn pontifical mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, with Archbishop O'Council as celebrant, and Cardinal Gibbons occupying the pontificinl throne within the sanctuary. At night in the same edifice a te dcum on ? a r ? ?tllt'lil. Fire Destroys a Florida Phosphate Plant. Mulberry. Fla., Special.?Fire destroyed a largo portion of the Mulberry plant, of the Prairie Pebble Phosphate Company. The lire was discovered at S:fiO a. in. and the employes of the company battled with the fire for several hours before the fiaines could be extinguished. The entire drying plant, dry bin and general offices of the company, together with a boarding house, hotel and two private residences were burned to the ground. The loss is estimated at $100,000. Tragedy in Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., Special.- \V. B Sullivan, whose home is in Dallas, Tex., was shot and perhaps fatally injured on the south side, and A. .T. Coolev is under arrest charged with the crime. Sullivan is not in condition to tall; and Coolox refuses to dismiss the affair, so that it is not known how the ?hooting occurred. Virginia Farmer Shot to Death. Roanoke, Va? Special.?-Edward Gorman, a young farmer, was shot to death in lus yard in this county Saturday night. Sydney Britts, another young farmer who lives neai the Gorman place, is missing and it is alleged that lie killed Gorman. It is said that a brother of Britts brought the latter to Hoanoke after the shooting and that Sydney Britts boarded a train here for unknown parts. The two men had been enemies. Georgia Gtatc Fair. Macon, Ga., Special.?A State Fair was opened here under the auspices of the Georgia State Agricultural | Society, and $15,000 in prizes will he distributed among the exhibitors/ ,A special prize of $1,000 has been of ft*red for (lie best nnd most eomplcti county agricultural display, nnd hn* provoked rr.ueh livr.lry anion? the nil | fcrent county organizations. ?-t"i 1111111 i i 11 i 11:11 f OUR. SCHOOLS I * , # m Hr PRor. Wiujam H. Hasd. riilvcralty of South Carolina. Paper Number Eight. POOR ATTENDANCE? Kven with insufficient funds, poor school houses, short school terms. and incompetent teachers, the people may still show a commendable educational purpose by sending every child to school every day the schools are in session. Much good may be got out ol' a \? iv inferior school, if the children attend it regularly and with the purposee of gtting the most possible out of it. How are the white children of South Carolina attending the schools? In 1907 the white enrollment in the public schools of the StaC; was 144,668, while the average attendance WHS onlv 103.:uu Tho fiulnrol .....1 sus taken seven years before (1000) gives South Carolina 217.072 white children between the ages of .5 ami 20 years, while our legal school age is between 0 and 21 years. It is safe tb assert that barely sixty per cent of the white children of the State arc enrolled in any kind of school, ami not over forty per cent are in nvciage attendance. In 1000, thirtysix per cent of the white children between the ages of 10 and 14 years were not enrolled in any school, public or private. In the same year Massachusetts had only six per cent of her white children of the eorrepntiditig ages out of school. Connecticut had seven per cent and Michigan eight per cent. In 10(11) South Carolina ha 1 54.177 native white illiterates over HI years of age. only 702 fewer white illiterates than the State had in 1S70. thirty years previous. At tin* same date Connecticut, with nearly twice the white population of South Carolina, had but 1,0.">S white illiterates over 1(1 years of age. Again. Smith Carolina had l.->,(il:i native white illiterates of the voting ages; Rhode Island, with foilr-tftlis the population of South Carol inn, had .just .">50. We had 17.S.40 native white illiterates between the ages of 10 and 1!) yeais; Michigan, with twice our population had 1.141; Connecticut had 100. and Rhode Island 100. Is it reasonable :<> hope tor the South Carolina of tomorrow, with her load of helpless illiti rates, to cope success full v with those States and sections which have freed themselves from the bondage of ignorance"? The dav is forever gone from South Carolina when a few highly trained men of leisure could direct and control the destinies of |lie people. This responsibility litis; Inunt sjiift^.l r\ fl??i w 1?.?111.1.. - - -? tin" masses, ami now \ve are forced to consider the training of tin- masses. Only yesterday lion. (>. It. Martin rave this out: "Several ('durational lenders in New Kngland frankly told lis that tliev are spending their money and building up their schools in order to retain and maintain their industrial supremacy. They realized that we have advantages and great resources in the South, but they propose to keep the lead, if possible, through the power of trained brains and trained hands." Intelligence and skill will win every time in every race. What is South Carolina doing to meet this open challenge frctn New Kngland f Why are these South Carolina children not in school, and why are they not in school? Some are tlie sons and daughters of parents themselves ignorant and unable to appreciate or to understand what education means to their children and to the State; some are the children of fathers and mothers, greedy and selfish who are more than willing to make wage-earners and bread-winners out of their young untaught offspring; a tew are the children of parents opposed to education, because they have known some educated scoundrel; a very few are the children of parents who actually need the labor of their children to eke out a living; and many are the children of fathers engrossed in material affairs and mothers recreant to duty. Many of these children are at work on the farms, in stor - and shops at a few cents a day, ami in the cotton mills making good wages for children, while hundreds of others are roaming the streets and countrv lanes?the training grounds for idlers, vagrants and enemies to law, order and decency Two of the worst enemies to childhood and youth aic overwork n..d idleness, ( lose cnntincmenf at manual labor is dulling, stifling, and destructive tc? childhood; idleness is poisonous and ruinous to youth. Attendance upon school mr.y ho used as a corrective for both evils. The Stat*', in order to protect at least one class of children nirainst overwork, has passed a child-labor law. Ttnrrinar some notable exceptions, the nbortiveness of that law is a common jest. To ilustralc: In 1005, one of our eitv school superintendents lost more than twentv pupils from one school room within two months. In eompanv with one of the cotton mill superintendents of that town (a man in favor of schools), the school superintendent went from bouse to house in the mill villnye enquiriny for these missiny children. In one afternoon he located twelve of them, every one of them unlawfully onynyed at work ip. the mill, thouv.ii oulv three of their names appeared on the pay r< II. Xoiv. the child of the 'a/v. yrcedy, Relflsh parent is ei work, and not in schorl. The child < f the iynorant and indifferent parent is neither at N work nor in school: lie is idling. Roth children need to he educated; the State needs both of them; and the State has already decreed that the taxpayers st.all establish and maintain school-, for both. There remains hut one logical tiling to do?compel the parents of both to send their children to school. There is but little logic in compelling: people to pay taxes to support the schools, then permitting: the parents of the children who most need the schools deliberately to keen tlmm from the benefits of the schools. The poorer the child the more is the need for compelling lus pa 1 cuts t?> send him to scl* -d. Compulsory attendance lav.- are aimed at the selfish and indifferent parent. not at the child. Of what ad- | vantage are good teachers, loin; s school terms, and tine school houses j unless the children attend the schools f In a recent election to increase the n local school tax in a district in North Carolina, where they have recently enacted a kind of local option compulsory law, a certain taxpayer made this declaration: "If you vote to j compel the children of this district to go to school, increase my tax as you please; if you are not going to put the children into the schools 1 am opposed to any further tax.'' That man's argument has no answer. Some opponent to a compulsory ' law says. iou have not enough school houses and teachers lo take ' care of the thousands of children not ' in school." That argument is worthless unless we are willing to admit ! that the white people of the State are actually unable to take care of their | children. l.et some outside philnn- ' thropist otVer to aid South Carolina in matters educational, then you yet i an answer to that question. Will the. school houses ever be built or the teachers cmployeiP until there is a need for them .' Would it be wise for a farmer to let a $.">00 crop waste in the liehls, miller than build a >100 , house in which to store it .' The last argument of the opponents to compulsory attendance it that it cannot he enforced without ' truant ofiicers, and that truant oflicers must be paid. Certainly. The present child labor law if this State is a dead letter, because no provision is made for its enforcement. And the police of Charleston. Columbia, and other places have to be paid, : but it pays to pay them. We arc ! perfectly willing: to pay an ofiicer of the law to arrest little negro boys in ' n 10-cent crap game, but it is too much to pay an otlieer of the law to see that a lazy, scltisli father sends his child to school. We are paying today in actual money every year tivo times as much i:i tribute to the :'i- 1 dust rial supremacy of New Kngland ' and other sections, as ii would cost us to put every white child in he State in school for six months in the I year. What economists wo are. And I what philosophers we trv to lie. i WILLIAM II. HANI). University of South Carolina. ! Prohibition in Ohio. Columbus, 0.f Special.?The wave I of prohibition sweeping over Ohio has already rendered 7 out. of SS counties dry, according to n state- ! ment by the Anti-Saloon League. A ' total of 1.S43 saloons have been put out of business. Trumbull, Greene aim ?imams counties voted "dry" last week. I ______________ i Forest Fires Do Great Damage in West Virginia. Charleston, W. Va., Special.?Forest fire around Turkey Knob near here threatened death to miners em- i ployed in the mine of the Turkey Knob Coal Company. The tire reach- I ed the fan house of the coal com- | panv. destroying1 it. then burned the drift mouth and set tlie mine afire. Fortunately there was no explosion 1 and the men in the mine escaped. > Two men were overcome by smoke I but will recover. The tire was brought 1 under control. I Boy Kills Stepfather in Duel. Covington, I.a.. Special. Following a quarrel here between John Blnkely. about JO years old, and hi>stepson, James Krwin. a mere youth, both secured wermuns and fought a pitched battle. The hov used a shot gun with sn h deadlv effect that his stepfather fell mortally wounded and dmd short Iv afterwards. Young Kr- 1 win was acquitted by a coroner'* jury. I,ouiaana Cashier Gets 5 Tears. Baton Rouge, La., Special.?Oscar Kondcrt, formerly cashier of the First National Bank of Baton Rouge, charged with the embezzlement of about $50,000 of the bank's funds, was sentenced to five years in prison by Judge Saunders in the United Slates Circuit Court. Kondert and his family mn?le restitution nn in consequence his sentence was comparatively light. Eentscliy Feudists Clash Fatally. Lexington, Ky., Special.- Word reached here of a clash on Standing Rock creek in Wolfe county between the Hall and Ashley feud factions in which two of the Ilnll boys were shot, ne fatally, the other seriously. Ore of the Ashlrys was fatally stabbed. Two < f the combatants were aive-tcd. The Halls were armed with Lai', cts and the Ash leys with pistols. THE NEWS IN BRIEF Items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable ' *, CLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY Live Items Covering Events of More or Less Interoet at Homo and Abroad. National Affairs. Col. George W. (Soethals was comjletelv exonerated after an investigation of charges of favoritism in'nuaina eanal contracts. Fourteen-inoli guns, it is said, will tc used on future battleships as a esul tof the Newport conference. The Congressional committee itivegigating the pulp wood supply eximined several large lumber operaors in Minnesota. Foreign Affairs. IY--I - nuifrana lias agreed to the principle of eompensntion for Turkey anil \ustra has adopted a coneilntory joliey. All records for target practice wer? jroken by the cruiser and gunboat tquadron at Manila. Cardinal Salvador Cnssanas y ^ages, of Spain, is dead. Prince llcnry of Prussia took a rip in the Zeppelin airship with the 'outit. The Kmperor of Japan replied to he President's thanks for the roeepion of the battleship fleet. Miscellaneous. William Montgomery, former casher of tlie Allegheny National Hank, .vas again convicted in Pittsburg. At Hussellvilleti Ala.. James Thorn, i farmer, while attempting to run a mule out of a yard picked up a unall stone and threw it at the .initial. lie missed the mule and hit lis two-year-ohl son, killing him initantly. At Montgomery. Ala.. Hr. Shirley Hragg. State jail inspector, and a icphew of (leu. Hragg, shot and kill>d himself. It is not known if the shooting was accidental. He was fif? rears old. W. \V. Hunter, a well known civil mgineer, is in Augusta, running flood iml water levels, having been employed by the city council flood commission, appointed to devise ways and neans of protecting the city in f 11? are from a recurrence of the recent lisaster. Temporary insanity will be the defense of Captain Peter C. llains, Jr., [*. S. A., who killed William K. Anlis at the Hayside Yaclit Club laming in August. The baseball season just closed iroke the record for death and scrims injuries. There were fully 2o0 wreinn 1 ?> 1 i .M . n?.i.->iV llljllirci will it* piftVing the game, besides seveenteei; leaths that are known to have been lireetly eansed by aeeidents on the ield. Pittsburg bad the largest iinount of deaths of tlie hi;* cities. Its records show six persons to have >ee? killed. While sitting in a rear room of tier home at Pooler, ten miles from Savannah. Mrs. \V. E. Torrenee, wife r?f an engineer, was fired upon an<t instantly killed by Solomon Rilev, i negro boy. The bov was arrested. The special grand jury to investigate the Reel Foot Lake Night Rider out rape was chosen in Tennessee. A receiver has been appointed for the Rattle Creek Breakfast Food Company, manufacturers of Egg-0 See. Testimony in the suit of TIngft Crabbc, former manager of t tie Loiter estate, showed that Lady Curzon was pursued to the grave by poverty and that Joe Loiter lost .$!),000,000 in liis famous attempt to corner wheat. Edward English, a wealthy resident of Mount Yernor, Wash., was kidnapped and held for $.~?,000 random. but managed to get away. "Tid" Burton in court confessed his share in tlie Reel Foot Lake Night Rider erime and implicated 40 other men. The fir-t man convicted of "white slave" traffic at ( hicago was sentenced to two vears in the penitentiary and a tine < {' One hundred snnjmer eotlagrs at Salisbury Benrh, Ma--, were burned, .inn arson is saspeeieu. Daniel .1. Ilcmu'ssv. nn onliated man in the n:nv. I-:il]< ?! his wife ami himself in Norfolk. A Western syndicat has laid elaim to the heart of the business section of Aurora. 111., valued at $'2. ">00,000. T. (?. Jones was mysteriously shot down at Ins pate at Holland, and dying?, declared he was killed "far the truth." .Iildjre ('. J. Campbell was acquitted of the contempt charge by Judgft McDowell in the I'nited States Court at I.ynehbiirt?. Japanese Troops Withdrawn From Korea. Seoul, Special.?Tim thirteenth division of the Japanese arm? nft'-r havimr hoc n on duly here since (he outhrerk of hostilities with the iu emhaikim: for Jflpnjl This notion is taken as siyniflejiijf.of,,. ( f I! ' si