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% *^ % 'j&ix ;r-*vV';; v ~ vr% THE FORT MILL TIMES VOLUME XVIII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1909 NO. 17 I OUT IN THE COLD ? 1 No Consus Jobs for Democrats I I In this State. WILL GO TO NEGROES Aid Those White Men Who Are Willing to Help President Taft Build Up a White Republican Party In the South and Can Get the Bosses to O. K. Them. The Washington correspondent of The News and "Courier says applicants (or positions as supervisors < of the census in South Carolina hould apply to L. W. C. Blalock and J. O. Capers. For some time The News and Courier correspondent has I ; ^ made repeated efforts to ascertain i a Sri^Uhhat line of policy Director Durand, *** ?-< ???." kami). would follow with regard to the appointment of , eeaaus supervisor* in the South, especially In South Carolina. Mr. Du- , rand has apparently been as much in the dark as any one else, but grad- , ually little by little his plaus are unfolding. I To members of the South Carolina 4 delegation in congre?B, who have importuned Mr. Durand for some in- | dlcation as to what he would do, | the latter has been exceedingly stin- , gy with his information. A few days , ago, however, it was learned through ( one of the South Carolina members , that Democrats are to fare very poor- ( ly when the appointments are made, | if, Indeed, any at all are recognized; , that ail applications, whether from i Democrats or Republicans, must ( h?v? the Blalock-Capers "OK" be- j fore they will be given couotdara- s tlon; and that lastly, in counties ( like Beaufort and Charleston, where there is a large negro population, ( the latter are to be rewarded with < appointment as enumerators in many ( of the sections whore the negroes | outnumber the whites. Representative Patterson, who ss.\\ 5 Director Durand a few days ago about the matter, informed the di rector that it would not do to ap- , point negro enumerators, and he further informed him that so far as ; the white people of Beaufort and , other counties in South Carolina are concerned, they would not stand for it. It was then practically decided nnornha uhnul/L unrk mil V ill negro sections and white men in white sections. It came out in the interview that Capers and Bialock would probably advise all applicants before final action. 'Mr. Capers has acted with con- j lderable courtesy to the members of the. delegation who have approached him about the matter, taking into consideration the fact that be could | hardly be supposed to fall in with their plans for the appointment of Democrats. There is no fault therefore with him. .From all over South Carolina applicants for these places arc pouring in, but no appointments would be made, this correspondent was informed, before October 1. P. H. McG. ATTACKS TARIFF MEASURE. Chump Clark Prepare* Statement for Camnalim. Representative Champ Clark, of Missouri, minority leader at Wasnington. is preparing a statement dea.ing with the tariff bill as it passed the House, as amended by the .Seaate and afl finally agreed to in conference and adopted by the House. 1 The statement will be sent out by me iHfmwrauc rHiiipai^n coninuue1;. Mr. Clark endeavors to show that the hill can not be called revision downward as the people were promised. and that It is more protection in spots than it is a tariff for revenue. And. furthermore, the bill, la Mr. Clark's opinion is not a reveaue measure pure and simple, but rather a measure authorizing bonds to raise revenue to meet the expenditures of the government. This feature of the bill, It is claimed by the Democrats, is a confession on the part of the Republicans who formed It that it will not produce sufficient money to run the government. SCORES WITNESS SUICIDE. Young Man Wounded in Effort to Save His Friend. A hundred passers-by in a busi noen ancoi ni niunuy, v?a., n. lew days ago saw Homer Santipher, aged 24, shoot himself in the breast with a pistol after a friend, Walter Keaton, had vainly struggled with the young man to prevent the act. Keaton was shot through the left hand In a desperate efTort to deflect a bullet Santipher tried to send into his own body. Keaton's wound prevented him from saving his friend. The two men were sitting quietly together talking when Santipher suddenly jumped to his feet, cried, "I believe I will kill myself," and pulled his pistol. The second shot he fired struck beneath his heart and ha will die. HITS US HARD SOUTH DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BY REPUBLICANS. Bagging and Ties Used by Oar Farmers Taxed, While Twine Used by Western Farmers is Free. Thursday morning after the vote on the general tariff bill, in which bagging was laced upon the dutiable list. Senator Culberson offered an amendment to a resolution introduced by Mr. Aldrich restoring it to the free list. After some remarks by Mr. Culberson, Senator Smith of South Carolina said: "After the promises made by the Republican party, or at least that element of it supposed to be represented by Mr. Taft, that the new administration had entered upon a period of reform and that there would be no sectional differences, and in all legislation and admlnis irauon so rar as was possible there would be absolutely no sectional differences, yet when the question of grauting favors to the different sections arose, the Western farmer? where there was a Republican sentiment?was given free binding twine, while the Southern farmer was denied free bagging. it must be born in mind that this twine and this bagging are made nut of identically the same material. The argument had been made that In case the duty was removed from bagging the American factories would be destroyed and that the forslgn manufacturer would so raise he price that the American consumer would pay more for his bagging than he was doing at present. If that were true, then the question would have to be answered why the A'estern farmer had got his binding wine after it was placed upon the free list at half the price he was laying before !t wns placed on the tree list. The truth is that is is the same >ld sectional difference, and the southern cotton grower as well as ither Southern interests which are )eculiar to the South are to be dis rlminated against in favor of other ;ections of the country. "Under the operation of the law f population and wealth the time vill come in the fullness of justice vhon the South will have the priviego of retaliating and I hope it will lot do it?for I believe that the loctrlne of the Democratic party tnd the character of the men who tand behind It are broad enough ind Amprtciin nnn.i?t. " * * ?.. vuuu6u nia.1 it me ccasion should ever come, as It will :ome, when they are lu power, they vlll apply their laws to all sections iqually, In spite of the provoking >xamples of the partisanship of the Republican party." CHILDREN* STOLEN. father Is Prosperous and so Is Uncle. The kidnapping of two children vithln a week from the same family ias led the police of New York to elleve that efforts are being made o blackmail the parents. When Stephen Guardino, four ears old, was stolen from in front >f his home in Spring street on Sunlay afternoon, kidnappers apparenty stole the wrong child, because le was released the following mornng and was picked up on a strange dreet and returned to his parents. At 2 o'clock the same afternoon, Stephen's 6lx-year-old brother, \nthony, was sleeping In a bedroom >f the Guardino flat when a 6trange nan entered and carried him awav A'ithout awakening him. At the :lme the other members of the famly were visiting a neighbor. Anthony has not been found and he whole police force of New York dty is seeking him. The father is prosperous and owns the lease of 'he tenement house in which the amily lives. He has a brother in Brooklyn, who is rated as wealthy. ind the family believe with the police that a demand will he made for the missing child's ransom CAUSED INDIGNATION. Citizens of Mississippi Town Deny Preacher's Story. Indignation was caused at Ethel, Miss., a few days ago by a dispatch from Cincinnati quoting the Rev. Frank B. English as saying that Tin was threatened with mob violence md driven out of Ethel without anything to eat when he came to take he presidency of Rust University at Holly Springs. Leading citizens of Ethel admit that Mr. English was told to leave town because he was seen shaking hands with negroes and acting familiarly towards them, which they believed would excite the blacks and stir UD race strife They say, however, that no mob was formed and that no threats were made. They say Mr. English became frightened when told that it would be better for him to leave. Lightning Bolt Kilta Two. Lightning struck a fodder stack on a farm near Madison, Fla., a few days ago. instantly killing Napoleon Artis and his son, colored, who were rushing to get the fodder stacked before the storm broke. CUT IT OUT i Drug Stores in Many Towns Selling Near Beer IN VIOLATION OF LAW Wagon Loads of the Staff Being Handled by the Drug Stores in Greenville?'The Drink Contains Three Per Cent of Alcohol and Intoxicates. The Columbia Record says they have found a soothing balm for prohibition pain up in Greenville in the form of a sort of near beer known as Wurtburger Malt, * which is destined to become rapidly popular throughout the State if its seizure is not ordered by the State administration. A Columbian in Greenville a few days ago saw a two-horse load of the etuff in barrels being unloaded at the rear of one of the Main street drug stores, and investigation rllcrlnao/l ihof K 1? ? ? ? wswv?v?\;U vuio ou^fp 1J W tlB Ci" pected to last this particular store only three days, and that it was being sold at scores of places throughout the city at 15 cents a bottle, and was eagerly sought as a substitute for beer. He was Informed that the Greenville sheriff and mayor had agreed that it could be sold as a tonic regardless of its being used as a beverage, though the dispensers of it were cautioned not to allow it to be drunk on the premises, and It Is not being kept on ice. The Record further Bays that Chairman Murray of the dispensary commission frankly stated Thursday that his wholesale drug company is selling this malt in various parts of the State, but he was not advised that It was being sold as a beverage or used as such. The Columbia druggists are not selling it. being ordered last spring to cut it out. The drink contains three per cent of alcohol, and Attorney General Lyon is under the impression that he has rendered an opinion aganst the sale of it under the name it now bears, but he could not get at his records handily Thursday morning to confirm this. Any way, if the stuff contains any amount of alcohol, and is being used as a beverage, whether sold as such or not, its sale is in violation of law, and the venders are liable to the penalty under the new law providing for a fine of not less than $100 for the first offense, and imprisonment without fine for from one to five years for subsequent violations. If this is the same near-beer that is being sold in Georgia it should he cut out. It is as bad or worse than lager beer, and should not be allowed to be sold anywhere in the State. The Governor should have the matter looked after at once. STABBED DURING PLAY. Mile Dar.le Unable t<> Assist Company Because of the Accident. Mile. Dazie, an aeress, will not be able to assist her company in the production of a pantomime for some time, following a serious stab wound she received in the breast in full view of the audience in a theatre at Rockaway Reach, N. Y. Mile. Dazle's Jealous rival on the stage was supposed to stab her to the heart with a dagger, and for this purpose two weapons were employed, one with a shining steel blade to impress the audience and the other with a rubber blade for the actual use of the jealous rival. In some manner the rival, Mile. Lina, grasped the wrong dagger at the critical time and plunged the steel blade into the breast of Mile. Dazie, inflicting a wound four inches long. The audience on hearing the shriek of the wounded actres? and seeing the blood, became wildly excited, but was calmed by a statement from the stage manager. Doctors in the audience dressed the wound, and said that while it was not mortal, it was sufficiently serious to prevent the actress' public appearance for some time to come. Freakish Work of Lightning. Lightning did some freakish work at the home of Mr. David Strother .1 ?? ' at isu urtwiJ ?v ruin-Mlity. DfginilinR at a corner of the house it tore up the weather hoarding and knocked off plastering. Darting from the upper story into the kitchen it shattered the safe door and did injury to other woodwork. A negro girl was in the kitchen washing dishes but was not even shocked, neither were Mr. and Mrs. Strother, wh> were in the house as the electric current ran from room to room. Itohher and Pursuer I>ead. 1 Following the bold and partialis successful robbery of the Firsi State Bank of White Rear, Minn. Henry Paul, the robber, and Fret Yarkins, one of the pursuing citi zens, were shot and instantly klllet : and William Butler, of the posse ' was shot through the abdomen, ant i is said to be dying. One other mai ? received a wound in the thigh ant I still anothor was shot through th< i wrist. WANTED MONEY AND THREATENED TO BLOW UI * A RAILROAD TO GET IT. A Very Hot Letter Written by Hln to the President of the Fennsyl. rani* Railroad. This Is a declaration of war. M> life is openly staked on the result, for I am prepared to meet you al any time and place you may name, The weapons I shall use are dynamite and other high explosives." Thus wrote Abram C. Eby. mayor and referee In bankruptcy, of Purkevllle, Va., to the "president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia," on July 23, naming $45,000 as the ransom for the safety of the railroad. Its steamships and the travelling public and otherwise threatening the Pennsylvania Railroad. Following a carefully laid plot of the Federal postal detectives, Eby was arrested, while In company of Oswald J. Derousse, chief clerk to President McRae, who acted for the lat ter in Inveigling Mayor Eby to Philadelphia. He was given a hearing before United States Commissioner Craig and held In $10,000 bail for September term of court. At the hearing Wm. L. Calvert, postofflce inspector, of Richmond, Va., furnished ovldence showing that Eby mailed threatening letters on the Richmond and Charlotte Railroad postofflce. All through the hearing Eby sat unmoved, and eald simply that he could not furnish ball. In his letter Eby said he would meet no one except the president or some high ofllclal of the road. Ho designated the sign of a secret order to be UBed in the insertion of a "personal" as an answer in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. A "personal" was Inserted by postofflce detectives and Eby's demand of $ir>0 and transportation to Philadelphia was acceded to through Mr. Derousse, Eby reached Philadelphia Wednesday night and wrote to Mr. Derousse, making an appointment to meet him at noon Thursday. About 12:30 o clock the men met. and Mr. Derousse took Eby to the Third National Rank, where he secured a certified check for $30,000 and $300 n cash. These he offered Eby, but the latter refused saying: "Keep them for awhile. * Chief Postal Inspector Cortelyou then made the arrest. Inspector Calvert said: "Mr. Eby is not crazy. He has long entertained a spite against the Pennsylvania Railroad. His father held stock in a branch road in Vir ginia, and Mr. Ehy believes that by the reorganization of the road through the Reading and Pennsylvania Influence his father lost some $200,000." SINGULAR CASE OF MR. HARRIS Why His Friends Think Re Has Not Been Guilty of Any Criminal Act. Ther are no further developments in the Calhoun Harris alleged embezzlement case at Anderson, other than that several friends put up the $22,500 bond, and he has been released. The accountants are still checking his books in their cotton mill otflce and have not announced any further irregular results. Harris secured an expert accountant to represent him In the audit of the books, but the accountants left Anderson Wednesday afternoon without taking part in the work. The accountant claims that he was given no show; that his duty as pointed out by auditors of the American Audit Company was to sanction their work as tiiey progressed. The attorney for the mills 6uid that there is on the minutes a reso lutlon adopted by the board to allow Harris, his attorney, or expert accountant to be present at all times and watch the audit of the books. Harris* friends are disposed to think that he has brooded so much over his mistakes that his mind is unbalanced. They say that many things have been unearthed that would not have been done by a sane man, and that the discovery of so much money stored away in old boxes and bags In the vault, with every appearance ol having been there for years, shows that there was no criminal intent on Harris' part. Harris is at his home on South ' Main street and Insists stoutly thai the accountants will find that not a single dollar has been mliannrnnriot. ed when they complete their audit President Hammett aald: "Ever 1 If the shortage Is found to ho flftj 1 thousand do'lars, the Orr Mills wil not be crippled at all. Wo hav?? t 1 surplus of a little more than foui hundred thousand dollars, and th< shortage can he charged off wlthou depreciating the value of the stock Our mills are capatallzed at elgh r hundred thousand and are worth on< t and one-half millions." 1 Buildings Rocked by 'Quake. An earthquake has been reportei 1 from Brest and vicinity, says a dls . patch from Paris. 1 A number of buildings were roc* i ed by the 'quake and people wor i thrown into a state of panic, hut S( a far as is known the disturbance^! not serious. TAFT SAYS BILL 5 1 Fullfllls Campaigns Pledges ol Republicans MADE TO THE PEOPLE But Apologizes to the Country by Saying That While the Measure Is Not a Perfect Tariff Bill, or a Complete Compliance With the Promises, It Will Have to Do. President Taft gave out a state1 ment Thursday night embodying his views of the new tariff act which Is designated officially as the "Payne bill" in accordance with past custom of giving recognition to the framer of the mesaurg in the house of representatives. The president declares that while the bill is not perfect by any means nor "a complete compliance with promise made, strictly Interpreted," it Is nevertheless a sincere effort on the part of the party to make a downward revision and to comply wltn the promises of the platform. The statement In full follows: "I have signed the Payne tariff hill because I believe It to bo the result of a sincere effort on the part of the Republican party to make a downward revision, and to comply with the promises of the platform as they have been generally understood, and as I interpreted them In the campaign before election. "The bill Is not a perfect tariff bill, or a completo compliance with the promises mado strictly Interpreted, bat a fulfillment free from criticism In respect to a subject matter Involving many schedules and thousands of articles could not bo expected. It suffices to say that except with regard to whiskey, liquors and wines and in regard to silks and as to some high classes of cottons? all of which may be treated as luxuries and proper subjects of a revenue tariff?there have been very few increases in rates. "Ileal Decrease." "There ha\> been a great number of r< ;.l i!e roases in rates, and they constitute a sutflc.ient amount to justify the statement that this bill is a substantial downward revision, and reduction of excessive rates. "This is not a free-trade bill. It was not intended to be. The Republican party did not promise to make a free-trade bill. "It promised to make the rates protective, but to reduce them when they exceed the difference between the cost of production abroad and here, making allowance for the greater normal profit on active Investments here. I believe that while |this excess has not been reduced in a number of cases. In a great majority the rates are Buch as are necessary to protect American industries, but are low enough. In case of abnormal Inrroooo -1 1 vi ucumiiu, ana raising of prices, to permit the possibility of the Importation of the foreign artlcTe and thus to prevent excessive prices. "The power granted to the executive under the maximum and minimum clause may be exercised to secure the removal of obstacles which have been Interposed by foreign governments In the way of undue and unfair discrimination against American merchandise and products. "The Philippine tariff section 1 have struggled to secure for 10 years last past, and It gratifies me exceedingly by my signature to give It the effect of law. I am sure It will greatly Increase the trade between the two countries and It will do much to build up the Philippines Into a healthful prosperity. "The administrative clause of the bill and the custom court are admirably adapted to secure a more uniform and a more speedy final construction. "The authority to the president to use agents to assist him In the application of the maximum and minimum section of the statute nnd to . enable officials to administer the law, , gives a wide latitude for the acquisition, under circumstances favora ble to Its truth, of Information In i respect to the price and cost of production of goods at homo and l abroad, which will throw much light i on the operation of the present tariff and be of primary Importance at i officially collected data upon which 1 future executive octinn 41 ? v. . W >?%.VIV/*1 UIIU CACt Ulivt t recommendations may bo based. "The corporation tax Is a Just and equitable excise measure, which It Is i hoped will produce a suffleen ' amount to prevent a deficit and I which Incidentally will secure valu i able statistics and Information con r cerning the many corporationr of th< 3 country, and will constitute an 1m 1 portant step toward that degree o: publicity and regulation which th? 1 tendency in corporate enterprise Ir ' the last 20 years has shown to b< necessary." PonflscAting Contraband. J They are rubbing it Into the blind - tigers In Columbia. Raids at foui places by the police Thursday yielde< - several two-horse wagon loads, valu e ed at $1,200, and a joint raid b: a constables and police at seven othei s places was productive of about th< same quantity. TAFT SIGNS BILL Tarriff Measures Made a Law by His Signature. CONGRESS ADJOURNS Roth Houses Quit After Putting Finishing Compromise Touch on tlio Tariff Rill ami Sending it to the President for His t.nm.v.1 wnn.i. BOOZE JUG TRAED IS DANGEROUS IF NOT DONE ACCORDING TO LAW. Any Railroad or Express Agent Solicking Business is Subject to a Fine of $5,000. Since the prohibition law went into effect it Is probable that the 1 "Jug trade" In dispensary counties will increase to a great extent, as it has done in the heretofore dry 1 counties. The United States laws in reference to the shipment of whiskeys into the State and the receiving of it are very strict. Literature setting forth the seductively low price at which the stuff that cheers can be bought in "plain packages" in Jacksonville, Louisville, Richmond and other places, s pouring into the malls in a steady stream thirst looks happy If he still has the price. Since the prohibition law went into effect the United States laws in reference to the shipment of whiskey into the State and the receiving of it will prove very Interesting. The delivering of whiskey to any other than the consignee or upon a written order from the consignee is punishable by a heavy fine. It is generally understood that many order whiskey under a fictitious I name. The following is the law: "Section 23 8. Any ofilcer, agent or employe of any railroad company, express company or other common carrier, who shall knowingly deliver or cause to bo delivered to any person other than tho person to whom it has been consigned, unless upon the written order in each instance of the bona fide consignee, or to any fictitious persons, or to any person under a fictitious name, any spiritous, vinous, malted, fermented or other intoxicating liquor of any kind which has been shipped from one State, territory or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other State, territory or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subjected to the jurisdiction thereof, or from any foreign country into any State, territory or district of the United States or place noncontiguous to but subject to tho jurisdiction thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. "Sec. 289. Any railroad company, express company or other common carrier, or any other person who, in connecton with the transportation of any spirituous, vinous, malted, fermented or other intoxicating liquor of any kind, from one State, territory or district of tho United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject | to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other State, territory or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the Jurisdiction thereof, or from any foreign country into any State, territory or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, shall collect the purchase price or any part thereof, before, on or after delivery from the consignee, or from any other person, or shall in any manner act as the agent of the buyer or seller of any such liquor for the purpose of buying or selling or completing the i sale thereof, saving only in the actual transportation and delivery of the* same, shall be fined not more than $5,000. "Sec. 240. Whoever shall knowingly ship or cause to be shipped from one State, territory or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other State, territory or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or from any foreign country into any State territory or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, any package of or package containing any spirituous, vinous, malted, fermented or other intoxicating liquor of any kind, unless such package be so labeled on the outside cover as to plainly show the name of the consignee, the nature of its contents, and the quantity contained therein, I shall be fined not more than $fi,00; and such liquor shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be seizoH n n i\ 1 ' " ( -..v. wiiuciii ucu liy litW ror I no soizuo and forfeiture of property imported into tho United States contrary to law." 1 RIDES HORSE INTO HOTEL. s \ I California Millionaire Creates Sensation in I/onrion House. ? Frank Jay Mackey, tho well known California millionaire, who f has resided chiefly in England for a ) number of years, has been fined $10 i and costs in a London police court * for riding a horse into one of the hotels, according to a cablegram received at new York. Mr. Mackey is said to have made ! a wager 'that he would Aide the r horse into tho hotel and around the I billiard table. He did so and was - cited to a policeman and taken to / the police court. r In paying his fine he said he was 3 satisfied because he had won the wager. -I I"? ?! "'"V" Ho Very Promptly CJave. The tariff has been revised and the extraordinary session of confess has been brought to a close, lloth houses adjourned sine die officially at 6 o'clock Thursday night. The actual adjournment was taken in tho house at 5:38 p. m.f and in the Benate at 5:58 p. m. Tho closing hours of the session wero attended by 6cenes of a most uninteresting character. Tho revision had been according to tho desires of some, and with the hearty approval of otherB, and tho last two days had been consumed by members of tho senuto in expressing their satisfaction or dissatisfaction. The conference report on the bill was agreed to by tho senate by a vote of 4 7 to 31. Tho vote was taken at 2 p. m. and soon afterward the concurrent resolution making certain changes in tho "leather schedule was adopted by both houses. President Taft arrived at the capito^ at 4:45 p. m. It was his first appearance there since his incumbrency as president and thero was a constant nroppsslnn of Vinri,i_oV,oiri^? statesmen through the president's room from tho time of his arrival until his departure at 5:30 o'clock. Just as the hands of tho gold clock in tho president's room reached 5 minutes past Ave, tho Fayno tariff bill, as the measure will be known, was laid before the president. He picked up n pea supplied by Chairman Payne of the house ways and means committee, which was used by both the vice president and the speaker in signing the bill, and attached his signature. After writing "William H. Taft." the president added, "Signed five minutes after 5 o'clock, August 5th, l y uy?w. H. T." Pending over the president as ho afTlxed his signature were Secretary Knox, Secretary MacVeagh. Attorney General Wickersham , Postmaster General Hitchcock, Secretary Nagel and Secretary Wilson. Standing about tho table were Senator Aidrich, Representative Payne and many other members of the senate and house. Mr. Payne stood with hand extended, waiting to receive the pen with which the bill was signed. He took it with a picture of boyish glee overspreading his face. Another pen was handed to the president and ho wrote tho word "Approved," and handed the pen to Representative I,angley (Ky.). A number of interesting incidents occurred in the president's room I pending the signing of tho tariff i bill. The president had something of a personal nature to auy to each senator, and good nature appeared to bo overflowing. SHORTAGE OF FOOD. I,abor Conflict. ItringK Distress to Stockholm. Tho town of Stockholm is suffering seriously from the shortage . of food which so far is most the notable result of tho labor conflict. The stock of bread already is almost exhausted and meat is scarce and expensive. > Restaurants have raised their prices and tho figures are prohibitive except for persons of ample means. The strikers themselves are living practically on fish. Thousands of them are camping out. some in tents. but many without shelter. on tho shores of Lake Malar and tho islands of tho archipelago, where they spend their time in angling. LEADING LAW Kit TO PRISON. New Orleans Attorney Forged to Extent of Over $150,000. To begin serving a sentence of fourteen years Robert J. Maloney, formerly a leading lawyer of New Orleans, will be taken to the State penitentiary shortly. Maloney was charged with forgeries exceeding $150,000. Many of the clients whom Maloney defrauded petitioned tho governor to let him remain in New Orleans, wilh the hope of straightening out some of the tangled transactions of which they were victims. This was done. The governor decided a few nights ago, however, that six months was long enough for such assistance and ordered that the penitentiary term be begun at once. MinlsU-r Heavily Indicts! Thirty-one indictments against the Rev. John J. Holtgreve pastor of the <* \ Catholic church at Flaquemine, La., i were returned by the grand jury of Iberville parish. \ Twenty-eight of the counts charg! od grave crimes and the other three allege criminal libel.