Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, March 17, 1910, Image 2
DOUBT PEARY
Mfttiml frttf Required fcy CmhuKtee
?f His CUsi that he
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REACHED NORTH POLE
Until Tihs la Done Peary Will Not
* Be Recipient of Congressional Reward.?Congressman
Macon Declares
Himself "Skeptical About
Peary's Having Discovered Pole.
Until Commander Robert E. Peary
furnished other proofs that he discovered
the North Pole, no reward
?"l v- - v 1 a
Wilt U? UCBIUWUH uyuu llltll, ?B LUC
result of a practically unanimous vote
of the congressional substitute committee
of the House committee on
naval affairs Wednesday.
A speech in opposition to the proposition
of honoring Peary was made
by Representative Macon of Arkansas,
before the committee.
Representative Macon declared to
the committer that the explorer
could not have made the distance he
said he did in his dash for the Pole.
Mr. Macon said he was "indignant
at the thought of being called upon
as a Representative of the American
people to confer l. h'gh honor upon
any one of its citii.':i.B in the dark."
All legislation by Congress, he said,
vught to be open and above board.
"I confess that I am exceedingly
sceptical about Mr. Peary's ever hav
ing discovered the Pole," declared
Mr. Macon, "and I am going to protest
against any honor being conferred
upon him by Congress until he
has established beyond reasonable
doubt that he did discover it, and it
must be established in the open, and
not In the dark."
Mr. Macon said he wantod to direct
attention to one "discrepancy in
Mr. Peary's story." This was the
speed he made from the time Capt.
Bartlett left him until he reached
the Pole. Mr. Peary said that for
five days he made 26.4 miles per
day, but Mr. Macon said this appeared
very singular, in view of the fact
that the Peary party had mado but
9.06 mileB per day up to the time
Bartlett left.
During this part of his journey,
Mr. Macon said, "no white man was
W.Uk kl ? _ fx %
mill uini hr a witness, nis oniy companions
being his negro valet and
(our Eskimos.
"He claims to have made an average
of forty-four miles per day on
his way back from the pole to Bartlett's
camp, and 28.6 miles per day
from Bartlett's camp to Cape Columbia.
"The greatest speed he had made
before Bartlett left him was 9.06
miles ner day, bo Peary must have
made nearly three times as great
speed after Bartlett left him as he
did before, in order to reach the
Pole."
Mr. Macon declared that Mr.
Peary's own statements showed that
he equalled this speed but twice during
the entire Journey to the Pole.
The first day he started from land
he made 26 miles, and on another
day made 29 miles in fourteen hours
of forced march, "which Mr. Peary
has told us was about the limit of
human endurance."
Mr. Macon quoted Lieut. Schakleton,
Gen. Greely and other to show
that "10 to 12 miles per day, or
slightly more, perhaps, is considered
the limit of human endurance traveling
over Polar seas."
MAN KILL SELF.
After Wife Leaves Policeman Com
mits Suicide.
His wi!e \ene. his life \recked,
/.rthur llro*VT?, 'orm,rly of tlio Atlanta
police for^ luit n >w livjag at
Gllmore, Ga., decided that life was
not worth while and v^sed a revolver
with fatal effect.
Going Into a bathroom of his
home, Wednesday he shoe himself
through the head with a thirty-eight
calibre revolver. The shot was
heard and neighbors rushed Into the
house and entered the bathroom, hut
were unable to save the man's life.
Mr. Brown was formerly a member
of the police force of Atlanta,
and at one time was a secret agent
of the United States government. He
is survived by his wife, mother, sister.
brother, and one child. His
wife quit him some time ago.
Many Wanted Babies.
n cuut'auujr whb ino nay they gave
babies away in New Orleans A
car load of little tots arrived from
New York foundling and orphan asylumn
with an eager crowd of claimants
awaiting their arrival. In addition
to those who have previously
made successful claim to a baby,
many pressed about, the car in the
hone that fhoro mI? s? ?-? ?~
over," but those who applied In advance
got every baby In the car.
floing to tbe Capital.
W. E. McGee, the traveling passenger
agant of the Soufharn. was In
Rock Hill Thursday making arrangements
with President Johnson for a
trip to Washington, D. C., to be taken
by the senior class at the college.
WILL INSPECT SEED :
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GETTING READY TO MAKE WAR b
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ON THE BOLL WEEVIL.
The lew Recently 1'uaed by tho< *
Legislature A boat Seed Inspection
to be Enforced.
A conference of the seed houses I ?
will be called to meet soon to discuss
the act passed at the last session
of ?.he general assembly calling
for the inspection of all seed sold
In this state, J. N. Harper of Clemson
college was In Columbia Thursday
for a conference with Commissioner
Watson. Prof. Harper has already
commenced the preparations
for the Inspection of the seed at the
experiment station. Miscropic test*,
will be made. The act provides in
part as follows:
Section 1. That on and after the
approval of this act, no person, firm
or corporation shall oj himself or
themselves, his or their agents or representatives
of any persons, firms
or corporations, sell or offer for sale
or distribution within the State of
South Carolina, for Beeding purposes,
any lot or package of agricultural
seedB exceeding one pound in weight
unless the same, when put in either
open or closed packages, shall have
attached thereto a label on which is
plainly printed or written in the
English language the following: (1)
Name and kind of seed. (2) Statement
of purity of seed contained
therein. (4) Germinating power of
seed. (5) Locality where seed was
grown if known.
Sec. 2. For the purpose of this
act the term "agricultural seeds"
shall Include seed of the red clover,
either medium or inarm ? th clover,
white clover, alsike clover, burr clover,
cr'rnson clover, lespedeza, alfalfa.
tlin thy, orchard gruss, Kentucky
blue -8, red top, bromis inerimis,
oat g~ ss, fescues, the millets, the
vetch, s. other grass ahd forage plant
seeds, tlax. rape, sorghum, rye, barley
and other serials and cotton.
Sec. 3. No agricultural seeds, as I
defined in section 2, shall be sold ?
or offered for sale or distributed <
within the State which contnin in i
greater numbers than 30 to 1,000 i
seeds under examination, the seeds i
of such noxious weeds as clover dod- '
der, field dodder, white mustard, wild
oats and such other weeds as may be I
designated in the regulations pro- i
mulgated by the state department of i
agriculture and the state experiment
station. Where the seeds of the
weeds so designated are presented
in fewer numbers than 30 to 1,000 1
of the Beed being examined a statement
shall be made on the label
attached to the package numbering
the weed seeds present therein. ,
Sec. 4. The seeds of such weeds ]
as sheep sorrel, green and yellow t
fox tail, yellow trefoil, chick-weed <
and such other weeds as may be prescribed
in the regulations adopted by ,
the state department of agriculture ,
and the state experiment station, and \
stated In circulars, shall be classed s
as impurities in agricultural seeds.
When such impurities or any -of i
them present in quantity exceeding ^
3 per cent? of said agricultural seeds s
the approximate percentage of each 0
shall be plainly stated on the bag at- f
tached as specified in section 1.
Section 5. Sand. dirt, sticks, brok- s
on seeds, other seeds than those men- j
tioned in the foregoing sections, or (
nn.v uuier iongn matter, shall be fl
considered as impurities when mixed
with agricultural seeds sold, offered
or exposed for sale in this State for
feeding purposes. When such im- s
purities are present in seeds exceeding
the standard fixed in the regulations
of the state department of
agriculture and the state experiment
station the name and approximate '
percentage of each shall he stated on ^
the label as specified in section 1.
Sec. 6. The department of agrlcul- 1
ture and the state experiment sta- %
tion are hereby empowered to pre- v
scribe regulations designating when v
seeds shall be considered mixed or r
adulterated of misbranded and as (|
germinating power standard.
Sec. 7. The provisions of this act a
shall not be contructed as applying ^
to:
r 1") Any person growing, possess- p
ing for sale or selling for food purposes
only.
(2) Persons selling seeds containing
Impurities execpt as defined In
' *
nit? reKiiiHiions. providing such seeds h
are sold to merchants to he reclean- r
ed before exposing for sale upon the r
general market. rB
(3) Seed that Is In store for the
purpose of recleanlng and which Is 1
not possessed, sold or offered for ^
sale for seed purposes. a
(41 Orals, grown or sold and de- r
llvered from the farm by the owner 1
thereof, buyer himself to use rhe c
seed for seeding purposes, or for *'
resale to local merchants, who may
resell.
(51 Mixtures of seeds for lawn
purposes except that the sale of such
mixtures Is sold subject to restrlc- f
Hons and regulations made therefor y
hv the department of agriculture an:l '
the state experiment station A
Sec. 8. For the purpn;e of this a
act seed shall be deemed pure when
It complies with the foregoing provisions
and contains no coxinunlcable
disease. ft
The enforeeme it of the pror a on H
is left with the commissioner of agriculture.
"
The act further says: f?
"Sec. 9. The enforcement of the 1c
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rovislonB of this act is hereby placd
under the direction of the comlissloner
of agriculture, commerce
nd industries of So nth Carolina, and
ie la hereby empowered to appoint
uch inspectors and assistant# as may
e necessary to execute Its provi#oas.
All examinations of seeds shall
>e done at the State experiment staions
under the supervision of the
llrector thereof and from the funds
aised by this act upon the approval
>f the commissioner of agriculture.
:ommerce and Industries the expenles
of examination shall be paid by
Lhe State.
"Sec. 10. It shall be the djity of
the inspectors and assistants to collect
samples of agriculture seeds in
Lhe open market and forward same
to the experiment station, where they
shall be examined and analyzed in
conformity with the provisions of this
act and the standards fixed by the
regulations provided for herein. The
insepctors and assistants are vested
with all necessary powers for the
proper execution of their duties and
to note all violations of any provisions
of this act and to bring action
In the proper court or tribunal for
prosecution of such violation when
directed so by the commissioner of
agriculture, commerce and industries.
"Sec. 11. The results of all tests
of seeds made by the experiment
station shall be published in bulletins
of the department or the station.
together with the names and
postoffice addresses of the persons,
firms or corporations from whom all
samples tested were obtained.
"Section 12. For the purposes of
this act a sample of agriculture seed
shall consist of not more than founr
nor less than two ounces of the seed
to bo examined.
"Sec. 13. Whoever violates any
provisions named in the section of
this act, or who shall attempt to interfere
with the inspectors or assistants
in the discharge of the duties
named herein, shall be deemed
suilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be punished by a
fine of not less than $10 or more
than $50 for each and every offense.
"Sec. 14. A fee of 25 cents shall
he collected by the commissioner of
agriculture, commerce and industries
Trom ttv> seedsman, person, firm or
corporation oefTring the seed for sale
or selling same for each sample tested
under the provisions of this act,
and the proceeds from such feeB
shall be paid out of said special fund
upon the warrant of the comptroller
general, upon the presentation of
Itemized bills approved by the commissioner
of agriculture, commerce
and Industries.
CAUSES DAMAGE.
Lluhtnlne IMnvs Strnnim n..?
Hurt? No One.
At Somerville, N. J., the telephone,
ilectric light and fire alarm service
is crippled as a result of the most
jevere electric storm over experlenc>d
In this section of New Jersey.
A dozen residences and an equal
lumber of barns and outbuildings
vere struck by bolts, but no serious
Ires resulted. The lightning played
;ome strange pranks.
A bolt came down the chimney of
he new residence of William Ar;enberg
and traveled around the dull
.lit moulding on the walls throughout
the house, leaving it with a surace
like newly burnished gold.
In another house a bolt which
itruck a projecting gable divided
nto several branches on entering
he house and lighted eight small
ires in as many different rooms.
WANTS N'KCK BROKE.
hot Two Women Because Tliey Hefuse
to Marry Him.
At Marion, Ind., Sanford Love
ailed at the home of fiance, Miss
.ottie Murden, Thursday ana shot
er twice, once in the rbeast and
a the back. She will die. Eight
ears ago, Love shot another young
Ionian, Nora Miller, to whom be
ras engaged to be married. She
ecovered. Miss Murden, after a
uarrel with Love, had broken her
ngagement with him and he shot her
fter she returned the letters he had
written her. L/Ove is 28 and Miss
turden 18. He surrendered to the
oiice.
Jerked OfT Fingers.
At Chester Wednesday afternoon
ohn J. Peay was the victim of a
iorrihly painful accident. He was
iding in a buggy and leading a mule
lear the York county line. The
nule became frightened and pulled
rnok violently and the first joint of
he forefinger of Mr. Peay's right
land was jerked off, together with
tendon more than a foot long,
eaching almost to the elbow. Mr.
?eay was brought at once to the
11y and the wound was carefully
ressed. He is resting comfortably.
I?octor Sentenced.
At Detroit Wednesday Dr. George
i. Frltch was sentenced to serve
rom seven and one-half to fifteen
ears In the penitentiary for causig
the death of Mnbelle Millman, of
.nil Arl?or. last August by means of '
n unlawful operation.
Fatal Fight.
One man was killed and two others ]
itally wounded In a pistol 'fight at '
earea, Ky., Monday. I
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The boy of today is a pretty good <
illow, and not half as soft as he- i
K>ks. t
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THE LAND^STEAL
Ex-SecrcUry Garfield Hakes Seme Se?satitul
Stateaeats
BALUNGER SHOWN UP
Garfield Connects Him Directly With
a False Affidavit Gotten up in the
Who Attempted to Buncoe the
Who Attempted to Buncoe the
Government.
Jaines R. Garfield, former secretary
of the Interior, was finally excused
from the witness stand at the
Ballinger-Pinchot investigation late
Thursday afternoon. His final half
hour before the committee furnished
the sensation of what had been up to
that time a decidedly dull day.
Mr. Garfield Btated that r. Baln#t..
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Iiub^l I Mivci UAT1U5 UCCU WU1U1IOOIWHer
of the land office, submitted to
him on Septemeber 17, 1908, an
affidavit signed by Clarence Cunningham,
containing the statement chat
the Ouggenhelms had no in'erests
whatever In the Cunningham group
of coal mines in Alaska, while as a
matter of fact, the records of a recent
hearing before the senate committee
on territories show that prior
to the making of the affidavit th^
Guggenheim syndicate had been given
an option on a half interest in
all the Cunningham claims.
Attorney Brandeis, who was questioning
Mr. Garf\eld, followed up
these declarations by reading from
Secretary Ballinger's report to President
Taft on September 4, last, concerning
the Glavis charges, the statement
that Mr. I!alling.er had suggested
to Mr. Cunningham an amendment
to an affidavit made prior to
the one which he presented to S?cretary
Garfield in September, 1908,
and that Mr. Cunningham made the
amendment by explaining in detail
what he meant yb certain terms used
in hiB former affidavit.
Mr. Garfield said Mr. Ballinger,
In giving--him the affidavit left the
Impression on him that his action
was entirely casual and that he had
been requested by friends in Seattle
to leave it on file or whatever it
might be worth. Mr. Brandeis then
called attention to the fact that the
name of Mr. Ballinger's law firm
was printed on the backing of the
affidavit.
The former secretary of the interior
was examined and cross-examined
as to his administration of the
office which he gave up to Mr. Ballinger
on March 5, 1909. Mr. Garfield,
in explaining what he did in
the matter of the withdrawal of
lanas without specific provisions by
law, declared he was working In the
Interests of the people and to prevent
monopolistic control of power
sites and consequent extortionate
prices to the consumer.
The former secretary took IsBue
with Mr. Rallinger as to certain
statements made by the latter In his
reply to President Taft regarding the
various charges made against him.
Mr. Garfield said he could not recall
any conference with Mr. Balllnger
regarding the Cunningham coal
claims, although Mr. Ballinger said
he had immediately conferred with
Mr. Garfield after the receipt of
Glavis' protest against the clear listing
of the Alaska claims.
Mr. Garfield admitted that in urging
general coal legislation by congress
early in 1908 he had made the
statement that he was willing to
condone fraudulent entries in Alaska
provided the entrymen were compelled
to pay an increased price for
the land to the government.
BANK CASHIKIt SKIPS.
With Ten Thnusuna Pollers of the
Bank's Money.
Savannah b*s a sensation on hand.
James M. Doyle, teller of the Hibernia
bank and first lieutenant in th"
Irish Jasper Greens', is short $10,000
in his account with the bank
and is a fugitive from justice. It
has been found that Doyle, though
married, was intimate with a woman
who is now supposed to he in Atlanta.
He came much excited on
Friday night, when he found the
womftn had gone, and said he was
going to find her. His cash was
recently checked up and found to
be correct. He is believed to have
taken the money Saturday afternoon
late. It was ail in inrge bills.
Millie anil l>o llappy
SmileB should bo a part of ourselves
every day of the week. Do
you know we esteem those persons
our best friends who greet us with h
smile aud a kind word. A community
composed of individuals who IqoR
always on the bright side of everything
would, in our opion, he an
Ideal community. What we need in
thin life is sunshine, and a great deal
af It.
Fears War With .lapun.
A note of warning was sounded 1
Monday by Jocob 11. Sehiff, the New
York hanker, regarding the situaion
in the far enst, nnd the posslh- 1
llty of war with Japan was (tiscuss*d
in many banking houses, Mr. <
Sehiff helped finance Japan in her 1
var with Russia. I
SOME AMAZING FACTS
SOUTH HAS LESS ANIMALS THAN
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
Thwn Hm Beei Opportunity to Rocuperatr,
but the Opportunity Has
Not Been Improved.
Sometime ago the Macon Telegraph
gave its readers official figures
showing that in Georgia there are
fewer cattle (excepting milch cows),
sheep and swine in 1910 than in
1860?before the war. This was
amazing, yet true. The Manufacturers
Record has gone further into the
question and gives us the figures in
all the Southern States. They show
that there has been a loss also in
fifty years In the other Southern
states of Alabama. Maryland. North
and South Carolina.
In the fifty years between 1860
and 191# the population of the country
Increased from 31,500,000 to
89,000,000, and the population of th<5
South from 11,000,000 to 28,000,000.
In tho same period, according
to official figures and allowing for
valuation In censuB schedules, the
raising of livestock used for food has
not kept pace with the growth of
population in the whole country, and
in the South has actually declined in
the case of sheep and swine.
In 1860 the South had 8,542,190
meat cattle, not including milch cows
and-in 1910 she has 13,834,000; in
1860 the South had 6,084,000; in
1860 the South had 18,281,218 hogs,
and in 1910 she has 15,089,000. This
is not a creditable showing, and
proves that our farmers have pretty
well abandoned almost everything
else for cotton.
In the ease of sheep, the South
now has 10,000 fewer than in 1860,
Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina
and Tennessee showing the
most marked decreases, their average
being too great to overcome the increase
of $1,165,000 in Texas, added
to the slight increases in Florida,
Kentucky, Maryland and old Virginia.
Swine made even a worse showing
than sheep. The increase for the
v/diole country in the fifty-year period
was only at the rate of 4 2 per
cent., against an increase of 197 per
cent, in the population, but against
an increase of 172 per cent, in the
population of the South the number
of Bwine decreased by more than 3,000,000,
in the face of an increase of
1,883,000 in Texas, of 184,000 in
Florida, of 109,000 in Louisiana and
nf *>7 n n A i- AI-K ?>
(uuv in nmuniiiu, iue oniy lour
1 states of the fourteen Southern states
showing an increase.
Of course it is understood that the
meat animals (as well as horses and
rallies) in the South had to do service
for both of the contending armies.
The foraise, the wreck, the destruction,
the conflict of four years
left the South practically barren of
these animals. But there has been
time to recuperate, as other things
have recuperated. There has never
been a time more propitious than the
present for live stock raising in the
South. Facts, conditions and the
promise of fat rewards call aloud for
it.
IiEADKUS AKR WORRIED.
New York Republicans Admit that
the Situation is Serious.
A dispatch from Oswego, N. Y.,
say that political leaders and legislators,
national and State, who were
in attendance on the funeral of former
United States Senator Thomas C.
Piatt, found an opportunity for an
exchange of views * on the political
situation at Albany.
The Allds-Conger bribery scandal,
and the Senate leadership contest
were quietly discussed by former
Governor Odell, Chairman Woodruff,
of the Republican State
Representative Dwight, the Republican
"whip" in the lower house at
Washington, and representative Sloat
Fassett, and other Republican legislators
from Washington and Albany.
The delegation from Washington
brought word that the feeling in
Administration circles favored Hinman's
election. Albany retorted that
such action was unlikely, and it was
hinted that a hitherto unmentioned
candidate might be put forth as a
Compromise. It is apparent that
Senator Cobb's supporters, who include
Chairman Woodruff and Wm.
Harries, Jr., the Albany leader, intends
to press his candidacy at the
conference at Albany.
That the sitution within the Republican
part? at Albany is causing
grave concern was adimtted by the
leaders.
Shoots Herself.
Near Milledgeville, Ga., Miss Effle
Simpson, twenty years old, beautiful
and accomplished, shot herself in
tho heart at her homo- at an early
hour Thursday morning- She had
been teaching school at Eastman but
resigned on account of ill health. She
was a member of a prominent family
and her rash act created a great
Bhock.
They call it embarking on the
sea of matrimony, but unless Elanor
Robson stays hitched up to August
of most actresses, we should call It
Relnront longer than the marriages ,
Lhe rivulet of matrimony. |
STARCH EXPLODES
FIVE PERSONS ARK KILLED AND
TWENTY-FOUR HURT.
By the Blowing Up of the Maize
Product Company's Plant at Ruby,
Indiana.
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Five persons were killed and 24
were Injured In an explosion In the
starch factory of the Western Glucose
company at Ruby. Ind., Wednesday.
Starch in an overheated kiln
is supposed to have been the cause.
It Is known that 29 workmen were
In the building at the time. Seven
were rescued, though badly wounded,
and taken to hospitals. Of the
12 unaccounted for, seven, it is believed,
have escaped unhurt. The
reBt were burned in the ruins of the
warohoiiop
Ruby, Indiana, 1h just across the
Illinois boundary, not far from South
Chicago. The plant employs 275
men.
The fire broke out suddenly after
a force of men had prepared a large
kiln full of starch, which a moment
later blew up like gunpowder. So
great was the force of the explosion
that some of the injured wero
thrown through windows and doors
and In that way escaped death from
the flames.
Soon the whole building was on
fire and the roof and the upper
floors were blown skyward. How
many were left in the building to
perish was not known definitely.
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ATTACKED THE I'REACIIKit.
1 tecnuse He Refused to Lot a Divorcee
Sing in Choir.
Adherance to his determination not
to permit divorced persons to sing
in the choir of the large and fashionable
First Baptist church at Paducha,
Ky., where he is pastor, won
for Dr. M. E. Dodd, a severe beating
on the streets Monday. Chas
Graham, a prominent tobacco grower,
waB his assailant.
During a recent revival Dr. Dodd
called for volunteers to sing in tho
choir. Mrs. Graham, who was dtvorced
before she married her present
husband, sent in her name.
Dr. Dodd informed her that, according
to his interpretation of the
Scriptures, she was not spiritually
divorced from her first husband and
therefore he could not permit her to
sing.
Graham met the minister on the
street and the attack followed. Dodd
had a Bible and other books under *
his arm and offered no resistance.
The pastor filled his pulpit though
his face showed the marks of the encounter.
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EGG RAISES A ROW.
Two Women Wrangle for the Possession
of the Trifle.
What members of the bench and
>.?- i > -
uoi uiivf ueen expecting as the uitural
consequence of the increased
cost of living has come to pass in
Brooklyn. A complicated legal case
involving the ownership of one egg
is up for adjustment in the Flathush
court.
On Sunday last, the papers in the
case cite, the children of Mrs. Mary
Penninger and Mrs. Anna Ganey,
playing together in a vacant lot,
found a newly laid egg. Possession
of the valuable find is claimed by
both women.
"I fully realize what the ownership
of an egg means in these times,"
said the magistrate, when the matter
was submitted to him. "and therefore
1 will not be hasty in deciding
the question. I postpone the case
I for one week while I am considering
it."
IMMKNSK M>SS FROM INSECTS.
Startling Estimate Caiven to Mouse
Committee.
That one tenth of the agricultural
products of the country were loss
because of the ravages of insects
and another one-tenth from fungeous
disease, was the startling estimate
given the House committee on interstate
commerce at Washington on
Wednesday by E. V. Sanderson, of
the New Hampshire agricultural experiment
station and president of the
National Association of Entomologists.
The committee was granting
a hearing on the Lowden bill to prevent
vhe manufacture, sale or transportation
of mishranded Paris greens,
lead arsenales and other insecticides,
and'fungicides. This bill is designed
to protect the intersts of the fru*t
growers.
Shoots Himself.
At Colorado Springs, Colo., Earlo
D. Thomas, Jr., .10 years of age, a ^
son of Itrigadler General E. I). *
Thomas, commander of the department
of Colorado, with hendOliartera
in I w.?>.... - 1 * * '
, vvii<ri, anurtiy uemre 12
o'clock Wednesday fired a bullet Into
his brain in his room at the Alamo
Hotel and died instantly.
Smothered hi Death.
At Columbia Jim Caldwell. ,a negro
laborer, was caught In a 1 fi-foot
sewer cave-In and smothered to
death on 'Elmwood avenue Monday.