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0AMDEN I CHRONICLE. V<>UJ.\1K XVII. CAM DUN, S. C.. t'UIDA V. M A VII. l'Khi. NO. IK. MINERS til)] 10 strike Convention Accepts Proposal ol the Anthracite Operators. HARD COAL REGION REJOICES *?"> **??,,, ,4) Worl< |1|i(lt;r |h|| " ''?""??iHiloii ol Agr?>iii?iii lt? 'tcicriiiiueii nl 4 onior^iioo ol 4>|i?ritt?i? Mh|ftrt. omCMU ''=??! Mt| ? Me|( W||1 Not SunVr# ^ |?a. I I,,.,.,. wi), |u, 1|o Ulilil *' N 4 1 ? and I lie inhabitants of the ; A it ? In ii t-ii , i|ii.ys al.(, jiti, (!;,?[ Soon "im 111'.- litliic \\<?rk??r>s" convention as- I ?emh|cd Hi,. i,.|?,n <?r i In' Soilo ( 'mil- I imn.e was |ir,s,.in?,| i,v John Mitchell ' "'niueiidiiig that ill" men return to work under ili,. award of the Anthra Mlikt' ( (,||. UiissioU. Iii urging Hi,, adoption of tin* report. Mr. Mitcheii >aid it whs better to re new I hi? award of tin' commission man to accepi ( Im- operator*' restrieted I an nt arbitration, under which lie eared t he wage of the highest paid men would ln> reduced for the purpose ?I giving it to the lowest paid men. "Ihai might .seem fair to the Ilourd "I Arbitration,"' he added, "hut it would not he fair to us. What we ihii.N, do is to raise the lowest paid men to the standard of the best paid. From the information I have received from all parts ol the region 1 am fearful Huh our people are not in shape for a strike. I Know there are many among us who are not in sympathy with a strike movement. We must retain what we Inive. rather than lose what we gained in i In- last t w ( i-ii In deciding mis question,., may 1 j ask you to do it without passion or sentiment, Imt with due regard to what Is best now. Whate.ver your de cision. whether it be strike or whether ii he work, I ask you to remain to gether. actvpiing without reservation the conclusion of the majority." Mr. Mitchell's remarks were heartily npp'aiidcd .itiii thfre was not a dis senting voice i<> the report of the Scale Coiinnitt e. which is as- follows: "l-'lrst - " hat we agree to work on the basis of 1 1 : i ? award cf tlic\ Anthracite Coal Strike Coin mission for Vuch period ol lime as may he agreed \ipon mu tually between the representatives of I lie anthracite coal mining cotupanies and our Stale Committee; provided, that alt men who suspended work on April I, or since that time, or who liave been dismissed because they ? ?' ."d t!ia, ilny would refuse to work ji a is i':I: !? w.'i-e t". ? ?laret!, are rein Mated 1n their former positions and working places. "Second i'hat the Scale Committee proceed at once to meet the represen tatives ot' the c.ial companies with a view to procuring an agreement upon this basis. "Third That the cr^i volition shall re main in session until Tuesday, and the Scale Camiuiitce shall report to the convention 'it that liiue. "Fourth? Thai the suspension of work sliaii enntiuue until an agree ment has been made, and its terms ap proved I \ 'he convention.'' This recommendation was signed by the full Scale Committee, adopted unanimously by the convention and a telegram mmii to Mr. 15aer asking for a conference. A favorable response was received. A leading, coal operator said: "Be assured that" there .will be no dlscrim-' iuatiou against the .men." A telegram was received from Mr. liaer to the same effect. There is general rejoicing through out the anthracite region by mine workers and business men over John Mitchell's declaration for peace In the mine workers' convention, and be is being praised for preventing the con vention from precipitating a strike which would have been long and bit ter and caused widespread suffering. In the opinion of many Mitchell lias gained sirength with the public by the mai'i: >r in which he has brought the crisis io such an outcome. IXSUHAN<'|-: Ct,.\l I 'AW IU'INKD. I Oldest h i re In.siira.icu Conoern in Chi cago <.'?><??. Into Receiver's Hands." Chicago. Hi..? Tin Tradeis' lust.. nnce i oiupuny. one of the oldest tire risk concerns in Chieago, u.ul with many jo'oniinmt tiuancier on its direc torate, tii-s W;?ii placed in the hnr.'ds of u recei'Cr. This action was taken in Judge M.acli'.. ?<Mirt at the instance o." the <li rectors i en fives. Myron L. Smith, president of the Northern Trust Com pany, was a|ijK.iited by the court to take chaise ol' ihe company's affairs. His bond was fixed a' S-.<HK),t)tM5. Crushing i sse.- .sutTered as a result of the San FnYlicisco >m ihquake and lire .'(!:? w!::: i l:.i\e laid tiie <<mpaiiy low. ' 1 ' 1 : res'ii* of tin r.'.Jia p>e will he ! total loss K *.he slock holders. liieir j *ioc.; hea ri. - < mirket valuo'*of s;;. fiOO.POO. the virtual wiping out or insur anee polit ies to il:e amount of S 1 ?;<>. OtNt.UOt) and a i mv I compromise set tlement of the San Francisco losses, wlilcit, it i> estiir.ated. will net the los or* there little more i!iiimM\\4>- thirds of iheir claims. A soot* of, smaller tire jnsaiance companies -are faeln'p trouble as a result of the Traders* crash. Mori. nn Kisi.op Aires, etl r'or Tolygauty j .1. t?'. .loiiey. Hisiiop ?>f t !n* Mormon Church at l.cwll. V. yo.. one or the leaders of ! ? la rue .Mormon colony that Ins titled thai State iu the last. ? wo years, has '?een arrested on a charge tf unlntnhiiu1; poly pi mo us re lations with two wives. KHODK ISf.AXP Fl.O.VTKD. t'etir Tugs Slicoood In (.'citing Big Iiot tleyhip Oft Sand R:u\ ? y<?rfall?.? Va?r TiiO lattloinp Khode "fslvnl wis Hon tod after haviug leen ftgronml on York Spit l?nr two day*. it was d?ft to thr effort* of four powerful L.1V.1I tug#? the t'neas. Walinetn. Her ft ties ami Mohawk? that fno Ctln war vra* dm vn from tin Kami liar. She was floated at lilwrh tide. Tlie <Timi*r .Mi:n?ca|?pli? *icnl I y and an w the Wiodo Island pulled .'roiu die ahual. fatal railroad wreck ] Fast Trains Collide on the Pennsy'* vania Neat* Altoona, j * ___ M l?i)liit?imtrtiiilliiK <?f Onlrm mill it Krnliilil ?tlurkmlr l<?N|>(>iiiilt)l? I'or .Hliiasti- 1' |> ?Ten K ? Mmiy IiiJuj?mI. Altoona, Tit (!li ion go mail (rain No. I 18, ciisthounsy and the Chicago and j St. Louis Kxpross No. '11 , westbound, collided while running on (ho Penn | sylvauin Itailroad at full speed, oigh toon miles west of this city, at 111 | o'clock p. m. Ten persons were killed and many were injured. The collision was indirectly due to a freight smash on tho middle division at H.'Ji oMoik, when twenty seven loaded cars of an casthound fright wore wrecked at I'nion Furnace, ahout twenty miles south ot here, blocking all tracks. In order to avoid detention of trains passenger traffic was sent over the Petersburg branch. The Pennsylvania Special, the eighteen hour tlyer, west hound. was the ll'st train to pass around and make fhe trip in safety. No. '21, the St. Louis and Chicago Ex press, was the next (rain to bo sent west hound over the branch. It col lided with No. IS, the Chicago Mail, going in an opposite direction, on a single track, near Clover Creek Junc tion. Both locomotives were wrecked. Six cars on No. 18? live mail cars and a coach -were caught In the smnshup. The accident appears to have result ed from a misunderstanding of orders on the part of the train crew of the Chicago and St. I.ouis Express. 1'hysleians from Altoona. Hunting don and Williamsburg were sent to the scene to render aid to the injured, who were brought io mo Altoona Hospital. The dead are: .1. \Y. Wagner, postal clerk on No. IS. of Mifflin, Pa.; died on way to hos pital J. \V. Cox, No. 18, of Downinglon, Pa.; killed instantly. 15. IT. Shullz. postal clerk. No. 18. Washingtonboro. Pa.; died on way to hospital. II. S. Jones, postal clerk. No. 18, of Lickdale, Pa.; killed instantly. F. (J. Harder, brakenian. No. IS, of Ilarrishurg; killed instantly. J. W. Horr. baggage master of No. 21. Elizabeth, N. J.; diet] on the way to hospital. Mrs. W. N. Trinkle, of Duncannon; killed Instantly. Max Carlowe, in charge of horses on No. IS, of South Norwalk, Conn.; killed instantly. .T. W. Conover. traveling salesman, Now York; .killed instantly. G. H. Law. President of the York Neckwear Company, of York. Pa. The ofllolnl report of the "wreck ?-shows that twenty-two passengers were in the coach which was directly behind the engine of the castbound train. Four were killed by the tele scoping of the conch by the postal car Immediately in its rem*, and the other eighteen were hurl, fortunately sonic of them but slightly. The postal cav contained seven clerks. The front end was mashed in and the roof torn off by the roof of the coach. The front of the car fell to the track and the rear raised, pitching the clerks into the midst of -the wreckntjt. , Four of the clerks were killed. , ' , * ItAl'S KA1LUOADS VOIt DKATIIS Interilnlo Coimurrrr (,'omml unlit. i Kvporli llO'J Killed In Tlir?? Months. Washington, D. C. An almost un precedented number of casualties to railroad employes throughout the eouu try occurred during the lust tlireo months of last year, according to the accident bulletin for that period issued by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. The number ol' persons killed iu train accidents during the quarter as shown in reports made by the railroad companies to t lie commission under the Accident law was ;52(>, and of injured :'.7i?7. Accidents. <^f other kinds, includ ing those sustained by employes while at work and by passengers getting on or off the carsd etc.. bring the total number of casualties up to 18,1227?1109 killed and 17.11V Injured. The reports dVai only with passen gers and employes on duly and take no account of the hundreds killed and maimed at crossings, etc. There were 2077 collisions and 10i."? derailments, of which 207 collisions and 133 derailments affected passenger trains. The damaj.e to cars, engines and roadways by these accidents amounted to *2.817,21)4. The Commerce Commission points out that the list o' casualties for the; quarter Is larger in nearly every item, than durin,; the preceding quarter, ltj attributes this part!y to the increase In) tratlie, 'Ait largely to the fact thaf. yewi and untried men were entrusted with dangerous duties, and that employes of r.ll classes were Kept on duty for many nours beyond a reasonable day. TEN Y IiA KS FOK A VKOKESNOU. Author of Noted Hook Forged Deed to City IaM. Kansas City. Mo.? Convicted of for gery, Michael Angelo Mcdiiuis, a for mer college professor and author of a standard work on mathematics, was sentenced to ten "years iu the penlten-' fiary. McGinnis and a confederate forged a deed to n city lot and sold th<? property for *300. While publishing a newspaper iu Newton County, Mo., McGinnls was sent to the penitentiary for misuse of the mails, and while there wrote the book which niacSc him famuli* niiii mathematicians throughout the world. After his release the book was pub lished simultaneously in America and England. Pipe Line Common Carriers^ Au ntuendiiieut to tlio U.illroad Hats, bill making pipe Hues Hiibject to the Interstate Commerce Commission was passed uimulniously. ? j Trust Import* Zinc. The Steel Trust Imports nine at a I price helow that demanded by tie Zluc Tn.st. James B. Duke Divorced. A decree of ^Ivprte was granted la | New Jersey to J?n?ew H. Duke. , Occurrences of Interest From All Over South Carolina 4? ? ' ? MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraph*! Cover ing a Wide Range ? What it$ Going On in Our State. General Cotton Market. Galveston, steady 11 New Orleans, quiet , 11 Mobile, quiet , . 11 Savannah, quiet ..../. 11 < 'harleston, firm .... Wilmington, steady 11 Norfolk, quiet 11 i Baltimore, nominal 11 New York, quiet 11. Boston, quiet 11 Philadelphia, steady l'J.OO Houston, quiet 11 .'5-S Augusta, quiet 11 .r>-l(i Memphis, steady 11 J-l<> St . Louis, quiet 11 l-l Louisville, firm 11 1-2 Charlotte Cotton Market. These prices represent the priees j'ai<l to wagohs; Good middling*.'. . 11 1-2 Strict middling 11 1-2 Middling II Il-S Good middling, tinged II Stains 1> 1-1 to 1 0 1 -2 A Bad Shooting Scrape. Columbia, Special. ? A highly sen sational shooting scrape between, two prominent men, both well-known in Columbia, occurred at !l o'clock Thursday morning' at Chapin, a small station 'on the C. N. & L. rail road as the mixed freight and pas songer train stopped there on its way into Columbia from Laurens. Dr. Rowland K. Smith was in the baggage coach on his way to Columbia where his father lives. The passengers in the coach next to it were completely taken by surprise by a regular fusi lade of revolver shots between Dr. Smith and his fellow-townsman of Chapin, T. M. Brown, who opened uj on his assailant from near the tracks The two men eiyjdied their revolvers* at each other, but not a shot took ef fect. Dr. Smifh came on to Columbia. Mr. Brown remained at Chapin. The passengers 'were indignant about the matter and, on the arrival of the trait! here, President L. 1). Childs of t fir road, at once instituted an investiga tion among the crew and others, will the result that the matter was turn ed over to the road's attorney witl> instructions to prosecute the princi pals in the diflieulty. "1 am goiny to lind out whether there is any law in this laud to punish those respon sible for such an outrage." said Mr Childs, "I. am going to lay the facts before a jury." From the heated words that passed between the com batants and from other facts spoket of at Chapin it is understood tin trouble between the two men aros? over relations Mr. Brown understands existed, the day before between Dr Smith and Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Browi is said- to be now in Laurens. For a Clean Campaign. State Chairman Willie .Jones if sending to all county chairmen copie? of the law making it a misdemcanoi to buy or obtain through any dishon est influence the votes of people l'oi any candidate. The law makes ii necessary for all candidates to lib. statements to this elTeCt with t lit clerk of court or the secretary ol state, both after the campaign am after the primary election and thi pledges must also contain an itemi/.ee account of the money spent and how it was used. For a Summer School. Spartanburg, Special.? The Spar tanburg county summer school wil open on the lllb of June and will In in session for four weeks. The school will be under the direction of tin county superintendent of education and the faculty will be composed ol Prof. XV. (!. Blake and II. T. Shock Icy, both of whom are in the public .schools of Spartanburg. Two Llephant Drivers Charged with Cruelty. ( ireenviiee, Special. 7 Mr. Ilext M 1'erry , president <>1 t\c local society for the prevention <?| cruelty to ani mals, had two elephant drivers with the Gentry circus arrested ami carri ed before a magistrate on 1he chart** of severely heatin< and abusint* 1 lie elephants in their can*. The men Wer< badly frightened at first, hut a com promise was aft'eeted on a statement from the head trainer that both ho men were capable and kindly... The men were released on payment of the eosts. Drowned in a Tub. Barnwell, "Special. ? News has been received her* to^thc effect that a ne #ro chtiu about- 1 *voycar&jpJLas:c was drowned In a tub of water a few miles from town. It seems that the child's mother had been washing clothes in the yard ami Ink) left tlic t?b of water for n few minute* and in her absencc the little one went up to it and fell in, drowning before it was diseovered. | AN Tl - DISPtNSARY M0VEMEN1 Aa Appeal to Tho Democtatir Voters of .South Carolina. 1" tilC I >?? 1 1 H >1 Tit ? j<- <<1 1 , < 'arolina. As ?-il i/ciis .,i S.-iuli t 'aroliiui op pose, | to ill.- | .roent Still,, ilixpt m y S\?tcm, we, (lie uii.lci '??iifueil, 4 - ; 1 1 1 ijj,. 1.11 .Mil |el|o? ?? i I i/.i-||s of like opinio!) I to unit*, i. ir 1 he } mii ) ..ryani/ | ing (lie opposition In III,- i!i-.ju*ii-.ii y system. .Sri Ilea |'| \ III oil.* Ililll.l collect I * i ? I ?? till' *1 is| M'nsii i\ system HIV lite ]><cj ?!?> I''" Slate I Iihi ii in only h\ T-mI-i .? ,>> tiiim1 I.. i action mat me dispensary t-iiii In- preserved. I1, is only In default tlnu t li(> di>pcn>arv tun win Hll.il I u'r victory, Ii.Iiiii. die electors or in I lit- legislature, and it wijl be foolhardy for those who doiro its overthrow to -it supinely In ;intl , see lite pernicious system a^a in en throned in power hi our common wen It It. Kvery sincere. pat riot ie eiti/en inn>i regret that this is>ne should he ayaiu I lie paranionnt question in a South Carolina campaign. Hut as long as the dispensary rcinains just so Ions; will it eont imie (o be the paranionnt issue, an. I it should therefore lie tho desire o| every t bought l'nl eiti/en lo see this lesieiintf sore removed and a healthier condition secured. To this end we invite the cooperation of all those who helieve the Stale dispen sary system t<? he an evil and pro posn thill, other differing policies for tile time being laid aside, the de imind. first. now, lie made that the Slate dispensary system slijill he de ?t royed. 'hi trial now lor l.'{ years, fortified nil the time by strong support and as truly protected by uuccasimr criticism mid wat eh 1 illness, there is no need to point out the evils which the Stato i monopoly of the whiskey t rathe has j [bred. Corruption at the foiintniuhead ?ami in its branches, drunkenness and Hinder, woe and misery have been itk. products. A pernicious political "iln-** chine of gigantic proportions, with a beavered lobby in Columbia and a willing ring in every county, the mon ster has waxed fat, insolent and de fiant. The will of the people has been perverted and suppressed, and when finally demanding expression that de mand has thwarted and circumvented by appeals to the trivial technicali ties of the law. In IS counties the people have spoken and in all these except two their voice has in thunder tones repu diated the system. In other counties they are now ready to givo expression to their will, awaiting Ihe summer primary. In this primary, where the lite or the death of the. dispensary will h(> and should be decided, it is vitally necessary that the opposition to the dispensary shall be active and united. It is only by action ami un ion that the dispensary has been voted out of Hi counties under the Hriee law and by no other means than ac tion and union can the system be uprooted from the State. The people are decided. It merely remains for them to make their de cision effective. They must choose representatives who will repeal such laws as they desire t<> have repealed and who will enact such laws as they desire enacted. Then they must put in ollice men who, in full sym pathy, will enforce justly and vigor ouslv whatever laws are upon the sta tute hooks. The people l.ave showi: by tln'-ii* caver accept since of tie- only opportunity accorded them, that they helieve in the principle of local selt !?o\ crunient . and now . lcsl tliey hav e l his inalienable l iirlil again wreMed Irom liiem. the tree citizens of South ( a rolina must make their sovereign power fell. There liui-'t be elected a iuyislnt ure which will n? ?t renounce this principle, which will not yield i.MV.-t be elected executive and prose cuting olbcials \> bo will not permit th,. law be inside a mockery tor its undoiin: We sUVJC-t eoii~'iliatp>n and co operation in every county ami throughout the Slstle fhl?l\l lie^e ends may be attained .!. S. Hriee, .1. c. Otis. I). Iv. Coke, ?lames A. I lt>y t. l.ouU .1. Hristow, NV. K. Mauhlin, .los. A. Met ullougti. \V. Hamel. W. II. Wallace, ?>. XV. liiott, W. C. Allen. Howell .Morral!, Clias. A. Smith. H. L. Kreeman, C. H. Kd wards. A. H. Si.ickev. l>. I'. I'm. id ley, Labau Mstuhlir, ( . 1. Mai tin. h. K. Smith, .lobn A. Hruuson, C. i.. '.'#>?i'-Iiei>tone, T. 1?. "NX String. Telegraphic Briefs X' > riuil Itussin lias designs of apsrre* *?oiv in China is partly, Confirmed bv i tlut vau*ai -lurbiihliiue the imblication | if movements of troops in Manchuria ? Not Vs-i thun 20,00f) men nrc sai<l j to l>e idle in consequence of the lon# >h^4tf?'? ?trik*. * v Ten thousand *t ructuwl iron work "r? in 'Buffalo anil other citic* Lavc ?tnu 1:. ! PALMETTO CROP BULLETIN I Report of Crop Conditions For the Past Week as Given By the Do pertinent of Agriculture. flic South Carolina Section ot the l\ ??:? t l??*r ami Crop Scr> ici* "i the l>(' I part inejtt ol Agruult tire tin' t o 1 1 o \\ || I g 1 ill I If I III ol' t'ollll 1 1 to. i ? ll?|* I In* paM Week: 1 he tcmpcrai tire for (lie week aver* aged from J in '} degrees above l!ii? normal, lint tlic weather \\a> lunch cooler, with tin* temperature S i u t ? t - (y below normal at tin' end ot tin* ?veek. Hie Stale )na \iiniuii t ?? in | ??? ?a - Inie v P-f degrees at f Mil* l\\ die on III.' 2nd and .'lid and at How man ami nl Suminerville on tin* 'Jtul. Tin* Jnd was the hot t est day of rccord. i 1 1 >* 1 1 1? ! - hit; period ot thirty-six years for the tirat week in May at Charleston. The 'State in i 1 1 i inn m temperature was .Vi decrees at Greenville on the t It. The minimum temperatures for the week landed from to 7L! degrees. There was about an average amount ol sunshine along the coast sections, hut over the eentral and western eounties there was an exeess of elond iness, 'with frequent light showers and some heavy rains. At a number of places in the western lui If of the State, the rainfall was nearly twice the normal amount, hut over the east ern half of the State generally, there was a marked deficiency in precipita tion, and in .? i'cw locations droughty conditions are reported to exist. Show ers set in over the western and ecu tral counties during the morning of the 7th and it was still raining oyer the entire State as the week ended. The rainfall for the last two day- is not included in the amounts given tin her ''Observer's Heporls" hut i? ii: ( luiled in the "Special Kainlati IJe ports." There were hailstorms m ?> few* western counties on the ih'd. Report of Storm Damage. Columbia, Special.-? It was report ed by pasengers arriving in this eily from the northern part of the State early Sunday night that a storm had swept across the northwestern section .doing great damage in Wa halla And vicinity, the report being that a number of houses had been destroyed, but so far as could be learned thofe was no loss of life. Tel ephone and hijegraph wires were down and these reports could not bo veri fied. Greenville was visited by a heavy hail storm during the after noon. Two Stabed to Death. ". Columbia, S. ('., Special.? -As the result of a fatal cut tin affair in Scuflletown at !) o'clock Saturday night, Burt, alias John, Satterwhite and Charlie Huff, two young negro men, are dead and the entire affair is wrapped in blackest mystery. Satter white being asked by Deputy Sheriff Cat heart the ni<mcu of Ins assailant gapped with his dying breath the name of Arthur Wright. A >earch for Wright only resulted in the dis covery that he had lied. K.xcepf for these few primary facts nothing is known as the cause, manner or place of the killing Struck By Lightning, Home Burned Anderson, Special. A severe thiiu dcr storm, accompanied by a heavy rain, hail and wind, passed over the city late Sunday afternoon and caus ed some damage. The two-story house of Mrs. Fannie Hiley was struck by lightning and completely destroyed by fire. The loss is about $2.">ttU. Dam age was caused by hail, some of tin stones being an inch in diameter. No reports of damage have been received from the county. State News Items. W. II. Newbold, ill I ? ?rti'*y, has ask <?<1 (iovcnior Hey ward for a pardon for J. I>. Walker, a while man in Lancaster county who was convicted of violation, of the dispensary law mid was lined $.*>0(1. Lancaster Avill have neither dispensary nor hlind li pcrs. . Mr. \V. I'. Nicholson. member o|' the house from Kdycfiehl, has asked (inv crnor Meyward to nam<?-T. Aitder son of Miliety-Six as one of the sur ? eyors tojrun the line between Aiken :? ?.??! KdircncVtpi^onnt it's as authorized hy the l;ts| lei: i statute. (Jovrrnor llevward has leltrned J run. Mr. \\ M l)ur?t of .loiuMoii that t lie - reward ol jF1.">U otYeicd for th.'; arrest of Joe (irnnt has b?en inerens-; < il t r? ()!' this amount the town aut horitic.s<Ul_Jnhnston offered >"?(> Prominent prohibitionists have <s snj^ an address i?? the voters ol" the frit^e, .... /' Notes. \ Flie Comptwdler of the (Currency closed the Delmont National) Bank nl J) 4>)hhm*4, ask ed fior the Monopgahela Valley Bank. Governor Hoc)), of Kansas, was re nominated hy the llcpnblican State Convention. ? The proportion ?* e?tablish a uni versal po.ttape rate of 2 cents waa . voted down by the International Con vention committee in Rome. !u VISION OP PtNSiON MONIfcS ml les ot | h? t? Mil 1 1 1 1 1' I'l'St Spartanburg, Greenville and Aiulorsou Got a Large Sharo of t lie Appro priation -Charleston hut Little. The di>l rihlll inn by ?? pension moncv | >r< 1 vi; 1 1 1 uiy comparative siu?l\. Spartanburg ;is usual, ???*! s I lit' l>U;n?'M slice- .flS,? S;{4J.'JU ln'iun tlu* l|l<?:-t populous white county lu tin* Suite. Wichlaud iiets only ^li,vj!I.S5. I'ollow i u vf is the lahle : I'ensiouers. Ain't. .f 1. 1 .'$2.25 Abbe\ ill?' A I Awdel Bamberg. . Ha in well Heau I oi l Berkeley.. . . T ( Miarleston . . ( "herokec I 'hester t Mli'st ei Held . . . t la r?Mulon . . . . Colleton DarLngton.. .. I >o?jflf??ter . . . . Kd*leld Wa irliehl Florence I i i ; . . 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J 5 ;t,M7 1 .55 1,205.00 7,057.00 5, 1 SO. 10 0. 1 05.05 ti.SU0.S5 4.221.45 ls,s:to.20 .4,:t52.:io 5, si ) .05 4,051 .40 S, 404.05 Total $S,015 $224,1 Sti.SO Greenville and Anderson gets largo pension appropriat ions. gets very little. ( Miarlestou Commission to Investigate Proposed Now County. Governor I ley war <1 has appointed the commission for the proposed new eounty of Fairview to he formed from parts of Greenville, Laurens and Spartanburg counties with Foun tain Inn as the eountv seal. The personel of the eommission is as fol lows: Opposed to tlu* ue\v eounty ? I'. A. McDavid, Greenville; T. II. Crews, Laurens; W. W. Simpson, Woodruff; for the eounty ? B.? A. While, Fountain Inn; C. W. Temple ton, Siiupsonville ; Dr. G. 11. Jones, Cresenl. Mr. White is in Greenville county, Dr. .Tones in Laurens and Mr, Simpson on the line between Green ville and Spartanburg. All three, of course, reside wilhin the territory proposed to he cut ?dTH The com missioners opposed to rtir* formation of the new county reside one each iu the old counties outside the territory proposed to be cut off. This eommis sion is to select one or more survey ors and take oilier necessary steps to see whether the requirements of the constitution as to wealth, area, popu lation and distance would be met if the new county were formed. On I heir report the Governor will order an election or decline to order it. The suecess of Fairview will, of course, de feat the Greets proposition. Greers wants to be a county seat with terri tory from Greenville and Spartan burg counties. Charters Granted. A charter vvjis t> ran ted Friday to tin* chamber of commerce. Newberry, The < i (Tirol's nro : I*'. Wright, presi dent ; ( ioo. \\\ Hummer and K. K. I loirs, vice presidents; .1. A. Burton, .J. I). Davenport, 10. Cahiniss, ( Jeo. It Cromer. J no. M. Kiimi'd and Heo. S. Mower, members ? ? 1' the hoard of gov ernors. Caught in Driving Wheel. Barnwell. Spoeial. -A very sad. and in all .probability, a fatal, accident oc curred a few miles from here on Mr. Johnson Black's plaee. Mr. Calvin Creeeli. a sou-in-lnw of Mr. Black, operates a t uriiiir lathe for Mr. Black, the power of which is obtained from a gasoline engine. At the lime of the accident Messrs. Johnson Black. Has in Black and Calvin Creech were near the engine. Mr. Creech in shutting o<j the engine in some way got his left arm caught in the driving wheel and in an instant was hurlpd from liis feet. Struck By Heavy Street Car. Greenville, Special. ? A heavy open summer car of the Greenville Trac tion company ran down and seriously Tujureiliit Brandon stallon (lie 1*1-" tie flvc-ycar-old dapghier of Mr..S. E. Ccaapcn of Brandon. Terrible gashea were cut in the child's head and sev eral of her teeth were knocked ont. The child was ffivpi) prompt medical attention and will recover. It cannot be learned where the blame for the accident rests. \ President Roosevelt On Rate Regulation -- - ? ? ? (STANDS WHERE HE ALWAYS DID ?l President in Telegram to Committee Pennsylvania State League Saya Hepburn Bill With Allison Amendment Will I)o Much to Solve ltate Problem. W ashington, Special. - - President rfnoscvcli reiterated his v ic\v? on rail road rato ( ion in a telegram in to t|n? legislative committee of Ilif Pennsylvania Stale Grange. The telegram follow*: "Washington, May (5. *' W . !?'. Hill ami Members Legislative Committee Pennsylvania Stattt (i range, liarrishurg, Pa: '..'Telegram receive*!. 1 am happy <?? it'll you that nt 1 1 only am 1 land ing on my originul position regards ? alf legislation, hut it se.ems likely llinl Congress will lake liiis position too. The llt'phurn hill meets my views, as 1 have I'roni the beginning Mated. The Allison amendment is nnly declaratory of what the Ilop liurn hill must mean tmpposiug it to he constitutional, antl no genuine .' riend of the hill can object to it with* ! laying himself. In addition I would he glad to get. certain amend ments such as t hose commonly known as the Long and Overman amend ments; but they are not vital and even without them the Hepburn bill with the Allison amendment contains prae? tieally exactly what 1 have both orj initially and always since asked for, and if ejuicted into law it will repre sent the longest step ever yet. tauten in this direction of solving the rail way rate problem. "THKODOKK KOO.SKVKI/1V SOLDIER KILLED BY WALL. First Fatality Resulting From Dyna miting of Dangerous Walls by En gineers it San Francisco. San Brunei. sco, Special. ? The first accident in connection wilh the dy namiting of dangerous walls by en -A ginecrs of the army, took place Sum day. Tlie engineers were working in the dov/n-town quarter. They had e?? ploded two charges of dynamite dor jhe faendo of a tall rflrf W V third large was nbout>1? fo-?M4ir when felh/'Threfi ItOfdinMr were buried, but a mass of twiated steel partly shielded them, and only >. one was hurt. For (he first time since the earthquake all municipal depart ments were closed except police lions and hospitals. Coroner Walsh, after revising his list of victims of' lire and earthquake has informed' Ma jor General Oreely that the. total > number of -cases handled by his dftlce ' were 318, of which 3 .'14 were identi fied. This heport shows 39 fewer cases than given by previous count. Streets of the burned region were crowded by sight-seers. Construction of new buildings and tearing down of ruins continues on all sides. Several hun dred frame buildings now appear on--, the sites of destroyed structures, and inundations are preparing for many moi e. Supt. Mynders Re-Eelected. Nashville, Special. ? At tbo session of the association o? State superin tendents of the Southern States in Lexington, Ky., Tennessee's superin tendent, S. A. Mynders, was re-electe ed president for his fourth term. News Items. Nellie Sands, the former maid of Mrs. Duke and one of the chief wit- - nesses in the .T. R. Duke divorce suit/' testified to receiving valuable jewelry , iitid stock from Mr. Duke. The miners* (convention opens and a strike is confidently expected by those in touch with the miners, rep resentatives.. _ 1 A Threatened Calamity. Sacramento, Cal., Special. ? A gi gantic landslide, caused by the earth quake. has completely damned Capay vaj.ley.in the coal country. The dam thai has fallen from th? mountain side has backed up the water a hun dred feet. It is hoped the water will overflow gradually, but if the tilttn gives way, then?, Svill bp serious damage done to the tovn^^f Capav. Hmnsev ami Uuimia are aist? threat ened, ami the inhabitants, aggregat ing nearly 1,000 j>eoplc. arc camped on the hillsides. The dam could have been blown with tjynainite earlier. ? fr Mysterious Homicide in TwtM? >. Nashville, T cnn., Special. ? Marvin Wint<?r? ?h?t and iwnlawUy ? and Thomas Stewart and bis yminjt daughter wounded dtmng an affray *t Stewart's hfl?we, iwr-Hawmi View, Cheatham eoupt.v: Hr eauaa of tlac shdotitipe jl' A tnvstery. A few days age Stewart received a letter warning-fcim that if he and him . . | did not Im\t the n?>hherhe?d witW in a few 4ny% they would he fcflhi ? - ? ? ? ? ? k