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VOLUME XVII. CAM I)KN, S. ()., Kill 1)A Y, ,1 1 ' \ [?] I, WOC,. NO. 21. ;; ? Mill I ? Taken From Jaii and Done to Death By Mob AWFUL SEQUEL TO A MISTRIAL # - ^ ? . Mob Batters Down Doors of North Carolina Jail Diagu J. V. Johnson, Alleged Murderer pf His Brother in-law, Gwinn Johnson, From His """" Him to a Tree and Riddles His Body With Bullets. MUWSW?1' - Wadesboto, N. (?., Special. ? A mob ^ Composed of ;,i) (? 7.-, ,1U.? balt<>re?l V doors shortly alter 'J o'clock Monday morning and lynched | John V. .Johnson, a white man about 40 years old, ill.- killing of his hroth ^'"'n-Iaw, (luinn Johnson, on Dircm bor l<, last. The mob, it apears came liom MeParland, Morven township, a ^Mi.all place on the- South Carolina lino and, largely under tlie influence ^'1 whiskey and treated the prisoner in a most cruel manner, while taking him out of town. One story is that they told him to run for his life and then idled his back with bird shot. This may or may noi be true, but in tak ing Johnson out of jail one wrist was almost severed and. the trail of the mob out of town was easily traced by . ' bloody splotches. About 1.1? o'clock two or three 'hen, pull tally disguised, appeared at tin' hack door oi'ithe jail and t < ?I< 1 Sin'rili J. A. Bo?r?r-,, t lu'y had a pris ":ier a "i;l displayed a commitment pa por. The slier! IT nul nM(J j|,0 door was boiled behind him. lie tried get t!ie.nn?n to levae, but instead dojy.'iis more swarmed in and took x, tlie olliccr and began to bat lei i : i the door, the samp time lir iii!; several shojs into the jail, one l<?ad 1 loin a shotgun at dose range? making an inch hole in the door fram ing ana a pistol bullet ? burning a mark on the jailer's collar. gaining admission to the jail after about, half an hour, the men swarmed tip stairs, breaking down^two other doors. When the cell was reached several attempts were made to break down the iron door and the mob put . a number of shotguns through the bars and threatened to kill Johnson . thtfj-e. ',\vhen a member of the sher iff's tamily, fearing harm to that of ficial. opened the cell door and John son was dragged out barefoot and seantly dressed. lie attempted - to hold on to something, when he was badly cut on the v/rist. The doomed man s appeal for mcrcy were met with abuses as the mob dragged him out RitoUhe street. Here the croud was divided into three squads, with the prisoner in the center&hnd amidst- vol ley after volley from a number of shotguns and pistols and many shouts, wended Us way out the Mm-vcn road in the direction of the scene of the ^o I Yen ee. lor which .Johnson was in ?i" + rj J- Johnson was triedu*at the April term of Anson Snnorior Court -for the murder of Ciuinu Johnson, the jury failing to agrop on a verdict. Judge Shaw, who presided at the 'rial, rpju'inin ndcil tin- j,rlV for -;{3 inability to reach a verdict and a mist riil was ordered, the prisoner be . irtg remanded to jail lor second trial at the next term of court. The trial whs vigorously contested on both sides. Solicitor L. D. Robinson was assisted in the prosecution by Mr. John A. McKho, of the t h?> Charlotte lmr, and Mr. M. 11. Alcl,cndon, of "Wadesboto, while the defence was ab ly represented by Messrs. T. f,. Cau dle, J. A. Loekhart. .Jr., John T. Ben nett and Henry Roean. 'flic evidence tdiowed that the two men were, yngag <*d iil-pn altercation when the fatal shot was tired. After a trial which occupied near ly a week, the jury took the ease. Th.> first ballot was eight for mur der in II." tirst degree, three for mur der in the second degree and one for acquittal After being out three, daws the final ballot was eleven for murder in the neconyl- "degree "and one for manslaughter. A mistrial was then ordered by Judge Shaw and the sec ond trial set for the July term of 'court. Tudgo Neal to Scene, .ttaloigh, Special. ? Coventor (Jlonn has ordered Judge Neal to the scene ? ?f the lynching to assist in an inves tigation.. The governor is severe in Ilia, condemnation of this act of law lessness. Total of $54,000 Raised. Briatoi, Sjvoial.? TUw emergency ?mmfwiijrn of thirty tlnys to securc fnntlfl lo erect n new V. M. C. A. hyiJmiu* licrc lias concluded. The two <vrntf?stinjj committors of young JJic:jLJ}.'5fiy)Cr.^ n totnl of 00ft in sub srriiitions. ? Tl?e Association waiVTi" $(tf000 more. The ronslvuct ion of the ix>i!(lintr will ^iinuonee at once. ' j ^ PALfoF.^O CHOi- 'U?' ?LTIN Ollicial Report on South Carolina Crops For Week Ending Monday, May 28, 1906. Tin* wot'lv was ;;vi?rially cloudy with frequent >howers and thunder hi onus during the last three days ov er practically tin* entire State. The nrtran temperature was ahont three decrees | >e r day below normal, in t Ik* central parts, ami about nor mal in the southern ami southeastern |KH iions, owing ro somewhat Inwe.r maximum temperatures than usual and to nearly normal night tempera lures. The highest maximum tem perature for the week was S7 decrees at Hock lliil on the J 1st. and the lowest minimum temperature for tin* week was .">(> decrees at tlreenville frointhe 2Jrd to the 2<>th, inclusive, anil al Wallerboro on the 2>ird. The precipitat ion average*! about normal, although is was not well dis tributed over tin' State, there having been a deliciency in ihe central north ern and norlheaslern counting, and heavy rainfall in the southeastohi Savannah vaJley and northwestern counties where it was in excess ol the normal. and where the weekly amounts ranged from one inch to over I lirce inches. Kresli bii-k easterly winds pre vailed over the Stale ?jeuei'ally and Uortheast gales occurre?l on tln/coasi. The amounts of precipitat ion lot the 27t li and morning of the 'J.Hih are not generally shown m the "Ob server's Heports" but are included in the special rainfall reports. Woman Sliot by Unknown Person. Marion, Special. Saiuiday ni^lit about S o'clock a negro woman, nam ed Caroline T!ii mpsou, aged about 40 years. was assassinated by en un known party at her home which she owns in a negro quarter in the ea-H-rn suburbs of the town. Sin- was :.tand ing bv Hie window ironinu. and was shot with a shotgun loaded with small shot", the load taking elTect in her left arm and side. The wounds are not considered fatal, as it iv not thought that any of the internal or ?rans were reached by the shot. At the time of the shooting sin* was alone in the house, her married daughter who lives with her having gone to a neighbor's. In the Charter Mill. The secretary of state has granted a commission to Ihe Mailboro I. umber Company of which Mr. \Y. C. Smith, 1). I).. Met 'oil, Jr.. and Hugh I..Mc Coll are corporators. The capital will be $40,00(1. The Taylor Hinning 'Company of Creelyville also received a commis sion. The capital will be .+4.000 and the petitioned* are S. J. Taylor. T. \V. Boyle and F. Mishoe. A commission was Issued to the Bank of Ninely-Si.\. capitalized ai $.*>0,00(^1^ The corporators are: \V. P.. Anderson. K. S. Nickles. Jas. C. Self and others. Negro Woman Surrenders to Face Murder Charge. Charleston. Special. ? Tin* unusual happened. when n negro woman. I.i/. y,ie Simons, walked into tin* sheriff's olliee and surrendered herself I'or trial for murder. She hit :i negro. William Sumter. ??n the head with a glass bot tle ahout a week ago and two days Inter the nesjTo died of hick-jaw. Tin; woman had escaped ami gone to Jarties' Island, where she t < ? I ? i her parents of what she had done. Her lather persuaded her to return to Chariot lee with her nnele ami delivet herself to the sheriff. Crushed to Death by Mill Shafting. I uion. Special. A horrible acci dent is reported to have occurred at Jouesville Mannlact tiring company where a ten year old hoy was caught in the shafting and so dashed against the ceiling before the engine could be stopped, that many hones were broken, as a result of which he died live hours later. To Cotton Convention. (inventor Hoy ward has named as the delegates to a cotton convention to lie held at Montene, Ark.. June '20 and 21. tin,* following South Carolin ians: K. D. Smith. K. S. Anjlerson, Ninety-Six; J. A. IVlerkin. Korl Motto; R. M. I 'cgucs. K.I S. Keith, Newberry; J/jT .Mimuv. 'Moore's; K. M. Williamson. Mont elare; W. (!. Iltn^on. Charleston: J. M. Woodlv. Dalzell, and I redely Jones Hock Hill. I Ljg^hing in Missippi. . Columbus. Miss., Special. ? fie.irge Ai>l\ttJ{Pr, a negro, who shot and killed William "Rector, a well-known whit*' citizen last Sunday while the latter as a member of n . |>os*e was endeaV pring to effect the negro's arrest, was taken f<^nt the jail at this place Thursday rngfifiiy a nfc >b a n <T 1 y i fcTTod. There is no clue to the identity of ?ny of the lyncher* I Occurrences of Interest f rom ! All Over South Carolina ? ? I MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batcli of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wido Range-- What is Going Ou in Our Stato. General Cotton Market. Galveston, ?1 1 1 i I 1 1 7 Hi New Orleans, steady 1 1 .">-!?? Mobile, steady 1 1 I -s Savannah, <|ii i<>( 11 il-Li Charleston, quiet ....11 1-S Wilmington, steady 11 !M(i Norl'ojk, steady I I I J Baltimore, nominal 11 it- 1 New York, quiet 11.00 Boston, quiet, l .. *: 11.00 Philadelphia, steady . .12.1.) Houston, steady 1 I .TS Augusta, quiet 1! 1-4 Memphis, 'steady and nominal. II .*>-10 St. Louis, quiet 1 1 .'I S ( 'incinnati Louisville, firm I 1 ."> S Charlotte Cotton Market. These prices represent the prices paid to wagons; Oood middling 11 '5-1 .Si riet middling 1 1 J-4 Middling I ! ?*?-< I Sood middling, tinged II J-S Stains 0 1 2 t<? KM 2 C AMPA ICi W >:TINERAxlY . Democratic Sub-Committco of South Carolina State Executive Committee j Arrange*: Programme for Coming Contest. Columbia, Sp$<jinl. The sub-emii mit te< 0 of the State c\cciili\e <?<>!!) niittei! ij:i<'d and promulgated the following' campaign iti-ueiaiN 'J or the apprtiat'h ing State campaign: St. (lenrge's, Tuesday. June 10; Charles ton, Wednesday. June. 2<> ; Walter boro, Thursday. . 1 . s t ; < > . 'J! : Beaufort, Friday, .Line 22; Hampton, Saturday. ?Line 2 J ; Barnwell, Monday, .lune *2") : Bamberg. Tuesday, .June '20; Aiken, Wednesday. .Line 27; F.dgclicld, Thursday, .Line 2~> ; Saluda, Friday, June 20; Lc\iu,gt<>n. Saturday, June .'!U ; Col uiiibia. Monday. July 0 ; Or angeburg. Tut -sthfy. July 10; Sumter, W'ednestlay. July 1 I ; Manning. Thurs day. July 12; Monks Corner. Friday, July 1 .'5 ; OetirgeltiwM. Saturday. July 11; Kings! vect. Monday. July Mi; Florence, Thursday. July !7; Marion, Wednesday. July IS; Conway. Friday, July, 20; Darlington. Sal m day. July 21; Bishopville. Tuesday. July 24; Benneltsville. Wednesday, July 2.*i; Chesterliehl, Thursday, July 2(i; Cam den. Friday, July 27; Lam-aster. Sat urday, July 2S ; Chester. Monday, Ju ly .'?<>; Wiiitisboro. , Tuesday. Jul\ Jl ; Yorkville, Wednesday, August OafTney, Thursday. August 2; Spar tanburg, Friday, August I!; Fniou, Saturday, August I; Newberry. Tues day. August 7; Greenwood. Wednes day, August 8; Abbeville, Thursday, August 0; Anderson, Friday, August II; Pickens, Monday. August U; Greenville, Tuesday. August 14. The committee thinks this schedule will suit all and will work out all right. * Numerous Housebreakings. '* ( 'hester. Special.? The town has been aroused of laic I ? \ it number of housebreakings and small larcenies. The police force li.is been reinforced Ik some extent, and I In* re lias heen some I ft - u | ? in this lint* of business. A>_ yet iliere have been no arrests. )Pythians Fail to Act on Castle Hall Matter. Siitiucr, Special.? The castle lial! H'lea is mi in the air. The grand lodge ot^ Knik>lVs oi"' Pythias has postponed ac\jcMi until the next session, Colum ion presented its: prnpnsit inn and iiad no/ opposition, hut the grand lodge tailed t<> 'grasp tin* opportunity and 1 1 j 0 mat ter wen; over. Anderson w as s el^eled as the next place of meeting. Power Plant Ready For Ware Shoals > Mill. Laurens. Special. Mr. X, l?. Dial president of the Ware Shoals Manu facturing Company, makes the inter esting announcement that the power has heen turned on at 'the hi'* Ware Shoals plant, located on Saluda liver, ami the dynamos* have heen running since Saturday. Everything is in readiness for the- mill to start up most anv day now and soon the whirl of 'Jo, 000 spindles will he heard above, the roaring shoals, nature's sweet music, the sound of which has been heard without an accompaniment at Ware Shoals down through the Oges of. time. Tc Open Glenn Sptinjj* Spartanburg, Social. ? Prepara tions are being made at Glenn Springs for the opening of the hotel there which will be on June 11. There has l>een a force of hands at work .there for some time putting the building I into condition and everything will be in readiness beforo the opening of , Hie scawrwi, which ? rxpeeteil <?* W Urn ) most sueoesful one ever enjoyed by the resort. ten Mttl MIS ! ? - - ? - ? ? - Standard Oil and the fertilizer Combines SUBJECTED TO EXAMINATION j Prowty and Clements Now Go to Washington Whero They Will Begin Preparing tho Report Which They are to Submit to Congrejw. Cleveland, O., Special. After three days spent in taking tetimony nm* cjo i*ii iiijjf llic affairs of tin- Standard Oil Company, I Ik* Interstate Com merce Commissioners l'routy and Cle ments adjourned, and short I \ there after started for Washington. where they are expected soun to begin the preparation of their upon yn tho testimony here ami in Chicago lor presentat ion to Congress. Tin* report however, will not he closed until the Standard Oil Company's attorneys have had ample opportunity to reply to the many statements and charges put in ovidenee. Attorney Virgil 1'. Kline, for the Standard Oil Company, gave notice just before adjournment, that he desired to answer some of the testimony produced, and requested the commissioners to name a suitable tinn* and place for the reopening of the ease for this purpose. Mr. Kline was told thai tins privilege would he. extended to him and that announce ment of the time and place would he made in the near future. in the three days' hearing just Completed a total of thirty-live wit nesses have been on the stand. About titty or sixty were xubpeonaed. Some of these were not called. Counsel for the commissioners, however, had live or six on hand ready to be sworn, but the connni^jjoners declined to hear them, indicating that the things ex pected to bo proven were not import ant. FERTILIZER TRUST ALSO Engaging in a Combination in Re strait of Trade as Defined by the Sherman Act. The Case Against Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com pany, et al. Xashville, Special ? The grand jury ni' tlio I'nhcd States Circuit Court, which liiis been invest igafring t lie al leged fertilizer trust, for the past four weeke returned an indictmcnt against about eighty fertilizer manu facturers, including' a number of local men. The indictment, contains six counts detailing in specific form alleg ed violations of the anti-trust laws and charging the defendants with combining and being engaged in a trust or combination. The defendants live in various parts of the country whore fertilizers arc manufactured and certified copies of the indictment will be sent to the Various districts in whiehMhe defendants reside and there served. The defendants will be required to execute bonds for their appearance al the October term of the court in this city, when the cases arc to be tried. The grand jury esamm ed during the inevstigation 110 wit nesses nnd the indictment returned is a voluminous document. The six counts in the indictment arc in a double series of three each. Tlje first charge the defendants with cri gnging in a conspiracy; the second charge the defendants with conspir acy, and the third with conspiricy un der section r>41i>, revised statutes, to commit the offense of engaging in a combination as defined by the Sher man law. The punishment under section 5410 is two years in prison and a $10,01)0 fine. The third counts charge the com mitting of an ofl'ensc -against the Vni tcd Stales by engaging, in a combina tion in restraint of trade, as delined and prohibited bv the Shsrmau act. The style of the case . the docket indictment is 1'uiled States vs. Vir ginia-Carolina ( '!.?-mical Company ct. al. and the indictment is described as " indictment for violation act of Can gress approved .lulv 2, 1KOO, and en titled "An act to protet the trade and commerce against unlawful re straints and monopolies" and section ?"440, revised statutes, United Stales President ltoosevelt received the Caek-war of Haroda at the White House. Qtfe negro is dead and another will probably die as the result of a shoot ing affray at Rosslyn, Va. The cruiser Columbia, with GOO inn rixUis? lciL_s l'h.ijj'delphia Tuesday X Tclcarraphic Briefs under hurrj- Orders 8?. Santo Durum HUH I HLKN PRESBYTEbUNS HO CUMBERlANDS he Most Important Ecclesiastical Event of This Generation. SEPARATED NINETY-SIX YEARS Assembly Also Agrees to Join Na tional Federation of Evangelical Churches For Charitable and Humane Work, Dos Moines, Iowa.? One of t tio most j Important ecclesiastical events of t!:U j Reiteration iN tho nnlot., which Is for- i inally llinonnood, of the Presbyterian ! t hureli in tho United States of Amer ica ttho Northern Church) and the i Cumberland Presbyterian Church. I; is Important in i t s??lf because of the ex tent of tho two communions; It is Im portant as a political sign. for It unites a Northern church with a church which ; Is preponderating^ Southern. The Nort or 11 Prpsbytorlans have 7. 72P cliurchox ami comiuuui cants; th ' .i moorland Presbyterians ha ve ilJlSb churches ami lKj.lOi com municants. j 1 he announcement of the reunion j was received with gri?at rejoicing nt j the assemblies of the two churches at j Dos Moines and at Decatur. III. "I do solemnly declare and here pub- j llely announce that the basin of reun ion and union is now in full force and effect and that tho Cumberland Prosby teriau Church js now reunited with the Presbyterian Church in oe I'uitod States in America as one ehurrti." As with these words Moderator Hun ter Corbelt otlb -hilly established the j union nt the two branches of the groat denomination, which had boon an oh ! ject ? ? f labor and prayer for many j years, the vast ecclesiastical assem blage at the general ass<Miibly here burst into a storm of rejoicing. Hand clapping. cheering ami waving of hand kerchiefs continued for many minutes. Following the receipt of a tidograiu from tho Cumberlau 1 Assembly at I >o catnr announcing the adoption of the joint resolution aul hori/.ing the union it became necessary for the Prosb<Ter ian assembly to lake similar /e lion. Moderator Corbelt put the (|</esll'm, which was in the form of a resolution, and called for an a Minna live/vote, to bo expressed by the eommlssym'V's ris ing. Hi an inst-int lhoyjrs*u)nbly hall was converted into a stamping, cheer ing crowd. As the hand-clappi.ig and cheering died down and the conutiis- ! sloners took their ?cats, the Moderator; said: "All who are of the opinion that tho motion should not prevail will please rise." A laugh went around the hall, for it was believed the request was a mere formality and would meet with no re sponse. To the astonishment of all present two eotirnisshmers arose. Pan demonium broke loose, and it was , feared for an Instant that indignity would be offered the lonely men who j oppo>u>d the union. One <>f tho men 1 was Dr. William Laurie, of llelh-fiintc, i Pa.. and the other ito'v. IJoger I\ (.'res- j soy. of .Jacksonville, III. j The former was a stalwart Scotch- i man. ^and nN personality dominated ' the convention as ho said: "(Jreatly as i dislike to record my ! vote againt this union, ami deopjy as I i fool the pain of being forced to dis agree with my fathers and brothers, yet I cannot conscientiously vote for this union. It is purely a question be tween mo and my (Joci. I have to op pose it." I Hcv. Mr. Cressev said: "This is a ; matter of conscience with me, I can- J not honestly jjrMe for tho union." A motion was made that the noga- . iive voi?-N he recorded. Cries of "No!" 1 were raised. I>i^, Laurie was on his foot Immediately, 'declaring: "1 desire that the negative v<wor be recorded. 1 never yet was ashanled to stand by niv convictions." V The record was duly made. The proposed federation of tho eran gelical ehurcnes of the eoun'ry for ?tyiritahl<?>xnnd humane <vork was ap proved hy fVe Oeneral Assembly. The report of tlnl committee roenmmemimg that the ProVby toria n Church go into the federation was unanimously adopt ed. The preamble to the agreement adopted declaring that all churches which believe in the "divine" Lord and Saviour should unite in tho work. The Pnilarians. disclaiming the divinity of | Christ, are thereby excluded. Tho branches of work upon which If | is agreed to unite were marring" and t divorce. Sabbath dr -erition social | evils, child labor, the relation of labor j to capital, problems that are created by I foreign immigration, the bettering of ; the conditions of the laboring classes, j the moral and religious training of iho t young. He. i PASS FKFK AI.COIIOL PIT.T,. | Senators Make Hut Onn "light Change J In House Measure. ! Washington. I). r.-Tr.n Free Alco liol bill, relieving denatured alcohol from ail Internal Revenue lax. was passed by the Senate, substantially ?? reported from the Committee on Fi nance. The only amendment made in the Senate was one providing that denaturalization shall he done upon 1 he application of any reriMered dis- | tlllery in denaturalizing; bofcded ware- j houses especially designated for that I purpose solely. ? | Roosevelt Said to Favor T? ft. Many puldle men ii. Washington. r>. | C., tli ink President Krtosevelt aims to j nave Secretary Taft nominated to suc ceed him in the Whit* Hotise. Telephone Company Climbs Down. The New York Telephone Company, In a letter from its Vlee-Pre?ddent to the Maydf. offered to reduce its rates, invited an inspection of its accounts by the city and even suggested paying for Its franehlses. Oil Trust's Private Telegraph. The Standard Oil hearing iu Cleve land disclosed that the trust has an ?M?imiv telaypnpU _8Xfti?JB, loaned or owned, and docs not depend on The 1 regular telegraph ?ervlc?I FEATHERED UK DOMED New York's Game Commissioner' to Prosecute Users of Plum age. Wugea Wai" on Milliner* und Oe. votots of FuMhion Who Sell and Wear Aigrettes. Albany, N\ V.- Milliners, ma nufae : furors of millinery, and followers of ] fashion will risk prosecution if t hero i Ih> a continuance <d the sale and wear I ing ot' algi< Ites. Commissioner Whipple, of the Stale i Forest, FIhIi and (iiMn i)eparl men', served not loo through the pross to 1L.0 uiil)intvi k of the State, retail and wholesale. that hi* dopartuient intend* ?o use every legitimate moans to on force the law prohibiting the possess ion or sale of the bodies* or feathers of wild birds, whether taken In thin State or elsewhere. Realizing the op position whleh will undoubtedly moot ills efforts to rob woman of her most popular hat trimming, he says "this department, bollix Intrnstod with the protection ,of bird life, is desirous of obtaining results without working any hardship to the public and the trade." The penalty for each violation <>f the law is a $tlO tine, and an additional ?'jr> for each bird or part thereof sold, offered for sale, or possessed. Com missioner Whipple's notice follows: "1 respectfully rail attention to our State law covering the possession or sale, for the purpose of liress or orna ment. of the bodies or feathers of wild birds, whet he, taken in this Com mon wealth or elsewhere. This law rovers the skins and feathers, or parts thereof, especially of insectivorous birds, borons (aigrettes), gulls, soup birds, terns, etc., whoisexer and wlier ever taken. It is respectfully suggest ed that you can best obiifVvo the spirit and letter of the law by removing from sale all such foathe s and return ing ihoin to the wholesalers. .-ml, fur ther. by refusing to - vti snob leathers, aigrettes,- otc'.^ The Audubon Society has for some time waged war on the use of aigrettes made up from the plumage of the her on and osproy. It is a fact that the dostiucjlon of heron has been wide spfeaTl of recent years as the dictates of fashion called for the ir. ;nufaeluro of thousands of these millinery or naments. Commissioner W nipple says the law j has been sustained by the Court of Ap peals in the Silz. case, which involved the use of game birds out of the closed season. , TIM'S T (JOT 1MVAT.S' MKSSACKS. Interstate Inquiry Kxpeeled to Involve Telegraph Company. I Cleveland, Ohio. ? Theevidence which I the secret agents of the fJoveruinent ; have unearthed is said to show, among other thliivs. that through ftp arrange ment with one of the large \tol<?grnph companies the Standard Oil company : is said to receive hiformatIon<j^ifjftl-> } ing every matter, business, prtUflKi I I i and social, which can in any way af fect its business interests. P?.v alfbgod ai rangemeut will) one of the telegraph companies, It is stated., that messages which are sent by the telegraph company and which are of interest to Standard, are repealed im mediately over the w 1 res ot' the pipe lino company and thus to the Standard Oil general ollices in New York. In this way the Standard Ol' Com pany is enabled to obtain dally infor mation of the business of their compet itors. All of this Information, gathered dally from all parts of this country and by cable from all foreign count t'los. Is font to the general o fllces of the Stand ard. at No. 2(1 Broadway, New York, find there discussed PEItKINS NOT < J T * I f,TY. No Crime* Committed In (living In surance Money to Campaign Fniulf. New York City.? Cenrge W*. Per kins, former vice-president. of tlio Now York iLife Insurance Conmany, was ?1 i? chargcd from custody by an nnnnl iiiQU" daeiidon of the Appellate Divis ion of Hie Supremo Court to tne ef fect thnt contributions to political cam paign funds by lifo Insurance com panies <1 lit not constitute larceny. Mr. Perkins paid SMH.OOO to I lie Na tional Republican campaign fund at the request o| President John A. Me Cm 11, and later was reimbursed from funds of the company. The charge of larceny was made anil Mr. Perkins was arresteij. 1\ KBATK CI VFJItS GUILTY. .1 Convicted I'.roWer (?. L. Thomas and Clerk? Out Thirty Minnies. Kansas City.? ( leorgc Thomtis, .a freight broker, of New' York, and I.. H. Taggart, a clerk employed by Thomas, were found guilty by a jury in the United Stales l>i>trlct Court of ??onspirney with shippers to give re bates. The jury considered the case only thirty minutes. Valuable Cape Cod Cottage P.urncd. The Capo Cod (Mass.) summer home of Itoland C. Nlekcrson. of New Yotfe was destroyed by lire, and Mr. Nlekcr son. who was in the house, ill with an attack of heart disease, was awak ened and curried out Mtfel$, The Nickerson home was one of the finest on Cape Cod. and. with its furnish ings. paintings and bric-a-brac, yas mi id u> be worth nearly $200,000. Deep Snow in Colorado. San Miguel County, In Colorado. 1* covered with eigliteeu inches of gnow. Drastic Meat Inspection. The Senate, Washington. P. C., passed a drastic Meat Inspection bjll. insuring pure meat* for home as well as foreign consumption. ^ Rate BUI In Conference. Th? Rat? bill wa? ?ent to conference by the House. Washington, I). C.. after Mr. Cooper, of Wisconsin, had openly charged Chairman Hepburn wltb con Kpiflag to cut mitthe <9i?p?nj amendment 1 \ 8MFT HEWS THE I IBM High Officials of Roaii So Testify in Federal Investigation. DIRECTORS ORDER AN INQUIRY William A. Patton Assistant to Pres tdent CassaS; Vice- President H?a and Clerk Purvlanco Wealthy 1 Hrough Free Coal Stocks. I'hiladelphla. Further' revelations concerning stockholdings in soft coal mining companies l?y olliclals of the lennsylvanin ltaiiroad were made when die Interstate Commerce Com. mission resumed lis Investigation Into he alleged discrimination by railroad* in t li?? distribution of coal <-,(rK. William A. 1 'a (ton, assistant to Pres <'t<K>>att, admitted tlmt without the expenditure of one penny ho Ih to day in possession of $.'{07,000 worth of ooal in i, ilng stock, trot Ion while he wan with , i7Mih? *.vV ,ai'IOi,d L'0,"Pany and ' oftoV; expenditure of energy or wn!;,; ','?i">n V h.,V m"a,,s t,l?only fcVst ei n ? ,i ' V ' 'f? " S? ml??IsslOUs the sHih.,1,, ii ?/ '),;uva,IJ"K 1,1 the I'enn* -i Hail road was thrown into pi eminence, for many others told the sauMMah; a notable case wa, that o? p.iV 1 u,1xh,nc'l>. ehlef clerk to Air. \ ' iV' ,.Wll? friendship with ?Mi. I atlou and CtVlonel lluff a coal "peraior ami promoter, lias now ahout him i!,VvurUl m ''"al 8,0(,k" which cost lm no a .nil; Just what he did for ,i fulled to tell very the main feature of hi* ovj. l!1!1/;1'; llk? ?>'' his chief, be I ne an Indjst iiief recollection. lirsi vice President dm>n ami Third ... ,! 1 ,,,sl?lont Samuel l{,ja were also t . m'VT',. <J,eou attempted ??( i ' l. !U Hy?t,Mn' ?'?? existence ? ^ *??? li. ? lew <hiy?i,ago, he expressed ? , a,,-,l;VhlH' promised " >lr. ? reeii does not possess ami never tht r'n7T ;"!m TU ll,,nl?K ?*?ck. and N h . i led (.halrinau Knapp, of the <ommission, |0 asfc the witness if his l.iiliuc to have slock in eoai companies >!!',!/ 'SUniH;!'" <? llerc follows a summary of craft / poeiuded:"1 1,H' nvl|,l""ls sw??,? William A. Patton, li.sf ^isbufTm i"uu Hha -..i'rU,,,i gut ,llis ???>' Htoek: h i ,. i ,V^8tolK>' m shares At ^A ' UK u,tl ( oke, MO shares I,?. 1iuiou' 000 H,uit"?? I to ttitfjf, 100 shares Apollo, 1000 shares Greenwich, r?<H> shares Cochran, 200 l mi'u Si LiU,olr' 600 ?>?ares Henrietta, . "hares Loniu'lisvlllo-7:H0 shares valued at $.'{07,000. ?uaies, l(HM1|liJ|,1I.,Vi,,</'/>r0S,<U'nt SnmuoIIten got HHMJ slim es Greenwich, 400 shares La l11!0, 100 Acme? ^OO'Slmres and bonds, valued at $87,-. Theodore i?]|y, clllof of motive P ,p.i ' ,i^< i 1;,,{ at $7030, I urchasing Agent Daniel Newhall goi 1?0 shares, valued at $0<K)0. ? ? v ' PurviHuee, chief clerk to Will it K"rT7? ? rK All is virtually admitted to have beeiv do? might gf aft, if not blackmail. s-ii i .'n?R<l(.U,U \? 7821 shlu^ value, ) {',,mu,-v admitted to have been pocketed by seventeen other I'euusyl SS<!17 m'J1?! aU(1 reiuP,0^?. totals \v-nil" ' . tlu- surface, accordlug to NV I II ia m A. Glasgow, counsel for the commission, Is only scratched. /Iilcf Assistant Patton sworev that his superior otBiiers, imfludlnc Presl ?i?M>t Cassntt,. hod known for years t \m iT~ tested St?ek "Ud i,0d ,,evei' Pie Nworii evidence of fingrnnt dlgcrlm 11 ,lJ? l??? t <>f the Pennsylvania corfi m, T ' ,HtllbutI?ii <????? auiong r< l>u,(,uclnif coiupanles wa? also forced on record. ,a ? News of their admissions readied the nwl'ifl V directors in session 5t , Il,,ond street office of the company V-n^a i ^""'Pj'Hod them to take actJom ; n esult. Directors (!. Stuart Pat' * James McCrea. K. H, Alorrls. f.ivi !.' ai,l<? H,,<l ,f,,"m'?? TJevnu ? , ? ei were chosen a spe?'lal commit. ?eto probo the graft charges. A this meeting of directors the re tiienioiit. January 1, of ltobcrt Pit ca Jrn. . jsnatt's assistant at Pittsburg. \.ih announced. Pitcalrii got a lot of tr.-e coal Stock. \ 1 As a result of the Investigation ninioiity stockholders of the PennsvN brbiif ,lnIilro,Jl1 aro considering plans to -- . i . about a thorough probiui; iiough the .State Legislature. Such 'I'^ilKaiioj, would include details 4 O Hie cor. tracts for steel rails, loco mo. .\es and other equipment. * II K Nil IK I HSION 1)JC A D. Norwegian Dramatist Whose tny$' ( !a used n Great Stir in the World. CJiilKtlaniu, Norway.? Ilcurik Ibsen, tin* Norwegian poet nuil dramatist, \n (loud. He war unconscious toward tho end -and passed away peacefully. Thc-news of Ibsen's death made a great Impression in this city, where be wax much beloved. "The Goethe of the North." as the great myotic and philosopher was sometimes called, \va? born at Skien, Norway., In 1828. IbsPn's fame rests popularly on his plays, but his greatest works are con ceded to be the two. philosophical poems, "Peer Gynt" and "Brand." Among his many plays those snost fa* mlllarly kunu'n are "Gliosis," a biting social satire, and "Jho Dolls* House.". ^ m Lieutenant Daly Quit* Army. Lieutenant Charfos ..D. Daly, tb* ?-/. great ITamird ami Wefet-.Toiit foot ball ;??!? ><v,. Iuih resigned Troro the V~*! army. Ills resignation has bccjt ao> . kia cepjed. xlc will go into liunlnw v "i " ? ? ^ Deaf Mul? ft Slayer. Dr. Charles Volitn*. of l!axidhur*? was *hot ':t*id lUStahtty Wiled -??- ft of tho\??roj? Depot by t'lrarles ta way, a deaf mute. ?f t>>staf Spring! C'arraway h In Jail and cU4?****elf* 111 -.I!* ? . t -r.-V - r.?aaiiu&w