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Occurrences of Interest From
All Over Soulh Carolina
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MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
A Batch of Livo Paragraphs Cover
' ing a Wide Range ? What in Going
Ou in Our State. ro
General Cotton Market.
<inlvciiton, quiet ..11 "1-S
New Orleans, quid 10 i:?-U>
Mobile, ?t?ady 10 5-S
ftaVHIIIiall, qutOt 10 7-^
i'liarlostoi^ q.ticj . . . ^ .... . 10 .'?-S
Wilmington, steady 10 :M
Norfolk, *tead\ 11
Baltimore, nominal J 1 I -4
New York, quiet 11 *-!<>
Busjon, quiet 1 1 .'JO
Philadelphia, steady ^1.4 >
^luiistoii, easy '
Aujiiisla, ^eadv. . .
Memphis, quiet . .
X'incinnaij j ?
Louisville," firm 1
|R
Charlotte Cotton Ma^cct. '
T'jpso prlfe^ represent the juices
pstid to wa^oti - :
<!?j'.?d nji^idiUiU
Si i id middling
? 11
Good niidih'j, linked lll-S
Si ill!
.!) to 10
Plain for Tcch Building.
X. wherry, Speeial.- The plans for
tl;e buildi;!^ i'.nated t<> Newberry
' by .M ; . .\ l: d re \Y ( ';i ':?/> *'>r
tile e;i _ : \ v: depan ;ik lit were sub
nulled ! ? e'ltsl'lliU ei* a'.id ;?e?-".>t ?
< d. The e will lie three sto
ries hi ?_??!!, ? a heant ifttl type of ar
(dlite.-i ill ?, i will 1 1 :i \ ? ? ;i tloi?r spaee
ill e.aeli' .sloiy. .V.):clOU feef. It will
be fully equipped v. itli ;;|i modern ni:1.
eliinerv e-?:iitial i < a leelniieal sehool,
with eup'.ii l, fnl::e. eie. 'I lie i'iiI'IIl'I'
.-t<Mie will !.'? i -i i . i iie\t Tuesday aller
iidiili with appropriate eereiuonies.
Mew \Y. ?N-liiii liVr, 1). I'.. pastor of
the .\>ee::>: Savannah, (la., lias
aeeepti'l l-.vitation to deliver the
add res. ?.
Killed fcy Lightning.
( Jreenwiwti. Special. - -Xewfou V.
.Mauley. ,i i < ?:;!*??? 1?' i ate veteran. aged
<i() \e:i:\>, vi-. struck and instantly
killed Ly lightning near Poplar
Springs eln.nh three milt's from
Wares Siio-iis Thursday afternoon.
A vi.'vy li" ivy rain foil during tin*
thunderstorm. .Mr. .Mauley was an
excellent- es'izen anil is spok<Mi of in
fhe u-rnis Isy his neighbors..
I'lie huriai (??'?!; place at I o'clock in
th'1 ji'leviifni.? a! Poplar Springs. He
icft a. widow ami several children.
Chester Man Takes His Life.
I'hest-M", Special. ? Willie MohleVf
Jr.. a young fanner residing a few
miles Tram < hester. was found 'dead
in his l)"d room with a discharged
?run hy liis side and a ghastly wound
in, his abdomen. He lived alpne. lie
had rewmttv been heard to declare
1 1 1 3i l lie intended to take his life. The
verdict the coroner's jury "was
thai the. deceased came to his death
frojii ;j!iih'a "t wounds by his own
Jiaml.
Governor Orders Prosecution.
< ohur'bi Special.? As a result of
the ? 1 1 -?'I > >-> H' 'S before the dispensary
'invesrty.-t'itfv ( oiuuiittee (lovernor
I fey war. I authorized the Attorney
( ieiieral to prosecute 11. 11. Kvans, L.
X. linykiti and It. Towell. former
members of the dispensary board for
malfeasa;'. in otlice. The committee
adjouraed and the action ??f the (lov
ernor immediately followed.
Farmers to Pool Thoir Cotton.
Sparlauhutg. Special.? President K.
1.. Archer' of the Spartanburj^connty
branch of ih<' Southern (Cotton Asso
ciation has issued a statement to the
farmers that it is the intention this
vear <> sell their cotton in hulk. It
ha* been estimated that there are
about .'),0?)0 hales to be marketed this
year hi Spartanburg county, which
will he held ill 'JO to SO bale lots.
Negroes Administer Poison.
Chester. Special. ? William Keiv.hly
was foetal dead two days ago in a
liehl, near Fort Lawn. Coroner l,eck
ie made an invest igat ion and found
that lw?> strolling negroes, F.d. Hai
" lev and Dennis Cole, have been ar
retted- and gunmulted to jail.
A Nagro Burned to Death.
On. the premises of Mr. WT. II. llar
? tlin. near Chester, a negro cabin "was
burned in which a negro hoy was
burned to^eath, and a child of Ilia
same ! imijl badly burned was res
cued.
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It err* ofBtato News.
The colleges of the State have
jug ibe past iwffckv ? 3' he nnmlifr__yf
gradlioUi Wni wrj*^- ttio interest
frslfld by the public in the excr
unusual. crowds at
t</hde<i nil of I hem.
.John Kelley Avas ground to pieces i
bv a railroad train at Clarko?burg, I
AV. Va. i
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i LMET10 CROP BULLETIN
Condition of South Carol. na Crops
lor Week Ending Monday, June 11,
1906, as Given Out by th?* DO'
partmont.
The went|ier was seasonable dur
ing the uroater portion ?*? I" the week
with about a normal amount of suu
shine, although widely varying con
ditions of cloudiness prevailed in dif
ferent sections.
The average temporal nre was
about normal iu the northern and cen
tral portions ot' the State and was
nearly three <k"_?recs above normal in
the southern pari. The heat was ex
cessive on the Hi h and on the Ihh,
! v. he'n^' the maximum temperature*
1 ran </fd from slightly above 5)0 to
slightly above 1 Od (Levees, (he high
est maximum lor the week having
been 102 decrees at Klorence on the
JSt ii . The liiyht |e\jiperat ures were
generally abom normal and ranged
between (>."> and 7"> decrees, with an
extreme minimum o|* .">7 derive* at
Heath Sprnys on l lie .~>t h.
The average precipitation for the
week wa.s about half the normal
amount for the same period although
v idely
separated localities had exces
sive rains ov>in^ !?> t !(?* occurrence of
t hnjuler>toi ii!>. A le>c stations rc
pi'nied no rain for il<> week. Wain
w.i- fiillin/ in I ? i . ? <?<?;) ^i sci-tious when
tie wee!; ended <wkil?j at (lie >':i me
time 1 1 ??' inteiior ol | i io Si ah* had
clear I o call!;. chmdy \Vcaiher.
il:e cek \'.as t r. -c \ root kiv.ii wiud*
!'? >ods nr i i : <1 etonii-i. -.1. \Y. Maiicr.
Sect ion ! bivc'.or.
o| ! he
ill!
and
rows
A Stcry of Horror.
I'nion. S|>: cial. The slur
n iirdt r (if Ml-.,' Hughes. Wie ise.'J'o
who late Tii u i ??<! -.> u 1 1 t'lTv ?a was
found in Tv^er ii\cr. Ip- hand**
,(<i hound lo^c; her with ropes
body wei . ! 1 1 ? d down with rock-;,
in vdiasi liicss as the details b? coim
belter known. klial well ki:o\\ 11
v. kite men ai<- concerned in the ci in;e
there set in.- little icnsen |.i doubt.
Indeed, il is understood thai one ile
um, John Sartor, dr.. s;;ys that lie
saw W. If. (Jilliam. v hose barn was
burned on April '.17. presumably l>\
an incendiary, shoot Most*, which
confirms the >loi\ that rcaehed here
from Carlisle I hat M< fcc was ?ce;i he
iiii. carried wounded and bleeding to
the river, where bound, he was thrown
in. Whelher lie was dead or alive
then, even thy physician, who testified
at I he coionei 's inquest, was unable
to state .posit iv?;ly. owiii" l? I lie body
beinjj so decomposed when diseovci ed.
!t is learn, d iluil last Saturday Muse
came to visit his sou. < I irenc. > I lushes
who is in jail charged willi two other
nenr^o. Merry 'luck.'r and John
Sliuiiij.; : I . with burning (lilliamV
bain. Whe.i he reached the river
?Sunday rctuvnin'y it was so hivh hi,,
could* not cross, so left his mule aK<
Mo?* Stewart's. cotorud. and then
: : :i.-..s( d. I.y wav of I lie Seaboard Air |
I ine bridge. It is said that !?e was
then and there met by \V. If. (lilliam
r.r.d I >oiir_rln^s Knjrlish. whr? pnutrhr to
evirsii*! ! coin him some information ]
a.. So the li re. It is tmderstfuid iiiat j
(hat day or the preepdim*- one, (<il- |
Main had gotten some liquor from |
('?ic.-Ji r. ami fluil It" had been drink- i
i ; i heavily before nieetinu Mose.
Miller Has Resigned.
^ni nuehu r^: . Spceial. " I" ? > ? 1 1 Miller,;,
I.ITJUICUL o! liic Si alt' coil . u; lor no1
ii;TC, |niS I'Csi ".i 1 1 ed . TIlC I'jlCt of
Miller's ion was reported here
and M'ilrr when seen stated licit In
line! forwarded i ln> Idler of rosi?? na
tion t<> < Jovernor 1 lr y\\ a rd ami In' ? ? I
not care to mala- public its contents
until the governor should do so. h
is a mat Lor ??C common knowledge
that t here have beeii diO'creucey in t i i ??
1 acuity dniiin; the last session. Miller
recommended to th;' hoard the dis
charge of ( wo of t hf \ eaehcrs, Lillian
Mack an. I Louise IS. !? ordk.wn. hut a:
the recent meeting ? > t' the hoard in ( "o
lmnhia the two teachers were reelect
ed. Miller's ehanres not heiieu sus
tained. Miller's action in suspending
cue of the pupils tv as. however, siJ^
tained.
N<? sro Mute Killed By Train.
pi nion. Special. - About 7 o'clock I
Saturday morion;.? Alice i inches, a lie
trro woman, was killed by freight
train No. yoinj> south, at the cross
in\r 'seven miles below I nion lly .1. ( j
Sartor's. Her body was ho'vribly
mangled. The woman wa> said to be
oli her way to work when the acci<l<?nt
occurred. The coroner was notified,
but sayinjr he was unable to hidd the
nupiest, Magistrate Johnson acted in
his stead. The woman was deal' and
dumb and I lie coroner s jury placed
nojdame on the mil mad, the verdict
beinjr a simple statement ot" facts.
t Mill Sxiwcrintendcnt Lose.'; Pinters.
fialTuey. Special. ? 7k A. Holmes,
mijkm intevdnU ot' the Irene Mills, was
the. victim of' an unusually prinful
and sertons nc:~d?*rit white at work
at the mill. An a result of the acci
ikukL Jill J ? ?? ?"&'?.!* ?}} fc''U?!>I ila?L
were severed, 4 lie thumb only remain
injf. The band was caught in a picker
the thousand blades of which sooh cut
I it to pieces.
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REPORT ON 810! W
Mormon Senator Must Not Be
Sealed
SAYS MAJORITY 01 C0MIYII1 TEE
Of Senate Comaiittee on Privde^es
and Elections, Burrows, Dolliver,
DuboiB, Pottns, Bailey. Overman
and Frazicr Hold Against Morman
Senator, While Forakor, Bevoridge,
Dillingliain, Hopkins and Knox
Take Opposite V*:w.
t\ ushin^iou, Special.- Tliu majori
ty and minority report-* of the com
mittee oil privileges and elections in
tin? case o| Senator Hoed Snt'iot, of
I tali, were presented iii i )u? Senate,
tin* loriner I ?_\ ^einitor Ituriows, de
claring that Mi. Smool is not entitled
to his seat and the hitter hy Sena
tor J'oraker, taking opposite view.
At the tame time {Senator Uailey,
who is a member ?>t' the commit t ee.
stated that while Jie concurred tu (he
views of the majority, that Mr.
Sinoot is not. entitled !>> his .-.'at, he
was o| the opinion thai '".Mr. Smool
could not he deprived of his seal un
der the constitution except bv a res??
I u I ion of i \ pulsion. ' '
Mr. Ilurrows -'ave uotii-e that :e
would call up til-- < is(? ???,! (j-(. t ) ;?
est possible m.<m.'ni eon-i-t. mi u ii !i
the puhkic I:.. :.iv ;.|id Scnal o;
Fnro her expressed iii< ?j.pv.>val of
fins aunouiie! picut.
I he le;: | ,| | j|<>
I Senate c.mili i ? t er oM | .. i\ ih-es au<f'
I elections i,. d> ciarin-j I ?y a irajoriiv
[Vote that liec d Snioot uo! entitled
, I" a seal in the Senate at'- - aled in
the eport submitted to the S ? :< .? i v- by
Chairman Hiirmw-. and si-jned bv
Senators Parous . 1 ?? ? I i i v e bubois.
Pelt us, Paihy. Dver::i:::: Fla
zier, to he as follow^ ;
The Majority llsport.
* ' That Mr. S noot ;s one <?! a self
per pot uatinir body r.t' nun, known a.-?
the hirst Presidency ai.d Twelve
A post les ul the Church oi .Icmss
( hrist of I, alter Dav Saints, cijmiioTi
ly known ns the First Presidency and
Twelve A post les* of the M.uIm mi
church; thai llie-e men e!aiiu divine
authority to eoulrol the member? ?*
so. id church in all things temporal as
well as spiritual; (hat lhi> authority
is, and has Ijeou for several yeitrs
past, so exercised hy the said First
Presidency and Twelve Apostles' as
to en.u?ura?e the practice of poly?'n
j^ny and polygamous cohabitation in
>the Stat(! ot 1 tali and e!s..>\vh'.'! e. con
? oa ry to the coiea it ution and laws oi'
the State of Ftah ahd the law of the
land; that the said First. Presidency
and I welve Apostles do now control,
and for a loinr lime past lufve com
i rolled, the poiiticai affairs of lie.' !
State ot I lull, and have tints bvouyhl
ahout in said State a union of chinch
>hnd State, contrary to the eoiy^tTTu^
t ion o| the I niled Stales, aiuf thai
said Heed Smool comes *hcrc, not as
the accredited representative of the
Stale of Flah in the Senate of the
United States, but as the choice oi'
i in- ilii-i'iiiritV u dfc-h eonriTiiv the
chureh and has usurped I he functions
of the State in said State of Ftah.*'
I he majority report characterize*,
''as wholly untenable" the position
thai because Sinoot himself does not
practice polygamy and there is no
evidence to show thai he has person
ally and individually en con roared the
practice in others, hi- ouulit not in
be condemned because id' the acts of
hir, associates. It i- charged ?'tha'
Senator Sinoot is an inseparalde part
of the troveruiiej body of the Mormon
??church t lie Fir<t Presntencv and
Twelve- Apostles ?and tho^e who com
pose I lint organization is the act ot
each and every member thereof, and
whatever policy is adopted and pur
sued by (lie body -which i'o:rtvo|> the
Mormon church, .Mr. Sinoot nui-i' !??>
held to he responsible for as a tn tu
ber of that body."
The report declares thai v. bile
Smeot know the poly.-amons practice*
of President Smith and.oth'o ehurch
officials, he has sustained b v hi* vote
as an apostle, and al no time uttered
a word of protest against th<' ???ci
duct of )?is associates, but, on the <;u:
trary has sustained them h\ hi-? si
lence.
"In the judgment of the commit
tee,*' the report says. "NJi. Snioot is
no more entitled to n seal in the Sen
ate than he you'd bo if ho were as
SoeiatilijT in pol y;?.-^roi:s >? >ha>)ital ion
with a pjuralily of wives."
News Notes.
Tlirt split 'between (tfe IJadienl* :n
the Donmn nml tJ?? Constitutional
Democrats was widened by a debnt<
over" fill* proposal to demand n, rt')Hv
from the Cinvornmont SVi the 'abolition
of tjie deatlt penalty.
TTVe xvoTTuifen 'of <> *cV? xvHi n?T "YiTTrr Y
citicj* arc bei?v? armed with Mnn^ei
rillcn, and the spirit of revolt in Heine
spread among the Cu?>iati. peasants.
W M A I CUNUHESS IS DOING
What is Being Doue Day by Day By j
the National House and Senate. |
Danger to Quarantine Bill.
'I here is (Wided danger thai the
quarantine bill intended t ?> ?; ?\ <? I'ed
erul aid in yellow fever <|ii:u ant iuos,
which lias passed the Senate House,
will tail because of a deadlock among
(lie eontercs on (he M'venllt section
ol' the bill providing that inter Stale
tiaflie iimy be carricd on wit bout in
terruption through a state under yel
low Je\er <|iia rant ine, under eertuiu
lobulations; tluil is, that through
trains may make their regular runs
without taking on or letting ulV p;i.s
jsengers oi- freight wit bin the quarau
tined state.
Report on Packers Matter.
The House Committee on Agricul
ture decided to comply with the re
<prest of the Chicago packers to lie
heard on the Noill-Hcvnolds report
regardim? the conditions in the Chi
cago pftcking houses. The request
was made by Mr. K. Wilson, who
said he was an employee of the Nel
son Morris < 'ompHtiy, hut in this in
stance was authorized to speak tor
all the Chicago packers. Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson, l>r. A. I >. Mel
vin of the Department, and Mr. Neill
were present at the hearing.
.Mr. Wilson ijia<le a general denial
of t?e existence ol' the conditions in
packing houses as set foith in the
Neill-HeVuolds report. Some of the
suggestions made in the report i."
s;i id . had already he. i complied with
by the packers, such as additional
sanitary facilities.
As to the charge that e:inii"d meals
were (wiled in water ti? ? 'freshen t h ? ? ? ;
up." Mr. Wilson sjiid there ?v;i- --ii
solf.tely nothing in this. What t'*.'
cans were put in hot water ur. ,? ?
4%\\ k off the. old labels, which he d.
v, ii ; ,in injury to th.' appearauee ol
the goods on sale.
Mf denied absolutely, that there
were any deecased cattle or hogs
butchered for food. Mr. Wilson ? 1 ? ?
senhed in iletail the operation of pre
pai ing canned meats aiid when asked
by Heprcseutative Scott of Kansas,
a member of the committee. **llow
about the rope an?l other foreign mat
te;- found with scraps on the lloor, *'
Mr. Wilson explained th:it what was
probably , seen in this instaue.- was
the string on the knuckle and what
had been dried beef. This siring was
used with which to hang the beef in
a smoke house, and when the beef
; had been sliced olV, this knuckle end
was left. There was a bone in it. The
bone wouhl smash the machine if an
attempt was made to use it.
Flooded With Petitions.
A s Senator Tillman suggested there
was "A streak of yellow'" in the
Senate duo to (he I'nct that practically
every desk in the chamber was cover
ed with telegrams of protest against
the Anti-Pass provision in the Hail
road Hale. Hill us reported Hy the
( 'onl'erenec ( 'omnii' 'ee.
They were all fvom railroad men
and in each *fise consisted of pro
tests against cutting off the privilege
of riding free.
In addition there was a formal
statement on belmlf of engineers,
tiremen, conductors and trainmen say
ing that they represented 2*50,001)
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lUMWitJk I'lllj
Bill to Bo Kent Back.
/ 'fit** discussion of the Hailroad Hate
Hill conference report in the Senate
showed that the bill would be sent
back to the conference. The eonler
enco announced thai they expected
that result.
Busy Day in the House. *
Ajrstiufsc ii:r- iiay:-; v? 5;^;; the- 1 i;>n;vc
of Keprcsentat ives was m throes of' :i
'?"filibuster or "putting < ?tV until to
morrow what il mk'hl have. dune the
day" before," must lie set the work
accomplished in the lower branch of
the national Legislature. ,
Tn many particulars Tuesday was n
"red letter day" in the House, not
| only i t ) the number of bills passed,
but in the general character of the
legislation enaeted. What bid fair
t<> cause endless trouble, the natnral
| i/ation hill, was parsed under suspen
1 s oil of the rules, tin* Speaker anfi
the rrontleman in ehnrire of tin* hill.
Mr. lioyngc, of Colorado, dointr tteam
work of a superior kind.
The House refused t<? pass a hill
h asiiu; to a private linn or corpora
tion the riirht to mine coal on the
bland of Ratan in the Philippine
'-?'?oup. although it was stated that
Mich a ieaso would decrease the
amount paid by the ifovernincnt for
coal very considerably.
For I wo hours the House worked
under suspension of the rules and
then, with t i-." time set apart for
those nieasi'it a exhausted, and peace
spic adiuif it.; wings over the mem
ber.;, the list cf the. day, until ad
journment, war. taken up with I be
passage < biils by unanimous .con
sent, a form of legislation only pos
sibl ? when there are no breakers in
?iiyhl.
News Itc:as.
The village of Scot town, in Ohio,
wan completely washed away In* flood,
two persons being drowned.
?The Southern Slates' Immigration
1 Commission elected officers and estab
lished a New York bureau.
^ Uowavalt i* said. to .haVC
determined on a complete reorganiza
tion V>f the Bureau of Animal Indu*
try.
PACKERS HAVE LOST I
$28,1)00,000 IN TRADE
60 Per Cent, of Employes Laid Off !
in Some Plants.
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MAKING COSTLY IMPROVEMENTS j
Boof T ru*t Busy Cleaning Siuughtor
Houses and Canning Dooinio
Criticised Fop Employing Low
Grade Labor.
( hie? |?o. There has been in ;lu> |as(
tow days a I alliuj; ? ? IT of about one
third in 1 1 io business of Miinc depart
ments at tho stock yards, especial)? in
She canned poixls departments ami in
tlif sale of ipiestionablo 1 1 1**11 1 ,
Thi* fu 1 1 i ii if off lias resulted In the |
loss oj millions of dollars?some men '
In close touch with affairs at <he yards j
say i lie trade has fallen off $'20,000, OOO '
within Ion days. This hiss has fallen j
Most heavily upon the small parkin- j
? ml xlaiiKlilcriiiK houses in the ncinh j
horhood of the yards. where the poorer '
trades of meat are handled. There 1
tiso has hi'en a large loss la Fulton 1
Market and in South Water Mreel.
Building inspectors said that in some i
if the plants sixty per cent. of the em- '
ployes had heen laid off. t
I lie trade in lumpy jaw rattle Is j
Iiraeli rally at a stamlstili. and '' ( hose
who luive been watching the receipts;
>[' such cattle at. the stork yards mi.v I
that not more than a dozen animals ,
have heen Received here during the '
wee!.. / i
Building ( 'oiiim .ssioner 1 'arizen an
nojincgd Hint lie would order the pai l; !
rind the I nioii Stork "i aids and
I'ransit Company to make improve- j
i n ? ? 1 1 1 . t lie (>>.; Iiii;it ed cost of w hich will ?
lie >? V f i' )' i.tif k ' if . notices will demand :
'i-r j.n't.s ;,>? contracts for the
eiiu'iil s wiihin f ? \ <? days.
Sanitary Inspector lledriek <|r. \ares
111:: i th'? | ackers are >. h ? w in v; every In M.
I'linatioti to nu'ct his suggest ioii^ amlf
clean up. The employes in the meat j
culting room of \eison .Morris Co. 1
lire to have clean aprons every day, as
u result of one of tlie.se siurgesl ions.
It is estimated by a representative of i
tin- packers that nearly .(OHO visitors a
day no tlir<>ui:h the plants :?! the stork !
vartls. Anion;; them a few nays ag'i '
was Itohcri H. Cowdrey, who was can- i
clidate I or President of the I'liite.l '
Stales on (lie Single Tax ticket in lSS^, j
lie arraigned the pa< kers for bringing j
foreigners of n low order of iutclli^cnce |
Into the country.
"V\ lint do these fellows l;now about
keeping themselves clean'.'"' lie asked.
"Many of them never saw n towel be
fore."
A story was related to the effect that
when cuspidors were provided in the
packing h nises the laborers shlned '
them tip and put tlieni on a shelf for
use as drinking cups.
Humors to the effeci that new stork
yards, with Sir Thomas !,iptnu. of Lon
don. us chief backer, are to be estab
lished near ? iary. ml., adjacent to the
properly -d the J'nitou States Steel
Corporation, were ,n circulation. Sev
eral of the best known real estate turn
in Chicago were named as anions those
acquiring land for the purpose.
The report Is that at least six of the
smaller plants are Io be ryfhoved from
Chicago hjjndiana. It is said that the
plans liiehYRe tho dl. glng of a canal to j
the Id t tie Calumet Kiver for the pur
pose of Carrying off disinfecled and
deodorized refuse. The story is not '
generally credited. . ^ I
'J*4L\0'J 1 VKT IN llKMKK CAMPS. j
.
Tl.'i > ioiis on .1 ???!?* 1 Were Supplied- to ?
41,2'tti I'prsjns !ii T*ri$co. ?
San Francisco.- l?'or the information
of I'nftident K. 11. Ilarrimnu, of tin*
Southern I'acillc. a census lius hewn
taken of .nil (lie persons still in the
refugee enmps of this- city< It shows
that on June t 1 .'!,OHX persons were in
tlm permanent eanips amr^P.r>:t.'i in Die
temporary ones. It also shows that
nij Jijjjji 1 ?*o ? jjljju ivni-n uilhi >1 ini_l 41 !2*MJ
persons :i ii 1 1 free men! tickets given
'J I Tit) persons.
Tlie report cites that there arc 'JL'SS
persons in the Oakland and Alameda
permanent eainps. ami that. on May .?>f
rations were issued lo I '?.'ill persons
in ( ).; kin ml. Alameda anil Berkeley. In
J, OS Angeles there are <500 S:in Fran
cisco refugees, in Sacramento 1 'JO. in
Yallojo !?lo ami in Stockton thirty-six.
sri('l:>i: CAN'T STOP HKNIIITTS.
Court Orders M aeca hees to I'ay Widow
of Self-Slain 7..
Albany. .s . \ i in: i'imiiI of Appeals
nflirmed with costs a .jiitl cnien . of $'?!.
VN'J.Kl in favor of Anna T. Cargo, of
Wyoming Conn,. v. against the Supreme
Tent o. the Knights ?f tf.e Maccabees
of i!i* World. I
The pkilnMiT's hushan/i. v ho held a
paiic.v in tlr; organisation. committed
wi>hh, and despite tl.e \act that the
l?ydaw? say no benefits s\/.il lie paid t
to the survivors of a membra vvlwk ills j
himse.f, whether sane r insane, the
lowtj^ eon ts awarded the plaintiff a
verdict ami the hit-h-sl court in the
State as sustained liiem.
(j r at r: ma i. a i:i:r?i:i. victokif.s.
Government Troop* Twice' lleatcn ?
I n*ui geTffs Kolnforcpd.
City of Mexico. ? (ieii'ial Toledo, In
command of the revolutionary troops
in Southern < UrvtiHiiifla, has won two
ciitfj'u I'm' n!j>: Tim ' loverniuent forces
have been driven luck.
General Toledo is receiving heavy
reinforciunenD of well-armed men.
South Dakota Democrats.
At Yankton. S. I?., the Democratic
State convention declared for Govern
ment ownership of railroad, telrjrraph
and telephone lines. .1. A. Stransky. of
Ernie, wn* nominated for. Governor,
and lit ki t was myned: W. J. Klrter.
o( Tjiwr^oce. and tL ^9b. llamsay, of
SanlifW-n^IaL^lonsrcVij^ ,
Triv-OTrp'Trrr Propqsrd ht -Kmnrr. ---]
The French Cabinet decided to Intro
duce nn Income Tax hill in Parliament
to meet the dellcit of Ilia budget.
CLOUDBURSTS CRUSE M
Damage Mills, Homos snil Crops
in Conemaugh Valley.
hilled in Vain Effort to Sav? l-lcr
Boil>y - - H u rl s Child From Track
--Crushed by Enijino.
Johnstown, I'a. ? Thumtrr shower*,
i lit* storms downpours
of ral ii that had prWtiilod throughout
Western Pennsylvania during the on-,
lir?' wi'cl, culminated in cloudbursts in j
Cambria, Westmoreland, Somerset ami
Mil i lor counties t lilt t caused the : i \ i?i'H ,
and crooks to Overflow, flooding tho
streets in many communities and ?1 1><
sominatlnfc a general flood scare. Kariy
reports Indicated that the damage
would ho grout. Probably tfoCMMH) will
cover all losses Kustninod in the see
lions itlVootod.
The greatest damage was in IIoow
orsvlllo, Somerset County, eighteen
inilos from this oily, lloro a veritable
cloudburst oausod Stony Crook to riso
sovon foot in an hour ami a half. T|io
wators reached tho first floor of many
dwellings, and all tho faotorios in tho
Jow lying section of (ho town woro
obliged to suspend opera t ions, Cellars
woro lloodod and a numhor of streets
woro uudor water for a time, hut no
casualties are known to havo resulted,
'llu* I loovorsvillo schoolhonso was
washed a way from its foumlatlou.
Island I'aH;, a summer resort. was
de>iroyod hy tho wators, hut as th'o
Hood oanto at an hour w lion thoro woro
ho pleasure seekeis, the l<?ss is couliucd
to the property of tho park manage
ment. Tin1 entire loss iu this section i*
estimated al ^'.Ti.tHMi.
The ronomauah Itiver, made famous
in the history of the Johnstown flood
i f ISS'.i, swollen hy the outpouring
from the Stony Crook section. began to
riso rapidly and earned somewhat ol a
sea re in this eiiy. The streets along
the river bank were soon luundatod
and mills ami factories were obliged to
suspend. t
I fcrolui) of tin instant's iragedv, Mi <,
Annie iiohlitzki made a. mar\olou<> i :?
fori to/save her ehiid from death. hut
although she prevented the infant from |
being/ crushed under an engine that
grnuud her to piooos, tho little one was
killed by this ton e with which : lie
Hung it from her, and its body a mo
ment after was engulfed in Hood-swol
len Stony Creek.
The woman was close to the mhlill<>
of the famous stone bridge over that
siren m, watching Wreckage from.- a
flood that, diii much damage in 1 loov
orsvillo, ISutlor, I.alrobe, I'aggaley and
other places,' when a Pennsylvania fly
er thuudecvd over Hie structure. Hus
band ami friends called to hot* to dee,
; but Hie roar of the rushing wators evi
dently drowned their voices as W14II as
the noise of the approaching train, and
the vibrytiou of the track must have
boon her first warning.
| She faced the express only in time to
1 see she hadn't a chance to escape. One
cry broke from her. Then, raising her
bahy, six months old, high above her
head, she buried it from her. ller
scream was swallowed in a shrill blast
of the whistle as the engine cut Iter
down. Itohlit/.kj tried to dash toward
the spot, whore he. too, -surely would
have met death, but friends restrained
him.
.^t I.alrobe, Westmoreland County,
the' streets were1. flooded and merchants
were obliged to remove their stocks, n
Jlaggaley, a mining village in a gully
near Nino-Mile Hun, was for a time in
"ft perilous position. So rapidly did the
water rise that many people were tak
en from their houses on rafts.
ItEHlCLS DEFEATED.
? ?
Invaders !?'!??:? Salvador Ponied by
H tin tenia la n Troops.
Washington, D. C.? Theltunlotnalan
Minister here received a cablegram
from tlic Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Mr. Harrlos, stating that the revolu
tionary movement across t li o Salvador
boiffukiry had met with utter defeat.
According t *? the cablegram the Cunt
cmnlan Hoops met the revolutionary
rmrcV ill? A rrtHU'.tiJt Mit^l dcfcill - ii
t hem ronipletely.
The t!overnment forces. the cable
gram says, have been triumphant all
along the line and have not met the
slightest reverses anywhere.
PKESI DENT STOPS WIUTIXC!.
No More Magazine Articles Until lie
Leaves the White House.
Kansas .City, Mo.? The Trident, a
publication for Kansas City High
School pupils, has obtained an an
nouncement iroin the White House
that the President "hereafter will not
write for publication during his incum
bency of bis present otlice, except on
matters of public business and in an
otlicial way.
The statement is ma do In a letter
from Secretary i.oel? in reply to a re
quest for a contribution from Mr.
ltoosevelt.
MILITIA IN UOVEUXUllS
Ignore Protest of Comniander-in-Cliief
and Catch a Shirker. , i
.Jackson, Miss.? The 'inventor's man
sion, ln'illiautly illuminated in honor of '
a reception tendered by Miss Yarda
inan to her guests, was invaded by the
provost guard of the State militia in
search of a young man who was evad
ing drill duty. The t run lit was lotuul
lining upstairs and dragged down the
stnlrivn^and through the hall, causing
eonsfYrnrtlion among the guests.
fiovcrnof and Mrs. Vardnbian both
protested against tiie search, but to no
avail.
Philadelphia to Ho Into Ice Making.
IJy unanimous vote. Select ami Com
mon Council. Philadelphia, passed a
resolution indorsing the project for nu:
nicipul Ice manufactories. Following
ilds a resolution providing fur the ap
propriation of $ir>,0<K) for ice for the
poor dnring the present summer was
adopted.
Anarchist* Arrested In Spain.
A: ~^hTtTT.~rr~ofi hp?
rested ht Hnrceloi 1 on sn?])ti-lnT> ?>T
having been concerned tn-tiit plot to
r*lll King Alfouso_nt Madrid.
HElll t U iiiiLLluiio t\ lil'iuiiJt
Thomas 0. Jones, of Pittsburg,
Shoots Himself.
Wan Practically Head of J,pne? &.
Lau<|hbn 'ateol Wor;<* , and M/otild
Have I :t h o ri toci $30,OOQfOOO.
) I
Pit tsbr^rjf! Pa. Tlionia s O'Cono#
?lours. as>. Mailt general manager of
t li?* .loucs l.aiighiin Steel Company,
licir in a fort unc estimated at
<*><>; wonli himself several millions,
ami a social leader in Pittsburg, killed
himself at the Hotel Kchenley, whcro
lie and Ids mother, Mrs. Cecelia C. .
Jones XI urdoek, occupied apartments.
No cause ean he assigned for tho
suicide other than that the young man
had been ill for somo time past, and
that, he hcljovcd his ailment would
eause him Hi her to no blind or become
insane. The only mystery surround
ing the suicide is as to how* he ob
tained the revolver with whleh he
killed himself. The Coroner believe*
it was smuggled Into his room by some
person whom he paid to do it. livery
effort was made to keep the fact that
lie had killed himself a secret, his rela
tive going so far as to n'ttrmpt to havt?
the Coroner suppress the facts. . \
| *\ll l he arrangements had been mauo
ftn take Jones to Cambridge Springs.
In a statement which f!ip made* to the
Coroner, Mrs. Murdoch said that she
had speiu most of t'.-c evening before
I he suicide in her son's room preparing
for the trip.
She went to bed about midnight, Imt:
entered his room a.vaiu.af 2 o'oTOiU and
found her son seated at a 'window.
They talked .together for some time,
and then she retired. At J o'clock
she was awakened by a revolver shot.
Kutmiug into her son's room, she
found him lying on the bed. She
raised his head, and soon afterward
he died in her arms.
Thomas "'Conor Jones was the only
child of the late (S corgi? \Y. Jones,
brother of P.. I'. Jones, former Chair
1 man of the National Republican Com**
niiltee. When his father died he left
all of his vast fortune to his wife
and their only child, who has taken
his life. ,Mr*. Jones innriued Or. !?', lb ? -
Mnrdock, a well known physic inn, who
is at present in llostou attemllng a
me.llcal convention. Jones, who was
j in- 1 entering his thirty-sixth year, was
a graduate of Vale, and had been in
the steel business exfA: since he left
college, lie was a member of the
Pittsburg I'nive.rsity and Allegheny
J County Clubs, as well as a number of
New York clllbs.
CH1CAOO TFKN8 FROM MEAT.
Home of the Packing Industry Becomes
a Vegetarian Cify.
Chicago.? -Chieago is turning to tho
diet of the vegetarian. .Meats are
--punted by people ,al! over the city.
The greatest slump ever experienced
in the demand for meat for corisump
tlon in t ye hoipes, hotels and restaur
ants of Chicago is on. because of "tho
publication of lite 'Neill-Reynolds re
port. ~ j~
Fish dealers 'are rejoicing Uect\its? .
lie down turn in the uittnt trade /has
brought a brisk deiuatni for tish./ Li*
many homes and hotels dishes in whlcU ?
'?licese and eggs digure prominently
have supplanted roast and broiled
meats.
Meat market men generally admitted
iliat the disclosures affecting tho
methods of the big packers at the stock y
yards have caused a falling off in retail
business. The' decrease in sales of
usages and other manufactured prfld
clared to have been frpm thirty-live to
forty per cent, throughout the eity.
rilAMBKIU-AIN* IS RK-KLKOTEDi
t- ? ...
(Jovernor oC Oregon Defeats Republi
can-Woman Suffrage It cj octoil.
Portland, Oregon. ? (Joorge K. Cliain
li(>rlmn (I Amu.) has been re-elected Oov
lll'UU!' -i! (!i'r?rrl!-iiy a iiiS jOi'it.T of. not
less than 1LH)0, and perhaps tiK imieh .
as 2."?oo, over Or. Janice Withycomho
(Hep.).
?Umatlian llourno. Jr., (itcp.) lias re- "
?el veil l lie popular nomination for
I * 11 1 tod Ntatos Senator by probably a
little over r?<X)0. majority. Wv H. Ellis
(Itcp. i lias boon chosen Congrpasmtyl'-?
in the Second District by a largo ma
jority over J/ II. (Jraham (Dcm.) and
XV. O. Ilawle.v (Hop.) has a ?af? leatfcv?
over C. V. Calloway in t ln> First Din.
trier. (
Woman suffrage was defeated by a
.large majority.
FI.OOI) WIPisS OUT VI I.I.AC K.
Two Drowned. Four. Mortally Hurt
and Valley Swep^t Clean.
Ironton. Ohio. ? Scottown, a vilfage "
twenty wiles north of here, with
^popnliflion of 2<M>, has been washed*
\tw;iy. NoL a house was left on lt? ;.
foundation. _>Mrs. Hay re and daughter
\vL-ro drowned. Bridges were swept ?
aivay anil teb phone linjjs are down,
/The disaster was uiip to a~tt<V(Vtt""fot>r-:~
lowing a heavy rain htHtiug for Hlx 4
hour*. The tow n is at the continence
of. the branehes of the Indian and
On.van Ctveks. 'J'he valley .iibftvo -
Scottown is long and narrow and tho
flood swept everything befoVe It.
Men, woinrn and children escaped
to t lie hiils in their night clothes. Four
persons were. Injured and cannot re
cover.. The valley "from Boot (own to
the river was swept clean. Thedam
age to crops cannot be estimated.
Railway Tnnh ,,, ' ? .
Vice- 1* ivalilc ji t of -M'.c Kgy
Y*ork Centrrty^testineil at the lutvr*
state Cominwce Commlwlo' '? hearing
In l-hilodclpluu tliar tUe ll]?iych r|?? -?
Cnai.PUd Coke Company gave tufc rail?
road company $GCU.OO Ik stock "ioc
tratUc rej?sbt8."* "" ?
t ? '? 'r fiii>' *
Missouri Vtfr Jttyat*. ? -
The MHwonrt Slat* Ubmocrftii* C#
cauu oat ^trons'y. tor William ***-_
ulujs , tirjrnn far