The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 18, 1906, Image 1
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VOLUMR XVII.
NO. 41
CAMDKN. S. C.. I- IUDAY. OCTOBKK I*. 15MM5.
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Occurrences of Interest from
All Over South Carolina
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many items of state news
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A Batch of Live Paragraph* Cover
ing a Wido Range What is Going
On in Our State.
$ General Cotton Market.
im_<ialvcHton, linn.. .. 111-8
Orleans, llrin 11
linn.. % ] 1
?>vannal?, steady 10 11-10
^l A^liarlegton, lirin 10 5-8
^-. ^ilininyton, (inn 10 3-4
jp?:v.;4Jaltinmro, nominal 11
York, qulel 11.40
feJBoston, quiet 11.40
:~.:"rhdadelphia, Hriu.. ' 11 .tffi
Uouhton, steady 111-8
Mwnphis. ttrni. 7 ..11 1-4
Louis, linn 11
p~? ?Louisville, firm 11 ;{-8
Charlotte Cotton Market.
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?0 Thofie prices represent the priees
quoted to wagons; 1,
ftp*food middling 1
? > 6 Strict middlnig 10.50
? Middling 10 .'{-8
Wfy. Stains 8 to D
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Baltimore Produce Market.
Flour steady with business good.
Rye Hour linn, Buckwheat llor steady.
..Corn meal hardy steady. Kyc steady.
Barley steady.
W'hjwjjxN*. 2, red 78 I-'J elevator.
< >()tioiiK closed I-4c. net decline. No.
fev2, red May 84 1-8; Dee. 81 1-2. *
-t Corn, sj)ot easy; No. 2, .*?:? .'{-4 ele
; valor. Options closed l-8c. net low
Jan 40 3-4; May 40 1-2; Dee.
?,.S|)ot steady; mixed 3S 1-2.
Beef firm; family $12.00 to $12.50;
v city extra India mess $10.50 to $17.00.
Cut meats steady. Lurd llrm; Wes
tern prime $0.40 to $0..r>0: refined
Hi in.
,v'? I'ork linn. Tallow linn. Protro
leuru steady. Rosin tirni; strained
- eornmoii' to good $4.25. Turpentine
3~-; linn. Rice quiet, Molasses, linn.
r ?' 1. Coffee, spot Rio steady ; No. 7. in
ioieo .8. 1-4; mild quiet a Futures 5
t
to'15 points higher.
Sugar, raw steady; fair relining
3 1-2; centrifugal 00 test 4; iuolas?es
sugar 3 l-4prelined quiet.
Butter steady, unchanged; receipts
0,363.
Cheese lirnt, unchanged; receipts d,
5.~>4.
Fggs stedy, unchanged; receipts 1,
705. -
Pftauuts quiet, unchanged, freights
easier; grain to Livei*]K>ol l?v steam
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Come Back Home During the Fair.
Columbia, Special?Handsome invi
tations have been issued to the 38th
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annual "Stale fair, about which so
Inuch has been written and (or which
Columbia is now preparing. These
invitations have been sent to promi
nent people in a dozen States and par
ticular attention has been called to
i;' i he great '4 homecoming week." They
'read as follows:
You are cordially invited to attend
the 38th animal South Carolina Slate
lair, which will be held in Columbia
on Oct. .22, 23. 24. 25 and 20, on the
pf--splendid now grounds of the society.
tf.\ '?In connect ion with the ' "(treat Fair
Week" wijl be held the "llomecom
ing Week" for all South Carolinains
: who now live^'Tsewhere. They are ju
?M*vitcd to come home, back to the old
Palmetto Slate, the State we love so
well; cojik' back to see and mingle
|M,\vith the loved ones, to renew thies
rjL that will bind their hearts forever to
J?| (ho land of our Inrtli. Help us to get
nr*"Zthem to come homo. Fair week will
^fjeMtill be "lair week," only better;
t.^lhere will be more exhibits, altt'ac
"rlinns, nmusemeiits, fun, entertainment
S^'than ever before. Come and join us
Sglfa the merry-making. We beg to en
:/A:-?tnso a complimntary ticket for your
Wm*r
BBiHgt (J, A. Guignard,
President.
?! v A. W. l.ove,
,ti: Secretary. '
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?'? Militia Company at Laurens.
Laurens, S. ('., Special.?A loon]
Vfnilita company is to organise here
fflkventy-liv<f men have signified their
^willingness to become members of
ie company. They represent the
>fc*sioual and 'business men of al
every department #of the city,
ihe eompaijy bid$ fair trt be* the
!? of Laurels. The organization
a militia company here at this
is duo in large measure to the
ity and enthusiastic efforts of
I. James II. Traynhain, who seenr
very !avg* !**>( n*mM of
men wliio are lo~ oomposc tbe com-"
in one day. ^
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Kejro Boy Injured. |
Special.?A negro boy who j
I jkercr some time ago With a circus j
on hi* returtt Ihmuo Wednesday
it train a fsw
the trail* was
?T speed,can#
in contact with
le after
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oragn
WEALTHIEST HEIRESS MAmRIES
Wealthier Woman In th>> World is
Wedded to the Man of Her Choice
With Simple Service.
V
Kssen, Prussia. Hy Cable. It) ihe
presence ??r Km|>eror William and
110 guests, Frauleiu Bertha Krupp
and Lieutenant Unstav von Bohlen
nnd Halhaeh were married in a littlu
improvised chapel adjoining (lio
bride's birthplace, I lie Villa Huege).
Tbr wrermmy was performed by
pastor of i lie neighboring village
church, where the Krupp family has I
long worshipped. The Km|xror ?at I
with the family while the simple l,u- |
thcran marriage service was perform* I
ed and then stepped forwartl and eon- j
gratulated' thc'biido and bridegroom, j
Moving the Statute.
Columbia, S. Special. The
Hampton statute will be moved
Thtirsdaj'. ?Everything "has befit )nov- j
ed from the three llat ears for the
base and the monumcnhil work ex- j
cepl the monument itself, whieh will
not be brought up until all is in readi
ness f??r placing it is position, For
this work two specially constructed
wagons will be used and ten mules
will haul the massive piece of bronze
up Lady street to Main and down
Alain to the capitol grounds. The
figure is enclosed in a ease ami has
attracted much attention in" the
freight yards. It will not be taken
out of the ease until it is moved.
Negro Killed by Staget Car.
Kaleigh, N. <Special.?The lirst
vicitm of the Italciglj double track
street car from the State house out
Hillsboro street to the fair grounds
met. his death Sunday night as he
stepped olT the car onto the adja
cent track as the ear on that track
came from an opposite direction, llis
head was fractured iu three places ,
and he died within a Hail.' hour. His
name was .Jordan Chaves, a highly
respected negro iu the employ of \Y.
A. Mercantile company.
Pythians Gather in New OrleanB.
New Orleans, La., Special.?With
1,300 tents pitched at city park track,
the twenty-fourth convention of the
Knights of Pythias and biennial en
campment, uniform rank, began.
Prizes for the drills, the .feature of
the encampment, will be awarded Sat
urday. About 11,000 Knights iu uni
forms are in the tneted. city and
hotels are lilled to the limit with
Pythians and their friends.
North Carolina Coal.
The subject of North Carolina \j
local production has recently received
considerable* attention from the Unit
ed States Geological Survey and is
treated as follows in a summary of
tfcc industry for 1905 made public by
the survey:
There are two areas in North Caro
lina. in which coal occurs. Itoth of
these are found in the trassic forma
tion and are of the sainef ape as the
Richmond coal basin, in Virginia. The
two arcfls are known as the Deep T)au
River Held*, being namuil from two
rivers which drain them. The only
productive beds at present are those
in the Deep river district, in Chat
ham and Moore count ins. For several
years practically all of the production
has been from one mine, the Cumnock
near Kgypt, in Chatham <jounty. The
output has been very irregular and
during the last three years has notu
, bly declined. The 'larg*r*t" production
ui recent years was in IS})!), when 2(>.
K!Ui short tons were mined.
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Fire Does Great Damage.
Columbia, Tenn., Special. ?The
stock yards here together with "115
head of horses and mules, 1,700
bushels of wheat, a (plant ily of oats,
hay and machinery were destroyed
by the tiro Wednesday night. The
loss is $57,000 which is only partly
covered by insurance^ ?N
Nows l^oteR. ,
Reports from Spain tell of a threat
ened rupture between that country
and the Papacy and oLthe withdrawal
of the papal uflfleio from Madrid.
Richard Cokcr, through his attor
ney, is moving for permission to serve
a writ on the Amalgamator Press,
which he has sued for tfamages, de
nied that he had ever received graft
or practiced corruption in politics.
The reunion of Old-Time Telegra
phers in Washington brought together
faniouw mili?ai \ uiwraiora of ilm Civil
War peiod. 7~ i
The propsed Spanish law of asso
ciations contains a number of newc
restrictions as to religions orders.
No fewer than 1# executions after
drumhead court-marshal took place iu
Poland in two days. j
Prattler Stoljrpin has adopted a new
ttytMirti measure against the Con
stittltkmal Deoaoerata. j
The Pieaident received Spanish
War vUrana, OW-Titte TM?wraph?*a
Mr the wholesale dror
.fist's i.
RH. SAM MS is Ml
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Most Widely Known American
Preacher and Lecturer
DEATH f ROM HEART FAILURE
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Noted Revivalist and Lecturer Dies ?f
Heart Disease in Sleeper at Early
Hour While Passing Through Ar
kansas en Route to Cartersville,
Ga., to Attend Family Reunion on
His 09th Birthday?Complained of
Nausea, Drank a Glass of Hot Wa
ter and Fell Back, Dying?Wife and
Daughters With Him.
Litiltt Kork, Ark.. SjM'eial.?TIiun
Ilo'v. Sam 1'. Jones, the well-known
evangelist, ol' Cartcrsvillc, < <a.. died
early Monday of heart di-ease in :i
sleeping car on <?'???? No. "1 <>f ifit*
Hock Island Railroad near Perry,
Ark. Mr. .limes l^yd been conduct injr
a most sueeossl'ul it* viva I al Oklalfdma
City, 1. T., an?v hd't iliere Sunday
night for his nome in Georgia. 'He
desired to attend a family reunion it
beiiif* the anniversary of his
birth.
Mrs. Jones and Itis two daughters,
Mrs. Annie Pyrou and Miss Julia
Jones, were with him wIipii lie passed
away.
jtfr. Jones arose from his berth in
the sleeper about ?"? o'clock and com
plained of nausea, lie drank a j;lass
of hot water and immediately after
wards collapsed.
Rev. Wall. Ibdcoinh. who had been
associated with Mr. Jones for a num
ber of years, took the dyinj*' man in
his arms and in a few minutes the
evangelist readied lus last. The
body was embalmed and was .sent to
fOartersville.
Life of Mr. Jones.
Hev. Sam P. Jones was liorn in
Chambers county, Ala., Oct. 1 (?. 1887,
and was roared in Cartersville, Bar
tow county, Oa., where lie resided sit
the time of liis death. His father,.
Captain John J. Jones, was a law
yer of note in Georgia, distinguished
for his intelligence and integrity,
soeial qualities and consistent, piety.
He prepared his son for the legal
profession, which he entered in early
manhood with the fairest prospects
and promises of success.
After a life of wildness and social
excesses his father's death-bed be
came the scene of his reformation
and in October;' 1872, ill atlaula, (la.,
he was received on trial in the North
Georgia conference of the M. K. '
church. South. This step astonished
his friends, who did noi/JfeTn",V<^ be
could ever succeed in fhe ministry.
His fir^t appointment wan the Van
wort circuit, in Hurto and I'olk coun
ties, Oa., Which lu; served three years.
In 187(5 he was sent to Desoto cir
cuit, where he remained I wo years.
In 1880 he was appointed agent of
the North Georgia Conference Or
phan's Home, when the home was iui
der great financial ?embarraissmoTTl.
He not only relieved the home from
debt and saved it from financial ruin
but raised money and erected addi
tional buildings, put the institution
upon a career of greater usefulness
and prosperity.
Since that time he has been engag
ed in evangelistic work, having held
revivals in all parts of America, from
Washington to San Francisco and
from the Lakes to the Gulf. 1 lis
| power ovfr men was marvellous and
his power over vast assemblies phe
nomenal. He despined the mere arts
ot oratory, lull possessed the elo
quence of earnestness and action, the
fire and glow of passion, the surprises
of thought, which, expressed in the
language of the shop and the Held
and illustrated by the common facts
of life, made him the most sensation
al preacher who ever stood in an Am
erican, pulpit.
l! is safe to say that no other man
in America was more popularly
known and extensively recognized
than Sam Jones. For thirty-live
years lie has been constantly before
the American people, speaking all
over the country. He was known far
and wide, and was j'TKi as successful
in his efforts in one part of the
land as any other.
There was n?\ limit to his energies,
lie would speirk in one state one
day and in aumher the next, lie
traversed the entire country in his
tours.
As. an evaugelist he was successful
and had the power to attract men by
the sheer force of his personality.
As a public spj^ker he was even
more jtnec-c-saful. ^Ie was able io
command a monumental salary. On
the American stage he held a unique
position which has never been ap
proached.! ^lle Was witty, sarcastic
and denunciatory, and yet his moat
"Miter satire wasrefisned even by
those at whom it was aimed. He
was peWctly understandable and
none but he could demrai*> in term*
so bold and so unmistakable the pre
vailing evils the d%y and the par
ticular individuals engaged in any
unholy traffic. *
His death will cause universal sad
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MO COOLIES DlfoWHED
OR BURNED TO HEATH
Passengers on Blazing Ship at
Hongkong Jump Into Flames.
FIRE HORROR ON THE HANKOW
Ml K?ir??|K'tiiix Huved, l'liH-inn in Night
ltubui,?i^uul u? w ?
Who Have Ih-clari'il I(?>>'???(l oh ?
British Itiver Houls.
Hongkong, British China. Hud
dled together like sheep, more lliiiu |
1'iOrt Chinese steerage passengers,
fli ' majority women, lost their livy*.
in (lie burning of the stcankihip >
Hankow at her wharf here.
All mean* of i'Htn|)e. for tlioui ps
rut off l^v the Haines, which enveloped
the vessel flvn minute* after the
alarm was givrn.
Tlw tries of the native passt -tigers
wen* h?t?rtre?tdiupr, and repeated ef
forts were made to rescue them, but
without success. An attempt was
oven made to scuttle the vessel, in
order thut the imprisoned steerage
passengers might escape. the more
horrildo death of being burned.
Tin1 steamship Hankow arrived
early in the morning from Canton,
briuuinic seven Kuropeau passengers, 1
200U Chinese in the steerage and a
cargo of (iOO bales of maltiuu, r?t;o
bales ot faw silk and 100 bales of
waste silk. By H o'clock sin; was
moored at her wharf.
Hardly had she been made fast
when the chief officer reported to J
Captain Branch thai she was on fire !
The cantaiu directed the chief en- j
glneer to turn^n the water through
the lire hose, btir*%?*te.rAJJ.t. could be
transmitted the ship was a mass of
flames.
Captain Hranch himself went lo the
staterooms of the European nassen
ge.s and awakened them. The lire I
Spread so ritnidly that the European J
passengers rushed from their state- (
rooms and ufi the boat in ninht
clothes.
Because of the groat heal and the
Inflammable cargo the Hankow be
came a veritable firebox. The crew
saved themselves by jumping over- ,
board.
The Chinese steerage nanseugers
were thrown into n tvlnhtfal panic.
Some of those who gained the deck
rushed baok into the vesseh .while
others jumued overboard, But. firtv
of those who^Jumned'overboard were
saved. Tt?ose who find Into the steer- j
aue were burned or suffocated by the
smoke and Intense heat.
The BHt'^h cruiser Flora signalled
the naval dock vnrds of the lire, and
engines and other assistance were
sent to th<- burning venwel. Both the
land and HouHnj; brigades of firemen j
made great efforts to extinguish the
flames, b?t in vain.
After the ves?*?M had been burning
about an hour Oovernor Nathan and i
his staff arrived, and at his sueeres- !
Hon an attorn nt was made to scuttle >
the ship. The cries of the imprisoned
steerage i>??son?rers could still be,
he?rd. The atfeinnt. was a failure.
The ve?*n] burned until 0 o'clock, |
at which time onlv the hull remained. '
The firemen betran the work of re
coveries;- the de?d, and after a few
minutes pfive?tv-flvo cornnes were j
taVen out. Manv of tlje dead were I
o?>lv sH*hf.lv hnrned, having died of
suffoeatfon. whtlo others wore charred
bevond redefinition. 1
Tlw? -? > * .-.TT
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Hon of ^eo hales of raw silk, badly
damaged by water, was destroyed.
WHOI.K FAMIliY MVUIlEltED.
TatMother ntid Tliw><> Children
Sl'iln i?n a Vtonri in Missouri.
Snr)n?flnH, Mo. ?? V?wb of the
murder of th? fnmilv of Ravnov Par
gnnw ? It 0 f>?thor;4ni Other OUd throe
f'?ililvpn ? ne?i*^Ttoi?s'on, ^ town r?v
onlv piiMa' oast of SwjnflfiMrl, hns
rcflfibpil b/i'n. .To-la Hamilton. w'ui
ji; |'0"0''Mu <0 ]<rvn roll to tho
)uurf'"r*?. js la th<> Houston ?j>il
gnn liv ji of to pro
ve"' n r>n?>(| Ivnchlnt;,
P;irsons, wl>n wen a farmer, sobl
J>ta f.|0">s >o ^?m(IIOtl. A
fo'Jo\vp?' th" hi!p. As Pnrfft'ts *>nd
liis fpmUv <vr?fn dHv*nts homo t.hov
were hv tho mnnl?>*or,
jvrmorl wii'i n u'l'iNfiin, Ho ?hot ''nr
sons, who fo>? to <h? ??ro"Ud: Hnm?
IIidh ehih'^'1 Mru with t'ir? hiitt of
(he ?;?"??. TT'? |V><in rlnWipd the a'oth
p)' PI)'! to ''<">nth, aftor whjph
lin net 1 ho ho'ti^s In 1hr> wnvon. look
Ihftivi lo P't p)n?n> Cr,,al<, and throw
tbnni into t?tf. creelc. where fishermen
?found thorn.
M'AV ritl'IMFH 1i%UNrilRT?.
Tli" Xovth rnvn'f'i'i Vnmoil hv Gov
prnni' (?'on?'? T>u?*"liter.
Newport News. V?.?The new ?>nd
powerful arrnororl cnleer NorthuCnr
ottna wps sn^e^snf>?1 Jv iHunohrnl from
Jtho yards of h<*r h"i'''"r8, the New
port. News Shlnbulhlino: and Dry
Doric Comnony, In (ho oresence of
10,000 nponlo. The shin's snonsor
was Miss Hrth?kah WMHams Glenn,
daughter of Governor R. TV Glenn, of
North Carotin*. Tho Governor was
present with his s|afr and an eScdrC
of tiromJuont North Cnrolln'ms.
The la^nrh is; was attended by
Rear-Admiral Berry, a largo number
of naval officers, and officers of the
Italian cruiser Fieramosca.
Milliner llninMl to Death.
- A Wre which swept-th*-Utile town
of C'hecotah, I. T., burned to death
Mrs. Strother, r. milliner.
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Xrarly Killed WI?He l>rlvJn* a Nail.
The explosion of * HotchklM rapid
Ore can shell, which he had secured
aa a souvenir, Nearly killed Henry
Oeefetd,an actor, at Cincinnati, while
.he was driving a nail with it.
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Ksrthweet Cerrala liijaitd.
'' Cereal erop reperta are rather b#t?
tar, threshln* having been renamed
at the Northwest. where oaalltv h?n
been Injared.
RIOT AT .FRENCH RACES
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Paris Mob Sacks and Burns Bet
ting Booths.
Troops < '(tiled to Kesloiv t^lilef
.Many IVimhik Injured?<iitsolim
pen
ffllean.
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From Autos Marts Fire*.
Pari*.- There were violent public
denionstrations at tho Lougchamps
ffiFo tom.se in eonseijiunee of an un
satisfactory start In the Free HairM
tap. The trouble culminated In
riots, pillage and incendiarism.
There woro six races on the card,
and two wore run without incident.
Ihe flag foil for tho Free I{11 n?
Nino started and four, in
cluding the favorite, remained at the
post owluk to a misunderstand in or.
Amid a terrific uproar a rani; ou4>
sider wou
The spectators in a ram1 broke
down the harriers, invaded the track,
demanded tljo return of thuir hot*,
surrounded tho bookmakers' booths,
chased out the cashiers and seized
the money.
Attempts to restore order wore in
vain, the small force of nolice pres
ent being Inadequate. The crowd's
linger ? increased and men b?v?nn
breaking chnlrs and throwing <hein
on tho track.
Then a rougher element raided
some automobiles standing near the
grand stands, seized their petroleum,
sprink *d the booths, a largo, wooden
hulldlnu belonging to tho bookmak
ers, and other woodwork, and wot
thom afire.
The firemen woro helpless, as the
water hose bud been cut.
The authorities then telephoned
to Mont Valerlon for assistance and a
strong body of troops wore sent on
the double oulek. Tho soldiers
tinallv cloared tholuclosnre by charg
ing, but tho betting structures had
burned to the ground.
S|ttty arrests were made ami many
policemen and rioters were Injured.
A large force of troops remained
on duty throughout thu night, at both
the Longchainps and Autouil courses.
KAtftttR'K STOllY or-V 1URMAKCK.
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May Publish Own Version of Feud in
Answer to tlolienlolic Memoir*.
TyCrttdon.?Eurooe continues to be
absorbed In tho Hohenlohe memoirs.
Their revelation of Intimate con ver
nations and jllptomatlc Intrigues has
so astounded politicians In Berlin
that, it is suggested that the publica
tion of the memoirs constitutes part
of a jftot of the Kaiser's enemies to
undermine his influence and discredit3
him in the eyes of flermanv. There
has "long been gossin of dissatisfac
tion with bis po'ley In many oxnltod
quarters of the Empire.*
Dispatches from Horlln renrosent,
his Majesty's rasce over the indiscreet
baring of socrots as being absolutely
Indescribable. One correspondent as
sorts'that the Kaiser has been com
piling his own version of his fond
with Prince Bismarck, and nosslbly
his reply to the memoirs will tako
the form of the publication of this
and his own accounts <>f fVttier mat
ters narrated In the memoirs, some of
which V?ave deer?\?.;olfended the courts
of St. Petersburg andXdtidon.
KFIXIOD 6N FOOTIIALL FIKLI).
Cliarlcfi F. Snnliim, of Mori'lMtoun,
flrcnks Ills Nock.
Morristown. N. J.?In an oflTort. to
tackle an oononont in a football
Ka?no between tho Morri?<own School
and thfl Morristown Hluh Pobool.
Charlos Fj, Sur^am, ri?h<. half-ba^k
on tho latter team, broke lifk nook.
Hp ?ii*?rl afterward in ? ho hospital
ward of the Morristown Se.hnol. Hur
dam waB nint-tppu vp?r? old and an
only son of Soth S. Hurdani, of the
Morristou'n Jorsflvman.
A goal had just bo*?n kicked bv th<rF
blfirh school. making tho sroro G to 0.
With five minutes to nlav baforo tho
sooond half. <*?" latter t?ani klokorl
off. whon Surrtani started down tho
flop' for a taoklo fo inado a nlnnire
at tho nlaynr wi?h the ball but
him and foil to tho around
on lil? bond and Khoubiers. Hi* neck
was broken.
TAFT l'AHTV SUI.S FOJt HOME.
Secretary'* Cjvcat Work in Quelling
Cuban Trouble.
Havana, Cuba.? Secretary of War
Taft. and As*I??tant Hor-reiary of State
Raoon sailed from Havana for New
port Knwjt on tho baM|osMt> T,ouis
iana. With thotn sniWl Mrs. Taft
and Mrjl. Ra con. The battloshin
Virginia stoartied out. in the wnko of
the T,ouis<?na. carrvlng General
Funston. Tb'o hatUoshin Npw Jersov
comnlofftd tho ho mow yu*b^*T)o fn**L
squadron
Jiidce Mfidoon. who is now Provis
ional Oovornor of CV'ba.-ft^oomnani^d
Mr. Taft and Mrs. llaeon to the bat
tloshin in a launch.
Cuba has ontirolv rosumed her
normal condition. Tho formers have
reinrnod to work and biisfTf>w^^ls
coin? on as usual. The opposing aN*
inies have disbanded.
HrRRlCANK IX COSTA HICA.
91125,000 I>amngo Done to llubber
and Kanana Crops! ^
New Orleans, La.?A Uvfreless men
sago from illuefields, Nicaragua, to
tho Times-Democrat says that a hur
ricane in the neighborhood of Port
Ivimon,-Costa- Rica. has done--#
000 damage to rubber and banana
crops, betides other property damage.
v. ?
New Command Given Fiuutoa.
General Frederick Funston has
bee* promoted, to be commander of
the Southwest Division, United State*
Army, witfe bead quartern at St. Lottia.
Ha wUI take command Immediately.
: . ? ? ?
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Collected 979,1
" At tho annual
Cbrtaitaa and M
Dr. WmoMii Mll*rt
tmtjr-two a
* ?me 1 ? ? ? ???????* w
MANY CHINESE SMUGGLED IN
immigration Authorities Studying
the System.
VeWfnuiHllaud iiikI Caiiailn the I Ma ton
I riiin Which < Itinamen Vic Scut
Acio.s* I lie Holder?llig Trallie.
Washington, l> f' -Newfoundland
us a base of operations lor. suillg- .
gling Chinoe into tho United Stales,
In violation of tin inimigrution hiwa,
is to havo Hie spatial attention of Hut
immigration authorities, in view of
the capture of the Chinamen brought
into Providence on tho schooner
Frolic tho other day.
For several mouths past tho immi
gration officials have hail reason to
believe that smugglers of Chinese
were unusually busy at that point,
and that (lie Anilities were holnc
brought there on the thoory that
thev could thus bo sneaked into the
United States wlili greater onso than
elsewhere, slnco the Amerles n ofli
cluis along the Canadian land border
have proved themselves so vigilant
and since Canada has made tho head
tax on every chinaman brought into
that country $f>un.
Couimissioner-Cienoral Sargent re
gards the capture of the Chinamen
as an important picco of work, and
is prepared to direct a most rigid in
vestigation of the circumstances in
connection with their smuggling In.
Though the bureau has had long ex
perience with the "ways that are
dark" of the Chinese in their at
tempts to get into the United Slates
without proper authorization, and
has Intercepted many of ihem both
on tho Northern and Southern bor
ders in all sorts of disguises, the re
cent attempt of bringing them in on
a yacht to N?nv England ports is re
garded as one of the most daring ef
forts to. circumvent -the law over
made.
The department Is anxious to de
termine whether theoxpeflition of the
Frolic is part of a well organized sys
tem bv which Newfoundland is used
as a centro of activities for shipping
Chinamen into the United States In
large numbers, and if so to prevent
any future efforts of the kind. Most
of the attempts to smuggle in Chi-?|
neso have been made on the Pacillc
coast of Canada, where the officials
had great trouble in breaking up the
trade, hut succeeded in doing so by
alertness on tho part of tlio' agents
and by an arrangement with the
steamship companies which requires
that Chinese brought to Vancouver
destined for the .Unitef) States must
be brought, under borfd and deliv
ered to Immigration oflleers at tho
ports of entry. There la reason to
believe that the Chinamen on the
Frolic were brought from Liverpool
across tho Atlantic Instead of by the
Pad lie route, 'U.nd In this case It is
believed an arrangement may be dis
closed whereby regular shipfhents
are being made to Newfoundland
with smugglers operating from that
point as a sourco of supply.
IIRI1>10 <'IIIFF IX A TILMJKDY.
Shoots Dying Husband and Kills Her
self "to Kml It All."
Liberty, Mo. ?: Wedded only Ave
days, Jesse Webb^'son of a wealthy
farmor near here, lies dying with ft
bullet wound through his breast, and
his brldo Is dead with a.shot through
her heart. The tragody was wrougtfi
by a pistol in the hands sf the young
worr\an herself.
The couplo resolved to die together
after a physician told Webb he was
hopelessly stricken with tuborcujosls.
In an ante-mortem statement the
young man said: "Nellie cried and
told me she could not live without
me, and I told her I thought it
would be better to end It all." For
a minute the bride seemed dazed by
the suggestion. "Hut suddenly her
face cleared,*' ran the bridegroom's
statement, "and she said, 'It is tlie
better way, .lease. I cannot bear to
see you <ile slowly, and we'll botl)
die together/ "
Webb wanted to take tho pistol,
but bis wife Insisted on firing the
shots. Th'-y were together in tho
parlor of tho now farmstead which
was a wedding prcseht. from the
young man's father. Mrs. Webb held
tho rovolvor close to her husband's
left breast, but the* bullet was de
flected by a bone from tho heart.
The moment the.man struck the
floor Mrs. Webb killed ' herself. In
falling her body upset a table, which
was spread with wedding gifts of sli
ver and cut glass. The shots were
heard by men passing the house irt' n
hugsjv, and rushing in they found
tho bride dead and the bridegroom
dying. The doctors say Webb cann*t
recover.
K?I(ilIT KNI)S IN DEATH PLUNGE.
in:; Youlhs Fall Four Stories
tn Open Window.
Clovoland?*%^jlo.?\yhile engaged
in n ;ile two yb*4UB/men fell &rom
*Qe fourth story o^rthe Lake Shore
railroad office bulling, and.?clutchod
in each other's armsrWero hurled to
ihnir death on tbo pavement. >
Thf? dend ^ncn ycrt^Jr V. Bents,
aged thirty, and Harry Wilfred, aged
seventeen years. Both were clerks
In tho employ of the Lake Shore Rail
road. They renewed an t>ld quarrel
over a girl and while fighting tutLbled
through tho open window. During
their fall, In which their bodies ere
hurled over ana,oyer iigsin, neither
of the men relaxed the detftb-llko
grasp he had maintained from the
beginning of the scuffle.
Gfsrnl A?wsty i? Cuba.
Charles fi. Magoon, late Governor
of i)te Panama canal tote, who will
Mr. Taft aa Piwrtaloul Oo*i
_ Cabs, Mrs. Tattand Mrs.
bm amvM H Htvm. Oct*
2
News and Note*.
flip World 's ('onfciviM'O of tb^iW,
C. T. I . iii?-Iii<lint4' r<'pio*cnlativeH
from more than thirty eonnlricH> will
meet in I>ohlon, .MjiKs., i)c(<jIh'I' 3 7
2'>.
fu?urral Kuustun i* to b? sttpetced
ed in tin* rliicf military command iu
Cuba by lien. .1. Franklin Jlell, ami
wilt" b'avi* Havana nitli Tat't next
Sal ui'tlay.
Proverbs and Phrai<pa.
'1*1 u* jM'utlncc nl' the b?-Ht or heads is*
often ?If I ?*.? tI by t ln? best of hearts.
Health i I In' uio.sl admirable mani
festation nl tight living.- Humboldt.
~,7?? <util In ni l breaks bad fortune,?
I'Voia I be Spanish,
The s\ a> i>? heaven id by weapiug
cross. From the Herman.
IT yon |>itll imi* pit? by tbo tail, ail
the r?*si will Ki(m'ul. From the Dutch
Make, 3'oursc'li' honey and the flies
will devour you/ From the Italian.
.....To. be.. yom mended hy--thoHH~-M4h>
might blame wit bout foar ^ives great
pleasure. ?AgesilauK.
Il?* who ?loos what bo likea, doe*
not what lit- ought. I'Vout the fchipn
isl,.
Constant com plaints novor get
pity. -From tbo Herman.
Ho wlio is a donkey and believe*
himself a doer liitils out bis mistake
at tbo, leaping of tbo ditch,?From
tlu> Italian. , \ u
That folly of old ago which is crtll
oiI dortugo is peculiar to silly old
men, not to age Itself.?Oieoro.
Reflections of a Bachelor.
Men dislike to blame themselves
for their own faults, so thoy blame
women for theirs.
A man's conscience troubles him
less than the fear of being caught
at it. ' Ko. 42-'9o.
) NTKIUCKTI N<J CONTEST.
Heavy Cost of Unpaid Postage.
Quo of tho most curious contests
?Tor boforo tho public was conducted
by many thousand persons undor tho
ofTor of tho l'ostum Cereal Co., Ltd.
of Uattln Creek, Mich., for prizes of
31 boxes of gold and 300 tfroo&backs -
to thoso making the moat word# out
of the totters Y-I-O-Grape-Nuts.
Tho contont was started in Febru
ary, 1906, and it was arranged to
have the prizes awarded on Apr. 30.
1906. ,
Whon the public announcement
appeared many persons _ began to
form the word* from these letters, "i
sometimes the whole family being ??
occupied evenings, a combination of
amusement and oducatlon. ?''
After a while thb lists began to
come in to the Postum Office, and be
fore Jong the volume -grew until It
required wagojs to carry the mail.
f![anjrfc4.0f th0 ponteatants <? were
thoughtless enough to send their Mats
with insufficient postage and for)a
period it cost the Company from
twenty-live to flfty-dight and sixty <
dollars a day to pay the unpaid post-.
- ?
Young ladles, generally those whd '
. ?ra<lu?ted from tho high school.
Were employed%o ejamlne these lists
and count the corr&t wordp. Web
ster's Dictionary was the standard;
and each list was very carefully cor
rected, except those which fell below
8000, for it soon became clear that ~
nothing below that could win. gorao
of the lists required the" work of a
young lady for a solid week on each
individual list. Th? work was done *
vory carefully and accurately, but
tho Company had no idea, at the tfmo
tho offer was made, that the people
would respond so generally, and they
were compelled to fill every available
space in the offices with these young
lady examiners, and notwithstanding'
they worked steadily, it was Impossi
blo t(j^qmpleto the examination until
Sept. TF, ovar six months after the
prizes should have been awarded.
This dolay caused a great many -
Inquiries and naturally created some
dissatisfaction. It has been thought
best to make this report in practi
cally, all of the newspapers in the
United States and many of the maga
zines in order to make clear to (he
people the conditions of the contest.
Many lists contained enormous,'
numbers of words w^lclT^nder the
rules, had to be eliminated. "P?g
Ker" would count, "Poggers" would
not. Some lists contained over 50,
0 00 words, tho great majority of
which were cut out. The largest
lists were checked bver two and In
some cases tkree times to insure ac*
curacy
The f 100.00 gold prizf was won by
I*. D. Reese, 1227-16th St.. Denver, ?
Colo., with 9941 correct words. Tho
highest $10.00 gold prise went ta A.
K. Fraser, Lincoln, Pa., *itb 9921
correct words.
A complete list of the 351 winners
with their homo addresses will bo
sent to any contestant enquiring on
? postal card. $ "" ^
Be euro and give name and ad
clearly. -
Thli cuatut has wi the Co.
thousand" dollars, an'dT*
aot bote a prefltabfead
?sr?ihialaas,
Mvtr Hhw trM
bare bebfla
shown i
in. m
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