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VOLUME XVII. ? CAM DION, S. C.. FRIDAY. <)( TOHIOK 25. I <)<)<;. N( >. 42. Occurences of Interest From AM Oyer South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraph* Cover ing a Wide Range?What ia Going On iu Our State. General Cotton Market. Ottlvfiuton lirm 11 1-4 New Orleans steady .....11 11-8 * Mobile steady 10 16-10 favannah steady 11 Charleston firm 10 7-8 .Wilmington firm 11 7-8 Norfolk Arm ' 11 3-10 Baltimore nominal tl 5-8 New York <lull 11.25 Boston dull 11.25 H??u*ton easy 11 II-10 Aygusta steady 11 3-10 Ntfwnphis steady 11 1-2 SA. liOui? steady 11 1-2 Louisville firm 11 14! Charlotte Cotton Market. The*# prices represent th?>p rices quoted to wagons: ?* Good middling 11.15 Strict middling ;... .11 Middling 11 Middling ..11 Stains 8 l?sJ'to 0 .1-2 Baltimore Produce Market. Baltimore, Oct. 22.- KlouV steady, unchanged. Wheat, tinner; spot contract 75 1-4 K, 75 1-2; No. 2, red Western 80 to .10 1-2; Oct. 75 1-4 to 75 1-2. t'orn firm; spot 52 5-8; Oct. 52 '1-8 In 52 5-8; Southern whin* corn 54 to 56. Oats pniftt; No. 2, white .'58 .'{-4 to 39 1-4^No. 3, white 37 3-4 to 38 1-4; g-No. 2, mixed 37 to 37 1-2. M Kye firm; No. 2, Wcd^^ export 1 to 67; No. 2, Westei^Wlomestic 2 to 73. Butter steady and unchanged; fancy imitation 21 to 22;*do cream PT'y 27^6728; store packed 10 1-2 to 18 Kgfes firm 24c. ^hees active and unchanged; large 5-8; mediifm 13 7-8; small 14 1-8. Sugar steady and unchanged. 1 Want to Secede From Berkeley County. g. , (Jovernor Heyward lias been asked to order an election to determine whether or not 36 square nriles of the "eoiiniy of Berkeley shall not be an ?-nexed to Dorchaster County. A peti tion wbb presented to his excellency and sfates that-the citizens of Ber keleyt in the section desiring to secede have complied wit hall of the consti . lutional requirements,' that Berkeley county will not have its population reduced below 15,000, that the lines do not run through any incorporated $own or city and that the remaining ' area of Berkeley is over 500 square miles, all of which is required under r. the constitution. No action lias been taken on the matter yet, but it is luuderstood that the people wish to E-vote On it-at the general election, and soon as the governor returns he " will cohsider the petition, K... -? Militia Officers Elected. v lafturnes, Special.?At av meeting of e members erf the newly formed ititia campany - here, Mr. Oscar W. lib was elected captain; Mr. W. R. hey, Jr., first lieutenant; Mr. R. Babh, second lieutenant; l)r. Isa Schayer, surgeon. Other offi wil be named later. The com is to be known as the "Trayham ij; honor of J. H. Tl'ayham, has been very active in getting' ? company. l*ell From Steeple. ion, Special.?Charlie Jones, a carpenter, fol from a church 53 feet high and was instant id late Thursday afternoon in int motion rf the county. He tst put the finishing touches to when, steping on the platform Igcd downward, his neck being His body was brought hero ial. til Refinery Chartered. sretary of state has charter* irolina ^Cotton Oil and Re xjxy of this city. Mention few days sgo of the or of . this enterprise, which formed to develop the refin >n se$d products in this offices of the company lumbia aud a reituery .formerly used by the itic Oil company, will be ition. Mr. Fred O. Brown is prcjudent; J. T. Ste-. ?w hi vice president; J. j tiartrtvillf, secretary. >rj's treasurer. r. Floyd biuid. r. J.-T. Floyd r or tlie Southern rail happened to a pe . , While attending to ? ^ - .. W SThTE HAS BOHROWED LESS iigh L??y For 1905 Brought Much Mouey Iu?High Valuation Will Bring in More. The State of South Carolina w ill ?we les* at th<* end of this .war than u many previous years. Under the 'aw only $50,000 run be borrowed n one year to meet debt* that are con tracted and cannot be met by the tax money received. I'p to this year tlie Milj amount htta hud iu l>u obtained iVom banks in the Norl.lt. but tliis ?iiue only M) was borrowed, vvhieh means a considerable Having in interest. The reduction can be partly account '<1 for by the ruise in the tax levy in 100."> which was Hie money used ibis year. For the present year I be levy was put back at its former llg ure and until the returns from the auditors commence I?> come in it was thought that next year would mean thiil the State would have to go back to the old way and borrow the full amount in 1007. The returns, however, indicate an q01)?U|?A 01) l Ut OHUOJJUl SUOUI.IOUJ of property and when all I lie counties arc heard from there a^e indication* that business may be conducted on a cash basis next year. Two returns received by the comptrolled general showed increases of 12 and 15 per eent. respectively. The total valuation iu Lexington 'af all "property for lilt).") was $4.101. t>05 and for 1900 is $4,818,054, a pain -)f $024,28y. In Aiken county, wIkmc the assess ments huve always been high, the val uation of property in 1905 was $9, 120,740 and for i900. $10,202,842. a ^aiii of $1,130,108. Other counties have shown pains fully as great, especially in the J'ec Dee section of the Stale, where, it is said, the land has always been plac at a low valuation up to the present year. The tact that the State did not provide a Hexible levy as advocated by the comptroller general, prevented even fuller returns, but the start has been made in the right direction, and there is a general desire on the part of county auditors to abide by the resolutions adopted at their conven tion here Inst year, when it. was de cided to rigidly enforce the law. He turns are not yet made at the full talue, but it is thought that with changes recommended in the tax laws this can eventually .be done and all property cpualizcd.?Columbia State. True Bill Returned. (irecnvillc, Special.?In the United States court here a true bill was found on an indictment charging Sheriff^ Jennings of Pickens with allowing certain federal prisoners to escape from his jail. The ease will not lie. tr^ed at this term. It is pointed out by the sheriff's friends that he did not actually allow his prisoners * to escape, but gave them the freedom of the jail premises, which, the courts have decided, can be constructed as an "escape.!' The practice of treat petty federal offender* pretty much as free people has been common in the upper counties in past years, it is said, but Judge Kruwley is dor lug his best to bring about a change. Sheriff Limehouse Suspended. The law0requires the Governor to remove from otllee any sheriff indict ed by a grand jury for malfeasance in ofhee without wailing on the result of the trial,"and in the'ea^e of Sher iff Limehouse, of Dorchester, indict ed this Week by bis grand jury for allowing a negro to be laktfntToTn him and hanged, this will l)\ done. The Governor is merely waiting to be ollieially notified of the indictment before {ssuing '4hc order removing Limehouse. Three Negro Women Drowned Beaufort, S. Special?A small ferryboat jjilyini" between Beaufort and Ladies' Island, swamped during the storm vrilh nix men and four Women, all jiogroes, on board. Three women were drowned. A skiff from a piloj boat anchored in the ^trcahi, in charge of Tom Washington, a ne gro sailor, rescued tl? other passeng ers at considerable risk. \ Child Drinks Carbolic Acid. Richmond, Special.?Five-flteaiwdd Charlie Howard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C\ Howard, West Leigh street, drank two ounces of carbolic acid thinking it was his whooping cough medicine. Dr. R. Lester Hudgins, of the City Hospital, said there is lit tle chance of his recovery. The coujjh nwdtetfift and the acltT I?r bottles very much alike, had been left on a tabic in the Bitting mom. Mrs. Howard left the boy alone in the room with medicine. A few minutes after Waving she heard the boy groaning and found him?writhing upon^ th floor. By Wire and OaUi. Receiving $5,000 reward for the cap ture of Paul O. Stmdnd, the Chica go TriboM.,turned it Over to the hank which StenaUujl flieehW. tin uouee of. the "myteriip. '^Lbm M SUnd.rJ Oil 0ta> pan? eras argued and ie expected t? a#?'iaAh*jmr*. OPENING OF THE STATE EAIR Governor Hey ward's Welcome to Homecomers. Columbia, Sj>ecial. -The State Fair opened Tuesday under very favorable auspices. Governor I ley ward issued the following proclamation to home comers : To I he Hom^-t '? niiei s : Smith Carolina's children have been her richest jewels. When the *Mato was piiM(rate nitil hei tWnflketi mi<l forgotten resources were waiting to he touched into wealth h\ the electric watul of enterprise, even in such a condition of poverty as Col lowed the most destructive war in this nation's history. South Carolina could point with pride to her children and say "These are inv jewels.'' now that the old stale is "low ing great ami ever greater in ihe world of industry and commerce, she longs to have all of the jewels which for the time were takejj from her by States then of buuminyly larger pros perity. '' [ want hack my jewels if hut for a day," says the prond old mother vState, and in her hehalf, Home-Comers, 1 hid you welcome. Look around you at the evidences ol' prosperity in every nook of the Stale?as typified in the prosperity and advancement of our beautiful*'1 capital city?ami I am sure that you will say that old Smith Carolina is fhe best State of them all. To the State fail- we owe much. It afforded the opportunity ,lor Car olinians to ^atlicr in the dark days of the war's aftermath and from l lie elbow touch ami contael of spirit of those days the people of South Carolina have builded a strong gov ernment and today* we are n prond and happy people. \ isit the Stale fair, see the evi dences of achievement, and I hope that your only discontent will he be cause you have noj remained with us throughout. ? D. <'. Tley ward. Governor. Mayor Gibbes' Welcome to Home Comers. To Our Visiting Friends: In behalf of the citizens of Colum bia "I extend to our visiting friends a most hearty welcome to our city this week ami I know that every man, woman and child join.-* me in wish and hope t.iat your stay will be one of enjoyment and pleasure. Our doors are open to you ijnd no keys are necessary?we have thrown them away?and it shall be our pleasure to add to yours in every way we can. The weather prophet has- promised good weather; lie is a little unreliable, but we are trusting him with lots of faith, so we hope for, and promise you, Ihe verv best. T. 11. Gibbes. _ Mavor. THE STORM " AT CHARLESTON Orapnic Story of Damage Wrought By the Wind and the Wave at That City. The Charleston correspondent of the Columbia State gives the follow in*' interesting account. of the dam age done hv the rccenf storm there: "A force of men was put. t<? work Sunday t?? elear the streets ??i the trees and branches, poles ant^ broken Venecs and debris, whicji littered the pavements. The sound of llie axees and hammers did not seem like a Sunday. The linemen were also busv repairing I lie wires. Between 800 and 1.0(H) telephones are on) Of op eration as a result of (lie storm. 4'On 'tin* seashore division of the Consolidated Railway company 72 jmles were blown down and V the springing: nf the ^raw of the long bridee from Mount lMeasant to Sul livan's Island prevented the opera tion of the line on the morning: and midday trip of the ferry. "Two houses in Atlautieville, the more exposed upper jwrtion of Sulli van's Island, were blown down.' The tide rose, so high Mhat the waters of the oeean and the creek behind Sul livan's Island met during the night, covering the island. Many of the res idents who had hastily deserted their homes returned to the island Sunday. "Carpets and furniture on the first floor of not a few homes have been ruined with salt water and will have to be pumped out. "Along Kast and South Battery, the fashionable section of the city, the waves shot, over the sea walls Saturday night in great volumn?, presenting a thrilling and grand view which was witnessed by many pevple. who donned rubber suits and old elothtes. More venturesome men amused themselves by standing on the sea wall and being swept by the wind and waves from the wall to the inside she11 beautiful part .at the continence of the two rivers.' s ' Negroes Warned to Leave. j Spartanburg, 8. C.f Special.?A re- j pert f*om Jonvsvilte, Union county/ ?ays tMt a proclamation baa been posted in thai town warning all worthless aiAl indolent negroes, male and to leave immediately,, -Abesr hBant tn do so to be followed hy drastic measures. TTis said there ,is no excitement, Vnt these who caused the ^notices tp^he posted are ^ivnoiaci / *?? - HUMOREDS ENGULFFO BY BiG TlOflL WAVE Whole Population o? Elliott's Key Swept to Instant Ds?tli. DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO IN CU3A Storm 'vllls Many on Vessel*. < ?fi | lor i<l??l?i I'd( Havoc in Havana?~ Salvador ?s Devastated?l)iiinu)t(> liiralfiiliililc?i.ctss in l/ife (iri'Ht. Miami. Flu. Time terrible disas ters occurred in tin* hnrrieuno thai for more than two days raged along the Florida coast. Tlu> sitjaiixn' St. Lucie foundered with ;i loss of twen ty-live lives,- fifty jassengers have been lopt from a Imrge, and it is re ported by Captain Jiravo, of the St. Lucie, that lie saw a tidal wave swoop over the island o? Elliott's Key, ten miles Ion ft anil about one mile wide, with tho almost rcjrtulu death of the 250 inhabitants, Besides this list it la feared part of the fleet of the Flor ida Flub ami Produce Company has been lost. Captain' Bravo said that his ship was wrecked b> the .nine wave that swept over ElllotiVi Key. lie an chored on the lee siilc oi the. island, ?which runs north and aouth along ?The coast, and about an hour later the wave almost swamped the ship. Twenty-live of th<j 100 persons on board were killed - by being borne against tho dock and fitting, while sixty seriously injured wore brought hero on an extension steamer. Tho entire crew and all the pas sengers were on deck watching tho storm when suddenly the wave rolled up and broke in hundreds of tons on tho ship. The St. Lucie was crushed by the force of the blow and left a total wreck. Tho captain says that h11 lives must have perished were it not that the wave carried the ship ho far shoreward that when ihe waters receded the vessel was only in one foot of water. Bravo said thai he saw the wave carry away houses on the island, and he asserts that there is hardly a sign of vegetation remaining. ^ Relief tugs have been despatched to Elliott's Key. Tho bargo from which fifty aro said to have boon lost was moored near Elliott's Key, There were 100 on board, almost all being engaged in the fishing business in these wat ers. The barge was almost swamped. It is said tho waves covered tho craft completely, but)her buoyancy was so gre^t. she-, continued to float. Tho barge drifted toward the Bahama Isl ands, and the fifty survivors wore taken oft by a steamer. Tho steamer St. Luclo belonged to the fleet of tho Florida East Coast Railway, atid was employed in carry .iiig workmen to and from the exten sion work on the keys. Despite the storm warning Captain Bravo sailed for Key Sargo with a large number of workmen. The St. Lucie's home port was Tampa. She was built In Wilming ton, Del., in 1888, was of 10& not 'tonnage and 122 feet long. She was usually manned by a crew of thir teen. The St. Lucie had formerly been in service at New Haven. De tails wero lacking. In Havana about fifty houses were injured, but, owing to the massive construction of roofs and walls, , the larr.agcs are serious only In a inw instances. The buildings of. the Uni versity of Havana -ustal?ed injurleu amounting to many thousands of dol lars. A partition wall in the Ameri can logaftlon was blown down. The ofllco furniture was ruined and the books and records of the legation' were wet t rough. TWENTY 1>KAD IX HAVANA. Many Persons Injuml ? Damage Placed at $2,000,000. Hnvana, Cuba.?A cyclone of un precedented severity, accompanied by torrents of rain, swept over the prov inces of Havana amlPinardel Rio and resulted in twenty deaths In this' city and the serious Injury of a dozen or moro persons. The damage 1h esti mated at. fully $2,000,000. The dead are all Cubans of the poorer class. The United States cruiser Brook lyn dragged her anchor until her stern grounded in the mud off La Regla. She got off in the morning without injury. The storm caused wrecks and con fusion among the shipping in the har bor. Many buildings were badly dam aged. and nearly all the trees in the city and suburbs were uprooted. The 2000 American soldiers and marines at Camp Columbia were put to great inconvenience by the storm. Nearly all of the 4 00 le?.ita In camp were blown down, but the damage was small. Harry ""oedlck, an army teamster, with the twenty-eighth In fantry, from Sioux City, Iowa, was probably fatally hurt. He was crushed by a tree, which fell through the jar racks where he was sleeping. Fred Sutcliffe, of Fort Snelllng, was ser iously injured In the head.. Thomas Shonealt, of Reading, Pa., was hurt lit tho back. 9 One hundred^ and ... fifty tobacco barns In the Alqulzar District have been destroyed. Tho recently planted tobacco crot&.RlBO has been seriously damaged. Great damage is reported fro a the Guira section, the centro of the banana and plantain growing In dustry. orr>n? Hffl a?M been practically totally destroyed. Many small farmers have lost their all and are In great distress. Crrntatlajc Washington Pauper*. Bodies of the pauper dead in tho District of Columbia are not to be buried In the potter's field, but are to be cremated, for Congress has ap propriated $15,000 for building a suitable crematory. " v Of strr Famine is Baltimore. Owing to Ilia stormy weathe^ srbich prevailed over Chesapeake Bay fw, Ui,?sy?, practically an joyetef famine exlrtt In the fearket there. IIA VO- IN ?. \ I.N \IUHt. Matty IVrisli?-Man-of-\\ ar Niutl.? ? rops Kucpl A ivuj . Sun Salvador.-- A tempest r.t&ed incessantly f<?r ten days throughout tlio republic, Hoodinp, rite ri?'lt Valleys, principally that of Mujada, and re sulting 'a great loss oi life and de struction oi ?t ops <Tho Salvadorean muu-ot-war l/.tlco wan last a. Acajutl'i. The topography of various depart - | luonta ha* boon changed: buildings ? have I allot). burying their tenants in tin* i lilts, and t ho iron bridge* over Llic. pritteipal rtv?-n< have born milled aw a? H vMi.-' estimated that 15,000,000 tons of v/Btor toll. Tho aqueducts and electric light plants at Sonsouate and Salvador have suffered heavy lOSbOS. The railroads, (olographs and < oiu merco are paralyzed, hut trafllc Is be ing restored In roiuo towns or the republic. The water mains at .->orne places have disappeared Tho rivers are wringing down the bodies of persons drowned in the stortn and the carcasses of cattle, and the sight of theue lends to in crease tho terror of the people. The :,overnment has issued orders that assistance bo given to victims of tho storm. (iuatemala and Honduras also nave suffer**! severely, it 1r said the losses there will a mount to many millions of dollars. . MOW YOU It CKNTKAI, FI\F,|>. Judge Holt Administers Kclmko With a I'eualty of $KIN,0<HI, Now York City.?Judge Holt in tho I'nlted States Circuit Court lined tho Now York Central Railroad tho sum of $1 OK.000 ? $ I S,000 oil each of six counts?on the charge of granting rebates to t'io sugar trust. Frederick L. f'oiioroy, assistant traflle manager of tho railroad, a co defendant, was fined $1000 on *rich count, a total of $6000. Judge Holt delivered1 a scathing indictment of the practices of tho railroad in sentencing. "Such a violation of law." said Judge Holt in passing sentence. "is much more heinous thou the ordinary common. vulgar crimes usually brought before the criminal courts. Those are crimes of sudden passion and temptation. These crimes we are dealing with were committed by men of education, business exper ience, and standing in tho commu nity. and as such they should bo ex pected to set an example of obedience to tho law, on tho maintenance of which the security of their property depends. "This corporation received large and valuable public prlvilegen. It was under the highest obligations to troat all citizens alike, and not. to grant any unjust discriminations. This was a secret crime, the proof of }vhlch wan difficult to obtain. Th? law) was originally ifassed twenty years ago. The complaints or the granting of rebates by railways were frequent and insistent. "It is'not too much to Ray." con tinued Judgo Holt, "that if the busi ness had been carried on upon this basis and the discrimination contin ued In favor of one shipper it might have been that competitors would have been driven out of business." BISHOP'S DAUCiHTKK A SUICIDE. K]tiding Nurse, Mrs. Cowdin Kiuls IJfe In Connect lent Sanitarium. Now Haven, Coi^i), ?- Discouraged by a long IllnesB and suffering from nervousness, Mrs. Laura rotter Cow din, daughter of Bishop Henry C. Potter, of New York City, committed sulctde in a private sanitarium at Cromwell, Conn. The body was ship^ftd for interment to Mount Kis co, n; y. , V The body of Mrs. Cowdin was found . by sanitarium attendants hanging from a beam In a remoto cor ner of tho cellar. Mrs. Cowdin was tho second of Bishop Potter's children by his first ?/lfe and was forty-four years old. ller husband, Wlnthrop Cowdin, sur vives her. Thoir Now York , home was at Kleventh stroet and Fifth ave nue. Bishop Potter' attended the funeral services. , ' WILLIAM SCULLY, EX-LORD, 1>EAI> Former English I'eor Loaves Estate Valued at $50,000,(KX). Lincoln, 111.?William 8cully, woll known as "Lord Scully," died in Lon don, England. Ho was eighty-five years old and possessed an estate val ued at $50,000,000. Including about 200,000 aeres of Tand in Illinois, Mis souri, Kansas and Nebraska. He owned 46,000 acres in Illinois, CO.OOO acres in Nebraska, 50,000 acres In Kansas and about 40,000 acres la Missouri. "Lord Scully" was a peer until 1900, when he renounced his nlle gianco to Great Britain and became a citizen of this country, taking resi dence in Washington, D. C. He went to England a year later. He leaves a widow; who was his second wife, twe daughters and one son. YALE 11A IKES SALA1UES. Thirty-five Professor* Arc to (Jet ft IOOO n Year. Haven, Conn. ? Salaries of Yale full professors have been raised to $4000 In tho case of thirty-flve members of tho faculty. The figure heretofore paid has been between $3000 and $350Q. \ The salaries of Yal? professor* ?r? said to be IweTily-nveifercenl. smaftv. er thai! those in Harvard and flfty pcr cent. - smaller than Those a I The" University of Chicago. Half Million Fire at Altooiuu Fire which started in thefarnlture building of Oliver Rothert, at Al toona, 5>a., caused a loss of nearly $600,000. The Rothert building Md the new theatre of I. C. Mlshler were destroyed ind the building of tho Or der 6f Elks was badly damaged. V " A " ' V ' -?? - I I II ? I I ?? ... t''''.1 Domiakaa Iiwrffsti Rostfd. In a battle between Dowlaicaa CovtrattMni tw>ps *91} SsSsrstata, near Monte Christ 1. the re|ila were L doteated and fied to tho *IHar - STANDARD OIL COMPANY IS FOUND GUILTY Convicted of Conspiracy in Re straint of Trade. JURY SANG RELIGIOUS SONGS Conntiy For Violation of Anti-Trum I <11 w ;? Fine of From to M.VMMI, or IniprlMnniticiil of From Si\ lo Tut'lvn Months. Findlay, Ohio. Afier niitRlng re MrIous songs for n period of two hours in tho Com i liou$e hero, the Jury in the cnse of tlio.Si.Uo of Ohio iiRalnst the Standard Oil Company returned a verdict of guilty on the ehnrgo of conspiracy to restrain trade in violation of tlir. Anti-Trust laws of tliu State. Tho trial of John I?. Kookofollor on the snnio charge follows, probnbl} after appeal**. in the present ease are taken. The jury was out thirty-two hours* and returned the vordjrt of guilty at 4.30 o'clock a. m. Attaches of thrlt Court I louse had Riven up nil hop*/ of au agreement after the Jurymen reported to .Indue Hanker that they could not agree on a. verdict. The juduo Kent them bac-K and told th.-ui to try again. ^ Not hi or was heard from tlie jury room until supper time, when Hitpper .wan served to them. They immedi ately started arguing the cnse after eating their supper, and the argu ment was kept up iiiokI. of the night. Suddenly, when all was at 111 about the Court House, a. koiir broke tho stillness and the startled attache* heard the words of tlin hyinn, "Near er. My Cod, to Theo." The sour was followed by mnily other Rood old Methodist hymiiK, sum? with t If: fervor of revival times. Thin, was kept up from about "J to 4 o'clock a. m. Then one of tho jury men Rot on life feet and made an ear nest speech to lib', fellows. Hand olnppiiiR and other demonstrations of approval wore liciju'd from the jury room. Then came a knock at tho door and the jury announced that they were ready to rIvo their verdict. The bai liff summoned Judge Hanker, County Prosecutor David and Attorney Troup, for the defense. Judge Hanker, when he arrived, said: "Gentlemen, have you agreed upon a verdict?" "Your Honor, we have," respond ed Foreman Dalles. "What Is the verdict?" The foreman sent the Court a type i written form whioh had been filled out, and the Court rend It. as follow^ "\vV, tho Jury in this case, fln the defendant guilty in the manner and form as the defendant stands Charged on the Information. "A. L. BAII.FH, Foreman." Judge Banker addressed 4he Jury: "Please accept my gratitude and thanks, which are due you for your patience and close attention to this case," he said, "and r want to thank you, and in that word I express all there Is in it and all F can oxpress. You may now be discharged and go to your homes." Attorney Troup for the Standard Oil Company made a motion for a now trial. * Tho penalty for violation of the Valentine law is fiiy* of not less than |50 and not more than fSOQO, or im prisonment for from six months to one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Further, any person injured by violation of the Valentine law may recover damages double the amount of such Injury. Seven farmers and five business men made up tho jury which thus de liberated for thirty-two hours before finding the Standard 6il guilty of conspiracy in restraint of trade. The scenes accompanying tho return of the. verdict, which the attorneys for the prosecution predicted would sound tho deuth knell for the Stand ard Oil Company, wore sufficiently dramatic. The hymn singing was startling in itself. The echoes of the speech made in the closed ^oom, and the applause of the Juryniwi them selves as they reached tho verdict, were plainly heard by the few per sons remaining outside. nn IMMIGRANTS FOR THK SOUTH. 258 FlentiHh Weavmaiid Tholr Fam ilies Start For America. Brussels, Belgium.?Two hundred and flfty-elght skilled Flemish weav ers, with their families, left Ghent for Bremen, whence they will sail on a steamer of the North German Lloyd Lino direct for Charleston, 8. C. This Is the first installment of a considerable immigration movement arranged under the auspices of the Government of Belgfum and the au thorities of South Carolina. - Mother and Babies Die in Fire. Mrs. Clinton Bryan and her two sons, one .eight months ojd, the other two. years, were burned to death in their home at Lima, Ohio. The fire is believed to have resulted from a gasoline explosion. Hydrophobia Kills a W^man. .Mrs. A. W. Esleeck died at Green field, Mass., of hydrophobia, result ing from a bite upon the arm by. a small dog. Mrs. Rsleeck was the wife of A. W. 5 Mlllarg .paper manufacturer. The Esleecks moved to Qreenfleld from Holyofce. where the family had been promin ent socially far many years. Think, KefTOM Dcatfoyti ffunk, Seneca, 8- C., warn practically stroyed by flre, negroes belag seen set of starting It la reveaga tor tbe i*. cent dynamiting of their aebool there. I nd 11 ttaLXi* Charged witk ca^lik tba failara. of tbe Mtddleport Baak. tormw frn? Ideal B. C. Cox baa b*?fc ladtcUd to romeroy. Ohio. JMinMfjfi ? ? geeitiLsistautia DARING RESCUE OF SEAMEN ir Sixteen Men Hauled Through Surf at Cape Henry. \ i'sv I llarcly Saved Frolif Drift iiig on ri'ciu'lu'l'uus Diamond Shoal, 4>uly in He VVnH'krd. I\01'i'ulk. W?KtxtrnrT TncTI ~ "YWff rcRciii'd Irom (lie steamer (Jeorge Furwoil, whnli went ashore one-half mile honi 11 t?r Capo lfoni'3' weather Kl.udon in a tlcr^e northeast storm. ' The rescue of (ho men wa? particu lar^- daring, twelve of fhn imperiled mariners being hauled through the high! waves at 11ikl>I? Taere was a gaio\blowfng at the tliuW. ami the sea was "Vanning high, yel iln the dark the breeches buoy, wiih; suceesntully operated, and every, map was/safely hauleH^through' the Hiir/. ^Opo wus u passmVfter, Fr^der lol* S. Heittmanu, of NoStfr" Elm s^-eel. Now Haven. Conn. He had broil aboard for Ills health, and re marked after being lauded that he was thoroughly cured of the sea, at least. The new wiis taken tare of at the Cape Henry Life>8avlnff Station. and afterward sent, to Lho City Mission. Captain Chisholm. ??f the Farwoll, and the ehlef eiiRlneer remained at the wreck. Parts of the steamer aoon began coming ashore, and it 1b believed that"" she and the cargo In her will prove a lotul loan. The Farwell was hound from .lacMfeonville, Fla., for New Ha ven, Conn., with 075,000 feet of cy* press lumber. The lumber and the vossol are worth about, $ 125,000, The steamer \Vos owned by the J. 'C. Tur ner CompaiVv, of New York, and this wiih their only vessel. The Farwell was a well-known, coaster, and had long been engaged In the lumber trnde. It wus, perhaps, well for the men, aboard the steamer tliat she went! ashore. For ten day# she had boon; battling with northeast storm*, and when (Jape Henry light wau sighted! i here was not a pound or coal In her bunkers. Captain Chlsholm said that, ho wrk just* considering "the burning of the cargo for fuel when the ship struck on the shoals. aiMlf she was helplesH. lie was making for Hampton Itoads, where he expected to replenish his coal supply, and had made out Cape Henry tight. The. fog then hung low, but when the stenmet; headed for the light, the mist rose, obscured the light and the steamer stranded. A patrol from the Cape Henry Station ?a\* through the mist the red costen. 4%fhais of the* steamer and answered ?' from the shore. Then the fog shut out every thing. and it Was thought that thdre wou'ld be no attempt to n?sou6. FAMINK IX MUIU>KR 4URORB. ,j. Duly One Man tjualiflei Where 25 Murderers Await Trials New York City.?A famine In ju rors. due to conscientious scruples ? against capital punishment, made im possible the trial before Judge Fos- . tor of the first of twenty-five murdef ers held in the Tombs. Only one man qualified oirt of thirty talesmen, v, ."When the panel was exhausted Jttdge> Foster sent the clerk of the court/ over to borrow some talesman from Judge Kosalsky. Tfya latter asked if any of his pans! W r servq In a homicide case, but not wa* willing to do so. Y The clerk went to Judge Cowlng'a court," with tbo same result, and in the part'In which Recorder Ooff pre* sided he had no better luck. ? ? -????? <JA.SOLKNK KILLS FOUR. Kirn Follows the Explosion wad Help lii Hent For to 8av? Town. Cellna, Ohio.?Four persons were Killed and a hundred were Injured, most of them slightly, by an explosion of gasolene In Meinerdlng's store, at Fort Recovery. Fire followed the ex plosion, destroying buildings worth % 100,400. :? The explosion occurred In the rear of the Melnerdlng store, where Chas. Wagner was Supposed to hare been at the time. What caused the explo sion 1h not known. Calls for help were sent out in all directions, and firemen from Portland, Ind? and Cold Water and St. Henry, Ohio, arrived and assisted in getting the lire tinder, control. All the prlndow glass in Fort . Recovery was broken. KILLED UtfOER AUTO. Machino Upset With Party on Way - to Theatre at Walthjim, Mass. Waltham, Mass.?By the overturn ing of an automobile at the toot of a long hill Mrs. Fred N. Dillon, of Fitchburg. was killed and Mrs. Oeo. P. Grant, Jr., also of Fitchburg, sus tained'a fracture of tw.o ribs and other injuries, Oedrge p. Grant, Jr.. who was the only other occupant of the automobile, and who was operat ing It at the time of the accident, ea caped-. practically unharmed^ Grant . Js^f^nttegt of jbte Grant Yarti Com ^xOt-Ftfc^ur-g,.?nd was taking? Is wife and her friend, Mrs. Dlllo?|. to Boston to attend a theatre. ? '-j* 11 f-rr?-~ Troops Parsne Ute Fugitive*^ Troops left Crawford, Neb., for Gillette. Wvo.. to romnul tba BU ls% diahii to rtturft 16 UMT ' OSbte CW All>?^gi:'~"";J:^v The last cable cars In Chlca?Q 1 gone out of service. -? -: V'.'. * . i Jealous of an White killed Ma **?? m owa ? ?> ' "I'*