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VOLUME XVIII. . CAMDEN, S. C? FRIDAY, MAUC1I 2t?, 11)07. NO. 12.
MIIH llM MAlItu
Occurrences of Interest From
All Over South Carolina
many items of state news
^ Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover
ing a Wide Range?What la Going
On in Our State.
$100 Reward For Goldberg.
(?ov. Ansel offered a reward of $100
tor ilu! r.ncfcl o2 l,<on Goldberg, who
is charged with assault upon an im
migrant girl 11 years old. Goldberg
is known to have left Columbia last
Friday on the 4 o'clock Southern
train, lie bought a ticket for Augus
ta, but il is (nought possible that 1:6
changed oars at Itranchville and went
to Sfiv$iinah to take a steamer.
fc>hei"ff Coleman wired a description
of Goldberg to the authorities at Sa
vannah, as well as to the police oill
cievs of a doy.oH other citizens, but
no word has been received from .any
place indicating his presence. Gold
berg was at one time employed by
the South Carolina immigration de
partment as interpreter, but had been
discharged and when lie committed
the c!lin* had no connection with Mr.
Watson's ollice. Inasmuch as the
crime was committed upon the child
of one of the immigrants brought
over on the Wittkind, the immigration
department is doing everything pos
sible to apprehend this man and will
assist the lege' :.uthorilies if he is
captured and brought back U> Colum
bia.
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^No Bonds For Commissioners.
The attorney general has uiven the
secretary or slate an opinion in which
it is slated that commissioners ap
pointed to investigate the financial
?;omiilions of counties do not have to
give bond, because there is n;> statu*1
requiring it. The case came up on
the appointment of the commission to
investigate the affairs of Cherokee
eouuty^and the secretary of'state, at
the request of the. eotnniiission. ask
ed if bond was required. The reply
of (he attorney general is as follows:
Hon. R. M. McCown, Secretary of
State, Columbia, S. C.
Dear Sir: Replying to your request
of tiie 13th instant, will say that I
do not think it is necessary for
Messrs. C. \V. Spear, N. W. llardin
and W. D. Austell, a commission la
investigate and report the linaneial
condition of Cherokee county, under
the provision of a joint resolution,
approved 7th February, 1907, to give
bond for the faithful performance oi
/heir duty.
1 know of no statute which may be
fairly construed as imposing such
condition upon iiia. commission.
i o.ii'S very truly,
J. Frazicr Lyon,"
Attorney General.
The Calhoun Statue.
The Calhoun monument con.mission
hold another meeting last w?ek anil
heard suggestions from C'apt. William
A. Courtney and Dr. Henry A. White
ns to tlje statue to be erected at a
cost of ^10,000. No -definite action
was taken, however, and another
meijt^ng will probably be h?M, thi<
time at Clcmson College, when several
of the residents of that section who
were acquainted with Mr. Colh"un
and could perhaps offer some valu
able suggestions will be consult-d.
Among these are Col. Robert A.
Thompson and Mnj. Aaron Bop-gs,
who knew the great statesman. In
this way the commission will be ablo
to decide the many little points and
truits necessary to know beforo the
blatue can be made.
Request Blanks Must Be Signed.
Columbia, Special.?Attorney Gen
eral Lydn has given Dispensary Audi
tor ' Wost an important opinion re
garding the use of'request books in
county dispensaries. The opinion
answers a query submitted by Mv.
West some time ago and shows clearly
that while countv hoards may object
to the use of these books on tne
ground that it intercferes with busi
ness during a rush, it is the duty of
the board to see that tha lav; is car
ried out anil if no I it is the duty of
t!:o dispensary auditor to report each
violation of the law.
Peon&so Case Dismissed.
Charleston, Spceial.?In the United
States circuij court the case against
Thomas Seandone, the Italian phos
phate contractor charged with peon
- age, was nol prossed on .authority of
tho attorney general. The case has
been pending two years. Tho first)
trial resulted iu a ipi&trial.
Report# From Sheriff?.
?J.
Gov. Ansel it receiving weekly re-'
jotts from the sheriffs in counties in
whub ho bo? appointed eou^?rebV#
lar tbe seizures show that die war
against the blind tiggjrs is being kepi
up and the governor said that he is
determined that the work shall' go
on. There 'will probably be eon
stables appointed in other counties
?bortty.
Attorneys for Thaw Deny His
Being Insane at Present
SHARP FIGHT ON JEROME'S MOVE
Thi? With On? From Thaw's Mother
Supplement Unanimous Opinion of
Defense Attorneys in Regard to
District Attorney's Suggestion
Looking to Appointment of Lunacy
Commission.
New York, Special.?The attor
neys for llarry K. Thaw tiled answer
to the suggestion made by District
Attorney Jerome to Justice Fitzger
ald that Thaw ia mentally incapabb
of understanding the nature of tho
proceedings against him and is a sub
ject for a commission in lunacy
rather than for a jury which holds
only the power of liberty or death.
Supplementing their own unanimous
opinion, that Thaw docs understand
the nature of the proceedings against
him and daily advises intelligently
with his counsel, the lawyers have
tiled aflidavits from the medical ex
l>erts employed by the defense aifl a
farther affidavit by Mis. William
Thaw, the mother of the defendant.
Mrs. Thaw, however, docs not address
hcresrlf to the question immediately,
at issue. She takes advantage of the
opportunity, she declares, to state
that in the direct line of descent l'oi
four generation there has been no
taint of insanity or epilepsy in the
prisoner's family. She resents tho
"malicious misrepresentation and
gross exaggeration" on the subject.
The principal affidavit made in
Thaw's behalf is signed Dolphin M.
Delmas attaches to his personal state
ment a score or iri?>re of letters and
notes he has received from Thaw
during the progress of I lie trial.
These writings of the defendant, Mr.
Delmas declares, elearlv indicate hi*
grasp of the proceedings and havo
containod from time Hi time valuable
suggestions as to the course of 1Ik>
defense.
Turnpike Co. in Receivers' Hands.
Norfolk, Special.?The Consolidat
ed Turnpice Company, owning a large
majority of the county toll roads and
bridges in Norfolk county, under a
suit brought by Arthur Depue, of New
York, holding $120,000 of the com
pany's $180,000 bond issue, has been
placed in the hands of H. L. Page,
receiver. Tho remainder of the com
pany's bonds are held principally in
New York. The pariilleling of the
company's toll roads by trolly lirfru,
thus reducing toll collection; the high
cost of improvement material and
high labor are .assigned as the causc*
of the failure.
Kept the Lamp Burning.
?Norfolk, Special.?Striken with pa
ralysis and scarcely able to move
Captain Fimerson, keeper . of the
White Shoals lighthouse in the James
river, stuck to his post until relief
came. Although striken early in the
night he kept the light burning. His
feeble cries lor help could , not bc|
heard. He hung out a distress sig
nal when daylight came. That was
seen in the afternoon by a party of
excursionists from Smithfield. lie
would not leave the lighthouse until
relief came. Captain Fimerson *s
home is in Portsmouth?" If is believed
that ho will recover.
Shot in Drunken Row.
Clifton, Special.?Bud Cupples and
Lute Brooks became involved in a
drunken row at/^'erro Gordo Satur
day and Cuppbfc sliot Brooks just be
low the heart jwith a 4'2-ealiber Der
ringer. At last reports little hope
was held out for* the recovery of
Brookfl,
Timber Land Deal.
Dickson, Special.?A deal was con
Bumated by which George Eleazcr, j
lumberman of this vicinity, gets pos
session of a large tract of timber in
the Fifth Civil District, known as tlie
Hall lands. The -timber is very valu
able and will at once be manufactur
ed into merchantable lumber.
Negroes Suspected of Murder.
Norfolk, Special.?Charged with
being implicated in the probable mur
der of Charles 1<\ Ferguson, the New
soms postmaster and business man,
whose body, with pockcts picked, was
found in a lane here early Sunday
morning, Thomas Tynes and Leo
Johnson, two negroes, have been ar
rested. The prisoners were seen com
ing from the lane and on their per
sons keys and eyeglasses supposed to
have Wn the property of the ded l
iiidli Wei"* ivuiid.
N*w Steamship Line Savannah to
Norfolk.
@avaunab, Ga.f Special?Announce
mant is made here by the Merchant#*'
and Mariners' Transportation Com
pany that beginning April 23, a
line fit steamers will be put on be
tween Savannah and Norfolk and
Baltimore and Norfolk. This will be
on account of the Jamestown Expo
sition. A 40-hour trip between 8a
Tauak and Norfolk will be made.
? HlZtb H)rt LAHiitS I YlcLUi)
Premium List Committee Makes Im
portant Announcement for the
Farmer*.
At a recent meeting of the prem
ium list committee of the State Agri
cultural society it was decided to of
fer prizes for the largest yields of
the different crops on t?ne Here Hitd
the following schedule was nnule up,
particulate of which may he obtained
from the secretary at,Columbia, S. C.
For the largest yield o? corn, oat?,
rye, sweet potatoes, cowpea hay, al
falfa hay or cotton, yfie acre of land,
during J 007.
Farmers wishing to compete for
these prizes should notify the secre
tary now, so that full information
may be sent and the entry mud >.
Later on the rules may be complied
with and the decision will be made by
the judges ut the next fair, .or later,
as the harvest is completed, Jt is
the especial aim of the society to pro
mote the growing of more cereal
crops in the State and the production
of lagrer yields per acre, and tho
society hopes there will be a number
of contestants for each prize, becaus.
the data will be published for tlu
benefit of the whole State and will
be widely distributed.
Freo Delivery for Newberry.
Newberry, Special.?That free moil
delivery for the city of Newberry is
near at hand is no longer in doubt
The authorities a short time back
promised that as soon as the post
office receipts amounted to as much
as $10,000 for one year and that 111"
streets were pioperly named and the
houses numbered the system would be
installed. On the 20th iiist., the re
ceipts for the Newberry ollice had
reached $10,200, with several days
to come to Complete the year. So
within a few mouths this city will be
enjoying another convenience along
the lino of progress with the othet
progresfcjve cities of' the State.
Marion's Civic League.
Marion, Special.?At the recent an
nual tweeting of the Marion Civic
league the following oMieers were
elected to serve the ensuing year:
President, Mrs. ('. A. Woods; vice
president, Mrs. Mabel Montgomery;
secretary, Mrs. II. Hick. Mis. Wood
has been president of the orgnization
for several \ears, and her administra
tion has been a marked success; She
has been untiring in her efforts to
carry on the great work of the league,
and its achievements in the line of
civic improvement are wonderful.
Whose Pistol Was it?
"Aiken, Special.?On Friday night
Mr Buck Jordan had a very narrow
escape. He came down from Cor
bett's'boarding house on Park aven
ue, and just as he got upon the side
walk he shook an overcoat, which he
carried in his arm, causing a large 44
ealibre pistol to fall therefrom. Upon
hitting the pavement the pistol was
discharged, the ball going through
his leg and lodging in a sign board
above him. He stated that he was
not aware of the pistol in the pocket,
as the coat was not his.
Bishopville Town 'Election.
Bishopville, Special.?At the gener
^ municipal election in" Bishopville
^Wr town officers, the folowing were
relccted without opposition to serve
the town for another two years: Mr.
J. Edd Stuekey, mayor; Messrs. ,T.
I). Hill, W. R.. Scarborough, Jas. A.
DuKant, W. M. ltoid, A. M. Lee and
-1. W. Davis, aldermen. Mr. J. M.
Ilearnon, was also clewed commis
sioner to1 fill the placo*iade vacant
by the resignation, of Mr. W. K.
Crosswell,
Constable for Aiken.
A ikon, Special.?Mr. Musco Sam
uels linn, been appointed dispensary
constable by Gov. Ansel for Aiken
county. The Miliary ol' the const able
is $2 ppr day and actual expenses. It
is understood that he has accepted.
Negro Kiled at Bishopvllle.
Bishopville, Special.?Capers Iieni
bert stabbed and instantly killed Jeff
Fiiday at Mohock, a negro section in
this town, Sunday night. Both of the
parties are colored. It seems from th'i
reports that Capers Hembert \vtis too
fnednly with ? Friday's wife, which
was the cause of the trouble. Sheriff
Muldrow inlmediately arrested Hem
bert and safely lodged him in jad.
/
Tuberculosis Congress.
Gov. Ansel has appointed the fol
lowing delegates to the American
Anti-Tuberculosis congress, which
meets in Atlantic City on June 1:
l)rs. George It.-Dean, Spartanburg;
W. H. Naidin, Anderson; Dr. O. B.
Mayer, Newberry; ( J. H. Mcintosh,
Columbia; Joseph B. Earle, Green
villc; Manning Simmons, Charleston;
A. B. Patterson, Barnwell; Theodoie
D. Croft, Aiken; S. ('. Baker, Sumter;
John W. Corbet t, Camden; H. L.
Edwards, Darlington; T. 10. McSwain,
Bingham; J. L. Napier, Blenheim;
F. II. McLeou, Florence.
Another New County,
Mr. Jcuningi of Brenchville \ui in
Columbia to consult with the gover
* uov qa to the requirements lor ap
plying for a commission on propos
ed new county. Mr. Jenflingt state.*
that ap effort will be made within a
few weeks to? have Gov. Ansel ap
point a commission and order an
election for a new county to be com
poaed of parts of Orangeburg, Colle
ton and Dorchester coftuiiet,
Sweep Through Forests Along
Southwest Virginia
MUCH PROPERTY IS DESTROYED
Patrick County, Va., Beiug Swept
and Already Much Property Loss
Has Resulted-Conflagration, Which
Started Near Stuart, is Under No
Control Whatever in Spite of Ef
fortn to Cut Down Timber and Con
fine It to Certain Limits.
Danville, Ya., Special.?A tremen
dous 1 orcbt lire is sweeping (lie
comity of Patrick and heavy damage
to property lias already resulted and
the lives of many are endangered.
The lire started Friday night, it
apjH-ais, near Stuart, the county seat
of Patrick, and the terminus of tlie
Danville & Western HailrOad, and
has been raging ever since. Latest re
ports aro that the conllugration is
under no control whatever, though a
large number of citizens and fann
ers engaged in an effort to cut down
trees and conline the blaze to cer
tain limit*.
From Stuart the tire has spread
southeast in the direction of Danville.
Sunday night it had reached Critz, a
distance of about l.~> or '.?() utiles from
where if originated. The width of
the conflagration is about six miles.
Abou* .i'J farm houses have already
been binned and the occupants bare*
ly esc.ipM with their lives. At Pat
rick Springs, an aid established sum
mer resort, loin coita?caJoeatcd sev
eral hundred yards from the main
hotel were burned. The main hotel
is located in a valley with woods on
both sides. It is in an open space
and wa.j p.i\co only by this euclosuu.
1 he >|-,in?s are loeatcd about, two
miles fr >m Shnff, the railroad station,
mid m ver.tl .iiiles beyond Cril/. As
ycl no I ves iiave been repo.'te I lo*i,
but there have been many thrilling
escapes. 'I he valuable dwelling hous
es of W. N. Marl in, a prominent
citizen, was <lestroved together with
it ; contents, 'i lit occupants Hed for
their lives and i.o cllort was made to
sa\e any!iiing.
'1 he scene of the origin of the lire
was on the plantation of the Stuart
On-hard Company, which had many
aci^s <f apples-und peach trees. All
of 'lie fiuit trees of this concern,
which is the largest of its kind in
Ibisiv.section of the State, have been
burned.
Patrick county Is a mountainous
count?'y located about GO miles south
west of Danville and is famous for
its timber lands, and ns a line fruit
growing section. Apples grown iu
the county are shipped to all parts
of the world.
The (ire is confined mostly to Bull
and No Business mountains. The
first named mountain was burned sev
eral years ago. No Business moun
tain is a great timber land 4!fTd the
loss in this respect will be heavy.
In the area of about 15 by six miles
already swept only a few farm hyusoa
Tocated in the valleys escaped destruc
tion.
The Danville & Western, a branch
line of the. Southern, is the only rail-r
way that rup^ through Patrick coun
ty. No damage is reported to have
been done to railroad property.
It is itn)>ossibIc to get any com
munication to any of the (H)ints along
the scene of the fire. The first news
was brought here by the crew and
passengers of a train arriving here
in the afternoon. No troins run on
the Danville & Western Saturday and
Sunday, hence the telegraph oftices
are closed. The fires on the burning
mountains illuminated this section
for miles around, the blaze being
clearly seen by those on the train.
By Wire and Cable.'
E. C. Fosburgh, of Norfolk, was
elected presicnt of the North Carolina
Pino Association.
John C. BlaiK, Assistant ' United
States District Attorney for thoi
Western district of Virginia, died at
Wythcville.
The. Seventh District Educational
Conference is in session at Wood
stock.
A student ?>f the Univerity of Vir
ginia who was accused of cheating
.was acquitted at a public trial, five
of the university's aluiuni sitting as
a court'.
District Attorney Jerome submit
ted affidavits of alienists who con
sider Thaw insane, and asked for the
appointment of a lunacy commission.
Brig.-Gen. Theodore J. Wint of the
United States Army, died in Phila
delphia.
Floods have isolated four States in
the Northwest, tied up railroads in
California and cut a cap 80 miles
wide in a Utah railroad. \ I
Johu Alexander Dowie, who wtw
buried FridBy, left a posthumous ser
mon threatening to return and
"tmito" his enemies.
? J. I>. Howbert, a Norfolk and W??
Urn official, admitted ha waa abort
in hie accounts.
Ambassador Bryee is going to Can
ada to atudy the problems at iaaue
between that country and the United
State*.
SALARIES OF COUN JY OFFICES
The Amount to be Paid Auditors,
Treasurers, Clerks, Sheriffs and
Other Officials.
A showing of the salaries paid lo
.'onnty ollicers in this ?>tu(o appeals
oelow and will doubtless prove inter
esting to people throughout the state.
Some changes were made by the gen
?ral assembly, though there were few
er this year than usunl.
It should interest the eili/.eus of
one eounty to know what their neigh
boring eounty is paying her ollicov,
?r what any other eounty is paying.
A study of the figures will show that
there is a wide difference in the
imounts paid (Ik* same olMcer in the
respective counties. Some are doubt
less well paid, while others are poorly
paid.
Of the various county officers per
haps that of sheriff carries with it a
larger salary in most counties. It
ranges from $700 in Pickens county
to $4,000 in Charleston county. Ah
Seville, $1,100, deputy $100; Aiken,
?2,000; Anderson $1,800; Bamberg,
$800, for keeing jnil and dieting pris
>nei N\ $100; Barnwell, $ 1 ,500; Beau
fort, $1,550; Berkeley, $1,000; Char
leston, $1,100; Cherokee. $1,500;
Chester, $000; Chesterfield, $000;
Clarendon, $800; Colleton. $1,500;
Darlington. .$1,800; 1 >oreh?*stei> $000;
Kdgelield, $1,000; Fairfield, $1,000;
Florence, $2,250; Oeorgetown, $2,100;
Oreenville, $2,200; Oreeuwood, $1,
100; Hampton, $1,000; Horry, $700;
Kershaw, $J.200; l.ancaster, $1,500;
Laurens, $1,500; Lee, $1.(i00; Lexing
ton, $800; Marion, $1,800; Marlboro,
?1.000; Newberry, $1,100; Oconee,
?1,000; Oranueburg, $2,500; Pickens,
?700; Kichland, $2,100; Saluda, $!,?
100; Spartanburg, $2,500; Simller,
?1.800; I'nion. $1,500-, lYilliamshurg,
?1,300; York, $1,350.
Superintendents of Education.
As a rule the man who fills the
? fVne of county superintendent is 4 A
very poorly paid official. The salary
ranges from $100 to $1,200, as fol
lows: Abbeville, $700; Aiken, $700;
Anderson. $000; Bamberg, $000;
Barnwell, $800; Beaufort, $400; Ber
keley, $100; Charleston, $1,000; Cher
okee, $000; Chester, $000; Chester
field, $500; Clarendon, $050; Colle
ton, $000; Darlington, $800; Dorches
ter, $150; Kdgelield, $000; Fairfield,
?000; Florence. $000; (leorgefown,
$700; Oreenville, $700; Oreeuwood,
?000; Hampton, $550; 1 lorry, $100;
Kershaw, $700; Lancaster, $000;
Laurens, $750; Lee, $000: Lexington,
?000; Marion, $800; Marlboro, $700;
Ncwbcria', $800; Oconee, $700;
Orangeburg, $850; Pickens, $700;
Richland, $1,200; Saluda, $450; Spar
tanburg, $1,200; Sumter, $000; On
ion. $500; Williamsburg, $000; York,
$800.
Auditor and Treasurer.
The salaries of county auditors
range from $075 iu Pickens county
to $3,200 in Charleston county, as
follows: Abbeville, $1,000; Aiken,
$1,200; Anderson, $1,500; Bamberg,
$800; Barnwell. $1,200; Beaufort, $1,
200; Berkeley, $1,050; Charleston,
$3,200; Cherokee, $1,000; Chester,
$1,000; Chesterfield, $000; Claren
don, $.800; Colleton, $1,200; Darling
ton, $1,100; Dorchester, $000; Edge
field, $1,000; Fuirfield, $1,000;
Florence,, $1,100; Georgetown, $1,
200; Greenville, $1,500; Greenwood,
$1,000; Hampton, $750; Horry, $750;
Kershaw, $1,000; Lancaster, $000;
Laurens, $1,000; Lee, $1,000; Lexing
ton, $000; Newberry,- cmfwypetaoiu
ton, $900; Marion, $037; Marlboro,
$900; Newberry, $1,000; Oconee,
$900; Orangeburg, $1,500; Pickono,
$(>75; Kichland. $2,000; Saluda, $800;
Spartanburg, .$1,800; Smuter, 01,?
200! Union, $900; Williamsburg,
$900; York, $1,300.
In addition to their salaries th.1
eounty auditors are allowed a fee of
25 cents for each conveyance of real
estate transferred upon the records
of their respective offices, which feo
is to be collected of the- pei'son or
persons presenting the/ conveyance
for transfer. j \
The county treasurer in eachjof the
counties of the stated receives tho
same salary as that paid to the coun
ty auditor of such county, except in
tlie counties of Union ai\d Marion,'
where the salary is $1,200, and in
the county of I/jc, where ft is $850
In addition to the salary ehch of the
county treasurers is entitled to a fee
of $1 for each tax execution issued
against, dclinquints. Only in Ches
terfield county is this fee, chargeable
against the county, where 50 cents is
charged.
Supervisor.
County Supervisor?Abbeville, $1,
100; Aiken, $900; Anderson, $1,200;
Bamberg, $.800; Barnwell, $900;
Beaufort, $800; Berkeley, $800; Char
leston. $1,500; Cherokee, $700; Ches
ter, $800; Chesterfield, $800; Claren
don, $800; Colleton, $850; Darling
ton, $1 .OOfll^Dorehcstcr, $050; Edge
'field, Florence, $1,100;
Georgetown, $1,200; Greenville, $1,
200; Greenwood, $1,000; Hampton,
(county commissioners $500 each);
Horry, $000; Kci shaw, $800; Lan
caster, $800; Lauren*, $1,000 j Im,
$800, LcmuaIoi, *<vjvJ; Muriott,
Marboro, $1,000; Newberry, $1,000;
Oconee, $700; Orangeburg, $700,
Orau?3b.ir<, $700: Pickens, $0)0;
iticbluo i, V "TO: Saluda, $600; Spar
tunburn,, $1,^53; cum tor, $000; t'.v
ion, $001; ?.Ta'ijui?burg, $700; York,
$700.
-Ia most of the counties the super
visor and board of commissioners are
provided with a clerk at a saiaiy
ranging from $100 to $500.
'J he clerk o? court in each cotmty
is paid a small salary and given the
feet of the offiee, which amount to a
great deal in some of the coaatiea.
AIL MOLDAVIA M ME
Rapine and Pillage Sweep Over
the Rumanian Provinces.
An Agrarian Ht'voll?Peasant Itut'ii
|Cn',ii-c Towns?10,000 Jews
Homeless I Hotel * Slain.
Vienna.-- Dispatches from Muchar
est roprMohi the whole peasantry of
t'pper Moldavia iik being in revolt.
Tho fierlousiuss of tho situation
growing out of iho aMi-8emltio and
agrarian disorders haw not, according
'o tho latest Iclcgrnpliir roporls, been
exaggerated
Four hundred farms in Moldavia
have been devastated, NilOO fugitives
have lied over the Rumanian fron
tier Into Austria and a total of 10,000
Jews aro homeless.
Tho number of dead and wounded
cannot be given accurately, but the
reports give a total of about olghty
11 vo men killed and In lli<> m lehhoi -
liood of 1 r?0 wound* :).
Tho Rumanian Covern ? h
still sending troops into ; . . 1
district, lVactbally the <ti!i ? prov
ince' of Moldavia bass been involved.
The Humanian Ooveminent has
summoned all the reserves, totaling
HO,000, to join the colors, four reg
iments of infantry and some artillery
have been sent by forced marches to
the disturbed districts
Several Senators ami Deputies have
left llucharest to pr<itect their es
tates in Moldavia. The rioters i:i
vadeO Jhe estate of Prince Chlka and
demanded an Inteni^w with him.
I hey were told that lie was in tlu
churcsl. The roters telegraphed to
him to come immediately or they
would plunder his palace*. He re
plied that lie would cojue forthwith.
Ills spirit distill ry lists ulread'' been
burned. Other estates that have suf
fered are those of Prime Minister
('an(i>ciiy.cne, Maron Kapnl ami Min
ister llOSetii.
In a light at Macau the troops
killed forty-two rlotera. Merlad Is
besieged bv 7o()i) peasants, win
threaten to burn the. town. There is
actual or throat< ned lighting at Mllh
alleni and Sen tii.
The Austrian (iovornnicnt bar.
strengthened Its forces on liie fron
tier to prexc-nt the outbreak from
spreading into Austrian territory, and
It ban made a second representation
to the Rumanian tiovernmctii in ref
erence to the protection of Austrian
subjects In the disturbed area.
Rumanian fugitives are constantly
arriving at the frontier, where it Is
now stated there are ijoon of them in
extreme distress.
Agitators are circulating pamph
lets, purporting to be signed by
CJueen lOlizabetli (Carmen Sylva),
urging the peasants to expel the far
mers and spare nobody.
The latest news from Moldavia Is
that the peasant anti-Semitic move*
ment Is spreading. Tho town of l)or
obei has heou sacked and burned and
the inhabitants have lied, in a light
at Cueuten 1 between the Hungarian
and Rumanian inhabitants four Hun
garians were hilled ami thirty wound
ed. Fourteen peasants were killed In
a collision with the troops In the IJel
gestle district. . 'J
Fokshann Is iu revolt. The village
of Sulice has been destroyed. Tho sit
uation in Rumania in going from.bad
to worse. Tho rioting of the peas
ants, hitherto directed against Uic
Jowa, la becoming general. Troops
are protecting the railroads.') A
crowd of peasants stopped a train
near Dangenl and robbed the passen
gers.
For some time past the threo groat
Jewish families, Fischer, Costenai
and Juster, have formed a trust for
the leasing of hair oT I ho cultivable
land of Moldavia. The wrclched peas
antry and the small farmer* arc now
taking revenge on all Jews alike.
Most of the estates of tho threo great
families have already been sacked.
A deputation walled on the burgo
master of Rucoeo to Inform him that
1300 peasants desired permission to
plunder tho Jewish quarter. Pocmla
slon was granted. Four policemen
directed the Christians to mark their
houses with crosses. Tho rioters pil
laged the houses of the Jews, urflng
brutal violence wherever they met
with resistance. Prefect Vasesco Is
said to 1)9 tho chief organizer of the
pogroms.
The Government maintains that
lh6 outbreak is purely agrarian. The
fact that, ? majority of tho farmers
and traders are Jowh explains why
Hebrews aro the chief sufferers and
gives tho movement an anti-Semitic
appearance.
KX-8RNATOII Hl'KTON Fll KIO.
He Will Start a Newspaper?Accuses
Sugar Trust of Persecution.
Jronton, Mo.?On hl? release from
jull Joseph It. Burton, former United
States Senator from Kaiisas, Issued a
long statement, charging President
Roosevelt and the Sugar Trust with
persecuting him. Ho left here for
his home In Abilene, Kan. He will
conduct a newspaper hereafter.
Hurton was found guilty of violat
ing a Federal statute by appearing
before a Government department as
the paid representative of an alleged
"get-rlch-quick " concern of St. Louis.
Burton entered the jail October 22,
1906. Hie release is due to good be
havior. Burton's aentenco also In
cluded a fine of $2500, and the
statute under which he was convicted
debara him from ever holding an
office of truit or remuneration under
the Federal Government. The fine.,
which um uol ueeti paid, will be UeiJy
over him as a civil Judgment.
Kidnaper Sentenced.
Joshua Harrison, aged sixty years,
a brother-in-law of former Governor
Jarvlf, wm convicted at ^Elisabeth, N.
0., of kidnaping and murdering Ken
neth Beaslfy. eon of a forqter Stat*
Senator.
1J .? ?
Diawdm In Romania.
Rumania has ordered an army
corps to fcut down the peasants' anti
Hebrew revolt, and in a clash with
troops at*~Botosahnl several were
hilled.
Aid HIKE GRAFT SCANDALS
Revelations at San Francisco,
Mari isliurg and Albany.
Testimony Showing How Huge Bums
\\\ re Divided by Hoodlers???
Wealthy Men Involved*;
Sah Francisco, Cal.?Abo Ruof, the
political boss oi Sun Francisco, when
lie learned thai ho had been indicted
on seventy-two counts in the gigantic
bribe scandal, offered to confess if
promised Immunity. The offer was
made to Detectivo Duma, who lit
guarding iiim in tho Ban Francisco*
1 Intel.
Iii all t>10 amount, of money In*
v.lived in the disclosures will reach
i noo.ooo. ^)f t)il? sum nearly one
be if wan &Wen up by the city rail
? - ? l-i for franchises. One telephone
. ntpany, ii is asserted, paid $2Q0,
<????>. and another ^Just half that sum.
Two Supervisors confessed aa soon
a'i they appeared before the Qrand
in y a1.1.1 Uu> others soon followed
Mi 'lr example. As told to the Jury,
the railroad fund of $4 5 0,000 was
so divided ihat Ruef got $175,000,
while the shares of tho Supervisors
ran from $15,000 down to $4006 ?
each The Supervisors got $r3000
e fioin one telephone company
and $7fn) from a ga$ company.
In the eoi.r.'sslons made reiativo
to I he actual taking of money by the
Supervisors It was not brought out
1.1;;" Mayor Sclimit/. lias direct con*
n inn with the deals made with the
m -.libers of the Hoard of Supervisors. '
In iii ; majority of cases Ruof dealt
vii!> en<> man. who passed the money
out to his associates.
First ami most Imoortanl was the
deal by which the United Railroads
got :ui overhead trolley franchise.
IIuef d'onnuded $450,000 to carry
through tlv I ransac-iion. This money
i i drawn in installments calculated
in be umall enough to divert sus
picion
After giving $ R r?. ft ft 0 to the Super*
vis-airs and $85,000 for a person Ruef
li'sirled inusi be taken care of, but
who iiutv never have received the
n??iije\. S 2 S ft. ft ft 0 was loft to t>e dl
\ i<i i between Sehmltz and Ruef.
'i'eft corruption "surrounding the
fimobiso granted to, the Home Tele
j )tnu<* Cojv.unny was eflren worse.
Another, transaction was the prize
fight hoo<11e of ?20.ftft0 Tames CofT
rosh. willus Hritt, Morris Levy and.
Kddio Ciranoy, known as the "flght
trust," each subscribed $5000 to M*
cure I ho exclusive nrivllego of prlse
t'?.,ht permits for 1900. ._
f;o;r $f>o.71? von
WORK COSTING *2000..
T larrlsburp;. Pa.?Tho Capitol In
vostlgating commlttec resumed its in*
qulry Into the cost of the new State
Capitol^ The testimony showed that
John If. Sanderson & Co., of Phila
delphia, contractors for furnishing
tho Canitol, wore paid by tho, State
X 90,74 8.40 for tho rostrums iif~tl*e >
Senate and House caucus rooms.
The .sub-contractor for this work
testified that ho was ppid $2060 by
Sanderson for these rostrums. The
testimony of the same sub-contractor
showed that Sanderson's profit on the
finished woodwork1 In fourteen other
rooms in the building amounted to
$120,046.00.
Murray Gibson, who was an. ntt
against Saridereon
for decorating *nd^
ding, testified tbUP*}
there was a difference of f
successful bidder against S^ndf
for the contract for decorating and ^
painting the building,
cents a foot in favor of the State ift"
Ills hid and that of Sanderson's, and <
that 1* the State had accepted hit v"
it would have saved more than $600,*
0.00 on this item alone and he (OtD*
son) would havo made.a nice profit ?
.
JACKSON DEMANDS $117,161
ALLEGED canal, graft.
Albany, N.' V.?Colossal graft coo
neelvd with the $101,000,000 barg*
eanal work has occurred, accordion
to Attorney-Geneva! Jackson. As m
result, ho has demanded that the
New York, Ontario and Western .Rail
road Company refund the State-treas
ury $117,161, which,' ths Attorney
General claims the last Stlte canal
board decided to pay the company
without warrant of law for a bridge
of the company, displaced by the big
canal in Oneida County.
Air. Jackson says the improvement
of the canal necessitated the altera
tion of the railway and the rebuild
ing of the bridge across.Wood Creek,
and that it wan the duty of the rail
road company to do the work at Its
own expense, the State' being under
no legal obligation to pay any part of
tliC CO'ot.
UOMAS HA I LEY ALDRICH DEAD.
Suddenly l/ose.s Strength After
ttally Recovering From Operation.
Boston. ? Thomas. Bailey Aid rich
died at hla home in Mount Vernon
street, aged seventy.
Some weeks ago Mr. AMrlch unn ...
derwont an operation at the Homoeo
pathic* Hospital in this olty, and al
though for a time hie convalescence
was extremely slow the past two
weeks have been so promising ttet
the patient was remoVed to his home. ?
It was thought the change wouM
prove beneficial, although It was rec
ognized that his condition was ftlll
serious.
Early next day Miv Aldrlch sud
denly, became worse and gradual!*'
lost uli strength. Ho died abtmt t
o'clock
ACCUSES A QOVBMJiOM*
Washington,
tire oI
charged t^e
hot*, Ooe I.
fcullty of . a
defraud^
lands and
through
Mill
the Iu. -j,
l* ??eft U Hi