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CAM DEN. S. C.. FRIDAY. AI'KI I, I'd. I'.IOT.
NO. 10.
Occurrences of Interest from
All Ov<r Soulli Carol!
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many items of state news
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IiiVC Para8r?Ph? Cover
On ? ^any* What ia Going
?? ?> Our State. 8
Reunion Programme.
Kiam.m''1'."'' *!*,''al-" Tl"> pro
been -1v U(>t*k liui
b,t,? ..... a,i,I is as follows:
Thursday, May 7.
J1 I?:,!"' Gen.lohn
Columbia
Main "si rn-,! '' ,n"~J,aua ?????? ??
sp.MiS;r","ai,,,\^.l ntS^*,r,,lli,,n to
' ii>?j>o!mTii dub.
itol mn" i V' 1,1 ,JI' Conccri ?rt rap
n",u P iii. Columbia l lical re.
0 tin Wcdlie^ay May 8.
>"?- Assembly of all who
jnH occupy seats ?m .ho ?laW at (he
Columbia ih,Thin will include
a l specially invited w.est*, ?
and aid.,lf Ull, (.i|y o|.
?iu, pan ic i pa til.-: i? (|u.
members of the reunion executive and
reception con.mitiees :11,d i|?. nimli
ai> executive <*<.itiiitil??-?? of hues. the
commander of the a,,?y of Ko.il,en,
V 11 JiI?11;( #i!111 Staff, commander ?>r the
Mate div ision and staff brigade c.j i
Hiamlcrs, eoiuuiaiider of tlj,. stale di
vision, Sons of Veterans and Slate
president ,,| ilie Slate o.-ani/ati??, of
ausJiteis ?f I lie Confelcracv. and
. departuieui, it vision, uiieade and
regimental sponsors of the Y,A\ \\
10 a. hi. -Opening exeiyfc/s ,,j
annual reunion oi division.
I nited Confederate ,Vci oralis, t!ie pro
gramme bein.^ as follows
Overture. < <?|i:n:I?i;* orchestra.
1 >oxolovj v.
Assembly called to ,,rder |,y Cant.
\\ . I). Stal ling. commander of Camp
Hanjpton.
Openinu prayer, UYv . Dr. .1. \V.
J" bun.
Address of welcome on hehalf o|
Ihe city of .Columbia. Hon. T 11
Gibbes.
Music, !>'niri!?ia die-tra.
Address of welcome on hehalf of
the ( oluinbia t liamber of Commerce,
Qen. Willie -Jum's, president.
Address o| welcome on hcliulf of1
Camp Maxcy Grc?- V. S. C. V., Hon,'
Porter McMaster, commander.
Music. Columbia orchestra.
At^lrcss of welcome on hehalf of
Camp I lampion. Col. C. If. Brooks.
Music, Columhia orchestra. ? I
Address of welcome to the Confed
erate veterans by his excellency. II >n.
M. I'\ Ansel, governor of So ,i l j j Caro- ,
lina.
Response on behalf of the Xoulh
Carolina division V. C. V.. bv (Sen.
Tlios. \\\ Carwile.
Music, Cidumbia orchestra.
Reunion itormeraliy opened cere
monial tribute of respect the Con
federate dead by the esscinblv.
Presentation of credentials mid-cull
ing roll ot camps, nnnuiicemeuts. ad
jornmciit.
4 p. m.?Reunion assembles at Co
lumbia theatre; visit of children of
the city schools.
4:30 p. m.?Business session.
5 p. m.?Presentation of sponsors
at Columbia theatre by Hon. George
Bell Timmerman. Music by Colum
bia orchestra. Responses on behalf
of the sponsors bv Miss Grace Lump
kin.?
JTp. in.? Presentation of the come
dy draniii/'For Her Country'a Sake."'
Thursday, May 9.
0 a. m.?Reunion assembles for
business.
12 m.?Delivery of the annual a<?
dress to iIip division.
5 p. m.? Annual veterans'parade,
headed by military and liower child
ion. Line of march from posolfice !.o
State house.
5:30 p. m.? Reception to the Con
federate veterans'by the ladies am!
children of Columbia on the capi'ol
steps.
S t>. m.? Reunion assembles for busi
ness.
S:30 |?. rr. ? Kxpcricncc meelinvr.
!) p. in.?-Confederate war tableau
and camp scenes." Auld Lanif Syne:"
final ad,imminent.
Limbs for Veterans.
Columbia. S|??M-i:?I. The* Stale pen
sion boa id lias made aiTamrements for
the purchase ?? I" artificial limits from
A. hsJVllcis of Richmond. Va., wJio
submitted a bid of about .*(10 pet
limb. There were a number ol rep
resentatives present at the meeting'
of the board ami the tirm nwai<?d the
bid stated that a branch of
fice ' would he openeti in
Columbia and di!iinur the reun
ion a large number of veterans visit
ing- Columbia would be measured and
the limbs sent them.
Dec Nelson Will Not Hang
Bamberg, Special.?The negro Doc
" Kelson, who vrns sentenced by the
court fit it* ift?i term to.hacs ^pril
26, will not bang on that d*to at leant
Kelson's attorneys have appealed to
the supreme court; aftgr having be?n
denied a new trial. So the ease will
.Te~Wd some time in the fall. Nel
aon WHS sentenced for having killed
another negro at a hot supper -frolic
last subum*"?
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MEtTlNG Of PrtYSI 1 ANS
Intorcfiting Session Closes With the
Election of Ofliciers and Commit
tee#.
Henuct tsville, Special.-? Inlc<routing
seituittlic of the .Meleal .?s
sounfinh were h?-l<t. and a number < f
st rong papers and discussions were
heard.
'I lie ImiiMJ elected others
for the ciisuing vetir as follows:
I'resident* 1 >r. |,e(irand (Jinny, Co?
lumbiu; 11 is I vice prcaidco-v Dr.
Adams llayne> (Ji-eeuvl||e i second
vice president* Dr. Marsh, Fdyelicld;
thirtl vice president, Dr. Mars K. Ha
ker, Columbia; secretary, Dr. Waller
Cheyne, Sumter; 1 reasurer, Ih. C. !'.
Almar, Charleston.
Councillor*: D?\ W. IV. Cox> * li?-s
te?\ hftli district; Dr. S. C. (taker,
Sumter, sixth district. Five other
councillors held over.
Hoard of medical examiner..; Dr. }{.
A. Hralton, Vorkville; Dr. W. 11.
Doreher, Charleston; Dr. J. ?). Watson
Cohimbia; Dr. J. (). Ilosrunond, F.asly.
State board of health: Dr. Hobert
Wilson, ('harleston; Dr. Hall, Aiken;
Dr. C. (\ (httuhrcll, Abbeville; l )r. d.
Adnknn llayne, (Jrcenville; Dr. W. .1.
Hurdell, laigoff; Dr. dames F.vans,
Florence; Dr. F. Williams, Colum
bia.
Legislative committee: Dr. .1. <i.
Simmons, Charleston; Dr. J. (?. Croft.
Aiken, Dr. .1. 11. Mcintosh, Columbia.
Pardon Papers Actod Upon.
Gov. Ansel pardoned John Henry
King, cohvited in I'ickens ootlnly last
month <d bigamy and sentenced ;o
two years and six mouths on I lie
chaingUUg, H appeared from the pe
tition (hat King's ilirst wife left him
and live?'i in (Jeorgia with another
man. It was afterwards rumored
that *she wa* dead, but King could
noi prove this and on renia/iage lie
was li>dieted and convicted. Allida
vits were produced aftcrwar?V., how
ever. showing that his first wife was
dead at the time arid after imprison
ment for one month he was released.
A pardon was refused William Todd
svnt up from Horry county for adult
ery and sentenced to one year in the
penitentiary.
Epv/orth Leaguers Adjourn.
Bamberg, Special.--The Slate Kp
wortli League conference adjourned
Sunday ni?ht after a masterful ad
dress by I)r. 11. M. id' Nash
ville, tlie general secretary of the Kp
\v??rth League. Dr. DivBosc is a lluefii
and interesting speaker and uses
beautiful language. His theme was
"The Crucifixion nl' Christ," and !i.-?
painted the piettires of (he descent
from the cross, the resurrect ion from
the tomb and many other scenes with
the master workman's touch.
4
Clear Docket in Chester.
Chester, Special.?With the closing
of the court of common pleas here
ou Saturday there was left a docket
almost absolutely free of cases and
Chester county is, perhaps, freer of
congested docket than any county in
th(\ State. With 'J5 cases on the
roster at the opening of tlie term
fie re remain but two for trial at the
next term. The members of the bar
cooperated with the vigorous judge jn
pushing th^"-business of the court. -
Commissioner Watson Returns Soon.
Commissioner of Immigration Wat
son is expected to return from Europe
some time this week and report en
the result of his conference with the
steamship companies in regard to the
establishment of a line to Charleston
from German ports. It is not known
vet how fa ?"ftfe companies will go
after the recent opinion by Attorney
General Bonaparte affecting the car
rying of immigrants and the work
done by States and the rejMirt bv
Commissioner Watson will be await
ed with interest.
Strawberries Half a Crop.
Wilmington, Special.?The cancel
lation of orders for ice further than
that already stored and held in ie
s?rvc for the Armour car lines, is tak
en to mean that the strawberry crop
in Kastern North Carolina is cut down
fully one half by the Id of the past
week. Maximum estimates of the
shipments from Chadbourn range
from 7">0 to MOO cars expected this
season wheras 1 ,.">00 cars was the
yield last year. Berries frosted on
the vines (luring the freeze have rot
ted ami blooms were cut off.
Vote Against a Common Council.
Columbus, (5a., Special.?The Ma
| con Presbytery voted adversely to the
| pro|M>sed articles of agreement for a
?omtnon council of six branches of the
Presbyterian Church in? America.
Sentiment was almost unanimous that
there is no necessity for such a coun
cil. The General * Assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian- Church has
asked all the Presbyteries to express
an opinion as to the proposed arti<dcs
of agreement.
Two Drowned in Saluda River.
Anderson, Specuil.?J. B. Walker
and John .Dickson, two electricians
employed in the power plant near beie
v.-pie drowned in Saluda river Thurs
day. They were visiting trout lines
when their bi>at eapsizeci ?_ Both bod
ies were reeoycrcd,
DOUGLAS' HEAVY SHOHTAGt
Wfe Quantity of Bund* Stol?ii '
From Trust Company of Noith Am
?rira Found in Fashionable Now
Vork (31ub -Defaulting Loan Cl?rk
Said to Have Been th? Toot t{
Otluifcs
New \ oi k, Special.?A portion ?.!
the hoMd* alleged in hav* been taken
t roni lilt' I ?nr~i ('ompttnv <? t Anifiirii
by William I). 1 >oiiglas, who is under
arrest on it elmrj?o of larceny, w.mv
: leCovervd ? ?t an itpHititit'til in tin*
Manliatuin Club. Tin* ?|u11 official*
l<'lust'i| to t ilher affirm or deny tli**
Ptory. The detectives wort' very
Secretivi? about (lif mailer, and at
torneys I??i* 0. I . Dennett, a broker
whose iiamt1 ha> been men(loiietl id
(lie 4-aist\ said they had not lling to
say about ()u* matter.
It was stated that Mis. Douglas
had dUappK'irtM ?itn<l friends h?'
cumo e.tercisr>d over lier absence.- She
was found, however, at the hojpa of
her parents in Itrooklyii.
There were rumors of possible ad
ditional arrests, hut the deic-ctive.
hureau deuietl they had taken ui%v
action.
In tJie I lull I o|' these developments
it was declared that Douglas, who
had lieen in the employ n|' the Tlusf
< onipanv, as assistant loan clerk, was
not the piini'/ I in the rohhery lint
niererlv tin1 tool of others.
Douglas will lie arrai*.; m'd in iioli<*?;
conn lati* Tuesday afternoon. fle
was taken into eoitil Moitdnv lint n ?
represent at i\e of the I rust company
w as preMMii ami I he ease was piit
over.
President Tlioiue, <>" the Trust
Company of North Ameiica. said tli.it
he Is.it! toiind the broker with whom
Do;iul:i> said lie had placed the .<e
ei;ritiex and thai they will i;e rctntti
etl to tlie trust company. .Mr. Tliorne
declared ilial Don^la* V* shortage
amounted *<? only .*.">0.000 and that
all o| it will hi' recovered.
I ho shortage in Douglas' accounts
may reach a quarter of a million dol
lars. I >ouglas sai l to have oeufess
' d to Oakhigh Thorue. president of
the trust company, at the time of his
aire?t. that lie had made away with
$>">0,000 in bonds and it was report
ed that he had made a confession to
Mr. 'I In.me in which lie admitted
that the total value of hontls taken
by him wonl>j-eacb J?2.">0.000. It w.is
reported that the arrest of Douglas
is expected to be followed by the ar
rest of a man who registered for
I hmglas at the Hotel Portland in
West Forty-seventh street as " W.
I?. 11 ray and wile, lloston."' It w,is
at this hotel that Douglas was ar
rested where he whs stopping with
Ins wife. The man who registered
as (Iray appeared just before the ar
rest was made.
Fair Play For Railroads.
Memphis, Teun., Special.? \Y. W.
1' in ley, president of the Southern
Railroad Company, made an address
Monday night at a banquet given i:i
honor ot himself end other promin
ent railroad men by John \V. Wat
kins, the newly elected president of
the Memphis Railroad Terminal As
sociation. Declaring that the inter
ests of a railway and of the people
depending upon it for transportation
are identical, President W. \V. Fin
ley. of the Southern Railway Conil
pany. as one of the principal speak-v
ers at a banquet here in connection
.villi the meeting of railroad officials
and lumbermen made a strong pjea
for fair treatment towards the rail
roads of the country on I he part of
the public. All that the railways
asked, he said, was the assurance of
perleci liberty to dvelop their busi
ness under the protection of just and
fair laws.
News Notes.
Chancellor Asquith submitted the
budget to the House of Commons.
A plot to assainate Marc|iiis Ito and
other .Japanese Ministers is said to
have been frustrated.
Secretary Tafi sailvd from San
.Juan, P. K.. for home.
Governor SwaiiMiu has pardoned
K.vd L. .Jctt.
Virginia Militia to Go Into Camp at
Jamestown.
Washington. Special Governor
Swanson, <>| Virginia, has notified
(ieneral Oliver of hi* iytentiort to put
into the eamp of instruction at Jaim's
town the organized unlifia of Virgin
ia, consisting of the lirst brigade eom
inanded by (ieneral ('. Vaughn, a
battalion of three companies of the
Kichmond Light Infantry I'lne* and
the first batallion of ariilb ry, cr.u>i?t
ing of three batteries.
Seaboard Train Kills Two.
Petersburg, Va., Special.?An Oc
cident oceurrod Monday morning at
a eroding ow the Soaboard Air Line
about shree miles"froro this city in
which two persona were instantly
killed and one seriously injured. The
dead: '
George Pcrkinson. ^
Mrs. John S. Shelm.
The injured:
Rosa fclielm, aged 14.
THE PRESIDENT'S ARB OK DAY ADVICE.
?Cdi'toon by JI. tTVin ui in tin* W .i.-fnfc. i..? Kvomnv S( ir.
AiibOli DAY PROCLAMATION.
flie President Appeals to th? Srliool Children
to Observo It Thoughtfully,
Washington, 1"). C. ? President
Roosevelt Issued a kind of personal
proclamation to ?'The school children
df the Ousted Slates." Ii contains an
appeal to ilwir, to observe Arlior l?;.\
in a thoughtful spirit, with the ].;? r
pose of preserving the forests tor
future general Ions. This in t|n>
President's a|>peal:
To the School Children of Hie I'nited
States-:
Arbor Day (which menus siinplv
"tree day") is now observed in < very
State in our lTnIon and mainly in the
schools. At various times from Janu
ary to December, hut ehtelly in iliis
month of April. y<oi give a day
part of u day to special exercises arid
perhaps to actual tree planting in
recognition of tho ImporWheo of irecs
to us :*s a nation and of what lliey
yield in adornment, comfort and use
ful products t? tho conimui i'ies in
Which you live.
It is well th;>( ioti should celebrate
your Arbor Day thoughtfully, for
withift your lifetime the nation's ium d
of tre^s will become BOrious. We of
an older generation can g?( uhhig
with what we have, though with
growing hardship; but in your full
manhood and womanhood you will
want what nature once. so bountifully
supplied end man so thoughtlessly
destroyed; an<| because <f th.'t want
you will reproach us aot fpr what we
have used but for what \\o have
wasted.
For the nation, as for the man or
woinap and the boy or jrlvl, the road
to success is tho right use of what we
have and the improvement of ptesent
opportunity. If you neglect to pre
pare yourselves now for the duties
ami responsibilities which will fall
upon yon later, if you do not learn
the tlihiga which you will need to
know wire 11 your school days are over,
you will suffer the consequences. SO
any nation which In its youth lives
only for the day reaps without sow
ing nud consupies without husband
ing, muBt expect the penalty of the
prodigal wheso labor could with dlfil
culty find him the bare means of life.
A people without"children would
face a hopeless future: a country
without trees is almost as hopeless;
forests which are so used that ihey
cannot renew themselves will Boon
vanish and with them all their bene
fits. A tru6 forest 13 not merely a
storehouse full of wood, but, as It
were, a factory of wood, and at the
same time a reservoir of water.
When you help to preserve our for
ests or to ylant new wnes you are
acting the part of good citizens. The
value of forestry deserves, therefore,
to be taught in tho schools, which
aim to make good citizens of you. If
your Arbor Day exercises help you to
realize what benefits each one pf you
receives from the forests and how by
your assistance these benefits'may
?ontlnuc, they will serve a good end.
THEODOttli KOQStiVELT.
Sone Object la Nature Should
lie Given Pupils to Study
Ithica, N. Y.?Several weeks be
fore Arlx>r Day some object in nature
should be given to each pupil to
study, so that the results of personal
observations may be contributed to
the celebration of the <1 ty. The older
girls and boys may make a profitable
study of trees of the neighborhood.
Have each pupil scb-ct a tree, meas
ure its height and girih, examine its
bark and manner of branching, and
its leaves and their arrangement.
Drawings of the trves before and
after the leaves appear may bo made
and tho grain of ihe wood, the com
mercial value *1 the tree, its beauty
and strength described. Children rf
tho primary grades may sow seeds In
little pots cr boces in time to exhibit
tho plants on Arbor Day.
Alfords aa Opportunity For
Improving School Crounds
Washington, t'. (' Arbor Day af
fords an oppoi tin. ii i for Improving
tho school ground.-*, aurl teachers
must U(f* constant in their efforts to
carry out tho suggestions i:i latt
year's annual if tho desired results
arc to bo accompli.iho.1.
Ice Trust Mubt Open Hooks,
JustUe Gveunlftum ordered the
American Ice Company ;u ypen all it*
bcoka for tho inspection of Attorney
General Jackson, of Nexv York, who
bf.s brought1 suit against the concern,
alleging violation of the Anti-Trust
law. /
Taft Congratulates Porto Ricans.
Secretary Taft urged I'orto Rirrgis
to consider that they were free tWkn
many of the troubles of Cuba and
the Philippines, and nut to prpss the
plea for citizenship.
ARBOR DAY ANNUM, ISSUED.
Advice Regarding Trefrl'kniiii^ Sent to C'o i
Scliooh*.
Now York ('i!r' The v*ihor Da\
annual for Friday. .May :t, j(;!^ bo<u?
-"Ht out io ilio ;.ch<*)(ifv of (ho Statd
*>>' the l'? * I it wi f t??u Department at Al
I I'nny, 'I'llv? pamphlet Is tllustralml,
j sumo of tin' cuts showing how th? ,
; natural location of a country
i i l|oolhonse may b#> Improved by h>s
tI'Maii?* p|y nt iii;?.
A i i i mi A S. Diaper, Com
t!iissiun< i" <>f Fd ma t ion, to tin- schools
I ?t?i11:<iit<?<) in tl:c annual, and there
j ar^ chapters on irros and shrubs to.'
' :jfnoo| grounds, iisii> forests of New
? A'vi'U, and a dvseti|uitui of (ii.- Fair
( vn \v (iardi'U S. Uooi V*?nU<u r. I:i
i discussing ti f?*-ieiant iji-'. the annual
i sa ys;
i "IMiring the- |ia:*t ?> 1 <?? ;i years 11;?*}???
have been p!aliti'd <tn the "t'honi
j aroiiilda of i ho Sla'e of Now York
17a,?!7!t tree*. Kni'ii the establish*
nii'til of Arbor Day in ISS'.t until
1 S'.M! thoro Wvho planted I t"?," 1 I
trees, making a tonal in the past
! eighteen years of ? I N,9 20. Thoro aro
lover 10,01)0 school commission dis*
? ii i<? i>* in tho Stan-. Tills woutd give
j more than thirty (roes to every dis
j ti'i< t if (hoy were prf>;joriiot.atciy dis.
ti ibated.
"Since iho establishment of Arbof
Day practically t>very district has at
one time or/Hnotliyr reported tho
plant ink of some trees. A ^inquiry
j recently addressed to fjio school eoyi
i missioncr* revealed the <faet that
| t hero kit* or or 2000 district# in the
State with absolutely no trees or
shrubs on their school grounds, and
many others with only a few strag
gling trees. Further than that, a
very small per cent, of tho whole
number of dfetricts give any sort of
attention to the cure yf their ground a.
"Apparently, there is more need
for the care of trie's and shrubs than
there is for actual planting. It is
easy enough for an enthusiastic
teacher to ^ork up appropriate cere
monies Our Arbor Day, but too often
the teacher finds no practical re
sponse from tho patrons} of the school.
"It ought tc be understood by
school olllcera everywhere, that mere
sentiment will not 'arouse fhe patrols
of a school district to beautify their
school grounds. Tho whole matter
must in sonve way lie put before thom
on a plain business basis. They must
see that it pays, as the end it most
certainly does, to paint the school
hotise whenever it needs it, to plant
and care for trees and shrubs about
the groyinds, and give tho whole place
an inviting air ot cleanliness and re
spectability that commands tho re
spect aud adntiratlou of the stranger
and teaches an iitvjiiuablo lensou to
the homo comiuuolty."
Value ol Arbor Day?Over
000,000 Trec3 planted
Albany, N. Y.?Arbor Day has u
two-sided value. It tcachuii to ?hil
dren a lovo of nature* and of nature's
handiwork, the tree, and in the ac
companying feature of the observance
of the day-?the planting of trees?it
replenished tiie stock of trees, which
fo;* man's use or misuse, has been
sadly depleted. It has added to the
Stale over 200.000 trees. While this*
ia scarcely a corporal's guard to the
grand army of trees which lias ruth
lessly been cut down, still it is some
thing?an accoiuplhiknient that has a
distinct value.
Ketfaril Avoidable MutHation
of a Tree as a Crime
Atlanta, Ga.? It will bo well on
Arbor Day to teac-h children to plant
I trees, and equally it will be wefl to
j tcacii them-?and" adults, too?to
care for them, to atop abusing them,
i to regard avoidable mutilation of a
tres as a crime and to exorcise a cer
| tain vigilance in guarding them from
harm and in promoting their sym
metrical ar.d sturdy growth. In the
most favorable circumstances, life in
! city streets is a struggle for trees.
| If their life there ir, to be prolonged
: and is to be made profitable as a
! source of beauty, health and comfort,
? they will need all the aid and protect
1 lion we*c.an give tl^em.
; SI5 is Murder 1%-ice of Terrorists.
It was announced that la tho
? courso of pollc? investigations into
j th? r?C?R? miU'fier ol a physician at
? Warsaw. Russian Poland, by a hired
! terrorist It wan established that 816
*ach i? the price paid by the terrorists
! i;MV<lrBaw for murder. ,
Woman Lived 100 Years.
Mrs. Hannah ^rmsworthy, aged
! 109 years, is dead at the home of her
' son near QuccnporN Guysboro Coun
ty, N. 8. Sho was the oldest person
In Nova Scotia. -
WOUNDED JUROR'S VERDICT
Tragedy in a Chicago Court After
Conviction.
Wiitni- I .tint*. and Mi'ii I'rt'St'iil \ro
M -I l<> l'r||| ?. b>lll'ill}( I I???
l'l;i ill I ln> )il \ llli'li.
I'M . ? -- 111 f ?r nil)Hn?
?.?in 'in iii Hi.-;.' w.iik i>f
:i 'in flu' < Ijroat of
.ioi- ? li I iI'fi'in.i!? ?' hii ni in i In* ca -'i'
? f .John I .ona i'jJCvI with roll- |
? ? ?: > 1 Ml ?*!> I ?;i ?I lii'lii mill'! i'ttul foil
III i n 't f: VOIiliel Of UlliltV ill (ili"> t?I#?T
? lit'.!;; i.m?,i, M Hi I.iiUo'k Hospital
Tho jin'V i*i? I i/rrffMl n Hoalod vor
i!I? f .c:'' Hoffman \\i*r /(Mario'd I>v ?
> wlii'ii on liis \v;?v to (hf ????'?rf
i>>\ i|w? fiivuitl anproval of (????
iii!'' im:. f'tfifc Hk11 Ir.ul Just ordered
I o'fan's ;t i i ?'*?< f for contempt of
<*iinn v In n rho nou'fl if tlx* assault
iv;i''. iw'iv <1 I mined i;M'?!.<? ? *?*> Jndivo
?id i"ijrn?'il his roiirt (o llj?? op<'YAMlii\
'.<< 'ii- .'tt:d there I Idfinnr. wit'? )?'?? |
foMow 1 tiiVi'i'if Ifj n ring 4 ?
tal !?>, ; i iif:* Mf(roo|im;. . .in"
iii? i h* raisin? ui-t i fcrh' hmt<'
lluffiiuiii was found nuroim^JfUiH
iho *ld<w.ill; In a'l nmbnlnitfe tiff
i;. ^ ?*.'i t fo the hor"(tal ho roj?nined
?* and mado a brief jsiato
iiioni
' I nil's attacked us /ho rrsnli of a
?>nii,! ? i (dot," ln> hai?l "1 mv
m.??>??( was ,-ijt |?v ? Minn who a lifted
;ii .n'tfh }!ifi? tji* verdict. Ilo canuht
iii*? froi i i?("?rfrl?f nnd before I could
lake a niovo i<i ?f>dV'f?f! myuelf drew a
i a ? iv in'i'ii'ij! "V i lironi
? I'll ' |-|p ?"?ir.ns have inlofjiiofl Mi?*
00 ? ?(." ;all .liidwe r.all. "I haf .hitt'r
II in mianle to report on the
verdoi f<\ ?'*?? /ii'il of moith. Ilo will
ludii'.lio in tip- ''"??i i that ho Knows
tlii- nature ??'' this.' hy
1 aIn ?.*. I i < i i i lil 11 ;* ii .1 "
Si ixvlv Ifnff-nau raised his arm' M
the i ll> ? >v it ni i I it was almost perpon-?
? ii.1 "ilar (:"i I operating table. A
dim ? ? " h i had f.cr'P looking in at Iho
i'oor I'.'11 i>i a '.'iai tio'hl fMwtHoi', and
f.vo ?!. cioi - i a: riod her Tho
V"i ?!irl i hfii " as (ouMH'd and roaif 1?v
tiio Ic 'I ho I'h'Vi'ii Ini-orx won-'
Muii'd. iinxwiMod in tho aflirnin
iii'.*. Tin' ('iiiii'l Jmtnnti'd Hoffman
? > ni-," i"\iii' for fifTtrinnt ivo and
i \... i.ii' lu-.caiiv. and kIowi'i than ho
ii'" P :? L\ hi'i n|:;h i his hatid ?IJ?
fro ii hi.> Hid". Tlw siulit w-as so :il
fi?'iip ? tlia! most of tiio mi"i In tho
room wor" i ii t car?.
.Ind^t* Hall )< ft tho operating room
;'o5i!??: i jr, rnid l,onai;aii himself w;tq.
al'ii' -( ovoroomo. 'I'wolvo sHtfdu'S
in all ri'iv t.ikon in Hoffman's throat.
Tiw windpipe was almost' Bovorod.
Tiif dnetoi'm hold out littlo or no hope
of rot'ovory.
<a I MY OK I i.\ X !) FHAI'DS.
J'lu'cc M''ii ( 'onvlctcd in United Stales
Court a( OiualiUf
Onialia. Xol>.- Thomas M. Hunt
liMvio.i. A. I!. Todd and Fred Hoyt
were, qguvicied in the United States
(''?nil on charges of conspiracy to
defraud the Govurnjnent of about,
half a million acres of public lands
in Nebraska.
Th^s > men were Indicted jointly
with Richartij: :iud Comstoek, of the
Nebraska J .and and Cattle Company,
who wore convicted last fall. Hunt
ington is a banker at Gordon, Neb.,
and lloyt in his partner. Todd is
from Denver and procured old sol
diers of Iowa and Nebraska and Il
linois to place the filings on the home
steads.
20,000 uuknld on* lx iloilo.
Town on the Island of l'anay i* the
Capital of tliP Yikuyat.
Manila, P. I.?The town of lloilo,
Island of I'anav,was totally destroyed
by lire. with, the result that 2 0,000
per ions are homeless. ?
JIollo is the capital of the province
?>f that, name in the island of Panay,
of tho Visayas group. it wj\j? an
open port and comffxerclally im
portant under the Spnuiards, export
ing sugar, rice, tobacco, coffee and
hides, and manufacturing fabrics,
ha'? and carriages. It has a cathedral,
a seminary, a court house and other
public buildings.) The population in
1 V, 0was about 19,000.
OKLAHOMA HAS A CONSTITUTION
Knjrrossed Copy of New Document.
Si*;:;r?l by Delegates at Guthrie.(
C.nihrle, Okla.?President William
If. Murray signed the engrossed copy
of the Oklahoma constitution, using
!):'? alfalfa pen furnished by Cus
todian Campbell, of the Oklahoma
?Historical Society, and also the i>en
lu.oished b? \V. J. Dryan.
All of the seventy-live delegates
present also signed it. Delegate
'"ioiid, of Wellston, the only Itepub
1 ii present, voted for the constitu
tion on final passage, ho that it re
t <?;ved every vote cast.
fiimbi'l ("nts His Throat.
Heneuiet Gimhcl. the wealthy Phil
<id'lphian arretted in New York City
on liie complaint to the District At
torney ?? f Mrs. William Hudson Clark,
p." in it- :? of I . or Cljirk. a crippled lad,
v, ;?:> v mm he associated, attempted
to kill hiniKclf in a hotel in Hohoken
by cutting bia throat. He was under
liOOOO nail.
Missouri Crop Best Since 1001.
The condition of tho Missouri
wheat crop is ninety-four par cent.,
the highest that has been reported
sine; 1K01. . J
Indian Plague Deaths 75.000,
There were 75,0Gfr deaths from tho
pl&gue in India during thcrwee)* end
ing AdvII 18., Ssventy thousaiu^ of
l there occurred in Bengal, the I nu?a
? Province* and the Punjab. Tuft ep4
domic, began in the Punjab in Octo\
l>er, IS97, slpce when nearly a mil
lion and a half death* have occurred.
l>ritiy?i Landlords Must Sell.
Tho House of Commons by a large
majority passed the bill giving tho
Irifh Land Commissioner power to
lorce landlords to sell estates.
EARIHQltAKES WRECK
IMN'I MEXICAN TOWNS
~?W: ? ? . ?
I* '
Great Damage ami Loss of Lifo
in Southern Section.
SUBMERGED BY TIDAL WAVES
I'jirt of Acaptiltii ( p?|ei? V\ atrr?
Twelve I>en<l at TiUla?linilrotul
< 'nmniiniiearimi, .Me\ico to Vera
('i n/, H'lit < KV.
Mexico (Mlv. Sicxleo. ? Thlrty-ei^ht
persons wore killed and ninety-threo
Injured in the earthquake shocks
near (Mi ilpancingo and along tho wogt
const in southern Mexico. it is al
most certain no.y (!iu! later reports
will largely imiwino ,'lie number' of
fafahlies, :11?<I that l lie property dam
?'i!?,(> and Hie earth juako's extent woro
en grea ti?;
Telegram*. d; hived a day, show
ifi.M he ddea Chiipanriniro and (Jhl
!a| :i. (if* towns c.i A \ ul la, Oinolopoo
.iixl I isl la were detjlrovod
am' dial Mapa >v:;*; hadly damaged.
A dispatch from ('hilpaiie.(u#t>
*(WeH Ilia I \ry lUlIt'O \S US partially
?u I' 'iter'ged by tidal waves, and that
111'* whole we.-' coast tin' :%00 niilea,
from Aenpiiho souf'i <?> Saifua Cruz,
(lie J'a ill'1 i'*i'ii::iI of (?>(> Toli.ua ii t e
pee National Hallway, was badly
imaged.
I stretched of tin1 roadbeds of
both lin* M'*\ieaii and Imeroeeaii
Railway* It-; v?* sunk. ?? ml i ;??flic l?e?
twe< ii Ihi.i < i; y ;t"d Wra Cru>:, on
tlw< (Ih if. is : nsp> ui-'i!.
Twelve liodir;: have been falcon
frol/f >>i" vuill;' ;:! TumI.\ whirh in half
way hoi .????mi <"i?i 11<m 11? ? i11v..? and <"hi
lnpa. in tin* Miii'to ri <;; 11* ; T\vie?
thai ntinii.tv ?'t I'ljr.r. ! are being
eared i'oi' in 1e eot ary ulnn l ure s in
tiif yf i'ii count rv.
Ayf/bj? an historic Iowa. Is* about:
fifty miles* <'.oiil li of ('lii?j::- rrrngo and
some lv,?n /ptl'-is v,?<>!-?; of \ c:\ pu tea.
()mi'!ip< . \.it!: nno inkeWtrmtH,
l.i furl ii;-r vH'ih liiaii Aizutln. fiear*
i'Imi border line of ?'?v? flia'o o'' Oav
nca. T|o| a i s si:.tv ::i(lc? west of
Ciliii :? i)("j,'.' f...V
A li lion.",It v. m ? irimT at
Ac;i pn lro o.' f'i:J !|i,,."',l ??T fi l'h't
fthoi-U \vii''i> ili" < ? -i!i 1> '.'.I'll in ir*'iu *
<?le. l!:-^ i i i' \v:i. !.<-.'.vd inio :i fn:".V ,
nil<{ frn 11::dio*I:s ?? iui iniied Uk^ Ii:u -
!)(>,? hutkfd li'i" ; I vpiioon-awept
nc;>an, .!/>*>? !:'Viv himc'i of t!w? port
has hei n sn Mire/'Aesl is: no!. !;ih;wii.
Th<" hoimoa as *?U as th-> e!urr?r}? firfr
nnd< r walor." Ini. ih<.M?' : i n many
chinches in tho phuc. KeV'M'iiT siiipa
were in i he ha-ho:-, i>a( i'hh" t?<t< out
to r.ea and, il js said, uoiu o' thoni
su ffnred.
A dlMjintch lo 101 l'ei.?. (lie or;;a u of
the Cat 1)0lie Ch'irrh in this'city, fr.^Oi
the liksliop of (4ii|lap:i, eonHrnts /.hi?
lVperl; of fiie widespread dcslrucllon
In that yielniij*. KourLeen peraona
wore hilled in one house there; tUVt
injured niunber thirty-time.
Tho renewed shocks at CIrilpt\ncin
go levelled most oi tii? Important
public hnihll'^'.s. The new initfttcipaV
pal'ioe was hadly nhattered. Its fvre
deceesor was levelled by an oar'iL
(juakG four years njso. The hospitals,
schools and the jail tire in ruins.
The prisoners from tho .iail ary>,
guarded by tho rural guards atld ara
now located in a temporary structure
erected In the opvn court. The Gen
eral command in;, tho troops was bad
ly injured.
Tho Federal C'lvernniont. Is helping
the people of Chilpancingo, but calm
cannot he restore! thero until the
BliockB ccase. only one wiro.is work
ing spasmodically between this city
and Clillpancini, >. At noon a)i op
oralor there was questioned about
(lie number of casualties* IIo said
he knew only tiir't lie had seen abouf.
a dozen dead a id about thirty in
jured persons.
FIVE SHOCKS TO KlLf> 11131.*
r ittlo IHnrderer S:?xlon Hr.rdest Sub
ject in Ten Years.
Auburn, N. V. ? Edward Sexton,
who was convicLcd at Canandalgixa.on.
Friday, April 29, 11>(M, of murder In
ftho first degree for killing Thomas
Mahauey, vraa jyi? to death by elec
tricity at Auburn Prison.
Sexton was of small stature and
Blight, but It required live distinct
coniaets before U'; v.aa declared dead.
The contacts ranged from 154*0 volts
at three ampe:':*} io 174 0 volts at
eight ampere*. ;Unt? Electrician
Davis, who offlo iiied at the electrocu
tion. said that SeNton was ono of the
hardestsubject th.it had been in.JLho
chair ir. the las: ten years.
FIVE DE 11 > IN WllECK.
Client Xorlherii Fa^t Train (iocs Over1
Embankment and Iinrns.
Ilarllett, N. D- Speeding at forty
iniloa an hour, on a straight track,
Hi'' Great Northern west-hound Om
ental Limited v. ;??; doKailed and
burned four miles from this village.
W II. Jones, ii:f n.a!l clerk, and four'
unidentified Greeks were killed. Of
Hclals of tiio road boliev? that tho
wreck was incendiary.
Tho wreck occurred on the line di
viding Nelson and Ro.msey counties,
the mail car co uuletely jumping over
tho engine and landing in Ramsey
County, while thj remainder of tho
wrecked -train burned in Nelson
County. .. **?
Wall Street Failure.
W. L. Stow & Co., members of the
New York Stock Exchange, - sus
pended.
Publicity Organization's Troposnls.
At a- meeting of tho Nat onal Pub*
licity Dill Orsanlzr.tion in New York
City ox-Senator W. E. Chandler de
fended Presided KovMr^-elt froa-tiie -
sarcastic aiiafH *>f Col, Alexander
Troup, of Connecticut. . Vv. \.T.~ BtfyMl
proposed drati-ic? legislation^ to pro
hibit the contribution of political
*ampaltn fiinOa by trusts.
Falling Trrr? Kills n Fnvmer.
Waiter Holf~, a farmer living ait
Enfield Centre. X. V., v.as instantly
killed by a falUn* tree on hie farm.
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