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y>> I' -'T-.r~r>*r.v'>i"*fi , . fM r, - , r VOLUME XVIII. CAMDEN, S. C., KUIDAY. NOVUM B?K 1. p7. N<)' SOUTH CAROLINA ITEMS | Newsy Items Gathered frcm the Different ?Sections of South Carolina. M^fclCE. AC0EPT8 PLACE ON BOARD. ?, Will Serve the .State From a Stand point of Duty Never Sought the Office. Aiken, Special.?Mr. Hayne F. liice, wh(* was recently appointed a member of the State board of educa tion, lias accepted the appointment and received his commission. Mr. Bice wan seen by a correspondent and mode the following statement: "I received my coipmissiota and 1 expect to ser.vo. Under the law it is, the duty of the govornor to appoint ? ?one person from every congressional district in the State, whom, together j with the State superintendent of ed ucation and the governor, shall con stitute the State-board of education. Fha governor alone is responsible to the people of tho State for the fitness of his appointees to discharge the du-' ties devolving upon them. If, in ap pointing me from this district Gov. Ansel did not seo fit to consult the superintendent of education, that is.; a personal matter between the two for which I do not deem myself i^n any manner responsible. Mr. Mar tin's attempted flings at myself, of "whom he knew nothing whatever, ^wore so manifestly unjust, and his' purpose so evident, that"T did not . consider them worthy of a reply. I . , ,fThe superintendent construes ex 'Goy. Rheppard's reft ,al to serve on' tho board as an endorsement of his contention against tjio governor. I TTave neither part nor parcel in any ccontrovorsy between Snpt. MaHih and Gov. Ansel, but since Mr. Mar- J tifci's last published letter to the gov-, "? ernor 1 can not refuse to serve and { thereby cast discredit upon our chief -;/? executive. This appointment was not - solicited by me, nor by any one for ?^.?ne, so far -as I am informed, but \nter all the circumstances I feel it <y duty, not only to our chief exe ?lfcive, but to. the whole people of the r 'tate, to accept it and serve to the beet of my ability." - j Daughteijs of Oonftdezaoy. Columbia, Special.?Wade Hamp f Ion chapter, Daughters of the Con federacy, held a meeting in Mayor] v Gibba' office in the city hall, the' meeting having ben ealed by the pres % ident out of the regular time on oc-' js^vieouut of tho date for the regular ses-/ ; ^sion, occuring during fair week. Dele/1 r gates were elected to the general con vention of the Daughters of the Con ? foderacy, to bo held in Norfolk, Va., November 14. Those who will attend from the Wade Hampton chapter are: ? Mrs! S. Reted Stoney, Mrs. Francis B. ? Kendall, M?s. M. H. Mobley, Mrs. Berwick T.egare: alternates: Mrs. J. W. Bunch, Mrs. C. M. Galloway, Mrs. . McDuffle Hampton, Mrs. Richard! O'Neal. Tlfc State convention of tlicj i Daughters of:the Confederacy wilbbc . Jieid in Chester Decomber 1, and IheJ ?* local chapter also elected d N this convention. The folte $ represent the ohapter: S V -j more, Mrs. C. U. Girardea?ft5v . v- - * Meetzo, Mrs. M. H: Moflp ? nates: Mrs. Yates Snowdeii', H. McMaster, Miss Mary Perry, Miss Agnes McMaster. South Carolina Club. Columbia, Special.?The meeting of tho South Carolina club for tho i election of officers and neiV members j and the transaction, of other business | be held next Wednesday. The r nice tin?\^w ill bo in tho city council > chamber and be called to order at 7:30 o'clock. y' * ^ , ' r. Mr. Theo. Vogel Drops .Dead. Barnwpll, Special.?Mr. Theo. Vo "gel, ono of Barnwell's oldest citizen*, dropped dead in Sutfiter and W body was brought here. Mr. Vog?l was in Sumtor ou a visit to his daughter, Mrs. P. J. Drew. He was out in tho yard and suffered a stroke of apjJo v plcxy about 1:30 p. m,, dyingalmoftt j .' instantly. Mr. Vogel was - a native ( of Germany,' coo>hif here when a I. of 20. He settled ?? Barnwelij ?n Started if)-' business. He throughout the Civil war an>1 *W? r*w*ed to Barnwell, m Zx An Aiken Ginnery Burned. Aiken, Spaeial.?Fire destroyed Use ginnery, hay sheds and their eon tents at Mr. H. C. Italian's "High land furm" Thursday morning about 1 o'olock. The origin of the tire is unknown, ?ho,gkuiery had not been in operation for several days because o? Mto scarcity of water in the well which supplied the boilers. A gre^t deal of cotton was stored in and about the ginnery awaiting the Starl ing UP' of tho work which was to hove begun on next Monday. In the sheds were stored almost the entire hay crop cif the plantation. Nearly all of thi$ had been recently baled. In ad dition to the buildings' t lie property destroyed Jncluded 17 bales of seed cotton, all tho meed from about 50 bales, 500 bushels of home-grown seed oat?, about 10tf tons of Hue hay, one carload of fertilizers, cotton gin ,cu r'i:it.s and machinery. The property destroyed was worth about $0,000. It is said Mr. llahan had insurance amounting t^ $1,000.. Mr. llahan is in Pittsburjr, Pa., but his manager, Mr. Plunketjt, was at tho fariu and worked hai'd together with his neigh bors and tarui hands to save what ,lhty could. Sumter's Shoe Factory Attracts At -v tention. Sumter, Special.?The first, shoo factory in South Carolina, located at Sumter, "is attracting the attention of hundreds of visitors - from eastern ('ftiolina aud other points, who oodjo heie to trade, and few people visit Sumter without going into Bull mann Bros, shoe establishment to see fhe novel sight of manufacturing shoes in ail of the departments, burnter people are as much interested as any other people,-and our Sumter shoe dealers are patronizing tho lo cal factory, too. ^^<i*"far not a single shoe dealer from any point in this State, who has visited the shoe fac tory has gone away without placing an order. This speaks volumes for the spirit of patronizing "houui enter prises by bouth Carolina- mcrellfrnts. Killed by Electric Gurr^jat./-* . Fort Mill, Special.?Robert <^fadge peth, a young whito man in /lie em ph^V' of the Catawba Power Company, fflrot his death while working on tho "i?? at 8 o'clock Sunday morning. The accident occurred neai^ tho pow er dam, three miles from here. The man had climbed >a pole to make some repairs and it thought that he plac ed himself in siicb a position that'the current leaped from tho wire to his body and forming a circuit with thl ground. It is also said the deercased suffered from a weak heart an^4his was partially responsible Sot his death. He lingered for an.hour or more after the accident and in the meantime a companion, who was with him, took the spurs off the injured man and climbed up and finished the work. An inqiiest was held over the body in the afternoon by Magistrate AleElhaney, of this place. The young man was f rom^GPewport, this county, ? - -, _ irfield Dispensary Board. /J Special.?Gov. Ansel aj>? H. Peters, successor to - nt j?'Malloy, as member of tin nBld county dispensary boand. Mr. Malloy resigned several weeki ?go. ? Died From Bite of Eat. Greenville, Special?A negro driv er for the express company, named Swinnoy, was bitten while asleep by a rat on one of his toea tho other day. Blood poison developed from neglect and his leg was amputated. The negro died Friday night. An Aiken Land Deal. Aiken, Special.?Dgeds have ;? beon placed on file at! the oflico of the Clerk of Aiken county conveying the title tho timbered rights on about 5,000 acres of land in tho Runs sec tion to a company of capitalist* About $15,000 was paid faf the prop erty to residents of Siiverton, Kifen ton and surrounding .^eetroim. The Jffrge*t purchase in the list was from , H. M. Caeeel??'of EHetcn, who sol J | obput $5,000 worth. The deeds are all conveyed to F. A. Lindsay of Charleston.' A. Jpi w rifia COMPULSORY LAW OPPOSED Dots Not Think Compulsory Educa tion aa Important as Supervision of tho Teachers. Columbia, Special.?As a result of the investigation made by tho State department of education, Superinten dent Martin ban announced that in his report to the next general assem bly he would favor a law improving the system of supervision of teachers rather than thy passage of a compul sory education law. Some time ago Mr. Martin sent out to all superin tendents of Slates and Territories the following list of questions with request for an early response: J. Have you compulsory atten dance school law in your State? 2. If so, is it thoroughly ooioro ed? 3. What is the approximate an nual cost of the enforcement of your law ? 4. Do you have truant officers? 5. If so, how* are they appointed! (j. Do you think that is is practica ble or possible to cuforee a compul sory attendunse law without truant ofilcers ? 7. What was the increase in your attendance last year? S. What was the percentage of in crease '] 0. Does your law apply alike to the whole State or is a local option feature to it? 11 is department received 45 re plied. Of (his number 33 gave nu .affirmative reply and 12 a negative as to the existence of compulsory law in their respective States. Only 32 of the superintendents un swored the second question in re gard to the thorough enforcement of the' .law. Fourteen answered simply, i "yes," and 10 "no." Tho others I gave various answers such as the fol lowing: "it is well enforced in Hit' j cities; "no good in country dis tricts;" "great effort is being put forth by the ad/ninist ration to en force it;" "iiof ill all sections;" '1never has been enforced;" "no good, pay no attention to it;" "fair ly well." , ?? The" answers varied greutly as lo tho annual cost of tho cntorcement ut the law. About 19 superintendents reported that they had no way of knowing bec?use_thc money was paid out by local or county authorities^ One superintendent retried $25,000. ( Another Statu.* ^udinu, $53,14.5.11). Another said $2 per day for each of ficer. Another gave $500 to $700 per county. Another gave $25 to $50 per pionth for cach officer. New York Style has 1,400 truant ofllcers. To the forth question: "Do you have truant officers," 20 answered "yes," and 5 answered "no," Mr. Mai'i in says that it is noticeable that all of these five reported that the law was not thoroughly enforced in their States. The answers to this question w?le modified by such statements as the following: "We. have truant of ficers in towns of >morc than 25,000 poople." MWe have from one to five truant ofiioerS in each county." "Un der the old law the chairman of the board was charged with tho enforce ment ; under the new law wo have truant officers." One superintendent reported the county officers in the cities and county superintendent act ing as truant officer in the country." Mr. Martin also finds that 19 States reported that truafit ofilcers are ap pointed by local boards ^nd eight say that they are appointed by local boards in tho city and coum ty boards in the country, Iif one State truant officers oro appoint^' ed by the county ^superintendent and are responsible to him. l/i n not her State they are appointed by tho pro late'court and in one State tlie sher iff and deputies act as traant officers. Thirty-six superintendent* answer ed the question as to whether it ia praaticablo or possible to enforce * compulsory attendance . law . without truant officers. Of these 30 answered "no," six answered "yes," but qual ified their answers with such state ments as, "It depends upon.the com munity," ..'.'but it is - better with them;" "1 think it is;" "1 think s?> in xurpl districts. Mr. Martin says it is noticeable that theso six replies come from States w^ich have no.ver had any cx jiorience with compulsory attendance jaws. He also says that not a single superintendent in arty Slate, where theie is a compulsory attendance law, ijays that such a compulsory law can be enforced witl&ht truant officers. The answers varied greatly as to kquestions No. 7 in regard to increase in .iltendanee. A great many of the Northern States show-no -increase or vary alight increase. Ho; finds from the replies tfiat it is noticeable that the JJor^bern tjjtates, which hava? no eompalsoiy law, arc increasing i^uT tciiuanoe much more rapidiv than any i'.tKr StaU* anywhere ia the eouu-. jfy. Tbia is attributable more to thf rapid development and proiporfty ~oT ifco eoostiy, ,f<yt instance,. tea in ftsk Georgia vi* S7,0(X^ while theJngrtntk In Xo? York was abont ^ajOOO. 11k. inciease in South Can> Aml jtu5 J&figL jyitUft-jwrtaw to JvtKfy vras onl Jt?ywe|? lo y i eicct'ia.-;* p.L-htion No. 0 and of these 211 show id tliut tho law applies to tlie* enti?e SUIt6, two show a local option foal iro miiticll allows people to vote a* o whether the law will take effect ind throe have a feature which nake* it optional wait!) local hoards is to whiter they shall appoint truant iflicors. His Conclusions. After making thft statement given foi his annual report, Mr. Mar tin ??a>>: "AfU-.r making this investigation I hid that I reach the name conclusion ifhicji 1 reached last year. We need :o systematize our school orgoniza- I aou more than we need a compulsory ittendancc law. In fact 1 do not see low it is possible to enact and to en force an'effective compulsory attend-1 nice law until our school orgnniza lion is strengthened, If 1 Had my jhoice between a bill to improve our; tytem of .supervision and a compuU lory attendance hill, 1 should not lesitute to vote for the supervision )ill. We need to raise our standard )f (pialitlcation for teachers. 1 he 'ieve that tlii4 will he effective. 1 really believe that a compulsory-, at tendance law will do more harm than tcou in the present condition of our tchooi system." Bills For Next Session. There will ho before the legislature lext year^a hill for compulsory edu jation wmch was brought over from the last A'ssion, the continuance be ing mad(r~becaufce of the long -kr jatcs on the passage of a dispensary law. The hill was a combination of two bills, introduced by Representa tive Anil and Kershaw and will come up early on the calendar. A member >? the house who was in the city it} feu that after a l>r^p Over the upper Dart of the State and conversations held with ?i number of members, tliii Hill is almost certain of passage' by tue house, while tlio senate is heart ily in faint if it. The bill provides a lomp'dsoty attendance of children upon t!.e u-ubiic schools up to a cer tain ai;e. >. THE MARKETS Prevailing Prices of Cot! on, Grain and Produce 0 General Cotton Market. Atlanta, sternly .... .. ......105-8 Salveston, quiet 111 2 New Orleans, steady 10 7-8 Savanuali, easy .... .; .10 5-8 Charleston, steady .. 10 5-8 Wilmington, steady ..10 3-4 ^orfollc, steady 10 3-4 Baltimore, nominal 111-4 New York, steady 11.10 Boston, quiet ...11.10 Philadelphia,- steady *. 11,35 Houston,. quiet 11 Augusta, quiet and ?steady .., .11 3<J| Memphis, quiet .. ..111-8 Little Rock, quiet 10 5-8 Charlotte, N. 0., Cotton Market. These figures represent the prices paid to wagons: jloud middling .10 1-2 Strict middling 10 3-8 Middling 101-4 Cuarlotte, N. 0., Produce. Market Hons?per head ' ...35 Cinckens?spring .... 20 Ducks 2o K{?pr? 22 Butter f V-Q OvH ?. <??>?*?on seed .. 30 On !.??feed .; (ii1 Baltimore Produce Market. P?altimoro, Oct. 20.?Flour dull, un changed, Wheat, very quiet; spot contract. 103 1-4 to 103 1-2; Southern | by sample 08. Corn quiet ami easiorjl spot mixed (37 3-4; No. 2 white 07 3-4.; Oats easier; No. 2 mixed 63' to; 551-2. Rye easy; No. 2 Western do-1 mestic .97 asked. ] Butter firm, unchangfcd; fancy imi- j tation 24 to 25; do creamery , 30 to 31; do ladle 22 to 23; store packed i 18 to 20. Eggs steady, unchanged, 25 to 20. Cheese,firm, .unchanged ; large* 1(5 ^r8j! fiats Hi 3-8; small 10 5-8. ?Sugar unchanged; -^coarse granu lated $5.10; fine granulated $5.10. Naval Stores. Savannah, Oa., Oct. 20.?-Spirit* turpentine steady 51 1-4; sal J CyU; veieipts 001,;- shipments 170. Rot in firm, sales 2,720; receipts- 3, 030; shipments 335j stock 89342 Quote: ArB C $3.90; E $3.95} F. *4; (J $4^.05; II. $4.15; I $4.40; K -4.S0, M $5.05; N $5.45; W G $5.85| W. W. $5.95. ' ^ - - . ^ ? s Ocorjia Tooth Kills IDs Path*. Griffin, OA, Sp?feial.?Harry La* sitor, .ifl years old, shot <and kiHed his father; William Lnssiter, 50 yoat* old, a painter, shortly after o'fkxk qighf, at thair horns hart/ The tsoronsr hold an inquest 4hi* nxmnn* awt^feWi^ tiljilttO^ hold. oti tho <&arRt of Jfl pleaded soff-defenso and j fat*ei\V?r fZflitog: mt kfm *ith a knife. ? : W. A DAY I IHAUI President Names J.tist Thurs day in November CHARACTtR THE GOAL SOUGHT Democracy Must Use tin Ton Talents Entrusted It and Pray for tho Spir it of IUghteousnosr and Ju.ticc in wal'ji Lios Hope of ifatiou's Per petuity. WKnui.igton, I). Special.-Pn *i. dent Roosevelt Sal unlay' i.-sued hi.* IhuuksgivMig pri ??!;.in.ii ion, ihrongn tho Sec re I a ry ??! Stale, naming t!.o last Thursday in November, the twenty-eighth. Hie proclamation follows: "Once again the season ??t* the year ha# como whou, in accordance with tho custom of our forefathers for generations past, tho President ap points a day as the especial occasion for all o^r people to give praise and thanksgiving to Ood. "During the past year we have j been free .from famine, from pesti lence, from war. Wo are at peace with all the rest of mankind. Our natural resources are ut least as great iia those of any other nation. We be lieve that in ability to develop ami take advantage ofli Hichq resources the average man of this nation stands at least as high as the average man of any other . Nowhere elso in the woild isvfhero such an opportunity for a freo people to develop to tho fullest extent all its powers of body, of mind, and of that whid^.stands afcovo both body and mind?char acter. Much has been given us from on high and much will rightly be ex pected of us in return. Into our care tbe ten talents have been entrusted, and wo are to be pardoned neither if we squander and waste, nor if wa hide them in a napkin; fop tbey must bo ^fruitful in our hands. Ever throughout the ages, at ait times and among nil peoples, prosperity has been fraught with danger, and it be hooves us to beseech tho Giver of all things that we may not; fall into love of ease and luxury; that we may not forget our duty to God and to our neighbor. ' "A great Democracy liko ours, a Democracy based upon the principles of orderly liberty, eifti be perpetuated only if in the heart of tho ordinary oitisen there dv$?ls a keen sense *rrf righteousness and justice. Wo should earnestly pray that this spirit of righteousness and justice may grow ever greater in the hearts of all of U3, ^nd that our souls may be inclined evermore botli toward tho virtues that tell for gentleness and tender ness, for loving kindness and forbear ance one with another, and toward those no iess necos:Vary* virtues that make our manliness and rugged hardi hood?for without these* qualities neither nation nor individual ean rise to the level of greatness. "Mo W, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, do set apart Thursday, the 28th day of November, as a day of general Thanksgiving and Prffyer, and on, thirt day 1 recommend that the people shall cense from their daily work, and, in their* home or in thoir churches meet >|kevoutly to thank Almighty for the many and great blessings they have'received in the past, and to pray that they may be given strength so to order their lives as to deserve a continuation of these blessings in the future. "In witness whoreof I have here unto set my band and caused the seal of the United States to be afflxc:*. (Seal.) "Done at the city of Washington the twenty-fifth day of October, in the year of our. Lord one thousand nine hundred an seven and of the In dependent of the United States the one Hundred and thirty-second. (Signed) ''Theodore Roosevelt.'' "By the J'resident: "Elihu Root, Secretary of State. To Inquire Into Soizure of Tobacco. Washington, Special.?Tlio British orabaRHv has boon ehargcd by its gov ernment to inquire into the action of the F'?leral authorities i^ seizing 7, 600 eases of cigarettes at Norfolk in tended* for shipment to the Britisi) American Tobacco Company. The -British embassy reopened for., busi itess in Washington after Wing lo ~e?t*d/ at Intervale, N. H.voIl ":un ?wr. lir. Watson, one of the secre taries, is in cbargt?, pen/ling the ar of Ambassador BfyAf, who U eotaing from ,lR**fv*U in m automo m*Ut OM Attnwtlac M ?. Arr** CutoUtoa, Hia.r Spoeitl.?Whil* -jfrwdm t? arntt W *j??, ? "* ' ' irtral jwttr. *?* HUNDREDS IT.IIISH IN ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE Estimates ol Fatalities in the StrlcKnn (laiabrian Village Kuu as High as Six Hundred-Over a Thousand injured. Kttliiflfls Mattered and Prisoners in Jail Maddened by Fuar-Dcsolatfon atFer* razzan-Town In Ruhis^PeopIe Naked and Hungry-lit least 30(1 Head Under Fallen Houses-SurTftsrs Fled From Their beds When Aroused by liarthquake. Home, Haly.?Earthquake shocks which wove ft'it throughout the coun try havo caused widespread dlsastor and great loss of llfo. Tho severest shocks wore experienced in Sicily and Oalabria, whore tho panic stricken people aro now camping In tho open. Much damage was done at Rogglo u/Td Afcssina, whore houses were wrecked. Two wails of tho eathodral at Goraco collapsed. liuildlngs foil at Siuopoll, burying nine portions. Drancalcono in almost entirely In ruins. One village was absolutely ruined. flMi6 misery of tho pooplo Is In creased by torrenilul rains. Tho Gov ernment i?sendlng aid. Tho correspondent of Tho Hun suc ceeded in reaching Kerruz/.ano on horseback tho day after the disaster. Ho found tlie town a mass of ruins,' there being, scarcely a single house standing. The roads, or rather mule tunckH, loading to the -place have been blotted out by landslides or cur rlod away by the Hoods. HJach ruined hou'feo lias boon con verted 4'Uo h tomb, occupied by tSio dead and tho living. A majority of tho gurvlvora. Uuvo (led. Tboso re maining are hoping ngahlBt hope that they will ho able to rescue fur led relatives. Tho inhabitants aro semi-nude,-< most of them woaring tho night clothes they had on when the eartfc <1 u a It** cairn*. They are drenched through and through, having no shel ter from the steadily falling rain.* Mute desperation and terror are de picted in their faces, and many of them weep silently, A majority of the injured inhabit* tants are sheltered in rnllltu'y lento/ The doctors are kept busy attending (hem. A Ion# row^of bodies is await ing Identification and hurinl in half dug Knives/which are Hooded. The torrential rain increases the desolation and renders-the work of rescue difficult. The scenes witnessed are heart rending. The latest reports from the affected districts place the number of dead at J/er COO and the injured at 1000. lie troops are doing their utmost to mlnish the sufferings of the people, they work steadily, unmindful of'fa tigue, bur^ntf^Mve dead, rescuing.the Jiving, dlstrlbutlug*food and clothing and .providing shelter. Minister Lacavit is going the round* of the villages dispensing help. Car dinal Portanova, Archbishop of Ret* :<lo dl Calabria, and the ftlshops are distributing tho Pope's ilrst contribu tion of $10,0(10. It Is likely that the King will visit Calabria. Among tho terrifying scenes during the quakes was the panic of prisoners In the jail at Catanzaro. They muti nied at the first shock and screamed and pounded on tho doors and were quieted with great dilllculty. FINANCIAL SITUATION IN WVNOPHIH. Wodneeday.?Cornenln copper securities engineered In Now York City by the j\ Au^utttuB Heinle Interests collapses and stocks slump heavily. Gross & Kloeberg, brokers, forced to suspend! Otto Heinse & Co., brokers, unable to settle with other New Y6rfc stock Exchange Antra :?? ?r~ ? : ? >? Thursday.?After conference of bankers at home of Charles' W. Morse, P. Augustus licitizo retires as president of Mercantile National' Bank. ? Stale Savings Bank, of Butte, Mont., a Helnze Institution, closes its doors. -? ? ... Friday.?On demand of the Clearing House Association the qntlre directorate of the Mercantile National Bank., of which F. Augustus IJclnZv, Charles \Y. Mor.sc and E. 11. Thomas salsed caatro! uary, real ana. Mercantile Bank requires aid In clearing dabk balance of $754,000. i , - Stocks reached lowest point of the year. Saturday.?Charles W* Morse resigns as director an<J trustee of: fourteen banks and financial institutions, amdhg'them* tbo NatlOjBjW^ Bank of North America; Sunday.-?Ba'.ikors held all day conferences and S3th MDMili|kfl Is chosen president of Mercantile JDankr . . . Monday.- -O, P. Thomas resigns as\president of the .'ConnolMHH National Bank. William R. Montgomery succeeds E. R. Thomas as pre the linmlilon Bank. t ? ?, The National Bank of Commerco notifies the Clearing It will ceaso to redeem cheeks for the Knickerbocker ftr*# and Charles T. Barney retires as president of the Knicker 1 Company. ? ' a Tuesday.?The Knickerbocker Trust Company- forci payment following u run by depositors and after drawn. ' / . % . Marcun Mayer & Co., stock brokers, with liabilities ot 000, forced.to suspend. ... .*?' George B. Cortoiyou, Secretary ot the Treastfryy. '.?660 York City to take charge of financial situation. WednesdayDepositors start a run on the Company of America and withdraw $8,000,0t>0. ? Wcatihghon3e Electric and Manufacturing Coi _ itiea of $100,000,000, forced into hands of receiver* Plttsbuyg Stock Exchange suspends trading Thurrday.?With stock market demoralized and associates save situation by i^ndlug-J?2?,QjQj[ call loans. " Twolfch "Ward Ban If,^Hamilton and Empire City1 suspend payments to protect depositors. . v Friday.?United Etatos hfrchnnse Bank, of Ha Hotel Bank, of Brooklyn, and Union Trust Company,_pjt Prorldqt close doors. . Eight bankn and trust ^om^anles In Manhattan' and Brooklyn suspended payment. catpB which will be assuring statements lng Duslnesa men and Government ofllelala. - The saving* ;&&nk p? ana irnsc Tom^anies in wannaunn anu uroojciyn it. The Clearing House decided to Issue loan certlfl* lit? used in the sHtjement of ba'nkers' balances. -Be-' its aa .to the fiinvaclcl aUnatlon were Issued by. le?rth nnd Government ofildals. - The saving* bank presl* dents* decided to- roqulro sixty days' notice from depositors for tfce withdrawal of funds. Confidence being restored, President Roosevelt Issues seml-ofllcial reassurances. No cause for further alarm. Whole country prosperous and good time:-. *11 continue. (illlL SLAVS I IANCK AN1> SELF. Broken Engagement Causes Tragedy Which Shocks Slinmokin, Pa. Shaiqokln, Pa. ? This city Is wrought up as rarely ever before by the murder of .William Kllnger. a member of one oT the leading families ot Locust Gap, by Miss Lucy Dough ton, who Svan eighteen years old and a lender of the Jniigh School sopho more clfts#. and who hilled hcrrrrtf wlth the sumo revolver with which shf> Blew young Klingej:. ?. v. Jn nn examination o'f Kllng^r's ef fects tho authorities found a letter, which they regard as tho key to the tragedy. It was in Miss Doughton's handwriting, and read as, follows: "Will, I know yon^would rather T would not write, but,* must know what you are going to do. I want you. to marry me, but I know you .tfould prefer to serve time in Sunbury. Tho suspense is torturing. I hate you now as much as I loved you." -Kllnjrir went to tho young woman's honHrWd found her walking in the yard. They talked with each other a while, wbeft angry words followed by two pistol shots>were heard. Tho young wowan. and her former sweet heart were found doad WIfhln'a Tf!W feet of each other, each with a bullet wound In the head. .. Ub three months ago Kllnger. wto #4# twenty-three,years old. had *3t thrgttl attentions with the flew Ilia, j a una ojr SOS NEW CpJJj?(3K, 90,0C0,000, Cequcst of II. N. Carson t<5 Girli?Gfrard as Pattorn. Philadelphia.?It was c.nno that*tne will of B. N. Csraon, city,- who died suddenly la A here laet weeky. provides +for 000,000 college for orphan girls, tamed after Girard College, aity, which i? exclusively f< the dea|.h of, the widow, Mre.iFiwp#* Carbon'. The institution will be Kh , cat'ed at riourtowo J J*uHover thfe city, line, in Montgomery County. ? The will is almost identical wltfc that of Stephen Girsr<*. who the largest college of its kind world. >I4ke^fr. Girard'* Cprson'e beqffest prpvldgs institution shall not he control any religious denomination ?o religious services shall, he he Institution that trt-e peei exclusito to any church. , T^f?'college wlfl be open to' white girls both of whose pas dead. In the matter of preferoncs Is to be given KirW bom m Phittde gomcvy County. A ird|rs are to btf to those syisama. and, lastly, jjjjg else'whereMn the Uni tge of admiseloh is years, And WM