Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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-> - . / _ ; \r/ . | - J ? " - ? - ? . . . ?. ? ?? ?-?? ???1 1 V XVIII. CAM DKN. 8. C.. Kill DAY, JANi'AU Y 3. I'.HM. ; Vi>. m. SOUTH CAROLINA ITEMS Newsy llems Gathered frcm the Different Sections of South Carolina. Compulsory Law y0r Education. Columbia State. "/ ,,10s* i?t cresting (,f the ? * 0 J<* Abated at tho coming ses n or tiu1 general assembly is tho proposal compulsory act. There were ..U" f)U!ri(' hills, one by Kepresenta >\e A nil of Newberry and another by itpprcsiculalive Kershaw of Florence. w',s *1,/?-?<h'?i to report bark a sub stitute bill taking some of the' feu uhh of the two and merging them with a few "amendments. As there lias been considerable dis cussi.in over the merits of such a law tl,e ,,>xl the bill to be brought up In the house and senate will be of in terest . It is as follows: 'lie it enacted l?y the general as sembly of the State of South Caro lina : "Section 1. Kverv parent, guar dian or other person in the. State of South ( arolina having control or charge id a child or children be tween the ages of S and 14 yonr.i shall be required to send such child or children to a public school for a ^period of at least 12 weeks in each \chool year, at least four weeks of which shall be consecutive, unless such child or children are excused from such attendance by the hoard <>f school trustees of the-school dis | liict in which such parents,or guar dians reside, in their discretion, upon ils being shown to their satisfaction thai the bodily or mental condition of such child or children has been such as to prevent his or her ox their at tendance at school or application to study for the period required, or that such child or children are taught in a private school or at home, in such branches as are usually taught in primary schools or have already ac quired tli^-ordinary branches of learning'taught in the public schools. "Sec. 2. For every neglect of such duty, as provided in section 1. of thin act, the person offending may be pun ishm*tfy a fine of not exceeding $10 or iwpriso&neut not exceeding ten avs provided, the person so offending all hot be prosecuted exctipl ' as wided in section 3 of this act. S^c. 3. The board of school trus in the school district Hindi, al k.^ .Vime of appointment or election iST .eachers each year, appoint one of v iheir number, whose duty it shall be ^o"ascertain all persons that he may deem to he violating ^his act, and no shall be prosecuted until rea sonable warning has been given, as provided"in this section, and only by order of the said board of trustees, and on oath of the member of such board who has been appointed by such board to prosecute the same; provid ed, that if the person so offending shall agree to comply with the pro visions of section i of this act, the case may be discontinued, or sentence suspended, in the discretion of the magistrate issuing the warrant. "Sec. 4. Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the board of scfiool trustees of any school district in this State that the parents, guar dians or other persons having control and charge of any child or children in attendance upon the public school^f Ysaid district, in accordance with tlie * provisions of this act,-arc unable to procure suitable books, stationery, etc., for such child or children, it shall be the duty of such board of school trustees to procure, or cause to be procured, for such child or child ren, all necessary books, stationery, etc?" the some to be paid for out of the fund of said school district in the same manner that other claims ' ( Magistrate Resigns. ^ Governor Ansel h^s received the resignation of J. N. Glenn, magistrate' at North Augusta. Mr. Glenn lias been made postmaster of that town) and his resignation was necessary by I reason of the law forbidding any cit-j iren holding two offices at the same time. Farmers' Bank and Trust Co. Sumter, Special.?The Farmers') Bank and Trust company's annual statement shows a gratifying finan cial condition for the year 1907. AI comparison of the statement with that of December 20, 1Q06, shows the addition of nearly $15,000 to tht> surplus fund. One year ago the cap ital stock of the bank was $60,000, an# the last installment of the ad ditional istock was not paid until July 1,'Fh en the percentage of prof its on capital is really much greater than appears ill the statement. An Accidental Killing. Sumter, Special.?Nick W. Britton, ' while handling apistol Tuesday night accidentally shot in the head and im mediately killed n colored man named liugainnie Washington, near Brogdon Station. An official investigmtiou ? ex onerates Mr. Britton *f any inten tion to ahoot Washington. Mr. Brit ton is very much depressed over the ~ incident. BKHfc. i. against the school district are now al-' lowed and paid; provided, tliat all hooka, stationery, etc., 'purchased un-, der tho provisions of this aet shall' be deemed to be the property of the ' school district, to he under the care' and control of the school trustee* 1 when not in actual use. "See. f). An tines collected under the provision of this act shall he paid into the county treasury on account of the county school fund for the dis-j trict in which they are collected. | "Sec. t>. It shall he the duty of the county superintendent of educa tion. in each county of this State to cause this law to be published in some newspaper in his county, if there be one, for four consecutive weeks, annuallly, for a period of two years, the expense of such publication to he allowed and paid out of the general school fund of the county. The board of school trustees in each school district shall cause to be post ed, annually, for a period of two years, in three public places in their 'school, district, notices of the re quirements and penalties of this law. '^Soc. 7. This act to take effect September 1, 1908." Tlfe original hill provided that the law should go into effect September* j 1007, bufc its contimianco will run the time up one year. ' Physician Killa Himself. Claffney, Special.?A damper was thrown over the Christmas festivities when it was learned that Dr. J. C. Thorn, of Gaston Shoals, had com mitted suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. Dr. Thorn retired ap parently in his usual health, hut about 10:4?) he_told his wife that he was oppressed by the weight of tho cover. She suggested that he throw some of it oft. He then arose and went into the next room. His wife, hearing water dripping on the floor, asked him what was the matter. Ho replied, "Come and see." As she entered the door he sank to the floor, dying in a few seconds. Dr. J. N. Ni'fcbitt testified before the coroner's jury that he came to his death by his own hands, find the .jury's verdict was in accordance with this testi mony. Dr. Thorn was about 40 years of age ami had been doing tho prac tice at Gaston Shoals since the work commenced at that place. He leaves a wife and two small children. He was a native of Arrowwood, Spar tanburg county, and formerly prac ticed his profession at Cowpens. It is said by the people who knew him best that he was addicted to the use of morphine. Mysterious Killing. Sumter, Special.?Coroner S. F. Flowers returned Tuesday afternoon from the Stateburg neighborhood, where he investigated the death of Walter Blanding, colored. The ne gro was tho owner of a store and Was found brutally cut up in his store.. No one appeared to know any thing of the affair, and Coroner Flowgrs did not empanel a jury. From all appearances the murder was done for the piirposc Of "robbery,""as only cents was found in the store and the deceased was said to have been doing a good business and to be well off. The body was terribly mutilat ed with gashes inflicted with a hatch et and knife that were found viifcar the bodv covered with blood. Accidentally Shoots Ncphew. Aiken, Spccial. ? While taking pal*t in a dove drive near Aiken Friday B. F. Tyler accidentally shot the top ol'-his nephew's hcadlofT caus ing instant death. Tho dead boy was the 12-year* oia son of C. A. Hum phrey, of Atlanta. Tyler afterwards tried to kill himself. Death of Mrs. R. S. Agnew. . Aiken, Special.?Mr. R. S. Agnew, an aged and highly esteemed citizen of this city, died Monday morning at the home of Mrs. D. L. Johnson, where she had resided for several years past. Mrs. Agnew was 85 years old on last Tufcuday. She had lived in Aiken for a great part of her life and was highly regarded for her kindly Christian character. fiflhe wai an fcunt of Mr. -Q. C. Edmondston of Aiken and she has a number of nieces and nephews living in Augusta. Robbery Near Darlington. Daiiington, Speeial.?Tho house of Mr. ,T. A. Walker, naar the city lim its, was broken into last week and $97.50 in cas^, a watch valued at $10, tfhd about $25 worth of elotjting were stolen. Mr. Walker and liuf wife were at his store, which is sit uated about 60 yards from the house, where they were busy selling goods, when tfcia bouse was broken into and the things mentioned were stolen DEATH OF DH. THOHNWELL One of Most Prominent Presby terian Ministers of the South Goes to His Reward A Faithful Soldier from Early Life to the End. Fort Mill, Special.? Kev. Dr. Jumes Henley Thviuuelt ITu-lt-v. tnuidcly at :>is homo in Full Mill, at f) o'clock Monday morning, from an affection >f tho heart, from which ho had been tulYcring for several weeks. The jews of his death was a great shock ( '.o his friynds. lie had shown some I mprovement in the few da.vs, ami ' had apparently recovered his normal [ health, when the fatal attack came ?u. Dr. 'J'ig^ruwell was <>4 years ^old. He is survived by his wife, who wirs Miss Florence Karle, of tircenvillc, ! S, C? Ilis surviving; children are Florence Thornwell, Karle Thorn vkuii, Nannie Thornwell, James 11. Tlijoru vvell, Mrs. |{. C. McLeciV Uuljintii rhornwell, Allison Thornwell, aiftis Thornwell. The deceased was born in Lancaster; S. and studied i'm the law in Kentucky. The breaking jnt of the civil war, however, chang ed his plans, llis father, one of the nost notable men in South Carolina, went to the front, as did one of his brothers. Young Thornwell saw his luty and also joined the'army, enter jig Hampton's Cavalry when only 10 years of age. Negro Killed. ' / Laurens, Special.?The only hoii Uiy killing in this county so far is reported from (loldville, which occur red last night about S o'clock. Dave Hunter, a negro originally from Union county, being the victim. It ?teems that Hunter was standing out about the railway track, in front of the stores, when he was shot through liis head, being instantly killed. Just who fired the fatal siioj is u??t known and as there had been a good deal oi promiscuous?shooting around during the night, it is dillicult to say wheth 3r Hunter was killed by design or whether lie was the victim of an ac cidental stray shot. Sheriff Ducket I was notified of the killing and .two ?jflicers were sent to the scene to make an investigation. It is understood that no arests have been made in collection \$th the tragedy . Shot by Accidcnt. Batesburg', Special.?As the result of an accident Mr. Henry Hall was vary seriously shot in the side about the eighth lib by a US calibre Colt's pistol ball. It seems that Mr. (fe< ???$??? W. Nobles, who was in an adjoining room, had (lulled off his coat contain ing the pistol and hung it on a chair and that tjie weight of the pistol caused it to fall fo the floor causing the pistol to explode, the ball going through an open doit Jbelween .the rooms, striking Mr. Trail as he was in the act of stooping down to pick up a chair that had fallen over. While it is not thought that Mr. Hall's in juries will prove fatal, he is very seriously hurt, and will be contlned to his bed for some time. Shooting in Florence. Florence, Special.?Dan Brown, a negro man, was shot and wounded in a shopting scrape at Rankin's Mill near Mars, Bluff in this county on Christmas day and he died from the wound. ? Coroner Cooper empanelled a jury and went to the scene and held the inquest, the verdict being that Brown came to his death by a pistol shot wound in the hands joi Jerry Johnson. Duncan Harrisoi was also held as an accessory. ? Botft parties haVc been lodged in jail to await trial. From the testimony at inquest it seemed to be a hard mat ter to ascertain whether or not the shooting was accidental or done on purpose. Both men charged with the deed arc negroes. Killing Near Yorkville. Yorkville, Special.?The Christ mas holidays passed off very quietly and-without anything to mar the pleasures of the occasion.' On Christ mas day most of the business houses were closed and the streets pre^pnt ed rather a Sunday appearance. Therp was no drunkenness noticeable and no arrests made by the policemen. On Christmas night the "boys" had a good time shooting .liceworks and giving a general serenade with tin horns, cow bells, etc. Nc*t morning there were several gates and signs noticed out of their placesj but no damage was done. ? ??> 4 Heavy Quake Recorded. Washington, Special. ? A very heavy earthquake <vas recorded on the instruments at the Coast and Geo detic Survey observatory*, at Chelten ham, Md., Tuesday morning. It com menced at 33 minutes 30 seconds past midnight and lasted over one hour. . v J Death of Mr. 0. W> Moan. Florence, Speoial.?Mr. Columbus \V, Munn, a well known young plant er of the Evergreen section of this tountrv, died 'very suddenly at. hit: home Friday morning. He leaves a young wife and two small children and a host of other relatives in this section to mourQ his death. The fu neral was held at old Tabertiaole Methodist church Saturday afternooul and was laregly attended > ? IflRY UK MIS The Secretary Gives Views On Public Questions NO MtNTION OP HIS CANDIDACY Secretary of War Delivors His First I Speech Since Returning From Tour ' of World Before Notable Gather- | ing in Boston. Boston, Special.?Greeted will, cheers as "tin* next President of the United States,'' a topic which lie carefully avoided in liis own ri'iimrks, i however, Secretary of War William It. Taft, delivered his Hist public speech. since his world-circling tour, at the annual banquet of the Hoston merchants' association at the Hotel Somerset. The banquet closed a long and strenuous day for the Secrciary of War, during which he delivered a brief address before iuu minister* iu the morning and attended a reception and spoke before a large gathering of the Jews of the ei.ty at the Klysiuin (ilub in the afternoon. During his visit to Boston, which ended Tues day morning. Secretary Taft is 1 ho guest of Samuel Carr, a Boston bank er, Qpul a relative of Mrs. Taft. As Mr. Taft rose all the guests stood up with him and tilled the air with long-continued cheers. Secretary Taft read his speech from manuscript throughout, making no so in men I relative to his own candi dacy for I lie presidency. Mr. Taft's speech was in .the main a broad defense of President Itoosc velt and the administration in deal ing with the trusts and with the rc eent financial crisis. Those respon sible for the panic, he said, were the "guilty managers of some ol' the large railr^d and financial enter prises," and not those who in the course of their official duty, have made known to the business world the facts ancTcommenled on them, llo denied that the administration had arraigned the whole business world as dishonest. The President had con demned the law breakers, and con vinced those who-had unlawfully ac cumulated enormous power and capi tal, that they were not immune. President, he declared, had never said otherwise than that the business men of the country as a whole were honest and their methods sound. "Indeed,'' said Mr. Taft, "it is chiefly in the interest of the great body of honest busings men that he hr?:> made In great fight for lawful business meth ods." That the railroad rate law was re sponsible for the financial panic, Mr. Taft characterized as absurd, Mind as for the shrinkage in the value of rail road stocks, he said that neither Mr. Roosevelt nor his administration were responsible for State legislation against railroads. "Instead of mak ing a panic," he said, "the national policy of ending the lawlessness of corporations in inter-State commerce and of taking a\Vay their power of issuing, without supervision, stock and bonds, yvill produce a change in their management and remove one fruitful cause for loss of public con fidence. " The action of the State Legisla tures against railroads, lie declares, was occasioned by the satne revela tions of lawlessness and discrimin nation ra_-railway management that tnade theVredcral rate bill a neces sity, but, be said, "if the tSate measures iiave been too drastic the cause ofvthe injustice is not with the national" government." Mr. Taft launched upon the se? of government ownership of rail roads and declared that he was op posed to the idea, because it meant State socialism and an increase it the -power of the central government that would be dangerous. On the subject of the United States currency system Mr. 'Ijift comment ed upon the fact that it was ijof so arraugwl..as to permit its volume lo be increased temporarily. He be lieved ^ha,t had 'here * been suel a currency the money stringency might,' in part, have been alleviat ed. Cut Through Heart With Knife, Roanoke, Va., Special.?A dispatch from Floyd, Va., says: James W Rierson,of near Locust Grove, Floyd county, was cot through the 'heart with a knife and killed Saturday night. Ricrson, two men named Al dridge and another named Boyd, were drinking when they got into a row. When the men separated Ricrgon wai on the ground dying. Other partiej nearby said they could not tell whc struck the fatal blow. Boyd and the Aidridges have disappeared. Druce floffln I* Opened. ' London, By Cable.?The body ol Thomas Charles Druce, in Highgatc Cemctory, was exhumed Mon?La> morning, just>43 years to a daar aftci its%burial. The coffin was found to contain the remains of a human body, thus exploding the romantic tale-told by Robert C. Caldwell and others dur ing the recent hearing oi the Druct perjury case that it o?fftained a roll of lead. ? % NEW YORK OVERRUN WITH HOMELESS MEN Federated Unions to Ask Govern ment Aid For Unemployed. LAI30R IN DEMAND ELSEWHERE Central I'ldmUicn Move's to Draft IMnn of Relief For tho Army of 125,<M)t> Out of Work?Whole < "onlitNeeds Workers* ? New York City. - -The army of homeless and unemployed men that, has crowded into Now York in tho last fow weeks has kiowii to such an extent (hut. conference of men rep resenting ; 1! tiie charity organizations that have to do with such cases was hold to consider some co-operative plan of dealing with the problem. The charily workers have found, i they say, that a large percentage of jtlw> army of unemployed men that Is crowding Into the city in made up of youn? men f.*om tho small towns within a radius of fifty miles of New York. They come because the small factories which formerly employed them have either closed down for a while or have laid off some of their employes. Being out of work and having nothing particularly to hold them in their little towns, they have decided that, now is the time to make a trial iump into the industrial life of Now York City. Jt was decided to give out a state ment to all the papers selling forth tho industrial conditions of Now York at Ibis time, and advising young men iu I be Utile towns within striking listance of New York to slay at home unless they have funds to sustain them while they are looking for em ployment here. As for the profes sional tram lis, the police will Ik: asked to care for them. With 125,000 perrons out of em ployment in New York City, the Cen tral Federated Union declared that it is time forMlic Government to come to their relief. 9 The city's army of the unemployed, 3ay labor. leaders, who know wh#t. is the actual condition of Industry, is from three to four times as large as It usually Is at this season. A con servative estimate of tho Jdle was given as follows: Skilled mechanics 25,000 Miscellaneous t rades 50,000 Unskilled-labor 50.000 Every winter New York has thou sands out of work, not because work is entirely lacking, but from unwil lingness or inability of many to do anything except tho task to which they haver been trained; Out now It Ih different. Thousands of men, young, strong and willing to work, are walking the streets, unable to firid enough to do to keep them out of the free bread lines. Twotftpunand to 2500 men, nightly applicants for this form of charity, with 500 to 1000 turned away, testify to tho con dition of many of tho poor. Pronounced Socialist delegates to the Central Federated Union declared that the warehouses should be thrown open and tho poor fed and clothed; that the Government? Instead of clos ing its navy yards -and throwing thousands of mechanics out of work, should supply more work for the idle. One Socialist delegate declared that John D. Rockefeller, predicted two years ago that 7,000,000 men Avotild bo idle by now and mlcbt have to go to breaking stones. . CALL FOR ARMIES QF WQRKMEN 1 1 \ Hundreds of Thousands Needed to Meet Continued Prosperity. Washington, D. C.?American em ployers have recovered entirely from their recent scare In the dark, Judg ing from the announcement of Ter I ence V. Powderly, Chief of the Imml j gration Bureati's information divis ion, that hundre.ds of thousands of workmen of all kinds were, wanted | again throughout the country. Be tween July 1 and the October panic the demand reached a total of 200, j 000 men, but the money fright caused many ~ cancellations, accom panied by word thpt u<e former appli cants not only fouiul they needed i no new employes, but. were laying oft those they had. Renewals of the old applications and a large number of new ones received in the last ten days show employers everywhere now realize there Is no danger of the coun try going to smash and that they are eager to me<;t tho continued prosper ity with an adequate supply of help. Our reports, coming as they do, from every State and Territory in tho Union, are accurate barometers of the material welfare of tho coun try, says Mr. Powderly. They all point one way, In the direction of a revival of the marvellous prosperity that was checked but not halted by tho excitement that prevailed for o time In tho large money centres. Hundreds of thousands of men wnl be needed in the spring in the agri cultural States alone as farm labor ers, letters to the division show. Pall River's Richest Year. Cash dividends of $2,701,875 hav? been paid out to stockholders by Fall River (Mass.) cotton mill corpora tions for 1907. On the total capita) of approximately $25,476,000 thi? dividend is about 10.07 per cent. In addition to the cash dividends there have been stock dividends of $1,900, 000. Rroko Pledge; Killed Him#lf. Frank ? Amos, of Hastings, Pa., made '""despondent because he b?rf broken/,' a t?~^" -i,co i 'euKe, shot ;.iut kHittd nuuself. * His wife and fthiMreff: coming home from Clear field County for the Christmas celo bratlon, found the body. Txtmlon's Famous Murder Trial. ' The trial and acquittal of Robert TVood, accused of th? murder of s girl, caused the deepest interest in London and has given rise to a re markable characterization ot the de fondant by Hall Caine. 'GRIP EPIDEMIC IS MAUI LftRGE CITIES Moro Prevalent Throughout Coun try Than Since 1039-90. OPEN WINTER IS THE CAUSE Numerous Cas"s in ritlrAto One 1'i-rson < >iic of livery Ten In Dose* to Said t?? llo Suffering From tlio Malady, Chlea go, 111.? Not Blnco tho epi demic of IKSO-'JO lms thero heeiy-so much grip In iho cities of the United States at presont, according to re port:-. gathoiu;d from tlu> various larg er outs. Mild, open weather, unr.ea Bonahlo now, is held responsible by many physicians and health authori ties. One death, the < nly one of the last week here from grip. \vas reported to the Health Department, hut it is prc ! dieted that more will follow unless jreal winter weather comes. Pitts |hurg, New York, Baltimore, Clncln jnatl, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, j Milwaukee and other Kasteni cities jure reported wrefttling with the dis ; ease, with several deaths in each e.ity daily. Cases have been arriving r.t the county .hospital here at an average of about six or seven a day, although the other lnrg" hospital# throughout the 'city have had no eases brought to [them as yet. At the county hospital ?Warden llappel says that tho eases treated have not been serious. I "Keep up your vitality; get plenty ! of fresh air and exercise in tho day II iu:<?, find sleep wli.li your bedroom | window open. These are the only precautionary measures which can be |taken in regard to the grip," is tho | warning issued by Health Cpmnils [feloner I'Jvany. ! Philadelphia reports the whole number of deaths during the week as 11>01, of which ('<1 wore attributed to ? tuIxmcuIosIs of tho lungs, 20 to bron chitis. 35 to broncho-pneumonia, 65 to pneumonia. 1 ty pleurisy, 11 to In | lluonza and 5 to congestion of tho : lu ngs. I Physicians lii Boston say that grip ,ls more prevalent thorn than ever be i foro. A carefuY^estlinate. places the | number of cdsW at 00,000 In tho 'city, or about one in every ten of tho j population. KeW of these cases are , serious. Thus far not above ilfty deaths from grip have been recorded, i In Baltimore the Health Depart j ment's report shows oight deaths dl I rectly due to the grip, while in nddl j tioh the disease is given as contribu tory cause in twenty-seven cases of ! pneumonia. ? In Pittsburg the dis<yiuo 'threatens to be worse than that in 1889-90, according to City Physician Booth. He says thero is only one way to get. rid of this epidemic, and that is to isolate i tie cUbuS. In Milwaukee few cases of grip have been noted this time and none of a serious nature. The first death caused by Uwrartiseaso has Just been /reported.^^?fncers of the Cfdvejand Health Department give tho ,ot>l|iion that close to .100* cases of gri^-4vero included in tho physicians' returns. Sixteen deaths occurred in the week now at an end.- \ GRIP IN NEARLY EVERY HOME IN WASHINGTON Washington, D. C.?Twenty thou sand cases of grip are under treat ment ih Washington, local. physicians declare. The present epidemic, they Bay, is the most dangerous since the disease made its appearance here slxteei^vears ago. Caa^s are to be found^P nearW' every home in the city, and the disease-has invaded all the hospitals and public Institutions, where patients and inmates alike are suffering from the complaint. Stores and factories. Government and mu nicipal departments, offices, schools, police and fire departments all show the effect of the qjildemic. In many places business Is serloasly hamperod by the large number of sick among employes* m "The most remarkabTe feature of this season's epidemic of grip," said Dr. M. M. Moffltt, " 1b the character of its after effects. Tho patient lg left weak and exhausted, his nervous system Impaired to a groat extent, ami with mental symptoms which someUmf's develop a serious aspect. I havo found symptoms of mental affliction in ifiany cases I have troated this year." MAJOR W. A. MKRCHK RKSldNS. Head of C^aiiisle Indian School Gives Cp His Position. Carlisle, Pa. ? Major William A. Morcer, Second United States Cav alry, superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School, has requested the Fed eral authorities to accept his resigna tion as the head of tho famous Car lisle training fvchool for redskins, and has been notiQed by Commissioner of Indian Affairs Lcupp that the Sec retary of War will immediately close his detail at Carjisle. Major Mercer ih asking to be re lieved gave as his reasons, "Though in good personal health. I find the dally annoying responsibilities ttfore than I can stand. I am advised that a few months' leave of absence would ! be a benefit." American Bishop Appointed. Monsignor ICenned>\\rector ot the American College at Rome, was con secrated Titular Bishop of Adrian anolls. Italy. About Noted People. Paquln, the famous man dreaa maker of Paris, is dead. J Speaker Cannon says he liever Seals better than when he la smoking. . Premier Weker^c, of Hungary, and ex-Minister of Justice Polonyl fought a duel. ? . ^ Admiral Evans is 'said to be an expert In fine embrotdery and "tidies.? ? v ?The King pf 8paln hat never yet Vttosseed -Carmen," which la ra gprded aa rather "taboo" In hl> ova Ungdom >. Late Mews BYWI WASHINGTON. Tho President signed a pw*flwn> t|o?? creating tho Arkansas Nalfawtal Forest of 1,000.6.00 acres in thu week central part of Alkansas. " ; Bills for tho creation of the raaic of vice admiral in the navy wen ha* trod need in the Senate and Hoimnl^ Colonel Benjamin C. liockmol. ' '<? commanding the Twenty-ninth Ia~ fantry, has been placed on the retired list on his own application affco# forty-three years of service. Tho Navy Department's evtlmgAwi of expenditures for tho coming fleoeS > year were placed at $125,000,000. Tho Italian ISmhassy at Weslito ton has taken measures to invest!** Rat<? (lie rcoriit killing of Italians he Louisiana. ?. Tim Navy Department, reamutf> ing tho order of Jiiorlr, for kuoIiw ? in the Atlantic fleet, based an tbo rapidity of flro instead of number eJT hits, awarded first place to tho U(WP? Kia. ' " After a talk with tho President ?* Senator Hanshrough Maid bo had ?iv<>n up hope of passing lilb centraf ? ? bank Dill during tho present auassioxt of Congress. Admiral Dowoy in art Interview urged an early revival of tUo gVado of vice admiral, Cuvorlng tho creation of. three such plt^s. Navy oUlcers in WashIn'gton re son ted th<> action of President llooae veit in giving command of hospital ships to surgeons, which resulted lju Hear Admiral Blown son'a resigns^ tion. Ol'Il ADOPTKI) ISLANDS. Tho Havana Post is actively on gaged in its crusade iri favor of high er agricultural education In Cuba. ' ; The first bill passed by thoPhlllp pine Assembly appropriates $ i ,406, "00 for tho construction of schools. *i throughout tho provinces. Tiip hilt * was passed unanimously. . ? The Western Hallway atrOf^ns In Cuba aro returning to work and thhs strike now is practically over. Hindoo laborers on Pugot who hayo boen driven from town to town by anti-Asiatic societies, will fio shipped to the Hawaiian Islands for ... work on tho sugar pluntutiuna. ' < v ' Tho TTTuIt growers of Porto Rico, representing over $4,000,000 of . American capital, met at Ban Joan to organize a protective association. V Tholr aim la particularly to secern- . immediate relief from their treat ment by the steamship companies. * Hawaiian hotel rates have^lem- -it." increased. United States Attorney '? ? B reckons will, it iB ?ald, make an v< ? Investigation with a view to aseer- 7^ talning whether the anti-trust lest' has becuyvlolated. ?__ ? j DOMI'ttTlCV :? '' Cofefnei T. C. Woodbury, U. 8. acting commander of tllo Depart of tho Pacific, said that?*houH navy bo unaWle to nrovwnr tha ing of 15,000 foreign troops at ddcy.'-'*' x of the unprotected bays the Pad9m coast would bo heiress, Harry C. Currloi*, temporary sW ceiver of the Jswolerti' Bank at North Attleborg, Mass^. V; leged sequestration of the fcMaftftk - ? property. * " Mine owners of Goldfleld win sew. 4, titlon the United States Courts / enjoin the miners' organisations trena interfering with operations. The State Legislature of (Hdaftsl^ ma has passed, as its flnt Mt, % measure transferring from Vci States Treasury to the State nSI ury, sb a permanent school And, ^OOO.OOO which had aoenmetafted . In the Federal 8 GovernmtenCe laida as trustee. - Stephen J. Sharps, testfded>e? Caleb Powers trlaif^t Geor"^1*'?~ Ky., that ho was informed, tl ornor Goebel'g friends had* 2000 guns to Frankfort for anmm~ pose of ejoetlng Republican office holders. ' ... , John W. Strleder, slxty-elghff jeeps old, president of tho German Veteran Association In America, died at tts( ? * . Carn<b' Hospital in Boston, v. Tho new jetties in tho SonUbweet Pars of the Mississippi Klvor erfU'lne ' finished this week,..giving the ffcratft 4$ one of the deepest harbors 1b tike ' ' world. Americap Tire ^Company, of Ale- / ? ron, Ohio, will cstahXfch a branch 4a ? Paris, competing dil*ectly with French manufacturers. i V ,1 A demand for a constltutioaal ' ' uv?ii?u\? iw 1 a UHihlllUUUKIAl vent ion and a new State ConsUCetSifae was Issued at a meeting of ? sippi legislators at Hattlc6bur|c., FOREIGN. General Llautoy reported the Jwmr tion of two French columns mm Vbtm Algerian frontier, adding that Mm tribesmen, wnro becoming cottiiicit of the futility of resistance. The Portuguese Government issued a decree fixing April ft thd election of popular tiffs. Th? ie wheat acreage In the has shrunk from nine mflKoa to lv? million, owing to the proln?el drouth. r' 1. ? < Advices from Tokto say that T>emieux, Canadian Minister ff IMr bor. Is satisfied with the ntiimllath?i regarding immigration; the Mp?feM|i * adds that Japan Is expected te-triHK measures ''which will prevent prtitt tally all emigration to Annrtm. ? .TTany GerfnW Tteunhrafttfe^s Um-~ - that a new tariff regulation no* ?? favorable to Germany will he ado#to* - by America. A long edict was Issued warning the people td make ther demands add antho ~ ' framing ot a lj#r for tb*< of political societies; "Mall advices from "tA that the Portugnoflo Ropal were Indulging In bopM^hatJ oent .troubles would result . m Atov. \ *_ ? V??Jt ;t :-V \ A y>: