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e AMD EN HRQNI0L VOLUME XIX. CAMDEN, S. C.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 31, 11)0*. NO. ?. SOUTH CAROLINA ITEMS I Newsy Items Gathered From the Different Sections of t South Carolina. Hew President For Watte Millu. Laurens, Special?At a meeting of the board of directors of tho Watte cotton mills, hold here last week, Alex Long, of Rock Hill was elected president and treasurer to succeed the late W. K. Lucas and M. L. Cope land of Laurens was chosen as assist ant to the president and treasurer. Mr. Long who is president of the Aragon cotton mills at Rock Hill wili continue to reside in that town and will give half of his time to WatU mills, while Mr. Copeland in bis posi tion will devote his entire time to his new duties. The new president is an experienced mill man, having fill ed the position of secretary of the Laurens cotton mills "under President. Lucas for a number of years and for nome time in the same capacity with the Watts mills and the Darlington Manufacturing company. Two years ago he went to Ro<;k Hill and assist ed in building the Aragon mill, which is now in operation under his man agement. Mr. Copeland was also elected as successor to Mr. Lucas on the board of directors. tNegro Killed in Cotton Gin. Clinton, Special.?Albert lhndi, col ored, of Oohlville, died of injuries received on Friday in a ginnery. It ! seems that the negro went into tho lower part of Mr. J. S. Rlalock's gin-J nery to put a lo<W belt on a rapid- j ly revolving plilioy. In some way his ( coat was caught in the pulley and he was whirled around in the air, his : feet and knees striking against the j floor of the building with terrific I force. Mr. Ilenrv Hunter, who is' employed in I lie ginnery, hearing his' cries, rushed to his aid. but could ae- 1 coruplish nothing, being knocked in-' sensible by being struck in the face by the negro's swiftly moving feel. It was at first thought that Mr. Hun ter was fatally injured, but he recov ered qfiickly and is now out again. Roth of the negro's knees were dis located and his feet were beaten t-> Spartan Cotton Growors. Spartanburg, Special.?At the an-j nual meeting of the county cotton growers' association held in the court house officers were elected for the ensuing year, after which dek?- i gates to the State convention to bo; held in Columbia Friday, Feb. 7,' were elected. E. L. Archer, who has been the president of the county as sociation since its organization, wa.i reelected president; Dr. Ralph H., Smith, vice president; L. G. Miller, secretary -and treasurer, these two | - offices living been consolidated. J. 11. j Gosnell and S. S. Hunter were elect ed delegates to the State convention.' L. G. Miller and Dr. R. IT. Smith: wero elected alternates. Tax Collection in Chester. Chester, Special.?Comparison of figures in the collection of taxes of past two years shows quite a dis parity. Of the total lovy of $8(5,-/ 142.57 for 100(5 the sum uncollected on Jan. 1, 1007, was $13,975.47; from a levy of $36,217.60 for 1007 there . was uncollected Jan. 1, 1008, the sum of $25,080.57. Ex-Congressman Jno. J. Hemphill, now of Washington, D. C., returning from attendance on tho j mooting of the State Bar association in Columbia, spent Saturday and ; Sunday here with liis mother. Mr. R. j L. Wylie of Clover is here on a visit, to his mother, Mrs. Mary Miller. Tho county pensioii board met hero Sat-, urday and approved several applica-, tions. I Struck by a Train. Manning, Special.?A white man giving his name as James Mcintosh, but identified by citizens hero as Tom Mcintosh, was shuck by train No. *1(5, Orangeburg to Florence, near Brog don's Thursday morning about 10.15 and was brought here for mcdicai j attention. The doctor found his. right arm broken and bis back so- j vercly bruised. Rock Hill Division Abolished. Rock Hill, Special.?On February; 1 the Itock Ilill division of tho Southern will be abolished and ev-j ery thing, with the possible exception of a dispatcher's office, will be run from Charleston as a part of that division. With tho division Mr Ne ^well, the superintendent, goes out j but it is stated that ho will be pro vided for otherwise. There will at | present be no curtailing of trains or changes of sebedulo as erroneously reported. Berkeley County Shortage. Colombia, Special?Gov. Ansel last week brought to tins attention of the unite, by special gesaices, the ir Mtohxitic/ reocutly reported from gurlftHy bounty in the o?e*? of the uu nty treasurer and county auditor. Tie meufw were read in open ece ?Ion, but the senate paetpeaed action to a later date when the aeti<m of the jroverner will bo uoseHeni in exeeu Head of Negro Woman. Columbia, Special.?-It seem# that tho alleged murder of the Mai'tio woman by lier husband, George Mar tin, will not down, although the jury of inquest found that thero was no evidenco of violence. Upon this ver* diet tho negro defendant was releas ed, but later great exeitment was created by the discovery of the head of a negro woman on Embargo street. There were at once many rumors afloat but it developed that it was the head of tho Martin woman which had been severed from the body fo^ tho purpose of making an examina tion to ascertain whether or not she came to her death as a result of vio lence. it has been difficult to ascer tain how the head eame to he buried only a short distance from the busi ness portion of the city and only a foot below tlie surface but it t)M been again interred and it is believed t*ai the incident is now closed for god3t' State Optical Association. Columbia, Special.?The annual meeting of the South Carolina Opti cal association was held here last week. Several interesting papers were read. It was decided to affi liate with the national association. The election of officers for the South Carolina association was held and re sulted as follows: President, Gnstaf Sylvan, Columbia; first vice presi dent, It. 11. Alan, Charleston; sec ond vice president, A. ('. Fleming, i Edgefield; treasurer, 11. \V. Carroll, Benncttsville; examining board, L. J Bobbins, Columbia; \V. F. Strieker, I Chester; Z. F. llighsniith, Sumter; ; executive (ominittce, It. 11. Alan, i Charleston: I'. IT.' Lachicotte, Co i lumbia; J. ('. Itohiuson, Chester; A. i C. Strickland. Anderson: Good Showing For Bank. Chester, Special.?The report at tho recent annual meeting of the i stockholders of the Commercial bank ; showed a net earning of 181-2 per j cent, for last u-hi. The eld ^nrd | of directors were re-elected as fol l lows: A. (}. Briee, J. M. Wise, A. L. j Gaston, M. A. Carpenter, S. B. La th an, George \V. Gage, \V. A. Cornwell, ! It. B. Caldwell and Itobt. Gage. The ! directors met iriid reflected the fol : lowing officers; A. G. Brice, presi dent; It. B. Caldwell, vice president; ltobt. Gage, cashier; A. G. Thorn ton, assistant cashier; it. O. Thorn ton, flection clerk. Lien Law Repealed. Columbia, Special.?The House of Representatives repealed by a voto of four to one the merchants' clause of the lien law, which was enacted 41 years ago at the close of the civil war to provide means of credit to farmers wiped out by war. The law provides for mortgaging crops for supplies from merchants. The State Farmers' Union demanded a repeal in order to prevent so much cotton from goiug on the market in the fall. The repeal of the bill will pass the Senate. Fire Protection For Gaffney. Gaffnev, Special.?Gaffney's city council is arranging to give the city more adequate tiro protection. Tbey have purchase}! a splendid hose wag on and will a}? soon as they can pur chase two good horses. They will sd^o employ an experienced man properly to install the tire apparatus and see. thai same is put in proper working order. New Church For Latta. Latta, Special.? The Baptists of (his town have decided to build a new church in the near future. The build ing, which will be very handsome, is to cost between $12,000 and $14,000 The larger part of this amount has already been subscribed and it ia confidently expected that the entire sum will be available by February 1. Conductor Philpot Hurt. Columbia, Special. ? Conductor Philpot of Columbia was injured Wednesday morning in a wreck which occurred on the Southern, near Tren ton. A freight train from Columbia to Augustrl was wrecked on&^jinlo this-side of Trenton, 14 cars being derailed and a number of them going over an embankment.. Seven of the cars were filled with coal, which ne cessitatcd about 10 hours to clear tha tracks for other trains. C Ban* of Blockville. ifclackvillc, Special.?At the meet ing of the stockholders of the Bank of Blackvilio all the old director* were reelected. Mr. B. F.,.Xolly of Aiken being added to the board. A good dividend was declared end a satisfactory sum carried over to snr pJus. i The bank has had e moat sne 'ceeafbl year, the effecta of the panie noi being noticeable U* nay extent PALMETTO SOLONS IN SESSION To Punish Urafteri. The financial committee made majority unci minority report upon Senator Chrutensen'? bill to provide funds for the prosecution of those charged with grafting in connection with the State dispensary. The majority of the committee made a favorable report \yhile Senator Johnson submitted a 'minority report. The following bills which passed the house at the last session passed third reading and were ordered en rolled for ratification: Mr. Ilydrick's bill to amend sec tion 142 of criminal code of South Carolina, so as to require the, coun ties in which the cases' therein re ferred to originate to bear the ex pense of paying witnesses. Mr. Nicholson's hill to amend sec lion 2004, of volume 1, code of laws of South Carolina (1902), relating to the power of itlderiucn in the trial of causes. Third Reading Bills. The following senate bills and re solutions passed third reading and wero ordfcxed sent to the house: Mr. Christensen?A bill to tix the antQittit to be paid by persons liable topper form road duty in lieij of working on public highways in4 the county vf Beaufort. Mr. Hough?A bill to appropriate to general county purposes any funds heretofore or hereafter arising from I lie annual taxes levied in Kershaw county to pay interest on railroad bonds of said county in excess of suelr interest." Mr. Smith?A bilj to require the clerk of court of Iiampton county to transcribe from the records of the clerk's office and probate judge's of fice of Beaufort county all matters pertaining to real estate located in Hampton county, and to provide ?.'ompesat ion therefor. Mr. Weston?A bill to authorize the city council of the city of Colum bia to issue coupon bonds at a rate of interest not exceeding 1 per cent per annum for the purpose of* paying or exchanging the I per cent coupon bonds and script of said city matur ing July 3, 1010. Mr. Ray^or? A joint resolution au thorizing the State treasurer to is >uo to (Jeorgc 11. ( ornelson one I 1-2 yer cent redemption Brown stock cer tificate in lieu of certain bonds lost >r desi toyed. Mr. Appelt?A bill to authorize and require the county board of com missioners of Clarendon county to is sue bonds for the purpose of erecting md furnishing a court house at MAn ?ling. Mr Clifton?A bill to validate cer tain bonds issued in Sumter county for tiie purpose of erecting buildings, ?tc., in school district No. S. Mr. Mauldin?A biil to make it un lawful to pay dividends on stock in my corporation unless the same aVe actually earned on the capital stock if such company or for any officers )f such company to make a false* statement- in regard to such company. Mr. Weston?A bill to divide the State into 11 judicial circuits and to irrnngc the same. Mr. Laney?A bill to prevent com mon carriers limiting their liability >xcept upon express notice to passen ger or shippers. Mr. Carlisle?A bill to amend sec ion 21 Go, article 8, volume 1, of the ;?ode of laws of South Carolina, 1902, 50 as to change the passenger raie and charge for mileage books on rail roads within the State. Mr. Christensen?A bill for the protection of game birds and to pro vide far a closed season. Mr. Christensen?A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to incorpor ate the Audubon society of South Carolina and to provide for the pre servation of the wild birds, non-mi rratory fish and animals of the State." Mr. Toole?A bill to amend section 5 of the present dispensary law re lating to the c tablishment and re moval of dispensaries within eouiv ties by elect ions. Mr. Karle?A bill to amend section 1710, of the code, 1002, volume 1, re lating to the liaility of common car riers Mr Biycns (y request)?A bill to amend section 202U, of the code of. laws, so as to exempt towns of less than 5.000 inhabitants from the pro visions of said section. Ne)&r Bills in House. Mr. Richards?A bill providing punishment for violation of rontracts between landlords and laborers. Mr. Wad??A bill lo amend seel ion 5 of an act entitled "An aet to de clare the law in reference to and to regulate the manufacture, sale and consumption, possession, transporta tion and disposition of alcoholic liqu ors and beveraj. within the State." Mr. Hacker?A . 11 to prohibit mu nicipal corporations from enacting or enforcing anv nu isance against the sale of InwS.o o .ncab on Sundays. Mr. Tatu-.n?A ?> H to ruakfe all roads travel-ed l? ItyuteJ States ru ral free u;a;i doi.voiy routes public road*." Mr. pixo::.?A 'o.li <o icgulato the aaawuer in viiirh cut'.oj and wo<>leu aiills doing Inwhtci- in this State lhall adjust clnv*.-? f u'^vrrvicce or la bor fwrformed by epsrnftvM or ?n> ploycs in said milis r*i.d with whom tb? relation of employer and employ# ceased or bven terminated. Mr. llyitiii'K?A bill to confine the istablishment and maintenance of iispensat ies to tin* \ annus count) it'lltS <>f tin' SCVfial coutUlC-. Mr. A till?A '?i'l i41 repeal an act entitled "An aft t<? provide high ichoyls for the State." Mr. Anil- A )?i 11 t<> abolish schol arships in certain Stale institutions. Mr. A nil- A joint resolution to au thorize ami require the comptroller .0 draw his warrant ami the State !reinsurer to pay th?* >aim' in favor )f the public printer. K' lVronce dis pensed with. r. Douglas?A hill to prohibit the sale of seed cotton within thf State. Penalty For Late Trains. The house sent to third reading the bill introduced by Mr. Douglass, amending the code, so as to increase the penalty for late trains. The sec tion as amended, should the hill pai?s the senate, will read as follows: "Bootion 2170. Whenever any pas senger train 011 any railroad in this State shall be more than one-quarter of one hour behind its schedule time it shall be the duty of such railroad company to keep posted at every tele graph station along its line, when a | telegraph operator is on duty at such station, the time such train is be hind its schedule, and shall ehapgc such bulletin every quarter-hour un til such train arrives, stating therein the time which such train is behind and thujioiir at which it is expected to arrive: Pmvided, That such bulle tins shall not be required to be post ed at any station until one-quarter hour before the regular schedule time at which such train is to arrive 11; the station at which such bulletin is required to be kept. "Any railroad company which shall refuse or neglcst to comply with the provisions of tliis section shall forefit and pay the sum of $100 for each and every such refusal or neg lect; said sum to be sued for by the person aggrieved in the county in which such refusal or neglect occurs, one-half of which sum shall be turn ed over to the county treasurer for ordinary county purposes and the other half retained by the person so aggrieved.'' Third Reading Billr,. After sonio discussion the house recommitted two third reading bills. One of these was from Mr. Hughes, providing for the payment of attor neys' fees in suits for the partition if real estate out of the general fund. |The other was .from the seriate and '.mended th" r??de so that the liuu for speeches of attorneys should oc limited to two hours in civil case3. Mr. A. <i. Hi ice though! Ibis bill in terferred with the courts and the present rule suflk'icnt for all purj as. By a division vote of f>4 to 0 iiia motion to recommit prevailed. Senator Christcnsen's bill abolish ing the office of master i<i Beaufort county, was ordered to be enrolled. The law goes into effect June 1, 100,S. Other hills passing a third reading and already mentioned were: Air. Croft-*"A hill to amend article 10, chapter of the code of laws, vol. 1, 1002, by adding thereto a sec tion to be known as section 2100a. Mr. VonKoIni!/.?A bill to amend subdivision ! of section 1 of the :*ode of civil procedure, vol. 2, codo >f laws, 1002, relating to the service >f summons. Mr. Legale?A bill to provide a penalty for larceny of boats. Mr. Legale?A bill to prevent the adulteration of rice Hour. Marriage Licenso Law Fails. Another attempt to pass a marri age license low failed in the House Wednesday after a heated debate lasting about an hour. The bill was favored by members from counties having large cotton mill populations, where there is mueh marrying, and by Representatives of counties bord ering on North Carolina and Georgia, especially North Carolina. The bill w^is killed by a vote of f>!) to 47. be ing opposed on the ground that it was a step toward a divorce law. and would complicate proving marriages in civil cases. The llouse without a dissenting voice passed a very /important bill by Mr. Nash, forbHdiiig the employ ment of minors without the consent of parents or guardians, but allow ing such minors to mak?v> contracts for their services independent of par ents or guardians do not provide homes/for them. The bill is intend ed to prevent loafing fathers in man ufacturing centers from living off the wages of their children. f Elections Are Made. The joint assembly elections were devoid of exciting incident. There was no opposition to Associate Jua-j tice Eugene B. Gary, who >cas re elected on the monotonous call of the roll of the two houses, the consti tution requiring this whether there I is opposition or not. Miss L. H. La Borde, State Librarian, was also re elected without opposition. Col. Robert Aldrich,- of Barnwell, defeated Capt. Claude E. Sawyer, oi Aiken, for judge of the second cir cuit, vice .iamcH Aldrich, resigned, by a vote of 82 to 7,5. D. B. Purifoy, of Colleton was re elected director of penitentiary, bul Representative B. P. Thomas, oi Barnwell defeated cx-Raprcscntativ< J. 0. Wingo, of Gveeatule. Repre sentatives John Richards and C D. Mann were chosen trtjsteee f?* Clemsou College. Mr. Harden wai re-elected. The Wintbrop Coll eg* and South Carolina University trus tees ware re-elected. SHIPPING SUffEHED BY STORM r<i'r ?? Belated Htetunert; Bring News of ShiywrockK at Be* and Po?Biblo Lobti of Life ae Rftsult of Severe Storm Which Swept tho Atlantic. Xew \ ork, Special.- Tales of Bhipwrecks jtt sea ami possibly Iosj i of life arc I lie echoes of I In1 recent i KOvere hIoi'hi, thai were brought to I port by belated and tempest ticked steamship*. Fears that an unknown three mast ed schooner, with hor crew, havo boon lost in the storm off the Dela ware capes are expressed by officers | of the steamer Manna llata, which j limped into harbor from Baltimore. I The schooner was seen stniggling in J the trough of the sea off the Dela ! ware capes and when the Manna Hata, which had been blown off her course, neared the locality where the -schooner was last sighted riding out | the *tonu. many pieces of a wreck ed vessel and quantities of arilraod tics were seen floating in the wafer. Hat*, further reports that the Win I ter Quarter shoal lightship probably ha* broKen loose l'roin her moorings f as the light vessel was not sighted in it-6 accustomed position. Two Barges Missing, The Italian slimmer San (Jlovanni reached here with < a plain Moisc and the crew of live of the oil barge Mijtan/as, which with two other bar ges, the Fall River and the (Irat'ton, in tow of the tug Concord from Philadelphia for Boston,-Jjroke adrift during the storm and for hours was at the merev of the waves which wrenched off the rudder and oponed i her scums. The Mafan/.as was fill ing rapidly when the Italian mer chantman hove in sight and rescued captain Morse and his crew. The barges Fall River and (Jrafton arc ill missing. The battered supers! ruHuro of t raVis-At lanl ic liners, arriving here weiV mute evidence of the assaults of rr.yin;r seas encountered in tho storm, while incoming vessels in the coast wi-e and lesser trades all re port incessant battles with waves flint kept the decks in a smother of spume and spindrift and knocked angrily at the haltered hatches. The Dutch steamship I'rin/. Willem V. from W?st Indian ports, arriving Sunday night, had a t u;bf,!ePt I rip The hurricane struck the I'rin/ Wil lem V on January 'J.'M and I lie waves smashed the decks, tarried away I ho life boats and loosened the steering gear. The steamship was stopped for 8 hours while repairs were made. The White Star steamship (Jeorgic, from Livei pool showed the effects of a rough voyage. Captain Thomas Ividwell, of Iiie (Jeorgic, died from pneumonia during the voyage. Outlook in Phillipincs. Washington, Special.?Nine years after the battle of Manila Kay, Sec retary Taft records the remits of the American occupation of,the archipel ago and forecasts the future of the Filipinos, in an enhaustive report transmitted to Congress by the Pres ident, with a letter written by the Chief Executive, commending in the highest terms, the Secret a ry4^vt^*i clusions. The President declares that ruin would have followed the adop tion of any other policy towards the Philippines than that outlined by Wil liam McKinfev and carried forward through these nine years, and asserts triumphantly-that- there is ii> bright er page in history than thai dealing with the relations between tile strong and the weak in these islands. lie adds that the Filipinos "have yet a long way to travel before they will be lit for complete selI'-govei nmcnt. Three Killed by Explosion. New York, Special.? Three men were killed instantly and live other.* seriously injured by the premature explosion from an unknown cause of dynamite in the Bergen Hill section of the Pennsylvania tunnel, at Koine stead, J., Sunday. The dead are: Robert Ait ken, Joseph C'ova, Leo. II. M acker! v. John D. at Colored Church. Augusta. Oa., Special.?John 1). Rockefeller occupied his first Sunday morning in Augusta this winter in listening to a sermon in the Taber nacle Baptist church (colored) by Rev. (\ T. Walker, the "black Spur peon." Walker got out of a sick bed to preach when informed thai Rockefeller would be one of his con gregation. The oil king was accom panied by his physician, Dr. Biggar. After the sermon Rockefeller held a conference with Walker in the lat ter's study, when he "made a very generous donation to the church." Violent Storm at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, SpeeisJ. ? A violent storm with unusual features for the winter season swept over the city Sunday night. There ' were vivid flashes of lightning and heavy thun der and ?$r ?r short time rain fell ia sheets, while the wind of terrific ve locity raged. The barometric pres sure was exceptionally low, 29.12 inches indicating the storm ceutoi in or near the city. UNEKPLUVEU mi CLUBBED IN PARADE Demonstration in Chicago Quick ly Suppressed by Police. FIERCE HAND TO HAND FIGHTING Man) llends Itrokeu ami i'ut I'nili'r Arri'itl ? Molt of 4000 l ice iiiiiI Cmili' I'unle Aiming 1(>,0(>0 S|ii'ctHlorN. Chicago. 'I Itc mailed ham. of tho law, 8Udd0111y hiuI swiftly clashing with a parade ??f tlh' "unemployed," created for e brief time great disor der In tho street#. Four thousand paraders were put to illght, making a panic anions 10,000 spectators, when women shopper* caught In tin1 rush, were accidentally felled or fainted from terror. One arrest only was made, that, of Dr. Benjamin H. Rett man, leader of the demons! ra tion, a well to-clo physician once hav lug a laiK?* practice and who is now a Socialist. Dr. lteli man received a whack on tho head which, he says, has brought hack hla sanity. At night after niv iug bonds he announced that he will Hive up helping his fellow man, aban don (lie "brotherhoo.l of welfare," rent an olllce and go back to his sol Ash pathological practice. Tho parade, under socialistic aus- | plcos, had been announced Mr several 1 dayhut upon the authorities de claring thai it would not be per- ' milted, the Socialist/, called the d<'iii- j oustraiion off until an organization) strong enough 10 row the police bad been formed. Novellheless, a mob of 1 10,001) had gathered by 1! p. in. about i Michigan avenue and Monro? streei. ! Chief of I'ollge Siiippy called oul fitio 1 ros.-rves, stationing 2r?<) beiilnd htm! at a point tine block from the bead of the mob, toward the City Hall, the objective point of the raiders, and sending the other*, in plain clothe?, ! to mingle in the march. He ordered Kelt man not to at tempt to march. Shlppy ordered out a lire engine and hose with the lutcuilmi of fight ing the column with water. Tho en gine took up a posiiIon b "hind the j poller1, connected up tho hoso and wait ,-d for action. News of this ma vavre was carried to Heitinnu. wli 1 changed ills lino of march, com pletely outgeneraling Shlppy. Soon I after 2 p. in. the marcher j turned ] egst. in Monroe Hired to Stats?, and tlift: 1 ma. c'.md f ouili, directly away Croin ibe City- Hull. They wore in closed for blows by a vast crowd of sightseers. Shippy instantly mnrrhml his force after the column, lie caught tne rear of the "uiu'iupl^yd" Static and Quin"y streets. There was a sharp conflict, I11 which tho poLico u??\i clu'oj, and in a minute the rear of 1I10 column was driven in a panic to tho sidewalks. Tho plain clothes men In the midst of the Ions column, observing that tho Chief had at; no it ed in tho rear, began smashing right and left. The advance had by thin time reached .Jackson Boulevard and Clnrk street. For a di/U^uice of throe blocks heads were brokwjv, ribs jarred and faces marred. VfoSt of tho "unemployed" offered little 0/ no resistance, but a fow of the plain clothes men were knocked down aud lour were beaten Into unconsciousness. The excited onlookers assisted the wounded and hooted tho police. The The column was dispersed within ten minutes after the police attack began. Plans to raise $100,000 for tho re lief of the unoninloyod were made at a meeting of twwrty-four wealthy men of the city. ** Idle Men Have Incffeclivo Parade In Uoston Boston. ? Several hundred unem ployed under tho leadership of Mor rison L. Swift, the Socialist, fol lowed by many spectators, appeared In front of tho State House and . marching up the steps demanded work. Sergeant-at-Arms Remington went out. to meet them, and In re sponse? to their demands said: "This is no piano for "you to apply. If yo'j v.;'ii tm doyn:'ii > to the State Fr~ ? i"; <y,reni ?luiva-.i. li you n?: \ 1 k> to t 2 C.iordou street honu'. If ><;a d;> 11 *f leave hero I shall b? obliged to call the po lice." The men lh?n marcliod to tic agency, wheva Superint'inlonc Wal ter I . H.r.ra Informed them thai he did r.ot think he could provide all the men with work even if all were qual ified to fill the positions open, but he would bo giarl to file their applica tions? Sixlv-six only availed them selves of tho oITur and the army soon disappeared, 1 New York Unemployed 35.000 ? Reports Greatly Kvaxgerated. New York City.?An exhaustive in vestigation by Charities, ihe Journal of philanthropy published in this city, J has disclosed iba! ihe estimated num ber of persons out. r?f employment here has b.icn largely exaggorated. ? Instead of 150,000, as has been stated. the number will hardly oc eeed 35,000. This, the paper says, does not include habitual vagrants. [ According to Charities, the Muni cipal Lodging House, which ?-has beds for 350 men, had a total overflow during December of 2590. This Is the first overflow since December, J 1901, when the number was 322. In 1003 It was 416. Prior to that it CIicck\ Retired in Chicago. ; All but $367,(00 of the small cir- . culating chocks issued by the Chicago Clearing House during the panic have been retired. There was more than ' $8,000,000 of the sprip issued to the banks. ? Hop Crop Estimates. The hop crop of- the United States for 1007 ? is. estimated by experts as 1 follows: Oregon, 130,000 hales; Call* 1 torn la, 90,000 hales: New York. 50, 000 bales, and Washington, 40,000 ' V . fit4*" - -? A FINE CITY HULL DESTROYED Million Dollar Building at Port land, Me., Burned, rollco and Oilier City Department# Suffer and Records Co tie?-Avert I'aiiIc at l'ytlilttn Jubilee. Port land, Mo.?A fire that caused n Iohh of $1,000,000 destroyed tho city hall and police buildinga and en* dangored the Uvea of more than 700 persona. Although known as city ball, the building was divided between city nnd county offioes, while the police building also sheltered the. Supreme, Judicial ?*nd Municipal courts. There was no1 Iohh of life, a re markable fact considering there were tuo'ro than 7i)0 members of the West am Maine Knights of Pythias in the auditorium of the city hall when the (lames were discovered. Only a few persons wore hurt, Chief Kngineer Melville Eldrldgo '< being the only one known to be seriously Injured, and ho was able to direct the fight against the flames. The financial loss 1h estimated at $1,000,000, but this does not include papers and documents in (be registry of deeds, where everything was de st roved. other city departments were swept clear of everything except the city clerk's and the city treasurer's offices, money and securities in the latter being believed to bo intact. One of the most valuable libraries in the State, the (Jreenloaf law col lection. was destroyed. When the llamoH were discovered William A. Turner, chairman of the meeting of the Pythian body, was met in the hallway by three .men, who acquainted him with the condi tion of affairs. Coolly ho entered the auditorium and ascended tho stage, interrupting the rltifH of investiture which was going on at tho time. Ho calmly told the assembled members <>f tho existing conditions, saying there was no need for hurry, and * himself supervising a system of or derly departure, which proved effect jive in averting a panic and in bring ing out more than 700 persons with out an injury. Wlun tli> fames communicated to the police building, wbe.re the city jail is locatod, i* was decided to liber ate the pri?o:iPi ?, and I hey were set free. Tho.r! pr^Murs had been ar i r><l for onl> minor offenses. ISA I) lUI/I IMOKK HIiAZK. I . ui' J ifi nien Killed atul Fifteen Are Injured, Hall imoro.- ^ bad fire broke out in the uppT part, of uio building < cru pled by tb'j linn of J, Register Sony, K')l! I h : V>:< iOilK'i" Cf HclHdivy : ud Saratov. streets. Tho first alarm was fallowed by a general one, tailing out all tho apparatus In tho city. Fanned by a high-wind from the Northwest, the liro spread rapid ly, and In an incredibly ^hort'tlme the northern wall of the building fell. Saratoga street being extremeiy nr.rrow, four firemen wore killed and many were injured, among them (ieorge M. Horl;.n, chief of tho F'Jre Department. Tho (ire burned toward a number of old structures. A fouv story building in the rear, occupied by tho E. 13. Read &, Son Company, noon caught fire and burned fiercely. The bodies of Lieutenant Fredor Ick Harmon, James Barrock, August Schriver and JoHt?"81eed, all of En gine Company 3, were taken'-from beneath toe burning wall. . tfjfteen firemen were Injured. Those killed were badly mangled, mOT'lg ACADEMY RVRNfc, Students Lose Money, Clothing And Personnl Belongings, Stamford, Conn.?All that Is left of tho famous Betts Academy on Strawberry Hill Is a heap of smoulder ing vulns. Tho institution, estab lished in 1888 by tho late James Bolts and continued and enlarged by his son, William J. Belts, was one of tho largest and bysl known pre paratory schools or New England, with xtudents from nearly every civ ilii""-il couniry. i r.Q student* lost all their money, ? 1 hing and personal belongings. So ?*I-1 Mr. and Mrs. Eetts, Miss Han wf o d, Mrs.. Belts' sister, and the six :!"ii!? -R who were in the house. All had to fieri In night attire. . ' '?'he shriy students have been given a three weeks' vacation. The loss on tha building and contents Ih esllmated at 1100,000, partly covered by in surance. FACING I1I(J DEFICIT. Chairman Tawney Shows the Need of Strict Economy. Washington, D. C.?Representa tive Tawney, of Minnesota, chairman of the Appropriations Cotumittee, lqr i rod need tho urgent deficiency bill In the House with the admonition that strict-economy must be observed In the disbursement of the national funds if a largo deficit is to be avoid ed. Mr. Tawney predicted that the deficit will be $100,000,000, In round numbers, unless many of the esttr mates are greatly reduced. He" showed that even if the revenues 61 all departments of the Government reached the unpavalleled total of the last fiscal year, $878,000,000, there would still be a sbortago of funds in the Treasury of nearly $84,000,-,. 000, provided all the appropriations asked are granted.^ - C A Knock Doun Argument. Tho Rev. J. W. O'Bryant, pastor of the Hyde Park M. E. Church, 8t. Joseph, Mo., has resigned to become Vi a street car conductor. He *aya he can make m^e money as conductor than as a preacher. . . ' ? ../?,/ Drowns With Oifl ? At Ameebury^ Mass., Lewia W< man, aged twenty-two, ?ai.- MWfi Blanche Adkins, fifteen yetre ?U, were drowned wMIe ikiUttfog Lies <**!Sb -mm.'