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VOLUME XIX. CAMDEN, 8. FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1908, y ^ , . ? '? NO. II.. SOUTH CAROLINA ITEMS 1 1 ? 4 . Newey Items Gathered From the Different Section* o4 South Caroline. Governor Take# Stood. Columbia, Special.- Governor An sel, in order to prevent the receivers appointed by Judge Pritchard for the State dispensary fund from getting the mon?y now in the various banks, has Bent out a letter to the 31 banks holding this money, warning them ? hat under no circumstances must this money be released without the pro duction of tho collateral deposited for security and with out the eheek signed by the chairman of the com mission and countersigned by the State treasurer. This move on the part of the gov ernor will prevent the receivers tak ing any action even when they have .qualified and are ready to serve. Should tho special masters pass fa vorably on any/ of the claim* and or der tho money paid without the con sent of tho commission it will not he > posible for tho claimants toA^;et their money, andv tho is'sue^will Jjdeu b^up to Judge I'ritchard* foc^cont^inpt pro ceedings unless the case is settled be iore that time, as it is believed will bo don^. The letter states that this does not - refer to the $153,000 released by Judge Pritchard and drawn through the National Loan and Exchingt bank of this city. This money was ' assessed on each bank having the de- j posits, 221-2 per cent, being with drawn from each for the payment of' claims approved by the commission. The letter says: "Gentlemen: You arc ^ierey noti fleld that if any o fthe State dispen- : sary funds in your hands are turned J over to any one, without the produc tion of your colloaerals and without j tho check being signed by Dr. W. J. Murray, chairman, and countersigned J fry the State treasurer, you will be held responsible for the same by the State of South Carolina. I "This does not refer to the 22 1-2 per cent, which has been drawn ! _ through the National Loan and Ex ?^-^hange Iwwiks and ^was authorized r>o(h by the commission and flic' United States court. "Yours very truly, "M. F. ANSEL, "Governor. Those banks who received the order are t.he National Loan and Exchange . bank, Palmetto National bank, State j bank, Columbia Savings bank, all of ? Columbia; Bank of Charleston,* Peo- j pies Loan and Exchange bank of Lau- 1 rens, Bank of Orangeburg, National ! Exchange bank, Charleston; Bank of Aiken, Commercial Bank, Camden ; People's Savings bank, Abbeville; , Bank of Dillon. Fnt.pwri??? V?rt?*V ' Charleston ; Merchants' and Farmers' | bank, Gaffney ; Farmers' and Mcr- ; chants' bank, Anderson; Merchants' j and Farmers' bank, Cheraw; Com mercial bank, Florence; Bank of Hartsville ;Peoples' hank, Union ;City National bank, Greenville; Green- J ville Savings bank, Lexington -Sav ings' bank, People's bank, Charles ton; People's bank, Greenville; Nor wood bank, Greenville; Bank of Cam den, Merchants' and Farmers' bank-, Spartanburg; First National bank, Spartanburg; Bank of Timmonsville. Just what action will be taken by the banks on receipt of this letter is not yet kno'vyn. The banks are made parties defendant in the action brought by the whiskey houses and the majority of them have no desire to complicate matters by paying out any money not ordered by the com mission. 1 ! W. B. Rowell Is Acquitted. Florence. Special. ? \Y. B. Rowell, charged with the. murder of Jones C". > Blount, an Atlantic Coast Line rail- , road dctectivc, at this place about four years ago, was acquited of the charge. This was the second time. Rowell had been tried and the case attracted considerable attention. Winnsboro Military Company. Winnsboro, Special. ? The military company held & meeting in the court house last week and about 12 dew members were signed. . This makc^ a total enrollment of about 65 men.' Measurements were taken for uni forms and W. J. Amette was elect ed company clerk. Messrs. K. R. McMastrr, J. B. Doty, J. D. Fulp, D. A. Broom and J. L. Hall were ap pointed a committee to select a nkme for the new company. The company will meet again Friday evening at whieh time Qen. J. C. Boyd will be present to muster in the eompauy. "Bob" Hubbard Killed la Wreck. Trenton, Special. ? Extra train No. 141, Engineer James R. Hubbard of Columbia, Thursday night at 8;40 ran into freight' train No. 173 of the Co* lam hi a* Angus ta main- Use at the crossing of the Aiken branch, killing Engineer Hubbard and a negro fire r man ojf the branoh train, derailing pSia passenger eoajjJP^ and several people. It w said that En gineer Hnbbard failed to atop his go Money to Bo Loaned for ImxumcO Offio*. Columbia, Special. ? Governor A? sel and Slate Treasurer Jennings will shortly arrange to borrow 12,600 for tke salary of the 8tate insurance commissioner, Mr. J>\ H. McMaster. The general assembly felled to place the salary in the appropration bill and acording to the law, although the act was apssed, the money could not bo paid out this year. However the next general assembly will pay" the claim and the money can be ad vanced by the banks. The act was also deficient in providing quarters for the commissioner. It directed the secretary of slate to provide an of fice, but there is at present no room in the capitol with the exception of the committee rooms that can be used and permission was not ob tained from the general assembly for the U6e of theso rooms. Tho secretary of state -therefore is powerless to provide quarters and temporary ar ranegements will h'^jjtMo bo made by the/??mmissioner until the next ses sion of the general assembly. Tneumonia Claims Four in One Aiken Family. , Aikeu, Special ? One of the saddest deaths that has occurred in- Aiken county was that of Mdvin Bell, 20 years old, which occurred on Mon day of pneumonia. Mr. Bell had been ill only a few days, lie was the son of Mr. J. P. Bell of Windsor, in this county. He was the fourth in that family that has died in Jlhc past four weeks. On March 12 Marncy Bell, his brother, died of pneumonia ; a few days later Mrs. J. P. Bell, his mother, died of the same disease; on Monday of last week Frank Bell, an other brother, died of the same dis ease. This makes the third brother and the mother of the same family to die of pneumonia within four weeks. None of them were sick for more than five days. A few months ago Frank- Bell's wife died. < Work Begun in Spartanburg. Spartanburg, Special. ? A corps of South & Western engineers are now at work in this county revising and putting the finishing touches on the line that road has surveyed from Bos tic, N. C., to Spartanburg. Engineer A. W. Jones, who is in charge of the work, is in Spartanburg but declines to discuss the plans of the company as to the beginning of the construc tion work below Bostic. Ther.e is a report here, however, that the pres ent activity in South & Western cir cles means the building on the line will be- bejrun thiB summer. It is saitf t/iaf another survey is to be made from Spartanburg to Columbia and that a line may also be run from Columbia to Charleslon this spring. Order Is Issued to Express Company. Columbia, Special. ? Tho railroad commission has ordered the Southern Express company to- carry out its recent order issued by the commis sion, requiring every package ship ped to bo labeled " tolled " or "paid" as the case may be and if sent "collect" the amount due to bo placed thereon. Division Superin tendent Hockaday and Superinten dents Sadler and Buekner appeared before the commission regarding the order and the commission finally agreed to extend the time 60 days In order that the company might issur the instructions to the agent* and have the labels printed. Trains May Bo Taken Off. Rock Hill, Special. ? There is a ru mor here which seems to come from semi-official authority that the .South ern will in tlie near futuro take off trains No* 27 and 28 on the Char lotte, Columbia & Augusta branch. This, if done, will cause a lot of in convenience here and at other point* between Charlotte and Columbia. New Professor Elected. Newberry, Special.-r-The standing committee of the board of trustee* of Newberry college met reccntlv at which time business which vitally af fects the interests of the institution was transacted. That which was of most importance was the electing ol another professor. Hev. Gilbert ,I\ Voigt of Charleston was elected to the chair of modern languages and philology, Dr. E. B. Settler being re tained as instruotor in thei. depart ment of English and English litera ture. Chesterfield It Now Dry. Colombia, Special ? Dispensary An ditof West has returned from Che raw and Chesterfield, where ht cheeked up the et6ok on band ir those dispensaries which have bees closed since the order of the supreme court, affirming the election in thai county for prohibition. There aw some interesting questions raised in settling op a dispensary account un de? Um Canj^Oothmn CONGRESS AT WOHK Doings of Oar National Law-Makers Day by Day. 6cnator Tillman Caustic. Under the guise of difccu??ing leg ibiation the session of the Sensts wan devoted to a political discussion in which Senator Tillman, of South Car. )lii?a, and Senator Heveridge of Indi inu, were the chief participants. The Senate considered the conference re port on the Indian appropriation hlU and after somo criticism of tho ac tion of the conferees on minor pro* triaion tho report was disagreed to and another conference asked. Tho House bill appropriating $403, r )30 to pay the archbishop of Manila as representative of the Roman Cath alio church for damago to church property during the Spanish war also Afts passod. I Tho Pendulum's Extremes. Mr. Tillman traced what he termed i "swinging of tho pendulum" from the regime of Andrew Johnson when Congress assumed control al most to^the exclusion of the Prcsi lent from legislative influence 'to tho ldministrations that followed, which ie "declared witnessed a growth of presidential power. The dominating influence and control of tho executive ' jranch, ho said, over tho legislative ?nd in a less degree over the judicial branches of tho government were the uost marked features of American politics at' this time. "It has taken," said Mr. Tillman, 'just forty-one years for tho pendu lum to swing from tfuc extreme lo ?,ho other." ,"Now," he said, "the House of liepresentatives has degenerated into lit io more than a recording machine to do the will of the Speaker nnd uis lieutenants." Freedom of debate iu the old and true sense has disap peared from that end of the Capitol, ac added. In the Senate "servility and cowardice are the order of tho day," he declared and "the shadow :>f the Executive hands over all. and the President's wishes are almost the anly law." Roasta Wall Street. ' Mr. Tillman reviewed the events :>f the recent currency crisis and charged Wall Street with many mis demeanors. " ? "The profits of this nefarious jtock monger have," "lie said, 'found their way into the pockets it the very men who with the evil results of their fraud manifest pose is 'saviours'- and 'uncrowned kings,' \nd arc lauded to the skies when they were really trying to save themselves from the disasters which threatened to overwhelm them along with their deluded victims. One of these 'sa viours' had done more than any oth er of the money kings to deluge the stock market with watered stock." j Millions for Protection. The House sub-coiumittec on forti- j fications has reported to the commit tee on appropriations the fortifica- j tions appropriation bill with the es iim&toe ror ine ivar uepanmenz slashed from $38,443,945, to $8,210, 611 on account of the desire of the committee to avoid giving ground for the impression that the United States is preparing for war with Japan. Most of the appropriations is for Hawaii and the Philippines. The bill was at once reported to the House with recommendation that it pass. This year's bill, as revised by the committee, covers among various projects the following: '? For range finding (fire control) in continental United States $270,000; for guns and implacements at Decep tion Pass, $573,000; repairing storm damage at Charleston, S. C., $59,000; at Pensacola, $50,000, and at Mon bile, $589,000; for fortifications at Honolulu, including placing in a few additional mortars at Pearl Harbor, $1,100,000; for fortifications in tho Philippine!, $1,949,000. Brownsville Caso Again. Reports from the committee on military affairs were presented to the Senate in regard to the investigation of the affray at Brownsville, Texr which resulted in tho discharge with out honor of tlrree companies of negro soldiers of the Tewenty-fifth Infan try** At tho spme time a message was received from tho President call ing attention to tho fact that tho tes timony taken by the com mi too sus tains his position in discharging tho negTo soldiers. He recommends ex tension of the timo for re-enlistment of the discharged men who might bo found not to fall within the teims of the !l<Jrder. There were four reports from the committee, the majority be ing signed by. Senators Wanefif Ixxlge, Warner,"* Dupont, 'falioj^rro, Foster, Overman*, Frazier and Mc Creary. A minority report was sign ed by Seuators Foraker, Scott, Bulke ley and Homonway. In bis special message covering the, matter tho Preaident gays: "Applications to i$-euliqjt~ y from former members of Companies ft C and D., Twenty-fifth Infantry, who were discharged uuder the provisions of special order No. 260, War Depart ment, November 0th, 1906, miftt be 1&ade in writing and be aeeoapsnied by such evidence, also in writing, as the applicant may deeiro to submit, to show that be was p*ith6v imp:* cated in the raid on Brownsville, Tex., on the night of August 13tb, 1900, nor withheld any evidence that might lead to the discovery of the' perpetifetort thereof. BIG US II MINED Supreme Court Decides Cases Involving Rebates THE ELKINS LAW INTERPRETED ? - ? By ft DiTl?ion of Five to Tbr?o the Hlfheet Tribunal Declares That the Lower Courts Were Right in Imposing Fines on tho Chicago, Barlinfton & Quincy Railroad and the Kansas Olty Packers Tor Granting and Accepting Rebates. I* Washington, Special. ? By a divi* sion of 5 to 3 tho Supreme Court of tho United States has affirmed the decision of the United Stale Circuit Court of Appeals for tho eighth cir cuit, imposing tinea on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Com pany, for granting and the packers of Kansas City, Kan., for accepting rebates on shipment# of puckers' pro duets intended for export. Tho do cision was announced bv Justice I)ay and hia announcement was con curred in by Justices Harlan, White, McKenna and Holmes. The Chief Justieo and Justices Brewer and I'eckham dissented In an opinion an nounced by Justice Brewer, which punjrcntly crituuwl ibe controlling' opinion. Justice Moody look no part in the disposition of the <*ase. Tho Pointfl Involved. In his opinion Justice Day dis cussed the various points of con* troversy involved in wthe cases. Taking up tho first question as to what constitutes a crime. In tho matter of granting rebates he naid: "Had it been iho intention of Con gress to limit the obtaining of such preferences to fraudulent schemes or devices, or to those operating only by dishonest, under-handed methods, it would have been easy t<> have so provided in words that wouTd bo un 1 mistaknhle in their meaning. A de vice need not he necessarily fraudu lent ; the term includes anything which is n plain contrivance." Discussing 1 1 i i? effect of the ruling on the usual construction of con tracts Justice Day said: "There is no provision for tho filing of contracts with shippers and no method of making them public defined in the statute. If the rates are subject to secret alteration by special agreement, then the statute will fail of its purpose to cstabisii a rate duly published, known to all, and from which neither shipper nor carrier may depart. "It is said that if the carrier saw , ? > v uit ji.Mrv/fc'wfi/ i ' i contract the effect will be to make the same evailablo to all other ship pers. But the law is not limited to giving equal rates by indirect and uncertain methods. It has provided for the establishment of one rate to be filed as provided, subject to changc as provided, and that rato to be while in force the only legal rate. Any other construction of the statute opens the door to the possibility of the very abuses of unequal rates which it was the design of the statute to prohibit and punish. "It tnay be as urged bv petitioner, that this construction renders im possible the making of contracts for the future delivery of such merchan dise as the petitioner deals in, and that the instability of the rate intro duces a factor of uncertainty, de structive of contract rights hereto fore enjoyed in such property. But such considerations address them selves to Congress, not to the courts. It is the province of the judiciary to enforce laws constitutionally enacted, not to make them to suit their own views of propriety or justice. "The statute being within the con stitutional power of Congress ami being in force when the contract was made, is road into the contract and becomes part of it. If the ship per sees flt to make a contract cover ing a definite period for a rate in force at the time he must be taken - to have Hone so subject to the pos sible change of the published rate in the manner fixed by statute, l<? which he must conform or suffer the penalty fixed by law." In the course of hi?; opinion. Jus tice Day gave the following general definition of the intent of the Klkins' act: ? r'-I.x Elknc' Act Defined. "The Elkins' act proceeded upon broad lines, and was evidently in tended to effectuate the purpose of Congress to require that all ship pers should be treated- alike, and that tin only Tate charged to any shipper for the samo service under the tame conditions should be the one established, published and posted as required by law. It ij not so much tbe particular form "by which, eft tho motive for which tbio burpote was accomplished, but tho intention was to prohibit any and all means that might be resorted to to obtain or receive concessions and rsbates from (be fixed rates, duly posted and published." . "fr* ? ? ? - - 500,000 OUT OF WORK III Mill YOHK CITY Must Dig Subways to Aid Unem? ployed, is Labor's Oemand. CONGRESS DISCUSSES MATTER Central Mmtcd Union Hend Com mittee to Albany to Ask IIukIico to InvcMtigutu C?uw of Delay in Starting Improvements. New York Oily. ? Declaring that there ure more than 600,000 unem ployed lu Now York City, and thai the letting of subway oontractH would offer the moat Immediate relief, th? Central Federated Union voted to ask Governor Hughes to Investigate the real status of the city's debt and Comptroller Metz's reasons for de laying subway construction. A com mittee of three was ordered to go to Albany to see tho Governor. The coming parade nnd demonstra tion of the unemployed of New York, now scheduled for the afternoon of Saturday two weeks hence, and the llscusulon last week In CongrcBH of u labor leader's statement that thcro *re 600,000 Id lo In this city alone, orought tho (inesljon of subway dig ging home to every labor delegate, md tho report of tho special jcoiumlt teo was put through with a rush. Tho reopening of public works was do dared to be tho tlrst duty of the city In view of tho number of unemployed. Representative Wlllett, of Now Vork, stirred up (*ongrPSB wtttTniM"-" ter of Samuel A. Stodel, "secretary of the New York Council of Independ ent World Workers, giving tho num ber of unempldyed in New York as 503.600. Of this number Stodel esti mated that 14 7,600 are union mem bers and 366,000 non-unionists. head ers of tho Central Fedoratcd Union ivere asked tor their estimates of the unemployed, and with few exceptions they placed tho number above 600, 000. ! "A conservative estimate, based on i canvass of the delegates of tho re jpectlve unions adlllated with this jbodv, places the number of Idle union workers in Now York at 200,000," I iaid Albert Abrahams, vice-president | of the C. F. lT., "and if you count those working two or three or four days a j week," declared Abrahams, "the num ber will roa<;h nearer 4 00,000. Wo estimate the number of unemployed, union pnd non-union, in New York md the suburban cities and towns at. 760,000. Wo are told here that of the members of the Pavers' Union, for Instance, ninety per cent, are idle; I lie ciga rmakers have one-third of their men out of work, tho building trades one-half, and tho printers, compositors and pressmen, ono fourth. " The Unemployed Conference Com mittee, which meets In tho Labor Temple in East Eighty-fourth street, has determined to go to court, If nec essary, to obtain permission to "as semble in the Union Square plaza. The parade was to have been held two weeks ago but was postponed, await- ] ing the result of the conferences with the Mayor and Comptroller over pos }ible public improvements. jcxrrAmiUW m/MjH Kidnr. Militia Guard at Natchez, Miss., Fol lowing Wreck and Fire*. Natchez, Mies. ? Eight persons were killed, one was severely Injured and property valued at many thousands of dollars was wrecked as the remilt of an explosion of gas In tho base ment of a five-story building occupied by the Natchez Drug Company, at Main and North Union streets, near the business quarter. The dead are Cleve Laubat, Mrs. Kotterlngham, Miss Luella Booth, Miss Lizzie Worthy, Miss Carrie Mur ray, Miss Inez Netterville, Miss Ada White and Ell^s Hotchkiss. The lat ter, a carpenter, ran from the build ing and fell, breaking his neck. John Carkett, seventy-one years old, suf fered fractures of both legs. lie Is not expected to live. The wreckage caught fire, and aK stiff wind carried hugo sparks to the north and west, setting fire to eighteen residences, Beven of which were destroyed. All business has been suspended and the local companies of militia were put on duty. PHILANTHROPIST PENNILESS. Dr. Sill, of Worcester, Mass., Predict ed His Death, Gave Away Money. Worcester, Mass. ? At tho age of eighty-three, penniless and without a relative to turn to for aid, Dr. John Wellesley Sill, a well known philan thropist and cancer specialist, has ap plied to the overseers of the poor here, having been in want for some time, and has \ 1 sent to the Stato "Poorhouse. A year ago he predicted his death within six months, and in that expec tation gave away all his property In Wales and In Toronto, and all his money to friends and charitable In stitutions, keeping enough to live on for six months. The time expired, and his friends whom he had aided , refused to help him. lluHsinn Policy Pacific. M. d'Iswolsky, the Russian Foreign Minister, at St. Petersburg, explained i Russia'* desire to possess relations with Japan by which the maintenance of peace in the Pacific might be mad* certain. Rhode Island Will Discover Just How Many Are Idle Perforce. Providence, fi. I. ? As a result of representation* of the labor unions to the General Assembly that there are 89,000 unemployed people In this city th* police of the five cities of the State have t*gun an ejaumeraWott. ? This action la taken at tho roaueat of Qeorge H. Webb, Commissioner of Industrial Statistic*. *~tTeana will be employed to set return* from the country district*. 'Habitual idlers will not figure Ul the enumeration. . , N LW5 B Y w IRt bHOT WII K K)H ill lldl. \ ll. J Washington, 1). C.~ -Hugh llollls, a Treasury Department clerk, ' who mme )?#?ro from Jyouisvllle, Ky,, and who served for a^ini? u? a private secretary to the Comnfiiloner of Internal H?"tvenue, shot and killed lila wlfo at their hoiue on Newton street. in tho north- 1 western section of the city. Hollls nronured a rovoivor a day or two ago Hud look leave from his oftlce during the day to practice with tho weapon. About 3 o'clock a, pi .his' wife arose to attend their child, and as she returned to the bedside Holllsawakened, pulled the revolver from beneath ills pillow and fired, inatantly killing .tho woman. I m m ?>?) I ut fl y he went to Bleep again and know nothing of the shooting until hi* was afterward awakened. He has always borne an excellent reputation, .and he declares ho waa dreaming of * burglars. Mr. Hollis is thirty years old. Ills wlffc was twenty-four. Wcti(lngliouiK) Co. Opposes Saloon*. Pittsburg. ? Tho Wetttlnghouse In terests, employing 20,000 persons, in court asked that no more liquor 11 ci'iikhs. he granted , for tho town of ftast Pittsburg, whero the works are. The Influence Of saloons on their workers led tho WeBtlnghouso people to act. r. S. Officer Held iin Kidnaper. Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Grand Jury returned a true hill against Uni ted States Custom Officer Foulks, on a charge of kidnaping farmers. His (rial will Boon commence. Mint lteHumcn Money-Making. Philadelphia. ? Employes of the United States Mint who had heon laid off are again at work, and a full force .of fi&O persons is employed. Orders came from Washington for immediate coinage of $10,000,000 more in twoji toy-dollar gold coIiib. Three More Colliers For Navy. Washington, D O. ? Tho purchase of three new steam colliers with a coal carrying capacity of 7 000 tons, at a cost each of ^2 f> 0 0 0- was aj;iuutl lo by tho House Committee on Naval Affairs. Makes Birthplace a. City. Albany; ? Governor Hughes signed tho Mil niakfng (.ileus Kails a third class city. It was the birthplace, of the (Jovern.br, , Hoke Smith Asks Longer Term. Atlanta. ? Governor lloko Smith opened his campaign for re-election In a speech at Decatur. Jfe upheld negro disfranchisement and strongly condemned lobbying. Texas Crop Outlook Best in :{?"> Years. 1 Dallas, Texas. ? Reports to railroad olllclals at Dallas are to the effect that Texas crop prospects are the best known In thirty-five years. Tho Into hi I //.a id <1 1<1 not hurt tho fruit to 0 serious extent. Kuinfall during the winter has put the ground In pei'fe'ft* coThUlloir^fffi- setdllfV;. Tho farmers have completed -thei r~~p lowing, Tttnd have begun planting. Fire Wipes Out Town. Butte. Mon. - ? Wig Timber, tho county seat near here, having 2500 Inhabitants, was practically destroyed by Are. Both the business and resi dential sections of the town have been burned out. Rubber Plant to Close. New Haven. ? Because of diilner.B In the rubber trade the plant of the L. Candee Company, I11 this city, will close until April N. The shutdown will affect about 1 iioo operatives, Tho company will take tills opportunity to overhaul the machinery. Cockran Out of Tammany. Now York City.? W. Bourke Cock* ran has been dropped from all the committees' of the Tammany organi zation. Hues Wife; Names McCarren. Buffalo, N. Y? Dr. W. A. Dixon )>hh brought suit against Ills wife for dilvoree, naming State Senator Pat rick McCarren as co-respondent. ? Jersey Student Drowned. ICaston, I'a.?Iyan R, Coffin, twen ty-two years old. of Asbury Park, N. J., a Htudcnt at Lohlgh University, was drowned from a canoe In the Dataware River near this city. L* Nominated on OOOtli Dnllot. Marlon, Ind, -Charles II. Good was nominated for Congress on the 890t?h ballot by the ICleventh District Re publican convention. ' ? ? ? Rich Cattleman Sent to Jail. Helena, Mon. ? David Fratt, of Bil lings,' formerly president of ths State " Hoard of Stock Commissioners and ? wealthy .catt Ionian, pleaded gu'By to 4h*? tHcpml fencing- -of 7 "9^0 acres' of public land in the Federal Court lamd was sentenced to servo forty-eight hours lu juil and to pay a fine of $250. Bandits Itob Itnnk of $2ft00, Coffeyvllle, Kan. ? Three bandits held up and robbed the bank at Tyro, Kan , of $2 500 and tied toward Okla homa. There were three men in the bank when the outlaws entered. With draw ik revolvers the bandits forced the three men to hold up their hands. Mounted citizens started In pursuit a ,fow minutes, aftor tho robbers gal loped away. , > t ' For Penny Postage on Rural Routes. ' Washington, D. C. ? Penny postage on rural routes is provided for in a bill Introduced in tho House by Rep resentative Criggs, of Georgia. Two Little (ill-Is Drowned. isr? ? fcrynn, MaTHt? - -"W.hilo trying to cross Breed's Pond on thin Ice Olive and ICffle Belben, aged live and eight years, were drowned and their school ;mnto, Louise Arbuckle, aged eight," was rescued by an unidentltled man who happened to bo near and heard their cries for help. . The Arbuckle girl is in a dangerous condition. The bodies of tho two girls were later re* Woman's Dress Saves Life. Raleigh, N. C. ? Dressed in his wife's clothes and claiming he was a woman, Richard Gill was allowed to pasx through a line of infuriated "white caps." Gill had been warned . , that he would bo lynched for having told revenue officers about an illicit still. Ilia home was burned. N LW5 Y B C ' ABLE JAI'AN MODIPIKM DKMANDH. r* Pekin. ? A settlement of tho dlspjito arising from China's seizure of the Japanese Bteamer Tntsu Maru hay not been reached."-' Japan, however, has modified her denyuids. M. Hayashi, tho Jap anese .Minister, at another conference with tho -JBoard of Foreign Affairs adhered to his demand for the- payment of demurrage, b'ut was willing to forego payment for the confiscated arms If the steam er wab released and her flag saluted In the presence of the anesa Consul. In this case, he said, ho was willing to leave tho punishment of the offending commander to China's discretion. The Board of Foreign Affairs agreed to restore the steamer and to apologize for hauling down her flag, but the other terms have flot been settled. China has sent a circular statement of her case to the various legations here. Aslur to (JIvc* Oxford $100,000. London.- ? W. \V. Astor has prom ised to Rive $.*>0,001) to tho Oxford University Endowment Fund started l?v Lord Curr.?n on his election as Chancellor of the University when tho fund reached $5 0 0,00 0, hut he now promises to fci ve $100,000, The present total of tha fund is $375,000. New IJacctracic in Havana. Havana. ? The new Almendares racetrack opened. A large crowd was present. Governor Magoon, Provin cial Governor Nunez, ?he Alcade and other prominent officials attended. The future of racing in Havana seems bright. First Auto in Jerusalem. Jerusalem ? Charles J. Glldden. of Boston, and Mrs. Glldden arrived here in a motor car from Huifa, Syria. It was the first motor car ever seen in Jerusalem. Suffrage lllot in Budapest. Budapest. ? A Socialist demonstra tion in . avor of universal suffrage de- ! v?loped here. There v.- ere three hours ( of serious rioting, the Socialists using revolvers and stones. liltiiuiiiateri Auto Signs. Paris. ? The increasing number of , automobile accidents in Paris has re "suli-Otl in tho promulgation of more rigid regulations to govern thisj traffic. The regulations provide | among other things that the number , of every machine must be lighted after d-rk. " J Ulnc Xot to Onlse. BiarrTtz. ? The plans for King Ed* ward to cruise In tha Mediterranean aft or his visit here have been ahan- , doned. Hie Majesty, who errlved In Diarrit* five da)<e ago. will return to London in. April. FalllcpQS to Varls.? Jt .. | that President don in the will be accomi itot i' ? i ? ^r.? a., rf.jv Buvnrin OukU Mormons. " Munich. ? The Bavarian Govern ment lias ordered the expulsion o ( a number of American Mormon mis sionaries whose 'presence here Is re garded as being dangerous to public order. , . 4 .J. ? , _?_ Mrs. Hubbard Must Pa y $2600. London. ? Mrs. Alice Gray Hub bard, ot New York, was ordered by court to pay |2500 damages for In juries inflicted by hor motor car In 1906 upon Lieutenant Harford, of the Scots Guards, who was riding on a motorcycle neftr Maidenhead when he was run down and a leg was broken * in bIx places. Mrs. Hubbard contend ed that the accident was due to th* plaintiff's negligence. Pretender Sues For Peace* Casablanca, Morocco. ? Geherat" d'Amade, the French commander In Morocco, has received letters from M ti Pal Hafid and the leaders of his army asking that hostilities be sus pended pending Arrangements for . peace. Chamberlain Improving. . NJee. ? The reports concerning the health of Joseph Chamberlain, who is here* are untrue. Ilisf health is im proved. . v * .* .<4 tJnrrst In Argentfiflt;^~ La Paz. ? Disquieting news has been received hero of political un rest in the Argentine provinces, and trouble Is feared. German Torpedo Boat Sank. Cuxbaven. ? The German torpeto boat- "B, li" was run Into and supk by an unknown steamer at the mouth of the River Elbe. - The ehtsf en gineer of the torpedo boat was drowned, but the rest of tilt crew wei^e rescued. --zi Enthusiasm in Hoaololn. Honolulu. ? -The official annoo pce^O mont that the United States Atlantic battleship fleet Is coming to I~ has created ike greatest entbi ivs- '