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LOME XI CAMDEN. S. C.. KRIDAY, JUNK 5, iy?8 SOUTH Newsy Items Gathered From the Different Sections of South Carolina. Date* Were Arran?ed. A subcommittee of* the State Dem ocratic, executive committee, consist Chairman Wilie Jones, Comp m !er A. W. Jones and 0. L. Klitaae of Newberry, met and nr. "tuged the schedule for the l)emo 1 '? tie campaign this summer, Capt. ? J. Griffith,. also a member, was ?Jimvoidably absent on business. * Ah *a?J decided upon by the State con vention there are to be; two campaign parties, one for the candidates for 1 United States senate and congress 14 nd the other for the candidates for State ollices. The State cam paign will open at St. Matthews on niie 17 ami the senatorial campaign will open at Sumter on the same rinte; No pledges for the various ollices <?'?>? be .filed after noon on June l(i, which is a section of the constitution on the subject. I he following are the schedules: 'T-timatorial Candidates. Sumter ? \y ednesday, June 17. Maprtfog-. Thursday, June 18, Monk's Corner Friday, June If). George tow n ? Saturday, Jutn 20. King^tjrce ? Monday, June 22. Florence-- Tuesday, June 23, Marion? Wednesday, June 224. ? Friday, June 2(5. Darlipt oil ? Saturday, June 27. Bisbtijpville ? Tuesday, Juno 30. Benoettsville ? \V ednesday, July 1. Cljyterfield ? Thursday, July 2. QjtiMBw?Fririnv. July 3. ^pprter- ? Saturday, July 4. K>oro ? Monday, July 0. M* ? Tuesday, July 7. ? Wednesday, July 8. B? Thursday, July !). (burg ? Friday, July 10 . -Saturday, July 11. EDia, July 14. ? Wednesday, July 15. ? Thursday, July 10. Bailie ? Friday, July 17. J&tHfeson? Saturday, July 18. Walhalla ? Tuesday, July 21. PielWiK ? Wednesday, July 22. JOrefavillc ? Thursday, July 23. ? Friday, July 24. ?^Tpgton? Ttiv'sday, July 28. luda ? Wednesday, July 20. ftUgCfield? Thursday, July 30. 'XnEch? Friday, July 31. > Barnwell ? Tuesday, August. 4. "Hampton ? Thursday, August G. Beaufort ? Friday, August 7. .^fV'alterboro ? Saturday, August 8. Charleston ? Wednesday, August 19 St. George ? Thursday, August 20. Orantrehutg ? Friday, August 21. St. Mat (h ews? Saturday, August 22 v Ths State Campaign. The schedule for the candidates for State. ollices is as follows: " St. Matthews ? Wednesday, June 17 ; Orangeburg ? Thursday, June 18. Stf George ? Friday, June 19. Charleston ? Saturday, June 220. Walterboro ? Monday, June 22. J&saufort ? Tuesday, June 23. Hampton ? Wednesday, Jnune 24. Barnwell ? Friday, June 20. Bamberg ? Saturday, June 27. Lexington ? Tuesday, June 30. Saluda ? Wednesday, July 1. EjJg?efleld ? Thursday, July 22. Aiken ? Friday, July 3. Sumter ? Tuesday, July 7. Manning ? Wednesday, July 8. Monlc's Corner ? Shursday, July 9. GCttfrgetown ? Friday, July 10. KtHgRtree? -Saturday, July 11. - Ftftjhenco ? Monday, July 13. Marion ? Tuesday, July 14. ? Thursday, July 10. DfiHlfiington ? Firday, June 17. -fimjopville ? Tuesdav, July 21. Bejjn ettsville ? Wednesday, July 22 CHcctrefield ? hursday, July 23. n^^ooking foT Lee Branson. Sranftanburg, Special. ? Believing ? hat R. Leo Bruson, the missing as giatajftr cashier of the Bank of Flor ence,- taight be in Spartanburg, Chief of P$iee J. J. Koopman of Florence was illi the city looking for Brunson. Th?i officer is still here but will likely so $0 \Asheville. Brunson is said to bave?"hecn missing from Florence -since May 17. t . . ??? The Dispensary Receivership. Colombia, Special. ? Attorney Qen eraKX<yon returned from Richmond, appeared in behalf of the (of South Carolina in the suit for a rcvievership of the dia funds, this being an appeal ie decision of Judge Pritchard. ?probably be some time before is decided by the court of and even then it will not be a* both sides have anounced would appeal. This, of ^naeana that the United States court will have to pass up iRe. Pledget Filed. ia, Special? Three campaign ware filed with 8tate Chair i . lie Jones of the Democratic committee. These were C. HP* Newberry, for governor; Byrnes, of Aiken, for soli the Socond circuit, and J. A. ett of Columbia, for rail - issioncr. ~ Camden ? Friday, July 24. Lancaster-? Saturday, July 25. Winnsboro ? Monday, July 27. I I . ? .1. I 'I'lK .la>, July 28. Yorkville ? Wednesday, July 29. Uaffney ? Thursday, July 30. . Spartanburg Friday, July 31. Union?Saturday, August 1. Columbia? Tuesday, August 4. Newberry ? Wednesday, August - 5. Greenwood ? Thursday, August 0. Abbeville Friday, August 7. Anderson-. Saturday, August H. Wulhalla Wednesday, August 19. I'ickens- -Thursday, August 20, Greenville*? Friday, August 21. Laurcns-?-Saturday, August 22. New Kailroad Laws Go Into Effect. Columbia, Speeiul,? - After July 1 next, all passenger coaches used with in the State will be provided with cinder deflectors, like those used on Pullmans. An act requiring the com panies so to equip their cars by the date named was passed by the recent legislature. The penalty for non compliance is a tine of not less than $500 and not more than $1,000 for eaeh car not furnished with the de fleetors. The railroad commission has furnished the railroad companies, for their information and guidance, with copies of the act. The commis sion also wrote to the railroad com panies directing their attention to an other act passed by the recent legisla ture, forbidding public drinking on trnirrK. It is "requested that a sign be displayed in each coach. * Aged Woman Killed y Passenger Train. Aiken, Special. ? A most deplorable accident occurgd at Jackson Station last week, when Mr". Phms Wilson, one of the oldest and most highly in spected women of that section, was run over and instantly killed by a ain. Coroner Owens was notified a few minutes after the tragedy and he left for Jackson. There was a freight train on the siding at Jack son, waiting for a passenger train to pass. Mrs. Wilson desired to cross the railroad track and made her way to the rear of the freight to cross be hind the caboose. .lust as she wns about to cross around the caboose, the Atlantic (oast Line passener train came dashing by at a high rate of speed. It is thought that Mrs. Wilson saw this train just before it got to her, hut did not have time to get out of the way. Bafccsburg At Work for Board of i Trade. \ Bateshurg, Special. ? A movement is* on foot to organize a board of trade for Batesburg, and it is hoped that every business man find proper ty owner and all others interested in the development and well, being of the town will join and give to it tlie heartiest support, as there is no ques tion that a well organized and hard working board of trade can do more for a town than any other one thing. Huguenot Mills to bo Sold. Greenville, Special. ? The Huguenot mill property will be sold Wednesday, Juno 10, at 11 o'clock, under an order of the district United States court by the veciver, Mr. J. H. Burgard. In addition to the mill and its equip ment proper, several lots of real es tate belonging to the corporation will also be sold. The mill has a comple ment of fyOOO ring spindles and 23fl box looms, with other machinery used for making ginghams. Implicated in Murder. Columbia, Special. ? Gov, Ansel has granted a requisition for Eppor , son McLeod, a . negro, who has been arrested in Alabama and is wanted as an accessory to a murder in Dar lington county in 1900. Epperson is said to have prompted another negor woman. Me.Fadden is now serving a life scntcneo for the deed. Shooting in Bennettsville. Bennettsville, Special. ? In a row late Sunday night among negroes on the edge of town, John,. jStokes was shot and seriously wounded by J. T. Harley. The bell entered Stokes right shoulder and is thought to have lodged in one of his lungs. He was seriously wounded. All of the par ticipants were arrested. There was a gathering at the home of a negro women. These two men among tin number engaged in a quarrel. In the police court later Stokes and Harley were both fined for disorder ly conduct and shooting. Xegre Arrested. Florence, Special* ? last week chargedwitJ presented to the bank and payment was refused by Mr. Frank J. Brand, the cashier. The case was heard this afternon before Magistrate Early and Caston was. committed to ja& to await the oomlnf term of court. THE RAILROADS SERVE!) NOTICE Requirements Regarding Cinder De Hector* &ud Drinking on Trains. Columbia, Special. ? The railroad commiaaioii iaaued two circular* to 'hi? railroads doing business in this State directing attention to two g*(V gral ai'ts passed by the last l,?'gisla ure of special intercut to the travel ng public uml calling upon the roads to see that the term* of these urln ire observed. One of tboae acta, which i* operative now, forbid* under ? penalty of a $10 line "any public drinking in the presence of passen ger# on any passenger coach or paa ?engur train," buffet and dning ears being exempted. The other requires U It he ronda to provide all of their passenger coach windows with cinder lellectors, * * the same as used on Pullman cars or otherwiae as effec tive." The minimum penalty is a ff>00 fine, maximum penalty $1,000 due. All roads are required by the ?ct to put on the dwilectora by July 1st next. The father of this last act is Sena tor (Jeorge \V, Sullivan, of Anderson, who had to go to Baltimore about a war ago to get a cinder taken out of tiis eye. The railroad commission's recent rnler requiring the express company !o label packages paid or collect, as the ease may he, with weight, amount iiid date on each label, appears to be working well. The responsible ofli ?ers of the company seem to be doing .ill in their power to prevent double collections on packages ,and if pat ons will with faithful regularity re port cases of doxible collections to ??{rents so that they can be promptly traced to the employe responsible for the error or the fhefl, the evil which has harassed patrons of the company for several years will soon be at an piuJ. Of course there are many per sons who arc prompt to sav that the company itself has been grafting on the public, and while that is unjust, it is not the most regrettable feature if the situation. There is no reason to doubt that the great body of em ployes of the company are honest and reliable, but these have to suffer for t lie acts of the dishonest and the careless. The best men in the ser vice, therefore, are glad whenever a just and reasonble complaint is made. Poor pay has been an excuse that has been offered many times for graft ing employes, but if this applies else where it does not seem to apply in Columbia, where the lowest amount paid a man on entering the service is f")6 a month. Prof. Keith Was Selected. Columbia. Special. ? The trustees of the University of South Carolina met here to consider the matter of a successor to President Benjamin Sloan, who resigned some time ago. The choice of a president was post poned until the June meeting. Pro fessor Oscar J. Keith was chosen to succeed MK' Kdwin S. .Joynes, retir ed, as head of the department of modern languages. Professor Jones recommended Professor Keith as his successor after considering the names of more than fifty applicants. Pro fessor Keith is a native of Greenville, j S. C. He is a graduate of the Uni versity of Georgia of the class of 1902, having won first honor at that institution. He attended Harvard j university, where he won his A. M. in 15)04. Since that time he has taught at George Washington university and latterly at the University of Wiseon- J sin. Mr. Keith lias spent some time in study abroad. Will Test Insurance Law. Columbia, Special. ? The bil insur ance companies doing business in this State have determined to test the law requiring them to make a de posit to guarantee policies. Columbia's Public Building. Columbia, Special., ? Postmaster John W. Jackson received from Washington City plans and specifica tions for the public building to be ereHed in Columbia and are now on exhibition at the postotlice. Bids will bo received at the office of the super vising architect in the Treasury De partment at Washington until July 3, IPOS, and then opened. Wild Woman in Wooda. Greenville, S. C.f Special.- ? A white woman by the name of Lillian Smith was found in the woods near MoUa ghan Mill. Deputy Sheriff Ballen ger received a telegram early in the morning to the effect that there was a wild woman in the woods and he immediately left for the scene. The woman claimed that she had only spent one night in the woods and denied that she had attempted to kill any one. She was dressed very poorly. The officers are detaining her and will have examined by $ lun acy commission. / " ? - - Campaign Entries. The first formal entry in the race for United States Senator is State ?fafp?rrihtao4?nt of Education O. B. Martin, who has filed his pledge, ac companied by his assessment check, wiflu State Chairman Jones. Three candidates for solicitor also filed their pledges with General Jones ? R. A. Cooper, of Laurens, and George Bell Timmerman, of Lejrington, . for re election, and J. J. McSwatn, Green ville, who is a new entry. V ^ F" ' ~ ? imm jik is dead ? '??' ? ' . Was Long u Prominent figure in National Politics WAS BRYAN'S FIRST MANAGER ; ? :?% ? Former United States Senator Jtiiuoa K. Jouon Dies at Hie Home in Washington After a Brief IUneas ? Wai Member of the Senate from 1886 to 1603 and Was Prominent in the Councils of the Democratic Party. W ashiiigton, Sp?eial. ? Former ITnited States Senator James K. Jones, of Arkansas, died at his resi dence here ut 5:30 Monday afternoon after an illness of a few hours, aged ii9. He was one of tho leading Dem ocrats in tl^e Senate from 1885 to 1903 ami wus one of the strongest ^supporters of William J. Bryan, hav ing, as chairman of the faemoeratio national committee, conducted the campaign of 1K90 and 1900. Since leaving the Senate in 1903 he has conducted a law practice in thin city nnd has not actively engaged in poli tics. On Friday Senator Jones returned from a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Leonora Carrigan, in Arkansas, and Sunday night was apparently enjoy ing good health. Complaining slight ly Monday morniug, he remained in bed and died that afternoon, the im mediate cause of* death being heart failure. A native of Mississippi, where he wbr born in 1839, James Kimbroiigh Jones received n classical education and fought as a private soldier in the Confederate ranks throughout the Civil war. Becoming n resident of Dallas county, Arkansas, he lived <>n his plantation there until 1873, when he took up the practice of law. lie was elected to the State Senate the same year and became president of that body in 1877. Afterward he was elected to the Forty-seventh nnd the two succeeding Congresses, and in 1885 succeeded to the seal of .Tames D. Walker in the United States Sen ate, where he served three terms, re tiring in 1903. Senator Jones was a delegate to the national Democratic convention in 1.890 which gave Mr. Bryan his first nomination and as chairman of the committee on resolutions he re ported the 10 to 1 platform: He was made chairman of the Democratic national committee after the conven tion and as such conducted both of the Bryan campaigns for the presi dency. In the Senate Jones came forward rapidly as one of the lead ers of Jjis party and was for several years chairman of the Democratic national committee, lie was a mem ber of the sub-committee on finance which reported the Wilson-Gorman tariff bill and was an earnest advo cate of tariff revision. Although not an orator, Senator Jones was a forceful and logical speaker and was often in debate. Senator Jones is survived by Iur wife and three children, Mrs. Carri gan of Arkansas; Miss Sue Jones and James IC. Jones, Jr., of this city. Sen ator Jones will be buried in this city and many of his former colleagues in Congress who have not ye^ left the city will remain to attend the funeral. Ooko Ovens Resume Work. Bristol, Va., Special. ? One thous and coke ovens of the Stonega Coal A Coke Company, in Wise county, Virginia, will be put into aperation this week, after being suspended sev eral weeks. Other industries in the coal fields are preparing to resume, most of them having been idle since December and January. Several thousand men will be put to work against within two weeks. Acrcage of Cotton Plantod. Memphis, Ton n.. Special. ? At a meeting of the State presidents of the Farmers' Educational and Co-Opera tive Union, who began their sessions here the total acreage of cotton planted May 30th was estimated at 28,832.00 Oacrct; as compared with 31,311,000 acres in 1007 (government estimate). This estimate is comput ed from reports from all sections. More Votes For Hearst. New Y4rk, Special. ? The contents of 20 ballot boxes had been recount ed when the work of counting the ballots cast for W*. R. Hearst and George B. McClellan. in the last may oralty election ended 'for the day. The net result was a gain of 89 votes for Mr. Hearst. In the pres ence of the court 10 boxes of ballots were counted, giving Mr. Hearts a gain' of four vote# for the day. More than 1,900 boxes remain to be count ed. Last Day of Conference. Baltimore, Special ? The Methodist Episcopal General Conference during the last day of its session did many things, but it will doubtless be much 4iacossed for the things it did not do. Of these, two had been looked forward to as of much importance ? the amusement quentioo and the mat ter of a time limit on pastorates. Neither mw permitted to come be fore the Conference for Discussion. TURRET OF FIOMM WITHSTANDS BIG 61 Mechanism in Good Order After Impact of 12-Inch Projectile. NOT SURE SHELL EXPLODED Detonation W'um Inipcrfcrt nm) Full Force of Kvploytvp Wasn't Real* J/.rd~Fight lug Mitxl ? Succe#*-? 'Jriti M?y Revolutionize Navies. Fort Monro?, Va. ? On i V)9 broad wators of Hampton Roadf, near wIioi'h forty-six y?ars ago tho Monitor and tho Merrimac riddled oaoh other with fihot and shell. two modern mon itors engaged In a bloodless contest in tho IntereBt of iir.val science. The monitor Arkansas. ??f 3 2 2 tonu, tired hI x Bhota at bef alitor ship, the Florida, each '>f which whs ac curately aimed and effective ""One of the ah ot* -fired- bytb** Ar k annas wan a 12-inch projectile load ed with a new high explosive. Thin shot. struck the port plate of the Flor ida's turret Just a little to the aide of a dummy gun which had been placed in position to take the plant of the regular 12-Inch Run. The shot smashed the 12-lnob armor protect ing the front of the turret and alio badly loosened the armor svamH on the Bide of the turret. The naval experts declared after thlB shot that the teat had been highly successful. The force of the 12-inch high explosive shell had been entirely spent in crushing the armor plate and the cloth screen placed Inside the tur rot porta showed no damage, indicat ing that none of the fragments of the exploding Bhell had entered the turret ports and showing, as Chief Con structor Washington L. Capps de clared, that if any one had been in the turret at the time the powerful pro jectile struck he would not have been injured The only occupant of the turret was a dummy man, arranged with springs and wires to record the shock, lie was standing at the breech of one of the dummy 12-lnch guns and was unhurt. Five shots from 4-inch and 12-inch guns of the 4rkansas were also tired at the experimental military mast on the stern of the Florida, but it with stood the ordeal. Several of the steel rods compoBlng it were severed by the shells, but its stability was not lessened by the shots. The purpose of the tests was to de termine the effect of powerful gunfire under modern battle conditions on the fire control system, the turret mechanism and other internal fittings of the ship. As Boon aa the 12-inch Bhell exploded agalnBt tho Florida's turret. Chief Constructor Washing ton L. Capps and Rear-Admiral New ton E. Maaon, chief of tho Bureau of Ordnance, made an examination of the turret. They found that the tur ret could be operated as well as be fore the shot and that the 12-inch gun mechanism, which was to a certain ex tent shielded from the effect of the explosion, could be elevated and de pressed as well as before the Bhot was firefl.' In other words, while the pro jectile smashed the port plate, the gear for moving the turret and for handling the gunB and ammunition was not damaged. It was the first time In the history of the United States Navy that actual conditions of warfare have been re produced for experimental purposes. 17 BOSTON FI8HKRMEN LOST. Schooner Fame Sunk by a Steamer Off Yarmouth, N. 8. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. ? The Bon ton fishing schooner Fame, command ed by Captain Thomas Fahey, was run down and Bunk on Chaspes Bank by the Dominion Atlantic Line Bteam ar Boston and seventeen o f the pchooner'a crew of nineteen men were lost. The only Burvlvors of the collision are Edward Pitts, a native of Halifax, Jmt residing at No. 161 Bennington Btreet. East Boston, and John Clark, a native of Newfoundland, but living in East BoBton. The collision happened at 9 o'clock at night Ip a fog. HOUSE PASSES CURRENCY BILL. Vote Was lflfl to 140, Fourteen Re publicans Casting Votes Against It. Washington, D. C. ? By a majority of twenty-six the House adopted the conference report on the Aldrich and Vreeland financial measures. Tho vote was: Ayes, 1 6 G : nays, 140; present and not voting, t>. All the Democrats voted againBt it. and also the following Republicans: Brumm, of Pennsylvania; Calderhead, Campbell and Murdock, of Kansas; Cooper, Nelson and Morse, of Wiscon sin; Darragh, of Michigan; Fowler, of New Jersey; Henry and Hill, of Con necticut; Lindbergh, of Minnesota; Prince, of Illinois, and Waldo, of New York. $10,000,000 MIXING CO. FAILS. Stockholders Have Sunk $050,000 in Amador Mining and Development. Chicago. ? Another mining bubble burst when it became known that the Amador Mining and D'evolopment Company, of Montana, a $10,000,000 corporation,, with headquarters ia Chicago, had come to an end. Letters will Inform 1400 stockhold ers, the majority of them Chicagoans, that the copper-gold mlno in which they have sunk $650,000 is worthless. "SUICIDE IS NO CRIME." Decision by District Attorney In Um Flossie Douglass Case. Pittsburg. ? "Suicide is not a crime in Pennsylvania. Therefore any per son who aids in the commission of The Act If mot HilU IB law.~ This ruling was made by First Assistant District Attorney Robert McEtroy in the case of Frank A. Judd; chief clerk of Ibe State Senate, in whose arms Ffosste Douglass, the actress, died, after taking poison because Judd wm about to east her off. Wmm ? BI WJM Ill-: DIES AT HIKTICK'S WIN!!. Trenton, N, J.? Kllla Harris, of Trenton, and hla slater quar relled over the dlvlulon of 1500 left by their mother, who died re cently at t lie a?je ?>f 100 years. The uiutor finally declared, "I wlah you would drop dead!" (Ireatly excited, Harrlu fell to the floor uii* ioiihcIouh and expired lu an ambulance called to remove him to a hoHpltal, Heart failure Huperlnduoed by the quarrel wan reported au the cause of hit; death. (rowulnshlcld Dead, Philadelphia. Rear- Admiral A. 8. Crownlnshlold, 1'. H. N., retired, (Med in i ho Episcopal Hospital. 1 1 1 ? wife was ?t his bedside wIumi he died. Ad miral Crownlnnhield, who wan anvcii ty-two years old, had been in poor health for a year. Received as Cat hollos. Philadelphia. - Sever Episcopal ministers who left the church follow ing il><* adoption of the "open pulpit" canon wnro reroived into the Catholic; Church here by Archbishop Ryan. To Itatise $A00,000 For Missions. PittBburg-r At the closing session of the Mon'n Jubilee Congress of the United Presbyterian Church foreign missionary work was considered. and Lt was derided to raise during the year $r>00.000 for foreign mlsBioui:. Xo Clinton Autopsy. Washington, D. C. ? The published report* that there was an autopsy on |General CIlnton'B body before it left, here and that his brain whh found intact aro untrue. General O'Reilly way b that there wag no Autopsy. Some measurements of tho bones wore taken, and that was all. Bishop Washington Dies. Woodstock, Ont.? The Rev. Charles A. Washington, of Windsor (colored). Bishop of the British Methodist Epis copal Church In Canada and Buffalo, died here. The Bishop was born in Pennsylvania sixty-one years ago. Dry Convention Hall nt Denver. Denver, col.? Thore snail be no I liquor sold in the convention building In Denver during the National Demo cratic Convention, the Committee on Arrangements decided. Tho nearest saloon it; one biock away. No "Merry Widows" in Vale Stands. New Ilaven, Conn. ? A petition will be made to Yale's baseball manage ment to keep Merry Widow hats out of the KtandB in the championship games. Siberian ICnvoys ,ut Tuskegee. Tuskegee, Ala. ? Envoys of the Re public of Liberia, who came to the United States on a diplomatic and special mission, reached Tuskegee. The envoys are spending their time In making notes, preparatory to in troducing practical methods of edu cation into Liberia. More Gunness Holies Found. Laporte, 1ml. ? Several lioga wal lowing in the pond at the edgo of a lot on the Gunness farm, near here, brought up the bone of a human arm. The finding of tho bone has convinced Sheriff Smutzer that other bodies havo been burled beneath tho mud at the bottom of the pond. The entire shore will be gono over with long rakos. NEWS gY ( ~ ABLE. CHURCH TREASURES STOLEN. London. ? Valuable ecclesiastical plate arid other tieaBures have been stolen from the Cathedral of St. Ktlenne. The robbery is similar to the notorloue thefts attributed to the Thomas brothers. The booty is roughtly estimated to be worth $25,000, apart from the historic value of the articles taken. II includes eleven pieces of famous Limoges enamel of the llfteenth and seventeenth centuries and several chalices. Shipbuilding Strike JEnda. London. ? A ballot of the men In volved In the shipbuilding strike was held, and resulted In favor of accept ing the terms off-red by the employ ers. IflOO Met rex in nn Aeroplane.' Ghent, Belgium. ? llenry Farmnn, the British aeronaut, made two flights of 1G00 metres In his aeroplane. This is the greatest distance yet accom plished in a straight line. Sunstroke Kills Three Soldiers. Koenigsberg, Germany. ? Three ar tillerymen died here from the effects of sunstroke sustained while their battery was on a practice march through the country. Spy Executed by Revolutionaries. Geneva, Switzerland ? The police are investigating what appears to be the execution by the Russian revolu tionary committee of a man named Naidoff, thhught to have been a Rus sian Government syp. Naidoff was shot to death by a compatriot. Salvador Fears the Plague. San Salvador, Republic of Salvador. ? The Government has issued a decree that steamers from tho south will not be allowed to enter port on account of the prevalence of bubonic plaguo in various southern ports. Elghty-flve Suicides a Month. St. Petersburg. ? Therehan been an epidemic of suicides In 8t. Petersburg thpt has lasted for three months. The average number of deaths has been i eighty-flve a month, and the high rec ord for a r.lnglc day was reached this week, when no fewer than eighteen persons killed themselves. Many of the cases are due to destitution, ? but despondency has been the prevailing cause. Oppose Anti-Anarchist Law. 7" Madrid. ? Senor Moret y Prender gast, who was formerly Premier, and other liberal and republican lenders addressed a mass meeting, which was held in the Princess Theatre, for the purpose of protesting against the Gov ernment bill for the repression of ter rorlim . ? Peru Elects a President. [.. fJma. Peru. ? Au gusto B. Legula has been elected "President of the Re public in succession of Senor J<?ie ! Pardo. whose term expires September 24 next. liumcd to Dcatli. Colchester, Conn.-1 ? F. H. Talcott wuh burned to death In a Are which destroyed his livery stable. Tornado Wills Family. ' Wichita, Kan ? Peter Itudy, his wife und two children were killed by a tornado which passed two miles east of Alva. Okla, Drowned in Underground Stream. Joplln, Mo.? George P. Andrews, general manager of the Hero Mining Company, wah drowned In an under ground stream when a scow carrying State Representative James Roach and Cyrus W Wyckoff, ground fore- . man of (he Hero mine, capsized. < 'nnnnn fining Home by AntnmoMIr, Washington. 1). C. ? Speaker Can non i'? planning to return to his homo in Illinois aH hooii as Congress ad journ*. by automobile. Went Virginia Favor* Itryan. Wheeling, W. Va. ? Went Virginia Democrats hold district conventions to select delegates to the convention at Denver. At all the convention? William J. Bryan was indorsed. Wants 21,140 Harvester*. Topeka, Kan. ? P. 11. Gorow, direc tor of tho Stato Free Employment liureau, estimated that 21,140 men from other States and 197f> teams will he necossarv to harvest the crop in the wheat belt. To Leave All Troops In Cuba. Washington. D. C. ? The announce ment was made at tho War Depart-* ment that a decision had been reached not to withdraw any of the American troops from Cuba at the present time. Contests in Chicago Convention, Chicago. ? A tabulation of contests over credentials of delegates to tho Uopiihiiean Nat lon3!t Convention made bv Secretary Elmer Dover showed sixty-seven district contests, six Stato contests and a contest in Alaska. Opium Popular With Smart Set. .San Francisco, Cal. ? According to Charles B. Whllden, secretary of tho State Board of Pharmncy, opium! smoking Is Increasing In this city and' young men and women of the smart se.t form a not Inconsiderable part of tho growing army of smokers. Thomas F. Kyan a Delegate. Richmond, Va. ? Thomas F. Ryan, of New York, who retains a legal resi dence in this State, was chosen by tho people Of Nelson County as ono of tho delegates to tho Stato Democratic Convention. Dnvid Henderson Dead. Chicago! ? David Henderson, who built tho Chicago Opera House anil was the father of extravaganza in th6 West, died here, aged flfty-eight. The MolunnmlH Beaten. London. ? The outbreak among the Mohmand tribesmen in India is col lapsing. General Wlllcocks has in* flitted several sharp defeats upon ~ them and they are submitting uncon ditionally. - ? Five Republics' Court. Cartage), CoBta Rica. ? The Central American Court of Justice held its opening session in this city. The day was observed as a national holiday throughout Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Salvador and Honduras. This court la an outcome of the Central Amert-;_ can Peacu Conference, held in Wash ington last year. France and Germany Agree. Berlin. ? A full understanding be tween France and Germany relative to Morocco waa reached at a recent conference between the French Am bassador to Germany and the German Foreign Minister, Scotch Home Kale. London. ? Another of the ' pledges given by Winston Spencer Churchill in his recent electoral campaign In Dundee has borne quick fruit, and a home-rule-for-Scotland bill was Intro duced in the House of Commons by Duncan Vernon Plrle, member for North Aberdeen. Cholera In Philippines. Manila. ? Cholera has apparently taken s serious foothold in the prov ince of Pangaslnan. Four cities, In cluding Dagupan, 4are infected, and the Bureau of Health is sending addi tional inspectors, planning to stamp out the disease. The family of the llghtkeeper at Dagupan was Infeoted. and five of Its members died. Their condition was discovered through their Inability to extinguish the ,Ught in the day time. Irrigation For Cuba. Havana. ? Governor Magoon has addressed a letter to the Advisory Commission instructing that body to frame an Irrigation law, irrigation be ing one of thp greatest needs of Cu ban agriculture. Want Opium Excluded From Hawaii, Honolulu. ? 'muillUttM UuHwl9o?~ ciety and the Chinese Anti-Opium League have cabled Senator Joseph - ft. Foraker. of Ohio, urging the pas sage by Cong ress of the "bill prohibit ing the importation ot opium to til* Hawaiian Islands.