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VOLUME XI. CAMDKN.S.C.. KRIDAY. -HINIC 12. li)?8. MX TA. SOUTH CAROLINA ITEMS Newsy Items Gathered Frcm the Different Sections of Souch Carolina. Novel Suit in Orangeburg. Columbia, Spe< ial.? Quito a novel cnae comes uj> in lite civil court at < Orangeburg. Tin- case is in I In' form | of a suit instituted against the South " em Kxprcss compiiiiy b| Cleveland Hooker arid his brother, who reside iv in Orangeburg eountv, for tin* nb F' si ruction of a few trilles from a pack w age shipped Cleveland I looker by his brother while the former wp.s a pris r oner in the penitentiary. Well it is r? inenilit re'l in Orangeburg, and nil I over the State how Cleveland Ijovker, Abe and J, 11. Amaker and others B ' Were ?rr?*nfed ?vi the ehnrge of eon y spiracy in April, l!)0.">, and tried for % forming a plot to break" up a picnic* at Laurel Hill, near Orangeburg. The If' Court, Judge ( li rtr-. Danizler presid iug, found the defendants guilty and |r each was sentenced to do hard service in the State nenitcutary for a term of two years. Appeals to the su preme court were :?<' no avail, and ho the prisoners served sentvnee, t While Cleveland Hooker wa- in pen itentiary, lie received a box, contain-: ing eatables and other renminbi ances from his family. Cleveland com plained that the box had been tam pered with, though the delivery of the shipment was made "(), K.'" by J the express company. Only a few weeks ago, Cleveland Hooker, a free nmn again. l-avi served iiis :> 1 l.il <m1. time, returned, |o Orangeburg, The novel suit of $2,000 for the loss of a plug of tobacco, tfome chicken and other food, was then entered upon and the case comes up before tlio court at Orangeburg. Though the Southern Kx press company as a eor P' iation is being sued, the olllee in ill*; city is the one interested in the matter. Several witnesses, including the driver, deliver,' clerk and trans fer man, went down to Orangeburg t <? attend the court. Quite a good ileal of interest has been manifested In the case in Columbia. ? College Girls' Trunks Damaged By Flames. Hock Hill, Sp.-cial. ? ' Last week lire broke out i :i a S uith.crn railway bag gage car in which were about 100 t runks and a number of valises be longing* to departing Winthrop col cge girls. While the ear was being loaded a lamp exploded and in a mo ment or two the inside of the ear was in flames. The lire department re sponded to an alarm and the fire was finally got under control, but not un til mueli damage had been done, both to the baggage and the ear. The eon tents of the hunks and valises whieli were inride the oar, are practically ruined. The damage will aggregate about $12,000. The roof of the ear was almost entirely consumed and the loss on the car will probably reach $2,000. The railway company is liable for damage to the amount of $100 on each trunk. R. Lec Brunson Has Returned. Florence, Special. ? K. Lee Brunson formerly assi.-.tant cashier of the Bank of Florence, who mysteriosly disappeared from this city several weeks ago, returned to Florence at 8 o'clock Wednesday night, coming from Richmond or some other north ern point. Mj-. Brunson had .tele graphed a relative of his coming, and iT~n umber of h:s friends met him at the depot and gave him a cordial re ception. expressing themselves as be ing pleasvd at his return. Physically, Mr. Brunson looked badly. No state ment concerning Mr. Brunson 's whereabouts for the past several works, or I ho cause of his leaving ' I'l.rence, couH be obtained. Lander Closes the Ter.r. Greenwood, Special ? With the faae calaurcate sermon bv Bishop Warren A. Candler of Atlanta, the. most suc cessful commencement marking the close of the most successful year Lan der college has ever had, came to a close. Twenty-two young ladies have been graduated this year, about twice as many, said Dr. Wilson as have ever been graduated from the college. Investigate Mul!in3 School. Columbia, Special. ? Gov. A?*sel in accordance with the terms of a spec ial act pa*syd by the last general as sembly, appointed Lester Rogers, Thos. L. Smith and A. J. West, mem bers of a special committee, to investi gate the building of the public school at Mullinr.. This building cost aboijt $10,000 and it is alleged that it was not huilf according to the contract! The delegation from Marion count v had passed an act to investigate theso charges. This committee shall re ceive pay of $3 each for not more than 20 days and shall file a report on their findings. l)?ath at Glenn Springs. Spartanburg, Special. ? W. J. M. Thomas of Rome, who arrived at ? Glenn Springs was found dead in bis room there shortly before 8 o'clock ? at night. He was stopping at Book hard's cottage and was apparently ??? in hu usual health at supper time. He was unaccompanied by friends or relatives. The body will be brought to thia eity and prepared for ship . ment to his home. Candidates Filing Pledges. Columbia, Special. The pledges from tin* candidates who will enter the State Democratic primary this year continue to be filed with S<ate. Chairman Willie .loncs. Several have been received within the past few days. Among tlie.se* wus that of Hie present governor, Hon. Martin F. Ansel, who some lime ago announced his intention to run for reduction. Other* were K. ('. Klinore of Spar tanburg for State superintendent of education; I'. A. Hodges !< > r i&u&gftfe man fiom tlu* Sixth district ; Proc tor A. llonham, solicitor of the Tenth circuit; ( '. |\ (^uat t lebautn, Walter 11. Wells mid W. F. Clayton, candi dates for solicitor in the twelfth cir cuit; W, Hampton jLlohh, solicitor of tho Fifth circuit, and F. C. Fish buruef candidate for' railroad commis sioned 'I'he time for Ming pledges ex pires at noon on .June 1(1, the day be ' fore the opening of the campaign; and it is expected that about AO en tries will be made in the senatorial and State campaigns. ? Wants Express Rate Rcdueed. Columbia. Special. ? The railroad commission has received a petition i from the fruit growers of Kdgelicld interested pi inci pally . _iu. ? tlm crop, asking that t he express rates I in intrastate shipments lie reduced 25 | per cent. The petition state - that the , rate> are now higher than formerly i and t he commissi mm has ordered a hearing for all parties concerned. I\eforc the interstate commerce com mission passed i? rule requiring all express shipments to be made on I actual weight the fniil shipments ! went on a basis rate that was lower than the weight rate. The growers therefore want the weight ra*e re jduced to about the same as the aver I age. or basis rate was formerly. Abbeville's Finances. Abbeville, Special. ? The election j held last week to decide whether to issue bonds to the extent of $2:~>.00() to purchase tlie lorn I electric i 1 >4 1 1 1 plant 'resnlled i:i 101 avtw and 1 no. Bonds will be offered for sale at once. These bonds should briny a good price, as the city's finances are in fine conditio, 1. There are now only t.fTO.OOO in bonds out trending with ?f2f>,00Q in the sinking fund t?? retire them, milking the citv's indebtedness at this time only $if>.00(). All elect ric light patron* will be put on meters, the price beimr about invents per K. \Y. Cotton Seed Crushers. ! Colombia. Special. ? The executive committee of the Cotton Crushers' as sociation of South Carolina met and decided to hold a meeting on the 2.'hd | and 24th of June. A barbecue will he served on the 24th. The officers arc C. Fitzsimmons, president; J. J. I.awton, vice president; B. F. Taylor, secretary audi treasurer. The execu tive committee consists of the officers and the following: Fielding Wallace, J. N. Lipscomb, 10. 1). Foster, < has. A. (ianibriil, E. A. Eve. L. \V. Floyd, A. M. Withers, Jno. T. Stevens. II. L. odd, l'\. S. Evans. John I>\ Sim mons and W. E. James. Jr. Youth Killed at Tucapau. Spartanburg, Special. ? Clarence Prince, white, aged 0 years, was kill ed at Tucapau cotton mills near Wel ford, Friday shortly after 12 o'clock bv falling off the banisters in tho mill. His neck was dislocated and .death was instantaneous. First Cotton Blcom. Branchville. Special.? The firsi cot ton bloom of the season was gathered Wednesday from the farm of Mr. Iiobt. M. Connelly, one of the most prosperous farmers, near here. This bloom was gathered from a field of two acres, which was planted 011 the 2d day of April. Jail Delivery at Beaufort. j. Beaufort, Special. ? Five prisoners broke out of the county jail Friday night shortly after 1 o'clock. Two Sam and J. Herring, convicted of larccnv, arc white, and had only 20 more days to serve. TlitV chfcee oth ers, negroes, are George S. Emmons, ehorged w it'll murder; Charlie Hill, arson and Sam Small, assault. The Herrings were caught 20 inilcs away at Ycmassoe and Hill five miles far ther at Coosa watchie by Deputy Sheriff M. O. D. White. Boy Breaks His Nock. Spartanburg, Special. ? . Clarence Prince, a young white boy about 9 years of age, while sliding down tho balustrade of a stairway at tho Tucapau Cotton Mill fell and broke his neck. Death was nistantaneous. The young boy had oarried dinner to his neck. Death was instantaenous stairway on his way home ho mount ed the balustrade to make a quick descent. He slipped to one sit 0 and fell to tho floor, breaking hi. neck. i Mill ritssi President Appoints Boards On Conservation of Resources AN ACTIVL CAMPAIGN PLANNED President, Acting on a Suggestion Made by the Governors' Oonfercnco Appoints a. National Conservation Commission. Washington, Sp.'Vinl. In aeeord niii'n with (lit* suggestion made by I lie (jpvernors at their t*oti al tin? White House in May, the President has appointed a national conservation commission to consider and advise him on <|iietii?ns relating to the con servation of' the natural resources of the country, ami to co-operate with similar bodies which may he desig nated by the several States. The per sonnel of the committee i>> as follows: Waters ? Theodore E, Hurlon, Ohio, .chairman ; Senators William 1). Allison, Iowa; Francis (J. Newlam'is, Nevada; William Warner, Missouri; and John 11. Rankhend, Alabama; W. J. Me'jee. bureau of soils, secre tary; J"'. II. Newell, reclamation ser vice; (iift'onl Pinchot, forst service; Herbert Knox Smith, bureau of cor porations; Represent at ives .Joseph K. Rauadcll, Louisiana; Prof. (ieorge F. Swain, Institute of Technology, Mas- ' sachusctts; the chief engineers United States army. Forests ? Senator* Heed Smoot, Utah, chairman; Albert .J. Beveridge, Indiana, ami ( 'harles A. Culberson, 'nf-T exas ; l?ep resent at l ves ( 'harles F. Scott. of Kansas, and Champ Clark, Missouri; J. B. White. Missouri; Prof. Henry S. (haves. Vale Forest School, Connecticut ; William Irvine, Wisconsin; cx-(;Jovernor Newton C. Blanchard, Louisiana; Charles L. Pack, Now Jersey; (itistav Schawb, national council of commerce, New York; Overton W. Price, forest ser vice. secretary. Lands and Minerals. Lands ? Senators Knutc Nelson,. Minnesota, chairman, and Francis K. Warren. Wyoming; Representative John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi ; S wager Shcrlev, Kentucky, ani'i Her bert Pai'sons, New York; cx-Ciovernor N. I>. Broward, Florida; James J. Hill of Minnesota; ex-ttovernor Oeorge C. Pardee. California: Charles M "Donald American Society of Civil Entrine"rs, New York; Murdo MacKenrie. Colo rado ; Frank C. tjir.Kly Colorado; (ieorg:* W. Woodruff. Interior .Depart ment. secretary. Minerals ? Representative John Dalzel I. of Pennsylvania, . chairman; Senators Jes"ph M. Dixon. Montana: Frank P! Flint. California, and Lee S. Overman, of North Carolina; Rep resentatives Philo Hall. South Da kota, and James L. Slavden. of Texas; Andrew Carnegie. of New York ; Prof. Charles R. Van Iliso, Wisconsin ; John Mitchell, of Illinois; John Hays Ham mond, of Massachusetts; I)r. Irving Fisher, Yale University, Connecticut ; Joseph A. Holmes, geological survey; se rt tarv. Exeeeutive Committee. ? Clifford Pinchot, chairman; Representative Theodorsc E. Burton. Senators Reel Sinat; an?'< Ivnute Nelson, Represen tative John Dalzell. W. J. Mqtiee. Overton W. Price, (}. W. Woodruff, Joseph A. Holmes. Jrdre D. M. Furchei Dead. Statcivillc. N. (.1., Special ? Hon. Drtvid jM. Fundus died Snndav night at 12:25 at his home on Walnut St. The news of his death was a shock to the community, for while it was known that lie was not strong, but few of his friends knew that he was ill. Judg? Furehes was a lawyer of ability and was chief-justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court under fusion rule. He wn ?? a r.?'ive of !V.v;? e<v:rty. New Battleships Will Be Narr.:d Florida and Utah. Washington, Special. ? Secretary Metcalf has announced that the two new battleships authorized at the last session of Congress would be named Florida and Utah. respectively. ' He said that the nrx' battleship author ized would bear the name of Wyom ing. Spring Wheat Acreage. Washington. Snccial. ? -The crop re porting board of the burean of sta tistic* of the Department of Agricul ture has issued a bulletin estimating the area sown in spring wheat to be 3.7 per cent more than the area sown lar-t vrr.r vwlieaiirric ? iwnr nr^n or about 17,710.000 aeres. of f>.11.000 more than sown last year. The con dition of spring wheat- on .Tunc 1st was ft.'i.O ner cent of a normal, as coin pared with O'i.2, the .Tup** 1st average of the past 10 years. The condition of winter wheat on June 1?L was 80.0 per cent of a normal. as\ compared with 81.0, tlie June 1st average Shot While Crawling Up Chimney. Roanoke, Va , Special. ? A report reached here of the accidental ami mortal shooting in Buchanan county. Virinpia. of R. V. Chambers, consul of New Garden district. Chambers, in seeking access to the home of M>*. Coleman, where he was refused admit tance. went down the chimney. Cham ber# found th* bottom of the cbimnev closed anrt while making the return trin hi* pistol was discharged, the ball penetrating a vital spot. STORMS SMITE MIDDLE WEST | I Scorc Killed by Tornadoes in Kansas and Nebraska. J'liniH'i'K Math* Homclccs- ? l?ti( (?* < "n t Oil" For a Damage in Oklahoma? IIa\oc in Ion a. Omahn, Nob. A Kerlef of lenia docs which pas? (1 oyer Southern No- ! braska and part of Northern K:uu as wero i ho most destructive ami cov* ercd the most territory of nil that have visited that region in mniiy years. At leas' t \ytniy-thi\ ? persona were Killed, live wen* fatally injured Hud a score of others s rlou^ly hurt. I Ten persons were killed at Byron. I Neb., ami others at I'hllllpxMurg ami ? CouiHand, Kan , which I' .'vs ivtve ?been cut off from cornuuinic::'. J.)-.? Other towns in the path of t h ?? lor nadoe* wen1. Edgar, KatvftMd, I .Inn vale and Chaster, all of which suf ! fered more or lees. Tweuty-ihry^ buildings, including three churches, j were wholly or partially wrecked at Fairfield. Some of the dead are: At North Branch. Kan., two chil dren of Mrs. Small: Geneva, Neb., Lulu Smith. Irene Shively; 8hkkl'?y, Neb., Elijah Argeilbreeht ; Franklin, Neb., Henry Madison; Jansen, Neb., Joseph Fleming; Carlcton, unknown man. Some of the Berilr.tslv Injured are; At Shlcklcy, Neb , John Merrlman, Mrs. Elijah Albrecht, John Hhivi-ly and wife, Edward Russell, KoiS Shiyfly. Several Eastern people were in jured, some seriously, when a com bination passenger, and freight train on the Denver and Rio Urkndo road was wrecked about a mile and a half below here by the snr?'iHlllifc: < ?' I Tails. Three freight cars and two! passenger ears rolled into iho ditch. The rain that followed has swollen ' all the streams, and near Jansen a j little girl was drowned while h*?r father, Joaenh Fleming, was trying t to save his family from a threatened I flood. At Fairfield more than forty build ings were partly wrecked or demol ished. The loss there will exceed $ 1 00,000. Trains in all directions were aban doned because of washouts and de stroyed roadbed. The storm has covered such a wide nrea and been ho destructive wherever it touched the earth that it has al rnoU caused a panic among the rural Inhabitants. Hundreds of farmers drove ipt? the towns seeking shelter, ' many of them being homeless. | JSn'd. 01:1?.. ? Following sir hours' /?nirfal1 Br,ggy Cre:**. running through the rit.y, widened from twen ty to L' 00 .) f <M" , flooding almost the whole of Enfe. carrying twfty fifty houses, flooding stoics and endan gering lives. The \vr( ?r i? twelve feet deep In Main street, covering two blocks of the business centre. Purant. Okla. ? A tornado swept ! over a territory twelve miles west of Ourant, destroying a dozen farm houses, and,. with a heavy storm of hall, did damage of $150,000. A number of per ons are reported in jured, none fatally. Charles City. ? A tornado struck Charles City, demolishing about 200 buildings of various sizes, and kill ing \V. R. Hcck and a child. The path of the storm was about fen rods wide and ten miles long. Telephone wires are down. Many had warning of the approach- ; Ing tornado and Bought safeiy in cy- I clone cellars, None of these build ings was destroyed. Barns were carried several blocks, trees were torn tip by the roois and in somo instance* foreed through buildings. Water was lifted from the channel of the river which flows through the town. Pallas, Texas. ? In a storn near Howie, Montague County, In North- . west Texnr. los3 of life and great property damage are reported. The | Siorm occurred before noon. Mansion. Wis. ? A tornado struck , theTarm of John Dalion, a farmer. 1 destroying til? house aud barns nnd ! killing Dalton and his twelve-yocir- I son, Philip. Rut to. Montane. ? It Is estimated that the damage done in Montana In the past week by rain ana foode will aggregate $3,000,000. Thousf...ds oi passengers have been held a week ai | small stations and have subsisted on limited rations. At Drummond, a i place oi 100 inhabitants, 500 persons ! have bean tied u p . one of them Kmma j I Goldman, who is on her way to Butte. | now thi:v sroi.i: *2,000,000. Teller it iid Auditor of I aruicr*' Hank, l'il(hl>tUU, (iol T? H Vi'jlt* lyieli. I'iittibiPK. I'D .'li.sl hefor?t I b ??y were tiriitoiici .1 to m*i vo U n yearn ?Midi in (ho Wixo'.'H l'? nitentiary lionrv fnrirnr paying t ell??r of the KanneiV Hopouit National Hunk, and .toll it Youuj . the attdilo:'. lioty 1 1 ? ? ? >' bUile aln'.i st J'J.OUO.tJUU from the bank, llrst t.akiiig; as 1)9 $ &00 (iim! iIm ii iiu 1 1 ? ; i ^ ? 1. 1 ? * until they o c i < ? n to'>k as ^ki^h a? ?.'?). 000 at a 1 1 mo. Young toiU the court that th?? ilr?t money ihi'.y #tole wan u*ed to lot them i>ai't|oI|.atu In t|?u LelUrr wheat ileal. Th?y wore out $10, you wb".n that Ijubhlo hui Kt. Youiik Ba}il: "'It was tho . block market tt^.d ruined n; UV naw oi hoi liiuiiut rlolt and tit nil k hi wo eotild do the Kiuno. Al (ir#l I look aiuull amount* ntid tool thorn 'llifii I wciii Ui ltel? I < r and loltl him.. I Was Surprised to lin?I that In' was dolus tho game, and aft? !? thai vv<* worked It together. Hut ??very thin K failed." DO< Ton hHOT DKAD. Woman Nurse J.ui'Oi 1 1 i in l<? a Mouse mtd Kills Mini. New York City.,? I>r Martin W. Aus| itz, graduate of lleidelb-.n'K l'nl vcr?lty and Ue.lleyue, who wllii Dr. Philip F. Hivt'-nslein l;op; a sauila r i u in at 157 ,Kast Nlnety-l hii <1 siroet, was shot and killed In- the vestibule of the horiaio, 1 :> 1 W?st l!-15th street, by Sarah Loten. once employed by him aa !? trained nurse. 1 lo was forty y/purs old and married. ll<* had been practicing in litis city fol thu last ten years'. Miss Koten is a Russian, and t'e reived her training fts a nurse In that country. She ) i v??d at 12-1 West 13&th street. Just 'across thu way from the scene of th<%- killing. The slaying of Or. Auspii,*. wan de llhuruJely ? planned. 'rh<< worn an ciUl^. f'es-si.'ll to C<>l''HleF I la il/urger thai slut had killed the physician, and said she had done it in revenge for an attark he had made on her. MADMAN 1 1 1! I > D CKOWI) AT HA V. Dr. Pospisiel Kept I p Fusillade For Seven Dour* From Window. Washington, D. C. ? Aftar holding the cut no police force of the Ninth Precinct at bay with his revolvers for seven hours while he flred volleys ac everybody, who approached his home, D.\ Joseph Pospisiel, an exam ine.- in the Pension Ofliee, roll'-d up his sleeves and projected cocaine in his arm to steady himself, and then, flred ? a. bullet Into his brain. Ills body plunged Into the street from the second-story window of his home at 63 5 Seventh street, Northeast. He died before he could be removed to a hospital. For four days Dr. Pospisiel had labored under the delusion that mem bers of thu Independent Order of Maccabees were plotting against his life and had bribed the police to carry out their conspiracy. UXCLK SAM ORDERS JJALLOOX8. Three Dirigibles and nil Aeroplane With Which to Mnko Experiments. Washington, D. C. ? Uncle Sam Is going Into the Hying machine and balloon busjness on his own hook and in partnership with private enter- I prises. This promises to be a busy season up in the air if the present plans of the Government are carried out. The Signal Corps of the Army has ordered three dirigible balloons and one aeroplane, with which experi ments will be made at an early date. The War Department will permit Israel Ludlow, who is building an aeroplane on his own account, to stable his machine in the old Pannsyl-. vania Railroad station, which was abandoned last year. Considerable work remains to be done on the Lud low aeroplane, before It can be brought out in the open. Its con struction has occupied nearly the whole of the last year. SUIT TO TKST HHPHURI, LAW. Anthracite Coal Roads Are Attacked by lionnparlc. Philadelphia. ? Proceedings to test the constitutionality of the commod ity clause of the Hepburn act, which provides that all railroads must sev:r their connection with all other busi ness except that of common carriers, were begun in the United States Cir cuit Court by the filing of bills in equity by the Government against six railroads engaged in transporting anth coal in interstate com The defendant companies are the Philadelphia and Reading, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, the Dela ware and Hudson, the Pennsylvania Kailroad Company, the Erie and the Lehigh Valley. ABANDON ANTI-TAFT TIGHT. Decide to Let National Committee Throw Out Dele* gctes to Lite Republican National Convention. Chicago. ? Scarcely a sign of oppo sition to the nomination of William H. Taft for the Presidency remains. The "allies, " who had decided to ig nore the National Committee and r Srnli- n nTrrrrri.nf<r\nt- frjf'lTt' in ITTfT C(in ventlon against the rejection of antl Vatt delegate?, p'oandoned the idea. They are talking harmony and hoping t n<* Tafc fo:ces will concede conf ining to then?. Only one thir^ troubles the Taft men ? the apprehension of a stam pede for Roosevelt, Talk is heard of Kuch strong tlvird term sentiment that the Taft delegates may disregard 270 l>ie In Typhoon. Victoria, B. C. ? The Canadian Australian liner Manuka has arrived here, bringing news of the destruc tion of tho pearling fleet in a typhoon off West Australia, involving the loss of forty luggers and 2W lives, twenty being whites. ShreveporM-a. ? After being found not guilty by a jury of the charge of murdering Mr*. Lettio Bond and Iter baby, Bird Cooper, a negro, waa lynched at Homer by unknown men. Ills body waa riddled with bullets. their instructions and Insist on 3pllt in the party must be prevented. Roosevelt's nomination. Every pre caution in being taken to prevent this development. Jt waa learned that Senator Lodge, in hia speech as per manent chairman, win state unequiv ocally that the President will not run again. Abandonment of the plan of the Fairbanks, Knox and Hughes men to make an open iicht against the Hitch cock machine was largely brought about by Senaior Crane, of Massa chusetts He in talking harmony, ad vising everybody that an election will frillow the convention. Clergyman Sentenced to Jail. Richmond, Va. ? The Rev. Jamen T. Hargrave pleaded guilty an charged In four Indictments before the United States District Court, and was sen tenced to eight monthi in Hanover County Jail and a fine of $100. The indictments charged him with' devil ing a scheme to defraud Denver. ? Daniel H. McMillan, once a Republican leader in Buffalo, later a resident of New Mexico, and a udge there on the Territorial Supreme Court bench, is dead > - Twelve fibers Injured In nn Ac- | citlenl N 3 a r Annapolis, Md VVnm.tn Tvyo M-ti lnf Kv<>i?iiif l?i. (. inv (d X.uviil \< jh1< ui; V ? I ; 1 I'l.-il, 11 ?* n * ? ; T K! <1 . ? -Two .oars rf fV? WasJiiD^lon. I) j and Aunajo li< I*'. ! 1 ?'> j*.J ? C'l.; , while mnniri; ut liifta isjh ;ii> ; V. ? ? :i ? ! on neat* Can i I'a <d<?. two ;?? i if A'i;\i!!i? .(ilk, ? jSi.uJ Wi-'fU 4 oU?ni?l ?|v wv:?**k"d. 8i.\ ?)? m>, *o,t * v ?'.?? a u ;? u '1 t,Uc\ Ill !?? ? >? it'-int-:- ??I ill!* tn i\ a q !.'*? of Uio railroad *? ?yv w.'jw klUi'd. Fourteen prr? >"? w#?|\< Injtr.vd. 'I'll (Ji oci1. (Ini. \V,, Jr., :n;;*puso{l t'.> he o( Hal> inun c.. __ . ? itfer Rntrrrrrv* 7 > STlr c 7H coVu j> a ? y ClH)dovi\ Norton, \Vi!liavi', of J'.i'ltimo.f, an 001 iilo\ ?> u i Armour & O'.NVal, .< a ) . t < y . i?i;/ioinui p . ?;f 1\: lir.vovo: haul lo coimc fioin Xi-iv Yoi'j; lr" ! : It', Sr'a. Iikv, ? i ? , railroad co'm.;:a;>'y waudtmai:. Siduillz, A. ![.? r>f Hall inioro. ployed by t i*. ? ? (';?? wn Oe:i: and S < a I Con1 pn n v. SlnuRhtrr, Knib. throe-y^m -old d it ?i vV? t ?*r of Willlut.'i I;'. -Sluu^btor. H<Mi<nal nmti:>'v of thr railroad com pany. Worn a n , unidcuiiUcJ, about Iwi-t! ly-liw yearn of a*v\ ntid reported to lmvo lived in Malhuiorf. The Injured. S.r.l" Sv.ator I'M-*; J Car.iphc r.i" Ba 1 1 1 iimri', (Mil about I Ik legs an1' face: Mis < 'a in phcl I ) > i b i f ?-* r r.liu:i 1 ? ly II U r r About Ihe ; TRvs Million ' Catherine Camp-iell, (heir d ai>**h ;< :?> ankle lnob'ii ami uligiiily cul ahou* the head; William Kine, <<f Annapo 11k, cut about (In* body; Harry Jacob sou, of Baltimore,' ankle "piained; Mrs. Mcllaniels, of Baltimore, bruised about the body; Mrs. A. II, Shultz. of Baltimore cut about the body; W ill lam 10 Slaughter, general passenger agent of the W, B. A. K. H. Co.. with headu uarlers lu Baltimore, se riously hurt about the head and body, and death regarded an probable: Miss Van Meter, of Martinsburg, W. Va., lef; broken and cut about the face and arms; W. VV. White, of Baltimore, cul about the head; Mrs. White, of Bal timore, hurt about the body; B. B. Williams, of Baltimore, slightly cut about the arms; Thomas Williams, of Baltimore, cut about the head ami face; Thomas Wilson, of Annupolifi, bruised about the legs. The dead woman and two of the men were evidently on their way to attend the ' June ball at the Naval Academy, and they presented a piti ful alaht lying dead on the track, dressed for the ballroom. The responsibility for the acaldent has. not been determined, but there appeared to be confusion In the or ders as to where the cars should pasf. The cars were both specials, one from Baltimore and the other from Annap olis. The accldont occurred about ten minutes to 8 p. n?. It is said that or ders had been issued for the Balti more car to wait at Best s Gate*, three miles from Antianolls, whero there Is a long siding, but In some way the orders were not received or. understood and the car continued to ward Annapolis Just as a curve had been rounded, trees obsciiVlng the view, the two cars dashed together William Hardeaty. who lives near Camp Parole, was at his home and looking toward the track when the collision took place. He said that the cars approached each other at a high rate of spee^l, but that the mo tormnn on one of them undoubted!? tried to check his car. as ho heard thu noise of the brake tightening. The cars came together so soon af ter the curve had been rounded It Is probable that none of the passengers had even a second's notice of their danger. Both cars were turned over oil their aides and a number of the pas sengers were caught underneath, but fortunately none of the Injured was so held that the 'C was much difficulty in releasing them. 1IOKIC SMITH'S DKFIiAT. Rroun's Majority For Goveinui in Georgia Primaries* 15,000. Atlanta. Ok ? ? Willi (ho roturnu practically complete from al' coun ties in the State, Joseph. M, Brown's plurality in the Democratic primary for the Democratic nomination for Governor is l.r>,000. Governor Smith lost his own county (Fulton) and most of the larger counties in the State. Th .? present Representatives in Congress were all renominated with the io;c.3ption of E 13. Lewis. in the Third District. He is probably de feated by Dudley M. Hughes by a ma jority of about 500 United States Senator A. S. Clay had no opposition, and. received the full vote, as did Attorney-General Johu C. Hart, Secretary >f State Philip Cooke. Comptroller-General W. A. Wright, and other Stato offi cers. Pay .S (10,000 Vines For Rrbnfing. At Kansas City, Mo., the Armour Packing Company, Cudahy Packing Company, Swift & Co., and the Chi cago. Burlington and Qulncy Railroad Jompany, convicted Hi 1906 of re fcatins and entenced to pay fines of $15,000 each, paid $*>0,000 to the dork of the United States Court, plug the court costs. Cotton Factories Starting. Cotton f? ' vories are starting up, giving renewed employment to tenf of thousands of hands. In the fur naces and steel mills a similar state of affairs exists, and in numbfrlesfc .other Industries the receipt of or ders Is causing the reopening- of plants. ? , Depression Has Paw <1. Seymour pell, JBngllih commercial agent, reported to his Government tbst the recent business depression hss practically passed. -? - - -\V U 'A . ~ ?? . ?? Latest Mews] i BY WIRE. Two llur.divd Midshipmen Graduate. . v ?? u a 4?o 1 1 ? . Mil. The 200 members of i li ? <?!:< s of 100$ wen? graduated IrtJin J lio- l imumI Stales Naval Aead c ?m> Ylw t ; i ? > 1 ? m m s were presented by (U'U.m a | Mo:, ?.<?? IVrLer. ("aniioii Iteuclie* 1 1 < k Olltc. Danville, III. Sneaker Joseph G. (\'ii)in;U aj i'.iywJ al ii is ftomo here. ( ,:nT Tux $.!,0(J0,()0n BearJi Frun*. n<" i n drove, N. 1 - My a decision of .ho Monmouth Conuty Hoard of 'i iN.illnn Grove's $3,000,000 l < li front, the property of the Camp > Association, is to escape tu? at '.on. Vi; r- I'ivsiV,eii( in! Buttons Out , II v M) A WRvfOll lOfld of Guild \'l:f - I'riPKtdciiiinl bu '> ions have ar li' iil. iuv! n V si U'-ii'n distributed b/ ?v'. ; ...i> (hay#*, or tit# republican ? :Uf 0 unmlvtoe. ('oUl*(l:< k's r.llll Oil Klirht'C, SinunCi. N\ .!. Antliony (Tor, 'stock lias atM?? ;? letter in tho Amnion here protesting ;> gainjit their holding u "tfchre party and ciiaracterlziux it as Keim,or *. 1 1 ? w<?>i **? Majority 1)?va \T..,"nen, Town --Official rotnrna ftiiin ail roiuit i<* < #4 ? v ?? Senator W, B. .M'ivjii Iul'.'w'J vnio* and Govwrot A. II. ''tunin.n , voles for the fjwp.i ii nomination for" United States .Sina'.O". Vh* Allison majfor-;. i i v therefore is Carroll lias l-T./MM' o'.n; Or.v.i, 1 ;nvprrifir. Painted ( iiteiiuinti Milk IJt'tl. (Mucin n;i , i, Ohio. - Twenty . thou sand n*t 1 1 ?; ii.j of niilk consigned to CitH 'titintl d'-nlers was made unsala ble by MilU Inspector Ilagen and six p*ks is t h 1 1 tH It ??!?!>. who poured red ink Into all ho found to have been doc tored with formaldehyde and other p're^ei wu i vc.-\ 'Tin? shipper was left to do with the carmined milk what he pleased . \ llinhop Brent Declines Xew Pout, Washlnguin. 1). C. ? Charles Henry Brent, Bishop of tho Philippines, has declined by cable to accept the post of Htshop of Wo siting (oh, In succes sion to the lata IB-hop Henry Y. Bat tel lee. ? jf Kspr initio Adopted. - - Washington, D. C. ? Kaperanto wa* adopted by tho InturnRtlonal conven tion of Good Templars 1n session hero as a study to be used in future for v the convenience of the order. Bryan's Daughter a Delegate. Denver, Col. ? Mrs. Ruth Bryan LeavHt, daughter of William Jon ninga Bryan, was named as delegate at-laige to the Democratic State Con vention to be held at Qlenwood Springs. '. Two Killed in Xebrnska Tornado. Kt. Paul, Neb.? -B. P. Enevoldsen r and wife, living three miles north*-,. west of DopIus, were instantly killed by a tornado. ?"* Bobbers Get $10,000. Tulsa, Oklahoma. ? Three ro libers* cracked iho safe of the Bank of Fair land, at Fairland, Oklahoma, tbfrty miles eavt of here and escaped with ? 10,000. i'oasas are in pursuit of the men. BY CABLE. Bubonic in St. Thomas.- ? " S(. Tiioma?, Danish West Indies.? Ono fatal case of bubonic plague baa i)39)i officially reported here and two ~ suspreied catos are being watchcd. Philippine "Pope*' limited. Manila. ? Fauuaiino Allien, .leader of the Dios-Uios movement, who once M'st!m?(l the title of Pope of thf? lsl? r.nd of I.f-ytf-, ami K*peridlon- Hotav M? principal follower, were handed a'. 151 libl'T. They were found guilty of several cru:l murder*. ? Forage Cat Inierrsts Gsrinnnj*. rW.in ? Thi deepest public lntaiw C3t has be?n manifested lu the an nouncement. of th*> approaching re- ft ?'.action Sn the poata?e rates between the I'niterl Slate and (ireat Britain to two cents n ounce.. There ia little hope for the reuuetiou extending to this country. Plague Fatal in Trinidad. Port of Biiairi, Trinidad. ? There "inve been two cases of bubonic plaguo t<e;e, both o? which proved fatal,- N<? nev casas have been reported and ovevy precaution -is being taken to prcjvenc a recurrenco of the -disease. ? 2Cciv Zer landers Ready For Fleet. Auckland, New Zealand. ? The New /lea'.and Parliament has decided to ad'ourn on the occasion of the festiv ities for th?- American battleship fleet from AU?U8i L'* to 14^ ??d has voted ?8000 to pay the expenssg or cnter tilnlng the ofticers aud men. ?' German OiTlcers Killed. Brunswick, Germany. ? A fata! au tcmabUo accident took place near here. Lieutenant-Commander Aas JWinn and FiMtJ'Untenant Johannes Frltxsche wers killed and First Lieu tenant Eimauhorst and the chauffeur* ~ Klcke, were severely injured* Cubans Adopt Mr. Magoon. . Havana, Cubs.-rr-The Mayor of ... Pinar del Rio delivered to Governor Magoon a diploma adopting him ao x aon of the city. Jitfi For &M<I C*rin?n OWcef^ -jv Berlin. ? Klght nop-coOTt?iw5<?n^ . officers of the Guard Artillery Regl m??t who were trifd l>y court-martial have been aentenced to terms of tin-; prisopment yarylag from two w?#k? jto fifteen months. They wsrecharge* - with tlv4 m*Ureatme?t ofr- aabor ??ft . Is aacs