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VOLUMR XI CAMDEN, 8. C.. KKIDAY, SEPTEM BEft 25. 19GB ragWffiTf-',,,' IIL .. 1 ZW Wrijfoj Makes a L.on^ ^Swcnsfuifught | FAIRLY GO WILD WtaTwrtvi ? *?'?W People * N ^AinS, " H8?"w Afe por nf^r 8taying lu th? H llflll 34 ^inut?? ?Ml He coverfrf rH** WMcb Tiwc ? Ma 1 ? of NoarIy ' * fttl.l-.- Ti, the "? WaT ;*Ui" "f aobituH ?It '' America, B*uine.H?r\ "r,V Wl,i,?' ) er' ?* tb?. " of v a'"'"V C0I')'S| n number '? an(1 fo?P" ollicors ami ne experts, 0'm| u wildly S?Jrowd' i,u?M?ik 10,000, u "'e ^nH,|'<>rtn fiort* Monday afternoon captured the , word frem |,U brother, 0,v. ' Le f I w,lh fl in . ? machine of one hour, 31 ??wnU* and 51 scconds, coverin?$in wt time an actual distance of 08I1 Wometew, or nearly G1 miles. 0% to the repent accident at ^ ^(-.ver t!,e ^y's trial for the i Mwlin cup; ftjr t||? j&'j to** eovered by ao aeroplane in ? lw, and the aero elub ' prize of $l,w . Wfl for the longest flight over an en-;, .ground, attracted intense in < 'forest. The wind was too high in tke. morning to permit of a flight end i wfcenit fell at 4 o'clock in the nftflisi coon Wright made three false 8tartn, FinalJj at 5:1: the aviator got my nicely, sailing majestically up & Field. ?; :*i. After ronndini* the upper Jural] Wrigt swept back and began dee*; eljpses. 1 On the thirteenth round Wright ; rm to 60 feet, after almost skim tting the earth. a/?, In the gathering darkness the |iBP^^,.no longer; be <u it tST farther end of the ' field id it appeared and. disappeared in the loon like a white phantom. Only . u sound of I ho ceaseless ehurn of it propellers told the multitude that r'ri^ht wis still in the"- air. Matches; ere Hghted to keep watch on the eeiing minutes and night had falfettfl -ben at the end of the 33d round | fn>ht came li?hrfv to tho ground. ^e cnw& rmb d forward, onlf being prevented hoiltinr the American triumph j R lk*ir shoulders by charging &? '' I Kigit EJAsra in North Oarofi??|i Sbtbj, 8 ~C-, Special?Mr, J lenkint, tbe manager of (ho South-' vn Cotton Oil Company ar tir'.'i jltee, received a letter Saturday no ifying kin that if ho continued to gin witon in the face of the1 iie'din hf wr.ilet night-riders would nnrn lis pin. Not knowing whether this Biitice vms genuine or a hoax, he (jw'ed the hefJ papers to make r,o ,'ptW<ati<)n until he could submit it to tbe Cbulotte oftice of his com nuy. In the meantime ho has :n rtnicted b? ?tfht watchman to shooi any P??on found aipnud the prtoum at right. The^o] fcr Wtf sent to the Chi "~ foe ?nd only two or tbxa Jenkins' intimate frif?nd^J| | formed of its receipt. Under this 1 situation less than n dozen "people of lUb pUee have, any information or f ?howMge of the matter arid Mr -faking. when approached about it' '' Med that he had nolliin >WtW hTbad re^r'-ed rtirbtte *- Reived suifr notice gStf* r,a and there ?T far ?8 can Tt ?,inion among the ? L Aft*!*0** ?Lll of fH? notice few who b?veM ' Jenkins-: ^iv?a W **5,*, while other, tf* fliii ?wy- ,.??*&?? .. . , BlrlW 1? *ler Kngl??4.' By '? Parl3?"'f Aor,lc?tt?n ii,au?'ry ? """ito ??? ',"m<ioned Sid ?rr.:?rr-"= SSS.'Jpt ?'?"??? tw0 Siptt Jon?* .' 1'^-dteB^!. ' ?K* monnment to 8 * he hA? thon^ands The mc*n?n#l w SOUTH CAROLINA LOSES SUIT & Co. Suit Not an Ac lit State - Fr&mers of >n Never Conceived that Wovereign State Would Engage in Uqaor Buainew. In nit opinion handed down at lii' limojul, Vu., I>y (In- I ' ii i t?*<l States Circuit Court of Appeals Judge J, C. Pritchnrd it) unstained in his findings in the; now famous suit of the Fleis chmunn Company and others against the South Ctti'olinn disp?yisarv t<?iti - mission, $*???,? The opinion in thin cane wan writ ton bj Judge James K. Jioyd, District Judge of Greensboro, N. <\, und con curred in by bis associates, District .Jud^o Waddill end < 'hinf Just i<ie Fnl ? ler. The , opinion is quite Jeugthy, I consuming more than forty pages of closely typewrite!! mutter. Much of this, however, is devoU'd to the statement of facts. In t^e opinio)) proper Judge Boyd says in part: "There are two main propositions; the jurisdictional, vvhpdi pre sents the question whether this in a Jiuit against the State of South Car olina una?? therefore, forbidden by, tin; IHh amendment ; and, second, whet her the dispensary commission is a court Incapable of having its pro ceedings stayed by a writ of injunc tion by a Federal Court. Does thin case Cojmo within the limits prescrib wmm this connection it becomes styry to impure ii' the, State has any present interest in the fund in controversy which can be divested by A; judicial determination of the true umount, if any, .justly due to the coin rlattf^fl 'the^ Legislat u re, reliquishod _,JB, if any existed, to enough of the fund to ]>ay all the just debts Of thjft J3tutc dispensary. first proposition reHts largely Jie construction to be give)) to t of the South Carolina Legis Of February 1G, 11)07, provid >ho appoiutmeut of a commis ^-wi)id up the affairs of the [ispemjary, and Section 47 of Act abolishing the State dis The State, through its Leg j, has passed both the title and lion of the fund to the commis fpr the purposes designated in Vet.V'Thc fund being in tho hands -commission charged with this he State has no interest in so Jiereof as is necessary to pay lilt debts" Dispensary Fund a Trust Fond. : 'Too Court cites the ease of tlie .United States vs. Planters Hank of (22, U. S.,) and many other decisions sustaining this position, in flutiinjr tlif caRe of Gunter, Attorney ipRenerar, vs. Atlantic Coast Line Rail road, (200, U. S.) "In what capaci ty,"' asks the Court, "are themcm of the commission acting? Are they officers of the. State of South ^Carolina or are they agents appoint Spviinder an Act of the Legislatur'.} H&mpOwered to tak-e possession, of a fctftin fund, afrd directed to admin 4ster--such fund in a certain manner? rW& are constrained to- hold that the funds in their hands are held in tru.it Mr the payment of the debts men Htioned, and that the creditors of the State dispensary have u property in the fund in the hands., of. the -commis sion to the extent that the debts are shown to be just, and that a jndicinl determination of the true amount of "iuch debts can in no way affect the rights and interests of the State lL ' 'Haying, therefore, determined the [relation of the appellants to the funds in controversy, we answer the ques tion propounded -in the outset that this is not a suit against the State, and tha?. the complainant is not for bidden to maintain his action by the 11th amendment of the Constitution of the United States. This suit i? not against the tSate nor is the State an indispensible party. "Treating tfi'^r funds in fhc hands of the appellants as a trust fund and the duties of the trustees being cloar^ ly defined, the trustor is not even a necessary party to a suit brought to compel tho trustees to discharge their dxities The position appears to be that the agents and representatives of the debtor should constitute a tri bunal absolute in its character to ar bitrarily pass upon what, if anything, is due an alleged creditor, and if a claim be adjudged invalid to put an end to it without further opportunity for redress on the part of tho credi tor. To uphold such a contention would be to deprive such a creditor of his property without due process of law." The State a liquor Dealer. The Court further -anitbunces that, "in* the. conception and adoption of the 11th amendment it never entered the minds of the framers of the amendment that a sovereign State would engage in the liquor business and beoome a tradei**by buying and selling an artiele of cotnmon traffic | in competition with the citizens of the country. It may bo ques- j tinned, therefore, whether the I State of South Carolina was exercis ing ?'"? governmental prerogative in i performing a function necessarily or i properly ineident to it# autonomy as 1 a 8tate." j In reference to lhe provisions of the 11th amendment Judge Boyd U9es j the following language: "Undoubtedly tnellth amendment [.was intend?,} to prevent die Peroral Court in snfts prosecuted by citLu-ns of another 8t*te- or citizens or sub jects of a foreign State f-orn inter fering with a Stati i?, the process of its autonomy in maintaining its own system of self-government so long ;??? such system is* in harmony with the I his end, therefore, .the funds of thtf State in its treasury, or held by its officers or MjiVHiH for ' lute in the ad ministration of the ;&veriunental af fairs in, IN State uii? not to be af fected by 1 1 10 process of a Federal Court, ))or QUI) hui'Ii Court entertain jurisdiction of an ?< t loi* which has for its purpose 1 1ic? Invasion of the right* of t he Ktulc ?o manage an*! control its internal affairs or of an action which will obstruct tho State authority or impair the St'atb instru mentalities in the discharge of lcgi limate functions in tho maintenance .the Stirn integiiO'. ??? .. i i FLOOD LOSS STATISTICS Reports Still Coming In Showing the Great Lob a by Rectnt High Water. Columbia, Special. ? Commissioner Watson has received very full report* concerning the flood damage in the Havaunuh ltiver Valley on the South Caiolina side, in reply to his recent requests for information to promi nent and intelligent residents ?f tho tlood swept districts of the State. The replies from this section referred to ni'o\: made -by Messrs. lfarry Ham mond and J. C. Lamar, and the terri tory affected is almost exclusively in Aiken county, down to the Barnwell iounty line. From North Augusta to the mouth )f Horse Creek, it is estimated that by the Hood three thousand bushels >f corn were destroyed, 320 tons of hay, and that the damage to proper ty, including manufacturing plants large and small, amounted to $82,(100; ?he loss to business enterprises amounted to $136,550. Two negroes were, drpwne<T*"~Tn this " luri'iTory aTuT that 'covers the loss of^ife in that irea. From Horse Creek to Upper Huns it is stated that 32,750 hushels ot ;orn were' ruined, 1,381 tons of hay and 182 bales of cotton; 223 hogs wore drowned or lost, 20 cows and two mules. The property loss, in cluding buildings, etc., was $3,950, ?nd the buisness loss was $410. One ife was lost _jn this territory. It has already been published that there .is much destitution in this par ticular territory as the result of tho lestruction of tho crops, the loss of ive stock and rations in the coun? ;ry districts, just as there is in tho "ongaree River Valley in this County, out measuVqs of relief through the Red Cross and other agencies, are on foot to supply the wants of the ne groes and others who have suffered. Responses to Commissioner Wal lon's inquiry aro- still coming in, but VIr. Watfcon yet lacks sufficient datn >n which to form a satisfactory gen iraj estimate. However, the responses ;hat have so far come in' give definite information and are from reliable people. They indicate a very heavy oss throughout the sections of the state visited by the flood. In tho Congaree Valley, the owner of one . farm, who requests that_ his lame be withheld, reports a loss of ?21,700. $10,000- of which is in dam age to bis lands from deposits. His )ther. losses include 8,000 bushels of ;ora and 8,000 bales of hay. An other Tarmer near him reports a crop loss of $6,030. The damage in Oconee County is reported as follows: Three hundred thousand dollars in crops destroyed, >150,000 damage to farm lands. Lancaster County reports crop loss js of half a million, damage to lands >f $100,000. g i - 9 . The Southern Power Company re oort8 damaure of $81,000. at Rocky Creek, $6,000 of which was in loss >f cement. - . . ,ti,. .. . The Pelzer Company reports dam ige to its plant of $3,000. Anderson County reports damage to crops $20>000,-' damage to lftnda teo.ooo; " :: . ; " .? .. . Georgetown - estimates the damage to "its ricc fields at' $100,000. The Seabord suffered -- damages amounting to $40,000 in this State. From Sumter County reports of fill, 000 have been received. On the Sumter side of the Wateree swamps ?8,000 worth of cattle Were drowned. Lexington Man a Suicide. Loxington, Spcciel.frTb^s entire county was shocked when jt became known that Prof. John I). Farr, of Chapin, recently nominated for coun ty superintendent of education, had committed suicide. some time during the night by shooting himself in ,the head with a shotgun. Few were will ing to believe tjiat one who ha?l just a few weeks ago been honored by the people of his county would want to take his own life, v ?> . -? Planning to Sell Direct to Europe. * Columbia, S. C.^ Special. ? The State Farmers ' Union is at work on a scheme to sell cotton direct to Eu ropean mills, shipping through Char leston To this end Joseph L. Keitt, of the executive committee, hns been* appointed to confer with Commis sioner Watson to work ont the de tails of the project. - wwHSKi Ljron WUJ Appeal. .. Columbia, Special.? Attorney Gen ii i^yon states that the dispensary STrall-hc taken up to the Unite*! States Snpreme Court. Just how the matter ap cannot ; now ^ said, but II HI ON IUBHOS Great Meeting of the World's Most Learned Specialists ? ?*;?+' !??? ? . s.y CONFERENCE ON WHITE PLAGUE # '."/r."." Every Important Commonwealth of the Union and Forty-Six Foreign CountrieB Represented by Thier Most bistingulsbed Savants and Humanitarians. Washington, Special.? -Enemies of '.be white plague from every ctvilteed nation of the c*a ft 1? and from every State of the Union assembled in Washington . to begin a world-wide warfare that. is expected eventually to result in the wiping out of this terrible scourge of hUinunity, The (Jfth International Congress on Tub erculosis* convened Monday, repre sents beyond all doubt the largest iggregution of seientitie and t?duca led humanitarians ever gathered ill i single city, Hacked by the medi cal and sociological science of the ?ge, with unlimited funds at its dis >osal mid a definite object in view, t seems hardly- possible that the con gress ran fail of attaining its end. The convention opened Monday, -to last until October 12, will likely be % historical event and will be re membered when other more spec-* taeular events are forgotten* Eveirv important commonwealth of tlje Union has Kent committees to the iQui .the nations of Europe ind Hotlth America are represented by their most distinguished physi cians, savants and humanitarians. Upon his return to Washington, President Hoosevelt will take an active interest in the congress and will probably preside at some of the session*. Representatives of forty-six for aign countries are here and there in jager competition for the honor of tecuring the next congrcss. Ad dresses will be made by Komc of the most prominent scientists of Great Britain, Canada, France, Sweden, derma ny, Holland, Russia and Latin America. - The list of papers to be presented includes contributions to scientific re search on the subject of the cure and ' prevention of tuberculosis by the following distinguished savants: ' Dr. K. W; Phillip, of Edinburgh, founder" of the first tubarculosis dis pensary. Dr. Theodore Williams, of London. Dr. Arthur Newsholme, health offl cor of Brighton, England, director < of King Edward's sanitarium. Dr. C. H. Spronek, of Utrecht, FTolland. Dr. Turban, of Davos-Platz, Swit serland, tho originator of the scheme arenernlly followed at present for* |hc classification of tuberculosis. Dr. Gottholdt, Pannwitz, of Ber lin, secretary-general Of the Inter national Conference on Tuberculosis. Dr. Emil voy Behring, of Mar burg, the originator of the diph theria antitoxin. Dr. Calmette, director of the Pas teur Institute at Paris, France. Dr. Letulle, of Paris, secretary general of the last International Con gress on Tuberculosis. Dr. S. Kitasato, Of Tokio, Japan, director of the Imperial Institute for j the Research of Infectious Diseases. The congress is divided into seven sections,^ every section being under the direction of men of distinction in their particular fields. Shot and Killed by Brothor-in-Law. .. Monroe. La., Special. ? A. ,L. Shel by was shot and instantly killed by I hiswbrother-in-law, T. O. Wilder, in a local drv goods store. The - tragedy, it is said, was the result of* family troubles which have existed for some time. Immediately after the shoot ing Wilder was arrested. Burglar Shot and Captured. Greenville, S. C., Special. ? Two young white men attempted to burg larize a drug store in the Rrandon Mill village Sunday night. The pro prietor of the store wns notified by a passerby and he fired upon the two burglars. One of them was shot in ?tho elbow and was captured. Tho other was shot, it is thought, but got away. Municipal Election in Alabama. Birmingham, Ala., Special. ? Muni cipal elections were held alt over Alabama Monday in accordance with the provisions of the new code. The contests were practically all between factions of the Democratic party, al though Dr. W. T. Masterson, Repub lican. made a good race against F. P. O'Brien for mavor of Birmingham. He is the first Republican to enter a eontest in city affairs in many years. O'Brien 'a election was assur ed carVy in the night. Birmingham tIso voted to issno $35,000 in bonds for extension* and improvements of the school system. , '-Tip11 Jg The Cholera in Manila. Manila, By Cable.? With cholera CTjSjg-rferr topiny ~nt the ratcof sixty a day. and one-third "%f them result ing, fatallv, this wtlt wilt detrrmine whether the visit of the fleet will be any more than a formal entrance in to the harbor. The anttw>ritiee are, hopeful that the disease will bei checked before the fleet arrives so tbtt the itrA#MimftYA nf <Wivit ir. DASHED TO GROUND IN WRIGHT AIRSHIP lieutenant Selfrldgo, U. S. A., Diss From Injuries ? ' ? tm . i'i'.. & , MACHINE IS A TOTAL WRECK Arm*- Officer W?* a I'HSRciisrov With the Aeroplane Inventor. Whose 1/Ok WjIk ltrokcn aaTllcy I'lungcd Seventy-live Foot. Washington. T). r?, ? Lieutenant Thomas B. Bul/rftir''. Fifth Ar tillery, n member'of the aeronautical board of tho army. was fatallv in ,1m red, and OrvHJ? Wrlkbt. holder of tho world's record as an aeronlahlst, was seriously hurt. when the lattor'a new aeroplane fell through R?ventV flve foot of anacn and crashed down upon tho Fort Myor parade ground, a total wrock. Both Mr. Wright and Lieutenant Selfrldgo were pinned be neath the wreckago and It was with dinVM>US* ">?' lh?V wore extricated by'tho Rignpl eorn<4 mon nnri other spectator*. who rushed to their aid. **oth of the iniured me" were hur ried to the n^rMt ho?n{?al. where Lieutenant Selfr1''"^ dl?d at 8.1 A. o'clock p. in., wlthQitl having re gained .ronaCionicac. having sus tained Internal ln.i'i ?-i e? and a frac ture of the hU 11 > 1 . Mr. Wplnht l? suf fering froni a broken thigh, a badly wrenched arm and eonio had scalp Wound". hut Is exneeted to recover. Whil? the machine wan encircling tho drill jrro'in'tp n nvoppller hlade snanped off, an?V hitting nnm? offi#? part nf thn intricate mechanism, caused it to overturn In 'he nir and fall to the c.rovip^, oijvcinniujE the tWA occunantw in the debris. The anectntor? rBi> aero?** the field to where t'ie aeron1ane had fallen and assisted In l"tlng?,Mr. Wrieht. and Lieutenant flelfrldi*?v'rom under the tangled mass of machinery, rods. wireR and. shreds of muB"n, Mr. Wright war conscious and ?ald; "Oh. hurry and lift the motor." Lieuten ant. Selfridee was unconscious and had apparently struck the ground with great force. Hl? head was cov ered with blood and he was choking when the soldier* extricated him from under the machine. Mr. Wright regained consciousness at. the hospital and dictated a cable dispatch to his brother at M ManB. France, and rea nested that the same message be Bent to hie slater and father at Dayton. Ohio, assuring them that he wan all rleht. This marks the first death In the development of the heavier th**n air flying machine. Selfrldge had bepn detailed by th?? Government to ob JtetSft the experiments. The machine that was wrecked was the same in which Wright broko all world's rec ords for continued flirrhts last week. A propeller snapned when tho aero plane was seventy-five feet in tho air. The craft turned completely over, and the second nropoller. revolving at % terrific speed, headed the neronlane i^or tho ground. Tho craft struck wTth such force that its frames were shattered to nieces, and the two men were caught under the battered motor. DIVIDES $10,000,000 AT SUrPER. W. H. Singer* Iron King, Gives $4, 000^000 to Each of His Children. Pittsburg.- ? At the golden wedding supper of himself and wife, W. H. Singer, iron king, distributed $16, 000,000 among his four children, each getting $4,000,000. Through the filing of certain papers in the Allegheny County Court House hero kis act was made public, and it wr?s admitted by the Singer family. Tho iron king invited his children to the family home, No. 934 Western aVe nue, Allegheny, to assist in celebrat ing the golden wedding date on' May 27. Only the children were invited, and eadh found a small dinner, favor check, bonds and deeds amounting to $4,000,000. The Singer children who received each $4,000,000 are: Will iam Henry Singer, Jr., painter, now In Norway; George Singer, iron man ufacturer, Pittsburg, now in the White Mountains; Mrs. William Ross Proctor, wife of a Philadelphia archi tect, and Marguerite Singer, a younger daughter, at home. ? COURT ORDERS ARM CUT . OFF. Surgeons Gain Victory Over Protest ing Father of Chicago Roy. Chicago. ? The order of the court that the arm of fourteen-year-old Jos eph Bolando be amputated was car ried out at the .County Hospital. Tho lad asked, JuBt before he lapsed Into unconsciousness under the influence of ether, that the arm be spared. The boy's father protested vigor ously against the operation necessi tated by gangrene, which had compli cated a broken arm. He said ho would rather the boy die than to al low his arm to be amputated. His opposition was such that the surgeons were compelled to go into court to obtain permission for the op eration* U. 8. Army Called Smuggler, The Union Espanola, of Havana, Cuba.Jn an editorial alleged that the United States army was smuggling into Cuba meal and other good*, es caping the payment of duty, and sell ing the good*- * ~ . . ? Electrical Congrats Opens. The International Congress of Ap plied Electricity op^eagd ^ln the Elec ing "eleven couotrS!?**8 SSStand ance. - New Woman Suffrage Leader. V Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay, of New York City, appeared aa-*|*adcr of the woman' fuffraKc movenMpt In this i c on Hint- before theVrRoslvn itL Y.i DROUTH AND FOREST FIRES IN MAHY STATES Pennsylvania, Ohio anil West Virginia Suffor. FARMERS STOP THEIR PLOWING r*ar.lii? .Tlmbw Mciihcck Many Towns i?lnl Villages ? FI.much Spread Itnpldly ? ^ \ oliintcorH Milking Desperate Fight to Stop Flit*. Pittsburg.-? With forest fires de stroying much valuable property, the r:i forced suspension of many Indus tries, crops ruined, livestock stiff or* in?, rlvor navigation at a Htunri.it 111 and numerous Kina,il streams abso lutely dry, a drouth which has pra.ctl cally been uubrokou for over two knouths Is fast assuming serious, pro portions In Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West Virginia. At night raging forest ilres light up mllea of territory, while thousands of persona are doing everything in their power to check the flame#, j Meetings are held at which prayers for rain are offered. Forest fires in Somerset County, about thirty mllea from AHtoria, have destroyed three lumber camps and about ten million feet of lumber and timber, valued at f 150,000. Oyer ono thousand men have been fighting the flames for forty-eight hours, working without food or sloop. The forests on all Hides of the city of Corry, Pa., are ablate, and the heavy HUioke makes It almost impos sible to breathe. Ferpi?rs are mak ing desperate ofTorts to chcck iftfl flames by plowing around them, but the fire Is rapidly spreading. At all places the populace is pray ing for rain. During a recont open air prayer meeting near hero a brief thunder shower occurred. Instead of seeking nhelter the congregation re mained In the rain, sinning "Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow." A tour through portions of tho j throe StftteB Hhowu the seriousness of tho drouth. A majority of tho small er streams are dry, and their beds are being used as wagon roads. At a number of places along the Ohio and West Virginia shores of the Ohio River there 1b not a sign of water. Near Marietta. Ohio, the large steamboat Tornado, with a tow of barges for Pittsburg, i? lying on a bed of gravel in tho middle of what was the river. At maiiy points small .] streams of water extend a few yards 1 from either shore, and boys, after having cJWsBed these, can be seen playing ball in tho middle of the Ohio River. Telegraoh and telephone companies having cables crossing _tho river are busily engaged iti digging trenches in the riverbed so the cables can be placed out of Bigtit. Many industries aldng tho river are suspended on account of lack of water for power ourposes, and many others will be idle unless rain falls " 6oon. . . It is said of the streams now dry that, it is tho "first time in fifty years that such a condition has existed. In Pittsburg harbor there are be tween fifteen and twenty million bushels of coal ready to be shipped to points south and weat of this city. Unless this fuel reaches Its destina tion before snow comes considerable suffering will result from a coal famine. The great mass of coal has almost exhausted the supply of barges here, and the iirob abilities are many of the river coal mines, employing more than fifteen thousand miners, will be compelled to suspend opera tions. Reports from the foothills on the eastern side of the Allegheny Moun tains say the drouth is the severest In twenty years. No rain has fallen for ten wejks, swamps, streams and springs are dried up, and many of the larger streams have becomo mere rivulets. Trout and other fish have perished by the thousands. Tho water supply or Hollidaysburg has been greatly decreased, and all use of water except for domestic pur poses nas beert prohibited. The drouth ha3 blighted every growing thing, not only the products of the fields and gardens, but also those of the forest?, and there will bo scarcely any chestnuts or 'hickory nuts, ns the leaves have fallen from the tres?? and the nuts have shrivelled up. There will not be one-third a potato crop, and unless rain comes soon the corn will bo -only hair a crop. The Pennsylvania Railroad is pumplug water from the Juniata River for its locomotives, anC men have been warned no, to drink from tho engine tnnks, as tho Juniata water is im pure. Practically all the rural sections of tho Stato are suffering as a result . of tho dry weather. Wells and streams never befo.o known to have becomo exhausted have dried up. Farmers in come places hftve vlriual ly given up plowing, because tho soil Is as fine as powder, and aro not sow ing seed, as* the top soil is unable to sprout the grain. There is also much inccnvcnlcnco in providing water tor livestock, some farmers being com pelled to haul water for miles. Read ing reports the Schuylkill River at that point' lower than it ha: been in. fifty years, and the Lehigh River is also very low. Prayers for rain were offered in hundreds of churches throughout the State, and it is feared that If tho dry season continues much ajckneia will develop in localities where water Is feaoly needed for ?f?ttdard Oil betters Burned. ? Standard Oil Company official Raid letters desired by the Govern ment had been destroyed." ^ * 17* _ v ? - V. v. rr BrMleh Offlwf * Soicide, ^J&enerat Luard, retired British offi cer, who had received letters accusing him of murdering his wife, committed suicide in London. More l>ic Iron Produced |?. *n The pio4$cHon of pig iron te sow at n hlsaer rate than at any nrct ^is Latest News BY WIRE. Fires Tlire?(cn Maine. Augusta, Mo. ? Aden*? pall of smoko that In many pla?<is obBcured tho eet ling sun or made It appear blood red enveloped tho Slate as the result of numerous foroet flree. The moat serious fire was In .Hancock County, hut vast sections of woodland were burned In TMncataqule, Androscoggin. Somerset, Oxford. York, Cumberland and Penobscot Counties. The towns, and villages where the danger Is. great or damage heavy lncludt* RrooksYtlle, West Hancock, Surry,, i >ic ic villi-, Jackman. . Lisbon, Scar* boro, Blddeford, Rllot, York, OlHtnon* Mil ford, CardvlUo and Coatlgan. Modjeska to Publish Memoir*. Lob Angeles, Col. ? Mme. Mod-* jekka, who ha a permanently retired from tho stago. started for New York to arrange to have her memoir* pub lished. George IP. Parkman Dead. Boston. ? Ceorge Francis Parkman, , a member of one of tho oldest fami lies In Boston, died at his home on Beacon If 111, in his eighty-flftfi year. Ho was a graduate of Harvard Col lege and the Low School. His father was the victim In the Parkman mur der caso > ears i ago. Nominated Kor Governor, Concord, N. H.? Henry B, Qulnby-; was nominated for Governor by tho Republican Stato Convention In New Hampshire. Bird BcsCrvfltion of 70.000 Acres. , Bedding, Cal. ? By an order of. President Roosevelt about 70,000 acres of land adjoining the. Oregon California line is to be set aside as a reservation for the- propagation and*, nrotoc^ion of native birdB. The order includes land not suitable tor Agri cultural purposes. The tract ia prob ably the greatest breeding ground In tho1 world for water fowl. : v Harry O, Landers Dead. Chicago. ? Harry O. Landers, tho painter of Irish scenes, died from in juries received by being run over by a sightseeing automobile. He was ? crossing Dearborn avenue and did not notice the approach of the auto mobile. His relatives live in Syra cuse, N. Y, x Oil 0,000 Feet of Lumber Barn. Calais, Me. ? The big mills of tho American Lumber .Company at Tal* mage and 650,000 feet ot lumber were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $160,000. The Are started in the dry-house, a wooden building, containing 150,000 feet of lumber ready for shipment The principal stockholder la J. Franklin Faxony ot Qulncy, Mass. He Inanltffl Lincoln,- . 6len Echo, Md.? William Henry Piles. who once' insulted President Lincoln. - and? on., another .occasion' ? dared Jefferson Davis to slap hla face, died here, aged ninety-aeven years. 1 Captain Walton For New York. Washington, D. C ? At the request of the Governor of New York Captain Romohis F. Walton, now at the River View Academy, Poughkeersie, N. Y.. has been assigned to the organised militia of*4hat State. He will report in person to the Governor at Albany.. ??y -v. . ?. ? --I Bay Shore Hotel Burned. Jacksonville, Fla.? The Bay Shore Hotel, at Green Springs, one ot the largest hotels on the west coast, was. destroyed by Are, forty guests baring, narrow escapes. Several women were rescued through windows. TK?-~ hotel was owned by 9- T. Young blood, of Tamon Surinss. BY CABLE* United suite* Lead*/ St. Petersburg. Ruaala.? The Min istry of Agriculture has. submitted a. . iiropoHR) to the Cabinet lor the estsb* liahment of an agricultural agency in the United Statescto study American methods of farming. The ministry believes that America, in these ^m?tt~ ters, leads the world. Cadets Condemned by Conrt-MartiaJ. Vilna, Russia.? three cadets at tending the military school here wera condemned by court-martial to exile in Siberia for having formed a revo lutionary gocioty. Cuban Newspaper* Apgty. Havana, Cuba. ? The Cuban Fresa Association held a meeting and adopt ed a resolution condemning the recent letter of Governor Magoou which di rected that a libel suit be brought against the Diario Espanol, Xo Clemency For MuJford. Manila. P* !? ? The Governor-Gen eral has denied the petition for a par don for Harry Mulford, formerly a Major of the Thirty-ninth Volunteer Infantry t wbo wfULjc&thlft? o 1 the dt funct American Bank. . Princess Do Broglle Will Sne. Paris. ? The Princess de Broglle. wife of Robert de Broglle,' announced that she intended to bring suit for divorce against her husband on th* sround of desertion. Princess ? oslie was a Miss Katolle Alexander, .ifttTp wu mnrtlU U> the Prince in Chicago in 1 BOS, A Victory For Russian V raSfr- Petersbuifc Russia. en students won a nc over M. Schwartx, the M... ucatlon, in .the Cabinet, i Uon of restitution at th I ttttenc Plan to Reform u London. i