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^ ' v;.4 JfflBE. ?a- v ?, i<irili?'ffi . .'- &.?. .. ||6j|figHap hmh CAMDEN, S. 0., KRIDAY? OCTOBER 2, 1908 ,^~JWOOLS ?Jort School Tenai. As has hI. l 0 uot?<l, the average length W W white schools of the State last *U leu than six months. To M exact, the average (or the town Wd rural whooU was 117 any*; tho whoela alone 110 days. Whilo ?tail U a better showing than wo a veiy few years ago, s-iill our ?wools ire in session a ht?h< t-.ss Iwo-thirda of our own standard Mhool year of ISO days, or niun monthb. In other words, the white people of the Stato are giving their children less than two-thirds of the schooling which they declare n child ought to huve. Here again is a hick ol scho ol funds, which our people, 1 insist, arc able to provide. * In many rather thickly settled and prosperous dis tricts the schools closo aftet six or seven months because the funds are exhausted, yet not u dollar of local school tax is collected. 1 know dis tricts with from 50 to 00 white children, which depend upon the pit tance of $300 to $325 to run their acjiooU. la It reasonable to expect ?iteh a district to keep its school tpen or to teep competent teachers 1 In some of thede very comnninLups I have been told, with n tinge of MaijJtment, that the schools are bet JttJhaa those to which the fathers and mothers went. That may be true, and it may also he true thut these same fathers and mothers are hewers of wood and draweia of water ? today, MlWply because- they arc u li able to cope with those who hai/c been better schooled. llo in a very despicable parent who is .willing to withhold schooling from hi* child on thf ground that he himself hod few or no advantages. However, short school terms aro. by .no means entirely due to lark of Mtoy. Strang as i( tllHv ?em, there are many districts whhh eiose their schools at the end of six, five, and tfven four month* witU Inlf as much money left in the county Ireas they spent on their schools. I ill 6 w Schools which have to their credit enough money to run i hem twico as long as the> hove been run My year within the past five, in wet, some counties are making what thfl officials call a good financial jmtiM ^ expense, of the school children. For instance, Florence county had on hand June 30, 1907, ft balance of $35,83S to the credit of tbft school fund, while she had spent Qftty gz7?050 on her .schools that year. In other words, the school* had at the dose of the scholastic year ft balance of $3,783 moro than the entire cost of the schools that year. Financially that may be a ?#od showing; h(rw is it educational ly t Let us see: -Florence county kept her white schools open last year ftbi adnths^ she paid her white teach ers an average of $250; she gave each white teacher an average of 36 pupils to j teach, ' Chester county makes but little better showing. She Kept her white schools open seven pfcd one-fourth months, paid her frhitl teachers an average of $290 a year, and gave each teacher an aver age of $1 pupils to t*ach. Yet .CMttg -BOQpty . closed these schools With ft bslance larger than the total ixpenditnre that year. I believe in sinning tbo schools strict lv on a cash basis, and I know that it is nactsiaty to 'close the books on tho flifth of June with enough balance to run the schools until the next tax ? collection has been made. But is it sound business or common sense to cut off the school year, pay beggarly salaries, and give each teacher too "BHiy pupils to teach) in order to ibow ft money balance f Of course under policy our sohool boards -CM boast of having money on hand. As I w? it, we have more need for aonei on the children. A man could doubtless make a fortune on a salary $500 * yeflr, if he were tt> go niked and hungry, and keep nil his earning at ten par cent compound interest; but what would he be get tlDffter all, do W people wish to kefio the schools open nine months in tbs J??rt Repeatedly I have had fathers (mothers very rarely) op the attempt to lengthen theif school beyond si* months. Their contention is that the children can. Tot be spared from the farms and tie mills for a longer period. Ex !L&n cases of extreme poverty in Z homes of very unfortunate peo ole, this argument- means notI"n* Lw than that the child is looked mSn as * bread winner. The parent father too short sighted or too it.fcK lo give his child .he oppor even ? bread win rtve ?n humblest call i?f?. i parent needs to ^ shown Siia m?y > tr.ln?d until a master of aomathi#K? u useful to. thft Stftti. , Should b# twto t; work t?telllf?ntly and but bit ultimata tucocss thonld not ba ftacri ? I I 4 :ot Poor SMto-MliiH -V S?3SS ?Mi; ?*? is vet ?? 7 "* 8rh001 aiv "Mm-loped 8t?L iAmy 0rwd* *'< m h,i,? * !?' ,f we aro to judge lu**- Some of eveHbi r,Wl bui,tl* t lie Stinr. i, . , . Isrgeir (owns 1'Vially to creel ? ^ themselves (!'??. ??><) Imvl verV'iffii01 l,ui1'1' ?\ot />ne cent i.f {? nfer,or once. be permitted li hT !??U*y ibouH I'ouio until the llTVV I?*00' l"g have been favnSki he bu,1(1 })y some thoroughly cLP*^?d, UP?? fcn. s0tt)e Of the m f?! |)er* " <,{8 iu our School B? uuuo?n dc "assroonu low I ;r *,* a,ft 8ma" wintlow ibace w^ Jl uflr,# ln*"^ient ^ t&r r set n fr?ut Beated. tous rf .1 tVe,Pl*pil# when from tli n n. the w?ndow? too far Poor venti!?tiom' $oi' >ati?K, And found in <1 ? defects nre "" 1 fc?u?*?,'"AuoM,fl "hool '"lildijiifH in' V, towns tb? 'leoreeSw,, DM?">*ton. ;Ahp. %am iblf J * ^ 1 1 8 ' 1 ^ ui Win gs , not! Be L ii ge flnd Summerton. w?i "in ??' Foun- . win Afaun,t% and Seneca each' fcoon have a new buildin? of modern type On ??.?. r* l , porno np \ 1 1 . other hand, K "?. of tJ,e town# havo very n0or hu.ld.ng,. There arc in IhV our towns whose taxable property SSG& m "turned last PMOUjOUO, in round (bfurei nnH !!i '?ie four 8C,10?1 houses for white children would not sell at action 11 T-m ? 8,1 Of course jh?*? buildup* -cost much mora. than. J f'eir present value, but they are ^1 r' -today ?7 "'hopi P^nrf . he8<* Kame town? arc beaut.fu homes, good stores, good 1 ,<s: attractive churches, and even S t hP^v.for thp l,0,SC8 and cattic. themselvn iti/ens of these places make themselves believo that they nre not discounting schools? ,T-hev -cannot make other people believe it, I am sure. n / i'1? nini.' st,bool holises are rela Man'v of H1CI t0 in t,,e tow"8 Many of them are little better than pry sheds, unpainted, uitly in an Peajance, poorly lighted'/ ?*35 11 n ted, and miserably equipped. on"'?!,,. If6 h?USeS are not ceiled on the walls or overhead. When they are ceiled, that overhead is often so low that the tallest boys can 1 each it with their hands. Not one building )n three has enough window space properly distribute! 1 ,rV! are 8ma11 flnd Placed equidistant from the floor and ceil ing- it 10 no uncommon thing to find a room of children sitting with their faces toward one, and 'even two, open windows, while the room at t hei r backs is comparntivaly dark. f r 7 fth?- Stnt0 SuPeri"tendent or h ducat ion issued a pamplilet Kiv mg designs for modern school houses n oh has done much toward im proving their character. __ . .1 J Very few of our sehrel houses are equipped as they should be. Hun dreds of good desks have been put in within the past live years, but there are yet scorcs of school houses seated with the most clumsy and unsightly and uncomfortable, desks S?T. ^"ffe'ing backs and limbs ihe blackboards are too few in ntfto ber, made of the -cheapest material, and the surfnee is no longer blaek in many of our schoolrooms is not" seen^n map or a chart from Septem ber to June. Were it not-for tlir jrenius of my friend Mr. Hughes of Greenville, many . of our school houses would be absolutely without any kind of globe. The State har j very wisely provided hundreds o { 1 schools >vith small libraries. In most places these libraries are used much! and well cared for, but in altogether' 00 many plaees tils books ore torn to pieces, tome scatterod throuirh the neighborhood, and some lost. What else can be expected when the school house stands open to every body and everything. ' A dirty school house is inexcus able, and is a disgrace to a commu nity. Here the teacher is cfiieflV responsible. Any teacher, man or woman, ^rbo keeps a airty school rhiM6 Jn fejW* P^rly fitted to ti^in children You cannot readily refine the tastes of a child who is com pelled to sit five hours a day in the midst of filth and litter. New Loan and Trust Company. Columbia, Special. ? The Farmers Loan and Trust Company, baa beci organized here, with 'a capital of $50. 000, for the purpose of cooperating with the^fcuaeni or the Si at? in bor rowing on cotton ware Iiour' ? eceipta issued by (ho Standard War' House Company. The company ha made arrangements for the use o plenty of money and will lend at lov rate* of interest. The corporators ar 3. W. Robertson, L. W. Parker^T. i Staekboass and J. L. Mimnaugb. HOOK-WOKM DISEASE IN COWS Interesting and Important Informa tion fcr Fahne+s and Stock Ralseri Contained iu Recent Bulletins Is sued by South Carolina Experi ment Station. Clemson , College, Special.- -Tly> South Carolina Experiment Station Bulletin, No, 137, on hook-worm dis eases in eattle, contains iom? import ant information to cattlemen and far mers of this State. The disease is probably widely distributed over tho Southern States, though at present it has been found* over only a small aroa in this locality and chiefly in low bottom lands. The hook-worm is among tho most dangerous of parasitic worms. The adult woiins lay their eggs in the small intestines of cattle. Partly in cubated egg# reach the ground of the pasture ,a!vd grow to the final larval stage where they ar$ protected from heat and cold by & sheath. They crawl to anv moist *>bjeet and thus become ea?jly accessible to the ani mals when grazing. Treatment} for the cure of the d's ease have so1 far ployed generally un Miicceauful and tlje outlook is rather discouraging; jio the problem resolves itself into the question of prevention rather than treatment and the oyllook for prevention is more encouraging. Remembering that1 the disease oc curs chiefly or altogether in low wot lands and that in dry seasons it is less severe, it appears that much can be done by avoiding such places r .a year or more as pastures. -Thorough ly draining and tho application of air-slaked lime will help greatly, and so will frequent cleaning of tho lots. Ploughing reduces the dangers of rcinfYatafkm from infested land. since comparatively few of the lar va te are able to ascend to the surface on being buried in ploughing. Heiree it is recommended that on a hook worm infeCed farm crop rotation be practiced as far as possible. 0. C. & O. Going to Charleston. * .Spartanburg, Special.? M. J. Ca pies, general manager of the Caro lina, Clinch Held and Ohio road, spent a. day in the city, conferring with Chief Engineer Jones and meeting business men. Preliminary wqgfc is now under way preparatory to nulld ing the foad into Spartanbug and the contract having been Jet. Tlib road is now under construction from Ma rion to Bostick, S. C.-i and will be completed in a short time. From Bos tick to Spartanburg the distance is 32 .miles and will be completed with in twelve months. The road will tap the Charleston and Western Carolina and jfeael^ Charleston via Augusta. Tn the future a direct line from Spartanburg to Charleston may be built. Cotton Only Half a Crop. Edgefield, Special.? A conservative estimate places the cotton Jrop of *he country at one-half, and this, wUh t'ow prices, means financial loss to the ^aimers and a general -depression in ')usiness circles. Something, if po*-1 ubtCf&nust be done to relieve the sit ? tation. Last August a public cotton weigher was elected for the county, tt now transpires that at the last Session of the General Assembly the 'aw providing -for a coton weigher vat repealed and as a consequence >nly twenty-one bales have to thi* late been weighed by .the supposed mblic weigher. A meeting of the 'aimers will be held hero on 8atnr lay to consider the situation and take ?cticn in tho premises. Killing at Stunt sr. Sumter, Special.? Incited by whis ;ey and jealousy* John Robinson shot uid killed Henrietta Evans in a hous? in Bed and White street. Both par ties are negroes. Bobinson left the house immediately after the killiug and has not been Apprehended. r . Considered Freight Rates. Newberry, Special. ? At a meeting if the Chamber of Commerce the mat* ter of Intra-State freigfif rates wus considered. Mr. E. Campbell, rep resenting the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, was present and made en address in which he stated that the ates in Georgia and North Carolina for short hauls were from 33 to 100 per eent less than in South Carolina. Armory at Georgetown. Georgetown, Spccial.^Thc George town Rifle Guards, Company F, of the Third regiment, N. G. S. C., i? soon to have one of the most modern and well-equipped armories in tfrf scrvicef-?* ihtr result of earnest and persistent work on the part of the of fleers of the. company, ably assisted by the men, and especially the ladifc* of the city. This command has at tracted considerable attention to it self on account of its superior or sanitation end general efficiency and General Boyd has given it deserved ittognltlon in many waye. ~ ||? Ctttfic ted of ftrtad Larceny, J| ^*ington,|Spe^^oydWrat4 IH (f RI IS 8115 Large Section Suffering Badly For Rain DISEASE OUTBREAK IS FEARED Etch Day Increases the Seriousness of the. Unprecedented, Conditions Which Obtain in Western Pennsyl vania, Eastern Ohio and West Vir ginia. ? Pittsburg, Pa., Special.?' With loss w aggregating several million dol lars from forest Arcs and heavy dam age to crop* and live stock; the re ported loss of a number of lives due to fighting timber conflagrations; the enforced idleness of thousands of workmen owing to tho suspension of manufacturing establishments be cause ofiaek of wafer; the health an. thoritics anticipate a serious cpi demic of contagious dicaaes , and many small streams dried up and practically obliterated, tho drought of 1908 which has held western Penn sylvania, eastern Ohio and West Vir ginia in its grasp for more than two n^onths remains unbroken'; each day gradually increasing the seriousness of the unprecedented situation. " - Three times during tho excessive dry spell there have been very slight rains, accompanied by much light ning and thunder, but tho rain fall was so slight that many persons were unaware of tho fact an^ were only convinced that it had rained when shown evideuces of the same on tin roofs. Aside from the million of feet of timber destroyed and the daily loss to manufacturers and farmers, prob -obly- the most < Mir i?u?? p'lPiso of Ut# . situation is the threatened disease epidemic. A majority of thd popu lation of western Pennsylvania, east ern Ohio and West Virginia are even now Buffering from throat affections caused by the great accumulation of dust and the heavy clouds of smoke. In this city, used to smoke, the sun is almost obscured by smoke from forest fires miles away and persons the vicinity of these fires are ex periencing difficulty in breathing. It irfearcd that when rain-floes come it .will wash great amounts of filth into thu- already stagnant Bt reams with the result that disease, especial ly typhoid fever, will become epi demic. The health authorities have SuUuuC'u warnings tenths public -fc boll all water usea for internal pur poses and say by doing this only *an many deaths land much sickness be prevented. Next in importance comes the en forced suspension of numerous indus tries and the throwing out of em ployment pf- thousands, of workpien. many of whom had jnift returned to work following the recent depression. While in tho Pittsburg district the water supply is sufficient to carry on all business the low stage of tho riv ers has caused a congestion of much coal jn this vicinity. - Every available barsre and float has J)Cen loadpd with coal and at present with almost twenty million bushels in the Pittsburg harbor, the river coal mines have been compelled to shut down for the want of shipnintf facilities. There are about 15.000 miners employed in rjver mines along the Monongahelia valley. This great fleet of coal is for the supply of points in the West'hnd South and the probabilities ara. there will b? a coal famine experienced, especially in the Northwest, should conditions prevent the shipment of the coal be-: fore cold weather sets in. In West Virginia lumber plants, glass fac tories and iron and uteel mills, locat ed along the rivers, are closed on ac count of insufficient water. In Eastern Ohio , the' same conditions prevail and it is feared the great Iron a$d steel mills- at Youngstown. O., employing oyer .20,000 men, will have to suspend operations unless the drought U speedily broken. Interest In Yarn Hill Sold Yorlcville, 8. C., Special.? Mr. J. B. Pesrom, of this place,' who with Mr. W. B. Moore bought a con trolling interest in the Neely Yarn Mill, located here, about * two years ! ago, and who with Mr. Moore was actively engaged in the management of the business, sold his interest to Mr. Moore about two weeks ago be cause of impaired health. _ ?*> Arranging fcr King Peter's Jnnket. Belgrade, Servia, By Cable. ? The Stampa says that the question of the visit of King Peter to the foreign courts will roortly be settled by the joint action of the powers. ^The ex pressed desire of . the powers. that the officers who were instrumental in the death of King Alexander and Queen Praga be removed from the active i K?t will be complied with, says The Stamps, after which King Pete? will be reived with full bonoh at the amrti, ^ " CORJfcLYOU OPENS MEETING Ifedical Scientist. From Ever* Na tion on the Glole Gather at Wash ing ton to Discuss Way# cud Moans . cf Fighting Great Whito Plague lhi,ty 8*<cches Mado in Response to Gortclyou'i Address of Wcloomo. ^ftkhington, Special. Monday vitntuicd one of the moat notable r&thenngs ever assembled in Wash. ngtoD, when medical scientists repre senting every civilised? nation united v?lh their American brothers in an 'fort t0 'Wlvo the problem of how >est to ccpe with tuberculosis. Tho )ccas!on was the official opening of he iuxth Triennial International Con% pess of Tuberculosis. The aiuiito 'lum "e t,u' new National Museum vns filial wit h n.tn who have runse ?rated their b. *t talents (<? die study ?f (uborculoRjs, representatives of the jovereigng of foreign counties, high r?Vernmont officials and others. The icy nolo of every utterance reflected 110 Ut'l ? th?t the day is not far din unl ro.wljcal science shall tri impli over tho great scourge. TRAMPS IN CONVENTION. 3obo Delegates Prom All Over the Country Gather in New York Many of Them Ride the "Blind Mail" to Get Therp? Millionaire Hobo Acts as Chairman. New York, Speoial.? Having reaeh i Neu \oik City in various ways 70 1 generally used by those who, in graveling, seek comfort, delegates rrm nil paitft of ihe connhy met in lie Manhattan Lyceum to attend Iho )pening session of the national con tention of the unemployed. When J ;Rads How, of St. LoiilH, who is <nown as tho "millionaire .hobo" ' iallcd the meeting: to order in his ca ^acity as chairman, he face! an audi -oriuiu well llljed with men, many of A'hom had made their way to the con mention through the use of the art of and holdihg down the "blind 1 nail riding the tops and trucks and -passing tho vi U^for "hand o0"e delegate said he had , ndden 3,000 fnilcR on the trucks to ? tend this convention. The country huge was well -represented at the -oung, Mien*, the delegation from 'he 1 acifle coast did not put in ap pearance. It was said, however, that it was on the? way and miirht be ex. pec ted before the end of the conven tion, October 2d. Mr. How, in the course of his in troductory remarks, entered- a de fense for the "hobo" whirfi teim, he \ V n description applied ,-to wandering railroad workers of" "the Heat; and before discussion of the even ingH topic, "National Health of Unemployed," began ho read a poem from J. H. fievmour, who sifm ed himself "The Hobo Poet." whMi compared the let of the "hobo" with in.. ,llH "pampered son erf wealth. and said that the former was of Incomparably more service to humanity. vvJ?rbert JVlcHuph' of Bofito?r Atnl Dr, U ,lllflra Ross, of New York, were ^rnong the speakers. Mr. McHutrh 'welt on the lack of moral cleanlir nets among the rich and , ascribed the ack of physical cleanliness of the ucorer clashes to the extravagances or the people in. the tipper easte. - Ho?s in his remarks saldj There are two classes of men tiQ* employed, these who want to work if they could, and those who will not work. Manv of the latter class do rot owe their condition to wilful in, dolencc, but to social environment. Hie rotten tenement. make physical degenerates. It is little wonder that a child born under sjidi conditions takeR naturally to whiskey drinkina and morphine using/f Haskell's Succifsor. New York, Rpcclal.-^Heimann Rid -dcr, editor of the fttaats Zeitung, and viee . chairman of the publicity bu rcau of tho Democratic-national com mittee has been Appointed by Nat lonnl Chairman Mack treanure? of the national commitltee to succeed ov. Charles N. Haskell, of Oklaho ma, who resigned his position last week in Chicago. Virginia Wants Fleet to Return. Washington, Special. ? For the pur pose of convincing the President that Hampton Roads would bo decidedlyj a fcetjer place than New York for the Atlantic battleship fleet to terminate its cruise around the world on Feb ruary 22d, Congressman Maynard, of Virginia; John TaberUke and Alvah H. Martin, of Norfolk, called at the White House Monday. Congressman Maynard advanced numerous reason? why Hampton Road* would bo mor* advantageous than Ntw York, but the President gave tb? Yirgittim no de finite www. v ' ... -^^gwedSOontiflt^iktn. Lynchburg, Va., Special.? G?orft Wilson, colored, was arrested hew] Monday as a fugitive from Norfb road foree in ago. He ME SHIES SUFFERING - ? ? ? Long Drought In Pennsylvania, (hfo and West Virgin!?. SUcnui* Mny IJe DUmm Cnnlert nl I'-iui of Drought wiNtiaUttr# Coal Murx* A;trni?U ti/ *4 Pittsburg, ra.? The drought Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West Virginia' lu lis grasp tor 1110:0 than two months. Each day In created the seriousness of the tltua tion. Its affects thus far may bo sura in u t/i'ii ns follows: Losrea aggregating several million dollars from forest fires, heavy dam ago to c: ops and 11 vo rtoclf. the loss of a nu mine;' of llvas In lighting limber conflagrations, the enforced Idleness of thousands of workmen, owing to the suspension of manufacturing es tablishments b*?rausj of lack of water, anticipation of u gorlouB epidemic of contaglouB.diseaaes by health author ltiee. and tho drying up of many email streams. A serious phase of the situation Is the threatened disease epidemic. In habitants of Western Pennsylvania^ Kastern Ohio and West Virginia are even now suffering from throat affec tlons caused by the great accumula tlon of dust and the heavy clouds of smoke. In this city, accustomed to smoke, the sun Is almost obscured by tho smoke from forefet fires miles away, and persons In the vicinity of these Area arc experiencing difficulty In breathing. The health authorities have warned/the public to boil all drinking water. Tho onforced suspension of nu merous Industries and the throwing out of employment of thousands of workmen, many of whom had just re turned to work followlqg the recent .depression. Is anothor offept of the dronght. White In ftlUwburg dis trict the water supply ,1s sufficient to carry on all business, the low stage of the rivers has caused a congestion of river coal traffic. Every available barge and float has been loaded with coal, anil with almost: 20.000,000 bushels lu Pittsburg water, tho river coal mines have been compelled to shut down for tho want of shipping facilities. There aro about 15.000 minerH employed lu river mines along the Monongahela.' Tho coal is barges Is for the supply of point West" and South. 'fho probabilities are thcro Ml bn a coal famine, especially In the Northwest, should conditions prevent the shipment of the ooal be ? foro cold weather begins. ? d ^ In West Virginia. . lumber nlants, glass factories and Iron ani' steel 111 ills located along tho rivers - are - closed because ot lac!t of water, lu Eastern Ohio the same conditions pre vail. It was feared the great J ron and steel mills at Youngstown, Ohio, em plonlug Aver 20,000 men, would have to shut down unless tho drought )? speedily broken,^ r* . rOLITICALJlIOTS IN CUBA. K ' ""V- " ? ' Many In J lived at Cor.scrvatl .c Meeting ? -Negro Party Bally Broken Up. Havana. Cuba. ? Political disturb ances have begun to assume somo gravity in Cuba. A Conservatlvo meeting at Sancti Splrltus, in Santa Clara Provinfce, wns the occasion of n riot at which many were Injured, and In Havana a meeting of the now negro party, headed by General Estenoz. was broken up by Liberals, who kept up a continuous shouting, Sancti Splrltus is the home' of General Jose Miguel Gomes, the for* mer Governor of the province, and the present Candidate of tho Miguel* Istas and Zaylstas for the Presidency, The Mayor of the town and the polleo are members of the Liberal party, General Mario Menocal, n former 7'lberal, but recently nominated by. the Conservatives for the -Presidency, arrived hore on a special train, ac* companled by a large, number of fyl* ?lowers, Thousands of men, many ot< them on horseback, met the Conser vative leaders, and It waa evident from the start that trouble was brew* ing, ns Menocal did not. entirely lack supporters ataong the crowds, Five Men Blown to lieath, Five men were blown to bit? by an explosion of dynamite while working at Cross Keys Cut, along the Lacka wanna Railroad near Tobyhannfj Pa, The Americans are Harry Broadhead, :nurrled, of Tobyhanna: John Walsh, married, Flrthollffe, Pa.; Godrlc't Coyne, eighteeu years old, Kingston, and two unknown Italians. The flvo men were tamping a hole containing eighteen inches of dynamite, whVJf lc exploded The bodies wt ro assem bled by means of matching the clcth? luc of the vlctl-nz. Philippines Army Tragedy. A tragedy occurred at Camp Jess man. Manila, P. I., rosuiting in the death of Lieutenant Edward Bloom, of tho Fourth Infantry, an! Privato Sutilex, Company K, of the same regiment. Suttles for somo reason shot Bloom, and tbeh cut his own throat. Suttles died Immediately, but Bloom lingered until the next night. rArmcr Hangs Himself in Hit Bam. Charles Argerslnger, sixty-four yeare old, a well "known farmer re siding near Glen, Montgomery Coun ty, N. Y., committed suicide by hang ing himself Jn a barn od bla farm. He recently returned from * sanl tarlum, ?hs dead maa Is iurTlved by a ?sd three ehildreo, gggjar: ? r Latest News BY WIRE. Deptu-imc nt ft Ju*i:< , M'cshiuglov p. (V 1M win P," Oroav^no-, of New >'?>:?;. wlm hn ?eeu employed in aasIstfnK riimcial AU lojiifj' Taft In the so-callsd Tobacco JYust eajer, 1)09 been iMM'oiiH-rt an attorney In tlio Depr.rliiHv.t wf Jus ' ? i . . iimu,* Peart i?i Montreal. Montreal. CauaHa.?v, i' Da Mat*,' rixi.v-on.p jenv.3 old. of Cotroes, N, 'dropped* df art of hruft *Tl*?a?* in the - office- of St. Mcry'a College, ?. ,fu . ?**" VV'j Huby Prown* In Milk. Springfield. Mo. ? The ten-oiontb* old daughter of S. O, Middleman. a 'army/ near this city, foil in'o n ,?ucket.iof milk and was drowned bv ro t* her pare.nta found he;-, The hlld tumbled iuio the bufcke* I.uoi. tlio povcX Hot Water llnjc Disables O .liter. San Francisco. ? A ho' water bag may rot; Die army on? of Its o/ne*r*. Oaptniu Edwin O Davit-, cn-nmandfng the Slxtytflret Coast Artillery, de clares tliat he has bsen disabled hy the apollcatlon of hot watM* hags to an ankla that ? wax severel y bruised:'. In Ihe Philippines. 7 T"! ? ' "5? ??r:" Kforknian Shot Pond. Marble Falls, Tex. ? F/ank, known ae'"Bpd,w Moore, a former banker ; and v.weaUhy stockman,' was shot through the heart with ft rlflo nhont a mile from his 'ranch: fit Miller*# Creek. . "Will* Jackson has surren dered and Is In custody. ? ?*' : . . *v llutler Hora Ncnlwll. Philadelphia, ? George T. Newhnll, wall trnnwn in soclatr and aa an ath-. lete, was served with a summons in a ?nit brought by Frederick Knight to recover a loan of 5300, Knight I* butler in th? home of Edward 0. Knight, Jr. He alleges thai- b~ lent the money to Newhall while the latter was a guest at the Knleiht villa at Newport, It.' T,, on August 12, 1907. Uwrt Mails to Defraud. Poiaon, Mass.- ? Henry P. Iteyuohls, formerly president of the Alaska De velopment Comoany. of New York City, Was Indicted by the Federal Grand Jury on a charge of using the malls In a scheme to defraud. Loral Option Barely Wins, Indianapolis, Did. ? The Hogae * saved the County J, deal Option bill, already passed by the Senate, from, aereat uy a vote oi oi io iv. *? -v "'VV.-' Vrv^'.f ';Vj Vaitderbilfc D J vovrc. ' . New York City, ? 'Justice Gerard, of the Supreme Court, signed the final decree granting to Elsia French Van derbllt a divorce from Alfred Qwynne Vauderbllt. The decree Is simply lu confirmation of the Interlocutory de gree granted on May 26 on the rec ommendation of David MeClure, as referee. The Vanderbilts were mar lied on January 14. 18017 but separ ated about a year ago. Storm HM*? Acrobaf. ' ? ~ Holdenville, Okla. ? Hurled from the high, tight wire on which he was performing when the circus tent of the Selle-Floto show was demolished by a wind storm, Sabum Siltijwfl;"^ Japanese acrobat, nvns kilted. Bank Cashier Infllctcd. . New Martinsville, iW. Va.? \y. A, T.ewls. formerly cashier of the Smiths field Bank, thirty miles from here, was Indicted by the Qrand .fury on Charges of embezslement and mlsap? proprifttiou of f&5,0&0 of the lwuk'? funds, BY CABLE. Wright Buying : Pari*.*? -Borh New Motor. ?Boris Lo u tskoy , a -Russian Jn<tfor for use on the plane. . ? - 7^| Grenada'* Crew In Loudon. SMS^H London. ? Captain Walt and lb* evew of the *chooner Grenada, whic.> wag abandoned in the Atlantic on A in *gu*t Z'6, arrived here from Rotter* dam, where they wer? landed by th? atia mefcxMiS^he ? tev Spinnf?, vrhtch rescued them. Germany1# Precaution*. Berlin.? The Minister of the in* terlor has issued orders for the en forcement of the emergency regu'.a tions regarding emigrants from Rus sia. Emigrants will bo required to bathe their person*, and nil their clotbtag and belongings will be fumi gated. Australian Navy iH;C<rUiu. Melbourne.? The British Admira' ' r ha* given its general approval to the scheme' of the Australian Common^ v.-ealth for the tormatlon of a flotilla of *BOBlrp3do boat^ kubmarlQc* and two the nticH Honor CoTonrl Bailey. ff| Manil*.? A brill" holdrgt Coldn Infantry, ftttd Joint* ttoytelt Htta Japan. * ::v. .