Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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; ft XI CAMOEN, 8. 0.,- FRIDAY. OCTOBER I <5, 1908. i fAlffilTO HAPPENINGS TOLD IN BRttfS % i ii ? "" *** ..i ?ym K-\' ' .!.-? W#*"? ? a . Interest GI?%m4 From All S#cti#u? / tK? Ivijf Pttlmctto StiU Pardoiw L -<7",'^Tbe Board of J^?<S?vdt S'tfa* Mt'8srs' H kvtge, of r, n V 0*^?nTiU#f c. w. of Columbia I'* au<1 W A' Clark, *r ^ pctjt'i 0t, *et'k t0 ?omfcU t0 bo?ld by J?r pan,on ref*?d .Wer, oulv I :v *?vern?r. Thore Md, as t}le ,1U 8u<?l1 J)e(itions refer ' ^tl?p?lT,or ,1US acted on <b? U?tt)J >,,s I,,0Hente?l within Meeting of th l]ie l,,ht ?*? a e ^ Tho 1.L 1,10 f?Ut>w.h,K: tturdJCi'|lt0(.If','!,,>,'ni -p^,vi?ted' of k bagged T?" '""l *enlen"* cd a resnit ' n,'n,ur Ansel Riant ?nU?T ' S<" Mr. Belliea. ?twoci, nv('? <,m'il,K tho flo?a? ? ?uity ,cr"" "",l wiih Rr<>flt "SWinnSl " rSP'te t,,oro iu Onrv ? U,c '?nngjng. larccny *T' ?ik? ?*?*, petit ,u t?Mh"rMVellS' I'a,m'"s> mansUugh iL fr"m January, 1000. ; JSstarn * &???. Tcsrc teSlW "" K0VC"'0'- ??<1 P'rdon , Ma* ,, referred .0 1 Hoiwra 8ret: il'yfr.'W. n.ld ref...^ by U 1 ' ?'anna rv, and ??*?:?? September ,,a?7. Quanala, 1 llv TR r '""" of ?<*ilcnt fam- 1 !?'iM|>pin?. and *as 1 - life there It.!"" ?V ";l1""""'1 >?.V his [ v- in Qrer'nviii C ,,MU"K '"K old home *n a!ro |te:,t;:roi,rcss,i'<,'>eti,ion! J.'&fejMMWMrtfrai of (lie board! ? pardons is not binding on (he irov ' r ernor and ho is not under the law1 hL'? 'Y": any c,,se 10 ,ho . W?ro, tho pardoning power hcino' W <he g?VCrn0r h?Ie,y lmder " ? ?' :S.V Aetnc ^Bll Unsold. 7> . Uni?pr Special.? The Aetna Cotton - Mill was- advertised to he sold, last f ?Vj^.?<ane8day by t,,c tr?stee in bank-1 nipUy, but the sale did not take place. } .-.?-There were several prospective pur-! -Chasers, eoroe of whom lind deposited the required? certified check, but the. upset price of $230,000, seems to have ! been larger than any one wanted to ' bid 88 no one offered to pay it. The sale was therefore called off," and the property, which cost ??MoO.OOO and is 1n good condition, will bo again of. fwBd-ftjml?afcoiil the middle of No. vetober ?t o lower figure. 7J? ? ? Vwdict Againat Southern. Spartanburg, Special.? In the suit dgainst t^e Southern Railway for damages in the sum of $50,000 brought jjy J. M. Turbyflll, adminia?. trttorof the estate of Miss B. Hand, the young school teacher who was killed at Duncan last November while crossing the railway tracks, the jury returned.* verdict $3,000 dollars. Miss # Hand was on her way to visit aick ffUndl, and while crossing the tracks trai struck by No. 37, which was run- ' ? ?irfBg severtl hours- late. The yourig ' lady 'wis a sister of Prof. Handt of ; Bouffi^arolina University, =~ pptaUabm May Get Orphanage. Spariabburg, Special.? The oom mitteo having in charcro the matter of selecting a location for the Episoopal Orphanage will visit Spartanburg In the nesr future to further consider the advisability of selecting Spartan burg. Well known citizens here have agreed to give fifty acres of land in the suburbs for the homo. - Need Money to Bujld Bridges. Spartanburg, Special.? Tho county commissioners have not as yet suc ceeded in raising $100,000 with which to rebuild bridges that wore washed away during .the August flood. The commoners havo had several con ferences and various methods of rais in? finances have been discussed. A !"*Spany has offered to loan ?KV)flOO lor a peiiod of ihiriv years Wner ccnt, but th? offer has not ^ More than fifty brid -Tdovvn, many of them yery im liructures. k desman and Mrs. hitler, stewan^ss ?t tbe L'n -SSiial Club, were found ^Mrtmenta of the man. Gaa ? from a jet m fbe xoom. Slion of the police ? that In thf r.a,i with 8tticidal| the possibility of sees ?were wall known ^ ere divorced.4|j Looks Like Infanticide. Lexington, Special ? What rfeems to1 be a clear caae of infanticide came to light a few days ago, when \he bedy of an infant was found near a branch in the upper part of towu. The discovery waa made "by a negro woman, who waa attracted to the scene by the terrible odor. The child waa wrapped in cotton, and. had evi dently been born a week, as the- arms wot almost ready to drop oft at the shoulder* from decomposition. Those who saw it, say thfit it was impossible to discern whether the child died from natural causes or whether it was killed by tho heartless parent and car ried to the swamp with tho hope of covering up tho crime, The supposi tion is that the party who placed it where it was found intended throw ing U into th? water, so that tho dis covery would never be made. It has caused a great deal of talk among the negroes, but* they are very cautious how they speak. It is said that tho child had been moved since it was found as it could not he found later. There has been no official action tnk en in the case, but it is ono that should bo investigated, and it is very likely that Coroner Clerk will look in to the situation immediately. School Information Wanted. Superintendent of "Education Mar tin has requested the county superin tendents of education to send him o brief description of school conditions iu thei r- reap e c tivc ^ouuileaT and a 1 ao an outline of the greatest needs of the schools, as they may appear to the county superintendents. Mr. Mar tin proposes to ijtforporate these ar-. tides in his last annual report, which will be the fortieth annual report of the department of education. He be lieves that this collection of short ar ticles in addition to the statistical re ports from the county superintendents will bo beneficial, not only to the leg islature; but also to the future stu dents of our educational development. Covers the Field. As a purveyor of reliable.' news The Calumbia Stato is easily in a class by itself. With unsurpassed facilities for gathering the world's happenings, added to its own stoff of relioble and energetic special corres pondents, both Stato and general events are recorded with a degree of exactness and detail that cannot be surpassed. In this campaign year when things are constantly happening to keep the public interest at concert pitch it is hardly to be conceived how anyone who desires to bo well in formed and who lives within reach of Ibis fine daily can afford to be without it. * Ooneral Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid for spot middling at different points: Charlotte.. ...... 8 1-2 Columbia 8 1-2 Qalveston New Orleans 34 Mobile. , , ,, , , , ,..8. CO Savaunah ,, Charleston 8 1-2 Wilmington. 8 3-4 Nirfolk ? . 8 7-8 Baltimore 0 New York...,, 9.10 Boston v . . . 0.10 Lard ... , , . . , ,?<>?. . . . . . . 1 ^ -* rnrT rt.rr- ? a# ic Wright to fipeak in Richmond. Washington/ Special. ? - Secretary, Wright has received invitations from^ Norfolk and Lynchburg, Va., to speak on behalf of Judge Taft before the close of the campaign but has not decided whether to accept. He will speak at. Richmond on the 28th in stant. He said that he did not ex pect to speak in Tennessee during the camoaien. I i. i T ? im Property Values in Lexington. Lexington, Special. ? County Audi tor W. D. Dent completed his abstract of property values in Lexington coun ty on October 1. The figures of the abstract as 'shown by the auditor's books for 1907 gi*4 a total valuation of $5,335,729, while for the fiscal yead, 1908, the total valuation is $5, 299,709, the decrease being due large ly to that portion of the county that voted itself into^balhoun, and ot<4 a slight reduction in the taxable Valu ation of the railroads. The State will receive $2,914.40, compared to $2,410.78 for the year 1907. , ? Carneigie Gives Big Amount. ?New York, SpwtteThe faet frat Andre*- Carnegie has contributed $20,000 to the campaign fund of the Republican national committee was announced by State ^Chairman ? Tim othy Woodruff. Mr. Woodnflr \ also announced that Mil* RosseJJ Sagp. lia* contributed $1,000 to the same fund. There have been no other large *on tribntjons -frcjar HHHriduals, Mr. Charlotte Produce. Corn. Bacon 85 11 1-2 Chickens Eggs..., Butter, , , 25 to 50 .28 15 to 30 NATIONAL POLITICAL CAMPAIGN | Movements of the L>?^iri of the Great Political Battle Beiuf W*f ed News From the Firing Line, New York, Special. ? Yet faster and more furiously the presidential earn- 1 paign is being driven us the candi date* appioacb the hoine utrctch in the great race. The opening of tba week will find both Taft' and Bryan in their own Statea. For both there have been ar ranged strenuous JU ipa covering the first three days of the week. Bryan '? programme ia aaid to call for quite fifty speeches in eastern and control Nebraska, and be will then proceed to Illinois and Indiana. Tuft will speak in big and small ylaces in Ohio, in hulls and at open aft meet ings, from trains and on balconies on the same days that Bryan is addressing his fellow Nebruskians. The remainder of the week will bo R|>ent by Mr. Taft in the Soyth. Nor will tfie i nuuing hvates of I he two leaders . enjoy and respite from the incessant work on the slump which they have been ?. performing. Only two dates, Monday' in Kant 0, range, N. J., and Saturday in Wilmington, Del., have been arranged for Mr. Hborman, but it is understood the intervening time will bo well filled in by engagements yot to be an nouncod. Mr. Kern will start" forth with from his home in Indianapolis for another tour which will take him to New York City, Newark, N. J., Bridgeport, Conn., aq^hUtica, N. Y. Governor Hughes, fresh from his Western trip, will be in bis own Stato throughout the week, on Monday be ginning a tour that will include more than 100 addresses before the cam paign is ended. New York also is to hear Secretary Rdot juid... .Secretary - "whHtr stiTl another member of the Cabinet, Mr. Wilson, starts out on Thursday for a speajcing tour of the agricultur al' States in the West. ? Taft in the South. Cincinnati, O., Special. ? "I am go ing South to make a few spcechfi* in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Viiginia and Maryland, not so much with the view of carrying those States as to show their people tnat they are part of the Union, and the such, ought to vote for the party which" will give them the influence in the "nation to which they are enti tled." \ Judge Taft said this to* the Taft Shermnn flub, of Highlands, Ky., which came to the Sinton Hotel last week to pledge its support. His ad dress throughout was an expression of intortse feeling regarding the politi cal condition of the South. The South lie said, had maic wonderful progress under the application of the Repub lican principles of protection and yet it remained a perpetual asjset to the Democracy of the North, to be deliv ered en bloc, no matter what might be tire issue or interest at stako. The speech was heartily applauded. Mr. Taft busied himself during the day in ^cleaning up his -office matters, preparatory to leaving Monday morn ing on a campaign trip. 1 Bryan in Missouri. St. Joseph, Mo., Special. ? With a record of twenty speeches delivered during tho day William J. Bryan brought to a close in this city Satur day night his latest tour. .i From the moment of his first utter anco until lie had concluded his ! remarks, here, Mr. Bryan declared that the olectorial vote of the State of Missouri was safely Democratic, and ho devoted considerable time M urging tho people to elect the Demo cratic State ticket as well as a Legis. lature which would send to Washing ton a Democratic Senator. He sought to instill in the minds of his hearers the fact that a Democratic victory this year meant a return to prosperity. lie did not overlook President Roosevelt in disousslng the .trust question and read a communication from the acting Attorney General of the United States which he inter* prctcd as a direct refusal on the part of the law department of the govern ment to prosecute a corporation for conducting its business in restraint of trade. He produced the letter, ho said, to show the iniquity of the trust and attacked tho President, as ho charged, for shirking his duty. Mr. Taft, as usual, got his share of criti cism, the Democratic candidate point ing out that his Republican opponent was going around the country making promises which he knew he could not fulfill, for, he said, the Republican party was unable to offer any real re forms. ; Mr. Bryan Recta. Lincoln, Neb.j Special. ? Having spent several aetivo days last week on the stump, William J. Bryan Sun day devoted most of bis time to rest ing up preparatory to a hard week of campaigning inpNebraka, Colorado, and Wyoming. He arrived here Sun day morning direct from St. Joseph, Mo., where he got a rousing reception. The westward journey will be begun early Tuesday morning. Speaking qf tho remits of hi?, cam paigning ao far, tho Democratic can didate declared himself at being con fident of auceete. He atated that re pbrta received by bim indicated coa incm?(ng .wtimcnt lowurd thd- Democratic party. AtlSu, 0.! SpeetaL? Bsglim W. Cb.??. prohibition cndid.to for .th. lor tlifl cause of hi* party iiv the speech ho ut lend u( Piedmont jCwk Saturday, where the Georgia state fair i? in progress. Mr. Clmlln Htated t hat it wan now eighty day* nine* he had started his ranvaxs, iliut ho hint visited twenty-five SlatrH, mode live speeches a day and hnd gained five pounds, ami that if (he campaign would only last long enough ho would be a bigger man llian Taft. He re ferred to the Socialist labor leader in jail in Nevada as the "cheerless eun? didatc;" Mr. Taft an the 4 4 fearless candidate," and to himself as the "beeilcss candidate." GREAT BRITAIN RECEDIS. The Change of Front Comes u a Surprise? Now Practically Certain Ihat the Conference Will Be Held, But Its Scoyo Has Not Been Deter mined. t I.ondon, By Cable. ? Prince Fer dinand, as the "i)kar of Bulgaria." has made his triumphal entry into tho capital aintd scenes of patriotic enthusiasm. Great Britain has reced ed from her original posit ion and i? now willing that tho proposed con ference o? the powers to settle the crisis in the near Fast shall take un der advisement other questions ill addition to those involved in the an nexation of Bosnia and Bulgarian in dependence., It is now practically certain that the confcreliqo will be held but its scope has not yet been determined. ? Austria still adheres strictly to the principle Of non-intervention. A Turkish cruiser and throe torpe do bouts have arrived at Salonika on the way to the Island ol' Bainos, a Grecian possession. This is Tur Jccy !ii_axwiw*?^ (? tlir prortaronttoil l>y the Cretans of uii:on with Greece. For the moment there is little talk of war and even Servia seems to bo taking a calmer view of the situation. Tho Servian National Assembly has endorsed the government's policy and the government, at the instance of tho* powers, has been striving to maHituin peaoc. Husband and Wifo Indicted. Manasas, Va., Special.? The grand jury Monday indicted Tucker Posey and his wife, Minnie Posey, for com plicity in the murder of Edward Fair, ou Thursday night last near Canovia, this county. jBail was tlxed. at .f.">00 each for appearance at the December term of court. fn?e tragedy occurred Thursday last and on Saturday the coroner's jury rendered a verdict de claring that Allen Fair, who was shot in his left side just above tho heart, was killed by Edward Fair; that Edward Fair was killed by Tuck er Posey with nn axe; that Edward Fair was hit over the head with a { musket by Mrs. Minnie Posoy, a sis ter of the dead Fair brothers, and that Tucker Posey is supposed to have been shot by Edward Fair, in dicting a flesh wound. The tragedy, which grew out of Edward Fair 'a jealousy of his wife, who is said to nave once left him, has aroused un usual interest in thia aeotion. - *" 1 ^ 1 lhaw Must Remain in Asylum. White Plains, "ft, X, Special. ? Har ry K. Thaw , will have to remain in the State hospital for the criminal insane at Mattaewan, N. Y.f until the Court of Appeals shall decide wheth er he is entitled to a hearing before a jury to determine the question of his sanity. Justice Mills, of the Su preme Court, refused a week^er two ago to grant the application of Thaw's counsel for a jury trial on the sanity question and decided to hear the case himself. Tho hearing was fixed for Monday^ When Thaw was brought j into court his mother and several relatives were present. The prisoner's counsel again moved for a jury, trial and when this was denied asked that Thaw be discharg ed from custody on tho ground that the jury in the last trial for murder did not find him insane. This also was denied. Damage Suit in Favor of August Bel mont. New York, Special. ? It took tho. jury half an hour Monday afternoon to decide in favor of August Bel mont, in the suit for $100,000 dam ages brought against him by John II. Freit, the jockey. Freit claimed he was libeled by Mr. Belmont when he posted him in the Racing Calen dar as having left his employ with out authority, saying Freit had been discharged because hefailcd on one occasion Jo take off his hat in sa int ijig Mr< Belmont. .Will Call Mass Meeting. ?Atlanta, Ga., Special. ? Harvie Jor dan, president of the Southern Cot ton Association announced Monday that in response to requests from qII parts of the South, he would call a convention of cotton growers and allied interests, similar to that held in New Orleans in 1905. -y .. Poetmaater Arrutvd For Emtesfle ment. ? Ha gad, Ga., 8peoial.? J. M. Elders, postmaster at this place and Repub lican congressional candidate foi Congress from the first- district of Georgia, waa arrested charged with embattling funds from the money or der department of this poatofltce. Hisi case waa sent to the Federal gf&rnl jury. Post office Inspector Hill re ecently made an examination of El THE STATJE1SCH00LS It T !*???, Wiu.JAM H Hand. University of >**>u t ?* t'troMn*. I'uiM'r N uuiIxt Vive. Inadequate Supervision.? Iu BouUi C'aiolinn there are three uuitA, of | sohoc i adininistration?~tho State, tho county, and the school district. "An educational ?yatcm j* * greet busi ness." In every organized business there must be machinery, that ma chinery njust bo repaired, adjusted, and articulated ; and aoine competent responsible person must supervise that machinery. A successful super visor must bo n capable man, an ex perienced man, and h courageous man. Ho must be reasonably well paid, definitely responsible to some body, nnd reasonably secure in his position as Ion# as he ia " efficient, What of the supervision of our edu cational aytilcm? What do we ex pect, and what have ?$. a right to expect ? , , What does the fundamental law of tbo State require in the office of the State Superintendent f I)o*>s it re quire that ho shall be an educated man, or a man of experience in school affairs, or a man who knows anything of teaching and of teachers, or a man himself qualified to teach f He is ex pected to direct the educational pol icy of a State, and to maintain a sys tem of school for over three hundred thousand children. What salary is offered to a man big enough t ?> fill this position? Nineteen hundred dol lars a year. How does this rank with the salary offered a man big enough to run one cotton mill f How does, he get the position, nnd on what do"i^ tlu? -*<wHH'it.y of it TtrpnTilt Wlmi" is likely to be his reward for any dis play of courage iu his office? Kvery second year lie is compelled to neglect the duties of his otliec for at least two months and to spend at least four hundred dollars to get the "Top-, portunity to speak ten minutes in each county telling the dear (indif ferent) people that he should bo re elected. Under our present aystem of electing the State Superintendent, and with the two-year tenure of officn the entire educational policy of the State may bo 'reversed inside one year. In a recent editorial The News and Courier pertinently says, "In late years the people have shown a growing improvement in .their esti mate of the p!?ee ;;f superintendent of education, choosing as a rule, train ed teachers for it,; ? ? ? but there is no assurance ro long as tho oflice is filled by popular vate that incapable men will not be elected to it solely becausc of their ingratiat ing manner, or as a reward for poli tical service. ? ? ? ? - ? ' Tho superintendent of education should be appointed by the governor or by a commission, after thorough investi gation and the salary should be suffix cient to command the services of ex perts, and at the same time remove them from temptation." A succession of able State super intendents could not build and main tain a system of high-class schools, unless the county supervision be good. The wisest policies of a State super- | intendent would avail but little un less tho county superintendents were able, willing nnd courageous enough to catry thfcse policies to success. In .the matter of administration the county auperintendency is thp key to the situation. Whst do we require of *the county superintendent, what do we expect, what do we get, and ? ? what do we give? Do we require that the -county superintendent shall bo an expert or experienced educator? Is ho required to have any knowledge of schools or of teaching? I| there anything to prohibit an illiterate from holding that offico? lite is not ? re quired to be competentlo .teach, ul tliough by law he is required to give his teachers instruction in the art and methods of teaching. Does tho county demand that itfl superinten dent be at least the equal of the super intendent in court house town? To be perfectly plain and honest, have we not hod men elected and re-elected to the "bffice pf county superintendent to supervise the whole county, who could not have been elected to any po sition in the best schools of their counticp.? Many of them would not essay to tench in the best schools of their counties. They understand full well that the public does not expect such fitness of them. That is our fault, not theirs. The_ public mind does not think of n county superin tendent as a man of education, ex perience, tact, and . leadership in school mattors. It thinks of him as a man who listens to neighborhood Quarrels" about district alines, ,,and about tho appointment atH? removal of irtletees, and who sits in his office one day in the week to sign teachers' pay warrant#. In speaking thus of incompetent county superintendents, ! have no in tention whatever of being personal. I am happy to count amongvmy best friends in the State many of the county superintendents. Many of J them are competent and efficient men," aacriflcing themselves on the altar of an unappreoiatAve public, for their regard1 is contemptible. We aelc for ty-two qualified men to direct over 6,200 teachers, to act as guardians for 314,000 children, and to jfceftp afi* * dieburae neaTlv a million and a dollars; we offer them an average of $6S4, an insult to an efficient The city of Oreenville has convinced ita^t that it ia economy to Oroeuville county pays its superiten dmt f/00 tu supervise 27ft tcachera. Simtlor paya itH city superintendent ?2,400 u year In direct 30 teacher^; Sumter county offers its suporinten ili ilt if !>00 to direct <ll>OUt 150 teach ers. It in a source of wouder why wo liavo 8 many efficient county super intendents a s we have. All honor to t ho competent man patriotic enough to sorve, his county on a contemptible salary I Hut shame upon a people w ho compel patriot inn to crawl in the tlUHt ! 1 know that we have some people who claim that our schools are al ready too much supervised, ? That do pends entirely upon what is meant by supervision. If it means the constant meddling in petty details, or tha jealous interference with teachers -in matters concerning only themselves, or the insistence upon teachers be coming cheap imitntors of a fad fltmd superintendent, then perhaps we have too inueh. But if supervision means the readinesa and ability to assist the teacher, the power to in spire her, the tact to prune and re flue and atrengtlnu her, and the man hood to Hustain her (and it usually does), then I dissent vehemently. All over the State we have young men Ami women who as teacher^ ought to succeed, but who are failing because they have no ono to advise them Slid to support them in tho crucial mo ments of trial. This is especially true in the rural and village schools. Is |t any wonder that the young tesch cr? llock to the towns. T *1? The rural schools must havonetter supervison. Nearly seventy per, cont, of the white "school children of this State are in tho rural schools. They are entitled to as good, and as close supervision i;* any other children Proper supervision can not be givon as Ion# as we miiltmly^ilio-ona.toneh- ? tt" RCh'OOls wHI? fifteen pupils each, and permit the popular election of supervisors at a salary of $084. On a salary of SW84 whqt can a county superintendent do toward tho real supervision of 150 teachers scat tot ed all over the county, in perhaps 100 school houses ? Require that the county superin tendent be on expert educator, let him be appointed by a board aiad re sponsible to (hat board, keep him in office as long as lie is elYlcient and pay him an expert 's salary. We shall find the men prepared to do tho work. Then we shall stop frittering away the school fund, increase the fund, ami we shall get' results. Soon er or later our pepole arc going to vonK! io iook at this matter some what os did Hon. John J. McMahnn in his report for 1000. Indicted For Violation of "Wflite Slavo" Lav/. . Washington, Special ? Charged with violating tho ''white slave" law by harboring in their homes alien wo men for immoral purposes, Grace Sinclair and Ida Drury were indicted by the grand pury here. The indict ments ore tho result of a raid by In spector Baldwin, of tho Department of Commerce and Labor, in following up an investigation of violations of the law prohibiting the importation of women into the country for im moral purposes. Young Heiress Kdnapped. Chicago, 'Special. ? Margaret Fran ces Miteliell, 8 years old, said to be an heiress to a fortune of $250,000, was kidnapped while on the street with her grandmother. The little gill was snatched by ono of the three men in an automobile and tak en away after the grandmother, Mrs, Caroline F. Mitchell, had been knock ed down. The police are working on ? a .duo that the child was taken out of tho city, probably to- Sparta, N. C PROMINENT PEOPLE. l)r. Alexander Mann was elected- - Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Wash ington, D. C. The villa of Theodre Frelinghuy? lieu, at Tuxedo Park, N. Y., was near ly destroyed by flre, Jt is reported In New York City that John W, Catea has ordered of Tiffany firteeu gold flnger bowl* to cost IfiOOO, _.'ohn J. Burnett, member of Con Kress from Alabama, Is the shortest man In the House, and Is less than five feet tall. .T. Ogden Armour, head of the great packing Industry, declared him Belf unequivocally in favor of an American-Chinese alliance. Hermit Roosevelt, second son of President Roosevelt, registered as a freshman at Harvard University. Ho will room at Clav.erly Hall. Tho Kev. Dr. Aked, of New York City, la discussing Sabbath observ ances, said Sunday dinner and bridge whist parties presaged disaster. The Rev. Dr. F. J. Kinsman, of the General Theological Seminary,.. >Jew -York <?ity. ha* bare chos-n as bishop of tbe Kplzcov<> Sr* of D*U.rare. The suite of apartments at No. *81 Rue du Faubourg St. Hon ore. Paris, where Sully-Prndhomme Pved, Is to he kept as h memorial of the poet. Young Marshall Field has shown marked talent for oratory in his last terra at Eton' College, Ensland. Ha aays, however, that If he wara not an American he should Join tho British ?jrhay. ?' Thos. P. FOw!er was elected head of the New York. Ontario and West ern Rallwsy Company for tbe tweu ty-second time. Mr. Fowler Is th* dean of th#- rttliwfej^fsldsntr^a NeiOfO) k a"d vlcInJQ^S j fl< [ ^ i GIRL FOUND SLUM - ON EVE OF WEDDING /Tfey'1 1 . ??- - - Mysterious Trageciy Occurs at Wadsworth, Ofcto. ARMS OF BODY WERE ff LOED Truck* of Horse Willi Oin> Shoo )^lUt? V Jug J>ca<1 Police to Arreit Rlcfc Vouug Guy, llasor, Her l?'lt?ace# For the Crime. ? Wadsworth, Ohio..? A crime will* lingular elements of mystery wan disclosed when the body of Miss Ora Etta Lee, a girl of twenty, was found on the highway, two miles from here, with two 'bullet holes through her head. > Guy Rftsor, a young man who be* longs to a wealthy family, is in the Medina County Jail, held on suspi cion. Ho was to have married MIbh Lee, and got his license from the authorities at Wooster. The arrest of Rasor wan brought about by the fact that the footprints of a horso with one of lta shoes lack ing were noticed in the road near the body. There were also prints of car riage Wheels, showing that the anl- < inal had been driven to the place of the tragedy and hitched to the fence and httd then been turned nround and driven back in the direction whence It came. The authorities found in Rasor'# stable a horse with one of Its shoes missing. The young man denies that he saw his flanceo after the night when he completed the arrangements for their marriage. : That Mlsn Lee'* fleath "">? a ninr. aer ana not a aulekle Is, proved by the fact that her body was found with the handa folded over the breast, apd th? lower limb*, straightened out. as it the corpse bad been carefully ar ranged after death. Her dress suit case was beside her on the ground. Her handbag was still on her left wrist, and her left hand clutched a handkerchief. There was no evidence * of a struggle. The police hesitate between two theories; one that the girl was slain' ; the u a Kaeor'e; the other that,* she died as the result of a Uulclda pact with Rasor himself. They sus pect that he shot Miss Lee and then lacked nerve to kill himself. There are some circumstances, the police say, which, po|nt to the fad-J that the gill expected to be shot. Mrs. George Stickler. * asked Miss Lee to stay with the baby while _ she. went to a dance. "I will If I'm not shot," Miss Lear replied. Earlier In the evening tlie girl, who had been hysterical all day, said that Bhe wished that she had the nerve to kill herself. The girl left the home with a satchel to take the train for It It. t man. where she said she would stay until morning and tU?n go to her grandmother's. L FARMER KILLS HIS FAMILY* " / ?' " -'p~ J ? v - Shoots' Pa t lie r- 1 n-La w? 8lster-in-LaW and Himself. Norfolk, Va. ? John Richardson, a wealthy young farmer of Lambert's rot tit, near here, shot and killed Bev erley Cromwell, bis f athetMq-law ; Josephine CromWell, his slster-ln law. and then fired a charge of bird shot through hit bralp. The man first shot Cromwell's hqrste, so as to prevent any chance -of the escape of Cromwell and his daughter. The Old man and the girl attempted to flee, but Richardson overtook them and shot them down without mercy. Miss Cromwell was leading Rich ardson's son, five years old, J>y the hand when she met death.. -Rich ardson blamed: the young woman fo? having caused his wife to leave him, , ? CRETE THROWS OFF YOKE. Breaks 3?!e to Sultan and Declares A | Union With Greece. I Canea, Island of Crete,? A decred announcing the union of Crete with Grece was published here. Turkey has. lost another of Its nom inal dependencies. The Island 06 Crete cut adrift from the anomalous position OT BMHf lHe ward of the* Powers, subject to the suseralnty of the Sultan, and declared Its union with Greece. Servia is the danger point In th? Balkan* by Its clamor for a war with Austria. Turkey has appealed to the Power* fop qulok action, and the Powers are busy devising schemes for a set* tlemsnt of the crisis, with., ."conkf pensatlon" to themselves. ^ 1 ? ? ? 1? *?* ;-kT $i,v -'J Smaller Supply of Pickle*. -jfeSrSTr' It is estimated that the 1908 su ply of pickles. is fully 70?,00<> 1m less than ? the - stock available _ year. The supply then was 3,00 000 bushels in excess of requlr ments, This gives a total est(mat< stock of 300,000 buthels ahead < the normal supply. There is an ward trend In tb$ market I7.CT) per fojrty-vflve-gallon 1000 pickles. ? " . - ? 1 " . ~'T m j Canadian Pacific Strike k General Manager Ba fy, (tdlan Pacific Railway, at Manitoba, egree(r,?o the of the striking mechanics them all back. all of tho Bast^nd -South. ^rfi -T-nTsr'-^i Jpovomougg 44 ?> v<rVP? r. -