The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 30, 1908, Image 1
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CAMDEN. 8. C.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER M. 1908.
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PALMETTO HAPPENINGS! OLD IN BRIEFS]
Qtourr?i\c?? y Interest Gleaned From All Sectiout o f tk? Bu?y
ftJmctto St?t?
J"roflto Glv?n on Dispensaries,
inUrill 8 S 1>e? ' ? T 10 A,e gorae
torly reiJ? Kjvc.*> il> the Muar*
on ma<Jo b.v Auditor West
tain h! C0Unfy (llHl)ensarien. The to.
?#>"**? on gal eg and percent-.
nit n, fl, ,flre Kiven n8 ^ell an I ho
? M* 11 is *Uow? thttt S??tw
fits withVw!?*81 l)er<?^n,tflKe of pro.
v lV?l fl0rc"cc' f^ond, and Abbe
!? ?\eu ^er coul' Charleston
u,in\ ?!?rRe,#l 8aU's with Hichland
?>,?. t i r? 'aiK08t net profit was
nude by Richland county with Char
icaron second.
wit'1 iwiotii quarters
' jree months ending with Scpteuv
o*r snow an m.-rease ovor the April
June^ quarter, but a decrease a? com
pared with the tlrst quarter of the
^?*r' ' "c figure* on sales and brcuk
flgo by counties arc given below:
A.Lou",,y Sales. Breakage.
ApoevjUc $ 32,494.31 $ 82.00
;*,kcIn" 63.369*44 600.11
Uamberg 18,304.70 121.12
H?rowe!l 40,495.05 495.05
lienufprt 26,696.40 174.90
- Berk.ley 13(523.53 77.15
Charleston .. .. 150,623.85 125.45
Chester 21,526.63 172.73
Clarendon .. .. 11,012.90 93.25
Colleton 15,653.92 137.00
Iiorchester .. ... 14,587.75 160.40
graW 1 4,885.50. 208.19
?rcnco 40,081.30, 230.25
Georgetown.. .. 26,173.25 44.02
Hampton 12,975.55 75.45
Kershaw.. . . 22^20.36- -162.20
? Laurens 37,188.03 170.95
17.372.23 ? 119.40
Lextington .. .. 14,974.26 41.80
Orangeburg .... 50.423.34 253 25
Richland 113,303.38 650.25
Sumter. .? 4. ... 41,582.55 142.50
r Williamsburg . . 18,689.97 25.65
Totals .$819,260,26 $4,272.19
Profits end Percentage.
The figures on profits and percent
age for the quarter are as follows;
County. Net Profit. P. C.
Aboville ?.$ 11,059.67 50
Aiken 18,051.85 40
Bamberg .. 5.319.52 41
Barnwell .. .. .. .. 8,993.35 28
Beaufort 6,657.30 33
Berkeley , . . 2.400.83 27
Charleston 27,7,86 33
Chester 6.490.12 43
K^ftnendon 2.207.39 25
Cclleton 2.538.94 19
Dorchester. . ...... 3.140.44 27
Fairfield . . 2,733.24 23
Florence .. .. .. .. 13,905.71 52
' Georgetown 7,177.78 37
: ; Hampton. T 3.309.97 34
" Kershaw 7,142.24 45
Laurens. . 11.710.04 45
"tee 4 332.55 33
7 Lexington 2.826.54 23
Orangeburg 14.055.14 39
Richland '. . 30,018.61 36
^Sumter 16,482,18 66
"* MiHfamsbttrg 4,457.59 31
? Totals. *212,862.39 35
? -faUgra. In Newberry.
Newberry, Special. ? A case of ihe
? new disease, pelagra, has developed in
Newberry, the victim being an old
colored woman, Anna Schurapert. 8be
bas been afflicted with the trouble in
a mild degree for three or. four
months. On Saturday, Drs. J. M.
^Kibler and W..O. Houseal were re
quested' to examine the woman a* to
her sanity bv the probate judge, be*
husband having reported that she had
"."lost her mind and desired that she
be sent to the hospital for, -the in
B8PP? where she could be- oare4 fov.
* ^ ?? *
Bitten by t Mad Dog.
Rock Hill, Special.? Mr. Thomas
of the Finley Dairy farm, who was
bitten by ft mad dog soveral days
ago, has* gone to New York to tako
> the Pasteur treatment. I
Tfrr*4"-' " rnm?mmmam
?? Fire at Ware Shoals.
, T Ware Bhonla, Special.? The home
S . and bam of Mr. A. C. Long were des
troyed by fire Sunday night. Evi
dence points to robbers having **t
the place on fire, the occupant* being
absent at the time. Mr. Long had
$400 insurance. The property be
gged to Col. J. II. Wharton.
r . Mining Machinery.
Gaffuey, Special. ? Machinery con
tinues to arrive to be used in mining
operations in lliis county. Ten oars
for the Flint Hill mine arc on the
way and will he duo to arrive in a
short time. Inquiries are being re
ceived by those interested daily in
regard to investing in these proper
tics, and as soon as coal can be pro
cured at a reasonable rate, the iroq
ore which the county contains in euth
fmniense quantities will be mined,
And Cherokee will become one of tbe
Jpryest mining centers in the Sputh,
New Enterprises.
Columbia,- SpeeltL? Tht secretary
of state issued a oommiseion to the
? Darlington La*id and Development Co.
1" tfhei capital js $5,000 and the pet*
tioners ere A- C. KoJIock and W. D.
Caggesball. A oommisaion was aW
iasued the Newberry Truat oompany,
capitalised at 130.000. The petition
ers aw M Siif b, W. O. Honseai,
C. H. J- S* Hunter tod H.
(X HoUowjp
Presbyterian* Meet In Burnt cr.
Sumteri Special.? After the open
ing exflrcitee of the synod the en
rollment indicated a large number
present at the first session of rynod.
Rov. Henry Alexander White, I).
D., of Columbia Theological semi
nary was clected moderator, and Rev.
H. W. Fraxer, I). D., of Andason,
was made temporary clerk.
The session of the morning was
opened with devotional exercises con
ducted by Rev. Alex. Martin of Rock
Ilill.
j The following standing committees
were announced by the moderator
Devotional exercises? ^ev.' J. P.
Marion, Rev. 0. (1. Mayes, Rev. II. A.
'Knox, I). J. Winn, ft F. Wilson.
I Bills and Overtures? Rev. B. P.
' Reid, Rev. 8. C. Byrd, Rev. Chalmers
I Eraser, Rev. James McDowell, Rev.
M. R. Kirkpatrick, Rev. 0.1 A. Black
bum, Rev. J. 0. Law, J. C. Knott,
J. W. Cunningham, W. B. Wallet!.
Judicial Business ? Rev. W. J. Mc
Kay, Rev. W. T. Hall, Rev. W, 8.
Bean, Rev. J. G, Richards, Rev. 8. C.
Caldwell, 0. W. Taylor, II. W. Bvice,
A. W. Inland.
Home Missions? Rev. Alex. Sprunt,
Rev. Alex. Martin, Rev. J. A. Wilson,
Rev. A, C. Bridgeman. Rev. T. D.
Onrtledge, Rev. Lowry Davis, Jas. S.'
White, George W. Hills, M. P. Nash.
The Narrative ? Rev. 8. M. Smith,
Rev. J. M. Ilolladay, Rev. W. II. Mc
Mean, Rev. A. G. Buckner, Rev. W. P.
Theological Sehiinary ? Rev. E. B.
Gillespie, Rev. J, K. G. Fraser, Rev.
W. H. Mills, Rev. J. C. Rowan, Rev.
R. T. Gillespie, Jr., Rev. I). W. Rich
ardson, A. E. Spencer, W. A. Temple
ton, A. A. Moore.
I Finance ? S. E. Welch, L. T. Wilds,
G. II. O'Leary.
! Minutes of GcnernI Assembly ?
Rev. Robert Adams, Rev. W. M. Mo
Pheeters, Rev. I). M. Mclver, Rev, A.
E. Spencer, Rev. R. K. Henderli4e, D.
R. Coleman, W. L. Boyd, A. P. John
stone.
Leave of Absence ? Rev. A. H. Mo
Arn, Rev. J. P. Stevenson, Rov. G
R. Ratchford, Rev. J. K. Coit, J. C
Foster. W. E. Saunders.
Presbyterial Records ? Bethel : Rev.
F. A. Drennan, Rev. A. S. Doak, Rev.
T. P. Burgess, J. W. Reed, ; Charles
ton: Rev. B. MnLcod, Rev. F. W.
Gregg, Rev. P. II. Moore, J .^F. Lem
on; Enoree: Rev. W. B. Arrowood,
Rev. 8. H. .HaY, W. B. Flanagan;
Harmon: Rev. J. T. Dendv, Rev. D.
M. Fulton, Rev. V. G. Smith. W. B.
Robinson; Pee Dee: Rev. J. K. Hall,
Rev. D. S. Lander, Rev. C. F. Rankin,
E. P. Mooro; South Carolina: Rev. W.
A. Hafner, Rev. C. F. Pirker, Rev. I
P. S. McChesney, L. B. Williams.
The narratives and stastical re
ports of presbyteries were read and
referred.
"Campflre Bill" Granted New Trial, i
Sumter. Special. ? Judgo Watts on
motion of L. D. Jennings, Esq., of
the Sumter bar, issued an order grant
ing a hew trial to "Jack MeComncr,
alias "Campflre Bill." the colored
man now serving, a life sentence in
the penitentiary for the murder tff
Mr. Ted Gailliard at Manning about
two years ago just as Cole Brothers'
circus was leaving the depot. The
motion was mado and granted on
grounds of after-discovered evident.
Conductor Campbell Killed.
Greenville, Special. ? Honrv Camp
bell. conductor on freight train on the
C. & G. division of the Southern, fell
off his train at Piedmont last week
and the engine passed over his bodv,
killing him almost instant Iv. He
was a young married man. His body
was horribly mutiliated. Tbo engine
was Lifting at Piedmont when the ac
cident occurred,
Steel Bridge Over Great Pee Dae.
. Cheraw, Special? The town of Che
raw bat contracted with the Joliet
Bridge & Iron Company, the lowest
bidder, to erect a steel suspension
bridge over the Great Pee Deo river
in place of the one washed away by
the recent flood. It will cost $20,000.
It may be completed by February 35.
Chili Fatally Burned.
Newberry, Special. ? Maggie, the
5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Lominick, who reaido in Cald
well township, about ai^ miles from
the city , was fatally burned on Fri
"
day last, dying a few hours after the
accident happened. The little ehild'a
clothing caught Arc from a fire in the
yard, where ahe was playing, and be
fore help could reach her she was so
terribly burned that slje never i al
lied from the eboefc. .
Contract Tot BUel Bridf *,
Newberry, Special?The aujftarvia
ora of Newberry and 8aluda counties
have awarded the contract for bnild
ing a steel bridge over 8?fada river
at Cta^pstt* to take the pttdfc of the
structure washed away by the late
flood. The contract has beeg award
ed to the Southern Bridge Company,
by Jumff i, Mfc
THE STATE'S SCHOOLS
BV ?Vr i? Wiij.um M. Hawiv
l Vi.M' " * C?rvUn*.
* ?? N?v?i?,
TJe Uuitf ot Study. ?There Is ?
?mall but tuibulent class 0f ot|)0N
Wiae waters who periodically belabor
the publie sehools. In their night..
?*res tbey see thousand? of tender
children murdered or maimed In tho
tw'nc."?,,00. ' ?nd ,*iv' ut
th.( .kJi. f uch wild Donsoijio
wo >1. . t* ??e ?ff?<"-making
people reru8o to heed them even when
iric" ou: ,omf "ai ?2s
aLi,.* wwte?* have warned ua
against one treat evil which we have
gone on ignoring? that of an over
crowded course of study. To he brief i
X,C ycarH ?*? o?r -luoators ^a il,'
'ou,r?fr,y, f
Uusivejy to the threw It's. a iust
.*!? ??l1" for ,?rich,d
jssr&ar^ a-,wid?r *>*** ??*?
! 1? th? Pl?P?l?. a u umber of sub
jects has been added. Now, in order
iakZTY*a*V?*\vit ,ual *?*WTi
[ ,J'? ^t?Uj Board of Education
r,t"mi?rbr. "?, S,'W?I? tor nny
Instead it has adopted text
book, covering ? rather ,v?,le r."ge
??rlv ? l' U".a K.'?"'",<l "'<??<? ui(o
Maily Riad??, leaving each school to
make up a course or courses from this
c? bmldin^ of ? well-balanced
oert r dyl.'8 Jhe Work of ??? ex
claim r? ^ralft Ve,y few tellers lay
^I t ? t,mt Ktn^? of fltneBa. Yot
each teacher, or" ill IeasFeaeh princi
pal, experienced or inexperienced
?>ets about to make his own course'
I liconcK prejudices and .tastes begins
er is ? ne rt,?8ter>'' ??e teach
er is an arithmetic crank, and his
course b?8 but little else in it; an!
thoi s favorite subject is ^ammar
Pnrse evrkn hiR PUp !8 fl"alyze and'
haa'no i ,?i ,n 8'ffkt ;j another
?rnn, ? . to ? ?r *coX?Ph', and he
practioaly omits it; another "dotes
nut tn?L ?"d tfie w,lole school is
put , to memorizing and reciting irems
era who al ?f tho>??irh-?>ing teach'
f, " , ,e everything literally, put
the who!* adopted list into~one course,
??J? U to every pnpi, Jn
in ?( fiT?f.t.dca,.?f ifcnorant anr!
J criticism is made against tho
xeDti?,,d t/kss *han*? ?f text
books. It would be neither wise nor
?0'!, 10 tnve n the
saroo reader, through two or three
es, 01 to use the same geography
throuKh II, e 411,. 511, end Cth ^de
U ",e h?"k i> "'""oil
lo his advancement when lie hejrins it
ui't8ahrs,onnhl<? ?? sbv ,h?i ?'"?->?
hie Hf? A ?r.ihree >"?<? later in
?M8 life. And if a teacher were to
keep the child of one o ttheee ZJ?
fill guardians of tho schools in a
vear? fV * f?r inatance- f?r three
Ram? guardian would make
smell nf m,!8u0f ?theJ loc?1 ^wspaper
of sulphur 111 declaimimr against
the outrage (then fail to sien Jhla
name). On the other hand, many of
rL'f l9 1? needle95ly tax the "pat
uu i0 ,' and bl,rdei1 the chil
dren with books. Let me give con
nnhS TV' haVe *UBt exRmi"ed the
published course of study in a ten
grade school in one of our towns. In
that course are prescribed flfty-flve
eparate texts, exclusive of copy
efc Tn fl *u b?,?kB' 8Cratch pads,
eto. In the school are ten teachers.
In another ten-*rade school, with
four teachers, there are sixty-four
texts prescribed. In the first men
tew . , t.bere *re ten separate
texts required in the seventh (Trade:
in the second mentioned school e\evl
en texts are i riven in the eighth grade.
nh?oTerL u Pu?ht to haye the best
obtainable book in every suibiect he
Pursues and he ought t7bave all the
books he needs ? books suite^ to his
tl\ !Id a.dvanc?tt?"t, but I protest
t^at the above mentioned courses are
out of reason. To undertake to tench
a these books to any one ehild in the
allotted time would make old Bos
rates catch his breath. In the flvit
case it would teem that the course
given was measured by the phvaieal
endurance of the teachers? ten teach
ers pitted against ten sets of children.
In the second case the physical en
durance of the teachers was no limit
~?our, tY55m pitted again8t ten
sets of children. ..
*1,^ 8r?,?^a^ ^rom advocating only the
!c~*.ree ^ 8 ln the common schools, but
our schools are undertaking too much,
in the quantity of work and the kin'd
of work. School work must bo eir
eumsenbed by time, space, and tho
ability of the pupil. Take the eighth
grade course already mentioned. Of
the eleven texts prescribed, nine are
to be pursued at the same time. It
is no figure of speech to sav that if
a child s time is the dividend of a
division, the quotient, or result,
J?T in the
thl\% 7**? of 1 chi,df" school life
Very ProPSrly devote much
?me and energy to oral reading. Bat
Wi
*."r?h
hs reaches the high ^ehool his oral
^ .^5 t^iroagih.ffoin
^ printed p*fs. IndcedTmsny ?
ooljege student and not a few teaeh
I? ?1u.tor
same rfetiooi and in U>o same classes
is a xvidc range of ability, tast?? and
op|>ort unit >v among* the pupils. The
bright ?tul pretqpioiu mind, t lu* slug
gish bn^ refeotiv? mind, and Iho dull
mind are found side by side. The
pupil of robust body and vigorous
health, the one of uKible hotly and
delicate health* and the one with am
ple time for every task nnd the one
uith fbaUt time for any task all go
to tho sftino school. The unpardch
able gin of (he schoola is to bunch
thrm together, givt tlum the same
work, and lequire all to measure up
to a common standard. flod made
thrm in different molds, and it is ufce
lees for the schools to try to iguorc
the differences. It is unnatural and it
is wrong. To march abreast twenty
five ehjllren in one grade up to a
given dead line is neither possible
nor desirable. Children with diverse
abilities, tastes, and opportunities
should not he required to progress
with even step through such divtihe
subjects as mathematics, language,
history, and drawing. If a hoy van
do the language work of .the sixth
grade, but is .prepared ' for otib' the
4th in mathematics, put him j'ist
where he is titled to go. "Oh, he
would not fit into my program," says
some one. Theft make the program
lit the. hoy. The possibility of doing
this is one of the great advantages
that the small country school' has over
the closely graded school.
There is, another thing which needs
to be dinned into the ears of our
people ? both teachors and parlous?
that it is folly for a school with nine
grades and two teachers to undertake
to, do what a seluiol with nine grades
and six teachers accomplishes. The
two-teacher school may he the better
school within its limitations, ' but it
must keep within these limitations.
A~ojie-horsr fnrmcr^vtin Avmitd rlnim
lo be. able! to grow as many crops
and us large crops as a four-horse far
mer would grow, would be langhted
at. Little David could not llyht in
big Saul's heavy and cumbersome ar
mor, but with a sling and a pebble ho
did effective work.
PROMINENT PKOTLK.
Hamilton FIbIi resigned as Assist
ant Treasurer of the United States at
New York.
Frank P. RargenU Commissioner
General of Immigration, died lu
Washington, D. C.
A rousing reception was given to
Cardinal Gibbons on his arrival in
Baltimore from Pvome.
The Rev. Dr. Alexander Mann, of
Boston, declined the office of Prot
estant Episcopal Bishop, of Washing-"
ton. I). C., to which he was recently
elftetfri. ??
Denman Thompson Is saventy-flve
years old. 1-Ie created the character
of Uncle .T<*?h in "The Old Home
stead" thirty-three years ago, and.
since' that time has played no other
part.
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, of Philadel
phia, has been elected a foreign Fel
low of'the Royal Society of England,
the oldest and most distinguished
scientific-society in the English-speak
ing world.
The Kev. Francis J. McConnell,
pastor of tho New York Avenue
Methodist Episcopal Church, of
Brooklyn, has accepted the Presiden
cy of lie Pauw University, at Green
castle, Ind.
The Rev. John tP. Peters In a ser
mon at the Cathedral of St. John the
Divine, New York City, declared
labor ? unions, next to the public
schools, were the greatest force in
educating the masses,
Rear-Admiral Evans In a magazine
article asserted that President Roose
velt told him the Atlantic fleet would
circle the globe ? a statement which
Mr. Loeb, the President's Secretary,
promptly denied at the tlm*.
The father of President Castro, of
Venezuela, is still living in the Andes
at the age of olghty-four and has liv
ing twenty-flvo sons and thirty-four
daughtera, by bIx succesilvo wives.
The youngest child is four years old.
NKN'SY OLlCANINCiS.
A great. exodus of Americau tour?
lstfl from London has started.
Tha opening of the historical con
gress In Haragossa, Bpain, was de
layed by floods.
9 The report of the Kansas CUy
Southern railway showed a surplus
of more than three millions.
By the call lug out of more union
men In the part? mills the press of
the country la threatened with o
shortage. .
Roman Catholic notables were
present at the cornerstone ceremon
ies +>t n uew $2,000,000 cathedral In
St.**Louts: " m'-"
CantaTn Joseph T. Drown. of Bir
ney, Moht., Democratic candidate for
Presidential elector, died In a St.
Louis hospital..
Herren Hackatetter and Schrelder
wore rescued from the balloon Plau
en. which fell into the "North Sea, j
and 'were landed at Hull, England.
The forty-ninth annual report of
the Stat* Insurance Department,
made public at Albany. -N, Y., showed
a decrease in the life insurance busi
ness.
Colin and Fallot. with fifty-eight
other thoroughbred* -belooitlng -to j
Keen*. Delnaont. Whitney and Hlteh
cOek. nailed for England On the Min
nehaha. ?
Martial law was declared In the
Turkish pro*ln~e? of Aaia Minor
owing to reactionary- agitation. and
4 m*s??ore of .Tews has occurred At
Baadad.
A New York syndicate Is forming
to take HMftO.ooo of a I7B.000.000
loan sought by Braril to wait ifca
coat of a vain effort to cornetUhe
coffee market,
It waa brought out at the Morse
Curt la trial 1lTNaw York Cltjr that
the National Bank of Northjtoerlc*
lent hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to two clerks.
0?r tooeh of faahloa makaa an
A r ?? * \J h*5 ?vv *?* ?- *'V ?
KILLS BRIDEGROOM
% WEDDING TRIP
Rejected Suitor Shoots His Suc
cessful fclva1.
TRIES TO MURDER THE 6RI0E
Widowed Wife of mi Hon* Defend*
Heraelf Until lTnd? Thrusta Ifl*
Thumb Under I'iatol IJumuiei*?
Professor Vau Ingen KUlrd.
PlaQuemlne, Li. ? Three yeara ago
Ml?i Mainly Rhorer, daughter of an
ex-Major of Alexandria, Jilted Frank
S. Heauvro after having promlned to
uecoms his wife.
While the girl and ber huaband of
three hours were speeding on a train
to New OrloMua for their honeymoon,
the rejected auUor entered the *-ar, '
congratulated the bride upon her
marriage, then drew h pistol and shot
the bridegroom dead acrosi her lay.
The man whom Keauvro *lew waa
P. F. Van Ingeu, one of the wealth
ier young planters of Louisiana. ?{
Bcauvru had turned the gun from '
Van lugeu and was about to ulay the I
bride when passengers ovurpoworcd
him. |
The wedding occurred at Alexan- ^
dria and was the society pvenc of the
Bsason.
''^he girl told Beauvre that sh*i re
jected him for Van Ingen becauau she
not only loved thr latter more, but
also because he had no "Creole
French" blood in h s vein-. Beauvre
went inVay without a word.
Ke was in town, bu. did not attend
thu rjitdinaii}.' A cro.vd of . frier. du
xaw' Thro renrpto otrtor NOW Ui'l?a:?a7
bu>. tney did ;.ot kso Heauvre clamber
aboard i he pani'i train.
in* evening Beauww w?nt
1 n v u uie couc.i where the bride and
fji'com bh:. He took tho neat oppo
site, and leaning across the alBle,
t a . c* * 0 u^n
"Congratulations to you both."
'""nauk you," eald the bride, with
a smile. "We are very happy."
.?m she Booko sho turned to her
husband and laid hor arm across his
Bl;ouldera.
"'Jhis {b too much!" cried Btfauvrs,
and, pulling the revolver from his
no^ec, shot Van Ingen through the
, head.
\eit he tried to murder tho young
widow, who saved herself by a plucky
light until her uncle thrust his thumb
under tho hammer of lleauvre's pis
tol and seized the slayer.
Tan lngen's head fell Into tho lap
of his brtde-widow, and ho expired
wl'.hln a few niinuter.
- ? .3f^f^ivrc dccmTcd thnt lie uniy re
gretted thai he could not Bend tho
"false woman" to Join ber dead hus
band.
Mrs. Van Ingen, tho bride, followed
her husband's slayer from the train,
and was only prevented from attack
ing him by passengers and police of
ficers.
~ ? 1 't 1 ' " ?*
DKTKCTIVK SHOT FOIt BURGLAR.
- ' T*" "
Killed by Mistake "While Looking For
Hoiuebrenkerp.
Pittsburg. ? Mistaking each other
for highwaymen two Pittsburg de
tectives opened Are on each other
on the North Side. James Farrell
fel? d<?E<? with five bullets in his body
and with his gun still smoklDg.
Clyde Kdeburn, who had killed the
man whom he thought was a mur
derous highwayman, and who had a
bullet hole through his own cloches,
serpen a match to search the body
nnd was horrified to find by his badge
that the dead man was a detective.
Edeburn and Farrell did not know
each other. One had been a detec
tive In the city of Allegheny before
It became m?rged with Pittsburg, the
other was one of the main city
oleuthr, ? .
BOY DI1) THE ROBBING.
Old Man Covered Kansas City Rail
road Trainmen With Gnni.
Tvansas City. ? A man fifty years
old, followed by a boy of fourteen
years, pushed open the rear door of
the caboose of a 'Frisco freight train.
"Hands up," one satd as two pis
tols were pointed at Elmer G. Butch
er, the conductor, and William M.
Smith, a brakemac. The trainmen
obey.
"Xow, sonny, go through them,"
the older man said to the boy. While
the robber kept the railroad men cov
ered with his platoli the boy went
through their pockets and took $22.60
and their watches.
r,he robbers tied the two trainmen
with ropes and left the train as it
neared Kansas City.
TWO KILLED III CIRCUS DIIEl
Cowboy and Police Captain Shoct
Each Otl'.cr at Guifpojt, Mis >.
I The "5'inl* Knitiultd I.iUe Ono am.1 t !*?*
Meu l' t II Dead Side S ? vl
in tilt' HittST.
Mobile, A'.* Two men ilo1 ctv?i
other deai In I '.',4 circus line of the
Miller Brother*' M01 HaucV Wild
Writ Show In Gulfpoit, Miss., f.ud n
riot followed tbst wouU have v??aU
ed In many, mora fatalities if the
Mayor had not rush?d a large-body of
policemen And constables to tbs ??pot,
Ono of the duelists wa* J. on Seely,
a cowboy belonging to t h o show. The
other was Lee Varnado, captain, of,
police. Varnado lost his life because
he disdained to decline a cliallonna
to fight to the death from Saaiy
striking a club out of ths cowboy a
band In time. to save a teutmin. Roth
men were killed inamntly. flK-jlf'a
bullet entered Varnado's mouth raid
rainy out at tho back of the captMn's
head. Tho policHinun'o shof. went
through the cowboy's eye nud trav
ersed tho oraln.
Quarrels aropi among the show
employee when tbo outfit was pulling
stakes to leave the town. Bsely was
on the point of stunning a teutman
with a club when Captain Vnrnado
rushed up and knocked the weapon
out of his hand. Tha cowboy, cry
ing, "I'll kill you for that!" whipped
out his plsto'. Varnado took out Ills
revolver at. the same time, and the
two backed to opposite sides of tho
ring. Tho shots sounded like one,
and tho men, staggering toward each
other, fell side by side in tho ccntre
i of the ring.
: A. furious attack on the showman
i by tho villagers followed. Shots
! wero firrd by both Bides. The cow
I boya .and other show employes stoo l
! about- the dead iu?n and renulst'd
too aitacu nrmly, ?o swift was tho
Mayor's action that tho riot was
stopped heTore, r.ny mis was huri.
But the cowbojrt had to lake the
cowgirls and Indian squaws out o'
.town between two columns, and they
rodo on their way with revolvers lu
. their hands.
| ^MAJOIi ROBINSON A SUICIDE.
| Mobile Politician \Vas Considered
Next in Line For Governor,
Mobile, Ala. ? Major Edward Mil'."
phy Robinson, thirty-five yeaya old,
an influential politician, a spe-'.ker o!
national note and next in line fo, the
I Governorship of Alabama, committed
| suicide by shooting while his family
; wero at dinner in their home. No
causo is known.
Major Robinson excused himself
after eoup was served, and, stepping
Into tho library adjoining, blew out
his brains. Hq married tho daughter
of P. D. Barker, postmaster o" Mo
bile, two .years ago, and his wife and
one child survlvo him.
. T
JOKE} CAUSES INDICTMENT*
New Yorker Gives a Woman a Dad
Coin For Fun,
Detroit. ? Luclau T. F. Tull, audi
tor of the New Amsterdam Gas Com
pany, of New York, was indicted by
tho Federal Grand Jury here on tho
charge of passing counterfeit money.
Tull brought with him when he
came to Detroit fo:- a vacation last
summer a .'oi. or counterfeit coins
taken out of the gas company's slot
machine meters in New York and
gave some of them as a joke to a
woman whom he met here, His ac
tion came to the knowledge of a Sp.
cret Service agent and he was o;?
rested.
Parseval Falls 0000 Feet Unhurt.
The Parseval dirigible balloon met
with an accident at a height of 6000
fesc near Berlin, Germany, as a re
sult of which it became unmanage
able and dropped rapidly down to tha
earth. Majo^ Parseval and hi* as
sistant succeeded in making a safe
landing, The accident consisted In
the bursting of the coraoartmeu/
forming th? tall of the airship,
Austrian Reservist Called Home,
Frederick Kemer, a graduate ot
the University of Vienna, who has
been studying mechanical engineer
ing at Cornell University, Ithaca, N,
T? went back to Austria in response
to a call to join the Army Ressrvf
Corps, to which ho it attached,
Porte's Protest Stands.
Constantinople.? Xiamll Pacha de
clared that no Turkish Minister would
ever consent to withdraw the Porte's
protest against the annexation of Bos
nia and Herzegovina by Austria.
INVENTORS SHOW MORE ACTIVITY.
?3 8:527 Applications Tor Mechanical Patents Made
This Year. I
Washington, D. u. ? Inventors of
every cIrbs In this country exhibited
greater activity in 1908 than in the
year .preceding. Ktiw&rd Bruce
Moore, Commissioner of Patents, out
lines the work of this department as
follows: R 8.527 applications for me
chanical yacsuie, 1091 applications
2br designs, 207 applications for re
Issues, 2038 cavaate. .
, He reports a falling off in the reg
istration: of trade marks; 7407 ap
plications for registration of trade'
marks. S10 applications (or labels
and 339 applications for registration
o t prists weranttted, and ot these )
there -.were registered 6135 trads
? r.Tpiwni'niiMi ???irwwwwn?
Brseches Buoy Bares Kfcbt Lives,
f Ths three-masted schooner Plort
Rogers. Captain Lowry, from George
town, 0. C., for New Haven, Coha.,
I lumber lgden, wasdrlve??feehoro_oft
I Bodies Island, N. C.. Captain Lo*j-y
and hie ?rlfe, from Bath. Me.. Mid
six "lejsirero rescued by the life sav
ers in the breaches buoy.
r ;
.?? "" ??? t"*f . . *?**?
Pierce Host Go to Texas.
H. Clay Pierce must' fco to Texas
coi*" tr
marks, f38 labels nrd 370 prints.
The total receipt* ol the offica were
$1,874,180.75; the total expend!*:
tures, 91,608,292.01; the grand total
pet surplus of receipts over expendi
tures. including the past fiscal year,
Teas $6,972,070.38.
TbH amount of profits derived from
the issuance of patents' is large,
enough, the Commissioner maintain?,
to b9 used for the construction of q
new Patent Office building. The
Commissioner says that treatise en
tered into with foreign countries will
be o* great value to matfufacturbra
and inventor o? this country w
have foreign trade relations
Acquitted Under the Unwritten Lett,
Bsttlng up the pita of the unwrlt
court each day and applauded testi
monjr favorable to the defense.
Latest News
BY WIRE.
TtVO I ; V ? |)li> ill lhv.
Howell, Mich,? Two t ji civf.n lira
dead and tht motha:- uiul nnotht#
child were fatally lnjurel as a ve*~
?ult of h firs la a faviunouse near
Oak Crove. The dead th# Alverla
Kiel, aged two month*, and Donna
Hie), aged two aud a half yea.
Dies to Save Dog.
Sandusky, Ohio.?- Captain John
Roblneon, of the barge Cut.sr, waa
killed at Kelley Island. The boat
was docking when a pet dox fell over
board. Captain Hobineon jutuped
Into the water to gave the dog and
was caught between the V5*?el and
dock. He was crushed no badly he
died on the way to the hospital here.
?
j Tillnmn Family Re anion.
Augusta, Ga.? Senator Tillman ar
rived at his bonin in Trenton, 8. (?.
The Cay was celebrated by a family
reunion, all of the Tillman family
from various par.s of tha fc'lr.' j being
pres?u.
Xho Chester's Final Ti.'aT.
Washington, D. C. ? Tuo scout
6.ruiutfV Chester, said to be the fastest
naval vessel above 1600 tons din
placement afloat, nas completed her
final acceptance irlal. "She main
tained a speed of twenty-ihree knots
tor twelve hours aud 26.1 knot lot
four hours. '
I*
Wmr.an Willi gSOOO Lost.
Chicago.? The police W4r$ r&
ues>ed to ssarch for t Irs. George .
Williams, who, with $3000, left Hfc"
v.aukee, Wis., a wee* ago, to visit
fin' caufllKsr; .Mr?. CharH'B Audmuu,
at. Au.'o. a, 11'., and has not been seen
V,vs. WMllnrna Is asvality-fpuyp
..i ,?Mi #Jm ?
Ocnu'.ud l>'or v.r.i'8 CirotvS- .
Chicago.? The fortnightly raport
of thi ex.' efficiency cuiuinltteai ?
snowed q fur the:' decrease of- 18,766
In the number of surplus cars, which
bringi the total down to 115,030*
The principal par: of this decrease
is in coal and gondola car.*.
Forbids Siaio Coui't to Act.
. Xausas City, Mo. ? FederAl Judge
Smit.i McPherson made permanent
his injunction granted in June last
'year 'orblddlns the Probate Court p t
I Buchanan Couuty, Missouri, from de^
'daring Mls$ Mary V. Burnea Insane.
She ;? heir to $1,000,000 of tha
Burlies es.ate at St. Jogeph, valued
ri; several million dollars. ' . /
Ofllclnl Killed hv
Newport, TruTB^to flUP
dick died In the Newport Hospital, of
which institution he was treasurer,
of injuries received when he was
struck by an electric ear, his skuU
?being fractured..
The Original Stage Topsjr D eatf. ...
1 Boston, Mass. ? Mrs. George Q.
Howard, formerly Caroline B. Fox, a
well known actraaa some years ago,
died in Cambridge. Mrs. Howard
was horn in Boston In 1829. She
first appeared on the stage In juven
ile parts at the old Tremont Theatre
with Edwin Forrest, Chfcrles attff
Kenny Kemble, J. P.. Scott and other
stare of that period. Miss Fpx mar
ried George Ct Howard in 1844,
was an actor and manager, and wm
the firai to prodnca tha accepts^" Ver
sion of "Uncle Tom'a Cabin," and :'
Mr r. Howard appeared In the original
cast on the first nfxht of its produe.
tlon as Topsy at Troy on liapcember
27, 1852.
Mr*. James B. McCreary Ileal.
Richmond, ' Kr.-r-Mrs. Jams
McCveary, wife of thp settle*-?...,*?
tor from Kentucky, died at her home
berj after a long lllneM^mHOrfgS
BY CABLE.
J*! *_S
Americans at Kodau'a Funeral.
'"okio, Japan. ? The funeral of Gen#
era: Count Michltaur* Nodau occurred
whpn full military services were ct>
ried out on Aoram* pavade ground,
'~he military etserc whle'a followed
the body to ihe guard o' hon<v *
marched betide the cofflr. n,
op a flag-draped gun carriage,
headed by Admiral Togo, Fleet
mlral of Japan t Marquis Ito and
twelve other Admirals and General*, &
Admiral Bperry, commander of the*
American ?e?:, attended th* funeral,
??? " ? ? .* ? 1 ?"
Kins'* Messenger Deal.
London.? -Lieutenant Arthur Jer*>
my Mounteney Jephson, who had
been the King's Messenger since
*901, and prior Jo that the Queen'e
Messenger since 1823, is dead.
Bi|? Airship Race in 1909.
E#ris. ? The Aero Club of France
has decided to organise a b?K aero
plane fiie?slJiis in the autumn of 1909.
when the Grand Prix d'Avlatlon of
|20 09s will bo competed for
BfTd Unveils Bnrko
: ^b.?an?3^y W
tht? .vmer.can Ambassador,
a tablet in ihie city in mi_
Kdnrund Enr'.tr. the, catebrati
lieli statesman and orator.
Independence For Cnba.
--Havana. ? ' Cuban,
have tsausd a mi
| t>o tint
i&fttles