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O- FRIDAY. MARCH 11), 11?01?. PALMETTO HAPPENINGS 10LD IN BRIEFS K.14, f\, , (Niiirmtiia ff Intend Fmn Alt ImIhui y tfo Bmy '* Mattti ftitt V - i Wl* Against Tuberculosis. Aiken, Special.? Mix* Su?)e 8. Hiv ?oel has been employed by the Aiken County Anti-Tuberculosis league as * trained nurse to assist the league in its work for the prventioq of the white plague. The league has been ?s*y active in its inauguration 'of,* war against consumption., Altho^h - tfce league has been organised only a /?W weeks, practical results are now being obtained, and the people at? being instructed in the means of pre* venting the disease. It is only in rcent years that means for ooping with this dread disease hare been discovered, and this knowl edge is not yet prevalent among the people, and the dissominatipn of this knowledge is the primal objifet for the lftafue in this country. No dues are paid for membership in the league, but voluntary subscriptions are being received by the officers of the prose cution of the work. M>ny, of the Northern visitors have liberally help ed in this work. Mips Rnveqel has already ? com- 1 ?aenced her work. She devotes the forenoons to the work, making visits to all parties Vrho may rteed her as aesistance, which is given, not from a aei stance, which in giveii? not from a oharitable standpoint, but a matter of giving valuable suggestions for the eanng of patients, prevention of the spread to ot^cr members yjf the fam llv and to persons with whom infect ed persons may eome in contact. Miss Kavencl has had long ezperienct as a nurse, and she has entered the work j with spirit. She will make periodical reports to the' president of the league, Dr. Fillmore Moore. The trained, nurse will conduot her i vwork in conjunction with the board of health. Miss Ilevenel will also consult with the physicians of tbe city and work in conjunction with them. Cases that are reported to her as needing tissistance or advice she will visit. The objoct of) this is, of course, to prevent the* further spread of the disease^ and it is stated that wfcere persons refuse to heed friendly and voluntary suggestions for sanita tion and safety, of the people against tuDerculosis, such cases will be re ferred to the board of health to take such action as they see flt for public ?afety. governor Ansel Karnes Staff, s Colombia, Special ? -Governor M. F. Ansel has issued the following: "X do hereby moke the following Appointments 'oh the ^military ataff of the .Governor, to wit^ Assistant Ad jutant General, Wm. T. Brock, col ?nel, Columbia; quarterrflaater gen et?.l, Wm. F. Stevenson, colonel, Che raw; Judge Advocate General, Benja Sun A. Morgan, colonel, Greenville; coppnissary general, Robert P. Ha mer, Jr., colonel, Hamer, S. C. ; chief of ordnance,' David W. DAniel, col onel, Clem son College; aide* do camp, William W. Moore, colonel, BarnwcJlj Jos, Q, Wardlaw, colonel, Vorkville ; Daniel 0. Herbert, colonel, Orange burg; military secretary to Governor* Chas. H. Cabaniss, colonel, Columbia ; aides de camp, David R. Oecv, lieu teq^nt colonel, Belton; Francis Sf Evans, lieutenant colonel, Greenwood^ Alvin Ethoredgc, lieutenant colonel^ Saluda; William &anks, lieutenant colonel, Columbia; Thos. B. Butler, lieutenant colonel, Gaffney; Saml. T.' MoGravy, lientenant colonel, Spar tenburg; Hal T. Buck, lieutenant col onel* Cbnway. ("Signed) . . M. F. Ansel, , r "Governor" ( Wind Md Rain Saved Johnston. , ? Johnston, Spcoial,? -At 0:40 o'clock Tuesday the ory of fire was give o and as A strong aoutheaatevly wind WM blowing fear and dread, filled tUo entire town, for all knew that tkjey were at the merey of the flamefc,-as there is no protection from Are what ever. The fire originated in the miU linery store of Mia. May Taylor, a wooden building. ? ,*? . ? r !,? Rock Hill's Water Supply. Rock Hill, Special. ? The Hock Hill Water, Light and Power Company is progressing fine with the t\p w wf 11 it has been drilling for some time near the standpipe. The rfell is 12 inches in diameter, and will be drilled to a depth where abnndant water can be secured. At the 125-foot! mark a thictness of about 10 feet .of granite was drilled throngh. . The ^ork is be ing done in the most systematic man ner, and when completed it is thought the well wiU furnish an abundant water supply, both for domestic and ftre; nse. Incendiary Tin la Aiken. AikSD, Sepcial. ? At 2 o'clock Thursday morning the gift house of the ftklmatto fanns was honied, and I Blow to LUuor Drarnm. Columbia, Special. A bill of mom loan ordinary interest that wm p?M ed at the recent session ia one to make it a misdemeanor to solicit order* for liquor./ The bill started in thf Senate to provide for a faney licenae to solicit orders, but it waa changed ao aa to make it a misdemeanor to solicit ordere. The A*t aa approved reada : "Section 1.. That each and every person, whether acting for himaelf or M agent for anv person* tiro or cor poration, who shall conduct the buai ness of liquor drummer, soliciting or receiving oWers for Inter-State ship ment within any county within thia State, except as now authorized by law, any apirituous, malt, vinous, fer mented, brewed, whether lagar or rice boer, or other liquors or beverage#! or any compound or mixture which con taina alcohol and ia used as a bever age, ahall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on eonvietion fined in s sum not exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment for not exceeding six months, or both fine and imprisonment in the discre tion of the Court." Tried afttir Twenty Tears. Cheraw, Special.? A ease of more than usual interest was disposed of at the Criminal Court for Chesterfield County last week, the case of the State vs. Parker Moore, charged with murder. Nearly twenty years ago, in 1889, Pjsrker Moore, a young man not yit 20, of good family, shot one Jordan, in the leg with a shotgun and. immediately surrendered himself to the sheriffjjrJaiming that the deed was done in /tefonco of his own lifc, and wan placed ? in the county jHil to Owait the result of the injuries to Jordan. Jordan died, and Moore, fearing the drift of public sentiment that ran high on account of several homicides, escaped from jail and went to Texas, tyherc he marrvd and lived quietly with his family until recently when he was brought back and convicted. The sontence was made light and a pardon will be sought at an enrly day. Dr. Crum's Successor. ; Charleston, Bpocial. ? A Washing ton dispatch says, it is fairly certain ,that E. W. Durant will become the nuflMRor of Dr. Crum as collector of ^he port. Postmaster W. L. Harris, of the city, and Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock, \yho is Mr. Harris's close friend, called upoh President Taft Monday and consult ed with him in regard to the matter. Mr. Harris went to Washington sev eral days ago for the purpose of dis cussing Crum's successor vith the President. The general belief there is that Mr. Duriftit's name will be sent to the Senate when the extra sossion begins next Monday, and that there will be no trouble as to confirm ing the nomination. Mr. Durant is a Vale graduate aud a man of consider, able means. It is believed that his appointment would give general satis* faction here. JMrst Death Penalty in About 15 * Tear*. Laurtni, Special. ? For the flrat time in about 10. years a Laurens jury has returned a straight verdict of murder without recommendation to mercy. This occurred Wednesday afternoon in the court of general ses sions when the jury returned a ver dict of guilty in the case of the State vs. John Henry Anderson fpr the murder of his father-in-law. Ander son shot and killed old Joseph Carter at tho Cedar Grove church at the funeral of one of Anderson's chil dren. Anderson shot Carter in the back and without immediate provo cation. - Killing at Seneca. Columbia, Spcoial. ? A special to Tho Btato from Seneca, aayi: Deputy ShorilT W. F. Corbet and hit brother, Charles, were killed at the house of J. B. Palmer, near Walhalla, at 10 o'clock Monday night. It is said that Corbet had a warrant for the arrest of .one of the Palmers. Palmer, hit wife, ono of his sonss and his daugh. ter are all slightly wounded, Bitten by fiabid Dog flaffney, Special. ? Mr. J, Volney Sarratt, one of QalTncy 'e most prom inent citizen*, was bitten by a dog in the city on Fridav. He was walking along a street in the mill village, when the dog ran out from a house and bit him pretty severely on one of hit lege. The dog later bit a woman of the mill village and was killed by it? owner. .Mr. Sarratt obtained a mad stone ffcrm Mr. H. M. Johnson and applied same to the wonnd with the result that it adhered for about eight hours. He will leave for Atlanta, where he will take the Pasteur treat ment. ....???? Uncle Sam's Soldier* Indicted. Columbia, Special.? President Tay lor, of the State Audubon Society, Wednesday aeon#*! warrants from Magistrate Fowles bers against the eleven Federal soldier* stationed at Fort Moultry accused in an article in Tbe Ifowt and Courier of having jobbed an eagle nist of its young on James slland Sunday. Mr. Taylor is having papers seat down for oervioa. ? .i; ^ END OF COOPER CASE IN SIGHT The Attorney General Concludes Hie Speech Begun Saturday and Judge But Order* ? Recess te Prepare His Ohslrge- Ths Judge's Obarge, II U Believed, Will Be abort and the Oas# Will Probably Qo to tbe Jury Late Tuesday. Nashville, Tonu., Special. ? The general belief that the ease would go to the jury Monday causcd (he largest crowd yet autemblcd to try to get into the court house for the final scenes of the trial of Col. Duncan B. t'oopeir, JKobin Cooper and Johu 1). Shaip for the murder of United j States Senatoi; Edward W. C'armack. Hut there was another delay. After Attorney General McCain had closed] for tlie Stato Judge Hart announced tbat tie had not completed the charge , but hoped to have it ready some time Tuesday, General McCain spoke only a little over an hour but closed with a burst of eloquence, a farewell invocation to Carinaok, "statesman, patriot, diplomat, Christian, gentleman and friend." General McCarn's argument is con sidered to be a remarkably able and strong oue. This is his first big case, almost tlie first case lie ha? actually tried sinfe he took the oath of of fice last September Hiid his friends were out in force to se how he ac quitted himself. Mrs. Carinack was in court again heavily veiled as usual. When Gen eral McCarn reached his peroration she leaned over and rested her head upon her sister's shoulder. LOST $6,000 ON COUNTY ROAD. Walter Georgo Newman Hurrying on 16-Mile Drive to Oatch Train Loses Large Sum of Monoy and $1,000 Worth of Jewelry. Salisbury, Special.? Mr. Walter George Newman, a well known mine owner of New York, drove across country Monday - from his mines at Gold Jfill to Salisbury, a distance of 16 miles and upon reaching the city informed officers hero that he had lost $0,000 in cash and a lot of jew elry valued at $1,000. The trip wns made hurriedly in or der to catch a train for N'*w York and Mr. and Mrs. Newman left the city immediately. Mr. Newman came to North Caro lina Saturday to pay off the employes at Gold Hill where ho i? operating two rich mines. To a company of fronds at the Salisbury station he talked excitedly of the loss* but re sumed his journey to New York. Roosevelt Inspects Outfit. Oyster Bay, JN. Y., Special. ? Ex President RooBcvelt Monday made a careful inspection of the articles for his African trip. Mr. Roosevelt saw his small tents pitched on the lawn and everything put in order for accu pancy. The ex-President was enthu siastic during the inspection of the outfit and expressed himself as being highly pleased with the clever man ner in which the materials were made and packed. Before finally packing his guns Mr. .Roosevelt took them out to his ..target range and discharged each half a dozen times. It i$ said he suceeded in hitting the bull's-eye in a majority of the shots during the practice. Lineman's Tragic Death. Asiioville, Special. ? Hicks Cape hart, a lineman in the employ of the Asheville Electric Company, met a tragic death here Monday, by having his brains dashed out on the pave ment through the fall of a pole up be wa$ climbing. It is presumed Cap Jiart felt face down, on the stone paved street. A great hole, nearly as large as a man's fist, was made in his forehead, while his brains were scattered about on the cor rail and $es trept, WiU Make His Own Selections, Washington, Special. ? Only five committees of the House will be nam* ed by Speaker Cannon, for the pros* ent. These will be ways and means, rules, printing, mileage and accounts. In making up the committees it is Stated the Speaker will consult with "every member of the House, who desires to discuss assignments with him.'* v Slander Suit Settled. Raleigh, Special. ? Tho mutual friends of ex-Judgo \V. A. Mont gomery, of Raleigh, and Mr. Thomas Dixon, of New York, conferred here Monday in the presence of Aycoek & Winston and J. N. Holding, repre senting Dixon, and The News and Observer and R. H. Battle & Son, representing Judge Montgomery, and ?micah|y settled all matters in litiga tion thus ending all pending suits, in cluding that against The News and Observer. The substance of the agreement signed is that neither Dix on nor Montgomery Intended to im peach the private life of the other. ? t ? ; t . y *. : _? * ?'? ' OoL A. Q. Hnllid?y Dead. , llaliegh, Special. ? The funeral of Col. A. Q. Holiday, for tan year* president of the North Carolina Col lege of Agriculture and Mechanic Ajrtp: and a man well-known and lwi loved throughout the South, took place at the First Presbyterian church, Raleigh, Monday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Colonel Holladay died Sunday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. M. Pickel, after A sudden attack of paeam? ia. tffc Predicted Thai fxlraordinary Session Will Be Short One ? ..i-rr 3 SPEAKER CANNON REELECTED ^ ? Senate MeeVs and is Raady? House ..Elect# Mr. Oanuon Speaker, But Changes the Rule*. The 8iity?Fi rst Congi*** of the United States Assembled in Called Session in Washington City oh Mou day. When the Senate assembled 60 Senators answered to their names. When Vice President Sherman called the Senate to or?lei\ the He publican aide had a firil represen tation present, while hut 15 Demo crats were in their seats. Senators Alrich and Money wero appointed a committee to wait .upon the President to inform him of the meeting of the Senate ami to notify him that that body waa ready to re ceive any menage he might wish to communicate. At 2 o'clock the Senate, after re ceiving word of the election of Speak* er Cannon, adjourned for the day. Five Democratic Senators, all from the South were absent from the open ing of Congress on account of illness. Senator Tillman is at his home in South Carolina, suffering from a gen eral breakdown similar to t hat which \ Compelled his trip to Europe about u year ago. Alter one of the ht oriu i <?st sessions tmnniisWy, the House of Ucpresen tatives regardless of party alignment, adopted, 211 to 172, a resolution by Mr. Fitzgerald, (Democrat), of New Vnrk, whf'rpTiy the rules were wmciuU ed in several important particulars. The resolution was a substitute for One offered by Mr. Clark, of Missouri. Its adoption was accomplished only after the "insurgents." with the aid of the Democi ats, with one or two exceptions, lied won a decided pre liminary victory by voting down a resolution by Mr. Dalxcll, of Pennsyl vania, making the unamended rules of the Sixtieth Congress applicable to the present Congress. The call of the roll on the Clurk resolution was followed with interest. As analyzed by parliamentarians the nmendment makes three impor tant changes: First, it establishes a 'ualeudur for unanimous consents,' the effect of which is to enable a member to have a proposition brought before the House without having to go to the Speaker for recognition. This ehan^o, they say, will bo a relief to the Speaker. Second. . When consideration of a bill is concluded and the previous question is ordered the rules hereto fore have provided for a motion to comnlit with or without instructions. It has boen the practice to recognize a member of the majority party to make this motion and thus prevent the minority from offering such in structions as it may desire. The new rule gives the minority the preference in making such a motion and thus enables it to get a record vote on_ propositions which would otherwise be settled in committee of the whole house, where no record vote is poa siblo.* Third. It protects the calendar Wednesday by requiring a two-third Instead of a majority voto to set it aside. Three hundred and eight-two mem bers responded to their names, more than a quorum, when the House convened. Mr. Currier, of New Hamp shire. nominated Joseph G. Connon, of Illinois, for Speaker and Mr. Clay ton, of Alabairn, presented the name of Champ Clcik, of Missouri. Mr. Cannon was elected by a vote of 204 to 360 fpr Clark. The Nicarajuan Situation. Washington, Special. ? Nicaragua, through her minister here, Senor Es pinoso, protested to fleevetary Knox Monday that the military and naval nel:vlty now in progress in that eoun try is destined entirely for defensive purposes; that she does not contem plate making any attacks on her sis ter republics and that conditions arc quiet within her borders. The minis ter went to the State Department armed with a bundle of dispatches from his government and spent half an hour with tho Secretary. . orr.clnl "Lazy Llat." Tho town cf r.rcat Birrington late y came Into possession, by purchase Trom the estate of ^hc lato Ilenry C. Warner, of a bound vnhiruo of town reports for the years 1858 to 1888 in I elusive. The annual school reportr fcr tho years 1 872-73 to 1^77-78 In 2lu?ive contain much Information that .8 omitted frcm tho sdiocl commit tees' reports of more recent years. 3ne cf the chief things In this line was cailed. * "The I>aiy List." The reports usually embodied rolls >f honor, lists cf star pupils and the ary list. The latter embraces tho lames of aefeclarB who were often ardy. but not nefcwserlly the namot >f those who lacked diligence arter machine schoolroom. The ro >ort for 1872-78 contains twelro. tames. The lazy list went out of <vxlstenc? In 1872. The Chicago News think*: A two faced person is popular with both sMea? until faa is fonad out , - WE*? STANDARD OIL COWIPANV NUT lilllLTT OK REBATING Verdict of the Federal Court ? In Chicago. JUDGE INSTRUCTS THE JURY (Jovernment Defeated In the FaiuouN C'? ?v in Which tUe Fine <?f 920,* 000,000 \Y us Imposed by Judge JLaudK P Chicago, III. ? Judgo Anderson de cided Co Inatruct tho Jury lit tho Btandard Oil CR?Q to llnd thu com* pany not guilty. The decision was announced at the close ot au argument by Assistant District Attorney Wllkerson, and thu Jury wan Immediately summoned and Instructed to roturn a yordlct of not KUllty. This means that nil but two of tho pending Indictments against the Btandard Oil Company of Indiana aro void and will be abandoned by tho Government. The two cases not affected by t|ila action are cases Involving the ship ment of 1915 carloadB of oil from Whiting to KvansviUe, Ind., via Dol ton Junction, over the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad. Tho prosecution, which ended in failuro after having once been tried by Judge K. M. Landis, whoao decis ion was reversed by tho Court of Aps peals, had its beginning August 27, 1906. | Ten Indictments were returned by a Federal Orand Jury, charging the Standard Oil Company of Indiana with accepting rebates from railway* on shipments of oil from Whiting. Demurrers to two of these, Involv ing shipments over tho Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad and connect lng roads to Grand Junction. Tenn.. were sustained and tho indictments were quashed. Tho remaining bills were demurred to, but tho demurrers wore overruled. Two of the eight Indictments Inr ?olved shipments over tho Chicago and Alton Railroad from Whiting to East St. Louis, one containing 1 0 0 :t counts and the other 134 counts. It was tho 1903 count indictment on which tho oil company prosecution was based. With 140 counts allowed to stnnd the case went to trial before Jud?e Landis March 4, 1907. The trial took six weeks, and resulted in a ver dict of guilty. Arguments for a now trial were heard, and a motion for a now trial was denied. On August 3, 1907, Judge Landis Imposod his famous $29,240,000 fine. On appeal, the case went to the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals ond was argued a year ago. The decision of tho Court of Appeals reversing Judge Landis, and remanding the case for a new trial, was given July 12, 1908. DANK WRECKERS MADE USEFUL. They Find Big rSrrors In Pennsylvania Penitentiary Books. Pittsburg.' ? Irregularities unearth ed In Riverside Penitentiary wore made public after a meeting of the i prison Inspectors. It Is admitted that the prison books show a discrepancy i of $27,000.- Tho Inspectors sent out ' a call for Warden William McC. Johnston, who has been away from the prison some days, presumably In Ohio, to return and try to fix matters ttp. l A novel feature of the affair Is that It was a trio of tho most notorious bank wreckers In tho history of Penn- [ sylvanla, serving terms in the prison, who discovered tho faults In the books. , | Some days ago Henry Relber, who ?tole at least $1,500,000 from the Farmers' Deposit Natiohal Bank of ' Pittsburg, was put on the books. He J found the breaks and called for help j to verify them. Billy Montgomery. I who wrecked the Allegheny National , Bank of Pittsburg, and Rhlnehart, who put the Farmers' and Drovers' | National of Waynesburg out of com* mission, were put on the Job. Tho | three ''experts" decided that matters should bo reported to the Inspectors, Which was done. CUTHBERT, GA., WRECKED. Attendance at Revival Meeting Saves Lives of Many Oitlxons, Cuthbert, Ga. ? With the business district of this place a mass of rulna In the wake of ? terrible cyclono which killed six persons and Injured at least thirty others, the authorities are making plans to restore order out of the chaos Into which the town has been plunged. All the dead are negroes, most of the dwelling houses being razed In their quarter. That there were not many more victims is due to the fdet that many of the residents were &t? tending a great revival meeting now In progress here. Between eeventy-flve and one hun dred dwellings and business houses were demolished. Cuthbert is a town of about 3600 inhabitants and the county seat of Randolph County. Americans Released From Jail. H. P. Smith, F. W. Updegraf and Fred Wood, the American mine offi cers who killed one Mexlean and wounded three others for stealing orer have been releaeed on bond from the prison at Oranaditos, Mexico, by the efforts of the American consular Kills Himself Abroad. Oliver Bray, an American student of medicine at Vienna, Austria* who went from Borlln to continue his studies, committed suicide. Ha was suffering from a serious nefvous af fection. Bray's father is said to lire In Pennsylvania. ? ? /.v~; Samuel R. EUclna Dead. ~ Samuel R. Blklns, brother of Set ator Stephen B. Blklns, of West VU flu la, died In Columbia, Mo., aga| sixty-two. He was postmaster than JANEB. GMT, SENT ID PRISON 21 YEHBS Brooklyn Ma.i ConvictoJ of As sault on Girl He Abducted. CEG1NS TERM IMMEDIATELY Joseph M. Janer, of Brooklyn, Wa* Found (iullly of Abiding I. idle Km Merino J .<) enn ? lie Might Have llecii Hrnlemtd to Dentil. Baltimore, Md. ? Ten minntei Af ter lliu (nut argument wan Mulshed J udges Burko u:ul Duncan, at Tow. son, found Joseph 1'. Janer, of Brook* I'yn, guilty' of attacking little leather- , ino Loerch hero. T*n minutes more had not parsed before t !?** judges sen tenced Inner to twenty-one jours' lu? prls )hmi>nt in the Maryland Peniten tiary. Janer showed no emotion. lie hu Kun to serve lilg tor in at onco.? Kalli erlne, twelve years old, was taken to her home, No. 843 Classon avenue,! Brooklyn, by her cptlstn, (ieorgo | Dockweller. Mrs. Janer also returned to Brooklyn. She did not display! much distress when her husband's i sentence way pronounced' immediately after llie judges ren dered their derision, "(luilty," J. <*?. j Clark, Jancr'H couufoI, made ti e usual i motion fur a new trial. But after a j conference with tho court and Stato's ] Attorney Owens and a brief whispered | con v'efBation with his client, Mr. j Clark announced that .laner whs ready to accept his punishment and I withdrew his motion for a now trial, i After the sentence Mr. Clnrk said I frnnkly thn< br?- 1 hnttsrhtr?Jntrrr;- whtvj' tu I slit have Wen sentenced to bo i hanged, l.ad I; eon dwilt with morel- ! fully. .inner, testifying. denied nil the | accusations agalngt him. The point ; { lie defense accentuated was that' .la- , ner whs ?;> drunk all the time while I Kntherine was with It i in here ns to be ! si lipid and helpless. Asked how much he could drink.. Jayer said he could hold a barrel of the whisky he, got in New York, but a Kill of Baltimore whisky "pi^t hlni to the bad." A saloonkeeper testified that In his place In one day Janer drank a quart of whisky and pa rt of, another. An other witness describing JaneV's con dition said critical!) : "1 should not say ho wns helples?, because he could hold on to a lamp post." Mr. Clark made an astute point. Ho asked tho judges to strike oti t Katherine'g testimony, that she Is twelve years old, as being hearsay. Tho court overruled him. "No one knows what I have suf fered In tho last fifteen years, " said Mrs. Janer, after she had kissed hlin good -by. "All manner of torment have 1 suffered at Janer's hands, and I nm glad that he Ih where ho can do I no harm to mo or himself. I am well acquainted with sorrow at this time, I only live for my dear children. It may bo that discipline will benefit my husband during his Incarceration, hilt 1 doubt it, for h? never lias known the i meaning of the word." 1 STAN DA HI) OIT, MUST LEAVE. Courts FIiiIp Acnlnst Plan For Part nership With Missouri. Jefferson City, Mo, ? The motlona liy the Standard Oil Company of Indi ana and the Republic Oil Company of Ohio for u rehearing of the ouster suit, recently decided against them, and for a modification of the Judg ment, were overruled by the Mlafoun Supreme Court. j The petition of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company wan upheld, the niotlou of tho Attorney-General for an abso lute ouster of tho Missouri company trlng denied-,- tho compliance of the order recently filed by the company approved and the Judgment of ouster against it being sustained. | The effect of these decisions Is to ' etpel the Indiana and Ohio compan ies from Missouri, and to restore to the Waters-Plerco Company, sixty per | cent, of whose stock is held by the Standard Oil Company of New Jer i any, tho right to do business wlthiu the State. . NO TRUST PROSECUTION, Only Such Suits as Afford Probability of Success WH1 He Undertaken. Washington, D. C. ? The slogan of the Department of Justice la the.Taft Administration ii "Don't start any thing you can't finish," At least six ty-five per cent, of the eases pending will be abandoned, The Idea Is to clcar the docket until there remaltf1 only such cases as offer a probability uf Huccess, The Standard Oil rase, settled by order of Judge Anderson, with a ver dict of not guilty, is out of tho way. There are other Indictments along the same line, but the Department of Jus tice does not know whether they will be pressed or not. Mr. Wlckersharu Is waiting until tho record has been returned to the department. It 1* the opinion in the department and at tho White House that any new prosecution, criminally, of the Stand ard Oil will have to be along new Usee. Shoe Strikers Victorious, fhe strike of McKay stitchers at ithe Lynn, Mass., shoe factories ended when tho last firm agreedto the wage scale demanded by the stitchers. This means a slight advance for about 150 men.- The strike threatened to tie up the work of about 2500 operatives. P. 9. KIERAN INDICTED. Ex-President of Fidelity Funding Co. is Charged With Enibezxlement. Pittsburg, Pa.-r-P. J. Kleran, for mer president of the Fidelity Fund ing Company, of New York, whose financial operations brought him into wide repute, waa Indicted here. He is charged with emberslement and larceny by bailee, due to a note halt alleged to have made to Mother M. Vincent, of the Sisters of tfct Good Shepherd. - y * ? - PRIEST FAILS B FINANCIER Cardinal Gibbons Assumes His $130,000 Obligations. iatlici* IvIIxiI'k Creditor# Huffcr N?J J .OHM Mini ('ttldinul'H HigllM ure Oil Note# Will N<?t lie <^iu'Kllont'tl. Baltimore, Mil,-? About a week ago Cardinal (Jlbbons announced the re? inoval of the Rev. Casper P. Klbcrt from the rectorship of St. Katherine'u Church In this city and appointed his successor. At the time no reason was giv>n other than that the Interests of the church made the change advisable. It now develops that the prlefct had spent J 1 110,000, all of which was bor rowed money, in backing and promot ing various enterprises. What ho did with the money no one known. Fath er IClbert is now in Mount Hope Sani tarium under treatment und no one is permitted to goo him. The priest, according to thoso thrown with him, was money mad. . He had visions of 'Acquiring u great fortune to aid the church and tho school in his parish. The Cardinal expresses the belief that ho was men tally.'irri'sponalhlo on the subject of money, r.nd that he does not admit consciousness of having don? wrong. Cardinal Gibbons has assumed re sponsibility for thedohts of the priest. 1JATK !?!']< iKION FOR MILWAUKEE Ruling A gainst liock Island Affects Every lioml li> >lm-C?mili'y. Washington, 1). C.. -^--Merchants of Milwaukee are to have the benefit of as fa votalj),(( through rates on grain hh those of Chicago, in n decision har.rtrrt flown by Tho Interstate Coiii" mcrce Commission, The case wns that of tho Milwaukee Chamber of ?' Commerce against the Chicago, Hock Island & Pacific Railway Company and others . The decision affects every railway in the United States. The commis sion says: "In claiming that as Chicago af fords as good a market for grain as does Milwaukee tho principal defend ant may therefore lawfully to adjust Us rate schedules as to force the grain to Chicago, tho defendant overlooks the right of the shipper to choose his own market and to do business whore ho prefers or finds it more admit: . tageous to carry it on. It alto over looks the chief function of d common carriciv-ivhlch is Jo carry at reason abln rates the traffic that is tendered t o i t . \ "A carrier has hk? right to insist that a shipment shall go to tho end of its rails irihe shipper desires It to bo diverted at an intermediate to another market off its rail?. Nor may a carrier accomplish thesG re- , suits indirectly or by any unreason able adjustment of its rate schedules with that end in view. It cannot law fully compel tho shipping public to contribute to Its revenues on auy such grounds." ; COURT'S RULE FOR AUTOS. \ Mn?t Not Only "Stop and Listen" at Crossing, Hut Send Man to Look. ? Philadelphia, Pa. ? That the driver of ah automobile on approaching ? railroad crossing is bound not only to follow the ordinary rule of "stop, look and listen," but, if necessary, should get out of the muchine and walk to the track like tte cenductor of a street car, Is decided In a.-l opin ion handed down by tho United States Oircult Court of Appeals for\fce third circuit In the case or the Ne?# Torlc Central and Hudson River Rttllroad Company and the West Shore Rail road Company versus Alexander H. G. Maidment.. Maldment had been awarded dam ages in the lower court for injuries received by being struck by a train at Fort Lee, N. J., in August, 1906. The Court decided that he Bhould not be allowed to recover bocauso of bis contributory negligence. DETECTIVE PETROSINO KILLED. Had Gone to Italy to Perfect Plan to End Hlack Hand Crimes. Paleimo, Sicily. ? Lieutenant Jo{| eph Petrosino, of the New York Po lice Department, was shot down &u<| killed near his hotel here. , _ j His assassins are unknown, -?* ' He had come here on an important mission, which had tor its object tbo protection of the peaceful Italians of America, Lieutenant Petrosino, the head o! what is known as the Italian squad of the New York Polioe Department, and one of the principal organisers of it. was sent to Italy to carry out a plan which was suggested to Commis sioner Bingham nearly a year ago by a spe* ial agent whom the Commis sioner had hired to proposo ways and means of stemming the tide of Italian and Sicilian crime in New York City. . . > If. I. CONE CHIEF ENGINEER, I Lieutenant-Commander Appointed Head of Bureau as Rear- Admiral. Washington, D. C. ? Lieutenant Commander Hutchinson I. Cone bas been apointed head of the^Bureau of Steam Engineering of the Navy, with the rank and pay of Rear-Admiral. He distinguished himself by safely taking the torpedo boat flotilla from ? : Newport News, Va , to San Francisco in company with the Atlantic battle ship fleet, and was fleet engineer un der Admiral Sperry during tho around-tbe-world cruise, assuming that duty at San Francisco. 1 '* H . ' Brjan Defeats Carnegie Fnnd. In the House, at Lincoln, Neb , the bill to authorize the Stato University to accept the Carnegie pension fund for professors was defeated by a vote of 61 to 47. W. J. Bryan appeared J before the. House. Committee several we jks ago and opposed the pension fund. Arnohl-Forsfer IXesd. r. The death Is announced 1ft Lond of Hugh Oakley Amold-Forsteiy Bee- - . retary of 8tate for War from 1903 ] to 1906, We was horn In 1865, frfVt- '? I %'