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PALMETTO HAPPENINGS TOLD IN BRIEFS 9 Occurrence# cj Interest Gleeuied Prom All Sections cf tke Busy PaJmetto Sttte Will Suceed Crum, Washington, SpeciaJ.? -The Presi dent Tuesday sent to Senate the nom ination of Edward W. Durant, Jr., as collector of customs for the district o? Charleston, S. C. The appoint or Mr. Durant ends the contest which >vm waged for so long over tho selec tion of Dr. Win. D. Crum. As tho only objection to Dr, Crura was bused upon ilie fnct that ho is a negro, jt is presumed that Mr. Durant 's nomi nation will be con Aimed in duo course of liuie, although his nomination was allowed to lie over when tho Senate wet in executive session Tuesday, while other nominations, which were sent in were promptly acted upon. Dr. C rum's nomination had been be fore the Senate at each session since January, 1903. While he has been in office all this time, he was never but once confirmed by the Senate. Tho Ono continuation took place in the Fifty-eighth Congress. The re mainder of the time was covered by recess appointments. The selection of Mr. Durant is generally accepted as the introduction of President Taft's announced policy of appoint ing white men to Federal positions of responsibility in the South. Notable Case at Edgefield. Edgefield, Special. ? The Court of Common Pli'UK 1fas been in session al' this plaee since lust Monday, the 8th inst. The first two days were con sumed in tho trial of tho cases of Carley against the Southern Hail way and Mack Davis against the Western Cnion Telegraph Company. In the former the jury failed to agree, A mistri al being e ntered. A non-suit was granted in the' latter, the plain tiff- failing to show that he suffered any damage as a result of defen dant's negligence. On Wednesday the case of .J. T. Patterson against the Fanners' Dank of Edgefield was I commenced. Although the Court has since been continuously engaged in Its hearing, the end is not even in tight, the possibility being that it wi.ll consume not only this week, but will run into next week. No case ever tried here has attracted more interest, the Court House being pack ed to its utmost capacity, eminent counsel being engaged on both sides. Col. I). S. Henderson, of Aiken, ap pears as leading attorney for the plaintiff: while the Hon. George John stone, of Newberry, . occupies a like position for the defense. Tire at the Fair Grounds. Columbia, Special. ? Fire of un known origin destroyed two sections of the racing stables at the State fair grounds. at an early hour Tues day morning. Eighty stalls were burned on the south side of the grounds, and but for the prompt ?.nd efHciont work of the bucket brigade, operated by the workmen of a carni val company show, which are quar tered at the Fair grounds, the flames would doubtless have destroyed the entire stables in that section of the racing quarters. The property loss amounted to $1,000, but about half of the loss is covered by insurance. ^Secretary Love of the Fair Associa tion, said Tuesday that the work of. rebuilding the burned section of the stables would begin at once, as a series of races has been arranged for the spring, and it would be necessary to have the entire stables ready for use, as the horses expected to participate in the races will need the full Accomodation of the stables. Columbia Clubs Raided. Columbia, Special. ? Chief Con stable Dickson and Constable Ogg and McSwain Thursday raided four social clubs and placed the managers under arrest. Thursday night Hunt Brothers' restaurant, on Gates street was also raided, and a clerk named JECaminer was arrested. Tho cases were worked up by a detective named Wilson, from Atlanta, Memorial Window Commission. Columbia, Special. ? Gov. Aansel has named the commission to take charge of the appropriation made by the general assembly for a memorial ?window at Blandford churoh, near Petersburg, Va. The commission con sists of Senators Weston of Richland, Johnstone of Newberry and Repre sentative Rucker of AnderBon. An appropriation of $3fi0 was givon by the State for the memorial window in honor of the South Carolina Confed erate soldiers who fell near Peters burg during the, conflict on the battle fields of Virginia. U. D. C. Take up the Matter. Columbia, Special. ? The legislature has appropriated $12,000 for the Con federate Home. The management asked for $18,000. In order to equip the home, it will bo necessary to raise^ some money. The Daughters of the Confederacy have taken the matter in hand and propose to raise the money. Mrs. Robert D. Wright, of Newberry, president of the South .Carolina Division makes a pathetic appcalto the various chapters. [. State Education Board. Columbia, Special.? >-Tb? State board of education met Thursday in the office of the State superintendent of education. All the members were present except the represenativo of the Sixth district, who has not been appointed, the placc being vacant on account of the- election of W. J. Montgomery as State senator. The report of the high school inspector was heard, and the board scaled wv eral schools that had not complied with the regulations of the high school act. The report was exhaus tive, and I'rof, \V. II. Hand, the in spector, was commended tor the thorough presentation of facts and conditions. Four comities had al ready received more than the amount which can now be paid out under the law, and of course all high schools in those counties will not receive as large an appointpiont as was, mado last fall. Will Reforest His Land. Aiken, Special. ? A great deal of interest has been manifested here in the avowed intention of Mr. T. I. Hickman, president of the Granite villo Manufacturing Company, to re forest about 2,000 acres of de-timber ed land around Graniteville. These lands were many yours ago cleared of all timber, and it is the intention of Mr. Hickman to rotimber it, thus con verting what is now barren land into ^valuable fafcsLs. My. Hickman. -is _ negotiating with the department of forestry of the Government with a view of getting- national aid in the matter. Mr. Hickman states that it is probable that he will have the work [done in the nour future, it is prob able that the lands will bo sown with seed of timber, instead of transplant ing. as^tis"said; that pines do not readily take root when sot out. Municipal Utilities Urged. Lexington, Special. ? Klectric ligh!s and waterworks for Lexington arc being agitated by the citizens now, and there will be a public meeting in the near future to disciiss the advis ability of the town voting on the issue of bonds to secure an electric light plant and a complete system of waterworks. This subject has been discussed before, but it has never taken on serious proportions until recently. The property owners realize it is said, that insurance would be very much cheaper with a good water* system and the amount saved in in surance alone aside from the many other advantages to bo derived would soon pay for the cost of putting in th? system. Rut few towns in rhc State, as well located as Lexington, are without electric light** and the people here realize that they can ill acord to be behind Other towns along the line of progress. Cotton Warehouse Burns. Chester, Special. ? The cotton ware house of Joseph Wylie & Co., with its contents, consisting of somewhere between .')f>0 and .600 bales of cotton was destroyed by tire early Thursday night. The lire spread rapidly, and S. M. Jones & Co.' stables, the city's stables, and several negro tenant liouses belonging to E. C. Stann, were damaged or destroyed. Wylie & Co. also lost a considerable supply of baled hay, a number of new wagons, and other valuable property, includ ing their stables and sheds. For tunately all live stock wt?re saved. The fire department did splendid and effective work, and at 8:J0 o'clock although the lire at one time threat ened to sweep a large part of the bus iness district, the flames are prac tically subdued. Bullet Brings Down Thief. Chester, Special. ? Ike Feaster, col ored, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded at 2 o'clock Thursday morn ing by Officer J. G. Ilowsee, of the city ]>olice force. Feastcr had brok en into the store of T. H. Ward, col ored, and was coming out of the rear with his plunder, .>vUcn Ofllccr How see, who had been attracted by tho noise, endeavored to halt him. Train Kills Centenarian. Newberry, Special. ? Ned Kinard, an old colored man, said to be 110 years old, was knocked down and killed by a freight train at tho South ern depot, Wednesday about 1 ? , _ ^ o o'clock. The old man was leaning against a liax car when a shifting engine backfa up and shoved against the one on which he was leaning, knocking him down and then run ning over and killing him. He was a slave of Gen. H. H. Kinard in slavery days and was a pretty old noarro when set free. Technical Training in Public Schools. Charleston, Special. ? Dr. Charles W. Elliot, the former president o? Harvard university, delivered an ad dress here Wednesday night before a large audience, in which he de plored the fact that the public school systems do not sufficiently consider the necessary structure of democratic society and of thaae industries which constitute tho vital interest of the community. . , . ^ Tivo Persons Die in Mine Explosion. Evansvillejnd., Special. ? Five men wore killed and a score injured in an explosion at the Sunnyrfide coal mine near this city Saturday afternoon. The explosion was caused by a windy shot due to an overcharge of powder said to have been placed by .Joint Petit. Petit is burnvl over his entire body and will die'. The dead were all killed by sulphuric fumes which fol lowed the shot. The mine was swept lis if bv whirlwind. Twenty-nine were in the west shaft of the mine when the explosion occurred. "Wild Irain Hits Station. Montreal. Special. ? Four persons are dead and thirty others were more or less seriously inured as the result of the blowing out of a wash pipe on the locomotive hauling the Boston express of I he ( anadlflti 'Pacific Hail way Wednesday morning, three miles out from this city. Scalding steam filled the cab and the engineer and fireman were forced to jump. The train without a guiding hand at the throttle, dashed info the Windsor street sat ion, through the granite wall into the woman's waiting room and then into the rotunda. Off For Africa. New York, Special. ? The steamer Hamburg dropped her mooring lines from Hoboken, N. .T., pier Tuesday, and the. long-heralded Fast African expedition led by Theodore Roosevelt has begun. The former President has intimated that he did not wish official notice of his depart t lire to be taken by the municipal government of Hoboken, but the occasion was bound to attract as many wclUwish ers as tho shores of the N.>rth river in that vicinity and available sea craft could accommodate and the "send-off" was one to be remember ed. Shortest Bill on Record. Washington, Sf?eeial.? Representa tive Coudrey, of Missouri, has just introduced what is probably . the shortest bill so far presented during the present session, yet if enacted in to law it would attract more atention than the Sherman Antitrust law. After the enacting clause the entire bill is as follows: That from am! after the passage of this act all corporations shall pay a. license tax of 1 1-10 of 1 per cent on their capital. ' ? i METHOD. The Parson ? What ! Yon want to bo married to this man? Why, wom an, he's as drunk as he can hot The Bride ? Well, hurry, or ho mlfht sober up. ? Cleveland Leader. COTTON CENSUS REPORTS Amount of Ootton Stocks on Hand February 28 6,252,063 Bale* Report Preliminary to Official Statement and is Made at Request of Oougrcas Total Supply of Cot ton. Washington, Special. ? The census bureau in it report Monday announc ed (hut tin* amount of cotton stocks on hand in the United States at tin* clo#o of February was 5,252 ,663 bales. The indicated consumption of cot ton is 2,521,436 bales. The report is a preliminary one, and is in response to a resolution of, < dngressr The stocks on hand are distributed as fol lows : Manufacturers, 1,8-14,91)2; produc ers, 326,377 ; warehouses and com press, 2,306,786 ; transportation com panies, 518,471); other holdcru, 255, 6(59. The total supply of cotton in the Unitod States' and the net imports for thy mx months' period endihg Febru ary 28> last, were 14,340,670 and 5)8,000 hales respectively. The tolal stock held September 1, last, was 1,236,058 and cotton ginned since August 31, last, aggregated 13,006, 612 running bales. The total export of cotton from September 1, 1008, to February 28, last, inclusive, was 6, 566,571 bales. The approximate segregation ef cotton stocks shown in the report re lates to location and not. to owner ship. Cotton in warehouses owned and nporatiogin conjunction with mills is classed as in possession of manu facturers, under independent ware houses and compresses is shown all cotton so stored, regardless of its ownership. Cotton of foreign growth irHndcd -TTr"t1irKr~T;tariTrrrrR nmouTTt^ fo 55,629 bales, of which 50.561 are Egyptian, 1,850 Indian, 3,085 Peru vian and 124 others. Of the total amount held 3,721,071 bales were i*'. the cotton-growing States and 1,530, 602 bales in all oi her .States. Feudists Shot -From- Ambush. Huntingtoh, W. Va? Special. ? John and Frank Flemming, alleged mem bers of a feud gang that has terror ized Harts Creek, incoln county, 40 miles south of this city, were shot from ambush Monday evening. Frank was Killed and John was seriously wonndee. John Flemming was re leased Saturday from the, peniten tiary, where he served two years for conspiracy (o defraud the govern ment. When he learned that his young wife had secured a divorce and had married John McCoy, a bitter enemy of his, the Flommwig brothers started for McCoy 's home. They were ambushed en route. Willie Whitla, Aged 8, Taken from School at Sharon, Pa I NO CLUE TO THE PERPETRATORS Willio Whitla, 8 Years Old, Taker From His School at Bharon, Pa Held For $10,000 Itansoiu- Teruu Complied With, But Plan Fails. On last Friday Willio Whit la, years old, was kidnapped from school ut Sharon, Pennsylvania. A wtii dressed man drove up to the school and told the janitor that Willie father hud sent hiui to bring Willie to his olTlce. Not suspecting an) tiling wrong the toucher lixed Willi* up and *unt him on, in light pleasan try saying she hoped he was not be ing kidnapped. All too soon she fount) that it wa? a stern reality. A letter was received Friday in Willie's own hand which read : Dear Father: Two had men havo me, and if you don't send $10,000 they wjll kill m< in 10 days. Willie Whitia. There was nothing on the envelop* to denote where the letter had beer mailed. Frank 11. Buhl, a millionaire un.-h of Willie 's tools a decided interest in the case and will freely pay the $10, 000 for his safe recovery. it was retried from that eit> that two men and a boy answering tlx description of (lie kidnappers Jinc their victim have been fceen thuro consequently the supposition is thai Mr. Buhl" bus received word whicli made him believe his nephew was in Cleveland or that vicinity. The bug gy in which the child was taken iron; school was located at Warren Ohio, and as the Cleveland papers were among those specified, in winch the demand of the kidnappers for i) $10,000 ransom .should be answered by a personal advertisement, all evi dence seemed to indicate that devel-, opmcnts in the mysterious ease was centered about the Lake City. A clue was secured Sunday, in which little credence is placed, how ever, On March 1 the local post oilier department received a circular an nouncing a reward for a man de scribed as Samuel C, Leavanson, of Canton, O., said to be wanted there for the theft of $*100. Janitor Wes ley C. Sloss, of the school from which \\ illie was taken, when shown the cir cular bearing a portrait of the man wanted, declared it bor? a strong re semblaneo to the abductor. A Cleveland, O., special on Sunday says: Whitla was instructed in a letter from the kidnappers to leave *10,000 in Flat Iron Park Saturday night. If no detectives were about the kidnappers promised they would deliver the hoy safely to the fathei in a hotel at Ashtabula at 3 o'clock Sunday morning. Whit la de|w)sito;l the money ns requested, but the Ash tabula police learned of the jdans to pay the ransom and went to the park. The kidnapers are supposed to have seen them, for at 3 o'clock the money was intact and not a man had up proaehed the spot. Wliitla believes that the failure to effect a settlement with him will frighten the kidnapers and they will not communicate with him again. Tho police of Ashtabula are unwil ling to believe that tho kidnapers have left that section of the country. Tho letter from tho captors of Wil lie Wliitla came to the boy's parents in SharGn Friday afternoon. Upon reecipt of the letter 'Wliitla called in private dcctives and asked their advice. They wore anxious tc capture the kidnapers and pleaded with him to permit them to placo o decoy package of bills at the desig nated spot and let officers lie in wail and capture the men who cnmc aftei the money. Wliitla would n?t agree to this. He finally consented to permit the detec tives to acompany him to this city and await his summons to start a search for the kidnapers. Promptly at 10 o'clock Whitla left the package of bills in the park. lie went tto the designated spot alone feeling certain that his compliant with the request of tho kidnapers would prove the means of delivering his boy back to him. Threo policemen who had been sent out from the Ashtabula central sta tion saw Whitla leave the money ir the park. They appraised Chief Las key of their discovery and -received instructions to remain on duty and capture tho, kidnapers should the> appear. In the meantime Whitla returned to the city and communicated witfi bis detectives in Cleveland. They ad vised him not to jto to the hotel foi hiR hoy a minute before the time set. After five hours of anxious waiting, Whitla stated after his boy. As he was on his way, a policeman inform ed him that three officers had been on |!ruard in the immediate vicinity of the park and that no one had called for the money. Whitla was overcome when this aews was broken to him. ire Vent to the'. park ami found his package ol money undisturbed. A dettachment of detectives wa? sent out fnnv. Cleveland as soon as it was learned that the Ashtabula police were working en the case. The father refuses to sleep at all. snd keeps up tbwrojth sheer will power. The :r.pthc:v who will not al : low her daughter, Saline, out of bet iigiit, in showing the effects of tilt worry. ' ? . Whit In ret n rued to cVlevland and a ft or u conference with Detective Perkins the return trip tu Sharon wa# made. Hundreds of letters from all over the country continue to come mlt.jof the country continue to pour it) from friends and stranger s alike, tendering sympathy. Hut among "II the cor re*, poudenee there has been no word from the abductors, nor any one who seemed to be in any way in touch with them. STHE BOY AT HOME AGAIN Required Ransom Paid Agent Tho Scene of the Reunion Was Hollon den Hotel, Cleveland, O. Cleveland, O., Special.- Little Wil lie Whitla, who has caused the pol-'e of the entire country endless worn since he was kidnapped, from school in Sharon, I'a., last Thursday, whs ro turned to his father at tlw.' llollen den Hotel here Monday night at o'clock. In coinpliauee with an arrangement entered into between the kidnaped boy's father and an agent of the kid napers here Monday the boy was placed on a street car on tin- out- | shirts of the city and started to the hotel shortly alter M o'clock. Two boys recognized U)?> bid on the cat and taking him in charge, conducted him to Ins father, who was in wag ing. The moment tin* anxious parent heard that a strange boy was in the hotel he rushed across the iohhv, grasped him in his arms and s^oth- I ered his faro with kisses. Willie is in pi' r feel ?health. llo says that he has been well treated and ever since his capture hrts been constantly indoors. He believes ho was taken from Sharon to Warren and thence to Newcastle, I'a. It is his opinion, expressed in a happy school hoy way. that he was in Ash tabula on Saturday night at the. time his father was to leave his $1U.UU'J in Flat J ron I'ark. Whit la, senior, refused to state whether he had paid the ransom or not. lie said that In1 received a let ter Monday frojn the kidnapers at his homo in Sharon, saving that if lie called at a confectionary store in the east end of Cleveland he would he told how to secure Ins boy ?' unharm ed and well fed." ? In Mortal Terror of Kidnapers. Shortly after noon he left Sharon for (,'elvcland. lie was unaccom panied.. His immediate family anil the private detectives ho had in his employ he apprised of tho proposed secret meeting, hilt insisted that he make the trip alone. Every on? of thorn was warned that he must bo allowed to go unheralded, and no at-. tonf>t at the capture of the kidnapers now bo made. Whitla was 'certain that if ho spoiled tho plans of his son's captors he would never soo the lad again. His experience at Ashta bula served as a warning. About 2 o'clock in tho afternoon he went to a candy store in tho oast end. With him ho carried tho $10, 000, expecting that it .would be de manded of him there. He was mot by a woman who detailed to him tho terms of the kidnapers. With all the eagerness of a distracted parent Wthitla agreed to them immediately. Willie Unconscious of His Dangor. In the meantime little Willie was boiitft treated kindly and even at this time does not realize what danger ho was in. The woman at the eandv store had done her duty. She" com municated with tho captors of tho boy and told them that the father had made no attempt- to trap them. The boy was brought from his un known hiding place to a car line in the east end of the city. Part of Willie's Story. "When wo got to a town that the man called Newcastle, tliev took me to a big building and turned mo over to a woman. She was good to mo. Tho hospital, or whatever the build ing was, Was a clenn place. There was a man there, who I think was a doctor. 11c looked like a doctor, he cause ho had whiskers, short groy whiskers. "The people in the hospital told me that I must do just what they told me to do. If I did not obey them, they said they would take mo to a place called tho pest house, where folks that have smallpox have to go. I walked tho chalk line .just like a good boy, papa, liko you've told mo to. "They told me I was takinsr a little vacation. T was not going to bft hurt, they told mo, so I just acted nice and had a good time playing around the "hospital. I knew I would get back home all right and just supposed Mr. Jonso was one of my friends who was treating mo nice becauso you wanted him to treat me that way, papa dear. " Before retiring for tho night, Mr. Whitla admitted that ho had paid $10,000 to the woman in tho candy ( store. Girls Whipped in Lien of Fines. Atlanta, Ga., Special. ? Two girls, one of whom had been married but had left her husband, were chastised at the local police barracks Monday morning in the presence of the police matron by their mothers, following a declaration by tho city recorded that a mother had the right to "whip" her daughter nntil she "was 21 years of age." This course was agreed op , ??. of ? !>?>*? COOPERS CONVICTED; 4 PENALTY 20 YEARS nil ' , ?; ??? ? ** Defense Claims Mistrial Becauso of the Previous Disagreement DEFENDANTS OUT ON DAI Jury Firwt Stood Six For Murder in Flnit DrgreOi Fivo For Second Degree, Olio For ? hi in r|i <iOcn Kfiit'i Nashville, Tonn.? (.ullly ot .???* dor iu tlio second degree wltU twenty years' imprisonment as tho penalty was the verdict ot" Hut jury In tlio caso against Colonel Duncan It. Cooper and his mm, Robin Cooper, charged wltli tlio murder of former United States Senator 10. W. Car* ni ao k. The Jury acquitted John 1). Sharp, co-dofendant , the day before. Immediately tho defense moyed to Bot aside the verdict because of tho verdict of disagreement of the pre vious day, and naked the Court to declare it u mistrial. Judge Hart Bald ho would listen to arguments on this motion later. Ho then llxed tho defendants' bonds at $2^,000 each, which amount was acceptable to both sides. Tho verdict, coming as it did upon tho heels of Forum an liurke's declaration of tho day before, "that we are hopelessly tied up as to tho Coopers," was a dcclded surprise. Tho jurors looked worn out, and when tho Court remarked: "I thank you, gentlemen, lor your patlenco and devotion to tlio Statu and dismiss you to your homes and your personal avocations," the entire twelve men sprang from their- soats ap one man and hurriedly left the courtroom. The deiondani* aild 'Hielr counsel re mained to complete tho bond prelim inaries and the motion for a new trial. The first bondsman to arrive was 1 John J. (Jroe.nor, who signed for $10, UUU on each bond. Walter O. Parmer arrived and signed for the balance, "i will sign for a million for these men," he remarked. ~ The Jurors were not inclined to talk, but one of them said: "On tho ilrst. ballot we acquitted John Sharp and disregarded the con spiracy theory. On the same ballot ive stood six for guilty for murder In the first degree, with mitigating cir cumstances, five for murdor in tho second degree with twenty years tho maximum' penalty, and ono for ac quittal. The ballots for two days showed the same result. Then the man who voted for acquittal went jvor to murder in tho second degree, liut demanded that only ten yearB bo aBBessed." Tho Cooper-Sharp trial Just ended has boon ono of the moat remarkable murdor casoB in the hiBtory of tho South. Tlecauso of tho prominonco 1 Df tho victim and tho popularity of tho defendants in tho State of Tennes see, the <Vaso baa been watched with threat interest not alone in the llttlo courtroom where tho proceedings have boon going on, but throughout the country. isx-senator Edward Ward Carmack was ahot and killed by Robin Cooper In a street of Nashvillo on November 0 last. The shooting was tho outcomo :>f scathing editorials which appeared In The Nashville Tennesseonn, of which Carmack was editor. These editorials attacked tho political meth ods and character of Colonel Duncan Cooper, tho father of Robin. What brought more interest Into the case was tho fact that Colonel Cooper gave Carmack his start In public life. Colonel Cooper, after be ing mustered out of tho Confederate service, went to live in Columbia. In the same town also resided Carmack, then a young lawyer, doing some newspaper work. Seeing the ability of the young man Colonel Cooper, then owner of the Nashville Ameri can. took Carmack on his paper, mak ing him chief of the editorial staff. 1)1 KB IN WIFK'8 ARMS. Politician Taken to Iler Home t>y Mistake After Voting. Edwardsville, 111. ? Three years ago John CSrebcl, a merchant here, [Separated from his wlfo because she opposed his political views. After dragging himself from bed to vote in a primary election, he was carried to her home. She first closed the door in his face, but on his pleading cry took him in and an hour later he died in her arms. Grebel was llfty-four years old, and all his life had been a partisan. Ho vo.cd the Democratic ticket regularly, and almost always without chance of succcss. * DEATH OF WOMAN ORGANIST. Sinks Iilfelcxs to tho Floor After Starting Communion MukIc. St. I,ouls, Mo.-? Mrs. George A. Wheeler, organist of the Gibson Heights United Presbyterian Church, ended h.er last communion as she fell doad while playing the opening hymn of thtf service. With a smllo of greet ing to the choir, she had turned to the song and started tho introduction ?when without a murmur she sank lifeless to the floor. At the same moment Mrs. Wheeler fell from her seat her daughter Adele, sixteen years old, stepped into the choir loft to take her place among the singers. The daughter, believing her ihother had fainted, helped to | carry her into the pastor's study. Farm Exports Reduced. Of the approximately *500,000,000 reduction in the country's foreign, commerce in 1908. compared with that of the preceding year, nearly $400,000,000 wag in the tradn accus tomed to pass through Atlantic ports. New E'otv at Missouri Railroads. The Attorney-General of Missouri in a issued at Jefferson City. says that the SJ&te wljl take ac tion at onro to stop Missouri rail-' roads from owning and operating coal xnlncz. Latest News. BY WIRE. I Boy of ID Die* in Kht'trir Chnlr. Richmond, Vu.? Iionjumin Gilbert* nineteen, was electrocuted for tho murder in Norfolk last July of his sweetheart, Miss Amanda Morse. llo was tho first, wblto person to die Jli? the electric chair lit this State* Liberia Delegate* Naim><l. Washington, D. C. ? Members of tho Government commission to invua tlgato the condition of Liberia wero named. Thoy aro: Kobort C. Ogdon, of New York; W. Morgan Shustor, former Collector of Customs for tho Philippines, and E. J. Scott, pri vate secretary to Booker T? Washing ton. Tho commission will do its work at Moravia, the Lihorlau capital. Guilty of Stealing: u Piano. Fairmont, \V. Va. ? Edward Hinkle, , former freight agent here of tho Bal timore and Ohio ltallroad, charged with stealing a piano from tho rail road, was found guilty by the jury, which had deliberated for eighteen hours. Celebrates Ilcr Centenary. Montague. Mass. ? Mrs. Ophelia E. Hutchins has Just celebrated her ono hundredth birthday hero. , ^ Dupes and Arre*t* Holdup Men. Chicago.? After ho had been held up and robbed of his watch and money by two men, William Paul tojd tho robbers ho, tq.o, was a hold ip man and that ho had been waiting /or a victim, Tho robbers returned Paul's money and walked along with him until they came to a pollcemaif. " Then Paul helped tho policeman ar* rest-Them. ?-? " * Benin Survey For Big Reservoir# Baltimore, Md. ? A surveying corps benan work making a survey of the Western Run Valley in Baltimore County for tho engineers who are to prepare plans for tho proposed 20, U00,000,000-gnllon reservoir. Mad Negro Shoots White Man* Indianapolis, Ind. ? Patrick V. c;ar roll, standing on a crowded corner In tho business district waiting for a street car, was shot and instantly; killed by Janios Shelton, a negro, who says he is a Pullman porter and whoso homo Is in Chicago. Sheltou either Is insane or was druhk. Nelthor Shelton nor Carroll, knew each other. Segregation Bill Passed. Phoenix, Ariz. ? Tho- Legislature passed over the Governor's veto a hilt, to segregate colored children In tho public schools. Four Children Dlo by Fire. 'rJrlBtow, Okla. ? Four children of M. C. Palmer, near Newby, Okla., were burned to death In a prairie fire whl^-h destroyed the family home. Palmer .?nd his wife and ono son es caped. Coolidge Resign*. Washington, D. C. ? Louis A. Coolidgo has tendered his resignation of tho office of Assistant Secretary of th?? Treasury and it has been ac cepted by Secretary MacVeagh. Bryan Forty-nino Years Old. Lincoln, Neb.? Mr. ? Bryan's forty ninth birthday was celebrated with a banquet given by tho Stato organiza tion of Bryan Volunteers. Leaders, from all parts of tho Stato wero pres ent. Dr. Simpson Dead In Fire. Now York City. ? The body Of the* Rev. Dr. John W. Simpson, former president of Marietta College, Ohio, and recently manager of the Fldelltjr Mutual Life Insurance Company in! this city, was found In the ruins of the burned apevtment houso at 24 Central Park South. BY CABLE. Postpone Wnr For Circus. Port Llmon. ? The Avar between Salvador and Nicaragua was post poned for one day that the citizens of Acajutla might enjoy a circus which was billed to appear in the town. Foot and Mouth Disease in Jamaica. Kingston, Jamaica.? The foot and mouth disease has broken out among the Jamaican cattle. The Govern ment in taking drastic measures to stamp it out. Francis Joseph Peacemaker. London. ? The improved outlook concerning tho Ijalkan difficulty is maintained. Tho strong stand of tho Emperor Francis Joseph In favor of peace has done moro than anything else to bring about a peaceful solu tion. Mercy For Cubnii Mutineers. Havana, Cuba. ? Tho insurgent rti rales who surrendered are being brought to Havana, where they will bo tfled by court-martial. The coda provides death as the . penalty for their offense, but it Is said that . If they are convicted President Gomes will commute their sentences* Peru to Economize. Lima, Peru. ? The national receipts this year are expected to be 11,500,^ 000 less than last year, and the Gov ernment consequently is studying ail possibilities of economy. Plot to Kill Royal Family. Peshawar, v British India. ?This Ameer of Afghanistan has ordered numerous arrests at Kabul and Jela labad on the discovory of a plot to murder himself, the heir apparent and the other members of his family. Moros Untitle With Soldiers. Manila. P. I, ? A diayatch from Lake iAUiAo reports that a band of Moras attacked Lieutenant Furlong's detachment- of; constabulary at Bvr dong. Eight Moros aad.twp m*mbe;? ~ ul Uia oOhStABUliry *11100,