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VOLUME XII. CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, Al'ltlL 10. 1909. NO. 14. PALMETTO HAPPENINGS TOLD ? BRIEFS ?? ?ii' Mijii - 1,,.,, Occurrences of Interest Gletned Prom All Scoticus of the Bw?y PaJmeUo Stato Farmer*' Union Formed. 4 'hepUrflelJ, Special. ? The Chester field County Farmers' union was or ganized here Tuesday. Delegates Were present lVom J 6 local organiza tions. Moore then 50 delegates were present. Tho meeting was presided uver by Mr. L. L. Kpeneer, president tfyo Chesterfield local, who lnt?o> duccd President JJ. llunis as tho first upeuktr. Mr, Hart-is tpoke at length on the riuniug of hop, ehowiug to tbose present l ow pork can tje ruised for lew than 8 cents a poiiiid. He was listened to with attention. Deputy Organiser 8. T. I'arrott wes then introduced. It was through his effort# that tlvo county organisa tion was completed. The meeting was begun iu the court hooso during the recess hour, court being in session. The epcaker closed by inviting the delegates to the Masonic hall, where tho orgoniiatiop Was completed. Mr. J, N. BtricUlii) was astted to set ua seoxetary, while Mr. I'arrott presided. Cfoeraw, Chesterfield, Mt. (iroghan, ltuby, Crbrt Roads Cnurefc, Pngdand, Dndle#, Plains Five Forks, Mi.ddondorf, Roeky Br*neb, Patriclc, Olango Ilill, Cross Roans and Shiloh were represented. Thp organisation was completed by tho clcction of tho following of ficers: W. J, TiLio*, president j 0. W. Onin, vico president; H. C. llendris, BecrQtary-trgasurer j 8. T. Kuight, chaplain; II. F. King, conductor; A. J. Smith, dcor keeper; A. 8. Smith, C. Kirkley and R% L. Rivers, execu tive committee. Tho delegates were among tho most influential fanners in the bounty and tho union is safe in the hands of its officials. F. W. Ruckstttfid Was Selected, Columbia, Special, ? The Woman's monument commission, recently an poiute<J by Gov. Ansel ill conformity with an act of the legislature, met in the governor's omoc last week and was in session for three hoiire. The eoramjKaion is comjiofiad of Capt, J. 0. Rioharde, Jr., of Kershaw, <3en. C. Irvine Walter of Charleston, Capt. C. A. ftecd of An^orson, Col, T. J. Moore of Spartanbcgrg and Capt. Wm,i E. Gou^aleq of Columbia. Tho matter of the selection of an artist was considered very Ihorougb lv, tlio debate oq this poiat occupy ing thq greater jpart of the lonj t sop* eion. Tho commission flnillv deter mined that i* uot do bettev than tq ele?t the wnw eculRtor who had pcrfonaod suob admirable s?r vioo to tho people of Booth Carolina ii^ th^ prodv\ction qt the Hamntoj) equestrian stfctue, and the marble sfhtue c'f Calhoun, which is to gb in Statuary hall in W&sJbingtoh, arid the model for which has receutlv been accepted by tho Calhoun monument commission. Mr. F, Wellington Ituokstuhl ly?? impressed all 'With whom he has coitio in 6ontact in his work for South Car olina cot only with faitlj in his splen did artistic ability but with belief Ift'j his devotion to the Sopth. It ia probablo that Mr. Ru^kstuhl will havo a conference with the cdm?| initteo jvbout tho middle of May. lie will loavo in June for Italy to coo?' plete t'hc Vvork on tho Calhoun statue. /? . Abbeville to Issue Bopda,, Abbeville, Special.? Tho electioo in Abbeville Hchool district {of the jfa'is Po?9 of issuing 120,000 in bond# t?/ building- a hign school was held Tuei. day With only two vote# again|J the issue. Tho builatag will be ereo&l time for opening this fill. ?* <r-^- ? Press Association Meeting. Greanville, Special. ? Col. E. II, Aull, of Kowberry, president of tho ptate Press; J, It, McGhee, Q. W. Prunion and John Wood met Sat urday in- tills city and set July 0, 7, 8 as dates for the meeting of the Pre?s Asiociation. Greenville's new hotel, the Ottarny, was chosen as the placo of meeting. Offers Prises to Farmers. Sumter, Special. ? The Bank of Sumter recently announced that the bank would givo $50 in gold to the customer who made the largest yield of corn on one aero and $25 to the one making the second largest yield. Tho offer has created considerable interest and there nre already quite a number of progressive farmers en tered for tho contest. Within the past few years a number of Sumter county fanners have grown crops of com that would have been regard ed a* phenomenal a decade, ago, arid it, would Hot bo surprising If the re tard ii broken by Sumter county. 9. a V. MHH Camp Sumter, No. 350, United Oen 'fsdfratj# Veterans will celebrate Its anniversary with a banquet which la to be UTO* at the Garman Artilery jlall on Monday evening, April 10. Tho. annual meeting of the camp will be h*la on April ft, *nd an election ' of officers for the ensuing year will be made. It waa found impracticable to fcavo the> banquet on that date i:-|iud it waa postponed until the Mon day fo&winf. Bated the State a Vaat Amount Columbia, Splint.? Dr. W, J. ray, chaiwnnan of the comttdsaio? to Tvlud up the affairs of (be old Btftt# dispensary said Monday night that h? is vary, v?ry much reliwed. When he accepted service on this commis sion it was merely as u business man accepting u business alignment, and ho did eo to oblige dev. Ansel. ><v" Ae the commission pot further and further into |he work it was dis covered that there w*ro apparently fradulent claims. The first work of the coavxdeaion was to closo out the stock on band. Thi* was disposed 9! at a profit, making the groM assets something like $800,000. On Jan uary 15, 190ft, tho coaunisalon be nty to audit tbp claim* of liquor hou*e^< Ons of the first claims so ^feqenled was found to he full of 9 uapieious matter, and the commis sion, through Attorney General Lyon and Mi, Eftevenoon, was pushing the claimant ho elOBclv on this that some of the others refused to have their claims apdifed and appealed to Judge Di. Murray said Monday niaht that in thf abaenoe of these persons the commisi'on had Lnvfstlftftfed the several claims in its own way ana bad rendered judgments. However, if these persons wish to eonoe into tho Btato with their books of record, it is probable that thoy will get a hearing. As to tho claims already adjudi cated and itady for payment except for the delays occcsioned by the cotarts, Dr. Murray said that he thinks creditor should bo paid the rimo rate of intercut that tlje State as received: "The United States supreme couit has given ua plenary power." rajd I)r. Murray, "and 1 wish 10 use it judiciously. We will pot coerce, ucr will vo take a dollar that we think i# r.ot honestly the property of the State. "We have ,bcen reviving interest 9n cur deposits at the rate of $2,000 per month for about months. In fact, 1 think the decision bas netted ns abOut $100,000," ho said. "You aee tho Inwyert of these liquor houses must now look to their emplovers for the pay, whereas if the State bed lost the suit wo would bpve had thoso onorxr.q.us fceo'to pay, In addition to receivership expenses; U ip quite (j feather in the caproj Aitonidy Ggnernl Lyon, and we a*e prou^ oi-tHe flg[bt muds by Mr. Al? naj pt*Venekn,>r Dr. Murray think* the pet esset* of (he State, after all claims qre paid, Tylll ?e *300, 00Q in c*sh shd ttje qispeusAry' building, valued nt $71v Illicit Distillery Raided. Benattsville, Special.? H. P. Meek* ine, (ho local United States deputy majrahaL who is a qu>st efteient offl oial, ft flr* dayi ago located an illicit distillery in the sand hijls of this c9H?ty. He noiifls4 Revenue Agont ^"tulacC of Commhln and he armed 08 lajt Monday night's 10 o'^ior** tfcain a^d was met by Deputy Mfe; Ins.. These j, wo ofBojals, with a i po38oA proeefeded lfljfpiHs into ?and hilty whore with Bttle trt Joey dje$#r?g;$d the ftill It 100 -gellonr capacity, and was a^ ck.irge 4 x$th mash, eonvenient an ea*-jy jr^n. No one wan at (4 the time of capture. (roelala #tit ?jie copper still to pi and Jfetrored all the mash at>4 i coqtreWd a tuff, This sand hiO tion ' on the Korth and Booth < li?!v line las fx* mere ibnn 10?^ raeu the rendezvous of moon Killing at Construction Camp. Bpartanbuvg, . Spccial. ? Elliotta Davis, eo)orcd, shot and killed Walter MoCullough, also colored, at J, 0, Dunn's contraction enmp on the lin? of C. C. & 0. railroad, a mils from Cherokee, Monday morning. Tho shooting was the result of a quarrel ovor a negro woman. Daria and the woman cscapcd. Anderson Company Reorganised. Anderson, Special. ? The Palmetto Riflemen here have been fully re organised, and I ho men under tho He w ofllccra are turning cut well to the drills. - County Auditor Jas. II. Ci'aig has been chosen as captain of the company, succceding his brothterj I Mr, 8. M. Craig, who is a Traveling salesman, and resigned on this ao? count. Mr. Ralph Tompleton; is the^ first, and Mr. S. A. Gilmer the see* end- lieutenant. All throe of these men are good officers and will work bard to Keep up tho company's standing. ; Goes After Desperado. Columbia, Speelal,? "Henry Haynes, convicted of manslaughter At Monck's Cotner, ten yean ago, a men against whom also there >8 0 sealed sentence* for breach of trust with ftredulfnt intent, will be' lodged in the State Penitentiary in a few days, as Sheriff Causey, of Berkley left Mefiday for Jacksonville to , bring Heynee back to serve out kis^ REVIEW OF PAYNE BILL Tie Productiveness of the Measure Probably Lessened $40,000,000 by Amendments The Payne Bill Con tains Many Reductions From the Dingley Bill, With a Few Increase*. Washington, Npecial.r?The I'ayno tariff hill, ?k amended hy (he Senate committee on flounce wus presented Monday. Senator A Id rich asserted that 75 P?r cMit of articles used hy all- the people had' been reduced, In placing a largo number of arti cles on the free liht and in reducing duties on many others it has boon found necessary to materially in crease the duties on many luxecies, The Senate committee has decided upon an increaso amounting to about t weny-five per cent above existing rates on wines of all kinds and has made increases above the Payne bill 011 other spirits. Luxury Duties Go Up. A number of oilier articles, re garded, as luxuries, have been in creased. In addition to placing ten pud oof fee on the free list the committee proposes to admit cocoa free. An cspeeioj effort was made to reduce rates on the so-called ? "breakfast tablo" articles of commerce. The Payne rates of 40 per cent a ton on hitiminous coal will be report ed without recommendation. The present into of 15 cents per ton on black coal will be maintained. Senate Against Free Lumber. The Senate stands about two to one against free lumber. Its advocates fear they will not be able to maintain tho reduction Agreed upon by the House. Tho fight to be made for free hides has begun already. Western Senators arc confident tho duty wift be placed on hides but are not san gi'.MU' of maintaining the existing 15 per cent ad valoren?.rr->~ Tobacco interests failed in their ef forts to induce tho committee to re duce the amount of Philippine to bacco to bo admitted annually free of duty and to get an increase in the rates cn tobacco from other count rics. The recommended raise on litho ginphiug, including postcards and ci gar labels, as contained in. the Payne bill, will be reported. The Payne rates cn pottery and fine china have been rgrced to. It was learned that the Senate committee would provide ample pro tection for American manufacturers of watch dials, all but two of whom are said to- have been driven out of business by foriegn competition. No attention was paid to the so called "joker" in the Payno bill as It Passes the House. Petroleum and its products are among the articles which are to be reported to the Senate with out recommendation. Reduction of Revenue. I he estimates of the revenue which the Payne tariff bill will produce for the government have been reduced nearly $20,000,000 .through the amendments made 7 to tho measure before it was passed by the House and the Senate finance committee Will baye to provide means for mak ing up this difference if the original estimates are to be met. The strik ing out of several ; countervailing duty clauses on which no estimates were.. made, probably -will lessen tW bill's productiveness another $20. 000,000. . . The amendments taking off the fC cent duty on tea subtracted $7,000, 000 from the estimated revenues. Tho striking out of the countervailing duty provision for a rate of 20 pev cent ad valorem on coffee coming from countries which do not give the United States the .. benefit ' of ' "Hieff mopt favored nation clause" disposed of prebaMr'$15. 000,000 in duticqi > Where Loss Oomes In. Taking out the countervailing prp ? vi so lor lumber end for petroleum means a loss to the revenuos of sev eral million dollars,' it is estimated. By repealing tho manufacturers' li cense tax for farmers desiring to sell the leaf tobacco which they raise, tho House has withdrawn consider* able revenue under tho internal rev- ? enue law. A slight1 increase in rev enues may be provided by the in crease tax cn Turkish filler tobaoco, pincapp.es, barley and barloy malt. The Payne bill as it passed the i House, Ilka the Dinglcy bill when it went to the Senate, places hides on the free list. Under the Dingloy law, hides have produced a revenue ex ceeding $3,000,000 annually. The Payne. bill differs from the Dingley larV in' the maximum ond minimum retaliatory feature, the ad ditional method of valuation for the purpose of preventing under valua tions and .its provision for tho $40, 000,000 issuance of Panama bonds and $26,000,000 issue of Treasury certificates. It oxtends tho draw back privileges. An inheriatance tsx, which should bring in $20,000^)00, is provided for. The internal revenue law aheuid produce $1,500,000 addi tions] revenue btoauas of the increase In the tax on cigarettes. -two Prominent Increuti," The two increases over the Dingley ratea that stand out most prominent I y ^ the Payne bill are those In the ratee cn women 'a and children's gloves and hosiery. Cocoa, now im ported tr?, haa been msds dutiable at 3 cents par pound. Unmanufac tured mica has been red need 6ns cent per pound and ths manufacturers of mica hsve a duty levied upon then 2 *ttts p*r pound Hsa tbaa the Din*. ley iatc?. The duty on unmanufac* turad baryte* tm.s been doubled. The I'ayno hill contains many re. ductiona from the Dingley ratea of duty. The du'ie* on lead ore and pi# lead are materially reduced, while the lumber schedule in out in half. The differential on refined ku *ar is ivduevd 6 cents per 100 pound*, Cotton seed oil and tallow are placed on the free Provision is made for the free entry, under certain eon ditions of bituminous coal, wood pulp und agricultural machinery. The duty on print paper was considerably reduced. The most important chat*#* or made in the wool schedule wus ihc reduction of f? ceuts in the duties on shoddy and top waste, and changes front an ad valorem to a specific duty on topa. The bill permit* the free entry of objects of art 20 or more yaori| eld. Iron on tbe Tree List. In the iron and nteel schedules, iron ore is placed on the free u5l and material reductions are made in the rales on pig iron, scrap iron and steel bar iro'n, round iron, blooms, structural iron, forcings, anchors, cotton ties, steel rails, tin plates, wire and numerous other articles. One of the mobt imperfect provisions of the bill is that which permits the free entrj of every product of the Philip pine Isluiufci, except l ice ; and ex empts fr<>m duty any articles import ed from the United States info those it-lands. The amount of tuitfiir which may be imported is limited to 300,000 tens annually and the free importa tion of tobacco is restricted to 300, 000 )M>unds of wrapper, 3,000,000 pounds of filled tobacco and 150,000 000 ciyars. WASHINGTON NOTES Petition For Mrs. Oarmack. Waehington, Special. ? Representa tive Brown low and Representative. Austin, of the flrst and second con gressional districts of Tennessee, re spectively, have undertaken to maKo the widow of the late Senator Oar mack poatmaBter at Columbia, in that State. They arc the only two Republican members of the Tennessee delegation, and in addition to exercis ing their influence as individuals they have now set to work to get the as sis^nc? of the State's entiie repres ent r.ti on at Washington. President Taft heard protests Fri day against the increased duty on gloyes, hosiery, pineapples and lemons, provided in the Payne tariff bill. Stato Senator Travis and- John Mc Cormick, of Brooklyn, N. V., repre senting importer* of fruit, told tho President that the increases on pine apples and legions would have to be borne by the common people. Tho increase on kunons, which it was de clared amounted to 20 cents a box, would practically be prohibitive and leaves American growers in absolute control of the market. Kenneth Parnbardt, representing one of the la-gest7 department stores in Chicago, a companied by Francis Simmons ant) Edward D. Winslow, also of ChicnTO, protested against the incroase of duty on gloves and hosiery. The,/ were presented to tho President by Secretary of the Treas ury MacVeagh. The French government ,has in formed State- Department of its determination to nut into effect im mediately the decision announced Friday from Paris to, expel former President OanTo, of Venerulca, from Fort do France, Martinique, and compel him to return to Europe. J. II. Shclton & Son, r f Washing ton, D. Cv were awarded the contract for restoring the name of Jefferson Davis 1 o the tablet Orbih John uidtre. f'-om . which it was "removed during 1862. * Tfroir bid was *1"47.75. I he work niiiat be completed by May The Senate tariff bill, so far as rates are (concerned, was completed Saturday, but it was decided that in making a report, Chairman Aid rich will urnounco a reservation on cer tain important schedules for futuro action. These reierv&tioni will in clude hides, steel rails, wped pulp end orudo petroleum. ? ? ? Chairman Aldrieh assertei th.U the Senate commltteo had made a more general revision on rates than way done by tho House committee on ways and means snd that reductions ?n schedules hod been mode on a far greater number of articles. This did not mean that there would be re duction of revenncs but that there would be rccommcnded a bona flde revision downward of tho tariff ? ? ? President Taft has recently declar ed that he favored the passage of a ship subsidy bill; Senator Oallinger has announced that some earjy day, possibly not until tho regular session of thia Congress, be will in troduce and push with all his ability a similar bill to the one defeated in tho Houae by a small mafgln this yo?r. .. It it firmly believed here that, in tho near future, * thin subsidy bill will paas Congress and become a law. The fight against such a measure baa been long and hard-fought but with Taft in favor of it it will more than likely be enaoted. ? ? ? Senator Simmon* made * strong and vigorous speech favoring the Gallinger bill, whieh earried an im portant amendment drawn by him, and convinced many of the thinking citizen a ?f the Sooth that his poet lion waa right. THE RIGHT OF WAY. -Curtoon l>y Hol>ert C*nr(or, i n (lie Now York Amorienn. WAR ON RECKLESS DRIVERS OF AUTOMOBILES Judge In His lhargc lo the Grand Jurors Expresses a Belle! That the "Scorch ?' crs" and "Joy Riders" llavo Found a New Method o! lorn . - mittliuj the Old CrTihe of Manslaughter. New York City. ? There la no mis take about It this time; publjc indig nation against th>> "seorchor" and the "Joy rider" la thoroughly aroused and they are going to be vigorously dealt with. The newly formed Highways Pro tective Association and the *Automo blle Club of America, representing scne and responsible owners ami drivers of automobiles, are prepared to aid in prosecuting offenders. They are resolved to demand infliction of the soverest pqnnltlee, and the magis trates and Judges seem to be Im pressed with the necessity for vigor ous action. So? much for the offenders w\jen caught, and tho arrangements for catching them are more widespread and complete than ever before. As a result of tho organization of the spe cial squad of policemen mounted on bicycles, motor wheels and some in automobiles scoros of offenders are being arraigned before tho magls- ' trates and in tho court*. Owners of automobiles are warnud in the address by Judge Swann to the I Grand Jury In tho General SisBlons, j tolling them that the owner of a car who employs u driver known to bo reckless should bo found equally guilty with the latter for any crime committed through carelessness or overspeedlng. In short, there Is a general awakening to the demands of the situation and to the serious re sponsibility that rests upon thoso who drive automobiles, more particularly through a city's streets. . Where tho driver instead of stop ping and caring for an Injured per son claps on speed and runs away the 6 resumption Is that he Is guilty, and y making sharp discrimination on these lines this heartless practice can | be stopped. The community in general and the prudent and responsible owners of automobiles, who are taking an active part in the present crusade, are to bo congratulated upon the prospect of a successful issue. Judge Swann In his charge to the April Grand Jurorsin Part I. of Gen eral Sessions expressed his opinion of automobile Breeding, which he called "a new method of commuting old crimen." lie said : "Within tho last month many crimes have been committed hy men possessed of the speed mania. They run down women and chlldreu on our streets. Women and children and the Infirm and the aged_aro entitled to tho use of tho streets as much an tlio strong. No man has nil exclusive right to the streets. Even the man who derot.es his time to speeding this modern rngina has no more right to tho public street than the weak and Infirm. "Men who do these acts recklessly and without regard to tho rights of others, and who either malm or kill, are guilty of either manslaughter or other grades of crime, and it seems to mo that It would he a proper and fitting thing that, if such a case comes before you, you should not hesltato to Indict if the wvldenco warrants It: and (hat you should not hesitate to 'indict for the "eft mo of manslaughter | If you think that that criwo has been ? committed. "This in Juet about the timo. It seems to me, for the Grand Jury of this county to call a halt on such ex treme selfishness as Is evidenced by those possessed by tho abominable speed mania. "It la further provided by Section 29 of the penal laws that a man who aids and abets in the commission of crime la equally guflty with the man I who commits the crime, Tho owner I of an automobile will sometimes take I deliberately a chauffeur who has I been known to be reckless in his driving. The minute that the owner of the automobile puts such A chauf feur upon his machine In the public Btreots the law presumes that the owner knows the ordinary act that the chauffeur Is going to commit. A man Is presumed to Intend the ordi nary and usual results of his own acts, and the owner who puts a reck less chauffeur In an automobile and sends him through the streets could be properly found by you to be equal ly guilty with the chauffeur of the crime, whatever It may bp, that may reasonably be expected to bo com mitted by that chauffeur." DOG8 RACE 412 MILES IN 82 HOURS. Alaskan Teams Start In Arctic Blizzard For Exciting Pasli From Nome to Candle, ' r"* ' Seattle, Wash. ? In the most gruel, ling race of dog teams Alaska ever has known, the plucky malamutes, owned by Al. Berger carried off first And second honors in the AU-A^aska sweepstakes (or $11,000, and Annexed la addition the Suter Gold Cup. The raca was from Nome to Candle, a dis tance of 412 miles, nnd jnucn of it was run under conditions as put the Animals to a bltttr test of strength And onduranoo. No American Darby over enlisted in the United States a keener pop* ular interest than this flight of dogs aoross the stretoh of country between the AtArttng And Anlshlirg points. From the time the racers were sent AWAy on theit exaotlng contest busl nets At Nome was practlcAlly At a standstill. The focal points for the townspeo ple were at the stands of tho book makers. At these thousands of dol lars were wagered on tho result, the biggest single bet having been placed on a Siberian team. A priol of an even $100,000 was put up that these animals would score a victory. Ohe wager of $10,000 was made that thd race would not be finished within ninety hours. This bet was lost, tho timo of the winners being eighty-two hours and ten minutes. All Nomo watohed the start of the race, The dogs got away in a blind ing snowstorm, Thermometers were registering fifteen dogrees below *ero. A strong wind ewept tho enow and Ice elad bill*. The dogs did not mind the i,. ? i - i? ? i riTi . -immruwif Survival of Um Fittest In ? Scramble For Mb. New Haven, Conn. ? The aufiar)n tendent of tha Cariyie Johnson Manu facturing Company, of Maaoheater, advertised, one day only, for twenty men to whitewaah tha inside walla ot tha naw factory. Over 800 man oat of work applied next morning. Tha superintendent threw, twenty white waah bruahee from a window and tha men scrambled for them. The twenty who were fortnnate enough to get the bruahee got the Job of whita w ashing tha plsoe. - ' . ? ? ? ? ? , cold, but the wind tosaed Hakes of snow plainly gavo them distress. With all the Best of tho chase they moved off at the word, while' the crowd cheered and tho drivers waved goodby, not certain they would come out of the contest alive. Tho Berger malamutes No. 1 and No. 2 teams, driven by "Sootty" Allen anU Percy Blatchford, respectively, finished In tho order named, A mixed team of hound and bird dogs driven by George Fink came in third to the race, Tho Siberian dogs, whioh were the favorites and heavily backed, becamp snow bound and were hopelessly out of the race, Tholr driver waf forced to turn back, The fato of gome of the other starters Is still unknown. Teams are straggling back to Nome, some of them In pitiful condition, It is estimated that $200,000 changed hands. Prohibition Latv Held Valid. Tho Supremo Court at Montgom ery, Ala., declared the State prohibi tion law valid, all tho judges concur ring In tho opinion. This is the sec ond time tho court h&? upheld the State wldo act of the last Legislature. It was attacked on several constitu tional grounds. Anarchist Commit* Suicide. JTohn Mercadante, an Anarchtot, whose wife had loft killed hlm aeuf In New York City, Drawers Joia Forces Willi lb* AMMMom LeajM, Cincinnati, Ohio.' "ft# Iwtm the Anti-Saloon Laague and the Mu? nlclpal Reform League will unit? in an effort to put tha ?nd saloonkeeper oat of btulnotti Through tho efforts of tha Ohio Brewer*' Association the Stat? Legislature passed a law da signed to auppreas Illegal selling, onr brewing compaWr at Hamilton announces that It will not sail beer to aar saloonkeeper -who ps relets In keeping hit ealoori opao an tha lab bath day. . ? SEVENTY-TWO MILE GALE Many Fatalities Occur Through out the Country. ? V ? i J'ornmlo rtwccits Over Many Cities and Towns Willi Unpn'cctloifcd loclty, Cau.^tng Dentil. j IMitshurg, I'a.? Not less than thirty persons wuro hurt, tw q of them per 1 1 h i?h fatally, lu tho windstorm liuro. Mrs. Amelia l'uborflc and Mrs, Mary Columbus, living in different parts of flio city, were oach blown froui their roofji whilo trying to stretch clothes lines, and were so badly injured that they may not recover. ^ A window cleaner on the tenth floor of t >ie high Fiirk Building In Hl?t?>d on cleaning window^. Ho was whipped from the pill like a fly by 4 lie wind and hung uiiHpended lu tho air by hiu Ufo belt until rescued by those 1 ntiido, Thu man fainted uix tlm*# after being rescued. Thero were bargain salos In tho congi-nUd downtown districts, and when tho wind, at sixty-eight miles an hour, raced through the narrow canonu made by the ekyscrapors, it found them filled with women. In some places rb many as flftoon women wero bowled over by tho wind at one time. , " 1 -? 'i JOight Dead In Michigan. Detroit, Mich. --At least eight per* B'jns lont their lives in tho Htorm that vlHited Michigan. Anthony Kaup. a saloonkeeper; Joo Kadlch, a barber, and Adam Felin, all of Wyandotte, attempted to cross the I)etrolt Rlvor in a rowboftt from Wyandotte to Canada in a hfty-mllo gale to settlo a wagor, ond all throe wero drowned When tliolr boat capsized. Kadlch bet Ivaup $5 that ho ttfoiild not dare to cross in tho small boat, and Fella was tho stakeholder. At JennlngH, In Mlflflaukoo County, three young men named-. Bernard Carlson, Charles Jacobson and John Torrey wero killed by being caught under a wnll .that was blown down by tho wind at the Mitchell Brothers' mill. Tornado Hit Wnbaftli. Wabash, Ind. ? The only tornado Wa b:xnb haa known In 'twenty-live yearn Injured n score of per *009 and did damage amounting to thousands of dollars. A dozen housea wero de molished. \ Mrs. James A\ Hayes and four chil dren wero pinned down beneath the wreckage ot their home, which caught fire. The mother was fatally burned while being rescued. The childron wero sorlously hurt. Crowded School Wrecked. London, Ontario. ? Six persons' were injured, one fatally, and a flnan-. clnl loss of $50,000 was caused by a windstorm which passed ovor this city. The most serious accident occurred at the Aberdeen public school, where a tall chimney crashed through the roof, Imprisoning 300 pupils and creating a panic. Mary Laburtls, aged nine yearB, was fatally hurt, ) and four other pupils were severely Injured. ? ? ? One Killed In Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y. ? The wind blew at the rate of seventy-two mlleB an hour hero from S to 6 o'clock p. in. One man was killed and many persons wore injured by parts of buildings detached by the force of the wind and hurled through the air. The whole front of the Oppenhelm-Colllns dry goods store was blown Id, and many plate glass windows on Main street were shattered, ? Peter Mariblto, a Polish farmer, was blown from a hayrack to the street. A broken piece of timber from the wreck of his wagon pierced his side, killing him instantly. r> Fatalities in the ftonth. . * ? Chicago, 111. ? Reports of the storm damago received hero are that ten porsons aro known to have been killed in Mississippi aqd at least fifteen were Injured. 'r* . Tn Starkvllle four negroes^ were killed. At Aberdeen. W. O. McMil lan. cashier of the Bank of Aberdeen, and his son, T. T, McMillan, were killed In the wreckage of the Illinois Central station. Two negross also met death. The tornado demQltfbed the station nod several houees. ^ Killed by Falling Tree, . . Plattsburg, N, -Y. ? Miss Hilda SI* dred, twenty-three, and her brother. Warren Bldred, eighteen, were killed by the /ailing of a tree In * highway a mile north of thii elty, They were driving to their home (n Chasy when a violent gust of wind snapped a large tree, toppling It on top of tfefa gad killing th*i? |pitantly. _ i _ \ DAtnWXlf rot PBOHATBO. ' Estate Worth More Titan $20, 000, 000 Yielded Only $120,000 a Year. V I.os Angeles, Cal. ? Lucky Bald win's will was probated here, Man ager .H. A. TInruh testifying to good mental condition of the testator when he made his will. The widow and Mrs. Zellia Selby, the daughter i^hom Baldwin didn't recognise during his life, were present, but they made no objection. It is understood they received a generous addition to' the amount Baldwin left to them. Mr. Unruh declared that, the estate was worth from $20,000,000 to *2f,000.000v but that the net annua! Income TTM only filjtf oo. ?????? ^ ENLIST OR TERM. Iowa Lad Found Guilty of Forgery r ftenteneed to Baler Xavf. Dee Moines, Iowa.? John seventeen years old, foi forgery, was sentenced to eril navy or eerve a term in the refc tery by Jedge Brennan, of the enlle Court here. The Judge olared training m the nary make a man ot the, la< Recruiting officers Flood because of the c to a similar order laat :