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VOLUME XII. " g I y - * KU'.'.- ? NO. 15. Al'lUL 23,1909. PALMETTO HAPPEN INGS_ TOLD IN BRIEFS Occurrence* o f Iniercit GUtned Prom All Sccticui of tkf Buijf PtJmetto SUte xive jjiie jrrlsoncrs Pardoned, Columbia, Special,- Samuel Smalls, fjcorgu Simmons and Thomas Hi vow, of Charleston, sentenced to life im prisoiiniMit in the Htute Penitcutiniy for assault, were Monday aftenooil pardoned by Governor Ansel upon recommendation of the Ktato hoard of pardonUi ? ... Wt It. Cade, of Willamsburf, seii ttohctoil to lif? imprisonment in 1806 for murder, bing recommended to the nxTry of tlie court, waB pardoned up oil the recommendation of the board of pardohs. ' John Martin, of Beaufort, in 1905, \vjih sentenced for life upon convic tion of murder, and it is stated now that the testimony against the prison er was altogether circumstantial, lie was pardoned. Herbert Boy lew, of Bamberg, was paroled, a pardon having been asked for in his ease. IIo was found guilty of house-breaking and larceny in 1008, and was sentenced to flvo years. Jn tins case there was fcoine evidence tending to prove an alibi. Under the parole now granted Boylcs may go i'ree if lie gets into no further trouble. In that event ho would have to serve out his sentence. May Move Office to Rock Hill. Hock Hill, Special. ? There is more than a chance that Rock Hill may, in the u<*ar future become the head quarters of the Southern Power Com pany, now located in Charlotte. It is stated on good authority that the bjg corporation is dissatisfied with the new amendment to the charter of the ( it v cf Charlotte which imposes a iO per ccnt tax on the gross receipts of corporations doing business there, and while nothing definite has been done, it is^ believed that the company will move its offices within a short time. Acting on this belief the exe cutive committee of the Chamber of Commerce has appointed a committee to go to Charlotte and consult with Mr. Lee the vic^nresident, and en deavor to induce them to come here". Among the inducements to be offered ib the fact that. a syndicate stands ready to erect a $40,000 office building under plans looking specially to tho company 's convenience and subject tp its approval, Object to Odor of Liquor. Spartanburg, Special ? At the meet ing of the Great Council of Red Men cf South Carolina, which was held Jiere, a motion was made by S. 8. | finer, delegate from Paeolet, that rill members who appeared at the door of tho convention ball with the smell of whiskey on their breath be refused rdmission, thfr motion caused a live ly debate but was voted do\$n. The lied Men, as an order, is strictly tem perate, no wine or intoxicants ever being served at their annual banquets, but to prevent a member from attend ing the Great Council because he had taken a social glass was voted down. Mr. Tincr was formerly president of law and order league at Paeolet. Couple Die on Same D*y. Laurens, Special. ? News was re ceived in Laurens Wednesday morn ing of the death Tuesday of Mr. and Mrs. Brown Whitmire at their homo at Young's crossroads, about throe miles southeast of Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. Whitmire were both ill with pneumonia, and early Tuesday after noon Mr. Whitmire passed away, Just a few hours later Mrs. Wbitpaire died. Mr. and Mrs. Whitmire were about 60 years of ago. The burial services of tho couple were held at Harrieane phurc}), - Collins Bent Up Tot Lifq. Spartanburg, Special? %fohn Cpl (In#, white, v*bb eonvietod in tl}? cpurt pf Otmerfti Seiaioni Wfdneiaay pn (ho charge of murder, the jury rotiun* jng tho viydiot of jrulUy with mom* mentation to merey, lit will bo m ? tcnoed to life imprisonment. J, W. Mansfield) counsel for tho defendant, gavo notice of a motion for new trial. News at Columbia. Columbia, Special. ' ? News was brought to the city Saturday morning of what appears to bo a deliberately planned wreck of the' Seaboard's through southbound pnRsenger train. No. 43, near Denmark at an early hour resulting in the injury of several persons and the ddrailment of the en tire train, exeept the Pullman car. AH the injured who needed attention wore brought to this city, and nt 11:30 o'clock tho- Seaboard's regular, No. 81, was detoured on the Southern's tracks to Denmark, carrying a jjgrtjr to examine the scene oft tho wreck. - ? ?'i- i-1- rm. JL Boy 's Head ?plit Open. Florence, Special. ? Oscar Pitts, the little 6-year-old son of Mr. Pitts, of Palmetto, whose head was split open by' the saw at a saw mill, sear Palmetto, while playing in the saw pit on Friday, and who wag brought to the infirmary here for tnKtment, died Saturday evening. The little fellow wa* unconsciotte- nil the while, as the saw ent through the akull into the brain. ... AO*** Notorious Negro Captured. St. Matthews, Special. ? Sunday morning at D o'clock, Sheriff Dantzler and Deputies Fred Hungerpder and John J. Wolfe camu in from Sand/ Rutt with Isuae Robinson, a liegro bt A rather notorious reputation It) "those parts.'' The sheriff aud da put us, urmed with a warrant, charg ing him with assault and battery with intent to kill upon ouo Capers Wil liams, colored, went in Search of HoH inson and located him. llobinsoii escaped through the window and made a beo line for an adjoining swamp. Severe 1 shots were fired before he was brought down. He hud a buck shot wound in bin right side, and a bullet, which haH not yet been located, penetrated the hip. lie is detained in the local "calaboose',' until able to attend a preliminary hearing, when he will be bound over to court, which convenes in May. Newberry Lady Badly Burned. Newberry, Speciu). ? Mrs. Mamie Hiehardson, wife of Mr. lleury Hieh ardson, met with what may prove to bo a serious misfortune last Saturday evening. Mrs. Richardson was in the dining room baking and making prep arations Xor Sunday, when her drew caught Are from the Stove. She ran lo the door and n riled her husband, who fortunately waa not far away." Mr. Hie hard ton ran to his wife at once and mode an effort to tear hi# clothing off, burning one of his hands quite badly. However, the lire had mnde too great headway, and he then ran and got a bucket of water, but by this time the clothing of his wife was in a blaze, lie dashed the water over Her and v managed to put out the flames, but not until Mrs. Richardson was most painfully burned from the waist down and the hair on the back part of her head singed. Serious Firo at Florcncce. Florence, Special. ? Spontaneous combustion was tlftf r ttrigin of a fire that broke out in the oil storage and pafnt department of the Atlantic Coast Line shops hero on Monday night, destroying the oil and paint room and several box ears that were standing nearby. For a time it look, ed as if the large nuud&^ of .cars that stood on the side tracks to the rear of the big machine shops of the Coast I Line were in imminent danger. They I would have been destroyed but for the i hard' work of the shop fire department | assisted by the local department and j the removal of tho cars by a switch engine. The damage was considerable ' but it is covered bv insurance as it 1 is~ airrailroad property. The men work j ing on tiie yards lost all of their tools , that were stored in one of the "dead cars," Which was destroyed. Nogro Shoots Two White Men. Hampton, Special.? Mr. W. D. Causey, clerk of Court for this coun ty, and Mr. Jesse Sheppard, a white man living near Hampton, were shot here Saturday night by a negro man known as "Peg Leg" Hughes. The particulars of the shooting are not ob tainable. Mr. Causey was shot through tho tody and has been taken 1 to a hospital in Augusta t? be treated. Mr. Sheppard received a bullet in his right arm, which was removed Sun: day. Hughes was arrested Sun day morning by Mr. E). H. Reic] and was turned over to Sheriff Liglit? ( sey and Deputy Sheriff Anderson, who carried the negro to Columbia for safekeeping. Hughes has served) tjmp in the Penitentiary before. Farm Work Well Under Way. Gaffnoy, Special.-- Firm work fj] thta county Is probably farther od? vanccd now than it hia been at thin icaion for imral years. The farmoni who w#w In town Widneiday ny that ihf fruit crop will he About one* third if we have no mora levere weather. Good raini all over the county were a great help to early vegetation. Speolal Election Ordered. Florence, Special.? The city coun cil of Florence has at last ordered the c lection on tho question of sewer age and extension of tho water sys tem. The olectiou is to bo held on the first Thursday in May, the same day ana time that the election for municipal officers will take place. A senarate box will be placed at the polls, and the property holder? of . the city will be given the opportunity of voting for or against the issue of $80,000 of bends for the Ppurpose above noted. Sixty-flve thousand is for sewarge, and $15,000 fer extension oTfcater mains* cfc. ; ..w - j Seventh Smallpox Victim. York vi lie. Special 1. ? Peter Mc Fadden, colored, the seventh small pox victim, out of 12 developed cases, eincjfcthe -disease -made its appearance at trrc York Cotton Mill several weeks ?go, died at his home in the outskirts of town Friday afternoon. McFad den was, previously to being strickon, employed as fireman at the cotton mill and is supposed to have contract ed thf disease to? Kixbj ?ugb. .*.] News From Washington Congress will hove many ship sub ?i<ly bills to select from, if it eon rludrii to art on that kind of legisla tion during ths Sixty-flrst Coiid^'M Representative of New ?ork, is the latest memlx'rv to introduce a bill cu the subject, llis bill pro vides l'or a graduated system of ton nag* tflxrs in favor of American built ships and against foreign ships* '?It follows clofcey the poicy of the eariy statesman/' suid Mr. 8?lwf| explaining thl* bill. "During the <M>n titiuanto 0 1 the old la\r the tJnited States had tb<s finest clfcep sou carry ing fleet in the wOrld." * 4 * * The Democratic, f.enatorfe Wili not delay the passage of the irailY bill. They held their second conference Saturday and wKile no formal conclu sion was. reached on any point then was a consensus of opinion in tavoi of permitting the Republicans to take entiie charge of the measure with the understanding that they assume, as they nocossarily must, the entire re sponsibility for it. ? ? ? It was stated that the postponement of proceedings in the senate was due to a request f?;ora tho Democrats, but they take exception to this statement, and say they will be prepared to pro ceed With he consideration of the bill whenever the Republican senators de sire to take it \ip. ? ? ? The nearest approach to a formal egreement of the senators was a reit eration of their former expressions in favor of an income tax. There is no doubt that the party in the senate if united on that point, but there was no effort to bring about a concerted un derstanding on rates of ditty on any of the a r|i?les .covered by the tariff. There was no divergence of opinion as to the desirability of a general re duction of rates on necessaries of life, but there were some indications that individual Democratic senators would stand against specified de creases in the interests of their own localities. ? ? ? Secretary of War Diekhrsoiv and his party who are to acompany him to Panama left here Sunday for Charleston,. S. C., where they will em bark on the President's yacht May flower, for the isthmus "Wednesday morning. Monday fhey spent at Fortress Monroe, reaching Charles ton Tuesday morning whoro they did some sightseeing before the special leaves. The Secretary expects to get back to "Washington about the mid dle of May. ? ? ? Mr. Dickinson's purpose is to ae? quaint himself fully viith every de. tail of canal administration and eon- 1 struotlon that may be possible In the ten days he expects to spend between Colon and Panama. It is President Taft's wish that members of his Cab inet shall do moro or less traveling so that they may come in closer contact with tho people, particularly where work under their departments is such that personal investigation will be helpful. . ? ? ? The Rev. Halg Y. Yardumain, pas tor of the Armenian Evangelical church in Philadelphia, the only Ar menian ehurch in this city, has sent a letter to President Taft asking him to use his influence to prevent the wholesale massacre of Armenians in Asia Minor, ?' Rev. Yardumian says in part: f*We appeal to you to use tho influ ence of your great office in order to stop the hand of thfe slayer, in the name of God, in the name of human ity and justice known to and upheld by the noble American people." f r r pebate on the tarift bill opened in the Senate, Chairman Aldrieh da* fended the measure aubmitted by the flnanoe committee and declared that it would produce ample menus to meet the expense pi the government. Senfttpr Daniel outlined the attitude of the minority ei favorin* a bill capable of raising suftelent rem* ? without imposing any mere burdtni on the people than were absolutely necessary, Politics were for the moment for* gotten by tho Daughter* of the American Revolution and all factions united in according Mrs. Donald Mc Lean, the retiring president general, an enthusiastic greeting at the open i ing of the eighteenth congress.. ? ? ? Taft and Sherman, * baseball "jfaris" as well as President anJ Vice President of the United 8tates occupied adjoining boxes at Ameri can League Park, shared a bag oi peanuts and "rooted'* for tho home team to win from Boston. For more than four hours the Dem ocratic members of the. Senate con ferred Wednesday in an' effort tc agree upon a policy toward tariff leg islation. At Urn end of that tins* Sen I atoir Culberson, the minority leader announced the Democrats had agreed to support an income tax amendment and to atand for substantial redac tions in schedule*, and partieulorlj for a decrease, in the rate# on necee aariea of Ufa. j Pill 10 Kim 81 II M * I .III .1 I 0 tour Wealthy Men Are Strung I'pinAdj, Oklahoma. ^ mm d 0 i . HAD MURDERED U. S. MARSHAL Disgusted %1th tho Alleged Justice Meted Oat to Criminals in Smaller Town* of Oklahoma, Two Hundred Citizens of Ada Took the Law Into Their Own Bands. Ada, Okla., Special. ? Two bundled ojtlr-ens of Ada, nearly all of them of the betfef clans, thoroughly disgusted With tho "justice" meted out to >Hmiiial.s in the smaller town* of Oklahoma, eaily Monday took from jail add hatiged four wealthy hind Owners for tho murder of Deputy United Btatea Marshal A. L. Hobbitt. The lyliched men wens <), B. Miller, of Fort Worth, Tex.) H< B< llurrell, of Duiicah Oklahoma) Jesse Went and Joseph Allen, of Canadian, Tex* Shortly after 3 o'clock Monday morning the lynchers shut off the electric street lights, cut the tele phone communication and quietly gathered near the jail. When all hud assembled, a Itjrgo man swaggered out of the dark and sold: "Are you nil ready T" A confused buzzing won the only answer. The men silently made their way toward the jail. Thoy had scarcely started before they met County Attorney Hobert Wimbiah, who had received word that the mob wus forming. The crowd slopped atSiis request. Attor ney Wimbifcii said: "Men 'of Ada. you are diagiacing this county in the eyes of the world. Think this matter over clamly and let the law take its cou rae. 1 appeal to you ns an officer of the law to return to your homes." <,The mob, without a word, proceed ed on its way. The attorney attempt ed again to talk to them.' "This is no time for speeches," said the lead er and tho march continued. A higli board, fcuee surrounding the jail wus partly thrown down and the crowd eutoied and pounded on the jail door. Only Guard McCarthy was on duty. "McCarthy," *aid the leader, "open this door at once. Wo mean business. Hurry, it* near daylight." ."You might as well go home, boys," quici'ly responded the officer, " this door will never be opened from this side." After a conference threeof themob threw themeolveB against tho frail ja*l door and the mob rushed in, Guard MoCai'thy was knocked sense* less with a revolver butt, The four prisoners wi:ye quickly taken out, al though West fought desperately. .. you're going tp Jiang me, do sa:d milley. Tho mob led the four men tp a barn a few hundred feet away and stood them in a straight line. Tell us what ypu devija know about Bcbbitt's murder," shouted the mob leader, Weflt. answered for the four, say ing J 'We don't know who you men aro, and we don't care. For myself, X know if X had a six shooter, a few of you would bite the dust, but- that's talk as long as my 'shooting iron' is m Texas. You boys appear to have a job to do. "Why don't you do it? We won t tell anything, and you "The ropes," the leader broke in, and the four prisoners were carried to a beam and strung up in a row. Just before the rope was placed about his neck, Miller calmly remov ed a diamond from his shirt front and requested that it be sent to his wife in Fort Worth. From his neck ? i , ew ou* a diamond scarf pin with the request that it be given to Owd McCarthy for bit kio<Sn.?. to nim. As soon as the men were dead the mob disappeared. At daylight the bodies of the lynched men were cjit down. Senator Oaaxam gtm Uneonecloui, Asheville, N. C., Special.-Tli# ? condition of former State Senator Joseph H. Qcsiam, pt Penniylvanii, tojund ?* tht Kmllwortll Iiij Art h.i wc?k by Jumping frotii JhI?iLj,LprJr JT1,ldc,w' 'Wiilni w SSBfrtX' ZJTB Hin M tin Clmtiifi Bukw Hoinlul, ,,ln<'e ?mU?| and itlll remain* in An unconseloui s.mditUn Has Saltan Abdlotfedt Constantinople, By Cable ? The im portant featuro of the situation in the Turkish capital Monday was the report that Sultan Abdul Hamid had abdicated. It caused the greatest ex citement in the lobbies of Parliament and spread with lightning-like rapid ity throughout the city. A rumor of the flight of the Sultan on a warship followed closely on that of his abdi cation, but neither could be confirm ed. The Palace was under strong guard, and even high official# were not permitted to enter Hr ? ! Fire In Little Rock. Little Rock, Ark., Special? -St. Louis compress >{o. 2, one of the larg est cotton compresssa in this city, was practically destroyed by firs early Tuesday, causing a loss which is roughly estimated will approxi mate almost a million dollars. The fire was discovered shortly after one o'clock and because of the inflam mable material upon which the flames fed. mined qnkk ^ BODIES TAKEN FROM HOTEL MIS IN SUN EBMCISCO thirty Persons Were Missing Among 300 Who Were Asleep. rwo WOMEN WERE INJURED r?o or Three Work logmen Occupied Karli Room In the St. ticorge? ? Ono Wonuin lVrlidicd-? One Vic. t i in Identified. Ban Francisco, Cul. ? While It Ih be* fleved that only hIx persona lost t liol r lives In tho flro that destroyed tho Bt. George Hotel, tjomo thirty of the 800 Bleeping lodgers havo bee.li uc eounted for. These probably went away without reporting their Bafety. rho only body Identified of the nix recovered Ih that of C. II. Johnson, Of San Ahtonlo, Tot. Among tho guests still unaccounted for Ih Her man Mulr. a cl^ar maker, of Roches* tei1,' K. Y. The proprietor of the hotel, J. \V. Shanaba. ? ban boon In Works since tho flro of 1000. Works slnco tho tiro in 1 ft 00. One of Him few women In tho hotel illed In the f'.amoH. Two others lumped from a thlrd-atorv window uid were fatally Injured. Thoro were twenty-three patients Buffering from torlous burn* in the Centrnl .Kmer *eney Hospital. Four men enHtalnod broken anna and less hv .lumping from the third story. Tho firemen inroad llfo net# and a score of men Ironped Into them In safely. The hotel wnn used chiefly by wOrk *n?men. U was n frame ntmrture, rrhieh wns run up hastllv after the <arthauake. It was pot. provided .vlth flro esenpes, and tho patrons', were caught In n tri>??. Tim police l.nd fireman carried flfiv persons out if the Hr*l floor. All these siot in a iam on tho stnlra leading from tin* ipeond floor. Thov fought and struK ilod with ono another In desecration, ind were ove-come by tho clouds of imoke and fumes. Tb? rescuers throw mnnv of them bodll<' through window* Into the F'reeJ, nnri four Ore men fell unconscious a? tho work, rbey were draped out with difficulty. Search for the victims was begun without detnv. luit It was t^'o hours before the first hortv was token out. lames Roger and \Vl11lsm McKlnlev. firemen, wore struck bv timbers when tho biilMin* collansed. and were '?ken to the hosnltal In r. aerlon* con iitlon. No property was sn^-ed and. fho loss was estimated at S12R.OOO. FIvo Matlents In the hospital whopo ?ondlllon was critical are Patrick flnerln. .Tohn Noil, John Erlckfon, Fonu Potts and John Mann. ' JOAN OF AHO 11EATIF1KD. Thousands of Frcncli 1*11 srrlms Wit* ne*s Ceremony In Home, Rome. Itab'. ? Tn tho presonco of 80,000 French nll*rlmr, practically ill the BIshonB of France, many Car linals and descendants of the new martyr, tho solemn ceremonies In ?he heat Ideation o' Joan of Aro were ?a^ried out In St. Peter>. The Basilica presented a fslryllk'4 lonearance. It was hung with red velvet dranerlea. and everywhere itrlngs of elctrle lights were artlstl* ially arranged. Huge pictures renre lentlng the miracles of Joan of Aro ind her statue wore placed over the high altar, but th^" were veiled, The ceremony began bv the reodlnnf r>f the brief, at the last word of which the velln fell. The statue an reared framed with electric bulbs, the bells nealed fofrth. and the massed :bolrs Intoned the To De"m. which wp? taken un bv tho vast throng. The United State* wa^renroaented nv Archblshon O'Connell. of Rostonj VT^r. Peton, Archbishop. of Fellopoll^t Ms:r. Kennedy, vector of the Am0*! "an Collpxe, and Rlehon Farrell, Ihn new Bishop of Cleveland, who, for the first time, appeared in hi* roboo Df office. ?' ?OLONKJ< AUGUR DROPS DEAD, )fllcer Selected Fob Promotion Make# PIaco For Colonel Marian 1*. Mau?r. Washington, D. 0. ? Announcement s made at tho War Department that k telegram bad been received from ifanlla, P, I,, Informing tho depart* nent of the eudden death from apo >lexy of Colonel J, A, Augur, Tenth Cavalry, now atgtloned at Fort Mp? Ciptey, near Manila, Colonel Augur, vho was a ion of General Augur, of 3W11 War fathe, bad Just been s$luet? id by President Tfttt for promotion to he rank ot Hrlgadler?QenerRl In tho krro)'i in view of tho death of Qotontl Ugur the President hae directed the mmedlatN promotion of Colonel Ma tan V, Maui?, Twentieth infantry, vho had been selected for promotion xext January, WW. BAIXBRIDCE A SUICIDE. I Trcnsnry Agent in Pnriii Wca Worried Over Undetected Smugglers. Paris, Franco. ? William 13afn nidge, a special agent of tho Ameri iirti Treasury Department, committed tulclde by shooting himself with a re rolver. William Bainbridge was a Treas iry agent stationed in Paris. He was 'orty-seven years old anil ha.t hla tome In Council Bluff?, Jr.. He bad tad long experience lit the custom? torvlce, and for a year or more had >eea In chprgc of the Paris Uiatrlet. Japanese Killed in San Francisco. Tonljo Kawamato, a deserter from tt% Japanese steuemsktp Chiyo, was . ihot and killed In San Francisco, Cat., >y Patrolman John,. ,AiMear. .The tailor -.fought against Arrest and tabbed the policeman. o Comlno Killed In South Bess. At Melbourne, Australia, Informs* ion has been received that Captain Domino, a well known Japanese xsder, has been killed by natives ol ,ne Admiralty | _ ? ? WILSON ASSURED BY' fmhkhs wheat is plehty Amount on Farms March 1 Was 143,000,000 Bushtls. " 1 - ???!"? ENOUGH FOR ALL BREAD NEEDED The IU'imrlrta of tin? Department of Agriculture Alt* I'lirriMiM ia?J They Know (Up Kinr of the Couiw try'a Crop ?, Washington, 1). C. ? "Tli/Pre Ih sufil clont wheat In the count ry' at normal prices to make broad for tho Ameri can pcoplo up to tho time when tho now crop comas In," said Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, anent tho Chi cago wheat corner, "and ihosa who attempt to koc?p prices tip at presont rat or eNj.nct to get their money out of tho common people?the consumers*." Secretary Wilson's statement was made in reply to criticisms of J. A. Patten, of Chicago, of the crop re ports of tho Department of Agricu.l ture. Mr. Patten not only dlnei ed ited tho deportment's estimate of tho wheat crop, but mild that the simply of wheat was scarcer than tho CJov ornmont's cfitliuaUs show. "Tho reporters of the Department of Agriculture are farmers living on farms, ami know. If nnvhodv known, and have knowledge, If auynody has knowledge, of the facts, " mid thoSee retary. "We cannot whistle these men down tho wind. If wo b?m?k an honest class of community and hesi tate to take tho word of tho American farmers, we will not establish truth by going to the gambler*. "In tho corner of ISO.", when tho price of wheat was run. up to $l.sr?, the price was depressed Die following year below eighty .cents, the result, undoubtedly, of t ho upsetting of tho. equilibrium of normal supply nnd de mand." To allow that a rcarclty of whc;\l in this conutry Is not t e cause of tho present abnormal increase In prices, Secretary Wilson pointed out. that the | amount of wh^at produced In the cal endar year 1 i> 0 S was 0G5.000.000 bushels, as compared with 034. 000, 000 for the crop year 1907, making 3 1,000,000 bushels moro for the last crop year than was found the year previous. After calling attention to tho department's report, which Indi cated that the amount of wheat on farms on March 1 last was about 14 3,000,000 bushels, in round num bers, the Secretary cays an analysis of tho wheat movement after March I in pust years Indicates that the yearly estimates of tho percentage of the crop on farms at that time has been about flvo per cent, below tho actual percentage. He says that when wheat becomes dear, as it is dot/, as tho ro? suit of tho Chicago corner, people use more corn than they do when wheat is cheaper, and eay3 that tho people who aro responsible for tho corner will liavo to consider that leas wheat will bo used while It remains at au abnormally high price, ? . _ ' ' OLD HORSEMAN'S SUICIDE, "Bishop" Poole TCilld Himself on tho Track at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Cal, ? Despondency over his 111 fortuno with his horses this season and grief over the passage of tho California anti-betting law caused G. W. Poole, familiarly known as "Bishop," one of the oldeBt and best known horsemen In the country, to commit suicide at tho Santa Anita track, He slashed his wrist with a razor, and to malco death 6urc swal lowed carbolic acid. Poole was a native of Kentucky and had been racing for. twenty-five years. Ho was ono of -the old guard that Included Ed Corrlgan, Dave Wal do and Tom Stevens, all of whpm were the central figures around Chit cngo fifteen years ago. Tho old turf man had a few horses here, having lost his best ones several yearc ago, MOSLEMS MURDEH AMERICANS. P, M, Rogers and Mr, Maura* I<o?o Lives at Adann. Beirut, Syria.? A terrible uprising has ocourred In Adana. Street fight ing was going on for three days, and at least one thousand persons have been killed. The city has been praq* ticaljy destroyed by fire. Two Am*** lean missionaries, D. M. Rogers, of New Britain, Conn., and Mr. Maurer. the latter from Hadjln, are dead; All the other American! were aate; Tho British Vice-Comul, Major paughty?WyJlo, is among the bounded, Ho wfre ibot through the 1 At Tmus therci was 1cm ion pt llff, The Armenian Quarts, bow} over, Wm deitrnyid. Totir thouifittq refugew wore houaed in the Amer* lean mission. Th? n*?d of rail*! was urgent, lest the fugitives be ou tuv Vergo of itarvation, DROWNS WITH NINETEEN NAMES Eighteen For Famous Preachers? Last For Father, Country Pastor. Paducah, Ky. ? Arthur Hugh. Thomas T. Do Witt Tnlmage Hardin Eddy Lane Ireland Llnnto Marlon Branch Sam Jones Plgg Reuben Walker Chiles, a jnan believed to have had a longer name than any other man on earth, disappeared, and his body waa found in Perkina Creek. ; It Is supposed drowning waa &ccl? dental. Deceased was tho son of the Rev. R. C. Chiles, superintendent of tho Rescue Mission of Paducab, and rach name waa lor some preacher ol note. Chinese Consulate Established. .. China Is to establish a Consulate General In Ottawa. Canada^ with a Vice-Consul in Vancouver, BriUib Columbia. SOOO At Taft'a Sanmer. gom?. Five thousand persons visited the "aumiher White House." at Beverlyf Maaa., where the Tatta will Hre. ? Lose? Life in Surf. A -Tohn Chanslor, of Loa Angelea, Cal.. waa drowiea on WtmFSgifc nouviuiu, riawaii. Latest News. BY WIRE. Patent Treaty Willi Germany. WiihiiluKton, 1). C. ? Tht Senate ratified a now patent treaty between tho United Statesand Gariunny agreed to by the Committee oil lforo,lgu Ito latlous, ' . ? ' ? "? ? i v X , ;Vv Discus Kills Student, Springfield, HI. ? ilarre' t P. Jam Mr, fourteen y?n r* old, a freshman of tho Springfield (Iiglr School, l? dead aa tho rosult of a fractured Hkull suf fered on tho school campus when ;i four nud a half pound discus flipped fi'om tho hand of a schoolmate In ath letic practlcc. Wed* Man Who Shot I f Providence. II. I.? Miss Christina Palnilen?, an luilan. lwentv year#' olil, was married to Camillo Ueslsto, who. on March N. shot and wounded her In a tU of JeaiouHv. Sim recently left the hoepftal. To marry DCrlst" Ml*s Pulinleri obtained reduct'op of tho bonds to $15 00, und then fur nished the surety necessary for her lover's roloase. .; "* ? \ ' ' IIok? Kill Woman. c VJlUto'*, M'l, ? Tii'? body of Mis'* I01ir.it' .f. Wood>?. seventy-five years old, a roc Inao, was found psar the homo of llcnry Freuorlnkf , a. farmer. Chariest ov/p. She hnd apparently been killed I'v a herd of swine. Tho body wr.H bndly mill Hated. Miss NVoods resided alcae on a small farm of her own. Masked M<>n Hob Panic. Mount Vernon. Ill,? ^The bnnlr at Wondlawp. 111., was robbed |>v flv?? masked man, who escaped Willi 51000 In cui rency, c China Painter Co?nmWn Suli'ldf. '? Atlanta, Ga. ? ? William Jjvcntt, a china painter, committed sulcloo at his home here hy uhooting himself. Fulton Declines Chi ni\st? IifKalion. Astoria, Ore.-? For'n?r Sonato" C?, W. Fulton tel^Rianhed PresidQnt Taft dceiiuiug tho appointment of Minister to China. He says ho wishes to re sume the practice of law. Southern Trust Fined. Jn?'V50P, Miss. ? Tho Jpckson Cot ton Oil Company entered a pl?a of Kullty of vloloUnp the Mississippi An ti-trust lawa. A fine of $200 was Im posed. Colonel Mo3Ch Gibson n Suicide: T.oulsvJlle, Kv. ? Colonel Moses i Gibson, who served In the Confeder ate army durlnc the carnnalprn tn Vir prlnln, committed ?SH4cfrdo here by ? dj-oy iijng; Iii^tTTiWf ub. Colonel Glb 'pon, irhfr-wns seventy-two yenrs.old, introduced anthraclto co^l to the pcoplo of Kentucky, Limit Placed on Saloons. t)3s Moines. Iowa. ? Governor Car* roll Hlgned the Moon liquor bill, which limits the number of saloons in any city to one for everv 1 000 inhabitants. The bill Is Intended to Prevent the es tablishment of new tfftloons by brew eries, - * . Educator to Farm. PI pon. Wl b. ? The call of tho farm r.rd the Insufficiency of the 5-1000 sal ary he earned as a college president, It is stated, led to the resignation of President Richard C. Hughes, of RI? pon College. He v/lll take the man ns9nient of a tract of Irrigated land in Idaho. BY CABLE. Many Americans in Rome, Homo. ? So numerous r.ro tho American vialtorB to Homo that Mgr. Kennedy, rector of tho American College, Is presenting about fifty p t them dally to tho Pope, r Consul's Papers Signed. Berno.wThe Swiss Government has signed the exequatur of Robert Mans, Held, of Indiana, as American CqpsuI General at Zurich, Ellen Tinckum Burled. Naples, ? Miss Ellen W. Tinckum, pf Boston, Mass., who died in thl* city recentlyrffat burtefl In tho Bngi lish pemeUryf * * a Cuban Journalist Indicted, Havana, ^-flleardo Arnauto, th? former JournalUi, hai boon indicted on tho cbargo of abstracting rtooui moots frpm a trunk twanging tn r\ 01 tSmllQ HUMi, - *"*i Gold fthippsd to Ai'genlltifl, \ . .. Buonos Ayrea.? Tho steamers Po< toraao fvnd llAMflttPjflMf arrited hero with $15. 400, 000 in gold, which wps shipped by New York Olty bankers to financial concerns hore. - ?? Lady Curling is Dend. London. Ontario. ? Lady Carlln?, wife of Sir John Carllng. formerly Postmaster-General and Minister of Agriculture for the Dominion, died here* Liberal Candidate Chosen. London.? t Joseph. Martin t ex-Pre mler of Brltlah Columbia, has been adopted as the Liberal candidate for tho Stratford-on-Avon vacancy in the House of Gommorr, caused by the resignation of Malcolm Klncaid? Smith. 1 ? - MIm Helen Frances Harbeck Dead. Nice, France.? Miss Helen .Frano*a_. Harbeck, of New York City, died here. She was the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Charles T. Harbeck, Lexington avenue. Agitator* Kscape Prison Term. " i>ubHn,~ Ireland .?The sentc have been ^dismissed against Jo | Dovlin. member of Parliament West Belfast, and Dennla secretary of the United! obtained tn connection | fight at tho Nat Ham Uaf tahfiilf?