The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 23, 1909, Image 1
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?