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CAMDEN, 8. O., FRIDAY, MAY V8,i?J01> PALMETTO HAPPENINGS New* Note* From AH Pari! of the State of Intere.t to South Carolinians ts\ General Premium List of State Fair, Columbia, Special. ? The premium lists for t be next State fuir have ar >ivod mul are being mailed out as rapidly n? possible. Tbo list it* in Convenient "pocket edition" wire and <ontaiiiH Ihe offer of prir.es to the amount of about $3,000 An addition to the race stakes and parses which amount to over $7,090, making a v<*ry handsome total amount, the largest flint has ever kv>en offered by the society. This will undoubted ly make the next State fair the great est success, both from on exhibit and from nu attendance point of view. Many important changes have boon made in the new list, the most not able being in I ho field crop, horse, cattle, Kwino, poultry, bench shows, household and educational depart* ment, all of which will be published from tiiro to time. New prizes have been offered and former ones increas ed in value. An important announcement is made ami a most searching question is asked.. in the following: " "To Farmers and Stock Raisers:. "The South Carolina State fair oflfois liberal prizes in all depart ments, pays the freight on State raised exhibits, and extends every courtesy possible; if you are not an exhibitor, why not t '^Urntg or send your exhibits, win some of I lie big prizes and see what .you please ? the opportunity for sales is excellent. "Every exhibit will be carefully looked after, no matter how small; information and aid cheerfylly given at all tinv.'s.*' The back cover lias n general list of .inviting features of tho fair and the question, "How can you miss it!" will be fo hard to answer that it will not he answered by many thousands except in person. It reads: "Are yon coming ? "Six full days of n big fair. "Six days of a grand horse show, "Four days of fast ha moss races. "Four days of exciting running races. "Automobile rates. "Football. "Hi^ free attractions. " Midway" shows ? fun galore. "How inn you miss it? "Tho dates ? November 3, 2, 3, 4, C, 0, 1909." Stock Payment by Seminole. Columbia, Special. ? A meeting of the Somino'o Securities company re ceivers and directors was held here last week, and it was decided to pny out a dividend of 20 per cent. The eliccks will be mailed according to the announcement of the receivers. Tho amount to be paid out will bo on a basis of about $110,000 and $120, 060 that ore stock claims alrea'dy ap proved, although the exact amount cannot be determined because all tho claims for stock are not valid. Onlv valid claims are considered by tlvi recoivers. It is ateo stated that the $24,000 claim entered by Jno. Y. Ga'rlington will have no effoct on the eettlement. Tho total amount of stock sold amounted to about $275,000 and of this it is tolieved that about $200, 000 claims will be proved. In some of the cases thoso holding stock will not verify, their claims afr the stock had been previously accepted by various banks and the purchasers do pof wish to bo held liable. j . Affaire At Allendale, AUeudab, Special.? Allendale ii now lighted with acetylene gag. The Consumers' Aootylsno Gas Company, a local company, put up the plant and tho town is now' lighted withi about forty street lamps. The town Hall arid qnito a number of private dwellings will also have the light. _ Newberry Votes Bonds. Newberry, Special. ? An election was he hi hero Tuesday on th<} ques tion of issuing bonds to the.J^O'fl&i: of $40,000 for the extension of the ' wafer and sewer systems of the city ? and resulted in a large majority of the votes being east, in favor of the k bond issue. Only 35 votes w<re ro . corded against the movement. This I is a much needed improvement and t is almost a necessity. ? Fjurm Demonstration WoTk. fc Columbia, Special. ? Mr. J. P. 'o Campbell, the assistant in charge of ^ the farm demonstration work in this - State under Dr. S. A. Knapp, was in tho city Friday and consulted Cora^ missioner Watson on tho plans for he coming fiscal year, which begins n July 3, Tho work "iff South Caro Tna during the past 18 months has en nr.o&tL encouraging and much d has resulted. It is expected that uring tho coming year there will be tjiretration" work in evej^county the State, with the exception of ht. Lixhtnins Kills Two NefroM ~ Johrv*ton, Special. ? Alex and Jack >wn, two negro boys, were instant killed by lightning Thursday morn about 0:80 o ^tock on^tho pi an ta li rT Win. Toney, n?ar John* There were five in tbo >on* >m dwelling and all received a A falling brick from the 9yf"on either side Of Which the >5? killed were sitting, struck brother in tho eja inflict It i^S . _? ' A; An Friend* of Children. Greenville, Special.-? A meeting of officer* of tho National Children '? Society wos held here Tuesday and Mr. William 8tree?/>r, of the board of director of (he National Society made a report to tho meeting. The Socioty was organized' here gome time ego, and its purpose ia the pro viding of homes for honvleai and friendless children of this State. The Socioty has branches in nearly tv ery State in the Union, and only re cently hits the work been taken up in this State. Sou" of the moat prominent business men of South Carolina are interested in the work end have given their time and ener gies to the Society. The Society finds hoir<>s for children of tho State who need homes and oxercises general supervision of childron after they have been placed iu homes. It is a non-sectarian organization, and is founded on business principles and run by business men. Tho funds are secured through contributions, but appeals are not made to every one for funds. Tho matier is brought to the atteuticn of the business men, and it is cn their work that tho Society depends for its existence. Storm in Newberry. Newberry, Snaeinl. ? One of tlw hardest rains that have visited this section for a long timo full early Thursday morning, rain continuing to full throughout tho day. As a re sult, iu the city many of the drains got chocked up and the water spread over the streets, flooding several cel lars with muddy water. About 7 o'clock there was a blind ing flash of lightning, followed im mediately by a cracking sound us if something was struck. It was found thut the bolt had struck the hand some new court house. The high ridge of the roof was toin, or a hole torn in it, about 12 inches wide and 8 or 10 f(/?t long. The building was slightly damaged at other places. The telephone connections in t lie sheriff's office were toin off and the facing of the window on the inside was u little splintered. The oleetric. switchboard in the building which contains many fuses had 17 of the smnllcr ones burned- out and two of the larger ones, the fuse in the transformer was ulso burned. Established in Florence. Florence, Special. ? It is a source of much gratitude to the citizens of Florence to learn that The Journal of the South Carolina Medical as sociation will, with the June issuo, have its home in Florence with Dr. Frank M. McLeod as editor and the board of councilors as associates. Dr. J .Gregg McMaster of Florence will be business manager. It is the con 8enus of opinion that those in charge of this woik could not have put two hotter men in chaigo of a magazine which means so much to the medical profession in the State. Dr. McLcod is recognized as one of the leading surgeons of tho South in addition tp his scholarly attainments. Dispensary Investigation. Columbia,. Special.? Attorney Genr eral Lyon, Col. T. B. Folder and Mr. Malvern Hill will leavo \n a few days to get come information needed by the State dispensary commission, 8omo of the liquor houses have pre* lented- partial statements and claim that their leadgori ? can not bo brought here, The commission mads no headway this week, so far as final settlements were recorded, but the situation was taken well ip hand and the entire business will bo concluded at the noxt session. Depot at Cheraw Burned. Chernw, Specij?l. ? About 2 o'clock Friday morning the dd'-" of the FV-abonrd Air Lino was found to bo on fire. The origin of the lire is unknown, but tho build ing r aught on the inside and was too for pone when discovered to be oOnt rolled. Fortunately there, was not as murh freight stored Yfiero ns was usually tho case. Cyclono Strikes Edgefield. Edgefield, Spccial. ? A-v cjrelone swept,, oj;^i^ a- portion of this plaeo at 5 o'clock Thursday morning. It scoms to- have 'originated within a ^niilo of Edgefield, and came from a ?ofc th w?fH direction, its width rang ing from 50 toSCOO Vflr^Ls. A number of tenant and otfllwuseR are total wrecks. Several occupants of a n<| gro residence were blown from their bed*. Tho Court House was par tially unroofed, .'chimneys of the jail blown off and. the livery- stable of M. J. A. Wier partially demolished. Its path can bo traced by the fallen trees. ?t- ?; >v ' - - ? f. ? v . . | - ? Gov.. Anderson, _ Anderson, Special. ? As the mult "nf the visit -of former Governor &-Okm* of North; CgTpttnl^OthU eiiy approximately $1,000 waa rais ed here for the cause of homa mis sions, He delivered two * excellent addresses Here, the fl?t ?t 11:30 s, m>," in tha Central Preabyterian church, where ha was intmdneod by > Major J. L. Bherard, and at night at tka Pint Prsabji*rinm okureh, y & * m IK Ml? I Of CIIURI Hamilton County Officers Ac cused of Conspiracy. RESULT OF A NEGRO LYNCHING United States Supremo Court Will Peaa Sentence on Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff and Tour Citizens of Ham ilton County, Tenneeeen on Next Tueaday, Th:s? Men Having Been Found Cfuilty of Contempt of Court in Combining to Lynch a Negro. Washington, Special. ? For tl-? (list time in so serious a ease, tho Supremo Court of the United States will, on next Tuesday weok, undertake to mete 6ftt punishment for the crime of contempt of the court itself, and the importance of the occasion will bo ouhnnecd by the number of the defendants. The proceedings will tnke place in conroction with the cases of Shoriff Sbipp mid Deputy Sheriff Gibson, of Hamilton comity, Tennessee, and four other residents of that county, named respectively, Williams, Nolan, Padgett and May. These men were Monday . declared by tlv? cou/t to bo guilty of an act of contempt, in com bining. in March, 100.% in a conspiracy to lynch a negro, Kd Johnson, who had been sentenced to death by the local courts on the charge of rape, and in whose case the Supreme Court had interfered to ^he extent of grant ing, an appeal, which had the eflfeet of a supersedeas. On the night follow ing tho announcement of the court's action, Johnson was taken out of the jail in Chattanooga by a mob and lynched. There was no resistance on tic part of the jail authorities and Shipp and a number of his deputies, as well as about 20 citizens, were proceeded against on the charge of contempt of the Federal Court. The case is regarded as of exer tional interest, because it is practical ly the tlrst time that this, the highest fourt in the Unied Sta'os, has ever underaken to 'assert its dignity or to resent acts or words reflecting up on it. In one' previous caso some yeais ago, a defendant was fined for some expression of con'onipt, but the case was so comparatively insignifi cant as to practically leave the pres ent proceedings standing alone. In the cases of Sheriff Shipp and Deputy Gibson, the court, in effect, declares there may he contempt in a failuie c-f officers of tho law to pre vent a crime in contempt of the court, and in taking cognizance of an of fense at so great a distance, the court, for tho first time, asserts by action its right to com pel the proper respect for, and treatment of, its verdicts in all parts of the Union. Georgia Railroad Tied Tight. Atlanto, Gn., Special. ? Oovernor Smith Monday proposed arbitration by a commission of Georgians and the firemen accepted, but the railroad did not. The danger that the strike, if prolonged, may spread tp other rail roads has become serious, whrn Vice President Bali, of tho firemen's or ganization, said that the diversion of the Georgia Railroad's freight busi ness to otlrr roads-^will c'auio' ihc firemen of tkoaa roads to /vote on whether or not .they wi^l'ficcept di verted freight. It wai reported^cr* that about ICO cars of Georgia Rail road freight had been diverted over other lines. Mails', and passengers, usually carried by the Georgia went by other roads, and in a few instan* cea automobiles were resorted to. ^reparations ar/5 under way by post 1 office authorities to establish an auto mobile mail service between Union Point and Athens, Ga. -w ?^.-Conflicting reports "as"'lo why no trains ran Monday wore spread here. Several of the CVorgia Railroad en gineei s were ' recorlcd-bv the strikers to be willing to take their trains out in ti e daytime, although refusing at night because of tlie hazard of Knng stoned after dark. The strikers claimed?ihat the railroad . officials, in J'rtiliiyv to provide strikebreaking firemen for these engineers, wore try ing lo put the situation in**"a worse l:pht than it warrants. Thp officials, however, said that it was both im possible and dangerous lo run trains. No further acts of violence were re ported hero Monday. Commissioner of Labor Neill left Washington City "Monday night for Atlanta, appeals having bden made to the Federal, board of mediation to fettle the strike of firemen on the Georgia Railroad. Dr. Neill and Chairman Martin A. Knapp, of the -Interstate Connrerce Commissi On, held a conference Monday relative to the strike. Hut Serve Sentence Boston, Special. ? Exceptions of Cardenio P. King, the promoter, who wa* convicted in Dccembcr of lajxauy arid embetElemcnt were overruled by the Supreme Court * Monday, and King will be compelled to serve the sentence of 10 years impxisaftSncnt Imposed at his trial. King was en gaged in selling stoek in various cor porations and was charged with -hav ing failed to make returns to custo ?nra. ?vt^T77Cv' ^"- H . *?. H.H.R06EBS, OIL lyiAGNATE, | DIES SUDDENLY AT HOME Leading Figure in Great Standard Corporation Passes Away. CLOSE ALLY OF ROCKEFELLERS After Itetlrcmcnt of John I), Hoofco <- filler, Hoger* Directed I'ojhy of Oil Trust ? - Ho \Vas8lxty-nlno Years of Ago, New York Cltyt? Henry H. ling ers, . vice-president ' of tho Standard Oil Company and tho real head of- tho company sinco tho retirement from HCtlvo business- eight years ago of John 1), Rockefeller, died suddenly at his homo, 3 LOast Seventy-eighth street, shortly after 7 o'clock a. m. M,r. Rogers had not hcen In tho l>est of health for tho past two years, hut ho could always attend to h lu busi ness. Mr. Rogers had otpected to go to bis dfllce as usual, and he got up iu tho morning at ti o'clock, as <vs? his custom. Ho had dressed and was about to loavo his room when bo be gan to complain of numbness and nausea, In the presoneo of several mombors of his family he panic to tho floor( { Ho was lifted to a couch In his room, and there everything possible was done to ease him, and his Own and other physicians were sent for. But ho died at once, By the time the first physician had reached the hoimo bo had been dead ton minutes, Tho to tho conHt ruction of hla tldowator railroad, which ho ba.d -planned ns an enduring monument for himself. lie cunlly h? took a steamship load of f i lends to Norfolk to witness tho c<T? emonles attendant upon the opening of that road to trulllc. At the tltno ho looked 113 sturdy ?n though anoth er hulf century might ho hu portion. No one suspected tluit hi* tltno was nrnrly at an end. althoimh It had bo known that ho has not horn iu good health for so tin* years past. Tho extent of Mr. Honors' fortune Ih unknown even to cloao friends. Tho host tstlmalea placed It from HO. 000, 000 to $0(),009,000. A trifle more tha:.i two yinra ago ho wau re puted to havo $100,000,000. In tho "silent panic" of March, 1907, which hild tho foundation for tho great pnnlc tho following October, ho wai the heaviest Individual sufferer. HI* VOBSC8 at thai ? ? n? ?? were figured at from $:i0.000,000 to $50,000,000. Rival financiers. generally holiovod to have boon captained by J. IMorpont Morgan, who had been camping on hla trail f'>r years, novo him no mercy In tho spring of 1907. Dor-ems of times Mr. Rogers had clone tlip aauid thing* I ?? others, grind lug up tho poor .and rich in his money-making machines, but it was a cru*htT!B blow when ho was caught himself. Ho never got over It,' The worry and anxiety brought on tho stroke of apoplexy from which he suffered In the summer of 1907 and after that ho was never again the same resolute, light inn, aggressive Holers. lie ceased f.poeulnt lug, avoiding hnauclal combats and devoted hiinsolf to putting his affairs Into quiet, con servat Ive ehannels. Rogers has boon credited with be ing 'mo.e of a factor in the Success of Standard Oil than Rockefeller him self. Ho had the imagination to see tho tremendoYu possibilities in the future of oil, and ho frequently forced HENRY H.? KUGKHS. .octore think that he was a victim ot heart disease. The millionaire had come In from his country home at Fairhaven, Mass., and the outing had seemed to do him good. When he appeared at his office he was apparently In good health. He had not even complained of feel-. lurui. . l Pew meaJhave been more promin ent Jirtfie ^ualnoss UfQ, of this coun> try than Hen^y'H^ddleaton Rogers. Blxty-nine yer.ra old at tho time of . his death, he was tho vice-nmldent find director of the Standard Oil Corpora tion, which very largely owned Its ex latence to his keen-intellect.- -Forkful I half a ccntury.he had been an active factor In the commercial life of this country, and tho effect of hla sudden death will be felt on both sides of the ocean. A director in twenty-five or more corporations, he was a heavy stock holder In a score of others, In which his genjus, for^upcrvislon was always reli?(l . on.^;rrtr '.iuoru. rec.ont years he has devoted himself almost entirely ALL EUROPE I Financial Reaction Agali Tlml London. ? Optimism, tho real thing, which Is willlng?4o bnck Itself heav ily. reigns In Europe fhls week. Even the groans of the btldgut ?\4etluiH hnd the tttpld.-fchreats of the Fteneh"tftrlk ers are unable to suppress or dlscoiif age It. The truth !s that pcesiinism has exhausted Itself and that reaction was. bound to come. Long years of politi cal crises and sociological upheavals have lost, for tho time being at least, their power to hold financial and commercial enterprlso in check. The result la that, after fourteen year? of steady depresslonvHhc Lon? don Stock Exchange and tho (Conti nental bourses also have witnessed n genuine boom within the last few daya such as has been unknown since 1895. This audden return of public confi dence Is largely a psychological move ment. There is more Idlo capital in England to-day than perhaps over In Prison and the Stnffo T,uro. About tho Mine Captain Petor C. Halns, Jr., was netting accustomed to hi* coll I? fling-Sing, H. Yv.Mrw. Annls, widow of tho man he killed, signed a contract to appear on the vaudcvlllo stage. Wheat $1.30 in Chicago. May wheat ecllpaed all records of 4he Patten deal with a price of $1.30 at Chldago. This price waa.hatf a cent above the record of two weeks Rockefeller to overcome Instinctive caution and embark upon wide ext$n? slons of the business. ? Besides, Rogers h'ft'd : '^oinpletd knowledge of tjj#. tntrlcaci^fi ox th? business,? and ,w-as gifted with exepu*~ tlve genius. Ho proved hlmsolf 9 master mind In organization. Befqre long he became a trustee of Standard Oil, thon lia rose to bo vlcQ-proaldent, andrhrthb ea: ly '00s he wus president of the company. By tho death of his fathor II, H, Rogers, Jr.. becomos a man of con?o? quence In tho world of finance. Just how Important this position will bo depends largely upon th# terms of his father's will. If the-' elder Rogers loft an estate of $80.* 000,000 and has bequeathed the bulk of It to his only son, young Roger! will have many responsibilities thrust upon hlH shoulders In addition to tho great wealth. Young Rogers In twenty -nine years old. He was j.rrn<! nn t ed from Colum bia "Co l TffRfj ? irn 0 0 1 , b u t a year before was married to Miss Mary Benjamin. S OPTIMISTIC. 7 list Fourteen Years of riltyi Its history. It Is widely dispersed, chiefly among the middle r.lnsses, who have been walling for years for con ditioijj that make investments attrac tUo. Their patience Is now exhaust ed, and' the use to which their sav ings are being put are significant. American stocks, however, aro finding many purchasers, but the pop ular Idea seems to be that reorgan ized South Africa offers sounder eco nomic conditions and better opportu nities than any other market. The leaders of flnanco nro of the .same mind as the public regarding the gen eral situation. The chief factor, of course, Is easy monoy, which Boems likely to con tinue. Next, It Is argued, the powefr for mischief of the present socialistic Government Is well nigh spent. It to a t?ollUen! rertatnty that they will be driven out In disgraee the moment the eountry geta an apportunlty to ex ercise Its will upon them. Prince nn<l Princess M ordered. At Oorl, Transcaucasia, Russia. n particularly Atrocious crime wm corn. mnTod by a band of armed men who attacked tho estate of Prince Dzhar aKoff. They killed, tho prince, hfcr wife, his mother; bis daughter and a senraat and then mado their escape.' California Ciierrlen Arrive. Jqp The first straight carload of the 1909 crop of California cherries too *rrlT?4 to New Tork Clt/. BANDIIS. ROB FAST TRAIN Take Seven Bags of Mail at Omaha, Nab, Sf<'ii Disappear Fifteen Mliu lites Aflrr Tlioy Cover Knyinccr. ii ml Firemen Willi Their Guns, Oinnlip, N? b.-~ Four masked bnn? <1itH held up the Ciiicayo night. cx> l>r?Fs on t ho Union Pacific Railroad In the suburbs of this city, ami es caped Jn on automobile with rc?lu? tep'd mall valued at (100,000, The hold-up *bb carried out with remark sblo quickness and ?ueeos?. Fifteen minutes after I ho bandits covered tiio fireman mid engineer with revolvers] they hod looted the mall one, and dis- | appeared with seven lmgti (Died wllh . registered mail for New York. Pax- 1 seniors, trainmen and mall sorters wren cowed by j?rnrns of revolver shots fired Into tho air. SA brnkeman tried to tttiM??k one of tho bandTs. hut ho wan driven hack by ttevornl I ijhots at eloso range. two of tho bill let k cnttliiR his clothing. The hold-up wnj within n mile of tho house where "Bdd.v" Cudahy was hidden by tho kidnaper, Pnt Crowe, j a few year:* ago. The Union Pacific ' official* mnde. known that they would . demand an Invest igatlon of the police | department. for failure to make tho allghteat move against the robbers. Tho hold-un was loss than Ihrao mllr-s [ from iho Union Pncltle station, in tho j heart of the city. The revolver shots i jilarinod persons for half a rioxeiiH blocks on both bides cf the track, J Hoveral men who ran from their I homes fired after tho robbers In the I automobile, hut it Ik not known If the ! bullets took effect. The bandits re- 1 plied with revolvers, but all their bullets went wild. Tho Union Pacific hps offered $5000 for tho canture of rnrh of tho -bandits, or J 20.000 In nil. The train was entering the cltv from tho West | and was due to make only :\ short ston before con ti nn I nK tho run to Chicago. Tho speed win about f'>rty miles nn hour, and tho train wrvrf ap proaching a cut. when tiio elialneer saw a flro blazing In tho pihldle of tho trnek. He threw on Iho emer gency braker: and the oxpresr. ground fo a slot) within fifteen feet of the fire, which had boon built of paper, and dry r.tloks. Two bandits aprong' un into the cab and pointed revolvers at tho heads of tho firenmn nnrl en gineer, The bandits rode off cheorlna: de rHlvely and firing nhots. Thev bead ed ont of tho city, but evidently turned when they were out of sluht, for one of tho pouches was nicked nn emptv at Jnckson and Forty-third streets, tvlibln a few blocks of polico headquarter?. HTIUKIO T I KM UP UATMtOAD. The f.Vorcia Refuses to ltitu Trains Till Slate CJIvcr Protection. AuguaLa, Ga. ? Tho Georgia Rail road is comnletely tied up by tho firemen's strike, In which tho strikers rssert that '.hey will drlvo every negro fireman from the road. The road did not try to move trains, announcing that it has tho men. tho moans and tho equipment io proceed and -will do so when the Rtnto agreea to protect Its property and emolo- ;is. Governor Hoke Smith wired" to Sherif* of MeDufTlo County to cr> onorato with tho municloal authori ties and to summon all deputies uec ' OBssry to protect life and pronerty. The ,road , announced that all freight . accumulated at Atlanta for Augusta and points beyond would be nioy?d by Iho Central of Georrgm .and ije'flhoard A1r Tilne. v . The Georgia Railroad runs 171 rr.lle* from Atlanta to Augusta and has branch lines. It. la onerated by tho T-oulsville and Nashville, lessee, tho Atlantic Coast Lino-feeing ft Joiut , lessee, j KILLED HY COMPRKS0KI) AIH, Engineer* of Power notu Hurled Through a Partition, Ogdemburg, N, Y. Tho com pressed air tank of the power boat Ida May blew up, killing Peter Wa? denhoff, of Bridgeport, Conn., second engineer, and fatally injuring Harry Pnrtell, of Cleveland, chief engineer. Wadenhott was' blown through a par ? t It ion against the hull, and his right ' arm was torn of I and his head crushed. Purtell was blown through a partition into tho cabin. Tlio ?xpl??lo? -opened -thtraenm'B' of the boat and sho sank in shallow water. The Ida May Is eighty feet long, of r.00 horse power, with a double-act ing motor started by comprised air. Purtell had recently returned from Monaco, where ho handled tho engine on tho power boat ra*ev Standnrd at t^ie International regatta. Torch For Univcrsitlcjf. TUchard T. Crane, multi-mllllon nire, of Chicago, In a letter to mem bers of the Illinois Legislature advo cated putting a torch to universltieR supported wholly or in part by tho States on the ground that they ? de moralized youth and caused them to desplso labor. ? More nat(lo?hlp? Planned. Two battleships and either five tor pedo boat destroyer* or one modern repair ship are provided for in tho Navy Departmant building program for the fiscal year to end June 30, UUi FLOATING HODY FOUKI>. Insurance PoIIHqs Identify lloosa N. -"Ttfcel.of tV'nitilngton, 1>. C. Kingston, N. Y. ? The body of * man. found floating In Rondout Creek, after being In tho water many months, was Identified by Insurance policies in hJs pockets as that of Room N. Abel, of Washington, D. C. -Mr. Abel apent some time in Kingett^ last fall, but suddenly disappeared and waa supposed to have returned to, WiOtngtonr ~No mark* of Vtolenc* ._.TM !?#?? Woman Doctor Fire Heroin?, ? "Chicago.? -Mrs. Julia C. Strawn. a physician, -curried her aged, paralytic father through flro In their homo to safety. She then assisted her mother, Hoy, Kills lMiyftlclan, Morgan City, La. ? Dr. Allen 8. King was shot and killed in his ofllcu by Loroy Olivier, sixteen yearo old, who sought to avenge the blight c??f upon his sister's life. Photograph Strike lVeukers, Chicago. ^Photographing the non union carriage drivors was a featuro of tho cabmen's strike. "The pic tures hero will enable us to rcoegnizo tho originate later." explained a labor leader. ' . . ' ? ? / ? f 1 Adler Sentenced to Six Years, Now Orl'eans., I. a. ? Wiillnm Adler, convicted of wrecking the State Na? tlonnl Hank, of which he was presi dent, was sentenced to nix years lu the Federal prison at Atlanta. Out of Work; Killed Hi* Wife, Norfolk, Va lu the presenco of their little daughter, 12 u gone Peebles, a young ii'on WOlder, out ot work, ap parently lusone, killed his wife with an axo In a hoarding house kept by her twin sister. Wealthy Philadelphia!! Asphyxiated, Philadelphia. ? ; Gilbert Parker, n woalthy resident of Wyncote, was us nhydnted by gas In his room. Ho had drawn up u chair heRlde ft gas radiator. It Is thought ho fainted while reading, disconnecting the gut tube. Frightened to Death by Searchlight. Poroche, La.? Adeline Hawkins, a negress, was frightened to death by tho powerful searchlight of tho bat tlcBhlp M IrhIhsI ppi , on Its way up tho river to Natchez. "It is tho Judgment llglt," she exclaimed, jjnd foil dead. Wheat Urines a Famine Price, Cincinnati ?, O^lo* . ? A carload of wheat sold hol*rr><Or $1.G3 a bushel. This prfce excoeded but once beforo In this city, in 1S7 0, when wheat sold at $2.1!> ii bushel. Held For Employer's Murder. Philadelphia. ? Harry Kosenzwelg was committed to prison without ball charged with tho murder of his em ployer, Harry Victor, a c.'^ar iuvr* chauU ? i . ? ? i ^Sf^NrtBN] Helen Tnft Accepts Honor. Wellington", P. C. ? M1b3 Hejcn Taft, daughter of the President, has accepted an lnvltatlpn to unvoii tho monument at Gettysburg. PreBldont Taft will mako the principal nddress. New Itecord For Congress. Washington, "D. C. ? Tho official statement of tho appropriations com mlttco of tho Senato and House shows that tho last session of? Congress either appropriated or authorized tho expenditure of $1,070,482,732, ft new high record. Tim President Ik Hack. Washington, D. C. ? President , Taft returned from his Southern trip in excellent health despite his hurried journeys from town to town and many speeches. - W* 3 . Against Posters For Capital. ' Washington, D. C. ? An order baa been agreed upon by tho District Po llco Commissioners providing that * ?'hereafter no placards Bhall be pub* licly^dlsplayed or exhibited whteh aro , lewd, indecent - 0*' vulgnr/.'or whlclj. pictorlally represent tho commlwlon ot prime/'.: - Church War in Cyprus. Larnaca, Cyprus* ? Great excite ment prevails In Llmasol, Cyprus, whoro disturbances have arisen over the enthronizatlon ot the Archbishop. Fightln>c has occurred In the churchcs. Di'im Hur^es* Honored. Dorlln. ? Professor John William DurgeBS, dean of the faculty ot pollt leal sclenco of Columbia University, New York City, has been elected as honorary member of the German Law Society. > Brooklyn Clergyman Honored. St. Petereburg. ? Several Russian, clergymen stationed in America, among them U<shop Hafeal, of Brook-, lyn, N. Y., have been given the Order of St. Anne In conncctlon with the Czar's birthday. Russian Inheritance Toy. St. Petersburg.--^ bill arranging . for a progressive Inheritance tax in | Russia was announced by the Finance Committee of the Duma. It provides for a graduated tax varying from one* half to two-thirds of one per cent. ' ? Father Pace in Home. , ? -Rome. ? Very- iig v. gdwarfl A;-" race, director of tbo psychological laboratory ct the Catholic University of America, at Washington, D. C., ai> i iv.' I here. %V- i'"i Scott .and Ilucker Sail ifciue. ? 8su Jtnrn, Porto Rtco. tatlve C- F. ScoU? o?i innn of the Agricultural Committee of the House, and Representative A. W. Rucker, of Colorado, who came hera to etudy agricultural and political condition*, sailed (or New York Oity. Japan to Protect Vessel*. St. Petersburg. ? A dispi Tokio says that Japan has d< -send "a .warship to the Bei T>n account of the repeated _ pt Japanese vessels by Amerlc