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* > - + '-I . ?? v '.v4> r . ? ' ^.:.:.z ? NO. 21 CAMDKN, S. C.. FRIDAY, JUNK 4, 1901). SOUTH CAROMNA NEWS ITEMS ? 77 News of Interest Gleaned PromAlj Sections of the Stole wd Arranged I'or Busy Readers * telegraphers' Strike and the Liabil-1 ity. Coin ui Hi a, Special. ? Tho fuprecafr fourt has reversed the circuit judge as to the liability of the telegraph eompante* in cases whore a message is not delivered promptly on account A strike or other unavoidable hap penings. C. S. Sullivan of Anderson brought Huit agtfinst the Western UbIdq for $100 on account of the de lay. in delivering a telegram sent from Anderson to Newberry September 10, 1007, tho said menage being deliver ed on the morning of the 11th. Tie rompany admitted that the under ttamiing wWB that the message should go through but called attention to the contract on the back of the blank which read that in case of unaVuid balo delay the company should not be held responsible, fc By tin* act of the plui lit iff in signing the telegram this was agreed to, it was argued. The magistrate in the case .award ed $100 damage# rand Judge Prince upheld I he decree. Judge prince held that the evidence slurtved* that the aicssage was wilfully and wantonly hthl up by tie agent <;f the company and that tho company was therefure liable. But the supreme court in reversing the case tails attention to the fact that' 'at tho time a at ril e was on and tho weight of authority is that in such cases the company bo not held ij liable. A previous docision quoted says _ that jn general tJte companies should ? not Ve held liable? for- ac4s -o?- mobs and also that tho same rule applies with regard to cases where the mob is comj))?ed of employes of tho com pany oil a. strike. So tho circuit judge is overruled and tho ease is remanded for a icw trial. About Rabios. B writing in the Columbia State says; Tho best medical authorities in dorse the Pasteur treatment as a pre ventative, but not as a cure. Rabies ? is incurable, but it is preventable. The records of one of tho Pasteur -institutes in this country show that ? in a series of 1,000 cases where the trouble with the dog that did the bit ing was proved to be hyprophobia iu i each ea so, one-half Of 1 per ecnt. only developed the disease, and there was some .doubt as to the genuineness of the disease in there cases. The proof that the dogs hdd the disease con sisted in injecting virus obtained , from the head of the dog into rab bit and genuine rabies followed. The records of t ho original Pasteur in stitute in Paris show a much lower mortality. Pages 53, GO and 57 of tho annual report of the surgeon gen oral of the United Sta'es ' public health and marine hospital serivco, for 1008 dwell forcibly on rabies and Its prevention, Tho claims of Pas teur institutes that are above critir cism are for* a higher percent ago of f?rovention than 90 per cent, Fuiv her, the medical authorities are un animous in thcip indorsemenf of the . Pasteur troatment and consider Pas? teur's discovery as one of the epoch parking events of medical history. As to the "three pills" method, surei .. jy in this day no intelligent man is ? utill go subject to superstition as to givo any credit , to this hoax. Tho writer knows of Ave cases of animals ( bittpn by a rabid dog, in which Uit'iol pills wore fl lamentable failure, | Cartoonist Dead. Camden, Special. ? T. G,.. Bush, formeily cartoonist for the Now York World, died at his winter home here Snturday night. Mr. Bush is ? sur vived by his wife, thrco daughters ?nd on? son. City May Collect Bond, Anderson, Special. ? The gas plant for which the Anderson city council pave a franchise many months ago nas not been erected yet, and neither lias the bond of $1,000, furnished to show good faith by the gar promoters, been collected. The franchise, ex pired by limitation on March 18, last, and letters were written to the pro moters requesting them to make good the personal bond given. Wagencr to Have Bank. - I Aiken, Special. ? The town of Weg ener is soon to have a bank. The . <3 ? . / J citizens of that place have long felt the want of a banking institution, and a day or two ago one of the lead-^ ing citizens began a movement to be gin a bank as soon as the preliminary arrangements can be made. A sub scription list wp? carried round* among the business people of the town and ready response was made to the call for capital stock. It is expected that it wiirnot be many weeks beforo the bank will b* w^j operation. v Grieved at Ifr. Connors' Death. Hon ca. Path, SpeciaL ? The town of Hon on Path was thrown into deep gloom Monday when news was re , jceived hew.fif .the dcattjJrfRev. M, A. Connors. His death was not. tu>? expected, but be wis ' so devotedly ' and tonderly loved by all that the news of his death produced universal and profound sorrow. Floral tributes ? have ton 'sent ~ the different chu 'Jgt Pythias and Brazell Guilty of Manslaughter. Columbia, Specials?In Clio c?urt of general sessions Friday WarrVn 0. Hrar.ell, on trial charged with the murdor of liin brother, Mylton Bra /?.'II , was convicted, the jury iu his <*ah? returning a verdict of man slaughter . with recommendation to ' tho mercy of the .court. Ilia coun sel gave notice of motion for a new. trial. Tho taking of testimony in the case occupied the court uutil after 1 o'clock,, and tho jury was out until about fi o'clock. The prisoneer man ifeated no uuunual "'concern, except that when he took his aea( in the space reserved for prtfonera his heel tapped on the flodr, an action of which ho was probably not conscious. Throughout the trial the accused maintained a demeanor of intcrccsted attention to tho testimony and evino ^d no nervousness or uneaftiness in [ any way. Ilia wlfo, Katie llrazoll, who.*o in discreet conduct was tho primary cause <?f the tragedy, occupied a seat iu the court room during the trial. Throughout the case she maintained (an attitude tliat roemod more or less defiant, but when the verdict wafc r<?ad to the defendant and the court, she broke down completely, her friends and rehilivetr surrounding her, doing tlxnr best to console her. Two Men Shot in a Row. Columbia, Special, ? In the vico sec lien of the city edrly Sunday morn ing two penitentiary guards and two men of bad reputation became in volved in a serious encounter. As a result EJber Asliford lies in a dan gerous condition in tly? Knowlton inflmary, W. K. Mellette, n peniten tiary guard is Wounded in the thigh and Lonnie Hall and John White are in qrrest. The story given by the polfco is jfliat Hall and Asliford, both of' the tough element, had been annoying Mellette and White, who were on a fiolic, it appears. The police were informed that Lonnie Hall knocked Melletto down and ap propriated" his pistoh- Thereupon he was called by Whi^Jja?JIall knocked White down and some ? one began shoot ing. There were throe shot ft, it i? and two of these struck Eber Ash ford, who had not mixed up in the melee. Tho. third struck Mellette. Asliford is dangerously hurt, or.o bullet having entered his left side and ranged upward, lodging near the hcait. The other wound in the groin, is not of such a dangerous nature. Mellette was shot in the liip. There wero powder burns on Lonnie Hall's shirt, showing that lie nnvst have been close to the mouth of the weapon. An Improved Hub for Autos. ? Columbia, Spccial. ? M. D. Tindal of Columbia has been . notified by I Munn $ Co., of New York, publishers ' of Tly; Scientific American, that a I patpnt hag been granted |iini for an ! improved automobile Wheel hub. Patents have been applied for on thin invention in six European coun 1 tries, including Qreat Uritian, Canada, Germany, France, Austria 'and Hun gary. Dr. 8. B. Fishburn is owner of a half interest in thp patent anfl during thp present week a stock com pany is to be organised to exploit tho invention, and there is a possi bility of a factory being put un here for its manufacture. The contrivance differs raidionlly from the hubs uned on the front wheels of automobiles heretofore. The arrangement is a rather difficult thing to be dgscribed by onp who is not verrod in the term inology of structural mechanics, but the dovico looks practical and is said to be a very great improvement over the hubs used uow. v ? Cyclone fcrtikes Saluda. Saluda, Special. ? A cyclone of terrific force, but narrow path pass ed along the oastern edge of thi* town at an early hour- Thursday morning. Its direation was from south to north, and is supposed to havo been the samo thai unroofed the Court House at Edgefield and blew down several smell houses at that i place, Southern Power Company Overhaul ing Chester Electric Lines. Chester, Speoial.? -The Southern -Power Company has ajarge forcc at work overhauling the city electric lines, as well as a force at the power houeo at work drying out the trani fprmcrs and installing the switch board; and it is hoped that when this work is completed, which can *not possibly require over two or three weeks at the farthest, that the juice can bo turned on. Almost all of itbc local manufacturing establishments, both great and small, have arranged to use electrical power, i Parmer Severely Beaten. ' Lancaster, 8peeial. ? Mr. I. N. Helms, a prominent farmer who re sides four miles north of Lancaster, was attacked by two Unknown men -***' " H 1 ' 1 ??? ? I "? ? ?"* ' on Saturday night, as he was return ing home from town. He was knock ed out of his buggy and eeverely beaten, a large gash being cut aeroee his head. On aceount of the dark ness, Mr. Helm was nnabl& * to tell whether his assailant,* Were whito or MntK & 7^-' I v-# ?.x<: r, THE TRAVELERS AT ASHEVIUE ' Govtrnor Kitchin aud lb. Lock# Craig iu Stirring speeches Wel 'come the Travelers to the State and city. ' Ashcville, Special.- The twentieth annual convention of the Traveler*' Protective Association of America with its 40,000 members is on. The delegate* and visitors who have been arriving since party Sunday morning reign supreme. The town ha? been turned over to them ; the queen city of the mountains is theirs. The Ivjys to the city were gracious ly handed the bays Monday morning by M rj Locke Craig, who made the address of wclcomo on behalf of Mayor Campbell. The address by Mr. Craig followed the -ringing ad dress of welcome by Governor WiL liam Walton Kitchin on behalf of Kortli Carolina and if ever ? body of j men were givfn -a cordial and elo quent welcome the Traveler* we*v>, The first day of tlm convention opened Monday morning with ihfc delegate and visitors parading thp Htrocts and enjoying the balmy breezo and glorious atmosphere. The sun came up bright and cheerful and j the 20th ivan begun auspiciously. The big parade, extendiug for fif teen blocks, started from the Audi torium ot 10:30 o'clock with two members of the Governor's staff and Chief Marshal -&tikelcather heading the procession. Governor lvitchiu was next iu line, followed -by Locke Craig aud Mayor Campbell. Ladies also occupied place* iu the caffiatfes of honor aud apparently enjoyed to the fullest the occasion. The mem bers of the Governor's staff in full uniform also occupied carriages while llv> two military companies, two bands and the Asheville canton I. O. O.T. and Uniform "Hank -KnTphts "of Pythias added to the scene. The T. P. A.'s made a long procession walk ing two and two abreast. The parade ended at the audi torium and the big convention hall Was pacl'od for some minutes prior to the introducing of Governor Kitchin. Before the Governor had begun his 'address one could scarcely get with in twenty feet of tilt; convention hall. Arbitration is Invoked. Atlanta? Ga., Special. ? X'nu'nie io agree upon the terms of settlement the officials of the (Jeorgia Railroad and of the Brothei bothl of Firemen have invoked arbitration under the Krdman law'. It was nearly 7 o'clock Monday night, when Commissioner of Labor Ncill and Chairman Knrtpp of the Interstate Commerce Commission reluctantly gave up the battle to bring the warrinft elements together. Commissioner Neill notified both parties to the dispute to eelect an ar bitrator within five days. These two men will select a third. The Erdmnn act provides that should the two arbi trators be unable to agree upon tlje third member of the commission he will be named by Knapp and Neill. The decision of the arbitrators is made binding upon bpth parties by law,. As expected, 'the disagreement came over the retention of negroes. The firemen first "demanded the dis missal of al} negroes. This wag vo fus ed flatly by the railroad. After con siderable labor on the part of Messrs. Neill and Knapp, the firemen submit ted another proposition. They agreed that those negroes now employed -or who were employed prior to April 10 should bo retained on the present footing. Recent promotions of ne groes had been cancelcd before the men returned to work. Honors Southern Writer. Belmont, N. C.> Special. ? The Uni versity of Notre Dame haR placed dis tinguishing honors upon Mrs. Fran ces Christian Fisher Tiernnn, of Salisbury, hotter known as "Chris tian Reid," in the award of the Laetare medal, which is usually con ferred upon some notable mcmbor of the Catholic church for services in the realm of art or letters. Cere monies attending the presentation of this flne gift were held Monday afernoon at St, Mary's College, Bel* mont, in the presence of a large company of friends and students of this institution, the event becoming one ot the most significant in the suc cessful history of his college. Notre Dame had two repre?enta tives here for the occasion. Dr. J. A. Zahm, of the Catholic University, and Re*. James A. Burns, C. S. C., presi dent of Holy Cross, Washington, D. V., bore to Mrs. Tiernan the happy congratulations of that great institu tion and the medal of honor ond dis tinction which was awarded her for her noble efforts in the field of fiction and her manifold contributions to American Catholic literature. Both of these gentlemen are distinguished and their presence on this happy oc casion famt i derided air of dignity Mid bearing to the event. XJbdTi?ttir Atayrri Mae*. Chapel Hill, N. C., Special.? Fol lowing the eloquent address of State Senator Whitehead K I p OJk of Salis bury, to he general body of the .alumni Monday morning in Gerrard Hail at 10:30, live informal class re unions were held. Those thus brought together were the members of, the classes graduating here in 1879, in 188* in 1880? in 18W and in 1904. ? < ? TEACHER A'lO BOYS CAPTURE BANDITS ? % ' , P' ? ' Sii3 Finds Mail Dags in Attic of School In Omaha. REWARD WILL CE $15,000 I.r.d? Discover Cache With lUvolvfra, J.uuUtiih and Mn!>1is Nflar the Hrhoolo? Four Men Caught When They Appeared There. Omaha, Neb. ? Miss Nora Freeman, a Bchool teacher, aud three small boys in her class will bo paid $15,000 by tho Union Pacific Railroad for tho arrest of three men who havo been identified as tlio bandit* who held up the night Chicago express on (he road in this city a week a(;3. Tho meu woro arrested When they were approaching a spot where revolver?, masks, lan terns and other articles were buried Tho boy* Uncovered the cache, and Miss Freeman discovered tho seven mail pouches which had been stolen from tho train, lu tho utile of the school where she teaclus. Tho arrests arc looked upon as so Important that a message of congrat ulation has been received by tho Chief oY Police from tho Postofllce Department in Washington, D. C. The capture of tho men was owing di rectly to the discovery of tho cuche by tho achoolboyj. They were at play during recess and ran Into a gul ly in an iaolated corner of a field. They became curious when they found fresh earth, and turning over a rock, found tho revolvers and other articles buried to u depth of nlno inches. There were four revolvers, three of them automatic, and till fully loaded. There also was* a box con taining 100 cartridges. The hoys carried tho revolvers to MIku Free man, in tho 'Drown Park school^, a quarter of a milo distant, and two miles from tho crossing where tho train was held tip. Miss Freeman telephoned to Police Headquarters. Miss Freeman discovered tho pouches by observing that a ladder leading to the attic of tho school had beeu displaced. With tho assistance of the pupils. Bhe moved tho ladder hack in position and went up to tho attic. Oho found tho pouches In a heap, with mall strewn on tho floor. Again sho telephoned to Police Head quarters. Tho WTCBts were made at 1 o'clock In the morning. Four men ap proached the cacho from opposite di rections. There were only three de ? pft I vp? nn watch, and they grappled with three of the men and overpow ered them. The fourth man escaped. The prisoners were brought to Police Headquarters. They described them selves as D. W. Woods, of Minneapo lis; Fred Torgensen, of South Dakota? and James Gordon, of this city. Tor gensen directed tho pollco to a rpom he has been occupying for two weekf. A photograph was found of the threo prisoners and of a/iother man and a woman. Tho photograph was taken in Denver. IT. II. 110GEHS* WILL PROBATED, Four Trusts Created For Ileneflt of Widow and Children, Now York City. ? The will of Henry H, Rogers was pied for probate James M. Deck. It la dated May f. 1907. It la wltnesaed by Cortlanq Betts, George H, Churoh and Kathar* 4ne I. Harrison. It la a bualneaa-llkf document of comparative brevity. No ostlmate of ths value of the tate waa given in the will, boyond the cuatomary phraae "more thai) $10,000 peraonal and mora than |10,* 000 real." Wall Street eatlmates of the value of the eetato range from f 60.000,000 to 1100,000,000, Virtually the entire eetate it left to the four children of Mr, Rogers, A truat fund li left to the widow of auftlolent proportlona to inaure her an annuity of 9100,000 a year. ' The realdaary eatate le divided Into four trusta for the children. Ae they j reach the age of forty they recelvo half the principal, the other half to bo held in trust during their lives, but they have the power to dispose of the principal of the trust by will. The sum of $100,000 is loft to.Falrhavep, Mass., for school purposes, NEGltO FIREMAN CAUSES WRECH Freight TrAln Attacked nt Llthonla, Ga., by Mob of Cltlzcna, ^ Atlanta, Qa. ? Tho flrat violence to' railroad property In the Georgia Rail* road flremen'a atrlke oceurred to A moving freight at Llthonla, Oa? and In consequence the race question loomed more sharply than ever over the situation, notwithstanding a day of much apparent progresa toward ft settlement. A negro fireman, who apparently was the causa of the trouble, was ruahed to Atlanta on an engine to save his life. The trouble started In the throwing of one or two stones and the boarding of the freight by men who set the brakes and broke it into threo sections. The freight train blocked tho n,ain line and tho pro gress of tho mails. The railroad offi cers said that tho incident was the work of strike sympathizers, while a county official wired the Qovernor'e offlee .that it was merely an accidont. Downing, the engineer, was se riously Injured at Llthonla by tho stones thrown Into the cab. GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER. Anto He Drove Killed Trimble Boj Playing to Street. New York City. ? After deliberate Ing a little less than two hours the Jury Returned a verdict of man slaughter in tho first degree againat William D. Darragh, the chauffeur who, after running over and killing Ingvaard Trimble, thirteen years old, of Kentucky, with a sUty horse pow* er automobile last March, went ?a without stopping his car, aad after* TO* ? T ya* ? LOfllMER SUCCEEDS I HOPKINS IN ILLINOIS Deadlock, in Assembly at Spring field Since January. Broken. tl METY-FIVE PAILOIS; TAKEN New Senator llfrlnrei He Will. Sup port I'lwl/orm Pledge on Turin? ? lie Was i\ fcupporter of tho ileef Trust. ' Springfield, 111.-? William Lorlmer, the Sixth District Congressman, the blonde and bland Nemesis of Albert J. Hopkins, U the Seuato.'-eloct from Illinois. A hon-parti?nn alliance, slm llar to that which re-elected Mr. Shurtlcff as' Speaker at the beginning of th? session, broke the deadlock Which ha* tied up* the General Assem* by since January 20, which baa stifled legislation and made of distinguished statesmen mere packages of nerve?, Mr. Lorlmer, who would not start In the race until ho waa sure ho would succeed, ruvo the word at noon, and at 2 . 3 T> o'flcck in tho afternoon, on the nlnety>flfth ballot, ho w?s de clared oloctod to the chair occupied for six years- by Mr. Hopkins. He received 108 votes to 0 0, six more than enough to elfct, Until a few daya ago he had not received a vote for Senator, while Senator Hopkins, who went before the Legislrit mo Willi tho Indorsement of the primary election of the Repub licans of Illinois, had kept, within from twenty to thirty volt;* of n ma jority during tho live month* of the deadlock. Mr. Lorlrnor said: "Personally, all my life I have been a protectionist.! All my lite I have beau for what la known as a 'high protective tariff,' but In our Inst Republican National Convention our party, tho Republi can party, declared for a lower tariff or a turiff rovlslou downward. I do not know whether that legislation will yield enough to conduct the at> faiiB of the country, but I do kno?v that tho party to which 1 belong will keep the faith and pass a bill along tho Lfenes passed by the House of Rep resentatives. " Lorlmer is a politician of a type distinguished by Us supremacy in municipal affair?. Ho is one of the kind who understands silence to per fection. Ho was born In Manchester, England, but came to this country when a boy. He got a 6tart In Chi cago as a street car conductor, and from that developed into politics. There as inspector of plumbing he progressed rapidly. By 180 4 he had Been enough of tho city game and turned to National politics, being elected to tho House for tho flrat oi the seven terms to which he baa been elected. - In the House Lorlmer hns been on* of the Btanchest supporters of the special Interests of Chicago. Al though not representing the beef packing district, ha tfas the partic ular champion of the packets durina tho Roosevelt fight for the Meat In spection bill. KING EDWARD'S ifOF.SE WINS. * American Entry at the English DcrbJ Fall*-? Backers Loso SfJOO.OOO, London.-? Mlnoru, King Edward'f horse, ridden by . Jones, won thf classic Derby at Epsom Downs. Thii Is the first time the KingB colon have been swept tQ victory in thj psrby, although be won twice wbllf ' fee was the Prlnoe of Wales. King Edward and Queen Alexan? dra oocupied the King's box and ay< plauded heartily. The hopes of the American! ?rashed in Sir Martin, the entry ol . Louis Wlnans, The American hors? foil at Tattingham Corners, his acclf dent being due to the slippery track, . It ll estimated that nearly f 500,000 was lost by Sir Martin's backers. Ths rich Americans at the track backed the three-year-old American bome heavily. C SHERIFF FACES PRISOX, J. F. Shlpp, of Tennessee, Guilty ol Allowing Negro to Be Lynched. ( Washington, D, C. ? -The 'Supreme Court has directed that an attach ment issue for J, F. Shipp, Sheriff of Hamilton County. Tennessee, his dep uty, Gibson, and four others for con-, tempt, and the half-dozen men are practically sure to get prison sen tomes, It is believed, | *110 charge against Shipp and his co-defendaats was due to the fact that when a negro named Johnson was lynched at Chattanooga, in 1805, ' he was constructiyoly In the custody of the court. 4 Johnson had been found guilty of assault and sentenced to death. LAWYER SHOOTS WIDOW. Man Already Indicted For Robber) Flees After Crime. Lima, Ohio.? Mrs. Maude Dlltz, a young widow, who recently camc from Waynesfleld, was shot and killed at her homo hero by John Beam, lawyer and real estate dealer, from whom she rented the property. As soon as Mrs. Dlltz opened tho door in answer to his knock, Beam began firing. He emptied a revolver, then reloaded tho weapon and fired two shots at % neighbor who gave chase as Beani ran away. Beam Is under Indictment for 1m plication in a robbery that occurred at a farm near Lima last winter. . - - - ? ' t'-i . AMERICAN PRISONERS FREED. omw Chihuahua, Mex. ? The Mexican Su preme Court has ordered the release of Ole B. Finstand and "Shorty" Coughener, Americans, convicted of the fnurder of Charles McMurray, Finstand'e brother-in-law, and Rob ert Rutherford, * wealthy Pfclladel thian, on Flnatand'a reach ia Chi uahua, CONTEST FOB AND ? AGAINST LIQUOR RACES Minister's Face Slapped at Polls by Virginia Merchant. IND'At'A COUNTIES GO WET (t'cncral Assembly IWk. 'nuKca Temperance nt v?*c and Declart*# Against Tobacco-** Judge* Ma)' (irar.t l-licuacs. 'Petersburg. V?i- ? After tiio blUor est ami the hardest fought local op tion campaign In tho hUtory of this old city, Petersburg vpted "wet" by u majority of fi78 in a total or iTDi' Tho result was jjfc*' decisive defeat for tho Anti-Saloon l?eus;ue of Vir ginia* whlc'i made a mont ay ',.vs>'ive light, nnd imported speakers for the temperance can? :. Th ? I'.usla* h# Men's Association llr.vd up Hti'i?i'-ly With tho "wets. '* ' Women nnd children remained about tho pulls all day, singing nnd praying. When Woslcy 0. Andrcwji. a merchant ami City Councilman, challenged tho vote of tho Hov. Sid ney Peters. ecCriHury of tliu League, a quarrel cncncrl and tho former slapped tho ministers face. J-.U4ijiL wuro haled to tho police court Two Indiana Counties Wet. Indianapolis, Ind.-.~ I.aporto avW Floyd Counties voted wet ..and Har*, rlson County voted dry In local option eloetlons. Thw majority foi'"t ho wets In I.aporto County was about 3000. Floyd County voted wet by a major ity, of about 2000. Tho dry majority In Harrison County is ICS* Judges Oimnt .Saloon I.^tjikts. Denver, Col, ? M IjiLsuts and laymen should not use tobacco, but It Is not contrary to the principles of the church for JudKen who are Presby terians to grant saloon licenses. This , was decided by the General Assembly of tho Presbyterian Church in ap proving tho report of the Temperance Committee nfter a long discussion. The report commended President Taft, the Kaiser and ex-President Eliot, of Harvard, for being teetotal ers, and urged the ministers of the church to petitlou Congre3H to Btop Interstate ahlnmfents of liquor, to dis continue tho ibftuahes of Internal rev enue receipts In prohibition territory, and to prohibit tho use of the mails for the distribution of advertisements of liquor. GOVKQXOh HASKELL IX8JCTICD. Accuscil With Others of Obtaining Government 1 41ml Illegally. Ttilsn, Olda.? Indictments charg ing. fraud in t ho MuBko'gee town lot cases were returned by. tho United States Grand Jury against Governor Charles N. Haskell, Y, B. Severs, W. ?f. llutchlns, C. \V. Turner, A. Z. Eng lish, and W. R. Eton. They arcr charged with obtaining title? from the Government to town lots in Mus kogee by -illegal methods; Bond In e&ch case was fix ad at $SOOO and was promptly furnished. This 13 the second indictment of Governor Haskell In the Tulsa case. Tho first bills wero dismissed on a technicality. Governor Haskell eald: ''Aa a result of four Government attorneys and an army of secret men surrounding the Grand Jury and lim* ltlng the testimony to Just what suit ed them, Indictments have been se* cured against me, I am thoroughly satisfied that when the whole fact* are made known In tho open the Gov* ornment will not approve of these cadet, as thcro has beon no violation pf tho law In any partloular." CAPTURED AFTJCR 30 YEARS, HoJcombo, Now Wealthy, May H?v? to Hme Nino Years. Atlanta, Ga. ? Walter H. Hoi combe, Hoventy-ilx years old, and a native of Rabun County, who oscaped from the penitentiary thirty-six years ago, after having served one year of a sentence of ten, is now incarcerated in the Fulton County tower, awaiting the decision of the Prison Comrnls sioners, who are to say whether or not he shall bo made to serVe out the remaining nine year?. Holcombe, who during the years he was a fugitive from justice, has lived in South Dakota, where he has amassed a fortune, was arrested upon bis return to his .native country, Holcombe was convicted of simple larceny In 1878, KILLS Wlfrl3 FOR DURGLAR, Woman Strikes Match In Darkened Room nnd Husbaiul Fires, IaflUu?polls, Lnd. ? Mistaking her for a bufglar, George W. Thompson ?hot and killed hit wife at bis home In East Tenth street, Thompspn wont to bed early, leav ing hi? wife downstairs sewing, Later she entered the room carrying a lighted match. Thompson said he awoke, thought the light was from a burglar's lantern, took a revolver from under hlB pillow and fired twice at tho form which followed the light. Thompson was held at tho police station for fear ho mlcht httrm him self. . ~"~ Suit Against Sugar Trust, The PennsyWunla Sugar Refining Company has again brought to trial its suit against the American Sugar Refining Company for 180,009,000 Seek $5000 Berth For Needy Senator. A movement was begun In the den ate, at Washington, D. C., to provide for the future of ec-Senator Berry, of Arkansas. Sixty-she Sonatore signed a petition to the Preatdent asking hircuto appoint Mr. Berry a member of the Mississippi River Commission. The salary is |5000 a year. Mrs. Ycrkes Protected. By court order Receiver Putnam's detectives must ceaee annoying Mm. Yerkea and confine themselves to the art gallery la Hew York City, ...pp ? - ? 4-3I356BeB Latest News. < ; ;.-T "??? ? = M BY WIRE. Snake in "liiil" l|j( (iii'l. Mason Valley, Nov'. ? - Tho ??von?^ >c?p-oHd child of Andi'ew IntfTuin w?>? bitten by a temall rattltxnuko which hud r.nu'i'itlfii ithdf la ;t "rat" occa sionally worn by the child's sister. Tho snake had entered the house sml crawled Into the "rat," which was ly lQg on the floor of the closet. , Baptism Brings 1 1 Im s.'jOO. Kvansvllle, Ind. ? John Morgan was baptized In the Wabash River, and u mussel which took hold of lib shoe* " string contained a pearl which he fcio Id to a dealer for |50t>. Daughter Wins .Will Flgllf. Cincinnati, OhiO.? A verdict was returned tuotalaiDg t!i? will of Mercy HaJI, in which her entire es.ate, 515. 000? is left to her div.tqluer, ills* . Annn Hull, not *<i for her ad voc,- ry of putting to a painless death tbe lmpe? lct.ily sicU :? nd fatally ,nu't. A In oili er contested the will. v I >.v i ?i ?.? Woman Walks Ml!,e. , I'e'erl o;<n?gh . N . If ?Thrown from her <Mnia;c, Mra. fallen -H,. Fester, sevcnty-oiie, walked a mllojvnd died on reaching" Cue homo of a neighbor. $0 ft I'OJH Cornerstone. * Washington, 1). C.^ ? President Tr. ft laid the cornel'stouu of the library do nated to Howard University by An drew Carnegie. . '<% John llroivn'x Capier Dead, Mitchell, 8. D. ? - Major farad C. Greene, clghty-flvo >ears eld, who . captured John Brown, of Oseawato ni te, in Harper's Ferry, Va., is dead on bis farm neat; Iwo, where ha hiLil lived for thii'ty-six years. Drown on prinking Trip. Vickrburg, Mies. ? The ^ga noli no boat Dorrls, with ten passenger.', re turning from a saloon on a river 1k'. and, capsized In the middle of the Y'a zoO River during a storm and six per sons prero drowned. * Hammer Blow Kills llonlr. Lafayetfe. Ind. ? rProf^ssor Benja min M. Honk, of Purdue University; who was hit in the stomach with n sixteen-pound hammer, thrown by a school athlete, is dead. He was offi ciating as one of tho Held judges at the time. ' ' . ^ ' ?? ' Newport Banishes Slot Machines. ?> Newport. It. I. ? All Rambling slot machines Jhave betfn removed from Newport. The action Sls a step tn ?? general reform movement started by ex-Mayor F. H. flarretrfon and takeu up by the clergy and theclvlc leagues. Nino Co. Respondent* Named. Brooklyn. N. Y. ? A jury found for JCdw^n B. Martin in bis Kiiit for tll ,voreo against Etta Hamilton Martin, a singer. Nine co-respondent# were named. Kxpress Companies Sued. ? ? New York City. ? An ally of J. H. Dudley, who Is srtin.4 tlie United States ? IOxpress Comuan.v, has been found In Senator Snndborg, of Mjnne- * seta, who has filed a complaint against the "Big Three" express com- _ panles with the U. 3. Commerce Com* mlsslen, v.* 13V CABLE. After OmUcIhu Oil, Hanrburg.?RepresenUUvei of the oil producer* of Gallcla aud froifl thq Standard Oil Company met hero It) an endeavor to reach an dtveemen* oonoernlng the taking Over o( thij ?took of oil in fl&Hol*. Quarantine 0. H, Line. Ban Juan, Porto Rico. ? Bscause ot the bubonic plague In Venezuela, Par* to Rico h&a established a Quarantine, against the steamers of the Red IV Line, running between New York and Venezuela, stopping at Porto Rlcao ports, . Collects ? 910,000,000 Tajcfc London. ? Charles Morrison, a com* paratlvely unknown millionaire, whose estate la estimated to bo worth between $50,000,000 and 575,000.* 000, died near Reading, nlnoty-two yean old, The Government will iei celve from the estate more than $10,* 000,000, Moat of the property coin slsts of estates In Kent and Scotland, Mr. Morrison was a baohelor of slm? pie habits, Vnndevbllt Vulet Jailed. London.? The discharged valet of Alfred G. Vanderbllt, charged with the theft from Mr. Vanderbllt's reili dence In Park Lane of valuable pcarla. was sentenced to- three months' Imprisonment. Pre*ldent Roosevelt's Hunt, Nairobi, South Africa.? Ex-PresU dent Roosevelt and "his party returned here and after a few days of dinnere and receptions he \tfll leave for the Sotllc district, where he will hunt un til the end of July, 1 ?" " . - " ?? yjjp Military Attache at Washington, Paris. ? Captain ~Jge<fll5? Adebert r Plneton de Chambrun has been np* pointed ^French military attache -to ? the United States and Mexico J:i auc. cession to Major Fournier. i ' Medal For Carnegie. *' Paris, -?The Council of the Sot* bonne conferred upon Andrew Came rfo a medsl ln recognition; of hi* founding the Curie scholarSbipe^-vft was awumn$e<Utoet Mr, Carnegie had practically completed his gift offl,- " 000,000 for a French hero fund. Americans Sen?ncc<l to Prison, ] Parle ? CmII H. Sargent and hl?* New York WlfO-Wero sentence* t04>rl?_ ~r~. - - - ^