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eHRONieL VOLUME XII. CAMDEN, S.C., FRIDAY. JUNK UJflDV. NO 2i. | PALMETTO HAPPENINGS ? Newt Notes From All Parte oi the Sia.k el Interest to South ! Ctrol intent In Cf nereJ I Declare For Better Komi*. , Cheruw, Special. ? The following! resolutions wore unanimously adopt ed at (he meeting of the Kural let ter Carrier^' association for the coun ties of Chesterfield and Marlboro, ht'hl in (hcraw Monday; ' ' Henolvrd, 1st, That we, the ncom-j bers of the . Rural Letter Carriers' association of Chesterfield and Mail-i boro counties, do respectfully ask our , Legislators of above named counties] to do all that they can to enact a compulsory education law to eomj*4i tho white children of the State of Month Carolina to go to school four or five months in every year. "Resolved, 2nd, That wo heartily indorse the building of an official pub lic road from Maine to Florida, and -wo earnestly and respectfully., re quest our patrons and the public generally to exert their every effort arid. iiijlUiUM'e toward encouraging promoters <?f above named road toi build it through our beloved comities, Resolved, 3rd, That wo, the Ituial J/ettor Carriers' association of Ches terfield mid Marlboro counties, earn estly request our senators and ropie peniatives to investigate the feasi bility of abolishing the State farms tuui put tho State convicts to work on tho public roads of the State, al lowing each county ? their pro rata proportion. j "Resolved 4th, That wo earnestly request that all the rural letter car riers' associations of South Carolina endorse tiro above resolutions and use their influence to have them cd acted into law." Teachers Chosen in Oonway. , Con wayy Special. ---At a meeting of J tho trust cos of tho Burroughs school Thursday tho teachers /'for the next term were elected,- and resulted in rhe . election of Prof. R. C. Hunter, of J Xewberry as superintendonjt. ahd Mis&, Daisy Pate of Bishopvillo as prin cipal, and the reelection of all of the other teacher's' of .tho1 si*liool;? Misses Grace liangstop, of Conway, Margu erite Murphy of Walterboro, Francis Field of Hickory, N. C. ; Toccoa Bur ris of Anderson and Agnes Kiggs of tvimter. Prof. Huiiter was this year principal of the school and Miss Pa to has for two years been in charge of the two higher grades. There is yet one vacancy on the board, which will be filled at a later mooting. Prof.. J. M. Mitchell, of Greenville, who nas j been tho able superintendent of the school for the past voar, declined to stand for reelection. His decision to leave Conway is the source of sin cere regret to the people of Conway, and - especially the patrons of tire school. Confederate Home Opened. Columbia, Spooial. ? The Confeder ate Home was formally opened. Fri day afternoon with appropriate er.or cisos." Addresses were made by Gov ernor Ansel, Senutor F. H. Weston and Cel. D. Cardwell. The Confeder ate Home is just outside of Columbia, in the beautiful suburbs, near Hyatt's Park. It can be seen from tho Hyatt road and is within oasy reach of the car lino. The building is one story nnd has a neat and comfortable ap pearance. The building is substantial, and contains a basement. Tho house faoes south and has a main1 corridor running north and south intorrocted Hby a nanv.ier hall running almost ar right angle to the larger hall. The menu is plain and wholesome, and is 'changed daily. The commandant is Capt. W. D. Starling, a well known Confederato veteran. Tho commis sion that had charge of the building ?of tho Homo has Col. D. Cardwell for chairman. fr--" ~ * Mistrial in King Caae. ' r Marion, Special.?The jury in the jCase of John King, alias John B, Btlllwcll, alias "Pennsylvania gwipo*," charged with complicity in bo Latta bank robbery, failed to Eco and Judge John S. Wilson or cd-a mistrial. The robbery was nmitted-, it is allegod by the State, 190."), by John F. McCarthy, King, j ittcfor auU Morgan. ?u Spartanburg Climbing. dispatch from Washington, soys: ?In July 1 tiro Spartanburg postofibe gf go into the first class, and Willi ink with her big sisters, Charleston fe Columbia. This was the -an fijpiccment made at the postoffieo de irtmcnt, and is the best possible ovi Rcc of the general growth and pro$ fity of Spartanburg f6r the fiscal that wilLend 0ke 30. In ad n to this it is understood that tmastor Floyd, will do all in his , rer to make a still better showing | n flie first year of his atlminii lon ends. ^ Cooking With Electricity. abia, Special.? "-Cooking tfchools teaching cooking by electricity In t civ como to be ? fad in tilt Incidentlly the fad has been for -serve as * fittt raid adv&r scheme for the people inter-! in selling electric cooking ap oes. ? A great many of these p are being purchased by ladies uity, and they aT? said to be toonoBaoal than gaa or coal. ? ? ' ' ' ' y In Honor of DeKaJb. \ Camden, Special. ? On August/ io, 3780, the American aruiy under the command of (Jen. lloratio dates mot defeat at the hands of tho army of Lord Cornwallis. It was the baltle of Camden -tho most disastrous of the Revolution. Among other striking tragedies of that tragic daV was the mortal wounding of Baroir DeKalb, tho Ger man patriot and "citizen of the world," who to nobly espoused the cause of the American colonies. In command of a remnant of Dela ware and Maryland troops and "un aware of the litter rout of the militia, .Iyi was hotly engaged with Uawdon in |iis front. The staunch old hen) wan in the thick- of the fray afoot, hi^ horse having been killed under him. IJis men were driving, the British be fore thi>m and taking prisoners. Hut a heavy pressure cornea upon them from the left." Cornwallis recalls Tar\eton 'a cavalry nnd ncikIk th.-ni against DeKalb'* gallant remnant. "Tbeso turn the scnle nnd the weight of the numbers prevails, but not with out ? a desperate hand-to-hand t?t nig gle. Bayonets lock and blades meet, j The woods ring with the clang of steel. Tho cry is raised: 'Have the baron DeKalb:' The bayonets have reached him. DuHuyson, bis aide, embrace# him. to ward off the thrusts, Sony) of which ho receives in his own body. But no mercy is shown. DeKalb lies bleeding from 11 wounds. The battle is won and lost." On Friday afternoon 12!) years after the conflict, the spot where t lie dying DeKalb fell was formally mark ed by flu iiwposing granite, boulder. The locel ebtipfcr, ?). 4- R. with char* of t oris tie I ui> pa t i en 1 1 v labored to JLiftoric s,?ot the vo ? , graniio firmly sef^H^HLLrete and Vara tiki fona^^^^Bfriptio'i: DeKalb, nftjH Hnyouuded on tUis' SflfcL. at kittle fF Camden, Aug. 10, %. Tl>e battle Tpipund W eight mi'.es north of Camden, and one mile be yond Gum swamp, and a lar^e num ber of patriotic citizens drove out, and witnessed the exercises. Mr. Bratton DcLoaehe delivered a stir ring address. Southern Power Company Forms Subsidiary Concern. Cheater, Special. ? Mr. R. (}. Llu"us? , of Charlotte, N. C., attorney for the Southern Power Company was in tlje | city Friday afternoon, and met. the city cpuncil with reference to a trans fer of the franchise granted the Sou thern Power Company to the Cheater "Power Company, an organization that j the Southern Power Company will shortly put in the field with local headquarters and a capitalization of about $50,000. The desired transfer whs granted, and the concern fur nishing power here after the linos are completed and the service started will bo known as the Chester Power Company, Pay a Homage to Johnson, Greenville, Tenn., Special, ? l*ho descendants of hip old-time neighbor* and friends took advantage of tho first memorial celebration since the transformation of tho private ceme tery into a national instiution, to do honor to the memory of the former distinguished citizen by organizing tho Andrew Johnson Memorial Asso ciotion Monday. The people came from all portions of the vast picturosquo, east Tennessee country. The orator of tho occasion, Martin W, Littleton, spoke in terms of highest eulogy, of tl:e one president who, during his term of office, w?s "tried on impeach ment chargcu, Palmetto Pointed. Tho Secretary of Stato granted a charter to tho Diehl-Moore Shoe Com- I pany, of Rock Hill.* Capital $15, 000v At a recont mooting of the>vboa^,^ trustees of tho Palmetto Collegiate Institute, Lexington, all of tho\teach-^ ers were re-clected for another" year. Tho Columbia schools held their closing exercises Thursflay evening in tho theatre. Two hundred voices fur nished the music for the occasion. The board of trustees of Columbia College has selected the'Tfccrrtty for next year. Several changes have been made. Mitis Kate Bigby suc ceeds Miss J. 1). Martin, of Columbia, in the department of mental and moral science. Miss Rigby will como fro t.\ Potter College, Rowling Green, ICy. At Columbia Messra. A. M. Ken nedy and Ilugnr Sinkler sent checi;a to stockholders, in the Seminole So curities Company, which wont into the bands of tho receiver*. The amount of claims that were declared valid was about $180,000. The cheeks signed aggregated $35,000, of. "which 130,000 is now available. For Building at Lander. Greenwood, Special.? A very ple-.> ing announcement in connection with .the . litiL. commencement exereisus is that another dormitory will be abi ded to tho college. The need of more dormitory- room has fceeiT TtffHBfT some time. This year the college had* a larger attendance than cvor beforo and tbe management found it neces sary, to oae the third floor sitting room and one of the infirmary rooms for dormitory purposes. ? ; * 111118 III MEMPHIS City Gives Old Warriors Great Time. CONFEDERATE REUNION BEGINS vV Ibous&nda of Vi^itora From all Over the South Axe lu the Bluff City of Tcnnceeo For the Aunuai (lathering of the Men Who Fought For the HUrw and Bars. Memphis, Te?n? Special ? Willi tho stars uud the barn and the star span gled banner floating largely and ami cubly 4ti tho soft breeze of a typical Southern day; with the pictures of Southern heiu's aliened with those who fought for tho North, with the streets tilled with thousands of visi tor*; with hero and there through t Ji-j Huong, the soft gray und jj'uld of thu cause thut millions rev. re. tho Con* federate veterans' ? reunion began Monday. Tho hotels, tnv.'d to thoir capacity, utlifod every span? inch of space and the halls end corridors wore filled with narrow cot b upon which reposed good nqtured but enthusiastic visitors t-> tho reunion. From every storo and ollko und- plrvato \\vre rtrung tho national color*. Tho stars and tho bum uud th?-united country's Hug floated side by side on' every hind. Big sijjns told of State, do pertinent and division headquarters. Uniformed and courteous' jguines were [ nt tho service of visitors, and to even look in doubt meant a polite offer of assistance from both the nxni and | women who wore the bodge "I live hoiu, ask me.? There probably neve*' was a Co:i fu'orate reunion at which the ar rangements weio so complete or tho <V?t ails so ably worked out. It was nl most impossible to wulk through any depot in Memphis without some cour teous st ratify r inquiring, "Are you u visitor t" Information bureaus abounded and no ono could complain thut accommo dations werenot furnished. At a Inure mess liall in Main street, a corumis i sary Jiod provided meals three times a day for tlvj old boys in gray. There Avere the familiar beans und bacon, the hard taek and coffee, in addition to nil the delicacies that the market can supply. ^In/ndnomcly gowned and dainty Southern matrons and nuuds supsnnt.'nded the preparation of food as well as the serving of it, and saw that the more timid o?wi he! pics." c? tho old veterans were not slighted. ?The town was a myriad of lights an 1 every resident ^instituted him self an informal reception committee to see that every visitor was taken caro of. Every railroad in the South and Southwest has mnde the l?>w rate of one cont *a mile to Memphis and re turn. The geographical location of tho city is exceptionally well-suited for tho "reunion. Fight Battle in Prison. Tiflis. Turkey, By Cabl.?. ? A dea perato battle was fought in the prison here Saturody, which ended in eight prisoners and two wardens being kill ed and four mardens and two sol diers being mortally wounded. . Five convicts, who were condemned to doath, while being transferred to tho death cells, overpowered tho wardens, wounding and disarming them, They than ran trough the corridor shoot ing down every ono thoy oncountercd. They woro finally brought to bay by a detaohment of wardens, but hefufod to surrender, fighting until they were erushed by repeated volleys. During tho fighting, three other prisoners escapod from thoir cells and rushed through the corridors in nn other direction. They were run down by soldiers, aud os tfcoy were putting up a stubborn resistance, they were f?hot to doath. Fire Sweeps Maine Village, Presque Isle, Me,, Special.?- Tho entire northeasterly Boction of this ;vilkcw, coxnprisinjrjho district where wr?"jrttu#ed pretention ?yesidences, was swept by fire Mondar* night, a high>^lHna carrying flames and embers from strcot to street un til 100 dwelling-houses and the Con gregation church, tho Masonic hall and several other structures had been reduced to ashes. Roosevelt Shoots Monkeys. Kijabe, British East Africa, Bv Cable. ? The^-Hoosevelt party visited the local station of the African In land Mission, an American" organiza tion. Before his departure, Mr. liooscvolt spent some time shooting tnonkoyti, particularly the Colobus. Edmmjd Heller bagged tbrco of tho Colobus species and a grcoi^" faced monkey, and ICermit Kooaevelt killed two large specimens of the former. R. J. Cunningham, the manager of the expedition, and L. A. Tarlton, cf Nairobi, remained at the camp here completing the preparations to start on the trip into the Sotik country. Girl Crushed to Death. I ? New York, Special. ? On ~h**? ficit,; visit to New York and her first ride in an elevator, Miss Lena Schoon maker, 19 years old. one of S Sight seeing party, was crushed to death Monday afternoon whenJier head was caught between the floor of the ele vator and the sixth floor of the Flat iron Building. Th* party was being chaperoned by H?*. Charles If. Hall, dat^hUr of Judge Alton B. Parker. FIND BOGUS CROESUS IS Ml ESCAPED CONVICT A. D. Oliver, Who Duped Georgians Out of Thousands, Identified. 7 ".7" BOUGHT oanks and lands Arrest Follows III* Flight Willi ISrhlc In Auto J.adeiiW'ith Money? ?Han Eleven l'iNihi HtlJI to Serve iii the .MJsbinklj?i?l Penitentiary. Dalnbridge, Ua.? -A. 1). Ollvor, who poind us u .multi-millionaire, duped Ceorglu citizens out of thousand* of dollars utid married ono of tho pret tiest you on women in this' section of tho State, has been positively identi fied us an escaped convlci with an un expired term of eleven years banning over his head. Tho Identification was made by fi he rift T. O. Jonvg.of AJ)?Cd??n CoiUb ty, Mhis., and came us a climax to tho arrest of Oliver several days ago when he was fleeing with his young bride in *n automobile. Sheriff Jim** after reaching IJaln brltfge immediately went to tho Jail. The moment ho saw tho ex-banker ho positively declared that the prisoner was a fugitive from tho Mississippi Penitentiary, where ehe was known an Charles Harding. The SherlfT stated that Oliver, alias Harding, was arretted in Aberdeen County, MU:*., May 30, 190S, and re mained in jn.il under various chargea' for several weeks, finally being con victed^ on all counts brought against him. Tile Sheriff Bald that Oliver es caped from tho penitentiary on De cember 31, 190S. Several days after Ills escape Oliver reached this section penniless, but In a very abort time li? waa reputed to be woHh millions and began buying bank*, sawmills and property throughout tho whole State. Oliver in a few weeks became famous for Ills ready replies to all proposi tions. This applied to land, houses nml etocks, and, In fact, everything that was purchasable. He had the reputa tion of never refusing to trade, and ho always paid a small proportion in cash, and insisted that the Keller de posit the money in ono of Oliver's many banks, and thus the endless chain of kiting oonttnued until Oli ver's trades amounted Into tho hun dreds of thousands. He pur^iased automobiles at whole sale and gave them away right and loft to hl^ newly made friends. JIo built many fine houses, and the wholo country Btood aghast at his wealth and his business ventures. Oliver found time to court Miss Roso English, daughter of a proniin* ent fanjlly. and married her. giving her diamonds worth $10,000 as a wedding present.' Ho lived like a prince and spent money lavishly upon his young bride, lie established ele^ Kant stables and bought blooded horses, and almost weekly added to his stock of automobiles. lie bought more banks and moro lands and signed contracts for tho building of towns in the prairie coun try and drew at will on New York berika. His Waterloo came when a check for $10,060 given to an Albany contractor was returned unpaid. A warrant was issued for Oliver, and bis arrest followed his flight in an nutomoblle with his bride. When Oliver, alias Harding, waa arrested In Dalnbrldge It is said his automobllo was half full of bills of largo denom inations, wrapped in newspapers. Immediately following his arrest he Buffered a collapse, and was re leased on ball, as his mental condition appeared to bo serious. Additional warrants were i3sued. and ho was again placed in Jail. The four banks bought by Oliver have been looted, Oliver is not only v, -anted in Mississip pi, but he is wanted iris Atlanta and Birmingham* by the Federal authori ties. It is said that ho has served a term In the Ohio Penitentiary for obtaining diamonds under false pretenses. It is said also that he has three other wlveB, Senator Aldrlch Censured. Senator Heyburn, at Washington, D. C., rebuked Senator Aldrich for withdrawing tho Flnanco Committee's amendments Increasing tho tariff rates on hams, bacon and lard. Dived From Ends P.rldge; Unhurt, Joseph Flpry, at St. Louis, dived ninety feet from the Eads Bridgo Into the Mississippi' River to win a wagorv uninjured. ^ UAH 3IIDDIES F Meyer finys Tlicy I?I list Fir prcnth Washington, D.. C. ? Midshipmen In the United States Navy cannot marry now uhtil they have completed their full six years of apprenticeship. Thi3 order was Issued by Secretary Meyer and approved by tho President. Heretofore the Naval Academy reg ulations ruled that no midshipman could marry during Ills cadet days. Thero have been instances, however, whore members of tho graduating; class h*vo insisted that when theyj completed their course of studies at i tho Academy the rules did not extend to them whllo on ths required sea cruise of two years. There was noth ing in the regulations of the navy that governed the middles In this re tard while they were undertaking the sea duty neccssary for them to auallfy, *nd Secretary Meyer decided IIOUXDS CAUSE ARREST. ~?*ey Co From Slain Nltn'i Dcdj to - House of an Made I*Hwm?r. Hamilton, Ohio. ? The body of an aged umbrella mender was found in a lot at Mlddletown with the head -crushed. The man had been robbed of $12 it was known he had, . The Mlddletown pollce.sent to Day ton for bloodhounds. The dogs three times led the pot tee direct to the homo of Perry McNeal, who was ar rested. ? LABOR VICTORY IN END OF TRACTION STRIKE Demands of Philadelphia Street Car Men Arc Granted ' SCALE OF PAY INCREASED Nearly not) Strike lircMkcrs Were Re > tunnel to New York O.jr After Receiving $5 u D;?) uiid $2.50 1'Atru if Injured. Philadelphia, Pa. ? -The strike -of tho employe* of tho Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company euded la a victory for tho striker*. Tho employets voted to accept the proposition of tho company, In the ectremo northern and eastern sec tions of thu city, the hotbuds of the t rioting, thy rote was almost unanimous against it, Fourteen barns voted to itrevpt t!iv. U'ljiiB offered by tho com pany and lour ugalnsf. Tho total vote waa S25G for to CIO against. Rioting had been renewed during tho day, but with u alngle exception tho disorder# were Hporadlc. To safe guard against a renewal of turbulence all Ktreet ear t rattle Waa nunpended at !) o'clock and tho saloons wcro closed at 0 p. m. TllO tei'lila of the agreement uro as follows: Strikers to bo reinatated in their former poaltlona. Wuges to bo In creased to twenty-two cents an hour before July 1 . Committees of employes to bo rec ognized by the traction company in presenting grlevunces and other mat tern. Hours of ?iHnl??ynient to bo ad justed to ten hours and tho swings to ho adjusted to that tlmo as near as possible. Arrangements to bo made by which a standard uniform may bo purchased from any one of not less than IIyo reputable cluthlng llrniH. The terms meet tho entire demands made by tho men except that they asked for twenty-live cents an boor. Tho present wage schedule Is twenty one cents an hour, . C. O. Pratt, who conducted the ctrlkc, was not permitted by tho Uupld Transit ofllclals to take actlvo part In -tho flnal negotiations for peace. ? ? If later It can bo Bhown the com pany Is able to pay twenty-flvo cents an hour, It will bo demanded. Tho conference was attended by practically ev-ery member of the board of directors ot the Rapid Transit Com irany. Mayor Reybutn and Senator McNlchol wero present. Nearly 000 strlko-breakors wore marched from the Bridge street barn to tho deuot to return to Now York City. Half the number wore bandages. Each received $5 a day, and tho In jured $2.50 additional. Tho most serious disturbance of the day came when .0000 strike sym pathizers assembled at Front and Master streets, where they drove a crew from a trolley, threw oil on it and set it on Are. Firemen turned tho hose on thov mob, which fought back, and an emergency call was sent for the reserves, who charged and dispersed It. Sergeant Bloomer was serlousciy Injured by a stone. The present strike has been the most completo tie-up ever experienced by local trolley companies, and tho temper of the people was more violent than i:i tho strike of 1895. FALSE IIAIR FOIl BIDDEN. St. Louis Girl Graduates Cannot Wear Purchased Curls and Puffs. St. Louis, Mo. ? Members of the senior class of liosmer ; Hall, a fash* lonablo girls' school, are greatly grieved over an announcement by Miss Loulso McNalr, the principal, that any young woman who appear* with false curls at tho commencement exercises will not receive her diploma. Many members of the class had pur* chased curls and puffs for the event. MIbs McNalr was aroused against false hair at the commencement oxer clseB of another school for girls. Her horror at tho deception, which w>s genuine, was aggravated by Imper fect*. matching of the false and the true on some heads of tho graduates. Wood Pulp Wnsto Valuable. Experiments proved that waste from wood pulp mills la a valuable by-product, and It will hereafter 4>e ?*a,ved.4n*t<wvd of dumped Into stream# to kill millions of game and food fish, I103I MARRYING, f 9t Serve Six Years ot Ap? :eshlp it would simplify matters to put In such an Inhibition. "The order is Issued for tho good of tho servico and for tho welfare of the young men," said tho Secretary. "The young offieera are educated for four years at the expense of tho Gov ernment. nnd they bave no opportu nity to earn a competence. For the last-named reason they cannot sup port wives, and, besides, they would ho In continivnl servico at sea and nway from their brides for at least twenty-thrco months." This is tho second blow given Cunld by the military establishment within the week. General J. Franklin Bell. Chief of Staff, of the army, warned the new Jleutenants entering the med ical corps with marriage while they wore young In the service was fatal. More Steel Men Put to Work, . The Jonee A Laughlln Company put several hundred additional men to work on their new steel plant at Allqutppa, Pa., where rush orders bare been given to get at least three of the four big furnaces ready |or blowing in by November 1. '? ?' 11 * mil Warns the Country. James J. Hill at the opening of the Alaska-Yukon -Bxpoettfott warned tho Nation against public extravagance, useless lawa and special privileges. ' -r~v ? l.i A ? '?,? ? . : > .. , > . ? j, ? M MILLIONS FOR POTATO CROP f Aroostook County Hopes to Dou ble Last Yoar's Yield In 1900. | I'l'IcOA of Irftlld Mild ituU'M of W'UJJCi lfnvo Iiifit?it>cd and (ioiici'4 IVoflpcrlty h Avtmrvd, fresqtie Isio, Mo.?- Tho potato 1.1 king lit Arooatook County, Fully $12,000,000 has boon doured by (ho farmers In that one county on tho po tato crop of 1908, the tot ul ship in (Mi I h to markot busing boon 15,000,000 bushels. This your every piece of land that will grow u potato has been planted, and tho estlmato for the 1909 crop 1* 30,000,000, if prices hold good tho Aroostook farm* oih will clear no 'less than $2 4,000, | 000 after keeping all tho potatoes ? they nood for homo use. Tho price [ of potato land hat) advanced thirty to fifty per cent. and tho market In strong, even at such prlcon. The banks In tho bounty pimply are gorged with potato money. Auto plows and disc harrow h are botiu; purchased by tho farmerH and fortll1 zer 1h being purchased by the carload lot. Train after train, loaded down with Hoppllcs for the potato growers, Ih moving up tho lino Into Aroostook County. The prosperity Ih not with out It h drawbacks, however, bocnuBo | tho piico of furm labor baa advuncod to Civil War rates, and tlio county la 1 being overrun with automobile and piano agents. They are pleading with tho farmers' wIvoh and daugh- . tors to insist that with fortunes J made It Ih nocoBHary to have music lu tho homo and auton In tho roads. * Tho Bangor and Aroontook Rail road, which runs, through tho heart | of tho potato district, has carried 12, 000,000 busheln of potatoes Blnco tho ! marketing movement began latjt fall. ! Tho Canadian Pacific handled about ' 3,000,000 bushels. An average price of $1 a bushel was realised by tho I potato growers. Eighty cents of each $1 Is regarded aH being profit. In I ordinary years tho potato growers aro I content with forty conts a bushel. ! Men, women and children aro talking potatooH in their waking hours and dreaming about them when they sleep. Tho acroago this year Is tho largest In history. \ MAI) DUTCIIKR KILIjM FIVE. I V I Rages With a Knife in n Packing House. t Boston, Mass.? John Murphy, a *plg sticker" In the "plant of tho North Packing and Provision Com pany at East Somervlllo, went Insane and ran amuck among inoro than a hundred of bin fellow workmen. Ho J killed flvo almost Instantly, probably | fatally wounded threo otherH and slashed several more before ho was overpowered. Those killed were: Thompson Crowe, of Somervlllo, Michael Yen cus, of Enst Cambridge; Hubert Smith, colored, of Hast Cambridge; John Carper, colored, of East Cam bridge, and Joseph L. Glvcronla, ot East Somervllle. | Those woupded are: Dr. Daniel 8. Hayes, a United States meat In spector, of Waltham, stabbed In tho neck, breast and abdomen; John Chlcosk, of East Cambridge, and John Cheever, of East Cambridge. There waa a panic among tho em ployes In tho killing room on tho seventh floor whfn Murphy began murdering. All hands rushed for tho doors with Murphy in close pursuit, brandishing the razor-edged knife, about ten inches in length, which he used in his butcher work. lie struck down Dr. Hayes, killed two men and then pursued tho crowd of yelling workmen downstairs, slashing vic iously as he overtook first one and then another. Three more men fell victims to his thrusts and died 04 tho landing. EAST SHIPS WHEAT WEST, First Time in History? -Scarcity Send! Cash Wheat to gl.BO, Now York City. ? For what was said on the Produco Exchange to be the first time in history wheat Itas been shipped back from New York to the West for consumption. Recont inquiries have been received from as far away as Texas for New York rod wheat. Already two boat loads aro en route from here to Buffalo, four more are loading, and some shipments have been made by rail. . ? .This. -unusual action 4s mwdo possi ble by the great scarcltyof cash wheat all through tho WeRt. No. 2 red sold here at $1.47 per bushel and $1.60 was asked at the close. SENTENCE BOSTON GRAFTERS. Two Ex-Officials nnd a Lawyer Sent to House of Correction. Boston, Mass. ? Sentences wero~" passed upon threo Boston politicians convicted of petty grafting by Judgo Schoflcld in the Superior Court. George H. Battls, a former Alder man, was sent to tho House of Correc tion for threo years. ex-President Leo F. McCullough, of tho Common Coun cil, was sentenced to two years In tho House of Correction, and Lawyer Jan. T. C?"?ldy, convicted Jointly with Me Cullough of conspiracy and larceny, was sentenced to one year. Noted Preacher'* Downfall. The Rev. George W, Briggs, once a noted preacher, confessed after ar rest in New York City, that he had stolen forty cants and Mid that hla downfall was due to morphine. LYNCHED NEAR STATE HOUSE. Negro Taken From <lo II ? Governor Witlson Deplores It, " ~ Frankfort, Ky. ? John Vaxey, a negro, who shot D. C. Bowers, a cir cus man, was taken from the Jail here and lynched. The Jailer showed re i slatance to tho mob, bnt the door was broken down, tho negro taken out and hanged to the St. Clair fttreet Governor Witlson said that he was not a war* of the lynching until sev eral hours after it bad happened. V. Cricket Captain f)i*owitc<l. At I tut i ?* CU)% N. J. "-William Par* l > :? lionbright, captain of U?o Haver* ford cricket tc$m during trium phal tour through OreVit Jlrltaln i:j r.?04, wus drowned whllo bathing. Warning to Antomobiliuts, Ni w \'ork City. ? A warning that tho death penalty Is llkoly for tbo m xt over-speeding automobiiist who klllti a per mo n In tills city was uttorcd by Jud^v ? MulqUten in sentencing Wllll-.tm Uarrngh to prison fv>r sovc u to twenty years. Patrick Mu*t Servo Term. Urooklyn, N. Y. ? Tbo Appcllato Division dismissed tbo habeas corpus writ of l,awyer Albert T. Patrick, convicted of tho murder of W. M? UK*. ' , Lion llnnlcr Hetui'ti". Now York Clt;\ ? Dr. T.oula D. fiea man, baek from a bunting trip la Drltlsb I'Jabt Africa, r.aid gaino \vjtn plentiful, but that shouting lions wav tame sport, Drokcr Saves llimscK. New '? 01 k City.- ? To savo blnuclf from punishment for contempt I<\ A. l|t lnz>'':i counsel told tbo (Irand Jury the lildin.'j pi too of tho United Coi<? per Gowfany's mtssifft booUu. Ki# .Mill For Pnwttirkvf, Pawtueket, It. I. ? -Tho T.orralno Manufacturing Company, mnkorH of cotton and worsted dress goods, la to build a largo addition to coat (1,000,. 000 and givo employment to 200> additional operatives. Hemoved Without Trial . . j, Helena, Mont. -^-I,oar?lng That .Ta^l1 B. Goodwin, United States Commis sioner at Custer, Yr llowston<vCoun*y? wns unrtrr arrest on a eh urgo of h^rso stealing, Federal Judge Hunt nitiuno^? lily removed Goodwin from ofllco Pollution of T.ake l<*n joined. llftiiliiKton, Vt. ? Following tho announcement that tho pulp mills on tbo opposite sldo In Now York Stato will ccaao polluting I.ako Cbamplaln with manufacturing wns-tea como tho news that Chancellor William H. Taylor, of Vermont, has Issued an In junction restraining tho Burlington Rendering Works from discharging fat and greaso Into tho lake. .. Hnrr Assistant Attoriio^-Ccnoral. Washington. I). C. ? President Taft appointed William It. Hftrr, o? the District, of Columbia, an Assistant Attorney-General of the United States vice Alford W. Coolcy, who wair- re cently appointed a Supremo Court Justice In Arizona. *- PA.'i I Japan Honors Washington il ? } Washington, D. C. ? Admiral Urlit | placed a wreath of red and whlto roses on tho tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon. The Admiral wont to Mount Vernon on tho Sylph. "Wi Peorl Harbor Dry Dock Ordered. ^ Washington, D. C. ? Tho contract for constructing tho concreto dry dock at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, haw been awarded to tho San Francisco . Bridge Company for $1,7 60,000. Tho ? lowest bidder was C. M. Leach, of Boston, whose proposal of $1,295,821' was rejected owing to an Irregularity In his guarantoo chock, . t Secretary Wilson's Degree * Washington, D. C. ? McGlll Unlr?r* slty, of Montreal, conferred degrees on Secretary Wilson, of tho Depart* ment of Agriculture) Glfford PlncUot, ' United" States Forester, k 'Phone by Wireless 08 Miles. Toulon, France. ? Trials of the wireless telephone system Invented -by Naval Lieutenants Jeance and Co lin were mado between the armored cruiser Conde, which was at sea, and stations on shoro, Tho results havo been gratifying. The conversation was carried on perfectly at a distance of 110 kilometers, * or elxty-cight miles, ?v , Trade Ships Not Warships. Tolclo, Japan. ? America neoda trade ships, not battleships, to pre serve the peace of tho Pacific, said Ambassador O'Brien at a dinner glv* en in his honor here. " ~p ? Prince Slays Prlner. ~~ ~ Tlflls, Russia. ? Prince Bagration, a descendant of Prince Peter Bagra tion, the Russian Oeneral who served with distinction in the Napol^jnic wars, considering himself insulted by a remark made by Prince Eristoff, struck the latter in the face. Princo Erlstoff drew tho long dagger always wdrn by the Caucasians and killed Princo Bagration on the spot. $3,000,000 on De&ti Duty. > London. ? A million sterling waa paid into tho British Exchequer In % lump sum by the- executors of the os )Ue of the late Charles Morrison, tho London merchant whose death rt* cently revealed him as the possessor of a fortuno estimated at from |50.? 000,000 to $75,000,000, though he bed been previously almost unknown. Airship Destroyer in Japan. Victoria, B. C.? Secret trials of atrahlps and aeroplanes In Northern J*pan have demonstrated that gun* s and heavy loads can be carried, is the story brought here by the steamship Monteagle. ? ? Mo tn Jumped From Steamer. Crookhaven, Ireland. ? Isaac an attorney, of New York O mltted suicide by jumping o\ ? He was suffering from melanchotta. and was traveling with Dr. Buswel) to Dad Nauhclm, Germany,