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VOLUME XII CAMDEN, 8.O.. FRIDAY. JULY 2. 1901) PALMETTO HAPPENINGS ] Newt Notes From All Fifti of (be State of Interest to South j Curoliniioi in GcnefeJ ZZ8SS& Y*iwm> Chester, Hi>eciui.-"*lhid?r cloudlet* akU'a, with the United States Navy Dand leading the van, the veterans of ij'<> South Carolina Division, United Confederate Veterans, attended by wildly cheering crowds, repaired from the public square to the conven tion hall and pavHUon hall on Wolr ??ut street at 10 o'clock Wednesday ftUfl tlie annual reunion of the division commenced. There ia un immense crowd in the city, and crowds are poujring in on every train. Ilie city. ijB gaudy and. guy with re union decoration#, and at night the band concert under the beautiful electric display on the square wan one of (ho most beautiful and enjoyable xeaturs^ ever seen at a reunion and one that was highly appreciated and enjoyed by. the big crowd. The reuniou was culled to order by Col. J. W, It ecd, of this city, chief marshal for the occasion, and Chap lain General G. W. Gordou, of Catu? den, led in prayer. The address of welcome was then delivered by ex Mayor R. B. Caldwell, who, in a brief speech, replete with beautiful 8ug , gets t ions, referred to the bravery and devotion of the boys in gray and bade them a hearty welcome in behalf of und county. Mayor Henry ^sumuela ia a few words delivered the keys of the city to the. veterans. Gen eral lJuvia, ^commanding the division, responded in behfitf of the old sol dicrs, his speech being a resume of what the Confederate soldier stood lor and what he did. Dr. 1 a*c Davis Lodge, the eloquent president of Limestone Collegd; Gaffney, followed with the annual address. Dr. Lodge's address was a gem in every particu lar and was greatly enjoyed by the immense crowd thut .packed tho pa vilion throughout tho exereises. At 1 :30 o 'clock the picnic dinner at tho court houso grounds was an nounced, and the veterans swarmed in. It was a fine sight as the old fel lows gathered into the yard and sur rounded* the fables, there being any where from 1,000 to 1,500 to partake of the feust. N . At "tho-afternoon scssiou at the pa vilion- memorials were -read to Gen. M. C. Butler and Gen. T. W. Car . wife, the formerly Judge William II. Brawley, of Charleston, and the latter by Hon. O. L. Schumpert, of Newberry. A resolution was adopted denouneinng the treatment accorded the division at Memphis at the gen eral reunion, particularly in the mat ter of compelling the sponsors to pay outrageous hotel hills, etc. After the memorial a reunion of the Hampton Legion was held, which was greatly enjoyed by the few survivors present. In the afternoon the South Carolina camp held a short business meeting. A delightful reception was given at the Comrtiercial Club in the aften noon by Chester Chapter, United Daughters of tho Confederacy, and the Chester County Camp Sons of Veterans, in honor of the sponsors mid maids of honor. There was music, was greatly enjoyed. Attempt to Break Jail. Yorkville, Special.? Five prisoners In the county jail made an attempt to get out on Tuesday night, They broke off a heavy bar from a ceil door and with it pried off tome iron gratings, getting out in tho corridor outside of the cells. They then bo jran digging away the brick wall near ""tho entrance door from the stairway. In a short time, their efforts would have been successful, but Deputy Sheriff Fred Quiun heard a uoice aud upon investigation discovered what was wrong. Big Sale of Cotton. Chester, Special. ? Ono of tho big gest sales of cotton evCr made in this part of tlic State was pulled ofT last week when Mr. S. M. Jones, of this city, sold to 0eorge McFaddon Uros., tho bijf ii?portor?r through their rc-preseutativo, Mr. J. O. ' Uar ron, 372 bales of cotton at 11 cents tho price for tho lot belnir $18,500. Mr. Jones has in storago at Rock Hill 179 bales. ^ 8. J. P. Alston Drowned. Charleston, Special. ? Advices woro received heroTSalurday of the death of S. J. 1'. Alston and the narrow escape of a lady from drowning in tho accident which befell a launch party Friday ni^ji, proceeding ffom Young's Island to Roekvillo. Jt "ap pears that* tho engine of the boat tic came disabled and in some, way filled with water. Alston safely carried one of the Indies ashore, but with jnncii effwTi fii?l it !; ttwit hi> returned to the assistance of another, . when his strength failed him and lie was drowned. - * j r Piciens Oonnty Farmer Struck by Greenville, 8peciaL? Thomas O. Jameson, a Pickens county firmer, 57 years of age, was struck by & freight train on the Sontfcern a few miles fronTihis City Friday morning. Ifia skull was fractured and bis left aim broken in two places. Ho Was brought hsrs to * hospital for tmt> atsnt. His conditio? ? sritioak ~ BpsrUuburg, Spartanburg, Specie I. ~-The Wof ftml College tHUimer school opened \Vc4U1esduy with over 126 teacher* in attendance. The opening ? exercises were held in the chapel at Wofford College, Addresses were made by Dr. II. N, fjnyder and State Superln. tendent of Education J. K. Swearing er. The schedule of cIukrcs was r-?u ou the half houir. Thursday, begin* ning at 0 a. m., classes were run on the hour. Many moro teachers are expected. Ur'. IL N. Snyder, president of Wofford College, and head of the I summer school, niade a short talk to. ( the teachers in which he extended them a most cordial welcome, lie said in part : "We are genuinely glad to see so ninny at the opening of this summer school. Some months ago when \\? were discussing the school, we felt' sure the teachers of South- (Jnroltwa would respond, and I a*Kuro you tlwS rcspouoo has been gratifying indeed. "There ore signs of progress iu education all along the line. Schools are aprioging up everywhere. Im provement is beating its way into re mote corners. This outward prog ress stands for an (inner -progress. The people-of South Carolina are really waking up. They uro doit)? the very best they know how. I be lieve we are doing as much construo tive educational Work as any State in the South. "Wo want to .make this distinctly a summer school. Its success^ depends moro on the pupils than on the teacher. There can not bo the best results for. all unless each contributes all that ho. has." State Superintendent of Education Swcarlngen was introduced . by Dr. Snyder. Mr. Sweafingen spoke In high commendation of the; summer f.clmol and the enterprise shown by the Wofford men in getting It Up. Ito said that he had not realized tho power and influence of tho teachers of South Carolina until he attended a summer school about 10 years ago. In his opinion the summer school is destiwvw! to 'fill the most acute need in the educational system, of today. In speaking of State nid for rural schools, Supt." Swearingfn. sold that it .was to tho credit of &paftfrhbur\j , county that the first claim for this aid was sent in by a school almost I within the shadow of Wtifford col lego. In speaking of tho faculty of the summer school, he said that it wo 8 as able a hotly of teachers as could be collected in South Carolina, or in fact -as able as any summer school faculty in the lana. Will Fay Large Dividend. Union, Special. ? Something o'vor $22,000 will be paid out in dividends on July 1 by tne Monarch Cotton Milla of this city. ' Tliis ^as authorized at a meeting of the directors of (his flourishing textile eoropration, which meeting was attended by Mr. Seth M. Milll ken, who is largely interested in about 20 cotton mills scattered throughout the South; his son-^n-law Mr. E, M. Hatch, also of KoW* York city, Mr. r John K. Branch pi flieh. mond, Va., and the local members of the directorate. The report of the treasurer of the milh Mv. Emslio Nicholson, shows the company's af. fairs to bs in excellent condition, Monnrch Cotton Mill was organized in 1000 by the late Maj. John Ai Fant, who was its efficient president and treasurer until his death in Sep* tembep, 1007. The mill has 40,000 spindles and 1,000 looms, and Mon arch has the reputation of being ous of the best paili communities in South Carolina; Half Holiday 2*or Marks. Florence, Spccial.? The . merchant* of Florence have adopted a new plan for the summer months. Instead of closing at 0 o'clock, as they havo done for the post few years, . begin ning ibis week, the stores, with one (fl\lwo exceptions, will tolse at 2 o'clock every Wednesday in order lo give the clerks At least one batf h oil nay put of each week. 12,000 Bunches of Bananas. Charleston, Spcciul. ? The Norweg ian steamship Capt. Bennett, Cap. Olsen in -command, discharged a cargo of about 12,000 hunches of ban anas at this port Tuesday. The fruit came from Jaiuacia and is for the United Fruit Company. - The Capt. itonctt's crew is composed of Nor wegian*. The boat is quite a fast one, making between thirteen and fourteen knots the hour. The Aineri < a, bringing another car-v of as for the United . Fruit Company, is expected in a few days. OaldwsQ Ruff Kills Neighbor. Newberry, Special.? A- -deplorable atfsir occurred in the St. PbiUips section of this eounty, about ten miles :tx* m the court bouse on the Pom aria rpad, Sunday morning ho firsen ft O ?V1a??w Mill Of H mi1 An Acreage Abumfonmert of Seven Per Cent ? ? * THE NATIONAL GINNERS" REPORT The Average Condition Up to Jua* 24 Wm 76.0, the Condition in North Carolina Beini 77 ? 1 Tha Acriu? Abandoned in North Carolina U i Per Oeut. Memphis, Teun., Special. ? The re port of the National Ginners' Asso ciation yives the average condition of cotton up to June 24, as 75, tt. There has been an abandonment of acreage of 7 per cent according to the report, making tin* total a< reuge 0.8 less than last year. Detailed rcjKiit bv States: Alabama, condition 70 j acreage abandoned 14 pi r cent; crop 'very grusay ill.; pearly all Bilious; plant small . qixf ' from two to four weeks late. ^ " Arknsas, condition 70; -acreage., abandoned 4 per ccnt; crop very good in weal and north; very grassy and small elsewhere; boll *vyevll in 24 counties worse thuu last season; "j home of the lk Ids being abandoned on account of them. Florida, condition 00; very little loss in acreage; most sections good. Georgia, condition 70; acreage abandoned 5 per cent; crop grMgyi_ most sections not all chopped yet; plant generally small and from one to three weeks late; some complaints of lice and black rot. Louisiana, condition 50; acreage abandoned 13 per cent; some sections in very good shape but so many wee vils they are destroying all the squares as fast as tliev form; much cotton being abandoned or planted in Bage only on 'this account; many re port nothing will be made in their sections. Mississippi, conditions 01; acreage abandoned 14 per cent ; plant genera ally small; poor stands and grassy. Missouri, condition 50; ycry little loss in acreage; crops luto but good. North Carolina, condition 77; acre age abandoned 4 per ccnt; crops grassy in most sections and from 2 to 3 Weeks late. Oklahoma, condition 30, acreage abandoned 1 j>er cent ; reports from nearly all sections very good. j, 'Sou tl? Carolina, condition 78; acre age abandoned 4 per cent ; some few sections report good conditions but most of them report fields grassy and not all chopped yet, plant small and from two to three weeks late, Tennessef, condition 77; acreage abandoned 7 per cent; plant small and grassy. . Texas, condition 80; acreage aban doned 5 per cent; principally in the dry section whoro rains came too j late; condition north and east Texas best iu years but weevils are report ed more numerous than usual and this fine prospect may be changed iu a very short time. South Texas had plenty of rain, plant generally small and from four to six weeks late. Weevils reported in large numbers doing damage al ready. West Texas still very dry e*? cept four counties, some places |iav<5 had no rain it}' six nipnths. Wit]) plenty of rain this Beetion will pr<*= duce from &0 to CO per cent ft crop., ' v Mr, R. L. Koyster Drowned, Columbia,!^ C., 8peci#t.-?MT7~A>? thur L. Roystcr, chief rlerk for 8u? pcrin trndcnt 11. A. William* of tliQ Southern, and one of tho most cap. able and promising young railroad men in this section, met a tratfic and extremcl/ sad death while out swim ming and boating in the Columbia CA> nal about 10 o'clock Monday morn ing by drowning. His body has not yet been rectnrered. Mr. C oyster was a popular tlub jaan and was very 'popular through out the city generally, being of quiet and retiring disposition and of many manly characteristics. His fellow workmen at tho union station, frow heads of departments on down to the youngest clerks, are grieved fend shocked over his death, as if they bad lost a brother, for Mr. Royster was ~toostr popular SHtfttliote ctosest to him. Lies linger Mis Auto, Columbia, 8. C., Special. ? William Q. Rudd, a traveling salesman for the DurstrAndrews Company, was killed Monday in an automobile which was struck by the S|ftfrpsrd vestibuled (rain St Snlak, four miles west cf Greenwood. One of the eye witnesses, Mrs..- Mnlone, saw , \fr. Rudd ft op the automobile ow the crossing. lie jumped cut, but on the wreng sideband iiv front -o?-4ha yov in?r troin,; which struck the automo bile and threw it on him. H ) was pickcd up l rarrted to Abfcsvijl \ but died on the way. Mr. Kudd le?>ci a widow. No children snrviva him. Allsgod Members BUe* Hand Band Bound Over. Toledo, O., Special. ? At th# ? con?, elusion of the preliminary hearing here Monday 8alvator? and Sebas tine Lima and Salvatore Ri**o, three members of the alleged Blaek Hand band, Jj^erntly arrested, bound WHIM n Bin EMU'S "Gay Party" at the Maryland ShacK Probably a Fiction. jUwuc Hub Pivrscd Mrs, WoodlH'o Jewelry Two Dnjro After Murtler ? ? Schemed to Involvo Others, St. Michaels, Md.?Lame Dob Kant man murdered the protegee* of Ly man J, Gage, Bdlth May Thompson Woodlll, with his own hand, robbed the dead woman of ? considerable money and Jewelry and planned cun ningly to throw the crime on Now York friends who knew him lu his prosperous days and who ho eald vis ited htm over Saturday a week ago. Eastman's Intricate scheme to liv volvo others and cave his own ueck if possible is being oxpoaed hour by hour. Eastman's story of a gay party at his bungalow on thp shore of llroad Creek, where he hid for fivo months from tho New York police, 1b believed by the authorities to bo u iio. '"Every scrap of Information that the police of three States can* gather points to the fact that Eastman was alone with young Mr*. Woodlll when alio cauiu to her death. The cunnlug which tho crooked broker uwsd to cover the girl's death Is being analysed bit by bit. Every lie and trick and strata gem lndlcatos that East'nuu ulone was guilty. Two days after Mrs. Woodlll wan -killed Eastman went to Baltimore and pawned 'he/ Jewelry, two diamond rings and a pearl pin. On Tuesday he was back again huiIIIdk union x hlu acquaintances at 8t. Michaels and Mc Danlel, paying debts and Jesting about the gay time his guests had on Sun day. Now that the story Is out and Eastman's neighbors know the sort of man he was they uro amazed at the cheerful nerve Iwo showed lu re turning ta-tho scene of tlio murder and cracU,ng rustic Jok?'H. There Is nothing to show that East man's guests, if he' had any, were in the bungalow when Mrs. Wuodlll wsb struck down. Many things indicate that they had boarded their launch ond gono away. The hour of tho mur der pas been fixed pretty definitely As 0 o'clock on Sunday ovenlng. Ono of Eastman's neighbor who went to the shack to Qak Eastman to go to church that evening, heard the sound of a woman's voice upbraiding tho lame^man and hurried away. From a hundred and one trivial In cidents and the testimony of persons who at first found It hurd to over come their Inclination to keep a clotted Luoutu on unpleasant matters the Maryland authorities hnro fol lowed Mrs. Woodlll's movements from the hours on Saturday afternoon a week ago, when Bhe said good-bye to her friends In Easton until sho drove late Rt night to tho bungalow with Lnrno Bob. ' There was les3 diffi culty ovon In tracing Eastman's af faire before and after the murdor. Tho one mystery that roinalna In tho easo Is how much did tho party of friends from New York know when they hurriedly left tho bungalow on Sunday afternoon. Roosevelt Kills Three Buffalo cs. All the members of the Roosevelt expedition, which is now In tho Sot.lk district, are well, and Theodore Roosevelt has shot threo buffaloes. This information was brought into Nalvasha, British East Africa, by porters returnlug from tho Roosevelt camp. Voting Rockefeller Succecds Rogers, John D, Rockefeller, Jr., wss elect* ed vice-president of the Standard Q1) Company {Q pucceed the )atO f|. 1J, Rogers, _ ? uuif hi p i? GROOM INSANE, WEDDING STOrS. Lost Consciousness and Wandered A^vny?Brlde/Co-B? Watte In Vitn, Augusta, Qa. ? The temporary* ln? sanity of the bridegroom prevented th? wedding of Allen Ljrlo and Mlfi Emma Reynolds here, All preparations were complete, and the guests were assembled, when It was discovered that Lyle had not arrived. A thorough search failed to find him. The bride-elect then be came hysterical and the guests dis persed. An hour after midnight Lyle appeared at his home, bruised and muddy. Ho said he had lost con sciousness about 5 o'clock In the af ternoon and awoke late at night In a lumber yard three mlleB from the etty. r His physician pronounces him temporarily Insane, Killed as Trolley Hits Auto. . Superintendent James H. Cobb, of the Belton Cotton Mills, and Rev. D. D. Richardson wqre killed, and Mrs. Richardson and the ReV. E. A. Mc Dowell were badly Injured when a trolley car crashed Into tiiw auto In whieh they were riding at Anderson, B. C. MRS. GOULD WIHS HER SUIT She Gets a Separation, and Is Awarded $100 a Pay Alimony. Ifor Demand Tlutt Howard Gould l'?y I lor 9200,000 ? Your U Denied-* bhwrii Gcta fiiOOO Feu, New York City. ? Mrs, Howard Qould Won her suit (or separation ?gainst ber multimillionaire husband and waa granted alimony of $100 per day. Justice Dowllng delivered ' his decision Immediately that the case was closed. He took no time what^ ever (or consideration after the law yers had finished, evidently having had his tnlnd made up. Clareuce J. Shearn, Mrs. Gould's counsel, received $2000 as his fee. That waa the maximum amount which the law permitted (he court to grant. The plaintiff J)ad atied for alimony of $250,000,' hut few of those who heard the cose except lier personal frlonda thought that sho Would" get\that totnoxmtv" ? All tho evidence wob In shortly af ter uoon, though It had been cxpected that tho case would go on for tho day with the testimony of minor wit now ee. However, when both tRwyr^ryaald that they had finished they expected that thu court would take the case undor advisement for a day or more. However. Justice Dowllng at once bo gun to give his judgment. He tmtd that as far as tho allega tion of->contlnuul drunkenness from 1002 ta&^iMJ'' went the evidence was In favor'of tho plaintiff, apd that t defeiiBo had failed to make oiCt'^a' case. lie said that Mr. Qould had deserted his wife without Justification and oven without provocation. Whllo It waa not hla duty, he Bald, to sep arato Mr. Qould from IiIb wife, It whs his duty to ceo that Hhe was supported In a fair way. Then ho announced that she was entitled "to $3000 per month, $30,000 per year, or $100 fir day." Mrs. Gould was In great glee when the unexpected decision of tho court came. "I Bought vindication more than tho money," she Bnld. "I want ed complete vindication and 1 hnvo won IL" Before the court adjourned Do Lancey Nlcoll, counsel for Mr. Qould. who waB apparently taken abnek by the declHlon, asked for an arrest of judgment for thirty days and the court granted hie motion. DROWNED IN A llATHTUH. Mrs. Anna Clot*, of New York, Found ^ Dep.',] nt'ANbury Dark. Asbury Park, N. J. ? Mrs. Anna Clotz was found dend In a foot of hot water In a bathtub on the second lloor of tho 1 loss bathing establishment by Jane Randall, a negro attendant. Mrs. Clotz was taken to the baths in a wheel chair. Dr. William A. Robinson believes that she fell Into tho water, and, be ing partly paralyzed, wub unable to lift herself out OT niako a Btrugslo. Dr. Robinson found tho lungs filled with water. Mrs. Clotz had .been at the Frank lin Cottage, 52 Sea VIow avenue, Ocean Grove, threo days. Hho regis tered without glvjng her address. A search of hor effoctB Bhowed that bIio has a brother-in-law, Henry Clotz, at 81 Maiden Lane, New York City. . RESCUER FINDS VICTIM IS WIFE. *? Woman Killed by Train While IIurry< Ing Homo to Get Husband's Dinner, Pittsburg. ? Seeing a woman run down and killed by a Baltimore and I Ohio train Wade Sorza left his work to pick up the body. He (ell In a faint when be recpguited the victim as his W Ife, ? v ? Mrs, Borsa was hurrying home to prepare dinner for her husband. She appeared to be overcome with fright whenshe iaw the (ait train bearing down on bar and could not indve. The engineer could not stop. When Bona recovered consciousness he Insisted on oarrytaff his wlfo home himself. Two hours later ho was found on the tracks with a gun, looking for some ono responsible for her death. CHANGES IN 11 IUT IS II MINISTRY, Lord FitBiuanrice and Thomas R. Du chanan Leave Office. London. ? The resignations of two members of the Government were an nounced on account of ill health. , Lord Fltsmaurlce. rs Chaucellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Is succceded by Herbert Louis Snmucl, Uud?r Sec retary for Homo Affalrn. who thug is promoted to Cabinet rank, and Thoa. R. Buchanan, Parliamentary Secre tary to the India Office, is succeeded by the- Master of Elib&nk, Alexander ^William Charles Oltpbant Murray. Decline fit Wlicnt. Improving crop prospects at home and abroad bavo lea 10 a decl'sc !a wheat. , FARMERS' WIVE?r REVOLT OVER BIG ! FEEDS FOR MEN AT TURCHHING 11EES Indianapolis, Ind.- ? Farmers' wives of Central Indiana have rebelled against the practice of making big dinners for threshing bands, and tho owners of machines that go from farm to farm threshing wheat will have to provide dinners for their men. The wives of the farmers organised against the big-dinner attachment en threshing days, and when thresher owners came ' around to make con tracts and vera informed of tho women's edict many of them refused to make contract*, paying they Jiad no way to provide dinners for the men. > Farmer* In Fome co'intlo* have formed threshing comp; nlcs tunong themselves, and havo agreed' that every man must provide himself with dinner. The organisation Is spread* lng to other sSCUoire. ar.d the trtjrtHrr' cer at threshing time in to bo ? thing of the post. . ... s ^ Iii Jail For Auto CliarJ?s Scheeri, the chauffeur vho ran down and kttled Patrick Mc T?aughltn pn the Old .Yprk joad and who waa convicted of manslaughter, wm sentenced by Judge 8warta at I Norrlstown. Pa., to one year in the I eountyv prison and to pay a flne.pf |50. -1 Sarah Orne Jewctt Dead. Sarah Orne Jewett, the author, died at her residence In South Ber wick, Me., aged ftttynlne. She had been ill for many month* with apo plexy and paralysis. ? | KILLS FATHE8, THEN HIMSELF | Man Crazed by Wifo's Qasertlon Also Shoots SIster-ln-Law. George A, Ciumcy, pf Qwliu'jr, III., it* u Fit lllu**," Shoots Willi FoUl" FfTcct, Qutncjf, III. ? Craxcd by domeslio troubles, his wife having gone away from Mm with his two sons aftor the death of his daughter, George A. Our Dey, connected with the Hlaek St Laird Construction Company, of New Orloans, shot and aerlously wounded his sister-in-law, Mrs. Seneca Gurney, Jr.; killed his father, Beueca Gurney, and then killed himself. Gurney came bore three months ago on the advice of his doctor, who i eald old home associations would re ] store him to cheerfultWe. He com* "plaint d In tlio morntu": of a bad lit of I "the blues." Ills brothers wlfo vvout to his room to comfort hlui. "What can I do for you?" s'no 1 ?twk-?d' a? ?ht>.uu4ervd . Without a word Gurney shot her twico. The woman fell io tho nooy; wounded In tho cheek and nee?i. llcuiing tho abota, the father, ?ev?*n ty-nlne yvar,* old, went Ul' stnlru. Dropping to lib knee?, bis medical , training overcoming oVery other Im pulse, be grasped tbo wounded wom an's wrist to tent her pulse. Again, without a word Gurnoy fired. This time tbe father tell dead. Without movltiK from bis ehnlr tbo njurdorer sent u bullet into hlu own I'tiraln tfild ' wus tU'itd '* In '? nn> Word of tho tragedy- waB foiit hla widow, who, since she left her bus I baud, baa been living with bis koiih , ou a farm lu Oklabom:i. TKA1N NO. I?r WHKCKICD. Two Mod HIU? <1 011 < Iio Frio When It Strikes Derailed Freight Car. Blnghamton, N. Y. . ? Two were Killed lu~ir~wnrck on the Kiio when tho Wolls-Fargo express, known on tho timecard iih No. 13, struck a de railed freight cur lying ac-rosB the weBt-bound track. Tho dead lire: Henry Dolun, tho fireman of tho ex-" press, 'of Hornell, and Oliver Turner, of JJlnghamton. Engineer Philip Young, of Corning, who was badly scalded, 'was tho ouly other person injured. A wheel flango of a car in tho mid dle of an oast-hound freight train broke. Dcforo flagmen could bo eent out tho west-bound Wolls-Kargo ex proBB camo tearing around tho curve and atruck tho derailed car. HOLDS TWO-OKNT FARE INVALID Court Enjoins Philadelphia From Kn forcing Act Against Heading H. It. Phlladolphla, Pa.. ? Tho two-cent faro law pa'esed by tho 'Pennsylvania Legislature in 1907 received nhotlier blow when Judgo Wlllson, in Common Pleas Court here, declared tho law unconstitutional. Tho decision was in tho case of TTf& T?hiladolphla and Heading .Hallway . Company to re strain the County of Philadelphia from enforcing tho law. Judge Willson holds that tho law is contrary to tho Constitution of tho United States, and tho county Is per petually enjoined from enforcing the act against the Heading Company, BLIND PREACH EIl LYNCHED. y Georgia Whites Charged Ilim With Urging Negroes Not to Work. Taibotton, Ga.~ Jdo Hardy, a blind negro preacher, was -lynched tome time during the night becauBO, It Is alleged, he was stirring Up strlfo be tween the races, Tho lynching of tho preacher is elosely connected with tho killing of tho negro, Will Cnnoker, by a mob Wednesday morning,. Caueker was lynched for killing William Leonard, a prominent planter, and it is alleged that tho blind preacher Instigated Him, DULL KILLS BULLFIGHTER, Another Gored in Samo Fight by a Bull That Leaped the Fence. Mexico City. ? Alfredo Sanchez, a bullfighter, was killed in the bull ring by a bull that knocked nim down and thrust one horn into his body, pene trating a lung. He was taken to the ringside hospital, whero ho died with in a fdw minutes. "El Tltl?" another bullfighter in tho samo fight, was sevorely injured by a bull that jumped over tho arena fence in pursuit of him and gored him in tho head, . , . Broker and Lawyer Guilty. Arthur P. Helnzo was found guilty of Impeding Justice in sending T. 8. Buckingham, a clerk of the United Copper Company, to Canada. Sen tence was suspended, but he was told iv ?!? the Grand JurjLSll he^could. Sanford "Robinson, lawyer, was sen tenced to pay a $250 fine. . . ? " . 3 Oil on tho Free List . Crude oil was put on tho frco list of the Tariff bill in the. Senate by a* combination of nineteen Republicans and twenty-one Democrats It is re garded na a victory for Standard Oil as well as tho tariff revisionists. v ? r . . Policeman Found Guilty, Policeman Dillon was found guilty _of jnanalaughter in. the Qvjt degree for killing young P robber in New j Yortt Ciiy. Novel Wny tn EminWI^rrr: Robert M. Bcnney a blacksmith, committed snicido at Hornell, JJ. Y. Ho went to tho bank of a pond, tied hl? feet withua JtfiP.?? which he also looped several timea about bis body and then rolledlnto the water. ? Taft'a Plan of Taxation. President Taft'a pltm to tax the net earninga of corporations was pre sented In ttie Senate as an amend ment to the Tarnrbttl, nnd It-wae ?*? pected . not to be opposed in either iranofc vt Qoncvee* Latest News. BY WIRE. To < hint* I Lincoln Moiiuim ut. Lincoln, Nob. ? ' Danlol Cheater French, of New York City, won com missioned to chisel tho memorial utn> tue ot Abraham Mucoln, to bo erectc<J on tho State House grounds hero. Hoke Smith Suspend* Mel/cndon, Atlanta. Q?, ? - Governor Hoks Smith suspended from office Chair man D. ti. McLendod, of the Htatl llallroad Commission, because of hi' refusal to order the State rallroadi to reduce rates between Bavannuh and Atlanta. Venezuelan Vessels Fx?ave, Beaufort, N. C. ? The steamer Nun tlcoke and tug Dispatch, which were delatped on fluspiclon of connection with Venezuelan filibustering opera* tlons, but BUbsoquoutly rvleatfvd, steamed uwny for Maracalbo. Girls Tisught to Whistle. iJayunno, N. J.? A protest haw been IH.'d with the luonibers of th? Board of lCducalion by mothers becauuo t In Ir daughters hfiye been taught to whiuUo iu schoQL They learned tho art In MIlS Tlmm's Class, Twenty Years For IlIackmalKn^ ? Chicago. ? Joseph Dertuccl, J -.ged blackmailer and Player, was found guilty by u jury In Judgo Wince's court and seUtonccd to twenty years' Imprleop nient. Condemn Ileu/onte In Food?*." Detroit, Mich, ? At tho convention of tho American Instltuto of Homeo patliy resolutions wero adopted con demning the uso of benzoato of soda aB a preservative In food products end indorsing tho efforts of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, of -the Department of Agri culture, to prevent its uso. ?? < t Major Found (Utility. Washington, 1). C.- ? Major Charles J. T. Clurk, Twenty-sixth infantry, lias been dismissed from tho army, having been found guilty of miscon duct l'n financial affairs. Ho is re turning with his regiment to 'San Francisco from the Philippines, llo Is a natlvo of New York. . Standard Cuts Price of Crude Oil, Pittsburg, Pa.-*? The Standard Oil Company mado another cut of five cents In tho price of crude petroleum. The new quotations nre: Pennsylva nia, $1.63; Mercer Black, $1,10; New Castle, $1.07; Somerset, 7G cents; ltnelnnd. or. cents. William T. Trego Dead. ^ Philadelphia, Pa.? William T. Tre go, a noted portrait painter and sculptor, was found dead at his homoi in North Wales, near here. He wae flfty-ono years old. One of his most noted pictures Is "ReBcue of tho Col ors," purchased by John Wanatnaker, and presented to the Bucks Couuty (Pa.) Historical Society# "Suicide Queen" Dies. St. 7^oui8f Mo. ? Mary Kenyon'e thirteenth attempt at suicide woe-suet^ cesRful. and the "Suicide Queen" Jp dead. The woman met Patrolman Kane and told him she had taken lau danum. "I guess you are bluffing again," said the officer. "You'll eoou find l'n) not," she replied. w: Wisconsin Bank Closed. - Sheboygan, "Wli.r? ' The Dairy men'a National Bank, ot Sheboygan Falls, was closed by order of the Board of Directors. The bank has a capital stock of $23,000, surplus $16,000 and ,' deposits amounting to $126,000. "2 I Tuckers Beach Divorce Agreement. Chicago.? Notice was given Judge Barnes, ot the Superior Court, that . Mrs. Wftry IDllsafceth Logan Tucker and her husband, Colonel WiUUtn F? Tucker, who was recently retired from active service in th*--Bnltid__ states Array, have reached an Agree* ment whereby Mrs, Tucker will Ask tor a decree of divorce on tho grou&Ai of desertion, BY CABLE* Kid imped iii A Cab, Baku, Russla.-^-A brother of the millionaire oil producer, Rylsky, was kidnaped In a' cab by three men, whose object It was to bold him (or ransom. Tbe police, however, tracked the cab to a mountain defile, captured the kidnapers, and rcacued M. Rylsky, ? Paul Morton In Vienna, Vienna.? Paul Morton arrived In Vienna from Pari*. In the court* of the afternoon Mr, Morton conferred with the Rothschilds and the direct* ore of the Austrian Credit Bank* George Meredith** Will. London.? -The win of George SSerc- ... dlth, the lato novelist, was ? Bled, showing on estate of -f 161,795. fCvorything was bequeathed to hi* son and daughter, eavo a fow small legacies to the executors and. Serv ants. ' i Eight Wicvlurs l/?e IJVCS, Victoria, B. C.? 'Eight lives were lost In an attempt to recover salvage from the wreck oMhe Gv?afc Northern liner Dakota, off Sbirnhma, at the en i tranca of Toklo Bay. A dyqaroito [ cariridce WB3 accidentally exploded ^ by one of the divers ashe wa*.-*tnnt" Jjs l!??wrut ' .-I'ni'TVftVi "?m ''frrae IsH Mr*. Klihu Vctftier Dcr.3. Roitfe.--Mrs. IfiJihu Vedder, wife of tho American artist, died 8y. She was slxty-th}'^ |-Mrft.-.Yec; dsJL I 11 e, of K. H. RosekratS, or Gr N. Y. Deject* Inheritance Bill. ; Perl In. ? The Relcht ed by a vote ot 1*4 to Hei MiniaUy^T ' aneo taxes to i Widows and