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CHRONICLE. .?!' ? ?? liWWI' IWI I II CAMDEN, S. 0., FRIDAY. AUGUST 6, 1909." NO. 30 PALMETTO HEWS ITEMS Things Doing And Happening In Sunny Carolina, Told In Condanwd And Plthy PhriM. Model Farm In OhaaUr. Cheater, Special. -Col. T. J. Cun ningham in ono of Chester County'* lui-mt jB w)lo j8 ajw#y8 endeavoring Wd iipply the best and moat modern ideai in farming, and a vUii to lit? farm, u littlo more than a mile we?t of the city, U alwaya interest "g and refreshing, It waa the writ *}' ?. privilege Friday to accompany ol/ Cunningham over a large part , thy plantation and see what ia k'oing on. Col. Cunningham is, above all things else, u scientific farmer-? not u 1 armer who jumps from idea to jdea in mad succession in the futile hopo of finding something more suc cessful than the old beaten tracks? hut n farmer who ia actuated by good eound reason, and .who plants one crop ony year and another the next on the t>amo pieqe of land, because tlm soil demands a certain auccession oi crops, and bccausu certain crops following each other in a certain succession build up thp Boil. It fol lows, therefore, that ono aces on this farm no vast acreage of cotton, and cotton alone, but diversification and a general assortment of the crops that this section of the South ia beat adapted for. Col, Cunningham is giving bis attention largely this year to hay, and the many acres of - fer tile meadows on his home place and the '27.0 acres that ho ia farming on the opposito side of tile road are yielding him a golden harvest of fine hay. lie ia confident of gettiug 200 tons of hay this year, and a very conservative estimate would place the yield at much more than that. The second ^cutting is now in progress, hnd the uncut portions of the lush meadows show how fine the yield is. Col. Cunningham is not much of a believer in terracing. Ilis method for eradicating gullies and washes is by planting cover crops, which not only stop the washes, but at the same time lay the foundation for a fer tility. lie is putting hi8 idea into operation on what have b?2en hereto fore badly washed fields, and already after only one such crop the fields flhow a noticeable improvement. The cotton patch that Col Cuifr ningham is conducting under the di rections of the agricultural depart ment at Washington, is showing up nicely, while two patches of corn that are being worked under the direc tions of the experiment station are also showing up well. One is being worked with the hoe alone, while the other is being plowed. Other con ditions are the same. At this stage there is not much difference between the two, the advantage, if there if any, resting with the latter patch* Col. Cunningham is also making use of some of his fertile meadows as pastures for a large number of cattle that he will put on the market this fall. Ho also has several Ches ter county raised horse and .mule colts that are growing fast and give promise of making fine stock. It is his idea to make his farm self-sup plying as much as possible, and the intelligent and orderly conduct of affairs, coupled with his past ?uc cess, shows that he will succeed. Finds Skull of Missing Man. Aiken, Special. ? The little town of KathWoood on the ^southern edge of1 this county is stirred with excite ment over what appears to be the most foul murder that community has ever known. Levi- Chavous was brought to the Aiken jail and charg ed with the murder of C. 8. Pringles A hat identified as Pringles', a tin can used when fishing and a skull are t'lio only remains of the apparently murdered man. Guilty, Says Jury. s Barnwell, Special. ? The famous Chester Kennedy case came to a close Thursday morning at 6 o'clock, when Ibe jury returned a verdict of guilty with recommendation to the merey jf the court. The case went to the jury a little after 1 o'clock Wednes day and after deliberating for 17 hours. they agreed uport a verdict of guilty with recommendations to mercy. v. . _ . . -j Another Water-Power to Be Develoy f cd in Spartanburg Section. Spartanburg, Special. ? The Eloc tric Manufacturing and Power Com pany, which owns the power plant at Gaston shoals on Broad river and] tho htrect railway system hero, hasj about completed negotiations for tlio1 purchase of another large water-pow er in this section. The officers of the company have not announced the location of tho water-power for the i reason that a few details are to be ar- 1 ranged beforo the purchase is cora-j plete. J By Accident Child Poisoned at Greer. Greenville, Special. ? The young eon Af Dr. James, a prominent phy sician of Greer, died early Mondays morning in most excruciating agony. The father hurriedly ? leaving home Sunday afternoon accidentally drop ped a bottle or tnoftrtfllH CP "ttrer porch and tho little fellow picked it^ up and, when . dicovered by his mother, had eaten the greater part ? ef the contents of the bottle. A stomach pump was applied too late. Little Olii Em Awful Bxperieno#. Kurt Mil), Special. ? A more extr a Ordinary and terrifying experience cornea to law peopla than that which befall the family of Mr. C. Cook, au industrious farmer living Ave inilea eaat of hera. While playing on the curbing hi* little 7-year old daughr ter fell into their well w)tieb waa walled with 12-inch terra cotta pip ing which ia barely wide enough to let the little body down eudwisa and smooth as glaae on the inaide, afford ing apparently no meant* whatever of recovery. What ia even more -re markable than how the child man aged to fall into auch a small open ing is the manner of her escape. When she arose to the surface of the water instinct prompted her to throw out her hand and knees and in this manner pressed hqr weight against the aides of the piping with a death clasp that nothing but brute force could move and thia waa applied in the shape of a pair of steelyards and the little body forcibly recovered after more than two hours of fearful effort. During this time no amount of per suasion or thrcata could compel the girl to loosen her grasp sufficiently to grasp the rope dangling around. Whether is was fear, not being able to understand from 30 feet above or a wise Providence that justified her is not known, at anv rate fox mora than two hours this little girl remain ed in the cold water in a dark well, with nothing but the glassy sides of the piping to press herself against for support. She is now safe and not much the worse for her horrible axperienco. The' feeling of the parents And neigh bors in this trying experience cannot ba imagined. Tooths Mysterious Death. Union, Special. ? Louis Vanderford the lfi-year-old son of Mr. Ashmore ?Vanderford, a prominent citizen and progressive planter of the Mt. Tabor ^section of this county, killed himself Monday morhing about 8 o'clock in a patch of woods about 150 yards V?%? V> A XXTU AW ik A nltA/vf *?* WUi 1UO UV1UV, Iff UVVUVA tuv ouvvv ing was done accidentally or inten tionally is not' definitely known, as the whole affair seems to be wrapped In mystery, the family apparently being unable - to thrown any light upon the cause of the very sad tragedy. It w/is the sound of a rifle shot from the patch of woods that attracted the attention of Mr. Ash more Vanderford, father of the young man, and caused him to go to the spot and investigate what was the matter. On his arrival he found his son with a bullet hole through his heart and lungs, which had pro duced instant death. The bullet was fired from a .32*20 Winchester riflo, which had been in the house, but which Mr. Vanderford did not know that his son had taken out with him. Ho was a young man of good habits and was in good health. Finds Gold Nugget in Qaffney Coun ty Mine. Qaffney, Special. ? Mr. Samuel Whelchel, who is operating a gold mine on a small scale on lands be longing to the Qaffney Land and Im provement Company, Thursday took but a nugget of gold which is worth $43. Mr. Whelchel has taken quite a number of valuable nuggets from this mine. Arrangements will soon be made to operate the mine on a large scale as the owners feel sure that it will pay to put in machineiry ?and a large force of hands. Farmer Dies While Ploughing. Aiken, Specials ? News has reach ed the city of the sudden death of Mr. H. B. x Stringfellow, of White Pond. Mr. Stringfellow was plough ing in his field. About sundown, his horse came to the house, without his master, and members of the family began to search for him. Finally his body was found in the field, where he had evidently dropped fsom his plough handles. ' Will Try to Collect. v Rock Hill, Special. ? In a recent meeting of the town council the fol lowing action was taken: "Resolvod, That the city attor neys be instructed to pfepare a war rant charging C. S. May with embez-r zlement of city funds ; that the city attorneys be also instructed to take steps as they may deem proper to se cure the city the deficit in May's books." It is the intention of. the city au thorities to push the ' case against May to the limit. Will Address Red Shirt*. Anderson, Special. ? The committee' to select-speakers for the Red Shirt reunion to be held in Andersou August 25 announced Monday . that | Senator Tillman, Former Gov. Shep accepted invitations to be present and make addresses. Each of these t&>k prominent parts in organizing and leading Red Shirt companies in ISTfi ^ m of jh w 11 Senate Amendment^ Practi cally Stand. THE HOUSE ADOPTS REPORT *T*" "*** **T ^**S9 ' ? * m i i ? ? '"H?n - Rates Compared With Paine Bill and Also With Dingley Bill?Kate* Raieed Where Protection Was In ? sufficient and Lowered Where Pro hlbitive. Washington, Special.? Practically all the administrative features of the tafiff hill which were adopted in the Senate were accepted by the con ferees. They , include a new maxi mum and minimum feature, a corpor ation tax law, instead of the inheri tance tax adopted by the House, au-? thorixation for a bond issue to raise money to build the Panama Canal, and numerous other matters. Maximum and 1 he maximum and minimum pro vision prescribes duties in accordance with the rates numed in the dutiable list until March 31, 1910, when 25 per cent, ad valorem is to be udded automatically, as the maximum duty. The President is authorized to upply the minimum rates, however, to im ports from a country which gives its best rates to the products of the United States, and is made the judge ae to whether a foreign country ac cords to the United States treatment which is reciprocal and equivalent. When he finds that this condition exists be is to issue a proclamation putting in effect the minimum rates, and until the time of th proclamation the maximum rates will apply. Abrogation of Treaties. The President is empowered to ab rogate those reciprocity treaties whieh can be terminated by diplo matic action. It is made his duty to give ten days' notice after the bill bccomcs a law of his intention to bring those treaties to an end. Trade With Philippines. The Philippine free trade provis ion, which was considerably elabo rated by the Senate, provides for the free importation of all articles "the growth or product of or manufac tured in the Philippine Islands from material the growth or product of the Philippine Islands or the United States, or both, or which do not con tain foreign materials to tlmlyaluo u? more iii hii 20 per cent, of iheir total value." Rice is the only excep tion to the free provisions, but re strictions are placed ujpon sugar and tobacco. ; The free importation of sugar is limited to 300,000 tons a year. On wrapper and filler tobacco when mixed, the annual limitation is 300,000 pounds; on filler tobacco, 1,000,000 pounds, and on cigars,. 150, 000,000. " '' ' Tax on Tobacco. The internal revenue tax on tobac co is amended, making the rates on chewing and ? smoking tobacco 8 cents a pound. No change was made in the tax on cigars, except those in creased from 54 to 75 cents per 1,000. The rates on cigarettes were increas ed to $1.25 per 1,000. A prohibition against the use of coupons or special gift pledges is incorporated in the new law. ? The provision granting farmers the free sale of leaf tobacco places a re striction on the retail dealer whieh requires him to record every sale amounting to two pounds or more to one person in one day. A number of other, ironclad requirements included in the redraft of this section, as adopted by the conference committee, are intended to prevent any frauds upon the internal revepues' and at. the samo time give as much of a local market as possible to the tobacco grower. Corporation Tax. Every corporation, joint stock com pany, or association organized for profit, and every insurance company is required to pay annually an ox cise tax of 1 per cent, upon its net income over and above $5,000. This feature was put into the bill to raise additional revenues to apply on the Treasury deficit. It is estimated that $20,000,000 to $30,000,000 a year will be collected under this new form of Federal tax ation. The Metal Schedule. Probably the most marked reduc tions throughout any . schedule in tho bill as a result of the action of the two houses and of the conference committees, are found in the metal schedule. Beginning with a decrease in the rate of iron ore of 40 to 15 cents per ton, there is a general re duction throughout- that portion of the bill, pig iron going down from $4 to $2.50 per ton, and scrap iron from $4 to $1. The reduction on many of the items in this schedulo amounts to about 50 per cent., and this reduction includes steel rails. There is an increase on structural steel ready for use, and also a slight increase on rasors, nippers and pliers, and on such new metals as tungsten. Lumber and Cotton. Rough lumber goes down from $2 tp $1.25 per 1,000 feet, with a corre sponding reduction in the * differential on dressed lumber. J The entire eot ton scbedulewas re constructed, and the phraseology changed in the hope of preventing reductions through decisions by the courts, such as have characterised the -administration of the Bingley law durinf latter days. In many instancy the rates in tended to be y the Dingley law were cut decisions, the reductions in a wSfthtancoa being from 60 per cent. 8 per cent.j ad valorem. It is estimated that the rates fixed by the bijl are about 3 per cent, higher u|m>u an average than those collected on cottons . lust year. The rates on cotton hosiery are generally Increased. In the much-contested matter of the rate on glovo** th? high protec tion ibt 8 fan to score. Wines and Liquors. Sugar and tobacco duties remain substantially as they are under the Dingley law. There is a uniform increase on spirits, wines and li<piors o? IS per. cent. Thero is au increase in lemons, tigs, almonds und pineapples. Common window glass of the lower sires, in which the imports aro heavy, is given a reduction, and. where Changes were made in the chemical, schedule there was a gen* eral decrease except upon such ar ticles as fancy .soaps and perfumes, which were increased. Wood Pulp and Print Paper. The publishers win their fight for lower wood pulp and print paper, the rate on tho ordinary new print paper being fixed at ?$.'lr75 per ton instead of $0, as under the Dingley law, and on tjhe higher grades of print paper at $1.75 instead of $h. Mechanically ground wood pulp is to come in free of duty instead of paying 1-12 of a cent a pound as under the THngley law, but provision is made for a coun tervailing duty in caso it becomes necessary to protect this country^ against Canada's inhibitations upon tho exportation of woods to the United States. Hides and Leather Goods. Tlides of cattle come in free, and there is a corresponding reduction on leather and leather goods. The Hbuso rates are practically retained on sole leather, leather for uppers, boots and shoes and harness, but tho free hide provision is based on tho condition that on and after October 1, 1909, sole leather from the hides that are to be admitted free will pay a duty of 5 per cent.; grain, buff and split leather, 71-2 per cent.; boots and shoes, the upper leather of which is made from such hides, 10 per cent., and harness and saddlery, 20 per cent. This schedule of ratea will result in a reduction of 15 per cent, on boots and shoes, 20 per cent, on har ness and saddlery. 15 per cent, on sole leather and 12 1-2 per cent, on leather for uppers, if made of the hides that are put on the free list by the provision. Bituminous coal is reduced from 67 cents to 45 cents a ton. Daniel Wins Fight. Binding twine is retained on the free list. Cotton ties are made duti? able at three-tenths of a cent per pound and cotton bagging at six tenths of a cent per square yard. On quebracho, the tanning extract for a stiff dut yon which Senator Daniel made such a strenuous fight, the House rates of one-half and three quarters of a cent per pound are re tained, which is almost all that the Virginia Senator asked. Payne's Analysis. Mr. Payne's statement in ~the House included an analysis of the bill, showing both the increaso and the decreases, but this detailed pre sentation was preceded by a general summary, in which lie" undertook to show the extent of 'fevenue increases and decrease^ by schedules. Accord ing to this showing, the total in creases were on consumption value of importations of $852,512,525, and tho totalv decreases in consumption value amounting to $4,978,122,124. In this preliminary statement Mr. Payne said that be had made an in vestigation based on the census re turns of 1905, showing the amount of domestic consumption of articles upon which duties have been raised, and also the articles upon which duties have been lowered by the bill as finally reported from the confer ence committee. This had been done because comparisons have been made based upon the amount of importa tions, he said. "Duties," he continued, "hace been lowered where they were too high under the present law, some times prohibitive in character, and for that reason the importations were comparatively small. On the other hand, they have been raised in some instances where the tariff was insuf ficient for protection and the impor tations were very great.'" j&eiating to Uflemlcals. Taking up the schedules in (heir order, he gave, first, tho . increases and then the decreases. The figures, in all eases, were comparisons with tho Dingley law. In Schedule A, re lating to chemicals, he gave the in crease as follows: Liquid anhydrous ammonia from 25 . per cent, ad valorem to 5 cents per pound. Manufactures of collodion incres ed 6 per cent. Coca leaves increased 5 cents per pound. Fancy soaps increased from 15 cents pound to 50 per cent, ml va lorem. - ? The list of decreases in this sched ule was much longer, the principal items being as follows: Boracic acid from 5 to 2 cents per pound. Chromic acid and lactic acid from 3 to 2 cents per pound. Salicylic acid from 10 to 5 Mats I per pound. Tannic acid or tannin from 50 to 35 cents |Har pound. Sulphate of ammonia from ^1-10 cent- iht pound to (ho free list. llorax from 5 to 2 cent* per pounds Borate of limo ami other borate material from 4 to 2 cents per pound. Chloroform from 20 to 10 cents per }M>und. Coppera* from 1-4 cent to 15-1 DO of 1 cent per pound, Iodoform fr/>m $1 to 75 cent* per pound.. Licorioa fioui 4 1-2 to 2 1-2 ccnta per pound. Cottonseed oil end cotton oil from tho dutiable to the free list. Flaxseed, linseed ond poppy seed ?il from 20 to 15 cent# per gallon. Peppermint oil from 50 to25 cent* per gallon. Oeber and oehory earths, siennu and siennS cart ha, and umber and umber earths, if ground in oil, or wuter, from 1 1-2 to 1 cent per pound, Varnishes from 35 per cent, to 25 per cent, ad valorem. Methylated and spirit varnishes from $1.32 per gallon and 35 per cent, ad valorem to 35 cents per gal lon and 35 per cent, ad valorem. NEWSY GLEANING* The Now York Motal Exchange de cided to baso prlco quotation* on act ual Bales. Tho Mayor and the New York City officials reviewed the Tenth Cavalry, colored, back from tho Philippines. Borne British interests in China urged pressure upon tho Hong Kong Shanghai Bank to dissociate itself from German intrigue. Tho Spanish Government pro claimed a state of siego in Barcelona, following a striko as a protest agaiuBt tho Moroccan war. PoBtal employes in Now York City propared a bill for transmission to Congross providing that the Govern ment should bond its own employes. Tho flaga of the four protecting powers in Crete were hauled down and the British troops embarked ; thero was great rejoicing in tho Isl and. Efforts aro bolng made in Madrid to negotiate treaties with other na tions la order to facilitate the dis posal of tho country's surplus prod ucts. Bamuol Leach, a Williamsburg, L. I., consumptive), was forcibly removed by the health officials from his homo to North Brother Island, and died two days later. Justice Brady, of New York City, refused to stamp as scandalous alio gatlons made in a suit against tho New York and New England Under writers at Lloyds. The State Department has in structed Minister Squiert to demand reparation from the government of Panama for outrages committed on citizens of the United States. Reginald McKenna, First Lord of the Admiralty, announeed in the House of Commons the Drltish Gov ernment's Intention to begin work In April on four Improved Dread noughts. PROMINENT PEOPLE. ' Justice Brewer alluded tp Roose* relt as the President who spoke of "me and my navy." M. Marcel Prevoft has been elected to the Academle Francaise in sue* cession to Vlctorlen Sardou. Senator Raynor and his family spend the summer at his son's coun try home, near Cambridge, Md. E. H. Gary, chairman of the Board of Directors of tho United States Steel Corporation, Is in Europe. <Bank Examiner Edward P. Moxey says the great majority of bank em ployes in this country are absolutely honest. Alonzo Adams, "King" of Swan Island, In the Caribbean Sea, arrived In New York City for a tour of the United States. General Yon der Goltz Pacha, not content with reorganizing the Turk ish army, has interfered In tho poli tics of the country. Paul Morton returned from Eu rope In optimistic mood, declaring there was a great era of prosperity ahead for this country. Ex-Senator Homenway, of Indiana, once dug ditches in Boonvlllo, the village he still lives In, and Senator Beveridge, from the same State, was a book agent. Willard Straight, envoy of the American-Chinese banking syndicate, Interviewed In London, talked opti mistically of China's commercial and Industrial future. Prince Henry XXXII of Reuss has Just passed his examinations at the Commercial Academy at Cologne, whereby he secures a diploma as a qualified merchant. Ambassador Bryce has seven LL.D.'s, two D. C. L.'s, two Lltt. D.'o and one D. P. Sc., not to montlon his A. B. and his honorary fellowships at Trinity and Oriel Colleges, Ox ford. , " A Woman's Bargain. An OH City man, who was detain ed at the house for a part of tho day handed his wife who was going down town, a quarter of a dollar and re quested her to get him three cigars for tt. When' she returned she handed him the package," remarking, exul tantly : "That shows that women can beat men all hollow when it comes td mak ing purchases. I found a place whera I could get eltfht for a quarter in stead of threey Isn't that going KBBKf ... And the poor man, as ho took his medicine, merely remarked: "ft -certainly 4s, dear."? -Oil CKy Blizzard. Simplified spelling, to the Philadel phia Record, Is simply the ragtime of orthography# ? ^ .. .. JAPAN'S GREAT CITY BURNS Osaka, With 20,000 Buildings, Destroyed by Fire. The T*nrge?t Itmhllilst Temple In tlitf World itiul the HlmU lCxchango Arc In ItuJns. '"V OenVn, Japan.? As ft result of Oio Are which swept ft greet part of thin City of 700,000 inhabitant* thousands of personB wero homeless and hunger stared many of them iu thy face. Tlu> number of dead and Injured could not ho determined, hut hun dreds of injured peruouH crowded the hospitals. The latOBt estimates aro that 20, 000 buildings were destroyed, these Including hunks, the Stuck Exchange, the Museum, Governineut edttiros and factories. While It la Impossibly tp Htate accurately the nioiioy losses, theso are glvon roughly at Buvoral million yen. It Is feared that some of the iesu rence companies win fall nsn reilltU of the heavy losses they will have to pay. The conflagration lasted more than twenty-five hours, and the burned sec tion presented a deplorable sight. The etroets of thy city are very narrow and tho houHOB wore mostly of wood. Un der a BtrOng breojr.e, therefore, the buildings were caBy prey for tho HainoB, which jumped from one to an other with great rapidity. Once hope of Htopplng the tire was almost aban doned, but the firemen fought valiant ly. In spite of lack of water and tho fury of tho wind. Many of them fell unconsclouB at their pobIb. Had not tho water supply boen curtailed Iry the oxlstlng drought It is believed tho fire would have been quenched with out great damage. Tho belongings of iho peoplo who were ably to save anything from their burning homes wero piled In great heans along tho railroad troche froui Osaka to Kobe. All day long and far Into tho night tho male population asBiBted tho tire men and tho troops In quenching tho conflagration. An area of over four miles Bquare, containing some of tho city's handsomest structures, Includ ing tho Buddhist Temple, tho largest in tho world, was entirely burned over boforo tho llro was brought under control. The Stock Exchange, which was ono of tho most lmportuut In this country, was entirely destroyed. This loss, It is belloved, will tend consider able to dislocate tho bualnesB of Osa ka, which, with its manufacturlug concerns, is one of tho chief commer cial cities of Japan. Many touching Bights wero to bo soon during tho lire. Tho women wero terror stricken, and fled hither, and thither with tholr children, some of whom wero crying plteousiy for food that could uot bo obtained for them. IJOY IN AMBUSH KILLS FATHER. Virgil Storing Says Ho Wns 111? Treated and H1h Llfo Threatened. Lexington, Ky. ? A case much like thnt of Beach HarglH, who slew hie father. Judge James HarglB, the feud leader of Breathitt County, came to light when George and Samuel Slaughter, colored, were arrested, charged with being accessory to the murder of James W. Storms, a rich farmer of Pulaski County. The dead man's son, Virgil Storms, fifteen years old, was taken to the Jail in Somerset as the principal in the crime. The boy says hlB father ill-treated him and threatened his life. . Young StorniB, the ofllclals say, has confessed, saying he hid in tho house, armed with a double-barreled gun, and lay for his father's return from town. Tho first barrel contained small calibre shot, which only slight ly wounded the elder Storms. Ho begged his son not to fire again, but the boy discharged the second barrel loaded with heavy slugs. The father fell dead, or great hole torn. In hla chest. KILLED WIFE FOR BUIIGLAR, Nervous Man Heard Noiso and Fired Without Asking Questions. Boston, Mass. ? In the belief that a burglar was In tho house, Harry Pierce, a shoo designer, thirtyrono yoars old, killed hla wife at their homo In the Jamaica Plain district. He has been taken 'into custody, but the police bellevo tljo shooting was accidental. Pierce feared burglars and kopt a revolver near his bedside. In tho morning a nolso In tho room waked him, he ixiys, and with burglars lav mind, he jumped out of bed, grabbed tho revolver, and flred In tho dark. There was a scream and fall. When tho room wns lighted- Mrs. Pierce was found to have beon shot through the brain. BUND BOY SAVES HIS BROTHER. Guided l>y Volco, Ho Pulls Him Out of Water as He In Sinking. Philadelphia, Pa. ? Directed only by tho ftound of a voire, Henry Gil bert, a blind boy, of * "hal, twelvo years old and an c: t swimmer, saved the llfo of his b. other John, tea. In Bnlr^'s tj ? a r r y , I u Vuauuu. The boys, with several companions, had been In the water for an hour and decided to come out. Henry was dressing on tho bank when John plunged In again.,. Treading water, ho waited when John roso ten feet away and called feebly once more. As his brother came up the third time Henry caught him by tho hair and slowly swam toward 'shore, directed by voiccs on the bank. SEES CHILD SUFFER, AND DIES. ? Boy Had Broken His Arm Flaying See-Saw. ~ ~:~r ? JPoug&keepsle, N. Y, ? IJnablo to stand the shock of seeing her eight year-old nephew suffer, Mr*. John Cosgrove. . of -Barrytown. Dutchess County, died suddenly. The lad had broken an arm playing sec-saw and suffered great pain whan a surgeon sst the injured member. Mrs. Cos grove* who watched th> operation, became unconsoioua u4 wm stricken with apoplexy^ J?l? <?lrl to Kilter CoII?k?>. Hun Pranrjsco,- Miss Mary B. Jllt otuuyaimxi, daughter of Viscount Hue* now, arrived here on (he steamer Coreu to enter liryn Mttwr College. B. A M. Head to Hetlre. Boston. ? The election of Chas. B, Mellon, mi president of the Boston & Mulne llallroad to succeed Lucius Tuttle, whose prospective retirement Is rumored, Is foreshadowed by ad vices received from fiow lluveu, ?? ? "Wets" Hpritig Surprise. Bristol, Tenn. ? The "wets" sprang n surprise by filing u petition In the local option election contest In Brls to), Va., to dismiss the ease upon the ground tbat the petition Is not suf ficient In law. Tipton Hank Loss $100,000. ? Tipton, Iud. ? ^Examination of tb4* nffalrN of the First National Bank to determine the losses .through Noah H. Murker, the absconding cashier,' show that the amount reaches .9 10 Or 000. Vlr<> Destroys Illinois Village Champaign, 111."? Philo, a village In Champaign County, w?h almost wiped out by Are. Half of the busi ness section was destroyed Prohibition In Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.- ? The general prohibition bill was reported favor ably to {ho IIouso. Kills Man, Poisons Herself. v - Cincinnati. ? Mrs. John MuBarkey, < shot aud killed Edward Axllno la Bellevue, Ky., a suburb of this city. After shooting Axllne, Mrs. Mullar key swallowed carbolic acid, and died after belug removed to Speer'f. Hop-' pltal. ? ? i 4 Danish Missionary Held Up? . . . : Chlcagp.? The Rev. H: P. Bergh, a Danish missionary, while on his way, to the camp meeting at Desplanes, was attacked by two highwaymen In the Northwestern station and robbed of a wallet containing 958 and a check for 938. ? " Big Doinnnd For Homesteads. Spokane, Wash. ? -It Is estimated that the total registration for home steads on tho Spokane, Flathead and Coeur d'Alene Indian reservation* will be 800,000. ? . I rri.i.4.. AJUI/ ^UUl/'VlIU "" Washington, D. C.< ? The* bodies of! thirty-two soldiers who died during tho past year while on duty In the Philippine Islands were buried In Arlington National Cemetery.^ with military honors. ___ . ..4 .. ? General Wortlilngton I)ea& Washington, D. C. ? General Henry C. Worth ington, formerly member of the California Legislature, delegate in Congress from Nevada, diplomat and Jurist, died at the Garfleld Hos pital, aged eighty years, $500,000 to Repair Dattleshlp. Washington, D. C. ? -Repairs to cost $500,000 will be made on the1 battle ship Kentucky at the Norfolk N*vyi " Yard and will Include a general over haul In g. "" ?? Tuft Wires Condolence. Washington, D. C.? President Taft ... sent a telegram of condolence to Mm. Leopold Markbrelt, at Cincinnati, upon the death of her- husband. . furies For Kaiser's Army. Berlin ? Twenty-six Turkish armjj officers arrived hero to enter the Ger man army, by permission of Emperor \Villiam. They will serve one year In the military university and an other year In the regimental service, ; French Ships Honor Hudson. Paris. ? The Cabinet decided to send p. battleship squadron, under command of an Admiral, to represent France at the Hudson-Fulton cele bration to be held at New Yot)(J31ty next fall. V. S. Wants China's Decision* Pekin. ? Henry P. Fletcher, Secre tary of the American Legation, sent an inquiry to the Chinese Foreign Hoard as to whether China had any, communication to make with regard to American participation In the vail way loan. ~ ' ltd over Body of. Scientist* Pekin.?- The body of Hatrsh All, the membet of tho Clark meteorolog ical expedition, who was killed to an encounter with natives, in Kan-pu Fruritice, tun fuUttd niiu it Larchow. Bookmakers Flee Japan.. -> St. Petersburg. ? A dispatch from Vladivostok declares that on account of the closing of the betting totali zators In Jftpafifi^fny JlpSCMe race followers have arrived to conduct betting on the Vladivostok track. Eighty-two Japanese horses have ar Iwtp. i' ' -r- -* D'Annnnxlo Seeks Nobel I*rize. Rome.? Gabrlele d'Annunsio, the poet, novelist, and dramatist, an nounced his candidacy for the Nobel prise for literature in 1910. Americans ThH?g Tt?tr> : Rome. ? American throuslng 1 Hotels, usually empty are overcrowded. Closes Canal For Osnv Kiel. ? The Kiel .Canal was ^r?sed taactani a whtte tho, K m petor of Bus si* pasted through, .