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CAMDEN, S. C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 13. 11)05). ? PALMETTO HAPPENINGS News Note. From All PirU o! the State of Intere.t to South I Carolinian# ii\ Gmera.1 Fund Moves Steadily Up. Tlie Columbia Slate of tt:il unlit y tho following contributions b.V coun ties thus far collected for. the Wo man's Monument : Hichland. . ..$1,059.00 Humter 589.50 MariUo.ro 534.00 Anderson , , .. ,, ,, 512,05 Marion . , 471.35 Aiken., .. ........ ,s 405.05 Kimrtnnbuig. 383.20 Green woot I.. 364.24 Newberry . . , . 369.18 York 352.20 Darlington , . .. 342.25 Greenville . . .. 918.05 Charleston . . . . 317.50 Lancaster 310.60 iVbljcvillu 239.00 Chester . . .. ,, .. 218.10 Orangebrg. . . ^ . . .. .. .. 215.25 .. . . .. 212.75 Lexington,.. . . .... . . .. 211.^3 ChGslerlield., .. .. .. .. 210.01 Fairfield, i * .. .. 005,00 Kershaw 202.68 Laurens .. ., , . . .. 188.00 UnionV> .. .. .. .. 183.50 Barnwell . . . . . . . , 163.25 Kdgofteld.. 160.50 Florence 120.00 1 lorrv .... 102.00 Georgetown.'. ?? ? . 100.58 Cnlhoun . 1,00.02 Cherokee '? . ? ? ? 100.00 Oconee 85.50 Dorchester 85,45 Bamberg . ? ?? 82.75 Huluda ?? ?? ?? 63.80 Clarendon 02.75 Hampton 62.50 Pickens 54.05 Beaufort 31.00 Williamsburg.. .. 26.88 Colleton 18.76 Berkley i 13.50 Railroad Commission Notes. Latta, Special.? The mayor of Latta on the AtlanticxCoast Line road has complained to the commission that through tickets to other points off the Coast Line could not be pur chased at Latta. The matter was tak en up with the.. Coast Line officials and Mr. W. J. Craig, passenger traf fic manager of the road, has notified the commission that he had ordered a coupon tickct case and a supply of coupon tickets to bo placed at Latta. Southern railway officials have _ noti fied the commission that an addition al passenger coach will he placed on Southern train No. 9 from .Spartan burg to Ashevillc. The train runs from Columbia to Asheville and the extra coach will be taken on at Spar tanburg. The railroad commission lias not as yet reecived an official no tice of Judge Pritchard's injunction restraining them from enforcing their order in the matter of a better pas senger service -on the Conway branch of Uio Atlantic Coast Line. Catches Monster Carp. Greenville, Special.? Perhaps tho largest fish ever caught in this section of the country was brought to the citv Tuesday afternoon by a boy about 11 vears old. The fish was a monster carp, weighing 15 pounds, and measuring 42 inches l?nK ?0 1-2 inches around the body St tno largest part. The fish Wfts caught in Elias Earle'g fish pond, near the rity, bv four boys, Harold Kerne, Jack Kerne, J. K. Earle and Sam Earlo. The fish was entirely too largo to catch with a hook and line nftcr the methods approved by Tgaak Walton, but the boys to capture tho monster bv graining the pond and then taking the fish into custody with their hands The Ash is one of the largest and h??ylest a, embers of the finny tribe that have been caught in the up-country in a good long time. Soldiers Evacuate Greenville Greenville, Special.? The encamp ment of the First regiment which ba8 been here for the past ten days, broke up Thursday, and the com panies returned borne, the company from Anderson being the first to Jcave. Tents were not take? down bv the men on account of their being Jet but they will be taken down within the next few days under the Tupervision of thecal company. Three Crops In Ons Year. Charleston, Specisl.-The German millet crop i. no* being gener.ll? cut in this section of the county. It Is Mid that an average of three ton. lhe acre is being taken in, the prte? anlendid conditiou for the piani J li the third crop, consisting of emp during the UtUr part of this month. "rtret Baseman laoUm'Sro Trolley Mituted l against the court "1 Railway r Littli lfM Outs Big On?. Aiken, , Special.? "Monday night Mr. J. T. I f ??;??? i . > a young "urn 25 years of uge, eamo to the Aiken jail to give himself up, and told tlio jailer that lie hud seriously cut a young man at Hath that afternoon. Young. ltogers was seen Tuesday morning, and he told the following story about the difficulty: Tuesday afteruoon he, in compuny with sev eral other boys, were talking in front of a store at Hath, and Paul Jones came up. lie knows Jones ouly' slight ly, but they got to chewing the rag, 43 lie railed it, and Jones beriunu mad, Jones hit him several limes, and finally knocked ltogers down. Jones came at him again, and he warned him off and pulling out his knife raked him aeross the stomach. The lunge must have been a vic ious one, for Jones' stomach was out into, and his intestines had to be eaught to prevent falling to the ground. The woundod man was led away by his friends and later sent to the Augusta Hospital for treat ment. Paul Jones is a good sized man, and is watcliman of tbo Twiggs Hoad gang, Which is doing work 011 the Augusta-Aiken^ trolley line, ltogers, who did the cutting, is a small fellow, and he says he was forced to defend himself, lie bears marks of his fight, and has several bruised places on his neck. Ho fleems to regret the difficulty, and is very anxious about the condition of Paul Jones. New School For Walterboro. Walterboro, Special. ? The follow ing gentlemen have been appointed members of tho comraittce to have charge of the new- graded school building for Walterboro: W. B. Gruber, chairman; R. H. Wichman, members of tho board of trustees, snd Mayor E. Tj, Fishburjic, of the town council. These gentlemen will have entire charge of the new school | building. A number of architects have desired to submit plans, conse quently the committee has set aside August 7, on which day it will con sider the plans of all architects de siring to be present. An advertise ment appears in daily papers calling for bids on the bonds, which sealed bids will bo opened on the 16th day 'of August. These bonds are "for a period of ten years, to bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent., payable semi-annually, and are to be paid from the proceeds of the license fees of the town of Walterboro, and will not, therefore, increase the rate of taxation. Florence to Have Glimpse of Taft. Washington, Special.? Senator E. D. Smith called upon President Taft Wednesday and extended to him a personal invitation to visit Florence on his Southern tour. Previously at the instanco of the Florence board <\f trade, the mayor and city council, Senator Smith had invited tho pres ident by letter and Wednesday 'g call was made in order to impress up* on the chief executive the desire of the citizens of Florence that he stop at that ploce. Mr. Taft told Senator Smith that if the Schedule promittcd he would be delighted to atop oft at Florence, Inasmuch as it will be necessary for the president to pass through Florence on his way from Columbia to Wilmington, it Is prac tically certain that the people of Florence will have an opportunity to see the nation's cnief executive. The president is scheduled to bo in Col umbia Monday, November 8, so it is probable that he will leave that point about 8 o'clock that night. Files Suit For Children. Columbia, Special. ? Alleging he caught another man coming out of his wife's room at midnight, J. A. Grim sley, a night watchman Wednesday instituted proceedings against his wife for recovery of two small chil dren. In the recorder's court Mrs. Grimslay was fined for shooting at her husband and the man in the case, Wade Legrad, was fined $50 for trea* passing on Grimsley 's property. Thousand Farmer* at Union Barbe cue* Abbeville, Special. ? Something iika 1,000 people were present at the Farmers' Union barbecue held at the Sharon school house Thursday. Ad dresses were made by B. Harris, president Spnth Carolina Farmers* union, Bon. J. .O. Richards of Ker shaw county and Hon. J. Helton Wat son of Anderson. The speakers Urg ed the farmers to organize to join the union, to diversify their crops , and to send their boys to Clemson j college. Thejdinnfir was fine and ip abundance. "Ifflflffl* ' TT""? P * I?prov**eaU of Uksjjoafswsr Washington, Special.? The chief engineer of the war department has made s report to the secretary of war recommending tho appropriation of *f:J the Conga ree river. The purpose of j the nppropriatk|^|p^Mse the pool 1ml ism fset and permit pf a five DISTURBERS SHOT BY OFFICER Ono Died Sunday Morning ? Other May Recover- Officer'# Story Jus tifies Shooting ? Negro EiAployes Implicate Officer. Abbeville, N. Speciul.r. Mr. John Bunting of Wilmington/ u (raveling salesman of the Chattanooga Medi cine Company, died in the Mission Hospital here Sunday morning, soon after' miduight ns u result ol a shoot - ing scrape at the Gladstone Hotel, Black Mountain, Saturday morning ut 1:30 o'clock, whilt) Mr. 1*. C, Col lins, a prominent banker of liillsboro, iu also ut tin; hospital in an adjoining ward with a had wound in the right side. The two men received their hurts at the hands ol' F. C. Wat kins, town constable yf Black Mountain, in a room at the Gladstone Hotel Satur day morning about 1 :;10 o'clock. The men were brought to Asheville "Satur day morning several hours alter the shooting occurred and taken to the hospital for treatment. It was found that Mr. Bunting was suffering from internal hemorrhage. Mr. Collins, while dangerously hurt, will proba-. bly recover. The officer tells the following story t "I went up to the room," said the constable, "where the men were and entered. The room was in darkness and as I entered 1 struck a match to see my way and -lighted a lamp. One of the men, 1 don't know which one, asked who I was and 1 said a police officer ? the town constable. One of the men with an oath said in effect, 4 Well, we take care of all jndice here. ' At about that time one of them kickcd the door shu&N*nd then the light Vas snuffed out. One of the men jumped at me and grabbed me about the neck, the other at the. time also closing in and clinching. The # men. were both of strong build; one -of them had something in liis hand but 1 don't know what it was. When they closed in on me and grabbed me, one reached for my pistol pocket. I drew my revolver, a 32-calibre Smith & Wesson and in the dax'kness fired tWo shota and the men staggered heck; one of them fell. When 1 went in there was a third person in the room, but whether he got out before the shooting I don't knew. I called for the duor to be opened and it was opened. I don't know whether from the inside or outside. A light was secured and the manager came in. I assisted one of the men to a bed; the other one went out into the hall. A physician was summoned and in com pany with the physician the men were brought to Asheville for medical treatment. ' ' At the inquest over Bunting how ever, two negro men, employes in the hotel, give, a story to the effect that the officer was not justified in the shooting, that the men showed no dis position to resist. The officer gave bond in the sum of $5,000. He said that when he reached the hotel women were running around in their night clothing, barefooted and frightened. Various guests of the hotel, men and women, testified as to the dis turbance created by Bunting and Col line in their room .about, midnight. Several of them stated that the two . men were shouting and using profane language, and that on complaint to tho proprietor of the hotel the latter sent for the village constable to quiet the disturbers. Sunday Merrymakers Drown. - Toledo, 0,, Special. ? Two men and one 'woman were drowned and seven men were rescued with difficulty when a launch containing a say par ty of merrymakers capsized in Mau mee bay 600 feet off of the Casino, a summer theatre, at 4 o'clock Sunday morning. All were residents of To ledo. Dill, one of the drowned, was the owner of the boat and took out the part? of ten men and one woman over the earnest protests of his wife. Dry as the Hot Sahara. Mobile, . Ala., Special. ? Mobile, some times called the oasis in the pro hibition desert of Alabama, will l>e as dry as the hot Sahara. Saturday tlio proprietors of near-beer places began moving their stocks to their homes and warehouses for storage, The Carmichael prohibition bill pass ed by the Senate Friday was the cause. Three Negroee Drown When Launch Takes Fire. i Alexandria, Speeial. ? Ernest Qrady, Robert McKenney and Char les Hardy, negroes, were drowned from a launch in the Potomac below this city Monday night. Two other occupants were rescued. Lucas struck a match to ascertain tho cause of the engine stopping, and as he did so there was a solid mass of flame from Hhe gasolene tank. The frightened negroes Jumped to the port side, and j as they did so tho boat careened and J in a few momenta all were in. thirty Ko( wai?g U'.;ITr><Hy Buds Tsnnnmee Joke. Chaska, Tenn., Special. ? Joe Burn-1 En, aged 30, was ehot and killed Sun day by Brand oft McMahon, aged 36. pMaMAhon, io * playful mood, knock- 1 Burnflat^- A?g*w4 -atJ this Burn fin attacked McMahon \?ithr a stick of wood, knocking him down. While lying on the ground McMahon dtW^iarsvoWtor m^firejgfibrcB shots. One bullet struck Burnfin near - 4 NEWS NOTES CONDENSED A coustalde at Black Mountain Saturday at 1 :30 a. in., shot two men, John Bunting and P. V'. Cvllio* Bunting in dead and Collin* is bcvcro ly wounded. The men disturbed the other guests in the Gladstone hotel ami the shooting followed the olltccrs appearance on the scene. One mun wye killed and four were injured in Philadelphia Saturday, by the giving away of one wheel of their automobile which eauaod it to overturn. 1 President Taft began his vacation at Beverly by engaging in his fav orite game of golf. By an erroneous throw of a switch one train ran into another which was still on (he Hiding near Memphis, Sunday morning, und Joe Lewis, an engineer of thirty years experience, was killed and several others of the crows were badly hurt. It. K, Minnington, of Augusta, Oa., was released from the innanse asylum fcome month b ago but is u^aitt insane aud is barricaded in his home and shoots when anyone approaches. 'Ho once fasted 41 days and it is feared he may repeat the feat while defy ing all comers. P. C. Butts, an aged farmer near Douglass, (ia., wan attacked by his neighbor '?\ two bloodhounds Sunday and was so badly bitten before help arrived that his life is dispared of. The Columbia State announces that $10,000 contributed to the. Woman's Monument Fund and calls for just $1,000 more to complete I ho necessary amount. Cablegrams from Morocco say that the Moores have tortured to death 35 officers and 35,000 troops captured in the engagements' with Spain. Sweeden is in no little trouble. Two regiments that were sent to. the northern districts to keep down any disturbance, among the striking lum bermen, have mutinied and seem to be in sympathy with the strikers. is said thut King Edward, thnffigh a -tip by J. P. Morgan, has within three months gathered $1,* 000,000 trading on steel stock. Turkey and Greece are now assum ing hostile attitudes, the island of Crete being the bono of contention. ? -Roger Sommer, a Frenchman, has surpassed the Wrights in an aero plane endurance trial, staying in the air two hours 27 minutes and 15 sec' onds. ALABAMA A DRY STATE. Governor Comer Signs Carmichael Prohibition Bill, Which Makes the State a Regular Sahara Desert. Montgomery, Ala., Special. ? Gov ernor Comer on Monday afternoon signed the Carmichael prohibition bill. Under this act it is unlawful to sell or to store any liquids containing more than one-half of one per cent alcohol. The locker clubs are illegal and the possession of a United States internal revenue license shall be con- y sidered prima facie evidence of guilt. Truly, Alabama is a dry state. The Fuller bill, and the Ballard bill Ore still pending in the House. They are more radical than the Carmichael bill antf are designed to aid in the enforcement of the latter. The Fuller bill prohibits any sort of liquor ad vertising and throws every safeguard around tlig^laiv. The Ballard bill provides for the impeachment of of ficers who fail to put the law into effect. Both of these; bills will be passed. The contest over the bill submit ting to the people in November an amendment to the constitution ex cluding liquors from Alabama for ever is under consideration. Both sides to the contest claim victory. Georgia Senate Opposes Income Tax. Atlanta, Ga., Special. ? The Senate on Monday for the third time refused to considor a resolution favoring an in<;omo tax amendment to the Federal constitution. As there are but two more- days in the present session of I the Legislature, it is improbable that the income tax will receive furtfier consideration. New Aeroplane Record. Mourmelon-Ie-Grand, France, By Cable. ? The world's record for pro longed flight in an aeroplane* was broken Saturday by Roger Sommcr,. a French aviator, who remained in tlie air two hours Jzt minutes, and 15 seconds, breaking thereby the record made by Wilbur Wright at I^emans, France, last December, when he stay ed aloft two hours, 20 minutes and 57 seconds. It was announced, however, that Sommer'a time, was not regard ed as official. : ? -r- Woman am. School Boards. Montgomery, Ala., Special. ? &y a close vote in the committee the bill authorising women to act as advisory , members of school boards in Alabama was reported favorably tCf th?" Senate Monday and went on tho calendar. It may (omn up on third reading Tues day. The bill is fostered by the Ala bama Federation of Women's Cluba. It is opposed by some of the ablest members of the legislature. GLOUCESTER DAY PAGEANT ' ? ? 2B6th Anniversary of Settlement by Pilgrims. \Yuixlil|t? in ( lio lIiir1>or and Many l islilug Whm'I* Also |>ri'N!? |<'or the Occasion. Gloucester, Mnsn. ? - With United Btatea warships booming their greet ings from tho harbor, military, naval and cIyIc parados trnvorslng thy Btreots, and fully 25,000 grangers In tho city eager to witness the gorgeous pageant, "Tho Canterbury Pilgrims," "Gloucester Day," or tho 280th anni versary of the settlement of tho town by the Pilgrims, was enthusiastically observed here - President Taft had planted to t:ike part iu tho great celebration,. bat tho prolonged sesclous of C\>nfm?. with the announced urogram of t?kli)'< a voto on tha Tari;7 bill, compelled him to wiro a regretful negative*. Char lie Taft came here ??? thr? o-usf of Dick Hnmmoiul , and Mr.\ Ta-tf, Ilob ert and Helen Taft and their Aun*? Mrs, More, arrived In the afternoon. Governor Draper and his staff ca*"^ at noon and ' were entertained with other distinguished guests at tho City Hal). Admiral Dewey's Manila Has ship, tho Olyfnpla, the scout cruisers Balem and Chester,. the cruisers Chi cago #and Hartford, the President's yacht the Sylph, mid nil the vessels of tho fishing ileet, for which Industry the port Is famous, had Auks and bunting wherever they could he dis played. 13ells on shore and cannon on, sea ushered In the day's colebra* tlon at noon. Tho pageant was given at Stage Fort Park. As a prelude to tho grand foto of tho evening a military, naval and civic, parade was arranged for tho early afternoon and included ofheers, marines and Jackiou from tho war ships li) tho harbor, several compa nies of militia and Governor Draper, escorted by Troop A, of the Massa chusetts National Guard, tho Lancers. These horsemen, attired in their dress uniforms of red, attracted no end of attention. The parade was reviewed at the City Hall by Governor Draper, Mayor Parsons and members of tho Gloucester city government. Tho young members of tho Taft family occupied a box near tho reviewing stand and with them were four chil dren of the family of tho lato Presi dent Cleveland. Percy Mackaye's play," "Tho Can terbury Pilgrims," was nrranscd as a dramatic pageant, and produced under tlio direction of Enc Pape. Tho music for tho evening was especially composed and arranged by Walter Damrosch. ' Tho play was enacted under the leadership of Charles Dou vjllo Coburn and in it there wero nearly a thousand persons including tho Coburn plajers, an ndult mixed chorus of 2 00, COO school children and a sixty-five ple.ee military hand. GUILLOTINE AGAIN IN PARIS, Crowd* Gather to 800 Man Who Killed Mother Suffer Death, rnris, France.? A sudden official announcement that a public behead ing wouhf take placo at 4.30 a. in. In the boulevard fronting the Santo Pri son created a sensation In Paris, which had not seen such a sight in fifteen years. Immediately linmenso crowas gathered nt the scene. In view of the revolting crime of the man executed President Fallleres re fused to commute his sentence to life imprisonment. Tho victim was one Duohomln, aged twenty-three, a butch er. In 1908 ho stabbed his mother, and this not resulting In her death quick enough ho finished her by stran* gulatlon. Tho motive for tho crime was robbery. CASHIER'S SHORTAGE $30,000, Calhoun nnrris, a Society Man, Ar retted In South Carolina, Anderson, S. C.? Calhoun Harris, secretary and assistant cashier of the Orr cotton mills, here, was arrested, charged with breach of trust. Ex pert accountants who are going over his books announced that $50,000 was missing. Harris, who is socially prominent, says tho apparent short age will be found due to clerical er rors. In tho cotton company's vault the accountants found between $8000 and $9000 In old check?, currency and silver, which had been stored in b;v;8, some of it for eight, year?, a" 1 appar ently forgotten. Somo of tli?se old checks had been tendered In r^tr.pnt for accounts with the company r.nd apparently never had lu??n cubed. Harris is thlrly-flvo yenra old. lie was married a few m 3 a till aso. ROOF GARDEN HAT ADLAZE. Girl's Dilemma Calls Out Part of tho Atlanta Fire Department. Atlanta, Qa. ? A Are upon tho roof gardftn of a hat of a pretty girl trav eler In the Union Station called out two fire companies, a hose cart and a score of willing amateur firemen, de layed a fast train thirty minutes and destroyed finery worth $30 upon tho hat. f The young woman, on her way to New York City, rushed into tha^ta tlon for something to eat. In paying her check, sho swung the hat too close to the cigar lighter. In an in stant the Orchard which adorned it was a mass of flames. A dark-skinned ] waiter turned >ln a fire alarm and I every available male guest tried to rescue the affair. The train wa? held nntil the victim recovered from an attack of hysterics. LEFT FORTUNE TO SERVANT. Aged lawyer's Relatives Get Only fOOOO of Hie flOOtOOO. Bucyrus, Ohio. ? Franklin Adams, the oldest attorn*)' In the connty, who died. Aired nlnety-si** left slmoat bi? entire fortune 10 LAxsia Ostermier, who has been hjs housekeeper for thirty years. The estate amounts to $100,000. ? _ j$ j # Only $?000 was left to relatl^s. Miss Ostermler is about fifty years oM, . /?. DEATH BY ACCIDENTS mow Allies AND BOAT George Van Oyke Killed by Drive's Mistake BOTH MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES Chauffeur Pulled t lio Wrong Lctcr and ( lit* Cur Plunged Over a Sev ??lity-llvi'.l-'rtift t'lill" ? - l.uuiieh Cap#l/.edTn Deep Water. Turner'B Falls, Mass. ? fleorge Van Dyko, of Lanrautcr, N. II., president! of tho Connecticut Valley Lumber Company, controlling ownor of tho Moono River Lumber Company and president of the Hroinpton Paper Company, in llromplon, Quebec, wa? kill txi In ' Riverside, near. here, when hla automobile plunged ovor a cliff boventy-ftvo feet high lnt/? tho Con necticut ltlver. Van Dyke's chauf feur, FredorlcR R. Itogdon, of North S'rntford, Vt., also took the terrlblo plunge. The machine fell on him and injured him ho badly tluit he died n fow nilnuleH after ho had boon ad mitted to the barren Hospital, lu Montague City, Van Dyko, who wan sixty-four years old and known as "The Lumber King of Now England." lived several bourn aft or the accident. Tho accident was caused by tho chauffeur. The automobllo, had beon run to tho top of the cliff that Van Dyke might see to better advantage ?4n? work of driving thousands of loga belonging to hla company down tho river, which waff exceedingly low. Ho finished his obaervationa and directed his driver to back tho machine off tho cliff and return to town. Hogdon seized tho wrong lever and tho ma chine plunged over tho cliff. Three Drown In Iianncl??* Toledo, Ohio. ? Two men and a woman were drowned and seven men wore rescued under difficult circum stances when u launch capsized In Maurnee Bay, 500 feet off the CuBlno, a summer theatre, at 4 o'clock a. m. All were residents of Toledo. The dead are: llarrjT Dill and Frank Le hauey, bpth railway employes, and Mrs. Mabel Hudson. Dill was the owner of tho boat, and took out the party of nine other ui<sn and Mr?. Hudson against tho protestH of his wife. In tho deep chnnnol of tho bay, near the mouth of tho Maumeo River, -.tho launch went over1 when tho party had got to ono sldo. Tho launch turned over four time?. Mrs. Hudson was in tho cabin, and was unable to get out. There were evidences of a desperate struggle on hei? part. Leo Barnes swam ashore. All of the other men wgro ablo to re gain the overturned boat and cling to it except Dill and Lehaney. Tho endangered men wero rescued by fishermen from tho shore, who heard their cries and ran U> the To ledo Yacht Club, near by, putting oft la four boats. Clinnflfenr Killed In Joy Ride, Worcester, Mass. ? A "Joy ride'* ended fatally for Stanley Taylor, of Boston, a chauffeur, who, It Is said, was In his employer's car without leave when It collided with a milk wagon in Shrewsbury. Taylor was thrown from his seat and died soon after. Of the five In tho party, John J. Barrett and H. 13. Riley, of Wor cester, havo been arrested on tho charge of larceny. Tho m'achlno was owned by William B. Clarke, of Wor cester. . ^ Dies From Auto Injuries, Bethlehem, Pa. ? Charles Fleuhr, of Philadelphia, died In the hospital here from Injuries received by the up* letting of an automobile in whloh he, -with four other Philadelphia furni ture dealers, wai riding at Nazareth. 1 Ho Is tho second victim of the ac cident. W. H, Wagoner, vlee-preal dent of tho J. B. Van Solver Com* pany, of Camdon, N, J., having been Instantly killed, The other occu pants were not dangerously hurt. ' DROWNED AT CHURCH PIONIO. Die In Four Feet of Water In Launch Wj"cck Near Baltimore. Baltimore, Md. ? Two bodies lay at the Canton police station and two oth ers at tho bottom of tho Patapsco Riv er. They were four of a party of twenty perrons wrecked in a gasoline launch. The drowned: Mrs. Katherlne E. Brown, sixty years; Mario Hawes, Ave years; Will iam Leach, twelve years; Frank Fryor, nineteen years. ~ Pryor was engineer of the launch. Two others were attending the annufcl picnic of the Huntington Avenue Bap* tlst Church 8undify-tibhool at -a shore resort a few miles east of thta city. They entered the launch for a short trip. The craft bad reached a point about 100 yards frojn shore, when It struck some piling, tho top of whlqh was under water. The launch waa badly damaged and its occupants thrown Into four feet of water. Rescue parties saved sixteen per sons and recovered the bodies of Mrs. Brown and Marie Hawes. | . Now Yorker'* Body in. Pooh John C. Diehl, forty-one years old, eon of George H. Diehl, of No. 18 West 127th street. New York City, re tired official of the Hamburg-Amerl can Steamship Ling, /Wmy-f p^nd" wia" floating in a clay hole on the out skirts of Chicago. - - ?1?S0O<PQQ CANCER FUND, 7" "" ' ' 'i Barnato legacy will Bo Used For Sufferers From This Disease. .j . London, England. ? Cancer re search will b* greatly facilitated by the decision of the trustees of the fund of f 1,1(0,000 left by Henry Bar nato to found a hospital In memory of hla< brother Barney Baraato and hft cousin. Woolf Joel, to devote that I sum to the building gnd endowing of ' an Institution for cancer patlsnta in Latest News. BY WIRE. $5000 on Traill, Chieagu,^-?tyrs. Anna Child*, of Washington, D. C'., reported tl>?? Josh of |6000 on n Pennsylvania train. Mri Child# was bringing Wio money to her son to u?8l?t him iu paying for a home, , >. . H\ , Church For Kmployes. *?, Lexington, Ky. ? Mrs. James IT. HagKin intends to hulld a church and employ h pastor- at hor own oxpenso for the benefit of the employes ot her husband's Klmendorf Farm. Jen lo us Uncle Kilts Nleee. 1 Chicago. ? Herman Bell, fifty years old, ahot'and killed Sarah Hell, hla twenty-year-old niece, and confessed to the police that, notwithstanding the fact that he is married and tho father of a family, ho had secretly loved the girl for the lagt six years. CJIrl Falls, Hut Captures 1'iiie. Charlottesville, Va. ?After beiny tossed over the head of her mount, Bright Boy, at the Alb^marlo horso show, MIhh Marie Louise Cherbonnier, of Baltimore, who has tho blue rlb bOD, instantly remounted and took the remaining Jumps in tho class in which she was showing. Later sho Kavo further demonstration of he** gameness by takliiK Algenm over tho hurdles at five feet, tliUB winning tho blue ribbon over such horses as Kos? wick and David Qray. < Troops Hall For Phllipplnor *" S Seattle. ? The United States Army transport Bufort sailed for Parang, Mindanoa, Philippines, with the Third United States Infantry Regiment, 800 enlisted men and fifty-one officers, . Colonel T. C. Woodbury command* ing, ? ;..:r Two Governors Abroad..-. * Vancouver, B. C. ? Governor Hughes, of New York, and Governor Johnson, of .Minnesota, reached Van couver on route from Seattle to tho East. An informal welcomo to the two Governors was extended by the Mayor of Vancouver. S# Sheriff# Shoot In Mistake. . V Oklajioma City. ? While searching for WlliHendrlt , an escaped murder er, James Russell and Joseph Boren, deputy sheriffs, shot and wounded, each other in the darkness by mis take. Russell was not expected to live. 1 Boy Tried to Wr^ck Train. ^ Crawford, Neb. ? Walter Berger, eighteep, who was captured near tho Bcene of the attempted wreck of tho Chicago, Burlington and Qutncey train, confessed that he plied tho rails on the track. " ,\ New Director of Mint, Washington, D. C.-? The Senate confirmed the nomination of A. Piatt Andrews, of Massachusetts, to bo di rector of the mint. Mr. Andrews will succeed Frank A. Leach, who re signed to be come president of the People's Water Company, of Oak* land, Cal. / Taft to Aid District of Colombia * Washington, p, C.? In accepting a gold-framed certificate of member ship In the Washington Chamber of Commerce. President Taft expressed his interest in the upbultdjng of tbo District of Columbia. He suggested v. that Congress cen make this beautl- . ful city oven more beautiful. ( MM ' T ' BY CABLE. To "Electrify" JTeaiMIuntcrs, Toklo, Japan. ? The Japan ese are adopting a novel method of dealing with tho head-hunter* of Formosa, - They hare stretched trochas of barb? cd wire across the districts heavily oharged with electricity, , Fftllieres to Rovlow Flights Paris.- ? President Fallleres, accom panied by Preipier Br land, promised to go to Rheims for "Aviation Week,* beginning August 22. Pannmn Testimony Taken. Parls.-^--The attorneys who came hero from America to take testimony In the Panama libel cases have com pleted their labors with the witnesses, who answered the summonses volun# tartly. Pally Quakes In Portugal Lisbon, Portugal. ? Earth shocks have been felt daily In the Ribateje region, where ths populace, fright^ ened, was camping In the fields,. f?.! Idler Drowns In Drill. San Juan, Porto Rico. ? Compliance with an order of Secretary of War Dickinson requiring swimming drills b?~the troops with their full equip ment on, resulted In the drowning of Private Jooino Nieves, of the Porto Rico regiment. Legion of Honor For American. Paris. ? A. Llautard, head of the ?American Veterinary Hospital, New York City, has been made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. Mannel to Visit England. Lisbon. Portugal. ? Kin& Mnnucl big accepted an invitation from King Edward to vIsR England In the carjy -autumn. -'XA^ Honors ror vena nttacno. Shanghai. ? Tho body of * ?r John A. Dougherty, recently lean naval attache at P? shipped to San Francisco on steamer Manchnrja. ore were rendered.