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VOLUME XII CAMDEN, S. C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 27, 190!) PALMETTO NEWS ITEMS Things Doing And Happening In 3unny Carolina, Told In Condensed And Pithy Phrase. Woman's Monumeut Fund. The Columbia State, which has conducted the campaign to a flnigb for tho Woman's Monument fundi clow) its canvass Saturday evening with the work substantially complete. 'J ho report by counties Friday morn ing is as follows : Hicbland $1,214.00 Charleston 640160 Sumter 030.60 Anderson , 666.65 Marlboro . .., ; 630.06 Marion . 487.00 Spartanburg . 426.70 Aiken 426.15 Newberry ....... 373.0.1 York ^ . ... 373.16 ( i rcen wood ... .1 360.24 Darlington .,349.25 (Ircuuvillo 329.75 Lancaster 316.00 Chesterfield 347.60 Abbeville ?;... 239.00 Ham well 233.75 Fluruuo 242.75 Cheater 227.21 < )rnngeburg 221.25 Keralmw 217.68 U*? 212.75 Lexington 211.23 Fa i rile Id 205.00 Laurens . . 193.00 Union 187.25 Edgefield 182.25 Horry 134.30 Georgetown 120.83 Calhoun .' 105.02 Clarendon 103. 00 1 Cherokee 100.00 1 Hampton 89.25 Saluda 86.55 Oc ouoe ?. 85.50 1 Dorchester 85.45 Uuml/cr}? 7~. 82.75 Pickens 54.05 Heoufort 34. 0( Williamsburg 27.88 Colleton 18.75 Berkley 1,3.50 1 Cotton Presented to Hospital. . . Anderson, Special. ? Arrangements are lieing nuulo by the patrons of the Farmers' Union Ware House Com pany to present the proceeds from a bale or more of cotton to the Ander son County Hospital, and the gift will be made within the next few days. A short time ago Mr. T. T. Wakefield, general manager of the! ware house, reported that there was | a large amount of cotton '-on the floors of the building ? old samples, etc. ? and tbr.t some disposition should be made of it. The matter was mentioned to several of the farm ers of the county who have had cot ton stored in tlio ware house, and it was suggested that the cotton be got ten together, baled and sold and the proceeds given to the hospital. This] suggestion met with the approval of all of the patrons of the ware house and will be followed out. Mr. AVake- ; field said that the cotton will be got ten up and baled up within the next few days. There will probably be a little more than a bale, and the gift will amount to something at present prices, and will be appreciated by the Hospital Association. Rock Hillian Loses Out in Race For Census Job. Kock Hill, Special.? There is con siderable comment here over the de feat of John Porter Hollis, a promi nent young lawyer of this place and n member of the Legislature from this county, for tho appointment of census supervisor of this district. Consus Director Durand favored Mr, Hollis, they being close friends, but Hon. D. E. Finley, of Yorkville, Con gressman from this district, recom mended Dr. R. L. Douglas, of Rod man,- Chester county, and President Taft appointed him to the place. Friends of Mr. Hollis hero would like very much to have seen him appoint ed tc the place. Rally fcr Lexington. Lexington, Special. ? Through the efforts of County Superintendent of Education A. D. Martin, this county will have an educational rally on the 30th of this month, the rally to be held in tho court house here. Among tho speakers will be Congressman A. F. Lever and other prominent men of the county. . Camden Celebrates Dispensary Downfall. Camden, Special. ? One thonsnnd people celebrated the voting out of the dispensary in Hampton park Thursday night, where speeches were made by M. L. Mitchell, 0. W; Birch more, Rev. L. "A. Mitchell, Dr. Sr P. Brasington and others. Bonfires lighted the streets, the flro wagons paraded and church bells were rung. The enthusiasm and rejoicing were intonse and . the demonstration wait notablo. ' 1 1 Bad Btora-** Gaffney, Spccial. ? Gaffney and vicinity was visited Sunday night by the heaviest rain which baa fallen for years. Thickety and Beaverdaip creeks were higher than they have been for years, and large quantities of com been _ " I Lexington Is Prospering. Islington, 8peei?l.~-l)espit6 tho bad crop prospects in some sections of the county the merchants as a rule, are planuing for a heavy fall business. They have all purchased large' stock# of merchandise end uro , sanguine over the future prospect i for business. With the price of cot- j ton ranging around tho 12 cent# mark the farmers, too, are hopeful, realizing that even if Ihcro be u abort J crop the result will be very near the \ same as last year, the difference in j price making up for I ho shortage. Tho three cotton mill^ of the coun ty have perhaps never ,been in better shape. They are running on full time and in strict compliance with the law as regards the employment of chil dren under a certain age. While the price of the necessaries of life has been the highest in many years, the laborers are said to he doing well, many of them having bank accounts and Having money. Tho laborers em ployed in tho cotton mills in this county are of a high standard, only the best that can be secured being employed by tho managers of the different plants. The hands work steadily and are seemingly a hppy and contented people. r i . The banks have been doing a good buiness, many loans having been ne gotiated during t lie present season on strong security. At the same time they have large deposists, which is evidence that the people have ample money to meet their obligations the coining fall.' Taking everything into considera tion tho people of this county are in excellent shape and have no right to complain. * Liens in Chester are Many. Chester, Special. ? At your corre spondent's request Mr. T. J. Corn well, the etTieient and accommodat ing deputy clerk of Court, assisted by Mr. S. E. Wylie, county treasurer, who manipulated tho adding machine and rendered valuable help otherwise has computed the number of agricul tural liens in force in Chester county this year, as recorded on the honks in the clerk of Court's ofttee. The number of such papers to date, ex clusive of the great number that are never recorded, is 2,287, and tho amount of indebtedness contracted by the parties who have given these liens is $472,909.54, though in many cases, and, in fact, the majority of cases, it is stated in the lien that the lien may be extended to a certain other figure, which is hamed. Mr. Cornwell concludes that the amount given as the total of all liens in Ches ter county may safely be increased by one-half, to give the exact amount of moneys and supplies advanced on the lien system. The amended amount will be in the neighborhood of $709,454.31, making with what is advanced on unrecorded liens and chat tie mortgages about one million dollars in the way of crop credits for Chester county outside of open accounts. Wymojo Mills to Double Its Capital Stook. Rock Hill, Special.* ? The Wymojo Mi}ls, which has been in ? operation here for a few months, will at a meeting of its stockholders on the 11th of September, increase its capi tal from $150,000 * to $300,000, by creating $150,000 of preferred stock. Mr. W. W. Moore is president of this mill, with Mr. Sims Gill Wylie, son of Dr. Gill Wylie, as secretary and treasurer. The mill gets its name from Dr. Gill Wylie, of New York; Mr. W. W. Moore and Dr. J. B. John son, of this city, who were tho prime movers in starting it. Will Protest the Election. Columbia, Special. ? The prohibi tionists of Richland county will pro test the election of Tuesday. At a meeting of the prohibition leaders Thursday night it was decided to take this step. Mr. I). W. Robinson, attorney, declined to make known the grounds of protest. The papers will be filed next Tuesday. Clinton Votes For Bonds. Clinton, Special. ? Clinton Tuesday voted $12,500 in bonds, to bo spent in adding to the graded school build ing and property. Ono thousand, three hundred and fifty dollars of this is to be spent in securing an adjoining piece of property, to be added to the school grounds. The re- J mender will be .used on an addition to the present school building and a heating plant for the entire build ing.- CliiUon has for some time need ed better school facilities, and when this amount is expended she will have a school of which she need not be ashamed. 0? i if gellagra Around Greenville. \ Greenville, Special. ? There are fffatl or seven cases of pellagra in and AKtafid the city of Orcenville, all bad \ cases, said a leading specialist in the city Wednesday when discnssing the disease in South "Carolina, the symp toms, the remedies, the duration of tl* disease aft* other facts of in terest concerning this mysterious disease, which has come to. be moro deadly spectre than the dread CHURCH STATISTICS Nearly 33,000,000 Oliurch Members in the U. 8.?61. 6 Per Oeut. Pro' testant. Washington, S|?eciul.~ -Thut the church members in the United Slates numbered nearly thirty-threeNnillions In 1000; that there were n billion and a quatrer dollars invested in church edifices; that every day eight new churches sent their spires skyward; that males f< ruled considerably less than half the total church member ship; that a larger percentage <?f Uutbolio mules than Protestant males were members; that in 10 States .the majority of the total church mein bership wore Roman Catholic; but that of the grand total of church members reported for the United States (51. (5 per eeut were Protes tants and 36.7 .per cent Human Cath olics;, these are the salient and con spicuous facts appearing in the proof sheets of a United State* Census Bureau bulletin, prepared by Chief Statistician William C. Hunt of the li vision of population, of the Un.ited States Census Bureau. The bulletin will be issued, this month, It is in the nature of an ab stract of the comprehensive report, now in press, giving the results of the tilth census of religious bodies in '.lie United States. It is stated that United States Cen sus statistics of church membership by sex were collected for the first lime in 190(5. Of (lie total number of members reported by thev various re unions bodies and classified b.y sex, 43,1 per cent were males and 50.9 per cent females. Among (I19 Pro I octants the difference was greater, uily 39.3 per cent being males. In 'l)'? Roman Catholic churches there were relatively more males, (lie num ber forming 49.3 per cent of the total membership. Of the total estimated population if continental United States in 190(5, 'he church members formed 39.1 per :ent as against 32.7 per cent for 1890, imounting to 0.4 per cent more in 1 900 than in 1890. Of this (5.4 per cent increase, the Roman Catholic ihurch is credited with 4.4 per cent, md (he Protestants with 1.8 per cent, the remainder beinjf divided among ill other denominations. It is stated in the bulletin that the 'otal number of members reported by lie various religious bodies for 190(5 was 32,930,445, of which number (he Protest ants wore credited with 20, 287.74, and the Roman Catholic with 12.079,142. Of t lie Protestant bodies :he Methodist mini breed 5,749,838; ".lie Baptists 5,002.234; the Lutherans 2.112,494; the Presbyterians 1,830, 555 ; and the Disciples of Christians, 1,142,359. Of the total of 32930.4-15 church members, (51.(5 per cent were Protes tants; 30.7 per cent Roman Catho lic; and 1.7 per cent, members of ?ther religious organizations. The rate of increase shown for the Roman Catholic Church is 93.5 per cent, which is more than twice that for all die Protestant bodies combined. The Methodists reported 17.5 per cent of ill Protestant church members; the Baptists, 17.2 per cent. The total number of local religions ; organizations in 1900 is given as 212,230, an increase since 1890 of 47, 179, or 28.5 per cent. The Protestants I are credited with an increase in this particular amounting to 27.8 per cent; the Roman Catholic, 21.1} j>?r ;ent ; the Jewish congregations, 231.9 por ccnt; and the Latter-day 3aints, 38.3 per cent. The Methodists reported the larg- ! est number of local organinztlons, 34,701; the Baptists reported 54,880; the Presbyterians, 10,500; the Luth- I erans, 12,703; and the Roman Catho lics, 12,482. Other interesting features of the bulletin are thoBe showing that the total seating capacity of churches was 58.536,830, an increase over the 1890 United States Census figures of 34.4 per cent; that the rate of in 3rease was practically the same for both Protestants and Roman Caibo tics, and kept pace with the increase in population; and that $1,25/, 575,* 507 was invested in church edifices in 1900. The total amo-nt of debt was $108,050,940, .of 8.0 >er cent of ;he total value; of this total the Pro :estant bodies owned $53,301,254 and ;hc Roman Catholics, $49,488,055. In 16 n majority of the church members wer? Roman Catholic; in 29 States, lV/.^stant ; and in 1, i Utah, Latter-day Saints. Five Killed and Twelve Injured by Explosion at Gasworks. Geneva, Switzerland, By Cable ? Five persons were killed and 12 dan gerously injured by an explosion at the eity gasworks Monday Tho ex plosion occurred in the purifying chamber, between the two principal *nsometres. A Targe number of doe tors answered tho call to attend the wounded, who, later, were <onveyed to the city hospital in ambulance*. Thousands of spectators were at tracted by the explosion and it was reported that many persons had been killed. Locomotivfr Rn&s Qvar Auto. Kankakee, 111., Special. ? Mrs. I George Granger, wife of a retired Kankakee merebantr ?n4-Miaa Gene vieve Rabig, an eloention teaeher of Chicago, were ' instantly killed and five occupants of a touring ear JWMd seriously injured Monday when the machine was run over by a Big Four locomotive and cabooee in Kankakee. LTlit flirty %i< on tl^Wav to Monnd ? of the SHOT FOR ALLIGATOR News of a Deplorable Killing Reached Florence. Florence, Special.' ? The account of a deplorable killing tian just reached the city from CImushcu, about twelve miles southeast of the city, in this county, ami Coroner S. 1). Cooper lias gone lo Clattssen to investigate and to liohl au tn?|iu>Nt . The facts ure obtained from a citizen of Claua sen are as follows: Three bomb of Mr. T, I), Garrison, of Cluutisen, went hunting in Jeffrey's Creek swamp for squirrel. After reaching the run of Uie creek they claim they saw what they took to be an alligator lying be tides .a tree, and one of the boys fired hi? gin; at the supposed M gator. " Ah soon 08 they fired they saw the ob ject fall over in the water ami then ran. A later investigation showed that the boys had shot an old negro hy the name of Madison Smalls, and he was found in the water in a de plorable condition. Helief Was sent for, and the old nwin was removed to his home and a physician sent for, but it was of no avail as the old man died the next night. Some of - the people of the neighborhood seem to think that the hoys knew that it was old matt Small*, and shot him for fun, thinking they would not hurt him seriously, but that remains lor the jury to find, Liouor Law to Be Enforced. Anderson, Special. ? licports re ceived hero indicate that the conn lies which went dry in Hie dispen sary election on Tuesday are prepar ing already to enforce the'law. In Orangeburg especially the people seem determined. In Springfield, one of (lie leading towns in that county, the municipal officers ^ot wind of a ease of whiskey consigned to an as sumed name and the authorities, ac companied by a number of citizens, marched en masse to the express of fice, secured tho liquor and emptied it into the street. The usual rumors of election contests are reported from both sides. In Richland the drys claim that they were not represented on t lie board" of election managers and they also charge that irregulari ties in voting were allowed in favor of tho wets. It. is not beli.cved, how ever, that the contests in any of the counties will amount to much, and that the. future of the county dispen sary system in South Carolina will bo decided by the next session of tho State Legislature. Taylor Ncsbet Shot by Burglar. Lancaster, Special, ? About 2 o'clock Sunday morning as n party of vonng men were passing the II yatt-Massey company's store in Van Wyck they heard a noise in tho building and started to investigate. As they were about to enter the rear door a ninn came out, fired at the party with a shotgun and then ran off. The load struck Taylor H. Ncs bet, one of the young men, the shot lodging in his shoulder, throat and fa oo, inflicting serious wounds. He was taken on an early train to Char lotto for treatment by his uncle, Dr. Olin Ncsbit. Immediately after the shooting a couple of Van Wvck cit izens came to Lancaster after Sheriff Hunter, the officer .returning with them to the scene, leaving here about daylight. The sheriff, who is famous for his shrewd defective work, was not long in laying his hands on the right man, who proved to be a young negro in the community, Sam Stinson and he is now in jail, having been brought here by tho sheriff. Suo3 Drug Store For $20,000. Greenville, Special. ? A suit has been brought for $20,000 damages against the Highland Drug company of Greer by Mr. J. M. Styles of that city, who claims that he had a pre scription filled which called for a six tieth of a grain of strychnine and that the defendant company, which filled the prescription, made the amount of strychnine in the prescrip tion a quarter of a grain. Pellagra Claims Victim. Union, Special. ? Mrs. Lona Brooks died at Buffalo Saturday night. The cause of her death was pellagra, the malady that is causing so much alarm throughout fhe South. ? Mrs. Brooks was 34 years old and leaves a hus band and six children. The body was taken to Clyde, N. C., for inter cr.t. Tb<?? ?ro said to be several cases of this malady in and around Union. Shortage Scttlod. " Edgefield, Special ? The grand jury has met here to consider the recent shortage of ex-Treasurer J. T. Pat terson. Ex-Governor Shcppard ap peared for I)r. Patterson and his bandsmen, while Solicitor Timmer tran locked after the interest of the Slate and county. After hearing: these, gentlemen and holding a con sultation with the Legislative delega tion a resolution was passed by tho body recommending a compromise or adjustment noon fhe basis of the payment of $5,800, which was ac cepted, $5,000 to go to the county ond the remainder to the State. Crushed to Death by Freight Train. Ijincaster, Special. John ? Bridges, a j'oung white man, member of the crew of a Southern freight rtain, was instantly ViIIed aT the de pot here Monady night. He was on top of a box car adjusting the break when a string of cars strnek the ono I ion which he was standing, knocking him off and falling he was crushed to death by t* e moving I ears, his left arm and leg being cut J and his face horribly mangled. "" ? XV:'- J JSofcV ' a'"- 'V-..V. 'V: V- ? ? ? > ? ? . .1' TUFT DISMISSES SEVEN 7" WEST POINT HftZERS Cadets Punished Because Ro lando Sutton Was Hurt VICTIM WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED Attacked While Doing Sentry Duty | He Defended Himself mid 1'np- ! { tnrrd Two A snail ? ms ? lie \V?h Then Disabled With Tent Poles. West Point, N. Y. ? An order from President .Toft dismissing seven on- J detH from the United Slates Military | AcHdomy was announced when the j cadelH were assembled on parade. | The cadots wero concerned In t i hazing of Cadet Rolando Sutton, a ! brother of Lieutenant James N. Sut ton, of thtf Murine Corps at Annapo lis, a second investigation Into whoso death resulted In the finding that Lieutenant Sutton killed himself either by accident or design. Tlio cadets dismissed are: John 11. Booker, Jr., of West Point, Ca., first class; Klehard W. Hooker, Kansas j City, Mo., third elans; ICarlo W. Dun- j more, UUca, N.Y., third class: Chnun cey C. Devoro, Wheeling, W. Va., third class; Gordon l.efebvre, Rich mond, Va., third class; Albert K. Crane, llawarden, Iowa, third class; . Jacob S. Fortner, Dothon, Ala., third I class. The action of the President, upholds ' the action of the board which u?vesl|. | gated hazing at West Point, and of | Colonel Hugh I/. Scott, Superintend- . ent of the Academy. On the morning of June 14 last, Ca- ! dot Itolando Sutton, of the fourth or "plcbc" class, reported sick, and was I ordered to the hospital badly bruised j and suffering great pain, lie did not report for duly a:^alh until twenty- j three days later, and his case Immo- 1 diately become a matter of concern j to the upper classmen, when it was j seen that the authorities proposed to ! dig to the bottom of It. Before the board of In vestluatlon , ?which was immediately ordered, Rut- , ton, true to the unwritten esxle of the j corps, proved a reticent wlth"K'>. Sut- , ton gave a comnleto narrative of his adventures on tho night of June 13, j but professed to have been unable to ' recognize any of his assailants. The board, whose report led to the j dismissal of the cadets, was presided ] over by Lieutenant-Colonel Sibley, with Captain Oscar J. Charles, 'of the Seventeenth ? Infant ry, and Captain M. F. Smith, of the Twentieth Infantry, IIS J (? n la "Got* 1 7 ii .? 1 most daily for over a mTfnTh. During this period 12!". cadets were examined under oath as to hazing conditions at | West point this year, On the ni.^ht of tho attack, fnr < which the cadets have been dismissed, Cadet Sutton was walking on a lonely post when ;i number of third cla?s men, dressed In while cheets, sudden- j ly rau out of the woods and attacked ; him with tent poles. Sutton, tVho is an athlfete, was on the alert, and rucceeded In capturing two of his assailants, but he was dis abled by a blow from a tent pole nf ter ho- had beaten off threo attacks. He was injured go seriously that be was three weeks In the hospital, DEATH IN AUTO RACES. Driver Rourque ond Mechanician Hol conibo Killed at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Ind. ? Wm. Bourque, , driver, and Harry Holeombe, bis me- j chanlclan, wore killed at the opening ; of tho Indianapolis Motor Speedway ; when their automobile, going at the rate of seventy-five miles an hour, was ditched. Holcombe's neek was broken and he died Instantly. 1 Bourquo lived ten minutes after I reaching tho hospital. A sudden veering, a skid, and the i ear was in the ditch with Its oecu- j pants, who wero in the Presto-Lite ; contest of 260 miles. The tragedy oc- ; eurred on the fifty-fourth lap, when Bourque, hurling the car through space at the rate of seventy-five miles an hour, had fought his way to fourth place In a field representing the great- J est pilots and most powerful speed : machines In Amcrlca. Bourquo was tho Sprlnpfleld (Mass.) man who finished second to i Chevrolet in tho Cobo race at Crown j Point. Holeombe was twenty-two \ years of ago and a native of Grand- 1 vllle, Mass. 7,500,000,000 DRINKS MISSED. Prohibition Statisticians Say That Means 1,408,008 Men Went Dry. Chicago, II!. Drinkers in the United States have "gone shy" 7,500, 000,000 drinks In tho last two years. That is tho gist of statistics issued from Prohibition national headquar ters. In the same period, the statisticians j assert, 1,408,098 men who wero ac- I customed to take an average of four i drinks of grog each day have become I total abstainers. If the 7,500.000, 000 drinks that were missed had gone across the bar for consumption they would havo cost $404,449,997.15 at the regular prices, and if they had been poured Into a tank of sufficient capacity they would have floated a fleet of battleships. Of this enormous shrinkage from expected figures of Increase of liquor production, the whisky total Is 27,* 882,fib7 gallons, while tho beer pro duction In the same time shows a net shrinkage of 35,120,472,697 gallons. Finds Pearls in tho Mississippi. Reno Miller, of Racine. Wis., re turned from the western part of the State, where he was the finder of two pearls, valued at $10,000, in the His- ? sissippl Rivsr, near PratrflrdTr Chtwrri Miller is a laborer; and had been em ployed as a truckman at a small salary. Mrs. D?ii?l JRIdgwajr Knight Dead. Mrs. Daniel Rldgway Knight, wire ] of the American artist, died in Paris, Fraaee. marriage she was Rebecca Morris Webster. _ -t ' no YOUNG BATHERS DROWN r ' Virginia Paul Tries to Rescue W. B. Lesslg. Iloth Victim* Wt'i* Prominent In thd I'H.sliloonhlc C'livle* of J'liil ulelphitt ? 1 Tlu-y Were Kx|>crt Swimmer*, Wildwood, N. J,? -*W. Flrook Lesstg, a prominent lawyer, of Philadelphia, and Mtba Virginia Paul, one of tho leaders of the younger set, In Quaker City society, wero drowned near Wild wood Crest. Mlsa Paul, who was twenty-ono years ol<l and nn expert swimmer, ? lost her life in tho swift and treacherous ocejin current In an effort to tavo her companion. LcbbIk and t lie young woninn came over from Philadelphia and y< rij 'guests in the household of Morion Z. I Paul la Ms tuimmor home in Wild wood Crest. Tho pair, accompanied by aoverai of their mutual friendfl, walked along, 1 Just beforo sundown, until they ! reached n point Home distance below j the regular bathing grounds. The. life guard" had gone olf duty, hut 1 that gavo tht'tii no concern, because, both were strong and during swim- ( mora, Entering the surf, both wero Boon beyond the breakers. "Hob only making believe," Bald ono of tho little group on the shore, when Ix?8Hlg threw up bin hands. There were cries of alarm when Les Kig disappeared 'from view with a despairing Hhout borno but faintly to shore. Willi breatlileBB auspenso their friends watched Miss Paul approach Losslg. She was Been, to -each him, and the two appeared to tho watchers to bo working slowly toward Bhore, but in a moment or two th?y wero submerged by a huge wave. Whon they ciime up again Into vision they bad drifted still further out. Tho 11 fo savers launched a boat anil rowed with all their strength toward tho drowning pair. They had hardly gone half way when Lessig dirf'ppcnred for the last time. M-iKH Paul continued her unequal battle In th? rough water, but beforo tho boat readied her she, too, was swallowed up by the oconn. Miss Paul was a stepdaughter of Clarence Jcifrlen, a Pennsylvania Railroad ohlclal. Bho lived in Swarthmore, Pa., a Buburb of Phila delphia. ? . WEALTHY. WOMAN MURDERED. " Dragged From Lonely II ,nio ant] Ilea ten to Dentil. Broxtor, Ga. ? Miss Mattlo Ora hmn, !>!'.? of tu-n ulutnvfj wan , murdered near Hokesbury, Coffee i County. She was^d ragged from her | home half a mile, where It is ovldont there was a desperate. etruggle. Tho ! body v u:j beaten and tho skull crushed. The motive was robbery. MIhs Gra ham was a wealthy woman. Her Bis ter was away from homo at tho time of tho murder. Sheriff ltlcketBon arrestod William McLeod, u youth employed on tho Graham farm. Ho confessed know ing where tho body had been hidden, although ho denied having murdered the woman. A. B. Carter, another tenant, also was arrested. $100,000 BABY DEAD IN 3 WEEKS. Her Birth Saved to Parents a Farm Near Frankfort, Ky. Frankfort, Ky. ? Tho throe weeks' old daughter of J. F. and Clementino Deshon, tho "$100,000 baby," died In their homo in the country. It was tho birth of this child which saved to Mrs. Deshon and Mrs. Clark, nieces of James A. Holt, tho $100, 000 farm in tho county, which was to go to tho Clark Masonic Lodge, of Jeffersonvllle, Ind., If they died with out issue. Lawyers here say the lodge has no claim upon the prop erty. WOMAN PROFESSOR APPOINTED. Miss Smith Takes Chair of Mathe matics In California. Boone, Iowa. ? Miss Adelaide Smith, a native of this city, has been electcd to the chair of mathematics In tho University of California. Miss Smith Is regarded as a brilliant stu dent and an accomplished pianist. She left Boone for Chicago, where her parents now live, several years ago. From Lhera r.ho went to Johannes burg, South Africa, to take the chair of mathematics in tho university there. Pafe Roller Shot Through Ilend. Two men mado an unsuccessful at tempt to rob the sate in the oftlce of the Cllffo House, at Manltou, Col. James Morrow, tho day clerk,, shot ono of the men, Edward Clark, through the head, fatally wounding hliu, and received a bullet through his own clothing. The other robber escaped, but was captured. Addlcks Property Sold at Newport. As a result of a Judgment Of $450. In favor of tho Newport Foundry and Machine Company against J. Edward Addicks, of New York City, Deputy Sheriff Frank King sold at auction personal property, including house hold furnlturo and a power-boat, at Newport, R. I. Crowds Excluded <at Beverly. Crowds of curious visitors besieged the summer White House at Beverly, Mass., but were denied admittance to the grounds by Secret Sr Charlie Tuft's Boat Capsized. Charlie Taft** dory capsized and himself and companion -were thrown into the sea in view of the President, who was on his yacht off Salem, Mass. Both rcwcygd themselves- -beforo -aid reached them. j United States Officials Drowned. United 8tatos Deputy Collector of Customs John Donaldson and Immi gration Inspector Robert Hilde were drowned near Sheffield, Tet?s. The carriagflKin whiefc 4hey were crossing a otorknxd, _ FIVE U KILLED ill 8THE RIOT Strikebreakers Shot Down by McKees' Rocks Strikers. MANY OTHERS ARE WOUNDED * f ' Women Throw Boiiibs-<r-T<cad Attnclc on tl?o Trooper!?, nml Are Not ? Stopped l>y ? Volley 1'JrcU Over Their Head/). Pittsburg, Pa. ? At lehst five men nro dead, thirteen badly hurt and scores moro pr less Injured as the re sult of desperato fighting at McKeeti' Roc '(a between forces of tho Stato constabulary, deputy sheriffs and strikebreaker!! on cue side and tho striking employes of the Pressed Stoel Car Company and their sympathizers on the other. The conflicts were the cll.nat of a day of violence, In which an attempt wns made to blow up the mill?, loyal employee of the company were badly beaten and shot, and a mob of women threw bombs ?t tin* <?. >PHtnV.i]aiy ar.d wrecked company restaurants. Tho dead were: Harry EXter. dep uty sheriff, aged flfty-fivo, shot and beaten to death; John L. Williams, Btato trooper, Greetftjbui'K, riddled with bullets by strikers; three men, supposed to be strikebreaker*}. Tho Injured were: Luclen W. .Tones, Stato trooper, beaten and shot; William O'Donneli, State trooper, of New Haven, Conn., shot near the heart; John C. Smith, Slate trooper, of Mt. Carmel, shot six times; Gcoi-go M. Kltch, Stato trooper, of Columbia, Pn., shot in arm and scalp wounds; Adam Gubornot, supposed siilke brenker, shot five times; Mike Tyso wnski, of Schoenvillc, etrlker. shot . through body by troopers; George Jernesnkl, shot through back, likely to die; Frank Naihct, fatally t;hot in shoulder and chtst by troopci'a; John y Suter, shot through body. After darluici'3 the strikers wore In a particularly ugly mood, and armed patrols wero out hunting fir strike breakers. Tho violence began when Harry Exler was discovered on a street car going away from tho plant. FJxter was formerly a Pittsburg po liceman, and had been serving 03 a deputy sheriff on duty at the mills. Tho strikers wero evidently of tho opinion that ho wbb a strikebreaker, he having admittedly served in this capacity ut different strikes previous ly. Tho strikers had been stopping all cars during the evening, and whefi tViov fnv. 11 el fin fino (if tilRtn nP.ar tho notorious G'Donovan Bridge, they rushed to attack him. Hxler pulled his pistol to defend himself, but was knocked down with n rock. Rising on his knees In the bottom of the car, from which all oth ers but tho strikers had iled, ho pourc.d allot after Ebot. Into the at tacking party, but with clubs nnd stones they beat him down and half n dozen shots wero flrcd into his body. i , Hearing tho shooting, a detach ment of Stato troopers came dashing up. Tho strikers wero ordered to dis perse, but, sighting three strange men near tho bridge, they opened flro and killed these men. \ _ Tho troopers at this opened fir?, and several strikers wero shot, but were quickly helped away. The mob thf.n turned its attention to the Stato troopers, and poured a withering flro iuto them. Williams fell from his horso dead, nnd Smith, Jones, O'Don nell and Kltch nlso were unhorsed. Thon tho dozen remaining troopers opened fire in earnest, and tho real result of their fusillade will perhaps never bo known, Later, ftt leaat twenty wounded persona were hur^ ried along tho streets, and som3 limp bodies wero also being carried. Tho effort to blow up the entire plant of the Pressed Steel Car Com? pany wa? made early in the morning* and would have succeeded except for the premature explosion of * spial] blast which warned the guards and set them investigating. The big . searchlight on the works was shot out by the striker# shortly^fcStcr mid night, and under cover of the dark ness nitroglycerin? and dynamito wore nlaeed on four sldnsof the mills, one r.mall Quantity exoioaed too soon, tearing out part of the wall of tho main office. This gavo warning to thoso insldo, and r.rmod moti wero quickly sent out to investigate. Tho work of tho dynamiters was in^er* ruptcd and they fled. Inside an hour the mfen who went out secured enough explosives to blow up tho entire town. Lieutenant Smith and twenty troopers of tho Stato constabulary were attacked by BOO women near the company restaurant. Tha troonor* fired over tho heads of tho womsa, but they did not heed tha Bhots, pressing only closer in order that they might throw small ? bombs. All of theso failed to explode. Tin mou, finding matters so serious, usc-d tho butts of, their guns and chased tho womon away. More than a dozen of the bomb3 wero gathered up and turned over to the authorities. Army Reduction Snvos Millions. It was said in Washington, D. C. that tho reduction in tne strength o. tho army and navy, pursuant to the Taft policy of retrenchment, was ex pected to savo $13,000,000. Bolton Hull Returns. Bolton Hall, just returned frou. Europe, says hs learned much to holp In his "back to tho laud" movement In New York City. CHICAGO MERCHANT KILLED. All Those Injured iu Auto Accidcnt Near Now Brunswick WiU Recover. New Brunswick, N. J. ? Large crowds visited the Bcommcrt th* auto accident four miles sonth of hore. which resulted in the death of George a. McLean, Jr., and his father, ~ A. McLean, Sr., of Marshall ' Co.. Cbleagojv The youngf ters, Miss Hai toMly hart.