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CAMDEN, S.C? FRIDAY*, NOV KM 1$K it 12. NO. It Latest News. BY WIRE. Despondent, i Clirl (Ml 3Uf?. Cleveland, Ohio. ? Cell* Duber Bteln, nineteen, despondent beca^mo who fancied her sweetheart In New York would de?er? her, ended h?v Jlfo - fipm -* window mil Um hfnth floor of tho Card Building. Indicted For filrl'a Death. >' faunton, MaBB. ? .An indictment for manslaughter was found against Professor Frank L. Hill, of Fall Riv er, for having caused the death of Amelia St. Jean, of Woodstdck, R. I.. October &. The case will not come to trial befor? February. Sentence Hoy Horse .Thief, ^ Ottawa. Ont. ? Cyril St. Armand,. of Thiu-BO, ten years old. has been Bonten'ced to bIx years for horse steal ing. When eight years old he was convicted of an ' attempt to wreck a Canadian Pacific Railroad train. .Stops Liquor Seizure. C'vithrlc, Okla. ? - Federal Judge Cotterall reaffirmed his decision that State oftleialo cannot interfere with interstate ?ojnmerce Bhlpmente, thus restraining State officers from seizing shipment) of liquor bafore- delivery _t0_?0BSlgne<x . -r? ' ; , Hulley Tobacco Plans. Lexington, ICy.? -The directors of the Hurley Tobacco and Insurance Company '"too-,* up the question of preparing the 1 909 crop of pooled to bacco for market, and it was decided that the r.5\v compr.ny should hindlo the croj) directly through its own employes. Pretty Ciitl IClected Treasurer. Lincoln, Neb.- -Miss Gertrudb Jor dan, go ;;.d looking and twenty-eight years- old, fins been elected. treasurer of CiiPiry County. Until recently eI'.q had been a deputy in the office. Athlete iu Fatal Shooting Accident. Cincinnati, Ohio.? -Charles Dexter, twenty-live years Old, first baseman for-lhe New Orleans Sout hern League team, accidentally shot himself while huntlhg near his parents' home at Mount ITolly, Ohio,, and died. Dex ter was running down a hill when ho stumbled and fell. Shooting Affray in a Hank. Mount Vernon, 111. ? Frank Brook man was shot and seriously wounded. l?y 11. H. Archer. The aftray occurred In the Third National Hank, and bo cause of the prominence of the men involved caused a sensation. Tho trouble arose over a business dispute. Women After Census Positions. Chicago.? Two women were among the twenty-nine applicants for census -appointments who tbok tho Qovern ment Civil Service examinations here. Six Cents Alienation Damages. Dover, Del. ? Frank J. Collins de manded $10,000 damages before a jury from Walter Shelton, his former partner, for alienation of his wife's affections. Six cents damases Is what the jury gave him. Woman Acquiitcd of Murder. St. Paul, Minn. ? Mrs. Mlna Arbo ' gast, charged with tho murder last May 6't her husband, Louis Arbogast, a- meat dealer of some local prpmlii ence, was found not guilty by a jury here. Foretold O^n Death. Tulsa/ Oklfl. ? S. E. Morman, thir ty, of Troupe, Texas, was found dead In a clump of woods near here, shot in the forehead. A note in his pock et read: "If I am killed it will bo ? trying to get Justice." Morman had earned tho enmity of another man because of his attentions to a woman. BY GABLE. Fighting in Persia. St. Petersburg", Russia.? -Ardabll, in Azerbaijan Province, Persia, has been captured by the Shalisevan and Karadaglil tribesmen. The invading forces plundered the town, and tho Governor, the municipal officials, and the clergy took rofugo in the Russian Vice-Consulate. " . ? _ Privileges to British. Quito. Ecuador. ? Tho Congress of Ecuador 'has approved the contract giving certain British Interests the privilege of exploring for petroleum mines. Tibahlos Arrested in Greece. Athens, Greece. ? Lieutenant Tl-_ baldos, the naval officer who led the recent revolt against the Government, 7and a companion, Lieutenant Dimou Us, have been arrested. Ail of the principals in tho mutiny are now, in custody. Austral inn Reef in London. - * London.- -The arrival of a cargo of chilled beef frdm Australia in tiptop condition, was heralded as foreshad owing relief of the British meat mar ket from "the danger of being throt tled by tho American beef^rust." Wllmerdlng ? l)e Giovanni. Bastla, France. ? L. E. Wllmerd 1ns, ton of Louis E. Wilmerding, of New York City, and Miss Julia de Qi OfWftnLrtanghter of Captain Sebas tian d^tntfranni, were married herf. lJctirc^ From Chi.cn (no. Pekin. China.? The Japanese-Ko rean residency waa withdrawn from Chientao, the territory beyond the northern border of Korea, In fulfil ment of t. ^ont between J pan .axul-jChir. tntao a?_ClXl^c terrl 108 lioiw# Die in Fire. Kieff, nustia.? Of^e hund, eight in CAROLINA'S ANNUAL FAIR, ^ *? Success Ends Witt resident Taft on Ground Frem tarns on Fine Cxhibita. Columbia, ?S|M>? iaJ. The Koull, Car ! ?,rt,u ,air w'"<'l? was brought ? 11 C,0K0 Saturday reaching ju cli vSltJs ,he W*? n MH " gU<'<it ?r * V, The aihnTrrtH t!V0,'y P?r?ic"lar! wiVlH? ?"*? WftK 1,10 OMtriW und vilth T ,^ ^'utiuwU "Umudaut vxn'"v"1 a,ul w W? give below liat of premium, 0?ttle Department. novonsr-Huii 3 years old and over, J Kii ^v-' ,,ertU'r, first prize, T. n i .? Ninety-Six, second. flrrt In T t0 y,?U,'K ohl' T> J- Kinard, "?ht and second prizes. t,'!"1,1: Vi? ,y""''8 T- >'? Kinarrf, Hull". ..Vr ' rr' .""Wov, second. mnnll !" "" er 1 ?vc"r ""?l over a ?.mJlt ?"* '""I li-f "W'| '!, WW- "W ""J over, T. J. ?Kiiwrd it. w?lso?; 1((|~ opriijjr, second. ^ er1l'rl!?rj2/0uyi'"M P?lu> , y/ J ,C- McApae, accoiul. er Tr?lV V *-"'1 ?1'1' K G I i.ii' ?? Kln?rd, second. xleuer coif, under" 1 year and over A?n j f' Ji McAJ)0? first second I Aged herd T J. Kin.nl first. ?uiif> herd, J. C. McApee, first, n ^ ms or Sll0rfc "["If J years old and over, J. O bia H^cond'; W- McC'??V. C01..U,: ? ninSl?'** /car8 oltl ??<l over, J. o. j Dfl'% first and second. Heifer; 2 to 3 years, J. 0. Darb first and *econd. V Heifer, 1 to 2 years old, J. O Dnv by first and second. o Heifer calf, under 1 year and over 2mouths, j. o. Uarby fllsl 3d . ^C(l l'erd, J. O. Darby, first J ' OMI1K herd, J. O. Darby, first over J "oPrfRiH""' yC#rs old ""d t i ' o?nps?n, Chester fl.^i Bull' o",'""; second. ' ' kins St Vi? i y"V'H R- M- Jo" swond ' '' J" M' C"'61"". flrft" J \f ? r "'V'" old' J' "? Simpson n Curet?n. second. i nm'i'j n "f 1 ?ve<"' "nd ovcr 3 ond Simpson, first nnd soc Si??' nJ'mva oI<l and over, ,7 o aSS? ???' ,J> M- " son Dmi'd sooS? ?,d' J' Sim|" ao^^lSr,d'J-a3in^ nv; eiIer CRlf> under 1 year old and I \f rmo,,U,s> Simpson, first. ?'? M. Cureton .second. OT?. S.0D.SCro^l'fli:?,.,'C"rs old "lldj first' iiui!0,3,/?", "Id> s' D- Cro&: D. %rora fllst" U" ' ?VPOr old' s' ! CrSsfc""' Un<i''r 1 old' R' ]l oveA/jSor?r"""' l*mr* ?ld ""-I J I) W''wnt!""T"' first, Bu1i7o\ q 8' LaurenSi second. flr, "and3s?i(r"r8 ^ J: a Watls Watt"'amtojV?RTs ol<i? J' D- w rn\l q J' C' sl,o?non second. and over, J. D. W. tr f? aiK* 8econd. \VTnif ar' } t0,2 years, old> j. d. W. rr f 8 second. Wattif?flrr?? {?A2 years old' J- D' W. S . ? anc' sccond. n - w Waun?lfrVnde? 1 ycar ol(1? J Agod Hcnl-J n" W^Wnt'ts (I t , J*?, Herd-J. Jerseys-^-Bnll, 3 years oltl and over,"' Taylor plantation, Columbia, first. T. P. Henderson, Pheonix, second. Bull ? Two to 3 years old, Taylor plantation dairy, first and second. Bull ? One to 2 years old, T. P. ( Henderson first, Taylor plantation (Jairy second. " Bull Cn ' ? Over 1 year and over 2 months, Taylor plantation dairy first, T. P. Henderson second. Cow-'-Three years old and over, Taylor plantation first, T. P. lljpnder^ son second. Heifer ? Two to 3 years old, B. Har ris, Pendelton, first ; T. P. Henderson second. ... - / Heifer ? One to 2 years old, T. P. Henderson first, Taylor plantation drffry second.. Heifer Calf~Un?faj*' 1 year, Taylor plantation diary first and second. Aged Herd ? Taylor plantation firit. Young Herd?Tkylor plantation first. ' Guernsey? ? Bull, 3 years old and over, J. G. Mobley first, Alex Mc Donald, Blaekstock, second. Ball'? Two tortbree years old, John Q. Mobloy first and second. Bull ? One to 2 years old, J^hn O. Mobley first and second. Bull Calf ? Under one year, John O. Mobley first and second. __ Cow-Three years oI3* and over, Thomas C. Sanders^ Hagood, first'; John O. Mobley second. Heifer ? Two to 3 years oltf, John 0. Mobley first and sccornl, ? -"-j Bull One to L! >e*rs old, John O. Mobley first and second. Bull CalC-rUnder I year, John Q. Mobley, firsthand aecond. 1 Hlftfcaifr old over, first; l^tumuu.C. Senders, Hagood, u ,o a year8 ?m, j?'m> u, Mobloy #1 r?C and second. Il.-ifer ()no to 2 years old. Alex on, I ' J?hn (* ?ec Heifer Calf -rn, lor 1 year and over ? months, John (J. Mobley first nnd second, Aged'H^rT- 0. Moli|?y > ouijif Herd John Q. Mobley first. Jlolstein-F nesians Hull, 8 vemi firit HM ?Vt?r' El J' Zol)e,' Couch, hasley, fir*{. r " ? 1 ?'.?/ Swine Department. ESSEX. Hoar oyer 2 years, J. C. Shannon, J lnckstoek, first; Alex Macdonald," Hlackstock, second. Hoar, 1 to 2 yearn old, L. I. Snn der?, Ninety-Six, first; j. C. Shannon, Hlackstock, second. Hoar , over 0 months and under 12 J months old, J. (J. Shannon, first and second. , Now, over 2 years old, L. I. San ders, first; J. (J. Shannon, second. Sow, 1 to 2 years old, J. C. Shan, non, first; L, I. Sanders, second. Sow, over 0 months and under 12. J. C Shannon, first; I). H. Smith, Co lumbia, sccond. Hair pige, one each sex, .under (i months old, J. C. Shannon, first ; L. 1. Sanders, second. Display not less than 10 head, .J. C. Shannon, first; L. |. Sanders, second. BERKSHIRE. Hoar, 1 to 2 years, L. K. . Couch. I Kaslcy, first. Hoar, over G months an (hinder .Hi, j iV Shannon, first; H. Harris, Pen dleton, second. m Sow over 2 years) old, L. K. Couch, uist ; It. E, Shannon, second. Sow, 1 to 2 years old, \V. E. Chap man, first; R. JO, Shannon, second. Sow, over 0 mouths and under 12, R. E. Shannon, firnt and second. 1 air pigft, one each sex, under 0 months, R. E. Shannon, first and ec ond. Display not less than 10 liead. R. E. Shannon, first; H. H. Watson, Ridge Spring, second. POLAND C111NA. Hoar, over 2 years, S. Q. Summers Cameron, first and second. ' I Hoar, 1 to 2 years, S. J. Summers, first ? E, J. Zobel. Columbia, second. Hoar, over (j inonllis and under 12, L. K. ( ouch, first; S. . J, ? Summers I second. Sow, over 2 years, L. K. Couclij ' iir^t ; S. J. Summers, second. '*' Sow 1 to 2 years. W. S. Dickey, iirst ; S. J. Sowers, second. I air of i>i.ur?, one each sex, under 1? months, L. K. Cpucli, first; S. J Summers, second. Display not loss than 10 head, S. J j Summers, first; L. K. Couch, second V JERSEY DOROC. ' Hoar, over 2 years, G. W. Ilarmou LoMngtori, first; R. M. Jenkins, St. t harles, second. Sow, over 2 years, R. M. Jenkins tlrst ; Q. W. Harmon, second. Exhibit one boar and four sows over G months old, R. M. Jenkins first VICTORIA. Sow, over 2 years old, W. E. Chap man, first and second. ? OPEN TO THE WORLD. In the open-fo-the- world contest iv this department thero wero also nu merous entries and the folowinc prj/.03 were awarded. HERK8HIRES. - _ _ Best boar, over 2 years old, R. E Shannon, Blackstock, first; Leonard Tufts, Pinehurst, N. C:, secend. ^ ?A?arJ, 1 to 2 ye*ra old' Leonard lufts, first and socoad. _ over 2 years old, Leonard luftg, first and second. Sow, 1 to 2 years old, W. E. Chap man, first; Leonard Tufts, second. Pair pigs, one each .sex, under C months, R. E. Shannon, first; Leonard Tufts, second. Horse Department. Grego'ry-Condcr Male Company Columbia, first; R. L. Iloarn, Bishop ville, second. Single harness stallion, open to world? Alex Fraser, Chester, first; T. S. Meyers, Morristown, Tenn.; second. Best pony, ridden bv girl over 12, under 10 ? Entry by J. D. Powell, 'Co lumbia, first. ' ' . Best horsemanship by lady ? Miss Belvia McDavid, Columbia, first; en try by J. D. Powell, second.. Best combination gelding or mare - ? Canghman Harmon, first; Hyd rick Windsor, Columbia, second. Harness colt, open to World, foaled in 1006 or 1907 ? W. W. McCutchen, Wisaeky, first; J.L. Martin, Fountain Inn, second. Harness filly, open to world, foaled in 1008 or 1007 ? Wallace Mopre, Cherate, first; Caughman & Harmon, seeond. v Best matched geldings, open to workl ? John J, Seibels, Columbia, first; Qeo. T. Little, Camden, second, j Best pair matched mares, open to world? W. W? McCutchen, first ; II. (J. Kaijjiner, Gadsden, second. *" Saddle gelding, open to world ? A. M. Owens, Winnsboro, first ; Hydrick Windsor, Single harness getdirig or mare; driven by lady ? Entry ' bv Gregory - Conder Mule company, first i I. (' -CSom," "CHiitor, rtcond. Moles. Mules, best double team open to tho *orld ? Gregcry-Condej Mule Com- 1 pauy, firsts J. B. JLshlev, Hofica Path.] eeeond. .Tackjjthree year sold ahd over ? 1). Fountain Inii, first; Mule colt, iimU'i | v?w H. L. \V Tbomason, Aral ; .1. 10, Hodgers, se<s] ond. Muio and uutK' 4<?|i, | ycnr, ' South ( 'arolina owned -J, }?;. Bodger**. ' first; I).. I/, \V. Tlioniii son, second. I Tho clas# of hosi standard brodi h! t> I ion with four of his was won by JTnT Kennedy, riWd "^TOO M. owned by Dr. J. K, 1 1 < ? 1 - 1? of .Columbia. ' Tbreu of Kennedy '? ,?u* ,ri))|{ (|rKl fllpl ( wo second prices, ? raun Products, The following pri^ vy'iimcr* announced : Bent diwplay farm products frow pnp farm, S. L. Bawls I x i n t? ( <m , fi i-st pnzo; C. Rodgcri, Fountain' Inn. second prize. Heat half bushel white Dent corn with twelve ears, W. IT. Sloan, Little1 Mountain, first j G. K, Harmon, I ,ox ington, spsojul. Best half bushel yellow Den I corn, Forest Fleazer, Inno, first ; |{. | [' Caughmau, Lexington, second. l?Oi>t half "bushel .bread corn, B. 11 Caughmai), first, < Uodger*. M'. oml. I Best halt bushel prolific corn, with six stalks, D. B,. Slmlf, Columbia, 1 first; O. 10. Eleazer, Fdgcwald, sec oixl. ilfrit half bushel popcorn, J. 10. Itodgers first, ('. Badgers, Fountain Inn, second. j Most display- varieties corn, hall bushel each, C. Bod?ers first,' (Jeo. W. Ilarmon, Lexington, second. Best half bushel red wheat. C. Bod first, O. W. Harmon, second. Best half bushel barley, J. \V. Dro. I her, Balesburg, first ; 10. ,1, Nuuua maker, Columbia, second. Best half bushel red oats, C. Bodg ej's, first, 10, J. Nunnamaker second, j Best hall' bushel white oats, 11. II.1 Fleazer, Irmo, first; Forest lOleazer. Irmo, second. Best half bushel rye, Geo. \V. Har mon first; (1. F. Harmon, second. .. Best hall ^bushel Spanish peanuts, B. S.' Bawls, Lexington, tirsi ; (1. \Y. Harmon second. Best halt bushel parched --peanut*; S. L. Ha wis, Lexinj^oii, first ; J. Wade Swygert, Columbia, vcrond. Best hall bushel I ktcJ< cowpeas, G. W. Harmon first Hodgers second. entry Braham cowpeas, 10. F. Bookter, Columbia, first. ; ? B^st half bushel clav cowpeas, O. W. Harmon first, (}. 10. Harmon sec i ond. Best half bushel cowpeas, G. 10. Eleazer first ; G. W. Harmon second. Best half bushel whi|>-poor-\vill cowpeas, D.cB. Shull, Columbia, first; J. II. Shull, New Brookland, second. Best half bushel cowpeas, J. W. Swygert first, H. G,t Gibson, New Prookland, set ond. ? Best half bushel collection variety, G, W. Harmon first, G. 10. Fleazer second. Best bushel sweet potatoes, any va riety, A. L. Smith, Lexington, first: D. B. Sliull, Columbia, second. Best bushel Irish potatoes, 10. J. Nunnamaker first, S. L. Bawls second. Best bushel rutabager turnips, G. 15 Wingard, Lexington., first ; G. W. liar mon second. Best bushel rough leaf turnips, G Wingard first, G. \V. Harmon second Best bushel stock beets, S. L. Bawl first, C. 10. Bodger^ second. Best bushel artichokes, O. W. Har mon first, G. B. Wingard second. Best bale cowpea liav, II. II. Fleaz er first, T. -P. Henderson second. Best halo dover lmv, II. II. Eleaz er first, D. I<V Eleazer second. Best bale native grass hay, C. 10 Rodgers first, II. W. Sloan, Little Mountain, second. ^ Best bale Bermuda crass hay, II. II Eleazer first, Forst Elearer second. Best bale German millett, David Eleazer first, C. Rodgers second. Best display six varieties sorghum, G. W. Harmon first. Best half bushel water flowed gold seed rice with sheaf of same, J. W. Dreher, Batsburg, first prize. Best half bushel upland t'iee with sheaf of same, G. E. Harmon first, G. W. Harmon second. Best hale upland cotton, J. Wade Swygert first, Forest Eleazer second. Peruvian Guano Exhibit at State Fair. The Peruvian Guano corporation of Charleston had an interest inp: exhibit in the commercial building, which wa3 the only exhibit of fertilizing material at the fair this year. The object of the exhibit is not only to call the, at tention of farmers and others not al ready .familiar with it to . the value of this wonderful fertilizer, but to ror rcct the- fulsosimpreHsion that it /is a manufactured article. ' The Per in- an piano concern, according to the com pany, is as pure as the fir*h shipload brought to this country. It is the un surpassed product of nature, and can not be imitated < or approached by chemistry, The comnany had the guano on ' exhibit and took pleasure in giving samples in convenient ?tackages to those interested. Copenhagen Declines Offer. Copenhagen, By Cable. ? The pro posal of the National Geographic So ciety that a committee representing the American body be present whan the North Polar records of .Dr. Cook are first examined was declined Sat .fit&OLJhx. .1 bo.xoiifiigtoryQlJthe.IInL veraity' o|. Copenhagen.- A message waa sent to Frof. Willis v- Moore, as follows: "The university cannot i accept- (ho offered assistance, taking [4t f??r granted- ' -that- tho d?4rt and tardrdff after flur examinations will be placcd at the disposal of other ? iwitifle i^H^tions." I- - ?h* ' J. ? -- ? - i 1 otters that 1909 COT ION OUTPUT, President of National Ginncrs, Aki;o ciatlon Says Mo::t Southern Stat-n' Product Will be Much Less 'ihan ! in Past Yoars. Memphis, Tcnn., Special, J. A. Ttivi>>r, prcsidcul ~xrt t ho- - National (Sinner*' association, Friday issued jlte following bulletin : ' * ( ompletu ret urns indicate a max* inuuu orop of Si, 780, 000 bale^ not in cluding lintois or repacks. Minimum tiitum pi -iHi), ooo, "The heavy falling olT is over the belt ?accept in Georgia and the Car olina*, wlitMe i here in about aa k?hk1 a crop fl* last year on a little smaller c.creage. Maximum report bv States: Ala bama 000,000; Arkansas 044,000 ; Florida L'0,000; Georgia 1,870,000; I otiisiana 2<)0,OOO; Mit^issippi 0.">S, 000 j Missouri and Virginia 58,000; Koith Carolina ('48,000; Oklahoma, 587,000; Stmt it Carolina 1,185,000 ; Tonne-see 2'?:i,000; Texas 1?, .'100,000. Total 0,780,000. "Tim gintu'vs say (Ik* small yield is largely due t<? t !?.?? Hinolltjetja of I. oils and low yield ot lint. Ah the <l'op is so near ginned we will probably not make our December estimate." The lolton ? lop in ? 11108 was II, .'hl,h'J!l balfJij wliih1 in 1007, th? ytphl was I i.t.5r)0,7()<^ To Build Temporal y Shops. 'Newborn. N. < Special.- -Keceiver Marry K. .Wcholt. General Manager 1*1. T. I.atuh and. .1. K. Gould, superin tendent of motive power on the Nor folk (.V Si nit In-i ll Kail road, readied here Mom'ay^iml ip nt the day Ink ling in the situation and planning for temporary shops for the N. & S. t?? replace the burned shops, A force rf man worked all -day Monday on a temporary building lor a machine loom. A IlOO-horsopower engine has been I rough ( from the Congdoii mill of the Ifoper Lumber Company and a locomot ivc will l <> used to furnish idea hi for the same. In a few davs the machine rcom will be ready to do temporary ic pairs, etc. Monday morning a large forcc of men was put to work c leaning up the debris of the /Ire. Superintendent Gould gave orders that all shop men who <a red to work for $1.50 a day be put to work (kaniii'-r up and the ,v\9>i'lf be pushed as inpidlv as possible. There are perhaps r.cvcnty-flve men at work clearing out the burned tim bers, . taking out machincR, etc. Eight Burned to Death. New York, Special. ? Iron-barred windows prevented the oseapa from death by (ire of eight workers in. Robert Morrisons & Sous' comb fac tory in Prooklyn Monday and flva other men probably were fatally in jured in making their escape from the building. William Morrison, son of the owner of the plant, lost his life in the flames while trying t<"> reach the safe and t lose its doors. 0IIis father was among the injured. Luckily (here wore only forty em ployes in the factory when the Ore darted, for I he. spread of the flames was rapid in the inflammable comb Viaterial. Many men Jumped from the third 'loor and were injured. Those who ??uslicd to the rear found the windows 'tarred and there met their doom. Nearly nil of the victims were Ital ians. At Work on Hi 3 Data. New York, Special. ? Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the explorer, is at a "quiet place away from New York prepar ing his North Pole duta foj^submis sion to Copenhagen University!" A -statement issued Monday night by his lawyer wasl "Dr. Cook's time was so invaded while in New York, and be wa? under ?such surveillance by persons seeming ly interested in his movements and thoso of his counsel and friends, that ho decided to continue the work upon the data for Copenhagen in a quiet place away from New York. To Decide Polar Queition. Washington, Special. ? To pass on the question as to whether tlie North Pole was discovered ?before 1909, that is as to whether Dr. Cook reached it a year prior to Commander Peary, the heard of managers of the Nation al Qeorgraphic Society Monday ap pointed the following comjnittec: <T. Howard Gore, Rear Admiral John E. Pillsburv. and Dr. C. Willard Hayes. Farmers Congress Treated to Music Raleigh, N. t\, Special. ? Heyoml question one of the very finest of the many striking feature* of the farmers national congress was the religious services in (lie Academy of Music, Sunday afternoon. Ample space was reserved for the delegates, and re mainder of the huilding being filled by Raleigh people. The service was under the auspices of the chamber of commerce. On the stagc; were one hundred and fifty selected singers, represent intr the choirs of the Agri cultural and Mechanical Collage, Peace Institute, St. Mary's and Mere dith -College* and the band of the Third Regiment. ? Big Railroad Conflagration. I Newborn, N. C., Special. ? Fire I Saturday morning at 2:15 destroyed the entire shops with tfi? exception of Hie paint shop/otHr^ and The loss to building* and machinery is complete. The carpenter Bhop, car shop, boiler room, machine shop and round house MMMl additfewyB ARRESTER HI BERLIN fOR NEW YORK FRAUD Martin Kaufmann Charged With $107,000 Swindle, HOTEL MCTURE GAVE CLUE 8cr?t to Wife, \VI?o Dropped It?No Name oil 1(, lUil lMnro \Vn? round in Yicniut? ~lle liseapcd Arrest There, ' . -v . . V . . Merlin, Germany. ? Martin Kauf mann, of New York City, was arretted hero by former United States I'ost oflleo Inspector Henry C- . Kill, charged with frauds amounting to $107,000 In connection with the Cotton Goods Converters' Company, of New York 'city. For n long lime Kaufmann was con-' fldered a t rind worthy business mail; lii* partner, M. A. Ipnacs, had such | implicit conrtdrnre tn Knafniann's in tegrity that he* Induced a number of his friplida (o take shares In jhe busl? n One or those was a Cincinnati Uierehant named Hluiii, who put in $2 7.O0l>, The I'lisliifSH proceeded sntlsfactor llv for uix mouths* Then Ilium asked a customer t<> soldo an outstanding areoufil, and the customer declared It. wan not. duo. An Investigation of tho company's account* followed, and re sulted in I he discovery of a number of falsified entries, amounting to $li)7,<?ui). Kaufmann, in the mean time, had disappeared. Some ot the shareholders, who were practically bankrupted, held Isaacs morally responsible, and he gave his cheek for tin! total amount missing. Kaufmami was 'ndicted and Hill was placed in charge of the case. It was known that Kaufmann had sailed for TCurope, but no clue to Ivis whereabouts could be found until bin wife, who Is in business In Lawrence, Mass., dropped a paper containing a photograph ot a hotel. Neither tho name of the hotel nor the name of tho city wan mentioned, but. a window \v a 3 marked, and above It were tho words "Thlv Ik my room" In Kauf uianu's hand vrii inn. After many difficulties tho hotel ran located In Vienna, where Kauf 'mann lived under the name of Marvin Kent., lie; had ordered that Ills mall be aont to a tourist's ofilce in nerliii; lie called there, and Ilill. who was ac r oiivp.ft.nl ed *by Arthur Kugcmann, of New York City, and a detective, ac costed blin* At first Kaufmann stout ly denied his 1 leutlty, but luter ho ad mitted that ho was the man and was arr??lcd. v Mai (In Kaufmann 1? believed io have' sailed from New York City on the Kaiser Wilhelnt der Grosse on May 25.. The steamer was chased by a tup. on which was a United States Deputy Marshal with a writ to pre vent Kaufmanu's departure. Tho lug, however failed to overtake tho steamer Blum and Kaufmann conducted tho business lu- cotton goods in Rnst Twelfth street. .A petition in bank ruptcy was filed against tho firm on March 22, but tho creditors wero un ablo to find Kaufmann. Kaufmann had been located in Vienna, and he came near being ar rested there, but left Tor IJerlln just as the arrest was to bo made. HOOKWORM IN FAlt WIC8T. 8an Francisco Doctor Says It Cunio There l'roru Hawaii. San Francisco, Cal. ? The hook worm disease lias been brought to San Francisco from Hawaii and the Orient and huiiOieds of caBes of hith erto unpflftfOTijKd^dBjectlon, laziness " " 'Vii^iSa^BPhrft i eamprrtgn'^f ^^Mcians against tho dltfeass, saldt "I have treated more .than 100 cases of hookworm in this city. I re call at least one death due to It, that of a boy who died in tho Lane Hospi tal two years ago. The diseaso ban not been known to exist In California except In very rare Instances until four vent 3 ago. A colony of laborers who were born In iho "West Indies camo here from Hawaii, and forty five per ccnt. wore found to he serf* ously affected." ^ 1 OR A FIXKI) ISA8TKR DATE. German Slate C'hnrch Approves the Suggestion. . Devlin. Germany. ? The general synod of the Stato Church approved In principle the suggestion to fix by legislation an .immovable date to bo observed ns Kastcr Sunday. This Is proposed as a convenience to both tho church and the public. * Di\ Brynuder, vice-president of the Superior Church Council, said that the Council had tho matter under -ad? vlsement. . . prison Foir boy i)K8pkra?5. Old In Crime, TliougJi lie Has Lived ? Hut" ? Dccadc. Ottawa, Oat.? Cyril St. Armand, of Thiirso, t^n years old, was sen*' fenced to i?Ik years for horse stealing. AVhcn eight yearn old he was con victed cT an attempt to wreck a Canadian Pacific Railway train. Ills ycuih enabled him to escape sentence* for this and. jL uumbsr af. bnrclorlos ^htch t&irow*$V AVOMION VOTK IX ,\OinV AY. Returns Show That the ^radical Gov C hv i ? Ua g^BT^x1 w *r. ha ' thy erol election that" ttUf w< DIES III AUTOMOBILE EHASH Woman Killed and Man LJad'y Hurt Near L'tica. Chauffeur LoSt Contrdl niwl the Ma? Chine Oftttlied Into a llrhlge When (roiii^ Fifty MUi'S Mil lluu.-. Utl<?^' ^ Kinwt _J.f* Smith, whose husband la a 1? u ??in i man In Utica, was Instantly killed in an automobile accldont at New Hurt ford, a suburb of this fclty, aud Charles Nelce, of New Hartford, a vic tim of the same accident, was tnkeu in a critical condition to a Utica hos pital. The automobile, which contalnod besldus the chauffeur a man and two women, was traveling iiIquk ths Statu road at Now Hartford at a rate ex ceeding fifty miles an hour, Ah It ap proached a bridge, tho passageway of which is considerably narrower than the highway, the driver, lost' control and tho maehlno crashed Into tho Iron supports of the bridge. Tho ?><? cupaiUs were all thpown out and' Mr#. Smith struck on her head, breaking bur neck aud fracturing her skull. Tho other occupant* of thy car re ceived. only slight injur Its. Noted was crossing tho bridge at the time and was struck by the. ma chine an It rebounded from tho orns.w. Ho was found underneath the wreck age With a broken leg aud serious Injuries about the head. ? , ' ' CAN'T MA It II V II KH JIUSUANP., ^ " f ?' i i, : v. >? Wife, Though Seeking Divorce; "Wants to Keep Hli/) From Illval. \ St. Louil.^"i shall not allow *heT to get a divorce so she can^lnarry my husband ? not If, I ca'i help it. I think she is In lovo with him, and. while I am determined to bo freed from him, I am going to try to pre vent her marrying him or any ono else." In these tsords Mrs, Laura W &\r decker explained why she had caused a reopening of the divorce case of Mrs. Lillian Kuhl, a:id had poatpOhed her own suit. Louis \V. Wnldeckcrnnd Mrs. Kuhl, both expert bowler?, took part on the same team in the National Tourna ment at Pittsburg last season. While there, Mrs. Waldecker asserts, he was noticeably solicitous of Mrs. Kuhl'/ every want, ?- - *?? - ? I UN'S DOWN IXC LINE. ? One Killed and Sixty-eight Hurt in Des Moines Car Wreck. Des Moines, Iowa. ? \V. I. Robb,lOf Oklahoma City, was killed and sixty eight persons were Injured, two prob ably fatally, when a crowded Univer sity Place car Jumped the track nod turned on it* side on the Nineteenth street hill following a thrilling const down tho long Incline. Elbert War ren, captain of tho Drake University football team, was among those seri ously Injured. Tho accident occurrcd when tho motor in an, A. A. Persons, lost control of the car at the summit of the hill. The car was crowded, many of- the passengers being department store clerks and school teachers. A largo part of the injured were young women. * ? ? 1 ' .'I "PLACED ME ON A PEDESTAL." "After All, I -Was Just ft Wojriftn," Says Mr*. Ansley Davis iA Suit. Chicago, HI. ? "Shelby fdeallzed me and placed me on a pedestal. After all, I was just a woman, and that, caused the trouble between us,'' said Mrs, Anne Ansley Davis, daughter of H. C, Ansley, treasurer of the South-* ern Railway, with, offlees in Washing ton, D. C., in Judge Dupuy's court here. She gave testimony in her suit for separate maintenance from her hus band, DaVid Shelby Darts, employed by the Prairie State Bank. The couple were married a year ago tn Washington, D. C. FINDS LABRADOR WATERFALL. Returned Explorer Confident It is ' Highest on This Continent. Oshkosh. Wis. ? Edward Balch Barr, of Oshkosh, an explorer, who has returned, from Labrador, reports the discovery In the wilderness of that country of a huge waterfall, which he is confident will prove the highest waterfall on the Wester fi Hemi sphere. The discovery waa'made while Bari^? ?8f ?with his party was traveling by canr?*r? 1U up the Caster River. This fall eald to be larger than Grand Fall,^ Labrador, which Is 368 feet high. ? LOTTERY TICKETS SEIZE Porto Rloan Police Trying to Monthly Importations, San Juan, P. R. ? The Porto pollco seised 2700 lottery t which had been received hei steamship from Santo Domingo. The Introduction of lottery tickets in Porto Rico continues, but th* au thorities are making strong efforts to stop the monthly Importations. ? New Mexico Mineral Fiu'ds. Rich mineral deposits, principally coal, have been 1 discovered -by Gov* ernmcnt agents Oai Urge tracts of public land In Naw Mexico, and the Interior Department of Washington, fD. C.. -has withdrawn from public en i .try clam ln tharSUU mpircotnttaUr 162,440 acres pending classlfteatlo^ tefuscd.