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VOLUME XII. CAM DKJS, S. 0., FRIDAY, NOVUM I5KK 2<i, l'JOH. NO. 48. ? ? ? ? ? ? I ? J? GOOD WORK OF WINDING-UP COMMISSION South Carolina is Saved Nearly Half a Million Dollars by pealing Dispensary Claims. ? . K??yiib ?pC,(:llll>-? About rt liulfl million dollars reprosent8 the Bavin^ j to the St.ttU of ttoujj^ _ Cajoling ' by walii^s fioiii ili.MpQMray" ? claim* utiU uvgrjudgumuta agaimit flrniH doing I willi theold Stale dinpenKury M'<' work of llio winding-up commia *imi was practically concluded Wed ftCMttj hlgbt ?t a i*M> bonr and judg ments rendered in nil claims before U Ha vo that of the New York and Ken tucky company, the amount petitioned for heilig about $22,000. Final action wuk. deferred , but it in po?sib|c that U)? claim may 'bo disallolVed. |loW* ever, this is not settled. There was a sigh of relief when it was (lc< idt d to < adynnun Thursday n oriiinjr. The meuibcV's have 'been at work for weeks ij^nd have, with the at-sitfiMHe of I he sHtorneyn, inveHli-. Hated fully every daim. "We feel that we have earned our per diem," lemarkod CI airman Murray, "and </hr Veport ? jki the alTairs of the old State dispensary shows how the bu?> *? >? iuOHS Wati conducted, The Ntalo ha* spent very little on tho work and w? have t bought it best to those whiskey llruis carrying the mutter to the federal c^urt, tho amount of cost#/' May Be Appealed. It was rumored Thursday that sev eral of the decisions of 'the commis sion' will be taken to the supremo, court for settlement and that the claim of Lanahan & yo. and the Caro lina OIuhm company would bo amon^ those seeking a stay in the proceed ing?f . ;-v 'Chairman Murray said that riot fro would- bo sent out at once to all claim ants allowed claims and clicks would be went out by December 1 unless Koine litigation arose preventing the payment. The money will he placed in lite 'National Loan and Exchange j bank of this city subject to check as j stated i;: the letter, and when all pay- i mens are made there will be nothing ' further for the -commission expect tho f final report to the'' general assembly. I Mii.iiiwmjf 1 1 re tin* claims utulClio amounts to Ijc paid tin* claimant^: Claim. Judgrment. I' Ji'i.seliiitanu , f t < v S? hhlx Uvowinur Company*. ' BpJrtn?a Company f rsonpflrf'.vo^i^j, Company . ?Ji'liu j\(< 5-irrrvrio ITj'IO I-<'!ni:nn & Con pan I'm Jcy I 'm ix Mj'.vsi' Bros. A. SiHIIldclS & t'owiny: Company ( 'o'mpaiiy. . . v> x ?mi?| inn y ? ? ? ?. ? ( A. llM'Ui'l & < 'lark Bros. & Co, Hivcr Company <i| I >it' .Man I.-: & ( I'ditir ('hm pa Tula Is $ 70,885.87 24,682.23 25,00(1.78 2,1 10.01 34329.43 14,020.51 (510.00 0,000.00 40,883.23 2,300.40 ? 0 5, 383.71 .{.048.42 1 .175.00 0,380.4 1 .* to:i.555.03 Th ... Tho Overcharges. ovci'fjud^mouta were fouml by Uife coumiLsJS $ 35,fi45.IiO 18,813.7J 8,515.70 019.00 :i3,K8i.9i 12, 001.01 235.00 8,170.00 :{5, 800.8.5 1 ,700/00 53,780.0o .4,153.42 1,1 1.2.45 1 .42:405 $215,1 78..iO ' 1 <'!v v; 1 1 u :t.'i hut V. i;| ,i i 1 aivnl'i'n <S: Sons . 11. & 11. \V. Cat herwood . ; Aciro Brewing Co r i; Biliton ? St r:rts*. Bt if/, <!?: A o :inu Hicivinjr Co .. \V. \V. .lolmsmi Co. 8<ivao?ia'i Crowing Co I'llnan tS: Co. (Anchor Co.) .hick CraiuMon C<? lil'oin .) < ?'. i 1 rus 1 'it t*l < *t ? dc Co. . ? ? C;ino:t & ( '<? AVil: -mi Pi-l'il Kit'.z \ Co. ? "Tot:?l Claim. $ 04.89 5.91(5.54 4.227.95 071.80 4.845.00 7,930.50 . . . ..;... 487.50 . . .. .... 1.915.99 . . . . > . 4(19.50 36,920.78 ' 5,951.50 29(5.04 109.58 1 .757.39 <V 2.874.73 I5\it"(lio Stain $ 30,553.03 23.503.40 24,070.00 1 4 905.20 18.041.2.5 12,4 J 9,4 I 4.010.50 1.091.0 J . 100.00 30.021/m 1.004.43 1 03.92 * 409.4 2 2 1 ,397.20 317.17 0,395.84 ,$ 80.594.09 *189 .:?;4 si lo:ir < ai?e?l the scaling i I l !'?? (|.ii:iis. The fororiissioii "staW'j i i j('_'artl to thr-so that these "jVnr l;is law do |>i>it in any of the. frawUi U-i'i t ; ii>is?i I ions conneciuil with th?? M iidi'.rt < > I* t l:o bnsisioss with the Stalo (ii-jiou: ;irv an<l tho chairman of tho commission is authorized .under |>roj? or warrant to pay the enims: The four claimants are: ('? 1'. Fish hum, $79.50; S. S. Pirrce & Co.> $(522.1 'A ; Acker Merrell & Codit Co.,^ $(>4 .">.82; E. LaMontfleue & f>"on$, .$457.50. Tho Summary. The fallowing i? a summary showing the amounts saved to the State: 0\ cr? s in 1 of {inns to whom money is Ik l e paid by State $ 88.377. 17 OverjiidgiKC'.fls 189.304.81 Claims which come to the State n Ion ^ with tho ivcvjii'lnheots ' 80,594.09 19n*j overcharges 25.35G.24 1 (,'usist i( u.< <? ' ' money . . The H'liii Hived in t lie State ami to lie recovcrocl Claims Paid 50.000.00 $433,092.91 u The following were pniil hv (lie commission on March 0, 1008: Firm*. ? Amount Amount A Amount of Claim Paul Jane# &-Co $ J 3,170.03 Anheuser-BuBch Brewing CAo.i. .... 1 9,551.00 Augusta Brewing Co 1,015.00 Frank a.- Tulleg? Co.. . . ... 1,135.94 ' I'.ivo On ic Distilling Cd. 29,022.22 J. A. Matrnufl & Co 18,204.24 ( > 1 1 1 "70" Distilling Co 3,062.83 J. F. Hickman ' 2.77C70 ttelro.v Distilling Co 4 0.008.33 Dig Four Distilling Co 4 509.5 1 11. A. Thierm..n 9,228.30 1). Racks & Son-.......?:.'..;... 9.021.33 M'nvh\',+hu t ? <Sr>Co^ . ... 1 .>.847.44 11. HescnVlml St Son.."?." 4.o24.1 l|;v Total $179. 181. 07 Amount Allowed. $ 14,9227.88 9,504.09 1,211.25 lt049.G9 v ~ 26,190.82 - 16,648.70 3,208.33 2,561.22 38,004.17 4,238.94 8,674.60 8.480.05 15,500.34 ' 3.619.29 Vl53, 825.43 Amount 6nved State $ 6,248.75 10,047.00 403.75 4 80.25 1,781.40 . 1,555.48 454.50 1 63.43 2.004.16 207.57 553.70 541.28 341.10 904.8:2 $*25,356.24 Money in Hog Raising. Laurens, Special.? Some of Lau rens county's farmers are making pood money in raisin# hogs; anions these are P. B. Bailey and Dr. T. J. Weathers. A few days ago Mr. Weathers sold on the loenl market three hogs- -that neited him over $06; and on Inst Saturday Mr. Bailey sold 29 tine porkers, all' under one year old, the lot bringing $428. The price paid in Laurens is 8 cents the pound. To Double Track Line From Atlanta East. Greenyille, Special.-? A persistent rumor is current here t hat the South ern railway has within the last few days lei contrtfttt* ft>?' double, tracking J ts main lido' bfetwTpfcn 'Charlotte and Atlanta. According to the rumor the tfoik'of dolibletrdchirig i? to- bo start ? ctfc.nt an early dato from the Atlanta end.r Tt" 1? proposed <lmt by the 6?m rgf r <rf 103-0 *<>rk- will have beon com pleted as far noit has Gainesville, a distance of 65 miles. _ ^=-r~ an employ* of the Poe. milt died Fri day at the result of an injury be rt Ratnrday night in falling off a - to the k txnwflT j HUl Would Be On the Belt. Laurens, Special. ? The Laurens chamber of commerce is going to got busy at once in reference to securing n lease on the proposed electric belt line in the Piedmont. It is under stood that the corporation that pur chased the Anderson-Bel ton line con templates a belt line to take in Spar tanFurg, Union, -Laurens, Anderson and Greenville, or at least some of the towns in this section. Badgett Sentenced to Ten Years In the Penitentiary. ? Spartanburg, Spec ial. ? Thomn* I Badgett, white, who, killed Brezina Baber, colored, about two weeks- agej iinYt "who was convicted of manslaught. I cr. was Sutunlay sentenced to serv* 10 years in the penitentiary. Stan- 1 yam Wilson gave 'noticO of appeal j and pending the appeal' applied for hail which was granted in the sum of $5,000. Badgett churned iLe. killing J WM accidental and the statement of] t lie deceased to that effect was intr? j duoad in evidence. Horse With Buggy Leapa WalL ? Charleoton.-SpeeiaLr^_horse toolcj fright on south Battery some' d*y? ago 'And wildly dashed through the street, carryine the unoeeupiad buggy Syith him. .He had. a clear and i 'aight run^aiwl through the street; went, never stopping at the con crete quay wall, but ? overboard he want with, the buggy behind him. Foriunjuelv the tide WM not high and lk?-k?rs* landed in buLlittfe Wi and thara he stopped and Sin? Oil CO. 11 8MB Circuit Court Files Decree of ?) / Pissolution, # GOVERNMENT WINS A VICTORY Judges Sanborn, Vaude venter, Hook and Adams Concur in Favor of Every Count Contended For ? AP' peal to Supreme Court Will be Taken. St. Paul, Minn., Special. ? In an opinion written by Judge Walter K. Sanborn, of St. Paul and concurred in by Judge* Vandeventcr, llook and Adams with a special ' concurring opinion I > y Judge Hook, the United States Circuit Court for the eastern district of Missouri Saturday bunded down on opinion declaring I ho Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, an illegal combination operating i'l rent rai ut of trade and orders it* dis solution. Tho opinion of (ho rourt wits filed simultaneously in St. J.ouis and in Mr. Paul. In this decision the government jf the United States wins a Kwoepiin* victory and according to Frank Jt. Kellog of this citv, who was the <:?>v jynw.cnt, special ^iroKceut iny joilicor. the government has won every point for which it contended. The case win be appealed direct '?? the United States Supreme Court us tho judges who signed the decree, are in effect the judges of the United States circuit court of appeals, rtl i hough they were sitting for the pur pose of trying this rase as the circuit court for the eastern district "of Mis souri. The decree of the court dissolving the Standard Oil trust becomes elYer tiva.4n 30 days when no doubt a stay wip be granted for the purpose ?f Hl! appeal. When the decree takes elToct unless a sta> js granted, an injunction will issue restraining t lie. Standard Oil Company from a further routinuaiuc? of its business under its present form at ion.. : - TWENTY LIVE MINERS. Parties Searching For and Bringing Cut the Dead Find the Living. Cherry, 111., Special.? The gamut ! from deepest despair to an hysteria of hope was run here Saturday whci 20 miners, ontouiled in iho St. Paul mine for a week, almost to the hour, were brought .jo the surface alive. The storv of their sufferings and the heroism of their resourceful lead ? "WsTk on<Tof the moxt-thrillinfr in all the Mack"' hrn^ry of. mining disaster *. > Dawn broke with the hearers of . stretchers moving from the pit mouth to the tent which served as a mor^ir." njith bo'dies swollon and scorched al most beyond human semblance. Fort ? of them had been brought up and most of them identified when tho marvelous report shot thronjrh the prostrate-^ eommunitv: "They've found theim alive ? they've found them alive." In a moment the moi<;?e was de serted ; scarcely to be revived whilo tho crowd, fairly insane with t he great hope which had sprung like a miraculous flame from tho ashes of ! despair, rushed to the spot, All thought was of tho men who were alive. It took six hours to brin? the survivors to the surface. Mean while a report 6pread that seventy or more men were alive in a far reach of tho mine, cut off from escape by a bank of black damp between their barricade and the main shaft. Searching parties on Sunday, how ever, found no more living and con* ditions crush all hope of further suc cess at rescue. Thirty-seven corpses were removed and burled Sunday. Awful Auto 'lragedy. Cuthbert, Ga., Special. ? Three pcr , sons nre dead and two probably fa tally Injured as a result of an automo bile accident hero late .Sunday. The dead : Curtis Wiliams, of Port Gaines. Ga. James Shepard, of Edison, Oa. Ilor- | ace SheparA, of Edison, .Ga. The in jured: Miss Ilelene Matt ox. a<red 20, Coleman, Ga. Shepard and Misa Mat ton were going to be nparried. Prominent Pennsylvania Politician Kills Himself Accidentally. Franklin, Pa., Special.-?' u Aeciden tal, sloped aud^r^?x.' .waj, ibe coxy tent^jof a note found Sunday night in a. dense thicket beside the body of I. IjP. Borland, aged 50 years, former tmirtty treasurer imd a prominent politician, who had been missing from home since fcVitJay. A wound in tho left l??~caused Borland to bleed to death, according to the coroner. The accident was the result of a hunting trip. It waft evident that Borland | began to write the note but fell ex* hnusted before h?s could finish it. Rock feller Commission to Attend At lanta Meeting in January. ' ' ' ArifrntaT Ga.. Specl*l-~*-Tbe Rocke feller commission for the[???BttHtten of the hookworm disease is expected ] to attend in a body the first national conference fo* the study of this dis ease, to be held in Atlanta January 18 and 19. Already <he chairman, mieb, ; >*nd , other members of the -commission, hare signified their HitOMltun. o? nttcndingt ZELAYA MUSI ANSWER FOR AMERICANS SHOT State Dspartment Demands Ex planation For Execution of Men. WARSHIPS SENT TO NiCAHAGUA J, ciojr Cannon and Leonard Gince Court MartlMcil and Hliot by Or* dors of ll>o President of the ltc? public at Managua. Managua, Nicaragua.- Two Ameri cana, Leroy Cannon and Leonard Graco, after a trial by court martial, were shot hern as rebels. They were charged with haying pl:.eed dyn?:nlto mines, to blow up Government *tcam ers carry^n troops lo Grcytowu. One bomb exploded fifteen yard;? from the steamer Diamante. Vim men were, raptured with dyna mite rhachlRPH nnd accessories. They are said Jo ju;vo confessed their guilt in letters to their families. Previous ly Cannon had taken van in a revolu tion against Nicaragua In llond iras, whe.ro ho was laipiUohed r^veral months. , Htatc Department's Quick Action. Washington, D. C.- ? Following the receipt of a report here that two Americans, Leroy Cannon and Leon ard Grace, had been thot In Nicara gua as rebels, quick- action was taken bj' the ETTato Department. Peremptory demands have been made upon President Belaya for c:c planatlon of the shooting of the two Americans. The relations of this country with i tho war stirred republic of .Central America became very threatening in consequence. 1 Dr. Haaera, the newly appointed I MinlsteV Plenipotentiary, was In formed that ho would not lie roceivcd by President Taft, and two warships, the Dgh Moines and the Vlck?burg, were ordered to Nicaragnan waters. * It would seem that tho President of Nicaragua really brought alvu$Avla, condition of nffalrs whicl?^riVfs"coun 1 try must treat in a manner different from Its usual dlaplArt of force for the purpose of keeping iho pence. a national offence, in the opinion of tho State Department, has been -com mitted, requiring for the present in vestigation ami porhans afterward re prisals.. EXCOMMUNICATE MIIS. STETSON. ' Order Issued at Boston by Directors ! of the Mother Church. Boston, Mass.-: ? An order of ex communication against Mrs. Augusta ' K. Stetson, of New. York City, for J years /regarded as one of the mo3t prominent and powerful numbers of the Christian Science denomination, | was issued by the Board of Directors of the Mother Church of this city, the ' supreme governing authority of the organization. in th?lr order the directors stated that a coxi?ere"nca of more than three ; days had convinced tfrem of the truth 1 of the charges against Mrs. Stetson; 1 namely, that she had worked againBt. the interests of the church and of j members of the church who were not i her followers, and that r,ho had per- | slstod in teachings and practices which are contrary to Christian Sci? ence, WILLIAM M. LAFFAN DEAD, lie Was Publisher of tlio New York Sun For Twenty?flve'v Years/ New York City, ?William M. Laf fau, publisher of the New York Sun tlnce 1884, died at his country home, Laffan House, at Lawrence, L. I., fol lowing an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Laffan was born in Dublin on January 22, 1848. Ho was educated at Blaokrock, the French College at Booterstown. at Dublin University and St. Cecillia's School of Medicine. Ho married Georglauna Tompklnr, of Baltimore, in 1872. Mr. Laffan began his newspaper ca reer In San Franoisco as a reporter. He next became owner of the Balti more Bulletin, and afterward came to New York City, JAILS PETTY- CIVIC GBAFTKK. Three Months For "Tipping" Ofilrhtl With SO." Cambridge, Mass. ? Municipal "graft" received a .lolt in the Superior Court hera when George H. "Warren, of Maiden, was sentenced to three months in the House of Correction "after pleading' guilty ? to a charge of bribery involving only $5. Warron admitted that he gave Will iam K. Dunn, sealer of .weights and measures of the olty of Maiden, $5 to refrain from prosecuting it" coal com pany lh which Warren was Interested and which was charged with giving short weighMn Its sale?, i .,o i ........ LYXCII I XG COSTS SHEHIFF JOB. [X . * : .V .-^y A. , a . ac . Governor Bnmoves Cairo Official Un der Peremptory Latv. Springfield, 111. ? Governor Charles.] 3. De.neba declared thaoffics of Sheriff of Aldtander County vacant, because j Sheriff Frank E_ DlYla allowed \V11I IJLm James, the eescro murderer, and Hchry R aUnar^'tf hltoHSOtlclrfe , ia bt> taken from hh card and lynched at Cairo by the- mob. Th#Cavemor it* j(d In observance or a lav; that provide* thai' whenever ? Sheriff our rehd<r* n prlroncr to a mob his offlca empires Immediately, 1 #35,000 to fcell Crackers. Tha -National Biscuit Company, of New Jsraay. paid to tba 8tata Dapart metotH5,0D(Tf0TTrij%nnlt to do hual Iff Tw*?torHfe*^ft<MV4a? yaara. This Is the largest fee ever paid by any corporation to do business TaMflb It was paid on n tdtal capital. ls*tion oM5.5,000,g00. ' ? *r - flrfioct Superlr.temlcut Dismissed. NECK BROKEN, 68'/ DIES Wost Orange Player Wools Death Same Way as Byrne. "N Wiblrahke, the Vletiuv W4<>? the filar oi tin* wiiieh wiii n.ijiim 'JYiuily CIlMJH'l JKIl'WU. Wost Orange, N, J,? -Snapping a ] vertebra much the name way <19 Cadot Byrne, of Went Point, did In (ho Rnmo with Harvard. Albert P. W, Wlblr- ' alske, eon of Mr. and J|lr?. Theodoro Wibiralske, of 07 Klgg# place, here, 1 died In tho. Orange Memorial l Iospt- ( tal three ho lira and a Quarter after , he had been admitted to tho (institu tion. Wild, aisle wax plajins right lialf back for the Weal; ( .-auga High School train 011 J he Watsesslng Oval of tho K*.s:>x County Park playground H^aiiiKt tho Trinity C.ui.iel team, of Now York, when I'jj accident oc curred. In the r," out) hulf it ii the i-'eore 17 io 0 in favoi' pf Hi' local team, Wlbiralsko on tho second down rushed the-ball to. tho falny-yard lino of Trinity/a fjoal wIkii !iu \vaj iac'.<lcd low. When he fell M? I rad was doubled ii > iMider W* <???? stt r.rtd Jils uock was broken. Tho uneoi.scJous form of the hoy was picked up l>y }i I h tt-ain'.aaUa and hurried to tho' office of !);?. T^rank W. Lockwood, at Mail Oralis-1, thre.i blocks away. TUo ph\> ?< i.iu oi'devcd hl.s Immediate removal io i h -? Orange Memorial Hospital, two miles rtUuint. An automobile made the run theiWin less than iivo minutes; and the hoy wan jdaecd at once on tho operating table. Jlo died without regaining consciousness. When It was seen that Wibiralske, who was the Btar of the. team and thu aihletlc star of the t..-d:ool, fm* he played on tin* basketball and baseball teams aa well, was badly Injured, the__ field was emptied on the liulant. Wlblrabke was 'regarded .as one of the besd. all around nthlrfs of his years in this sVe.iion. lUs two cblor brothers nve both promlitent In ath letic eirrlos. f ' ? - ? *? "* hi Hpeaking of lhf.w?crJd^.Ktwinrl('<? Wibiralske. eldrn brother cf tho b'.g boy. himself a t layer 4m. 0:12 of the local teams, said I hat, v. hile 1 1> 0 Man hattan players vis-.d no di^ardeivly taet les, the accident was umloubK'VUy tho" result of their igv.ovan?.? of the fine points of the gam?. HA BY DIJOVK Iil?i TO Hl'lCf l)K. College Profe.-.jiOV Couldn't Kmlui'u Home After Stork's VMt. Champaign, 111. -Aversion to babies and domestic life in a?erlhed as the canso for ihe suicide of Pro fessor Wilfred C. Wheeler, thirty years old. first assist ant in chemistry In tho englne?ring e.xiuu?nv nt sUitlon at the University of Illinois. The chemist's body was found on the University c-jmpurf. lie had taken a largo quantity o? cynnida of polas slum. Professor Wheeler had taken his meals away frem l;oms Eiuce a baby cams into the household, lie could not endtir? tho noise of the Infant, he said, and even expressed a general dislike for babies'. DUt'.ll i-?SS CONSUHLO READ. Widow of Duke of Manchester Had Neuritis ? Formbr Miss Yznagn. London, England. ? Consuelo, Dow. ager Duchess of Manchester, died here of heart, failure, following an attack of neuritis. At her bedside v.'crc Lady LJster Kaye and Miss Emily Y/.naqa, her Bis ters. A? Miss Consuelo Yznoga she ny as one p? the most beautiful of the younger eet In New York City, and was admired by everybody for her charmr of . character. She was the daughter of Antonio Yznago, a de scendant of Cuba, vand afterward a resident of New York City. She met the Viscount Mandevllle in the fall of 1875 at her father's country home at Morristown, N. J. MRS. GRANT LEFT $700,000. Now Yorkers Are Ueneflriarieg Umlet Her Will Filed a* San DIcgo. San Diego, Cel. ? With the pro vision that hone of the cstrtt'J can bo attached by tho creditors of her frus band, the wlH of Mrs. U. R. Grant, Jr.. was fllpd here.-dl.Hfioal&g.Qt prop erty valued at $700,000. Chaffee Grant and Marian Grant Macey, of New York City, have equal shares in the rstat3 with U. 8. Grant, Jr., Ulyesss Grant 4th, Jnlla Dent Grant and Fannie Grant, all- of San Diego. A farm in Westcheatcr County, New Yorl:, valued at $100,000, is ln< eluded in .tho estat?. Mrs. Grant died suddenly on the eve of her ex pected departure on a trip in tho Orient. , RICHARD XV. GfLDRR DEAD, 1 I'oet, Author and Editor of Century Magazine Ends Famous Career. 9 \ N eW York City. ? Richard Watson Glider, -ctHter-in-ehlef of tho Century Magazine einca Its foundation *4nJ iss], and widely known as an authorj and poet, died unexpectedly at the house of hit slater, Mrs. Schiller Van Ronmtelaev, of heart dte<*as?' Richard Wr.Won Glider, like many who hltvo. risen to pla?i Jtt letters,, early snowed hi* bent of mind. Born at Bordontown, N. J? In 18*4, one of elgjx^. children, he wcs writing, Bet* ting the ty pa for #nd publishing tho fit, Thomas Agister,. Flushing, t,.~ I.# when ho was twelre years of ago. kjjl WW" ?aOH||teH Farmer and Fflmtlj Literally HackeA LIBOR STANDS BY BOYCOTT i President John Mitchell Makes | Stirring Speech at Toronto. III Jul I AVill Not ? C'nuM? II i in to IteWde From Awcr* I ton of Constitutional ItlgliU, ? ' Toronto, Can. ? Indorsing a report of the Committee on Boycott, John Mitchell, one of the three officers of the American Federation of Labor un der sentence for contempt of Court, In a dramatic speech to the conven* tlon of that organization at the close of Its session here, declared that AR far nfl he wan concerned, regard lens of consequence*,.. ho Intended, while tit liberty,, to declare for tho rights ?guaranteed him l>y the organic laws of lib; country, The report which drew forth Mitchell's speech a*vl which was adopted by the convention, bald : "We uay that when your cause Ib ,1ust and every other remedy haB been employed without result, 'boycott ; we nay that when the employer has de termined to exploit nift only adult male labor, but our women and chil dren. and our reasoning and appeal to h Ih fairness and his conscience will I not ?w?y him. boycott; we say that when labor has .been oppressed, brow I beaten and tyrannized, boycott ; we my that when Hoelnl and political con i dlt Ions become no bad that ordlnarjL remedial measures are fruitless, boy j colt; and finally, wo say that we havo ; a rlKbt to boycott and w? propose to I exercise that rlRht. In tho appllca j tlon of tills rlnlit or boycott, to para phrase tho president Cdompers), we t propose to strive on and on." "I want the people of tho United Slates to know my position," said Mr. Mitchell. "I shall not speak defiantly, but be the consequences what they will, I shall not surrender any right guaranteed to me by tho Constitution of our country, I am not Buro how : much mental and physical suffering will be necessary to inak=? me submit, but If I know myBelf, not r\ny amount of.^' fTerlng will persuade me that I nai the right to spend my money where I please or that I have not tho right to write and speak as I please, being responsible under tho law for my acts. "I ' understand that cognizance Is being taken at Washington, D. C., of the utterance of men on the floor of this convention', and I want dearly to state my position. I propose In the future, as I have liv tho past, to ex< erclao the rights secured to me by the fathers of iny country, and I propose If I nm sent to jail to declare again when I coine out that I shall not for myeelf purchase any product, of the liucks fitove and Itauge Company. I make this declaration not to tickle the ear of any man, but that I may publicly declare Uie conviction that that Is within me. The convention broke Into loud cheers for Mitchell when he had con cluded, and there were cries of "Mor rison!" but tho secretary did not re spond. President (tampers was not present. " : NIC 121) NOT SERVE NEGHOES. Iowa Supreme Court So Derides In Cnse of Private HusIiiomk Concern. Moines, Iown,? The Iowa Su pixyn? Court handed down a decision holding that a cprlvate business con* coin under the Iowa statute can le gally refuse to serve a negro, Susie Drown, a negress, sued tho J, H. Bell Coffee Company for $1000 damages because tho attendants re* fused to serve her a cup of coffeo at a pure food show In Pea Moines a year agp. In the lower court the won her c^?e, but the Supreme Court has reversed the deciilon, holding that the Bell company, being a private concern, had the right to refute to serve any one It wished, even though the peraon had paid anradmlsslon fee at the door. Chief Justice Evans and Justice Weaver filed vigorous dissenting opln. ions. ' DAMAGES IN ODD SUIT. Man la Telephone Rootlt In a Htornj Gets Verdict. Philadelphia, Pa. ? A Jury In Com> mon Pleas Court awarded WlUlam H, Uoeap, a newspaper man, a verdict for $5000 damages agaliwt the Bell Telephone Company for Injuries re ceived at the Country Club on Juno 21, 1906. ' In the evening, while Mr. Rocap was telephoning a report of a polo match to his office during a violent thunderstorm, a ball of fire shot Into the booth and he was hurled a dis tance of twenty-flve feet. He did not regain consciousness for sixteen hours, and remained under treatment at the hospital for several days. He was unable to work for six weeks. The compaily was aued on the ground of negligence. POOR BLACKSMITH'S SECRET. Latest News. BY WIRE. imm Um (JuiMy of Murder. Sylvaula, Oa.? Hufuu Lucas, sur vivor tu a fatal duel with J. W. J lodged, u merchant of Oliver, lu tha latter* ?tore several month# ago, was found guilty of murder with a vecom uiendatlon to the merry of the court* lu the tight Lucas was wounded. Three Die lu Fire. 1 Collagwood, Ont. ?-James Paud,,a farmer, his wife and his mother-In" ? law, Mrs. Fowler, were burned to death In a fire which destroyed their home. V? t Coyotes Raid Turkey Hunch San Jose, Cal.? A. 11. Anderson's turkey ranch, the largest in the coun try, w?h raided by coyotes and nearly two hundred birds were killed. Tho prlco of tho birds went up la consc? Quence. Would Increase Walnh'a ]tSalf . Chicago. ? Government attorneys have appealed to ).l; o United States Circuit Court of Appeals to Incrcaso the $50,000 ball of John It. Walsh, former president of the Chicago Na? tloual Bank to $250,000. Accused a h Slayer, Mud* JAfe. ? . Lafayett*, Adi ? Elina ttay, a mill ionaire land o\Vn?r, killed himielf with a penknife rather than go to court to face trial for tbp murder of one of hia employee last spring. ? : s:; ?. . f Aged 00, He Marries. Muncliester, N. H. ? Abel CheneyT aged ninety, of Concord, Vt., and I'Mi/.ii J. Martin, axed seventy-two, of fltiuth Hookset, were married at tho bride's home. This is tho bride* groom's third marriage. , ? Cliild DieH of Ituhiea on Train* ' . Indianapolis. ? pau.l Wesley Coi j Hns. four years old. dUd of hydrp | phobia on n Ma; Four train. Tho child Was bitten by a dox at bis homo j In Delaware, Ohio, three weeks ago. CIIvc$ II hn Tragic Divorce. Wabash, Ind.? Joseph Bid well and hia wife, agajnst whom ho had filed auit for divorce, met at the home of a relative, nnd, falling to reach an agreement to withdraw the suit. Mrs. lildwell dranl; from n bottle Of carbolic ncid, threw herself in her husband's arms and died. . Jeffries 11 r nod in Clnririnntl. Cincinnati.? rMayor Calyln refused to grant a permit for champion Jim J. Jeffries and his "Congress of Ath letes" to give exhibitions Thanksgiv ing afternoon find evening at Central Turner Hall here. Tho Mayor gave no reaBon except "Wo dou'lflfant Jeffries here." Went Point Fflvors Football. Washington, D. C. ? West Point has no Intention of Inveighing a.galttst football. Superintendent Scott de clares in his annntl report that ho favors all sdrts of athletic sports at the Military Academy. ? * . '-T* Women Oppose Big Hats. Columbia/ S. C. ? Church women here have begun a war against, wear ing big hats In church. Resolution* denouncing the peach basket and other large designs are being passed In all the churches. Llrrd III llovcl j Left $02,000. San " Francieco.?When - the estate of Mrs, Sutanne Moore was probated a fortune appraised at $62,000, of which $32,000 was in ea?V. was dis covered, Mrs. Moore lived la a hovel and (or years was , a charge of tho Cathollo Benevolent Atsoolatloo. Since the fire of 1900 she received aid from the Red Cross Society. Two cousins in the East ate heirs to tho estate, BY CABLE. ' . ' ,i ? ? ?? Cabana Want AmericaaMouey. Havana. ? A petition has. hean re ceived by President Gomez f;om the Chamber of Commerce of the Prov incc of Orlento urging that American money be made the curvcncy atand* ard through the Republic. Italian Deputies Begin Work. Rome,? Tha Chamber of Deputlea hat reopened. Socialist Deputy Ca brlnl described the mining disaster at Cherry, 111,, ant urged the'. gov ernment to request the United Stales to better protect foreign workmen. P" . " '? A - "JV Japs Practice War Tact 1cm. j Tokio. ? The army manoeuvre* l were witnessed, b? the Bmperor and also by Field Marshal Lord Kitchen 1 er and the military attaches of ap | the embassies U. 8. Seeks PeruvUn Port. Santiago, Chll^r-^A&cor.dlng J1 dispatch received here. Jrom Lima, Peru, the United States "Government has offered to buy a Pacific port from Peru for a coaling station. Mrs, Roosev ol( at Crowrord I fame. Naples, Italy. ? Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and her daughter :SLtt|?lT mo tored to the village of Sant 'Asnello, ne%r Sorrente, where they plaited at the home of the late P. MarloiTCfaw- * ford. .Mrs. Roosevelt said that she -Would return here In the fcpriog to tneetColoaelRooseven. e&efonajta FrenduCl^f .?*:??' Parts. ?-Minister at. JttsHce thou confirmed the announrtfr made here that during the trial of