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VOUJMK XXI. CAMDEN, S. C.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 21. 1910. no. SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY below in given u brief summary of the doings of (he law-makers of the South Carolina General Assembly day by day : ? -1 TUESDAY? Jan. 11th. The Senate ? 'The Senate in very in 11 eh divided on the question of pro hibilion for the Slate, Four classen 011 the liquor question. 1. State-wide prohibitionists. 2. I .oca I optioni#t?. Standpatters. 4. Those with ojmmi viowu. It i s thouphr tliat the action taken last y^ar on the compromise bill may have effect on the coming vote. The season did not last long, the principal matter considered was the Governor 's message, which wan re ferred to the various committees, as is the custom. It was agreed to visit Winthrop College on the 10lli, this being Gen. Lee's birthday. Among the bills were: The State wide porhibition measure on the cal endar was indefinitely postpone*; Clifton's widow's pension measure went to third reading. The House ? Gov. Ansel's message was read and referred f> the various committees; organization completed; ugrt-cd to visit Winthrop College on Gen. I.ee's .birthday, the 19th. Tho lirst hill of,. the session passed was for the crention of Dillon county. ^ WEDNESDAY-Jan. 12th. The Senate- A poll of the mem I'Hh I , ?tVe , iv ? oon,plete block oil C r le^l8,otion Ml prohibition. Members consider the compromise - i . / n" 0,1,1 satisfactory to pro hibitionists,. though there is no tell awV^S-"8 Ul W,,at wi" Ul? ?P ; fi/ne ,o? ,urthpp legislation. ! , ?ot fho"f?l?t prohibitionist b will tL H a St"te-Wid" proposition. Clem? J0""" Members voted to 1,80 ,* Sl)n,,?s water for drinking .urposes in^ea<, of ro|um|)jft . s ? P'>. We ,1 to 2(5. An invitation was accepted to visit Clem son Co l lege on the 22nd. Cosgrove intro <lu e l a resolution on drainage of onsiilerable importance to South < aro ma, especially in the loner part " the Stale. The resolution on- ' ^?rt? Of Senator Smith !;1 r',!n">: ^'>(is:ics as regards the I . ??'dinsr drainage work. Kverv inClnlll'l' llil,v". f**OM (? f (\ wvi vlr i., . ,u 10 >vojk ii i o:irm?st ? T!."' !,iIIs ('ar.,.v< ti?o engross* ill part men I received 71. THURSDAY? Jan. 13th. The Senate? I. aneys bill to regu ? ?? > he running of automobiles was lulled; Sinkler. of Charleston intro u.ioed a lull to do away with trad ing stamps; Sullivan introduced a full to keep young men out of pool rP?U,S;'nak,n* " n fine of not less! i nan .7?-o or more than !f'll)U. or im- I ? prison merit for -not more than HO days. This refers to the keepers of pool rooms; the tax proposition was brought up by Senator Clifton, but is to he considered later. The House? Disposed of a number of second reading bills; M. L. Smith's bill to provide for the examination and registration of trained nurses and with the proposed committee amendments it went to third reading! without discussion. Cosgrove's bill to regulate bond and investment ! < ompanies, introduced bv request and drawn to protect stockholders and 1 investors, passed with no discussion, as did Drowning 's bill to requini certain corporations to file certain certificates. AV ado's bill amending the law relating to the railroad eom~ mission also passed. This bill places in the hands of I he commission the eontrel of all 'interurban railways operated by electricity over 10 miles in length us well as thos?? operated I bv steam. Riley's bill requiring the ownev of live stock under a lien to and providing ? penalty should the report not be made. Cosgrove's bill | to provide for the organization of mutual protective associations also passed The house also passed and sent lo f he senate a resolution from I). L. Smith providing that at a joint sessions on Jan. 25 all officers to eh filled by the general assembly he decided on. There are a number of vacancies on the circuit bench and with the penitentiary directors and college trustees it is probable that the elections will take two days. In addition to the names already pub lished the term of Judge Wilson ex pires in December, 1010. and this vacancy will have to be filled. FRIDAY ? Jan. 14th. The Senate- ? Sinkler 's. bill, provid ing for 'a Commission of Law Exam iners passed to third reading. The bill requires that all applicants for practice of law shall be made by pe tition to the supreme court, also to creato a State board of Jaw examin ers to consist of three members of the bar of at least ten years' standing, who shall hold office for three years. Supremo court lo appoint the mem bers; Audubon Society's bill for the protection of game, received favor able renort. The House? Agreed to fake up the calender in . systematic order; Ilieh n-d's bill to authorise the commission on the monument to the women of *tfie Confederacy and erect the stattie on the approaches to the capitol on ? South Main street should the com mission decide the way was favor*' ? ably reported; Whsley announced committee lo Soilfer with a similar committee of the Senate regarding tho erection of a Supreme Court bnilding. This committee will report back at the present ssesion; resolu tion to appoint two more pages was killed; resolution by Co thrall that the builders of l h?* bat t li'jiiiip "South Carolina" to send ilnj. vessel to Kouth Carolina waters before t he general assembly adjoarn, in order that the body might be present to present the silver servim*, by the State, was passed ; Cothrun's kinder* garten bill was hilled; MeKeithau 'h resolution ii h to iniinieipal indebted ness, incjudinK Darlington, was pass ed to third reading; Dick's bill for bidding neptoism in nployment of professors, in State colleges, went to third rending; Smith's i>i 1 1 to raise salaries of circuit judges from #.'1,000 to $4,000, failed to pass. Vote, f)5 to 40. House adjourned until Monday. SATURDAY? Jan. 16th. The Senate? Business was trans acted with no quorum, but [mint was not raised, Siukler's bill regulating the admission to practice of attor neys, solicitors ami counsellors, to provide for a board of examiners, passed third reading and was order ed sent to the house ; Croft's bill "to amend section .'180 of the civil code of procedure of the State of South Carolina, volume 2," passed third reading and was ordered sent to the house; Christenson 's bill to amend the act establishing an industrial school for boys passed the senate. The effect of the amendment is to keep the boys convicted, of any crime in the school until they are , An other feature of the amended bill is to place the expense of sending the boys to the reformatory on the conn ties from which they come; Carlisle's bill providing against the working in the cotton mills of any child under 18 years of age between the hours of 7 p. m. and (i a. m. passed second reading; Olts' bill to 'declare the un lawful sale, barter, storage and koep ing in possession of alcoholic liquors a common nuisance, was brought up but was passed over; Carlisle moved reconsideartion of the "South Caro lina" battleship resolution. It was hoped that the new warship could be finished and the silver service pre sented in South Carolina waters Feb. 10th, during the session of the gen eral assembly but it will not be ready; Senator Earle's bill "relat ing to State printing there was con siderable discussion but no action was taken; the bill to renew the char ter of Porter Military academy in Charleston, passed to third reading; Carlisle has introduced u bill that changes the law very much on the question of distress of rent. The measure cf Carlisle provides: "That from and after the ajy>roval of this a< t the riir!it of distress for rent shall be abolished except for premises leased for agricultural pur poses." There is aUo a repealing section of the mi. The 1 louse ? There was no session of the House. ::r.y; e v c, r.i:.\ n i \cs. President Tai't declared war on thft | Insurgents in Congress who oppose his policies. _ An Insurance company announced Its readiness to assume liability for ull risk to aviators. The British Parliament was <lis Folved a"d i new nn? A*as summoned to meet February If). Secretary DicViu?on, of the War Department. called on T'resident Gome/, in Ha van::. Cuba. T}v* New York Zooloe^eal Society stalled to raise n f'ind of 51,000,000 r,s a permanent endowment. ibito-s at the. International Au tn'^cMjo Sbow renortcd heavy retail and dealers' orders for new models. M". oulzer nfc-pd In the House, at "Washing on, n .loin' resolution to rec oenl7e E sir ad a as President of Nicar agua. The ?v?eninrr of the t?v boMc for showed tha^ Mrs. S. Ken- ' r pd v was New York C'itv'j richest woman. f.leuterT1 v:,"rst K. ShpnV^ton rnnoun^d that he bad decided to tv ??'???? cnother trip to the Antarctic vegions Co'-errc r Nop'. r>" Mi^'ssinn', has y-tr-.p.i p<. p -">"?? il m l io'uil a ''ill pro viding fov judicial nominations at primat ier. '"be r>-'3?',n,T'v movement held :? '?anpnicn in Manual tan to in terest business" m ~n III the project of world ovangellzat loo. "Aupulmen' eases pra becoming so frequent ,t v,ev resemble trial mar r'aires," said .Tus''cn Dovlln?, of New vork, gr~ntirr the application of a couple still under age. \la?*nr Oaynor, of N?w Vork, In ptrvetr>d his new Ta" Board to give <ttst'cA to ?>U i> making assessments, to find r?nl Tftlu^r. 'o avoid favorlt | Ism, ?o i?rnor" nolpin.? and to dismiss f any deputy doing wrong. The game of foofball ns played Iq reeefU years, with disastrous conse quences to funny players,, is not sport in the true and best sense of the term. It Is desirable, of course, ad mils tho Baltimore Sun, that the ycung men at our military and naval academics should have athletic train ing. It 13 gcod for them In every way when the; training Is scientific, wholesome, and In moderation. The ' same In true of all stud?nts in col leges and universities'. Physical ex ercise in the open air and in gymnasia urns has a distinct value. It makca for that most valuable /?f combina tions, the sound body and the sound ? mlm). But, -while It Ms a good thinj ! to develop the mus?les of our young athletes, to *!ve tbem physical atam ' Ina aad confidence In themselves, It ' Is not desirable In any point of view that their strength and endurance should bo employed In a ftami in which, as now played, every player's Ufa fa In Imminent Jeopardy. Make football * safe and humane sport, in tba beat sense of the word, or aboliab It This ta tbo judgment and dem*6d of enllshtenad public opinion. TAKT ON CONSERVATION Preside nt Sends Special Message to Congreit on Subject. KEFEKS TO LAND OFFICE HOW President T?ft Would Usu? Bonds to Deepen Mi??i??ippi V*lley Waterway*. Washington, D. C-? President Taft sont to congress another apodal mes sage, tii i a time dealing with tho con servation. of the nutlon's reaourcea. lio urg"S the continuation of the UooBevelt policies, and payri tribute to hla predecessor tor hia part in starting the movement. Baaing lua recommendations espe cially on those contalued In the rt. port of Secretary oT the Interior Uai linger and declaring th'A present laws luuuequaie, Mr. lull asaa prompt measures to save tiie nation .a. re sources. Ho recommends a bond is sue of 530, uuo uwo lor tfae reclamation Of arid lands, the bonds to run 14 years or more and the proceeds to bo applied to the completion ot the projects already taken up and tiielr extension. Hfcntals from \vater mt^a would, ho believes, aid in clearing the debt. To Safeguard Water Powori, lie also urges a careful survey ot the river improvement work, partic ularly regarumg the Mississippi, In the hope that it may be puoiioii still further eventually. The deepening oi the Ohio and the Missouri, now under wty, suould be pushed, he holds. The message also urges laws to safeguard the nations water power. Although the message Is of especial significance in regard to the long dit. pute between uncord PinChot, late chief forester, and Secretary Hallin ger, the president mentions that con troversy but briefly, declaring thai tlio results of the congressional in quiry into the case are not. needed to determine the value of tho ne\* legislation he urgea. Improvement of the Mississippi. One of tho principal recommuuda tioivu of t::e message ia the careful consideration of the Improvement ot tho Mississippi and the pusning oi the work if it is round~Justlhable. Referring to the present situation of tho puollc lands President Tail makes tnis startling statement: "The truth is tnat. tiue to millions of acres ov public lands was irauda- . lently obtr.imd and that the right tu recover a large part ol such lands to/ tho, government long since ce.tuo.l b> reason of statutes ot lunitatioi:;;.'' Later on, returning to tne mega: holding (u lands ngnttully tue na tion s and lticrring specuicaiiy, ai tuough without mention 01 names, to the lands involved 111 the lia. linger* Pine-hut d:.sp .to ? the Cunningnam AlasKa coal land claims ? he says: The Cunningham Coal Lends. "The invt fallacious into violation* of the puLlic land laws and trie prosecution, as uas been tne witi:* druwal ol coal lanes tor class ideation and valuation and tiie temporar> withholding of power sites. " The present ti-tutes, exccpt those that relate to purely agricultural lands or those containing precious metals, are, says u:e president, 'not adapted to cairy out the modern view of tho best uispositlon oi public lands to private ownership." Turning to tue nuw laws he be lieves necessary, ho declares that li is tho duty ot congress to validate the withdrawals w inch have been made by tne secretary of tho interioi and the president and to authorise the secrotary temporarily to with draw lanas pending submission to congress ot recommendations as to legislation to meet conditions oi emergencies as they arise. Should Classify Lands. "One of the most pressing needs ol public land rei'orm," he says, "Is that lands should be classified according to their principal value or use." It was on this point that tao Bal linger-Finchot row hung, as the for mer chief forester maintained that the government's conduct in tho lit igation over the Cunningham claims, was intended to thwart the United States from securing the full value of the Alaskan coal clatms, which tho claimants wished to secure at a nom inal valuo not based on tneir coal value strictly. The moans for accomplishing this end, holds the president, is Ihrougn tho Interior department and its branch, the geological survey. "Much of the contusion, fraud and contention which has existed in the past has arisen from lack of an otll cial aud determinative clasBltlcation, asserts the message. Conserve Phosphate Deposits. The proposal of the president to ?.) ply to Alaska, as well as to the Unit Ltt'S B1KTHUAY RaUliNIZ>l). Uovernmcnt Authorized Virginia Of fice to Cioce January 19. Washington, u. O.? Oiueiai rocog nltlon of the birthday of General Jjt. K. Leo is to bo given by the treas ury department. l'he anniversary ?. tho birth of the famous coniedorato soldier falls on January 19, and tn?? collector of customs at Newport News, Va., has Laen authorized to close his of ! <_<j on that clay tor ad long a time as public business win permit, 'i ne honor paid Gentrm L>ee h memory is an unusual one, hj rarely, if ever, it happens that n pub lic oitico is < ioaed ou tne octa&km ot the celuoratiou of birthdays of notoo Americana. ? - ^BAiblcU 5il WuMEM. ,,B?ron"Emil K.ri von Mueller Arrest ed on Cigamy Charge. IOw York City. ? "Baron" Emit Karl von Mneiier la declared, by the hbuoi...u#, wlo were nouhed of fau arrest it\ I>os Angeles, Cal., on a charge of bigamy, to nave practiced that crime en m wholesale acalo in many cities .tor the purpose of rob bing hie viotiu.a. Von uaa victim Izod no las* than fl'V >'uu.en during tne laat ten jreara. h<1 States, la that agricultural land* be disposed of uh such; coal, oil, us phaltum, natural gas and phosphatu properties being reserved. The sur face of audi lamia could be disposed of as agricultural, the mineral and other. sub surface rights being leased on a royalty basis, a speclllo amount j of work each year bftng demanded. Such lease* should provide ugalust the creation of an Illegal monopoly, under penalty of forfeiture. "The oxteut of too value of phos phate Is hardly realized," bays the message, declaring thai thts staple for fertilizers will undoubtedly besought by monopolists. This is of timely in terest In connection with the protest of the United States to (ieriuany re garding 'he latter s proposed law reg ulating the production or phosphates. ' Balking a Water Trust. Tho prevention of a water trust Is possible, says the message, Ly set ting the term of control ot water f;ltcs by private capita.1 at 30 years and providing In the leases l>? tne government against a monopoly. The presldont would havo renewal privi leges given, but declares that while the government retains control com petition must be retained ami prices lU-pt reasonable. "The Importance of tho mainte nance of our forestB cannot be exag gerated," Mr. Taft holds, pointing out that CbtJ national reserves comprise 19V.UUO.OOO acres. He urges sclent i tic care, to Increase the production of lumber, without reduelng me supply 011 the ground. Bonds to Deepen Ohio and Mississippi The president recommends tbip con tinuation of the Oi>io fiver deepening, which Is expected to cost $o3,00iv ULO. Tho president sta;os that the work can be done in ten years, and says that if necessary he will latex recommend bonds to carry 011 the pro ject. He also demands the continued improvement of tho Mississippi Irotu St. Paul to St. Louis, a six foot deptn, and of the Missouri from Kansas City <o St. Ix)uls to six feet, and from St. Louis to Cairo to eight leet. The depth may be increased if re sults warrant It, he says. In the rivers and harbors bill the president rec ommends provision for continuing the contracts tor Improvements. KHODE ISLAM BAUS bUNI) DEAL. Iiouse Unanimously Repeals the Aot Accepting North Carolina Bonds. Providence, R. I* ? In order that the statu of Rhode Island may escape em barrasing consequencos from tile act rusned through in the llnal hours of the last legislature, compelling the stato to accept more than a half mil lion dollars' wortu of bonds of tho iitalo of .North Carolina and to sue tne latter state for payment of tho coupons on these bonds, the house of representatives unanimously voted to repeal tho act. The house also unan imously adopted a resolution direct ing General '1 reasuror Walter A. Heed to return the bonds in question to tiie state of North Carolina bond holders of New York. Seminole tlildals iound Guilty. Columbia, 8. C. ? John Y. Garlington and J. Stobo YotUig. formerly presi dent anu secretary, respectively, of the Seminole Securities Company, wero found guilty of breach of trusl witu fraudulent intent, the fourth count In the indictment against thorn. The other four counts wero dismiss ed. A motion for a new trial was made. The charge 011 which Garling ton and Young wero co'hvlcted is that they fraudulently appropriated from tho Seminole Securities Company amounting to $55,596.70. 380 Dottles it Whiskey Eurned. Fayettevllle, Tenn. ? Three hundred and eighty bottles of whiskey have been burned on the public square here by members of tne Law and Order League. The liquor was sola at auction by the sheriff after It was captured in a raid on a soft drink stand. It cost the luaguo 15 cunu per bottle. . Koosevelt bags White Khinoceros. Butlaba, Uganda ? Colonel Roose velt has shot the white rhinoceros, which was one of the objects of his African hunting trips, according to adviccs received here, by runner. The former president got the white rhi noceros at Camp Khino, where the party now is. Storm Caused lireat damage. Washington, D. C. ? Dispatches from points in Hie Mississippi and Ohio vat leys tell of enormous damage don* by tbo rocent cold and heavy snow. Even with a thaw in sight, great ap prehension is feit In many cities along river banks. $5,617,200 tor Fortifications. Wathinpton, D. C ? The house pass ed the formication appropriation bill, carrying $5,617,20u. Almost half the amount is to be spent for iortiflca tlons in the Philippines and Hawaii. Madriz's Troops Keluse to Fight. Liluc.'iolds, Nicaragua. _ That the troops of Zelaya s heir, President Ma drix have reiuoed to five battle ,to the Estrada army under General Cha tr.orro at Acoyapa and are lu.reating toward Managua, was Indicated in a message from tho front. Spies de clare tlint Madrlz has Bottled up ail sources of now* on the Pacilic coast. King's Lngagtsinent Announced. Pari-, Franco. ? A special dispatch received hero from Lisbon quotes from nn authorized source, affirming that tho marriage of King Manuel of Portugal and Princess Victoria Patri cia, youngest daughter of the Duke of Connaught, will be uoleinalxed in May. Tfl Test Tennessee Prohibition Lav. Chattanooga, lenn. ? A teat of trie law which prohibits the manufacture of whlakey in Tennessee, is to be mad* here. 8her.'ff Conner summon ed the proprietors of the Deep Springs distillery to appear before the grand jury. J. W. Keily & Co. own the plant, which haa been In constant operation since the state wide law went Into effect, January 1. On the outoouie of the date prac tically dopenoa the potency of t U prohibition lawe of Teuueeae*. BOYCOTT DECLARED ON MEAT Cleveland Club Representing 7,* 000 Workmen Starts Protest. of Packers' Assertion That flic* Cilu(toii)' of Aniorl<'MI)v Make* Meat l^poitkhe-? Co-opera lion Asked. Clove'snd, Ohio. ? , l*o. ir hundred And sixty ami fore men of t w enty-aneo? tljo Ju\a hi m.in ufacturint? conreriw of Oils ** i i y have pledged them eivcii to a'.d In a .^"".eral boycott on meat fo- tblrtv <',n*'P. In addition to atcerin:.; to do without in ea I themselves, the superintendents and foreme n have ?:oni?aed to induce as many an possible of the 7000 em ploye* undef lb cm to d Isnem'.c with the food for the same period. With the employe* in the pact. tv^'oxi malelv "O.nno C!ovc!an<!c:'j v ill ab stain from meat. The ,jled<;M lM ff.'eelive a^ mt. The ant !- me at action was taken at >? meet ing of "to SuperlniendontR' n??d Fore men's Club, in which prnc?leallv every manufacturing plant of ih? cUy was represented. The idea of living the vegetarian life for a period orlgintlrd In the J.njoda of a few members of th<? club wlii In dli'Misrinj: hl?h priced food at dinner. Meat beins the most expensive portion nerved at dinner, the members decided no*. Ij cat meal. The pledge follows;. 1. We. as wa~e earner.*. r.r>' - v 1 1 1 - Inu; to assist bo.'h t h?? S'a'.e and .he municipalities in probing into the. high cost of living, parilenlarlv the corf of meat?, wh'eh is prohibitive. Tlils notation can best become effective by refrain! use front eating meat for a oeriod of thirty davs. If this does not bring the price of meat within the mer.m of poor neople, then we wi'l refrain from eat ing m r n t for sixty dayt>. 4. We, citizens, do hereby fsk our representative ie cach councilmanic district and the legislative bodies to keep this epilation uppermost in their minds and actions until the result manifests Itself. r?. We ask the eo-operat'on of nil persons who are interested in fair play and the future of our otherwise prosperous country. ?5. This re!f-d< r.ial to take effect at once. The rl-rncrs of Ihep'edge point out that while most Americans eat meat ct least orce a day, and often three times a day, '?nor peonle o<* other countries ennnder meat a luxury, while the well-to-do a~o content to cat meat o*:ce a day at the uvrf . "Information from medical author ities tends to ve that the American workman er.v, too much meat." rn!d F. W. Rebcli", a member of the Su perintendents' u'i'1 Foremen* Club "Furthermore, *ihe m epjr pae'rer:? themselves say the nrice of per.: 's caused b" the g'rU T'ons ca'ir*; #> f meat, and if the demand wcr ? l^sa Lho pr.'e> would drop. '??By refraining from caviar: meat for e mo tub or sixty days <ho factory employes of A merle would so lessen the demand that the truth of the packers' statements nn!<> be tested. Fly living for a "er!od withovt meat 1 1^ workman will al.-o prove to him self that meat three time* a day is a luxury." WOMAN' DEAI), 10 PKI1SOXS IIl'IIT Ilend-On Collision Dctwccrj Passenger Trains Occurs in Iowa. Cedar Ra??lds. low?. ? Mrr. T ou'.s Zes. of Cleveland, was killed, and ton other uemns were in?u**3d; on? prob ably fatally. in a hea^-ou collision be tween ??>*,3sen??er trains on the ChU cagn, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail road a. l*"?lon?. Iowa. The west bound Overlap'' limited and en casi boand fast train were ordered to pass at IIev?tone. A freight vrr.'r. coupled the east end of the Eldir.fr, and ihe eastbound train ran past tha nta.ion to ', ack onto *he o,.hcr en-1 of vth? Fide track. The Overic^d Limited, running twen y five miles an hour, crashed into the other t-a'.n as v,7i abou* to enter ton sldinr. Both locomotives were redt:c?d <0 scrap, red "t0.'.l. b"^pac;T and chair cars of the t^mit?d were wraeke-l. The ermine e^ews escansi death by 'uinnlnjr. Ralph \i orrow. a b^'emac, r.r.3 Injure-, probably faTllly. MAN DEAD, TO OTHKRS IltTT. Fast Illinois Cfnlrnl Trnin Kuns Into Freight on a Curve. PlnckneyvUle, Ti'. ? Cr.rl Kitchen, fireman or the pa?.??nge.- t:air. was killed, r n <1 ten persons \.,n:ri iuj'vrd in a collision between an Illinois ' tral pas-senger train from Mmv/.i '.a and- a freight train on a curve. Among th? Sn.iursd, al? o' whom probably will recover. arc \V. M. Van I. oar, of No? 24 1 Chss.na;. strc2t, Philadelphia, r.seU t.wiRted imuI In ternal Injuries; T. Fe'har, No. 010 St. Clair avenue, N, W., Cleveland, Ohio, back nnd neck in.lurrd. and C. Rinnldo. Co'r.mbur, Ch!o, ncck and Y/rist twi?ied. . Mls3 _ H. McK -n-le. of T.-'lu, r^Rfl., bur tor* Hi brr fkirts rnd bandaged several wcuuds of other jiasssngorj. Turkey Si:o? T'or 'Million?'. The Porte "ins saej to recover from /lie Deutsche I'an'.: at Eerlln. Ger many. the millions deposited there by Abdul Hair.id, rorraerly Suliaa of Turkey, Rita$ui r.cjccts Knox Plan. Russia Ccc'.ded to reject Knox'i j />lnn for Manchuria's rr.ilr/cys. l!umr<i to Death *?y I<ive Wire. Frank KroTcs, tTreaty-two yenrx" aid, f?U upt?j a live electric caWs In tho plant of iaa hallway and Light Coa>?>aj.v. Y.,-r.W'.eh IcnUo! frij clottlns;, utd Lo v.r.3 bv.rasi to uar.th. Jutl?e'* Wi.V Die* luoni IV.la^rrw Pellagra cauitd. tha <?ath or Jdra Thon.a.s ileoer, flfty-aU; ytiw old, wife of judK-i *l#o *??,?? Natcu?, Mlir &?? di?d 1* * catti&riau a* tor un ilineaa of uvea we?k?. v _ v." ^ i < ; r W ri* -X - ? J GOVERNMENT TO WlfE I OUI NIGHT RIDING Tresidcnt Determined to Restore Hoace to the Tobacco Celt. FARMERS WERE TERRORIZED t'Y<lrrnl Set is N?*crr( ly Sttrrnct n?<l r.inU-y TruM Will llf I'rohi'ctilfd ? ? v Itl ??lift* Colli'i'U'tl of lirwtMl Night Cincinnati. Ohio.. ? - President Tuft Is determined t )\u t law and order shall bi? restored In the barley belt of Ken tucky, where murderous bands of Night Riders have been terrorizing inhabitants for year?, * destroying fanning properiv, laying waste acres of tobacco land and Inflicting dire punishment on numerous tobacco grower# who declined to enter the farmers' poo). namely, the liurlcy Tobacco Soclcty, The evidence which has been gath ered by secret lnvc?: Igatlon ordered bv Attorney-General Wlckersham shows that men have boon killed, women and children shot at, many have become maniacs and hundreds of natives of the Blue fir ass State, unable to And umlectbm In tho homo land?, have ll"d to Ohio, Indiana nnd Missouri t'? escape tho vengeance of the Night Hliler?. For mouths the lowlands of Ken tucky, Ohio and Indiana, so long tho scene of night rlderisro, have been scoured bv. special v tents from tho Bureau of Investigation of the De par I mcnt of .1 est ice, collecting data, which ii tujucst ionabl v will be vised soon against the Bnrlcy Tobacco So clety. ai>:o called tfre Fanners' Trust. The gathering of Information bus been In charge of Special Agent Harry W. Ilor.glrnd, aided by a Feore of other Boeclal agents of the Govern ment. So r.eerftlve have been the op erations of Mr. lloagland and his men that despite the fact that their work was started nearly throe months aero It was only a few days ago that their presence became known. The Government is now prepared to waste a relentless war against the Farmers' Trust. The object Is not to prosecute the farmer, but to safe guard to aM th? personal liberty giv en by tho Constitution. In addition the Government will expos? nnd shatter tin* propaganda of "one buyer" r. ?h1 "one seller," which has Jong cone hand in hand with the Night Rider terrorism. Hundreds of witnesses have been e::r?nilned in se cret and proceeding v/l 1 1 be brought In the Federal court 3 of cr.o of the State* in ten rtc ri. It is reoorted li"'e tiiM t'i" first move will be a bill In eniitv demand ing -the dissolution of 'he hurley to bacco concern as a violation nf the Siiermun Anti-Trust law a ltd tlio In terstate Commerce act. Night Killers Order Fish Docks Va eated. Union Cit'\ Tenn. ? The Re^lfoot T.ake Night Riders' organization has again become restless, nnnarentlv emboldened by the recent failure of a lury to render a verdict r.^ainst tlio alleged leaders of tho band. According to teleohonlc rrx'sarcs rpeelved here from the Obion County side of the lake, notices* hove been posted 0:1 fish docks that they roust be vacated In six day?. Tearusier* hauling fish to this city from the docks have been warned that, they must leave the "ountry within fifteen days. The notices have occasioned considerable uneasiness in tho lake country. GRASTY GKTS BALTIMORE SUN. Man WJ10 Sold Baltimore News to Munsey Buys Abell's Paper. Baltimore, Md.- ? Charles H. Gre^ ty. formerly proprietor of the Balti more News, closed negotiations for the purchase -of the Baltimore Sun from the Abell estate. The Sun has been the proportv of the Abell family for three genera tions, and is one of the most valu?b!?> newspaper properties in tho United States. It was established contempo rnneonfly with the Public Ledger, of Philadelphia, bv its founder, the late Arnnnh S. Abr II. Two years ago the Baltimore News was bought by Frank A. Munsey, who retained Mr. Grast.v as general mana ger of all of his newspapers. i'ALK niAin to 110x01; laffax. J. I*. Morgan Founds Professorship in Memory of (lie l.nte Ktlilor. Now Ilavrn, Conn. ? A Rift of SI 00. 000 from J. IMerpont Morgan for the establi.ihmr nt of the William M. Laff an nrofe&sorship of Assyrio losy and IJabylonian literature nt Yale University was rccrivod by the Yale corporation at Its last meeting and accepted. The Rift Is a memorial to Mr. Laffan. editor of the New York Sun, who died recently. The sum is in the shape of a f"nd invested in seven per cent, securities and the surplus after naylng the pro fessorship charges will be uoed for the purchase of Archaeological and other illustrative material. American Drowned In Fran**. Henry, the sor of Raymond Moul Ion, the American Conpular Agent, was drowned off shore, when his boat was capsized iu a equal!, at Caint Malo, France. Self* Opium Worth $10,000. More than $10,000 worth of op'.uri />as been aelted on the Paoifle Coast within the last ten days. Oolum val* ued at 14000 was seized at San Fran cisco. Cal., by customs inspector* on the Pacific Mall liner Siberia, vrlilcll arrived from tho Orient. jj, ; Jgifh .and Poor at 1' n nW nt. xi . Leading flnrn^SerH ntiOnonr **rN ffotel lol^erg tlik* AtterM? thp *t?r eral of Dariui O. MUl* la New York XXtji - * -??>- " ^ |ty- ^ f ;? Jf NURSE CHOKED TO DEATH Coachman, Found With His Throat Cut Afterward, is Arrested. M tinier In the Country Homo of 1 iii riM'M Coinplon-? Police llrlleve lu J u ecu! Man Am*?uUc<1 the <?irl. .* I'oughkeepsle, N. Y.-*~8arnh O. Drey in or, twenty-sli years old, a gov* i' I'll obj, was bound, attacked and strangled to death In bod In her room iri the slimmer home of Mr. and Mrs. Jinnies Compton. at Mlllbrook, Dut ches* County, who wore absent In Now York City. The murder wai commuted- within a fow feet of Polly, a little three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mra. Compton, who' was bleeping on a oot In the same room. The murder was done so quietly the child did not uwukon. When Frank Schermerhorn, a mar ried uian, who 1m coaohman at the Compton place, learned next after noon 1 1) ut suspicion was directed against him, he went to hip bodroom in the coachman's house, wrote a note to his wife, in which ho asserted his innocence of the crime, darkeued tha room, crawled under the bed and cut his throat with a razor. He wa? found under the bed by Chief of Po lice Charles J. McCabe. The chief went to the coachman's house to get the man and question him further. When ho entered the darkened room lie heard tho trickling of blood, which was flowing from Schermerborn's throat. He spoke, and from beneath the bed camo this gurgling query: "Is that, you, chief?- . ... ? ?_ ? ~ "Yob, Frank; and you'd better conie out, hedause 1 want you," Mc Cabe replied. "I'm- not guilty," Pchormerhorn. sa'.d as he crawled out with great ef fort, "but 1 would rather dlo than go to Jail." Chief McCabe summoned a physi cian hastily, In an effort to Bave the coachman's life. After tho gash In his throat had been dressed,- Scher merhorn was rushed to Vassar Hos pital, this city. Although he is so wo?ik from the Iobs of blood he could scarcely talk, he made a desperate effort to divert suspicion from him self to Shtlro Chashi, the Japanese butler In tho Compton household. v | "The Jap did It," he Bald. "I stood i under a window o.' the house and saw | him kill her." The police take no stock in that statement, however, and no suspicion | hi f< It against tho butler. The body of the nurse wan discor j ered by servants who bad been i aroused by the intruder*. An exam i inatlo'n of the house bore ovldenoo of Its having hern ransacked by buf i although nothing of great value ' whs mlssinc. Kchermerhorn had been about the " i pin all day, glibly going over the incidents attending the finding of tho ! nurse's body after the frightened ser i vnnts had rung n hell to his house j asking for asslstanca. KWOPE MUIWKR Pf/>T. Alleged Scheme to Kill Eight With Typhoid Germs. v 7k.'' Kansas City, Mo. ? Relative* of Thomas H. Swope, a multi-millionaire philanthropist, and his nephew. Chrlstman Swope, placed the investi gation into their death which le al ready well under way, in tho hande of a local law firm. The assertion to in ado that Thomns Swope and , hta nephew were poisoned, and that the author of the crime also Inoculated . the entire Swope family of eight per sons with typhoid germs in an effort to exterminate them. Shortly before Chrlstman Swopo's death, the man to whom suspicion points visited the of fice of a bacteriologist here and pro cured typhoid cultures, it is said. It developed that Swopo's body was taken from a vault in Forest Hill Cemetery and submitted to a medical examination. Attorneys representing the Swope estate say they are con vinced a deep laid plot existed to kilt first Colonel Swopo and then other members of his family. A person who hoped to become sole beneficiary of the Rwope millions plotted th$ deaths, they assert. IIICH, DIKS AMII) flQUALOIt, Miner Who Had 9210,000 I?Id BH Own WbsIiIiir nnd Hair Cutting. St. Paul, Minn. ? In n wretched room for which he paid ten dollars a month rent. hlB clc thing worn thread bare and darned and "patched, J. C. Lounsberry, an aged man, was found dead. "Just u beggar," the Coroner WHS told. Rummaging through the old ntn'i trunk the Coroner found deeds to property nnd securities valued at ap proximntely $250,000. He found also that Lounsberry had for his creditors soma of the largest business bouses in the Twin C(ties and that possibly $30,000 was due him Ott notes. The old mar, so It was learned from hl8 papers, came West from 0?* I wego, N. Y., about twelve years ago. Since that time his uncle, Horace Lounsberry, left him $30,000. Hla only living relative, so far as te known, Is a sister, who if In the in* sane asylum at Blnghamton, N. T. "Hecdves lludson-l'ulton Medal. Emperor William received the lludson-Fulton medal and aceompa nying letter from the commission, af? ter which he decorated General Wood ford. who presented the medal la Berlin. , - . Sperm Oil Dearer. *'7 ^ Sperm oil sold at New Bedford* Mass^ for better than slxty-fonr cents ^ a gallon, or considerably above tha price that has prevailed heretofore, a which has been in the neighborhood of fifty ?eight cents. 2 ,% Short Canadian 1??1