The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 11, 1910, Image 1
VOLUME XXI. ' ? CAMDEN, 8.O., FRIDAY, MAKCII II. 1910. NO.?.
Latest News.
by wire.
A Suicide Over High Prices.
Springfield, Musk.?An Income once
ample for the needu of his family wai
insufficient to make ends meet under
the rising scale of values, bo Charley
L. Bliss, elxty-one, In helpless des
pondency, hangfed himself.
Motor Boat For England.
Newport.?The swiftest motor boat
In Newport Harbor, the Viking, Is
being cased for Hhipment to London
by order of the owner, Alfred 0, Van
derbllt.
Ohio Graft Witness a Suicide.
Tiffin, Ohio.?-Walter Dagen, fifty
years old, who was expected to be
the chl^f witness for the State In thG
prosecution of former County Com
missioners Indicted hero recently ?for
alleged grafting, committed suicide.
Oklahoma For Income Tax.
Guthrie, Okla.?Both houses of the
Oklahoma Legislature ratified the in
come tax amendment to the Federal
Constitution.
Chicago Students Start Aero Club.
Chicago.?Ah a result of an lnvlta?
Hon from the Aero Club of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania to send dele
gates to ihe Collegiate Aeroplane
Convention In Juno, steps were taken
at the University of Chicago to or
ganize an aero club.
Divorce From Cruel Wife.
Denver.?Alleging that Ills wife
hurled a picture in his face while
there was a house parly in their
Saranac Lake, N. Y., home, In August,
1 904, the display of temper causing
him much humiliation and mental
anguish. John M. Rogers, Jr., has
brought suit-for divorce here from
Fanny L. Rogers, who is in Pennsyl
vania with their three children.
Submarine Signal Hells.
Washington, D. C. ? Submarine bell
signals to warn vessels from danger
ous points during th# prevalence of
fog will ba established under the
supervision and direction of tho
Lighthcuse Board along the coEt lino
of the United States and in the waters
of the Great Lakes.
Professor Jordan's Hetiremont.
San Francisco. ? It was announced
n'. Stanford University that President
David Starr Jordan would retire b1x
years hence, or as soon as ho becomes
by ag2 cllgibilo (or tha Carnegie
grant.
Racing Expert Dead.
Chicago.?Percy Taylor, P. promi
nent racing man, di3d at his farm at
.Fox River, near Elgin. III., aged fifty
nine. He was born in England anJ
wrote for magazines on hOrse bree4?
lag and agricultural subjects.
Eva Tangtiay Wields Hatpin.
Louisville. ? Eva Tanguay, the
actress, in police court, was fined 540
and costs on the complaint of Clar
encs Hess, a stage hand at a local
theatre, who alleged that MIsb Tan
guay had jabbed him with a hatpin.
Ohio White Slave Bill. \
Columbus, Ohio.?The House ot
Representatives passed tho Geleerd
white slave bill, which provides pen
alties ranging from one year in the
penitentiary and $1000 fine, to
twelve years in the penitentiary and
55000 fine.
Powder Explosion Cost 33 Lives,
Juneau, Alaska, ?r Thlrty-thre?
miners were killed by a powder maga
zine explosion in tbo Mexican shaft
of tho Treadwell gold mines, Twen
ty-three bodies were taken out as the
total dead soon after the explosion,
but eight others weri found in a later
search and two men flled In a hos
pital.
BY CABLE.
Hlg Game Hunter Sail*.
Southampton.?flames Rlcalton, of
South Orange, N. J., a naturalist, was
a passenger on the steamer St. Louis,
?which sailed for New York City. He
la returning with many big game tro
phies, which he collected in Central
Africa in the past year.
Llmsn is Disquieted.
Pekin.?Dispatches from Tibet dig.
prove the' Government assurance of
tranquillity in that country following;
the invasion by the Chinese troops.
..Telegrams from Lhasa say that ru
mors circulated in the capital since
the flight of the Dalai Lama have dis
turbed the people.
Count Seckeiulorflf Dead.
Berlin.?Count Qoetz von Secken?
dorff, former Court Marshal, died
here. He officiated as Qraud Master
of the court to the late Dowager Em
press Frederick and for many* years
occupied a prominent position In so
ciety. He was Instrumental In ar
ranging the great English art exposi
tion held in Berlin two years ago.
Will Restore Peace.
Paris. ? Fifty Republican guard*
?nd ten sub-officers were dispatched
by the French Qoverhment from St.
Mazalre to Guadeloupe. They will be
used in restoring the peace that has
been disturbed by the strike of sugar
cane cuttsrs. ?????.--? ?___ _?
Mrs. Grover Cleveland In Paris.
Paris.?Mrs. Grover Cleveland ar?
rived in Paris as a guest fit the home
of Professor and Mrs. Mark Baldwlp.
Morgan Arrives la Rome, .
Rome. ? J. P. Morgan, the New
Tork financier, arrived here from X*
menta !he Grand HoMl.
French miction la AftU. fc
Paris.?The Cablns*-?lecJdad opoi
April 24 as the data tor the not elec
tion of (ks Chamber of Deputies.
ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
Stops to Have Fortune Used For
Benefit of Mankind.
Incorporation Hill Introduce! in Hon.
ate at Washington?'To IW Kii
doucd by J. I>. RockefHler.
Washington, D, C.?-Steps wore
taken to incorporate the "Rockefeller
Foundation" in the District oi CoVum?
bia. A bill (or thin purpose was In
troduced by Senator Galllnger, of
New Hampshire, and was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary, The
purpose of the foundation 1? to pro*
vide for a geheral organization to
conduct philanthropic work ulong all
lines. It Is understood that the foun
dation -will be endowed largely by
John D. Rockefeller, and that ho
takes this means to dispose of a large
part of blB enormous wealth.
The incorporators named In the
bill are John D. Rockefeller, John J).
Rockefeller, Jr., Fred T. Gates, Starr
J. Murphy and Charles O. Heydt.
The Rockefeller Foundation, ac
cording to tho bill, is organized to
promote the well being and advance
the civilization of the people of tho
United States and its possessions in
foreign lands, and for the acquisition
and dissemination of knowledge; for
the prevention and relief of suffering,
aiiu ihe promotion of any and all of
the elements of human knowledge.
It was stated by Senator Galllnger
that Mr. Rockefeller already had
given away $52,000,000 through the !
General Educational Hoard and his
gifts altogether are estimated at
$119,304,000, and that he was seek
ing a method of disposing of his for- j
tune that would benefit mankind. '
The foundation is organized on lines
similar to the Carnegio Foundation
for the advancement of teaching. As
in the case of the latter Institution,
the Rockefeller Foundation will bo
authorized to receive and dispense
Gifts of money other than those ob-,
tainel from the original endowments,'
the amount of which has not been
fixed, - i
The fortune of John D. Rockefeller
has been variously estimated at from
$200,000,000 to $1,000,000,000. In
1907 Frederick T. Gates, commonly
known as "John D. Rockefeller's
almoner,',' made the statement that'
the fortune would be found to be, on
the financier's death, between $250,-.
000,000 and $300,000,000 " _ I
"There have been amusing mis
statements about Mr. Rockefeller',s
fortune," said Mr. Gates recently.
"For several years Senator Hoar in
the United States Senate credited him
with a fortune of a thousand millions,1
and recently statements have been j
published throughout tho country i
that he has a yearly income of $100,
000,000. Mr. Rockefeller himself <
has authorized the statement that his i
fortune cannot exceed $300,000,000, 1
and his Income in his most prosperous
y$ar has not been more than $20,
000,000. The public generally is un
der the impression that he owns a
majority of the Standard Oil,, stock. ?
As a mater of fact, his holdings of
Standard Oil stock are 'kbout twenty
per cent." t
On the other hand, only the year 1
before, Henry H. Rogers was quoted
as saying: j
"I know for a fact that Mr. Rocke- j
feller's Income this yeai will be sixty '
millions." John D. Archbdld, who j
was In the room when this statement
was made, is reported to have agreed '
with the estimate. At that rate It i
was computed at tho time that Mr, I
Rockefeller made more than $150,r I
000 a day, or about $7000 an hour. I
FIVE DROWN IN WASHINGTON.
Mountain Floods Swept Every River
Valley la the Northwest,
Seattle, Wash. ? Mountain floods
?wept every river valley In the North
west and railroads were helpless to
fiove traffic. Bridges were gone,
rackage was washed out, and defiles
were filled by avalanches.
Many river town were Inundated
and a large number of people In va
rious places were temporarily home
less. Five .^persons have been
drowned.
The flood water came from the
melting of vast quantities of snow in
the Cascade Mountains by a warm
sea breere.
Centralla, Wash., was Inundated,
rftfe country between Centralla and
Chehalis was covered by a sheet of
water.
All tributaries of the Snake River
In Idaho were torrents,and the Snake
River was higher than ever before.
Railroad traffic In Idaho was at a
standstill. The passengers of six
transcontinental trains were ma
rooned at various points along the
Oregon Short Line, Large section?
of tfrack have been washed out.
nOOT FAVORS INCOME TAX.
Sends Letter to New York Assembly
Denying Hughes' Arguments.
Albany, N. Y. ? Senator Elfliu
Root's letter favoring the Income tax
amendment was read to tho State
Senate and Assembly. Tn it he denies
the soundness of the arguments ad
vanced by Governor Hughes against
the proposition and urges ratification
by the Legislature as a patriotic duty.
Schwab Predicts Steel Output.
Charles M. Schwab predicted that
by 1920 this country would be able to
produce 40,000,000 tons of steel
yearly.
~i ~ ~^ . -ns
$80,000,000 FOB IRRIGATION.
' Senate Fsww A**ltt*<alng Loans
to That Amount.
Washington, D- C. ? After T>rlet
general discussion the Senate passed
the bUl authorising the Issuance of
ts0,000,ftfcft worth of certificates of
! Indebtedness for the completion of
the Irrigation projects of the Govern
ment gtrearfy under way.
Ifee hill Is Intended to supply sufll
tient moaejr to finish these wodu.
IHREE MUMS SHOT
Two Members of North Carolina
Legislature Attacked.
Fired Because His Lettel
WHO Not Answered?llwlhei' of
CJov. KlUliln One of Womidvil,
Scotland Neck, N. C. Slat? Sena*
lor E. L. Travis and Representative
A..P. Kitchin, brother of Governor
W. W. KttchUi and of CouKioaaman
Claude Kltcbin, of the Second North
Carolina District, and Deputy Sheriff
0. W. Dunn, nil of llalifat Couuty,
were shot down o'i the main street of
the town by K. K. Powell, a merchant.
'Travis and Kltcbin were seriously
wounded and Dunn was expected to
die. ___ *
Powell met the tjuee men as they
were walking along the street togeth
er.' He approached Senator Travis
and asked him hid reason for n&t Re
plying to a letter fie had written fo
him. Representative Kitchin, think
ing that Powell was out or humor,
placed his hand on Powell's shoulder
aud tried to placate him. Powell
drew a pistol, shot Kitchin, and In
quick succession tired on Travis and
Dunn. All three fell to the ground
The shooting occurred in the busi
ness of the centre of the town and
threw the plnco Into a fever of ex
citement. A number of men rushed
to the aid of the wounded. Several
attempted to stop Powell, but he
forced them back at the point of u
pistol.
After the shooting Powell walked
to his store and got a shotgun nnd
ammunition. Then he went to his
home, saying he would shoot any one
who attempted to arrest him,
The Mayor of tho village stationed
guards around the house and notllled
the Sheriff, who lived seven miles
from the town, of the shooting. Tho
Sheriff arrived on the scene and Pow
ell announced that he had decided to
surrender. He did so and was imme
diately taken to the county Jail.
The bullet, which struck Kitchin
at close range, entered the face below
the eye. It was taken out below the
ear by surgeons. Tho ball which
wounded Travis knocked out several
tetrth and spilt his tongue. Dunn was
hit below the left shoulder blade, the
bullet ranging upward.
The naturae of the letter over which
tho shooting occurred was- not
learned. Powell refused to talk.
Travis and Kitchin are among the
most prominent people of the State.
Powell is a wealthy land owner nnd
merchant. Congressman Kitchin and
Governor Kitchin hurried "to their
brother's side.
PHILADELPHIA STHlKKIi SHOT.
Leaders ("nil For h Strike of All Ln?
bor Organizations.
Philadelphia, Pa.?A call for a
general strike upon the_paxL of all
organized labor in Philadelphia took
effect at midnight. The order was
prepared In formal shape, following
the failure of the final attempt to arbi
trate the differenceB between the
Philadelphia Traction Company and
Its striking carmen.
William Drexlcr, forty-two years
old. was fatally injured by a police
man who shot at a crowd that had
congregated in Frankford avenue. In
the northeast section of the city. Sev
eral cars had been stoned by the
crowd along this street, and the police
guarding thein fired a volley In tha
air. Ono of the bullets, however,
struck Drexler in the stomach.
Crowds also attacked caiB In the
down-town and northwestern sectlout
pf the city.
Over 100,000 arc involved In the
movement,
STOCK BROKER MUST PAY.
Verdict of $17,515 For Philadelphia
Woiuan Who Took a "Tip."
New York City.?The suit of Mrs.
Emma D. Andrews against Alfred
W. Chandler, a stock broker, which
has been going on for a week In the
United States Circuit Court, ended in
a verdict for $17,515 in her favor.
Mrs. Andrews, who is the wife of
Dr. Thomas Hollingaworth Andrews,
of Philadelphia, sued Chandler for
5S0.000 she elalmcd to have lost
through investments made on Chan
.dler's advice.
After the verdict Robe/t Coleman,
Jaror No. C, told Judge Hazel that
whilo he concurred In the finding he
desired publicly to criticise one of his
associates. This Judge Hazel refused
to permit. '
It is understood that Coleman de
sired to say that his fallow-juryman
ivas a Block broker and had failed
to make known that fact..
LYNCHERS SK1ZK VICTIM.
Hurl Negro From Window of Court
Room in Dallas, Texas.
Dallas, Texas.?A mob, led by an
old negro, burst Into the court room,
In which Allen Brooks, an aged negro,
charged with criminally assaulting a
I two-year-old white child, was about to
be sentehced. Brooks was seized and
tossed through a second-story win
dow, breaking his neck. His body
was dragged through the streets by
men, who hanged it In an arch, high
above the heads M the crowd.
With it all, hardly a word was spo
ken, not a shot was flred. Above the
doll -murmuring* of the mob could be
heard the aged negro's trembling
prayers for mercy. After Brooks was
banged Dallas for nearly three hours
was to the hands of the rioters.
' "Bit of OnJc Sod" Shipped.
A hit of Ireland, In the shape ot
two cratea of sod for President Taft
to stand upon when he delivers his
8t. Patrick's Day speech at Chicago.
WM shipped on the steamer St. Louis,
which sailed from ^QUIiAJtown for
New York City.
Motlier and Daughter Convicted.
Violet Charles worth and her moth* |
tr were-seat to prison In London for ,
Ave ytrrs for frr.ud and pretending ;
feat the former waa an heiress. 1
THE VEHICLE OF JUSTICE.
-Cartoon by Macaulcy, in tho Now York World.
NEW PITTSBURG GERM A PUZZLER.
Camps Out in Large Numbers on Filter Beds?Looks Like
Gas Pipe?Has Many Legs and No Head, But is
Possessed of a Large Appetite.
all at sea. They do not know what
the germ is, ami havo discovered no
way to deal with It. Pending further
enlightenment from one of the many
eminent scientists who are at work
trying to classify the germ, it to
known here an the Aspiinvall what
is-it ? '
It . was by accident the presence of
the new germ in the/Pittsburg water
was discovered. Analysis hnd re
vealed so many different sortB of
germs that it was thought the supply
was exhausted. Therefore, when the
germ resembling a cross between a
section of gas pipe and a centipede
wag revealed, it could not pass un
noticed, particularly when it was dis
covered it was eating other germs,
although It seemingly had no mouth,
Dr. C. B. Drake, superintendent of
the filtration beds, and W. U. C. Ba
ton, the city chemist, worked ener
getically to .ascertain the identity of
the new germs. They are wholly un
communicative. Samples of the
germs were taken to K. E. Lampher,
acting superintendent of the Water
Bureau. He put them in bottles and
sent them to Professor Mason, of the
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute In
Troy, N. Y. Other scientists of na
tional or international reputation
also received samples.
The reports roceived were far from
satisfactory. The bacteriologists say
they never had seen anything liko it,
and that. It Is an entirely new germ,
and that they have no Idea what its
disease-producing specialty Is. Sam
ples of the germ may be sent to
scientific centres in Europe in the
hope" the mystery will be fathomed.
PlUsburg.?The sand beds in the
Aspinwall nitration plant here are
clogged so by microbes, which look
like sections of gaspipe equipped with
legs', that the water cannot get
through the sand, and there is dan
ger of a water faniiiTcTTrmr microbe
basis. One of the peculiar featnres
of this newly discovered germ that is
puzzling bacteriologists not only here
b.ut in other citics, is that it seeming
ly has no head. Neither has it a tail
to wag. It is equipped, however,
with many flexible legs and seems to
know whff! it is doing all the time.
Opinion is expressed here that the
germs originated in the mining re
gions near Blalrsville, thirty miles
Ironi the filtration b^ds, and immedi
ately proceeded to swim down stream
to inspect the Pittsburg water cystem.
They liked the filtration beds so well
that they decided to camp out there,
until now there Is a layer of multi
legged gasplpe germs on the sand
bads that In so thick that llttl^water
can ?et through the sand and into the
mains.
The situation has become bo bad
the city officials are much worried.
Their worrlment is increased by the
fact that no one seems to know
whether it is a malignant or a harm
less germ. The fact remains, how
ever, that the city water is so full of
flexible legs that it .tickles the throats
of those who drink it, Another dis
quieting feature is that boiling the
water does not kill the germ. H
wiggles Its flexible legs a little faster
and gets red in the body, but does not
die as a result of the boiling process.
The Water Department officials are
LADY LAliRIER SCOItNS OUR IDEALS AS UNDEMOCRATIC
Says Americans Arc Far More Eager For Prerogatives Than
Europeans?Contempt For Suffragettes?Indecent, Unheard
of and Unwomanly to Compete With Men, She Says.
Rt. Louis.?"Democratic ideals in
the social,life of America?" Ah she
Bald It the plump placidity of Lady
Laurler's face was disturbed by a
llttl# upward wrinkle and her ainplo
shoulders described a circle, s&ggest
Ing Incredulous amusement. She was
answering the question as to how
she, the possessor of a title, with cer
tain royalistic affiliations and pre
destined preferences, harmonised her
situation of being the wife of a Can
adian Premier, an elective officer on
American soli. Surely, the social
contrarities of such a position c lied
for the play of a diplomat of the
highest quality.
"Royal prerogatives as against
democratic ideas, did you say?" she
reiterated with rising inflection, lev
eling her lorgnette with accuracy.,
"Democratic Ideals, well, I haven't
observed anything democratic in the
social Ideals of America. I don't
say that It isn't .mixed enough.
Americans display a far greater eag
erness for royal prerogatives than do
Europeans.
"Titles are of far greater value
on this side than in Europe. Ameri
cans pay unqualified homage to roy
alty, while In Europe their value is
disproportionate to their station.
Americans seem to need the .title
and Europeans the money. I do not
Relieve in such marriages. Amerl
cant should marry at home and Eu?
ropeans likewise, A title cannot
mean anything In America because
It wan bought."
Lady Laurler paid not the slightest
attention to the Interviewer'* sug
gestion about the wrongi perpetrated
upon her sex, None arousad her pity
or scorn. Her sympathies were born
of another period of English life.
Lady Laurler'g sympathies are not
with the Buffragette movement.
"It la Indecent," she said, "un
heard of and altogether too unwom
anly for a woman to compete with
masculine superiority."
She had.no children, had been a
good wife, devoted to her husband,
as God ordained her and her breed
ing predestined her. They have few
suffragettes In Canada.
"I onco saw a procession of them,"
said the wife of Senator Jones, who,
with the 8enator and other st&tesmeii.
of Canada, was with the party.
"They were all bo frightfully ugly. I
at once saw that they could not have
been anything else but suffragettes."
"Who would want to make asses
of themselves like the English suf
fragettes are doing," added Mrs.
Bristol, wife of Edward Bristol,
M. P.. another member of the party
that is going to Hot Springs for rest
and the benefit of Lady Laurler'f
health.
GOVERNMENT CONTROL FOR AERIAL TRAFFIC.
German Meteorologlat Points Out the Necessity to
_T Emperor William and Party.
Berlin.?Emperor William lunched
with Dr. Beseler, Prussian Minister
of Justice. . Before sitting down to
the table Prof. Vladimir Koeppen,
the meteorologist.' read a paper In
which he discussed the control of the
airfields by the States of the Empire.
Prof. Koeppen pointed out various
considerations indicating that the
public welfare required that air na*l
gatlbn be regulated by the govern
ments rather than to permit air above
Half the Billboards in
fit. Lonlt Must Go.
St. Louis.?Fifty per cent, of the
space now occupied by offensive and
unsightly bl>lboards In all sections
of St. Louis will be cleared by Build
ing Commissioner Smith as the result
of a cburt decision.
The decision, filed by Judge Wood
eon and concurred in by Judges Val
ium and Lamm, upholds the validity
of tho billboard ordinance of 8t.
Louts.
Judge Woodson said St. Lout* bas
the right to billboards.
private property to be considered as
In the control of the owner 'of the
land. He also suggested that the
States should immediately define the
rights of balloonists and dirlglblists
in the master of releasing ballast and
the trailing of guide-ropes and, an
chors in relation to the rights of the
persons on the earth and In the path
of the aerial carriages.
A discussion of the paper by the
twenty guests followed. *
Prisoner Ssji He learned Conn
trrfehing From Magaslne Article.
?New York City.?George White,
sentenced to fire years in the Fed
eral prison at Atlanta tor counter
felting, told Judge Hough that he
learned the procssa he employed from
an article in a well-known mafifftn#.
The article, he said, gave ft detailed
description of the method of coun
terfeiting with plaater of parts molds.
He tried It anil waa so successful that
he "went into the business.'
Pour others arrested with White
were also sentenced.
ALLOS TEILS JOB?
HE IS NOT GUILTY
Never Took Bribe cf $1000
He Says.
BRIBERY TWAL AT ALU AflY
WiUickH, On Stand All Day, <'lnu'nc>
fct'lKt'M Conger Story iin Lie?
Declares He Xi'vi'r Saw Frank
In Ills Life.
Albany, N. Y.?-Taking th stand
In IiIh own defence, Senator Jotham
P. Allds denied that ho do 111 and oil and
received a brlbs of $1000 on April
23, 1901, to Influence his action on
the highway legislation. More than
that, ho swore lie never received any
money from any one at any time to
Influence his action on highway or
bridge 1**kinlation, and in his denial
he nned the short and ugly word "lie."'
ICmphatioall.v as ho could Senator
A lid* declared lie never miw Frank
Conner In his life. When tho testi
mony of Senitor ltenu Conger regard
ing a visit, of Senator Allds to his
apartments, where-he agreed to do
ail he could ti? Kill the highway legls
Intlon for $1000, was read to him by
Martin NV. Littleton, lila'counsel, Sen
ator Allds half raited himself from
tho witness chair and. pointing bin
Auger at the lawyer, raid hoarsely:
"Mr. .Littleton, there are two jies
there. First, tho conversation never
took place, and 1 never went to liU
apartments.".
lie contradicted the story of Hiram
G. Moo and Seuator lJenn Conger ab
solutely and entirely. He related th?
story of hit* movements on that last
day of the session of 11>01 and put
into, the evidence statements of tho
two bank accounts ho maintained,
one at Norwich, hlB home, the other
in a bapk here. And ho told about
his employment by the Forest Pur
chasing Board as a title searcjier, giv
ing a list of the sums he received for
that service.
Senator Allds was on the stand
under direct examination all day. de
spite a bad attack of bronchitis, which
put him in bad shape physically.
The big marble chamber was tilled
to the top seat In the gallery. There
?were more women than men. Allds
In his many years of service has made
hundreds of friends in Albany and all
wero present to cheer hli.i through
his examination. His frock coat, bou
tonniere, silk hat $iul moon face have
been features of Albany society. His
good nature, always on tap, made him
a welcome figure in the topsldo of
lll'e of this city. Therefore Albany In
part turned out to welcome hlin and
women sent flowers to prove that
sontlment bents logic a mile when the
human side appeals.
It was a friendly crowd in greater
part that the Chenango Senator faced
when ho took the stand. The frown
ing Osborne and the alert Van Wyck,
ct msel for Conger, were only remote
shadows In a big group, for all the
atmosphere was for Allds from the
flowers to the pretty women and their
escoits.
The accused Senator did Veil as a
witness, lie answered with tho quick
ness of a schoolboy. His usual good
nature was with him for almost every
minute of the time. Smiles ran over
his face with regularity. Ills eyes
.laughed in the old way that made
him so pop ilar years ago when every*
body callod him "Joe."
MUHDKHKIt TRACKED DOWN.
Mew York Man, Identified, Tells Why
]fe Killed Wife.
Mobile, Ala.?Julius Venner, alias
Alexander Klein, was positively Iden
tified here an Auguet Petersen, who
murdered his wife, Sophlo Johansen,
in a West Ninety-eighth street tene
ment house In New York Clt>', on
February 7 last and concealed the
body under the lloor of the place. Tho
Identification was made by a brother
of the murdered woman.
Petersen, after the Identification,
broke down and confessed to tho kill
ing and expressed a willingness to re
turn to New York without requisition
papers.
"I killed my wife," said Petersen,
"because 1 found her locked in the
room with another man. About dark
I returned home and knocked at the
front door. After lnakinR me wait
for some time the door was unlocked
and my wife asked me what was tho
trouble. The man went out of the
front door.
"I found an empty whisky bottle
and a bottle with some beet in It.
We quarreled and 1 picked up a gaa
lighter and slrnck her on the side of
the head. The blow killed her In
stantly, 1 burled the body under the
floor."
*81.87 FOIl EVERY ONE.
That Is if Money in United States Was
Equally Divided.
Washington, D. C.?Thirty-four
dollars and eighty-seven cents is .the
per capita circulation of money in the
United States, according to the Treas
ury Department.
Tho department in reaching this
calculation estlmates^the population
or the United States at 89,883,000
and announces the amojrot of money
in circulation on March 1 as $3,134,
093,250, which, if equally divided,
would give every man, woma^i and
child in the country $34.87. ^There
is in circulation-to-day $49,315,244
more than there was a year ago.
ARREST IN BANK IAH)T CASE.
Cambridge Hold* Two Men Fop a
Si33,000 Robbery.
Cambridge. Mass.?A second ar
rest growing out of the discovery of *
shortage of $150,000 from the Na
tional CUy Bank was made hsre when
the police took Into custody "Wilson
W. Lockhardt, oFBclmont, en extra
clerk at tbe bank,
1-jLocWiajdf h?a also acted o? chauf
feur for George W. Cr] mi. the $19
, bookkeeper previously arretted.
POSTAL SAVINGS BILL PASSES.
i
Senate at Washington, D. C., Ap
proves Adniiniatrat loir Measure.
Washington, D. C.?Dividing prac
tically upon party lines, the Senators
passed the Administration Postal
Savings Bank bill.
Of the seventy-two votes cast, fifty
wore in favor of the bill and twenty
two against. . '
As it co?3 to the House the bill au
thorizes "the various money order
postofflces to accept sums of a dollaff
or more from depositors and to de
posit these sums it* the local banks,
where the money is to remain unless
withdrawn by the President in case
war or other exigency.
The aggregate balahce allowed to
I r.ny depositor ig $500, and no person
is permitted to deposit more than
$100 in any one month. The Govern
ment is required to pay two per cent,
interest and must exact not less than
two and a quarter per cent, from the
banks. It is calculated that each a
law would bring much money out of
hiding and result in a fund ranging
all the way from $500,000,100 to
000,000,000,
Mutton On the Rlxe.x
Rheap sold at Chicago at $8.10 a
hundredweight, thev highest mark
ever recorded in the history of the
market. The animals. It waB said,
were purchased for the nse of the
British Army in the Bermuda Island*
Strikers' Demands Refused.
Charles M. Schwalf/ president of
the Bethlehem Steel Company, re
fused all the demands of the striker*
RAN FOUR MILES TO JAIL.
Man Out of Breath Had filled Aa?
'7'"" ulheiw-Surrender**!. 7^
Little Falls, JT. m W.
I've klll?d c. tota." panted Frtnk
Mumford. tc ths Wardsn of Herkiwr.*
. 11.
Inquiries t>y telephone
Mumford's story. He had q<
with Albert Hill, a felloW U
near Illon. shct htm dead;?..
run four mn?s to HerlUnwr
give himself UK
3 C. PLAT! DEAD
^fi'otablo as Senator From New
YciK and President Maker. ,
't I? i Iii fulled Hfnles SYimlc, Ht
\\?s a I'uiiticfll 1'omr Twenty ,
Vrai\??-Nominated ltooscvclt.
:\
New York City.?Thomas Collier
iMatt, time# United States Senator
from Now York, and once its "easy
tl-iofyvt*li for Governor of New York,
an J later, against bin will, for th#ft
Vice-Presidency, opening his subse
<l?iont path to the Presidency, died In
a three-room apartment on the fifth
four c:f the If, use at 133 Wept Klev
t ;itii i Irn I, He had known every
Pr-ctdeut personally since Lincoln.
N\ itl? Collator Piatt when tho .end
came suddenly were his three rionn.
Hurry, Hdward Rnd Frank, tho wives
of the two latter, and a grandson,
LI vlui^gt:.n Piatt.
They wero
summoned hastily by
telephone after Senator Piatt had
l) mi attacked hy fainting Hindis and
arrived only fivo mlnutcti before ho
dl< d.
Though he was for nearly a quar
ter of a century tho undisputed "easy
l oss" of the Republican organization
lu N'pw York, TFTomas Collier Piatt
dire! forsaken by political friends and
foss alike, with not a vestige of his
former power left, and with no one
to do hlni homage, tho once powerful
leader at the t?ril& of h!s death had,
Khared f >r nine long years, laden with
bitterness mid humiliation, the his
toric Lite of kings In exilo and goner
al.< In defeat.
Piatt v;ns thrice elected to the Unl
tfil States Senate. IIo was a member
of tho llouseof Representatives twice.
Hut Phi11 will not live long In mem
ory as a legislator. Ills fame must
depend on what he did as a politician.
No man ever eterclsed less Influoneo
in the Senate or tho House of Repre
sentatives than lie. But no man ever
exercised more power as a political
leu der.
Throughout almost the whole period
rf I1I3 leadership his rule was Clever
seriously endangered. Ills n/achlno
was on'? of the easiest running In po
litical history.
Mr. Piatt was born la Owcgo, N. Y.?
on July 15,1833. Ho came from
Revolutionary ancestry on both Rldos
of tli? hous?7~?His father, who was
?well known as a lawyer in Tioga
County, wa3 a Presbyterian of the
straight est sect, and tho boy was
brought up In tho church. Ho sang
in tho choir, and later bccamo a
deacon. He hsld that ofllc3 in hid
father's church until, in 1879, lie
camo to live In New York City. They
called him ".Deacon Plfttt" In Tioga
Jo-is; after tho rest of the country was
calling him "The Easy Boss."
^latt made his firBt appearance In
polities during tho Fremont campaign
in 1856. A singer In the choir of his
church, he sang his way Into polities.
As leader of a Fremont Gloe Club*
which he aud some of Ills youthful
friends organized, he enlivened hun
dreds of political rallies In the coun
ties of Tioga and Tompkins, within
which lay the narrower Piatt orbit of
those early days.
In 1859 he was olccted County
Clerk of Tioga. This was hefor# tho
storm on which ho rode to political
eminence had begun brewing within
his party.
In 1870 ho went ns a delegate la
tho Congressional Convention Of his
district, then known as the Twenty
sixth. He was pledged to support
Mllo Goodrich for the nomination,
Tho convention was deadlocked, 1000
ballots being cast. Piatt was absent
on the thousandth, and tho conven
tion nominated him. Ho immediately
declined the nomination.
Tho convention then nominated
Goodrich, who was elected, At the
next election, in 1872, Piatt was elect
ed to suce#W Goodrich, and entered
Congress at the age of forty.