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VOLUMB XXI. _ CAMDKN, 8.0? FRIDAY. JULY 22,11)10.
NO. 27.
Latest News.
BY WIRE.
Prisoner's (jreiVKome Bulride,
Toledo, Ohio.?>Hy jumping Into a
clay mixing maohino and allowing the
Bteel blades to out and mangle him
is th? way William Moore committed
imlclde at the workhousQ here, where
be waa a prisoner.
Gathered Valuable Tariff Information
Washington, D. C.?Henry C, Em
ery, chairman of the Tariff Board,
reached Washington from Europe,
whore he went on May 11 to study
tariff problems. Most of hb Investi
gations were in Germany and Austria,
Escape From Leaky Boat Fatal.
Barrlngton, R. I.?In attempting to
climb to a bridge abutment frojn a
leaky boat which was in dauger of
Kinking, Mrs. Elizabeth Link, of Ah
bevllle, S. C., fell into the Harring
ton ltlvor and was drowned. She
had been vlB.itlng hero at tho house
of her Bister, Mrs. Fred. Buck.
Bets on Flection Barred.
Atlanta, Ga.?A bill making it a
misdemeanor to bet-on elections was
passed by tho Ilo'.iso of Representa
tives hero. The bill 1b not aimed at
freak beta, but Books to prevent the
wager of money or articles of value,
$."5100'For Naval Yacht.
Washington, D. C.?Tho naval
yacht Hornet, a steel vessel of 4 25
tons, built for Henry M. Flagler r.nd
purchased by the Government for
$117,500 at the outset of tho Spanish
War, will bo sold to Nathan S, Stern,
of Now Orleans, for $5100.
Appointed Head of New College.
Brunswick, Me.?Professor, Will
lam T. Foster, of Bowdoln' College
has accepted tho presidency of Reed
Institute, a college to bo built at Port
land, Ore., from a fund given by Mrs
Amanda Reed. ' Tho institution will
be a college of liberal arts and eel
encc.
Postal Receipts Higher in 1010.
Washington, D. C.?Tho postal re
celpts at llfty of tho largest postof
flees of the United Slates during June
showed an lncreaso of 9.67 per cent,
over the same month of last year.
Tho receipts of June, 1909, were
12.58 per cent, greater than In June,
1903.
James Monroe SiRnftis Dead.
San Bernardino, Cal.?-James Mon
roe Sigafus, whq at one time was a
multi-millionaire, is dead at the Vir
ginia Dalo mining camp, on the San
Bernardino dessrt, n3 a result of the
Intense heat. Sigafus made and lost
several fortunes. His biggest stake
was made In Leadvllle, Col.
? _ fw a- . .
Moro Coal Lnnds Withdrawn.
Beverly, Mass.?President Taft
withdrew more millions of acres of
coal lands In different States of the
Wost, bringing the total of coal lauds
withdrawals made by him up to the
enormous total of 71,518,5SS acres.
Theodore, Jr., Hunting.
Santa Barbara, Cal.?Armed with
revolvers and 10,000 rounds of am
munition, Theodore Roosevelt, . Jr?
and Stewart Edward White, accom
panied by their wives, left Miramlr
for the wilds of Santa Ynez Mount
ains. ' ? -
Sixty-four Killed In Battle.
Oujdcb Morocco.?Tribesmen at
tacked a French column which waB
reconnoitring in the Mouloya region,
near the Algerian frontier, but were
beaten off after a flerco battle, leaving
"fifty-three dead on the field. The
French lost eleven killed and forty*
flvo wounded.
China Pleased With Trenty.
Pekin, China.?In acknowledging
tho receipt of the text of the Russo
Japanese treaty, China will express
satisfaction at the avowed purpose of
Russia and Japan to adhere to the
terni3 of the Portsmouth treaty and
maintain tho status quo in Man"
churia.
Naval Cadets Again at Sea.
Marseilles. France.?Tho battle
ships Iowa, Indiana and Massachu
setts, constituting tho United States
Naval Academy squadron, weighed
anchor and sailed for Gibraltar. The>
American midshipmen attracted much
attention and, with their commander,
Captain Clark, received many ofllclal
courtesies.
Clairo French Betrothed, i....
London.?Miss Clairo Fre^on,
daughter of Morcton Frewen, econ
omist and author, was betrothed to
Brinsley Sheridan, son of Algernon
Thomas Brinsley Sheridan, Miss
Frewen's mother Is a daughter of
Leonard Jcfomo, of Now York City.
'.Woman Dropped From Balloon.
London.?Viola Spencer died at
Coventry from injuries recoived when,
after a balloon ascension, her para
chute failed to open; and sho fell to
the ground.
Widow Of Painter Marries.
London.?-Marion Ston.
widow of (he miniature painter , who
committed sulcido in 1907 and sister
in-law of Julian StOTT. the artist>
and A. Murray Young, a New York
City bapker. wero married here. The
Bishop of the Phlllpplnca-offleiated.
DIAGNOSIS. '
! r Do you see U?at man going along
with bis head in th? air, sniffing ^th
BY CABLE,
SLEW AMERICAN ACTRESS
Dr. Crlppln Took Flight After
Murder of Belle Elmore.
Hody Fouud "Hurled in u Ixmdon CcU
. lar Identt/lctl as That of t|
Ki'oolilyu Woman,
London.?Information gathered by
Scotland Yard detectives shows that
Mrs. Crlppen, better known aa Belle
Elmore, the American actress, was
killed about midnight on February 2
in the cellar of the house at No. S9
Hllldrop Crescent, Islington, where
the body was found a week ago.
Screams and cries of "Don't, oh,
don't," were heard qt that hour and
on that date In the cellar of the Crlp
pen bouee.
It was aleo learned that for somo
months previous to tbe disappearance
of Mrs. Crippen Dr. Crlppen was ac
customed to engage in revolver prac
tice In the garden in the rear o( h<H
residence. No one has been found,
however, who heard revolver ahols
on tho night of February 2. and Ibis
fact would seem to subetantiato tho
theory of Dr. Pepper', the Govern
ment anftlyist,'that Mrs. Crlppen was
killed by blows cfn the head from a
heavy lnstrumeut that crushed her
skull.
Tho Information indicating that
Mrs. Crlppen was killed in the cella* I
of the house serves toclear up a point
that has been worrying tho polioe,
namely how Dr. Crlppen, who
weighed only about 100 pounds, could
get the. body of his'wifo, twice his
weight, down into the cellar if ho had
killed her on one of tbe upper floors.
There was also a puzzling absence of
blood stains or any other Indications
that a crime of violence had beeii
committed, in the house proper..
The Scotland Yard theory row i3
that the slayer decoyed his victim to
the coal cellar and struck her down
from behind. She was a very power
ful woman of groat vitality and the
first blow did not completely stun
her. As she cried for mercy she was
Btruck again and again, tho skull be
ing literally mashed to pieces.
Then In tho seclusion of the cellar
tho body was dissected, tho larger
bones removed,the remains sprinkled
with quicklime and buried in the
hard clay soli. No trace has been
found of the bones. They were un
doubtedly burned at the leisure of
tho slayer. ,
GUPFEY IN RECEIVER'S HANDS.
Til? Pennsylvania Democratic Lender
Lucks Cash.
Pittsburg.?The business affairs of
Colonel James M. Guffey, Democratic
leader of Pennsylvania, member of
the Democratic National Committee
and one of the best known oil and
coal men in the country, have been
placed in the hands of a receiver.
The assets of Colonel Guffey are
estimated at $17,000,000, and his lia
bilities at lesa than $7,000,000. In
ability to realize on his assets, which
consist largely of coal lands in West
Virginia, is said to be the reason for
Colonel Guffey's embarrassment.
IRRIGATED LANDS IN DEMAND.
Owing to Drought and Poor Crops in
Non-Irrigated Sections.
Washington, D. C. -?The drought
conditions in the West are reflected
in the increased demand for irrigated
lands, according to Mr. Newell, direc
tor of the reclamation service. The
years 1907-8-D, he says, were notably
wet, but the current year is a revival
of the dry conditions, and reports to
the rec1amatlon_service Indicate that
the crops in the non-irrigated terri
tory are in very poor condition for
the want of moisture. The reclaimed
sections, as a conscquence, are in
great demand.
LARGE CLIP OP WOOL SOLD.
150,000 Pounds, Pooled From 15
Counties, Sold to Louisvillo Firm.
Lexington, Ky.?The largest deal
of the Kentucky Wool Growers' As
sociation was made when- tho pooled
clip from fifteen counties was dis
posed of to 'a Louisville firm.
The clip was 150,000 pounds, and
the prices paid were 25.17 for first
grade, 25 cents for second grade, and
15 cents/or third grade.
DEAD HEAT FOR ECLIPSE STAKES
Lemberg, Derby "Winner, aud Neil
Ciow Divide $50,000 Fixture.
London.?Lemberg and Nell Gow,
two of the greatest of modern race
horses, ran -a dead heat for the fa
mous Eclipse Stakes fit 10,000 'sover
eigns ($50,000) at Sandown Park.
Dillon had the leg on Lemberg, while
Danny Maher, tho American jockey,
rode Gow. The purse was di
vided. - -
The race was one of the most sen
sational ever ceen on the English
turf.
Owl Wreckod Povrer Plant.
Boulder, "Col. ? An owl partly
wrecked the plant of the'Central Col
orado Power. Company and plunged
the city Into darkness. Tho bird fiy
litf:down Boulder Canyon, hooked a
claw about tho negative and positive
wires, short circuited the current and
burned out the plant. The owl. with
a claw burnt off, was found next day,
In the Hives of Industry.
Samuel Gompers promised the gar*
ment worker* in New York City the
aid of the Federation of Labor in their
strike. I-y, ? v _
French railway operatives voted a
general strike on,.principle, pending
settlement of demand for Increased
? 8t. Paul fMlMl.)?arpcmters' ITnion.
acting upon the tecowrtiondation of
the building fommlUee,. decided to
buy a lot and erect a building of its
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CLOUDBURSTS RUIN CROPS
III TOBACCO DISTRICTS
Houses and Bridges Also Swept
Away In Kentucky and Indiana.
POOLED TOBACCO DESTROYED
Report* From Henderson, Union and
Webster Counties Indicate That
Damage Approximating $2,000,
000 Was Done.
Louisville, Ky.?Widespread dam
age In several counties In Kentucky
and Indiana has been caused by the
cloudbursts which broke after about
three weeks of almost dally rain.
Henderson, Union, Webster and Nlch.
olas Counties In Kentucky suffered
inoet. Estimates of the damage have
been variously estimated, but It Is
known that It amounts to at least
$2,000,000.-;
- A quarter of a mile of the Louis
ville and NaBhvlllo track, between
Paris and Maysvlllp, was washed
away, and three steel bridges were to
tally wrecked. Many houses were
carried off by the waters and a large
acrcage of tobacco, covn and wheat
Is a complete loss. Llvo stock also
Buttered heavily.
In Carlisle, Ky., tobacco sto.red In
warehouses of the Hurley Tobacco
Society was soaked and damagod...
Elght blocks of tho city and lumber
cars were Inundated and much timber
was washed away. The loss In Car
lisle and Nlchdlns County alone Is es
timated at $200,000. Two Inches of
rain fell In Maysvllle, Ky., and the'
waters swept tho houses, carrying off
furniture and ^everything movable,
while tobacco plants were washed out.
Tho bridges at Needmore and Mo
ransburg wero swept away.
' Washouts occurred on tho Monon
and tho Indiana Central railroads In
Indiana, and traffic will be tied up to
some extent. All trains In" tho Monon
were dctoured.
Practically all the low lands in
Jefferson County (Louisville) are un
der water.
Henderson, Ky.r?Reports reaching
here from Henderson, Union and
Webster Countle3 Indicate that dam
age approximating $2,000,000 Avas
dono by the cloudburst. It 1? esti
mated that 50,000 acres of pooled .to
bacco In Henderson County alone
have been destroyed and one tobacco
plantation of 200 Is a total loss.
Hundreds of heads of cattle, sheep
and hogs were swept away by the
floods. It rained nearly every day
for three weeks, and the cloudburst
continued from 10 o'clock p, m. uutll
daylight.
STOCK TRANSFER STAMP TIIKFT,
Comptroller Says He Ktioirs the Chief
Swindlers.
New York City.?State Comptroller
Clark Williams wants a law by which
men who deal in caucelled stock
transfer stamps and seduco employes
of brokerage offices to steal the
5tamps can be sent to Jail. Detec
;ives employed by the Comptroller
?xposed the mechanism of the fraud
>y which the State was robbed of
?ioro that $2,000,000 a year. Tho
Comptroller knowB who the men are
hat have been swindling tho State,
. iut he said that lack of evidence pre
?ented their arrest and punishment.
The evidence againet them camo from
brokers' employes with whom tho
tamp dealers had done business, and
uch evidence was Incompetent be
cause the employes were accomplices.
COW SETS NEW MILK RECORD.
lissonrl Chief Josephlno Gives 10,744
Pounds in Six Months.
Columbia, Mo.?With a margin of
ifco gallons, or about 1203 pounds of
?nillc, Mlseourl Chief Josephine, tho
Hfolsteln dairy cow, owned by the
Agricultural College of tho University
af Missouri, smashed another world's
.-ecord, taking it away from Colantha
IV.'s Johanna, a. Holland dairy cow,
owned by J, W. Gillette, of Rosen
dale, Wi3.
Johanna's record for six months
was 15,541 pounds of milk, while
Josephine's total for the same period
was 16,7 4 4 pounds. ? Johanna's best
single month during her year's test
was 2785 pounds, against Josephine's
high mark for one u-onth of 2960
pounds.
NEW YORK PIER RURNS,
Freighter Damaged and Eight Barges
Destroyed?Million-Dollar Fire.
New York City.?A roaring, blis
tering flro that burned tho copper
sheathing off tho pier fronts with a
greenish flamo destroyed Pier 14,
North Riyer, gutted Pier 15, sent the
Bush Terminal lighter Katie into tho
North River a burning wreck,, and set
the steel steamship H. F. Dlmock.
aflame. The loss will amount to moro
than $1,000,000. *
The passenger steamer Harvard
was scorched, and eight lighters or
coal barges were destroyed with their
freight. -One short hour was suffi
cient to cause this damage.
Texas Richer by $50,000,000.
Austin, Tetas.?The State Auio
matlc Tax Board announced that tho
total assessed value of property in
Texas Is approximately $2,350,000,
000, ah Tncreass of t30,ooo,UO<>-TjTer
last year.
THREE. CAMPERS DROWN.
Boat Apparently Upset?-Companion
Found Unron^ioun on Shore. '
Kingston, N. Y.?William Ketsof
.William Cook In and James Gordon.
?11 of Jadiav' Clty^ were drowned in
th? Esopus Creek, near Saugcrtte?.
They had heen camping with Thos.
Hopkinf, who was found unconscious
on the shore. too daxed to tell for ut
time wbf.t happened, Tfce men wer?
returning to their camp, having been
In Saucei-tlesi village until midnight,
when their tost ugset.
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mWSUmSSSm
SHOT HIS STEP M0Ti!?R.
Refused a Demand For Honey the
Boy Fires at Woman Three Times
and Then Kills Himself.?Physi
cians Bay Mother Will Recover.
Oxford, N. Special.?The mo?t
heart-rending tragedy that ever oc*
eurred in the town of Oxford shocked
the people Monday afternoon when
Oti? Brown, in a fury of rage, shot
his step-mother and killed himself.
The young man entered the house
and demanded a sum of money froxn
his step-mother, which she refused to
give him, and he drew his pistol and
fired three times. One ball struck and
remains' in the door. The escond ball
passed through Mrs. Brown's arm utul
across hor breast near her heart. The
third shot was into the head* of the
young man and\ he fell gasping hi*
life out, killed by his own hand.
Mr. J. ?. Brown died severul years
aJ'o and left his pilule, which Was val
ued at $40,000, to Mrs. Brown during
her lifetime, having the utmost con
fidence in her ability to manage and
take care of the estate. She has been,
generous and kind in advancing mon
ey to young Otis Brown, who was ?>
littIe~over~2T:?lluv iu^ aihmii I'd Ititf
$1,000 .lately, she was ilow lo pay
over the demand ho made and in a fit
of irritation the tragedy followed.
The hall was.extracted from the chest
of Mrs. Brown and the physicians re
port her condition favorable.
Distresring Accident on Southern 37.
Gaffnoy, 8. ('., Special.--A most
distressing accident occurred at Bea
ver Dam church, three miles south of
Gaffnoy, Monday, when No. .'17, the
Southern vestibule limited, ran into ?i
team of mules and wagon at the rail
way crossing near l he church. The
wagon was occupied by S. W. Wyatt
and his two sons, llarnlet and Luther.
The elder Wyatt was killed instantly
and Luther was fatally injured. The
other boy was slightly injured. Both
mules were killed and the wagon wap
reduced to kindling wood. /BotJi of
the hoys were tnkeu totjpni tanburg
on the train and an i(T7JTi<?st was held
over the dead man.
The crossing where the accident
occurred is near nn abrupt curve
where the engineer could not possibly
see any distanco in front of his train.
Fragments of tfie mule3 were carried
a ^distance of five hundred yards.
Wyatt was an industrious and hard
working man and leaves a large fam
ily.
Some More New Religion.
New York, Special.?Twelve clergy
men and 12 laymen of I he Protes
tant Episcopal church have just in
corporated the Christian Unity Foun
dation, which hopes that, by "the op
eration of. the spirit of good, the va
rious Christian churches may be knit
together in more evident unity, in the
essentials of fnilh and practice and
in one organic life."
Texas and State-Wide Prohibition.
Dallas, Tex., Special.?State-wide
prohibition is the leading issue in a
campaign now on in the Democratic
party of Texas to select nominees for
all State offices from goveriW>r down
to constable. Primaries will be held
on July 23.
Prisoners to be Paroled.
Washington, Special.?Preliminary
steps have been taken at the depart
ment of justice for the putting into
effect the law enacted at the last ses
sion of congrcss for paroling United
States prisouers, thus establishing a
practice that had been adopted by
probably one-half of the States. ?The
IT
'law has the warm approval of Attor
ney General Wickersham.
One of the Lynchers Arrested.
Zanesville, 0., Special.?Charged
in a warrant for first degree murder
witii fastening the rope around *1"?
neck of Carl Ethrington, the "dry
detective" lynched at Newark 10
days ago, William Wurster, Jr., aged
19, was arrested and held without
bail for Newark officers. The boy
said he was in the mob, adding that
bo had "been drinking."
Mact Look Elsewhere for Help.
Beverly, Mass., Special.?President
T-aft Monday stated with more em
phasis than he has heretofore em
ployed, the position ho u taking with
regard to Republican State platform*
and candidates. The president doesn't
think he should be called upon to
write the party declaration in the
different commonwealths or to name
men for any of the elective offices.
A president, it was intimated, has a
big enough job on bi9 hfcnds when
he undertakes to fulfill all the pledges
in the national platform and to brins
congress Urottnd to the same way
of thidkijur.
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Sixteen Christian Scientists Expelled
Poston, Special.?Sixteen of thr
practitioners who wer( identified
I with and rup~nted Mrs. Stetson in
1 her controversy irit'i the Fir?
ireh. Christian Sciential*, in Now
, York City, have bpen dropped fron?
memfceislip by the hoard of director*
1 of tho met her ehnrch in Br?*
! cording to a atalon.rnt n
ibald McClelland, one vt iho Iks ton
m3?3mStm?m
INTERESTING STATE NEWS
Column of Ourr?ut Uveuta Caught
In Every County From Cotat to
Mountain Cap.
Another Supreme Judge Needed
The supreme court of South Caro
1 inu may have an additional justice
when the legislature mc$ts next win
tor. Before this can happen, how
ever, the people must vote for an
amendment to the State constitution
in accordance with the joint resolu
tion p?M?d at the last session of the
getferal assembly proposing to amend
section 12 of tho constitution.
The present membership of the su
preme court in this state is: Chief
justice, Ira R. Jones, Lancaster;
Justices Kugene 11. Gary, Columbia,
C. A. Woods, Marion, and 1). E. Ily
drick-, Spartanburg.
The salary attached to the position
of justice is $3,000 per year.
'l'lie orgument advanced in favor
of increasing the number of supreme
court justices is to eliminate the mat
tor of a divided court. When the
court stands two and two now, either
the nppeal is lost, or the court mu??t
call an en banc session of the circuit
judges. , .
Sen. Smith on Cotton Bull Victory.
That the .cotton bulls have won a
victory over Attorney (lencral Wic!<
ATtthnm' *nA f tm> l^ttor withdrew
the indictments against them'because
he has t-ecn the error of his way, it
the opinion of United States Sena
tor JO. 1). Smith.
llo pointa out tho fact that cotton
has climbed a dollar a bale in spile
of the closing of mills, curtailment
and all other bear influences thus
indicating the adverse influence of
governmental interference with trade.
IIo predicted that cotton would
Continue to rise until the prices in
October would make the present pricrs
look choap.
Tried to Skin Spartanburg Bank.
William S'. Clark, of Newport,
Ttun., was arrested at Chicago, alter
unsuccessfully attempting to deposit
$40,000 tif aileged fradulent cashiers
checks?-drawn on the Spartanburg j
National bank, at the bank of the |
Illinois Trust and Savings company,
at Chicago. The. police say they I
found $17,000 of these checks on I
Clark '? person w hen lie was searched. 1
Clark is repot *.<?d to have made a
confession, in which ho is quoted as
saying that he intended drawing in
terest on the cheek deposits to open
a line of wheat deals.
Clark was masquerading under the
name of "A. R. Swan."
Colored Convict. Suicldoi.
Henry Mars, a colorod convict at
the Stato penitentiary, committed
suicide Friday by leaping from the
third tier in the new prison build
ing and fracturing his skull on the
cement flooring below. Mars was a
life termor' for murder, from Abbe
ville.
Darlington Has Mill Fever Too.
The city of Darlington will add
tyiother cotton mill. It is proposed
to begin with $'100,000 and in a short
timo double the capacity, having a
mill with 40,000 spindles.
Every Town Should Do This.
A syndicate was organized ft year
ago at Darlington for the purpose of
guaranteeing to the farmer the best
prices for cotton sold on the local
market. It is a body made up entire
ly of the business men of town, and
tlie funds necessary to oarry on their
work nre furnished by them. They
engaged n cotton buyer Inst season,
and instructed him to bo on the
ground at nil times, ami seo that every
bale that wa3 brought to market was
taken at tho vory highest market quo
tations* The cotton marketed last
year as a result amounted to far
marc than the town had ever receiv
ed before.
Lightning Printed Pictnro on Back.
On tho body of Frank Miller, a
young farmer, who was killed by
lightning at Lancaster, was imprinted
a perfect picture of the tree under
which lie was standing when he was
killed. The outlines of the tree wore
perefctly depictcd, even to the small
est brandies.
Ool. 0. B. Yeadon of Eumtor.
Major Caldcr II. Yeadon, command
ing the Second battalion of the Sec
ond Regiment, National Quard, hns
been oleeted lieutenant colonel of the
regiment to succeed Col Charles T.
Lipscomb, lately promoted to the
head.of the regiment.
$76,000 Canning Factory. ,
Georgetown to have something
new and something that has been
needed for a long time, that is a
canning factory. The company has
been organized with a capital stock ,
of $7fl.000, all of which has been
subscribed.
N?w Railroad Through Darlington. I
A Y?tition has been circulated
among the residents and freeholders
of Darlington, asking for an sleet ion
on the question of voting $20,000
worth of bonds to pay fear the riprht
of way through the town for. the
new railroad, of which Mr. Bonsai
U the president, conring here from
MeBee, on the Seaboard Air Lino
Practically ere*y parson approached
has aigned the petition and it now
mmh tlHtWa will be mere formality.
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RAILROAD MEN VOTED STRIKE
Pennsylvania employes Asked
Shorter Day ar.d Hither Pay.
Conduct "I'm it n?1 Tt'iiiniiu'ii I'ast g/
ViltKlHii'M ICinpon ctnKiYm'ntl ( on??
uiittce tu r?ll Then) <>ut
Nl'MllKIl OF MICN INVOI.VKD
AND TI1KIH DKMANUS,
Conductors .... 2,311
Trainmen 11,083
Conductors favoring Btiiko. 1 ,SG3
Conductors voting no..., 44S
Trainmen favoring strike. 10,01 .S
Trainmen voting no. .... 905
Tho demands kvo for more pay
for a ten-hour day than tho men
arc now setting for an eleven
hour day, tho equivalent being
an Increase of from flvo to twen
ty per ccilt.
T'hiludclph la.?? Represent at Ives o I
the conductors, trainmen and yard
nicu on the Pennsylvania Railroad
lines cast of PltUbnrg, ISrle ami Huf?
fn!o notified General Manager \V.
lleyward Myers that a large majority
of tho mon had voted "yea" on tho
ballot which empowered tho men's
general committco to call a p.triko un
less they reached an agreement with I
the company on tho matter of \vo:te;i
and working condltloiifi.
Mr. Myera informed the delegation
that the Pennsylvania Hall road li
willing to meu't the conditions which
'prevail on other roads, provided that
It ho company la put (o no additional
expense. There wore 120 delegated
representing the 10,000 jnen.
The completo count of the ballots
showed 1SG3 conductors had voted In
tho affirmative and 4 48 against tho
strike proposition. The voto of the
trainmen was 10.918 in favor ? and*
| 9Gr> against. Those not voting, it la
i said, were included in tho negative
| votes.
At tho conferenr.o with Mr. Myers,
A. 13. Oarretson, of tho Order of Rail
way Conductor^, set forth the do
jnondH of tho men. and said that na
the vote sustained tho action of tli?
committco in unking for a ten-hour
day with tho same pay aa sudor tho
present eleven-hour system tho com
mittco could do nothing hut insist
upon tho railway's compliance with
thoso terniH.
Mr. Myorsj told the committee that
the Pennsylvania Railroad was at
present sustaining heavy leases In
imvlng 25,000 freight cars and 250
IdcomotivpR Idle, due to a falling off
in freight business, and that any in
creaso In expenses now /wag out of
tho question.
Mr. CarretEon, again speaking for
tho men, recalled that tho Lehigh
Valley Railroad had defeated tho
striker* lr. 1893, bufat a cost of $7,?
OOC.OOO, and askod Mr. Myers if he
did not think it would cost the Penn?
sylvanla more to fight than to grunt
tho increase.
Mr. MyerH merely repeated that
tho road could not stand any lncreaso
in expenses and that tho whole ques
tion was one of money so far as ho
was concerned.
FAT AT* EXPLOSION OF RALLOON.
Erbsloeli nnd Four Companions Fi* 1J
Front Height of 1000 Feet.
Tlio death of tho live iuto*
mints deseril>ed below carries
the lint of victims of nvintion
to the number of thirty-two in
forty months. Of these, twen
ty resulted froiu aerial excur*
sions lu dirigible* or gas hal?
loons. Tho remaining twolvo
results! from experiment*
with tho aeroplane,
Lolchlingcn, Rhenleh Prussia.?
Falling through space n dlstanco of
nearly 1000 feet, Oscar Urksloeh, a
noted aeronaut and inventor, winner,
of tho International balloon raco held
In America in 1907, one of the most
promising of German ecperlmenters
in aerial flight, and four companions
wero dashed to death in a Held near
Opladen when an explosion occurred.
The others killed were Ilerr Toollo,
a manufacturer, of Harmon; two en?
glnocra, Hoeppe and Kranz, and tho
motorman, Spicke.
So great was the force of tho fall
that tho gondola was Bmashed to
splintora, the motor was buried deep
in the sod, and tho flvo men wero
crushed and torn almost beyond rec?
ognltion.
MAYOR SENT TO PRISON.
Chief Magistrate of Lawrence, Mass.,
Convicted of Conspiracy.
Salem, Mass.?Found guilty of con
Bpirlng to secure the confirmation by
the . Board of Aldermen of Mayor
White's appointment of James A.
Hamilton as Chief of tho Lawrence
Flro Department, and of conspiring
later to eecuro Hamilton'?*, removal
from that position, Mayor William P.
White, of Lawrence, was sentenced
to servo threo years in tho "Essex
County Houso of Correction and to
pay a flno of $1000. Samuel Kroea
was Bontonccd to two and a halt
yoars* Imprisonment, Matthew Duma
to two^years and George D. Smart to
a year and a half.
Officials Prevent Extradition.
Washington. D. C.?Captain 8cott,
U. S. A., brother of tho Lako Como
victim;-tloclarea m a statcTmrot that
high officials of tiro United Slates
Govornment prevent tho removal of
Porte- Charlton to Italy.
DALZEIX WINS BY 207 VOTES. ?
Allegheny County Commissioners
Complete Recount ?f Primary Vote.
t" Pltfsbtirg.?'The Allegheny CDunty
Commissioner completed -ihelr re
count of thn ballots In the Thirtieth
Congress District. Th?y g:wc Dal
xcll, ll.MK. ani Robert13. Iftflck.
TOOT; 15&"fteirr ftTfjnflly, 20T V9ttrrr.?
A few IrregaUAballot wero Found,
but not enough tj^ ouuut Black the
winner*
ir*'
?Washington
Some time between no 'tf now
Augubt 1 tlip to/Vedo boat Dftgley,
now at tho Washington Navy Yard,
will aid lu an experiment to bo nmd?
with an aeroplane be.
roriKHlo IJont longing to lUpreaen*
m Hare For tntlve Butler Amen.
Aeroplane. of Massachusetts, who
Is alao trying this
summer to fly into a seat In tho
United States Senate as tho successor
of Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge. This ex
periment with an aeroplane Is to be
t-imilnr to tho one Mr. Ames Is mak
ing with tho Benntorshlp. Mr. Ames
wants to ascertain tho lifting power
of his aeroplane, ns well as his own
lifting power with Mr. LodgO's seat.
At Mr. Ames' request tho Bagley has
been ordered hero l?y tho Navy De
partment to aid I it the aeroplane test,
and sho Is now being fitted at the yard
with iv platform on her quarterdeck.
Hy speeding the Uagley to a rate cl
about twonty knots against ? ton-mile
breeze It Ih hoped that It will be shown
Hint torpedo boats furiilHh tho neces
nnry lifting power for aeroplanes
while under Buck speed. Ah Boon ai
tho platform Is built aboard the Hag
b y tho : hip is t >b> taU.m to Annap
olis and the tenia will be made on tha
Severn ltlver. ' .
it it it
There are no tlgures showing with
..cciifoey the total value of the pro
ducts of the United States. Housjhly
estimated that value Is now $30.
000,000,000 annually, In
JsKtininted eluding the value of man
lu Billions. facturcd products, farm
products and the product
of forests, mines and fisheries. Ap
proximately tlx per cent, of It nil is
exported and ninety-four per cont. re
tained for domest Icconsuiuplion. Jte
cent years havo peen a material in
crease in tho eiport i)crcentage. It Ih
probable that from the inauguration
cf President Washington in IT SO un
til tho present time the export aver
rgo will not exccod three per cent. A
record of export values has been kept
since 17 30. The total value of ex
ports for tho 120 years is Inbound
figures $j0,000,000,000.
Assuming that tho exports represent
rn average of threo per cent, of pro
duction, there is fair ground on whleh
lo estimate the value of products of
I ho United States from I7fl0 to 1910
It morn than$1,500,000,000,000. ThH
I'itm represents billions Of bushels of
Wheat and corn, billions of pounds o(
Iron and cotton, and tens of millions
pf cattle and other anlmalr,
To-dny tho value of tho property of
this nation of 90,000,000 il estimated
at $120,000,000,000.
Better firo protection for Washing
Ion theatres, especially tho five and
ten cent kind, Is afforded by a new
reflation framed by Plumbing Ir?
spector McGonegal,
Fire Cnrtnlns who has arranged so
For Washing- that every hall or
ton Theatres, theatre with movable
scenery shall have a
"water curtain." In case of a firo on
the stage, by this water curtain device
a sheet of water, thrown downward
With great force, would stretch across
the en tiro proscenium and prevert
the firo from getting into tho front of
the theatre by that route.
ie + 4r
Thirty-nine Sioux Indians from the
Pino Ftldgo agency thought of the
Great White Father in Washington
and thanked their lucky stars that
they were still his
I!od Showmen wards when they
8trnnded in woke up la Brussels.
ICurope. Belgium,recently and
learned that the Wild
West show with which they wer*
traveling had gone broke and would
have r.o monthly pay envelopes to
hand out at,the usual time. Brusselt
Is a long way from Washington, and
a still longer way from the Pine Rldg?
reservation in Montana. And tbe In*
<1 iaim had not saved their money.
Frank Goings, a brotlier redskin, un*
der whoao direct chargo they werf
placed by this Government when they
started out, solved the problem by ca>
1)11 n% to the Indian Commissioner her*
for help. Money for their passage
home was sent at once, and they
will be none the lose!*, either fct
passage home or back salary, as th?
money for both will be deducted
from a bond furnished by the pro*
moter of the show. Such a bond if
required of every shew promotes
who desires to employ American liv
dlans off their reservations, t
... * * *
In the coming fiscal year,the Post*
ofllce Department expects to use
about*l,l 25,000,000 yards of-binding
twine. Postmaster-General Hitch,
v . " ?'? cock authorised th<
Gets P. o. making of a con
TwLiio Contract. 1 tract for thetv pur
chase of thl#?fwin?
from tho Planet Mills Manufacturing
Company, of Brooklyn. K.Y., at about
eight cents a pound, deliveries t<* be
made in various parts of the country.
The contract will amount to about
$225,000. ? Many tests recently have
been made by the department with a
view to saving money on tho purchase
of binding twine, with the result thai
it was decided that twine of lest
strength than formerly usediWould b<
satisfactory for all purposes. By thli
plan, together with ?cooomlc& in the
amount used, it is hoped by depart*
ment officials to effect an annual saw
lng of abotftjM0,000.
Widows Don't Pay fflftlUR
Waabln.Ttcvi, J). <
malle.l by Mrf. France r. Cleveland,
widow rf President Cleveland. hav?
l?f.n cMarc.H with port*** dne at
th* rto which adArfc***'*.
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