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OAMDlCiN, 8. C.. KUIDAY, AUGUST r>, 1SH0. ' NO. 2it. Latest News. BY WIRE. Jo Mourning <?aib, Ifor WU1 Hay*. '^Vashlngtpn.- -Mrs. Julia Mattlngly jilChfcr will, filed here, expresses dls. Approval of the "eustomury garb of Oleum black," und make* known her rlah that none of her relatives go [into mourning for her, ibornathy lloya Are Home. Oklahoma City.?Louis, nine, and Temple Abernathy, six, son# of United "Hates Marshal John Abernathy, ar rived home In good condition. They Jravoled In ;<.u automobile driven by plbe elder boy* Jompern Hnyn llo Won't I{etlre. Washingtpu. -7- President Samue\ tampers of the American Federation >f Labor s(iId that he does not Intend jo retire because of the suggestion Ifthut he do bo made by President Moy >r of the Wcsiern Federation of Mln? BL. .. p * lilllonalie and Teou lier Wed. | ? \ Baltimore.?Mtb. Alice F. Forbes, school teacher of ibis city, and fluni ler Wallncn of HocheB^cr, N. 11., rlioKo wealth Ih estimated at from J;000,000 to $8,000,000, wero mar led at Newark, N. J. W lit Lake Forbids Gambling. Salt Lake City,?All,ordinance pro fiting pool Belling and bookmaklnfl Ithln the limits of* this city was ^ssed by the city council. Tho fair rounds and Huena Vl;-ta race track re both lu the city limits. r Ilrcaks Texas llridgc. El Pav.o, Tex.?A street ear, with enty-tivo passengers went through e International bridge over the Itlo yande River here. As there was Ut ile water in the river tho Injuries did it exceed a severe Hhaklng up. The fridge is the same one on which Pres jcilt Toft and President Diaz crossed ist .October in paying visits to each thcr. It was built in 1901 of wood. idian to (Jet Fair Trial. Washington.?In the cako of Lone tar State, a Cherokee Indian who is larked with kllllilg a negro In Cln Innatl, the department of Justice will Ye an attorney appear In behalf of re Indian and sec that he gets a fair rial. forksbire Cattle Parrcd. Washington.?Owing to the diseov ry of the foot and mouth disease Jong entile In Yorkshire, England, ?e Importation of cattle from that >urttry iuto tho United States has son prohibited until the extent of le disease can be determined. ^nstlce Mopdy to Hetlre. Magnolia, Mass.?-Associate Justice ^lllia'bi II. Moody of the United ?{itcs Supreme court stated that he fill announce bis retirement from the jnch before the expiration of the act icod in his behalf by the last con fess. This act expires the mlddlo of >vcmber. Urvard Hires Negro Poet. ^Cambridge, Mass. ? E. Smythe nes, the negro poet who was arrest J here on a charge of vagrancy after fylng walked from Natchez, Miss., this city, in order that he might en /Harvurd university this fall, has |ln employed by tho university ns a Ttor. BY CABLE, iseca's "Elect Ion Ratified. Uo Janeiro.?Congress by a voto [174 to 54 ratified the election of icca an president. The ratlflca ca.me at the end of a session ting two | days and nights, during ich Ruy Barbost, the defeated can jftte, presented a 50,000 word ar jnment of Fonseca, charging in ability and fraud. inist> Grain Crops, ladrid.?Official crop estimates fas follows: Wheat, 37,349,49t itals, an increase of 1,925,892 Intnls over last year; barley, ln lee, 513,563 quintals; rye, de ise, 726,395 quintals, and oats, irease, 518,768 quintals. A quin averages about 220 pounds. Jano Fled From Cuba. ... T. I rru? Ull, udinuiLa* a iig otuv|? lor with the Cuban Col. Jane and ty aboard reached Port Antonio. Jano says he left Cuba to avoid Ulcal complications, and has no mtion of Joining the revolution movement. le for Mark Twain. leUitilberg.?The American colony has decided to erect a statue of Twain In Heidelberg, where he jived the idea of writing "A ip Abroad." A fund has already subscribed. issodor From Bras!I. Janerio.?President Nilo Pe nccording to the Correlo da i, .decided to go to America up mclusion of his term, November ambassador of Brazil at Wash .? v - - - ???V'l.?' rench Crop Losses. age caused to crops by continued cold And earlier In the season is estimated at $400,0Q0,? Phe wheat crop is estimated at >,000"rbuRhels against 349, bushels in ld09. mc Heathen. " y? Secretary of War Dlckln ed at the organization of a society to fight tuborculo Phlllpplnes. , rHo decided >W?rth Luson to.iflsit ser non-Christian tribesaK INTERESTING STATE NEWS Column of Oarreut Evcuts Caught In Every County from Co.Vifc to Mountain Cay. Candidate for Governor is Sued, A suit to recover $99.50, which he allegos is duo him for services, ban heon brought agafnet John T. Dun can, publisher of The ltepolrter, Col umbia, by JS. L. Forlder, at one time business manager of that paper. S. L. Fedder, in his allidavit, al leges that the sum of $105.20, less a credit of $5.50, is due him for three weeks' service as manager of The Reporter from Juue 9 to June 20, inclusive, A portion of the affidavit reads as follows: "Said contract for services was fradulent, contracted with, de poncjit, by said John T, Duncan, in that deponent was in tho city of Oil City, Pa., and the said John T. Duncan represented to him that he owned $100,000 worth of porperty and was fully . able. to pay him for said services, and, upon said misrep resentation! dpponent was put to a Tot of exponso in coming to Columbia to render said service," The allidavit continues that the plaintiff, tt. L. Fodder, is afraid that he will lose all chance of recovering the nllegod debt for services' if he waits 21 days before trial, as requir ed by Viw when a suit is brought for an Amount over $25, since he has been informed that the defendant, John T. Duncan, intends to dispose of his property. lie therefore asks that (Jke suit be tried Ave days after the sum mons and complaint is served on the defendant. Southern Begins Motoi Car Service. Electric motor car service without the uso of trolley wires or the third rail attachment is now being given on the line of the Southern railway and tlie Blue Ridge railyaw between Greenville and Anderson the inter mediate territory being perhaps the most thickly settled milling section in the south, including the important points, Piedmont, Pelzcr, Willamston, and Deltort. Only one motor car is now operated and two round trips a day ar'e made Though a large number of stops are made the car has no trouble in making the schedule. The car is run by electricity gen erated by a gasoline engine. Tho powerful machinery is compactly ?placed in the forward end. It is easily manipulated and the ear is handled with perfect ease. The greatest interest'a!s felt throughout this section in the "motor car and it is crowded cvery trip. The first day it was greeted by great crowds at every station. At one place a citizen was so anxious to get a view that he left the barber's chair, running to the station with his face covered with lather. The new service is in addition to the steam trains run between Green ville and Anderson and is expected to prove a great convenience. The operation of these cars, the first of thoir kind in tho South, will be watehed with great interest. Farmers' Meeting in Upcountry. Farmers throughout the upper section of the Stato are preparing for a three-days' gathering at Chick Springs, in. Greenville county, during the last few days of August or the first of September, the date not hav ing been definitely decided so far. Plans arc being brought to maturity which will make the meeting a most interresting one from the farmers' standpoint, and a number of well known speakers and' workers in tho agricultural line will be on hand to make.addresses. "Gun License Tax" Wanted. The education commitee of tho State Fanners' Union commended the work of the Audubon Society and advocated a "gun license tax." Big Fire Lobs of a Farmer Five mnlfes, one mare and two cows, together with a large quanity of oats, corn, cotton seed meal and hulls, were burned in a fire which destroyed the largo barn and' stables of Ilenry Z. Adams, a progressive and suc cossful planter living seventeen miles from Lexington court house at 3 n. m. Saturday. Tile Drainage the Thing. One of the questions most dis cussed in the State, especially in the coast counties, is ?hat of tile drainage. The indications now aro that several tile factories ..will be crected in the State during the next several months. The idea of tile drainage is being enthusiastically supported ? by the farmers and business men otthCcoast counties and plans are being per fected whereby many acres will be drainod during the coming year. A. G. Smith of the United States office of farm management 'who is stationed in this State, is fcn expert OTT tlle drainage. ^ ? Alfcu Colored Men Want Fair. The colored people of Aiken county are trying to organise a eol ored fair asociation, for the purpose of holding an annual fair in Aiken" each fall. A meeting of- th# colored people of the county has Weeaepjtf?" ed for August 8, at which it is ex pected the association will be formed tfnd sufficient capital white fair association has eon use of their grounds for CBSPPEN AND GIRL ' ARRESTED ON SHIP Dow Nabs Suspect and Miss le novo and Lodges Them in Jaif, COMPANION (N BOY'S GARB DculiKt, Handcuffed and Closely WoU'IhhI to l*roclu<lo BulclUe, ' Takit* Capture Calmly After l<'lr?t Hhoikof Discovery. Quebec.?I)r. Hawley Harvey Crlp pen and Etliel Clare I.cnevo wero ar rested by Inspector Dew on the steam* ship Montrote, having been fully Iden tified, and were brought to Quebec, where they were lodged In prison un til the necessary steps could bo taken to send them back to London to an swer to charges of having knowlcdgo of -the murder of Dr. Orlppen's wife, formerly Hullo Klmore, a vaudeville actress, of Brooklyn. . Oil 11/VWLEY H. CKIPPKN. Father Point, Quebec.?Dr. Ilaw ley H. Crippen and Kthel Clare l-o neve, his steno^rnnhor. who fled from London after the disappearance of Hello Klinore, the doctor's wife, were arrested, here aboard the Canadian I'acltlc liner Montrose, at the com mand of Inspector Dew of Scotland Yard. ' The identification of the Ions sought fugitives on board the fo^ shrouded steamer by the English de tective, who had raced across the At lantic ahead of the Montrose, marked the culmination of one of the-most sensational lights In recent criminal an nals. Accompanied by two Canadian offi cers he boarded the vessel at 8:30 o'clock a. m., and fifteen minutes later both man and r;irl were locked in their staferocmis. Crippeu, broken ETHEL CLARE LENEVE. In spirit, but menially relieved by the relR.xed tension; the girl, garbed in boy's clothes, sobbing hysterically, j They were no longer the Rev. John Robinson and son, ns booked from Antwerp on July 20. After a brief delay tho Montroee continued her 100-mile Journey up tho river toward Quebec, where- Jail awaited the pair. Crippen is charged, with the murder of an unknown worn-; an, believed to have been his wife, an actress known ss Belle Kirs ore ? Kirl Is held as an accessory. In ! charge of Inspector Dew they will be taken back to England on tho Rqyal j Line steamship Royal George. As for Ethel Lencve, when arrested ! ?she fainted "in her cabin. She was, still dressed In boy's clothes. When Dew touched Crippen on tho shoulder all tho-latter said was, "I am glad tho suspense is over. The anxiety was too great for me to bear." Crippen was Immediately takon to cabin 8," while Miss Lenovo remained, in room 5 in a state of collapse. This is tho room that "John Phllo Robin son, merchant, of Detroit, and Jebn George Robinson, student," had occu pied. Miss Lenevewas provided with girl's clothing ns soon as the arrest was made. Crlpperi's behavior throughout tho trip from Antwerp was. well calculated to distract attention from him. He left his cabin seldom and when he did he read uninterruptedly. He bad a number .of current magazines and aev crai books, one of which he bad open before blm every time any one saw TtfOTHER ITROWN5 FOOTUXHIKS. liemenicd California Woman Then Calmly ftubmlts to Arrest. Antioch, Cal.-^-One after another four 1114U) children were drowned. In a tub near Tiero Bunday by their mother. Mrs. Joseph Mel la. 8h? walked away from her dead .bablaa quietly and calmly submitted to ar rest. ? . - ^ Mrs. Metlo had becomo anddonly <!,mooted. Tba oldest child waa foar ~ gHr" WjfaL-U1'^ ta >T' ihf* him. 80 far a? Inquiry now showa ho did hot apeak a <loton worda to any one hut Capt, Kendall, The Lonevo Kiel, whom Crlppen de IqVlbod 11 a KtiKl' nt and who ho Wltd was In 111 health, did not leave her stateroom eipDpt for her meals. tier fojlovv pawjongorb kooui to havo felt but llttlo Interest in lu>r at any time, and they paid even less uttentlon to her 'when they did boo her than thoy paid to her "father." Crlppen 1h praotjcally penniless. Whoa ho paid for his passage ho hud about 118 loft, and this la f\ow re duced to a few eentw more thin $11. Crlppen seems to havo been totally unaware that hU Identity wan sus pected by Capt. Kendall. 'For Juat a week ho had been under survelllanco nt all times. Twq stewards followed him whenever ho went out. He Boems not to havo noticed this at ;.ny time, Capt, Kendall managed tho affair moat skillfully. Only he and Llewel lyn Jones, tin* Marconi operator, got so much as an inkling of tho fugl 11 vow* proBeneo. This wax accom plished In spite tho fact that tin* mes sages sent the Montrose in tho last throe days alono aggregate nearly HOOO words. Half as many worda havo conio from tho ship, and Joiiu* Hoya lio thinks he holds tho,world's record for transmission. t'NAKMFD MXiHOKK SHOT. Hln'rllf Place* i'alesllno Deaths at From 15 to U<>. Palestine, Tex.?At least fifteen, perhaps twenty, negroes, all of them probably unarmed, were bun tod down and killed by a jnob of from two hun dred to three hundred men in the Slocum and Denlson Springy neigh borhood of Palestine, according to Sheriff Black, who returned hero after twenty-four hours In that dis trict. lie told of a fierce man-hunt In the woods, of riddled bodies found on lonely roads and of tho terror among the iuhabltiuuls ill the southeastern part of Anderson county. Sheriff Iilack says his estimate of the dead Is conservative, lie made a careful In veal I gallon, and sifter tell ing of its results, added: "We won't lind some ??f tho bodies until the localioli is icvculed to us by the bu'/.zards. "We found eleven bodies, but from what I have heard tho dead must number fifteen or twenty. Wo-came across four bodies in one house on a mnifsh between Denlson Springs and Slocum. "I am led to believe that tho trou ble was duo to a controversy over a proriilsFory note. It. Alvord, a white man, who is a cripple, had gone on a negro's note. 'l'he note came due, and ho got after the negro to renew It or to pay it or something of tho kind, and the negro refused and cursed him. The Incident enured br. I feeling. This --negro '.m* killed, and then they went to killing them all over the cc untry. "I havo two deputies working in conjunction with the rangers, and I think the situation ly now under con trol." JOHN (i. tAHIJHI.K l?M.\I). Was Secretary, of Treasury Umlot C levebmd. Now York.?John (J. Carlisle, who was secretary of the treasury In Presi dent Cleveland's second administra tion, died in his apartment in the Ho tel Wolcott, Fifth avenue and Thirty first street. Ho was 75 years old. Carlisle was born in Kenton coun ty, Ky.f September 5, 18.15. His father's family was large, lie. being tho youngest son. He received a com mon school education, studied law and wag a teacher in schools in Cov ington, Ky., and other towns. He was admitted to the bar of Kentucky In 1858. He was clected to tho Ken tucky house of representatives a year afterward. In 1876 Carlisle was elected to congress, feervlng successive terms, and in 1833 he was chosen speaker of the house. He held that post also In 1885 and 1887. 8J8TKKS AND llllOTHHlt DHOWN. Two Daughters and Son of C. W. Pinkney Lose Lives. Newfoundland, N. J.?Two daugh ters and a eon of Charles W: Pinkney, In business at 7 7 Water street, New York, wore drowned while boating In Echo Lake, near tills place. No one saw them drown. The bodies wore recovered. The victims wore Winifred Marlon Pinkney, 14 years old: Henrietta Cecllle Pinkney, 18, and Charles W. Pinkney, 24. The family has been living at the lake regularly for some time. The young .man was an expert waterman and skilful In a canoe, and his sisters were almost equally at home In this kind of craft. They went out for n sail in a canoe belonging to tho young man and which was fitted with a sail. It Is believed the canoe must havo been upset by a gust of wind when tho young people were unprepared. TO IJ01SX8K Pit I VAT B JUNKHHH. Prevent* Irresponsible Men I?'roni IC11 ga^iii^ In nu?lne?8. Albany, N. Y.-?State Comptroller IClark Williams In a statement Juut Issued explains what his department purposes to do in enforcing the law passed by the last legislature provid ing for the licensing of private bank ers who do not operate under the pro visions of the banking law. The new law, which goes Into effect on Sep tember 1, In designed to protect the saving* of Immigrants, who, it has been ttated, have lost millions of dol lar* in recent years through the fail ure and absconding-of ao-called pri vate bankers. Arrest Crt?htcr Who Stole 9080,1100. New York.?Krwin Johann Wider, the young JSB'avweek cashier who admit* having stolen securltes to the value of (680,000 from the Russn Chlnese bank agency, where he v.-a* empioyed in this city, w#? arrested and lodged, weeping, in the Tombs ki A flat brie A^?ls tho Capital. .Guthrie, Oklft.? CJurhrlo was re j established at the capital of Ok la ' homa in practically all recpeet*, fol lowing the decUlon of the slate tu pr*mo court. fflfr ffai" ?*'r *1^' t' 't COMBINE OF COTTON MILLS Tim International Formed Willi $20,000,000 Capital. I>;*liiiles U'J I'lmitii, Willi 10,000 10ll)< ploye* mill Hi 1N,OOO,OOO Annual Output. New York. ?- Twonty-t wo cotton mills organised themselves into n trust when papers were filed in Al bany under the name of the Interna tional Cotton Mills corporation, with ft capital btock of $20,000,000. 8ev erul Important textile mill* In this country and Canada are Included in the trust. They manufacture 3,000 varieties of fabric, employ 10,000 op eratives and own 10,000'acres of land. Their annual sales are put at $18, 000.000. The trust announces lis purpose to reach all foreign markets as wtdl its to compote for domestic trade. A controlling interest in the pre ferred and common stocks of the Con solidated Cotton Duck company will he acquired. This rom|iHiiy, in uddi tl?m to owning directly the well known Stark -mills of Mauchebter, N. II., and several Southern mills, also owns the well known group of mills composing iho Mount Vernon Woodbury Cotton Dm k company.' The other properties comprise the group of mills constitut ing the Day Riflite Cotton corporatfou of MasiichusoUs, which company owns mllhi ln Massachusetts and New York. The new company controls two mills in Catwola, the J. Spencer Tur ner company of New York ?nd the Hoston Yarn company of llostoii. The rolling companies, in addition to handling the output of the mills Just acquired, will'well tho output of mills which manufacture a variety of goods not made In the mills acquired. Tho properties represented number 22 mills and includes some 35 hranrix, many of which have been In the world's markets for more than half a century. N:\MH I,IN!) !>!?:,sriTK PHOTI'.HT. Democrat k of Minnesota Disregard Ills Non-Acceptance. St. Paul. ? Minnesota Democrats nominated .John Lind for governor 'in spite of his persistent declaration that under no circumstances would he accept the nomination. Lind is 011 his way to Alaska. Months before the convention he made it plain that tho party should adopt a county option plank in Its pint form. The antl-optlonists, however, se cured control of tho convontlon and adopted a platform in which no ref erence was-made to county option or to any form of temperance legisla tion. Then tho convention named Lind, no other name being mentioned as a candidate. - The platform denounces the dismis sal of Plnchot and tit** retention of Halllnger, denounces President Taft for his approval of the Puvno tarjff bill, excoriates congress for Its ex travagance and subservience to tho special Interests. SPAIN KHCAI.LS IO.NVOY. Great lCxcltement in Madrid Over Itnpture of Vatican Delation*. Madrid. Spain. ? After a lengthy conference at Ban Sebastian King Al fonso and Premier Canalejas resolvert not to submit to the ultimatum of the Vatican, and decided to recall from Homo tho Marquis Kmlllo do OJeilu, the Spanish Ambassador to the Vati can. The announcement of the rup ture with the Church created - the greatest excitement here. On tho part of the ultra-Catholics the feeling Is deep and bitter against tho government. Blood has already been shed in rioting as the outcome of sermons against Premier Canale jas' policy of religious freedom. There is also the serious danger of a Carllst rising. History Is being mado today in 8paln. It Is Impossible to foresee what results tomorrow may bring. Senor Canalejas, the leader of the Liberals, Is firm and determined. His declared purpose is to "modernize" his country. KYLLKP His MOTIIKH. Quarry Owner,Suddenly Insane, Slays Two and Wounds Three Others. Qulncy, Mass.?Louis G. Restilli. a quarry owner, shot and fk11 lorl his mother, Mrs. Rose Restllli, and Ilenry w, Hardwlck, a prominent nnnrrv owner, and aluo shot and seriously wounded his brother Jasper, proprie tor of the Qulncy Avenue Granite company: Henjamln Bishop, presi dent of the Henjamln Bishop Granite company, and 13. T. Hardwlck of Henry K, Hardwlck & Co. The murderer then escaped to tho woods.. It Is believed he became sud denly Insane. ItOOSKVKl/T'S NKI'IIKW LOSFS. Young Itobiiivon Defeated in llcrki mcr Republican Primaries. Utica, N. Y.?The organization Re publicans of Herkimer county won a victory in tho primary contests after a bitter fli?ht. Congressman Charles 8. Millington'of Herkimer, candidato of the organisation, backed by Vice President Sherman, obtained a ma jority ot the delegates over Theodore Douglass Robinson, nephew of ex? Prealdeht Roosevelt, who i?~the can* didate of the insurgent faotion.? ? - ? . 17-Vear-Old flirl a Suicide. Ashburnham, Haas.?OrlGf-Strtdc* en, it la believed, because her mother had chlded her for attendliiK a danci^t Ruth Bickford, a 17-year-old girl, killed herself by firing two revolver bullets into her head. Rank's Shares Take Big Drop. Berlln.^The shares of the. Nteder deutsche Bank of Dortmund, closed pending nil inve stigation, sold on the Bourse July 2 at 118.80 markn (about $300) and are quoted at 6.65 marks* (about $1.60). FOR COM OF OH Swung Crown Voto to Nominee on the Third Ballot,. PRESIDENT TAFT PRAISED rinnl Voto Wiin Harding, 7-10; Brown, IU<); Longum-lli, 10.1; (.'mlleld, ft?Platform for Tuft*?Huecess fill Candhlnto ia .Vewnptipcr Man. OHIO KICPFHLICAN TIOKICT. For Governor*?Wiwrni G. Harding of Marion. For Lieutenant Governor??Francis \V. Trendwny of Clei eland, r<noinl? nated. For Secretary of State?Granville W. Mooney of AuKtlnluirg. 'For- stato Tieu.surer-T?ltudy A. Archer of llclntbnt. For Attorney General?1\ G. Don. man of Toledo. If?r .luklld s i f (he Supreme Court ?M'ilHftm 1$. -Crew of JlcCouncil*, ville and AuguMua N. Summers of Springfield. Columbus, Ohio.??Matting an ofil i'lul Indor.oemi lit <>f President Ta-fl, tho national administration and the regulars', the Republican state roil vent Ion nominated for governor War ren (I. 11 ardiiis of Murli,!', o ne-11 mo | lloi.tenant governor and long the right hand man of .lorn pli Pennon Koralc r. The nomination came on the third ballot. when Choree 11. Cox, despairing of the success c f Ilia, can didate, Judue (> It. Iliown, east the !?1 votes of (lip Hamilton county dele gation for the Marlon men, Here is the vute In d: tail: Kind Second Third lip lint. llallol. Oallot. Harding 497 7 4 li hrovrn si3 r?cn 120 Garfield 7.'I US II l.ougwoi Hi .... 03 Kit 195 hen in an ...... 2 - 1 ? l'oraher ? 2 '? Necessary to a choice, f,.'{1. James It. Garfield, leader of the ultra progressive wing of the parly and referred to an tho> leading "Insurgent" of the r.late, caino off with some honor*. The plat form, adopted with only a few scattering cries of "No!" conlalm the strong Indorsement of the Presi dent and of i;n> piirj,o??o and tendency (if the tariff law demanded by the* reg ulars. It contains tin conservation 1 lank and all hut one of the state planks wanted j>y the progressives. 'J'ho omission in that of tho demand for a law for the recall of unfaithful public servants. This was a feature of tho Garfield platform. Warren O. Harding, the Ropubll can nominee for governor of Ohio, Is forty-live yearn old, and is the pro prietor of the Marion Evening Star of Marlon, whoro ho lives. Ho was lieutenant governor of Ohio under Myron T. Horrlck and Is a caiypalgn speaker of note. Mr. Harding was born In Morrow county, Ohio. He lias lived In Marion slnco 1SS2. HANK FAILS FOK $12,500,000. Nicderd^ntKclic's Collapse Finis In Arrest of Director Ohm. Dortmund, Germany.*?Tho list of hank failures In Germany through ex cessive speculative operations has re ceived a striking addition In tho In solvency of tho Nlederdeut3cho hank,' against which bankruptcy proceed ings wero begun. This action was preceded by tho arrest of Ilerr Ohm, director nnd chief manager of tho bank, who came to prlcf through his attempts to found numerous Indus trial companies which wero inade quately capitalized. The liabilities of tho bank are placed at $12,500,000, whllo Its capi tal is $3,0 0 0,000. it Is assorted that tho depositors will lose tho greater part of their money and the members of the board nearly the whole of their prlvato fortunes. ' f I>11. WAHD'S F8TATE $1,000,000. Most of It Goes In Annual Hums to Hon nnd Granddaughter. Newark, N. J.?Hy iho will of Dr. Leslie D. Ward, which was filed for probate In tho surrogate's offlco an estate estimated to be worth 84,000,000 Is divided among rela tives, friends and employes. The re siduary legatees aro tho testator's son, Leslie P. Ward, and a grand daughter, Helen Ward, six years old, dauKhter of the latellerbert Ii. Ward, The snr. and granddaughter share In the estate equally under a trust provision by which each is to receive $10,000 annually In quarterly pay* mcnts. MJiH. liONGWOnTII'S LEGACY. Will Receive AI>out a Year Uiulcr Grandfather's Will. Boston.?Tlio Inventory of tho es tate of CJcorge 0. Leo, grandfather of Alice Uooscvclt-Txmgworth, sh^ws an estate valued at $1,662,821, of Which $1,569,821 is personal and '$93,000 *ln real estate. Mr*. Longwoflh, who Inherits one twelfth of tho revenue of tho estate, will receive about $5,300 a year. Confidence Among Financiers. New York.?W. C. Drown, presU dent of tho New York Central lines, returning from a ten days' tour of the West, reports absolute confidence among financiers, farmer* and busl? ucea men In America's soundness. Auto Kills Small Boy. Now Brqnswickv- K. Jotw>r>h Horvath, three years old, was run down by theiWom<>t>iie of <*.- Q. Rus sell, ft playing card manufacturer of ^hls city. The child ran In front of the machine. He died half an hour "Hiffcf.ln Hi. Peter's HoapltateS" May Fortify TdnM(^vv h Irfondoni^?The^iii With g<if#lrrtme?t may foHffy Trfndsd, owing to the r? [ cent discoveries of petroleum and STATE CONVENTIONS MEET Dip: Party Representatives As semble h Nebraska and Iowa. Bryan Measure HrpiultuU'd l>y Own Parly Adopted as riutfnriii Plank 17 lU'l'uWIciuis. Grand Island, Nob. ? Nebraska Democrats wrested the leadership of their State organization f:'oin William J. Bryan on tho lss?ie of county op tion. By decisive votes they regis tered their unbelief In his prosent policies after listening to an impas sioned appeal from Mr. Bryan, who declared tho liquor, Interests were In an organized attempt to secure polit ical control of the state. Tho minority plank submitted by Mr, Bryan waa brief, and his op ponents declared was an effort to recede from his former radical atti tude. Hut tho Workers against tho county option plank were unappeasel * and tlood firmly against It. Tho include to Bryan's ultimate de feat camo earlier In tho day, when amid a tumult of cheers from his former adherents, permanent Chair man C. J. Smyth, of tho convention, read the result of a test vote on a mo tion made by Co.nsress'man O. M. Hitchcock, a candidate for tho United States hcnatorhil nomination. In ef fect, it was to eliminate tho Intro duction of platform planks, with ac companying speeches, unless sub' milted as a section from a majority or minority report of tho committee on resolution*. The voto stood C17 against Bryan to 195 In bis favor. Thoro was an Indescribable scone of tumult when tho result was an nounced. IXHURGENT NOR11IH BKATEX, Lincoln, Neb.?George W, Morris, Nebraska's insurgent congressman. ' was defeated at tho Republican stato convention bore for the permanent chairmanship by Senator Norrls Brown. This was tho most Interesting If not the most important event of tho convention. NoVris lost by 051 to 2CS. Tho convention passed a resolution by a Voto of r>2 0 to 2 7 0 Indorsing county option, W. J. Aryan's pet Idea. It also declared for direct legislation by a vote of almost two to one. President Taft's administration wan Indorsed. Col. Roosevelt was re ferred to as one of America's'greatest citizens and foremost statesmen. Tho mention of ills name act tho conven tion wild. ....... .. .. ?: IOWA REJECTS COUNTY OPTION. Ottumwa, la.?The Stato Democra tic convention was marked by a bril liant fight over local option. Tho high license wing, which holds the municipality to bo the proper unit, won a sweeping victory over the adr vocates of tho county option plan. Gen. James B. Weaver offered an amendment embodying the Bryan plan. Ex-Congressman Martin J. Wade chifmpioned tho majority re port. - Tho lattor report was adopted by n vote of 98.1 to 178. Upon a platform which denounces the tariff law as class legislation, de clares for the initiative and referen dum and the election of United States senators by direct vote, tho conven tion ratified tho ticket nominated at tho primary, the head ot which Is CHiude II. Porter of Centcrvlllo for governor. bars out nnrnsii cattle. \ Canada Afraid of Contagion From Foot and Mouth Disease. . Ottawa, Ont.?Owing tp tho out* break of foot and mouth disease among cattle In- Yorkshire, the de partment of agriculture has suspend ed .-ill permits for the importation of cattle! sheep and swine from Oreat Britain into Canada. As no live animals may he tm portod into the Dominion except from the United 8tates and Newfoundland and upon permit Issued by the de partment, It follows that there will bo a strict embargo against live Stock other than horses coming from Great Britain until the government la satis fled that tho disease at present pre* vailing has been completely stamped out. MUST BATHE EVERY WEEK. .1 Board of Health Will Prosecute tho Unwashed of Aurora, Bl. Aurora, Bl.?Aurora residents are ordered by tiio ^^'inrtuien* *g take at least one bath a week. The order is one in a list.of rules and reg ulations issue by the health officer. The rule as to cleanliae6s of body is No. $, and, according to Dr. A. R. Re dor, tho health officer, and Chief of Pollco Mitchels, any one who violates tho rule will ho arrested and prose ! cuted to tho full extent of tho law. | The unwashed are evidently believed a menace Ua health. % | Klevcn fitrlnsent rules aro con tained in tho buUetln Issued by the | health department". Every ono per ? tains to the Cleanliness of the city, | and if lived up to the health of the | community will be assured,the health officer says. Brokers Announce Refund. Now York.?Wall Street' brokers notified customers that they are to re ceive $1,000,000 in refunds from the State for an excess of stamps placed On Stock transfers under the ruling that the tax Is to be based on tho par value of securities. ALARMING REVOLT.IN EL CANEY g Troops Hurried to Pint Down lnstir rscttonr trt Minfet aw* ~ Havana, C;?ba.?Tb* fs mu?h alarmed over the tioo .at S3 Caney,Jn the j Santiago de Cul>a. Foil' night ?ouucll at tho wero,. rushed to troop# The