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BARNWELL, S. C„ THURSDAY, JUNE4,1908 PRICE INDICTED Ha Is Accused of Participation In - Crop Report Leaks. -'-v* BIG COHON DEALER •r- m'- GEN. S. D. LEE. COMMANDER OF VETERANS AN. 8WERS LAST ROLL CALL. ■ Charged With Conspiring to Fur- nis*h Advance ’ Information and ‘ With Attempting to Bribe Holmes to Shaiw Reports to Suit Him and ' .*■ v ' * His Assistants. - 1 beo. H. Price, big dealer, waa in dicted in New York Friday by the Federal grand jury after a long in vestigation of the leak of the crop statistics contained in a Government leport, which had not been made pub lic The government found two in- d'etments against Price, one charging conspiracy to commit an offence against the United States and the - o.htr ,,r,, ** r y o f a government offi cial. Three other persons wege in.- dlrted with Price and warrants issued for their arrest. " ith t l ,e handing down of the in dictments Mr. Price, who. a^pa-ent- y.. anticipated the action taken against him, appeared at the Fed eral building and surrendered him- Was urraf *ncd before Judge il"'igh and pleaded uot guilty Bail was fixed at $5,000, which was fur- « shed, and Mr. Price was released after the Court had sot June IP as ihe date for the prelimary hearing. ' Mr Price in a statement made public •Her Iris nrnrtgnment asserfed that was entirely innocent of the charges. A dispatch Trtm WMhgton says almost simultaneously in Washington - and New York indictments were to day returned against Theodore H. Price, a prominent New York cotton operator; Frederick A. Peck ham and Moses Ha**, both of New York, and Edwin 8. Holmes. Jr., of that citv. formerly asisUnt statistlcan of the department of agriculture, for alleg ed participation in'Government crop leport ienks. Price is charged with having conspired with the other three me.i to furniah advance infor mation regarding the crop reports of the department of agriculture, and Price. Pe^kham and Haas are charg ed with conspiring to bribe iioln.es to shape the official reports to suit their interests. There were four indictments brought in "by the Federal grand jiffy, in both cities. All but Price have heretofore been indicted nnder true •►111 returneRT in October, 19»5. fol lowing the sensational exposure of the crop leaks. After a lohg legal f.clil i*' Ham and Hs.-.g succeeded Intir.-.V'-ii* ng their eu.~*-»it.lon here from New York, but Holmes was placed ou trial In June. 1907, the \ jury reporting a disagreement. Hol- ^ mes har not f»een' retired. The indictment were returned here late Friday. According to them Price made $750,000 as a result of his advance information regarding the report for December 1904 and paid Hars $125,000 out of this sum. Wftile not stating how muc% Holmes received '»•> his share the indictment charge that Haas paW Holmes $1,- 000 for information on the June re- IKirt of 1905. The Irfdictment. which sots out seven overt acts, says that on -May 31. 1%05, Price and Haas con spired by promising, offering and giv ing to an official of the United States a sum of money to induce Holmes, in violation of his duty, to furnish such advance information. • It recites the conference in New York on May 31 between-Price and Haas, following which Haas came to Washington, met Holmes and pro mised to pay for advance information; that -on—Jmw^ i and -19<157 Haras’ received such information from Hol mes and it was conveyed to Price, and that on June 2 Haas paid Holmes $1,000. The second count of the Juuilclmeni says Haas and Price con spired to bribe Holmes to arrange the June report so as to show a greater “ crop than the information In the statistican's office justified The other Indictments charge three New York men, in eight counts, with bribing Holmes for the informa tion and shaping the conspiracy re port as mentioned; charge Holmes. Peckham and Haas with conspiracy to defraud the Government by get ting information in advance, and the fourth indictment, charging Peck- ham and Haas only with conspiracy to bribe flolmes to give out advance 4 information. - * * HOGS FOUND RONES Of Some More Victims on the Guin- ~ ness Farm. } At La Porte. Ind., hogs, wallow- , ing in the lowland, Just below the private eemetary of Mrs. Belle Guin ness, Friday, brought to the sui- fae'e two human bones. One was from an arm and the other from a leg The hogs dragged'the bones around- hog yard for some time - before the* And became known- Aa a result, Sheriff SmuUer *111 begin turning the surface of the nog run and dragging the pond which borders ; wkH» - - m ^ ' Ho am Ibe Last Living Lieutenant of the C\>uf(Hierate States of Aineri- ea. Generai Stephen D. Lee, command er-in-chief of the United Confederate veterans and the last Lieutenant gen eral of the Confederacy, died at Vicksburg, Miss., Thursday morning after an illness of seven days. - Gen eral Lee was taken ill on May 21, after a hard day’s task in making speeches and welcoming the Iowa and Wisconsin reunion of veterans. Grand army of the Republic *t the National park in Vicksburg. The following sketch of Gen. Lee's life and services was written by Col. U. R. Brooks, of Columbia: “About 76 years ago, in Charleston. S. C. f Lieutenant General Stephen D. Lee, C. S. A., was born. His educa tion was finished at West Point. W>hen the tocsin of war was sounded, he’ responded to the call of Gen. Wade Hampton, and helped him raise the celebrated Hampton Legion, by commanding the Horse Artillery, then known as Lee’s battery, which cov ered itself with glory on so many bloody fields, and was known as Hart's battery, after the*’ gallant young Captain Lee was promoted at Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862. ‘‘The subect of this hurried and imperfect sketch was assigned to duty in the army of the West, and served under General Bragg. John- ~sr>n aud Hood. He gradually - rose from brigadier to major general and to lieutenant general, and for his gal- lant services rendered at the battle of Eera church, near Atlanta. on July 28. 1864, was highly complimented. “No better or more loyal Confeder- ever TivtST than the lamefiled TJte 1 pheu D. Lee. whose great soul took its flight this day. to answer to- the last r^H-calt. The old Hampton Le gion was composed of some of the very best and most gallant men in the Confederate or any other army. The Legion furnished to our glorious cause, live generals, as follows; Hampton, Lee, Butler, Gray and Connor. “General Stephen Lee's promo tions were as follows: Captain artillery, March, 1861. “Major artillery. Noveml>er, 1861. “Lieutenant colonel artillery. No- vemljer, 1862. “Colonel artillery, Deeemljer, 1862. “Brigadier general. P. A. C. S., March. 1863. “Major general. P. A. JC. Au gust. 1863. , "Lieutenant general. P. A. C. S.. June, 1864. "As colonel he commanded a bat talion of artillery—Lee's battaliion— Composed of Eubanks', Grims'. Jor dan's, Parker's, Rhett's and Taylor's batteries of artillery. - c - “As brigadier genera), he com manded a brigade of infantry, gar risoning fixed batteries of artillery at Vicksburg. "As major general, he was assign ed August 16, 1863, to t$3 command of all the cavalry of the department of Alabama. Mississippi, East Louis iana and West Tennessee, and on May 24. 1864, was^^tsigned to the command of the alK>ve-nan»ed depart ment. "As lieutenant general, he was as signed July 27, 1864. to the com mand of Hood's cot*ps, army of Ten nessee, composed of the divisions of D. H. Hill, Stevenson and Clayton. ‘He was one of the best qualified, all-round officers of the Confederate army? commanding with distinction in every branch of the service. An old-time South CarqUjDwa^e has put his Impress upon the matter of writing the truth as to facts for the history of-the Confederate states and the Con&ederaUL..solclier—.-To this end he has spoken often and written ranch. t “Gen. Stephen D. Lee fought side by side with the lamented and dis tinguished Gen. Ellison Capers, the Iteloved bishop: It was the good for tune of the writer to witness the last meeting of these two great men on the afternoon of January 22, 1908. The most touching and pathetic thing was to see these Confederate heroes, who fought on so many bloody fields, weep like children when they part ed. 'May their great souls rest in peace', is the prayer of their com rades.” blind tigers Convicted. Anderson Will Rid Herself of Illicit Whiskey Sellers.. At Anderson of 38 liquor cases tried by the present session of the criminal court^ 24 convictions have resulted. There are yet a great many cases on tWe docket,” some of which will be tried Friday afternoon, and the remainder continued on ac count of one pretext or another, un til the Septetpber term of th£ court. The fact that so many convictions have resulted will very likely have a good effect upon the illegal sale of whiskey in Anderson county. !■ each case where sentences have been made the defendant*has been required to pay till or serve ffT days on tha oountj- gang ar lo the state penitenti ary. Such punishment is calculated to pat a stop to the operation of WHO THEY ARE. Names of Stab Candidates So Far Who Havo Announced. MAY BE OTHERS. - «-* ■• What Each Candidate Has ty Pay to Enter the Race, Which With His Other Expenses Makes Running for a State Office an Expensive Luxury. . As will be noticed upon reference to the' schedule published in another column the-State campaign will open on June 17, and there will be two campaign parties—one composed of the candidates for the United States senate and the other composed of the candidates for state offices. The two parties will start on the same day, ^at different places, and tour the state in different directions. At present there are five candidates for United States senator—Hon. John Gary Evans of Spartanburg; Hon. D. C. Heyward of Richland; Hon. George Johnstone of Newberry; Hon. O. B. Martin of Richland and Hon. D. Smith of Florence. „ These gentlemen, and others who may hereafter enter the race, wJU tour the state together, and it is to be hoped that people will be edified on national Issues by their able .-tdress- es on topics of the day . * . There are two candidate:; for gov ernor—Governor M F. Ansel and State Senator Cole I,. Blease of New berry. There Is vet |.o-siliillty of further opposition Tn noreruor Anyet,' as some of the most Insistent prohibi tionists do not relish his recent, change on the prohibition issue and are disposed to bring out a candidate in opposition who will stand for un qualified prohibition. None of the state officials is apt to have opposition except Railroad Com missioner Caughman, who will be opposed by several, among whom are J. A. Summersett of Columbia, Hal. W. Richardson of Barnwell, F. C. Fishburn of Charleston and Cansler of Tlrzah. The superintendent of education is a candidate for the United States senate and for that office there are three announced aspirants—8. R. R. Meilichamp of Orangeburg, E. C. Elmore of Spartanburg and J. E. Swearingen of Edgefield. Gen. Wilie Jones, for the execu tive committee, anounce the follow ing rate 'of assessment for candidates for United States senate, congress, etc.: United States senate $50100 Congress.. ., 50.00 Governor ,.50.00 Other state officers. 37.50 Solicitor 25.00 The state campaign opens up on June 17 and the candidates.do not have a great amount of time now in which to file their pledges and hand over their coifT for the privilege of telling the “dear peepul” a few things and appealing to them for their sup port. The last hour for filing pled ges is noon of the day before the iti nerary begins. it is necessary to have an experi enced railroad man, one who is thoroughly conversant with sebed- dules, eic., vrqpare the nampaigu itinerary and Mr. B. H. Todd, city ticket and passenger agent of the Southern, has been assigned to thft duty by the subcommittee in charge At least two weeks will intervene between the two campaign meetings in each county. WHALE KILLED. Big Fish Bagged Near Palmetto Reach, Fla., on Tuesday. A whale 35 feet long was captured Tuesday morning by a fishing party in Hillsltorough bay, two miles off Palmetto beach. A bombardment of two hours with Winchester rifles was Ijeld before the whale was kill ed. It was then towed to the beach. It is the first one seen in these wat ers in many years. IMPLICATED IN MURDER,' vr Darlington Negro Suspected Uu^ey Arrest in Alabama The State says: Gov. Ansel has granted a requisition for Epperson McLeod, a negro, who has been ar rested in Alabama and is wanted as an accessory to a murder in Darling ton county in 1900. Epperson is said to have prompted another ne gro” Geo. McFadden, to shoot a ne gro woman. McFadden is now serv ing a life sentence for the deed.„ THREE SLAIN BY BANDITS. BRYAN WANTS TAFT TO.HELP GET THE PUBLICITY BILL PASSED BY CONGRESS. Taft’s Reply Is That He Haa Written a Letter to That Effect Al- ready. DATES FIXED For th* Spooking 4n the Stitt Campaign Mootings. A TWO RING AFFAIR. A dispatch from Washington says Secretary Taft received the following telegram from Hon. Wm. J. Bryan on Thursday: “i beg to suggest that as leading candidates in our respective parties, we .'oiu in asking congress to pass a bill requiring publicatio^of campaign ccntrtbutiong'prior to election. If you think best we can ask other candi dates to unite with us in the request. ». “W. J.. Bryan." Secretary Taft, after a talk ’with the president gave out for publication his answer, as follows: "Hon. William J. Bryan. Lincoln, Neb: "Your telegram received. On April 30th, last, 1 sent the following letter to Senator Burrows, the chair man of the committee on ' privileges and elections of the senate: " My dear Mr. Burrows: I sin cerely believe that it would greatly tend to the absence of corruption in politics if the expenditures for no mination and election of ail candi dates and all contributions received and expenditures made by political committees could be made public both in respect to state and national poli tics. For that reason I am strongly in favor of the passage of a bill which 4s now pending in the senate and houst bringing about this result so far as national politics are con- cecnad. 1. mark. this. letLej„ personal because I am anxious to avoid assum ing an attitude in the campaign wb4ch-lt-4s-qnito pbssible 1 shall never| have the right to assume, but so far as my personal Influence is concerned I am anxious to give It for the age of the bill. “ ‘Very sincerely yours, “ Wm. H. Taft.’ “Since writing the above, in an swer to inquiry. I have said public ly that I hoped such a hill would pass. “Wm. H. Taft.’' Lincoln, Neb., May 26.—Mr. Bry an received Secretary Taft's tele gram this afternoon. He sent the following reply: "Hon. William HTTaft, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.: “I am much gratified to receive your telegram and trust the publica tion of your letter will add the weight necessary to turn the scales in favor of the measure. Elections are public affairs and publicity wi’i help to purify politics. "Wm. J. Bryan.” Mr. Bryan wired SeuAtor Culber son and Representative Wiliiann r.s ft .lows: Dio;;*' '•ecure cople* of rav te’e- gn in. t • Secretary Taft nnd I. s ie;,ly c i tcevn.nt campaign jon rib ttions His letcr to Senator Burrows may enable you to secure action on the hill. "Wm. J. Bryan." FIVE ARE DEAD. And Many Others Are Made Sick by Ice Cream. At Rockwell City. N. Y., an epide mic of typhoid fever which "had its origin in the food cooked for a Me thodist church social, has already re sulted in live deaths. Thirty more members of the church, Includng the pastor Rev. M. E. Ready, are now seriously ill, with a chance that sev eral more will die. Physicians who have investigated the case /leclare that the germs existed either in the fried chicken or the ice cream. * YOUNG MAN SHOT / By Mother of Girl He Persisted tn Going With. At Monroe, N. C.. because William Luther, a popular young society man, persisted in his attention to Miss Margaret Thompson.a school girl,aged 15, against the protest of her mother, he was shot and serriouaJy»?wounded by Mrs. Thompson. Luther’s condi tion is not regarded as critical, Mrs. Thompson after repeated protests, declared that she would shoot Luther if he did not desist coming to see her daughter. He came ^Sunday night, and an angry scene ensued, the shooting following. * CLAIMED SHE WAS WILD. Englishman and Two American* Kill / «d by Mexicans. Two Americans and one English man ware attacked by bandits and killed near Coachlnia. Mexico, one of the mining camps of the Green Copper Company, near Dolores, CjM- hnahna. J^mrepoK of The dime vac received 'by the British cottn! In Mexico Clty'Tkurcday. bat qp details • :were Officer Takes Charge of Woman Found in the Woods. A dispatcir from Greenville to The News and pourier says a white wo man named Lillian Smith was fotlnd in the WOdtfk; near Monaghan Mill, Friday thorn tog. Deputy Sheriff Bal lenger received-a telegrom early in th* morning, to the effect that th«r '"*s a wild woman in the woods, and ht Immediately left for the scene i he woman claimed that she had qnjy spent one night in the woods and denied that she had attempted to kill nay one. 'She was dressed very poorly., The officers are detain ing her and will have her examined by g lunacy commlacton. • The Two Campaign Parties Will Be- gin to Slump the State on June IT. One Startingg at Sumter and the Other at St. Matthew*. A subcommittee of the State De mocratic executive committee, con sisting of Chairman Wilie Jones,Com ptroller General *A. W. Janes and C. L. Blease of Newberry, met and ar ranged the schedule for the Demo cratic campaign this summer. Capt. D. J: Griffith, also a member, was unavoidably absent on business. As was decided upon by the State con: vention there are to be two campaigtr parties, one for the candidates for the United States senate and congress and the other for the candidates for the State offices. The State campaign will open at St Matthews on June 17, and the senatorial campaign will op en at Sumter on the same date. The itinerary for the candidates for state offices follows: St. Matthews, Wednesday, June 17. Orangeburg, Thursday, June 1$. St. George, Friday, June 19. Charleston, Saturday, June 20. Walterboro, Monday, June 22. Beaufort, Tuesday, June 23. Hampton, Wednesday, June 24. Barnwell, Friday, Juno 26. Bamberg, Saturday, June 27. Lexington, Tuesday, June 30. Saluda. Wednesday, July 1, Edgefreki, Thursday, July L. Aiken, Friday, July 3. Sumter, Tuesday, July 7. Manning, Wednesday, July 8. Monks Corner, Thursday, July 9. Georgetown, Friday, July 10. Kingstree, Saturday, July 11. Florence, Monday, July 13. Marion, Tuesday. July 14. Conway, Thursday, July 16. Darlington, Friday, July 17. Blshopvllle, Tuesday, July ill, Bennettsvllle, Wednesday, July 22 Chesterfield, Thursday, July £3. Camden. Friday, July 24. Lancaster, Saturday, July 25. V Winnsboro, Monday, July 27. Chester, Tuesday. July 28. Yorkvllle, Wednesday, July 29. Gaffney, Thursday, July, 30. Spartanburg. Friday, July 31. Union. Saturday, August 1. Columbia. Tuesday, August 4. Newberry, Wednesday, August 5. Greenwood, Thursday, August 6. Abbeville. Friday. August 7. Anderson, Saturday, August 8. Walhalla, Wednesday, August 19. Pickens. Thursday, Augusc 20. Greenville. Friday. August 21. .. ._ Laurens, Saturday, August 22. Following is the schedule of meet ings for candidates for United States senate, congressmen and solicitors: Sumter, Wednesday, June 17. Maaning, Thursday, June 18. Monks Corner, Friday, Junq 19. Georgetown, Saturday, June 20. -Kingstree. Monday, June 22. Florence, Tuesday, June 23. Marion. Wednesday, June 24. Conway, Friday, July 26. Darlington, Saturday, June 27. Blshopvllle, Tuesday, June 30. Bennettsvilie, Wednesday, July 1. Chesterfield, Thursday, July 2. Camden, Friday, July 3. Lancaster, Saturday, July 4. Winnsboro, Monday, July 6. Chester. Tuesday, July 7. Yorkvllle, Wednesday, July 8. Gaffney, Thursday, July 9. Spartanburg. Friday, July 10. Union, Saturday, July 11. Columbia, Tuesday,' July 14. Newberry, Wednesday, July 15. Greenwood, Thursday. July 16 . Abbeville, Friday,, July 17. Anderson. Saturday, July 18. Walhalla, Tuesday, July 21. Pickens, Wednesday, July 22. Greenville, Thursday, July 23. Laurens, Friday, July 24. Lexington, Tuesday, July 28. Saluda, Wednesday, July 29. Edgefield, Thursday, July 30. Aiken, Friday, July 31. Bamberg, Saturday, August 1. Barnwell, Tuesday, August 4. Hampton, Thursday, August 6. Beaufort, Friday, August 7. -Waljerhoro, Saturday, August 8. Charleston, Wednesday, Angus} 19 St. GeoVge, Thursday, August 20 Orangeburg, Friday, August 21. St. Matthews, Saturday’ August 22. BOAT TURNED OVER AND REV. JENNINGS AND DR. LEONARD DROWNED. A Most Dist rawing and Fatal Acci dent Happened at Tucapan Pond Near Greer Monday Evening. t 'r- A dispatch from Greenville to The State says: Dr. T. M. Leonard, a dentist, and Rev. Mr. Jennings, pas tor of th^ Presbyterian church at Reidville, were drowned Monday evening at 6.30 in Berry's mill pond, eight miles from Greer. The two men were taking a day’s outing and were fishing when the storm came up Monday afternoon. To escape a drenching they drew in anchor and were paddling Ho the shore, when the boat overturned, throwing both men Info the water. Neither could swim and there were no eyewitnesses to the tragedy. Dr. Leonard’s body has not yet -been recovered/though the body of the minister was found late Monday night. Further search is being made at the pond for the recovery of Dr. Leonard's body. Rev Mr. Jennings leaves three daughters, his wife hav ing died a year ago. Dr. Leonard leaves a vtife and three children. A dispatch from Spartanburg says: Mr. Jennings was a graduate of the Clinton orphanage and was held in high esteem by Dr. Jacobs and others connected with the orphanage. He had been stationed at Reidville for five years and was serving a num ber of churches. He was loved by the members of all his churches and his sudden and tragic death has caus ed widespread sorrow. ^ There q^ere fully 400 persons gath ered at Tuscapau Tuesday night, com ■ ing from every section of the country and" 2W are actively engaged 1b the search for the body of Dr. Leonard. Tuesday night the great pond will be practically dry and th^ recovery of the missing body is extracted. This distressing accident has caus ed wide sorrow throughout the county. Dr. Leonard was well known in this city t He was a former stu dent of Wofford college and a rela tive of Dr. O. W. Leonard of Spar tanburg. leaving Wofford college, he studied dentistry and practiced his profession at Reidville his home. He Is survived by his wtfs and sev- ral children. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. BREAKS OUT AGAIN. Carrie Nation Put In Jail for the Odd Had a Fine Meeting in Aiken Last Week. The Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythian met In Aiken last week and had a most delightful time. The following officers were elected foi the ensuing year: For Grand Chancellor, Mr. L. M. Msttison, of Anderson, was elected without oporition to succeed Mr. Mendel L. Smith, of Camden. Mr. A. G. Rembert, of Spartan- tinrg. was the only candidate for grand vice chancellor, and he was unanimously elected. Mt% J. Walter Doar of Georgetown, was elected grand prelate. Mr. Doar had opposition. There were several candidates lor grand keeper of records and seal. Mr. C. D. Brown, of Anderson recelv- e<f the election. 1 Mr. Wilson G. Harvey, of Charles ton was .elected grand master of ex chequer. x Mr. J. W. King, of Columbia, was elected grand master at arms. Mr. J. Ligon Reeves, of North, was elected grand inner guard. For grand outer guard, Mr. H. J. Cottingham. of Dillon, was elected.* ■ l. |l ■ MW ANOTHER DISASTER. Caused by a Typhoon Which Followed Freshet in China. The steamer Shtnono of the Japan ese line, brings news of another dis aster through a typhoon at Hankow China, following a freshet which in volves the loss of more thaft 1,000 lives, with the wrecking of 14,000 junks and the stranding of many steamers, including several foreign craft. The typhoon came suddenly and in a few hours reduced hundreds of boats in the Kan river to splinters. Steamers broke away from their moorings and only those which could get up steam quickiy escaped.^ The shores were thick with corps es of river people. Hundred were wrecked before the steamer 10ft Shanghai. News was also brought of a great coal mining disaster in Kwang Si, where 100 lives were lont when a mine took fire. LOST AT SEA r~7T7 .. _——'—--f..— dvrMKwa Wfn mwwmm Wrecking of a Schooner. ONLY TWO MEN SAVED The Ho*ton Fishing Schooner Run Down and Wrecked In n ThMk Fog by the Old Dimtnlon Atlantic. Liner Boston Off Yarmouth, N. a 1 The Boston Fishing schooner Fume was rammed ajid sunk by the Old Dlmlnion Atlantic line steamer Ben ton and seventeen members of the crew of the schooner out of nine teen were lost. r~ ; —-y - - The collision occurred In n fog. The Boston, which waq, bound from Yarmouth, N. the officers stake, was proceeding at slow speed, whlntle blowing constantly. Nothing was heard or seen of any vessel until the Boston smashed Into the Fame. The sharp prow of the steamer siloed Ike ■tern off the scooner and she sank in three minutes. The Boston was stopped and s boat Immediately lowered, but by aa accident to the fall It capaiied. Two more, however, were sent off wlhtia a few minutes. One of them found Edward Pitts, the cook, floating about ■upported by a life belt. John Clark, the other survivor was swimming In the wreckage was hauled on board the life boat tn as exhausted condition. The lifeboats circled about for nearly an hour with out finding others of the schooner's crew^ They had much diffleuity in returning to the Boston owing to the fog. ^ - Pitts, the cook, stated that at ths time of the collision only Fahey and three men were on deck, while of the others, nine were tn the forecastle and the rest In the cabin. Those in the forecastle reached the deck safely, bat It Is the opinion of Pitta that none of those In the eahta were able to get oat. The anrHvoia say nothing waa known of the proxl- mlty of the Boston until aha streak the schooner. The Fame was one of the largest trawlers in the Boston Ashing float. She left Boston on May 4, and ran Into this port last week for aippHaa. s The Fame was built tn Essex In 1905. She registered ISO tone, waa owned by the Eastern Flaking eowul v pany of Boston and was valued at $15,000. She had 100,000 ponada of fish on board, and waa Intending la start for home Friday. • GAVE IT TO THE 1 , Time. —— Carrie Nation was arrested at « * Pittsburg. Pa., on, 'Thursday. This is the thirty-third time in her ad vefituroua and checkered career that she has been in the hands of the police.. CSrrie Nation's latest was -alleged disorderly cond.nct in that ehe la charged with giving four men « tongue lashing in public for some thing that displeased the doughty crusader. She was released upon nsvraent of * $$0 forfeit for her ap pearance in court. Alter her release She declared that ehe would j pgy another flue, tiVt wonld -serve out whatever penalty aha received in laU Iff — FOUND IN RIVER. The Ik>0y of a Man Thought, to Be Murdered At Jacksonville, Fin.,’ the body of an unknown white man, supposed to bq a mate of some schooner in port, was found floating in the river Tu day and upon investigation It waa found that the mart had been shot In the head. The anthorHlea believe the man whs murdered and his body Into tbs river to hide the crime. A thorough Investigation la being mads. Nothing was found on the body to lend to an Jefferson Davis' Berth Place a Church. Dr. W. D. Powell says in the Wee- tern Recorder: "A Baptist church stands on the place where ex-Ptea!- dent Jefferson Davia waa bora. Mr. Davis presented Bethel church. In 1886. with hfs old home stead. In cluding nine acres of ground. t£o Baptist built a fine parsonage, a splendid house of worship, bouae for sexton, etc. 1 ney have the finest plant of any country church that I know. Mr. Davis waa present at the dedication and made a talk. Ha said that many asked why he .being a Methodist, gave hia birthplace on which to build a Baptist church. Ha said it was because his father paa a Baptist and a better man than over h* had been. The church la sustain ed in part by endowments, aa many of the wealthier families are moving to Hopkinsville, Pembroke and Elk- ton.” • FOUND IN RIVER And Identified as ,«ftsa Marie Moowey of Nosth Woodbury. — The body of the woman found on Gloucester Flats on the bank of Big Timlrar Creek, was identified as tkat of Marie Mooney, aged *35, of North Woodbury. N. J. The woman lived with her mother and had been miss ing from home since las Friday night. It was at first thought that she had met with foul play, but an examina tion of the body Saturday failed to reveal any marks of violence. It la thought that she fell from a trestle bridge into the waters of the creek and was drowned. Then her body was washed ashore. The sqictde theory was scouted by reason of tb«_ lack of motive. . *’ CEDRINO INSTANTLY KILLER Noted Italian Auto Death ou Race Track. At Baltimore Emanuel Cedrino, the noted Italian antomoblla driver, instantly killed on track Friday afternoon, saw hia ear akid and of its wheels drino and his mechanic, and. car, were ti a fence, and little hart. Hi ■ r 7,- - — —