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THE EDUCATIONAL BILL
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SEES SATMSS HI FilEI IN
REV filANM FUI
HOST BE STANDARDIZED
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Oottoa Testa Conducted by the Got-
ernment Show* That There la an
Incredible Difference in the Selling
Value of the Various Grades and
Their Textile Worth, t
Senator Cmith of Sooth Carolina
the other day visited the office of Dr.
Cobb of the department of agricul
ture to see a demonstration of the
work Inaugurated under the appropri
ation obtained by him In the last
agricultural appropriation bill, “to
be used In testing the waste, tensile
strength, and bleaching qualities of
the different grades of cotton as stan
dardized by the government."
The work contemplated In this
amendment wa^ carrled off by the de
partment at Clemson College, Dan
vllle and In Washington. The result
has more than met the expectation
of Senator Smith in demonstrating
that the difference In the spinning
value of the different grades, as stan
dardized by the government, Is not
nearly so great as the difference now
fixed by the cotton trade. The differ
ence In the yarns made from good or
dinary, the lowest grade under the
government standard ization, and
middling fair, the highest grade un
der the government standardization
bf upland coton, is praetlcaly negli
gible. The cesLof bleaching good
ordlrtary, and each of the grades
higher Is practically the same. The
waste in converting the different
grades Into yarn Is considerably larg
er In the lower grades, to wit, mid
dling, strict good ordinary, and ordi
nary, but the commercial value of
this waste appears to be the same.
These tests which are now prac
tically ready to be demonstrated and
distributed throughout the country
establish the fact that the farmers
of the country have lost millions of
dollars because of the want of this
knowledge. It is claimed by an ex
port that the state of Texas alone this
season has lost approximately $40,-
000,000. From this estimate, it would
be a safe estimate to say that South
Carolina has lost perhaps a million
this year.
Senator Smith Is Introducing an
amendment, Intended to be proposed
by him to the agricultural bill, re
quiring-the department of agriculture,
to furnish a set of the sfdfi'aSrd sam
pies, as fixed by the government,
free of cost to every shipping point
in the cotton growing section which
■hips a sufficient number of bales an
nually to Justify the use of a set of
these samples; and also to furnish
each shipping point, either with the
bulletin setting forth, the spinning
value of each grade as ascertained by
the recent tests, or a set of yarns
bleached and unbleached, made from
each sample, with such other prod
ucts as were obtained from the teat
from each grade, so that those who
■ell cotton may be able to determine
for themselves what their grades are
and the value of these grades as com
pared with each of the other grades.
To illustrate, if middling should be
quoted as worth 13 cents, by refer
ence to the buletin setting forth the
finding of the department , the value
of ordinary would be readily deter
mined. So also, as indicated above, if
middling was worth 13 cents, and the
tensile strength, as tested by the gov
ernment, the cost of bleaching and
the amount of waste from good ordi
nary being determined should amount
to 70 points, or 70 cents per 100
more than for middling, then the dif
ference between middling and good
ordinary would be $3.50 per bale. A
telegram received some time ago by
Senator Smith in response to an in
quiry of the New York Exchange as
to the difference fixed by the ex
change between good ordinary and
middling was to the effect that a dif
ference of 300 points, equal to 115
per bale was made. Therefore, once
the grade was determined, the value
of that grade as compared with the
price of middling could be ascertain
ed fairly and impartially by both the
farmer and the buyer, as a result of
this work.
Senator x Smith, in speaking of the
work, said: Unless these samples,
that is, a set of the government
grades are obtainable for every ship
ping point, together with a result of
the findings of the department, the
value of these tests will not be fully
available to the cotton grower. To
illustrate this, the government has
decided that 36 Inches shall make a
yard; If only one store or three or
^ four only in South Carolina had a
yard stick, those who would buy In
the stores which had no yardstick
would be at, the mercy of the mer
chant. Therefore It is essential that
every shipping point should have a
set of these grades and the findings of
the department ander these tests, as
it is that every buyer and seller
■Ibould be furnished with a yard stick
or a"standard set of scales.
**80 gratifying are these results
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ADOPTED by the house to Df.
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CREASE INELLIGENCE .
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fair Test of the HcCravey-Harper
! and their rel-
Lawson Compulsory
BUI Which Received Big Majority.
The McCravey-Harper-Lawsoh op
tional pounty adoption compulsory ed-
ucatiofr-blll, as passed by the General
Assembly to Its third reading, which
will no doubt be a final action by the
Houae and Senate, is as follows:
Section 1. That the county board
of education In any county of this
State, upon the written petition of
one-third of the qualified electors re
siding in any school district of the
county, shall ordqr an election W de
termine whether or not the compul
sory attendance of children bet&eqsr
the ages of eight and twelve years
shall be authorized and enforced in
the schools of such district.
Section 2. Upon the written peti
tion of the qualified electors of any
county in the State, the County board
of education of such county shall or
der an election to determine whether
or no. the compulsory attendance of
children between the ages of eight
and twelve ^ears shall be authorized
and enforced lit all the districts and
schools of such county.*
Section 3. In suSih election only
the qualified electors residing In the
school district oi’ county shall be 1 al
lowed to vote. If no election la order
dered fqr a school district the county
board of education shall designate
the time and place of such election
and give notice thereof In some news
paper published in the county, and by
posting such notice in at least three
public places within the school dls
trict for at least two tveeks, unless
here be no newspapers published
within the county, in which event the
posting of the notice as above direct
ed shall suffice. In such election the
board of trustees of the district shall
ac as election managers, shall count
the votes and shall certify the result
to the county board of education. If
such elction is ordered for the whole
county, the voting shall bo conduced
at the regular election precincts and
the county board Of education shall
appoint the managers of such elction
and pay them from the general school
fund the per diem allowed the mana
ges of 'general elections, and shall
receive and canvass the returns.of the
managers and declare the result of
the election.
Section 4. The said ejection shall
be by ballot, and the ballots used
shall have written or printed on them
the wprds, ‘For compulsory atten
dance” or "Agaiilst compulsory at
tendance.” If thermajority of the bat
lots cast at such election shall be
“For compulsory attendance” then
the requirements and penalties here
inafter stated shall be In full force
and effect In such district or in such
county, but if th emajorlty of the hal
los cast shall be “Against compulsory
attendance” the requirements and
penalties hereinafter stated shall not
apply to such district or such coun
ty.
Section 5. In the district or in the
county which votes for compulsory
attendahee In the manner above de
scribed It shall be the duty of every
parent or guardian residing therein
to keep in dally atendance at soifie
public school in said district or coun
ty every child or ward between the
ages of eight and twelve years under
the control of said parent or guar
dian for the entire school term pro
vided by the district board of trus
tees, unless such child or word Is la
regular attendance for an equal term
at' such regular private school, or
unless said parent or guardian pre
sents a certificate from some licens
ed physician as evidence that such
child or ward Is physically or men
tally in capacitated for school work,
or unless said parent or guardian
presents to the county board of edu
cation satisfactory evidence that the
labor of said child is necessary to the
support of said child: Provided,
that the district trustees in every
county, city or school district In
which the provisions of this Act are
in force shall have the powerUo buy
suitable clothing and suitable school
books and pay for the same out of
ative spinning values, too, determln
ed, in order to encompass the entire
cotton business. The departnjent, as
above stated, has demonstrated the
relative cost of converting each grade
Into yarn, the relative cost of bleach
ing each grade, and the amount of
waste In each, thereby fixing the spin
ning value of each grade. This Is
accomplished and done, and the only
thing now to do is to see that he
farmers of the - country have this
knowledge In a practical way, which
I believe will be accomplished by hav
ing a set of these samples placed at
each shipping point, and the relative
value of the different grades, as de
termined by the department, furnish
ed each shipping point. I hope that
each legislature in every cotton grow
ing state will pass a law requiring
every buyer to comfort his grading
to the government standardisation, so
that there may be a uniformity of
grades and aq ultimate uniformity of
prices of each. If this be done, the
cotton farmers of the South will he
the*beneficlaries—and beneficiaries
now to have stains In the sense that means the saving of
‘ milUons of dollars to them annually.”
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SUBSTANCE IS VUTUDST FIFT!
HlLION’S i POUND
TOTAL SUPPLY AN OUNCE
Only .One Plant jn United Sfktes for
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,PkpdajCtie % of This Power
Which is Expected to Revolutionize
Science and Medicine—History of
Its Dlscovery and Development.
In a little, brick building in the
village of Sellersville, Pa., an hour’s
ride by trolley from Philadelphia,
there is located the first radium man-
ufactyring plant in the United States,
dr - In the Western hemisphere for
that matter. The second will soon
be in operation iq Colorado, but the
initial honors go to the little plant in
the century-old settlemeut In—the
Keystone state.
Radium la quite the mose expen
sive, and likewise the most myste
rious thing that the world’s science
has knowledge of at the present time.
It is also the most difficult and the
most costly to^produce. One gram of
radium is worthy at the lowest esti
mate, $106,000. It takes abput .488
of these grams Jo produce a pound;
hence the v.lue of a pound. If there
were that much in the world, would
be worth $50,000,000
But the world, does not possess a
pound of rhdlum, and it will be a
matter of great .many years before
It does. Iq fact It Is doubtful if the
^ntlre dre field of Colorado -wHl pro
duce much more than a pound (XUIiis
material. At the present time th<l
IS not much more than an ounce of
radium in thw world, as it Is* rated
at about $3,0Q0J)00 an ounce, avoir
dupois. the entire supply is worth
about $3,500,000.
Just what radium is remains a
great deal of a mystery. Although a
component part of the earth since its
creation, it was only * very few years
ago that Mine. Curie, the French
scientist and .her husband succeeded
In IsolawU£ilt. Scientists have dis
covered fcjme of the things this won
derful new power can do, buj the sum
of its activkio is a problem' which
will require the work of several gen
erations to establish.
It is stllk in the experimental
stage, and it was not until a year
after Mme. Curie halT cbllected the
first radium *' the world’s history
that its wonderful curative powers
become known.
Prof. Henri Becquerel,^ a great
French physicist, who had closely fol
lowed Mme. Curie in her work, jour
neyed to London to give a lecture on
radium. In his waistcoat pocked he
carried a vial containing a few specks
of the powerful mineral. Unknown
to him, the mysterious Hgh^j-^ys,
which he clement gives| off, plerbed
the glass and his clothing and enter
ed his side. Accordln to the pow
established radium law, a red streak
appeared oh his flesh 14 days later,
the school funds of the district In
which said child shall reside, when
ever It is made to appear to said
school board that on account of lack
of money tho child or its parent or
guardian or other person having con
trol of such child Is not able to com
ply with the provisions of this Act.
Section 6. It shall be the duty of
the school district board of trustees
to furnish the superintendent, prin
cipal or teacher of the school or
schools under their jurisdiction a list
of all children of the constitutional
school age of frqm 6 to 21 years
with the age and place of residence
of each.
Section 7. When any child be
tween the ages of 8 and 12 years
named on such lipt and not exempt
under the provisions of Section 5 of
this Act shall have been absent from
school for five consecutive days or for
more than five days In any scholastic
month, without valid excuse, it shall
be the duty of the superintendent,
principal or teacher of said school to
report such absence In writing to the
chairman of said district board, who
shall forthwith, either in person or
in writing, or through some officer
designated by the district or comply
board, notify the parent or guardian
df said child of such absence, 4 and
shall call his or her attention to the
provisions of the law and shall warn
him or her against a repetition of
the offence.
Section 8. After the warning de
scribed in the foregoing section of
this Act any parent or guardian who
shall fail to comply with tl^c provi
sions of this Act, unless excused or
exempted as hereinbefore provided,
shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor; and, upon complai^j; enter
ed before the nearest magistrate by
the chairman of the district board of
trustees, pr-hy anch. other person or
officer as may be designated by him
or by the county board of education,
and upon conviction shall be liable
for each offence to a fine of not less
than $2 nor more than $10, or to
be ImprlsonedK for not less than two
days nor more than ten days, at the
discretion.of the court. AH fines will
be paid to the county treasurer and
by him credited to the school dis
trict in which the delinquent parent
air gnardlnn •taD nride. ■ j
4a d he suffered great pain from It.
developed la to a deep wound, with
ue ooxaplicatioLs, and be waa com
lied to take blabbed. It was sev
eral months eeforo a cure was effect
ed. sw.*,
Scientists ' aad physicians imme
diately reisonea that such a power
ful agency could be harnessed (or
ooui.jr' weif. re, and since that time
one long series of experiments wit
radium and the human body have
been made. They know little more
now than when they begah, but It is
tolerably certain that the invisible
rays will halt cancer, and perhaps
eStablian a permanent cure, while
scores of other human ills have
proven susceptible to its Influence.
Radium we* first made from the
mineral known as p! chblende, great
quantities of which abound in Aus
tria. But a later discovery establish
ed the fact that the new force existed
In greater quantities In carnotite, a
yellow mineral found in Insignificant
quantities outside the United States.
It is present in small qu a atiU e s in
several sf&tes of this country, but
runhlrg through Colorado and Utah
has been found the richest radium
bearing region yet discovered. This
carnotite is now being mined in the
Paradox valley, in Colorado, and now
the entire stock of radium is being
derived from this ore.
Carnotite is usually found in pock
ets of supdaUme deposits. The secur
ing of it is a difficult task, and when
it is known that-H takes many tons
of the oro to produce a single gram
of radium, the .work becomeh exceed
ingly'laborious.
While carnotite has been mined In
Colorado for over a year, ft was no*,
until a short time ngo that the work
of extracting radium from it was at
tempted In the United States. Before
that the entire output of carnotpe
was shipped to Europe. Then the
Pennsylvania plant sprang up, get
ting its ore from Utah and Colorado,
nd already It has turned out about
$150,0J)0 worth of the product.
The methods by which radium Is
concentrated from the tons of ore
through whlcb It Is spread are a sec
ret. There are probably several dif
ferent methods, each manufacturer
having his own. But the genera'
principle Is well known. It is not a
smelting process, such as is used in
extracting gplL, or copper, or Iron,
but is purely'tbemleal. The radium
must be dissolved and then crvstal-
llzed in the form oL salt—either ra
dium chloride or radium bromide.
Mme. Curie, with her discovery of
polonium, paved tho way and laid
down the general rules.
The ore Is crushed and placed ^n,
large*vats Into which avsjajhiflon of
carbonate of soda is poured. - Heat
brings the whqle to the boiling poinL-
after which it Is filtered.. More car-
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IFFBESENTATITES WANT 1 TIB
CENT MILEAGE AND
‘ COMPULSORY EDUCATION
Votes in the County Local Option
Elan for Compulsory Education by
Vote of 05 to 32—Two Cent Mil*
eage Rate Passes 81 to ES 1 —Con*
vict Labor Discussed.
SEEKING BAHTS
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SPARTANBURG POLICE ARB BAP-
FLED BY MYSTERY,
Laundry MarSTOnly' Clue ©i
Uody, Kiddy Clad, Found Dead in
a Mill Pond.
^ Speculation is rife as to the motive
which prompted the murder of the
pretty, dimpled, elegantly dressed
baby girl, whose body was found in
the race of White’s mill pond, near
the homes of Spartanburg’s wealth
iest residents, Saturday. Seldom has
a mystery piqued the curiosity of
Spartanburg as this one has done;
seldom has a crime aroused such hot
indignation as this.
•Spurred on by public Interest,
Sheriff W. J. White and the detec
tives of the Spartanburg police fore©
are marking an exhaustive Inquiry
in an effort to ascertain the Identity
of the parents of the ill-fated Infant,
believing that when they have been
discovered the apprehension of the
slayers will not be far distant.
M. Y. Caldwell, a.member of the
coroner’s jury who investigated the
case, has personally offered a reward.
of $25 for information which will
fasten the guilt for the chijd’s death
where it belongs. It is not improb
able that other reWards will be offer
ed.
Thus far only one tangible clue has
developed. A laundry mark has been
found bn one pf the baby’s under
garments. It is said to correspond
with thejnltials of a young man and
his wife-whom the police, it is re
ported, are seeking under survelU '
lance. The officers decline, lo speru’
of the hiatter.
In the meanwhile physicians uinr'
midwives are being questioned oonj-
cerning babies born between two anil
three months ago—for mothers who
have looked at the body of the drown
ed baby assert that she 1? not a day
less than two months old.
The police assume that the baby's
mother was an accomplice to h<»r
death, but are puzzled as to why the
parent should have waited until the
little girl was two months old befdfe-
suffering her to be put out of the
walway. There is a contradiction,
too, it is poirted ont, in the cruelty
of the baby’s murder an f | the loving
care shown in the delicate workman
ship of the baby’s garments, which
are richly band-embroidered.
R is probable that if tlioJnquiries
yield nothing definite, the officers will
endeavor to pursue further the theory
'that the baby was-thrown Saturday
night out of a train on the Southern
railway, as it was crossing a bridge
over the creek which forms the mill
.pond. The fact thatithe baby’s body
bears no brusise is pointed to in con
troversion of this theory, but it is
suggested, on the other hand, that
the water was deep and the baby
heavily clad, and she might . very
readily have escaped contusions.
That a wretched >}tory of human
weakness and passion, involving per
sons of means and apparent “refine
ment, lies behind the drowning of the
dainty little stranger,, is generally ac
cepted^. Whether the atory will ever
be tohl Is another matter. 1
bonate. of soda solution is added-for
the purpose of washing dut most of
the sulphates.
The liqul 1 that results contains
several alkaline earths, including the
radium content of the original ore.
This Is now treated with pure hy
drochloric acid. This dissolves these
earths.j The radium has now to be
precipitated from the rest of the
mass. This may be done either by
adding sulphuric acid, which forms a
combination with the radium in the
form of radium sulphate and has to
be changed back into a carbonate by
the addition of more carbonate of
soda, or the solution may he saturat
ed with hydrogen .chloride, which
precipitates only the radium and the
barium cholrides, leaving the chlo
rides of lead, Iron, calcium, etc., still
in solution. These radium and ba
rium chlorides are practically pure
and ready to be separated and crys
tallized. ^
It is a complex proceis, difficult
for any one but an expert chemist to
understand. But It Is to be simpli
fied and all the mystery that still
hangs about It Is to be removed. The
House committee on mines and min
ing Is considering the plan of with
drawing f«ffm further appropriation
all lands loathe public domain that
are known ffo have radium bearing
minerals in them.
The purpose is to keep the carno
tite supply of the United States from
being shipped abroad at Iron ore
prices, where European nations will
first take for themselves the radium
they need, and then, If there is any
lefi, sell It to the United States at
diamond prices. Thejiew plan Is to
make this country the center of the
radium business, and the first step, is
the preservation f the carnotite sup
ply in the states for American manu
facturers. / ■’ J
THE COST OF WAR.
Illustration of Human Waste Found
In Stricken Bulgaia.
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An illustration of the human waste
in war is furnished by the census just
taken of the new Bulgarian territo
ries acquired by war. The male pop
ulation of that portion of Macedonia
allotted to Bulgaria was reduced dur
ing hostilities from 175,000 to 24,-
500. In Bulgarian Thrace only 225,-
000 males remain out of a total be
fore the war of 494,000, while In the
district of Mustapha Pasha, where
fightingIwqged ihhg Snd fiercely, only
1,000 maloi* are left out of 33,000.
Wants State to Mine.
South Carolina Farmers' .union,
which met in Columbia Monday
adopted a resolution urging that the
State operate lime quarries with con
vict labor. A
The House Thursday emphatically
expressed itself on several proposi
tions. First, it passed by a vpte of
65. to 32 the McCravfey-Harperow
optional county adoption compulsory
education biH. This Is practically the
same piropositon that was passed last
year ahd vetoed, wth some slight
modifications in the hope Of getting
it through this year
Then the House overwhelmngly
passed the Mixson-Stanley two-ceat
rate bill. The temper of the House
was to have absolutely no amend
ments, but vote for a flat two-ceat
rate. Of course, the Senate has yet to
jiass upon this matter. The temper of
the 'House was sho\Vn la the vote of
81 to 25 againsCariy'moditications of
the two-cent rate in favor of the
roads that had smafl passenger earn-
ingSl The House alio rejected amend
ments exempting short lines, the
whole idea being to insist upon, a flat
two-cent rate. There was very little
discussion of the bll. On the other
hand, Mr. Sanders went so far as to
say that Ihere had. not been a single
fact presented to warrant the two
Cent ra
Tha^llouse showed a disposition to
useyconsiderable portion of the cou-
viem now employed on the State farm
Jor the making of good roads. The
bill to provide for the sale of the
State farms was hot passed, but the
disposition seems to be to hell at
least one of the farms now,! re
ceiving the other for the making of
foodstuffs for the Penitentiary and
curtailing the number of laborer!
used on the farm but at he same time
making restrictions so that the prop
erty will not be sacrificed to accom
plish this purpose.
The House did not seem to want
very much argument over the option
al educational plan, proposed by Mr.
Jlarper and Mr.^McCravey, because It
vvbiShracticaHy the same Tropocitlon
that nad been passed Jast year. Vhe
chief speech was made by Mr. Nich
olson of (Ihmwood, who presefUeil a
clear and connected argument m fav
or of compulsory education as pro
vided. He palled upoXJhe patriotism
of the members to the best interest
of the State to pass the Act, which
w as done-.
, Mr. Harper, who is responsible for
the new proposition which is grafted
on the McCravey idea, made a short
talk in which he presented figures
and arguments in favor of this for
ward step of the State. Mr. McCravey
stood ready with ■ a battery of am
munition to enter into the fight in
defence of the bill but no one seemed
to want to raise any question, and
many of the speches that were In in
cubation were still-born when Mr.
Ritenburg moved the previous ques
tion.
On the vote to strike out the enact
ing words ot the bill the record shows
32 to kill the measure and 65 in Its
favor, as follows:
. Against the bill: Messrs. Addy, J.
W. Ashley, M. J. Ashley, Browning,
Creech, Cross, Daniel, Fortner, Good
win, Gray, Greer, Hardin, Harrelson,
Harrelson, Harvey,-Irby, Kelly, Kir
by, Lybrand, Moseley, Murray, Nelson
Robertson, W/S*. Rogers, Jr., Sum
mers, Tindal, White; Whitehead—32.
For the hill: Messrs. M. L. Smith,
Atkinson; Barnwell, Bethea, Black-
well, Bolt, Bowers, Boyd, Bushbee,
Charles, Clement, Courtney, Dant-
zler, DdLaughter, Dick, Epps, Evans.
Friday, Casque, Hall, Harper, Hay-
neswarth, Hiott, Hunter, James,
Johnston, Jones, Kibbler, Lee, Liles.
McCravey, McDonald, McMaster, Mc
Millan, McQueen, Massey, Means,
Melfl, Mitchell, Nicholson, Odom,
Pate, Pegues, Pyatt, Ready, Riddle,
Riley, Ritenbhrg, L. M. Rogers, San
ders, Scott, Scott, Sensensy, Shirley,
Smiley, Stanley, Stevenson, t *lturkie.
Thompson, Welch, Wilburn, C. C.
Wyche, C. T. Wyche, Youmans. Zelg-
ler—65.
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KILLED BY CAR.
Tampa, Fla. Cyclist Meets Instant
and Horible Death.
ible E
His head and body so tightly jam
med in the running gear of a street
car at Tampa, Fla., Sunday afternoon
that it was necessary to jack the car
clear of the track to extricate him,
Duard Bdurquardez, of that place,
met Instant death. He was Tiding his
motorcycle to a nearby resort and
tried to pass in front of a fast Inter-
urban car. He iteH under the wheels
and was mangled beyond recognition.
Had to-Quarantine the Jury.
Just as a jury at Fort Worth, Ter.;
brought In a verdict Saturday one of
the jurors developed a case af small
pox and now all the tweleve men are
under quarantine.
SACRIFICED WIFE.
Indian Slays Mate in Order to
New Worship.
cut**'
A Tragic story of superstition
come to light in .explaining how
man named Vahamidan, near Caleu
ta, India, murdered his wife with her
own consent in a secret ceremonial.
Vahamidan had been learning the
principles of Tantrlc worship from a
monk. To complete his studies he
heeded e body. After several at
tempts to get one, he proposed to hie
wife that she surrender her life to
aid him, assuring her that he would
revivify her as soon fcs ho finished
his studies.
At midnight the devoted wife ae-
companled her husband to the crema
tion ground, where with her consent,
he cut her in two and began his wor
ship to the goddess Kali. His devo
tions concluded, Vahamidan spent
several hours trying to restore tho
woman to life. He was found by
officers uttering loud lamentations
and beating his breast in self-con
demnation. The monk has disap
peared. *
Sell Self for Parent’s Sake.
The county authorities of Wllkes-
barre. Pa., “Monday prevented the
marriage of a mine worker 45 years
old and an 11-year-old girl, who had
consented to wed the man in order to
give her Injured father, John So-
dusky, the necessaries of life.
Two Men and Woman Die From Gas.
Two men and three women were
found dead at^a roorif in a lodging
house in Philadelphia, Friday. Their
death resulted from escaping gas.
Electrocuted While Bathing.
*> Lazarus I. Silverman, a manu
turer of Chicago, was electrocuted
Sunday while using a small electrie
massage machine in his bath.
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President Wilson speaks of the
"honorable surrender” of the lawl
breakers of Big Business. But they
have surrendered all the same.
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