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. i: /ygl^EST ^gfiffi^sdifiw^PaMWSIMMMSaSriaJ Q *i#sburg | Advocate i *" , sHHtf' ' PublUtMd W?kly. ^ V'!^[ ^ BATE?BURQ.t^ o. ^ Farmers are baring a glorious ploelc season. Winter would not be so bad if the cantaloupe would stick around. 8peed has its victims whether of the air, the rail, th<~ race track or fast Ufe. Speaking of speed records, there is the bandit who robbed two restaurants In to minutes. JV _ The chap who sips his coffee at Is sal fee I behind a newspaper is now els seed with the end-seat hog. Atwood says he is not going to fly any more. Maybe there is one man who knows when he has had enough. A St. Louis man committed suicide because his wife was too affectionate. In other words, she loved him to death. An Akron (O.) man was found walking in his sleep with baby in his arins. That's our notion of a model hutfband! A physician flndc that there Is another standard life prolonger?sauerkraut. The discovery was made in Cincinnati. A London girl smoked a calabash pipe on the streets of that city. And still they say over there that American girls are forward. "Avlatrice" is the new word for the woman aviator. As there is only one ao far we needn't bother our heads about what the plural of "avlatrlce" is. Forty years ago this fall a cow in Chicago kicked over a lamp and burned the town down. It has. however, picked up remarkably well ever since. Within ten minutes after landing in New York a Toledo citizen had been robbed twice. New York may keep that record for Bpeed as long as it likes. The samples of ice cream containing 400,000 bacteria to the cubic centimeter seem to be minor leaguers compared to those containing 3,000,000. Now a physician rises to remark that there is really no such thing as seasickness. The imitation, however, is so good as to deceive the most experienced. temperance society In Cleveland Is trying to find out what a highball is. It may be unnecessary to state that the society in question Is a strictly feminine one. (ie^nw < > no*. kr. h ph o <? r r h I,? i; .. o ? t \ % . ? with 1 cot ho cv-jr, ; ? quue sopnisticated. t ' With the wife of one "model husband" committing suicide and the of another suing for divorce, the common everyday kind of husband may be better thought of. 7 It Is reported that Egyptian coats are the latest in woman's garb. After 1 viewing chromos portraying Cleopatra we gather that a miscvoscope will be needed to find the coats. The Pennsylvania man who, while intoxicated, took out a marriage license, thinking it was a dog license, well deserves the dog's life that his marriage is apparently leading him. Boston has the distinction of having the first mortgaged aeroplane. But, then, on an airship it ought to be easy to raise a mortgage. Elated, apparently, at the addition of an "h" to its name, Pittsburgh is to have a 40-story bank building. The Smoky City is feeling the uplifting tendencies of the times. Sandwiches made of finely chopped violets spread over thin slices of buttered bread are being sold in New York grill rooms. Evidently cloves 1 are too plebeian for some of the New Yorkers. ' % It Is announced that Russian caviar 1 to a cure for tho cholera. Probably ( It works on the principle that anyone ' who knows he would have to eat Rub- { sian caviar will refuse to have tho ( cholera. ? t t In a duel between two Hungarian j I counts the other day the right ear of 1 ' one of them was slashed in twc If 1 Hungarian duels are going to bo as | I sanguinary as that they will have to be stopped. An eastern young woman wants every young woman in tho country to sign a pledge not to tnarry a man who smokes. This, however, will hardly affect the smoke habit either one way or the other. History is repeating itself. A demand Is forming for the regulation of aviation because the birdmen in their machines frighten horses Later on automobiles in their turn will be complaining of aeroplanes, biplanes airigimc oniioons ana omur aircrwi running them down. A Massachusetts girl in a fall wrecked Ave glass floors in a public library building, landed on a marble floor in the basement and then walked away. That the average Maasaehu setts girl is not impressionable has long been asserted. This proves it. After having walked 1,000 mile: across country from Kansas City a man and hiB wife are in Huston, greatly improved in health and in creased In weight Walking alwnw did beat strap hanging as a deal l. exercise. I; ^ COUNTY A6ENTE ARE ORGANIZED the representatives of the farmers' union form an association. WILL CONTINUE THE WORK It i? Expected That a Local Associa tfon Will be Perfected In Each County of the State?List of the Representatives Given. Couniba.?In response to a call Issued from the Btate secretary's office for a meeting of Farmers' Union county business agents, 17 counties were represented at the meeting. The Farmers' Union Association of County Business Agents was organized. J. Whltaor Rold, secretary of the state Farmers' Union, was mude president. It. E. Burriss of Anderson waB elected secretary. This is intended to be a permanent organization, which will meet at least once in each quarter for business purposes. It Ib expected that each county business agent will orgauize in his county an association of local business agents on a similar plant to meet regularly for business purposes, and in this way develop a system of cooperative buying and selling. J. Whitner Iteid, \V. S. Barton, Jr. and James A. Lewis were appointed as a committee to prepare by-laws and rules for the government of the association to be reported at the next meeting, which will be held in Columbia Wednesday, November 1, at 4 p. m. The following is a list of the county business agents or representatives in attendance upon the organization meeting: Anderson, R. E. Burriss; Bamberg, J. P. O'Quinn; Calhoun, D. S. Murph; Chester, J. S. McKeown; Chesterfield. D. P. Douglas; Colleton, It. M. O'Quinn; Dorchester, J. B. Whetseli; Georgetown, W. H. Curry; Hampton, J. H. Adams; Horry, James A. Lewis; Lancaster, W. P. Caskey; Laurens. J. Wade Anderson; Lexington. S. C. Epting; Oconee, M. G. Holland; Orangeburg, W. S. Barton, Jr.; Sumter. J. M. i Brogdon; Union, W. F. Farr. At the night session C. Fitzsimtnons , came before the association by invi tation and made a talk on cotton seed County Auditors Send In Reports. Auditors of four counties, Pickens, Spartanburg, Saluda and Bamberg have made report to the comptroller general, A. W. Jones, as to the taxable property. 1910 1911 Pickens $1,452,857 $1,452,839 1910 1911 Pickens $2,348,181 $2,502,657 Saluda 992,021 996,642 Spartanburg ... 9,320,734 9,480,385 Bamberg 1,598.420 1,622,400 Total Taxable Property. 1910 1911 Pckens $ 3.380,039 $ 4,016,596 Saluda 2,591,801 2,603,162 Spartanburg ...W,614,173 18,982,469 Bamberg .. .. 3,004,400 3,040,930 The returns of Spartanburg county show an Increase of $368,276 for taxation. The increase for the other counties are: Pickens, $214,557; Sa'uda, $11,361, and Bamberg, $36,530. The returns from the auditors of all counties are expected to show an increase of several million dollars. Programme For Colleton Fair. The programme committee of the Colleton County Fair Association, at its meeting arranged a tentative programme which will be carried out at tne Fair, November 7-10. Several very distinguished speakers will he Invited to address the audiences during the three days and a programme full of interest and pleasurable entertainment has been provided. It was decided to have the four days' programme a little different from those ast year. ^bout Ready for "Label Cases." J. Fraser Lyon, attorney general, las about completed all details and jxpects to be able to go to trial with he "lahel cases" in the Richland sounty court of general session. Sev>ral witnesses have been summoned o appear for the state, and it is exacted that all will be present. John Jell Towill, L. W. Boykin, \V. C). Tatum, M. A. floodman and Dennis CVolskopf will be called to answer the charge of conspiracy to defraud (he state of South Carolina to the extent of $22,600. A New Forecaster Is Coming. Mr. J. H. Scott has been ordered to Charleston to supersede Forecaster H. S. Cole, who has been transferred to Yankton. South Dakota. TJie change of officials i8 ordered to take effect at once. The change in the Charleston office was brought about as a result of an investigation made by Inspector Conger, who was sent to Charleston by Chief Willis L. Moore to look into the charges made against Mr. Cole to the effect that he misinformed tho people of Charleston on the eve of the hurricane of August. For the Good of Clarendon County. Prof. E. J. Browne, county superintendent of education, has called a convention of the school teachers and trustees of Clarendon county to nicot at Manning to discuss matters of Interest relative to school work. Prof. W. K. Tate, state supervisor of rural schools, will attend the meeting and fake part In the discussions. It is expected that all the teachers in ttie county will respond to the call. A Us of interesting questions has t een prepared for consideration, and many more subjects will be presented. WATSON TO SERVE OUT TERM / executive Intimates That the Present ' Commissioner May bs Retained in i Office When Term Expires. 1 Coumbin.?"There certainly will be no change In the office until after the expiration of Mr. Watson's term, and I doubt very much if there will be any then," said Governor I31ease when asked about the rumor that has been afloat in official circles during the last ? few days that Mr. Jnmes Norton, of Mullius, would be appointed coin mis- r sioner of agriculture, commerce and industries, to succeed Col. E. J. Watson, who has held the oillce since \t loru >uni V II, AtfVli I li "I do not even know tlint Mr. No^ j( ton is an applicant for tho position," ?: said Governor Please. "He was in *' my office a few days ago, but merely 11 pi shook hands with me, and the office was not mentioned at that time. 1 j] really know nothing whatever of the accounts which have been sent out ^ about the appointment of Mr. Norton to the office. Mr. Watson has been 1 doing very good work in his present 1 position, and I do not know that there ' will be any change at all. so far as 11 I can tell at present, when Mr. Wat- 11 son's term expires." Governor Please said alHo that he " had thought of offering this position to Mr. John G. Richards. Jr.. but that the latter had been appointed rail- 11 road commissioner, and he had not done so. I ? Mr. Norton has been in Columbia for the past few days and his pros- i J ence appears to have awakened ru- | ' mors which were afloat some months j' ago, that he would be appointed by ' Governor Please to succeed Col. Watson when the latter's term expires in !' the early part of next year. Mr. Nor- ; s ton is a former member of Congress and was for seven years Comptroller , 11 General of St. atli Carolina. When j'1 asked concerning the rumros Mr. c Norton said he thought it best for w him not to say anything for puhlica- j * tion at this time, and that the rumors which were in circulalon did not originate from him. n 11 Orangeburg Jurors Drawn. The October term of common pleas ' for Orangeurg county will convene on the first Monday in October with k Judge J. W. DeVore of Edgefield presiding. The docket of this court is full with cases and the court will go into the second week. There arc | s enough cases on the civil docket for s three weeks of court, but only two j1 week's Jury will be drawn. The jurors for the first week are: | n City?Adam W. Cherry. Isaac 13. I n Slater. M. Pern Smoak; Cow Castle? , 1 J. M. Weathers. W. F. P. Riser, W. T. , 1 Traxler, F. P. Shuler; Cordova?H. A. j Gibson: Elizabeth?G .P. Reed, J. D. j McCormick; Ellorce?H. W. Herbert; Ooodland?13. F. Foglo, L. E. Phillips, j a W. H. Porter: Holly Hill?J. M. 11 I \ Hlnkle, J. L. Murphy. C. I). Hydride; " Orange?C. A. Stronian, Geo. H. Mill- s ler: Providence?Hugh F. Dantzler. .T. r Willoughby Shuler; Rocky Grove?L. p P. Inabinet; TTnion?S. P. Cope; v Vance?S. F. Dantzler; Willow?D. ^ W. Houck, C. C. Kinard; Zion?H. L. Raldwin. A Suit Has Been Instituted. Upon instructions from the Clem- 1 son college fertilizer board, suit has ^ been instituted in the Hampton conn- * ty court charging a fertilizer com- 1 pany of Savannah with "short-weight- ' ing" to the extent of 26,000 pounds of 1 fertilizer out of a sale of 320,000 ' pounds to the farmers' union of that ' county. This action was decided up- ' r on at a meeting of the board. W. E. j West, the chief fertilizer inspector, was instructed to place all evidence in the hands of the solicitor of tho second circuit and to employ counsel 1 if necessary. Testimony was pre- j ' sented to the board to show that the j fl Savannah Company had shipped 320.- ' 000 pounds of fertilizer to the liamp- * ton County Farmers' Union. The fer- n tilizer was distributed. Inspectors of ( the fertilizer department of Clemson college weighed 1,702 sacks anl ? found, according to their testimony , 0 that the full weight was given. I Three Candidates For Mayor. Much interest is being aroused in ! Gaffney over the approaching mu niripal campaign and, considering the t : fact that no one yet knows just t when the election is to be held, it , may he said that the candidates are ? displaying great zeal. An effort was , ( made to find out just how soon steps ; t would be taken towards setting the ( day for tlie election, but nothing deli- i . nito could be learned. Already j three candidates have been announced j for mayor, while there ha vp also been , several for aldermen of the town. 1 j A Definite Announcement Soon. A definite announcement as to the programme for the cotton exposition will be made shortly bj lit' \V. Wil 1 liams, state agent of the United l States farm demon (ration work, who < has the matter in charge. The exposi- < tion will be given for the purpose of i < interesting the farmers of the state I in the growth of long staple cotton, j Many of the mills are forced to bring all cotton consumed from the Delta district. It is proposed to show that a good grade of long staple cotton can be grown in this state. Poster To Be Put Up All Over State. Large posters, telling of the wonders to he seen this year at the South Carolina state fair and of the automobile races to be held under the rules of the American Automohilo asaA/.loi;nn A... t-i-:-.-- . ~ . t-wv..?. lu.. uii r nutty ami rsmuruny or the fame week, will be put tip nil over South Carolina and In Atlanta Charlotte, Savannah and other riti\~ Olittldo the state. The poster-* hat been carefully prepare !. They call a' tijntion to the many charms of a visit to Columbia, the capital city, ar.-l the delightful time to be had. ? 100 MEN KILLED IN WARSHIP EXPLOSION HE FRENCH BATTLESHIP LIB- ' ERTE IS TORN TO PIECES IN HARBOR OF TOULON. XPLOSION DUE TO FIRE lames Reached and Exploded Magazines on France's Newest and Biggest Warship. Toulon, France-?The battleship Iberte was tern apart and totally estroyed by an explosion of her magsine. Between three hundred and fty and four hundred oflicers and ten were killed. The battleship lteLtbliquc was badly damaged and the irttleships Democratie and Verlte Iso suffered severely from the massi of twisted iron and armor plate rnt were hurled upon their decks. This is the greatest disaster that > as ever fallen upon the French navy, . ud in magnitude is almost without recedent in the annals of the world s ghtlng ships. The grief which pros- ( ates the fleet and nation is madi j i/m*a hit tltn Itwunni'v nf flit ecent review here, a i otahie display f France's naval greatness, in which ne doomed ship was one of the finest < gures. | , The explosion, which wiped out one ( f France's newest and most powerill battleships, was the result of an ' uthreuk of fire. The flames spread I lipidIy in spite of all efforts to mas ?r them and reached the magazines efore there was time to Hood them, he magazines exploded with tremenous violence, strewing death and do(ruction in every direction. While the naval authorities estilate the fatalities at three hundred nd fifty to four hundred, it is expectd this figure will be exceeded. It ill be necessary to go through the hip muster rolls, a task of some days, efore a full list of the victims can e prepared. A number of men aleady have been extricated alive from lie fantastically torn and twisted tass of wreckage which once was lie Liberte, and the hope is strong hat there are others within the br<v ; en hulk who can he reached. Kxactly front what cause or when lie lire broke out has not been cs iblislied, but it is believed it had mouldered for hours. Of the vcs el's full complement of 7 112 men, Cap. lin Jaure, brother of the Socialist ?nder and the second officer in comland, were both ashore on leave, as ell as 14<i officers and men. The ommand of the ship devolved upon le senior lieutenant, who perished. Novel Method cf Smuggling. New York.?A rubber stocking and petticoat with twenty-five pockets l it are the means by which Rudolph lewman. a Chicago jeweler, and his mall children. Newman, when araigned before Fnited States Conimisioncr ltuss, furnished ji.oo buii. rhile .Mrs. Newman was paroled on ler own recognizance. Another Aviator Killed. Nassau Roulevard, L. 1.? The inter lational aviation meet was marred by he tragic fall of Dr. .1. ('. Clarke of few York, an amateur, who was to Iv for his license, lie fell i'mi feet n his Queen I'.leriot monoplane, sus aitiing such injuries that he died. )octor Clarke had not intended to fly 11 his machine, which is numbered hirteen. He had flown only 5;i;> yards, ising rapidly, when lie seemed to nso control and was dashed to the urf. American Killed by Filipnos. Washington.? Knsign Charles K. iovev, commanding the little guuhont mpagna, was killed hv hostile tinives at the Yucans isla.uls, which orm part of the Philippine archlpeligo. Drief reports reaching the navy lepartment s.iid there had been an ictlon between the froce from the tunboat I'anipanpa and hostile Yu an? 011 the Hasilian islands, just louth of the town of Zamboango and jetween Mindanao and the .lolo group. Save the Soil, Taft's Plea. Kansas City, Mo.?Upturning to llissourl, President Tnft ad<!ressed he third annual National Conservaion congress, in convention hall here, rhe president's speech was statistical in its nature and called attention o the urgent need of conservation of he farm land. Mo predicted that the 'hack to the land" movement would ie larger in the next ten years. I in movement of agricultural education ivns urged ;s a sob lion of the probem of increasing the food supply. Tore $100 Bills to Shreds. Wnycross, la. '1 ?i i*i: hundred, ifty and smaller denominations of ills into shreds and throwing silver join aliout the express ear as if the join was nothing more than trash, G. P. Radford, messenger for the Southern Express company on the At Ian tie Coast Line train No. 1'1 from Savannah, created much excitement and landed in jail at Wnycross. Had ford contended when arrested that lie Just drank and <1 id not know any tiling of the affair. Will Investigate Stephenson's Electior Milwaukee, Wis. -"The state o Wisconsin will not hnv an attorney in tlie investigation of the elec'ion o I'nited States. Senator Isa; Stephen son by the I'nited States senate e on mittee," said Senator W. It. licybnrii chairman of the cominitteo. "Thi hearing is under the jurisdiction o the i nited States aenate, which do not recognize the state as a part; to the investigation. This is j.n ;i vestigatlon, not a trial," sal.I II > burn. Senator Stephenson will h represented by three attorney.^. ! I . DURING THE CROSS r~< ^,^Vr^top: j?p Igpl lyju l| (Copyright. 19IM TO MARKET SOUTH S COTTON Corporation Will Advance the Farmers Up to 74 Per Cent, of Vaiue of Cotton. Macon, Ga.?An organization of a ? 4,000 concern, known as the Soutr rn Cotton Corporation, with an eye o controlling the marketing oi th** rot ton from the IS. nth, was anounced !iere by George IVle Wad ley of How:ing lirooke, one of the wealthiest men in Georgia, and controlling l'.nan rial interests of great extent. Asso muted with Mr. Wadlev, who will bo president, are John 10. Wadley oT Waycross and John T. Moore, Leon S. Dure, Jesse 11. ltall, John T. McKay and \V. 10. Dunwody of Macon. The concern will work in connection with a string of banks operated by the National liank Audit company, of which William Barrett lildgely, foimer comptroller of currency, is presiil? nt. The Southern Cotton Corporation will advance farmers money up to 74 per cent.-of the normal price on cotton deposited in warehouses. This cotton will be held and when the time arrives each year when a carreer stimate will nxed and the cotton held until such price is paid. Organization work, it was stated by Mr. Wadlev, had started in 1,000 coua lies throughout the cotton licit. In each county will he advisory hoard, all stockholders in the corporation, composed of business men and hank rs and twenty farmers. This countv hoard will watch the crop and repor; w> the main oftices, which will he in Macon. Mr. Wadley announces that Hastem capital has already been so cured to insure success, l'ropagand i will start at once. SIX PERSONS MURDERED in their beds by some person as ye,, unknown, who used an ax, the odi \of si.\ persons, three in each of tw neighboring houses, were found here. The heads of all the victims had been j mashed in and the appearance of the bodies Indicated that they had been dmd for several days and that Pea.',, came while they slept. An ax which had been loaned tc Mis. ii< 1.1 y F. Wayne, one of tlie Victims. by .1. It. Kvans. a neighbor, last week, was found, blood-stained, ny Mrs. Kvans near the back door of tho \V;t\i.e home. No attention was paid to this fact, however, as it w"s thought the ax had been used in ki'ling chickt us. Discovery of the bodies wat by a t elehhor, who called :it the Dura' e.n, home to spend the aft' moon. Not rc t ting atiy response ami noticing very strong odor, she forced an cut ranee The hoilies of Mrs. Muruham anl thos<> of her two children were fonp i m their leds, which were covered with t iood and the walls and coiling were also spattered. The wor.iitn rushed to the street and eave the alarm. A dozen persons 'nstantly went to the Wayne house, where there had been no signs of 111 slifce Sunday, and tlie same ter< ible -"" '"I c.ivr>r< <1 in hen i'Ct'lH' W it ! inroi'llii u, ... On Verge of a Revolution. Kicff. Russia.?Intense excitement pi (^vailed in Kieff over the death of Premier Stolvpin and it need 1 l>ut a single spark to set off a bloodv r.iu aster. Flues fluttered ;it ha', mast ox er all the public buildings an J ovei many of the private buildinRs, whil. thousands of Cossacks and foo* ml diers patrolled the streets to pi . ! older. More than 2"?0 arrests I n, I lx en made, mine for polit: al < s others nu relx on suspicion, ! .it a'l re lating to the intense situation. John L. Sullivan for Coivjrltotdon.?if pre-ent plan . > }.<, miscarry, the stentorian n ! John P. Sullivan, the for:. v.oi'i' c liatnipi >n heavyweight, v. \ lua.-i 'ringing 111 the lower ha: . f oaereir ! within ft year or two. 1 candtdnc; " of the one-time champ;o eavywc ;;n 1 prize tighter of the v i i,i fms Feci liiuneiied hy a nuni i i ol In ; lienn ' erotic neighbor*!, and Mr. Salliva \v j11 make a formal :iiiiiouneeinen from his Masnschu. r;; farm xvitiiin few days, it is said. 1 Warship Rams Liner Olympic. Southampton With a big ho e i f her starboard quartor, the oiympii proud" t < I the \YL Star eoinnany " fans Mladic in i and the I>is pa li. . f > < >*l a float. returned i s ti.is port four hours after she ira 1 ailed, for New York. Her more tli. j,i iio pas.si i l'it: Were uiiharnu i Ij; 1 they had an . \eitit: story to tell of collision with the Mritish cruisi ' liawke off the isle of Wight, j: l! steamer took conslderahle xvat??r, l: there was never much danger. 1 I I ?_ 5-COUNTRY FLIGHT I K T1 PA " T . v" ) * V ' ( ' ' X V ... ^ ^<\?& tl? gK-* jjg 1 : kecipsocityTsdefeated bo VOTERS OF DOMINION REJECT Cuj TRADE AGREEMENT WITH cr, THE UNITED STATES. Premier Laurier and the Liberal Par- tei xy Defeated by Borden and the an Conservative Party. Cli as Montreal, Canada.?The I^aurler government and reciprocity suffered let an overw helming defeat in the Cana- tri dian elections. a By a veritable political landslide, cr; the Liberal majority of Id was swept so away and the Conservative party se- wj cured one of the heaviest majorities? cl< upwards of oti?that any Canadian party has ever had. Seven cabinet dii ministers, who have served with l're- th tnier Laurier, were among the defeat- cr ed candidates. j w< The Liberals lost ground in prac- : ty tically every province of the Domin- lit ion. Where they won, their majori- 1**1 ties were small. Where the Conserv- SI ittives won, their majorities were tre of mendous. Ontario, the leading prov- ov nice of La 11 ad a, declared almost unait- "t imously against the administration and reciprocity. ra Robert L. Borden, leader of the -if1 Conservative party, will shortly be ve come prime minister of Canada. He ha will be supported in parliament by a th working majority of far more than ample for this purpose. J The government defeat means that ! the Pieldlng-Knox reciprocity agree- i do ment ratified by the American con- I ro gress in extra session, will not be in-I bo troduced when the twelfth parliament ' T1 assembles next month, and that a re- I si! vised basis of trade with the I'nited i States, looking to a closer commer- j br eial relation, will not be possible in , lH the immediate future. The Conserv- | encies in Quebec, the ueieat 01 me >? Liberal party also means the retirement from public life of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. who, for nearly two decades,! 'has directed the destinies of the Dominion. Several times during the bit- P: tor campaign which preceded the elec- '1: tion, the venerable premier said that j f:i defeat of his party at tiie polls meant !'1 the end of his career. j Spurred on by appeals to patriotism i and tlte cry that reciprocity was the | ,r j entering wedge for annexation, the a! Conservatives swept nearly every- j 11 , thing before them. VOTE-TRAFFICKING CHARGED " ! /.( Fifty-Eight Men Indicted in Lincoln County, Mississippi. 1 s Brook Haven, Miss.?After a spe- ' n eial session of fourteen days, in which aid witnesses were examined, the Lincoln county grand jury, which lias been investigating the alleged vote- n selling scandal of the August Demo- ^ cratic primary, finally adjourned, hav- : ;i ing turned in 56 true bills, not all of h | which, however, charge vote -trafflck- [ p 1 ing. Seven arrests have been made. p The names of many prominent per- t ! sons, both in church and politics, have j n been connected with the affair. It Two Aviators Killed. Troy. Ohio.?Two lives wore the , toll paid by the world of aviation, j Frand Miller, a daring young bird* t ) man, was cremated in mid-air, at j Troy, Ohio, and "Hare Devil" Cnstel- t 1 1 lane lost his life in an accident that ( " j befell him throe-quarters of a mile < above ten thousand spectators at 101* ? mini, X. Y. In another accident. Van- j , ..-ie l.udwig was severely bruised when j ( bis aeroplane failed to work and land- i . ed in the midst of a yard of horses, i causing fort> runaways into a crowd < of thousands of people. , Steel Combine May Dissolve. New York.?it was reported on excellent authority that the matter of ' dissolving and reorganizing the UnitI ed States St< el Corporation is receivs ing tiie earnest attention of the tiey partinent of justice and legal repret sentatives of the so-called "billion tloln lar trust." There is ground also for >- the assertion that the steel corpora n tion is making a strenuous effort to t meet the demands of the government, .i but little headway has yet been made. I r r 1/%A^O I cSl v I O uivwi..; . ii Peoria, III-?President Tnft had a l?, heart-to-heart talk lien* v. ), rh.. i,.JU: v- era of the different Hopui lican factlons in Illinois, h n ! his status as i) to Progressi vone i 'abed guilty to .! being tt poor po i. ,1:1, acknowledged n again his am a 1 i lain in the di n reed ion of tie < i of chief justice a rather i! h > <1 ney, admitted r tlmt lie l .tl ndoiil tedly made tutie takes, but .> . rted as president lie .it had tried to do what lie thought to lo right. i MERRYMAKERS KILLED BY TRfl!N 1 SSENGER TRAIN HITS WAt CONTAINING 31 YOUNG PEC PLE AT NEENAH, WIS. BURNING FROM WEDDI G mless, Legless and Headless Bo Were Scattered Along the Track. Vocnaii, Wis.?Sixteen deaths r ly will result from a mile-a-mi; 1 ssenger train crashing into u p thirty-one merry young pe iled upon a hay rack here. \. big billboard obscured from i } locomotive as well as from goti. Mist and fog did the r< rwelve persons on the hay ; re instantly killed, one has s >d, and three out of eight ot mod, are believed to be fai rt. Nine of the thirty-one per the wagon escaped without ratch and so did both horses, dy on the train suffered. The collision occurred on the go and Northwestern railway jssing here. The victims were returning fro p to the country where they uled the celebration of a wed niversary. All but two, who , ticago men, were residents of i ha. Armless, legless and headless i covered the right of way as tin of nine coaches was brougl spot 800 feet from the scene of ash. Several of the bodies i badly mutilated that identifica is possible only by fragments nthing. Six of the victims, all dead, v scovered on the engine pilot, wl ey lay until removed by the t ew and passengers. Two otl re hurled through a flagman's si with such force as to overturn tie structure. One of these. .\ nn, was still alive when picked le died a few hours later. Anot the victims killed was thrown h or a barn fifty feet from the r ly right of way. Among the occupants of the 1 rk who escaped were Mr. and M iseph rtrizinski and child of t ars. They were seated in the fr< ilf of the rack, the mother hold; e child in her lap. About half way back In the wag t Mary Sell wartzbauer. The lat is hurled about fifty feet and r< red unconscious. When found setters the Hrizinskl child was >r arms, having escaped unscatlu lie parents of the child were on ightly injured. Teter Hanson, driver, managed mg to the reins and was the on >rson aboard who was not tempoi ly stunned. He declares he mat National Divorce Law Favored. Chicago.?According to a poll c jvernors taken by a Chicago nowi iper, nine state executives, all wh ive been heard from so far, are i ivor of ji national divorce law o nifortn divorce laws. The sympt um was token as a direct result o le Astor-Foree wedding and the agi it ion against divorce caused by tha ITalr. Those wlio have replied tha icy favor uniform laws are Govet ors Foss, Massachusetts; Mann, Vii inia; Hooper. Tennessee; Deneei linois; Carroll, Iowa; Osborne, Micl ;au; Johnson, California; Sloan, Ar ona, and Fberliardt, Minnesota. Se\ ral of the governors praised tli tand taken by President Taft in tl? landing a national divorce law. Militia to Run Street Cars. Spartanburg, S. C.?Three comp ies of state militia ? Greenvil partanlnirg and Clifton?are umh rms by order of Governor Mlease i old themselves in readiness to a ist in the operation of the city treet car system, which has bee ied up for several days on accoui if a strike of motormen and condu ors. Italy to Seize Tripoli. Koine. Italy The Italian gover nent is moving rapidly and with d ermination in the matter of an Its an protectorate over Tripoli, its i itnde is favored by nil classes ( opt the advanced section of the S ialists, who threatend to call a gc ral strike in the event c?f hostillth \ceording to the information in o! Mai circles, the government st lopes to effect an amicable arrant men twith Turkey whereby it will are a lease of Tripoli under the si eroignty of Turkey. Madero Is Unopposed. Mexioe City. \fter the withdrav of Iternan lo Heves, interest in t presidential election now centers the election of the vie president. 'I election of Francisco I. Madero, . to the presidency is a foregone c? elusion, although in spite of his fus I to accept the honor, there i persons who persist in booming t candidacy of Francisco L. do I.a B ra. provisional president. In n t\ column pica to its readers, EI Din attain Insisted that the only salvatl of the nation is do la Bnrra in offr Trust Profits Due to Monopoly. Washington.?The intricate fin; rial aide of the American Tobac company, known as tin* 'tobac trust," an<l which is now in proce of dissolution by order < r Hie .w preine court of tho 1 nit . S'ates I cause it was a combination in t straint of trade in violation of ti Sherman anti-trust l.i , \>as set fort in a report of the omimiuk uoner < corporations, liei:<rt Knox Smitl which was sent to the president, was the second pan of a report