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CAMDEN, S. C? THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1906.
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CHAPTER XVII. 17
We were parted Id the fog. I have
,?ot seen her since that night It wm
f?,g' . We trled to di* together,
WIttmer, she whispered? "we did In
deed, but we were not allowed."
8a,d thc Kentlcman,
" e block the way."
iJl! pu?h^tlh?, gently into the car
*"d ^"owed, taking no notice at
?II of the clerk.
Jau atralgbt with the dis
?*h^!? TOIn' and wn? Rreatly as ton
**ne<i nt the effect which the intelli
gence produced upon him.
i ?aS tte rw"#B the advcr
fwemenU were discontinued.
~ **** ChAPTKR XVIIt.
1IC TUB WORKHOOU. "
' ?n *n upper room furnished with
tight or ten sewing machines there sat
?s many girls at work. The room was
svell ventilated nnd warmed; the girl*
looked contented; there was no talking,
- but every girl sat over her sewing ma
chine and guided thc work, while thc
needle jumped up and down in that
most surprising and wonderful Instru
ment. In a smaller room at the back
? forcwomniv was at work.
Downstairs there was a show room,
?Quite an humble kind of show room, in
which one or two mora sewing ma
chines were at work. And at the back
of this was u small office or sitting
room in which there were two ladies
conversing. One of them was thc
lady who ran the concern. It was. con
ducted on co-operative principles,
svhich Is the reason why it has siuce
been closed, because, of all things
In this world, there is nothing more
difficult than to persuade people to
buy things at co-operative productive
?tores? that is to say, where the pro
ducers sell 1 heii things without the
medium of boss, chief, bourgeois, or
master.
This particular attempt was just
then in the stage when a little feeble
t'ubiic interest in It had been excited
by superhuman efforts of its friends,
?nd success seemed possible, though
Hherc were many anxieties. The two
ladies in the office were discussing
these anxieties and possibilities. One
of them, the manager of the concern,
?i lady no longer young, had spent
Iiei whole life among the working*
Jromen.
"My dear," she said lo the younger
lady? it was the same young lady who
bad caught Kutherine on tbo bench as
?he was falling forward? "J really do
think we bavp made a move."
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The Above star* represent quite a
fong conversation about linen gar
ment#, ,and orders, and expenaei, aud
receipts, from the co-opera tive point of
view deeply interesting.
"And how do you get on with your
bands?"
"There is the usual percentage of
?tupld girls, lazy girls, and Incompe
tent girls. I know exactly what to
expect. The most satisfactory of all
Is the girl you brought to me? Katha
rine."
i "What is her fun name?" 1
"I do not know? I have not yet
asked her. She is quick to learn, obe
dient, and ladylike."
"Yes. She is lady-like, poor tiling!
IVrhaps she was formerly a lady's
maid."
"Poor thing!" the other echoed.
"Without friend* ami relations. Left
to die. Oh. what a fate! What a
punishment!"
"Yet her face is full of innocence
? ml purity. C'au such a face lie?"
?'She said that she had no friends
and no relations. What can that
mtnn?"
"Let us go upstairs and see her."
They went upstairs where Katharine
aat at work before a sewing machine,
quiet and industrious. She looked up
and smiled a* the ladies entered the
room. The look, the smile, the very
carriage of her head, were altogether
different from the manner in which
tiie other girls greeted the chief. These
girls were all what we call decent and
respectable; some of tliein were come
ly; some were even pretty, as London
work girls very often arc, pctites,
with narrow, sloping shoulders, small
far?e, nnd large eyes; some were coun
try bred, and showed it In their figures
and the ample width of their shoul
ders; some had the manners of the
shop; some of the factory; some, of
the I.ondon back street; some, of the
slum; some, of the farm; some, of the
servants' hail; none of them had the
manner* which were shown by so
simple n thing as Katharine's smile
when she lifted her head.
She suffered no ionger; she knew not,
and hud not the least. suspicion, of the
dreadful things that were thought
and said about her by the ladles
yes, the very ladies? who had. befriend;
ed her. She was in a haven of rest
She learned readily how to use the
sewing machine; she even took some
kind of Interest in the work; she ?nt
steadily working all day; she gained
? sufficient weekly wage; and she had
? room in a decent house recommended
liy the lady who ran the co-operative
business.
The young Jady, her rescuer, shook
hands with her, though somewhat
doubtfully? there are several ways of
?baking bands, as everybody knows,
?ud when a ffuug lady shakes hands
With a girl who bas the manners' of a j
lady, but has been picked up starring,' 1
and confesses to having no friends and
no relations, a certain something?
constraint, doubt, condescension, or en
couragement? cannot but be remarked
In tbe manner of extending or with
drawing the band. Chapters? whole
essays? great books? might be written
on the differences, shades, and grades
of shaking hands, from the a Cable
greeting of a prince to the cheerful
grasp which a work-house chaplain be
stows upon his sheen.
Katharine, however, noticed nothing
unusual in this welsomc.
"You" are quite strong and well Again
now, are you?" asked the young lidy.
~Qulte, ?hunltiroti.'*^
"Are you still living In the same
house?"
"Yes," Katliarina replied, without in
terest in the matter. "They are quiet
people who leave me" alone.";
"May I call upon you some day?"
"Certainly. Why not?"
"It must be on Sunday, after service,
f shall not interrupt you then. My
* name is Katharine, like yours? Kath
arine Willoughby. You will tell me
yours, perhaps, -when I jail at your
lodging*. I should so much like," she;
added, in a lower voice, "to be your :
friend, if you will let me."
Katharine made no reply. But her
eye fell upon the girl's dress. There
was a colored scarf round her neck,
and a bit of bright color in her hat,
and tan-colored gloves. *
"I thought," she said, "that you were
In deep mourning. Was I dreaming?
Sometimes a strange feeling comes over
me, as If everything was a dream."
"You arc quite right. I was in deep
mourning. But. oh. Katharine, 011 the
very day thot I found you the most
Joyful news that ever reached any girl
came to me. It told me that the? the
person for whom I mourned was not
dead at all, but living, and I put off.
my mourning."
"Was it your lover?"
"Yes, It was my lover. Thank God*
he was restored to those Who love
him."
"Come on Sunday," said Katharine,
suddenly interested. "I will tell you of
Nil my trouble, if you arc not too happy
to hear it."
On Sunday morning Miss Willoughby
called. But she could not hear the
story tbat morning, because tho girl
"ay in bed with some kind of fever.
Her head and her hands were hot;
her words were wandering. She spoke
of the fog and of the night, and called
upon Tom to come back and help her.
But as for her story, she could not tell
It, because reason and will and knowl*
edge and self-rule bad left her brain,
which was tho abode of delirium.
They carried her to the hospital for
women In the Marylebone Road. There
was nothing to show where she came
from or who were her friends. In her
pocket? girls no longer, except In books,
carry treasures in their bosoms? lay
tied together a packet of letters. They
were from a man who signed himself
"Tom"? tout court? nothing but "Tom"
?and addressed her as Katharine.
What can he done with "Tom?" This
Tom was madly in love with her. He
colled her every endearing name thot a
fond lovei can invent; he recalled the
past days of happiness together; lie
looked forward to the future. He was
in a railway train; he was on board a
ship; he was among soldiers; he spoke
of natives; he spoke of Arabs? clearly
therefore, s Tom among Egyptians.
Probably a Tom who hod been killed.
He did not somehow write like an
officer; his letters contained 110 news;
for that be referred her to the papers.
All he had to tell her was that he loved
her? he loved her? he loved her ? and
was always and forever her Tom.
The Sister of the word reod these
sacred letters, and placed them, with 0
sigh that so much honest love should
be lost, under Katharine's pillow. Time
enough to try and find out. If she grew
worse, whot had become of this Tom,
and who his Katharine really was.
She did grow worse, but she hod
youth on her side anil a good constltu*
tlon, which hod certaluly not been
?polled by luxurious living or the want
of exercise. She even lay at tbe polnl
of death; bad she died there would
have been nothing to establish her
Identity but those letters and iier hand
kerchief marked "I\. H. C." Then she
would have been buried, and Lily's
prophecy would have come partly true.
"She Is better this morning," mid the
Sister. "Her head Is cool. She has
been sleeping a long time."
"She is more beautiful thon ever In
Jier weakness." It was Miss Wlilough
by who stood beside the bed with the
Sister and the nurse. "Sister, think of
it! She told me she was without
friends or relations. Is It possible?"
"It is certainly not possible," said the
Sister. "There Is perfect Innocence In
her face and? moro than that? In her
I talk. We hear the delirious talk of
women whose lives have not been Inno
cent, and we learn their past. This
girl's mind Is as Innocent as her face.
You might make a painting of that, and
rail It 'Eve Before the Fall/ or 'Una,"
or 'Mary, the Sister of Martha.' She
may be friendless, but " The Sister
shook her head and went away.
Miss Willoughby sat by the bedside
and waited.
"Fo friends and no relations," Hon
* ?frl hare neither friends mt
relations? Yet to conclude that the
Ocaerved to hare none was cruel
tnd unjust Miss Wllloughby was
ashamed of her hard thoughts. Be
aldea abe had heard from the 8lster
about those letters. Then KjUhsrinc
opened her eyes again, and looked as
If she could speak.
"?? J?* know me now dear?" asked
Miss Wllloughby.
"Yes; I know ygu.**
"You have been very 111. You nre
JtUl weak. You must not talk much.
But tell me your nnme."
"Katharine Regina."
"What?" Miss Wllloughby started.
How did you get that name?"
"It Is my Christian name."
"What is your surname? What was
your father's name?"
"Wllloughby Capel?**
"Wllloughby? Katharine Reglua! It
Is rery strange. Have you any rela
tions named Wllloughby y? j
"I have no relations at all."
Then she closed her eyes again.
?I1'""-? her now" wld nurse.
?i?e is weak, and had better rest and
go to Rleep again." -
Next day Miss Wllloughby railed
again, bringing grapes. Every grape
upon the bunch was a big tear of re
pentance because she had thought so
cruelly of her patient. Only the patient
never knew. When one goes about a
city a great deal and meets with manv
experiences, most of them of a trulv
dreadful kind, one naturally draws
conclusions which would seem to manv
ladies most wicked. In the same way
.the doctor, when you tell him certain
things, at once suspects the very worst.
Katharine never knew.
She was sitting up In bed, already in
a fait way of recovery.
* y?" 8troi,? enough to talk to
day? asked Miss Wllloughby.
"Oh, yes; I can talk to-day. Rut I
have only just begun to understand all
that you have done for me. I can not
thank you yet "
^'Ho not talk of that at all."
You must have thought me most un
grateful when I was .working at the
sewing machine. Rut all that time
seems like a dream. I only half remem
ber It. You were In mourning first
and then you put It off. and you told
me something."
I was? I was in the very deepest
grief as well as the depecst mourning
for my lover was said to be dead. Ami
now I am in the greatest joy and
thankfulness because my lover has
been miraculously restored to me.
Ought I not to he happy?"
I am so glad! My lover loo is dead.
But he can never he restored to me."
"Your lover, dear? <>h, you had a
I?? m' t2?' 01,(1 he TVns ki,,ptl. Hkc mine?
it !*??t ? hpr hand and pressed
it. I know his nnme, heeau.se the Sis
ter read his letters in order to find out
who you were. His name was Tom "
"Yes, it was Tom. And Tom Is
dead."
"Will yon tell nie something more
about yourself?" s|le nsked. "Not more
than you want to tell. I nm not curl.
ous. Indeed, hut If I can help you
Oh! let me help you, because I met vou
on the very day that the telegrnm came
which brought my lover baek to life.
In the evening, when I went home
after I left you-they brought it to me.
Uh. my dear? my sister brought It cry
k,g8ert me? and my
mother kissed me ? nnd tlicy were nil
crying, and I knew not why? on the
very same day when I found you. Can
I ever think of that day without think.
Ing of you, too? (Jod has given vou to
mo so that I may deal with you as Me
has dealt with me. And I can never
lot you go away? never, never."
Oh!" said Ivatheiine, deeply moved,
what can I sny?"
"I shall never forget that day. Oh
how I rushed to tear off the black
things and to- My dear, vou are a
pnrt of that day. Now tell me more.
You said your name was Katharine
Iteginn. Thnt Is my name, too. There
Is always a Katharine Regina In the
family And I never heard of any
other family which had those two
u?"(I y?Ur fatl,ei"8 was
Wllloughby Capel. It is so very odd,
that I have been thinking about It all
night. Tell me more, dear. You said
you had 110 relations."
1 ik,,ow of "one. My father
* ?uld not speak of his relations. I
have ? sometimes thought that thev
quarrelled with him. Ifc WH? mm, 'T
know. In the army with the rank of
captain, nnd ho had an annuity or al
lowance, but I do not know who paid
It, or anything else at all about him."
"What a strange story!"
"The annuity was not a verv large
one. and I had to give lessons. I was
governess to a lady?oh, not a ve. v
grand per?on-wbo*e husband was a
cleMc In the city. I went there every
morning at 9, aud came home at 5. Hhe
was a good woman and kind to ir.e.
I was more a companion and a nursery
governess than anything else."
"Well, dear?"
My father died suddenly at the be
ginning of this year. Rut I was "n
gnged by this time, and as l had Tom
I was hnppy and full of confidence I
went to live at Harloy House, a place
where governesses can live cheaply."
I know the placc. Sister, what did
you sny nhout her face? You was quite
right. (Jo on, dear; I know Hnrley
House." '
"Then a* re ry curious thing happened.
Toms uncle died and left him all his
money, and for a week we were rich.
Rut a solicitor? Tom s cousin? dlseov'
ered thnt all the money belonged to
somebody else. So we were poor agnln
nnd Torn went out to Kgvnt "
;;To Kgypt?"
"Yes; he was a war correspondent."
"Ob! Katharine? Katharine'? Miss
WlllouRhby caught her hand-"tell me
?tell me? what was Ills name?"
(To be Continued.)
A meeting or reunion of the gradu
ates of a deaf-mute school was held in
a Western city recently.
BOMB INST. PR'S
The Famous Cathedral Was
the Scene of Panic
THE CELEBRATED TOMB IS SAFE
CoB|it(AkioB Assembled to Celebrate
the Dedication of the Bascilica to
8t. Peter, Started From Its Devo
tions hy the Roar of the Bursting
Boom ? Panic Stricken Worshipers
Flee in Dismay and a Scene of In
describable Confusion Follows.
Homo, Cable.? A l>omb was ex
ploded in SI. Peter % Sunday. The
edifice A\a?> crowded and an indeserib
able neene of co-notion followed
Then* wore no fata'ities. As soou .is
the echoes of th? tremendous roar
had eeasa*". a canon sought by re
assuring words to quiet the people,
but in vain. Thev fled in all.direc
lions and a number of women faint
ed. No trace of the perpetrators of
the deed has been found.
Holy Belies Exposed.
Sunday was the anniversary of the ,
dedication of tbe bascilica to St.
Peter and it was beautifully decorat
ed Jor the occasion. Holy relics were
exposed and a large number of the
faithful attended the services. Car
dinal Kumpolia, formerly papal sec
retary of State, was among those
present. He took part in the service
iu the choir ehap.l. The last mass
had just been concluded when the
explosion occurrcd and only <?iie ca
non, who had not quite finished, re
mained at the alter of Saint l'atron
ilia. This altar is at the end of the
right aisle, and it was near here that
the bomb had been placed. As the
canon turned to bless the communi
cants there was a tnnendous roar,
which echoed through the lotty
arches of the immense dome like a
thunder clap.
Panic Seizes People.
At the same time a dense smoke
spread throughout this portion of the
basilica and a strong odor of gun
powder filled the air. Confusion and
panic at once seized the people. The
canon at the altar tried to stem the
tide of fear. He shouted: 4 4 Do not
be afraid, it is nothing, merely the
noonday gun." His words, however,
had little effect. They were refuted
by the smoke and the pungent smell
r?V |M>wdcr, and tin* people continued
their headlong (light. Chairs were
overthrown, making the contusion
more serious. Men ami women fled,
Stumbling in all directions, the
screams of children and cries of an
guish were heard on all sides, and
for a few moments it seeined as if
nothing eouhl obviate a grave disas
ter. The vast size of the church,
however, gave room for the crowd to
scatter and nt the end of a few mo
ments the people were surging toward
the doors, excited and nervous, but
orderly.
Celebrated Tomb Uninjured.
It was discovered that the bomb
had been placed under a scaffolding
which had been erected to facilitate
repairs to the roof exactly over the
celebrated tomb of ('lenient XI II, by
Canova. which consists of a figure of
the Pope and two lions and which is
the most remarkable piece of sculp
ture in the basilica. This tomb ranks
among the finest efforts of modern
sculpture, and by its execution Can
ova estblished his reputation. An ex
amination of the remains of the bootu
leads the supposition unless ?t was
crudely prepared on purpose to mis
lead. that it was manufactured in the
country and brought into Home.
Tt has been impossible to trace
him, and no on? has any recollection
of seeing a man who, by his move
ments, might have aroused suspicion.
Tragedy in Mining Town.
Wheeling, W. Va? Special. ? Silas
Conaway, n miner, of Flushing, <>.,
near here, sh?>t and instantly killed
Marcus Piverotti. an Italian store
keeper with whom lie quarrelled.
Following the murder Couawuy made
his escape and a jwssc formed bv
Sheriff Amrine i:? now in pursuit.
The murder ha* caused much excite
mcnt among the foreign population of
Flushing. In 18SI Conaway shot and
badly wounded Marshall <los. McCon
naughey of Bridgeport. 0? and serv
ed 12 years for the ciirne iu the
Ohio penitentiary.
Fatal Shooting Affray at Alabama
Mire.
Birmingham. Ala.. Special -During
a quarrel at Say res mines Snndi;.
Doe Mann and Oscar Linn, two white
men, engaged in a shooting affray. ii>
which both received mortal injuries
Sam Stephens, s negro, who was
standing ncav, received injuiics fiom
which he will die.
Militia Guards Negro Murderer.
Center. Tex., Special.? Owing to
the excitement over the killing Sun
day of Dr. Paul by Dick Garrett, a
negro, the inilitin company from
Timpson has been on guard here.
William Paul, brother of the dead
man. prevented a lynching last ni^lif
by an address to the crowd. The.
grand jury will assnmhlc Monday and
Garrett will be given a speedy trial.
is snono PIECES
Ashevile, N. C. Murderer Pays
the Penalty
NOT WILL HARRIS, HOWEVER
Negro Found in Woods Near Fletch
er, 12 Miles from Ashcville. Two
Members of Posse Injured.
Charlotte, N. P., Special ? Jurnes
Harvey, the notorious negro despara
do who on Tuesday night
shot and killed two |?olico officers;
three negroes, and wounded a polio?
captain at Ashcville, N. C., and then
escaped, hotly pursued by hundreds
of infuriated citizens, well-armed, was
captured Thursday morning in the
woods near Fletcher, twelve miles
from Ashcville, and his body riddled
with bullets. A long distance tele
phone message from that place, states
that there was no doubt whatever as
to the identity ol" the negro. It is
stated that the first shot was fired by
a Southern Rv.. detective and that
two members of the searching |>ossc
were injured 1rt the capture and com
bat with tho negro. The shooting
began as soon as the negro was found,
i he mutilated body of the negro is
now being brought io Asheville by the
posse. <?
It will be remembered that immed
iately following1 the fiendish crimen
of the negro, large parties of Ashe
ville citireiis filled with a burning pas
sion lor revenge of the criiucs ot'
the negro desperado, armed them
selves to the t?*eth and began a sys
tematic seareh of the neighboring
towns and country around Asheville.
All through the night different jwsses
departed ami up to morning, when the
black murderer was captured and kill
ed, the ardor of the seareh has never
lagged for a minute. Blood hounds
were used in the chase, but with little
efteet. Different rumors came in dur
ing the night as to the whereabouts
of the negro. hut it was not until
morning that he was posit ively local -
cd.
The crimes of the negro were the
most daring and uncalled for occurr
ing in this State in many years. With
out the least provocation the negro
emerged from a house on Valley street
loudly proclaiming himself to be the
noted Charlotte desparado, and be
gan shooting or. first sight of a man.
When an attempt was made to arrest
the negro who had already killed two
negroes with his rifle and was shoot
ing into houses promiscuously, by of
ficers, *t took the negro only a few
minutes to leave two dead olliccrs and
one wounded in his bloody wake,
Feeling at Ashevillo, among both
blacks and whites has been at fever
heat, and the tpiick ending of the ne
gro's murderous career was merely
the expected result, whenever lie
should have been found.
The Capture and Killing.
Asheville, X. C., Special. ? The
dead body of the negro murderer of
five mrn here 011 Tuesday night was
brought here. The body was fearful
ly mutilated having been pierced In
dozens of bullets. It is not known
to a certainty that the dead negro is
the notorious Mrcklcuhurg county ne
gro, Will Harris, hut it is certain that
lie is the one who did the killing here
Tuesday night.
It is stated that one of the halls
from his rifle glazed the head of one
of the posse.
The rifle was tho same with which
the negro did his bloody work here.
There were over fifty men in the
party who found the negro, and doz
ens of shots were tired effectively at
the negro.
His body was later identified a>
that of James Harvey, of Forest City,
Va.
Wirh io Arbitrptc.
Chicago, III., Special.- -Fearing that
the agitation for increased wages has
reached the point where it threatens
the successful op-ration of the rail
roads the executive Hlieials of all llr.*
lines \\<s| ii| Chicago ha\e d?c'dod to
ask the Interstate Ciunmeue Com
mission to become ih" bo.ird of ar'u
t ration for tue sett lenient of all dis
putes between the employees and the
railways. It is hoped that by this
means to remove tli? danger of strik
ers for all time.
Death Result of Hold-up.
New York, Special. - A hold-up by
six men in an automobile in Central
I'aik, west, early Thursilav cost one
of the aulomohilists his life. lie was
run down by a bg touring oar when
the holp-up men were making a dash
for liberty and so severely hurt that
lie died in a hospital soon afterwards
without regaining consciousness. The
dead man was Wijjgs Itraudt, a chauf
feur, aged J1 years.
Masons in Session.
Phoenix, Ariz., Special. ? The Ma
sonic bodies of Arizona began their
annual meetings at l'hconix with a
good at tendance of visitors. The Ma
sonic (hand Lodge, Knights Temp
lars, Kastern Star and Royal Arch
Masons aie in session.
PRESIDENT SEES ALL
Critically Inspects Progress of
Canal Work
WELL PLEASED WITH OUTLOOK
Insist* Upon Being Shown All the
Work of Excavation, Even to Tem
porary Tracks ? Clmbs Upon a
Steam Shovel and Plies the En
gineer With Questions ? Shakes
Hands With All the Americans Ho
Meets ? Witnesses the Effect of
Several Charges of Dynamite ?
Mrs. Roosevelt Accompanies Him
Panama, By ("able. President
Roosevelt started at 7 o'clock Friday
morning with Mrs. ltoosevelt mid the
other members of Ins party to mako
an examination of tb? Culcbrn cut.
At half-past eight ihe presidential
train arrived at Pedro W'gnl. where
some steain shovels were at work. At
this i?oin< in l ho rut Ihe peculiar
soil conditions have ivsnlt >d in more
or less frequent . landslides, and this
fact was brought to the President's
attention, Pre.-iuent Kmisevelt climb
ed lip'Mi on" of t',?e steam shovels,
taking a s*at ahm^'de Kntiinoer (Jrav
whom he subject ???! to ;i searching
tire of ipMslittus Hoarding the work.
He staved on the rt<*am s?h?vf*l about
20 minute."-.
President l{oos?ne|i told t'hi?f En
gineer Stevens that lie wanted to see
all the work.; in eonncetiou with ex
cavation, even to the temporary lay
ing of tracks. With this in view they
^boarded a work train near Pedro
Migul and went on to the next point,
where steam shovel- were at work.
Heiv? there was no danger of land
slides.
Greets All Americans.
The presidential train continued oil
the regular Ine toward Panama.
The work of tin* steam shovels was
observed and th' President made a
detour to examine the site of the.
Pedro Migul lock, lie shook hands
with all tlie Americans he mot. At
2.~? minutes past nine the President
entered the deep portion of Culebra
cut, bis train *oing slowly in order
that he nrgbt observe the workings
of the drill ma 'bines and shovels.
The President spent some time in
the deepest portion of the cut, where
last Sunday 22 tons of explosives
wore used to throw down .'{.">,000 cubic
yards of material.
The rain was comiuir down in tor
rents and the ?vater poured in rivu
lets down the funnel-shaped sides of
the cut. Several charges of dynamite
were exploded in order that the
President might see the effect, a ft of
which lie went back to li in own train.
Sugar Trust on the Rack.
New York, Kpeeia,'. ? The so-called
"sugar trust" or the American Sugar
lfatlning Company, was brought to
trial for the lirst time on a charge of
rebating. The specific indictment
charges the corporation with know
ingly violating the Klkius law in ac
cepting rebates mi shipments by the
Ni'W Central & Hudson Kivcr Kail
road Company in the spring of I JUKI,
amounting to ?+'20.000. The case is
on trial before Judge Holt of the
United States Circuit Court. For
granting the same rebates the New
York Central was convicted in the
same court. The sugar company, it
is charged, accepted the $20,000 in re
bates shortly after the passage of the
Klkius nd. Ihe shipments ha\ing
been made just before Congress pass
ed the l?w. There are several other
indictments against the company, it
is understood, also for violations of
the Elk ins law.
Trunks Rifled at Normal..
Greensboro, N. C., Special. ? While
tlie students of the State Normal and
Industrial College were at suppt ??
Thursday night, two of the young
Indies' trunks were ransacked and
about $70 in money stolen. Suspicion
points lo Mary W<-st. a negro servant,
who was lei t in charge of Ihe dormi
tory while the girl* were gone to
supper. The negroes was ui\on ex
plicit instructions not to leave the
building until the girls returned. The
negro woman was arrested and plac
id in jail.
Serious Floods.
Tacoma, Wash., Special. ? A flood
area of 1100 square mile* in northwes
tern Washington is the result of
Thursday's heavy rains and melting
snow, which for 48 hours, have rush
ed from the slopes of the Cascad.*
Mountains causing nearly all the
streams in the northwest to spread
over Ihe lowlands. Several persons
are reported drowned and momentary
loss is already manv thou-ands of do,
I sr.-.
By Wire and Cable.
A proposed act for uniform divorcu
regulation was submitted to the di
vorce congress in Philadelphia.
The Immigration nud Industrial
Association formed in Nashville,
Tenn., eleted (lov. I). C. Ileyward, of
South Carolina, president and resolv
ed to meef next year at Hirminghnm,
Ala.
HOT AFTEROILTRUST
Attorney General Moody Gets
On Monopoly's Trail
FEDERAL COURT TO TRY CASES
1 ? ?
Attorney General Moody Institutes
Proceedings in United States fir
cult Court at St. Louis, Asking that
the Combination be Declared Un
lawful and Enjoined From Enter
ing Any Contract in Rcstrait of
Trade ? An Order Applied for to
Bring Non-Resident Defendants
Within the Jurisdiction of the
Court.
Washington. Special. ? Attorney
General Moody acting through the
resident Fnited States district attor
oey, instituted proceedings ai'ainst
the Standard Oil ( *? >m | ?:i 11 v of Non
Jersey under the Sherman anti-trust
aet. by tiling in the I'nited States
Circuit Court at St. Louis a pet it ion
<n equity agaowt i( a?d j(s 70 onn_
itituuts eorpovat imis part ncrships
ind ssven indiv: lual d^i'endanls. ask
'Hg that the c.imhmaiii'U In* declared
jnlawlul ano I<| the future eitiojucd
from entering ;,n\ online! or
somhiuat ion in i"-li,i it? .if trade. etc.
St. Louis. Special. The pcli'io;l
?mditutiug suit against (lu- Standard
Jil Company of New Jcrsy. John J>.
Rockefeller and others in tin* name of
the government I ? v d' red ion of jhv'
attorney, general, was filed in tlio
United States Circuit Court here,
l' rank B. Kellogg. of St. Paul, Minn.
j|>eeia! counsel tor 1 1 1?* government,
formally placed the petition with tho
sourt.
1 he defendants have one mouth in
frhich to enter their appearance and
*n additional tnonili in which to Jilo
their answer. They also have I he op
tion ot tiling a demurrer lo (he bill.
Following the tiling of the govern
ment s petition an order was applied
tor before Judges Sanborn and
Adams, of tJie I'nited Stales Circuit
^ 011 1 1 ot Appeals, to bring iiou-rcsi
ient defendants into the jurisdiction
Jf the District Court al St. Louis to
serve t'ucui with si .b| v'onas.
It is considered probable tlnti u
special commissioner will be appoint
ed to take the evidence in this caso
and that he will certify the record to
the I'nited States Circuit Court of
Appeals, as was don.- in the Northern
Securities ease.
Taking Deposit ions in Texas Suit.
St. Louis. Special. Assistant At
torney ( ?cueral Jewel I*. Light tool, of
Texas, begun taking depositions in
?he suit bi'oghj by t he State of Texts
lo oust the \\ alers I 'ieree Oil Com*
oany Ijom iloiiur business in that
-late. 1 he depositions were taken
before Notury Hubert Fnukliouser,
ind in accordance wiih the Jimvk gov
M'ning tho State of Texas* were eon
ducted in secret session.
Quarterly Dividend of $10 a Share.
New ^ork. Special. Tho Stand
ard Oil Company, of New Jersey, de
?lared a quarterly dividend of .^10 a
diare, or the s!ime amount as was de
dared al this time last \e:tr. Short
ly alter the declaration the stock
?sold 1, IV 20. points to
The President Thanked by Daughters.
(iulfporl, Miss.. Special. ? The
I'nited hauyhlcrs of the Conlfderacv
adopted a resolution thanking presi
dent Roosevelt for the part he played
u tho passage ol the act providing
for I lie marking of tlie graves of the
( 011 federates who died in the North
?in prisons. Another resolution com
mends the institution of chapters of
I he order in the North.
San Francisco's Mayor Indicted for
Extortion.
San Francisco, Special.- The grand
jury returned live indictment -? against
Mayor Ku;jenc Schrnilz and Abraham
Ruef on charges of cxloi t ion. O.i
each ehargo the 1 i I was lived at
lliyill" and ho'.id :il ?. ("lo. The |irs?
alleged crime wa; in connection will,
the Foodie ! >< K<\ t aiirant and tlio
indictment r?<jtc-, that Unci and
Selini t/. demanded namex J ruin tho
proprietor, Tony Manco. This finnaml
was made, if is said on two occasions,
two indictments were relurned.
The Washburn Mabry Nuptials.
Louisville, Ky., Special.- Former
("uief Justice of the !? I ? > r i ? I ; 1 Supreme
Court Wilton II. Mal?r\ and Mi?4
liyue Washhoiiriie. were married i>?;
the h"tiie of the Inide in Loui>vil| . 1
Owing to the recent death of fht
bride's mother, the ceremony was pri
vate. Mr. and Mrs. Mabiv will inak-J
their home at Tallahassee. alter 1
Southern lour.
News and Notes.
I'lie Amcrieaii Federal ion <?.r La Ik i
delegates referred the question of
nnivnsal label design to the conven*
lion of 1007.
Accusations of the free use < t
passes by fh:? l'u!!man Compnny at*
made by a Chicago oliicial.
The National C??ngrr?s ??u I nilo, a
Divorce Laws eonsidoted the ?1 rn ft of
u bill designed to accompli h the ei 4
in view.