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# * VOL. IV. NO. 8. CAMDEN, S. C., THUR8DAY, MARCH 21, 1907. Sl.SO Per Yeat TERRIFIC EXPLOSION Many Killed By Blowing Up off french Warship DEATH LIST MAY REACH EIGHTY If flirt? on- the French Battleship leu* Bx^lcdrs Hurling Officers and Blojaekeu Into Space and De stroying the Vessel Toulon, By Cable. ? A terrible dis * a?ter oeourved here Tuesday evening. The powder magazino on board the Ifreneh battleship Iena blew up at 35 minutes past one and as a result Capt. Adigard, the commander of the battleship, Capft. Vartiez, comman der-in-chief of stall of the 'Mediter rean squadron, and from 70 to 80 bluejackets are dead, while Rear Ad miral Maceron nnd hundreds of other men ara Buffering from injuries, some of them horrible in their extont Na val circles are aghast, and the public i? ntnnned by the appalling castro phe coming so soon after the loss of the French submarine boat Lutin, in which 16 men met death. The entire atfer part of the Iena was blown to pieces. The bodies of the victims were hurled through the air by a succession of explosions and the panic-stricken workmen at the arsenel fled from the vicinity of the dry dock for their lives. Scores of the men who were aboard the Iena jumped overboard, or on to t He stone quays and sustained serious injuries. Tha primary cause of the nccidcrit was the explosion of a torpedo. What caused the explosion is not known, but the magazines of the Iena cverc set on fire and their contents in ex ploding destroyed what was consid ered one of the finest vessels in the French navy. The Iena had just un dergone a final inspection of her hull And machinery, the latter having been completely overhauled, prepara tory to joining the squadon. The crew was in its full strength, being com posed of tho rear admiral, 24 other officers and C30 men. The magazine.? had been replenished recently and contained many tons of both smoke less and black powder, as well as a number of charges for torpedoes. The creu of the Iena had finished their middty meal only a short time before the explosion and had dispers ed to various parts of the vessel. Most of the men were engaged in work connected with the approaching departure of the warship, .but quite a large party had been detailed to attend a lecture that was being given forward. The explosion came without warn ing. The first shock was extremely violent and shook the vessel fore anil aft. It was followed instantly by other shocks. The crew were thrown into a condition of panic. They rush ed wildly hither and thither about the deck. Then men forward who bid been attending the leoturo clam ored over the bulwarks and jumped down, some of them into the dock and others to the stone quay. Many of them who jumped sustained fatal injuries. Knoxville, Tenn., Goes Dry. Knoxvillo, Tenn., Special. ? Knox ville, by a majority of nearly 2,000 votes, decided that the saloons must go. Under a state law granting in oorporatcd cities the right to say whether or not they desiro saloons, an election was held as an expression of sentiment. The result was a majority of 1,9*21 for temperance. The legis lature reconvenes, following a recess, when a bill will be introduced abol ishing the present charter and rein corporating without saloons. Six months' time will be given the sa loons in which to close. This elec tion was featured by memorable ?senes. Bomb Miscarries. Yalta, Crimen, By Cable. ? Colonel Dunbadre, commandant of the garri son here, was slightly wounded and his adjutant and his coachman were ssriously injured by n bomb thrown *t the colonel's carriage from an up per window in a house on a street through which he wns driving. The man who throw the bomb committed suicide in order to avoid capture. Homeward Bound. Greensboro, Specinl. ? ? "Got! Tie With You Till Wc Meet Acrain," was , the song the English girls sang as ' they marched to the Southern pnsscn- | ger station and took the train for Bait imore. When Baltimore ix reach- J ?d the marshal will turn tliem over to the immigration officials and they will be sent back to England. At flrst all of the girls said they wanted to go back to England, but finally they hagan to doubt whether or not it was best to go back, snd two of them. Mary Cannon and Esther Hoy den, decided to stay in (jrepusboro. They havo already secured uork. Tlri Dostropes Eotiro T<wc. Riehmond, Va., Special.? The bu? inoes district of the mining town of Br?aeb?fr\ in Wise pouuty, Va., destroyed by fire Monday. Of 3J ?tores, only two are said to have been left. The total loss is believed to cx coed w\th only partial in surance., Orecn ft Young, who con ducted one of tho\ lar^ciit stores, su* tainod a loss of libout $3,000, with inauitinco to the ?nount of $3,600. . I MANY DEAD TAKEN OUT In Bpita of Effort* for Put 24 Honrs the Number of Casualties Result inf Prom Explosion Aboard French Battleship Iena Hu Hot Yet Been Definitely Fixed. Toulon, By Cable. ? The efforts to recover the bodies of those killed by the explosion on board the Freneh battleship here Tuesday, which have been carried on with energy for 24 hours, have not yet resulted in defi nitely fixing the nnmber of casual ties. After the last roll-call there were still unaccounted for eight of ficers and 110 men. Unfortunately there is little doubt that all these missing men perished. The roll-call waa applied only to the crew of the Icna, but as it is believed that some 12 or 15 arsenal hands were engag- j ed on board the battleship at the time ? of the explosion, it is feared that the total number of dead will reach 120. In this belief the naval hospital here was instructed to prepare mortuary 81>aoe for that number. Ministers of Marine Thomson made i a second visit to the Iena, after the ury dock had been emptied of water, and made a careful examination of evory part of the battleship that was acees*ible. The interior steel plank ing and the partitions of the battle ship shows signs of having been sub jected to enormous pressure. In many places they arc bulged out or indented. The ga.p in the side of the vessel acted ns a safety valve for t he vast volume of gas generated by the burning powder without which li;e explosion would have had even mose disasterous results. Fifty bodies were recovered during the day, but only 12 of tliem could be recognized. The remainder were formless masses of charred flesli. At 7 o'clock Tuesday evening hopo was received by a rumor that sever al men had been brought out alive, but (his proved to bo untrue. After the roll call Minister Thom son reviewed the survivors and ad dressed to them a few touching words, after which the men who are engaged in searching the vessel re turned to their task, at which they will work all fii?;hL. Two of the wounded died in the hospital, and there are live others who arc not expected to live. The Prince of the Asturias, a brother-in-law of King Alfonso, of Spain, has arrived here to convey the condolences of his majesty to tho French navy, and to visit Rear Ad miral Mancetv.n, who was wounded. j Moro Souvenir Stamps. Washington, Special. ? The post master general derided to add a five cent stamp to the ones and twos already determined upon to consti tute the commemorative series for the Jamestown tercentennial exposition. The five-cent stomp will bear a like ness of the head of Pocahontas, printed in blue. Eight million stamps are to be used of tho denomination, to supply the demand for foreign postage. The head of Capt. John Smith in green is to dccorate the one-cent stamp, of which 10,000,000 are being printed, while a descrip tive scene '"The Founding of James town" representing the first landing on that island, is pictured in red on the two-cent stamps, of which 14, 000,000 are to be issued. Ne^ro Wins Over White. Philadelphia, Special. ? Allen Le roy Locke, colored, of Philadelphia, who will be graduated from Harvard university in June, it was announced lias been awarded the Rhodes schol arship at Oxford university, which this year was alloted to the state of Pennslyvania. The election was mad9 by a committee headed by Provost Harrison of the University of Penn sylvania. Locke was chosen over four other candidates. Fatal Rise of Deer Creek. Pittsburg, Special. ? Three men drowned, a railroad bridge washed oh ay, a county bridge in danger of following the railroad bridge into the Alleghanev river and an engino and five Height cars in the water aro the first results of the rapid rise dur ing the night of Deer creek, near Harmersvilic, Pa., on the West Penn Railroad. Holmes Goes to Penitentiary. Savannah, (la., Special. ? J. P. Holmes, former trustee in bankruptcy for the estate of McArthur Sons com pany, piano and music dealers of this city, left in the custody of an o Hirer for Atlanta, where he is to spend n term of four years in thp federal penitent iarv.^TIe was sentenced re cently by Judge Specr for a short age of some thousands of dollars as truslee erf the bankruptcy estate. lie pleaded guilty. Holme*' family was at the jail to bid hi:n farewell. Mrs. Holmes was in tenrs at the parting. To Court-Martial Swift. Washington, Special.~I3cfr>re leav ing Wa*hington Wednesday for a cruisc on the Dolphin* Secretary Met* caif will order the court.ioartial of Cpat. William Swift, in accordance with the recommendation of the court of inquiry on the grounding of his ship, the Connecticut, in Target bay, Culebra, P. K., on January III. The court will probably sit at Uunntana mo. \ MET A PECULIAR DEATH Motormaa Killed and Others Hurt By Huge Icicle. Niagara Falls, N. Y., Special. ? A huge icicle dropped from the cliffs of the Niagara gorge onto a trolley ear of the Gorge road as it was pass ing the Whirlpool rapids. Mortor man Everett Ramsdell was killed. Dr. and Mrs. M. B. Nervy of Siox City, la., and Miss Nervy were struck on the back and badly bruised and S. C. Lindsay and wife of Pittsburg were injured, the former having his hands mashed. The injured were taken to the Prospcct House. 18-Hour Train too Fast. Chicago, Special. ? More than 50 of the most prominent persons in Chic ago who are patrons of the Twenti eth Century Limited and the Penn sylvania special trains running be tween New York and Chicago in 18 hours want these trains slowed to a run of 20 hours during the winter months. A petition requesting Pres ident Newman, of the New York Central lines, and President McCrea, of the Pennslyvauia lines, to take such action is being industrously circulated in the clubs. None but known patrons of the trains are being sought as signers, and already be tween 50 and 100 names have been attached. ^ Panama Men May Strike. Panama, By Cable. ? The canal steam-shovel men ask for a material increase of pay and withdrawal of the new rules concerning the accumula tion of vacation time. Their de mands being refused by Chief Engi neer Stevens, a committee of three left on the last boat to lay their de mands before the higher officials. Before leaving they were notified by cable that the President indorsed the action of Mr. Stevens. It is consid ered hero that the shovel men have an exaggerated idea of their impor- | tance as a result of the frequent ref- i erencc of Mr. Koosovelt while on the Isthtnus to the men behind the steam shovcl. Shipbuilders Start a Strike. Cleveland, Special. ? While the strike of shipbuilders at yards of the American Shipbuilding Company is thus far confined mainly to the Cleve land and Lorain (Obit)) plants, offi cials of the International Boilermak ers and Iron Shipbuilders' Organiza tion asserts that there will be acces sion to the ranks of the strikers dur ing the present week. They say the order for the strike, which was issued Saturday night, was not received at most of the yards till Tuesday, and that it will be followed by many of the union employes. Bulgarian Premier Killed. Sofin, Bulgaria, By Cable. ? M. Petkoff, the premier and minister of interior, was assasinated here, M. Petkoff, with other ministers, was walking in the ilorig Garden when he was attacked by an unknown man, who fired at liirn with a revolver. Tho premier vas wounded by three bullets and died instantly. M. Gue madieif, i!ie minister of commerce and agriculture, who was one of the ministers accompanying M. Petkoff, was wounded in tho arm. Warns Standard Oil Mon. Chicago, Special. ? In the Standard Oil trial considerable difficulty was experienced by the attorneys for the government in obtaining evidence from the employes. Judge Lundis finally interfered in the case of one witness, whose answers he considered unnecessarily brief, and said that he wanted no more such conduct. If the witness was able fo answer the questions, lie must do so, but if lie did not know, he must say he did not know and avoid consuming the time of the court to no purpose. Bethlehem Company Loses. Washington, Special. ? In the case of the United States versus the Bethlehem Steel Company, involving a claim by the company for $21,000, withheld by the government as pen alty for delay in delivering six dis appearing gun carriages made by tho company in 1808, the supreme court of the United States delivered a de cision favorable to tho government. Tho opinion was by Justice Peck ham. Tho decision of the court of claims, favorable to the company, was reversed, and the case remanded to that court. Knnsar, Bank Robbed. Wichita, Kanf, Special. ? Tbc United bank of llunnewell, Kan., was wrecked by safe blowers. T'ive dis t i not explosions aroused the resi dents wlio gave chase to the burg lars. The robber* covered their re treat by tiring nt their pursuera and escaping on a hand car. The amount secured cannot be estimated nt pres ent. Po**?# are being formed to in tercept the robbers, ?T 1 t?. ' 1 22 Drowned in River, Re44'n?? Cel., Special. ? Twenty four Greek Jaboirrg started te crow the Sacramento river in a beat at Pitt Tuesday afternoon. The boat capsized and 22 of the men were drowned. Four bodies have l>een ro oovered. The men were ermdoyed by ?he New Delmar-pitt Railroad. AN UNEXPECTED RESULT S?ath Carolina Snmner Schools Will Suffer From Operation of Dispense rj Law Recenllj Adopted. Columbia,. S. C., Special. ? It now seems certain tbat the Carey-Cothran dispensary law has bad the indirect effect of doing away with both the State summer school and the county summer schools throughout the State, these institutes being provided for financially out of the State dispen sary school fund, which is now nil since the State dispensary has been abolished. This fund for summer schools amounts to about $0,000 an nually ? $5,000 direct from dispen sary funds for "institutes," which the State board of education has been using for the county summer schools exclusively, $1,000 from the dispensary fund for the State summer schools alone, and the remainder from escheated estates, which the board has been expending on the State summer school. The board spends about $3,500 on the State summer school, but Winthrop Col lege provides the place of meeting, and otherwise makes the gathering economical. The Georgia and North Carolina Legislatures provide about $5,000 each for their State summer schools. Even the $1,000 special ap propriation is not available for the State summer school this year, be cause the appropriation bill provid ed that this should come out of the State dispensary fund. The Next Meeting to be Held at Jamestown. Norfolk, Va., Special. ? The exec utive committee of tho supreme com mando ry of the Society of the Gold en Cross has at the request of many delegates, changed the place of meet ing of the next legislative session of the commandcry from Nashville, Tenn., to the Jamestown Exposition on May 20. 21 and 23. Eight hun dred delegates are expected to at tend. Quarantine Station Sold. New Orleans, Special. ? The sale of the Mississippi river quarantine station to the United States for $100,000 was announced by the State board of health. With the sale of this station control of quarantine in this State parses to the marine hos pital scr\icc. The government ' in making this purchase has agreed to maintain four other quarintine sta tions on the Louisiana coast now kept by tho State. To be Refused Admittance. Washington, Special. ? Complying with the provisions of the immigra tion act approved February 22nd last, President Koosevelt issued an executive order that such citizens of Japan or Korea to wit : Japanese or Korean laborers, skilled and unskill ed, who have received pnasoprts to go to Mexico, Canada, or Hawaii and come therefrom, he refused permis sion to enter the continental terri tory of the United State*. 81,000.000 Bond Issue. Chattanooga, Speciol. ? Chatta nooga voted on the issuance of $1, 000,000 iu bonds to be devoted to six separate purposes. Every proposi tion carreid. The vote was high, the total number of ballots cast be ing 1,S00. The issue is for streets, sewers, new city hall, new fire halls, parks ahd to provide for the floating debt. Hurt by Falling Tree. Trenton, Special. ? Walter Bates, the 16-year-old son of Mrs. Kate Bates, of the Sixth District, in try ing to escape a falling tree which he hod cnt down, was struck by a largo limb and his thigh broken in two places*. Mr, Cleveland Enjoying Stay. Georgetown, Special. ? Mr. Cleve land and his friends are enjoying their stay with Gen. Alexander in a quiet, restful way. While they have had some sport with the ducks, which are plentiful and of easy reach from headquarters, absolute seclusion and escape from the public eye is prob ably even more sought after than the mallards. News Notes. District Attorney .Teromne, in an effort to >rft the so-called Ilummol n ffi ? 1 n v i t before tin* jury, denounced Hurry K. Thaw in scathing terms. Allen l/oHoy Locke, n Philadelphia nepro, is to jrt the Rhodes scholar ship allotted this year to Pennsyl vania. The com me rein I clubs of various eiti?s which hnve been inspecting the work at Panama arrived in Charles ton, S. on the return. Some of the Pennsylvania f'npitol records at Harrisburg are found to he missing. Old Soldier KiU?d by Train. Knoxville, Spe?ial.-rG?arje Ogle, an inmate of the soldiers Home nt Johnson Oity, wsa kjllod by n South* ' em train near Greenville tojnf tipac dining the nijarfht, bis i*aigT?d re mains having been found at an early hour in the morning by the side of the track. Ogle's home was in thia city, where lie has many relatives. Ho was a vote ran of the Spanish* American War. ASK FOR A CONFERENCE Asks that Four Leading Railroad . President* be Heard With View to Reaching a Better Understanding. Washington, Special. ? J. Pierpont Morgan, the New York financier, came to Washington in- his private car and went immediately to tho White Mouse, where ,he was In con ference with President Roosevelt for more than two hours. The object of Mr. Morgan's visit was to urge the president to take some action to "al lay the public anxiety now threat ening to obstruct railroad investments and construction." Mr. Morgan pointed ont to the president that the financial interests of the country are greatly alarmed at the attitude of the administration toward corporations and particularly the railroads. At Morgan's earnest request, Pres ident Roosevelt has agreed to have a conference with four lending railroad presidents, Messrs. McCrea, of the "Pennsylvania, Newman, of the New York Central, Mellen, of the New York, New Haven and Hartford, and Hughitt, Df the Chicago and North western, to determine if some agree ment can be reached as to the rela tion between the railroads and the administration. It is possible that E. II. llarriman, head of the Harri man lines, may also participate in the conference, which it is under stood will take place at the White House some time the latter part of this week. After boarding his train shortly before midnight to return to New York, Mr. Morgan dictated to the .Associated Press the following statement : "At the request of many business, men, before leaving for Europe, 1 came to Washington to see the pres ident to discuss the present business situation, particularly as affecting the railroads. I suggested to the president that it wouid be greatly in the public interest it' he would soe Mr. McCre, Mr. Newman, Mr. Mellen and Mr. llughitt and confer with them as to what steps might be taken to allay the public anxiety as to the relations between the railroads and the government. The president said he would be jrlad to see the gentlo men named with this end in view." Railroads Crippled by Adverse Laws. Atlanta, (5 a., Special. ? President W. A. Garrett, of the Seaboard Air Line railroad, who is on a regular in spection trip, in an interview liore said the railroads of this country have now reached the financial dan ger line on account of adverse legis lation, which has alrcdy affected their incomes and which promise to still further curtail them. Railroads so affected, he said, will not be able to pay expenses ami the interest on their bonds if present conditions continue. "It means," he continued, "that many railroads will pass into the hands of receivers unless these pen alties are modified. "For the seven- months of the present fiscal per the Seaboard Air Line has not been able to make ex penses and meet interest an its bonds/ This has been true of the Atlantic and Birmingham division of the Sea board since it was opened for service three years ago. This is the road in which there is no watered stock." Forged Check for $80,000? Philadelphia, Pa., Special. ? Frank C. Martin, alias "Judge Franklin stone," who was arrested in Buffalo after nerly a two years' search by the postal authorities, charged with conspiracy to defraud in connection with the Story Cotton company, of this city, and who was released on bail Saturday, was arrested later by Philadelphia detectives, charged with the forgery of a check for $80,000 on the Brooklyn (N. Y.) National bank. He was given a hearing and held awaiting requisition papers from New v ? \ Victim of Black Demon. Fnyetteville, N. C., Special ? A lady name* Miss FiHroan, uf Rowland, N. C., was outraged at Mallory, a small station on the Coast Line between Latta and Clio, 8. C., where she was teaching school, by a negro named Nothan McClary. who was brought here by officers from South Carolina to be placed in jail for safe keeping after instructions from Governor Olenn Sheriff Watson and the South Carolina officers carried the negro to Haleigh through the country as the best safeguard against mob violence. Georgia Entitled to $29,382. Washington, Special. ? The Comp troller of the Treasury decided that ihc stat* of Georgia i$ entitled to $20,382, a* pay for the services of the Oeorgia volunteers in the war with Spain. The statu authorities presented a bill for $02,824 and were allowed $10,4(0. They appealed to Comptroller Tracewell, who derided (lint they were entitled to $18,912 ad ditional. Former Senator Pugb Dead. Wn?hington, Special. ? After an ill ness of littlo over a week, James L. Pvgh. founerly a senator of tho United fe>totes from Alabama, died in this city, aged 87 years. Mr. Pugh caught a severe cold which turned into oneumonia and his condition grew steadily worso until lie passed away, lie was a native of Bnrgo county, Georgia, WAS CRUSHED BY TRAIN L. P. Brown; Whose Home is In Greenville, Frightfully Mangled in Freight Yard at Lancaster. Lancaster, Special. ? At noon Sat urday a frightful tragedy occurred in the freight yards here. L. 1*. Brown, conductor of special "freight train No. 372, extra on the Southern, was killed by being caught between the bumper* of two cars while coup ling them. It seems that live loose cars were slowly coming down the track to be coupled, that Mr. Brown turned his back to them and was caught between the bumpers. Though Ins body was nearly severed iu twain nnd he was otherwise terribly man gled, he walked several yards and, crossing a ditch; sat down and died without a word in less than a minute after the accident. Mr. Brown was from Greenville, where he has a fam ily living/ a wife and several chil dren. lie was about 4f> yers old, and had been running on this division but a few days. In fact, this was his iccond trip. Little is known of him by the railroad men here on this ac count, but he was popular, efficient and a good man. Hi* body was sent to Greenville. Negro Shoots Town Marshall. Anderson, Special. ? "Hun" Fer guson, colored, was brought from Pendleton and lodged in the county jail, charged with shooting Mr. Charles Koherson, town marshal of Pendleton, Friday night. Marshal Roberson was in search of a negro. He went into a negro pool room, ex pecting to find his man in there, lie remained a few minutes and the ne gro Ferguson got up ami wont out of the room. In about ten minuter two pistol bullets crashed through the window glass, both hitting Mr. Kobcrson. One of the bullets en tered his right leg and the other grazed his breast. Kobcrson is not dangerously wounded. li is not known that Ferguson did the shoot ing, hut lie has been' making fre quent remarks about Mr. Kobcrson ? that he would kill him it' lie (Kob crson) would cross his path. It seems that one of Ferguson's "pals" had been pulled by the town marshal, lie holds this up against the officer Ghastly Find Near Darlington. Darlington, Special. Mr. K. K. Du bose, one %?f the county's leading citizens, made a ghastly liml on his plantation, three miles iioin here, lie and some of his negro hands, while out in a Held, were attracted to a spot, a sink formerly an old well, which had been tilled years ago. The depression in the ground, however, was slight. Beneath a pile of leaves in the sink was a pasteboard box about IS or 20 inches long, which con tained the body of an infant. The sides of the box had decayed from dampness, making it appear that the clime had 'been committed several weeks ago. Mr. Dubosc did not make a careful examination, as the decomposition of the body made him retreat. The legs and feet of the infant, he says, appeared white. Mr. Duboso Immediately reported his dis covery to the coroner, who ia invest igating. Mr. Beaty's Successor. Greenville, Special. ? Mr. J. II. M. Beaty, who has for some time been in charge of the weaving machinery of all the mills under the manage ment of Mr. Lewis \V. Perker and who has been made the general man ager of the Olympin and Granby mills, of Columbia, has been succeed ed in his position by Mr. David .Jen nings, formerly of Charleston, but more recently of Connecticut. Mr. Jennings has supervision of the weav. ing in the Mouaghan, Victor and Ap palaelicc mills. He is a graduate of Clemson college, and will doubtless make a competent successor of Mr. Beaty. His headquarters will be iu Green ville. Stato Pension Fund. Comptroller General Jones will call a meeting of the state pension board the latter part of this month when all of the returns will be gone over, practically all of the counties having sent in their pension lists. There is an appropriation of $'2<">(),000 for the old soldiers this year, of which $?">. 000 is for the artificial limb fund. The artificial limbs are to be pur chased by the comptroller genera! and the board, and blanks are now being sent out to the counties for applications, stating the company and regiment in which the limb \\ a lost. Newberry May Have a Vote. Newberry, Special.' ? From what ran be learned, partial reports as to the results of obtaining names of the petitions on the question f> t' dispen sary or no dispensary for this comi ty, were made to the "interested ones" for when one of the knowing ones wan ^ k ? ? ? 1 how the lists were succeeding, with a twinkle in his eye he said, " I'v April I we will have a majority of the county on the lint.'' .train 0ma?fc?d Wagon. l>ranchvi]le. Special.? -The South ern'* BUckviJle-Kingmllo train, due here at 8:30 a. m., ran over and killed two fine nudes and demolished the wagon belonging to Mr. 1). \.. Khoad here. The driver, Elliott f?c^ ven, colored, was thrown so mo dis tance from the track, but it is not thought his injuries are fatal, Late fiebttf In Urief MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST The American Roadmakers' Asso ciation is in convention at Pittsburg. President Koosevelt issued an or der restoring to entry about 36,000, 000 acres ot coal land* that had been withdrawn. The mother of R. I). Ramsay, trav eled from Nova Scotia to Petersburg to see her son, who was sick 'in a hospital, only to find him dead. The stockholders of the PennsyL vania railroad approved the pro|>osed increase of $200,000,000 in stocks and bonds. The Virginia Conference of the United Brethren -Church is in session at Edinburg, Virginia. Dacisions in a number of eases wero handed down in the United States Circuit Court of Api?eals at Rich mond. Governor Kwanson has commuted the sentence of "Wes" Wilkie, a negro sentenced to die for murder, to imprisonment for life. Mr. C. If. Ilurkanip. of Fredericks burg, has been ap])ointed one of the judges of the Baltimore horse show, which will be held on the grounds of the Elkridge Hunt Club on May 23, 24 and 2fl. By the will of Edmund P. Dxvight, of Philadelphia, various church or ganizations get 0200,000. The (itiyan. Big Ugly and Coal River Railway Company has been lormed to build a railroad in Lin coln county, West Virginia, l'roni the tnouth of Big Ugly creek to a point on Laurel fork. The capital is $100,000. mid those interested arc J. W. Johnson, Mary A. Sims, II. T. Lovett, Paul W. Scott and Mary E. May. The former Anne Could V Paris lawyer charged her $175,0(10 to get a divorce. The shops of the Dry Fork Rail road Company, which were destroy ed by lire at Hedricks, W. Va., will he rebuilt at once. Mine No. 2;>, of the Davis Coal and Coke Company at Thomas, W. Va.f where 25 men were recently killed by an explosion of gas, was the scene of another accident, one Italian hav ing been killed ami two injured bv a fall of slate. Cabell eonnl.v, West Virginia, will vote on April 20 on I lie issuance of ??M0.000 worth of bonds for the ) Aint otkuico and building of county roads and bridges. Israel ,T. Kinney, a retired Balti more ,and Ohio passenger engineer, died at Grafton, W. Va., aged (57 years. He was a native of Doddridge county, \\ . \ a., and served jn (ho Union army. The deaths duo to the blowing up of the P reijoh battleship lena mav number ]20. J Six persons were killed by on ex ; bomb while searching a stu* nerrt-jp apartment in Kharkov, Russia, Dr. Adam Jamieaon and 12 others were killed in a wreck in the Trans vaal. President Bonillii, of Honduras is directing operations at the front from a fast automobile. The New ^ ork stock market was deiuoi a I ixed, and a wave of liquida tion was attended by a shrinkage iu values of upward of #100,000, 000. European markets were similarly af fected. * ( lashes took place between the Louisville police and the street car st rikers. The trial of Abraham Ruef was called in San Francisco, but was post poned until Monday. II. O. McDowell, president of the Fanners Bank of Canton, Ohio, com mitted suicide. Floods due to heavy rains are caus ing havoc in Maryland, Pennsylvania and t he Middle Western Stales. Governor Gillette, of California, s?nt to the legislature corespondencc with President Roosevelt on the Jap anese question. The Socialists in the Russian Douma are preparing for a fight. President Roosevelt has not been informed as to what the four railroad presidents will propose at their com ing conference with liiin, but he iJ said to be in a receptive mood. Commander Richard C. llollydav, a native of Maryland, is to be appoint ed chief of the Bureau of Docks and Yards of the nevy department, A. B. Strickland, president of the Chicago and Northwestern railway, says Western companies will fiprht in the courts all state regulations of railroads. M. Jean Paul 1'ie.rie Casimir-Per ier, former president of Kranee, died suddenly. It in believed that the railroad magnates are disposed to support Mr. Roosevelt's plan to centralizo the control of the railroad* in t#ie federal government, as a protection from state legislation. Mrs. Ru?s<;ll fla^c, widow of tha New York financier, has set aside $10,000,000 for what is to be known as the Sa?e foundation, the income to be used in improving social and living conditions iu the United States.