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VOL. IV. NO. 28. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1907. S1.50Per Year BY ANNIE EDWARDS. A. OF HONOR.; OR, FOR HER FATHER'S SIN, $ CHAPTER XV, Continued. 10 "Abingdon Villas, Cheltenham. "Honored Sir ? When you read the signature of my letter you will not need, I think, to be told who It Is that now ventures to address you. I am Warren Fergusson's child. Yofa may remember mte? ah! how well do I re member you I? when I was a little girl, five years ago, at Baden-Baden. My I dearest father was then? alas!? living, although, as you may recollect, in very feeble health, and little did he or any of our happy circle think how soon we should ail be thrown upon a cold world and the meager charity of grudging relatives fot support. After trying various climates in vain, my beloved parent at length fixed upon Ostend to spend a winter In, and there (now more than twelve months ago) he was taken from us. Oh, sir, my pen cnn seurcely describe to you the miserable poverty through which my beloved mother, my sister and myself have passed since then! Suffice it to saj* that at times mamma has not had sufficient nour* islunent for her support, and that, bit by bit, we have parted with nearly all the family plate, and every one of mamma's wedding trinkets. My sister Is too young as yet to leave hoin6; but .it Is my most fervent desire to earn something, if only n few pouuds a year, to give to my dear mamma; and I humbly solicit your recommendation, either among t'riends or the ladles of your family, to any of whom If they would take me Into their schoolroom as bumble companion or nursery govern ess. I should feel most eternal grati tude. I could not venture to address you, but that papa used to speak of you as so good and generous a friend, and that you said oficc (under most del icate and peculiar circumstances) If you ever had It in your power you would try to be of service to him in England. Asking your forgiveness for the liberty I have taken, and soliciting an answer by return post If possible, I remain, honored sir. your most obedi ent, humble servunt. "P. S.? I am paying a short visit to an old friend of mamma's at Haughton, and, if any of the ladies in your neigh borhood should care to see me, my friend would bring me at any hour or day appointed to call upon them. ? ?????? Now, the small town of Ilaughton was the nearest railway station, and not more than five miles from Yatton; and, as she read Miss Fergusson's let ter the second time, a little plan, not as she considered, likely to embarrass Glfford personally, and yet tlmt would, possibly, serve his dead friend's child, came Into Jane's heart. "If I were to ask the poor girl to stay with me for a week, Glfford, we should see what her capabilities really are, and you could speak about her Jn the neighborhood. I think I heard some one say Mrs. Tennant had been Inquiring about a nursefy governess for Bertha's oldest daughter. I con write the note, and I can manage to send for her. She won't be In your way, Glfford, and I feel sure you will be glad to fulfill the promise that you made the father." Glfford grumbled and opposed every thing, and said he never had made any definite promise, and there were no delicate ond peculiar circumstances at all, ond the girl's whole letter sounded to him like humbug. The mother was a mad style of woman, he remembered ?flaunting to bolls ond theotres when old Fergusgon wok dying by inches? and he had no doubt the daughter hod grown up like her. He lioted begRlng letters; lie lioted asking anybody to take people he recommended; and ho would have nothing to do with the girl but sending her a five-pound note os he proposed; and eren that, in his opinion, would be for better given to any poor family In hit own parish. "Still. If you promised. Glfford?? that Js the real reason for doing anything. Do you think you ever did make the promise to the father that Miss Fer gusson speaks of?" Glfford started up angrily. It was not In him to tell a direct falsehood; but he detested being forced Into a cor ner with respect to the truth. "I did promise, Jane, as you ore so fond of knowing the exact details of everything. I did promise, and I'll tell you how. Old Fergusson was one of the best players, and at the some time had the most infernal bad luck of any mnn In Bftdtn. He rome to a party at my room one night ond ployed lans quenet. He would ploy, though he ! wasn't fit tpjiold a car.1; 1,0 played? , I couldn't have kept hint from It If I lisd tried? ond he lost, to mo as well.as to others. I didn't think anything about him or his losses then, but a day or two afterward I was smoking after broakfAst In the garden, ond he came up to me. as white as a sheet, and sold he was a ruined man, and lie was go ing to blow his brains out and so on. Don't look so disgusted, Jane; he never meant to do anything .of the kind, for I found out afterword that he tried the same thing on with an ?t her man as well as myself. He "M. FERGUSSON." M. F." I meant to get back some of his money, if he could; and be got back some ? of mine, I ought to say, for I had lost every farthing of his the next night: and then, I believe, be went on mak 1 ing up some cock-and-bull story aboul his bad health and bis children, and bis ill-luck? as if I hail anything to d? with his children and his bad health? and I suppose wrung this precious i promise that they harp upon now out of me! Now you know the wholo truth and you may just do as you llko about Miss Fergusson. They were a cursed bad lot when I Inst saw tbem; and my opinion is, to shut their mouths at once with a flve-pound note ? or ten pounds. Just as you think necessary? and have done with them." In which opinion Clifford was un doubtedly wise. The Fergussons wero a bad lot. It was not his fault if tha father chose to ruin himself and not provide for his children. Such a prom Mse as his, given under such circum stances, would certainly have been re deemed at the very highest market value by a flve-pound note ? or ten. as he suggested, for a very exceptional and fancy price. But poor Jane, out of the foolish fullness of her heart, saw otherwise. The vision of that desper ate, white-faced man suing to Clifford rose before her in real, not acted, pathos; she felt that he was under a mora* obligation to hold out his hand If he could to Ferjjusson's child: and that it was her place to bring him 'to see his duty, and to assist him In car rying that duty out. Moliun was too really indifferent on the subject? his first rage at being called upon to take trouble over? to contest her wishes Jong; and It ended by Jane's writing n kind note and asking Miss Fersnisson to come, as soon as her visit at IT ugh ton was over, and spend a week at Chesterford? "when Miss Grand, an old friend of Mr. Mohun's. would have more opportunity for ascertaining Mips Fergusson's wishes .and capabilities than it would be possible to do In the hurried course of a morning visit or a letter." "And I hope yon will like Miss Fer gusson when you Ret her. Jane!" were GIfford's last words before he left. "You know It's your own plan, and you must Just take all It will Involve yon In ?on your own head. They were a cursed bad lot when I last saw them at Baden, cursed bad lot, and there's something about the letter that makes me think pretty much the saiuo of them still." Ominous words, that Jane remem bered but too well before many more days wero past! CHAPTER XVI. By return of post came a note de scriptive of the Intense fervor of Miss Fergusson's gratitude, and announcing that forlorn orphan's Intention of ac cepting dfrar Miss Grand's most kind and benevolent invitation without de lay. Jane was In quite a little flutter of excitement at tlie thought of receiving Glfford's protege. Her own pretty bedroom must be given up to her, be cause It faced the east, and It would be cheerful for the poor child to have the sun and the smell of the early spring flowers every morning when she got up. The summer curtains should be put up In the parlor a mohth earlier than tisual, that the room might have a cheerful, airy look to eyes accus tomed to the grace and lightness of Continental houses. She should send to naughton for some books of a more amusing and less substantial texture than the few old volumes which formed the s^iples of her own intellec tual resources. "And you think that Miss Fergusson will care for sunshine, and crocuses, and pretty little Improving stories. Jane! By ! If she's at all what I remember her mother, she'll rather surprise your simple mind when jon see her! The worst style of adven turess?an nffected, pointed woman, making up to every disreputable mnr quls and countess In Baden and leav ing her ragged children to run loose nil o\?r the place. TfcQt's my recollection of dear Miss Fergusson's mamma." "But no reason that the poor girl should have grown up like her. Denr Glfford, you wouldn't say all those things If you know how dreadfully nervous I am at the thought of re ceiving her. I, who never have a vis itor within my doors cxcept yon and Mr. Follett." At Jane's osneelnl request, Mohnn had consented to be at the cottage to receive Miss Fergusson; and the car riage that hsd brought her from the station being already within the garden rrntes. he was raistng Miss Grand's spirits as to the scheme in speeches like the one Just recorded. "I wonder whether I ought to meet her at the door, Glfford? I am so shy of strangers, and yet I would do any thing to mnke her feel at home. Now. If you tvere to go out In the hall? You know better than I do what would bo the right sort of thing to say." "Tnke my word for It, Jane, Mrs. Fergusson's daughter won't want any assistance of yours or mine to sot her at hornet Mjr advice to you is, never let her feel herself at home; keep her In her place from the first; and, above all, allude continually to the time yon mean her to stay, unless you wish her to take up her quarters at Chesterford for the rest of the summer!" "Oh, Glfford, hush! she Is here!** cried Jane, nervously, as the sound of a remarkably unabashed voice made Itself heard in the passage. "'Let the heavy boxes remain here for the present r Well. I am glad to think she feels so much at home; but Siie really must have brought a great deal of unnecessary luggage for a visit of only a week." And then the parlor door opened, and Jane's solitary maid servant (the Grace of old days) announced. with '.Teat per turbation, the name of Miss Fergusson? and there was a sweep of voluminous draperies, and a rustling of rich silk, and Jane Grand found herself in the presence of the poor penniless girl whom she intended to befriend. Possessed by the one great thought of carrying out a promise of Glfford's, Miss Grand had not troubled herself to speculate upon whether the nursery governess presumptive would be good looking or not. Mohun had a dim recol lection of freckled children, with torn frocks nnd reddish hair, running wild about the Baden streets; and was pre pared for a plalnlsh. shabby genteel young woman, who should be clad In rusty black, and express her gratitude and good principles through her nose. It Is. therefore, no exaggeration to state that they were both of them liter ally startled by the viRion that now ap peared before theiu. radiant, blooming, composed, in the ruddy light of the fire. Mohun sprung to his feet and stepped back from the hearth, just as he might have done had the new arrival been his own Lady Soplifa of six years age,- not Mrs. Fergusson's daughter; Jane took In at a glance every point of beauty in the beautiful woman before her. nnd felt that she herself was old. faded, dowdy; that this girl was lovelier than she had been in the fairest hour of her youth: also? instinct added to this ? that she had committed a horrible and Irretrievable error in bringing such a person to her house, and to the ac- i qalntance of Gifford Mohun. Miss Fergusson was tall and stout; with a head splendidly set on t lie shoul ders. a step light and Arm as a Paris ian market woman's, and a foot and hand that, for a person upon so large a scale, were certainly models of beau ty. Mohun, of course, could not see every small detail as quickly as poor Jane; but he saw a brilliantly rose and white face of eighteen, dazzling teeth, a profusion of undulating red-brown hair, great dark eyes looking full Into his. and the queenly stature and light, elastic step aforesaid. lie came for ward. and for him made quite a well turned speech about the pleasure he felt in renewing his acquaintance with his poor old friend Warren Fergusson's daughter. * "Ah. poor papn! I remember you so well. sir. You gave me live francs onc? In the I.itchtenthal? yes. indeed you did"? and all the time Jane sees she holds Mohun's hand fast? "and told me to buy flowers with It for my little sister who was sick. Ah, now I see every feature" ?(for Grace, still awed out of her breath by the width and stiffness of Miss Fergusson's skirts, had at this Juncture brought In the lamp)? "I see every feature I remem ber so well. Oh. Mr. Mohun! I hope you will forgive me for writing. I couldn't help It, sir. when I found my self so near, and thought? thought of all my poor pnpa used to say about your great generosity." Something that did duty for emotion here shook Miss Fergusson's voice. Gif ford held her hand rather closer, nnd Jane? feeling slngulnrly cold nnd un impressed at the whole touching scene ?gave token of her existence by a lit tle deprecatory cough. "Lot mo introduce you to Miss Grand," snld Glfford, dropping the girl's hand in n moment, nnd turning to Jime; "my kind friend, Miss Grand, who wns good enough to? my wishes ? " nnd then. seeing lie could My noth ing agreeable, without positively tell ing nn untruth to Jane, ho broke down nltogether; nnd the women wore left to press eneh other's hands, nnd.mnke speeches' of nnilnbillty, as even the most simnle nnd ingenuous of the Rex I know how to do on oecnslon. .Tnne fenred thnt Miss Fergusson must hnve felt It cold. Miss Fergus* on had found it impossible to be eold in thnt charm* ing, delightfully warm wrnp which Miss Grand hnd so kindly sent in the enrringe. Miss Grnnd supposed Miss FergusRon hnd never been in this pnrt of the country before? Oh, denr, no, never: but It looked sueh lovely seen ery? this Is, If it hnd been light enough in see nny thing of it! And would Miss Fergusson like to eomo nt once nnd tnke off her wrnp before ten? And Miss Fergus?on, with a look nt Glf ford, would like it very mueh indeed. And then they went away upstairs, j-.n^Hintr nnd chntierlng ns if tliey hnd been friends for years; and Glfford was left nlono to think over his sur prise nnd his rather pleasant prospect, of havlitfe Mrs. K'rTUsson's daughter to flirt with for the ensuing eight j dnys. Miss Fergusson wns delighted with the stnlrcnse, nnd delighted with the bedroom: in none of which plnces wns there standing room for nbout one-half of her silks nnd flounces nt a time; and when she hnd In Id nslde her rleh grnce ful mantle, nnd her tiny hat. and wns duly smoothing the brnlds of her wenlth of tawny hair before the glass, she thnnked .Tnne. in llie best possible terms, nnd renll.v In n ver.v pretty mnnner Indeed, for her kindness In in viting her; nnd Jane felt she must be a very wicked woman for not opening her heart more freely to this father less girl. (To be Continued.) BIGGEST fll EYER Standard Oil Company Must Pay $29,000,000 JUDGE LAND1S STANDING FIRM Standard Oil Company Given Largest Fine Ever Imposed in History oi American Jurisprudence More Than 131 Times Amount Received Through Rebating Operations. Chicago, Special. ? Judge Kenesuw M. Land is Saturday in the United States District Court fined the Stan dard Oil Company of Indiana $29, 240,001) for violations of the la^ against accepting rebates from rail roads. The line is the largest cvei assessed against any individuals 01 any corporation in the history oi American criminal jurisprudence, and is slightly more than 131 times, u> great as the amount received by th? company through its rebating opera tions. The case will be carried to th? highcre courts by tho defending com pany. Te penalty imposed upon the com pany is the maximum permitted undei the law, and it was announced at the end of a long opinion in which the nf'thods and practices of the Stand ard Oil Company were mercilessly jscorcd. The judge, in fact, declared in his opinion that tho officials of tlnj Standard Oil Company who were res posible for the practices of which the corporation -was found guilty, were no better than eountcrgeitcrs and thieves, his exact language being: "We may us well look at this sit uation squarely. The men who thus deliberately violate this law wound counterfeits the coin, or steals letters society more deeply than does lie who from the mail." Judge Landis commenced reading his decision at 10 o'clock and occu pied about one hour in its delivery. He reviewed the facts in the ca^e took up the arguments of the attor neys for the defense and answered them, and then passed judgment up.?n the company, which he declared vio lated the luw for the sole pur|>ose of swelling its dividends. The court held that the railroads have no more right to make a secret rate for a shipper than a board of assessors have to make a seaoncebant assessors would have to make a sc cj*ct assessment of any particular piece of property. . The court expressed regret that the law failed to provide a more serious punishment than a f:ne, but insisted that the penalty should be sufficient! \ large to act as a deferent and not of sih:1i a size as to encourage the defen der to persist in lawlessness. At the conclusion of his opinion and after announcing the amount ol the fine, Judge Landis directed that a special grand jury be called for the purpose of inquiring into the acts of the Chicago & \lton Railroad Com pany, if having ben proved in the case just closed that the oil company accepted rebates from that corpora' tion. This juiy is summoned for Au gust 14th. The decision of Judge T,nndi< aroused almost, as much public inter est as did the presence of John D Rockefeller and othei officials of tin Standard Oil Company in the court room on July 0th. The crush was s. great that a large force of deputv marshals had much difficulty in con trolling tho crowd that was ei.xio'.;* to force its way into tho court room The government was represented in the court room by United State: District Attorney Sims nn<t Assistant District Attorney Wilkerson. Tin attorneys who tried the case for th' Standard Oil Company, John S. Mill or. Merts Rosenthal and Alfred D Eddy were not present the companv beiinj represented bv Merrit Starr '<? onrtner of Mr. Miliar and r|,annee> Mnrtyn from t ho office of Mr. Eddy The Boll Weevil in Mexico. Sati Antonio, Texas, Special. ? A special from Dnrango, Mox., to Thr Express says: Consternation r'*ig!i> among the cotton planters of thi> State Cuencamo district, of what i? generally supposed to be the b;d! woevil. The pest multiplies wit! great rapidity and the crops are bo ing destroyed. Injunction is Granted. Memphis, Tenn., Special. ? Foder-il Judtfe McCall denied a petition ol the Central Trust Company of Ne?\ Vik City, holder of the Memphh '?Ik ot railway bonds, asking an in junction to restrain the city of plus from inaugurating 2-cent street car fares. The case had boon appeal ed to tho Stat" supreme court froa ing tho constitutionality of the cit\ the State circuit court, the issue bo injunction. Tho snii for a federal in junction was entered pending a oc eision of the State supremo court. Schoolsliip Gun F.xp!odc3. Toulon, By Cable. ? Tito brcc* I lock of u 10')-:!ii! iniet re gun w.i blown off' on board tho gunnorv school ship Co'iroiine during targ"l practice in Salins roadstead and three l>o rso is were killed and live wounder The force of tho explosion wa.< tor rifle and the bodies of the dead met were so badly fnutilinted as to be al most unrecognizable. Throe of tho>-c wounded are in a serious condition. AN UNEXPECTED RESULT Will Likaly Aid in Enfocing Dispen sary Law. Charleston, Special. ? Prohibition in Goorgia is expected to contribute materially to a better enforcement of the dispensary law in Charleston. Much of the liquor which comes to Charleston finds its way here from Augusta and Savannah and with the business at these cities knocked out, additional dinicultics will be put in the way pf the blind tigers getting in their supply. The passage of the Georgia law has been a hard blow to the Charleston tigers. The blind tig ers are getting seriously cornered in Charleston with the efforts of Mayor Rhett to stop their supply by continu ally harrassing thein by police raids. One well known establishment on Meeting street closed its doors and it is expected that others will follow. At a meeting of the house committee of the Commercial Club steps were taken to stop the sale of liquor. The committee will later brim; in a report icgnlating the matter in accordance with the law. Headquarters in Florence. Florence, Special. ? According to the report of some time ago the head quarters of the second division of '.lie Atlantic Coast Line Railway com pany were duly located in this ci'y For the present General Superinten dent Anderson and the other super intendents and ollicials, together wilh their respective ofliee men, are using some dwelling houses near the pas conger station for their olliccs. Flor ence is congratulating herself on hav ing so many line citzcns added some time ago that the plaintiff a de scendent of Jeffries Grimes or Grah am, had 110 negro blood in her veins and that therefore she was entitled toattend the white schools of Swain county. It is not thought that the case will be appealed. Wants to Come to Chester. Chester, Special. ? Investors seek ing locations and those already hav ing investments and wishing a change of place continue to look towards Chester. Mr. W. F. Caldwell, secre tary of the chamber of commerce, has received from a lar^e carriage factory in the West desiring to come to South Carolina, inquiring as to what proposition or terms Chester of fers to induce an entereprise of this kind. This factory employs 3 "> men and has a monthly payroll of ">00. It is therefore well worth landing. The secretary has gone vigorously l?> work and has secured r.n option on a very eligible site for the proposed new enterprise. Farmer's Skull Crushed. Hock Ilill, S. C., Special. ? Mr. J. T. Ferguson, a prominent farin.M* whose home is near Leslie's station, in York county was brought, to the Hock Hill private hospital in a peril OMR condition. Mr. Ferguson was at tending services at Neely's Creek Church and after services he was at ? tempting to hitch up a fiery hor&c when the animal ran, throwing Mr. Ferguson against a tree, it is suppos ed and crushing his skull. Dr. Fen nell and assistants removed the who!e right side of his skull and no hope is entertained as to his recovery. Mr. Ferguson was about (JO years of age and a very respected citiz.cn. Granite Work Starts on Capital Square. Columbia, Special. ? The commis sion 011 State house and grounds ha-* awarded the contract for the granite work, including the paving work around the main entrance to the cap ital the continuation of the granite steps ami the abutments to the ter race to Mr. .John J. Cain, of this city for $0,200. The work will be com menced at once ipid will be completed within a very short time. The com mission is also working on other plans for beautifying the grounds, and plans have been prepared for remod eling the entire square so that it will present a very different oppcaroiwe by the time t lie next legislature is in session. Ballard Homo Burned. Rook 1 1 ill. Special. ? The collage lionio of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Ilallaid situated in (lie White grove in the estorn suburbs burned to the ground at 12 o'eloek Thursday nitrht. The (Ire is supposed to have caught fro.n (I)'* kitchen fine. Heiug entirely on' side the city limits there was 110 way to li?h( the Haines. The house co.-,t $2,000 and there was $ 1 ,.">00 insurance thereon. Only a few pieces of furni ture and a little clothing wan saved Mrs. Ha I lard p most estimable lady, was sick and the scene was a pitiful one. Aflfccti Foreign Compariog. Columbia. Special.? The payment of an annual license of si no. provid ed for under the net of 1H02, does no' exempt a foreign corporation from a license (ax of one-half mill on (he pros., receipts in South Carolina, pro vided for under the act of 1001, ac cording ('? a decision of the supreme court. The decision ia a mo-ti im portant one, affecting the revenues of the State for a considerable amount METHODS OF OIL TRUST Commissioner of Corporations Smith Submits to President Second of Re ports Concerning Operations of Stsndard Oil Company. W ashington, Special. ? Significant revelations ore made public in a re port submitted to President Roose velt by Herbert Knox Smith, com missioner of corporations, concerning the operations of the Standard Oil Company. In a previous report the means and methods of the Standard Oil Company were explained. The present report sets forth the results of these methods and the effect they have had on the profits of the Standard Oil Company. It deals with profits and prices, showing just how the manipulation of the oil in dustry by the Standard has affected the pocket-books of the American people. Commissioner Smith says: "The Standard Oil Company is v> sponsible for the course of the prices of petroleum and its products during the last i) years. The Sfandard has consistently used its power to raise the price of oil during the last 10 years, not only absolute, but also relatively to the cost of crude oil." The Standard has claimed that it has rod need the price of oil; that it has been a benefit to the consumer; and that only a great comhinntio.i like the Standard could have furnish ed oil at the prices that have pre vailed. * * Kaeh one of these claims," says Commissioner Smith. "is disproved by this report.*' The increase in .An nual profits of the Standard from isn<; to 1004. was over $27,000,000. The report says: "The total dividends paid by th-"? Standard from 1SS2 to 1000 were 1 ,022,004, averaging thus '2-1.1 per cent per year. The dividends however, were much less than the total earnings. It is substantially certain that the entire net earnings of the Standard in this period were at least $700,(100,000 and possible much more. "These enormous profits have been based on an investment worth at 111? time of its. originial acquisition not more than $7.">, 000,000. " Commissioner Smith says: "The following facts are proved: The Standard has not reduced mar gins during the period in which i'. has been responsible for the prices of oil. I hiring the last eijjht years cov ered by this report MS0S to 100.")) it has raised both prices and margins. "Its domination has not been ac quired or maintained hv its superior efficiency, but rather hv unfair com petition and by methods economically and morally unjust ifiab'c. The Stan dard has superior efficiency in run ninir its own business; it has an equal efficiency in destroying the busine/s of competitors. It keeps for itself the profits of the first and adds to these the monopoly profits secured by the second. Its profits are far above the hiyhest possible standard of a reasonable commercial return and have been steadily increasing Finally, tin* history of I his great in dustry is a historv of the persistent nip of the worst industrial methods, the exaction of exorbitant price?* from the consumer, and the securiirr of excessive profits for the small group of men who over a lonir series of vears have thus dominated the business." Large Fertilizer Manufacturing Plant Firod by Lightning. Jacksonville, Fla., Special. ? Light ning struck and set lire to the largt fertilizer manufacturing plant of the city at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon and completely destroyed the build ing, which was valued at $S0,000, and damaged the stock of fertilizer and fertilizer material therein to the extent of $25,000. The loss is ful'v covered by itisurance. Appropriation for Schools. Atlanta. Special. ? At the meeting of the appropriations commit tee last week, upon the motion of Represen tative Holder, of Jack-on, it was d?? cided to recommend in the appropria tion Li 1 1 the sum of $1,850,000 for lh? common schools of (Seorgia for t'ie year 1000. This appropriation will be the total sum received by the schools during the year. Willirm's Plurality is Small. Jackson, Miss., Special. ? Cut il the votes cast in the Democratic primary of Inst Thursday are canvassed litis week by the designated ofllcials, the result of the senatorial contest will, to a certain extent, remain in doubt Complete unofficial returns received bv several sources show a plurality in favor of Congressman John Sluim Williams over Coventor James Vardatnan, but (his plurality is com paratively small, and neither ( Gover nor Vnrdaman nor !ii~t malingers will concede defeat, derlaring that the of flcial review of the vote will shmv his election by a small majority. Boy Killed by Lightning. Jacksonville, Kin., Special. ? At Fulton, a small town on the Saint John's liver. 15 miles from here, Charles l.eidy. Jr., 1-! years of a-ze, was killed hv ,n stroke of lightning, the boll running down the JYont of a building and entering a door. H struck the boy on the neck, breaking the stnnal cord. Three others in the building were rendered tim-nnscioMS but all recovered within an hour. Late In "Brief MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST Nineteen persons died in the tene ment fire in New York. Charles II. Mover, president of tho ^ estorn Federation of Miners wns admitted to bail in the sum of $25, 000. The trial of Caleb Powers for tho alleged murder of (Jovernor (Joebel, of Kentucky in 1000 was delayed be cause t lie defense objected to Judge Robbins. The Southern and Atlantic Coast Line Railways filed appeals in accord ance with the North Carolina "peace agreement." Five negroes are reported (o have been mortally wounded and a score of others hurt at a negro caiupmeet ing near Sea ford, Deleware. Senator Foraker opposed the in dorsement of Secretary Taft of Ohio Republicans. Earle Irven of Indianapolis rescued four persons at Colon and was drown ed. Mrs. Kddy's witnesses in the Chris tian Science leader's suit refused it* testify. Rev. Levor Maroogessian, the Ar* menian priest concerned in the re* cent New York agitation was arrested 1 lie candidacy of Secretary Tai't wvs indorsed by the Ohio Kcpuhlicatt State ?Commit tee, despite Senator Fora'ter's protest. 1 lie (Seoiigia Legislature passed the llardiuau Prohibition hill. 1 wo strangling cases, with women as the vicitiins are puzzling the Ne?v York police. Senator lVttns ?? 1* Alabama uai buried at Selma with distinguished honors. A section of the Krie canal gave way, causing heavy loss. Mrs. Yontsey contradicted her hus band's confession in the Caleb Pow ers case. Kvelvn Nesbit Thaw declared she had foresaken (he stage. Acrimonious arguments were made in the matter of taking depositions iu the Kddy ease. There was a new explosion in the Hartjc divorce case. After a stirring speech by Mr. Choate delegates at The Hague said the Peace Conference had just begun, so far as results were concerned. Russian troops killed ,'10 persons in Russian Poland strike riots. ^ In riots in Seoul a large number of Koreans were killed by Ja|>s. Three Korean delegates to The Hague came to New \ ork to appeal to Amcrica to save their conn try from Japan. A strike ot sailing-ship masters is on in Australia. Army investigators are said (o have exonorated Lieut. -Col. William J. Tucker ot the charges brought against him by his wife, who wa4 Miss "Dolly" Logan. (ioverninent attorneys state that the disolut ion of the Dnpont com pany, of Delaware, will not affect the suit against the Powder Trust. The Culgoa is t<> he fitted up as a repair ship f?n the battleship fleet on its voyage to the Pacific. Mr. A. Caprcton Braxton, presi dent ot the \ irginia liar Association, is out for Senator John W. |)ani"l for the Democratic Presidential nonii naton. # P h<? trial by special court- martial of Chaplain Harry \V. Jones, I'nited States Navy, u |>? ?i i charges of scaml i lons conduct, was begun at the Nor folk Navy Yard. The Richmond grand jury reported that it could not find any i?r trust" iu that city. Primary election returns indicate that ( liarles I. hn^otrr was nominat ed for the Virginia Senate for Dis trict 20. Stephens S. Walsh, a New York po liceman, was dismissed foj aliened cowardice and ejected from the ofile ? in which his trial was held. Jour indictments have been found against Hcv. Levant Martorgessian, ? lie Armenian priest, under arrest in the New ^ ork conspiracy cases. Altorney-Oeneral Bonaparte is ex pected to appear personally iu tho suits against the Dnpont Powder Trust. L. II. Hnrriman. in the face of a heavy decline, declared stocks would >oon go up again. The plant of t;.e York Fell and Paper Company at York. Pa., win burned, with $100,000 loss. Copt. (j. w. Kirl <mnn was denied Ins petition for release from the Fed eral prison at Fort Leavenworth. **i* hundred striking miners i-? Hebbing, Mich., were turned back from n march int ended to intimidate nonunion men. r A rate war from Chicago to New York is expected alter passenger agents refused to attend a confer ence. I he Interstate Commerce Coinmi. - sioti decides that in the c<|uitabk? dist i ibutioit ol cars to coal miners pii?ate cais must be considered an part of the fptota. Admiral livnns conferred with nn \al officials regarding the autumn maneuver program and the trip of tho licet to the Pacific.