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VOL. V. NO. 16.
CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1908.
SL60Per Year
* almetto Affair*
The News of Soc4h Carolina in Condensed Form
Free Delivery System Delayed ii'
Florence. |
Florence, Special. ? The free deliv
ery system of mail which was to have
been inaugurated in Florence about
the middle of the present month has
been postponed until June 1, as will
been seen from an extract from a let
ter received by the postmaster here:
"Owing to the failure of the civil
service commission to furnish the eli
gible register so that the carriers and
substitute carriers could be appoint- '
ed at your office in time for them to '
procuro bonds and uniforms by the
15th of May, the establishment of the
city delivery service will be postpon
ed to June 1, 190S." This is a source
of disappointment to the people of
FloVenee, who were looking forward
ito the immediate beginning of the
free delivery, in view of the fact that
as a result of a competitive examina
tion held hero sevral weeks ago all
of the carriers and substitutes were
appointed. . i
Strychnine in An Egf .
Bennettsville, Special. ? Mrs. W. II.
Peters recently discovered among
some eggs which she had bought one
which contained strychnine In break
ing the eggs she noticed that it had a
little hole in it and she bi^ke it in a
separate saucer. Her husband, Mr.
VJ. H. Peters of the Marlboro Drug
company, analyzed the mixture and
found that it contained enough stry
chnine to kill several people. The
egg came through the hands of R. l>.
Rogers & Bro. and had been bougiit
by them from the country. TIk'V
were, of course, entirely ignorant of
the whole matter and thought that
the egg was fresh and bought it for
such. It is probable that the egg had
been fixed by the person who sold it
for a dog and that it became mixed
up in the number of fresh eggs which
were brought to town and sold to R.
D. Rogers & Bro. It is fortunate that
Mrs. Peters discovered the matter in
lime,, else there might have been a dif- j
ferent tale to tell. I
Appeal in Salaries Case.
Columbia, Special. ? Attorney Gen
eral Lyon has filed with the supreme
court his appeal in the ease recently
decided by judge Gary, which over
ruled his opinion and held that the
State house officials who received
1 raises iu salaries* by the last general
Assembly were entitled to these rais
es. The attorney general held that
because of the wording of the act
these raises could not bo granted, but
Mr. Lyon wishes the supreme c;?urt
to pass upon the entire mailer before
tiie comptroller general can issu:? the
additional warrants. Those afT-ctcd
?thereby are ihe clerk of the supreme
court, llie chief clerk in the comptrol
ler general's office and the private
secretary lo the governor.
New Dispensary.
Columbia. Special. ? Thomas L.
Foreman lias been appointed dispen
ser at North Augusta by the Aiken
county dispensary hoard to fill the
vacancy caused by the removal of the
former dispenser, who was found
short in his accounts. If is said that
the former dispenser made good the
shortage and that no action will he
taken against him. The dispensary
was closed pending the election of a
dispenser and the city of Augusta
felt tho effects of the drought. The
former clerks in the dispensary have
been retained. Although they were
not connected in the reports with the
shortage of (lie former dispenser's
accounts, the dispensary board has
been eritised, it is said, for retaining
them.
New York Life Refuses to Pay.
Columbia, Special. ? The New York
Life Insurance company has refused
to pay to Commissioner McMaster
the $50 assessed by the State for
the maintenance of I he office of insur
ance commissioner and it is under
stood that the company will contest
the payment of (he county and Stale
taxes as they arc now assessed
against the insurance company.
Jim Malloy To Han? May 22.
Renncl tsville, Special. ? The ?t??7"o
murderer, Jim Malloy, in jail hnt un
der sentence of death for killing hi*
wife, will be hanged on the 22d in
sfn'M. The sheriff is beinj; h?v.?"d
with applications for admission
cards. Only a very few will be per
mitted to see the execution and more
thr.n 1,000 have applied. The .'allow*
is r.ow being erected. Jim is spend
in* his remaining days quietly and
with seeming apathy is awaiting the
end. He ha? written a history of his
life and ha-? left instructions to have
it published.
Harris Buys White Stone.
Spartanburg. Sprcial. ? It was an
nounced last week that J. T. Harris
hod purehfSfd from local bonks thf
"White Stooe Sprines property and
will puobably rebuild the scceotly de
stroyed hotel. The brinks purcbeserl
the property at public auction here
several days ago. The price is not
ma le known. Mr. Harris at one time
o;wncd the property and made it one
of the popular resorts of this section.
Board Honored by Qot. Ansel.
Columbia, Special. ? Got. Ansel has
removed from office J. L. Bass and J.
M. Parker, members of the Williams
burg county dispensary board. The
removal was the result of an investi
gation made in which it was charged
that the board had purchased certain
brands of goods without the legal ad
vertising and that these goods were
purchased at a higher price than
those offered by other houses. The
particular firm interested in this in
vestigation was Bleumenthal & Biek
ert, formerly of Atlanta, and now of
Baltimore. It was charged by the
clerk of the board, Mr. J. D. Oilland,
that the members had violated the
law in this respect and that the goods
furnished were of a lower grade and
quoted at higher price than other
liquors supposed to be of the ?5ame
quality.
Nine Children Bitten.
Greenville, Special. ? Nine children
and a negro nur9e were bitten bv a
collie puppy here and, fenring that
the animal was suffering with rabies,
(he attending physician directed that
the (log bo killed and its head sent to
the Pateur Institute in Atlanta for a
careful examination. The dog was
undoubtedly suffering with some dis
ease; one of the physicians said it
might be noute indigestion. The par
cuts of the children are naturally
very much disturbed and the result
of the examination of the dog's head
is awaited anxiously. Several weeks
ago another child was bitten and as
a result of examination the offend
ing dos was declared rabid. The
child was treated at the Pasteur I r?
stifute and no ill effects have appear
ed.
The Railroad Commission.
Columbia, Special.? The railroad
commission insists upon the railways
in this State furnishing neces
sary baggage trucks at all stations. A
number of complaints have been
heard by the commission, to the effect
that baggage is roughly handled, and
the? commission, to Avoid any rouirh
handling to which burgage may be
subjected, has insisted upon (lie rail
ways furnishing neccssarv hngyage
and has issued an order accordinlv.
The commission has sent out notice
to effect that the commission will en
force the rules and regulations rel
ative to the changing of schedules on
railroads, saying that the railroads
must give timely notice, both to the
public and to the commission, ?>f any
change of schedules, and at lenst five
days before the change is mnde.
Railroad Employe Choked and Rob
bed.
Florence. Special. ? News was re
ceived in the city of serious trouble
at Pee Dee Junction, about 12 miles
from here. The story which comes
here as far as can be gathered is that
about 5 o'clock last Friday afternoon
a white man named Blake \V. Ood
bold. who is station day pumper for
? he Atlantic Coast Line railroad at
lee Dee. had drawn his month's sal
ary. about $30. and was walking up
the track towards Dillon, attending
to his lamps when he was ierked
backwards off the track and choked
into insensibility. His assailant se
cured the money and made off and
ha* not been heard of since, although |
he is thought to be hiding in the
swamp around the scene of the crime.
Cotton Boll Fifty Years Old.
Greenville, Special. ? Alderman
Stephen King has at his store ,,n
Hampton avenue a cotton boll f>0
years old. picked from (he site where
th<- plant of the Mills Manufacturing
company now stands. The place was
then. owned by Capt. Brooks, an ex- I
tensive cotton planter. The .boll is!
in a remarkable state of preservation
and was picked by Miss Kliza Powell.
Express OTder Will Stand.
Columbia. Special. ? The railroad
rommi?j<i?n declined to amend or
change their order relative to the la
beling of express packages. Sotne
time ago tin* commission ordered t lint
cxpris* packages shall be labeled with
11 ticket on which wns "amount,"
"weight," "date" nnd "paid" or
"collect." This order went into ef
fect Mov 10th. The express company
asked the commission to amend the
?ndiT wo rs to limit to to prepaid
shipments nnd they also asked for an
extension of time before the order
was rallied out. Both request* have
been refused.
The Tatnm Robbery.
Bennett -viMe. Special. ? There bav.'
been nr> further development* in th*
Tatnm robbery. On last Friday night
norao one broke into the depot there
and stole 10 gallon* of liq'ior and r
crate of beer. Ttoey also entered thr
store of H H. Stanton and took a '
watch. There in no clue to the prepe- '
trntors of the deed, although evcr\ I
effort is being made to catch the guii
Ity parti M.
A CRHTCONRRENCE
Governors of Ma py Stales and
President Meet in Council
IS A NOTCWORTHY~GATHER!NG
Notable Conference, the pint 0f Re
Kind* In the History of America,
Begun Utd^r Auspicious Oircum
?tancee in the White House.
JS1*10"' Special. ? Two ideas
destined to mark material progress in
Amenca s future resulted from the
thTwlil w day8' conference at
r ? ,.e HoLU8e at whicch President
RooseveU, the Governors of 44
Co* *8' ? ?ablne* officers, Supreme
tiveTaiJ? /**' .Senators? Representa
are participating, in
best #COnclu8ion8 on the
oest methods of conserving the nat
"tLTT6*..0' tbe 0nited States.
i t; 18 th*J a permanent organ
nation between the States and the na
tion is necessary and will likely result
from the present conference to ac
omplish the end sought. The sec
ojad suggested by Secretary Root, is
that there is no limitation by the con
titulion to the agreements which
maj be made between two States
subject to the approval of ConroS.'
The two ideas fully developed ft i*
predicted, would result in the' con
ervntion of the energies and re
sources of the nation through uniform
*";! isr"'*""* l,ws- bo,h
The idea that the conference should
be perpetuated developed in the form
? i resolutions adopted for later con
North' p" r Goveri,or Olenn, of
orth Carolina, Governor Folk, of
Missouri, ami many others, but a nir
'ZTy ,""V0 ?-?? time sent
.hem to a committee for considera
l-orty-four Governors of soveriirn
Mates of the Union sat on ~ild?d
he ' W 1 I'i't 1 Hr h,8t0ri,C ^nst Ko?? of
?o 11 111 J eL?nd eiiatted from JO
' * lve hundred other
-oom nK TiaX<>d the <!aP?eity of the
j They were Cabinet officers
supreme Court Justices, sS
Repiesentatives and experts in all
? ,Wi,h ? flourish""
rumpsts the President and vice nres
.''"l' at !1 oVIoek n^The
oiif.rei.ee, the t|l5t of ila kj | . '
?be i history ot the nation, been,, '
, of the President was
to t ,,( of ,h(. dny H<> 0iij?? ;
.. . i'c ?""? Boon, at 11 o'clock ns
, Marine Band rendered the mi.wi
lontial honors. The Governor
?J Ti','!'P<i """r they shont
demonstration heenme t?.
null nous. Then f?||?,v?| ? hu",,
he venerable Or. Kduar.l Everett
'rom (?. ap'a"! ?f the Senate, rend
;Mho,fL?nPtU/Vhe description
:he children ?f i i'6 lantI l)roniised
viil. n r Israo,? n,1(1 f?ll?wed it
he presenT f'1?0! -f?r ^,,idunpe ?n
nt present undertaking.
>v, in Roosevelt here begun his
*l'lnnnt,nn of the reason for ,
?fcrence. His fifty., nim?c speech
vas mnnv |lm,? ilitpm fcP sen
lls'point "of ,Vl",n hP ",,allv roachcd
J ! '1 ',f nn??.e to the inland wa
vi m i and declared
?J, , character, s,ic vigor that should
gi ess n< gleet to perpetuate the
ca pi u rod' ' ' Yl " d" ? mfdf." to
p urecl the assemblage. The
,ir.r""r,V*'00d "" Ken
'Ois and Congressmen added a laiit-h
" I heir applause, and ecneral f,
?ent ?as Ku-c? the sentiment
The President's Address.
_The President Sp?kc in p?r, ns fo|.
"Sr ?f 8w?1 ?"<! Ocn.
sarcMm
inin t *" that we mav
>f the ?h? -luesrion
? 'Smation and use of the
"e at fundamental aourcccs ,,f wealth
t this nation. s? viial is thi, ?
n, that f?r the ||r,t tim(. In
StSel. "f oniccrs of the
r?e hVT"M-V' ?f "'<? States
??.,r 'orminp the n?tion,
?et to consider it.
t,}ovPr"ors COfn* men from
ach State chosen for their special ac
quaintance^ with the terms of the
?In ,hnt iK boforo ?"? Among
hem are exports i? naturn, resourc"?
an representatives of ??,ionft| or
w<n? T concerned in the develop
went and use of these resources; the
?rr Z fir* R?Prcsen^*ives in C?n
: b , Supreme Court, the Cabi
mission ' n, ,nd W*ferways (Tom
mission have likewise bee,, invited to
be conference, which is therefore
national in a popular sense.
A Weighty Problem.
This conference on the conservation
of natural resources i* in effect a
meeting of the representatives of all
!hc people of the 1'uited State* called
to consider the weightiest problem
now before the nation; and the occa
sion for tlie meeting lies in the fnet
that the natural resource* of onr
country are in danger of exhaustion
if we permit the old wakeful methods
if exploiting them longer to continue.
With the rise of peoples from ?av
nprery to civilization and with the con
sequent growth in the extent and va
riety of the needs of the nvoraee man,
there come* n steadily increasing
growth of the amount demanded bv
this nveraeo man from the nrtupl re
sources of the coun'rv. Yet. lather
curiously. nt th* >?me time the aver
age man is apt to lose hi* realization
of thin dependence upon nature.
Ravages, and very primitive peoples
I generally, concern thqjpselvas only
with (wperfloial natural rwwriw ;
With those which they obtain from the
?otual surface of the ground. As
peoples become a little less prufctive,
their industries, although in a rude
manner, are extended to resource* be
ZZ ^ .""J***: then, with what we
call civilization and the extension of
knowledge, more resources come into
use, industries are multiplied, and
foresight begins to become a neces
sary and prominent factor in life
Crops are cultivated : animals are do
mesticated; and metals are mastered.
Mankind's Progress.
Everr step of the progress of man
kind is marked by the discovery and
use of natural resources previously
Without such progressive
knowledge and utilization of Natural
resource population could not grow
nor industries multiply, nor the hid
f e" k *?* earth 1,6 developed
tor the benefit of mankind.
th* *? ^innings of civili
zation, on the banks of the Nile and
the Euphrates tha industrial progress
of the world has gone on slowly, with
u ' but the whole
steadily, through tens of centuries to
the present day. But of late the rsp
ty of the proce* has increased at
n tbat more "Pace ba? been
actually covered during the centurv
and a quarter occupied by our nation
al life than dunng the preceding six
thousands years that take us back to
the earliest monuments of Egypt, to
plain Ci,iM * the
A Difference of Degree.
m rth/ f?U"ders of this nation
met at Independence Hall in Phila
delphia the conditions of commerce
had not fundamentally changed from
keek W^Cn, the Phoon'?an
of hi m J^rr?Wed t,1C ,one,V waters
of the Mediterranean. The differ
kind* r;VW ?f de*ree' not of
kind, and they were not in all cases
c*en those of degree. Mining was
famed on fundamentally as it had
>een carried on by the Pharaohs in
the countries adjacent to the Red
Boston Z7eA ?f, <he merel?ants of
of t hn Charleston, like the wares
f the merchants of Nineveh and Si
Ion. if they went by water, were ear
ned by boats propelled by sails or
?ms, if they went by land were ear
ned I m wagons drawn by beasts of
draft or ixi packs on the backs of
? rosl'd ?tL h"rien' The ships ,l,at
rossed the high seas were better than
AeManDK f A ?nC? crnssf'd the
Aegean but they were of tho same
type, after all ? they were wooden
thePS?5^?Pe d by Sail8J and 0,1 ,and'
roldl nf\rTl DOt *9'*?od a8 l,'e
roads of the Roman Empire, while
interior *Ce ?f ^ P?StS Was Probab,.v
co? Z"?"*100'* time a?thracite
b?lik Z know" only as a useless
olaok stone; and the great fields ?,f
bituminous co.l were u?diSc?vt-ed
' , wat unknown. Ihe ,l!<0 ,,f
toJ !??' Production was
0t practically
labor "f VK", save the
labor of men and animals; and this
SivH "-d only in' J ?
primitive fashion. But a few small
?ron deposits had been found in this
country, and the use of iron by our
untrymen was very small. Wood
was practically the only fuel, and
what lumber was sawed was consum
ed locally, while the forests were re
Uement J* ob8tr"ction" to set
tlement and cultivation.
? The mere increase in our consump
Hon of coal during 1907 over 190(5 ex
tbc ctn? ,0-n! oonSumption in 1876,
stores nf r?r; *he er,ormous
pOies of mineral oil and gas are
largely gone. Our natural waterways
"nTurM h?*' ^ th?y hcf>n s?
s?on nf y nPffl S: and b-v tho Jivi
*'0n ?f respons.bility and utter lack
of system in dealing with them, that
here is less navigation on them now
than there was fifty years ago. ' Fin
nled fe?rtnTa" '1"' 8?i,S ?f Unf>xnm
P frrt^ity and we have so im
povenshed then, by injudicious Z
and bv failing to cheek erosion that
heir crop producing power is dimin
ishing instead of increasing
Such was the degree of " process
ainoi" ? nv!]u\ze(i 'nankind had at
tained when this no I ion began its ca
in i'l- . 18 ? moMt irnPossibIe for us
this day to realize how little our
revolutionary ancestors knew of the
jreat store of natural resources whos?
discovery and use have been such
vital factors in the growth and great
ness of this nation, and how little the*
require,! t() from thj /
order to satisfy their needs.
After speaking upon the various
ESS h ?,n 0nr1nfttnral resources
P ' bo conserved the President
colsed as follows: "inrnt
Finally, lot us remember that tho
conservation of our natural resources,
though the irrnvest problem of to-day,
is yet but part of another and greater
problem to which this nation is not
vet awake, but to which it will awake
in time, and with which it must here
after grapple if it is to live ? the
problem of national efficiency, the pa
triotic duty of insuring the safety
and continuance of the nation. When
t lie people of the United State* con
sciously undertake to raise themselves
ns citizens, and the nation and the
^'ates in their several spheres, to the
Inchest pitch of ex'-ellence in private.
State, and national life, and to do
'liis bcca'is'' it i# the first of all the
duties of true patriotism, then and
v>\ till then the future of tbis nation,
in ounlity nnrl in time, will be assur
Govornor Glonn's Groat Speech.
O'lVMT.or H. R. Glenn, of North
Carolina, covered himself iritb glory
before the President and the Gover
nors. He made a very delightful
I speech, taking as his subject the Ap
paSaahWn-Whlu Mountain p'.rV pro
Ject. The Times calls it the one
startling feature of the session.
Among other things. Governor Glenn
said: "When the Civil war closed
you of the North told as that we
were yeur brothers. Ton said thst
if we wanted anything to come to you
and we would get it. The very first
time we have come to you to assist
us in preserving a great industry we
are rebuffed." This statement
brought forth round after round of
applause from Governor* from all
parts of the United Slates.
Governor Glenn's reference to old
war times was made during the
course of nn impromptu address in
which he followed the lines of Presi
dent Roosevelt in condemning Con
gress for its inactivity.
"We have come here year after
year," said Governor Glenn, "and
asked that something be done to reg
ulate the industry of inter-State for
estry. We cnn regulate intra-State
forestry, but we cannot regulate the
inter-State industry. And every time
we come to our Representatives in
Congress they say, 'Wait until next
session,' that is the answer we have
been fretting for years.
GOVERNORS ADJOURN
The Set Programme of the Last Day
Swept Aside and the President,
With OharasteriHic Progressive
nsss. Lets it be Known That Action
is What is Needed and There Will
be no Halting for Precedent or Red
Tape.
Washington, Special. ? The first
conference of the Governors of the
States of the American Union ended
Friday. The final accomplishment
of the confercncec, which has been iD
progress at the White House for
three days cannot be set forth with
mathematical precision. That it-s im
mediate results are more than ample
is the expression of President Roose
velt tnd of the Governors who par
ticipated.
The printed record of the confer
ence, which will later be available to
every American home, will be a com
pilation of fa?t'i. startling in their
meaning, convincing in their univer
sal conclusion that the States must
act, and that the States and the na
tion must eo-operate that to the end
the whole people of the nation may
accure the lasting beuetit of its nat
ural resources.
"Declaration of Co-operation."
Besides the compilation ol' facts
by the experts and the freely ex
pressed opinion of the Governors, t lit
conference leaves as its permanent
record a thousand word "declaration
of co-operation."
Perhaps greater in importance than
all else was the determination of the
Governors of the States to perfect a
permanent organization whereby a
neretofore unknown intimacy may be
developed among the Executives ot
the forty-six soverign States, made
strong by a common purpose and
made potent, by a pro-announcements
which may not lightly be disregarded.
Of the last day the story is one
of many features. The set pro
gramme was swept aside. The Pres
ident presided hroughout. The pre
pared papers were not presented, but
they will be printed in the permanent
record. Their places were taken lirst
by the "declaration" which was
adopted after discussion which
brought to light no serious objection
to its affirmations.
President Itoosevelt himself an
swering the one criticism ? that of
Governor Folk, of Missouri ? to the
declaration, aroused the conferenc<>
to its warmest demonstration of ap
proval . He swept aside the "aca
demic question" of where the line of
authority should be drawn between
the States and the nation. He want
ed action, and what he said received
endorsement at each period. It was
this:
Roosevelt for Action.
"Just a word on what has been
called the twilight land between the
powers of the Federal and State gov
ernments. Mv primary aim in the
legislation that 1 have advocated for
the regulation of the great corpora
tions has been to provide some effec
tive popular soveroign for each cor
poration. I do not wish to keep this
twilight land one of large and vague
boundaries, by judicial decision that
in a given ease the State cannot act,
and then n few years later by othsr
decisions that in practically similar
cases the nation cannot act either.
1 am trying to And out where one or
the other can act, so there ahall al
ways be some sovereign power that
on behalf of the people can hold
every big corporation, every big in
dividual, to an accountably so that ?
its or his act*, shall be beneficial
io the people as a whole. In matters
that relate only to the people within
'?l.o State of course the State is to
sovereign and it .should have the
tower t o a f t . Tf the matter is such
'ha' the State itself cannot act then
wish on behalf of all the State*
i la: he national povernment should
act.
The declaration, upon which the
President remarks were predicated,
was presented to the conference by
Governor Blanchard, rA Louisiana, at
(he opening of th? session. The de
claration begins:
"We, the Governors of the States
and Territories of the United State*
iff America, in conference >? mbled,
do hereby declare the conviction that !
the great prosperity of oar country
rests upon the abundant resources of
the land chosen by our forefather?
for their homes and where they laid
the foundation of this great nation."
The declaration states that the nat
ural resources of the country are the
common heritage of all the people,
and that the duty of the government
is to censure the same for future gen
erations.
Reclamation work is advised and
the streams and watercourses should
be protected and improved. Forestry
ought to be encouraged by the States
and the general government. The
final work of the conference was tc
make it a permanency.
Late JVebuj
In "Brief ^
MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST
In pursuance of a harmony deal
with Aldrich, Mr. Forakcr suspended
his llmwiisvillc tijrht until after the
election.
Governors, jurists. Senators and
inanv famous men gathered at the
first National Resources Conference,
which began at the White House.
The Taft managers are said to
have made a deal with the corpor
ation interests that is expected to in
sure his nomination.
The Wright brothers made a iliprli t
of three miles at Manetoe, N. C.
The African Methodist Kpiseopal
General Conference, iu session at
Norfolk, decided to elect five bishops.
Virginia Odd Fellows will raise a
ivuMUHIO endowment fund for their
orpi.-a.ingi and old folks' home a'
Lynchburg.
Two ??( jjii s, members of the Sul
fclk chain u.sng. saved the life ?t*
their puaid and were pardoned by
Mavn No:?l< tt.
Another tornado in the South has
done much damage.
More entertainmen s were given in
San Francisco for the officers and
men of the fleet.
A three-cornered fight is on in
Pennsylvania among the adherents of
Bivan, Johnson and (Irav.
An autopsy was performed on
"The" Allen, the New York sjmrt
?ng man, H> see if there were any
grounds for the theory of foul play.
Bishop Hoist man of the Catholic
Diocese of Cleveland, died of heart
failure.
Twenty-nine prisoners were killed
jind .'ill more wounded in an attempt
; o escape from a Russian prison.
A tidal wave i-- said to have cost
10,000 lives at Hankow, China.
Allen Gard, Governor of a IMiilli
pine provineee is dead, bolo wounds
at last proving fatal.
Congress passed the agricultural
bill on Monday.
House and Senate conferees are in
;i deadlock over the Pension bill.
One more body was dug up on the
Guinness farm near Laporte, Ind.
Japan is expected to inaugurate a
still more aggresive policy in Korea.
King Manuel of Portugal took
the oath of allegiance.
Ludovic Halevv, the French novel
ist and dramatic author, is dead.
Four prisoners escaped from the
Spartanburg, S. C., ciiaingang Mon
day. but two were recaptured.
The General Conference of the
Northern Methodist church, in ses
sion at Baltimore, had a busy day.
Jews were accused iu the Douma
of mutilating themselves to escape
military service.
Prince Philip 7.11 Kulenhcrg was
placed under arrest on a charge of
perjury.
The House adopted the conference
report on the Army bill, granting
*7,000.000 increase in pay.
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf re
viewed the great armada in San
Francisco Hay.
Two business blocks in Atlanta,
Ga., were burned, the loss bciii? esti
mated at $1,2">0,000.
The Schuylkill river rose 10 feet
and caused much damage in Philadel
phia suburbs.
AH of J hr 72 wreokors and mem
hers of the crew on the ship Poter
Kiokmern wore saved.
After n hot debate. the Hoijw do
oided to exclude tho rnnlrt'ti from
soldiers' homos.
The battleship Hoot enfpred the
(Joldon (into and Son Frnnoisoo wont
wild with delight.
Tho Conneetieut Kopnblican con
vention turned dnwu both Senators
.-is deleirnles and indorsed Tnft.
Kx-Prosident Cleveland who has
indigestion, is said to ho vrainintr rap
idly.
A 10-vear-old Italian boy,, with a
razor slashed five persons mi Now
York, and two may die.
The American loo Company inves
l juration wns ordered continued in
.??pite of President Oler's appeal.
HEARTLESS
"P.lljrer Hoped with hi* <w>k.
unfodirg wretch!"
"Well. I don't know. Why ?boukl*
n't bo Lf he wan ?d to?"
"But hJs wlf? was jur* going t?
give n dinner party." ? Life.
8 poo VI v.l.. . . . ,) .v i : < < I * 1 1
up only onre In l^1* ?Ny>?, ire now
oaaoufacturod In .MuoiUa
BIG BANK DEFUNCT
Pittsburg Institution Unable to
Recover From Big Steal
WILL NOT HURT OTHER BANKS
Allegheny National Will ,Not Re
Open Ite Doors ? Institution Can
not Weather the Storm* ? Will
Have No Effect on Business.
Pittsburg, Pa., Special. ? It is of
ficially announced that the Allegheny
National Bank, whose former cashier,
William Montgomery, is in jail, spc
:ifically charged, with the misappro
priation of $T>04.000 while officers pf
the bank and of the Treasury De
partment are trying to fathom still
larger apparent discrepancies in the
bank's funds, will not re-open for
business Monday. Instead a notice
>11 the door will announce that the
fompt roller of the Currency has tak
?n charge and will close tip the a flairs
:>f the bank.
T'ntil late Sunday it had been ex
pected that tlr.' institution would
weather the .storm and be able to
continue business. To this end a
number of strong tinancial institu
tions nud prominent capitalists of the
?ity offered assistance and provided
f2f>0,00n cash while the directors pro
vided a like amount to meet imme
diate needs or provide for p >ssib!?*
?mergencies. At the same time a
complete re-organization was decided
upon. A hitch occurred in thes't
plans and all of the day was spent
in conferences attended by Kvamin
er Folds, represent ins; the Treasury
Department, the bank \ directors and
financiers who had proffered ai l. Af
ter a careful review of the situation
?suspension of th ? hank v as decided
upon as the onlv lexical course, hut
this decisi \ ...iiiounced
until a new ray of hope appeared.
The announcement was withdrawn
fiiul the conference reconvened t<> dis
cuss tin- new suggestion for continu
ing business. Finally, however, it
was agreed to stand by the earlier
decision ami to 1 it |ii i.lii 1 ?*.
The su>p"nsiou of the haul;, >1 is
believed, will have practically no ef
fect upon conniiercu:l or financial in
stitutions oft he cily.
President to Methodists.
Washington. S| 1. ? "Good eiti
zcmdiip'' was lli<- subject of an ad
dress l?v President Rosevclt in which
he paid a 1 1< >t >i l>!<* tribute to inothcr
liooil before ;i large gathering of
Methodists ill tin* American Cnivr
sitv, in course of cons! met inn. just,
outside of tin* eily limits. Tin1 assem
blage was composed principally of
the delegates to the (ieneral Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
ehnreh, now in s? ?nioii in iSaltimore.
What was to hnve heen a feature
of the occasion ? a reception of the
delegates by the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt in the college <?(' history ?
was abandoned owing ! < > an engage
ment which th'' President previously
had made. Perhaps no feature of
the exercises occasioned I lie Presi
dent more real delight than the sing
ing by the German member's of the
General Conference of "Ein Keste
Hurk Isk I'nser (Soft" (A Mighty
Fortress is Our God"), a hvinn snng
by the adherents of Martin l.nfher
during the period of reformation.
"That's fine." exclaimed President
Roosevelt when the singing of this
old hymn began. He added that it
was his favorite song. The President
then repeated a portion of the first
verse of the song in German- -to the
evident delight of the assemblage.
Telegraphic Briefs.
After a !ive!v d<bat< the Senate re
ported Senator liayner's Stewart in
quiry resolution t<> the Military Com
mit t ee.
Hundreds of visitors saw a Vir
ginia couple married in the rotunda
of the Capitol.
Governor Fort, of New .Jersey, is
being boomed as the l{<'pnhlic;tn nom
inee for Vice-president.
Work or Panama Canal.
Charleston, S. Special. The
lion. William II. Te ft. Secretary of
War. arrived in Chailevf m harbor 'it
noon Sunday on l>?ard I he cruiser
Praitie and alter >? p ? 1 1 ? I i 1 1 ?_r a t"\s
hours in the *it* . during which time
lie win me' and grccied bv a nundvr
of officials and /fiend*. lfH t!:e cl.v
l'ov Washington at : 1 ?"? p. ni. via ' ii'j
Atlantic Con.-' Line. The Secretary
expressed him. /-If as exceeditjcly w?l|
pleaded with tin* progress of tl:e ca
nal work.
Monster Cotton Mill Engine Ruined.
Greenville, S. C., Special. ? Owins
to ? derangement in t lie engine, the
cylinder head of the six hundred
horsepower engine which pulls some
of the machinery of th ja
Spinning Company blew out and
engine wat> praeticaUy rujunH. B
will be necessary to shijt do?*) the
mill for several day* or un#il the
damage is repaired. The mgitieer
was out of the room at the tine and
bo one wa4 injured.