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'Palmetto The Mews Of South Carolina in Condensed Form Important Ruling in Insurance Fees. Columbia, Special. ? Commissioner McMaster has received a ruling on .?'the insurance laws from the attor ney general which will have an im mediate effect upon all South Caro lina companies.- doing a general State business before the acts passed at the last session of the general assembly. The particular act ruled upon is the ofle requiring SoU'h Carolina com panies doing business in more than two adjoining counties to deposit a bond of $10,000 or securities to that amount. A (V (Terence of opinion arose between the insurance commis sioner and one or two companies which had done u general State busi ness, but which did, not deposit the bond, and took u license for only two counties, as to the time when they should terminate their business in other counties than those for which they took license. The attorney gen eral holds that Under section 2, arti cle 0, of the constitution, and under section 1842 of the code, which gives the general assembly power to alter, amend or repeal the charter of any corporation created umY'r the laws of this State, that the act requiring the deposit of tl?4i bond or securities for doing business in more than two ad joining counties, operated as an amendment to the charters of all such companies and they must all cease to do business in counties other than those for which they have taken license. The insurance commissioner, therfore, will take steps to see to it that all South Carolina companies having insurance outside the counties for which they have taken license shall bring thus business to an early close. Lightning Kills Two. Spartanburg. Special. ? J. E. Cole, a well-known and sucessful farmer of the .Walnut Grove section of this county, and his son, Albert, aged 13 years, were killed at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon by lightning. In the afternoon about 3 o'clock there was a heavy rain ami thunder storm at Walnut Grove. Mr. Cole, who was at home with his family, went to a window to let down the sash. His young sou went with him and as thev were in the act of lowering the sash there was a flash of lightning from a cloud overhead ami both fath er and son fell dead. All the members of the family were in the room at. the time and two young girls were ? lightly shocked. Mr. Cole was one ??f the most successful farmers ? of the county. True Bill is Returned. Lexington, Special. ? In the court of general sessions here the grand I jury returned a true bill against N. Ropers Bayly of Batesburg, editor of The Advocate, upon the charge of as sault with intent to kill, anu carrying concealed weapons, the charge being that on I>ec. 24, 1007, at Batcsbunr, the said assault was made upon W. C. Allen., C. F. Bass. Dr. S. W. Paje. J. J. Allen and A. J. Bethea, the latter being the private secretary to (iov. Ansel, and Kev. Allen, the pastor of the Baptist church at Dillon. Late in the afternoon the sheriff returned v> h Mr. Baylv. and upon applica tion Judge PeVore allowed br.il in the sum of $400. Mistrial in Sellers Case. Columbia, Special. ? A mistrial was ordered last week in the case of Wade Hampton Sellers, charged with the murder of Constable J. F. Farmer, in February, last. The jury delibrot ed something over fifteen hours. On tnotion of eousel for the defendant, thr> court granted an order admitting Sellers to bail in the sum of $5,000. Dr. Honry SnydcT Chosen. Columbia, Special.? The trustees of the University of South Carolina fleeted Dr. Henry Nelson Snyder, president of that institution. Dr. Snyder is now presi<7c?.it of WolTord ? College, at Spartanburg, S. C. Ho was born in Macon, Go., in 1805, and is a graduate of Vandcrbilt Univcr > sity. Accident la Cotton Mill. Kasley, Special. ? Clarence W. Howell was fatally hurt at the Easley cotton mills lust week. He was com ing down from the top of the build ing in the elevator and it seems some one let a box of spools fall upon him from the top tloor when he was near the bottom. Ho was considerably <\ marhed anr*' bruised up. An opera tion was though! neeo-sarv and was performed by Drs. W. C. Black of Greenville, C. W. Wyatt and T. E. Russell of this place. The man died, however, Monday night. He leaves a wife and four children. Nearly Dragged to Death by a Muto. (lofTney, Special. ? Claude Sanders, son of Mr. Thomas Sant'iTK, a prom inent Cherokee planter narrowly es caped death in a runaway accident. He was engaged in plowing when his foot became entangled in the gears and the mule running dragged him a considerable distance. Only prompt j. action by his father in stopping the \ anile saved his life. Wofford Trustees to Hare Important Meeting. Spartanburg Special. ? The board of trustees of Wofford College will meet Saturday. It will be am im portant meeting as a great many mat ters of interest will be taken up. At this meeting it is expected "that the election of Dr. H. N. Snyder to the presidency of the South Carolina University will be taken up, as Dr. Snyder will up doubt make a report of the action of the trustees of the University to the trustees of Wof ford. The trustees are very much averse to Dr. Snyder's leaving Wof ford and will do everything in their power to keep him. It is also thought that the trustees will take up the matter of having a library building erected. They have in hand about $30,000 for tiiis purpose, $10,000 of which was left the college by Mi?s Julia Smith. The plans for the li brary were accepted a year ago. Dr. Snyder Declines. Columbia, Special ? President Hen ry N. Snyder, of Wofford, Saturday afternoon telegraphed the State Uni versity trustees declining his election by them to the presidency of t lie university. There were only two words in the telegram, 4<I decline." Representatives of the university, who had sounded the situation at Spartanburg before the election, were led to hope Dr. Siivder would accept if elect cot Trustees Increase Dr. Snyder's Salary. Spartanburg, Special. ? At a meet ing of the trustees of Wofford Col lege. I)r. II. N. Snyder, recently olectec'* president of Smith Carolina University, announced that he would remain at the head of Wofford Col lege. The announcement was receiv ed with great pleasure. The salary of President Snyder was increased to $.'?,000 a year, the same offered by South Carolina University. Now Enterprises. Secretary of State McCown has commissioned the Harter Lumber company, rimers. Barnwell county; capital stock $2,100; planing mill ami lumber business; petitioners, Ed. H. Norton, Allen ,J. Harter and Lou E. Schueker. York Drug company, Yorkville, capital stock $0,000; retail drug busi- 1 ness; petitioners. ,J. I). Bowen, W. L. Williams and others. Bank of Parksville. E<Vefield coun ty. capita) stock $20,000; general banking business; petitioners. W. #J. Talbcrt, W. R. Parks, W. P. Parks. I T. fl. Tolbert. L. P. Dorx, W. N. Elk ins and W. R. Parks. A charter was granted to the Met ropolitan Home Mutual Industrial Life Benefit society of Darlington, capital stock $500. President. Jos. A. Robinson; secretary, R. B. Chest nut. The Huguenot Cotton Mills. Greenville, Special. ? The creditors of the Huguenot mill property held a nicotine in the United States court house for the purpose of considering the private bid which was submitted and deciding in wlyjt manner the property should be disposed of. The bit'; of $.">0,000. which was submitted bv the old stockholders for the en tire property, was refused and the creditors instructed the trustee to ad vertise the property for sale at public auction in front of the postofTlee building at 11 o'clock on Wednesday, | July 8. Powers and Howard Aro Tree. Frankford, Ky., Special. ? By an nouncing the pardon of Caleb Pow ers and James Howard, Governor Wilson closed the last chapter of one of Kontuck's noted cases, in which the pvople of all sections of the I'nit od States have formally expressed their interest, by singing petitions i'or pardon. Forches Moving Northward. Greenville, Special.- ? The Southern railway has already hauled 1">0 cars of Georgia peaches through Green ville so far this reason, and it is said the poach crop is 10 per cent largor than last year. Taking into account the impetus that has boon given poach culture in this section it will not ho many seasons before the Piedmont region of South Carolina will have a Rood money crop in poaches at this season. Mftny, orchan'i* will be put out this fall in addition to those put out this spring. To Curtail Production. Columbia, Special. ? The State as? social ion of cotton mill manufactm ers at its meeting at Glenn Springs Saturday Afternoon entered into an agreement to curtail production for the next three months on account of the unsatisfactory condition of t!m cloth market. The method if cur tailment is left to the individual mills, the agreement not being biu<V ing. The resolution suggests a cur tailment of ten days or two weeks. VETERANS' REUNION ?? ? T , . . Confederate Veterans Gather At Birmingham, Alabama i ? WITH VERY LARGE ATTENDANCE Eighteenth Annual Reunion of Con federate Veterans Opens in Bir mingham With the Largest Crowd in the History of the Organixation. Birmingham, Ala., Special. ? The eighteenth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans was opened in this city Tuesday at the Hippodrome, ^ Birmingham 's largest convention hall, with a record break ing attendance. The day's sessions were devoted to organization and welcome addresses, the real business of the meeting coming up later, when a commander-in-chief to succeed the late General Stephen D. Lee, and the place for holding the next reunion will be chosen. In addition to the first session of the veterans' conven tion there were meetings of the Sons of Veterans, the Confederate Sur geons' Association, the Confederate Memorial Association and other or ganizations allied with the veterans. When the convention was cjrfird to order by Major General George P. Harrison, the Hippodrome, which scats 5.000 persons, was crowded to overflowing ami many failed to gain admission. The weather was ex tremely warm and many of the old veteran* suffered much discomfort. I A gloom was cast over the reunion I bv the recent <Vath of the com mander-in-cluef, the late General Stephen I>. Lee, who was to have pre sided over the meetings of the veter ans. and whose annual address had ulreadv been prepared. This address was printed and distributed to the veterans, but the reading of it was postponed* on account of the extreme heaf. The convention proper was opened with a pra\er by the chaplain gen eral. Rev. I)r. J. William Jones, which was followed by a children chorus of 200 voices. Mayor Ward, of Birmingham, then welcomed the veterans in behalf of the city and Governor Comer for the State. Gther welcoming addresses were made by Representatives of the local veterans association. General E. L. Russell, who was in vited by General Lee. to deliver an oration to the veterans, was the next speaker. He paid a hiirh tribute to General Lee. describing him as he ap pea red in hattle and discussed* the conditions loadine up t?? the war. When the business session of the veterans had been concluded, manv of the veterans went to Capital Park, wh^rc band concerts were given and manv old acquaintances were re newed. At the State fair grounds where the Hotel John I?, fiord on which was onened for the free accommodation of veterans, is located, the visitors assembled to witness a grand fire work-; display. A monir those whose names are mentioned for comma,Tler-in-"hi"f are General ClHnent A. Evans, of the Department of Tennessee; General Cabell, of Texas, and General Gordon of Memphis. Gen. Evans Commander ? Sccond Day With the selection of Memphis as the pla^e for the next reunion and the election of General Clement A. Evens, of GeoHpia, the United Con federate Veterans adjourned their an nual convention late Wednesday afternoon. The selection of the place of meeting aroused great rivalry be twen Memphis and Atlanta, these two cities beinp the only ones put in nomination. Strong speeches were made for each place but when Vir ginia came over to the side of Mem phis the Atlanta supporters realized that the flpht was lost. Hearst Makes Good Gain. New York, Special. ? William R. Hearst ma(V? pood gains in the re count of the ballots in the disputed mavornlitv election of 100.r>. The ex amination of the contents of 00 boxes durinp the dav pave him a net pain of .">3 votes. The ballots in 300 boxes have bem examined in the proceed ing before Justice Lambert, and ?Icarst hr.s gnined 188 votes. Moro Vot2o For Mr. Taft. Chicago, Sp-cial. ? The Republican nrlional cctriniUoe bv its work dr. oil ? I contests in two Slates-at-large and in fourteen districts, the net re sult bring that 33 full votes find two lnll' '-"Jos werrt added to the number already accredited to William II. Tuff, ?"?id that two half vot^ wre ?Mvcn '<? S<v?ator Joseph B. Foraker. The committee h;t? vet to eonsider cont'Mts-nt-lr-Te in four Stat?s and a total of .'W district contests, end two from the Territories, involving a total of fll vitee. Before the me?t. ir.c of the comni'tfev the number of delegates instructed for Tock His Ov/n LI fa. F'?rt M ill S. Special. ? Ron B rod ford, 20 years old. son of Mr and Mrs. A. A. Br ft'1, ford, of fi'vn .cimitted su'eid'1 her'* Sun''0'" afternoon. Bradford loft the fam" "irele and went to his room shout 4 "?'clock. A few minutes, later the re port of a pun wa? he.-.rd and fh? no ?? renfs rushed to his room, to flnd '"m :n bed with a gunshot wound i"*f above the heart. Death was ins' no. tmmmm PARADE OF VETERANS With Sprightly Step, Measured to Stirring Airs, Ten Thonaand Old Warriors Parade tike Streets of Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., Special.? The parade of the heroes of the Confed eracy was a fitting climax to what is generally pronounced to bo one of the most successful reunions of the Unit ed ^ Confederate Veterans. With sprightly step, measured to the airs of tiie South loves, the old warriors, no less than 10,000 strong, traversed the two miles of the parade route betwoen thousands ? of sympathetis and mtersted spectators and there was i iot an accident, no siioi of a tottering step. *lL?Y71K hands served ice water to the old men as they passed along the route, fans were distributed and I evrything possible was done to re T-tV^ *?* tramP of its tedium. 1 .at the heroes were in excellent spirits was shown by the fact that many of them saug old camp sours ; marched, such as '? Butter milk Cavalry," "Old Time Confed erate," ''Bonnie Blue Flag." There were many iu the parade who had left a leg or perhaps both legs 0:1 some bloody battlefield, but icy enjoyed the occasion as much as the others, being carried in vehi ? SR- /.hoir appearance drew forth, 11 anything, greater applause than the sight of the foot soldiers. The parade formed shortly after 11 o clock and required one hour and 4o minutes to pass a given point. The route was fnm Sixth avenue on Nine teenth street to First avenue, to rwenty-flrst street to Fifth avenue, Twentieth stret to First avenue counter-marching on Twentieth street to (.^pitol Park, where the reviewing stand was located. In the vanguard were eight companies of the local Rational (tuard, including one bat tery of artillery and one troop of cavalry. Chattanooga had one troop of calvary in line. Governor B. B. Comer, of Alabama, with his entire staff, was next in line. General Har rison, commander of the Alabama di visjon was chief marshal, and Col , . 2 McKossin, of Birmingham, was chief aide. The veterans of the Department of Tennessee headed t lie line of visitors ot honor, these being folio wd bv the trans-Mississippi am| the Arm"*' of Northern Virginia. Among the "more conspicuous were the Forrest Corn* mounted, and the mounted troop from Nashville, which has attracted a great deal of attention during the reunion. These con.- panics are rciru |ar members of the National Guard being the onlv Confederate body to have that distinction. Memphis rep resent at ivrs also came in for ap plause. Thev were aconipanied bv ne. crack fife and d"iim corps, which helped ? to give the martial atmos phere Probably no one person in the parade attracted more attention than the handsome Miss Tommv Gentry, a full blooded Indian maiden, wlio accompanied the Indian Territory Department as sponsor. Her escort was Adjutant General T. D. Colman. Gen. ( lenient .A. Evans, the new commander-in-chief, was at the head of the column with his entire staff consitintr of Gen. J. F. Shipn. (,cn: J} , p;- (/nl- J 11 Bulkhead, ?* ' : T'r(*(lv, Col. ,T. Thompson Brown. CoJ. J. W. Reed and Colonel T.ass. The Sons of Veterans followed the veterans and they were accom panied by their sponsors. A notice able feature of the pararV was the fact that a number of the sponsors preferred to walk with the compa nies they represented rather than ride in the carriages, which had been provided. Mis* Mary Hall, clad in gray, aeompanied the Georgia divi R-on on foot. Mrs. Kelly, of New Orleans, a ladv 79 years of age, went th rough the march on foot, as did Miss Edna Raub. of Memphis, who had the title of daughter of the com pany she represented. Carlin Defeats Qordan. Richmond, Special. ? After one of ? he bitterest fights in the history of the State Representative Carlin swept the Eighth Congressional dis trict. Practically complete returns re ceived assures his eleelion in the pri maries over R. L. Gordon by a large majority. Depnty Sheriff Btepn on Uncle Sim> Tees. Jacksonville, Fla., Special. ? Chain ing a passenger train of i tic Valdosta Southern Railroad t'? the track and standing guard over it with a shot run. D.putv Sheriff I. C. Hunter, of Ponettn. Fla., ra:i amuck wi'h the postal laws of the United States bv delating the mail ?. recording to an indictment returned by the Federal grand iurv. Hun'er was arrested and brought lvfor" < ouunissioner I.ockc b'tetr held under bond for his ap pearance in the December term of the court. To Meet In Niagara. Buffalo, N. Y., Special.? The Asso ' i n t ? f ?ri of Transportation and Car / fv.our.lirg CHice's of the United States and Canada, will hold its meet- j irg Miis year at Niagara Falls, Ont.. ' rn June 23 nr.d 24. Important re- J nor'.: w'll be presented bv the com- | m:"eA on conducting passenger trans portation and freight traffic ,on en? service and p*r d'em and on handling rs:Kond business mail KING COMES BACK Boston fugitive Financier At Home Again SURRENDERS TO THE OFFICERS Erstwhilo Financial Operator Who Has Been Hunted All Over the Country Wa}ks Into Police Head quarters at Boston and Surrenders. Boston, Mass., Special. ? Carderwo F. King, the bankrupt financial ope rator ot New York and Boston, who has been hunted in botli Europe and America since Lis sensational flight on February 20th, walked into police headquarters horc Friday morning and gave himself up to custody. He was urraignod at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and held in $25,000 pend ing his attorney's efforts to secure bail. At a late hour at night bail had not been secured. At the last moment it is undorstood some diffi culty is experienced in getting bonds men. Before King was taken into court he made public one of the bitterest statements ever given to the press. He t Vela red that he was the victim of the most damnable conspiracy of the country. He asserted that he had been hounded by thugs, that before his flight he was in momentary dan ger ot assassination. He declares tlml he has returned to Boston to fiirht his enemies to the verv finish. He said: "My business has been looted, wrecked bv the hands of my enemies, and but for the kin < y and tiiuelv as sistance of friends my wife and chil dren would have been thrown into the street. The spectacle is one tl:a! chills mv blood; I did not believe such things were possible. The con dition is a horrible condition. Thank Ood there comes a day of reckoning ? a day when the 'other side' may speak. The finger prints upon my tin oat will mark the end of thmjism in finance. Tho exultant cry of vic tory voiced by mv tormentors will re-"cho their own funeral dirge. Ant< if by the pain of mv body thugism in finance miv be blotted out i' will rejoice and give thanks for the af | fliction sent upon me. "1 nm here to fight, fight and keep on fighting: to expose thugism and villainy in high places and low places, and to keep on exposing it. Every drop of blood in my body has b'?en dedicated and consecrated to the task before me? and that task I now enter upon with jov aiu'i gladness. "To my faithful friends 1 send this message. Right will conquer. I am not discouraged. Mv name will be vindicated. 1 am looking to the future with my eyes clear and bright. I can see over and beyond todav and behold tho bril^nt sunshine of the west. Over and bevond the wreck I can see peaceful vallevs where bloom fragrant flowers and flitter from tree to tre birds or rarest plumage and sweetest soncr. Mv eyes are fixert upon the future, tomorrow, tomor row. ' ' Iving s arrival at police headquar ters was dramatic. He was immedi ately taken to Chief Watts' office. The chief and King had been friends for years, and both expressed gratifi cation of meeting each other agai??. shaking hands with a firm grasp." " T om glad to see you again, chief." Mid Kin&r. and t'-e police head recip rocated the greet in ''Knowing, chief, that you have an indictment against me." quickly con tinued the financier, "I have come back to surrender myself. I (jot into Boston less than fifteen minutes a<_*o. T came over in the Fall River boat from New York am'4 took a train to the South station from Fall River. There T cot into a cab. pulled the curtains down and told the driver to fake me rapidlv to Pemberton Square. I got ofT, however, at Scol lay Square and walked up the street to headquarters." ?.'.V7T3 Subsiding. Kansas Cily, Special.? The Kaw Missouri flood, which has been ex ceeded in height only twice since the country was settled, is falling more rapidlv than it rose. , Owing to the Missouri's premitting a free outlet for the gorged Kaw the financial loss has b"en small and within a week scarcely a trace of the inundation will remain. Child Run Over By Train But is Not Killed. Rcidsville, Special.? While play ing on the railroad track near CabiU's chair factory in Madison, the 2 year-old <'*iughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Page was knocked down and run over by a Norfolk &, Western train and escaped with onlv a few slight 1 scratches. The child had strayed from the house ami was standing on the track when a freight train came around the sharp curve at that place, and before the engincr could stop, the engine had passed almost en! i re ly over the child. It was a miracu lous escape. LIGHTNING'S WORK One KiHed and four Shocked in Sunday Storm AN OLD CUT EUILDING STRUCK A Pc.rt7 cf Youths Out on a Sindatf Plum Gathering Take Shelter When a Rainstorm Comes Up in an Old Building, Which Is Struck by Lightning, and Odcll Young Is Killed and Four of His Compan i ions Rcccivo Ssvirc Shocks. I Lexington, N. Special. ? Odell j Young, (lie 14-ycar-old ?on of Mr. and Mrs. Kcllv Young, of this place, was killed Sunday morning about 10:110 o'clock by lightning, and four other boys who were with him wen* injured but it is thought that all will recover, although two of them were severely shocked. The boys were out gathering wild plums, when a heavy rainstorm came tip and they took shelter in a building formerly used as an office of the Victor Brick Company. Formerly a telephone had been in the office and the wire re mained, although the telephone had been removed. The lightning struck the wire ain't in this way was carticd into the office where the boys were g:it lie red. Odd! Young was killed instantly. (>J* the seven boys in the party two were uninjured and they hurried 1 *? a nearby n sidence and told what had , happened. Other boys in the party, and w!:o were shocked were: Frinst Bean. 15. son of Mr. Richard Bean! Mack Andrews, 14, son of Mrs. Frank Andrews, F.vcrett Welbor.i. 14. s?>u of Mr. William Welborn, and llollis Craver, son of Mr. ,1. A. C:a ver. The la>t nair.e?'j young man is about grown. The condition of llol lis Carver is regarded as s<?riou?\ in fact, up to late Sunday afternoon he had not regained consciousness from the shock. Fittest Bean was also severely shocked but will recover. None of them were burned, not even Odell Young, although there was a slight discoloration in his case. World's Temperance Conference. Saratoga, N. Y., Special. ? With a gavel made from a rafter in the old home of Dr. William J. Clark, who founded the world's lirst temperance society iu Saratoga count v one hun dred years ago, the World's Temper ance Congress held lo commemorate that, event was opened here Sunday with a a mass meeting in Convention Hall. An address was delivered bv Rev. C. II. Mead, !>. D.. of Nfcw York, who reviewed the history of the rr:n perance movement. Bi? Rail Mills Retuiu*. Birmingham, Ala., Special. ? The big rail mills of the I'nited State.* Steel Corporation at Knsley will re sume thi.4 week and this, with allied plants, means that about ItOO men will return to work. The plant, which is being greatly enlarged and extended, has a daily capacity of 1, 500 toils of finished rails. During the past month furnaces and mines Inve resumed in this direction, putting 8, 000 men to work. Captain Stuart Goes to Manila. Washington, Special. ? Captain Fd win R. Stuart, eorp* of engineers, stationed at Savannah, (in., has been ordered bv tha War Department to transfer his present duties to Lieu tena.it Colonel Dan C. Kingman, corps of engineers. After consulta tion with the chief of engineers here, Captain Stuart will sail on AuguU />( Ji for Manila, to become ?<sii;'anr lo the chief of engineers of the Phil ippine division. Officer Shoots Negro Barber. Atlanta, On., Special. ? Late Satur day afternoon Frank Dickson, a ne gro barber, was shot and killed by Bailiff Hitchins at the door of the ne gro's shop at Piedmont avrntp and llarri?i street. It if. alleged the bailiff tired after demanding the negro to pav a debt of seventy-live cents. Hitchins was arretted. Earl of Derby Dead. London, By Cable.? Frederick Ar thur Stanley, Fnrl of Derby, died here Sunday. The Fori of Derby was born January 15th. 1841. He mar ried Lndv Constance Yillietv, eldest daughter of the fobrth Karl of Clar endon, in 1804. He was lord of the admiralty ill 1808, financial .-cr-tary i for war an I later scer.^ary of war. i lie held the office* of See ret a it for the Colonies and .president of the board of tra<*?\ As I,ord SfanJev, he was Governor General of Canada in Late JVetes*s In "Brief ^ MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST August Belmont died in New York Wednes('?iy. There will not. be a second primary election in Georgia. Re\. J. S. Fisher, of Petersburg, declined a call to New Orleans. Another crisis in the relations be tween Japan and Korea is impending. A Georgia cifizen shot bis brother in-law three times for calling him a liar. Thirty-three man had a narrow es cape from a burning mine in Colo rado. A great meeting of Cotton mnnn fjuhnc.s was hold at Wrightsville l?eaeh, N. C. v Tl:? Arm'riran Kxehnnge Hank of Newport New* paid its depositors and went nut of business. The torpedo that will !>? tired at the monitor Florida Saturday will he guided by a trolley. Memphis. Tennesse was chosen as the pla?-e fro the next mceti-ig of tho Cont'eilei ate Veterans reunion. 1 he Louisiana legislature nass^d nn anti-race truck law that will abol ish batting on races in that State. Walter I r. Page editor of World's " ork. trade the literarv address to the graduates of Trinity College, * Mirham. N. C. A statute to Washington Duke, philanthropst. public-spirited citizen nnr< pioneer nianufac! urer, . was un veiled at Durham, N. < The I nited Slates Government is alleged to have Iwii done out of $li"?.7.~?0 in the Pittsburg |>ostoffiee deal. American Consul Moffat reported on his arrival in New York that IS deaths from olaguc had occurred at La Guaira, Venezuela. More than a hundred applicants for license to practice medicine were be fore the North Carolina board of ex aminers. Tho ancient town of Rev a I. on the Gulf of Finland, is in holidav attire to welcome King Kdward of England and the Czar Nicholas. Col. T. W. Svrrons, (he president'* friend, will probably lose the plum of Chief of Engineers. which had been practically promised him. The preliminary draft of the Chi cago platform adonts bodily most of [he Roosevelt policies and indorses his entire administration. The anti-TaTt "allies" were told* they were giving the partv a black eve. and induced to withdraw their decision to holt the convention. Armed citizens in Tennesse are scouring the country in search of ne groes who shot a young business man dead and perhaps fatally wounded' t:>< i;irl companion. A. L. R rooks was nominated for Congress from the fifth North Caro lina ?Yst rict. fo suecced W. IV. K itch in. who is a candidate for Gov ernor. Government officials acknowledge the dissapearance of a registered pouch at Kansas City hist Saturday. The pooch contained over si\tv thou sand dollars. A special diypiteh from Tunica. iw.. savs: J. T. TjOwp. an attorney, was shot and probobly rriortallv wounded in a street |)V Mrs. Weinstein. On March 'list |?st Lowe shot and killed Perrv M. Hous ton. father of Mrs. Wep.sf?ir,. in a street H orh f growing out of Houston's ?lection as .seo?fnr.. ?r v'1700 levee hoard. Mrs. W^insf,.:,,. wj,? j, 10 years old. was rn'irn?d la?f Feb ruary to a merchant of Charleston. Miss. R-."tore-? rtcln JVn tis. Pil'sburg, Special. ? Mrs. Iv'!!' ' ('n--" -"d to Cashier >> ill. em Monfj.">merv, w|-o is now in jail for s'enling a million dollars from the Allegany I 'an I* aur'i run ning it, has f uriu d in to ill" receiver brewery bonds for AlL'.'i.OOO stolen bv Montgomery and given >? her. She thought he was inventing lh" pro ceeds of her fir- 1 husband's life in surance and making her a fortun". Stole His Wife. Spartanburg. S. C? Special.? W. F. P.nrns. of Jackson county. North Carolina, while on a bridal trip across Panther Mourvain in Green ville county, snvs b<* was robbed of his p: tv young w'fe |?v a gari" of sir men. after he had been bound beaten and robbed. |f? and his wifo ??topped at a cottage in <!,,? moim tnins end during fh" night the men entered the rnr .n of the coop|c. nf_ locked Mums and took his wife down the mountain, lie savs he has not ?cen her since. The authorities aro inevestigating his xlorv. SURE CURE For All Diseases of STOMACH, Liver ? Kidneys