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'Bk | A DEADLY BOMB if I Lntendcd for the Sultan Kills * Twenty-five People But 'f * _ MISSES THE SULTAN. J A Panic Was Caused by Explosion Which Occurred in Court Yard of Mosque. It Is Said That Two Hungarians Are Responsible. A rHcnofnh f r/?m rVvnof-onf InAnln xx uic ^nuvii IIWIU vyviinlauuiiiv^iv says the commission appointed to inquire into the attempt on the lif3 of the su'tan Thursday has ascertained that the explosion of the bomb caused the death of twenty-four pers >ns and wounded tifty-one la addition tiftyiive hoi'ses were injured. The prelim inary investigations tend to show that tne outrage was committed by two Hungarians. The bomb which was Intended to blow up iheFultao feM short and exploded about thirty yards distent from his majesty. The latter was at Vlie time on the top step of the ilight leading from the uaosqui. A pauic im mediately seized the sultan's < ntour age and the court rjignitarii s iushed up and implored At dul H emld to re maiti in the mosque. The sultan, h iwever, insisted 011 going, and entered his carriage with a clamness not usually attributed to him, and picking up the reins drove himself to the Yildiz palace amid the c' eers oi the admiring ntlleials. Toe explosion was heard as l'ar as the Pora quarters The soldiers in the vicinity and several lyorses were killed, and tho carriages were smashed into kindling wood and the windows of the pavilion reserved forth? diplomatic corps were broken. The pavilion contained among others, U. Grant Smith, sec md secre tary of the American legation, who was accompanied by Captain Smiley, of the United States array. No one was hurt in the pavilion except a few scratched by Hying glass. The force of the explo.-ion also damaged the clock tower in the court yard of the mosque. Immediately after the sultan bad departed, a detachment of cavalry charged down the street parallel wl h the mcsque and from which the bomb was thrown in hopes of finding the author of the attempt, who, however, has not yet been discovered. Although the outrage occurred at 3 p m., the fact that ills majesty's life h;-.d been in danger did not become generally known until night, when it artUicd widespread exoiiemont, as it was the first bomb explosion of this character that ever occurred In Constantinople The majority of those killed or in jured were soldiers who were lining the road near the mosque. The authorities are greatly disturbed and unable to explain how the would-bo j. regicide past ed through the cordon of fr troops, which always bars the roads leading to the mosque, so soon as the sultan leaves the palace ANY POKf IN A STORM. A I)oer to Knc*i>o m Hound, Ijoupa on Flying Train. A deer story comes from Thedford, Vt., a small vlllag". on the Passump >io division of/the Boston & Maine railroad. A freight train, northbound, was running easily down a slight grade after leaving Thedford, when the engineer heard above the noise of his locomotive the sharp baying of a hound. As the train neared the fringe of the wood the engine driver caught a glimpse of a big doe heading straight for the cut. Evidently she was being chased by the hound, and, knowing that she would n )t stop at anything and fearing that lie could not stop his train, he opened the throttle and shot, ahead. He was trying to get ahead of the doe, but the animal was to > fleet of foot, and as the train shot through the cut the terrified animal leaped on an open flit cir. "Keep hjir going until I can get back to her," shouted the fireman. Keep up speed and she wont Jump." The engineer opened the throttle another noth ard the train was soon bumping along at the rate of thirty miles an hour, while the doe kept frantically running up and down the car. The engineer put on the hrskes, and v. lA n M/x V* rt i W(t 1 ?VA /> > nf ll A/l / pruuuriMH a lu^ic 111c liiaiijuji usuni luu to capture the doer alive. As soon as the now thoroughly terrified animal saw her new danger she pressed forward over three flat cars and came up short against a flour car with such force that she fell to the floor. This was the signal for the would he captors. They had just succeeded in getting the rope around the animals shoulders and were waiting for the train to come to a full stop when the deer made a final supremo effort to escape and leaded between the flour and flat caf. < An instant later her neck was broken. Cottage Collapsed. Three boys were killed and a number.of others were severely In lured by thecollapse of a two story cottage at Thirty-second and Fox street, Chicago, 111. The building was being torn down and the boys were gathering wood for use at their homes when the . crash came. James White, a policeman, was badly bruised while resL oulng boys, pinioned under the debris. ... ... .... .. V J PAID THE M0NE1. Editor Williams, of the News-leader, Makes Public Statement. Uavo $25 to Elect Andflreon. Ma ken Announcement In Hfn Paper Admitting Kumorw to Bo True. The following dispatch to the Washington Post from Richmond, Va., concerns an act of Mr. A. B. Williams In connection with an election, in which he defends himself for using money in election: In a letter to the publio Alfred B. WllH?Tr?? nrAfllHant a nrl i\t tlio . . vw. v. v??? V Mt?v? V/Vj? I VVi VA VUU News L?ader, admits that rumors connecting him with the expenditure of money in the recent municipal primary are true. lie frankly explains the whole matter, says he is not conscious of having done anything wrong or illegal, and feels no regret for his action. For a week the grand jury has been engaged in probing charges of fraud In the late election, and during the pat t few days ru oor has be n busy with the nam i of Mr. Williams, all* ging that he paid $25 to a party worker oivUl Col. George Wayne Anderson, a candidate f r commonwealth's at to.m y, in the First precinct of Jvifrson ward. Mr. Williams says in Ills card, published in the News-Leader recently, that the election transaction on which theve rumors are hased was no secret and was r.ot intended to he. lie says that he was Informed ttie night before the election that active work at the First precinct, Jelfcrson ward, wouid carry it for Col. Anderson, and that th. re was a man who would do the work, but he would expect to he paid. "I immediately said," continued Mr. Williams, "that 1 would see that ho was paid if lie did the work, but ! that Col. Anderson would not be told about it, and would kuow nothing of it." Mr. Williams further explains that It was kept from C >1. Anderson hecause, under the Harksiale law, it would he nccet sary for him to take a rigid oath that he bad not used money < r. I l.n II J ? - ' - in mo cwiij ii, Ui tVi 1U WI'U llj liU OB us.id except for certain specltied pur poses. It is bis understanding of the law, he says, that a candidate's friends may do things that the candidates cannot legally do. lie says further that after the elecfion tie bent his personal check to the j worker in question, who is understood to be Samuel Goldstein, a power among a ce rtain class. Mr. Williams says he sent a check so that the trans action suould he open and there should be no appearance of trying to hide anything. There was no talk ? r suggestion of bribery or corruptly in lluenoing aiijb.jdy, says Mr. Williams, and he uoes not believe a dollar was spent for such a purpose. The writer says the difference between buying votes and securing personal Influence in a legitimate way is clear to him; that he would not have given a dollar could it have purchased votes enough to cltci Col. Anderson, lie concludes: "If the grand jury, in its wisdom and conscience, sees tit to indict 1 shall meet the issue without any quibbling or dodgli g play for dcla}, or resort to legal technicalities." The mater lias created unbounded interest becauno of the prominence of Mr. Williams, who lias for years taken a lead! g part in city affairs, and who has alwavs been forem st in all movements looking to the upbuilding of the city and the purifying of the baliot. The Barksdale law, which bears on elections, is as follows: XT,. MAttOAt. .U..I1 1 x*\t (/ciwui auii i I'-spui ii, pny, promise, lean or became pecuniarily liable in any way for any money or other valuable thing in behalf of any candidate for cilice at any elect! n, pri mary, or nominating oonvrni ion held in this co union wealth. Any person or candidate violating any of t he pro visions of this act shall be subject tc a iino of n >t less than $100 or more than $1,000, or con lined in jail no* less than one nor inoie than twelve months. VIOLATED TIIK LAW. At Ii'cbmond, Va., Wednesday the grand ju-y brought in indictment against live men, including Alfred B. Williams, editor, for alleged violation of election laws in the recent Democratic primary there. The indict ment alleges Mr. Williams agre d tc pay $25 to one of the others indicted for influencing votes in behalf of a candidate for commonwealth attor ney. All except one, who is out ol town, gave $500 bond each. Tin cases will be tried in September. Juiljce antl Jury. In 1883 a man was charged in Vic fn.ln ...in. V. - ..I I.Ill-J ' wno wibii uaviuK h.11ion cmouier man with a Handbag, and in the face of the judge's summing up, the jury brought iu a verdict of not guilty. This annoyed the chief justice, Sir Matthew Begbie, who at once said: "Gentle men of the jury, mind, that is your verdict, not mine. Oa your consci ence will rest the stigma of returning such a disgraceful verdict. Many repetitions of suoh conduct as your< will make trial by jury a horribh farce and the City of Victoria a city of immorality and crime. Go, 1 have nothing more to say to you." Anc then turning to the prisoner, the chief justice added: "You are dls charged. Go and sandbag some ol those jurymen. They deserve it!" * ? r? * ' v n W' " SENATOR TILLMAN Is Willing to Engage in a Joint Bisepnsary Debate. The Leader of Dlxponsary Forces Not Averse to Meeting on Htuinp Champion of Opponents. Tae Augusta Chronicle says United States Senator Henjamln Ryau Tillman, although not having a great deal to say nowadays Is nevertheless, ^ taking a great interest in political af- , fairs. Senator Tillman was seen at his home in Trenton several days ago ' by a representative of The Chronicle, and readily answered the questions propounded by the newspaper man. When questioned on the movement to vote out the dispensary in hU own county the Senator said: "1 have been about very little and have had no opportunity other than attending one picnic in IOdgetield, to meet the people. 1, therefore, am not posted as to the present trend of j thought and feeling, but those who , have been around and are well in- | formed, tell me that in this county j thesentiment is changing very rapidly. The people are constantly asking what they are to have after the dispensary is abolished, while the effoct on the school fund of withdrawing from the county the money hitherto received from the state dlsprnsary is c u jing a great many people to change , front. "While 1 am not eager to undergo the fatigue of making any speeches," c mtinued the senator, "1 think 1 would really enjoy having a j lint dls- , cusslon with any chimp:on the aritidispensary people might decide upon, or, for that matter, any half dczen of them. The people are disgusted with the management of the state dispensary, and there is widespread belief that there Is corruption somewhere. This will cause many to vote against the system, who have hitherto beeu , Its strong friends. "In my recent letter, I mentioned some tigures as to the effectiveness of prohibition, or, rather, its failure in Maine aud Kansas. 1 iiave received frum Washington the last annual report of commission of internal revenue tor the llscal year o ding Juue .'10, 1905. In it 1 tiud the following tig- 1 ures: "Retail dealers in Kansas, 2,802; wholesale liquor dealers, 23; brewers, 2; retail dealers in malt liquors, 335; wholesale dealers In malt liquors, 108 "In Maine the tigures are: Retail liquor dealers, 430; wholesale liquor doaiers, 5; brewers, 3; retail dealers in malt liquors, 658; wholesale dealers in malt liquors, 22. "Now, In neither of these states can liquor be sold as a beverage under the law. "In South Carolina the tigures are: "Retail liquir dealers, 512; wholesale liquor dealers, 7; brewers, 1; retail 1 dealers in malt liquors, 55; wholesale ' dealers in malt liquors, 9." Senator Tillman here gave the tlgur- , es In tabular form, in order to show j the comparison more clearly: C mtlpulug, he said: "The tigures speak for themselves, and when any 1 one remembers that no man will pay the $25 to the United States government for the permission to retail for fun, it may be seen how prohibition ! prohibits. Of course, in South Carolina, there are a number of beer privileges, and all dispensaries take out a I 1 1< 1 ?1 ujiiutu uuaita iiV/Duau, tvuu LUU3U Will have to be deducted from the figures shove given in order to show bow many blind tigers we have in this state. 1 ''Kansas has posslbily 200,000 more population than South Carolina, while 1 Maine has ahout half our population. 1 Any one who is interested can work out the percentages. The figures show that there are about twice as many liquor dealers per capita in Maine as in South Carolina, even including the 1 dispensaries, while in Kansas there 1 , aie more than iive times as many. "1 am more than ever convinced that there is political significance, as well as a desire to further the cause of temperance in the move to destroy the dispensary. 1 shall be glad if at least a dozen counties vote out the dlspeni saries this summer, because it will , give the people of those counties a good chance to find out how far proi hibltion iwill prohibit before the real light a year hence." Cifrl iitiHi in (Jonl Mine. ! Miss Florence Everett, of Southe i Amboy, had an experience in a coal luiuc du j?reeiauu, wuica neariy enaeci i in her death. With Miss Mabel R:s*t, of Perth Amboy, and a party of Freeiand friends, she was seeing > the mine, when their lights were ex I tingiushed by a sudden draft. In the k confusion Miss Everett became sop arated from her companions, and got ' into a blind head, ending into 70 foot > sliaft. When she was groping her benighted way along the heading, and was within a couple of feet of the shaft.' The party; upset by the incident, got out of the mine quickly. i I JUHCAH UOO(l, "Thftfft la not.htncr in llfa oa uwaof V I m uw Viii ill I11U UW O ** UL< V as love's young dream,'' sang the t poet I know that there is piquancy - in the courship and engagement that ' has for the youth and the maid a charm a charm all Its own, but I can : name one period that seems to me to ' compare favorably even wltn that i When the days of doubt are past and i the maglo words have been spoken ' that binds them for age, either for > weal or woe. Then when hard and I hand they enter their own home to > raise for themselves a family altar and plant their vine and tig tree to I shelter them in old age. I think that the happiest time.?X. KIVJS SKULLS In a Gave Reveals Crimes of the long Ago. The mysterious disappearance of s John Barington, a Cincinnati army s beef contractor, reported missing for forty-tive years, reoentlycamo to light In tearing down a two-story log hotel, a resting place for travelers between Chicago and Lafayette, which was built by John Steele in 1854, on the bank of the Kankakee River, at Grape island Ford, Indiana. John Barington departed from Nomenoe, 111., 011 the morning of October 10, 1801, riding horseback overand Into Indiana, carrying $10,000 in *old to purchase beeves for the Federal irmy. Ile arrived that night at the borne of John Steele. From that bight he was never again seen. Ten lajs later tils horse was found wander Ing on the prairies, with saddle, bridle vnd empty saddle bags. The general opinion was that Barington had been followed by Cincinnati thieves, who murd.red him and secreted his body In the swamps. Steele's wife and daughter disappeared in May, 18(52, and he circulated a roport that they were dissatisfied with their home at Grape Island and had returned to Yorkshire, ICngland. In January of the Hame vear a traveler who stayed at Steele's home was never again seen, and settlers in that section became suspicious of Steele's actions from the remark of Barley Johnson, a hunter and trapper, who stated that on the night John Barington arrived at Steele's home he was passing by at midnight and saw two men coming down the out-ode stairway carrying between them a heavy bundle. lie also heard moans, but supposed they came from a deer probably killed by these men. A vigilance committee went to Steele's home and demanded admission. They were refused. Tncy battered down the door, placed a rope around Steele's neck and threatened to hang him if he did not reveal what he knew of the disappearance of Iiarington and of ills wife and daughter. Undaunted, Steele told the committee to proceed with their hanging. A vigorous search was instituted by the mob around the prem Ises, but nothing incriminating was found. Next day Steele disappeared. Later on ids Indiana property was sold under mortgage foreclosure. Thirty years \ fcer Steele left Indiana he died in Carson City, Nev. His Indiana house remained untenanted. Belated farmers said It was haunted. One week ago the house was torn down, and In removing the stone cellar wall a subterranean cave was found oontaining live crumbling skulls of human beings. Two of the skulls wore those of the female sex, In a decayed coat was found an undercipherahle envelope with the word, written and blurred, "Bringto," whiew may have belonged to John Barlngton. Steele murdered his wife and daughter to conceal his crimes, and who the two other men were remains a mystery. SOME VERY BTD B00K8. ShortagCM lt( ported in Many of tho Counties ol the State. Saluda county is tho next to order an Investigation of Its county finances. It Is not believed that there is anything particuarly wrong In theadmla Istration but that there has been I some poor bookkeeping that resultt d ' In a tangled condition of affairs. In ( Clarendon county the same condition ! exists and the grand jury has ordered ! the raist careful investigation of the 1 finances of that county. The condi- 1 tlon of affairs throughout the state which has called for so many invest!- ; nations in the finances of the various ( counties lias resulted in many of the members of the legislature studying ' the situation for a remedy. As was stated the only thing that can he done under the present law is to stir up the various grand juries and make them inve^lgate the various offices in order that the officials may be more careful. In his last report the comtroller i general called attention to the many countlea that needed investigation, 1 either on account of bad bookkeeping or shortages. There were nine altogether as follows: 1 In Abbeville county It was necessary i to employ an expert at a cost of $900 to straighten out the books. In Barnwell county there was a shortage which finaly resulted In a settlement with the bonding company for over $11,000. in ureenwooa county an expert fixed matters at a cost of $(500 to the county, 1 Iu Qrecnvllle county the recent de- 1 velopement of Kraft justified the last 1 report of the comtroller general. ! A shortage of over $4,000 in Iforry 1 county is now in the courts, i A balance of over $3,200 due by ' the treasurer of Laurens county has ' never been paid and the grand jury i has taken no action. In Richland county there is an in- i vestigation now going on. I In Williamsburg county a shortage I of several thousand has been settled, i although this was due to bad bookkeeping. In addition to this there are two or three other counties now under inves- 1 tlgatftm. Six Italians Killed. Six Italian laborers were killed and three others probably fatally Injured Thursday. They were struck by a train of th a New York Central ; railroad at Tribes Hill, N. Y. i V7' DI8FNNBAKY AND CHUHCH. 4?n*tor Lattmnr Protest# Aftftlmt the Two Ilelng Mixed. The Anderson Mall says the dlspenlary Issue caused qulted a lively eplode In the Greenville District Cou?renco of the Methodist Church at lelton on Thursday afternoon. While the preachers were making -holr report a member of the cornnlttee on temperance would ask each )reacher how his church stood on the Hspensary question. The dispensary vas rapped tfood aud hard, until Rev. Mr. Henry of Pendleton stated that lis members were divided on the question. One of the members of the county l oard of control Is a member of Mr. Henry's church, Mr. Henry was asked jO what extent the division of sent Inent prevailed, and he cut the thin# jtT short as ho could and sat down. Next came Rev. Mr. Hlackman of Piedmont, lie knocked the dispensary vigorously. IP said that but two members of his church were In favor of Hie dispensary, hut that they were <olntf to move away. lie was asked If ae was not ulad of It and did not say 10. Senator Latin er. who wjiu nrA??nt ' ..... t- - ??, llthought not a m tnber of the c jQfer ince, rose ami asked the privilege of Ihe door. He said be could not sit still xnd see himself an ! others ruled out , )f the Methcdist urch simply bojauso of a political i-sue. He said he had preached and practiced temporince all his life, but he thought the discussion then going on wan entirely :>ut of place in a church conference. He said he would wlp t e wholo whin key business out of the Slate if he had the power, and ire wa> nm, taking the jtump for the dispensary, but he thought it the place of ministers of the gospel to preach the gospel and sot drag political matters into the jhuroh. He said he had never voted tor the sale of liquor, but he did not propose to see, without protesting, people ruled out of the chur< h because i :hey were exercising their own judgment in a political matter, and that i the whole dispensary question was out if place in the district conference. Rev. Mr. Harmon of Greer then got i turn at it and lambnstod the dlspen?ary some and attacked Senator Latimer's position. Mr. Latimer rose to lefend himself, and Mr. Harmon' said ( le must have been hit or he would lot protest so quickly. Mr. Harmon vent on to say chat he would prefer a illnd tiger to a two-eyed tiger in the S ihape of the dispensary. Mr. Latimer retorted that if Mr. darmon preferred lawlessness toobedence to law he cculd not argue the piestion with him. This closed theinsidentof the day, but it was the chief opio of conversation outside after the ionfercnce sdjourned. Friday morning, Rev. Mr. Creech, ii his report, anticipated the question ihat he thought would be asked and itated that the member of his church!8 \/?re divided on the subject. Homo >ne else remarked on the subjeot, and ,hen some c.ne else remarked on the luestlon; whew \pon Bishop Duncan isked: "Who dragfc\id this dispensary juestion Into theconferv^e, anyhow?' Pho preachers took the Mi^and the iispensary was not mentioned a^aln luring the conference sessions. " Senator Latimer said afterward that ie wanted his positions understood In he matter. The question, lie said, is jefore the people for them to vote upjn as they conscientiously believe best. There is more or less politics In the present movement, and many good sober men are suspicious of It, and a jhurch conference was not the place Tor It to be discussed, he said. lie stated that he was taking no part in the matter, except so far as bis duty is a private citlz;n went and he was taking no active part either for or against the dispensary In the present Siscusston before the people, lie was merely protesting against its being brought into the churc'a conference. Hard on John IMckett. Several years ago John Pickett, a messenger boy of the Western Union Telegraph (Jomyany, was run over by a passenger train at St. Matthew's and Ihltt urm 'Ph? nnlf\ t.Sat. f..11 <.< /< >/ ! v?> a "w umiu uiauiu i vni; r? ou attracted a tfreat doal of local Interest. In the first suit John Pickett obtained a verdict for 88,800 against the Southern Railway. An appeal was taken and the Supremd Courc sent the case back for a new trial, the chief ground for the reversal of the verdict being that the verdict Indicated that punitive damages had been included. A second trial was held. Messrs. Melton and Reiser and Nelson & Nelson represented young Pickett, and former Judge Renet was chief counsel for the Southern Railway. A verdict for $10,000 was the result of the second trial, and young Pickett and his counsel were happy. Judge Renet then marie a motion for a new trial, and gave eight reasons to Judge Ernest Gary why a new trail should be granted. Saturday morning Judge Oary set aside the verdict and gave the following In writing as his reasons: "This Is a motion for a new trial upon the minutes of the Court and the grounds upon which It was hoard are hereto appended. I have given the subject no little thought, and my conclusion Is that same should be granted on the second ground, viz: Recause the preponderance of the testimony showB that the plaintiff's own negligence contributed to his injury as a proximate cause thereof. A new trial is therefore ordered." Ijynohetl by a Mob. Will Harris, a negro, was taken from a train near Black Rayou, Miss., and lyoched for killing a white man about two weeks ago. > * WAS WRONG. A Second Estimate of the Cotton Acreage by the Department. SOME REPORTS USED. Crop Estimating Board Makes Report to Secretary Wilson. The Repor* Says that Hyde, With Holmes Prompting Him, MadejEstimate Too Low. Assistant Secretary Hays Wednesday made the following report to Secretary Wilson on tho acreage of cotton in the southorn States In 1906, as compared with that planted in 1004: "The crop ejtlmatlng board of the department oiyagrlculture has considered the repoi), issued by the bureau of statistics cm) June 2, relative to the acreage plaited in cotton in tho southern St.'tes in inor> nu ? ? vvui(.'(tl t'U with that planted In 1904, aiui has oonoluded "First. To at a now estimate should be made on acreage planted, and that the flgiYes In Mr. Hyde's hands when makln; bis estimate should be u-.ed as the bails. "S;Coud. That Mr. Hyde with Mr. Ilolnes at Ills elb >w, prompting bltn mar3 the estimate lower than tho faos at his hand from the rep >rts fro 1 the seven classes of reporters eicDloycd by the bureau warranted. 'Third. The board Unds, upon careful onsideration of tho reports of all cla- as of correspondents and a# ;nts, that the acreage planted in cotton thlsyear, including the entire season, shoud have been estimated at 85.1 per cent, of that planted last year, equi alent to a reduction in planted acrea.e as compared with last year of 14 9 ;er cent. (Instead of 11.4) or 4,73l,<f)0 acres, the estimate of the total areage planted this year being 26,999,(00 acres. "The estimated percentage of the decrease a each of the cotton growing State Is as follows: Virginia, 18; North Carolina, 16; South Carolina, 14; Georgi, 14; ETiorlda, 12; Alabama, 11; Missi.slppi, 16; Louisiaua, 17; Texas, 16;Arkansas, 19; Tennessee, 13; Mtssout, 15; Oklahoma, 15; Indian Territry, 11. "The aveages were made for each State by eac of the four members of the board, and tho comparatively small disagreements were harmonized almost wholl; by averaging, and the above result.- are fully agreed to by each and ever, member of the board. "Respectllly submitted: " vlcttt Olmsted, "Stjcplin 1). Fksskndkn, "Gkoiuo K Holmes, "W. W/^ONO, "Urop Ftimatlng Hoard." "The above fadings and report made under my suervlsion have my entire approval. "W. M. Hays, "Assistant Secreuy in Onarge Hureau of StatiMas." . , " "Approved: "AMES WI I^80N, Secret?y of Agriculture." HI* ?y 1\> Y? *i h Ago. A VvO" '* * " " .n. j alma ^r. were togetner sixty-tive years age near Cross IIill. when they came oross a terrapin, of the highland kind. While the young people sat talking together the boy, witli his benknife, c?t, his initials on the underneath front Bide of the terrapin's shell, and the date. The terrapin was turned loot*. Only a few weeks ago this terraptlwas found not more than a hundred y?ds from the same spot, with the lnlvals and date as plain as the day they vere cut on the shell, the terrapin invlng grown very little in the ihj yea't that had intervened. The boy of (It yea's ago, now a man of more than se'enty- tive, remembered the incident aoj at once reconiz^d the letters and inures as his own. lie is now a widower The girl of that dav is still alive, aid is a widow, lie is still a citizen if the same neighborhood. She moved away many years ago, The ibove story Is vouched for by the New&orry Observer. Hought Mis Clfo. Ilound, gagged and at the mercy of \fnvlnan KunrlHu O C5 T ^ - ? ? ? ? iri aivmu uauuiufl) J) wl. UUUIU13 i\ ^?iU Fraaciscoan, was held a prisoner In the mountains of Oorro de San Juan, near San Blast, Mexico. A promise (f the payment of a ran o n sav d his life, for it was the Intention of the robbers to kill him after they had stripped him of all ids ?II eta. Loomis Is the superintendent of a fiuit company at San Bias and is well known in San Francisco. In telling of his experience Loom s writes: "While returning from Tepic I was held up by bandits and robbed of my effects. 1 was bound and gagged and then taken to a narrow canyon to be killed. I bought the bandits oft with a promise to pay them iiMO, the money to be taken to a certain point on a certain day. They threaten*d to kill me at night if 1 did not keep my promise. 1 did not keep my promise and instead of sending the money I purchased a ritle f<>r my protection." Distills* C4t. Prof. Andrew Noah Fox of the Chicago theological seminary has been dismissed from the institution because of a telegram to J no D. Rockefeller asking for some of his "tainted money" to endow two p^fessorshipo.