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I] | CAUSED BY MILK. I Eight Million People Doomed to 1 Be Killed by the GREAT WHITE PLAGUE. Costs Over $-1,000,000 to Care Cor aud Bury Victims?League l>is* cusses Action?Anti-Tuberculosis Workersjin Favor of Wiping Out Sm > All Infected Cattle. The "Great White Plague" seems likely to lose some of its greatness as the result of the national convention of the American Anti-Tuberculosis League which closed at St. lx)uis recently. The principal demand of the convention was for legislation 1 against defective cows, it being asserted that about 9 9 per cent of the consumptives in the United States ontract their tuberculosis in raw milk. Opposing factions, one advocating t lie isolation nl!?ii f"'- ??,? ?i........ (of consumptives and the other defending the present policy ol' treating the disease in cities, were in combat at the closing session. The controversy assumed the form of a debate, I)r. Walter (J. Tyzzer, superintendent of the Mayfield Sanitarium, of St. Douis, representing the isolation advocates, and Dr. Joseph 13. Chambers, president of the Ilippocratenn College of Medicine, of St. Louis, representing the other faction. The subject of the debate was: "Resolved, That tuberculosis can be more effectively treated in the isolated arid regions than in hospitals in cities." The honors were about even, but Dr. Tyzzer had the more meritorious side of the argument, apparently, as the majority of the delegates not personally interested in some city institution were ip his faction. "Raw Milk" was the title of a paper submitted by Nathan Straus, the Now York philanthropist. It was tin able paper, covering the raw milk c !i l\ inof Vi AfAturli 1 ir ? ?wl ol/\?i i\ i* %**?#!? ou?/jvva im?i uu^m,? , iuivi \.iur>ui^ ?ilii the following three deductions: "1. That tuberculosis is a preventable disease. "2. That raw milk is the common cause of tuberculosis. "3. That the peril of tuberculosis in milk can be absolutely removed by proper pasteurization." Ernest J. Lederle, former Commissioner of Health of New York, submitted a paper entitled, "Public Milk Supplies, with Special Reference to tbh Tuberculosis Problem." He stated that tuberculosis was now very prevalent among milk cows and increasing, and urged legislation aimed at such consumptive cows. C. W. Saleeby, of London, England, spoke on "Potential Homicide, the Greatest Menace of the Human Race." "Sterilization, valuable as it is as a final safeguard against tuberculosis, is. after all," said Dr. Donohue, "only an expedient and must not be put into so much prominence that the importance of the other safeguard be lost sight of. Beyond any puestion, the ultimate advantage lies in obtaining milk from cattle free from disease. It is a fact comparable with the advantage of obtaining drinking water from pure source instead of taking it from a contaminated one and relying upon purification afterwards." Dr. W. H. May field, general secretary and executive officer of the American Anti-Tuberculosis League, predicted in his address that "befoiw long there will be state and national laws requiring that inspectors shall duly examine every cow whose milk is offered for human use, and every animal ascertained to be afflicted even in the slightest degree with the tubercte bacilli shall be marked for destruction. "The mere money cost to the United States of the plague of tuberculosis overshadows all other expenditures," continued Dr. Mayfield. "The first five years the United States army occupied the Philippines the oost was about $200,000,000; the second five years $120,000,000, or i Ntotal of $325,000,000. In 1907 oui army and navy cost taxpayers $222, 00,000, and with the pension rol for that year added, makes out.'this sum to $384,000,000. This is 6' per cent of the nation's income foi war or its expenses. These twe amounts added together give a tota of $7 09,000,000. These are eoloBsa """" "o i>?i tn omnnarison with tin 115*11 WMV ? , following they tire as electric ligh to sunlight. "Medical science is authority fo the statement that out of the 80, 000,000 of people belonging to th< United Stptes 8,000,000 are doomei to die of consumption . Without con sidering the cost these have been t< * their gparents, or thousands of help I * less orphans these deaths will sem \ , to public institutions, or computin; the profits that would accrue if the wera allowed to live, and without re \SUBS BADLY INVOLVED, i THKEK KPAlU'AKRL'IMi IXSUK- J ANCE COM PAN IKS IN HAD SIIAPK. I All the Profits Eaton lTp by the Expenses, Which Was Mostly High Salaries. According lo a statement of In- ,, O surauce Commissioner McMaster (| Tuesday, tho affairs of three mutual j flro companies at Spartanburg ave in- ^ volved and on the face of the returns it looks as if there has been t mismanagement of the funds. I] In the case of the Carolina .Mutual e under control of Stanyarne Wilson, J1 outstanded contested claims on July 1, 1907 .amounted to $9,907. and c adjusted claims on the same date to a $95,897. The amount that should have been realized was $18,818, and s the actual amount realized $10,007. v Contested claims on January 1, 190o. < amounted to $93,374 and additional c adjusted claims to $11,871. The 1 account that should have been rcaliz- 1 ed was $10,528 and the actual ^ amount re\lized $5,435. The a mount I of outstanding claims on May 25, i was $39,437. i An examination of the Carolina iviui 11 {iI s books shows that between < January 1, 1907, and Juno 6. 190S. 1 $09,3-12 w'ere collocted from all . sources. Losses In that period wore 1 $38,464. The difference between the I amount received and that paid out < in losses excepting $891 was consnin- s cr: in expenses which were extruor- I dinarily high. Mr. McMaster shows i where Wilson received a salary of < $300 a month through 1 907 and up ? to March of the current year. After he resigned as president he got $2 00 < a month as attorney. lit* also took $1,000 for back salary in 1905-06. i Up to November J. M. Whatley re- ; ceived $100 a month and expenses as i adjuster and since then $125 a month and expenses. In March i Whatley succeeded Wilson as president. -The secretary, Miss D. Callahan, drew $1,3 0 0 In salary for 1 907. , Wilson's stenographer. Miss M. Ful- ? mer, drew $15 a week as assistant ( secretary. .. ] A. M. Alexander manages the Pled- < mont Mutual and Palmetto Mutual at Spartanburg. No minutes of the Piedmont have been kept since May (>, 1907. At that meeting the directors were A. M. Alexander, 1). B. , Alexander, W. O. Barnes and Dr. 11. B. Goodell. No ledger nor cash hooks were kept, policy records be- < ing the only account obtainable. Mr. McMustor declares It is impossible to And out how, why and where the money were expended and Alexander can not say definitely. D. B. Alexander drew $100 a month and expenses as adjuster, and A. YV. Whit lock $15 a week as secretary. Other items of expense can not be given at this time. Judgments are on tile in the office of the clerk of court at Spartanburg against both the Piedmont Mutual and the Palmetto Mutual. The commissioner has not finished his searching investigations. KILLED His WIFE AND HIMSELF. , They Had Quarreled Several Times on Account of Jealousy. Charles P. Corlett, a prominent architect and head of the Corlett Engineering company, Tuesday night kWled his wife, Elizabeth, and then ended his own life in a hotel in Willoughby, a Cleveland, Ohio, suberb. The double tragedy is said to have been the result of jealousy. Shortly after Corlett returned from Cleveland, three shots were heard by i tlie guests, w ncn um iioibi piupi iri tor burst into the door he found Mrs. Oorlett dead upon the iloor. Noarl?y was the almost breathless body of her husband. A revolver lay near his outstretched hand. The mall died a few minutes later. Mr. Corlott was 3 8 years old; his wife was four years younger and was a beautiful woman. The couple ? had quarreled recently several times. > * Elephant Kills llorse ! Seizing a horse with its trunk, an \ enraged elephant in a circus which . left New Albany, hid., Tuesday dash1 ed the animal against the ground * until it had pounded the animal's ^ brain out. The show men were loadr ing the animals on the train when } the elephant ventured too near a * horse that kicked it. 1 5 ferrlng to the distress, despair and t human agony accompanying their taking off, the amount In mere dol lars, incident to their demise, is - simnlv appalling. e "Eistmating that $400 must he 1 spent upon each victim so afflicted ? - and the amount is often $4.000? o and reckoning the burial expenses - at $200?which Is below the actual d average cost?we have a loss of K $000 per capita on 8,000,000 of peoy pie, or the unthinkable amount of !- more than $4,000,000,000!" CTIBE N( 1 ONLY A SOCIAL CALL lit. AXI> >11(8. \V ATT K It SON ' VISITS TIIE lilt VAN'S. 'lie Croat Keiituckinn Says Rryan's ^ Nomination by Acclamation at Denver is Now Certain. A dispatch from Louisville, Ivy., a s Editor Watterson. accompanied >y Mrs. Watterson, is on the way to ( .incoia, Neb., on invitation of Mr. tryau. | It can be stated with certainty hat Mr. IJrynn and Mr. Watterson lave been in constant correspond- ' nee since the two came together in 1 Cow York two months ago. ! Mr. Watterson was asked for an xpresBion of opinion on the outlook, md in substance, said: "I am merely going to avail rayelf of a business call to Chicago to iccopt Mr. Bryan's invitation to run >ver to Lincoln, There will bo but >no real issue in the coming struggle. Hint is tlie case of the 'people against >redntory wealth.' It has been very veil put by Mr. Roosevelt ; but Mr. tryan, more than any one else, represents it in all Its length, breadth, md thickness. ir \t.. i> " ii mi. iwitJMt".* y < m l were r no candtlato of the Repaidleans, there might >o eonte question as to the 'original iacobs' between him and Mr. Bryan, But Mr -Tuft can stand 011 no platform setting forth the Roosevelt policies. lie is far closer to the Wall street interests than Fairbanks, Hughes or Knox. His nomination means the Republican party wearing the mask of Roosevelt, but using the claws of liarriman, Morgan and company. If Bryan cannot bent this combine, nobody can. He is its logical candidate. All suggestions Lo the contrary are misleading. They are simply weak devices of the enemy." "You feel certain that Mr. Bryan's nomination is already assured?" "Mr. Bryan said Mr. Watterson, "will bo nominated by acclamation at Denver. The only things left outstanding to be considered by Democrats are the second place on the ticket, the platform, and the chairmanship of the national committee." Asked about the coming convention and the general outlook for Kentucky can be relied upon not to wreck their bark before she gets out of port. I do not care what the Lexington convention does except that it shows itself fair to all parties. This I fully appreciate. We Kentucky Democrats are pretty good fighters, but in emergencies we know how to sit down in unity, and to smoke the pipe of pence. This is an emerirencv." THK FIltST VICTIM Caught in I In* Undertow and Drowned ut Tybce. The treacherous tides of Tybee Deach have claimed their first victim early this season. Fritz Schv/nlb, a young man about 10 years of age, was ciowned thee Suudav afternoon v) ,'e enjoying a su * brnli. He and a companion went into the surf late in the afternoon when the tide was going out at a great rate of speed. The young man got into the undertow and before ho realized his danger he was being carried out to sea. When he found that he was in danger of drowning he grabbed his companion by his bathing suit and clung to him with desperation written upon nis face. Mr. John Scigcrs, who was with the victim of the surf, came near being carried down with liirn and only Wrenched himself from the grasp of the drowning man by the greatest effort. His clothes were partly torn from his back before he succeeded in breaking the young man's hold. After that he did all he could to save him, but was unsuccessful. There were several people In bathing at the time and there were large crowds on the beach, but the drowning did not create a great deal of excitoment in any part of the island ex cept. in the immediate vicinity in which it occurred. The body of the young man was carried out to sea. SHOT THROUGH SCREEN DOOR. Prominent Attorney in Florida Assassinated While at Supper. At Arcadia, Fla., C. W. Foster, a prominent attorney, was assassinated at 7 o'clock last Friday night at the supper table with his family. The assassin stole up to the screen door of the house and fired a full charge of shot rrom n shotgun into ilia body killing hini instantly. There is no clue to the murderer. Sheriff Freeman has wired for bloodhounds and the entire town is aroused and posses have been formed, and have started out in all directions, if the murderer is captured a lynching if feared. )W TO \ THE OLD VETS. ri:\ TUOtSANl) VKTKKAXS MAIU'II AT IllltMIXUllAM. Light Com panic's of Citi/.cn Soldiers in Line?Sponsors Accompany (lie Commands Tlicy Represent. A dispatch from Birmingham, Ala., says the! parade of the heroes of the Confederacy Thursday morning was n fitting climax to what is generally pronounced to be one of the most successful reunions of the United Confederate Veterans. With sprightly step, measured to the airs the South loves, the old warriors, no less than I0.O00 strong, traversed the two miles of the parade route between thousands of sympathetic and interested spectators and there was not an accident, not a sign of a tottering step. Loving hands served ice water to the old men as they passed along the route, fans were disturbed and everything possible was done to relieve the long tramp of its tedium. That the heroes were in excellent spirits was shown by the fact that many of them sang old camp songs as they marched, such as "buttermilk Cavalry," "Old Time Confederates," "Bonnie blue Klag." They were happy and they left a t rn i 1 of tosivc o <r ...... v ?? ?4i w uiuvfii^ r?^ui;uiiuI H, Tor every one was touched by the sentimental appeal made by the appearance of (he old soldiers. There wore many in the parade who had loft a leg, or perhaps both lens, on some battlefield, but they enjoyed the occasion as much as the others, being carried in vehicles. Their appearance drew forth, if anything, greater applause than the sight of the foot soldiers. The parade formed shortly after 1 I o'clock and required one hour and 4f> minutes to puss a given point. The route was from Sixth avenue on Nineteenth street to First avenue, to Twenty-first street, to Fifth avenue, to Twentieth street, to First avenue, countermarching on Twentieth street to Capitol park, where the reviewing stand was located. In the vanguard were eight companies of the local National Guard. including one battery of artillery and one troop of cavalry. Chattanooga had one troop of cavalry in lino. Gov. n. B. Comer of Alabama with his entire staff was next in line. Gen. G. 1'. Harrison, commander of the Alabama division, was chief marshal, and Col. 10. J. McCrossin of Birmingham was chief aide. Feature of Parade. The veterans of the department of the Tennessee headed the line of visitors of honor, these being followed by (ho Trans-Mississippi and (ho Army of Northern Virginia. Among the more conspicuous companies were the Forrest cavalry corps, mounted, and the mounted troop from Nashville which has attracted a great deal of attention during tiie reunion.These companies are regular members of (he National Guard, being (lie only onfederate body to have that distinction. Memphis representatives also came in for great applause. They were accompanied by the crack life and drum corps, which helped to give (lie martial atmosphere. Probably 110 one person in the parade attracted more attention than tlie handsome Miss Tommy Gentry, a fullblooded Indian maiden who accompanied the Indian Territory department as sponsor. Her escort was Adjt. Gen. Colema '1. Gen. Clement A. Evans, (he new ommander-in-chiof, wasat the head of the column with the entire staff. The Sons of Veterans followed the veterans and they were accompanied by (heir sponsors. A noticeable feature of the parade was the fact thai a number of the sponsors preferred to walk with the companies they represented rather than ride in the carriages which had been provided Miss Mary Hall Gray, accompanied the Georgia division on foot. Mrs Kelly of New Orleans, a lady of 7f years old, went through the march 01 foot as did Miss Edna Raub of Memphis, who had the title of daughter ol the company she represented. * HANGED HIMSELF IX SKIRTS. Odd Suicide Itegnled Himself in i Woman's Attire. Dangling from a clothesline in hii home In Springfield, Mass., Joseph P tl l> 11 u^iwii nan iwiiuw c* ouiviu' t mj\* cause of lils habitual refusal to ans wcr knocks at bis door no susplctoi was aroused when ho did not respon< 1 and his body was not found until tli ' door was forced open. Johnson had selected the newes 1 novelties in lingerie and skirts am I had laboriously Incased himself 1 ' an embroidered corset, several size * too small. He was .??f> years old an 1 is thought 1o have, no relatives i this country. THE H THIRTY CHILDREN ?:okx ix hixtkkx ykahs ro rt?k SAMb) MOTHKK. Tin* Most Itemarkuhle Case on |{e* cord. S^enteen of the Thirty Children Are Living. Four boys were born to Mrs. Al>rnm Ootofsky, of Terry Hill, N. J., on Wednesday. All of theui are in good health. The combined weight of the quadroupiets is IC pounds and four ounces. Mrs. Ciotofsky, who Is 3 2 years of age is the mother of 30 chidlern, 17 of whom are living. She was boru near Warsaw. Poland, and came to this country in 1 S9 1. She was married In Now York in April, 1892, and immediately left for her new home on an IS aero farm near Terry Mills. , Mrs. (Jotofsky gave birth to twins ou March 22, 1N93. Moth are living. Since then the (Jotc.f^kv family has had an annual Increase of one, two or three members. In 1894 but one came, and that, one died within a week after its birth. Twins followed in IS9.r?, and in I89G triplets, all of whom are living. The twins born in 1897, IS9S and 1899 all died in j nianey. A 1 /t^i/?feh.r ? I-**- i m i si. viuiui.IIV,V Ki'vc un til to one child only In each of the two following years, bnt in 11)02 she was again (he mother of twins. For the next three years one child was born annually, and (hen in 100(1 triplets came. Last year they were twins, and the four which were added on W ednesday make the total number of 20. besides raising his family, Mr. (Jotofsky has had such great success that he now owns the place with no mortgage and has added about 20 acres to the original 18. * LOCKFI) I.N ( Alt NKVKN DAYS. Machines! lias a Terrible lOxpcrieiice in Potato Car. At New York, crazed from want of food and water, Chester A. O'Conaell, a machines! of bath beach, was rescued from a freight car in the Murium yards and taken to Lincoln Hospital, where It was said that he might die. O'Connoll was working in Jacksonville, Fla, and losing his JWII, <1 ? It'll ill il lltMKIll. UU1 liUM'll with potatoes to make his way back to New York. While he was asleep in the car the door was locked and the car started northward. For seven days and nights ho was locked In the car, and the heat was intense. To appease his hunger he ate some of the raw potatoes, bijt they made him deathly ill, and some time in the fifth day he lost consciousness. Finally after a journey of 1,200 miles the train reached New York, where the car was opened. O'Connoll was found unconscious and taken to the hospital where typhoid fever developed. * HITjLIK must hang. No Koprieve for Chicago Slayer Who Wiped Out Family. On recommendation of the State Hoard of Pardons, Gov. Deneon, of Illinois, 'has refused to interfere In the case of Herman Billik, under sentence of death in Chicago for the murder of the Vzral family. Accordingly, the prisoner must hang on Friday, 12. Billik collapsed when he heard the news. The convicted murderer was a Bohemian fortune teller, whose conviction has been freely declared to he the result of perjured testimony. The accusation against his was that, ' through the agency of Mrs Vzral, ' who afterward committed suicide. no murcierou inc woman s ruswmu a1:'! T/jur of the Vzral children in order to get tlieir life insurance money. * FATAL ACCIDENT. Two Were Ground Beneath Wheels i i of Express Train. (. Caught between a fast moving . Pennslyvania passenger train train and a safety fence at Lockport Groonsburg. Pa.. Friday eve.i ng, one woman was toi n to pieces, d', 1 ing instantly, and another was so crushed that she died an hour later. They were: Mrs. George Sauers, aged Or, lnc?nr.Hi, 1, I I I swl . Kf.,. ll'IIN..... s I llnlclll I J J rviliru , 1V1 I ?. lX 1 I I I <1111 ItohcuTnr n, or;ofi 25 legs sc\ <vcd otherwise Injured, died at the tal. To reach the platform across the i track f-om the station the womai I Wf iked to the end of the safety fence Starting to the opposite side, thoj wore caught by the train. The entire t train passed over their bodies. 4 rl ,i Thieves Got $5,000 in Diamonds. s Thieves entered and robbed tin d jewelry establishment of Tayloi n Brothers, on Thursday at Houston Texas, of $5,000 in diamonds. ORRY HE . ' . / FATAL SHOCK. Mr. Chas. Lundy Meets Instant Death From Live Wire. TELEPHONE LINEMAN. / lie Won Mlcctrniutpd While Work* inn on ? Telephone Wire, Which Was in ('untuct With Live Klcctrio Wiro. The I'nfortuuato Man Utul Keen Kiiorkcil From Wire Hometime Ago. i The Columbia State says thotie who watched Charles Lundy ascend a telephone pole on upper Main street Thursday about noon saw him roach for a cable, fall across two wires and, while sparks flow from every metal substance on his person, saw him make only one convulsive Jerk and realized that he had been electrocuted. About 3,150 volts hud passed through his body and the unfortunate lineman had died almost instantly. For fully 15 minutes the body hung across the wires in midair though some of those who saw the tragedy telephoned at once to the telephone ami <?!.?* ri.. w.wvi iv |?v; ??ui UUUi panics to have all current shut off until Lundy could be brought down. The request was not very promptly compiled with. In the meuntimo medical aid was summoned* but it was too late. One-third of the amount of voltage would have been sufficient to cause death even to those who are used to heavy shocks. The death of Mr. Lundy is the climax of a series of accidents witli which he met while at work on the wires, and his announced intention of seeking some other vocation makes his death peculiarly sad. Some time before ho became employed by the city he was nearly killed by a shock received in the lower part of the county. About six weeks ago he was knocked from a pole on lower Gorvais street and the injuries received laid him up until lnfet Monday. Ho went to work again this week and at the time he met death was engaged in stringing some of the city wires to a patrol box to be placed about two blocks above 101 m wood avenue for the section just admitted to the city. It. is supposed that he touched the service wire of the telephone company which had crossed with the heavily charged wire of the electric power company and perhaps the dampness and wire he carried formed a short circuit which resulted in the entire voltage passing through his body. Mayor Reamer and Chief Cat heart wore at mo city hall when the news iof the accident was telephoned in and both went at once to the scene. The body was taken down and after being viewed by the coroner was ordered moved. The affair created considerable excitement in the neighhood and a very large crowd gathered to witness the removal of the body. Mr. Lundy resided on Gadsden street and was ahout 82 years of age. lie came here from Darlington some time ago and is survived by his wife, who was a Miss Price, and one child. Since his accident some time ago he has been continued on the pay rool of the city and Mayor Reamer, who was shocked by the accident, was gratified to learn that it was through no fault of tlie city that Dundy met his death. Coroner Walker, on being notified, empaneled a jury, which brought in the usual verdict, that the deceased came to his death while working on a telephone i*>le by coming in contact with an electric light wire. HICIllKSK WKDS PCX)It CI.KRK. .Mary iMontana lairgcy Comes Into Fortune and Promptly Weds. A dispatch from Butte, Mont., on i Thursday says- Mary Montana Largey, eighteen years old, youngest of t hn T nrtrnv tn I noro eomn lnf/\ ?w?.% VII*> h"J IIIIIIVIOI ? (I IIIV 1111W IICI , fortune of $1,500,000 on Tuesday and at midnight she was married to Raymond J. McDonald, a young clerk In a Broadway cab office who , had been working for $10 a month. Some friends asked the girl why ) she wanted to marry the poor cab , clerk; "because I love him and have I enough money for both," she replied, i The couple left for 8an Francisco Immediately and they will make an automobile trip for New York, Miss Largey's big touring car and driver having been shipped on ahead several weeks ago. From New York they will go to Europe. * Virginia Has draft. Workmen employed on the Virginia state capltol building, at Richmond, art' ill a k 111 k soiuw gunning uisuuyer-' ?. ley. Tho building waa completed v x r two years ago and is already In bad . condition, owing to poor workmanship * and graft. iRALD %