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A GIRL'S BODY Found In a Trunk in a New York Chinese Den. HAD BEEN MUROERED ? to bo Mlsin Who Had H?to IaU?Yist(Hl in Mivsionarj Wwi Auioug tho (-hiao.no of Now lurk?Thr (???>o l? Harrouudfd in ( roat Mysinjr. KSizubolh Slgel, daughter of Paul 111' Now York rlfv :nwl irran.l. daughter of the illlustdloua Franz ttig?d. the German warrior who enlisted his services with the Union Army during tho civil war, Is, acvtrding to nil Indications, the victim of oue or the raOvSt sordid muri ts in the history of New York. If ?he Is not the YJctlm the police t.e confronted with n remarkablo vri;s of coincidental facts. Taken from a trunk in a room of i Chinaman above a chop auey re?i meant in the tenderloin, the body, in ,i state of decomposition which makes identification diflioult, lies lu l he morgue. When the story was told, Mrs. Sigel, with us much teud era ess as possible, cried "My God, Klsfe." and fainted. Sun l.eong, proprietor of the restaurant, who also condncted the rooming house above, disappeared shortly after the discovery of the murder, adding further to the mystery The case has many unusual features, n,otab!o among which Is the fact that a Chinaman had been known to call at the Slgel home, presumably with the sanction of the ti-treats. Kliv.iihoth or WmIc w:im 20 years old, and was greatly iuterested In work among Chinese. Mr. Sigel arrived at the morgue ?.t midnight. Arrangements were made so that the badly dlsllgurod i me could be seen to best advantage, but Mr. Sigel would not ?ay that it. was his daughter. In fact, the * police say, he declared positively that it was not, but he declined :o look it various letters and other hits of evidence which would seem to indicate that it was she. Thro? Cuinameti were arrested as material witnesses." Mrs. Florence M. Todd, a friend of the Sigel family, called at th> morgue,'and after viewing the body, iddnt(tied som ? of tli ? undorcto'.hing as that worn by Elsie Sigel. Mrs. Paul Sigel. when shown the jewelry toiind iii the trunk containing the body, identified it us that worn by ber daughter, Elsie. * HKAVV VNKMCT AFF1KMNI). ftuprome t'ou.i, i," poo Ids $25,000 Pnnmgn Suit. The supreme court a few days ago reudered a decision which amounts io a judgment of $25,000 against the Southern Public Service corpora mom in hi me i" lore ii co ldgui anil Power Comimny. Suits was brought liy Mrs. Maud Laughlin and Cleo. W. Laughlin and by Lawrence Rdward Laughlin of Florence against these two Concerns for injuries received by Mrs Maud Laughlin and Kdward Laeghlin, her son. been use of a heavily charged wire which hung down in {he street in Florence and inflicted injuries on both. A suit for $50,w.is brought in the ciuso of Mrs. Laughlin and for $25,000 on behalf af tiie hoy. The jury returned a verdict of $17,000 in the ense of Mrs. Laughlin and $8,000 in tlio other .vise. The supreme court dismissed the appeal on the exceptions raised liy the attorneys for the defendant. 4 WHISKKY USKI) ItY I'lTILS In Public Schools of liuyoane, New Jersey. , The report that drunkenness prevailed among the pupils of the IJayonne, N. J., public schools has been verified, deepite the denials of the city officials, by a special com mtt.too of the school board whoso report sustains the charges made by 1>r. Henry A. Abbott, medical inspector, that many children attended the school under the influence. The board has issued an appeal to parents, teachers and pupils to do their utmost in discouraging the use of intoxicants by the children of the city. It was also rosolve,d to enforce the law forbidding the sale of cigarettes to boys under sixteen years. Hold Ills Wife. The Circuit court sitting iu Tortland, Ore., will hear arguments this week in the strangest case that has ever appeared on its docket. John nraganza, n Gorman, after selling his wife to if. Kuddart, for $ir>0, has brought Huit Against her purchaser on charge of alienating her affections. Attorneys fall to see how llragooza can have been damaged as h claims since he sold, exchanged (and bartered his wife. COITUN hiPORi i MiM* KKSUIjTS or TIIK NTUDY OF AN UXPHItT PUBUHI1KD. larrmwod for I'pLuid (\>ttoa Has Keoalted la the DcvelopIsf of Boitiw Gra4??. Daniel ('. Kop<*r, of the United States census liiirrau, has Juat prepared a comprehensive report on the cotton Industry In the United Statea lost year. The increased demand in recent years for superior staples is developing belter rariotles of npland rotton by seed selection and more careful cultivation. The United States deparlmeut ol agriculture has been and Is now rendering very valuable service in assisting the growers along these lines. The long staples grown chletly In the portion of the Mississippi Valley, which extends from Vtckshurg to Memphis, a region about r>7 miles wide and 200 miles long, are receiving more attention than heretofore. The liber of much of the cotton ,gvo\vu In ;thi? territory measures from one and one-fourth to one and seventh-eighth inches in length, anil the sveorge yield Is about one bale to the acre. The sei^ds of these fancy varieties have been planted in localities outside of this region the last two or three years with gratifying results, as the staple not infrequently commands, a premium of from T> to 1 0 ceuts a pound over mid Idling upland. Unfortunately, few of the localities producing this cot'on are sup- ( plied with the ginning faculties best suited for the proper treatment of , the fiber; saw gins, vvhlc.i cut and break the liber, are generally employed In contrast with this practice attention is directed to the fact that the Kgyptlau and sea island cottons are treated by roller gins, which contiibute to regularity aud uniformity in the fiber. The increase in the Imports of foreign cottons which come in competition with sea island and other superior cottons grown in this coun try has aroused tho American growers, as is evidenced l>y the fact that, when lho I'ayno tariff bill was recently under consideration, representatives of the growers of sea island cotton and of the best varieties produced in the Mississippi Valley petitioned Congress for the speedy enactment of an amendment to the tariff laws, by which an import duty of not less than \0 per cent would he imposed on the marked valuation of all foreign grown cotton imported Into America, which can he used as a substitute or competitor by Amerl ieau mills against similar grades raised in this country. It may be stated in this connection that the importation of foreigu cotton for the year ending August .'11, 1908, amounted to 143,490 hales of 000 pounds r*?r?h, of which 122,170 were Imported direct from Kgypt; the production of sea island cotton in 1908 was 93,808 bales, and that of the superior varieties grown in tho Mississippi Valley has been estimated at about 300,000 bales. Tho following are the figures in tin* number of hales of cotton of all kinds raised in each of the counties | of South Caroliuu in 1 907 and 1 908: 1 908. 1907. Abbeville 34,572 4 1,81 2 Aiken 3 4,587 3 4,7 20 Anderson 03,183 65,182 Ham berg 21,897 16,562 Barnwell 41,599 39,012 Beaufort 6,91 0 7,570 Berkeley 18,175 17,608 Calhoun 23,973 22,145 Charleston 13,120 11,717 Cherokee 14,867 1 4,915 Chester 26,903 27,351 Chesterfield 22,726 16,647 Clnrendou 29,889 29^608 Colleton 16,315 14,7 4 5 Darlington 39,724 31,129 Dorchester Jt,7f8 10,529 l'Mgefield 2 6.201 31,663 Fairfield 28.662 28.457 Florence 80,885 28,04 1 Gergetown 3,7 1 3 2,3 4 8 Greenville 40,323 40,070 Greenwood 04,360 37,486 Hampton 15,974 14,390 Horry 8,372 6,613 Kershaw 21,341 1 8,084 Laucas?tor 25,313 22,501 Laurens 42,439 46,431 36,136 26,024 Lexington 21,934 23,270 Marlon 49,032 44,657 Marlboro 58,698 53,366 Newberry 37,501 40,656 Oconee 17,979 16,761 Orangeburg 53,724 43,032 VbLi.fiw -i o nr" ltr,1iv J o , i7 ?> I Richland I 5.6r?5 14,739 Saluda 22,936 24,363 Spartanburg 69,706 60,901 Sumter 36,186 28,81 1 tfnion 19,688 19,628 WilllAnibhurg .. .. 28,470 2C.238 York 43,132 43,638 Swift Justice. Hot ween breakfast and noon dinner, Kd. Byuurn, the negro who shot Sheriff Corloy, thirty dayt, ago, waui taken from the State penitentiary at Columbia, carried to Lexington, arraigned, tried irad sentenced, and taken back to Colombia to begin serving hi* sentence of ten years. iNUUML IMX I \ PKKS1DKNT TAKT I SKS HIS l?OWHit TO GllUSH HiliL. lMAurgi?tM Are IaccnM*<l at HIh Actio* la Interfering With a Tariff ffill Wkkk ? Was I/oUlag A1m?. Th j I acorn* tax feature of tha tariff bti? now In '.he course ' pr?. paraiion .? doomed to aoteat. W itU th? actve support of Presidoat Taft, Seuator Aluneh aud the "regulars" are now plaunlng to postpone Indefinitely this phase of the bill, when , It eorues to a vote, by offering a i Constitutional amoudment declaring i it to b? within the power of Congress to levy an Income tax. As it takes two years In the leust to effect !> f'aii wt if nt irvttn 1 n ttuitwi tnon f ho u<? I* V/V/ 11 U l 4 V U I. Ul? I U IA?\ Itu tit \ U V V uv> wv Hon nu'iiua the lingering death of the insurgents' ou? pet point of the proposed tariff bill. President Tuft is the one who has brought about the virtuul di^ath of this feature. The influence of the AdinlnlHtratioii ia telling heavily on the lesa enthusiastic advocates of the income tax and the insurgents and the real supporters of the levy believe that their position haa become desperate. The ac(ion of the President 1h felt all the more because the combination of Democrats and disgruntled Republicans could practically have forced the amendment through before the White House interference appeared. The proposed Constitutional amendment will be offered along witli an amendment to the tariff bill to provide a two per cent tux on corporation dividends, which the Senate leaders do not feel quite strong enough to dispense with us h concession. In spite of the President's repeated refusal to "interfere with tariff legislation," his haud has been the determining factor in solving the income tax snarl in favor of Senator Aldrich. Within the last week the President has gone so fur as to have at least four of the doubtful senators summoned to the White IlmiKo The Chief Kyp<mi I vn'u nr guments are understood to have been the constitutionality of the tax, advisability of pushing it now, and the wisdom of slapping the Supreme court in the face by overriding its comparatively recent decision. Comment on the President's part in the formulation of the plan that is now exjiected to pull the Aldrich organization out of an embarrassing position is anything but mild among the Insurgents. They refer bitterly to the fact that, on personal grounds at least, they had tlrst claim on the President as opposed to Aldrich and his circle, practically all of whom used their influence against Mr. Taft's nomination. They also believe that in the Middle Weet the income tax is a live question and that the President's policy will militate measureably against hltn four years hence. While the Insurgents look on the divldent tAx as a concession of a mtM sort wrung from tho unwilling Finance committee, the more earnest of the income tax supporters say that, while it will brace up the tariff bill with rtonsiderahle revenue, It defeats the whole purpose of the Income tax plan by levying a tax that can be shifted downward from the Bhouldorn of the wealthy. * Ql'KKR HONKYMOOS TIUP. RogtM* lluintuim and His Itride Go I'p in a Balloon. Tho balloon, Plttsfiehl, which ascended from Pittsburg early Sunday morning carrying Mr. and Mrs. Roger Noble Rurnham on their aerial honeymoon, was brought down about a mile from the centre of Holbrook, Mass., at a little after four o'clock the Hame morulng, after traveling over one hundred miles. Until the break of dawn the aeronauts hod no idea of their exact location, but when the sun arose, they were able to see blue hills and Ronton harbor, and found they were belug taken in a southeasterly direction, which, if fol!owed, would carry them out to sea. A landing was then muda Mr. and Mrs. Rurnham continued on their uniquely begun honeymoon. DKAF AND DUMB OHIRDKHN. Remarkable Results Shown at Kxer* tise** Attended by tho Parents. Remarkable results of the instructIon of denf nnd dumb pupils In public school No. 4 7, In Now York city, wore determined before tho parouta of the 122 children. Not ono of the pnplls was able to articulate a sylnblo at the beginning of the school term. At the exercises there were fifty who oiado themselves perfectly understood In Mil parts of the big assembly hall, some of them reciting piece*? of poetry and others delivering orations. Mies Margaret A. Regan, principal of the school, said that the toaohem now believe there Is no reaaon why every person buOblu not be taught to ?peak. Sand tho soprano who had mastered the trill, "I always have my moale roll with toe." SAVKH UN FltOM FAMINE. Kclfic* Teaches Us How to ti?t More Nitrogen. The possible failure of thu world's bread Hupply, following? the exhaustioa of the supply of nitrogen, was discussed In one of the seventeen sections ef the international congresa of affiled chemistry at the Imperial institute in London recently. saye the Chronicle ef that city. Dr. Rich Rleche of Iierlin gave an address on lime nitrogene. its transformation in the soil and Its effect on various crops. He referred to the statement of Bir William Crooken wt the opening of the British association's meeting In 1908 drawing attention to the danger of exhausting the world's nitrogen supply, and Klvlng figures to show that it might be Impossible, within a comparatlv**ly nhort space of time, to supply sufficient bread for the consumption of an increasing wheat eating population. Dr. Rlecke argued that by utilizing the boundless stores of the atmosphere throught the discoveries of science and investigation would be increased beyond present dreams, and agriculture, industry and commerce would obtain advantage, ami the whole human race would be benefitted. Thus on Inexhaustible source of nitrogen had been found, and the combined forces of technical and agricultural science had succeeded In averting a threatened nitrogen famine through the preparation and rational use of atinsopherlc nitrogen combined with lime. , HAPS TIIH XKWSPAPBK8. "Headlight* of Protection" Cry for Free Paper, Hays Tillman. Immfnilately upon taking up the tariff bill Thursday the Senate agreed to the amendments previously offered by Mr. Aldrich for the committoe on finance relating to Hint glazed ond other Burface coated papers and calendars, cigar bands, etc., composed of lithograph paper. After disposing with little difficulty of a number of disputed paragraphs In the tariff bill, the Senate , began the colsideratlon of the print paper and wood pulp provisions of the tariff bill. The subject was Introduced by Senator Aldrich, who, as " chairman of the finance committee, proposed an amendment increasing the duty on print paper to $4 a ton. The House reduced it to $2 a ton. Senator Browne offered an amendment to place print paper on the free list. "These very papers that are asking for free papers,"' said Mr. Till- i man, "are the very headlights of protection and they deny me the opportunity to buy this coat or these shoes," illustrating by pointing to tho article of attire. "Yet they want free paper." Mr. Tillman brought his foot down , on the velvet ca.pet with a resounding effect as he added that they are humbugs. KAIiKIGH MAN A SUICIDE. C. II. Edwards, Well Known Printer, Cuts His Throut. A dispatch from Raleigh says C. B. Wdwards, Jr., committed suicide at Pullen Park a few nights ago by cutting his throat with a shoe knife. H#wlu wtnt r\ ~??i \- I ? ? *; uuu; 1IUO iliUIIU UUUUV 1 U U CIOCK I Saturday. Iio was tho sou of C. B. Edwards, of the Edwards & Broughton printing establishment and was general foreman of the printing office. Edwards left no word as to the J reason for the act, but has been a heavy drinkor and had made an attempt on his life before. He had taken treatment for the whiskey habit a number of times. He was 38 years old and leaves a wife and five small children. BUND TKJKB8. Cherokee County Seems to Have a Goodly X umber. A dispatch from Ooffney says Magistrate Scruggs, of Morgan Township, which border on North Carolina, bound a young white man named Bud Bright over to the Court of Sessions oa Tuesday Tor selling whlakey. The people of that neighborhood are troubled by the operations of blind tigers who ply their trade o* Saturday nights and Sundays. It la thought that one or more distilleries are In operation in tho community, and a determined effort will be made to put them out of business. * Balloon Accident* At St. Petersburg, Kuwala, the Count Chamberlain Palltein waa killed, hie wife was fatally Injured and two other perrons Buffered sere re Injuries, in a balloon oocident there a few days ago. Work berries Oaose Death. A? a reflult of eating blackberries | picked in a field near Amite, I>a., j two negroes died Wednesday. 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Hlackwell, who died there recently, left his estate, worth $25,000 and unencumbered, to her. I As a girl Mrs. Mayo and Black | well were sweethearts. She married another man and was ten years ago left a widow. Some years later she nursed Blackwell through an illne?6 1 and he renewed the suit. I November the marriage was indefinitely postponed. YOUNG FARMKIl A SUICTDK. I Mr. HajrocI Lang Kills Ilinsdf With Shotgun. Mr. S&mueJ Iabr, a young man about twenty-one years old, living about one and a half miles from Westminster, committed suicide late on Thursday evening by shooting himself wtth a shotgun. | Youug Lang left home on Thors lay. presumably to go hunting. He failed to return at night and searchlug parties found his body next morning about 1)00 yards from his home. It is not kuown why he committed the deed. Pointed Paragruphs. The uioatman may not look a bit thinner Just because he baa lost some fleah. 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