The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 11, 1904, Image 2

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' nHr&k Mrs. Hughson, c letter follows, is anc position who owes hei Lydia EL Pinkham's "Dsajr Mrs. Pinkiiam:? I sufl weakness and bearing-down pains, ? tite was fitful, and I would lie a\ until I seemed more weary in the n reading one of your advertisements E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compoi can describe the good it did me. besides building up my general he out of my body, and made me fee] Mrs. Pinkham's medicines are cert Mrs. M. E. Hughson, 347 East Ohio Mrs. Pinkham Tells How Ordina Apparently trilling incidents in " * * ? ^ V A -U?. mspiaoemenis 01 iac wuuiu. a nuy uu landing' at a counter, running a sew: ordinary task* may result in displaceint The first indication of such troub] 4 Don't let the oondition become chron: that you can overcome it by exercise oi More than a million women have 1 Plnkham'g Vegetable Compound If the slightest trouble appei write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn timely words from her will shon advice costs you nothing, but it m; ache, but a fe ^ V *r\ w?nmAn t ttcanu iv t. ?h* worst forms of female oomplainl baok, falling1 and displacement of the t Jl troubles of the uterus or womb. I uterus in the early stage of developmc ous humors. It subdues excitability, entire female system. Its record of < should be relied" upon with confidence. tennn forfeit if we cannot fnrthw VvUliil tK)Te testinionlals, which Love may laugh at locksmiths, but he - who laughs last laughs best. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, soften the gums, reduces inflammation.allaygpain.cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle The average man wastes a lot of wind airing his views. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has anequal for coughs and colds.?John JP.Boyer, Trinity Springs. Tnd.. Feb. 15.1! 00. Gratitude is one of the best dishes at any meal. So. 7. TITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousBess after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great KerveEestorer. $2t rialbottlcand treat isetree I>r. 11. li. Kline..Ltd., v31 AronM.. rnua. ru Foinetiroes painstaking people give you xnore pain than they take. Hand Power Hay Press S'tS.OO. Greatest, simplest, best invention of the age. A boy can make regular sized 14xlSx 48 in. bales like fun. and two boys can bale three ton9 per day easiiy. SEND T1II8 NOTICE TO-DAY to the John A. Sal.rer Seed Co., La Crosse. Wis., with Jc. stamps for mailing, and get their big catalog, fully describing this great Hay Press, so also hundreds 01 tools and thousands of varieties of Farm and YegeUble Seeds. TA.C.L.l # FVva Physician* had done their b. m Mr. Wilkes writes In the coarse of a Ion t, "My legs were drawn back until my fe tjjf for nearly 12 months. The muscles of r SJJ suffered death many times over. Wastrea and Marion, but rone of them could do mi B me to try your RHEUM ACIDE. I began U B I began to get better. I used 5} bottles ar Bj Or. J. P. Ewiag confirms Mr. Wilkes* st ?J|?jj race taiat bottle ha^aoaiin chemical co.. pi . / > L^ica^o, ^vhose ^ >ther woman in high * health to the use of Vegetable Compound* 'ered for several years with general caused by womb trouble. My appevake for hours, and could not sleep, lorning than wnen I ret ired. After I decided to try the merits of Lydia md, and I am so glad I did. No one I took three bottle3 faithfully, and alth, it drove all disease and poison t as spry and active as a young girL * " " 1 Wo T> amly an tney are cmmiuu w uc. ? > St., Chicago, 111. ry Tasks Produce Displacements, woman's daily life frequently produce the stairs, lifting during menstruation, ing machine, or attending to the most ?nt, and a train of serious evils is started, le should be the signal for quick action, ic through neglect or a mistaken idea r leaving it alone. -egained health by the use of Lydia E. ars which you do not understand , Mass., for her advice, and a few r you the right thing to do. This ay mean life or happiness or both. Stoweil, 177 Wellington fngston, Ont? writes: its. Ptnkham : ? You are indeed a omen, and if they all knew what for tnem, there would be no need ng out miserable lives in agony. I for years with hearing-down pains, nervousness, and excruciating headw bottles of Lydia E, Pinkham's :able Compound made life look ...j .mo t om lichfcand iiCl plUllliSilig IV AUV* A ^ . and I do not know what sickness (11 >w enjov the best of health." jyilia E. Pinkham's Vegetable can always be relied upon to restore .hus suffer. It is a sovereign cure for ts, ? that bearing-down feeling, weak ,vomb, inflammation of the ovaries, and t dissolves and expels tumors from tho :nt, and cheeks any tendency to cancernervous prostration, and tcnes tin the mres is the greatest in the world, and ilh prndr?? the original letters and slgnaturee of ve their absolute senuineceiv ia ?. Finkkam Medicine Co., Lynn, Maes. German TT carte. riico.,,,r ti,n lu.nrt have been on tlio increase in Germany in recent years, one person in every seven beins afflicted. Influenza, alcoholism and exI cessive addiction to bicycling and other sports are named by Dr. Steekel as the chief causes. Stat* of Ohio. Citt of Toledo, ? Lccas Cocntv. i Frank J. Cheney make oath that he is i senior partner of the linn of F. J. Cheney ,fc Co..doing business in the City of Toledo, j County aad State aforesaid, and thai said ] llrm will pay the sum of one honored dollars for each aad evcrycase of cataup.h that cannot be cure 1 by the use of Ball's I Catarrh Coke. Frank J. Chf.net. Sworn to before :n-'and subscribed in ray , ?. presenee.this tltli day of December, < seal. [ A. D., loot;. A. W. Greason, ' ?v~-' Xolary Public. Hall'sCatarrh Cure is taken internally, and nets directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, lree. F. J. Cheney ?fc Co., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hull's Family Pills for constipation, " Good Shot for a Boy. A boy in Bemis, Me., shot a blue : heron on the wing at a distance ol 11.000 feet one day last week. est to care Juwi Wilkes, of Dillon, \ terrible cases of RHEUMATISM oo a uaill one doctor prescribed? | LPl.ESS CRIPPLE. ct touched my hipa. I was aa fcripleat as a baby 3 ny arms and ieja were hard and shrireied up. 1 ^ ted by six different phyticians In McColl. Dillon M t any good, until Dr. J. P. Ewinc. of Dillon, told K3 to take it. and before the first bcttle vaa uacd cp 0 SENT O* APPLICATION TO ROPRIETOR3. BALTIMORE, MO IM.iryland'ji Illjhwaj l'lftntt. * HE committee appointed by i jf ^ President S. M. Shoemak- ^ ; o 11' O nr, or the .Maryiana Agri- ; 17i )R cultural Congress to draft ^ j "WOlf a "good roads" law to be J pia M ined to too next Legislature has a, ! completed its labors. tl The bill, which has the approval of d( .the farmers, is described as an act for 01 the improvement of the public high- M (ways of the State and to require the w j State Geological and Economic Survey ^ ! to perform certain additional duties. ^ All net revenues which may hereafter pf i b derived from the sale, lease or other v: [disposition of tl.r oyster grounds of of [the State shall b> applied to reduce A :tlie ai.iot n; appropriated, but nothing a-i is to be im< rptv; t as restricting the 'a noun? wiiich may become available ^ i for highway construction from the ^ sale, lease or other disposition of the nr oyster grounds. The proposed bill provides that hi whenever any board of county commis- b< sioners shall have declared its inten- h< tion to cause any particular road or th section thereof to be built or improved 01 under provisions of this act. such board ^ shall notify the State Geological and sp Economic Survey, through its superin- gt ** - !.? tenuent, in writing, uu ur wiuu- mc first day of March in each year, and m shall request of said survey plans and m specifications and an estimate of the <iv cost of the proper performance of said st' work according to these plans and fa specifications; and whenever there v>l shall be presented to the Board of County Commissioners of any county a petition signed by the owners of at least f*,i two-thirds of the lands and real estate fronting or bordering on any public to road or section cf road in such coun- wi ty, not being less than one mile in WJ length, or the continuation of a road pr already properly improved, and setting ^ forth that they are willing to be as- Jir sessed an amount equal to ten per cent, gj o the entire cost of the improvement, fn it shall be the duty of the Board of tit County Commissioners, if they decide do to make any application under this ou act. to include such road in their request xo the State Geological and Eco- ar nomic Survey, as hereinbefore set ba forth, and the said ten per cent of the de cost shall be assessed 011 and collected ^0i n? from the petitioners as any other coun. . ci( ty taxes are. If the survey decides that the said road will be an improvemcnt, and if a sufficient amount i! j-;g appropriated, the survpy shall have pc made the necessary surveys and shall Ui cause to be drawn up the plans and C< specifications for the work. Upon the order of the survey the Board of County Commissioners so requesting plans and specifications shall pay the cost of surveying, mapping, etc., out of the county funds, provided the expense is not greater than !<oO a mile. i ni i.nic fnv snr-h work V" - ill be re- I ! ceived ?ii> to a certain date, the board ti: I reserving the right to reject any and! ni ' all bids. The contract shall be award- j P?1 j ed to the lowest bidder, provided the < amount does not exceed the estimate j ar ; made by the survey, and if all bids ex- (ie 1 ceed the amount 110 contract will be he 1 awarded, and the Lids will all be in 1 thrown open again. The successful w: ! contractor will be compelled to entci fo : upon a contract with the said board ! and to give a bond in the sum of not less than the total amount of the con ^ ' tract, with a surety company of which jj, j the board may approve. All contracts [0 i Mid contractors shall be subject to the ' ' approval of the survey, and in ordei he to assure proper execution of the work gi it shall he the duty of the State Geo- 's( logical and Economic Survey to main- ','.! tain immediate supervision over the ^ execution of the contracts, the cost oi such supervision to be paid to the said Pr survey by the Controller of the State th out of the appropriation provided for by this act. When the work has been w< completed in any instance the survey th shall report toe same to the Controller. ar *-ho shall pay to the Board of County Commissioners one-half of the total ** cost. No one county shall receive in any year a larger proportion of the total amount appropriated by this act fot , said year than the proportion which . c the then existing miles of public road f,, in said county bears to the then exist- (jC ins miles of public road in all the coun- s. | ties applying for State aid unless a th balance remains unallotted under the T1 ; arrangement described, in which event K the said balance may be apportioned fmiong the counties which have not received the full amount of their up- (jf plication. The survey will determine ^ the merits of all applications. ar And road constructed In this ruannei will forever thereafter be a county H road, and the duty of keeping it in re- cl: l*air will devolve upon the county. The ^ survey shall notify the county coinmis- j? sioners of all repairs needed, and upor. gj refusal or neglect of the board to make tj, such repairs the survey may refuse jn ' with fm-thoi nr lO llll IUMl OUV U ....... fev assistance until the repairs are made so The board may also be made to make in these repairs upon the application ot sa any live citizens applying to the Cir- pi enit Court for a mandamus.?New York Tribune. w Disinfection of Slate Pencil*. |j'j The School Board of Springfield, Ohio, at the suggestion of Dr. S"ys. to the Health Officer, has decided to dis- in infect the slate pencils used by the H children in the public schools. Here- w after the slate pencils will be kept in u formalin over night, then washed off w aiid sharpened in the morning before ^ being given out for use by the pupils b, duriDg the day.?Medical Record. q DOINGS IN CONGRESS dscussion In the 5cnate on the Treaty Question. Tillman Speaks Plainly. ( After almost allowing the amend- ; tent to the urgent deficiency approbation bill providing for a loan of 1,600,000 to the St. Louis Exposition to ; a through without any discussion t.?a At- - (?/??? ? natever, me ccnaic *yaiucouaj langed Its tactics just as the vote ; as about to be taken and entered ; [>on a debate on the loan provision. 1 bich continued for about four hours, id which was still in progress when ;e Senate adjourned for the day. The jbate was precipitated by a point of , der made against the amendment by r. Bailey, who supported his point 1 ith a speech based on the theory- that le national government was not, a3 i ich, conce. ned with the success or < ilure of any exposition. He was sup. i )rted by Mr. Lodge and Mr. Elkins, < '"ile speeches were made in support ] the amendment by Messrs. Hale, i llison, Cockrell. Spooner, McComas 1 t/1 | Mr. Tillman said he wanted to say ! mething on this "loan or gift." the < tter he thought, as it was not likely iat the government would ever get lything back. In the course of his marks he said South Carolina had id a share of the steal that had en secured by other cities and he had J 'lped to get it. What he meant was < at this expenditure of money was j ilawful and unconstitutional. Mr. Spooner remarked that the Sen. 1 or from South Carolina had put him- 1 If on record as participating in a t eal. , "What I mean." declared Mr. Tillan. "is that when Congress takes ; cney from the people and gives it ' vay for expositions it amounts to a 1 eal. What I want to know is how ' r we are to go and how much longer r are to participate in"? Here Mr. Tillman hesitated. "Steals." interjected Mr. Spooner. "Yes, steal," said Mr. Tillman, de intly. Mr. Bacon said that as he intended ( vote for the amendment he did not ^ int the impression to go out that he . is in the wrong. He thought the apopriation a proper one. In reply to ! question from Mr. Bailey he said 1 at abstractly he did not endorse the 1 inciple, and that if the practice of ving aid to expositions was now beg initiated he would oppose the prae- j e. But in view of what had been l i ? noel Ka ?t Tint t of place Io make the appropriation. The Senate chamber was again the ena of an interesting political de- , te with the provision in the urgent j fieicney appropriation bill for a m of $4,600,000 for the St Louis cposition the basis for the discus- 1 in. < The controversy was precipitated by r. Lodge, who quoted many official ; rures to demonstrate that Republican 1 dicies bad not been a failure in the < lited States. He also charged Mr. irman with hostility to the navy. , r. Foraker also spoke, devoting him- , if largely to a comparison of con- j t?on3 under the Harrison 3drainistra n and those under the administra- . m of Cleveland, to the advantage of j former. On the Democratic side Messrs. Goran and Bailey were the orators. Commenting on the present condi- ' n of the country's finances, Mr. Gor- < an said that it was due to the im- 1 ense expenditures made in prepara- .? in for war?$82,000,000 last year for e navy and $118,000,000 for the j o timo nf nrnfnnnd r>eace. He i nied. ns Mr. Lodge had charged, that j 1 had been an enemy of the upbuild- j g of the navy. On the contrary, he Dtild have the navy engage ample ^ rces to guard American interests , erywhere. But he had had no idea a navy to compete with that of j eat Britain or Germany, because our * nditions did not require such a navy. c ? did not want a navy for display, but r service. I "I want economy in it." he said, and 1 called attention to the effectual aid < ven to Venezuela during the admin- 1 :ration of Mr. Cleveland. "We did t at." he said, "at the cost of $16,000, 0 a year, ana now we pay z.vw.- f 0 for a navy with which to threaten , )!ombia." He would reduce the ^ my from 100.000 (pen as now au. c crized. to .iO.OOO. 2 : He did not. he said, confess that he j :>uld be willing to take money from e excessive expenditures for the my and navy, and give it to the SL mis fair, the success of which was edged by the United States. Some Spicv Remarks. , I Indiana and Kentucky locked horns the House Wednesday. The debate. . bicft involved nearly every member of >th State delgations. was fast and rious from start to finish. Kentucky 'J manded of Indiana the return of W. Taylor, that he might be tried for \ e assassination of William Goebel." I le assault was made by Mr. James, of entucky, and the defense"was led by < r. Crumpacker, of Indiana. Partisan j eling rose to an extreme tension, ana i either side scored both applause rision resulted. The debate was ised on the diplomatic and consular ( ipropriation bill. . Mr. James fired both sides of the 1 otise to interest and feeling by dealing at the outset that the "Rough t ider President" was ridiculous in his 1 essage to Congress favoring interna- ( anal extradition treaties, when one c ate could not get from another fugive from justice. He had, he said, troduced a bill in which the Federal $ ivernment made extradition compul- t ?ry in cases where persons had been j dieted for crime. For four years, he id. Governor Durbin. of Indiana, had otected Taylor, who had been regu- \ rly Indicted In Kentncky for the mur- J ?r of Goebel, "and yet I notice that ' hen Durbin comes to town." con- ' nued Mr. James, "he is wined and ned by this great Don Quixote upon [tradition, who absolutely confides 1 i Durbin the right to give the wait- 1 g and anxious world the news that I anna can run for President if he < ants to. And when we all read that, 1 e again declare 'the king can do no rong." " Mr. Crumpacker, of Indiana, arose , > make ?a reply to Mr. James, and . ought a storm of questions from the . emocratic side. . Ttie Governor of Indiana needed no defense, oegan Mr. Crumpackcr. especially to anyone acquainted with the Kentucky election of 1899. He declared Taylor had been elected Governor; that the Kentucky Juries had been "packed." and that history would justify the action of Indiana. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, corahatted the idea that the Kentucky juiies were "corrupt and rotten." In some respect, he said, the speech of Mr. Crumpacker was a disgrace to American civilization. It was ridicu- , lous to suppose that all purity reigned in Indiana, and that just across the river all was corruption. Receivers Appointed. Anniston, Ala., Special.?At the meeting held here between the form- , er owners of the Southern Car & Foundry Company and the rereiigers lppointed to take charge of that prop- ( ;rty. an amicable agreement was : rcached and it was determined that < lie receivers should conduct the ^ plant until present orders have been Hied. The meeting was called to de- ( ermine whether the receivers should 1 continue to open the plant, as their i ;ease had expired Jan. 1. The plant i employes 1,500 men. Sacrificed His Life For Another. New Orleans Special.?In attempting t :o save the life of a sailor named Peter 1 tlansen, George Stadie, engineer of the t )il steamer Northtown, from Port Ar- 1 ;hur, lost bis life. Several other men t were prostrated by the fumes, but later 1 were resuscitated. Hansen went into s he repair shelves, and Stadie volun- s cered to go to the assistance of Han- t ;en. He tied a rope about the sailor, 1 ind the latter was dragged to the deck, t jut Stad'.e in the meantime fell un- j onscious and died in a short while. ^ Raleigh Woman Held in Rome. Rome, By Cable.?Anna Stevens c lackson, of Raleigh, N. C., who. on * Ian. 15, after escaping from a house of ietention, was found on the railroad * :racks, three miles out of Rome, has 1 ieen placed in an asylum for the in- * ;ane, pending inquiries which are be- ? ng made in the United States concern- 1 ng her identity. ( God's mercy is like the ocean, if it is ebb tide apparently in one place it Is certainly fkaod tide in another. WORLD'S FAIR TOPICS. 1 i A orbl's congress of fraternities hill be held at the World's Fair the last week of September, 1004. Utah's State Building at the World's ^ [ 'air is finished and lias been turned * jver to the Commissioners. a The marking of twenty miles o. t lisies in eleven of the main exhibition buildings at St. Louis, Mo., has beeu completed. I Specimens of orn from the various * .1.1 ? . UL lll.u l?.r, UC^'iUil llll^ iUlU L niilding stone will lio shown in Utah s nining exhibit at .no World's Fair. Tlio dates for the National regatta of I9i>4. to bo held at St. Louis, have been ; Sxcil for July 29 ami :>0. This event will bo part ol* the World's Fair sports. A practical working laboratory for issaying minerals will l?o an exhibit >f the Colorado School of Mints ~t the IVorld's Fair and will be operated by itudonts. A Toll City. Ind.. furniture factory s milking what it is said will bo the argest cliair in the world, which will ie exhibited in the Varied Industries Palace at the World's Fair. Colorado will exhibit potatoes at the SVorhl's Fair of monstrous proportions, riio Commission has 500 tubers that iggrogate a ton in weight. The heavest weighs ten pounds and the lightest me three and one-half pounds. A .7)00 horse-power engine has been nstailod in Machinery Hall at the IVorld's Fair. The transportation rejuired a train of twenty-one ears. The otal weight of the shipment was 720 ons. divided into 202 packages. lilt? n^uit: tn it tiiiiiCL, tm tcu 11 i block of Coeur d'Alene ore. mounted ipon n pedestal of copper and load ore veighing many tons, will be a feature >f Idaho's exhibit in the Palace of dines and .Metallurgy at the World's <] LABOR WORLDParbers at East Liverpool, 0...are on irike for shorter hours. London's threatened cab strike seems * o have been abandoned. I During 1003 there were less strikes c n,Indiana than for many years. . f Cabinet makers in Auckland, New ' Zealand; receive a weekly wage of $13. 1 St. Joseph (.Mo.) labor organizations vill unite under one head?the Central -abor Council. The Musicians' Union, of Toronto, f Canada, claims the distinction of hav- f ng one of the largest memberships in hn erica. The Canadian Manufacturers' Association, after careful inquiry among ho members, find that there are places ( or 4103 women in Canadian factories, t January 1 statistics showed 130 in- i ernational unious, and their subordi- j late unions had an aggregate of $100,>00.000 on deposit in banks of the ' country. c The cigar makers' report to the 1 Vmcrican Federation of Labor for 1903 1 shows 184 strikes, involving a total of T >727 men. Only live were absolutely ost, involving eighty-nine. i Painters, Decorators ami Pa per hang- t K's' Brotherhood has shown a big t nov.th for the year 1903, and now lias c >4,093 members. It has paid out 9130,- r KX) in sick, death and disability bene- r Its. Preliminary steps have been taken yy the Amalgamated Carpenters and L'nited Brotherhood to organize a disriet council, uniting all the carpenters ^ )f Detroit, Mich., and vicinity in one 1 Dody. ^ Glasgow and South-Western Railway t .miployes in the Glasgow, Scotland, dis- ? irict, met recently to form what is v termed a Providence Club. The object s to assist sick and disabled workmen ? i>y an assessment of members. ^ I * y1 > -1'\ ' h ' - :) K ' WHITNEY IS DEAD. Well Known Statesman Passed Awa# Tuesday MEMBER OF CLEVELAND'S CABINET Was a Popular Favorite in Manpr Quarters for Presidential Nomina tion This Year. New York, Special.?William C. Whitney, former Secretary of the \Tavy, died a few minutes after 4 3'cloik Tuesday at his home in Fifth tvenue. He died while under the influence of either administered prepara:ory to a second operation for appeniicits. By his bedside were his son, tiarry Payne Whitney and his daughter, Dorothy Whitney, aa well as Dr. LVilliam T. Bull, the chief surgeon in ittendance. Whpn the physicians perceived that :he patient was in danger of death, ciarry Payne Whitney and Miss Dorohy Whitney were immediately informed. They hastened to the side of heir father and in a few minutes ha lad breathed his last Oxygen was used md all the skill of the physicians and surgeons brought 'into play to sava he life of the distinguished patient, jut to no avail. It was 5 o'clock befor^r he simple fact cf his death was mada jubJic. Later the following statement vas made: "Mr. Whitney died at 4 j'clock of peritonitis and blood pois;ning following an operation for apsendicitis. The interment will be at iVoodlawn, at a date to be hereafter Lxed, in the family plot where are tha emains of Mrs. Flora Payne Whitney, }live Whitney and Mr. Whitney's grandchildren, Flora Payne Padget. rv.? '"oni-si earoiwa will be held at I iiC iUUCltti OV? f ?vvw }race church, where Mr. Whitney waa i pewholder." Fatal Fire at Knoxvllle Koxville, Tenn., Special.?Fire ! he heart of the wholesale district, vhich started Monday night, caused l loss of nearly $400,000, and cost the ives of two firemen. Tie dead are: Villiam F. Maxey, captain of hose vagon company No. 2; John Dunn, in ex-fireman, who was assisting at he fire. The fire started in the six-story 'hoenix building on Gay street In a ew minutes after the alarm had been urned and the entire fire departaent had been summoned to fight he flames, the three top stones w Jurphy & Robinson were in flames. The firemen were unable to check the lames, and they spread north and outh, into the stores of Cullen & Newman, wholesale notions, on tho torth, and into the store of M. L. Ross i Co., on the fcouth. After gutting Cullen & Newman, the lames spread tp Cullen & Shields, etail and wholesale glassware anl*^ cweiry house, which was entirely detroyed. The fire was checked after tt tad slightly damaged M. B. Arnstein Co., on the south. The* firemen had hree lines of hose on the Ross buildng, which Is four stories high wlen no high wall3 of the Phoenix building rumbled and crashed Ihrough the oof of the Ross building. Floors were arried, down In order and out, of sev;ral men who were id the building mly two were caught, although there re rumors tflat two speciacura iu? heir lives. The estimated loss and insurance ire as follows: Murphy & Robinson, oss $75,000; insurance $00,000. Cullea i Newman, loss SSO.OOO; insurance 172,000. M. L. Ross & Co.. loss $75,000; nsurance $57,000. Cullen & Shields, oss $50,000; insurance $50,000; loss >n buildings $90,000; insurance $?<), >00. Total estimated loss, $370,000; inr iurance $300,000. HHPs Tria! Begun. LaGrange, Ga., Special.?The trfal of Charles D. Hill, grandson of the late Jenjamin H. Hill, United States Senitor and statesman, who is fndicted mitreTp>r of Matt. Brown, was >egun here Tuesday. A brilliant aray of legal talent has been engaged o defend HID. while the State Is ably eprcsented. The day's session of the rial was deroted to the empanelling >f a jury, it being necessary to call v ive panels before a jury could be soured. News In Paragraphs. W? D. Hunter, special agent in :harge of the cotton boll weevil inves- j ligations for the division of ento- j noiogy, Department of AflMH n a report issued Tuesday as an emer^? ;ency bulletin, says the work of his iirision for several years, "has denonstrated that there is not even a emote probability tnai me doii weevu will ever be exterminated." Joe Gans, the light-weight champion Tuesday night, at Detroit, demonstraed his superiority over Mike Ward. :f Sarnia, Ontario, the light-weight :hampion of Canada, in so decided a nanner that he was declared the win- '*] ler in the tenth round Three Killed in Freight Wreck. Houston, Tex., Special.?In a freight vreck near Findlay, near EI Paso. < Texas, three men were killed. The lead are: Engineer Gillespie; Firenan Daniels, of the Southern Pacific; ^ l Texas & Pacific brakeman, name inknown. A Southern Pacific freight vas derailed on a curve and was (truck by a Texas & Pacific freight, >oth being on the same track. t / ' " K