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KILL THE MOSQUITO. SURGEON GEN. WYMAN GIVES SOME TIMELY ADVICE. Says Breeding of Mosquitoes Can be . Prevented by a Few Simple Pre cautions. -The Washington correspondent of the News and Courier says: Surgeon General Wyman. of the public health and marine hospital service, is giv ing some timely advice in this week's bulletin of the service on the sub ject of the preveneion and destruc tion of the mosquito. He considers this one of the most important mar ters that could come before the peo ple -of the country at this -time, and urgently begs them to heed his ad viee. The habit of the mosquito in feed ing on the blood of man and other animals. the Surgeon General says. the irritating character of its bite and -the more or less vague suspicion that it -is connected in some way with the propagaton of disease have always given the mosquito a certain and economic significance. But thc demonstration of recent years of thE essential part played. by this insect in the propagation of filariasis. (ele phantiasis,) malaria, yellow feter and dengue-diseases which annually cause much human suffering and many deaths and, incidentally, an economic less appalling to contem plate-has given great economic and sanitary importance to the problem -of Its extermination. The chief of the mosquito tribe, and really the bad fellow of the bunch, Is the stegomyia calopus the- yellow fever breeder-and he is not only to be avoided bt slain without compunction. ' There are, other varieties, all of them bad, of course, but that jus1 mentioned is the worst of all, and usually where it is found trouble 01 a serious nature is to be looked for. The, adult insect may be carried to considerable distance by winds but on its own wings it does not or dinartly travel outside of a.radius o: half .a mile from its breeding place This means that the destruction o. all breeding places within this radius of a habitation will practically rid il of all but those mosquitoes wlcl filter in or are brought in by the winda from more or less distant marshes The -'wiggletail" is the larvae o the mosquito in the pupal stage They never breed in damp grass weeds or bushes, as has been popu larly supposed, but only hide in then during the day. They delight t< live in.old tin cans, bottles and bro ken crockery, and in the -garbagt heap; in buckets, tubs, barrels, ci' terns and wells; in flower pots tat sagging roof gutters; in street an( roadside puddles; in ditches, cess pools- and sewers. As long as peo pie will continue to have these con venient lodging places near them just so long will the mosquito bi found. The mosquito is something of al epicure. While its general food con sists of vegetable juices, unfortunate ly the -female in many cases has de veloped a taste for human blood and .indeed a feed of human bloo< has become indispensable to some o these -for the full development o their eggs.. After the female ha obtained -her feed of blood she sool -from a day or two to a .week o ten days-seek a suitable breedlnj place; here she deposits a variabi number of eggs, which, dependint upon the species, either float separa tely upon their sides or up-ended an< adhering together in irregular raft like masses. - In a: day or two one may look fo the "wiggletail." The real work o extermination should then begin i nothing .has previously been done,-fo: the "wiggletail" developes -rapidi: and in -a short time the genuine mo squito -is on hand. Stripped of all technicalities, Gen Wyman . has made plain just how every .person may exterminate th< mosquito, or at least help to do so Natural collections of water whicl do or may seave' zs h"o-i"' niace should be drained. Where cisterne or tanks are used they should bi provided with covers and they should be inspected frequently to see, iF wood, that seams are not opened uz and cracks formed. Cesspools and vaults should be done away with by providing dry earth closets or a sew erage system. But above all, pre mises should be kept clean of old bottles, - old buckets and anything that will hold the next rainfall. More -may be effectively done to make the home clean and healthful by this means than perhaps any other. Then when old bottles, tubs and buckets are collected, do not carelessly throw them over the fence into the next lot, but have them hauled off and see to it that they are burned. In that way alone will effective work be done,"' says Gen. Wyman. "There are many other ways that an effective crusade may be waged against the mosquito, but the first work must begin at home. The time is now approaching when every precaution possible should be taken to see that mosquitoes not only do not th-rive, but are not even allowed to get into the "wiggletaill stage. "Begin work now," Gen. Wyman says, "and don't stop working." * One 3y One They Go. One of the old superstitions have to go. The latest one to go down is th~e old notion that whiskey is good f<rsnake bites. All physicians have lt. !nown that tnere was no basis fo -c belief and now comes the "-Re;.:'-- Book." written by the cura tor of -tiles in the New York Zoologie:" "-k. which settles that question defi'ni' -'y. The author of this book who is : a .mthority on the sub ject, pronounces the whiskey cure for snake-bite one of the numerous "vulgar common errors" concerning serpents. He declares that so far from curing, large doses or intoxi casts aggravate the malady and help the poison to circulate more rapidly. It is also a stupid notion to suppose that any amount of liquor may be drank by a snake-bitten man with out making him drunk. U. S. Balloon Tests Postponed. The Government balloon tests at Port Omaha, Neb., have been post poned until fall and possibly until next spring. The less money a man makes the ..ore he has-It he isn't married. HIT BY LIGHTNING. THREE MEN KILLED WHILE ELE MENTS PLAY. Fierce Storm at the Famous Battle Ground of Gettysburg Results With Three Dead. A dispatch from Gettysburg, Pa.. says an all night search throughout Camp Hayes. where the 10,000 men of the National Guard of Pennsylvania have been in camp for a week, and which was Thursday night visited by a terrific electrical and wind storm, shows that three soldiers were struck dead by lightning, and that nearly half a hundred other persons were injured. It was probably the wild est night the historic batleground has experienced since the memorable July days of 1863. Those killed were: Corporal C. Milton Garber, 10th regiment, Washington. James A. Barbe, 10th regiment W aynesbuirg. Clyde Morrison, 16th regiment Oil City. The cbts of the hospitals are fiEl ed with the injured, some of whoa are women. and children who ha( Deen visiting the camp. The tent. *which Governor Stuar had been occupying during the week' encampment. was blown down ant the Governor and those who wer his guests at that time, were buries under the canvass. To add to the excitement the tal iron flagstaff in front of the tents o Governor Stuart and Gen. Wiley wa struck, stinging several member of the Governor's staff. Barbe was sitting in his tent wit] another soldier *hen he was envelol ed in a blue flatre, following a terry fic crash. and he fell dead. 'Th other soldier was only stunned. In each case of those killed th new army puttees furnished just be "ore the men went into camp wer torn from their limbs, the steel rib "eing exposed. The storm. whic had been brewing all evening, brok suddenly. 'The wind blew with a most cyclonic force. the rain cam down in torrents and the lightnin was the severest seen here in year; For a time utter confusion riigne< but as the storm pased off the- con manders of the several regiments i the 2d brigade brought about ordt and began a systematic search- fc injured guardsmen. They were r4 moved to the hospital tent and give atention by regimental surgeon assisted by physicians summone from the town of Gettysburg. MIND BLANK FOR EIGHT DAIS. -Resident of Savannah Has a Strang Experience. While relatives believed him wai - dering about the country betwee -Macon and Atlanta, and on his Wa to the latter place~ Dan Canno: whose disappearances during the Ja ten days have attracted considerab: attention, was walking to Savanna and showed up at home Tuesday. He declares that for eight da3 his mind has been a blank. Yet that time he rode from Savannah1 Claxton on his daughter's bicycl. told strange stories of his plani ride until he should be west of tU Mississippi River and finally dispos Sed of the wheel when a chance can for a ride to Macon on a freigi train. In Macon his mind suddenly r< sumed its normal condition and, lea, ing friends wvho had cared for hil without a word of good-bye, . 1 started to walk to Savannah. Pai of the journey he made afoot. B~ was in several hard rains and h: more than 50 years, coupled with th exposure and unusual exertion, has left him very ill. The story -he tells is that, whil suffering from a sunstroke, he mad the journey on his bicycle and freigi trains to Macon, taking eight day to make the trip. During that tim' he declares, he performed no actio consciously. A relative ont t acon to search for him, but passe him on the i-oad. A physician is i constant attendance upon him in a effort to keep his mind clear. Tb moments when he is going to slee and waking are especially carefull watched. KILLING AT WILLIAMSTON. Drunken Livery Stable Keeper Sheet * Negro to Death. ' A dispatch from Williamstor Tuesday says Will Suber, colored,. dead, and Devea French, white,i in jail charged with murder, a re sut of French's drunkenness French shot Suber at the former' livery stables Saturday. apparenti: without provocation, and the negr< died Sunday afternoon. From th< information that can be gathered a this time, it seems that the negro who worked .for Simpson & Martin nearby liverymen, was passini French's stables, when French. whi was drunk, called him across th street to where he (French) was. I, a very brief moment French sho three times, and the negro grapple< him and took his pistol. But on bullet had entered the negro's ab domen, mortally wounding him. French belongs to a prominen Anderson family. He is marriet and has two children. The negro Suber. has always borne an exceileni reputation and no cause is known fot the tragedy. Quits Race After Accident. Col. H. G. Catrow, Republicat candidate for Congress from the Third district of Ohio. has announced his withdrawal from the race be cause his automobile struck and kill ed Eugene Sullivan in Dayton, 0. * Six Men Killed. Six foreighers were killed by trains between midnight and daybreak Monday morning on the rail road yards at Buffalo. A dense fog was the cause of the accidents. Souvenir Hunters Steal Bronze. Souvenirs hunters have taken from the Boston State House bronze mteal to the value of more than $1,000. * Six Killed in Six Hours, Inside of six hours six foreigners were run down by trains and killed I SWINDLERS CAUGHT QUICK WORK OF DETECTIVES BROKEN WALL STREET GANG. 'Four Are Awaiting Trial and Four Have Fled-Individuals and Cor porations Forced Into Bankruptcy. Three months ago Lieut. Benard McConville, of the Dete-tive bureau of the police force of New York city started out to clean up a band o1 alleged noted swindlers,who had been operating extensively in the Wall street district. The net result of his labor to date is: Convicted and sentenced to state's prison: John Joseph Campbell, Maj James N. Whelpley, Regulus Ship pey and Charles Barry, alias Bary. Arrested and awaiting trial: John Gundlach, E. Elliott Trautwein Frank C. Helm and Michael Jacobs. Fugitive from justice: Charles Gardner aad three others whose names are withheld from publication at the request of the district atorney In addition the investigation hay brought to light crooked note tran sactions that have covered a perioc of three- years and involved $1,000, Q00. Several of the individuals and corporations have been driven into bankruptcy, and an endless chain of litigations has resulted. l McConville began his crusade by the arrest of John J. Campbell, a former member of John J. Rocke feller, Jr.'s Sunday school class. lie - was charged with the theft of $3. 000 in notes from the Delhi Sill B company. He admitted the crime and confessed he had taken part in a scheme to foat $150,000 worth of s notes of' the Sherman &Co., cutlery - dealers, of Keyport, N. J. Campbell - involved in his tonfession Maj. J. & N. Whelpley, an ex-convict with a long police record. Whelpley, un e der various aliases, had represented himsel' as one .of the executors of e an estate that had money to loan on s notes. He would get possession of h the notes, turn them over to his con e federates, who would discount them and divide the proceeds. Then e Whelpley would change his alias. The g holders would seek and sue the mak ;. ers and perhaps be forced into bank 1, ruptcy. i- Gundlach and Shippey were ar n rested for swindling $12,000 worth r of notes belonging to Alfred Visch r er & Co., manufacturers. When ar rested Gunlach said he had given n the notes to Shippey, who said he , had turned them over to Jacobs and d he said Helm was their possessor. * All were held. Barry was convicted of a joint steal with Gunlach in which $108,000 were secured from Sherman & Co.. through false repre e sentations. Trautwein is accused of stealing $100,000 in notes issued by the Hopper-aIorgan company, of Watertown, N. Y., by "trick and de vice." Both the last two companies a named were hard pressed on ac * count of their losses and litigation: , are still pending as a result. Gard ner, who is a fugitive f'rom justice is an ex-convict and is implicated ein several crooked note deals. Thi successful prosecutions of the mem bers of the gang thus far put ox trial have been conducted by Assist n ant District Attorney Kindeberger ,and Appleton, who have been' highly commended by Mr. Jerome. Detec 0tive "Bat" Nelson is an assistant ix .the case. eSTALVEY IN TROUBLE AGAIN. The Alleged Bigamist Accused of "' Tampering With the Mails. eA dispatch from Aiken toTheNews t and Courier says "George M. Stalvey, e the alleged bigamist, who is now s out on bond 'for his appearance in e Aiken on the charge of bigamy, pre. e ferred by a woman claiming to be his first wife, is again in the limelight. e- It is now charged that he has. beer e tampering with the mails. It ap t pears that counsel for Mrs. Stalvey * No, 1 has been corresponding with , her in Atlanta, and that a number of a letters were written and no replies o received. d "This aroused some susp~icion a and inquiry was made at the Atlan a ta postoffice, where it was learned e that her letters had been given to p Stalvey. The letters were all ad y dressed to -Mrs. Elizabeth Stalvey, not Mrs. George M. Stalvey, so there seems to have been rno reason for him thinking that they might have been intended for No. 2. It is re s -orted that a warrant has been issu ed for his arrest on the latter charge. A hearing has been set for the dis posal of the matter of the mnoey 'Stalvey had deposited in an Atlanta 8 bank, which was attached' by ~Mrs. 5 Stalvey No. 1. Stalvey, it is stated - has secured counsel to look after his interests in this matter. The hear ing was first set for July 4, but it is said that Stalvey did not appear and it was postponed. "REV." WHITAKER CONVICTED. Found Guilty of Using Mails for Fradulent Purposes. aIn the Uited States Circuit Court Newman presiding, the "Rev." Win. G. Whitaker was found guilty of us ing the United States mails for fra dulent purposes. The accused was found guilty on all six counts on which he was indict ed next day. Whitaker was arrested in Dayton. Ohio, last February at the instance of the postal authorities. Whitaker claimed that there exist ed in the Bank of England a fund of $200,000,000. which was the law ful property of the heirs of the Whitaker family, and is alleged to have collected various sums from the "heirs" in all sections of the United States. MISSING GIRL FOUND. Charlotte Young Lady Discov ered at Columbia Union Depot. Miss Mattie Havis, the Charlotte girl who has been missing for sever al days and sought for all over the section between Col-.xmbia and Char lotte. was Monday, afternoon found at the union station at Columbia by Chief of Police Cathcart and Mr. A., E. Cohen, of Charlotte, brother-in-' law of Miss Havis. When she vwae met by the officer and her kinsmuan . Miss Havis went with Mr. Cohen to a hotel in the city and they left to gether for their home in Charlotte. A HANGING POSTPONED. Gov. Ansel Grants Respite to Con demned. Greenwood Negro. A dispatch from Greenwood, says Lawrencc Hampton did not hang Friday. The scaffold was ready, new clothing had been bought for Hamp ton, the condemned negro himself was ready, that is he thought he was, as he was sure he was going to be hanged. but a respite by tele gram from Governor Ansel postpon ed the hanging until Friday. Aug. 2S. It is srpposed a stronger effort will be male to get his sentence commuted. The other two negroes in the row were given life sentences and Hampton was -the only one con victed without recommendation to mercy. His crime was the killing of Ro bert White. another negro, at a ne gro church near Callison in 1906. All of the negroes seemed to have been drinking and rows and fusser were very common around this particular church, but no one had been killed until this time. There were not many people in town Friday. A few negroes from the country came in. They did not know of the respite, of course, as the messag? was not received there 'mtil that morning, and thy could not see anything more than the top if the scaffold. but they had the morbid eurosity to be near the spot. The sce'fold will not be taken down. pending the final outcome of the case. TALKS INTO PHONOGRAPH. Bryan Adopts Novel Method for Spreading His Political Views. Most of last Tuesday was spent by Mr. Bryan at his hone in Fairview, Neb., in delivering short speeches on the issues of the campaign into a phonograph. Previously be made similar speeches on the records of a competing coneern. The intention is to give the speeches wide distribu tion throughout the country. Of hi; own volition Mr. Bryan announced that he had received $500 from eac: of the two concerns as compensa.tion for his wcrk. When confronted with the sugges tion by s. newspaper man that he had accepted money from corpora tions. and thereby had acted contrar3 to the declared policy of the Demo cratic party, Mr. Bry: n stated tha1 the whole proposition was a com mercial one, and that he very pro perly could accept pay for his labors The remittances were not retainei by him, but he turned them over t< the State and county Democratic committees respectively as a persona contribution. Miners Believe in Unionism. The Western Federation of Miner; has reaffirmed its faith in industria unionism. WANTS HIS NAME CHANGED. C. Flourney Asks Judge Hydrick a Spartanburg for Relief. A di! patch from Spartanburg says C. Flourney, promoter, of Nortl and Sout~h Carolina, who, severs weeks eago startled the financia world bybstating that he had- forme< a company~ to organize the Therma Iron and Steel Railway Company with a capital of $1,000,000, an< proposed to build a line from Tryoi to Spartanburg, appeared befort Judge Hydrick Friday and asked tha his name be changed to Walter C Flourney, stating that his forme: name had been injured, and he want ed to start out anew. Flourney,i will be remembered, was arrested ii Greenville some time ago, and afte several (lays' confinement was re leased. TROOPS ORDERED OUT. Feeling ~Between Arnericans and Ita lians at Natalbany, La., Acute. A dispatch from Natalbany, La. says a company of State troops fron Jefferson Parish arrived Friday nigh1 as a prctection against further out breaks of racial antagonism betweer Italians and Americans. The troop! were orc.ered out by Governor Sand ers at the request of Sheriff Saal after the~ dynamiting of an Italiar store. George and Tony Lambia, accus ed of the murder of -the Americar youth, Walter Simmons, have not vet been captured, a fact which ha! served to keep many members of the Ame:rican population in a menacing frame of mind. Threats have been made that Italians will not be allow ed to return unti'' the accused men are captured.-* Taft and C'oolie Labor. The Columba~ State says: "Mr. Rooseve t has already had to rush to the support, of his nominee. It seems that the war department had 'ontracted for khaki from British firms that employ Chinese coolie la bor. This was a peril, indeed, to Mr. Taft, whose record on labor mat ters is already a sore trouble to him; but he i-i' nomt iave the nerve or. b:i.X ihe right to cancel the con tracts, and retired from office' leaving the khaki contracts in the hands of alien fi':ms employing coolie labor. But the American khaki makers got very busy and have been after the administration toc-th and nail, shov el and tongs. Of course alien con tracts and coolie labor were ugly things to go into a campaign with, and Mr. Roosevelt without regard to whether or not he has the right to encel the contracts has ordered them violated. He may, however have to ive part of the work to the coolie emloyig foreign firm. The Amer ican manufacturer and the Ameri can laborer will be heard from on this subject, often and loud. Lei-er Must Take a Rest. Congressman A. F. Lever retarn ed to Lexington Trhursday, after an asence of ten days, during which time he addressed a number of po litical mieetings in his district and spoke to great farmers' rallies at Gaffney and Union. The 7th dis trict Congressman is rapidly 'becom ing one of the most popular speak ers in the State, and his good work for agriculture -has made him in great demand at farmers' meetings. Congressman Lever is suffering very much with throat troubie, and a specialist in throat diseases nas or' dered a complete rest for him While the trouble seems serious, it is thought a ten days rest will put the young Congressman' back in condition for finiahing the summer's SALES DECREASED. AUDITOR WEST'S FIGURES ON DISPENSARY SALES. Sales and Profits From Twenty-four Counties. Seventeen in the State Are Dry. Mr. W B. West, the state dispen sary auditor completed Wednesday night his statement of the sales, breakage and net profit of tie dis pensaries during the quarter, April. May and June. The statement shows a considerable decrease in the con simption of intoxicants, as compar ed with that of the preceding quarter the figures being as follows: Sales. Jan., Feb March.. .. $970,964.01 April, May, June.. .. 777,296.34 Decrease.. .. .. .. .. $193,663.67 In the items of net profit there is a corresponding decrease: Profit. - Jan. Feb, March.. . ..$268,941.98 April, May, June.. . .. 180,422.34 Decrease.. .. .. .. .. $ 88.519.64 These figures-are from the 96 dis pensaries in the 24 dispensary coun ties. Of the dispensary counties. five have more than five dispensaries each, these being Aiken, with six. Barnwell with ten, Charleston with fourteen, Orangeburg with seven and Richland with ten. The report does not give the fi gures by individual dispensaries, be ing compiled .by county totals, but it will be noted that since Augusta went dry by legislative enactment the Aiken county dispensaries, par ticularly that at N'orth Augusta. have been doing much better business The figures in the report which re fer to Aiken county are as follows: Sales, $65,219.60; breakage $519, 75; net profit, $14,310.79. . With these compare the figures for Barnwell, which has four more dispensaries. . Sales, $33,605.40; breakage-$466. 43; net profit $6,328.67. During the quarter Charleston county's fourteen dispensaries sold goods to the extent of $152,533.75; earning a net profit thereon of $20, 322.29. Richland's ten. dispensaries sold $118.094.85 worth; earning profit: aggregating $27,050.03 1 The report, which is of consider able length, but . very clear and readily intelligible, goes on to givi 1 the sales, breakage and. net profit b3 the counties through the whole list. It will be noted that the ratio o profit to sales in not regular. Thi condition arises from the fact tha1 the-selling price of the goods is fix ed by the- several county boards ant some of them collect a larger. per t centage of profits than others. Campaign Lie Nailed. The folloniigg from a North Caro 'lina editor was received at Fairview: ."Tom Watson quotes you as Isaying you. would never vote for a Confederate veteran. . Does th~ls misrepresent you' " In reply Mr. Bryan telegraphiec that he had never made any sucl statement; that he had voted for Confederate veteran for speaker o1 .the house of representatives or throe. occasions; that he voted foi Speaker Crisp twice on roll calls first in the Fifty-second Congress and again in the Fifty-third congress tand voted in caucus for him in th4 Fifty-third congress; he recommend ed an ex-Confederate for postmaster at Linc6ln, and while in congress en tertained the best relations with the ex-Confederates. In addition tc this, Mr. Bryan voted for Senator Cockrell of Missouri, a Confederata Brigadier, as the Dexigocratic Presi dential candidate in the Democratic National convention of 1904. Mr. Watson will' have to make his asser tion good or admit that he has beer cuilty of putting into circulation a mean campaign lie. Recent Ruling of the Post Office Au - thorities. The Yorkville Enquirer gave a full write-up of the meeting of the State Press Association at Gaffney. Third Assistant Post-Master Ge.. :-al A. A. Lawshe3 made an address be fore the Association,. explaining this ruling. The Enquirer quotes him as follows: Mr. A. L. Lawshe, third Assistant post-master general, in his address to the editors, said he was once a county newspaper editor and he said he loved the newspaper business and newspaper men and wanted to im press upon the editors that the mem bers of the postoffice department, in cluding himself, did not have any horns. His address was peculiarly interesting in views of the recent --uling of the postoffice department -that newspapers must be paid for before they -will be admited to the mail, as ~second class mette~r He explained clearly and forcibly the reason and necessity on the part of the department for the ruling and its real advantage to the publishers of legitimate newspapers. It had been found out that .some of the abuses of the second class privilege was 14 persons having no legitimate publication but using the mail simp ly for advertising purposes who claim ed 100,000 circulation, but had less than thre per cent of that number. Mr. Lawshe said he thought the legi timate subscriber was one who want ed a paper and showed that he want ed it by paying for it. He believed that editors would agree withhimu that in its ruling the department was not only legally but was morally right, and he believed the wisdom of the ruling had been justified not only by the 'results to the govern ment, but especially by its beneficial results to the legitimate newspaper publisher whom it protected. Mr. Lawshe's address was clear. forcefulI and instructive and he was heard with close attention by members of tie association. lHe urged the edi tors to co-operate with the depart ment in its efforts to protect the mails and to advance the interests of the legitimate newspaper. Fulfilled Her Own Prediction. To fulfill her own prediction that she would die June 28, Mrs. Leroy Noble took strychnine and killed herself at Jamestown, N. Y., accord ing to the coroner's finding. * You cannot always follo wthe ad vice of all your friends, but you arel foolih It you forget It FINE SET ASIDE. rE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS. Stands by the Standard Oil empany and Wipes Out the Fine of Nearly Thirty Million Dollars. At Chicago on Wednesday the United States circuit court of appeals reversed the famous decision of Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, in which he fined the Standard Oil company. of Indiana, $29,240,000. The case is remanded to the lower court for a new trial. The decision of the court, compos ed of Judges Grosscup, Baker and Seaman, was a scathing arraignment of Judge Landis, in which it was asked if the court believed himself above the law in imposing a fine that would fall on the shoulders of the mother corporation-the Standard Oil company of New Jersey when the Indiana corporation alone under the law could be held responsible. It seemed to be the irony of fate that Judge Grosscup should have written the decision of the upper court. He not only wrote the deci sion. but read the decision to the waiting throng in the court room. Judge Grosscup and Judge Landis have not been the best of friends for sometime, as a result of certain statements made months ago by Judge Landis concerning federal judges who talk pubicly on matters which might come under their judi cal attention. When the three judges took their seats on the bench, the court -room was crowded to the doors. John S. Miller, Rockefeller s ' famous $50? 000 lawyer,. was present to represent the oil trust. He was acompanied by Attorney Mortiz Rosenthal and several other Standard- Oil lawyers District Attorney Edwin Sims appear ed for the government. All that occurred in court was the reading of the last paragraph of thi decision. Judge. Grosscup read it'a follows: "The judgment of the distric court is reversed and the case re manded with instructions to grant new trial, and proceed 1 -. accor dance with this opinion. That was all and court adjourne immediately, District Attorney Sim: held a conference wth Mr. Jame: Wilkerson an'd decided to rush the case to another trial in the fall. THE NEGRO IN AFRICA. He Does Very Well There, Is an Effic "'ent Planter and Miner. "I am very much interested In the education of the negro. In the col. ny -- which I am the Governor, wi | tve a population of 5.000.000 ne. groes and 1.500 white people. 50( of whom are officials, and the res1 merchants and people connected with and interested in the mining in'-stries.," said Sir John Rodger, Gevernor of the' Gold Coast, West Africa. - "It seems to me that ow negro prculem Is of a less compli Icated nature than that of the United States. I dcnt~ kno.7 whether ta tact that the Gold Cotist negro is a tuil blood, no .mixture with.. white blood, has anything to do with it 01 not The full olood negro seems tC oe m'ore amenable, more 1 simple maindod possibly, and Is th'erefor4 more apt to follow the instructions 'of hic white teacher'. We have made c')nsiderable progress with their ed |ucation, which Is naturally of the |primary character. We also teach | the to be agriculturists and ar r ul progress in those directions. The |cocoa plantations- -are almost entire in the hands of negroes. who cul tivate them to the highest degree of |efficiency; making the article .the ]greatest and most important Item of export of the colony. Gold mining is r"..other great Industry of the col o n. In this work the negro also is doi-u. the work. Hei is invaluable in the mines. Banana Tree a Wonderful Thing. 'The banana furnishes us with ,n.:, with handkerchiefs, with wax with biacking, with excelsior, with oiL, with flour, with window cord. and with br ishes.'' The speaker, a banan' planter trom Jamaica, paused and smiled. You don't beheve me. do you?" h- said. "Yet, truly, the banana tree is a wonderful thing. Every dart of it serves some good use. Thus the Ion&. leaves make a fine excelsior. The .juice being rich In tannin, fur nishes a good Indelible ink and a &ood shoe polish. The stems yield a fine quality of hemp, and from this hemlj there are made lace hand ker 2hiefs, cords, and ropes ot all kinds, ma ?and brushes. The oil Is used in gAlding. Of banana flour.. the flour ground from the dried fruit. there a:: no use speaking-you are too familiar with It. "Run down to Jamaica this win ter," he concluded. "You couldn't have a finer winter trip. Bathe in the set~ on Christmas -Day, and buy, if yo-i are wise, a small banana plan tation, for there Is one otiher thing that the banana yields, and that is -wealth."-Phladelphia Bulletin. Attacked Him as a Bear. Hugh Tighe of Hennessey, Okia., was bitten by a dog. Without saying anything about Hugh's name the in cident does not lose interest with this explanation in the Press Democrat: "The boy was clad in a red bearskin cloth cap, cloak and leggings, and it is pioba'ble that the d:g did not recognize that he was a child, and made the attack with the above re suts.'' "These Little Ones." Thousands of pounds are spent every year on gluttozy and wine bib. bing at city ba.' quets, but not a pen ny ust be spent on the start'irs child. The Moderates wasted ? 10, 000 On flagstaffs to satisfy their own hunger It ,vould cost only ?14.000a pounds to feed 6,000 suagry children. But lags are more than flesh and em pire dearer than blood.-London Star. Record for Punctuality The school managers of the New Shreham Council sohools have had brough. to their notice the fact that a schola.r In the girls' department has neither been absent or late on a sin gle occasion in eight years. The mangers considered this a most re markoble record and it was resolved! to ask the educaulonal commii:a tol BODY CUT BY SHARK. fter Several Days Searching, Body of Cadet Was Found. - ~Mi A dispatch from Savannah, Ga., says: Half the body of young Harry Lovett, the young Benedictine cadet. who was mysteriously drowned while swimming off the north end of Ty- Th bee on Monday has been found. The lower portion of his- body with both feet eaten away washed up against the sea wall of Fart Screven early Thursday morning and has been pa brought to the city for burial. The as remains were found by companions ')p and friends of lad, who have been o ceaselessly patrolling the beach since W the tragedy. The condition of that -an portion of the -4dA recovered seem: de to indicate that it was a shark which m attacked the young man while goin- P for a long swim. ': The finding of the lacerated por- th tion of the body cast a gloom over TI the entire island. Men with seins T are now trying to find the rest of i Lovett. * . LIGHTNING STRIKES HOTEL. i Inmates at Resort at Vade Mecun: : Springs, N. C., Have Narrow Escape. n Lightning struck the big hotel at Vade Mecum Springs, Stokes County. N. C., early Friday morning and N started a fire which scon reduced the s structure to ashes. Many of the inmates narrowly escaped with their lives and all of the'm lost their per- p sonal effects, the management hav- p ing to call upon a recort several p miles away to furnish wearing ap- a parel for them as well, as food.' N" v accurate estimate of the loss is ob- e tninable. The resort, including tne t famous mineral springs and a vast i tract of mountain land, is owned chiefly by the widow of the late J. H. L. Sparks, the cireus man, whc lost his fife there several years ago by blood poisoning resulting from the bite of a pet lion. * Bryan Has Good Chance. A correspondent of the Atlanta Journal who, attended the Denver Convention says the Democratic party must look to the west and the middle west if Bryan is to be: elected, assuming that the solid south remains -solid, which. it will most likely do. Of course, there are New York, Now Jersey, Connec ticut and Rhode Island to be reck oned with but the leaders are de pending more largely on great big gains in the test and - middle- west, rather than on winning many of the eastern states. The following fore cast of the election is made; by the Journal correspondent after talking with leading Democrats 'and others from all parts of the country: There are now in the electoral college-483 votes. It will take 242 to elect, and Bryan has, a mighty good chance, if the men sup',osed to know really know and. knowinlg tell the truth. The solid soutif~ is corn posdof eleverr states, .controlling 120 electoral votes. Bryan is sure of these. They are: Alabama....... ..... ........11 Arkansas... ..................9 Florida...... ...... ..'......5 Georgia..... .............-...13 Louisiana..... ...............9 Mississippi..... .............-10 North Carolina....... ..... ..12 South Carolina ....... .... 9 Tennessee..... ...... ........12 lexas ...... ..... ...... .--.--18 Virginia..... ....-.-.......- ..12 Total......... .....-...120 Mir. Bryan has this bunch of votes as a starter, also He will have some more certainly. He is sure of Oklahoma, Kentucky.. Missouri and Maryland, with votes as follows:'. Oklahoma..... ........... ..7 Kentucky...... ..... ........13 Missouri...............----18 Maryland.......... ..--. --... Total...............-- ...-46 Thus, Mr. Bryan has as a starter not fewer than 1ti6 votes in the elec toral college. There arer fifteen states that are reasonably certain to go for Mr. Taft, with 153 votes in the electoral cllege, as follows: Maine .......................6 Vermont.....................4 New Hamj~shire...............4 /Massachusetts...... ..... ....16 Gonnecticut ......... .........7 Michigan... .................14 Illinois..... ..........--...---7 Penslyvania..... .........---.4 Minnesota ........... ......-.11 South Dakota .............---.4 North Dakota .................4 California...... ..... .. .- 10 Utah..............-.--....3 Oregon............-----. ---... Washington.........----.----..5 Total........... ... 153 s Assuming that the foregoing ta bles are correct, we see that Bryan ~ has a slight advantage---13 electoral ~ votes to be accurate-over Taft at I the be ginning. Mind-you, these ta- ' bles are based upon the best judg ~ ment of persons supposed to be La miliar with the situation. And now we come to the doubtful . states. Lets see what they offer, 1 bearing in mind information gather C ed from Den.oerats at a Democratic h convention, and from citizens gener- e There are fifteen doubtful states. c so called. Some of them may not iu be doubtful at all. Some of them N may be Democratic beyond doubt; ~ ome of them may be Republican 0 surely. But just the same they are classed doubtful. They have 164w votes in the electoral college, more K( than can be conceded to either Taft or Bryan. Bryan must get 82 of the elector al votes to win. a Taft must receive 89 of the vot s al to land the job. Here they are: New York..... ..... ...-.: -..39. 0c Indiana.. ..............15s N ONDEMN THE CZAR. MIBEJ'S OF BRITISH PARLIA MENT CRITICISE THE KING. tey Beedare His Visit to Russian Ruler -.'as Out of Place-Trying to Obtain Accurate News. RadicUJ members of the British rliame:i are arranging to obtain id ciie..:.e news about Russian pressi-. .o arouse feeling through t the " ilized world against the olesak lutchery of innocent men d won t: now being carried on un :r Stol: hi's rule. with the sanc >n of &ta Czar. Other members of rlianicu- are loud - in their cen re of t'-: visit of King Edward to e Russ: i ruler at Reveal recently. ey de-:.. re their belief in Tolstoi's cent in -tment of the Czar, charg g bloed guiltiness. Willi: Watson has recently- pub shed in :.1e Liberal press an article which e vehemently contends the hole e:Lc:t of Tolstoi's letter is- to ow thy. the criminality of the Rus an bu: .(,racy reaches its culmi ation in 'e person of the Czar-him 3lf. wh :s the apex of the Russian stem. "That potentate," charges Mr.. Watson, is the arch-murder and upreme r- rturer. The bloody bar- - arity grn&ually ascends from the ywest b-viman, step by step in de ree of intamy, until seen in afl its erfectio" of wickedness on the im erial th-' :1e. The whole newspap ress of t'uis country expressed/'only few da'e ago -its entire satisfaction rith the visit of the tkng;to'this un qualed r: iscreant, tnis murderer, orturer -id ruffian, without a liv ng .peer iniquity." -. - ' "The Nationl Republican cm nittee aliIaccept no contributions from corpuraticns ."'sys Mr Taft, But the: soeaiurer of thie committee <nows 'iferently, and .e, has al ready announced that corporations :ould get rid of theirnorief to ad vantai- by. depositig :with hin. The Chas eston Post very truly say. "the utieaci .of th'e- Rpulies :andida-eforPresidenton matter of this sit is really -of very little. importa-ne, as was abIindanty shown itn 1904, when Mr -Rosevel. most positively ad vehcmently -, swore that not one cent was being solicited or received from the corpo ration. f r the bei.fltof his cam paign,' hen, as was afterwards provec .eyoid peradienture, .Chair man r <ayou and Trea user Blis were r, uaran4 pe sitetakia upon-t't- controllers of b;gopora tions, and seldom-went:a ay=empty banded whbile Mr. Roose~t imsel appes" : to that 'undesirable citi rlen? E IL Harrrien; for the sinall sum of $k60,000 whicih was promptly forthe.-mingjn expectation of bene its wb ci were not fully- realized. Mr. Ta 'may protest' thatrio' cor poratio, will be received by his campaign committee,' bnt-the finan ial dir' -torsof that political- pro paganda ill Dot turn away any cor poratini seeking to uunload some of its supo ifuous wealth at tb doors oftheyL pubhican party."- The Post is right. -Roosevelt did not hesitate to lie abouttee matter of contribu tions, arad peither will Tdft or any other Republican corru'ptionists. The Re;iublican New .York Sun says at the at ry time that Rootevelt de nounceti Juidge Parker for saying that the zag eQrporations were con rributing boodle to aid Roosevelt in his elec: :-.,n that he had Harriman's $260,00; , curity tucked away in his trouser iuwkets. -In the-face of such fact as t- is, who would believe -Taft ur any uuer Republican when they say they a ill publish the ramnes of the corp..rations and individuals who cont ribute to their corruption (und. R; ..'evelt lied- about it and so will Talt and his lboodle gather ars. *est Vi. ania.. ... .. . - Ke'oraska .... ......... .... ....8 Delaware .... .... ........3 . - ~olorade...... ........ ....... daho ......... .... ..... .....3 Kevada .............. .... .. 3 Iontana .... ............ ...3 - hode Island ................ )hio ........ ....... .....23 Wisconsin .............. .....13 :owa ............ ........'...13 Nyoming ...............----- 3 iansas .................----1 Tlotal ......... . ....... .164 Granting that Taft will carry New ork, New Jersey, West-Virginia, )elawar, Idaho, Rhode Islarnd and Visonsin. he would still be 8 votes hort of enough to elect, All of hose states are de batable, too, not bly Idah.'. Rhode Island and Wis onsin. Ndw York, also, is extreme r doubtful, 'and if Tammany re ains loyal, as Murphy promises, be Empire State will give Bryan a ajority. Of the fifteen doubtful states, ryan seems to have the best chance ia majority of them, everything nsidered. Bryan would seem to ave the best chance in at least elev of the fifteen. They are: diana.. ........... .....15 ebraska .....................8 olorado.....................5 laho ............... ..---.-. evada .... .... .... .... .. 3 ontana ..... ......... ...3 o..... ...... .... .....2 'isconsin........ ..-.---13 wa .... ...... .........13 voming.......--.---...:---3 ansas .........-----.------10 Total ....----.------.---99 If the . agures at e ..':--- .. 1 , . - Swill 'ave 265 votes in the elector- * col' e, or 23 more than the numn 'r r uired to elect and New York not among the nuntlber of states aimed for him in this estimate. either is New .ersey, nor Connec