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ESTIMATES ARE
IS MILES APART.
Mr.. Havemeyer's Chauffeur Says
His Speed Was 10 Miles an
Hour; Policeman Says 25.

william Hanna, OF No. BOG Columbus
avenue who is employed as a chauffeur
by Hector II. Havemeyer. OF No. 10
East Fifty-seventh street. was ar
raigned in the Harlem Court to-day.
charged with exceeding the legal speed
limit. At the tim OF the arrest. which
was made on the boulevard lafayette.
Wilson, mither Of Mrs. Hevemeyer.
were in the. automobile. Bicycle Police
man Mullarky timed the automobile for
four blocks and decided that 1t was
an Rour. He caught 1t after a hord
chase. Mrs. Wilson furnished bail for
Hanna. h CAV as security her resi-
dence. Nc. "a West Eighty-seventh
street.
the. bench with MAGISTRATE eller. and.
TONED the policeman and chauffeur.
The latter SAID that hey - We're on n. a :
ooasting. He did not think that they
ewr going over ten miles an hour. Mag
tstrste eller reserved decision until to-
morrow and paroled Hanna.
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long poles. which the youths eagerly
grabbed. They were pulled to inc iand-
Ing.
The skylarkIng youths tool off their
coats. shoes and hose. spread them out
IN. the gun. and sat Alongside TO walt
tin they were dry.
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HARRY P. WHITNEY
FREE ON AUTO CHARGE.
Said He Was Testing Machine for
His Father and Denied
Speeding II.

Harry Payne Whitney was acquitted
OF n charge of driving an automobile
beyond the speed limits in the Court OF
Special Sessions to-day after he had
gone on the stand and testified in his
own behalf.
Young Mr.. Whitney vas arrested by
Bicycle Policeman Kerrigan on the
morning of April IS while riding in his
automobile on Central Park West near
Seventy-nNh street. Kerrigan told the
Justices of Special Sessions that when
he saw MT. Whitney flash by him at the
Hotel Majestic the machine was going
so fast he could not see 1t for dust.
He started off in hot pursuit and over
hauled the flying vehicle at seventy
hey to slow down he placed him under
arrest. Then the defendant took the
stand and said:
II vas operating a machine my ia
ther had asked me to try. 1t was not
q question of speed, but OF noise. A
company my father Ia interested In made
the machine. 1t is a hobby of my IA
Their to perfect n noiseless automobile.
A man from the company ran the We
ticle for. several blocks before. ! took
1t. All the time he was explaining to
sixty-hrst street to Seventy-first street,
and up to then we were going at a rate
of -four or Ave miles an hour. Then
took the lever and, pulled 1t back a few
nOtches. 1t Is hard to estimate Just now
fast we were going, but l should not
hour"
the charge dismissed. and Justices
Wyatt, Mayer and McKeon said THAT
as there was a reasonable doubt as 70
how fast the defendant was going no
should be given the benefit and ae-
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BODY FOUND MAY
BE THAT OF DR.. KEY.
Was Floating OF Staten Island Shore
and Answers Description Of
Missing Physician.

The body Of a well-dressed man was
found to-day in Doyles Dock. near the
Clifton Boat Club. Staten Island. Those
who have compared 1t with tho descrip-
ton sent out of DR.. Key. of Lakewood.
who is said to have been missing for
more than a week, feel certain 1t is the
missing physician.
The body was dressed in a suit OF
striped clothing. light in color on the
vest was ar Odd Fellows pin. There
was SALE In the pockets,
Lakewood persons have been In
formed OF the fnding Of the body. Some
of those who have seen the body say
1t has been in the water too long to be
that of DR.. Key.
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TOO MUCH TALK
COT HIM IN JAIL.
William M. Ryan, Cashier of the
Gilsey House Cafe, Would
Have Been Discharged if He
Had Kept Quiet.

Nobody could stop William NJ. Ryan.
talking to-day when he and Michael
Paddle, a walker. were arra.gned in
jefferson Market Court, charged with
making a handbook on the races.
He would have gone free II he had
kept his mouth closed. Now he is locked
up under $500 ball.
Detectives Fitzsimmons and Phalen
vent to the hotel yesterday n made
a bet with Ryan n Paddle on the
Morris Park races. They gave 81 to the
waiter, who gave it to Ryan. Their
horse-Sovereign = finished first, and
Ryan paid them what they had won.
Arrests followed.
When the evidence was heard In court
to-day the Magistrate was inclined to
dismiss the accused. There was no
documentary evidence OF the wager and
nothing to show that 1t was not a mere
bet between a~cquaintances. In similar
cases the accused have been discharged.
But Ryan was very laxative and In
sisted upon explaining that he and Pad
die took the bets for another man. The
other man, he said. was Charles Hight
man. He also volunteered the state
ment that he and the waiter go 10 per
cent. of the money collected.
THAT alters the case" said the Court.
you evidently were assisting in maxi
ing a handbook" ~, "
Then he ordered the men locked up.
Hightman was a porter at the hotel
until last Saturday. Then, the man
ayers say, they discharged him because
he seemed to be interested In gambling.
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.ROCKEFELLER'S SON. He SAID
Young Mnn Claimed TO own Troop
AS Horses.

Young MN Claimed 10 own Troop
AS Horses.
A young man entered the stable OF
Troop AS armory at Ninety-fourth
street and Madison avenue. to-day. and
said to Charles Muller. who was In
charge:
I'm William Rockefeller, the son Of
John D.. Rockefeller. and l want you to
saddle me a horse at once. Don't you
hear them calling, to horse. to horse?'"
Muller said he didn't hear anyone call
ing and ordered the young fellow out.
"Why, fellow" said the a II own
these horses and this building and I
will burn the whole thing down II you
do not obey me-"
Muller called Patrolman Le1eiman. OF
the East Eighty-elghtn street station.
Salute me at once said the young
mar to the policeman. II am In charge
OF the Sixty-ninth Brigade"
The policeman saluted and then in
duced the stranger to go to the station
house. From there he was aiken to the
Harlem Court.
Magistrate Zeller, in court, committed
the young man to Bellevue Hospital to
he examined in regard to his sanity.
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SEVERE DROUGHT UPSTATE.
Farmers Give Up T~;ousiinB ms
Many Gardens Are Abandoned.

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, May 13.-Ad-
vices from lie Interior of the county lndi-
cate that the drought which now 10 being
experienced Is so severe that many OF the
farmers are unable to proceed with their
ploughlng. Many gardens q v been
abandoned altogether. and ID u feared
that the consequences will be severe.
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Five Hundred UncIes Of the
dead Broke" Gather in the
+ Savoy and Enjoy a Fine Ban
quet and a Lot of "Roasts."
AND, OH, SUCH DIAMONDS!
There Were Barrels Of Them, and
When They Were All Flashed In
the pinIne-HaI They ParaIyzed
the Optics Of the Ordinary Citizen.

Five hundred men who will lend money
OF a watch ora w~ashboiler with equal
cheerfulness II they get 8 per cent. per
month for the first three months and 2
per cent. per month thereafter until the
price OF the watch or w~ashboller is
eaten up. were diners at the Savoy last
night. These benevolent 500 constitute
the Pawnbrokers' Association of New
York. an they looked the part.
When that is aid about your "uncles"
It means a lot. Every self-respecting
pawnbroker wears one diamond at least
In his shirt front. Some OF the jewel
outfits they wore last night looked like
old-time lustre chandeliers.
Twelve Central Office detectives In
evening clothe tried to keep tab on
the diamonds and see that no sneak
or dip got busy. out about the tim
the soup was reached the sleuths were
taken to the Ophthahmdc Hospital sur
fering from paralysis in their optic
nerves.
'.Sh-h-h,'' said the man who drove
the busy blue ambulance to the hospi-
tai. they're bad cases. The fash of
the diamonds was too much for them.
Worst of 1t all they have nervous pros
tration because they couldn't lift one.
Every spark was anchored tight"
All Eyes Dazzled.
"My, where did they all come from?"
asked Deputy Atorney-General Blu
menthal as he shaded his eyes with his
hands to shut out the glare.
The stones don't belong 10 them"
said George w. Simpson. Every man
Taotr ap,osta1 hIo oofa In nrIap 70 faah
up the best diamond layout ever seen
eff Grand street"
When the uncles got thoroughly I'M
pressed with the fact that the dia-
monds shown were costly enough to
free Ireland they began to enjoy the
occasion. They ate to the Inc of
Tommy, Make 0 for Your Uncle"
which is the organization anthem.
There we're three big red cherries in
each cocktail and the guests sat at
three long tables. Everything was
done by "threes." which was emble-
matte, of course. OF the sign of the
Lombards that hangs over svery recog-
,p,zed pawnshop
1t was pathetic. to note the persist
ence with which each OF the speakers
referred to the b~enevolence of the
pawnbroking system. Every uncle"
there believed he was a friend to the
downtroddeh poor and the dead-broke
sport, who have occasion to hook"
things regardless of the interest.
Legal Lights Get Merry.
When The speakers got through say
ing how good the pawnbrokers were
there was a fusillade Of 'roasts' for
zach other. There was a hot vocal u
between Judge Herman Josephs and
Abe Levy. Abe's Offering bald top
shone out even among the marvellous
array OF sparks" He sailed into the
Judge In such shape that His Honor
soon took the count. Then Abe recited
his poem. specially composed for the
occasion:
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MACK EXPLAINS
HIS ST. LOUIS TALK.
National Committeeman Fsvors No
Particular Candidate for the
Presidency.

BUFFALO. May 13.-Nationai Cone
ndtteeman Norman =. Mack gave out
statement to-day denying that he fa-
vored any particular candidate for the
Presidency, either ex-President Grover
Cleveland or any one else.
All he said In st. Louis wa that
Mr. Cleveland was accorded q cordial
and spontaneous reception there and
that at the proper time he MaciD
would favor the candidacy OF q Demo-
orat from New York State for the
Presidency.
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OWED TO MY UNCLE.

What mean those golden balls on high
Those three outlined against the SKY!
They tell to those afar and nigh
They're Uncle's.
The sign proclaims to him who's broke
That life may yet retain its Joke
II he his watch will quick unyoke
" At Uncle'S.
iii.
Who is II when the ponies fail
To win as picked-oh, saddening talel-
Hands forth enough to stop your wall!
Your Uncle.
Nv.
Who Is II when to Coney's strand
You take your girl and blow your sand
Dips up the dough with gladstone hand'
Your Uncle.
".
Who Is It when you've done the town
And CARRIED your tongue in coat so brown
VIII forthwith PUNK the money down.
Your Uncle.
vi.
Who is 1t, glad at every chance
To furnish each required advance,
BUT holds your pledge in vile durance!
Your Uncle.
George W. McAdams, counsel for the
association, a direfully humorous,
He told q Scotch funny story. OF
course II had figures in 1t. A Scotch
man Is always funny when he quotes
statistics. but ne never knows 1t, poor
man. That's why they have no comic
supplements In Glasgow.
Whenever nobody else was busy
Toastmast%s Anderson got in his work,
and he did as well as a man like that
II was late when everybody go,
through and vent to their homes in
Lexington avenue.
At s O'Clock this morning a Disguised
man stood in front of the Savoy.
whats gone wrong?' asked the
Galway policeman who Is on that beat.
well. I make a good living by pay
ing a premium to be allowed to sweep
No dinlng-rooms after big b%anquets."
be said, II have just got through with
the b upstairs where the pawnbrok-
ers had their dinner last night. 1 didn't
pick up even a white chip"
He went his rounds to Shanley's with
Q CLEAN OF hope.
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FUND NEARLY COMPLETE.
only Small sum Needed for Prison
Ship Nartyrs' Monument.


The Prison Ship Martyrs Monument
Association fund. as reported by the
treasurer, Edward Johnson, President
of the Peoples Trust Company. now
amounts to SO. 623. There ia. in addition,
a subscription from the Empire State
Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution of 1900, leaving only s. 1878
to be secured to enable the society to
receive the, several appropriations OF
500. 900 by the Federal Government, the
city and the State of New York. the
payment OF which Is conditioned upon
the raising of the remaining $25. 600. Ac-
tive efforts are being made In this direc-
ton, and II L. hoped that this sum will
be completed In time to commence oper-
atoms In the fall.
The society resolved not to ask for
any plans until the whole appropriation
was available. The recent Incorporation
OF the society was made to that end, and
Charles T. Barney. Robert d. Benedict,
Thomas II. Hubbard and William G,
Low were added to the Board of Direc-
tors.
The evening world., 1903-05-13
GIVES TITLE
TO PHILADELPHIA
Martin Mallory, Who Has Done Much
for the Church, Created a
Marquis.

ROME, May 13.-Cardinal Satolli re-
Gently applied to the Pope to confer a
title of nobility on Martin Mallory, of
Philadelphia, Pa, because OF his large
church offerings and his efforts to fur
Their Catholicism, especially in con-
structing a parochial church at Trenton.
N. j., and the pontiff, after receiving
satisfactory information from the Arch
bishop OF Philadelphia and the Bishop
of Trenton. has issued a brief creating
Mr.. Mallory O MARQUIS.
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ll@GdMeicAek
Half Price
Sale of Skirts

Correctly cut and extra we'll
made by my own custom tailors
from this seasons choicest ma
terials-facts that lift this oppor-
tunity away above any depart
ment store offering and make the
low prices seem, as they really
are, a very surprising sacrifices-
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No Crime to KAN This striker.

GREENWICH, Conn, May la-Cor-
?ner Doten held an inqueat here
.n,S the death Of Nicola BRUNO; He gss
eEsz who came from Port Chester to
ssS' s ahHs e sA Ss1p asSAf HSs:n wsss sa
&ssHSiiP asa S Y 4 %HsaIssnassss!.. ssas-
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ETAMGlQ
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Cursed Judge on The Bench.

Jackson, Miss, April 81. The
supreme court has affirmed the
death sentence of james Burns,
convicted in the circuit court of
Covington county on the charge of
murder, and the date of execution
is fixed for the 9th of June.
Burns is a white man, formerly a
citizen of Massachusetts,, and was
convicted of killing companion
In II railroad camp near Williams
burg. When the jury returned a
verdict of guilty Burns surprised
the court by cursing Judge Enochs,
who was presiding, in most abu.
sive manner. The appeal was
taken merely as a means of delay,
no bill of exceptions OF sugges-
tion of error having been filed
with the court.
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County Supervisor j. o..
Darby sold to Mr. S. B. Latham
last Thursday the entire cotton
crop, 2s bales, grown on the
POOR house farm 10 1902. The
price realized was 1O.O64 cents
per pound: total amount, s1212. :
63.-Chester Reporter.
AT Springsteine Mill, Tues
day afternoon, Mr.. George Fun.
derburk, one of the employee. =,
was painfully hurt by the break
ing of some part of the machine
ry, one of his legs being broken.
Prompt medical attention was
given him and the patient is doing
well.-Chester Reporter.
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Another Molineux Case.

Pensacola, Fla, April 81. .-Ro-
land l.. Morgan of Elgin, ILL.,,
died suddenly Monday afternoon
at MS country home SIX miles
from this city. He received a
package of prepared food by mail
and within Is minutes after eat
ing was dead. His mother and
wife miraculously escaped death,
though they only tasted the con-
tents of the package. The food
was in an original package, wrap
ped in white paper. The pos
mark Is too indistinct to give the
officers any clue as to the place
from which it wac mailed.
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a GREAT SENSATION.

There was big sensation in
Leesville, Ind. when w. H. Brown
of that place, who was expected to
die, had his life saved by Dr..
Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption. He writes: 81 endur
ed insufferable agonies from Asth-
ma, but your New Discovery gave
me immediate relief and soon
thereafter effected complete
cure" Similar cures of Cons ump-
tion, Pneumonia, Bronchitis and
Grip are numerous. It's the peer
less remedy for all throat and
lung troubles. Price soc, and
S1.0O Guaranteed by Crawford
Bros, and j. f. Mackey e Co.
Druggists. Trial bottles free.
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Miss Mayo Hasseltine, the at.

Miss Mayo Hasseltine, the at
tractive daughter of j. W. Has
seltine, is very i'll at the home of
her sister, Mrs S. K. Hinson.
Miss Hasseltine Is one nf Ker.
shaw's bellies and all wish her a
speedy recovery. --Kershaw cor.
The State.
"Strength and vigor come of
good food, duly digested. ,'Force'
a ready-to-serve wheat and barr
ley food, adds no burden but sus,
talns, nourishes, invigorates."
Letters advertised as remain
ing in the post Office at Lancaster
uncalled for for the week ending
April, 25, 1908, are as follows:
Miss Anabel Robertson, Mrs. L.
w. Catoe, Mrs. r G. Davis, Mrs
Isabelle Anderson, Mr.. Nj. S.
Carter, Mr.. S. b. Hammond,
MIR. Robert S. Floyd.
Belle Nance, p. m
Foley's Honey aud tar contains
no oPiates, and will not constipate
like nearly all other cough medi,
cines. Refuse substitutes. II.
Eugene Funderhurk, druggist.
-,If "fog in-Ma, ch,> frost in
May" prevails, or avalls, this
year, then look out for frosty
time next month. Chester Re
porter.
The Pleasant Valley CORES
pondent to the Fort Mill Times
says that Mr.. ID. O. Potts has
purchased the Miller track of land
adjoining his plantation and will
convert it into hunting and fish
ing ground for the general public.
The correspondent further says
that Mr.. Potts has six pigs in the
pen that he expects to average 600
pounds by hog-killing time, and
that he also has an incubator that
can hatch chickens faster than
they can be stolen at the present
rate by chicken thieves at Fort
Mil.
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Craig McI,wain

Craig Mel vain
AT the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Il E. MclIwain at this place, on
Wednesday, April 22d, 1908, at
1:3O o'clock p. m., In the pres
ence of the family, some of the
nearest relatives and few of the
INTIMATE friends of the bride, Mr..
Robert f Craig, Jr, and Miss
Annie Louise McIlwain were uni
ted IN the holy bonds of wedlock,
Rev. Chalmers Fraser, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, assisted
by Rev. G. a. Blackburn of Co
lumbia performing the interesting
ceremony.
After the ceremony an elegant
Wedding dinner was served, and at
4 O'Clock p. M, the happy bridal
couple left on the l.. & &. for
their future home in Culum bia,
carrying with them the best wishes
OF the young BRIDES many friends
in Lancaster.
The groom is a young man of
sterling worth and is connected
with the Armour Packing com
pany, and has NBh the hand and
heart of one of Lancaster's most
popular and highly esteemed
young ladies.
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An Aged Negro Man Dies Sud

An Aged Negro Man Dies Sud
denly.
Coroner Caskey held an in
quest yesterday over the body of
Hamp Cauthen, COL, at this place
who died suddenly yesterday
morning, supposedly of heart
disease. Hamp was about so
years old and has been feeble for
a long time. He got up and
made on a fire yesterday morning
as usual and took seat in front
of it. Suddenly he became ill
and before he could be removed
to his bed life was extinct. Hamp
will be remembered as the team
ster of The old firm of Twitty &:
Beatty between this place and
Charlotte, N. c., from which
point all goods were hauled on
wagons before the building of a
railroad to this point.
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To The O.d Soldiers.

A picture of every survivor of
the Confederate army in Lancas-
ter county Is wanted, and will be
taken free of charge by w. a.
Davis, the artist, until May Goth.
Mr.. Davis took photographs OF
about 100 vets rally day but he
is anxious to get all he can to add
to the picture he is making to pre-
sent to the Veterans associations
of the county. He would like to
have every veteran in the county
in the group. Remember to call
at his art gallery and he will take
your picture free of charge any
time before May Goth, and that
he is anxious to do it.
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Negro Girl Burned to Death

Lizzie Hammond, the 1O-year-
old daughter Of Robert Hammond,
colored, living on Mr.. B. Cum
ningham's place IN the Eastern
suburbs of town, was so badly
burned by the overturning of a
small tin lamp between 8 and 8
O'Clock Tuesday night that she
died of her injuries shortly after
midnight. Her grandmother
had left the room only q few min
utes before to carry supper to a
sick woman living near when the
child ran out the door screaming,
her clothing all ablaze. Her
clothing was burned entirely
off and her body 80 badly burned
that large pieces of the skin peel
ed off. DR.. w. M. Crawford
was summoned and did what he
could to relieve her suffering.
She told him that a large rat had
knocked the lamp off of the man :
tel board on her and set her cloths
ing aire and that she had tried to
extinguish the fire by rolling~on
the beds and had set both beds
'afre. Coroner Caskey held an
inquest Wednesday over her re-
mains and the verdict was In ac-
cord with the above facts h
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The Ledger, Atlanta Consti-
tuition and Home and Farm or
Southern Cultivator will be sent
for one year, and two estimates
given in the $4,000. port re.
ceipts contest forS2.. Remit with
estimates to The Ledger, Lancas-
ter, S. G.
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- - '--s--.
$50 PER ANNUN
Notice Of DISCHARGE.

Notice IS hereby given that at
II a. m, April %, 1908, / will
make mv tina! return and settle>
ment as Guardian of my son, Il.
Sidney Tillman, TO the Probate
Court for Lancaster county, S. c..
and apply to said court for u final
discharge as such Guardian.
ANNIE Il. TIrLMAN,
Guardian.
Mar. 24, 1903 It'd.
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~
Attention Confederate Veterans
Camp Lancaster, No 1856.
Every Confederate veteran who
has ever been enrolled in Camp
Lancaster is earnestly requested
to attend a meeting of the Camp
10 De Held on Thursday, April 80,
1908, at II O'Clock M, to elect
delegates to both the State and u
&. V. reunions.
BY order of B. j. Witherspoon.
commander.
j. E. STEwMAN,
Adjutant.
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Snow in Southwestern Virginia.

Roanake, Va, April o.
Snow fell throughout southwest
ern Virginia today. Two inches
is reported at BluefeId w. Va.
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The Best Prescription for BIa,arn
Chills and Fever is q bottle of
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic. 1t
Is simply Iron and Quinlne and
iasteiess, No Cure No Pay.