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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31

Washington, Special.-Under rul-
ing Of the Interstate commerce COM
mission, transportation over railroad
lines no longer may be given to news
paper publishers Of editors In OK
change for advertising space iii their
newspapers.
"A protest against this ruling has
beer received by the commission from
the Massachusetts Press Association.
The association unanimously voted TO
Center its protest against the report
ed ruling in holding that the payment
for railroad transportation at full
rates Ii advertising shall be treated
on any other basis than that Of trans
portation paid for i'll easll,'
In letter to Secretary Hefferman,
in response to the protest, Chairman
Knapp, of the commission, says i'll
part, after quoting the section of the
law which prohibits the issuance of
free transportation paid for in any
other way than in cash:
"You are, Of course. aware that ali
tariffs fled In compliance with the
regulating statute name rates in dol
lars and cents and do not in any case
provide that transportation can be
paid for with property. 1t seems
plain TO the commission that the law
above quoted, coupled with the fact
stated, permits payment for services
of Interstate carriers only in money.
"This ruling Of the commission, i'll
no way ilterferes With or abridges
the rights of private contracts. News.
papers aud their advertising space
may be freely exchanged for any
species of property upon such terms
as may be acceptable to the parties
to the transaction, but the facilities
Of the public carrier are not private
property, nor are they the subject
of bargain and sale like merchan-
disc. The right to travel or have
-nroperty carried by rail, like the right
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
Cotton Warehouse Burns.

Entaw, Ala. Spccial.-A disas-
trous fire here swept away the eastern
half Of The Planters Warehouse d
Commission Cmpany's warehouse
destroying property estimated at
from $4,000 TO 100000. The ware.
house contained from 5000 to 1000
bales of cotton. About $50 bales
stored in. tile western side and about
800 bales on The platform adjoining
the warehouse. were saved. Possibly
only 800 bales are insured. The orig
in of the fire is unknown: but il is
thought TO have been started by a
spark from a passing locomotive.
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Women May ASK 70 Vote;

Denver; Col; Specialists Hell.
ell Summer has been sent here by
the Collegiate League of Equal Suf-
frage Of New York TO investigate wo-
man suffrage as as it is practiced in
Colorado. sit is very amusing to
me to see the Women as they act at
conventions she said, in speaking
Of her observations. "They jabber
away among themselves just as they
do at club meeting until subject
comes up TO be voted on in which
they are directly interested. Then
they stop talking, prick up their ears
Observation-Disclosures. They do
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31

Philadelphia; 6petial:-Under most
uHuisnai conditions hflfhE Elansdiad"
was produced here at the Walnut
Street Threatre. The colored clergy
of the city had made a formal pro-
test sssto Mayor Weaver agninst the
produetior,of the play; claiming that
"lyseliiage 1ldta beeh encouraged by
thesplay.'' The mayor refused to
akesany action.
About half an hour before the the
atrea opened Ninth and Walnut
streets, where the play house is 10
Gated, were packed with colored peo-
ple.Difettef uf Public Safety Nc
Ksn1y, who, realizing llIt danger. had
hastencd Ito tile scene, begging the
ministers, who seemed to have COM
plete control Of The multitude, 10 dis
perse tue mob.
Alriot call was sent i'll and live po-
lice patrol wagei,s brought half q
hundred policemen to the thrcatre.
The eolorsd ministers surrounded
Director McKenl5 aiil demanded that
hesstop the play. The director de-
liysred brief speech, asking the
crowd to disperse, and saying that
heSwould endeavor to have the play
discontinued. This seemed 10 have
soothing effect on the crowd, and
itslowly scattered,
Early in the evening colored mar
attempted 10 create q disturbance III
the theatre. He was arrested, but
the police had considerable difficulty
ins rescuins him from the crowd in
tie gallery.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
TO unity Divorce
Plan For Federal Regulation
TO Apply Generally
EVILS OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM
Statute Framed By Eminent Lawyers
and Statesmen who Have Made a
Study ef The Divorce Evil, is Sub
mitted to the Secretary of the Ma
tianal Divorce Congress.

Philadelphia, spcci; !. = Judge
Stake, Of this city, secretary OF the
divorce congress, has received from
its committee on resolutions aid for
ward8d to Tie Eari0iiy delegates a
proposed measure for bringing about
uniformity in the present divorce
laws Of the United States.
Tie proposed statute is The outcome
Of study on the subject by eminent
lawyers and iui.gts alii prominent
Chutchnel, all Of whom are conver.
SAINT with existing conditions of the
so-called divorce evil, and the pro-
posed new act is calculated to III
sure remedial results al over the
country
Practically every stait and Terri
TORY will be represented al the re-as-
sembling of the congress in this city
on Nov. 13.
The proposed new act is divided
into three chapters; the first consist
ing Of jurisdictio..al provisions; the
second, proecdu dure: and tile third, gen
general provisions and is enti-
tied "an act regulating aunulment
Of marriage and divorce:'
Hearings to Be Public.
While little or no change is made
in the given causes for divorce as now
existing, certain provisions Of the new
act were evidently made with a view
of arrestins The increasing demand
for legal severance Of martial bonds.
Under these stipulation secret or star
chamber sessions for hearing divorce
cases before masters OF other repre-
sentatives Of The courts are done away
with, and "all hearings and trials
shall be lad before the court and
shall iii all eases be public
It is also provided "that decree
dissolving the marriage tic so COM
pletely as to permit Che remarriags
Of either party should not become op-
erative until the lapse of reasonable
length Of time after hearing or trial
upon the merits Of the case. y
Another enactment Of the proposed
new law prohibits the solicitation Of
q divorce case by advertisement, cir
---ti->.-....:-e-a,ad- -nrescribes for
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Five out Of $50 Saved.

Narfolk, Va, special.-Five sur
vivors Of the great storm of last week
were landed here by the British
steamer Heatherpool, Captain john
Grieves commanding, which arrived
tc coal, from New Orleans to Rotter-
dam. The survivors are: Frank Re-
Nely, foreman, Of Marina, Fla; Gus
Johnson, of Brooklyn, N. Y; Ben
Clarke, Of Someville, Mass; Abney
Bell, Of Kissimmee, Fla, and John
Campbell, of Philadelphia. They,
with about las others; were construct
ing. q concrete viaduct for the Flori-
da East Coast Railway, through the
Florida keys, and were aboard house
boat No. 4, which lay anchored off
tlics coastgon the night Of Oct. II.
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England to. Reduce Navy.

London, By Cable.--Itwa announ-
ccd at the Admiralty Office that ar.
,nnsen:ents are being made for. the
laying oS Of eight first class battle
ships and four arlnored cruisers and
10 strike eight frst-class. battleships
from the sca-going List before the end
Of the year. The result Of this will
.lc that the ships in home and near
by waters will numberlS to 20 in
stead OF "a, and s instead of IL ar
,aored cruisers. There win be S ships
in the Mediterrean Squadron instead
OF {. The strength Of the feet will be
,.rduced about lone-forth.
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Ohio Library Association.

Portsmouth, Ohio, spccal.-Libra-
ries and library trustees of Ohio.
West Virginia and kentucky are III
attendance on the 18th annual meet
ing OF the Ohio Library association
Which began here Tuesday. The val
NC of the free library, and what J
should afford to TIC people OF t.a
city, the small town and the rura
districts, is the main topic oil tn,
gathering, which will remain III ses-
sion until Saturday.
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News Notes.

M. Georges Clcmcnceau became
Prime Minister oil France, succeeding
Premier Sarlicn.
The sunEcn submarine boat Lutin
was located and preparations we're
made to rise her. 1t is believed her
2 officers and II lrcn have persisted.
Premier Stolypj!i has ordered drum
head courts-martial for all co9scrlpts
who refuse 10 serve in the Russian
army.
Mrs. Fred N. Dillon va. killed and
Mrs. George P. Grant badly inj'r-
ed III all automobile accident near
Wa!lh1m. Mass,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31

Atlantic City, N. j., Specially
the wrecling Of three-coach cleo
trio train on the West Jersey & Sea-
shore Railroad Sunday afternoon at
least Cd passeiigers perished and the
first may reach the total Of 75 when
all is known.
While crossing over a drawbridge
spanning the waterway known ase
"the Thoroughfure," which separates
Atlantic City from tile mainland, the
trlfn ieft tie track and plunged into
the water, with one di tWe excep-
tions. were drowned. Up to mid
night 25 bodies have been recovered
and it is believed that at least 25,
and possibly SO. more bodies still are
i'll the submerged coaches.
Tile disaster; The &orst that has
happened since the terrible Meadow
wreck of July 80, 1896, occurred at
half-past o'clock Sunday afternoon.
The train, made up Of three heavy
coaches, which left Camden at 1
o'clock Iii tic afterhben carried, at
least IS passengers, as tlat humber
of tickets are held by the conductor.
That official is uncertain, however,
just how many pdssengars were on
the train, and until all the bodies
have been taken from the submerged
ears, it will not be possible to. give
the true figures Of the dead.
hecuers ceuld Do Little.
The accident was witnessed by
many persons on shore and assistance
was promptly sent from Atlantic
City. Little could be done, however,
towards saving the lives of those inn
prisoned in the submerged coaches.
The water at the point where the
train plunged in was not deep enough
to cover The coaches at first, but as
they quickly settled in the mud, and
as the tide rose; they were soon hid,
den from sight except for the trolley
poles. Divers were sent down to try
to reach the dead bodies in the coach
es, but as darkness set i'll and as the
tide ran more swiftly. they were UNI
able f6t 4 long time to reach them.
Late IN the evening II wreeking crew
arrived on the scene and with their
aid and tie use of derrick. dozen
were taken out and
-ae-t the .25 bod
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$4,000 Fire in Savannah.

Savannah, Ga.,. Special. = Fire
which started at 2::3O O'Clock Tues
day afternoon in the barber shop of
J. FL. Burton. colcred, on West Broad
street, caused a loss of $4,000, di-
vidcd among a dozen small store
keepers of the vicinity. The Union
station was in imminent danger fol
a time. H. Lang and Bros. lost So
600 and were The chief losers.
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Peace Negotiations Resumed.

Washington, Special-The adriess
received at the State Department s:s
to the effect that negotiations for
peace between the government and
the rebel forces in the laighborhood
Of Monte Cristi, Santo Domingo,
which were recently broken off, have
been resumed with every prospect OF
success and that the Immediate dis
armament Of tho rehels is promised.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
Blacksmiths and Machin:st Foreman
Omit at Knoxville.

Knoxville, Tenn, Special.-Gcneral
Manager H. B. Spencer, of the South.
ern Railroad, admitted that The road
has decided to employ new men 10
take the places of the striking ma-
chinist in various shops over the sys-
tenn. Thirty-one more men walked
out of the Southern thops at this
point, they being II machinist fore
men, Is blaeksmiths and five appren-
tees. 1t is reliably reported that
the boiler-makers will be next to 60
out.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
Missing Girl Re-Appears in Mems
Clothing.

Birmingham, Ala, Special.-Miss
Fannie Fennell, who so mystcriously
disappeared from her home. aud who,
ii is believed by the police was kid
mapped, re-appeared at her mothers S
home at midnight. She does not re-
member anything that has taken
place during the day. She says she
recovered consciousness short Time
ago, and found herself alone in a
strange room from which she fled.
She cannot locate the house and does
not know how she managed to find
her mothers home.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
Moose Hunting in Maine.

Passport, Me-, Special.--Reports
from The White Mountain and North
ern Majre camps state that moose
hunters have arrived there in large
numbers. Though moose have 10
creased in the woods since last will
ter shc present conditions are re-
garded as unsavorable for hunting
owing TO the density Of the foliage.
Frosts end fall winds, however, are
expected to remedy this condition in
the course Of week or two.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
Two Killed by Natural Gas.

Topeka, Kan, special.-rwo per-
sons were killed. one is missing. four
were seriously injured and 20 more
were hurt in terrible explosion of
natural gas that demolished five two
story buildings at Colrcyville. Kan.
The buildings were leveled TO The
ground. A fire broke out after ihe
explosion but the flames were quickly
eztinguished.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
Griscom to be Russian Ambassador

Washington, Special.-It has been
stated in high official circles that
Mr. Lloyd C. Griscom will be ap..
pointed ambassador to st. Petersburg
when Ambassador Meyer enters the
cabinet. 1t is quite possible that Mr.
aIsyer will not enter the cabinet un-
Ill Secretary Shaw quits in February
a,M.it,.1s mot yet announced which
=rost Mr.. Meyer will set:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
Robbers Blow Safe and Are Pursued
by Citizens.

Guthrie, Okla, Special = Robbers
blew open The safe of, the State
Bank at Sparks, Okla, so miles east
Of this city. They secured $4,000
and escaped after exchanging one
hundred shots with a number Of
citizens drawn to the scene by the ex
plosion. The robbers arc headed TO,
the Creek country apparently and a
special train r-ith officers and blood
hounds has been started from Shaw
nee, Okla, in pursuit.
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Sss--ike-Breakers Imported.

Spencer. Special. Tile first de-
tachment Of strike breakers were dis
tributcd over thc Southern Railway
system. Two car loads reached Spcn-
Ger and promptly began work. Three
additional corloa,ls were carried 10
Atlanta and other points South. The
machinstS were secured i'll Baltimore
Philadelphia and New York and lave
been in readiness for service for ten
DAYS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
Admiral Endicott to Retire.

Washington, special.-Reur Ad-
miral Mordecai I. Endicott has an
nounced Eis intention Of devoting his
entire servicc i'll the future to the
isthm.an canal commission. of which
he is member, and intends to retire
from tie navy on reaching the stat
quarry age, 81 years. Nov. 2Gtll, next.
Rear Admiral Endicott was chief of
the bureau Of yards and docks Of the
Navy Department.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
Republican Campaign in Kansas.

Topeka: Kan, speeial.-1n further
ance of the Republican campaign in
.i;ai;Ssiatc, :Ir. c. W: Fairbanks, Vice.
President Of the United States, deliv-
clai two addresses before very large
audiences. The Vice President was
Heartily received. Mr.. s. c. Crunl-
mer Chairman Of the Republican
Stale ce1Iral committee, and Con-
sressnan Campbell also spoke.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
Negro Lynched by Cowboys.

Roswell. N. NJ, Special Slab"
Fits, negro. who was run cut of
town two weeks ago, after serving
go days for violating the Edmunds
act, was lynched by cowboys at
Toyah, Tex. The accessory. white
woman, followed the negro to Toyah,
and they were living together. The
cowboys wet in the night and plac-
led q rope around the neck Of the
negro. He wss dragged to death and
then hanged,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
Pope collapsss; Carried to Room.

Rome, By Cable Thoroughly e1-
! ,-l,austed as The result Of holding sew
-issSaF asif interviews, Pope Plus was fore
s e,Et . take MS bed. Tie pontitf was
d q q srealtyaexbausted tbas be had to
i.e carried 10 bis room and coli
lapse rame directly afterward. He
l,ad received "a number Of English
rms against the advice of the
vatican doctors, who, however, de-
clare that Ehe. Pope 3 ildiposition,
lley, belieye.s u onl temporary.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
Methodist Bishops.

Rochester, N. Y, speeial-From
all parts Of America and from Eu.
rope, Asia and Africa the bishops Of
the Methodist Episcopal church as
semblcd in this city for weeks con-
ference. The object Of the meeting
is to arrange for the conference of
the cllurcii and TO assign the bishops
to the conference over which they
will preside.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
Savings Bank Closed.

Washington, D. G., special.--Theh
Peoples Savings Bank Of this city
was closed by: order Of the comptrol-
les of currency. The liabilities were
$4,000. This is the socoud Washing
ton institution to be closed in a
week.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
Falls Sixty Feet.

Columbia, S. c., special.-Charles
Preker. 4 one-armed painter, fell 60
feet from the rose window of st.
Peters Catholic church, as he was
preparing 10 go 10 work Monday
afternoon, willie standing on goods
box lie had balanced on two planks
struck through the window from with
in. Contractor Rion says lie had just
'ffcred Parker a ladder 10 make him
safer. Parker lost his firm less than
year ago il railroad accident.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
Estimates For Navy Yard Expenses
at Charleston.

Washington, d. c., special.--The
annual report Of Brigadier-General
Elliott, Of the Marine Corps submits
an estimate of 100000 for the con-
struction Of barracks and officers
quarters at the navy yard at Charles
ton, South Carolina.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
NO more PASSES
All Editors Must Buy Railroad
Tickets Like Other Folks
THE RULING OF THE COMMISSION

Chairman of Inter State Commerce
Commission. Writes, in Reply to
Protest From Massachusetts Press
Association, That it Seems Plain 20
the Commission That the New Law
Permits Payment fer 5erTices of
Interstate Carriers Only in Money:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
West Under Desp Snow.

Denver, Col, Special Snow, wind
) and cold extended over nearly the en-
tire country between The Rocky
Mountains and the Missouri river
causing heavy losses Of live stock and
afslate fruit. Telegraph wires were
prostrated and railrcad schedules dis
arranged Monday. The STORM is al
most unprecedented for severity at
His season Of the year, and takes
srank; according 10 The weather Gu-
-a--LlAA- A-siinM fall of April %
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31

to see how an honest nensp~r
seriously object TO G ruling of the
commission which appears to be III
obvious accord with the provisions
and the purposes Of the regulating
statute.'' -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
Atlanta Man a Suicide at Gulfpors

cSulfport, Miss, Specialize body
Of man apparently 35 years of az:
was found on TIE beach near the
Beach Hotel. The body was well
dressed and watch and purse un-
disturbed. There we're no means Of
Identification except the name -
II. Connolly, Atlanta, Ga.." on tho
coat lapel. The verdict Of the cor.
oner's jury was aaiaide by o pistol
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
Fertilizer Trust Cases Set For Dec.

Fertilizer Trust Cases Set For Dec. 8.
Washington, SFecial--in The Su-
preme Court Of the Cnited States
The Virginia "fertilizer trust" eases
were advanced on The docket and a
hearing set for Dec. 3 next. The eases
are in the nature OF h"bcas corpus
proceedings, and ihe defendants, who
were connected with the alleged tlrsl,
are resisting removed from the cast
ern district Of Virginia 10 the middle
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-10-31
BRYAN TOO RADICAL
Senior Texas Senator Sharply
Criticises His Opinions
SAYS DEMOCRATS OPPOSE THEM

At Banquet Given by Dallis Citizens
to Next Legislature, Senior Texas
Senator Declares That Nebraskan's s
Proposition Involves The Most Ad-
vanced andAggravated Paternalism
Ever offered Under Free Govern
ment.
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||EA|TH in Big FIRE.
any People Cremated When
Tenement House Burned
|ROPERTY LOSS ALSO HEAVY
|our Story Building Of Brick and
Stone in Kansas City, Kan, Con-
tanning 200 or 800 Men, Women
and Children, is Destroyed at Early
Morning Hour, Estimates of the
Dead Varying Widely.

# Kansas City, No., Speeial.-In the
ins Of the chamber Of commerce
Hiding in Kansas City, Kan, de-
# #Foyed by FIRE early Thursday, there
S|g8Ee anywhere from half dozen to 80
81 bdies, according to estimates given
ht by firemen. The actual loss or
sfe will not be known until a thor
lgh search of The ruins can be made,
robakiy not then, as some of the
emen assert that a number of bodies
#l # lust have been burned to ashes. The
S nilding, used as a tenement house
81 nd containing 100 rooms, held, as
Hear as can be learned, between 200
Ind 300 persons at the time the fire
broke out at u 80 O'Clock. Most Of
#hese composed families, many others
were transients, whose names are un-
Known Of the injured, scattered
q hmong half dozen hospitals and at
|Sbrivate homes, 25 were moro or less
Seriously hurt. Two or three of these
8ht least, wills .,-A
u The total financial damage is esti-
&nated atE$lOO,Oeo. Of this amount,
$60,000 was on the building, which
Swas owenod by W. A. Bunker. The
building was insured for $4,000. -
OF Brick and Stone Alone.
The chamber of commerce build
Eng was situated at Park and Central
streets, in tho kiycr View District of
Kansas City, Kan, The structure was
four stories in height, with deep
0asemeDt and faced the two streets.
It we:s built Of brick and stone. alone,
It contained Que hundred rooms,
almost all of which were, as far as
can be learned, occupied by families
or individual laboring men or railway
employees at the time the fire started.
The ground floor was occupied by
w. A. Lovelane's barber shop, Ed
ward T. Summers drug store, Central
Avenue Gas Fixture Company, Mrs.
Belle Wagner's restaurant, The Smith
Overall Laundry, and The Labor
Record.
The fire broke out Oh the gro
foorA from some unknown ca
When the: iiremen arrived the CT
building was in flames. So qui
did the;alames spread that a few
sntes after the Gre, was discoveret
means Of escape BY :he stairways
the scores Of occupants, was Gu,
On two sides Of the building Thu
Nated railway tracks hemmed II ltr-
and made still harder work of the
fireTuell.
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81 DROWN IN CARS
Loads of Passengers Dumped
Into Deep Water
WAS MOMENT OF WILD TERROR

Twisted From Track on Trestle Over
Thoroughfare Inlet by Turned-in
Rail, Cars of Electric Train From
Camden Poise on Edge md Then
Drop Is Feet into 30 Feet Of Water
Will Terrified Passengers: