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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
Home Guard to Learn Something.

The State militiamen are to be
taught something of actual seaman
ship this summer. Plans are now be-
ing made by the Navy Department to
carry out these naval maneuvers. The
New England and Middle States
militia will be taken out to sea in the
battleships of the Atlantic fleet, prob
badly during the latter part of this
month, and arrangements are being
made for otter organizations through
out the country 10 take part in the
practice cruises.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
Tariff Board at Work.

With ample funds assured for the
prosecution of its work, the govern
ment tariff board is going systemat-
ically into the work of studying the
various industries Of the country for
the purpose Of obtaining informa-
ton to compile the encyclopaedia or
glossary Of the American tariff which
President Taft is anxious to have pre-
pared.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
core One for the Women.

on, Mass, Special.-Women
s showed their knowledge OF
Friday by pushing Mrs. Ella
Young, superintendent of the
schools of Chicago. through to
lphant election as president of
t;onal Education association.
fponent, zacha,ias Aenephon
| president of the State Normal
'of Colorado, who was the
II of the nominating commit
resenting all the States, was
4 by a vote Of GIT to BIG in
hral convention.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
Potash Advanced in Price.

washington, Special. = S ii,
which is produced only in Germany,
having been greatly advanced in
price, the State Department has de-
termined to take the matter up IN or
der to reach some understanding with
Germany officials.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
Bids on lorto Rican Bonds.

Washington. Specialize Nation
al City bankYf New York and the
Royal Bank of Canada jointly bid
$1OO,626 forthe s425,OOO 4 per cent
gold bonds of the government of
Rico. The joint bid was the
except that for only one bond
Aubmitted BY Edward B. Folset, of
PAX Ridge, La, at 1881 :
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
Amount of Money Coined at MINIS.

At The minis Of the United States
during the fiscal year just closed
the Government made 1SS,O06,6GS
coins, valued at $54,215,319. Of this
amount s47.57S,S75 worth was in
gold, $4,297,567 in silver and $685.
ST. in minor coinage. There were
also 7,574,759 pieces of Philippine
coins issued. including ~5,276,559 pesos
and 100000 one c~entavos.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
To Treat Topers.

S. c., special.-Topers
med before the city recorder
tier will be put through a course
|atment to cure the liquor habit.
1 city commission contracted
bne of the liquor cure institu-
Ito treat at the city's expense,
sers assigned by the recorder to
eial ward for inebriates, which
nc fitted I'D at headquarters.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
Don't "run" Openly in Mails.

Business me, especially those who
are engaged il making loans which
they attempt % collect through the
mails, should lie careful about plac-.
ing Cumming notices on the face
of their Letters containing bills
which they are impatient to collect,
because the Posbfice Department has
just ruled that sch matter is unmail-
able under the provisions of the pos
tai laws and regulations.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
Generous Bluejaclets.

There is no clss of men in the
world more generous than Uncle
Sans blueiackets. The sailors of the
battleship. Louisiana recently gave
an entertainment FIR the benefit of
the widows and ORGANS of the men
who were lost by ths founding of the
Nina and out eff the {: small earnings
contributed s1,559.2S which will be
promptly d~istribufedi
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
COMPANY Fined Heavily.

Id, Okla, Specialize signing
stipulation by which the Waters
Ie Oil Company is to pay a fine
5000 and be restrained from en-
! into any contract in restraint
Jade resulted in the dismissal
be quo warranto suit brought
Etorney General West against the
amy.
fine is to be payable as fol
$4,000 in sixty days; $4,000
months and $500 in 9 months.
was agreed that the defendant
,any should maintain uniform
S upon petroleum products in
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
Many are .short.''

special.-A decrease
per capita of 40 cents
Fly l, as compared with a year
S shown by the latest treasury
hent on that subject. On July
10, the. amount which each man,
j and child in the United States
have had, were all the money
y divided, was $500; on June
Is was $34.52.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
Pensioners Dying $4,000 a Year.

Dying at the rate Of $4,000 q year,
the total number Of pensioners on the
roll of the Government is expected to
show a big decrease when Director
Durand, of the census, concludes his
work in the near future. There was
no tabulation of pensioners in the
last census, but the one now under
way makes such provision.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
Object to Jeffries-J Pictures.

Washington, SpeciaI-Moying pic
lures of the Jeffries-Johnson fight
may be barred from the District Of
Columbia. Police Chief Sylvester has.
announced that he will do his utmost
to prevent the films from being shown
here. He fears a. repetition of the
race riots which took place on the
streets Monday when it became known
that the negro had won.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
e,Iichnrv Min c-ovino

A new addition is being built to
the Salisbury cotton mill and so new
looms will be installed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
Democrats Announce Issues.

Washington, Special.-De6ning the
issues on which it expects to conduct
its campaign this fall, the Democratic
Congressional Committee mas issued
its first official pronunciamento since
opening its headquarters in this city.
1t was signed by Representative
J lloyd, Of Missouri, the chairman, and
sets forth that the issues will be:
"The tariff and its consequences;
the extravagant expenditures, wrong
doings of officials, graft that is shown
to exist in nearly every government
branch and the autocratic ruling Of
the majority party" 1t is contended
chat these w:.S all be factors sin
bringing about "a Democratic victory
in November"
The committee announced that in
addition to its headquarters here it
will open headquarters in Chicago or
Aug. L; that its campaign book will
be ready for the Democratic SPELL
binders the latter part Of July and
that the confident expectation of a
Democratic house in November.
That conditions generally are very
favorable to the Democrats. is assert
ed by the committee, ;;hich declares
that the work Of the administration
and officers during the past two
months improved Democratic pros
The statement also asserts
that no one need think that there is
any hope Of uniting Republican fac
tions and that the Republican party
is seriously divided and must remain
SO until after the November election.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13

Baltimore.-Backed by the author
ity of the board of police commits
%sioners. Marshal Farnan will request
Mayor Mahool to prohibit the propos-
ed exhibition in Baltimore of the NOV
ing pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson
fight.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13

Cincinnati.-Mavor Schwab saws he
will rot allowed the Johnson-Jeffries
fight pictures to be shown in this
city.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
LYNCHING in Ohio.
Fate of Anti Saloon League
Detective at Hands of Tigers.
A WHITE LAD q YEARS OLD.
p~~e.-,s. # N.4.NO
Proposed Vew Charity Z
1t Is for Those Who Bear the Burden of <
the ImproUidenf
Shot Blind Tiger Keeper
and Friends of Dead Man Storm
Jail, Take Prisoner Out and Swing
Him With Rope in Presence of
Hundreds, Including Women and
children-Troops Ordered to Scene.

Su4IO4 -4oopo
to
vic Newark, O., Special.-Carl Ether
her ington, % years old, employed by the
a State A%nti-Saloon League as a blind
not tiger raider, was lynched here at 1885
nee Friday night, following a day of al
hen most continuous %rioting. The heavy
,eo- doors of the Licking county Jail were
ltly battered down and Etherington was
dragged from his cell, He was shot,
the kicked and bruised before the street
an was reached and the finish followed
quickly.
rub Etherington, early in the evening,
confessed he killed William Howard,
1t proprietor of the "Last Chance" res
rth, t%aurant, and former chief of police,
The in a raiding of alleged "speak
die easies," in a raidiug scufae Friday
hey afternoon and narrowly escaped
or lynching at that time. When news
from the hospital that Howard had
eds died passed over the city the fury
of the mob took definite form. Large
battering rams were directed upon
,eo- the doors of the Licking county
ins jail, and the deputies we're powerless.
to The doors fell after nearly an hours
attack
Crying. plteously, Etherlngton' a
rlyheaded Kentuckian, who has
serving as a strikebreaker since
s released from marine service
aonths ago, was dragged forth.
mean to do it," he walled.
L0.| ~ MLXk n
btered
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-04
Big STEAMSHIP
IN GREAT PERIL
Steamer Kentucky Sends Wireless
1t is Sinking 240 Miles
Off Shore.
.BATTLtSHIP 10 The RESCUE
Washington Quickly Dispatches Aid,
Three Ships Being Sent to Scene
Captain and Crew Try to
Keep Craft Afoat.

New York, Feb. A wireless mes
sage today states that the steamer
Kentucky of the Alaska Pacific Steam
ship company is sinking 240 miles
southeast of Cape Hatteras. The cap
tain and crew of seventy are
struggling desperately to keep the ves-
sci anoat until aid can reach her.
Three Ships 10 Rescue.
Washington, Feb. within five
minutes after the first word Of the
steamer Kentuckys peril was received
at Washington the machinery of the
revenue cutter service and navy de-
partment was set i'm motion to send
aid. The battleship Louisiana, which
was cruising off the coast on q speed
trial was ordered to proceed with all
haste to the Kentucky. The revenue
cutter service rushed wireless orders
to the cutter Yamacraw which is with
in fifty miles of the imperiled ship on
a hunt for a derelict and also immedi-
ately ordered the Seminole at Charles
ton TO the Kentucky's aid.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-04
TAFT Is TAKING INTEREST
IN The BAlLINCER INQUIRY
Does Not Think Investigation is
Being Conducted in a
Fair Manner.
SECRETARY EMPLOYS COUNSEL

Washington, Feb. 4.-The president
has shown an active interest in the
Ballinger- Pinchot investigation. APP
parently he has concluded from the re-
ports of the inquiry so far published
that the case is not proceeding i'm n
fair and judicial manner and he has
insisted on the retention of counsel to
represent the administration officers.
Investigation is Adjourned.
In order to permit the arrival in the
city OF counsel for Secretary Ballinger
and allow the counsel TO become fa-
miliar with the case the Ballinger-
Pinchot investigating committee has
adjourned until February II. John j.
vertrees, OF Islshviiie. Tenn. and
Carl Rasch, formerly Z. S. district at
torney OF Montana, have been selected
to represent Secretary Ballinger, Land
Commissioner bennett and Field
Agent Schwartz in the investigation
now being held by the senate COM
mittee in the Ballinger- Pinchot con-
troversy. 1t appears that Vertrees and
Rasch are not retained by the govern
ment, but privately employed by Bal
linge:
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-04
SAVED FROM THE GALLoWS.
Convict in San Quentin Prison Gets
New Lease of Life.

San Francisco, Cal, Feb. 4.-One of
the happiest men in the big prison at
San quentin is Jacob Oppenheimer.
whose life would have been ended on
the gallows today but for writ of err
ror granted almost at the eleventh
hour by the state supreme court. The
fight to save Oppenheimer's life has
been carried on vigorously for the
past three years and not until the SUI
preme court of the United States has
had an opportunity to pass upon the
validity of the California statute un-
der which he was sentenced to death
will his fate be finally determined.
While trying to escape from San Quen-
tin Oppenheimer slashed a trusty with
a breadknife. At the time he was
serving a life sentence for killing his
cellmate. He was sentenced under a
law which provides the death penalty
for a lfe-term convict who attacks a
guard or fellow convict
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-04
ROOSEVELT PLANS TO GET
HOME The MIDDLE OF JUNE
Ex-President and Party Delight
ed With the Congo. All in
Good Health.
SHOOT MORE WHITE RHINOs

Nimule, Uganda, Proteetorate, Feb 4.
The Smithsonian African scientific
expedition arrived here today i'm ex-
cellent health. Before leaving the
Rhino Camp In the Belgian Congo, the
hunters secured three more white
rhinos, and other game not before re-
ported. Kermit Roosevelt secured
splendid photographs Of living
rhinoceros. All are delighted with the
Congo. 1t is expected no more game
will be shot until the Gondokoro is
reached, a distance of los miles.
Roosevelt's mail brought a number
of requests to speak i'm European cl-
ties, but he will be unable to arrange
for addresses other than those already
promised. Roosevelt will arrive in
England on May 10. He plans to re-
turn home the middle of June.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-04
WOMEN CLAIM
same HUSBAND
DR.. Won Miller, Marrying Count,
Said to fave Nineteen or
Twenty-Wives.
Is BESIECED IN JAIL TODAY
Small Army of Females Call on Him
in Jersey City k-up-Given a
Fine Reception When He
Arrived in That Burg.

New York, Feb. 4.-Dr. Karl Emil
Won Miller, or Mueller. the marrying
count" stood siege today in the Hud-
son county Jail at Jersey City. where
he is quartered. by a small army Of
women who claim him as husband.
Miller, who was brought TO Jersey City
from Los Angeles and who is said to
be so plentifully wived that "a trial for
bigamy on nineteen or twenty counts
probably awaits him, apparently did
not mind the visitation. He was safe
behind the bars and failed To display
the nervousness he not unnaturally eX-
hibited when two women met him at
the railroad station on his arrival and
one Of them throttled him. creating a
station panic by her act and series of
screams and utterances. one of the
women claims the count merely a suit
or, who, when rejected. solaced him.
self with $500 of her money; the other
woman declares the count married her
in 1908 and deserted after taking $3.50
of her money. Miller declares he is
not married TO half of the women who
declare he is their husband.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-04
JESSE VANZANDT

"o'hhati, Ohio, Feb. 4.-That Jesse
van Zandt killed his wife and that
ne choked and tied her before placing
ner on the cooking stove in their
nome here Is the belief of the Gin
o'nhati police, who say his act was
uue to a desire to wed Miss Agnes
berry' They say that they already
nave sufficient evidence to convict him.
even though IT is but circumstan-
tial.
van Zandt and his wife are said to
nave quarreled over the pending di-
,o'ce proceedings. His wife asserted
'nat he was madly I'm love with Miss
"'rry and that he had been with her
""eh away from home several nights
~ succession. She wanted to file these
.""rses against him. He told her
."at he wanted to charge her with
intemperance.
s' van zandt was preparing to sc
~ tue home OF her parents i'm Cape
NAY. ~ j., and was to have sola he,
SOUS tomorrow and left for that place
win her children.
' ana Mrs. George Rutherford. the
p'rehts OF the dead woman. left Cap,
M"y this afternoon and are no wiz
er way to Cincinnati. where they
WIN take charge of their daughters
nody and her children.
me Berry girl has been placed In .
convent.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-04
BRITISH GOVERNMENT PLANS
TO CONTROL PRESS In INDIA

Calcutta, Feb. A new press bin.
designed TO suppress the dissemina-
ton OF anarchistic literature and
which was foreshadowed in a speech
by Lord Mimic at the opening OF the
imperial council was introduced to-
day by the secretary of the home de-
partment of the British government in
India. The measure does not create
a censorship, but provides for the con-
troll Of all newspapers. and job presses.
The proprietors are obliged TO deposit
from $16O to $1,000. which sum viii
be forfeited upon conviction OF an at
tempt TO incite murder or anarchical
outrages, TO tamper with the loyalty
of the army or navy, excite racial.
class or religious animosity. contempt
Of government or native princes or
intimidation Of public servants.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-04
TOWN IS TAKEN
BY INSURGENTS
Three Hundred Men Under Com
mand Of Gen. Mazis Capture
Boace, Nicaragua.
ARE 60 MILES FROM CAPITAL
RevoIutionists Advancing on Managua
in Three Columns, 1000 Strong
Madriz Hopes to Check
Their Advance.

Managua. Feb. 4.-Throe hundred in
enrgents. i'm command of General Ma
7ls capturcd the town of Boace, sixty
miles east of Managua yesterday.
The fighting lasted two hours. the
casualties not being known here. The
town was defended by rs government
soldiers The latter were surrounded
but fought their way through the in
surgent lines, the survivors reaching
the main body OF the government army
at Tourtepe.
The Insurgents are advancing In
three columns with an aggregate force
of a thousand men.
President Madriz Is confident the
advance will be checked at Tipitapa,
twenty miles east of the capital. The
government has dispatched five hum
dred men with a Maxim gun to that
point
General Medina declares that the
originals of Zelaya's kilograms. in
structing him to cause the executions
Of Groce and Cannon. the Americans,
were surrendered to the former presi-
dent before his departure for Mexico.
People Are Greatly Excited.
Washington, Feb. 4.-Managua. the
Nicaraguan capital, is greatly excited
over the news that the Insurgents had
captured Boace and were advancing
on the chief city of the republic, ac-
cordng to a dispatch received hers
today
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-04
EASTERN LEAGUE AFFAIRS.
Annual Spring Meeting Today in Mon
treal-Sehedule Of 154 Games.

Montreal, Feb. 4.-The annual spring
meeting Of the Eastern Baseball league
opened at the Windsor hotel in this
city today with more than a score Of
officials and managers in attendance.
owing to the large amount of impor-
tant business to be disposed of it is
expected that it will be the first of the
week before the meeting concludes
The adoption of the schedule is the
first important item of business on the
program President Pat Powers has
prepared a schedule which will prob
ably be adopted without change. 1t
provides for a season of 154 games, the
same as last year. The opening dates
are as follows: Wednesday, April 21,
Buffalo at Baltimore; Thursday, April
%. Rochester at Newark. Montreal at
Jersey City. Toronto at Providence.
Outside of business pertaining to
the adoption of a new constitution, as
was agreed upon at the annual meet
ing in New York last fall. Some ami
mated discussion is also expected to
arise over the salary limit question.
There was a limit last year, and some
Of the clubs were accused of disregard
ing il. Some of the magnates now ia
vor removing the limit altogether or
placing il so high that il won't conflict
with signing high priced players.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-04
GREAT LAKES COMMERCE FOR
1909 GREATER Than IN 'O8
Report Shows, However, That To-
tai is Considerably Under
That of 1907.
SO,S75,OOO TONS OF FREIGHT

Washington, Feb. 4.-The domestic
commerce of the great lakes for the
calendar year 1909, aggregated S0,975,-
900 tons of freight, shipped between
ports of this country alone. This ton
mage, while about one-third larger than
for the year before. is about two and
one-half millions below the tonnage of
1907, the largest total i'm the history OF
lake trade, according to a report of the
department of commerce.
The 1909 total does not include the
volume of exports To Canada or inn
ports from Canada, which were carried
on the lakes, nor does ii include the
volume of local commerce within vari-
Gus ports. If these were included the
department estimates the total lake
commerce of 1909 at approximately
ninety million tons.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-04

ST. LOUIS PHYSICIANS ARE
MAKING new FACE FOR man
Remarkable Surgical Operation,
Flesh Of Face Being Entire
ly Readjusted.
BADLY INJURED In ACCIDENT

St Louis, Feb. 4.-When Thomas
Herbert leaves the city hospital he
VIII have a brand new face. Half a
dozen physicians and surgeons are
making a new face for him, and they
promise such an Improvement over the
face that nature gave him that his
best girl will not know him.
While driving a wagon on Wednes-
day he fell off, one of the rear wheels
passing over his face. The physicians
found SO fractures in bones of the
face. In fixing him up it was neces-
sary to remodel his face along entirely
new lines. They are now wiring the
bones so they will knit. and readjust-
ing the flesh to give the face symmetry
and character.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-04
MISS A. JAMES SELLS OUT.

A deal has been consummated IN
Calumet. whereby Miss A. James mas
disposed of her hair dressing estap-
lishment on Fifth street to Mrs. Il. c.
Peterson and Mrs. Therese Eveiand'
who will conduct the business in the
future. The new owners will continue
the establishment upon the lines here
tofore followed. Both have had consider
able experience in this work and ex-
pect to meet with success. Miss james
will remain in Calumet during the WIN
ter and expects to enjoy trip 10
Europe in the spring.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-04

Pittsburg. Pa, Feb. Awhile Hoppe
ran the second block OF flve hundred
points last night i'm the championship
1872 balk line billiard match with
Morningstar. The latter made 495.
Hoppe got away to flying start In
his 1,50O-point match With ora Morn
ingstar. which began, wednesday night
by scoring 500 points to Morningstar's
312.
Hopes average was - i7-2t and
he registered high runs of l26 and lO5.
while Morningstar averaged 20 1920
and had runs OF 10 and s6.
Hoppe got his advantage at the fin
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-04
ENTERTAINED IN DULUTH.
Calumet Visitors Royalty Treated
Thereby Has Bright Future.


The Calumet directors of the Fin
nish- American Mining company, who
went to Duluth to attend the adjourned
annual meeting Of the company We're
banquetted by the members of the
Commercial club, one of the most in
fluential in the Zenith city, and also
attended a banquet given in their
honor by the younger members of the
fraternity.
Justice Jackola said that on election
day. Tuesday, Duluth was absolutely
dry" not a saloon in the town being
open. The fact that a democratic
mayor was elected and five democratic
members of the city council elected, is
an indication of Duluth's political creed
at the present time.
Duluth is looking fine" said JUS
tice Jackola. Conditions are excel
lent i'm the big town. and are improv-
ing right along. In my estimation, the
population of Duluth will double dur
ing the next ten years. New indus
tries are springing up, and the geo.
graphical position of the city is giving
it a big impetus in the way Of devel-
opment.
"A handsome new hotel has been
erected since I was there last, and L
was told that Duluth will likely get a
new federal building in the near fu-
ture as well as a handsome public IL
brary. Property is increasing in value.
new buildings are going up, and every
where there is an air Of prosperity"