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PEADODV FUND DIVIDED
It Will Be Apportioned Among
States of the South.
FUND TOTALS $2,500,000
i
Peabody Normal School at Na#hville
Wiil Be the Chief Beneficiary,
Receiving $1,000,000.
New York City.—The trustees of
the Peabody education fund at their
fifty-first annual meeting, decided to
make final distribution of the main
fund, aggregating $2,500,000. Further
more, it was decided to give the entire
sum to educational institutions of the
south, with the Peabody normal col
lege at Nashville as the chief bene
ficiary. This institution will receive
$1,000,000 upoh the proviso that the
state of Tennessee, Nashville and the
county in which the college is located
raise a similar sum. As the teilns
of this agreement have been practical
ly lived up to, little doubt remains
in the minds of the trustees that the
terms will he carried out.
The remainder of the fund will be
apportioned throughout the south, the
bulk of it in all probability going to
Maryland, Missouri and Kentucky,
since none of these states has benefit
ed from the fund up to the present
time.
The fund was founded in 1867 by
George Peabody of Massachusetts,
and heretofore the income has only
been used.
COUNTRY LIFE COMMISSION.
Work for Improvement of Conditions
in Rural Districts.
Washington, D. C. —The work of the
country life commission, appointed by
the president last August, is fairly un
der way. The president intends to
send a special message to congress on
the necessity for improvement in the
conditions of rural life and he has re
quested the commission to report its
findings to him before the end of De
cember in order that he may have
time to study them before sending in
his recommendations for legislation.
As soon as President Roosevelt's
letter creating the commission was
made public, the farmers began writ
ing to him and to the commission, giv
ing their views as to the features of
farm life that needed remedying. The
schedule the commission will send
out is practically a request for a con
census of opinion as to the correct
ness of its findings.
HOME VOYAGE OF THE FLEET.
Returning Itinerary of the Battleships
is Announced,
Washington, I). C.—The itinerary of
the return home from Manila of the
battleship fleet has been announced at
the navy department. The fleet will
leave Manila on December 1. arrive at.
Colombo December 14. stay there six
days and then depart for Suez, which
it is scheduled to reach on January
fifth. .
The ship will pass through the ca
nal and coal at Port Said as expedi
tiously as possible. They tire to spend
the month of January and a few days
early in February in the Mediterra
nean, two or three vessel ; going each
to Ville Franche, Marseilles. Genoa,
Leghorn, Malta. Algiers, Athens. N»
pies, Negro bay and Gibraltar, 'bo
whole fleet, leaving the latter plnoc?
February (1, being scheduled to ar
rive in the United States February
22nd.
SOCIETY (IF EQUITY.
Organization of Farmers in Convention
at Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, Wls.-The American So
ciety of Equity, having a membml'-hln
of 100,000, and represented by « huge
number of delegates, is boldine an
nual convention here. The society *
made up of farmers, and Us object
to regulate the price of farm produce
It is a part of the program to estab
lish elevators and warehouses In dl
ferent parts of the -mint!' am- »>
keeping grain and othei P’cdm"' 1
store and placing upon the turn u
there Is a demand for it, It hoped
to regulate prices.
SMUGGLERS ARRESTED.
Five Men Are Charged With Having
Smuggled Jewelry Into U «
New York City NW ha*
out of the seizure by 'iHenv; 'un.se
officers in this city of more tlmn *
000 worth of costly came"" " '
Jewelry, and this news led ' ,
closure of a gigantic stoure t
involving more than * """ .
Already five men have '
ed in connection with 1
urea Three of Ihem ate no
bail for trial These turn h;uv-'‘
are evidently fools of t 1
acting behind the scenes
Pains at the waist, back, front, or side, are nearly sure proof of female trouble.
Some other signs are headache, pressing down pains, irregular functions, restless
ness, cold limbs, nervousness, etc. These pains may be allayed, the system braced
and the womanly functions regulated by the use of
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from the grave after three (3) doctors had failed to help me. It is*a good medicine
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LATE NEATS NOTES.
General.
Advices from Arvonia, Virginia, the
center of the slate mining region, sev
enty-five miles west from Richmond,
Va., indicate that the citizens of the
comunity are aroused to a state of
dread and panic over recent acts and
threats of lawlessness in the commu
nity. The receipt by several citizens
of annoymous letters threatening mur
der and arson, aud the shooting from
ambush of W. M. Gregory, a substun
tiol land owner, have intensified the
feeling and fear.
Mrs. Mary Dougherty, aged 30, of
New York City, accidentally shut her
2-year-old baby, Rose, up in a folding
bed, A very similar accident occur
red in Chicago when Edward Koz
lowski, ten months old, was accident-,
ally smothered to death in a folding
bed. The child was placed in the bed
and covered with a blanket. A short
time later mother entered the
room and found that the bed had been
closed. She opened it, to find her
child smothered to death.
Will Vails, a farmer who lives near
Ruleville, Miss., shot and instantly
killed Dr. J. M. Taylor, one of the
most prominent men of Ruleville.
Edward Moot or Weathorsfield, Ver
mont, proved himself the world’3
champion wood chopper when in the
presence of railroad magnates, lumber
kings and millionaire New Yorkers
he chopped down five cords of wood
that had been standing trees, split
them into stove lengths and piled
them into regular piles, between sun
rise and sunset and with an hour and
a half to spare. At the end of the
unprecedented teat several thousand
dollars was paid Maxwell Everts, who
had backed Moot’s powers with the
ax.
After a quarter of a century of vol
untary exile in the South seas, Thom
as Fleming, the original of Steven
son’s character, “The Wild Scotch
man,” arrived in San Francisco, Cal.,
on the schooner Aerolus, and arrayed
in garments of a fashion scarcely ever
seen before, has proceeded to get ac
quainted with electric cars and other
evidences of an advancing civiliza
tion. Fleming is a trading agent at
Arne island, one of the Marshall
group, located one hundred and fifty
miles from the nearest white neigh
borhood. He made the acquaintance
of Robert Louis Stevenson, years ago
when the author visited the island.
Fleming has announced his determina
tion to return when he shall have
tired of sightseeing, saying: “Perhaps
the life out there is lonely, but some
how it gets into a man’s blood and he
stays there.”
Wrapped In the tantacles of a giant
devil fish, Martin Lund, a diver,
fought for his life in the hold of the
wrecked steamer Pomona, which lies
in thirty feet of water in Ffcrt Ross
Cove, off the California coast. The
devil fish had evidently entered the
vessel's hold during the night, and
Lund was at work some time before
he became aware of its appearance.
A giant tentacle, four inches in diam
eter, first, gripped one leg. Before
Lund could realize what had happen
ed. another squirmed out of the dark
ness, and twined about his neck.
Plunging suddenly toward it, he drove
ihe knife with all his force into the
head, repeating the blows until he had
slashed it into sections. Lund then cut
himself free, and was brought to the
surface in a fainting condition.
More than three thousand Indians
of tlie Kiowa, Comanche, Apache and
affiliated tribes assembled at the foot
of Mount Scott, near Okla..
ior a great inter-iribal council and
for the annual payment of lease naon
oy to those Indians who have their
lijj.ln leased for farming. The Indiana
received from $1,300 to SIOO each ac
cording to the amount of land leased.
The supreme court declared uncon
stitutional the Wisconsin eight-hour
railroad telegraphers’ law, which was
cum ted at the 1007 session of the leg
islature The la wis declared uncon
stitutional on Ihe theory that, it ie in
conflict with the provisions of the fed
aral constitution.
Four men were arrested in Cleve
land. O. for converting horse flesh
into Knu«nget» and selling the product
foi free lunch counters.
Society in Atlanta, Ga„ is greatly
amused over the elopement of Silvey
Mpeer |7 vear-old daughter of Mr. and
\lis vVillism A. Speer, and heir to a
rot tune of, about $750,000, with Roswell
t Thomas, her father’s chauffeur. The
couple were married and started im
mediately for the east. At Charlotte,
\ £ they were arrested, and brought
i ia * to Atlanta. The Speers are now
aft erupting to have the marriage an
ituled and say that a reconcilia- .on iS
Impossible The young bride is beauti
ful and talented and is wel known in
the vounger society set. Thomas is
cnid to be a young man of unusual
nmmlarify among his friends, many
df whom surprise that the
c,p Pri should object, to the match.
Thomas had been ,n the employ of tb v
-tpeor family for two years.
EUROPE’S NEWEST CZAR
Ferdinand of Bulgaria Proclaims
Independence of His Country.
MAY MEAN WAR WITH TUKKEY
Congress of the Powers Will Be Called
to Consider Violation of the
Treaty of Berlin.
London, England.—ln the ancient
capital of Tirnovo the independence
of Bulgaria has been proclaimed with
the czar of the Bulgarians as a ruler.
The czar of the Bulgarians is recog
nized to moan more than czar'of Bul
garia, because it is a distinct intima
tion that he regards his country as
having sovereignty over all the peo
ple of that blood in the near cast.
The question which has berm stir
ring the whole of Europe more deeply
than any similar question within the
memory of the present generation is,
does it mean war? From all tho cap
itals come reports indicating that it
means, first of all, another European
congress of the signers of the treaty
of Berlin to consider the situation and
probably to revise the treaty,
From the British standpoint the
whole affair lias been a surprise, be
cause, for the first time in years, the
government felt itself with apparently
an understanding with France and
Russia and complete friendship with
Italy, to be in a position where it
dominated European politics, reserv
ing, out of this consideration, the al
most open enmity between itself and
Germany.
Probably never in the history of Eu
rope has politics taken such amazing
ly kaleidoscopic revolutions as during
the past week. An entangling situa
tion will come wheu th<■ signatrories
of the Berlin treaty meet to consider
what action shall be taken regarding
the violation of the treaty.
Great Britain has served notice that
it does not recognize the right of the
parties to this treaty to violate its
provisions without consulting the oth
ers, but English diplomats know that
the conference will resolve Itself into
a scramble among tho powors to get
what is termed in European politics
‘‘compensating advantages” which
Austria, backed by Germany, has al
ready obtained.
The chances of war between Bul
garia and Turkey are Ixdng minimized
by Great Britain and France, who are
working together and who have ad
vised Turkey against it. Turkey, how
ever, is apparently disposed to follow
this’advice, and it is believed that if
hasty action on and part, of Turkey
can be prevented, Bulgaria will have
difficulty in finding an excuse to be
gin war.
The action of Prince Ferdinand in
proclaiming the independence of Bul
karia is condemned alike by the gov
ernments and press of Europe, but in
some quarters this is considered a
matter of minor importance, so long
as it does not eventually end in war
as compared with the threatened an
nexation of the provinces of Bosnia
and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary.
Reports from Belgrade Indicate that
Servia has been aroused to the dan
ger point, bands of Servians marching
the streets of Belgrade and shouting
for war with Austria rather than an
nexation. Turkey refuses to recog
nize Bulgaria’s independence.
GENSUS BUREAU CBTTUN REPORT.
Number of Bales Ginned to Septem
ber 25, Was 2,5£2,68£.
Washington, D. C.—The census bu
reau report on cotton ginning Bhows
2.582,688 bales, counting round as half
bales’, ginned from the growth of 1908
to September 23, compared with 1,-
532,602 for 1907; 2,057,283 for 1906
and 2.355,716 for 1905. Number of ac
tive ginneries this year is 23,650, com
pared with 18,121 for 1 DOT"; 20,416 for
1906 and 21,389 for 1903, Round bales,
including this year, are 55,018, com
oared with 43,367 for 19*i7; 66,502 for
1906 and 74.816 for 1906. Sea island
,11,275 for 1908; 4.259 for 1907, 2,684
for 1906 and 11,963 for 1906.
By sta-es the number of bales
(counting round as ha!* bales, and ac
tive ginneries respectively for 1908
follows: Alabama, 307.5‘>8 bales and
2.911 ginneries: Arkansas, 85.827
bales and 1,490 ginneries; Florida,
310.260 hales and 3.875 ginneries;
Kentucky, 117 bales and 1 ginnery;
Louisiana. ’41.207 bales and 1,252 gin
neries; Missouri, 4,131 bales and 47
ginneries, Mississippi, .38, 433 bales
and 2,638 ginneries; North Carolina,
89.198 bales and 1,812 ginneries;
North Carolina, 89,198 >ales ano 1,812
ginneries; South Carolina, 238,921
bales and 4,699 ginneries; Tennessee,
23.128 hales and 419 ginneries; Texas,
961.833 bales and 3,764 ginner.es.
The distribution of Sea island cot
ton for 1908 by states is: Florida, 5,-
092; Georgia. 5,813; Sooth Carolina,
371>.
FLEET IN MANILA AAY.
Pride of America i« Greeted By Cheer
inf Thousands.
Manila, p. l.—With the brilliant
tropical sunlight pouring down on
their polished guns and gleaming
paint and a swift land breeze whip
ping their many tings out straight
from the staffs and stirring the bunt
ing that covered the hall hundred
launches and excursion steamers that,
crowded with cheering thousands, es
corted the big ships up the bay, tho
Atlantic battleship fleet steamed slow
ly into Manila hay, and, sailing majes
tically across (lie hay where Dewey
and his men fought their historic fight
with the Spanish fleet ten years ago,
dropped anchor off the city.
The fleet steamed up tho center of
the bay, while dozens of launches mid
steamers, sailing proudly along be
side the monsters of the navy, sound
ed a discordant welcome with whis
tles, cheers and every other noise
making device that could be contriv
ed. The ships presented u magnifi
cent appearance as they moved slow
ly along, and the sight of tho long
line evoked the wildest enthusiasm
and the admiration of thousands that
crowded every point of vantage. As
the Connecticut led the line past Cor
regidor, the garrison there fired tho
admiral’s salute. The progress
through the channel was made in sin
gle column, but, as soon ns tho Inst
ship of the long line was safely pass
ed, signals were ho kited for the dou
ble column formation, and In this
manner the ships steamed up the bay.
The anchorage was reached and all
along the shore line the crowds con
tinued to Increase, even after the last
vessel had come to rest. As the ships
anchored, General Weston, military
commander In tills city, sent u wire
less message conveying the greetings
of himself, ids officers and the men
of the army to Admiral Sperry and
his men
Governor General Bmilh witnessed
the arrival of the fleet from his
launch, where he entertained a largo
party of officials. loafer in paid his
official visit to the Connecticut, and
t.he Manilans welcomed the sailors In
[the form of a great water parade, as
the men of the fleet were tiol allowed
to come ashore on account of the
many cases of cholera in the city.
GOVERNMENT ISIiVS SILVER.
Will Amount to 125,000 Ounces a
Week—Demand for Coin.
Washington, D. C.—Director of the
Mint Leach has announced that he
would resume immediately the pur
chase of fine sliver for subsidary
coinage. He states that he expects to
purchase about 125,000 ounces each
week for an indefinite period.
Director fa'ach said he was confi
dent purchases would tie made as
long as there was an active demand
for the coin. The mint now has on
hand only about five million ounces
of fine silver and this supply would
soon be exhausted at the present rate
of demand. For several months prior
to the late financial stringency the
demand for subsidary coins was so
active as to necessitate the operation
of the mints to their full capacity,
but the demand fell off until there
was an accumulation in the treasury
in April last, of about $27,000,000 in
standard dollars and $26,000,000 In
subsidary coins. Early in the summer
the call for silver dollars became
more active and soon the supply was
practically exhausted. Attentf'Ofi was
then directed to the halves and other
subsidary coins with the result that
now there is only $21,000,000 avail
able, notwithstandirig the fact that, in
September $634,0<>0 in silver subsi
dary was coined and added to the
stock on hand. Mr. Leach expects a
still stronger demand when the cot
ton crop begins to move and the de
cision to purchase more silver is in
anticipation of this demand
SEEKING SUNKEN TREASURE.
Harvard Student* Will Have to Mod
ify Their Plan*.
Kingston, Jamacia. —The expedition
composed of Harvard students which
started recently on the .steamer May
flower from New York ir, search of
sunken treasure in these waters, will
likely have to modify the original
plans. The treasure seekers intend
ed to search a Spanish galleon which
sank many years ago, but the Ameri
can expedition has been anticipated
by a Jamaican syndicate which char
tered a schooner and after an inef
fectual search returned to Montego
The Jamaicans occupied several
weeks in their gold hunting trip and
had exciting experiences with hurri
canes. The galleon was not found
but her position on the ocean
was located, the wreck having broken
to pieces years ago. Divers were sent
down ard a number of Spani-h gold
coin?, were recovered, but nothing or
great value The leader of the ••xp* ■
dition was the son of Sir Henry Ar
thur Blake, who was governor of Ja
maica 1889-97.
TUDEBCIII.OSIS Will END
When Every Social Unit IWina
to Fight Says Dr. Flick.
IS NO INHERITED INFEXTId
Philadelphia Expert Saya That Wa**
Earner* are Specially Menaced
By Dread Diaeasa.
Washington, D. C “If every twß
of our society Is willing to do than
which they can do, l tool confident
that the day is not far distant whete
we will have wiped the dread diseaw.
tuberculosis, oIT the face of the earths’*'
This was the message of hope give*
by Dr. Lawrence Flick of Philadti
phla, one of the most eminent Bt<4
cal men of the country, at the \*w
National Museum, where tin. .illicit*
losis exposition Is being held in on*
neetion with the International Cm*
gross of Tuberculosis. The meet In*
was In I In l interest of labor, and wa®
one of a series to he given Tk®
speakers were Dr. Flick, John Mitt*
ell, former president of the Uwita#
Mine Workers of America; HannvoF
Gotnpers, president of the America®
FedenUlon of Labor, and others
“Tti*'reulosls is peculiarly a
ease of the wage-earner," salt! Mr
Flick, and this is so for the «*tf
good reason that one of the stixmgtw*
predisposing causes of tho disease tm
overwork. II is an exceedingly fatal l
and prevalent disease among wa»e
earners.”
Dr. Flick pointed out that the rro*
son why the wage earner is so likeKf
to contract tuberculosis Ih because l®
many Instances he L overworked, k®
toils in unsanitary workshops and at
1 mil lines lie Ih underfed, which can®’*
his powers of resistance to he lew*
able le throw off an Implantation
the tubercle bacilli. If the wage ear®
er gels the implantation, l)r. FlkA
said, it Is almost certain to result far
tally. 1
lie refilled Hie theory of Infeciia®
from Inheritance, saying that ante*®
the luhereulosls micro-organism Is
milled Into our bodies It Is not poa**-
hie for one lo become Infected rg*
need of the establishment of hosplta**
and sanalorlunis for the care of co»
tag lons and non contagious ooiiHiinqp
lives was emphasized.
John Mitchell, who presided, emit®
orated some of the obstacles to grea*-
er progress In the promotion of healffc
and the eradication of disease, boS
said it was due to the attitude
many employers of labor whom, lie d<*
elured. resisted the enactment of ’»**
for the prevention of accidents and
the promotion of henlili
Samuel Gompers paid a tribute
Dr. Robert Koch, the German set**
tint. He declared that Hr. Koch wfHI
live In the memory of man when rimer
who fail to appreciate his discovery
of the tubercle bacillus, or those vrh®
fall to follow his precepts, are forgot
ten. lie declared that the union work
ing man was less susceptible to tube*
miosis Infection thnn the non urdn®
man, because the union shops are rm
perlor in sanitary appliances to other
shops. Tim death rate from consume
Hon among non-union men In 100 i*r
cent greater than among union mew.
he said
Statistics were presented bv Fm*
crick L. Hoffman, showing that tfc#
number of deaths from consumpt l**i
among the 32,000,000 wage earners i#
this country Is 77,000.
WILD RUMOR AT AMOY.
It Was That the American Fleet
Would Seize That Port.
Amoy, China Local agitators hav*
been circulating a report to the effeeg
that Hie American battleship
which will visit this port the end
October, purpose; to seize Amoy an a
base of operations In a forthcoming
war against Japan. The people became
alarmed and began leaving the city
Then, to prevent a general exodus oF
the population, the municipal author
ities issued a proclamation forbidding
people going into the interior to (ah*
heavy baggage with them
Two of the agitators were arrest**
and given 1,500 blows each
QUARANTINE IS RAISED.
Texas Now Open to Traffic With Gw
ban Port®,
Austin. Texas The state healih de
partment, through Acting State ffe»}»Jk
Officer .1 H Florence, has rained
yellow fever quarantine which ban
been In effect, against Havana ami
other points in Cuba for some tins©
past, and passengers from Ha van®
and other Cuban ports will be allow
ed to leave Cuba and come here wit*-
out detention. This action was base*
on a message received from the oir
geon general of the marifie hospital
service conveying the informal ion (hit
the government had raised the em
bargo existing at Havana.
Cotton Crop Report.
Washington, ft. C The cotton crt»
report issued by the department, at
agriculture shows that the average
condition of the cotton crop on Sep
tember 25 was 63.7 per cent of a nor
mal against 76.1 per cent on Aug*rf
25 last; 67 7 on September 25, IWI.
71.6 on September 25, 1906.
The condition and ten year averag*
on .September 25 respectively by statv*
follows Virginia 78 and 69.6; North
Carolina, 69 and 71; South Caroliiva,
68 and 70; Georgia, 71 and 71; FI or
la. 72 and 70; Alabama. 70 and 63;
Mississippi. 70 and 63; f»uisiana. 5$
and 66' Texes. 7i aiiu 64; Arkansas.
70 and’ 68: Tennessee, 78 and 74;
Mis-ouri 70 and 76; Oklahoma, e*
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