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Xlie Press and Banner. 1 ^ lis PA-R.T SBGOITD. J FATAL CRASH ? Of a Train Cuts a Railway Sta- ( tioi in Canada The FOUR PEOPLE KILLED ? ? ii Blowing Out of Wash Pipe on Lo- ^ pate comouve, t*<n jivuhvw*i * ? _ Rec< Engineer and Fireman to Jump, conr and the Train Dashes Into Station, of } and Tearing it I'p. ring rest Montreal, March 17.?Four per- the eons are dead and thirty others were natit more or less seriously Injured as Pr?S the result of the blowing out of a t'le '' wash pipe on the locomotive hauling \ the Boston Express of the Canadian t0 ^ Pacific Railway this morning, three Ti miles out from the city. Scalding was steam filled the cab and the engineer PoI? and fireman were forced to jump. whor The train, without a guiding hand he e at the throttle, dashed into the u co ?2 Windsor street station, mruugu mc granite wall into the women's wait- ? ^ ing room, and then into the rotunda, ' where the locomotive, after demol- ' lahing one massive granite pillow, * was brought to a standstill by anoth- * i,roce The four persons killeewd wj1jje The four persons killed were sitting in the women's waiting room. wj,:cj They are: .iven Mrs. W. J. Nixon, Montreal. K*gU Her 13-year-old son and 8-year ' jn' old daughter. serie? Elsie Villiers, 12 years old, of .Q ^ Montreal, )f cr( A score of ^men were knocked \inan down when the train dashed through /ate | the rotunda. )rjts An investigation of the cause oJ jje ^ the accident by General Managei ,0lice McNicoll disclosed that the break <j0( In the boiler was on the fireman'* ,t th side. Fireman Craig jumped at onc< rang and landed in a snow drift, practi- iccon cally uninjured. He ran down th< )ank track after the train. Half a mih Foi from where he Jumped Craig foun> -augh the engineer lying unconscious b> niddl the rails. His skull had been frac- iart < tured. Why, before jumping, th< n the engineer failed to bring his train t< tin. a standstill may never be known lewly for Cunningham has not regained he t< consciousness, and is not expected which to live. The train crew had no idea o eo there was anything wrong until th( .ondc train was nearing the station. Thei C the conductor, noting the excessive eadei 6peed at this point applied the air- inowi brakes. They were not strong *as a enough to hold the train with tin irmy. locomotive pulling against them, but nous they did check the speed somewhat >een i The husband of Mrs. W. J. Nixor ive c is a train dispatcher of the Canadian fapan Pacific at Medicine Hat, Alberta Tin He had secured leave of absence tc :aptu come to Montreal to get his family >ers < ahd they were all at the station t< houg greet him after six months' separat -xpec ion. Nixon's train arrived a shor ice o time after the accident. The mangled bodies of his wife and children A1 were lying on the platform when h< stepped from the train. Seabo BRINGS DOWN THIEF. S cl\ Officer Shoots Necro Storp Robbei epor Laden With Booty. Ilalla lee. < Chester, March 17.?Ike Feaster he c, colored, was shot and perhaps fat )0ard ally wounded at 2 o'clock this morn ' he c lng by Officer J. G. Howsee, of th< jsi0r city police force. Feaster had brok I en into the store of T. H. Ward, col )t'ing ored, and was coming out of th( -ion(j rear with his plunder, when Office) vhi 1 e Howsee. who had been attracted b} rom the noise, endeavored to halt him ,n t] Feaster refused to stop and the of iah fleer flred in the darkness, strikin; 1907, him in the head. He was taken t< the Magdalene Hospital, where h has remained in critical condition al day. Two ATTACKS COX ST UBLAR Y. Sanguinary Conflict on One of th- W fttei Philippine Islands. je ( Manilla, March 17.?A belated dis patch from Lake Lakano reports tha '*'cei a band of hostile Mores attackei rives Lieutenant Furlong's detachment o' -*uni constabulary at Bordog, on the 8tl lctec of March and, after a sharp fight >y ^ eight Moros and two members ot lddi the constabulary were left dead on num the field, while two soldiers and om ,uce civilian were wounded. A company that of the 25th infantry and a detach al'o; ment of scouts have gone to the aid P,,rr of Furlong's force. The day after sary the tight a constabulary soldier deserted after stealing five rifles belonging to members of the detachment. Darl TIED AGENT TO TRACK. "Was Liberated by Man .Just Before Traiii Passed. ^rd, Sou Roxie, Miss, March 18.?Ropes frejj which bound Agent Shineleton, of had the Mississippi Central Railroad to the the tracks over which a train was pass soon to pass last night were cut by legs a man who found him as the rumble diet of the locomotive was heard in the cide distance. He had been knocked in late tho head and tied to the track by mor negroes who attempted to rob the clai depot. ten UGE FORGERY PLOT pffl >ILEI> BY THE SUSPICIONS OF A LITHOGRAPHER. Benjaff Arrest at Milan of Four of le Ringleaders Reveals an Inter- KILL utional Company. ome, March 17.?Special disliPCflUSft hes from this city to Columbia 3rd says startling developments I Loverlecting the extensive operations on a j tie international gang of forgers of checks and banknotes, four Young leaders of which are under arat Milan, continue to come to a surface as a result of the inter- Richm )nal police investigation now in j,js form ress. As stated at the time of 0f jeai0 irrest a week ago the operations today w? he gang were confined chiefly penitenti ew York and London. najs jn le capture of th? four leaders death, due to the misgivings of Sigor Becaus tti, a very skillful lithographer, fj,e atter n the forger3 had entrusted with Gin,ert s ngraving of an immense number Morse on leeks, varying in value from $10 fo]k on j 00 apiece, which they represent- ered for ( ere reQuired by the American occurring ess Company for its branch es- ^ which shments in Rome, Genoa and removed ;s. shooting. ;nor Polotti confided the affair Hearin ie police, who directed him to ened to ki ed quietly with the commission, father 0f ! they prepared a surprise for Qin,ert. ? lanv as possible of the gang, jn^ the i during the past two years has Gilbert, i untold trouble in America, whj]e stil ind, France and Belgium. was told \ Italy last December, after a ter The > of frauds at Genoa amounting and the 10,000, they presented a letter one tQ fu] 2dit of the Commercial bank of a], that p i for $15,000 on a firm of pri- Qn tht cankers in New York. The cul- ^orsfi an have again and again exploded went to few York bank, and the Milan ],reath of > are convinced from a mass -p^ey wer cuments and stamps now seized wjjen y01 eir lodgings that this criminal ^jss M0r< must have had one or more noticed G vplices in the employ of the Qj]hert as itself. vately. ? ir members of the gang were anything it red-handed. They are all ?ay it tllf e-aged, though a considerable Gilbert 3f their career has been spent Morse tur . United States and Great Brit- arm of M They had in their possession thg bridK, -made banknotes and checks of ^ert drew jtal value of over $2,000,000, tjmes at they were about to forward enterod ti nfederates in New York and ?razed th >n for circulation. Gilbert )reof Origoni, one of the ring- but for t] s under arrest, comes of a well Hg a Naples family and formerlj gaged to n artilley officer in the Italian lhejr Wftd He is a nephew of the fa- ?arly date General Matterassi. He has Gilbert' i consular agent and representa- prav|ty ai .f various commercial firms in being s and North America. h^reditarj ; Milan police are elated at the eight mer re, but regret that many mem- Qover Df the gang are still at large, Gill)erfS h they have clues which are ted to prove useful to the po- isonnieri f New York, London and Paris. e _ . recommen [.LOWED TEX THOUSAND. mercy of submitted l he Govei aid Must Pay That Sum to he should Conductor's Widow. n?f cuted foi ' annah, Ga., March 17.?The occupied t of Sprcial Master Frank M. The Su way, appointed by Judge Par- ^PP^aled :>f the United States Court, foi '"S that ases instituted against the Sea- since his I Air Line, has been filed with ^hi lerk of the court here, a de- m?de of : i allowing Mrs. Belle Gray $10,- in virgi*i for the death of her husband. wj made a part of the record. ,her uctor W. B. Gray was killer. Constitut! on a freight train runninp nreme Co Savannah to Denmark, S. C.. on Gilbe le bridge spanning the Savan- Sanson, river, near Garnett, August 2 rrspites t fused to - Gilbert THKV SHOULD PASS. in an efl nortgagii Bills Before Congress to Help the^hight Rural Carriers. Jr" the ,l not only ashington, March 17.?Rur-al hut had I r carriers will come in for a lit- noekpt th jxtra compensation during thi parents t -first Congress if the two hills condemn* ltlv introduced by Kepresenta- Gilbert Hates, of Pennsylvania, and penitenti phreys, of Mississippi, are en- spiritual 1 into law. The bill introduced of his vi< Lepresentative Rates provides an youth sa; tional allowance of $150 per an- if he ha< for subsistence, and that introd by Mr. Humphreys provides "SAW A $250 per annum additional be ved each rural carrier for the f;jvos |j haee and maintenance of neceshorses, wagons and equipment." ' RAIN KILLS A(iEf) NEGRO. I.onis R( ^ x ... * escaped iV, Past Century Mark, Meets Ellis Isl Death at Newberry. arrested and retv ewherry, March 17.?Ned Kin- prospect and old negro, was kilied at the He tc them depot hene today. The that he ;ht engine was shifting, and Ned Df his his back to the train and was on three hi track. The car struck him and orn, wh< led ovpr his body, cutting off both Ellis Isl . An inquest was held, the ver- sanade being that the death was ac- with the ntal. Ned was a slave of the "if y Gen. H. H. Kinard, and was I'll do \ e than a hundred years old. He deportat med to be over a hundred and Louis years old. his hanc S FOR CRIM lin Gilbert is Electrocut at Richmond, Va. ED YOUNG LAN She Rejected Him as ?Th<i Murder Oommitt iridic at Norfolk, While t ; Girl was With Friends f le Outing. ond, March 19.?For killii er sweetheart in a mome us rage, Benjamin Gilbe is electrocuted In the Sta ary here, where all crlrr this State are now pui le she had spumed him f< itions of other young me hot down pretty Amanda ] CamposteMa bridge In No fuly 23 last. The girl linj .wenty-four hours, her deal ; at St. Vincent's hospit; institution she had bee immediately following tt g that Gilbert had threa 11 his daughter, T. O. Mora the girl, went to look fc ind reason with him. Gc wrong way, Morse misse and twenty minutes late II in search of the youtl that he had shot his daugl father rushed to the seen fact that he could find n rnlsh him with a pistol wa irevented a double tragedy > hot summer night Mis id several young friend Compostella bridge for air from across the watei e conversing on the bridg ing Gilbert approaches se's escort, W. G. Mitchel rilhert acting peculiarlj ked the girl to see him pri !he replied that if he hai to say to her he coul< tn and there. making 110 reply, Mis ned from him and took th itchell to walk further 01 ?. Just as she did so Gil his pistol and fired thre her. Two of the bullet lie girl's hack. The thin e coast of Mitchell, would have been mobbei le early arrival of the po claimed to have been en the girl and declared tha ding wa9 scheduled for ai when she spurned him. s defense was general de nd mental irresponsibility ought at his trial to prov> r insanity. After the tria Qbers of the jury petition nor Swanson to commut death sentence to life im it in the State penitentiary in rendering its verdic ded the prisoner to th the court. Judge Hancke this recommendation t nor, who declared that i commute Gilbert, he couli it another man to be exc murder, so long as h the gubernatorial chair, preme Court was then ap to, among the grounds be Gilbert had become insan conviction and that th b Legislature changing th inflicting the dr ;th penalt ia from hanging to electrc is "stranere and "nnsual. efore, in conflict with th ion of the State. The Sv airt denied a writ of orro rt.'s appeal, and Oovernc who had granted numerou o permit court action, r< interfere further, 's parents spent their a 'ort to save his life, eve ng their beds to raise moi which to carry the fight t >r courts. Daniel Colemai iwyer who defended Gilber received no compensatioi :o supplement from his ow ie money raised by Gilbert 0 carry on the fight for ?d boy. ; after being carried to tl ary repented and had h adviser write to the paren jtim asking forgiveness, tl t'ing that he could die easi< 1 his forgiveness. WAY," SAYS WATCHOR] on Tanirr at Ellis Islai 4 Moans of Esrapo." Tork, March 18.?Franc ssanade, a lion tamer, w! from the detention pen and in August, 1907, w recently in San Francis irned to the Island, with of deportation, tld Commissioner Watcho escaped by cutting the bs cage with a saw made itchers* knives. Mr. Watt :> suspects collusion by soi and. employe, has given Bo three more kitchen kniv se instructions: ou can saw your way o vhat I can to save you fr< ion." is now raising blisters Is. IE JURY SHED TEARS [M SENSATIONAL MURDER TRIAL ? ed An ENDS IN CHICAGO. Defense Was an Alibi?Jury Took f But One Ballot-?Women Specta- p^S tors Hysterical. ^ Chicago, March 18.?Luman C. Mann, was today declared not guilty ed of the murder of Mrs. Frances Gil- o more Thompson. ,ie Several members of the jury shed ^ or tears when Mann, between choking ^ sobs, thanked them and promised to lead a better life. Attorney Erb- O stein, who defended the case, was 1S fairly mobbed by dozens of weaping nt women, who have been constant at- thoi rt tendants at the trial, and who jn- f?r te sisted upon kissing- him. Attc l?" The evidence against Mann was year circumstantial; his defence an alibi. . The jury took but one ballot. 5r Wtlth the words "not guilty" from an 1 the Hps of the foreman, the scene tery a- In court became one of excitement ty i r" bordering on hysteria. com "I've been a bad man, but years jg a from now you will hear of me as h } 11 an honest citizen,' Mann said in duce !D thanking the jury. Tears were roll'e ing down his cheeks and his sobs . made It almost impossible for him .. > t0.?we,k; > ,? th'" e> ' We knew you were innocent, ^ | )r said one of the jurors, his tears flowing freely. Other jurors furi- p.. d tively applied handkerchiefs to their rec^ r- eyes as Mann returned to his moth- ^ er, throwing his arms about her neck . i- and crying like a child. ^?en e Under cross examination the de- . e QUETE 0 dendant was compelled to relate a ? * s sorrow story at which his mother ' hung her head. He told of drinking ? ^ bouts, during one of which he spent fc l0< s $1,000 in a single night of gambling ? a a and of low associates. e Fanny Thompson, bound, gagged was e and the fisger marks of a strangler ? " I- on her throat was found dead in a 0 1 I. rooming house at 1242 Michigan er' ^ r- avenue, July 1st last. She had - been dead four days, and this period 3 e 1 d Mann was compelled to cover in , d minute detail to establish his alibi. Besides himself, he produced more comr ? than a score of witnesses. must p The evidence against him consist- fie s n ?d chiefly of his acquaintance with ?v'"e - Mrs. Thompson, when she was a sorv- W ? ant in his father's house, the fact ne " s that he wore a cap similar to the "p tc 3 one which Mrs. Hamilton, keeper of the rooming house, said was worn ^ 3 by the man who accompanied Mrs. "'s*1' ? Thompson to the house, and a state ment made to his sister prior to the ^ii t tragedy that he "knew a woman anc* 1 a whose diamonds he would get if ^ad he had to choke her." This state- ^a''e< - ment Mann explained on the stand meal was purely a thoughtless Jest made Whit p in the course of conversation in a schoc 1 light vein. curre , At e SLASHER SCORES WOMEN. moth .9 by a Unknown Culprit Cuts Up Clothes In once ( the i Subway Station. Open 1 New York, March 18.?Complaints ^and 0 which are reaching the police indif cate that a "slasher" is again at tu rJ work in New York. Several women a(jye have reported that their garments g . e have been cut in the subway station p at 42nd street. to^n 1 All cases bear a striking similariiy which makes it appear as if the r work were being done by one man, ^ r using the same sharp knife. In most f^ ' c instances the garments cut have . J' been women's coats, slashes a little uih'i ? fo the left of the center of the back ' about 12 inches from the bottom. LU"" One woman's handsome coat of spec) i" broadcloth was badly mutilated in . Inser r the subway yesterday morning. Two ,r years ago a "slasher" did similar |? work and while detectives were put specifically on the case, the culprit was never captured. The 11 n SMITH LOST HIS HAT x* N< 0 At the White House When He Called Comi t' on Mr. Taft. gene eral Washington, March 17.?Senator Mick s E. D. Smith, junior Senator from ?* ie South Carolina, today paid his first t0(*a official visit to the White House to t lf, we the President, and lost his hat K 'here. Representative Moon, of Ten- tert*: . . j , ..v. i cltin ?S uessee, wno is saia 10 uave iue iargest head of any man in Congress, an^ er with the exception of Congressman ? Brownlow, also of Tennessee, is sup- l,e01 posed to have gotten the Smith head- e'0(J ^ piece. So far it has not been re- as a covered. SP'CI a re SUICIDE AT NORFOLK. of jl < Act- Due to Despondency Because He :is ho Lacked Work. Sujm at Lynchburg, Va., March IS.?Hans as A. Herzfeld, aged fifty-two, a native co of Savannah and bookkeeper for a ^ a brewing company here for some time, peri committed suicide at his home today Swe rn by shooting himself in the head. He tonj irs was despondent because he had been com of out of work since the saloons closed o >h- here. nnrn ne orl is- Reward Offered. in ( es. Washington, March 18.?A reward Sch< of $2,000 has been offered by the por? ut, Italian government for the capture deci 3m of the slayer of Lieut. Joseph Petro- pass sino, according to official information unit on the embassy has communicated to will * the State department. wis! IAN STEALS BOY d Holds Him For Ten Thousand Dollar Ransom ITHER WILL COMPLY \ : Lad Is a Son of Attorney Whitla, f Sharon, Pa., and Was Taken 'roni School by a Stranger?The loy's Hat Found in a Buggy in hio. haron, Pa., March 18.?Ten isand dollars ransom is demanded the return of William Whitla, irney James P. Whitla's eight-old boy, who was spirited away 1 school here this morning by inknown man, furnishing a myswhlch the detectives of the countre being asked to solve. Acpanying the demand for ransom covert threat that the boy will tilled unless the money is pro. J u. undreds of telegrams and telele messages have been sent to police of various cities asking r assistance in the search for boy and his abductors. The first ; of these came tonight when1 f of Police Crain, of this city, ived word that a rig, in which lad had been taken away, had recovered at Warren, O., with child's hat on the seat of the ;y. ; 9:30 o'clock this morning a lger drove up to the east ward al house, where young Whitla pupil in Room No. 2, and told janitor, Wesley Sloss, the lad wanted at once at his father's i. Sloss conveyed the message rs. Anna Lewis, the boy's teachrho dismissed the child. As she helping him put on his overcoat, emarked, half jokingly, "I hope man does not kidnap Willie." man in the buggy had a dark lexion, dark hair and a stubby ache. He was stockily built, poke excellent English and was sntly American-born. hen Sloss appeared with the boy, itranger smiled and helped him ) the seat beside him. He then ? off in the direction of Mr. la's office. Several persons to - pay a confederate joined the ipper before he had left town, ttle was thought of the incident, there was no belief that a crime been committed until the lad i to appear for his noon day Becoming worried, Mrs. la began a search, and at the )1 she learned of what had ocid there three hours before. 1 o'clock a letter directed to the er, was delivered to the house mail carrier. Mrs. Whitla at recognized the handwriting on envelope as that of her son. fntr if c Vi o f nil n rl fVio fr?1 n cr nunication written in a strange ^e have your boy and will rehim for $10,000. Will see your rtisement in the papers. Inin Indianapolis News, Cleveland Pittsburg Dispatch, YoungsVindicator: 'A. A.?Will do ?c]uested, .T. P. W.' Dead boys not. desirable." le penmanship and spelling of ote indicated it. had been written l man of fair education. Mr. la decided to comply with the it ions of the letter, and sent for ication to each of the newspapers fied the note it directed him to t. DEATH OP DR. JONES. Groat War Chaplain of the Con fedoraoy Gone. ;w Orleans, La., March 18.?By nand of Gen. Clement A. Evans," ral commanding, Adjutant Genand Chief of Staff William E. :le issued from the headquarters he United Confederate Veterans y an order giving official notice he death of Chaplain Gen. J. iam Jones, which occurred yesay at Columbus, Ga. After reg his achievements in military civil life the* order concludes: LIis devotion to his work and his ?le, his ability as a writer, his uence as speaker, his amiability companion, stand out with conuous brightnpss, and he has left cord fren from stain and worthy mitatinn." COMPULSORY EDICATIOX. ^rinf endrnt Swenringen Favors Local Option. olumbia, March IS.?State Suntendent of Education J. E. aringen gave out a statement ght touching his views on the pulsory education question. Mr. aringen said in part: "While pulsory education is neither neednor desired in many localities. )thers it is eminently desirable. Dol district's, county and incorited towns should be allowed to de the question for itself. The ;age of a law allowing each school . to decide this question for itself soon show whether the people 1 compulsory education." ' TWO BRAVE MEN T AFTER BEING SEPARATED FOR FORTY-FOUR YEARS ? ^ Meet for the First Time Since the War and Talk Over Their War m Experience. New berry,. March 17.?Mr. Samuel jntro<j Dixon, of Florence, came to Newberry recently to visit Col. D. A.Dickert, ?' 1 and thereby hangs a tale, says the mitt Observer, which it relates as follows: In the closing days of the Confederacy, during the spring of 1865, Gen. Hardee, then approaching Che- ^as raw in his retreat hofnro Stlorman'o ? ? ... ? _ ? ? w~?v.?w ^utimuu o man F invading army, sent for Col . D. A. coramj Dickert, of Newberry county, of the famous old Third regiment, and told him he had a dangerous and impor- 000,00< tan work to be done, that was to re-enac carry a message through Sherman's Qf trea lines to General Hood, who was then Qf 5251 down toward Savannah, and tell ated ii General Hood where to meet Har- j^ew dee's array. The general knew of duties some of Col. Dickert's scouted the bases, mission and was permitted to select iow> flj his companion. Captain Richard mechai O'Neal recommended to him a young hides, man in his company by the name of twenty Sam Dixon, saying that he was quiet ijst wh and cool and not afraid of danger. Tea j Colonel Dickert selected Mr. Dixon, and jn and he accepted without hesitation, grade They knew that they would have cents i to disguise themselves to get through than tl Sherman's lines, and that if caught it is in their lives would pay the forfeit; cut fift, but that did not deter them, and one-hui they set out on their mission? crude 1 I strangers hitherto, but now strong fire-bri< friends, bound together by a common rem, si cause and a common danger. They forty t fulfilled their mission, passing twice ninety through Sherman's lines. one cei Some time ago Mr. Tom Harrell, half ce of Newberry, was in Florence and five cec was talking with Mr. Dixon, who now leather lives there, though at the time above per cen spoken of he was from Richland Bitui county. Mr. Dixon asked him if he lmplem knew a man from Newberry named permitt D. A. Dickert. Yes, he said, he tides fi knew him well; saw him very often. te(j fre, From that a correspondence ensued are on between the two former comrades- leadbea in-arms, resulting In a cordial and and ba pressing invitation from Colonel single Dickert to Mr. Dixon to visit him in cotton Newberry. On fJuesday Mr. Dixon [ng pap came, and the two men, who had Incre braved death together forty-four chicory years ago, stood face to face for the articles first time since then. Both men fee, coi have held their own well, Mr. Dixon Keene's being particularly active and bright; spar, zii tall and as straight as an Indian; of lemons, quiet, demeanor, but cheerful and rics and full of life?like a young man but making for his gray hair; and gray hairs free un have ceased to be a sign of old age. Free Tne men are now t>t\ tnere Deing Philippi three months difference in their iting fi ages. When they performed th< wrappei Jangerous feat of carrying General filler tc Hardee's message they were little and 15( more than boys, and yet had seen exempti four years of hard fighting. the isla Speaking of Mr. Dixon, Colonel The Dickert said that he was the bravest reciproc and most cheerful man under hard- are con ships and dangers he ever saw. backs a extende POSTMASTER at FLORENCE. Incre An ad( Several Aspirants for the Place Are ^arc* 01 process Working For It. since p Also Washington, March 17.?Senator ^ E. D. Smith went to see President Qn gtoc Taft today about naming some one w},0-i]y for the Florence postoffice to succeed chjneg< Josh Wilson, the negro, who was Qhajrni recently named for another term by provide Mr. Roosevelt, and who failed to p have his nomination stick. Sena- tides, tor Smith, of course, wants a Dem- porte(i ocrat if he can squeeze one in, and wrappe it is understood that if a good Re- an(j 3 nnhlirnn pan nnf lip fnnnrl Mr. Smith , I UiltUU C may be called on to name a Demo- one fis( crat. At this time, however, the tobacco Republicans are being mentioned rates." here for the place, Cassell and La- ^ S( throp. Cassell's father is a member Cuban of the House from Pennsylvania, and ent ]a, is said to be working for his son. creased pounds CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS. $3.50, . $1 to Though Pistol Was Unloaded and DEPO Killed a Man. Spartanburg, March 17.?While Flames fooling with a pistol supposed to be unloaded, Sara James shot Perry Loister, his brother-in-law, at Greers Loui this morntng. James was trying the des to clean an old pistol and Loister of $401 was sitting in a chair watching him. local ti The pistol went off accidentally, the try's 1 ball entering Loister's forehead, pen- will pri etrating the brain and causing in- station stant dfath. James is prostrated Cr<5s with grief. big str Till ________lilt? 111J THREE WERE KILLED. the bl shell o fire de Coast Line Train Loaves Track at wag ( PikeviJle, X. C. Roach, Egan Charlotte, N. C., March 17.?A throug fast passenger train on the Atlantic cupant Coast Line jumped the track at Pike- Usin ville, a flag station between Colds- Centra boro and Wilmington after midnight the Bs killing the engineer and fireman, and tb and Brakeman Offert. Conductor The W. H. Newell and several pasengcrs operat< were seriously injured. Details of men a the accident could not be obtained at I the fla this h)ur. I ally si HE NEW BILL ? 6 Tariff Brought in Early On Wednesday ; Ji . A-fs JORITY MEASURE i m uced by Chairman Payne, the Ways and Means Comee?Free Reciprocity With a and Philippines Except on ir and Tobacco. hington, March 17.?Chairayne of the ways and means ttee Introduced a new tariff lay. It provides for a $40,0 issue of Panama canal bonds, its provision for the issuance sury certificates to the amount 0,000,000, provides for gradulheritance tax similar to the fork State law on/1 AM T* auu I Lupuses on maximum and minimum Cotton seed oil, iron ore, talax straw and undressed flax, lically ground wood pulp, and works of art more than ^ years old are placed on free " % ere coffee remains. Is taxed eight cents per pound, ternal revenue tax-on heavy cigaretts is increased sixty and on those weighing less iree pounds to the thousand, creased to $1.50. Lumber is y per cent, refined sugar, five ldredths of a cent per pound; ?yp?um, ten cents per ton; ;k ten per centum and valo- $8 :eel and iron schedule, from o fifty per cent; tin plates, per cent; bacon and hams, tit! dextrin nnrl ctornli r\ria nt; wool, shoddy and waste, its, and boots and shoes and goods, from forty to fifty ninous coal and agricultural ents imported from countries ing free entry of these ar'om United States, are admit5 of duty. Other reductions marble, plate glass, mica, ring ore, wool, grease, barley rley malt, flax gill nettings, yarns and threads, oilcloth, shirts and collars and printases in duties are made on ' root and roasted coffee and used as a substitute for cofcoa, spices, coal tar dyes, cement, asphaltum, flour ic in ore, osier or willow, figs, pineapples, Mercerized fab[ gloves embroidery and lacemachines are to be imported til July 1911. reciprocal trade with the nes is provided for, but lim*ee sugar to 300,000 tons; tobacco, to 300,000 pounds; >bacco, to 300,000 pounds, ),000,000 cigars a year. The on is confined to products of nds. , continuation of the Cuban :ity provisions of Dingley bill itinued, provisions for draw- , md method of valuation are d and broadened. ases In cotton schedule are: litional duty of 1 cent per i mercerized fabrics (a new ' of manufacturing invented resent law was enacted). small additional duty on lapThere is also an increase duty kings, fashioned aid shaped or in part on knitting main his statement on the bill, an Payne said: "The bill s for reciprocal free trade hilippine islands, on all arbut limiting sugar to be 1mfrep of duty to 300,000 tons: r tobacco to 3 00,000 pounds 000,000 pounds of filler tomd 150,000,000 cigars in any :al year. The excess of sugar, i and cigars to pay full tariff ?ction inserted preserving reciprocity provisions of pressv. Tax on cigaretts is inthose weighing over three per thousand, from $3 to and those weighing less, from $1-50. ?T DESTROYED BY FIRE. i Consume Union Station in Louisville, Ivy. sville, Ky., March 18.?By truction here tonight at a loss 5,000 of the union depot, the ?rminal for five of the couneading railroads, Louisville obably benefit by a new union sed wires in the atic of the uctuer, which was erected by , Inois Central in 1890, caused aze, which made an empty f the depot before the entire partment of the city, which called, had arrived. W. G. chief clerk to Superintendent of the Illinois Central, fell h a skylight. All other ocs escaped unharmed. g the depot were the Illinois 1, the Big Four, the Southern, iltimore & Ohio Southwestern ie Chesapeake & Ohio. rescue of a woman telephone sr from the fifth story by firend the great height to which mes rose made the fire unusu>ectacular.