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In Letter to the Governor of Iowa
as to the Pejialogical Conditions in
This State, Blease Gives His Views
On Statement of Penitentiary Di
rectors. .
Governor Blease on 'Monday gave
his first impression upon the Peni
tentiary situation since the directors
made public their letter informing
the Governor they purposed standing
by the hosiery mill contract. Tha
views of the governor were expressed
in a letter to Governor Carroll, of
Iowa, replying to inquiries con
cerning penalogical conditions in
South Carolina.
Prisor labor is employed in part,
the letter says, on farms and roads, |
but "in part, I regret very much to
say, in 8 hosiery mill, located within
the walls of the penitentiary, whicn
{mill) 13 a common nuisance and a
death tr ip caused by tuberculosis.
I am now doing my best to get rid
of the hosiery mill, but it seems there
?Is too much money behind it, and I
am having a hard fight.
However, I have not lost hope and
have appealed to the solicitor of this
circuit and asked him to bring suit to
abate tte nuisance. Why the board
of directors are figthig me, I am
unable to say, unless it is personal
political prejudice." !
The Governor says that if this is
not the reason he would not care to
state what he "and a good many of
the people" believe to be the reason;
but "anyway their action is certainly
peculiar."
The letter follows:
His Excellency, B. F. Carroll, Gov
ernor of the State of Iowa, Des
Moines?Dear sir: Your letter of
July 14 received, in which you ask:
"How many penitentiaries and refor
matories have you in your State?"
In reply, I t eg to say that we have
one Penitentiary and connected
therewith a reformatory for colored
youths. We also have an industrial
school, or reformatory, for white
'boys.., . . ,... .... . . r? .. !
The Penitentiary is self-supporting
and last year turned something like
$85,000 over to the State In profits.
The reformatory for white boys is
In its infancy, and has not yet had a
faftr chance to show what it can ac
complish.
In reply t" your question, "How is
your prison labor employed?" On the
farms, on the roads, sometimes in
shops, and, I regret very much to say,
in a hosiery mill, located within the
walls of the penitentiary, which is a
common nuisance and a death trap
caused by tuberculosis, this having
been reported by the State board of
health and condemned, by my having
called attention to It at the last meet-j
lng of our General Assembly, and I
am now doing my best to get rid of
the hosiery mill, but it seems there
5s too much money behind It and I am
having a hard fight. However, I
have not lost hope and have appeal
ed to the solicitor of this circuit and
asked him to bring suit to abate the
nuisance. Why the board of direc
tors are fighting me on this matter I
am unable to say, unless it is perso
nal political prejudice. I would not
care to state, if this is not the rea
son, wha I and eoolilliiiiilliili oho
son, what I and. a yood many of the
people believe is the reason, but, any
way, their action is certainly pecul
iar, knowing, as they do, that it Is a
death trap and a menace to our peo
ple.
In reply to your last question,
"What is your prison population?" I
cannot give you exact figures, but I
suppose to be about ten or twelve
hundred. It would have been much
heavier, possibly, but in the last six
months I have reduced it considerably
by exercising executive clemency, and
will reduce it some more now soon
along the same line..
Any other information which I can
give you I will be pleased to do so.
Very respectfully,
Cole L. Blease,
Governor.
Columbia, July 17.
Attacked in her Home.
At Rockingham, N. Y? Mrs. M. E.
Beck, a well-known widow lady of 60
years, is in a serious condition as the
result of an attack by a man, who
broke into her home early Sunday
morning, entered her bed room and
choked her into insensibility. The
Identity of her assailant has not yet
been discovered. The mayor and citi
zens offered a reward of $800 for his
arrest, which has been supplemented
by an additional $400, authorized by
Gov. Kitchin.
At Rockingham, N. C, Mrs. M. E.
Typhoid Girl Guarded.
Miss Rose Beersma, known as the
typhoid girl, is being guarded by a
city detective on a dairy farm south
of Chicago and may be quarantined
for life, according to health depart
ment officials. Although enjoyingper
ect health, she is said to be a carrier
of the disease germs and directly re
sponsible for three deaths and fifty
cases of ever in the south divlsoin of
the city.
YELPS OUT AGAIN
HEYBURN MAKES A POOL OP
HIMSELF ONCE MORE.
4^ the Chronic Kicker's Antics
^.senate Takes up Bill for a Con
federate Monument.
The bitterness between Senator
Heyburn. of Idaho, and Senator Wil
liams, of Mississippi, on the subject
of the Confederacy, broke out anew
in the senate recently. Senator Hey
burn objected to the taking up of a
bill apppopratlny $100,000 for a Con
federate naval monument in the
Vlcksburg military park, but Senator
Williams won its consideration by a
vote of 29 to 19.
The Vlcksburg park commission
and the senate committee on milltar>
affairs approved the measure. Mr.
Williams said it was desired to have
the monument complete or the semi
centennial "blue and gray" reunion
at Vicksburg in 1913. Senators Cum
mins of Iowa and Works of California
urged its passage as proper recogni
tions of men who exhibited brav
ery in a cause they believed right.
Senator Heyburn again attacked
the principle of federal recognition
of - Confederate acts. He declared it
was "intolerable" that the deeds of
Confeder<te armies should be re
cited in laws .that call on the public
treasury or contributions'. Ho char
acterized the history of the War Be
tween the Sections as "history of
murder." -He attacked the newspa
pers of the country, declaring many
of them disloyal "and delighted to
express their disloyalty."
He had been characterized as waiv
ing the bloody flag in the senate, he
said, and had been so misrepresented
that he was receiving scores of anon
ymous letters from "cowards" threat
ening him with physical violence be
cause of his opposition to uselng gov
ernment funds to recognize Confeder
ate service.
He displayed a letter he had receiv
from Little Rock, Ark., the envelope
of which bore a Confederate flag.
He said the post-office department
said there was no law to prevent the
use of the flag on mall matters.
"No law ought to be needed," said
Heyburn, "there Is but one flag in
this nation entitled to such represen
tallon.
Senator Williams abruptly left the
chamber when Heyburn began to bray
-and s*-Senator Taylor, t)f Tennessee,
took up the 'ssue, and scored Hey
burn. "The war is over," he said,
"time has pulled down the forts and
healed the wounds. The men who
wore the gray delight to honor the
men who wore the blue, but they do
not to delight to honor the men who
never smelt powder, and who stand
here and unlimber their batteries of
bitterness against the simple proposal
to erect monuments to Southern he
roes."
The senate immediately adjourn
ed by a vote of 26 to 25 and the ques-1
tion was eft unsettled.
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EIGHT FORK SHARK CAUGHT, j
By Some Young Men in the Harbor
cf Charleston.
A Charleston dispatch to The State
says two big waterspouts and the
catch of an eight-foot shark afford
ed the harbor people something to
talk about Friday. The monster
shark was caught by a party in a
motor boat off the jetties. The shark
wt:s hooked by Edward Eve, who was
assisted by Edmun Shelby, Philip Eve
and Edward Means in landing tue
monster. It was hard work landing
the big fish, which at times would
leap 15 feet out of the water, threat
ening to carry the boat out to sea or
down to the "bottom of the channel.
The waterspouts were seen off the
Stono phosphate works. The spout
moved along the river for a consider
able distance; fortunately the river
was clear of small craft at the time.
GOT LOST ON THE SEA.
For Four Days They Were at the
Mercy of the Waves.
Buffeted about on the ocean by the
high rolling waves of the choppy sea.
between San Pedro and Catilina, Cal.
in a small gasoline lauch for four
dahs and suffering untold agonies
from thirst and hunger, because
there was neither food nor water
aboard, were the awful experiences
sufered by O. L. Grimsley, a million
aire fining man of Los Angeles, and
his wife, until they were picked up
by Capt. Kittleson, of the steam lum
ber schooner Chehalis, en route to
San Diego, and carried in an almost
unconscious codition to San Pedro.
After assistance and careful atten
tion they were able to return to their
home in Los Angeles.
Were Blown to Atoms.
At Tulsa, Okla., Barney Sullivan, a
prominent oil man, his horses and
buggy, were blown to atoms when a
large quantity of dynamite acciden
tally exploded. For miles around
the windows were broken and build
ings shaken. Many persons thought
the explosion was an tarthquake.
Gave Up the Fight.
Leaving a note in which he stated
there was "too much boss from moth
er-in-law" in his family and that his
wife sided with her mother, R. W.
Luebke, of Cinclnnattl, O., committed
ORANGE]
THEY OUTWIT LAWS
OFFICERS KEPT Bl'SY WATCHING
FOR FRAUDS.
How Foe* Stuffs of all Kinds Are
Adulterated by Dishonest Manu
facturers.
The efforts of the government and
the various States to provide pure
food for the people of the country has
brought about a higher quality of
foodstuffs, hut it has not deterred the
inventive genius of country from try
ing to work out schemes for substi
tutes and adulterations'.
ODr. S. J. Crumbine, secretary of the
Kansas Board of Health and
chief food and drug inspector of the
state, is receiving- no Jess than a doz
en letters a day telling of schemes
whereby one pound of butter may be
made into two and scores of other
circulars from alleged chemists and
get-rich-quick men in Eastern cities
who would make grocers and butch
ers their tools.
Probably the worst adulteration
that has come to the attention of the
Kansas department and is to be sup
posed to the Pure Food departments
in other states, is a butter emulsion
which will cause the butter to absorb
its exact weight in water and still pre
vent the .butter eaters knowing it.
Take a pound of butter and a pound
of water and a spoonful of this emul
sion, work the three together for a
bout ten minutes, and there is two
pounds of butter and water. The
average houswife could not tell the
difference between this watered but
ter and the real article.
A man in Tennessee has developed
a scheme by which he can make a
pure apple-cider vinegar at an actural
cost of four cents a gallon, and using
one apple for each gallon. The fraud
could not be detected except by an ac
tural chemical test. The same chap
also has a scheme for making apple
butter with one apple to the gallon of
butter and at a cost of one-fourth the
real article.
A nan in Rochester, iNT. Y., develop
ed a plan of treating sawdust with
molasses to use in adulterating spices
One part of the real spice and three
parts of sawdust made the product
which could not be detected .by the
eye or tongue.
Frauds in flavoring extracts and
maple syrup have been common. A
Vermon man has offered a recipe to
Kansas grocers so that they can make
the maple syrup the purchase into an
fraudalent syrup to one-half gallon
of the real syrup.
There are numerous other schemes
for increasing the weight of parched
coffee, preserving e?gs, useless bak
ing powders, making mincemeat and
tomato catsup at reduced cost by us
ing little meat or tomatoes. The gro
cer, to get the recipes, must pay for
them. The price is usually $10 and
a pledge of secrecy.
KILLED WITH A BRICK.
Two Negroes Have a Fight and One
Was Fatally flit.
The Columbia Record says John
Young died at noon Sunday in that
city from paralysis as the result of a
lick in the head dealt by Tom Wise,
another negro. The quarrel between
the negroes, who lived at Hyatt's
park, arose over an alleged insult to
the daughter of Young. The daughter
told her father of her treatment at
Wise's hands, it is said, and Young
took up the matter vigorously. A
fierce puarrel ensued, which ended by
Wise grabbing a brick, which h broke
in two arid used one half to disjoin
Young's head from his spinal column
at the back of his neck. Wise is held
in the county jail, having been appre
hended Friday night. Young was
carried immediately after the occur
rence to the hospital. When he ar
rived his body from his shoulder
down was paralysed.
MANY KILLED IX WRECK.
Train in Germany Jumps the Track
Near Mullheim.
A through express from Basel,
Switerland to Berlin, crowded with
a Jieavy tourist traffic, was wrecked
at Mullheif Monday. The latest es
timate is that 14 persons were killed,
while scores of others were injured,
manu of them seriously. The acci
dent occurred as the train, coming
from the south was entjRng the sta
tion. The locomotive was derailed
and was followed from the tracks by
four cars, a first class, a second class,
and two third class coaches.
These cars telescoped each other.
At the same time the remaining cars
thrown to the opposite side of the
track and piled up against a train
standing on the southbound rails.
Not a passanger in the first three cars
of the train escaped injury.
Engage in Fatal Fight.
At Detroit, Michigan, in a running
fight one Italian was instatly killon,
another was probably fatally hurt,
and a third received a serious wound
in the back. The dead man is Ce
sare Gassissi, aged 19. Sam Danna
was shot twice through the back. To
ny Cassisi. uncle of the dead man,
who received a bullet in the back,
told the police that while he and his
companions were walking along Pell
street, three men ran up behind them
and opened fire.
3URG, S. C, THURSDAY, JUI
DOUBLE JURDER
Mill Eogioeer Kills Bis Wife and Her
Farther at Anderson.
PROUD HE KILLED WIFE
Only Regret is He Had to Shoot His
Wife's Father, With Whom |She
Lived, and His Wile's Sister, Who
Was Sleeping With His Wife When
He Shot Her.
"I went to the home to kill my
wife and I succeeded. I'm well pleas
ed with my little deed and am ready
to die for it any time; my cny re
gret is that I had to shoot my wife's
farther and that I accidently shol;
her little sister. The old man caught
me from the rear and I had to shoct
him in the tussle that followed. I
did not know the little girl was in
the bed with my wife and did not
know I had shot her until the officers
told me this morning that I had done
sc."
These few words from the mouth
of Samuel N. Hyde sum up the ma
terial points of a double murder com
mitted by him in the village of Orr
Cotton, mills at Anderson at an ear
ly hour Tuesday morning. The dead
are: M. V. Beasley, aged 55 years,
and Mrs. Emma Beasley Hyde, aged
25 years. The wounded is Miss Wil
lie Beasley, aged 15, but her wounds
are not serious. Hyde is 26 years
of age. He surrendered to Sheriff
King immediately after the shooting,
and when at the jail this morning
gave out the following .Interview,
which has been substantiated by oth
er witesses of th.> dreadful tragedy:
"My wife and I had been separated
about three weeks. My father-in
law, Mr. Beasley, told me not to
come around his house, as it would
cause trouble. I love my wife, and I
wanted to see her Since I could not
live with her, I was resolute to
kill her, and put an eDd to the af
fair. I fully made up my mind in the
matter Monday afternoon' before sun
set. In order to carry out my pur
pose, I went to the house of a friend,
who lives just below the city, and
while he was away from home I we$!t
Into his room and into his trunk
where I found his 32 calibre pistol.
I iput. the^ pistol is m??POcket and
then returned to the^cuy. * At TO
o'clock I hoarded the Orr mill car de
termined to carry out fy intention. I
got off the car and walked past the
home of Mr. Beasley. The lights
were burning and I could hear voices
I went down in the mill village to
give the people time to go to bed. I
passed the house two or three, times
beore I finally decided 'that they had
retired.
"It was my wife's habit to keep a
dim light burning In her room, ana
when I saw that the lamp had been
turned down, I knew that everybody
was asleep. I went to the rear of the
house, took off my coat, shoes and
hat and placed them on the porch. I
then got a ohair and forced an en
trance through the kitchen window.
I passed through the kitchen and hall
to to my wife's room. I didn't know
which bed she occupied, so turned
up the light. As I did so, she raised
herself on her elbow and called out to
know what I was doing and what I
meant by coming there. I didn't an
swer her., but began firing. I emp
tied my pistol?five shots in all. At
the third shot she fell back in bed.
"I then turned and started through
the hall. Her father had been at
tracted by the shots and he grabbed
me as I passed out of the door. He
grabbed me from the rear, and in the
tussle I put one cartridge in my pis
tol. I aimed the pistol under my left*
arm and fired. The ball pierced his
heart, and he fell dead to the floor.
I then rushed out of the house. It
was my intention to come to the jail
and surrender, but so many people
gathered that I decided to take to the
corn field just in the rear of the
house.
"A friend of mine joined me in the
field and he went to telephone the
sheriff A little while later the sher
iff came down the road in his buggy.
I reiognized him. I ran out In the
road and hailed him, asking to be
taken in the buggy. I got in with the
sheriff and he brought, me to the jail.
My wife was a good woman?the
best that ever lived. Xo one can say
a mean word about her. T loved her
with all my heart, and when I found
out T couldn't have her to live with
me, I decided to kill her and end the
affair. I'm glad the deed is over. I
hadn't taken anything to drink.
Samuel Hyde was a character well
known on the streets of Anderson.
Six years ago he enlisted in the Unit
j ed States army. He was assigned to
artillery service and served out his
I enlistment. In 1 OOS he and the slain
! woman were married. To them was
born one child, a boy. In 1909 Hyde
decided to return to the army After
serving a l'ttle less than one year he
i tired of the life and bought his dis
charge.
Since returning to Anderson he
and his wife have lived together ex
cept on two or three occasions when
her father would interfere and take
her back to his home for protection.
Hyde drank heavily at times, and her
father feared bodily injury. Hyde
state that he and his wife ha never
had any serious trouble since they
were married: that they had lived
quietly and peaceably. Hyde worked
in butcher shops here for several
. Y 20, 1911.
MARS GEIS A FALL
AVIATOR PROBABLY FATALLY
HURT AT ERIE, PA. .
The Doutors Hold Out Little Hope
For the Recovery of the Well
Known Airman.,
At Erie, Pa., "Bud" Mars, well
known American aviator, was probab
ly fatally injured here shortly after
5 o'clock this afternoon when he lost
control of his air nachine during a'
flight and crashed from a height of
several hundred feet to the ground.
The heavy biplane dropped on top
of him. His Injures are of such a na-.
ture, it is said, that there is practi
cally no hope for his recovery. The
aviator's wife witnessed the accident
and her condition is serious, due to
the shock.
Mars was in the air for the second
time when the accident occurred.
Several thousand spectators n-ere
watching him. He circled the field a
number, of times a'; a height of sev
eral hundred feet. Suddenly the ma
chine made a dip downward and Mars
made an attempt to regain control of
the machine.
It was a futile .ittempt, however,
and an instant later, the biplane'
struck the ground. The machine
was completely wrecked and Mars lay
under it. He was covered with blood
and at first it was believed he was
dead. He was carried to an improvis
ed field hospital. ,
The serious natu *e of Mars' injur
ies was evident and he was rushed to
a hospital. His physiccians issued a
statement saying that his chest was
tained concussion of the brain and
badly Injured and that he had sus
suffered internal injuries, while he is
also bruised from head to foot
The aviation meet there was given
under the auspices of a local news
paper. Mars started the second
flight a few minutes before 5 o'clock.
He had not been in the air long,
when, for some reason, he started to
descend. The machine same down
ward with terrific velocity.
The amazed spectators stood still
for a moment. There was a scream
when the aviator's wife rushed to
wards the wrecked machine. Before
she reached her husband's side, how
ever, she was overcome with grief
and was carried from the field.
'A later dispatch nays that the hurts
of the aviator are not as serious as
was at first supposed, and that he
will recover in about ten days.
KILLED ON GOLF LINK.
Lightning Struck Him Down in Pres
ence of Many.
Before the eyes of scores of soci
ety men and women well known in
offical life, and almost within a stone
throw of the Chevy Lhase Club house
near Washington, T. B. Johnson, or
New York, recently appointed solici
tor of the navy department was kill
ed by lightning Monaay.
Johnson had been playing golt
with a companion and was in the
open when the boit struck. His com
panion and the caddy, a dozen yards
away, were knocked down, but were
uninjured. Johnson's body was
badly .burned. Surgeon general
Stokes of the navy, who was at the
club, declared that death was instan
taneous.
The club is one of the best'known
country clubs south of New York.
President Taft, Vice President Sher
man, most o the members of the cab
inet members, and many of the mem
bers of the diplomatic corps are
members.
FELL BACKWARD INTO WELL.
Negro Killed Near Lancaster anil
\ White Man.
A special dispatch to the State
from Lancaster says a tragedy occur
red Thursday on the premises of Lew
is N. Montgomery in the Creek sec
tion, a worthy and respected negro,
Nathan Mcllwain losing his life in a
well. Mcllwain had been down in the
well, which was being made deeper
by blasting anc: was coming up on a
rope to eat hi-i sreakfast when on
reaching the tcp he apparently faint
ed and fell backward, landing at the
bottom. His head and chest were
crushed and d<ath ensued in an hour
or so, shortly after he was brought
to the surface Hial Dees had a nar
row escape from a similar fate. He
down in the well with Mcllwain and
In falling the latter's feet struck
the breast, hurting him severely.
Jest Ended Fatally.
George Harper, contractor of Ben
ton, Tenn., w is shot and almost in
stantly killed at 4 o'clock Sunday af
ternoon on the public square at Ben
ton by John Harbison, proprietor of a
pool-room and near-boor saloon. The
men began playing with each other
and finally became enraged and Har
per struck Harbison with a beer bot
tle and the latter drew his pistol and
fired two shots, both of which took
effect in Harper's body.
Bull Kills Two Men.
Damon Guptlll, a farmer, and his
hired man, Horace Luce, are dead
near Dover. N. H... as the result of
being gored by a mad bull. "
months, but lately had been employ
ed at the Gluck Cotton mills The
tragedy has created great excitement
in Anderson, especially in the Orr
mill village.
GOOD COITON CROP
[CONDITION OP STAPLE INDI
GATES A BIG YIELD.
Fields Are Clean and Some Sections
Expect Much Larger Yields than in
Several Years Past.
Due, in a great measure, to the
rains of last week which relieved the
drought before it had done serious
damage, except possibly in scattering
sections, the 1911 cotton crop in
South Carolina, from present stands,
promises to be equally as good if not
better than last year. No section of
the State, from reports, has suffer
ed materially; but to the contrary, in
a number of counties larger yields
?are expected than in ia number of
years past.
Taking the State as a whole the
condition up to the end of last week
indicates that the cotton crop this
year will not be off on account of the
drought that for a timi everybody
feared would materially affect the
yield. Conditions may be said at this
time to indicate a 100 per cent, crop,
although in some scattering sections
where cotton was; replanted and did
not get a good stand the yield will
not be more than two-thirds or three
fourths; but in other sections from
15 to 25 per cent, more cotton is ex
pected than last year.
Heavy fertiizatilion and the unusu
ally fine preparation of the soil, deep
er plowing and the application of new
methods is telling this season, but for
it is safe to say that 'the drought
would have proved a greater damage
but compared with last year at this
time the crop is in a better condi
tion.
The fields are clean, there is no
grass, and indications are that a much
larger crop will be picked this year
than ast. Last year at this time the
fieds were full of grass, making the
cost of production greater than this
year, and, indeed last year the farmer
had a hard fight to keep the grass
from over-rnning the cotton.
What grass follows the recent
rains will be easily kept in check
this year. If the conditions at pres
ent can be compared with conditions
existing at this time last year, the
wo seasons being, absolutely different
the one extremely dry and the ocher
extremely wet, farmers of the State
are, from reports received, in better
shape now than then, and the indica
tions for a full crop are a great deal
tor tha last year.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
Each Liquor Sale is Separate Offence
Says Court.
Another decision bearing on the
present whiskey law has been given
by Associate Justice Hydrick in the
case of the State vs. W. P. Kelly,
Sumter county, who was convicted on
two charges of violating the whiskey
law, recaivlng an alternate sentence
on the first violation and a sentence
of one year for the second vioiati**,
as provided by the act.
The State says the sentence of the
Sumter county-court is affirmed. The
case first was submitted to the su
preme court at the November term in
1910, but was dismissed because the
attorneys for Kelly failed to file ar
gument. A satisactory explanation
having been made, the case was again
filed
W. P. Kelly was tried on June 3 0,
1910, for selling whiskey on October
15, 1909, and was tried on July 1,
1910, for selling whiskey on June 23,
1910. The defendant was given an
alternate sentence in the first case
and was given one years imprison
ment on the second charge. This of
fense was treated as the second sub
sequent offense under the act of
1 909.
"In this State," says the supreme
court, "each sale of whiskey is a sep
arate and distinct offense for which
the guilty party may be convicted and
punished."
NEGRO FOUND ALIVE.
He Was Shot by n Mob in Georgia
and Left For Dead.
Morris Daniels, a negro charged
with having assaulted an aged wo
man in Randolph county, Georgia
last week, was brought to Moultrie
Saturday morning nearer dead than
charge by a mob having been taken fn
charge by a mib of less than a dozen
1 men Friday night near Har:sville.
j The negro was shot and left in the
I road for dead. He was not discover
ed until the sheriff and coroner were
I notified by unknown parties to go
jut and hold an inquest It is stat
ed that the matter will be presented
to the grand jury as the identity of
the negro had not been established.
Dynamit <? Exploded.
j While endeavoring to dynamite
I fish in the Chattahouchee near New
; port. Tenn.. Monday, James Wiggins,
|30, foreman of a lumber camp, v.-r.s
I almost instantly killed when a stick
of dynamite exploded in his hands.
His neck was broken and a gash torn
' in his breast through which his heart
j could be seen. Roth hands were
blown off.
Bandits Burned Canadian.
For refusing to divulge the hiding
place of a horde of wealth owned by
Mexican railroad, Robert Swanzey, a
Canadian, was burned at the stake by
a gang of Mexican bandits at Sumter
TWO CENTS PER COPY.
BAILEY OUSTED
Brilliant Texan Looses Hold On Senate
Democrats.
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NO LONGER THE LEADER
Bailey's Following Among the Demo,
erats in the Senate Have AH De
serted Him. .His Vote in tho Lor
imer Case Was the Beginning of
His Trouble.
A dispatch from Washington says
the star of Joseph Weldon Baney as
the intellectual leader of the Senate
democracy is waning.
No longer is Mr. Bailey permitted
to speak unchallenged for his demo
cratic colleagues. His assumption of
the 'Cffice of spobesman is being re
pudiated daily, his statements are
criticised, and even denied, t, id his
opinions are flouted.
The Texan has been placed in such
a position by the verbal assaults of
his colleagues that hereafter he will
l>e regarded merely as one of th sen
ators from the Lone Star State, ant*
as expressing his own views rather
than those of the combied democracy
in the senate.
His support has dv/indled to two
senators?Simmons of North Caro
lina, and Thornton of Louisiana. To
these three men has been deri3ely ap
plied the appellation of "The Three
Musketers," with Pailey as Athos,
Simmons as Aramis, and Thornton as
Porthos.
It had been apparent for some time
that the fall of 'Mr. Bailey was im
pending. Equipped w'th a superb
mentality, a gifted orator, and ab!e to
handle himself effetively in debate,
there were few senators, until the
present congress, disposed to cross
swords with him. His adroitness in
emerging unscathed from an unfor
tunate position he had adopted, his
quickness in turning verbal somer
saults and his use of irony and pa
thos, of sarcasm and appeal have
been a source of admiration to the
senate and the galleries and of confu
sion to those who interrupted him.
The Texan never has been troubled
by the need of being consistent and
his course in the senate has been
marked by astonishing ahout faces
which in the case of a man of weaker
mentality would have precipitated his
political ruin at once.
The first serious blow to Mr. B*ai
ley's assumption of leadership suffer
ed was in connection with the Lori
mer case last winter when only ten
Democrats voted with him to retain
the Illinois boss in the senate.
The Texan was unable to hold even
this following on March 4, when at
the instance of Senator Owen of Ok
lahoma, the senate voted on the prop
osition to approve the constitutions of
Arizona and New Mexico.
Only two Democrats voted with
Bailey, and the Texan became so
piqued that he resigned his office pf
senator, but upon reflections with
drew his resignation a few hours la
ter.
Senator Stone of Missouri alwayB
has been a thorn in the side of Bai
ley and never has hesitated to ques
tion the Texan's democracy. The new
democratic senators, who assume^
their seats at the beginning of the
present extra session, have followed
the tactics of Mr. Stone, with the re
sult that Mr. Bailey is being subjected
to some rough handling in debate
He early announced his opposition to
the Canadian reciprocity agreement
but has been able to obtain only two
recruits?Simmons asa Thornton.
The Texan has found himself as
sailed by Reed of Missouri, Hitch
cork of Nebraska, and others and re
cently found his democracy attacked
by John Sharp Williams of Mississip
pi.
Mr. Williams has not the smooth
oratorical flow.of Bailey, but he Is
unquestionably one of the best rough
and ready debaters in either branch
o congress. While a member of tho
house he had ample opportunity for
practice, and as minority leader, made
a record which proved of value to the
democracy.
Mr. Williams and Mr. Bailey differ
on the tariff and Mr Williams, who
is a deep student, and a man of wide
reading is undoubtedly the better In
formed on this question than is the
Texan. Moreover he is a good law
yer and has a lot of nerve.
The results of the bouts up to date
have been favorable to the Mississip
j plan and the anti-Bailey democrats,
I who have long been looking for some
lone able to cope with the Texan, are
j wearing broad smiles of satisfaction,
j From now on it may be expected
. that the daily sessions of the senate
will be enlivened by frequent tilts'
! between Mr. William? and Mr. Bal
! ley.
The men opposed to the latter
; make no secret of their purpose to
expose his demoerary and to make it
I clear to the country that he is not
; their representative and that If he
I claims to be he is making a false rep
I resentation
Struck Their Boat.
At Milton, Fla., Oeorge E. Carroll
and his twelve year old son were in
stantly killed by lightning Friday.
They were rowing and had turned'
to head for the shore at the approach?
of a thunderstorm when the craft
was struck. : < ?