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PUBLISHED TRI-YVEEKUi WHO KILLED HIM? Mystery Surround; Ibe Death of an Em ployee of a (aarlesleo Pairy. - SKULL WA! FRACTURED The Coroner Pr bes All the Avafl able Pacts, ai d Rural Policemen Are Set to Wo k Trying to Appre hend and Catc i the One Who Did the Crime. The verdict of the coroner's jury, at the inquest he d Monday morning at the Roper Hospital, in Charleston, over the body oi John Beckett, the ?white man who d ed there Sunfday as the result of a 1 -actured skull, was simply to the e: .'ect that his death had been caused by a wound on the head, received in some way unknown to the jury. Wh ie the wound looked . as if it had bee 1 inflicted by some ?weapon in the h; nds of an assailant, there was no proc f to uphold this the ory, and the jt ry were unable to state in what wa ' the blow had been received The Charlesto: Evening Post says the wife of the read man was ques tioned at the incuest, but could give no testimony wh ch bore on the way in which her hi sband came to his death. The myst ?ry which surrounds the finding of th ; mortally wounded man on Saturd ly night, was not cleared up at tie inquest. The man was found on Saturday night by Dr En ?ene L. Jagar, who was walking aloi g the Meeting street Toad near Grant Park, when his at tention was attr cted by a form, ly ing alongside th< highway. He inves tigated and founi. it to be the uncon scious body of J )hn Beckett, suffer ing from the eff et of a severe blow on the head. D . Jagar notified the police, and the man was conveyed immediately to tt e hospital, where he ?was carefully exj mined and found to have a fractured skull, as the result of the blow Next, the wou id was examined, in an effort to asce tain with what kind of a weapon it \ ad been inflicted, as it was evident ft Dm its position near the base of the'sl ull, that it could not (have been the re suit of a fall, nor of any kind of v 3ual accident. The wound looked a i if the victim had been struck with some sort of a blunt iron instrument, ;he assailant coming ?up from behind. From the tim i that Beckett was brought to the h spital, his condition grew steadily wo se, and he died Sun day in spite o the attention he had received f om the physicians there. Little is known about the man, and it is b Sieved that he only recently moved ;o Charleston. His wife, who was a the hospital, could throw no light i pon the mysterious matter, and said that she knew of no one who was hei husband's enemy to the extent of ati acking him. Beckett was employed at the iM'ehrten's dairy, and lived up the Meeting street road, near the Three VTile House. The rural po- icemen of that sec tion are at wor c on the case, hav ing been notifit i shortly after the discovery of the body. The ground in the vicinity of the spot where the man was fcund, was examined, but no traces of a struggle or attack could be found The whole case is surrounded with a veil of mystery which as yet the police have been nnable to pierc-, and the death of the victim gives it a gravity which leads all citizei s to hope that the true facts of the oase may be brought to light, and th j malefactor to jus tice. MUST PAY HEAVY FIXE. Shot at His Ma i Four Times With out Any Effect. As a result of his fight with R. G. Cibbs, Friday it Spartanburg, in Thompson and Oillard's store dur ing which he fi ed a revolver four times, missing (ibbs but slightly in juring Mrs. Joi es F. Thompson, a saleslady. Magis tr?te T. 0. Fowler, of Reidville, In i olice court was fined $100 for disorde 'ly conduct, $100 for carrying concea ?d weapons and $25 for discharging firearms in the city. The evidence wj s that the attack on Gibbs was unj rovoked and Gfbbs was discharged. A charge of trans porting whiskey has also been made against Fowler but this case was continued. Fow er has been bound over for ;srenerj'. sessions court on charges of assa ilt and-battery with intent to kill ar d carrying concealed weapons. Town Marshal Shot Robert Chad ?n, city marshal of Ullin. 111., was shot and killed by unidentified persons. He. with Wil liam Farrell of ?obden. 111., who was fatally wounded, was in a saloon when two shots were fired through a window. Four negroes who are be lieved to have s( me knowledge of the crime were latei arrested. Killed by Falling Pistol. While J C. Fenderson was taking a coin from his pocket in New York he pulled his ; evolver out with it. The weapon wa > discharged as soon as it struck the idewalk and the bul let killed the woman at the news stand. In def .ult of $2,500 bail, Henderson was kept in jail to await the coroner's in luest. VETERANS OLD HEROES OP LOST CAUSE MEET AGAIN IN COLOfBIA. The Reunion Opened Tuesday With Enthusiasm?Many Speeches Were Made to the Old Gray Veterans. The white-haired men v.ho repre sent all that remain of the strength and skill of the Confederacy, the gray uniforms, the tattered flags and the Southern red and white which the sponsors are wearing, it seems that all these have had a stronger ap peal at the reunion at Columbia, which opened Tuesday than ever be fore, and have put Columbia more completely than ever before in the hands of the Confederate veterans. The theatre was packed for the opening session Tuesday morning. The "bald head" row extended right straight on back to the very doors, for the entire orchestra was civen ov er to the men of thinned and thin ning locks; the balcony and even the gallery were crowded, and upon the stage were assembled the command ing officer of the south Carolina di vision with staff; the commanders of the two brigades and their staffs; the sponsors and the maids of hon or; the officers of the South Carolina division, Sons cf Veterans,, and the speakers of the occasion. The appearance of Gen. C. Irvine. Walker, commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, was the signal for an outburst of applause from the audience The presence in the hall of Gen. Walker was an nounced by Robert W: Shane, pre siding- as chairman of the executive committee, who requested the dis tinguished guest of the reunion to come forward and take his place at the front of the stage. When Lieut. Col. F. 0. C. Curtis, D D., division chaplain, had invoked the divine blessing upon this reunion Mr. Shand welcomed the olo soldiers and the Sons of Veterans m behalf of the veterans of Columbia, and the orchestra, striking up a medley of Southern airs, set to music the words of welcome and made the visitors at home. Introduced by iMr. Shand the may or of Columbia, W. Hamntoti Gibbes then in cordial greetings turned ov er the "new Columbia" to the heroes of 50 years ago and of today. On be half of the Sons of veterans then Francis H. Weston came for ward and extended cordial greetings and welcome to "the hallowed bands of Confederate veterans." Judge Robert Altrich, of Barnwell, an old veteran was the orator of the day. His subject was: ' ?.Vhy did the South Fail to Establish Her In dependence " He analyzed the situ ations at Shiloh, at Fredericksburg, at Chancellorsville. at the Wilder ness and at Spottsylvania court house to show that the* South had victory well within grasn. Then, he return ed to the question, Wrhy did not the South succeed? Col. Aldrich gave his answer to the problem in this sentence, with which he concluded his speech: "When you look back and weigh the influences and situa tions and conditions," said he, with an earnestness which seemed to be di rected at each old soldier individual ly, "I tell you that no Yankee beat you?God beat you!" And thus he voiced the belief that the outcome of the war?the surrender of the South was the working out of tfc:? Divine will?the decree of Providence. Col. Aldrich was applauded t<* the echo. CHEAP SESSION. Democrats Have Conducted Congress In an Economical Way. Chairman Fitzgerald of t...i House apropriations committee, in review ing the work of the extra session Tuesday* stated that the appropria tions of the extra session aggregated $301.052. He declared that no ses sion of Congress has ever run so long a period and appropriated BO little Mr. Fitzgerald said that rrore than $200,000 had been saved during this session by abolishing sinecures and cutting gratuities hertofore granted congressional employes, and such re trenchment was plannc-d for the next session. Former Speaker Cannon accused the Democrats of niggardliness, say ing that in order to effect a petty saving they had made it impossible to keep clean the quarters occupied by representatives. Representative Palmfr of Pennsyl vania (Democrat) retorted that one fourth of the house experts had been eliminated by cutting off petty! graft and that It was the intention of the Democrats to carry out a smllar reform in every branch of the gov ernment. Have to Haul Water. A dispatch from Lexington says although there have been showers from time to time in mos: sections of the country rains that have fal len seem to have had but little ef fect upon the wells and water courses, and, as a consequence, hun j dreds of farmers are hauling water for miles to their 6tock. Eight Dead and Forty Hurt. Eight persons were killed and thirty or forty injured by the tor nado that swept sections of North Dakota Monday night, according to casualties tabulated this forenoon. ORANGEBUK ASKEDJTOHGHT Letter From Secretary Reid to President Barrett About Prices. i WANT HUH TO HELP THEM There |Is No Reason For .Lower Prices of Cotton, and It is Expect ed that the Early Estimate Will Demonstrate the Fact That No Huge Crop Will Be Made. The State says Secretary Reid of the South Carolina Farmers' Union Monday addressed a letter to Charles S. Barrett, president of the National Farmers' Union urging that he as sist in the campaign that has been inaugurated to impress upon the farmers of the South to market the cotton crop in a conservative manner. "We do not believe," says Secre tary Reid, "that there are any good reasons for lowering prices than the average for the past season, if our farmers and business men will mar ket the crop in a conservative man ner." A letter has been addressed by Secretary Reid to the secretary of every county union in the State ask ing for an accurate estimate on the crop for this year Following the ' action of E. D. Smith of South Carolina, in the Unit ed States Senate, it is expected that an estimate on the crop will soon be furnished by the United States de partment of agriculture. The following is the letter to Pres ident Barrett: "To Charles Barrett, president National Farmers' union, and the State president of the Farmers' un ion, and the commissioners of agri culture In the cotton belt: "The Sumter county union direct ed us to have a conference with the Sumter Chamber of Commerce on the best way to secure concert of action between the farmers and the allied business interests to maintain a fair price for their cotton. "From informaiton laid before our recent conference by members of the chamber of commerce and by members of the Farmers' union, cov ering a wide area in this section, we think that the prospects have been greatly exaggerated, and we sent a joint telegram to Senator E D. Smith to call on Secretary Wilson for im mediate investigation: and we are sending similar reports to all cham bers of commerce, commissioners of agriculture and State presidents of the Farmers' Union in the cotton belt for thorough investigation througu our own agencies of the con dition of the cotton crop, to be re ported to our national president and back to us, that we may have the true condition upon which to base our idea of a fair price. We do not believe that there are any good rea sons for lower prices than the aver age for the past season, if our farmrs and business men will market the crop in a conservative way. But if our neople become stampeded, a pan ic will result and there is no telling where the price will ;qo before we recover from the shock We have taken this action jointly because we believe the legitimate business in tepts of the South should be indis solubly allied in maintaining a fair just price for cotton; and we take pleasure in rommending to the cham bers of commerce and the farmers' unions throughout the cotton belt the hearty accord that exists between our farmers and bankers and com mercial interests generaly in Sum ter county. "Over wide areas in this state the drought is not yet broken and the cotton is literaly burning up. The few farmers who are blessed with good cro;>s are as about one to 100 that are below the average. "Asking your immediate and hear ty cooperation, we remain. Yours respectfully, "E. W. Dabbs. "President Sumter County and Presi dent S. C State Union. J. M. Brogdon, "County and State Business Agent. SETTLED FOR TEN THOUSAND. Southern Pays Man for l>eath of Wife and Children. R. G. A. Jeter, of Santuc, Union county has settled with the South ern railway for damages sustained by him in the death of his wife, Mrs. Emma Bobo Jeter, and their two children, who were killed by a South ern train while they were driving across the road's track near Santuc August 4. The settlement was made with M. Jeter himself, no suit hav ing been brought, and the sum paid was $10,000. In crossing the road the buggy with three children and Mrs. Jeter a train struck it. killing all save the baby, which although clasped in its mother's arms at the time of the accident escaped without injury. Egg With Two Pictures. S. H Hape a poultry fancier of At lanta has a hen which has laid an egg far more remarkable than any golden one. Woven in the texture of the shell arb a series of queer lines, making on one side a map of North America and on the other Bide a face, which resembles that of Woodrow Wilson. G, S. C, THURSDAY, AUGU ATWOOD CHECKED AVIATOR LOST HIS WAY AND AVAS FORCED TO LAND. His Disappearance Caused Disap pointment and Regret Among the Spectators Along His Route. Lost with his aeroplane in trying to fly from.Lyons, N. Y., to Auburn 25 miles distant, Harry N. Atwood, the Boston aviator who is flying from St. Louis to New York, wander ed about in the air for almost an hour late Monday afternoon, and fi nally was forced to land in an un expected spot by the approach of darkness, at a point five miles west of Syracuse. The delay had caused a serious set back in the attempt to break the aviator is making to break the world's record for cross-country fly ing. Atwood ascended at Lyons with the purpose of flying in an air line 98 miles to Utica before night. Just after he started he decided to detour from the course whch he has followed along the tracks of the New York Cenrtal railroad and cut across country to give the crowds at Auburn a chance to see him.. But la ter over the farms he lost his bear ings and kept circling about, hoping to pick out Auburn. Meanwhile great uneasiness was felt as to his fate by thousands of people who waited in parks aricT on house tops to see him' at Syracuse and Utica. It was 4:24 when Atwood left Lyons. At 5:20 he suddenly ap peared over Auburn and landed. At wood left Auburn at 6:45 p. m., un certain as to his destination. Then began another uncertain search for him, extending all the way from Au burn to Utica. Ten thousand people at Utica awaiting his approach there until sundown. Syracuse was kept anxious until at 7:17 word came that he landed safely at Belle Island, five miles west of Syracuse. Atwood said that In Monday's wan derings he had flown at least 75 miles, but could claim for his record only the forty miles between Lyons and Bell Island. His total flying time was 1 hour and 28 minutes. Atwood declared that Monday's ex perience was the most exciting that he had ever had. Tuesday I will disregard all scheduled landing places and will at tempt to fly as far as Albany, 163 miles by way of Syracuse and Uti ca," said Atwood. FOUGHT TO THE DEATH. A Real Bull Fight Takes Place in Streets of Atlanta. A dispatch to the Greenville Daily Piedmont says one of that city's prin cipal thoroughfares has been the scene of a real bull fight. Not a prearranged affair like the ones in the bloody Spanish and Mexican are nas where thousands pay their good pesos to witness a'fray. But still a very bloody bull fight took place. There were no matadors or cica dors or pretty senoitas, bedecked with gaudy colors, cheering on the victim from boxes, but instead about one thousand Atlantifans of every class gathered at a safe distance and watched two giant bulls battle to death. The animals were being fed from a stock yard to a slaughter pen, when suddenly they became enraged at. each other. Casting aside their keepers, the bulls made at each oth er. In the middle of Edgewood av enue they fought for a half an hour, blocking traffic, autos, trolley cars, drays, etc., while a thousand peo ple gathered. The street was as any Mexican arena, while one of the ani mals killed its opponent and then sank beside the body to die, himself a victor. -? ? ? MAKE REPORT SOON. Where Bad Meal Is Sold Pellagra is Found in Worst Form. "It is noteworthy that the worst goods are found being sold in locali ties in the state where the disease of pellagra is most prevalent and has proven more fatal than any where else " This statement was made by Commissioner Watson Wed nesday in announcing that a chemi cal examination of cornmeal drawn from the market in eleven cities in the State had shown the meal in a majority of cases to be extremely dangerous to man and beast. The chemist will in a few days submit a report on meal seized at Glendalo, in Spartanburg county. Myrtle Reed Found Dead. Mrs. Myrtle Reed McCulIough, au thor, was found dead at her home. Police reports indicate that death was caused by an over dose of sleep ing powders, taken with suicidal in tent. She was thirty-seven years old. She left a note and check for one thousand dollars to her maid. Fatal Auto Plunge. F. H Martin, of Stockton, Cal., was instantly killed and five persons were seriously hurt in an automobile accident i.Monday night when the car turned over a thirty-foot embank ment. Two Inches of Rain. (Nearly two inches of rain fell over Northern Oklahoma Monday, giving crop3 the best soaking they hare had in weeks. | ST 24, 1911. WHAT WAS DONE Campaign Pledges Ri denned in Fail by the Democratic Parly. EXAMPLE TO TBE PARTY Speaker Champ Chirk, in Reviewing the Work Done By Congress, Says the Democrats in the House and in the Senate Have Set a Good Exam ple to *he Party at Large. Champ Clark, speaker of the house of representatives, in a review of the work done by the Sixty second con gress, declared that the Democratic party set a good example for Demo crats everywhere, and that the party had redeemed every promise it made in the campaign of 1910, when the Democrats wrested control of the house from the Republicans. "At this session, the Democrats have made a record which has sur prised our friends and dumbfounded our enemies," said Speaker Clark. It has put heart and hope into Dem ocrats everywhere. The ertra ses sion was extraordinary, not only in the sense bein? a special session called by the president, but also in the amount and the quality of the work done in the house by the com bined Democrats and insurgents and the combined Democrats and Repub lican insurgents in the senate, and especially by the unanimity of action developed by the house Democrats. "It was predicted freely, vocifer ously, enthusiastically and confident ly by the 'standpat' press and ora tors that we woud go to pieces. On that account and by reasons of that hope, they rejoiced that the extra session of Congress was called, so that we might go to pieces at the earliest possible date. But we have sorely disappointed all their expec tations. They even set the date when we woud go to pieces, which was the day of the Democratic causcus on January 19, but unfortunately for them in that case, everything was done unanimously. They then said surely we would go to pieces as soon -as we reached the tariff question, but again they were doomed to disappointment, and we did not go to pieces at all. We are more thoroughly united in the house ;;t the end of the session, if possible, than at the beginning. "We 'have set a good example to Democrats evrywbere Sneered at for years as a party of negation and as being utterly lacking in ability for constructive statesmanship, we pass ed through the house more construc tive legislation, and better, than has passed through any house in the same length of time in 20 years. We have have set the pace in that regard for future houses. "We redeemed every promise made in order to carry the elections In 1910. We have economized, we passed the reciprocity bill, the wool tariff bill, the free list bill, the cot ton bill with the senate amendments, which included the iron and steel schedule and the chemical schedule; we submitted for ratification a con stitutional amendment providing for popular election of United States senators; we passed a bill for the publication of campaign expenses be fore the election; we liberalized the rules, making the committees elec tive by the house, we passed a reso ution to admit New Mexico and Ari zoa, an.J we passed a large number of other bills of more or less impor tance. It is a record of which we may well be proud and on which we will sweep the country in 1912. "To show how completely the 'stand-pat' Republicans are demoral ized, it is only necessary to quote the newspapers' statement that there was great re;oicing and congratula tion at the White House, because we failed by a scratch vote to get the two-thirds majority to override the president's vetoes although we have only 03 majority In the house. To this completion has come at last, that the president, who rode into power by a huge majority is glad to escape the humiliation of having his vetoes overridden in a house con taining a majority of only 0.1. Small favors are thankfully received by the administration. "Notwithstanding the fact that four cabinet members were on the floor of the house lobbying in favor of the veto, all their po-wer, allure ments and patronage of the adminis tration to help them influence votes, 22 insurgent Republicans had the courage and manhood to override the president's vetoes. What's writ is writ, and whatever the future may have in store, the honor of having perfect unanimity among the Dem ocrats and of achieving an extraordi nary amount of constructive states manship at. this extraordinary ses sion can never be taken from us. Ev ery Democrat in the house and every insurgnt Republican who stood up to the rack is entitled to his full share of credit. "We honestly and persistently en deavored to relieve the people of some of their burden of taxation, but the president would not have it. To use a sporting phrase 'he blocked the game.' On these issues, we appeal to the country, feeling absolutely cer tain that as we have stood manfully for the best interests of the people, the people will stand by us." The four cabinet officers to whom the Speaker referred as having been on the floor of the house when the imm, TAFT TRYING TO TRIM SHIP FOR POLITICAL STORM HE SEES COMING. He Wants A Progressive Republican! as a Running Mate in Place of the Standpatter Sherman. 'President Taft has made it known that he does not want "Sunny Jim" Sherman for a runnin mate next year, Sherman believes in a high tariff. He wants it sky high?higher even than the Payne-Aldrich law?and says so, openly, brazenly, without equivoca tion. His high tariff courage is equal j to Cannon's. He doesn't dodge an f inch. And President Taft, who signed the Payne-Aldrich law, the 'highest tariff law ever passed in this country, and who recently used his veto power to save those high rates from the slightest cut, is through with Sherman. "Sunny Jim" from the Taft stand point, makes the mistake of being openly sincere. To sign a high tar iff bill, at the behest "of men who know exactly what they want," is one thing. To blab about the coun try that you believe in such a law is quite a another matter. Between Mr. Sherman's tariff's words, and Mr. Taft's tariff's acts, there isn't a parti cle of difference, yet the President wants no more of the present vice president. It is well known that Mr. Taft would like very much to have Sena tor Cummins on the ticket next year for the vice presidency. The Iowa insurgent has little use for Mr. Taft. In his speeches in the Senate, and about the country, Senator Cummins has said all the hard things he could think of about the Taft failure to keep campaign promises of revision downward. He has even made his political contempt for the President a personal issue, and for months he refused to go Dear the White House. Mr. Taft is well aware of these things yet he would gladly 'have Senator Cummins for a running mate. Senator Cummins preaches and practices tariff revision downward. Along with LaFollette, Murdock and the other insurgents he fought, as best he could for the principle that the Republican campaign promise of tariff revision downward was made to be kept. Mr. Cummins has been on the side of the people. He is popular and if he were on the ticket many voters would doubtless remember the ?honest, hard fight he made for re vision downward. And while they were remembering Mr. Cummins' fight for real tariff revision many probably would forget that Mr. Taft nullified that fight. Upon that the ory is built the Taft desire to have Senator Cummins for a running mate. KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK. Fatal Accident on the Atlantic Coast Lumber Line. As the result of a wreck on the At lantic Coast Lumber Company train 101 at Coopers siding, five miles east of Kingstree, Monday morning, T. Blakely, white, of Trio, and Willie McCrea, a negro were killed out right and four others were painfully if not seriously injured. The train left Andrews early Monday morning with the logging and track crew for camp No. 2. As it reachel Cooper's Siding, run ning about 20 to 25 miles an hour the engineer saw the open switch ahead. He immediately reversed the engine and jumped. His fireman fol lowed his example. The engine and cars rushed ito the open switch, col liding with a car of logs that had been placed there Saturday night. Blakely, it is said, was riding on the pilot of the engine and was com pletely mangled in the colfision. Mc Crea was sitting on one of the off trucks and when the movement of the train was checked was thrown under the trucks and mashed to death. The engine and cars did not leave the track. The injured are: J. H. White, general woods foreman; John Smith, engineer; D. Long, fireman; and J. J. Barwlck, tie. PROF. .1. A VERY FINGER. Educator Succumbs .to Illness of Short Duration. Prof. J. Avery Finger, who had been connected with the Charleston schools for nearly thirty years died in that city Saturday night. He was recognized as one of the leading in structors of that city, with his sphere of usefullness extending the schools I with which he was connected. He j did considerable private teaching and his death is a distinct loss to the cause of education and is generally regrvtted IMr. Finger was a native 'of Morganton, N. C, a graduate of Wofford and was fifty-six years of age. He is survived by a widow, a daughter and three sons. Will Loose Roth Arms. Juan Morales, .? Spanish farmer living 7 miles from Brownsville. Tex as, killed a mountain lion with a jack-knife, after the beast had enter ed his house and slain Morales' three year-old child. Morales' arms wore badly mangled and must be amputat ed. tariff revision vetoes were pending in that body were Attorney General Wlckersham, Postmaster General Hitchcock. Secretary of War Stirn? son and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel. ? TWO CENTS PER COPY. THEY ARE GLAD People of flew Mexico and Arizona Gratefol to the D.tnocrats WILL VOTE WITH THEM Telegrams to Washington Indicate Tliat the People of These Two Ter ritories Are Pleased That the States Were Created Even at the Expense of the Recall. A special dispatch from Washing ton to The State says it is the opin ion of Mr. Flood, chairman of the house committee on territories, that both Arizona and New Mexico will be solidly Democratic. The resolution as signed by the President is identi cal in every particular with the Flood resolution which passed the house May 23 and the senate August 8, and was vetoed by the president Augusf. 15, except, in accordance with the views of the president's veto mes sage, it requires the people of Arizo na to eliminate the recall of the ju diciary from their constitution be fore that territory can be admitted as a State. The pasage of this resolution is a triumph for Mr. Flood, as there was considerable opposition on the Dem ocratic side of the house no yield ing to the president in any particular in reference to it. The original Flood resolution was regarded as absolute ly fair to both States It proposed changes in both the New Mexico and Arizona constitu tions but submitted these changes to> the people of the respective territo ries at the election which ?.re to be? held for the elecion of county and State officers and members of con gress; in other words, the people were allowed^o vote as their convic tions dictated upon these questions without reference to its effect upon Stathood. Mr. Taft's veto requires the people of Arizona to vote in a particular way. They could get Statehood if they voted for an amend ment to their constitution, which met those views; if they did not they were denied statehood. Mr. Flood and his committee took the position that while the action of the president was arbitrary, the in terests of the territories demanded that under existing conditions they yield to the president and get the Statehood resolution passed. This was done after a warm discussion in the house Saturday, and today the president signed the resolution. As Indicative of the sentiment in Arizo na upon this question, Speaker Clark received the following telegram: "The Democratic party of Arizona is eternally grateful for the states manlike action of the Democrats of house and senate in passing the Flood resolution. The responsibility for nul lifying it is now on the president alone We now earnestly beg you if the bill can not pass both houses ov er his veto to amend the Flood reso lution In the single particular of making the elimination of the judic iary recall mandatory and pass it again before the special sesidon ends. The president's action, following the stand the Democrats took for Arizo na relieves the Democratic party ot any responsibility for the coercion, and Arizona will go overwhelmingly Democratic. The people of Arizona, and the Democratic party earnestly petition you thus to give us State hood. (Signed) "J. P. Dillon, Chairman Territorial Democratic Central! Comittee; attests: J H. Robin son, Secretary." Mr Flood said: "A good many Arizona and New iMoxico people have been here and they assert that the fight made by the Democrats upon the statehood bill will insure both of these new States to the Democratic party. Ar izona is certainly Democratic, and every indication now is xhat New Mexico will go also the same way. Indeed, it was throutrh the attitude of the Republicans in endeavoring to prevent Statehood was cue to the fact that they realized that both of these states would elect Democratic electors in 1912. HOOKS CATFISH INTO NOSE. Angler Coos Seven Miles to Hospital to Secure Relief. Attendants at the Charity hospital I at New Orleans were considerably astonished Monday when J. W. Barr ajied '!'>, walked into that In stitution with a nice sized catfish ranging from his nose Parr had been fishing in Lake Pontehartrain. He felt a nibble and yanked his line so vigorously that the hook with the fish attached hurled through the air and penetrated Is nose. Unable to pree himself, Barr was forced to board a train and travel the seven miles to the city before he secured relief. Pleads Not Guilty. Standing at the side of his gray haired father, H C. Beattie. Jr., of Richmond, entered a plea of not guilty at Chesterfield, Va., Monday when arraigned in the circuit court on an indictment acusing him of the murder of his wife He did not flinch as the clerk read the indict ment. He stood with eyes lowered. The father sat with bowed head.