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THE 0AMDEN eHRONieLE VOLCMKXVHI. OAMDKN.S. 0.. KUIDAV. AI'HII. 12. 1!??T. NO. 14. mi Kin 'errible Arraignment of Stanford White and Mrs. Thaw's Mother trial wearing its end Jui* !s Ordered Lockod Up Until Trial Ends and in View of This Justice Fitzgerald's Oharge is Ex pect^! as Soon as the District At torney Concludes, the O&se Prob-t aMy Reaching the Twelve Late in the Evening Delmas Mafces Strik ing Appeal to Sympathies of the Jurors, losing Argument Sole^ tm Story of Evelyn Thaw. Denouncih& Her Mother in the Bitterest Terms and Dealing with White in the Movt Scathing Terjr.s. New \ nrk, S/nM-iul.i trial of Harry K. Tlisiu, with the ?innili j ol Sj;iiiIdi'ij \\ hitc, iv wearing Hie end. AUoncy IMjihin M. DM ni?i% iiii' ( niiI*.rnfjj iuV'ocato, "vi aili nioon Iti f>:)u 1 jis clo^n^ address ; jury find al'tor lu, had spokeil ! tor more thai'. iwi, hours and <\ half, i an adjournment was \al<en uiail Tne>daj mornings !dr. Delmas ex }*vicil to f-oia'|U(!<? before the |iill<'<i<-| ?*>n hour is reached. I>isni.'4 Atlor- j ney .Ji'ri>nt?: will ma**" \he dosing ad diess t-| |j)p ;j\vd on Wednesday mull I haw s fAle h?>111?I lie in the h.'Aids ?df ! 'lie i?ivy by Wednesday rv^iitY^, ?fl'i!/.i; <id iV.Vnyrotl tho jury; locked iij? unli' ?i-iitj end i>|' (ho trial, j In view <?) <ln<, ihi* jinlne 's charge ;o fill* ? U'tdouhtl'l J y will ()(? (|('|jVI>?^ od immediately. tlii' district j ?*onrludrs. The latter s.\vs bi>> speech ! will occupy n"i moro Mian throe or, lour hours. Declaring he would not so his I'loji u|Hih the '' i? iiwi'H^V*11 law" be cause hj.s diont fVrt^nl ample protec tion in the wi'lon statutes of the Stale ol Nov; ^ ork, .Mr. lhdnms iuude' a striking appeal t<> the syJMpaihffc* ?d the .jurors and so far <ifc ht- pro gressed the subject of Thau\s insanf *'.y at ilie time by committeA V-lve h'oViW ci<le was not rvfm hinted c.\. Mr. Delmas baxed bis argument solely upon story of Kvelyn Nes ?oii IIk5x?x With flushed cheeks, but vlry c.ves, i hat young wonwii hoard ?iier hie history related to lrieu I who are to judi^e hor husband and bowed her head as !u'r mother was denounced in (be bitterest terw; and tones the ohujueni law^vcr Vould com- i ma ml, ''Even a beasl protects its young,"! fwj declared) with scornful emphasis, -"hut tbtr^ unnattiral mother deserted 'J/rr daughter in this city of millions V?> ho betrayed by a false friend, to! oc hired into a gilded palace and Otorft left the victim of a gray haired man, wounded, bleeding an<> devoured/" *| Mr. Delmas wonl with great detail into the life Kvelyn Nesbit had led no' to the meeting with llarry Thaw. In j all of h\s remarks he referred to her' sis this child," for he said she was. to-ilay. lie told of Thaw's great' love for her and his effort to rescue ner from "life clutches of Stanford White," whose achievements in his profession, the attorney declared, were an aggravation of his crime. Mr. Dehnns before beginning his .attack on Kvelyn Thaw's mother . poured out a torrent of denunciation upon the architect who became tho victim of Thaw s pistol. ]lo iiccusod him of the "ciime of rape," and then declared that President Hooscvelt had sui<l in a me*s*ge tift Congress that such ? c?rnY> should l/o visited with d<*llH. This was out' of the Sugges tions 4vhich Thaw himself made to his counsel for his summing- up speech -;ofu? of the suggest joita which played* so important h i?avl In the pro ceeding before the lunacy commit sior>. Mr. 1*)clmas declared i^ia! <1m<1 heard the ei:y o*f 'th^ fAlea child upon whioh 'Slunftml White had lixed his naze #nd had determined should! he Iris, He quoted from Scripture that "he who afflicts a fatherless child shall "perish," mid . declined thai Providence had sent VhrtW to avenge the wionjr. Thf attorney declared that Thaw was his witV^ only protector?thai h_> vaine 'into her life when she was on the 'townwardi path, told ht-v ?h^? IV.) \natter what the world thought <?! her she was to Ww\\ an angel. He look her ie tie his wife, ready to share the burdens that a mother had 'i , place upon her d*^ier. l\|r. accused Mrs. Nesbit of hftViny lived upon the wages of her daughter's ruin, lie sought to pic t?re to the jury what he termed the sinister surrounding <i\ Which the girl hrtd *)H\\ reared audi in doing >o hV- mercilessly attacked the mother. Mr. Deltnas rose to the highest jwtim ?'l his address when he iut<1 'I,', jury that the H u.r.V/iit-r was the one wh? hvid ap-nished District Attorney ut'rovne with t!i<' arrows with which to wound the daughter on eroys-cx a mi nat ion ? a cross-examinat ion which he declared would . |.iyf ]o'n?r i,, the annals of ViWltVa] liistioy. hut \\hi<"^ m1 t*t the girl's story uush;d-?'ii 10 nit it^i <'.?sentli}il derail* That rOvelyn *!V-sbn's storv was tl'.i^ \vas told to Harry Thaw horned the subject of argument for more than an hour. Mr. Delmas tie dared the only evidence ,1 he dUlvict attorney had to bvViv'*- VigflVnH oi-1 w?* MiVidavit *' pro C^i^d hy AhHnam nuhimel. Speak ing Wr HvmVniel Mr. Delmas uyain drew hayiVy Yi'j^. M*. V^/ui'esi invec ti\*e ViiAda'rittjj tftat it would require m'o'ri} ihan the word of a perjured man to sen<} Harry Thaw to an i:* nominous death. Mr. Delmas then gave Vi yesinVie < f Evelyn N?bU\j life from her birth IvA ^ llie t*nie l!,e nu<1 Stanford White. Continuing', he x"ii{ ''Brqv'e and courageous, we lind thfe 'cMVu of 15 or 10 years of a?e, Vushing in the day time from studio to studio, earning .$1(1 to $18 a week, and at night . appearing upon the boards and earning an equal salary. "At this time we find a man whose hair was tinged with grtty-, who had an excellent wife and an accomplished son fixing his eyes upon the fated child ftnd determining to make her his^. To win, her he had none of the graces or principles of the honor able suitor. He introduced - himself to her family in the guise of ar: in fluential friend. JHe won his way into .the confidence *ft the mother and established himsoj^f in a parental andf protecting nttitud0\in the family, and when his footing was sure he per suaded the mother to absent herself f)T>m the city, assuring her that the child would be safe in his hands and teUing her how furtunaie it was that there was such a protector to watch* over her. In one of those dens fitted up^ with all ^the beauty and taste which this mati^oi genius possessed; into ono of these dims this child was lu^ed and found herself aloue with this man, old enough to be her father, the man who was her protector. Harriman Unable to Appear. New York. Special.?K. II. Harri man was unable l<> appear in police court to cttsifv against Frank W. Hill, his former secretary. who is under a lies i changed with making public the iu-\v famous Jlarriman AVebstcr Idler. an<l the hearing whi.'h harthceu set for Monday was adjourn ed until ne.tt Saturday. Hill's^hail was reduced from $2,f>60 to $1,000. Current Events. At ? special meeting of tlie Roose velt Republican Club u Hamilton ccfntil.v. Ohio, resolutions were passed endorsing tin' Roosevelt administra tion ami pled"in# support to the can didacy of Willijun li. Taft for the presidency in PU)K t pemurrers tiled by the New York 'Central and Pennsylvania Railroads Against the indictments charging (hem with granting concessions to the Standard Oil Company by an ar t [n vioioiihn of the Eikins at?l~are overruled in tin* <3?ei<t?Oii handed down by .Judge Hazel in the States Court. TIip Southern l'acifie' Railroad has announced, through its general sup ftrintendent, that ' union men may expect no promotion. -John-1). RockofeJler, Jr.. will not N prt up his Bible class. The circuit court of Taylor county, W?t Virginia, has confirmed the ae tiyYCn16 !oW?r oourt in nin>'n^' ILjftvunst, # of Grafton, receiver for >Ml'(tUto of the late Adol who left * $500,090 A Mistrial Ordered. Wilmington, Special.?After being out ;"i(j hours, and three times having notified the court tliat it was impos sible for them to reach a verdict, a jurior was drawn and a mistrial was had in the ease of Lot/nie Snipes, charged with the killiiHM>f W. L. Wil liams in this city last September. It is learned on high authority that the jury stood 11 to 1 for acquital. By Wire and Cable. The strike of longshoremen at No** folk has tied uj> shipping. An effort is being made to inducc Prof. Andrew M. Snulc to reconsider his resignation as director of the Vir ginia Experiment Station. The threatened strike of the train men and conductors on Western rail roads. was averted by arbitration. Bishop James N. Fitzgerald*, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died ;vf pleurisy at Hongkong. ? Andrew Carnegie and 27 other fa mous Pittsburgers weie guest*. of honor at banquet in that city . A striker was shot by shipyard guards at Lorain, Ohio. T. O. BuMock, special master ap pointed by the United Statics Court, began kt Romney, W. Va., the final hearing of the evidence-inthe case of P. W. Reberd, receiver, against ibo Coal and . Iron Coinpany, involving more than *250,000.. P. W. Reberd la receiver for the construction com pany wfcieh boilt the coal and iron railroad ni ??H ia a reaalt of dia RETORT OF PARDON BOARD Large Number of Cases Acted Upon, But Only Three Passed on So Far (!ov. Ansel Saturday received the lull rc|>ort ot (||?> Khiir> board of par dons, lint look action on only three eases. The most important was that of T)r. Maxey l^ee, and tin- other two were thoBC of II C Mux of Hampton, and \]\\. 1 wiiiley, a iu-gio iuaii, wh ? was sciilcined lo hang next Friday, but who has had his H-ntcnc.e commut ed to life imprisonment. Kainey was convicted fct i|i>' hilling u}' a negro girl through criminal assault and Judge Prince and the pardon board recommended that I In* sentence be cut down t<? H libV, Aiifrl, how e.ver, commuted it to. lite imprison ment. '1 he lull report of the board, which will be acted upon by the gov ernoY us soon as he ha# time to con sider a)) oi the eiise^, i - as, follows: < otinnhja, iS. ('? Aprii <>, 1 f 107. To His I- ijtcellency M. K. Ansel, (Jov ernor of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. Sir: By order of the board of par 1 w ? ' <u>Ik? i navo llu> honor IhmvuSiIi to transmit to you a report of tin it pro eee?ljngs and rpcomttK'udations at lie regular inepting' of the boh Ml held ci the 15 is i W ei'/aesday in A p r * I. The board mel at this time pursiiaut to law and sat for two days, holding I wo sessions each day. There were 21 petition* for pardon suhmiili'd Jo tli" bi??n d l?v .ViMlr excel lency ami rheir iecoinm"mlatious thereon are as follows: Pardons Recommended The hi >ard of pardon- rt'eommcnd-.'d thai pardons be granted to the follow ing named petitioners: 1 Luther Woodsoii ? Ander-; >n county, manslaughter. 2. Charley Jones-- Bamberg county accomplice'in the lulling of I-'. Nor M. than. I'llioii Wobinswn? Barnwell eoun ly. manslaughter.' II. Hen lhtrwell- (irecn.ville county violation dispensary law. ? >. Jim (iodfrey- /"iiion couulv, assault ami battery. ti. Hector tSodfre.v? Murion coun ty; hKoV*'" <. <I a ho l.ee Marlboro county, burglary and larceny; 0. Xe\\lod Love - \ oru ( duiilv, ar son" V. Charles Harper?Cherokee coun ty. larceny of live stock. 10. 11. t.r, Hox?llamptoit county, manslaughter. 11. Dr. Maxc,y (J. Lee?1 )arlingt m county, muvdev u\tH Wvoihmt-riduti'ui to jncri-y'. My reference to the petitions and oilier papers liled in the foregoing eases your excellency will observe that the action of the hoard was based* upon the recommendations < f numerous citizens in the respective countie? and also upon Hit? earnest recommendation t>l thil prosecuting solicitor in each case, and upon the recommendation of the trial judge in every ease save one. In this latter ease the petition was supported not only by the crtizens of his county, but by the citizens and 'representative men in all of Hie adjoining counties, whereby it appeared that the majesty of the law had been fully vindicated and the ends of justice met. Commutation of Sentence. The board recommend commuta tions in the following- eases: John Brigman?Richland, burglary at common law; five years in (lie pen itentiary. I he board recommends that the term be reduced to one year in the penitentiary. 2. Tenah Truesdalp ? Kershaw county, manslaughter; three years ?n the county jail. The board ' recom mends that the term be reduced to years. ?3. Ed Rainey?-Cherokee county, carnal knowledge of a woman child; sentenced to be hanged* Upon the recommendation of the solicitor and the trial judge ami numerous citizens of the county, the board recommends that the sentence be commuted to im prisonment in the State penitentiary at hard labor for a term of 1-1 years. 4. Sam Jeter?I nion county, man slaughter; sentenced to two years at bard labor in the lienitentiaiy. Up ?'i l'>e recommendation of the solici tor and the trial judge rnd Humorous citizens, the board/ recommends that, the term be reduced to one year. Petitions Refused. The-board would respectfully rec ommend that the prayer of the peTi tloners be not granted in the follow ing cases: 1. Jake Jenkins?Marlboro, man slaughter; two years on the countv ?ebaingang. A. B. Amaker?Orangeburg conn t.v, conspiracy; sentenced to two veiU-% <n the pentitcntiary. 3. Ollie Ponder?Spartanburg coun ty, assault and battery. 4. John Wheat ley ? Spartanbiiv county, assault and battery; sentenc ed to two years .oi the chain-ran?. Cases Continued. .7 he following eases were continued, until the next meting of the board: Walter Allcn?C;renville eoun4-. couhnueu in order to allow the attor ney* for the (wtitmncr to fflYnltn tfie% testimony taken upon the trial. ?Bamberg ? co'nntv* continued on motion of the atto*n?e.VM lor tbe petitioner in order to enable* theip to furnish the testimony taken, upon the trial. J 3. Poinsett G?s)tcll ? Oreenvillo county. At the January meeting of the board of pardons tbig cim> waa *oMlww? ?n4 frttb tta ttf j- ' .* * I'Ucst I hat tin |>api is ^ I?? ll)?' trial ,|u?(jic ami MihfUnr l.u a fui'lli"*' ??*p??? i iiu'ivii|Kin. i: ,i( | i a' Ilia I litis lias iii>i life" ,,^.1 l.u hoard t luTH'mv a^aiti <n: i.: i. ?.? ' 'If cnuso, ami will call yarn- ev.iiku, \'s at(iMition 111 llii1 ? <I ? ii?* licaii) as m their r?-1?? ? 11 .it .l.ii.ua \ I, 1!((!,. All til' \\ hit li i- .? - i vi 11 >ii, id,f? ? i tod. W. A. ( lark. Sificiaiv |{oaid <>l I'aidoiiN. TMv i??<!??? ?>?! i>.flHKiiu d iu t|u* la>'. liamrd vase t.lns to uu- I...\ "'flKiut ol ni |??? liti??itas iv<jut?,i<?.|. A R:H1I"LD MIHACIE Superstitious Negroes cf Sonth Caro. lina Community Greatly Exeited Over AllcgCll Mirfcplfl Columbia. S. Sj?<??? i;?I. l'lm perstit ions <?1 I In* Sunniurtiiii suction of Si.inter county arc yrcally worked Up nVer I !;<? !;?.<?! i) I tented liy sevor.'li "v H': i< liahfe ?> < | tho iii'ixlilxM Inroil w hi? claim t.> Lave hecn cyc-wituc^m s of the event thai a c'i'af mute, \vh/> lias been living in the neiylihoi inr r-ixIf'Mi yen in witlioujL uttering a syllable, a day < r so afjfo npem'd liis month ami spoke theref rom, the v?? 111that ti ll inua his lips heinjf: '"The l.oitl 1- ^'i?iaj? to rain down tire an.I hi in;^l<ui".'' The incident is havim: a n M pio i oil lid cited on l uc ncures ihimi^ii out lliiil f-i'el ioli, il lid the ciinivhf* are tilled i11! iri'uji'iier^ I' Votir to llec I roll! Ha ?viu'i ? ih'I> i(1 *d ? r tho nejiroe-; i cua it V I ln< -a\i:rj "I ll.'' deal' mule a- a nu'-^aio' of warning from t<n hi;j!l. and are expect ny otlici messages from the ,-ame sotuee. The deal' mute is "h" >:i SumP r county jlisl now. Extra Session of Court F<-r Berkeley County.. M??n?-ks ( onier. Special. An ? ?i?!*>r has? been i-sui'd 1?\ <"11i?? i' .i 5:1 u-1? I'nop lur :in e.xtra in 111 ?.?I the common pie is court in Ih* iiclil h*Ji e ht'-iiimii'j mi April *i"iri?l .1" l:;e ?"?!?!?? will pv side. I * ro V i-iiut was iuade in the or der r<>i jurms I'm- two week-. .lint?;o (Jajye i< universally beloved by liie people lit're and it i.- a pleasure to the members <U tIn* liar, the .court ollieials and citizens in June linn here ayaiu. Tin ro are quite a number nl' eases <?u the dockets thai Live been continued from term to 14*1*111 by I lie attorneys, but it is tn be Imjir l lliat tlies<> mat ters will lie disp .-cd id' al this extra term and the ci?i"iy? sli<1 condition of tin.1 dOekcls idiewii T)'.e State Fair. Columbia, Social. ?Secretary Love of the State 'lair society leturned from a meetiiV^ nl' tin* association ??t* Southern lair siVieiai'lrfJ ifi Atlanta, of which meeting In,' was chosen sec retary. The eueuit\was arriui^ed so as to secure tlie best rebuffs for rac ing and other cmnbination attrao: lions. The circuit npens at Richmond the show at Richmond following those at Kalei^h. Nashville, Knowillo, At lanta. Columbia and the Augusta Florida attractions following in the order named. The purges offered will the South Carolina fair next fall will be the heaviest in the hi-tory ol! the fair. Seed Crushers Meet. Columbia, S|I. ? The South Carolina Cotton Seed Crushers Asso ciation held its animal mc?*finir in this city Thursday. Practically all the ?ii 1 tnills in the Staf being represented by the fifty eight members present. Various matters of in.?????-1 to the cotton seed oil iudnstrie.< were dis cussed T he followi;;lt olil?'( ! s were elected: I>. F. T;:ylor. <>f Columbia, president: J. d. l.awt in. of Hart sville, vice-president; d. Kd Voting, of Co lumbia, treasure;-; (ieotge I Icy ward, of t i luinbia, seei tnry. Arthur Gurnard Surrenders. Orangeburg, Special. -- Arthur Ouignard, the ii?*i?r?? who s-h< t ;i>i< 1 hilled Louis McCants. ;;lso colored, on Saturday came to the city Sunday night and gave himself up t'? the sheriff. Considerable sympathy has been expressed for < iuiunari'?, who is a hard working negro. especially as it was well known that McCants had boon intimati' with (iui-.'naid wife lor yea rs. News and Notes. Kcm'tionnrii1* me imported l<? l>c conspiring to bring; about the J? 1111 ion of I lio second l><>nmn. A bill against the ovcrerowrYti:: ??f cars ix In he in llie next 11:11 Lsli Parlinionl. The crftili(|ii!ikc in KitU, Turkish Arrooania* wrecked .'50it Iiohm-s, killed oiprbt persons ami injured many ??tii ers. ? ^ * The Russian Cahitu-ut ha-* reject ed a proposal for a tunnel under Ber ing Sua it t<? join ihe T'aos-Siheiian and Canadian Pacific Railroads. This slRnifiount sentence appear In tiia jlavon RcrIMt: "The teachors call attention lb tho fact that New Haven Is constantly losing 1U teachers, yrbo are going ?laewhera to take potiltoP* with increases iR ww*;., ,... ? M (Will iiitus! Occurrence's of Interest uOfi All O\%t ^nntfi C arolina MANY ITEMS OF STAT I: NEWS V Katch of Live Para^i Oover ins a Wide Range What is liou;* I 0?v in Our State. Reports of Glanders, A number of repoils ha\e emm* in to f i* f*ti t /? ,l?1yr'm oIih'i' reccnl ly ??I* al leged <a,~iO> t>, but >o |',n as i i i vy , ? kll'IWIl llt'l l- tlll'IV ll.l . ? ?) l-r* M> -piead of ilit* disease ;ii anv pon.;. In rii/tl?\ instances a ha> been diM-oxer-d lli^' Hit* lliouulit lu Ik' y.Ian ilei> \\a* i.i i ^ f'n'k>ij?.ion* disi*a?e i'l nil. (ioveruor Aiim'I >.i,. I" a general nli>iittili'i'slaii111* a* |o llOW to 112 <??-11?'?1 |o i;cf r;l -i'S '' i??t*. Vil'.'l i|?ve>| l^ied by tin' State VCllll.it ..w. "-M! College. A i|M,rial ael i'l tin- l.i"_*i ia'u** j'ivt'S 11 If ' ll'lllMill boa l t| i>! I I 11 - t n'S atltllOl Iiv lo make iiilr-. ami lobulations t<> ,'iii'li* the \ ft ina i i.in m such cases, Ihe ?>o\i i .. Vi11'*? li.i, nntbiii'jf lo ? lit vNith it. \ 11 ri'tjiii''or (In* -;t ? r vici's i? I thi1 i'.\|?i*ii an* ;ii i>iin 'MW ivd 11\ tin* <jo\ i'i nor to tlic vi*t inai ian. I'lio 'c 11*i \ in^ t * a i oI contagious tlis. ? a>" amoiitr t, ."."nli-* sliouiil cornnin nii-ali' witli tin' ( li inso.,' *|"ao m) once ?lireet, w 11 i < * 11 \v? m 111 i save tune. 'hie >1 llie rules is that e.ii !i ivpoil of a 5u p) io^e. | eon I a;.: ions disease -iiiuM be i'ii?irs,,| by in least two jipulable ?it l/.i'M-' 'In' /-vniftii'iiil \ . 'I'll. \eti narian llu-ii -oinl ? nianlx ' *?'??' 'i tiilb'i' rcpor;. l lie ojijci t o| 111i .i!< . and regulation* is i* to avoid iinnem--.-a:y t'XpellsC III illV e?-j i;;al i11o'oni db s reports. < im i'i nor Ansel lias 1 *? eciveii a telegraphic ri'ipn-l from <!il lord, Harnwell, for inmiediale help i:i tin' case of a limit supposed to be sitf fei o.^- **!'?#?! t*luin ' r*. Tlf (ioveruor is not an e\|?i?i <'i' ffMih' nature lull lie -nrmi'es it mivbl m*s *t?I\ !*e merely a ease o!' mule biufl'iii'*. lo l.iep Olll of Work. Steamer Mae At Charleston. ( liarb'-ioli. Special. - With tin; cap tain nlii! I'iybl of tlW' cr?*t\ of*?" ||u* scliooiu r Myrtle Tuiniel aboard, (no steamer Mae, Captain Crirly, came in port. Tin' ^'iji'inel was on her way from Jiiunswick (?> Net? Vork and Monday, run into (be Northeast yale, and was struck by a hlitre se^ wliidr swept over the vessell (il1in.tr ber and sinashintr iti'r sreai"; The sails Were soon carri<;<l away ami when lIn* steamer Mao was ? it'll ted she was hailed and the crew abandotiei'J tlie schooner to tin* waves. The Mae was en route from I'unla (Ionia to Wey mouth mid pu) into ('harlestoii for coal. llie Myrtle Tunnel was aban doned at sen oil' Charleston las) sprinvr was brought in a water lotrued dere lieCjind sold tor witiva^e May 7, un l^ei^jprder of United Slates Court and later repaired and n?nin put into ser viee. v No Raise In Rates In South Carolina. The railroad commission has issued* an order to the Southern Kxpress company forbi<"4ling any increase in rates on lines in this State until a hearing can ho held by Ike commis sion. This nction was taken after a number of complaints lmrl been re ceived concerning- local tariffs, and tbe company was notified at the same time that tariff-; must be (lied in the oflice of the commission. At the meeting: next Tuesday an oi'der will be passftiV forbidding an increase in the tlegrnphltolls- as recently pro posed by the Western I'nion Tele graph company. The commission has charge of rates on business done in this State am'* claims that an increase as posted from the Iii>t of April is* illegal. The Citadel Incident. Charleston, Special.? Is is reported that the llrst class of the South Caro lina Military academy have adopt ?<I resolutions approving and commend ing the recent dismissal of ih<? cadet * who broke garrison and also those who took a voluntary departure be cause the faculty ' Inn'i doubted the word of the offt?fidfntr cadet-;. Tlx faculty and cadets refuse to discuss the matter. New School Building. Latta, Special.?In accordance with an act passed at the late session of ii> legislature the people of l.atta will hold an election on the Itb inst. for the purpose of voting bond-* on the town to build a $14,000 academy foi the graded school. It is very much needed a* the school has outgrown the buiidiug iu?w here. There is of eo;us< some opposition. but it is almost cer tain thai the bonds will carry by good majority audi as soon alter r,s possible work will begin on a new building. Gandy & Son Get Contract. v Spartanburg, Special.?It wns an nounced a few days ago that tlic firm of Cutting & Co., had secured the con tract for rebuilding the houses re cently burned at Spartan mills. It should have been stated that thu firm John T. Grander & Son had secured the contract. .The houses recently destroy*} w?re built by Mr. Gvandy '? firm just 11 ymi ago, \v isihy<;to\. u The i>re.si?itv.';> eon? pletod I h<4 trtem horship of ih<> Iniii.'ftti'.n'iioii Oomittlft 8 ion. h> the aitt mciif ?*?T Charles I* > ei|! the Commissioner o' tf<ubor; I'rofeShO! I ^ loilks, o f Covti*\l I"diversity, it.'!'! 'Villluni It. \Vhoeler# ot Oak land. Cal Major !?'rain-iP Ki ,? If, S. A -yii of .John C Fremont. \v;is or dereo I'! ^viikI iilat by ronrt-niartia/ l??r "toiiduti" ?'?uiiiijj an ofl)eer." The President do*.* //-'A favor a re vahiHilou of (ho rail roups', A'rio'ijjeyit ar^iiing for (ho Hrtt'jt* man (>'si,'V I and Southern Pa lillc nierser ('?"'(Vrc (ho Interstate Coiuinoreo CommlssuAV ftoelared a corporation had the oon^lmtMonnl i ii^Vf >'? buy anything it ?*onl<f |V#y fci i'<i? ?r.''l>T? of the Anti-Trust law. Al (oi'in'.v .'5j'V"VA( Monaparlo r??u di red an opinion, iY>1 \vhhlt ho holds that the differed) K?iiIo*Jt* ftrtV the rt^ht 10 pa j t ho paasaue ?'? tf'-n l.*f> "/-#???)* Andre** ' ^i/^i"?ii? In .view indorsed Prestut .A ^'v?;i. - ^(U tti?1?? on (ho railroad <nto.*''"M A not*1 from Russia iv-ia:'diiiVT "Hip II.-mmio Conference, tevplainiuv: thai niim> hail reserved (ho ri;<h( to in( room ?' add I? rfj.ua I subjects or withdraw from di*eiibsloiis, was presented lo tie.c.riila.1 ? #JofK. The diphlheria quarantine ai 'ho While House, occasioned by (ho ili iii-Hfi .'it Ar^hi'* Itooseveil,. has boon raise-k on; adopti-iii Chilian negroes mado W?VrNko f 1 >i? < >^i^aliibi the whiles, and bltl!4* lish rfno.wore said to havo peti tioned the l.omloi.' Ofllco for I h?* k ii alion of \ inorici'iY? wur shins. The new conservative nufJfMHl pa. t > ui Cuba declared itself for sin A no > ira n pi ot< i iorato ami notified iho Ai V,--'-'! tb>veruor of (ho parly's format ioa. Sp<::) ' r Cannon, amf iitff Members of i ho ('mirrors parly w hflp Mutflnu Havana', wore convinced Amerieifo cont ml of Culm 11 mi at cojitinue for a loir; time. .1 o.i,* Itafacl Ayala. Cuh.t'i Chief of Police ui.?lor l'r? sident Palnu't- was I shot dead l>y l.iberal negroex In Caiuot.- f'oht!. (oivi'mor ( iitiov in his report (o Iho Inioiior lVparmiPOt vsiys atlond aiicc of .lapani'so rhildrofl has in ? i>.,".sod in llawaiifin s< hools, While the numlmr <>l Amoiicans and Iln wallans has dooroasod. A loll was introduced in (ho Terri torial fa tvinkiturp of Hawaii making illegal i ho Riviiljt U.v Torritorial ofll oors of nndaiod r^fi'unalions to the appoint Im; powuritC (Jovoruor Carter is sai<1 lo have required every ap pointee lo jjivo hiit) an undated rosin nation. DOMESTIC. Representative Burleson, of Texas, declared his belief that present Pan ama Canal plana mint be ch'anged, and that the coai of tlio waterway would reach $500,00 J,000. The breweries at. SC. Louis are working overtime to replenish the supply, Which was shortened consid erably by the three-day strike. Governor Iltighes In a speech at Glensr Falls demanded the right of removal of Commissioners under the Public Utilities bill. A shortage of $40,000 In declared to have been discovered at New Or leans in accounts of State Tax Collec tor F. H. Pudenhefer. Four companies of militia were hold in readiness to quell any strike riots at the Lorain tOhlo) shipyards. Tho Union Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Coal Compuny have of fered to return to the Government millions of dollars' worth of coal lands illegally; obtained, provided they are not prosecuted. John It. Walsh won Indicted on 175 conn Is, Involving $3,500;, 000, in Chi cago. y. The Tennessee Senate has asked Governor Patterson to call a South ern convention to consider child and woman labor questions. Tho Hew Paul Whitehead, ono of the most, widely known ministers of the Methodist Church in Virginia, died in Richmond in his seventy-sixth year. For many years he was secre tary of the Virginia Conference. James A. Gllmour, ejected Mayor of Central City, Col., dropped dead of heart trouble while recajvlng con gratulations. N FOHKIGN. Tho new ?Dominican treaty with r\je United States was pyesented to tlio Congress at Santo Domingo and ro? ferred to committee. \ \ The McDonald Engineering Build ing'at McGill University, Canada, was destroyedi by Are. The loss waa esil mated at over $750,000, partly cov ered by Insurance. Reports from Guatemala say the forces of President Bonilla, of Hon duras, and those of Salvador are unit ing to continue the war against Nica ragua. M. Santos-Dum'ont flew thirty yarda At I'pris in his old machine when a g??st of wind upset it, but the inven tor was unhurr. The Island of St. Michaels, Azores, was violently shaken by earthquakes, the most serious disturbance being ?felt at Villa Franca. British dealers in the Argentine Tn??t trade Hi'0 hMtnvftd to ho nego tiating tor an agreement to adjust quantities and maintain prices.' General Tcofllo Carcoma's children were hanged, other parsons murdered and Tegucigalpa looted, it is report ed, \\ aen Nicaraguan troops and Honduran rebels captured tha plaee. The British Exchequer returns for the financial year ended show the to tal revenue of the United Kingdom to have been $775,182,210, an In crease of $5,787,960 over th* pre vious yea* Tho surplus balance In the Exchequer is $9,721,535. The Socialists Carried eighty out of the 200 seats in the^Pinnlsh Diet. - Russia invited tho nations u> talk ?SJ&&! Attorney Giead's r.oport to tfov cjnor Deneerr. Y* ,l:'"'?>"?] ? A I *? Thrown lino II(?iicls liaiiKiupwy ;?k a Ih'MlIk ot I )idK.S. bpriumtu'iii, Mt. Attorney-General Rleud Jiamled Govnvo, Doueen an Opinion on ti.<* ::ii :o;ik of tho Oliit'/lfco mid AiiOu itrjlroHi! proper* ties w It it in llie lus ?.>,/ yrara hy K. II. HarrimaiJ and sop?<-? <?r his HnaiH cfal associate, including- (!. Gould, Jas. ?H4Uman and Mortimcv^ Schlff. Tho opinion is given in response to ? rofjues. communicated from Gov ornor Uenoen on March 2 'I J soon af loV( ?ho return of Govt*rnov Denoen and A>Morney-(}em?rfll Stead f com a confero/Ww with Fvesidont Roosevelt; nt WaHhlnftt???)in which Ibe Attor ney-General tvaw asked to udviso xvhaf his eonelnafonB in the matter nti/f *vhaf action. If any, is contem plated vv the Jo sal department of tho State. l.;._ After soiling our tho various? man ipulations u? whieh tho rallro/Uft cor jiCiVHtIonh :'iiil pro:>ertfcH forming the Alton' "?Mtoiii wore Eubjacued, Atfor ney-GeiufM>l Bt^ad conclude* there its not the lca^t 4oubt that civil rem-! edy exisr's agaffitf j- tho financier* who have wrecked tbfff prosperous rail road company, and. ;\i ihe expenao of jpiiareWt. *iockholdera and bondhold ers. have gathered to (houiaelves a .larvcst of mffffons of dollara. 1 iy tiie figured not out in Mr. Stead's opinion ilandman and his as sociate* mr.de it total profit of $24f out of their one rations in volviivi' i'IiV' ^Iton proportion; As a losnu o: i(W;* "iiormouH profit lo t hehi^eiveu t no ifl{lroad companies of tli*? Alton KVBie.a U?>i thrown Into Iioik'W* bankruptcy. The ftt&Jbtedncss c?f (Ii<? companies, as shown b,f x?jo tlxurcuin Vfr. Stead'a oninion. has hriCM increased, to a total of $80,G4<5.'J1 S fliiU'o thev fell into Marrimnn's hands. Of this n.mnnut ? only ft2C,&O0,0OQa according to Har rinulit'* OT.ii testimony, say* tho At torn* >-(/citsral, wAs incurrotf Jo}? irn proveinenlj;, b2?.ffermonls or e::teu?ion of the roads. Baj? tho Attorney* General: '? ; "I'Jfor $57,000,000 of thifl indebt edness, <?;' move than seventy per cent, of till* entire indebtedness created hy this indicate upon tho properties of thee? Hoverai companies, witfi not ereatcd in furtherance of any lcxitljl!fttf> PtlJ'UOSB for which a rail road company is. or riyii be, organized under the statutes yt the Stp.te of Il linois." ^ | ^ J. 1a BARILLAS ;KILL?!>. Ex-President of Guatemala Amms*. hinted in Mexico. \ Oily of Mexico.?General Manuel Lizandro Barillas, formerly President of Guatemala, was asBusginBted in Calle Beminiaro as he sat m aGuad- , elupe street car. A youth abowt sev* onteen yearn old climbed aboard, and, rushing to the general. stabile*! him twice, the first blov/ severing the jug ular vein and the second cutting his face. He died instantly. Thd' assassin was captured. . He' gave hlfe name as Joae Estrada and his home as Ocos, Guatemala. Barillas was gVneraUy Vegarded a# * strongly opposed to the present gov ernment. f. Guatemala. He wan *ix ty-two years old. and was a strong candidate for the next Presidency of the c<tt)ptry. ? TORNADO SWEEPS LOUISIANA. Passes Over 300 Miles of State, l)o? ing $500,000 Damage, > j Now Orleans,. La.?A tornado swept over 300 miles of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, killing a score of per?onu, razing buildings, uprooting trees and tearing down tel egraph wires. Tho damage will ex ceed |500,000. The insane asylum at Jackson was wrecked and five in mates wcro killed, including three women. At Bayou Sara alx are reported killed. The known dead are: At Alexan dria. Amer Beck, Matthew Dunn, - - white, atod Ora Dudley and Lydi". llardlug, nogroes; at Bayou Bara, several negroes; at Jackson, five in-> , mates of the insane asylum. TEN SAVED IX BREECHES BUOY. Women ami Men Taken Prom the Schooner Louis lSossart. Norfolk,. Yd.?Ten persons, two of whom are women, were rescued from death by means o.' a ^reeches buoy. l?y Captain Etherldge* and his erew of life-savers at Nags Head (N. C.) station when the four-masted schoon er Loul6 Eoesarb was blown ashore by the heavy northeast Rale that pre vailed along the Virginia-Carolfna coast for forty-eight hours. The schooner was bound from New York to Wiggins. S. Cf., for a cargo, and was sweut iut of her course by the st.orm. She is owned by Louis Bossarc & Brother, of New York. She is of CIO gross tonnage and was built at Bath, Me., in 1904.' Women in Finnish Diet. The returns of the elections* fo* members o" tho Flntish Diet, at Helslngfor?, afrbw , that nineteen women, of whom nlno are socialists, have been elected. This is the first occasion tlin'. women representatives have been elected to i ny national, 'legislature. II Secretary fatt nt Havana. Secretary Taft anCvdl.at Mil wenfc-inte*eo?fe?eew~wl ernor Magoon regarding the C? situation. Reactionists CAW? Reactionists carried th elections at Odessa, R jews (ear massacres. gi Wnletee Newel