University of South Carolina Libraries
-X. T VOL. XXXII BARNWELL. S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1908 NO. 11 LATEST RETURN \ Taft Will Get a Large Electoral Vote, A GENERAL SUMMARY The DcMiocratlc Gains In the Mid dle \\< st Is Amazing—Republicans Will Have Majority In the f^ousc. But the Democrats Made Gains in Several "of the Western States. R ' ‘ - - ..... . . Praciically complete i^turns indi cate that Wm. H.-Taft will have a vote of ,119 in the Electoral College, and 77 more than a majority out of the total electoral vote of 483. Mr. Hryan has atotal of 164 votes, twelve less than h^received in 1896. In 19tt4 Mr. Parker received only 140 vote?, in 190ft Mr. Bryan re ceived 155 votes and In 189l6 the Nebra'-kan received 176 votes. Mr Taft’s :t 19 electoral votes, compar ed with 33 6 receirfd by Roosevelt in J90I, 292 received by McKinley In 190o and 271 received by McKin ley in 1 n96. No < hanges of material intere -.t have ! on reported in the GonRre? c Iona! i * turns. The Republicans wil’ not b.;’v as large a working majorltv in the 61st Gongress as at present but J( s. G. Cannon, of Illinois, un- doubtt My will succeed himoelf as Speak*r. Renresentatives Jess-* Over*' *et, of Indiana, and Hepburn, of lov i, ar? the most conspicuous am^nu, those Republicans who have ■ f re-election. Democrats gained fcoverai s in Indiana and Nebraska ilso gained one fVnator in i. The latest returns InM at in the national House o' •ntatfves. the Reptibllcans win 08 members, and tb 5 Demo ,72, with eleven districts misj- falled Th- mem’- The\ In<lt:. CRt» Repr hav* era t ■ ■ ing Ju ’ of N e<l > tl.t vel’. THE NEXT HOUSE -4- DEMOORAT8 GAINED NINE SEATS THIS EJECTION. The Democrats will Have 175 Rep resentatives and Republicans 210, According to LaU>st Figures. The Republican party will, accord ing to present returns from all Con gressional districts in the United States control the next national House of Representatives by a ma jority of 41. The figures so far re ceived ?how the election of 216 Re publicans and 175 Democrats, a gain for the latter party of 9. The ma jorities in several districts are re ported as extremely close, and it Is possible that In a few instances the official count may change the figures given above. The following table shows the number of Representatives elected from all the States: '1 tin the . T..! 1 b> HI v< ■ »r 1.V : P< 1.. K * » 1.. -. ge Taft’s plurality In the S > a* < ' v York, according to correct- *orts, la 203 495, more then ) In eveesa of Presidfnt Roose- plurallty of four years ag> flov. • n^r Charles E Hughes wa? re- «-b-< •! in New York State bv 71.159 Th returns as betwren President ami Utvernor InlicateJi heavy tin. f tickets. ■ heavy vote in Ohio made fle- extraordinarlly late owing to mmense ?i7,' s of the ballot. M .•arried-fiis own State, howev "- 0.000 plurality, a reduction o' ■ than 20,000 from the Roosevelt of four year? s^go. The Demo <• State ticket In Ohio, headed tdsou Harmou-htt Governor, ap- s to be safely elected. The State dature, which is to choose t> • ssor to Senator Foraker. ap s to lie in doubt as between- th-* ibiicans and Democrats. •i Indiana Mr. Taft was successful arrying the State by about '8.000 ..the entire Democratic State tick- '.icaded by Mr. Marshall for Gov- ir, was elected. The Congress- il delegation from the State-chow tin of seven Democrats, he returns from West Virginia ng to the mountainous character the country, are slow in coning A sufficient number of cou'rtl s I districts have been heard"Trom wever, to show that Mr Taft ha - safe plurality. Colorado shifted from the doubtfn’ iuntn to the Bryan list. The Leg -lature, which is to choose :i sue- ssor to Senator T Iler/aLo is ap- irent Democratic. - . Mr. Bryan's victory in lit? home date*Of Nebraska, was a nw<>eping ne. Five of Nebraska’s six Con Meatmen will be Democrats, while In 1; gl si at tire only IS Republicahr -eem tolnt eT< > eted out of a total of .33 Senators and Reifresentatives. Electoral Vtites. The following is the way th States voWed:-'—-. Won by Taft— California .. 10 -Connecticut .. ., ...... 7 Delaware .. 3 " - Idaho i . . . -r-. ....... 3 , UlJnnU „ ...... 27 Indiana . . .. .. s ....15^ Iowa . . .,. . . • 13 Kansas i0 Maine . 6 MastncliujeitS .. . ■ . .. •i''. Michigan 14 Minnesota ..... 1 • Missouri 18 State, r - “ - Deni. Rep. Alabama Arkansas .... . California . . . . 8 Colorado Connecticut . . . . \ . 5 Delaware 1 Florida ✓ Georgia . . Idaho . . '. . .*. . . 1 Mliuols :. 6 19 Indiana .2 'owa 10 Kansas 8 Kentucky .... . . 8 J Louisiana 7 Maine 1 Maryland 3 Massachusetts . . 3 11 Michigan 12 Minnesota .. . . ■ „ 1 9 Mississippi . . . . 8 . , Missouri 10 6 Montana .» . . . . .. ;V-. • 1 Nebraska 5 1 N. vada .. : 1 New Hampshire . 2 .sew Jersey . . . . 3 7 New York 11 26 North Carolina . . 7 3 North Dakota . . O Ohio 9 12 Oklahoma '» o Oregon . 2 Pennsylvania . . . . ... 7 5 27 Rhode Island . . * urn Carolina South Dakota Tennessee 8 Teg as ., T"T# Utah Vermont .. Virginia . 9 Washington , . West Virginia Wisconsin 1 Wyoming .. Total 175 . 1 3 t> 10 1 216 PARKER ON THE ELECTION. A Bryan Victory Would Have Been For Country. SOME FAIR TALK FROM PRESIDENT ELECT WIL LIAM H. TAFT. THE CRUEL CLAN That Tennessee’s Military Power —— r-, 1- — is Now Rounding Up. - Washington, Mov. 5.—“WhWe 1 believe that Ju ige Taft will ably and (‘onsclentloufly perform the duties of th* Presidency. I am neverthe less of the opinion that- the election af Mr. Bryan would have been far better for the country,” shid Judge* Alton B. Parker, of New York, the 'lemocratic nomine; for President in 1904, in a statement issued here last night. ‘ •« “While we are greatly disappoint ed, we should not be discouraged. It s apparent as we scrutinize the source and volume of the support of he assistant Republican parties, viz. he Populist and Independent par ies. that thd" Democratic party must -onttnue to be onj of the two grea> parties. "Now for the first time in years, -ays Judge Parker in conclusion "we have a united party. Once ^gain 'here Is a disposition among iy v\*miburs ta, reasen -.tog 'tl\pr a n f’ work together for the public good We should, therefore, cbngratulatf Mr. Bryan and ourselves upon thh improvement of general party con Htions und:r his candidacy and se* ourselves resolutely to the strength •mlng of the party for the contest: ofAhe future. _ But We Fear It Will Amount to Nothing I tactically When He Be comes President. Cincinnati, O., November 5.— Speaking to the Cincinnati Commer- vial Club, where he has beeu a mem- ber'for fourteen years, William How ard Taft tonight sounded the keynote of prosperity for the county for the next four years. "Every business man who Is obey ing the law may go ahead with a.I the energy in his possession, every enterprise which is within the stat utes may proceed without fear of In terference from the Administration when acting legally, but a-H inter.sis within the jurisdiction of the FeiL eral Government may expect a rigid enforcement of the laws agalpSt di i- houest methods,” was the keynot > of what Mr. Taft said. The speech which Mr. Taft de livered here tonight created a pro found impression among the business men of the city who are members of fhe club. The speech was pre ceded by expressions of frlendshli and n.ighborly felicitation on UK' part of the distinguished guest, an was responded to with the greatest enthusiasm. _ A..- "Seriously," Judge Taft declared, “the indications are already appar ent, and ths hopes which I entertain are that the business .communities and the investors of both foreign nations and among our people wil. take heart in carrying ou*-4he great enterprises which have been protect ed, and must be carried to'a con -elusion ilt-the country is to reach it.- full need of prosperity and busine.-.- ittending. “Business men are to be shown th lines of legality, and are to be dl reeled in keeping with these line.--, which have been emphasized durin , the last four years. Business men shall know that they are to conform to the laws upon the statute-book? and that no favors are to be expect ed for. these who br ak the laws. “Tills shall be so that the nun wh. cdhducl ft legitimate buMnews n»v understand that fhe Government i> bark of them and d ws not iateni to do anything to Intcffer; with t'u'j legitimate advancement.’’ After the applause which met he declaration had subsided. Judge Tuf added: J’lt i? a question of the d fini^ knowledge of the statutes and of their clear understanding which i-ha.l make the honest progress of our bif^ Iness possible. And that is, in ni* belief, all that is necessary to mak that, progress- substan \lal and en during.’’ Judge Taft.apologized for dlrec*- Ing his words into sucu a serious dis course. —sr — "I know the .difficulties that wi’ii a IT SWORE ITS OATHS In Dripping Blood, Enforced Its >. Orders With Torture and Wanton Murder, and Lived Up to Its Mot to, “Dead Men Tell No Tales," Eu- forelng Without Mercy., Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 7.—Dead men tell no tales. Neither do the oath-bound mem- .bers of the dread Night Rider clan, men who took their obligation In the wild forests around Reelfoot lake and signed their names in dripping blood, jsrbile about them the stillnes- of a night as dark as Erebus was bro ken only by the weird scream of th- heron or the loud too-hoo of the swamp owl. , ^ But the terrible secrets of th: fierce clan are being given up—and by the living. Lips- that have beci sealed/ through fear of k d ath, through fear pf the silent riding biftad of masked men and horses with muffled feet; lips that have feared the oaths, the threats of the mid night assassin, the noose, the swing of death. ^ 1 The bloody rule of tire night riders was enforced byAlorture and wanton murder. It was\i nc hallenged while ‘he sufferer^, we^e residents of th * wooded country/ surrounding th" lake. It promises now to be broken by the power of the State backed by the flashing bayonets of the nat- 1 ional guard. „ i primes local in th. lr character had been' safe. When the red-hand.ed outlaws lynched Captain • QuinUn Rankin and attempted to kill Col- nel R. Z. Taylor they awakened th" law-r. specting sentiment of the Stat and broujht their leaders to th* shadow of the gallows. "Thank God. I can talk atjas'; and I will," was the cry of a mother in the Reelfoot lake country when he beheld the soldi rs and realized ih«U>Jaw wtm to tiupwrswdo tb»» mV GETS FIFTEEN YEARS TWO RICH BANKERy CONVICTED .. OF FRAUD. . ' t - Former lee King and SteiunsliJp Pro moter Will Serve Tenn in the Federal Penitentiary. « New York, Nov 6.—Charles W. Morse, on; time "Ice kin?:'’ "steam ship king’’ and a controlling force in a long string of banks in this city, whose personal fortune a little A WOMAN SWINDLER OBTAINS SECURITIES BV MEANS OF WORTHI/ESS CHECK. BRYAN TALKS Brokers Who Sold Her the* Bonds Do Not Care to ProMH-ute and Woman Goes Away. With $20,000 In, bonds : w Inch she Is said to have obtained from the firm of Babcock, Rushton & Louder- back, bond dealers in the Rookery more than % year ago, was estimated! buildings Chicago, a woman known at more than $22,000,000 and Alfred H. Curtis, former presideut of the National isank of North Anrrrtrr, spent last night in a cell In the Tombs prison. They were convicted yesterday in the United States court of viola tions of the national banking lawr in conn rtlon with their conduct o: th" National Bankjpf North America, of which Morse arm w as an office • Today, when tf/ey arose, simulta- v *eouslv wi'h hunnreds of others in the grim city pri^THi they faced’ the !>assihility of many years behind 'h" 1 iron grated doors? Thismornlng they arose with the other prisoners, tnd partook of the regulation prison breakfast. Morse was sentenced today to fif teen years’ imprisonment by Judg Hough in th*. Federal court. 8eft- 'onee on Curtis- w as suspended. The sentence on Morse Was on the verdict of guilty of the ■tnlsapnropria- 'fou of the tund- of the National Ha Says He Has Fa f h That Dem ocratic Principles WILL PREVAIL YET And Private .Monopolies Be Abol- ished—He Says “It Is Fin* ih«« !*«»<>. as Alice Cheney Brown was arrested a few nights ago at th • union depot 4n that city and mad"-to letupi th ■ securities. She had a ticket foi Denver and was aboard the yam waiting for Its departuxe when De tectlva I rank Repetto found her preparing to retire for the night. Repetto's instructions from th * lirokors were notHO detniir the- wo man if she restored the $20,090 worth of bonds. This she r adtiy assented to. and she took them frotri a-,handl»ag on -the seat beside her. The woman had also pa.-aod-^a j worthless check, it is charged, for $63 on the inanagement' of lb ‘ Cou- I gress Hotel Company. DetectU< I ire and what methods of gover.i- j uepetto. who is employed, by theinient they prefer. 1 have faith that ! hotel company-, had this little scoivj .i 1P publicity which we asked for will I to settle with the woman. She ma n vet comm nd itself to the American pie to Decide What They Want”—— He Did All inAlls Power to Bring Success to tli<‘ Democracy. At Lincoln,- Neb.. Wm. J. Bryan last Thursday gave out tne following statement. ’'The election has gone against us by a d clslve majority. The returns are not all in and it Is impossible nt rtre prcsenr Hme to analyzc them nr to say 'what cauret rontributed most to the Republican victory. . "We made our fight upon a plat form which embodi d what we be lieved to be good for the American ooople, but it is. for the people them- -eives to dccld** wliat laws they de good th ■ amount of the check and was allowed to go her way. The method by which the woman obtained >the bond* was by passing a worthless check on the brokers foe Monk of North America and making | $i9 t 720. Soon after th" transaction Orville E. Babcock, one of the firm became suspicious of the genulnenear of the check and telegraphed to tb< Farmers Loan and Trust Company, of New York, on which bank It wa f alse entries in the books of tho' | bank. It' Is understood that th" I Atlanta Federal prison will be where' Mr>rse will be confined. If he goes to prison. ’ A star *of tAn da vs in/fbe pxccnt| , 'P of Mor-e’s sen'rnce was granted -•nd it Is exopeted that appeal will be token Imme-tlatelv. - Th- 1 seen" in tb.- court room wh- " <-nn*one» was p'*=«cd was drama'lc •rhe wives of the two defendant? o-ore present earl'*, but It was the hue hands and not th" wlv's who "Tweed comforters. Mnr*e sat like •» s*ofc when he herd the words con- -tetnuine him to nri*on hnt the strs!»i was too grr»at for the women. Mrs Morse coll?ne -1 and «rl1l ttobhln*- „-vas token to an anteroom, where •• moment |at-r lo*r h«ist*«nd hel.1 her In Mg nnrvs nndto COU- \ Montana . . New Hampshire N"W Jersey . . New Yoik North Dakota Ohio . . Or: gon .. . .. . Pejnrtylvanla .. Rhode Island . . South Dakota . Utah Vermont . . . . Washington .. .Weal VirglBilL 3 4 12 34) 4 23 4 34 4 BRYAN WILL NOT STAND Wyoming 3 Total 319 Won by Bryan— Alabama Arkansas r Hr«.*o Florid* . Georgia 11 9 5 * 5 13 * Kentucky *3 Louisiana .. r*.,. ® Marvland . . . , 3 Mississippi' . ..... f 10 Nevada • * \ A Nebraska .c 4* • •»® In the Way of Some Loyal Support*-1 in Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 6.—Some en 'husisetic Democrats started a boon for Bryan for United States^senator immediately after the results of the .lection became known, showing that the Democrats had captured a ma jorlty of the Nebraska legislature. When, a bit lattefr, they discovered that no senator Is to be elected at th? coming election and that an en tirely new body will be selected be fore a senator is chosen, the matte was dropped. Senator Burkett's rise In my career,” he? added, “afr'. I know that there \yild~be questlon- which will «rlse that I do not know of now, and that times will com when many of my friends here will shake their heads and say, 'po" Bill.' but all *1 ask is for suspension of murder. >l .—■“ She was the mother of a lad who had biEn.,forcgd to joRr a raid' to Hickman. Ky., wh re a family ot negroes was wiped out by the nlgt.i riders. This boy, who went unwil lingly. never returned, an-1 after th • soldier# arrived a story leaked out >f a n-twly made 1 grave in the woods A sweet-faced girl, wearing black in memory of the lover who lay in the .grave, came to camp ami th- secret of that raid was revealed. "Til'' Burton, who was Indurrd tr turn State’s evidence, is a huate r ind fisherman'. For hour? he wa? silent and defiant, but the temptation of the promised reward of $10.ui>" md a feeling of saf. ty inspired by he presence of the soldiers won hit: )\er to the side of the State’- He re veal d the secrets of the night rid ing clan, and this and other Informs- ion gained by the authorities h» = resulted in the arrest of 100 men Governor M. R, Pirtterson, who is personally directing the work, V sole. her. M ’ Curtis A4enr rr^mlne rl^iceug^fNo th * of Pu^ti**, Turtle t tl “In the ca?" of M n rsc there 4# Btt4 •o lie s'*i't A« in ail bank fraud -ner-- ci tn'tnnt is on tv a parr of the larger general scheme In •bl*< c - **"* t* was to ms'- the hank and •he dc-opt'ors’ ’money for anecttla- ;*lve ruiT-eore* If such «rh"mes were "ormBted to t*o I'arrled onf th* pub- Mo he at the mercy of a hand -f adventurers. Therefore I sentenr" wen to flft en years’in the Feiera' orl«on ot Atlanta. Pending acton on the a ones t 'tor c e was p^ro'ed In the custody <•* •he Unt’T'd S' a tea marohol.*- Moive was token to th" TerPhs^thl -.flernoon and Pw w->h announced •ha* no ani-N- atlbn* for* ret ase on tiond would be made todfcy. drawn.* An answer was reca-f.v d that the woman, purporting to l.e Alic* Cheney Brown had no account wi*h the Farmera Loan and Trus* it war known to the brokers' firm that Mrs Brown was staying i t the Annex, and a messenger was a nt ther* to find her. Nkt\ the hotel It was learn*-1 -hat thd^woman had paid her tdl and left. She haiWpaid with a che k on the I'anfiers Ixian and Trust Com pany and had ordered a carriage* to .rake h**r to the LaSklle atallon Major Southgate of the Annex examined the check passed on Jdn hotel, and inasmuch as the rh ck on -fie brokerage tirtn 1 was wot hie-s. e- CAR KILLS SMALL ROY. declared that the smaller one wm worthless also. * Detective Reprtf wa* called in, and with Mr. Dalicm^L. went to th** municipal courts wher- a warrant was sworn out rhaTging the woman with Operating a con- fl(fence gam**. The c ibmap who drove Hi. worn in from the Annex was found, and ip said the discharged him at the La Salle street station. It was learned that a woman answering the deacrU 1 Mon of Mrs. Brown had engag 1 another cabman and that heTfrov: her to the Northwestern de|K>t. Af ter discharging the second cabman sho entered a third v chic I? and wa driven to the union depot. in the baggage room it waa dis^ covered that the woman had chocked a suit case to Dehv r, presenting her railroad ticket at the time. Th Burlington train Jor Denver did .no' leave Chicago until 11:3b o'clock people, that the election of Senators by. the people will De’ secured, that the iniquities of the trusts will arouse an opposition that will re sult in the elimination of the prin ciples of the private monopoly. I a confident that the people will Fee the necessity for the labor legisla tion and th" tariff reduction which our platform deinajfdel. I ipnt oon- II lent, too, that the\> ecfci rat iqn.il- work done In this campnuiii will re sult in secnrln-g greater protection* o bank <1 poaltocs. "The above are (he most promi- ueht re form a lor which , we' labored, uid I believe that these reforms will „ met come togetlf r with more ef- feclitre regulation of railroads and independence for the Fhiliplnns. > ‘I d«*sire to commend the work of our national committee. I am ntlrely satir-fied with Mr. Mack as the chairman and with the members f th** committee. I do qot see how f- •hey could have done more than the/ lid. and as for myself, 1 put forth "M'fy tffort in wr powgr to -geenre ■ of judgment until the sitimt+on ma , , , decisions wiU J>C”Ve« that the rlng-laaders at, r st upon the (principle of sound ar.tj: Huong the prisoners, and that th*; 1 " • a 1)]ood of captain Kaukfn will Iv honest business policies, which have outUned, and its intricacies nta*- he ascei mined and applied. Th*-s letails wiYvT am sure, explain whs* may appear to be errors of judg ment and mistake.'’ CONFEDERATE SHAFT Will Ik* _Ereeled at Milieu, Ga., the Near Future. in A dispatch from Milieu. Ga.. say? •hat town is to have a Confederate monument. The local chapter of th* Daughters of the Confederacy, who have bren soliciting fund# for the ourpore of erecting a monumen’ <n honor of the Southern heroes *nve met with sufficient encourag - ment to insure the siu’Cess of th- undertaklnc, and recently placed ar, rdtr for the erection of the monu ment with the McNeel Marble Com- icnv. of Marietta. Ga. The shaft will be placed in a con cpicuous spot on the courthouse conere A life siz’ statute . of i ‘Southern soldier in imported Italian marble will ornament the ton of th monument, the entire h'fvlit beln<* about twenty-five feet. The work 1 c to be commenced s-'-on and is to be commu ted in time for’the unveilin'* which will take place on June 3rd ' * nex(. Hand (hit off. JnnssviUe. Nov. 5.—Mr. Ed Little tohn. a prominent planter of thU section, suffered a serious ininn Mondsv morninr. his band bein ivanxed. Tom Johu^fn, who is said to be h? captain of the night riders, - one of thosur tatfeu into custody. H* has maintarjFrd a dogged silence His time is spent in pacing the nai row. confine# of his cell, w'hile h-*- -az s furtively and longingly toward In- r-', esses bT*the forest. • While the grand Jury-.nvestigfftloii is held secretly, as possible. It is sab' that the constitution and by-laws of the Night Ridtirs clan have been offered In evidence. The. penalty for betrayal of the obligations imposed by the ritual is death. The name? of number# arc signed with the'r own blood. The, clan decreed that members should not employ negroes after jim«*O90ft, that hanks should not react ov er -ft^pet c.eiitlnt CCd Mr. Bryan # closest friend# say he has no ambition# along that line, and that he would refuse to stand ( the way of loyal eupporter# wh would logically become candidates should the Democrat# carry the leg islature two year# hence. North Carolina .......... ia Oklahoma —n T South CaroUni* & Tennessee r? 12 Texn > . 12 Virginia Total If' efyighF in The machinery of a pF • nd severed from his arm. AThef the accident hsnn'ned Mr. Little John was attemnting to remove llm cotton from & gin. on loans, that merchants should no: make over 10 per cent profit, an I hat cotton and oth*V commodities -hould not bring less than a certain t7?ure. Many of the m u who have set- led on the lake are said to have lett for other regions b tween tw*> sun? In fact, at Heel foot, a? in the Pan handle of Texas. It is said.to be "bad form” to ask seme people when they came from, a bre.ch of clique, that will be promptly resented Crack shots, men wno know not th sense, of fear, men convinced th i others of means w- re depriving then' of vhelr Just right to make a living— of such are the night riders of Reel foot.- It is believed,that prompt and e f fectlve action by Tennessee will ten* -{ tii Kfamp out the tenurge—5A Mangled Body Found on Brake * Beam* by Mbtonnan. "~ New York. Nov. 5.—Carrying on Ms brake-i^eims the mangl d body ot «mall boy, ,a trolley ear ran for more •han three miles along Second ave nue last night without the motor- mau knowing that he bad ever hit much l.ss Itllled a person. The motorman told the polio** "when he was arrested, charged with homicide, that he remembered a mmping of the ear at 99th street nit gav? it very.little attention. At 96th street the bumping was re|ieat- ** 1 several times. At 4Gth stree* 'he ear stopped and i The motormah raw led und#i it to se* what was he matter with the motor. He wa« horrified to discover the horribly manglecj, body of a l>oy apparently ibout nine years old. He oolTnp&d and was asdsted from und-r the car by the conduc- Thc-ear wa? ft!b-4 and when the victory for our cause. "The nomination came fioni the hands of the voters. I h'tve obeyed their command and have led as bett I could. Words will not express mv gratltud’ for the willingness of tha Democrats during, the part twelve vears. Neither am I able to ade quately express my appreciation for the kind words which have been xpok n since the election. If l could regard the defeat as purely a personal one I would consider I: a blearing rather than a misfortune, for I am relieved of the burdens and reH|>onslbiliti s of an office that is attractive only in proportion as it gives an opportunity to render a large public service. But I shall serve a? willingly in a private cap acity as’fti a public on**. God does not require great things of us. He only require# that we improve the opportunities Ih.at if presented, and l -and Repotto remained in th*» *1 pn j >ha ,, !(( , to | m , )ro ve the opportu aTT. •lassengers found out what caused he delay several women fainted. It Is thought that the boy wa? Salvator Caniplope. although the body was so badly mangl d as to make identification, except by the Nothing an Impsosibllity Another child of the same famH-v was killed by a trolley car three vears ago. until a'short time of its departure How the woman got past him ant aboard the train without b-*lng sen Is a mystery to the detectiv -. When ■T'lestloned on that point by Repel’ she looked out of the car window ind laughed. At first Mis. Brown pleaded foi 'he leniency, asking that sip be per milled to pay the hotel bill and con tinue on h'-r trip to Denver. Th* detective agreed to accept liu 16 J for the hotel, bill and she paid hff'' in cash, then she turned over 111 bonds. When r'h • did so* she to I amid sobs that she had planned t obtain the bonds ?o she could get funds to aid a brother who Is unde- arrest in the East for some dfftiia" The securities were turned over later,to Mr. Babcock, who was wait ing for Repotto at the Annex. Mr Babcock said the firm would mak* no effort to prosecute Mrs. Brown The bonds were tw nty In number, of $i.ftftfl each They .ur;;. Ji.st _mort_ gage 5 per cent bonds of the Mad; son River Power Company. Mrs. "Brown” went to the Aljuc CONSTABLE KILLS NEGRO. •litle? for service presented by pri vate life. "In this hour of national defeat l find some consolation in the cordial support given by my neighbors, by h- citizens of Lincoln and by the people of th** State of Nebraska. With a Democratic Governor and a Democratic Legislature we shall bo ible to put into practice so much of • he Denver platform as rTales to-- Xrrrtrr legislation., und—I—trust tha* our State will set an example thlt wilt be an tnftttcjjee-for good iu the nation.’’ BUY AN CONGRATULATES TAFT. \ud Hi* Successful Rival , Thank# Him for the Message. Cincinnati, Ohio. Nov. 5.—‘Pleafo accept congratulations and best wish- "s-lor th** success oi ypur adminis- -ea-Uon.— . —•—ct. Who Attempt**! to Outrage a Penn sylvania White Girl. jJT Uniontown. Pa.. Nov.* 5.—While attempting to arrest Jerse Rice, r negro at Riverside, near b**j;e, las Thight, Constable Brown, sho’t hlr j | nf? the woman’s^iispiciou she iud:u last’ Thursday-. Sh “ r ‘’K iBr * re< l a "Mrs. Frank E. Brown. New York. Tho da>‘ foliowing her arrest sh- called on Babcock, Rushton & Loud erback 'witu lett**r, presumabl forged, purporting to be from n N* " York broker. Negotiations w re be gun for the purchase of the bond: but tlm .deal was not closed un i. Wednesday. It was learned after *he Denver* train had depart d that Mrs. Brow- got through the station without be ing ?e**n by Repetto by a clever rus; Outside MiCMslation she raw a tin- woman holding a baby *od engage hlr in conversation. Without arous- fSigned) “W: J. 1JRYAN.” "I thank you sincerely for your "ordial and courteous telegram of congratulation and good wishes, signed) “Wm. H. TAFT.” These messages were today ex- -tnnged between Lincoln. Neb:, and Cincinnati. The message# from Mr. Bryan came while Judge Taft was addressing the General Conf,-rence^ >f the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal church. He received the message on his r turn to his residence and answered it at once. ^ . * NINE MEN KILLED. night riding That has spread ft Kentucky over a wide area.of thd South. ■Ltaart anil wa? htmueuf fatally shot B- Govereor Threatened. Nashville. Tenn., Nov. 5.—Th® Man-* taken bv Governor Patteraep in his attempt to suppress recen ni«ht rider outrages in Lake county #nd other sectiona of the State ha* been followed -bv several anonvmou? threatening letters to the «oy?ronr hnt they are causing him little wor- -• - ft , . Run Down by Car. Columbia. S. C .'Nov. 5 —Mr. and virr. T. J. Lipscomb. , Jr., and . Mrs T. J, Lipscomb, Sr., were seriously injured by a street car colliding with a carriage in which they--w«re rid ing late tonight. The paft*- ha* 1 Just returned from Newberry, where the funeral of the elder Me#. Lip scomb's husband tqok place this afternoon. * rowb, a son of the officer, was alrO shot In the arm by Rice. Two months ago a warrant wa.' Issued for the arrest of the negro on. a charge that he had committed in Trsualt onyoung white woman it Masontown. Ric?. however, dis appeared, and yesterday Constable Brown, of this place, learned he was Ikring at Rlversid’e. The o^lcer went there J.o make th arrest and the shooting followed ed her to let Mr*. Brown hold h** Trat>y amFi'hen and Its newTriend to the train. "To passing through the depot Mrs Brown was ». emingly Intent on tit- child, and as she was not supposed have a baby passed unnoticed. Many Perish. Toklo. Nov. 7.—News has reach ed h?re of tho loss of the eteamc-r Talsfa. which was sunk during then storm off Etnrl Island. One hundred and fifty persons were drowned when the negro offered armed rt^The vessel was ^rowded wTth flsher- sitftance. 'r •^Tiaen and paseeng&r». *«>ven Other Italliau I/al»orers Were Bulk'd Under Rocks. resuTT of a premature explosion lynamite, nine laborers, all Italian#, who were working in a deep cut north of Dryden on the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad company’s line#, were killed today. Three of the men were rescued badly injured, but two of them subs3fiuently died. Serea other laborers are still burted under the rocks. A report from Ingoln^atates th»t mother premature explosion north of here on tne Grand Trunk constni^ 1 Uoa work killed three ot