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- PRAISED THEM insurance Commissioner Lauds Mutual Fire insurance Cos. DOING A GOOD WORK He Sayn These <'onijtallies Have Saved Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars to the State and will Final ly Furnish the Very < _ a J>P ut -half-past t weJtv.o,-oclnek - oclaO?? broke dAniT'ltrimie ' ‘ aurance to Our INstiile. —ColuniltTa.'^Nms- 10—In^irimc* Commissioner McMaster yesterday made public -that' part of his report to ; the Governof referring to the mutual Are insurance companies of the State, in which he says: "In the statistical part of my report » will he found statements from a number of mutual fire insurance com panies. The majority of the coiwp\- nies have been chartered under ‘he 'Mutual Protective Association’ Act. Some f“w, whose charters antedated thiA^ct, haw their organization under special Acts. The statefnents of these companies are remark?hit iu a way, and the irfgsons to bo'TearrP ed therefrom are most encouraging. "I bellev.e these companies show the way_to secure insurance at low est possible cost, and point out the means whereby all money in ex- Cv-ss of actual insurance cost may be kept at home, and In the pockets of the-people. Operated heretofore without supervision, and without that help and encourag ment that should come from IntelligeBt exam ination, the success of^These cOmpa j nies has been truly remarkable.’and they tHI a story of honesty and fra ternity that entirely overshadows th failures of the few, which have been engaged in similar work, peharjere. i, under the same Act. but wfhose field of operations extended ~ over tiv> whole State. ** "It is the rule ami i BIG BAMBERG FIRE OOtTOX oil plant practical- —— Reaps Awful Harvest In* LY WIPED OUT. SUDDEN DEATH Brook' -1- Two Freight Cars and About Twenty five Pules of Cotton Also Destroy- ed Overcome by Heat. Hamberg. Nov. 19.—Another dis astrous fire has visited Bamberg ani this-afternoon the splep.^id plflfit of the Comm Oil Company, place, is in ashes. of tin pr sscs of the ginnery. How it got there no one known, but. Hie gi'tm anti- tlon that Where these companies have confined their operations to the county in which organized, or .< that county and one adjoining conn ty they have proved successful - This haw.-been due to an apTireciaMoii—K- . -UTfsnri, Slsiatant nuinjwi.r. tha t'ftTb overheated and fell to the the poilcyhoiders that they w.*re in surers as well as^ insured. -Tliey have afford d protection at a-remjirk ablly .low cost, and i lieli.-ve^-havir taught the true prinoiples of In-ur auce, i. simple indemnity against loss, and not speculation on flii risks, as nothing else' con Id or world ■ have done" Such institutions mus: raise th - moral tone of the comma nitles in which they mu-rate! "and clwarly they "raise,, to th«' highest standard the 'moral hazard,' that bane of fire underwriters. "The statements of thes 1 compa nies are the more encouraging since bot h fj they show the cost of insurance in town and country. "Eleven of the companies have conflneti th- Ir operations practically to the country; four have their in surance entirely in the CBy i ■ Charleston. As will tie seen front the statements, the..cost of insurance has varied practicaliy from alftntt K* cents per" $100 to about !sV e nis per 1100. "W ltho.ut nu-anii g to make any invidious comparisons, for there an others which have done probably just as good work, bn! because of its age, and the experiences through which it h-ts passed, th.- Carolina Mutual Insurance Company, of Charleston, is deserving of special note. This company is now- iu i'- fifty-eighth yTr. It slajid.s today with*a clean record all losses paid and $130,0 on of cosh am- invest - ments to its crerHf This company passed thruiigh tin gri it fire of Ikr.l in Cbai'lesioi,. It ’paid i’- loss s iti fu l. and the loyally of it- members woo. with al.-n- st one ac -*cord, no*! their licavv iildlyt-itidm Iheil^iwts^beea f-.tTTv repaid by Hi* presses being in motion, the rtaniTy? spread to every part of the build ing in the twinkling of an eye. /The distress signal was sounded by the .whistle and the fire-'bells sounded the alarm, but before as sistance could be rendered the whole ginnery was in flames, and the heat was so intenSh that no one could approach near enough to the build ing to combat the fire or even to r<>- move several bales of cotton belong ing to patrons of the ginnery which lay in front of the -buildings.— These were consumed togf-th r with the ginnery. From the ginnery the flimes leaped to the seed house, thence to th? office building in one direction and th.« hull house Jn another, and thence to the oil mill and finally to the meal house, all of which were cohip!- tely consumed. Tim only building of the plant left standing is st sin-all~T*»uilT."used for storing seed cotton. Three oil tanks, containing, several thousand gallons of oil, also e caper} destruc tion, though it Irj^ikerl for a long time as if ah explosion would occur any moment. A side track from the Southern Hailway is built out to th<> mill. Qn .this, two ears— on- loaded with anrj. Ure other with seed were ic.-trovyo* Durlrycthe fire Mr. G. Moye Dn-k- tiecan.e cronn 1 unconscious. He-^was imm-‘diatHy’ att'Uirlfd to ty frir-nrts and pnysic- lan.--. but came near, losing his life The loss is one of the heavies^ that has ever visited Bambyrg, and tlierr Ts lyn Street Friday. TWENTY-FIVE DEAD Catestrophc Utilised by the Ignition liCntTng'"T'ip<s, Arjiijit- .. .sT - *? • of Tins— ■ y^irvjrrgv?-—... ting "Tfiajm-, ItesjMinsible for the Disaster—Fire and Geysers of \\a- saki * ter Spurt in Air Through Dehids.*''^ Twruit v-fiv HALF A BILLION .t FAUN ED IX NINE YEARS STAML^M) OIL. HV Hockefr-llet- Trdls of I-in.ini ini Situ ation of Giunt nrciits With Transportation Com- FoT ('oniliin**—Agrrs- New York. Nov. - b. five hours today John fejly, witness for the seijrlous noui.t • ftv fTf wlie* hr AT not the plart'will ii^relmilt. It Ts' estimate I that the ioss on build- jjigs. m,-*chinery and stor k'Is not Ibss than fT-.OiiO, wl.il* the insti-- inre is now tbought to.be only $36,000. . , Mr. W, M Brambham./the |iresi-- l- ni and jm^uiagfr,- wits ;u HtmTiTatT MlToTll cd- r.:ivjugs Jije 'cTsui.pi'iy them sii’t-t*. T ttm this is the .,»! Ie«F'-Uia4-ua.T lir- ance-con'ii.an.v iu Am rica toe "The UTrolimf Mrituad and I UM I^riun luL ■4ba, lOWS, ftfe" MnTTT Germania M.riual anti tie Mr Mutual, all-f>r ■whit h t-onfiiv solve- to the Titv of (’h;i ib-st .:ll i nsjyr iy. s ft-1 thr ban's them have been thr^ means of saving. believe, without exaggeration, hum dreds of thousands of dollars U> th> citizens of Charleston. t "There are certain amendments which I believe should lie made r.i the Mutual I’rotective Association Act. The spirit of mutuality shoult! lie emphasized by making more s;n' r 3‘ rifle the annuai«meetings of thr' iioli- oy-.lioldef^ and the election of di- r’ectors by’ the pr>licy-hold< rs. r* - (luirements fiir staled meeting of the director^ who should h reprr-- sertutlve of the, tr-rritory covered, and the number of whom should be proportionate to the amount at risk "The terms oft the Set should be. extended Jxr permit the organization of mutual companies insuring live accldeiirb ^SaTty" and iiaidH»y " The -ctiiirpSWr-s w hich have confin ed theiuseives i^iiractically to one county, and the disbursements, in cluding losses and expenses for on? year, and the amount of Insurance carried by each arf* the following: ■Abdieville-Gfeehwood Mutual Fire, of Ahlievilie, amount. $ 1,54 1 .fil’d, and total disbursements last year |fi.667-.l 4. Anderson Mutual Fir?,' of Ander son, $326,522. [' Carolina Mutual Insurance Com- wlierr the flre^MThiired, but came in by private conveyance this Afie r - noon and i- using •-very means pos sible to make the calva-ge on rmal and seed as great as possible. He tins been eminently successful in managing the mill, and i( is greatly regretted that this disaster lias come upon the Aimpany just at a time when the prosp ct seemed lui-htest for a profitable year. The Cotton Oil Company also owns a plant at Denmark which is ope - itrd iinder the management of .dr Brabham. Whatever-see I is* saved from tills fire will probably be ship- tied, to that place and crushed. Sev eral partons of the ginnery lost sonic "otton that had been left at at the gin.-and on which there was no in surance twenty or twenty-five bales having been burned. ^ The heaviest Jos r was an industri- colored man, named Kelly Wil liams. He had six bales at the.gin and only one was. saved. The loss fairs "Bcavily upon him. * New York, Nov. 2<1 - - - ' r ^.vy Vt persons are belie\od to have'^wsi thfir lives and an explosion of gas which tore up a great section of Ce-ld street. Brooklyn, today. .It is de finitely known that 15 persons were liiirieit under the hundreds of tons r f eanh and timber that wiu-e thrown into the air by. the explosion, and 10 more ner.-ons are reported- as iiiHsiiig. Th? exact number eT'Tiead-- can not be. det.t rnrued unTH tonuTi, tw\y,.f(ir those working to recover t!t.> enton-ibnl *tiTelies m , >-'t dig th.-ough 50 fed pf dirt, rock atufi a tangle of pipes and timbers. Tn° exidi slen r.cci.rred- in an ex- cavatiotr 50 P , et j d -»*i) that h id been made in Gold street bet Ween York and Front streets, where a wat -r main was ifeitrg laid. Tlm'gas main recently ^prong a li'ak and, in a manner unknown a «ii'ark catne in contact with escaping pas today: Imniedhiteiy there wtis a terrific > \ plush n that lifted the surf ee of the street for half a block -in both directions and hulled dirt, paving stums and debris into th-* air. Yhon the smoke and dust cF'arod a.ivav it was s-»v.n that .the street Juul l oni op* mil from -jjnorstfep to aTi-a of nearly ,a n d «-arth and dc- falb-n ini-* the excavation, the seore of laborers win w nen 'he acciden- h- i- dorrr -over an ["lie loo srefv block b;is had 'Hicyitig we* a*,wjyk ■K-ned. G-eat tongues of flames shot out-of crevlf S. in the'street and be- ibweeu tTifhii geysers of water spurt- ITTF o\ er 1). Rocke- defens? in ,e government suit to dfSsofve me Standard Oil Company, faced an un , cea.-ing 1 fire ,of fiin-stious from the ,y»deral counsel, Frank B. K Hogg, inpl when adjournment _wn^-takeii until Monday be was still lielnp crossrexaminetf on the charge tint "the company in early days accept ed rebates to the disadvantage of its rivals. ' 'Che enorn.ous i>owej of the oil comtiination was sharply brought out today when Mr. Rockefeller, after stating that the Standard had. paid dividends amounting to 140,00b.- 000 in.4907. saJd<4t had earned as much more and that this was added - x n> th? company's surplus, which was stated by the government's *cojinseI to he, $300.Ob0,000. It waa-fiirhhei stated by Mr? Kellogg that the com* p'any within the liist eight year, has earned .over half a billion dol lars. The rapid fire interrogations of (he'prosecutor were always met wi. unshaken Importurahili,ty-arid rea'l- iness to answer, except when, as Mr Rockefeller explained, "it *19 quit - impossi!ib> fnr me .to QUEER STORY Rulers of China Made Way With to Forestall the DESIGNS OF JAPAN Tlmt Is What the Dispatches Indicate. All Sides Now Admit That the I tow nger Fnmrcaa. >v>q Asuawslnnt- ed—.Inpiir.ese t'laiirr' It -Wa* for I’art in (>ld Rebellion, N’cAl. Yiirk. Nov. 18,—Following the widespread reports that the la'.* dowager empress of China was poi siiried special cable advices from Shanghai^sTate that it is rumored here that 'he aged ruler was slain by the anti-Manelnf leaders. Prince Cliing opposed the succes sion of i’u Yi, it is said, and the regent shows reactionary tendencies v The. Japanese . correspondent in the Chinese capital Insist that the I at* - WILL GO. TO JAIL CHAS. FRANCIS ADAMS TELLS WHY IT EXISTS — And Intimates That the Taking Away the Franchise. Ki*otii the Xt gro Only fan Dissolve It. emperor was as |asiii«at**(I by (ifficials, who-fared Thast^ement -fdr tiieir |«irt in. suppressing Kang Yu \Yi's movement in l s-xx.’ According to siweial Washington diJliatclies based on a, statement remem her aft-r 23 years.- I do not, recall." ••ir into 11 that had pJxoion. out of th ' GoHl seshooi TTT 1 e: -ur fr-m a w:r<-r Ir been shatt*-rpd by the v- Two bodies were sticking wreckag--. . street was » rowded yvi.b children when the •explosim occurred, and tiiaT scor s of .children were not killed or injured was r*- Tnark-.ibTtr A woman ajfd tin - ctiildren wer** almrr-1 opfaisit • tin. Mr. Rockefeller was questioned closely regarding rebates .w.hi(;h the Sfandard wap charged with-receiving, but with the excepMon of the agre«y- m- nt with th>- Pennsylvania railroad, which Mr. Rockefeller explained. g*Ae the Standard aarebate hecause it effi-i-iid ah f inalization of oil ship ments. Mr. RorkeTetier r-miid .so' r call any other rebates, thoueh he thought it was likely that-he might have heard of it at the time. ..•'You have been prosperous since {.he beginning'’" asked Mr. Kellogg of Mr. Rockefeller when the latter resumed his testimony. He was asked about the Trust Tgr.-. im-fl'l of I**-, .m I s h lin't -Ht- Vrust excavation when the earth crumbled nnder th ir fczJLrand they wet. I swept down inti*-tli»- hole under toq.- | of yvreek-age. Two other chiUln-r. | were on the opposite si'le of tin- | str.-et when the stmt caved in and they lost their lives. Samuel Trout, forVnsan of the gang of laborers who w.to laying tn water main, was near th - women and three children who lost th.-ir live, \s h. felt the street trt-.mb.ltf ht.-.ru.-;>- ed forward in an endeavor to sac tbem. but b. lost his fif*' in the at tempt. Trout's body was roast d to a cinder. Only four of the men working, he . cav ,t: n esc -pv-l and their e cape was ret. arkable. They w. li tging near th - ojiening of a foil- foM sewer an i the force of the ev value certificates did not ' is,how ti *>f $70,000,000 and the stocks te] l under the agreement an actual value of $r.5,7U0.69M. Mr Uocl.e- felb-r said he beli. ved those figures were correct. •'The re.-ord f’l-ows th;*t up to th% net earnincs of the com- 4006 itany were '$55 1.922.904. What was 1 907?" 'h- Xlea-zed to Death. ___N£fW York, Nov. 19.—Powdered snuff, known as "sue distrilmb'd- "»y lu-aetical jokers in the saloon et \ndreyy M. .Taylor, i-' i’atersen. N. ,1 o. ter-,lay. cttis.-d the proprietor I', mb z*^ and rough so hard that b. t iijitured a b:oo<l vessel and died ::ev i: 1 hotirs Inter. e-ne. »f (‘ s^.'al disl) ‘1 lb 59,' I'a rmers Fomnany-.' Farmers iation, <»' Farmer, ciation. of .ia rlesLou.. I' S.-nieutS $ 1 lo j e l lil, la t year. f Mutual f t'.affney M ut u;i 1 WelbaM Mitu-l Newber r\ Fire Insnram ■$ :,oo.e.m : otal di bursements $^1.21 (1.3 6. Imumice Assr- $ c so,non. Tnsurr.n-e Asso . $297:783. a'l'’ for last year Fire Insnram-t $338,000, and .last y ar. $ t .- Farmers’ Mutual Company, of Union, total disbursements -’83.24. Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurant- Company, of Winnsboro. $2TTtT,000. • Farmers’ Mutual Insurance A-so ciation rf OhesV-r. $375,'MiO. am’ tofal disbursements last ' year, $800.75. Farmers' MutnaJ Insurance ('mu uanv, of 5’ork. $751,125, and disbqrst'ments last year $2,617.7 1. . Germania Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of CharPston, $1,123,950. and lotal disbursements last yea-. $4.897.96:T~“ Hibernian Mutual Fire Insurance •it. doll hie Art hi: v.'ll- -n • o • Sltan! v lit rar.i^ *« .tin-rest and he pall* <1 the hurl 'd fa- bjth< r tlir the 1 roketj main ) t iie sewn r and men aft* r him. Water from gun to po.ir in. > tne si-wn r and tii 'our men, in danger of being drown d. started to run toward ttie^river w here Ce re was jitv njittor to hiU' se wer. Ttie ex-: biii'ks ar sons wiit \\ oim-n Vbn.-e cv bo, un at. ion shook liousi- i. Tbous.ffids^ of | retted to t h ' se ui' f.r r 144*1—'.5i oi t \v ll. 1 to t vine • Ir.ti n ah., »li-- .' t he ,H neighboi ii ! b ' ii on, ti., gas—noun I-lew—i+fe, •pc mill ran aiMiiii n. bed b ex a\ aCoii w I'iiigif g t b.-ir'h Tn .-ml (-.i.'iiti4 for iii* ir little ones. I i inaiiy iiistam-fs—Uluy—foil ml th ir •hi’dren aftc-r a brief search, but a i u m lu_r of. 1 iovs •ch iimi girls h iil iieen :ol nearliv and tbei- t m- •>— -aken into n parents were frantic by the Cm ’ven^Tound. The gas and water sti|i])lies we’-■ 'timed off shortly after tin* expio sion A force of J 00 firemen wa.-, • 1 o ih< n put to work digging for liodieg bat tli - ta.-k was m-cos.-arily slow'ho- cau.se of the nature of (lie yvreckage which had to be removed. 'Those known to lie dead are. Saiu-ted Trout, foremirifr Fred Sclieft- nieya-r, inspe-tor of sew rs; Charles Farrell, foreman of conf-rete works, Gustave And r-on foreman of ca-- tptal j li’-ttters. Missinv: Pnkmi'vn woman who . JUS. with cliildten; unknown girl. divideml in "1 should sav about 40 per cent “That wps ab ut, $39.0011.000?" "That would b*- a million in favor of the poor ol 1 Standard," said M • Rockefeller. ID* added that the m-f earnings for 1907 «w« r e approxi mately $80,000,000. He assented to Mr. KeTTogg’s fig ures showing that the company earn d $ fbtf.Ope.oOO from 1899 to I9*>6 A-Tli rig 'bo "oumiHgKMvf 19-U7 would give a to' il earning# of $57u.- ooo.ooo. , "Ttfeo where does the hazard of the bu + iness conre in?" asked Mr Kellogg. "in 'he first pl-ice, sine’ th<‘ firs' - e, - rv was built more than 50 yenr.- a*»o, we. have been prepared at ar> •'onTenf. day or night, to hear Cl pT-o hlarni. We are dealing with ? rv explosive product. * Fires a .- •oust -ntl.v ocmtrring. '••But your plofits were aliove yom fire hwst #. which have iieen charget! *> profit and loss account?" "Ye**, sir". Mr Kellogg then asked Mr. Ttock- "VMhr'-r^oiit the rtt'indard Oil agree- n n» with the I’enii-ylvatiia railroad mi t v 77. in which the P.-nnsylvania •i,yv-,ei to j»av hack 10 per cent, of b- friiight which the Standard n-.id. The witness said this agree |-in lit iT-Miiw d the rate war bet ween -fit-—Vt-t - fi *- * n—:t ti d—Ct *•* 8*~> 111 b * * r 11—I i n * - >• •ml tbat tbis was an agreement wb- r-by It** w-as to t-qualiz*: the •imnent of freight f* -Tribnted b- *we-n<$.b different railroads. Renlying to a question wbetbef : it,-—Scnnrhtrd'O i I C11 n i ] i a ti y—wtrs-—Hrr- frotj^ a v- ry iiigh official source,Uhe continuance^if p**ac** in China, undet the regency, rests upon tho life of Yan-n Stii Kai. "If.” says this anthocify. "his enemies, who are* the leaders o'f » reform movement, prevail agains* him it wilt be a signal for a mome-- tous upheaval.” i> ■ ■ . . ■ Diplomat^ in Washington debated with interest^th«' question of the atlltude of th*- United States and Japan toward China, in view of the developments of the last few days. The Slumglmi End. Shanghai, Nov. 18. It is rumor-d here thru the dowager empress was poisoned by the anti-Henrhu lead ers. Prince Ching opposed the suc cession of I’u Yi. - Tli- re Is a financial panic In P »- kin Fifty native banks have suspend- A-H—♦*» ill lory—majiouvereB wrv pos’poned. The regent shows -a dispositioTi to consult the reactionary, Chang Chi Tung. < Latest reports from Pekin nay th* palace gates are closed and guarded nn-1 Yuan Shi Kai taken‘refuge In the Brl’Ish legation. Whether Yuan seeks protection from the new ruler-, or the violence of the reformers the news lacks verification. A Japanese Plot. Manila. Nov. 18. From a fitgh official Chines-- source I learned day that both the emperor and dow ager empress of China were murder ed In the hope that the presence of the American fie t In Orinetal waters would snve the Chinese empire from an—aggressive movement by Jajiap during the establishment of a new • ' s m * regime. ^ ^ The 'd aths of the emperor atrt lowag- r impress had t)<-**n expert*'-! was about 5 years of age; John O'Grady, 6 years, old; William Dalton, 6 yea-c old: Vi noth t Doherty, 7 y-ars old, Clarice Brady, 9 years old: Alex- TTTTTi $7,451.25. * Merchants" Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Charleston, •$334,465. and total disbursements last year. $629.74. v -<• Farmers’ Mutual insurance .Ass i- r:igM. 'iHi‘im‘i . K'lill tTtclnnuit. lutinr-' er; Francisco Armando, laborer; I John Armando, laborer; Charles Neb son. laborer; (Jus VTallo. laliorer: Felix Green, laborer, Gus Kane, lal - only otie to g<’t ’the n-bnte. the wit m ss said that the greater volume of 'umim ■-# giv n'.by the Standard "Was <T ivt n in pavt for tne rebate and in th i e day? s it was the custom . f«' '•'••’*■ shippers -to r<'ceiv(> consider*' at i(l w!i| 2 0 ' sid* j- lid you know of the contract eby the Stndard was to obtain cents a liarr i in rebate on on*- - sliipmetits?" ■ I .»»’}>:• have known of it geu-ja!!' •it tb- 'iit'e I had nothing 'o do witfi th** contract.’ The witness said he could not re call. v. h-ther Mr^ Cassatt had tes-i- fled that there rebates were paid to the American Transfer Company. Rockefeller-.said he had no doubt that the t.Sate of Pennsylvani . broughC suit- in 1,879 to ou-t 'In- Fni'ed Pine Line Company from that 7d^^r^mri^itc...£C3CBdMrttTjMTu;rgTTfrTiiT riation, of Hartsvilie, $3 63,0344. ami total disbars ments last year. $454.10. ^ ' P*-e-I)ee Mutyal Fire* Insurance Assooiation, of Mullins, $349,673, and total, disbursements last year, $3,974.77-. for many day-, as both were known to lie in precarious lu alfTn*’ For fear 'hat They might survive until aft r ttie American |1 ct had sailed away, 'hey were killed in order that the crisis might lie precipitated. Look* to America. ~jg- In whatever disorders follow the establishment .of, tl^g n- w regime. Mr Chas. Francis Adams, of Bos ton. Mass., recently made a remark-, aide speech _at Richmond, Va., from which we rrm-ke the ^extract below Mr. Adams said: "And now at last I ('"bmp, to the matter which brings me h Te IMilltical -Tact of a solid South, in volving as It does the- Afro-Ameriean race problem. , - "The raison d'etre of a solid South is not far to s< ek We all are cog nizant of it. It is' founded In th- hateful memory of what is knowiv as the r<'construetioii^j> riod; and in lurking #pprehenslon, of action In th** shape of new force bills, d Rather Than Pay Fine If Con victed of Contempt DECLARES GOMPERS N*‘iriier-^\’*>iil«l He Allow the Federa tion of Lalxir to Pay It for Him. Supreme Court Ihwisbm Makes J- tilon Cousidnieles in Kestraint of Trail*-. Denver. Col . N*bv. ^.—President Samiiel /Jonipers, at today's session ftf the Convention of the American^ v Federation of Labor, declared that if he w .'' r ‘‘ found guilty and fined in T • th 1 ‘contempt "proceedings against "him at Washington he'would go to jail before he would pay his fine or before he would allow the Federa tion to pay the fine for him. This statement was iimd** during The discussion of the r port of the committee on the treasurer's report.. grouml. -f>^ N*-w Englander, a Yan«J. rh '' committee recommended that ini- -- tiled lately following the adjournm nt a reduction of political ppjxer under, the possible operation of the Four teenth amendment to the constitu tion. Th-- .Republican party, it is believed, still feels a snan-t hanke- lr*g Jor the negro vote. "AnTi now I come to the dilicat>« k-e of th»T S’anRt'es, nifi +tuii-slav- ry man from my birth, an ex-o(flcer oi tho union army, a lineal descendan* of,a signer of tin- Declaration o'. Independence." brought up in .. tbe faith I, being all tills by tradition, experience*’ and environm nt, am to talk to you of a probb-m largely in’ change in feeling. Its present form- the creation ( ,f those of whom I am one, ani- n problem which you have always wild you. • * "In the North and in the comma nlty to which I belong., a great opinion, and consoqu ut on this grave problem ha-- been - steadily going on for- many yearte 1—have watched Til-- rhang- — I have undergone it, and observ ed its process in myself. It is ipt- r- 'esting. To understand it y-e Mimst go t-aek about two generaiions, or, say sixty years, into the Scriptnral. and, so' to speak, "Uncle Tom" p rlod. The African was then a broth er—-descended from a common an center—to-wit', Noah. "Coming lit once to the point as to speak, taking the bull by th • horns let me say that I fully rou cur In th*' remark of sonic observ ing Englishman John Morley., I think, now Lord Morley made a year or two ago as th-' result of what he saw and heard during a stay Ii. this country. +♦'-^pTvmrttrfiVe’d nrr African race problem in America as being as nearly i.-olnbb- as a human race could be. R is: and so far »e in the United States are con- cern-Fd. Its insoluabilit) res's in th fact that it offers a n* THtivc giv the He dirt’ck-T-to fiindam*’ntal prin- China will look to the American war.-hips to protect her from Japi’i.. Ttie story has occasioned intense -' x cite m -'ti t aboard t Irc-ib-ef. and the l-ar*' possibility that the fl et mav lie- sent to Chines*' waters has aroused 1 the men to a ,’-eat . pifehOf enthusi asm. There is just enough fighting spirit In. the men To w. Ico.me th-- chance of doing som'-thing b<*sides parade service and target practice SERVED DIM RIGHT. Young Endfl Siiot ami Killed Her gro Assail a ntT KanTaC^C-iiy,. Mo,. Nov. 16.—Miss C.orinn** MeCc-wen, 2b years old,’a cl* rk in a confectionary store in this Newell mid- he Hower, a negro, died in half an city, . shat Sat unlay, hour. Miss McCow-n was alone In the store, in West|*oint avenKe, when Hower entered and asked for a cigar When she placed some cigars in front of him, if is alleged, he tried • sieze' h T sh^ caught uti a revolver and .fired five shots at close range, rwo of them taking effect... It was the negroe's fourth vis^ ' to the xtore wiihtin a f*'W hours. After bis third call. Miss McCdwen got’a pistol and k*‘ nt it within easy reach. Hurned to Death. Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 18.—rOn her .-Way, .home from school to*Iav. or riSSanmel Abran’s, laborer; John Crane, laliorer; laborer known as Frt.iK-iwio; I wo Ualiaa jaiioixiGa known as-Nl>- 51 and Jaborei known as’ Christopher. --^ . The pqli<e arrest*-d sfven men wh i were attached to »h<- ( city depart ments in charge of th? work being done. ... • oi fi-'bir'.Cv W'th TIT Uennsvivf--'^ railroad to blenin preferential rat* s atuT’drawbacks. H<- couidTibt recilf tbaf-’Mr. Casna't testified tliat tbe I’ennsyl vania rnilffoad paid rebates, to the Standard Oil Company, - the American Tran-fer Company and the play 'ivd'h the Children at the home of a neighbor. Her clothing caught | fire from (Hi. open grata- and liurn d her to death. She Is the daughtei of well known parents. Unfed- Pipe. Line Company. - Mr. RoekefeHfr’p attention called to the agreement with South hnprb' -mejit Company w as th-’ and parties* according to this agreement, w4>rM to- iio changed the DfR gross rat =4?” "Proltaiily so." "Were you a stockholder of the the rates provided therein for rebates South Improvement Company? on oiL "Is It not a fact that to all‘other • "I never as -far as I A received' the can recall.” certificates ciple of our social and political ii:-- and material development. Tb< American system, as we all know was founded on th** assumed basis of a common humanity. - That Is. absence of absolutely fundamenia! racial characteristics was aecepH* i as an established trutn. Those, ol all races were w* icon *' to our >:hor- s. They came, aliens, th y i id th<-*i descendants would b«-#-otn- i-itiw* ns first, natives .afterws:rds. It was a process 'first of assimiliatioh, and then o-f absorption. On this all de pended. There could be no pern:” neat divisional I hi* Th-- the* *f th*- Convention, the executive-com- minee shaJLL-lake_ up the' proposition ol placitig its funds where they may in- removed from danger of attach-, ment. Several suggestionswore made, one b<-ln~That the funds be d*-iH>sir- e*l In Canada and another that <-**r- tiflegtes of d-'|K)Blts li*?tak<-n out in some other name thapihe treasurer. -D. G. Ramsey, of the electrical workers, declared: "We* bad a chance to place our funds beyond th’* coach of those who would take them, but we let it pass on November 3. The only way to proteetv.our money is m changd Tho raws. Mr. Gompers warned the delegates 'hat if a wav w re found to hide the' 'binds, th* 1 Courts would thereafter Appoint n receiver, not necessarily to ln_some way the hidden fiindtt.^uTvrit to get the money being eon'ribut 1 d. * . > - By request Mr. Gompers explained 'll*- statu# of The Dnnlmry lint ■ "Our standing is menaced by the Courts of law,” he said. "Tie matter of the a|*prVntlon of <he Sherman "anti-trust l;n*~Wi unions bis reach d final adjustment by tho United S ates Siipri*me Court. No uiHtt.i-r how the Danbury case is de- ■Jdi'd that will not altpr the status on? j* t. The United States Supreme ('ourt has said th‘? final w*ird and 1 he law- of this country is that latsir organ rations of thjs country are now conspiracy's and combinations in re- TralrU of trade. ‘T’nder the Hb *rinan anti trust 'aw buslne-p cannot be conducted, Uiur-ii le:-s fthnest st rnight forw-urd labor organizations. With reference to the casr* against me In the District <»f Columbia I want to say that I wOl never consent that - the American I-ederation of Labor shall ever pay "no cent * f flne for ni 0 . 1 don’t want •o go to jail, but I will not teirHy submit t-> the Federation being mulcted for me.” Mr- Gompers declared that the de- Hslons of the Supreme Court had hut on* effect, namely., to tie the men nfj labor to their work, cripple the jvas now plainly broken "down-. W_“ an* eonfronted l»y obvious fact, as undeniable as If as hard, that the African w-ill only partial! Iy as.-ii.i-; vfat**, and that Fie cannot lie ab-j sorbed He remains a distinct a!i n 1 ♦•lemerit iu the body politic; an el--- ment from sniallnesf of quantit negligible in Hi**’ South* What Is to be the oiiteotne? What :S£ Ts to b- A for* ign subsume -, it *-an -b*i assimilat* (Fmor thniwu done? neit her off. "This was only flftyj; years ago. vet tjil*' di.'<-iisteloii ami u-uiilt-ntions --H i hWdav se- m -tww. atraitgely r<‘iiiot--. artwhwL’eyt'n. T’lier** is no - tjn s lion, however, tiiat, absurd as -M sounds to,us, tli*- reconstruction' sy - t*’ni was rested on tbaj as a liasi.. "So Robert F. i.r^'wrrr-tif Trttt('ttbe*4r whlle^th- ballot was conferred <-n The freemen he had himself liber aged - -Further* comment would b? o superflwoiis. I am glad to fenietn- ber that 1 am separated from the Republican party on that issue. "M< •anwhile the subtle change of thought was going . lowly on. Tire 'scientific was gradually, impen-ept- men of latsir in their right to work or thilr right pot to work. "These decisions,” ho said, ’’will result in fettering men today in or der (o oeslave them for all time to -■onlTa' "I a-m hot in touch with the Dem ocratic party; second. I am not a ! >enioerar at>iy superseding the scriptural, th-- Ham and Japhet and brothei-hfiod of man theory of . d< s<*eni was r - e ding—was, “ 'indeed, ---no . long-' grav«-ly advanced. Darwin's ."Oiig n of Species'' wa# published in 1X59, his “Descent of Man,’ in iX7l7 and in the light of his research* s jm-1 the influences neet-ssarlly drawn from them, the Afro-American race prnV I m assumed a new shape. Hay i and Jamaica also have served as ob ject lessons. The solution of the rp^Uom^ecaipe m -ine and third, I am confident I never will he a Democrat. I owe uReginnc*' to no party. I am a trades unionist "Wh n the Democratic party made mircjri t - nj ions i is . own." said Mr Goffipors, "it would noflrtmly have been IngfaUtwiB but cowardice to des--rt them. If Bryan had been i-lerted vith the hosts of organized labor back of him it would have given spirit to human freedom.” TV. report of the comiiiittee_orr -th he treasiifer'a ’report, with Its rec- ommendations, was unanimously con curred in. . ENTERS YOI’XG LADIES R(K)M. Xegro ai Tie Fiendish Act of u Athens, (ia. Athens, Ga., Nov. 18—At 2 o'clock 'his morning a negro entered tin loom of two young ladles at the State Normal School, and bad-ly.,*frieght*'u ■ • d them. It was in an upper story of what is known as Old Rock col lege. > Tb-- young ladi s were had'v ITLlitched.as the negro at one lima bad each of them by the throat and attempted to choke them. It Is be lieved the n e gro's purpose was crim inal afsault. One of the young la- dtes la prostrated from the nervous and those a proposition. comstantly After all, and the difficu*. pronii - i'hi# morning Sheppard fl.at.ls, who has been jnr.itor for ten yjar?, ens conferring of th ballot had n *r j was arrested at his home in Morris- solved it. for from so dokrg, it had i town. He .was lodged in the Cbuaty only served to complete what -j js.il until he can'lie identified. Tore' was^-at i<est terribly‘confuse*! A# it wowej>resents itself it is aimplx This—to devise some -practical hys- tem. other than one of slavvXy,, whereby two races of widely ferent- interests, attainments an 1 ■ T4ftot Down OtficcV. Bf-llefontaine, O.. Nov. 16.—Rob bers, blew open "the pdstoffles- safe, dif-j shoMarshal John Tripp, who snr- Pill 1 prised them while at work, stole a ideais can live together in peace and horse and boggy and escaped from a harmony under of government.’ Republican form ♦ pursuing party of business men. who turned but at the nolae of tbe ttriog.