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5 m FELDER ACCUSED! FOR DUTY ON WOOL PROBE TRUST MAGNATE; SAYS GOOD-BYE SPY REVEALS SECRET BETTER CROP REPORTED | PROBE ORERED New Dispensary Comni;>sion Swears Out Warrant For Him. HOI HK IYKMoCHATS AGAIN PI'LL TOOKTHLK IN ( ALOI S. CORRUPTION CHARGED Party l)«*<lnro for Duty of 20 Per Out. for Hr von ue Purposew, Fifty Per Out Hexluctlon. (TUMINAL ACTIONS PLANS 1 FI), SAYS WILKEHSHAM. Attorney (ieneral •’> tlie House ("oininittee on K\|>emliturrs. Says Juries 1x>atii to (^onvirt. A(ed aid Brokti Ex-Rnler Diaz Eobakt fer Spaii. SATS AN A3TKRK AN HLFW IT TIIK ••^lAlNK.” FOLR PKTl CENT MOHR WAS PLANTED. IsANI) Z3L, PATHETIC SCENES PlHUsil)|e Story Attracts the Atten tion of Chief Wilkie Hut it is De nied by tlie Man's Hi<tKrM|ih<’r. A Washington dispatfh says thfct The recent decisions of th'- suni and substance of the action of'Supreme Court in the Standard Session at Columlda Requisition t,le I>emocratic House caucus Thitrs- Oil and American Tobacco Corn- day night is that the Democrats in pany cases will result in o i that body are keeping up their rec- ! sweeping attempt to secure criminal ord •of achieving at the extra session o nvctlon of violators of the nnti- tlie tiest politics the party has played trust law, according to Attorney C.en- for two decades. | eral Wlckersham, who appeared re- Action Follows Resolution Passed In Pajiers Filisl and Heming Will lx* Held in June. A warrant charging T 1!. !•' Ider of Atlanta with "offering and tit- tempting to bribe a State oftlcer and Republican hopes of a serous L>»m- cently before th.> house committee on ocratic split are again blasted by exi>endituiv>s. Mr. Wickersham wtts laist Words Hefore I.eaving Country he HAUsl so Long a Warning Unit His Methods Must Continue to As sure Peace in Republic.—FarencM to Officers and Soldiers. (ieneral Diaz said his farewell to Tli • i'nited States government it became known, has investigated a t'ondition of (ironing Crop W as 87.fi Per Cent, of Normal Score—Hear- ish Re|M>ti on Cotton Issued. A Washington dispatch says the irea pi inted to (otton this year in !• Be Afiii iafulSpM If ” Stmt CtmHttt ^ : AFTER LONG DEBATE *4 with conspiracy to defruu'l tlie iitate ,,le magnificent Democratic leader- asked why the government, thus far Mexicon Wednesday at Vera Cruz, of South Carolina was sw um our ship in the House, the proposed Dem-j failed to lodge any "truat magnates" with his wife and other mem- Wednesday at Newberry -by R. F. cratic revision of the wool tariff Kelly, secretary of the m w dispen- an<l th ''' Lnderwood bill, being unan- sary commission. Th • warrant was 'mously approved by the Democratic hers of tlie Diaz family, tie boarded in prison? ; "We have done the best we could." he said, “but then'' has been an un- sWamcr Ypiianga, bound for’ idographer of It-oynton, declares the sworn nut before ,| c Sample and causcus at midnight, twelve hours af-j willingness on the part of juries and Spain. | story is false and that he can prove was pla ed in the hands of Sheriff ,, ' r >' h made public by the ! rerntts to sentence men to prison un- On. Diaz said from this port Wed- Roynton was in Venezuela at the Until the nesday on the steamer Ypiranga for tnm ‘ °Y the explosion Investigation to h« Conducted by Nub-Commit tee on ITirilegea mmA Klet-tioiui, Four Itemocmts aad 4 Four RepuhlleanH, dually Dirfd- ed aa to Sentiment In Matter. VIC ' bureau at Washington, D. C , p-ctod to he planted. A dispatch from Washington aay« assort ed that Ceorge R Itoynton, a: This Is an increase of (.7 ikt cent Oonator I»rim<-r; of Htinois. fare* "soldier of fort une'’ who died re- or l .r>Xt'i,OOo acres, as compared with ano * hpr Inveatlgatlon at the hand'* i cntly w..« tlieon*H who muuaily . ,41 K.OUO acres,^ the revised e«ll- : ° f h,s COlIeago«i. The Inquiry will tdew tip th • Maine. Horace /mith, mate, of hist tear s planted ap-a ' ,e <on(1 ucted by a aub-committon of The condition of the growing crop! , ‘ n ' , v4o., •>r. dt o . tlons, composed of four Republicans ret t rt to the effort that the Maine the I'nited States is estimated by 1 tt . s blown up in Havana harbor by i the crop reporting hoard of the de an American who had been con- partment of agriculture, in the first dethn. d to d mth by the Spanish, but crop report of the season, as about i won his freedom by destroying the 104.7 per cent of the area planted | American battleship. The spy w ho Kist year, or :if>,004,000 acres in- ^ 111 med the story into the Secret Ser-i cludirvr that already planted and ex- W ash in >4 toh, I). C., |>«cted to he planted. Riiford of that county .ways and means committee. A dispatch from At Ian'a sa\s Slier- Through a resoluion. which leaves iff Ruf rd Tliursila) ,iftenioon con- the Iiemocr<itic jtiirty open in the fu- sulted (bneVnor Hro-wn and tiled Hire to renew its advocacy of free requisition for T It. Felder The trade in raw wool, but which com mits all Democrats to the support of hearing will take place |^•f4^^e the governor on .lune I’M Col. Felder remains a[iparent|. indifferent to tlie entire pro lines and onlv reiterat.-s th;it the govern r of South Carolina is tr\:n.' to rover up his own sins by directing a tight on h'm The warrant agiin.-t Mr I'ebler was sworn out following ’lie adoption ot the new dispettsarv *• nim ssieu' “\Yh" r»as. 1 - rt a i n ; n fori! !.;if it ti !iax- in*: comf* in:o nur )' ion. xxliirh \v p arc n(1\!s*- | : s s-rffi npoii xxhii'h 1 0 s- ( 11 r» • ;i i OtIX ii tion "B.- i f r» s* >1 w- ! ti ! a t ! h (» ; F»t rot at". of this 1 oa. in :> >: * >! i is to : ,-t (> in - * rai '- cd to imn:I'd: ! t t • J \ N a * , i r 0 m a x> a r - rant for • Hi'- at i. ! r *: i * • '1 1; * > a a F F.-lrt r ’ for Oti I'int: r<] U* ’ tin a '" bribo a s’ att- o!Vh( f r n!' tl ♦ ‘ S‘ a’-- "f Sou'll 1 I ro' ■ |j a and «<»n>;>; r;o > to licfr a 1;d H- »• s: i id > f .1 * Th.> ormni> - (> M i- :i> u : \ **n ? !" 0 fii - (dal sta>‘':i"'n’ .!'• I o .n !(l *. f i T *'* o"t -'i- ! Mr F* ! dor is < !i :i r ■ t ■I ” ti ;i * ' titj-t- ini; to liv: -- Tli’ N A r.1 ! :! 11* of Ho' « arr ■nt f/.' ! ( * ' A *< n.■*; 1 ’ on 'l ('O'! !!(*• !• * h.. r t- • ■ 'F> 11' t "f Mr F<>ld.-r •ital " : 1 • i' 111 t > * Sou’ h the present hill as a revenue meas ure, that measur ' wa* put through tlie caucus Thursday. The final vote on the approval of ihe Fnderwood bill was made nnan- i:n us, hut th* following members w • re excused from a pledge to sup port th - caucus action: Representa- uves Rucker, of Colorado; Ash- hrooke and Francis, of Ohio; and Cray, of Indiana. der the anti-trust lawp Supreme Court laid down its expla- Kaxre, France. The steamer ga-s nation of the law, in the cases just by way of Havana and C.en. Diaz ul- decided, this reluctance was well u-n-'timate destination is Spain, deretood, and the law has always, His ship was only a little ways been open to question j out when the searchlight of the fort- "Juries are becoming more willing, ress guarding the port was turned now, however, to convict and judges on it. With glasses in hand, among wa * n0 mine attached to the buoy -at who have been reluctant to impose ' a small party in th ■ stern, Diaz-was w inch site w as moored, prison penalties now have these &•'- 1 standing somewhat apart, close to the oislons to sustain them." rail He wa* pbiuU dis-er nV - Criminal prosecution pending; The last words ■ f the Ex-President against the meat packers, he added, s"oken to those left on shore were, and the milk dealers, the naval stores. "1 shall die in M xico." and window glass combinations and This was uttered in a tone of pro- garded as at least a possibility, and other alleged violators of the anti-'phe y and'with a look of inspired it was decided to blow her up, un- trust law, he said, would be i conviction. j dyr such monditions as might make followed by other prosecutions ’ If was Th Spaniards," said the inform er to Chief Wilkie of the Secret Ser vice, "were entirely unprepared for the \isit of the Maine, w,hich was sent to Havana suddenly and with out warning. Consequently there "Cap! (1 en. Mlanco and his staff -ii-l pot .rel sti having a ho^F/ 1 war ship in such an adv .ntag *ous posi tion in the ev.-nt of war with the i'nited States, which they then re- ... «».» ,.er cm o( .|. M (oor Democrats. tmu whonl on May normal condition as compared with ^ # .w 80.2 per cent, that day last year ' f ° r ^ «*»vlcUon «nd four and 80.9, the ten-year aw-rage on ' f , th ® ac ^ lttal of the Senator last xotp .Beaslon. The method e^lected is re- that date. Details by the state of area planted in 19T1, jier <ent of 1910, area and condition on May LT., follow: Condi- The resolution agrees on -a free ,, ... . row wool tariff, hut was finally voted ' ^ ,he government had and his party went down and Die n-vmu>- deriving bill definite plans. o'clock when Cen Diaz it -M'pcar sh-- had been destroyed by a boar i. The -tn acridenta) explosion of her own Journey from the house where he magazines. A large holler from the v as adopt ed. The n--ed for a dutv, the resolution sFited, was due- to Repuldiean e\- ’rn agaBi-e, which made ne essary iarc-- rovotiue Shaker Clark took tin- fioo'- and s11pport**d th-- resolu- t’oti, w lui ti tiad been framed In the i onferctu o Wh.>n asked why there had been had b--en quratered was mart in navy yard was taken to th" arsenal no prosecutions against the heads of: earrla.-es. Crowds jammed the wav, and filled with ivowder. It was pro- \\ TO PKMTKNTIAHY TO-DAY. T. Jones to IW-gin Serxing Life . Nei tf'liee for murder. Th Cm rolina mad*' put*!:* ha\ •• I" ••** u for nit-r - Ii*i in sa: lioar-i <■ d*-r. nTi-r;- g : v* nior r- "*-r purport . -o H. H *f 1 1;*- s'.it- - 'roi. T I fraii,*- up ■- tit > to F , a ns. liss.-n- : Fe! ■ i d •;.! tor J i. T ! • !• "-t ; u q’.t'-sH-'u 1 °' 1 tit y Jail. a s ^: 1: !. • ■ d ' ! B- T',i< c.-r x\ is n tti.' jail 'IV 1 • *! f: . o-: H It Fx iu- -■ rt... :r,)x •' o' -u In- xx a-* ♦*rn« - r 1 t xx 1 a ’ J ti -1 f ■' i r. for--. i- i*" soiling t on ? !.< -• 1- t .<- Mr ' : do .--I in T uo- V no xx n o-hi-d ! u r The Fenitcnti iri anth r;ti*>s were iU'ormei tiiat W T. Jones, the I n on Co’intv nan gi\* n ®a life - ntem * 1 for unoxi* i»le, w-ouid reacli ('i'-imiiiIq.i l-'riday from th- Union J- nos has been since Juh, 1 ioix. arrest *1 rliarc*--! wi'ti of his wife He will V. * .!*.• -d ord* r w a ib-t a n-* son, Fe'd.-r 1 —Min '■ \y. : ii \ -,,! : n- f i - a - ago an Mr F-i >f No 1* r f 1 , L t ' , • / > I ) ^ Vla;r 1 ' O ( » -I ,* *,-1 1, - i ‘ ’! \ M i \ 7' in-i O', A 1. •- * ‘ /1 j ♦ 1., t •- ;i 1- ♦ of ' 1: 0 rvr t , t - F 'I"! .1 - v.\ , :t ‘ Sta'C - * ' n 1*0 "-1 -■ • r \ » ‘ U* ! : \ • I t ( of: tii-i * Ion ’a: 11, -4; di 1 n ;>» •n •' ; 1 r '> sit II- ,nt a -n Mr- i '.dd- r , 1,, 1 T • » on 4' ’•» Fill u 115! *! 1 \W ila-d 1 ;r h *•* to: n nn.Si;- s : on .'1 or.!: ’1 o'x ,d' >;•< d ♦ I, • ' ft : ’O ! u- 1 ion dt »’tM* 1 j »* * 1I11I \ ^ a r r • n i tv - sxx ovi 0 1- IT, •' ! M r I n » 1 kou' a )«’f ’or .1,, - - 11»; »in on ill xx t ii \i' v\ : *': 0 n 0 d •* s ' ' on '1 ho loMcr of Mr )' , 1 »' r f.li uo v\ > ■ M l % : . 1 '• 11 "Mr l . t JH t'N S-a-K! 0 •; s» *. < * tin trru - n and Mr l| Fr an k K • !! 1 f ( } *•1,1 r\ th- Standard .(>'1 and tolgarro com panies, he replied that "it has been practically impossible to < -nvict them Now, however, we have an in- t-rpmtat inn of the \nti-Trust Act up on which wo cun proceed.'■ Tlie atornex .general was closely questi ned by Mr. Rail as to tiie cot ton cases in New York, hut he r*-- fus.nl to disclose th- government's brought against those peeking to elexate tlie prices of raw cotton ratii- -r than .against tlie spinners and tne "beats" wlio w -re trying tj depress futur* ai ts Asked why actions wore it. Mr Wick- rsham said the govern ment had believed it mu-h easier to reach the seven men controlling tlie raw < otton pool, against wTiom it had : nformatinn The Slant.' of Dimitati-ns h-ws not run again.-t tie- otliers," lie add- ■d "If the government is sustained in tiiis first cotton case, the oilier ■ otiihinat ions will be attacked. "Has there -x i been an investi gation of tie- attempt of 'bears' to depress e r New ask ed "Not re; R d 1 t’O!) prio • s in New York rno' ••■ i into ti.i Cup xx or'' sc r* < >rloa n Chairman Ball Hi a * I h a \ • - heard of.' he i' ors '0 t ho 1;< 'ain took tin < 'o‘"on >sion ,rol::ia. Colqin »ia C St te I South < ' (Jerit jrmi-n "Receipt of you r x lined fa 'or n f tlie i U instant here v aiknowl- rdge I I iiixe Ne tt absent from the city for th- pn-d xx-.-k *"• fA daxs. conduct.iiu .solin' invi-^tigatioti* on my «t\x n i i outit alien* the matter re ferred to in th- second paragra'di of the s-ri -s of resolution^ adojited tix your coniniisshon iF a nieetim: held in the city of Columtiia on the 19th in stant, a copx of which y u caused to he transmitteil to me here. "After mature consideration, i have reach--d til- del 1 in-rate conciu- sion tltaf if 'yottr governor’ could with propHeiv create a coipmissian.- who are 'all friends of mini- and per sonal supporters' to investigate, the tnemlx-rs of tlie old commission, tin ■attorn-v general of- Mio State of South Carolina and tlie agents, at torneys and employes of tlie oliDcoin- x x \ tig c(w \ axfiqak '-i - "ii. m-'tii the s-rxing of his life '•-ru Jotii-p is not an old man, iie- ;ng i'-s titan i '• yi ars of ag He has. therefor- . barring future e\e- ut'xe i fi-nie.ti' \ prolia'' !x many ' * ars i" serve m tin- S'ate pris n i n day xx as exai tlx t xx o xx •• ks since t e S-i pri me Court ih c:s:on w as hand- i d'-xxn. Tlie n-miuit nr went to I tiuiri Monday, seven davs af'er the i'i-.,o;i. Ii-nes tias lost on appeal ■ to tli Supn-mi- Court and recently F"x« rtior Hlease refuse to extend ex ‘- •- uti\- clemencx — — —^ ■ *: tux loinmitfee to meet with xours :ii the tun - and place indicated, but : -.xe can mutiiallx i.ree upon a dif f-rent time and place, for an inter- ch.in :e of \ i- ws, information and * on- fideni es, 1 feel quite safe' in Saxtng 'I at t h-■ result xxill lie most pleasing and profit itde to the peopb 1 of tiie fi jve to a differ-'iit person at differ NEW IORK MURDER .MYSTERY. W liman's Hmlx Eotiml In Hath Tub. Husband Nusjxx'trsl Detect |\• s di'lx ing into New York s lat-st sensational murder myster.x. Thursda.x tr lit mici eeiled In finding !tie remain- of a woman in a ha’ti tut). There w< re two sets of letters, one apparently from tlie filiter. and tiie other from Hit' mother of the xtc- F.m. ea li xvrit-r addressing the mis Carolina, if not to ent addresses The woman who signed herself "mot tier" dated her let'er from Rlit" Island. 111., and forwarded them to Mrs Henrx A Sohieh, or ^rs Eil- itari Schieti. at 1x7 (Vest fifird street l.ett -rs from "father" were dated 27 S: ite of Sout ti \ 1; 1 1 and yours. ' Whlie making no unconditional promise to do so (for I must in tho-se matters consult .uni largely yi-dd to tlie wishes of others more vitally in ti re-t-d in tiie outcome of this con- Hen. Diaz, a< - compnnied by the niili- tary commander of tiie port. Hen doaquain Mass, and folioxv-d i-v Se- nora Diaz and tiie oth, r mi-nitiers of Hie party, riceixed an oxatiun on tlie walk to the sliip ran-lv m 1 orded t anx one mi Vera Cruz and nexer tie- fore to (Jen Din/ With tiis ant's filled with flowers, and bowing right and hft. Hie for mer president started-up the enm- paninnway <>ti i-oard, the ship's band begin ttie Me\ban natjonal hymn Every hat xvas off and Diaz nalf-d at tlie b. ad of the en^pani n- wa\ The guns of i'ort Santiago tie- eun for tiie la-t time ’o fire a pres:-" deiitial saint,- n tionnr of i>iaz The i i -xvd idi'-i-red itself hotirse and Hie general lifted h s hat. "I xxiil liexer forget this reception fellow citi/i-ns," !;e said It . otnes at a time w h-ti Hi- niun'rx is ag.-rnst ■' Not *■ x en a i're id- nt • a n he 'tie r— t’-e.-nt of a greater ox at ion tt'.an this" eers aro <• and Dkiz slpip ()n hoard th- ■ of I riends and \ - i-r ■ 1 I In- sir p 1 a p (* I -1 fighter to tiii - d w ’ re Hi ili-ii • r: 1 a zed on ' ’i on M - \ a o Darkness citne oxer Ho- harbor I i g)i' s a ' ei a i e.' ant tu o-ib- in-id Ho-'' • * o s 11: o n - xx" Hng f r the ship to sail. Si-riora Iraz. as well as her hus band 1; eai-.d on Hu- bridge. She hade farew- i| to th- old familv ser- xati's xxiio did not aeeotnpany the part v. and w as \ isibly affected hx th- parting Many telegrams and letters had been received 1-x (h-n. Ii.iaz. To - acti an answer was sent. To Ii ; s 1 ount rv. (;--u D : az delivered a warning Soeaking to the little group of s* 1!d : - rs xxiio liad s-rved as a guard, tin- old man who governed Mexico for in ore than thirtv venrs ti\ miltary strengtli, d'-clarel that th,- present (Jovernment must tes rt to his m- thnds Tpea e is to he restored The soldi.-rs were the same men vided with a^mechaniflm by which it would he exploded by electricity and Hum hermetically sealed. "Til - boiler was lashed in a sling under a lighter, which was towed across tiie bow of the Maine at night When the lighter was di- rccHv in front of the battleship the lines whi'li held th - iioiler were cut and it dropped into the mud. "The Spaniards then fixed on I! \11ton as th- person to set off the mine He had been captur-d short ly in-fore xxtiile conducting a filibust ering • xpedition for the Cubans, whom tie tiad aided (luring the ten 1 \ -ar-' war. and xvas then imprisoned in Cabanas Fortress “ \i curding to Hie story, he was tried and senten ed to death, hut xx as offer'd If- and libertv If he w uiii press the button tli it was to • I- -troy tin- Maine, and swear never to n-xeal the secret He accept“d the-e t- rms and on ^thc night of lei) lb. ix'iv. when ffr* Maine swung -round until her bow was iliri-ctlv oxer Hie mine, with her keel only three or four f-of above :t, he xvas taken to Hie w tiarf. .State Arros I’er ct. tion Virginia . . :!7.ooo 1 09 93 r 1 "‘".IMTI 1 IF. <13 s. (’ 2.7 Oa.OOO 103 80 Georgia 5,199.00*0 1 03 92 Florida . . 2 8 4,000 1 06 95 Alabama . . . . 3,815,000 ior, 91 Mississippi. . 3,434.000 101 96 Louisiana . . . 1,118,000 104 91 Texas ... . . 10,808,000 10!) 88 Arkansas. . . 2,440,000 103 87 Tennessee . . 882,000 105 83 Missouri . . 11 5,000 112 86 Oklahoma . . 2,622,000 116 87 California . 1 2000 123 9, r . STUDENTS STOLE CORPSE. Discontent of SuH|H'n*ion of Hase- bull Team ('ausen Trouble. Disci nt -nt college students tied a garded as the latest thine in Jury (rials. It took a»ven hours’ debate to agree upon the system and It w*m' finally adopted Thursday evening by a vote of 4 8 to 20, being substitub-d f r the plan urged by ft-nator La* Follette, of turning the csss to five Senators who were not bers when the case was voted upon before, and, therefore were suppo*-. ed to be unbiased. Before the vote was taken, 8*n»> tor Bristow, who favored tbs La I*ol- lette plan, accused Mr. Dllllngbscn, chairman of the elections commit tee, of having capitulated In tyM In terest of a Democratic scheme of turning the Investigation over is a sub-committee. This change was bas ed upon the fact that the author of the resolution adopted was Senator Martin. Mr. Bristow also claimed that the old guard Republicans had formed an aJIIaifc-e with the Democrats and that they had placed ths mantle ofe naked corpse to Hie piano stool In! upon Mr. Martht the chapel in Alfred. N. Y , this week Senator Lee, of Tennessee, said Th - affiir so uimet the faculty would no more turn the case over and student body that the program ^^iona eommitbwe for anoth- pr pared of the last day of college ^ ,rlal than he wo “ld eubrntt to a year has been postponed. Fur several days the students had second operation for appendicitis by a surgeon who had failed on tha been in a sullen mood over the su- ! operation to locate the appen- spension of the base-ball team, which Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, iw- played a game recently at a Weis- r< * n ^y assistant <0 the Attorney Qaii- x ie without having obtained per- pra *' Inthnated that the great trasta mission. 1 haa themselves with the aiec- A raid was m Kle on an undertak- * lon ^otatora so as to Influeooe ing room in the town and a body “olo^lon of United States dls- taken from one of th" slabs The ,r,ct attorneys, whose friendship town authorities have taken the mat-1 useful In the caae of proe- ter up and will make arrests, -and ; ecu ^ ona ‘ j the undertaker acting for the rela- of the ’Martin redtfPta- tives of th" corpse, will demand, ( * on waa conducted by iMebaaa.' Uii- punlshment for the violators Ilngham, Martin, Htone and others — ♦ from both sides of the chambar. Marhina J{1< . ,^ T \TTA<’KS WOMAN. Moat of the Insurgent Republics** where tie threw the switch (voted against substituting the Mar tha! laux-' d Hie xplosion Then he 1 “ was si-' fpe and loft F-uha.” tin resolution. Th-° resolution mare* sb,- Mist.H.k lUKlent for a Kitten and ^ ppov,^ that the inreatljaHon REt.UETS HE IS LIVINd Was I bully Ritton. tioxi-isy than I can jK-ssibly he. and Tliomas -street. Springfiold, Mass., 1 vv I' 0 defended the life of tlie E\- I max add. whose views have delerr'd a nd sent to Mrs. Hugh S.ierman, to Fresident and tiis family, when r -t>els me from d ing so heretofore), still if ^r,7 West 7Xth stri-et. The liody lias attacked the special train coming to unrestrained, it will lie my pleasur - been identified as th it of Mrs. Vera Cruz. Four of th" number were 10 deliver in the not distant future a Srhieb, by the victim's husband. I'R’c'l In the affair x- ritabie broadside' Henry A Schi-'-lx, whom the police shall be conducted by the elections committee and makes no mention of Mistaking a big seer rat for a kit-ia sub-committee. IVm.sxlxanbt Druggist Hired a Man Vrs ,nR ''> ,h of Pitts-: Mr. Bristow said that he had been bur?, tried to pet the rodent and had , advised that the Investigation would to Kill Him. a terrible battle to keep the animal' not bo made by the committee as » trom causing her death As she' whole, but by a sab-committee. In touched the animal to stroke its fur discussing what he termed the “cap- it jumped at her throat, sinking Its Itulatlon" of Senator Dillingham, hs teeth into the flesh She trb>‘d to nald he accept.ji this act as a tem- knock Hie rodent fmi her, but it porary transference of leadership to fought her With a wream Mrs. 1 the I>*mooraHc aide. It was wltn l:\lng. despite the Shoaltcr fHi t 0 the street in a faint a feeling of regret, he sail, that he Pedestrians rushed to her side saw the mantle of Aldrich falT unon The rodent escaped inlo a near-by the shoulders of a Democrat. H - stil) desires death but Sf> . r Mrs Shoalter as removed to “Mr. Galllniver had not been able . , la n, ‘ arh >' (,r " K atorfi - hero ' after con- to doa the mantF> > ” said Mr. Hria- Acrordmg to his b-tter Eble left i 8i(1< , rablp difficulty, she was revived. | tow, “and It had not been found to Ator the bites were cauterized she 1 fu Mr. Penrose. But ucyr that a con- went to her home. ditlon has been formed, the man has ♦ ♦--* been found and the Senate know* Cutthroats and Assassins. whence Its signals are to come." A special from Atlanta to the Au-i The real question at issue, accortfr* K'lBta Chronicle says T. B. Felder,- to ^r. La EoRette. wtLs whether • ird" who took his 1 w,1Pn ,on, E :h l the ac -* on the lumber and beef trusts could buy in Newberry during the afternoon,! a seat In (he Senate. "If the Sen- ra'k »g» o xx’arrawt u.* n a c tu r» r n rtnf f rtr ' _.a.._ j 1*^ •* w * 1 ippearing at the aiipointed time In ,1 letter isigned. "A Broken M'-art.-d IDii-'and." received In Ha- ztei n. Fa , ttiis w-ek, Francis X Elde, a druggist, who disappeared t xx o moiiths 1"", sends his regrets that tie is still fait that lie paid a man $27,0 to murder him Ehle is now in New York citx' xxiil not commit suicide. left Hazleton because of marital diffi- rnlrirs All trace of him was lost until several days ago when he was trared to Buffalo, N. Y , by mll-'age he had used From that city he went to New York where he obtained em ployment. In his letter he rails bit t -rlx- at the “row \Yh- n Hen Diaz stepped forw ard ; , ’ 0n ;;;;, p a ";! n f e ft,, a f t^amKRnted^Ume 1 a " arrant was nworn^ out for; ate docs It. duty," he said, "It would "With assurances of my most dis- have looked up on a technical charge °o fll ’‘ 'cranda of the house, there 11 > , ‘ nrilrder "foi ^ iin ’ rhar 8 in K attempt to bribe H. H. j estahJish these facts, for the proof tiugulshed consideration, I liave the n f driving his employer's automobile " as a of comnv'nt, hut no ap- ' ' Evans and conspiring to defraud the jex j g ( Bi an< j there should be a reetllt plautv*. Diaz was brief. In the name "Mb h ., had a P d pa. . , state of South Carolina, said; "Blease known Senate seat, should not be honor to tie “Yours verx truly, “T. B Felder. “Chairman of the Anti-Biease Inves- liirating Committee" • Sever'd matters w."re discussed at ;he meeting of the dispensary com mission. Tlie secretary announced that if lias been decided to employ without a license Schieb xvas plied with questions of army, (Jen. Huerta addressed Th - dlsapjxearance of El)le created, a great deal of interest in Hazleton j mission, and to make ‘a rigid inves tigation of all of inv (Bleis'sO acts 1,0,nian * of Charleston as quoted as having said, “to prove in-a, • - - attorn*'.vs for the commission. The other women liked me" His hand- as State s-ntnr, private citizen and governor of Hie State,’ I could with ' equal propriety r-solve myself into a .committee of one to make investi gations -as to the said Blease. his jollies and affiliates. 1 think It will he conceded that my jurisdiction is equally as broad as yours: that I have claim of S. \Y. Scruggs of Spartan- Inir? for -about $4,0fi0 will be con sidered. Mr. Scruggs claims the above amount for delivering a wit ness to the old commission and At torney (Jeneral Lyon in connection , . .... .. ,, „ ..rear neai 01 imere*. m mhzh-ioh , anfl his < ' ommiS9inn are a RQt of cut_! on the bargain counter for the tru»U for three hours He is said to have 1"^- telling his old chief that he ” , n ,. ir , , throats and assassins.” He says he, to •• admitt-.'d that he himself wrote a. cnuld always count on these men. ilKwh"'** 1,0 ,nt ^ t,on of rop,y,nK t0 ,he ' The' accuracy of the abatement letter addressed to himself signed notwithstanding what ,-very one ^ ha< , k|H ^ ^.(demand to appear before "that com- tbat . an . MMeawi|t M ^ ^ “Anna." which the police took from s „ lf nntil several days ago his pocket when he was arrested" '* "• ouerias \ o ( nroKe .is ni , I was going to show that letter to : a ‘l<Ied, with perhaps more frankness my wife when siv- came back," he is irmn t.ict “It is the only portion 0/ the coun try that did not g agai,Bsu you " He declared that he arid his men and thi- army in-general were sorrv to see Hen. Diaz leave Mexico, hut that there was aim reason for grat writing tallies closely with that of the person who signed the letter. pi'ision.' i between tho Insurgent Republicans ! U(;L F -ider's friends have advised and th6 regarding the him that it would be dangerous for ge]ecHng of the Bub -commlttee waa , , . .. . '' ini to in,C) 8,a<e also spoken of by Mr. La Follette. I iii la ring t hat his wife attemps : |n rofprPn ,- e , 0 Hie report that r)enla , that there wag a formill -m.-.le hab.tualx (ind that he Is S1P1)8 wl]1 , )P taUpn to ge( - ure requl-j agr ^ ment made by Mr DimBgham> nred of R< ; v8 1 aillon papers for him he eays hri “haa but Mr Martin Bajd tbere hed bega Morrison, of Muncie, Ind., is seeking no 0 f ( be [ r mnunsitions’ Tired of Saving His Wife’s Life. a divorce. Hanged for Esual (Yime. Pat Crump, a ne^ro, who it is cbarced, attempted to 'assault the wife of a planter at White Haven, xvith the graft prosecutions. It is the same authority to subpoena wit- ? ' s0 probable that the Carolina (.lass q' enn _ Thursday, was hanged by a nesses, compel their attendance, and ofimpany cas." will come before the mob ] lte (hat night. Crump was to give evidence touching the preni- commission. captured by a sheriff's posse and ises, as you possess, and I feel that I * * * was being brought to the county pris- may say, without undu-" arrogance. Plunges Over Embankment. on at Memphis for safe keeping. Just that mv 'findings of both law and Three Pullmans and an observa- outside th-" city limits the moh over Rude, inasmuch as Hie peoule would times past." be given an opportunity to know- (Jen Huerta grasped his hand and what hi> has done for Mexico then the old fighters embraced. One Bravely Hen Diaz began bis reply, by one the minor officers moved for-i fiut before manv minutes be was ward, and each was embraced by ( - ^ of Spoonef( one of the having great difficulty in mastering Hen. Diaz and told good-bye. It was. ^ ghe gaved Mlt8 Trlpp ^ his ( ' mo,ion ' ovrr ' Th ^ ,roor>fi Btoad at aUf ' ntlon ! sided at Spooner, and at the time of an understanding that the full com mittee would be too combersome »«• Forest Fire Heroine a Bride. that th(? pUn for the commits of Miss Bernice Tripp, of South eight had b“en approved in the cau- Bend, Ind , heroine in a terrible for est fire at Spooner, Minn., a year ago, this week, became the bride of “I am grateful to the armv," said for an hour in the broiling heat, but ‘that I c-ould none appeared weary. Gen. Diaz • - „ . ... ... count on it iu me last moiueni 01 iwriii-ii iw «-iim:i viic nuucn nuvi w.c fact' will be just -is binding and carry tion car of the “Southwestern Limit- took the posse and securing the ne- ]pavin7 Mexjco It )s thf . onlv roa , offl , ers gave the command to march. ^ her I»08t until the fire had burn- with them the same degre" of weight ed" that left Memphis for Kansas gro hanged Mm to a tree on the defprKP the country has and to"re-es- Th- troops went directly to the cars ‘ “ 1(1/ III, III <11 i V’W U 11 i ‘ ' 11 1 ' <1 | ' j ’ x n 1 ' OCX z j . ^ 1 „ „ _ u _ to the last moment of turned to enter the houie and the a ^' i the fire was on duty as operator In She' remained ed over half of the towl'n, when «he and respectab-TRy as yours. City Thursday night plunged over roadside, that my investigations have been an embankment when the train was quite."*tensive, thorough, exhaustive wrecked between Lacygne and Pleas- and most satisfactory to me, and onton. Kan.. Friday. Reports declare when made public will, in all human no passengers were killed. A few of probability, disqualify for service them sustained injuries, however. some of those now seeking to pass ♦ ♦ ♦— official Judgment upon the acts of Never Missed a Day. my associates-and myself. To some! Lewis Ely, one of t!v» graduates the sentence. tablish it will have to b" used in this of a special train, on which they he crisis." gan their journey to the Capital. . Tears were rolling down the old Gen. Diaz, took luncheon, boerded man’s face now, and his voice was the Tuluna, a Government tug, which broken. But he continued, assuring carried him To the Ypiranga. With finally fled for her life. Jones Reaches Penitentiary. \V. T. Jones, the Union County farmer, convicted of wife murder, who is to serve the rest of his days his hearers that should his country at the Ex-President wvre Sanora Diaz, in the State Penitentiary, IBM catw^ny time become involved in trouble, the wife of the General; SenoraTere- rled there Thursday to commence" he, would be willing to return. sa, the slater of Senora Diaz, and her He has regularly Pointing to the colors of Mexico, son, Jose; Col. Porflrlo Diaz, Jr., of you this statement may prove en-j of the Franklin, Pa., High school, ! been imprisoned at the Penitentiary the General added: his wdfe and five children; Lieut. "In conclusion, permit me to say attended school for 13 years with- Jones has protested his innocence, “I would then place myself at th" and Mrs. Lorenzo Ellza^a and their igmatical, while to others it will be out misting even much as half a day. but haa given up the fight In the head of the country’s loyal fcpc;es, young son; Gen. Amenuel Gonzales moat clear. He was publicly “It does not suit the convenience; school officials. commended by Courts, according to his own state- and under the shadow of that flag, and Col. Gonzales. Lieut. Ellzaga la ment. I would know how to conquer as In a brother-in-Uw of Gen. Din*. Submarine to Make 15 Knota. The Shipjack, the new United State n-aval submarine, was launched at Quincy, Maas., last week. It is expected she will make 15 knota an hour on the surface. Bank Divided. The distribution of check disclos ed an Increase of the dltidend of the bank of Toronto«to 11 jter cent per annum. ; \ . ♦ \ cu*. He said that it would bo neces sary for the Senate to confirm the nominations of the members of the sub-committee. "Then why not eVeet members at once, by adopting the La Follette resolution?’’ asked ‘Mr. Cummins. Mr. Martin replied that he theaght it dealrable to place the responsibil ity upon the standingJIpmnkiteeo on elections. The strictures which 8en-_ ators had directed as the standing committee were declared hr Mr. Stone, of Mhssouri, to he an veto- served reproach. » ♦ w* ..i—...- Exploding Tire Hade Man to P—to Austin Miller, a mechanician, waa killed while testing an aatnmehBs near Richmond, Va. ▲ tire bnrvt and Miller was hurled neatest n tree with sneh fdroe that hto 1 .waa tom almost te whlat