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<T h e 2h\ ci r rs ot?ife t l^i n T e IH Q r n r e r VOL. 1, NO. <6. W***lf, Ertrinke* I860} Ihxflj, JAB. lt? 1914, ANDERSON, S. C FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. $5.00 PER ANNUM. VERY Bpi SED ?l ; ii rf 1,!' Governor Veto House Passed Few Over Vetoes, but Others Lost in Shuffle. Si"", ?al Correspondence. Columbia, March 5.-The general ap propilation bill was returned to tb-J liouse Thursday morning by the gov ernor With 2S items, sections and pro visions veto'ed- The house at 1 o'clock took up tho vetoed parts of the bill. On account of two clerical errors in tho general appropriation bill, it was necessary this morning to rocsll it from the office of the governor where it won't last night, aud order it re-en rolled and rc-rat i tied. At 10; 16 o'clock the house p?ssed the resolution re-1 calling the bill from the governor's of- J fic?. At 11:33 o'clock the general ap-1 propr'.utlon bill was Bent to tho gover nor in corrected form. . At 12:30 o'clock tho governor sent the bill back to tho house ?Uh lils veto message, tho reading of . which consumed half an hour. Of the first six vetoed items consid- i crcd the house sustained the voto of four of them. The four items on winch i tho veto was 8UBt%>ned were: Tho pi o vision that the statu librarian uq re quired to turn over to the treasurer each month all money she received for i tho sale of book?, etc. Th?? Hom of $:i,ooo for purchaseing meters ond re- : pairing public buildings; tho item of i $2,500 for Col. Watson to prepare and i print a state hand-book; the item of $4,000 for the tax department and for < books and blanks, investigation and ? installation of uniform system of bock- < kr oping in ino various bounties. 'I The item's on which the veto was ov ,or-riddon were those of fl.ODO for re pairing the heating plant of tho* state i house and the U(>m ot I3.C00 for ex* ; penaos and salarios of ?ho state board o? me.deal examiners; i ho veto inessa.go, accompanying ?nor >:a.d ho under go had tried to Uks ?if the credit of cutting down : expenses of the stato by killing many items tn tho bill passed by the house. 1 If., tho administration forces hold together they have over one-third of the members of the house now present, as tbero are many absonteos, add can sustain all of th? vetoes If they so dos.re. Thursday night the house sustained tho governor'* voto of the following Items In the . appropriation bill: fr?.0CO for fltftte agricultural sad me chanical society for state fair; $1,000 for state negro fair, $1,200 for state poultry assonlstlon. The house over rode tho veto an thc following items: $322 to pay stenographers and marshal employed by tho asylum Investigating committtoo;. $500 for tho Meriwether monument |n Kdgefold county. Over Two MU The Special Correspondence. i Columbia,-March . Sortie general appropriation- bin became a . law , . Thursday night at 11:<|5 . o'clock when the Kennte acted upon the last ; vuto. fifo . measure provides ; for a tux evy of 6 mills for 1914 and car ries a total ot a little over $2 150.000A After disposing of all'tho votes In i the genpral appropriation bill the sen-, ? ate Went into executive session. pro-,1 Little Interest Shown I In Benton Post Mortem (By Associated Press) j El I'jiso, Tex., March C.--The Inves tigate ofe f^o Benton and Baach casos^bteaa at Juarez today by"? com vn lan i on of ?hre* Mot leans appoin ted by-OendHl^sfranza. excited no in terest o? th? Ade of tab river. A membrr'.of the Amorloar Anglo ?.nn;a:?BK??>tt .J?** nmH fer tbs T.z?Z* purpose, but W%oso efforts were'furs- . troted by tho ?abels, said tonight that this tohw??f?\donbtles? would dis hand; although Charles A. C. Puree val. ? of the lUrltlah ?jttsular Service; and a member of the commission. * ls still \ here. , . The samo, member said that Porce :".';!- ir. vr.?i^??oS- tain far has elicited I" no evidence not previously made public ' in the newspapers. I The cotpmi*slon appointed by Car- t , raasa wHi endeavor to ascertain whether the. Arrest ?nd conviction of Beuton Was rando according to duo form of law and justice, it ts not ex- 1 peeled that asi examination will he ( made of the -Briton's body. , An atJimj? will also be made to I ?a rn whether Bauch waa executed* or ls still 1 alive. >1 ?BBB Small Items Senate Finished Work on the Bill Before Midnight/ Special Correspondence. <'ol um bia, March 5.-Thc -cnatc Thursday night passed over the veto of the governor the items for the state board of medical examiners, the item for repairing heating plant, the pro vision al! o vlng university authorities to give Carnegie right to build li brary on the university grounds. Th?} entire section and all the separate items for the historical commission, the item for the. board ot law exami ners. *' | Item $5,000 for hospital at stats i colored college sustained. Item $7,500 for farms at state park sustained. Provisions for paying salaries at' Confederate infirmary, sustained. Section for historical commission to tal of $r?,270 ovcr-ridiMi. Item $1,700 of salary cf secretary of historical commission over-ridden. Item $250 for contingent fund for historical commis sion over-ridden " Item $1,000 for printing for historical commission over ridden. Provision requiring secretary of his torical commission to turn over funds received by him to state treasurer over ridden. Item $1,500 work on Confider ate records by historical commission over ridden Item . $2,000 interest likely to accure on public debate sustained. Item $25,000 sinking fund for bonded debt under act of 1912 sustained Item $450 state -law examiners over ridden.. Item $15,000 state plant breeders as sedation, vote sustained. Item $1,000 state live RtocU association sustained. The senate sustained the veto of the governor on the item of $4,000 for of fice rrtft for state ofici?is. The senate passed over the .veto ? of the goverr.crt tue Jtsm $i?pjor a tnonumenl to Mfcr* riwether of POLLI?QN LOSES ?. M PLA?E ON BOARD Special correspondence. Columbia* March 6.-On the recom mendation of the Anderson delegation the nomination of P. N. Lindsey, Bur ris and W. L. Anderson ss members, of the board of registration were con-] firmed by the senate tonight. Lind sey is ? new member of the board. He takes the place of B. T. Tollison, who was not reappointed by Gov. Biease, and as a result there has been a long''controversy and litigation in the courts. Both Lindsey and Teni son are' residents of Belton'.. liomin finance BM sumably to consider appointments. Unless there, is a deadlock over them the adjournment of the general assem bly sine die will take place Thursday night. The appropriation bill having orig inated- tn the house, the vetoes were sent to the house 'first. What vetoes the.(bouse failed to redact were sent to >be senate. * , ,-. .".-1 i i HOLDUP MAN NOT jjiN EARNEST Daylight Bengt Didn't Want Money Bad Enough to (Ity-Assorted Press) AtUn?i, S??;?a 5.--A noyiigni hold jp in the center of Atlanta's buvlasa* ?ec'iion today ne'.'cd a well dressed stranger $45 of tho* funds ot the Jef ferson Loan Society. The robber en* :erod thp company's place of business, covered 1. Steinberg, tbp clerk on duty ir?th m rvvuiver. ano torced bim to sur 'ander the mony in-the-cash drawer. He thep commanded him to open tho ?Rfc. . Til die first,"'Steinberg told him. . uh, ir you want to fight about it. ?'?1 go." ?Aid the stranger, backing out >f tho floor. Severs! pedestrians, paset ng tb? ?tore, saw him replace his pta? ol In hr-, pocket and quickly dtss? >ear around a corner. PLEADS FOR REPEAL OF THE ACT GRANTING TOLLS EXEMPTION. VIOLATES TREATY european Nations Generally Take Same View as Great Britain. (By Assoctsted Press.) Washington, March 5.-President Wilson went to congress today and pleaded for repeal of the provision of the Panama canal act which exempts American coastwise shipping from tolls. ?He tersely asserted that his resson for asking the repeat was be cause everywhere except in the United States the tolls'exemption -iras re garded as a violation of tho Hay Pauncefote treaty, and he further asked it in support of tho adminis tration's general foreign policy. That the president's request-will be granted there seemed little doubt to night, despite the fact that there will be vigorous opposition both in thc sonate and the house. Initiative ac tion will be taken tomorrow when the house interstate and . foreign ? com merce committee witt m not to consid er the message. It was said tonight that this committee would report a' bill to flatly repeal the exemption 1 provision. In thc senate-today Sena-' tor Chilton, a democrat member of ?ha Interoceanic canals committee, in troduced an amendment to the canal act to give the president authority, to make or suspend tolls by proclama tion and to prescribo tolls In cases exempted. This would put it up di rectly to the president to eliminate' the exemption. Aside from the bear lng of today's message on the Pan ama tolls question, some of the phases u?ud hy the president attracted wide spread comment lo congressional quarters au bearing on foreign re?a liona,... ,-.., '* >? Ht't An Ei?E?p?r. V Later In thc day the president ttilkol with caller? and explained that thes? phrases had no significance be yond their bearing on the need ot rigorous good faith in the Panama tolls question, as an evidence of un wavering faith on all other questions, and that nothing critical was pending :.. varulgn relations. But the lan guage of the message continued to be commented opon as having an appli cation considerably broader than the Panam* question... Tllfee points in particular ? were noted: s 1. The v president's statement that no communication he had addressed to congress carried "graver o?* moro far reaching Implications to the interest of- the country." 2. That everywhere .outside thc United States the language of tho Hay-Pauncefote treaty waa given but one Interpretation. S. The concluding stdtement as to "other matters of even greater dell cacy and nearer consequence." "Close to Wind as Possible.** Tho president further told bis call ers that while he never had received any formal communications on the subject, he had understood that Euro pe-ti nations generally took the same view as did Great Britain, that the llay-Pauncefote treaty was violated bj* tho Panama canal act. He pointed out that in dealing with foreign af fairs : nations which believed the United States did not keep its promise on so important a treaty ap the Hay Psuncsfote couvenUoa would not be likely to expect sincerity on other del icate questions. Word had coma to the pr?sident of a fccneral impression in Europe that tho United States was "sailing aa elbas, to the wind aa possible" in In terpreting promises made In Us treat ies. No pressure had been brought to bear by any nation, but the president felt confident that foreign govern ments had this feeling on the subject. In this connection Mr. Wilson re vealed the fact that since'his talk , a yegr ago with former Ambassador Bryce, in which he, gave assurances that thc tolls question would be taken up at the regular session of congress. No communications, formal or other wise, had passed between Great Brit ain and tho United States, Is fa EarsesL The presiduui said no particular Hw? ama caused him - to read th? massage except a doubt that bad ex cited In some quarters in congress as lo how strongly convinced be was ss to the necessity of repeal. - He had felt that be wanted members of cong mini to realise that be earnestly sought wir?i reverse their action of a year ago. . Senator Sbively. acting chairman of tho foreign relations committee, com menting tonight, said be was assured President Wilson e r?f?rence to "other matters" meant all foreign .natters confronting thu government The administration has inherited many foreign problems," he said, "and it Ht necessary that ?ur foreign rela tion? ba readjusted. That la what / (Continued on Page Four.) o ooo :> o o ? o o o o o o o o e o' S, TRANSPORT NAILS. j a ? l'easacola, fla? March 4.- ?1 o With 800 ?urines aboard, tba e o transport frairle sailed Croat . e herc icdsy f?r Yera Crus. The . p vessel kai heea OB waiting or. o o dent for the pa?t ten days and o o received Instructions this r^orn- o o Inf to prosud out with the o o three, eewjwtlcs of narines, ?? o leaving 500 nen on shore here, o o The transport Hancock, now at o o New Orleans with 1,000 men, ls o o expected to return here next o o week unless the men are sent to o o Mexico ?or ttrtlce there. o o . o OOO* O l? o o o o o o o o o o ? o o NO PRESSURE BEING BRQ?6HT ?0 BEAR BRYAN CONFERS WITH FOR- ? EIGN AFFAIRS COM M1TTEE. REPORT j IS FALSEj The Powers Ale Supporting the IAmarittn Foreign (By Assoit-M? Press i Washington, iwrcii ."?.-"You may say. that 1 disepjied all phases of the Mexican situatiojugLsaid Secretary Dry-' an today after & emf er-pee with mern- ? hers of tlie house for'-Mgn affairs com-, mltteo, "but 1 ?anaot go Into details." | "In di8cussing,?e Mexican situation beforo the cpttf*?toe, r said in an-j swer to a <iuefUA) that BO pressure, was being broug^l to boar on us by ( any of the Eu,rOK<4h nations, and that, none had befliyMkno of tho members of thc coinratttee said that, in view of) newspaper KSPonBpo the v. contrarary lt might be we?aBiat statuent were given to the *a* 1 tolu thera loo, Bjl?dOr?w?la Inadvlu abie to preetpitatu .discuKSion or tho Mexican question iln congress at this titra Incidentally referring to Great Bri tain, bo said the powers-were support ing tho American policy. Mr. Bryan expressed coufidonce that General ?SSE?SJfai constitu? onatist leader, eventanJly we*Ud.-aii{-w a Iwll investigation, Jointly by British and Arboricen representatives, of tho kill ing of William 3. Dantou. He assorted tne number of attacks- on foreigners in Mexico had been greatly exagger ated, apd indlcat d that tho United States would insist upon ample repar ation for losses sustained by foreigners and the punishment ot tho guilty. SEISMIC SHOCKS DISTINCTLY FELT Earthquake Slightly Fell Over Al most Entire Southern Por tion of Country. Atlanta. Qa.. March B.-Seismic shocks, slight but distinct, were felt late todsy In ffiaay cities and towns of Tennessee, Georgia* Alabama and the Carolinas. At numerous points! business buildings and residences trembled, windows rattled and mild' excitement prevailed.1 In the rural districts negreos were badly fright-1 ened. As recorded by the seismograph st Mobile, the tremore were light but. rapid. Indicating that the disturbance j was not fsr distant. Reports from many sections tonight were tbst the shocks did no damage and that no one j was injured. GIV? LOVINtG CUP TO DR. SAUNDERS Special Correspondence. Columbia, March ft.-Women of Co-| lumbla, presented Dr. Elenora B, San< dors, Ute young woman assistent phy sician at the asylum, with a beautiful | loving cup "In recognition of her faith ful care of the unfortunate white* wo men or the state and, because of the] slanderous attack made on ber charac ter.^ Dr. Saunders la in Charge of tb ' ward tor white womep and baa 600.: under her care. f - oooooooooo o.o o o O O O O O j j e LONt'J MKTKtt POXOLOOY. ?*|< o - a ? e ' Special forrr.-endenee. e. 1 e Celas-bls, Mun* ?r^-Tne gen- e l e oral assembly sf ttoalli Car?. * < . Uns adjourned sine die Friday o c e sterning at 1:10 o'clock, after o ' e having brea is ?esalen sisee e 3 o Jae. 18. a 1 o o 000000000000000000 SOUTHERN RAILWAY TRAIN "ELEVEN?' RIFLED BY BANDIT. IS A COINCIDENCE S'wo Years Ago Same Train Was Robbed nt the Identical Hour and Place. Columbia, March G.-A bandit to- ; t?lght robbed the maW car of South ern raliway train No. ll, Charleston to Columbia. Just as thc train reached Columbia. The. robber entered as the . train qlowed up at the city limits, and, covering the mall clerk with a re-, volver, secured several sacks con taining registered mall and jumped off j the train. i The robber did not molest tlie let tor mall, going through the mall care fully while bc forced the clerk to stand with his face to the wall of the car. C. E. Tbotnas. in charge of tbe mall car. reported tho robbery when tlu> train reached the Union station. ' Tho robber, Themas said, entered the car as tbe train slowed , up at the First street crossing, Inside the city limits. Tim rlnrir wo? under thc im pression that the man 'boarded tho tra a when it stopped at Royster, a station about three rolles f-om Colum bia, apd timed bis movements care fully, entering the car just In time to escape before the train reached tho station. i The man was masked- and the only description the postal clerk could glvo tonight was that he was about 5 feet 8 inches tall. I Th andtt seemed very nervous, Thon 3 said, but went about hut work with neatness and dispatch. Two years ago Southern railway train No. ll was robbed at the same place, thc hour and the circumstances of thc robbery hoing exactly Ute samo ?gy&ase pf .tgugnt's holdup. Tho rofcbcr who held un,thc train two years ago made good bli escape. Ala booty waa not considerable. j Postal olhlcalB tonight said lt was Impossible to estimate the packages taken. Special officers of the railroad com pany, assisted by local police, are dili gently searching for the mbber, but. so far their ccorts have been fruit-' less. MAY PROVE ALIBI FOR LEO M. FRANK Which, However, Doesn't Carry \ Significance ns to In nocence. (By Associated Cress) I1 Atlanta, On., Mardi 3.-Attorneys .1 for Leo M. Frank, convicted of the i murder here of Mary Phagan, a fae- i tory girl. In April of last year, tonight made public two affidavits which they claim establish an alibi for the con- . demned man. These affidavits, made i by Mrs. Ethel H. Miller and Maier Lef- I koff, Frank'a lawyers claim, support the testimony ot Minnie Kern, who swore that she saw Frank on the street at the hour Conley, chief wit- < pess for the prosecution, testified be ' wss assisting the factory superluten- i dent disposing of the girl's 'body. Con- i ley, who was a negro sweeper at the l pencil factory, where the ' girl's body i was found, testified thst he and Frank i took the body to the basement and hid ! lt about 1 o'clock In the afternoon ot i April 2?. Mrs. Miller, in her affidavit, i says that she met Frank at the corner | of Whitehall and Al?bame street at 1 1:10 on the at'ornoon of that date. Mr. | Lefkoffs affidavit merely states that < he was-with Mrs. Miller at the place i and hour named, and odds that he did i not then know Frank. . 1 D'GAMP CASI WILL COME UP FOB TRIAL! Gaffney. Mareil f..-A cate of state-! wide Interest ls fixed for trial on1 Kirch 9th when the caa1? of ?J- H. Bulee rs Limestone Printing and Publishing; U?. will' b0 .?tiled. This is tho csse , willoh waa brought by Mr. Billen igslnst Ed DeCamp ror damages for| publishing certain articles sgalpst him* which Bulee claims were false. The ( ate George R. Tom bert ot Richland.? sss counsel fdr the plaintiff in the t tase. Mr. Decamp bas employed But- ' 4 er and Hall and G. W?. Speep of the ? ocal bar and Attorney Robert Welch \ ? >r Columbia to represent him. Tbs ? illegod false statements were made in ' ? rho Gaffney ledger sometime, last c rear. Bulee was appointed by Cover- ( ? tor Blcaae sa ooo of th0 Supervisors 4 >f Registration for Cherokee county ? tome time age. 1 STATE WILL BE E Legislature Failed to Pasi the Er the Governor, and There Mi Initiations Next Fall Uni special Correspondence. Columbia, 'Mareil 5.--Tire stale treasury ot South Carolina will be as bare as Mother Hubbard's cupboard from Aiiguft'l. 1914. to Dec. 15, 1915. Thursday the governor vetped the sec tion in the general appropriation bill providing that the governor the state, treasurer and the comptroller general borrow money to run the government and pny the Interest ort the state's bonded debt dubing the year Hilt. Thursday night by a vote of 40 to 28 the house of representatives sus-i taincd the veto of this section of the general appropriation bill. Conse quently there will be no money In the state. treasury to meet the ordinary expenses of the state for the year 1014. Thc state government has always l een run on a credit basts, pledging the tares to bc collected to obtain] loans to meet expenses. The taxes! for 1914 wlii be payable Dec. 15 next) to March 15, 1S15. The action of the house IB without pr?cisent. In his veto message tho governor appen le 1 tn all of bte friends In the house to sustain his veto of the. ?ec-j lion providing for borrowing money to run the government during 1914, citing as Ulis reasons the fact that ho had had fr'ctlon with tho comptroller goneral and thc treasurer. The house took the governor at hts word and sus tained the veto. lt was said Thursday night by a prominent legislator that the situa tion brought about by the action of thc rrovernor in vetoing this section of the appropriation bill and of tho house in sustaining lila action placed tho state in a very serious position. He Bald tba? tho taxes, ot :?13 would provide sufflciont todds to meet tho "?PAWNIK6 GROUND or?pir SENATOR SMITH Sp TERMS ' UNSTED ST.VTE?. ' fBy Associated Press) Washington, March Si-While ten sion thai bas bean felt over the Mexi can situation as a result of the Ben ton execution pratcicslly has been re moved In official circles here, tho dis cussion ot Mexican affairs at both the capitol and executive quarters to day revealed a broad interest in many details of tho Mexican problem. Tin; expedition of the American romralssion in Chihuahua to oxamtne the body of Bonton has been abandoned [>nlny temporarily according to offtclls. The outcome of the Inquiry instituted >y the Mexican constitutionalists them selves, is awaited, and officials have given no indications as td what their policy will be thereafter. ?Secretary Bryan said that the visit George c. Carulhers, consular ugont to General Carranca, did not concern the Benton case. He declined to say what the purpose of the mission was. ? Dins In Washington . Felix li nz, who helped Huerta to. overthrow Atadero, and later fled fromt Vera Crus because .of fear or Huerta, nrrrlved here today. It is generally supposed that he desires to appear be fore tho senate foreign relations com mittee, though he has submitted no request snd has avoided publicity. Senator Shlvely, acting chairman of the committee, said Diaz would be heard If bo wished, aa al] Information possible on the Mexican situation waa being gathered by tho committee. No promise will be made for the support sf any counter revolutions in Mexico, i ni ch as two Mexicans, who said they! represented Dlas, outlined before the foreign relations commit lee yesterday, j Senator William Alden Smith, or Mich igan, said that ho would not give a j 'learlng to Diaz. If be had .his way i ibout If. as he believed the United, States were, becoming the spawning' (rounds, for revolutions. Tr) fag to Be-rut Law _ Boston. Mass.. March 4.-Attorney ?encrul Thomas J. Boynton and! Jas* F. SwKh, former attorney general,, left for Washington today to argue on. the constitutionality of the ten hour, labor law for women, particularly the pro vision requiring notices to bc posted if such hoqfs bf labor. ? ? ' ?eoo.ooeoeeooeooeeeo i THE KAHTHOI)AKE. a ? -, . > The first news of de earth* ? ? quake was phoned into the city o ? >eHterrfafc*afen-a?oa by Capt. D. ? A. Taylor of Sandy Sprigs, i Later ft" was learned thal a ? number af perseas la the etty e i bad felt lt, #i io ooooooooooaooeaao iibltng Clause Over thc Veto ty Be No Funds for the State 11 Taxes Begin *o Cime In. of ord'nary exponaos of. tho stato until ! next Auguat. After August, ho nt?ld, j ho ls ut H los.; to know how the ox I penses would bo met, as the state had always borrowed rooney to tide lt over ( until thu tuxes began to come In. The. authority to borrow tho money was' { wlthd-awu when the house sustained'. , the veto of the govern?V Thursday [ nicht. Section 41, on which the house sus tained the governor's'veto, read: "That in anticipation of the taxe? l hereinbefore levied tho., governor and the state treasurer and the comptrol-. 1er general be and they aro hereby, empowered to borrow on credit ot the. state so much money from time to ! nie as may be needed to meet promptly, at maturity, the Interest which will mature on the first day of ..? July and on the. uart day of January;' ! of each year, on the ?all? debt ot the.', state and to pay the current expenses of the state government for the pres ent flscal year and for pensions, pro vided the sum so borrowed shall not. 1 exceod the sum of 1000,000." The foPswIng members o? ino house voted to sustain the veto: J. W. Ash ley, .M. J. Ashley, Bolt, Browning? Creech, Fortner. Halie, the two Har relBons. Holley. James, Kellehan, Kennedy, Kirby, Lybrand, Hixson, Moseley, Murray, Robertson, W. St Rogers, Jr.; Sapp, W. W. Scott, Shir ley, Summers. Walker. White, Whiten head, Wilburn. C. C. Wyche. At 10:16 o'clock the house flnishod the last roll call on the vetoes in the goncrsl appropriation bill and sent the bill with the governor's, mesinga/ -, to the senate. The house receded I subject to the call of tho chair to walt I on the senate. TftXES iflCBBSE ORE?0M -,-; County and State Levies Added i ogether Show an Increase for Anderson. Thero will be un Increado of ons half mill In the taxes for Anderson county ths yoar when the county and State levlos for the year 1014 are added together. The county levy ls 6 1-2 mills against 7 mills for last year wbile the state levy ls 7 mills against 6 1-2 mills for the preceding year. Of course the school levies will have to bo added to this amount and some. Increase will be occasslonod by that. Compar.tve statements for tho two years aro here given: 1914 t ipi? Ordinary county OT pones .3 l-2*4*i?%< Roads and bridges . . .. 1.. 1 Commissioners road..1 1 Past indebtedness.1 1 Ttoals.61-2 7 Stat o purposes.7 <6 1-4 Totals for both .. .13 1-2 131-4 Constitutional school levy ..3 3 ^| 1G 1-2 16 1-4. Sent to Penitentiary For Murdering Wife Chicago. March 5.-Wllllsm Cheney Ellis today was found guilty of mur dering his wire. Puhishement was fig ed st imprisonment In the state pen for fifteen years. Ellis killed his wire here in their hotel room October 16, 1013. When round with the corpse, Ellis appeared dazed. He had slightly sltsbcd hts own wrists and throat, r.nd at first declared.the tragedy was the result of a, sulcid? agreement because of hhs ^business troubles. lleioro the coro ner's jury he changed his explanation.! 'and testified that he alone was res* ponslhre for the killin*, bot that he ' had meant that both should dla. Latan I the defense of temporary mania was proposed and the burden of its cause? laid on the alleged infatuation with/ iMro.i Ellis for tho olerk. ({<< The olerk declined to ooma to Chios* ? go tn .testify, .hut from his home in Canada,sent dispatches denying UIQ an? enactions, of Ellis. At the time of thu Murder lt was testified Ellis was broken in health; his business had dwindled and he had been tho victim, for a long period, IB Snell? nf hrrwwttnjr rt?jlr??;?!^. SCJ^ vousness. Report el Fighting. Juarcx. Mexico? March 8.--A T?-. port that flghting Ut In progr*n* eh Casas Grandes between the federal detachment which recently ente the town unopposed and a rebel force was received here today.