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AN EDIIOR SHIOT BY JAS. TILLMAN Mr. Gonzaes'Editor of the State, Stricken Down. NO PROVOCATION WAS SHOWN. Met on the Street When Lieutenant Governor Drew Pistol and Shot Him-Probable Cause. Columbia, S. C., Special.-N. G. Gonzales, editor of the State. was shot and -seriously-wouned Thursday afternoon. It was just a few moments before 2 o'clock when the cry was passed along the streets that "Jim Tillman had shot N. G. Gonzales." It was a shocking and a startling announce ment. It went like a thrill through all Columbia and there was a rush to wards the scene of the tragedy to learn the facts and the condition o1 the distinguished editor. The office of The State is on the same block as the scene of the shooting and it took but a few moments for a great throng to assemble in front of the newspaper of lace. The excitement and the indignation on the streets v:as intense. Policeman Boland immediately after the shoot ing arrested Lieut.'Gov. Tillman and took him to police headquarters where he was relizvedi of two pistols-the one with which he shot Editor Gon zates and a second large revolver of "8 calibre. From the police station he was taken to the county jail Where he i' tonight in ftal protection of the officers. There was no conflict and the only attributed cause for the shooting by Lieut. Gov. Tillman is that during the recent primary election Editor Gon zales opposed Leut. Gov. Tillman in his raco for governor and in that edi torial opposing Editor Gonzales had been severe in his opposition. - During the,-progress of that cam paign Editor Gonzales -in his fight to defeat Mr. Tillman had editorially called him a debauchee, "blackguard ' end in fact dencunced him as a "crimi nal candidat'' and a proven "liar." It was this and other such editorial ex presslons it is supposed that goaded Mr. Tillman to the desperate deed of today. This vas in August ldst and since the first primary, August 26, 1902. Editor Gonzales has had noth irg to say about Mr. Tillman, excbpt to comment on the result of the pri mary. Editor Gonzales and Lieut. Gov. Tillman have passed each other in full view since the opening of the present session of the general as sembly on Tuenday but there had been n o encounter, no word passed, no nod or recognition of any kind and today * t came like a thunderclap out of a peaceful sky when the Thot was fired. It was abrolutely unexpected and al thought that whatever soreness there was as a result of the primary of last Augst adpassed away, but it seems c therwise. As to the shootinf that is a silmple story. Lient. Gov. Tillman met Mr. Gonzales on the street. drew- his pistol and fired into him. There was no fuss or feathers but when at close rangc Mr. Tilhnan opened fire, wiped his pistol on his coat sleeve, took aim as if to fire a second time changed his mind and let his pistol fall to his side, Lieut. Gov. Tillman was perfect ly cool and collected, sober and unex cited to all appearances. Mr-. Gonzales was unarmed. The shock fr~rm the magazine piizc! paralyzed him and a Mr. Gonzales saw the deadly weap n aimed at him. perhaps for a fatal hul let, he cried crit "Shoot again, youj coward." Mr. Gonzales was in no way armed and had no pistoi. If his life be~ spared; perhaps that expression wich may have spartad the second bullet was the magic of the occasion. Mr-. Gonzales is a man of robust healIth, strong phys:qee, and activi-, all ,,f which are in his favor. As he fell against the nearby tr~aus fer station to steady himself Mr. James Sims and Mr. Glamewell La Motte came rushing up and gave Mr. Gonzales support, and helped him to1 the business office of the newspaper which Mr. Gou::ales had labored so -nara anit so Ialttnfunfy to establish and, S make a leading factor- in the affairs --of his State. There with his head st ing on a bund le of newspape'rs he re qucsted that his wife be sent for and to stricken friends, most of whom were in tears, he told the story of thenI ~tragedy. Dr. B3. W. Taylor. Dr. F..1 Kendall. Dr. Philpot and D~r. J. W SBabcock were soon at his side and'i a few moments there were half a riozen or n'ore physicians doing all they coold to save life It was promptly , decided that the only hope was to oer form an operation and get the true course of the bullet and tr' to repair the serious but then unknown dam age. The last message from the Cohumbia coe~rrespondenit of the Associated Press early Saturday morning reported Mr. Gonzales as still living, with little hopes, however, of recovery. The foflowing is appended: - Then there Is the other figure in the awful tragedy-Lieutenant Governo: Jas. H. Tillman. He is taking things quietly and calmly in the county jail. During the day -he had visitors and three of his lawyers, Congressman George W. Croft, former Judge 0. WV. Buchanan, and Mr. Coleman L. Blease, spent most of the day with their cli ent. Mr. P. H. Nelson, who is said to 'ie in the ease, was consulted during the day. Lieutenant Governor Tillmafi Is quartered in the corridor rgQom un . he seeand floor of the county jail. HeI has a room to himself. This afternoon he had new fuirniture' brought to the room and is comfortably fixed. Dur ing the afterngen two of his counsel broug'ht a copy- of a statement whii h Colonel Tillman had himself writtar in 5 response to an offer from a New Ycrk paper that its columns were op*m; to~ him. It was also required that ;he statement be sent to the Associa:.ed Press. It is as follows; "I thank you for yot .courteous and kind telegram. In vi# of the facts that the dispatches sent out from Co lumbia emanated from the offiee of The State newspaper, of which 3r. Gonzalee was editor, I don't deem iZ necessary to deny what has been sent from that quarter. When this unfir tunate affair is known to my friends I as well as to the people of this coun try, they will see ho Ioroghly I was justified in acting Z.1 did. "The statements already pulished j in the papers ire untrue and it the proper time I will be prepared to show this. Beyond this I do not care to make any further statement. . (Signed) "JAS, H .TILLMAN." The New York papers, with whatever accounts they may have published, have not reached here to be read, and the reports published here are based on the available facts and evidence. The understanding is that Colonel Tillman's line of defense will be that he thought Mr. Gonzales was armed, that he had a weapon in his coat pock et and that he had, his hands. in his coat pocket. He is said to contend that he did not know Mr. Gonzales was not armed. Second. that when he aimed his pistol the second time at Mr. Gon zales, he did so expectiiig Mr. Gon zales to defend himself and that he lowered his weapon because there was no response and not because of any thing Mr. Gonzales said. He refutes the reiterated statement of Mr. Gon zales that he said to him with a bullet through him and unarmed. "Shoot again, you cowaro. Mr. Tillman will also, it is under stood, contvpd that he had not met Mr. Gonzales. This is denied, and it is said that Mr. Gonzales and Mr. Till man were in the Senate chamber and State capitol together. Lieutenant Governor Tillman. how ever, only makes the statement that appears over his signature. The whole story has, however, all been given and faere is now no need to repeat the de tails of the awful affair. That Mr. Gonzales sent no message; that be was quietly on his way to dinner: that he was alone: that he was unarined; that he said nothing to -provoke hostilities, all seem admitted, and that Lieuten ant Governor Tillman met Gonzales promptly and fired Into him is eqnally tue. What there was in the mind of the assailant is another queMion. Victim of James Tillman's Enmity Succumbs to Assassin's Bullet. N. G. Gonzales. Esq.. editor of the olumbia, S. C., State, who was shot on Thursday of last week by Lieuten ont Governor James Tillman, died Monday arternbon at 1:10. PROMINENT PEOPLE. The Crown Prince of Germany is a skillful violinist. Colonel Thomas Wentworih Higgin son has just celebrated his seventy ninth birthday. Joaquin Miller, the "Poet of the Pa ific Slope," bhis, it is said, made a for tune out oZ Texas real estate. The eminent GAerman paywvght. erha rdt Hauptiaann, recentiy ee brated his fortieth birthday. lie was born at Obersalzhrulnn in Silesia. His father was a hotelkeeper. President Hadley, of Yale. is the lirst man in his positionl to take an active part in college athletics. HeI r'e.'tly plyed in the-Yale tennis tournamnenit, easily beating his opponent. Senator Mitchell has pzresentedl to the President Major Wil~im~ uno::k Clark, of Portland. Ore.. Ihe lest liv ing descendant of Colonel Clark. of the Lewis and Clark expedition. C mmissioner - General Sa rgecnt. of Washington, who was Grand Maister of the Brotherhood of Locomotine Fire men for seventeen~'I years. has been pre' seted by the order with a bandsomeC silver service of 191 pieces. Former President Steyn has been spending somec mnoths at Claren-e. on the Lake of Geneva, where his children go to school. When he firs5t went there he was so worn out thait he could hardly speak. bult his health was soon restored. i The man who invented the Swedish safety match, Karl Kiescwetter., died a few weeks aigo in Roumania in grerat poverty. His invention had brov':ht him -a fortune which, however, lie 5st Through unlucky and risky railway speculation. He was born in 1819. As a sort of reward, after preventing his relative from becoming a member of a London stock-brokinrdrm, King Edward has allowed Prince 1"rancis of Te-k S10.000 a year until the prince can'obtain some remunerative position more in kecping with his standing as a member of the royal family. The Necessity of Courage. When a man is depressed he may be sure that the indulgence in physical actions chuanteristic of depression. sch as nmoping and sighing, will still more increase his depression, while his first attempt at more rensible con duct .vill prove that the deliberate and at first artificial assumption of cheer :ulness and activity will, alter a while, actually bi-ing about a more cheerful frme of mind. Slow movemients, slow speech, physical action of every kind deliberately rendered slow, is an anti dote to the irritation of a man har rasse i and pressed with affairs, which good sense will suggest to him. al though he may know notbing about the psychological theory of attaining a de sired condition of mental quiet by, at first, imitating the bodily gestures of a calm mind. On the other hand, the giving way to quick, irritated' bodily movements is sure to cause an acces ion of irritability.-New Xork News. The danger of cafrying an argument to its logical- conclusion is thus set forth by The Chicago Post: They wecre at a picnic. "Fingers were mad" he fore forks," she laughed as she helped herself in democratic fashion. "Yes," he admitted, "and people were made before clothes." She hastily reached for a fork. KILLED OR INJURED. Powder Charge Explodes on Board the Massachusetts. CAUSED BY PERCUSSION PRIMER. Which Was Accidentally Discharged While the Breech on an Eight-inch Gun was Open. Washington, Special.-Admiral Hig ginson cabled from San Juan, Puerto Rico, that by an explosion of powder in the 8-inch turret of the battleship Massachusetts, five men were killed andfour injured. None-were commis sioned officers. The text of Admiral igginson's dispatch is as follows: "San Juan, P. R.-S-ecretary of Na ry, Washington,: Powder charge ex ploded accidentally in 8-inch turret Massachusetts. Cause being investi gated by board. Dead, A. Hendrick ton, boatswain mate; F. H. Loesser, tpprentice; S. F. Malinowski, lands nan; K. J. Platt, ordinary seaman. Robert Rule, ordinary seaman. Injured: W. W. A. Schert, apprentice; k. S. Taeke. coxswain; J. G. Patter on, ordinary seaman; A. N. Dassett, rdinary seaman." The records of the Navy Department how that of the dead Loesser and endrickson lived in New York, Malin wski. Chicago; Platt, in Troy, N. Y.. nd Rule, in Mount Washizigton, 0. Of he wounded Dassett, landsman, en sted at Durham, N. C., July 20. 1901. ,'ext of kin Newton Dassett, father, 003 Pettigrew street, Durham, N. C. atterson was from Pittsburg, Tacks rem St. Louis and Schert from Chi ago. It is realized here that It will be very ilifficult for the board referred te in kdmiral Higginson's dispatch to as ertain the cause of the explosion, for, 'rom the heavy casualty list, it is sur nised that the entire turret crew was ther killed or disabled. The 8-inch ,uns are next in size btlow the 13 nch turret guns carried by this battle hip -and just above the rapid fire gun mit. So their charges were not con ained in fixed mettalic cases and the owder was put up in canvass bags. 'he regulations require that the pow ter bags referred to should be con eyed from the magazines to theP ireech of the gun in can-like metal eeeptacles to guard against just this :Ind of an accident. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. San Juan, P. R., By Cable.-FIve aen were killed and four others were rounded, two of them probably fatally, y the explosion of a powder charge f an 8-inch gun on board the United tates battleship Massachusetts , last veek, while at target practie; off ulebra Island. The following is the list of the dead: K. J. Platt, 369 Eighth street, Troy, 7. Y. S. F. Mallnowski, 1438 Ontario aye ue, Chicago, Ill. F. H. Loesser. 313 East 86th ~e e. ew Yd rk. A..., wenarrenson, Norway. R. R. Rule. Walnut Hill, Cincin atI. The following men were seriousl~y ijured: A. N. Dossett. Durham, N. C. J. G. Pattcerson, 32 Soho street, Pitts urg. W. A. Schert, 365 Cleveland avenue, bicago. A. S. Taeke. Miamzi street. St. Louis. A PERCUSiiION PRIMER. Details of the explosion were~ obtain d when the Massachusetts arrived Lere. The explosion ovx erred in the tarboard a' the 8-inch turret, shortly core noCon. an~d was dIue to the acci Lental discharge of a percussion primer 'hile the breech of the gun was open. h full cha.-ge exploded in the turret .nd kilkd ,'r injur~ed all the crew of he gun. numbe'ing nine men. Ensign Vard W. Wortman,' who was in charge f the t'rret, escapedc injury, though e was st:mrding near the scene of the Magniicen di'pn' was immedi itely sho'rn byv th-ac?ic";s end crew of he battleship. Captain Harry Leec. ommaniing the marine guard of the essel. and Ensign Clarence A. Abele mmediately flooded the tur-et with aer anid Laut. Chas. F. Hughes and ::ner Kulwein wvent helow to the agazine, picking up powder charges. d prevented further explosions, while it. William C. Cole and Gun Cap ala Stonemnan entered the turret and ihdrew the charge from the other run, whose breech was open. The sur ivors of the gun's crew when res ved were burnod, mutilated and nearly One m.an whose clothing was on fire umped ove:-board. In less than a minute after the ex losion three streams of water were ouring into the turret, preventing the :harge in the other 8-inch gun from ~xploding. Abram S. Hewitt Dead. New York, Special.-Abram S. Hew tt, former mayor of New York and Representative in .Congress from 1874 o 1887, died at 6 o'clock Sunday morn ng. He was in his 81st year and had been critically ill for ten dlays. With him at the moment of his death were his W-ife, his three seons and three laughters. Mr. Hewitt, who had been In feeble health for some months, was attacked with obstructive jaundice on January 8th, and from the fir it was recognized by his attending p aICins that there was .practically no hope for the aged patient's recovery. "Only his wonderful vitalit.y: kept him fri until this morning. Steamer Goes Ashore. Gibraltar, By Cable.-The North Ger man Lloyd steamer Lahn, Captain Malchow, from Mediterranean ports for New York, went ashore at 4 o'clock Sunday morning at Tumara, 10 mIles east of the Rock of Gilbraltar. There was a heavy fog and rain was falling at the time. Aboard the steamer are 00 sailors and 200 emigrants. She is in no danger and is waiting for high tide to get off. The Lahn Is stern on to the sea, The weather ai moderate, but there TilE WILCOX TRIAL Sister and Cousin of Dead Girl Gi Their Testimony. Hertford, Special.-The State nearly ready te-rest in the trnal James E. Wilcd% for the murder Nellie Cropsey. *l Miss Ollie Cropsey, the pretty sist of the dead girl, was the first witne to testify Friday. She told a ve forceful story. Her testimony was d rect and full. In part she said: "El Maude Cropsey was my sister. She w 19 years old and weighed 110 poun when she disappeared. We lived Brooklyn, N. Y., before coming Elizabeth City, where we arrived April of 1898. I had four sisters, Nelli Lettie, Lala and Mamie. W. H. Cro sey is my father. We met -Jit W'lcc in June, 1898. He sent Nell his ca two tVeek from that time and aski her to go driving and she went. Fro that day an he began to call on he took her riding and sailing. He calli Thursdays and Sundays. He gave h presents of' flowers and picture. I went sailing alone with Nell twice. S) was scolded for accompanying hi: During the summer before the disa) pearance of Nell she and Jim began 1 quarrel. They had been friendly up 1 that time. They were at outs in Se' tember. Neli attended Stuart's mee ngs during that month. I sat inski the room one night and heard Nell sa to Jim: 'Jim, if you are going to 5 like this, you stay at home.' I kn they were quarreling, and, not carin to hear it, I left. They had not see me. Jim went to the Stuart meetini ometimes with Nell ag sometim by himself, but often didlot go, excei to wait outside for Nell. Nell joine the church on the 13th - of Octobe From some time it September till th 33rd of Octolier Jirand Nell quarrele: At times they did not speak. Aft( Dctober they were on better terms an spoke regulrArly. The Elizabeth Cit 'air was in progress about that timi im sent two tickets so. that Carri nd Nell could go. He was at wor] Tim, Nell, Carrie and myself all wer o the fair one day. Jim and Nell wer 'riendly till November 7th, when the luit speaking to each other. Up to tho Ime they had been going out togethe ut -all connections were -severed-ther le kept on calling at the house. "On the night of November 7th Wi) :ox spent a few hours at our hom4 e and Nell were at oits. He left a I o'clock. When he took his hat to g qell said: 'Pull, Jim, pull,' meanin so, and followed him out to see hii )ff, as was her custom. Nell returnei ooked jp on us, said good 'night an etired to her room. Jim carme on jus he- same, but Nell never poke t iim. One day after the 7th I saw Ca: 'ie, Nell and Jim coming up t e stree arrie was, next to Jim. I do t knoa hether Nell and Jim spoke that da >r not. . :ewed on a jacket that she op~ed t ear to New York. Jim and y we: iot on speaking terms. Jim as mood md talked but little.He started int space anid kept looking at his watel Ele appeared to be restless. By 10:-j ill except Jim. Roy, Nell and myse 1ad left the room. Jim arose, picked u is hat and said: 'It is 11 p'clock an [ ust go. My mother docd not allo rne to stay out after 11.' P~efore th Lme Jim had asked for watar. I tol liim I would get him aglass. Hie sai 'No.' he might poison it. When he gt uip to go we all ros9 and. while I rolicd a cigarette, Roy caught Nel! ehin in his hands and said: 'Nl. y re looking mighty sweet tonighi Jim glanced his eyes at N~elI ai 'th' at me. He wnt into the hall'a turning. said: 'Nell. I want to s"e y in the hall.' She Icokl at e an;d fo lowed him out. I never say her a:a She and Jim habd not .:okeni sine N' veber 7th. "I closed the door hbhnd the" : ty went out. Roy and myv.,elf stot by the fire till&1:30..when I toldl bi was time for hin: to go. He said: 'X need not get snap~py about it. Ji::n. Nellic are in the hail yat.' We wet to the ball, and found tae dpors ope but .lim and Nell were not-'insbti remarked that it was strange that N: had gone up and left me to lock up. went to my room and retired. Neil w not there. I dozed off, tbinking she at Jim were in the parlor. About 1 o'clo< I gave the alarm. We searched ever whre,~ but in vain,*.for Nell. Duri: the evening when rhe subject of suicil was brought up. Nell said she wou not like to drown, for her hair wou e such a fright. It would be friz::li p. She thought she might lke freze. Miss Carrie C~psey followed Mi Ollie. She corroborated much of ti latter's evidence. Among other thini she said: "I asked; Jim why he a: Neil qnareled. He said: 'She has qu going $ the door' with me. I have d cided th'irop ber.' Tuesday night Ji heard ts talking about him. He to me tat. listeners never heard a: good -of themselves. Nellie had ask' me why I did not call him 'aquati I said that I felt like an elephant ta night we went to the skating rink. ~ asked Jtn to unbridle ,our horse . Tuesdiy. He said he was tired of benr lackey.". Messrs. H1. T. Greenleaf, Sr., and T.-Greenleaf, Jr., civil engineers, we put in the stand to furnish figures distances. The body of Nellie Crops was found in four feet of watbr at distance of 300 feet, the exact pin being 200 feet to ''' left or' tb' l'Qou 300 fetout, Among those who testified this afti noon were: Leonard Owens, who n Wilcox on his way from the Crops home the night the girl disappeare Mayor Wilson, of Elizabeth City, I fore whom the defendant had appe: ed; Sheriff Reid. of Pasquotank con ty, who arnested Wilcox, after the de body was found, and W. H. Crops the father of Nellie. By Mr. Owe testimony. Wilcox had about 20 m~ utes to dispose of from the time left the Cropsey porch till he met hi several hundred feet away. Wile seemed to be perfectly natural at t ta.e. Shef Reidl said that Wiie was very ind!fferent but admitted that it was his way. Caleb Parker testified. He said that lie had passed the Cropsey place soon after 11 o'clock on the night of the 20th of Nuvember. He saw a man and , woman of about equal size moving is along the sidewalk. He did not know f who they were. >f - Ollie Meades swore that he slept with Wilcox that night, but never knew er anything from the time he went to sleen till the next morning. He said s5 that Wilcox had on the same pants in 7Y court that he wore then. This fact was I-- contradicted later by Misses Lettie ani a Ollie Cropsey, who were put on the. stand for that purpose. Is Two Killed at a Dance. n O Cairo, Ill., Special.-At a dance at Morrehouse, Mo., Tuesday night, James and Dolpheus Hill, of Johnson e, county, became drunk and created a >- disturbance, and Marshal- Dan Lance t and: Deputy Marshal John Taylor were -d called to restore order. Dolpheus HHl shot and instantly killed Marshill Lance and James Hill fatally cut Taj. lor. The Hill boys started to leave the r. house, when Taylor shot and wounded d one of them, but they succeeded in r making their escape. Scarching par tes have been organized, but the Hills are still at Liberty. ke Editor Wounded. : Gainesville, Fla.. Special.-CitY Edi tor P. A. Ruhl was cut Sunday morn ing by Linotype Operator Sauls, a gash 5 inches long and three-fourths of an -inch deep being mnade in his neck Rnhl e was taken to his home, where he lies v In a dangerous condition. Details are unobtainable, because Mr. Ruhl Is not t permitted to talk and Sauls has disap peared. Mr. Ruhl is city tax assessor g and is prominently connected. T Italy has proposed to establish the s Marconi system of wireless telegriphy t between Pekin and 'ftaku. ,. SPORTING BREVITIES. e Rochester, N. Y., is to have a three I. quarter-mile speedway. r Roller polo Is the leading winter d sport In Massachusetts. y Motor bicycle racing has become a feature on European cycre tracks. Fair progress is being made In the construction of the new cup yacht. t Bend Or, the famous race'horse and e Derby winger, has died in England. 7 The Chicago racing season of 1903 t will begin at Lakeside on April 20 next. r Cresceus has trotted the Montgomery - (Ala.) track In 2.07, breaking the track record. Morris Wood. of Montclair, N. J., has won the principalhonors in the skating races on Veroia Lake, N. J. - The New York' National League Baseball Club will open its prelimin ary season at the Polo Ground on April 8. t Although It wag believed that Jim > Murphy, the noted Southern trainer. died poor, it has been found since that , he was worth about $60,000. ~The golf club of the Michigan Uni I a Ann Ar .r, are be purchased. 0 Henri Fournier, a noted chauffeur, ehas arrived In th United States from Y Europe, and has issued a challenge for 0 an automobile race to Alexander Win - ton. 5Burt Downing, Jabrother of Hardy Downing, and th~ youngest of the trio of brothers, is now the amateur cy cling king of the' Pacific coast, having .been undefeated. this season. Young Downing is nineteen, weighs 179 pounds and stants five feet ten inches. There will be i invasion of Austra ila next fall by number of the lead mng' cycele crack.9 of America, including Iver Lawson, Vloyd McFarland andi Hardy Dow~ning, sprinters, and several pace followers, with modern motors. Austrailia is to have several colisu cycle traicks. ... How He Kept Informed on Clocks. A fad rmore or less general in the collecting of old clocks, from the tall dgrandfather variety to ;he curious t timekeepers of foreign make. The us garrets of old farmhouses fromi Maine :d to the Carolinas have been ransacked for the former, and there is many a -man and woraan in New York who eesan eye on the Pawnshops of the foreign districts for curious and an cient things fromi abroad-. t''Tt is almost imp)osile~ to keep ~them all running," complainedl a wo -inan who has two dozen aged and valu gable clocks scattered through her Ic Madiseon avenue home. "They seem d to be in good order and run along for d a while, then all of a sudden they stop for no reason at all. k"I have found an old German Zb, s knows more about th'e ways. of' old e clocks than any one in the city. 1 a sent hifn my German piz a few d weeks ago, and when It did Wtcome t back after the usual period of waiting4 ~I went to his shop. What do ypu d think 1 found him reading?" The friend did not have the slightest d idea. . "It- was a little German volume with . e a title something like this, -"Thirteen, e Hundred Reasons Why a Clock in Perfect Order Won't Run."-New gYork Tribune. ofUnbreakable Glass. Louis Kauffeld, a Bavarian glass a worke r. makes entraordinary claims e b r a new kind of glass 'm has just dis le, covered. It is a glass of such nature that it will not break, that can' be 'T moulded into any desired! form, that # (.n he hammered' without catastrophe -in short, a glass that'-will be as mal leable as lead or anf . stber metgL SWith an ordiriary goblet mnade of this new material you can himmer .agi id irta a tough board. You can bore.-4 y, hole In a glass pane and then patch.t s' with another piecq o!fthe.,same ldnil -of glass. Coffee Ipots andte kttes 1it is claimd ca emade of the new ubstance, and will no more crack, cycevn under the most Intense heat, than xwould steel.-Tt-Bits. COUNSEL QUARREL Operatcrs Deny They Perive Benefiis From igh Price of Coal. CHAIRMAN STOPS PERSONAL TILTS Physicians Testify That t n* Work of Anthracite Miners is Nat as Un healthy as Representei.. Philadelphia, Special.-Having oceu pied nearly three days in calling wit nesses to testify, the Delaware & Hud-, son Company closed its case before the Coal Strike Commission Tuesday after noon and the commission's attenttion then was called to the conditio'sedist Ing in and about the collieries operated by the Erie Company. This corporation managed the HiHside Coal and. Iron Company and the Pennsylvania Coal Company, and its counsel before the commission is Wayne MacVeagh, of Philadelphia, and Major Everett War ren, of Scranton. One of, the .princIpal witnesses call ed before the commission was Thdmas F. Torrey, general coal sales agent of the Dela are,&.HudsonCompany at Npw York, who testified that the com pny he represents is deriving ao bene t; front the present abnormal price which the public is paying for Its fuel. Among other witnesses called by the Delaware & Hudson Company were two*' physicians who gaye testimony tend Ing -to show that the occupation of a mine worker is not so unhealthfp as - physicians for the miners have stated, a real estate agent who testified to the amount of property owned by miners of the company and an employe of the Delaware & Hudson who mie an vestigation of wages paid to bitumi nous miners which showed their pay was under that received by the .an thracite miners. General Wilson, owing to d illness of Judge Gray, again acted as chair man of the commission and was -ser eral times called upon to intervene In the personal tilts between opposing counsel over-the admission of certain-C evidence. Major Everett Warren, for the Erie Company, in his statement, says the miners have It in their power to earn large wages, that the demand for an eight hour 0ay is "most unreasonable" and that a 2,240 pounhd tonqiifaka ticable. Major Warren says the Coznpany has no objection to labor ganizing but said the local agians. de- A stroy individual effort, curb-ia6tfen, restrict earning capacity, encourage Idleness and discontelt, breed lack of respect of authority and destroy dis cipline." Capt. W. A. May, of Scranton; the general superintendent of the two comu panies, was the first witness 'for the Erie. Before the strike of 1900 t wit when- adjournment taken. Hired to Commit Murder. Roanoke, Va., Special-Details reached bore of a tragedy neaa' Bramn well, a little town in the coal fields o~ West Virginia. Mrs. Maggie Riley is alleged to have promised to pay her son Hiram, and Arthur Emr a sum of money to kill a woman named4!fy Clark. The men It is charged went to the Clark woman's home and shot her to death. Eller and young Riley. to gether with Riley's mother, were ar rested and lodged in the county jail charged with murder. The women were enemies and had frequently quarreled. It Is alleged that jealousy was the cause of the killing. Norfolk & Western Appointments. 'Roanoke, Va., Special.-The -Noirfolk & Western Railway officially announc ed the following appointments: C. S. Churchill, chief engineer; J-. C. CasseH re"'ntly resigned as generally suippos ed, is made assistant vice president and general manager; Theodore w resigijed as superintendent of the ,r folk division,. becqmes real agent; Jose B. Lacf;, ,paymast is made assitant treasurer, All with head quarters at Roanoke...Treasurer W. G. McDowell In future will have his office in Philadelphia. Fighting in Morocco. Madrid, By Cable.-Fighting Is pro ceeding between the troops of the Sul tan of Morocco and the forces of the pretender to the throne,. aecgrdng to a dispatch received by the Gtefromn Fg. The fiollowers of the pretender are said to be overcoming the Im- . perial troops. The correspondent of The Globo adds that the lnhafdtantsa of Fez have risen against the Sultan jithat anxiety reigns at~ Rabat, there the Europeans are in fear .o an immediate, attack. The Sutaa~ representative at'Tangier has been or to.elze cattle and to dispatch ments to the irtan. Te a " Ak.,Speclat-Iaae ' ,widely-known commercil eer Eastern housetrywas found deadin hs rom ina toca4 hotel.Hs throa . znd wrists were cut open. A note from the dead man toithggoroner stated that he' had killed hhiself for private reas~ns. The note further said: "I traveled on the road ?4 lears, i.P every State In the Union, Canana, Ja.?T pan, China and South Ameri Coal Companies Combing Harrisburg, Pa., Special-Applio* tion was made at,,the State Depart ment for a charter or tpie Eastern SQ-' curities Company *bch, It Is said, Is to be the vehic the consoltda tion of the anthrad ~al interests of Pennsylvania. Thq lcation for a charter Ismadund ~law pasbed by the Legislatuit of _~i The nominal eapital iOf the corporation is $1,000. -~ -