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Most Railwa3 Traceable , By Frederick (rventor of the "Cigar-s,1aped' IEN one person kills an W or revenge, the law ca accordingly. If one ii through culpable carel , iaughter, and imposes -. poration, a company, 01 mrand or in the perforn affairs as to cause the preventable patrons, we collect statistics of the fully, and speculate as to whether ti a decrease in the slaughter. We wr we arrest. piosecute, and convict t charge of the death-dealing deviece. But what is done to those who What penalty is exacted from 'hos( ance of systems known to be defecti The death roll is in the tens of thol president, and on what gallows wa. adulterations? Ninety per cent. of the great ac, with horror, and which then are fei In unnumbered resting places,-nine able to the criminal greed and iaurd session of the dollar is exalted abov< Let us examine one concrete ex poration or locality, for the sirrple lesson by heart. By familiar metho franchise permitting it to use certa: limits the speed to a certain rate. I maintenance of safety gates at such of cperators for these gates. The fixed policy of the company these gates. The division superinter a question of time when persons will but he also knows that a recomr.end be ignored, but that it may also co! city knows that gates should be ert corporation. But it is cheaper to bril to erect the gates. in many an instan poration bribes the guardian of the c a rule, this is not a difficult matter. All this sounds brutally frank, b bribery will not be handled with glo sentences. Men. women, and childr< The company maintains a departme dead on the ,easiest possible terms. killed each year,-the same law of a it is the firm belief of certain corpora the dead and maimed than it does t< pel the safeguarding of those who h; streets crossed by the railroad in que "Does It cost more to kill them t tion which arises in the mind of th the abolition of grade crossings is ui Men Behind Now Mt By General Lord Rc TERRIBLE lesson awa Aselves opposed by equa the field of battle. No will then avail; fcr mo peace can never ee mad If the citizens of s are to remain exempt I without the safety of the empire b must be attracted to the regular arm and it is the bounden duty of the st this country, no matter to what grf some kind of military training in. straight and carry out simple orders tional defense. Modern guns necessitated the cc must be mere machines. Officers ar men, because the fighting formation mnust have a far higher standard of officers intelligenice, self-reliance and portionately higher level. The report of the commiss'ion o that much is still needed before Gre spects for war under modern conditi a larger proportion of mounted troop quickly seize points of vant2ge. It wili be necessary to have a re thousands. These can be made avail of the entire youth of the country. no matte under what system our a F'eeding Poc By Thomas BurF CAN testify to the won Idren-1,200 in number In swimming competitit city time and again, wi games they have been lowest strata of society a day by the late Scho Council, they manifest the benefits o Concerning the Manchester scht witness that of the children who were of drill on entry only 2 per cent. re It was also declared that one could In the ordinary school after his disci The remarkable feature about ti fact that they return at 6 P. M. to being afflicted by recent epidemics o the case with other members of t schoos and were not fed. To me it Is incredible that thes 'while the girls in a London school of 80 per cent., to take part in a nel be abandoned. Ample evidence was mental powers of the children were situation was summed up by Sir L to an economic objection, that "thei physically than there is in feeding th4 Aguina1do al H-is Influence With Countrymen By Da HE influence which the T ev en with the upper ch 1Em1it is surprisirg The F education, and probably y\affairs, as the Westeri S'- company had at various him his policy, and h been behind the senes and understc him as he really w,as: yet all of the mythical personality which the popu Gravely and quietly Aguinaido slowly and guardedly In a soft voic child than of a man. He said little his old friends, affectionate'. The li pleasant and dignified one, save for eyes, and for the lines of the mouth, rarsion.-The (Tenture "I have ten bales of cotton that am going to get I0 cenits a pound for remar?e:i a large farmer to the repox er a few days ag-, say:s the Yorkvil En.jui rer. The report'r' bhought tl spe.:r -::as jok: g. and( asked for e:Tpla:cn. "Welli is just th ;a y: Cenonr may, not go to 10 con g this sp,ring or next summer. bi It will reach that figure eventuali and I am going to hold these ten balf Unltil in does. Of course I expec't i sell a lot cf other cotton at p'revailir znarket prices in the meantime, bl this ten bales must bring 10 cents." r Accidents 4URDEROUS Uphamz Adams, Train fo r sp eed 1:ecorda). )ther, with the delibrate motive of gain is the act murder and inflicts a penalty dividual causes the death of another essness, the law calls the crime man a corm-spon('nding penalty. When a cor an individual, catering to a popular de ance of a pul)ic service, so conducts its leath of a hundred or a thousand of its dead and crippled, tabulate them beauti e ensuing year will show an increase or te editorials denouncing it. Occasionally he employee who was unfortunately in tre directly responsible for these deaths? who profit from the use and mainten re, obsolete, and dangerous to human life? isands. but what jail holds a corporation swung the manufacturer of poisonous ,idents and catastrophes which sicken us gotten by all save those whose dead lie ty per cent. of these are directly trace ?rous avarice of profit seekers. The pos the sacredness of human life. impie. It is not necessary to specify cor reason that most communities know the :ls a steam or electric railway obtains a n streets and to cross others. The law : also makes mandatory the erection and crossings. This requires the employment is to refrain from erecting and operating dent knows perfectly well that it is only be killed at these unprotected crossings, tion from him to erect gates will not only ;t him his position. Some official of the cted, and he makes the demand on the )e the representative of the city than it is ce. and some authorized agent of the cor ty's rights to prove false to his duty. As ut the tim3 is at hand when murder and ves or described with tender and evasive n are killed at this unguarded crossing. nt to settle with the survivors of these It is positively known that some will be cerage obtains as. in everything else,-but tions that it costs less to pay damages for conform to the law which aims to com tve an inalienable right to the use of the stion. han it does to protect them?" is the ques e average "practical" railroad man when der discussion.-Success. the Guns ist Have Brains berts, of Great Britain. its the nation whose soldiers find them ly brave but better trained opponents on amount of money, no national sacrifices, lern warfare moves fast and time lost in e up during the stress of a campaign. o great and prosperous a nation as ours rom compulsory service in time of peace sing endangered the right class of men y by good conditions of pay and pension; ate to see that every able-bodied man in ,de of society he may belong, undergoes ,'outh, sufficient to enable him to shoot if ever bis services are reoulred for na mplete abolishment of the idea inat miea e no longer directly able to control their has been changed and therefore the men individual intelligence, while among the the power of leading must be on a pro a the war in South Africa made it clear at Britain can have an army fit in all re ans. Among other things, she must have s for rapid reinforcement and in or'der to serve force of officers, amounting to some ble by a system for the military trainiing iuch a reserve is essential to our success, 'my may be organized. r Pupils. erful change in the physique of the cil in the day industrial schools in Liverpool ins they have beaten every school in the ile ia cricket, football and other outdoor most successful. They all belong to the and all live in slumdom. Fed three times o Board and now by the Liverpool City good food regularly supplied. ols of the same type, it was stated by a Sphysically unable to go through a course mained unfit after a few weeks' feeding. easily pick out the industrial schoolboy large. ie Liverpool children is that, despite the their wretched homes, they all escaped Szymotic diseases. which was not always e family who were attending ordinary e children are made strong and healthy, for want of food are unable, to the tune r scheme of drill, which had, perforce, to produced by heads of schools that the nfeebled by want of food, and the whole auder Brunton when he said, in answer e is no more danger in feeding children rm mentally."-The Forum. :Home. the Better Class of His Beyond Question. vid Gray. liscredited Filipino leader still possesses iss of his countrymee. is as undoubted as ilipinos present were a'Ti his superiors in most of them were also'-his superiors in world understands it. Several of the times been his advisers, had devised for id executed his official acts.. They bad od the causes for his rise and-fall, knew m manifested a deference, as if for the lace and peasantry still credit. acknoledged his reception. HTe spoke e, more the thin, high-pitched voice of a but his manners were gent:e and, with rst impression which he created ,was a the expression of cautious cunning in his which showed a habit of exaggerated re IProf. H. Benton, assistant professor nof agriculture, has received a very fiaterng offer from the department of agricuture in Washington, which he e will likely accept, says teAnderson e...ail. Prof. Benton is a valuable man a and the College can ill an1a:z to lose his services. SUnfortunately the largest diamond in the world is not of the crystalline sort used as a gem. If it were its value -would be fabulous, for it is seventeen stimes larger than the famous Victo:-ia o diamond, the largest of modern finds. g which was sold for $1,500.000. Its value t depends upon the use to which it can Ibe put when broken up. TWO UNDER ARREST Ex-Cfficials Taken Into Custcdy and Locked Up MMACL;EN AND GROFFS IN PRISON rhe Convicted Postoffice Officials Taken to Moundsville, W. Va., in Company With Eleven Other Con victs. Washington, Special.-August W. Machn., the former head of the free delivery of the Postoffice Department, and the foremost figure among the of flicials, politicians, and contractors in dicted as a result of the postal investi gation, and Diller B. Groff and Samuel A. Groff, both of this city, convicted in connection with the promotion of a letter-box fastener scheme, left Wash ington with a party of 11 other con victs for Moundsville, W. Va., shortly after 6 o'clock Tuesday night, to serve a sentence of two years' imprisonment. The three prisoners, who had surren dered to the United States marshal early in the day, spent part of the af ternoon in the jail here, and were tak en from there to the Baltimore & Ohio ' Railroad depot in a carriage, accom panied by a guard. The nien were placed in a special car, which was at tached to the regular night train for the West. All three were handcuffed. Machen occupied a seat in the car alone, while the Groff brothers were linked together by their handcuffs. There were four guards, one remain ing at each end of the car. The three postal prisoncrs had a corner of the car to themselves. Occupying other seats in front of them were 11 negro criminals. None of Machen's rela tives was at the depot to see him off, but a large number of friends greeted him, shook his hands, and in several cases pledged their readiness to supply him money if he needed it. A letter carrier, not uniformed, grasp ing his hand, said lie had the sympathy of thousands of carriers. Groups of curious spectators were gathered at the depot. STATEHOOD BILL PASSES. The Senate Enacts Measure Providing For Two New States. Washington, Special.-After a con tinuous sitting of almost nine hours tho Senate at 8:45 o'clock Tuesday night passed the joint Statehood bill. As passed the bill provides for the ad mission of the States of Oklahoma, to be composed of Oklahoma and Indian Territory, and New Mexico, according to its present boundaries, with Arizona eliminated. The long session was characterized by exciting incident; and many surprises. Beginning promptly upon the convening at 12 o'clock the Senate proceeded to con sider the various amendments which had been suggested by the committee on Territories and which had been passed ovei-. One of the first of these taken up was the amendment prohib iting thb sale of Intoxicating liquors, in what is now Indian Territory for th.e nex4 ten years and this was dis placed with a substitute offered by Mr. Gallinger which extended the amendment to the entire State for a period of 21 years, and this was adopt ed by a vote of 55 to 20. The first smi prise of the day came when the com mittee accepted Mr. Foraker's amend ment providing for a separate vote by each of the Territories and Arizona on the constitution to be adopted by the proposed State of Arizona. That pro vision had scarcely been made a part of the bill when Mr. Bard offered his amendment, which nad been originally offered by Patterson and which pro vided for the admission of New Mexi co as a State without the addition of Arizona. This amen'.ment proved to be the point around which all the subsequent proceedings of importance revolvea. It was at first adopted by the close vote of 42 to 40. This vote was taken while the Senate was sitting in committee of the whole, and was reversed in the Senate proper by the tie vote vote to 38 to 38. Arrested at Lynchburg. Lynchburg, Va., Special.-The local police arrested a negro named Chas. Cadwell, on a letter from Sheriff Jul Ian, of Salisbury, who Is wanted in Salisbury on the charge of robbing a safe and stealing therefrom $200. In less than an hour after receiving the letter, the negro was locked up, and most of the stolen money was recov ered. An officer Is expected here to take the negro back to North Carolina. Negro Rifles Safe. Salisbury, N. C., Special.-The chief of police at Lynchburg, Va., telegraph ed Sheriff Julian tiat he had cap tured Chas. Caldiwell, a negro boy about 14 years old. The boy last week stole from the private safe of Mr. W. W. Reid. a wealthy real estate owner, Mr. Reid lives with his daughter, Mrs. H. A. Barnhardt, and is very old. He sometimes failed to lock his vault and the negro knew this. Just what amount was taken could not be accur ately determined, but it exceeded $200. The Lynchburg officer said today that $200 had been found upon the boy criminal. He will be brought b'ck this week. Bad BliLzard in the South. Memphis. Tenn., Special.-With a blizzard raging ia north and east Tex as and rain andl sleet falling in many districts in Louisiana. Mississippi and Tennessee. weather conditions are de cidedly worse than at any time since the present storm began. A blizzard has been sweeping over the cattle ran ches western Texas for two days and toiwht shows no sign of abate ment. Thousands of cattle are report-. ed to be suffering and in many cases totally dleprived of water. Situation in Poland Serious. St. Petersburg. By Cable. -For the moment the startling crime in Helsing fors has withdrawn attention from the strike situation throughout Russia. Tuesday's events in Poland and Cau casus. however, are quite serious enough in themselves. Disorders in the smaller industrial towns in Poland have added more than a score to the total of the killed. and troops have been sent to Warsaw and Kutno (83 miles west of Warsaw) to quell upris ings there. The strike conditions in Caucasus are bc:oming worse and traf fic on the Trans-Caucasian Railway is intennuted ALMETTO AFFAIRS lany Newsy Items Gathered From all Sections. General Cotton Market. alveston, steady ..... ..... 7 11-16 ew Orleans, firm .. .... ....... lobile, easy .. ...... ......... avan:aah, quiet .... ... ......... harleston. quiet ..... ......... .-7% Wilmington, steady ..... ... ..... orfolk, firm .... . ... ..........'' 3altimore. nominal ..... ... .....7% ew York. quiet .... ..........7-.S0 3oston, quiet .... ..............7-SO 'hiladelphia. quiet .... .... ......8.05 [ouston. steady .. .. ........7 9-16 Wugusta. quiet ...... ........7 9-16 4emphis. steady .... .... ........ it. Louis, quiet .... ..........' .ouisville, firm ..... ... ......7 11-16 Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid o wagons: itrict good middling .... ....... ood middling ..... ... ... .-.. 4 trict middling ..... ... .......7 diddling ..... ... ..... .... ....-s 'inges ... ... ... ...... .....6 to 7 tains ........ ...... ... ...5 to 6 An Unusual Occurrence. Winnsboro, Special-The unusual oc urrence of two funerals at the Pres yterian church at the same time was ritnessed here Wednesday. The fune als of Mrs. S. A. Boylston and Wil iam Orr Sloan were held at the Pres yterian church at 12 o'clock. Mrs. 3oylston was interred in the Presby erian cemetery and then Mr. Sloan's )ody was taken to the Associate Re ormed Presbyter:.an cemetery. Among rs. Boylston's pall bearers were J. 1. Neil ,Sr., Preston Rion, W. D. )ouglass, Longstreet Gantt, S. D. )unn, D. V. Walker and J. J. Obear. Ir. Sloan's pall bearers were: Hon rary, Dr. J. C. Bucanan, W. A. Beatu, . D. Hood and S. D. Dunn; active, eorge F. Lauderdale, Jr., J. McCants )ouglass, Teasel Clarke, Jas. L. Bry on, Jr., John L. Hardin and Henry E. Latthews. Rev. S. C. Byrd held the ervices over both bodies. A Gruesome Find. Union, Special.-A gruesome find was nade at the Monarch cotton mills Nednesday afternoon when as the cot on was drawn through the long black uction pipe into the picker room, in :he midst of which, as it fell out, was long black withered finger. The missing member was apparently the third finger of the left hand and the nail still remained on it. Where ihe cotton the finger was found in :ame from of course cannot be ascer ained, but it is thought it must have been here in Union county, as Monarch nills is a heavy buyer of Union county raised cotton. South Carolina Items. Polk Odom shot and killed Houston El. Hembree near Holly Springs, Spar anburg county. Odom has been arrest s and lodged in the county jail. From what could be gathered concerning the .agedy, it appears that Houston Hem bree and two of his sons were out look ing for the wife of Thomas Hembree, Km of the deceased, yesterday after noon. Some of the party carried guns, zs it was good rabbit hunting weather. [hey halted near the house of Odom, a neighbor, and Inquired if Thoc. Hem bree's wife was there. Odom said she was not and Houston Hembree, who made the Inquiry, started off. His sons testified that a short time afterwards dom shot at Houston Hembree, in flicting a wound in the right leg, the >ullet severing the femoral artery. The man walked about two miles and fina. ly bled to death. After the fatal wound 2ad been inflicted, Odom and one of the sons of the deceased fired at each other four times. None of the volleys took ef fect. The inquest was held by Acting Coroner Holt and the verdict of the jury was the deceased came to his death rom a gunshot wound inflicted by Polk Odom. Deputy Sheriff White ar rested Odom at his home. The prisoner is a young man about 25 years old. The victim was about 50 years old, and a Ife and eight children survive him. Mr. Johnson Sayle Watson, a well known citizen of Greenwood county, died at his home here Monday after a long illness. He was in his 55th year, having been born November 7, 1850. He was reared at Phoenix, in this county, by his grandfather, the late Johnson Sayle. He was known as a cit izen who, respecting the law and lov ing order at all times, was faithful to his State. He was buried here Wednes ay at o'clock. He leaves, besides his bereaved widow, one child, H. L. Wat son, ne sister, Mrs. E. L. Woseley, and one half brother, Joe Lake. A Distressing Accident. Eloree, Spccial.--Charles Livingston, a young man about 21 years old, while adjusting a belt at A. L. Otts' gianery was aught in the shafting and both arms and legs were broken. The body f he young man was wrapped around the shafting in a most tortur ing manner, mutilating the flesh of his legs and brast before assistance could reachhim. Medical aid was quickly summoned and all that is possible is being done a save the young man. At this writing the patient is resting fairl well, but grave doubts as to his re covery are held. As to Duke's Sanity. ew Yk, Special.-The question of whether Brodie L. Duke. of Durham, N. C is ompetent to manage himself and his :operty, was submitted to a jury by decision of JTustice Leven trirttnine Supreme Court. The peti tioor' fa commission to decide whe'hc::.DDuke is competent was fiee by his son. B. Laurence Duke. The notinn was opopsedl by Mrs. Alice WebbbbDuke. to whom Duke was mar rieed in December last. Maan Charged With Asault Escapes. Marion. N. C., Special.-News reached here, that Af H-ooper attempted to as saault te 1-year-old daughter of John J.. Sprous at Denning, in this county. onn the night of the 8th. Hooper had been working for Spousei that day, and onnly lived a short distance from Mr. Cprrouse. He went into the sleeping rooom of the girl and she awoke and -allled, thinking it was her father, and thhen Hcoper ran off. making good his escape.He was tracked this way until ese came to Marion and. took the trait' DANGER~ SEEMS OVEBR Everything Was Quiet Enough Sunday In St. Petersburg WAS NO RIOTING IN ANY QUARTER Demonstrations Were Not Attempted and the Only Disorder Was in a The. atre at Night When Abuse of the Czar Was Shouted by the Audience. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-The an ticipated renewal of trouble amonk workmen today was not realized. Neither strikers nor students made the slightest attempt to demonstrate, and throughout the day the city presented a normal appearance. The Empcror's creation of a joint commission of mas ters and workmen, chosen by them selves, to investigate the'cause of dis content among the laborers has made an exceedingly good impression, be ing considered definite e"idence of the government's purpose to compel some of the rapacious masters who have paid starvation wages to do justice to their employes. The imperial decree ordering the formation of the committee reposes the presidency of the body in Senator Chidlovski, a member of the council of the empire, and instructs the com mittee to ascertain immediately the causes of discontent of St. Petersburg workmen and devise measures to pre vent such discontent in the future. The committee consists of representa tives of government departments, the various industries, and the workmen. The President is authorized to report in person to the Emperor and deter mine the number and mode of selec tion of the committee. At the Mali Theatre.a scene was created by cries of "Down with the autocracy" and personal abuse of the Emperor. The demonstrators were ejected from the theatre. The police continue to make arrests. The Czar's Announcement. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-The news that Emperor Nicholas has endorsed the scheme for the revival of the Zem sky Seabor, or ancient land parlia ment, which the old Emperors invoked *in times of stress, hrs spread through the city and created intense satisfac tion among liberal classes. The news papers this morning were fll?ed with articles descriptive of this ancient Rus sian instittuion, indicating that word had gone forth that the gov ernment had decided to listen to the voice of representatives of the people. Natur ally, there is some skepticism as to whether the government intends frank ly to take the steps, but the general verdict Is that if the Emperor has suc ceeded in shaking off-reactionary in fluences and now proceeds In good faith to summon the Zemsky Seabor, they will rally to his support the mod erate Liberals, and perhaps arouse a wave of genuine enthusiam in the country. Liberals are convinced that the meeting of such a representative body must be followed by important and widespread reforms. West Blizzard Swept. Kansa.s City, Mo., Special.-Reports Sunday night from Missouri, Minneso ta, Kansas, Nebraska. Iowa, the Da kotas, northern Texas, Indian Terri tory, Arkansas and Oklahoma say that unusually cold weather prevails. In Omaha the thermometer registered 16 degrees below zero at 9 o'clock. High winds prevail in many localities, drifting the snow badly, and delaying railroad traffic in all directions. Re ports from Oklahoma and Indian Ter ritory say the thermometer was 5 be low zero in several places, and ranged at zero all day- From all parts of the twb Territories come accounts of suf fering and death as the result of the sudden norther. Visiting New York, Wasington, Special. - President Roosevelt left Washington Monday morning for a two-day visit in New York, during which he will make a speech at the Lincoln birthday cele bration at the Waldorf-Astoria, spend a short time at the Press Club ban quet at the New Astor House, lunch at the University Club, dine in "'Little Hungary," and visit friends. Atlanta's Troubles Ending. Atlanta, Ga., Special.-With large forces of men, who have been repair ing since the havoc of the recent sleet storm, continued their work all day (.unday), both the Western Union nd Postal Telegraph Companies and the telephone comp)anies are getting their wires in better condition. and Atlanta is in closer touch with the out side world than she has been for a The recent storm was thc most de structive in the history of the city. The amount spent by, the telegraph and telephone companies to restore normal conditions will reach an enor mocus sum. Four Injured by Explosion. Erie, Pa., Special.-An explosion of natural gas at the home of the care taker of the city water works reser voir seriously injured four persons this evening. Two of the injured were so badly shocked and burned that they may die. All were blown through a second-story window and down an em bankment 30 feet high. The injured are: Louis seiter, aged 40 years and his wife; Harry Seiter, aged 14 years, nd Samuel Pfister, aged 65 years. Oil Men Support Kansas. Toledo, 0., Special-At a meeting Snday of the Oil Men's Association, composed of crude oil producers In the Trenton rock-oil fields of Ohio and Indiana, the situation in Kansas was discussed by the 30 or 40 members present, and resolutions were unan mouly adopted that the State of Kan sas is entitled to the symcpathy and moral support of the oil trade every where in its contest with the Standarc Oil Comany. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Records in the Office Not in a Satisfac tory Condition For a Considerable Period. The report of the legislature special comirittee to examine the books of State officers in part as follows: To the General Assembly of South Carolina: Your committee appointed to make I quarterly examination of the offices of the State treasurer, comptroller gen eral, sinking fund commissioners and the secretary of state beg to report: That they have examined the book of accounts of the above named officers and find the offices of State treasurer, comptroller general and sinking fund correct, with proper vouchers, the of flees and the books neatly and well kept, and the committee, with pleasure, commend the efficiency and courtesy of the officers and assistants in these sev eral departments. Appended are statement from the books of the several departments. We beg to call attention to the fact that the office of the comptroller gen eral is sorely in need of cases. etc., for the preservation of the valuable records in that office. Papers of great value are compelled to be left uncovered and unprotected for lack of safe and con- 1 venient places to file them, and should I a fire occur in that office, as did occur in the secretary of state's oftice, the loss would be irreparable and nothing would be saved except such records and books as can be and are kept in the already crowded safe. We earnestly urge supplying this office with proper 1 fixtures and that sufficient appropria- 1 tion be made for this purpose at this session. * * As to the secretary of state's office, the report says: This office has not been included in the examinations heretofore, but last year this additioLal duty was placed on this committee and it has been an onerous, unpleasant and extremely dif ficult matter to ascertain the exact and true condition of the finances of this office-due to many reasons which we will atempt to show later on. When we first went to this office in April, 1904, we were informed that we could conclude 0-ir labors "in 10 min utes" and were shown the bank books and a mere statement of amounts, ag gregate, received in that office and amount paid State treasurer. On in sisting that we came for a real exami nation we were begged for time to pre pare books, etc. However, your commit tee went to work, but soon found, on account of the absence of books and improper entries of cash received, wrong and improper- entries made in the books furnished, which had been badly kept. Your committee feeling the need of a thorough examination ad journed and secured the services of an accountant, Mr. J. C. Hollis of Gaffney, S. C., and with his valuable assistance made up a book of every item we could ind and was furnished by Mr. R. M. McCown, the assistant clerk, said book being now in the possession of your committee. After adjourning and be fore our return with Mr. Hollis many errasures and corrections were made on the books attempted to be kept. The only way we could do was to handle each declaration for charter, return, application for notary public-in fact very paper during Mr. Gantt's admini tration. Seeing that considerable time would be consumed in this examina-' tion, we did not feel justified in going back of his term without express au thority, so did not do so, but feel now that this should be done by the com mittee to be appointed. In comparing the return of corpora tors to the charters that were re corded, we found some unrecorded and others eroneously recorded, such as where a charter had been granted in the sum of $15,000, same. was recorded as having been issued In the sum of $50,000. This work we did not complete on account of a very damaging fire In the office where, principally, all records were kept, and since that time we have been unable to do any such work, for the books were badly injured, hence such examination was necessarily sus pended. In many cases we found where over collections had been made, aggregating $367.55 ranging from 50 cents to $77.50. There was no evidence that these va rious items had been returned to the proper parties, but on the contrary, the secretary of state informed us we "had nothing to do with these excess amounts, as that was a matter be tween himself and the parties sending them." We do not agree to such a proposition. On the book which was supposed to be kept items were left off entirely. To illustrate: Camperdown mills, chartered April 30, 1904; charter fee $100, and others. Improper amounts credited to State: Puckhaber Bros.. Charleston; charter fee $50; amount State creditefl with, $15, March 23. 1904. We feel compelled to condemn this carelssness in hand ling the people's money and ini not keeping proper entries of all moneys coming through the office, also the method that has prevailed in many in stances where a credit system has been allowed. To give an instance, the Nor ris Cotton mills, charter increased on April 10, 1903; charter fee $50; amount received after charter issued, $25; and the claim was made that the late Col. D. K. Norris contended that "the office already owed him $25." Either this money is lost to the State or is a loss to the secretary of state; at any rato such practice should be discontinued. There are oher instances. These items o over-collections may have been re turned, but we have no evidence of same. Your committee is cognizant of one instance where there has been a refund. The charter was granted on February 23. 1904, and refund made June 23. 1904, after these matters had been called to the attention of this officee. We regret to report that "all men eys"~ have not been paid over "riuar terl" totheState treasurer as is re quired by law, same being held, in some instances, considerable iline after the expiration of the several quarters. Your committee begs to report that. as the report of receipts and disburse mnts wvill show, hereto appendedi, the secretary of state has deposited in bank several hundred dollars in excess of the amounts shown by his books or ev.idnced by p,roper vouchers in his office, as having been collected for fees. In this amoi.nt. no doubt. is included some of thiese excess collections sent by mistake by different parties throughout the State and which do not belong to the State. but should be re funded to the proper parties when the' charters were issued. We found by mere chance that one item of $102.50 for charter of the Union Warehouse company of Columbia. char tered on the 15th day of January, 1902. during Mr. Cooper's administration. was .,resented for payment in June. 1904, and has not yet been turned over to the State treasurer, being, we are informed, now in the office of secretary of state. There may be other items ol Mr. Gantt's predecessor still outstand ing, but, as we stated, we did not gc LOSE TIlEIR CAS reene and Gaynor Will fiave Ther Rascality Aired at Last FUGITIVES WILL BE GIVEN rhe United States Government W: Its Appeal to the British Privy Co cil From the Canadian Court's fusal to Hold For Extradition Man Indicted With Capt. Oberlin Carter For the Savannah River I provement. London, By Cable.-The privy coua= l rendered its decision Wednesday norning in the Gre' ne-Gaynor case, is avor of the American government. Tbe ouncil reversed the two judgments of rustice Caron, of Quebec, August 1S, 902, and ordered the respondents to, )ay the costs of the appeal. The coun :l's decision caustically criticises th Lction of Justice Carson in releasin sreene and Gaynor, and Caron's "ex raordinary intervention," and adds 'Where a prisoner is brought befo i competent tribunal charged with !xtradition offense and is remand 'or the express purpose of afford he prosecution an opportunity )ringing forward evidence whereby eccusation is to be supported, if in sn t case upon a writ of yeas corpus a learned ju :reats a remand warrant as iullity and proceeds to adjudicate :ase as though the whole evidence )efore him, it would paralyze the ninistration of justice and render . mpossible for proceedings, in tradi :o be effective." The decision simply reverses Justi Darson's judgment and leaves G nd Gaynor under remand as befo rustice Caron intervened. John F. Gaynor and Benjamin - 3reene were indicated in Sa sa., Dec. 8, 1899, charged with bezzlement and defrauding the Uni tates government, together with . tain Oberlin M. Carter, in the perf ince of government contracts for Improvement bf the Savannah ri md other river and harbor work that district, the illicit profits being timated at $2,000,000. Gaynor and Greene were arrested vew York. They contested e to Georgia, and when the United Sta :ommissioner decided that they m go to that State and plead to the lctments, they Bed to Canada. tad been at liberty on $40,000 bail and this was forfeited. Efforts to. tradite Greene and Gaynor from real were progressing favorably, the extradition commission was ting in Montreal, when Gaynor Greene went to Quebec, A qu &rose as to whether lhey could brought back, and detectives kidna them and took them to' Mon There was a big legal fight over mction, and a Quebec judge writ of habeas corpus, which erved on the jailer a Montreal delivered up the prisoners wi tification to the extradition tri nd permitted them to be rushed to Quebec. Efforts to quash -the pf habeas corpus under which th been returned were denied by. J Caron. After a long legal con Qaynor and Greene obtained th rty within the limits of the p uebec. The United States gov then appealed to the privy co England, the highest court in country. Will Be Arrested Again. Washington, Special.-The Sai partment received notice of the of the privy coifncil through lowing cablegram from Am Choate: "Court decided in our relation to Gaynor-Greene ion rendered by Lord Chan in case of the Kity D. vs. the court granted leave to appeal dition of return of vessel to Although sufficient .detail is before the law officers here rant a final opinion as to the the privy council's decision, ent understanding is that It in the immediate re-arrest and Greene; who are nlow quebec under surveillance o,f ton secret service officers. Favor Private Car Washington, Specal.-A of Georgia and West VI growers, headed by J. H. Georgia, appeared before commttee of the House inter-State and foreign co vestigating private car lines, ift test against any legislation that have the effect of eliminating the of private cars. Bank of Spartanbur'g Burns. Spartanburg, S. C., Spec! Bank of, Spartanburg, on the centre of the city, fire Wednesday nig were discovered at it was a threatenin with water connec stages made it loo seemed that adjol ignite, but they half-hour the fi trol. The buildi G. Floyd and w $3,000. The loss ance. Mayor A. dent of the ban flames originat flue. More Electi Washington, Spec committee of muerchan fisheries ordered a favo six of the eight bills i the bureau of navigation efficient the steamboat whose inadequacy w horrifying effect by cum disaster. Vill St. Petersbur peror has r patch from Japanese~ 31 attac left ban Changta but sul great were vere matel outlyl emeniv