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7 Inside Story ...Confi By E. j RIEFLY Put. neither ment wanted to end B few months' more # better peace terms. chance which might outset. therefore, th( . But Sergius Witte C odore Roosevelt, the quickly followed by thither by the bureaucracy ostensibly career forever. Witte fulfilled his mis! of his failure, actually written, was ; cracy, believing that everything wouh the wcrld should he lenient to Russi; peacebreakers. Then they could turn we wanted peace, but the Japanese we made sacrifices. but they wanted to di has tried to come to a settlement wil Now st.rike for your homes and your The Japanese were made ly Witti .set of mere formalities, which meant. of both countries would return home v them that Russia wanted war. not pi only willingly. but gladly, on several I And fearing they might be'blame< ing upon a sanginary war merely in hesitated. pondered. and] then. under t velt. yielded.-Ha rper's Weekly. Paradox 2WO.O. I-eq% By Thor 9 4**A T is a curioas parad mioire to tho'se who h 0 dians. Doubt is ile firs Denial is the bM raitor of toiay beco Noarly .7il of the the wvorld were e-xe< dians ofsoi. Crime is a relative term. Real law is the crystaliized expre: ple. IT can never be more than the the race, at the time. in i's search for The first tenlency of law when 1 that. is, to solidify into forrus which si anborn. This tendeney brilgs inevitable < progress. When the published fornnlais of I its forms for any reason have been i) expression of the organized virtue of the law in order to keep it. The inventor of the telescope was Bruno, the pioneer philosopher burned to coath. George Washington was a traitor Washington has been canoniz~ed. It is often necessary for those to the ranks of the lawless, that, in the lier's. =Our Six %~ By M. Camill q.' r.stion of tclep ofdeep interest, for ture. one's existence will say that death _______- are merely empty protest against the hops, justice, cann< any~ more than the U not feeling rank as real and solemn problem. As Pascal such an impuortant matter that one m nore it." Why should we ever despair ture of the thinking powe"r which aniT destrtuction of the body or not? Now to considler, the chance of a particular sensation there are at leas1 facts occuirring the same day. unless is mathematically true, as we can se deaths annually to every 1000o. the cha year. which makes the chances ;35.0' brings it 16.591, and for youtnd peopli amount to 18,000, 19.000 or 20.000 to ot Hence es cases of apparitions wit sun sa detot amount to even the ti coin!idemt tio '. iti it not natural to< TheJ3 By Thomas Wen inP +-:...+++~* F all the scholar's edul + + ible advantage over I *. the scholar have the -g** of his own inefficien( + + sys tenm of equalizat1< (+++%+. turged, which should +8++++ school teacher two, ...4.author ot a. treatise Natural law2 pr'ovid education of the (editor, the lawyer. dlozens of less edutcated votes at his b4 who writes the editorials, he who ma convict ion, for good or for evil, is eni mtittee-mnan is the quan'ermaster of ti and the encampment. and if he negke is essential to fighting. in the long rutn tightinag: and the tone of the political ac't'aliy contend."Tve glory of univ once. "s in the powei' '! .(!\'e to inte Directions A u:i u hn o el Or all wvould not be wel! .-McLandburgh WilsoD he. of the Peace g rence . . . , . Dillon. the Russians nor the Japanese govern the war. because each one hoped that a hting would establish a clhim for much and netiher was minded to forfeit a n, ;er ofered again. From the very - peac.- pi spects were almost hopeless. ompiete,. tue good work begun by The tirst step, which cost a great deal, being the second, which cost much more. Sent to make peace. but in reality to ruin his ion at the very mome nt when the news bout. to be cabled home. The bureau I end in smoke. was solicitous only that . when distributing blame among the to the Russian people and say: "Behold, re determined to humble our nation. We honor us. The apostle of peace. Witte. i hem, but even lhe has failed utterly. hlars. your Tsar and your God." to feel that they were going through a really nothing. inasmuch as the envoys ithout a treaty of peace. He convinced ?ace. and that she would give way not oints and then suddenly pull up. I by the whole civilized world for euter orde r to collect a disputed debt. Japan le enornious pressure exerted by Roose eq 0 of History as Dixon. pdJq-samM x of history tiha ihe law U'- '":03 ve detied it than to it; appotut- r.' I step io a larger faith. inning of larger affirmation, ind the nie: the hero and lwgiver of tomorrow. men to whom we owe the progress of ut ed as criminals by tlhe olicial guar sior, of tihie organize1d virtue of the pwo embodiment of the total experience of the szEcret (f self-prese'vation. hus emabodied is to become feminianq all bind the bodies and the sonis of the 'onilict. with ite iisculine principle of aw have been outgrown by the raec. or rverted so that they no longer are thO a people, it becomes necessary to break punished as a common malefactor. nd :hinkeri of' the motdern wot'li. was to George Ill.. bitt his treason won and vhom 'aw and order are dearest to .joinl detht of the law. Law may live.-Col thiSense0z Flammarior athic communttic'ation from the dying is the theory concerns one's self, one's na or one's nonentity. Of course. man2' is the end of us. Biut such statementS ords-all the aspirations of humanity ilea of annihilation. Ideals, dreams. t. logically be considered mere illusion d which is the subject of them. Does high as reason? Anyhow. it is a v'ery says, "The immortality of the soul is ist '>e void of all feeling to wish to ig of at riving at the knowledge of the na mies us. and knowing if it survives the (leath at a distance c:oincidinig with any 1.91. chances to one against the two h one was caused by the other. This . For as there are on an average 22 c is multiplied by the 365 (lays in the (I, andl this dlividedl by the 22 pcer 10100 or those in full strength the chances hot the simtultaneotus death of the per th part of the number of cases with a tonlude that there must be a cause for worthz Higginson. 91itics~ cation in a republic gives him no mnfal i the man wvho cannot read or write, let maniness not to whine over the results 'y. How absurd would be any artificial )n, such as we sometimes see gravely give to the day laborer one vote, to the othe lawyer or editor three, and to the on the U'nited States Constitution ten! mch better tor' the end desired; the he teacher. should enable him to carry t, as an Indian carries scalps. It is he kes the speeches: all the machinery or rusterd to his hands. The political com t regiment: he r.t tends to the supp~llies shis duty the wo'rk is ill dlone. Eat ing :but eating can nevet' take the place of' campaign mtflt beC given by those who ersal suffrage." said Louis Blanc te me hlectai leaders: a man of trained intel at. a t houtsand ''--Atlantic T'RNING; THlE LAl-GHU ON HAR Nevr?"' he crielI in angished "Neve'r." she answ iere coldl:. His mToodJ ch'uuaed. "Oh. very well." he sneered. "Therec "Ys Harold. I know there are." e aid. "and I accepted one of them this afternoon."-inneapolis Journ DISPENSARY LAB[L GRAF] Investigating Committee Discovers That Contract for Printing 21,000, 000 Labels Was Let to Cincinnati Firm for $35,677 When There Were Other Bids at One-Fifth That Figure. Clmi.Spevlal.-- Th-e dsesr invetigat in. lommittee weit into tihe tratter of Direetor L W. Boykin 's pure~i:4v of 21.000.000 labels for $35, i77. while a number if responsible houses were williii to do ihe work, even in better style. for one-fifth that price. The coitrlct went to the Ni vision Wetiskopt Co.. of Cincinnati. al thougi fJohn J. Seibel whom Mr. Bovkin asked to bid, iadt a bid in for :me-tith that amount. throgii Vlite ian l lrothers. w'ii offle(eId ti di tle wor'k for 50 cents pir I.000 as agaist $3.50. 'he cont'wt was complet wit the ( Ciiiniati c(ierln III spite (i (ihairniai Evans' proite-i by the signatr in 'Irt1e o TIvlowl. resi deiit A. E. tminzales. f Thie Sitm (oilnany * ev. t ilied 11hat. I t the' retquest oflthe connlititee. hie hiad securled price-s froltle Anwrican Color Print g- C()., of Balthimre. wlichi offered to duplicate the onh-lr fo~r$.7.a lowviin .\r. Ginzales 10 p)r cent. 11 thLis. Tlis bid was nil tt he samll-es zales. Ile sailmpies binmg (btazined from t11 he ('iCicinati conern' - s ie wolbl no y be willin t iletr inl 1o bod(l inl the sum (f 10.000 it) durmlicate Ila work at tisJ- price. 7. 792 l,-s thn the Stat- paid fIr it. Prsdn . 11a. a og wel.i 3fV tI.he ( gsi li I, ) et I at'I i e I I !4aTle li (1.' AI I T .innplas sill tied by t e ueeavi I 'hd seuil-edt a bil flra1in i all . lo l Print i tli .. * s h ia v7.195. a wn ha be ut'I'W ii to ynar. int1111(1 11s (1t lle lie the a t. I ill'e. th t i l 'tt iles liryk Rhile o4f '"hw C-lina Vild (weehlyI of tle~rgete0\'11 ws piltlp I4 ei-) iiii.if t : ul e t ie on nittee h'aid -ei t J. S. VElm 'sdi-gf artvpo y i h ii teildlr to Stow the 's efftri l ge .olino . *-;es.. . V. E vnlunI. It. AV. B o line o. :ade bhe deas sarydiree th 1t ub ribet sltck i n e Field Publisiilie . idr. Hid nie th at .in af temt l ial eashrie.t A Trainman Killed. Salenville. Speia. -Wit oth of lhis g s seav fr i body , i a ngr his head andi trink frightffully ("t t l iand inant11-led. Allen Griav. a colored(j( tra.inl tlai. Ilnet iktnt deait i i e Suti irn aiihay ads. Griil94 ay wasin' a Ithrersngln of tate endeo lie .elraux.~( whn the 1i'endert'lef a theii lUd sid igi i'th wes'it ie Sof he i'aiird nearl i ttheehead cringl ofllt Hamptii on avenu. The 'end~lerI swerv itlld ta the htaid amed int la line11 opi' loae box4 ears'o' stan dio athe nvex prltSl(el iig,~ pi'ning Grty etweente 'ede sond ithe box er borse bil oldv reach hlim.iis ihi Sudna. Seciol.-gs A mot horrible'. a i l"IrlItalilib-' h wa150 s btolieght. Ial who tie ad i been11 ising I 0siiie Moli dat lieh ast'm wasi fol'od nils at"'nel woodiii'i nea the haml of'C. ef'le lan it is o ulit i .i' SIliiI' ie C yp-es a''5 htlls 1)ietwor'k of 11custaniaolkevi ba rd d TtMa rLvnt n. bot ei i'titi thcr e r 1('s jury with 41w ahlhli - AretdnCarge of tiearcLrncahin lustra l l partment of the i nil lern44 ailroa (in311 Ihi'1 S t wit h dqur Iiti'n 4o takue' "ihe (a ene 1 of \ I le''ill fpin'gs14 141 prprt 'o the'' yll -oate whi'chtha rcnly purchasedO114 it'3. Theil0~ jsenate's ub.titut forlithe hou bil relatlivo ~ 1 hri!t hli iltinyfhs a st olilege asti adopned bya he housemand was hsn atohe grss DEADLY fPLOSION fire On Transport Threatened Great Destruction SUSPICION OF DANGEROUS PLOT A.t Pier in San Francisco, Transport Meade's Forward Hold Was Suf focating Furnace for Three Hours and Firemen Worked in Danger of Flames Reaching Tons of Br plosives. San Francisco. Speeial.-Three men vere killed and 5s injured. iostlv by azffocation. in a fire that damiaged( the l'nited States transp)ort 3Ieade $2.000 is she lay at the Folsom street pier For three hours af!tr mid nigI ht. lorwa -lrd hold of the big tr' oop ship asasfotngfurnace 1,ro)lli wlhich tIrenlen wer lorie ill an aIlmo;i vn! tlluouis striai. Relays of men roniptly stepped forward to take he places of those who were carried ',ut ulesciouls. Tolls of Iligh explosive wV01re loaded(ii n1 the after part of the vessel a1id the retnti worked with the possibility -ver before titem tliat the llames oliti reach this compartnenit. Owing }probably to tile fact tIat all ierlinal machitie was foulild lin the itliikers of hIle trollsport Tloas -n ter last voyage, the riUnor was eir ulated that a plot iad been h iid to ire he M1eade at sea, as she was to hav' departed for Manila Frilay. ijor ('. A. Devol. chief of ili irans rm serviee. is investi gatting this he1ry1 with -reat eare. le is lha;ving he var_,o taken froat comai Imret \ . 2. wliere tlie lire start t I as:-er ill Ille Ieal entise od ie l ie ster. T'le Ilames did not spread frm cm partient No. 2. )iock Captain Dien illa-verts t ilat swme (0f Il:(' ;tbeiers ha.d iakd iatches i!n their inoiks ;il Ahat solle of' these wer iitel in \ hounsantl liieies of t:''.'nz' were it ine(l. Trunks, Ihoxe. at iit b eitlls ere xv::ter-soalked or burntitedi. W! ear I apparel ati liotisellold futrnisililn~s Xere r ttied. One officver places the iamage to personal eficets at $~0.000. The vessel is not seriou.y inijured and rvill be ready ! sail for Manit: on -,a t 'ti( aY. For N. & W. Stock Fraud. Kntoxvillec. Tenn., Special .-C. S. N'orthrop, accused of using the Unit :d States mails to defraud was bound iver by the United States Court at Dmahia. Neb. He gave bond in the sumr~ of $2,000. Northrop is charged with having written letters while un ier the jurisdiction of the Omaha :-ourt by meaus of which he disposed :f worthless Norfolk & Western stock. Nortlirop. it is charged, secured in c'xess of $20,000 by his cperat ions in Knoxville and Jefferson City. Some A' the land which he secured on mnon sy raisedl on alleged worthless stock was deeded back to parties involved, but in spite of this. Northrop is said to' have gainied several thousitnldS. Order Big Advance in Lumber. Norfolk, Special.-Thec most sea sat iontal advances ever recorded in the price of lumber in the South At lantie S-ates was ordered at a meet ing of the North Carolina Pine As -oeiat ion here Thursday. The price on all grades of Itumber ~as advianiced $2 a thotusandt feet for ~ome of' t he better g'rade(s atnd $5 on ~omte other' gra:des, prinicip~ally the D'.wetr. Kills Man Found With Wife. Mloultrie. Gha.. Speial.-Dr. RI. C. Lindsey, a priominient physician of this '?itv. returned to his home and foutnd P. J1. Williams with M1rs. Lindsey. D~r. Litndsey drew a revolver and iopened te tupon Williams killitig him inst nat ly. At a late hour D~r. Lindsey was 4ill at his olfie and ino effort to ar rest hitr had been madle. The wronier bans ordered an inqi(uest. West Virginia Mine Disaster. Roanoke. Special .-A report reaeb :d here of the terrible explosion which .eenirredl about 5 o'clor-k Thursday ifternoon itn what is called the "Ball Kniob'' M1ine., No. 2. 'one of the op erationts of the Red ,Jaect Coal andl (:oke Company, near Delorme 3Iiingo couintv. W. Ya. Ip to 7.30 o'clock onte miner al readIy decad, and three others seriotus ly injutred, have been taken out of the shaft. The names of the victims are niot vet. knownt. The '.ictis arc believed to numbiter Increase Stock to $17,000,000. Hopkinsville. Ky., Speicial.-At a meeting' of the stoekholders oU t he I 'ttmpany held here, which is le'gal headquttarteres of' tie companyii.~i an5i sute of j$3.300.000O addi tio nalI stock was ituthi'zedh. This mnakes the total ('it IDii'retrs of ! be t'ompa :ny will meet in Nashville Friday. *Uphold Law of the Revolver. ot' Ga.. S'ciia!.--The ver hek !!in ft P. .T. Wihiamts by Dr'. de.~ Ir Lind-eri ha not bieen ar retd He' 'ound W'illiamus with Jtust hecause a man is all right to hay it isn 't safe to bet that he wil' WEARY Of KICKING Director North Claims Cotton Reports Are Accurate ABOLISH REPORTS, SAYS HE Complaints of President Jordan and Others Because of Refusal to De part From Regular Methods of Giving Out Statistics Are Regarded by Mr. North as the Last Straw. Wa-i-ngtn. Special.--Havint en notic! it the critieisme upon his of five by Presildent Ifrvie .Jrdan of the Sootllern (iotton (rowers' Associa t lol. alid others. Director of the Cen'suis Blre:llu. dieclaiedt that he hioped ('onfg -ress wouldi relieve h.imn ot ill furit her Work in c'onnection with v'.etton statistles. -It is the moli t disareeable and atnnovin- work I have ever knwi.' said Mr. Noth. "These reports are gIt up ft the ben(t Il of the South enli people. but t veem to be 4de votIing- all thcieir n-gies ioward dis 'e-ditinlg them.' A I ee-a ranm froill a I Ilaiter in LoIun I:. ana. rec'eivel. ciag'ed' Irectol _Nor -th] with d,(oing aI -reat injulsticev To Soultliern planters by ke..iing baek ithe weighlt o bales and nal ing a certalin cottonl specular,11tor --1and hlis dmlabo)Ilical ('' to rob the Soul . In answer to the allegatin mladle b 1resieiit . olnan. Director Norh said: -I-iwse eottoi reports 5were s-tab )hby law foIir the bnIeflt of thle ti ,: we e effective to that (:i. but the' epreentaives of lt* r v s !!ke Mlr. Jornihm :l'd J. . TA . r proI'ihden1 t' the ( otton I (inr' - srleintion, seemede -let -rminedito i -. ( !eOfi t,(- rCiorts an11d ;ius er. their v'alue. and under he ien llrutnrit ,I.9n.00 .1 y: for the rol ieeti'(n of'd reports in th inw e airest (ie th -eIwn triwlrs it :he(e men are ditishad ith' di t esulte. o - ads44' b 'en'l ., . T'hI 1 : 4i1, oif the lve wen eohbsed trp reDntatives a th ro-rs s New its Teords jrninzy edr11k. aII. thley 1 e t Al I it possih!i t. H put a i I a sinle ervein itlier inl Met - dor resilt lit. 'Ilh (s n"ever beeln i l-ak from the ienuIOil e eSrincV th yte i!m 'was e'Staishese d. Denmark Hails New KinA. ah ew ig. Freeisck nIII. howli rieigns uvr oDenmsark is tte aclesion hia been. hiled~ wi ~th Ii ti all-it N.hsi&n WnOderem,000 Cbus androw for the deaohofthrsin. Nspe doiant ikentime. Theeia.A lvevheim ingr grlie of the imediate mesbers greein~a everly hm in a <'.pen- hatn e:ana of'r' Enlnd.t andi i thg Geiarog ofidrei' r epced touO( arrihinli'v inih brai idays. It~u i'thout 1 hat the Empareior' ofe iRussia liitend thefu I l ipal iut il'sv n e ttll ti 11 ibe oresTa so tcki te Rtoanokea. (Ya.. Special.-. 11dt th 4eni ereoice of the Nueork ( ~Wtern liaihvayt Compalnay it aab.1ata dtietr of1'1111i t ae domue th bdol'rdi oh'raile '4.000~~il aditionale eas e usdforcarndugdalnk7 rpt. b icotv. T hI'f~V relini- ta' theentf awardlied 144 the .\n11111 Icat etjiiritive rap in telpany.Stts ~stit Liable fo axes ohn St Erl.o inolher b.twant flGpa..t~ Speial.-Ju4 dnelPen Icetthe aflr the tuperr estat Therpe deiied thavte lleta! ailroagd of bGeorit as iled for 1 State taxen t he s'hae o stok wieb itd holdsi the Wes'. ter (Railaytof laam The amoNesf taes.eudrti ors. de IiI ll aug t're i'ga te ~el .(' inThe airodtilltl''ii i lappea i the coils ton1 ~ . i n ei a-- thm a w rpted i' tlea man Lofwa considerable wea0lt. wa'' ls audged l a bank-1 rup in the \'ied Sae itict Cout, andlJohnJ.Eale of11 'iali Colum b~'ia wasLeappointed1)eferee to ad inis ter(1 1he4ffils ofete esaehe pe-' 41 tition to'ihae 1li Duca basjde.d a Uniand Buti- ll)oto ill's nad theExhason. V B ankin accnd Tally elldhis f-tear-olde bn the Liha rifle. DENMARK MOURNS Death of Her Aged and Loved Monarch END CAME SUDDENLY MONDAY "Grandfather of Europe" the Vene7 able Christian IX, is Taken Ill at Luncheon and Expires Shortly Af terwards From Heart Failure. Coperlagen. Denmark. By Cable. Christan. IX. the aged King of Den mark, dean of the crowned heads of Europe, father of King George of Greece. of Queen Alexandria of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Dowager Emlress Maria Feodorovna. 1 of Russia; grandfather of King Haak on VI of Norway, and related by blood or by inarriage to most of the European rulers, died with startling suddenness in the Amelicnborg Palace Monday afternoon. The accession of his suecessor, Prince Frederick. his eldest son. who will be known as Fred erick VI, was proclaimed Tues cav. --His majesty died at 3::0 ii'clock Monday afternoon. After his majesty had brought tie morning audience to a conclusion lie appeared to be quite well and proceeded to luneheon as usual. Towards the end of the meal lie gave evidence of indisposition and was coni)elled to retire to bed at 2:30 P. Il. His majesty passed away peace fully, the symptoms indicating neart failure. This tells coneisely the story of the death scene. which fouid every one, even those who reailized the in creasing feebleness of the King un prepared for the sudden shoek. The death of King Christian lias plunged half the courts of Europe into the deepu-st inourning and brought a sense of personal loss as well as of sincere grief to every one throughout the kingdom o Denraark. reaching eve the i humblest cottaue. evideneesj of which are shown everwhere. It has east a pali over tihe paltcsof the monarchs of Great Britin. Rissia, Norvay and (rc-eec. New England Limited Wrecked. Burlington. Vt. Special.The New England State Limited. an express train bound from Boston for Mon treal was wrecked at Boton. 20 miles sotheast of this city. by running into an open switch. Six ears left the rails and were practically demolished, but none of the passengers or train men were seriously hurt. investiga tioii after the accident indicated that the train was wrecked by tampering with the switch. Midshipman Decatur Expelled. Annapolis, Special.-The trial of Midshipman George H. Melvin. of Geneseo, Ill.. on a charge of hazing. was b'egun, but not concluded. The order -dismissing Midshipman Stephen Decatur. Jr*., fro nmthe Naval Acad emy, wvas read out at dinner forma tion at the Academy yesterday after noon. He left the grounds shortly after. Nine Brought in By Rescners. Victoria, B. C., Speial.--The res ued party and nine survivors of the wrecked steamer Valencia who were at Darling creek telegraph htt reach ed Bamtield over an almost impass able trail. F. Connors. who got losI on Tuirtle Island, was found tonight almost dead from exhaustion. Five Suffer in Jail Fire. Mfe~ea. Ga.. Special.-About 7:30 o'clock Sunday morning the Telfair county jail was discovered on fire. Five prisoners in the structure were badly burned. the injuries of whom mhom may perhaps prove fatal. Alfonso's Bride Arrives. Bi rr-etz, France, By Cable.-King Alfonso, accomnpanied by the military members of his household. in full uni form. arrived here in automobiles tc conduct Princess Ena of Bat tenberg. her mother, .Princss Henry. and Pince Alexander of Battenberg tc San Sebestine. The start for Sar Sebastian wa madre at 11:15 a. mn Princess Ens and Princess Henry and King Alfonso were in the first auto mobile, and Prince Alexander and his suite in the scond. the nmilitary ofi ers following in othie automobiles. Florence Negro Arrested. Charleston. Specia l.-Ge orge Dar gai. color-ed. of Florentce county. was arrested by a deputy of Sheriff M1ar tin's ollice on the ebargze of shootins~ his father-in-law last Friday. Sherif~ Buen of Florence was here sever-a days ago lioking for Dargan, but h< had not then arrivedl. Dargan claims to have donie the shoot ing in self defense. He will be returned to F-or. ene at once. Fire at Bellevue Hospital . New York. Special.-Eigrht hundred patents in Bellevue Hospital were en danered by a fire in the laundry buidinig early Sunday yet. throug} the q1uiet and etfective work of the hospital fire briende. and the regulai firemen. who responded with mut~ei bells, only a small number- in some of the outlying pavilionus were awakened Naval Training Ship Fire. Newnert. R. I., Sportl.-7 build ings, connected with the United States naval training station at Coasters Harbor Island, in this cityv. were des troed by firec causing an estmated loss of $100,000. The buildings de stroyed were the detention building. machine shop. paint shop, pay master's store house, carpenter shop -an two small store houses. A FATAL COLLISION Seaboard fast Passenger Is Wrecked Near Columbia 4 KILLED; PASSENGERS SAVED Seaboard Air Line's North-Bound Train No. 66 and a South-Bound Extra Freight Collide Head-On and Engine Crew of the Freight and Two Postal Clerks on the Passenger Meet Death. ColumbiO. S. C., Siieal--Norith-i bound passenger train No. 66t and a Sothbouid extra freigt., on the Sea bard Air Lne,. collided head-lu: 15 miles noril of this city and as a re sult four imen are dead and tlree are iljured. The dead: Enainv-r A. A. Smeek. freigbi. Fireman VWill White. ecred. P)ostal Clerk H. A. Ptiimn Fla. Postal Clerk M'Watihs. PutnIaln Hall. Fli. The injurel arc John Roison. IIhe engineer. and Dan Douglass. the eol red fireman. of the passeIer rain'. and Express Messenger 1iiuton. of Richmond. Va. The freizlit train wis at Blaneys with orders to wait for the Florida filver. the passenger train. According to the statements of those on the passengcr train, the wreck -was causied by a general 1is u](derstanding of orders. Th1e regular passenr train left .o lumbia oie hour late. Te lhida rer passed the freigh t at Belley. and it is believed tht ni neer Smeek. in charge of the treght. thouht tnt there was a ceer road .had. ie- pulled out of the suiin4 writh 20 cars attached. anA just aliad the' passengetr t -aini aprrcaehd. 1i Was too lati to stop the freight. but Eng-ineer R'obcrt son of the passenger . train. applied his air bamks and t train was brought up with a jerk. -ing -l! t passengrs out their Ca's. It w- doe to the ren-e Pf Engineer Robertson that the lives of the passengers were saved. Russian General Wiped Ont. Tiis. Caucasia. Monday. By Cal via St. Pet ersburg.-The mutd(4- ' General Griaznoff, chief of the the Vieeroy of the CaueausuW most draiatie and atudacios. Th - sassin evident ly had studied the ha its of his victim and lay in wail be hind a wall of the Alexander garden. onnosite the entrance of the palace. where a carriage was drawn up To take the general for his daily drive. The assassin impersonated a- painter; carrying the bomb with which he com mitted the crime concealed in a paint at. As the general stepped into the carriage, the man sprang on the wall swung the can by a cord. and the bomb, as if thrown from a sling with marvelous precision, sped straight to the mark and struck the general on the uieek. A flash of fire and terrifle . explosion followed, and Griaznoff was literally blown out of the carriage. and with his coachman, a Cossacek or dey, and the latter's horse. was in stantly killed. A lady who was pass ing at the time of the explosion was, mortally wounded. Senator Martin Notified of Rea Elec tion. froashintn Special.--A delegation frmth irginia Legislature, com posed of three Senators and five Rep resentat ives. informed Senator Mart in of his re-election to the United States Senate. The Senator wvas unable, on cont of illness, to visit Richmond nd the ceemn therefore was - formed at. his Washington home. General Wheeler at Rest. Wasingt on, Special.-Home Southland whiich he loved.so veli they brought the body of the'lafe Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler; U. S. A.. re tired. and laid it to rest in Arlirigion Monday afternoon on a shaded slope overlooking the Potomac near to the graves of mn who, like himnself, were retas of two wars. Will Raise Canteloupes. Nashville. Special. - The fruit Growers' association, complosed ot' farmers in the Goodlettsvile sect ious has decided on raisin-g eanteloupes. It has been decided to devote abo:;r 100 acres of land to the culture or' cantloupes, each member raisin-g frco live -1o jeen acres. Schooni- Turns Turtle and SixDrown a Tietoria. B. C., Special.-The Hali but fish ingz schooner Ella (4. has turnel turtle and six men were drown- ,e ed. Among the lost is Alexander 3Ie- -- Lean. who was commander <-f the il legal sealing vessel Carminica. 30,000,000 Mortgage x iled. Birmingham, Special.-The Athien1 a. Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad filedl a mortgage with the probate judge of Jefferson county for $30.000.000 to the Old Colony Trust Company. of New York. for the pitopose of completing die proposed line between Birmnimz a in la.. and Brun~swick. Ga.. wnh I conietiois to Atlanta and Montezui Killed by Train. Ricmond. Special.--A man identi ied by papers found on his peson.' as Andrew Pne'n. of North Carahina. was instantiv killed by a fast trani on te Sonh(rn1 Rauilvray. several miles from ( hathamn Sunday after noon. The man attempted to boarda pdly moving train and was thrown underneath the whleees. A coroner's jury was empaneled Sunday night , an< their investigationhl resulted mi the complete exonoration of the rail roadcmpany from blame.