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The Legislative r .Be It Enacted".' By James H. Eckels. 000#090"- .. WMAKERS no longer rest content in the discharge of the * 4++++++0 legitimate functions of providing for the Reeping of peace and order in the country and the manifold acts pertaining * thereto: in making provision for the collection of revenues 0 : for government expenses and the 0 bursing of the same; . i sustaining the public credit and in maintaining the na *.......**+ tion's dignity at home and abroad. They have reduced these 006 060 things from that of the fundamental principle of our system to tile mere Incident of legislative life and entered upon thie more hazardous and seemingly more inviting field of enacting a multiplicity of so called business statutes and the cre ation of innunerable commissions having nothing whatever to do with peace a.ld good order. revenues and expenses. public credit or national prestige. Then are statutes which make municipal, state and national gov ernment a potential partner in almost every man's business undertaking without having therein a dollar of investment and not infrequently ill-aditisted and wholly incompetent commissions the directing agency. I am not unmindful that in a period of great excitement and open abuses. where unrest :s everywhere manifest, there are more demands for relorms through legislative action than during periods of extreme quiet. I take it tha, no one will dispute the fact that we are in such a period now. There is un derneath all of this undoubtedly much of justification. But even such justifi cation only makes more essential the exercise of wisdom and prudence and self-control. Nothing can he gained for good government or more widespread honesty on the part of those who have to do with great undertakings by an indiscrini inate denunciation of success wherever found or wealth however acquired. When all success is placed in the attitude of being a crime and all acquire ment of wealth denounced as criminal the evil wrought by such a course is worse than that done through criminal acquirement of wealth and criminal abuse of it. The American peo.ple cannot afford to have it believed that here is lacking that fine sense of justice which fails to take account and give reward to suc cess honestly achieved and wealth honestly acquired. it cannot afford to be led by mountebanks. nor yield sway to business or political blackmailing. for when it does. not only will the world of business lose character and caste. but legislative bodies w.ill be a still more prolific souice of harm and dishonesty and danger. The . Menace of Child Labor By Dr. Fel'Tx Adler, of Columbia .4 University. e..w meins e0"G *9 HE real menace of child labor comes from the moral obli quity of a great era of prosperity. \ hat we have to fear in the dangers of childhood is just what we have to tear from the dangers .of our national life that have been re L vealed in the reckless and thoughtless actions of those en - gaged in the administration of trust fuands in our life insur ance companies. The one general cause running through the political de bauchery of this industrial age. the moral debauchery due to misuse of wealth and position, is the same as that which produces the phy sical debauchery incident to the exploitation of the child. The emancipation of childhood front economic servitude is a social reform of the first magnitude. If it comes to be an understood thing that a certain sacredness "doth hedge around" a child, that a child is industrially tabooed, that to violate its rights is to touch profanely a holy thing, that it has a soul which must not be blighted for the prospect of mere gain, if this be generally conceded with regard to the child, the same essential reasoning will be found to apply also to the adult workers: they, too, will not be looked upon as mere commodities, as mere instruments for the accumulation of riches. I have great hopes for the adjustment of our labor difficulties on a higher plane, if only we can gain the initial victory of inculcating regard for the high er human nature that is present potentially in the child. The IKind of Men L. Aeeded in Porto Rico &e By Charles W. Tyler. *M* ___________E dlinicuilty of getting the right kind of men does not ex plain the bad appointments to Porto Rico. The president's advisers seem to have confined their search too much to pad 3flft (ocks reserved f'or spavined and broken-winded politicians. 131 And it is not encouraging to note that the character of ap lvi pointnments has not improved with time. The heads of de liartment who have done the best work and who have left the best personal imipressions behind them were among those who were aippointed with the beginning of civil gov ernmen t. It is the belief of Americans of long residence here who have seen with sorrow and humiliation so' many of the appointments that have been made, that the only wvay otut of the difficulty will be by the extension of civil service methods to include otir entire depar'tmental machinery here. There mtust be some new source of supply created. A civil service system that linkd insular service of this sor't with the diplomatic service and thus offered the prospect of a career for a young man of intelligence arad character in a way analogous to the army and navy service, is the path most frequently pointed to as the one that is going to lead us out of our present bogs. And here in the Porto Rican government it is urged that this same civil-service road to the depart mental officer be thrown as wide open to Porto-Ricans as it is to Americans, the ideal end, of course, being the day when Porto-Ricans, thtus Qualified by education, training, and experience, ar'e able to take over the full admmiistra tion of their jsland's affairs.-Harper's Weekly. ?- A ANote of *~3 &)Warning to the ANation By James J. Hill, President of the Great Northern Railway. - HE nation at large is prosperous. We are cutting a wide I~w~Isw ath, there is no doubt of that. If we get down, however, T to a closer examination we will readily see that the nation is living profligately. WXe are selling otut our natuiral resources-exploiting them as fast as we can, without building tip industries and tirade relations to take their place when exhausted. 1~J It is only a question of time till our timber is exhatusted. Our public domain is all gone. and the nation cannot longer boast that it has homes for all. Where are the immigrants rushing to our shoifes to end tup? Not on the land. We have nio more to offer them. They must crowd into the cities. W\hen this nation has one hundred and fifty million people. they will have to do something else than exploit natural resources to earn a livmng. We will eventually have to meet the commercial competition England1 is meetinig loday. andl hav'e to face such problems as she is faciag with 1,500r.000 unemployed crying for bread. with no bread to feed them save as charity doles it out to them. C odore E. C2. Benedict at a Thauo bienus'ywlprb ''".e. et Waterbury, Conn., said: If byhv ebakf'mrcls this country was administered Olovn pouto fcha n Umd buisinless pr-inciples without regard to aie.htheonerntlo polities we wotuld soon own or control ~ilfK i h oeusudiau everything in the world that is worth fct:cs a fadcddyt~pr owning or controlling. and~ that with- r:ca'e : ilb n ati h out firing anything but a commercialnaroftemci.Vrylkl shot. The coutiriy suffers vastly more teueo tfrpesr ills t from the acts of its lawmakers than zs.cniusClirsWelbt the acts of its lawbreakers in im-Itecnmcvueito l-ea' peding commerce, in disgriminating ls-dt aepsil n esnn in txatonandin ucivlizd th'ofvteplace tinf ha an ill-mae marchoof fenmachine.rary likel MANY DIE IN MINt 1,219 Lives Snuffed Out By a Terriffic Explosion ALL FRANCE IN DEEP MOURNING Terrible Explosion in Great Coal Pits Near Belgian Frontier Floods the Shafts and Gallieries With Poison cus Vapors. While it Also Disables the Cagcs and Iaddcrs, Making Only Liraited Rescue Work Possible -Gas Still Pouring Into One Pit. Pars, syCabe.-A iSpatch~ from L11 1 iml 1:2o o*'loc: Sumdy mtorn ed enI is now iven as 1.219 and itihat the crowl ronid Ihe pit- totals 25.0110. .\ miiinhi ctastr1ph o h lelable gireat coal (ceter -f Nortlerii Frain(e. An exploiion ofire-dmp at 7 o'clock Saturday ming carried( deathl an1l destruction! thl.roughiout the net wojrk of coial riiiies centered ait tiurriere., d11(1 fire ollowed the explosioi. mak ing rescule dlicilelt. anld ailm-ost im1 posible. The int-n1se excitenieit aniid colifsion ill te viciniitV in-Vented ar!l v estimate (, thI Ilie exact 1os. of life. buut a disp. tell received luvre at 4:30 p. m., -a':e 1.404 miners entomib ed and probibly lodst. Al 8:4) ti'clock in lie eveiing a bietf dispatel fromi 1 Lille alouinced i the totail of 1,193 (lead. SHOCK TO ALL Flt\NCE. All Fraice has4 been protADouinlly shocked by% the magniiitude of the dis aster. which i. said o ble le greatest in the hitorv of coitniiental ininjuug. President Fallieres sent huis secre tary. acc(mpanietI by liuister of Ptub lie Works Gautier and 'Minister of lie Interior Dtiblier. Ii a spceia'l train to the seei of the (lisaster. The minlisterial crisis wAts (po1l)(110 rmrily flor-ottel. Senators and 1ept ftes joining inl the universal manift-. tations tfit sorrow. SCENE OF THE CATASTROPE The scene of tic eastrophe is the mo)untainous mining region near Lenis, in the department of 1as-de-Calias. Here are hu(dled small hamlets of the miie workers.. whot operate the most productive coal mines in France. The subterranean chiambiers from a series o tunnels. Six of1 the outlets are near Lens. anud others are ait t 'ouirrieres. Vardunm. and many other points. Tihe output of1 these muines is particutlarly combustible and is largely used iln the m faufacture f gas.; andl inl smelting. Abutt 2.000 minuers work ini the groupj of mineCs and. with their families, make a poputlat ion of fromi h.000 to4 S.001 souls. The catast rophe too4k place short ly ater LTW)S men1 luad1 d(eendedl into( the inie. Thiere was a deafening ex plosionu. wichel was followedct by the eages and iingiii appaatu~ite being hu~rld from the mouthI )t' the ( )1 ourr ers M1ine. M1en and hourses near by outside the mine were either stutnned or killed. The roof44 of the inie 4iie was tori off. Immideately followinig the explo sion1 flames burst ftrom the mouth1 I of the pit driving back those without who sounght to enter anid dooinn those writhuin. Latiest Georgia Homicide. Millen.- (a.. Specal.-A shooting affrav ocecurredl Saturday afternoon at 3 oe'lock at Scarboro. seveni miles be low here, in which two mn were kill ed. .1o1hn Burke and Eedl Aycock. both white. quarreled over a mule and the qua rrei ended in a row, each killing the other wvithi a pistol. The men were prominenlt in that section and tie traigedy is deplored. News Items. The fill ing: of the Bishopric o4f Portoi Rico is expected to settle the 4juestion)1 as to wrhich con-gagttionl at llRme has supvisioni oft that island. The New York couty gr and .iury has asked f or instruet ion as to what it shall do relat ive to camign~.1 eom tibtttiois by. the insuranlce .onmpameils. T'le fore.igt agenits of the Mitual ife Insura Ice (Companyii( are in) revolt against thle Peabody regime. Charles M. Schiwab) left Los Ainyeles Cal., inl what is said to4 he a senous condition of health. Goveror Pennypacker. uf Pennsyi -ania. vetoedl the resolution pro1l~ viding roads. 4)n thle ground that tihe special ession 441 thle Legislaturei had not been called foi' such a (urplos. ".Judte" Andlrewc Ihnihton. theK head of t he legisl ative haureau mani taite byv the .lutual Life Iusuance Compay an 111 411r li cii" t i''1 re itudI ino Europe --to ance t le Gcrman Radical Dead. Belin. By e ble.--Etigenel Riebter. rditeal leader in thle eiebist ag are its ondtlllionh. Hismark' oh ppn et ad a long timeC eaiio of Thi Fre i innielt Zeitunl1, died at 4 (I'(ifock Sturlay morina. Near~ tile clo'- of I f4 Reiebh1ter suddlyiii ret iredllu frm The reisinigeiZ Ziet un, whtich lhe-hadl f ounded. andl at1 theC samef time reasliea o alpear at the Reichistaz. He was then in feeble health and threatenedI wit th loss of his eye-sight. A RIOT IN ALABAMA Bad Blood Between the Whites and Blacks the Cause TURPENTINE CAMP FUSILADED Period of Muttering Against Whit'es Ends in Night Attack on Village of Wilmer. and Though Shooting wa General on Both Sides. an Old White Man Was Only Person Wounded. M uih, nl.. Special-l-if PI'v ii a ld eir glejilit ICs left Sullfl:i ' inorin- i f II 11 . i Scenev of race l' < at Kiiir. 26 miles wst o .\bih. oIi n thle Mobile. .J(1cksonv\ille. 4& Kt:ias 1:lhilroNl ilitl lt'tl'ei I i'i(('!. an 41cal ia w( I ith bemr i lt-i-iii. ei ill I lie ;it ac ( l) n 1v ' IIs i a''s l ( i whlersh !tso Kiflmer.. The sot I1I1W w Is ben'glin br v'ole I :liels, a lle'.gIo 4X-'(iViet :ld at O('le beenille L'2il'l'Ill. The while illen. vlio wer !!m d.jalticpated. Tile lleg o bd had followed F. EI Prile. a:oI a ie o. aN i .e aitoll. whiiti Pril e lad sLot an l was bliililig 1t Wilme ' ix miles. A .1. Ellis. ani old white mai. algedI ( Years'. empt ied Ills reVol ver at the nIegIoes. anld jIst as he tireL-d lle last sll(t a eTt o shot liim froill be hilld. a load of blchsllot takin rl effect in his back and left shoulder. anid 1 whien tlie sheriff's". pos'e left VilnieIr. Ellis was ini a dying eoi(lition. One of Ellises' bullets struck tile' negro Dole ainiels ill the liead. bit he made Iis escape. tgh a citizen'ii posse is yving4 in wait tfor him. A. deteri'nied atteipt was made early Sunda mIori1,ning to lynch the niegro lle-Pastonl. buit toolercouce prevailed. W\hen the shici'if reacled Wilmer sone 200 w1iite men were as sembled there. gathered from sir rounlding. counitry. It is said that t here has been muiier igs among' thle netgroes iln 1hle t urpeni tii calips agaiiist the whites for the past eiglht months. Everything was quiet when Sheri'iff Powers and his deputies left tile scene. though it is possible that fresh trouble may break out again. III that event, the whites are better able to take care of them selves. Big Mill Advances Wages. Lawrenee, Mass., Speeial.--Notices were posted in all departments of the extensive Pacific Cotbn Mlills here an nouncing that on Monday, 3arch 19. an advance in wages will be given. The Pacific Mills, among the largest in the world, employ nearly 6,000 operatives. The rate of the proposed increase is not stated in the notices. The advance will be greater in some departments than in others, but it is expected that it will average nearly 10 per cent. Wh len the new schedule ones into effect. the number of mill operatives in Lawrence who have had their pay raised i his year will reach 17,000.__________ Shooting in South Carolina. Columubia. S. C.. Speial.-John 3arion Ashley. a wlhe farmer of Honea Path was shot and p)robably fatally wounded by Policeman White, who was endeavoring to arrest As.h Icy. The wounded man's relatives and friends soon gathered and threat ened to do violence to the officer. Fear ing serious trouble. Governor Hey wardl was niotified and requested to lury troops5 to the scene. Accord ingly the Andler comnpaniy, under comn mandl of Lieutenant P. K. 31eCully, Jr, as despatched to H~onea Path byv a spec(ial train. Wants Town Topics Excluded From Mails. Washaigon. Special.-lhepresenita tive Bourke C'ockran.~ of Newv York. in troduced a resolutt ion requiring t he Postmaster General to report to the House whether Town Topics is admit ed to the mails and whether the gov e'nment assists the publicat ion1 ill -'its said occuipationi of exttingi mloney by blackmail.' Jamestown Exposition Commissioner. Spartalinurg. S. C.. Special .-GCover nor D). (N. Heywvard has named Super intendent Frank Evanis, of t his c'ityv schools, as a member of the State commission of the Jamiestowno Expo sition. to succeed .J. Wrizhit Nash. who declinied the place because he felt thlat he was not adapted to the work. Thle appointmient of Prof. Evans will mee('t with general app~roval. f'or lie is emtin ently qualified for the task. lie was largely instrumental in getting uip the Spar:tanbturg c'ounty exhibit at 1 he (Char leston Exposition. whlichi won the first prize of $1.000. Coast Line Increases Stock. Richmond. Va.. Special.-The stock holders of the Atlantic Coast Line held a meeting and passed a resoluitioni preared by the board of directors autorizing the inicrease of thle stoc'k of the egmptaniy from $50.,000.000 to .;0.000000. A numlilber otf pr'omiinent hinancijers fromn New York. I iIaltiore The mee't inig lasteId not gu~lite' 15 muin utes. Justice Brown Re-signs. WaOshiingt n. Special. - Pre'sidenTt oosevlt ha acceped lihe r'esignai n of A sso eia, e .Jlust i e 1rw of)~ the~ iC Unitetd ST ates' Sup(rne j "ur t. J11,-i ie Browvn tenidered i !s res5T.iation to lie IPresident 1 n the 0nd instaint. that bieinez his seventieth birthlday. lie as serve'd oni thle SupremeOC Cour1t bench a lit tle mor'e thiaii 15 year's. hav' ing been appointed by Priesmidet Hiar rison in 189,0. No indiction yet is give of Jsic Brown's successor. CONGR[SSIONAL DOINGS What is Being Done Day by Day By the National House and Senate. To Mark Confederate Graves. The lonse passeil the army appro priation lill. also the Foraker bill providinz for the imarkinz of the graves of Confederate dead, buried in the North. Dolliver Speaks for Rate Bill. The discussion of the railroad rate question in the Senate was continued by Mr. Dolliver, who spoke in sup port (f the Dolliver-lepbiini bill. lie said that the bill was intended ierely to supplenient the existing in ter-State eomner('e law anid contend ed for its validity from a constitu tioial point of view.. preditinig that overI]nlen!t owIIersIhip O[ the rail roads would be forecd upon tile country if Coigress did n1ot meet tile present deniand for regulation.. Mr. Dolliver was not questioned and when lie concluded the remain der of the day w as devoted to the bill providing for the settlement of the affairs of the five civilized tribes of Indians after the termination of their tribal relations. Mr. Dolliver in his speech said he did not agree with either Mr. Fora ker or Mr. Baeon that the secret prac tices have been abandoned. He did not believe the Elkins bill adequate for protection against these practices. -'The difficulty about rebates is not in punishing voilations of the law., he said, "but :in discovering them and we have undertaken to amend the law so as to cover that defect.'' Returning to the question of ap peals, Mr. Dolliver said that the pow er the commission would exercise in preventing recourse to courts was about as great as the power of "my freinds who are tiptoeing about this chamber talking of the 'day in court.' By Unanimour Consent. Le:islat>1i by unanimous consent and under suspension of the rules oc cupied the attention of the House and resulted in th2 passage of several bills, sonic of considerable import anee. The adoption of a resolution of inquiry as to whether any crimi nal prosecutions have been begun against individuals in the Northern Securities Company furnished the text for a speech of criticism by Mr. Williams, the Democratic leader. Brief answers were made by Mr. Jenl kins, of Wisconsin, and Mr. Grosver enor, of Ohio. Mr. Jenkins said that the statute of limitations had run against any action that might be taken in this case and that any effort at prosecution would be useless. Tax Off Leaf Tobacco. The House began its session by passing without discussion or opposi tion a bill for the relief of tobacco growers by permitting them to sell leaf tobacco without paying the tax of 6 cents a pound heretofore charred The balance of the day was devot ed to tariff discussion, the Indian ap propriation bill being the vehicle to carry the debate. Preceding this Mr. Sheman explained .the provision of the bill. The tariff discussion was opened by Mr. Rucker, of Missouri, who brought forth arguments designed to sustain the Democratic idea of tariff for revenue only, and he closed with the prediction that these ideas would pro vail, with W. J. Bryan as the stand ard bearer. In the Senate. The question of the enlargement of the Medical Department occupied the major portioni of the time .of the Senate. The question arose in con nection with the consideration of a bill for the displacement of con tract sureons by physicans who shall be given the rank of army offi cers and' the re-organization of the medical corps. Mr.. Hale criticised the bill as an entering wedge for a general increase of the army and said that it was a part of a general plan of tie general staff which he charged with a general purpose of enhuancing ile army's importance. In this conniection Mr. Hale said that the general staff had prepared plans~ for the invasion of China by an American army but he added that he did not mean to go into the subjaect "for with the Secretary of State sit tin on the lid I do not believe we are likelv to have wvar." Oklahoma a State. The Senate passed a bill for the ad mission of a new State to be called Oklahoma and to be composed of the Territory of Oklahoma and Indian Territoryv. It was the House joint statehood bill with all the pro visions relating to Arizona and New Mexico stricken out. The motion to strike out was made lby Mr. Burrows and it was carried by the close vote of 37 to 35 after having been lost by the still closer vote of :1 to 36 The Crisis For the Statehood Bill. When the Senate met at 11 o '.lock Friday morning in recess session f romi Thursday. Mr. Beveridge, of Indiana ehira of the committee on Terr tori's, continued his earnest advoene.C of the joint Statelmod bill. Nitwinh standing the early hour of the meet ing the public and private galleries were crowded and a large number of Senators were in their seats. Exactly at noo n, lie general debate on lie measure cloIsedt and the legislative day f idayi\ was5 beCgun. Thie debate was the coni 'tinuedttt underi t he t en iiint e rule. The vot ing on the bill will bein at 4 o 'clock. It is expect ed that Senator F"oraker's amend m eint providling for lie submnission of he joint Statehood plan for New Mexio and Arizona to the popular vote of these two Territories, will be aoped by a majority of between ightand twelve votes. 15 SOLDIERS KILLED Active Fighting Again on Our Island Possessions OFFICIAL REPORT GIVEN OUT A Disasterous Engagement is Report ed to Have Occurred on the Island of Jolo Between Natives and Ameri cans-Six Hundred of the Latter Sald to Have Been Slain. Washington. Speeal.-Advices re ceived by the War Department from Major Gienex.l Wood. onianding the Philippine division. state that there has been a severe eCngaent in the Island of Jolo. bet ween ihe ican military and he naval forces, and the Moros. Fifteen Ameriean soldiers were killed. A serious enigaemen t benveen American forvces and hostile biEros has taken place nar Jol. F.iiteen enlisted men. incluini- tificen regu lars and three ,f the constabulary force, were killed. The total number wounded, including troops. constabu larv and naval contingent. is 52. The engagement opened on the afternoon of March G and concluded Thursday morning. It involved the capture of Mount Davo, near Jolo. The steep lava cone, rising to a height of 2,100 feet tip the mountain was strongly fortified and defended by an invisi ble force of Moros. All defenders of the stronghold was killed and 600 bodies were found on the field. The American forces were directed by ('Eo. Joseph V. Duncan. of the Sixth In fantry. The action resulted in the extintion of a band of outlaws who had been making the condition of af fairs because of their deliance of American authority. Dr. Matthews Gets 20 Years. Greensboro, N. C. Special-" Guilty of murder in the second degree." was the verdict rendered Friday morning at 9:50 o'clock by the jury in the case against Dr. J. 13. Matthews. whose trial for wife murder started in Guil ford Superior Court a week ago last Wednesday. The sentence of the judge was that lie be imprisoned in the State penitentiary at hard labor for 20 years. FORMAL NOTICE OF APPEAL. Maj. Guthrie then gave formal no tice of appeal, 30 days being ellowed for perfecting it and 30 days more for the State to prepare its case. The appeal bond was fixed at $50. Pend ing the appeal, bail was fixed at $3, 000 justified, which the defendant did not give and was remanded to jail. Insurance Co. at Lynchburg. Lynchburg, Special.-The American National Life Insurance Company of Lychburg has been formally organ ized in the company's offices under the charter granted some months ago. The officers elected are: President, W. A. Taylor: vice-president and treasurer. B. I. Bopes; secretary. A. M. Campbell; Senator John W. Dan iel, second vice-president and gene ral counsel; Fred Harper, associate counsel; C. Davega Cohenx, third vice president and general manager; S. W. Iavidson, of New York, actuary and assistant secretary. Killed Wife and Suicided. Augusta. Ga., Special.-M. L. Cohen a oung Hebrew, at an early hour Friday morning, after retiring with his wife at a house oi Miarket street secured a gun, shot his wife and then himself. He died instantly. The wo man never regained conseiousness. and died a short while after, being found several hours later. They came from Savannah a few days ago. They were married here six weeks ago. Increases its Capital Stock. Petersburg, Special.-Ini the office of the clerk of the~ court here was ad mitted to record a certificate for the amendment of the charter of the Lan caster Automatic Railway Crossing Company, incorporated. The certifi cate increases the maximum of the capital stock from $100.000 to $500, 000. The minimum is $73,000. A Tax Dodger. Cininnatti, O., Special-Checks for $700,000 were written but never taken from the office of the - nion Central Life Insurance Company, as a means of avoiding taxes, according to the testimony of Jesse. R. Clark, treasurer of the company, mn the suit of the county treasurer to recover $173,000 in unpaid taxes. Clark said that when tax time approached the had in bank much cash which was taxabe, but that as much money as possible was transferred into untax able morgage loains. News Notes. Representative Griggs, of Georgia, wa's unanimously chosen chairman of the Democratic Congressional Com China regards the talk of military preparations in the United States as an act of unfriendliness. Great Britain has opened communi ation with this country. seeking fa vorable tariff treatment. Editor Shoots Down Editor. Shreveport, La., Special-L. S tue key, editor of The People's Demands. was shot and killed at Cofax, La.. by . M. Goodwin, editor of The Hali fax Chronile. The cause of the trag ev was the publication of an arti el by Stucky which, it is alleged, was a reflection on the character of Gocod win. The shooting occurred on the depot platform. Goodwin fired three shots, all of which took affect, killing Stick almost instantly. IS A LIFE SENTENCE finding of the Court in Case of George Hasty VERDICT GENERALLY APPECVED The Man Who Killed the Two Actors in Gaffney Has a Narrow Escape From the Hangman's Nocse-Mis tria? Had Been Feared by Some on Account of the Length of Tim.e the Jury Was Out. Gaffney. S. C., Special.-The: jury in the ease of the State 'vs. Geor-t Hasty, for the murder of the two ze tors. Bennett and Davidson, returned a verdict of guiltv of murder in the first dexr. with a reconin'atii to mercy. Ilis sentence is a 4i' term in the peniitenitiary. His att(orv will apply for a new trial ,ased on technical -rounds. The case was given to the j:-ry Moii day afternoon at 6 o'clock n: h verdict was reached Tuesday morning at 6.30. The judge, attorneys and court officials were notified and aL 7.30 these. together with sevvial hun red outsiders had assembled in the court room to hear the climax of an unusual c(Ose. Hasty was brought from his cell and seated hi'mzelf near his atornevs' table. He was zalm and collected. showing little traces of what must have been transpiring in his mind. When tne forcnan an nounced that a verdict had been reached the usual poll was takea. The foreman read: "We find George Hasty guilty. with recommendation to the court's ercy. ' Hasty. who has exhibited unusual nerve throughout the trial, when the prospect of spending the remainder of his life within the walls of a pen itentiary passed before his mind, for the first time showed emotions. He shook and trembled -as a leaf in the wind. tears flooded his eyes and he was on the verge of collapse. A local minister who was present came to his side and tried to console him. Judge Mimminger, upon the conclu sion of the reading of the' verdiet, rdered the defendant to stand up, and sentence to life in the peniten tiary was passed on him. Notice was given that a motion for a new trial would be made, but no arguments were offered. The verdict meets with general satisfaction in Gaffney., where interest has been at fever heat during te days of the trial. On all sides ce can hear expressions of approval t.hat Hasty was found guilty. Some however, it is clear to see, would have been much more gratified if the jury had found a verdict of murder with out the qualification of merey. The' Jury before announcing its verdict pleged itself to secrecy as to how the respective members stood. It is learned, however, that there wa not a vote for acquittal cast dur ing the ballot. The juirors were di vided betwcen manslaughter and mnur '.er and the verdict seems to have been in the nature of a compromise. The trial of Hasty was based on the charge of the murder om Milan Bennett. although the grand jury re turned a true bill of double murder. holding him responsible for the deaths of both Bennett and Davidson. Defenses Urged. Washington. Special.- President Roosevelt sent a message to Congress accompanying plans for coast de fense prepared by a joint board of army and navy officers, in which he emphasized the necessity for further defense prepared by a joint board of defense works in this country. The President calls special attention to the recommendation of the board that the entrance to Chesapeake Bay he added to the list of places in the United States to be defended. lHe sas the insular possessions cannot be longer safely neglected. Tramp Crushed Between Bumper. Favetteville,. Special - A white man ~was found dead with one leg cut off, Thursday morning on the track of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail way, near Luray station, four miles nort of this city. He is unknown and there is nothing on his person to identify him. He had on workman ~s overalls and is supposed to .Mtve been a tramp stealing a ride. - Miss SuSan B. Anothy SeriouSly Ill. Rochester. N. Y., Special-Miss Su san B. Anthiony is seriously ill at her home here of pneumonia, which de veloped on her return from her re ent visit to Washington. She is M ears old. For a ione time Miss .\n hen has been in rohnst healh. Dr. ChI-rles S. Sutmner was called in eon ulttion. The physicians mmutnced later that the patient ebhowed asliz'ht imiprovemen~lt. Griggs Chosen Chairman. *Washinton, Special.-RereSen tative J. M. Griggs. of Georgia. was rnanimously chosen chalirmlan of the DemocraticeicmmiitteM a' a meeuneH~ in the capitol attendcd by 31 members 9f the commtittee. Representative Bowecrs, of Mississip'pi. placed Mr. r; riggs in nmination1. There werei~ no other rominations and the secretary was instructed to cast the entire vote fo- r Mr riggst