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I' The Press and Banner, |f| If SZEQOZDsTID. ~ """|j FIRMS NAMED * Tbat Are Under Suspicion of Im proper Dealing. WITH DISPBNSARY. > Letter to the State Boaid from Messrs i Christeosen and Lyon Naming I Firms With Which the Directors Are Advised Not t? Do Business. Senator Christensen and Represent V atlve Lyon of tbe dispensary invest! jL gating committee Wednesday recotr^ mended that the State board of dispensary directors discontinue doing business with a number of firms that have been previously selling supplies to the dispensary. The reoommendatlon was made as a resu't of a para graph appearing in The State Wednesday morning, as follow*: I'Tbe new board received a letter from Chairman Hay of the dispensary investigating committee as follows: " 'The oommittee is not now in possession of evidence casting suapicloi I on any whkkey dealer. Tae poaltkn. r and caution of the board is tD be congratulated. ' "This is an answer t a resolution adopted at thf ii st netting" of tht board, as folio *\ 'Having no Knowledge of the evidence tbe legislative oommiti' e has in Its possession, we he tby Inst < c. the Ciejx V0S8A UlbCUHIUjiuimj uiiuu()uik chairman, Hon. J. T. Hay, whether or not there Is any evidence In their - possession casting suspicion on any whlske> dealers or any other person or persons dealing with V e State dispen try of any unfair dealing* with the the State If so, to L-oooi *. 1th the names of such ptrsm or persons so that we can hold up their bids until they have made a satisfactory showing to the said committee.' " Messrs. Chrlstensen and Lyon felt that this might t>e misunderstood and, knowing that Chairman Hay was not familiar with all the facta In their possession, thought that It would be well to let the board know that they oon l aldered several firms bad not dealt properly wlih the dispensary. Among the firms mentioned In the letter to the board are tbe Richland Distilling company and tbe Carolina Glass company, both of this city, and J. S. Farnam of Charleston. Wednesday morning the sub-ooremittee held a conlereLoa with tbe board In regard to the resolution and f as a result the following additional resolution was adopted and the latter below sent to the committee: "In view of tbe fact that since the board addressed a letter to Senator Hay asking him to g've the names of any liquor houses of other conoerns ?? ? j-- a# fKfi r)iw. WHO wore uuuer Duoptuiuu ui u?. u? pensary in eatlgatlng committee aao havlDg received his reply in the negative and it having happened that Senator Chrlstenseo and Representative Lyon have Just returned from the North after examining certain credi* ton of the dispensary and being informed that Senator Onristetsen and Representative Lyon have not had UU6 W UUU3U1U muu JCuavui uaj owvv th?ir return. "Be It resolved, That the clerk address a letter to Senator Chris tenwD and Representative Lyon ask lng them to give the names of any conoerns, persons or corporations d< lng business with the dispensary whlcb they suspect of Irregular or in propel dealing with the dispensary and whlcb _ have not been reported to the chairman." The letter to Messrs. Lyon anc ChrHten-sen is as follows: Hon. N. Ohristensen, Jr., and J. Fraser Lyon, City. Gentlemen: Upon resolution of tb< State board of directors 1 am instruct ed to ask you to give tbe names of an] concerns, persons or corporations do ^ lng business with the dispensary whlct you suspect of Irregular or lmprope: deaMngs with tbe dispensary anc wblob have not been reported to thi nhaiTTria.n nf vonr committee. / I am very respectfully, M. H. Mobley, Clerk, a ston as this letter was receive* Messrs. Gbrlstensen and Lyon sen ^ the following reply. , Messrs. Bawllnson, Yi ylieand Black Board of Direotors, S. C. Dispell sary, Columbia, S. C. Gentlemen: Responding to your let ter of even date will say that, whll we have not evidence In tbe case o each of tbe concerns mentioned beta that would establish the fact tha they have been dealing Improperly o i In an Irregular manner with tbe dU pensary, still we will say tbat we sui peot that the firms hereinafter men y tioned may at some future bearln * - *' A? 1?? nnilt.v nf 0/1 m [ DO SQOWU W LUtTC uccu f, uuk; irregular dealings therewith. We thin thai the evidence brought out at recent public session of our committq shows conclusively that the Carolln Qlaas company sod the 0. L. Fiacci Glass company have been guilty c grave irregularities In their transac tioDS with the dispensary. In addition to the glass companii above mentioned and tne Nuvteor WeiskopI companv, the irreg^la^lUe of wnlch were called to your attentio In Ohslrroan Hay's commanloatlor we think you would, under the terdo f - our resolution, be Justified 1j d s3 ntinufng business lor the present vith the following houses o CT ens: Me?wrs H. and H. W. Catnerwood, Philadelphia. J ck Cransto^ company, Augusta, a F.ei&chman & Co., Circinuatti. Gallagher & Burton, Philadelphia. Garrett & Jo., Norfolk. Hirab & Sohofield, New York.> J. W. Kelley & Co., Chattonooga. Wdd, Linahan & Son, Baltimore. Meyer, Pitt* & Co., Baltimore. Rosskam, Gtrsdej & Oo., Palladel phi a. 1. Trager company, Cincinnati. Bluthenthal Distilling company, Louisville. ? R cbland Distill.ng company, Coumbla, S. C. Carolina Glaw company, Columbia, S. c. J. S. Farnum, Charleston, S C. Pabst Brewing c.mpany, Mllwauzee. 0. H. Ross & Co . Baltimore. C. L. Flaccus Glut company. Very respectfully yours, Niels Ohrlstensen, Jr.. J Fraser Lvon, . Members Dispensary Investigating Ommlttee. It now rt mains to be seen whether )r not the State board will abide by ohis recommendation. The resolution , published above would seam to Incil oate that the board wcu d, on (Lfo.uation received, refuse to pu-caast supplies from any firm believed to be guilty of Irrepular methods with tht dispensary. Offlalal action may be taken todajr wnen the purchases will be made. MOI H?E STOPS WaDLIMG. Separated Couple they S ood Br lore Minister. The oourse of true love, it develcp ed last MoLdiy received a rude snock wbeo E A. Turner, of Hlggstown and Miss Pearl Ooleman, of Savannah were not jnarrled as tney had hoptd to be. ! As the words "I pronounce yon man and wife" bung on the lips oi Rihprt Vindavanter. the mother of the would-be bridi dished Id upon the assemb'.sga. Striking ap*rt the two hands lost were about to b uaited f jrever, she forbade tha marriage. Fainting, the bride fell to the door and the groom stood with star log eyes at the prevention of th;fulfillment of his long planned elopement. 1 Dr. Vandeventer, too startled t> speak for an instant, held the mar rlage license loosely in his hand. This was the mother's opportunity; she olutohed the lloense and defied the minister to proceed. Dr. V^ndeven 1 ter begged that she allow the wedding oeremooy to go on. To this she was obdurate. Tne would ba brlda was resuscitated, the wedding assembly dispersed and Miss Pearl, the 14-year old bride that was to be, returned dls consolate to her home. The mother 1b Mrs. Ellsa A. Coloman. The would be groom Is the owner of a sawmill at Hlggstown The wedding ceremony wasinfcerupted at the home of Mrs. N. F. Co wart, the Irate mother's sister, at 607 West Bmad street Sav tnnah. I/wt Monday Mr. Turner renewed bis t fibres to win the mother's oon* sent, but Mrs C laman was uerelent trig apparently. Sne said her daugh ter must wait five years. When the license was secured the girl was glveD as eighteen. She weara short dress e& White Men Most Hang. A Supreme Court decision seals the fate of Bob Smalls and John Nail, North Carolina white men, wbo were oonvioted last spriDg In Darlington of the murder of a negro named Frank ccott, whom they shot on the streets, the white men beta? in a drunken and rowdy condition Smalls was only 22 years old arid Nall.J'JSt 19 at the time ' of the telling. Smalls was given a 1 death sentence and Nail, belcg recommended to merov, got a life sentence. 1 Smalls was sentenoed to bang last ' Hay. The Supreme Court affirms the results in the lower oourt, and Smalls 1 is to be sentenoed In the near future. Killed His Father. Atlanta Henry J. Pure all, a bari bar. aged 50 years, was shot and in atantly killed by t is son, E isba Purj call, aged 24, at their borne on Court* land street early Wednesday evening, i The circumstances as gathered from r several witnesses were that the elder \ Purcell came home lntozlcatcck. and a began at once a quarrel with his wife. Going from tbe hcuse be returned with a brick which he made a motion to throw at his wife and at 3 the wife of the younger man, who b immediately drew his revolver and fired. Ellsha Purcell surrendered to to tbe polloe. i* Were Keacued. Seventeen passengers on three cars * of the Cleveland Southwestern trac? (Ion line, sdow bound by deep drifts '* five miles from Wooster, Ohio, after * spending an unoomfortable night, t vara vaa/>ne>ri TlinrortoB hu farmers WW W1V twovuwu AltWAHVIU/ K/J ?HA4MV? ? r and liverymen from Wooster, who sent three big sleighs to the snow h bound cars. The Bnow Is so deep l" be twee a Wooster and Berea, 40 miles B away, that trafflo on the road is at a f standstill. K |. Brottiera OoDTioKd. e ' At Cordele, Gi., the jury In the a case against George W. Bundrlok, is oharged with murder, returned a ver>t diet of guilty and he was sentenced to s- death. Bundrlok and bis brother An drew in S ptember, 1902, waylaid and $ shot to death John Shrouder and i> wounded his ^ife. George escaped i6 and Andrew was tried and sentenceo n to life Imprisonment. George was i, recently captured In Louisiana and if brought back for trial. HARD ON BLISS. Another Sensation in the New York Life Insurance. CAMPAIGN TBI BUTE Paid to Defeat Bryan ia First Cam* paign. Hamilton Declares He Paid Chairm n Bliss a Big San. Bliss Denies and Hamilton Shows Receipt. The following Interesting article from the New York Herald cf March 20, shows the means used In 1896 by the Republicans to defeat the election of William Jennings Bryon: ''T hoafhih rnrnallna V tiHaa trans urer of the Republicia national committe, denies tbat be bad received from me for tbe New York Life the sum of 875,000 for campaign purposes In 1896," said Former Judge Andrew Hamilton Wednesday, commenting upon Mr. Bliss' assertion tbat be nev er met the jidge. "Maybe tnis might stimulate his memory a bit," be added. Judge Hamilton reached inside the breast pocket of his cjat and produced a sheaf of vc uohers, some of which bore tbe sigcai ure of the foremost m?n lnjflnanceof today, and stripped off a white receipt frcin such as the Republican national committee uses Ha smoothed out tbe b'.t of paper, gaz?d at it with an amused smile, and spread it flit upoo the table in bis tpartment Li >okp as ir it was up to sir. a iss Do thlrk Bom* more, does lb noiP" oontlnued Mr. Hamilton. The receipt Is a vouooer for $75,000 signed by Mr Bliss and dated October 1 and 20, 1896 lb Is explained that cue amount was paid cvjr lo two payments, tbe first one of ilo.000, on October 1, and the balance of <65,000 on October 20, the figures at tne left hand lower corner of tbe voucher being raised from $10,000 to $75 , 000. When it was first br ught to the ( attent on of The Herald, on Sunday, that Andrew Hamilton said he held a voucher showing that he had paid $75,000 to Mr Bliss, in addition to the 50,000 admitted by Mr. McCall to haue been paid to the campaign 1 fund of the Republican party In 1896 1 Mr Bliss asked concerning the mat | ber, and he denied all knowledge of ] si c i payment. His exact lanuage was: ' Such a statement is utterly false. < I, as treasurer of the Republican na- i tional oommittee, did not receive any j money, nor was any voucher therefore , issued by me. I do not know Andrew Hamilton, would not know him if 1 1 should see him, and never heard of i him until recently." In his home, 189 Madison avenue, ' yf sterday, tbe m itfiar was again called to the attention of Mr. Bliss. ' 'Since applying fr* you for infor- a mation about the alleggd payment of an addlti -nal $75,000 Into the R -pub- i licau national committer's fund in 1896 by Andrew Hamllt&o, new evi : detca has come to hand, Mx. Bliss i Can you recall the incident' today ?" was asked. "I have said all I care to say about i the matter," returned Mr. Bliss. "No < such sum was paid ovhi by Mr. Hamilton or the New York L fe. My word oug^iti to be accepted as final." 1 "But 1g Is now known that a voider exists." i "Taat ia unlrue; No reoelpt exists. It any one says so he lies. Have you seen such a voucher?" "Yes, Mr. Bliss, and I have a pho tograph of that voucher. WJll you let me show it to you in order that you may pass upon the genuineness of the signature?1' 'No sir' I won't look at it. I de cline to say another word about the matter." J udge Hamilton explains the existanc8 of the oheck and takes a pecul l&r del'gbt In recalling the careful, manner in which the payment was kept cff the books of the New York Life. Bliss wanted more money." he said. ''I don't know anything about th? $50, 000 which Mr. MoCall acknowledged was paid to the Republican campaign fund in 1896. Taat was another matter. Bat I know I was instructed to pay this money to Mr. Bliss, and that 1 borrowed 175,. 000 upon my notes and passed It ov^r to Mr. Bliss. I lirst passed over 910,> 000 and got Mr. Bliss' receipt for It, and when 1 raised the balance 1 paid chat overhand in order to simplify the transaction caused the addition 865,000 to be receipted for u^oa the same voucher, preserving the two dates of payment, 20 days apart. "T hnrrnwed this money and when I was reimbursed I took up the notes acd settled the indebtedness. I know this transaction does not appear in the regular way upon the books of the New York Life. 4 But you do not suppose, do you, that Andrew Hamilton was paying 175,000 of his own money to tHe Ra^ub lean campaign fund? As a matter of f&ot, tne entire transaction can and will be proved to t*ie satisfaction of t very body in du ? time. Da they want any mire vouchers of this sort? "I notice that several men on the -xe^utive commlote have Intimated that 'hey ought to mcke good to Mr. Moduli's estate the amount if $148,000 which Mr. McCall paid over to cna Rapublicrn fnnd. That is all right, Dut I am in a position to tell tbem that tbey will have to jay over muoh more than 9148,000 to square the actual a oiey contributed to the campaign funds by the New York Life during the last 13 years. This $75,000 is one addition. Let them get busy and find more. In commenting on the above the Columbia State says: Mr. Bliss says lie. Julge Hamilton confidently ?aves the voucher in air. If Mr. Bliss'8 word ''ought to be aocepted as final" it is nevertheless true that it will not ba so aooepted. The pub'lo has great faith in what is put down in "black and white " One of two thiDgs is certain. Either Judge Hamilton's voucher la genuine or else is a forger. If the voucher or receipt is a forgery then Hamt^n is either- a forger or an accomplice in forgery, and in either event he shcu d be prose cuter). If, on the other haod tbe receipt Is genuine, there 1b no other recourse than In the painfulcertftinly that Mr. Bliss Is lying. Certainly a gentleman of Mr. Bliss's stan lng will not rest under such a 8'isp cioa He mu?t and will demand that Judge Hamilton bd prosccuted and convicted of forgery or connivance in f jrgery. Taat is the only course that will absolve Mr. Bliss from the susploion that is naturally aroused by tbe exhibition of an alleged genuine recelp; signed by himself and ackno viedgi jg tbe reoeipt of money that he denies having rec ived There is no mistaking what Mr. Bliss's course should be. It Is plain and peremptory. Until some one proves that Hamilton is a liar cf the most jnalioious sort, there can b > oo rest for the weary. He is st rrlog 'em up with a long and pointed stick. With the jaunty as^arancs of *ihe man who admits all and rather glories In the admission,, he Is going about disporting: hlmself'la a manner that is as joyful to him as It Is disconoerning to the group of higb financiers and corporatian Uwyer* that constitute his gama. He is quite willing t d talk and he is not careful a* to whom he talks about. For the safe ty of those gentlemen high in the oounsels of fl lance and of politics, he must be gagged. If he Is not, it Is as certain as fate that aomethlng Is going *o drop. b:g MOJHBY Iff TJELUCK. One Parmer Made Seventeen Thooaand Dollar* Clear. The Slate says Ool. E J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture, immigration and commerce, is very busy now getting material ior a statistical ouxletia which he will Issue shortly. Nearly every day he gets letters Inquiring for Information on certain subj90ts and it requires a personal bo furnish the answer eaoh time. He has decided upon the kind of bulletin tie will lsaue and Is preparing the manusoript for the work. The amount and variety of informs tion to be furnished In this pamphlet will be s matter of surprise to al) workers in figure?. He will give tonige hauled on railroads for eaoh year for a decade; tonnage of fartllztfs used in jha same length of time; number of bales of cotton spun into threaH umber of bales of oloth made; popu latlon and crops. Oae of the most remarkable exhibit? which Col Wat3on has got together in some time is a statement of the In oome from the sale of garden truok. Blank forms are coming in. These will have to be collaborated. "South Carolina, the Garden Country of America," Is the title of the pamphlet on gardening for the market. The most remarkable statement of all those so far reoelved shows that on one farm of 103 acres the owner last year made, net 817 500. On six acres of lettuce he cleared 82,500; 83 000 on 10 acres of cucumbers, aid 83,300 on 22 acres of cucumbers. Toe publication of these figures Is enougu to make everybody quit everything else and go Into the truck raising business. TV Commissioner Watson will leave the latter part of this week for O.em or\n nnllonrA mhnvn Ho mill rtnnfor orlhh Dl/U ? UWiS/ UW Tfltl VV/U^v* President Mell and Prof. Obambllss la regard bo tfte terms for the competitors from this State who will take part In the corn growing contest. A number of farmers from Sauth Caro Una will take part, several having al ready sent in their notiflratlons. Thla State will, as before, be the only State Id the South to take part In the oontset, and the 91,000 prlzs was won by Mr. Drake of M&rlboro In the last competition. Commissioner Watson wants the school children to take part as they did la Illinois aod thd3 get up a corn exhibit from South Carolina for the Jamestown exposition. Next week Commissioner Watso*1 will b3 in Beaufort whsre he will look into the matter of growing sweet potatoes there. This is the banner county of the State in the matter of raising sweet potatoes. Death of Mr. Themai. A dispatch from Wedgefleld to The State says: Mr. H. B. Thomas, one of this community's most substantial oltlzsns, and former railroad commissioner, died suddenly Wednesday of beart trouble. He was a man of fine business abllltv, which was fearlessly made known during his term as railroad commissioner. His sudden death was a shook to his many friends. uStsA/j TALE OF HORROR Some Indians Who Sacrifice Ba bies to Sacred Snakes to WATtD OFF TROUBLE Tbe Huge Living Reptiles Are Kept Shu Up in a Cave la tbe Mountains and Fed on Human Sjclficial Flesh by the Fa* natics. Tbe grand Jury of B3rnadlilo Coun ty, New Mexico, waa presented witt evidence recently which apparently shows that human saorifice is still be icg practised among other barbarli religious rites by our American In' diami considerable amount 01 testimony was produced as to tb< practices of witchcraft and the com mon habit of the Indians of murder ing men and women who are suspect ed of being "evil spirits." Ia fact Joe Luis, chief medloine man of the Papago tribe of Arizona frankly ao knowlec'ged that he is the slayer oi Josefa Anton, a woman, whom th< Papagos of a native village neai Covered Wells in the Guuslght count] acoused of beiug an evil spirit whe bewitched them and was r sponsible for their misfortune?. During the Summer a great miny cattle belong ing to the Indians sickened and died, and starvation stared them in the face. Later some of the leaders o! and one woman. When the time ol sacrifice again came around, the wo man was s&zsd with terror, as a woman was alway considered preferable as an offering to appease the great spirit through the medium of the snake. Unknown to the man, she fled before the fatal hour arrived, Laft alone to fioe the gruesome ordeal, the man was also selzad witfc fear and fled the oountry. Other la dians of other tribes know of the cave, and oannot be induced to gc near It. The grand jury wat Impressed witi :he need of a thorough in*estlgatior of the secret praotlc.'S of the Indians, ana a resolution was aaoptea caning upon the United States authorities tc sift the matter to the bottom anc take means o stop forever the prac tice cf human sacrifice. In view oi the great difficulty a white man has In penetrating the sec-eta of the In diaus, it Is not surprising that the Goverrmant officials are ignorant ol these c uel ceremonials. In fact many villages of Indiins in remott mcuutain districts ? re hardly knowi to even the wandering mining pros' peots, and are never visited by ageutt of the Department of the Interior, ?r i : the tribe succumbed to & mysteriouf disease, and the savages, who sfcil believe in withcraft, held J'osefa An con,, a woman of the village, responsible for the conditions. Luis, the medicine man, believed it his duty tc rid the village cf the witch, so be lured her out into the desert and murdered her. But the most shocking testimony, says the coiraspondent of the Ne* York American was given by a Catholic missionary who was admitted tc some of the saored rites cf the Indiana of the pubelo of Z a, the most isolated of the savage3 Id New Mex'co Here the priest was led to a cave in the mountains, the mouth of whlcfc is enclosed with a stone wall fif;een feet thick. In this wall there is a hole eight or ten inohes in diameter, and in the cave lives a huge saored snake, which at tim3S emerge! through this hole. The Indians keep a watch at the cave and regard the appearance of the serpent as a man date upon them to produce a human sacrifice for the oreature. Usually, the witness said, the sacrifice was voluntary, some Indian mother being ready, under the spur of religious enthusiasm, to tildE her infant. If, however, the exhortations of the frenzied medicine man failed tc find willing response, then a oounoil of the old men of the tribe was held and a baby was pioked out by vote. In either cise, willing or unwilling, the mother was led forward to the entrance of the cave and kept there unt'l the snake appeared. As the huge serpent wriggled forth through the hole the motter crept forward and delivered over her child. Alter this a dance was begun by the chief medicine man, which was joined in by the others of tha tribe, and the ceremonial kept up until sunriaa 1c is known that a very similar system of sacrifice of babies and adults was practised until recently by the Glorleta Indians, who lived in the Pecos Valley, of New M x eo. Thirty miles north of the village 01' G.01 ieta, In the mountains, is a oaye similarly sealed up ezoept for a hole lrr c enough to admit a large snake. Ttlf is well known to all residents cf that section. Several years ago when the Glorleta Indians were snake worshippers, a huge sacred serpent made his afcode In the cave. A. human sacrifice was made atrrg ular periods to this snake, the ceremony connected therewith being out of the most saored tenets of the Id dlan religion. Sometimes the sacrlAcs was voluntary on the part of tt 1 victim, and sometime was phc:d on the altar by his comrades. Finally r.hA trihfi dwindled down to one mar: It must be remembered, too, tbar New Mex'co Is a b'g territory, with an area as preat as the combiner) ares of New York and the N<:w E :gland States, and events may transpire in certain secluded sections of it and " be as ilttle known to many other sections as if the inhabitants d *eit at a muoh greater distance from the scene of these events. The highest forms of civilization and prosperity exist in oertain parts of Naw Mexioo, but there are still some Iadian pueb los, or villages, little known to the white man. In one form or another this story wbiob was brought before the grand t jury is not new, as It has been tDld around campfires and ty writers o' ' P;ieblo legends and traditions, hut It has n ver heretofore been brought be'ore a Judicial body. A version o' the story Is that there is bus onr snafe cf venerable age and Immense sfze, which has been transferred front pueblo to pueblo, causing in eacl in turn a mysterious deorease In the . birth rate. Another version is that there are several snakes, but that the medicine men led the people to be . f lieve that there was only one. Still another relates as to how the snake 2 is gmraea oy toe xaaian ouuucmuns, * the people being kept ignorant of the j fate 0/ tbeir obildren. The history , of the snake brought to tbe attention ; of the grand jury is qu.te singular. I. " runs that the snake was first kept In [ the Santo Domingo pueblo, whenoe it was tranfferred to the Jem- z pueblo, ' tbe Santo Dominicins paying a large tribu e to have it taken cfl their . bands. Tbe Jemez Indians in turn ' unload ad it upon the Z a pueblo, where It has remained for man} r years That the snake Is a conspicuous ; figure in the religion of most of the ; Amerlcin Indians in the Southwest is, of oourss, well known. The mod em Indians get tbeir traditions from \ tbe ancient Aztecs, who were snake ; worshippers and who, we know, made ' human saorlfioss and venerated sacred I reptiles. The M qui Indians and their annual snake dances are survl vais 01 isae oia AZteo oeremuuwis | The Mcquis capture large number of rattlesnakes, wash them and dancr [ with them, holding the serpeDts Id their teeth. Many of the danc rs are bitten, but the vlcti-ns are at ODce taken into a cavj where th r medicine man administersan aotl'1 ote and ro barm ensues. This secret ourr i for snake bite is known only to ont ; man in each trib*, and he passes the ; seoret on to a chosen priest before hr dies. No amount of persuasion bj ' white men had ever been able to wrest 1 this sacred and Invaluable seoret from 1 h* Indians. A medicine man will ?iways let a while man die cf snake k bite rather than give him the cure. | Aside from putting an end to the ' cruel rites or numan sacrmoa mere are enough secret oeremoni^ls of the PaeblO Indians yet unseen by white ! men to well repay an investigation by the Department of the Interior. TEE PRESIDENTS SALARY. Figures that Will Surprise a Great Many People. [ The Philadelphia Ledger says tbe discussion of tbe insi.ffloiency of tbf I President's salary baa recommenced, and certain (acts are brought forward with which it is doubtful if tbe aver acre American is ecaualuted. It will ( perhaps be new9 co many that al , though the President's salary Is <50, | 000, he aotually rece'vas more than I twloe tnat amount?1125,000?a verj year. Government appropriate n^year* , ly devoted to tbe execu iva mansion, , in addition to the President's salary, are given as follows: Pay of Presl ' dent's private secretary, S3 250; assistant private secretary, <2,250; ste. nographer, <1,900; five messengers, ' eeoh, <1 200; two doorkeepers, each , <1.200; four other clerfrs at salaries | ranglrg from <1,500 to <250; telegraph operator, <1,200; two ushers, each <!, 400; one night usher, <1 300; awatobinan, <900. The government also furnishes a man to take care of the fires at <861 a year, a steward at <1.800, and allows two speoial funfs of ' <40,000 just mentioned, <12 500 is for repairs and for refurnishing the White Houss; <2,500 is for fuel; <4 000 f ?r tiie greenhouse; <15,000 for gas, matches, the upkeep of the stables ana various miscellaneous matters. Tbe <8,000 Is for stationery, carpets, tbe 1 care of the stables as distinguished from expenditures for feed, equipage ' a^d tbe like. The graad total, including the President's salary, is given a* 1 <125 000 a year. To most men these annrrnri tions will seem varv liberal. . It IB possible, for example, that five hundred tons of coal are required in the White House ever} year for the purpose of heating and cooklLp ? It is . true that the President is cjmpeiler ' to do a great d~al of oostly entertain| log, but practically all his household ' expenses seem to b3 paid by the gov eminent except the outlay for food 1 and wine. Flfry thousand dollars is not much for a man who must livi in , the style of the President of the Uui' ted States, but $125,000 a year is a comfortable income.?Philadelphia l Lidger. l Tne Wages ot aiu. , The fiiends of Tfcos. w. Jiuey, a ; wealthy banker and meicjant of ) Brooklyn, fear that he has admitted I suicide. Thursday night a story was published to thetflfioc that Kiley ban f married Mrs. Flora A. Colt, of Broi k} lyn, three years ago, In Hommand, led., although he had another wire 5 at the time living. After the publi t cation of the ouarges Kiiey ?as quned , as saylcg: "Tnis taoauale wlli 0=; m ire i than 1 can bear. I never did an.,i thlntr that was not honest or hon..>r<i ble until I married Mrs. Colt. I kuo* i that it was wrong aud I am asuamed . of it." j SHOT FOR MONtY. f D. G. Ziegler Shot by Eugene Hogan at Snmter PM N )T P^YIM HIM Wliat He Owed Him for Work Don 'j io His Office. Ziegler Was Attacked as He Was Learlcf '1 His Office. Was Hit Fiva ..Times. , \ v A special dispatch from Samter to J The S:ate says Eugene H Jgin, JrM 1 ihot D. G Z igler Friday afternoon 1 %t> 4 40 o.clook. The weapon was a % 32 calibre pistol. 1 He find fl/a timss, the flort ball . M jntered directly uader the lefc shoal* der blade aad tojic a down ?ar J ooozsi toward the right side. Tae Second > oall entered j ist abouS two inches a,ove the tLrao one and took an oppo- ' die coarse. Tae third ball woo o be- J tween the body and the elbjw. orra*- ' log the flash on the arm. The fourth ' '] ind fl fth shots went wild. Tne tragedy was enacted on the stairway of the Wlnu bu-ldiog, 13 . North Main street. Mr. Z Jgkr was ojming down the stairway. When. ibjut half way do vn Mr. Hogan be- . gan firirg from the top of tbe stair- ' way. When the first ball .struct; ! Z ilaler he turned, he says, half wai ' : iiound and begged Hogan to stop;. Cbls accounts for the two bills cross-- pM Ing eaoh other In the body, presum-' iblv. Z lgler ran on down the staixw&jr '' inio the street, then turned and went 3 into Durani's pharmacy where he ^ was made comfortable until be could ' } be taken to the Sumter hospital. The . piy-iciacs bavd nude an exiaolnati m wlDb the Raeat^en X-ray, but havj <U;edto dlsoover tbe ou:law. Tad '13 tooLoM state tbat be Is in a very ' w trious condition and white ILe wounds are not neooessarll^ fatal, . ubey do not feel at all confi lent of his ? M recovery. Z.lgler says himself he la 4oiog to die and has made a sworn - . interoortem statement and given :M some directions ab:/ut the disposition ' of hli business tflilri Zjigler states, it is reported-, that a " ^ ihort wbi)e previous to the shooting young Hogan called at the door of hit '..r offlse and he refused him admittance, - ? Uojjan demanded the money that Zilg'er was due him as a draughts- * 1 aian when be was formerly in his * employ. Zjlgler replied tbat he did 1 not have it but wou'd pay him. uogan went down tbe hallway and . 1 aid behind a Urge door at tbe bead " M \ of ihe btairs, Z-.lgler Bays, and he did "3V aot fcnow ol nls presence until be ??j ieard the firsc shot from the rear. It is known thai Zd gler was indebted to :<jw ti gan for work cone and that he bad > made repeated tffjrts to collect the iebt but without success. Tbe S bate'a corre-.pot.d3nt visited tbe young man at the Jul, but he was - 4 engaged in consultation with his attorney, H. D. Molse,'who replied that 1 oe baa nothing to say now. He was comfortably seated and cool and odI- . ^ lectel He grieted tbe correspondent . V in his usual manner. He fc-'a ,out 23 years old and has a very youag wue and baby. M\ rfogaa's fathsr, the . well known butcher is prostrated with grief. Ziiglsr has been an architect in / | Sumter for several years. Hi formerly had an office lnCjlumbia. He is about 35 years of age and has a wife and three children. His home is at lOt So Jth Washington Street. Near Death's Door. The entire family of John H. Williamson, postmaster and station agent at GU:n Oibjrne, Pennsylvania, on the Fjrt Wayne railroad, weve found unconscious from asphyxiation Tuurt.day morning. The family .onslnted of the father, motaer and five oaildren, and when found they were supposea to be In a moribund condition, f be discovery was made by persons who had gona to tne sta< iou to take the train for Pittsburg. Fjrcing ihe ooois they found the en,ire family still in their beds and unoonbcious. The house was filled with tJe fum.'S of gas. P/iyslclar^s were summoned and heroic efforts were made to resuscitate tbe victims of the acoident, but at 10 o'clock only one, an infant, hid bjen revived. Kilted lti bnow slide. A dispatch from Granite, Colo.,, gays an enormous snow slide cime; down Thursday evenirg In the Win- ^ field and Clear Creek miulDg district, killing, it is reported, at least half a dczan men. Among tbe dead is Harry Wineborn, the pioneer prospector and mining man of Chaffae county. A relief party was orgauizja oy James Bill and has gone to the socne of the disaster. Tae news of the slide was brought to town by a ojurfar Wants Auairalla. Many Australians nave an idea that Japan Is looking cjveiously on Uu.r island cjntineno. Tneir auspicious were ir creased tne other ct\y oy disc ver> io ti ebaggage c? >vo J-v nesj, who wera tr?ivelln^ In Aus.r.Ha as m rcha^, of a c .mpitfte of cue secret pians cf 1-6 Sydney lyrUlioatloi:!. J