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.- agsSm -... The Press and Banner | PABT SEOOFD. | SHOOTS A NEGRO. Congressman Heflin of Alabama in a Serious Affray. WAS ON A STREET CAR In 'Washington With Congressman FHerbee, on his Way to DeliTer Tentperanru Talk?Remonstrated With Xegro for Drinking on Car, Threw Him OfT and Then Shop Hint in the Head. In a desperate affray on a Pennsylvania Avenue car in Washington Friday a negro was shot by Congressman Thomas J. Hefiin of Alabama. Thomas Lumby. the negro, was shot in the head and is in a critical condition, and Thomas McCreary, a New York horse trainer, is suffering from a wound in the leg. The shoot- < iug of McCreary was accidental. Mr. Heflin was arrested and taken to the 6th police precinct statiou, where the charge of assault with in- , tent to kill was placed against him. , Later he was released on $5,000 bail. The shooting occurred shortly after , To'clock as the car reached the corner ; of Pennsylvania avenue and 6th street bound for Capitol Hill. Congressman Hefliu, accompanied , by Congressman Edwin J. EUerbee. . of South Carolina, had boarded the ( car at 12th street and Pennslyvania ( avenue, Mr. Heflin being on his way ( to deliver a temperance lecture at the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church. 4 1-2 street and ohn Marshall Place. Upon boarding the car, he . observed two negro passengers, one of whom was Thomas Lumby, and who was in the act of taking a drink from a bottle of whiskey. There were a number of passengers, including ' several ladies. Mr. Heflin says he remonstrated with Lumby and asked him to stop drinking saying: "Don't take that drink there are ladies here and it is not right. It is against the ' law for you to do such a thing in a ' street car and I hope you will put that J bottle away." The other negro, who was sober, ' attempted to take the bottle away from his friend, but failed. It is 1 said that Lumby became offended at Mr. Heflin's remonstrances and applied vile epithets. As the car reached 6th street and Pennsylvania ave- ' nue Heflin and Lumby were engaged ' in a desperate struggle. Mr. Heflin who is a large powerful man. succeed <?d in throwing Lumby oft the car as ' it ^aiiic iu u ^ Most of the occupants of the car hastily allighted. including Mr. and ; Mrs. McCreary. The negro fell to the ground on bing pushed off the car. He rose, and, it is said, began cursing Mr. Heflin again and made a motion for his hip pocket as if to dray a weapon, whereupon Mr. Heflin fired at him through the car window, missing the negro and hitting Thomas McCreary. who was about 20 feet from the car. Mr. Heflin fired once or twice more, one of the shots striking Lumby in the head above the ear. Lumby ran a short distance and fell. An ambulance was called and he was taken to the Emergency Hospital. The conductor of the car disappeared and Oflicer George N*. Scriven took charge of the car and ran it to 3d street and Pensylvania avenue. There Representative Heflin was escorted by Oflicer Scriven to the Cap itol Hotel, and later was taken to the police station in a cab. He was not lofked up. Mr. McOrearv's wound is not serious, and af'er treatment at a hospital he returned to his apartments. Ar the Emergency Hospital it was sai ' Lumby though badly wounded hud unconscious, has p chance to recover. His skull was fractured, but the surgeons were unable to ascertain at that titne. whether the .bullet had entered the head. Mr Heflin explained at the station his reason for going armed. Tie is the author of a "jim crow" car law in the District of Columbia, and said that since he introduced the measure he has received many letters of a threatening character and secured permission from the authorities to fro armed. Mr. Heflin represents the 5th Alabama district, in which the Tuskegee Institute, of which broker T. Washington, is the head, is located. * CAR KNTERS Bt'lLlHNG. Twenty Persons Hurt in nn Accident at Detroit. At Detroit. Mich., over a score of people were injured late Tuesday when an interurban car on the Ann Arbor hrancn of the Detroit United Railway, bound into the city from Taoifcnn Mirhican. was derailed by defective rails near 31st stroet and ploughed across thp brick pavement into a store building. Tho ear was wrecked ami the front of the two-story building was demolished. Twenty people were taken to the hospital for treatment and many others sustained minor injuries. Two of the injured are reported to be in a serious condition. One is Mrs. E. Halladay. of Napoelon. Mich., and the other is Mike Rhowika, of Detroit. ...... BLOODY BATTLE | FOUGHT OVER "HOLY CARPET" OF THE PROPHETS. Tomb at Mecca, Between Bedouins and a Caravan of Egyptians, Ten Being Killed. 4 /Icnnhth frnm Qnol; in eni-cj nnvrc* has reached there thai a bloody battle was fought between Bedouins and a caravan of Egyptians. The battle arose over a desire of the Bedouins tq capture the "holy carpet." a gorgeous piece of red velvet, embroidered with gold which costs a year's time to construct. At least ten men were killed, many wounded and one gun captured. The carpet is made under the supervision of the sultan and when completed is turned over to the Egyptian pilgrims to place upon the tomb of the prophet at Mecca. The journey to Mecca is a sacred one, but the pilgrims take precautions to protect themselves for the trip is always hazardous. At the expiration of a year another carpet has been woven and the old oue is replaced with a new one. The carryng of the carpet from the tomb back to Cairo is attended with solemn rites and the celebration at the end of the journey is an imposing and spectacular one. Arabs. Turks. Pesians, syrians, Circassians, Nibians. Negroes and British. Indians jion in the pilgrimage The fierce guardians of the caravan ftre the Bashi-Bazouks, mounted and armed to the teeth with the clumsy weapons of the East. The right to carry the carpet has been handed from camel to camel for centuries and lenturies. * WILL IK> GOOD. The New Ruling of the Postoltice Department All Right. Editor Aull, of the Newberry Her*id and News writes as follows to his paper from Washington: "1 had a very pleasant conference with the Third Assistant Postmaster General. Mr. A. W. Lawshe, and in Addition to the main question which [ desired to see him about he discussed some of the new rulings which had been made by the postoffice department, very pleasantly and intelligently. He is himself an old newspaper man and was engaged in newspaper work until he began his service for the public. The regulation in regard to the payment of subscriptions. I am satisfied. will result in benefit both to the subscriber and to the publisher and will eliminate from the mails at second class an immeuse amount of matter which si not legitimately entitled to come in as newspapers or periodicals in contemplation of the law. "It is not the purpose of the department, I ani sure, to injure any Ippitiniate newsDaner but 011 the con trary to benefit such. The postal laws so far as they relate to the second class need revision, and Mr. Lawshe in his report has callcd attention of congress to these matters arid cougress should take some action." IMPROVES SLOWLY. Senator Tillman Wont lieturn to Senate This Session. Tbp State says the condition of Senator H. It. Tillman is not alarming. according to his physician, but it is not thought that he will bej able to return to the Senate this session. In response to an inquiry Dr. T. Jiuurer, senator Miuuaus |ui?ojcian wired The State at 9.45 Wednesday evening as follows. "There is nothing alarming in Sen ator Tillman's condition. Left nfi anodyne lost night for first time since he has been sick, and he did not r^st as well as he has been. He has been somewhat depressed today. H has developed no organic symptoms at all. His trouble is purelv functional. His improvement has not been as rapid as I first expected. Don't think he will be able to return to the senatp this session." Th following was received from The State's Trenton correspondent Wednesdoy afternoon: "Senator Tillman is slowly improving. Has only been up once and ha? I ?* va) f Viimcolf u'hllp verv nine iuiuu/i u?..?v., standing. Tt is thought he is in need of a complete rest." IOWA FOR BRYAN. :Thc lN*niorratic Convention Endorses the Cireat Commoner. A dispatch from from Cedar flapids. Iowa, says William J. Hryan's friends today controlled the Iowa Democratic State Convention. The , jplatform adopted was a recast of the Nebraska platform, including the endorsement of Bryan for presdential candidate. Every mention of Bryan* name was greeted with a storm ot cheers. The resolutions committee heard a request from Mr. Bryan tnat the ideas of the Omaha platform lie indorsed by the Democrats of Iowa. Ther was some sentiment in favor of adopting the Nebraska platform in toto but finally it was rewritten as tc Tvords. * DIED AT HIS POST. A MAX BEATING HIS WAY ()> TRAIN Shoots and Kills tin* Conductor, 1 ?nt Ik Shot Also and He Dies Latei in Jail. A special dispatch from Anderson savs Conductor C. D. Swink. of freight train No. 24, of the Anderson branch of the Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad, was killed by a whue man, named Bunnie Brock, Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock, while his train was standing in the yard at Calhoun Falls. Brock was arrested and lodged in the Abbeville jail. Brock is about 22 years of age and has the reputation of being a big bully. Brock got on Swink's train at Lowndesville in a drunken condition. He succeeded in beating his way as far as Latimer, when Swink went into the coach and collected his fare from Latimer to Calhoun Falls. Brock, it is said, cursed Swink very vilely and got off the train near the Calhoun Falls yi'rd. When Swink's train pulled up to the station Brock secured a pistol and cursed Mr. Swink again. Conductor Swink then struck Brock and Brock opened fire. He fired only one time, the bullet penetrating Swink's heart. As Swink fell he pulled his pistol and fired at Brock once or twice, one of the shot? M i r< effect. Conductor Swiuk v.;.- <:mn of amiable disposition and fwu'lv. He was about 28 years out ;iwl was from Woodruff, in SprJiiciiiitMC County, where his parent? no" ;<\-ide. Hp was unmarried and lvd o-'.ly beeu running on the Andersnu branch for about sixty days. He \va- popilar with all of his fellow tra: r.nen. The body was carried to Woodruff for bunai. Brook Dies in Jill. A dispatch from Abbevi'i-j says at Calhoun Falls, in this county. Tuesday evening Conductor Swink. of a freight train of the Charleston and Western Carolina Railway, was :-hot and killed by Bunnie Brock, a desperate young man residing in the western part of the count/. Brock was also shot by the conductor in the hip and died after being lodged in jail here. It seems that Brock was on the top of one of the cars of the train and was in a drunken condition. He was ordered to come down by the conductor. Words were passed and the shooting began. The conductor of the train was shot through the heart. Brock was a very young man, a son of a good father, but he is said to have been a desperate character. STARVING l-N MOW VOIIK, Tried to Steal Money With Which to (Jot Bread. A gray-haired sick looking man walked into the hanking office of C. H. Richard & Co.. Braodway, New York. Friday and asked for money to get. food. He was ordered out. and, after walking to the street, stood looking for a moment at the firm's window, where a quantity of foreign money was exhibited. Then his glance fell on a piece of concrete lying in the gutter, and, hastily picking it up, he threw it against the plate glass. The window'broke in a dozen pieces, and the old man then grabbed a 110 franc and a r?0 fane note and ran. Two of the firms clerk's caught him before he had got fifteen feet away. In the station house the prisoner described himself as Thomas Kennedy, 70 years old. a sail maker, with no :ioni?'. He said Ih> had eaten nothing for 48 hours, and his rip pea ranee indicated it. The police sympathized with him. hut charged him with burglarv. * K1LLKI) HV 1.1 VK WJIiK. Caught Moid Or It While ill l?ath Koom. Edgar K. Miller, aged 1','! years, of Newton. Ind.. a freshman at Depau I'uiversity. lost his life by coming in contact with a live wire in the bathroom of Mrs. Jordan's house late last Thursday night. A cry was heard and his room mate rushed to the bathroom to find Miller lying on the floor dead. A hob - nnri a deep imrn i?i i in nis i i?m . ihe young man's tool told the story His body had fallen directly benealli an fleet ric light and was si retched across a register. THKY WANT HOOZK. Itlowu I'|> Bcchiiso He Jiefused to Sel Liquor. At Center Point. Ind.. the Madg< r? Hnif Ibusiness blocK. (omnium*, .. ....... 'jstore, shoe sforo and barber shop ,wjth tin' Knights of Pythias hall 01 11 the second floor, was destroyed b; J dynamite yesterday. Hardly any thing but splinters is left of the build 1 inn. ' The town lias no saloons, and IIr 'ilTrey. a druggist, has been iniportnn ' ed often to turn his store into a blini tiger, refused. It is believed that th * liquor sympathizers who wanted th | blind tiger established destroyed th 1 building out of spite. BRYAN'S RECORD ' As a Vote Getter Compared With Other Candidates. WHAT ARE THE FACTS? [ The Columbia State Shows by the Results of Two Presidential Klections That tJie Great Commoner Is the Strongest Possible Landi* date the Democrats Can Possibly Nominate. The following editorial should be . read by all Democrats: Papable weakness evidences the attempt of the esteemed News ?nd Courier to contend against the positiou of Mr. Bryan, as expressed in his letter to the editor of The State. And it seems as if consciousness of that weakness is having an injurious effect upon the temper and morals of ' the South Carolina champion of the New York political programme. Commenting on Mr. Bryan's exj pression of pleasure that his Democracy "has been satisfactory to the I rank and file of the Democrats of j the South as well as to the rank and I file of the Democrats of the North." !1 he News and Courier says that South Carolina gave Judge Parker more votes in 1904 than were given Bryan in 1900, and that Georgia gave Cleveland more votes in 1892 than | Bryan in 189C. and continues: "So. lit would appear from the records that (the rank and file of the Democrats of I the South are not by any means sat- . isfied with Mr. Bryan, and the rank ( and file of the Democrats of the North have shown Mr. Bryan very clearly that they do not want him and will not have him." It is scarce- j ly ingenious to cite the vote of a one-party Southern State in a general J election to prove or disprove a point like this, hut since The News and Courier has appealed to the record, , and attempts to mislead its readers. ^ we shall quote the whole record to its confusion. What are the facts? In 1892 Mr. Cleveland was given more votes than ' Mr. Bryan got in 189G in these ' States: Wisconsin, Vermont, New Hampshire. Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York. New Jersey, Dele- ! ware, Rhode Island, Maryland, Vir- ' ginia, Georgia and Alabama. In other words, in 15 States, including four in the South, Cleveland received more votes than Bryan; and in 33 J States and territories, including nine Southern States, Bryan was given moer votes than Cleveland. Bryan's popular vote in 3S9G was 9")3,000 j greater than Cleveland's in 1892. If the record appealed to by the Charleston paper proves anything, what does it prove? Proceeding to the record of the Bryan vote by States in 1900. and the Parker cote in 1904. it is found ' that Parker got more votes than Bryan in Xew York, New Hampshire, Masschusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware. West Virginia. South Carolina. Georgia anu Mississippi; or that, in nine States, including three Southern States, Parker received more votes than Bryan: while in thritv nine States, including ten Southern, States, Bryan was given a greater vote than Parker. And Bryan's popular vote in 1900 totaled 1, 280-.1 62 more than Parker's in 1904. What does the record prove that is appealed to by The News and Courier "to show that the rank and file of Democrats' in the South are not satisfied with Mr. Bryan," and that the Democrats in the North will not have jhini? II proves just what Mr. iiryan jsaid, and proves that The News and I Courier is a misleading and unsafe counselor. Since \vp have gone into the records, let us pursue a little further. In 189(J. even after the awful humps Democracy received in the then current Cleveland administration. Hryan j had 3 I more votes in the electoral college than President Harrison when j Cleveland defeated him in 1SJ12. And ., in 1S9G Hryan had seven more electoral votes than Cleveland got when j as president, he was defeated by Jllarrson in 18X8. The least, number 'of popular votes received by Hryan ; was nearly a million greater than (; was ever given to any other Demojcrat. In 190u. William McKinley, genjerally beloved because of his success ' ! in allaying sectional animosities, aud j abnormally popular because he was I 'the maker of a brilliantly successful , I war. had a majority over Hryan of S49.790. Four years later Roosevelt thn \'."v York World's can unccuvu , didate, Parker, by the enormous piuri ality of 2.r? i15. i Once more to the record: We find ! tbat Bryan carried pight States in ! 1S9? that went against Cleveland in ? j 1S92. And in that year he carried { - twelve States that Parker lost, losing '(only two that Parker carried. That 1 I was just af'er I he last Cleveland adl* j ministration had given Democracy a " I fearful black eye. In 100i> the Ue~j publicans. having the prestige of a successful war, and McKinley as header, were practically impregnable, " particularly when many Democrats ^ knifed Bryan. Four years later a e j man chosen as Democratic chieftain ejon the advice of New York newspae j pers and to please New York and its * I Interests, was overwhelmingly de IMPORTANT RULING BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. Another Notable Opinion Hauded Down by the Highest Tribunal in Railroad Rate Matter. In refusing to grant to Attorney General Young of Minnesota a writ of habeas corpus releasing him from the penalty imposed by the United States circuit court for the district of Minnesota on the charge of contempt of court in instituting a proceeding in a State court for the enforcement of the railroad rate lawafter the federal court had prohibited such a course, and in affirming the decision of Judge Pritchard of the United States circuit court for the Western district of North Carolina, discharging from imprisonment Jas. H. Wood, a ticket agent of the Southern railway at Asheville, after he had been sentenced by the Asheville police court to serve a term on the rock pile on the charge of collecting for a 1 ticket on that road a greater price j than was permitted "by the State Railroad commission, the supreme court o f the United States added ( another to a series of decisions "which have rendered notable the present term of that court. In both cases the right of the States to fix rates for railroad trans- j portation was the issue, and both involved conflicts between federal and State courts. The decision in ' each case was opposed both to the States ana to tneir courts. me opinion of the court in both cases was announced by Justice Peck ham, and with the exception of Justice Harlan, all the other members of the court stood behind him in the announcement of the court's finding. Justice Harlan read a dissenting opinion in the Young case in which he took the view that the suit was practically a proceeding against the State and therefore not permissible inder the eleventh amendment to the constitution. He therefore characterized the opinion as era-making in the history of the court, and said it had ihe effect of closing the courts of a State against the State itself and predicted that the result would be Jisastrous. The two cases were so similar that both practically were decided in one opinion. The principal pronouncement was made in the Minnesota case. TOWN* COMPLETELY DESTROYED \nd Two People Killed by a Cyclone Tuesday Morning. The town of Lynn, Ga., was completely destroyed by a cyclone early Tuesday morning. Two persons were killed, Jim Wright, colored, and a child of Major Lyles. A number of others were injured, including Boze and Pete Hatcher, Mrs. Bailey, Miss Blance Mimms, Miss (Jeorge Williams, Miss Kate Arline , and Mrs. Wiliam Lynn. The costly home of Mr. Bailey was picked up and carried ten feet. Every dwelling, tenant house, ham and store house were destroyed and all 1 the contents ruined. One little child was blown into the woods. The track of the cyclone was 400 yards wide and two miles long. Doctors' from Brainbridge and Brinson were sent on a special train to care for the injured. APPARENTLY ASLEEP. A Strange Case of Suspended Animation of a Little Girl. A remarkable case of suspended animation is reported at Maycock. X. C.. where Bessie, the 10-year-old daughter of a farmer named Perry, lies seemingly dead, but with a body still warm, and a face with all the natural coloring of life. * " ' fr? thp I I he cnnci icn suuucm,* ground last Friday. Two physicians pronounced the girl dead. The face of tlie child retaining its natural color and her body its warmth, however, the parents of the child refused to permit a burial. The child presents every appearance of being asleep, except that her limbs are stiff and there is no breath. Storm in Georgia. About six o'clock Tuesday morning Pel ham, Ga.. was visited by a severe storm. Several houses were destroyed on the plantation of A. R. Dasher. One negro was killed on the turpentinp plantation of Boswell & Carter, where several houses were mown down and mules were killed. feated. This year New York is boosting another candidate; making a regular campaign in his behalf and against Bryan, but that man can not hope to be more successful than Parker, or even to get the New York vote. If New York would not give Parker her vote, what chance has a man of the same type coming from the West? A year ago Democracy seemed absolutely hopeless. Today, with a leader, an inspirer, that can create enthusiasm, that can reach the people. that is known and respected by the people, there is hope. Bryan is the only Democrat in that class, and it i:; useless to attempt to blind the I people of South Carolina to that l'act. J NEW RULE CONCERNING RURAL FREE 1>E LI VERY CARRIERS. It Is Held Improper to Transmit Un stamped Letters From One Poin to Another. The Washington correspondent o The State says it is not proper ii the opinion of the fourth aseistan postmaster general, Mr. DeGraw, whc has charge in general of the rura free delivery routes, that R. F. D. car riers should carry unstamped letteri from one point on their routes tc another. Representative Sleyden ol Texas recently made inquiry of th< department as to this, from whict fact it appears that in Texas at least whence Mr. Slayden hails, it ha? been customary for some of the rural carriers to carry from one point to another letters or parcels whicti are not stamped. It is doubtless true in all parts ol the country that rural carriers, whc get to know their patrons well, dc small favors of this kind for tnem. The fourth assistant postmaster genera], though, in answering Mr. Slayden in effect lays down a po'icy which will put a stop to all o? this. Mr. DeGraw's answer to the TexaE representative is made after consulting the department of justice attorneys general advising him as to the legal question involved. Said Mr DeGraw. "All patrons of rural free ielivery routes are required to proride themselves with approved boxes, ind their contents are recognized hy aw as mail boxes and protected from vilful damage or depredation." He 'urther states that these boxes, ivhlle provided at the expense of the :itizens on the route, are erected ex:lusively for the United States mail. 3ence the matter in tliem is to be - onsidered United States mail. "All mailable matter placed in ru al mail boxes," says Mr. DeGraw, 'is subject to the rules and regulaions governing the mails, including he payment of postage. While It is lot in violation of law to place unstamped mailable matter In rural joxes, it is not proper that it should )e done. Rural carriers fir ding such matter n boxes on their routes are required o bring it into the office to be held or postage. "It will, therefore, be apparent to .'ou ,that in the use of rural mail )oxes there can be divided authority jetween thee postoffioe department md the patron, for if this were so, it vould be difficult, if not impossible, 0 enforce the law protecting rural nail boxes and tueir contents from lamage and depredation." In this connection Representative lames Griggs of Georgia has a bill low pending to allow 1 cent postage jn R. F. D. routes from one point on 1 route to another, just as in the case jf a "drop letter" in a postofflce. ELECTION CONTESTS. The Usnnl Negroes Are Working foi the Usual Fees. In speaking of the South Carolina uontested cases before Congress thf Washington correspondent of Th( State says "the usual negroes ar< contesting the seats of Lever, Legan and Patterson. They are all her< with their attorneys. W. A. Holman D. L. Baker and M. Rutledge River! are here for Legare, B. H. Moss anc C. M. Eflrd for Lever, and D. S Henderson for Pattersos. Prioleai a r has appeared upon tne scene auu i. ready fo take his seat on the flooi of the house. The election commit tee is settling itself to enjoy the ar gument of Lawyer Moorer of Orange burg, who represents the contestant.' for Lover and Patterson's seat. Moor er is the negro who last time said h< stood so high in the legal professioi in Orangeburg that he could borrov money from Mr. B. Hart Mobs." It is time that this farce was callei off. None of these negroes expec to get any seat in Congress. If thej did, not one of them would knov what to do with it. Dantzler is abou as much fit to represent this dis trict in Congress as one of those "hid eous baboon"' Capers seems tc know so much about Then there i: Prioleau. Caper's "hideous baboon.' He is either dodging the penitentiar: or running for Congress nearly al the time. He would make a lovcl; member. The principal thing thes< fellows are after is the attorney's fee allowed by Congress. When they ge it they are the happiest set of dar kies in South Carolina as long as th( money lasts. BIO FALL IX PRICK. Once Sold For Thousands Now Sok For Hundreds. The Columbia State says a smal lot on the south sde of Lumber street about one block from the Governor' mansion, has just been purchased b; Mrs. Caroline G. Elkins from Mr. .1 H. Sains. The price for the lot wa 2 * U $1,350. The attorneys exammg m title sax that it was the longest tit) they ever handled, the property hav ing changed hands so many times. , rather nterestiug discovery was mad by the lawyers when looking up tb deeds. It developed that many year ago, this little lot, with a small stri of land adjoining, was sold for $45 1,000 in Confederate money. WANT BRYAN ' The West WillJBeiSoiid For His Nomination. i NEARLY ALL FOR HIM. f lDdianua, North Dakota and Illinois Are Solid for the Great Commoner and Send, Delegations to National Convention Pledged to Hi* Notuiiiation as the Democratic Standard Bearer. Delegates to the Indlanna State convention Wednesday E.fternoon n district meetings selected 26 district t delegates to the National Convention 1 at Denver and the commmltee on > rules selected four delegates at la.'ge. ? A majority of the delegate will 1 vote at Denver for the reelection of Thomas Tagart as the Indiana member of the national committee. _> t While some of the district delegates were not ~instructed It is tlxo 1 present announced intention of all V 0 30 delegates to suport tho candidacy r\ f TUIIIom T Dmrnn v I itvArl I w* JMiioui o. JJijnu tui Lac dentlal nomination. j North Dakota Unanimous. After thr^e hoars' of oratory Tuesday afternoon the North Dakota Democratic convention unanimously adopted resolutions endorsing Wiliam i J. Bryan for the presidential nominee and instructing delegates to vole for Bryan's nomination. The supporters of Gov. Johnson of Minnesota threatened to introduce a second choice resolution, but the resoluton was not forthcoming. That part of the resolution relating to Mr. Bryan says: "The Democrts of North Dakota, in convention assembled-, believing that William Jennings Bryan represents the truest typpe of American citizenship and is the natural leader of the reform forces of the United States of America resold that the delegates from this conventino to the \ national convention are nereby instructed to volt a3 u unit for the nomination of William J. Urysn for the president of the United Stales.' Endorsed in Illinois. In a harmonious meeting of the / Democratic State central committee of Illinois Wednesday, W. J. Bryan was endorsed for the uresidency In emphatic language. It was decided that the State convention should be held in Springfield, 111., on April 23. The friends of Roger Sullivan, member of the national commitee, were 1 in complete control of the meeting. i The only point upon which there ' appeared to be a division of sentiment was over the manner of hhUcIIng delegates to the State convention. In this the Sullivan men won their point, defeating the followers of M. ' F. Dulop of Jacksonville, 111., who wanted to put through a rule requiring county conventions to be ij held. i The- resolution endorsing Bryan > was adopted by a vote of 33 to 1, i Jas. H. Donohue of East St. Louis j being the only dissenter. Sullivan j voted in the affirmative. i TRYING TO SAVE FRANKLIN 1 ' But Sooner of Later He Will Pay the i 3 Penalty. [ Efforts are being made to stave off the hanging ol! Pink Franklin, the murderer of Constabble Valentine, but it will not save his neck, as sooner or later he will pay the penalty of his crime on the gallows. The Vomiiuri'v Ohhserver savs: "Jacob Moorer, a colored lawyer | of orangeburg, was in Newberry on . Friday and appeared before Chief ir Justice Pope asking for an order to t stay the remittitur in the case of - Pink Franklin, colored, who has been - convicted of murder and senleuced ) to be hanged. The case went to the 5 supreme court and the lower court ' was sustained. Tne motion of the f colored lawyer was to stay the re1 mittitur until he could have a chance r to present some other motion in the 3 case. The chief justice granted his s motion and gave him further time t for a hearing." This is the way murderers escape 3 their iust nunishment, but we do not believe that Kranklln will escape. He murdered an officer of the law who went to his home to serve a warrant and he should he hung, and we I feel sure that he will be as soon as all the gauntlets of the courts are run. When the above hearing is over 1 there will be another hearing on some other nonsensical ground, but s the end will be reached, and thou hemp will he introduced and the tragedy will be closed. s e Trains Collide. e One man was instantly killed. - another probably fatally injured and V five others badly hurt in a rear-end e collision between a work train loaded 1-1?? frejeht train on e wun ibwicio aiiu ? ..?_ s J the Illinois Central Railroad earlv p i Tuesday. The accident occurred at ,-,N"ew South Memphis and was caused * by a dense fog.