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The Press and Banner -a_?_ &-E,COJsr:]D I ' > rV'?--*?c! - ' , | , __ I I I . ' ---- 1 ? ? I MivimiMi * ? ?* I ? m * MARTIN IS MAD. Attacks Ex-Gov. Heyward in the Baptist Courier. WRITES WARM LETTER The Superintendent of Education Takes the Courier to Task Con* eerning a Prediction it Made a Short Time Ago That Ex-Gor. Heyward Would Be Elected Senator at the Coming Primary. Hon. O. B. Martin, State Superin tendent of Education, and a candi date for United States Senator has opened his letter writing batteries on the Hon. D. C. Heyward, former Governor and also a candidate for the Senate. Mr Martin's ire seems to have been aroused by the publication in the Baptist Courier, (Mr. Martin is a Baptist) under the Note and Comment Column, conducted by the Rev. L. J. Bristow, of a prediction that Mr Heyward will be elected Senator and the assertion that he will reflect honor upon his State. Mr. Martin Friday made public a letter to the Baptist Courier in which be refers to the testimony before the investigating committee referring to expenditures alleged to have been made in Governor Heyward's behalT by some of his supporters in Spartanburg County in 1902. In his reply, punished in next column. Governor Heyward says he has nothing to conceal about this matter, and that the expenditures were made and investigated by bis friends. The item in the Baptist Courier is as follows: 1 "Mr. Dan S. Henderson, who was announced, as a candidate for the United States senate to succeed Mr. Gary, has withdrawn from the race. There are still left, however, five avowed candidates, of whom the lead ing are former Govs. Heyward and Evans. Mr. Heyward . has probably gained by the withdrawal of Messrs. McCullough and Henderson?two of the most scholarly and intellectual men in the State?and the present indications are that Mr. Heyward will ' win out." If he should. South Carolina would have a representative in the senate equal in every respect to any member of tnat l>ody, and one whose acquaintance and influence would be worth a great deal to the state." Mr. Martin's Letter. To the Editor of the Baptist Courier: Dear Sir: The enclosed clipping has been noted by me and also sent to me by Courier subscribers. I regret that you use the influence of your paper and your gift of prophecy to try to line up the votes before the campaign opens. I have always believed that your, sense of fairness would have prevented such action. It is possible to prostitute a religous paper in politics. I wonder if you have read pages 327-346 of the testimony of the dispensary investigation committee? Mr. W. R. Dillingham, of Spartanburg, swore that he spent several hundred dollars for Governor Heyward upon his authority in iue race for governor in 1902. Dillingham said that he was conducting the campaign upon the Mark Hanna system. Several men swore tnat JLmiingnam coneci-ju ?ou, wauu, from men whom Gov. Heyward appointed dispensary constables. Some of these fellows had to "borrow money for rent and rations." Chief Fant swore that Dillingham told him that he spent $1,080 in Heyward's campaign, is a man responsible under the law for the acts of his agents.' Does the Courier stand for this? It is well known that Gov. Heyward said before Senator Latimer's death that he would not run for senator because of his business matters. Did Senator Latimer's death imnieliately affect Gov. Heyward's business matters so that he could get into the senate race in less than an hour? Would he have much influence in Congress where he would be known as the post mortem candidate? Did you see the daily papers in South Carolina which announced Senator ^atimer's death and Gov. Heyward's candidacy at the same time on front page in large head linos' Some of the congressmen ap pointed to attend the funeral saw them and expressed their opinions of the same. South Carolina generally respects the dead and their families especiall in the solemn hours of their deepest grief South Carolina, too believe in giving every man a fail change. I think your paper would not loose anything by hearing the arguments and reasoning before it decides definitely for the people of this state as to whom they shall elect foi any office. Sincerely yours, * O. B. Martin. Two Shot to Death. A dispatch from Krasnoyarsk, Si beria says a lieutenant of the arm: named Masloff and a sergeant wer< shot to death there Friday after hav ng been found guilly by a courtmar tial on the charge that they had le< the a.tack which took place last Jun< on the guard house and detentioi prison prison at Krasnoyarsk. Thi attack was continued for several day by revolutionists on the one side am the prison guard on the other. HEYWARD REPLIES. SORRY MR. MARTIN HAS BEGU I MUD SLINGING. Explains the Spartanburg Matter, an Quotes What Mr. Martin Said C Him Last .Summer. When Gov. Heyward was shown copy of Mr. Martin's letter and wa asked if he had any reply to make t this attack upon him, he said: "I am very much surprised an very sorry to know that Mr. Marti has seen fit to begin mud-slinging i the senatorial campaign. When was not a candidate for "the same oi fice to which he also aspires he seem ed to entertain for me a very hig regard. The people of the state will reca] that when Mr. Martin last July go mad with Governor Ansel and mad a bitter attack upon the chief magis trate of South Carolina he referrei ^ *r 4?rni i. J.ll.t.if., jl?. nejwarn as; xuai ueiiguuu and considerate gentleman whi adorned that office during the pas four years.' But since that delight ful and considerate gentleman is no\ Mr. Martin's opponent, and is pro nounced by a leading religions news paper as the probable winner in thi race, Mr. Martin seems to change hi opinion of him entirely, but I an certain that he cannot change th< opinion of the people of South Caro lina. "The testimony before the investi gating ommittee must have beei known to Mr. Martin when he spok< of me so kindly last summer, as i has been public property for nearl; three years. The people of Soutl Carolina know what sort of campaigi I conducted in 1902 and their con fidence in me was clearly demonstrat ed by the fact that I was re-electec governor in 1904 without even a hin of opposition. "AS to me aiiegea expeuunuico n 1902 in Spartanburg county, ai brought out by the investigation, : have nothing to conceal and hav< never had. I will be very glad foi you to publsh a copy of ths testmony whch I herewith hand you. Hundredi of my friends throughout the stat< know the circumstances in the case Between the first and second primar ies I made my headquarters in Spar tanburg and necessarily a great dea of expense was incurred. I was un der the impression that all of thes< expenses had been settled at the tim< but two and a half wears later 5 statement was presented to me fron Mr. Dillingham, which after an in vestigation by some of my friend! and upon their advice paid. Ai shown by Mr. Dillingham's testimon: the amount was not nearly so larg< as Chief Fant had thought, and furthermore, the testimony will ?hov ;? =>00 antiralv H tsnnnneftod wit! mat 11 noo vuu?* the constabulary. "As to my alleged disrespect t< Senator Latimer, I wish to say tha my candidacy for the senate was no announced until I read in the after noon paper an account of the funer al of Senator Latimer, and it wni announced only because I was leav ing the next day for Philadelphia t? be absent for sometime on accoun of the illness of my wife. Anv prev ious reference to my probable cauci course without authorization* or iu course without authorization on in stigation from me. "Mr. Martin's consideration for th" feelings of Senator Latimer's famil; may in his own words be termed pos mortem regard, because it !s we! known that Mr. Martin was preparin; to attack the personal and polltica record of the late Senator had Mr Latimer lived to enter the campaign "This is shown by Mr. Martin's an nouncement of his candidacy lor in senate." - MYSTERIOUS MURDER. A New York Woman Found Stabbe in Her Bed. Mrs. Isaac Lieberman, describe by her neighbors as the most beaut: ful woman in the Bronx, was murdei ed in bed at her home, No. 70 Courtlandt avenue, New York, Tue: day. Her husband, who conducts shirtwaist store at No. 759 Melros avenue, a block away, is under ai rest on supicion. Mrs. Lieberman was stabbed twic as she slept, with a long daggc i wielded by a powerful arm. One ( the wounds is through her throa , The other is through her breast, pei etrating both lungs. The knife wj [ driven in from the left side of h< body as she lay on her right side i - slumber. 5 Lieberman and his wife occupie a flat on the second floor of an apar 1 tkA AWAni ment Iiuuse <it iuc vjuuiuhuui ovcin address. They were childless ar kept no servant. Acording to oth< tenants in the house they appear* . to be as happy as the average nic , .? vi wife. a " Mines Resume Work. The Ross Run Iron mines in Ba 1 County, Ky., owned by Alabama ai 5 Mississippi capitalists, have resum< a work, after a shut-down during tl s financial stringency. This gives wo: s to about two hundred men, many 3 whom had spent almost their last dc . lar for food since the suspension. WILL N01 RUN. x Mr. Feathersfone Announces His Withdrawal From Race. I GIVES HIS REASONS. Gov. Ansel Has Climbed Upon His ( s 0 Platform and .Therefore, His Candidacy, This Year Would Not Help d the Cause of Prohibition.?Gov. n n Ansel's Latest Position on the Li, puor Question Stated. i- Mr. C. C. Featherstone announced k Friday morning his withdrawal from the race for governor. His entrance ^ into the contest several weeks ago e was before the exact platform of Gov. Ansel was known. j It was supposed that Mr. Ansel waiiM vim nn tVio coma nlotfnrm nnnn j 'IUUJU I uu v? tut OUU1V/ pi uj;uu v 0 which he was elected two years ago, i ^ but in a letter to Mr. Featherstone a _ few days ago, part of which is below i v quoted, it will be seen that Mr. Ansel f _ now occupies the same position that c _ Mr. Featherstone announced last fa'l, j s namely, a reverse local option law, r s under which the counties will all be \ a dry until the dispensary is voted in, I e thus throwing the burden on the peo- s . pie who desire the dispensary. In announcing his withdrawal, Mr. c . Featherstone says: t 1 Col. Feathcrstonc's Sta'cwnt. j a "Several weeks ago ! ;.in.unced t t my candidacy for governor of South 3 y Carolina, upon a Stale prohinitioi a 1 platform. p 1 "I believed then and f still believe, ? . that the people are tired of the li- c . quor traffic, and that they are ready D j to take a great step forward and t t sweep the legalized traffic out of the a State. r 1 "The announcement of my candi- a 3 dacy was made at the suggestion of I some of our leading prohibitionists-- v 3 men who have been with me in the a r fight since the campaign of IS98. T , They believed that there ought to be c 5 in the campaign a candidate who e ? would make an aggressive fight, and e . were kind enough to suggest that I g - ought to lead the movement. j, "As I have already stated, person- t 1 ally it did not suit me to go into the j. - fight at this time, but I yielded to n ; what I conceived to be a call of duty, j i "I did not hesitate to say that it a i would be a source of gratification 10 v i me to be governor of the State, but c - the desire to gratify my personal am- D * bition alone would not have been suf9 ficient to induce me to enier the race f at this time. i "Shortly after the announcement , of my candidacy it. was publicly sug- ^ ' gested by Gov. Ansel's friends that he i was also in favor of prohibition and that he would offer for re-election ) on that platform. s t "It seemed to me that the cause of t prohibition might be weakened by - having two candidates in the field, 11 - and that if he would espouse that v 3 cause it would be the part of wisdom r - for me to withdraw. ^ ' "Acting upon this idea and with f t the approval of my prohibition ^ friends, I wrote Gov. Ansel (on Feb. * 29) that if he expected to make the " race on that platform I would not ^ " oppose him. ? "I am in receipt of a letter from 0 3 the governor informing me that he * f< expects to advocate the reverse of d 1 our present local option plan. He v 1 says: 5 " 'My position on the liquor ques' tion is what I call restricted local ' option?that is, local option as be- f ' tween county prohibition and county " dispensary. Those counties voting to B sell liquor shall be restricted to one * dispensary in the county and that ^ one at the county seat, except in those g counties wherein there is a city of ^ more than 25,000 population, ifi j which counties more than one dispen- j sary may be established. This is in ^ accordance with my recommendations , to the general assembly as set forth , in my annual message of 1908, is in j ' the interest of temperance and will , - minimize the sale of liquor. ^ 6 " 'With the experience that I have ( had in the past two years in the pro- . '* posed elections that were desired in a some counties on the liquor question, i ie I am of the opinion that it will be | p. better to enact a law by which a \ county can vote on the question of voting in the sale of liquor as above , :e restricted, instead of voting it out, as ir now provided?that is, maKe all the J | connties dry until a majority of the ] qualified voters of a county vote to 1 " sell liquor in that particular county, < ls|and, if a majority of the qualified , :r voters vote to sell, that one county in dispensary then be Established as al>ove set forth, with the right to vote | ' the dispensary out at a subsequent election.' " 'This io practically the plan that ; 1 I outlined in an interview given out e' last tail.' St a to Ready for Prohbition. "As I see the situation now, I believe the State is ready to take even a greater step towards prohibition than this; but such a plan will, practh tically. give us three-fourths or more of the State for prohibition. Jd "With the policy of the State debs dared to be opposed to the traffic, rk . coupled with the good efff ct produced of by the practical workings of a pro'1 hibition law, the counties will be * very slow to exempt themselves from . LEAPED FROM TRAIN. MR. ELY E. SMYTH OF HARTSVILLE COMMITS SUICIDE. Jumped Out of Window Without Warning and Died After Being Carried to Columbia. The State says as train No. 53 )n the Atlantic Coast Line reached :he 17-mile post, ncaring Columbia, ruesday morning, Ely E. Smith, demented and under escort to the State hospital for the Insane, raised himself out of the seat in the smoking :ar and dashed out of the window. The act was done before any of he horrified passengers could stop he unfortunate man and when the rain was stopped and the body re:overed it was seen that there was ^ery little chance of recovery. Withn a few minutes after arrival in Colimbia he died and his body was at >nce shipped back to his home in lartsville. Mr. Smith has for two years had nental trouble, being injured by a -11 e /? tlA MAVAt* *A_ till iruill CL UUllUlUg. I1U Lie V CA :overed from the result of tue inuries received by this fall and while lot violent his mind gradually grew weaker and it was decided to place ilm in the State Hospital for the Inane. He was carried to Columbia, esorted by the chief of police of the own, P. H. Kirkpatrick, and by Dr. . L. Powe, who was on his way to he meeting of the State Medical association in Anderson. The man was lways quiet, although his two coni?nions deemed it best to keep a close /atch on his movements. When Jhief Kirkpatrick left his seat for a linute a stranger who came into he car took his place beside the luntic and a second later Smith had aised himself out of the car and disppeared out of the open window. Railroad Commissioner Earle, who ras on the car, had the train stopped nd a short distance back the body ras found. The man was unconsious and a hasty exaxmination showd that he had no chance for recovry. On arrival at Columbia he was iven medical attention but died witha a few minutes of removal from the rain. The body was shipped back to lartsv'.lle to the family for interdent.. Chief Kirkpatrick and Dr. 'owe regret the affair very much but ccording to the statement of those fho witnessed the suicide nothing ould have stopped the unfortunate aan from his deed. INHALED POISONOts FUMES .'Iiree Employes oi Guano Company Dead and Four 111. Three colored employes of the Royter Guano Company at Macon, Ga., ame to their.death last week from ? ?V,o11n** nniKonous cases while at I'ork in the acid chamber of the comiany's factory and four more are ill rom the same cause, one probably atally. The coroner empaneled a ury and held an inquest on one of he negroes for all of the victims, 'he verdict of the jury is that John Jilmore came to his death while in he discharge of his duty in employ if the Royster Guano company, due o the incompetency of Superinten[ent Stamps and Foreman Gonsales." * DIED IX PKARIE FIRE. lii Awful Death Overtakes Family in North Dakota. Louis Orian, his wife and five chilIren perished in a prairie fire which iwept the country 12 miles Vest of Cogswell, North Dakota. Orianrhuried his family into a wagon, but lost n a race with the flafes. The fire vas spread all over the country by i wind which travelled at 40 miles in hour. Dozens of farmers lost lames and granaries. Live stock vas burued on several laimo. ucijeant country has never known so lestructive a fire. * the operation of the law and to place themselves in direct opposition ;o the well defined moral policy of :he State. "Under such * circumstances, I do lot believe that my candidacy this pear would be productive of good to the prohibition cause and I will not be a candidate. "Whether the State Democratic Convention will be asked to permit a direct tote upon the question in the primary this summer, I am not now prepared to say. I have my own ? enhiopf- hilt l>ersonai views ujjuu mw, ?? before any definite conclusion is reached it may be necessary to have a conference of the prohibitionists. I am seeking to do what is best for the ultimate good of the cause. "Personally, I shall continue to go into different sections of the State and advocate prohibition. I shall offer my services to any section that may desire them, whether it be to make speeches generally throughout the State or in counties where campaigns are being made under the pres ent law. "The fight is on and the prohibitionists expect to keep it up until they stop the legalized sale of liquor In South Carolina." * KILLS HIMSELF After Shooting His Sixteen Yes Old Daughter Twice. SHOCKING TRAGEDY Occured in a Girl's School at Ash ville. The Young Lady had Take Part in April Fool Joke and h< Father visits her at School, Shoo< Her,and then Commits Suicide. A terrible tragedy was enacted i Asheville, N. C., on Wednesday. Ei raged at his 16-year-old daught< Nellie, because of a harmless schoi girl prank, Dr. D. O. Swinney. wt recently went to Asheville, from Ne York, fired two shots at her, fatal! wounding her, and tnen turning tt revolver on himself, he placea u muzzle in his mouth and pulled tt trigger, dying almost instantl; Badly wounded as she was, with tw bullets emmbedded in her skull, Mis Swinney ran from the room up-staii to the principal's room before el fell. The tragedy occurned in the recei it.* XT 1 J ?-? Livu iuuui ui cue i>uriiiai ana ^Oliej school for girls, where Miss Swinne had been a pupil for the past sessio Just what occured prior to the shoo ing is not known as there were n witnesses and the girl, while sti conscious could give but a vagu account. Dr. Swinney, who, up t a few years ago, had been a prom ntne physician in New York citj has been in poor health, and of lat it is alleged his mind has been ui balanced. Recently his daughter was one c a number of school girls, who, as a April fool's joke, absented then selves from school, and the fathe brooded over the little escapade ur til it assumed to him the proportion of actual wrong-doing. When Di Swinney called on his daughter a the school this afternoon about ho rxroo eViAnrn into tVio ropar tion room, and a few minutes late his daughter came down and wer into the room, closing the door b( hind her. She sat down at the pianc her father sitting beside her. Half an hour later girls and teacfc ers were startled by four shots ring ing out and a few seconds afterward Miss Swinney, with blood streamin from the wounds in her head, cam rushing from the room. In a fe1 minutes later the wildest confu^io reigned, school girls and wome teachers ran here and there, but Mis Robinson, the principal, speedily re stored order and nastily summone a physician. Miss Swinney was dej perately wounded and there is uttl chance for her recvery. The room in which the tragedy oc curred showed signs of a hard strug gle; chairs were overturned and th piano stool, with one leg broken, wa lying in the middle of the room. Th father was lying on the floor, at on side of the room, face downwarc with the revolver with four chamber empty under him. The attempte murder and suicide were evidentl deliberately planned, as before goin to the school Dr. Swinney purshase a revolver and two rounds of carl ridges at a pawn shop. Although, It is said, his mind ha been unbalanced for some time li had never been violent and his fam ly were totally unprepared for th fearful tragedy. He was a father-ii law of Dr. J. A. Sinclair, a prominei J ? ? ii?t ?? O iUnf Atf tr n n d Ol n/^n hio UeilllSL UL mat V/llj) auu oiuvc Uio turn from New York a few weeks ag had made his home with him. TERRIBLE EXPLOSION*. Towns Within a Radius of Eightee Miles Damaged. Many men were reported kille< several fatally injured, and a numbt missing in an explosion early Tue; day morning at the Aetna mills of til Dupont Powder company, near, Mi lers, Ind. The shock of the explosion wj heard 18 miles away. The wrecked plant employed froi 150 to 200 men in the day time, hi the full force was not at work whe the disaster occurred. The night shift had just complete its task when the death-dealing bias startled the town. Houses were di mantled and windows broken hui dreds of yards away from the seen At Chesterton, Ind., harbor, Gai .nd Dane Park, a dozen or more mil< distant, citizens thought an eart] ninlfo was linon them. Physicians and nurses were hu ried to the scene. A number of th injured were removed to the new ho pital at Gary on trains over the Lal< Shore, and Baltimore and Ohio, an Wabash. Machines Arc Demolished. At Pittsburg, Pa., Friday sixt; right steel machines, confiscated 1 the police upon complaint that the were used to operate games of chain were demolished. About 4,000 pei nies were taken from the machini and added to the police pension fun of that city. - . HtNUISH BKUIt. ATTEMPTED AN ASSAULT ON A . Jr A BRAVE LEXINGTON WOMAN. hSe Chased the Scoundrel With a Gun to Perry, Where He Was Arrested. The State says Chief of Police Sal- ? e. ley, of Perry carried to Columbia Wednesday night and -lodged in the ;n State penitentiary Alex. Hall, colored, charged with attempting criminal 'r assault upon a Lexington county wots man Sunday afternoon. The negro was arrested at Perry Monday nignt by Chief Salley and Wednesday ne was taken to the Aiken 1 eounty jail. It was deemed wise to 1_ place the negro in the penitentiary, ;r however, and Officer Salley carried ^ 31 him to Columbia Wednesday night Ti and he will remain here for safe keeping until the opening of the regu- tg w lar term of criminal court in Lexington. ie Sunday afternoon Hall stopped at ct the home of Mr. C. Wint Sox, at re Edmunds, about 10 miles from Lex-' pfi ie ington. Mrs. Sox was the only per- m Y- son at home. He asked her for a o drink of water and she started to get ^ 3s it for him, when he turned and ex,g claimed: "You are what I want, not ^ the water." At the same time he ag ie made a dash for Mrs. Sox, but she ye crabbed a hammerless gun and at >- tempted to shoot him, whereupon he Q1 dashed out of the house. She did not an (y know how to operate the gun, other- ? wise she would have been able to fill -1 n him with lead before he could have ? possibly escaped. Mrs. Sox gavq the 0 alarm immediately and a number of 00 U nearby citizens started in pursuit of pu e the negro. _ 0 Chief of Police Salley of Perry was ' I" informed over the telephone about J5 ( r> the attempted assault and was asked e to keep a lookout for the negro. Monl" day afternoon he located a negro answering the description and held him ,f for identification. It is said that the n, negro feared the result of having Ai l" Mrs. Sox come to Perry to identify )r him and admitted .that he was the l" man, requesting that he be taken to O .. . fi j.i? tne AiKen jau. r# Sheriff Corley of Lexington was in tQ lt formed of the arrest of Hall and ex 0 pected to send his deputy to Aiken jjv for the purpose or transfering him ,r to the Lexington jail, but the negro ' lt Is now in the penitentiary and will }* remain there until the regular terra )( of the criminal court for Lexington D6 county convenes. l" . r" DON'T WANT TAFT. ro. 8 Wl g hi' e Negro Bishop Creates a Great Sensa- in * tion in New York. n n Bishop Alexander Walters, head of or [s the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church in New York city, created in( something like a sensation among eld e the colored worshipers of his denom- bu ination Tuesday by delivering himself of a bitter attack on Predident Roosevelt for the part he has played in the Brownsville s* air, and declar- Th s ing that Taft was unfit to be the negro's candidate for the presidency be. cause he was with Roosevelt, a party ' ?l>n? Kichnn tormoil "ft (Iplfll ,g tu wuab IUV UIOUVJ/ vv.u.wm ? v, ^ erate plot to discredit the negro race ru for political purposes." ip That the bishop's denunciation of gjj ^ the president and Secretary Taft did ief l not fall on ears altogether apprecia- WJ tive was evidenced before the last pji s clause of his letter had been read. f0; e Several of those present allowed them jt . selves the privilege of groans of dise approval, and at the end Rev. Dr. t*i j_ Parks, chairman of the meeting, call- ta ed attention as delicately as he could or j. to the fact that the meeting was not w] .'0 to discuss politics, but to consider the ar education of the members of the rQPO CHURCH THIEF. an is Woman Arrested for Robbing Wor- r( th shippers While at Prayer. 1. As she rose from her knees, cross' ed herself devoutly and walked out of St. Elizabeth's Roman Catholic 'e church, in Chicago on Sunday, May O'Hara, alias May Miller, was arrested by a police sergeant, and three patrolmen for stealing the purses of worshippers. The woman's rooms, Su . which she occupies with Frank Cun- c? 1 nlngham, a former pockey, were 13 found to contain between forty and ho 1 JKooro ol| nf ^ fifty purses ami uauuuago, ?... 3t which are supposed to have been stol- T* en by May O'Hara while she was pre- Mi tending to be in prayer and was in mi reality searching the seats in front of ,' of her for plunder. an wj f SIXTY-FIVE KILLED an 3' ag SG! v- Bv a Landslide in Canon on Southern ie rncific Railroad. s- of Sixty-five Japanese laborers era- pe id ployed by the Canadian Pacific rail- nii road lost their lives in one of the worst land slides in the history of Canada, in a canon of the Alberta y- mountains. The roar of the thous- go >y ands of tons of snow, ice and rock, tir >y carrying before it debris of all kinds Fr ;e and snapping off large trees as if in; ii- they were twigs, could be heard for se ?s miles. Telegraph wires were carried fa id down by the slide. Only five bodies go lhave been recovered. cli ?? - WIIHBKYAN nd a Stronf Running Mate Will Certainly Win Says SENATOR TILLMAN. e Thinks the Democrats Hare a . V . Magniftcient Chance to Win in November?In the Northwest He Found Thousands of Republicans s ' v Who Will Vote for Bryan Because He Is With Roosevelt on Reform. - .1 . . v" A special dispatch from Atlanta to e Charleston Post says Senator llman is much improved at the sanirium, but is still weak. In an in 1TICW U.U oa; o The Democrats have a magnlflcient lance to win. There Is a spirit of unst and discontent in the Republican irty. With Bryan and a strong ate we can win. 'Everything now points to Taft as , e Republican nominee. He is supped to typify Rooseveltism, but I lieve he would be a different man President. I do not, believe Rooselt or any other man could control m. "In the Northwest I found thougids of Republicans who will vote tor -yan because they know he stands ' i r the things Roosevelt stands for. ' course, the old -conservative Bern- _ rats would probably go to the Beibllcan nominee." Senator Tillman expects to sal! for * irope in a few weeks. He may dele to take a cattle steamer for the ag slow trip and ocean air. H? Is . le to take short walks. KILLED HIMSELF. , i Old Man Follows Advice of Dr. Osier. When a man after an active life ds himself without an opportunity i continue his activity and through srerse fortune is without means of elihood to retain honor and prent himself from becoming a burden his fellowmen, it is desirable that follow the proposition attributed Osier. I, therefore, deem It Gx dient to do so." T(he above abstract from a letter and on the body o* Joseph Child, 10 committed suicide Taesday at 3 boarding house in J.! 7th street, Chicago., by inhaling illuminating s explains his reason for bis deed. Sixty-five years ola without friends relatives,'out of employment and th no prospect of finding work and th his little savings rapidly dwind? away, Child chose to go to a suile's grave rather thnn become a rden on the community. LOST BOTH 1EG8. te Very Sad Fate of An Augusta Georgia, Boy. The Augusta Herald says Tracy rens, an 11-year-old white boy, was n over the other morning in the per Harrisonvllle yards of the Geor1 railroad, at the north end. Both js were severed from his body. H? is at once carried to the city hostal, where an operation was perrmed, and he may recover although is considered quite doubtful. The Georgia railroad officials state at' engine five was in the act of king the cab from the engine in der to leave it on a seperate track, len Owens, who is said to hang ound the place often endeavored to -i A +V.r> f?n h His footing ring auunk u iuv VMW> _ pped and legs were severed. The cab was at once connected up ,d t heboy sent to the hospital. It stated that young Owens had been jqquently warned to stay away from e place. MORE BODIES FOUND. >ath List of Chelsea Fire Now Nam- 1 ber Thirteen. Two more bodies were found in '' - firn nf last. e ruins 01 me ^uciotu - mday, making the total number revered 11, and the known victims , which includes two who died in spitals. The bodies found were both males. le first found was recovered at 29 arlboro street, wtiere search was ade through the efforts of a sister a man who lived at that number d who has been missing. The body is identified by means of a watch d teeth as that of Harry Lewis, ed 42 years, employed as a mesnger in Boston. The second body recovered was und at Poplar street and was that a male adult. The list of missing rsons is still large and it is feared iny of them perished. . * Mother Forgets Baby. As the clerks in a 14th street dry ods store of New York were putlg away their stocks for the day . idav they were aroused by the wailg of a baby. Search in the nurry revealed a three-monts-old innt girl, who had evidently been fortten by its mother in the haste of Dsing her day's shopping. -- .41. 1