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The Press and Banner. J FABT SEOOITD. I BRYAN'S VIEWS sp AND About the Charges of Roosevelt } Against Senator Tillman. THE GNAT AND CAMEL * to Nai The Great Commoner Says the Sena- co]m tor Has Xot Sinned At All, and rated nor. That Roosevelt Tried to Ruin HJm latere Because He Has Dared to Criti- ^UBt,c nesse< else Some of His Acts. In ^ nor I v> asmugiuii, jau. <jo.? ine repu- follow tation of William J. Bryan for hon- Carmi est fidelity to convictions prevents "Yc anyone, even of his bitterest politi- ^ado cal foes, from believing for a mo- trust ment that he would defend a dis- ,,j' honest public man or an act which the g1 is inimical to the public welfare. erg The following comment in the Com- CU]ate moner, Mr. Bryan's paper, concerneven i ing the recent collission between j.. s Senator Tillman and the president t^an ( are of more than ordinary interest. majce The Commoner says: . , ?? to use The president's attack on Senator . uE Tillman forcibly recalls the graphic language employed by the Nazarene. ,.g0 recorded in Matthew 23:24: "Ye relate. blind guides which strain at a gnat and swallow a camel," this littlt . jng verse is wedged in between two ver- UhjjC ses, both of which begin, "Woe untr . ^,e] you scribes and Pharisees, hypocri . ^ tes." Of what is Senator Tillmar . guilty? The president charges tha k . . Mr. Tillman denied that he hat" } "undertaken" to purchase any lane' ' connected with the tract which h< . was endeavoring to have restored t< . ,, ... ervini the public. * . men r The correspondence shows tha . . Mr. Tillman had expressed a desir< ^ gc to have some land reserved for him self and members of his family. Mr Tillman declares and there is noth , 'nereri ing to dispute it, that while he ha< vjjg^e contemplated the purchase of land he had not completed the transactioi ^ and that he finally decided not to dr ...." so. It might have been better if instead of using the word "under f dec taken," he had gone into detail am atior told the senators what correspon dence he had had. But in view of the fact that th< purchase of the land, and even ii It had been made, would not hav< "robal been a violation of the law, and considering the further fact that nothing Mr. Tillman Ncould have saic Tac( would have affected the subject un- exci der discussion, it is not fair to condemn him. He declared in his state- enani ment before the senate that he had f gol< told the attorney general that hf ">catec had considered the purchase of some lead of the land. The attorney general ant g does not remember the conversation -'anani exactlv as Senator Tillman does, but nore even the attorney general s 6tate- mder ment, as it stands, is sufficient tc r bus corroborate the testimony of Senatoi :overy Tillman. Clondi We may reach the time whet Nearly public sentiment will condemn par- listric ticipation by any legislator in the deciding of any matter in which he has i the slightest pecuniary interest, but that is not the law today, neither it rhe ? it public opinion. A large numbei of the senators and members of con gress are interested in nationa banks as stockholders, directors ot housa officials and yet no question is raised )0rted about their speaking and voting up Juata: on measures affecting the nationa <he s bank. n Gu Senator Piatt, of New York, it l0nth interested in express companies, anc jg ^ vet he takes an active Dart in the consideration and decision of ques horit! tions affecting postal rate whicl 'earths come into competition with express ^e ( rates. Many "of the senators anc ieasu members are interested in railwaj companies, and yet they take an ac harg< tive part in the consideration of rat' v,p legislation and railroad regulation iitigs Many of the senators and member ]ajn are Interested In manufacturing en ]e o; terprises, and yet they apeak ant j]im* vote upon the tariff laws which di ianv rectlv affect their business. ?, a Senators and members are inter ested In corporations known a ared trusts, and yet they take part in th ^0ncei consideration of measures affectin; oge ? the trusts. Judges often hold stocl .ronj In railroads which have cases befon nan them. Why this singling out o jousj Senator Tillman for anathema? I nent no one could cast a stone unless h' ,jm9 himeslf was free from sin, Senato jf ; Tillman would have few accuser. jty | in either body. ise c Senator Tillman was endeavorin: nore to recover for the public a larg "aith tract of territory which a railroac' aken company was, in his opinion, unlaw- >ast fully holding. It would have beer ie la better, as it now appears, if he ha1 to ju never thought of purchasing, for tht- elect president's criticism will go farther Bu than Senator Tillman's defense can iresic reach, and the senator will be con- ?sted demned by many who will forever ienui remain ignorant of facte. But is the coma senator's usefulness ended because is th< of this? He immediately called at- iresi< tention or tne misuse 01 nis name m uuu this connection and protested against ilso the attempt of speculators to uBe him used to practice a fraud upon the public, nig ( Measured by the rules that are One k applied to other senators and mem- :n co f bers of congress, he has not sinned atten at all: measured by the most exact- stand ing rules, his offense can not be con- may sldered a grave one. Why should that the public his long career of rate bouesfy anfr jfair dealing* ^ ?ian*ioug EAKS OF TRAGEDY SAYS SLANDERS REGARDING HIM SHOULD CEASE. ' is Inaugural Address Governor tferson, of Tennessee, Alludes | Carmack'rs Murder. shville, Tenn., Jan. 27.?MalR. Patterson was today inaugu- ^ for his second term as goverThe oath of office was adrnind by Judge \V". F. Beard, chief e of the supreme court of Tenhis inauguaral address Gover atterson referred, in part, as s to the killing of Senator ack: 8 )ur State is passing through the ti ws; her people are divided; we f< fallen into the habit of dis- v suspicion and accusation. ii am conscious that throughout a tate men have repeated sland- ti lat some newspapers have cir- b d cruel and false charges, and v, gone so far as to connect me o i tragedy which I deplore more c< do those who have sought to out of it a political asset and r< i it as a motive and incentive tl iwise, undomestic and destruc- w jgislation. p( far as the injustice of all this it } to me as an individual, or tc lin it ruthlessly and merciless- is icts, it is of no concern to the tl , but as governor, the people al onessee have a right to have tl flee respected and my service di official capacity not impaired w Ise and repeated accusations, oi in any way, directly or rer, I have sought to enocmpass .? ath of a fellow man, I am de- st S of every stigma that gentle- bi nay place upon me, of every ity and punishment which law b iciety can inflict, for I am the j. lor of the State, clothed with h wer to pardon, and the charge m nrp involves the barest and p st turpitude. Si charges are not preferred, or gi r are and fail, I believe I am je d to ask for the peace and of the State and in the name \ ency that this reckless defa- 3, 1 shall cease.' rj C< CHER THAN* KLONDIKE q, W >Iy Is the New Found Alaskan ^ so Gold Field. H )ma. Wash., Jan. 28.?Alaska L< er ted over the discovery in th?i M 1 valley of an immense ledge N 1 bearing quartz. It has been G. i for 20 miles. It cuts the C. quarters of the most imporold producing creeks in the C, a district, which produced St than $10,000,000 last year U - ? - ? -1L t X! difficulties. uanKers ana oin- ?> iness men believe that the dis- W exceeds the richest of th'? 85 ike, Nome and other claims. ' every man in (,he Tanana t has taken to seeking quartz, tt tt U\I> THAT KILLS. o' P< (mallpox Playing Havoc in rc P< Guatemala City. ^ r Orleans, Jan. 28.?Twelve ind cases of smallpox are reI to be under treatment in P' mala City and its environs. 1)1 courge has been in existance w atamala for a number of w s, and has rapidly spread dure past few weeks, despite thi y< st precautions taken by the au- ^ ies. There have been man} ^ 3 among the ./poorer classes. [( government is taking activc t( A- QniMomlf* P1 res 10 suppress Luc '< ?d with a crime is entitled to a nefit of his record, not only tr ? ite his punishment, but to ex n any transaction that is capa ei f two constructions. .Senatoi 5 in has been in public life for C) years and his name hat; stood R synonym for integrity. w matter how men may have dif- n from him in opinion, they have c' 3ed to him honesty of pur- c ind fearless in his attacks upon ,'doing. Is it possible that a a with such a career can be se- s y damaged by such an indict- f; as the president brings against li t Senator Tillman was a univer- li president or an expert in the i if language there might be f reason to question his good t when he used the word "under- c but those who have in the c found fault with him because r eked college polish ought not i dge him too technically in the ion of words. \ t what shall we say of the s lent? Is he entirely disinter- t in picking out Mr. Tillman for s aciation? It is a matter of ion knowledge that Mr. Tillman < t only senator from whom the < lent has withdrawn an jnvita- i to the White House and it is 1 known that Mr. Tillman has emphatic language in criticis- i certain acts of the president. must give these facts weight < nsidering why the president has apted to destroy Mr. Tillman's : ling among his associates. These have made the president forget Senator Tillman championed the bill when Republican leaders ht it. LIEN LAW DEAI f the Senate Votes Like House, Which ;AVOURS ITS REPEJ rhat Body Passes a Bill to Rep the Law by a Very Large Ma,j< ty?Fight Now Goes to the Sen/ The Vote of That Body I>eei< It Fate. Columbia, Jan. 30.?By a vote 5 to 35 the house yesterday pasi a third reading Mr. Richard's 1 nr tVio rononl nf tho lion law H ote was taken after some time spi I debate and after two roll calls motion to order thr previous qu ion, thus shutting off further i ate. It was a foregone conclusi hat the -result wouid be but 1 pponents went down bravely to srtain defeat. The passage of the bill to th wading was not a surprise, lough the large majority was son hat unexpected even by the si orters of the bill. After recelvi s third reading the bill will be s< ) the senate. In the senate th( a bill by Senator Kelley alo le same lines, and it is in the s< te that the fight is expected, lough Mr. Richards said yest ay that he believed that the t ould pass by a majority of thi r four. The Vote. On the motion of Mr. Rucker rike out the enacting words of t II the vote was as follows: Ayes?Brown, F. M. Brys unch, Bush, Carey, Clary, Gasqi P. Gibson, Glasscock, Griff amer, . R. Harrison, Jackson, Li - /"I -11 Vf/>K1rttr Mncli iuauiuili, iuvuicj , iiivon atterson, W. L. Riley, Rucker, 0. inders, Singleton, K. P. Smii anley, Tobias, Vaughan, Way, Wi y, 0. D. Wilson, Wright?35. Nays?Amick, Ashley, Ashl< yer, Berg, Rodie, Bowers, Bowma oyd, Brice, Bryan, Cantrell, C? gan, Carter, Carwile, Celey, Clai Dker, Daniel, Dick, Lingle, Dixc Dar, Duval, Foster, Fraser, Ful J. Gibson, Graham, Green, Gre< all, Harmon, Harris, W. C. Har n, Hine6, Horder, Hollis, Hugh( ydrick, Kibler, Lane, Lawsc sague, Leland, Lengnick, McFac n, McKeown, AlcMahan, Mar ars, Nesbitt, Nicholson, Niv< unnery, Pauling, Richards, Ridge , M. Riley, Robertson, Roessler, Sanders, Sawyer, Scarborou? ;ibels, Shuler, Shuler, Simkii A. Smith, M. L. Smith, Spea .ubbs, J. D. Sullivan, Suydam, Toe tsey, Vander, Horst, Wade, Wei iggins, Williamson, w. u. vvnsi 'ingo, Wynch, Speaker, Whaley 5. The Discussion. Discussion on the lien law open le morning session of the hou le bill being special order for 10: clock. Mr. Simkins, urged the 1 jal, stating that he believed the li )bbed the farmer of financial in< jndence and because he believ was time for the farmer to est; sh a personal credit. Mr. W. D. Bryan also urged ?al. He did not expect immedlj snefit, but the coming generati ould be independent. The repi as demanded by the farmers. Mr. Foster stated that seve ears ago, when a member of 1 ouse, he had voted against rep ince this he had investigated a jund the farmers overwhelmi'n )r the repeal. The law had b( assed not for the merchant, I )r tne farmer ana wnen uie iaiu sked for the repeal it should ranted. When bankers or lawy sked for reforms they were gra ri; the same consideration should iven the farmers. He had kno uses where the merchants and bai rs had entered into a conspiri hereby the farmer could not loney at the bank, but would ompelled to give a lien to the m hant for advances. Mr. McColl said he spoke nelt s a farmer nor merchant. 1 tatement had been made that armers demanded the repeal of 9w. There was an assertion m; hat the repeal of the law wo letter labor conditions. It wot nstead, cause the poor farmers lock to the cotton mills, beca u1*1 ho ?r?ahlp tn eet. 1 UCJ nuuiu uu uuU./,v 0 ? redit. He personally knew of ca f that kind. He appealed to nernbers to reflect before tak ng an unwise step. Mr. Wright said if the lien vas repealed it would work h? ship on the small farmer, hought the poor farmer should h some credit. Mr. K. P. Smith said the rei if the law would wipe out $10.0 300 of securities. There was nove on foot to wipe out the la ord's lien, but there were some 1 cvoulcl oe gjaa 10 ruu mc iaiw? a credit system. Mr. Hamer called for the previ question. Mr. K. P. Smith called for ayes and nays on this. By a vot 63 to 53 the house ordered the vious question. Mr. Brown moved the clim on the previous question and on Mr. Rucker demanded the ayes J HIGHWy ROBBER AND MURDER COMMITTEE the RUSSIANS NEAR LONDON The Daring Robbers Injured Tv of Their Pursuers and On Them Killed Himself. , London, Jan. 26.?Three pel eal were killed and twenty-one inj >r'" at Walthamstown, a suburb of ite. don, as the result of a eensat: attempt made Saturday by two des slans at highway robbery. The were run down and surroundei of a posse, and one of them finally 3ed mltted suicide. The other atte bill ed suicide but did not succeec though he is now lying in a cri ent condition at Tottenham hosr on eg_ Two of their victims, a police de and a boy of ten, lie dead, v jou five of the injured are in a hos seriously wounded. London is breathless at the sational introduction into its r(j clncts of Russian revolutionary ie I ods. One of the revolvers usee the men was found to be the e II6type as that use! by Russia re\ na tionists, having a large butt nt rest' a l?nS' narrow muzzle, and ' ing bullets of the soft nosed, panding mauser pattern. ;n_ The bandits held up an autc ' l_ bile containing the employes' wj at the entrance to the Rubber Wc er)ill at Walthamstown' an(* made ,e with the money. They were folio by a few employes and a gradi increasing crowd of police and c t ions, few of whom were armed he The police jumped aboard a 1 ley car, and the bandits finding tt selves closely pursued, jun ' aboard another car and forced I ' driver, with a revolver at his h #e'" to send his car along at full sp " ' One of the men ran to the rea "t ' the car and repeatedly emptied revolver at the pursuers. Re-infc ments of armed police on foot, cycles and on horse back, jolnei ;y, the chase and fussilades were in' changed for a distance of a mil lr'_ The car went thundering down .jj track with the mounted bicycle m' lice straining every effort to I tz' uu with the pacemakers. Nea ;r' the Tatenham marshes the baq made the motorman slow down 5S jumped off, seized a milk cart )n' made for the country district. ,h'_' automobile was pressed into ser ,n by the police and it was rapidly o or' hauling the assassins when they I ,jj' to the marshes. q' The pursuit through this tre jh ous ground was a difficult one, 1S eventually the police succeeded rs' the overtaking one of the men ld' finding his position hopeless, tui j3' his weapon upon himself infllc a dangerous though not a 1 m, wound. The other man, failing to r< Eping forest, took refuge in a ecj tage, which the police, now r< se forced by buckshoters' who wer jq the vicinity, first fusiladed and I re_ stormed. They found the assa aw dead on the floor, he having le_ a bullet into his own head. ed lb_ SNOW ROLLED DOWN. re- Avalanchc Buries Whole Town ite on ncath Mountain of Ice. sal Grand Junction, Colo., Jan. ? Four men were killed and more ra a score had narrow escape ] f' death when an avalanche of i !a ' swept over the Camp Bird min l? Ouray late yesterday. The four g were talking in the Cook house, i 1 4 mnvnlnor fVl/MID H1II1USI WJtUUUt nai II wig >.uv/uu ? of tons of snow, rocks and ier swept down the mountainside. shanty was directly in the pat ers the avalanche and the men n<~ hurled into the canon and cot with snow. It will be mid-sun wn before the bodies can be recov* nk" Caught in the steep mountain t acy by the blizzard, which raged all get are eight six-horse teams and be Camp Bird bullion stage, can ier" $6,000 in gold and many passen It is feared they have been in her path of the slide and much an rhe is felt for their safety, the the KILLED BY ALCOHOL. ade u Id J](ji Four Soldiers Drank Liquid and A rn Finn/I use any Wilmington, Del., Jan. 25.? lscs soldiers are dead at Fort Du the near Delaware City, and two o ing will probably die from drinki pint of denatured alcohol, law names of the dead soldiers an ird- bert E. Graham and Martin B He The post-omrtum in each case i ave ly determined the cause of d It was believed until tonight )eal Freeman and Albright, who also 00,- some of the alcohol, would rec no but they have become delii ind- Barry secured the poison, whicl cvho men drank, from Post Macl r of peacock on the pretext that he ed to use it to thin shellac. ious nays. The house by a vote c the to 47 applied the clinch, e of The question then came up o pre- motion to strike out the ena words. By a vote of 85 to 3 :her house refused to strike out the < this ing words and the bill went to and reading. 1 SAFE IN PORT ? * BY Steams Into New York Almost in Sinking Condition. renty Eter ,e BALTIC COMFS FIRST r O rsons Bringing the Rescued Passengers. M . grou [urea Passengers of Wrecked Republic ^jjan Graphically Describes Tragedy. tory lonal deep rU6. The Frenzied Clieers of Thous- eral Ing men ands, Gathered at Water Front. and * New York, Jan. 25.?Less than of r com~ seventy-two hours after the crash be- 19OS X - . _ ... . K fAn. mpi- tween the ocean liners Republic and IJ1UB I al- Florida, off the Nantucket Shoals, a te tical w^ich eventually sent one to the the J )ital bottom and reduced the other to a the i man state of staggering helplessness, the e*Pl< ?hile 3urv,vors of this thrilling deep sea men pital tra6edy have f?un(i a haven at last. tl At nightfall 1,650 passengers from 1'ery sen_ the two vessels were sate in this jUITpre. P?rt. brought here by the Baltic, Tl leth- wblle nearlng it were the rescued Peop j by officers and crew of the Republic the 1?Rne safe on board the derelict destroyer conti rolu- Seneca, to which they were trans- P?rt ferred from the revenue cutter Ores- leav? flr_ ham, after staying up to the last mo- conci ex_ meat by their sinking vessel. tions At her dock in Brooklyn was (he cur? >mo- battered Florida, about which her vent< f V* w/\?i rrKonf Vi or t tl6 i lgon trcw uau icuianicu luxuuguuut uoi irks try'nS experiences. I)rev< Qff Only the Ill-fated, Republic was 3ecor we(j waiting to complete the list. She a mo tally 'Ies ^eneat^ fathoms of water, ,n A lvjj. fifteen miles south of Nantucket doub South Shoals light ship. L0j. Frenzied cheers from the thous- sin?1 iem_ ands at the pier when she docked der 1 iped Sreeted the arrival of the Baltic, menthe tears of thankfulness were shed, af- ^ ead, recl-jtnate greetings were exchanged 3afet ee(j' and only here and there did a note dang r of sadness appear upon the scene. This jjjB Following the Baltic up the har- whlC; irce_ bor was the liner Florida, battered the almost to the sinking point herself ou' ? j ln by the force of the blow she dealt come ex_ the Republic, and bearing the bodies tbe 1 of her own three dead and the ln- yet c jured members of her crew. of t( po. The Republic's passengers told wil1 ceep ?raPhIc details of the crash, of the fllled ring *xcitement on board, of the bravery matc ^jtg of the officers, the good behavior of 'ess and tbe crew and efficient work of blast and rescue. The a n From some, who had been on 9XPl? vjce board the Florida, and were brought 30Wn ver. Into port by the Baltic it was learned " ^ .ook that something went wrong with the PlosI< r lorida's steering wheel when the P'osi< acjj. collission was imminent. One story atten but had it that a quartermaster had the But i I jn wheel when the commander yelled ?' a who for it to be Jammed to starboard ^roui .ne(1 He put it to port instead, and the ?a8eE tjng liners crashed Into each other. ln& ' ,ata] Another version of the story U 3lsta] that the man dropped his wheel in rupti 5ach a panic when danger impended. "cot- versions agree in saying that impr B_ln. the commander felled the quarter- by 1 g jn master with an Iron spike following ? then wbat he must have considered the T* issin searaan'8 recreancy. An injured -he gent quartermaster from the Florida was burn brought to port on the Baltic today )e S( He stoutly asserted that he was not at the wheel when the accident oc- the curred. "On! Pnnf- Spfllhv r>f thp Rennhlir. tnif Tien Be- to the best tradition of the sea, ger, kept his ship beneath-him as long 9ven as there was enough of her afloat othe 3.? to afford him a foothold. And practhan tically all accounts agree that, aside from -rom the starting of an incident pansnow lc among the steerage passengers on Thai e at tJie Florida, both ships' forces and men passengers kept their heads well in phen the midst of most trying conditions w ands When the Florida, In from hei ient dirt fateful .expedience, ^passed up the The harbor today she looked every bit - batt: h 0f the p'~i< of the ocean battering ram 4av. were she had played. Flying the signal, 'q0, -ered "Not under control/' she was guided |eav imer UP the bay by two tugs. Her bows :10p ered. were crumpled up from the Impact viaii rails wlth the Republic, the plates and i>or day beams being buckled and twisted for wju the a distance of fully thirty feet. tion ylng Caught on the jagged iron brace? 0f t gers. and angle irons was a canvas cov- (ow the ering to keep out as much water a? 0 r xiety possible from her forward compart- ^e ments, with her forepeak full of wa- por ter, her burdened bow dipped low while the stern showed high above ror the surface. When the Florida reached her dock it was learned that ( TWO ^ throe anH not four, of her _ crew who had been killed when the . U steamers collided. _U' _ QQ j -Two They were sleping in their fore- ~odg pont, castle quarters and met instant thers death, two of them being badly ng a mangled and so tangled in the The wreckage that it was not until after 1 5 Al- the steamer goflier berth tonight arry. that their bodies could be extricated ;lear- The men killed were Paquale Laval- 3 e eath. io, Caterogo Martuscelli and Salvathat tore D'Abico. Three others were setook verely injured. ^ :over, Capt. Rospini stated that he had Seni rious. heard the Republic's whistle at* inh the tervals for some time on the morning to : tiinist of the disaster, ibut they seemed *he wish- quite far away. Suddenly the big nn nut nf thfl foer and tern IUUUJOU ? v the vessels came together with a h'M >f 73 crash. The Florida veered off and turG the Republic was swallowed up again n the in the mist. A cautious search for icting her was begun and it was two hours, C 5 the the captain said, before the Florida Con mact- again located her partner in mis- earl third fortune and began the the work of and - rescue which resulted so fortunately, robl 1EN ARE CARELESS AV RKMEN ALONE ARE BLAMED p^. FOR MINE DISASTERS. nal Vigilance and Obedience to ules Will Prevent Their Frequent AT ccurrence. ore liven wprp annfforl nut undof r?_j? ...? ????? "w uuuv-i x oirc md in mine disasters in 1908 in any other year in the his- W of the United States, that, too, gtl ite the fact that State and Fedauthorities have been increas- Pa their activity and seeking ways means to prevent the frequency ecurring disasters. The year le ), still less than a month old, trage fair to surpass 1908. Already the r rrible toll has been exacted In tweei belter mines in Illinois, and even yj p model mine at Bluefield, W. Va., tmrgl )ded a short time ago, and 65 cates were killed. Through no fault njght le Pocahontas Consolidated Col- dead Company," says the Coroner's four Stone le great mass of the American jon le, startled for the moment bj TJj loss of life, sheds a few tears, 9d fr -lDuies a rew dollars ror the sup- is tjj? of widows and orphans and i0unc ; it to a few man of science tc hrou ern themselves with the ques- Whicl i, "Why do these accidents oc- ag js " and "How can they be pre- che { ?d?" There is no answer tc 3rst question. "They cannot be ^own jnted," is the answer to the id. The Lick Branch mine wa* stone >del, said to be one of the safest merica. It was double-shafted, le-timbered and well supplied 3tone air shafts and vents. Yet 8 ?j e overcharged shot of gunpow- lgajn wrecked this mine and killed 6C ;aid I hen Davy invented the miners ar0UI] y lamp it was thought that al! n er of mine explosions was over, jj ^ lamp has a metallic screen j gj hi does not permit the exit oi ^ flame. But the screens buri ir8 at ifter long usage and miners be- ^and careless. They will smoke ir _ _ ? v I n nines. It is against the rules bre n ui me ueaa uuaies nine ou ;n victims of a mine disastebe found the old pipe, the half * am. sack of tobacco and the few . hes. Sometimes, too, the care- ?We, miner will "tamp" his shot 01 ? 6 , with paper instead of clay ^ result is that the force of the ^n< ded powder is upward, no* a , c Tpt, hpi ward, a flame shoots up, an 3 ere be any gas around an ex * an is Inevitable. Such an exdd above ground would not bt 3 ^e c ded with serious consequence >llnE In the narrow cramped confinef a*??t mine, hundreds of feet under s ad, the result is appalling. Tht ? ! released by the explosion, mov t ilong the lines of the least re- 1 nee, tearing, twisting and dis- co ng, reach the air vents and -or ^ shafts and wreck them. This isons those miners not killer he explosion and cut off thei: tupply. )istol ten comes the afterdamp anc whitedamp and suffocate th? in^ s ed and injured before help car 'hots snt into the mine. Po 'here is no preventive, even Ir 0 ^ safest mines," say experts >hysi y eternal caution will avail, anc" who eat, sleep and live in dan- hree soon feel a contempt for it thai ng c tually begets carelessness. Thuf le ? r lives are sacrificed." ;Pite certa ~ " O r? RAISE THE MAINE. vu etter ; Is the Recommendation of th? ;lue ' y. Retiring Governor. jjg ^ ashington, an. 27.?The presi today transmitted to congress ? <eys? :age urging the raising of th' ^ese leship Maine in the harbor o' 0 ^ ana. The message is as follows: *anu pernor Magoon, on the eve o' Ing Cuba, having spread th- ,'ate? s that the wreck of the battleshii *7, * ie may be removed from the har a of Havana, I trust that congress see the wisdom of this sugges- ,eSS1 and provide for the remova he Maine. We should not al- im'n the wreck of the historic shij aews emain as a possible danger tc 3^* c' navigation in Havana harbor ^ this is wise from 110 standpoint aiau appropriation should be mad< ?'ace this removal." 1 ')ai hink Criminal Assaluter Convicted. ie s* reenville, S. C., Jan. 16.?Ar- ?'b*r Johnson, colored, was convictresen n the court of general sessions y of attempting a criminal as- n*L 1 t upon Miss McClure, a teacher wjtJ" he Greer graded school last fall. ison went in the music room nurs* re the teacher was alone and ej^' ' his hand on her shoulder before an knew he was near. 0?n, this Voted It Down. erec* was ustin, Texas, Jan. 26.?In the bem( this afternoon Judiciary Com- ve{Jg ee No. 2 killed by a vote of 6 L the Senate bill providing for Qr establishment of statutory protion in Texas. This effectually 6tatj( ainates that feature of the pro- meie tion fight in the Texas Legisla- that H. F Banl Attacked and Robbed. that olumbia, Jan. 27.?Andy Mc- in h nell, while on his way to work abou y Monday morning was held up text robbed by two negroes. The prep jers got 5S3. was VFUL TRAGEDY. | ceman and Yeggman Shoot Each Other to Death DEPOT IN LAURENS j )lman McDuffie Stone Is Shut V:; tiile Attempting to Arrest % anger Who Is Shot by the trolman and Mortally Wounded. ^ e Stranger Is a Safe Cracker. || urenB, Jan. 28.?A shocking 5 dv 1 1 ? * * * .wmi?u UC1C 1UBL mgnt as esult of a deadly encounter be1 Patrolmen McDuffie Stone and 'rank Walker and an unknown ar, whose outfit of tools indithat he was safe-cracker. Tothe unknown yeggman lies xfffS at the city station house with pistol wounds in his body, while !, after undergoing an opera- 'k died late this afternoon. e story of the tragedy as learnom Mr. Walker and Mr. Stone it in the course of their nightly Is the two policemen met the gh freight from Spartanburg, l arrived here at 2:15 o'clock, their custom. Upon reaching lepot Stone walked down one )f th* 'rain of cars and Walker the ?. uer. Seeing a stranger a little meal sack in his hand, i accosted him and Inquired he was doing. Tiere are you 'going?" said am going back to the caboose," replied the unknown. rell, w" "e is your lantern," m{ 3tone; irain hands don't walk id here in the dark. ThereStone advanched within reach e man and laid his hand upon loulder to arrest him, such beis instructions relative to loafthe depot. As soon as Stones's touched the stranger, the lathipped out his pistol, a 45-cali- j lagazine, from inside his vest ;>egan firing, emptying the . ; oer, nve or tne shots taking efa the body of Stone, one in the s, three in the fleshy part of 3 Bg and one in the lower lip. ose was the range that Stone 5t have an opportunity to draw, linched his antagonist, and tor they fell to the ground. J ;y were so lying when PoliceWalker crawled from the other 1 >f the train, the stranger strugto free himself. He was alfree from the weakening hold )ne and wap reloading his pishen Walker came upon him. an't shoot," cried the stranger,' already shot to pieces," which, urse, was a bluff to gain time, . tone had not drawn his pistol. will surrender," said he. [ve me your pistol, then," said er. Pretending to hand the to the policeman, the stranger at Walker, who quickly drew shot the man, four of the five taking effect. liceman Walker then hurried e station house, summoned the clans and notified Chief BagThe stranger lived about -quarters of an hour after bearried to the police station, but ould not be made to talk in of the numerous efforts to asin his identity. his person were found various s, which, however, afforded no whatever, and $110.60 in monIn the sack, which he held in and, was a complete yeggman's with nitroglycerine, dynamite, wrenches, etc. In addition to , there were parts of the Augusironicle and Columbia State of ary 26. >wever, in the afternoon Aseo3 Press dispatches of January here is an account from Atlanta safe blowing case on Monday ' - f ; at Bolton, Ga., in which the 1 J H I n ft rtrtci - nan goi away; tiu.u jt id a. theory that the man was exing the papers of Tuesday for of It. This theory is, howevontroverted by a shoemaker at s Mill, who identified the dead as one whom he saw at his of business on Tuesday, and rber of this city, who seems to : that he is the same man whom laved early this week. Dr. W. by, Sr., and his son, Mr. Vanc3 state that the man very much nbled one whom they met comInto town a few days ago. . Guerry, of Columbia, together Drs. Bunch and Shaw, and two ;s, Misses Tronholm and Mobirrived in the city at 3 o'clock, an operation was performed 'oliceinan Stone at about 4:30 afternoon, never having recovfrom the severe chock. Death caused by shock and internal >rrhages. The body of the dead - * 1 man has been embalmed aim be kept here for identification. le of the train hands states that i were two men down at the an, and that one escaped in the e; Mr. Walker says, however, he saw only the one. Mr. C. toper, cashier of the Enterprise c, states that he is satisfied * the man is the same who came is bank yesterday and inquired it a bill of lading?this as a preto take in the surroundings, aratory to a safe-blowing, whicn doubtless planned for last night - - "?! T1|>fj