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PA-R.T SBGOITD. J
FATAL CRASH ?
Of a Train Cuts a Railway Sta- (
tioi in Canada
The
FOUR PEOPLE KILLED ?
? ii
Blowing Out of Wash Pipe on Lo- ^
pate
comouve, t*<n jivuhvw*i * ? _
Rec<
Engineer and Fireman to Jump, conr
and the Train Dashes Into Station, of }
and
Tearing it I'p. ring
rest
Montreal, March 17.?Four per- the
eons are dead and thirty others were natit
more or less seriously Injured as Pr?S
the result of the blowing out of a t'le ''
wash pipe on the locomotive hauling \
the Boston Express of the Canadian t0 ^
Pacific Railway this morning, three Ti
miles out from the city. Scalding was
steam filled the cab and the engineer PoI?
and fireman were forced to jump. whor
The train, without a guiding hand he e
at the throttle, dashed into the
u co ?2
Windsor street station, mruugu mc
granite wall into the women's wait- ? ^
ing room, and then into the rotunda, '
where the locomotive, after demol- '
lahing one massive granite pillow, *
was brought to a standstill by anoth- *
i,roce
The four persons killeewd wj1jje
The four persons killed were sitting
in the women's waiting room. wj,:cj
They are: .iven
Mrs. W. J. Nixon, Montreal. K*gU
Her 13-year-old son and 8-year ' jn'
old daughter. serie?
Elsie Villiers, 12 years old, of .Q ^
Montreal, )f cr(
A score of ^men were knocked \inan
down when the train dashed through /ate |
the rotunda. )rjts
An investigation of the cause oJ jje ^
the accident by General Managei ,0lice
McNicoll disclosed that the break <j0(
In the boiler was on the fireman'* ,t th
side. Fireman Craig jumped at onc< rang
and landed in a snow drift, practi- iccon
cally uninjured. He ran down th< )ank
track after the train. Half a mih Foi
from where he Jumped Craig foun> -augh
the engineer lying unconscious b> niddl
the rails. His skull had been frac- iart <
tured. Why, before jumping, th< n the
engineer failed to bring his train t< tin.
a standstill may never be known lewly
for Cunningham has not regained he t<
consciousness, and is not expected which
to live. The train crew had no idea o eo
there was anything wrong until th( .ondc
train was nearing the station. Thei C
the conductor, noting the excessive eadei
6peed at this point applied the air- inowi
brakes. They were not strong *as a
enough to hold the train with tin irmy.
locomotive pulling against them, but nous
they did check the speed somewhat >een i
The husband of Mrs. W. J. Nixor ive c
is a train dispatcher of the Canadian fapan
Pacific at Medicine Hat, Alberta Tin
He had secured leave of absence tc :aptu
come to Montreal to get his family >ers <
ahd they were all at the station t< houg
greet him after six months' separat -xpec
ion. Nixon's train arrived a shor ice o
time after the accident. The mangled
bodies of his wife and children A1
were lying on the platform when h<
stepped from the train. Seabo
BRINGS DOWN THIEF.
S cl\
Officer Shoots Necro Storp Robbei
epor
Laden With Booty. Ilalla
lee. <
Chester, March 17.?Ike Feaster he c,
colored, was shot and perhaps fat )0ard
ally wounded at 2 o'clock this morn ' he c
lng by Officer J. G. Howsee, of th< jsi0r
city police force. Feaster had brok I
en into the store of T. H. Ward, col )t'ing
ored, and was coming out of th( -ion(j
rear with his plunder, when Office) vhi 1 e
Howsee. who had been attracted b} rom
the noise, endeavored to halt him ,n t]
Feaster refused to stop and the of iah
fleer flred in the darkness, strikin; 1907,
him in the head. He was taken t<
the Magdalene Hospital, where h
has remained in critical condition al
day.
Two
ATTACKS COX ST UBLAR Y.
Sanguinary Conflict on One of th- W
fttei
Philippine Islands. je (
Manilla, March 17.?A belated dis
patch from Lake Lakano reports tha '*'cei
a band of hostile Mores attackei rives
Lieutenant Furlong's detachment o' -*uni
constabulary at Bordog, on the 8tl lctec
of March and, after a sharp fight >y ^
eight Moros and two members ot lddi
the constabulary were left dead on num
the field, while two soldiers and om ,uce
civilian were wounded. A company that
of the 25th infantry and a detach al'o;
ment of scouts have gone to the aid P,,rr
of Furlong's force. The day after sary
the tight a constabulary soldier deserted
after stealing five rifles belonging
to members of the detachment.
Darl
TIED AGENT TO TRACK.
"Was Liberated by Man .Just Before
Traiii Passed. ^rd,
Sou
Roxie, Miss, March 18.?Ropes frejj
which bound Agent Shineleton, of had
the Mississippi Central Railroad to the
the tracks over which a train was pass
soon to pass last night were cut by legs
a man who found him as the rumble diet
of the locomotive was heard in the cide
distance. He had been knocked in late
tho head and tied to the track by mor
negroes who attempted to rob the clai
depot. ten
UGE FORGERY PLOT pffl
>ILEI> BY THE SUSPICIONS OF
A LITHOGRAPHER. Benjaff
Arrest at Milan of Four of
le Ringleaders Reveals an Inter- KILL
utional Company.
ome, March 17.?Special disliPCflUSft
hes from this city to Columbia
3rd says startling developments I Loverlecting
the extensive operations on a j
tie international gang of forgers
of checks and banknotes, four Young
leaders of which are under arat
Milan, continue to come to a
surface as a result of the inter- Richm
)nal police investigation now in j,js form
ress. As stated at the time of 0f jeai0
irrest a week ago the operations today w?
he gang were confined chiefly penitenti
ew York and London. najs jn
le capture of th? four leaders death,
due to the misgivings of Sigor Becaus
tti, a very skillful lithographer, fj,e atter
n the forger3 had entrusted with Gin,ert s
ngraving of an immense number Morse on
leeks, varying in value from $10 fo]k on j
00 apiece, which they represent- ered for (
ere reQuired by the American occurring
ess Company for its branch es- ^ which
shments in Rome, Genoa and removed
;s. shooting.
;nor Polotti confided the affair Hearin
ie police, who directed him to ened to ki
ed quietly with the commission, father 0f
! they prepared a surprise for Qin,ert. ?
lanv as possible of the gang, jn^ the
i during the past two years has Gilbert, i
untold trouble in America, whj]e stil
ind, France and Belgium. was told \
Italy last December, after a ter The
> of frauds at Genoa amounting and the
10,000, they presented a letter one tQ fu]
2dit of the Commercial bank of a], that p
i for $15,000 on a firm of pri- Qn tht
cankers in New York. The cul- ^orsfi an
have again and again exploded went to
few York bank, and the Milan ],reath of
> are convinced from a mass -p^ey wer
cuments and stamps now seized wjjen y01
eir lodgings that this criminal ^jss M0r<
must have had one or more noticed G
vplices in the employ of the Qj]hert as
itself. vately. ?
ir members of the gang were anything
it red-handed. They are all ?ay it tllf
e-aged, though a considerable Gilbert
3f their career has been spent Morse tur
. United States and Great Brit- arm of M
They had in their possession thg bridK,
-made banknotes and checks of ^ert drew
jtal value of over $2,000,000, tjmes at
they were about to forward enterod ti
nfederates in New York and ?razed th
>n for circulation. Gilbert
)reof Origoni, one of the ring- but for t]
s under arrest, comes of a well Hg
a Naples family and formerlj gaged to
n artilley officer in the Italian lhejr Wftd
He is a nephew of the fa- ?arly date
General Matterassi. He has Gilbert'
i consular agent and representa- prav|ty ai
.f various commercial firms in being s
and North America. h^reditarj
; Milan police are elated at the eight mer
re, but regret that many mem- Qover
Df the gang are still at large, Gill)erfS
h they have clues which are
ted to prove useful to the po- isonnieri
f New York, London and Paris. e
_ . recommen
[.LOWED TEX THOUSAND. mercy of
submitted
l he Govei
aid Must Pay That Sum to he should
Conductor's Widow. n?f
cuted foi
' annah, Ga., March 17.?The occupied
t of Sprcial Master Frank M. The Su
way, appointed by Judge Par- ^PP^aled
:>f the United States Court, foi '"S that
ases instituted against the Sea- since his
I Air Line, has been filed with ^hi
lerk of the court here, a de- m?de of :
i allowing Mrs. Belle Gray $10,- in virgi*i
for the death of her husband. wj
made a part of the record. ,her
uctor W. B. Gray was killer. Constitut!
on a freight train runninp nreme Co
Savannah to Denmark, S. C.. on Gilbe
le bridge spanning the Savan- Sanson,
river, near Garnett, August 2 rrspites t
fused to
- Gilbert
THKV SHOULD PASS. in an efl
nortgagii
Bills Before Congress to Help the^hight
Rural Carriers. Jr" the ,l
not only
ashington, March 17.?Rur-al hut had I
r carriers will come in for a lit- noekpt th
jxtra compensation during thi parents t
-first Congress if the two hills condemn*
ltlv introduced by Kepresenta- Gilbert
Hates, of Pennsylvania, and penitenti
phreys, of Mississippi, are en- spiritual
1 into law. The bill introduced of his vi<
Lepresentative Rates provides an youth sa;
tional allowance of $150 per an- if he ha<
for subsistence, and that introd
by Mr. Humphreys provides "SAW A
$250 per annum additional be
ved each rural carrier for the f;jvos |j
haee and maintenance of neceshorses,
wagons and equipment." '
RAIN KILLS A(iEf) NEGRO.
I.onis R(
^ x ... * escaped
iV, Past Century Mark, Meets
Ellis Isl
Death at Newberry. arrested
and retv
ewherry, March 17.?Ned Kin- prospect
and old negro, was kilied at the He tc
them depot hene today. The that he
;ht engine was shifting, and Ned Df his
his back to the train and was on three hi
track. The car struck him and orn, wh<
led ovpr his body, cutting off both Ellis Isl
. An inquest was held, the ver- sanade
being that the death was ac- with the
ntal. Ned was a slave of the "if y
Gen. H. H. Kinard, and was I'll do \
e than a hundred years old. He deportat
med to be over a hundred and Louis
years old. his hanc
S FOR CRIM
lin Gilbert is Electrocut
at Richmond, Va.
ED YOUNG LAN
She Rejected Him as
?Th<i Murder Oommitt
iridic at Norfolk, While t
; Girl was With Friends f
le Outing.
ond, March 19.?For killii
er sweetheart in a mome
us rage, Benjamin Gilbe
is electrocuted In the Sta
ary here, where all crlrr
this State are now pui
le she had spumed him f<
itions of other young me
hot down pretty Amanda ]
CamposteMa bridge In No
fuly 23 last. The girl linj
.wenty-four hours, her deal
; at St. Vincent's hospit;
institution she had bee
immediately following tt
g that Gilbert had threa
11 his daughter, T. O. Mora
the girl, went to look fc
ind reason with him. Gc
wrong way, Morse misse
and twenty minutes late
II in search of the youtl
that he had shot his daugl
father rushed to the seen
fact that he could find n
rnlsh him with a pistol wa
irevented a double tragedy
> hot summer night Mis
id several young friend
Compostella bridge for
air from across the watei
e conversing on the bridg
ing Gilbert approaches
se's escort, W. G. Mitchel
rilhert acting peculiarlj
ked the girl to see him pri
!he replied that if he hai
to say to her he coul<
tn and there.
making 110 reply, Mis
ned from him and took th
itchell to walk further 01
?. Just as she did so Gil
his pistol and fired thre
her. Two of the bullet
lie girl's hack. The thin
e coast of Mitchell,
would have been mobbei
le early arrival of the po
claimed to have been en
the girl and declared tha
ding wa9 scheduled for ai
when she spurned him.
s defense was general de
nd mental irresponsibility
ought at his trial to prov>
r insanity. After the tria
Qbers of the jury petition
nor Swanson to commut
death sentence to life im
it in the State penitentiary
in rendering its verdic
ded the prisoner to th
the court. Judge Hancke
this recommendation t
nor, who declared that i
commute Gilbert, he couli
it another man to be exc
murder, so long as h
the gubernatorial chair,
preme Court was then ap
to, among the grounds be
Gilbert had become insan
conviction and that th
b Legislature changing th
inflicting the dr ;th penalt
ia from hanging to electrc
is "stranere and "nnsual.
efore, in conflict with th
ion of the State. The Sv
airt denied a writ of orro
rt.'s appeal, and Oovernc
who had granted numerou
o permit court action, r<
interfere further,
's parents spent their a
'ort to save his life, eve
ng their beds to raise moi
which to carry the fight t
>r courts. Daniel Colemai
iwyer who defended Gilber
received no compensatioi
:o supplement from his ow
ie money raised by Gilbert
0 carry on the fight for
?d boy.
; after being carried to tl
ary repented and had h
adviser write to the paren
jtim asking forgiveness, tl
t'ing that he could die easi<
1 his forgiveness.
WAY," SAYS WATCHOR]
on Tanirr at Ellis Islai
4 Moans of Esrapo."
Tork, March 18.?Franc
ssanade, a lion tamer, w!
from the detention pen
and in August, 1907, w
recently in San Francis
irned to the Island, with
of deportation,
tld Commissioner Watcho
escaped by cutting the bs
cage with a saw made
itchers* knives. Mr. Watt
:> suspects collusion by soi
and. employe, has given Bo
three more kitchen kniv
se instructions:
ou can saw your way o
vhat I can to save you fr<
ion."
is now raising blisters
Is.
IE JURY SHED TEARS [M
SENSATIONAL MURDER TRIAL ?
ed An
ENDS IN CHICAGO.
Defense Was an Alibi?Jury Took
f But One Ballot-?Women Specta- p^S
tors Hysterical.
^ Chicago, March 18.?Luman C.
Mann, was today declared not guilty
ed of the murder of Mrs. Frances Gil- o
more Thompson.
,ie Several members of the jury shed ^
or tears when Mann, between choking ^
sobs, thanked them and promised to
lead a better life. Attorney Erb- O
stein, who defended the case, was
1S fairly mobbed by dozens of weaping
nt women, who have been constant at- thoi
rt tendants at the trial, and who jn- f?r
te sisted upon kissing- him. Attc
l?" The evidence against Mann was year
circumstantial; his defence an alibi. .
The jury took but one ballot.
5r Wtlth the words "not guilty" from an 1
the Hps of the foreman, the scene tery
a- In court became one of excitement ty i
r" bordering on hysteria. com
"I've been a bad man, but years jg a
from now you will hear of me as h }
11 an honest citizen,' Mann said in duce
!D thanking the jury. Tears were roll'e
ing down his cheeks and his sobs .
made It almost impossible for him ..
> t0.?we,k; > ,? th'"
e> ' We knew you were innocent, ^ |
)r said one of the jurors, his tears
flowing freely. Other jurors furi- p..
d tively applied handkerchiefs to their rec^
r- eyes as Mann returned to his moth- ^
er, throwing his arms about her neck .
i- and crying like a child. ^?en
e Under cross examination the de- . e
QUETE
0 dendant was compelled to relate a ? *
s sorrow story at which his mother
' hung her head. He told of drinking ?
^ bouts, during one of which he spent fc l0<
s $1,000 in a single night of gambling ? a
a and of low associates. e
Fanny Thompson, bound, gagged was
e and the fisger marks of a strangler ? "
I- on her throat was found dead in a 0 1
I. rooming house at 1242 Michigan er' ^
r- avenue, July 1st last. She had
- been dead four days, and this period 3 e 1
d Mann was compelled to cover in ,
d minute detail to establish his alibi.
Besides himself, he produced more comr
? than a score of witnesses. must
p The evidence against him consist- fie s
n ?d chiefly of his acquaintance with ?v'"e
- Mrs. Thompson, when she was a sorv- W
? ant in his father's house, the fact ne "
s that he wore a cap similar to the "p tc
3 one which Mrs. Hamilton, keeper of
the rooming house, said was worn ^
3 by the man who accompanied Mrs. "'s*1'
? Thompson to the house, and a state
ment made to his sister prior to the ^ii
t tragedy that he "knew a woman anc* 1
a whose diamonds he would get if ^ad
he had to choke her." This state- ^a''e<
- ment Mann explained on the stand meal
was purely a thoughtless Jest made Whit
p in the course of conversation in a schoc
1 light vein. curre
, At
e SLASHER SCORES WOMEN. moth
.9 by a
Unknown Culprit Cuts Up Clothes In once
( the i
Subway Station. Open
1 New York, March 18.?Complaints ^and
0 which are reaching the police indif
cate that a "slasher" is again at tu
rJ work in New York. Several women a(jye
have reported that their garments g .
e have been cut in the subway station p
at 42nd street. to^n
1 All cases bear a striking similariiy
which makes it appear as if the
r work were being done by one man, ^
r using the same sharp knife. In most f^ '
c instances the garments cut have .
J' been women's coats, slashes a little uih'i
? fo the left of the center of the back '
about 12 inches from the bottom. LU""
One woman's handsome coat of
spec)
i" broadcloth was badly mutilated in .
Inser
r the subway yesterday morning. Two
,r years ago a "slasher" did similar
|? work and while detectives were put
specifically on the case, the culprit
was never captured. The
11
n SMITH LOST HIS HAT
x* N<
0 At the White House When He Called Comi
t' on Mr. Taft. gene
eral
Washington, March 17.?Senator Mick
s E. D. Smith, junior Senator from ?*
ie South Carolina, today paid his first t0(*a
official visit to the White House to t
lf, we the President, and lost his hat
K 'here. Representative Moon, of Ten- tert*:
. . j , ..v. i cltin
?S uessee, wno is saia 10 uave iue iargest
head of any man in Congress, an^
er with the exception of Congressman
? Brownlow, also of Tennessee, is sup- l,e01
posed to have gotten the Smith head- e'0(J
^ piece. So far it has not been re- as a
covered. SP'CI
a re
SUICIDE AT NORFOLK. of jl
<
Act- Due to Despondency Because He
:is
ho Lacked Work. Sujm
at Lynchburg, Va., March IS.?Hans
as A. Herzfeld, aged fifty-two, a native
co of Savannah and bookkeeper for a ^
a brewing company here for some time, peri
committed suicide at his home today Swe
rn by shooting himself in the head. He tonj
irs was despondent because he had been com
of out of work since the saloons closed o
>h- here. nnrn
ne orl
is- Reward Offered. in (
es. Washington, March 18.?A reward Sch<
of $2,000 has been offered by the por?
ut, Italian government for the capture deci
3m of the slayer of Lieut. Joseph Petro- pass
sino, according to official information unit
on the embassy has communicated to will
* the State department. wis!
IAN STEALS BOY
d Holds Him For Ten Thousand
Dollar Ransom
ITHER WILL COMPLY
\
: Lad Is a Son of Attorney Whitla,
f Sharon, Pa., and Was Taken
'roni School by a Stranger?The
loy's Hat Found in a Buggy in
hio.
haron, Pa., March 18.?Ten
isand dollars ransom is demanded
the return of William Whitla,
irney James P. Whitla's eight-old
boy, who was spirited away
1 school here this morning by
inknown man, furnishing a myswhlch
the detectives of the countre
being asked to solve. Acpanying
the demand for ransom
covert threat that the boy will
tilled unless the money is pro.
J
u.
undreds of telegrams and telele
messages have been sent to
police of various cities asking
r assistance in the search for
boy and his abductors. The first
; of these came tonight when1
f of Police Crain, of this city,
ived word that a rig, in which
lad had been taken away, had
recovered at Warren, O., with
child's hat on the seat of the
;y.
; 9:30 o'clock this morning a
lger drove up to the east ward
al house, where young Whitla
pupil in Room No. 2, and told
janitor, Wesley Sloss, the lad
wanted at once at his father's
i. Sloss conveyed the message
rs. Anna Lewis, the boy's teachrho
dismissed the child. As she
helping him put on his overcoat,
emarked, half jokingly, "I hope
man does not kidnap Willie."
man in the buggy had a dark
lexion, dark hair and a stubby
ache. He was stockily built,
poke excellent English and was
sntly American-born.
hen Sloss appeared with the boy,
itranger smiled and helped him
) the seat beside him. He then
? off in the direction of Mr.
la's office. Several persons to
- pay a confederate joined the
ipper before he had left town,
ttle was thought of the incident,
there was no belief that a crime
been committed until the lad
i to appear for his noon day
Becoming worried, Mrs.
la began a search, and at the
)1 she learned of what had ocid
there three hours before.
1 o'clock a letter directed to the
er, was delivered to the house
mail carrier. Mrs. Whitla at
recognized the handwriting on
envelope as that of her son.
fntr if c Vi o f nil n rl fVio fr?1 n cr
nunication written in a strange
^e have your boy and will rehim
for $10,000. Will see your
rtisement in the papers. Inin
Indianapolis News, Cleveland
Pittsburg Dispatch, YoungsVindicator:
'A. A.?Will do
?c]uested, .T. P. W.' Dead boys
not. desirable."
le penmanship and spelling of
ote indicated it. had been written
l man of fair education. Mr.
la decided to comply with the
it ions of the letter, and sent for
ication to each of the newspapers
fied the note it directed him to
t.
DEATH OP DR. JONES.
Groat War Chaplain of the Con
fedoraoy Gone.
;w Orleans, La., March 18.?By
nand of Gen. Clement A. Evans,"
ral commanding, Adjutant Genand
Chief of Staff William E.
:le issued from the headquarters
he United Confederate Veterans
y an order giving official notice
he death of Chaplain Gen. J.
iam Jones, which occurred yesay
at Columbus, Ga. After reg
his achievements in military
civil life the* order concludes:
LIis devotion to his work and his
?le, his ability as a writer, his
uence as speaker, his amiability
companion, stand out with conuous
brightnpss, and he has left
cord fren from stain and worthy
mitatinn."
COMPULSORY EDICATIOX.
^rinf endrnt Swenringen Favors
Local Option.
olumbia, March IS.?State Suntendent
of Education J. E.
aringen gave out a statement
ght touching his views on the
pulsory education question. Mr.
aringen said in part: "While
pulsory education is neither neednor
desired in many localities.
)thers it is eminently desirable.
Dol district's, county and incorited
towns should be allowed to
de the question for itself. The
;age of a law allowing each school
. to decide this question for itself
soon show whether the people
1 compulsory education."
' TWO BRAVE MEN T
AFTER BEING SEPARATED FOR
FORTY-FOUR YEARS ? ^
Meet for the First Time Since the
War and Talk Over Their War m
Experience.
New berry,. March 17.?Mr. Samuel jntro<j
Dixon, of Florence, came to Newberry
recently to visit Col. D. A.Dickert, ?' 1
and thereby hangs a tale, says the mitt
Observer, which it relates as follows:
In the closing days of the Confederacy,
during the spring of 1865,
Gen. Hardee, then approaching Che- ^as
raw in his retreat hofnro Stlorman'o ?
? ... ? _ ? ? w~?v.?w ^utimuu o man F
invading army, sent for Col . D. A. coramj
Dickert, of Newberry county, of the
famous old Third regiment, and told
him he had a dangerous and impor- 000,00<
tan work to be done, that was to re-enac
carry a message through Sherman's Qf trea
lines to General Hood, who was then Qf 5251
down toward Savannah, and tell ated ii
General Hood where to meet Har- j^ew
dee's array. The general knew of duties
some of Col. Dickert's scouted the bases,
mission and was permitted to select iow> flj
his companion. Captain Richard mechai
O'Neal recommended to him a young hides,
man in his company by the name of twenty
Sam Dixon, saying that he was quiet ijst wh
and cool and not afraid of danger. Tea j
Colonel Dickert selected Mr. Dixon, and jn
and he accepted without hesitation, grade
They knew that they would have cents i
to disguise themselves to get through than tl
Sherman's lines, and that if caught it is in
their lives would pay the forfeit; cut fift,
but that did not deter them, and one-hui
they set out on their mission? crude 1
I strangers hitherto, but now strong fire-bri<
friends, bound together by a common rem, si
cause and a common danger. They forty t
fulfilled their mission, passing twice ninety
through Sherman's lines. one cei
Some time ago Mr. Tom Harrell, half ce
of Newberry, was in Florence and five cec
was talking with Mr. Dixon, who now leather
lives there, though at the time above per cen
spoken of he was from Richland Bitui
county. Mr. Dixon asked him if he lmplem
knew a man from Newberry named permitt
D. A. Dickert. Yes, he said, he tides fi
knew him well; saw him very often. te(j fre,
From that a correspondence ensued are on
between the two former comrades- leadbea
in-arms, resulting In a cordial and and ba
pressing invitation from Colonel single
Dickert to Mr. Dixon to visit him in cotton
Newberry. On fJuesday Mr. Dixon [ng pap
came, and the two men, who had Incre
braved death together forty-four chicory
years ago, stood face to face for the articles
first time since then. Both men fee, coi
have held their own well, Mr. Dixon Keene's
being particularly active and bright; spar, zii
tall and as straight as an Indian; of lemons,
quiet, demeanor, but cheerful and rics and
full of life?like a young man but making
for his gray hair; and gray hairs free un
have ceased to be a sign of old age. Free
Tne men are now t>t\ tnere Deing Philippi
three months difference in their iting fi
ages. When they performed th< wrappei
Jangerous feat of carrying General filler tc
Hardee's message they were little and 15(
more than boys, and yet had seen exempti
four years of hard fighting. the isla
Speaking of Mr. Dixon, Colonel The
Dickert said that he was the bravest reciproc
and most cheerful man under hard- are con
ships and dangers he ever saw. backs a
extende
POSTMASTER at FLORENCE. Incre
An ad(
Several Aspirants for the Place Are ^arc* 01
process
Working For It. since p
Also
Washington, March 17.?Senator ^
E. D. Smith went to see President Qn gtoc
Taft today about naming some one w},0-i]y
for the Florence postoffice to succeed chjneg<
Josh Wilson, the negro, who was Qhajrni
recently named for another term by provide
Mr. Roosevelt, and who failed to p
have his nomination stick. Sena- tides,
tor Smith, of course, wants a Dem- porte(i
ocrat if he can squeeze one in, and wrappe
it is understood that if a good Re- an(j 3
nnhlirnn pan nnf lip fnnnrl Mr. Smith ,
I UiltUU C
may be called on to name a Demo- one fis(
crat. At this time, however, the tobacco
Republicans are being mentioned rates."
here for the place, Cassell and La- ^ S(
throp. Cassell's father is a member Cuban
of the House from Pennsylvania, and ent ]a,
is said to be working for his son. creased
pounds
CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS. $3.50,
. $1 to
Though Pistol Was Unloaded and
DEPO
Killed a Man.
Spartanburg, March 17.?While Flames
fooling with a pistol supposed to be
unloaded, Sara James shot Perry
Loister, his brother-in-law, at Greers Loui
this morntng. James was trying the des
to clean an old pistol and Loister of $401
was sitting in a chair watching him. local ti
The pistol went off accidentally, the try's 1
ball entering Loister's forehead, pen- will pri
etrating the brain and causing in- station
stant dfath. James is prostrated Cr<5s
with grief. big str
Till
________lilt? 111J
THREE WERE KILLED. the bl
shell o
fire de
Coast Line Train Loaves Track at wag (
PikeviJle, X. C. Roach,
Egan
Charlotte, N. C., March 17.?A throug
fast passenger train on the Atlantic cupant
Coast Line jumped the track at Pike- Usin
ville, a flag station between Colds- Centra
boro and Wilmington after midnight the Bs
killing the engineer and fireman, and tb
and Brakeman Offert. Conductor The
W. H. Newell and several pasengcrs operat<
were seriously injured. Details of men a
the accident could not be obtained at I the fla
this h)ur. I ally si
HE NEW BILL ?
6 Tariff Brought in Early
On Wednesday ; Ji
. A-fs
JORITY MEASURE
i
m
uced by Chairman Payne,
the Ways and Means Comee?Free
Reciprocity With
a and Philippines Except on
ir and Tobacco.
hington, March 17.?Chairayne
of the ways and means
ttee Introduced a new tariff
lay. It provides for a $40,0
issue of Panama canal bonds,
its provision for the issuance
sury certificates to the amount
0,000,000, provides for gradulheritance
tax similar to the
fork State law on/1
AM T* auu I Lupuses
on maximum and minimum
Cotton seed oil, iron ore, talax
straw and undressed flax,
lically ground wood pulp,
and works of art more than ^
years old are placed on free " %
ere coffee remains.
Is taxed eight cents per pound,
ternal revenue tax-on heavy
cigaretts is increased sixty
and on those weighing less
iree pounds to the thousand,
creased to $1.50. Lumber is
y per cent, refined sugar, five
ldredths of a cent per pound;
?yp?um, ten cents per ton;
;k ten per centum and valo- $8
:eel and iron schedule, from
o fifty per cent; tin plates,
per cent; bacon and hams,
tit! dextrin nnrl ctornli r\ria
nt; wool, shoddy and waste,
its, and boots and shoes and
goods, from forty to fifty
ninous coal and agricultural
ents imported from countries
ing free entry of these ar'om
United States, are admit5
of duty. Other reductions
marble, plate glass, mica,
ring ore, wool, grease, barley
rley malt, flax gill nettings,
yarns and threads, oilcloth,
shirts and collars and printases
in duties are made on '
root and roasted coffee and
used as a substitute for cofcoa,
spices, coal tar dyes,
cement, asphaltum, flour
ic in ore, osier or willow, figs,
pineapples, Mercerized fab[
gloves embroidery and lacemachines
are to be imported
til July 1911.
reciprocal trade with the
nes is provided for, but lim*ee
sugar to 300,000 tons;
tobacco, to 300,000 pounds;
>bacco, to 300,000 pounds,
),000,000 cigars a year. The
on is confined to products of
nds. ,
continuation of the Cuban
:ity provisions of Dingley bill
itinued, provisions for draw- ,
md method of valuation are
d and broadened.
ases In cotton schedule are:
litional duty of 1 cent per
i mercerized fabrics (a new '
of manufacturing invented
resent law was enacted).
small additional duty on lapThere
is also an increase duty
kings, fashioned aid shaped
or in part on knitting main
his statement on the bill,
an Payne said: "The bill s
for reciprocal free trade
hilippine islands, on all arbut
limiting sugar to be 1mfrep
of duty to 300,000 tons:
r tobacco to 3 00,000 pounds
000,000 pounds of filler tomd
150,000,000 cigars in any
:al year. The excess of sugar,
i and cigars to pay full tariff
?ction inserted preserving
reciprocity provisions of pressv.
Tax on cigaretts is inthose
weighing over three
per thousand, from $3 to
and those weighing less, from
$1-50.
?T DESTROYED BY FIRE.
i Consume Union Station in
Louisville, Ivy.
sville, Ky., March 18.?By
truction here tonight at a loss
5,000 of the union depot, the
?rminal for five of the couneading
railroads, Louisville
obably benefit by a new union
sed wires in the atic of the
uctuer, which was erected by ,
Inois Central in 1890, caused
aze, which made an empty
f the depot before the entire
partment of the city, which
called, had arrived. W. G.
chief clerk to Superintendent
of the Illinois Central, fell
h a skylight. All other ocs
escaped unharmed.
g the depot were the Illinois
1, the Big Four, the Southern,
iltimore & Ohio Southwestern
ie Chesapeake & Ohio.
rescue of a woman telephone
sr from the fifth story by firend
the great height to which
mes rose made the fire unusu>ectacular.