Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NEGRO OUSTED ' i And a Lily White Republican Party Organized in the State. THOSE WHO ATTENDED Republican Oflice Holders G-nspieaous by Their Absence.?Blalock ' t Was Elected State Chairman and j Committeemen Were Named from 1 A new Republicau party was or- j ganlzed in South Carolina on Thurs- r day. Eliminating the negro entirely and asking nothing of the Federal f office-holders, none of whom was f present at the Convention, about 113 c of thoso who believe in the Repub- v llcan doctrines met at noon in the t Columbia Theatre, in Columbia, and inaugarated a branch of the nation- ^ al organization for this State, whicn the leaders think will be fruitful of ^ much good. 0 The organization meeting was held s under the exclusive direction of John ^ G. Capers, national committeeman t from this State, and a well known . figure in Republican politics. The 'v convention was pulled off without a ^ hitch for everything had been pie- t pared by Mr. Capers and it was not necessary to debate any question. Following the appointment of the several committees to mechanically assist in perfecting me orsanuauou, the nomination committee made its j report and the following are the officers of the party: h Organization Effected. L. W. C.- Blalock. of Goldville. , Laurens County, chairman of the Republican State executive committee. n I. H. Norris, of York County, vice chairman. cj D. H. Wallace, of Union, secretary rJ and treasurer. 0] In addition to the above named officers of the committee, the follow- ^ lng were named on the Republican State executive committee: At large?Z. A. Robertson, of Cherokee: John Canty, of Kershaw. (First district?W. R. Utsey, of St. George, (two more to be appointed). _ Second district?M. W. Watson. Ridge Spring: T. A. Odom. of Rdgefield; H. P. McCravey, Kidge Spring .'J Third district?J. H. Williams. ^ Newberry: C. E. George, of West- ^ minster: T. 1). Harris, of Pickens. Fourth district?G. R. Mayfield. of Greenville: Johft Hart, of Spir- ,, tan burg: G. \Y. Shell, of Laurens. ^ Fifth district?Charles Dudley, of ? Gaffney; J. P. Clayton, of Shelton, T. 0. Moser. of Fort Mill. ^ Sixth district?J. Visanska. of ' Georgetown: T.. J. Tuckey, of Mullins. ^One more to be appointed, i Seventh district?G. G. Fox. oi j ' Sumter; L. D. Mellon, of Columbia; j F. C. Cain, of St. Matthews. iBy a resolution the convention affirmed its loyalty to the principles of the Republican party as adopted at the last national Republican conven- it tion held in the city of Chicago . Vlhis resolution was recommended f by the committee on platform ana p unanimously adopted. This was the entire platform of the convention .. bo far as was announced by Mr. Capet ers. Thst the convention of the white ,v Republicans in South Carolina is fav- cj orable to the present national admin- jr ip'ratlon and especially so to Presid--nt Taft was stated by Mr. Capers |e and later embraced in a resolution w which was adopted without murmur w of dissent; lu fact, there was not a a( n urinur of dissent on any question fp. that was put before the delegates. Mr. Capers made it very plain on e( aU occasions to express that the convention wis absolutely devoid of fed- z, eral offl.ee holders and that there was 0] nr.t one of those present as a deie- w gate. g. To attend the convention required w a ticket with the name of John G. ol C ipers affixed. There was a door- o< keeper and unless the ticker was ti presented there was no admission, ol The object of this was to prevent U.e entrance of any negro. The form- ti a;ion of a white Republican parly \\ u;uler the leadership of Capers means * tl at the negro has been read out o! t'c the party in South Carolina. The question now that presents it- S' Bt-lf most prominently before the Re- ^ publican situation in this State ?? w v lich delegation, the white or tin e: ^>!ack, will be seated at the next Re- tl p :blican convention? The negro " convention will send a delegation to r'> tl e next national meeting and t-o g v : 11 the white. John G. Capers claims that the nrg o convention was not legal, an- Vl carding to the laws of the party. a id that there were not 20 register- ? e i negro voters out of 06 who at- J t< nded the convention. In one of his speeches at the con- r' v ntlon Mr. Capers stressed the P p int that all of the 113 delegates c h id paid their own expenses. The following Is a partiol list of I. t' e delegates to attend the conven- a t: >n, Capt. Capers thinking that if 1 v mid not be expedient to announce J< t' e names of others attending with t e exception of the members of the T ^ rious committees: \ Richland?O. E. Hutchison, L. D. C m ^ T-? ? a T"\ 1>? 1+ 3 eiion, 1.- r . nreuneu, a. li. raiurn e : alternates. John B. McCravey. C I. R. Marshall. J. F. Daly. ( Greenville?John G. Capers. Geo. T VavfipM. .T A. Bramlott. Oharl"3 1 Hicks. F. B. McBee. Mr. Mayfieid, ( v io has been for twenty years aj( t; aehor, was one of the Taft electors. ( Orangeburg -William Bryce. Geo. I >* ibles. P. Gerlach. Lexineton?D. .T. Knotts. Emman- 1 u 1 Cockrell, L. W. Redd. 1 Sumter?George Fox. Ed. B. Wag- 1 c >n. 'i Laurens?L. W. C. Blaloek. J. W. 1 f tell. Jam^s Boyd < MADE BOLD ATTACK CALLED TO HIS DOOIt AND KA (X'KTD IXOOXSCIOUS. Hie Object of the Attack is Supposed to be Itobbcry tind Nothing Else. A disir..tch from Gaffney says that jlace was agog with excitement Thursday night over a hold attempt o rob and possibly murder Will J. Francis, superintendent of the public ichools of that city. It sc-enis from vhat can be learned of the situation hat Professor Francis was sitting 'u lis room at his home alone countng over a big roll of Confederate noney. The blinds in the room were turn;d, affording a clear view to any ?ne who might be passing. It is vident that some perosn or persons vere outside the window and saw - - , na. Hai.lr lie UIUUC*. X nwm. cvy f the house and knocked on the loor. Prof. Francis, with his pistol in lis hand, walked to the rear and pened the door, stepping out on the teps. When he did so some one lit him on the head, knocking him o the ground. He was knocked mconsc^ous and then an attempt .-as evidently made to cut him, as is belt and suspenders are cut In wo places. He soon regained consciousness nd he heard the party climbing ovr a back fence. He shot at them tiree times and then arose, going ver to the residence of Mr. R. A. ones, next door, and when the door ^as opened f 'll into the house. He as now aimost recovered and Is able 3 walk, although his head is badly icorated and bruised. Officers were summoned from town nd bloodhounds were secured and ow a strenuous search is being lade by the officers and a posee of itizens. Mr. Francis is unable to ate whether there was more than tie assailant or not. He cannot 3ay hat he was struck with. Tt.e bloodounds have caught the trail and the liscreatnd may be captured. Union?L. Y. Youii.t, D. II. W.ilice. York?I. H. Norris. J. F. Jenkins, . G. Moser, G. W. Steerall. At the roll call there were o delegates to answer from CIj.tston, Colleton, Dorchester. Kageeld, Georgetown. Hampton, Lee. arl'boro and Saluda. That candidates for congressional Dnors will be placed in the tilled in 512 is shown by the follov.jn^ rebellion, which was adopted without Lssent, as were all other resolutions. "Resolved further. That ibe cleleltes return to their homes and ormize the party in the counties and insressional districts based upon ie organization perfected today okinu to active effort in 1912 bv le nomination of a candidate for' >ngress in each of the seven conressional districts of the .State." This reso'ation means -that tne hite Republicans will not put on: mdidates this year. The negroes ave already nominated candidates >r two congressional districts irst and the Seventh. There were a number of resoiuous embraced in the report of the numittee ou organization. Among le things favored by the convention ere a more rigid immigration law, lild labor law prohibiting the workig of children under certain ages tat have been passed by the State gislature. a standard eight-hour ork day for the laboring men an-1 omen of the country, a continues Jjustment of the tariff according to te Republican way. D. H. Wallace of Union was elect-j i secretary and treasurer of the jrmanent white Republican organiition in this State. He i.i a ?.oa F the late Judge.W. H. Wallace, ell known as the speaker and 01anizer of the "Wallace House-' hich was organized during the days [ Radical regime in Columbia. The ?/\nn,?tiAr? /\f }?/* caPr^Jf QTV J5V.fi easurer is given as that of m'jrlant and planter. Another delegate to the convenon was C. E. Grey, who comes fro;ii "esuninster and represent the ca majority in ihe gtneral eioction >r this; State. The negro has been kicked out of outh Carolina politics and th'; donates to the State convention of hite Republicans were op. 11 in th ir rpressions that they Lad thrown . ff le "mill-stone.'1 This was the ch rcterization of the ne<ro in R?-:>u ;itn politicB by several of ;he deluat?>s. As enumerated by John O. C*?p??r*. iere were 113 delegates at the eonention from practically every coun in the State. The iKimes of many f the delegates were withheld by ohn G. Capers. he following are the members of tie several committers that were apointed by Mr. Capers as temporary hairmen: rreaenuais?hj. v\. \j. oiaiock, .aurens county; A. G. Varnes, Orngeburg; John Hart, Spartanbure; J. Tucker. Marion; Jno. Cantey, Kershaw; J09. Corbet. Bamberg. Resolutions and Organizations.? D. Melton. Richland county; J. V*. Shell, Laurens; G. W. Nobles, )rangeburg; R. A. Hannon. Sparanburg; E. B. Waggomn*. Sumter: ). E. Hutchinson, Richland; V. P. 'layton. Fairfield. Committee on Platform?r,eo. F. ?ox, Sumter county; W. H. Cox. )conee; Chas. Dudley. Cherokee; F. X Oain. Calhoun: .1. A. Bramlett, Jreenville; M. M. Scott, Fairfield: . H. Norris, York. Committee on Nominations.?Gao. ft. May field. Greenville coun'y: Jas. r. Jenkins, York; Emanuel'Cockrel. Lexington; Jas. Boyd, Laurens; J. H. Williams. Newberry; Jno. McCravey, "Riohland; Chas. Dudley. Cherokee. - .. . . .. oli6 News to Washington for trial on th a charge of criminal libel, nn which ed Col. Roosevelt, then President, had or had them indicted. si; Some one introduced Judge Andcr- in son to Roosevelt at the club. This in Introduction was acknowledged by bi Roosevelt, and Judge Anderson pass- 111 ed on. New opposed the appoiat- w] ment of Anderson as judge. When isl Capt. New saw Jhdge Anderson presented to Roosevelt he thought he su saw a chance to disabuse Roosevelt's ve mind of any prejudice that might pi that might exist there on account la of 'Mr. New's opposition to the ap- be pointment. th "Colonel," said Mr. New, 'you will ca remember that I opposed the ap- to pointment of Mr. Anderson to the so United States bench." th I "Yes, yes. yes; I remember,' al Roosevelt said hastily. lo "Well, I wish 1:0 say, Colonel," of AAntlnuo/1 Vonr "that I waa wrAnc I rr In my opposition to Mr. Anderson su and you were right in appointing ga him. He has proved that I wa3 re wrong." "Is Judge Anderson that man that P< derided that libel case out here?" na Roosevelt asked sharply. th . "Yes. I beiieve he did decide a R< libel etse." said New. ne "That wns the decision of a damn- th ed jackals and a crook," Iloosevell sh retorted. in "Yes, he is a crook and a jackass, pli and I said it. This is not confideu- to tial." in And with that Roosevelt ru#>v?d let along and New Rave over the busi- pa ne?s of introducing people to some ty. one t-lse. The matter has caused a ser.dd- Rf tion and much bitter feeling amon; W the members of tlx? Columbia Club, T1 which is the oid>ist r.nd most ex- be elusive Republican organization in cit Indiana. Judg3 Anderson is a mem- pr ber of the club. Efforts have be m ye made to prevent the story getting out, but it is being discussed quiet- ke ly by hundreds of public men. fo Judge Anderson is one of the not- be ed lawyers of Indiana. He is an ai- na dent Republican but not a politician, ou niv.rvr'mr-nt was made lareeh So Sent In Five lears. ' w Milton A. Carlisle, aged seventy years, former president of the " Pi tional Bank of Newberry was sen-- to tonced to servo five years in th* faderal penitentiary at Atlanta for vto- t0 latlng the national banking laws. tc Killed in Biplane Fall. Ij. At Rome Lieut. Sagllettl fell with is a military biplane iu which he was ac | maneouvering Thursday and was In- h< ! stantly killed. The maehtn*1 was to- h! 1 rally wrecked. on the recommendation of Senator fr< Beveridge. in whoso behalt Col. ca Roosevelt came here to spear*.. Fc Judges Anderson has presided ovir wi the Feder.il court of the Indiana di.s- th triet for several years, during which time he has made a flne record. re, It fell to his lot to sit In Judgs up Land is court in Chicago at the petl- id, t'on for a re-hearing of the famous cu i$29.000,000 fine ca.se against the wj .Standard Oil Company. He threw ^ it out of court. Later he presided re, during tho trial of John R. Walsh. op Chicago b.:nker and railroad mag- tr nati-. u j Ho presided throughout the liri- ao gation to remove the proprietors of pr thi IndUnapoHs News to Washington tt-i for trip 1 on the indictment oharg- co ing them with libeling some of Coi. a Roosevel s intimate associates in the )V] Panama 'Mn.d bond matter. ae After a thorough hearing Jtuge An dor sou denied the authority of ac the government to remove the news- j_h paper men to Washington. al] ? ? Wiu> an Old Friend. ]0: When Coroner's Physician O'H in- th Ion commenced to perforin an au- te: tciiey on the body of a man who died th suddenly on the sidewalk in New op York h*i recognized the victim an u-1 A'<ron I?. Jenkins, an old time friend n:i a"'l .'t O'^.e tlmo assistant state treas- th UiOr of North Carolina. Jenkins ha'? b-on living in Ne*.v York with a son. on l[i H5s Wife I/H>k,vd On. sl< With wife ii'd baoy s ending 111 by his side, Frank Bell shot and kill- m ed Harvey Duncan and Chas. Dun- gr can in the Mobile and Ohio depot jt ar McCary, Miss.. Wednesday After *1 having shot the two men Be'.l bn:u I- ',r ed an outl>ound train and wen* to Columbus, where he gave himself up or to Sheriff Prowell. - - ^ th Hid Her In a Well. to A special from Grove Hill. Clark ?7 county, Ala., says that Richard Ott, . a resident of that place, is on trial charged with cutting his wife's throat and stuffing her body down ^ a well. This is the second trial for the offence, the first resulting In a . mistrial. ... er ? ? .. !)) I ABUSED BY TEDDY CALLKD Jl'IKJK AXDKUSOX A CJtOOK AM) A JACKASS. *" .Becnu.se He Refused to f)ecidc <t Cjlso the Way Roosevelt Wanted it Deckled. It is reported from Indianapolis Q Iud., that Roosevelt during a recep tion tendered him at the Columbia Club of that city of October 13th charged Judge A. D. Anderson, ot the Federal Court, with being a "damned jackass and a crook'* and then a "crook and a damned jackass." The language was used tc Capt. Harry New, formorly chairman of the Republican national commit- m teo who stood in the line in- ? troducing Colonel Roosevelt to the an ?lub members. of The Indianapolis Newi gives a! Roosevelt reason for thus speak of tb a Judge, by saying Judge Anderson bj rendered the farr.ous decision refu3- tr Ing to send Delevan Simta an.l m Charles R. Williams of the Indianap- as HITS A SNAG be Republican Leaders in Ohio Are Greally Worried Abooi FORAKER'S OUTBURSTS n the Xew Nationalism that Has Been Piomulgated by Teddy Roosevelt Han Created Consternation Among the Republicans of the Buckeye State. The bitter attack on Roosevelt ade by Former Senator Foraker in bio ou Saturday has created conernation among the Republican.* ' the Buckeye state. Senator Forcer declared that It is no wonder at William J. Bryan holds up his mds in horror at the Roosvelt docine. for never in his radical oni'Mits. did Bryan so bo far i to advorate such a thing as e "new nationalism." He declarl that it was not nationalism, new ' old, but Imperialism, pure and mple. The senator went further to detail, and did not mince words denouncing the overweening amtion of the ex-president, who would te the opportunity to run the bole country, in the executive, leglatlve and judicial departments. Ohloans declare that the net reit of Foraker's attack on Rooeeilt will be to lose Harding, the Reiblican candidate for governor, a rge number of votes. Harding has :cn doing great things in Ohio in e effort to bind up the Republin party's wounds, and had begun hope for success in defeating Judn Harmon for governor. But when ? Foraker outburst came on, with 1 the bitterness and force which ng ago earned the speaker the title "Fire Alarm" Foraker, It was ^mediately recognized that the reIt was not fgood. Mr. Harding ,ve out the following statement in gard to the afTalr: "It was a typical Foraker speech, srhaps his opposition to the new tlonalism will not wholly please e more devoted followers of Col. josevelt. But we have no special ed to agree upon that subject In Is campaign. There is no censorip on individual Republican Ideas Ohio either for or against new ins. The main thing this year is elect a Republican congress, and Ohio to elect a Republican adminration In the State for which the rty will assume the responsibillThe fear that besets the Buckeye ?publlcanB is that Taft may lose s own State to the Democrats, ley are particularly anxious to win cause of the President's boine a :lzen of Ohio, for there is every ofipect that this is a "Democratic ar" in that State. As a result of the speech of Forar. it is probable that the dates r other apaches which he had en scheduled to make in the camign will be cancelled. Already e meeting, at which Foraker and n-ln-law Longsworth were to speak 3m the same platform, has been lied off. and it Is said that the raker stronghold. Union County, 11 in all probability be carried by e Democrats this year. The Foraker attack on Roosevelt calls the bitter enmity which grew i between the senator and the present. while Roosevelt was the ocpant of the White Houss. The lole affair grew, largely, cfiit of e Brownsville affair. It will bo called that, while the negroes comsing the Twenty-Fifth Infanr were guilty of "shootlnKp" Brownsville, or at least me of them were guilty, the esident discharged the whole bunch thout allowing them the right ot urt-marfial. It was lynch-law 'n different form from that in whicu nch lnw is usually administers 1, cording to legal authorities. Senator Foraker deprecated the tlou of the president in "firing ' e negroes without trial, and natuily the negroes looked to him to d<> nd them in the senate. In the rig struggle that took place over e affair, Senator Foraker was dermined in his efforts to see that e negro soldiers were given an portunlty to be heard?a right lich is supposed to be denied no an who is charged with crime ir. e civilized world. At a dinner of the famous Gridir, Club in Washington in February, 08, President. Roosvelt took occa^n to defend his action in discharges the negroes, and to denounce the en who had opposed him in conesa. He was especially severe, id, in the course of his remark*. > took occasion to use a slang enession which was popular about at time?Roosevelt is both a makand user of slang, as everyone lows. He brought int.o his remarks e sentence, "All coons look alike me." to the amusement of all esent, except, perhaps, Senator jraker and a few of nis way vl Inking. (But the "flre-alarm" senato. h?> ho had waved the bloody siiirf in e face of the South many * time, as not afraid to reply to tho hero the evening. He got the boor Inton, and he indulged in seme rearks thai were about as '?:tcor as ere those of the president In the course of bis reply to the resident. Senator Foraker m->\ed iward Mr. Roosevelt, and. rapine s voice and his finger and pointing i the president, lie said, in effect "Not only do all coons loo; alike i me. but all persons. The o.?th of le president of thp United S'.aip* not more sacred than is thatt of d snator of the United States, nor is i less responsible to tli-- ,?topie for Hi actions." From that time until the retire THEY ARE SAFE THE CREW OF TILE LAST WALLOON AllE FOUND AT LAST. Both Hawley and Post Ileport Unharined, After Traveling Approximately 1,330 Miles Ln Bulloon. Allan P. Hawley and Augustus Post, the aeronauts of the balloon America II. for whom search had been prosecuted in the Canadian wilderness, are safe and have established a new world's record for sustained flight. They traveled approximately 1,350 miles and came to earth in Chicoutlmi county, Quebec, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, but were not heard from until last Wednesday, when tel pcpnms oonf fvnrvt fit ImKrnioA Oun reached New York. The balloonlsts started from S:. Louis with nine other contenting in the international race Monday, October 17. All the other Vlicons have been reported. Two messages from Hawley auc FV)3t were received In New York early Wednesday night. One was to WIMam Huwley, brother of the ?iv?r onaut; the other to Samuel F. Perkins, pilot of the balloon Dusseldori III, which until Wednesday night had been considered the winner. The message to Mr. Hawley read. "Landed in wilderness week ago; BO miles north of Chlcoutiml. Both well. Allan." The Perkins message read: "Landed Parabonka river north Lake Chilogan, 19th; all well. Returning. Hawley. "Post." with the recipt of the news ended a search, regarded by many a3 nlmost hopeless, In which the g.nernments of this couutry and Cuuada wero Indirectly participating. For, In addition to emissaries sent by the Aero Club of St. Louis, the cutter service, the signal corps of the army, the Hudson Bay company and other agents were conducting the search, scouring the lakes and making preparations for search. Lloyd Harmon, the wealthy amateur aeronaut and aviator of New York, had offered $1,000 to any one finding Hawley and Post, dead or alive, and this sum had been increased W-ednesday night by subscription to more than $7,000. At the international aviation meet at Belmont park the aviators Wednesday afternoon, headed by $500 pledged by Glenn H. Curtiss. Young Perkins, who accompanied Lieut. Hans Gericke in the Dusseldorf, conceded immediately after tue receipt of the telegram that he and the German iost first place to the New Yorkers. Perkins had estimated the distance traveled by the Dussfldorf at 1.240 miles. He was over Joyed at hearing from his long lost rivals and quickly dispatched a message to St. Ambrolse wifh instructions to forward a message of congratulations to Messrs. Hawley and Post. William Hawley shouted with elation when he heard of his brother's success and safety. For the last week he hud been under a constant strain and had been in hourly communication with points in Canada from which he hoped to receive news of the landing. As the outlook grew less hopeful day by day his anxiety became grei ter but through it all he did not lose faith in his brother's ability to come through alive. He had sent J. H. Pope and Edmund Stratton to Ottawa to carry on the search but he notified them of the happy ending. The America II was last reported passing over Maple City, Mich. Sky gazers were able to read the name on the balloon but thereafter all frn/*A nf hnr xrnu Inaf Died from a I!low. At Mobile, Ala., W. R. Dewberry, aged 50 years, died Thursday as a result of a fracture of the skull. During a baseball game last Sunday he was struck in the head witn a bottle by Luther Hoard after a quarrel. Hoard is under arrest charged with murder. ltain in One 8i>ot. There Is a phenomenon at Helflin, Cleburne county, Ala., which has attracted much attention. According to the report an incessant rain has been falling on a plot of land seven feet square, at Heflln, for the paat week, while everywhere around the atmosphere was perfectly dry. Turned Him Loose. Dallas V. Clark, a magistrate of the county of Berkeley, who was arrested a short time ago. charged with the murder of James Varner, was given a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Wilder at Aloncks Corner Wednesday and was releia<>d from custody. Hanged Himself. Mr. Modev Knight, of Society Hill, who was visiting his son in the Fork Hill section of Lexington county, hanged himself Wednesday afternoon. while hi8 son was at work some distance from the house. He was a sufferer from pellagra. Rates for Negro Fair. It is announced that the Atlantic roast Line railway will grant reduc* ed rates for the South Carolina nc?:ro fair. Tickets will l>e sold November 8. 9 and 11. ment of Senator Foraker a.i i election of Burton to succeed him in the senate, the breach between Foraker i-nrj R-,-seve1t bec-nne voider. It. is now stated tin In all probability Roosevelt will reconsider his determinatidn to speak in Ohio. or. if he does not. he will be asked not to go Into tbft Stat.o in the interest of the ticket. THEY ARE RUN DOWN [ DIAMOND SWINDLERS ARE ARRESTED IN CHARLOTTE. They Operated ill Rork Hill, Westville, Branchville oud Charlotte Before They Were Caught. A dispatch from Charlotte, N. C., Ti says a unique swindling game, fax- Al reaching in operation and involving prominent diamond Importers was laid bare there on Wednesday, when J. W. Napier and W. P. Duke, from nobody knows where, were arrested on warrants sworn out by United States Postal Office Inspector Bulla of Washington, and bound over by United States Commissioner Cobb ne of the federal court. ^ An a nf tho owin/llaro Hit Ira v/i wuv> on iuuivio, vv*- ?, lapsed, following the arrest, turned state's evidence and unfolded the w' operations of the gang to the com- au missioner without restraint. Briefly. the scheme was to order did.- wj monds from a responsible concern c. o. d., subject to examination, sub- 01' stltute imitations for the real dla- e*l mond and return the shipments to the importers with flimsy excuse as an to flaws in the stones. ^ The gang operated successfully in Rock Hill, Branchville, Westville, Charlotte and other neighboring wi towns and cities, using James Par- iD| rls, an unsophisticated country boy, de as a decoy. Asking examination of in the gems the Importers were led to pr ship the precious stones to Parris. an When they arrived at the express office, Duke, who professed to be a jeweler, would show up, with pro- b festriniral ojire examine them, and with some flimsy excuse turn them an back on the express company to be returned, taking care during the ex- yi< pmlr.aMon to substitute th*> f*i?e gems for the originals. The lmitatlon stones were supplied by a house ^,{ in Terre Haute, Ind. w{ Parrls, whom the swindlers used w,j as a tool, Is an Ignorant country boy, who can neither read nor write. He rg was discharged by Commissioner flu Cobb, while Duke and Napier were ^ held in bonds of $2,500 each. Duke made a full confession of the affair. , The only victim of the pair disclo3- ey ed during the preliminary examlnatlon was that of Daniel Lowe and ^ Co., Salem, Mass. gQ, A GUNBOAT SINKS. ca # kl! Seventy-Five Men Were Lobt With gr the Steamer. so The Haytien gunboat Llberte his flf' been lost at sea off Port de Pa x, wl following an explosion on board. It he is estimated that seventy persoou br were killed or drowned. Twenty ga others were rescued. ' ca The Llberte sailed on Monday, to) last, having on board ninety persons. So far as known only twenty escaped. Among those lost were ten Haytien generals, who were golug to Tr take command of several divisions of troops in the department of the north. Details are lacking, the only defl- thi nite information being as to the losf. th< of life and the fact that and explosion occurred. to pa ASLEEP OX THE TRACK. r0i ? ha Yonng Lad Killed ou the Railroad a bu Near Varnville. While sitting on the end of a ?? eroRstfft asleen. Thursday moraine. 0 Fiddle Hancock, of Augusta, was hst mj in the head by the engine of train va No. 41 on the Charleston and Wes- ^el tern Carolina railroad, near Camp 'J0 Branch. He died a few hours later. 1 Handcock and his partner had Iei been put off of a freight earlier and ,0( were together .when Hancock was rll< hit. He was carried to Varnvllle on the train and his wound dressed, but wa died later. 10 He never regained consciousness after he was struck. His relatives were notified. His partner was not i hurt, he turning.over to one sic''} '-O just In time to be missed by the Mi engine. in) ? Br Fell to His Death. on At Madgeburg. Prussia, Lieut mj Monte fell with a Wright aeroplane Wednesday and was instantly killed The air man was planning to the lal earth when he started Ms motor. r-v the strain causing the machine to turn turtle. It crashed to the earth carrying the lieutenant beneath it The aeroplane was smashed to bits ga m m an Picked I'p Crew. sit The captain and four men from the American schooner Florence Le- '8 land were picked up by the British steamer Commodore from New Or- *10 leans, Octol>er 9, for Liverpool. cri which passed Old Head of Kinsale Wednesday. The Leland was wrecked in the recent storms. ? pu Aviator Killed. all At Paris M. Rlanchard. the avia- , tor. fell from a height of 100 feet CO and was instantly killed Thursday. The accident occurred over the field . ?l< at Issy Les Mollneaux. where Blanchard was attempting to descend af ter a suecessrui uigm irom c?urgeo'a. ? > Jack Johnson a Democrat. jy Jsck Johnson, champion heavyweight pugilist, actor and autoino-' bile racer, will appear in a new role ^ next Wednesday when, as a Deino- n< erat. he is to address the negro vofers of the Thirteenth assembly ("San .'j. Juan Hill") district. New York City. Died From Full. At Dallas. Tex., while riding -U is the rate of 70 miles an hour on * tli motorcycle at the 6tate fair grounds R Thursday, Wade Wylie, 20 years old, si was thrown from his machine and m killed. ^ c.t )IRT GAVE WAYj iventy Tons of Earth Eatombed Fife H zm Workmen by a Cave-In 9 m * I IN HEART OF ATLANTA I . -9 iree of the Men Were Suffocated H to Death and the Other Two Were fl| Badly Injured.?One Man Rnried H Fifteen Minutes Came Out Alive and Uninjured. - IB ym In Atlanta one white man and on* IB gro were Beriously Injured and H ree otber negroes instantly killed I lursday moruing, about 8 o'clocx, M len a large wall of dirt gave way H id caved in upon them at the cor- fl x of Pryor and Houston streets. '| liere a deep excavation is being 1 ade, preparatory io puuiug up an ] ;bt story hotel. * The men had Just gone to work d several wagons were used for e purpose of hauling the clay out the big excavation. One of the igons was right under the wall b&g loaded with the clay, when sudnly and without the slightest warng or noise the large mass of dirt obably 12 feet high, broke loose d fell upon them with a heavy \ ud. Their fellow workmen and many standers rushed to the pile througn lich only a wheel of the wagon d the face of the white man was sible and the work of digging the stims out was immediately begun. (). C. Upchurch, the while in ail, io lives at 630 DeKalb avenue, is the least injured, as his hea# is partially out of the dirt and me me pressure or tne dirt was eat on bis body, he was able to ,'fl ceive a small amount of air which fl stained him until he could be sot- H a out. Two of the dead negroes were bad- H mashed and the thrld had nearly ery bone in his body broken and 3 head was entirely torn from hla dy and gotten out of the heap 4fl feral minutes after the trunk. n One of the most remarkable e? pes of any of those who were uot S lied was that of Will Owens, a ne* o, whose home is in Macon, but io lias been living at Atlanta for me time. The rescuers were fully V teen minutee in reaching his head lich was completely buried and M was totally unable, to get his I eath during the time, but he re- S ined consciousness before being rrried to the Grady hospital ami 3 Id his name and residence. H BOTH WERE LOST. fl led to Save His Brother and Both ] i of Them Periwh. -1 How W. P. and J. M. Taylor, broars, of Columbus, Ohio, perished iq e recent hurricane on the Gulf of ;xico, one dying in a vain attempt save the other, is told in a newsper dispatch. The men were enute to the Iale of Pines, where tbey d business interests in addition to wholesale establishment at Colums. When the storm struck the vessel which they were voyaging, one \ the brothers tied himself to a ist. The other, after trying iu in to .keep a foothold on the deck, 1 exhausted and was washed overard. None of the crew, coufd aid in that terrific tempest,' "but the mainlng brother'Is Said to have )sened the bonds, thai held him to e mast and dropped-into the sea. ,e act in the' face oE the conditions is little 3hort of suicide, according the survivors of the storm. Met Death iu Storm.. In a delayed telegram Fri<iajy, dje the storm In the fa.r Snmh. \ W. L. Brown, of Greenvifle, wa9 formed that his son, Sir. Zem own, was killed in Mulberry, FU., the afcernoon of the 18th, wliiie iking electrical connections during c. storm. Young Brown was an ictrlcian and was employed by a -ge phosphate company in MulbarHe was 22 year^ of age. Crazy Woman's Work.' At Keokuk, Iowa, emptying a two lion can of gasoline over herself, d her husband and son, while they >pt. Mrs. Rena Stufterman then set e to the trio. The woman who, it supposed was mentally unbalanced i?d next day, and her son a few urs later. The husband is in a Itical condition. Agree to Spend Xo Money. Candidates on Democratic and R*li: ? rv.i,.r>rt.. UilCd.il LH.'Hf.'!3 in U VyWiUi uui; i have agreed absolutely to eti' out I expenditure of money on election ,y at .lie poll3 which woui i or uld or miglit obtain votes and reain in rheir hojue precincts all ectlon day unless called away on matter of life or death: Negro I Sunk Fails. At Richmond, V'a., the Savings ink of the Grand Fountain of the rder of True Reformers, the Iargt negro industrial and social orinizatlon in the country, was placI iu the hands of a receiver Wo.1^sd.'i.v. Bank examiners say they i? not teil what are Us assets or ib: ] i ties. Ignored Capers. Charleston federal ofll^e holders nored the raM for the meeting for ie organization of a Lilly White epublkan partly and they were con- ' jielous by their absence when the meting was called to order at t.be ipital Thursday.