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- - ; I m Evau nni i BS 1 11 Published Weekly ABBEVILLE. 8 C. Zero days are short, but wbo cares. Nevr York is trying to be bigger %nd foggier than London. The nearest thipg to a durbar thai have is a circus parade. It Is the chauffeur, not the auto, that needs horse sense nowadays. One of the most fragile things in the world Is a New Year resolution. It 1b Just one blamed pest after an other. At present It Is the mongoose. Prunes are prunes when they are put in fancy pound boxes and sold at CO cents. Winter, harlng thrown off Its dis guise, may as well do its worst and *et It over. 7f?" Now is a good time to lay In a sup ply of mosquito bite remedies. They ?ught to be cheap. } - He Is a prudent mpn who Is careful Hot to bum down the house in bis ofPnrto tni hcon worm A peace conference is in session In Shanghai Thus far the hospital list has not been published. One notion of the easiest way to make money Is to accept $250,000 for quitting the aviation game. A bote! of 1,000 rooms is to-4)e built In Regent street, London, and tip nlng is to be forbidden in it A trunk that Is more than 45 Inches long is a trunk that leads to excess baggage charges. Shorten It up. Paper bag cookery and flreless cookers should be locked In a room to gether. They are both delusions. King George may have killed more tigers than Colonel Roosevelt, but he did not have any ICermit on the Job. A woman's society In Connecticut has elected a man as president Thus the changes In life have their com pensations. Tom Edison tells us that when he reads be doesn't like to think. All he has to do Is to read ono of the six best sellers. The old-fashioned characteristics of voman seem to be changing. One of them has. been sent to jail for refus ing to talk. A shipload of potatoes has arrived in New York from Scotland. Possibly the shortage in New Fork is due to the number of spuds thrown at the Irish players. - .1 ?? Thirty hunters lost their lives in ew England from various causes dur ing the Beason. Judging by this re port. amateur hunting is anything bu* A healthy sport . . i The champion mean thieves have, won the record in a Pennsylvania town, where they tried to steal the blankets from a fresh-air school for tuberculosis children. Mile. Plaskoweitzkajakahie, a Rus sian dancer, is preparing to tour America. We present that name to the printers and proof readers with the compliments of the season. That Connecticut farmer who gives morphine to his hens to make them alt- will doubtless distribute suffra gette literature among them when he "visbes to reverse the procedure. & Possibly we are mistaken, but It strikes us that the weather man and the coal man are too friendly for the ? J puuuc guuu. Mr. Edison needn't turn his atten-. tlon to the making of concrete bis cuit Some of the cooks beat blm to that long ago. E The most terrible catastrophe we can think of just now Is a collision be tween a freight train and a wagon load of fresh eggs. Cold waves are like other experi ences to which distance lends enchant ment and absence from which makes the heart grow fonder. Opposition to the fact that some grand opera stars have gained a bit of advertising through their gifts to the poor does not Include the bene ficiaries. The Colorado woman who found a diamond In a turkey was Justified In making a kick. She paid the butcher for real turkey meat, and not for com xnon jewels. Another millionaire has married a factory girl, but he is satd to be a promising youth In spite of the fact that he hails from Newport. Platinum has advanced in price to $730 a pound. If you have any lying around the bouse, ffow is a good time to exchange It for fresh eggs. A boy of si*, nearly cured of tuber* culosis by the open-air treatment, de lights in the cold weather There Is not always a physical reason for ? ahiver. The wounding of a bystander in h. cafe when another man dropped a revolver he was displaying empha Bizes the old belief that revolvers are least harmful in the hands of crim inals. A young man who married a chorus lady and regretted it is trying to get' the courts to reduce her alimony from $500 a wqek to $100. It Is difficult to think of anything that would be less conducive to good cheer than paying $500 a week aiimony. i v FUN 10 GET . ROYAL WELCOME CITY OF ROCK HILL IS MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR THE GREAT EVENT. CITY FATHERS ARE BUSY uonvention was UDtainea ror i ma City By Efforts of Fire Chief F. O, Flowers?Committees Will Soon Begin Work Assigned Them. Columbia.?A special. from Rock riill states that the next session ol the state firemen's convention will be held in this city on June 25, 26 and 27, While the convention and tourna' mont will only last three days, most of the companies, which expect tc take part in the races, will doubtiess have their picked men and horses here several days in advance of the meeting, in ofder to practice on the grounds, where the races are to be held. Low rates wih be named by the MAtln/vn/ln n n/1 U n /J m rv f vicifAI'O raiuuauD auu u-uuuicuo v/i tabiwih and friends of the flre boys will be in attendance from all parts of the state. The convention was secured by the chamber of commerce, through Fire Chief T. O. Flowers, who has long been prominently connected with the firemen's association and .when the invitation was extended to the asso ciation at its convention in Columbia last year, Mr. Flowers states that it was unanimously accepted, the mem bers expressing themselves as being delighted to have an opportunity of visiting. Rock Hill. r* T71 n .AA.AiA... rt. Cj. JDi uwut?, ae^i eiai y kjl tut: chamber of commerce, will attend to all the correspondence in connection with the work of the various com mittees and will be ex-officio a mem ber of each committee. The chair man of each committee will call hie committee together at the chamber of commerce at an early date and begin the work assigned to them. State Work Takes All Hlg Time. E. W. Dabbs, who was recently unanimously re-elected president of the Sumter County Farmers' Union tendered his resignation apd '-asked that it be accepted, because the grow ing work of the state union of which he is president, required so much of his time that it was impossible to give to the county union the service it should have. After several had ex pressed regret that he should feel it his duty to resign^ it was accepted with suitable resolutions. J. Frank Williams, the United States demon strator then elected president. Wants Commission Government. At a meeting, held in The Times building under a call by the delega tion, the commission form of govern ment for Florence was approved and some valuable suggestions made to be incorporated in the bill now pending in the legislature. TTiis bill is model ed on Richland's bill, but is an im provement on it in many particulars The force of rural police was ordered increased. .The county now has four. Two will be added. Little Evidence Brought Out. The inquest held at Spartanburg over the body of Polk Odora, the white man killed by B. B. Casey, near Kilgore on the line of the C. &. W. C. road brought out little evidence concerning the tragedy beyond the fact that Casey did tlJe shooting and that it followed a dispute over pay for chopping wood, Odom having been employed by Casey to cut wood 'for him. Will Not be Tried at This Term. Attorneys for James G. Seigler, who shot and killed Policeman Wade Patterson on the streets of Aiken in November of last year, and who is in jail charged with murder, having se cured a continuance of his trial un til the June term of court. The case was docketed to come up at the spe cial term of general sessions court which has Just convened at Aiken. Camden's New Police Chief. At a meeting of the city council several important 'natters were taken up and disposed of. The most impor tant matter handled was the election of chief cf police to serve during the unexpired term of the former chief of police, Benjamin Haile, who re signed on February 1. There were six candidates for the unexpired term al Iof them highly recommended, but only two were voted upon. They were Messrs. W. D. Whittaker and David Witherspoon. Mr. Whittaker was elected to the position. Charleston Wants State Warehousn. President John L. Shepherd, J. D. Koster, Hyman P-?arlstine and J. H. C. Wilborn of the Merchants ex change, had a conference with Mayor Grace looking towards Charleston making a bid to secure the establish ment in Charleston of the proposed stnto r>r?ttnr> warohnticsp Thp whnlp situation was talked over and it was made clear that Charleston has supe rior facilities for the placing of the warehoues there. The representatives of the commercial body thought the suggestion would prove acceptable. Have Adopted 'Rock Hill Plan." Amid an enthusiastic gathering ol business men and farmers at the Clies ter court house the "Rock Hill plan" for the reduction of cotton acreagf was thoroughly investigated. Aftei much debating it was adopted in s modified form. R. B. Caldwell, chair man of the "Rock Hill plan" to or ganize Chester county appointed Jolu R. Alexander and T. J. Cunninghan to serve on the committee with bin T. H. Whte and J. G. L. White res signed. $20.20 was raised as the mi cleis of a fund for canvassing I J, A CAMPAIGN FOR BUILDING The Methodists Will Assist Columbia College?To Raise $50,000 By June 1?Much Interest Shown. Columbia. ? One hundred pastors and laymen of the Columbia district of the South Carolina Methodist'Epis copal conference attending a ban quet Beveral days ago at Columbia College, launched a campaign that will be state-wide in its nature, to raise $50,000 for an administration building for the institution. The work of raising the fund will be begun in sill nf th#> phurr.hps nf f!n1mnhiji riis. ' trict on the second Sunday in March, i Following the campaign in Columbia a campaign of similar nature will be conducted in all of the 12 dstricts of the state. It is hoped to rfflse the ; fund in time to. begin work on the ; construction of the new building by i June 1.. The building will be com pleted in time for the next session of . the institution. There was mu^h spirit and enthusiasm shown at the , meeting. The banquet was held in [ connection with the missionary in i stitute that is being held here. The ! campaign to raise the funds will be j in charge of P. A. Hodges, financial ! agent of the institution. i Mny Make Crack Shotsmen. t An invitation has been sent to the [ authorities of Clemson College by the ! adjutant general, W. W. Moore, ac cording to information received at Charleston to have the cadets of that institution visit the rifle range be tween April 15 and 50 for the purpose j of developing their marksmanship to . the end that these young men may in . time become a feeder to the National Guard complement of crack shots. As a result of the rifle practice which . is now annually held by the Citadel, ; several particularly good shots have 1 developed and found position with the National Guard team, and the i idea of the adjutant general is that , by encouraging rifle practice among the 600 students of Clemson, a number . may be depended upon to develop . into marksmanship and supplement. . the available men for the annual na i tional shoots at Camp Perry, Ohio. Work on John's Island Road. Engineer Reid Whitford, of the county sanitary and drainage commis sion, stated that work had been be gun on repairing the roads between Charleston and John's Island, and be tween Charleston and James Island, half of the force ot convicts having been moved to St. Andrew's Parish for that purpose. The repairing of these roads means much to farmers f\ri tho iclonHa ainro if will Jrooflv improve the existing facilities for the transportation of produce and mate rial between the city and*the farms. Engineer Whitford is trying to solve the problem of the maintenance of these roads and will experiment with an inexpensive waterproofing mate rial, which, if found effective, will be used on all the roads in the county. Weekly Lecture At University. A. u. araun, aenverea nis wbbmj lecture on agriculture In Leconte col lege at the University of South Caro lina. Mr. Smith gave in detail a con cise statement of the condition of the soil, stating the various amounts of organic materials available for fertil izer they contain and telling how this was best obtained. He said that the people of the state could save a large part of the fertilizer bill by intelli gent application to the rotation of the crops and choice of suitable fer tilizers. This statement was backed up by the showing the experiment farm at Aiken has made in the past two years. Working To Send Large Delegation. Columbians are working to send a large delegation of men to the Char leston convention of the Men and Re ligion Movement for the Carolinas, to be held in Charleston. The conven tion opens with special services in all the churches and wiH continue throughout the week. The program is an elaborate one, employing a team of six experts, who will give both instruction and practical illustration of every phase of the work of this great evangelistic movement. The motto of the convention appears to be 'More men for religion?more re ligion for men." South Carolina New Enterprises. The secretary of state has issued ?. commission to the Pee Dee Brick Company of Pee Dee, the capital be ing $25,000. The petitoners are: C. t*. tserry ana i. n. Earrmger. j\ general brick business will be con ducted. A commission has been is sued to the College Industrial Asso ciation of Central, the capital being $2,500. The petitioners are: J. M. Hancock, L. G. Clayton and W. L, Thompson. A commission has been issued to Moore & Co., of Winnsboro, the capital being placed at $7,500. Executive Committee Named. The executive committee of the Co lumbia chamber of commerce was named at a meeting of the officers. The members of the committee elec / ted were: August Kohn, F. L. Brown, W. H. Jons, W. E. Aughtry and G. T. Pressley. The officers of the cham ber are: R. Beverley Herbert, presi i dent; F. S. Terry, first vice president; Will Evans, second vice president; L. T. Wilds, third vice president, and \ A. McP. Hamby, secretary and treas s urer. The general officers will be confirmed at the next meeting. Gun-Shot Wound Proves Fatal. ' Percy Crandall, the lU-year-old son of S. Ir. Crandall, who was accident ' ally shot by Jesse McNinch died in > the Columbia hospital from the ef fects of his wounds. Young Crandall i was standing on the steps in front - of his father's store and Jesse Mc - Ninch, a boy about the same age, was 1 in the middle of the street tampering i with a revolver. The pistol suddenly t discharged, according to the story of - McNinch, the ball taking a fatal ef - feet in the abdomen of Percy Cian dall. SPECULATORS ARE ALLEGED TO HAVE SUPPRESSED GOVERN MENT REPORTS. tifamiirt pinrill ad U/ITUUCI fl WMnimu unuuLnn Thorough Investigation of the United States Agricultural Department's Connection With Everglades. Washington.?Thorough investiga tion of the charges that government reports on Florida Everglade lands were suppressed by officials of the department of agriculture at the in- ' stance of land speculators and that department engineers were dismissed because of controversies in tms cuu nection was determined upon by the Democratic members of the house committee on expenditures in the de parment of agriculture. After a conference Representative Moss of Indiana, chairman of the com mittee, declared that the formal or der for the inquiry would be execut ed. "The committee has determined that there are circumstances in con nection with thi scasev which need thorough investigation," said Chair man Moss, "and we already have de cided to subpoena as one of the first witnesses J. O. Wright, the chief drainage engineer of the state of Florida, formerly an engineer in the drainage division cf the department of agriculture, who made charges against his former associate (engi neers in the department, which re sulted in their dismissal by order of Secretary Wilson." A statement issued by Solicitor Mc C?abe of the department of agriculture with the approval of Secretary Wil son declares that the charges against the department are untrue, and that "tho ofTnrt to besmirch the secretary of agriculture will fail." The charge against the dismissed men is that they misapplied an ap propriation. Congress appropriates a lump sum for the drainage and irri gation divjsions of the department of agriculture. Tht heads of these di visions divide it equally. In 1909, the drainage division lent to the irriga tion division some of its unexpended appropriation and Engineer Elliott discovered soon afterward that he was some $900 short for completion of work under way in North Caroli na and other .states. Rather than have the Work stopped, citizens in the section interested in the completion of the projects ad vanced the money and later were car ried on the payroll as employees un under the appropriation for the next year. Tirui, thfl mnnw thus secured the men who advanced the money wese reimbursed. UNDERWOOD BESTS BRYAN Democratic Caucus Rejects Bryan's "Money Trust" Probe Plan. Washington.?Representative Oscar Underwood was sustained by a vote | of 115 to 66 in defying Mr. Bryan and his lash and in providing that the regular committees of the house should undertake the investigation into the "money trost" of the coun try. i The house caucus on the resolution which has been a bone of contention for many weeks lasted for three hours, and finally adopted the Under wood substitute for the Henry reso lution by a vote of lfo to 66. Through editorials \ in \The Com moner, and by means of telegrams to Tirnohinortnn William J. Bryan has urged a special committee to probe financial conditions with especial ref erence to the control ofp the money market. Those, who opposed his plan were said to be in the control of the money trust. But his appeals were powerless. The house Democrats re fused to fololw his advice, but chose instead to let the regularly organized committees of the house do the work. The caucus then instructed the standing comittees of the house on banking and currency, judiciary, in terstate commerce and elections to proceed with the inquiry. Steel Trust Flogged Convicts. Washington.?Convict labor in the operation of subsidiary companies of the United States Steel Corporation, particularly in Alabama, were taken tho Stanley investigating com "J ? ? _ mittee. Shelby M. Harrison of New York, a magazine writer, testified that he had made an investigation of the conditions. He told of the large number of state and county convicts in the camps in Alabama and of the minor offenses for which some of the men had been convicted and put at work in the mines. Hooper Is Out for Re-Election. Nashville, Tenn.?In a statement reciting the forward steps, notably in the department of agriculture and in fhe penal system, which he claims .ror his administration and severely arraigning elements that have, he says, sought to discredit his efforts, Gov. Ren. W. Hooper, the first Re publican inaugurated governor of Tennessee in thirty years, announced for re-election, lie declares he has faithfully kept his promise to lend his influences to the enforcement of the liquor laws. Emperor Opens German Reichstag. *' ? William liernn, uenuuu>.?uu^iui ........... in person opened the thirteenth reich stag which has assembled since the foundation of the German empire. As is customary, instead of Koinp to the imperial parliament the emperer call ed the members to the palace, where he made his speech. The emperor referred to the new treaties about to be entered into between Germany and oth?r countries, and announced that the government would adhere to the eld bases of its tariff policy. (Copyright, 1912.) PLENTY WORK FORCONGRESS SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE SENTATIVES HAVE BUSY TIMES AHEAD. _______ / Tariff Revision Work Will Engage Committee of Both Houses. Washington.?Tariff revision work in committees of both houses, a re uewed attempt to fix a date for action on the pending arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France and a house caucus on the controversy between house leaders over the pro posed investigation of the so-called "money trust" will enliven congress this week. The senate committee on finance will begin active consideration of tar iff matters, when the first of a long series of hearings on the house steel revision bill will be held. Manufac turing interests which havb manifest ed their opposition to the reductions, averaging 35 per cent from the pres 1?Ttf Kotfft orranonH fn Kfl ronro. sented. Ample opportunity will be allowed for the appearance of all in tereated In the proposed revision, Some Republican leaders have figur ed Februrry 20 as an approximate date when the committee should be able to close the hearings and pro ceed to consider its report to the sen ate. The Democratic leaders do not fa vor the effort of Senator Newlande of Nevada to increase the finance committee's membership by one Dem ocrat and one Progressive Republican and the Progressive Republicans have evinced no interest in it. The in LAFOLLETTE WILL WITHDRAW On Account of III Health Progressive Senator Loses Following. Washington. ? S enator LaFollette, through his campaign manager, an nounced that despite ill health he would not withdraw from thi race for the Republican nomination for pres ident. Fast on the heels of his dec laration one of his most ardent sup porters, President Medill McCormick of the Illinois Progressive Republi can League, issued a call i to the Illinois Progressives to desert the La Follette standard and to work for a Bolid Roosevelt delegation from Illi nois in the Chicago convention. The two statements created a flurry in Progressive political circles. The first statement was made for Senator LaFollette by Col. W. L. Houser, his manager and chairman of the nation al Progressive Republican committee. Hookworm Thrives in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.?Ninety-five out ol 4-1? ~nP Tonrtooanc Lilt? IllllClJ-OiA Wuaiuto ul x uuavuw^v are infected with hookworm disease, according to the annual report of Dr. Olin West, hookworm specialist, work ing under direction of the state board of health. Since the work was start ed two years ago Doctor West and his assistants have thorounghly in spected diseases in every county in the state, and have found every one infected with hookworm, with the ex ception of Lewis county. Four Killed on Niagara Ice Bridge Niagara Falls, N. Y.?The great ice bridge that has checked the rivei channel between the cataract and the upper steel arch bridge below the falls for the last three weeks broke from its shoring and went down the river, taking with it to their death a man and woman believed to be a*- onri \Trs. Eldridce Stanton of To ronto, Canada, and Burrell Ileacock 17 years old, Cleveland, Ohio. Fom other persons were on the ice at the time, but managed to get ashore in safety. Republic Assured in China. Penin, China.?The empress dowa ger issued an edict Instructing Pre mier Yuan Shi Kai to establish a re public in co-operation with the south ern republicans. The edict has not yet been published and it is expected that it will be kept more or less se cret so far as the public is concerned until arrangements in the south havt been completed. Yuan Shi Kai is now endeavoring to persuade the Nanking government to hand over the control of affairs. Plans to Stop Pension Grabbers. Washington.?Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia and Senator Rrvan of Flor ida are collaborating on a pian tc defeat the pension grabbers. The former is disposed to block the spe cial pension bills which are making new drains of millions of dollars on the treasury annually. Recently when the omnibus claims bill containinp about 500 special pensions came up in the senate, Mr. Smith arose and asked that it no over until he could have an opportunity to look into it. f HOUSE CODGES THIRD TERM crats Appear to Be Afraid of the Colonel. , Washington.?For reasons of polit . ical expediency the Democratic house of representatives declined to pass a resolution aimed to defeat former President Roosevelt's nomination by : the Republicans. " i Representative Slayden of Texas, Resolution Would Make the Demo the author sought in vain to get a vote on it under a I suspension of tne rules. T&e opposi . tlon was led by Representative Ollle [ James of Kentucky and Thetus W. > Sims of Tennessee. On the vote by tellers, the result ! was 51 to 90, the house refusing to ' consider the resolution, which is still pending before a committee of the house. Just at the moment when the Slay den resolution, aimed primarily at Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, seemed about to passs, a shrewd parliamenta ry turn displaced the measure from further consideration. It may be re vived later in the session, but its position of vantage on the house cal enaar was iosi. Mr. Slayden, a Texas Democrat, in troduced the resolution a week ago. It sought to express the "opinion of the house" that the example of Wash ington in'-retiring after a second term, had by universal concurrence become the time-honored custom of the country a violation of which would be fraught with peril to free institutions. HEYBURN SHOWS HIS HATE Senator From Idaho Again Scores the South for "Treason." Washington.?Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi again aroused the animosity and stirred to bitter 1 ness Senator Heyburn of Idaho when he sought to get a vote on his bill to erect a monument to the naval . forces of the Confederacy in the Vicksburg national cemetery. The . bill was introduced at the request , of the park commission to erect a . companion piece to the monument to the Union naval forces to be ready . in time for the semi-centennial cele bration in 1913, When Senator Hey r burn objected to the consideration of , the measure and before the chair . ruled that it must go over under the , custom of the senate, Senator Wil . liams made this proposal: If the sen ator from Idaho will agree to let this bill come to a vote, I will promise that no senator from the South, so far as I am able to influence their action, , will vote on the measure." This pledge did not swerve Senator ITfiwhnrn whn infllstort thnt if wmilrf ! (not be proper or constitutional. [ He said such measures amounted . to "treading upon the sacred memo I ries of the people of the North." He . said it was proposed to take money , "from the treasury of the peopJ.e of . the United States" to expend in com . memorating the virtues of the enemy of the country. Harmon Controls Colorado. Denver, Colo.?Supporters of Gover nor Harmon of Ohio for the presiden tial nomination controlled the meet ing of the Colorado Democratic state central committee which chose Colora do Springs and April 29 as the time and place for the state convention, which will name twelve delegates to the national convention. The Harmon supporters, who are politicaly aligned with Mayor Speer of Denver were op posed by friends of Governor Shaff | roth of Colorado, who favor Woodrow Wilson. Hearst Buys Atlanta Georgian. Atlanta.? wmwni riaiiuujpu nears'. | announced the purchase of the Atlan ' ta Georgian and took active charge of' its publication immediately, la the announcement of the purchase the - New York newspaper proprietor au 1 nounced that there would be no rad ical changes in policy or in manage I j ment of The Georgian, as the paper had been operated largely according ' to his ideas since the beginning of ; its publication six years ago. F. L. I Seely of St. Louis was the former owner. Last Treasurer of Confederacy Dead. i Washington.?M. H. Clark, conflden tial secretary of Jefferson Davis and ? the last acting treasurer of the Con ' federate stales, died in Washington | at the age of 82 years, from chronic ; liver trouble. I lis home is in Clarks i ville, Tenn. Mr. Clark was born In i Richmond. He became associated ; with the president of the Confederacy i early in the history of the "lost I cause.'' lie was present a* Washing I ton. On., when the Confederate cabi net disbanded. G. O. P. CONVENTION IN FLORID* TO SELECT DELEGATES WAS ? STORMY GATHERING. ?_ TWO CONVENTIONS ORGANIZE Friends of Roosevelt Organise vention of Their Own and Name Delegates. Palatka, Fla.?The Republican atatt V ] convention met here, tyit apltt to : pieces before it got down t* bUsi , Tlio hnlrlors vontAfl ft. egation instructed for Taft, while th? greater number of delegates favored. Roosevelt Over half of the dele gates walked from the hall after fil ing notice with the convention, p*a> ceded to another part of the efty; met, organized and with great ecrtha;%.;? 8iasm elected delegates to the aatien. al convention, instructed for Theo dore Roosevelt as the standarC4ear -v? er of the (jr. O. P. for 1912. Both' factions will send instructed delegates to the convention, and both have nominated a state ticket. Theo dore Roosevelt was notified of the action of the Insurgent delegates by a committee appointed at the coa vention. The regular administration fac tion of the convention, after the de parture of the Insurgent delegates f*nm hall hrirankoil And fllficted delegates to the Chicago convention,. whom they instructed to vote for thr nomination of President Taft , jjSp Joseph Lee, collector of interna revenue in Jacksonville, the leading negro politician of the state, was the chairman of the regular convention, ^ rr and led the T?ft forces. There is a strong RooBevelt feeling. ) v|] among some of the negro Republicans and they are causing the trouble. George Chubb, the national commit teeman from Florida, was present, and watched the proceedings for the ; national committee. ,v f -u New York.?Theodore Roosevelt' commented on the Slayden anti-third term resolution which was before con gress with a prolonged laugh?a mirth producer that infected callers in his ? ulMot - * / rtfutryliuu xvuiu aau iotb iu? .. : j^"? himself quite breathless. He kad bo other comment to make upon the res olution, he said. The former president also declined to discuss reports that the withdraw- y.; i al of Senator LaFolIette from active ) work in his Campaign for the presi dential nomination would throw much | dt LaFolette's strength to himself. < 30 UNION MEN INOICTtO Labor Leaders Accused of Being Re- M fp sponsible for Explosions. Iudianapolis, Ind.?Union labor of ficials and agents said to number be- .;! tween thirty and forty, whom the gov- . \ W' ernment holds criminally responsible with the McNamaras and Ortie E. McManlgal for perpetrating more than one hundred explosions which occur- ^ vred in cities from Massachusetts to California in the last six years, and ( in which the wrecking of the Los An geles Times building was an incident^ were indicted. , Thirty-two indictments were return ed. Capiases for arrests have been. 7 issued and all the men indicted are to be taken in custody on a day se pretly fixed by the government, but know nto be within a week. March 12 has been set for arraign ment before Federal Judge B. Ander son in Indianapolis. The papers for the arrests designate the amount of t bond which the defendants may give in the Federal districts in which they reside for their appearance here. The amounts of the bonds in the individ ual cases were not made known, but it was said in the aggregate they, '< would total $300,000. Although the names of the defend ants and their exact number were ordered withheld pending the arrests, it was stated probably more than thirty-two and possibly forty .i!-?ien were accused, inasmuch as more than one defendant was named in some of the indictments. Almost au 01 in? men, it was declared, were union of ficials. Army Mobolized for Mexic Border. Washington.?President Taft and his cabinet turned a scrutinizing eye toward Mexico. Official dispatches, placed before the president, serious ly questioned the loyalty of Gen. Pas cual Orozco to the Mexican Federal government and intimated that the present conditions in the state of : Chihuahua, bordering on Texas, might develop a movement of secession. Th? war department has sent additional orders to army posts throughout the country to be ready for a possible I mobilization. Colored Mob Lynches Negro. Vidalia, Ga.?Homer Stewart, a ra< j gro, who had killed another negro j and wounded two others so that they ! are not expected to live, was taken j from the officers and lynched, It is reported, by members of his own race. The blacks, incensed at the killing, are said to have formed a mob which overtook the bailiff and captured Stew art. The black was then led a short distance into the woods, hanged to a tree, and his body riddled with bul- ' lets. ? > .t-.ru Wilson Will Be Investiaated OC^ICioi; - ? Washington.?Another investigation of the department of agriculture, in volving orders of Secretary Wilson and Solicitor McCabe, and which eir i brace charges of suppressed reports and influence of land speculators over government officials, is to be insti tuted by the house committee on ex penditures in the agricultural depart ment. Circumstances relating to ex ploitation cf Florida Everglades lands are the cause of the investigation of the department. . ... - ;