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F I. ISSUED SEMI-WEEKL^ l. u. qrist's sons. Pubiishtn j % Aiamilp Jhirspapcr: |for the |romotion o{ the political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of th( people. {IKR"8,No^ii0^oApIE^ivi^2is4<Cii' B ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1905. ISTO. 58. ' f| THE MI By FREDERICK Author of "The Case * I \ J (Copyright. IMS, by Pit CHAPTER XX?CONTINUBD. Men of small caliber have this advantage over tbeir mental superiors. They experience more moments of trlI ' umph. Little Harkness was continuI Rlly conjuring up ovations to himself out of which he took more private satL" isfaction than an able man would ever extract from real recognition. But of all his supreme moments, the brightest was that which saw John Kennard crossing the room to single him _ out for consultation. No king or pott tentate could have inspired William ^^tt * * ' ? ? *Kn MonnAt n> Kinh thn ntU KIItrSB Willi iuc icoj/vvi ? mivu tuv I Arm of Jobn Kennard's Sons commanded The might of majesty would i R not have seriously impressed him, but the power of the great business house was real. He had felt and tested it a score of times. He recognized in Kennard commercial supremacy, than . which he knew no higher law, and he could scarcely restrain himself from starting forward to greet the man whom be regarded as its exponent However, he continued to harangue Y his adherents, as Kennard approached, raising bis voice a little for the benefit of the new-comer, t "Yes, I was one of the first" he repeated, "the first I may say, to think of our getting together in this way. I had been observing the trend of L events In the business world for many I years, and everywhere I noted a dr|ft toward consolidation?a slow drift, imperceptible to many, but to my eyes showing the? Good-evening, Mr. * Kennard. It's a real pleasure to see you here, sir. Won't you have a cigar? A commercial pipe of peace. Ha. ha, ha! I think these gentlemen don't know you," he continued with a note 3f pride. "Allow me to present them." Little Harkness introduced his friend Mr. Kennard, of John Kennard's Sons, ^ as though he personally owned him. / and desired to impress the tavor or ihe introduction upon the circle. Then Fearing he was displaying too much < pleasure, h-? hastened to continue his analysis of the process of thought which had led him to conceive the great project of consolidation. Kennard listened patiently to the monologue until the ego of the man was sat^ isfled, and then asked for a moment's ^ private consultation. The air with m f which Willie Harkness reluctantly excused himself to his admirers was the essence of pure comedy. But no trace of Kennard's amusement betrayed Itself in 1>is voice as he rapidly sketched the situation to his new ally. They ^ were going into a big and an untried venture, he explained. Its success would largely depend upon its start. The most powerful interests should V ' therefore stand together at the very I / outset. W Harkness drank in the words eager-' V ly, but was too swollen with pride for I response, merely nodding his head with comic solemnity. His hour had. *nme John Kennard. the head of the ?iouse of Kennard's Sons, was about loader him the presidency of the new l company. He was appreciated at last!' The directorate was. of all things,, the most important, Kenuard contin-; ued, and the prominent stockholders.' should unite now to insure its being' in proper hands. Could he be counted i upon for his support? Harkness; gazed at bis questioner in uncertainty.) Was his vote the only object of this] conference? He struggled to conceal! i his mortification by a dignified inquiry. I 1 For whom was his support solicited?, Kennard named the proposed board of directors. Latham, Rogers, Spaulding. Benson, Maddox and himself. HarkneBs' face fell perceptibly at each v* name. The presidency had not been mentioned. His name was not even included in the list of directors. A directorship was far less than his due, rbut still?His disappointment was rapIdly turning to anger, and when he spoke again his voice trembled. "Latham, Rogers, Spaulding, Benson, Maddox?" he repeated. "I haven't the pleasure of Mr. Maddox' acquaintance?and yourself?six in all." ^ "Seven," corrected Kennard. "Who is the seventh, if I may ask?" "Mr. William Harkness, to be sure." V The little man stared at the speaker A and struggled to control himself, but I he revulsion of feeling was too great, b and he seized Kennard's hand. ImpulPt slvely pressing it in both of his. "Excuse me for interrupting you." Both men turned to find Mr. Harlan standing close beside them. "How do you do, Harkness? Kennard, won't you come over here, please? k, I want you to know Mr. Trundell." "Who's the coyote near the door, Jack?" asked Maddox, as the two men passed him. ^ "I don't know," answered Kennard, following Dave's glance. "That's Trundell." replied Mr. Har Ian, gravely. "Mr. Mauaox is aeuguifully western In some of his expressions," he added with a smile, as they neared the financier. Mr. Trundell was graciousness itself. He had often heard of Mr. Kennard from Mr. Harlan, Neil Croyden, Danville Parsons and lots of their friends. It was ridiculous they'd never met before. However, better late than uever. As for the business which now . brought them together, he knew little or nothing about the trade, but he'd ft , heard from all sides that Mr. Kennard A knew it. from A to Z and was in a po sition to name the very best men for the work in hand. "1 know the banking side, but that's only a detail in this thing," he concluded, "and if your r mind's made up on the business part, it won't take us 15 minutes to agree." Kennard had been watching Mr. Trundell's face closely, as he listened, and every lime the speaker paused, Dave's epithet "coyote" seemed to punctuate the sentences. Had be not been already committed to the project, Mr. Trundell's personality would have caused him to withdraw. However, if bis suspicions were correct, his propositions would never be accepted, and t NORITY ' TREVOR. HILL and Exceptions," etc. >d*rick A. 8tokH ? Oo.) the present negotiations would go no further. "I appreciate being mentioned as a Pooh Bah," he replied laughingly, as Mr. Trundell concluded, "bur, I doubt my qualifications for the office. However. let me introduce some of the men who ought to be consulted, and you can discuss things together." "Who are they? The men you want for directors?" "Yes." "Well, name them." "Messrs. Latham, Rogers, Benson, Spaulding, Maddox, Harkness and myself." "TTm?seven. How laree a directo rate do you think we ought to have?" "I don't know. That's a banking detail, isn't It?" Mr. Trundell smiled and laid a fat hand on Kennard's knee. "You only want to be sere of the majority. Isn't that it?" he naked with a jocular wink. "That's it," answered Kennard, gravely. "Under advice of counsel, I suppose?" Mr. Trundell'a amile broadened na be spoke. "You're right," he went cn briskly, pressing Kennard's knee with his hand. "I'd do it in your place, but," he added confidentially, "there isn't one man In 50 would think of it beforehand. You know your men, I suppose, and I take it they know the business, and can be depended upon for business cooperation. That's all I wat t As for the balance of the board, of course Harlan and I will serve, but whom do you want for the rest, Harlan?" he asked, turning to the promoter. "Why have any more?" "Because we've got to have a full board, of course." "Not necessarily. You can have any number up to 13." "But. good Lord, you've had experience enough in these things, Harlan, to know a full list looks better with the public." Mr. Harlan frowned at the speaker's impatient tone. "Just as you like," he answered coldly. "Thlrteen's an unlucky number," observed Kennard soothingly, as be noticed Mr. Harlan'R annnvavre "Per haps we could compromise on a dozen." "No. we must have a full hoard. But If you don't care who they are. Mr. Kennard, I'll pick out pood figureheads by the time we get before the public." Half an hour later the meeting informally agreed that Kennard and'hie six nominees should control the board of directors for the first year of the Confederated Machine companies. "Mighty fierce struggle for control, wasn't It?" laughed Mr. Trundell. as he <hook Keunard's hand at parting. "We'll have to box the office-boy's *nrs for excitement If we always agree like this." CHAPTER XXI. Mr. Parsons expressed his private opinion across the home dinner-table. "The idea of a-man like Kennard going over to the trusts, after all his talk and pose!" he exclaimed. "Isn't it the most inconsistent thing you ever heard of?" Mrs. Parsons did not reply immediately, but her silence seldom gave consent. "Well, what could be more inconsistent?" he asked, as though she had already answered. "Oh. lots of things, bi t I wasn't thinking of comparisons." Mrs. Parsons paused, and studied the fringe of the candle-shade. I "I was wondering," shj went on, "why consistency is called a jewel. MY DEAR." INTERPOSED MR. PARSONS. "I WISH YOU WOULD USE SOME OTHER WORD." 1 doubt its value. It alwa>s smacks of monotony to me. 'As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end,' is the most hopelessly depressing phrase 1 ever read." Mr. Parsons looked at his wife with grave disapproval. "My dear, don't you think that's a trifle irreverent?" he asked reprovingly. "Now, if consistency were rare," continued Mrs. Parsons, ignoring the admonition, "one might understand it. But it can't be rare. I know hundreds of unutterably dull persons, every one of them thoroughly consistent. It's the same way with the people one reads about. If they at interesting, it's despite this suppose I virtue, not because of it. Yet the 01 thing about which all critics agree s that characters in fiction must e consistent. Any writer who dared o make his hero inconsistent, wouK be forever damned." "My dear," interposed Mr. Parsons, "I wish you would use some other word. That's not at all pretty." But Mrs. Parsons did not answer and the conversation ceased. Indeed conversations which involved an Interchange of ideas never did last long between Mr. and Mrs. Danville Parsons, for one reason or another, probably the former. John Kennard's action was the subject of more than one discussion in the days which followed the publication of the Confederated Machine Companies' prospectus. Mason and Wilder attacked and defended it. to the amusement of their fellow members in the Thespians. Miss Harlan and her father spoke of it, but the latter seemed to grow impatient of questionings on the subject, and it was not referred to again. Pat Mullln and "Pupsey" Knox passed some words about it at the factory in the presence of an interested audience attracted by the word "liar," which was batted to and fro with great frequency by the disputants. Mr. McMannls and Mr. Trundell held a private conversation concerning it at the latter's office, apparently to their mutual satisfaction. Wall street read of it in the newspapers, merely noting it as "oue of Trundell's things," and then the little wona to wnicn u was mumeiiiarily Interesting, thought no more about It. Even at the shops the matter ceased to be discussed, for the new order of things brought few immediate changes. Except for the names which gave place to the Confederated Machine Companies, no one would have been aware of the new ownership. But little by little the fact of co-operation began to make itself felt in all the associated factories. There was no longer any necessity for expensive clerical departments, agencies were largely eliminated, fewer salesmen were required, and one buyer took the place of 20. The officers of the smaller companies ceased to draw salaries, and the companies themselves cut down their interest charges. Better material was turned out at the same or lower prices. Kennard watched the changes with keen appreciation and growing confidence. Economy seemed to he the outcome all along the line?good, sound, business economy, bearing harshly upon individuals whose vocations disappeared in the process, but tending, on the whole, to the benefit of the vast majority. In only one respect was the new regime disappointing to Kennard. He had looked forward to lessening his responsibilities,'but before his first inspection of the allied factories was completed he had greatly increased them. He had known his business world thoroughly prior to the consolidation, but had merely Judged the result without full knowledge of the causes. He had long suspected poor business methods in some quarters, and lax factory system in others, but never dreamed of the amazing stupidity and recklessness which his investigations brought to light. In one establishment he found material purchased and paid for with no verification of the weights received; in another he located a waste of byproducts equal to one-quarter the cost of manufacture. But it was in the workshoDs themselves that be made the most surprising discoveries. One company had had seven men injured by the same machine before it was effectively repaired. Another had been closed down for two months by an outbreak of typhoid due to unsanitary conditions on their own premises; a third changed superintendents every 18 months?"to prevent any one man becoming a necessity," it was explained. In the squalor and filth of some of the city shops, meanness and false economy degraded and dispirited the workers, until they labored more like beasts than men, and with about as much intelligence. A few of the factories compared favorably with anything he had seen, well ordered outside and in, and directed with an intelligent recognition of the relative value of things. Well-grounded economics, uniform management and intelligent co-operation soon produced an effect upon the earnings, and betore long it was demonstrated that the new company could and would make money. It was almost certain to be a great commercial success. Having satisfied himself of this fact, Kennard began to consider what the company's policy should be towards its employes. His attempt to sound Mr. Harlan on the subject was without result. However, he had little or no fear of the outcome. The directors had been carefully chosen to include a majority of Kennard's personal adherenis, but as time went on it was evident that ttie precaution was unnecessary, for the board was a unit who voted at his suggestion. Mr. Trundell seconded his every motion. The four financial figureheads vied with one another in their zealous support, and when at the end of the first quarter Mr. Harlan proposed a vote of thanks for the efficient management which had resulted in a complete systemization of the manufacturing of the company, the motion was carried with enthusiasm. It was shortly after this that Kennard ventured to throw out his first official hint as to the employes. What was the Hoot u-nv nf Rpriirine for them a fair share of the benefits thus far obtained? It was too early to discuss that, Mr. Harlan considered. "Perhaps there weren't going to be no core," he quoted Jocosely. Somebody must think so, was Kennard's observation. The stock was quoted at fancy prices on the street. "I'd rather hear from the treasurer than the trader," was Mr. Trundell's only comment, and the subject was dropped; but the board continued to work so harmoniously that when Latham died it was not thought necessary to elect his successor. Indeed Mr. Trundell opposed it on superstitious grounds. They had had enough of the 13 hoodoo, he declared. To Kennard the spring never seemed so short, the summer never so long, the fall never so welcome. Miss Harlan went abroad in May and returned in October. When 'hey met for the first time after five months of wonderful journeying, all she could say was? "I'm so glad to be here again! I think the best thing we learn abroad is appreciation of what we've left behind. I read the books you sent me in Paris. There was a home message in every word of them, and I couldn't pay the author a higher compliment than that, or return you better thanks. Now please sit down, and tell me every single thing that's happened since we left." And all Kennard could reply after five of the busiest months he had ever known was? "Nothing's happened for some time. I received your letter in July." But something did happen the month after Miss Harlan and her father returned. Mr. Trundell suddenly proposed that Neil Croyden be elected to the vacancy In the directorate of the Confederated Machine Companies: and elected he was, Mr. Harkness unexpectedly voting against Kennard and giving the necessary majority to accomplish the result. CHAPTER XXII. Oioyden's election came as a complete surprise, but its meaulug was perfectly clear to Kennard. He had lost control of the board of directors. In the face of that fact it mattered but little what particular lure had secured Harkness' vote. The purpose of the uurgaiu was ot mure JUi pur mute its price. It was not, however, until he saw his power threatened that Kennard realized how vitally interested he was in retaining it. Six months before he would have retired without a regret. But those six months had utterly changed his attitude. With the work of organization something of his old enthusiasm had returned, and with a broader, far more reaching purpose than he had evet known before. The disgust and irritation which had made him turn to the syndicate as a refuge, disappeared with the assumption of wider responsibilities, and his indifference gave place to a calm study of existing conditions. It did not require much shrewdness to predict that Mr. Trundell would be the moving spirit in whatever changes the new majority In the board con| templated. Kennard had watched him with some anxiety from the very llrst, for the man immediately impressed him as one of those who write success with a big S. Impaled on two parallel lines. Undoubtedly he had engineered the move which wrested the control from the manufacturers. The question was, why had he done this? If the management had not been successful the purpose would have been evident But the company had made money? more than it was expected to make when completely oreanized, much more than the estimates had indicated for the first six months. That was what puzzled Kennard. Mr. Trundell was not a man to desire power simply for Its own sake, especially as that power could last only until the next election, when new directors might be chosen. The meetings of the board which followed Croyden's election did not supply any answer to these questions. No important changes were inaugurated by the newly constituted majority. At the second meeting, it is true, Mr. Trundell proposed that all cases of Injuries to employes should be turned over to an accident insurance comnonv fr> ho eottlod nr defended as the ? ? Insurers chose, but this proposal was more or less Id line with Kennard's Inclination to free himself from personal contact as much as possible. It was a good business move, and one almost necessary with the army of workers in the companies' employ. But though he appreciated its practical aspect, the old feeling of parental responsibility would not permit Kennard to view the innovation without some misgiving. This delegation of authority had something cold-blooded about It which he Instinctively distrusted. To have some one injured in your service, and then coolly refer him or his family to an insurance company, seemed heartless and inhuman. But difficult as it was to adjust himself to all the new conditions. Kennard recognized the impracticability of his oldfashioned methods and the vote on Mr. Trundell's proposition was unanimous. It was destined to be the last evidence of harmony in that board. to be continued. MONKEYS A8 SERVANTS. Instances in Which They Are Said to Have Been Valuable Assistants. The cleverness and Imitative faculty of the monkey have be<en utilized by mankind In many ways during late years, and to day this hairy animal acts as clerk, servant, laborer and tea packer In various parts of the world. A female chimpanzee once lent out to service at Loango, and made the beds, swept the house and assisted In the kitchen, peeling the potatoes and turning the spit. These facts are equaled, If not surpassed, by a young monkey, the property of a sailor on one of Britain's Ironclads. This animal can turn the capstan and furl the sails as well as any one. He also assisted the cook In preparing dinner and Is adept at boiling eggs. Luckily the culinary arrangements on board a ship are not quite as exacting as those In a London hotel, or the monkey assistant might find himself In somewhat of a quandary. Chinese monkeys for years past have assisted the natives In tea packing. Their labor Is cheap, for they are more than contented with payment In the shape of sundry luscious morsels. During the rush to the gold fields of Yukon an enterprising miner carried five Chinese monkeys to help him in gold washing. The monkeys had been used to severe cold and the extremes of a rigorous climate, and the gold searcher found his animal workmen most useful. Some years ago a number of British engineers employed monkeys to assist the workmen in carrying material to a railway extension In Cape Colony. It appears that a score of monkeys came regularly every morning to the line to watch the laborers at work and tne engineers in cnarge, rigmiy ueuevitig that the Imitative faculties of the creatures would render them, useful In railway work, had them captured. They were Immediately put In training, and soon proved themselves Invaluable as carriers. In Slam apes are now employed as cashiers. A year or two ago much base coin was circulated by a clique of coiners, and the tradesmen found that it was a very difficult matter to discriminate between good and bad money. One large store kept a pet monkey, and one mornnlg he was seen to take a coin from the cashier's desk and put It between his teeth. After biting it, for some moments he threw it on the floor with a solemn grimace of dissatisfaction. The proprietor of the store then handed the monkey another coin, and after testing it with great deliberation he laid It on the cashier's desk. Apparently the creature could tell a counterfeit coin from a good one, and in order to ascertain whether other monkeys had the same extraordinary gift a couple of apes belonging to a zoo were given the test, with satisfactory results. From that day the majority of the business houses in Slam have kept monkeys as cashiers, and the gifted creatures have developed the faculty of discrimination between good and bad coin to such perfection that no human being can compare with them. iHiscrltanrous grading. THE piSREN8ARY ARRAIGNED. A Statement Itaued In Anderaon Aa to the Law Governing the Situation. The central prohibition committee of Anderson has Issued the following address: J To the Voters of Anderson County: You $re to have a chance to express yourselves for or against the South Carolina liquor dispensary. There la to be -'no excitement, no beating of drums, and blowing of trumpets, but there Is a quiet, steady determination upon the part of our citizens to bring this institution to the bar of public opinion. It was promised that the dispensary was to be a "great moral institution." TT- ? U ?v,A? ?UA4 #?(.!?<) ntus ic nici time CAyrciauv/ii tain/ i It w8i promised that it would greatly reduce the sale of liquor, and many of us believed It, and determined to give It a fair trial. We are not pleased with results. We are not pleased that the consumption of legalized poison should have Increased every year until It last year reached the enormous total of $3,600,000, and that dispensary officials have reached the point, as the dally papers recently reported, where they now refuse to give out Information as to how much of the stuff they do sell. It was promised that the revenue accruing from the dispensary would greatly reduce taxes. It has not done so. The tax rate In this county has almost doubled since the dispensary has been In vogue, notwithstanding the fact that the assessment has been raised from $6,000,000 to $11,000,000 during the same period. The assessment throughout the state has been Increased proportionately, yet the rate for state purposes Is higher In this year of grace 1905 than It has been for 16 years, while the deficit In the state treasury Is greater than It has been for many years. It Is evident, then, that the dispensary as a means of revenue has been a stupendous failure. We are not pleased that beer shops or additional salesrooms have been grafted on to the system?In violation of law, as many think?In order that the receipts of the moral Institution might be Increased and the volume of "VtislneBs" grow. We are not pleased that the liquor dispensers, officers of this state, solemnly sworn to observe and uphold the law. should openly and flagrantly violate the law, requiring from purchasers "written requests" for liquors, for fear that the sale of liquors miflrht Ka rwincorf ns the law intended that It ahould be. We are not pleaaed that the officers whom we have put In charge of the dispensary to see that the law Is enforced. should think that we put them there to ply a commercial venture?to coin doyars for a proud state at the expense of citizenship?to "push the sale" of poisonous liquors among her young men and among the helpless victims of fatal habit, and to fatten the* state's treasury at the cost of those whom the state should be most sollcItlous to protect. We are not pleased that men should more eagerly seek the "Jobs" or positions on the state board of control In Columbia at $400 a year than they seek the governorship of this proud commonwealth, and more eagerly than they seek seats In congress from South Carolina at $5,000 a year. And we regard It as most significant that those who were friendliest, those who honed for most from the dispensary as a regulative measure, cannot longer avoid the stench of Its moral atmosphere and are being driven to admit that the Institution reeks with corruption and lawlessness and that the experiment has failed. True, we get a little Income from the dispensary. But at what a cost! We put In tens of thousands to draw out hundreds: we have heavier court dockets and court expenses and heavier taxes every year: we give our young men, at great economic loss, to the demon of drink: and, worst of all. we make our mother state the agent to furnish to them the means of debauching their characters and destroying their souls. Some say that Anderson county "will not enforce" a prohibition law. They enforce it In Marlboro: can we not do as well as Marlboro? The Charlotte News, a week ago, showed how well they are enforcing It there: Is public sentiment in Anderson county not as enlightened as It Is In Mecklenburg? Our neighbors tell us that It Is well enforced In many counties In Georgia, and we do not believe that the moral atmosphere and the standard of citizenship In this county Is Inferior to that of any counties In our sister state. In Marlboro county the first convicted "blind tiger" keeper was promptly fined $400. He moved to another town and opened up again. He was promptly convicted again and fined $500. when he quit the business In disgust. Anderson county will profit by her example. Let us all, at the very beginning or this movement, pledge ourselves, as this committee does, to do our full duty in enforcing the law when we get it. Certain citizens fear that to disturb the existing conditions is to take a step towards "high license" and open barrooms. They need never fear that a South Carolina legislature will disregard the expressed wish of the voters in any county; and public sentiment, in this county, has advanced too far for open barrooms to ever again be a real menace here. Furthermore, the advocates of "high license" in the legislature will find themselves solidly opposed, not only by the present advocates of prohibition; but also by the upholders of the dispensary system; and they would be doomed in advance to a worse defeat than that which now awaits the dispensary. And, finally. under the present constitutional provisions, the municipal authorities cannot license, and the legislature cannot authorize them to license, the sale of liquor?and It takes a two-thirds vote of the legislature to submit a proposed amendment of the constitution to the people and a majority vote of people and legislature to pass it. We appeal, therefore, to tM men and women of Anderson county to move In this matter, and to keep moving, until we have reached the only right solution; to consider the matter calmly, earnestly and carefully, and with minds single to the moral welfare of their country, to do their duty in this matter In the fear of God. Faithfully yours, B. F. Martin, Chairman, B. F. Crayton, Rev. S. J. Cartledge, Rev. W. W. Leathers. J. W. Quattlebaum, G. N. C. Boleman, G. C. Sullivan, W. R. Osborne, J. L. Sherard. Secretary, Central Prohibition Committee. ATTEMPT8 TO KILL RULER8. Many European Monarch* Have Had Narrow Escapes From Assassinations. The present Emperor of Austria has twice escaped the assassin's hand a? toofl tkA. onl/llor Avar. ?Ulltc III XOO?, W IICII IIIC OUIUIVI vr?v. dank suffered the extreme penalty of the law, and once on Feb. 18, 1853, when walking on the ramparts of Vienna, he was stabbed from behind by the Hungarian Llbenyl and severely wounded In the head. Twice ere Its tragic end was the life of King Humbert of Italy attemped, the first time beng at Naples, in 1878, when a cook called Giovanni Passanante approached the King's carriage with the apparent Intention of presenting a petition. He held a small flag in his left hand, and as the monarch leaned forward, struck at him through it with a dagger. His Majesty promptly hit the would be regicide across the head with his sheathed sword, and the Premier, Signor Cairoli, throwing himself in front of his master to intercept a second stroke, was slightly wounded. William I, of Germany three times narrowly escaped assassination. In 1861, while out walking, he was fired at from behind by Oscar Bekker. the bullet'Inflicting a slight wound in his neck, and in May. 1878, he was the object of one Hodel's cowardly attack. Three weeks later Dr. Karl Nobbling, a professor of philology, fired at his Emperor with a double barreled gun, loaded with shot, from a shop window overlooking the Unterden Linden. Over thirty pellets lodged in His Majesty's arms, neck and shoulders. Thrice also was Napoleon III, in like peril of his life, the attempts of Planorl and Bellemare, April and September, 1855, preceding by less than three years that of Orslnl and his accomplices, when, although the Emperor escaped, two persons were killed, and many wounded by the explosion of the shells which were flung at the royal carriage as it drew up at the door of the Italian Opera. Louis Philippe bore a charmed life; ? ?? Al J Va a a 4+ tiroro h V "'Veil limes uim no, aw ? nv>v miracle, escape a violent death. Though four persons were either killed or wounded by Fleschi's Infernal machine, he was unscathed; though Alibaud thrust the muzzle of his walking stick gun through the carriage window ere the trigger was pulled, he was struck only by the wadding; though he was In full view of Henri when he fired the pistol, the bullets missed their mark. Our late queen was on seven separate occasions the object of a dastard's attack. As far back as 1840 Edward Oxford. a demented potboy, flred twice at his sovereign; two years later John Francis was transported for life for a like crime; while a month had barely elapsed ere the boy Bean was found guilty of having presented a pistol loaded with powder and wadding, "in contempt of the Queen, and to the terror of divers liege subjects." Numerous unsuccessful attempts preceded the heinous .crime of March 13, 1881, when Alexander II of Russia lost his life; while the existence of his son was blighted by his constant dread of assassination. Thrice within a month alone was his life in fearful Jeopardy. On March 13, 1887, a man was arrested almost In the very act of hurling a bomb at the imperial carriage; on the 29th, while walking to the Gatchina Park, he was fired at by an officer. and a week later another attempt was made upon his life by three men and a woman as he was driving through the streets of his capital. Among other sovereigns who within comparatively recent times have narrowly escaped the knife or bullet of the assassin are ouc own Kings George III, and George IV, Queen Isabella of Spain, Alfonso XII, Amadeus, Frederick William of Prussia, Milan of Windsor Station by Frederick Maclean. Seven years afterwards a man named Hamilton fired at her Majesty: while the next year an ex-Captain of Hussars cut her face open, with a cane. In 1872 she was threatened by Arthur O'Connor, a youth of 18, with an unloaded pistol, and In 1882 she was shot at as she was entering her carriage In Servla, Pedro of Brazil and William, Prince of Wurtemberg.?Tit-Bits. PRINCE POTEMKINE. The Mutinous Battleship Named For a Wicked Russian Noble. It Is the irony of fate that the Russian battleship to make a break for liberty and human rights should be named Kniaz Potemklne, in honor of o-ne of the most brutal and tyrannical princes that ever flayed a peasant or purloined a fortune. Prince (Kniaz) Gregory Alexandrovitch Potemklne was for years the prime favorite of the notorious Queen Cathrlne II, who gave him place and power that enabled him to make himself very rich. In return for her favors, Potemklne played upon his benefactress one of the most famous hoaxes in history. Cathrine had sent Potemklne into the Crimea a Governor. After he had been there some four years the Czarina sent him word she was going to visit him, to see how the country was progressing under his direction. He caused to be erected a great number of "property" or sham wooden houses, gorgeously painted which were grouped Into towns, villages and cities along the royal route, These he peopled with men and women hired to impersonate villagers, merchants, farmers, tradesmen, and others, all busily engaged in their various occupations. The Czarina was immensely pleased at seeing so much activity and prosperity on all sides, and heaped new honors upon Potemklne. In the war between Turkey and Russia, Prince Suvaroff did the actual fighting at Bender and Ismail, but Potemklne was shrewd enough to capture all the credit for himself. He Is spoken of by historians as a coarse, lascivious, brutal fellow, yet with a handsome face and figure and quite shrewd.?Savannah Morning News. THE CASE OF CALEB POWERS. Hs la to bo Triod Now In tho Fodoral Court. In January, 1900. the town of Prankfort, Ky.. which is the capital of the state, was In a condition bordering on riot. There was tremendous excitement and the streets were filled with desperate men, some Democrats, some Republicans, bent on settling the political controversy growing out of the election of November, 1899, by violence and blood. The Republican governor had called out the militia, and the capItol grounds, In which were located the legislative halls and the executive offices, was an armed camp. The Republicans and the anti-Goebel Democrats had carried the election of 1899 In spite of the Goebel election law; the Republican officials had been inducted Into office. Including the governor, Wll- , Ham S. Taylor. The Democrats, having the requisite majorities in both ' branches of the legislature, were determined to reverse the decision of the people, and to that end contests had been Instituted. The wonder Is that 100 men were not killed. There was a man there named Tout- i sey, a stenographer connected with some one of the executive detriments. He seems to have been a thorough degenerate. and drunk besides. He made i many threats and sat around with a 1 "Tin In his lap. the very gun with which , Ooebel was killed. It Is said that he < was a dead shot, and the man who killed Ooebel must have been a good ( marksman. He had a key to the room , from the window of which Ooebel was i k?ll??d. and the Democrats have always Insisted that Caleb Powers gave him the key. and It Is certain that the room was a part of Powers's office. If Wm. 8. Taylor or Caleb Powers, or both of them, had gone before a magistrate and made affidavit to the threats ' uttered by Youtsey and had had him arrested and held to ball. Ooebel would not have been assassinated. Kentucky would have escaped a great deal of trouble and a great deal of disgrace. That was not done, Ooebel was killed by a shot fired from Caleb Powers's window. The Republicans say Youtsey j fired It. The Democrats say Jim How- i ard fired It. No matter who did It, the act became a political question. It J made Goebel a martyr and It restored Democratic supremacy In Kentucky. Nobody was surprised when Ooebel was shot. He had deprived a very proud and a very Jealous people of the i right to hold their own elections. For more than a century that commonwealth had been a self-governing com- | munfty. Ooebel had changed all that and was proceeding to make his will the supreme law of the state. He would mat ttia fat* Ha /Hit In TatAJI or ^ Mississippi sooner than he met It In Kentucky. He would have met the same fate In Vermont or Massachu- 1 setts. When he Instituted the contest, 1 he threw the gravest responsibilities on , the Republican state officials. Each of them was the creature of W. Godfrey Hunter's disreputable political machine. They were pygmies, set where giants should have been. Well, they arrested Caleb Powers, who was fleeing In disguise. He had a pardon In his pocket, signed by Taylor. All his friends could have wished that he had not been In disguise, and that he had not had that pardon. He was Indicted and tried. The trial was a mockery of justice. It was a purely political afTafr. There was enough perjury In the testimony to sink the Brit- ( Ish navy. The jury was entirely Democratic and entirely partial. The rulInes of the court nullified the law so far as It made a Republican eligible to jury service In that case. Nobody was surprised when the verdict was guilty: everybody was surprised when the death penalty was not a part of It. That, however, was cured In subse- i quent verdicts. j They also tried Jim Howard, and by a partisan and partial Jury. Before they could find him guilty they had to believe that W. S. Taylor, while gov? ? V?r>f the I ur Ul rinuuun;, ncio eu?w ? co.'lossal stupidity of writing Howard a letter. In which he agreed to pardon Howard for killing one Baker If he would come to Ifrankfort and kill Goebel. They had to believe that Howard Immediately went to Frankfort, met Youtsey, an entire stranger, a lew minutes after he arrived; that Youtsey gave him the gun, placed him at the window, pointed out Goebel, who was just entering the capltol grounds, and that Howard killed him. No Interview with Taylor to find out If the 1 letter was genuine, and, In addition to that, the man who was killed was an entire stranger to Howard. Thus he shot a stranger on the word of another i stranger that the man he was shoot- ' Ing was the right man to shoot. The J whole story is absurd and It Is the sto- , ry of Youtsey, who turned state's evl- I dence. They tried Youtsey, found him ' guilty, and sent him to the penitentla- i ry. It Is claimed by Powers, that Yout- I sey was subjected to the torture until ] he agreed to testify for the prosecu- ] tlon. Be that as It may, he confessed ] that he had lied about It before he was convicted. There was some sort of instrument of writing that he.gave * Powers that didn't have the right sort , t of tone. It did Powers's case lncalcul- i able Injury. Men asked. "What did he I want with It?" It was "confirmation strong as proofsofholy writ" to a Democratic Jury, sitting In a political trial ( - ? -- nn?>?nFv tn the ' or one cnargcu u.? iui ? ^ murder of William Goebel. It did him , as much harm aa the pardon?almost \ as much aa Youtsey's possession of I the key to the room from the window of which Goebel was shot. Perhaps a majority of the people of * Kentucky believe Youtsey killed Goe bel. but he Is not the man the Ken- t tucky authorities were after. There * wasn't enough politics In Youtsey. s They wanted to hang Taylor. Jim Howard would never have been indict- t ed If they had not hoped to show on his J trial Taylor's guilt. They showed It j by Youtsey, but unfortunately for their 1 theory. Youtsey Is such an abandoned wretch he Is not to be believed even , If he should tell the truth. < Powers made a long speech In his < case, and It Is doubtful if that did him any good. He made a labored effort to , j show that one Is not a conspirator < because he has knowledge that a crime 1 Is going to be committed, even though he takes no steps to prevent it and It is actually committed. That Is bad law < and worse morals. But why did he J want to make the argument at all? What possible good could it do him? s All the use It served was to cause men to suspect he had the knowledge that a crime was on foot. It was unfortunate. Powers was tried repeatedly, and invariably found guilty, and now the case is in the Federal court under the civil * rights bill of 1870. I am glad that the judge of the Federal court paid no attention to the Taylor pardon. If that Instrument could be pleaded in a Fed-, era] court, after the adjudication upon it in the state court, the sovereignty of the state would be entirely eradicated. Powers's care is now in the Federal court In the case of the United States vs. Blyew et al, Judge Black demanded of the supreme court to know where the pardoning power rested. Where will it rest in Powers's case? Suppose the unexpected happens and he is convicted in this new jurisdiction. To whom would he appeal for pardon. To the president of the United States? He can only pardon for a crime against the United States, and this crime is against Kentucky. To the governor of Kentucky? What power has he to pardon for a conviction in a Federal court? But Powers did not have a fair trial In the state courts, and there was plenty of law to send it to the United Stales bench. What sort of a trial will he have there? He will be tried by a Kentucky Jury. Every Democrat on the Jury will say "guilty," every Republican will say "not guilty." By 1906 Powers will be acquitted or discharged on bail. In November of that year the "bloody old Eleventh" district will send him to congress by Borne 20.000 majority. The Kentucky Democrats are not ki ei good humo about the thing as it stands. I don't see why Judge Cochran's decision taking Jurisdiction will add 6.000 votes to the Kentucky Democratic majority next election. Of that there is not the slightest doubt Politically speaking, the best thing that could happen to the Kentucky Republicans would be Caleb Powers on the scaffold.. The Federal bench has done the Kentucky Democrats* a. great service.?8avoya:-d, in the Washington Post. DI8PEN8ARY INVESTIGATION. August Kohn Has an Intimation of Interesting Developments. Mr. August Kohn, who attended the meeting of the State Press association at White 8tone last week, published the following in the News and Courier of last Monday: White Store is Just about twelve miles from Spartanburg, and It is an easy matter for news to percolate that short distance. It was at White Htone that some of the echoes of the dispensary steandalf that have been developed at Spartanburg were heard. The whole dirty business Is likely soon to be made public under oath, and that may be better than undertaking to outline it In a merely suggestive way. It Is well known that at the recent lession of the general assembly a specdal investigating committee was appointed under the Blease resolution. This general committee was * duly subdivided Into three committees. 8ub-Committee No. 1.* The most Important committee is that comported of Messrs. Oole L. Blease and T. B. Fraser. This special sub-committee is charged with the special investigation of the ' alleged "graft" on the part of the executive officers of the dispensary. This committee Is to find out what there is in the talk of the buying and shipping and ordering powers of the dispensary making money, on the side, out of the dispensary. This is the committee which deals with the big fry. and Is to be the star feature of the whole thing. It is In the efforts of this committee that the public is most Interested. If It i:ays there is nothing in all the talk about rebates or allowances or commissions then there will be a great load lifted from the reputation of the dispensary. But the people want the effort trade to ascertain the truth, whatever it may be, and with this, on proper effort being shown, mere win be general approval. 8ub'Committee No. 2. Then there is a second committee which will Investigate and report on the business methods of the dispensary. This committee consists of Col. D. A. Spivey and Mr Arthur Gaston. This committee Is to report whether the dlspensnry is run as honest men would conduct their own buslnem. Whether the dispensary is paying too much for its liquor, as Intimated. Whether the dispensary pays more for Its case goods than other as large buyers pay for them; whether they are the nam; liquors, and whether they are the same measure, and what there is In all the talk about "shorts." This committee is to inquire Into the propriety of the arbltiuy price fixed for barrel goods. It may look Into the alleged habit of stocking up heavily before boards change, whether to please their friends or not. It will likely report how much liquor, case goods especially. has been bought In the last five years from certain houses, the prices paid and how these prices run as compared with other buyers, and what there Is In the "shorts" and extra bottles for the dispensers that are thrown In for "cut." 8uh'Committse No. 3. Then there Is the committee on the management of the sub-dispensaries. Apparently this was the least Important of the committees, but It has been doing things and has shown an earnestness that makes people expect results. This special committee consists of "?? xii^io r>hr<ef?nu>n Jr.. and Fra mcsoro. iiicio vi*? __ srer Lyon. Mr. J. T. Hay, (chairman of the whole committee) Is ex-offlclo chairman of all the committees, and he has, whenever called upon, done all he could. He went to Spartanburg when the committee worked there, and this chapter is likely to prove Intensely Interesting. The Investigating committee expects to meet here on Tuesday. The resolution under which the board was ^ appointed, especially provided for public and wide-open sessions, but there have not yet been such public hearings. The effort will be made to have the next session open and to provide for the utmost publicity. Dscov^rios In Three Counties. From all that can be heard the committee on sub-dispensaries is the >nly one prepared to report anything substantial, and It is ready to report what it found In Charleston, Sparanburg and Florence and other points In the state thus far Investigated in Its limited field. It has some Interesting facts from Charleston, and It is desired to have :he people of the state know the exict facts, pro and con, as to the Farlum incident, and what papers It vants and what papers It thinks can )e gotten. Rumors In Spartanburg. There was current talk about some " " " * 1 ~ ?A?nA/itlAih >1 me ueveiupmeuus m wuuwuvn with the Spartanburg' Investigation, There was one witness, said to be In i position to know his facts, who talked freely and who put the sublommittee in touch with some moral iltuations. For instance, it is said the testlnony shows that there has been a -egular sale of dispensary positions n Spartanburg county. When these obs were sold at so much a position will be brought out in the testimony, tis said. Then they say the dispensary men raised a campaign fund with which to fight for the retention >f the dispensary In Spartanburg :ounty. It Is stated that there is an itemised statement as to the sources of this fund?whisky houses, beer firms, li8pensary officials, etc. Then there Is another list of where this campaign fund went?to a newspaper for space, to officials, etc. There are a great many other interesting phases of the investigation if this Inquiry that promise development. There appears to be something in dght.