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Straps and |acts.
? Washington, June 1: That Reed
Smoot is not entitled to his seat in
the United States Senate as senator
from Utah was the decision of the
senate committee on privileges and
elections, declared today by a vote of
seven to five. A resolution in favor
of ousting Senator Smoot from his
seat by a majority vote of the senate
was defeated by the committee and
J ...il 1
tfte voie on a resoiuuon tiuupit-u ?
be to place squarely before the senate
the question as to whether Senator
Smoot shall continue his seat and
leave to that body the decision as to
the method of procedure. The members
of the committee expressed
themselves in favor of a vote in the
senate at the present session.
? Madrid, June 2: The royal bull
fight this afternoon was the climax
of the spectacular magnificence attendant
upon the marriage of King
Alfonso, and, for the time being, Madrid
forgot the horrors of the past
week. It was feared the event would
give another opportunity for outrage,
but everything passed auspiciously, the
king and his bride being continuously
the center of ovation. Extraordinary
precautions were taken to prevent
the possibility of a repetition of Thursday's
tragedy. Wheji Alfonso and Queen
Victoria entered the royal box at 4
o'clock, the vast amphitheatre was
crowded with sixty thousand persons.
who rose in a shouting welcome 10
the royal pair. The bull fight Itself
was a disappointment to the Spanish,
as all the blood curdling features
were omitted, probably as a concession
to the young queen, yet she
viewed the gory scene without the
least outward evidence of emotion.
One horse was torn to pieces by a
maddened bull directly under the
royal box, from w-hich Victoria looked
down without shrinking. Eight bulls
were dispatched, four by cavaliers on
horseback, chosen from the first families
of Spain. The British delegation
remained away on account of the
English prejudice against this sport
of Spain.
? Rev. Dr. J. B. Hawthorne, now
of Richmond, Va., formerly of Atlanta,
Is visiting in the last named
city and on being asked by the Atlanta
Journal a few days ago what he
thought of the negro disfranchisement,
among other things said: "God
made the negro an inferior race, and,
while I am the negro's friend, I want
him to realize his place and keep it?
and that is being effectively done by
disfranchisement. The negro must
know tlut the white man will always
rule, and the best way I know to
teach him this is to take the ballot
out of his hand unless he is qualified
to use it properly. Disfranchisement
has saved the honor of the state of
Virginia. The ballot in the hand of
the negro has always been a menace
to white supremacy. Disfranchisement
is the remedy. I believe every
state in the union should disfranchise
the negro. I do not confine the states
to the south, but include the north,
east and west. It should be universal.
The people of the New England
states, forty years after the ballot
In noooA'o hanrl Kv
was ytavcu iit mc ucgiu o uauu *~>j
their forefathers, now realize it the
greatest mistake of history. I bid
God-speed to every state where the
movement has been begun to cariy
disfranchisement into effect, for I
know what it means to the future of
both races."
? Representative Robert Adams, of
the second Pennsylvania district, committed
suicide in Washington last
Friday. He was discovered in a dying
condition in his room i.i the Metropolitan
clvb at about 8 o'clock in
the morning. There was a bullet
wound in ills mouth and the pistol
with which the shooting had been
done was lying near. There was a
letter that gave the reason for the
rash deed. It was addressed to
Speaker Cannon and it said that the
suicide had financial obligations that
he was unable to meet. It went on to
say that the writer had no objection
to being buried at the expense of the
house, he did not want to have a
committee appointed and he did not
want any memorial services. Speaker
Cannon read the letter and the house
adjourned as a mark of respect. It
is well understood about Washington
that Mr. Adams has been an extensive
stock speculator for a number
of years past. He has been successful
at times and at other times unsuccessful.
Of late luck has been running
against him and his death is
the result. Mr. Adams was a Republican.
He went into politics a good
many years ago, and has been in congress
about twelve years. It was Mr.
Adams who drew up and introduced
the resolution that carried a declaration
of war with Spain. He also acnnlrpH
pnn?IH?r?hl(> nntnriclv rpoentlv
on account of the introduction of a
bill providing the whipping post for
wife beaters in the District of Columbia
and other territory over which
the United States has sovereign jurisdiction.
? The scandal of the Chicago packing
houses has been brought to the
fore again, this time with more tremendous
force and effect even than
was the outcome of the embalmed
beef sensation at the close of the
Spanish war. Upton Sinclair, the author
of a recently published novel
called "The Jungle,'' is the starter
of the bail this time. Sinclair tells
of the horrors of the packinghouses in
a way to make the hair stand on end
and to make the stomach sick. The
appearance of the novel was an eyeopener
to an extent seldom realized,
and as the result of it President
Roosevelt not long ago appointed a
commission consisting of Prof. Charles
P. Neill, commissioner of labor, and
James B. Reynolds of New York, to
investigate the matter thoroughly.)
The commission has about completed
its report and the same will be made
public tomorrow. In the meantime
Sinclair has given a number of authentic
letters from former packinghouse
employes dealing with the situation.
These letters set forth the
manner in which the government inspection
laws are a faree. The laws
only provide for the inspection of
meats intended for export, and all
stuff that is unfit for export is sold
for home consumption. The letters
tell how If a carcass shows signs of
disease, tuberculous sores, bruises, etc.,
these are merely trimmed off and the
balance is used. They tell how cattle
that died of disease or of smothering or
by accident, ate used for beef the
MUiir as others it is asserted that
ail hucds of diseased and unfit cuttle
44* u4*1 for canning purposes, unci
hoe bams that full of maggot*
a^te ina1'V aitb uliUiiicais SO as to <ic -fit)'/
144a eauiisive smoil and ate- sold j
jfftt Jfjjff* ^Instance, have been 1
known where workmen have fallen
Into the boiling vats and such parts
of their bodies as could not be recovered
were allowed to go on into
cans. Sometimes workmen lose their
fingers, hands and arms in the sausage
machinery and these parts are allowed
to go on all the same into tlie cans.
It Is said that workmen prefer to
spit on the heaps of meat rather than
on the floor, and hundreds of other
facts are cited to show the filthy and
diseased character of the meats that
* * wiofbAt ht' t ho na r? W -
are pui UII me- mainci , .
Ing houses. Senator Beveridge recently
Introduced a bill providing for
a rigid inspection of all meats intended
for inter-state commerce, and
the whole matter is to be threshed
out in congress in a manner the like
of which has never before been
known.
IThrilorlu'iUc tfuquim.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
TUESDAY, JUNE 5, I90?.
After a man has paid thousands of
dollars for the "$400" job of dispensary
director, he seems to think that
his self-denying patrotism entitles him
to the keys of the state.
It would be interesting to know who
is the butt of those jokes Mr. Childs is
unwilling to repeat, whether the state
of South Carolina, or only the poor
devils who support the dispensary by
their patronage.
The federal government does not
pay any attention to the southern Memorial
Day and we don't see any reason
why it should Interfere with the
regular delivery of our mails on the
northern Decoration Day.
We are sorry to say it; but it is
""it" ovMen? thnt the manifest cor
ruption of the dispensary system Is of
but little concern to Senator Tillman.
The senator only seems to be annoyed
at the stench caused by the present
stirring and would rather see a restoration
of quiet. His attitude to the investigating
committee is very much
the same, as it was toward the people
who a few years ago unearthed
the statistics which showed
up such a tremendous increase in murder
and other crimes, following the
embarkation of the state in the liquor
business.
Mr. C. C. Featherstone has written
a friend in Columbia that he will not
be a candidate for governor. The only
reason lie gives is that he cannot afford
to run. By this he probably means
that the time and expense involved in
a county to county campaign are rather
more than he cares to incur. There
are those who would be glad to see Mr.
Featherstone in the race. That he is
a high type of a man and would make
a creditable governor there is no
doubt. As to whether he could be
elected or not can only be a matter of
speculation. He came very near being
elected once and had it not been for
the stupid egotism of one of the newspapers
in whom the people who thought
as Mr. Featherstone thought, had a
great deal of confidence, lie would have
probably landed. Kut all that has
gone. Mr. Featherstone knows what
it means to make a canvass of South
Carolina, and has a right to consider
that he has discharged his full duty
along this line. It is regrettable that
conditions are such as to warrant the
reasons he gives for unwillingness to
run; but there can be no word of Just
censure on account of the position he
has seen proper to take.
RECENT SLUMP IN COTTON.
What Caused It and How to Prevent a
Repetition.
President E. D. Smith, of the South
Carolina Cotton Growers' association,
has given out the following interestit?cr
with r^^.irci to thf* re
cent slump in the price of cotton:
Necessity of Organization.
The recent drop in the price of cotton
emphasizes the absolute necessity for
thorough organization on the part of
the south for the protection of this,
her main article of commerce and from
which she derives the capital upon
which her entire commercial structure
depends. It is a matter of surprise
that business men of the south look
upon this movement to control the
price of cotton us being one in which
their sympathies, perhaps, are enlisted,
but in which they have no personal
interest.
South's Dependence on Cotton.
I write this article in the hope that
I may put a new light upon it and
will show to some at least how the
price of cotton is of vital interest to
every one engaged in business in the
south, and how it is absolutely impossible
for the farmer alone to control
the price. No one will deny that cotton
is the essential, the currency of
the south. The amount of business in
the south is dependent upon the volume
of money she receives from Iter cotton
crop. Now, what are the factors under
the present system of things which
determine the amount of money we are
to receive from a given crop? The
banker, the merchant, the teacher, the
preacher, all seem to look upon this
fight as being one in which the farmer
alone is vitally interested.
An Illustration.
Now, to illustrate the actual condition
of affairs there is enacted on the
streets every day during the cotton
season a scene which brings out accurately
the explanation of the south's
condition, and the forces which determine
the price. The farmer drives up
'on the street with a bale of cotton on
his wagon; that bale of cotton represents
a part of the currency of the
south, a part of that which is to determine
the amount of money that shall
be put into circulation. Who samples,
grades, weighs and fixes the price of
tliis cotton'.' Tne representative 01 me
organized brain and capital of the
world.
Our Opponents Organize.
The European spinner is thoroughly
organized, the northern spinner is organized.
the southern spinner Is organized.
therefore, the one who samples.
weighs and prices this cotton is
the representative of one of these organizations.
one who knows the intrinsic
value of the cotton, and, from the
very nature of the case it is to his interest
to get it as low as possible; because
the difference between what he
buys it at and the price at which he
sells the manufactured article is the
margin of his profits. As said before,
he is a representative of organized
brain and capital, he has an unlimited
credit, he represents that element
which seeks to get the cotton as cheaply
as possible, and which really, under
the present system of things, fixes the
price of it.
Who is on the Farmer's Side.
Now, who is on the Mouth's side, the
side whh-h is to determine how much
money ahull he put into circulation
through 'he tool lit in cotton crop? The
representative of southern poverty and
disorganization, the producer who has
j neither capital nor credit and without
any organization to back him. On the
one side a representative of the organiztd
brain and capital of the world, and
on the other side the representative of
the south's poverty and disorganization,
and between the two is the desti.ty
of the south.
The banker, the merchant and the
business men of the south from different
places of business see this unequal
struggle going on from day to day, seeing
the price of cotton put down, say
four per cent per pound, twenty dollars
on the bale, $20 less to be deposited in
our banks, $20 less to move the goods
from the shelves of our stores, $20 less
to be put into the brain and character
of the children of the south, $200,000,000
Itssona ten million bale crop, to develop
the resources of the south; because
the resourcts of the south; because
poverty and disorganization cannot
cope with wealth and organization. Is
it not manifestly the duty of the merchant
and banker and financier of the
south to join with the producers of
this, the south's monopoly, to so fix
the price of the cotton crop that they
shall give to the world what the world
needs at a price fixed by those who
produce it
Business Men Must Help the Farmers.
It is idle to speak of the farmer alone
being able to solve the economic problem
of the south. Let the southern merchant,
banker and financier provide the
ware houses in co-operation with the
farmer, help him to borrow sufficient
money to meet his present obligations,
put the cotton in this ware house, organize
this ware house into holding
companies throughout the south, have
the farmers to give to this holding
company the power of attorney to sell
this cotton, let the price be fixed below
which it is not to be sold. Let
samples be taken and placed where the
buyers of the world can have access to
them, and where these buyers may be
able to place their orders, and thus be
able to dictate prices at which we will
supply the world. Should there be a
~l.,o frnm oi'orv Hnainoaa StftndDOint
the south should own and carry this
surplus, because the moment that it
passes into the hands of the consumer
it becomes a means by which he can
withdraw from the market, and be enabled
to bear the prices of the next
crop. Hence we carrying the surplus
can at all times have a uniform pfice
on all that we do sell.
The Southern Cotton association Is
bending every effort now to have ware
houses built, and then to have these
ware houses merged into one general
company, and this general company,
with the state company to be chartered
under the laws of the different states,
and thereby become the medium
through which all the cotton owned by
the members of the Southern Cotton
association shall be sold. There is no
other plan by which the south can
possibly hope to convert her cotton
crop into a just and adequate return
of money. We make 85 per cent of all
the cotton produced in the world. And
if the business men of the south will
but join forces with the producers of
cotton and organize a ware house committee
and financier, and through a selling
committee in every state market
* i r-? thn fllflirP YVP
ner uwuuii tiup, men ... ...v ?_ ?
can calculate upon each and every cotton
crop bringing to the south an adequate
return for this, her great monopoly.
Besides this, every American
should feel it his duty to see that the
highest possible price for the American
raw cotton should be obtained.
The American mills consume only
about one-third of the American cotton
crop; two-thirds of it is marketed
abroad. Say there is a 12,000,000-bale
crop made, and the price is 12 cents
per pound, the amount of foreign capital
brought into America would be
$480,000,000. At 10 cents per pound it
would be $400,000,000, or a loss of $80,000,000,
equivalent to $1 per capita fcfr
every man woman and child in America.
Should it bring 8 cents per pound
the amount brought in would be only
$320,000,000, or a loss to America of
$160,00.000, $2 per capita for every man,
woman and child In America, which
would mean a loss in American trade
of from $80,000,000 to I160.000.uuu a
year on export cottdn alone, while it
would not in anywise injure the manufacturing
interests of America.
From every economic standard in
view of the fact that America has a
practical monopoly of the cotton production
of the world, it should appeal
to the business men, not of the south
alone, but of the entire couittry to see
to it that means should be devised by
which the cotton might be financed and
marketed so as to insure to the south
and to America the maximum price
possible. Mr. Dale of Boston, Mass.,
took this ground before the meeting of
the spinners and growers at Washington
and rtad a most excellent article
along this same line.
Surely the business men of the south,
feeling and enjoying the last two years
of prosperity, the result of high price
... _.!?u o nrl alrl
couon, win juui wiiii us nun
us in reducing this proposition to a
simple practical business basis where
we can set the price and determine the
fluctuations in values. Let 110 man be
discouraged 011 account of this slump
in the speculative world. We cannot
afford to give up the fight. We are
learning our weak points and are doing
all within our power to strengthen
them. We must have ware houses
that are chartered organizations in
each state. We must have a means by
which the cotton can be concentrated,
financed and sold only at the price
fixed. This is the problem before us.
and it is one in which every southern
man is interested. We must solve it.
E. D. Smith.
EDITORIAL VIEWPOINTS.
Tillmanite Childs, has a Tillmanite
bank, a Tillmanite railroad and a Tillmanite
vocabulary.?Spartanburg Her
aid.
We suppose a variation of "Whose
bread I eat. his song I sing" may be
rendered, "Whose gun I shoot his horn
I blow."?Columbia State.
If we abolish the state dispensary
we can get rid of the investigating
committee. This, we hope, will have
some weight with the Columbia Record.?Anderson
Daily Mail.
A Charleston boy ran off from home
and went to Richmond and was given
a bath as soon as he struck the town.
The news of the bath may keep any
more Charleston boys from running off
from home.?Anderson Daily Mail.
In a card Issued to voters a candidate
for a state office speaks of a certain
officer as "the present incumbent."
There can't be any other kind. "The
incumbent" covers the ground comflKcorvor
piriri,> .?uvi i j vmuv. .v.,
In order to keep the record straight
and forestall our "smart Aleck" brethren
of the press, we remark that little
John Thompson, whose arrival in Richmond
was announced in the News and
Courier yesterday, might have gotten a
bath here, without going to Richmond.
?News and Courier.
A citizen of a neighboring county
writing to the Observer, says: "it is a
pity that politics cannot rise to a
higher plane than the liquor question.
How much more elevating it would
be to pitch the campaign on the subject
of compulsory education, or more
money for the common schools, or on
good roads." Yes, it is a pity that the
good old state of South Carolina
should have as its only Issue in politics
whether the state shall sell its
own citizens liquor. Rut we hope this
issue will be decided so positively in
tlie negative in the approaching campaign
that it will never again dare to
raise its head. Then we can take, up
something of a higher and more elevating
character.?Newberry observer.
Maj. John Black of the state board
of dispensary directors, has threatened
to shoot Mr. Lyon or any witness
who testifies in a damaging way as to
his character. Hub Evans made the
same sort of a threat some time ago.
Saturday and Monday people in Columbia
were expecting something to
happen. We believe that bullies
threatening to go round and shoot
folks rarely do the work. Hut the
saddest consideration is that Black or
Evans could shoot Lyon, Christenseu,
or any other witness (hat should testify
that these men had been guilty of
K SySU'lll (II grill l, ill id (lieu 11 iu i
would he a farce. There would he
able lawyers that would rally to them
and change the venue to a county easily
worked. They could do their
shooting on the streets when the other
party was unarmed and there would
be no danger of conviction. These
men who are making the threats are
well uware of that.?Carolina Spartan.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
W. B. Williams?Is announced as a
candidate for appointment to the office
of auditor of York county.
Foushee C&sh Store?Offers bargains
in iace curtains.
Carroll Bros.?Set forth the merits of
the Columbus buggy, for which there
is a growing and steady demand.
J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Announces a
special bargain sale of dress goods
for Friday and Saturday next. Seven
pounds roasted coffee for $1.00.
\ orKvilie Hardware uo.?Has me
Johnston line of mowers and rakes
and wants every farmer contemplating
such purchases to see it before
buying.
Thomson Co.?Direct attention to various
seasonable fabrics that are now
offered at special prices. Ladies*
crushed leather and black silk bells.
First National Bank?Gives Bon
Franklin's outline of the roiid to
wealth as "Be honest, work hard,
save some."
Withers Adickes, Mgr.?Offers some
distinct bargains in hardware. Advises
you to use Wilbur's cattle, hog
and poultry powders.
Yorkville Buggy Co.?Tells farmers
that it has Deering cultivators in
stock. They are labor savers and do
excellent work.
J. J. Keller & Co.?Say that their
made-to-measure fly screens will
keep out 90 per cent of the flies.
York Drug Store?Calls the attention
of mothers to the beneficial effects
of using first-class talcum powders.
York Supply Co.?Has iron roofflng,
pine shingles, and a full supply of
heavy groceries.
J. C. Wilburn?Offers several more
additional York county farms for
sale.
From the resolution passed by the
executive committee of the York County
Southern Cotton association, it
would appear that Mr. Stewart's canvass
of the county in the interest of
that organization was not "even a circumstance."
The dispensary caucus yesterday, and
the announcement that there is to be
an open conference, seems to confirm
the correctness of the programme published
in the Columbia Record some
weeks back. The Record's programme
it will be remembered gave Messrs.
Stewart and Haile as the leaders of
the movement. Mr. Stewart was to be
chairman of the Democratic party of
York county; but that did not come
to pass. The next number on the programme
was a conference to nominate
dispensary candidates for the general
assembly. The caucus looking to that
conference was held yesterday. It is
rumored that the proposed candidates
have already been selected; but the announcement
of their names will proba
bly be left for the conrerence.
MR. FINLEY IS SATISFIED.
A correspondent of the Gaflfney Ledger
recently nominated Hon. D. E.
Finley as candidate for the United
States senate to succeed Senator Tillman
with whom the correspondent expressed
great dissatisfaction. Mr. Finley
has sent the editor of the Ledger
the following reply, which appears in
the Ledger of this morning:
Dear Sir?In the last issue of your
paper, received today by me, I find an
article from one of your correspondents
undertaking to show why Senator Tillman
should not be returned to the senate,
and suggesting my name. I regret
the publication of the article. I am entirely
satisfied with my present position;
the work is agreeable. I have
reached a position in the matter of
committee assignment where I am able
to do efficient work for the people I
represent. I regret the publication, of
the article for the reason that I know
that Senator Tillman has made the
state of South Carolina a faithful and
efficient representative in the senate.
During the present session he has had
charge of the railway rate bill, and in
this difficult and arduous worn ne nas
acquitted himself with signal ability.
In a material way he has secured more
for the state of South Carolina in appropriation
than has been secured by
any one. The people of the state have
a right to be satisfied with the high
position he has attained in the United
States senate, and I have no doubt that
he will succeed himself without opposition.
I am a candidate for re-election to
the house of representatives, and have
not at any time had a thought of being
a candidate for the senate.
Yours truly,
D. E. PINUB Y.
POLITICAL CAUCUS.
There was a political caucus in one
of the upper rooms of the Allison building
yesterday that caused no little interest
among the curiously inclined.
Among those present were Messrs. D.
M. Hall. D. C. Clark. J. C. Blair, W.
H. Stewart, J. R. Halle, H. E. Nell. W.
H. Wlndle, C. P. Blankenship, and perhaps
a dozen others. Inquiries as to
the details of the meeting failed to de
velop any satisfactory information but
late in the afternoon one of the participants
handed The Enquirer the following:
"Something Doing. "
Quite a large number of the friends
and admirers of Senator B. R. Tillman
were in Yorkvllle on salesday and some
steps looking to the calling of a conference
in the near future; to follow
the example of the celebrated "March
Convention of 1890," and suggest four
good strong men for the house i.: the
coming primary, 011 the Tillman platform.
Some committees were appointed
to canvass the situation, and report
to an open conference to be held in the
court house.
The following preamble and resolution
was adopted:
Whereas, we are aware that the approaching
primary is to be held in August
to elect county and state officers,
and whereas, the Hon. B. R. Tillman
has always been a faithful public servant
of the people for the past sixteen
years and in that time he has proven
himself a man of distinguished ability,
therefore Whatever he advocates or
brings before the people in this election
we propose to endorse. We will
vote for men in the coming primary
advocating Tillman and his platlorm,
believing this to be for the gocd of
our country.
THE KILOWATT HOUR.
The coming of electricity into this
section makes timely almost any information
obtainable as to this most
useful commodity, and as consumers
of electricity will have to do with kilowatts,
it will be of especial interest
to them to know what the kilowatt
hour is. The following from the Inland
Printer is authentic and conpreh?
nsive:
The kilowatt is the unit by which
the quantity of electricity consumed is
reckoned and upon this measurement
the price of electricity is fixed. The
kilowatt hour is the rate of consumption
per hour.
Kleetricity is not obtained from
hantl to hand in the market like Deer
or potatoes. It is not loaded in cars
and transported like coal. It is not
measured by the pound, gallon or
foot. The method of its measurement
comes nearest to that of human labor,
which brings in the element of time.
The price of electricity is estimated by
time and by the additional factor of
intensity. it is these two combined
which make up the kilowatt hour.
In not a few respects electricity is
like water. If we pump water to a
certain height, we do work. When
the water falls from this height it, in
turn, performs other work?turns a
wheel. If the water descends fiom a
height of 10 feet and discharges lno
gallons a second, then 10x100 equals
1,000 gives us the water power, and
when water power is sold, this s the
way it is measured.
Now, there are 3.600 seconds in an
hour, and if the water falls on a turbine
for five hours a day there will be
5x3,600 equals 18,000 seconds. This
multiplied by 1,000 (water power)
gives 18 000,000 as the quantity of
water power consumed in five hours.
In precisely the same way the quantity
of electric power?which determines
the price?is estimated. The
steam engine supplies the energy to
the dynamo (pumps It in); the dynamo
delivers the electric energy, and
the pressure under which the electricity
is moved corresponds to the
height of the falling water.
The intensity, that is, the pressure
under which the electricity moves, is
called the volt, from Volta. a distinguished
Italian electrician. The
strength of the current is measured by
amperes, so named from a distinguished
physicist. The product of the
pressure and the current per second
gives us the ampere-volt, the work
performed by the current In one second.
Thus, if the volt is 100 and the
ampere 10, then 100x10 equals 1,000
ampere-volts.
Now the product of one volt and
one ampere Is one watt and 1,000
watts (ampere x volts) Is a kilowatt,
from the fact that In the metric system
kilo means 1,000.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The salesday crowd yesterday was
unusually small.
? The rain fall of Saturday afternoon,
according to the records kept by Mr.
J. R. Schorb, aggregated eight-tenths
of an inch.
? The only auction sale before the
court house door yesterday was that
advertised by the clerk, who sold for
partition, the Miss Elala James property
at the Intersection of Cleveland
avenue and California, street. The
property was bought by Mr. W. T.
Moore for $1 000.
? It would seem that Dr. J. B. Bowen
of the York Drug Store is having
unusually bad luck in the installation
of the handsome mirror that belongs
to his splendid new soda fountain.
The first mirror, the one that came
with the fountain originally, was
smashed all to pieces at the depot.
Then another mirror was ordered. It
came last week and to the great regret
of the doctor It also was found to have
been broken "in transit. These mirrors
are understood to be worth about $250
each.
? The fire department made the first
test of the new electric pump last Friday
afternoon. It works to perfection
and seems to develop at least one hundred
per cent more efficiency than the
old pump. To fill the standplpe with
the old pump required about five
hours. The new pump will do the trick
In about two hours. With four nozzles
playing at one time last Friday It seemjed
that all had as much force as if only
one were playing and the pump being
at work during the practice there was
a continual overflow of the standpipe.
It requires about 75-horsepower to
start the pump and about 50-horsepower
to keep it going.
BOGUS PENSION AGENT.
In the police court this morning a
negro indicted under the name of
John Hogan, or Dogan, with half a
dozen other aliases, plead guilty of
the charge of carrying a concealed
pistol in violation of an ordinance of
the town of Yorkvllle, and was sentenced
by Mayor Hart to pay a fine
of $40 or to go to the chaingang for
thirty days.
The negro was before the court on
three different charges, viz: petit larceny,
carrying concealed pistol and
resisting an officer. He was actually
guilty in all three cases; but only the
concealed weapon charge could be
sustained legally, and the other
charges were dropped.
The negro's trouble grew out of an
attempt to work the slave pension
fraud on some ex-slaves in Yorkvllle
and the facts are atyout as follows:
During last night a wellknown local
negro woman named Malinda
Witherspoon came to Chief of Police
Sanders with a story to the effect that
during the afternoon a negro man
representing himself as an agent of
the erovernment had called at her
house ana advised her thai the government
owed her husband $ 1.500
and herself $700 back pension Dy
reason of their having been so many
years in slavery, and he was there to
fix up the papers so they could get
their money. His fee was $15; but
he agreed to take $6, all the money
she had, as payment In full, and assured
her that another agent would
be along next week to pay over the
money, make arrangements for a
year's rations, build a fence around
the house and confer other benefits.
He also told Malinda not to tell the
white people as they were opposed
to the negroes getting pensions. She
gave up her money but afterward began
to make inquiries of other exslaves
and finding they were not in
the same kind of luck, grew uneasy
and went to the policeman to make
further investigation.
Chief Sanders proceeded at once to
the depot where he understood the negro
was to take the Southern train for
Rock Hili, and asked for an explanation
for the trouble between himself
and Malinda. Hugan was not disposed
to talk; but tried to move off. Chief
Sanders grabbed him by the coat, and
Hogan reached for his pistol. The
chief had his own revolver at Hogan's
head in an instant, and Mr. Ottman
Rose grabbed the negro's arm. A
search of Hogan's pocket disclosed an
ivory handled revolver, loaded all
around and a box of cartridges.
Before the trial this morning, Hogan
secured the services of Thos. F. MeDow,
Esq.. and he managed to quash
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HVO COUUIS ui me Iiiuituiiciii uo ?.
ready stated, the resisting an officer
count on the ground that the officer
had no warrant, and the petit larceny
count on the ground that actual offence,
admitting the facts as charged
to be true did not come within the statutory
definition of larceny. The concealed
weapons charge was proven so
thoroughly as to leave no room for
contradiction.
The alleged fraud committed by the
negro in representing himself as an
agent of the government in the matter
of securing pensions for ex-slaves is
not within the jurisdiction of the
town; but a matter for a new proceeding
before a United States commissioner.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Master William Drakeford is visiting
relatives in Fort Mill.
Mrs. W. B. Cauthen and children of
Piedmont, are visiting Mrs. Janie Parish.
Miss Janie Atkinson of Lowryvllle,
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ferguson.
Miss Denle Jenkins of Charleston, Is
visiting the family or her uncle, Mr.
Geo. \V. S. Hart.
Mr. Barron I). Kennedy returned
last week from Rome, S. C., where he
has been teaching school.
Miss Amelia Kennedy of Yorkville,
has been elected to a position as
teacher in the Laurens city schools.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Allen left last
Saturday for Anderson, where they
will spend sometime with relatives.
Miss Agalice McCaw returned home
last week from Randolph-Macon college
in Virginia, for the summer vacation.
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Messrs. R. B. Lowry and Neff Louthian
have taken positions with the Yorkville
office of the Southern Express
company. J
Misses Louise and Harrie Hopkins
of Lincolnton, N. C., spent last night s
with Mrs. N. J. N. Bowen on their
way to Camden.
Judge J. H. Hudson of Bennettsville,
came over from Rock Hill Saturday
afternoon and spent the night with
Mr. and G. H. O'Leary.
Cadets Ernest Stroup and W. G.
White, Jr., have returned to their
homes from the C. M. A. at Rock Hill, ,
for the summer vacation.
Mr. L. R. Williams, and Misses Bessie
Williams and Nannie Grist are
attending the commencement exercises
at Winthrop this week.
Messrs. Geo. L. Riddle and M. L.
Carroll left yesterday morning on a
visit to Mr. Riddle's sister, Mrs. M.
J. Clark, at Dandridge, Tenn.
Miss Jennie McClain, formerly of
Yorkvllle was a member of the graduating
class of the Camden Graded
school, which graduated last Thursday.
Mr. Arthur Wlnget who has been
with the Thomson Co., since its organization,
left Monday to take a position
with the John F. Love company of
Gastonla.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Witherspoon of
Cross Hill, Laurens county, are in
Yorkvllle visiting friends and relatives,
the guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon.
Senator and Mrs. J. S. Brlce have
a very sick child, and the senator has
been close at its bedside during the
past few days. He was not up town
yesterday.
Postmaster J. D. Gwln of Clover,
was in Yorkvllle yesterday, having
come down as he put it "to make ob
servations." It was ttie tirst time tnai
Mr. Gwin had been to Yorkville In Ave
years, and he noted numerous improvements.
He said that there had been
no rain at Clover for quite a while
and it was very dry when he left, but
the local prophets had promised rain
during the afternoon and he supposed
it would be all right.
In the personal mention that appeared
in this column last Friday of Mr.
W. M. Jones of Uvalde county, Texas
it was stated that Mrs. Jones had been
dead for some years. This, It appears,
was a mistake, arising out of the misunderstanding
of a question. Mrs.
Jones is still living with her family
and Is enjoying very good health.
Sparftanburg Journal: Mrs. R. H.
Reid of Reldvllle, died at her home
Sunday. Mrs. Reid was well known in
Spartanburg city and county. She was
the wife of Rev. R. H. Reid and a noble
Christian woman. She was the
mother of Whltner Reid, Rev. Palmer
Reid and Mrs. Ella Smith. The funeral
services were conducted at Nazareth
church Monday afternoon. Her age
was seventy-five.
LOCAL LACONICS.
We Will Send The Enquirer
From this date until January 1st
---- "A
13D t i or 91.4 V.
Mail for "No. 97."
Washington special df Thursday to
the News and Courier: Through the
efforts of Representative Finley the
postoffice department has ordered the
establishment of railway mall service
on the Carolina and North-Western
from Chester to Lenoir, and on the
Southern railway from Rock Hill to
Klngville. Under this arrangement an
additional car and a postal clerk will
be placed on each road and in consequence
mall facilities will be materially
expedited.
Death of Mrs. N. M. Simpson.
Mr. S. B. Lathan of Chester, passed
through Yorkvllle iast Saturday on his
way home from Sharon where he had
been attending the funeral of his sister,
Mrs. N. M. Simpson, who died at
the home of Mrs. M. A. Garvin, another
sister, on Friday. Mrs. Simpson
was about seventy-five years o' age.
and was a sister of the late R v. Dr.
Robert Lathan. Her surviving brothers
and sisters are Mr. S. B. Lathan of
Chester; Mr. W. J. Lathan of Blackstock;
Mr. D. W. Lathan of Troy,
Tenn.; Mrs. M. A. Garvin of Sharon,
and Mrs. M. E. Wylie of Gastonia.
Dump Car Accident.
Mr. George H. Smith, sectlonmaster
on the C. & N.-W. railroad between
McConnellsville and Lowryville, was
badly hurt last Friday afternoon as the
result of a rear end collision between
two dump cars. Exact particulars
have not been obtainable; but It appears
that Mr. Smith had been ordered
down to do some work In the vicinity
of Chester and was returning home.' ,
Another dump car going In the same
direction ran into his car and he was
thrown cut. He was badly bruised
about the head and body, so badly in
fact that for a time it was thought
that he had been killed. Dr. W. M.
Love gave him such attention as he
seemed to require at the time and he
was afterward taken to the hospital (
in Chester for further attention.
Dr. Lathan's Library Burned.
The splendid library of the late Rev.
Dr. Robert Lathan, long known as Including
one of the finest private collections
of books to be found In the south,
is no more. It was destroyed by flre
on May 17th. The facts were recited
by Rev. W. C. Ewart last Sunday
morning In connection with a request
for assistance for Rev. T. B. Stewart
in whose possession the library was.
Rev. Mr. Stewart married Dr. Lathan's
eldest daughter, Miss Annie I., who
died about three years ago. The library
was a part of Mrs. Stewart's possessions.
Mr. Stewart is pastor of
Back Creek church In Mecklenburg
county. The parsonage which his family
was occupying and which contained
the library, caught tire on the 17th
and was burned with its contents.
Practically nothing was saved. In this
collection there were numerous rare
volumes, some of the books being each
one of a half dozen or less of some particular
edition known to exist. One
particularly rare volume was Tarleton's
Memoirs; but this was only one
among many equally valuable. There
were also scores of old unpublished
manuscripts that the doctor had collected
while searching for historical
and other material, and also a number .
nt hlv! '
own. Among these later manuscripts
was a continuation of the history of
South Carolina from the war of the
Revolution up to the civil war. Though
the library was not for sale and would
not have been sold at any price, it was
worth thousands of dollars in cash.
? Mr. John Ferguson of Greenville
counts, was gored to death last Thursday
by an infuriated Guernsey bull, of
which he was the owner. Mr. Ferguson
was about sixty-five years of age.
He was formerly in the mercantile
business in Greenville and sold large
quantities of goods. He retired from
the mercantile business a few years
ago and has since devoted much attention
to the raising of blooded stock.
? Sumter June 1: John Purdy, a
young son of Judge R. O. Purdy. was
bitten by a rattlesnake this morning
while playing in the woods near town. 1
At the time he was looking up Into a r
tree, when he heard the rattle of a t
snake and in a moment the fangs of I
the reptile were fastened in his leg. i
He hastened to the nearest house where a
whisky was given and a physician a
summoned. The doctor regarded him a
as out of danger late this afternoon. .
The many friends of the family were 'I
greatly disturbed until assured that I
the bite was not fatal. 11
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. I
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Winthrop Commencement?Rock Hill [
Railway Company?Other Notes. j
Correspondence of the Yorkrllle Knqutrer. <
Rock Hill. Jiwk 4.?The tenth 1
commencement of Wlnthrop college
Is now in progress. A large number
of visitors from all parts of the
state are in attendance, many of them
being former students in the institution.
The exercises were begun Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock when Rev.
D. G. Phillips of Atlanta, Ga., a gifted
young minister of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian church, preached
the annual sermon before the
Young Women's Christian association.
His text was from II Timothy, 1:6,
' a*i.. ..r, ?ha orift nf rind that Is within
thee." and his sermon was a gem.
The Baccalaureate In the evening
preached by Rev. Geo. B. Eager of
Louisville, Ky., was also a magnificent
one. His subject was "Finding
and Finishing one Work," and his
text was from John 1:34. Monday the
different departments were open for
inspection and were thronged the
whole day. The exhibits in the
industrial department were very interesting
to the visitors. Tuesday
evening with appropriate exercises
the Carnegie Library was dedicated.
Tuesday the Alumnae Reunion will be
held and In the afternoon the Daisy
Chain procession will be given. In
the evening the address to the graduating
class will be made by Dr. David
M. Ramsey of Charleston, and sixtyone
young ladles will receive their
diplomas.
There have In the last three months
been a number of rumors, more or
less authentic, anent the coming of a
connecting link between Rock Hill
and the Seaboard R. R. A number
of business men of the city got together
today, discussed the situation
thoroughly and decided that the way
to get the road surely is to plank
down the cash and build it. The result
of this is the subscription on the
spot of 365,000, part of it paid in already,
toward the building of the
Rock Hill railway whose capital will
be 3125,000. The projected road will
connect with the Seaboard at a point
known as Spencers between Catawba
Junction and Harmony station. Mjv
W. S. Lee, Jr. of the Southern Power
company was present at the meeting
and made a subscription of (10,000.
The following gentlemen subscribed
15.000 each: John G. Anderson, T.
L. Johnston, W. J. Roddey, J. M.
Cherry, C. W. F. Spencer, W. L. Roddey.
R. T. Fewell, J. R. Earron, Jno.
T. Roddey, Ira B. Dunlap and J. B.
Johnson. There are others who will
do their duty in the matter, it Is well
understood that the farmers living
on the projected route will be reasonable
In the matter of right of way.
Capt. W. L. Roddey who was chairman
of the meeting was appointed to
take deeds in the matter of these
rights oi way. Mr. C. W. F. Spencer
was '("'.d secretary and Mr. Ira B.
Dunlap treasurer.
The Catawba Male Academy of
wh'ch Rev. D. J. Brlmm, D. D.. is
the head master, held its closing exercises
today at the school and in
Frledheim's hall. The military exercises
began this afternoon and there
was quite a good crowd of visitors
from the city and around, at the
parade ground.
The pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of this city was doubly
honored by his Alma Mater, Davidson
college, at the commencement last
week. He Is now Rev. Doctor
Waiter t. T.lnelp and is Dresldent of
the board of trustees of the college.
He Is perhaps the youngest man who
has ever had the latter honor conferred
upon him. Dr. Llngle was to
have preached the Baccalaureate at
the College for Women at Columbia
Sunday evening but was prevented by
the critical condition of his mother
who is expected to pass away at any
moment. Dr. Llngle Is at her home
near Salisbury, N. C.
AS THE GOVERNOR SEES IT.
Chief Executive Thinks Black Should
Be Removed.
After a thorough investigation of the
circumstances connected with the
Black-Lyon incident, Governor Heyward
made up his mind that Mr. Black
should be removed from office, the
only question being whether or not removal
came within the jurisdiction of
the governor. Before taking action,
therefore, his excellency on last Friday
addressed to the attorney general the
following letter:
"Dear Sir: It has been reported to
me as governor of the state that on
Friday, May 25th, Mr. John Black, a
director of the state dispensary, made a
threatening attack upon Mr. J. Fraaer
Lyon, a member of the investigating
committee of the dispensary. A communication
from this committee, addressed
to me, was received at my office
Saturday morning, the 26th Inst.,
containing a transcript of the testimony
given by Mr. Lyon, detailing the
circumstances of the affair. With this
formal action of the committee before
him, my secretary, Mr. Norment, referred
the correspondence to your office
during my absence.
"The first knowledge I received of
this incident was through the newspapers
while at Walterboro, and almost
immediately afterwards the Hon. W.
B. Gruber, one of the attorneys for Mr.
Black, requested me to take no decisive
action in the matter until an opportunity
was given for Mr. Black's side
of the case to be heard.
"This formal request was made on
the ground that the conduct of Mr.
Black concerned private and personal
affairs not in any way connected with
the official duties of his office, and that
the governor therefore had no power to
remove him?even granting that he
would have the power to do so in a
proper case.
"In order tnat no injustice migni dc
done, and for the further reason that
I as governor of the state believed it
to be my duty to act within the law,
assurance was given that I would not
condemn a man without giving him
the privilege of appearing In his own
defense. Mr. Black's attorneys appeared
before me today.
"From Mr. Lyon's statement submitted
to the committee, it appears that a
grave offense was committed against
the peace and dignity of the state, in
that the life of a member of the inves- ;
tigating committee was threatened, i
while in the discharge of his duties, by i
ane of the highest officials of the state
dispensary, the affairs of which institution
he was then investigating In ac- i
cordance with an act of the general
assembly of South Carolina.
"My impulse is to follow the suggestion
of the committee and remove Mr. I
Black from his office as a rebuke for I
such behavior on the part of one hold- I
i lg so important an office.
"I herewith hand you ail of the pa- 1
pers in this case. In addition to the I
I a pers from the committee which you
ilready have in your possession, you 1
will find also the points made in argu- <
ment by Mr. Black's attorneys, in
which it is urged, among other things, i
that the facts and circumstances do I
iot show sufficient cause for removal.
"To the end that I may act within I
the law, and in order that the commit- I
tee may be fully protected, I request '
that you give me your opinion as to my 1
luthorit.v as governor in the premises. :
For these reasons permit me to direct
rotir careful attention to the followng
inquiries, to each of which I beg 1
:hat you give me categorical replies: <
"First: What offense or offenses are '
'harged or implied by the facts and <
drcumstances disclosed.
"Second: Are any of the offenses
charged such as. if sustained, will (
egally authorize the governor to ex- |
>rcl?e the power of removal? .
"You will understand the necessity i
>f prompt action, and I trust that you |
vill kindly file your opinion as soon as ,
possible in order that I may act. .
"Respectfully yours,
D. C. Hetward, j
"Governor." {
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MERE-MENTION.
Six men entered the office of the t
Deering Harvester Machine company (
it Riga. Russia, last Friday, shot the t
ashler and rifled the safe..,.The peo- l
ice of Portland. Oregon, report infor- i
nation of a large band of Russian an- t
irchists at that place and allege the f
inarchists are perfecting plans for the I
issassination of President Roosevelt, s
Representative Longworth and s
iride, Miss Alice Roosevelt, sailed for $
Curope last Saturday Lieutenant i
Ferdinand Williams of the United t
States army was killed at Annapolis
last Friday by the accidental discharge
of a revolver In the hands of the first
sergeant of his company who was engaged
In target practice An agent
i>f the Atlantic Coast Line is under Indictment
at Oaln< svllle, Fla., for bribing
grand jurors by giving them whisky
The Dem jcrats of Tennesst-e
have nominated Malcolm R. Patterson,
at present in congress, as their
candidate for governor As the
result of a race riot at Cananea, Mexico,
last Friday some thirty or forty
Mexicans and five or six Americans
were killed. The place is Just across
the line from Arizona and American
no utortoH fnr tho anonu hilt thPV
were Rtopped by orders from Washington
Fourteen men have been
arrested on account of the recent
Wadesboro lynching arid the understanding
is that a special term of the
court will be held in an adjoining
county to try them... .Senator Arthur
P. Gorman died at his home in Washington
yesterday The government
crop report issued yesterday put the
general average condition at 84.# and <.
tlie total acreage at 28,686,000 acres, or
6.2 per cent tocrease as compared with
the total estimated acreage last year.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Greenville News: Because, as her
complaint fully recites, Greenville
county left on one of its public roads
"heaps of earth, the same being about
two feet high and about four feet long,
and being about as large as a cow lying
down," Miss Florence Babb, by her
guardian ad litem H. T. Babb. is suing
the county for damages In the sum
of 81,000, alleging that the mule drawing
a wagon In which she was riding
to church took fright at one of these
"cow-like" mounds and ran away,
throwing her out and causing permanent
Injury to her arm from a compound
fracture. Her complaint was
filed yesterday in the common pleas
court by Attorney B. M. Shuman The
grounds of the action are rather unusual
and the case was the general topic
of conversation among courthouse officials
yesterday.
?^411~ ** 1. U.i/laAn
? urccmfiuc uuiic a. jur ia uuova
and^Avlfe were burned to death at
WHTnalla, in the extreme northwestern
comer of the state, at 3 o'clock this
morning. They were hving with Louis ?
Oantrell In West Union, a suburb of
the town, and occupied a room on the
second floor of the large dwelling. It
was impossible to reach Hudson and
his wife and the only chance was to
arouse them from without Stones
were hurled against the windows of
the room, but neither of the young
people appeared at the window, all
other escape having been cut off by
that time. Hours later their charred
remains were found In the ruins. Hudson
was employed at the Oconee Ktiltting
mill. The origin of the Are Is
not known, and further particulars
could not be learned here this after- ,
noon. An inquest was held, but It
threw no additional light on the terrible
tragedy.
? Spartanburg June 1: The death of
J. H. Zimmerman, which occurred at
his home at Cedar Springs this morning,
Is proving a puzzle to physicians
and is worthy of the attention of those
who hold belief in the influence that
mind exerts over physical man. Mr.
Zimmerman's death was due to the
sting of a bee, received yesterday
morning. When the bee alighted on
Mr. Zimmerman's ear and left his
ha oallaH mit In nnln and his
wife hastened to him. He walked
about ten feet and fell in an unconscious
condition from which he never
rallied, though everything known to
the attending physicians was done tp
sustain life. Mr. Zimmerman, it appears,
lived in mortal dread of bees
and on several occasions when stung,
took to his bed and remained several
weeks. The fear of bees seemed to
prevail at all times and when he was
stung yesterday he seemed gt ondfe to
abandon hope of recovery. *
? Marlon, May 30: MV. M. Manheim,
former dispenser at Marlon,' was before
United State Commistfoner J. 8.
Moore of Bennettsville, this morning
on the charge of violating the United
States revenue law against selling liquor
without a license, and bound over
to the United States court in Charleston
next week. Since the dispensary
closed Mr. Manheim has, It Is said,
been conducting a regular business of
soliciting orders for a North Carolina
house for liquor and receiving the pay
for the same, at the time of taking the
orders, but has not been delivering the
liquor. In all cases the liquor has been
shipped direct to the parties giving the
orders. Since the opinion was rendera/1
hv ?ho a t tnrnpv nvn^rnl U)Vf>ml
weeks ago to the effect that taking orders
for liquor and receiving the money
therefor at the time, was a violation
of the state law against the sale
of intoxicants, there has been considerable
talk of tne town authorities
prosecuting parties 'thus engaged, but
so far they have taken no step in this
direction. The action of the United
States authorities in taking np the
matter was a surprise. The warrant
for Mr. Manheim was issued upon an
affidavit made by Major J. D. McLucas,
who was acting as a member of the
executive committee of the Marion
Law and Order League. This is the
first visible fruit of the work of the
League, which was organised here several
weeks ago. The hearing was held
in the court house this morning, and jS'"'
the witnesses used were men of the
highest type of citizenship. They all
testified to having given orders for
whisky to the accused and paying him
for the same. Mr. Manheim admitted
willingly the truth of the testimony.
He claims that he has the legal right,
under the United States Inter-state
commerce law to take orders as he has
been doing for whisky, to be shipped
In from another state; that others have
always done the same thing openly,
even during the time while the dispensary
was in operation here. So far as
Is known there has not been a case
tried in this state before similar to this,
and the outcome will be watched with
considerable Interest. The Prohlbltlnnloia
/*1q im that fho Hrlnlrinff tvf
whisky could be greatly curtailed If
the practice of soliciting orders for liquor
can be prevented.
"Uneasy Rests the Head.?The
American envoy to the royal wedding.
Frederick W. Whltridge, and his suite
had an opportunity for a brief conversation
with King Alfonso during
the reception at the palace Saturday
night. When the conversation naturally
turned to the attempt on the king
and queen, King Alfonso shrugged his
shoulders and calmly said*
"Yes. fortunately it was unsuccessful.
but it will come again. It may be
any time, perhaps tomorrow, perhaps
within a month, perhaps within &
year, but it will come."
As King Alfonso and Queen Victoria
hurried within the castle after the attempt
was made to assassinate them,
the former's nerves were completely
unstrung, and. turning to Queen Victoria,
her dress spattered with blood,
he exclaimed:
"Why did I bring you to this country?
It was wrong: you never should
come here."
Then the queen's mother and one of
the Infantas calmed the overwrought
nerves of the king.
A gala performance was given tonight
at the opera after a remarkable
interruption. It was discovered Saturday
night that one ticket for the performance
was missing. The entire issue
was cancelled and new tickets of
i different color were given out.
The change was considered imperative
to guard against the possibility of'
I he missing ticket giving access to the
jpera house of a person who might
throw a bomb.
Trifd to Kna Kino Aljvmcso.?It
developed that twenty-four men, women
and children were killed as the re
suit of the bomb outrage In Madrid
the other day, and one of the principal
perpetrators of the outrage is
lead by his own hand. The suicide is
i Catalonian named Manuel Morales,
rhe bomb was thrown from the balco.
ny of a hotel and after that fact was
iscertalned the proprietor told of a
nan who had rented a room some days
jefore and gave a minute description
)f him. Saturday night a watchman
)f the town of Torrejon de Ardos, some
iistance out of Madrid, began to make
iome inquiries of a suspicious characer
who had entered the station. The
nan had a bruised finger and a conusion
of the forehead. He was disguised
as a worklngman but did not
ook the part. On his refusal to aniwer
questions, the watchman lnitructed
a guard to arrest him. The
juard did so. and the stranger drew a
jlstol and shot the guard dead. Then
he villagers collected in a body and