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V • i ■' ii liken J E Gia* am Oct 1 06 li F i» N o 1 ir Arthur P, Ford. Editor and Proortetcr. AIKEN. S. C„ THURSDAY MORJSll^G. MAY 11 1905 IYNAMITE HORROR r n i. \ m. n eign Market8 t0 Procure Materials txpress trashes lntp_tap§~r- "Needed f5r buil^inq Waterway. i Loaded Wi [plosives. DEATH HARVEST RESULTS Estimates Place Number of Passen- sengers Killed at Half a Hundred. Wreckage Takes Fire and Adds to Disaster. An express train on the fippnBjrlr&i nla railroad ran into a freight train in which there were two cajrs Ipadec} with dynamite at 1:10 o’clock ’Aura* day morning in South Harriaburg, Pa., near the plant of the Paxtang Light* Heat and Power company. Three terrific explosions tlw-t broke windows all over the city followed and two trains were completely wreck* ed and took fire. It was estimated that fifty persons w^ye killed and one hundred injured. When the first explosion occurred bodies weYe thrown clear out of the berths in the sleeping cars, many land* ing down on the railroad embankment^ and some even having been hurled into the Susquehanna river, which par allels the railroad in that locality. HOME PRICES TOO HIGH. Canal Commlsrion is Driven to For- All the physicians procurable in Hv risburg were summoned to work with ^ building 8^ ships,’ The executive committee of the isthmian canal commission, in ses sion at Washington Monday, decided to purchase in the markets of the world the material and ships neces sary for the building of the Panama canal. This important decision was reach ed with some reluctance, because it was appreciated by Secretary Taft and the executive committee that there would be surely a great outcry from the two great interests in this coyntry, the producers of material and ship owners, if the purchases were not limited to the American prod ucts. But it was decided that the money consideration was so great that it could not be ignored, for it was held that in some cases fully 50 per cent more would be charged for mate rial needed in canal construction than the same goods could be procured for in Europe. Chief Engineer Wallace, for in stance, showed that two ships, in ad dition to those running between New York and Colon, and owned by the Panama Railroad company, were ab solutely necessary to carry the food supplies and material needed for the work. No American ships could be bought at any reasonable price, and, the injured A fire alarm soundyd and the fire* men arrived, to find themselves prac tically helpless in the work of res cue. A police patrol wagon was com missioned as an ambulance, and many of the Injured as possible were load ed Into it on each trip and taken to the Harisburg hospital, the capacity of which soon became taxed because of the large number that were brought in. A special train was made up. and transferred Injured and dying to thej union station. Many of the Injured were taken into private houses. Immediately after the wreck, all the passengers who could do so ran from the soqncs of horror to safety from the incessant small explosions. The agonizing cries of the unfortun ates were heartrending. The office of the Paxtang Light, Heat and Powerj Company was transformed Into a tem-| porary hospital. At an early hour the Harrisburg Traction company ran out} a number of cars from its South Har risburg barns and used them to bring the injured to the hospital. The train was the second section of the No. 19. There were 169 passen-i gers aboard. RESENTS SLUR ON ARMY. cago was submitted to President Roosevelt while he was in that city Wednesday. The protest is sigped by C. P. Shea, president of the Interna tional Brotherhood of Teamster#; Charles Dold, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, and by other la bor leaders. “Peace,” says the protest of the labor leaders, “rests not upon the mi litia or the army, but upon the pa tience and long suffering of the toil ing masses. Can a few soldiers scare the men, who make armies and who compose the flow’er of American man hood.’' The committee presenting the pro test was received by the president in person at the Auditorium annex. The president told them no demand had been made upon him for use of troops in Chicago. He said that he regretted that the protest spoke 'of the federal army as it did. The pres ident said: “Of the merits of the case, I am wholly ignorant. I have no knowledge of what the situation is, or of what steps should be taken to end it. I feel however, that in view of one state ment, I ought to say this: I regret that you should in the letter have spoken at all of the use of the federal army as you have there spoken. “What I have to say is based pure ly upon what I regard as the unfor tunate phrasing of a letter presented to the president of the United States.” Labor Leaders In Chicago Nettle Roosevelt in Wording of Petition. A strougly worded protest against] . the sending of fedeial troop* to CM- a large cor^^ct j S awarded to a for- It was found, according to Secretary Taft’s statement, that while he could buy two 6,000-ton ships in Europe for $750,000, it would cost $1,400,000 to build such ships here. As to material needed for cana’ construction, the committee decided that by reserving to itself the right to purchase in the world’s markets, it would at least oblige American manufacturers to give them the ben efit of their foreign prices if they wish to sell goods to the commission. Secretary Taft explained that he felt obliged to indorse this decision, because having given congress every opportunity to give a contrary direc tion he felt that the very terms of the canal act provided that it should be constructed at the lowest possible cost. And in this connection he call ed attention to the following recom mendation, contained in the first re port of the isthmian canal commis sion: “An important question of policy in yet to be determined. If the isth mian canal commission is not bound by any restriction of congress as to where they shall purchase machinery, material and supplies, then it w'ould seem to be their duty to construct the canal as cheaply as possible and so to buy what they need where the> can get it cheapest. This, however, is certain to produce, every time that eign manufacturer or dealer, an out cry on the part of the American un successful competitor. If congress ap proves the policy of favoring Amer ican manufacturers and dealers, even if It increases the cost of construction of the canal, then it seems to be only just that it should declare this policy by law and lay down a rule which the commission can easily follow.” NEGRO STARTS SMALL RIOT. Shot Promiscuously Into Crowd and is Ki.lled by a Mob. After shooting indiscriminately at a crowd composed of whites and blacks, at Abbeville, Ga., Monday, Heywood Moore, colored, was chased out into the country, about a mile from town, and killed, his body be ing riddled with bullets. The trouble arose over a quarrel be tween two negroes, Steve McCoy and a tailor named Burch. It seems that McCoy had ordered a suit made by Burch and paid nim for it. Burch, however, did not make the suit and a quarrel followed, in which McCoy slapped Biirch. Thereupon Moore, a friend of the tailor’s, who was stand ing near, got a winchester and be gan shooting at the crowd. A mob quickly formed and chased Moore, with the result stated. Many of Abbeville’s most prominent citi zens were in the mob. BANKER GIVEN EIGHT YEARS. WHITE MAN IMPLICATED. Ohliger Admits Issuing a Bogus Draft on His Bank. L. P. Ohliger, ex-president of the closed Wooster (Ohio) National bank, pleaded guilty before Judge Taylor in the United States district court at Cleveland, Ohio, Mtonday afternoon, to a count in one of the indictment?, charging him with having issued a draft when there were no funds in the bank to meet it. Judge Taylor sentenced Ohliger to eight years’ im prisonment in the Ohio penitentiary. BIG RAT KILLS BABY. Ferocious Rodent Frightfully Lacer ates Little One’s Face. The one-month-old child of Henry Y'antes, which was bitten by a rat about a week ago, died in Columbus, Ohip, Monday. The baby was left In the cradle by It smother, who went to another portion of the house, and, when she returned, she saw a rat gnawing the face of the screaming baby. The rat had bitten its nose and face in many places. Negro Makes Confession Anent the Murder of Holbrook and His Wife. Claud Elder, one of the negroes who I | has been in jail in Watkinsville, Ga., ! since the Holbrook murder, a few j nights ago, has made a confession, in which he implicates a white man. The confession was made to Rev. Sul livan, pastor of the Methodist church, John Wilson and Arthur Barwlck. Elder says the crime was conwnil- ted by Rich and Lewis Robinson, two negroes, and that Ronal Aycock, a white farmer, was a party to it. CRAZY WHITE HOUSE VISITOR. Dago Nibbed While Trying to Enter President’s Mansion. A Washington dispatch says: A man, who said his name fs Daniel Costable, Italian, was arrested by Policeman Hopkins while trying to force an entrance to the rear door of the white house, about midnight Friday night. He was locked un at the police station. PORT RATES ARE REFUSED. Petition of Atlanta Merchants Turned Down by Railroad Commission. The Georgia railroad commission Wednesday turned down Atlanta’s pe tition for a fixed, reduced port rate, for which there has been an active and persistent demand from the At lanta freight bureau and certain Allan ta merchaats for the past two years or more. This action was taken over the protest of Chairman J. Pope Brown. DRUG KILLS CROKER’S SON. After Leaving Kansas City Joint, He Was Found Dead in a Car. Herbert V. Croker, a sou of Richard Croker, the New York political lead er, was found dead on a southbound Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe rail way train, between Kansas City and Newton, Kans., Friday. He died during the night, evidently from the effects of some drug administered in an opium joint at Kansas City. FIVE HUNDRED DEAD Terrific Tornado Wrecks Town of Snyder, in Ok lahoma Territory. While People Were Wrapped in Slum ber Death-Dealing Element Swoop ed Down Upon Them Una wares—All Communication With Outside World is Cut Off. Meaget reports reaching Fort Worth, Texas, state that a terrific cy clone struck Snyder, Oklahoma, Wed nesday night, wrecking the town and killing five hundred people, and relief is asked for. A message to the train dispatche* sent from Fort Worth asking for in formation was answered as follows: “We have same report and are send ing a relief train on the supposition that it is true. Wires all down.” The telegraph operator at Chicka saw, I. T., states that he talked over the telephone with Hobart, Okla., near Snyder, and that all wires in the vicinity of Snyder were down, but re lief trains were being sent from sev eral directions to Snyder. Snyder is a town of 1,000 people in Kiowa coun ty, Oklahoma, located on the Frisco, 45 miles north of Vernon. Confirmatory Dispatches. Reports reached Oklahoma City from Hobart and Anadarko confirming the news of a tornado at Snyder, but no details were given. Telephone reports received in Guth rie from Hobart, I. T., indicate that the entire town of Snyder was de stroyed by a tornado. A train of doc tors, nurses and other assistance left Hobart for Snyder. At 11:40 o'clock Wednesday night the dispatcher for the Frisco in Sa- pulpa, I. T., received a report from Enjd, O. T., advising that a tornado had struck Snyder, Oklahoma, wreck ing the town aqd killing 500 people, among whom was the station agent of the Frisco at that town. The re quest came also for assistance. On the strength of the report the dis patcher ordered a relief train with physicians to be sent from Chicknsha, l. T., and C^uanah, Texas.- The wir^ between Snyder and Sap dpa went down about 10 p. m. TWO hund£ed~jews killed. Kishineff Horror Seems to Have Been Repeated In Zehitomir. Very grave reports are current In SL Petersburg as to the extent of the massacre of Jews at Zehitomir, the number of killed or wounded now* being placed as high as two hundred, but precise information Is lacking. ’£he minister of the interior has'calk ed for a detailed report. Dispatches are being held up. Tele grams sent by the newspapers to Ze- hitpmir remain unanswered. It Is asserted that a fortnight be fore the disorders prod am a! ions were spread calling on the Christians to beat the Jews. Wihen these proclama tions were shown to the mayor of Ze hitomir, the latter declared them to be stupid and said there was no oc casion for alarm. TOBACCO KING LAID TO REST. Funeral of Washington Duke at Dur ham Was Largely Attended. Fifteen thousand people attended the funeral of Washington Duke, the founder of the Duke branch of the American Tobacco company at Dur ham, N. C., Wednesday. The banks and schools of the city and many of the maniffacturing establishments were closed during the entire day and practically all business of the city was closed dviring the exercises. BAPTISTS HOLD TO NAME. Proposition for Modification Falls Flat in Convention. The Southern Baptist convention, in session at Kansas City, Monday, de cided, after a lively time, not to change the name of the convention. Judge Hillyer of Georgia, chairman of the committee appointed at the Nash ville convention last year to bring the matter up, presented a report against a modification of the name. The report was finally adopted and the committee discharged. ROW WITH HUNGARY. Immigration Inspector Braun Charges That His Mall Is Tampered With and President Takes a Hand. BOWEN IN WASHINGTON. Ex-Minister to Venezuela to Confer With President. Herbert W. Bowen, recently Amer ican minister to Venezuela, accompa nied by Mrs. Bowen, reached Wash ington Sunday from New York. It is expected that the president will re ceive from him his statement in con nection with the charges which have been brought against Mr. Loomis, the acting secretary of state. CHAMPION JEFFRIES RETIRES. Heavy-Weight Pugilist Quits Both the Ring and the Stage. James J. Jeffries, champion heavy weight pugilist of the world, left Chi cago Sunday for Los Angeles, Cal. It Is his announced Intention to build a home in that city. Crippled with rheumatism and suffering from mala rial fever, Jeffries says he has put on fighting gloves for the lest time. He has canceled all theatrical engage ments. RUSSIAN MAY-DAY BLOODLESS. Whips of Cossacks Kept Down Expect ed Rioting in Empire. The widely heralded May day dem onstration in St. Petersburg Sunday did not result in the bloodshed pre dicted. A>t* the RreohratPT>oVTr j-pmotorv where the principal meeting in honor of the “January maf&£PA as the vic ' 6ms of -‘‘red Sunday” are popularly called, Tiao - largely composed of curiosity seekers, assembled. '—- Cosacks dispersed the crowd by using their whips freely, inflicting many injuries. There was a similar incident on Vassill island, where a dozen students, mainly girls, raised the “Mfarseillaise,” and gathered a crowd. Cossacks can tered up and dispersed the crowd with whips, seeming to take special pleas ure in slashing the girl students with their knouts; but the latter apparently wp'te anxious to pose as martyrs and deliberately provoked attack by sing ing revolutionary songs. In St. PeterSburag the day w^s pass ed happily without a drop of blood being shed. The revolutionists found it impossible to execute ethe program of demonstrations and bomb-throwing which they so widely advertised, the workingmen declining to sacrifice themselves to advocate the propagan da of their self-constituted leaders, and the advertised meetings were at tended chiefly by spectators. Big Assessment on Stockholders. Comptroller of the Currency Ridge- ley has levied an assessment of 66 2-32 per cent on stockholders of the First National bank of Milwaukee to make goe^'llie defalcation of former Presi dent Bigelow. The amount af the^mT sessment will reach $1,000,000. SEVEN MINERS MEET DEATH. Bodies of Three Were Torn to Frag ments—Dynamite the Cause. Seven men were killed and several were injured, one fatally in the Cora mine, one of the Heinz properties, near Butte, Mont., Friday afternoon. Nels Wamps, a miner, was carrying forty sticks of dynamite up a ladder to join companions on the 100*foot level when the dynamite exploded with terrific force. It is believed that Wamps accidentally touched his can dle to the explosive. His body was blown to bits. Two men working nearby were blown to pieces. BLUE AND GRAY HAVE RALLY. Veterans Gather in Washington to Ar range for Grand Reunion. Veterans of the union and confed erate forces gathered in Washington, D. C., Thursday for a two days’ social and non-political rally. The meeting is intended to be preliminary to a permanent fraternal organization na tional in character, of the blue and gray, with the idea of holding In Washington in 1906 a grand reunibn ON TRAIL OF SLAYERS. People of Oconee County, Georgia, Stop Work to Chase Murderers. Rich Robertson, Jim Taylor, Elder Sidney Norris, Will Moses, Joe Pat terson, Hog Anthony, two negroes named Shead, and three negro women are in jail at Watkinsville, Ga., sus pected of having been implicated in the killing of Frank Holbrook and wife. The people of Oconee county have stopped their work and are all on the trail of the slayers. SOUTH CAI10UNA STATE NEWS 1TEJIS. President Roosevelt Is manifesting a particular interest in the case of Marcus Braun, a special inspector of the United States immigration service, who is having trouble with officials of the Austro-Hungarian government, whom he oharges with tampering with his official mail. Inspector Braun com plained of his treatment to Ambassa dor Storer, who cabled to the state department some details of the case. Inspector Braun has made several reports to the bureau of immigration as a result of his inquiries in Europe, especially In Austria-Hungary. One of these reports was received by the de partment last autumn and another a few days ago. The first is sensational in Its state ments. It cortlains allegations, back ed by affidavits, of the Austro-Hungfu rlan government’s efforts to foist upon this country immigrants who may flo: be desirable from the viewpoint of American people. The^oharge is made specifically that the - AustfO-FLun- garian g&vernment Is paying tne steamship companies large sums of money each year to bring immigrants to this country and also that the im migrants are being urged to become American citizens. The reports of Inspector Braun have not been published, lest the statements they contain might cause friction between the United States and the Austro-Hungarian government. The officials of the latter government have been cognizant in a general way of the contents of Inspector Braun’s reports for some time, and it is inti mated that is one reason for the trou- bie ha which he now finds himself ih- vb^ved. The president, Saturday, called for the reports of Inspector Braun and will go over them himself in connec tion with £he consideration of the in spector’s present difficulty. Tamper ing With the mail of an official In a foreign country is a serious matter, and there is no disposition on the part of the officials of the department of commerce and labor to treat the complaint of Inspector Braun lightly. and found not guilty. The jury was i out only about fifteen minutes. I The killing of the negro is alleged , to have occurred July 11, 1904. A 2 * few days before a personal difficulty | occurred between Keitt Bookhardt and Martin and Henry C. Edwards. Charges were preferred against the Child Drov/ned In Tub. j — * — The email aon t>f Mr. and Mrs. H. 1 ne * ro before Magistrate Wiggins, at H. Hlnh^nt of county, fill intOj was drowned a discovered the lit under the water hanging outside kmans, Richland ; ub of water and i , . When ' Berkel ®y county days ago. fellow's head was 1 his feet and legs le vessel. to Asheville. of Newberry Shri- ing a great time hering of the no- ple at Asheville, Shriners Goi A largo nuant ners are antlo at the summer i hies of Oasis N. C., next mon As usual on siyjh occasions, New berry will furnish her full quota of candidates, who are very desirous of crossing the hot ^ands and offer them selves as meat f(>r the jolly Shriners. Editor HandsJ Mbjor J. C. the News ai^d his twenty-fifth I connectlqr 1 Remembered. 'emphill, editor of airier, is celebrating anniversary of his ,;he paper, and a ier his friends have made up a substantial purse and presented it to him for a trip to Europe. The directors of the paper have given him a leave of absence and the trip will probably he made in July. Millard Secures Freedom. Dr. Kenyon T. Millard of Indian apolis, Ind., whij has been held in the j Orangeburg jail for several weeks on the charge of bigamy, was released from custody few days ago, the evidence beings irsufficient to hold him. Dr. Millard stated that he and Miss Kenyon will be re-married next December, at the expiration of the time set in tha interlocutory divorce. In the meantime, he will continue on the lecture platform. * » * * I N«w Navy Yard Commandar. Captain R. &I. Berry has turned over the command of the Charleston navy yard to Captain E. S. Prime, pre liminary to going to Pensacola,where he will succeed Captain Berry, who, in turn, goes to Washington to be come the president of the examining board. Captain Pries -eoffn-g-fFOItt-thO-Bert- Royal station, which place he will have charge 4,f t i n addition to h?s command In Charleston. fined $5 or a t#rm of service on the chaingang or in jail. 8. A. Eadons ,one of the defend ants, was Wlggln’s constable and bad charge of the prisoner to take him over to Moncks Corner. The negro was locked up over night In the guard house of the town of Eutaw- ville. J. H. Palmer was the town marshal. The negro disappeared, and several days afterward his body was j found In Santee river, with an iron weight tied to it, weighing 55 pounds. Employees May Be Liable. The frequency with wfalch disas trous railroad wrecks have occurred in this state within the past several months on account of carelessness of employees, and in some cases their open violation of orders and rules and regulations, is steadily crystalizing public sentiment in favor of the pass age by the next legislature of an act making railroad employees criminally liable for disobeying orders or violat ing important rules which endanger the lives of passengers. A number of the leading newspapers of the state have taken the matter up, and are urging the passage of such a law, and the railroad officials say such a law must come sooner or later in all the states. In this connection it is pointed out by railroad officials of high position that the Ogden special which crashed into a freight working in the Green ville yards recently was an extra and therefore “Inferior” in the eyes of the rules regulating the running of trains to a “second class” train, anu that Engineer James Hunter should have brought it into the Greenville yards “under full control expecting to find the main track occupied.” And this is the position that the Southern will likely assume at the investigation to be held before the railroad com mission as to the cause of the wreck of the Ogden special. BOWEN LANDS IN GOTHAM. American Minister to Venezuela Gomes- te 5s- Catechised. -Confer servhd of buslr erclses assoclai Sons and monument, cises were hi present aud at Charleston. I memorial day was ob- trleston by suspension holding of special ex- ;nolia cemetery, under jl le camps of veterans, Ins and volunteer troops jarched to the soldiers’ Iiere appropriate exer- ld. A great crowd was Ihe graves were strewn with wreaths I and flowers. Mother Accl Mentally Kills Daughter. On a plantation about eight miles from Bishop /ille, Lee county, while playing the part of a man under the influence of whisky, and trying to kill his wife with a gun, Katie Smitn shot her daughter, Lucilla Smith, in the foot. The limb was so badly shattered that amputation was neces sary. The daughter grew steadily worse and finally died. At the coroner’s Inquest nothing was brought out to show that there was enmity existing between the two women, but a verdict holding the mother for the crime was rendered. She was placed In the Lee count> jail to answer the charge of her daughter’s murder. Southern to Double-Track. Herbert W. Bowen, American, min ister to Venezuela, arrived at New York Monday on the steamship Phila delphia. He said he would say noth ing on Venezvelan affairs until he had repori-i*jJ._at_Wa8hingten.--In quire,) as to the present status of the Loomis charges, but declined to discuss the matter. ACIJ ER AND LAWYER MIX. Fitzgerald, Georgia, Treated to a Live ly Street Fight Sensation. At Fitzgerald, Ga., Thursday, Rev. E. W. Daugherty, pastor of one of the local Christian churches was at tacked in the street by City At torney Rym&n, who is also editor of the Fitzgerald Citizen. The trouble grew out of a division in the church and articles published by Ryman. It is alleged that the minister was struck several times and took ref uge in a livery stable, w’here Uhe pro prietor prevailed on the lawyer to cease his attack. THREE HELD FOR MURDER. Negroes Jailed on Charge of Killing Aged Man and His Wife. Jim Taylor, Sidney Morris and Claud Elder, three negroes under 23 years of age, are in the jail at Watkinsville, Ga., charged with the murder of old man Frank Holbrook and his wife near that plac6 Tuesday night. Two of the negroes were traced by bloodhounds. They had previously been prosecuted by Holbrook for bur- The Southern railway is going to, glary and had made threats t.o kill double track from Charleston to Sum- adistane^ of twenty-two miles, andjM^thought that the determinatkm^^^^^^the rails is a part of Its plans to^Yneet the com petition which the electric railway proposes to give the system. The engineers of the Southern railway are now oq the road, running the levels Much dissatisfaction has existed with the service which the railroad has given between Charleston and the health and tourist resort for several years, and the building of the elec tric railway is the result. It is said that the Southern railway will oper ate motor cars on the line when the electric railway begins operation. College Move Opposed. The seminary directors at a recent meeting decided to keep open the Presbyterian seminary in Columbia for another year and placed Itself on record as opposed to any change in the policy of the Institute. During the meeting it was develop ed that there was considerable feeling among some of the members of the body against some of the members of the faculty for their activity in pro moting the plans to remove the in stitution to Atlanta him. The murderdrs got away with $400 that the old coutfle had in the house. EstaMisM 1881. Price $1.50 a Tear, ia iOrarce. LAGREST STOVE HOUSE IN AUGUSTA When you buy a Stove, buy the best, 7'rte Great Ex* oelsior. Parts always kept in stock. Write for catalogue. We have a few very pretty calendars left. Write for one. The largest and lowest price Stove and Bicycle house in Augusta. 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Man and Wife Found Dead with Skulls Horribly Crashed. F. M. Holbrook, a highly respected and prosperous Citizen of McDuffie county, Georgia, and his wife Were murfiered In a horrible mannef Tues day night. Tnfe aged cqfffcle HVfed alone and it is thought the dftjject of the mifrder Whs to rtth the ffiore ad joining the residence. Mr. and^Mrs. Holhrook had evident ly retired and were aroiised by some one without. Mr. Holbrook had gone lo the rkaor and. met hrts death. It is evident £hs(t iffrs. H&jjrook fallowed her husband and was also killed. Last Survivor of Wap of 1812 Joins the Silent Majority. Hiram Cronk, the Iftst survivor of the war of 1812, died at his home in Ava, N. Y., Saturday, aged 105. He had been honored by both the national government and his native state. Born at Frankfort, Herkimer county, New York, April 19, 1800, Hi ram Cronk became a member of Cap tain Edward Fuller’s company of tfie infantry when only a little more than 14 years of age, and did valiant service against the British, REQUISITION IS HONORED. LOEB DODGED MISS MAE. California Governor Turns Potter Over to Georgia Authorities. Governor Pardee of California, Mon day, honored the requisition of the governor ci Georg'a for the return of Maro S. Potter, who is wanted to an swer a charge of embezzlement at Davisboro of the funds of a bank at that place. Potter is in custody at Los Angeles. Columbia severely criticised the fac-, ulty along this line, but he opposed C. B. Graham’s efforts to close the institution temporarily, urging that it would be a better business proposi tion to get a more united faculty to run the seminary than to close for even a tempopary period. * * * Alleged Lynchers Exonerated Papers Were Not Served on Presi dent’s Secretary While Out West. j William Loeb, Jr., secretary to the president, passed safely through No- | braska without being served with summons in an action filed by Miss Mae Wood demanding $35,000 on a W. A. Clark of I charge of conspiracy to deprive her BATTLE EXPECTED DAILY. Engines, Boilers, Cotton, Saw, Fertilizer, Oil and Ice Machin ery and Supplies and P.epairs, Machine Tools, Woodworking Machinery, Shaft ing, Pulleys, Hangers, Leather md Rubber Belting and Hose, Railroad and Mill Supplies and Tools, Steam Pumps, Feed Water Heaters and Hoisting Engines, Injectors. Capacity for three hundred hands. Estimates furnished for power plant# and steel bridges, store front#. DON’T FAIL TQ WRITE US BEFORE BUYING - .. Johnson’s Bakery. VA.b* k,kA.ii -f $r | is of certain missives alleged to have been written to her by Senator Platt. SAVED THE WRONG WOMAN. Rojestvensky and Nebogatoff, It Reported, Have Joined Forces. A naval action within a few days is regarded as likely in well-informed naval cirrles at St. Petersburg. Ad miral Rojestvensky and Rear Admiral Nebogatoff joined forces May 10th. There is reason to believe the unit ed fleet will proceed northward im mediately. A Sad Incident of the Deadly Tornado at Snyder, Oklahoma. One of the saddest episodes of the cyclone at Snyder, Oklahoma, was j that of Colonel Williamson. When RUSS ADMIRAL SLAIN. Charged with the lynching of the , the Bt0rm Winiamson grabbed 5 a woman whom he thought was his wife and hurried away to a place of safety. When out of danger, he dis covered that the woman was not his negro, Keitt Bookhart, John H. Palm er, S. A. Eadons, Perry Martin, An drew Martin and Benjamin Martin, all i white men of Orangeburg county, were placed on trial the past week ( wife. Later, Mrs. Williamson was • found, with her head completely sev- ared fyoia h§r b£$7- Shot to Death by an Orderly Whom He Had Dismissed. Vice Admiral Nazitoff was shot and killed by an orderly in his room at SL Petersburg Saturday. The orderly fired three shots from a revolver at the admiral. The crime is attributed lo the anger of the murderer at hla dismissal from his duties as orderly and being ordered to proceed to th6 front. Cleanliness and Purity of Materials Are characteristics of all the Bread, Rolls, Cakes, Pies, Etc. made at JOHNSON’* BAKERY, Park Avenue. The Choicest Confectioneries and Can dies always an hand. STONE! STONE!! Estimates given and orders prompt ly flllsd for sir set onrbings, and cross ings, flower bod borders, sidewalks la blocks, bitching posts, door and tsr- raoa stops, door and window aills, os me ter 7 lot copings, rough and dressed ashlers for fronts of build ings, hoarth stones, eto. Lakoviaw ■tons a spacialty. Stona from other ■marries if preferred. H. K. OHATFIEIiD, Aiken, 8. a