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ESTABLISHED ?T 1! JAPAN AND CHINA. l-fkata Japanese Merchant Fays Abont Their Uniting Forces. ** -SHLY QUESTION OF FEW TEARS JBefore tbe English-Speaking People Will Find Themselves Arrayed Against the Doctrine of "Asia for Asiatics." The Chronicle says Russia and Ja ? pan are still discussed, sometimes ve hemently in Augusta. Tbe JapaDese sympathizers are io ac overwhelming majority, but the Eussian sympa thizers, though in the minority, stick to tbeir sruns and are daily growing more numerous. Mr. James R. Ran ?dall, who, earl? In the day, gave his reasons lor favoring the Muscovites, was asked if he had anything more to say on the subject and replied: "I think it is quite useless, at this time, to discuss the. matter. It is difficult to change people's minds, es pecially when, as Mr. Stephens put it. they are ' sot" in their opinions. I have carefully read all that I could -get hold of on both sides of this affair and endeavored, like Mr. Weigle, to lorm convictions. Perhaps, however, it may interest your readers to have some psculiar evidence from other sources tha.n my own. The most striking and important testimony comes from a Japanese mer chant of a high order, Yamocino, who is on a visit to New Orleans. Inter viewed by a Picayune reporter, he said that while his countrymen, like himself, were gratified at the sympa thy display did the United States for -Japtri, be i.itiui?cantly added: ? "But I believe this will change. The English speaking nations sympa thize with us today, but it will be dif ferent in a few years. If Japan wins this war?and I do not doubt tbat our country will be victorious?Japan will be one of the first world powers. The yellow peril, as some English writers refer to it, is not remote. The Chinese and Japanese are very closely allied by racial similarity, and there is naturally a strong bond of sympathy between the two nations, just as there is a strong sympathy be tween the iwo great English-speaking aations. If China is ever broucbt up to tbe high plane of enlightenment that Japan has reached, it will natu rally, with its immense population, its *-^as>Htorritory, and its untold and un -~rmaninable resources, be the most powerful country in the world. The Japanese have already assisted China not a little. There are many Japanese teachers in Chinese institutions, and -Japanese officials in the Chinese gov ernment service, both civil and mili tary. These are slowly bringing about ?a reformation. If this reformation is ever brought about completely and Ohina brought out of darkness it will Tie within the power of the yellow races to overrun the world.. Tbe doors of nations that are closed today can be opened. Even as European powers are now closing their doors against Chinese, but forcing the open ing of Chinese doors to foreigners, so will it be in the power of Cnina to ?close and keep closed its doors against1 outsiders and to force open the doors of the western nations. That is why I believe this sympathy for the Japan ese will change." Mr. Yamochimo expresses the opinion that the Japanese-Russia war will develop into an international con Uict. , He thinks that either Germany or France will be forced in first because ?of their interest in the Far East and because of their, strong sympathy for Russia. The British Empire will come in later, but it will get a full share of everything, just as it has always done. Then the United States will be forced into the conflict. It. may be slower than the others, even more so than England, but this govern ment has assumed a position in the Orient from which it cannot recede. What will be the result of the war no ?ue cau foresee, but that the conflict bow going on is the beginning of one ?*f the great periods in the worlds his tory must be conceded. \ I regarded this testimony of the intelligent and very frank Japanese merchant as very important because it reveals the true < irienfal ambition. A great many people make light of the "Yellow Peril," although Napoleon did not and Earl Wolseley does not. It may be that these gentlraen have minds superior to these remarkable persons, but on that point, there may be difference of judgment. At any rate, if we are to accept Japanese testi mony, expressed by Mr. Yamocimo the triumph of Japan and the conse ?quential reawakening of China, as an industrial and martial nation, bodes ill for Europe eventually and com mercially threatens the United States. Some people say that it will take many years to accomplish the reform of China, as indicated, but they for get that .Japan lias risen gigantically, in their own day. and in ease of Japanese domination, China will be no -laggard. "However, I do not expect to con vince anybody, against .his will, but .simply suggest that Mr. Yamocimo's revelation be taken into account! Personally, I am quite content to await events, for, as .Fredrick tl*e Great said: "Battles are fought be yond the stats,' that is, the destinies ?of the world are shaped by the Ruler of Nations, and not by the opinions of of mankind." Black Patti Wants Divorce. Madame Sisslertta Jones, who is known as '"Black Patti," has instruct ed her lawyer there to sue for a di vorce from her husband, who is em ployed in a Richmond rest.urant. Tbe singer appeared there Monday night. Tuesday morning she drove to the office of her lawyer and told him to start proceedings. Before leaving she said that she expected soon to retire from the stage. She has accumulated a considerable fortune. 369. PREPARING FOR A GRAB. Congress Waats to Raise Their Own and Other Salaries. It would seem from the various comments that were passed on the bill asking for an appropriation of $90, 000 from Congress for a new stable for the President, that this at least would have detterred his friends from spring ing another surprise on the country, as Senator Gallinger did when he asked that the President's salary be increas ed 825,000 per annum. The request is in the shape of a bill. It is to be discussed at this session. The Gallin ger bill raises thesalary of the Presi dent to $75,000; that of the Vice president to $15,000; of the Speaker of the House to $12 000; of Cabinet officers to $15,000; of Senators, Repre sentatives and delegates to 88,000. The proposed increase are to go-into effect March 4, 1905. It is recalled that a bill increasing the salaries of members of Congress to $7,500 was passed in 1873. A storm of protest was aroused all over the country, many veteran members of Congress were retired to private life, and the succeding Congress repealed the law. It is pointed out by frrnds of the Gallinger bill, however, that the in dignation of the people was aroused by a measure which is absent from the present proposition?the retroactive. The Congressmen of 1873 paid them selves their back salary to the begin ning of that term, and likewise their mileage. This was generally denomi nated "a grab," and the Gallinger bill, it is claimed, seeks to avoid a like condemnation. The ground for the Gallinger bill was apparently laid on February 25 by Senator Hoar, who talked on the sub ject of Senators salaries being inade quate. The question was on provid ing suitable quarters for Senators, the Democrats having urged that the Republicans had known for a long time that the Democratic Senators, or a number of them, were'given quarters in an unsafe and condemned building. In the course of his speech Senator Hoar made the following significant remarks: "Our salary is also now lower in practical value than it was before it was raised fifty years ago. And yet the one thing that we do not seem to have courage enough to do is to say to the people of the United States that the compensation of this important of fice shall be at least in some degree adequate to its dignity and character. "Take the salary of a judge of the I District Court of" the Unitea states. Is there a judge of a district court of j the United State who would not con sider his promotion to the Senate of the United States an advance in dignity and authority? A'nd yet we have put up their salaries and the salaries of the judges of the Circuit Courts to $0,000 and $7,500 and do not venture to touch our own." And now the Gallinger bill is sprung. There, is very little question that the proposition, in many respects, is one which has the President alone in mind and it is not improbable that Senator Gallinger wrote his bill after confer ence with leaders in the party who bask in the White House sunshine. A Slander Nailed. In repiy^to news which has been talked, it is false. As I am well known over the State and I know that none can provs such against me, as I now remain single. I want one, and all to know it. As I have been charged with having a wite. Now if there is any woman who wishes to make any such claim against me. this is the time for I would like to know who it may be. If news carriers would mind their own business, our county would be far better off. As I I learn, there are many who seem to be ' interested in me, just bear in mind, I if I ever get married, thtie will be many who will siog and shout "Dixie." As I have been hearing bad news and my name is a dayly song: it must be stopped now. at once. ?A. M. J., in Walterboro Press and Standard._^_ A Horrible Death. A horrible accident was reported Wednesday night to Coroner Green as happening to the little four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Suydam. who live about ?fteen miles from Columbia, on the Garners1 Ferry road. The parents of the little child came to the city Wednesday, and the child, on her way home from school, stopped to play on a pile of logs near the house. While on top, one of the logs turned ano" she was caught be tween several and instantly killed, her head being crushed. It was some time later that the body was found and it was late before the parents were notified. Consequently they were not able to leave until after dark. The inquest has been held and the fuueral will be held thursday. Co lumbia Record._ c A Foolish Fair. A dispatch to the August, i Chron icle says Willie Fincher, a lad of 13, and Emma Mann, a little maid who boast of only 14 summers, the pair halliug from Goldville, Ala., drove into \Vest Point Ga., Thursday in a rather dilapidated turnout and creat ed astonishment by announcing their desirf tu lind a minister or justice who would make them man and wife. Young Fincher said he had the per mission of the girl's parents as well as her own, but that the Alabama laws interfered with his happiness. No one could be found who would tie the knot, and to make matters worse, the would-be groom found himself devoid of funds. A puree was made up for the pair and they drove into Harris count ; doping to find some one to otllciato hi their wedding. Tin .Japanese Wounded. Seventy-one wounded officers and men from the Japanese fleet arrived at Sasebo on the hospital ship Kobe Maru from Port Arthur. All these were wounded in the attack upon Port Arthur. HI OK AN GEBT TEBBB3LE ACCIDENT. A Great Skyscraper Frame Collapses in New York. SEVERAL PERSONS ARE KILLED. Criminal Carelessness on the Part of the Contractors, Who Had Disregarded Repeated Warnines. In the city of New York fourteen persons, are believed to have been killed, about a score injured and sev eral are missing through the collapse Wednesday of the steel skelton of the Hotel Darlington, a 13-story apart ment house in course of erection at 57 Forty-sixth street. The steel frame work had been erected as far as the eleventh floor and the structure was swarming with iron workers, masons and laborers, when, without an instant's warning, tbe upper floor, sagged and collapsed and the whole structure fell with a crash that was heard for blocks, and shook all the buildings in the vicinity. A portion of the steel frame fell upon the rear of the Hotel Patterson, on West For ty-seventh street, crushing in the wall of the dining room and killing Mrs. Ella Lacey Stoors, the wife of Frank Storrs, a wealthy resident of Rye, Westchester county, as she was sitting at luncheon with the wife of the Rev. Dr. Minot Savage, who escaped unhurt. The cause of the disaster generally accepted is tbe overloading of the floors. Foreman James Halpin, in charge, ot the iron workers, stated that there was a large quantity of cement and other building material on the ?fth iloor, and that on tbe ninth floor were the three iron beams which were to have been used in con structing the remaining floors of the buildings. That criminal careless ness is chargeable to somebody is shown by the fact that the. building department had placed repeated "violations" against the building, the last one being filed Wednesday at the instance of Inspector Cbarles French, because "the side walls were more than two stories in advance of tbe front walls, and the floor beams were not properly boltedand tied." In spite of this and previous warn ings, those responsible for the con struction or the ouildlng went ahead regardless of consequences. Adjoin ing the collapsed building on the west is the four-story brownstone residence of Harold Browu. Some of tbe huge iron beams struck the side of tbe house and stove holes in the wall and roof and disloged a part of the brownstone front which was thrown to the street. The occupants escaped uninjured. On the east side is a house occupied by A. Walpole Cragie as a school for boys. ? The pupils had gone home to luncheon a few minutes before the crash occurred. Some of the beams struck the house tearing off a portion of tbe roof and smashing holes in the side walls. Mrs. Storrs whose husband is in Loudon. England, was sitting in lun cheon with Mrs. Si vage when the crash came, and she and Ernest Meier, a waiter, were instantly burled under the debris the roof and walls. Mrs. Savage barely* escaped being struck but her skirt was pinned to the Iloor by a mass of fallen bricks. Mrs. Storrs was breathing when ex tricated, but died within a few min utes. The waiter is believed to be injured. The other occupants of the dining room escaped unhurt. Tlie Hotel Patterson was shaken to its foundations and the rear fire escapes on seven stories were torn from their fastenings and all the windows on these floors were smashed. The oc cupants of these apartments hast'ly quitted the building. Rev. Minot J. Savage was ill in his apartments in the front of the hotel at the time ol the collapse. At 11 o'clock tonight the contractor In charge of tbe wrecking work said that his men bad discovered seven bodies and that two were known to be pinned under the wreckage on the east side of the building. Splendid work was done by the fire men, who at the risk of their lives, crowded under the tangled wreckage to rescue the imprisoned workmen. They were accompanied by Chaplain Smith of the tire department, who ad ministered the last rites of thechurch to several of the injured. Harold Clark, a watchman, was rescued un hurt from the cellar after being im prisoned for four hours. He said that he left Frank Allison,, one of the owners and builders, on the ninth tloor a few minutes before the crash. Patrick Murphy, the engineer of the hoisting engine, and six workmen were arrested and held as witnesses. Representatives of the district attor ney's office examinei the wreck Wed nesday and began an investigation to place the responsibility for the disaster. Nu Sleep in Ten Years. Albert Heroin, born in France in |sti2 and for (ifteen years a hostler in the employ of Waller I Mia res. of Tren ton, N. .1., declares he has not slept a wink in the last ten years and that his eyes seldom closed in slumber for several years preceding. Notwith standing this, he does not seem to suffer any discomfort from his remark able condition. He goes to bed re gularly, but says he never closes his eyes, or at least never for an instant loses consciousness of all that is go ing on about him. In the morning he arises refreshed and ready for another day's work. He declares the change of position and the darkness of the room seem to give him all the rest he requires. The man's story is sustain ed by physicians who have examined him and who have made vain efforts to afford relief 5 JKG, S. C, WEDJSIESDA-3 HOMES AND LIVES Pay a Heavy Tribute to the Raging Prairie Fires. A dispatch from Lawtqn, 01:1a., says prairie fires that swept over large portion of Kiowa and Comanche coun ties Thursday night, destroyed hun dreds of farm buildings and much live stock, made 1,000 persons homeless, caused the death of several persons, threatened a number of towns and swept away scores of buildings on the outskirts of the towns. The follow ing deaths are verified: Dr. Harmond, six miles from Law ton; body found. Unknown boy, body found on prairie near Lawton, burned beyond identification. r John Harmond and a daughter of Mrs. Henderson, living near Lawton were fatally burned. The country was very dry, no rain having rallen for months. Grass and stubble fires, set by farmers as is cus tomary at at this season of the year, were driven beyond control by a vio lent gale which rose suddenly. Estimates of the loss exceed 0200, 000. Report says that more fatalities are expected as the reports from some dis tricts are meagre. At Hobart, the county seat of Kiowa county, the fire appraehed from the east, destroying the stables and fifteen race horses, fifteen residences, two business houses and various small buildings. Spreading to the south west, the fire swept seventy-fjve thousand acres of military and timber reserve and Indian school reserve, de stroying several Indian houses afcd forty head of government cattle. Spreading westward the names cov ered miles of the homestead district, destroying houses, barns and stock. It was in this district that five per sons are reported to have perished in attempting to protect their property. The names of three have been learned. They are as follows: Dock and John Harmon, brothers, and a man named Fisher. The other two were women and their names have not yet been learned. Late at night the fires began mov tng southward toward the city. At midnight five thousand people of the city were battling with the approach ing flames. The advance line of the fire was fully two miles in length and came in a semi circular form. A thousand men turned their ef forts to checking the grass borders of the reservation at the city limits. Water from every source, carried in every conceivable way, was distributed along this line and all around the city limits. This served the' purpose of checking the advance lines of the tire,1 but was of little avadiu hindering the continual rolling of the fire brands into the street of the city. In more than a hundred places flames arose from dwellings, barns and outhouses, but wherever a blaze grew men were present to quench it with water. As a result of the cool judgment of the fire-fighters the city's loss was only ?10,000. ? Families lay oit in the prairie throughout the fieezing night after the storm had passed with only thin clothes on their backs. Hundreds of people are destitute and are suffering intensely from the ;old. Killed Herself. Mrs. Horace G. Allis, formerly a prominent society leader in Little flock, Ark., comrnhted suicide at the county hospital b; hanging herself with strips of bed clothes. Tier bus band was at one tine president of the First National B nk, of that city. He was tried by :he United States court and given live years in thepeni teRtiary for wrecking that hank. His wife was well known over the state and the disgrace tttending her hus band's downfall sent her into seclu sion. Her hushanl was pardoned af ter sewing three /ears. On his re lease she pleaded vith him to return to her and live dovn disgrace, but he refused. He wasche- promoter and financier of the Little Rock street railway company aid numerous other financial concerns. ? Not Thk Year. What is the mailer with the new tax laws? Tbedogiax is not available this year un accoun, of failure to pro vide machinery forils collection, and the franchise .tax i.sheld to heinopera tive for the presett year, as the re turns are already nade to the countv auditors. The taj commission took a year to devise tte methods for in creasiug the reventes of the State, and the Legislatur; took a good deal of tinvi in considelng their recom mendations, but tb usual deficit will greet the tax-payrs at the close of the year. Helps apun. The Turkish govrnment has resolv ed to forcibly prvenl the Russia j Black sea fleet froa passing through the I?ardanells. anca light will prob ably occur should sch an attempt be made. The defenss along the straits have been streuglieiied and mines have been laid, .li officer has also been appointed espeially iosiipervi.se defensive measures The reason for Turkey's bold uctiu, it is learned, is thai strong represefjations have been made by the powes against such a breach of Russia's tiuty obligations. Gen. (Jrant'H Gradson to Wed. Capt. Algernon Srtoris, grandson J of President Grant, ailed for France Friday to marry a amous Paiisian beauty. For love o her he joined the Roman Catholl church. The bride to be is 22 yers old, a pro nounced blonde petiteand is described ! as altogether charmitr. To Build a Alonuient ol Coal. A monument of col reaching loll feet above ground and!2 feet square is to be erected at St. ouis, to adver tise to the world one if the natural resources of West Virlnia. It will be the largest and nut UDique ei bibifc of coal ever made f, MABCH 0, 1904. GIVES IT THE LIE Grover Says He Did Not"Lunch With a Colored Man AS CHARGED BY A CONGRESSMAN. Social Equality of tbe Rooseveltion Variety Discussed in a Very Plain Manner in the House Thursday. ? In the house Thursday a letter from Grover Cleveland to Representative Webb of North Carolina was read de nying that C. H. J. Taylor, a negro, had dined with him at the White House while he was president, as charged by Representative Scott of Kansas a few days ago. Mr. Webb said he had written the former presi dent sending him an extract from The Congressional Record and asking if the statements made by Mr. Scott were true. "This morning," he said, "I receiv ed the following reply," which he read amid applause: Princeton, N. J., March 2. E. Y. Webb, House of Representa tives Dear Sir: It is a matter of small concern to me that Mr. Scott has seen fit to use my name in a display of his evil propensities on the tl >ur of the bouse pf representatives. In an swer to your inquiry, however, I have to say of bis statement that the col ored man, C. II. J. Taylor, took lunch with me at the White House that it is a deliberate fabrication out of the whole cloth. As far as Mr. Taylor is concerned, I understand, prior to his appointment as register of deeds at Washington that be had served as an assistant in the office of the city attorney at Kan sas City. His .nomination as register was confirmed by the senate and he served in that place with intelligence and elficiency. He has since died. Some people restrain themselves from abusing the dead. My inquiries concerning Mr. Taylor before bis appointment, ray observa tion of him during his incumbency, and the little I have known of nim since satisfy me that his character's very unjustly attacked in the diatribe of Mr. bcott. One charge is made against Mr. Taylor by M,r. Scott which he doubly clinches with truth when he declares. "He was a black negro." I am led, however, to doubt his familiarity with his suggestion when he adds: "As black as you ever saw." Yours very truly, Grover Cleveland. Mr. Webb said he wanted this de nial to travel that the statement of Mr. Scott might be overtaken. "Mr. Cleveland was a friend of the negro, but not a fool friend," said Mr. Webb. "He never by word or action encouraged the dream of social equal ity in the breast of the black man--" This was greeted with applause by tbe Democrats. "Again," he continued,v "he was the friend of colored men, but he also was the friend of the southern white man and sympathized with us in our race problems and race burdens, and thai, sir, is more than Mr. Roosevelt seems ever to have done." Mr. Scott said he accepted the statement of Mr. Cleveland as true and oifered his apology to the former president. In justice to himself, said Mr Scott, he desired to say that he never before heard the report denied. Mr. Swanson of Virginia asked Mr. Scott where he had heard the report, to which Mr. Scott replied that he had seen the statement in newspa pers. Mr. Swanson asked further for a copy of a newspaper containing the statemeut. Mr. Scott explained that these statements were made several years ago and the papers might not be easily procured. He said that he had made full apology to Mr. Cleve land. Mr. Scott added tha'. he had brought to Mr. Cleveland lor the first time in four years applausj from the Democratic side. This was loudly applauded upon tbe majority side of the chamoer. Mr. Williams, the minority leader, charged that Mr. Roosevelt had dined Booker Washington to carry the light of example to the south which does not believe in social equality/ When a question is raised, he said, against the appointment of a negro to positions in the south the statement is made that there can he no discriminali'in on ac count of color: but. continued Mr. Williams, the administration would not appoint a Chinaman as a postmas ter on the Pacitic coast if he possessed I the ability of Li Hung Chang. Mr. Williams said the whole incident was a telling blow at the abstract theory of general equality and that it "is a j discovery of the underlying hypro- j crlsy of the contention that all men are socially equal, regardlessuf color, race, traits and tendencies." Mr. Scott desired to know who had been asserting social equality. "I have understood," replied Mr. Williams, "that tie- political theory of your household political faith for the last 20 years has been that men, regardless of color, race, trails, ten dencies, characteristics, capabilities or what-not ought to be strictly equal politically," and said social equality must follow. "But that is not all, the head of your party set the example of social equality in tbe only manner it can be set by inviting a black man^to a table." Mr. Williams said that if what the president had done was not to carry the light uf example it was done for no purpose at all. "It was an unconscious exhibition. f continued" the minority leader, "o the arrogance that teaches men now and then to shed the light of example upon the benighted white population of the south." mat Mr. Williams went on: "Nor am I quarreling with Mr. Roosevelt, nor have I quarreled with him at all. He has a perfect .right to invite a colored man if he chooses, but as far as I know he waited until he was president of the United States so.it could bear an official stamp before he ev.er did it." ( Mr. Scott said he had made no im putation of fault against Mr. Cleve land. He had simply pointed to the allegation he made because the Demo cratic party had gone into hysterics because one man had invited a col ored man to his table." ? "All right," said Mr. Williams, "I am glad to hear that because I thought the gentleman had a sharp stick and was after my dearaud much adored old friend, Grover Cleveland." (Laughter.) Further discussion was cut short by a point of order. TO DELIVER FREIGHT PROMPTLY The Act on the Subject Passed by the General Assembly. Probably the hardest fought bill of the year was that on prompt freight transportation. The law as it now stands, after surviving the struggle in the legislative halls, provides that the railroads mustdeliver goods within a time limit. The limit is definite, yet seems to be liberal enough. The schedule is, from midnight of the day the freight is received: not over 100 miles 72 hours, 100 to 200 miles 96 hours, over 200 miles 120 hours. The nearest route by rail is taken as the distance between points. If prompt shipment is wanted the company must stamp this notice on the bill of lading. The second sectiou of the act is: ' "That any such company failing to comply with the provisions of this act, except for good and sullicicnt cause the burden of proving which shall be on the company so failing, shall be subject, in addition to the liabilities and remedies now existing for unreasonable delay in the trans portation of freight, to a penalty of $5 a day for every day of delay in ex cess of the time hereinbefore limited, to be recovered by any consignee who may be injured In any way by such delay, or by the owner or holder of the bill of lading in any court of compe tent jurisdiction: Provided, Tnat the.sum of the penalties received shall not exceed the value of the goods and transportation-charges thereon: ? Pro vided; further, That any such com pany, shall, within ten days after de mand in writing therefor by any con signee of delayed freight, or the own er or holder of the bill of lading, fur nish a statement in writing sDecify ing the date of ifs receipt of such freight, the cause of delay, and the name of the company responsible therefor. Any company failing to furnish such statement shall forfeit to the party demanding it SI.00 a day for each day In default, to be recovered as aforesaid; said; Provided further, That if any such company shall prove that no de lay in violation of this act occurred in the transportation of such freight after receipt thereof by it, and that it extended the notice that prompt ship ment was required to its connecting line, and that by the exercise of due diligence it was unable to discover the cause of the delay or the name of the company responsible therefor, it shall be excused from liability under this act." The act does not go into effect until May L. Good for the Governor. A dispatch from Greenville to The State says a big cocking main was in terrupted Thursday by Sheriff J. D. Gilreath, acting under instructions from Gov. Hey ward, and there was great disappointment in the crowd numbering 1?0 who had come from North Carolina, Georgia and various points in this sectton. The rendevous was nearly live miles from the city, at McBee distillery, and the cock light ing was about to begin when Sheriff Gilreath and his deputy drove upon the ground, which ciused such con sternation a large number took to the woods literally. A ,messenger was sent immediately to the city for legal advice, and when Senator Dean was consulted this afternoon he informed ail that the sheriff was obeying in structions from the governor. The courier hurried back and it was agreed to stop any further proceedings. Seven Years Wedded. Mr. and Mrs. Nias Preble of Inde pendence Iowa, have just celebrated their seventieth wedding anniversary, and, it is believed, hold the record for married life in Iowa, if not in the United States. Mr. Preble is 92 years old and his wife is 87. They are both in good health, and Mr. Preble was found splitting wood by the friends who called to congratu late. He reads the newspapers and keeps al>rea>t with the affairs <>f thf. day. Mrs. Preble is quite deaf, but otherwise in good health. Of their long married life, forty-eight years have been spent in Muchanan county and forty years in Independence. Both were b>rn in Vermont. They have had seven children, and three are now living. I'cndiy Ura*N JMn. A special dispatch from Marion to The State says Mrs. K. B. Foxworth is dead as the result of picking a fever blister with a brass pin. She was apparently in good health when a small blister appeared on her lip and she picked it with a pin, after which it festered and blood poisoning fol lowed. She suffered a great deal unt il death relieved her. Mr. Foxworth was Miss Leola Baker, a daughter of Mr. B. B. Baker, and lived in the Centenary neighborhood, about 12 miles from Marion. She was a noble hearted, Christian woman. Her unex pected death has cast a gloom over the community and caused sorrow in maiiy hearts. $1.00 ?B ANNUM. AN OHIO MOB Shot a Negro to Death, Then/ Hanged Him and Shot Again. NEGRO SILLED A POLICEMAN. The Jail Was Stormed by the Mob. Who Took Their Victim Out and Shot / Him to Death. Richard Dixon, a negro, was shot to death at Springfield Ohio, Monday night by a mob, for the killing of Policeman Charles Collis, who died Monday from wounds received at the handsof Dixon on Sunday. Collis had gone to Dixon's room on the negro's request. Dixjn said his mistreits had his clothes in her posses sion. CjIHs accompanied Dixon to the room and in a short time the man and woman engaged in a quarrel which resulted in Dixion shooting the wo man, who is variously known as Anna or Mamie Cor bin, in-the left breast, just over the heart. She fell uncon scious at the first shot and G)llis jumped towards the negro to prevent his escape from the room. Dixon then fired four balls into Collis, the .last of which penetrated his abdo :nen. Dixon went immediately to po lice headquarters and gave himself up. He was taken to jail. As soon as Collis' death became known talk of lynching the negiro was heard and Monday night a crowd be: gan to gather about the jail. the negro soot to death. At 11 o'clock the negro was taken Irom the jail and shot to death in the jail yard and trie body was taken from there to the corner of Main street and Fountain avenue and hung to a tele graph pole where the mob spent the next half hour riddling the body with bullets from several hundred revol vers. The mob forced an entrance to the jail by butting in tue east dooi:s with a railroad iron. At 10.;iO o'clock the mob melted rapidly and it was the general opinion that no more at tempts would be made to force an en trance. Small groups of men, how ever, could be seen in the shadows of the courthouse, two adjacent livery stables and several dwelling houses. At 10.45 o'clock the police were sat isfied that there was nothing more to fear and they, with other officials and newspaper men, passed freely in and out of the jail. Shortly before Jl o'clock a diversion was made by a small crowd moving from the east doors around to the south entrance. The police followed and a biufl! was made at jostling them olf the steps leading up to the sonth entrance. The crowd at this point kept growing, while yells of "hold the police," "smash the doors," "lynch the nig ger" were made, interspersed with re volver shots. All this time the party with the heavy railroad iron was beating at the east door which soon yeilded to the battering ram as did the inner lattice iron east door, and overpowered the sheriff,turnkey and handful of deputies and began the assault on the iron , turnstile leading to the cells. The police from the south door were called inside to keep the! mob from the cells and in live minutes the south door had shared the fate of the east one. MOB OK TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED. In an incredible short time the jail was tilled with a moo of l'?o men with all the entrances and yard gates blocked by fully 2,500 men. thus mak ing it impossible for the militia to have prevented access to the negro, had it been on the scene. The heavy iron partition leading to the cells re sisted the mob effectually until cold chisels and sledge bammers arrived, which were only tw i or three minutes later in arriving. The p id lock to the turnstile was broken and the mob soon tilled the corridors leading to the cells. Seeing that further resistance was un less and to avoid the killing of inno cent prisoners the authorities consent ed to the demand of the mob for the right man. He was dragged from his cell to the jail door and thence down the stone Rteps to a court in the jail yard. Fearing an attempt on part of the police to rescue him the leaders formed a hollow square. NINE shots in his BODY. Some one knocked the negro to the ground and those, near to him fell back four of five feet. Nihe shoes were tir ed into his postrate body, and satisfi ed that he was dead, a dozen men grabbed the lifeless b >dy and with a triumphant cheer the mob surged into Columbia street and marched to Fountain avenue one of the principle streets of the town. From here they marched south to the Intersection of Main street, and z rope was tied around Dixon's neck. Two men climlc.'d Umpole and threw the rope over the topmost cross-arm and drew the body about 18 feet above the street. They then dtsjended and their work was greeted with a cheer. The fusillade then begun and for :U) minutes the body was kept swaying back and forth from the force of the rain of bullets wbicb has poured in on it. Frequently the arms woula ily up convulsively when a muscle was struck, and the mob went fairly wiid with delight. Throughout it all perfect order was maintained and every one seemed in the best of humor, joking with his nearest neighbor while reloading his revolver. Caused by a Ptn. Miss Susie Scolield, a teacher in Clifford Female seminary, Union, is in a dangerous condition, due to a pin scratch which caused blood poison. It is feared that one of her arms may have to be amputated,Jand even: this may not save her life.