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ESTABLISHED EN" 18 THEY ARE NEEDED. SOUTH CAROLIN AN S BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE. Delegations from Columbia, Orange burg and Sumter Present Claims of Their Towns. The Washington correspondent 0f The News and Courier says Colum bia, Orangeburg and Sumter. through their representatives, had a hearing Thursday before a sub-committee on buildings and grounds with refer ence to securing Federal appropria tions for public buildings in those: places. These delegations were com-l posed of the following: From Sum ter, R. I. Mannng, Marion Moise, Geo. D. Shore, E. T. Reardon, Dr. J. A. I Mood and W. H. Seal; from Col urn-' bia, B. F. Taylor, Geo. D. Huggins, Willie Jones, Dr. Cain, F. H. Hyatt, j Micah Jenkins and T. B. Stackhouse; j from Orangeburg Mayor J. W. H. Dukes, R. H. Jennings, I. W. Bow-' man and A.. D. Webster. These gen tlemen were met upon arrival at' Washington by Representative Lev er and showed every possible atten tion. At 10.30 o'clock the hearing be gan. While the arguments put forth by the different speakers were in the main the same, they differed in a few particulars. Messrs, Manning, Moise and Shore, who spoke in be half of Sumter, called attention to the fact that their town was the best in the State, which statement was at once challenged by Columbia and Orangeburg. They said all they want ed was for the members of the com mittee who had this matter in hand to go there and they would see that their town was entitled to better post office quarters than it now enjoy ed. For Orangeburg Messrs. Bowman and Webster called attention to the rapid growth of their town, and said that from a hamlet with practically no business to speak of a few years ago it had grown in the last ten years to a place of such importance that the Government should be ashamed of its present prstofficc building. Every phase of Orange burg 3 commercial life wa.-; touched upon. Postmaster Webster conclud ed his remarks by stating that at the present time Orangeburg was trans acting its postal business in a build ing 21 by 54 feet, and that the com mercial interests of the town and the people demanded better facili-j ties. For Columbia there appeared B. F. Taylor, Postmaster Huggns and Mo jor Micah Jenkins. They told at some length the story of Columbia's rise from the ashes of war and her commercial importance o? the pres ent time. F. H. Hyatt told the com mittee that Columbia was like the little boy w'aj had outgrown his pants, he ought to have a new pair, of if he couldn't have a new pair his old ones ought to me patched. That, he said, was the condition in Colum bia with respect to the postoffice building. The members of the committee asked numbers of questons and seem ed interested in the information given them. It is probable that Mr. Lever will have a delegation visit South Carolina some time during the present session of Congress to take a look at the places wanting Federal aid. and he will endeavor to convince them that Columbia ought to have $500,000 with which to en large her present building; Sumter S60 000 for enlarging here; and Or angeburg $100,000 with which to bulid one there. ANOTHER SENATOR DEAD. Senator Bryan of Florida Passes Away in Washington. United States Senator Wm. James Bryan, of Florida, died at Providence Hospital in Washington Sunday morning of typhoid fever. It was only seventy-three days since he took his seat as the successor of the late Senator Stephen R. Mallory, who died December 23, and thirty-three days of that tme was spent in his fight against disease. In Mr. Bryan the Senate loses the seventh member by death since the adjournment of the 59th Congress on March 4 a year ago. They were the two late Senators from Alabama, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Pettus; Mr. Mal lory, of Florida; Mr. Latimer, of South Carolina; Mr. Proctor, of Ver mont: Mr. Whyte, of Maryland, and Mr. Bryan. Curiously enough, the last two were the oldest and the youngest members of the body. Mr. Whyte was 84 years old and Mr. Bryan less than 32. * ASSISTANT OBSERVERS WANTED Weather Bureau Senke Ofiers Op portunity to Young Men. An opportunity is offered young men to become assstait observers in the United States Weather bureau through the civil service, as exami nations will be held by the civil ser vice commission on April 15th, prox imo, at the following places In South Carolina on that day: Charleston, Columbia and Greenville. The position pays $750 with the prospect of rapid promotion after the probationary period of six months has end^d. Application for informa tion in relation to the examinations, aud for admission to the same, should be addressed to the U. S. Civ il Service Commission, Washington. ;69. SEN. HUMAN SICK HAS BEEN QUITE ILL FOR SEV ERAL DAYS. But His Physicians Do Not Fear Anything Immediately Serious From Present Attack. The State says it was reported from Trenton, S. C, Saturday that Senator B. R. Tillman is quite a sick man. It is said that he is not in an alarming condition, but that he will not be able to return to his duties for some time. Dr. J. \V. Bab cock, superintendent of the State Hospital for tne insane, who went, down to Trenton to see Senator Till man, came back Saturday night and gave out the following statement: "Senator Tillman was taken seri ously ill Thursday night. He spoke Monday in Washington and after two days at Clemson College he went to his home at Trenton, complain ing of the heat. That night he had an attack, evidently due to ha.-d work, and the unusual heat, which produced nervous trouble similar to that from which he suffered three years ago when he consulted eminent specialists in Philadelphia, who did not find any signs of organic disease. After a short rest the senator was soon at his post agaiu. "In the present attack the old symptoms of numbness and tingling of the left side have returned, but they are lessening in the last 24 hours. His physicians. Drs. Hunter and Babcock, are agreed that there are now no indications of organic trouble, and are hopeful that, after a few days' rest the senator may be well enough to return to his duties in Washington." * Senator Tillman Better. It was stated Sunday night by Sen ator Tillman's physician at Trenton, Dr. T. J. Hunter, that senator Till man had passed a good day, resting well Saturday night and retaining his nourishment Sunday, and in is hoped that he will be all right within the next few days. Dr. Babcock, of Columbia, who went over to seen the Senator, returned to the city Satur day afternoon and had heard nothing from him Suuday. * BOARD OF EDUCATION. Present Members Will Be Reappoint ed by Gov. Ansel. Goy. Ansel Saturday announced at the meeting of the State board of education that he would reappoint all of the present members of this board for the term of four years. There has been considerable specu lation on the probable appointments. Prof. W. K. T?te of the Charleston schools, representing the First Con gressional district. Mr. H. C. Rice, a member of the Aiken bar, of the Second district. Prof. D. W. Daniel of Clemson college, representing the Third dis trict. Prof. A. G. Rembert, Wofford Col lege, for the Fourth district. Prof. A. R. Banks, superintendent of the Lancasler schools, represent ing the Fifth district. Col. Banks has been a member of the board un der five governors and was a mem ber of the staff of two other govern ors. Mr. W. J. Montgomery, member of the Marion bar, representing the sixth district. Mr. Montgomery is the retiring president of the State Banker's association. Prof. A. J. Thackson of the Or angeburg schools for the Seventh dis drict. Gov. Ansel is chairman of the board and Superintendent O. B. J Martin is the secretary. * THREE HUNDRED PERISH In the Sinking oi the Japanese Steam ship, Hide \oslii. A dispatch from London dated March 23 gives details fron) Tokio, describing the sinking of tbe Japan ese steamship Matsu Maru, which was rammeb by the steamship Hide Yoshi off Todohokao, stating that more than 240 passengers and the crew of 43 perished. The captain of the Butsu Haru, as well as the crew, did everything in their power to pre vent the panic, but failed. They stuck to their posts and went down with the ship. NEGRO CHILDREN BURNED Three Pickanninnies Perish in a Fire Near Walhalla. Three negro children perished in the flames when the house of Ella Davis, a colored man living near Wal halla, was burned Thursday night. Four children alone in the house were playing with a torch nead a sack of seed cotton, which caught fire, igniting their clothing. Though the door stood open the three young est children were too freightened to escape. * Legally Hanged. At La Grange, Ga., Ingram Cana dy. a negro assailant, was hanged in the jail yard Friday afternoon at 1:16 o'clock. Canady was convicted at the last November term of court of crmiually assaulting Mrs. Rosa Jones. ? ORANGEBTJK THE COTTON CROP FOR LAST YEAR- GOES OVER ELEVEN MILLION BALES. The Census Report Issued by the Department of Agriculture Gives the Total TPigures. The census report issued Friday shows that the cotton crop grown in 1907 aggregated 11,261,163 running bales, counting round as half bales and including linters, and showed a total of 27.077 active ginneries for 1907. This is against 13,305,266 bales in 1906, and 10,725,002 in 1905. The statistics include 177.040 bales returned as remaining to be ginned after the tiem of the March canvass. The total number of run ning bales as given is equivalent to 11,302,S72 of 500 pounds each. The average gross weight of the bales for 1907 is 501.S pounds. The item for the crop of 1907 are 10. 798,596 square bales; 1 98.549 round bales; S6,793 sea island bales; 198, 549 round bales; 86,793 sea island bales; linters 276.500 bales. Tne number of running .bales by States follows: Alabama 1,126,028; Arkansas 760,162, Florida 57,616, Georgia 1,891,900, Kansas 34, Ken tucky 4,205, Louisiana 676,823, Mis sissippi 1,464,207, Missouri 35, 997, New Mexico 447, North Caro lina 648,517. Oklahoma 864,106, South Carolina 1,175,3 75, Tennessee 274,536, Texas 2.271,724, Virginia 9.4S6, Kentucky's total includes lin ters of establishments in Illinois and Virginia. The linters included 276,500 bales for 1907, 322.064 for 1906 and 230, 4 97 for 1905. Round bales are 198, 549 for 1907, 268.219 for 1906, and 279,836 for 1905. Sea island bales are S6.S93 for 1907, 57,550 for 1906, 112,539 for 1905. Average gross weight of the bales for 1907, including linters as given, is against 501.9 (or 1906; that of the round bales is 246.1 pounds for 1907, compared with 245.1 for 1906, and the sea island 391.6 pounds fori 1907, compared with 3S7.2 for 1906. * Watson's Close Estimate. The State says when the govern ment estimate on the cotton crop for 1 907 came in the estimate made in November by Commissioner Watson's department was compared with the figures issued from Washington and it was found that there was a differ ence of only 13.198 bales in the figures on the South Carolina arop and 109.957 on the entire crop of the United States. * COMIMTK SUICIDE. A Columbian Takes Poison and Then Stabs Himself. Athol H. Miller, a representative of the F. S. Royster Guano company, Norfolk, Va., committed suicide at the Hillboro hotel, Tampa, Fla., Friday morning, taking about 100 grains of morphine and later stab bing himself three times near the heart with a six-inch pearl-handled dagger. Miller left two letters, one to his wife at Camden. S. C, his home, and another to P. E. Black of the Prairie Pebble Phosphate aompany at Mul berry, Fla. In the letter to his wife Miller stated that he had no cause for the suicide, but felt an uncontrol lable Impulse which he could not con quer. The letter to Black related to busi ness matters. Miller had been at Tampa two weeks, stopping at the Tampa Bay hotel. Before going to Tampa he spent three weeks at the Prairie Pepple Phosphate plant in the interest of his employers. TWO ELEPHANTS AT LARGE Escape from Circus in Florida and Make for Georgiu. Chief of Palice Dampier. of Val dosta, Ga., received a telegram from the Van Arnberg Shows, at White Springs, Fla., stating that two of their elephants and escaped and were headed for Valdosta, where the cir cus wintered. Later reports which have reached here say the elephants have been sur rounded nine miles from Geona, Fla., by a crowd of farmers with guns, and that the big animals were fired upon, the shots only infuriating them and causing them to dash away. Three or four trainers from the circus are hurrying to the scene to try and capture them. Telegrams from White Springs say the people in the country through that section are almost terrorized and are organizing in great numbers for a big elephant hunt. ? Jumped Five Stories. At New York Mrs. Sarah Scherry, a despondent widow, killed herself by diving from the front window of her fifth-story apartment at 64 East 103rd Street into a crowd of women on the sidewalk, most of them who had children in arms or in baby car riages. * Fatal Explosion. The boiler at the saw mill of G. W. Moore at Homeland. Ga.. blew up Friday morning, killing Mr. Moore, the proprietor, instanuy, and seriously scalding three other men. Mr. Moore was one of the wealthiesl men in that section of the State. * 9-, S. C., TUESDAY, M\B THE COURT GAVEL A Oh. Johnny D.. E'en might an For ;udg? cruel Of "don't kno BRYAN WRITES And Thanks The State For Fight Against Misrepresentation. WANTS A FREE PRESS But Thinks the Will of* the Peo ple in Every State Should Hav< Voice, Not the Wishes of a Few Rule or Ruin Newspapers. Shows Up the New York- World and Its Editorials. Lincoln, Neb., March 13, 190S Mr. Wm. E, Gonzales, Columbia, S. C My Dear Mr. Gonzales.... I appre ciate the fight which you are making against the misrepresentations in dulged in by the New York World and those who echo meir editorials it is not for me to discuss the ques ton of availability of candidates. I have never stated thnt T was the most available candidate or that I could poll the most votes. That is not a question upon which my judge ment ought to be ventured or ac cepted. I have simply stated that it is a question for the voters of the party to determine. As a Democrat I have resented the claim that a few editors should de cide this question for the people. I am a believer in free press and I recognize the right of any editor whether his circulation be large or small, to state his opinion and his reason for it, but those who read his opinion have a right to give it such weight as they think it deserves. I have insisted that the readers ought to know what pecuniary interest the editor has in the questions under discussion. For instance, I asked The World to state editorially what financial in terests its owner, Mr. Pulitzer has in the stocks or bonds of railroads and in the stocks and bonds of cor porations commonly known as trusts. The World has not seen fit to an swer the question. ? He is reputed to be interested in a number of cor porations which are affected by leg islation, and his readers are entitled to know what his interests are. If he has interests adverse to the in terest of the public, he is not a dis interested judge as to candidates or platform. If he has interests that would be injuriously affected by legislation needed by the people, then his opin ions are worth no more than theopin ons of Mr. Harrlman or Mr. Rocke feller.. I do not deny the right of Harriman, or Morgan, or Rockefel ler, of Pulitzer, to own a paper and present their views to the public, but I do contend mat in the interest of honesty and fair dealing, the owner of the paper should be known and the interest of the owner in the ques tions frankly stated. The World's unfairness is evidenc ed in every editorial. In the first place it ignores entirely the election of 1894, when the Democratic party was overwhelmingly defeated. This election occurred before 1 had any influence in national politics. It oc urred when the party was being con ducted along the lines laid down by The World.. It is deliberately unfair j in ignoring this election and charg-| ing the defeats of 1S9G and 19?0 to j me, just as it is unfair in ignoring the still worse defeat of 1904, when it was again the party's adviser. It is simply prophesying when it says that I can not carry any States j that I lost before, and that some Other Democrat can. How does itj know? What gift of phophecy has it? It thought in 1904 that Judge Parker would prove a popular candi date, it demanded his Domination and it advised him each day as to what he should say and do. What evidence can it furnish that it has more intelligence today than it had then, or that its prophecies rest on a firmer foundation'.' There are several papers in your State which were against me in 1895 and have been aganst me ever since. I do not know whether it is because of a difference ol opinon as to what ought, to be done, or whether hoy are connected with interests that are :CH 24, 1908. S A BUNG STARTER. - ? j., ? ? with your hard fatt. ati?cl quarrel, wif], apite your plea w," lap jrour barL ?Thorndiko in Baltimore American. hostile to the things which I have been advocating. There are several papers in the United States which are known to be owned, in whole or in part, by the corporate interests, which they defend, but I would not make such a charge against the pap ers of your State, becuase I have no knowledge as to the ownership or as to the corporate interests with which the owners may be connected, and I prefer to assume that the differences are honest differences unless I have evidence to the contrary. However, it is only fair to say that these unfriendly editors, howev er honest they may he, are only so many individuals, and according to the Democratic theory, they are en titled to such influence only as their fellow-citizens may voluntarily give to their opinions. If the voters differ from these editors it must be remem bered that they have a right to dif fer, and if it should prove that the voters are mistaken in judgment, they can console themselves with the reflection that the editors unfriendly to me have also been mistaken in judgment, as is shown by the defeat of 1904. I am not asking for any honors at the hands of the, Democratic party; [ have been honored far beyond any thing that I could claim as a matter of right or as a matter of merit and I especially appreciate the generous support that has come to me from the Southern States. It has been grat ifying to me to know that my Dem ocracy has been satisfactory to the rank and file of the Democrats of the South, as well as to the rank and file of the Democrats of the North. If the Democratic voters believe that. I can assist the party by being a candidate why should I refuse? And why should I take the advice of a few editors who have never been friendly rather than the advi:e of millions of Democrats who have been colaborers with me for more than a decade? ? The policy of the party must be determined by the voters and when I discuss Democratic prinicples I dis cuss them with the understanding that I have no power to coerce, as I have no disposition to coerce. I can only persuade, and I have never tried to persuade others to believe except where I have myself believed. You have as much right to your opinion as to any other editor, and surely your Democracy can not be questioned when you, unlike some other editors, propose to test the popularity of measures and of men by the vote of the people. Popular government rests upon the right of the people to rule and every party, if it deserves a place under a popular government, must recognize the right of the voters to rule. Power comes up from the people and not down to them. You are on sound Democratic ground when you insist that the destinies of a candidate, like the destinies of a country, must be placed in the hands of those who do the voting, for to be Democratic we must believe in the capacity of the people to govern themselves, as well as in their right to self-govern ment. Again thanking you for your gen erous defense of the principles and policies for which I am contending, I am, Very truly yours, w. J. Bryan. two Men shot. Community Excited Over Wounding of Young Men. An unknown negro shot and fatal ly wounded Baxter and Rufus Burns at Burns. Miss., late Friday. Both are relatives of United States Senator McLaurih of Mississippi. Gov. Neol has sent bloodhounds from the Ran kin county convict farm in pursuit. Th.: vicinity is greatly excited and a large posse is reported assisting in the search of the culprit. The cause of the shooting has not been ascer tained. * Killed on Railway. A dispatch to The State says "Miss Deila Davega received a dispatch Wednesday mornng ajinouneng the death of her brother-in-law. Mr. E. Chavasse, from being struck by a passing train at Lexington, Ky. Miss Da Vega left at once to attend the funeral. Mrs. Chavasse was .Miss Mary DaVega, n na ve or this city, and sister of the late Dr. S. M. Da Vega." * HEAVY DAMAGES GIVEN MOTHER AND LITTLE SON WHO WERE Badly Burned by Coming in Contact With a Live Wire on the Streets of Florence. A dispatch from Florence to The News and Courier says the biggest verdicts- ever awarded by a Florence County jury were recorded Thursday in the cases of Mrs. Maude Laughlin and her little son. Lawrence Laugh lln, both of whom were horribly burned by an electric wire in Flor ence last August, against the Flor ence Electric Light and Power Com pany and the Southern Public Service Corporation Mrs. Laughlin, who asked $50,000 damages, was award ed $17,000, and Lawrence Lnughlin, whose suit was for $20,000 damages, obtained a verdict for $8,000. Judge Dantzler promptly overrul ed a motion for a new trial, as he had previously overruled a motion for a non-suit, based on the ground that it had not been proven that the Southern Public Corporation was in any way connected with the Florence Light and Power Company. The case will be appealed to the Supreme Court. This was one of the biggest cases ever tried in the Court of Com mon Pleas in this county. Mrs. Lauglin is the wife of Mr. George W. Laughlin of Florence. The injuries for which she has been awarded damages were received on the 19th of last August, while she was trying to rescue little Lawrence her only son, who had become en tagled in the street near the corner of Ravenel and Cheeves streets. Both mother and son were so badly in jured that it became necessary to amputate Mrs. Laughlin's right hand and right foot, and the larger por tion of Lawrence's right hand. * CAROLINA HONEY WANTED. Jahn/ Says Thousands of BuitcIs Are , Sought by Germans. The Post says if anybody in or about Charleston wouid like to sell a thousand barrels of honey, or one hundred thousand barrels, Imperial Consul E. Hi Jahnz should be com municated with at once because he has received a communication from Germany from distributors of that product in the Fatherland asking for an unlimited supply of American and particularly South Carolina honey. The Germans use lots of honey each year, so much in fact that local apiaries, and even tne bee plants of the neighboring countries, fail to supply the demand for honey that comes from hundreds of bakers of Germany. It would seem that use could not be found, for the vast amount of the honey produced in Germany and im ported annually, but the supply has not yet equalled the demand, for the Germans have a sweet tooth and like nothing better UuMfentelr "horag uchen" or honey cake, a kind of con fection that is widely popular and is eaten by high and low Germans. The German distributors wb. buy any kind of honey in any shape, Herr Consul Jahns said recently, in dis cussing the request which he has re ceived from Germany. The bitter honey is as convertible into a prime ingredient for the honey cake as the purest sweet honey. Straned or un strained, the honey brought is taken. Letters addressed to the German consul at Charleston from prospec honey sellers of this city or state will be forwarded to Germany and prices quoted by the distributors there. iney will give the highest market prices for honey. MOB LYNCHES TWO MEN. Florida Farmers Shoot Two Alleged Murderers to Death. At Perry, Fla., tween one and two o'clock Friday morning a mob of armed citizens surrounded the county jail and took Richard Smith and Will McMullen, both charged with murder, fro*.- the jail carrying them quietly to a secluded spot on the outskirts of the towu, where they were securely tied to a post and their bodies riddled with bullets. The bodies were founi early next morning by the authorities Smith was charged with the murder of a white man a few days ago and Mc I Mullen was awaiting trial for the murder of another negro. Mc Mullen was a desperate character, and a few days ago overpowered the jailor, making his escape. He was recaptured by Marchal Hawkins. The citizens of Perry are of the opinion that the mob was formed of farmers of the surrounding country. No further trouble is feared. * Robber Injured. A dispatch from Asheville to The State says in an effort to make a quick "get away," after he had brok en into and robbed the Arden post office, Wlliam Miller, a young man from South Carolina, attempted to board a movng freight train, but fell beneath the wheels. One foot was cut off and he is otherwise badly Injured. * For Killing Negro. At Hartwell, Ga., Hugh Wall, a white man, tried for the murder of John Norris, the latter a negro, was found guilty of voluntary manslaugh ter and recommended to the mercy of the court. Wall was sentenced to 1"4 years iu the penitentiary. * $1.50 PEE AUTTDM. MANY LIVES LOST IN MARINE DISASTERS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. Many Vessels Wrecked During the Past Fall and Winter Season Just Ended. A review of the marine casualties; off the coast of New England and British North America during the fall and winter seasons just ended, shows that about 350 lives were lost. Of this number 251 persons perished in the wrecks of ten vessels belonging; to the French fishing fleet of St. Pierre. Miquelon, last fall. These vessels foundered in heavy gales* which swept the grand hanks. About 25 New England fishermen, were also lost in these storms. [The most thrilling disaster was that which befell the British steamer St. Cuthbert off the Nova Scotia coast on February 2. The steamer, while on a voyage from Antwerp to New York, caught fire and In their en dearor eo escape incineration four teen men perished; thirteen by drowning and one by falling int? the burning hold. Another notable disaster of the? winter was the wreck of the British: steamer Tolesby, Galveston, Texas, for Havre. The Tolesby struck ?he rocks at Freshwater Point, near Cape Race, in a heavy snow storm on the night of January 13. The steamer broke in two and the crew w?s in danger of being swept overboard, but they finally reached the Leach, but encountered a steep cliff 200 feet in height and extending for miles. After suffering from cold an l flying; spray for 18 hours all hands uere? rescued. One of the greatest feats in ma rine annals was the saving of the six hundred persons who were on the Canadian Pacific steamer, Mount Temple, when she struck on Lahavre Iron Bound Island ledges off Bridge water, N. S., on the night of Decem ber 2, while on her way to St. John from Antwerp. The steamer went on the rocks during a heavy snow storm, and at the time it was thought she would go to pieces. The women and chldren were landed on Iron Bound Island by means of breeches lines and baskets and the men were taken off in boats from fishing schooners and tugs. The Mount Temple is still on the rocks. On December 13 the Thompson liner Kildona, bound from Dundeo for Portland, struck Brazil Rock, off Cape Sable, N. S., and was totally wrecked. The crew were rescued by the steamer Luinisburg. The latest mihfortune to befall ai steamer was that which overtook the Red Cross steamer, Sylvia, New York for Halifax, and St. Johns, N. S. She was wrecked March 14, on Sow and Pigs Shoal. The passengers and crew were landed at New Bed ford. The Dominion Atlantic steamer Yarmouth, was wrecked near St. John, on December, but was floated later. No one was lost. On December 13, the seven masted schooner, Thomas W. Lawson, went to pieces on the Sicily Islands. Near ly all of the crew were drowned. The other great tragedy of the sea, and one that may always re main a mystery, was the dissapear ance of the Bath, Maine, ship Ar thur Sewall, one of the best known vessels in thv. American fleet. She left Philadelphia. April 3, 1907, for Seattle. Wash., and has never been reported since she left Delaware? Breakwater. The Sewall carried a cargo of coal and probably founded with all on hoard. In addition to the vessels named thirty schooners, ten barges and sev eral vessels of small rig were wreck ed in New England and Canadian waters. In New Foundland waters dozens of fishing craft were driven: ashore in the gales of last fall and twenty-five lives were lost. About & dozen lost their lives off the New England Coast by the sinkink oC barges. *? SHOOTING OF JUDGE BUCHANAN" Fatal Bullet Accidentally Fired bj| One of Two Boys. A dispatch from Edgefield t;ays it: is now certain that the ball that killed Ex-Judge Buchannan cam* from a rifle in the hands of one of two boys who were hunting, and tt Is authoritlvely stated that the shoot ing was entirely accidental. Whll? the boys are known, the Informant of the correspondent of The News and Courier at Ward's refused to give names, nor have they, so far as Is known here, been made public or any confession or statement made as to their unfortunate, though not criminal, connection with the sad af fair. No official investigation has been made. *? Shot Wife and Self. Mad with love tor another woman, determined to sever the bonds that hound him to a woman he did not love, George Willoughby, prominent 'in business and church circles at Milwaukee, Wls., shot his wife dead Friday morning, and twice wounded himself. * Jilted Man Suicides. Jilted by Mrs. LaFayette Glcason, divorced wife of the clerk of the state senate, Herbert Kremer, son of tho president of the German-American Insurance company, shot and killed himself in the woman's rooms in tho Hotel St. Charles, New York. *