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PUBLISHED THREE PASSES HOUSE Payne Tariff Jill Now Goes to the Senate FOR CONSIDERATION The Bill, Which is a Thoroughly Republican Measure, Was Voted For by Every Republican, Except One, and Four So-CaUed Demo crats, Who Sold Out. Washington, April 9.?After three weeks of consideration the Payne bill was passed by the House of Rep resentatives tonight by a vote of 217 to. 161. One Republican, Austin, of Tennessee, voted against the mjeasure, and four Democrats, all from Louisiana, Messrs. Broussard, Eslopinal, Pujo and Wickliffe, voted . for it. An attempt by Champ Clark, the minority leader, to recommit the bill with instructions, signally failed. The day was filled with excitement at noon until the last minute. The members were key_d up to th:; high est pitch, and a practically full mem bership remained on duty through out. The final vote demonstrated the capacity of the Republican or ganization to get together. The bill had plain, easy sailing until the lumber schedule was reach ed. Then a fight began with an amendment by Mr. Tawney to strike out Section 19G. which imposed a duty of one-half of one cent per cubic foot on hewn timber and tim ber used for spars, and upon which the yeas and nays were ordered. The amendment was defeated 284 to 198. Mr. Tawney then offered an amendment to Section 197, reducing the duty on finished lumber 80 per cent and striking out the duty on the free lumber without. placing it on the fre list. His supporters were more than sufficient to force another roll call, but he was defeated, the vote resulting, yeas 180, nays 200. Th? next amendment in order was one by Mr. DeArmond, of Missouri, excepting from the countervailing duty all lumber coming from coun tries of the Wiestern Hemisphere, and on that the yeas and nays were likewise ordered. The DeArmond amendment was voted down, 13? to 244. . The provision for the countervail ing duty on lumber then was strick en out by viva voc? vote. Mr. Clark, of Missouri, forced a roll call on his amendment striking out the whole of Section 197, pro viding for a duty on dresed lumber. It was defeated, yeas 153, nays 228.. Undaunted, Mr. Tawney called up his amendment placing on the free list hewn lumber and sawed and planned lumber, covered by Section 196 and 197, and a yea and nay vote was ordered. This result: Yeas, 181: nays, 200, which finally defeated all attempts at obtaining free lumber so far as the House is concerned. .Fifty-seven Republicans voted for free lumber and thirty-eight Dem ocrats against it. The following Democrats voted in the negative: Adamson, Bell. Brantley, Edwards, Griggs. Lee and Livingston, of Geor gia; Bowers and Dickson, of Mis sissippi; Hobson and Taylor, of Ala bama; Broussard, Estopinal, Pujo, Ransdell, Watkins and Wickliffe, the entire Louisiana delegation; Clark, Mays and Sparkman. the entire Flor ida delegation; Glass. Lamb, Lassi ter. Maynard and Satinders, of Vir ginia: Godwin. Page. Pou. Small Thomas and Webb, of North Caroli na; Gregg and Dies, of Texas; Gor don. Moon and Padgett; of Tennes see: Lever, of South Carolina, ar.d Wilson, of Pennsylvania. The roll was called on the amend ments made earlier in the day, in creasing the rates on barley and barley malt. By a vote of 19IJ yeas to 1SG nays the amendments were retained. Amendments by Messrs. Scott, of Kansas, and Henry,.of Texas, fixing a duty of 10 percentum respectively on raw hides weighing twenty-five pounds or more and on raw hides and skins weighing more than one pound, was voted down. The effect of this action was to put to rout j the opponents of free hides. This, as was supposed, concluded the amendment, and the Speaker was about to put the question on the engrossment, and third reading of ibe bill when Mr. Clark, of Missouri, insisted on the yens and nays on the oil schedule, in order as he expalin ed. to pet a record vote. After considerable discussion over the question of whether or not free oil actually was in the bill, the Sheak decided that a further, vote of the House was necessary and the roll again was called on tho provis ion for the countervailing duty, which, he said, if stricken out would have the effect of placing crude pp troleum and its products on the free list. While the Chair was consider-in? The matter, the House was in crent confusion, a dozen or more mem bers trying to get the ear of th ?> Speaker at the same time to ex- i plain the situation. The provision was stricken out by | a practically unanimous vote. By viva voce vote the engrossment and j third reading of the bill was order- j ed. whereupon Mr. Lindbergh, of I Minnesota, sought recognition to j recommit with instructions. Speaker! TIMES A WiCEK. KILLING IN SUMTES? A. C. VOIGHT SHOT DOWN BY HIS FATHER-IN-LAW. The Sad Tragedy Grew Out of the Deceased IB Treating His Wife of a Few Months. I i Sumter, April 10.?A special to The News and Courier says Mr. A. C. Voight, proprietor of the New York bakery, was killed about 11 o'clock today by his father-in-law, Mr. W. F. Flake. Voight was shot in the right chest with a single bar rel while he was attempting to enter the home of his father not to do so. The shooting was done at close range and death resulted instantly. Immediately after the tragedy Mr. Flake, surrendered himself to Officer Tribble, of the police force, and was looked up in the city guard house and later on transferred to the county jail. Mr. Flake talked freely to a num ber of persons and says that while he regrets the tragedy, he feels that he was forced to kill Voi?ut >n or der to save his own life. The deceased, who was a German, carrie to this city about IS months ago as a baker in the employ of the Sumter bakery. Later he bought the business and changed the name to the New York bakery. About six months ago he married a daughter of Mr. W. F. Flake, and soon after his marriage he began beating and ill treating her. This seems to have become a well known fact and neither pleading nor remonstrance, it is alleged, had any effect towards improving his con duct. This morning he met his wife on Dugan street and it is said slapped and cursed her. She then went to her father, asking that he do something to protect her as she was very much afraid of her hus band. Mr. Flake then went before Re corder Hurst and swore out a war rant for Voight charging him with assault. The warrant was served by Officer Weeks, Voight putting up a bond of $100. Soon after this Mr. Flake was standing in front of the Farmers' Bank and Trust Company when Voight rode up on a bicycle and stopped on the edge of the side walk said: "You got a warrant for nrortrrd your'~ Mr. Flake replied that he had, when Voight, it is said, making some threat, rode off. Mr. Flake went on to his home, and soon saw Voight approaching. He went to the front porch and warned Voight not to come to the house, but Voight, he claims, would not heed him. The warning was repeated several times, without effect, and as Voight reached the second step Flake tired, killing him almost instantly. Coroner Flowers soon empanelled a jury and they rendered a verdict that Andrew C. Voight came to his death from a gunshot wound inflict ed by a gun in the hands of W. F. Flake. Mr. Voight had no relatives in Sumter except his wife. His body was turned over to the Craig Furni ture Company for preparation for burial and will be held while ef forts are being made to communicate with his relatives in New York. Mr. Flake has held a responsible position with the Sumter Telephone .Manufacturing Company for some time and he has a reputation for be ing a quiet, peaceable citizen. Ef forts will probably be made next week before Judge Gary to secure bail for Mr. FJn<te. * refused to so recognize him, saying that in carrying out the new rule known as the Fitzgerald anicndmcn;. common fairness required that he should recognize .Mr. Clark of .Mis souri, the minority leader and chief opponent of the bill. Amid intense interest, Mr. Clark thereupon made a motion to recom mit with instructions, which instruc tions were read. Almost complete silence prevailed while the instruc tions were being read. Occasionally a Republican would be heard to sneer at some particular recommen dation. When the reading had been finish ed, Chairman Payne promptly moved the previous question, and on that the roll was called. The previous question was order ed and the vote thin recurring to the Clark motion to recommit it. was lost, 102 to 21S. The only breaks in party alignment wore by Messrs. Broussard and Pajn, cf Louisiani, Democrats, who voted with the Re publicans. At precisely 7:55 p. m. voting on the bill on its final passage was be gun. On the final passage of the bill the yote resulted, yeas. 217: nays. 101. T'pon the announcement of the result, the Republicans broke nut into loud and prolonged applause. The roil call lasted exnct'.v iwenty minutes. One Republican. Austin, nf Tennessee, voted against the bill nnd four Democrats, Messrs. Brous sT-d. Estopinal, Pujo and Wtckliffe, of Louisiana, voted for it. When the bill actualy was passed the Republicans chperpd lustily, some dancing up and down the aisles and patting their fellow members on the back. , After adopting a resolution that Tin til further ordered sessions shall 1>a held only on Mondays and Thurs days, the House at S:30 p. m. ad journed. ' * OKANGEBTJB( CLAIMS ALL CREDIT FOR THE DECISION IX THE DIS PENSARY CASE. Some Interesting Lights on the Great Fight That Has Been Made in the Now Celebrated Case. Atlanta, April 10.?The following article from the Atlanta Constitu tion of Thursday will be very inter esting in South Carolina: "From reliable sources it has been learned that the Atlanta law firm of Anderson, Felder, Rountree & Wilson will receive between $150.00 and $200.00 as their fee for their services in winning the famous South Carolina dispensary commission case, recently decided in favor of clients, and involving about $1,000,000 in cash on hand, and between $2,000,000 and $3,000, 000 in claims. "This will, no doubt, be the rec ord fee in the South. "When this firm was employed in the case it is understood they were given a cash retaining fee of $100, 000 and made a contract for a com mission of so much on the same recovered. "As stated already, over $800, 000 has been recovered, and it is be lieved twice this much more will be secured through the efforts of this leading counsel. "Colonel Thomas B. Felder left Tuesday for Cincinnati, from which point he will go directly to Colum bia, S. C, to take up this work again. Associated in the case, too, are Attorney General J. Fr?ser Lyon, who receives an annual salary from the State for his services; Attorney W. B. Stevenson, attorney for the commission, who also receives a state'sum for his services, and At torney B. F. Abney, of Columbia who was employed 'in connexion with the work before the federal courts. "By winning this case the Atlan ta firm has won one of the most sweeping victories ever announced from the supremie court of the Unit ed States. A number of questions of State's rights were involved and the decision is most far reaching in its effects. "The Atlanta attorneys are being congratulated upon their deserved victory." * LINCHED IX FLORIDA. .Hob Strings Up Fiend lor Most Brutal Attack. Arcadia, Fla., Apjril 11.?John Smith, the negro who yesterday drag ged a young lady from her buggy, two miles from Arcadia, in an at tempt at criminal assault, was taken away from the sheriff and his de puties at an early hour this morning and hanged to a tree. The lady, who had been to th$> city on a shopping tour, was return ing to her home, four miles from the- city, wheu the negro sprang into the buggy, seized lur and drugged her into the bushes, throwing her down and choking her. The young woman begged, fought and prayed the black tiend to 4et her go, and offered to give him $100 in cush if he would accompany her home, but this did not istop the brute, who was about to force his victim iiuo submission, whjsn she saw Will Knowlts ana his brother walking at some distance from the scene. With renewed vigor she screamed, and th.. attracted the Knowls broth ers, who rushed to h r assistance. The brute made his escape, and after taking the lady to her home, the men rushed to this city, spread the news and bloodhounds, followed by a posse of three hundred men, were soou on the trail. The negro was found at a turpen tine camp, taken before his victim, who positively identified him. Sher iff Freeman and his deputies suc ceeded in placing Smith in jail, bat being afraid of an attack, attempted to spirit him out of Arcadia, when they were nut by an automobile par ty, held up and forced to give up the prisoner. The negro, seeing that he was doomed to a horrible death, pleaded for mercy, but there was none in the hearts of the mob. who carried him to the edge of the city, where they strung hiin up to a tree where his body was still hanging this morn ing. His intended victim positively identified the clothing on the negro and pointed out the shirt she had torn in her efforts to escape. - SHOOTS TWO WHITE MEN. I W. B. Causey and Jesse Shcppard Wounded Near Hampton. Hampton, April 11.?Mr. W. B. Causey, clerk of Court for this coun I ty, and Mr. Jesse Sheppard, were j shot here last night by a negro man l known as "Peg Leg" Hughes. The j particulars of the shooting are not obtainable. Mr. Causey was shot through the body and has been taken ? to a hospital in Augusta to be treat ed. Mr. Sheppard received a bullet i in his right arm, which was removed after it entered. Hughes was arrest ed this morning by Mr. D. H. Reid and was turned over to Sheriff Light j soy and Deputy Sheriff Anderson, j who carried the negro to Columbia j for safekeeping. Hughes has served time in the Penitentiary before. S. C, TUESDAY, APJ CAME HOME From Centrai America because Daughtr begged Him HE GAVE HIMSELF UP John L. Horton, a Former Broker, Accused of Defrauding Banks and Ranchman Out of ?100,000 Seven Years Ago, Surrender to Authori ties at His Home. St. Louis, April 9.?Impelled by love for his wife and baby girl, John L. Horton, for seven years a fugitive from justice in Guatemala, returned secretly to his home, in Upper Alton, 111., this week, and was arrested on charge of uttering worthless paper and defrauding banks and ranchmen out of $100, 000. He protests innocence of the charge. Hs brother, Roy, also a member of the former firm, is still in Guatemala, and as the United States has no extradition treaty with that country he will be safe as long as he remains there. Horton in tended to surrender. When Horton fled this country his little daughter, Dorothy, was just learning to walk. Since that time she has learned to write and has written her father two lettres each week, begging him to come home to see "mamma" and herself. One let ter containing the child's picture, was on Horton's person when officers placed him under arrest. "I could not stand it any longer," says Horton. "I had to see my wife and baby. Guatemala is 3,000 miles from Alton." I was too far for them to come and see me, and, besides, they had no money with which to come, and if they bad the money I would not have let them come into that- god-forsaken country, where fever kills. And so I did without seeing them as long as I could and then I decided to return and face the music. But I am innocent, and I will yet be doing business again in the stockyards." Throughout those seven years Mrs. Horton has refused to believe that -Jier_ .h.usba.pd>-is-STTrilty: She declares it was the ranchmen that stole from him and not he from the ranchmen. She cites an instance where he secured a loan of $10,000 on a herd of cattle in Texas. She declares that when her husband went to see the herd the cattlemen had stolen all but 21. Horton was re leased on bond soon after his ar rest and went to visit his mother, in Jerseyville, 111. Horton and his brother, Roy, and C. O. Hess composed the firm of the Horton Bros. & Hess Sommis sion and Mercantile Company, in the Stockyards Exchange building, East St. Louis. They dealt in "cattle" paper. They would buy cattle known as "feeders" in Texas and Oklaho ma and put them out with ranch men and farmers to feed and fat ten. They would borrow the money with which to buy and feed the cat tle from banks in East St. Louis, giving mortgages on the cattle as security for the loans. When the cattle came to market and were sold the mortgages were paid off. It is alleged that seven years ago the two Horton brothers borrowed in the neighborhood of $100.000 on fraudulent mortgages on cattle that did r.ot exist and that with the money they fled to Guata mala, where they vent into the dis tilling business and failed. ? STARTS VERY YOUNG. Boy of Six Kills Girl of Three and Hides the Body. Union, S. C, April S.?Though only six years of age. Fred Bell is a prisoner in the T/nion county jail with the grim charg? of murder rest ing against him. It is charged that the child yes terday afternoon siot and killed Ethel Thomas, who was only three years of age and because of this the murder charge was brought to day. Tt was allerql when the ac cusation was made that the boy tried to bide the body Qf the little vic tim, in an apparent effvrt to cover up the tragedy. Tt wn? said that hi5 efforts had f-iiled nnd discoveiy of t.he dead baby vir] caused tie boy's arrest. TTe is the youngest prisoner ever com mitted to th? ji il In this county and probably holds the record for the State. * HUMAN MONSTER. Bit His Baby Bm?iim? His Wife Did Not Like It. Atlanta, Ga.. April S Tames Struho was today sentenced to the city workhouse for two weeks with out the privll ge of a rue-, charged with biting and pinching a ten months-old baby. The little child wr.s brought into court by Stnibe's wife with badly bruised and discol ored cheeks. St rube said he did not think to hurt the child and resorted tn the action as a m^ans of torturing his wife. TTe ?.-n;.t there hnd been continual quarrelling, and hh wife had become indifferent to repeated beating at his hands. Mrs. Strube will seek divorce. RIL 13, 190?. CRUSHh? ?FtLESS SMALL NEGRO BOY RAN CNDER A MOVING TRAIN While Pursuing a Hoop and Is Swept Beneath Wheels and Ter ribly Mangled. Charleston, April 10.?The News and Courier says while pursuing a bounding hoop across the railroad j track at a crossing near the Five mile Station yesterday afternoon shortly after 5 o'clock, a negro lad, was knocked down by the protrud ing step of a coach on Train No. 10 of the Southejrn Railway, doming from Summerville to Charleston, and crushed lifeless beneath the wheels of several heavy cars. Magistrate Behrens, acting coron er of the Ten-mile Hill district, was immediately notified of the occur rence and ordered th? boy taken to : the boy's home, in the immediate, vicinity of the scene of the tragedy. A jury was afterwards impaneled and the inquest proper postponed until next Sunday morning, when all | ?proper witnesses will have been sum moned to attend the hearing. The only actual eye-witness of the accident was the negro fireman of the Irain, who saw the little negro rushing to his death too late to ap ply the emergency brakes in time to save him. Three little negroes, in cluding Jesse, were seen playing with hoops near the track, which, however, was cleared by them to aj, low the train free passageway. But young Middleton's hoop took an un expected turn towards the crossing, and the lad, in attempting to in tercept it, came too close to the train |pnd :was brushed underneath the whirling cars by a doorstep. The train was stopped only after Mid dleton had been crushed almost be yond recognition. Conductor Granger was in charge of the train at the time of the ac cident, while Engineer Eug?ne Con Ion was at the throttle. The name of the fireman is given as James Brown. All three live in Charles ton. * DIES FROM DOG BITE. Little Boy in Charleston Dies From Hydrophobia. Charleston, April 12. ? The Charleston Post says Karl King died Saturday afternoon from hydro phobia in th? Riverside Infirmary. Some weeks ago the little fellow was bitten by a mac' dog at his home in Blake street, and taken at once by his father to Atlanta, where he was given the Pasteur treatment and reported later to be recovering from the effects of. the bite. He returned home, but was not cured, as was thought, and was taken to the Riverside Infirmary for further care. The deadly effects of the poi son in his system could not, how ever, be overcome, ami he died Saturday afternoon. The hoy was only nino years of age, and a bright studious lad. The mad dog bit him through his lips, while he was study ing his lessons for the next day at school. * GAVE GOOD SUM. A Thousand Dollar Bill Put in Col lection PlateA Washington. Pa., April M?The In sertion of an advertisement in a lo cal paper today that there and been found in the collection plate of the Roscoe Methodist Episcopal church n*ar here after the services last. Sun day night a $1,000 bill, developed the fact that the church officers think the donor made a mistake. The yearly collections of the church do not average much more than this amount and the officials, in the ad vertisement state that they will re turn the money to the owner if he wants if back and can prove he in advertently dropped it into the plate. * CAR INSPECTOR KILLED. C. W. Sanders Crushed to Death in Seaboard Yard. Columbia. April 11.?C. W. San ders, rar inspector and repairer for the Seaboard Air i.iii". was instantly killed in the Seaboard yard lure this afternoon at ?! o'clock by be ing mashed h twe n two box cars that were unexpectedly brought to gether while Sanders was standing between them. At the inquest held tonight the verdict of the jury was that Sanders came to his death as a result of bis not complying with the rub s of the Seaboard Air Line.* THAT PRIZE M I"I.E. Given to the Ranuer Democratic County by Bryan. Lincoln, Neb.. April S.?An nouncement was made today at the office of William J. Bryan thai Esmcralda county. Nebraska, hav ing made the greatest Democratic gain in the election iast November had been awarded the prize mule. The mule. Major Minnemascot, was presented 1o Mr. Bryan during the campaign by Minnesota admirers and Mr. Bryan offered it as a prize to the county making the greatest Democratic gain. Esmeralde county showed a gain of C94 per cent. * . TW NEEDY SCHOOLS APPLY TO THE STATE FOR j HELP. Fourteen Counties Report School J Term Averaging Less Than Eigh-1 teen Weeks. Columbia, S. C, April S.?A large number of communities over the State are applying to the State board of education for State aid to length en their school terms under the Gar ris Act. "And in many localities the inter est manifested is most suggestive," said State Superintendent Swear icgen 'today. "Many schools have already closed for lack of funds to pay the teacher's salaries, but these will be in position to take advantage of the new law during the coming school year. The showing made on some of the applications would furn ish a clear Insight into -iconomic con ditions m n any localities." Fourteen ccunties in the State are having school terms averaging less than 12 weeks for the cities a.-; well as the country. Col!e;on county's averp.ge was only eleven weeks and Horry only One disrtricjt (in Wiiiiamsburg could raise only $50 with an extra levy of three mills, and another Williamsburg district with a 12-mil! levy raised only $200. One district in Saluda county gave its negro school only $13, its white school had just a little over $100. Here is an eloquent specimen from about the bfst conditioned county in the State. Spartanburg: In High Point district the total resources were $180. There are two white schools and no provision of any kind for negroes. One of the schools is "caring for" 50 children, whose teacher gets $3S a month. On this school $125 was spent. Presumably the remainder. $60, went to the other school, in which there are 29 children. The State board of education will hold a meeting on the 23rd to for mulate high school regulations and to name the various county boards of education over the State. The board is made up of Governor Ansel, ex-officio chairman; State Superin tendent Swearingen, ex-offlcio sec retary: W. K. T?te, Charleston, as sistant secretary: H. F. Rice, Aiken; Prof. D. W. Daniel, Clemson Col lege; Prof. A. G. Rembert, Wofford College; A. R. Banks, Columbia; A. .7. Thackston, Orangeburg. In a statement issued today to the press Superintendent Swearingen says: "The date of the next teachers' examination has been set for Fri day, May 14. As there will be no county summ:Qr school work tbis yenr, teachers might find it conve nient to take this examination rath er than wait for a renewal of certi ficate already granted. The new boards of school trustees will prob ably bs hunting for teachers in July, and appliennts for schools should rot run the risk of being caught without, a certificate. "The Reading Circle questions w?1' be sent out on April 14, ar.d raaoh. ers taking this course should see that their name and address is furnished the State superintendent by that date." * WANTED TO SAVE HER. "Aunt Easter" Sacrificed Her Life For Her Mistress. Eatonfon, Ga.. April S.?News has just, been received of the burning at Ludowici, of the home of Dr. John I Weaver. Aunt Easter, an old family servant, who had been with them for years, thinking that her mis tress was in the burning residence, rushed in to save her if possible. The mayor of the town seeing her go in the burning building, and knowing her danger, rushed in to save her. He succeeded in getting her out. aft'er she was assured that Mrs. Weaver was safe and unharm ed. She was so badly burned though that she Idled later from the ef fects of the burns. Su .h instances \s these are becoming more and more rare as the faithful servants of the past are fast dying out. Th ? old negro was cared for as me of the members of the family and given a good burial Family were among the most sincer"1 mourners at Aunt Ea?ter's funeral. ?Augusta Chronicle. * MOB BTAXGS MAN. Who Had Beaten an Officer and , Fired Into a Posse. Yazoo City. Miss.. April 11?After Seating an officer, who was about to take him into custody, and firing :>:?? a posse, which la:rr succeeded | in placing him under arrest, How ard Montgomery, a negro, was placed in :ii Yazoo City jail early today, diurged wit It having violated a labor 1 contract. An hour later a mob form ed, overpowered the jailer and hang ed the negro. * ; "Robbed OemWing House. Ogden, Utah, April S.?Last night i five robbers walked into Hie White Elephant gambling house, held up! the place and made their escape, j Four of the men held guns on the dealers and crowd of twenty-fivp1 players, while the fifth robbed the game of between $1,500 and $2.-i 000. ? y O CENTS PEE COPY SIX DIE IN FIRE Woman Jnmps From Veranda With Her Hair Ablaze LEEPS TO HER DEATH Fire, Which is Thought to H?ve Been Due ".o Spontaneous Combus tion, Causes Loss of Life and Heavy Property Damage in New England Town. Lenox, Mass., April 11.?Six per sons lost their lives, three others were badly burned and property loss of between $200,000 and $300,000 was caused by a fire in the heart of the business section of this town early today. Four business blocks, two dwellings and two other struc tures were destroyed in a section bounded by Franklin, Main, Housa tcnic and Church streets. The fire is believed to have started in the Clifton building from spontaneous combustion. The dead: Edward C. Ventres, electrician. Mrs. Edward C. Ventres. Miss Leslie Ventres, aged 12 years. Miss Alice French, bookkeeper. Miss Isabel Cook, bookkeeper. Miss Mary Sparks, school teacher. Injured: . Mrs. Catharine Root, and her two sons, George and Arthur, severely burned. A fortunate shift of wind saved the public library and the fashion able Curtis Hotel. In the hotel, there were ?several Easter parties from New York and Boston. The loss of life occurred In the Clifton building, Iwhere the. blaze started, and resulted primarily from a series of explosions among the turpentine, paints, oils, and dyna mite stored in the cellar of the James Clifford & Sons Company, hardware dealers. The fire was discovered by George Root, who lived with his mother and brother in the upper story of the Clifford block, a three-story build ing, shortly after 1 o'clock this morn j ing. Hastily calling his brother and mother, all ran down the stairs ia [ their night clothes, -shouting to the other occupants of the upper floors as they went. They found the front door in flames, but the men wrenched it open and dashed through with their mother between them. All I sustained bad burns. The Roots barely had crossed the street before there was a terrible explosion in the building behind thom, which shattered windows within a wide radius and caused the ' fire alarm to ring. In an instant the Clifford block was wrapped in flames. Horace Perrill and his wife, other occupants of the top floor, aroused by the shouts of the Roots, were half way down the stairs when they saw the flames leaping up to bar their exit. Three wont.n were below them trying to get out through the front door. He tl<en ;rushed his wife through a long corridor to the back stairs, where he got out in safety. All the othsr occupants of the Clifford block lost their lives. The death of Miss Alice French was one of the pitiful tragedies of the morning. While the fire In the Clifford block was at its height a woman was seen to climb out of a flame-filled room on to a veranda on the s eond-story wtlh her night clothing and her hair ablaze. Stag gering to the railing the woman leap ed to the sidewalk beneath, landing in a heap within five or six feet of a. ets mfwy cmfwy cmfwy mfwy w the blazing walls. ? CASTRO HAD TO LEAVE. Exiled Dictator Forced to Go Back to Europe. Fort do France, April 10.?Cipria no Castro, ex-president of Venezuela, was expelled tonight from the island of Martinique by the French govern ment. He protested to the last against his expulsion, but his pro tests were in vain. He is now on board the French line steamship Ver sailles, bound for St. Nazalre. Official notice was served on Cas tro this morning of the decision of the French government that he must leave the island within nine hours form lhn receipt of such notice and that the commissary of police at Fort de France had been charged with the execution of the order. At 8:30 o'clock gendarmes went to Castro's room and he was placed on a mattress, as he refused to put on his clothes, and was carried on a stretcher to the steamer, a dis tance of more than a mile. A thou sand or more of the population had assembl d by this time and a groat deal of sympathy was expressed for the former president. Tho later complain d of great suffering and ev. ry movement of the stretcher seemed to give him further pain. Preacher in Trouble. Griffin, Ga., April 8.?The congre gations composed of the churches served by Rev. J. A. Drewery have passed a resolution endorsing their pastor. He is being sued by Mrs. Louise Castlno for breach of prom ise. ?