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r ?B LUSHED TH. RUE STANDS BY COOK Admiral ScUej Oils Upu Peiry to Sab sit His Data to Dues. WHO REJECTED COOK'S So Reaffirms IDs Ooafldoaco ia the arooklya Explorer sad Declare* That the Saas Mea Who Repu diated CookV Record* Should Al so Pass Cpoa Peftry's Proof. Re&flirmlag his complete confi dence ia Dr. Oook. Rear Admiral W. & Sohley? retired, Wednesday called psihiicly upon Commander Peary to submit his proofs that he reached the North Pole to some scientific body other than the National Geog raphic Society. This the Admiral decalrea, should be done at once in the interests of justice and to es tablish beyond question the claims of Peary. The Admiral believes that the same body which threw out and re pudiated Cook's data should be per mitted to pass upon the data sub mitted by Peary to the Geographic Society. ~The Danes are the beet posted body of men in the world on Arctic matters," he said. "The consistory of the University of Copenhagen should ba given the opportunity to examine the Peary proofs, for la. that way they would be submit ted to the same test that was sp oiled to those of Cook." Moreover. Admiral Scaley, believes that the submission of the proof to Copenhagen should be insisted up on by Peary, despite whatever the National Geographic Society's at titude may be. Admiral Schley declined to say on what grounds ha took exception to the finding of the scientists of the University of Copenhagen that Cook bad not been at the North Pole. He merely reaffirmed his belief in the explorer, adding that he {believes also that Peary, too, had gained the top of the earth. The importance of the Admiral's demand is increased by the fact that be has had wide experience In the far North. In 1884 be was la .eom ataad of the Thetis expedition, which eesalted in tee reacts ^of ' Lieut Greeley sad six men^wSb bad been east away at Cape Sabine, and whoa the eivillwid world had practically given up for lost. For bis rescue, Sbhtey, then a captain in the Serv ice? was awarded a gold watch and a rote of thanks by the Maryland Legislature, and a medal of honor by the Massachusetts Humans So ciety. Members of the National Geo graphic Society declined to discuss the suggestion of the retired naval officer. The Society is still smart-1 log under the somewhat curt reply made by the University of Open-j tagen to Its request that a commit tee representing the Society be per-1 mitted to be present wben Dr. Cook's data was examined. DRANK POISONED BOOZE. Oino Man Dead and Another Very ni From the Stuff. Samuel Hogan is dead and a ne irxo Is in a serious condition - at Starke, Fla., from drinking whiskey that is alleged to have been poison ed. The whiskey was seat to Jolin Bennett, a well known resident, an! is the package was the following note: "From a friend, wishing a happy Christmas." Mr. Bennett sent the negro to tthe express office for the package, giving him a drink upon his return. He then pa33ed the bottle to Ho?an, who drank. The bottle was next passed to Mr. Bennett's son, who drsck. prcsently all three were sud denly ill and Hogan djei '.before medic.*] aid reached him. The ***y is better, but the negro is in a dangerors condition. The package was shipped from Jacksonville and the autfcnr'tles are now investigat ing the crse. JeMrosy Cansea Tragedy. A trini? murder and suicHe oc curred at Plttsbnrg, Kv., a mining village, Wednesday when Wfllllam Murray, a miner, s^ot and Killed hts wife and her mother and Elbert Ode and himself. Murray, objec tions to the "HegA,\ ?t+eftf^n of Cole to Mrs. Murray are given as the euase of tt>e crimes. Hlovm to Pircen. At St. Petersburg, Chief Karpoff of the secret Russian police w<?s blown to bits shortly after midnight We Tnes-'ay In his apartments. The flat was wrecked, and the official was literally cut into small pieces by the force of the explosion. Pri ? e Minister Slain. An official dispatch received by the St-te -'ennrf^erit Wednesday morn ing from Pu<*hare?.t pftei th"t t*ie prime minister of Roumanla bad been shct *nd seriously wounded by an anar?bi.ct. Evploslon in Colliery. An e^nloslon occurred in a coal mine r.e?r MeAIester, Okla., a few days ago, and it Is reported that many miners are hurt. TIMES A WEEK. FAILS TO SPECIFY The First Man. to Beach the l*v.. 7C Pole Before the University of Copenhagen, : A dispatch from Copenhagen, Den mark, says the University of Copen hagen, the first Institution of leara iag that recognised Dr. Frederick- A. Cook as discoverer of the North Pole, Tuesday solemnly declared that the explorer had failed to establish the claim upon which his high honors are based. The committee appointed by the university to examine Cook's rec ords recently presented a report to the consistory of the university, which reviewed the deductions of the experts with the greatest care and discussed the findings from every standpoint Both the committee and the consistory were disappointed. The consistory met and. adopted a written report that the alleged records submitted for examination by Dr. Cook failed to prove the claim that he reached the pole. Tie report of the committee. Prof. Cstromgren, chairman, as pre sented to the consistory, states that Cook's papers are without any val ue, and that, bis report to the uni versity is practically the same as published in the New York Herald upon bis return from the .arctic expedition. Copies of his not? books submitted, says the committee, con tain no original emulations or ob serrations, but only the results there of. Accordingly the committee con cludes that he offers no proof of hav ing reached the pole. The documents submitted to the University of Copenhagen for ex amination included a typewritten report by Dr. Cook and a typewritten eopy of Dr. Cook's notebooks. Dr. Cook's secretary, Walter Lonsdale, told the commission that the original.' not -books were sent to Europe by another route. Despite the explor er's promise of the original note book and diaries; they have never reached the commission. The ex plorer's address is not known, even to his secretary.' THREE LIVES WERE LOST fa a.Big Lorafem Draper?- Store !'.' ? ' ? ? w Fire oh Mond??. &r :-..<? . ! A disastrous fire involving the loss of three Uvea and the destruction of the big drapery store of Arding and Hobbs at Chapham, a southwestern quarter of London, occurred Mon day. The Are occurred when th? store, covering an acre of ground-, was crowded with customers. But in little more than an hour the build ing was a mass of ruins. The dam age is estimated in the vicinity of $2,500,000. All the customers made their way out of the store In safety. The three hundred employes followed them. The progress of the flames which was assisted by the Christmas deco rations and festoons was so rapid (that some of the employes were caught in the upper floors. jO'nei of the giris descended the fire escape in safety, while the see on i fell and was killed. The two men then jumped and also were killed. Many persons were assisted from the windows by the firemen and several of the employes were seriously Injured, a few possibly fatally. Some cf the employes are unaccounted for. SEVENTY MILES OF RAILROAD Were Constructed in South Carolina During Pfst Year. According to statements submit tel to the railroad commission bv tve difTprent lines of the State, 68.14 miles of railroad have bten con ? Rtructel in South Carolina during ! the past year. Only six and a fraction miles of ! sr?track( were Installed, which Is I conpl'ered by members of the com I mlssirn as the least number of mll^s i on record. Only eight miles of track were added to the main lines of the larg ! er systems of the State, and seven ! cf these miles were added to the ! Greenville & Knoxville read. The roads constructing the larg 1 et numhe- of miles are the Caro lina, Cllnchleld & Ohio. 18: North & Sovth Circllna road 27.3. and the Bennettsviile & Clieraw extension 15 I miles. Fell Fro n Train. William Snnford, a white man about 35 years of age, met his death five miles below Prosperity Tuesday afternoon by falling fr?m Colum bia, Newberrv & T aurons passenger No. 52, bound from Columbia to *~rrenv1he. ?anfcrl was going to Newberrv to visit relatives. When Us relatives last he?r' from him he was working in the Lexington cot ton mills. Killed by Nrtive. At Bombay. B-iti*h India, Arthur Va?~n Ti^pp'ts Jackson, chief mr W-"te of N'sik, wps assassinated while attending a theatrical per formance Wednesday. Ti-e motive frr the murder was a wish for re venge upon the m? eintrete, who sen tenced a criminal to life Imprison ment. 0 ORASTGEBUR? LYNCH1NGS Rear. f?r 1909 SUws Ike Number to Be Sefenjy 11 WHITER 59 BUCKS Occurred in 12 States and One Territory?As in Previous Tears Crimes Against White Women Was the Cause of the Majority of the Executions. According to a report issued from Waahlagton. D. C. a few days ago, lynchings in 1909 have numbered 70, the highest number recorded since 1904. The victims numbered 11 whites and 59 negroes. The lynching occurred In 12 States anl one territory?New Mexico. As in previous years, crimes or alleged crimes against white women and murders caused most of these sum mary executions. One case, occurr ing in Cairo, 111., combined both causes anl resulted in the placing of the city under military control for several dayB. The Cairo lynch ings were the only cases of the kind that occurred north of the Ohio river ] diarlng the year. Several double lynchings occurred at various points j in the South, and Oklahoma furn- j lohed a quadruple lynching, with four cattlemen as the victims. In the following record the word "lynching" has been held to apply only to the summary punishment in flicted by a mob or by any number of citizens on a person alleged to have committed a crime. By States the 70 lynching cases here record ed are classified as follows: Georgia. 11 Texas. 10 Florida . 8 Mississippi. 7 Louisiana. 7 Alabama. 6 Oklahoma ..,. 5 Kentucky. 4 Arkansas1'.. ?. 3 South Carolina. ... . 3 New Mexico. 2 Illinois .... _. ..... ... 2 Missouri.. 1 West Virginia. .. 1 The detailed record for 190* Is/) as follows., Jan.' 6?Lexington, S. d, uniden tified nojTO, attempted criminal as-j santt. Jan. 8?Marthaviile, La.. Jim Gil bert, negro, accused of counterfeit ing. Jan. 10?Poplarvllle, Miss., Pink Willis, negro, attempted criminal assault. Jan. 18?Hope, Ark., Hilllard, ne gro. Insulting white woman. Jan. 23?Mobile, Ala., Douglass j Roberson, negro, murder of a deputy sheriff. Jan. 24?Lelghton, Ala., Sam Dav enport, negro, Incendiarism. Feb. 7?Mexia, Ala., Will Park er, negro, criminal asEault. Feb. 9?Houston, Miss., Roby Das kln, negro, murder of ?the Rev. W. T. Hudson. Feb. 13?Gainesville, Fla., Jake Wades, negro, criminal assault. Feb. 11?Hearn, Tex., Roily Wy att, negro, shooting a white man. March 4?Blakely. Ga., John Fowler, negro, murder of deputy sheriff. March 7?Roskwall, Tex., Ander son Ellis, negro, attempted criminal assault. March 12?E'en, Miss., Joe Gor don, negro, shooting and blinding a white man. March 19?Elkins, W. Va., Joseph Brown, white, shooting chief of po lice. March 25?Cuervo, N. M., Daniel Johnson, negro, and Manuel Sando ral, a Mexican, kidnapping young girl. March 29?Dawson, Tex., Joe Red den, negro, insulting white woman. April 6?Pensacola, Fla., Dave Alexander, negro, murder of pollce ' man. April 9?Lafayette, Ky., Ben Brame, negro, attempted criminal assavlt. April 11?Yazoo City, MIs3., How ard Montgomery, negro, assaultive; an ofTcer. April 11?Arcadia, Fla., John Smith, negro, attempted criminal as sault. April 19?Ada, Okla.. J. B. Millar. B. B. Burrell, Jesse West and Joe Allen, all white, charged with mur der. April 25?Bessemer Ala., John Themas, negro, crlmin.;' assault. April 28?Bartow, Fl.?.., Charles Scarborough, ne?ro, attempted crimi nal assault. April 30?Marshall, Tex., Creole : Mose, P:e Hill and Mal Chase, ue i grces, murder. May 1?Tyler, Tex., Jim Hodges, I negro, criminal assault. ! May 8?Cim^en, Fb., Unidenti fied negm. crimlr.pl assault. ; May 24?Tdncolnton, Ga.. Albert AlkPn, negro, shooting white man. M-y 24?Pine Bluff, Ark., Livett I Davis, negro, attempted criminal as 1 sarlt. May 28?AVl?ne, Tex., Tom Bar nrtt. white, shct to death in his cell convhte-i of murder. May 30?Portland, Ark., Joseph Blakeley, negro, threatening mur der. June 3?Frankfort. Ky., John Maxey, negro, scooting white man. June 5?Tallahassee, Fla., Malk 8. C. TUrjKSDAY. DI WAS BUNTED DOWN ONE NEGRO SHOT AND BURNED IN HIS OWN HOUSE. Murder of Young White Man Leads to Death of Slayer's Brother and Wounding of Member of Posse. Magnolia, Ala., Is quiet Tuesday night, following a day of Intense ex citement with much bitter feeling manifested between the whites nod bracks of that community. Eir-est Slade, one of four white*men shot by Clinton Montgomery, a desperate ne?ro, is fatally Injured, ar-i bis death, expected at any minute, may serve to further fan the flames of race hatred. Clinton Montgomery's charred body lies in the ruins' of a small negro house, near the town, tue work of a posse of citizens. Blister and Shelly Montgomery, brothers of 'the burned negro, barely escaped lynching early Monday morning, when the sheriff of Marengo county captured them ani eluded the ma1; hunters, taking them to the county jail at Lindon. Search is being continued for Will Montgomery, another of the four brothers, charge 1 with the brutal murder late Saturday night of Al i gerncn Lewis, a young white man, which crime precipitated the trouble Monday. Practically every negro resident of Magnolia left there Mon day afternoon. The whites are well armed. Monday afternoon Clint Montgom ery and several.other negroes were found barricated .In a house, which was soon surrounded by a deter mined body of whites. Fearing for their lives, Montgomery's compan ions, deserted him and surrendered to the posse. Montgomery fastened the door, after defying the men to attempt to get him. One of his negro companions w&i then forced to set fire to the house, and when the building was enve loped in smoke, Montgomery threw open a window and opened Are upon the posse with a magazine shotgun. Ernest Slade fell mortally woundel, .his face and body Oiled with shot. N. G. Cirlton, Tom Shields and Wm. Llndsey were also wounded, though not, seriously. ? ? ?? -:, - A fusillade of shots, struck. Mont gomery as he was attempting to. leave the house, his body being riddled and then allowed to be coasumed in the burning building. A report is to the effect that Brister scd Shelly Montgomery were placed in th* Linden Jail. Albert WatklnB, anoth er negro iuspected of harboring the Montgomery "brotuers, is under ar rest. Morris, negro, convicted of murder. June 11?Smoaku, S. C, Quillle Simmons and Frank Samuels, white, charged with murder. June 15?Arcadia, Fla.. Unidenti fied negro, attempted criminal as sault. June 22?Talbotton, Ga., Wil liam Caneker, negro, murder. June 23?Talbotton, Ga., Joe Har dy, negro, charged with Instigating ?murder. June 24?Ctitbbert, Ga., Albert Reese, negro, assaulting white wo man. - June 26?Wllburton, Okla., Syl vester Stennlen, negro, murder of deputy constable. July 1?Darwlck, Ga., Unidenti fied negro, found biding under a bed in the home of s white family. July 20?Paris, Ky., Albert Law son, negro, shooting a sheriff. July 20?Gum Branch, Ga., Uni dentified negro, attempting theft of horse and buggy. July 29?Opelousa?, La., Oneslme Thomas and Emile Antolne, negroes, assault. July 31?Wellnton, Ga., Sim An derson, negro, peeping into a white woman's bedroom. Aug. 2?Platte City, Mo., George Johnson, white, murder. Au?. 9?Cadiz. Ky., Joe Miller, negro, criminal assault. Aug. 12?Greenville. Miss., Will Robinson, negro, insulting white girl. Aug. 27?Tarrytown, Ga., John Sweeny, negro, aiding a negro mur derer to e?cape. Sept. 4?Jackson, Ala., Josh and Lewis Balaam, negroes, murder of a deputy sheriff. Sept. 6?Clarkcs'ale, Miss., Her man McDaniels. negro, accused of be ing concerned In a murder com mitted by his brother. Sept. 7?Mangham, La.. Henry Hill, negro, browned by mob, at tempted criminal assault. Sept. 25?Perry, Fl?., Charley Andersen, negro, murder. Oct. 5?Greenaburg, La., Ape Ard, ne"rn, murder. Oct. 21?Greenville, Tex., Frank Williams and "Louis," negroes, criminal assault. Nov. 12?C^iro, 111., Henry Salz ner, white, charged with wife mur r?er, r'nd Will James, negro, confoss ed assalb.r.t and murderer of a youn; whit? woman. Nov. 20?Delhi, La.. James Estes, neero, shnntinc; city marshal. Nov. 25?Meohan, Miss., Morgan Chamber s, n*\gro, criminal assault. Nov. 26?West Shreveport. La., Henry Rachel, negro, attempted criminal assault. Dec. 1?Cochran, Ga., John Har vard, negro, burned at stake, shoot ing white man. 3CEMBER 23 190.4., WANTS REFORM CcBptrtlIer-?eBeraI Jones Scores Big Corporaiiws for DODGING THEIR TAXES He Declares That Largo Concern* Are Assessed for Two Little, and Mentions Hasses ft Some of Them?Speaks la His Oritkisni of Persons of Large Wealth. "It iooka as If the malefactors of great wealth," said Comptroller Gen eral Jones recently, "have set aside the laws and adopted a low assess ment and a high rate. It catches the wage earner and man of moderate means a'coming and a'going." "The law of this State requires that all property be assessed at its true vale In money," he continued in speaking1 of the matter of taxa tion and assessment. For the pact twenty years the comptroller general has been fighting for an equalization of property taxation both in refer ence to the corporations and the small taxpayer. Little has been gain ed by the comptroller's onslaught, yet it has had its moral effect. That there is Inequality in the assessment of street railways, power companies and such enterprises will be pointed out in the annual report of the comptroller general. Espec ially does Mr. Jones direct attention to the assessment of the Charles ton Light anl Power Company, which is assessed at 9.8 per cent of its capital stock. The capital paid in of this company is $1,000,000, while the assessment for taxation is COS.030. Comptroller General Jones is try ing to get more Information as to the lighting and power plants of tae State. In many cases the value of the property was not given so that It cannot be seen exactly upon what basis the taxes are placed. A strik ing example is the case of the Green ville Gas and Electric Company, the capital ptoek of which is $5S,S00, while ,the assessment tct .taoii.tlou. is SI 43.285. or 268 per cent of the caplt.?3 paid is. . Evidently tbe property must be worth this much or it'would not hare been assessed at this rate, while in the case of other companies the per cent of capital for taxation appears to Qomptrollen Geceral Jones to be much lower than- it should be. The Columbia Gas Li?ht Company hflB a pall in capital of $100,000; gross receipts, $53,734; assessed for taxation $50,800; per cent of capi tal assessed for taxation. 50.8. Some Instances Ciud. Charleston Light and Power Com pany?Capital paid in $1,000.000; gross receipts $11 8,976; assessed for taxation, $98,030; per cent of capi tal assessed for taxation, 9.8. Greenville Gas and Light Com pany?Capital paid In $53,500; gross receipts, $58,047; assessed for tax ation, $143,285; per cent of cap tal assessed for taxation, 268. Paris Mountain Water Company? Capital paid In $200,000; gross re ceipts, $45,069; assessed for tax ation, $84,610; per cent of capital assessed for taxation, 43. Union Power Company?Capital paid In, $800,000; gross receipts $80,213; assessed for taxation, $400,000; per cent of capital assess ed for taxation, 50. Greenville Carolina Power Com pany?Capital paid In $450.000; gross receipts, $51,225; assessed for [taxation, $71,205; per cent of capl I tal assessed for taxation, 15.8. Beaufort Waterworks ? Capital pad in. $10,000; gross receipts, $2, 923; assessed for taxation, $5,000; per cent, 50. Reck Hill Light and Power Com pany?Capital, $150,000; gross re ceipts, $12,406; assessed, $36,125; per cent, 24. Camden Water, Light and Power Company?Capital, $100,000; gross receipts, $24,511; assessed, $23,<UU; per cent, 23.7. Georgetown Electric Light Com pany?Capital, $25.000; gross re ceipts, $18,887; assessed, $1 1,000: per cent, 44. Anderson Water, Ll?ht and Power Company?Capital, $300,000; gross receipts, $11 1,060; assessed, $128, 655; per cent, 42.8. Hartsvllle Electric Light and Wa ter Company?Capital, $2,000; gross receipts, $4,336; assessed for taxa tion, $1,000; per cent, 50. Florence Light and Power Com pany?Cipital, $50,000; gross re ceipts, $14,197; assessed, $1 1,500; per cent, 23. Columbia Electric St. Railway L. an 1 Power Company?Capital, $800.000; gross receipts, $108.139; assesse!, $1 50,000: per cmt, 18.8. These assessments are taken fntr. the annual r<*port of C .?mptroiier I Genera] Jones. The compilation, however, Is net ytt complete 1 and it w 11 be note I th;:t 3ome companies are omitted in the above list. In formation as to the Scuthern Power Company has not yet been receive 1. and the same is true of some other companies. The Infonnaticn was net complete as to some of the com | panles given above. TV KILLED IN THE STREET THE KOREAN PREMIER ASSASSI NATED WHILE RIDING. His Attendant Was Also Subbed by the Assassin and Soon Died From the Wonnd. While riding along one >.f the streeta of Seaul on Tuesday. Pre mier Tl, the head of the Korean cabinet, waa stabbed and fatally wounded by a Korean, Ti Chamm Yong. Premier Tl waa formerly minis ter. He became prime minister in May, 1909, when a reconstruction of the cabinet followed a five-hour audience which Marquis Ito, the Japanese resident, 'had witth the emperor. Yl was regarded as a firm and competent officer, but his efforts to carry out the policy of the new administration met with continued and determined opposition from his political adversaries. The attack occurred at 10 o'clock in the morning. The assailant was a young Christian who was for many years a resident of the Unit ed States. The premier was riding In his jlnriksha when the assassin came up with s long kitchen knife in his hand. He drove this twice into the abdomen of the premier and once Into the letter's lung. The assassin then turned on the premier's' jlnrikoha man, whom he stabbed and, instantly killed. The assassin was Immediately ar rested. He is a youth of about 20 years and is believed to be a mem ber of a political secret society. The premier was removed to the hospital. Yl waa always credited with fos tering anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea. He bitterly opposed the fac tion among the Koreans which fav ored annexation to Japaen and re fused to present a petition for an nexation to the Korean emperor. Notwithstanding Yi's known sen timents in regard to the relations between Japan and Korea, Marquis Ito regarded Yl as an honest and conscientious patriot and refused to listen to the premier's repeated re quests that he be allowed to resign hla office. It is believed that the assassina tion Is the result of political in trieue. - i r. ?? -yy , ;?? 1 - ' "'-' HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGS. MMe His Friend Drunk and Took His Watch and Money. The Columbia Record says Henry Fox, a.white man living near North, has been sent to the county jail In default of bond of $500 to await trial at the next term of the court of general sessions on the charge of highway robbery. Saturday evening Fox was In Co lumbia with a friend of his, W. Y. Gardner. It Is alleged that Fox plsced his friend under the influence of whiskey and led him down into the re 1 light district. They enter ed the house of the notorius negress, Carrie Baker, and there, Gardner claims, Fox robbed him of his watch and some $85. After the hour of the alleged rob bery, It Is said, Fox Bpent money freely. Fox is said to have handed It out for this things and that an 1 paying exorbitant prices for thin/? that- he bought. Detectives have Bticceedel In recovering $41.85 of the amount Gardner claims was sto len from him. The defendant, in answering to the charge of steal In? the watch, stated that he bought the watch from a Main street pawn broker's shop und paid $2.50 for It. OUTLAW KILLED HIMSELF When Surrounded and He Saw no Avenue of Escape. The most thrilling man hunt which ever occurred in Henry county, Ala., terminated Mon 'ay afternoon, when Boy O'Haro, the young negro des perado, killed himself when sur I rounded by a posse. Since Tues lay I of List week when the negro shot 1 two officers, the chase has continu ed. Plocdhound6 pursue 1 him so closely that he shot one of the ! dogs. One mile south of Abbeville Ala., at the entrance to the Ch:>c l Mwh'-t-hle Swamp a enrdon of a j hundred men surrounded him j VYoun e\ barefooted and tired he I saw that escape was Impossible \ Rather than fall Into the hanis ol his pursuers he place I the barrel of a shotgun to his breast and push ed the trigger with his tee. His boi'y w.s tied tr. a buggy and rlragge 1 to Abbeville and placed is the court house wlere It lay foj I several hours. Killing Roll Weevils. Tho slert an I snow over the north : ern section of Louisiana and Mis > sippl is worth 'hous^n's of dollar.' Ito the districts Infested by the ct 1 ten !>'?!! weevil, according fo th* government entoniriog'st. Expert say i r.tr! 1 Ir.roa's "re being mad ion hibern* tins v. evils. Oh Id reu Burned. At Chicago, 111., J-^hn C-rroMo aged seven. Carles Com'io. aged ' two; Mary Corrc'io. "gel four, were burned to r?e?tn when thrlr bom? c?tight fire during the parents' ab ? sence Monday. 0 iO cents pub cop* DAGOS FIGHT Battle Between the Traops of Zclaya ati Estrade ia Which THE FORMER WHIPPED The Result of This Rattle Put? tb? Revolutionists in Nicaragua ?*> Top, and May Mean the Downfall! of Madriz, Who Has Just Been Elected President by JEelay*. A Washington dispatch says Zelaya's troops were routed by the Nicaraguan revolutionists today fife s fierce battle at Ramo lasting sev eral hour's. Gen. Estrada, in command of the revolutionary army is reported to have been successful all along ths line. The first announcement of the soe cess of the Estrada arms came in a cablegram to Dr. Castrilk), the rep resentative in Washington of the provisional government. It was sign ed "Diaz." Diaz is secretary of state "of the provisional government. The cablegram said: "Complete vie tory Is ours: Zelaya's troops are fas retreat" Later Tuesday evening the state department gave out the following message from Cones! Mof fat from Colon. "Estrada forces at Tatnmbla and Recreo, near . Rama, commanded ky Gen. Mena at-the former places, and Generals1 Chamorro, Nattuti and For no Diaz, at the latter pir.ee partial ly routed and defeated the forces of Zeteya after desperate fighting of several - hours. The Zelayan forces were commanded by Gen. Gonzales. A great many were killed, the num ber being unknown; 100 were wounded ' and 150 prisoners weil? taken by the revolutionists. The Zelayan troops at Recreo have coca pied what ' has been considered a strong position. Estrada is confi dent of defeating the enemy when he renews the attack later and of forc ing their surrender." The clash between the two aff mies was not unexpected . For days the troops have been lying practi cally "fjle'ln their trenches around Rama, skirmishing only marred tho peace thai:' brooded over that sec tion. Estrada played a waiting gams ln: the hope: that the Zelayan com mand enr would take the initiative and attempt the capture of his po sition, which was reported to hs very Strong; None-of the officials of the stats department would discuss the re ported victory cf Estrada. It is known/ however, that the news was not unwelcome. Had the Zaiayas army won over Estrada, this g-overn merit would have been In a somewhat embarrassing position, having es poused openly the cause of the pro visional government. ' In Central America diplomatic circles the word brought Joy, and there was a general celebration. The diplomats join In the prediction that this victory Is the "beginning of the end" of Zelayaism and that the next step will be to force the retirement of President Madriz, on the ground that he is a tool of Zcla ya anl not the real choice of tho country. ?' A YOUNG WHITE FIEND I? Lodged in Laurens Jail Undes Serious Charge. A dispatch from Laurents says Roy Wood, a youn? white man connect ed with the best people in Sulli van's Township, was lodged in jaH on the charge of attempted assault upon the person cf a young white girl, possibly 15 years of age. The allegej crime is said to have been committed, last Ihursday morning. Acceding to statements of the of ficers, it seems that the young wo man had gene to the pasture not fpr from the house to take the cows for the day. Young \s ood, who had been at the home of the girl a few minutes before, hearl the instructions given by the mother about the cows and made his way by a roundabout path to the pasture. The young woman when attache 1 screamed and ran to t^e bouse, where an ol'er sister was, the rest of the family having meanwhile gone to Honea Path Some neighbors were notified and for a while trouble seemed Immi nent. Constable Abercomble, armel with a warrant for-the youn? man's ar rest, apprehended him at his home Saturday afternoon. He was kept bv the cnrtable until Monday after noon, when he wis lodged In jaiL It !s stated that the attery^t at assault was not successful, and that the youns wom?n sneered no In juries other thm friiihL Young Wocd Is annarrntty 21 yenrs old. Driven to Perth. R-ther t%~n f-ce Fix call 'ren CSrirtri"? ""It^oiTt presents, Mrs. S^r^b Ennh commltt"' suicide by asphyxiation at Philaielphia Wednes day. Five J'io in H< me. Theodore Fredericks, his wife and three children were burned to death In a fire whclh destroyed their home In Yonkers, N. Y., on Tuesday.