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PUBLISHED THBEE TTB FOUR MEN DEAD As a Result of the Explosion of a Gun at Navy Proving Grounds. MAY HAPPEN ANY TIME Lieutenant Arthur C. Caffee anrt Three Otlief Members of the Gun Crew Were Instantly Killed or (Mortally Wounded and Another Was Seriously Injured. By -the premature explosion of a --.-Winch gun, at the Indian Head, Md., proving grounds of the navy, four men are dead, including Lieut. Ar thur. C. Caffee, who was in charge of the gun, and one man, a negro,, seriously injured. The breech lock of the gun, wh ich. was being- tested, blew backward into the crew which was firing the gun. The explosion probably was due to a ben* or foul ed firing pin, which projected be yond the face of the breech plug.ol the gun. The dead in addition to Lieuten ant Caffee, are: J. L. Brown, battery foreman, in stantly killed J. J. Leary, or-dnance- man, fa tally , injured, died later. Nelson Jackson, colored, battery attendant, fattaily" injured and died shortly .afterward. . Sydney Dyson, colored, a member of the gun crew, was seriously, in jured,' ; .. .... ? The* ordnance bureau has order ed a board; of inquiry, to develop de tails of " the accident," tXe. only wit nesses to which, so far'as can be learned, were John C. Cole'man and Sydney Dyson, both colored. The gun? which" was a' new one from the navy yard gun factory and being, tested for the first time, bad already been fired twice. The ac cident occurred during "the third round, just as the breech was being Closed. Lieutenant Arthur Gill Caffee was born in Missouri and was attached to the stag of Rear Admiral Shroe der on the Atlantic fleet battleship Connecticut before he \ was as signed to duty at Indian' Head ab inspector of ordnance. He entered the Naval Academy in 1900. The assistants who ware killed and in jured were all civilians and lived In fthe neighborhood of the proving grounds, 40 miles below Washing ton. The naval ordnance bureau has been trying for a long- time to find some safety device applicable to guns of this calibre, but so far with out success, and if the. gun captain fails to obey 'the rule to pass his hand over the breech lock before it is closed to detect any improper pro-' jectfon of the firing pin, then just such an accident as occurred Satur day may happen any time, lit is said. Every precaution ordinarily Is taken to protect the firing crewB from the failure of a new gun under test. It is required that after load ing the gun the crew shall retire to a bomb-proof in its rear and dis charge the piece by electricity. The trouble in this case lay in the fact that tbe gun was discharged before the crew had finished loading it. Tbe brass' shell, containing the powder and the projectile, had been inserted in the piece and the breech blocks had swung jto on its hinge. But before the heavy threads had interlocked, the projecting firing pin struck the primer on the head of the shell and exploded the charge, which' blew backwards, tearing' off the breech block and killing or fat ally wounding the crew. The employers' liability act will I come into play in this case and the! families or dependent parents of the victims of the explosion will receive the equivalent of one year's pay. Celii're in the Church. Tbe University of Georgia nr Ath ens has an enrollment of 5!.w gtu? dents. Of these 473 indicated a church nreference, 34 7 being mem bers of seme church: 131 are Meth odists; 102 are Baptists; 4S arei Presbyterians; 21 are Episcopalians; 13 are Catholics; 10 are meinbers'of I the Christian church; 15 are Jewish; 1 Congregational, and 2 Lutheran.* Act of Cruel Boy. His clothes saturated with oil, Fiore Banardo, Aged 12 years, was thrown into a fire in New York by Ph'lip Seckler, aged 15 years. The lads had a dispute over which was the leader of the gang of boys and Seckler determined to put his rival out of the road. He will probably die. ? Smallpox* Among Indians. Ninety-three Indians on the Ara pahoe Indian reservation have died from small pox within four days. The disease is manifested in its most malignant form. OHicer in charge of reservation are fighting v.iinly to bait tbe sweep of tbe pestilence. Indians Smallpox Victims. (Kintey-three Indians on the Ara pahoe reservation, have died from smallpox within four days. The die ease is manifested in its most ma lignant form Officers in charge of the reservation are f^hting vainly to halt the sweep of the pestilence. IBS A WEEK. I PARIS DRAWS KINGS ACTRESSES ARE A CHIEF DE LIGHT OF THE ROYALTY. Taxes Wrong From Poor Peasants and Workingmen Are Squandered in Maintaining Former Gutter Children. Every king in Europe, with a few exceptions, spends a good deal of his time in Paris, squandering In the French capital' the revenues wrung from poor peasants and workingmen, on favorites, who live in luxurious surroundings. Paris is full of kings in exile and kings in disguise. Ev ery prominent actress, in the great city boasts of a king, a grand duke or a prince among her admirers. Strange to say most of the sirens who tempt 'the royalty of Europe, were children of cabmen, peasants of working people of the poorest class, and even of islum dwellers. Thus Paris brings the kings of Eu rope as slaves to the feet of her gut ter children. She tempts them with ruinous delights, and teaches other nations how to get rid of them. Five years ago Monua Delza was earning $3 a week as a milliner's girl in Paris, working till her fingers ached and walked home in the rain and snow and other kinds of weath er to save the three cents omnibus fare. Today she owns fire automo biles and has become the connois seur oof the most exquisite luxuries and no outlay is too extravagant for her. She is much admired by Al phonso, King of Spain. It was through her suggestion that Alphonso introduced King Man uel, of Portugal, to Gaby Deslys, daughter of a drunken cabman and a washerwoman. She received lit tle care, played about the street jwith other-gutter children and learn ed the Parisian argot in all its rich suggestions. It is said she conld converse in a manner that wodld make the aver age cab driver blush and gasp for breath. Her career on the stage be gan as a singer and dancer but her rise was rapid. One theatrical man ager declares she had remarkable business ability and keenness at a I bargain. Perhaps the ex-King of Portugal can now add some obser vations to the same effect. The eagerness of his imperial scapegrace, "the Grand Duke of Bor is of Russia, to keep Arette Dorgerc in high estate in Paris was one of :he causes of the Russo-Japanese war in whieh 200,000 men lost their lives. When the war was raging Grand Dukes pocketed the funds sub scribed for wounded soldiers ana [perhaps large sums were spent on i-he Parisian actress. Lucile Lantelme, particularly' ad mired by the King of Greece, came near causing a rebellion in the em pire of King George, but the kiug only laughed at the folly of nis peo ple and drew an additional $200,UOu from the treasury and spent part of it for a necklace for his lady in Par I is. Scores of other women are kept in splendor by as many of high es tate in Europe, with Pari3 as the center for their activities and atten tions. * DISAGREE ON CORN CROP. Federal Estimate (lives Less Than Estimate of State. The United State Department of Agriculture and Commissioner Wat son have disagreed as to the corn crop of South Carolina, or at least their statistics have. A recent estimate of the national departmtnt of agriculture places the corn crop of Sonth Carolina at 44, 733,000 bushels. The estimate of, Commlssicnet Watson places the crop at 49,740, 000 bushels. ? The difference in estimates is lia ble to cause considerable correspon dence. On two previous occasions Mr. Watson has challenged the fig ures of the national department or agriculture as to the corn crop ot this State. It is the intention of the commissioner of this State to challenge the "crude" manner that has been adopted by the national de partment in collecting its statistics for his State on agriculture. A statement recently issued by Dr. Seaman A. Knapp of the farm de oiLonsiration Work, gives statistics as to the corn crop for all of the States ol the .South and shows that within one year's time the corn pro duction of the nine Southern States has been increased by 15S.294.000 bushels. Tho increase has been brought about as a result of the farm denons;ration work. The average yield in South Car olina., according to tho bulletin.! was IS.5 bushels, as compared with! 16.7 bushels" for last year. The. average for ten years in South Car olina was 11.6. Homicide in Pickens. Friday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, near Liberty. Henry Bogge shot and killed Sam Boggs. Both were ?bout 25 years old, and it is said were drinking. They are prominently run nec ted. ? Trained to Steal. The police of Brockton. Mass., are seeking two men who profit through thefts committed by a trained dog. He removes clothes and furs from hack yards and carries them away 'o his owners. ? OKANGEBUKG, DEFENDS OUR RECORD SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BECOME A GREAT CORN STATE. The Great Yields Per Acre in the State Is Being Questioned by Some People. South Carolina Is coming to be! known throughout the United States j as a great corn producing state and there are many who doubt the great yields per acre that have been made in this state. Out in Memphis 'the other day a well known minister who once lived in this state was making an address before a large gathering of farmers. He told them the story of how Jerry Moore had produced over 228 bush els of corn on one acre of land and as a result, the well known preacher has been placed in ithe Ananias club. The people don't believe that so much corn can be grown on one acre. This minister realiing that he had much to do to prove his statraent inrmedJately addresses a lecter to this state asking for the document ary evidence. The affidavits have been furnished to the minister with a statement from the United States government expert, substantiating I the large yield of Jerry-Moore. A ilouth*Carolinian in Virginia al so has placed himself apparently In the Ananias Club and he makes the following appeal to the South Car olina department of agriculture. "A Virginia gentleman was re cently 'mirating' over a yield of 160 bu. of corn per acre, which was made by a Virginia farmer. Under the im/pulse^ of the moment (and which I now 'realize consisted chiefly of Indiscretion) I remarked that that yield-had been exceeded in South Carolina, where a yield of two hun dred and fifty bushels had been made several years ago. "The Virginian?being a Virgin ian?was too polite to speak his thoughts, hut the expression of his face, indicated clearly that I filled all the essential requirements for eligibility in the Colonel's Ananias club. I now appeal to you In the name of a badly mutilated reputa tion, to furnish me with proof to sustain my statement either in whole or in part. "I apprehend that nothing will suffice but affidavits of the governor, two members of the Senate and the members of the supreme court, prop erly certified by a notary for the commonwealth of Virginia, with tbe great seal of tbe commonwealth affix ed, in at least two colors; but If you have not these on tap, I would be glad to have any secondary evidence which you may have at hand.' The yield referred to was that by Capt. Drake of 255 bushels on one arce of lani. The information has been furnished. One day Senator Smith was dls? cussing agruculture with the mem bers of the agricultural committee "?f the senate-. He mentioned the Drake yield and was promptly doubt ed by the other members of the senate committee. They knowing Senator Smith accepted his state ment finally when he had produced the evidence. ANOTHER FOOTBALL TRAGEDY. Causes Two Other Colleges to With draw From Game. At Whee?ns. W. Va.. t.te cvo ner's jury Monday night returned a verdict of accidental death in the case of Rudolph M?nk, the West Vir ginia university player, who died of injuries received in a football ! game Saturday. This exonerates [ young McCoy, right end of the Beth any team who fell on M?nk in the scrimmage and was charge dwith murder. j As a result of the tragedy the university council of West Virginia university canceled the remaining j football: games scheduled because oi [?the death Saturday of Capt. Rudolph I M?nk. Charles E. Hogg, dean of the university law school, was directed I to represent the university at the funeral -?f the young man. There will be no more football at Bethany either this year as a result of the tragedy at Wheeling Satur day afternoon when Cupt. M?nk, of I the West Virginia university was fatally injured in the game with J Bethany college. At a meeting of the faculty and the student body it was voted to abolish the remaining scheduled games. Blew Him I p. Near Bass field, .Miss., Marvin Hud son, a farmer, placed a stick of dyn amite in bis pocket to take to his I employes in the field. Hudson stum I bled and fell. That In- was not blown to pieces when the dynamite exploded is.marvelous. He will die. Round House Burned. At Nashua, N. H., seventy-fi-e thousand dollars worth of locomo tives were destroyed by fire i.i tnr Boston and Maine railroad round house Saturday. The lire was caus ed by an explosion of a tank, gener ating gas. Pint Killed Him. On a wager that he could drink a pint of whiskey at one gulp Wil liam Andrews, of East Liverpool, 0.. won tbe 50 cent stake but lost his life. He collapsed immediately after he swallowed the liquor. ? S. C, TUESDAY, NOTE: DEATH 10 MANY One Hondred People Are Reported Killed in Riots in Mexico. WAS A DAY OF RIOTING Passengers Arriving at Mexico City | Relate Stories of Dreadful Clash! Between Authorities and Anti-Re- j electionists at Puebla. ? Began i When Police Interfered. One hundred persona, including, the chief of police, were killed in riDts at Puebla, Mexico, on Friday, according to the statements of pas sengers arriving at Mexico City Fri day night fron that city. The stories, told ^by passengers, are to the effect that1/the trouble be gan Friday morning}- when a num ber of policemen, headed oy the chief, attempted to break in a meet-1 ing of anti-re-electionists, which was being held in a large hall. As Chief of Police Miguel Cabrera j and his men advanced towards the i building, a door was opened by a woman, who shot and killed the chief. A fight then ensued between the police and the occupants. AI bomb was thrown from one of the! windows in the midst of the police men and rurales, the latter having teen called to assist the city officers. The bomb exploded, killing many. The causalities occurred in the course of fighting, which 'took place in the street. So far;as known, there were no Americans killed. The passengers further asserted that from morning, until the time they left Puebla, in the afternoon, there was continuous rioting and while the anti-re-electionists had been dislodged from the building, fears were entertained that the dis orders were by-no means at an end. From official sources in Mexico City Friday night, it was learned that the 17th battalion left there late Friday for Puebla, by special train, and that other trains were in readiness to transport additional troops to the scene of the riot If deemed necessary. It was officially stated there Ffiday night tha/t 18 men had been killed in Puebla. Details of. the A-r.ti-IMaz conspir acy, alleged to have been promoted by Francisco I. Madero, now a fugi tive from Mexico, and which has re sulted within the past two days in the arrest of several co-conspirators in that city and elsewhere, came to light Friady. indicating that Sunday, November 20, was the date fixed for a general uprising against tht exist ing Government. The conspirators appeared to nave extended their operation to the States of Vera Cruz, Hidalgo, Coa huila, San Luispotosi, Nuevo Leon, Puebla, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Yuca tan and Zacataqas. To the author ities in all these States orders have been sen-t to put down with vigor any attempt at disturbance. Circulars, which appear to have been sent out by Madero or his agents, from San Antonio, Texas, to fariouh persons in that ci-ty, outline his campaign and announce Medero is Constitutional President of Mexi co. Among other statements contained in the manifesto were the following: "I. Francisco I. Madero, will place tiiyself at the head of a rcvolutionaiy ?larty. against the Government :?f Mexico. Between the 20th and 30-;h of November I shall lead my follow ?rs against the Government of Mex ico." ? MEETS DEATH IX SYRUP. Small Boy Fall Into Boiling Kettle of Molasses. Boiled to death in Syrup was the manner of death suffered by the two year old son of George Swift a white man at Metcalfe, late F.i day. The child, walking backwards, fell into the kettle of syrup, which was carried by two men, and was, submerged. His mother's arms were | burned in an efforts to rescue the boy. ? Guard the Jail. At Augusta, Ga., T. William Mur ray, who killed Thos. Mitchell, a young white man Saturday night, was captured Sunday. The police feared trouble and made hasty prep arations to prevent his being lynch ed.. At midnight it was announced by the police that danger of a lynch ing was over. One More Goes In. Contrary to expectation California will send one Democrat to Congress. The completion of the official count nf the first district shows that Judge J. E. Baker, democrat, has a plurality of 12-1 votes over W. F. Fug-ebrighi. Republican, Incumbent. Engiebright received a plurality two years ago of G.593. Prices Are lower. A New York dispatch says reports from various parts of the country in dicating a fall in the price of meats is reflected by similar reports from local dea'ers. They say the decline has already begun. The wholesale price of beef went down three of a cent in the last week. ' MBER 22 1910 OFFERED $100,000 TO VOTE AGAINST ANTI-RACE TRACK BETTING BILLS. Startling Statement Made by New ? York State Senator Before Legis lative Graft Committee. One hundred thousand dollars to vote against the anti-race track bet ting bills, in 1908, was offered to State Senator Eugene Mi Travis, ot Brooklyn, so he swore- on the stand Friday, testifying before the legisla-: i tive graft committee. A mysterious 1 little man, whose name he does not recall, made the offer in the lobby of the Senate, he said, in behalf of former Senator Frank J. Gardner. And Gardner, he added, confirmed it in a subsequent telephone conversa tion. - Gardner is now under indictment, charged with having attempted simi larly, though with a lesser amount, to influence Otto G. Foelker, 'if Brooklyn, now a Congressman, bat then a State Senator. Foelker vot ed for the bill, as did Travis, and it was' passed, notwithstanding the frantic efforts of the race track in terests and the alleged use or* a fund, which previous testimony has placed at $500,000. Travis' testimony and the commit tee's efforts to subpoena James R. Keene ana Harry Payne Whitney, millionaires whose hobby is hont racing, were the most interesting de velopments of Friday's hearing, re sumed after an adjournment on Oc tober 22. Tfforts to find Messrs Keen and Whitney, who have been mentioned in previous testimony as having been present at a conference at Delmonilco's at which, the alleged corruption fund was raised, and the committee is anxious to examine them, have thus far been withoit success. Travls's story Friday added two new names to the list of Senators "approached." The amount offered him, he explained, was to be paid in two Installments, $25,000 down and $75,000 after his vote had been cast. "Did you ever br?ar or any other Senator being approached?" he was asked. "Yes, I took lunch with Senator Fuller and Senator Carpenter one day,' and they told me they had been approached. Senator Gates also to'd me he had been called on the tele phone." -.. * - "Would- you know the man who approached you if you saw him again?" "Yes, I think so." * REVISE WHOLE SCHEDULE Senator Gore Tells What Democratic Congressmen Should Do. Senator T. P. Gore, of Oklahoma, in an interview at Chicago, Friday, said that at the coming session of Congress the Democrats should re vise the whole schedule and also the tariff on pulp wood and print paper. He ascribed Democratic success at the recent election to dis satisfaction over the Payne-Aldrich tariff law and the high cost of llv ingl "A lower tar'ff," said the Sen ator, "would increase our revenue. During 'exile' the Democrats have had ample opportunity to do deep thinking, but we must not, as Kip ling says, "become drunk with pow RACKS CLASH IX FltAXCE. White and Colored American Sailors j In Conllict?One Dead. j A dispute between white and col ored bluejackets, of the American squadron under Admiral Vreeland Friday night, developed into an ug ly fight, In which revolvers and knives were used. The gendarmes arrested a sailor from the Kansas, who is charged with having stabbed a man from the Louisana, in the ab | dornen. One negro was sent to a hospital in a serious condition from stab wounds, while another negro was wounded on the head. The au thorities are arranging for stronger police patrols to prevent further dis turbance. ? Five Children Died. I Five children died on the steamer Carpathia during that vessel's voy age from Trieste. The Carpathia was held at quarantine at New York for transfer from the steerage I of 58 children, all ill with contag? lous diseases. They were sent to Hoffman Island for .treatment. The bodies of the children who died en route were buried at sea. Youthful Smoker Dead. Lighting Iiis pipe filled with "rib Ivit tobacco" Mttxel Sanders, aged live, was burned to death Thursday afternoon at Atlanta when his clothes ignited at the open ?rate. Several playmates were with the lit tle fellow and all were learning to smoke. Another name for "rabbit tobacco is "life everlasting." * Youthful .Murderer. Arthur A. Watson, of HatMesburg, Miss., who Is eighteen years old, will serve a life sentence for the murder of his fourteen-year-old wife. Watson entered a plea of guilty Friday and by agreement or the prosecuting attorney was, given a life term in prison. POLICE BAFFLED CORPSE SEALED IN TRUNK FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS. The Victim is Probably a Woman, On Account of the Sinallncss uf Rones. Pending an inquest planned for Friday on the body which was fouud in an hermetically sealed trunk in the cellar of a West Thirty-fourth street apartment house, the authori ties were not inclined to theorize on who the victim of tue mysterious murder mijht he. Even the sex of the victim was not known, the five or more years during which the body Is known to have reposed in its hiding place, hav ing reduced it to a skeleton almost bare of flesh. From outward indi cations, however, the authorities are of the belief that the body is that of a woman, the smallness of the bones chiefly leading them to that conclusion. The body?discovered by Philip Meagher, when he was preparing to move after eight years' residence in .the house1 and opened the neg lected trunk?was taken, to the morgue Rriday. It was found it had been jammed in the trunk and sur rounded with quantities of plaster of Paris and paper. A zinc tank inside the trunk fitted perfectly. The newspapers were dated from Febru ary IS to April 17, 1902. The only clue is the name of "W. Lewis," which appears on the out side of the trunk. Lewis was a boarder In the Meagher family up to about six years ago. He told Meagh er on going away that he would leave 'the trunk and call for it 6ome time. At the morgue, Coroner's Physi cian Leban, and Prof. John McAllis ter, of Bellevue, made an examina tion of the body and found it to be that of a man. The surgeons declare ?that the victim was placed in the trunk while still alive and death re sulted from asphyxiation. The con dition of a portion of the right lung, which still remained, indicated this.* "PORTLAND NED" WANTED. South Carolina Will Hoard Him for Ten Years Longer. Governor Ansel has made, requis tlon upon Governor Brown of Geor gia at the request of Sheriff White of Spartanburg for "Portland Ned,' alias James Johnson, whose term of burglary in the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta will shortly expire and who is wanted in this State to serve a ten year sentence for house break ing and larceny. "Portland Ned,' "Detroit Nibs," "Texas Dutch," Jas on Johnson and Gus Deford were all sentenced at Spartanburg in 1907 to serve 10 years each for cracking of Enorce Manufacturing company s safe, from which they got $S,S17. -? CORN CROP MEASURED. J. H. Cahiwell Make 83 Bushels by Dynamite Method. J. H. Caldwell, the Spartanburg farmer who sprang into fame by dv 1 na mi ting his corn land, raised on his acre of dynamited land 85.i? bushels of corn. These are the fig ures given out Friday night by Messrs. John Wood and John M. NlcholiS, who as a committee, weigh I ed and measured Mr. GaldwelTs corn. Every ear of corn was pull ed, shucked and weighed in the pres ence Qf the committee. Mr. Cald well has entered the State corn con test. " FORTY-FIVE RACERS BURNED. I Horses Valued at $30,000 Perish in Fire at Wichita, Kan. Forty-five race horses, valued it I $3u,U00, were burned at Wichita. Kan., Sunday in the stables of the [Wichita and Southwestern Fair As sociation. The horses were being wintered there after a racing sea son on the fair circuits of Kansas and Oklahoma. The stables, which [were fully destroyed, were valued at $12.000, half Insured. A further (loss of $10,000 was due to the burn ing of racin? carts, harness and oth j er accessories. The origin of the ' fire has not been ascertained. Brought Big Price. I Col. O. C. Scarborough, lately a candidate for railroad commissioner and now an applicant for appoint ment to the Sullivan vacancy on fie commission, has sold to G. J. Davis, or Bishopville, for $50,000, his plan tation in Clarendon county, eight miles from Summerton. consisting of 1.020 acres. 720 of these improved." They Bid Not Vote. The New York Globe presents com parative figures which throw an in teresting light on the recent political overturn in the Empire State. Tue figures show that many Republican.' refrained from voting iu the late election. Deadly Samples. A number of people at Fences, N. C, are victims of an apparent poison caused by using advertising packages handed out on the streets there las* week by agents of a pat ent medicine house. ? WO CENTS PEB COPY \ LODGE ON TRIAL Foss Demands That the Senator Withdraw: from Senatorial Race. OR DEFEND POSITION V Tl.e Governor Elect in a Published Statement Says the Kc-EIection of Senator Lodge Would be a Re pudiation of the People's Victory in the Last Election. Governor-elect Eugene Jf. Foss. of Massachusetts, has issued a state ment, says a dispatch fr?m Boston, in which he demands that Senator Henry Cabot Lodge withdraw from, the field for re-election. In the event of a refusal Mr. Foss declares he will go into every section of the Commonwealth in a campaign to der feat the Senator. Mr. Foss's state ment in part follows: "In the name of the majority of the soverign people on the Common wealth of Massachusetts I demand tha Henry Cabot Lodge surrender his seat in the United States Senate,; by withdrawing from his contest, for re-ciecion. "His election to the Senate would be a repudiation of the great victory of the people at the last election. He was on trial as much, if not more, than Governor Draper, and if he had been the candidate my majority tvould have been double what it was. "The issues on which the fight was made, on which I was elected, were honest tariff revision downward, .lower duties on the necessaries of, life, free raw materials, an ui>taxed, food supply with Canada and more democracy in our form of govern ment. ."We all know where Senator Lodge stands on these Issues and. where he has stood all the?e years. To re-elect him would be a step backward, and Massachusetts has never learned, to walk back ward. "I shall never sign his credentials except at the end of a campaign, which will make the last one look like an-afternoon tea party. "He must surrender or fight.. He must defend his position before the people. The people of Massachu setts will not permit him longer to manipulate the Legislature. I am ready, and if he does not re-ire will be on the stump In every section of the State, and we will rind out where the people stand. Senator Lodge Is net in touch with the new order of thin?s, with the progressive spirit, of the times. He does not represent the people, the men and women in the ordinary walks of life."' GAVE TOWN CLOSE CALL Horses Pull a Wagon Over F0K5 Cases of Dynamite. The two thousand inhabitants of the little village of Roselle Park, N. J., have good cause for celebrat-' ebratiug Thanksgiving Day this year. That the inhabitants are all alive Saturday is little short of a miracle in the opinion of most of. them. A junk man's horse which ran away on Main street Friday ni?ht plunged through the fence en-, closing a freight yard and pulled his heavy wagon right over forty cases oC dynamite which were being un; . loaded by a contracting firm. The explosion of the stuff would have blown the town to pieces. The, wheels of the wagon struck the boxes and knocked several of them into splinters scattering the contents, about. Men who saw what way the runaway was headed scampered!., in ail directions, expecting each moment would be their last. Mayor Drops Dead. Z. T. Kershaw, the mayor of Tim monsvllle, dropped dead in his home, Saturday about noon from an at tack of acute indisbestior. No one was with him at the time and time afterwards by a visitor. Mr., Kershaw, who was about 60 years, . cf age, had been mayor of the town . for eight or ten years Ho leaves 110 immediate family Hazcrs Cause a Death. Four men employed at the Buffa lo Malleable Iron works, in Buffalo,, N. Y., are under arrest charged with "hazing" Albert Gull, an unpopular employee. They tied a piece of waste saturated with oil about the man'8 body and then lighted it. His bums will prove fatal. * All But One Sixteen students of Mississippi col lege, ranging from pallid-coinplex ioned and frail bodied boys to pic tures of health, formed a volunteer hookworm poison squad at. Clinton, . Miss., and have been tested for the. disease. All but one showed signs of infection. ? Ear is Torn From Head. A piece of wire used to hold the , crank of his automobile stationary when the car is in motion, Friday cost Robert McPherson, a merchant of Salida, Col., his right ear. Mc- . Pherson was cranking the machine, when a "fly back" plunged the wire., into his ear and tore it from his head. *