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PUBLISHED THEEE 1 : Carge sf Djaaaite Eipfcdes Wiih^^l Results Wednesday. . jj ???- x/ MANY PEOPLE KDJLED ' ? .... Many More Are Injured by the : r' SI ..V Shock Which ;s Felt Forty-Five Miles Away-?JJew 'York Shaken From Street Livel to Top of the Highest Building. . A cargo of dynamite In transit from a freight cLt to che hold of a lighter moored at pier No. 7, Com munipaw, N. J., let go shortly after noon Tuesdiy, 150 yards south of the Jersey City terminal of the Central Railroad of New Jersey and in the widespread.ruin that followed seven then are known to have been killed, seven more are missing, hundreds were wounded and varying reports leave from 15 tc 20 more unaccount ed for. ' Thirty seems to be a conservative estimate of the . dead and property damage will hardly fall below $750, 000. The causa of the explosion Is . variously attributed to the dropping of a case of dynamite and to a boiler explosion on, a, ooat. The direct cause probably never will be known. Terminal Wrecked. The Jersey Central terminal was wrecked; threfc ferry boats in the slips were torn and splintered; lower ^Manhattan, across the river, was shaken from' the street level to,the top of the Singer tower; severe dam . age was done in Brooklyn and Staten Island, and to the immigrant deten tion station on Ellis Island; the shock was . fel t at'Amityville, ? Long Island, 35 miles distant, and in New Jersey at Long Branch, 45 miles away. The damage is so widely scat tered that it :s impossible as ye? to estimate more than roughly, but In Manhattan aione it is placed at $100, 000, on Ellis Island at from \$?0, 000 to .$25,C00 and in all three quarters of a million appears to be a fair estimate. '. Lighter Vanished. . The lighter receiving the dyna mite, the Ks.therine W., owned by ? James Healing of Jersey City, van ished utterly with: her crew of^seven men, including the' master,. Edward Traver. Alongside was the lighter ^WnistTer," "wMch was -so-badly, shat j tered that s'ae sank with her crew of two, while the Sweedish steel barkentine Ingrid was stripped oJ her rigging and the lives of two deck ::? hands aboartl were snuffed out. li'rag ments of on? man's "head were found swinging hiKh on a tangled piece of rope. Were Ivnloading Dynamite. The Katherine W. was tied to the '?' outer end of the pier, and a crew of dock hands-' was unloading a con signment of 50-pound boxes from two ' freight care to the lighter when the crash came. One report was to the effect that the explosive was con signed to contractors up the river for blasting along the Palisades, an other that It was bound for Habana. With the explosion the Katherine W, simply disappeared; not a splint er of her l as been found. Only the Whistler's flagpole has been found. The freight car went up in a puff of dust. On the rear deck of tho barkentine Ingrid were found a pair of iron trucks that were also torn to bits. Another Car Shaken. Fifty yards back stood another car of dynam-te. The explosion ripped \ the roof og it and broke in the doors, but the dynamite itself did not ex plode. On boar d the Ingrid the steel miz zenmast snapped off above the lower yard, and the tangled wreckage came - tumbling about the decks. Every - thing abaft the mizzenmast was lev eled flat but the steel plates; of the hull held stoutly and showed not even, a mark. For 10 0 feet the pier-end itself was utterly demolished. All about were strange freaks of the explosion. Glass Roof Collapses. ; In . the train shed of the terminal, nearly the whole southern exposure of the glass roof collapsed, shower ing the passengers with broken glass. One man was struck by a 20-pound fragment and so severely cut that he died. An engineer in a shifting locomotive was blown fron his cab and died of a fractured skull. A tugboat captain was hurled from his wheelhouse and fished out of the v-ater 15 minutes later. Inside the passenger station there was dam are visible everywhere. The floors were littered with brok en glas;. Windows fronting on the inner court had been sucked from, the frames, sashes and all. Clock Hands Torn Oil". Slf.tes were torn from the roof and the hands of the ferry house clock were torn off. James Mayew, cashier in the sta tion restaurant, was eating luncheon when the explosion came. "There was everywhere the crash of falling glass,'- he said, "and the rush of frightened feet. Children wimpe 'ed and women shrieked. The sensation of terror was acute. It seemed as if the earth was being torn to bits. ? \ Showered With Glass. Two ferry boats of the Central Railroad of New Jersey lay in the terminal slips and a third was just edging into the river. All of them A WEEK. CiiiLD LABOR BILL PROVIDES FOR ELIMINATION OF w?fo ^me Radical Changes There was an unexpected and vig orous fight Wednesday in the House against the Qsborne bill, which sought to amend the child labor law "in two respects; first, by eliminating any and ali exemptions, and abso lutely prohibiting the employment of children under twelve. There are now 'exemptions for children of wid owed mothers, orphans, etc.; sec ond, the bill provides against the employment bfj any child under 16 at nightf , . . ? Mr. Qsborne .bore the brunt of the fight and the House finally passed the bill, the large vote in 'its favor coming from counties without cot .ton mills'or, practically without these industries. The statement was re peatedly made that the manufactur ers did not care what became of the bill and the fight against the bill was, by the speeches made, entirely in behalf of the operative classes and their lights. Those who voted against the bill were Messrs. Ashley, Bailey, Beam guard, Booster, Bowers, Cary, Chan dler, Courtney: John M. Daniel, Dix on, Dobson, E. C, Edwards, Isaac Edwards, Eraser, Graham, Harris,. Hutto, Jackson, Jones, Kellehan, Ketchin, League, IMcCravey, McDow. McQueen, Magill, - Mauldiia, Miller, Moore, Polk, Salley, Save, Scott, C. T. Shuler, R. L. Shuler, Singleton, C. D. Smith, K. P. Smith, .rison. Todd,: Turn bull, Vincent, Watson, Whisonant, Williams, Willis, Wl-i Lengnick, McKeown, Mansfield, gard-V-47. Those who voted for the bill were: Speaker M. L. Smith and Messr3. Arnold, Ayer, Baskin, P.el?er. Be th ea, Bodie, Bowman, Boyd, C. H. Brown, T. Pr Brown, Butler, Charles, Connor, W. L. Daniel, Davis, Dick, Doar DuBose, Drummond, Erckman, Evans, Fultz, Gary, Gasque, Ham ilton, Harrison, Hill. Hines, Hopkins, Horlback, It unter, Irby, James, Kib ler, 'Kirkland, Kirvin, Lee, Leland, Manuel, Meares, Mitchura, Motte, ?<Jower, Nicholson,; Nunnery, H. A. Odom, W. P. Odom, Osborne, Paul Img, Pegues, Peeples, Reaves, Rem bert, Richirdson, Riley, Sanders, Sawyer, Searson, D. L. Smith, Stan | ley, Tobias, Vander Horst, Wyche, oumans??G9. .> -.1.:,: /.. careened violently and all of them were showered with their own glass. Many of the wounded passengers In these boats came to New York for treatment at the hospitals. In New York the terror was in tensified by uncertainty.. For half an hour nobody knew what had hap pened or where it had happened. LUerally acres of glass were broken. In Trinity church a valuable stained I class window was strewed in the aisle. No Difference in Force. Strange to say, office buildings on the water front streets in New York were no more jarred than those on the further side of Broadway, In Wall street, Nassau street, on the Curb market row, or the stock ex change itself. A plate glass window in the rear of the stock exchange was smashed and in the acquariura at the ! southernmost tip of the Island. 12 windows and 25 skylights were broken. Nearly every structure ifrom Fulton street, south, suffered in some manner. New York business men who stood vt their office windows looking out over the North river at noon saw a puff of yellow dust shoot into the air juBt below the Jersey Central ter minal and then drift down the wind until it covered the -terminal train shed. The next thing they noticed was that every tug boat in the river seemed to be heading to Cummuui paw. Turning to the street below ihey saw them blaok with surging thousands. There were incipient T'-nics here and there throughout the city in business buildings and fac tories as far north as the Bronx. The jar crossed many telephone and fire alarm wires down town and all sorts of complications ensued. Fire engines were dashing hither and thither in quest of non-existent fires. Terrified tennnts made matters worse by t.: in alarms that had not sc"TV' "r lheir own accord. Rhinuiautie?.' W^ldo, ."..e commis sioner for New York, and Fire Chirr Croker, accompanied by a picked band of police, were among the first tc reach Cummunipaw. They ren dered aid to the injured. Ambu lances could not come fast enough and express wagons were command ed for duty in their places. How many were injured never will be known in lull, but the count of those treated in the New York hospitals was 100 and in those of Jersey Cily, Hoboken, Union Hill and surround ing towns, more than double that miniber. The estimated number of dead is .S2. Five bodies have been recov ered. Has Nothing to Say. Senator Tillman has refraine?. from discussing any phase of the situation concerning the denial by James H. Tillman, his nephew, of certain statements, as to the lat ters physical condition, attributed to tie senator by northern newspapers ' ALL EXEMPTIONS. Saw Puff of Dust. Wires Mixed Up. OUANGKEBUBO, KILLED IN SENATE BILL DESIGNED TO PREVENT CORPORATION LAWYERS. From Representing Public Service Corporations While Serving in the Legislature. A spirited fight on Senator Sum mers' bill "to prohibit remuneration to State senators and representatives by public service corporations dur ing their term of office and to fix the punishment" resulted in the death of the bill in the senate Wednesday af ternoon. The bill -was killed by a vote of 31 tQ 10. Senator Weston of Richland spoke earnestly against the bill. The sen ator from Richland charged that the bill was directed against one class of attorneys and was, therefore, an unjust measure. He considers the b'll a reflection on the senators and he paid a compliment to the mem bers of the body in a tribute to the integrity and honesty of the sena tors. Senator Summers, in deferring the bill, dwelt on the precaution that should be taken. He assured the senate the bill carried no hint of re flection upon any one. He told of | telegrams he has received from j I those either connected with or hav-1 ing former connection with public [service corporations asking that) these be let alone. He has also been asked to hold up hi3 rate bills. Senator Clifton, opposing the bill, j said that h? did not believe in hiSj legislative experience a single cor rupt vote had been cast in the gen eral assembly. Senators Crosson, Black and Sullivan opposed the bill while Senator Johnson, spoke in fa vor of the bill. Senator Black recalled that on the vote to dismiss the appeal in.the '"merrer" suit Senator Weston did not vote as he was interested in the trial of the case and the senator from Bamberg commended the sen itor from Richland in this course. The vote on a motion to table was SI to 10, Senator Montgomery of VTajrion being excused from voting. The vote was as follows: Yeas?Ackerman, Appelt, Black, Carlisle, Clifton, Croft, Crosson,' Epps, Ginn,. Green, Hall,. Hardin, Tohnstone, Laney, Lawson, Lide, Wars, W. L. Mauldin, T. J. Mauldin,) McCown, Muckenfuss, Rainford, Sinkler, Spivey, Sullivan, Stewart, Stucky, Walker, Waller, Wesson, Wharton?31. s2i .Nays?^Bates, Dennis, Earle, For rest. Hough, Johnson " "Manning," Flrait, Summers, Young?10. APPORTION REPRESENTATION. Hill Fixing the Number Each Coun ty Will Have Pass. Mr. Connor's bill to apportion rep resentation in the house of repre sentatives among the several coun ties passed the House Wednesday. The members of the house of rep resentatives under Representative Connor's bill is as follows: Abbeville, three; Aiken, three; Anderson, six; .Bamberg, two; Barn well, three; Beaufort, two; Berke ley, two; Calhoan, one; Charleston, seven; Cherokee, two; Chester, two; Chesterfield, two; Clarendon, three; Colleton, three; Darlington, three; I Dillon, two; Dorchester, one; Edge field', two; Fairfleld, two; Florence, three; Georgetown, two; Greenville, six; Greenwood, three; Hampton, two; Horry, two; Kershaw, two; Lancaster, two; Laurens, three; Lee, two; Lexington, three; Marion, two;. Marlboro, three; Newberry, three; Cconee, two, Orangeburg, five; Pick :us, two; Richland, five; Saluda, two; Spartanburg, seven; Sumter, three; Union,' two; Williamsburg;, three, and 'fork, four. PASSES THE SENATE. The Mileage Bill Gets ? Very Large Majority Vote. The mileage bill passes the State senate on Wednesday night after a ht'rd fight by the decisive vote of 26 to 12. The direct vote on the pas sage of the bill was as follows: Yeas?Ackerman, Bates, Black, Carlisle, Dennis, Earle, Epps, Ginu, Creen, Hough. Johnson. .Tohnstone, .'.aney, Lawson, Lide, Mars, W. L. Mauldin, T. J. Mauldin, Muckenfoss, ftainsford, Sinkler. Strait, Stucky, Sullivan. Summers. Whn.rton?26. Nays?.Appelt. H-nsson. Forrest. Hall', HartMti, Montgomery, Snivry, -lewart. Walker; Waller, Weston, r"oung?-12. The bill is a? fo^-v.vs: "That any railroad company sell ing mileage hcoks for transportation is hereby required to receive coupons from mileage books sold by said rail road company on its trains for trans-J T-ortation within the Stite, and to j check baggnge for passengers upon .presentation of said mileage. Steamer Lost. The steamer Inalia 'Mauru, arriv ing from the orient,, brought news of loss at sea of the Japanese steam trawler Bando Maru with a crew of seventy-five men. The steamer founded in a storm off Inbaraki Prefecture. Gets Fatal Fall. J. P. Farris, a well-known farmer rf Coosawhatchie, S. O, died at Sa vannah, Wednesday in a sanitarium, as the result of a fall from a street car there two weeks ago. m C, SAT?BDAY. FEBJ SCORES Sensational Harder Trial Starts Rnssia Conrt Circles. Dr. Pantchenko and Count de Lacy Charged With "Removing" the Count's Brother-in-law?The Doc tor Confesses and^ Declares He Was Merely the Counts Toll. At St. Petersburg, "Russia, the Count Patrick O'Brien de Lacy and Dr. Pantchenko were placed on trial Thursday for the murder of Baron Vassilli Buturlin by poi&on.. An al leged confession by Dr. Pantchenko which was read in court created a tremendous sensation. In it he declared that he had been hypnotized by Count de Lacy and had murdered Baron Buturlin by inoculating him with the germs of diptheria. At first he had intended, he said, to use cholera germs, but; fearing detection, substituted diph theria germs. ? Before the trial is finished, it is asserted, names of persons in high circles will be dragged in. A woman high in Russian society, "who is said to be an Intimate frineds of the doc tor, and a male cousin of the Count, who would be benefited financially by the death of the Baron, have al ready been mentioned. Tbe murdered man was the second son of Geri. Buterlin, and the Coun tess de Lacy was his sister. The eld est son of the General incurred pa :ental displeasure by marrying a music hall dancer, and it was known that Baron Buturlin would Inherit the bulk of his father's fortune, es timated at $4,000,000. In the event of the Baron's death it would go I to Countess de Lacy. When Baron Buturlin was taken ill Count de Lacy called In Dr. Pant chenko. A few days later the Baron died, and Dr. Pantchenko filed a cer tificate that death was due to heart foilure. The widow was suspicious, however, and persuaded Gen. Butur lin to have an autopsy. This re vealed that , the Baron had met his death through some subtle poison. - Chief of Secret .Police Lilipoff was notified and- after investigation ar iested Dr. Pantchenko and Count de ?Lacy. ? The doctcr^under. rigid, ex amination broke down and confessed that he had "removed" Baron Butur lin at the instigation of Count de Lacy,, who promised him $300,000, j and also agreed to furnish money so that the doctor's woman friend could marry another cousin of the mur dered man. He also confessed that he had killed scores of persons by means of poison. "Baron Buturlln's murder was enly a drop in the bucket," he told Chief Filipofi. "Horrors have haunt ed me from early morning until late (it night. I have killed 3cores, men gi high standing as well as others. ; have been the blind instrument of a demon. Why? I don't know. I am not a very rich man. I live as every professional of my class lives. I have not squandered great sums. So you see there was no reason for me to poison the people. Ytt I have poisoned them as a butcher's wife poisons flies. I will tell you the name of my master who made me take the lives." "Who is your master?" he was asked. "Count Patrick O'Brien de Lacy," was the reply. According to Chief Fiiipoff, the confession of Dr. Pantchenko will iead to the unveiling of many mys terious murders which have puzzled the St. Petersbunj police. Count oe Lacy maintains that he is inno cent; that the confession Is a tissue cf lies. j The Count h'is held a high pHce iu court circles and has been the per sonal friend.'of the Cabinet Ministers, a diplomatic agent of the Govern rnrnt and a man of good reputation. He comes of a good Irish family, which settled In Russia at the be ginning of the last century. The Countess Tarnowski is a cousin of Count de Lacy. j Fight Was Fatal. At Galilee, Mich., Hujh McNair.1 IS years ola. who was stabbed sev eral days ago by Cleve Edwards, i principal of the public school, died Wednesday. t'he trouble grew out c!' an alleged attack by McXair &nd two companions on Edwards upon bis return from a visit to a younst woman, for whose affections all par ticipants were rivals. Leaps to H;-r Death. At New York Miss Nellie Rnt Uay, aged twenty-six. went to a renr window of her home and leaped to the ground, six stories below. Her lifeless body was found on the stone flagflng two hours later. Relatives believed that she may have been walking in her sleep when she plung ed. Death List Great. A wireless message from Fort Morgan; Ala., states that the officers of the steamer Herald, which ar rived there Wednesday morning from Ceiba, Honduras, report 150 persons killed in the recent fight at Ceiba. Former reports gave thirty as the death list. ;UARY 4. 1911. THE SUP OF A PIN CAUSES THE DROWNING OF ELEVEN MEN IN CASSON. Badly Adjusted Metal Bar Let 1,000 Found Bucket Fall and Break Air Valves. To the carelessness of one of the ?victims was ascribed the flooding of the caisson that resulted in the drawning of eleven negro laborers in the Fassaic River at Newark, N. J., just before midnight Tuesday. ? The imperfect adjustment of a pin holding in place a 1,000-ppund iron bucket filled with mud was the direct cause of the accident. Fifteen men vere excavating for the foundation oi one of the piers for the new dou ble-decker bridge of the McAd?o high-speed electric line between the Hudson Terminal and Newark. The misplaced pin slipped from its fitting and "he heavily loaded bucket fell On the air valve. The valve con s'sted of a get of double doors. These operated automatically, one being closed when the other was open. The bucket crashed through both and the rcmpressed air was released from the chamber in which the fifteen men ?were at work. With the air released water poured into the chamber from the bed of the river. The chamber had an escape itdder provided for such emergen cies, but too many men were caught in the trap. Four scrambled up, but the rest were drowned. Ability to swim was useless, as the water swiftly filled the chamber to its top. Prosecutor Wilbur A. Mott, after hearing yesterday the statements of workmen, Including those who es caped from the caisson, said the case was one of pure accident^and did not call for an Inquest. The work on the river bed had just begun and the victims formed the first night shift employed. ' FOUND AFTER MANY WEEKS. Body of A. Cromatrie of Soparton, Ga., Discovered. ? The body of James A. Cromatrie editor of a paper at Soparton, ua., ^ho disappeared from the hotel at Hamlet, N. C, November 6, last, was fcund Wednesday afternoon in a swamp three miles from Hamlet by hunters. His personal possessions, including a considerable sum of'mon ey, were intact and there was no evidence of foul play, but how he i met death and how long he has been dead:, have ', -not.. .been. ascertained. Cromatrie was on his way to visit relatives in Blanden county and [Stopped over at Hamlet to change cars. He disappeared during the night and though his three sons scoured that section for a month no trace of his movementts could be *ound. Identification was fully es tablished by a relative. Searches had passed within 10 feet of his tody. The report several weeks ago tu at Cromatrie had been found in the woods in a demented condition near Ellenboro later developed te have been a case of mistaken Iden tity. CAME BACK TO LD7E. An Aged Woman Regains Conscious ness in Coffin. Stretching, out her hands toward those who had assembled ab^vt her coffin, Mrs. Jane Pitcock, an octo genarian, caused a panic at her fun eral at Gamaliel, Monroe county, Ky., Wednesday afternoon. The fun eral sermon had been preached and the lid of the coffin was removed to permit friends and relatives to take a last look at what they be lieved a corpse. It was then that Mrs. Pitcock regained consciousness. She remained alive for several hours, her death following Wednesday night. Several physicians examined the body and pronounced Mrs. Pit cock dead before the body was again placed in the coffin. SENDS BOY TO DEATH. Scared by Rubber Snake He Dashes in Front of Train. ! Frightened by a rubber snake in the hands of a companion, J. F. Holder, Jr., a young boy at Buru >ide, Miss., Wednesday dashed in fiont of a swiftly moving passenger; train and was instantly killed. Jeff, 'lomlinson, IS years old, and young' Holder were standing near the rail road tracks when suddenly Tomlin-| son' drew 'he imitation snake from i bis pocket and shoved it towards Holder, who dashed in front of the (rain and was ground to pieces. Tom iinson was arrested, but no crimi nality can attach to hi? act. He is j very sorry of'the death oT his young j friend. Let* Him Oil" Light. President Taft has commuted the sentence of Fred R. Warren, the socialist editor, w"ho was recently sentenced to t! months' Imprisonment and ? 1,000 fine by striking out the imprisonment and reducing the fine, to $100, to be collected by civil pro-i cess. Bodies arc Found. At Newark, N. J., rescuers suc ceeded in recovering the bodies of ten neg.roes who lost their lives In i the caisson accident in Passaic riv- j DISASTERS WERE GREAT SEVEN HUNDRED PEOPLE DIED IN TAAL ERUPTION. Five Thousand Families Were Made Homeless and Ruined by the Vol cano's Activity. The eruption of Taal volcano, and the accompanying disturbances in the Philippines .killed 700 people in the town Qf Talisay, according to a leport cabled to the war department Thursday by Gov. Gen. Forbes of the Philippine Islands. The earthquake shocks continue, the governor . gen eral added. Amdng the estimates of casualties transmitted to the war department was a report which placed the total dead at 300. The report added that b.OOO families had been ruined by the disaster. Recent earthquake shocks have been slightly perceptible in Manila, but have caused no damage. Since the first disturbance, the seismo graph apparatus of the Manila ob servatory has recorded the unprece dfnted number of1 714 Shocks up-to 3:45 p. m. Thursday. LAID IT TO REST. Election Order for Heyward County is Revoked. ? Gov. 31ease on Wednesday killed the Heyward County proposition when he issued an order revoking the election order of Governor Ansel. The election was to have been held on February 7. "I am satisfied that the territory dees not contain 400 square miles, the constitutional requirement, from testimony 'hat has been presented to me, and that the limits of the town of Ellenton are one mile, which would cause a county line to, pass through the limits of an incorporated town," said Governor Bleasa follow ing arguments by attorneys for the promoters of ? Heyward County and Alken County. The decision follows a hearing which lasted several days, and at which expert testimony was present ed as to the area of the new coun*y territory. LOYLESS TAKES CONTROL. Buys Controlling Interest in the Old Augusta Chronicle. A dispatch from Augusta to The State says Thomas W- Loyless Tues day paid over to T. K. Scott and D. B. Dyer $85,000 and exercised the cption secured by him January 10 on the majority stock, in the Augusta Chronicle. In the interim Mr. Loy less has sold all of the stock held ry Messrs. Scott nnd Dyer, except so much as with his former holdings will give him control of the prop men of the city In small lots in this \,ay gaining an enormous business connection and influence for his pa ^per. The company has a paid-in cap ital now of $150,000. Eight years *go (Mr. Loyless bought The Chron icle tor nimself and certain associ ates. PROVE SHE IS ALIVE. Woman Ends Dispute Over Body by Appearing Alive at Morgue. When a Worcester man accompa nied by an undertaker, appeared at the Morgue in Boston to claim as that of his sister, Mrs. Lillian Hast ings, the body of a young woman found dead on the waterfront, he was met by the Misses Donohue, of Randolph, who also claimed the body at, that of their sister, Miss Mary Donohue. While the rival claimants were discussing, the matter Mrs. Hastings walked into the morgue, finally settling the dispute, and the body was given to the Donohue sis ters. The death of Miss Donohue was at first believed to he the result of foul play, but the medical exam iner later declared it to be due to Tatural causes. Storm and Wreck. Thirty people were killed when a passenger train was derailed at Val encia, Spain, as a result of a wash cut of the roadbed. A wild storm swept the Spanish coast last night. A score of fishing crafts were dashed i pon the rocks. Many crews were lest. This morning twenty-five sail or?' bodies were picked up along the coast. Lice for a Life. Key We3t, Fla., In a tight Thursday between John Sawyer, ager 7, and Louis Lowe, aged 11, the former threw a pair of scissors at his play mate, killing him almost instantly. '1 he scissors struck just below the shoulder blade, piercing the lung. Life for a Life. Robert Howe and son were killed in a pitched battle with county of ficers near Sierra Bianca, Texas, when an attempt was made to arrest Howe for alleged murder. j Killed by a Snow Slide. Three men reported killed and j ten others missing as a result of a I snow slide at the Utah Coalition mine in Big Cottonwood canyon near |AIta, Utah. WO CE3STTS PEB COP Y REBUKE JUDGES Governor Cole Bleaso Lectures th; State Soprcme Court SMASHES ALL RECORDS The Chief Executive Sets Aside and Ignores All Precedents of the Past by Disregarding the Highest Tri bunals Recommendation as (o Special Judge of Rich land. The Columbia Record sa3's Gov ernor Blease informed the supreme court, Thursday, in so many words, that he has no intention of appoint ing his enemies to- office, "apon the jec/Mnmeoadatlon of anybody," but expects to see that his friends ."rer* ceive at le-ist some consideration, fiom this administration." The mes sage was sent in connection with, i he almost unprecedented action ?S j the governor, in disregarding th? su preme court's nomination of former Attorney General Duncan Ray of Co lumbia, to be a special judge for the ? Richland county common pleas term, commencing Monday next, and ap i.ointing instead his friend, Mr oames F. J. Caldwell of Newberry. The correspondence in the matter v as given the press, without com ment, alOL'1* Htb the usual minutes ol the da. ? vroceedings and the Lst of decid.^j.2 filed. This letter [from the governor, coming close' on the heels -\T his message relating to,, trustees, which contained a para graph reflecting to some extent on the supreme court, has aroused much, interest among, members of the bar, who say that such things are almost, without parallel in the history of the State. Th3 correspondence in the matter, given here in full, explains Uself: ' The State of South Carolina?County ; of Richland: Whereas a session of the court of common pleas for Richland county, will be held at a regular term com-, mencing Fsbruary 6, 1911, and there . teing no available circuit judge to> preside over said court; Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Richland County Bar association, That D.- C. Ray, Esq., of Columbia? F. C, be, and he hereby is, recom mended for appointment as special iudge by the chief 'justice of the su pieme court of South Carolina, with: . authority to preside over the. said, ecurt of common pleas for Richland ccunty for the term commencing; February 6, 1911. I hereby certify that the foregoing: resolution was adopted by the RIch> iand County Bar association at a meeting, held on February 1,. 1911. E. McC. Clarkson, Acting Chairman. "Vv. Anderson Clarkson, Secretary. - Court's Recommendation. Columbia, S. C, Feb. 1, 1911. Hon. Cole L. Blease, Governor of South Carolina. Dear Sir. Upon information that Hon. R. E. Copes, judge-elect of the Pirst circuit, will not qualify and ha commissioned for several weeks, and in view of the fact that no regular circuit judge Is available to hold the court of common pleas for Richland. county, commencing February 6, 1911, the supreme court respectfully recommends that you commission Duncan C. Ray, Esq., of Columbia? S. C, as special judge to hold said court. Yours truly, Ira B. Jones, Chief Justice. State of South Carolina, Executive Chamber. Columbia, Feb. 2d. 1911. Hon. Ira B. Jones, Chief Justice, Su preme Court of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. Dear Sir; Yours of February 1st leceived. I beg leave to inform you that after a conference with Judge Copes, in which he stated that he would not be in position to qualify for the court of Richland county on February 6th, that I commissioned Hon. James F. .T. Caldwell to hold said court. While I shall, of course, be re spectful to your body, at the same lime, a large majority of the people r.f South Carolina elected me gov finor and in that large majority were as much brains as was in the minority, and I expect to see my friends recieve at least some con sideration Lrom this administration, ..nd I do not propose to appoint my enemies to oflice, upon the recom mendation of any body, unless it be tliat I can not find a friend who is competent and worthy of the posi t ion. Very respectfully, Cole L. Rlease, Governor. Have Yellow Fever. I With nine men aboard ill, possibly with yellow fever, the American gunboat Marietta Is now on her way from Puerto Cortes, Honduras, fc* Key West, Fla. She hailed from Cen tral American waters under orders from the navy department, which were issued as soon as the officials there were advised that the stricken men were suspected of having yellow fever.