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tion of game a'nd fish. Insurance Bills. A number of insurance bills have been introduced, seeking to protect the interests of th-e people of the .State, among them one by Senator W. J. Johnson to require all incor porated stock or mutual companies doing life insurance business within the State of--South Carolina to invest a part of their reserve set apart on account and for the final payment of policies of insurance written on the lives of citizens of South Carolina in South Carolina and other securities and South Carolina property, or in the bonds of the United States or any State of the United States, and to define South Carolina securities and the property in such investments as may be made, and to require that a part of the securities in which such reserve is invested be kept on deposit in the vaults of the treasurer of this State, or in national banks or State banks, or trust companies in South Carolina designated as depositories for the security of policy-holders and declaring an emergency. Messages From Governor. Governor Ansel- has formally noti fied the general assembly of %the re signation of Chief Justice Pope. In speaking of Chief Justice Pope Gov ernor Ansel said in his special mes sage: "I desire to place on record my regrets that the ill health of our hon ored chief justice has caused him to take this step, and I also wish to ex - press my appreciation of the good work that he has done for the State, both in times of war and peace. He is an honor to the bench of South Carolina." Governor Ansel has also notified the general assembly of the resigna tion of Mr. L. A. Sease, of this coun ty, as a member of th,e Clemson trus tees, and also of the Resignation of Mr. Arthur Kibler as a member of the board-of trustees of the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural an' Mechanical College of South' Carolin& Mr. Kibler ten dered his resignation on account of the fact that it would be a violation of the State constitution for him to hold this trusteeship and at the same time be a member of the gen:ral as sembly. - No date has been fixed for the aeetions. The,elecition of a United States senator to succeed Senator Gary will ha.ve to be .held Wednesday of next week, the time provided for by~ -the -Federal government.. State Omeers' Salary Bill. Columbia, January 16.-The sen ate commrittee's amendments to State offiers salary bill provide that the salary of ithe governor shall be $4, 000, instead of $5,000 per annum, as provided in the original bill. The provison to pay tJfe secetary of State $2,500 is stricken out by the -' committee, the comptroller general's salary .is reported at $22250, instead of $2,500, as -.provided in ethe bill. -., There are a 'number of other~ ehanges. The proposed salary of the superintendent of education is reduc ed from $2,500 to $2,250. Chief elerk of superintendent of education, no. raise; assistant adjutant and inspec tor general from $1,500 to $1,250; for attorney 'general, $2,500 ito $2,250. These are all the senate's amend ments by ,the finance committee, and the .bill has not yet been considered for second reading. It is hardly probable that it 'will be reached before the inauguration of th~e governor. It was felt by members of the general assembly and by oth ers, that some of the State officials should be paid more money. TRAINS GUNS.AT PUBLISHES. Roosevelt Keeps Promise to Have Some of Them Sued-Proceed ings; Unprecedented. Washington, January 16.-Six Washington correspondents of out-of town papers and a local newsboy to day received subpoenas to appear next week ,befr Federal grand * jnries and give testimony presum ably in connection with statements * appearing in their publications bear ing on the Panama Canal purchase. There is no doubt here that the subpoenaes all have to do with a suit for libel which, it is believed, has been brought by the government in New York against the World. The .publishers of the World, and of 'the Indianapolis Ne'ws, Joseph Pulitzer and Delavan Smith, respectively, were severely denounced by the president in a letter dated Decem - ber 1 last to Win. Dudley Foulke. Ix his special message to cngress on December 15. regarding the charges. of corrtion by or on 1Inhalf of the government in the matter of the can el purchase, thre president announced diat the attorney general had under consideration the form in 'which pro edinsY f'r ribeI nunst4 Mr. Pulit zer sh uld be brought. Ne',r hopC.re has -.neh alctionf as~ thV4 United States governme~nt~ suing for c.rimini1 libel been taken. GRAFT CHARGES LAID AT ROOSEVELT'S DOOR PRESIDENT'S BARBER ON NAVY YARD PAY ROLL. His Wife's Messenger Paid as an "Engraver'"-Committeemen Re gret Failure to Learn of Charges. A special from Washington to the Columbia State says: Pr'sident Roosevelt's taking Sen-1 ator Tillman to task for abuse of the franking privilege and the general row between the president and con gress over secret service investiga tions of congressmen has led -to the rather startling revelation that the president's barb-ar is on the rolls of the government as an "accountant" in the navy department, and that while not accounting anything he is gettqng a salary from the government of $1,600 a year for shaving the pres ident and occasionally cutting (the presidential hair. It has also developed -that Mrs. Roostvelt's messenger is on the pay rolls of the bureau of printing and engraving, and that lie draws now $920 a year. The only ihing he en graves is an occasional footprint on the sands of time.. Both the account barber and the engraver-messenger went 'to Oyster Bay last summer with the Roosevelt family. ;These revelations have caused a 1 considerable stir here today. The members of the house appropriations committee who replied last week to the president's eharges against them express regret that they did not know of the president's misuse of the civil service when they spoke, and it is practically certain that Senator Tillman would have mentioned them in his speeeh if he had had the facts. Notice will be taken yet of the sen sational revelations. Spanking the president is still the. order of the day. COL. M. 'P. TRIBBLE DEAD. One of Anderson's Best Known Citi zens Goes to His Reward. Anderson, January 15.-Col. M. P. Tribble, one of the best known citi zens of this city, died at his home on North Fant street This morning at 10' o 'clock, after an illness extend,ingp over two years. His condition be came worse last Sunday and since that time he had been gradually sinking until the end came. He was about '70 years old. Col. Tribble was twice ~married.I His last wife, who was Miss Mary Young of Laurens, who with his three children, Mrs. James Dixon, of Flor ida, andi Messrs. Macey Y. and Sam Orr Tribble, of this city, survive 'him. All of the children were at the bed side rwhen the end came. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon and interment will be made in Silvei- Brook cemetery. WRECK IN COLORADO. Twenty Persons~ Killed and Thirty Injured-Passenger Collides With Preight. Glenwood Springs, Colo., Jan. 16. T.wenty ~persons were kille!d and thirty injured, many of them serious by, in a headon collision, between west-bound passenger train No. 5 and ~in east-bound freight train on .the Denver and Rio Grande railroad, be tweefr Dotsero and Spruce Creek, twenty-two miles from Glen-wood Springs, at 9.36 o'clock last night. While nothing official has been giv en out as to the cause of 'the wreck, it is stated to have been due to a mis understanding of orders on the part of the engineer, Gusiaf Olson, of the passenger ~train. Olson, however, claims that he understood his in structions perfectly, but that he mis read his watch, thus encroaching on the time of th' freight train, which was being drawn by two locomotives. the first of which was in charge of his brother, Sig Olson. DEPOSED QUEEN PLEADS FOR RAVISHED LANDS Lilliuokala.ni, Former Ruler of Ha waii, Appears in Person to Press Claim for Crown Domain. Washington, Jan. 14.-After years of vain endeavor to obtain compensa tion for the loss of 'her kingdom, Lil liuokalani, former queen of Hawaii, today appeared in person before the house committee on claims to press her claim. The queen is Willing to accept $250,000 as a complete settle mnent. Queen Lilliuokalani was accomnan ied by Pri negs Kalanianaole, wife of Delegate to Congress Jonah Kuhio Kalanianole. The prince, a cousin of the queen, and Judge F. M. Hateh, ernm!enlti llwii iiIw n 18~9:;. wer pres. ent to assist her in the presentation of the case. They contended that on ly by the assistance of American marines had tha kingdom been over thrown and the crown lands wrested from the queen. They aLso contend ed that she had a life interest in them entirely independent of the throne. Heirs of George Washington also appeared before the committee to urge a claim of $305,1000 as reim bursement for 3,000 acres of land along the Little Miami river in Ohio, which was granted to Washington, but lost by conflicting grants made under the authority of the United States. The Washington hearing oc curred just after that accorded to Lilliuokalani and she was asked to remain to see how claims based on rights of even former presidents of this country drag along. After the hearing, the former queen theld an informal reception. All the members of the committee were introduced to her, but she did not get her money. The conimittee will consider the subject. THREE NEGROES DIE IN BOILER EXPLOSION A Mule Also Killed in Explosion of Boiler at Saw Mill Near Laurens. The State. Laurens, Jan. -15.-Three negre mzn and a mule were instantly killed at 1 o'clock this afternoon by a boil er explosion at the sawmill belong ing to Alex Barnes. a. wel-ito-do negro, who lives 'about four miles east of the city. John Woody, a ma chinist of Laurens, was at work on the engine, doing some repair work and getting it in proper. working or der when the explosion occurred, killing 'him, Wash McCreary, Boose Sands and the mule, which was hitch ed near by. It is said that death was instantaneous and that the bodies were horribly mangled. John Woody was a respected negro and a machin ist of considerable ability. The oth er two negroes were farm hands, as sisting in operating the sawmill. The exact cause of the explosion is not known. WATER POWER TRUST. President Roosevelt Declares There is a Growing Monopoly of Na tural Forces. Washington, Jan. 15.-President Roosevelt sent' a special message to the 'house today with this veto of the bill providing for the construction of a dam across the Jaies river, in Stone county, Missouri, the purpose of the dam being- to get -water to esate electric power. He declared that the movement to secure control of the water power of.the country is still in its infancy but that "unless controlled ,the history of' the oil in dustry will be repeated in thre hydro electric power industry, with results far more oppressive and disastrous for the people." "1. consider myself bound," he eontinured, "as far as exercise of my exee1Ytive power will allow, to do for the people, in prevention of monopoly of their resources, what I believe they would do for themselves if they were in a position to act.". The message was .presented at the lose of the day and was received in differently. After its reading it was referred to the committee on inter state and foreign commerce. INDORSES "KEITT PLAN." Anderson County Farmers' Union Favors Proposed Method of Financing Cotton Crop. The State. Anderson, Jan. 14.--At the regu lar monthly meeting of the Anderson !Ooumty Fairmers' union the union went on record as endorsing the "K'ei't plan" of financing the cotton rop. Mr. J. L. Keitt, a prominent farmer of Newberry county, has been visiting several counties explaining bis plan. which in a nut.shell is this: It provides for a fund to be raised by levying an assessment of 10 cents a bale, to be supplemented by loans by business men, the fund to he rais d to be used in holding off 'the mark et all the "distressed" cotton, so that only one-twelfth of the estimat d erop may be putt on the market in any one month. The plan also c.on emplates storing cotton in ware oues so t-hat the farmers may. throh their busines~ a<gents, dehal irectly with the mill instead of with he broker. .A-styp-to-dyn. The best known remedy for burns, mts, bruises or sores of any kind on nan or beast. For sale at Mayes' Drug Store. 2-ll08-Ia.w-f.4 OPERA HOUSE EARHARDT & BAXTER, Lessees and Managers. -THREE NIGHTS MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, Jan. 18, 19 and 20. F A G G S' FIMOUS LADY MINSTRELS. 6 Big Vaudeville Acts 6 The Watson Sisters in a clever Singing and Talking Sketch, introducing the n.,w See-Saw Song Novelty. The little Dunn Sisters, refined singing and dancing artists, introducing Catie Dunn, the champion Buck and Wing dancer of the world. The Three Faggs, the real big comedy trio. Miss Ruth Moore, one of Americ'as most favorite prima donnas. Miss Josie Hastner, singing and danc ing soubi ette. Miss Eleanor Dunbar, in a pleasing array. of impromptus. To close with a roaring one-act farce entitled "French Justice," one loud laugh from start to finish. Prices 25, 35 and 50 Cents. Entire change of program at each per formance. 0 0)UO)j F. R.HUNTER & W,I(.SL.IGH, Real Estate, Stocks and Mortgage Bought and Sold For Rent. Store Room on Main street, now occupied by0R. J Watts. Seven Room Cottage on Main street. Six Room Cottage on Mayer Avenue. Seven Room R es i denceon Johnstone street, Des irable Office Rooms in Herald and News Building. IAI. G. Housea, M. D. Office Hours -5 9 to ioa.m o 3 to 4 p 0 L. A. Riser, M. D. Office uWh Dr. HouseaLI. { Sto 9a. m. Office Hours - 2 to 3 p. m. .1 6-3oto 7.30 p. m. A-styp-to-dyn. Cough remedy for colds and coughs, pile ointment for piles, pneumonia and eroup salve for pneumonia or croup. For sale at Mayes' Drug Store. 12-11-08-taw-tf. Tortured on a Horse.[ "For ten years I couldn't ride a horse without being in torture from piles,'' writes L. S. Napier, of Rug less, Ky., "when all doctors and oth er remedies failed, Bucklen 's Arnica Salve cured me.'' Infallible for Piles, Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Boils, Fever Sores. Eczema, Salt Rheum, Corns,. 25e. Guaranteed by W. E. Pelham & Son, Newberry, S. C. A styp to-dyn. Has cured itch magically for othere n Newberry and will cure for you For sale at Maye TD-ng Store. 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