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NOTED WRITER SHOT BY INSANE MUSICIAN DATID GRAHAM PHILLIPS PER HAPS FATALLY IVOUDED. Would-be Assassin Then Kills Him. self-Fires Six Bullets into Novelist. New York, Jan. 23.-David Grahami Phillips, aged 42, editor, publisher and novelist, was shot six times today as he approached the Princeton club, by Fitzhugh Coyle Goldsborough, aged 31, a Harvard man, who immedia.ely afterwards committed suicide. Tonight Phillips is at Bellevue hos pital in an extremely critical condi tion, but as relatives hopefully ex press it, has "a chance for life." The -body o Goldsborough, whose career at Harvard was brief, lies in the morgue. Apparently insane, he had a fancied grudge against the author and soubht his life. "There You go," snapped the assas sin, as he opened fire, and, "Here I go," he echoed, as he sent a bullet into his own brain. He used a 10-shot, 32 calibre automatic pistol and all six shots aimed at Phillips took effect. Two Serious Wounds. One of them perforated the abdo men, another pierced the right lung and came out at the back; a third ishattered the left wrist and a fourth irilled the right thigh. Two of them dropped from the wounded man's elothing as he was being undressed at the hospital. The most dangerous wound is thought to be that through the lungs. It is said sepiticemia or pneumonia is ihe secondary effect most feared. The robust constitution of the patient bore him through the loss of blood and shock surprisingly well, and his first request to his physicians was that no alarming reports be given out. Thinks of His Nother. "My mother," he said, "is an old lady, and the shock might kill her. I am young and strong; I may get well. Make the best of it and I'll try to bear you out." The six shots broke the quiet of one of .the most aristocratic neighbor bo0ods of old-fashioned New York. The Princeton club, formerly the homne of the late Stanford White, fronts on Grammiercy .park. At 2 o'clock this afternoon, Phillips, who lived nearby at the National Arts club, was saunter ing through the 'bright sunshine for an h'our with his friend. A policeman stood not 100 yards away. Two ped estrains had just passed the club as Phillips was seen approaching it. Nothing to Rouse Suspicion. Nobody saw anything to attract at tention in the wel.l dressed Goldsbor Sough, who was walking in the op posite direction from Phillips. There was no argument as they met, no quar rel, no opportunity for self-defense. The s'hiny barrel of the pistol glinted in the sunshine, a thin 'blaze of powder .spat from the muzzle and the patter of, the shots punctuated' the air with great rapidity. Phillips staggered, but did not fall. He lurchied against the iron railing that surrounds the club house yard with one hand to his body and the F other grasping for support. Satisfied that he 'had been successful, the as & sassin fired the seventh shot int:o his own brain and toppled over 'before anybody could reach him. For hours his body lay in the bright sunshine - with only a sheet to cover it. Rush to Fatal Scene. The policeman and the two by standers came upon the run. At the same moment three members of the club-Newton James, Frank Davis and Frederick Evans-rushed down the steps and carried Phillps ito the house. "Graham, what ihTppened ?" asked Evans. Phi llips was conscious and suffering inten6y. "lie shot mne in the bowels." he an ~ered. "Don't bother with him. For Gd's sake get a doctor." It was some time before an ambu lance arrived and in the meantime the club members were trying to identify the dead man. Had Two Mam:seripts. In the pockets were cards bearing his name and the address 1331 K Street, Washington, D. C. He carried $24.70 in cash, a membership card in the American Federation of Mu sicians sand two manuscripts of short stories, one entitled "The Conquest of the Cli mate," and the other "For Conscience Sake." hWilliam F. McCoombs, secretary of the Princeton club, recognized the man for Fitzhugh Goldsborough, mnem ber of an old and respected Ma.ryl and family, he said. Mr. McCoombs said Goldsborough had entered H-]arvard with the class of 1901, but left at the end of his freshman year. Further Identification. After the arrival of the coro.aer the J.body was taken to a police station - where it wa further identifiad by Algernon Lee. secretary of the Rand School of Social Science, where Golds borough lived. Lee said that Golds borough came to New York last No veniber and took rooms at the school. He was not a.student and mingled lit tle with the life of the institution. Harrison W. Phillips, David Gra ham's younger brother, said that Goldsborough had be-n bothering David with letters and telephone calls to the Princton club for a month or six weeks, but that his brother had never been able to learn what the man's grievance was. He thought per haps they had met at some socialistic gathering and that Goldsborough had insisted Phillips ought to "do some thing for the cause." Had Asked Appointments. Mrs. Caroline F. Evert, Phillip's sis ter, who lived with him at the Nation al Arts club, thought her brother, Har rison, must be mistaken. She doubted if David had ever met the man, al thought she, too, said he had been bothered with notes and telephone calls demanding appointments in dark and out-of-the-way corners. I David Graham Phillips was born in Madison, Ind., on October 31, 1867, and graduated first at De Pauw univer sity and later from Princeton with the class of '87. His first literary work was done as a reporter for the New York Sun, which he left to become an editorial writer for the New York World. While still with the World, he published in 1901 his first novel, "The Great God Success." It brought him royalties, and he resigned from news paper work to devote himself to fiction and the magazines. For a time he wrote many editorials for the Satur day Evening Post, as well as signed special articles. He is unmarried. Author's Wounds Prove Fatal. New York, Jan. 24.-David Graham Phill'ps has lost his brave fight for life. He died in Bellevue hospital late tonight, a victim of Fitzhugh C. Golds I borough, and eccentric and emotional mus,cian, who, although of refined tas- and artistocratic Southern stock, shot the r-elist dow-n yesterday for a fan.cied grudge, then killed himself. Phillips fought valiantly to live, but s,ix bullet holes were too much even for his grit and sturdy constitution, and, as 11 o'clock came and passed, he died. He was conscious up to within a uarter of an hour of 'his death. At the bedside were his sister, Caroline Feer-vert; his brother, Harrison W. Phillips; his personal physician, Dr. Eu gene Fuller, and Dr. Donovan, 'of Belevue. The immediate cause of death was hemorrhage of the right lung. which had been pierced by one steel clad bullet from Goldsborough's automatic revolver. Up to 9 o'clock the novelist was rest ing quietly and both physicians and re latives were hopeful of the outcome. -e had 'been conscious all day and had received visitors. among them his sis 'te, 'his brother, United States Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, and several writers of note. Their visits were ex-' tremely brief, 'but all who came away ppeared optimistic. About 9 o'clock the patient took a turn for the worse and, although the surgeons did every thing in their power, the end was in evitabl'ei. The physicians concerned [et directly after death and decided to request the coroner to dispense with an autopsy. It is believed that this request will be granted, although an autopsy is the usual thing in alil omicide cases. Harrison Phillips announced that Senator Beveridge will have charge of the funeral arrangements. The sena tor returned to Washington this af ternoon, but will probably come back un the morning. The body of Goldsborough is still at n undertaking establishment. It was said that relatives had arrived from Washington during the day to arrange for taking him back. but the plans were not known tonizht. Goldsborough's mosive for his deed is as much as cever a mystery, but it is generally thought that he took excep tion to something in one of Mr. Phil ips's novels. In a dia.ry Goldsborough Iritterly re sents what he styles Phillips's ungal lant picture of the American woman,' as drawn in some of his writings. If these pages prove to be genuine, it would seem that the young musician resented not what he considered an attack on 'his family, but rather sought to vindicate American women as a! whole. At 'any rate, the obsession? grew until 'he shot the man he hated and sacrificed his own life. 3leeting of County Farmers' Union. The regular monthly meeting of the County Farmrncs' union will be held the first Saturday (4th) in February, 911. Subject for discussion: Farm Management, to be opened by Dr. W. C. Brown and JIohn T. Oxner. J. B. C'Neall Holloway, County Secretary. 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The bill has received a divided report fror the committee on -ways and means, eight members being unfavorable tc its passage and seven favorable. Dissatisfaction with the method ol providing for the support of Clemson has been manifested at this session in various bills introduced on the sub ject, but what is known as the Brown ing bill goes to the very root of the matter. As the revenue from the tag tax will year by year continue'to grow, it is argued, it wil1, evientually become too large for the needs of one insti tution, however large and useful, and it is only a matter of time when scne other disposition of the fund will have to be made. The Browning bill would p.lace the agricultural and me chanical college on the same plane with the other State institutions oi learning, all of which annually receive appropria'tions direct from the State treasury sufficient 'to theiir needs. The Browning bill, in -ful, is as fol lows: "Section 1. That section 1319 of the oCde of Laws of South Carolina of 1902, Volume 1, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out after the w'ords 'be paid to the treasurer of the State' the word's 'subject to the order of the board of trustees of the Clemson Agricultural college of South Caroaa; and so <much of the money so received as shall be necessary to defray the expenses of the board in peforming the duties now by this chapter devolved upon them sha,l1 be thos used, and the balance shall go to the said college, for its erection and maintenance,' and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 'to go into the general funds to reimburse the State for 'all exj:ense's in connection with the inspection of fertilizers and experi mentation as to their use providcd for by law;' so that the said section when so amended shall road as follows: Section 1319. All the privilege tax ona fertilizers, heretofore required to be paid to the commisioner of agri culture, shall in the future be paid to the treasurer of the State, to go into the. general fund, to reimburse the State for all expenses in connection with the inspection of fertilizers and experimentation as to their use pro vided by law. "Sec. 2. 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AY ES' DRUG STORE THE SATISFACTORY DRUG STORE niies or corporations engaged in the ma.nifacture or salle of fertilizers or commercial manures, shafl pay to the State treasurer an inspection tax of1 twenty-five cents per ton (2,000 pounds) for such fertilizers, or comn mercial manures or fertilizing mate rials, sold or offiered for sale in this State, in order to entitle the same to inspection and delivery; and al,1 per Bons, Tailroad companies or other com mon carriers are hereby prohtibited from reclaiving or delivering any com mercial fertilizers, commercial man ures or fertilizing materialls that do not bear the prescribed inspection tax tags or stamps, as evidence that the said inspection tax has been paid to the State treasurer, or his duly ap pointed agents. But nothing herein con tained shail interfere with ferti lizers passing through the State in transit, nor shall apply to the delivery of ferti,lizer materials or bulk goods to fertilizer factories for manufacturing purposes. Every person or persons, company or corpora'tion violating this section shall forfeit to the State a sum of money equal to the valume of rj the fertilizers, commercial manures, fertilizing materials, sold, offered forKT sale, rec aived, shipped or deliveired, C without having the inspection tax tag attached, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction; such for-1 feiture when colliected shall be paid to the State treasurer. The treasurer t shall hold the amount of the said -in spection tax, and all foreftitures col lected and paid in as aforesaid, sub- r: joct to appropriation by the general r assembly. act "Sec. 3. The provisions of this atl shall not go into effect until the first ti day of July, A. D. 1911." k - e Join in the great race. Help your1 I favorite to win the piano. 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