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VOL. xx. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1905. NO. 11 NO MORE LEAKS Extraordinary Precautions Taken in Preparing the Cotton Report STATISMEN SHUT IN. Convincing Dkmonstrition ai the Fast. ness of tht Estimate Room Given Two Southern Representatives Who Wanted to See How the Vork Was D, ne. A letter from Washington says Sec retary Wilson is taking e x;raordinary precautions against leaks in the cotton report. He has had enough of scandal in that connection, and is determined that hereafter no leaks shall occur, if it takes a corps of watermen to pre vent it. In making ready for the Ds cember report he placed the individual reports from the various agents throughout the country in an iron bcx, and then placed over the box. one of the most trusted Employees in the department, armed with a large revolver. The faithful guardian of the papers remained on duty all night, and until he was relieved on Monday morning by the Secretary. Tne Secretary himself took the re ports from the box ani delivert d thei to four men appointed to tabulate anc make the required estimates. The men and the pieclous papers were hurried to a room assigned for them, and the doors of the room were securely lock ed, and guarded on the outside by two men, who were ordered to permit no one to enter or leave the roo.2 until the work of the board was completed. Before the boara entered the rm) the telephone connection was severe, so that no pcs&b:e communicatior, sould be had with the outside world. It took five hours to make the rt quir ed calculations, and the board was kept in close confinement all that time. A good story is being circulated on Representative Burleson, of Texas, and Representativa Bowie, of Ala bama, in connection with this last cotton report. Oa Monday they visited Secretary Wilson, being muoh inter ested in the catton matter. The Sec retary politely invited them to remain and witness the metbod of tabulation, and the precuti.ins used to prevent a leak. Tne two R!presentatives gladly -accepted the invitation and were taken to the tabulation roam. After witnmsing the work for some time. and being deeply impressed with the way in whicn it was done, they thought it was time fcr them to go to the capitol to take their seats aD the opening of the session. They thanked the Secreatr for what he had done, donned Lacir .;Ver coats and prepared to leave, when they were told that no one could leave until the work was co-npleted. Taey plead and argued, but it was all in vain, so their places in the house re maiued vacant for three more weary hours. They were not permitted even to send a note explaining their situa tion and could not telepbone as the instrument had been disconnected. Sc it was that two distinguished Con gressmen from the South were no present at the lottery for seats, but they were willing to swear there was no leak in the D~cemnber oston re port. Representative Lewis, of Georgia, has introduced a resolution looking to the adoption of some new method for collecting and tabulating cotton stat Istics. The resolution provides for the appointment of a committee consist ing of seven members to take the whole subject into considera'.Onl and evolve a system that will make the reports as reliable a pssb'e. Fif teen Men Burned, Fifteen men were burned by inn ex plosion in the International Harvester Company's plant at Oae Hundred and Twentieth street and Muskegon ave nue, Chicago one night last week. T-e explosion was caused by a workman thrusting a cold bar of steel into a furnace of molten metal. In the im mediate vicinity of the furnace at the time sixty men were workiog. The more seriously injured were in the fur nace pit. Following the explosion chaos reigned in the furnace room for several~ minutes. Molten metal was hurled about the room and the smoke and fire that shot from the furnace filled the room so the workmen- were unable for several minutes to find the exits. With the groacns of their wound ed fellows ringit~g in their ears, they grouped about helplessly and stumbled over those who had been prostrated by the blast. Fr n the f arnace chim ney the flames shot high into the air and could be seen for miles. Colored Woman Killed. A dispatch from Spartanburg to The St-ate says Nicey Tinsley, color ed, died Thursday morning from the effects of pistol shot wound recelved Sunday at her home on Mr. J. N. Cud d's farm, nEar Tuck's bridge, three miles from the city. The woman liv ed with E:1. Tinsley, colored, his two young sisters and tw'o your g brothers An irnquest was held over her remains and the verdict of the jury was that she came to her death from a gunshot wound, indlIcted either accidentally o; with suicidal intent. The weapon usec was a 32-calibre pistol. There was nC evidence adduced at the ir quest tC show that she was at difference wit] any of the family. Bound Over. "Little Tom" Sudduth and Too Chastine of the Dark Corner sectiol of Greenville county have been bouut over to court and placec in j..11 on the charge of making a murderous assaul on James Christine said to be inc i IIn sive South at Lebananl on Thanksgi ving. _________ Kmefd kHimself. At N~ew York Allen Klnedins committed suicide early Sunday nigh by drinking carbolic acid. Hie die three hours afterwards in the pres enmot his ycung wife and child. AUDITORS TO MEET. Keeting 'o Be Held in Columbia and Will Be 7mportant. Asseament of Property at True Har kat Value of Vital Importace to tho Entire State. Comptroller General Jones "means business" in the step he has taken to ward getting the tax assessnent of property, real as well as personal, in this state on a market valuE b sis, in stead of on an uneven pretense of a 60 per cent, basis. The c!rcular let oer of instructions. which he sent out last week to county auditors, assess ing boards and county t qaal z! g boards directing that the law os strIck. ly observed with the beginning of the new year and that property be assess ed at its true market value, has been 1 followed by a call for a co- vention of ocunty auditors to meet with the comptroller general for a cot ference to decide upon a plan of action to be pursued evenly and similarily through. out the state. The step which the I comptroller general has taken has caused much talk throughout the state and has set property holders to thinking. Of course, it is a scrD of revilutionary measure, and while the justice and the sense of it has appeal- t ed to many good business men and t big property holders regardless of the ract much of this sort of property will )e Effected, skill the thing has not ,een generally understood, and there - a fear also that the purpose of the c a ptroller general to Equal z, the property throughout the state more nearly will not be successful under the departure he Is making on account 4 of the great proficiency and skill in dividuals and communities have ac quired by long practice and experier c: in the matter of tax dodgirg. C "The erroneous idea appears to ;.ave taken hold in various parts of Lre state," Mf. Jones said Wednesday "that this is a scheme to increse the a taxes. Such is not the case. My ob ject is to get property equalized in this state and stop this shameful tax dodgings, There are some notorios ex- i ceptions, but generally speaking the cotton mills and other big property t are being assessed on a genuine 60 per 1 cent. basis, and small property is be ing assessed at from 9 to 100 per ceat- t Oaly so much money is needed to run the state and ct-unty goverr men's, and the higher the assessment the greater the yield of money of a giv'n d :evy, but the levy may be easily ; changed. In otber words, if the as sesment is doubled throughout the state, the levies for state, county and a city purposes may Ie cut in half. The inequality and ir j astice of the t taxation of property in tais state has been a shame and a disgraca for de- t cades. 4.L Dispons ary Kast Pay. a The supreme court of the United States last week held that the nation ~ al goverment may properly tax the state liquor dispensaries of Suuth Car ohna. The action m question was instituted by the state of South Car- ~ olina to recover $200,000 paid to the C revenue omoers of the -national goy? einent on acet. u-it of the sale of liquors by the ate and county dis pensers under the dispensary law ofC South Carolina. The state took the position that as tue dispensers sold the liqor withc ut profit they s'iould ntbe taxed by the governm' n -, but the tax has been collected since 1893 This is said to hava been t -te irst case in which a state utnites in on undertaking the exercise of its police power together with the prosccution c a commercial business Killed dis Son. A special fro-o Anderson to The I State says L J J..rdan a negro who lives on South Fant street, killed his son Westeley Jo.dsn, a ycuth about 19 years old with a broom stick The a boy had beeL unruly and the father started to chastise him using a broomw stick for that purpose He struck the boy a sharp blow ic coss the read and e boy sank into achair at~d soon be- t ome unconscious and died in a few minu-ea. J -rdan sent for a phyiscian and was vorkin-g o-er his son's body, trying to revive him when the physi clan arrived. The physician says tbat I death result' d from a hemmorrhazs of the brain which was caused by the blow. Jordan remnained. at his home 1 until the dej u y sheriff amrved and arrested him and carried hi m to jail. I It is generally b.3lieved that Jordan's tory of the killing is correct. Pastofric Ro~bbed. The Columbla-Ricord says the post ofie and the store of R L. Bell &1 Co. of Westville, Kershaw county, was robbed Wednesday night, suppos edly by two white tramps who had been seen in the neighborhood yester day The two cfies and store we:e in one building. The extent of the loss was not learned, but some goods and twenty-five coppers, postf ie money, were miesing. W-estvifl is on the Southern railroad sixteen mile. from Camden. Mr. Bell has ofi'ered a reward and there is also one of $50 by the government. Won at L II?. Herman H. Vorjohn has 'oen elect ed assessor Lackland, 0 :lo, after meeng with defeat In twenty- five successive contests. He is a p1 neer resident of that section and is nao v seventy-one years old. Tae town ship is quite strongly Republican. but Mr. Vorjohn aniold-linci D'mocrat this year was able to overcx me the adverse msjority. Always Clean. IDid you ever notice that to;bacco Is always clean. If a man drops a piEce of meat, no matter ho~w clean .the door may be, be will either give it a - pick or pick it up and lay it to one -side He will never eat it. Bit lEt him drop his plug of tobacco on the 'ground and no difference how dirty tithe spot was where it fell, he will tpick it up and give it a careless swipe on hiS coat sleeve or on the bosom of i his pants and then take a chew with reatr reish then ever. THE ORAFItRS Are Stirred Up By Senator Till man's Big Pitchfork. CORRUPTION FUND 3eing lnyestigated By the United States Senate, Senator Tillman Having In troduced a Bill For That Psr pose, Which Pases After Some Discussion. The sul j -ct of campaign contribu ions by insurance c~mpanies occupied he major portion of the time of the Jaited StatesSenate or Thursday. It ame u,) in connecti3n with Mr. Till an's resolution calling for investiga ion of natiuaal baLk aid in politics .nd was exploited by the South Caro na senator in a speech of some length t was couched in -haracterist:C lan ,age and attrac ed considerable at ention. The rEs1u ion dircclAng the ecretary of the treasury to report hether the reports of the national oank t z iminers show that the banks kave made campaign contributions in ecent years was adopted at the c'-one >f Mr. Tillman's remarks. Oatlining his reasons for tt e in Lifry, Mr. Tillmari callel attention tc ne rEecmmeLd.tuiD made by the resident in his annual messsge of .904 an" 1905 for the enactment of a aw for protection against bribery and rruption in connescion rvith elec Ions. E! quoted with especial em hasis the president's remarks 'con erning cmpaign contributions by ?rporations. 'Oar chief exceative as taken a very progressive stand to ecure purity 'n elections," he said, ,nd added, "every good American will ay 'well done' and look for progress long that line." He conceded that the secretary night not have th, facts wanteC but Le tbought he ought to have. Inci entally, Mr. Tillman said that he ad been informed that the comptrol ar of the currency has been investi ating the subi:ct of blank cortribu !ons with the view of institutit.g le a) proceedings Before Mr. Tillman had proceeded r, Mr. Gillinger, who had Wedaes av objected to the consideration cf e resoluioc at that time, said that e had done so only for the purpose f inspecting it, that he had doue so d being entirely sat1hfied as to its ropriety would support the resolu ion. Con!inuing Mr. Tillman said that he cumptroller has means f getting aformation which otners have not nd added, that If he would "push in 1 probe he can make di. c -veries that. re worth while." He added that his asos for rt q'aesting the informa ion is found in the revelations con ernir g the insurance ccmpanes, "It as bet n shown by the testimony, or onfesson of a member of this body," .e said, "t!,at for ten years the in ura~nce corporations have been mak g annual donations to the R 'publi an part y with the understanding that hey should be protected frem adverse gislationl at Albany." He went on .s y that such revelations were not greable. 'i am the holder of a sm 11 p licy one of the mutuals' he said, "aud dost like to have my dividends cut ownin order to give Mr. Mc~urdy 150,000 ani his sist'rs, his cousins, nd als aunts 875,000 eacn." He expressed d ubt as to the right f the federal auitorities to take con rol of insurance companies and Mr. ale interrupted to sqs that he agreec with Mr. Tillmzan on that point. Mr. Bailley asked whether the in urance company contributions to the epublican national committee han ieen returned to the donors. "I understood," replied Mr. Tilt can, "that toe president was going o have Mr Cortelyou return them, >ut I don't know whenht r be has done o. I know that I have not gut my :lare." Mr. Spoone:-Is yours a life pol Mr. Tillman-It is. Mr. Spooner-r'hen it is not yet i!me to realize on it. Mr. Tillman replied that It was div dens and not the policy itself that he wanted paid. "These," he said, "were pitifully mal, while McCurdy has peen get ;ing fat without doing anything." Mr. Badley said he had not supposed ,hat he president co'uld make a sceond 'commendatoni on the subject o. ~unishing campaign contributors n il the money had been returned "Ah, Mr. President," responded VIr. Tilman, "all the Turveydrops ird P-Aksn:ffs are not dead yet. al ahoug. I would not for a moment be nderstod as comparing our strenu us occupant of the White House with those characters. What we want is results and those we do not seem to have pr'..cured so far." Q ioting the testimony of S:nator Pstt be fire the New Y ark commit see, Mr. Tdliman congratulated that senator upon his straightfowardness. 'Tere was no dodging," he said, "and I do not blieve that a dollar of the money ever stuck to his fiogers." Hlb added his conviation, however. that the contrioations had had the efcct of controliing the New Yoirk egislature in the Interest of the in surance compe-nies. Mr. Tillman quoted the charges made by Ju'ge Parker in the last campaign connecting the R epublicv. capain contributions with the fact hat Cairman Cortelyou bad recent ly rtired from the c!floe or secretary of the department < f commwerce. Hi also quoted the president's reply whict he said was "red hot," and added thai not a dollar bad been needed to elec; the prsident. Notwithstandingt thiF fact, he said that it had been showr that $1,900,000 had been c >ntrioutet for that purpose, that is, if the news paper men may be believed, "and," b4 aanddd "they are about as reliable af any o'her clas.. T :ey will lie some times as we d, and (c asionally they get orders tbat -uh and such a man shall be fly blown. Then they proceed to plant the microbes, 1u% upon the whole they may be depended upon." He also made reference to the charge that large expenditures had been made by the Demcrats in the C'evelano I campaign, saying it would bhve been fortunate for the Democratic party if Mr. Cleveland had never been elected. He closed with an appeal for a thorough investigation, saying that iuch a course was necessary to re- I store the confidence of the public. The senate adjourned until Mon- a day. t STEAMER GOES ASRORE 0 And 1wany of Those Ab-ard cf Her Were Drowned. Thirteen lives were lost in the wreck 0 of the steamer Lunenberg, which went ashore Wednesday cff Amherst har 1 bor Magdalen Islands. A dispatch t to that effect was received at Halifax a from Meat Cave, near the scene of theb wreck, by Leslie, Hart and Son, own ers of btbe steamer. t The steamer had a crew of seven- n teen and probably carried several pas- V sengers, including M-. Leslie, a mem. n bar of the Canadian parliament and a a member of the firm which owns the a vessel. I When the steamer struck there <a were seventeen persons on board, In a c'uding a crew of sixteen and Mr. S: Leslie. T.ie dead: n I. J. Leslie, Hallifax. 01 H. Meersard, steward of the Lun- 01 en'aurg. s: R. M. McDnald, chief engineer. e: J. Jose, coo. et B. Hill, cabin boy. J. M 3Cannell, sailor. e( E V. D)ucette, sailor. 1i L)phin Vinuelt, sailor. c Joseph Bourgeoes, sailor. al A sailor, whose name was not ol learned, tf Tae Lunenburg had been running w between Pictou anA the Magdalen is- id lands since last spring. Daring a C igh gale Tueaday, which was ac oompanied by blinding snow f urries, tc it is thought that the steamer went c, nut of her course in trying to make e B-nherst harbor ac d brought up on ei the rotks that lie some distance cff ti shore in that vicinity. The steamer ai evidently bad been ashore for some al time before she was seen. Effarts a were made to communicate witn her, ox :.u. the strong currents that spent fe around that point and the high seas e made it impo;-sible to' launch a boat. Lter the weather moderated and five ca of the crew came ashore, the twelve tt others standing by the ship. Later m Viese attempted t reach shore.as the p Y.s sels showed sigrs of breaking un, ct and all were Ics1. except Ciptain m Pride. -tC Tragedy in Uity of Mrexico A dispatch from the City of Mex !co gives further detalls of the acci ent in which James Russell Parsons, U uted States consul general, lost his w ife Wednesday night. The open car- w -age in which he was driving with ki rs. Parsons and their son was a struck by an electric car. Mrs. ki Parsons was sl'ghtly injured The a >oy escaped withcut a scratch. The B: ccident happened while Mr. Par- H ons and his family were going to the p1 entral station to bid farewell to t friends. The coachman tried to cross L: he street car track in front of a di apidly moving car which struck the i cariage with terrific force, crushing la t against a trolley post. Mr. Par. m on's head struck th~e pest, the whole tt op of his hea(1 being taken cif pl tae motcorman and driver et the tt o .ch disappeart d after the accident si1 1nd have not yet been arrested. pi An outrag .d A. W. Kennerley, an Industrious ir olored farmer of the Fork, lost two t0 mules under very peculiar circnrn- ti stances some short time ago. He MI says he went with a two mule team fc o haul something from the woods. le He hitched his two mules on the edge ti f the Edisto swamp for songe purpose re and went down in the swamp. While io be was away some person or persons slipped up to the wagon and set lire all around bis mules, burning one of them to death on the spot and injur irg the other so bad that it will die. C Kennerly does not know who did the meanness nor why they did it. ItE is nothing but an outrage and if theg parties who did it could be caught r4 they should be severely punished.- 8. The Times and Democrat. g Clash in Cherokee. t Saturday afternoon ao Blacksburg g United States Commissioner Trescott n and Deputy Unitrd States Marshall Hallman engaged in a dimelulty as to the controversy over Cherokee's need ~ of dispensary conste bies. Trescotta drew a revolver but Hallman disarmed himn. Trescott was unable to get a blo w. Hallman getting several effec-d tive tunches. It is probable thata Trescott will be prosected for carry ing corcealed weapons. Caugizt .n the Act.b Attempts made last Fridsy, Satur day, and Sunday and Monday nights to wreck passenger trains on the Georgia Southern railroad as Heart- a pine Pi., resulted in a watch being set. Tnis resulted In the arrest Wed nesday of Will Born, a negro who was caught in ahe act of la3iaog a tie across tne track. A reward of 8250 has been offered for the arrest. Called Out and fMurdered- '] J. M,. Harrison, a prosperous farm- 9 er near Carlo Ga. was c?.lled to his il gate Wednasday about dusk and shot I tice in the breast with a shot gun I loaded with buck-bot and killed in- n statly. The murderer up to the b preen.t tim' has not b.:en apprehen f: d. Shertff Patterson --as summoned e and wtent to the r.cene cf the tragedy s ut was unable to find any clue to the s person who~ did the shootng. Murd1er and Piillge. An offcial statement received from Oessa says that 8 coo persons have E ben killdd there since the beginning g f the troubles. Latest arrivals at s Jassy, Moldsvia, .eolare that the kill- I Iings and plunderings continue at Odes- j sa by day and night. Ps N' B IGUM. .or.A lyou y is,enstd Nearly two Mil ii n rTollars on Campaign. I t Came from Many Sourcei', ihe Largt at Subscription Was One Hundred Thousad Dollare. Ac:ording to a Washington news- 1 'sper which, with evdnce of friend. y handling, prints a long 'atement .bout the expenses of Chairman Cor alyou in 1904, the R -publicao nation 1 committee used the sum (f $1,800, 00 to elect R osevelt and Fairbanks, nd had in bank when the campaign ras ended about $100 000. It is stated that Cnairman Cortel on had $9)0.000 less that Chairman lanua had in 19)0 and n:arly 82,000, 00 less than be had in 1896. It is so decared to be a fact that the 0smo-ratic national c)mmittee in 892, when Mr. Cleveland was elected I ae second time, had a fund exceeding I nything known in American politics efore or siLc-he sum of $4.100, )0. Chairman Cortelyou, according to 1 3is article, turned over to State c;m I tittee in New York, New J.rsev, e Test Virginia, Massachusetts, Con ctiut, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin ad Nevada the sum of $700.000. No a zount is fixed as to the sum ex lend I in New York by the national com tittee through Gov. Ohld, but it Lust have been largely in excess of ,00,000 For literature, it states, the tional committee expended 3550,- b )0; for the speakers' bureau, 3175,- a )0; for lithographs, advertising, etc., L5O.OOOr for salaries and headquarters P [penwes, $150,000, and for miscellan g us expecses, e50.000. It is stated that the money expend t I by Chairmin Cortelyou came from ,000 different scurces, about 4 000 intributors being known, leaving >out 6.000 unknown, to the chali man the national committee. The larg- - t single contributor furnished up U ard of 8100.000, it is stated, and his entity was not knowa to either nirman Cortelyou or Mr. Bliss. E Tne article is lacking in details as the identity of corporations and rporation managers that contribut to the Republican funds. No refer ice whatever is made to contribu ons either from life insurance ccmp- h iles or railway companies, bui it is d leged that in every instance where X4 cntribution was made conditional some political favor to come the of- R r was rr j oted or the money return- i L. tC In connection with the Republican q ,mpaign fund, the statement is made at P:esident Rjostvelt and Chalr au Cortelyou will cooperate to bave 6ssed a law providing for the publi ty of contrlbutens to pohtical com tees. Chairman Cortely. u declined discuss the figures connected witt A a campaign of 1904, but intimated at they were "about right." Ntw York Myerxries- R Three of New York's great high . iys, the river, the 'uodergr uad rail- PI =y and street and that dark sectiOn . iown as "CAinatown, each furnished : o olice mystery last week. An nD- h town man jumped In front of a train M it swung into 137th street and di roadway station of the subway. is body was literally ground to oC eces. T ae Chinatown mystery was f ,e death of a white woman, Lottie W ne, whose husband, a Chinaman, e ed a short timne ago. Lottie Lane of Ed three callers Tuesday night of 5I st week, a Chinaman and a white ai an and a white wjman. During r( ,e nighit these callers summoned a iyscian and notified the police that .di ear hostess had fainted. The phy-, ~Ian found her dead. The police cc t the three callers under arrest. P1 illiam Ha~llinger, who said be cam: m iwn from Yonkers and after d.spos C( g of his load of produce started Out ti er-ijy himself, was dragged from tC eo East river with a fractured skull. ti abel Weber, a 20 year old girl was a. und lying bound, gagge.i and sense s] ss in the hallway of her house in c: 'est ~orty-Fifth street where she ti sided with two girl comnpan- e Wireless Trkgraphy. i Reports received by the Bureau of f qupment of the I~avy at Washing- e. n frm the c-mmandanft of the na- a i station at Key West, Comman'9t eeler state that tue wireless tele- E :aph operator there received and u iad without trouble a message of et gt words sent by the station at Go- e: in, a distance of more than 1,000 S ographica~l miles. This new sta a on at Colon was qugapped for the ti overnment by the .1e Forest Compa h y. Messages passing between Bean 3rt, S. 0., and Havana, Cuba were b lard and read by the station at New b ort R. I. at the same time. These 3 re extraordinary records, but Rear a dmiral Mmnney, the chief of the ureau, has instituted a system of ally tests of the difibrent stations nd It s hope before he retires from 0 s servi::e to have this means of nl mmunication is suon perfect order al aat these occasional records shall 8 ave become a regular matter. c f Pnranu D by Canniba's. Aong the passengers who a rrived at San Francisco from Aus- r. rala on the liner Sonoma -were Cap sa ai Watts and Cnief Odicer Alex s< tinson, of the American ship Susque- n anna, which founded shortly after b e left Nehone, New Calcdonla, Ia ugust 23 last, with a cargo of d brome iron for Deilaware breakwater. a 'he crew left the ship in three boats i rhlch were beaded for the Solomon o ;lands. Only one boat landed there. si 'he other two were picked up at sea t y a trading rchooner. There the ien were kindly treated for a tima ut inally had to 1ly for their lives rou a set of cannibals who threaten d th~eir existence. Tbe-y were sut quently picked up by a trading yes- ~ 31 and joined thie rest of the crew at ydrney. N' ro Stopped, A dispatch from Gaftssy to The ltate says Ensie Martin colored, was ssiby fatally stabbed by S.>n J ihn- 1I on, colcr3d, late Wednesday nigh,. I njures severe. Result uncertain. ohson Is in j il to await trial. ' otrh ount ln ycelrs of age. HVNC AT LAST. Ars. Rogers Dies on the Gallows for Her Crime. IIULDERED HUSBANP. Vhom She Chlorotormed at a R-eting in the Woods While She Was Caress. ing Him. Great Efforts Werz Maje to Save the Woman. But They Pailed. A dispatch from Windsor, Vt., says irs. Mary Rogers was hanged at the ermont State prison at 1:13 o'clock Priday afternoon for the murder of .er husband, Marcum Rogers at Ben ington, on August 13, 1902. Mrs. togers was pronounced dead by the rison officials at 1:27 1-2. The execution tock place after the roman had twice been reprieved on ecount of appeals made by her coun al and after the United States Sa reme Court refused t> take action in be case. Oaly a comparatively few persons ritnessed the hanging, the number eing restricted to those permitttd to trend by the laws of Varmont. Mrs. Rogers maintained her com osure to the last and m)unted the llows with a steady step. Although deathly pallor overspread her coun mance, bardly a muscle quivered as leputy Sheriff Shi f rd pronounced ,e fatal words, "I now proceed to recute the sentence of the law and iay God have mercy on your soul." rhen the words were pronounced eputy Sher'ff Angus McAuley sprung ie trap and the drop fell. The crime for which Mrs. Mary ogers was sentenced to death was ie murder of her husband, Marcus ogers, at Bennington, on August 13. )02. At the time the crime was com .tted Mrs. Rogerc was only nine en. Sne had been separated from r husband for some time and was sirous of marrying a young man imed Mai ice Knapp. Oa the day of the murder Marcus )gers went to Bannington to visir s wife and that night she arranged meet him In the woods near the alloomsaeck riv -r. Wile caressing m she induzed him to allow her tV Dd his hands, and while he was po v lesi she c'leroformed h.m. In this e was aided by Leon Perham, a Llf witted b-y who was tiue son of e woman with whon she uoarded. notber woman, Estella Bates, was :esent. A few days after the murder Mrs. ogers, P.rham and the Bates woman re arrested. Parham made a cox ste confession and both he and Mrs niers were found guilty of murder the first degree. Parham was sen neced to lmprisenment for life and' rs. Rogers was sentenced to the ath gallows. Various attempts were made to1 minute Mrs Bigers' sentence but all fled. The date set for the execution as February 3, 1905. Gov. Bell grant i two reprieves for the presentation new evidence, but the court deniedt t patition for a new trial each time, Ld thae United States Supreme Courta fused to consider the case. Certain disclosures regarding scan 1s in the Vermont State prison at indsor, where Mrs. R->gers has been rfined, have, it is claimed, affected bl4c sentiment. According to testi ony before the prison investigationc mmittee of the Legislature one of es convicts at Windsor had access1 iMrs. Rogers' cell some time after 1 es first reprieve was granted. It was 1 leged that this was part of a con-1 >iracy on the part of certain prison ficials to bring about such a condi on as would further postpone the ex itlon. Mrs. Rogers was the first person stenced to death in Vermont with Ltie past thirteen Years who was re ised clemency. The last woman to be ecuted was Mrs. Emnelne Meeker, SWindsor, on March 30, 1883. Qi2 the march to the gallows Mrs .gers dccltnedl the assistance of dep ties. Her step was firm. She mount I the scuff >Ad unaided and stopped iactly upon the center of the trap. .e sat down in the chair for a mo tent and, when asked If she had any nal stntement to makec she shook her ad negatively. Mrs. Rgers' body has been claimed y her mother and sister, and will be uried by them at Hoysick Falls, N. ., where the mother, Mrs. Josle Cal shan, resides. Where Are The Books. There was a hearing in Columbia r Friday which is regarded as sig ificant before the legislative comn lttee appointed to check up certain tate cfticials. Tne object is to dis aver the four missing cash bo ks e m Secretary of State Gantt's cffice ivering tranactions amounting to iany thousands of dollars. These re the books about which there was ich a heated controversy at the last assion of the Legislature. The com littee has Information that these ooks were not burned as was Inti isted. Clerk Mc~2own testified Fri ay that he was absent in Florence inen tile books got lost, and Clerk leLu'in did not 1'raow bow the oks got away. Secretary Gantt is ic and his examination along with bat of or Clerk Means, of the sink im fund comnmission, is deferred un l they can be ~xmmned tngetther. Averae weigmk. Secetary Hester wares thle actual verage weigh- of 4,252.543 baies of he cotton crcp embracing port re ipts ar.d overland for the three antas from Sept cm'ier to November, tlusive, 519.10 against 523.53 pounds er buis las year, a decrease of 4 13. )taled av~rages are: Texas 533.56; o~u1siana 522 16; Alabama, etc., 5311; nor..ia 508; South Ca~rolmna 500; Sortn Carolina 531.95; Virginia 496; 'ennessee, etc., including Mempnis, 4, Lnmis and nvrnland 52.7. A TRAGIC DEATH. Mans Head Split Op-n by Flying Fragments of a Saw A Realdent of Columbia Was Oper ating Wood Saw for His Son in Lexingten Counoy The State says Mylas D. Blackmon of Co'um ia was killed in Lexirgton couaty Friday morning about 11 ('. clock by the bursting of a chIcalar saw watch he was operating in sawing w ol, The saw was running at its u uil high rate of speed when for some unknown reason it flew into fragments and one of ;he pieces struk him full in the faco, splitting open his head from ch. ao crown. Mr. Blackmon's son and others who were near ran qu!ckl.. to his assistance and preparations Aere lhurrirdly made to bring the injured man to the Colum bia hospital. He was placed n a ve hicle and the start for this city was soon made but before they had pre eseded two mIles Mr. Blackmon breathed his last. He never regained consciousness after he was struck. The accident happened at the hom; of his son, about eight miles from the city on the old State road. Mr. Blackmon lived in that city with his two daughters, Mimes Mag gie and Lena Blackmon, at6.A Ger vais sireet He has been working for about two weeks. Yesterday morning they went to work as u-.ual. Mr. Blackmon was running the saw wh ca cats the wood into shirt lengths when without an instant's warning it flew into several pieces. Oaeof them seruok him In the face, jait on the right side of the nose and sunk itself nto the flesh and bone, laying open is face and cutting deep onto his brain. & docter was near at hand and was con called. He saw at once how lesperate was the mans condition and mew that the only possible hope lay an getting him to the hospital. With l the rapidity of a faWithfl son's !ager eff rts, ar.angements were *on made to bring him to that - city .t be was even then beyond human ,d and before one fourth of the dis ;ane had been covered he had suc .mbed to his flightful inju Us, His body was brought to the city Lud placed in the undertaking par ors of Funderburk & Matteson, where t was prepared for barial. Coroner alker of Richland county and the roner of Laxington both decided ,at no inquest would be necess ry. Mr. Blackmon was 54 years of age nd was born in Lancaster county eat, in the Black Creek neighborhood Ie has been a resident of C:lumbL. 'or 15 years. Ha i survivad by the ne s m, already mentioned, and Vae Xo daughters with whom he lived. 1- leaves alo three brothers, Messrs. C. . and -Mint Blackmon of Lancas er c.)unty Minor B aokmon of Florid a nd two sisters, Mrs. Belle Griffi,, a.d Mrs. Nancy tWaaonton, both, of ancaster county. The ren ainA of Mr. Blackon will e taken to hiis former home In L-hn aster for interment at 3.30 o'clock riday afternoon. Tine funeral will ake place on Sunday mornlrig. A Cookileld Up. The Columbia State says "the resi Lents in the vicinity of Blanding and tll streets were startled by a cry for he police about 9 o'clcck Tuesday ight and an investigation disckcsedt nother alleged attempt to hold up a medestrian. Four policemen were ~-ulckly on the scene but a thorough arch failed to find any trace of the adowy footpad. A colored cook who said to work at hotel was on his way his home in Waverly, when he we a onfronted by a tall white man who, e says, tried to hold him up but hen the colored man gave the alarm he white man disappeared by leaping he low fence enclosing the campus of~ 1he Presbyterian seminary and run ing through the yard. No trace of dm could be found by the police. BRg R:>of Falls. A t London, Eag land the south' end )f the immense roof spanning the Jharng Cross main line station sud lenly collapsed Wednesday afternoon ud completely blocked the lines. A tumber of workmen and trainmen were caught In the wreckege. Thle of of the Avenue Theater adjoining he statian also collapsed. About bhirty injured persons have already een taken to the hospital. One of Ihem died and the others are in a ritical condition. There are a num er of dead among the rui as. The ontinental express, filled with pas men. ers, was standing outsirde the sta ion waiting for the signal to enter when the collapse of the roof cccur Horrible Accident. 02 last Wednesday morning Mr ohn 0. Funches, who lives near owevile, met with a most nlorrible iccident. He was operating a sugar ane mill, and by some means his coa' ~leve on the right arm was caught in 1he cogs. Before Mr. Funches could pull the sleeve out his arm was drawn a the cogs and crushed to the elbow. rhe machinery was stopped as soon is possible and Mr. Funches was re leased from the mill. Later Dr. A. 3. Hydrick, of this city, assisted by Dr. J. D. S. Fairey, amputated the irm just above the elbow. We ex end our sympathy to Mr. Fanches Ind ho;e that he will soon be up i gan. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Isunes a Call. Presidnt Harvie Jordon of the Southern Cotton association Friday issued a call for a general convention f farmers, bankers, merchants and tbers throughout the South t' be held at New Orleans, Jan. 11, 12 and 13, 1906. Tiue obj ct of the conven tion vill be to discu~ss the work of the assoiation, with reference to organi ation, handling the crop of 1.906, trade relations between producers and spinners. extending the market for merican cotton and holding the un-I sold balance of the present cotton crop for 15 cents a pound. Many promi nent speakers from various parts of the country have promised to be present, and a large attendance i andy' predicted. SHOT BY WOMAN. A Russian Lieutenant General Assassinated by a Woman. EVENT CASTS GLOOM Ovcr the City of St. Petersburg. Count Witte's Faith in the Thinking Classes and iepes of Carrying Out Liberties Promised by the Czar are Fading. The St. Petersburg correspondent of The Daily Telegraph in a dispatch dated December 5. sent by way of Edtkuhnev, East Prassia, says: "Leut. Gin. Sakharcff, former minister of war, was assainated today. The government had deputed Gen. Sakharc f to visit the province of Ssratoif for the purpose of quelling -he'agrarian riots there. "A woman belodging to the so called "atAng c-lumns" of the revo lutionary movement called at the house of the governor of Saratof at noon today and asked to see 'lneral Sakharoif. "She fired three revolver shots at the general killing him on the spot." The tidings reached St. Paters burg Wednesday night. Count Witte charged Lieut. Gen. Radiger, minis ter of war, with the task of breakin the news to Mme. Sakharcif. "Tie event has caused a profound mpression in St. Petersburg, owing to fears that the revolutionists here will follow the example thus set. "Tae spectre of a military dictator ship, which has been looming on the orizon, is slowly gaining consistency and sharpness of outline. 'I am personally convinced that Count Witte's faith in the good sense and political tact of the Russian thinking classes, which recently was asfrm as a rock, is gradually weak ening, and with it his hopes for the arrying out of the liberties promised La the emperor's manifesto." Tae Tageblatt's St. Petersburg" orrespondent in a dispatch sent by way of Eydtkuhnen December. 6, "The situation is visibly growing worse. The critical mment for Count ilt te is coming wnen the liberal ele ents will demand his resignation A resolutioa by the agriculturists at A>scow demanding the Immediate ismissal u the present cabinet de iotes the beginning of the movement Lway from 0.-unt Witte and signs ndicate that tais movement will gain Ln intensity soon. The troops nere have received se fret orders t) ne ready to cope with' nticipated anti-Jewish demonstra ions. Te correspondent of The Times at t. P.uersburg says: "I am informned n excellent authority that a revolt f the St. Petersbu--g garrison is Oer. ain to cccur. "The newspapers print harrowing etals of the whippings by order of en. Sakharcif of oe peasants whom ie was sent to pacify." A dispatch from St. Petersturg - says news of the assasination of Lisub. in- Sakharcff, -former minister c2 war, who ae shot In the Governor a alace at Saratoif, on December 5, had been preceeded by the most horrible itories about how Sakharoff had been epressing the ag'garien disorders. He orralled peasants with Cossack and Dhen had them beaten with soldier's whips. Tne assassin of Sakaroif has not been ide'ntiflsd. Waen arrested the oman who committed the crime de red that she hal executed the de ree of the terroists' section of the so cial revolutionists. rllowlng Is a descripton of Sarha o's arrival at Hovoanchaina, a vil lege of the prcvince of Haratcff: "He cam>. with Cossacks and artllk ry. The easants were surrcuaded by Cossacks ~ .d Sakharoif addressed them de nanding t)hat they surrender their leaders. The village elder replied, but gave the general .no information. The elder was limadiately beaten muil he lost c3Dc.osness, "Sakharoff retired to the cot house, leaving the peasants at the nercy of tne Cossacks, most of whom were drunk, and they began torturing the peasants pulling out their hair and beard and even tearing pieces of flesh f:oin their faces. Thirty-three* easats were thus maltrated." Can't Assist Koraa. The bad news from his country about the reported s'ricide of his brother Yeung Waan Min which was onveyed to hin Wednesday has aff .cted the health of Yeog Tehan dn, a Krean minister to France and he was not able to recaiva any one today. I s expected that he will call upon President Eiosevelt and Secetary of State E2ot and try to in fluence thenm in favor of his country which under the treaties with Japsn wil lose most of its independence. n ofi.ial circles the feeling is that it wil not be possible for the govern nnt of the U~ilted States to inter Russian Red Tapa. A story of Eussian red tape is told by W. T. Stead. Gen. Linevitch, while in supreme command of the Russian army In Manchuria, once used a rubber-stamp signature for the papers which he had to sign every day before he could draw forage for his own horses. The commissary general returned the rubber stamp signed papers as out of order and every day the general commanding a rmy of 500.000 men had to affix his autograph to the requisition for his horses ats. Went Dr.-mocratic. The Democrats of Portland, Me., for the first time In twelve years, elected their mayor. N'athan C01fford, received 4.641, as against 4.429 for h Repblican candidate.