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VOL. XXII MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCHl 11, 1908 N 24 GARY IS CHOSEN Senator on the Eighteenth Ballot to Succeed Latimer BY SMALL MAJORITY. Mr. Gary Has Had Long Service in the Legislature, Also an Original Trustee of Winthrop and Member of Constitutional Convention-Ex Gov. Sheppard Shows Strength in Two Ballots. On the eighteenth ballot in joint assembly Frank B. Gary. of Abbeville. former Speaker of the House, was chosen Friday for United States Senator to fill the unexpired term caused by the death of Asbury C. Latimer. Mr. Gary secured 79 out of 154 votes, one more than necessary to elect. It was the fourth ballot of the day, taken after a strenuous ef fort was made to postpone. Ex-Gov. John C. Sheppard, of Edgefield, was entered and showed great strength, getting 34 votes on the third ballot, but he was not vot ed for in the final ballot. Mr. Gary's friends are jubilant over the outcome and be is being warmly congratulated on every turn. His long service in politics has made him known throughout the State. He served continuously from 1S91 to 1901 in the House, being Speaker in his retiring term. He was a candidate for Governor in 1900, when Miles B. McSweeney was elected. He was a member of the constitutional convention in 1895 Mr. Gary is a trustee ox the city schools of Abbeville. He was a member of the board of trustees that located and built Winthrop Col lege at Rock Hill. He is forty-eight years of age. The deadlock had caused some anx iety to M:. Gary's supporters. but all the while they contended he would eventually be the choice of the Leg islature. Eighteen ballots were nec essary to choose. The first joint ballot for United States Senator Friday morning re sulted: Gary 68, Walker 2S. T. G. McLeod 14, J. Wright Nash 13,. Maul- C din 8. Coker 14, Ira B. Jones 5. Wilie Jones 4. Total 154; necessary to a choice 78. Mr. Gary had gained five votes from the last ballot Thursday night. The House immediately proceeded to another ballot. Congressman Lever was nominated in spite of protestI from friends that he was not a can didate and particularly did not want to be entered. Mr. Nash's name was withdrawn. The second ballot resulted; Gary 70, Walker 28. McLeod 11, Ira Jones 4, Wilie Jones 4, Mauldin 7, Coker 10, ex-Gov. John C. Sh-eppard of Edgefield, a new entry, 15: Congress man Lever 7. This is the fifteenth ballot. Mr. Lever's friends now nom inated him. . The third ballot resulted. Gary 7343 Walker 19. McLeod 4. Sheppard 34. Lever 9, Mauldin 7, Ira B. Jones 1. Coker 2. State Senator D. F. Mc-; Keithan 1. T'otal 154. An effort to take a recess failed and a fourth bal lot was entered. The fourth and final ballot on which Frank B. Gary was elected: Gary 79. McLeod 32. Mauldin 11, Ira: B. oJnes 4, Wilie Jones 2, Coker 1. McKeithan 1. Walker 24. Total 154. Necessary to choice 78. WHO HE WAS. Would-Be Assassini Proves to Be Lazarus Averbush. The man who was slain by Chief of Police Shippy, of Chicago. was identified as Lazarus Averbush, who f' r three weeks had lived at 218S Washburn avenue on t~he West Side. His identification was established thioug a sister, who was taken & the er.'Gee to the undera'ktatrimany -VP. ush was 22 years ol'd. HeIc adi ocupi"'d rooms with' hi siste~r Olga. He -ras a Russian student He ceme to America thr-ee months ago from An'ria, to whina country! e fled two ye ns previous;ly, follow ing the massacre of .Jews in Kishi ev, Russia, where his home had been. His plans to kill Chief Shipp'y are believed to have been formed as a direct result of the chief's interfer nce with a parade of unemployed men through the city's streets sever al weeks ago. Averbush had beer employed recently by a produce com mission firm.4 It was learned that Chief Shiri py's interference several weeks age with a parade of unemployed men. headed by "Dr." Ben L. Reitman. coupled with the more recent an nouncement that Emma Goldman will not be allowed to speak in pub lic in Chicago. led Averbutch to at tempt to ".remove" the police head n Russian " terrorist" fashion. TRAMPS KILLEI) IN WRECK. Two Negro Men and One Negro Wo man Perish. Two negro men and one negro wo man were killed in a wrnec-k on a Norfolk and Western freight train near Tazewell. Va.. Friday. The ne groes wenre beating their way in a box car. The wreck was caused by a slide in a deep cut. The two engines clear ed the sidre, but the ears were piled n a eape. There are about four hundred tonls of coal in the cut and it is said two more deadbeats are under the wreckage. None of the ,. rew oft' train were seriously in RECEIVERS NAMED Judge Pritchard Takes Full Control of Dispensary Fund. Messrs. J. A. McCullough. C. K. Hen derson and B. F. Arthur Appointed Receivers and They Accept In the United States Court at Asheville Saturday afternoon after hearing the arguments by counsel, Judge J. C. Prictchard appointed Hon. Joseph A. McCullough. of Greenville. Messrs. C. K. Henderson and B. F. Arthur, the two latter members of the State commission. permanent receivers for the dispen sary runds now in the hands of the dispensary commission. The court will order that this fund be turned over to the receivers at once. In the event that tllis order is refused there will probably be a clash of State and Feaceral jurisdic tion. Attorney Gen. Lyon said: I regret exceedingly that there is a person in the State of South Carolina who would accept an appointment as re eiver at the hands of Judge Prit hard." Then taking up the general situation Mr. Lyon said: "So far as Judge Pritchard undertaking to en join any one from bringing suits or o in any way interfere with the fund involved is concerned I will state that I instituted proceedings in he Supreme Court of South Carolina or the purpose of compelling the mmission to disregard Judge Prit hard's injunction and to pay into the tate treasury for the use of the At orney General's office the sum of 15,000 which was appropriated fo: :he purpose of certain criminal pro eedings and prosecutions of persons :onnected with the late dispensary. Judge Pritchard's order will most ertainly be disregarded by me if it ndertakes to in any wise restrain r direct me in this or any other roceedings I may deem it advisable .o institute. "I regard the entire proceedings Ls without precedent and as a most utrageous disregard of the righ!s f the State of South Carolina. It s founded upon no sound authority. s conduct in appointing receivers n the day before the motion for the ppointment of receivers was to be eard in accordance with the formal 1 rder which he passed was a most wilful disregard of the rights of thue tate, and we were thereby denied r day in Court. "As to his criticisms in his formerl' lecree, of my brnging the mandamus roceedings in the Supreme Court of outh Carolina to compel the com-' nission to disregard his injunction nd pay into the State treasa: y the Lppropriations made for the prose tion of the criminals, the proceed-l ng in the Supreme Court was in ac-I ~ordance with the practice and law South Carolina. and if this had ot been so the Court would have'] efused to assemlie and bear the "The result of this proceeding can- t tot he foretold. It would, no doubt. e as useless to explain the purpose ' f this proceeding to him as it wash1 o explain the law and the facts in 1 he case in which he has assumed urisdiction. I anm most careful asi the opinion the learned Judge nay entertain with regard to this roceeding. It is not surprising that ie regards any move on the part of he State to protect her rights against hose who would despoil her as un rarranted. "His conduct has been most tun teemingly and tne State of South arolina must look to the United states Supreme Court for the pre ;ervation of its soverign powers. -I am extremely gratified to know that Messrs. Murray. Patton and M'. ween, members of the State dispen ;ary commission. have refused to ac -ept the receivership offered them. tnd that their patriotism cannot be ;hakenl by the hope of any reward. 'I believe we will tinally be suc :essful in the defence of the State. )ut whatever the result we will de 'end her to the last extremity of the aw. Knowing the righteousness of ur cause, I believe we will suc FELL INTO BOILING WATER. >e IDead and~ Two Fatally Burned a- Jersey City. Three men fell into a tank of boil -g water Wednesday in the chemi 'al works of M. Calm & Bro., on .est Side avenue, .Jersey City, and efore they were rescued by fellow 'orkmenf were badly scalded. The injured were Joseph Wesag, roseph Belassay and John Ashaz. all f Jersey City. Wesag died of his :juries the next afternoon. Belas sy and Ashaz, the doutors say, can bardly surv'ive the effeets of the ac It is believed that the men who: .vere standing at the edge of the; ank were overcome by ammonia fumes and that this caused them to "all into the boiling water. RAN AWAY FROM HOME. T ~inV Were MIore Than He Could Stand Up Under. When his wife becamie the mother >f twins, eight months ago. John 01 sn. of 1033 North Albany avenue, Cicago. ran away from his home. Yesterday Mrs. Olson notified a po lieman. According to her story when the twins were born. Olson tabbed his coat and ran out of the Luse. After waiting for 'him a week she appealed to the neighbors ffr aid. By hard work and the neigh bors' aid she has managed to sup nort herself and her children. She .zs wo other children besides the wANT BRYAN. He is Greeted by His State Con vention With Cheers. SOLID DELEGATION Instructed to Vote for Him as the Deniocratic Candidate for Presi dent.-Platforma Adopted Favor! Many Reforins.-"Equal Rights to All. Special Privileges to None" Harmonious Meeting. A dispatch from Omaha. Neb., says Tiursday was "Bryan Day" in that city and throughout Nebraska. With the Democratic State Conven tion as a nucleus party leaders from every county and practically every primary district in the connon wealth gathered there to pledge al legiance to the presidential aspira tions of Mr. Bryan and to consider means for furthering his interests be fore the Democratic national conven tion. Enthusiasm was prevalent through >ut the day. It broke loose early in the afternoon session of the conven ion and gradually gathering volume, broke out in tumultuous vocifera ons when at the beginning of the vening session the platform com nittee presented this resolution: "The Democratic party of Nebras k-a again declares confidence in and dmiration for William Jennings 3ryan. In him we behold the ideal Lmerican citizens-the ideal Demo rat. We rejoice that the principles ,hich he has so ably advocated have een gladly received by the Ameri an people. "Resolved, That the de l ;ates by this convention chosen be, .nd are hereby, instructed to vote as . unit for the nomination of - Mr. 3ryan for the presidency." This official endorsement of Mr. 3ryan's candidacy met the full ap )roval of the delegates. The Iron lad instructions to the 16 men se ected during the afternoon to repre ent the State at Denver will, it wus houg'at, leave no doubt as to v ' re 3ryan's home State stands. The platform as a whole w.- rge y Mr. Bryan's own v'ork. That it efiected the leader's -is: -o what hould form th il-sud upon 'hich the party should go before the ountry next fall. was not denied. Mr. Bryan, however, said that the eclarations of the platform were ecessarily ncomplete: that some see ions undoubtedly will be included n the national platform that were mitted, while others were treated n the Nebraska document in a pur osely brief manner so as to allow mplification at Denver. * 3M-. Bryan's Speech. "Our trouble seems to be to per uade the Republicans to accept emocatic policies; our work is to xpose the imitation by them of emaratic ideas and to point Out herein they conme short in their ef 'ort to approprniate Democratic doc rmes. "Take for instance the trust ques ion. We have definitely convinced he Republicans that there were rusts: now they admit trusts exist. e had difficulty in convincing them hat the criminal law should 1be en rced; now they admit it should be ~nforced but fail to enforce it. In o far os they have acted against he trusts at all they have acted ong the lines laid down hy the )eocrats, but the trust magnates re still at large, the trusts rre still louishing and even the supporters Mr. Taft have no specific remedies offer for relief, and trusts arise hie Republicans are hoasting of heir crusade against them. They 'opose regulation 01' tonop~olies in tead of extermination. although they 3ave reason to know that regulation 2as failed and that any one of a umbiler of trusts can afford to con ~ribute 10 times as much to a comn aign fund as can be collected from il the voters who are outside the privileged circles. "On the tariff t'ie Republican lead rs now admit that tariff reform is now necessary but a careful reading f their promises show inat they use language identinal with that emploY eu in former latforms which have een the bsis .or' -.ie pr'esent ex ocrtinate' rates. Tiae .advoc'ates c; Lhe McKinley t:riff ard of the Dingley tariff never asked for more than enough to cover the difference of labor here and abroad but under pre tense of protectinlg labor' they tbuilt up the present oppressive schedules. WXhat reason have we to believe their proises are wvorth any more umx han they have b)een in the past. 5 'ears? Surely the people will not trust tariff reform to wause '.--~ have stubornly refused to reduce tariff rates when they had full power to do so and then asked to be returned to power that they may do what they have failed to do. -The Republicans admit that rail' road regulation~ has been needed and et. for 10 y'ears the Republican par'ty allowed itself to be overawved by the railroad lobby at Washington and having, with the aid of the Demo craTs. secured a little relief, the Re pulican leaders no"' rely upon wvha: has been done: and outline n.o pro gramme' for further legislation. The Republican leaders have wvatcheda few railroad magnates strangle comt petition and comnbinte great system into greater ones. withouit raising hand for the protection of the public and now they ask for another lenst of power as a reward for their inac "Tnder Republican rule the' rein ions bet ween capital and labor havt eome more and tmor" strained an) et. the REpublican leaders resat eac) attempt to bring employers and em loys into more harmonious rela "The PhilipPines~ present anothe instance of gross misinanagemient Instado appmiying the America: AWFUL CRIME. Elderly Man Slain and His Wife Left For Dead. The Crime Was Committed for the Sake of Murder and Two Suspects Are Caught and Lynched. A dispatch from Hawkinsville, Ga., says a terrible murder shocked that community Wednesday and a whole section of the county near Empire, Ga., is wild with excitement, over 1,000 people being gathered at the scene of the tragedy. Just at daylight Wednesday morn ing somo person or persons, attack ed Mr. Warren Hart as he went out to feed his stock, crushing his head to a jelly, and killing him instantly ly. They then went to the kitchen, where Mrs. Hart was preparing )reakfast, and attacked her with an axe, leaving her for dead. She was found lying on the floor with a fork in her hand and her breakfast burn ed to a crisp. The object of the plot to murder is supoosed to have been for robbery, as they had about $1,000 in the house, which the murderers failed to find. The report reaches Hawkinsville that two negroes..have been arrest ed, and it is expected they are the assassins. A later report .from the scene says that the two negroes ar rested have been lynched'by the in censed citizens. Mr. and Manrs. weart were about 65 years old, and wer h re arspected citizens. The people of- the section are wroagat un, to a frenzy STRANGE ACCIDENT. Mrs. Maddux Injured by Exploding Cartridge Thrown in Fire. The Spartanburg Herald says Mrs. Alice M. Maddux, of 144 Howard street. suffered a peculiar and pain ful accident Wednesday night while I sitting up at the home of Mrs. Mil- I lie Owens, who died shortly after i midnight. Mrs. Maddux, with a 1 number of others was sitting around : the fire when suddenly a cartridge I exploded from the midst of the live I coals. the shell of it entering her t limb between the ankle and the knee E The accident, while not serious, is t painful. idea to the Phi'.ippine question, the ( Republican leaders imitated the em- c pires of the Old. World and entered on a colonial policy which has in volved us in enormous expense, i brought us weakness instead of strength and humiliation instead of t glory. I "Tle present financial stringency is another illustration of Republican incompetency. In the full posession f power it has allowed the country to be run by Wall street financiersi and in the crisis is Impotent to dot nore than furnish money Out of the 1 public treasury to support the mar ket. It has made no effort to stop gambling-the fruitful cause of pan-1 ics-it has made no effort to furnish government notes for an emergency and it has made no effort to protZect depod.,>-s. While it demnanlds 'Cem ity for government funds when de osited with banks, it has left the - individual depositor to risk his sav ings without protection agairst mis management by hank oflD "The Republicqns . hat something must be don a -' now know how to proceefc r so convinced that the 'pre ..,ndi tions are deplorable that my ap llaud the piresident's last message which was an indictment of Repub lican misrule, for all abuses of which he complains are traceable to Repub lican legislation or lack of legisla tion.1 "We face the future with hope and that hope rests on a firm foun dation. Democratic policies have Igrown in- popularity as the voters have become better acquainted with the evils to be remedied. The Denm ocrats have been looking at public questions from the standpoint of all the people, while Republican leaders have been looking at them from the standpoint of a few. As the strength of a party must be measured by the strength of its prnciples, Democrats have reason to believe that their irospects of success have been great v increased by the widespread ac ceptance of Democratic remedies. "A nother reason for hope is to be found in the fact that the Democrat ic party is united while the Repub lican party is divided, and the re union of the Democratic party is due to the same causes that have brought division in the Republican ranks. The country has moved forward tO ward piositive and aggressive resist ance to the encroachments of preda tory wealth and this growth has brought the rear ranks of the Dem ocratic party up to the firing line. while it has seperated the Republi can reformers from the Republican standpatters. The fight for suprem acy in the Republican party is a itter one, and whichever side wins the other will be disgruntled. As the Republicans used one faction of the Democratic party to defeat us in 189'0, we shall return the compli m~ents this year and use one part of the Republican party to defeat the Oter. for it is so hopelessly divided that it can not be trusted to do any thing at present. "The third cause for hope is to be -found in the moral awakening. Never in the generation has there been such a stirring of conscience and the sense of justice has been made sen fsitie to the Democratic appeal. Iwhich is essentially an appeal for -justice. The Democratic party has -been doing pioneer work and now it will enjoy the gratitude and appre ciation heaped upon the pioneer when the character of the work is fully BACK TO LIFE. Making Homes Again Amidst the Ruins of St Pierre. Terror of Mont Pelee Departing With Lapse of Time and Settlement is Forming.. A correspondent of The New York Herald writes from St. Pierre, Mar tinique: Six years have passed since St. Pierre was wiped out by the vol canic forces of Mount Pelee, and. in ten short minutes became a city of the dead. For a long time the de -:tuted region was shunned and empty, for the horror of that May night in 1902 held the slanders In Its grip. But slowly this has changed, and the last few months have wit nessed a gradual, but growing re population of the district. St. Pierre today has a hotel, a wharf is being constructed, steamers soon will be in the port whence only one vessel vas able to escape the night of the disaster, and the authorities have found it expedient to establish a local police force. The dest-uction of six years ago was widespread, and those who were eft alive fled in terror. The entire distret of St. Pierre, covering some fifty square miles, became desolate and uninhabited. St. Pierre, a mass >f ruins and waste, was particularly voided by the islanders, because of he fearful story of death hidden be aeath its blanket of ashes. Then with ncredibble rapidity the coarse trop cal vegetation todk root and flour shed in the volcanic matter covering he numberless dead amid the fallen ,alls of their old homes, and nature lecked with green foliage the handi xork of her unleashed forces of de truction. Such has been the situation in the tricken area until about a year ago, ;vhen slowly the people of the sland, heir fears and horror stilled by the apse of ti, ', began returnng to heir old homes. This movement Avent on by degrees, the more timor us finally making up their minds to '01low their braver brothers, until ;oday the district is resuming its old ife. St. Pierre is still abhorred by any, though It has its own share of he movement of repopulaton, but 4orne Rouge. Le Precheur, Grand liviere, and Ajouoa Bouillon, ham ets that six years ago were familiar o newspaper readers because of the tories of death, terror and desolation hat came from them, have now a opulation that is increasing each nonth, and with the people have ome telegraph and telephone lines, choos, priests, to say mass in the econstructed churches and other vidence of a growing rural commun :y. It would perhaps be too much o say that St. Pierre is to be re )orn and become again the com 1ercial cEnter of Martinque, for ther ports on the island. Fort de rance and Trinite, offer better an horage to ships than did St. Perre i the old days. But St. Piere is e hub, as it were, of the roads to e island. It is -asier to move1 erchandise Into St. Pierre than Lnywhere else, and this revival of raffic will assure a certain actvity. 'ere is today enough movement in d about the city to have made it worth while for an enterprising renchman to open a hotel in St. lerre, in the Place Bertin. This iouse is frequented by local travel rs, the tourist who come to 'look at he ruins, foreign naval officers on brough steamers calling at Fort de 'rance or Trinite. A new wharf will e completed and steamers of the ~uerin line are to resume calling at t. Pierre as they did before 1902. ready several merchants havei ~leared away the ruins of their ware tuses and started reconstruction ith the idea of opening up again, nd they doubtless wIl have imita :ors who desire to get their share of he local trade. The authorities do not officially ;anction this activity at St. Pierre nd still warn the people of the dan er of Mont Pelee. Still the presence ,f people in the cty has made nec ~ssary the installation of a police orce and the clearing away and ~pening up of several streets. The avements, sidewalks and gutters mncovered were found to be in ex ellent condition. This excavation ~rought to light large quantities of man bones, principally in the Rue e la Madeleine. The cemetary also has been partly uncovered and most f the grave stones were found to be in a remarkable state of preserva BEATEN BY NEGROES. Report of a Ticious Assault at Greer Reaches Spartanburg. A special from Spartanburg to The News and Courier says a report reached there Tuesday from Greez to the effect that a white man named Fsemirg was set upon by a gvm of aegroes and badly undt up. The ne gies used rocks, clubs and a knife T'ie assault, it is sai wvas without provocation. Fleming' clothing was cut into strips and the blade of a k:-.ife~ an the hand of one negro pane rad the stomach, in:iL'.ting a ser iu wound. Killed Invalid Wife. William Lewis. aged 60, of Buck horn, N. C., killed his invalid wife y knocking her in the head wth an axe. He then tried to kill his son with a butcher knife, but failed in his attempt. he fied to the woods, where a. sheriff and posse are hunt ing for him. K~nocks Out D)ispensary. The supreme court holds that the election in Chesterfield on the dlis pensary question was legal and valid and tha dispensaries are therefore to go. This is the first decision the court has ever made against the dis DIE IN FIRE. One Hundred and Seventy-five Little School Children MEET AWFUL DEATH. The Terrible Hollocaust in School House at Collinwood, OhIo.-The Furnace Was Overheated and the Fearfil Disaster Followed.-Chil dren in Rooms on Second Floor and in Attic Perished In Flames. An awful tragedy occurred Wed nesday morning in the public school of Collinwood, Ohio, which has some eight thousand population. One hun dred and sixty-five corpses were tak en out of the ruins up to ten o'clock Wednesday night. Six children arf still unacc.inted for and all the hos pitals and houses for two miles around contained numbers of chil dren, some fatally and many less seriously Injured. All of the victime were between six and fifteen years of age. The school contained between 310 and 325 pupils, and of this entire number only eighty are known to have left the building unhurt. It will be sev eral days before the exact number of killed is known, as the ruins may still contain other bodies and the list of fatalities may be increased by a number of deaths among the chil iren who are lying in the hospitals iovering between life and death. The school house was of brick, two stories and an attic in height, normally large and the smaller chil part of the building. There was but ren had been placed in the upper part of th building. There was but >ne fire escape and that was in the 'ear of the building. There were wo stairways, one leading to a door n front and the other to a door in :he rear. Both of these doors open d inward and it is claimed the rear loor was locked as well. When the flames were discovered he teachers, who throughout seem o have acted with courage and self )ossession and to have struggled eroically for the safety of their pu ils marshalled the little ones into olumn for the "fire drill," which hey had often practiced. Unfortun .tely the line of march in this exer ise had always led to the front door .nd the children had not been train d to seek any other exit. The fire came from a furnace sit iated directly under this part of the uilding. When the children reach d the foot of the stairs they found he flames close upon them, and so wift a rush was made for the door hat in an instant a tight ly packed nass of children was pilled up gainst it. From the second floor .one of those who were upon any )ortionl of the first flight of stairs ad a chance for their lives. The children at the foot of the tair started to fight their way back .o the floor above, while those who ere coming down shoved them mer ~ilessly back into the flames below. n an instant there was a frightful )anic, with 200 of the pupils fighting or their lives. Most of those who vere killed .died here. The greater )art of those who escaped managed turn back and reached the fire es ape and the windows in the rear. The school was a two-story and ttic brick building, construeted six ears ago. It was overcrowded with upils and it was found necessary to ii'ize the attics for those of the ages between six and eight years. Nearly all the children were kill d in the mass at the first floor door, which finally was opened by men rom the Lake Shore Railway shops, vho hurried to the scene. A wall f flame had formed across it, how ever, and most of the hcildren were ea by the time the doors were swung. Miss Catherine Weiler, one of the iine teachers in the school, loss her [ife In a vain effort to marshal the pupils of her class and lead them to safety. She died in the crush atI the rear door. Her room was on the second floor and when the fire alarm sounded she marchied her pu ils into the hall, thinking it was only a fire drill. There the truth awned upon both the teacher and pupils and control was lost. The hildren in their frenzy plunged into he struggling mass ahead of them. Miss Weiler attempted to stem the rush, but went down under it, and her body was found an hour later piled high with those of her pupils. M~iss Fisk, another teacher, was taken out alive, but she cannot live. After the fire had practically burned it self out the work of rescuing the* bodies was begun by firemen and railroad employees from the Lake Shore shops. The railroad company turned over one of its buildings nearby to be used as temorary morgue and hither the charredl and broken little bodies were removed as fast as they could be dug from the ruins. They were ever, and most of the children were Identifications were made only by means of clohting or trinkets. The fire had swept away nearly all re semblance to human features. Distracted parents soon began to gather and the work of identifying the blackened and mangled corpses began. Thegrewsomre task of taking cut the blackened torsos and bits of human remains was one of horror. A line of rescuers was formed, back ed by a dozen ambulances. As the bodies were untangled from the de bris they were passed along to the stretchers and then loaded in the ambulances. At the tempory morgue in the Lake Shore shop the scene became fourfold in the intensity of human suffering as fathers, mothers, broth ers and sister passed up and down the lines formed of one hundred and sixty corpses. To facilitate identifi cationth bodies were numbered as SOME PLAIN TALK. Senators Tillman and Depew Lock Horns in Senate Over the Part the New York Banks Play in Speculations in Loaning Money to Gamblers. A lively colloquy between Senators Depew and Tillman took place when the South Carolina senator attempt ed to have the senate pass his resolu tion calling on the comptroller of the currency to furnish a detailed statement of all loans made by na tional banks in New York upon col lateral security during the 6 months from June 1 to December 1, 1907. Mr. Aldrich suggested that as drawn the measure had many objec tionable features, but he thought a resolution would ' e framed to give the information desired if it should be referred to the committee on fi nance. Mr. Tillman demanded to know the objection to the resolution, Mr. Ald rich replying that the chief objection was the provision calling for the names of people making loans. "I think that would be the very worst thing we could do in the pres ent condition," said Mr. Aldrich. Mr. Tillman disavowed any special purpose in having the names and Mr. Hale -asked that the matter be al owed to go over so that the chair man of the finance committee and fr. Tillman might agree on a form >f resolution. Mr. Tillman said he did not want to go into the pri rate affairs of banks but merely wanted to get at the facts concern Ing stock gambling and the loaning >f funds of depositors for stock ;ambling purposes. Mr. Depew said that what was done in New York was done elsewhere ind the inquiry might be extended .o other places. "But," shouted Mr. Tillman, "most tates have closed their bucketshops nd New York has not shut up its ucketshop -or gambling house that s swallowing up the little fellows." "South Carolina would be the first o suffer if the New York exchange vere closed," said Lr. Depew, "and ter industrial institutions would feel he effect of a loss of credit if New Tork is hampered." "I have never discovered that New rork is supplying money from dis nterested motives," retorted Mr [illman; "we pay for everything we :et. Mr. Depew said it was safe to say hat a majority of demand loans are nade for legitimate purposez dded that he was ready to co-operate n the suppression of gamWung in 'ew York. The resolution was then offered to he committee on finance. * SENT CHECK o Cover the Amount of Which State Was Robbed. The State says that Col. Felder Lnd Mr. Malvern Hill, in going over he old books of the State dispensary, iscovered that on an order for 300 ~asks of beer sold to' the State -Dis ,ensary in 1904, the Indianapolis Brewing company .overcharged the state the sum of $260. A settle ent in full had been made with :his concern nearly four years ago nd their firm name did not appear )n the ledger of the dispensary when :he commission took charge. Col. F'elder addressed a communi ~ation to the Indianapolis Brewing ~ompany calling attention to the find ngs of the commission as to their lealings with the officers 4f! the 3tate and advised that the amount f overcharge, $260, be remitted to :he attorney general without delay. y return mail came a check for the cull amount of the overcharges and o questions were asked. * Shot Wrong Man. A double killing occurred at Jones boro, Va., Wednesday night, when am Hampton, colored, a mail car ier, shot and killed William Wilson, well-to-do negro of that place, and hen, seeing that he had killed the wrong man, committed suIcide by shooting himself in the head. hey were received at the morgue. The first identification was made by the mother of Nell and Tommy Thompson, aged six and nine years, respectively. The heads and arms had been burned from both bodies, but the mother recognized the shoes n her children's feet. And so the disheartening went work on, accen uated now and then by the piercing shriek or plaintive moan as a loved one was recognized by clothing or token, such as ring or necklace. Miss Golman, one of the teachers, said: "It was awful. I can seen the wee things in my room holding out their tiny arms and crying to me to help them. Their voices- are ring ing in my ears yet and I shall never forget them. When the alarm gong rang I started the pupils to march ing from the building. When we started down the front stairs we were met by a solid wall of flame and clouds of dense smoke. We retreat ed, and when we turned the children became panic stricken and I could not do anything with them. They became jammed n the narrow stair way, and I knew that the only thing for me to do was to get around to the rear door if possible and help those who were near the entrance. When I got there after climbing out a window I found th children so crowded in the narrow passageway that I could not pull even one of them out. Those behind pushed forward and as I stood there the lit tle ones piled upon one another. Those who could stretched out their arms to me and cried for me I. help them. I tried with all my might to pull them out and stayed there un OUTLAW KILLED. Stabbed Chief of Polica Shippy and Shot His Son. IN CITY OF CHICAGO. Would-Be Murderer Was an Anar chist and Entered the Home of the Chief -of Poilce and Tried to Stab Him, But Was Killed in the Fight That Followed By the Chlei Himelf. At Chicago Chief of Police George M. Shippy, his son Harry, and his driver, ames Foley, were wounded by an anarchist who attempted to as sassinate the police official in tlhe" hall of the latter's residence, 31 Ln coin Court, shortly after 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. The desperate struggle, in which Mrs. Shippy and her daughter, Georgiotta, joined. was terminated when the chief drew his own revolvr and killed his as sailant. Harry Shippy was shot through the breast twice and was proabbly fatally wounded. His father was stabbed in the arm, while Foley re ceived a bullet in the wrist. Mrs. SiLippy was kicked by the desperado, but her hurts are slight. Following the attacks, squals of police were sent into the Italian -and Ghetto quarters of the city. Places known as headquarters of secret so cieties suspected of anarchistic ten dencies were raided and a score or more arrests were made. That the attempt to kill Chief Ship py resulted in failure was due large ly to the policeman's quickness in anticipating the-purpose of his vis itor's presence. The man had twice :alled at the house and asked for the- chief Monday when he was told that Mr. Shippy was at work and :alled again Tuesday morning when a servant Informed him that the :hief could not be seen before nine >'clock. When ne rang the door bell t the latter hour, the chief himself .nswered the call. "As I opened the door," saideChief shIppy later, "the man raised his iat and I allowed him to step into :he hallway. He handed me an en 7elope, I glanced at it and then the hought struck me that the man was !or analysis, the police being of the n anarchist. I grabbed his arms nd called to my wife who was in nother room. When she ran into he hallway I said: 'Mother see it :his man has a revolver. She feit n one of his coat pockets and said hat he had. "I tried to hold him with one hand .nd draw my revolver with the.other >ut he jerked away and fell against he door. I caught him again and hile we were struggling my son, ho was up stairs, started to my id. He was only a few steps from he bottom of the stairs when the nan freed one hand, drew his re olver and fired two shots at Har "Then Foley, who had been sum noned by my daughter, stepped in o0 the hall and the man shot him. he anarchist kiciced my wife to one lde and by this time I had got my ~olver, and both Foley and I cpel d fire. At my first shot, which truck him in the head, he fell. But fired three more one Into his head oley's shots also struck the assas-. Foley and Harry Shippy were tak n to a hospital. The body of the .narchist was removed to a morgue. L search of the corpse failed to re eal any marks by which it might e identified. In a pocket of the man's coat, how ver, the police discovered a small ox of loznges, the package bearing , label inscribed: "Trowbridge, Con ectionary Company, Meadville, Pa." 'he lozenges were sent to a chemist for analysis, the police bing of the ypinion that they might contain pois on with which It was the man's in ention to commit suicide if arrest The police are firm in the belief hat the attack on their chief was ue to an anarchistic plot. Theories hat he may have had a personal rievance against the official because f an arrest or some similar affair were given up ,when detectives of the department failed to rcognize the corpse as that of any known riminal. Two members of the force asserted that they had seen the man at a meeting of anarchists about ten :ays ago. Both the chief and Mrs. Shippy assert that the former's life was sav ed by the appearance of their son. The young man, who Is 18 years of age, is a student at a miliatary aca'& emy, in Culver, Ind. He is at home because of illness and hastened to his father's aid when he heard the struggle in the hall. SWINDLER ARRESTED. ". W. Bayard," Wanted in Aiken, Located in Philadelphia. J. W. Bayard who went to Aiken In the guise of a "tourist" a few weeks ago, and, representing himself to be the close personal friend of Mrs. Mat tie J. Brown, of Philadelphia, secur ed $120 from Mr. G. T. Holley, of Aiken, upon a worthless check drawn upon the Wilkinsburg National Bank and then skipped, has been located in Philadelphia. after considerable effort on the part of the Aiken au thorities. Torpedo Station. Impressed with the importance of utilizing to their utmost the auxiliary vessels lef t on the Atlantic Coast for its protection. the osvy department has practically decided to make the naval station at Charleston, S. C., a torpedo station.