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VOL. XXII MANNING, S. C. WEDNEST)AY, APRIL 15, 1908 NO. 29 ORDER SERVED On the Dispensary Commissiop by Judge Pritchard in COLUMBIA ON FRIDAY. Commission Given Five D1ays to Do cide as to What They Will D) It Is Said They Will Hold the Fort and Go to Jail Rather Than .Obey Judge Pritchard's Recent Order. The Columbia correspondeat of The News and Courier says the order of Judge Pritchard granting a sup ersedeas on conditions was not serv ed until Friday when it was received through the mail by Chairman Mur ray, of the dispensary winding-up commission, and the other members of the commission, as well as by At torney General Lyon from the office of the clerk of the Federal Court, in Charleston. The order is dated April 8 and re quires compliance within five days from date of order, not five days from service. The commission will not give tlge heavy bond required by Judge Pritchard, and will not surrender the collateral, which requires to be sur rendered. so that the commission will be in contempt in refusing to obey the order to deposit the collateral with the Federal Court. As a matter of fact the collateral is not in the possession of the com mission, but is with the State Treas urer, and has been in his posession for a long time, even before the books and records of the dispensary were placd in the Treasurer's vaults. So that the commission can make answer that. the collatteral is not in its posession at ail, and they cannot comply with the primary and most important condition of Judge Prit chard's order. Of course, if Judge Pritchard can get hold of the collateral he has the case in his hand absolutely. and, of course, the State is not going to sur render the collateral. Judge Pritchard may serve an cr der on State Treasurer Jennings, but it happens that Capt. Jennings is in Mississippi and not at thistime in the jurisdiction of Judge Pritchard's order. He is having a pleasant visit out there and is doubtless not in a hurry to return, unless he is requested to come home by Governor Ansel. The Governor will not, however, ask the treasurer to.come back to give up the collateral, and he will not in struct any one to give it up, because the State is going to keep its hands on the collateral. These collaterals were deposited as security for the dieposits of the dis pensary money with the various banks of the State, and the banks will not pay out the money without getting their securities back. This point is the milk in the cocoanut, and ths State holds the cocoanut. May Review Case. The State says an appeal to the United States circuit court of appeals on some ground is absolutely certain and when this court meets it will be presided over by Chief Justice Fuller of the United States supreme courzt. It is believed that the chief jus tice will temporarily, at least; hold off drastic action until he can hear the arguments, the appeal having already been perfected. A dispatch from Asheville to The News and Courier says Judge Prit hard Friday receivel a letter from Justice Fuller in reference to the case, but stated, as it was a private letter. he would not refer to its con tents. .While the Chief Justice is considering the Idea of a special ses sion. it is Quite probable that no move will be made in the case here or in South Carolina by the receiv ers. TILLMAN IPROVING The Senior Senator Says He Is Feel ing Considerably Stronger. A special from Atlanta to The State says "reports from the sanitar ium indicate that Senator Tillman is improving even more rapidly than expcted when he came here. To a friend who saw him for a few min utes he said he was feeling consider ably stronger, but realized his dan er and expressed his purpose to avoid all forms of mental excite ment for some time to come. He walks around the sanitarium, but has not yet ventured to the city. He proposes to lead an absolutely quiet existence for the next six weeks or two months, sailing for Europe as soon as he feels he is strong enough to stand the trip). AN OLD BRIDEGROOM. Iowa Anti-Saloon Leader Weds Mrs. Nellie Ingalls at Detriot. A dispatch from Fort Dodge, Iowa, says: L. S. Coffin, founder of Hope Hall and former president of the An' ti-Saloon League Of. Iowa, was mar red Friday to Mrs. Nellie Ingalls, of Detriot. Mr. Coffin will celebrate his eighty-fifth birth day today, and upot his arrival at his country home wil. be given a reception by friends. STARI'ED TO DEATH. At the End of the Thirty-First Da: Man Dies. At St. Paul. Minn.. K~nute Ohu stead died at 195 Grove street earl: Saturday. having literally starve< himself to death in an attempt to fas for forty days in order to demot strate his theory that the mind coD trols the body and that mind mightier than matter. Ohnstead' fast lasted 31 days, according I tho in the house. THEY ARE SCARED. THE REPUBLICANS FEAR THEI WILL BE BEATEN. Troubles Without and Within the Party Cause Alarm-Many Think Roosevelt Will Be the Nominee. A Washington letter to the Char leston Post says Republican leaders in Congress make no pretense of con cealing their anxiety over the out come of the national elections next November. It is a common thing to hear Republican members of. the House admit that the chances are against the election of a Republican majority in the House next fall. Some Republicans entertain very grave doubts over the Presidential election, but console themselves with the hope that the Democrats may "do the wrong thing at the right time" and thus compensate for ex isting disadvantages under which the Republican party is said to be laboring. It is admitted that this is some what of a new role for the Republi can party to be playing-prospective beneficiary of the mistakes of its op ponents. It is pointed out that heretofore the Republicans have won upon a policy of action. agression and progress. The great victories on the money question, the tariff question, the Phillipines question and other issues were gained in this way. Two main causes contribute to the anxiety of the Republicans at this time. They are. first the widespread industrial depression. the resulting hard times, a fertile and prolific field for Democratic growth. Second, the factional troubles within the Re publican party in a great many States. Some Republicans in Congress are of the opinion that conditions are rapidly growing more favorable to a possible stampede for Roosevelt. They say that unless Secretary Taft is nominated on the first ballot the way will be open for a contest in the convention which will make Roosevelt's renomination unavoid able. They think that conditions are; working rapidly to this end. It is a fact that the average run of Republicans entertain the opinion that President Roosevelt's renomina tion will be the outcome of the pres ent muss in which the party finds it self. Opinions vary whether in that event the Republicans would win or lese. Some think that President Roosevelt is so strong with the com mon people that he would override all opposition. Others believe that the third term question could be raised against him with effect. Still others say it would all depend upon the Demo cratic nominee, and on that side of the question as to whether Bryaz or Johnson would be the stronger man there are as many opinions as there are facets to a diamond. * A FOOLISH BOY. His Parents Said No, and He Shot His Sweetheart. At Milwaukee. Mich.. angered he cause his parents objected to his marriage to Hattie Majkowski, aged 17 years, Louis Bolski, aged 18 years shot and seriously wounded the girl: at her home Friday morning. Bolski called on his sweetheart! the night before and a quarrel fol lowed. He told her that he had come to kill her 2nd kill himself. "My mother says you can't have me," he said, "and if I can't marry you. I'm going to end it all.'' Before the giirl could cry out. Bol - ski had pulled a revolver from hia pocket and fired at her. The girl fell and Bolski ran away. Miss Majkowski said that Bolski had declared that he put two bullets,. one for her and one for himself. Bolski and the girl have been keep ug company two years. His mother however, objected to their mar'riage and Bolski had been despondent. * A FATAL FIRE. ad Been Carrying on Carousal aind Lamp Exploded. IAt San Francisco , Cal., Tuesday 'morning two persons were burned to death and it is believed ,that an ither victim still lies in the rulin and that two fire-men wer'e fataliy ik jured in a fire at 285:1 Clay street Th fire started in the low'er floor' of a two-story cottage in which were several families. So far as the police were able to learn, the resident of the place had been indulging in li quor and in the course of the carousai a coal oil lamp was exploded,. setting fire to the cottage. BLOODY MYSTERY. Woman Lying in Pool of Elood and Her Husband Shot. Mrs. Emma Reiss. aged :2 years, wife of' William F. Reiss. proprietor of Old Economy hotel, at Economy station, near Pttsburg. Pa.. was * ound dead in a pool of blood ina bed at her home, having been -shot through the heart. On the floor' neal the bed lay iher husband, with a dan gerous pistol shot wound through1 hi tempe. Considerable mUyster-y sur rounds the affair. AILERMAN IS EXPELLEI). INo-wood'e. Name Er'ased fi'om Roll Iof Columbia City Council. A. a meeting Tuesday night th i Columbia City Council erased fi-oin t the roll of members the namie c - Feastei' A. Noorwood. "for conduc - unbecoming an Alderman," becaus s he recently pleaded guilty before S magistratc of petit larceny. Not o dissenting vote against the resolutiu TOOK THE SHIP. Pirate Crew Capture Vessel and Murder All the Officers. IN THE SOUTH SEAS. iThe captain and the Mate Are Driven Into (he Sea With Tomahawks by the Seamen, Who Are Afterwards Captured on Board a Derelict Yes. sel in Gilbert Island-They Will Be Dealt With by the Authorities. News has been brought to Victoria B.. C.. by' the steamship Maroma. which arrived one day last week of a remarkable piracy and murder in -tie South Seas. The Captain and mate of a Callao schooner were at tacked with a tomahawk and forced. to jump overboard by Joseph Mor timer, a Belgian; J. Taylor of Man chester, and G. Jackson of London, who then stole the schooner, the Neuvre Tigre, of Callao, and started for Australia. The vessel was wreck ed in the Gilbert Islands. where she was found by Captain Marshall. of the trading schooner Laurel, who re ported the piracy and murder to the authorities at Suva, where the men were made prisoners. Jackson later confessed. He said: *The schooner sailed under the Italian flag, being owned by the master and mate. both of whom were forced to jump overboard. "The schooner sailed out of Calla. early in November last, having on board a crew of five, the captain and mate. the cook (a Belgian) Joseph Mortimer and myself as cabin boy, .and J. Taylor. "The vessel had only got about 14 miles *ff the coast and the first day from Callao when the cook made an attack on the mate and captain. He ruhsed at the miw b 0, and struck him in the head wi:i : tomahawk. He was felle'l I" the blow but quickly recove:'d hinielf and tooki to the rigging. Th-- captain, hearing the scuffle. q we -it of the cabin and he was immediately felled by a blow. "Immediately afterward the cook got his gun and forced first the mate and then th, skipper. to jump over board. The mate sank. but the skip per struck out for the shore. distant fourteen miles, and Jackson threw him a plank. The cook threatened Jackson. who agreed to assist in working the schooner. The cargo was jettisoned and they started for Aus tralia. The vessel finally went ashore in the Gilbert group." BEATEN BY NEGROES. Two Meni Seriously Hurt and Their Assailants in Jail. A distpatch to The State from At lanta says J. B. Sturgeon was badly cut and knocked unconscious and B. B. Sims seriously cut by eight negroes on Saturday night. Sims and one of the negroes had a difficulty over a box of rifle cartrid ges and blows were exchanged. After this the negro disappeared and Sims supposed that the matter was at an* end. Later on, however, the negro returned with seven friends, all well, armed with knives and sticks. They attacked Sime; and Sturgeon.' who came to his aid, inflicting prob ably fatal wounds on the latter. Stur geon was unconscious5 but hope is en terrined for his recovery. Six of the assailants have been arrested and bound over to await trial and the officers are making every ef fort to capture the other two. This is the culmination of the growing feeling of antagonism between whites and negroes in that section. PRANKS OP' CUPID). An Old - Man and O)ld Womn Ran Away. Mrs. Carrie Euimons. GS years of age. who left Plymouth, Fa . recently, saying that she was going to visit fri'ends in Scranton. went instead to D~over. N. J., and was there married to John P ..lohnson. who is '75 years od They met several months ago ad w'ere infatuated with each other, but while their friends knew this, the did not expect they would be iaied. Johnson is a widower with four children and Mrs. Emmons, who is di vorced. nas three children. Together he have 2S grandchildren. They will live in Morristown, N. Y.. Ki LLED HIMSELF. A . Leinton County F'armer Takes His Own Life by Shooting. The Columbia Record says Mr. T. . dwards. the middle-aged Lexing ron county farmer. who at an early hour Tuesday. despondent over the sale under foreclosure of his home place. shot himself in the head with suicidal intent, died in the Col umbia Hospital. Mr. Edwards leaves sever al child ren. He livei about three miles out of the town of Lexington FREAK OF LIGHTNING. Kills Two Horses But Did Not Kil the D~river. Tuesday morning lightning struel i a buggy. driven by Basey Tracey, f farmer. near Adams station, Ga. I Sshattered a wheel and killed the tw< horses. The bolt ran to the leath~e areins and divided into two parts, fol a lowing the reins to the heads of th n horses. Mr. Tracey was shocked, bu not seriously injured. A FATAL FIRE IN A CROWDED NEW YORK TENE MENT FRIDAY. Two Lives Lost and Many Persons In jured in the Conflagration Which Is Supposed to Have Been Set. At New York two lives were lost, a score of persons injured, and twelve families driven panic-stricken and half clad from their homes in a fire in the five story tenement house at No. 25 Pitt street, early Friday. The police believe the fire was set by thieves for th purpose of drawing off the police from the neighborhood. The dead: William Chesner, 4 1-2 years old. Solomon Chesner. 3 1-2 years old. The seriously njured: Jacob S. Chesneri. burned about the face, hands and body. Mrs. Jacob Chesner, burned on the face, hands and body. Butchki Chesner, burned about legs and body. Abraham Lustig, a boarder in the Chesner family, hands and. face burned. Julius Spainer, of Engine Co., No. 31, who was off duty, but happened to be passing the house when the alarm of the fire was given, manag ed to clamber from the narrow corn ice on the adjoining building, to the cornice over the stores of the first floor of the burning tenement. Cling ing to the wall and with several oth ers forming a human bridge, he suc ceeded in getting a dozen persons to safety. A squad of firemen had fought their way to the third floor with a hose when they were blowa down stairs by a tremendous back draft. Herman Bower, the nozzleman, was knocked unconscious and over come by smoke. He was carried to the street by his comrades. He re vived quickly and immediately went back into the building. In the meantime Mrs. Chesner had discovered that her boys were miss ing and urged by her frantic appeals men from truck No. 18 finally suc eeded in making their way to the top floor, where face down and suf-' focated by the smoke. they found the body of William Chesner, four and a half years old. Later the body of three-year-old Solomon hesner was found upon the bed on the top fl6or, whither the little fellow had crawled in a vain effort to avoid the flames. After the fire was under control, Samuel Seligman, reported to the police that his store at No. ?" Bridge street had been broker ur ing the excitement of th a onsiderable sum of m ne - a from. the cash drawer. " - .,ze believe the fire was set ti - .9 off their attention and give the robbers a chance to break into the store. * GOT HER PICTURE BACK. 'aken From a- Dead Union Soldier During the WVar. Taken from the body of a Union soldier on the battlefield of Chancel iorsville, a daguerrotype of a young man and girl has been returned to the girl in the picture after a search lasting thirty-three years. The search has been conducted by Edgar M. Whitenour, a retired free holder of 'atterson, N. J. His wife's father, Nicholas Barnes, member of a New Jersey regiment, was capeured in the civil war. The daguerrotype was given to him by a Confederate to send north. On the back of the case were the rames of John Rawson and Nellie Augusta Nettleton. Mr. White nour for years has been trying to~ trace these names and locate, if pos sible, the woman whtose likeness was presented. Recently the history of the Net tleton family was consulted and the result was the finding of a claimant for the picture. Nellie Augusta Nft tleton was finally located in the per son of Mrs. T. S. Stowe. of Milford.| Conn. The daguerreotype known in her youth is now is her posession. JORDAN URGES REDU'CTION. President of Cotton Association Ad vises Farmers to Curtail Acreage. In a signed statement to the far miers of the South issued last week, Harie Jordan. president of the Southrn Cotton association. urges a reduction in cotton acreage of 33 per cent. Unless this is done, he says, prices will be lowered in the fall. Mr. Jordan also urges grow ers to hold to what remnants of cot ton they have. His statement says in part: "With a shortage in the world's; upply of cotton amounting to 4.000 000 bales, due to bad seasons last year. the price of cotton continue:; to go steadily down. American mills have been for some time cur tailing the manufacture- of cotton oods, due to trade depression and the condition of the foreign trade i none too bright at the present time. f the same acreage is planted in otton this year that wa planted in 1907 and tollowed by good seasons in America. India and Egypt. th.e growers will find but little or. nc rofit in the harvest next fall."' PRISONERS ESCAPE. ivht Break Out of Prison at Guil fort, N. C. A dispatch from Guilfort. N. C ays all of the surrounding country for miles is b)eing scoured by armec men searching for a lot of negro des eradoes who escaped from the coun ty jail Tuesday. Among the escale: t risoners are several charged witn murder and others convicted of man rsaughter, burglary and variou! rimes. Eight prisoners in all escap ed and up to noon only one was cap ured. He was "Prince Alf red," i on negro. who is insane. MAY GO IN ARMY MAJOR MICAH JENKINS MAY GE' 1 ROMOTION. 'His Present Office Is Wanted for a 31[an Who Will Hustle for Taft Votes. Zach McGee, Washington cor respondent of The State, says Maj. Micah Jenkins, collector of internal revenue, is about to get involved in the admini:stration's fight for dele gates to the Republican convention, but by the now popular process of elinination The following "hand out" attests: "It is underst ood that the secre tary of war, at the request of Corn missioner of Internal Revenue Cap ers, contemplates the restoration in the army of Maj. Micah J. Jenkins, now collect>r' of internal revenue at Columbia, E. C., in such a way as to be not onl3 congenial to the major, but to operate as a distinct compli ment and r )motion. This would necessarily vacate the office of the collector of internal revenue at Col umbia, now held by Maj. Jenkins, anC. it is also understood that Maj. L. W. C. Elalock and R. R. Tolbert would be appointed, according to the recmmendation made in that con nection by Capt Capers." it will be remembered that Major Jenkins is a personal friend of one T. R., having been closely associated with him in the Spanish war, be cause of waich friendship he was ap pointed to his present position. He has performed the duties of in ternal revenue collector acceptably to his chiet until now when, being a Democrat, he is unable to perform the priecipal duty of that office which is to corral Republican dele gates. He can serve his country better in the army. Now one R. R. Tolbert is an ideal man for collector of internal revenue, his especial qualification be ing that a- this moment he is going up and down in the State of South Carolina trying to oust Capt. Capers from the high and potent job of na ticnal committeeman, for the express purpose of sending an anti-admin istration delgeation to Chicago. But Mr. Tolbert would. of course, rather be collector of internal revenue. MfUST BE CRAZY. Was Told in a Dream to Kill Her Husband. At New York acting under a com mand which she said had been given to her by St. Joseph in a dream.. Mrs. Telma Sardonia Friday, in the presence of her five children, at their home. gashed her husband, Salvatore, with a big bread knife deeply in the neck, in what she de clared to be an attempt to cut off his head. The frenzied woman's attack was preceeded by most elaborate prepara tions of a religious nature. The man was taken, apparently dying to the Yew York hospital. The wife's frenzied attack occurred in the presence of the couple's five small children, one of whom, Mich ael, 12 years old, probably averted what would have been instant death -y screaming and arousing his fath Er, who thus had time to partly avoid a thrust of the knife aimed at his throat. Mrs. Sardonia was said to have been acting queerly since the birth of he-- child two months ago .*' A SAD ANNIVERSARY. Gen. Lee Surrendered at Appomatto.1 43 Years Ago Thursday. Forty-three years ago last Th'urs day Gen. Robt. E. Lee surrendered to the federal officers at Appomattox. Col. U. R. Brooks. whose memory serves him as well as his patriotism and bravery served the "Lost Cause," says The State, called attenticai on last.Thursday night to the f'act that this is the anniversary of tha'; occa sion when the South's proud and beloved commanding general ija.sed his sword over to Grant and ga've up, for the Confederates the great strug gle against overwhelmn'An vids. "He surrendered 9,000 mecn and muskets that day," says Col. Brooks, "to a well fed, well equipped ar'my of 200.000. It was useless to con tinue the battle longer."* NEGROES NOT WANTED. Negro Band Causes Trouble in New York State. The managers of the Watertown (N. Y..) Chamber of Commerce are embarrassed by the refusal of the 39th company of the state militia to march on Friday in honor of Govern or Hughes if it is led by the negro band of the 24th United States In~ Ifantry. The latter regiment is just back from the Phillipines and two battalons of it are quartered at Mad ison baracks, adjacent to Watertown. W Xater town exerted considerable ef orts to have the negroes sent to some other barracks, but in vain. The committee is now tr'ying to engage a band of white musicians. NEGRO KIDNAPS DEPUTY. * eier Captured by Man He Tried to Arrest. At Anniston, Ala.. Acting Deputy Sheiff J1. C. West, who was kidnap ~ed by a negro named Cunninghan *while he was attempting to arres -the negro, returned to that city th -next day minus his revolver. mone: iand badge. West says the negr< Smarched him to Riverside. Thei -the negro made him get into an em Spty freight car. which he then close< - Iup and made his escape. West fi - nally succeeded in getting out of th Scar and returned. Officers arc stil jserhine for the negro. - BOILER EXPLODES On Locomotive While the Train Was in Slow Motion. TWO MEN ARE KILLED. The Accident Occurred on the Ashe ville Line of the Southern Railway Near Hillgirt, N. C. The Accident Was Not Due to Low Water. The Big Engine Was Blown Inte Scrap Iron. The explosion of a locomotive on the Asheville division, a brief account of which was published, was a most unuasual as well as most shocking casualty. The Asheville, Gazette. News has the following account of the explosion: "The remains of Engineer George Lauderback, one of the victims of a terrible accident near Hillgirt, on the Asheville & Spartanburg line of the Asheville division, about Saturday midnight, when the boiler of engine No. 628 blew up with frightful re sult, were shipped to Augusta, Ga., for -interment. The remains of Fire man W. M. Kemp, the second vic tim of the accident, were sent to Candler, ten miles from Asheville, where the interment occurred. "The frightful accident cast a gloom over the railroad boys of the division. The remains of the two trainmen were brought here and giv en in charge of Brown's undertaking parlors, where the bodies were pre pard for burial. During the morning many trainmen and others visited the undertaking establishment. The ac cident was the one topic of conversa tion, while much speculation was in dulged in relative to the cause of the explosion. "That the explosion was not due to low water is certain because it has been established as fact, according to trainmen, that Engineer Lauder back stopped at Hendersonville, just six miles from the scene of the acci dent, for water, filling up before mak ing the run from Hendersonville Into Asheville. It is said that the accident may have been due to a defective boiler. Such an accident as that of Saturday night never before occurred on the Asheville division within the memory of the oldest railroad men. "The track at the scene of the ac cident was badly torn up and it was not until shortly before noon the next day that the damage had been re paired and trains sent past the scene. Train No. 14 from Asheville to Spar tanburg was held here several hours awaiting the clearing of the tract. "The explosion, it is believed, oc curred while the train was making between 30 and 35 miles an hour. It nade a frightful noise and aroused armers in the Hillgirt section for a ile or more around, who came flocking to the scene to learn the rouble. The boiler was literally lown to pieces. while the great mo ul of the rails was almost converted into scrap iron. The drivers were lown a way and the entire engine ifted and blown 50 feet or more from the tracks. Four of the seven cars onstituting the extra freight were erailed, two of them, it is said, be ing hurled clear off the right of way. "The brakeman of the freight had norrow escape. He had, just a few econds before the explosion occurr ed, left the engine or near the en gine and gone to the rear of the train. Had he remained near the ngine another minute or two a third victim would have been added to the ist. The engineer and fireman were urled a great distance through the air and their bodies almost blown tp pieces. "When picked up Fireman Kemp a disembowled and one leg and n arm were missing. These mem brs were found, however, some dis tance from the body. Engineer Laud erback was also terribly mangled. "That death was instantaneous is ertain. The men never knew what struck them. Conductor W. C. Bry son was in charge of tue extra freight. He escaped uninjured. The freight was headed for Asheville and was just turning the hill at Hillgirt, 18 miles from Asheville, when the ex plosion occurred. In discussing the affair one railfroad man declared that an accident almost smilar occurred on another division of the Southern some time ago, a boiler exploding while the train was in motion and re sulting in the death of the engineer and firemen." WAS AFRAID OF BANKS. So jRid His MIoney in Wall of His House. Lacking faith in banks as places of deposit for his savings, William H. Wilkins, of Whitestone, L. L., who died recently at the age of eight-five, devised a unique arrangement for the safekeeping of his money. He caused a sort of repository to be built in the wall back of his kitchen door fac ing. After ir. was c,'ce scaled he had no way of opening his home made bank and he dropped money through a slot from time to time. From the day he had the 1,iace built ui> to the time of the death he never dis tuiied his hole in the wall savings bank. in which was foun~d $7,GS2. PICKjED UP AT SEA. Thrilling Rescue .of Twenty-Eight Mecn by a Steamship. A thrilling rescue of 28 shipwreck 'ed men was made during the trip of the steamship Voturno, which picked -up the men floating near the al Imost dismantled schooner Chapgne, -which had been hit by a hurricane. Th rescue was made February 2 7th. Te steamship reached New York or SHOT GIRL AND SELF THE TERRIBLE ACT OF AN OLD FOOL. An Old Married Man Becomes Infat uated With a Young Girl and Mur ders Her. Jealous of a 17-year-old girl, Sam uel H. Gardner, aged 59, a prominent civil engineer, residing at McKees Rocks, a surburb of Pittsburg, Pa., Wednesday shot the young woman, Miss Dorothy Yost, through the heart causing instant death, and then fired a bullet into his mouth, dying three hours later In a hospital, without having regained consciousness. Gardner, who is a married man, with several grown children, lived next door to Mrs. Bradley's, the girl's mother. Both Gardner's and Miss Yost's families are prominent, and have up to the time of the shooting been on the best of terms. Wednesday evening, Miss Yost, ac companied by a young man friend at tended services at the Presbyterian Church, where Miss Yost was a mem ber of the choir. It is said when Gardner heard of this he became greatly enraged. He arose in excellent spirits the next morning, however, according to his wife, ate his breakfast and after kiss ing her, left the house and went to a hardware store nearby. Here he purchased a- revolver, Informing the clerk he was "going to fix some bur glars." After leaving the store Gard ner met the young man who escorted Mliss Yost to chuch, and shaking -his fist at him, said: I'm going to get ev en with you." Gardner made his way past his own home and entered the Bradney residence. Miss Yost was on the second floor, and Gardner went up there to her. What passed between them there will probably never be known. The next instant a number of per sons, including Mrs. Bradley and Mrs. Gardner, were attracted by two shots. Rushing into the big house they found Miss Yost dead and Gard ner dying. Mrs. Gardner said that two weeks ago her husband conftssed to her that he was infatuated with the young girl. The girl's mother, how ever, says that Gardner's infatuation has been of long standing. Gardner was a borough engineer, but lost his position about a month ago, when the administration chang ed. * HENDERSON WITHDRAWS. Ls No Longer in Race For United States Senator. The Hon. D. S. Henderson, of Aix en, has withdrawn from the race for nited States Senator. He gave out the following statement: "Some time ago I announcwi4 that would be a candidate for the long term for United States Senator, but here are now* reasons, in which the ublic would not be interested, which nduce me not to enter the race, and I feel it my duty to my friends o so state at this juncture, in order that t'ey may eign themr.eavete where and with whom they see fit. "I am very grateful for the sup ort which my faithful friends have endered me. "If any issue personal to myself was made or if there was any public issue in which the welfare of the State and public at large were in volved that would arise in the en suing canvass I would continue the race to the end; but as none sucn ex ist there is no duty which requ ires such action on my part. There will e no dearth of candidates tromn pres nt appearances, and for the good of the Stite I hope the people will make , wise choice." FIVE GREATEST MFEi. n Private Life invited to Attend a Conference. Who are the five greatest men in the Unithed States--not in public ife? According to President Roose velt. they are Grover Cleveland, An drew Carnegie, John Mitchell. Wil iam J. Bryan and Jo.nes J. Hill. The President has invited these five to attend the big conference at the White House during the week of May 14 to discuss conservation of the natural resources of the country. Every Governor of a State, Cabi net officers, members of the Unite~d States Supreme Court and members >f the Inland Waterways Commis sion are to attend officially, but these five men are singled out from the whole United States as five individ uals to be inivited. They are all Democrats. FIVE MEN KILLED By Big Storm in and Around New York City. A dispatch from New York says: -Five men are known to have lost their lives, a number of boatmen are reported missing, and dozens of per sons were injured Saturday in a fur ious wind storm which set in that afternoon. The wind velocity, ac cording to the local weather bureau, ranged generally between 40 to 50 miles an hour, but at times was as high as 60 miles. Pedestrians suf fered much discomfort besides being in constant danger from falling signs. shutters. awnings and other articles which were torn from their fasten ings."' Ten Miners are Killed. A special dispatch to Bath, Eng land, says ten miners lost their lives in the Norton Hill colliery in Somer setshire, Monday as a result of coal gas. . - - NIGHT OF TERROR Seven Persons Shot to Death and Many Wounded in THE CITY OF LISBON Dispute Regarding Counting of Votes In Municipal Elections Starts Riot in Church, from Which Guards Fire on Beseiging Moo xor Three Hours Until Aid Arrives.-Creat Excitement Prevailed. At Lisbon, Portugal, seven persons were shot to death and fifty others wounded by soldiers afte rthe voting in the elections in that city had end ed. The rioting was widespread and such was the confusion during the violent conflict between the populace and the municipal guard that the guardsmen, mistak.ing infantrymen who had been called out for members of the mob, fired a volley into their ranks, seriously wounding three of the soldiers. The night was one of terror for Lisbon, seemed suddenly aflame with seething revolt. Bands of men ran wildly through the streets, brandish ing weapons, while the sharp track of rifles was heard in various sections of the city. Thousands of the most peaceable citizens fled to their homes just as they did on the night after. assassination of King Carlos and the Crown Prince. The principal rioting was the result of a dispute between the Republicans and the Monarchists regarding the counting of votes. The Repuoacans, who feared fraud at the various Lisbon polling places, made a deter mined stand for their rigts at St. Dominiques Church, which i1 in the centre of the city, the district that is practically the stronghold of Repub licans. Both the Republicans and Monarchists kept a sharp watch throughout the day. The voters, fol lowing the ancient custom of vot ing in the churches, they, filed stead ily, but slowly, into the historic Dom iniques and deposited their ballots in the officIal voting boxes. When the polls closed .the Monarchist election officers declared it was too late to ount the votes and proposed to keep the list in the ciurch and count them the next day. The Republicans tel lers refused to assent tolthis,-insist lng upon an immediate count. fol lowed by the sealing of the boxes. The difference between the officers spread to the crowd that were in the church and in a moment blows were 3truck and then -a general fight fol rowed. Suddenly the municipal guard' arrived and cleared the edifice of the struggling combatants at the point _ the bayonet.- In the meantime the crowd outside of the church had been greatly augmented and the guardsmen's appearance at the- doors - after they had forced the people into - the streets was the signal for a show er of stones, under which they were orced to retreat. As they retired they fir'ed a volley from taeir rifles, bringing down several of the rioters. The mob steadily increased and houts and imprecations and cries of anger were heard on everyside. The rioters armed themselves anew and soon the edifice was literally sur rounded and beselged by a maddened The guardsmen fired intermittently through the doorways, but the volleys were feeble and ineffectual. Even tually, the commanding officer placed a detail on the balcorn: *ver the main portal, from which point of vantage the guardsmen fired repeat edly into the surging populace, and wounded a large number. Still the mob did not give way, but only at tacked the church the more furiously. Several of the guardsmen. were wounded, but they were replaced on the balcony by others and for three hours the fight continued. Then three companies of infantry and a troop of cavalry, with one bat tery appeared, driving all before PREFER TILLM.Di TO TAFT. Threatened That Negroes Will Knife President at the Polls. A letter addressed to Representa tive Rainey of Illinois. by Walter S. Thomas, chairman of the Ohio-Afro American League, with headquarters at Columbus, Ohio, was read in the House of Representatives Saturday. Thomas referring to a speech some time since in the House in reply to the one by Mr. Rainey, declared that the negroes of Ohio "refused to be led like dumb driven cattle to the voting booths and there cast their ballots for President Roosevelt, his Secretary of War or any other man he may see fit to support for the President of the U'nited States at Chicago." The letter points out that a grave injustice was done the negro race in the Brownsville matter, and states that the negroes of the country will support no candidate for President who does not stand squarely upon the broad principles of justice. In conclusion the letter says: "We have almost reached that point where we can say thank God or Senator Tillman, for we believe, him to be at least honest in his' epressions and we believe him square in his life. I am absolutely . convinced of thiis one fact, that should Secretary Taft be nominated at Chicago for President of the Unit ed States the colored voters of Ohio and of the whole United States, 93 per cent. of them at least calcula tion, would cast their votes for the straight Democratic ticket for Pres ident or remain away from the polls, Itus making the election of a Dem cati President practically certain."