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VOL. XXII MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1908 NO. 30 MARTIN IS MAD. Attacks Ex-Gov. Heyward in the Baptist Courier. WRITES WARM LETTER The Superintendent of Education Takes the Courier to Task Con cerning a Prediction it Made a Short Time Ago That Ex-Gor. Hley ward Would Be Elected Senator at the Coming Primary. Hon. 0. B. Martin,' State Suserin tendent of Education. aud a candi date for United States Senator hasj opened his letter writing batteries on the Hon. D. C. Heyward. former Gckv ernor and also a candidate for'the Senate. Mr Martin's ire seems to have been aroused by the publication in the Baptist Courier, (Mr. Martin is a Baptist) under the Note and Comment Column. conducted by the Rev. L. J. Bristow. of a prediction that Mr Heyward will be elected Sen ator and the assertion that he will reflect honor upon his State. Mr. Martin Friday made public a letter to the Baptist Courier in which he refers to the testimony before thel investigating committee referring. to expenditures alleged to have be-en made in Governor Heyward's behalf by some of his supporters in Spartan burg County in 1902. In his reply. published in next column, Governor Heyward says he has nothing to cop ceal about this matter, and that the expenditures were made and investi gated by his friends. The item in, the Baptist Courier is as follows: , "Mr. Dan S. Henderson. who was announced as a candidate for the United States senate to succeed Mr. Gary, has withdrawn from the rice. There are still left, however, flye avowed candidates, of whom.the lead ing are former Govs. Heyward and Evans. Mr. Heyward has probayly gained by the withdrawal of Messes. c Mit 'ullough and Henderson-two of the most scholarly and intellectual men in the State-and the present indications are that Mr. Heyward will t "win out." If he should, South Car- 0 olina would have a representative in; the senate equal in every respect to e any member of taat body. and one whose acquaintance and influence would be worth a great deal to the state." Mr. Martin's Letter. To the Editor )f the Baptist Courier: S Dear Sir: The enclosed clipping has been noted by me and- also sent a to me by Courier subscribers. I re gret that you use the influence, of your paper and your gift of prophecy t to try to line up the votes before the campaign opens. I have always be lieved that your sense of fairness would have prevented such action. C It is possible to prostitute a relig ous paper in politics. I wonder if i you have read pages 327-346 of the testimony of the dispensary investi gation committee? Mr. W. R. Dit lingham, of Spartanburg. swore that C he spent several hundred dollars for Governor Heyward upon his author- C ity in uie race for governor in 1902. C Dillingham said that he was conduct- E ing the campaign upon the Mark H'anna system. Several men sorore i that Dillingham collected $50, each. I from men whom Gov. Heyward ap- I pointed dispensary constables. Some of these fellows had to "bor- t row money for rent and rations." I Chief Fant swore that Dillingham I told him that he spent $1,080 in Hey ward's campaign. Is a man respon- I sible under the law for thi acts ofa his agents? Does the Courier stand for this*~ It is well known that Gov. -Hey ward said before Senator Latimer's death that he would not run for sen ator because of his business matters. Did Senator Latimer's death imme liately affect Gov. Heyward's business matters so that he could get into the senate race in less than an hour. Would he 'nave much influence in Congress where he would be known as the post mortem candidate? Did you see the daily papers in South Carojina which announced Senator natimer's death and Gov Heyward's candidacy a~t the same time on f'ront page' in large hea lines? Somec of the congressmen ap pointed to ottend the funeral saw them and expressed their opinions od' the same. South Carolina generally respects the dead and their families especiall in the solemn hours of their deepest grief South Carolina, too. believe in giving every man a rair change. I think your paper would not loose anything by hearing the ar gumenits and reasoning before it de cides definitely for the people of this state as to whom they shall elect forl any office. Sincerely yours. * 0. B. Martin. PASTOR COMMITS SU'CIDE. The Rev. George A. Thompson Shoots Himself in Head. Rev. George. W. Thompson. the pastor of the WXoodbury ( N. J.)I Pres byterian Church, a fashionable con gregation. was found dead in his room at a hotei withi a bullet wound in his head. it is believed he corn-! mitted suicide. A week ago Thom son announced his engagement to a weatby member of his church. * Two shot to Death. A dispatch from Krasnoyar'sk. Si heria says a lieutenant of the army named Masioff and a sergeant were shot to death there Friday after hav ing been found guilir by - aourtmar tial on the charge that a..ey had led the attack which took place last June on the guard house and detention prison prison at Krasnoyarsk. This attack was continued for several days by revointionists on the one side and the prin gued on the other. HEYWARD REPLIES. SORRY MR. MARTIN HAS BEGUN MUD SLINGING. Explains the Spartanburg Matter. and Quotes What Mr. Martin Said Of Him Last Summer. When Gov. Heyward was shown a copy of Mr. Martin's letter and was asked if he had any reply to make to this attack upon him. he said: "I am very much surprised and very sorry to know that Mr. Martin has seen fit to begin mud-slinging in the senatorial campaign. When I was not a candidate for 'the same of fice to which he also aspires he seem ed to entertain for me a very high regard. The people of the state wiAi recall that when Mr. Martin last July got mad with Governor Ansel and made a bitter attack upon the chief magis trate of South Carolina be referred D. C. Heyward as: "That delightful and considerate gentleman who adorned that office during the past Four years.' But since that delight ul and considerate gentleman is now d1r. Martin's opponent. and is pro ounced by a leading religions news aper as the probable winner in this ace, Mr. Martin seems to change his )pinion of him entirely. but I am rtain that he cannot change the pinion of the people of South Caro ina. "The testimony before the investi ;ating committee must have been nown to Mr. Martin when he spoke f me so kindly last summer. as it as been public property for nearly ree years. The people of South .arolina know what sort of campaign conducted in 1902 and their con idence in me was clearly demonstrat dk the fact that I was re-elected tovernor in 1904 without even a hint f opposition. "As to the alleged expenditures in 902 in Spartanburg county. as rought out by the investigation, I ave nothing to conceal and have Lever had. I will be very glad for ou to publsh a copy of ths testmony. -hch I herewith hand you. Hundreds f my friends throughout the state now the circumstances in the case. etween the first and second primar ?s I made my headquarters in Spar anburg and necessarily a great deal f expense was incurred. I was un er the impression that all of these xpenses had been settled at the time ut two and a half wears later a atement was presented to me from Ir. Dillingham, which after an in estigation by some of my friends nd upon their advice paid. As hown by Mr. Dillingham's testimony be amount was not nearly so large s Chief Fant had thought, and. rthermore, the testimony will show 1at it was entirely disconnected with e constabulary. "As to my alleged disrespect to enator Latimer. I wish to say that y candidacy for the senate was not nounced until I read in the after oon paper an account of the funer of Senator Latimner. and it was nounced only because I wa's leav ag the next day for Philadelphia to e absent for sometime on account f the illness of my wife. Any prev us reference to my probable eauni ourse without authorization or in urse without authorization on in tigation from me. "Mr. Martin's consideration for the selings of Senator Latimer's family a in his own words be termed post sortem regard, because it 's well lown that Mr. Martin was preparimg > attack the personal and political ecord of the late Senator had Mr. ,atimer lived to enter the campaign. "Tis is shown by Mr. Martin's an ouncement of his candidacy for th MYSTERIOU~ MURDER. I. New York W~oman Found Stabbed in Her Bed. Mrs. Isaac Lieberman. described y her neighbors as the most beauti ul woman in the Bronx. was murder d in bed at her home. No. 700 ortladt avenue. New York, Tues lay. Her husband. who conducts a hlrtwaist store at No. 759 Melrose ivenue, a block away, is under ar 'est on supicion. Mrs. Lieberman was stabbed twice is she slept, with a long dagge' rielded by a powerful arm. One o. he wounds is through her throat 'he other is through her breast. lien ~tratig both lungs. The knife wa: Iriven in from the left side of he: ody as she lay on her right side m u 'ber. Lieberman an~d his wife occupied aflat on the second floor of an apart ent house at the Courtlandt avenue *ddress. They were childless and kept no servant. Acording to other enants in the house they appeared to be as happy as the average mcan .-. wife. SIXTY-IFWE KILLE!) a Landslide in Canon on Southern Pacific Railroad. Sixty-five Japanese laborers em ployed by the Canadian Pacific rail road lost their lives in one of the worst land slides in the history of anada. in a canon of the Alberta mountains. The roar of the thou~s nds of tons of snow, ice and rock. carrying before it debris of all kinds and snapping off large trees as if they were twigs, could be heard for miles. Telegraph wires were carried down by the slide. Only five bodies ave been recovered..* Mines lResumnw Work. The Ross Run Iron mines in Bath ounty. Ky.. owned by Alabama and Mississi~ppi capitalists. havc resumed ork after a shut-down during the financial stringency. This gives work to about two hundred men. many of whom had spent almost their last dol [i,- for food since the suspension.* WILL N01 RUN. Mr. Feathersfone Announces His Withdrawal From Race. GIVES HIS REASONS. Gov. Ansel Has Climbed Upon His: Platform and ,Therefore, His Can didacy. This Year Would Not Help the Cause of Prohibition.-Gov. Ansel's Latest. Position on the Li-. puor Question Stated. Mr. C. C. Featherstone announced Friday morning his withdrawal from the race for governor. His entrance into the contest several weeks ago was before the exact platform of Gov. Ansel was known. It was supposed that Mr. Ansel would run on the same platform upon which he was elected two years ago.:, but in a letter to M1. Featherstone a few days ago, part of which is below 4 quoted. it wil2 be seen that Mr. Ansel now occupies the same position that i Mr. Featherstone announeed last fall, namely. a reverse local option law. I under which the counties will all be dry until Cae dispensary is voted in. thus throwing the burden, on the peo-< ple who desire the dispensary. t In announcing his w#.hdrawal. Mr. Featherstone says: t Col. Feattherstone's Statement. "Several weeks ago F announced 1 my candidacy for governor of Sogth I r Carolina, upon a State prohioitiai platform. "I believed then and T still believe, ; ,at the people are tired of the li- t -or traffic. and that ther iRre ready a o take. a great step forward and r weep the legalized traffic out of the a state. "The announcement of my candiV lacy was made at the saggestion of a ome of our leading prohibitionists-- v en who have been with me in the c 1ght since the campaign 0!' 1 S9-l e lhey believed that there ' to be e n the campaign a e-.ur :-!:- who g -ould make an aggrc -:sie' figni. and i4 'ere kind enough to su:c test that I: t ught to lead the nmm'e.u % nl. "As I have already mod person- n 11y it did not suit me to go in- the F ight at this time. but 1 yield*' ' a -hat I conceived to be a call of duty. 1 "I did not hesitate to say that it c 'ould be a source of gratification to I e to be governor of the State, but he desire to gratify my personal am ition alone would not have been suf cient to iaduce me to enter the race: Lt this time. I "Shortly after the announcement f my candidacy it was publicly sig rested by Gov. Ansel's friends that he. -as also in favor of prohibition and s hat he would offer for re-election c n that platform. "It seemed to me that the cause of rohibition might be weakened by - P taving two candidates in the field,f tnd that if he would espouse that if ~ause it would be the part of wisdom .T or me to withdraw. tj "Acting upon this idea and with TI e approval of my prohibition I riends, I wrote Gov. Ansel (on Feb. t 9) that if he expected to make the o 'ace on that platform I would not t< )ppose him. ? A "I am in receipt of a letter from v e governor informing me that he ~xpects to advocate the rdverse of ur present local option plan. He lays: 'My position on the liquor ques :ion is what I call restricted local ,ption-that is, local option as bes :ween county prohibition and county I ispensary. Those counties voting tos sell liquor shall be restricted to one ispensary in the county and that ne at ti'e county seat, except in those. ~ounties wherein there is a city of more than 25.000 population, in 'hich counties more than one dispen- a sary may be established. This is in ecordance with my ':ecommendations to the general assembly as set forth an my annual message of 1908. is in the interest of temperance and will ainiize the sale of liquor. "With the experience that I have had in the past two years in the pro posed elections that were desired in some counties on the liquor question. Iam of the opinlion that it will be :,ettr' to enact a law by whicha 0nty eun vote on the question of I *otig~ in the sale of liquor as above 'estrited, instead of voting it out. asr or provided-that is. mane all the ( ounties dry until a majiority of the qualified voters of a county vote to,3 sell liquor in that particuilar county and if a majority of the qualified voters vote to sell, that one count' 1 dispensary then be established as above set forth, with the right to vote I the dispensary out at a subsequent< election.' This is lpractically the plan that outlined in an interview given Out last al.' State R~eady for Prohbitionl. "As I see the situation now. I be-: ieve the State is ready to take even agreater step towards prohibition than this: hut such a plan will. prac ically, give us thr'ee-fourths or more of the State for prohibition. "With the policy of the State de dared to he opposed to the traffic. coupled with the good effect produced by the practical workings of a pro-: ibition law, the counties will ibe very slow to exempt themselves from the operation of the law and to place themselves inl direct opposition to the well defined moral policy of the State. "Under such circumstances, I do ot believe that my candidacy this year would be productive of r~ood to. he prohibition cause and I will not be a candidate. I"Whether the State Democratic Convention will be asked to permit a direct vote upon the question in the rimary this summer. I anm not now prepared to say. I have my own prsonal views upon this subject. but bfra ny efinite conclusion 1i LEAPED FROM TRAIN. MR. ElY E. SMYTH OF HARhTS VILLE COMMITS SUICIDE. Jumped Out of Window Without Warning and Died After Being Carried to Columbia. The State says as train No. 53 on the Atlantic Coast Line reached the 17-mile post, nearing Columbia, Tuesd-ay morning, Ely E. Smith, de mented and under escort to the State Hospital for the Insane, raised him self out of the seat in the smoking ar and dashed out of the window. The act was done before any of the horrified passengers could stop he unfortunate man and when the rain was stopped and the body re overed it was seen that there was very little chance of recovery. With n a few minutes after arrival in Col imbia he died and his body was at )nce shipped back to his home in artsville. Mr. Smith has for two years had ental trouble, being injured by a all from a building. He never re overed from the result of tne in uries received by this fall and while ot violent his mind gradually grew eaker and it was decided to place im in the State Hospital for the In ane. He was carried to Columbia, es orted by the chief of police of the own, P. H. Kirkpatrick, and by Dr. L. Powe. who was on his way to he meeting of the State Medical as ociation in Anderson. The man was ways quiet, although his two com anions deemed it best to keep a close atch on his movements. When hief Kirkpatrick left his seat for a tinute a stranger who came into e car took his place beside the lun tic and a second later Smith had aised himself out of the car and dis ppeared out of the open window. Railroad Commissioner Earle, who as on the car, had the train stopped :d a short distance back the body -as found. The man was uncons ous and a hasty exaxmination show d that he had no chance for recov 'y. On arrival at Columbia he was iven medical attention but died with i a few minutes of removal from the 'ain. The body was shipped back to artsille to the family for inter ent.. Chief Kirkpatrick and Dr. owe regret the affair very much but cording to the statement of those E ho witnessed the suicide nothing r >uld have stopped the unfortunate c ian from his deed. INHALE-;) POISONOL6 FUMES bree Employes ot Guano Company Dead and Four Ill. Th'ree colored employes of the Roy- c er Guano Company at Macon, Ga.. e ime to their death last week from . ihaling poisonous gases while at 1 ork in the acid chamber of the com any's factory and four more are ill *om the same cause, one probably ' tally. The coroner emipanejled as iry and held an inquest on one of e negroes for all of the victims.s ie verdict of the jury is that John ilmore came to his death while in e discharge of his duty in employ 1 the Royster Guano compsany, duer the incompetency of Superinten nt Stamps and Foreman Gonsal DIED IN PRARIE FIRE. .n Awful Death Overtakes Family in 1 North Dakota. Louis Orian. his wife and five chil ren perished in a prairie fire which 'ept the country 12 miles west of ogswell, North Dakota. Orian hur led his family into a wagon. but lost t a race with the flafes. The fire -as spread all over the country by wind which travelled at 40 miles hour. Dozens of farmers lost anes and granaries. Live stockc as burned on several farms. Ser eant country has never known so I estructie a fire. * I THROWN FROM TRAIN. I'oman Was Uninjured Ent Man's Neck Was Broken. As Atlantic Coast Line train No. 5 das approacning Winston. Fla.. 'hursday night. John .Jackson, en aged because Lizzie Holmes persist d in going to Tampa threw her from he platform of a coach and then umped after her. The train was unning 35 miles an hour. '1 ne wo nan landed lightly and was unhurt. ut Jackson's neck was broken by he fall and he was found dead, hist iead sunk deep into the mud in a itch near the track. ITALIANS DRIVEN OUT. t Clinton, UII., Mob Chases "Black Hand" element. Thirty Italians employe~d by the Ilinois Central at Clinton, Ill., were Iriven from that town Friday night y a mob who intimiated them with tfusilade of shots from guns and 'evolvers. There has been much in ignationl against the Italians since he Mayor received a "black hand" etter threatening his life. 'ached it may be necessary to have t conference of the prohibitionists. Iam seeking to do what is best for he ultimate good of the cause. "personally. I shall conitinue to go into different sections of the State and advocate prohibitionl. I shall ofer my services to any scction that may desire them, whether it lhe to ake speeches generally thi oughout the State or in counties where cam paigns are being made under the pres ent law. "The fight is on and the prohibi tonists expect to keep it up until they stop the legalized sale of liquor BISH WAR WAGED. TREACHERY AND CUNNING USED ON BOTH SIDES. It Is Reported That. Sixty Whites and . .Indians Have Been Killed in the Bloodly Warfare. A report that about 60 whites and Indians have been kilied in Nicara gua in bloody busn warfare waged by Mosquito Indians was brought to New Orleans by W. R. Coffman of Bloomington, Ill., who was a pas senger on the steamer Dictator from Central American Ports. The death list of whites numbers about 20. The fighting started over a month ago on the Caribbean coast, where the Indians live. Late in February about 100 Indians atteked Prinzapol ca Ber, a small town. They hid be- i hind bushes, trees and other shelter, pouring into the village a fire which killed two men. A long hard fight i'esulted, soldiers and citizens volunteers finally driv ing the assailants back, about a doz en of the Indians being killed or mortally wounded. The other In lians fled but many of them were :aptured and after being severely beaten with raw hides, chains were t placed about their legs and they f were imprisoned in an improvised ftockade. t Another engagement took place at ,ape Gracas. near the border of caragua and ipanish Honduras. j -ere the casualties among the troops vere five, but the Mosquitos were no nore successful than before and fled n retreats to the mountain. a Since then, Mr. .offman said, many ;roops have been sent into the Mos luito district and several skirmishes ave occurred. It is reported that reachery and cunning have been us- t d on both sides. Whereever a party f white men get a chance they gen- a rally kill the Indians without mercy. Lnd the Indians have slain several olders whom they caught in the orests. * t BELIEVES BRYAN IS THE MAN. 0 t apt. Thrower of Cheraw is Wearing a Campaign Button. h The State says Capt. W. T. Throw- ii r of Cheraw. a prominent lumber h nanufacturer of the Pee Dee section h if the State. was in Columbia Wed esday. He was proudly wearing a e ryan button and expressed himself il iost emphatically as favoring the 2 ebraskan for president. f] "'Not only will South Carolina give r ryan her solid support. but many n epublicans of the North .- East ri -ill rally to the support of the Dem- t4 cratic standard bearer. I just lear's- B d the other day of a preminent s1 ashington man who had deciared a s intention to support Bryan this p ear, notwithstanding the fact that c: e has voted the Republican national cket all his life. Roosevelt is too c pasmodic and the American people g o not want another Administratt'fn p uch as his present one. Bryan is lI Lonet, he is big enough to occupy f: e position of chief executive of the si nited States, and even Republicans y egard him highly for his intedrity- e ,nd this year thousands will vote for n im 'wno have Leretofore voted the d tepublcan ticket." t< Capt. Thrower believes that South a arolina should send a delegation to ri )enver instructed for Bryan. because e irmly believes that Bryan is the b hoice of the overwhelming majority a f the Democrats of the State. * I3 fi SEVERE BATTLE - . etween the French Troops and the t1 Berbers. A French column on Talzaza Hill. lgeria. which commands the plain f Tamlet. was fiercely attacked Fri Lay by a number of Eerbers. Although the surprised French rce fought desperately and not only eat off the adversaries but pursued t1 hem for a distance of six miles, this ~rench victoky was costly. TIwenty- c ight men, including an officer, were I illed and one hundred men, includ.. h ng ten officers, were wounded. The osses were greatest in the foreigns glon. The Berber losses 'were much - teavier, no less than 123 dead bodies r )eing found by French troops. * l)ARING BANK ROBBERY. fwo Men Lock Officers in Vault and a Remove Cash. The Citizens' State Bank at Cha auqu. Kansas, was robbed Friday )f about $3,000 by two men who en 'cred the bank and forced Cashier C. L Walterhouse and "Del" Easley, m)uiness manager. to go into the ault. The bandits locked them in. ;ecuring all currency in sight and ~scaped across the line into Okla boma. Four posses are in pursuit nd it is believed that the robbers will be captured. The robbery is ue of the most daring ever executedc in this part of the State. The rolh hers were both~ well aressed, one be-( ug well known around town. HELD UP BY TWO MEN. 1 Northern Pacit"- Flyer Boarded and Passenger's Robbed. A dispatch from MIinneapolis says the west-hoiud Pacific train Thurs day night was held up by two men just outside the city limits and $41 nd two watches were taken frotu passengers The men who boarded the train here entercd one of the leepers. and at the point of th~e pis t t2 commanded the passengers to hold< up their handis. One of the robbers stood guard while his companion searched his; victims. When the train slowed down at Northtown1 junctian the men made their es KILLS HIMSELF After Shooting His Sixteen Year Old Daughter Twice. SHOCKING TRAGEDY Occured in a Girl's School at Ashe ville. The Yonng Lady had Taken Part in April Fool Joke and her Father visits her at School, Shoots Her,and then Commits Suicide. A terrible tragedy was enacted at Asheville, N. C., on Wednesday. En raged at his 16-year-old daughter Nellie, because of a harmless school irl prank, Dr. D. 0. Swinney. who ecently went to Asheville, from New (ork. fired- two shots at her, fatally wounding her, and tnen turning tne evolver on himself, he placea L".: nuzzle in his mouth and pulied the rigger, dying almost instantly. 3adly wounded as she was, with two - ullets emmbedded in her skull, Miss winney ran from the room up-stairs o the principal's room before she ell. The tragedy occurned in the irecep ion room of the Normal and Colleg chool for girls, where Miss Swinney iad been a pupil for the past session ust what occured prior to the shoot ng is not known as there were no ritnesses and the girl, while still onscious could give but a vague ccount. Dr. Swinney, who, up to few years ago, had been a promi tne physician in New York city, as been in poor health. and of late t is alleged his mind has been un alanced. Recently his daughter was one of number of school girls, who, as an 4 pril fool's joke, absented them elves from school, and the father rooded over the little escapade un- 3 l it assumed to him the proportions I f actual wrong-doing. When Dr. I winney called on is daughter at I e school this afternoon about 3 1 -clock be was shown into the recep [on room, and a few minutes later J is daughter came down and went i ito the room, closing the door be- I ind her. She sat down at the piano, t er father sitting beside her. i Half an hour later girls and teach- i s were startled by four shots ring- 4 tg out and a few seconds afterwards < ss Swinney, with blood streaming 'om the wounds in her head, came Lishing from the room. In a few inutes later the wildest confusion ( igned, school girls and women ?achers ran here and there, but Miss obinson. the principal. speedily re .ored order and nastily summoned physician. Miss Swinney was des rately wounded and there is .attle Lance for her recvery. The room in which the tragedy oc rred showed signs of a hard strug le; chairs were overturned and the! ano stool, with one leg broken, was ing in the middle of the room. The ~ther was lying on the floor, at one ide of the room, face downward, 'itn the revolver with four chambers pty under him. The attempted urder and suicide were evidently liberately planned, as before going I the school Dr. Swinney purshased1 revolver and two rounds of cart dges at a pawn shop. Although, it is saia, his mind has een unbalanced for some time he ad never been violent and his fami -were totally unprepared for the arful tragedy. He was a father-in w of Dr. J. A. Sinclair, a prominent1 ntist of that city, and since his re-1 urn from New York a few weeks ago ad made his home with him. MORlE BODIE~S FOUNI). ~eath List of Chelsea Fire Now Num ber Thirteen. Two more bodies were found in e ruins of the Chelsea fire of last unay. making the total number re vered 11, and the known victims 3, which includes two who died in spitals-. The bodies found were both males. he first found was, recovered at 29 arlboro street, diere search was iade through the efforts of' a sistert a man who lived at that number d who has been missing. The body as identified hy means of a watch d teeth as that of Harry Lewis. ged 42 years. employed as a mes nger in Boston. The second body recovered was und at Poplar street and, was that f a male adult. The list of missing ersons is still large and it is feared sany of them perished. * CHURCH THIEF. oman Arrested for Robbing Wor shippers While at Prayer. As she rose from her knees, cross d herself devoutly an.d walked out f St. Elizabeth's Roman Catholic :hurch, in Chicago on Sunday, May 'Hara, alias May Miller, was ar ested by a police sergeant and three atrolmenl for stealing the purses of vorshippers. The woman's rooms. 'hich she occupies with Frank Cun ingham, a former pockey, were ound to contain between forty and1 ifty purses and handbags. all otf rhich are supposed to have been stol ,n by May O'Hara while she was pre ending to be in prayer and was in -eality searching the seats in front i her for plunder. Machines Are Demolished. At Pittsburg, Pa.. Friday sixty igt steel machines. confiscated by he police upon complaint that they were used to operate games of chance were demolished. About 4.000 pen ies were taken from the machie od added to the police pension fund FIENDISH BRUTE. ATTEMPTED AN ASSAULT ON A BRAVE LEXINGTON WOMAN. hSe Chased the Scoundrel With a Gun to Perry, Where He Was Ar rested. The State says Chief of Police Sal ley, of Perry carried to Columbia Wednesday night and lodged in the State penitentiary Alex. Hall, colored, charged with attempting criminal assault upon a Lexington county wo man Sunday afternoon. .The negro was arrested at Perry Monday night by Chief Salley and Wednesday he was taken to the Aiken county jail. it was 'deemed wise to place the negro in the penitentiary, , however, and Officer Salley carried him to Columbia Wednesday night and he wil.1 remain here for safe t keeping until the opening of the regu lar term oftriminal court in Lexing ton. Sunday afternoon Hall stopped at the home of Mr. C. Wint Sox, at I Edmunds, about 10 miles from Lex- r ington. Mrs. Sox was the only per son at home. He asked her for a drink of water and she startt:d to get it for him, when he turned and ex- P claimed: "You are what I want, not b the water." At the same time he a made a dash for Mrs. Sox, but she grabbed a hammerless gun and at tempted to shoot him, whereupon he dashed out of thg house. She did not know how to operate the gun, other- a wise she would have been able to fill B him with lead before he could have f possibly escaped. Mrs. Sox gave the C alarm immediately and a number of 0 earby citizens started in pursuit of P he negro. Chief of Police Salley of Perry was E iuformed over the telephone about c he attempted assault and was asked 14 o keep a lookout for the negro. Mon- a lay afternoon he located a negro an swering the descrfption and held him 'or identification. It is said that the iegro feared the result of having T drs. Sox come to Perry to identify im and admitted that he was the nan, requesting that he be taken to ,he Aiken jali. Sheriff Corley of Lexington was in s( ormed of the arrest of Hall and ex- m ected to send his deputy to Aiken d or the purpose oz transfering him o the Lexington jail, but the negro s now in the penitentiary and will Ie -emain there untIl the regular term >f the criminal court for Le-vington h :ounty convenes. MISTAKEN FOR BURGLAR3S. tI ti )wners of Ohio Grocery Store Kided it by Patrolmen. 'st At Columbus, Ohio, John and WiM. ). Frank, sons of R. 0. Frank, groc r, were shot and instantly killed on sunday by City Patrolmen Heinze Lnd Casey. Shortly before the shodt- d ng burglars were discovered byq ieigWthors in Frank's grocery, 1,221r arsons avenue. The owner of the* ;tore and the police were inform--.1 tout the same time of the burglary. The two young men and another >rother, Albert Frank and Williat:1 Eoerger, hastily armed themselves nd ran to the grocery. Patrolme'. Jeinze and Casey were watchin~g in he shadow of the building when the A our young men arrived, and each >arty mistook the other for the tur ~lars. According to Yoerger W. D. Friank f red a rifle four times at Patrosnmar einze, who drew a revolver aznd tC atally wounded the young man. Pa- rt roman Casey ordered the other Ii hree young men to throw up their vi ands, and they did so, the survir- o: rs say. Patrolman Casey declass, h< rowever, that John Frank did not t< hrow up his hands but aitned a r'e- p rolver at the patrolman. Catsey then hot John Frank. * f w DON'T WANT TAFT. h fegro Bishop Creates a Great Sensa tion in New York. 0 Bishop Alexander Walters, head of w he African Methodist Episcopal Zion 11 hurch in Xew York city, created ci omething like a sensation among he colored worshipers of his denom nation Tuesday by delivering himself >f a bitter attack on Predident Roose- NJ elt for the part he has played in he Brownsville a air, and declar ng that Taft was unfit to be the ne ro's candidate for the presidency be- g ~ause he was with Roosevelt. a party a o what tae bishop termed "a delib- B ~rate plot to discredit the negro race a or political purposes." That the bishop's denunciation oft1 :he president and Secretary Taft did s: >ot fall on ears altogether apprecia- a :ive was evidenced before the last n :lause of' his letter had been read. c several of those present allowed them b selves the privilege of groans of dis- y. approval, and at the end Rev. Dr. e Parks, chairman of the meeting, call' a d attention as delicately as he could a o the fact that the meeting wa~s not n o discuss politics, but to consider the i, education of the members of the race. ESCAPED MIRACULOUSLY. g Boilers Explode With Fearful Effect, but No One Hurt.' 'I A hattery of boilers in the Tipton c ce Plant,at Tipton, Ill.. exploded on 6 Sunday. Charles Colvert, the engi- t neer. was blown some distance. bly.t g was not injured. Pieces of machlin- 3 ery heavy timbers and thousands cf a b~rick crashed through the sidesa and roofs of the houses. but not a person a was-hurt. One piece of machinery 5 weighing 500 pounds. went througsh I a roof and landed in a bedi. Many windows were demolished. The loss j; is $25.000. The engineer canuot ac-I coun fr the explosion. *j WITH BRYAN And a Strong Running Mate Will Certainly Win Says SENATOR ;TILLMAN. Ee Thinks the Democrats Have a Magnificient Chance to Win in N. vember-In the Norhwest He Found Thousands of Republican Who Will Vote for Bryan Because He Is With Roosevelt on Reform. A special dispatch from Atlanta to he Charleston Post. says Senator illman is much improved at the sau tarium, but is still weak. In an in erview he says: The Democrats have a magnl~clent hance to win. There is a spirit of un est and discontent in the Republican arty. With Bryan and a strong iate we can win. 'Everything now points to' Taft as e Republican nominee. He is sup osed to typify Rooseveltism, but I elieve he would be a different man s President. I do not believe Roose elt or any other man could control m. "In the Northwest I found thous ds of Republicans who will vote for ryan because they know he stands yr the things Roosevelt stands for. f course, the old conservative ' Drats wotild probably go to- the Re blican nominee." Senator Tillman expects to sail for urope in a few weeks. He may de de to take a cattle steamer for the ng slow trip and ocean air. He is ble to take short walks. TERRIBLE EXPLOSION. wns Within a Radius of Eghteen Miles Damaged. Many men were reported killed. veral fatally Injured. and a-number issing in an explosion early Tuee ty morning at the Aetna mills of the upont Powder company, near, Mi rs, Ind. The shock of the explosion was ,ard 18 miles away. The wrecked plant employed from 50 to 200 men in the day time, but Le full force was not-at work when e disaster occutred: The night shift had just completed task when the death-deali blast artled the town. Houses were dis anted and windows broken hun -eds of yards away from the scene. At Chesterton, Ind;, harbor, Gary. d.Dane Park. a dozm or more mileS stant, citizens thought an earth ake was upon them. Physicians and nurses were hur ed to the scene. A number of the jured were removed to the new hos. tal at. Gary on trains over the Lake ore, and Baltimore and Ohio, and 'abash.. KILLED HTMSELF. u Old Man Follows Advice of Dr. Osler. When a man after an active life ids himself without an opportunity continuehis activity and through verse fortune is without means of elhood to retain honor and pre nt himself froni becoming 8 bt~rden& ihis fellowmen1, it Is desirable that follow the proposition attributed Osler. I, therefore, deem it ex dient to do so." The above abstract from a letter. und on the body of Joseph Cbild ho committed suicide Tuesday at s boarding house in I 17th street, Chicago., by inhaling illuminating. I explains his reason for his deed. Sixty-five years ala wethout friends. relative's, out of employmelnt and ith no prospect of finding work and ith his little savings rapidly dwind *g away, Child chose to go to a nut de's grave rather than become a irden on the community. . rEER AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. :achine Leaps on Sidewalk and Frac tures Pedestrian's SkulL. At Trenton. N. J., Charles Ball! , aged 1S years, was killed in an atomobile accident early Sund-.y.. alligum was walking along the side alk in the southern section of the ty when the automobile ran up on ie sidewalk and crashed into the de of a house. Balligum's skull *as fractured and he died in a few iutes. The occupants of the m.' iine were three young men, said to~ Princeton students. andi three sung women. The six were arrest I and the driver of the machmne, ho gave his name as Cowan Nlcnols, a-s held in $1,000 ball. The other Len and the women were -.ch held $200 bail.. COMMITTED SUICIDE. uitor in Jealous Rage Kills Himself at Telephone. In a fit of jealous rage Edward R. ylor a bookkeeper, aged 25 years, mmitted suicide at Washington unday by shooting himself in the ample at 101 H Street. He had one to the telephone and called up liss "Reggie" Gargas, at 1,919 Penn ylvania avenue, only to find that he had gone for a walk with a rival ' uitor. To his message Taylor re ronded in passionate language. and young man. who was at the girl's ome tried to pacify him but to no urpose. Taylor hung up the re elver, drew a pistol and shot him