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Y i t - - !(- T ^ T r ---- - - -- _ __ i 7 y f \Ti.lT . " . I T- ' +dJ TE .7 i , VT..\ i 24 V ti. 11 TAFT NOMINATED Gets 702 Votes Out of 979 Cast at the Convention. ON FIRST BALLOT. Choice Made Unanimous After Re sult is Amounced. Taft and Roosevelt Cheered to the Echo. Convention Goes Wild in Shouts For President. For president of the United States. 1 W w. H. Taft of Ohio. Taft on the first ballot: Taft by 702 votes-Taft by the unanimous consent of the convention. Such is the record of the culmi nating day of the Republican na tioial convention of 19 OS, effected amid scenes of tumultous enthusiasm and after a nerve-racking, continu ous session lasting nearly eight hours. Th picture within the walis of the b) vast amphitheatre as the presidential n candidate was named Thursday was l one truly grandiose in its magni tude. In front. to the right and c left, below and above, the billowing sea of humanity, restless after hours h of waiting and stirred from one emo- e tion. to another. was in a fever of N expectancy for the culminating vote. s The favorite sons of other States t had been named. save Knox and La- d Follette. and now on the roll call it came Ohio. As the Buckeye State IC was reached, the tall, gaunt form C of Theodore E. Burton. with stu- o dent-like face and severe black cleri cal garb, advanced to the platform ti to nominate Ohio's candidate. He Y spoke feverently. with the singing tl voice of an evangelist. which went S ringing through the grqat building. aT The close of his speech of nomiea T tion was the signal for loosing the ei long pent-up feeling of the Taft legi- S, ons. Instantly the Ohio elegates V were on their feet, other States fol- hN lowug. while the convention hosts in gallery and on floor broke into nC mad demonstration. H ! "Taft! Taft! W. H. Taft." came z~ . in a roar from the Ohions. 1 Megaphones seemed to spring from concealed places and swell the Taft tumulet into thunder. A huge blue ilk banner bearing the familiar fea tures of the secretary was swung be fore the delegates, awakening a fresh whirlwind of enthusiasm. All semblance of order had been na abandoned and the delegates' arena m was a maelstrom of gesticulating ed men; the guidons of the States were al snatched up by the Taft enthusiasts T1 or borne under the storm of disor- th der. The band was inaudible-a nf mere whisper above the deafening Pc olume S sound. gr For 10, 15. then 20 minutes this in uproar continued. It was a repeti- ca tion of the scene of Wednesday, th when the name of Roosevelt threw D. the convention into a frenzy, repeated a in intensity and almost in duration. ar But there is a limit to the physical resources of throat and lung and at al last the tired voices died down to a fe h~oarse shout and finally subsided. e: The lull now gave the opportunity g for the speech seconding Tafts nom- et ination, by Geo. H. Knight of Cahi- al fornia, his big, round face beaming n< forth on the sympathetic multitude Si and his splendid baritone voice well- cl ig forth like the tones of a great to church organ. California's tribute r1 to Taft was brief and fervid. Now n< there was another lull in the Taft A~ movement while the remaining can- G didates were placed in nomination, as It was late in the afttunoon before - the convention, sweltering with the w' intense heat and weary after nearly wt seven hours' continuous session. 4 rached the end of the flood of elo- 5 quence. and the decks were at last n ceear for the culminating act-the ti hllot. But no: just as the last C sell of oratory, the seconding speech for LaFollette, had died aay. like a cyclone from a clear C scy burst a LaFollette demonistra- e ton hich swept the convention fronz C its very bearings. In was the same 2 dafening wave of sound that had r greeted Roosevelt and Taft a little c while before, intense and madden2 ad v'ith the vital ring of genuine e nthusiasm. The delegates sat calm a nd waiting, except the frantic Wis consin nmen, but the convention for the time being was in the possession of the galleries Now a singuiar transformation oc-1 curdgrdal the whirlwind veered from LaFollette to Roosevelt. A banner hearing the Roosevelt por'- I' trait and waved from the gallery was te signal for the change. Amid this pandemonium and with the galleries in full control Chair-' man Lodge ordered the roll call of States to begin for the vote og pre sident . Such a call, under such cir ccustances, has probably never be-1 re ccurred in the history of na tional conventions. A ball:t was taken to nominate a candidate for prsicgnt while the convention was chering frantically for a man whose nae had not been presented to the convention. The votes were being, inted for T:;it while the people ere houting for Roosevelt. The delegates, however, cast their v~otes unintluenced by the calmior of the crowd. More than this, the first I States on the call. Alabama and Ar kansas, had been relied upon by a few Roosevelt enthiasts to start the stapede for the president. but they hel by their instructions while the stapede raged all about them. Seizing a megaphone .the secretary sLOted the roll call of States "Aaaa-"rass-but nis voic was swallowed up in the mad u proar. Gradu'allIy. however. the curisa~y of the multitude conquered their enthusiasm and they lapsed intooile-ice to hear the result of the -A ush of expectancy hung over thessml as the call proceeded. Hatymmries showed that Taft SHERMAN CHOSEN TO BE THE RUNNING MATE WIT TAFT. Rush of Delegates Fall Into Liil Wien Roll is Begun-Republiem'a Convention Adjournes. With Congressman James S. Shei man. of New York. chosen as th Vice Presidential candidate an, running mate of Secretary Taft. th Republi'au national convention o 1908 passed into history Friday a chicago. The final session laste( ess than two hours, adjournmen ithout delay being taken at 11.4. . m. The committees to notifythe candi ates were officially promulgated enator William Warner. of Misouri last commander-in-chief of the -rand .rmy of the Republic. being elected to head the delegation thai ;ill call upon Secretary Taft. and enator J. C. Burrows, of Michigan. eing placed at the head of the com ittee to notify Sherman. Before the convention assembled 'riday morning it was practically rtain that the Vice Presidency 'ould go to Mr.Sherman. A number ad indorsed his candidacy in cau is, and it spread like wildfire. The ew York delegation alone stood )lidly back of Sherraan and when ie voting began there was a rush of ?legates to fall into line, victory be assured to the New York man n before the roll had been half pleted. Sherman's victory was erwhelming. When New York was reached on (e roll call Woodruff said: "New ork casts seventy-eight votes for ee next Vice President. James S. irman." The issue was settled id New York cheered the victory. te balloting throughout was mark I by enthusiasm. The vote for ierman was not broken until West irginia was reached. when Fair nks was given one vote. The result of the ballot was an unced by Chairman Lodge as fol ws: Sherman S16. Guild 75, urphy 77. Sheldo.n 10, Fairbanks Absent 1. MAY BE MRS. GUNNESS. exican Governor Describes Mysteri ous Woman Traveler. The governor of the state of Chi ss. Mex., is keeping- watch on a ssterious American woman. dress in man's.attire who is traveling ne in the wildest parts of Mexico. ie governor at first had suspicions at she might be Mrs. Be'le Gun ss, the notorious murderess of La rrte. Ind. He hastily sent a tele aam to Mexico city and asked for structions. Mr. Thompson, Ar1,eri-, mbassador to Mexico, seat to e State department at Washington. C. the following dispatch givint detailed description of the woman id her adventures: Few days t.gr' An-.ericain wo1.aat ouut 50 years old. stout. aoout five et seven. inches high. dark blue es light chestnut hair, slightly ayy quick and nervous step. pass bybPalenque. Was traveling oe and without baggage and has letters of recomsfendation. Left tit DeAciua wearing masculine othing of khaki. Made inquires as communications with Ujstimacinta rer and plunged into interior alone, ,t heeding warnings as to danger. s she might be American assassin uns. give you these details and ait instructions. aaair n advance. When New York as rached the Taft column totaled 2. Ohio carried the Taft total to 1.. or 20 more than enough to no inate. Still the call went on un 1 the final result was announced by hairn Lodge. The vote was as follows: Taft--Alabata 22. Arkansas 18 aaifrrnia 20. Colorado 10. Connecti 't 14. Delaware 6. Florida 10 eorri 17 Idaho 6. Illinois 3. Iowa 6. Kansas 20. Kentucky 24, Louisa aa is. Maine 12,Maryland i6.Massa iuseettes 32. Michigan 27, Minneso'a SMississisippi 20,. Misssouri Z d. Entanaa6. Nebraska 16. Nevada 6. eww Hampshire 5, New Jersey -. ewW York 10. North Caronina --4. orthh Dakota 8. Ohio 42. Oklahomo~ 4. OOregon 8. P~ennsylvanlia 1. Rhode and nd8. South Carolina 1 3. Sou 11 akotaota8. Tennessee 24- Texas : tahab6..Vermont S. Virginia -1 ashing ot 1 0, Wes; Virgina 1 4 isconin 1 i Woming 6' Alaska .. rizona a2. District of Columihia 1 awaiii 2. New Mexiio 2. Philippin nds ds 2.PuertO R~ico 2: total 70 Hughes--Nw York 65. V'irgmul annnon-Illinois 51. Michigan.f 1 ew Jersrey :1. New York 3: tota FairhankGeorgia 1. Indiana Centuckv2 'New Hampshire .-d ersev' '. Soth Carolina 2: total 4' Knox---New Jiersey 4. Pennsylvaa a '4: total 68. ILayollette-Wiscosinl 25: totU Forakeer-Georgia 8. Ohio South Carolina 2. Virgimia 1. Di trrit of Col ubia 1.: total 1 6. Ant set-outh Carolina 1. Totaltl ehgates 9S0 AA great shout went up as Lo~d. concluded edhis ainnonneemenl~it. as wiith one accord the cohorts of Cai non and Knox and Hlughes and i oerher erb'os joine~d inl a commr trihutetfor the candidate of tl paNoomintion Made Un:mmustI. Gen. Stewart L.. Woodfor'd. f Govy. Hughes. moved to make il nomination or Taft unammrou SeatS enaoPerose. for Knox. as Bouttell. fo Cannon. and Emory ~Georgia. for Foraker,. and a met herr of the Wiscoflin delegation f -secondddtte movement. FOUR KILLED K IN A FATAL AUTO ACCIENT !N NEW YOI K. e I:. the 'lucihine Over the Pier head - into Iast River !)rownving the Oc tu panits. Locked up in New York without e bail. on Tuesday. .lohn Pauer. a chauffeur. who took out his employ 3 er's touring car without permission for a wild night ride, faces a charge t of homicide and four persons are Il dead as the result of his exploit. On the public pier at the foot of West Fifty-sixth street and thei North ricer is the damaged high - power French motoring car which Batter. driving like the wind over slippery streets and. in the face of a cutting rain. sent over the piers brink and into the river with its six occupants. The dead: Colman. John. 2 years old, of No. 531 West Fifty-first stree'. Coleman, Rosie. 23. his wife, same address. Knight. Virginia. 9. Mrs. Cole man's sister. Berdon. Adeline. 19. of No. 533 West Fifty-first street. Bauer took his employer home af ter a ride with her finance. Bedell H. Larned, who is Frank J. Could's secretary. He was directed to take the car back to the garage which is the same place where the Gould au tomobile are cared for. He met his friend John Noland, at Fifty-fourth street and Tenth avenue, and pro posed a ride. They called for the Colemans and as there was still room in the ton neau. they took little Virgini Knight and Adeline Berdon, who lived next door. The car was sent north to Fifty- t sixth street, where they met Mary Knight. an older sister of Virgimi. and stopping. Mrs. Coleman asked her to go along with them. She " thought the car was suffi'-iently well filled and declined t- c'Wd the pleasure seekers. Hr e y ing her life. Bauer let the ear cuit to a racing gait. The street w.re r,"'ing with o water and the he:vy 1:mchine slid f-.m side to sice a:: :he velocity in creased. At twelfth avenue they were e going like mad and heading straight n" for the pier. half a block away. Like a Vanderbilt contestant near irg the finish line. the heavy Ren- 0 ault was sent straight to the end of the pier. where it struck a string I' piece snapped it like a match stick. and then, overturning, went crashing into the dark waters of the North o' river. Bauer was catapulated 20 " feet ahead of the car and Nolan j leaped as the car struck. Rauer made a statement to the po lice in which he said he had ap lied the brakes when the machine t was half way down the pier, and that the machine - had skidded. In tWh mud on the pier the wheels of the I macie made a straight track from I a one end to the other. CRUSHED UND)ER CAR. Jacks Had to Be Used to Release Little Girl. T: f For half an hour Friday afternoon e eight-year-old Jennie Scopode, of l No. 419 East Fourteenth street New 3 ork lay crushed under the fender of a Fourteenth street car at Firs; t avenue, until the arrival of an enmer ency crew released her. She was knocked down and dragged for aboutt ten feet. her body becoming jammed eneath the forward fender. { Dr. Wall. of Bellevue, was called il nd crawled benieath the car, bu~t I was unable to release her. who was moaning with pain. When the emer gency wagon reached the place the ' ront car wa jacked up1. Then it 4 was found that the girl was suffer- i ig from a i 'actur1e of the right leg1 ind internal itjuries. .GiRL CHASED) BY NEGRO. - oung WVoman in Lanaster County H-as Narrow Escape. It was learned Friday that a yong woman in the Creek section,. f Lacse conm01y. Miss Mlaggie Hlallman, daughter of -ML L. Hall man. had a narrow escape a day 01r two ago fromn the hands of a black 1rut. She was at a brancth near te house, was'ing some clothes. when her atttenlTion wvas attracted h' a noise nearby. Looking up she iicovered a negro man in a clump o bu'4She few feet away in the t spriuing at her. The fright eed girl started to run to the house tt he negro headed her off, forc n g her to takhe .mother rou te. w~h ich o ctonateyIV. led 10 anl open ield. hi e pursuerer stoppe~d chasing he.em -ach1ng homec in safety the girl related what had happened. wvhere - upon her father and several neigh bors arming thenselves wth guns. enrehe the (ountry for hours for he negro. but failed to hind any trace sepet.t Said to' Hlav Had 5( Ratttles .L Tl'ack Birch, of lmrcc c ~unty. whou wais ai Florence iiay. bought thenwo ii'. "0 'hedeth "i f negro wvomanl who was b itt en by V m~nost.r r.' vh' c 1 woods gather ing huck leberiv. 'in the planta tion of .tm. Brhia h \ 'amsonl on Bt'k (cel-k. 3r. Beorch stateCd t hat th Ii r : -trang rom' its olnd0640 f g in the w1omuan's face. She dia idd within five minutes. The snake wmo kklled dl hi' states tha4t it had -si fra e- and ~ a button. T bL * 4..,+ n - 1ho fruh. I GREAT CLAIMS Made in the Republican Platform Adopted;at Chicago. HAS MANY PROMISES id of lrot etion is to be Kept in Mindi in Any Changes-Merchant Mirine is Favored-Republican Administation Necessary to Pros jperity-Strikes at i)enocrals. The Republican platform referring to President Roosevelt. says: "In this greatest era of American I adva ncemnt-it the Republican party has reached its highest service under e he leadership of Theodore Roose velt. His administration is an epoch iE in American history. In no other ieriod since national sovereignty has Avon under Washington or prepared under Lincoln has there been suchy nighty progress in these ideals of' 0o1ernent, which make for justice, ~ (twuality and fair dealing among men. 3 The highest aspirations of American S ople have found voice. Their most xated servant has come to repre- r ent, not political sovercignty alone, T )t the lest aims au'l worthiest pur oses of all his countrymen.' Rleferring 1o his record the plat- C ormi recites: "These are achieve- F nests that will make for Theodore toosevelt his place in history. But, R uo:: than all else, the great things e has done will be inspirations to ose who have yet greater things tt o do. We declare our unfaltering s .dherence to the polices thus in- al ugurated aind pledge their contimu nce under the Republican adminis ration of the government. 0 E The platform declares that the na ion has bbecomne the richest in the -orld under Republican guidance and h< cares for the principle that in the h velopiuent and enjoyment of Hi Health there shall be equal oppor- R nities for all. it cor.tinues: "Only the obstruc- n on and filibustering of the Demo rati" minority in the last House of ongress prevented the enactment in a number of measures of great T ublic benefit, the consideration of hich can only be instructed to anoth- * Republican majority. But, manyh -hoesome and progressive laws 'ere enacted." F. Tariff revision at a special session [ Congress immediately after the lugurtion the true principle of H rotection is best maintained by the Ei posing of such duties as will equal- s :e the difference between the cost f production at. home and abroad, >gether with a reasonable profit to merican industries; and the bene ts that will follow are best secured F. the establishment of maximum nd minimum rates to be administer :1 by the President, under the limi ttion fixed in law, the maximum to e available to meet discriminations y foreign countries against Ameri- I in goods entering their markets, d the minimum to represent the M ormal measure of protection at t ome; the aim and purpose of the F1 epublican policy -being not only to T reserve, without excessive duties mt security against foreign corm titio(1 to which American manu iturers, farmers and producers are ntitled. but also to maintain theK igh standard of the living of the rage earners of this country, who re the most direct beneficiaries ofa le protective system." After saying that the present cur- I ency laws have justified their adop ion and declaring in favor of postal' itr avings .banks the platform says: t 'The Sherman anti-trust law has' e a wholesome Instrument for :ood in the hands of a wise and fear ess administration. The enactment tx f the railroad rate law is approved, with the statement that the Interstate ommerce law should he further mended so as to give the railroads he right to make and publish traffc! treements subject to approval of he commission. hut maintaining al rays the principle of competition."c After reciting what hkws of benefit 'a labor have been enacted the plat orum says there is further work ' thead and pledges the party's devo-I 'ion to every cause that makes for1 :he btterment of the conditions of 1 s)orer, adding that the samP ill be pursued to lighten their hur lens. increase their opportunities for1 happiness. It also speaks for the wefare of the farmers. neclaring the Republican party is the friend of the American negro, thme platform declares without reser-. aonl for the enforcement in spirit ad letter of all those amendments t the constitution designed for the protection and advancement of the egro and condorns "all devices lke the so-called grandfather clauses." PreservaIgon of the W\hite moun fin and Appalachian forests is fay L islat ion reviving the merchant iai p'rest!ae is favored. !ode of iler,'elf and F~our Chilidren Shiipped to CThicago. A dispatch from Laporte. Tnd. says: The bodies of Mrs. lIelle G;un n.:and fouir chiildrenf. who ~lost teir lives in the destruction of the ' ines house on April 29. wo'r' Ias w eek or.'lered by Ce c' .a 'vo i *s ar,:ml- '. shipmo':. of he oi""s to Chicago for burial hursd-'ay in Forest 11ome oemetery, acodanc wi' h a rouOst madle by irs. Gunnies in her will.* Farmer- Kills Negro Deperado... Vw" No~wian. a farmer residing near Macalester, Okla. shot and kill eded HLI-. Johnson a negro despera do, who is known to have shot andl mai~ thmee white men.'' WHO THEY ARE. NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES Ti: STATE OFFICERS. Seven for Senate, Two for Governo Several for Congress and Solic tor. Following is the list of Stat Senatorial, Congressional and solic tor candidates as it was finally clo ad Tuesday: United States Senate-J. G Evans, of Spartanburg: R. G. Rhet1 )f Charleston; George Johnstone, o cewberry; O. B. Martin. of Colum ia; E. D. Smith of Bishopville; .l '. Grace, of Charleston; W. W umpkin. of Columbia. Governor--M. F. Ansel, of Green ille; Cole L. Blease, of Newberry T. G. McLeod for Lieutenant Gov rnor. R. G. McCown, for Secretary o: tate. J. F. Lyon for Attorney General. Comptroller General A. W. Jones f Abbeville. is opposed by N. W Brooker, of Columbia. Superintendant of education: L' Elmore of Spartanburg; Stiles R lellichamp, of Orangeburg; J. E, wearingen, of Greenwood. Adit. Gen. J. C. Boyd, of Green ille, is opposed by Col. Henry T. hompson, of Columbia. Railroad Commissioner B. L. aughman, of Lexington, is opposed v James Canzler, of Tirzah, F. C. ishburne. of Charleston; J. A. ammerset, of Columbia; and H. W. ichardson, of Columbia. For Congress: George S. Legare, the First; Joseph T. Johnson, in e Fourth, and. A. F. Lever, in the eventh, each for re-election, are one without opposition. W. S. ith contests the re-election of J. Patterson in the Second; Julius . oggs contests that of Wyatt A. iken in the Third; W. P. Pollock id T. B. Butler will seek to un >rse D. B. Finley in the Fifth; in e Sixth William Murchison. P. A. dges, J. W. Coggeshall and J. W. gsdale are all after J. E. Ellerbe's )ngressional honors and emolu ents. For solicitor, P. T. Hildebrand, the First; 3. M. Speers, in the urth: J. K. Henry, in the Sixth; S. Sease of the Seventh, and Geor Bell Timmerman, of the Eleventh; te no opposition to re-election. ie candidates where the contests e will be: Second, J. E. Davis, J. Burnes, H. M. Graham; Third, B. McLaughlin. P. H. Stoll. A. B. uckey; Fifth, Christie Benet, W. Cobb, G. R. Rembert. B. B. Clark; ghth, R. A. Cooper, E. L. Richard n: Ninth. W. St. J. Jervey and hn H. Peurifoy; Tenth, J. J. Mc vain, P. A. Bonham, A. H. Dagnall, C. Lang: Twelfth, W. H. Wells, B. Sellers, C. P. Quattlebaum, W. Clayton. WON RACE AGAINST TDM:. licago Woman Boards Steamer for urope After Exciting Experience. A dispatch from New York says: r Robert S. McCormick, wife of e former American ambassador to ance. was the victor by minutes .ursday in a one-thousand mile race ainst time. As a result she was abed to keep an engagement and .il for Europe on the steamship aiserine Auguste Victoria. Mrs. McCormick had engaged pas ge on the big steamer some time ;o, but her departure from Chica was delayed until the last mo et, when it was found that there ould be a margin of only fifteen iutes between the arrival of her ai at Jersey City and the depar Ire of the steamer irom Hoboken, >me distance away. Under ordinary conditions it would assi ble to make the distance be* veen the place in a fast automobile, [rs. McCormick did not wish to ie the chance of the train being a ttle late and wired ahead. that the amer be held to wait her arrival. he was informed that this could ot he done. as the mail carrying rntracts mad'e prompt sailing man Sh was informed, howev er, that fast tug would be in waiting fo' er t Jersey City, and that she and r baggage would be taken or ard immediately upon arrival o1 he train and she would be transfer d to the ship in the bay if possible 'ortunately the train came in pro aptly on time, and a few minute! ater Mrs. McCormick was on fth pcial tug bound up the river fol Ioboken2. She arrived in time t< limb aboard the Kaiserin August ictoria just before the big shil ropped out into the river and start d on her voyage. LCUS~ED OF IKILLING INFANTI likeun Mother to be Arrested Fo Choking Child to Death. At Aiken. Thursday Coroner On ons went to the home of Cora Moi ten, near Bath, and held an inques ,vr the body of an infant. whic that. woman gave birth to on Sut day night, and which, it is alleget she afterwards choked to deat! The infant's throat bore sign; clhcking having finger prints upon The~ attending physician at the quest, Dr. John I. Green. stated thi it as his opinionl that death was il result of chokiig. ir Owens iinestigate'd the em' on Monday. but no evidence suffic entto make an arrest could be di covered, but incriminating fac lter discovered, with the result th Mf. Owens went back to the pla and held an ir~f.uct. The to -one ry tul1:tfs a verdict, holdi' tet the deaA et' !be infant wa- cat ed through choking by its moth' and that Caroline Johnson~the gran m other, was an accessory to t crime. Caroline Johnson was rested and is now in the Aiken ja but the Morten woman is nowu SERIOUS CHARGE.! E YOUNG MAN CHARGED WITS HAVING TWO WIVES. r. Warrant Sworn Out Against Him al i- Aiken for Alleged Bigamy is Serv. ed at Orangeburg-I)eniesCharge e A dispatch from Aiken to The i- News and Courier says: Mrs. G. - ge M. Ttealvey of Macon. Ga., was Aiken Tuesday afternoon, and be fore her departure had a warrant f issued for the arrest of her husband, - George M. Stalve, on the charge of bigamy. Mrs. Stalvey is a hand some woman and appears very re fined. She says that she heard that her husband had been married to another wom;n some time ago and she came to Aiken to confirm the report. It was found upon investi gation that on April 18 last Stalvey and Miss Etta Lightfoot, of Orange burg. came here and were married by the Rev. Phillip J. McLean at the Baptist parsonage. The couple left at once and had not been heard from here until to-day. An article appeared in the Au gusta Chronicle Tuesday morning in which it was stated that Mrs. Stalvey had horsewhipped ..her husband in Harlem, Ga, for his alleged deser tion. She said here however, that he had never deserted her. She says that the report as to the whipping is not true. but that they were at Har lem Monday. She says that her hus band is a traveling man, and that he has never been away from her more than a few days at a time, and that she has always ,had the most implicit confidence in him. Several days ago her suspicion were aroused and she telegraphed her husband in Augusta to come to her at once, assigning no reason. He replied that he could not come at that time. She then telephoned him, but says that he refused to answer the call. She says that Stalvey final ly confessed to the fact that he was married to another woman and ask ed that she forgive him and that he would desert* his last wife, who was Miss Lightfoot, and would take her (the first Mrs. Stalvey) and go to Colorado and forget the incident. To this however, she would not con sent and began to look for confirma tion of the statement. When she arrived in Augusta she told the de tectives about it and they are on the lookout for him. Mrs. ;talvey is well- educated and is an interesting conversationalist. She left her husband in e{arlem and she at once came to Augusta, where she heard that he had been married in Aiken, and she rame here and confirmed the report. She says that she has been married to him for five years. She was a Mrs. Meigs before marriage, and was married to iital veyatMyrtle Beach, S. C. Miss Light foot cpmes from one of the most pro minent families in Orangeburg. Mr. Stalvey is also a member of a prom inent family. Mrs. Stalvey is de termined to have him brought to justice and Sheriff Dukes, of Or angeburg, was communicated with and asked to have Stalvey placed under arrest if there. Arrested in Orangeburg. George M. Stalvey was arrested in Orangeburg Wednesday morning. charged with bigamy, the warrant having been sworn out at Aiken by a woman who alleges that Stalvey was married to her previous to his recent marriage to a young lady of this city. No difficuity whatever was experienced in serving the warrant. Stalvey states that although he has known his accuser for several years, le was never married to her, and he says that he is confident that he can produce conclusive evidence to show that she is not his wife. He says that the woman, who he alleges desired to become his wife, threat ened to make his life a bjurden to him in the event that he married an other. He says, also that he believes that this is only a plot to injure him and to bring unhappiness to his wife. Stalvey was married on April 18. last, to Miss Etta Lightfoot, of this city. The ceremony was performed .in Aiken by the Rev. Phillip J. Mc Lean. Notices of the marriage ap peared in the local papers and there was no apparent attempt on the partoStalvey to surround theh affai~r with secrecy. He is apparently sur prised that two months later such a serious charge should be brought against him. -Further in estigationl are being conducted and further developments are expected in the next few days. The accused has retained MIessrs SWolfe & Berry as counsel. - Nor Placed in Jail. *A dispatch fronr. Orangeburg in jiail oni an'.,u1 of nyt su'tcient er eidence I,2 a cured lie is still in the city. and will re main here until the matter has beer entirely cleared up, or the proof has -been made out against bioi that the t allegations made by the woman said h to be his first wife, can be sub -stantiated. I. Mr. W. H-ampton Dukes a brother t in-law of Miss Lightfoot, left foi f Aiken Wednesday morning to inves t. tigate the matter. He returned tc 1 the city and said that he was un it abe to secure sufficient proof t< 2 lodge the accused man in jail. Bu he said that he still had the matte: under investigation, and he lef - Thursday for Myrtle Beach- wherei s- is stated. by the woman in Aiket i5 that the marriage took place th< at first time. e 'The woman stater, so it is alleg ed. that sheC was married to Stalve: 1: at this place, and that he ceremon: .s- was performedl on be pizza of ir, fisherman'sl~ lodge. The name of th d- fisherman, it is stated, she was un1 he able to remembher, and that he wa tr- the only witness to the ceremony. i. Mr. Dukes has gone to Myrtl - Beah to investigate the matter ther anda wim return as soon as he ha WHIRLWINU I'UKUiLK MAN RELEASED FROM IOWA PRISON GOT BUSY. He Swindled Many Concerns Imme diately After His Release, Got Mar ried and Disappeared. Insurance companies in Illinois and Ohio, and a grieving bride, won oy rapid fire courtship, in Indiana. would gladly receive information that might lead to th edetection and arrest of Max Seligman. Iowa is rid of the clever forger. H ewas releas ed from Ft. Madison, Iowa., two days before Christmas in 1907, after serv ing five years in prison on charge of obtaining money on false pretense. He is an enigma to detectives and has left more forged checks and pa pers than ever before as it is known he has operated in other states and served several terms in penitentiari es. Seligman is about 35 years of age, smooth faced and with a good front. Seligman let no grass grow under his feet when he was released in Iowa. He headed for Chicago at once and before his curves were known he was doing business at a rapid rate for the National Life In surance company. He forged names right and left and embezzled where ever he got the chance. He made I a hasty getaway for Cincinnati, 0., in February and there began to t work on his old -plan. He was first arrested for failing to pay a board bill but a former employer came'to his aid and he was released. Then 1 he began to forge on a grand scale E and to work everything and every- 3 body in sight. In a remarkabbly short time the slick penman had secured $50,000 E by forging the names of Dr. Stix and z M. E. Moch, of the firm Moch, Ber man & Co. Before they knew him o he was introduced to the Business Men's club and given a carte blanc ; on ordering meals and drinks. He t used the privilege, much to the sor- z row of the management of the club. I: Then he became identified with the t Cleveland Life Insurance company o and forged signatures to the amount v of $300,000 worth of business. f Then he obtained $2,500 from Cm- b cinnati brewers to whom he was in- d troduced by Senator Ward. Later t he was cut off Ward's list of friends." It appears that about this time a Seligman became connected with the I American Life Insurance company, a of St. Louis, Mo., roped them in, c forged a telegram for $400 on the t American National bank of Cincin- s nati. and married Miss Isaacs, of a Madison, Ind. She was not in a hur- t ry to marry the whirlwind insur- o ance man but he was making money and the rabbi advised the match. Here the tide turned. People began o get after Seligman. Banks refus- I ed him credit. In March the police began to keep watch after he had paid a widow $1,000 insurance and tnen persuaded her to loan it to him I n some- worthless mining stock. e ere the man dropped out of sight I as suddenly as he had appeared anda r is only within a week that policeI nave completed ins criminal record. It s found the man has a divorcedt wife and three children living 'ini Des Moines. The former Miss Isaacs 4 is at home with her mother grieving over the developments of her short1 season of wedded life. * WOMAN SENT TO CHAIR. Feminine Slayer of Another Woman 'to be Electrocuted.t At Watertown, N. Y., on Friday guilty of murder in the first de gree was the verdict of the jury in the case of Mrs. Mary Farmer, charged with the killing of Mrs. Sarah Brennan. The jury was out three hours. The judge then sen tenced Mrs. Farmer to be electro cuted at Auburn prison during the week beginning August 25. The crime for which Mrs. Farmer, who is twenty-nine years old, was convicted, was most fiendish. Her victim Mrs. Brennan. who was fifty five years old was her neighbor and intimate friend, and the motive was o get possession of the Brennan deeds. which Mrs. Farmer had forg ed in October. The crime was com mitted ApIril twenty-three. Mrs. Brennan was hacked to pieces with a hatchet and her body stuffed in a Mrs. Farmer's husband is also un der indictment on a charge of mur der in the first degree as accessory to the crime. SAVED CHOKING MAN. Woman Was Badly Bitten but the Ieed Made Her a Heroine Mrs. William .T. Dodd is the ler onofthe neighborhood in which she lives in New York city, owing to a bit of unfeminine bravery she show ed in saving the life of Louis King. a neighbor. He had b~een eating oup and swallowed a bone. "My God. I am choking to death. hshouted. His wife promptly faint ed. His son ran for the doctor. By ihis timeMrs. Dodd was on the scene. he thrust her hand far down the m an's throat. grasp~ed the bone and hen. woman like. swoomied. When the doctor arrived both Mrs. Dodd nd Mr. King were unconscious. Her hand was hadly bitten by th. chioK ing man . She needed more attention than the man whose life she saved.* a atihed his mind, that the accusa e on is false. or that the facts are to e obtained at this point. n the mean time. Stalvey will re main in this city. where he can be ttken into custody, should the proof e strong enough against him to ...rant hibing locked up. GREAT FEA1. Ships Make a Date by Wireless and Meet. FIRST FEAT OF KIND. Panama Liner Allianca Calls Sister Ship to Unload a Stowaway Who is Found on the Big Liner After it Had Been Out to Sea for Some Time. Just as one man might say to an other: "Meet me on the corner of Broadway and Forty-second street at noon to-morrow," and the other ans wer: "All right, I'll be there," two ships of the Panama Line made a. date on the high seas, and kept it, too. "Panama! Panama!' Panama!" crackled the wireless on the steam ship Allianca, calling in code for a sister ship of the line which was- re :okened to be within a radius of a sew hundred miles. "Aye, aye, aye," came back the answer after the operator had call ?d a number 'of times. "This is the Dsperanza. Who's calling?", "This is the Allianca," hoarsely malled the wireless, Captain Suke orth speaking. Meet me at 30 de ;rees 17 minmtes north, 4 hours 37 inutes west, at noon today." "All right, I'll be there," read the ape, and the message was signed ,by 'aptain Rogers of the Esperanza. And just as though the. ocean was ut up into streets, and equipped ith surface cars, subways and oth :r modern conveniences, the two big essels met promptly at the appoint d hour. "Well, I see you are here,"- shout d Captain Sukeforth through the megaphone. "Yes, hope I haven't kept you raiting," replied Captain Rogers. "Not a minute," called Captalui ukeforth, and then the business of he first wireless appointment ever made, which conssted of transferr ag a stowaway from New York from he outgoing vessel, to the inbound ne, was promptly transferred, and -ith a "So long" toot of the whistle rom the Esperanza, and a "Good y,much obliged,"response from the eeptoned siren of the Allianca, the wo vessels went their ways. - Word of this remarkable appoint sent and meeting of the two ships t sea was brought to port by the ,speranza, which arrived last week ith the sto'waway. Passengers and re, s of both ships were enthusias over the demonstraton of the pos ibilities of the wireless combined iith good seamanship in bringing wo vessels together at a given time n the high seas. * TREE MINERS DEAD. ~ennsylvania Coal Mine Clam More Victims, Three miners are dead, two others erhaps fatally burned and fifteen tombed, many of whom are sup osed to be dead, from an explosion .t the Ellsworth No. 1. Mine, of the 'ittsburg Coal Company, near Mon ngaela, Pa., Friday. Of the vic ims taken from the mine John Beal s the only one identified. %he oth rs are foreigners, whose features rere too scorched to be recognized. 'he burned men were hurried to the ospital, where, it was said, they ould probably die. Little is known as to the cause of ie explosion. It occurred when all )ut thirty miners working on the lay shift had left the workings. Of his number fifteen were near the nouth of slope and rushed out be ore the force of the explosion reach d them. Had the explosion occurred ive minutes earlier the entire force )f over 500 would have been entrap ed with many fatalities. Little is nown as to the fate of the men still n the mine, but most of them are thought to have perished in the !umes, which are still escaping,. so that rescuers cannotenter the slope.* LYNCHING SPIRIT. Pennsylvanians Nearly Doing What They Condemn in Others. All that prevented a lynching in Pittston. Pa., last week, was the es escape of the murderer. The spirit is still in the atransphere as the re sut of the savage murder of Parke Clelland and theseemingly fatal stab bing of Concilman William Vander burg by aliens with 'revolvers and stilettos. Nineteen aliens have been arrested. The man who fired the shot that killed Clelland has escaped but the State constabulary is sure of his identity. At a recent mass meeting attend ed by more than 1,000 leading citi zens the whole situation was dis cussed and the wiser element prevail ed. An appeal was made to allow the law to take its course. Hottem pered men demand thle driving away of all foreigners. Resolutons were drafted to be submitted to the city council increasing the police force and giving officers the right to search any suspicious looking character for weapons. Many foreigners are leaving the region in deadly fear lest they be killed for revenge. * Get Life Terms. A special, dispatch from Laurens says: On seperate indictments Al bert Boyd and Henry Beasly, color ed. were Thursday convicted of miur der with rer:ommrendation for mercy, and each given lire sentence by Judge Klugh. Jealousy Led to Murder. In a fit of jealousy Charles Roth well wounded his wife, probably fa tally, and killed himself at Hunting Idon, W. V.