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VOL. XXII MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1908 NO. 41 BRYAN'S VIEWS. He Expects Support of Hearst's Independence League. BRYAN'S EDITORIALS. Words in Common Indicate That He Regards the League Friendly-De clares Republicans Afraid of the People-Physical Valuation of Railroads is Necessary. A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., un der date of July 3, says: Mr. Bry an makes plain in an editorial in this week's Commoner, issued today, that he expects to obtain the indorse ment of Hearst's Independence lea gue. In another editorial he gives some broad hints upon platform planks. In the former Bryan defends the New York publisher from the "too quick assumption of Republicans.' that he will oppose the Democratic ticket. After detailing various things for whch he should be given credit, he says: "Mr. Hearst could hardly be ex pected to announce in advance of the other convention what he thought ought to be done. but it will be re membered that in 1904 he was a candidate in the Democrataic con vention.. after the adoption of the platform written that year. He was willing to make the fight for the reforms outlined in that platform. "There is no danger of the -lt form this year containing less of re form than the platform of 1904. There is every indication that it 'ill go even further in radical legis lation. If the platform of 1904 was good enough 'or Mr. Hearst to run upon. may not the Demoraiic pla' formn of 1908 be found good enough for Mr. Hearst to support? "The candidates, too, may have some influence in determine Mr. Hearst's action, and the organizaton of the national committee is a factor to be considered; the general tend and action of the convention, also, ought to have a right in determining with what force the Democratic party will be able to appeal to the men who are connected with the Indepen dence party. "Plutocracy supports the party which leans most towards plutocracy, and the radical element is likewise independent. Each supports the party that gives the best assurance of securing what that element desir es. "The advocacy of remedial measu res is not the only thing required of a reform party; ability to secure re medial measures 'Is as important as the advocacy of them, and the radi cal who wants -something done is *likely to ask himself two questions: "First, 'What parties promise re form?' "Second, 'Of the parties promising reform, which party can offer the best assurance's of fulfilling the pro mise?' "The radical element of the coun try can well afford to wait until after the Denver convention has adjourn ed hefore it decides what to do." On th~e first page of the Commoner On the tin t page of the Common er Mr. Bryan arraigns the Republi cans on sev'eral counts. The first nunt is based on the rejection of '~the p.hysical valuation of railroad plants: the second on the defeat of the campaign publicity resolution. and the third on the rejecton of the declaration fa voring the election of senatrs by direct vote. Mr. Bryan declarer 'hat "there can be but one explanation of the action of the Re publicanl convention, namely: That it is the intention of those in charge of the Republican party to secure campaign funds from sources which thev dare not disclose." lie broaches the new idea that "it is not necessary that small con tributions shnll be made public and to make these public might subject the giver to inquiry, if, for instance. the . giver was an employe and op posed to his employer. If a man gives largely, the public has aright to know where the gift comes from; if it is part of an implied contract whereby a ireturn is to be secured in legislationl or immunity. no cor poraion of any kind should be al lowed to contribute to campaign funs, for c.orporations are not or ganized for political purposes. Physical valuation of railroads. he decli rt-s. is necessary. He says hat so long as the truth is conceal' d there i ill -he eixaggeration 01 both sides and the country ought tc know wrhether the railroads are over lra insists there was but on' reason why the direct vote for sena tors t:as bea'te~n. It is this. "So iteog as the exploiting interest can contrct the senate, they can hol the people at bay, and this is wh the T- 4.publicanl convention is silent . *thwarted the purpose of those Re publicans whno sympatnize with th desire of the people in their demani fr relief Irom present condition. *Surely, the rank and file of the Rt .~1ian par ty will express their ir lguaen at ths open and obv-iot district of the people. The Republ can party a's ad'ded to its ma~ sirs th< upardonable one. The first page of this week's Con maner is (1vcted to a big type ed toral l'eaded "A Political Pari A fraid." in which Bryan gives addeA proi. tlhat htexpects to make mut doi irg the campaign of the turnir downl at Chicago of the planks offe ad by LaLFollette. In plain black type he arraigns ti Republicans as: "Afraid of the truth. " raid of the Light. "Afraid f the people." BEATEN BY TOUGHS. BEAUTIFUL WOMAN VICTIM OF THREE THUGS While Out Walking in Central Park, New York.-She is Seized and Robbed. Seized from behind by three power ful men who then beat, chloroform ed. robbed and attacked her, Mrs. Mary Sessman, 2E years ,1d, a hand some woman, of No. 10i West One Hundreth street, New York, is pro bably dying from injuries received in one of the most daring bc.ld-ups that has ever taken place in Cen tral Park. Although the attack occurred on the Transverse road, a stone's throw from Central Park street. Mrs. Sess man's screams were not neard and she was left to lie unconscious for fully an hour after her assailants left her. Then, covered with wounds and weakened from the terrific strug gle she had maintained against the three thugs, she literally dragged herself to her home, where she faint ed in her mother's arms.. The police of the West One Hun dreth street station were notified and the reserves were sent to the park, but Mrs. Sessman's condition was such that no description of her assail ants could be obtained from her and the police were totally unsuccessful in their search. Mrs. Sessman was removed to the . Hood Wright hospital from her home, where it was said she might die from shock and the terrible beat ing she received at the hands of three men. Her rings and money were stolen. representing a loss of several hundred dollars. HIGHEST IN THE WORLD. Plans Presented for a Sixty-two 1 Story Building. A dispatch from New York says plans for a gigantic building, to be E the loftiest in the world, overtopping 'y over 200 feet the Metropolitan Tower, were filed Tuesday with Burnham & Co., architects, of Chica go, acting for the Equitable- Life assurance society. The new building will be the new home of the society, taking the place of the present edi ce, and occupying the same site on the block bounded by Broadway and assau, Pine and Cedar streets. ith its tower, the new Equitable building will have sixty-two stories and will be 909 feet about the curb, 209 feet higher than the Metropoli tan tower, with its forty-six stories. This will be exclusive of the flag pole,which will run up 100 feet high er. It is said the construction. will be begun within a short time. The building will cost $10,000,000. Ac- t cording to the plans the main build-t ag will be 489 feet higher. Above this main building the tower will run up 420 feet, making thetotal height 909 feet. ATTEMPTS TO KILL. t Negro Intruder, When Discovered. Fires Three Times.i At Louisville, Ga.. an unknown < negro Tuesday night attempted to assassinate M. P. Ponder, a well-! known farmer, and his wife, on the old town road, about three miles1 from town. Mr. Ponder stepped from the back< door of his house after dark and saw1 some one go under the dege of his house. He called to his wife to hand him his gun and, as she handed the gun to him. a negro emerged: from the house and grappled with The negro held a revolver and fired three shots, one of which struck M~rs. Ponder, who had come to her husband's rescue, causing a very painful flesh wound in the thigh. Sheriff Smith and posse were soon on the scene and ran down a negro. ohn Jackson. who worked on an a~djoining plantation, and brought tn to jail. Jackson makes conflicting state ments as to his movements. CLEVELAND'S WILL. Widow and Children are Left With Enough to Be Comlfortablle. The will of Grover Cleveland has been filed with the surrogate of Mer cer county. N. J. Within ten days Mrs. Cleveland will come' down from the summer ho'me in La'hmworth. N. H.. and the will will he probated. Although no specific amount can be learned it is known that the ex-pres ident left a Ire estate, enough to keep his wdiow and children in omfortable circumstances. This was learned on the highest authority. Practically all has been left to Mrs. Cleveland. although the children and others have been provid ededfor liberally. The will discloses that the ex-pre s sdent owned the summer home at Tamwortb, which has always been rrgarded as the property of Mrs. CCeveland's mother. First Night Rider Conviction. Kentucky has managed to convict one "Night Rider" during the tobac ccowar that has been waging foi over a year. A jury at Benton. Ky. -- returned a verdict of guilty agains -- Dr. E. Champion. of Lynn count' yad recommended that he be sen d nced to one year inl the peniten ttary. He took part in the raid a Bg irmingham last April when tw< rngroes wcre killed. e"nle Remus" Seriously I11. Joel Chandler Harris ("U~ncl RRmus'') is seriously ill in Atlant; PhPysicians at his bedside hold ou. ver-ym+ litl hp for his recovery. I SAVED BY PARDON. THE SENTENCE OF HARRY OR CHARD COMMUTED. Condemed to Hang Next Friday Re markable Self-Confessed Murderer Has Sentence Comimuted to Life. A dispatch from Boise, Idaho, says the slate board of pardons has com muted the sentence of Harry Or chard. who was under sentence to hang Friday for the murder of for mer Governor Frank Steunenbeg, to imprisonment for life. Orchard was arrested two days af ter the assassination of former Gov ernor Steunenberg at Caldv ll. Idaho, December 30, 19u6. and a few weeks later, while confined in the I Idaho penitentiary, confessed his w guilt to James McPartland, a well fir lenown detective, at the same time ce ascerting that he was employed to commit the crime by officers of the Ti Western Federation of Miners. fl As a result of his confession, el Ch-rles H. Moyer, president; Wil- do liam D. Haywood. secretary-treasur- I er. of the Western Federation of g Miners and Charles D Pettibone were arrested in Denver and brought to Idaho to answer to the charge of O aurder. of John Simpkins. another member at )f the Federation, was also indicted st< nd in still a fugitivp. Haywood de nd Pettibone were acquitted after to nemoralgle trials in which Orchard la .old a story of wholesale assassina- th ion which shocked the world. Following the trial of Pettibone. he case against Moyer was dismiss d. Orchard pleaded guilty to mur- an ter in the first degree. In pronounc- cle ng the sentence of death a week ater. Judge Wood recommended Ma hat the boaid of pardons commute th he sentence, saying that he was irmly convince that Orchard had th oid the whole and exact truth at dis he rials of Haywood and Pettibone, nd that he was therefore. for the tic ervice he had rendered the state, ntitled to clemency th The pardon board. consisting of the vernor Gooding. Secretary of State thq ansdon and Attorney General Gu- 50 en. in taking this action acted on thi he recommendation of Judge Wood. nade at the time of sentencing Or ard. Or'hard to the last was opposed o having the sentence interfered or rith. Only the day before he said ed o the attorney that he hoped efforts o save him from the gallows would air. by OUTBREAK IS SERIOUS. the too tssumes Proportions of a Revo- th4 ltion-Many Arrested. co tu According to a report received at p,. he City of Mexico Thursday the au- flo horities have captured and impris- Jul ed eighteen more of the revolu- m onits suspected of having taken do mart in the attack on Las Vacas last th veek. There is much suppressed fi 'eeling and what was at first thought ca: o be a mere display has grown to ha e a serious revolution against the al overnment. rel A dispatch from Austin. Texas, by ays that a party of Austin residents ot omposed of Jacob Hirschfield, Fred re Iackson. Elmer Rutherford, James fia arlisle, Miac Blocker and Edward a ahlich, returned to Austin after a fo iunting trip into Mexico. When TI :hey approached the border they TI 'ere advised to wear white hanker- so hiefs albout their hats to show their kt ieutrality, and had to produce their P~ >assports very often. an The situation is quite interesting by is well as serious,"~ said Mr. Ruther ord. 'The most interesting feature tic s the effort of the government to th suppress the revolutionists and put v~ sufheient ginger into the regular TI troops and the Rangers to do it. The ui next outbreak will likely be in the tb vicinity of Torreonl.'' er MYSTERIOUS KILLING. b Engineer Dies From Bullet Wound t Without Telling Circumstances. tc Bleeding to death from a mysteri- i o~s bullet wound in his left leg. B. M. Stultz, an engineer on the Sea- ri board Air Line, staggered into the s train order room of the road at e R~aleigh, N. C.. Wednesday night and a died without telling how or by . whom he had been shot. u Turner Smith. a 19-year-Old boy, It is under arrest for the killing. The tl estimony before the coronerS sjury , was that some mian had. about 11 o'clock WVednesday night. lpeeled v through the blinds at Smith's I i- o year-old sister. The girl awoke her brother, and about 1 o'clock the I man came again to the window and oung Smith shot thr'ee times throu h the glass. The man fled but re turned an hour later aind Smith shot again at him. A few moments after wards Stultz staggeredl into the train room and died. A pistol was found in his overalls inocket. He had prepared to take Ihis tr:n out. Stuitz is survived by a wife and1 eight .childiren who lived in Roanoke. Virginia. FELLi FROM MOVING TRAIN. Conin Driummfer Seriously Injured at Lake City. T. L. Bass. of Sanford, N. C.. was seriosly injured at Lake City in dismounting from the north-bound OrangeburgFlorida train. It seems that failing to get off while the train was at the station, he attempted to do so after it moved off, and losing his footing fell. His face and head are badly bruised and cut and physi cians say that he may be injured in e ternally. rne is a travelling salesman L. for the Burlinlgtonl Coffin Company. t Burlington, N. C. His family was immeditelv notified. LIVES LOST. even Are Killed in a Fire at Cleveland. MANY INJURED. he Fireworks on Display Explode, Causing Panic Among Clerks, Most of Whom Were Girls, and Shoppers-Cry of "Fire!" Was What Led to the Calamnity. At Cleveland, 0., Seven persons are killed, at least two others were tally injured and fully thirty more re se'erely hurt as the result of e in S. S. Kresge's five and ten nt stoie on Ontario street Friday. ie dead: Eemma Schumaker, 18, or walker; Marie Wagner, 17, rk; Anna Trefall. 24, clerk; Frie Trefall, 17. clerk: Elizabeth Reis, clerk; Mary Hughes' 27,shopper; rues L. Parker, four years. The fire followed an explosion of' (works Oil tlisr;a; in the store dnions differ as to the exact cause the explosion. A woman who was the fireworks counter said the t ek was ignited by sparks from a vice which was being demonstrated her by a clerk. Fire Chief Wal e and the store manager were of t e opinion that the pieces were t ited by a are ight. Immediately following the explo n an alarm of fire was sounded t i a panic seized the hundreds of I rks and shoppers. A mad rush s made for the doors and windows. r cny jumped from the second and t rd floor windows. he store, which is located near q busiest corner in the down-town a trict, was well filled with shoppers. stly women and chldren. Prac- t ally all of the clerks were young C Is. Although the explosi 'n of fireworkks caused consternation t real panic did not occur until d neone shouted "fire." For an instant a hush came over a crowd. Then the women scream- I some fainted and sudden fear i rcame them. razed by the possibility of injury a death, all on the main floor rush- t for the front and rear doors. c cly .hey er Mmme -n tha nt doorway. During the jam 1 se who had attempted to escape s the rear door were blocked in- p ir progress. The main door was t small for all who sought safety t re, and the rear windows were t sed with iron bars. Those who b ild not escape in this directon ned to the front door. While t ctically ever:one oni the main r )r was able to leave without in- C y through the front door, it was p inly because of the jam at that t r that the unfortunate ones lost 'ir lives. Two of the clerks, see no possibility of immediate es-t e at the front door, ran to thef ~ement. The basement windows o were barred with iron and their I: rn to the main floor was cut offC the approach of the flames. Thes er women, again forced to thet r of the store by the approaching ( nes, finally sought safety under ounter, where their bodies werea td two hours after the explosion. t e five women had been suffocated. t e sixth victim, the four-year-old i of Mrs. George Parker. was t ocked to the floor during the first t ic. There he lay, unconscious ( d trampled upon until suffocated< the smoke. While the panic upon the maini or was in progress the flames fromi e fireworks' counter rapidly ad r.ed to othcer parts of the store. e smoke and flames were whirled the stairway to the second and i:d floor. There another frenzied wd of clerks and shoppers, en ~voring to find a means of escape way of the stairs, were frustrated the suffocating smoke. The eleva r man made several trips during e first few minutes of the fire and ok many to the main floor. Hundreds of per'sons were near or front of the store at the time of e- explosion. Terrified shoppers ished out of the front door to the ewalk. Women and girls appear in the upper windows. shouting d pleading for help. Men upon e sidewalk cautioned them to wait atil the firemen arrived with their dders. Hysterical with the fright mat was upon them some did not ait, but hurled themselves to the dewalk. Pn this manner they 'ere severely injured. When one - two had thus faced death it stain ded the others and they, too. fol ~wed. MADE CENTR~AL OFFICE. elubia Will be Central Point For Postal Funds. Thew Columbia State says: In nc oidrCe with an order of the post fliee department. which lbecame ef etive Wednesday. July 1. Colum is ;mstoflice is now the depository or' all surplus funds in South Caro in postoffices. It also is the cen ishusinmg om~c' for the State. p 1otmaster' in the State. in dit.g the postmnaster' at Charles Sand other cities will hereafter Iepoit all surplus funds with Post' mster H-uggins of' Columbia. Postmaster Huggins is the central risui sing agent of the postoffice de lartent in this State and pays out each month about $60,00O0 to the ru 'al mal carriers of the State. Under the new order, which has just become effective, many thou sands of dollars of governmen1 funds will pass through _Columbit postoffice and banks in addition t< the l;''e sum heretofore handl2 ho-h thes channels. FUNERAL DIRECTORS. MEET AN HOLD SESSION IN OR ANGEBURG. The Tenth Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Funeral Directors Association Held. The 10th annual meeting of the South Carolina Funeral Directors' association convened in Orangeburg Tuesday morning. The meeting has been very instructive and in point of numbers the most successful meet ing ever held. Still an undertaker can never call his time his own, and several of the most prominent members of the asso ciation were absent. Charleston had but one representa tive present an dneither Sumter nor Darlington were represented. The sessions were held in the K. f P. hall and were presided over by the president, Mr. W. Hampton Dukes of Orangeburg. In calling the convention to order dr. 'Dukes requested Rev. L. P. Mc 3hee, pastor of St. Paul's church, to leliver the invocation. Col. W. G. Smith, one of the city athers, welcomed the association in )ehalf of the city and Mr. T. J. Mc arthy of Charleston responded hereto. Dr. A. S. Hydrick of Orangeburg hen addressed the association on natters of interest to the undertaker, 1 he phys::ian and undertaker some imes being drawn very close togeth r. Dr. Hydrick is a fluent speaekr. deep thinker and quite a wit, and 1 is address, aside from being very 4 structive, was very entertaining. I The legislative commttee was di ected to use their efforts to secure < he passage of an act appointing a i tate board of embalmers and to re uire all embalmers to stand an ex mination for license. During the afternoon and again in I he evening Prof. J. H. Clarke of incinnati, a leading authority of Lmerica on embalming, addressed he association and made practical emonstrations. The second day's session of the ssociation was called to order by 'resident W. Hampton Dukes. Dur- t eg the session several more new t nembers were received, welcomed t ad enrolled. The membership of t he association was materially in reased during the convention. t An interesting feature of the E corning session was a number of E hort talks, made by members of the 1 rofession from various sections of he State, on matters of vital interest t D those engaged in the business, par icularly to those who have recently e ecome members of the association. Letters of regret, on account of a heir absence, were read from Mess s. J. M. Connelly of Cha:rleston and f . M. Tolley of Anderson, and other t cminent members of the ass,:cia The electi. n of offcers 'o serve uiring the ensuing year wa~s held at< ie mao:ning sersion and reculfedas aS President, J3. M. VanMetre, Colum Ia; first vice president, T. J. Mc-t ~arthy, Charleston; second vice pre ident, W. C. Wise, Bowman; secre- 1 ary and treasurer, Jas. F. Mackey,t reenville. Charleston Columbia, Greenvillet Lnd Greenwood were proposed for e next meeting place, the City by e Sea i'eing selected. The afternon session was devoted lectures and practical demonstra ions in embalming by Prof. 3. H. Iark of Cincinnati. Prof. Clark is ~onceded by many to be the father fembalming schools in the United states, and the funeral directors of. oruth Carolina consider themselves :ortunate in securing his services for :his occasion. The attendance and interest in the vork of the association are incre'asing ith each year. About 40 members tvere present at this convention. Wednesday night at the handsome residence of Mr. WV. Hampton Dukes, delightful fish fry, for which this vicinity is famous, was tendered the visitors. A number of the local citi zens were also present. the occasion being enlivened with impromptu speeches by visitors and citizens, all f whom had a most enjioyable tine. The Convention is now over and Drangeburg is proud to have been host to such a representative body of men. BLOODY FIGHTING IN PARAGUAY Revolution Breaks Out in Asuncion and Hundreds are Slain. The latest advices received from private sources at Formosa. in . the northeastern part of Argentina, say that there has been sanguinary ighting in the streets of Asuncion. he Capital of Paraguay, where a revolution is said to have broken out recently, and that hundreds of persons hav'e been killed or wounded. Edward C. O'Brien, the United States minister to Paraguay and ruguay. and Harry B. Owsley, Jr.. secretary of legislation, both are in Asuncion. Communication by telegraph and telephonc with Ascuncion has been cut and consequenltly' there are con ficting rumors of a sensational character current here.* Shooting Affray. A difficulty occurred Wednesday on Col. WV. C. Hough's plantation, near Lancaster, between a white man, Mr. Dock Bailey. and a negrc Inamed Anderson McDonald. ar which the latter was shot in the fore head, the bullet coming out not fat from where it entered. Three bul lets also slightly grazed McDonald~ Ineck. The wound. which is not dan gerous, was dressed. Negro Fratricide Hanged. Albert Brown, a negro, convicte< ~of killing his brother, was hung ii he iln at Washington Monday. CONGRESS CALLED. ON TUBERCULOSIS TO MEET 1 WASRINGTON. South Carolinians to Take Part il Meeting-Delegates From A. Over the World Expected. Dr. C. F. McGahan of Aiken i president of the committee that i to arrange for South Carolina's par ticipation in the Internatonal Con gress on Tuberculosis to be held ii Washigton from Septembber 21 t< October 12. Dr. J. L. Dawson o: Charleston is the secretary of the ommittee and others on the list aro [r. Robert Wilson, Jr., of Charles ton, Dr. C. F. Williams of Columbia secretary of the State board of health and J. A. Hayne of Greenville. Gov Ansel is one of the vice presidents of the congress. There is the greatest interest taken in the meeting by al: >f the South Carolina physicians. The congress on tuberculosis, which is to be held in Washington, meets every three years, and this is the first time it has come to thih :ountry. The last meeting was held n Paris, France, in 1905, and three rears before that the gathering took ?lace in London. It is not likely that ;he congress will again convene in .he United States for a great many -ears, as the honor of entertaining t is eagerly sought by the coun ries abroad. Preparations for the gathering re engaging the attention of every enlightened nation. The white lague is no respector of persons or >f races. It is limited to any quar er of the globe, and the common ;round on which Europe, Asia, Afri a and North and South America are neeting is the belief that this disease nay be ought under as complete ontrol as smallpox, plague, yellow ever and other infectious diseases rave been by wide-awake peoples. ,ommittees of arrangements for the ongress have . been organized in very State in our own land. In very section plans are being per ected for representation in the con ress. A number of the foregn gov rnments have already announced to he state department at Washington he names of their official delega es; while others have acquainted he secretary general of the con ress with their plans for participa ion in the congress and in the great exhibition that will be held in con xhibition and the congress are to e hoised in the Natio.ial museum, doining the S' flsoian. The ex ibiton promises to be practically a rorld's fair on the subject of tuber ulosis. It will show what is being Lone around the globe in the fight gainst tuberculosis, from Alaska own to the Cape of Good Hope, rom the steps of northern Russia the diamond fields of South Africa. Every State in the Union is ex ~ected to be represented in some ray at the congress. The governors f 40 States have authorized the ecretaries of the State boards of Lealth, the heads of institutions, or ther officials, to arrange for par icipation in the gathering. In a umber of States, traveling exiihi-i ions :sat show the condition~ tn e respective States, and the meas ires that have bbeen taken to correct hem, have been on view in the home tates during the winter, and will e -lisplayed in the exhibition at the ongress in Washington. * PUT POISON IN COFFEE. ~Voan Charged With Trying to Kill Husband and Two Sons. Mrs. Alexander T. Clark, wife af well known farmer, residing near ingrains. Danville county Va., was held for the grand jury at a preli ininary hearing Thursday at Chat ham, on a charge of thrice attempt ng to poison her husband and he wo grown stepsons by placing Pari green in their coffee. It was only after the third attempt that thi cause of sudden illness of the three men was discovered. A physician who analyzed the coffee, found tha t contained poison. The only ren sort assigned for the deed is the un pleasant relations with her husband. 200 RUSSIAN MINERS PERISH. Gas Explosion in Rikovsky Min Reaps Harvest of Death. A dispatch from Yttsovo, Euro pan Russia, says a terrific explosio of gas occurred in the Rikovsk: mine Wednesday evening, in whic1 a very large number of miners wer at work. One hundred and fifty seven b)odies have been recoverec all of which are badly burned. bu it is believed that the death roll wi reach at least 200. Seventy-threec the men were rescued alive but mar of them are in a serious conditiot Ten of the rescued died soon afte being taken out of the shaft. The is great excitement there, and trooI have been called into service to pr vent disorders. LOST TEN THOUSAND. New York Millionaire Meets wvi Tough Luck in Asheville. Morris Cross. a New York millio ae who, with his wife. has bet passing a few days at Asheville. route to the Pacific to take a stear ship to the Orient, has reported the police that he had been robb of $''.000. Mr. and Mrs. Crc left .seW York several days at Cross carried his money in ar pocket hook, which had also a I ler of credit for 2,000 pounds a sterling. Pocket boo0k and lett of credit have disappeared. Girl the Cause of Fatal Stabbint A quarrel over a girl led Ba Watson to stab to death on Wedn day Charles Jones at Sylvia, N. C. HEAVY DEFICIT. V WAS A BAD YEAR FOR UNCLE SAM. Large Falling Off in Government Receipts-Spent Sixty Million Dol lars Over Income. The forthcoming statement of the treasury receipts and disbursements s for the fiscal year ending June 30, - 1908, will show a marked falling off - in the receipts as compared with the 1 year 1907, and a large increase in the expenditures. The excess of ex penditures over receipts for the year will approximate $60,000,000, which has been exceded only twice since the Civil war. In 1894 there was a C deficit of $59,803,000 and in 1899 1 there was another of a little over I four intervening years the receipts 3 fell consderably below the disburse- i ments. Again in 1904 and in 1905 i there were shortages of $41,770,000 C and $23,000,000, respectively. 1 The total receipts this year will 7 be shown to have about $599,000,000 : or $64,000,000 less than for the fis- ' cal year 1907. Customs receipts will r he shown to have fallen off about s $46,000,000 from those of 1907, b while the receipts from internal re- ii venue sources will be short nearly s' $19,000,000. Miscellaneous receipts will show a slight gain. b The disbursements for the year h will be shown to have aggregated C about $650,000,000, or $80,000000 v more than for 1907, and $54,000,000 n more than for any other fiscal year h since 1865, not excepting the Spanish h war period. Although these increas- a ed disbursements are very general b and are shown in nearly every ac- a count except that of interest on the IV public debt, some of the heaviest of tl them were for important permanent w improvements ei ThePanama canal during the clos ing year will have cost the govern- d ment $38,000,000, as against $27,- ii 000,000, for the year 1907, and the fi work this year in connection with A the reclamation of the public l?.nds s4 will be shown to have cost about T $13,000.000, which is not far from last year's figure-;. Thy ceficiency in the postal reve- di nues for the p!resent year will prob aly reach $13,500,000, as against h $ 7.500,000 for 1907, making a dif- d: ference of $6,000,000. This is the tl largest postal deficiency in the his- d: tory of the (government except in tl 1905,when it reached nearly $15,- h 000,000. The records show that li therc has been a postal deficiency ei every year since the establishmnt of o the service with the excepton of 12, a when shall surpluses were shown. The expense of the rural free mail delivery this year is not expected to h fall below $25,000,000. h The decrease n the amount of the el receipts of $64,000'0.00 and the in- ti creased expenditures of $80,000,000 make a difference against the treas- s ury for the fiscal year of $144,000, 000. .. a: SILVER SERVICE PRESENTED. si The North Carolina Receives Gift of p State Whose Name it Bears. h A dispatch from Morehead City, N. C., says at sea, two miles off the Curolina shore, the armored cruis-y e'r Nro th Carolina, commanded byn Capt. Marshall, was Friday formally presented -with an elaborate silver .,ervice by the citizens of the Sttae ~ whose name the w'ssel bears. The ceremony occurred at 3 o'clock Fri day afternoon. Lieutenant Gover nor Winston, who made the presen-k tation speech was introduced by State Representative Charles U. Har ris. of Raleigh, and Cap. Marshall made a brief address of acceptance. Later Lieutenant Governor Winston -and his guests, numbering several -hundred who braved the cholppy sesa -were entertained at luncheon by the officers of the warship. Friday night i the commisioned offcers of the d North Carolina were guests at a ban-a quet and reception at the Atlantic5 Hotel in Morehead City. In connection with the silver ser vice ceremony two handsome flags were presented to the ship by the D laughters of the Revolution. * THREE BOYS ARE INJURED). Cigarette Causes Powder to Explode of a Sudden. At New York Walter White, six- 1 - teen years old. Harry Gill. the same a age and Eugene Hine, fourteen. re E ceived their Fourth of July injuries a Thursday nght. The three boys e live at Port Richmond Staten Island. -Walter carried the bag of powder. - It dontained twenty-five pounds. t I-larry and Eugene trudged along I with him nonchalantly smoking Scigarettes. A spark from one of the y cigarettes dropped on the powder 1. ag and the three boys were hurled rjin various directions. Dr. Packer e bundled them off to St. Vincent's shospital. B~I Walrer is the most seriously in *jured of the three. He was burned in patches from head to foot and his injuries may cost him his life. The other two boys will be laid up for :h several weeks. The boy~s were taking the powder to store in a hiding place for use on 11- the Fourth. Pawn Brokers Hit. n- A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga..says: to By a vote of 131 to 2, the house ed Tuesday morning passed the bill of ss Adams. of Chathamn, making it a o. mnesdemeanlor for any one to charge ed more than five per cent per month t- for a loan. er Two Children Burned to Death. *Lightning struck the farmhouse occupied by Ernest Bander in Ar E- doch, Ont., Wednesday and the flam sil es consumed two infant children. es- The fire spread so rapidly that rescue KILLS TWO. Misdirected Jealous Rage Led Old Soldier Into Crime. SHOT WIFE AND SON. 'Come Witness the Justice I Have Done," He Shouted, Before Reallz. ing His Horrible Mistake-Attempt at Suicide in Crowd Proved Fu tile. Misdirected and insane jealousy aused Julius Turner, a Civil war eteran, and resident of Clay City, II., to kill his wife and fatally rounded his son as they were walk g home from a church social. hen Turner turned the unconsci us form of his son and discovered is mistake he attempted suicide. he bullet scored the top of his head ut did not inflict a serious wound. he old man is now in prison and afuses to eat, declaring he will Carve himself to death. Turner shot is wife twice in the back and once i the head. Two bullets entered his yn's abdomen. Mrs. Turner had arranged with er 15-year-old son, Glenn, to meet er after the church social in Clay ity that she might not have to alk home alone. He was a few Linutes late and instead of meeting is mother at the church door, met r in the shadows of a thick grove here Turner was in hiding. The ay is almost six feet in height and as mistaken for an admirer of :rs. Turner. In his jealous frenzy te old soldier ran up behind his ife and began firing. She was kill I instantly. More than 200 women and chil en had been attending the social the church, and they were all ing out and talking and laughing. fter the shots there were a few conds of tense silence, then came urner's voice: "Come over, all of you," he shout - I, "and see what justice I have mne!" The man still held the- pistol in [s hand when the women and chil ,en began to crowd around him. In te deep shadows of the grove It was icult to see, and Turner caught Le wrist of the boy and dragged im 20 feet to a spot where the ht from the churchwindow stream I out. Young Turner had fallen i his face, and as he pulled on one -m the old man said: "Now we'll see who he is." As the boy was pulled over on ts back Turner bent down. The sad was bent to one side and Turn -'s fingers caught in the hair and trned the 'face squarely to the light. "What! Oh, God, my boy, Glenn!" Lid Turner, and he straightened up - ith an anguished groan. Before iybody could interfere he had turn the pistol on himself and fell be de his son. In almost every detail the tragedy rallels that set down by Scott in Rokeby," in which the old soldier, :ortham, suspicious of his wife, kill i the woman and her prother. .ortham was jealous of his wife's uth and beauty, a>nd so was Tur Mrs. Turner was about 25 years unger than her husband and he as so jealous of her that they se arated repeatedly and then lived gether after a reconcilationl. Since eir last parting Turner has been eeping a close watch on all his ife's movements. UNDREDS OF CHNESE PERISH. loods in Southern Provinces Lay Waste the Land. Detailed reports from the floods i Southern China show that hun reds of people have been drowned d thousands of the mare -starv g in the destroyed villages. Chinese and foreigners have com ied to raise a large relief fund. arge sums and quantities of food Lre being consigned nightly from long Kong. The Government has ade a grant of 30,000 and the tandard Oil Company has subscribed 5,000. CORPSE FOU'ND. -ands and Feet Tied With Rope and Finger Marks on Throat. The body of a woman about 35 rears of age, with the hands and eet tied with a rope, was found in i room on the third floor of a room ng house in Chicago Wednesday. Finger marks on the throat indi ated that the woman had been choked to death. - Killed His Father-in-Law. A dispatch from Eastman, Ga., says early Monday morning C. G. Powell shot and killed W. C. Wo mack, his father-in-law, who lived on the Ogburnl place, near Leon, this c~unty. Eye witnesses say that Powell fired in self-defence. No arrest has been made. Telephone Lineman Burned. A lineman of the Southern Bell Telephone Company, S. C. Marby, came near losing his life at Green ville by being shocked on Thursday. He was severely burned, but will re cover. Not Absent From School in 12 Years The prize record for attendance at pubblic schools goes to Miss Alice Kern. of Henry. Ill., who did not miss a single day in 12 years and was tardy only once. Prize Fight Backers Arrested. a prize fight of 70 persons were ar rested at a New York club last week.