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VOL. XXIII MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1909 NO.22 TAFT'S TAFFY In big Atlanta Banquet He De clares That The SOUTH HAD WON HIM Makes Fair Promises in Regard to the Character of the Officials He May Appoint in the South, and He Will Bear Them in Mind After March. Atlanta, San. 16.-President-elect Taft attended a big banquet In At lanta Friday night, given in his hon or. Judge Taft had given care to the, preparation of his banque: speech, regarding it as his important utterance of the day, and in its de livery he followed his manuscript closely. Mr. Taft said with feeling that he was proud to have been the first -revolution candidate for the Presi dency who had carried his canvas south of Mason's and Dixon's line. "In the presence of Democrats ani Republicans here at a non-partisan banquet expressing the welcome o0 the whole community, it would neith er be courteous nor appropriate for me to go into a partisan discussion," Mr. Taft continued. "I can on'y refer to the fact with gratification and congratulation that today the expression of any political views in the South is possible without in volving social ostricism or any of the penalties with which it might have been visited in earlier times. Ten years have made a great difference in the situation which the controll ing people of the South occupy to wards the North and the govern ment." The President-elect then summar ized the causes which had worked and were affecting the change-the Spanish war; the attitude of Me Kinley, his lovable character and the principles he stood for in his cam paign; the succession of Roosevelt with his Georgia mother; and final ly the wonderful business devel'p ments of the South. "I am a Republican but I concede fully the great advantage to the country of having a Democratic pi ty sufficiently powerful at times to win the Presidential elections and always to put the Republican party. when in control, in fear of a pos sible or probable defeat. And so c. the South no one can deny the ad vantage that will arise in local and State governments when there is a substantial and intelligent minority. which may become a successful ma jority in punishment of the abuser that are likely to grow out cf tb'? long continued and undisputed con trol of one party. Added to that, the uncertainty which may attend thE result of national elections in a State is certain to give it additional im portance to the councils of the na tion. "I observe that among some prom inent members of congress there is a disposition to charge me with nu attempt to win the South over ts' Republicanism and a somewhat con temptuous expression of opinion that this is utterly impossible. To the.n I would say that I am not hopefu1 of winning the South over as the;' say, but that the South has s-:e ceeded in winning me. "If my coming has been partisan no such meeting as this tonight would have been possible, and so 1 may say of all the receptions and! expressions of good will and 'welcome~ that I have received from point to point throughout the Southern coun try. The very success of rry trip. the very reason why it gives me se: much satisfaction, is the pronouno-d non-partisan character of tlhe we' come which has been so kindly ex tended to me. "Now if this indirectly makes, not for a partisan advantage, but for o continuance of the movement in fi vor of independence of spee:n a!:d action and political tolerance its~ result is one that all citizens of what ever political 'party must rejoice to. have brought about. "The direct local effect of a na lonal administration upon the South is chiefly through their funicticom through the section, and thereforn the expression of the Administr~e tion toward the Southern peop-i takes its color in the char;:cter o' those officials, and there the adn-in istration may be properby held ii countable and its policies determz' ed by the qualificationsE fitness and. standing of the men appoitd ae represent it in the districts and States of the section. I realize therefore, that expressions o' sy pathy with the South and an earnest desire to bring it closer to the ce,:rn governmen~t in thought anil ac:ion and feeling will- have comparatively little weight unless this expression is accomplished by such appfoinlt ments in the South as shall prove this sympathy to be real and rubstan tial. '"All I can say with reference tc the future policy of the administra tion in the South on this subiec1 is that I expect to spare no effort to find out the facts in respec1 to the character of the proposed ap pointees, and so far as in ma. lief to select men whose character and reputation and standing in the comn munity commend them to their fel low citizens as rersons qualified an' abeto discharge their duties well and whose presence in imiportan *positions will remove, if any sue thing exists. the sense of alienism 12 the government "-hich th- y repre sent-" He said that the work of the nex administration is to be a work c creation and construction. ( COUNTY SYSTEM DISPENSARY PROVES A GOOI) MONEY MAKER. The Old State Dispensary Had More Dispensaries but Less Profits. Sales by Counties. The following tabulated statement of gross sales and net profits for the years 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906 is given by Dispensary Auditor West in his report, together with a similar statement of the business done under the county dispensary system for the years 1907 and 1908 for the pur pose of comparison. It will be noted, however, that the year 1907 em braces only about nine months, since the law did not go into effect until March 1, and many of the dispen saries were not open for business for two or three months following. The year 1908 Is complete from January 1 1 to December 31, inclusive. Aovember, 1903-Number of dis pensaries, 138; sales, $2.489,894.79; total net profit, $638,4S2.35. November, 1904-Number of dis pensaries, 146; sales, $3,012,402.- r 59; total net profit, $775,375.95. S November, 1905--Number of dis- g pensaries, 145; sales, $3,122,796.09; ( total net profit, $870,318.07. b November, 1906-Number of dis- t pensaries, 122; sales, $2,585,137.16; i total not profits, $575,975.94. t March to December 30, 1907- ii Number of dispensaries, 100; sales, d $2,691,663.43; total net profits, 2 $695,056.61. t January 1 to December 31, 1908 -Number of dispensaries, 92; sales, d $3,644,214.81; total net profits, P $934,600.90. I From this it will be seen that I the profits of 92 dispensaries were s much lagrer than the profits of 145 Y dispenaries under the old State dis- I pensary system. A large part of this c total net profit under the old system really never materialized on account y of the method of crediting the school t fund as an asset. C Sales and Profits. e Auditor West also gives a table a showing the sales and profits for ' the past year by counties. They are as follows: b County Sales. Net Profits. Abbeville .$153,377.07 $ 58,375.20 R Aiken . .. 315,623.31 72.167.46 Bamberg . 82,388.26 22,733.7S t Barnwell . 175,486.58 39,833.17 Beaufort . 128,535.31 31,463.57 Berkeley . 67,556.79 10,654.35 t Calhoun .. 19.563.06 4,627.37 0 Charleston 606,146.95 118,061.49 s Chester 83,741.06 1S.S27.71 Chesterf'ld 22,223.85 922.13 Clarendon . 41,698.36 7,467.36 u Colleton .. 78,024.53 15,146.06 Dorchester 67,884.84 14,952.12 Fairfield .. 70,229.85 11,935.05 ' Florence .. 148,192.30 52,612.07 d Georget'n .116,454.85 35,465.82 d Hampton .60,131.02 12,501.84t Kershaw ..114,001.22 40,116.21 ~ Laurens ..138,0 93.90 29,793.03 ~ Lee ........82,641.99 22.249.14 Lexington .71,692.06 15.706.24b Orangeb'g .220,218.63 78,530.22 Richland .. 506,076.58 131.749.66 Sumter .. . 185.565.34 56,929.20. Williamsb'g 87,437.29 22,724.34 Total .$1,644,214.21 $934,600.90 c The counties of Chester, Claren don and Laurens would have showni a greater profit if the gain made from October 1 to the time they were a voted out had been reported. Ches-e terfield cbunty showed the usual profit at the time It was closed, but , the stock had to be sold at a con-t siderable discount, which accounts for the very small profit shown tbove. The largest percentage of profit was 60 per cent in Abbeville county. I'he percentage In Richland was 38 per cent. * Dynamaite Exploded. Leadville, Colo., Jan. 13.-Mrs. Richard Lauterbach, wife of a pros -)ector, was killed, and Miss Esther Schuster, a guest of the former. at her home, near Mitchell, 15 mnil-es west of here, was badly injured wh-n2 i mysterious fire in the Lauterbacb 3abin set off several sticks of dyna mite today. The explosion blew Mrs. Lauterbach to atoms, wrecked he log cabin and severely hurt her roman companion. Prosecute Newspapers. Atlanta. Ga.. Jan. 13.-The Gec. l1a Anti-Saloon league today an tounced that it will prosecute news tapers of the State for printing1 --hiskey advertisements on th.e tround that these papers are hired igents and solicitors for whiskey houses, in violation of the State pro hibition law. vork of the administration~ must he he revision of the tariff.' he said. "In that work the South is quite is much icterested as the North, and would have an honest and genuine evision such as has been promised >y the party in power." He gave assurance to the Southern ,eople that '*no interest of the South, whether it share that interest a-ith the North, or whether it has a peculiar interest of its own. will 3e neglected in the conduci. of the Tovernment in so far as that conduct :hall be under the control of its -Chief Executive." In concluding, Mr. Taft said: "I beg of those of my hearers who - differ with me politically not to sup - ose that their cordiality and courte * us reception are misunderstood by -me. I know that they spring from San earnest and patriotic d-ejre to 1 ,ay proper respect to the great of I flce to which I have been elected, - nnd that they grow out of a sincere wish and proper assumption, that t having been elected to the Chief' t Magistracy. I shall become the Pres ident. not of a party, but of a whole WHAT HE SAYS. Bov. Ansel Gives His Views on State Matters IN ANNUAL MESSAGE Docum 'nt Not Characterized by Un usual Vigor But Many Improve ments Are Advocated-Reiterates Necessities in Legislation and Pub lic Affairs. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 13.-Gover ior Ansel's annual message, read in he two legislative branches today. s brief and while it is not character zed by viger touches on several sub ects of importance. We print be ow the most important facts of the locument: *To the Honorable, the Members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: "Another year has come, another ile-stone in the history of the tate has been reached, and you are :athered here in the capitol of South ;arolina to discharge the high and Lonorable duties laid upon you by he people. It becomes my duty, a the discharge of the mandate of he constitution, to give to you such aformation as I have as to the ,on ition of the State and to suggest nd recommend such legislation as o me may seem meet and proper. "Providence has been kind to us uring the past year. Peace and rosperity have reigned within our orders. We have been free from amine and pestilence and wide pread epidemics. The fields have ielded reasonable harvest and the eople generally are prosperous and ontented. "Great responsibilities rest upon our shoulders in the discharge of Lie duties of the high and honorable ffices that you hold. I ask your reful, earnest and wise consider tion of every measure that shall ome before you, and let only sucat ws be enacted as shall be for the est interest of the State. "With these few prelimin iry 'ords. I respectfully ask your care a consideration of the following iessage: State Finances. "I must once more call your at- t ntion to the important matter of C ur State's finances. At your last t ssion, you gave authority to the a overnor, the State treasurer and a le comptroller-general to borrow. ot exceeding five hundred thousand ollars to meet the obligations of ie State to become due during the t ear 1908-such as Confederate sol- e iers' pensions, interest on public t ebt, appropriations for the institu- e ons of learning and other apprn- 2 rations made by your honorable 2 odies.t "It became necessary for us toe orrow, during the year, the full mount so allowed and provided for, hich amount will be repaid out ofr e State taxes being collected. Thes iterest on said sum amounted to 13,098.26. This will have to be antinued year after year unless me plan is devised to catch up. bring this matter to your attention i order that you may give the same our earnest consideration and dopt some measure that will rem dy the matter. "In my last annual message, I commended the levying of a special ~x each year for several years to rovide a sum so that we would not I e required to borrow. I again call our most careful attention to this ery important subject with the hope bat some action will be taken by our honorable bodies to place the tate. in the near future, on a cash asis and thus strengthen our finan ial condition. Dispensary Building. "At your last session your hon- 1 rable bodies passed an act provid ng for the sale of the state dis ensary building and lot in the city f Columbia by the commissioners f the sinking fund, placing the up et price at seventy-five thousand ollars. The sinking fund com nission, in obedience to saiai act, .dvertised for ninety days the same or sale, in the Charleston News .nd Courier and the Columbia State, tating in the advertisement the up et price set out in said acts. No >ids were received for the same. "The property was turned over to he sinking fund commission by the :omssion appointed to wind up the state dispensary on the 11th day of arch, 1908, and the same has been fnd is now in the possession and mder the control of the sinking 'und commission. Application has >een made by several parties to ease it. but no power was given he sinking fund commission to make lease. They desire that authority e given them. either to sell or lease ;aid building on such terms and for such length of time as to your hoii rable bodies may seem best for the nterest of the State. This is val tiable property and should he bring ng in something in the way of rents until it is sold. Dispensary Law. "Since the last meeting of your honorable bodies, four counties of the State have voted out county dis pensary, to wit: Chesterfield. Chester. Cla rendon arnd Laurens, leaving twenty-one counties in which there are county dispensaries and4 twenty-One counties in which we have county prohibition. "The commission appointed to wind up the State dispensary wore proceeding with their work during the past year until they were en joined by the United States circuit court from paying out any of the funds in their hands. Receivers were appointed by the Tnited States court to take charge of the fund and an order was made providing that the same be administered in that court. From this decree an ap peal was taken to the United States circuit court of appeals, which court affirmed the order of the circuit, and the case was then taken to the United States supreme court, which court granted the writ of certiorari asked for. The whole cause is now before the United States supreme court and is to be argued on the 23rd day of February of this year. We fully expect that a decision will be made in favor of the State, and that the commission appointed will be ov-'d to wind up the affairs of the Statt 7ispensary in the near future and in accordance with the act under which they were appoiLed. A full and detailed report will then be made by said commission of all its ac:ings and doings as such commis s3on. 'For a history of the litigation in the United States 'court I respectfully refer you to the report of the at torney general. "I recommend that provision be made for the per diem of the mem bers of the commission for the year 1909. Department of Agriculture. "This department has spent much :ie during the year in the agricul :ural interests of the State. It has yeen instrumental in having the ag -icultural department of the United states establish several demonstra ion farms within the State, and nuch good has been accomplished that way for the farmers. Little, f any, attention has been given to :he matter of immigration, except :o furnish information about the tate and her resources to any who ould inquire for the same, and to courage homeseekers and home )uilders to come to our State. "It seems to me that this depart nent should devote its time and en rgy to the agricultural and commer ial interests of the State, and that t should be maintained and support d mainly for this purpose, at the ame time giving to all homeseekers .nd homebuilders suoh information Ls to our climate, resources, etc., s they may desire. The duties of he commissioner of labor could al o be placed on this department and hus save the expense of this office, hould it be established. In this onnection, I call your attention to he matter of the establishment of a epartment of labor. A bill looking o this end was introduced at the ast session of the general assembly .nd will likely be introduced again his session. I bespeak your earnest onsideration of- it and recommend hat some conservative measure be .dopted with such powers and duties s to you shall seem wise and pru ,eit. Criminal Assaults. "There are some amendments to he criminal statutes that I consid r of great importance and which I hink should be passed by your hon rs.ble bodies at this session. They re in the interest of the good order nd peace of the State. I called at etion to them In my inaugural ad ress In January. 1907, and, as they ave not been enacted into law since hat time. I wish to repeat the rec nmendations now and to say that ubsequent events In this State have onfirmed my opinion t.hat the rec mmendations were right and proper National Guard. "'The citizen soldiery is a very im ~o:tant arm of the State govern sent and sliould be sustained and nocuraged by all lovers of peace .n order. It has been my duty to all on some of them on more than en3 occasion during the past year, .n they have always responded with romptness and performed the du ies for which they were called with idelity. I call your especial atten ion to the needs of the National luard and recommend a liberal ap >ropriation for Its maintenance. Penitentiary. "This penal institution, under the 'ise administration of the super ntendent and directors, is one of the est and is self-sustaining. Much [amage was done to the State farms Lnd the crops thereon by the floods f August last. Fully one thousand eres of corn were overnlowed and vashed away, and this with the low rice of cotton, will show a decrease n the income. The health of the ovicts has been reasonably good nfd the death rate very small. "The seven white boys under the ge of sixteen years who were on the [exington county farm, called the -eformatory, were transferred in >ovember last to the Industrial school for White Boys at Florence, s provided In the act establishing the same, and they are now being well cared for and taught by ocm petent persons at this Industrial school Right principles and habits of work and labor are taught them, and t is hoped that when they leave the school they will make good citi zens. "There were on the first day of January. A. D. 1909, eight hundred and eleven prisoners in the peniten tiary, as follows: White males, 12; colored males. 598; white fe males, 3; colored females, 58. State Board of Health. "This board, through its officers and members, has done a good work tis past year. -The secretary has visited every part of the State when called on to examine into any cases of contagious or infecticus disease, and, by quick and intelligent action, has prevented the spread of these diseases. On one or more occa sions. the entire board has respond ed to the call of their chairman and1 did good work in examining the rauses of threatened epidemics an-i preventing their spread. TheiL work is a labor of love for their fellow men. and should be comn mended and sustained. "The preservation of our game and fish from unlawful destruction is a matter in which every good cit izn of the Stat feels an interest. The Audubon Society, chartered by the general assembly in 1907, has charge of this matter and is dili gent and persevering in carrying out the laws on the subject. The second annual report of this society will be laid on your desks, and I ask a care ful reading of its contents. Railroads. "On the first day of April last, the Southern Railway Company, the Ac ]antic Coast Line Railway Company and the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company put on sale a two and one half cent passenger rate on their several roads; a one-thousand-mile mileage book for one person at two cents 1er mile; a two-thous? d-mile mileage book or four persons be longing to one firm or corporation, at two cents per mile, and a five-hun dred1mile family mileage book good to be used in this State at two and one-quarter cents per mile. "The different roads promised to continue this rate for one year with a view of ascertaining if the roads couldi maintain this rate and earn a reasonable amount for the service rendered. It Is required that those using these mileage books shall.pro cure tickets from the agents of the companies when traveling from one point to another in this or any other State, and this rule, in many cases, works an inconvenience to the trav eling public. "The salaries of our State officers and supreme and circuit court Jud; es should be raised to at least what they were a few years since. It costs moris to live now than formerly and the officers should, b'; paid a salar ycommensurate with the wort they have to'do, and the dignity of the positions they hold. Compare the salaries of our officers with tuoso paid by other States of the South to its officers of like rank, and the dif ference will be manifest. "The increase will not affect me or the other officers now holding of fice under their present terms, but I feel that it Is due to those who come after us, and I, therefore, recom mend it. Conservation of Natural Resources. "It was my privilege. to attend a conference of the governors of the State. of the union at the While House in Washington last May upo i the important question of the con servation of our natural resources. Many valuable suggestions were made and much information dissemi nated. Since that conference, T have appointed a committee of .gen tlemen to get up information upon this subject, so far as it concerns our State, in order that I may, at a later date, make such recommen datio'as to you as to what should be done along these lines. These gentlemen are doing this work witho'ct fee or reward. "I recommend that a commission be appointed to enquire into the cost and 'easibility of erecting a, new mansion upon the lot on which the present mansion stands, and reiter ate what I said in my last message, which Is as follows: "Tihe present mansion was erected more than fifty years ago, and has served the purpose for which It was built. Since 1880, it has been used a-s a -home for the governor. While it Is comfortable, yet it is deteriorai ing and will soon require many re pairs. The lot on which this build ing stands is one of the best In the city of Columbia. A new mansiin built In the center of the lot, front ing on Rlchland street with side entrances from Gadsden and Lincoln streets, would be an ornament to the capital city of the State, and an Ideal home for your governor." MONEY IS STOLEN. By Thieves Who Gagged and As saulted Three People. Pittsburg, Jan. 18.-Binding, gag ging and assaulting Solomon Lough ner, eighty years old, and his two sisters, both of whom are between seventy and eighty years of age sacked the house, secured about w six masked robbers a few nights ago ransacked the house, secured about $1,500 in cash, ate their supper and then disappeared. The Loughners live on an iso lated farm midway between Jean nette and Harrison City. Lough'ner and his sisters were seated at a table eating supper when the men suddenly broke Into the house. They screamed and were given hard blows in the face. Then they were bound and gagged. The robbers with drawn revolvers threatened to kill, also to burn the house and cremate them. When Loughner opened the safe the rob hers took the contents, $1,500, and fled.* Takes Long Ride. Washington, Jan. 13.--Presidernt Roosevelt rode ninety miles on horseback today, and when he di:s mounted tonight at the White House door, more than 'seventeen hours after having departed therefrom, he did not show any marked signs of weariness. He said he wanted to show that army and navy officers could obey his orders without hure to themselves. Republican Prosperity. Roanoke, Va., Jan. 13.-After be ing in continuous operation for 28 years, the twin iron furnace of the~ Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Conm pany, located here, went out of blast today and will remain ishut down indefinitely. The reason fo suspension is said to be general de pression in the iron market and an overstock of product. Jap. Fle :oming. San Diego, Cal., Jan. 13.-Accord ing to T. I. Ishda, who is a repre sentative of Mitsui & Co., one of the biggest steamship corporations in Japan. and who is now in this city on a business trip, a Japanese squad ron will visit California ports the latter part of April or early in Maty. HITS THEM HARD Senator Tillman Says Both Bona parte and Meyer Are TEDDY'S BOOTLICKS. Bitterly Accuses Them of Being in t a Conspiracy With the President r to Ruin Reputation-He Charges y the Attorney-General and Postmas ter General With Lying. t Washington, Jan. 14.-With the t avowed intention of "placing both At- s torney General Bonaparte and Post- d master General Meyer in the Ananias It Club," Senator Tillman today ad- i dressed the senate. He alternated r between acrid denunciation of these t two members of the president's cab- t inet and ridicule, which he hurled at them. Mr. Tillman said it was not pleas- t] ant for him to intrude his personal- m ity upon the attention of the sea ate. t "I have enough notoriety already, e declared Mr. Tillman, "and I am not d anxious to advertise myself, but the a senate knows the provocation I am under, and I trust will bear with g me." Speaking of the differences of re- t collection between himself and At- a torney General Bonaparte, he declar ed: b "I am ready to have my word put N against his in any court in Christen- t dom and to let my record in the n past for thruthfullness. honesty and integrity stand against his." n : He asserted that he was not only dealing with President Roosevelt, "but with all the cabinet officers who h are in league, because according to t1 the newspapers they are discussing le me at cabinet- meetings and are de termined to accomplish my ruin if of possible." g "When I deal with as unscrup- w ulous men as I do now, I am pre- h pared for anything, even the assas- h sin's knife. My mail is being held be up. I am satisfied of that. I will a not say my room has been broken p< into because there are keys that can open everything in this capital. m They may not. have stolen hy pa- B pers, but they are gone." o Mr. Tillman then narrated a con- to ersation he had over the telephone hE yesterday with Attorney General Bo- d< naparte, in which he asked whether a sit&.had beenf-brought-against the - outhern Oregon Company, the hold er of the military road grant. "He did net know," said Mr. Tillman. "Thera had been some correspon dence and a discussion back and forth as to the method that should be pursued by the special counsel,' h he said. "I pressed him for an im-0 mediate answer, yes or no. He said rsponse to the order of congress to c bring suit. Mr. Tillman referred to the mo-u he would make inquiry of the clerkt tC harged with that business and let me know. In the course ,of a few I minutes he returned to the 'phone a and said he would write me a let-W ter." After having the letter of the At- h torney General read, he declared that up to this time, and after nine d: months nothing had been done :nt tive of the Attorney General. SVe all know how slow the processes of 2 the law are, especially against millionaires. We all know the pro cess of being 'ready to do it,' of 0 being 'anxious to do It.,'" He referred to Postmaster Genera l Meyer and his statement that the president had been in possession of ~ the facts in this case only since De- U cember 18Sth and characterized thatt as "falsehood Number 1." Mr. Tillman announced he had received another circular sent out by Dorr, in which the following statement was made: C "Some day I shall have justice and T reparation, and when that day comes, 0 now not far distant, there will ae a noise that will be heard around s the wo ld." That statement by ~ Dorr, (r. Tillman insisted, was coai d clusive proof that Dorr had recei'- 9 ed assurance from the president t: that he would "drag Tillman dowd ~ as a'liar and scoundrel.., 1 He wanted to knovw what degree r of falsehood was to lte charged to the two cabinet officers "or headi clerks or bootlicks or whatever the president ha~s around him." M-. Tillman laid stress upon the fact s that he had not attempted to obtain I any government land, but only to purchase land that had been given ~ a corporation with the stipulation e that that corporation should sell it b to the public at $2.50 per acre. He insisted that he was entitle~d Y to a full investigation or these C charges and to a report, as he did ~ not wish to rest under the impu tations that had been cast upon binm. If no report should be made he said he impression would go abroad that r the senate had whitewashed him awl s that he was guilty of some wrong- 1 doing which he did not wish to rest I under. Stabbed Seventeen Times. Atlanta. Jan. 13.-While borb were riding on the same mule, Wi! lam Nix. who sat in front was cut to death by his brother-in-law. Brigh'i Gilstrap. two miles south of Cleve'-I and. Ga., on Sunday night. Gils trap stabbed Nix seventeen tinmes. Both had been drinking. Killed by Fall. Memphis, Tenn.. Jan. 1 3.-Cbas. J. Locke. 75 years old. for man;' years employed on newspapers iu this city fell on an icy pavement her'e i today and struck his head, dying TILLMAN CHARGES HAT POSTAL AUTHORITIES OPENS HIS LETTERS. 'illman the Only Senator Whose Typewriter Was Held Up by the Postal Authorities. Washington, Jan 14.-In addition a what has already been published elative to the matter of the Oregon ind frauds, Senator Tillman said esterday: "Bonaparte confesses it was he 'ho took the initiative in this mat er, but his attempt to reply satis rctorily, as to why prosecution of ae suit in question was not had till remains vague. I cannot un erstand why the attorney general's iemory served him so well in recall ig what I said to him personally, nd so poorly when It cones to the aal meaning of the senate resolu on that was placed before him in ie shape of an official document, re uiring official action." Senator Tillman is indignant at ie manner in which he claims his all has been handled at the Wash igton postoffice. He received a legram today from New York sign I by C. W. Williams. Figures in cate that it was sent at 10 o'clock st night and received here at 12:23 clock this morning. The tele ram reads as follows: "Watch for special delivery let r, very imporatnt inquiry, requires swer." At noon today the letter had not yen delivered. The senator an >unced that he will call the atten on of the senate today to the man sr in which he charges that his ail is held up at the postoffice, and >serts that it is being tampered ith. He says that several letters which franked recently have been re irnd to him opened from the dead tter office. Information received at the post Bce department today shows that mnator Tillman is the only senator ho has had a franked typewriter eld up for postage. There are, )wever, at least five typewriters longing to representatives which 'e now held at the postoffice for >stage. Some of them have been held for onths, according to Postmastei arnes, of the Washington post lice. The names of the represen ,tives whose machines are thur ald will not be made public by the partment. FIGHTING LABOR UNIONS. s a Consequence Thousands of Men Go on a Strike. New York, Jan. 16.-Seventy-five it factories, employing from 20, )0 to 25,000 persons, will be af cted by the decision of the Asso ated Hat Manufacturers, promul tted yesterday to discontinue- the se of the union label in all the fac ries represented In the association The issuance of the order was fol wed by strikes in the -hat factorie: Orange, N. J.. where 4,000 mer ent out, and in Brooklyn, whers )0 men employed by Samuel Mund aim & Co., went on 'strike. Following the receipt of the orde ucontinuing the 'use of the lab'el te National Board of the Uni'tei atters of America, having abou: i,000 members, yesterday ordered I those employees In the factories vned or controlled by the members the associated hat manufacturere Igo on strike. President M of the U~niteC atters, said ' ' the action of th< anufacturers in discontinuing the se of the ~i'io label meant a fight end the existence of the union. e said that the union was ready. * Commits Suicide. Warrenville, Jan. 14.-Charles arwell was found dead in his homi uesday night by his wife and twc ther women. A bottle labele: larbolic acid" was found by his~ de upon the bred upon which he wa. -ing. He was seen in a normal co)n ition a few hours previous ,to be ig found dead. He was an opera ve in the Warrenville mill, but was at at work Tuesday. His wife had een working in the mill and was aturning from the mill last night 'hen she made the find. The Wages of Sin. Washington, Jan. 13.-Becausc he had returned to her husband om whom she had separated, Mrs ,izzie Harbin, aged 41, and mothet f seven children, was shot and kill d at her home In this city today y Frederick Krammer, painter, 2:, ears old, employed in the nan' ard, who then turned the weapor pon himself and inflicted wounde hich proved fatal. Cost Him His Life. Chicago. Jan. 13.-Paul Zaabel iember of the house at Springfield rho while ill, was carried into th' ouse to vote for Speaker Shurn aiff, died early today at his honi a this city. He was one of the -pi esentatives from the Second sena orial district. Only Two Escaped. Ziegler, Ill., Jan. 14.-Of 28 work ren in the mine owned by Josept ,eiter, ?6 were killed by the explo ion recently. according to officia' aformation given at the mining of ice. The last of the bodies was re overed. Prisoners Burned. Litle Rock, Ark., Jan. 13.-In an ttempt to escape from jail toda >isoners at Tillar set fire to the tructure, George Lacey and Lassik umlis were Incinerated. TWENTY KILLED And Thirty Injured Out in Colo rado in Fearful RAILWAY SMASH-UP West Bound Passenger Train on the Denver and Rio Grande Collides With an East Bound Fefght. Victims Includes Many Women and Children. Glenwood Springs, Colo., Jan. 16. -Twenty persons were killed and thirty Injured, many of them se riously, In a headon collission be tween west-bound passenger train No. 5 and an east-bound freight train on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad, between Dotsero and Spruce Creek, twenty-two miles from Glenwood Springs, at 9:36 o'clock. last night. While nothing official has been given out- at to the cause of the wreck, it is stated to have been due to a misunderstanding of orders on the part of the engineer, Gustaf Olson, of 'the passenger train. 01 son, however, claims that he under stood his instructions perfectly, but that he misread -his watch, thus encroaching on the time of the freight train, which was being drawn by two locomotives, 'the first of which was in charge of his brother. Sig Olson. When news of the catastrophe reached Glenwood Springs eyery available physician and nurse 'in- the city was pressed ipate service and a relief train was scon on the scene. Trhe work of rescue was immediately begun. As the bodies were taken from the -uins they were laid side by side on a bier of snow amid the agonizing shrieks of husband, wife and -parent as they searched among the dead for their loved ones, many of whom were mangled'beyond all recogni 'ion. A pathetic feature of the acci lent was the killing of a father, eaving two small children, the elder )eing four years old, the younger wo. The elder boy told a nurse 't the sanitariui that his father *alled him bennie, and this is all 'ie will say. From a fellow passen ;er it was learned that the family was en route to Grand Junction to visit relatives. It is supposed that Mr..and Mrs Kettle, whose names appear among .he dead, were the parents of these wo -little ones, who are badly in lured. - Another sad case was the destru-e ion of an entire family with the ex 3eption of an infant of tfiree months. ('his'-helpless child was t aken care 'f by a family .at Shoshone, who In 'end to adopt the sole survivor of a mece happy family. Another heart-breaking scene was 'nacted it' the wreck zone, when Cind hands gently lifted a four-year -dd girl from the -death clasp of her 'nother's arms. -Nearby lay the body -f her father, decapitated, and on very side were lifeless bodies, rio ims of the disaster. Atrain load of thirty wounded nd bleeding men and women ar -wved in Glenwood Springs at 7 >'clock this morning. The wounded vere taken to the county hospital ind to the sanitarium, and when the 'ots and wards there had been filled, -oom was made in hotels for the naimied. A woman dIed from her injuries a the relief train, while on her way o Glenwood' Springs. It Is .3xpeet ad that at least a dozen others who ~ vere brought here will didL Train No. 5 was made up of an mngine and tender, a baggage car, a :moking car and a full complement af standard sleepers and a dining 'ar. The locomotives are up on end nd joined together as one piece of nechanicism. Their -wheels were -olled down into the Grand River nd pieces of machiniery are scate ered all over the scene of the wreck. P'he smoking car was only partly lerailed, while the chari car Im aiediately following was comletely .a elescoped by the tourist sleeper. None of the standard sleepers left he track and no one was killed or njured in these cars, most of the 'ead and injured being removed rom the ruins of the chair car which ;as split completely in twain. Another Row Brewing. Washington, Jan. 13.-Another >hase of the controversy between ongress and the president develop d today when it became known at he capitol that the senate commit ee on public buildings soon will tart an investigation into the de iolition of the old Pennsylvania do -ot which was torn down by order t the president, apparently In the hsence of legislative auothority. - Shoots Himself. Wilmington, N. C., Jan. 13.-li. C. Short, a wealthy and prominent itizen of Lake Waccamaw, N. C., ear this city, committed suicide t his home today by shooting him elf through the head with a pistol. Ie was a member of the board of irectors of the Atla.ntic Coast Line nd of the Murchison -National bank. 11 health is given as the cause for tis suicide. Quakes on This Side. Bellingham, Wash., Jan. 13. Ceports from the San Juan Islands -tate that Tuesday's earthquake ~hock was severe there. Buildings vere damaged to a considerable ex ent, but no casualties were repwer.