The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, February 03, 1909, Image 1

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VOL. XXIII MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAY 310O2 BRYAN'S VIEWS About the Charges of Roosevelt Against Senator Tillman. THE GNAT AND CAMEL The Great Commoner Says the Sena tor Has Not Sinned At All, and That Roosevelt Tried to Ruin Him Because He Has Dared to Criti cise Some of His Acts. Washington, Jan. 25.-The repu tation of'William J. Bryan for hon est fidelity to convictions prevents anyone, even of his bitterest politi cal foes, from believing for a mo ment that he would defend a dis honest public man or an aet which is Inimical- to the publie welfare. The following comment In the Com moner, Mr. Bryan's paper, concern ing the recent collission * between Senator Tillman and the president are of more than ordinary interest. The Commoner says: The president's attack on Senator Tillman forcibly recalls the graphic language employed by the Nazarene, recorded in Matthew 23:24: "Ye blind guides which strain at a gnat and swallow a camel," this little verse Is wedged In between two ver ses, both of which begin, "Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypocri tes." Of what Is Senator Tillman guilty? The' president charges that Mr. Tillman denied that, he had "undertaken" to purchase any land connected with the tract which he was endeavoring to have restored to the public. The correspondence shows that Mr. Tillman had expressed a desire to have some land reserved for him self and members of his family. Mr. Tillman declares and there is noth Ing to dispute It, that while he had contemplated the purchase of land, he Lad not completed the transaction and that he finally. decided not to do so., It might have been better if, instead of using the word "under taken," he had gone' into detail and told the -senators what correspon dence he had had. But In view of the fact that the purchase of the land, and even if it had "been made, would not have been a violation of the law, and con sidering the further fact that noth ing Mr. Tilman. -could have said would .have affected the subject un der discussion, it is not fair to con demn him. He declared in his Ftate ment before the senate that he' had told the attorney gezieral that he had considered the purchase of some of the. land. 'Iie attorney general does not remember the conversation exactly as Senator Tillman does, but even the attorney general's state ment, as It stands, is sufficient to corroborate the -testimony of Senator Tillman. We may reach the time .when public sentiment will condemn par ticipation by any legislator In the de elding of any matter in which he has the slightest pecuniary Interest, but that Is not the law- today, neither Is It public opinion. A large number of the senators and members of con gress are Interested in -'national banks as stockholders, .directors or officials and yet no question is raised about their speaking and voting up on measures affecting the national bank. Senator Platt; of New York, is Interested in express companies, and yet he takes' an' active part' In the consideration and decision of ques tions affecting postal rate which come into competition with express iates. Many of the senators and members are interested In rail way companies, and yet they take an ac tive part in the consideration of rate legislation and railroad regulation. Many of the senators and members are Interested in maniifacturinlg en terprises, and yet they speak and vote upon the tariff laws which di rectly affect their business. Senators and members are inter ested in corporations known as trusts, and yet they take part it the consideration of measures affecting the trusts. Judges often hold stock In railroads which have cases before them. Why this singling out of Senator Tillman for anathema? If no one could cast a stone unless he himesit was free from sin, Senator Tillutan would have few ace;sers, In either body. Senator Tillman was endeavoring to recover for the public a large tract of territory wmch a railroad company was, in his opinion, unlaw fully holding. It would have been better, as it now appears, If he had never thought of purchasing, for the resident's criticism will go fcrther than Senator 'rmlm~an's defense can reach, and the senator will be con demned by many who will forever remain ignorant of facts. But is the senator's usefulness ended because of this? He immediately called at. tention' of the misuse of his name In this connection and protested againsi the attempt of speculators to use hiu to practice a fraud upon the public Measured by the rules that art aplied to other senators and mem ers of congress, he has not simnet at anl; measured by the most exact ing rules, his offense can not be con sidered a grave one. Why shoul< the public forget his long career o honesty and fair dealing? A ma charged with -a crime is entitled t the benefit of his record, not only t mitigate his punishment, but to e'. plain any transaction that Is capa ble of two constructions. Senate Tilmnan has been in public life fc many years and his name has stoo as a synonym for integrity. No matter how men may have di 'feri fm him in oion, they has SPEAKS OF TRAGEDY AND SAYS SLANDERS REGARD ING HIM SHOULD CEASE. In His Inaugural Address Governor Patterson, of Tennessee, Alludes to Carmack's Murder. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 27.-Mal- T colm R. Patterson was today inaugu rated for his second term as gover nor. The oath of office was admin istered by Judge W. F. Beard, chief justice of the supreme court of Ten nessee. In his inauguaral address Gover nor Patterson referred, in part, as 8: follows to the killing of Senator to Carmack: fo "Your State is passing through the vc shadows; her people are divided; we in have fallen Into the habit' of dis- a trust, suspicion and accusation. ti "I am conscious that throughout bs the State men have repeated sland- w: ers, that some newspapers have cir- 0: culated cruel and false charges, and ce even gone so far as to connect me with a tragedy which I deplore more than do those who have sought to re make out of it a political asset and th to use it as a motive and incentive w for unwise, undomestic and destruc tive legislation. "So far as the Injustice of all this its relates to me as an individual, or to the pain it ruthlessly and merciless- is y infliczs, it is of no concern to the tb public, but as governor, the people at of Tennessee have a right to have tb the office respected and my service da in an official capacity not impaired WC by false and repeated accusations. or "If, in any way, directly or re motely, I have sought to enocmpass the death of a fellow man, I am de- .5t] serving of every stigma that gentle- bil men may place upon me, of every ndignity and punishment which law Bt and society can inflict, for I am the J governor of the State, clothed with Hi the power to pardon, and the charge M4 therefore involves the barest and Ps blackest turpitude. Sa "If charges are not preferred, or St f they are and fail, I believe I am le3 entitled to ask for the peace and onor of the State and in the name Ay f decency that this reckless defa- Bc mation shall cease.- rig Cc BICMER THAN KLONDYKE Dc W. HM ~baly Is the New Found Aaskan so Gold Field. h3 Le Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 28.-Alaska er is excited over the discovery in the ME renana valley of an immense ledge N' Df gold bearing quartz. It has been ocsted for 20 miles. It cuts- the Se ,ead quarters of the most impor- C tant gold producing creeks in the Tanana district, which produced U more than $IO,000.000 last year Inder difficulties. Bankers and oth-W er business men believe th'at the dis-W overy exceeds the richest of the londike, Nome and other claims. Nearly every man in the Tanana th district has taken to seeking quartz. th Xi~iJLE BY ALCOHOL. ro Four Soldiers Drank Liquid and Two pe it Are Dead. lis Wilmington, Del., Jan. 25.-Two soldiers are dead at Fort Dupont, PD near Delaware City, and two others b will probably die from drinking a pint of* denatured alcohol. The names of the dead soldiers are Al- yc bert E. Graham and Martin Barry. hc 'he post-omrtum in each case clear- Si ly determined the cause of death. fe I- was believed until tonight that fo Freeman and Albright, who also took pe some of the alcohol, would recover, fo but they have become delirious, as Barry secured the poison, which the gi men drank, from Post Machinist :s Peacock on the. pretext that he wish- ec ed to use it to thin shellac.g Criminal Assaluter Convicted. er Greenville, S. C., Jan. 16.-Ar- W thur Johnson, colored, was convict- ~ ed in the court of general sessions e today of attempting a criminal as-c ault upon Miss McClure, a teacher in the Greer graded school last fall, a ohnson went in the music room S where the teacher was alone and put his hand on her shoulder before i she knew he was near. oneded to him honesty of pur- Ii pose and fearless in his attacks upon wrongdoing. Is it possible that a t man with such a career can be se -c riously damaged by such an indict- C ment as the president brings against If Senator Tillman was a univer ity president or an expert in the ~ use of language there might be S more reason to question his good faith when he used the word "under taken" but those who have in the ast found fault with him because he lacked college polish ought not( o judge him too technically in the selection of words. But what shall we say of the president? Is he entirely disinter ested in picking out Mr. Tillman for t enunciation? It is a matter of omon knowledge that Mr. Tillman s the only senator from whom the president has withdrawn an invita ion to the White House and it is also known that Mr. Tillman has sed emphatic. language in criticis i certain acts of the president. One must give these facts weight n consiering why the president has a ttempted to destroy Mr. Tillman s tanding among his associates. These, day have made the president forget ttiat Senator Tillman championed the r ate bill when Republican leaders LIEN LAW DEAD the Senate Votes Like th House, Which AVOURS ITS REPEAl hat Body Passes a Bill to Repea the Law by a Very Large Majori ty--Fight Now Goes to the Senate The Vote of That Body Decidei It Fate. Columbia, Jan. 30.-By a vote ol to 35 the house yesterday passed third reading Mr. Richard's bil) r the repeal of the lien law. The te was taken after some time spent debate and after two roll calls on motion to order the previous ques n, thus shutting off further de te. It was a foregone eonclusion at the result would be but the ponents went down bravely to a rtain defeat. The passage of the bill to third ading was not a surprise, al >ugh the large majority was some at unexpected even by the sup rters of the bill. After receiving third reading the bill will be sent the senate. In the senate there a bill by Senator Kelley along same lines, and it is in the sen that the fight is expected, al ough Mr. Richards said yester y that he believed that the bill uld pass by a majority of three four. The Vote. n the motion of Mr. Rucker to ike out the enacting words of the 1 the vote was as follows: Ayes-Brown, F. M. Bryan, Lnch, Bush, Carey, Clary, Gasque, P. Gibson, Glasscock, Griffin, Lmer, . R. Harrison, Jackson, Lee, Col, Mauldin, Mobley, Mosley, *terson, W. L. Riley, Rucker, 0. L. aders, Singleton, K. P. Smith, nley, Tobias, Vaughan, Way, Wat 0. D. Wilson, Wright-35. ays-Amick, Ashley, Ashley, er, Berg, Rodie, Bowers, Bowman, .yd, Brice, Bryan, Cantrell, Car an, Carter, Carwile, Celey, Clark, ker, Daniel, Diclk, Lingle, Dixon, *ar, Duval, Foster, Fraser, Fultz, J. Gibson, Graham, Green, Greer, 11, 1Iarmon, Harris, W. C. Harri Hines, Horder, Hollis, Hubes, drick, Kibler, ' Lane, Lawson, ague, Leland, Lengnick, McFach 1, McKeown, McMahan, Mann, Lrs, Nesbitt, Nicholson, Niver, nnery. Pauling, Richards, Ridgell, M. Riley, Robertson, Roessler, D. Sanders, Sawyer, Scarborough, bels, Shuler, Shuler, Simkins, A. Smith, M. L. Smith, Spears, ibbs, J. D. Sullivan, Suydam, Todd, sey, Vander, Horst, -Wade, Wells, Iggins, Williamsen, W. B. Wilson, n, Wynch, Speaker, Whaley The Discussion. Discussion on the len law opened a morning session of the house, i bill being special order for 10:1l0 lock. Mr. Simkins, urged the re al, stating that he believed the law bbed the farmer of financial inde adence and because he believed was time for the farmer to estab a personal credit. Mr. W. D. Bryan also urged re l. He did not expect immediate nefit, hut- the coming gene.ration uld be independent. The repeal . demanded by the farmers. Mr. Foster stated that several ars ago, when a member of the use, he had voted against repeal. ce this he had investigated and und the farmers overwhelminlgly r the repeal. The law had beer ssed not for the merchant. but r the farmer and when the farmer ked for the repeal it should be anted. When bankers or lawyers ked for reforms they were grant ; the same con .ideration should b4 en the farmers. He had knowr ses where-the merchants and bank s had entered into a conspirac; hereby the farmer could not ge oney at the bank, but would bi mmpelled to give a lien to the mer iant for advances. Mr. McColl said he spoke neithel a farmer nor merchant. Th( atement had been made that thi rmers demanded the repeal of th< w. There was an assertion mad< at the repeal of the law woul< etter labor conditions. It would stead, cause the poor farmers t< ck to the cotton mills, becaus ae would be unable to get arn -dit. He personally knew of case fthat kind. He appealed to th embers to reflect before takin. gg an unwise step. Mr. Wright said if the lien la e.s repealed it would work hard ip on the small farmer. I hought the poor farmer should ha~ ome credit. Mr. K. P. Smith said the repe; ff the law would wipe ouit $10,000 00 of securities. There was r nove on foot to wipe out the lan< od's lien, but there were some wi vould be glad to rob the farmer tcredit system. Mr. Hazer called for the previo tuestio. Mr K. P. Smith called for tl tes and nays on this. By a vote 83 to 53 the house ordered the pi VDus question. Mr. Brown moved the clinch on the previous question and on tI Mr. Rucker demanded the ayes a nays. The house by a vote of to 47 applied the clinch. The question then came up on t motion to sti-ike out the enacti words. By a vote of 85 to 35 t house refused to strike out the ena in-orsand the bill went to thi HIGHWY ROBBERY AND 'MURDER COMMITTED BY RUSSIANS NEAR LONDON. The Daring Robbers Injured Twenty of Their Pursuers and One of Them Killed Himself. London, Jan. 26.-Three persons were killed and twenty-one injured at Walthamstown, a suburb of Lon don, as the result of a sensational attempt made Saturday by two Rus sians at highway robbery. The men were run down and surrounded by a posse, and one of them finally com mitted suicide. The other attempt ed suicide but did not succeed al though he is now lying in a critical condition at Tottenham hospital. Two of their victims, a policeman and a boy of ten, lie dead, while five of the injured are in a hospital seriously wounded. London is breathless at the sen sational introduction into its pre cincts of Russian revolutionary meth ods. One of the revolvers used by the men was found to be the same type as that used by Russia revolu tionists, having a large butt with rest, a long, narrow muzzle, and fir ing bullets of the soft nosed, ex panding mauser pattern. The bandits held up an automo bile containing the employes' wagon at the entrance to the Rubber Works, at Walthamstown, and made off with the money. They were followed by a few employes and a gradually increasing crowd of police and civil ions, few of whom were armed. The police jumped aboard a trol ley car, and the bandits finding them selves closely pursued, jumped aboard another car and forced th driver, with a revolver at his head, to send his car along at full speed. One of the men ran to the rear of the car and repeatedly emptied his, revolver at the pursuers. Re-inforce ments of armed police on foot, bi cycles and on horse back, joined in the chase and fussilades were ex changed for a distance of a mile. The car went thundering down the track with the mounted bicycle po lice straining every elftrt to kee> uu ,. iA the pacemakers. Nearing the Tatenham marshes the bandits made the motorman slow down and jumped off, seized a milk cert and made for the country district. An automobile was pressed into service by the police and it was rapidly over hauling the assassins when they took to the marshes. The pursuit through this treach ous ground was a difficult one, but eventually the police succeeded in the overtaking one of the men who finding his position hopeless, turned his weapon upon himself inflicting a dangerous though not a fatal wound. The other man, failting to reach. Eping forest, took refuge In a cot tage, which the police, now re-In forced by buckshoters who were in the vicinity, first fusiladied and then stormed. They found the assassin dead on the floor, he having sent; a bullet into' his own head. BODY FOUND IN SED. Girl of Sixteen Slain by Strangler on Lonely Road. Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 29.-A murder which, in its revolting details re calls the famous Dona Gilman case of more than two years ago, was uncovered here a few days ago, when the body of sixteen-year-old : Mary Forscher wais found in a wagon shed in the outskirts of this city. The girl had been strangled, as were Dona Gilman, in November, 1906, and Bertha Markowitz, in Au gust, 1907. The autopsy showed that the reason fer. the killing was the same in all three cases. The body was found by Robert Geppert, the girl's step-father, who had been searching for her. The girl had been terribly beaten, and her face and neck were badly lacer ated. By following a plainly marked trail it was found that she had been attacked while walking along the rocd and that her body had been dragged over a stone wall into a leld. across the fild, across another Sroad, and then placed in the shed. Charles Snider, who lives in the G Ceppert house, has been arrested on isuspion, and a man named Samuel Morris is held as a witness. Mary Forsehner worked in King's Stobacco warehouse. She was a pret Sty girl and popular. Saturday night Sher step-father gave her $9 and etold her to deposit it with a down gtown loan association. Children Cremated. New York, Jan. 27.-Four child eren were cremated and their parents seriously injured in -a fire which ddestroyed the home of A. M. Kendall, at Bryan Hill, Dunbar, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Kendall leaped from a second story window and were dangerously hurt. It isVobeieved the fire started from a small gas stove. Deadly Hot Supper. sEdgefeld, Jan. 25.-On Saturday night at a negro hot supper, near ohston- one negro. named Mc K- intey, was killed and others are reported to have been wounded. No rr details are obtainable. Two negroes i were landed in jail here this after dd noo, charged with the killing or as a ccessories to the crime. ieTillmanl and Burrows. g Washington, Jan. 27.-Senators he illraan and Burrows were designat :t ed today by the Senate as members rd ofth val Academy Board of Vis ROBBER UNKNOWN MAN KILLED AT LAURENS N( POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED. Mystery Partially Cleared by 3 R. A. Jones of Union Who Thin He Knows the Man. Laurens, Jan. 29.-While nothi: positive has yet been learned regar ing the identity of the yeggm: killed yesterday by Officer Walk( a message from Union goes' sot distance towards blearing up t: mystery. This information, whii came over the long distance tel phone about 1 o'clock, and was gi en by Mr. L. M. Rice, is to the effe that Mr. A. A. Jones of Union thin] he knows the man. Mr. Jones says that nine yea ago h'e knew a man named L. Parker, who fits the description the dead yeggman. The man wor] ed as a clerk In a large store Chattanooga and left his position "hobo." It is probable that th identification is correct, as the nan on the newspaper found in the dee man's pocket resembled "L. J. Pa ker," though the name was Ind int. Inspector Gregory of the UnitE States postoffice department arrivE here this morning and has-begun a investigation into the identity of ti mysterious stranger. He says he bi lieves he has the man "spotted, but gives no further informatioi Another photograph of the man w, taken after the body was dresse for burial and this will be sent I the authorities in Atlanta for idei ification. The body -will be kel here a week if necessary to revei the man's identity. Naturally there are many stori afloat about people who have see this stranger before. It is evider that the two men have been in tb city and vicinity for some dayi here is one rumor that seems ver probable indeed; That two strani ers came here Monday afternoon an masqueraded as postoffice detectives they called at the postoffice here, bt it seems that they did not secur antrange, except :to hold a sh:oi -onference with one of the rurz mail carriers, who .Is at this hou Dn his route and can not be seer hence the purport of the talk wit the strangers can not be ascertainec However, it is learned from som who have seen the carrier in que on that he himself could not mak ut the purpose of this visit to hin and that the conversation was C such a nature as to make no imprei .in on him. The surmise Is, c .ourse, that the men went into tb >tiice, not expecting to find the cai der in, to give themselves an amp1 ,pportunity -to "get the lay of th land." The other man, the accomplic and companion of the dead 'man, described as a tall, light-haired mar quick and witty. A young man wh ives some six miles south of the cit came in last night and stated tha he saw such a stranger going dow' the road towards Mountville at alaot sundown. It is ;judged that the et caped yeggmanl Is making his Wa southward, possibly toward Colun bia. The authorities all over thi State have been notified and It ikely that he will be captifred. MURDERED WHOLE FAMILY. an Accused by His Wife of Tel rible Crime. Huntsville, -Ala.-, san. 29.-Bc Cemments was arrested at Woot land mills In Morgan county th afternoon, charged with the murdE of Tom Edmondson and his famil; Edmondson, his wife, mother an two c(ildlsren -were mur~ered an the bodies burned by setting fire I the house and barn. Clemment wife broke down and gave all ti particulars of the tragedy. he said Edmondson came hon and found Clemments and Mrs. El mondson at the barn and that quarrlel ensued during which tl zian and wife were bt il Clemments then went to the hou! and killed the mother and two chi den according to Mrs. Clemmen and on the following night her turned to the place and burned ti buildings Into which the bodies ha been arried. SNOW ROLLED DOWN. Aalanche Buries Whole Town B neath Mountain of Ice. Grand Junction, Colo., Jan. 23. Four men were killed and more the a score had narrow escape fro death when an avalanche of snc swept over the Camp Bird mine Curay late yesterday. The four mi were talking in the. Cook house, whi almost without Arning thousan of tons of snow, rocks and di swept down the mountainside. T: shanty was directly mn the path the avalanche and the men we hrled Into the canon and cover with snow. It will be mid-sumaf before the bodies can be recoverE Caught in the steep mountain tra by the blizzard, which raged all d are eight six-horse teams and t Camp Bird bullion stage. carryl $6,000 in gold and many passenge It is feared they have been in t path of the slide and much anxIE is felt for their safety. Attacked and Robbed. Columbia. Jan. 27.-Andy 3 Connell, while on his way to wc early Monday morning was held and robbed by two negroes. 'I robbers got $83. SAFE IN PORT T Steams, Into New York Almosi in Sinking Condition. BALTIC COMES FIRST Ig Brihging the Rescued Passengers. d- Passengers of Wrecked Republic tn Graphically Describes Tragedy. r, le The Frenzied Cheers of Thous ie ands, Gathered at Water Front. New York, Jan. 25.-Less than e- seventy-two hours after the crash be C tween the 9cean liners Republic and Is Florida, off the Nantucket Shoals, which eventually sent one to the bottom and reduced the other to a state of staggering helplessness, the survivors of this thrilling deep sea E tragedy have found a haven at last. At nightfall 1,650 passengers from o the two vessels were safe in this iS port, brought here by the Baltic, while nearing it were the rescued d officers and crew of the Republic safe on board the derelict destroyer Ls Seneca, to which they were trans ferred from the revenue cutter Gres d ham, after staying up to the last mo d ment by their sinking vessel. At her dock in Brooklyn was the battered Florida, about which her crew had remained throughout her trying experiences. 1 Only *the ill-fated, Republic was , waiting to complete the list. She d lies beneath 28 fathoms of water, fifteen miles south of Nantucket South Shoals light ship. Frenzied cheers from the tho-us ands at the pier when she docked greeted the arrival of the Baltic, tears of thankfulness were shed, af fect'..tnate greetings were exchanged and only here and there did a note e of sadness appear upon the scene. - Following the Baltic up the har bor was the liner Florida, battered almost to the sinking point herself by the force of the blow she dealt the Republic, and bearing the bodies of her own three dead and the in e jured members of her crew. The Republic's passengers told 1 graphic details of the crash, of the r excitement on board, of the bravery of the officers, the good behavior of the crew and the efficient work of rescue. From some, who had been on board the Florida, and were brought into port by the Baltic it was learned that something went wrong with the frlorida's steering wheel when the collission was imminent. One story had it that a quartermaster had the wheel when the commander yelled for it to be jammed to starboard. He put it to port inst'ead, and the liners crashed into each other. Another version of the story is e that the man dropped his wheel in sa panic when danger impended. Both versions agree in saying that ,the commander felled the quarter ~mgster with an iron spike following t what he must have considered the Sseaman's recreancy. An injured tquartermaster from the Florida was .brought to port on the Baltic today. He stoutly asserted that he was -not .at the wheel' when the accident oc e curred. s Capt. Sealby, of the Republic, true * to the best tradition' of the sea, kept his ship beneath him as long as there was enough of her afloat to afford him a foothold. And prac .tically all accounts agree that, aside from the starting of an incident pan ic among the steerage passengers on the Florida, both ships' forces and b passengers kept their heads well in 1the midst of most trying conditions. 3 When the Florida, in from her r fateful .experience, 1passed up the harbor today she looked every bit the p--rc of the ocean battering i'am she had played. Flying the signal. "Not under control," she was guiled 0 up the bay by two tugs. Her bows swere crumpled up from the impact e with the Republic,. the plates anz beams being buckled and twisted for e 2. distance of fully thirty feet. S Caught on the jagged Iron braces a and angle irons was a canvas coy e ering to keep out as much water as Lpossible from her forward compart e ments, with her forepeak full of wa ter, her burdened bow dipped low s while the stern showed high above Sthe surface. When the Florida e reached her dock it was learned that dit was three, and not four, of her crew who had been killed when the steamers collided. They were sleping in their fore castle quarters and met instaxnt . death, two of them being badly mangldd and so tangled in the wreckage that it was not until after _the steamer gof'"her berth tonight that their bodies could be extricated. .The men killed were Paquale Laval D1 lo, Caterogo Martuscelli and Salv'a w tore D'Abico. Three others were so 3. verely injured. Capt. Rospini stated that he had mheard the Republic's whistle at in m tervals for some time on the morning is of the disaster, shut they seemed rt quite far away. Suddenly the big ie liner loomed up out of the fog and of the vessels came together with a re crash. Tlhe Florida veered off and ad the Republic was swallowed up again er in the mist. A cautious search for d- her was begun and it was two hours, ls~ the captai-n said. before the Florida 7Y again located her partner in mis be fortune and began the the work of 1g rescue which resulted so fortunately. tie Voted It Down. Austin, Texas, Jan. 26.--In the * Senate this afternoon Judiciary Com mittee No. 2 killed by a vote of6 to 1 the Senate bill providing fot [c- the establishmnent of statutory pro rk hibition in Texas. This effectually up iterminates that feature of the pro he hbibition fight in the Texas Legisla MEN ARE CARELESS WORKMEN ALONE ARE BLAMED FOR NMINE DISASTERS. Eternal Vigilance and Obedience to Rules Will Prevent Their Frequent Occurrence. More lives were snuffed out under ground in mine disasters In 1908 than in any other year in the his tory of the United States, that, too, despite the fact that State and Fed eral authorities have been Increas ing their activity and seeking ways and means to prevent the frequency of recurring disasters. -The year 1909, still less than a month old, '.ids fair to surpass 1908. Already a terrible toll has been exacted in the Leiter mines in Illinois, and even the model mine at Bluefield, W. Va., exploded a short time ago, and 65 men were killed. Through no faitt of the Pocahontas Consolidated Col liery Company," says the Coroner's jury. The great mass of the American people, startled for the moment by the loss of life, sheds a few tears, contributes a few dollars for the sup port of widows and orphans and leave it to a few man of s-.ience to concern themselves with the ques tions, ''Why do these accidents oc cur?" and "How can they be pre vented?" There is no answer - to the first question. "They cannot be prevented," is the answer to the second. The Lick Branch mine was a model, said to be one of the safest in America. It was double-shafted, double-timbered and well supplied with air shafts and vents. Yet a single overcharged shot of gunpow der wrecked this mine and -killed 65 men. When Davy invented the miners' safety lamp it was thought that all danger of mine explosions was over. This lamp has a metallic screen, which does not permit tlie exit of the flame. But the screens burn out after long usage .and miners be come careless. They will smoke in the mines. It is- against the rulets, yet on the dead bodies of nine out of ten victims of a mine disaster will be found the old pipe, the half filled sack of tobacco and the few matches. Sometimes, too, the care less miner will "tamp" his shot or blast with paper instead of clay. The result is that the force of the exploded powder is upward, not downward, a flame shoots up, and if there be any gas around an ex plosion is inevitable. Such an, ex plosion above ground would not be attended with serious consequence. But in.the narrow -cramped confines of a mine, hundreds of feet under ground, the result Is appalling. The -ases released by the explosion, mov ing along the lines of the least're sistance, tearing, twisting and dis rupting, reach the air vents and main shafts and wreck them. Thiq imprisons those miners not killed~ by the explosion and cut off their air supply. Then comes the afterdamp. and the whitedamp and suffocate the burned and injured before help can ae sent into the mine. "There -Is no preventive, even In the safest mines," say experts. "Only eternal caution will avail, auf men who eat, sleep and livc in dan ger, soon feel a contempt for It tha' sventually begets carelessness. Thus other lives are sacrificed." RAISE THE MAINE. That 'Is the Recommendation of thc Retiring Governor.. Washington, an. 27.-The presi dent today transmitted to congress 2 message urging the raising of the battleship Maine- in the, harbor of H'avana. The message is as follows: "Governor Magoon, on the eve of leaving Cuba, having spread th< hope that the.wreck of the battleshir Maine may be removed from the har bor of Havana, I trust that congres: will see the wisdom of this sugges tion and provide for the remova. of the Maine. We should not al low the wreck of the historic shlI to remain as a possible danger tc the navigation in Havana harbor for 'this Is wise from no standpoint An appropriation should be mad< for this removal." MONEY TO.-HUNT GRAFT. Rockefeller, Carnegie and Schif Contribute to the Fund. New York, Jan. 27.-It has ja iecome known that John D. Rocke feller, Andrew Carnegie, Joaseph Rl Schiff and several other well knowr financiers and philanthropists TC backing the bureau of municipal re search, which was organized to in vestigate the ctiy's finances and al leged graft. To carry on the v.orls these men with Mrs. Russell Sage and others have subscribed a fund of $100,000. Mr. Carnegie and Mr Rockefeller are said to have donater $20,000 each. KIND THAT KILLS. The Smatlpox Playing Havoc i2 Guatamala City. New Orleans, Jan. 28.-TwelvE :housand cases of smallpox are re ported to be under treatment iT Guatamala City and its environs The scourge has been in existanc' in Guatamala for a number o: months, and has rapi'dly spread dur ing the past few weeks, despite the severest precautions taken by the au thorities. There have been man: - deaths among the voorer classes The government is taking activi meases to suppress the epidemic AWFUL TRAGEDY.. Policeman and Yeggman Shoot Each Other to Death AT DEPOT IN LAURENS Patrolman McDuffile Stone Is Shot While Attempting to A-rest Stranger Who is Shot by the Patrolman and Mortally Wounded. The Stranger Is a Safe Cracker. Laurens, Jan. 28.-A shocking tragedy occurred here last night-as the result of -a deadly. encounter be tween Patrolmen kcDuffie Stone-and'. W. Frank Walker and an unknown burglar, whose outfit of tools. indi cates that he was safe-cracker. To night the unknown 'yeggman lies dead at the city station house with ' four pistol wounds in. his body, while Stone, after undergoing _n aopera tion, died late this afternoon The- story of the tragedy -as'learn ed from Mr. Walker- and Mr. Stone -is that in the course of their nightly rounds the two policemen met the through freight from Spartanbir which arrived here- at 2:15 o'clock as Is their custam. Upon ieaching the *depot Stone walked down-v one side of the train of cars and-Walker down =e other. Seeing a stran with a -little meal sack in his and -Stone accosted him- and inquired what he was doing. "Where are you 'going?" said Stone. "I am going back to the caboose agaili replied the unknowni -. "Well, where is your .lantern, said Stone; "train hands don'tall. around here in the dark. 'Ther upon- Stone advanched- within eAh of the man and .laid his handnpon his shoulder to arrest him, such bl ing his instructions relativeto loaf -ers at the depot. As soon ax. Stones's hand touched the stranger, the 1st ter whipped'out his pistol a 45-cali bre magazine, ;from inside his vest and- began firing-emptying the chamber, five of th shots-takiig ef fect'in the body of Stone,-one.in th bowels, three in the. fleshy part o the leg and one in the lower So close was the range thit Stone - did not have an opportunityrt ra r w- - and clinched his azitagonist, nd-to gether they fell to the -ground. They were so lying when Polie marWalker crawled from-te otheb side - of the trin, the- str=-ger strug gling to- free;.himself. '1k was al most free from the - weakening hold of\Stone andwas reloadingNis tol when Walker came upon him "Don't shoot,' cried: the4stnger tam already shot to piece wich, of course, was a bluff to ain time for Stone had not irawn hispisto. "I will surrender," Aaid- he "Give me your pistol, then," said Walker. Pretending -to .hand .th'e pistol to the policeman, the stranger fired at Walker, who quickly- dzrew and -shot the main four .of the-ffi e shots , taking, effect. Policeman Walker then- hurried to the station house, summoned the . -hysicians and . notified 'Chief Bag :rell. - The stranger lived about ~ :hree-quarters .of 0an -hours after be 'ng carried to the police 'station, but 'ie could not be made to. talk in' spite of the numerous efforts to as- ' certain .his identity. On hi? person were found- various letters, which, however, afforded io clue whatever, and $110.60- in mon ey. In the sack, which he held-in his hand, was a complete yeggman's - -outfit, with nitroglycerine, dynamite, keys, wrenches, etc.. In addition to these, there were parts of the Augus to Chronicle and Columbia State of January 26. - However, in the afternoon Asso cisted Press dispatches of January. 27, there- is an account from Atlanta - of a safe blowing case on Monday night at Bolton, Ga., in which the reggman got away; and It is a pos sible theory that the man was ex amining the papers of Tuesday -for news of It. This theory is, howev er, controverted by a shoemaker at Watts Mill, who identified the dead -. man as one whom he saw at his place of business on Tuesday;, and a barber of this city, who seems to think that he is the same man whom !e shaved early this week. Dr. W. 0. Irby, Sr., "and his son, Mr. Vance Irby, state that the man very niuch riesembled one whom they met comn ing into town a few days ago. Dr. Guerry, of Columbia, together with Drs. Bunch and Shaw, and two nurses, Misses Tronholm and Mob -- ley, arrived in the city at 3 o'cloclk and an operation was performed on Policeman Stone at about 4:30 this afternoon, never having recov ered from the severe chock. Death was caused by shock and interna' hemorrhages. The body of the dead yeggman has been embalmed and will be kept here for identification. One of the train hands sitates that there were two men down at the station, and that one escaped in the melee; Mr. Walker says, however, that he saw only the one. Mr. C. H. Roper, cashier of the Enterprise Bank. states that he is satisfied - tha.t the man is the same who came in his bank yesterday and inquired about a bill of lading-this as a: pre text to take in the surroundings, preparatory to a safe-blowing, whics was doubtless pianned for last night Soilei- Found Murdered. New York, Jan. 27.--With his skull fractured and a bruise over the. right temple, the body of ,Thomas IKirnan, a private of Company E, -vas found in the lower bay in a pool of - backwater. It Is supposed, he a murdered and robbed.