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A REAL HOME Senatar Tillman Visited by Co lumbia Record Man AT HIS PLANTATION The Senator Says the Bolters Were Party Traitors and Should Be Read Out of Democracy-He Talks Interestingly of the Crum Case and Other Matters Political. Trenton, March 27,-Special to the Columbia Record: One gets a pretty fair idea of old-fashioned un affected Southern hospitality at Sen ator Tillman's home near Trenton. It is very delightful because of its simplicity. The guest during his stay is made to feel that he is one of the family, and so he is not weari ed by conventionalities nor oppres sed by too many polite attentions. He is left free to follow his own Inclinations. If he wants to, he is at liberty to walk about the beautiful plantation or stroll out into the front yard. where flowers and shrubbery are beginning to burgeon beneath the warmth of the spring sun, or go to the nearby village, or sit and read In the senator's well-filled library, where he will always find some choice book to his liking. When at home from Washington, especially at this season of the year, Senator Tillman is a very busy man, and one's only chance of interview ing him is to spend a night under his hospitable roof. This is what the writer did at his suggestion. Both he and Mrs. Tilman made the visit a very pleasant one. The night was quite cool, and be fore a cheerful log fire, that made the shadows dance on the walls of the roomy library, we sat till rather late in the night and conversed about various things, the lady of the house. busy with her needle, occasionally taking part, for she and the guest listened more than they talked, as the senator had the floor most of the time. Many subjects were intro duced and discussed: The verdict In the Cooper trial, the fight in the senate against Crum's nomination, Mr. Taft as president and his friendly attitude toward the South, the recal citrant Democrats of the lower house of congress, Mr. Tillman's trip abroad last summer, the servant question and the growing untrust worthiness of the negro as a laborer. When asked what he thought of the verdict of the jury In the Cooper case, Senator Tillman said it was more than he expected, as he felt almost convinced that it would end in a mistrial. It seemed to him from the evidence that the killing of Sena tor Carmack was a deliberately planned assassination, and that Sharp, although escapmn:g througb lack of evidence, had knowledge of the conspiracy against Carmack's life. He spoke in high terms of Sena tor Carmack, regarding him as one of the South's ablest and most brill iant leaders, and above all a fighter. "Fighters," said Senator Tillman, "are needed by the Democratic party at Washington," which was an inti mation that he regretted Mr. Car mack's enforced retirement from the senate. As to the fight against Crum, Sen ator Tillman said he went into it at first with misgivings, regarding is as a "forlorn hope." He got no encouragement from any of the Democratic senators, except Senator McLaurin, of Mississippi, who prom ised to stand by him and did help in every way possible. On the con trary, his fellow Democrats gave cold comfort to the undertaking, say ing that it was useless to make tb" fight, but he persisted, and when a* last the -tide kof sen.'timent began to turn they all rushed forward bravely to his assistance. Senator Tillman seemed to think President Taft will come nearer be ing president of the whole country than any occupant of the White House since the war. He regards him as a man of large and liberal views, one who will carry out his pol icy in the matter of appointments in the South; but the senator expressed no opinion as to what effect it woul have in splitting the white vote of the South. That question was not asked. Respecting the Democratic mem bers of the house who failed to line up with their fcllow members by joining the insurgentRepublicans to down Cannonism, when they had the opportunity given, Senator Tillman expressed himself in strong ternms. He said they were traitors to their party's platform and ought to be read out of the party. Senator Tillman gave a racy d: scrption of his trip abroad and of the countries and places of interest he visited, with shrewd comments on the manners and customs of their people. In this part of the conver sation Mrs. Tillman joined, setting him right when she thought he was wrong about some date or occurrence, which gave rise to pleasant badinage between the two that was very en joyable. He stated that in some things the Europeans are ahead of us; in others far behind. In Spain and Italy, for instance, he said the farmers have few or no improved agricultural machinery. They plow with the crudest sort of plows and reap their grain with old-fashioned scythes. He made another state ment, which to most of us will be of Information, namely, that in no part of Surpoe he visited did he see any red soil or clay such as is found in many parts of this country. Before retiring for the night, Sen ator Tillman gave an exhibition of some exercises with dumb bells, which he has found of great benefit to his health which, by the way, is excellent by bringing into play mus cles rarely used. He recommends such a regime of exercise, claiming that it is beneficial to one even after he has passed the age of sixty. He has toughened his muscles consider ably, and in time, no doubt, he will be able to compete with the stren uous Mr. Roosevelt in a horseback ride. South Carolina's senior senator and some of his neighbors have gone into the culture of asparagus. His private secretary, Mr. Knight, is very nt+samelC abou rairin it for the HEROE'S MEDAL 3ND ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AWARDED TO Section Mfaster Goldman of Water loo for Savings Life of a Negro Laborer. Columbia, March 30.-The Record says several persons, of both sexes, have been awarded Carnegie hero medals in this State. James B. Gold man of Cambridge, Greenwood Coun ty, a new entry on the list, has just received a medal and has been award ed in addition $1,000 in cash. He has been rewarded for saving the life of a negro. Goldman is a railroad employe and was in charge of a force of hands at work on the C. & W. C. road near Waterloo in 3907, when he perform ed the act which is remembered. A freight train came suddenly around a curve while Mr. Goldman and his crew were going down th track on a hand car. As soon as the train was seen, the brakes were suddenly applied and the abrupt stop threw Warren Finley, a negro. to the ground, fastening him between the track and the car. All the hands fled, but Mr. Gold man stood by his post and succeeded in pulling the negro loose. The on coming train struck Finley and broke several bones and injured Mr. Gold man, but if it had not been for his hard and perilous work the negro would have been instantly killed. The Carnegie committee was re cently i.terested . the case through Mr. W. H. Nicholson of the Green wood bar, and the result is the med al and the money and a man had bec. sent to Greenwood to investi gate te case. Mr. Goldman says ht is much more proud of the medal than he is of the money, though he is "awful glad to get the simoleons." On one side of the medal is a pic ture of Andrew Carnegie and on the other this Inscription: "James B. Goldman, who saved Warren Finley from being run over by a train, Wa terloo, S. C., June 29, 1907." Where Napoleon's star set Goldman's has begun to rise. FOUND BODY IN COTTON SEED. Men Working in Seed House Make Grusone Find. Clinton, March 30.-About S o'clock this morning two negroes, hauling cotton seed from a store house on the plantation of Mr. Henry Young, about a mile from town, to the oil mill, discovered the body of i man burled deep in the cotton seed. It was so decomposed that the crowd. which speedily collected, was unable to decide whether the man had been white or black. All day curious crowds thronged out to the place and inspected and speculated. The man wore a gold ring and had in his pockets $21, two knives and a pistol. Ee had a gun also. There were no papers. and the only. means of identific.i tion were the ring he wore and the 'un, which bore the initials "W. M. The coroner, Mr. Bob Hairston. m ',aniled a jury and held the inquert. Dr. Lawrence Bailey examined the body, and found no evidence of muir ler. It is probable that he was in toxicated and hid away in the secd barn to sleep, and was smothered by ;he seed piling in on him. The cor oner's verdict was "probable suffo cation." There was no clue to his identity it the inquest, but later a woman amed Mrs. Martin and her son came 'rom Goldville, and from the clothes tnd belongings identified the body as '.rs. Martin's son, who has been miss ing from his home for several weeks. He had quarrellied violently with 'ti rother and left home on account of t, which accounts for the fact that .mo alarm was raised at his continued ibsence. The body was turned over to the mother and brother. ONE PLACE FOR FIFTY YEARS. Faithful Domestic to Have Celebra tionl in Her' Honor. Sou-th River, N. J., March 30. vary Grogan. a servant in the home f Mrs. Abial Price ht:re. will be the nest of honor at a celebration which will be held at the Price homestead aext Saturday afternoon. The occa ion of the demonstration will be he fiftieth anniversary of Mary Gor an's entrance into the home as a servant. She was employed by Mrs. Price in April, 18559. There are sev en children, thirtden grandchildren 'nd five great grand children in the Price family who will unite in making it a pleasant day for the faithful woman. Sully's New Scheme. Atlanta, Ga.. March 31.-Daniel L. Sully, once known as the "Cotton King," is in Atlanta, beginning a tour of the South. which he says is 'for the purpose of perfecting plans which contemplate a conservative revolutionizing of the maner in which cotton is handled and market Taft's First Day. Washington, April 1.-This was President Taft's first pay day as Chief Executive, the amount of the check, which a treasury mnesenger carried to the White House today, being $5.625.01. Northern market. There is a ten acre field of it on the Tillman farm. and the next morning everybody in the place was busy cutting and get ting it ready for shipment. No finer can be grown on the truck farms around Charleston. It brings about $12 a crate. The last thing this scribe saw be- 1 fore his departure to take the evening train was Senator Tillman busily en gaged in putting a new handle M a pitchfork. One can imagine the t question that naturally arose in the' I mind, but which was not put for i bvious reasons: Whether it was to r be used on the farm or in the senate, who can tell? But he had put hand- t es to other things besides, hoes and shovels and rakes. The last thing, - aowever, that was seen to be re-:1 SENT BACK Steam Ship Load ot Dead Chinaman Shiped ROM NEW YORK CITY ight Thousand Dead Celestials who Died in This Country Carried in t t Boxes Back to the Cerestial King dom to Be Laid to Rest Be side Their Ancestors. New York, March 31.-The larg st number of passengers that ever ailed from New York on one steam r left last week on board the Shimo a, bound for the Orient. They num )ered nearly 8.000 despite the fact hat the Shimosa is a comparatively nall steamship-not much bigger. n fact., than the average coastwise 'tramp." The 8,000 pasrengers, however, lid not object to the seemingly over :rowded condition. In fact, not a vord of complaint was heard from mny one of them. It should be Known, however, that every one of .he passengers was dead and that .act doubtless accounts for their si ent acceptance of conditions which would not be tolerated on a slave ship. They were all placed between decks several days before the steamer sailed and not until the Far East is reached will they be permitted to come on deck. It is not generally known, but every ten years the Chinese In all parts of the world gather up their dead for shipment to China and final re-interment in the soil of the Flow ery Kingdom. Unless a Chinaman is buried in his native soil his chanc es of getting into heaven are about as slight as a poor man's enances of getting into the Four Hundred. At least. he believes they are, and con sequently he makes extraordinary ef forts to die in his native land. The next best thing to dying at home is being buried there and so the bodies of nearly all Chinamen who die in foreign lands are taken to China for burial. During his lifetime every good Chinaman in foreign lands pays a small sum weekly or monthly to a society which guarantees him burial in his native soil. Of course, it would be too expensive to ship home each Chinaman as soon as he died, so the American branch of the so ciety waits until there are several thousand to return and then sends them back at a comparatively low cost. In the past ten years some 8.000 Chinamen have died and been.buried in America east of the Mississippi river. These bodies have been dug up and are now on board the Shimo sa, bound for their final .resting places in :the Flowjry Kingdom. Laundrymen and rich merchants lie side by side in perfect harmony, and scores who were deadly enemies dur ing their lives, members of rival 'tongs." are making the trip without the slightest fear of not arriving in the same condition in which they stared. Although the 8,000 passengers are stowed between decks, and as dead as the proverbial doornail, they are not making the trip without sor.e thing to' eat. The Chinese believe that a dead man must never be sent on his last trip without a first-class meal, and consequently every China mian on board the Shimosa has roa.-st pork, chicken and rice in his cofmi. The Shimosa does not carry a phy sician. She does carry a Chinese crew, however. And for this reason It is one of the oldest superstitions among sailors that a corpe on hoard a ship brings bad luck. That is one reason why those who die on board are nearly always buried at sea. If one dead man on board a1 shiu brings bad luck, always buried at sea. If one dead man on board a ship brings bad luck, it is easy to figure out that with 8,000 dead Chinamen the Shimosa is doomed. Chinese sailors, however, are not up in this particular super stition, and consequently they will sail the Shimosa as cheerfully as if she was laden with chop suey. On her arrival in eastern waters the Shimosa will touch at the princi p'al Chinese ports and unload her passengers who will be buried in their native provinces under the su pervision of the agents of the so ciety. HACKEDI TO D)EATH. ![orrible Double Murder in Autrim County, Michigan. Grand Rapids, Mich., March 29. An atrocious double murder was comn nitted in Autrim county last night, when the wife and infant child- of Geo. Hopf~r, a farmer, were hacked to death with an axe. Their decapi tated bodies were found in bed to day at the Hopfer home by neighbors. A posse found George Hopfer, the husband and father, hiding in the woods. He was placed under arrest. George Hopfer confessed that he killed his wife and child. He said that he and his wife talked all nighi about how nice it would be for the three of them to die together. Finally, according to Hopfer's story. it was agreed between them that he should kill them. LOSS OF BEARD FATAL. Removal Sapped Resisting Powers of Divine Healer. St. Louis, April 3.--Grieving over he loss of his luxuriant beard that 1ad been growing for the past 50 ears, Frederick Mundt died in the 3ity hospital, in St. Louis, Mo,, this. eek. He was 73 years of age and faith healer. He insisted that the emoval of the beard sapped his re isting powers and rendered him too eak to combat his ilness. It was incombed, long and rank and gave he old man the appearance of a( )ruid when he was admitted to the ospital. It was cut away for neat- I ess and sanitation. The old man ad been in St. Louis 12 years, and c ad been practicing his theory of ealth during that entire period. [e said that he had a large clientele. 13 iany of whom were persons of prom- e! LOOK OUT FOR SELF ;LK1NS SAYS THAT OF TEE NEW ENGLANDERS. -e Says They Have Been Given Advantage Over the South and Middle West. Washington, March 29.-Objec ion was made in the senate today o a statement by Senator Hale that he finance committee is holding dai y sessions on the tariff bill. The riticism came from Senator Bacon, vho said he understood that only ertain members were present. He -eferred to the fact that the Demo ratic members of the committee vere excluded. "Perhaps I should have said sub ommittee." explained Mr. Hale. "Is it not usual to give the minor ty representation on sub-commit ees?" asked Mr. Bacon. "Not on tariff matters," replied \Ir. Hale, which rejoined provoked general laughter. Senators Money, Culberson, and Newlands protested against the ex :lusion of the minority, but the crit cism appeared to be only perfunc tory and without hope of changing Lhe existing order of procedure. Joining with the Democrats in their protest against the manner in which the tariff bill is made up, Sen ator Elkins (Rep.) of West Virginia, declared himself and his State to be of the South, the interests of which. he said, are "being crucified." He asserted that New England is over represented on the committee while the great Middle West and the South are not represented at all. He said that he understood the committee would make a free trade measure for New England, and in the past the statement from the South, like "poor, miserable deluded people," had been compelled to sup port such- propositions and had got as a return only high protection on articles they consumed. He complimented the Southern statesmen on their protest and de clared himself inleague with them. To make his position more forcible several senators from the South asked questions of Mr. Elkins and Mr. Hale sought to answer some of these. "There you have it," said Mr. Elk ins. "You can see what a close cor poration this New England crowrl is. Speak of one of their interests and some New England representa tive comes to his feet. Speak of something In the interest of the South and the New Englander comes to his feet just the same." Mr. Elkins referred to the fact that the Democrats in the house had no opportunity to criticise the tariff bill before it was reported. Execp tion was taken by Mr. Gore and in a sarcastic speech he said that the Democrats had been given four min utes in which to examine the bill before action upon it in committee. Mr. Eikins grilled the New Eng land "domination" of the senate. Speaking of the appointments of Messrs. Lodge, McCumber, Smoot and Flint as new members of the finance committee, Mfr. Elkins said the- had been chosen from sections as far away from the South as possible. He spoke at length in defense of South ern industries and urged the senators from that section to join him in de manding that the South be given a fair show. Speaking caustically of the influ ence of the New Englanders in the senate, Mr. Elkins said they had seen to It that the same Influence prepon derated in the finance committee. He protested against the summoning of witnesses before the -committee. unless other senators are given a chance to listen to their testimony or read It before the bill under consid eration is acted upon. WANTED TO FIGHT TEDDY. A Crazy Italian Shook His Fist at Him on Steatmer. London, March 29.-The Daily Mal's Horta correspondent says: " Report current and I repeat them with reserve, that an attempt has been made on the life of ex-pfesi dent Roosevelt. ~ New York, March 29.-Giuseppie Tosti, a steerage passenger on the Hamburg. is the man who threaten d Roosevelt. according to dispatch from Horta to the WVorld. The in cident happened soon after the steam or was losing sight of America. fosti broke from the companion way and started for the upper deck, where Roosevelt was standing. "He let them take away my child," Tosti Is said to have shouted in English. "Now he will pay for it. Tosti was -seized and the captain ordered him placed in irons. The man refused to eat for four days, crying, "Roosevelt trying to poison me." The ship's doctor has to tate all his food before he will eat. FIED FOR KILLING SONGSTER. Death of Mocking Bird Costs Slayer Ten Dollars. Aiken, March 29.-This morning John Wilson was tried in the Mayor's court for shooting a mocking bird with a sling shot, and was fined ten dollars, which he paid. Wilson is a. colored boy employed by Mr. C. Oliver Iselin. He shot the bird ast week, but the case was made Out against him on Saturday, and the :rial took place this morning. May yr Salley is determined to brezak up ing shot shooting, as well as the agrant slaying of song birds. Ev ry violator of the bird law that omes up before Mayor Salley never ails to have the burden of rendrr ng the city financial or manual aid. Confirr nurant. Washington . 29.-The sen .te confirmed 1 minatio.1 of Edward W. I' u'r .'., of South arolina, to b, >. rtor of customs or the district a? Charleston. Mr. )urant was appointed to succeed Eilliam D. Crum. the former negro ollector of the Charleston port. Galloway cattle are being raised( i Alaska, their hides being consid- 1 red equal to bearskins for beauty J NANTS TO HELP ID re Southern Farmers Fight the Middle Cotton Man SULLY HAS A PLAN ro Remove Cotton From Domina tion of Speculative Dealers-Pro- t h ject Contemplates Chain of Ware- r S houses by Which One-third of the Crop Can be Held. t Atlanta, Ga., April 5.-When the I farmers of the South and the bus! 1ess men of the South say the word, t funds will be immediately available t in sufficient volume to forever place < the great industry of cotton produc tion upon a stable foundation, free from the chance fluctuations of the t market, relieved of the attack of t manipulaition (and nleaving the gi gantic crop monopoly of this section 1 to respond, unembarrassed and un restricted, to the legitimate laws of supply and demand. The result should mean to the South an an nual saving ranging from $150,000, 000 to $250,000,000." In these plain terms Daniel J. Sully, the man who drove cotton to its highest market price since the Civil war, Friday outlined the pur pose of his visit to Atlanta and the South. Continuing, Mr. Sully said his plan contemplates "the creation of an impregnable business system which shall do away with the annual ne cessity of the farmer sacrificing mil lions of bales of cotton for pressing debt, congesting the market, ham mering down prices, upsetting the regulations of supply and demand and losing to this section the tre mendous sums that are its due in return for the crop indispensable' to the needs of civilization. "I do not ask one penny from the Southern people. I do not ask the pledging of one bale of cotton until I have given ample good faith of sufficient financial backing, from sources that are unquestionable, to carry every detail of the plan into effect to safeguard the interest of every farmer in the South, from the man who raises one bale to the man who raises 1,000 bales. "A minimum fund of $10.000,000, subscribed by the most conservative financiers of the United States, is available to be invested in such iron clad securities as shall insure the ability and the responsibility of the plan's promoters to redeem their promises and obligations to the last detail. "The people of the South will be given first opportunity to invest in this project, if, upon receiving it, it commends itself to their judg ment. "The backbone of the plan is a chain of bonded warehouses through out the South, sufficient in number and character to house one-third of the crop, and that one-third, as has been demonstrated, will be the bal ance of power which will render market congestion impossible and insure the disposal of the crop in strict conformity with the lawvs of supply and demand." In borrowing money on his ware house certificate, Mr. Sully said, the farmer does not surrender the equity in his cotton. "It is his to sell whenever he pleases or to hold as long as he pleases, with the plain business exception that the certificate he may have used as collateral for the loan is a prior lean upon the bale, which must be satisfied out of the sale of the bale when that cul mination is reached." The company would be paid a nominal fee for each bale of cot ton handled and In this way, Mr. Sully figrues, a fair profit will be realized on the investment.* THE END OF TARIFFS. British Officer Sees the Day When Custom Houses Will Go. Washington, April 5.--Aerial nav igation has reached such a state of perfection that Maj. F. B. Bladen Powell, an officer in the British army, declared recently that a few years more and the custom house will be a thing of the past. He declares that soon the wealthy p' -ple of the world will own their flying machines and that while it may never become practicable to car ry coal, lumber, grain and the like in airships, still it will he possile to carry parcels of 100 pounds or so, including such articles as wines, spirits, tea, coffee, cocoa, sugar, to bacco, dried and canned fruits, jam. marmalade, condensed milk, chlo roform, collodion, ether, blacking, playing cards and other small duti able articles. Airships could be employed con tinually going to and fro over front iers. Guards would be almost use less, even if they were posted at every few hundred yards., which in itself would be an impracticable proposition in Eurpoe or America. Altogether it would seem impossible to enforce any law as to machines being compelled to descend at a. frontier, and this according to the writer Implies that customs in the main will have to be abolished. Tariff he considers, will have to be framed with due regard to im ports like wheat and lumber, which are niot likely at first to be affected by aerial transport, and a tax on such commodities would seem to be the solution to the difficulty of he ing unable to continue the duties on lighter articles.* EIGHT WORKMEN KILLED. Large Quantity of Dynamite Ex-i plodes in Ohio. Chillicothe, Ohio, March 30.-- c ight workmen were killed and eight f others were injured -todlay by an 1: yxplosion of several hundred pounds >f dynamite at Indian Creek, near 1ere, where the Norfolk and Western load is double tracked. A crew of t nen was unloading a car of dynamite C vhien it exploded. The dead include 1 3has. Buchanon, Columbus, conduc- ti .or in charge of the work train; t: onathan Floyd, Prde, 0.. and John f, KIND WE WANT ESIRABLE AMERICANS FROM THE NORTH AND WEST [as Settled in Florida and We Should Invite Some of Them to South Carolina. Columbia, March 29.-The Record ays Postmaster Huggins, who re urned recently from a trip for his ealth to Hampton Springs, Fla., was iuch interested in the operation and uccess of a development company rhich has just finished selling off a ract of 30,000 arces near Jackson ille cut up into small farms of from 0 to 50 acres each. "Good prices were obtained from brifty Western fargiers, whose fa hers before them were good Ameri an citizens," staid Mr. Huggins, and it seems to me that the results f that splendid experiment ought o encourage us here in South Caro ina, and in Georgia and North Car lina, too, for that matter, to fol ow Jacksonville's example and bring ome of these desirable citizens this vay. We have got the advantage in oil and climate over Florida and we >ught to be getting these people to nake better use of the thousands nd thousands of acres that are being ieglected. "I had some interesting inter riews with officers of the develop nent company while I was in Jack onville, and they showed me some hings that opened my eyes in aston shment. They got a Chicago ad vertising concern to whoop things up for one-fifth the profits, and they got results right away. One of the officers told me they had sold every foot of the 30,000 tract, and then turned to his desk and pulled out a stack of applications most a foot high from others who had asked for land too late." ROBBERS GOT SUSPICIOUS. Intended Victim Resisted Instead of Submitting. Columbia, March 29.-The Record says if victims of highway robbery consistently and regularly adopted the tactics of Mr. F. B. Harmon, the shoe man, employed late Saturday night when he was attacked near the northern limits of the city, there would be a quick end of this crime in this city, although when one re calls the tragic end of Mr. Charles Green, who was shot to death at Shandon a few years ago, the high wayman dying at Green's hands, he is not encouraged to follow in the footsteps of Mr. Harmon, but rather to dispose of the matter as Judge Ernest Gary and many other have done,-by letting the goods go. Mr. Harmon, who had boarded a 10:40 p. m. car going out to his home, was attacked near Newman's cut, just after he had left the car with his little boy. Two white men in overalls stepped in front of him and demanded that he throw up his hands. Mr. Harmon, however, show ed fight right away, and grappled with one of the men. The other either fired at him and missed him on account. of the dark, or fired to frighten his victim. The little boy, who has a good voice, set up a cafl for help, which frightened the men away before they got any loot. As soon as he got home, Mr. Har mon notified the authorities, but al though good dogs were rushed to the scene. no valuable clue has yet I'en discovered as to who the men were. FATAL RIOTS.. Mexican Political Factions Clash in Chihuahua. El Paso, Texas, April 1.-What was at first declared to be a revolt of Indians at San Andreas, Mexico, against the payment of taxes on cat tle is now described by officials as Chihuahua as a riot, resulting from a clash between political factions. In the fight a tax collectors was kill ed and several deputies were wound ed . Some of the leaders fied to the hills, but the authorities deny that they are rallying the Indians of the neighborhood to give battle to the troops who have assumed control of the situation. WOMEN ROBBED. Masked Bandit Goes Through Co:ach on Burlington Road. Fairfield, Neb., March 29.--A masked train robber with a red lant ern stopped a local passenger train on the Burlington last night near here, boarded the train and forced the conductor to carry a sack through the passenger coach and collect $200 and 17 watches from the passengers, 19 women and two men. He pock eted the booty, dropped off the rear end of the train an.i escaped. Dies of Burns. Montgomery, Ala., April 1.-Elise Wood, aged 13, died yesterday at quaity, Ala., as a result of burns received while standing before an pen grate. After her clothing 3aught she ran into the yard where :hey were burned off, and left her esh horribly cooked. December and May. Columbia, April 1.-Mrs. Sarah dfontamat, a widow 64 years old, ave up a pension of $15 a month as tousekeeper today to be married to ['urner Acton, 19 years old, who vorked at the same house with Ler. Fought Eagle. St. Charles, Ill., April 1.--Fight og desperately for two hours yes erday with a monster eagle to keep is baby from the menacing talons1 f the great bird, Peter Johnson, a1 armer, with aid of neighbors, final r captured the king of tho air. 1 Goes Dry. Springfield, O., March 20.-With ae heaviest vote in local history, lark county today voted "dry" by 1 majority in the local option elec-e on. The total vote cast in the coun-,t rwas 17.831. The election af- Jr eted 97 saloons in the county and s Absolutely G Pure e' the chief im the active princ and healthfulnes ROYlL POWDER ..4 hrolatg Insures wholes cious food fo: in every * No Phosl No Ah THEY ARE VEXED SENATOR SCOTT AND. ELKINS ARE MAD AT Treatment of the South by the Re publicans in Framing the Tariff Bill. Washington, March 30.-Much interest attaches to the attitude of Senators Scott and Elkins *of West Virginia, toward the distribution of the membership of the Senate com mittee on finance, because largely of its possible bearing on the tariff bill in the Senate. In the Republican caucus Senator Scott referred to the fact that none of thie Republican Senators from the South had been given representation on the committee and in the open Senate yesterday his colleague, Mr. Elkins, followed in similar strain. Mr. Elkins was a candidate for a place on this committee, but has had no influence in coloring his views. Both he and Mr. Scott assert that their criticisms are due to the fact that the South has been entirely nag -lected. With the Southern Democrats ex cluded from the committee room dur ing the preparation of the bill they declare that the immense interests of the South, including iron ore and the manufacturers of iron and steel, cotton and its products, lumber and the various other interests of the entire section, south of Mason and Dixon's line, are without representa tion on the committee at this impor tant stage of the , proceedinigs. Thene is much speculation as to what will be their attitude when the bill reaches the Senate, but the pre vailing opinion is that they will make a strenuous effort to amend it in many particulars.- Senator Scott openly declares his preference for the present tariff law. LEPROSY GERMS FOUND. The Result M~ay Be a Successful War on the Malady. Washington, April 5.-Dr. Moses Clegg, bacteriologist of the Bureau of Science,. at Manila, has succeeded in cultivating a leprous bacillus. He has made five separate cultures .with gferms from living lepers and1 the bodies of victims of the disease. He has been equally successful in his culture of amoebic dysentery and finds a relation tktween the two diseases. The Birreau of Science has prepared a leprosy vaccine and proposes to carry forward a series of experiments for the purpose of es tablishing a specific treatment for leprosy. Dr. .Clegg -is the son of a prominent Arkansas physician.* CHARGED WITH MURDER. Man and Woman Said to Have Killed a Little Girl. Greenville, April 2.-A warrant was sworn out today for Mrs. Palmer Corn and Tom Childs, charging them with the murde-r of Bonnie Louise Corn, the 2-year-old daughter of the former. The warrant was sworn out by Palmer Corn, husbaind rof the woman. Corn alleges that his wife deserted him and is living with Childs and that iChilds had been heard to say that he intended to make -away with the child. The man alleges that the little girl can not be located and that the is dead. Corn lives in North Carolina now and his wife and child are in the upper section of this country. * LIKED HER COOKING And Made the Landlady His Wife on Short Notice. Atlanta, April 5.-Joshua B. Crawford, S5 years old, one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta, who three weeks ago married Mrs. Belle Sal vage, of St. Augustine, a widow of about 35. died this week. Several months ago Mr. Crawford was in St. Augustine and stopped at the boarding house run by Mrs. Salvage. Mrs. Salvage was an excellent cook, and while Mr. Crawford became an admirer of all the dishes she pre ared, he fell in love with her bis uits, proposed and was accepted.* LIFTS HER SKIRT oo High and Had to Pay Duty on Her Dress. New York. March 30.-Because a oman cabin passenger on the 'rench liner Touraine lifted her kirt carelessly, Uncle Sam is richer y $50 in duty. As she came down he gangplank an inspector noticed < at the woman wore a very fin-e etticoat, too, fine, he thought, fort ny one but an heiress. An investi-t ation was begun and it was dis-c :ered that under an outside dressc Na woman wore an expensive eve-a ing gown. The duty was paid and c e was allowed to take the garment s give gredient, iple, sto 'ly rure me and deli r every day home phates . HE FOOLED US Hitchcock Will Hand Out the Pie in the South ONLY REPUBLICANS Or Those Who Claim to be Repub licans, Will Be Allowed to Get Near Enough the Pie Counter to Get a Slice of the Pie as it is Giv en Out. Washington, April 1.-The idea that Democrats would be appointed to the offices in the South by Presi dent Taft has gone glimmering, and the indications now are -that none but good Republicans will be allowd up to the pie counter. Day after day statements are giv en out at the White House defin what "will be" President Taft's pol icy in the matter of federal appoint ments. This has continued so long. that it is becoming somewhat thread bare. First it was stated that in the South Democratic senators would be "consulted" by Mr. Taft before any appointments of importance would be made. The Democratic senators know too well that no such -thing will be done, and they are too shrewd to be caught by this. It is generally known that Frank H. Hitchcock will be the real ap pointing power with. reference rto all Southern offices; and Frank H. Hitchcock's record in the pine line just before the Taft nomination.,. when he rounded up- all the South-* era postmasters and other job hold ers, does not tally with the state ment that Democrats, are to be "consulted" in regard to Southern appointments. The 'latest ata~tement :informally furnished from the White: House is. in regard to -judicial appointments, and is to the effect that -such. ap pointments will not be a part of the patronage of United States senators. It says: "The president does not propose to have judges made through political deals and infinences. He considers. that he is -competent to pass upon the fitness of men 'for the bench, and he will do so. At the same time he will be glad to receive sugges tions from senators and representa tives as to the qualifications -of ap plicants for judicial places. Upon other matters of federal ap pointments the policy of the new president Is to place upon the sena tors the responsibility of first class selections.. In- a way .he will defer to their recommendations more geni erously than did his predecessor. Mr. Roosevelt frequently departed from senatorial recommendations and was often in hot water with sen ators over nominations not suitable' to them. This will not be so with Mr. Taft.' lie will take It for granted that recommendations made by senators will be of reputable men, and he will not make investigations to as certain whether these recomumenda tions are proper." If Mr. Taft keeps up with the "policies with reference to South ern patronage" that have been at tributed to him, he will have a stren uous time of it in the White House. But, as stated, Mr. Hitchcock will relieve him of most of the burdens along this line. LEVER WANTS STATISTICS. Commissioner Watson Asked for Figures on Fertilizers. Columibia, April 2.--Commisioner Watson this afternot received the following tele.rram: "I am inves tigating the duty on potash salts. Send me immediately the number of tons of fertilizers used in the State and the percentage of such as will be effected by the duty and the cost to the farmers of the State if pos sible. Give me the same figures for the entire South. I will advise you later as to the delegation of the farmers coming here. Letter fol lows. (Signed) * "A. F. LEVER." TO BE SHOT FOR REBETflON. Cubans Sentenced by Court Mfartial for Their Offense. New York, April 2.-Sergt. Cortea Lfnd his son, who were involved in :he recent armed revolt in Cuba. 1ave been sentenced to death. ac ,ordinig to The erald's special 'cor -espondent in Havana, who cabl'es hat he has "very reliable informs ion" concerning the findingsof Lh: ourt martial, which may be given ut officially today. The dispatch .dds that President Gomez is not in lined to pardon the rebe'is. If the entence is carried out as predicted.