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VERY BOLD PLOT To Blaclkmail a Rich Man of. Atlanta Failed THE TRAP PREPARED By Detectives Proves Effective and sa an Eighteen-Year-Old Youth, a w Member of His Would-be Victim's se Sunday School Class, Is Caught. U] D] and Confesses It All. tl Atlanta, Ga., April 6.-Charged t with attempting to blackmail Asa G. C ndler, president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, banker, and g Atlanta's wealthiest citizen, out of b $35,000 by "Black Hand" methods, Ii Daniel W. Johnson, Jr., IS years old o and a member of Mr. Candler's Sun-j t] day school class, was arrested to- s night at the instance of the postoffice a inspectors and lodged in the Fulton county jail. b Johnson admits writing the letters fl and takes his arrest very cooly. He. p however, declares that he was the h catspaw of three strangers, who, he d claims, dictated his every action in e connection with the affair and forced a him to write the demands for money n under penalty of death. He furnish- 0 ed the officers with a description of the three men. t On Friday of last week Mr. Can- a dler received the first of the two let- , ters written by the "Black Hand" y plotters, in which he was asked to place $35,000 under the steps of the pastor's study of the Inman Park Methodist church, on Monday night, April 5, "or you and your family will meet a horrible death at our hands." Sunday he received a second letter warning him to com ply with the demands, and further threatening him and his family if he failed to comply, or if he made mention of the matter to a living soul. Mr. Candler called George M. Sut ton, chief postoffice inspector of the Atlanta division, in consultation, and it was decided to trap the black mailer. Mr. Candler drew $35,000 in cash from the bank, of which he 1 is president, so as to guard against any possible betrayal of his plans. Monday night he made up a package and placed it at the point designat ed, the real money in the meantime remaining at his residence guarded by detectives. Two detectives kept watch near where the fake package was placed, but no one appeared dur ing the night for the package. This merning Mr. Candler receiv ed a telephone message demanding that he place $1,000 at a secluded spot on Moreland avenue, between Annabel street and Walker alley. Again a fake package was prepared and placed at the spot designated tonight, and Johnson appeared from the darkness, grabbed up the pack age and started on a run, but was in the grasp of Detectives Lockhart and Coker before he was aware that he had been observed. He was -then taken to the Tower, and after a gruelling examination made a confession, admitting having written the two letters, but saying he aeted under compulsion. The po lice give little credence to his story of having been forced to write the letters by three strangers. The first letter, dated April '1. warned Mr. Candler that if he failed to put the sum at the spot indicated, "you alone shall meet death. Tell anyone of it and you and your house -that is, all that lyve with you shall meet the most horrible death. at our hands. Pony up with the sum and keep your face closed about it, and all will be well. Fail to put the sum there or blab it, and hell will be to pay-nothing more nor less than death." The second letter advised Mr. Candler to "slide up close to the side of the steps and put it under them, and then '23' as hard as you can. Do not fail, or you will be blown to 'kingdom come' before day Tues day, April 6." Mr. Candler was little disturbed over the incident, and it was stated tonight that he would lose no sleep over fears of his home being dyna mited. _______________1 A FAMILY TRAGEDY. Man Was Seeking Reconciliation With His Wife. Roanoke, Va., April 5.--A special 1 from Buena Vista, Va., says Henryi W. Amos, of that place was today shot and killed by his sister-In-law, I .Mrs. William Campbell. Amos' wife I recently left him, and went to theC Campbell home to live with her sis--. ter. When Amos returned to Buena Vista stoday from Richmond, he. I called at the Campbell residence and sought a reconciliation with his wife. The latter refused to go with her husband and a quarrel followed. Mrs. Campbell fired several shots from a revolver at Amos, none of them taking effect. She then seized a shotgun and discharged it at Amos at close range, the contents taking effect in Amos' body, killing him. I It is said that Amos was not armed. s BUSINESS MAN WAYLAID). ~ s Tied Wealthy Man to a Tree and Then Robbed Him. t Kingsport, Tenn., April 5.-John v L. Bond, a prominent and wealthy bi business man of tl& -place, was y waylaid by two men tonight about f: 8 o'clock. tied to a tree and robbed s - f$TG0fiineja negtiib~dbinY 'T certificate for $700 and other valu able securities. Mr. Bond was going from home when the two men at-I tackted him. He was left tied to F the tree, where he was found one hour later, uninjured. Bloodhounds were put on the trail of the rob bers and a posse of citizens joined : in the pursuit. b Two Killed by Train. il Philadelphia, April 6.--Two un. hi identified men were struck and kill- o1 ed today by a train on the New York at division of the Pennsylvania railroad. ta The name "Jas. C. Wills," and the ye inscription, "Born in Richmond, Vir ginia, Decem'ber 7, 1876," were ta tooed on the right arm of one of the al WILL FIGHT DUTY ( SENATOR TILLMAN RESTS HOPE OF THE FARMERS. Fr wver and Colleagues Cannot Get lrjearings, but Opportunity for H Reopening Question May Arise. Columbia, April 6.-The Record ys it is likely that Senator Tillman, ao has been at his home in Trenton veral weeks resting, will go on to ashington in a few days to take the fight in the senate against the -ovision in the tariff bill increasing e duty on German potash-an item at means a tax of $200,000 on the rmers of this State. The present outlook is that Con- 10 -essman Lever and the other mem- Je rs of the house from South Caro- fu aa will not get a chance at the prop- re ;ition under the rules, In which case te fight will have to be made in the U 'nate by Senator Tillman and Smith w id other Southern senators. w Under the rules the matter cannot b corrected by amendment from the 0C Dor of the house, and as it is pro :sed to shove the bill through the C duse at an early date, it is extremely n ubtful whether Mr. Lever will ir ven get a chance to speak on the Si mendment, particularly as he can- tI ot get the floor except through one a: f the party leaders. te Commissioner Watson is being ma ?rially assisted in gathering facts li nd data showing the effect the duty le 'ill have upon the farming interests, s1 ot only of this State, but of the w atire South, and these statistics are w eing hurried into shape for Mr. sf ever as rapidly as possible. t( State Geologist Sloan, who Is a w ractical fertilizer man of many P ears' experience, is in Charleston oday to fortify himself on the situ- s .tion from the fertilizer standpoint, a ,fter a conference with Commission- f r Watson. t t NEGRO GIVEN LONG TERM c 'or the Outrageous Treatment of a White Woman. s Philadelphia, Pa., April 6.-Twen- r y-five years' imprisonment in the m astern penitentiary and a $2,000 t ine was the sentence imposed by udge Barratt here today when 3eorge Washington, a negro, was onvicted of holding Mrs. Ella Cur- d in, white, -a prisoner in his room s ind ill treating and robbing her. r ,rs. Cutin went to the negro's v ome to make arrangements to have C 1er trunks moved to a storage house. d she alleged that Washington kept ier a prisoner in his room from qIarch 25 to 29. She was rescued 1 )y the police who had been notified | f the matter by another negro i oomer in the house. The woman, iospital physicians testified today, is| i physical wreck as the result of her | experience. Several ti.mes while tes :fying today to the revolting nature| >f her experiences she collapse~d on j :he stand. The jury quickly convict- I d Washington and he was given he full penalty of the law. I PRIZES FOR NEAT YARDS. t Graniteville Manufacturing Company Offers Them. Aiken, April 6.-What is attract Lng no little comment and pleasant fiscussion in this city is the action >f the Graniteville Manufacturing1 Company in offeiting jthree prizes for the best kept yards in the little ity. The first prize is $15, the sec >nd $10 and the third prize $5. 3raniteville is everywhere recogniz id as being the prettiest, best kept ad neatest mill town in the State. mnd the fact- is a pride to the stock iolders of the Graniteville mnill, E >est endeavors are ever directed to-i vard keeping the undesirable class 5 >f people away. People with bad I ~haracter can never find employment t n the Graniteville mill. The prizes a nil be offered at the regular meet ng of the stockholders in a few I lays. ' S THOUSAND CHICKSNS BURNED. '* lamies Devour Fat Fowls-Negroes Want to Rescue.t C New York. April 6.--Harlem ne ~roes are sad today after witnessing 1, he wanton destruction of 1,000 fat I hickens that were roasted to a rich 1 >rown and then burned to a crisp n a fire which destroyed property j t the foot of East 124 th streetr ast night. The chickens were the la roperty of H. L. Goldberg. and were , onfined in his poultry yard. Sev- a ral negroes in th~e crowd excitedly T olunteered to rescue the fowls be-t ore death came, but they T rere held back by the police re erves. i TIRED OF LIFE. G ne of Philadelphia's Richest Men V h Takes His Life-. Philadelphia. April 6.--Charles E. 4 llis, president of the Citizens' Pas- G enger Railway Company, and one of he wealthiest men in Philadelphia. ' hot and killed himself today at his e' ome in this city. He was discover- f d lying in a pool of blood in his S ed room by his e-ife, who heard dme report of the revolver while she P as at breakfast. A physician who iC as hastily summoned pronounced ~ i dead. The dead man was 74 ~ ears old and had been a sufferer s -om neuralgia and rheumatism for ~ yme time. Mr. Ellis' wealth was ~ported to be~abave $10,000,000. ti BROKER KILLED). .M. Gregg Meets With Peculiar Ac cident and Death. f C< Wilmington, N. C., April 5.--E- kf .Gregg. a leading merchandise re oker of Wilmington, and a member C4 a prominent South Carolina fain- ed 'was instantly killed on the streets re today by the collapse of a pile brick and other building material. ~ainst which he was standing while vi king with a friend. He was 52 ou ars old-.t Inspect the cellar of en, and never 01 ow any animal or vegetable matter of CAME HOME )m Central America Because Daughter begged Him E GAVE HIMSELF UP [in L. Horton, s Former Broker, Accused of Defrauding Banks and Ranchman Out of $100,000 Sever Years Ago, Surrender to Authori ties at His Home. St. Louis, April 9.-Impelled b3 ve for his wife and baby girl hn L. Horton, for seven years gitive from justice in Guatemala turned secretly to his home, ii ?per Alton, Ill., this week, an is arrested on charge of utterin rthless paper and defraudinj .nks and ranchmen out of $100, 0. He protests innocence of. th Large. Hs brother, Roy, also ; ember of the former firm, is stil Guatemala, and as the Unite ates has no extradition treaty wit at country he will be safe as Ion he remains there. Horton ir nded to surrender. When Horton fled this country hi ttle daughter, Dorothy, was JuE arning to walk. Since that tim ie has learned to write and ha ritten her father two lettres eac eek, begging him to come home t e "mamma" and herself. One le1 r containing the child's pictur as on Horton's person when office: laced him under arrest. "I could not stand it any longer, ys Horton. "I had to see my wii ad baby. Guatemala is 3,000 mil( -om Alton. I was too far for thei > come and see me, and, beside iey had no money with which 1 :>me, and if they had the money 'ould not have let them come ini iat god-forsaken country, whei ver kills. And so I did withol eing them as long as I could at 1en I decided to return and face t1 usic. But I am innocent, and ill yet be doing business again ae stockyards." Throughout those seven yea Irs. Horton has refused to belie hat her husband is guilty. SI eclares it was the ranchmen th tole from him and not he from tI anchmen. She cites an instani here he secured a loan of $10,0( n a herd of cattle in Texas. SI eclares that when her husband we: o see the herd the cattlemen h tolen all but 21. Horton was r eased on bond soon after his a est and went to visit his mothe a Jerseyville, Ill. Horton and his brother, Roy, a 0. 0. Hess composed the firm he Horton Bros. & Hess Somm ion and Mercantile Company, in tl stockyards Exchange building. Es it. Louis. They dealt in "cattle aper. They would buy cattle knov s "feeders" in Texas and Oklah na and put them out with ranc nen and farmers to feed and fe en. They would borrow the mon ith which to buy and feed the ce le from banks in East St. Lou iving mortgages on the cattle ecurity for the loans. When the cattle ca.ae to mark nd were sold the mortgages we aid off. It Is alleged that sev: ears ago the two Horton brothe orrowed in the neighborhood ~100,000 on fraudulent- mortgag n cattle that did not exist and th ith the money they fled to Guat nala, where they went into the di illing business and failed. Marvels of Monkey Talk. About a Quarter of a century a, .man was watching some monke: nthe Cincinnati Zoological Garder 'here were a great many small mo :eys and one large nrandrill-a ogether in two cages connectedI n open door. The smaller monke; ere afraid of the mandrill, w: arded it over his little neighbor 'he man noticed that two of tl mall monkeys were alawys near t: oor, apparently communicating he others what the mandrill wi oing. Certainly movements of h ways caused certain sounds fro em. The other monkeys acted a ordingl.. "From that time I determinedi arn the speech of monekeys." sa rof. Richard L. Garner. And I as done so. too. Twice he he one to Africa and lived in t1 ngle with them. He can talkti de monkeys in their own language as taught one of them to say ord; and once got one to witnei legal document. declares Arthi .Reeve in a very interesting a: ele on men and monkeys in tI anuary Hampton's Magazine. A fter spending several years effectually attempting to learn tli monkey language" in Zoos. D arner had an inspiration. He wer >the Smnithisonian Institution i ashington with the proposition the B use a phonograph in studyin onkeys. The idea appealed to on the authorities. Dr. Baker, an aner was allowed to go ahead. At the institution at that tim ere two monkeys of different spI es kept In the same cage. Th male was removed and what sh id was recorded on the phonc aph. Then the machine was start I in the cage with the male. H oked up in surprise for the othe onkey. Seeing none, he walkel ngerly around the machine, an: t down in front of it. Then h, t his hand down the horn. Stil could find no monkey. He re red, puzzled. to the far end of hi: ge and said a few things him if which were also taken down hen this record was in turn re ated hofore the female she seeme< recognize his voice. T.ater Pro ssor Garner took records of *bus (a little South America mon. y) in Chicago. and when they werf peated in New York to anothei bus they were apparently recogniz. Kills Two Young Lads. Pittsurg. Pa., April 6.-Two hoys re killed and several others seri sly injiured today when a car or St. Clair incline, running from ephine street. Southside, to Mount [ver, lbroke away about the centre the incline and plunged to the HAS SOLD OUT Claim to be a Democrat But Really a Republican HE NAMES THE PRICE For Which He Is Willing to Sell Out 1 the Farmers and Other Residents of the South, and Is Loudly Ap plauded Time and Again by the Republicans. Washington, April 5.-In the House today Mr. Clark, Democrat, of Florida, got a round of Republican applause, when he said that incident protection absolutely was necessary in certain cases. "Are you a protectionist or not?" inquired Mr. Randall, of Texas. Mr. Clark declared that all leg islation was the result of compro-; mise. "I don't expect to write the tariff bill for this majority," he ex claimed, "but I say to you that if they put into this bill what my people g want, what they sent me here to -get, I shall not dictate to them what else they shall put into it." The s Republicans again applauded and t cheered, and the House was thrown e into an uproar when Mr. Randall s asked "if the gentleman bellevs in h the doctrine that If a Representative 0 here gets some of the swag, he ought to go with the Republicans in mak ing this bill?" s Mr. Clark took violent exception to the use of the work "swag," and said that as long as the people of e the South had to bear the burdens s of the protective tariff system they at least ought to have a division of S' the benefits. "Call it swag if you : will," he said, "hut I represent a district 'equaly as intelligent, as o conscientious and as patriotic as does e the gentleman from Texas." it "Are you a protectionist or not?" d Mr. Randall still wanted to know. Speaking slowly and gradually rais ing his voice to its highest pitch, Mr. Clark evoked thunderous Repub lican applause when he declared "I re am in line with the Democratic par ie ty, but I am not in line with the at Populistic element that has controll 1e ed it recently." Mr. Clark quoted from the reso '0 lution of the recent Democratic cau e cus, which declared that the members at of the minority were left free to vote Ld as they choose on constitutional e- questions, and also when instructed r- by their constituency to pursue a cer tain line, of action. He called atten tion to memorials of the Florida Leg id islature, that a duty be put on Egyp of tion and other long staple cotton Is- coming into the _United States in 1e Iconnection with the sea island cot st ton; also that a duty be put on cit 3" rous fruits, pineapples and the like, in |"and," he exclaimed, "I am instruct 0- ed in that regard, and no hawkers h- land opinionated Democrats can make t me violate a solemn obligation I ayI owe." et- Mr. Rucker (Missouri) interrupted ts to call attention to the fact that all as |the thunderous applause had come from the Republican side, but the et Chair admonished him that he was rout of order. "The gentleman can't ~hurt me by those things," said Mr. rs. Clark. "The people of my district know me." es Laboring under the belief that at M?. Clark's remarks about Populism aapplied to him, Mr. Randall denied *that any Populism was contained in his record. Mr. Clark, in reply to that, said he merely wanted to state where he himself stood. "I stand on omy platform," he exclaimed. "I am ynot for protection per se." s "Ddyou intend for the House and Sthe country to understand that the Democracy is in any way affliated iwith Populism?" was Mr. Randall's 1further question, but the reply of the Floridian threw the House into 1ea frenzy. l"I will tell you what I want tne to country to understand," he said de is liberately. "We don't intend, so far is as I am concerned, and I believe the m jpeople I represent, to follow your c- ONebraska Populistic leader any more." :o "Does the gentleman stand with is the New Jersey Democrat that thinks ie Brayn knew too much of the deca is logue to be President of the United e States?" propounded Mr. Randlall. :0"I think," responded Mr. Clark, with some feeling, "that the South aern Democracy never made a greater s~ mistake than when it turned its back on its Democratic friends in the East rthat it has driven from the party, and tied up with Populism out in Nebras n k. Mr. Randall declared that Mr. Bry ran needed no defence at his hands, Lt and asked Mr. Clark if he was a n Cleveland Democrat on the tariff Lt and if he stood for the doctrine of g free raw materials. e "I am just a plain, old-fashioned d Democrat," drawled Mr. Clark, amid shouts of laughter. e Declaring that the people who as '- sumed to speak for the South were e not entitled to that right, Mr. Clark e said: Finley Gets into the Garine. "I am sick and tired of hearing e my Southern colleagues talk of the r 'poor men of the South.' I want Sto do something to take them out of Sthat class. The factories of the East are going to the South, where their 1raw material is to be found, where living is cheap, so that we can soon s defy the world in the cheapness of their manufacture." Replying to a question by Mr. Finley, of South Car olina, Mr. Clark said that if the Re -publican party would put in the bill what his people had instructed him to get, he svould vote for"'the bill regardless of anything else. "Have you no convictions?" asked .Mr. Finley. "I have." responded Mr. Clark, "on convictions of men who represent nothing but a short bale of cotton, a nigger and a mule." Thunderous applause on the Repub lican side interrupted the speaker, and when quiet was restored he con tinued: "The Democracy ought to be pro gressive if it is anyting. It ought ANOTHER TORNADO &BERDEEN, MISS., BADLY DAM AGED BY ONE. Five Persons Met Death Under Rains of Railway Station and Sev eral Were Injured. Aberdeen, Miss., April 6.-Five persons are known to have been kill ed, four others Injured and still thers are buried under the debris of the Illinois Central depot, which was demolished by a tornado which swept through the city of Abber deen tonight. The dead: W. C. McMillan, president of the GE Bank of Aberdeen. Tc T. C. McMillan, cotton buyer. to Three negroes unidentified. no Those known to have been injured nc are: George Franklin, telegraph op- si erator in the employ of the Illinois ti( Central Railroad, and Messrs. Ray, lu King and Wieburn, also railroad em- al ployees. n< * The storm, while of short dura- in tion, was of great velocity, and be- m sides demolishing the depot, dam aged a number of other buildings. oc Immediately after the storm passed to relief parties were hastily formed re and the search among the wreckage o1 of the depot begun. At midnight five bodies of those killed had been H recovered and four of the Injured. st S4 Several Hurt in Illinois. al Marion, Ill., April 6.-Many per- it sons were hurt and considerable st property was damaged by a tornado, 11 which struck this city and vicinity today. J The storm came from the south- o west, and was preceded and followed a: by heavy rains. The monetary loss F is $150,000. it The Marion State and Trust Bank, t< a number .of 'offices, -were partly b blown down. The African Method- fi ist church was also wrecked. At L Pittsburg, the Methodist church was h blown down. THESE THREE THINGS ti ' Woman Should Marry Without Knowing Well. I A doctor was telling a short time d ago of a farm mother who gave her I five-months'-old child bacon, cah- p bage, sweet potatoes and corn bread p for dinner. And yet when the child v dies-as it probably will-the preacher will probably speak of it d as "an inscrutable dispensation of f Providence," instead of a "murder- r ours result of ignorance." All of I which reminds us of an address by 0 Seaman A. Knapp, of the United t States Department of Agriculture, delivered before the General Assemb ly of North Carolina a few weeks t ago. From the newspaper report of the speech we quote: "Our women are being trained for the piano and society and not for their job, he declared. They mainly do the purchasing for the families, and their ignorance of what to pur chase annually costs the nation more than two billion dollars. Few wo men know how to select the proper kind of food. Many a baby, he said, has gone into the other world pre maturely because the mother did not ~ know how properly to care for It. ~ There are three things, Dr. Knapp said, a girl ought to know: "1. What food to purchase and ~ how to cook it. "2. To make her own clothes and a those of the family.C "3. To nurse and doctor the family. WHAT CAN BE DONE By Devoting a Little 'While Each Day r r to Studying. c Boys and girls think of this and act on it. One hour a day withdrawn from frivolous pursuits, and profita- ~ bly employed, would enable any man of ordinary capacity to master a complete science. One hour a day , would make an ignorant man a well informed man in ten years. i One hour a day would earn enough a to pay for two daily and two weekly y papers, two leadinis magazines and a dozen good books. In an hour a day a boy or girl could read twenty pages thoughtfully-over several thousand pages or eighteen large ~ volumes in~ a year. An hour a day might make all the difference be tween bare existance and useful, hap py living.1 An hour a day might make-nay, h has made an unknown man a fain- r ous one, a useless one a benefactor h to his race. Consider, then, the W mighty possibilities of two, four, a yes, six hours a day that are, on the a: average, thrown away by some of our h young men and women in their de sire for fun and diversion. C HUMAN MONSTER. W 03 n Bit His Baby Because His Wife Did Not Like It.y Atlanta. Ga., April 8.-James w Strube was today sentenced to the I city workhouse for two weeks.,with- a out the privilege of a fine, charged ;e with hiting and pinching a ten- n< months'-old baby. The little child 11: was brought into court by Struhe's ot wife with badly bruised and discol ored cheeks. Strube said he did not bl think to hurt the child and resorted er to the action as a means of torturing at his wife. He said there hnd been K< continual quarrelling, and his wife a had become indifferent to reneated b~ating at his hands. Mrs. Strube will seek divorce. * How is your carpet-sweper? Be Sometimes all this is neded to make a sweeper (that you think is worn out) do good work is to have the springs put in proper shape, or some co: new ones in place of the old ones. Mc ag ought to meet conditions as they sei fnd them. I do not consider that 'fra irou, gentlemen," he declared, look- thi ing around on the Democratic side as f the House, "represent Democracy iyet sny more than I do. We will meetj Ha it the next National Convention, and ter ve will then see who is to control soI md who will represent the Demo- of ratic sentiment of this great Re.- wa 3ADLY BROKEN mocratic Party Lines Are Out Of Alinement PROTECTIVE TARIFF ted for by Some Democrats in the House-Messrs. Lever and El lerbe Favor Duties on Lumbei-. Other South Carolina Members Vote Against Schedule. Washington, April 6.-Zack Mc e writes as follows to The State: take the tariff off lumber so as cheapen it for the consumers was t made a party fight today and the uation is so peculiar with the du s already in the bill on what the mberman buys, as well as on what I the rest of us buy, that there is special significance in the votes the house on the various amend ents to the lumber schedules. A large number of Southern Dem rats voted against the amendment make rough lumber free and to duce the tariff on all other grades lumber. Messrs. Hardwick, Howard, ughes, and Bartlett of Georgia ood out for free lumber. The >uth Georgians, Edwards, Brantley id Griggs, together with Col. Liv .gston and Judge Adamson, voted raight through for protection on mber. Of the South Carolinians, Messrs. )hnston and Aiken voted out and At for free lumber. Messrs. Finley ad Lever voted on the rising vote, inley for free lumber, Lever against , but neither voted at all when flers were called for. Mr. Eller e voted straight through against ee lumber. Messrs. Patterson and egare were absent. Mr. Patterson as not been well for several weeks. The North Carolinians, except Mr. :itchen, voted straight for protec on on lumber. The other Southern States were [milarly divided, practicaly every ian who had any lumber interests i his district, regardless of party, oted In the Interests of the pro. ucer rather than the consumer. 'his, of course, delighted the Re ublicans, who like to have the op. ortunity to taunt Democrats with oting for protection of the producer. Mr. Clark of Florida, who yester ay boldly announced that he was r protection on what his distric1 roduced and would vote for the ayne bill if he got that regardless f what else the bill contained, fell hc.- he was vindicated today by the ct of other Democrats on the lumbei chedule and he taunted some of hose who yesterday taunted him. Champ Clark, the minority leader oted straight through for free lum er in accordance with the Denve latform. KILLS TWO MORE. malpox at York Mill Seems to be .Virulent Type. Yorkville, April 5.--There havE een two more deaths from smallpos ere during the twenty-four hours nding last night at 10 o'clock, mak* ag a total of six in all. The lates1 ictims are a child of Kirby Pugh he first person to die of the disease nd with whom it originated here nd a negro woman, who died in the utskirts of town and near the Yort 'otton Mill-village yesterday morn ag. Her case was first reported tc he board of health on last Friday ight. There have been ten cases in all eported so far, and six of them have esulted fatally. Seven of the ter ases developed In the mill village nd the other three are traceable irectly to the same source. There ave been no new cases during the ast week, except that of the colored roman who died today. The local hysicans have been almost over -helmed during the past week by ersons seeking to be vaccinated, and ;is believed that at this time there re very few who have not had the irus applied. KILLED) HIMSELF. teverse of Fortune Caused the Awful Dead. New York, April 5.-LeavIng a etter addresed to his wife in -which e explained his act by saying that Iverse of fortune had cut down is competence until not enough of it as left for two, Chambers M. Craiz, retired captain of the United States 'my, tonight committed suicide in s apartments by shooting. "The time has now arrived," said apt. Craig in his letter, "when there ust come the inevitable smas:3 hich always follows living beyondl e's means. If the hard time had >t not put an end to my opportu ties, I would have gone on for a ar or more. I have made a little oney and left a little for you. I ish you the greatest happiness, and wish I could remain with you; id I am confident that matters will all right with you. But there is >t enough for two. You will rea e $75 a month some times and her times there is $25 a month. Capt. Craig was a native of Pltts trg and at one time owned consid able real estate in Atlanta, Ga., d this city. A brother, living In aswick, Albermarle county, Va., is retired major, U. S. A. GOES AFTER DESPERADO. rkeley Sheriff to Bring Henry Hfaynes Back. Columbia, April 3-Henry Haynes. victed of manslaughter at anck's Corner ten years ago, a man inst whom also there is a sealed itence for breach of trust with udulent intent, will be lodged in State Penitentiary in a few days, Sheriff Causey, of Berkeley, left ~terday for Jacksonville to bring ynes back to serve out his sen ce. The arrest of Haynes in Jack ville recalled an interesting story the man's escape just before he * 7.. ful pn active It is economy to use It saves labor, health and Where the best foo baking powder or leaver place or do the work of STATE MONEY BANKS NOW HAVING THE DIS PENSARY FUNDS. Half Million Dollars Involved, All of Which Decision of United States Supreme Court Releases. Columbia, April 6.-The money which had been tied up by the order of Judge Pritchard has been deposit ed in a number of banks throughout the State.and the State treasurer has securities for the various amounts. This money will now be turned over to the commission for distribution as it may see fit just as soon as the formal order of the supreme court is secured. It will be recelled that some time ago Judge Pritchard ordered about 22 per cent of the money released for the use of the commission to pay centingent expenses. The remainder is now divided among the various banks as follows: Bank of Timmonsville $7,777.78 Columbia Savings Bank and Trust Co. .. ..... 34,875.00 Bank of Orangeburg .. 10,885.00 National Exchange of Chester.. ...... . 3,889.35 Bank of Aiken .. .. .. 27,212.50 Commercial Bank of Camden.. .. .. .. 3,887.50 City National Bank of Greenville .. .. .. .. 15,550.00 Lexington Savings Bank 3,887.50 People's National Bank of Charleston .. .... 11,662.50 People's Bank of Green ville .. .. .. .... .. 15.550.00 Norwood National Bank of Greenville .. .. .. f.,4~12.50 Bank of Camden .. .... 15,550.00 National Loan and Ex change of Columbia (from the expense fund) .. .. ........2,564.14' Merchants' and Farmers' Bank of Cheraw .... 18,344.59 Enterprise Bank of Charleston .. .. .. ...7,775.00 .... ....cha... .- . .neg mfwyyy Bank of Charleston .... 15,550.00 Merchants' and Farmers' Bank of Spartanburg. 7,775.00 First National Bank of Spartanburg .... ....3,887.00 Central National Bank of Spartanburg .... ....3,887.50 Bank of Dillon .. ......7,775.00 Merchants' and Planters' Bank. Gaffney .. .....7,775.00 Farmers' and Merchants' of Anderson ...........3,887.50 Farmers' and Merchants'. Bank of Walterboro . 1,943.75 Commercial and Savings Bank of Florence .. . 8,000.00 Bank of Hartsville .. .. 7,775.00 National Loan and Ex change Bank of Co lumbia .. ..........145,678.33 The State Bank of Co lumbia .. ...........38,875.00 Palmetto National Bank of Columbia .. .. .. ..46,650.00 People's Bank of Union. 7,775.00 People's Loan and Ex change of Laurens... 3,887.50 The State treasurer has on deposit $85,481.71, claims paid the dispen sary by the various counties since the matter has been turned over to ta State treasurer. The total amount in banks is abou~t $512,832. THAT PRIZE MULE. Giv'ien to the Banne? Democratic County by Bryan. Lincoln, Neb., April 8.-An nouncement was made today at the office of William J. Bryan that Esmeralda county, Nebraska, hav ing made the greatest Democratic gain in the election last November had been awarded the prize mule. The mule, Major Minnemascot, was presented to Mr. Bryan during the campaign by Minnesota admirers and Mr. Bryan offered it as a prize to the county making the greatest Democratic gain. Esmeralde county showed a gain of 694 per cent. * COMDMITS SUICIDE. Former Convict Warden Shoots Self at Macon, Ga. Macon, Ga., April 5.-W. S. Ty son, aged 60, married and the father of nine children, shot and killed himself here this afternoon while in a fit of despondency caused by the loss of his position as State convict warden. Sous of Tyson live in Birmingham, Ala., Savannah, Ga.,1 Cordele, Ga., and Helena, Ga. To Clean Bottles. When a glass bottle becomes so iscolored inside that shot or fine oal will not cleanse it, fln the botr ie with finely chopped potato peel ngs, cork tightly and let them re ain for three days, then the peel ings will ferment. At the end of that time rinse the glass .bottle out with arm water and the stains will be v ound to have disappeared. C Fight About Taxes. Monteleone, Calabria, April 7.- E our men were killed and many oth- i~ ars wounded in a conflict with thej fi Local Carabineers. The authorities1 u ire endeavoring to collect new taxes,jg: i, from their most health >perties, give ROYAL its and principal ingd e PVPoivder Royal Baking Powder. money. d is reqired no other ing agent can take the Royal Baking Powder. KILLING IN SUMTER 1. C..VOIGHT SHOT DOWN BY HIS SFATHERN-LAW. Che Sad Tragedy Grew Out of the Deceased Ill Treating His Wife of a Few Months. Sumter, April 10.-A special to The News and Courier says Mr. A. C. Voight, proprietor of the' New York bakery, was killed about 11 o'clock today by his. father-in-law, Mr. W. F. Flake. Voight was shot in the right chest with a single bar rel while he was attempting to enter the home of his father not to do so. The shooting was done at close range and death resulted instantly. Immediately after the tragedy Mr. Flake, surrendered himself to Offcer Tribble, of the police force, and was looked up in the city, guard house and later on transferred to the county jail. Mr. Flake talked freely to a num ber of persons and says that while he regrets the tragedy, he feels that he was forced to kill 'Voight In- or der to save his own life. The deceased, who was a German, camie to this city about 18 months ago as a baier in. the employ of the Sumter -bakery. Later- he bought the b4ine* and changed the name to the New York bakery. About six months ago he married a daughter of Mr. W. F. Flake, and soon after his .marriage !he began.. beating and ill treating her. This seems to have become a well known fact and neither pleading nor remonstrance, it is alleged, had any efect towards improving his con duct. This morning he .met his wife: on .Dugan . sti-eet .and it is said slapped and cursed 'her. She then went to her father, asking that he do something to protect her' as she was very much afraid of her hus band. Mr. Flake then went before Re corder Hurst and swore out a war rant for Voight charging him with assault. The warrant was served by Officer Weeks, Voight putting up a bond of $100. Soon after this Mr. Flake was standing in front of the Farmers' Bank and Trust Company when Voight rode up on a bicycle and stopped on the edge of the side walk said: "You got a warrant for me, did you?" Mr. Flake replied that he had, when Voight, it is said, making some threat, rode off. Mr. Flake went on* to his home, and soon saw Voight approaching. He went to the front porch and warned Vdight not to come' to the house, but Voight, he claims, would not heed. him. The warning was repeated several times, without effect, and as Voight reached the second step Flake f!-ed, killing him almost instantly. Coroner Flowers' soon empanelled a jury and they rendered a verdict_ that Andrew C. Voight came to his death from a gunshot wound Inflict ed by a gun in the hands of W. F. Flake. Mr. Voight had, no relatives in Sumter except- his wife. His body' was turned over to the Craig Furni ture Company for preparation for burial and will be held while ef forts are being made to communicate with his relatives in New York. Mr. Flake has held a responsible position with the Sumter Telephone Manufacturing Company for some time and h has a reputation for be ing a qui-et, peaceable citizen. Ef forts will probably be made next week before Judge Gary to secure bail for Mr. Flake.* The Man That Wins. - Boys, do you know the kind of'fel low who's just to the world's'mind? The kind the world can't lose? The. kind that folks enthuse over and take off their hats to? Why, it's the man-who-does. He's the follow! Niot the fellow whose grandpa got there; not the fellow who would if ie could; not t'he gentleman who's going to some day; but the man-who ioes, now, today. No sitting around waiting, about him; no .expecting ;omething to turn up. No sir! He :alls the turn and turns 'em; he :akes off his coat and doesn't care f he starts a little s'weat; he doesn't ieed a big, brass-buttoned copper to ell him to move on; he keeps the >rocessign humping to keep up with ith hiin; he is hustle from his feet ip and from his head down; he is tot only in the push, but he is the ush--the whole thing; and say, the ray he makes things come and busi. ess hum is a caution; the way the rorld takes that fellow up and is ood to him makes your heart glad; e's all right, he is; he greases the rheels of progress and keeps the orld spinning round, Don't Mix Them.' Florists say that some flowers -hen made into bouquiets together ill wilt in a very short time. Ros Sand mignonette, for example, are >destructive to each other that they ill not last through a dinner. It possible that the sweet -scent of overs was once a deadly odor hich killed other plants likely to -ow in the sanie soil, and thus pro