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LYNCHINGS Record for 1909 Shows the Number to Be Sevety 11 WHMS, 59 BLACKS Oecurred in 12 States and One Territory-As in Previous Years. Crimes Against White Women Was the Cause of the Majcrity oi the Exemtions. According -o a report issued from Washingtn. D. C.. a few days age. lynchir;s i 1909 have numbered 70. the highest number recorded sInoe 1904. The victims numbered 11 wh*tes and .9 negroes. Th lynchins o ccurred in 12 States an one territory-New M( co. As i: previous years. crimes or allege crimes againat white women &n murders cauaed most of these sum mary eze-atlons. One ease. occurr ing In Cairo. IlM.. conbined bot! causes an I resulted in tMe placin: of the ezty under m!iitary contro. for several days. The Caire lynch ings were the only cises of the kint that occurred north of the Ohio rive: &uring the year. Several doubl lynchings c :urred at various point ia the South. and Oklahoma turn 5bebd a quadruple lynchiag. with fear cattlemen as the ricims. In the following record the wort l'Iynebing" has been held to appl only to the summary punishment In listed by a mob or by any numbe: of citizens on a person alleged tc have committed a crime. By State, the 70 lynching eases here record ed are elassilded as follows: Georgia .. .. .. .. ...... 11 Texas ...... .. .. .... .. U Florida ... ... .. ....... 8 M issispp. .... .. .. .. .--. Oklaoma ........ .. ... ... Eatucky ...... .. .. .... . 4 Arkansas .... .. . ....... . 3 South Carolina ... ... ... . 3 New Mexico .... .. .. ...... Minois .... .. .. ..... .... 2 Missouri ...... .. .. ...... West Virginia ........ .. .. 1 The detailed record for 1909 it as follows. Jan. S-Lexngton. S. C.. unilden tiled ner. attempted criminal as maat. Jan. 8-Marthaville. La.. Jim Gil bert. negro. accused of counterfeit ft& Jan. 10-Poplarville. Miss.. PinI WIllIs, negro. attempted erimina samal Jan. It-Hope. Ark.. Hilliard. ne gro. insulting white woman. Jan. 23-MobIle. Ala.. Douglas: Roberson, negro. murder of a deput: sheriff. Jan. 24-LeIghton. Ala.. Sam Dat enport, negro. incendiarism. Feb. 7-Mexia. Ala., Will Park er. negro. criminal assault. Feb. 9-Houston. Miss.. Roby Das kin. negro, murder or the Rev. W T. Hudson. Feb. 13-Gainesville. Fla.. Jak. Wades. negre, criminal assault. Feb. 11-Hearn. Tex.. Rolly Wy att. negro. ahooting a white man. March 4-Blakely, Ga.. Joh' rowler. negro, murder of deput.' sheriff. March 7-Roskwall. Tex.. Ander son Ells. negro, attempted crimina' asault. March 12-Eien. Miss.. Joe Gor *don. negro, shooting and blinding: white man. March 195-Emkns. W. Va.. Josee Brown, white. shooting chief of po lice. .. March 25-Cuervo. N. M.. Danie& Johnsn negro, and Manuel Sando va1,-a' Mexican. kidnappIng youn; girl. 4 * M.*re 29-Dawson. Tex.. Joe Re-' dea.. negrgansulting white woman .Apil 6-5Pensacola. Fla.. Day Aisandem, megro. murder of polie man. . April 9-Lafayette. Ky.. Be: Brame, negro. attempted crimina assault9 A April-1 1-Yazoo City. Miss.. How. ard Montgomery. negro. assaulti.: an of!eer. April il-Arcadia, Fla.. Jo'as Smith. negro. attempted criminal as cault. April 19-Ada. Okla.. J. B. Mill: B .3B. Burrell. Jesse West and Jo Allen, all white, charged with mur der. April 25-Bess-mer. Ala., Joh Thomas. negro. criminal assault. April 28-Bartow. Fla.. Charl"' Scarborough. negro, attempted criml nal assault. April 30-Marshall. Tex., Creokt -Mose, Pic Hill and Mat Chase. ne groes. murder. May 1-Tyler. Tex.. Jim Hodges negro. crimnn! assault. *May 8--Camden. Fla.. Unidenti fled negro, criminal assault. May 24-Lincoluton. Ga.. Alber Alken. negro. shooting white man May 24-Pine Bluff. Ark.. Livet Davis. negro, .ttempted criminal as-~ vault. May 23-Abilene. Tez.. Tom Bar nett. white, shot to death ir hih el. convicted of murder. May 30-Portland. Ark., Josep Blakeley, negro. threatening mur der. .June 3-Frankfort. Ky.. John Maxey, negro. shooting white manl Jane 5-Tallahassee. Fla.. Maik' Morris. negro, convitded of n'urder June 11-Smnoaks. S. C.. Quillie Simmons and Frank Samuels, white. charged with murder. June 15-Arcadia. Fla.. Unidenti led negro. attempted criminal as vault. June 22-Tabotton. Ga.. Wil Iia~m Caneker, negro. murder. June 23-Talbotton. Ga.. Joe Har. dy, negro. eharged with tnstigatin: murder. June 24-Cuthbert. Ga.. Albert Reese. negro. assaulting white wo-! man. June 2e-Wilburton. Okla.. Syl vester Stennien. negro. murder of deputy constable. July 2-Darwick. Ga.. Un'.dentl flod negro, found hiding uder a1 bed in the home of a white famIly.J July 20-Paris. Ky.. Albert Law an. negro, shooting a sheriff. Waty 20-Gum Branch. Ga-. t'ni 4entilsd negro. attempting theft of Sorfse and btggy-.i ara- 29-OneluaSa. La.. Onetme I WAS HUNTED DOWN ONE NEGRO SHOT AND BURNET) IN UIS OWN HOUSE. Murder of Young WTh!te Man Leads to Death of Slayer's Brother and Wour~ding of Member Lof P.owe. Magnolia. Ala.. !s qu!ct Tuesday -1ight. following a (.y of intense * -itement w!th much b!tter feel*%z 'r-anifested between the white's*' blacks of that comnu::ity. E 0. ilade. one of four white men shot '>y Clinton Monagemery. a despera:x -te-t-o. is fa:tlly :njure.d. and his wath. expect--d at any =i.nute. U. erve to furher fan tbe fLames (j race hated. Canton Mon tomery's charre !ody lies in the ru.ns of a smal tegro house. near the town. '. ork of a poS of citizens. Brister nd Shelly Montgomery. brothers of he burned zegro. barely e-ap.: -nching early Monday morning. -hen the sheriff of Marengo count aptured them and eluded the ma :unters. taking them to the counto 7il at Lindon. Search is being continued for Wi .!ontgzomery. another of the fout .rothers. charge I with the bruta -.urder late Saturday night of Al trnen Lewls. a young white man which crime precipitated the troubl. .:onday. Practically every negn esident of Magnolia left there Mon ay afternoon. The wh:tes are we! -me]. Monday afternoon Cint Montgom. -ry and several other nerees were -und barricated in a house. whict wts soon surrounded by a deter nined body of whites. Fearing fo: heir lives. Montgomery's compan .ons deserted him and surrendered o the posse. Montgomery fastene he door. after defying the men t -ttempt to get him. One of his negro companions was Uen forced to set fire to the house nd when the building was eave "qed in smoke. Montgomery threa -en a window and opened fire upot 'he posse with a magazine shotgun rnest Slade fell mortally woundie! Is face and body illed with shot 'Z. G. Carlton. Tom Shields and Wm indsey were also wounded. thor!' -ot seriously A fusillade of shots struck Mont -omery as he was attempting to !eavs 'te house. his body being riddlet nd then allowed to be consumed it 'he burn!ng building. A report !! 'o the effect that Brister and Shell! 1onttomery were placed in th inden Jail. Albert Watkins. anoth -r negro suspected of barbering thi !ontgomery brotuers. is under ar -est. The Southern War Cloud. The American people do not ge -eatly stirred over the row wir! 'elaya of Nicaragua. The comi< 'wece of South American -.:ornmen -tas beesn played a good many years ad the only thing that interests u: s the question whether Am-rie:an re getting the sQuare deal. It b. 1shame that these toy republiec o throttle their owni future by mak 'ig it next to impossible for Amer lcan business men to develop the ountry. Eut that is their own fu -eral. It does not pay in the loin -un, either, for Americans trying t o business down there to mix to' -nuch in their dirty politics. Sucl taterference involves our govern. ,enit to an extent that does not pay 'or what there is in it. It will be .. great many years before there wil -e a stable government in Centra 'ind South America. We could mali' tain It all right. but the tax bi! vould not be accompanied by cor esponding returns. It's all right t 'verawe the play armies down tnert >y a sight of our war ships an'i itarines. A practIce trIp in Souther: 'sters will do them as much good -s anything else that might tak' u, their attention. But there are -:ays adways ofspanking tin "-esdents without going to wa: atN at it. Zelaya has stepped down I d out, but an example should be nade or him as a warning to other -yrants that may attempt to imi ate him. One of the tr-at scientinle men of 'is day felt called upon to write s -ook to prove that the phonograph I as a fake, and that It was an utter *m'possibility to phonare the human -oc.The success of Edison shows iow much this learned scientist -new about the matter. Sinc' then our conadlence in so-called sci atists has been badly shaken. 'homas a. Emile Antoine. negroes. ssault. July 31--Wellston. Ga.. Sim An lerson. negro. peeping into a white .'oman's bedroom. Aug. 2--Platte City. Mo., George 'ohnson, white, murder. Auf. 9 -Cadlz. Ky.. Joe Miller. tegro. criminal assault. Aug. 12-Creenvile. Miss.. Wi!! tcbinson, negro. insulting white Aug. 27-Tarrytown. Ga.. John tweeny. negro, aiding a nlegro mnur 'erer to escape. Sept. 4-Jackson. Ala.. Josh an ! .ewis Balaam. negroes, murde.r or Sdeputy sheriff. Sept. 6-Clarke'sla!e. Mipss.. Her nan McDanis. negro. accused of be 'ng concerned in a murder comn nitted by his brother. Sept. 7-Mangham. La.. Henry ti!!. negro. drowned by mob, at :empted criminal assault. Sept. 25--Perry. Fla.. Charley \nderson, negro. murder. Oct. 5--Grenasburg. La.. Ape Ard. -ierro. murder. Oct. 21-GreenvIlle. Tex.. Franuk Wil!iams and "Louis.'' negroes. Nov. 12--Cai. !E. Henry Salz :ter, white. charged1 with wife mar Ier. and Will James. negro. confess r'd assaIlant and murderer of a youn, white woman. Nov. 20-Dlelhi. La.. James Estes.; tegro. shooting city marshal. Nov. 25--Meehan. Miss.. Morgean Thambers. negro. cr!minal nssault. Nov. 26 -West Shreveport. La.. Tonry K~achel. negro. attempted riminal assault. Dec. 1-Cochran. Gt., John Har~ ard. n-tro. hed a: stake. shoot JONE'S SLOGAN Is No Taltion Wilhout Equalization In South CardIina FIGHTING TAX DODGERS The comptroller-General at War With the Tax Asse sment Methods in This4 State and ih Doing All lie Can to Have Them Changed to 1111b Way. A. W. Jom-.. comptrolier-general of South Carlina has a new glo ga; tal one Which he thinks Should supatthe famous exprezsion of Pa.tkHenry. "No taxa'ion without equaliza i."* says the cmptroller. for the -ther. -no taxation without reprt sentation." has pissed away aid It 'ea:s to be the lIfe work of Mr Jones to equalize the taxes in this 'tate. For twenty years has ne fought for such a con1itiun. long 1-fo'e he played into St.te poli tics. He !s not aghting the corpora :ions for i" his opi::ion they are :ot ter assesseli than the land of the t.. t e. However. exceptions hare beez teen to his statement as to stee rallways andi power companies. The following is a story publish ed and an .nwer written by Mr 'ones in newspaper style: "The report made by Comptrollti 'eneral Jones. publ!shel yesterday in the assessment of the Columbla Electric Strce: Railway. Light anc Power Company. has attracted con si Ierab!e attention and as a reeu some 1gures in defense of the ftich and county board of equalization t< ;how that the present equalizatiot s cn returns ma Ie by the corpora .!on in question and that the as sessment of a franchise--that is. tk. -oo.wil! of a corporation-is im :.ssibl- under the present law. "The sir.-et railway company. ac 1:rding to Mr. Gimves. Is assesse on a basis of SS.0v0 a mile an I tol lowing the rule, the assessment Is -an 50 per cent of this. which . -4.000 a mile. I- addition to this the equipment of the eompaay is al -o returned, as with other oorpora tUons. and assessed at the usual Rich land standard, which is. probably as high as any county in the State Mir. Gibbes said a thorough lnu'es :igation was madle for property val "Concernin, the assessment of thi Columbia cana. Auditor Gibbe ',ointed out that this came undej the supervision of the State boar: -f equailz:ation and the julgment o that boly is that the canal is wort! 3150.00'0. The board, following ou :he usual rule. does not tax the value of the franchise. "'The Dgurea given by Comptroller - cneral Jones on the local plan re disputed by William Elliott. gen eral manager of the Street Railway *a~ft and Power Company, escial as to e-traings and gross receipts However. as the matter has bee: 3rought tup in this manner and wil b e given in the annual report of the I-trollt r. it is probable that som< - anrd will be aliopted for a basi: aluati~on on franchise. At pres eat there is no way to determin :he 'gcodwil!' of a public servic' -rporation..'' Mr. Jones' Reply. "'Comptrei!er'-Geraeral Jones referr 'g t- the estimate I valuation of th4 property of the Columbia Electric S:rot Railway. Light and Powel "mpany. which now owns both the Columbia e::nai. fo.rmerly of the Co. !umbia Water Power Company and street raIlway sy'stem in Columbi: and vicinity, at $3.500.000.0B. and Mr. E~liett's contention that the 'igures as to Inecmre a:'e incorrect says, that th'se fl:ures were taken by him from the returns of the Co lumbia Elretric .S:rcet Railway -ihtad Power C .mpany. sworn to by Mr. Elliott in the spring of 19(09. as fcllows: Gross rereipts from pow er depanrtment (ca nal) ...............3208.139.23 Cress receipts from Lighting department . 108.645.2e Grcss receip'ts from Stree't Railway Depart ment .... ...........159.401.90 Aggregate income of Co lumbia Elec. Street Rv. L. & Power C'.. . 36.136.38 ''This compa~ny operate! 21.36 miles of St-et R-tilway. Columbia Canal and Eleatrie Lighting Plant. has a monopoly of transportation. sale of power. an I thiro ugh the in -'irect ownership by its stockholders of the C:> umbia Gas Company. has alsoa moopol of the lighting plants in. the city. While the C2 lumbia Gas Company !s a separate certooratt!cn. It hras the same general oncers as the Street Railway Comn pany. to wit: Htwin W. Robinson. presi<'ent: G.. M. Berry. secretary. and William Eflliott. general manag er "The Comptroller General says he <'oes noat propese to be diverted from estimting the true mnon-y value of this property. what it is actually worth and will produee in dollars and ctr.tS, by' talk about an indefi nable 'goo-!w!ii' or 'franchise' as ex !sting apart from the propertv. "Joe Sparks.' ** Ne'ro Shot A bout Booze. A dispatch"~ from Eiko says t'here is on!l'- a l'vely trade going on b'e :ween P>rnw-!: ea':oty thirsty folks andC~ .dissrry at Saleys. To avoid Sher:ff Cr,'.ch a number of :wa-i's zot oT' at Ashleigh. a' ma!flg sttin t:ween Black-: vI!!e and !'a-nwell. They bring the siinor in .rs and satchels on foot necrnss the' conatrv. Saturday night C':ff Wiiams anid G :s Hallenquesot stot in~to an atore"tt-an on one of: the liquor tris. whe'n W.\illiamns drew :. un an-! shIot iHaa'snouest twice. Was a Big Pig. Alvin D)'---ik. who Ives near Johetn. k!'led a hog a few dars aeo w':!rh weIghed 64 pounds not. ~This pi wae 3 mo ths old. Mr. TDerrirk o:minet 7- porwls of lard f-t 4nA b-ar. Mr. Derriek lives~ tho~ne at alw'.rs h's corn to sel and make~s a bale of cotton pert S=1'h KILED IN THE STREET 'THE KOREAN PRFEMIER ASSASSI NATED WHILE RIDLNG. His Attendant Was Also Stabbed by the Assassin and Soon Died From the Wound. While riding along one of, the itreets of Seaul on Tu.-sday. Pre :ier Yi. the head of the Korean cabinet. was stabbed and fatally wounded by a Korean. Yi Chamm Yong. Pre-mier Yi was formerv minis ter. He became prime minister in May. 1909. when a r.iconsgruct!on of the cabinet followed a fiv--hour audience wbich Marquis Ito. th': Japanese rebident. had wlth the -.nptror. Y. was regarded as a firm and competent officer. but his etforts o carry out the policy of the new Ldministraion met with continue i infl determined oppositimn from his political adversaries. The attack occurred at 10 o'clock in the morning. The assailant was -t young Christian who was for -:any years a resident of the 'nt 1 S:ates The pr'-mier was riding in his Jinriksha when the assassin tame up with a long kitchen knif :n his hand. He drove th!s twice :nto the abdomen of the premier !nd once Into the latter's lung. The assassin then turned on the ,remier's J!nriksha man. whom be -tabbed and instantly killed. The assassn was !mmediately ar -ested. He is a youth of about 20 years and Is believed to be a mem )er of a political senret society. The premier was removed to the 'iospital. Yi was a!w .s credited with fos tering anti-JapAnese sentiment !n Korea. He bitterly opposed the fac tIon among the Koreans which fav ored annexation to Japaen and re 'used to present a petition for an -iexation to the Korean emperor. Notwithstanding V's known sen 'iments In :egard to the relations between Japan and Korea. Marqula Ito regarded Yi as an honest and onscientious patriot and refused to isten to the prem!er's repeated re :uests that he be allowed to resign 'ils office. It is believed that the assassina !on is the result of political in trigue. A BRIUTAL MURDER. J. E. Liddell Dies Within Sight of of His Home. At Greenv!lle at ten o'clock on Christmas Eve J. E. Liddell. a real estate dealer, was found dead near the spot in the southeastern part ol the citly. where Wesley Russell, a mill worker was found wounded or Thursday night. Liddell had been dead an hour or more when found as the body was almost covered with enow. Christmas Eve he had been in th' -!ty shopping and started for home about 8 o'clock. He Is a marrie man, and his wife becoming alarmed .t his failure to arrive sent a neIgh that his body was found within a stone's throw of hIs home, a terrible ~ash in the man's head tol.d the story ~fthe tragedy, tne wound evident!y having been made with an axe o: some sharp instrument. Scattered 'lI about the dead :man were toys for his little children and a number' of gifts for his wife. Res!'ents of the neighborhood. where the two traged!-s have occur red one so qui'ckly following the oth er are greatly wrough: up over the crimes. Russell an i Liddeli were both struck in much the same man r. except Russell had four gashes in his head. while L~ddie had but one. R::ssell fied Christmas nIgh: from his wounds. .Jess Fu!ler and Joe Baker. two whIte men. were arrested Sunday morning for the murder. The arrest was made after a conf.-ssion allegel ,to have been ma-de by Fu'.'er to W. 0. Stever. a crntractor. Fuller was taken to the police sta tion and a i:atte crowd gathesed. It was feared for a timre that the pris oner world be taken from the guard house and lynched. He was finally escorted to the ja~l by the mayor and other citizens in company with th* pelice. The crowd gathered around the jail. and two squads of a local military company were stationed abeout to keep down any disorder. iThe prisoner was finally spirited away in a large automobile by C. M. Wing and taken to Spartanburg.* Sunday Sanitary Plan. Newspaper clippings received by Dr. L. W. Dunn of Asheville. N. C.. show the thought of the people in both the Carolinas and adjoining States to be strongly in favor of the "Sanitary Sunday plan. This -ay of preaching ad- teaching the right care ot the human body was sstgested by the North Carolina Association for the Prevention of TuberculosIs, of which Dr. Dunn Is president. "The press and the pu! it. supplemented by the ter cher In the Sunday school and the week-day school. must do a large part of the missionary and educational work which is necessary to rid this city of tuberculosis or consumption. During the last few weeks many of the leadirng newspapers in the South ern State4.'' according to Dr. Dunn. 'have been cordial in their support of the plan for Sanit'ary Sundcay and have been intelligently a;-pre-cia tii'e of its real signifieance-. Th* newspapers in their editorials hav' shown that the carsign again-t ?:bereitiosis mum~ lsrg-lv he -f:ter ed by those ag-ncies wai'-h in".uence. the judgment and arotuse the con science of the average people. Hence this first step t-.' *n!'t the active co-operation of the pulpit and the preacher. Five ':len I'e r%h. At Shawnee. Okia.. flve works.-n were killed and 1~ others A'ert- in jure-! Friday by the. exi-lsion of a Ioomotve boi- r that wr.-ckedi the repair shop of the Chictun o 'ck l. and & Pardfc railroad. Rauway of .oiis saiy that only two are d-ead,. sthough frue.:e:s of biesiv fo::- I I n the wre kag- make it almost eer- 1 an that five were kl.!ed.* Free lunch doesn t. as a r'a!. in COMET COMNG Astronomer Camille FarinarioD Says it is Now Travliag WITH ENORMOUS SPEED Just Now the Path of the Erratic Visitor is Directed Both Towards the Earth and the Sun. But it Will Soon Draw An.y Frum t: Earth. Camille F'amarirmn. the disti:: guished French astronomier. write of Halley's comet to The New York Herald as follows: Halley's comet. I tae arrival of which I was permi ted to witness by quite a celestial favor on the photographic plates of Hel.eiberg University. on Sep tember 12. is advancing rapidly to ward the earth. At that time it was 52! million kilometers from us; this !tstance has been reduced to 226 million. which is about the distance of the orbit of Mars to the sun. The comet then has come about thr& hundred million kilometers closer tc us in seventy-sLx days. which gives it an average speed of 3.890.000 kilometers. or very nearly four =l lion kilometers a day. Truly a pret sy fair speed! That speed. too. will ge en inereasing aecording as the comet draws nearer to the sun. Just now the comet's path Is di rected toward both the sun and the earth. After the middle of Decem ber, while still speeding onward toward the son. it will draw away from our planet. Later on. how ever, it will again move toward the earth through the combination o! Its elliptic orbit with the almosi circular path which the terrestria: globe describes every year around the radiant heat center of the sola: system. As a pale nebula, invisible ever by means of the most powerful in struments. ,.orceptible only by th< photographic eye, the comet pass *,. In the middle of September. from the 17th to the 16th magnitude. Bi the middle of October It had reach ed the 15th. and at the beginninj of November the 14th. It has nov reached the 13th magnitude, and it! movemeats are follon ed punctuaIlI by the powerful instruments of tho observatories. Even its spectra analysis already has been commenc ed. The comet should on April 21 reaoh the point of its nearest ap proach to the sun. its perihelion 90. 000.000 kilometers from the sola: sphere. Its speed is then 54.00( meters a second. 3,240 kilometers i minute. or 194.444 kilometers ai hour. Bathing in the etuvia of the electrie. ealorifie, luminous radia tion of the sns it becomes imnpreg nated with its rays. undergoing 1t its whole being fantastic transfor mnations which lend it prodigiou. glory, develop it by multiplying. ter times. a hundred times. its volume lengthening it to mill!ons and mil !Ioas of kilomreters by a kind o phosphorescence which always is ex tended away from the sun and giv': rise to the formi table tails whic1 a flled with terror the souls of ou; -ncestors. Thenceforth the wanderer's pati tnkes it away from the ardent ca~n ter to sink into the dese'rts o: limensity. gradually diminishing it size. becoming a sort of invisih.< bubble, and finally to find again the night of its aphelion in which for years and years it is lost to the eye of astronomers on the earth. 11 goes away to a distance o' five thous s-:nd million kilometers. into t09 ultra Neptunian night, in which it.< speed is gradually decreased to l:-' th'an. a kilometer per second ii: total duration of Its circuit is slty Sive years. After leaving its perihelion thb comet, traveling away from the su:1 1gain approaches the terrestrial or I it. Up to the time it reaches * a I erihelion-that is.until April 29 -- it will be a morning star. visible In the east before the sun rises. It becomes an evening star after t." perihelion and will be visible in rhe~ west af'er sunset. Quite probably it will be then very remarkable, a~s lit was in the spring of 1966. at the time of the Cosquest of L.s ILand, and 'n the spr'ng of 1456. ;t the period of the wars of the '.ucks 'and the Christians directe'I by Mr. homet II and Pope Caliztus Ill This time possibly it is t. ga' us a surprise on the after eff'ects of which it is difficult to theorize. According to the calculations of sev eral astronomers who are now oc cupied hy :h'e special orbit of the comet during its present opposition. it may pass before the sun about May 18. Mr'. Crommelin. in Eingland. and Mr. Searne. in America, agree with the calculations of othera on this position. At that date the head of the comet will be twenty-six mil lion kilometers away from us. Now, the somet's tails are often thirty, forty or fifty million kilo meters in length and they are al ways extended away from the sun. This immense appendix then might reach us. might envelope rus for sev eral hours. What will be the result of this meeting of such an lmmner sicn? Without going again over the ground I covered in my work on the su'oject. "l.a Irla du- Monde." or: disci-esing the va-ions fo-ms which a 'ometary encounter with our wan dering v!..itor iiht present from the mzechanie.il. physical. ehemical and therrno-yamie viewpoints, 'we may at onc-- ocknowledge that we know nothiug of the fat- reserved for us next May. The poisoning of! humanity by (.eleterious gases is im.probab!e Doubt!lees of the ovg.n of the atmosphere comnbined with the by drogen of the comet's tai! it woui! near universail denih with ?hor: shrif:. Ii'. on the contrary. h resulted a di:n:inution In the sum-ly! f nItrogen the brain of every ona >f us would experience an uner-r 'd sensation of phyuIeal ser.Iity an h"- human rcA wm:ld ene to. mndden end in a parx"sm of joy. CLAIMS TO CURE CANCER WITHOUT OPERITION OR TRE USE OF KNIFE IN ANY WAY. Dr. Armstrong. of New York. Says HIU Treatment faas Been Success fully Tested. Dr. Thor.:as M. Armstrong. of New York. a hsrts he h:.s discovered an !:nost c.rt&ain cure for cancer: other hys:.:s .:;--a to agree in tbI Lr.Armtmg. who lives :-t No 166 West Thirty-sixth street. N - York C.:y. ins-.4ta that he does no: neek new paper notorivty. but f--is uound. f~r t::-- sake of su"fering ba ianity. to n:a& e his cure know'. H1. w~a graduated from the medical de :,ar-ment of Toronto University ir iS77 and has practiced medicine in the West and in New.York. Twenty 'our years ago he be:an to stud) I -ancer in th- living patient and ier-soepicaily and chemically. "I found my cure aine years ago." <;aid Dr. Armstrong a few days ago. -Since then I have treated thirty niine cases of true cancer. thirty :x have been cured perfectly. The :hree failures. I believe, resulted be -ause the physicians in immediate at :endance did not strickly follow my -nethod of treat:nent. Ninety days is the shortest period in which I -tave effected a cure: successful treat :nent has taken from three to lye nonths on the average. I never use the knife. My treat :nent is twofold. I use a lotion and ime icine taken internally." It seems that Dr. Armstrong con des his treat.ment to other physi -ians. as the ethics ef the medical profession require. He mentioned the names of several physicians in! .ew York who he said have em -loyed the treatment. One is Dr. P. W. Popham. No. 354 Schermer 'orn street. Brooklyn. "I am using Dr. Armstrong's treat rnent in two cases with excellent 'e suits." said Dr. Popham. "Ono pa tient has a deep cancer of the back. -\fer tbre-e :honths of treatment '-th patients are greatly improved. Tft lotlon which Dr. Armstrong rnrescribes seems to erad~cate the liseased tissue: to dispel the an -erous growth." The reporter asked Dr. Popham if Dr. Armstrong keeps his treat nent secret, and, if not, to tel. what It is. "I do not know that he keeps it wcret." sail Dr. Popham. "It coa 4ists of phesphorus sulphate" Then pausing as if in second houjht. Dr. Popham added: 'No. I ..hall not tell you.' 7 *Do you know of a case which ias been cured absolutely by this treatment?" Yes, one." sqid Lr. Pophbm; *A xoman who was a patient ef Dr. \gnes Spatrks. No. 140 South Port and avenue. This patient had been -'reated for cancer for two years - nd was roing from bad to worse A fter Dr. Sparks had treated her for 'our mntnhs by Dr. Armstrong's -nethod she was cured as far as is' 'ossiluie to determine.-' '-I do not care to talk to a new: paper about my practice." said Dr. '.nres Sparks when asked about he: 'atient. Fight to a Finish. The parlamentary struggle in natlan:d is naturally watched with "'n 'rtere.st in this country becauss the princin'e at stake is the same, that led to the revolt of the thirteen~ colonies from Great Britain-the -orancipele of no taxation without rep resentation. The lords, which rep --e -:. ro one. wmt to dicta:.e what taxes shall be raised and the metho.l -raising them: while the commons.! as the direct representatives of the' people' assert that by virtue of that positicn they alone have *.h rigb. to I:npose and colicct the teaxes. in such a contest the sympathie4 of American~s are 'aturally w~t~s the sommions, Wn:o. In our opinli-. are bound to wIn, which means the be Jginning of the end with the lords The pecple of En:land hat' long wanted an excuse to abolish tae House of Lords, and they wHi not fail to Improve the present oppor tunity. is has not ye t shown u~s what are the chIef elements in the tail of the c omnet. Hydrocarbonic combizations of nitrogen sre frequent. From photographs and analyses made ia.t year at my Juvisy obser vatory. by M.-ssrs. Quenisset, db la Haumne-Pluvinel and Baldet of the Mo'rehouse comet electrialty seems to play an important part in the strange dislocations observed. There eists ta-~re a tbrmidable electro statIc field, and electro-magnetkc forces have added their influence toj the r.-piulsive force of the sun. Anxious minds have, however, no reasonto be~ tormented-uselessly to-y these prognostications Comet tails. !! Is true, are immense but they are so lIght, as rarified that the terrestrial atmc-:sphere i& like lead In con:parison. Even wer I r r!ohe compl.et-ly plunged intl sutch a tail we would. without doubt.I )fe saved from a cataclyrsm by the atmose~'haric curtain which surroumn.1 *z. The' come: might be compared to a fog thrcugh which a !ocomouive was a-hiur; at full speed. A shower of shoe'.ing stars a-ight. perhaps, tati silently in the hg~h re'gions of our Ml~y or we might b trea!-'d to the Iluinration of an i -z:n-e' aur',rs borclais. Bosides. the earth has twire witin the last sunr~'i yVnre paissedI thror.gh thej a'! o' a Pome: w:r~cut being trou~b ed thA:.--i. Tr:i- wa.: In 18I9 and a I 5A rI. l.'' cii hot", that It w'ill *e the 'in:- this r:me. For Am---iearas the paesing of the -nmet i--fore the sun e!! tl ake place N *uring; th.- t:v. It will be night :n F ran"'- in both cn'itions th enarn-n 1!! -inerei'!ling to A w.r--. I' is not. howev-r. car --rod"-ad Tb.-' r'nat iorns are not yet in~si~'- Le: ti, lire in~ peace. Hi The e~rest thi. about a liar ',, bo n9t.n tmakes him to aee l*,u k.now it Mak-- vos'.-ti at 'eme". Bu be -a"-':1 nto mak: othe'rs wish ina GEN.R ELEE 0 isSaid Northerners Object to M. Image in the Capital. ALL TOURISTS SEE IT Virginia May Refu'e to Let Statue of Lee and Washingt)n RemaI Unles Congreos Accepts the Forn: er Promptly In the Spirit in Wic It Is. O5erl. A Was'hington diipatch to Th News and Courier sas it Is learne that immediately after the holiday the question of whether or not th handsome bronze statue of Robe: E. Lee. recently placed in Statuar Hall at the capito!. is to be accepte by t'!e government or returned t Virginia will be settled. The ma ter. it is un-erstood. will be force to a decision. A member of the Virginia con mission charged with the duty < arranging Doth for the preparatic of the Lee statue and for its pr sentation to the government on b halt of the State of Virgin Wednesday stated in most empha 1c terms that the Old Dominic would not let the question be for ed, neither the acceptance of tl statue, together with that of Ge; Washington. by the goverament. "As a member of the commission he said. "and a citizea of Virgini I will do my best to have the statu both of Lee and Washington r moved at once from Statuary Hall the capitol and carried to Richmon unless congress s'::all agree to aece them both. not only pleasantly b in the best of spirit. Virginia. y4 may be sure, is not anxious to for congress or any other body to rece nize Lee In Statuary Hall. In fac I feel almost justified in saying th the matter has gone too far alread The grand old State of Virginia. an indteed. the entire South. has be insulted by the very thought of r jecting the Lee statue. "If congress will not aecept It the spirit i which It is offere then I feel safe in saying that place will be found not only for tt statue-the Lee statue-but for$b of Washington also in the State ca itol in Richmond. The people n only of Virginia, but of the enti South would be glad to see bo Washin'ton and Lee In the city RIchmond. 'But I hop* sincere that no more will be said in a wi that, will make the Virginia peop feel hat they would have to tal sue action as might some day greasy regretted." It learned here that there Is eonsidiersble am"nunt of ill feeli: engendered by the placing of the statues In the capitol. The of~ei guides, who conduct tourist parti al1 throu:gh the 'ouilding and see aL talk with people from all over tI and other countries, form an eze' lent index Into the general seni meat of the people on various to ics of interest. One. of these guides was aski whst the tourists thought of the ma ter--irrespective of who they we or where they came from. He. plied that his business had incres ed wonderfully since Lee was plaec in the capitol, that many had viel ed the Confederate general and I uniform with curiosity, and thata most without execption Northei sight-seers had condemned it. Tl feeling is thus seen to be quite b: ser. Washlngtons and Lees. A few days ato the press dispatc; es announced the protest of tI Michigan Loyal Legion against tI acceptance by congress of Gen. Ro: ett E. Lee's statue to stand besim the statue of George Washingtoi the two being the contribution Virginia to the National Hall< Fame. The incident, says the Ne Orleans Daily States, has served1 call attention to the curious faa that the Washingtons and the Le< have always been "losely associate in the history of Virginia and of ti country from the Colonial day's dou to the bloody War Between tU States. The gallant and dashi: "Light Ho-se Harry" Lee was a f vorite of Washington and the bee sabreur of the Continental arm whose knightly deeds will ever lii in the history of the American Re1 olutlon. It appears that the day befor the protest of the Michigan Loyu Legion wss made public ihe Le Camp of Confederate Veterans me In Richmond. Va.. to receive a pi ure of Col. Joha Augustine Wasi ington. brother of George Washing ton. Coi. Washington was leuten mt colonel and aide-d--'anns to Ge-' Robert E. Lee. and a Washington c he genuine blood and breed. I s said that he was about the firs n'an chosen by Gen. Lee for servic, n his personal staff. and that h re a soldier's death five month ifter the beginning of the civil wa n the battle of Valley Monntaic vptember !3. 1861. . H was th art Washilngton to own and occup' he historic homestead at Mount Ver on. and in his memory the follow ng lines were written by t~he Rt tev. B. D. Tucke'r. Bisho;, coadjutos the Protestant Episcopal Churci: Southern Virgini'.. himself a fear es soldier of the Confeey. o soldier of fortu~ne. ae seeker of o love' of ;:lo"y and frame. unt .*i'aply a rran who was truie to The hnm where he dwel!t and his name. e rode !ar away at the call of the land. TUnmindfatl of peril and tve: sm!!e on his face and a wave of hia hand For' the chi:diren who stcod at the e rode -: the side of the kingliest kn:ht. And de.'n'i '! a perdou to share is *en. and t'n march. er the rateuched "r dishono"r and sham'. HITE MAN LYNCHED ' H An KILED ANOTHER LAN AND WOUNDED HIS WIFE. Christna. Eve Tragedy in Virginia Followed by Hanging of the Criml nal by Angry Mob. A dispatch from Hurly. Va.. says following the killing here on Christ mas Eve of Samuel Baker and the .erious woundIng of his wife and two :hildren by the former's enemy, Henry PFnnington. a mob of one hun dred citizens late Christmas night took Pennington from an in;aro' is'di ja!l. where be bad been incarcerated under heavy guard, and hat-ed him a to a steam pipe. e Pennington. who had been drink ing. picked a quarrel with Hiaker and shot him while the latter was on his way to Sunday-school Christmas tree with his wife. his two children and % friend. Wyatt Meadows. Seeing that he had killed Baker. Pennington started to run away. Mrs. Baker -alled after Pennington and implor ed him to help her take the body home. The ruse worked and Pennington went back to the spot where hl! vic t!m lay dead. Bent upon avenging the dead. Mrs. Baker grabbed Pen - nington's pistol from his pocket and shot twice at him. Her aim was bad e but she succeeded in wounding him Ie n the hand and thigh. Pennington recovered posession of the pistol and hen shot the woman and attempted to kill Meadows. who was running away. it Is alleged, and the two chil dren. 0 Pennington then fled. but was sur I rounded by a posse on the outskirts d. of the town later In the night. He pt was captured after an exchange of at rhots with the oMcers. who badly l wounded him. Being to weak to stand the Journey to the Grundy jail which Is 15 miles distant. ove moun talnous country. Pennington was locked up in the constable's house. but about one o'clock Christmas af dternoon it was thought advisab4 to remove him to a boarding house. where he was put under a strong ;uard. d2I Feeling against Pennington ran d brigh. and many covert threats of a 'ynching were heard during the day. Ait midnight a band of about one a hundred citizens was quietly organ Ized. the guard was overpowered and Pf ?ennIngton was taken to the engine -oom of a lumber mill, nearby, and hanged to a steam pipe. The body was riddled with bullets, and was I hen left hanging until nine o'clock 3unday morning when it was cut lown. Home Rule in Sight. Ireland evidently stands to win a the present politIcal crisis in ;reat Britadin. The straightforward. alear cut promise of the premier that e he liberal government If sustained a the coming elections, wIll pre e'nt a bil! for complete home rule, Sbrings the goal plainly into sight. V hen Gladstone Introduced his home -uie bIlls in 18S6 and 1S94 he was 'iearly in advance of public senti 'sent in England . But since then t. tot only the liberal party but also he whole country has been educated eup to the poInt of granting home I ule. This principle of devolution nce successfully introduced will ,robably be extended until England nd Scotland, and perhaps. Wales. -.vill each hare its local parliamt.t rhis shows the rapid spread of the -rue DemocratIc spirit In Englan-' ~t will not be many decades before hat country will overthrow the -nonarchy andi elect Its own rulers. SThe recent foolish action of the House of Lords In rejectIng the Sbudget as proposed by the House of' b 'Commons only hastens the downfall ,.*f the monarchy as well as Itself. Wil11 Not Be Held. yr That a righteous publIc sentiment a tan make itself felt against evils e when it Is suffciently awakened Is er ;een in the decision of Mayor Busse a n? Chicago. in response to 'pubic ' 'emnand. to prohibit the first ward ,, ball of that city. That function in n til past has been notorious for itt ,. 'launting and promotion of vice. g F'or years its promoters impudently Lnd succeessfully defined law and or ii ler and public opinion. That at last y Ithey have had to bow before the e <orm of..rlghteous indignation ought - o encourage right mInded people to persevere in their efforts to pro -note ,~ncy. c Dixie Most Popular. "Dixie" has finally been omeially roclaimed firs: in AmerIcan songs ~nd music In "patriotic popularity. such is the verdict of 0. G. T. Son 'eck. chief of the divission of :nusic in the library of congress, who has ust issued an exhaustIve report on *our famous American musical com -positions.* Eight Men Killed. Eight men were killed and 400 rthers had narrow escapes In an ex 'iosion of gas in. Mine 'A" of the 'Thicago and Cartersvl:le Coal com -pany at Herrin. Ill.. late Pri lay. )en lamps carried by employers a-c -believed to have caused t' diat.er. We all deserve :ess than we w-.nt .o have, but more than people want us to hare. I his race, The home where he'd! delt and his name. rhe tears were like dew In the. ay of the chief. Who gazed on the form of h:s friend, 4.nd thought of the ch:idren at hw and their grief. The biosfsom of lire and ::s end! Ae sent. ali eatwined with his pity and love. The flowers thant ;g.-' wi-~- he fell And angels who waike. on the ram parts above. ReXpeated their call. "It ic well: Tie well,. tho' for yer. he has s'ept 'noath the sad. T'nerouwed byi the la4'are of fase. .kad sipl a t:.t who wa- true to his God. The home where ba'd dwelt. and