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VOL. xxIV 3 f ANNLNG, S. C. WEDNESDAYAPRI 6, 1910 NO.40 DOWNED CANNON amwTiam Oiwkie the Sekr ai. fir O Dek. WICH HE DEFEATED South Carolina Senator Talks to ..Atlants Newspaper Mes on Pol tics and *Joe" CanoU.-Says Democrats Played Game Poorly. Bis light with Wily Speaker. "The Democrats played their game poorly." said Senator Benjamin R. Tillman Thursday in the first in terview he has given since his ill nU,." according to the Atlanta Con titution. F. sat by an open window at Robertson's Sanitarium, but the only evidence of his recent illness was a sownes of ennnciation and a slghtly enfeebled voice. His mind was keenly active. and much interested in the recent "erup tion," as he called it in Congress. They played their game poorly." h. repeated. "when they called for thatt vote to declare the Speaker's chi.r vacant. It rallied the Renub i--ans, insurgents and all to Can r n'is support. for a Republican is fi-st, last and always a Republican. an I a patriot-secondarily. -'Ther6 was no need for that wove." the Senator continued. "Can n r. had been shorn of practically a: rewer when they took from him the privilege of naming the com- 1 mittee or rules: and if the Dem- 1 ocrats had let matters stand. he would have been politically lost. A'he result of the call for a vote restored. in a measure. Jis prestige." "You do not think that Cnnon will ever regain as much power sa he held formerly, do you?"' --No" the Senator replied. "never as much. A part of his powe- Is Vone. but he hasn't slipped far enough to break his neck." "What do you think will be tht eventual result?" was asked. "He will probably retire at tha.' 1 favorable opportunity." said the Sen "Wiil that not, practicallY, be an t admittance of defeat?" - "Well. in a measure." the Senator replied. "but he Is 74-" t "Are you and he friendly?" the c question was put Irrelevantly. but it 1 brought a slight. humorous twinkle to the Senator's eye. "Well. we are now, but I believe I s am the only man that ever downe-l t Cannon. "It was about getting the Gov- t enent to pay an old debt td the b State of South Carolina. First they v tried to show that my State owed b the Government, but I got the re- fj cords for both and in the end it was 1i shown that the Government owed the t, State. I wanted them to pay the a debt, but old Joe was opposed to b -I got Allison and Hale. two of t: Nry personal friends and leaders on 11 the RepublHean side, to insert my a claim for South Carolina in a civil bill that came up for conference ad ustment on the 3d of March, the las* day before final adjournment. "Cannon said that it shouldn't go through; and I swore be d-d that Ii should go through. Some of my friends said that they would help me to filibuster in the session which e met at 8 o'clock. and they kept the House busy; so I sent out and got 9 Byron's 'Vision of Judgement.' I "Have you read it?" he interject ed. "Well It is one of the keenest i of Byron's satires, and some people ? think that it is blasphemy, but I ti have always thought It a good piece e of work. I was gcing to read them a that. "'But seeing that if the civil bill e was not pase an extra session of Congress would have to be called to e consider the naval and civil bills. f the opposition gave in and I got the c bill pased. "It took Cannon a long time to, get over that." interposed Mrs. Till-' r man, a quiet, knowing little woman. and the Senator smiled pleasantly. L "Do you think Cannon will be re turned to Congress?" was the next I question. "He will, If he wants to be. His I people like him-probably because he gets things for them. 4 'hat's the reason Atlanta hugs old Lon Livingston so closely, be cause he got the United States pen itentiary for it. and I do not know how many other things. Atlanta has: 'weet tooth.'" "The Cannon fight was the first thing that really interested my hus band since his Illness," said Mrs. Tilman. "Just six weeks ago, do you remember?" she said, turning - her husband. "you became ill, and1 now you are getting well so quickly. So much more rapidly than any or us dared to hope." Mrs. Tillman had taken part in all the conversation and showed such thorough knowledge 'of the political situation that the reporter said. laughingly, as the Senator and Mrs.1 Tilman started out for their usual afternoon walk. "Mrs. Tillman knows almost as much about politics as you do. Sen ator." -lirs. Tiliman Is a better politi cian than I am." replied the Senator. as he walked slowly toward the out door sunshine. Another Big Trust. At Albany. N. Y., the American Telephone and Telegraph filed with the Secretary of State Koenig a cer tiicate of increase of capital stock from 3200.000.000 to $500.000.000. This makes It next to the largest cor poration in the world, the United States Steal Corporation being the nad. - HAPPY FOR ONE DAY WIDOW SAW MISTAKE AFTEI MARRYING MAN. She May Seek Divorce on Ground o Incompetency as Husband Is h Charge of a Trustee. One day of bliss was all that Wil liam D. Ashley, formerly of Nev York city. was allowed to enjoy wit: his bride. Mrs. Bessie Carye. a wid ow. of Amsterdam. N. Y. They wer; married last week !n Jersey City and Ashley created such a rumpus after :he wedding that his bride had tc take three bottles of whiskey from him. The groom is past 76 years of age and his bride has passed 56. Then years ago Ashley was ad judged Incompetent to manage h%6 es tate of $80.000, Inherited from a relative. After a time he was com mitted to Blackwells Island but he got out and sold a mortgage of $3. 000 on his farm. For some time he has been corres Ponding with the woman at Amster dam, she nor knowing that he was in charge of a trustee. With his $3. 000 they left his home in Newburg. X. J.. and went to Jersey City, where the ceremony was performed. The next morning Mrs. Ashley left for home. declaring that she realized a mistake had been made and she would seek divorce. Ashley did not appear a bit sorry as he accompanied s bride to the railroad station. Later he called upon a lawyer and ccused the woman of desertion. It is probable the marriage will be an alled because the man had been de ared incompetent and could not 'm er upon any contract or agreement at rould stand upder the law. nELD LN AN OLD MIL.H roung Pennsyivanlan Tels Weird - Tae A strange tale of being kidnapped ad held prisoner in an old. aban loned mill is told by Harry Bushy. 4gd 22 years. of York, Pa. He re urned to his home last week after ing absent for over three months. Young Bushy disappeared myster ously. He says he was struck in he head and rendered unconscious rhen he went to his father's barn :e night to investigate a peculiar oise. He was then taken to an ad mill. so his story goes, and there oeked up and fed on bread and ter. Last week, he asserts. he ras drugged and later found h'.n elf, without coat or hat, lying on e ground near his father's barn. Bushy can give no Information hat will lead to the location of the nlding. There Is no mill in the cinity of his home where he could ae been Imprisoned. The youth's ther Is wealthy and it Is now- be ed that the kidnappers inteded hold him for ransom. but were fraid to make this move. Bushy's me Is near Dlllaburg, In the north n part of the county, not far from e South mountains, and it is be yed that he was hidden away In a eluded part of the hills. ~EATOR TILLMAN IMPROYING. Fe Is Becoming Interested in Poll ties Once More. A dispatch from Atlanta says as idence that Senator Tillman ii. re tning his faculties, he discussed olitics for an hour Thursday, at the anitarum where he has been a pa Lent. since comIng from his home Trenton. S. C. His theme was the cent "eruption." as he termed It. ithe House. "The Democrats play their game poorly." said the Sen tor. "when they called for that vote > declare the Speaker's Chair va Cannon had been shorn of practi ally all power when the took rom him the privilege of naming the mmittee on rules, and if the Dem rats had let matters stand, he rould have been politi.ally lost. The esult of the call for the vote to Lclare the Chair vacant, restored a ameasure, his prestige." Senator Tillman believes that Con o will retire from the Speakership tthe first favorable opportunity.' e beeves that Cannon will have to trouble In securing re-election to ~ongress If he asks for arntobe~r erm. Senator and Mrs. Tillman daily te a long walk. ,HAVE -STREET DUEL. )ne Man Killed and the Other One Makes His Escape. Two Frenchmen fought a duel ear Friday morning In a New York treet not far from the East Side ater front. One of them was kill hd by a shot fired straight through is head. His adversary escaped. caving no clue to his identity. The strange battle was seen, as ar as learned by only one witness, an automobilist. who was speeding iow the street on his way to his ptown home. By the light of his automobile lamp, though two blocks way he saw the two -nen step out rom a hallway, measure off a cer tain number of paces and then turn uickly. revolvers in hand. There were three quick shots and one of the combatants fell. The ther, throwing down the weapon. dashed back Into the hallway and made his escape. The automobilist quickly called the police, but the >atrolman found nothing but the orpse and the two revolvers. The dead man has not been Identinied.* Genm. Boyd to Quit.. Adt. Gen. Boyd Saturday an nounced his retirement from politics on account of his failing health. He LOVE AND THE CARDS WIIDOW READ SHE WAS TO MAR RY A VERY RICH MAN. He Was a Nobleman and Worth $20,000,000; Now She is Wiser, the Knowledge Costing $3.000. In the bustling German city of Hanover lives Frau Stier. who be came lonely after she h1sAd lost her husband, so lonely that she decided to mend her heart with another. With that view she consulted Frau Nixdorf. who advertised to stra- 'ten out life's tangles by card reading. All the cards ran the Widow Stier's way and she was told that she was to marry a wealthy nobleman. Cham berlain von Buelow, who was worth $30.000.000. and would forever live happily. In a few days Frau Stier's phone summoned her to a love avowal, the voice at the other end of the wire professing to be that of Chamber lain. who said that one glance of her on the street had so excited his emotions that he could no longer re strain himself from declaring his undying love for her. He begged her to gi-e him hope. Then and there sh. accepted him. Another telephone call, a few days later, purporting to be from Chamberlan, gravely informed her that he had discovered that she was a woman of lowly birth, and that it would be necessary for her to be ennobled before he could wed her. This could be accomplished, he said. by a deposit of about $3,000 in a Hanover bank, believing in the cards. tae widow deposited the money. Then came the awakening. Frau Stier accused Von Buelow of the crime. but he had no trouble clearing himself and showing that he had absolutely no knowledge of her love affairs. Then her lawyers turned to Frau Nixdorf. That proceeding brought to light a journeyman shoe maker as the sender of the telephone messages, and the law soon made short work of both him and the soothsayer. INJURED IN AUTO WRECK. An Accident Which May Result in Three Deaths. While going at a very high speed on a part of the Grand Prize race course, near Savannah. early Friday night. an automobile. in which were Alfred aM. Marshall and Harry Noles. well-known young society men, left the road and struck. first, a small negro girl, then a nega'o man and later a negro woman. who were on the sidewalk. ploughed over them. struck and killed a cow, passed on and struck a second cow. This ended the car's career. as it ent with the second cow into a deep itch, turned over and badly injur-| ed Noyes. Police ambulances were huried to the scene. Noyes and arshall both resisted the officers. ut Noyes was hurt and was sent to| a hospital. Marshall was arrested and is at| he police station to remain until| he result of the injuries to the three| egrees is known. They are all adly hurt and it is expected will| ie. The car, which had just been| >urchased and was being tried out, as wrecked.* LITLE BOY KILLED. ditor Webb's Son Dies Under the Wheels of Trolley Car. -Little George Robert Webb. Jr..| on of George R. Webb, editor of| he Horsecreek Valley News, was run| ver and instantly killed Thursday orning by a car on the Augusta-| Aken railway. The little fellow.| ho was not quite two years of age., as presumably playing near the rolley track, at Mr. Webb's home at iarrenvilie. and ran on the track. r. and Mrs. Webb and family reside t Warrenville near the car line, and r. Webb's printing office is facint the track, a platform running to within a few feet of the road. The ave passed the old maid limit. baut morning, passing Warrenville a bout ine. was going down grade just be fore reaching Fox's crossing, when. t is said, the little fellow ran fro". behind the platform on to the traca td the car, a'ing a'i. a f-w t eet istant and going downu l1'-. c.-u'd not be stopped until the lit'le noy's life had been crushed out under' the wrheels. YOUTHFU'L GRANDMOTHER ond Mother Brings Distinction on Her Family. All the records for youthful grand mothers have been shattered by Mrs. Everet Parker. of Richmond. Ind. She enjoys the distinction of being grandmother at ZR. before she ha.s passed the old maid-limit. Mrs. Par ker was married at 13. and her daughter. now Mrs. Charles Lane, of Idianapolis. Ind., is I15 years old. The child born to the latter is the fifth generation in the family, of which the oldest is 90 years. "It does seem rather odd. when I come to consider it." laughingly exclaims Mrs. Parker. "to think that I have become a grandmother even before I have passed teh old maid limit, but I guess It runs in our family." Good Long Term. Eighty years in New Jersey State prison was the sentence imposed by Judge lilair in Jersey City Friday upon Emil art Von Muller, the "mar rying c.aunt" who was convicted on Tuesday last of bigamy. Testimony at the trial showed that Von Muller married various women in many dif TURN OF TIDE Democrats Wil S00 Fid overme Reis in Their Hands. SAYS WOODROW WMlSOi The President of Princeton College Predicts that the People in theiv Distress Are Turning to the Dew. ocrats for Relief.-He Tells How the Country Will Be Benefited. That the political tide is now turning Democratic. and the day when the Democratic party must take charge of this country's affairs. is almost at hand, were declarations made by Woodrow Wilson, president of Princeton university, in a speech at the Democratic dinner In Eliza beth. N J.. recently. Mr. Wilson out lined the character of legislation which the Democratic should give the count-y to meet the present economic problems. In this connec tion he said: "In the first place we should wish not merely to curb the trusts. and abore all, we should not wish to regulate them in such a way as will make them either partners or crea tures of the government Itself, we should wish to square their whole action and responsibility with the general interest regarding them, not as objects in themselves, but mere ily as conveniences in our economic life and development. Recent pro posals or regulation hare looked too much like a wholesale invasion by government itself of the field of bus iness management. "Our regulations of public inter est must be legal regulation and not direct management. 'In the second place, it is clearly our duty to take the government oub of the business of patronage, the business of granting favors and priv ileges, of arranging the laws so that this, that, or the other group of men may make large profits out of th'eir business and draw it back to the function of safeguarding rights general, not partIcular right; the rights which make not so much for the prosperity, which enables small groups of individual to pile up enor mous fortunes, as for a general stim ulation. a universal opportunity for enlightenment and justice. I am thinking of course, of tariff legis lation. Whatever may be our views with regard to the policy vagely called the policy of protection, it is clear that in fact It has long since, as dealt with by congress, ceased to be a policy of protection, and become a policy of patronage. "We are told that the present ex traordnary high price of commod ities is due, not to the tariff but to the fact that we are not pro iucing enough to keep up with the lally demand, and that is particu arly true with regards to things we ~at and have daily need. 'T'ake meat for example and see ahat the truth is. The truth is that :he meat trust has been aale to con rol the meat market to such an txtent that scores of ranchm'en have een driven out of the cattle raising business because it was unprofitable. 'he short supply of meat is due to the monopoly created by the meat trust. It is therefore true that the supply is short compared with the rast demand, but It has been made hort by the operation of a trust unquestionably fostered by the legis lation of the government. "Iln the third place it is one of the chief duties of the Democratic party to introduce such reforms in local and federal governments as sill secure economy, responsibility. boesty. fidelity. "Iln brief our program should be a general revival of popular politics. of common counsel, of responsible leadership. We must supply efficient leaders. and eschew all the lower personal objects of politics. It is a case of must as well as a case of may a case of necessity as well as a case of privilege. A new day has come. M1en and measures are be ing scrutinized as never before. For myself I veritably believe we are upon the eve of a new era of political liberty, when more literally and tru ly than ever we can realize the Ideals of popular government and of in dividual privilege."' HOOT MAYOR OFF STAGE. Four Thousand Citizens Show Their Indignation. At Pittsburg. Pa., the Indignation of four thousand citizens and of many wzmen who wish to be. over the political corruption now being un earthed by- the grand jury and by councilmanic confessions and denun carion of cIvic vice generally was vehemently expressed Friday night at a mass mu'eting in Exposition Hall. Mayor William A. 31agee. who sought to address the meeting was hooted of the st-age. The resentment shown was at his alleged~ failure to work promised reform in the red-light dis trict4delayed action of traction prob lems and other local matters.* Lost Life for Shoes. At New York Alfred Payne. a clerk. lost his life in an early morn ing tenem-nt fire because he stopped to put on his shoes after he had been awakeue-i by the cries of the ten ants below. Fireman found his dead body seated upright on the edge of the bed. He had been pulling on his shoes when smoke and flames swept in through the air shaft and suffocat MANY PERSH t Iree Hudred Dacers are Bu d Death at a Vilage Bal. I TE ONE EXIT BARRED While the Dance Was at Its Height Women's Dresses Became Ignite4 and the Flames Spread so RapIdly that a Panic Prevented Opening of the Only Way of Exit. TIhe Hungarian village of Oekoer .t and adja-:et '.icts have b-'ex '! rown into m ,.:: T g !1y a terri 4-_ disaster. which occurred at the former place Monday night. and which resulted in the death of be tween three hundred %nd four hun dred persons. and the serious injury of nine hundred others. A public ball was announced to be hold at the hotel of the villaged a coach house had been fitted up as a ball room. It was a great barn like structure, decorated with tinder dry June branches left from a prev ious entertainment to which were added for the occassion other decora tions and Chinese lanterns. The festivity attracted plpasure seekers from the wL(e!o surroundiA; country. aud the building was s' backed just before the ball com menced that the single door which afforded entrance and exit was nailed up to prevent the admittance of the scores who clammored outside. While the dancing was in full swing a pine branch caught fire and fell to the floor. It blazed furiously, and %lmost instantly the dresses of several of the women burst into flames, which spread with astonish Ing rapidity. A panic ensued, the revellers los ing their heads completely. Many of them with flames shooting ont from their garments, rushed towards the barre. e::t, where a surging mass was jammed together. Women and men fell and were trampled under foot. Those in front vainly endeav ored to tear open the door, but were crushed helplessly by the pressure of the crowd behind them. The roaring and crackling of the flames mingled with the despairing shrieks of the doomed throng. Soon the roof crashed in, the blaz ing wreckage falling upon the help less victims so that many of them who hitherto had escaped the flames were struck down by beams or bur led under the wreckage. The scene was horrifying. When the door was finally broken some few persons escaped, but most to those collapsed before- they got far. Inside there were heaps of charred corpses and heartrending screams and groans still were audi ble from the smoking piles. A detatchment of troops were order ed to the scene to clear the wreck age and help bury the dead. The official estimate as given states that 200 persons perished, but It is believed that the total death roll will prove much larger. as many per sons have not been accounted for. GROWING MORE SERIOUS. Natives and Liberian Troops Are En gaged in War. Advices received at Liverpool state that fighting continues between the natives and Liberian troops at Cape Palmas. Liberia. and is growing more serious. The Rev. Mr. Spear, a na tive pastor at the mission in Cape Palmas, has been shot and killed and the lives of the white residents are said to be in danger. The hostile natives appear to b* get~ing the better of the troops. The latter were sent to stop the native trade In French territory, It was their excesses that caused the out break. The natives are said to be anxious to have a few Englishmen killed with the object of bringing about intervention by Great Britain. The Liberian gunboat Lark, tem porarily commanded by a German of icer, bombarded the native villages. but did little damage. A German gunboad arrived and its commander offered to bombard Hoffman Station and pluke, but the authoriltes de clined assistance. THE ATLANTA WAY'. Novel Way for Church to Secure a Congregation. Deacons of the Western Heights Baptist Church of Atlanta have hit upon a novel plan to induce delin quent members to attend services. A prize fi;ht was advertised to tak2 place in the church several nights ago and long before the time the bout was to begin every pew was illed. Shortly afterward two of th*~ deacons appeared gloved for the ring. The fighters faced each other and the fight was on. but after sparring a few minutes. both failing to land a blow the bout was declared off| and the regular services held. * Drank Poison for Booze. As the result of mistaking a bot te of carbolic acid for whiskey. J. Luther A bbott a clerk in a tobacco ware house at Danville. Va.. killed himself. Abbott had a bottle of whiskey on a bureau and beside It was another bottle~ labeled whiskey. but containing the poison which he drank. He died in terrible agony in thirty minutes. Gypsies Drowned. A caravan of fifty Gypsies broke through the ice Thursday on Cher emenetzki Lake. near Luga. Russia. nearly all of the 50 men, women and chilren wer drowned. SHELL ULS EGET FATAL EXPLOSION OCCURS 0W THE CHARLESTON. United States Cruiser Was HoldinS Target Practice Off Olongapo iz Phillippine Waters. The premature explosion of a 3 inch-gun on the United States cruis er Charleston killed eigt: men and injured several other this week while the ship was in target practice ofi Olongapo in the Phillippine Islands. Seven of the victims were killed in stantly while the other died on the way to Cavite. The dead are: 'Philip McKee. master-at-arms. W. Nanticoke. Pa. Walter Anstedt. seaman. Trenton. Ill. Henry Heater, seaman. Smithland. Ky. Leo Rommele. seaman, Omaha, Neb. Harry Graden, seaman. Chester. Pa. Ross Barkman, seaman, McKinley, Md. Maxie Barnerd. seaman, Kave-in Rock. 111. Edward Molin, private marine. Rockford, Ill. The cause of the explosinon Is not known, but was probably due to the premature discharge of the gun. Rear Admiral John Hubbard, commander in-chief of the Asiatic fleet, has or dered an Investigation. The bodies of the victims will be buried at Ca vite. It is known that when the shell cut loose it flew across the deck and mowed down the men who had gathered to watch the target and cut through a steel sanchion. KILLED IN A RESORT. A Worthless Female at the Bottom of the Homicide. At Washington, D. C.. Samuel G. Tayloe, a member of a prominent family, was shot and killed in a re sort on the outskirts of that place Thursday night. Five shots were fired by Carl Kelly, all entering the body of Tayloe. Tayloe. on being shot, sharted to make his way to a hospital, but fell and died before reaching it. Kelly left the scene of the shoot ing In great haste and was chased by a posse with dogs. Automobiles also joined in the pursuit. Kelly made his escape. but later telephon ed the sheriff from his residence in the city. A strong guard was placed about the jail after Kelly had been lodged therein, as excitement was intense. The cause of the killing has not been ascertained, but it is said that a woman was at the bot tom of it. Acting on orders from Governor Kitchin. a company of Na tional Guards is on duty to prevent the lynching of Carl Kelly. * MOTHER CLEARS POOLROOM. Proprietor Had Allowed Her Sons to Hang Around. Enraged because her two sons had een allowed to loiter about the lace and asserting that one of them had lost most of his earnings there n games of chance. Mrs. Lena Fine erg of Trenton, N. J., went to the poolroom of Julius Gillinski and leaned out the resort with a cue. When Gillnski and his friends at empted to escape the widow bom arded them with billard balls and everal of the men were badly cut about their faces. The breaking of he windows and mirrows followed. Mirs. Fineberg then grabbed her oys by the collar and took them ome. She declares that she will repeat he raid with Increased severity If illinski does not keep the boys from he resort. Gillinski daro not prose ute, for it is against the law to al ow boys under !16 years of age in oolrooms. FATALLY SCALDED In Attempting to Escape from O061 cers Fell in Vat. :Alonza George. the negro man who was fatally burned In a hot wel t the Stephens pottery, Macon. Ga.. Saturday night while he was attempt ing to make his escape from county fficers who had closed in on a skin game, died at the Macon Hospital Mionday evening. The negro is said to have gone to the skin game along with about 15S r 20) others. The sheriff's office got a notice that the game was in proi ress and deputIes went out on tlie case. The party was flushed andi Alonzo George ran Into a hot well, which was then carrying a temper ature at about the boiling point. The officers pulled the man out and found that scarcely a spot on his body was not terribly burned. He was carried to the hospital and there~ he put up a plucky battle for life. but finally succumbed to his burns. Died for Love. At Dawson, Ga.., Mit Shepherd, a 16-year-old negro girl. committed suicide by shooting herself with a breechloading gun. She had been refused permission by her parents. to go with a certain suitor, and M' consequence she borrowed the wea pon with which she put an end to her existence. Miners Killed. At Wilburton, Okia.. six miners were killed Thursday by a mysterious explosion In Great Western Coal and Cole company's mine No. 2. The blast Is supposed to have been the result of a shot going off premature ly. The bodies were recovered late ASYLUM BUILIERS ABLE 3.EN SELECTED FOR THI LMPORTANT WORK. They are to Lay the Foundation foi a New Hospital for the State's Inane. -Under "a joint resolution to creatU a commission to purchase lands foz the use of the State Hospital for the Insane and erect bui!dings there. on and provide the means therefor." Gov. Ansel has appointed Dr. J. W. Babcock. superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane. Columbia., S. C..:- Dr. Robert Wilson. Jr.. chairman of the State board of health, Char leston. S. C.; Judge R. 0. Purdy. Sumter. S. C.: Dr. George B. Cromer. Newberry. S. C.: Mr. LeRoy Springs. Lancaster. S. C.: a commission to be known as the State Hospital com mission. the term of office of said commission to be for one year frox* the date of their appointment. Under the Asylum Act passed by the General Assembly. this commis sion is empowered to borrow for the improvement of the property of the Asylum and the purchase of lands. The amount of money provided by the Legislature to be borrowed by the Asylum commission is In addi tion to the amount named in the appropriation bill for maintenance of the institution. The Asylum re ceived about $200,000 from the State this year. rhe commission is empowered to build upon such plans as may be agreed upon. The commission is ap pointed for one year and receives for each member a per diem of $5 per day and expenses while engaged in the work for which the commissioa is named. The money for the pur pose is to be borrowed from the sink iag fun, at a rate not exceeding 5 per cent. or elsewhere. LAs the Act is effective upon ap proval, and the commission has now been named, it is expected that' the same will be called for a meeting very soon. At the last session of the board of regents suggestions were made for the needs of the Hospital. The general understanding Is that the land will be purchased, probably near Columbia. and at least one. If not more, buildings will be erected. so that the very crowded condition of the State Hospital for the Insane may be to some extent relieved. POSITION OF THE COMET. t and the Earth Rapidly Approach ing Each Other. The comet crossed t'e earth's course on the opposite side of the sun from our planet on last Thurs dy. so that the comet is nearly op psite the earth with the sun between hem. Both bodies having passed the pint at which they are opposite to ech other in their courses around he sun they will after this week nore rapidly approach each other. t is claimed that even now the omet is visible to the naked eye. f one knows where to look for it. hich is near the planet Venus. just efore sunrise. It wIll continue to ise earlier each morning until May 1J. a.t which' time the comet will be drectir bet .een the s .n and the -arth. It is cla; .od that even now the cmet's course Is an elliptic, -passin; round the sun much nearer than he earth, whose course around the un is a circle, and this explains why he comet, which Is now nearly op osite the earth with the sun midway etween them, will in a few weeks e between the er.-th and and the un. On May i8 the earth will be near est to the comet and after that they will draw away from each other. uring this period the comet will be isible in the evening only. appear ing soon af ter sunset. and growing immer each night until some time erly In June. when it will be lost o sight. not to be seen again to the nhabitants of the earth until its eturn in 1984.* BRAVE NEGRO BOY. Saved the Life of a Little White Baby Girl. The rare presence of mind and ravery of Clarance Douglas. a 13 car-old colored boy saved the life of wo-year-old Alice Purcell. white, at est Point. Ky., Thursday. The child ran on the railroad track In. front of the engine of a fast moving freight train. The engineer revers d the lever and whistled the alarm, but the girl still continued toward the train. Women and men were tertifed to the point of helplessness y the spectacle but the boy rushed o the child. caught her up and umped to saftey just as the engine passed. Killed in 'Wreck. Engineer John Griffin was killed. Fireman Vaughn was more or less seriously injured, and five passengers were slightly hurt, when Norfolk & Westrn passenger train No. 17. west bound, left the rail near Watts Tank. W. Va.. at 4.2fl o'clock Friday af ternoon. The engine, tender, baggage car and three coaches jumipt &..' track and turned ove'r.* He Is in a Bad Fix. Beseeching Judge Deputy at Chic ago to sentence him to life impris onment as an Incurable morphine user. Christain E Walters. plead guilty of lareeny and was sentenced to the penitentiary for an indefinite term of from one to ten years. What Is the use of letting me out of the penitentiary. when I can't keep away RAN THE DOWN The WgMgiers Wh0 M0Wbed Posaee at Ricumed Are in Limb. ARRESTE IN EW YO They Were Traced from Richmond to New York. Where They Were Taken into Custody, Together With Several Big Trunks, Which Contained the Stolen Stamps. Two men charged by postal in spectors with robbing the postoffice at Richmond. Va.. sometime between Saturday night and early Monday morning, were arrested Wednesday night at the Grand Central Station in New York City. Both offered stuirborn resistance and were not overpowered until they were knocked senseless. A third man escaped. They were traced to New York by means of three trunks shipped from Richmond with the seizure of which $30,000 worth of the $85,000 lot of stamps obtained in the robbery were recovered. The prisoners gave the names of Frank. Chester. 54 years old, or st. Paul, Minn., and Frederick Cunning ham. 34 years old. Cunningham maintains that he is a banker and that his home Is In London. England. Both men appeared at the Grand Central station late Tuesday night, accompanied by the third, and uni dentified man, who made his ecape. Chester went inside, while Cun ningham and the third man waited outside on the sidewalk. - Chester called a boy, gave him a - trunk check and asked him to ascer tain If It was in the baggage room. In the baggage room was stationed - Joseph Daly. a Central office detec tive, who had been called into the case by the Federal authorities. He was guarding a 'suspected trunk and when the .1ad made Inquiry for It, the detective followed him back, ap proaching 'Chester, who attempted' to iee from the station. The detective grappled with him. but Chester is of powerful build and both men fell struggling to the ficor.. Women passengers screamed and a panic was created in the station until the officer subdued Chester with his lub. Meanwhile the two men sta tioned outside, warned by the noise of the struggle broke and ran. Cun ningham, however, was bowled over by two pedestrians and was quickly overpowered by the police. Exam ination of the trunk revealied in addition to the $30,000 worth of tamps, a set of burglars tools, de scribed at headquarters as the finest ever brought to New York. There were also two. 38-calibre revolvers In the lot. Okne of the men arrested the pO ice believe Is "Edldy Fay," a much anted fugitive, whose picture Is In very rogues' gallery of importance in the country, and for whose ap prehension a total of about $20,000 in rewards have been offered In var ons cities. This prisoner is the one nown as "Canningham." He was ecognized -by Detective Peabody and ther oldtlmers, who said -that as Eddy Fay" he was known as one f the best all-round safe-blowers in he country. According to the detec ire bureau. "Fay" Is wanted in Los angeles for blowing the safe of the ostoffice in 1909 and getting away ith .$10,738 worth of stamps, A ear later he again blew the same safe, and this time made off with 74,000 worth of stamps. Postoffice Inspector Mayor receiv ed during the day an alleged record f the prisoner, Chester, whose real name is given as Richard Harris. He s said to have been known as "Dick" arris. alias "LUttle Dick" Harris, lias Frank M1. Willis, alias Willis ames, alias Frank Holden. alias JTas, lason. He is described as a "bani nd jewelry store sneak and bur glar." ,Early Thursday night detectives ound two more trunks and a sat cel belonging to the robbers, from which they recovere'd $26.000 in tamrps, and later in the night post fice inspectors found a fifth trunk from which thsy recovered $17.000 n stamps. This trunk was found t the Pennsylvania railroad station t Courtlandt street, and was taken to the police station, where the oth er trunks were. This makes $73,000 worth of stamps the authorities have ecovered out of the $S5,0'00 worth stolen. In one of the trunks found earlier n the night was what detectives say s the most elaborate and highly fin ished set of burglars tools they have ver seen. Eac'h tool was in a sep rate case of Russia leather. Even. the rougher jimmies were wrapped n tissue paper, and the drills were f the hardest, modern "high speed" tool steel. With them _was a set of lock ;picks, sme of which were 1S inches in ength, and six sets of skeleton keys. Another set, not so finished, was seiz d Wednesday night. Most inerest ng yet was a manuscript showing that the compiler had in mind a holesale raid on Southern and Wes tern banks. Hundreds of banks were listed, and with them appeared the names and addressed of the treas urers. cashiers, janitors, their habits and their hours. There was a partic ularly long item about a bank at Nrhville, Tenn. Too Man$ Hold 'pm. At Pittsbu~rg, Pa.. the unique spec tacle of traction motormen and con ductors riding armed with repeating rifles is being witnessed nightly. On accunt of bold holdups in outlying districts the street railway officials have furnished arms to and given orders to "use them with discretion" in asethecars are stopped late at I iht or otherwise molested.