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-NEFIN FOG LvgeW~ 11-11 itU5 n Cains .:'k ik .. Bay. BABY AMONG TE DEAD Several Salors Were Killed by Fall lng Hatches Before They Could Jump Overboard.-lt Is Not Now Known How Many Were Lost in the Accident. News reached Port Huron. Mich.. Tuesday that 17 lives were lost in the collision of two big steal freight steamers on Lake Huron. north of Point aux Barques, in a dense fog Monday morning and that the steam er Frank H. Goodyear of Cleveland was sunk in 47 fathoms of water. The steamer James B. Wood. of Cleveland. which struck the Good year. limped into Port Huron har bor Tuesday. with a big hole In her hq. earrying half a dozen surri *or* of the Gocdyear. The latter carries a crew of 23 men and several passengers. Capt. F. R. Heminger. of Algonac. MiCh., wbo commanded the Goodyear: Chief Engineer Gibson. Steward Davis Bar rett, one wheelman and two passen gars. Mrs.. Thomas ff. Bassett and daughter of Marine City, Mich.. were saved and brought to Port Huron on the Steamer Wood. The only hope of the survival of the others who were on board the Goodyear lies in the possibility of their having been rescued by the steamer Wiiam Siemeus, which was ar the scene of the wreck. Both the Wood and the Goodyear are big vessels, the Wood 514 feet long mnd the Goodyear 436 feet. The former is a steel ship. The Goodyear passed the Soo downbound at 10.30 Saqu~fay and the Wood passed Port lurol up-bound at 7.20 p. m. Sun day. many of the Goodyear's crew werf tiled by faling hatches before tney had a chance to jump. Into the water. AU had life preservers when their emsel sank. The Goodyear's cook had his baby dashed from his arms rom a ftaln hatch and the infant was l5. ETIG IN NICAAGUA. o bmren Insurgentc iled and a Orest Many Hurt. Two days fighting near Rams. aragua, cost the Estrada forces fturteen in killed and twenty-nine wonnded. according to a report to the Stat Department from Consul Mofat, at Blueftelds. The casualties of the Stadrin forces, he adds, were En~~ot learned. Gen. Menan retired. af -ta the fight, to his retrnchments. tiLarge quantities of amunition and (pnisos said 6o be the entire stor ets the Madris forces at Blueflelds, ~h ~esen.were said to have been apoe-yGeneral Mencada, of the a ATsTS ASICWDE BassA... Who Trie Various Wars to Die. Atcottonwood. Ala.. W. I. Lord. ~ apomientfarmer and a leader of SChristian See sect, is in a inecarious condition as the result of .-foralleged attempts to commit auls eide. With his mind wronght up mse the preimtr of NaDe's comet. l t~ini stated, and believing that he. at sinned against the Holy Ghost. atis said to have made an at ~pIto shoot btmaelL Unsuccess ein this, he jumped of a roof. ni feD on his head, kncking out Naftssh and sustaining other in -ags. 'He then cut his throat and dumped Into a well. RAN SEOPS PINE. Shwes Peven Dstacio t' re at Texakana. Ark.. which~ detoydthree bknesa houses at 2 dokSnayr aorning, caused a eos of $100,000. The flames orig insted in the second floor of a cloth =etablishmnt. The Norwood bldng. one of the oldest landmarks inthe city. ws destroyed. The fire ~-.t5I.was hampered from the a of water pressure and a heavy downpour of rain at an opportune tie prevented- the fire sareepting one ofthe principal business bloeks of' the city and~the city hall. Thq eyGt Swaed. Boys sent up a number of fire bal oons with skyrockets attached dur n Wednsay night at Talladega L.,. ahd meny negroes seeing them *and thinking the comet wa's going to do damage. ted In terror. The reports reaching here say that prae~ tically aRl the inhabitants of certain quarters rushed away and gathered -a~t another place and began at once to pray. Had a Close Call. Aroused by flames and smoke in thir bomne at Branford. Fla., Tues *day morning the family of A. L Bur ton escaped just In time to sav their lives. The home adjoined and and was partly over the store operat ed by Mr. Burton. Burglars, shortlyj before the fire was discovered, enter ad the store, robbed 't and set It on EKied About Game. At Anderson Hugh -Alexander and, John Polite, negro lads of 17 and 13 years of age, respectively, quar eled over a game of checkers. Al :eander picked up a shotgun and fir ad on Polite. the shot causing Instant death. Alexander attempted to r away, but was captured. Kis Peary's D~ogs. Twelve out of the 14 Esquimo dogs which Commander Robt. E. Peary brought back from his trip to I the North pole. are dead. They were placed In comfortable quarters at Flag Island. Me.. but the mild weath -r ca...d dsteper ad death. * . CONDIION THE SENATOR IS STILL RAPIDLY IMPROVING. The Dispatches from Atlanta Saying He Had a Relapse Were Entirely False. Dispatches from Atlanta Saturday to the effect that Senator Tillman had .eveloped rheumatism follow'': an effusion of blood on the braiu and had been ordered to a sanitr:': In that city for immediate tr,4 ..we'* ti- this new affection are exa ;."ei ri and misleading, according ,o Dr. ... V. Cabcock and Col. Aug'sL Koha of Cnlcan'ia. both of whom tar - ret.y 'oeer guests of Seuato: Ti' e*..s al Trenton. After a careful study of th? %r. at or's condition. Dr. Babcock made the following statement: "I find Senator Tillman in z. verv comfortable condition; in frct. he ; r.-sch bet'-r tua.. i -er exp -eetto see him again, considering Lhe na ture of the attack he had last wan ter in Washington. His expression is good. and bis speech natural. The only effects remaining from the par alytic attack are a numbness and dragging of the right foot and leg. "The treatment followed so fai has largely been that of rest and diet and under this regimed ' has reached his present Improve ed condition: therefore the future management of the case will be along these lines and every effort made tc secure for him rest. quiet. freedom from zare and worry. For the pres ent the senator has decided to re turn to the sanittarium in Atlanta where experience in formed il-aes has resulted in benefit. Suggestions are frequently made that Senatoz Tillman spend some months abroad This question cannot be determined at the present time, and its ultimate decision will depend largely on Sen ator Tillman's physical strength. "Considering th seriousness 0 his attack last winter his presen condition is all that his physicians could have any right to expect.' "How about Senator TV~nani ibeumatism?" Dr. Bateock wa: asked. "Senator Tillman has no rheuma tism. as far as I could see, or hi could descilbe. He continues hi: gymnastic exercises, as he has beem doing since his return from Europe and says that sometimes his righ shoulder joint Is 'rusty.' meaning. suppose, that motion of the joint im less free than 'ormerly. This. suppose, is the basis of the rumo: that he has rheumatism." Col Kohn says: "This was Dr Babcock's medical view of Senato: TnIman's condition. I saw him abou six weeks ago and then wrote am account of his condition, and to a laymen's eye there is the most mark ed and decided improvement in Sen ator Tiliman's condition. Six weeki ago he had to be supported in walk ing; now be can and does walk with out any support. He used a Swisi walkng cane, but he gets about with out it. Six weeks ago he spoke ii monosyllables; now he talks freell and starts discussions. He laughs and cracks jokes and is in the bes of humor. This may mean much o> little medically, but is indIcative o hs feeling." STRUCK BY LINTYING. Thirty Thosad Barres of Oil Ii Burned Up. A severe electrical storm. accom paned by ratn and wind, vi -d Sour Lake, Texas, Sunday mornini between 12 and 1 o'clock, doing con siderable damage to derricks and other oil property. Lightning struc) a steel tank belonging to the Texaa Oil company, which contained abou1 30000 barrels of oi. valued at $4 a barreL The tank and contenta were totally destroyed by fire. This is the second storm in the vicinity, within the past week, which has de stroyed and damaged oil fields prop erty estimated at about $150,000. DIED FAR FROM HOME. North Carnli=ian Ouit West Meets - Sudden Deth The decapitated and mangled body of A. A. Icard of Hudson, N. C.. was found on the track of the Northern Paciic Railway near Lester, Wash., Monday. He had been drinking and it is supposed lay down on the track and went to sleep. A. A. Icard was 21 yeara old and came from North Carolina about a year ago, it is said. and was employed as a logger. A cousin. George Icard, took charge of the body and will send it to his home for interment. Hurts the Crops. * hail covered practically all of Groyson county, Tena. Monday night. Cotton Is ruined and hun dreds of acres of fruit trees are strip ped of their frultage and limbs. Hall drifts more than two feet high were found in places Monday. Through out the section damage was great. Draak Twice and Ied. At Elizabeth. N. J., playing house hie mother went to market Louise Crouch. 6 years old, her brother Johnie. 3 years younger, went to he ice chest and drank freely from a bottle of tonic compound which they had seen their eleders twe. Snow Stoem. Northern New Mexico was in the rip of a heavy snow storm Sunday sight. The storm evidently is a con inuation of the onue that swept over outhern and eastern Colorado Sat rday. Considerable live stock will Turnted the Tables. In a family row Saturday after loon. in ONeal township. Anderson ,ounty. Lawrence Edwards. colored. ..aa shot and killed by his m )de(v. n-law. Risa Walker. The nea ofs he killing was not made known un 1 Monday morning. Chinese Kined. A number of Chinese have been led. and a chapel destroyed, by eers at a village between Yi Yang d Ningslang. a little to the north if Ca!ng Sha. It is reported that an REYLELE Some Penson Drawer at chicage Sland-| ers the Great Seier. STILL AFRAID OF HIM Compares Great Southern Patriot and Leader to Benedict Arnold, and Objects to His State Remain ing in the Hall of Fame, in the City of Washington. Inveighing against the placing of the statue of Gen. Robt. E. Lee. In the Hall of Fame, in Washington. Col. Jasper T. Darling, past com' mander of Columbia Post. G. A. R., Chicago. Monday night addressed the Initial camp fires of the State en campment of the Illinois G. A. R. -He compared Robert E Lee to Benediet Arnold and prophesied that the acceptance of the statue of the Confederate leader would be a step toward pensioning Confederate sol diers and opening the way to the Federal Government assuming the burden of Confederate war bonds.. a In part the speaker said: "So long as treason is considered a crime against constitutional law, the stat ue of Robt. E. Lee. can have no abiding place in that pantheon ded icated to the heroes of the Revolu tion. and to those whose achieve ments have contributed to the tri umphs of this Republic." The main portion of the address was in support of the contention that Gen. Lee was not convinced of the justice of the cause for which he drew his sword and that -be, there fore, should have no claim to the name of patriot. The speaker based his argument on a letter from Gen. Lee to his son. Curtis J.e. the text of which he obtained from a publi cation of a Southern historian. "Speaking of the Impending war, L the letter as published." said Mr. Darling, read: "'The framers of our Constitution never could have ex hausted so much labor. wisdom, and forbearance on its formation and i surrounded it with so many guards I and supports if it was Intended to be broken by any member of the Con federacy at will. "'it is intended for a perpetual union. so expressed in the preamble. [ and for the establishment of a Gov ernment. not a compact, which can be dissolved only by a revocation of the consent of all the people in convention assembled. "'It is idle to talk of secession; anarchy would otherwise have been established and not a Government by Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson. Madison and all the other patriots of Sthe Revelution.' -"TI'e words of that message and -his s~tbsequent acts cannot be re conciled." said the speaker. "If his conscience dictated that letter, then Iwhat accursed infiuence caused 'him to embrace anarchy just ninety days later-anarchy as he himself had 'pictured it? "What does all this mean? It means'',zat a solid South. the Daugh ters and 'Sons, propose to make Washington a Westminster Abbey for the rebel uniform; and so not only vindicate, but glorify the rebel sword. "Then what? Simply another bill pensioning all Confederate soldiers.. And long before this century reaches its meridian British bondholders will knock at liberty's treasury door and say: 'Redeem.' " PARTY N~EARLY DKOWN(ED. Life Saving Omrw and Voanteers Save Them. At Chicago. the life saving crew in its power boat asisted by a vol unteer crew of the Farragut Yacht Club. after a desperate effort early Monday reached an overturned gas oline launch to which three men and two women were clinging, a short distance off the lake Shore from Woodland park. The men had been shouting for aid. A strong northesast wind was blowing and the overturned boat was in Imminent danger of crashing against the breakwater. Several persons kept the boat from the breakwater with poles until life-sav ers reached the scene. All five res cued will recover. NEGRO FACTORY SUCCEEDING. Hosiery Mill at Durham is Doubling Working Quarters. Having started up under most1 promising conditions the Durbam TexIla Mills. the only negro hosiery m'al in North Carolina, has met with with such success that It has doubled its --apital and working quarters. and wit!'n a month will have In opera tion several new machines. The fac tory is owned solely by negroes of Durham and the management comes from the texile schools of the coun tr. It is the purpose of the coin pany to make Durham the center of negro hosiery mills in the Southern States. Worth aTrial. As with the poor so with the a tramps-we hare the'm with us con- s stantly. And what to do with them h when they come to the back door for i od and money is a problem that almost every housewife has to meet a many times in the course of a year. I Usually the problem is met by glv- s ing the tramp something to eat, and probably money, which generally a fnds Its way into the nearest blind j tiger. That It is an unsatisfactory si plan everyone admits, for It encour- tl ages idleness and aggravates the evil. y. But in Germany they do things bet- b ter. The municipalities garner in the tramps and make them work. If sl a man reveals an unshaven and un-p washed appearuce with other evi- t' deces of -being a "Weary Willie" he cc is gathered in and. wIlly-nilly. he iz has to work. The plan seems to be H a success for the army of tramps 1s re steadily decreasing. The municipal-. te ities in this country might well fol low the German method. Their plan qi BRIBE CHARGE lest mitatl) Deiedin a SpeerC by Senatr Lerimi But ANOTER BRIBE TAKER Confesses in Illinois Immediately Af ter the Senator Delivers Speech on the Floor of the Senate In Washington. Which Fastens the Crime on Him Again. For just two hours Saturday Sen ator Lorimer of Illinois stood in the senate and in vigorous language de nounced as untrue the charge of bribery made against him in connec tion with his election to the senate. Upon leaving the chamber at the con clusion of his speech. Mr. Lorimer hurriedly put his affairs in order and caught a late afternoon train for Chicago. In his addresss Mr. Lomi mer made emphatic denial of ail the allegations of corruption and sought to turn the accusation of wrong-do ing upon the Chicago Tribune. in which newspaper the charges first were published. The speech was devoted to a re view of charges -nd Illinois poli tics for te past 25 years. He charg ed The Tribune with sinister mo tives in its attacks, and. saying that it had been fighting him every since 1884. charging that its action was inspired by its failure to control .his course as a prblic man. Mr. Lori mer gave many particulars concern ing bis senatorial election. saying that after persuading him to enter the race. Gov. Deneen had deserted him and sought to turn against him those whose support he had former ly procured for him. At the close of his speech Mr. Lor imer offered a resolution directing that an inquiry into the charges be made by the comnittee on privileges and election. Under the rules of senate the resolution was referred to the committee on contingent expen ses to consider the question of cost. In case of a favorable report from that committee. of which there is no doubt, the resolution will go to the committee on elections for considera tion of the merits of the matter. Up on report of that committee the sen ate's action will largely depend. Bribe Taker Confesses. Sursting like a boom within a few hours after United States Senator Lorimer's speech at Washington. =ame the indictment of State Senator John Broderick. a leading Chicago Democrat. on a bribery charge by the grand jury at Springfield. Illinois. Broderick's indictment was the re sult of a confession made to the grand jury by State Senator D. W. Holtslaw, of Itka. Ill., who says Broderick paid him $2.500 to vote for Lorimer for Senator. Senator Holtsraw had been Indict ed on a perjury charge in connection with the furniture contract and upon advice of his lawyers, when offered immunity, agreed to make a confes sion. He told the grand jury that he received $2.500 for his vote for Lorimer: $700 as his share of a legislative "jackpot" and a promise of $1.500 as his share of the State house furniture deal. Senator Holtslaw's confession re garding the furniture deal was cor' roborated before the grand jury by Otto Freler of Chicago. .who as agent for the Ford-Johnson Furni ture, obtained the furniture con tract. The two confessions regard ing the furniture contract resulted in two additional indictments on a con spiracy charge. These were Senator S. C. Penzerton (Reptrblican) of Oakland. Ill.. and Representative Joe. J. Clark (Democrat) of Vandalia. Bench warrants were immediately is sued for their arrest. !After cohferences with Attorney A. M. Fitzgerald. his lawyer, Holtalaw, worn, hazzrd and driven almost to distraction 'during a sleepless night, told Prosecutor Burke he was ready to confess and all liability to pros ecution and punishment was waived' when Immunity was ofrered and lat er granted because Holtalaw was a material witness. Before going to thke grand jury room, Holtslaw made a preliminary statement to State's Attorney Burke as follows: 'In making this statement to the Sagamond county grand jury regard-1 Ing~ payments of money to secure 1:ontracts for furniture and for elect Ing William Lorimuer United States senator. I have been governed by a ir~m belief that my actions in this natter have been reprehenrable and n this connection I offer no defense. [ have. .however. determined to make much reparation as is within my pow yr. and the only means by which I an do this. as it seems to me. Is yy fully and honestly stating what I rEnow about these transactions. "I voted for William Lorimer for Taited States senator and received herefor $2.500. I also received $700 rhich was given me without expla tation, with the statement that itI mas coming to me. I was promised 51.500 for my connection with the etting of the furniture contract " Following his appearence before be inquisitorial body Holtalaw epeated his confession to the tssociated Press, and told of the meeting with Broderick the day be ore Loriuner was elected. Holtslaw ays Broderick told him that if he rould vote for Lorimer there would e $2.500) in it for him. Holtslaw ays that he then agreed to cast is vote the next day, May 28. for orimer. Holtsiaw said that up to this time e had voted consistently for the iemocratic candidate, Lawrence B. tringer. .Later, he says, he received a comn wunication from Broderickc. and nn I une 17th he visited the Broderickc 1 Lloon in Chicago and was there paid ae $2.500O for his vote for Lorimer. Cost of the money was in $1000 [Ils. he said. In regard to the "jackpot," Molt- a aw says that a month after he was C aid the $2,500 he received a let- 1 r from Broderick. asking him to r mie to Chicago. which .he did. meet- t g Broderick again at his saloon. c e was then handed $700. Broderick 1: marking casually "this -is coming c you.''" Holtslaw said that he asked no aestions and soon afterwrads left I r hi homea * lb WANT SQUARE'DA FOR THE NEGRO BY THE SOUrTH- T ERN WHITE PEOPLE. Some Broad Statements Made at the I Southern Baptist Convention on the Race Question. -When B. D. Gray, secretary of I the home mission board, responded to the call from hundreds of voices at the South'rn Baptist Convention he did not prove disappointing, says the Baltimore American of Saturday. As the negro was the question for discussion, he seemed to voice the sentiment of all present when he C said: "We have got to treat the ne- I gro right; we have got to get rid of C some of our inherent meanness and - give them a just deal. The best 1 thing to do for the negro is to t set him a good example. There are c 10.000.000 in our land. and not' the hundreds of millions in Africa of a this or any other race concern us a. much as those In our midst." The Rev. Dr. George W. McDanei t of Richmond. Va.. In another address on the negro problem said he hoped to see the day come when the negro would be given justice in the eourts. "I blush." he said. "when I think of the negro given tEh limit of the law for a petty crime and the white man set free for the same crime merely because his skin is white and be has the influence. Negroes are not Baptists because they know so little, but because they read with unbiased minds the Word of God. When we think of them and how they were the guards of our women when the mee of the South were off to war-I sa r we need to do the ne groes of the South justice.' Dr. McDaniel reported on negroes for the committee appointed to con sider that tubject. He stated. from the report. that the Baptists were do ing more to evangelize the 9,000.000 negroes of the South than all the other denominations combined. He said that $12.000 had been expend ed in the work. and that 25 negro missionaries were employed. Two hundred and sixty-five Bible confer ences had been held, he said, for ne groes. at which 19.555 pastors and deacons attended. He explained that the missionary work amouz 'he negroes was done by the home mis sion board of the Northern Cozven tion. He stated that the relations between the white Baptists and the negroes were of the most cordial character, and recommended that the present policy be pursued in the per sonal activity of the pastors coming among the negroes in evangelizing them. An appeal from the Baptists of the North. asking that their aratn ren of the South aid them in tAk'.w:f care of the negroes, was referred to a special committee, and may create a grave crisis in the Convention should it come up at a future s as sion. The appeal came from the Amnerican Baptist Home Mission So ciety. with headquarters in New York. For years the sentiment of Northern Baptists toward the nagri has been gradually changing, and, as one of the delegates stated. "The Northerners have come to realize that the negro is no angel and we are not heathens." "They used to call us heathens." he said, "because we didn't go at the work very stren uously. Our policy has been to evangeMse the negro and educate him in morals and the Bible. This apyeal is very much out of place. The Northern Baptists want us to educate the negro along their lines by giving him an education in science, literature, philosophy and what not.". THE WAGES OF SIN. Young Lady School Tacehee- Takes 1 Her Own Life. Miss Minnie Alders, 20 years old, a school teacher of Princeville. Ill.. was round dead in bed at a hotel at Peoria. IlL. with three bullett wounds in her body Sauday. One had pierced the left lung and the other entered her heart. Her com panion, S. T. Easterly, of Chillicothe. Ill., a freight conduictor for the San ta Fe, is detained by the polic-- a pending an investigation. No charge E has been entered against him. Eas terly and Miss Alder came to Peoria on Saturday and registered at the b .botel as man an'd wife. Accordi g f to Easterly, the girl spent most of c the '4me in tears. Ho said h a le~f! s her early Sunday morning and wont l down stairs. He was absent about I 15 minutes. he said. When he re- f turned he found her dead. t L Passing of Religious Bigotry. o How surely, even if slowly, is re ligious bigotry and prejudice pass- t4 ing away. The latest proof of this b is seen in the desire of the new king b of England to have stricken from g the coronation oath that portion w.hich is offensive to the religious w sensibilities or several millions of o| bis subjects. in that wish he is un- o1 cioubtedly expressing the convictions pl nf the creat maj'--ity of the people fi of his own faith. d .Education and the spread of knowledge. more intimate social anid 1! ousiness relations, a greater regard fr ror each other's religious convictions, hi ind a truer conception of the life as and teachings of the Man of Galifre di tre the principal factors in break- tb ng down old time prejudices and in olerance. The more we understand 11 hat Great Teacher the broader b.-- n' omes our creed and more tolerant G< me become of the creeds of others. hi While it is true that we have not *et reached the millennium of Chris- ch ian charity, and while here and1 here something of the old spirit lin- er :ers which led to relious persecu- S; ions and insults, yet every one can g ee that the world has traveled a br ang distance along the road of hum- hi nity and religious liberty since thA oronation oath in its present form ras first imposed upon an Entlish ru ionarch in 1689~ May we continue a grow in fidelity to the teachings He f the Master and at the same time an roaden in our views respecting the fal reeds of those wtio differ with us. tio A woman spends her money for be< hat she wants: a man for what an< e thiks he wants. the SUGAR FRAUD rials Develops Some Sensatimalad P Deg Evidce THE MAN HIGHER UP" ashed by His Conscience, Orer Spitzer Obtains Pardon from Pres- C leent to Give Evidence in Trial co of Sugar Trust Officials Charged c With Defrauding Governwmet. t The biggest sensation of tne; tri:!s i f the American Sugar Re~OiNg com t any employees at New York was reated Monday morning by the an- - iou.ncement t-hat President Taft as pardoned Oliver Spitzer. superin endent of the Williamsburg docks 9 C f the compa-'3, who some months C t go was convi-ted of underweighing t nd sentenced to two years In the a 'ederal prison in Atlanta. As SDitzer testified It developed hat ?resident Taft granted him an monditional ;ardon on May' 19 ast. Spitzer testifed that he ar 'anged signal lights operated by a witch to warn weigher. of any .sudden danger." - The trump card in the proseu. Ion of Charles B. Heike, secretary of the American Sugar Refining Com >any. was played at the opening of he trial, when Prosecutor Stimson :alled Mr. Spitzer as the govern nent's first witness. John B. Stanch leld. for the defense, claimed that mnder the Federal statute Spitzer. as L convicted man, could not testify. t was then announced in court that ;pitzer had been pardoned by Presi lent Taft. Heike is on trial In the United states court with five former em loyees of the American Sugar Re Ining company on the charge of con ipiring to defraud the governmentI )y underweighing cargoes of siigar :mports. On the evidence of Richard Parr. L government inspector. Spitzer was onvicted with fbur chetkers em ployed ugder him with the conspir icy to perpetrate frauds whereby the government was cheated out of mil lions of dollars in sugar duties. The !our checkers-Boyle, Coyle. Kepoe and Hennesy-were sent to the Blackwell's Island penitentiary for a rear. Spitzer protested igiorance of Irauds on the docks. Men "higher ip' were sought and Heike..the sec retary of the trust, and Ernest F. G;erbracht. the refinery superinten lent, were indicated. With them on rial now besides four other former :ompany checkers is James F. Ben iernagel. the refinery cashier, who ras tried with Spitizer and the oth r checkers. The jury disagreed as o whether Bendernagel had a part n the conspiracy, and it was deci led ~o re-try him. It was reported that Spitzer was going to make a clean breast of he alleged frauds. He described he use, about 1890 and 1895. of mall bags of lead on the beams of he scales, causing the recorded weights to be sometimes forty pounds short to a draft, and also the stuff ng of newspapers underneath the loors of the scales for the same pur oe'n. The use of the paper was q 'bsolutely new development in the rand investigation. Heike listened .o Spitzer's testimony with tnse in erest. Spitzer demonstrated in court .he use of the bags of lead and estified about the steel springs say ng that first heavy ones were used tnd later light ones. The springs., ie said, were substituted for lead Lnd paper when Deputy Surveyors of justoms Vail took offce, while the ase of springs was abandoned after he sugar trust .had paid the rebate o the government as a result of the 'ederal suit. ''Did you ever arrange a systere if signal lights in the scale house'"'' uddenly asked the prosecution. C "Yes, sir," replied Sptzer, who hen related that the signals were ised to warn the weighers of ay udden danger. "How were the lights worked?" ~ "By a switch In my Offce," re lied Spitzer, who said that the witch was turned whenever a gov r rument offcial was seen to ap roach. Spitzer said that an electric light ad been used in the scale houses e or many years. but that he made a hange in the signal system by In- 0 talling red lights. In reply to an iterrogation of the prosecution if h e had ever told of the weighing rauds to any one. Spitzer replied ~ b~at he had informed a man named eroy, who worked in the Wall street ffice of the sugar trust. h The witness said when he wanted raise any of the chercker's wages e was obliged to put the matter efore Cashier James F. Benderna- ~ el and Frank W. Gerbracht. The checkers of the government eighers were favorites over those the city weighers In the matter 0 wages, he said, and every effort ssible was made to conceal this om the other weighers on th71 Spitzer said that in the fall of 406 he received a 'phone message om an unknown person, warning rn to be careful of the wire spring, a the government was watching the a i-ks. This caused a letting up in e frauds. . Following the raid in November.h 101. by the government, the wit ss said he was informed by Mr. brbracht that the weighers and mself would be taken care of. "When the six weighers were dis- by arge'd what happened?" d "I paid them the same wages ev-d r week at my home." replied Mr. itzer. adding that the money was u'n him each week by Mr. Ger acht, who left it In a package at so: sgarage. Fl "When did this money cease?" th! "When I was sentenced last Feb-- no amy" answered Mr. Spitzer. c Spitzer said he knew Secretary ike. but did not connect him In y' way with knowledge of the arc se weighing. The cross-examina- 'm~ n of the wita~ess was dcferra i ti Prcsecutor Stimson said Sp"z- r' w6h ame conscience s' ricken In pris--r swi I desired to L" ..41l he sur's of rea allege frand. by TAFT TAKESAAD Si RESIDENT WRITES A LETTER TO CHARMMAN TAWNEY. [e Is Deeply Distressed at the Re Section on Southern Hospitality. Which He Highly Praises. President Taft Friday sent to hairman Tawney of the house com Oittee on appropriations a letter rpressing deep resentment at the riticisms in the house in the de ate on the traveling expenses of he president. The president says he i especially distressed by the "sug ested reflection on Sunthern hospi T-he president's letter foNows: tio he Whiti House, Washington. May th4 27th, 1910. to My Dear Mr. Tawney: I am deeply rieved over the phase which the dis ussion of the appropriation 'for the n raveling expenses of the president ook yesterday. I think it Is a legiti- t ate argument in favor of such an ppropriation that congressmen and many others press the acceptance of " vitations to visit their sections and 1sC istricts. -because the urgency of such th4 equests indicates the opinion on the 00 art of the people that one of the luties of the president is to visit b he people in their homes. WC But the intimation or suggestion hat the acceptance by congressmen cb f the presidents, invitation to trav- tw 1 on the train with him in their re- ch pective distritts or States was a va eason why they. should not voice we heir free opinion on the question of to uch an appropriation Is to me a of most panful one. U In traveling upon the train they hc rere not receiving my hospitality- w4 hey were only making a little more In Plaborate the cordial welcome which ft bey as representatives of their dis- cb icts wished to give. a The feature of .the discussion yes erday which was especially distress- Ba ng to me was a suggested reflection th n Southc.n hospitality. The intim- be Ltion that somewhere in the South wn board was charged has no founda- Cc ion. in fact, and I never heard it sb ntimated until r saw it In this morn- to ng's paper. In aH my experience. and I have tb mjoyed the hospitality of many sec- ib ions and countries of the world. I se sever bad a more cordial, generous. $1 open and lavish welcome than I had 8i n the Southern States during my la rip, and the slightest hints that puts me in the attitude of a critic la >f that hospitality gives me great uz Nain. as I am going to take the Nberty of th making this lettei to. you pubtic. er Very sincerely yours. '(Signed) William H. Taft. * th C SAW HER SON DIE . Ioung Man Accidentafy Shoots and ii $1 Kims Hmslf in Frank Richard, a young white b man, accidentally shot and killed ~ ilmself at his homhe, about one mile to outh of Edmund's. Lexington coun- rc y. late Friday afternoon. From in ormation gathered It seems that roung Ricard had finished his worac ~or the day and, had gone to the * bond, which is located a few hundred ards from the house, to spend the e >alance of the afternoon fishing car -ying his shotgun with him. He hadl' tot been gone long before his moth- w r was attracted by the sound of a run. She and a young son waent ..t nce to the scene; Upon arrival at 1 he pond, they found the young man ying flat in the boat, gasping for t breath. The entire load of shot had aken effect In the stomach, making ghastly wound. He lived but a ew moments, dying without making statement. * WORDS OF WISDOM. It isn't safe to make love, even to a engeged girl, for she can break it A man's idea of indmlging his wife m if she will spoil him. The longer a man can stay away rom his family the more he can lie M bout how he misses them. If there were no telling lies we'dfo ave to disbelieve the truth. A man starts out expecting to get no ich and ends up thinkring he is icky to keep out of the poor house. One good deed can deserve anoth r a long time without getting It. The more money a man will spend o n Slowers for his wife the loss he ill want to spend on necessaries for ed er. 'A woman can forgive her -husband W tost anything If anybody else will. A girl is awful smart to be croar 4th a man so as to make him think e is the one. The danger to a girl of being pret Is she thinks she's prettier. The reason a man bets is so he $1 in brag If .he wins and forget to V'll entlon it if he loses. E The good Investment is for the wa Ilow who lets you have It for some your money.1 A woman is an exceptionally good cha rd player when she deals her part- Col ~r a poor hand and doesn't blame he': m for it. met Reform is always headed for reae- nen mn. and A little cold nerve wifl get a man nev bigger reputation for ability than wer head full 'e brains. yea: 'Money doesn't give a person vir- tel es. but it makes people act a.- If two had them all. A man might be able to spend some his own money on himself if he A d no family. er The kind of popularity a man buys the sp'tcding money on people he Suni uldn't sell for one cent on the ggi liar. I Cou; broll Big Price for Horse. 'uff< H. C. Hiidreth. of New York. who purn ne time ago sold the great .horse. eral :zherbert. to J. E. Madden for bein rty-flve thousand dollars. it is an Inced, has purchased a horse for sck. caused death. * A r'ho Augusta Herald flounders he 'und In something like a half col- bras n in~ answer to our simple 'hoeS-. aas ,. "Can ne Herald name a grafter enta o loves Bryan?" But fails to ar-- of th er the question for the s'mpl'' was son that it knows that no g.afte- recol 5 Bran. builA lowS UP BADLY &efCks Accou e ISPeNds INT MONEY F :ording to the Testmmy CoL Brock's Expenses Were Two or Ehree Times as Much as Tboese of [Jeut. Chmans the United Stas Lrmy Officer Accompanying IHN rhe Boyd-Breck controversy Is be ning- quite Interesting. 6ens&-. mal allegations were made before court of enquiry on Tuesday as how Col. Brock charged the State Z expenses of his Inspection tour the spring of last year. [Aeut. Cabaniss. the army officer ached to General Boyd's office. o made inspection with Col. Brock s placed on the stand and compar a made between his expenses at various points where inspections rurred with Itemized vochers Wled Col. Brock and on which warrants re Issued to him. The evidence showed Col. Brock arging the State at every potnf a to six times as much as Cabans rged the federal government.. At riousipoints team and back fare re charged when apparently no ims were used as they were guests local militiamen. In some places ut. Cabaniss made no charges for tel bills. as he and Col. Brock re guests of friends. During these spections. Mr. Cabaniss used 1.500 les of mileage, while Col. Brock arged the State np with four thous d mIles. Proprietor Molair of the 2totel at nwell testified that the hotel bill tre, amounting to $1. had never en paid. Capt. Cole had said he mld pay it. The Toucher on whicb 1. Brock was Issued a warrant ow $2.76 each charged for hotel r himself and Lieut. Bennett. Lieut. Cabaniss was then placed on a stand. He read from his records owing that his inspection expen i for 1907 were 102.07. for 1909 42.72, and for 1909 $156.62. Col. ock's were several hundred do rs for each year. In detail the inspection trip of st spring was covered. Lieut. Cab is testifying from his vouchers d Attorney Rembert reading from e records from the comptroller gen 3ra oface. -At Hartsville where both men were 0 guests of Capt. Coker and Lieut. ibaniss paid nothing. Col. Brock arged up a hotel bill of $4, At iarleston. Lieut C'baniss paid noth g. while the State was charged 3.50 for Col. Brock's hotel bHi. addition to other charges. At imden Lieut Cahanlas paid a hotel iI of $1.50, while Col. Brock char d the State with $12. in addition team .hire of $4. although both eto the rifle range as the guests a local officer. In a trip by private conveyance >m 'Cheraw to Chester, witness 14 his share of the cost. which was * than $4. and Col. Brock's vouch showed a charge of $4 for this p. There .was a similar showing the trip from Chester to Corn At Florence Col. Brock charged $4 for hotel bi11. $3 for teamyand cents each for hack and transfer. eat. Cabeniss' expense was $2 for tel bill. So far as witness knew, ire was no need for a hack or a im. At Darlington witness had a hotel I of $3.75. whereas CoL. Brock irged up $12 for hotel in addS n to other charges.. At Bennettsvine the stop was for ly a part of a day. witness.hotel. 1being 75 cents, whereas CoL ock charged $4 on account of ho bill. At Rock Hill Col. Brock charged for a trip on the train to Fort II. a few miles distant. 50 cents -a team~ to carry him to Fort II. although he had gone on the .in.3for hotel billand 50 cnts -a telegram. Lieut Cabaniss had charges to make. At Winnsboro the stop was brief I witness had no charges to make. L Brock charged $4 for hotel. 5.1 hack and 'ransfer and $3 fe r m. although the two had ridden to the point desired to be reach as the guests of a lc.! offiN. At Yorkvllle Col. Brock's cha.-ge re $8 for hotel. $3 for team and for hack and transfer. Witness' ense was $3 for hotel, and he I Col. Broek had rid~ien out to rifle range as Cal. Lindayts st. imilar showings were made -as to rtanburg. Union. Clifton. Greent e. Anderson. Denmark. Edge d. Laurens. Timmonsville. Con r. Orangeburg, Georgetown and 3ree. hen asked whether he had'ever rged up hotel expenses while in nmbia. Lieut. Cabaniss said that ad not construed the war depart it's ruling as allowing him ex es of this kind while at home, to be on the safe side he had r made such charges. Vouchers e introducted to show that in one SCol. Brock had charged up ho bills in Columbia amounting to city-nIne dollars. Kills Wife and Child. t Mfontgomery. Ala., s.aid by oth legrc'es to have been crazed by comet. Miilton Hughes. a negro. ay night kilfrd his wife and I. near Ashland. Talladega sty. On his way to the jail. he e from his guard!s and ran. hand ~d. down the principal streets, ued oy a mob, and bre'aking sev large plate glass windows before Scaught. Died in the Fire. Elkhardt. Ind.. the plant of the .Conn Company. said to have' .the largest manufacturers of band instruments in the world, destroyed by fire early Tuesday, tinicg a loss of $500.000, ua. ora e night watchmen. Roy Edgeriy, burned to death. His body was