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WRECK OF TOWNS i t Dta&k au him of a Gat ay Peple by Terrible ITAIIA1 EARTHQUAKE Great Disaster Befalls Italy.-Death and Devastation are Caused by the Severe Earthquakes-Troops Has ten to Render Aid.-urvivors Flee in Terror into the Country. A dispatch from Naples says a severe earthquake shock caused a number of deaths and much property damage In Central Campania early Tuesday. The disturbance appears to have centered in the Province of Avellino. Meager information received this week indicates that the greatest dam age was done at Caltri (Avellina Pro vince.) Calltri is said to have been half destroyed and twenty people are reported to have been killed at that place. Other deaths occurred at Valata. nearby. and it is feared that fa talitles will be reported from other villages which for a time are cut oft from all communication with Naples. The shock occurred at 3.07 Tues day morning while the people were still in their beds. -Many houses at Calitri tumbled. burrying the occu pants In the ruins.. Those who escaped death of ser Ions injury fled terror stricken fron their homes and into the country. None wanted to don street clothes and as a result many subsequent suf fered from exposure. Troops were dispatched from all quarters into the affected district a soon as the loss of life and property damage became known to the gov ernment and officers of nearby cities News from Salerno. at the head ol the Gulf of Salerno. thirty miles east of Naples. Is to the effect that the shock was distinct there and caused considerable damage. Details art lacking. The shock was felt for ten seconds In the province of Avellino. It was also felt strongly. but for a shorte1 time, at Coxenza. Paoloa. Cantan zaso. Reggio. Potenza. Benevento Capua and Melfi. It is said. how ever. that the damage in thes4 towns was not serious and thai there was no loss of life. The shocks was first felt In th4 departments of Rasilicata. Claebriz and Sicily. Although centered it the Province of Avellino. it extend ed througiout the provinces of Ben evento. Campobassa. Casert ant Naples. A panic was created at Terre An nnslata and Terre Del Greco, wher the population live in constant fea1 of an eruption from Mount Vesuvius -Reports from Rascilicata say: and the sleeping town was arroused Potfea. Similar reports come fron: Paola and Catazarno in the compart ment of Claebria and from Palermc on the northern coast of Sicily. The province of Avellino occupies the central part of the compartmen1 of Campania and Is directly east o1 Naples. Calitri, which according tc reports, suffered the most. Is a towi of 800 Inhabitants. It is situated on the Osanto river, several milei northeast of Conza. It was the darkest hour of th4 morning when the shock was fell and the sleeping town was arorsed by the shaking of walls, the rattlini of furniture and the falling of plas ter from the ceilings. In a moment panic seized the 20.000 inhabitant: who live in daily fear of a seismk disaster. Balf naked men. womer and children fled from theIr homes screaming with terror. They had irl their minds visions of a Messina and the horror or Regglo. Recently there was gossip about a prediction that the approach of Halley's comet por' tended the end of the world. The authorities kept their heids, but they could not stay the mad rush for the squares and open districts. Wild confusion prevailed and the frightened ones could not be re'.son ed with; could not be stopped. In the squares hundreds threw them selves upon their faces and implored the mercy of the Almighty. Then the religion fervor found expression In hair organized processions to the shrine of St. Andrews, the protec tor of the town. Others climbed to the sanctuary of Monte Vergine. After several hours of frantic en treaty the authorities succeeded in reestablishing a semblance of calm and relief squads were organized. It was then found that no one .had been killed, although an aged man hzd died during the excitement. Many houses were damaged as were the belfries of the churches. As is usually the case the inhab Itants refused to re-enter their homes, fearing that another quake would occur. Throughout the day the police were busy bringing to gether the scattered members of families and reassuring the frighten ed ones. CATS DESTROY A HOME. Husband Is Driren Out in Despair by Wife's 32 Pets. Cats are cited as the cause of a suit for seperate maintenance be tween Dr. Robert A. Pierce. a teacher in Tufts Dental School. in P-oston. Mass.. and Mrs. Pierce. a noted cat fanca r. Last October the Pierce home was broken up and the wife ts the complainant in court. Opposing the testimony of Mrs. Pierce. Dr. Pierce declares his wif!e owns 32 cats which crawle-d and mewed about the halls and roomns oft -their home. They slept in the bath tub by day and at night produced such volumes of melody that sl~ep Ing was next to impossible. Hie de-' clares that they ate regularly at the table, crept into enat pock.-ts and made temporary hom'es in bats. and other wear'ing atpparel." Both F~actions Beaten. Late returns fromt the South D~a kota primary indi'ate that G.-orge W. Egan. the independent republican candidate for governor, has won ov.'r Governor 'Vassey the "'progressive" candidate for renomination and S. H. Elford the "stalwart'- candidate.; Egan's supoprters claim the election by thre t five rhousand votes. TWO FIREMEN DIE FIGHTING A STUBBORN FIRE IN CITY OF NEW YORK. Liquors and Die Stuffs Stored in Building Produced Large Volumns of Deadly Fumes. Two firemen were kille'd and more than - score were overcome by stfi ing fumes in fighting a rtubborn warehouse fire near the North river front in New York 'Monday. Ten of the firemen overcome were caught in a back draugh on the fourth floor of the buildinz. Two men who managed to avoid the very worst of the burst of flame, and dense smoke, screamed from a win dow for help. Ladders were raised and the unconscious men were car ried down. Fireman Timothy Colter died on the sidewalk after having been car ried from an upper floor, where he had lain unconscious for more than an hour in a pool of water. Fire man William Healey was taken out of the building dead. Three of the injured firemen are still In a hospi tal in a serious contition. The jfire was in a five-story building oc cupied by the free storage bonded warehouse. The loss is estimated at $75.000. The dangerous character of the fire b-came apparent when the first gangs of firemen entered in with -hose. A large part of the contents of the warehouse consisted of li quors and analine dyes. and noxious fumes from these burning substances caused the firemen to drop by the dozen. It was only by heroic work that their companions succeeded in saving several of the unconscious men. Fire Chief Croker personally directed the rescue. Lieutenant Campbel was over come w-hile at the head of a rescue party. He was missed when the par ty returned to the :reet and anoth er detatchment had to enter the building at great risk and save him He was revived with the many oth ers. over whom a bi: force of am bulance surgeons worked like beavers an the sidewalks nearby. Searchers going thro-.gh th% build ing after the flames were under con trol stumbled over the bodies of sev eral of the firemen who had dropoed In their tracks. Most of them were revived. but Edward Donevell may die as a result of inhalation of smoke and flames. BRAINS KNOCKTI) OUT. An Unknown Man Tries to Jump Off Fast Moving Train. An unknown white man in trying to jump from Southern train No. 30. north of Toccoa. Ga.. was kill ed Monday night. His brains were battered by the rocks in a cut as the porter held his legs to keep him from jumping out of a train window. Passengers on the train noticed the peculiar actions of the traveler for some time before the accid -nt. Finally he went into the rear of the coach. After a while the porter. who feared that some trouble was brew ing, followed the stranger. He arrived just in time to see him jump out of the window. The por ter caught his legs, but the body of the traveler out of the window as the train passed through a deep cut, the body of the man struck the projecting rocks and his brains were beaten out against the bank. The body was taken back to Toc ca. The man carried a ticket read ing from Augusta to New York. but no other means of identification. FIFTY THOI.SAND) STOLEN. Hope to Catch the Thieres When Pa Pers Are Offered. That William Miner, president of the William M1. Mtiner Company. of Chicago. was robbed of $50.000 while en route from Chicago to New York last Thursday night has become known. Detectives in New York have been working on the case, but no an nouncpment had herenofore beer' made, as it was hoped that th thieves might be caught w.hile try ing to dispose of some of the ne gotiable paper included in the los amount. The money was in a traveling bag whch he had at his side in his berth in the sleeping car. He did not discover his loss until he reach ed his hotel in New York. About half the sum was in the shape of a negotiable letter of credit on which payment has been stopped. WORKED G.AIE IN PRISON. Two Convicts Are Arrested for Coun terfeiting. A fully equipped counterfeit In plant was discovered in the 31issouri penitentiary Mionday. Federal in spectors found the outfit in the cell occupied by Lee Jayer and Joseph ail. and they will be brought to trial in the federal court on the charce of counterfeiting. Gov. Had Iy announced that he will pardon both meni in October next, when t~o federal court convenes, that they may be prosecuted. Five pairs of molds and several half and quarter dollars which were good imitationrs of real money were taken from the cell. '.\v whole lire has been so storm that I can't believ.- that it is a s~ to go this way." a-vzig this bri.: but t.ait.b--tic message as an exicse for her art. also a lot'- r to h.-r hu band' in which she chtided him fo his lac'k of aff.-ct:'n andi su;.;.ort. 3rs. WV. H. rH-eton of Ta;i.i;a. Fi- . Tesday commiitt---i su bd.- at an .\: lanta hotel by inhaltntehloor Fatal Fail froma Trestke. E. G. Rid- out. of North E-:m;.oria. Va.. atn eletrician. wo.rking~ at the onref shops of :h.- Atlantic Coast Line at Jacksonvill--. Flna.. while walking back to the s~bops at a-: early hour Mionday morning lost his ha. nce on a railroad trestle and feii. He died later in the day from a ractur-d skull. injured spinal Col- r THE HIGHER UPS Bigh Office7s of the Sugar Refming Compay Concteid. WERE GULTY OF FRAUD Aged Secretary of American Sugar Refining Company. Broken in Health. Faces Posskible Sentence of Two Years or $10.000 Fine.-Ex ecution of Sentence Means Ieath. At New York Charles R. leike. the white- haired secretary of the American Sugar Relining Company. was convicted Friday ni::ht on one count of an indictment charging con spiracy to d' fraud the Government of customs duties on sugar Ernest W. Gerbacht. former sup erintendent of the Williamsburg i llrooklyn) Refinery. was convicted on all six counts. For James F. Bendernagle. former carhier of the refin ry. the jury stood 7 to 5 for acquittal. He will be tried again. This ends the government's'second attempt to imprison the group of men responsible for th-- vast under weighing frauds. to which the so called trust has virtually confessed by tne restitution of mor- than $2. *0).000 in duty. Heike is the highest official of the company upon whom blame has been fixed. and he now faces a possible senten- of two years in the Feder al penitentiary and a fine of $10.000. He is 65 yeors old and broken in health and spirits. His counsil In summing up declared r-peatedly that a prison sentence meant nothing less than death. Convicted on all six counts. Ger bracht can be sentenced to twelve years in prisor., wit-h a maximumn fine of $40.000. He is 53 years old. All three defendants, who were -;nder bond, were paroled in the cus tody of counsel until 10.30 o'clock Saturday. when Court will hear the usual motion in the care of Heike and Gerbacht. and 'barring some stay. will announce the time of sentence. The trial just ended was started on May 1 . with six defendants in cluded in the indictn-nt. Besides Heike. Gerbracht and Bendernagel, there were three minor employees Harry W. Waln-r. assistant dock superintendent. and Jean M. Voelker, and James F. Halligan. checkers. I The trial had not progressed far, however. when the testimony so in criminat-d these men that their coun cil ent-red pleas of guilty. They have nct yet been sentenced. Rendernagel had be-en tried prev iously with Oliver Spitzer. the par doned dock superitstendent. who tes tified at the trial just closed, bit the jury disagr-ed. Spitzer got two years and four checkers were sen tenced to one year each. Th-'y are still serving time on Blackweil's Is land, but Spitzer. conscience-stricken, made a confession and told a story that resulted in Heike's convicti-:n.' TALE OF SHIPWRECK. The Captain's Daughter Showed Her self a Heroine After a three days terrific fight for life in two small boats. 450) miles out in the Atlantic ocean. M1iss Eliza beth Erikson. -her father. Capt. P. A. Erikson. and nine m-n. composing the crew, two dogs and a cat. whc were rescued in the nick of time by the British steamer Metis. after hav ing abandoned their barkentine. Good News, of Philadelphia. are re joicing at again being able to set foot on land. .It Is a thrilling and heart-rending tal'- of the sea that Capt. Erikson anid his crew told on their arrival at Norfolk. Struck by a heavy storm, the Good News sprang a leak. All hands remained continuously at the pumps, but failing to keep her afloat, at noon June 3 the ship was aban doried. The captain's daughter show ed great bravery and after the Good News sank to the bottom she cheered the men. ,At times it seemed as though the two little boats containing the res cued would be swamped by the huge waves. During three days and three nights of awful suspense a sharp lookout was kept for the approach of a passenger vessel. Monday the Metis hove in sight. Soon the Metis was alongside and the exhausted crew was taken aboard.* WOMAN'S BODY IN TRUNK. The Ghastly Find in a Lake in Italy on Friday Last. The badly mutilated body of a woman, believed to be that of Mrs. H. N. Castle. who was Mary Crit tenden Scott. of San Jose. California. was found in a trunk, shbmergedI in a lake near the village of Moltrasio. Italy. last we k. Wrapped about the body was a pi-c-' of old cloth. which bore the' initials. "L..'' and from letters in the trunk, written in Eng ir~i. it appe'ars that the woman in 1906. lIved in 34th street. New York city. The' police. basing their opin ion on wounds on the head, evident ly made by a blunt instrument. are of the belief that the woman was urde'red. and they have tak- n into custody a Russian. named Constan tine Ispolatoff. '50( years old. who:s they suspect of .having knowvledge of bow thie woman mer her death.* Woman Murdered. At tea'.ensworth. Kan.. Elizabeth shl uiz. a' w-a l.'jy widow. agedl 74. -as Friday found murder.'d mn her uurderer had set the house afire.' ~olice'men seeing the lir-- e'rtinguishu -.t t-h.- flames and then discovered i he nude and charred body of a l vomniat* HelId Live Wire. In sight of a younger brot her with th he had eon.' hunting young .irds. hiarry Eub-'re. 1 7 years old. as .'e'r,,,cut'd iiy comlinfg in con act with an :mm -lect rie wir. when b-. ea n pnea; . n dhest. The It Is predicted that trolley fares; ust rise, but as almost everyone eeic that they can afford automo SACK AND BURN CAUSE REIGN OF TTRROR IN VALLADOLID. 31EXICO. Yucatan Indians Rise Up and Mar sacre the Nlexicans and Spread Terror in That Region. The most serious uprising with which the Mexican government has had to deal in a long time has start ed in the State of Yucatan. and the troops are being rushed to the dis turbed ar-a. In the meantime. re ports which have reached Vera Cruz indicate that there has been much bloodshed and that the insurgents are preparing for a battle with the gov'rnment forces, which is sure to come soon. The independent newspaper. El Dictamen. publish's dispatches from A1erida. the capital of Yucatan, to the effect that forty persons were killed by the %Iaya Indians on Sat urday. Further dispatches received here state that 5.000 of these Indian insurgents sacked t.he town of Valladolid. 95 miles to the southeast of Merida. killing all the principal government employes. the chief of police and others. They seized rifles and pistols and instituted a reign of t'rror. Many of the inhabitants of Valladolid are fleeing to Merida. The gunboat Morolos has already left Vera Cruz. with 600 soldiers aboard. while the Yucatan gunboat Zaragoza is lying in the harbor ready to take 1.000 additional troops, who are expected soon to arrive from the interior. Railroad and telegraph commun ication between Merida and the scene of the trouble Is now cut off. Twenty miles of the Yucatan rail road have been destoy2d by the In dians. It is reported that many tel egraph operators have been killed or ar.e held as prisoners. The jefe politico and the judge of the crim inal court are among the dead. The rebels are strongly entrench ed in anticipation of the advance of the federal troops. Maximiliano Ramirex Ronilla. the former rebel leader. and Col. Victor Montonegro are said to be at the head of the uprising. The towns of Tinum. Uayma. and Tunkas. all between Merida and Val ladolid. have been attacked, but. the reports say that the families cf all the residents. exc--pt officials, have been unmolested. To -what extent the insurgents pillaged at these, places has not yet been learned. A strict censorship has not been established. The original telegrams giving the first details of the up rising were sent before the govern ment took charge of the n-ews. It is understood that the cause of the trouble is dissatisfaction on the part of the Indians over the ac tion of government officials regard ing lands, but the exact point of controversy has not been made clear in the reports. It Is not thought that any Americans are involved. SHOWING U'P PEARY. Took Adrantage of Franke's Condi tion to Rob Him. Commander Robt. E. Peary, who was served at Berlin, Germany with papers in a suit for $10,000 brought by Rudolph Franke. left Berlin for London Thursday morning. The Am~erican explorer had nothing - to add to his statemnent that he had placed the matter of litigation in the hands of American Ambassador Hill. Franke was associated with Dr. Frederick A. Cook In north polar ex ploration. and alleges that Peary found him Ill at Etah and took ad vantage of .his condition to secure his collection of furs and walrus and norwhal teeth as the price of trans porting him homeward. While in Berlin Commander Peary said to a friend that he would con tend that tbe German courts had nio jurisdiction in the matt*'r as he had no property or domicile there. He arnticipated, he said, that the box office receipts at Philharmonic hail. where he lectured Wedn.'sday. would be attached and he was surprised that they were not. The case will come up on June 26. Mr. Peary has arrang'-d to be re presented in court by an attorney. He expects to sail from England for New York on Sunday. A (CARELESS NL*RSE. Causes the IDeath of an Infant in Charleston. 'At Charleston Little Fraser Graff. infant son of Mr. and Mrs. H--nry Graff. who was permitted by the carelessness of his nurse to drink concentrated lye in the house of the nurse -.\ondap-v afternoon died Sunday at th.' Roper hospital.. Carrie JIames. t.he nurse, who was arrested Monday and he-ld by the police department charg~ed with crimi inal carelessness was liberat--d Mon day afternoon following the inquest over the infant's body. The father of the child said that he thought it was simple carelessness on the part of the nurse with no manliciouisness and the verdict of the jury was that t he child met an accidental deat.h inl the way stated as a result of car lessn..ss of the nurs.'. The nurse is oily la years old and had just been .-mployed. ST-UK~ TO THE PLASTER. Woma)nI Puts Fifty IDollar Bill en, Hu.%bands Rack. A short time ago a merchant of Middi'te.vn. N. Y.. on retiring for the nigh: l.eft sonme bills on the~ top i of a dresser. Hie had a lame back and asked his wife' To p'rep.ar a po rous plaste'r. She (lid so., but after beating it acc'idently dropped it 0-: h. dres-ser. ia pick in;; it up she ! c id not notte' the $a, hill clinging TO it and appi ed it to h.er husband's ak. The bill waus mzisse'd and se r- h ants w.-r.. suspec':ed of haven stolen b :. The whob household worri.'d ver :he miat.er until last nich: the nerchant rr'movedi his porou ;,las-| r er and the bill was found st icking f ' it so firmly that it coud not be. i . emoved without tearing :it To pieces. N ['he merchant wil s' nd the plaster to C. :he treasury department for re- tr -epron ti [ARE ACT VALID portant Decisin to Farmers Radered by Judge DeYore ABOUT BUYING COTTON 7ounel for Defense Announces Case C Will Be Appealed ls the Suerenme c Court.-Action Test of Constitu- r tionality of 1910 Act.-Law Pro vides Six Per Cent. Reduction. C Judge DeVore has handed down !n order sustaining the magistrate in the cotton tare case. brought to test the constitutionality of the Cot ton Tare Act of 1910. Messrs. Lyles and Lyles. attorneys for W. G. Mul lins. of Columbia. who was charged with violation of the Act. state that they will appeal the case to the Supreme Court. The Cotton Tare Act provides that 6 per cent. of the bale of cotton sold shall be deducted for tare. H1eretorfore the amount was twenty pounds. as is the case in other States. 1. That the Act of the Leaisla ture deprived the defendant of the equal protection of the laws. 2. T.hat the Act of the Legislature deprives the defendant of his lib erty and property without due pro cess of law. Judge DeVore -.ays as to the first point: "It is well settled that the Legislature has a right to make dif ferent classes. and so long as all members of the same class are treat ed -.Ike. If the classification be reas onable, the Courts will not declarc such legislation unconstitutional.' Citing a case. Judge DeVore conclud es: "T-he defendant. being engaged in the busines of buying cotton. comes within the classification made by the legislature. and, in my opin ion. is not deprived of the equal pro tection of the laws." On the second point Judge De Vore says that the test seems to be whether the reculations of the Legis lature are reasonable. "If they are unreasonable." he says. "then such legislation is unconstitutional: if they are reasonable, then, in the exercis,- of its police power. the Legislature has the right to enact the law. In the absence of a statut.- on the subject, the reas onableness of a contract Is a ques tion for the judiciary, but if there is legislation on the subject, and the Legislature had the power to pass such a law, then the statute con trols.'' Citing several cases. Judge DeVore concludes: "The cotton buyers and cotton sellers differ as to the amount of bagging and ties that should be plac ed on a bale of cotton. The Legis lature intervened and established a scale of cotton tare, and. so far as I am able to judge, the legislation is reasonable. *'Cotton is one of the chief pro ducts of this State. There are a great many persons and a great deal of property and a number of organi zations engaged In the cotton busi ness. 'What the tare is in this State, w.at It is in Liverpool or what it is In New York, are not matters for this court to consider. This Court will presume that the Legislture took into consideration the conditions con trolling the marketing of cotton and enacted the proper law regarding the tare. But this Is not a new ques tion i-n this state. A law fixing tare on cotton see-ts to have been enact ed as far back as 1846. "Cotton buyers have a great many customers, many of w.hom are ignor ant and I can readily see how such legislation as this may be both wise and beneficial." The judgment of the magistrate. is therefore, afflrtaed by Jud.ge De Vore. W. G. Mullins. a cotton buyer of Columbia. was arrested a few weeks ago for violation of the Act. and the case was a test case to determine the constitutionality of the Act. It is stated that $1,800,000 is involved in the Act, It will be carried to the Supreme Court. The State Farmers' U'nion Is interested, and all dealers in cotton are watching the proceed ing with great interest, HE LIV'Ei) ON LOVE. Man Ran a Matrimonial Bureau for Money Only. David H. Hlartman. a young mar ried man of East Petersburg. Pa.. was arrested, last week, on the charge of operating a fraudulent matrimonial scheme. His plan. ac cording to his own confession, was to personify a woman, and, when a rorr spondence had developed to the point where marriage was proposed and accepted the "bride-to-be" would wrire for money to pay travel ing expenses. When the mon--y came the c'orr"spondenlce always ceased. Hartman was married a year ano1 nd since th~en has lived on the fat >f th~e land, being support~ed on rev nue's contri-buted by victims all over he l'nited States. Hlartman. repre' enting himself as Miss Catharne L. lartman. C'atharine L. being his if's name. adve'rtir'd in various :pers for entresponde~nts. with a' e'w to matrim''ny. passing himself ' s as a maien of 4(s years and heir' ss to $1 .00 A photograph. r ~hie.h was s.'nt to every correspon- ~ lent, was that of a giood-looking wo- ~ nan. thb -pcture' of his wife. * KILLEI) IN RACE FIGHT. ne Negro IDies From shot and One n< As a result of a long feud between lI Crtain elements of whites and ne roe's at Orange, Texas. Rarnkin t oor"-. a negro. was killod last nig- 'r at y a fusillade of shots said to have m -er tired byv three white men. The looting took place during a heavy e'tric storm. Earlier in the day., ouglass I' mon. another negro. was s und ot' the street. having be'en w jot o death by unknown parties. t o arrests have been made. The ra- p al feelin~g is such that serious er ouble may be precipitated at any an GEORGIA POLITICS VATSON AND EDWARDS MAKE THE WIRES HOT. Ir. Watson Threatens to Prosecute, and Congressman FAwards Says "Make Charges Good." The Atlanta Journal says a new hapter was written Tuesday in the ontrov-rsy between Congressman harles Gordan Edwards. of Savan ah. and Thomas E. Watson. of 'homson, concerning charges of im riorality made by Watson against *dwards. Tart telegrams were ex hanged in an interesting passage at rms. Mr. Watson threatens to prose ute Congressman Edwards for false wearing. 31r. Edwards challenges 4r. Watson to make good on his riginal charge of immorality, or go nnoticed in the future. Mr. Watson's telegram follows: "Come into the jurisdiction of the ourts of Georgia and make oath o the statements contained in your elegram and In your card in the savannah Press. if you dare do it, nd I will prosecute you criminally 'or false swearing.' Congressman Edwards' wire fol ows: "Your telegram received. I .have 1enounced your charges as false and iave challenged you to name wit messes. Comply with this like a man. lotherwise you shall go un oticed.." Mr. Watson precipitated the con ,roversy with the congressman when n his paper. .he called upon Mr. Ed wards to answer several pertinent riot to say sensational questions. H( dared Mr. Edwards to deny a chargg )f immorality. Congressman Edwards acceptet r. Watson's dare. He did deny th4 charge. He branded it as an Infam Dus lie, and so wired Mr.. Wat on It was his telegraphic denial .aa called forth Mr. Watson's telegran Tuesday morning, threatening t prosecute Mr. Edwards for fals< swearing. PROTECT THE NEGRO. Law Abiding Blacks at Orange, Tex to Be Guarded. Following the mass meeting 01 Thursday called by Mayor Brown. o Orang. Texas. at which an organs zation was r- -fected to protect th law-abidiL . egroes. a proclamatlo: was issued by the Mayor ordering a] saloons closed at nine o'clock unti further orders. District Judge Powell has als been urged to call a special cour and empanel a grand jury to inves tigate the assassination of the ne groes. Rankin. Moore and Lemor on Sunday night last. Gov. Campbell has been requeste by the Orange officials to supplemen the reward of $1.000 offered by th, citizens for the arrest and convic tion of the -perpetrators of th crimes against the negroes. The better class of white peopi are now fully organized to protec the negroes from the lawless acts c certain elements of the w~hite po; ulation. This latest furn In the rac al troubles'is due to the failure C a jury to convict Jack White. a ne gro. charged with killing a whit man. SMALLPOX IN CHARLESTON. Cases of Debatable Character Ie ceiving Attention. The News and Courier says ch officials of the city health office bar discovered several cases in variou parts of the city which they belier to be smallpox, and which are no' receiving the attention of severa physicians. The health officer ha requested the aid of the police de partment in keeping isolated the patients and inmates of the build ings believed -' contain these cr.ses Several policemen were detaile' Tuesday night to stand in front a the various houses in order to mak< sure that nobody entered or left th< dwellings. It is as yet not certaii whether t)be cases are genuine small pox. but the health officials are un willing to take any chances, and ar< making a rigid examination. Ther bae been, it is stated, several minoi -ases of smallpox in Charleston dur ing the last few months: the sick riss appearing among whites a well as necroes. REPU-BLCANS ARE SCARED. Democrat." Stand Good Chance of Capturing Maine. A dispatch frcm Portland. Maine, ays as the two big State conventions aw near--the Democratic on Jun' 5. and the Republican on June 29 coservative Republican learlers dmit that this rock-rIbbed Republi an State is in doubt. The De-n'o rats are esp'cially hopeful of car yin the first and second congres *ional districts and are working ard to elect their candidates to the ext Legislature which must choose successor to Senator Eugen- Hale. ho has announced his retireme'nt. t the Republican State convention ~ovenor F'ernald in all probabili-y .-ill b-' renominated by acclamation. efore th-> Demrocratic convention at ugusta. there will be two candi ares seeking the gubernatorial nom at ion. 0. Gardner of Rockland and rederick W. Plaised. the present :ayor of Augusta. No Democratic indidat-s for Senator has been nam Killed for Nothing. Apparently without cause, Ben arpe'r fatally shot Isaiah Jackson. ar Langley. in Aiken county. Sat' rday night. It is stated. by oth-r roes preseat. that Jackson asked arper to l.-t him se'e his pistol. erupon Harper pointed thle pis I at him. saying. "do you see it?" d fired. Jackson died almost imn ediately. strikes Regiment. At IDresden. Saxony. lightning ruck an infantry regiment tha: is marchin:: into th.- G-trman camp cre on Tuesday. A whole com-. y was hurled to the ground. Sev :l soldiers were killed outrigh'. WANTS HER MONEY ANOTHER CHAPTER PENDING IN THE TIILMAN ROW. Young Mrs. Tillman Sues for Cash She Claims Her Husband Squan dered of Hers. A Columbia dispatch says another sensational legal battle is about to be joined between Senator Tillman's family and his daughter-in-law. Mrs. Lucy Dugan Tillman. of Edgedeld. who gained such a signal virtory ov er the senator and his son last win ter bofore tbe supreme court In the ftght for the possession of Mrs. Till man's two little daughters.. Edgefield relatives of Mrs. Tillman say Attorneys DePass and DePass of Columbia have been employed to Institute suit against young B. R. Tillman to recover money he acquir ed out o! her estate and money which he borrowed from her and col lected from her rents to the extent of about $13.000 and that w-hile he is possessed of practically no prop erty it is hoped to make Senator Tillman pay the judgment if one can be secured. A representative of the law firm mentioned was in Edgefield recently in conference with Mrs. Tillman on the subject of bringing this &-ilt. but when asked today whether the pa pers had been filed in court he said that the complaint had not been and would not be until after the firm's rush of business was over with court here in Richland. that as a matter of fact it was not yet deter mined in what amount the suit would be brought for. It is said in Edgefneld tLat the two children were carried to see their father recently for a short visit. much against the inclination of their mother and against their own wish es. Mrs. Tillman's counsel advise her not to refuse this request. it is said. When her Columbia attorneys were asked about this they said that they had not been advised that such request had been granted or made. WANT THEM MOVED. Negro Soldiers Not Wanted Becase of Their Acts. For the second time within a few months members of the Twenty-fifth United States infantry (the negro regiment of Brownsville fame) were M paraded before a woman in an effort to pick out a criminal: the result was ne;ative as was the case in the case of the first affair. (Mrs. J. W. Redrin;. a woman who asserts she was attacked in her home by a negro dressed as a sol dier. was unable to Identify any of the soldiers as her assailant. As a number of them acted as escort at the funeral of Major Joh S. Kulp. the inspection will be con tinued later. Residents near Fort Lawton. where the negroes are sta tioned, are preparing to~ hold a mass emeeting for the removal of the bat talion. M'TE K!LLED ON RAIL. J1. T. Carter Fatally Struck by a Passing Train. eJ. T. Carter. bookkeeper for the Kennedy Mercantile Company, at Blackstock. was knocked down and killed Wednesday morning by Train No. 36. one-half mile below Black stock, while on his way to work. Mr. Carter regularly travelled the pub lic road, but probably on account of the heavy rains of Tuesday. which rendered travelling heavy, was using the railroad track. Passen gers stete that the engineer blew his Swhistle several times, and endeavor red to slow down his train when he Isaw what was going to happen. The deceased leaves a wife and four chil -dren. He was formerly a professor in the State Institution for the deaf. -dumb and bld. at Cedar Springs. CROOK ANTS TOO REFORM. As~ked the Memphis Police to Lock Himt in Station. "I act the boss crook of the coun try and I want to reform." said Jas. J. Drury. who says he lives in Sr.ingfeld. Ill., as he walke~d into the police station at Memphis. Tenn.. iast night and asked to be locked up nutil he could find work. Drury says that he has worked with some of the "bigg-'st yeggs In the country and has done time in several prisons. "But I have! been given the hot end of it by my pals and want to quit t.'vo game." He will be h'ld pending an investigation.* Must Steal to Live. Peter Zimmerman. aged 87 years. was released from the Western pen lte-ntiary last week after serving 10 ye'ars for hors.- stealing. He declares he is too old to learn to work and will hav-> to steal for a living. He has spent most cf his life behind the bars in various prisons. llorrible Accident Becoming e'ntangled In the runn ing gear of an aerial tram, at Can non. City. Cal.. MerI Kissender. a1 boy, was carried 100~ feet suspendedI by his thuml. 25 feet in the air. Gradually th.- thumb was torn from the hand1 and th- boy fell to the ground.* Murderer Arrested. D~spatches from Bowlin~g Creen. Ky.. tell of the arrest of a man who an-swers the description of Joseph Wendling, wanted for the murder of Alma Kellner. The police say the man talked inenberently of having blood on his hands. H-e had been employed as a laborer in a Bowling Grr-en mill only a -. eek. Witne'w Assainated. Jules Robinson. an important wit ness in tne night rider cases, which will be brouight to trial at Hopkins vi1le. Ky.. was assassinated from am-1 bush Friday night on the farm of G;.or:" Goodman. near Otter Pond. cook Sue's Peary'. According to dispatches Dr. Fr-'d -frick A. Cook, the artre explorer, has entered suit In the Berlic courts UNDER ARREST Ez-Preswmt 1 ed 1Wth TWlat BaUkig Ins FRST CASE OF KND J. A. Blackwelder, Formerly Head of Bank of Chapin. in Lexington County, Served With Warrant Sworn Out by State Bank Exan iner, for Violating Banking Law. J. A. Blackwelder. former presi dent of and prime mover in. the or ganization of the Bank of Chapli, located in Lexington County. was ar rested at his home in Newberry -Mon day by Deputy Sheriff Miller. upon a warrant sworn out before Magistrate Thomas L. Harmon, on Saturday, by State Bank Examiner Giles L. Wil son, of Spartanburg. charging Mr. blackwelder witb violation of a Wate banking z-ws. Trhe case is w!thout a parallel in the history of the State. it being the first of the kind ever brought to light, and, therefore. a. few facts and the law governing the case will be of general interest to the public. The affidavit of Mr. Wilson sets out. in part. that "J. A. Blackwelder, of Chapin, ,aid county and state, did on September 15, 1908. and oth er days prior thereto, violate the banking laws of this State. Vol. 1. Code of 1902, Section 1,777. against the peace and dignity of this State, aed against the statutes in such cases made and provided, and that deponeth. J. S. Wessinger. and J. F. Honeycutt are material witnesses to prove the same." Section 1.777. civil code. under which the warrant was issued, says: "No direct or other office of any such bank shall borrow therefrom, except on good authority in writing before two-thirds of the whole board of directors of such bank, and no di rector or other officer of any such bank shall become an endorser or surety upon any loan or credit made or extended to any other director or officer of such Bank: "Provided. That the total liabili ties to any such bank or any di rector. or of any firm of which such director is a member. or any com pany or corporation of which such director is an officer, shall at no time exceed one-tenth part of the amount of the capital stock of any such bank actually paid in." The bank of Chapin was charter ed a few years ago, with a capital of $10,000. J. A. Blackwelder was its first president. and remained at its head until a little over a year ago, when he was succeeded by J. S. Wessinger. a leading merchant of the town. It is said that Mr. Blackwelder's accounit at the bank is overdrawn to the amount of several hundred dol lars. the entire sum for which he is responsible being something like $4.000. Mr. Wilson stated while here that .he had been very lenient with the accused, and had accepted promises for a long time, but each time Mr. Blackwelder failed to make good the amounts due the bank. He stated that the case will be prosecut ed to the full limit of the law, and that no compromise will now be ao cepted. The alleged offense is punishable, under Section 21g. Criminal Code, by fine or imprisonment. or both, at the discretion of the trial Judge. It will be recalled that Mr. Black welder came before the public a con ple a years ago by his alleged con nection with the supposed finding of a pot of gold under a house on Huger street, in the city of Colum bia. It was rumored that he re ceived something in the neighbor hood of $1.000 on this occasion. Po liceman Fulmner, of the city force, was also conected with the finding of the money. it was said at the time. While the Bank of Chapin will lose something like $4.000, it will in no way be impaired by the loss, as it .has had a most sucessful business, loss MURDERED ON STREET. Mfan's Companion Turns Upon Him Without Warning. -At -Chicago Phtiiippo Cabolano. thirty-two years old, was mysterious ly murdered while walking along a street in the Southside. "Little It ily.'' Monday. He was with two --omipanions. whon one of them sud zdenly turned and fired live shots in to Calalano's body. 'The 'other companion was not harmed. He is Edgar Acdete, and told the police he had never seen the slayer until a few minutes before the shooting. when the three men met in a restaurant. Calalano was a former daloon keeper, but was put out of business by the police. who had considerable trouble with him . He was both hat ed and feared by his countryman *'nd it is believed his murder was the resuilt of a plot. Fell in a Well. On Sunday morning the body of Lige Pontoon, a negro. who worked on the place of Mr. J. W. Baughman near Wagener. was found in a well on his premises. It a supposed that he fell in the well by accident upon arriving home Saturday night. The man was missed by his wif*. who, after a search, discovered th~e body at the bottom of the we!. which Is 60 feet deep. His skull was crushed in by the fall. An inqu'st was held and a verdict of accidental death rendered. Scalped Girl Will Rectoverr. Although completely scalped. Myr ~le Voss. 13 years old. daughter of a rominert citizen. of Monroe. La.. sill probably recover, according to Lttending physicians. The little :irl's hair was caught in the fast urning shaft of a motor boat late ru-'eday afternoon and hber entire caip was torn off. Heata n to) a Pulp. James Harding. his wife and soa, ivin;; sixteen rm:ies southw,-st of tarshaltown. Iowa. were found in heir home early Tuesday, their