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VOL. XXIV ANNING, S. C. WED5NESDAY, JUNE01 FIERY ATTACK Sear Deier Defies Adisistratie to ase hsafges Oct ASSAILS THE TARIFF The Insurgent Leader of the Senate Slashes Presklent Taft. Senator Aldrkh and Speaker Cannon for Faftta of the Party.-E&entially a Challenge to the Adminitratio. From the lips of Senator Dilliver. of Iowa. the battle cry of the "In surgent" Republicans was sounded on the floor of the Senate the other day. In a speech which bristled with denance to President Taft. Senator Aldrich. Speaker Cannon and all the other champions of the inroads of predatory wealth, the great Western lawmaker sounded the call for a new Republican crusade against fake tariff revision.. against the greed and oppression of monopoly and against the false leaders of the party to which Abraham Lincoln. its founder. gave his heart and soul and finally his life. Not in years has there been a speech of such power and eloquence on either flcor of Congress and dur ing the three hours which the thun dering Iowan held the floor, the dumbfounded regulars sat cowerin; In ziar places, scarc:ly one of them leaving the Senate chamber. --Last year witnessed two impor tant boazes perpetuated on the American peope." said Dolliver. "the discovery of the North Pole by Dr. Cook and the revision of the tariff downward by Senator Aldrich." This was the starting poiht of his attack on the Republican "stand pUtters" and he kept at it vigorously from beginning to end. Dolliv-er de clared that he spoke as a Republican. as a guarian of the Republican faith. and be defid his enemies to drive him and those who stood with his from the party. The speech was an open and ringing declaration of war on the dominance of commercialism In politics ad public life. It was essentially a challeng-- to the Administration. the Aldrich and to Cannon. to a fght to the death. In his denunciation of the humbug and false pretense of the Paye-Al drich revision of the tariff, the Wes tern senator went further than in any of his previous attacks on that measure. He hurled defiance. min gled with scorn, at the President. telling him he would welcome deliv erance from the yoke of patronage. , I taunting him with the utter in consisences of his various speeches on the tariff and other subjects. He also referred with withering scorn to'the attacks of Speaker Cannon on the progressives and the insurgents. -In cling he solemnly devoted him self to the fight against monopoly and tariff. In concluding 9enator Doliver said: "I propose to tell not only what has gone on in Congress last year in connection with the tariff, but alsc what is now going on to prevent members following their own dictates of ceclence. I am through with tariff revision as accomplished by those interests to which it primarily belongs. I shall stand on the floor of Congress and fight it just as long as Iowa returns me to Washingtonl. and I shall do It as a Republican. 1 don't care for my political fate. I have toiled for the public 25 years and I do not propose that my re mining years shall be given up to a dull consent to these conspiracies which would rob the people to mut tiply private wealth. This is a gov ernent of the many and for the many, not of the few and for the few.'' 3MAY YET FiGHT. Ecuador and Peru May Engage in War Presently. It was rumored, says- a dispatch -from Lima. Peru. Frd~ that the1 attempte-l meditation bet n Peru and Ecuador had failed owing to the conditions Imposed by Ecuador as 2. basis for the peace negotiations. Both countrIes began several day. ago the withdrawal from the frontia& of the troops which had b'en masse when an outbresk of hostilities wae believed to be Imminent. The withdrawal was in accord ance with the insistence of the med ,istiag powers wh-e the United States. Brazil and Argentena undertook ao act jointly in arbitrating the boun dary dispute between the two re publics. Elections Confirmed. The election of Representatve> Legare. Patterson *.nd Lever, all Democrats. re'presenting. respective ly, the first. smcond and seventh con gressioral districts in Sout.h Caro lina. was Thursday confirmed by the house election committee number three. The committee's action fo! lows hearing of the cont-sts of A. P. Prioleau. a negro. Isaac C. My ers and R. H. Richardson. ali Re publicans. for the three seats re spectively. 'o'ur Ch~inew. D~rowned. As the British Steam"r Hih land Mot'ach was proceeding down the Schup.kili river Friday. bound for Auckland. New Zealand. sev members of the C.1inese Crew leap edi overboard in an endeavor to es cape. Four wer-' drowned and thi other three we-re captured. Cut in Wages~ can.%e' Mturder. Miat: Reus::en shot and killed Jnr Studiier. of Amsterrlam. N. Y.. fore man of the Wiconsin 1suunn works in Lacr-sse. Wis-. because his wage' were reduced. Reusgen is under ar .re andadmits his guilt. "I AM NOT GUILTY~ Mc'NAUGHTON DECLARES HE IS INNOCENT. DelareR He Did Not Poison Fed Flanders, and Says "Mrs. Flan ders is a Good Woman." Fear that he wa1 I be ynched drove Dr. W. J. McNaughton f--.rn Emanuel County. Georgia. to Augus ta. where he was placed under ar rest charged with the murder of F! ! Flander. of that county. This stat. ment was made Thursday by th-' accused physician. as handcuffed h.. was brought to the Chatham county jail at Savannah. for safe keeping un til time for his trial at Swainsboro. Ga. "I am not guilty of killing Fed Flanders." he said. "Mrs. Flan ders is a good woman. and I am not to blame for anythlngthey charge me with." He refused to go in details about his relationship with the Flanders family. but it is stipulated that he' wilI not be taken back to Swainsboro until his trial comes off. He is a large man and apparently regards his imprisonment coolly. H:4. iturprised the officers who -had bi.a in charge by taking his wrists from the handcuffs here and informed the officer that the cuffs "were not worth a cent." Before bringing the prisoner to Savannah Sheriff Fields telephoned Swainsboro that he was being taken thre. In order to avoid any trouble between Augusta and Savannah. HUNG BY HIS TEETH. Carival Performer in Deadly Peril Over Niagara's Gorge. The first international carnival at Niagara Falls came near producing another tragedy In the gorge below the falls. Oscar Williams. a steeple- I jack. essayed a trip across the gorge an a wire hung at the base of the cat aract. sustaining his weight by his teeth. Trouble began when he left the American side and when he tarted up the incline toward the Ca nadian shore he ca.ne to a stop and swung back to the middle of the wire. w.hich cleared the water by 12'> feet. There ' e hung for 45 minutes r until fire.en rigged up a pulley I and sent it out. Hand over hand the I man descended to the Maid of the Mist. which had taken its position under .him. During the day an un identified man jumped into the rap ida above Luna falls and was swept over the falls. Luna falls never gives up her dead. MINiSTER'S NOSE PUNCHED. 3e Called a Mane a Liar ad Got tI& Worse of an Argument. "If a minister says you are- a liar. unch him on the nose." was the advice that Municipal Judge Gem mill. of Chicago. Ill. gave to Michael eiss and then discharged the pris oner who had been arrested on a harge of disturbing an open air religious naeeting. The Rev. Perry i,. his probiscis swollen and red. ppeared as the prosecutor and comn planed that Weiss had crowded his face with fists while the evangelist was exorting him to lead a better "He called me a ijar." pleaded eiss. "Any preacher that calls a man a liar isn't fit to preach the Gospel. ruled the court. "He did just right in punching you. Mr. Gim. and he s discharged." DETAIL DISTU'RBANCES. Trouble Between Catholics and Bap tis in Rome Discussed. Details of the escape of a party of American Baptists clergymen from the hands of a superstitious mob at Avellna. says a dispatch from Rom-. were laid before Premier Luzzatti on Thursday by James P. Stuart. of St. Louis. who was sent by the American board of Baptist missions to Italy to ivestigate the Baptist mission in this rountry and who r-turned a few ays ago from the privileges of Avel Mr. Stuart reported to the prem er that 'ie situation in the distric as very serious owing to the strug :I-' between the Catholics an: 1Bap tIsts. On the night of the earthqzuaate he id )his companions, he said, were brutally attacked. The popuuace emed to attribute the earthquake to the presence of the Baptists and a crowd num).ering into the thous nds set upon the Americans with t'e avow--d intention of hanging them. Minister Elopes. The Rev. Joseph Walsh. pastor of tne Washin..tnville Methodist churen near Pough'keepsi--. N. Y.. eloped with Miss Maggie Burness. daughter of John Burnett. of Wappinger's Falls. N. Y.. last week. They made their run in an automonbile while the voug woman's fathf r was away from home. To Ih1ath Rather Than Altar. Miss Minnie Wentz committed s::i cid. in a coal bin in the home of her LIaunt. Mrs. Annie Genzer. in New IYork city, on th- day she was to have o~tain d h'-r license to wed Ludwig Reichold. The cause for her act is a mstery. Youngest: Yegtg Under Arrest. Post office inspectors in Denver. Col.. have taker rcharge ni a 1 2-year ol M1exican youth who brok" at safe n Palmerlee. N. M. He is the young -e~st safe-cracker ever arrested in MAKES REPORT Deyd-Breck Cm3e Now Widi Governor Ansel For Dedsion. TESTMONY REVIEWED Asistant Adjutant General William T. Brock Exonerated of Political Charges.-It Is Thought that the OMce Will Be Made an Appointive One in the Next Few Years. The court of inquiry sitting Fri day night exonerated William T. Brock. the assistant adjutant general. of the ehar-e of acting a political traitor to J. C. Boyd. the adjutant grneral. but condemned his actions in several instances with reference to the filing of expense accounts and his expenses incident to the inspec ions of the State militia during the past several years. The court in its report severely :riticised the general system of il ong expense accounts as practiced by 7o1. Brock. All of the testimony taken by the :ourt is reviewed in detail. The ourt reached no decision as to what steps should be taken, but simply reported the facts in the case. It is left with Gov. Ansel as to what action will be taken. Gov. An sel instructed the members of the curts to make the report public. ov. Ausel will no doubt make some nouncement when he returns to he State. As to Col. Brock's expen3es while n Columbia during the period of nspection. the court .holds that by to rule can this charge to the State e justified. With reference to the letter of 3eneral Boyd. in which he charged hat Col. Brock "has wantonly wast d the State's money." it is held by hte court that the evidence fails to isclose any criminal intent on the nrt of Col. Brock. but "that he was infortunately Ignorant of the respon bility of the .high trust reposed in tim and careless and extravagant in kis administration of the trust." In reviewing the mileage book -harges as to the number of mileage oks used by Col. Brck. the court I ays: "1t appears to the court that be public business did not demand o much travel on tne part of the ctsed officer. Cocerning the filing of expense eounts by Cl. B.'ock with the omptroller general, the court says: If sucb has been the custom of the flce it is to be condemned. but we all to see wherein this can justify ol. Brock in filing in the office of he comptroller general accounts con aining items which were false and rhich he knew to be false at the The members of the court who rere appointed by Gov. Ansel are. Ville Jones. brigadier general; C.. Villiam W. Lewis. of the First regi nent. Col. Edwin R. Cox, of the See d regiment and Col. Julius E. Cogs rel of the Third regiment. Gen. rones was the president of the court nd Col. Cogswell thie recorder. The court was to have met Fri ay morning at 9 o'clock. It was ound that Col. Lewis would be una le to attend. so the session was ostponed until 9 o'clock Friday tight. Sveral weeks ago Adjt. Gen. Boyd. unnounced that he would not offer or reelection. Following this an touncemet W. T. Brock. the assist mut adjutant general. announced his t'tnton of entering the race for ad lutant sgeneral. For several days there was nothi Ing said concerning the situation in the adjutant general's office. G. n. Boyd went to Charleston and Orange burg. When he returned he wa~s 'ery bitter to-vard Col. Brock and Issued a statemrnt to the press in ilch he charged that his assistant bad acted aa a political traitor.. When the first statement was is mued Col. Brck was making the an nual Inspection of the State militia. He lnmmediatiy directed a letter to Gov. Ansel. asking that he appoint a court of inquiry to investigate the charges of Adjutart General Boyd. Go. Ansel took th'e matter under ad visement and did not appoint th court at that time. While Gon. Ansel was co:2si'ering the matter of appointing a court of Inquiry. Adjt. Gen. Boyd went to him with a statement as to the item ized exp'nse account of Col. Brock. Later Gen. Boyd issued a state ment in which .he charged Col. Btreck with wastin': the money of the State while making the annual inspections of th- State militia during the past four years. Several ot.ber charge~s were made in the letter. Gen. Boyd in an unofficial way called upon Gov. Ansel to appoint a court of inquiry to investigate th- expense accounts of Col. Brock. Again Gov. Ansel took this charge under advisement n an unofficial way. In the meantime Col. Brock com pleted the inspections of the State' militia and r turned to Columia. Before Gen. Boyd made public his chre-s. C'ol. Brock went to GovernOr Ansel and asked if a paper .had not b'en fil'd with him by Gen. Boyd. Go. Ansel explained the charges of G'n. Boyd as to the expense account. To Gov. Ansel Col. Brock gave a sat isfact ry explanation.. When the charges of wasting the IStates money was mads p.Iubi~c by (en. Boyd. Col. Brock w--ni to Go~v. Ansel and Insisted upon a thorough . nvestigationf of his entire reord as assistant adjutant and inspector gen eral of the State. - Gov. As--l arter taking the matter Iunder adv'isemenlt for som'e im-. ap;' ntdthe cou~1rt of inquiry. At the heairint h..fore 'he court .'! inquiry. 'hb was appoite&d t(o get the facts n te case. many matt'rs of inter. e.t were devloped. The mont ina PLACED UNDER ARREST OFFICERS OF t NITED WIRELESS COMPANY IN TOIlA. Charged With Frr .dulent Use of United States Mails..-President Wilson Relea.ed on kbnd. United States postoffice inspectors raided the han'some ltroadway offi ces of the 'nited Wireless Telegraph Compar.y Thursday and caused the arr st of Christopher C. Wilson. the president of the company: Samuel S. Bozart. first vice president. and William W. Tompkins. presiaent of the N-w York Seilin: Agency. which officers of the wireless company say was formerly their finance agent. but bas ceased to represent them. Chief Inspector Mayers gave out a formal statement in which he carges that although the company has been running at a loss. the price of its shares has been advanced by manipulation to ficticious values. and that individual officers of the company have sold out their stock to the general public at a p rofit estimate: in one instance at between $5.000.000 and $10.000.000 with ther instances in proportion. Wilson was released on $:5.000 ail and Bogarty $10.000 bail, for appearance on July 12. when a fur ther hearing will be held before a Cew York City federal commission Dr. Tompkins was arrested at his arm near .Mahopac Falls. N. Y.. ind brought to New York city for arraignment. He could not find the 1!0.000 bail required, and spent the :ght in the Tombs. "The complaint on which the war ants were issued is drawn under the rederal criminal code. on informa ion of Carter B. Keene. a postofficer uspector. who deposs that the rounds of his belief are offi.ia! in estigations made by him. informa ion obtained by him from the books f the United Wireless Telegraph -ompany, and the inspection of let ers and envelopes sent by the post- C >fice establishment of the United states through the United States nails."' b MET WITH MISHAP. fose Wagon Team Overturn While S Making Practice Run. o While practicing Thursday after loon for the tournament in Sum er. the light racing how wagon. . w-hich the members of the Columbia t re company's team were using was verturned.# Although strapped to ' he wagon seat. W. H. Sloane. th iriver. escaped with a few bruises. 'one of the members of the team were on tile wagon at the time. he horse, a borrowed animal. bolt 4 an:, swerved into Washingtonj treet. Tase shafts broke with t's train and the wagon turned com- -' etely over with Sloane underneath . The wagon was lifted off of him nd he was found to be practically inhurt. h I PELLAGRA V'ICTIM St-ICIDES. f, L)eranged Woman Jumps Into Mil1l o Pond After Taking Poison. Beconing deranged as an etfect of. ,ellagra. Mrs. .3. E. Pil:rien. aged . years. comimitted suicide Wed- c ~esday morning by drinking lauda- n aum and umping into a pond at the e Pendleton cotton mills. A week ago ~ r Pilgrim inquired of her hus- e, band where the pond was deo'pest and when she "as missed from home asearch was made and her body was round in (he spot declared to b be .ieepest. On the bank of the pond was found an empty bottle that ai contained laudanum. Mrs. Pil ;rim is survived by her husband and several chi'-dren. Lieut. Returns Money. It is announced that the $232.10. which Lient. C. R. Bennett. of the United States arzny. borrowed from Col. W. T. Brock. has been return ed and is placed to the cr.edit of the department in the treasurer's of fee. This matter played quite a part in the proceedings befor" the court of inquiry. Col. Brock testified that he loaned Lieut. Btennait this money s Mr. Bennett needed t.h- cash to go on the annual inspection tour this year. The court of "iquiry has not yet rendered utt decision. Jailed by Negro MagistIrate. At Anniston. Ala.. Thursday for th- firs* time since reconstruction as two white mien have been con victed before a negro magistrate. Hunk O'Dell and Eug- ne Wade were rrest'd in Hlobson City, a negro town. on the charge of violating the prohibition laws. Each pleaded guii ty at the trial befor- Mayor Addisonl now. a negro. and could not pay the ine so they were sent to all. Bunion hills a Fireman. As the result of having a bunion on his right font treated liv.' weeks ago Peter Margon. a fireman, aged years. and in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad comp~any at A ltoona Pa.) shops. died :ast week BI-od poison and gangrene caused his death. prtant matter brought out was the ax usne-ss systeml .f the office of~ adjutant and inspe'tor :ten- ral. It is very probabl. that th.e chire of adjutant general wi':l be mnad an appoint ive one. Thi opinion has been expressed fr-.ely in military cir cdes of the State and since the si'ua tion in the adjuta::nt gneraul's - iire h1s een so thorou:hiV air.1. and ih pople have l-ent' show, just how h office is run. it l -.xprete that w ithI in t~he next two, \--ars the ::1ia of th Stata w il! ak that the legiszature mak- i the ,nnceaointive. * JEALOUSY THE CAUSE M'RDEVED lA)Et REFORE PER MITTING iEERTION. Crime Alleged to Have Been Acci dental Due to Habit of Playingi With a Loaded Revolver. Mrs. Eliza Robinson. alias Liddie ,orson. is under arrest in Pennsville. C. J.. charged with the killing of Kalter Harvey with w.hom she had een ;iving for several weks follow ng her desertion of her husband. rhe woman is laboring under great -xcitement. She weeps constantly and asks to e her victim. Sh-- declares the illing of her lover was accidental. 0it vitness declares that it occurred Sfter Harvey had ar.nnounced his ir, ention of leaving the house she was teeping. r Mrs. Robinson is a woman twenty even years of age and has had many Amirers. Several years ago she was narried. but recently she has not f ived with her husband. Iler latest atch was Wa!ter Harvey. aged 2: q ears. She and Harvey rented a ouse in Pennsville and were liv- a n together as man and wife. she , :eeping the hous- and he working n the DuPont Powder Mills. On the evening of the murder it t s said Harvey announced he was brough with his companion and was oing to leave. The woman ate no t upp-r and after the meal called y oung Harvey upstairs. Loud words t allowed and two pistol shots end d the life of the young man. One \ assed through his heart and the ther through his brain. 3 Mrs. Robinson declares the shoot- : 2g was accidental and when asked b rhy she had a revolver declared hat bhe and Harvey frequently play- h d with the weapon. but she didn't now it was loaded. s MEDICINE MAN SH@T. >ld Chief Took Summary Vengeance e t on Helpless "Doctor." Death in quick succession of three ucks and four Indian squaws In an idian camp on the desert near the v evada and California state line s. mled the fate of an aged medicine a ran. He was slain by the father n r the squaws. who .happens to be h ief of the camp. Beently several Indians becarne I and the medicine man was callel. a . his herb medici-ies and calls on ie sun proved worthless and one fter the other the sick persons die,;. ho old chief brooded over the deaths nd decided the medicine man must e. He was shot by the old chief. ssisted by several young bucks. CONNINED NEARO ECAPL. .11 in Readiniess for His' Execution tl He Fascaped.C 1il1 preparations had been made to ii ang George Fields. a negro. at West 1 'am Beach. Fla.. Friday. The scaf- i1 ad was erected. the rope had been 'a ~sta- and the witnesscs invited. The nly hiing lacking was the nr gro. : He escaped from jail at St. Aug- g stine Thursday night. -.nere he ha-! 's een held for safe keeping. In the S ieantinme. not knowing of th-- es ape. Gov. Gilchrist wired a respite i: f a week pending investigation into ti wly discovered evidence In the h as-. The negro escaped by over- 1 owerng a deputy du'ring a religious ervice being conducted In prepara- c ion for his death.. * 1 ML-N AM) G;IRL DROWNEN). a e log ("aus.ei Boat to Capsize in Swan 1 Lake, Near Seattle. c Albert Needles. 30) years old, ati torney of Toropa... Nevada. andr kiss Blanche German. the 1 4-year-oid aughter of Richard Gorman. of Or- a la. Washington. were drowned Fri-r lay in Swan lake. s-veral miles of eattle. Wash.. when a hoat in which hey were riiing was capsized by a ogc they had taken in with them. diss Alice M,:nohanl. aged 18. was Iso In the boat. but managed to 'each shore after being thrown into he water. The lake is very deelp nd the bodies have not bc'i reov Attempts SuicideC. Leaving a note in which he decclar- 1 N that .'the wages of sin is de'ath. [race G. Noon. aged 16i. who ren-1 stered at an Atlanta hotel from New Yorrk city. but who claims that his home is in the state~ of Washington. attempted to commit suicide Friday afternoon in his roo mat the hotel ~y shooting. Hie is in a s.erious con dition a: a hospital. Bomb Burst.. at Warsaw. .. bomb was exploded with fata! results in a squad of ).orndarmles at the G'orzisk stationr on the \'i nna railroadl. thirty miiles fromn Warsaw. Russian Poland. Friday. 0'e of the gerndarmes was killed and four re ceived mortal wounds. The bomlb thrower was arrested.* (Chinamen Arrested. Seventeen Chinamen. belie.ve'd to ~ave been. smugnbled into this e-'un try from Mlexico. we're focund by mi rat ion oflice'rs at San Mlarcia.. Tex.. Friday. hidden in aj box 'ar oan with hay. They will he held p.'n.ing an investigatiOnl. Convicted of .t'.sult. Gregoria Saia. thi-- Italian arre'stedi with attemnp:ed c'rriie as..ault 'pon !i:- 'rh.'art. a wealt bv si:n--.- ar that plaie. was con victed in the crim inal court at De'lan~d. ande s ne~e ? tenty years at hard cbor in the State penitentiary. GOOD PROSPECTS peenlatioa- As to Central of the Nex House of Representatives. FROM DEMOCRATIC VIEW ractically Admitted that Republi cans are Thoroughly Routed Iominant Party not Expected to Make Gains in the South. May Lose. A Washington correspon'nt of 7he News and Courier says awe the >red nt session of Congress nears s end there are better evidences ay by da-r that the Republicans all ,ver the country are thoroughly outed. There is not a better view Pint in the wori-1 for politica: pur 'oses than the national Capital. and rom this place now on- nay get a airly accurate view of the situation s it will appear when the next ses ion of Congress is called to order in Dcember. Will the Democrats ha-*. majority In th* House. if so, what ll this majority be. and where witi come from? Taking the Southern States fir' bere has been a change fer the bet er during the last two months. Not ang ago it was believed by some that ere might be Demoeratic loss in ;orth Carolina. which already has bree Republicans in the House. -here it ought not to have any; that 'Irginia would send two Republicans -here they have one now and that [aryland would further increase her epublican majority in the House ecause of local issues in that State. North Carolina will not increase er Republicans; Virginia may lose - one Republican she now hs ecause of the fact that an aggres ve fighter. Henry C. Staurt. is run Ing against Slemp. and is knock ig the Slemp machine into bits on very stump in the Old Dominion: ie older Slemp. father of the pres at Representative from the Ninth irginia district, was a good Con xirate soldier and did valiant ser ice to his State during the war. he he joined the Mohane forces ad went to the bad politically, but anaged to stay in Congress until e died. Then his son followed him In Maryland the situation i. rightening up for the Democrats. nd it is now said that the threc epublicans may be reduced to one D much for the Southern States. Tht thers are all right. ani if the cer is just taken gives them more r - resentation the Democratic major y in the House hereafter will b, ill larger. Congressman Garner. of Texas. as stont "whip" of the Democrats isi elng cl.erful because we believc iat we will win a great victory in te congressional elections this fall. n the other hand the Republicam re up irn the air. For the first timc many yWars the Democrats In the ouse are united, while the Repub cans are split into warring factions hich appear to be irreconcillable. The prospect of victory has a ter ency to cement the Democrats to ether, while the prospect of defeat tes so irritate th Republicans peaker Cannon's rec' nt declaratior. at shooting was too good for th ssurzents and that they ought >suffer the ignominious death of an-ging. was not exactly like pour g oil on the troubled waters. "Naturally, as the Democrats feel rtain of electing the House. there as been much talk about who will Speaker. There is no dc-ibt that very large majority of the present lemocratic members. at least 90 per et. of them. are for Champ Clark. 'he chanc-'s are that his name will e the only one presented to the aucus. The country expects him to e eecCed if the Democrats have a jajority in :he next House. Occasionally the Repu blicans start story on its rounds that there Is auch opposition to him. and that n Democrats are badly split up *n the Sp. akership question. Demo rats have too muuh sense to pay nuch attentiont to these Republican ables of opposition to Mr. Clark.I le has worked hard to unite the )emocrats and has ited them to sev 'ral victories, though the Repubi -ans had forty-seven majority at the eginning of this Congress arnd still ive forty-three majority, and be i ve he ought to be rewarded with he Speakership." Anyone who will take the trouble o scan the pages of the Congression I Record fro'm day to day will find :hat it is fu:l. p) acked. in fact. bulg ng from coe r to cover, with camt aign spe-ches. W~hile it is true that he Democrats are taking about as nuch of this space as their Republi -nf brethren. the re is a difference in the matter presented and in the voice of expression. One is the Denm r~cratic mrmtber pounding th elife out of the Republican across the cham-' her for putting the present tariff on th.' peple: it is full of optimism. hope and good cheer. What is th ther? A wall of despair and a fran ti appeal to stand by the party. As usua:. the Republicans are go n to get everythin~g thyre is t~o be h~d and hit while tho iron'r hot. These speeches will not stop wh.'n 'ongres adjourns. For ten days al ter the gavels in t.h.e Senate and l!.us.' have falien for the last time this session, and only janitors and ('artakers are found in the places of h nation's law-makers, the R-'cord~ i be erming as usual. "Leave to ;rnlt" for ten days has been granted. nd judging by what has been dorie b fore. every possible form of cam p ti;:' mnattern will be found within its v-rs. Monmbers may pu:t what ver they wi ir. the Record with out the least fear of r-fsutation or ns'ver These t--n issue's will b 'home consumption'' issu's. L-, in ti~ Novr-hwest Indiana. Ohic SESSION ALMOST OUR CONGRERSS PLANS TO ADJOURN WITHIN TEN DAYS. Statehood Bill Passes the Senate. Land Withdrawal Measure Passed. June :5 Set for Adjournment. Congress is expected to adjourn on June 25. according to plans made public by Senate leaders, af ter consultations with House leaders. a careful canvass of both branches. and a revision of the Senate's legis lative program. The plans perfect ed are as follows: After remaining on the senate cal endar for almost three months in a state of uncertainty as to its fate. the bill providing for the admission of the territories of New Mexico and Arizona to seperate Statehood was taken up-by the senate Thursday and passed after a debate consuming lit tle more than two hours. The mrasure was called up by Senator Reveridze. chairman of the committee on territories, and was passed after speeches by Senators Beveridge. Frazier. Nelson. Hughes and Smoot. All the speeches were favorable to the creation of the two States. but the Democrats favored the house bill. When the vote was reached there was a division on the senate substi tute for the house bill, but with that amendment accepted, the senate voted solidly for the passage of the bill. The senate substitute was adopted as an amendment to the house bill by a strictly party vote, the vote standing 42 to 19. As passed the bill would provide for the admission of the two terri tories as States, but not until after a constitution had been adopted by each of them, approved by the pres ident. nnd ratified by congress. The artion of the Senate in adopt Ing the bill for the issuance of certi fcates of indebtedness to furnish money to complete reclamation pro jects as an amendment to the land witdrawal bill, caused Western Sen ators to express fear that it might' encounter obstacTes In conference. This fear was based upon statements that tbe House was opposed to the reclamation measure. FIGHT NOT ALLOWED effries-Johnson Contest rnder Ban of Californiast Executive. Stirred to action by insistent pro tests from all parts of the State and Country. Gov. James N. Gillett Wed nesday took stepps to prevent the Phtcpionship fight between Jan s I J. Jeffiries and Jack Johnson, sched- 1 uled to be held in San Francisco on July 4. In a letter to Attorney Genral U. . We'bb. the governor expressed his :isproval of prize fighting in un measured terms and directed that the ld of the courts be Invoked to pre ent the mauh. He concluded withb r positive order that, in case th plea for a restraining order be not ranted and the fight be held, the< ttorney general proe-ed to gather evdence and prosecute the princi pals and those interested in the fight for violation of the penal code of4 the State. The ?overnor declares that the sn premne court of C-alifornia has never refined a prize fight and suggests that an opport'inity be given it to do so. This is taken by those inter ested to indicate the ygovernor's in tention to press .his opposition to the end. AUTO INTERRUI'TS SHAVE. It Leaps Through a Window and Struck a Lathered Man. While gettine a shave in Muncie. Id.. Conroy Dylancy felt a sharp. stinging sensation in his knee and when he came out fronm under th. boiler cloth" .he was startled to see an automobile resting heavily against that part of his anatomy. One of the big lamps bad just graz ed the sitter's face and the w'heel razed his leg. The driver paid for the window and went away without leaving his name. The sh..p was in the basement of a Main stree't build ing and the auto had run over the curbing across thie sidewalk and then through a double window. Sentenced for Life. l'inor-- Koon. a negro, charged with murdering 14. Johnson. anoth er negro. at a ho-t supper near Cayce. Lexington county, on the night of i'ebrazry 12Z last, was convicted of murder. with recommendation to mercy, and was sentenecd to serve the remainder of his natural life at hard latbor in the Penit'-ntiary. The trial took place at Lexington Thurs day. Convict-d of Murder. Henry Lyles. a negro. was can icted in the general sessions court at Lexington Thursday for the mur er of his wife. Silla Lyles, on th 2tu of January. this year. and was senenced to serve the remainder of h'is life in the penitentiary. and oth~r States, the indications are heeming brighter every day for a magnificient Democratic victory. It is already settled that i3eeeridge is to go in indiana and that will mean. in all probalilty. almcst an entire lv solid Democratic delegation from that State in the lHouse. The same .ejuerts are ec .ning in from other see ti s. The Republicans from Pres id.n: Taft down are imitating the gmuiv ho::: They have conme out adI seen their hadow. andi it looks like they. must go back in for two years. Really, that terrible tarif law haunts them day arnd nizht. and -hey TAKES ACTION Departuent 8f Justice Asks Grcers, Associatis to be DissiveL SERIOUS ALLEGATION Alleges That It Constitutes a Combi nation and Conspiracy in Restraint of Trade. Officers and Members of Aosociation Made Parties to Salt. Evidence to Substantiate Charges. Another action under the She.-man anti-trnst law was start--d by the de partment of justice Thursday at Washington. when Oliver D. Street, United States attorney for the north ern district of Alabama. was instruct d to file at Birmingham a petition gainst the Southern Wholesale .rocers' association. its oMcers and nembers. alleging. that the associa !in constitutes a combination and -onspiracy in restraint of trade and sking tLhst it be dissolved. The suit, it was said, at* the de artment Thursday. is one of the re ;ults of the investigations which the overnment for some time pu1t has een making witli reference to cow >inations that seek to eliminate com )etition, maintain a high scale of )roft and increase the cost of liv ng. In the opinion of the ofciats. he inveetigation cleanly indicated .hat an unlawful conspiracy exists. Mr. Street was in conforen.' for everal days with the department and eft Wednesday night for Birming iam. The issue will be pushed 'o L speedy trial, the officials belivng hat they have ample evidence 'o iubstantiate the charges mad. The following statement retar,! ng the matter was made at 'he de >artment of justice: "The petitioc alleges that the com lnation was organized for the pu. >ose of and .has resulted in coercing LUd preventing manufacturers from elling the actual necessaries of life lirect to the retail dealer or con umer or to any wholesale grocer a the Southern States unless said Trocer is listed in a so-called 'green >ok' published and distributed by be association. That manufacturers re persuaded urged and coerced by he association to fix limited selling rices at which staple article of food ire to be sold and to refuse to sell uch commodities to any wcholesale roc-er who does not maintain t-L rices so fixed and listed. That in certain lines maunufactur rs and producers have been induced o bill their goods at an enhanced rice and to turn over a precentage o the president of the association who rebated the same to the jobbers maintaining such limited selling >rce. That no Arm could become a nember of the association or be list di In the 'green book' unless a ma ority of the other concercs in the otal$ty gave their approval: and hat unless such firm was duly list d, it was unable to secure direct >uying privileges from those manu acturers who observed certain ''rules f practice" adopted by the assocla ion. There are many other allegations et forth in the bil-l as to the gen tral scheme and plan by which thIs :>mbination sought to prevent the nembers thereof and to restrict trade ad conrmerce. The departm?"nt for some time has eceved complaints as to the bur Iene suffered by the people of the southern states l*cause of the oper Ltions of this association. A fter a areful investigation the department elieves that the association oper tes to increas" the cost of the nec ssities of life, such as coffee, sugar, :ereals, soap and many other lines. The association as set out in the tovernnPent's petition or bill con sists of various firms and corpora ions engaged in the wholesale groc ary business within the states and erritories of Alabama. Arkansas, Florida. Georgia. Indian Territory. Louisiana. Maryland. Mississippi. orth Carolina. Oklahoma. South Carolina. Tenrs see. Texas. Virginia and the DIstrict of Columbia. M'UDERER IN CAVE. Starvation Decided U'pon as Safest Way to Take Him. With three revolvers and a fierce bulldog at nis command. John Marks th' fugitive, whom officers have been iounding since the murder of three foreigners at Shaw Mine. near Mid way. Pa., last February. has been traced to a cave near McDonald. a suburb of Pittsburg, which has been surrounded. Unless he can be caught unawares, it is the intention of the officers to starve out the man. Marks is known as a good shot. and every precaution will be taken to prevent him from adding anoth'r name to the list of alleged victims. He is thought to have returned to his home to claim a share of .nis father-s property, which is to be sold. He was recognized and followed. Alleged Murdered ('aught. A man beliVved to be Joseph WendIng, the all'-ged murderer of A:a Kellner. of Louisville. Ky.. was ldd in the county jail, at Hramp ton. this state. Thursday morning. The man was arrested at Fechtig. S. C.. and is said to tally with the description of Wendling. The pris oner gives the name of Charlie Painter. of England. and emtphatical l denies that he is gui:ty of the crime. Arres.ted on Seriou, ('harge. W. N. K--nnedy, white., was ar r.'sted at the Arkwright Mmli Villas near Spartanburg Friday. charged with attempting criminal assault on