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HOLDS UP TRAIN Robbers Seize Registered Mail and MIke Good Their Escape. TWO BANDITS DID JOB Second Section of Robbed Coast Line Pursuing Detectives' Special Flyer Came Up as Robbers Fled Wrecked Shortly Afterward by Southern Railway Freight. The Atlantic Coast Line train which left Savannah for Charleston twenty minutes late Tuesday morning at about one o'clock was held up and robbed a short distance from Hardee ville just before day Tuesday morn Ing. The train was running in two sections because of the heavy pas senger traffic and the express car which the robbers were believed to be after was carried on the second ivction and escaped. The robbers, however, captiLred the mail car and secured several sacks of registered mail. D. H. McRoy, the ,night operator in the tower at Hardeeville, states that the train reached his station in good condition and he gave 'it the signal to go ahead. Shortly after the - train got away from Hardeeville and before it had gotten out of sight, it stopped. He was surprised to see this, as it had no signal to stop at that point. Just about that time the see - ond section of the train arrived from Savannah and McRoy advised the 'erew to go ahead and find out what the trouble wa's with the first section. Arriving at the spot where the first section had stopped, the train crew found the utmost confusion reigning. The robbers, two in number, had forced the engineer to stop his train, and, covering the flagman and the conductor with pistols, they made the flagman open the mail car, after it had been detached from the train anc run some distance. Here two mail clerks were found at work and the3 were made to give up two bags ol registered mail. The robbers ther made their escape. As quickly a possible, Savannah was notified o! the robbery and a special train, con sisting of an engine and two cars with several Coast Line officials anc detectives, was en route to 1he scent vithin an bour. The special was in charge of Engi neer L. E. Rawls and a conductor The Coast Line and the Southern us( the same tracks out of Savannah t< Hardeeville, and while en route to the scene of the robbery, the train witl the detectives on board ran into t freight train of the Southern Rail way. The wreck delayed the arriva of the officials and the detectives foi some time and they did not reach the scene of the robbery until severa hours after it had occurred. The rob bers, it is .believed, boarded the trair at Harfeeville, as the dispatchel thinks he saw two suspicious looking characters get aboard at that point He thinks they got between the tw< front coaches and from there made their way to the tender and to th< engine. The train that was held u was in charge of Engineer J. E. Far ris of Charleston, Conductor Damo: of Florence and Fireman Abe Wil liams, colored. Engineer Farris says in his report to the officials of th< Atlantic Coast Line, that as he wa: leaving Hardeeville he looked aroun< and the two men had climbed int< the cab and had him' covered witi revolvers. They ordered him to g< ahead and after getting just north o the north switch ordered him to stop They made him and his fireman ge down on the ground on the left sid< of the engine. One of them stoo< guard over them while the othe: looked after the others. Conductol Damon went up to the engine on thi right side and was shot at by one o the men and made to go to the posta car and have the postal clerks camt out, the robbers threatening to blov up the car if they did not do so. Ed. Dozier, the colored porter, cam< up shortly after this and he was als< held up by the robbers. The enginee: and the postal clerks were put o: the engine and Farris was made t< pull ahead a short distance with th< postal car. The clerks were then ma'de to pu all the registered mail into bags A large, stout man appeared to b the leader. Bloodhounds were dis patched to they scene from Beaufor and Hampton counties, with officers Another special train, carrying th< special agents of the Atlantic Coas Line, United States postal inspectors and railroad officials, has been sen from Savannah to the scene of th< robbery. Orders were also issued b: the railroad officials to prevent an: one from going about the place, i possible, until after the bloodhound: have reached the scene. The robber: are supposed to have gotten fifty-fivy registered packages. The engineer and firemen of th< first special train jumped when theil train ran into the freight and the fire man was painfully hurt. Anothel feature of the robbery was-the scare the passengers on the local Coast Lin train, leaving Savannah at 5:4( o'clock Tuesday morning, got jus1 this side of Hardeeville. The trair was going along at a good rate o0 speed, when suddenly there wasa loud report and everybody jumped up, believing it was held up, too. Pis tols were drawn and the passengeri: determined to protect themselves at all hazards. There was almosta panic for a time, until it was found that the noise had been made bya torpedo, which had been placed or the track to warn the train of the delay to the second section of the held-up train. Emigrant Train Wrecked. A ecial train on the Grand runk, bringing several hundred em rnts to Portland, 'Maine, to sail Liverpool was wrecked at West h, Maine. Several passengers hurt but no one was killed. '. I man who is afraid to trust le is not fit to represent Cogress or anywhere else. lesson that Congressman ds to learn. The people mine who they want for d so instruct the dele REDUCE ACREAGE COMMITTEE TO MEET 'IN NEW ORLEANS NEXT WEEK. Campaign to This End to be Launched at Once by the Cotton Congress. "In view of the vital importance of immediately organizing and pushing to a sliccessful issue the matter of securing uniform pledges for a reduc tio of cotton acreage for 1912 from individual farmers from one end of the cotton belt to another, and in view' of the absolute necessity for proper and efficient organizations to his .end, action having been urged rom many quarters, I have deter lined to call a meeting of the mem ers of the executive committee of the Southern Cotton congress, to be held in the city of New Orleans cn Wed nesday of next week, December 20." The above announcement was made t Columbia Tuesday night by Com missioner E. J. Watson, President of he Southern Cotton Congress. Com missioner Watson further said: "In addition to the members of the executive committee I will specially request each -State Farmers' Union president to be present with the com mittee or to be represented by some de-egate acting for him, and I will make- a special request of the gov ernor of each State and the commis sioner of agriculture of each State o be present in person or by repre sentatives. In this way the taree or ganizations that have been endeavor ing to aid in the matter of market ing cotton will be cfmbined into one effective meeting, for a common pur pose. "C. E. Barrett, President of the National Farmers' Union, of course, will be invited to be present. It is our purpose to put into immediate operation an effective plan for se curing pledges of reduction of at least 25 per cent of cotton acreage, somewhat upon the lines inatgurated so successfully in York County of this State by J. G. Anderson, and Mr. An derson has been invited to meet with the committee looking to this end. This will not be a miscellaneously at tended conference, but a purely busi ness meeting of a small body of men thoroughly representative, and with the interests of the South at heart. For some weeks I have been -vorking upon these lines, and believe that I have secured sufficient assurance for the financing of this undertaking which unquestionably. holds the key o next year's situation." NEGRO LODGE 3MEN ARRESTED. They Are Charged With Burning a Farmer's Barn. A dispatch from Abbeville to the Greenville News says for a time Mon day morning there was considerable excitement in Abbeville and threats of lynching four negroes who had been put in jail, charged with burning a barn belonging to a farmer by the name of Bradbury, together with four fine fnules and the contents of the barn. Incendiarism was suspect Sed, and some of Mr. Bradbury's sons stayed up to watch for developments. In a short while a negro boy came stealing up and when he saw the Swhite boys he ran away, but he was followed and caught. He confessed that he was one of four negroes who Sset fire to the barn and that they Swere appointed by a lodge of which they were members to fire the barn Sand also the residence of Mr. Brad Sbury, and that he was returning to Sfire the house when he was captured. rHe said that he was compelled by the other three to go with them to fire the barn, and that he was threatened with death if he told on them. jThe whole trouxble started about cthe removal of a lodge room off some land which Mr. Bradbury owned. The Snegroes did not want to move, and Ssought revenge in the torch. A mes Isage was sent the governor Tuesday morning asking a speedy trial for the Sfour negroes, and it is probable that a number of other arrests will fol low. Feeling is intense against the Snegroes under arrest, and there Smight be an outbreak at any time 1unless there is a speedy trial. STWO MULES WERE I>ROWNED. Animals and Wagon Went Down Flat Chain Broke. tIA dispatch from Lexington to The State says two mules were drowned Sin the Saluda river at Dreher's ferry late Saturday afternoon whe-1 an at Stempt was made to cross on a flat toperated by the county. The mules were hitched to a wagon loaded with brick, and as the diriver started to enter the fiat a link in the chain fbroke and the fiat went out from Sunder the team and all went down Stogether. The wagon was later re covered. One of the mules belonged to John J. Dreher, the other to SThomas Shuler. Mr. Dreher's mule Swas valued at $250, and 'Mr. Shuler's at $150. No one seems to be directly responsible for the accident, the only reason assigned being the defective link in the chain. AGED MAN KILLED BY TRAIN. John Ferguson Struck Dead by Sea board Passengrer Engine. At Rock Hill John Ferguson. sixty nine years old, who lived near Cataw ba Junction, was killed Tuesdlay af ternoon by being run over by a Sea board passenger train. Mr. Fergu son lived near the Seaboard tracks on the plantation of John T. Spencer, and for some reason or other was coming along the track. Just where he was walking there is said to be a very sharp curve, and as the train, running at a good rate of speed, turned this curve, it was close upon Mr. Ferguson. Being very deaf he did not hear the whis:de and was, struck and almost instantly killed. Quite a Large Famiity. At Detroit in a divorce case Mrs. Mary Scholdt in rel-ly to a question said: "'I am the n-other of twenty-four. children, none of them twins" 'Where do you live?' "At 420 Roosevelt avenue." She failed to understand! the laugh that foliowed. RREAKES RECORD ,stimate Pats Yield of Cotton at Nearly Fifteen Million Bales. .ORE THAN EVER KNOWN &ll But Four of the Cotton-Growing States Establish New Production Records-Figures for South Caro lina Indicate Crop of Nearly Mil lion and Half Bales. The total production of cotton in the United States for the season of 1911-'12 will amount to 7,121,713, 000 pounds (not including linters), )f 14,SS5,000 bales of 500 pounds, gross weight, according to the first official estimate of the size of the crop issued at 2 p. m. Tuesday by the crop reporting board of the United States department of agriculture and made up from reports of the corre spondents and agents of the bureau of statistics throughout the cotton belt. Heretofore the record cotton crop was that of the year 1904, when 13, 43S,012 bales, exclusive of linters, were grown. Other large crops were those of 1906, which was 13,273,809 bales, and 1908, when 13,241,799 bales were grown. In point of value, however, the crop of 1910, which was 11,608,616 bates, exclusive of linters, was the record one, the fibre being valued at $820,320,000 and the cotton seed at $142,S60,000, a total of $963,180,000 as the aggregate val ue of the cotton crop of that year. Conditions early in the growing season this year led to the belief that the crop would be one of record pra portions. First estimates of the yields, based on the condition figures, placed the probable production well toward the figures of the biggest crop heretofore grown. The acreage on which cotton was planted this season was estimated by the department of agriculture to be 35,004,000 acres, a greater area than ever before planted to cotton in this country. This vast area exceeded the previous record of acreage by more than 2,500,000 acres, there having been planted 32, 444,000 acres in 1908 and 32,403,000 acres last year. In the record pro duction year of 1904 only 30,053,793 acres were planted. Scorching hot and excessively dry weather during the middle of the summer caused considerable damage to cotton in many parts of the cotton belt. Later in the season weather conditions were diztinctly favorable in most parts of the belt and the crop improved. The hot weather and drought, however, were responsible for a smaller yield this year than ex perts early in the season predicted as a result of the record acreage and splendid growing conditions tnan pre vailing. One result of the hot weath er was that the crop matured about two weeks earlier tl'an usual. The estimated prod1uction by States, in 500-pound bales, exclusive of lin ters, with the acreage and yield com parisons for 1910, and the record years of 1906 and 1904 follows: Bales Acreage. 1911.. .. ...14,885,000 35,00 4,000 1910.......11,608,616 32,403,000 1906.......13,273,809 31,374,000 1904.......13.438,012 30,053,739 Virginia. 1911.. .. ....23,000 37,000 1910.. .. ....14,815 34,000 1906.. .. ....16,195 47,199 1904.. ....-..13,862 36,000 North Carolina. 1911........935,000 1,587,000 1910........706,142 1,511,000 1906.... ....579,326 1,374,000 1904.. ......703,760 1,306,968 -South Carolina. 1911........1.480,000 2,705,000 1910.... ....1,163,501 2,626,000 1906........87,181 2,389,000 1904.... ....1,151.170 2,531,875 Georgia. 1911.... ....2,560,000 5,119,000 1910........1,767,202 4,970,000 1906........1,553.638 4,610 000 1904.. ......1,887,853 4,227,188 Florida. 1911.........73,000 '24,000 1910.. .......58,949 26ts,000 1906.........55,945 283,000 1904.. .......79,171 267,372 Alabama. 1911.......1,600,000 3,815,000 1910.. ......1,194,250 3,633,000 1906........1,261,522 3,658,000 1904........1,448,157 3,611,731 Mississippi. 1911.. ......1,195,000 3,454,000 1910........1.262,6S0 3,420,000 1906.... ....1,530,7S4 3,40S,000 1904........1,798,917 3,632,458 Louisiana. 1911.. ......1,195.000 3.454,000 1910.. ......1,262,680 3,420,000 1906.. ......1530,784 3,408,000 1904........1,798.917 3,632,458 Louisiana. 1911.... ....359,000 1.118,000 1910........245,648 1,075,000 1906.. ......987,779 1,739,000 1904........1.089,526 1,745,865 Texas. 1911.. .. ...4,280,000 10,868,000 1910.......3,049,409 10,350,000 1906........4174,206 8,894,000 1904.... ....3,145,372 8,355,491 Arkansas. 1911.. ......915,000 2,446,000 1910.. .. ....821,233 2,375,000 1906........941,177 2,097,000 1904.... ....930,665 2,051,185 Tennessee. 1911........420,000 822,000 1910........331,947 783,000 1906........306,037 814,000 1904.... ....329,319 881,341 Missouri. 1911.... .....93.000 115,000 1910.... .....59.633 103,000 1904.... .....54,104 91,000 1904.... .....51,570 79,403 1911.. ......915.000 2.622,000 1910. .. .. h922. 2,260,000' 1906.. ......897,826 1.981.000 1904.........804.318 1,315,663 California. 1911........11.000 12,000 1910.. .. ......,000 10,000: :Congressman Ellerbe asked Sena tor Tillman the other day if he did not agree with him that South Caro lina's delegation to the National Democratic Convention shoul go un instructed. Senator Tiliman replied that he did not run the State, and that this matter could best be left withi the people of South Carolina. eator Tiliman is right. The peo ple need no dictation from Senators CHASE OF BOLD THIEF OBBED A STORE WHERE LITTLE GIRL WAS CLERK. Lfter a Long Run, One Rascal Was Shot, Captured, But the Other Made His Escape. With a severe flesh wound in the eft leg, just below the knee. caused )y a pistol ball from the weapon of me of his captors, Flux Suber, a legro, was lodged in the Lexington ail Friday night. According to the tory told by the ogicers, Suber and )scar Cook, anothor negro, entered he store of P. H. Stallings, the well inown dry goods merchant of Brook and, Friday aftern-Jon about 2:30 )'clock, and proceeded to take pos session of the store, when they found ,hat only one clerk was in the store .t the time-a young girl. While one of the negrocs was pre ending to look at some socks the :ther picked up a half dozen pahs of pants, the best quality that was in ,he shop. When the negro who was looking at the socks was told by the young lady clerk that she could not make the proper change to cbomplete the purchase, he said that was all right he would take two pair, thus saving her the trouble to secare the change. At one time the young woman, who was very much frightened, attemp4ted to leave the store to report the oc currence to the next door, buc was met at the door by one of the ne groes who had a drawn knife. Fin ally, however, the negroes rushed out. one of them carrying the -hunch of pants, and the clerk at once re ported what had happened. In a very short while, it is said, a large posse was in pursuit, and so hot became the chase that the pants were dropped ,by one of the culprits. Af ter a long chase across hill and dale the men in pursuit came upon Suber, who was commanded to halt. Instead of stopping the fugitive is said to have gotten faster and faster, and it was necessary to shoot him in the leg to effect his capture. Cook man aged to escape. Suber was carried back to Brook land, where his injuries were looked after by Dr. Geiger. Suber had been off the gang only a short while, hav ing completed a sentence for larceny. For a while there was intense excite ment in the little town, and it looked like the negroes were in danger of being summarily dealt with for their dastardly attempts. WIFE'S DREAM SAVED HIM. True Story About the Briceville Mine Explosion. A Briceville, Tenn., dispatch says Hugh Larue, a miner employed in the Cross Mountain mine, In which there was an explosion Saturday, believes he owes his life to a dream his wife had Friday night. When he awoke Saturday morning and prepared te go to his daily task In the mine, Mrs. Larue told him she would not prepare dinner for him to carry to th emines, as she did not want him to work that day. She then recited a dream she had, giving this as her reason for asking flat her husband stay out of the mine. Mrs. Larue said that Friday night she dreamed she saw scores of miners, with their heads blown off, being car ried out of the mine entrance; that she and her little children (and she has several) stood at the mine's mouth, watching the horrible sight. Despite the fact that he had not missed a day from his work for many months, he was prevailed upon Sat urday to remain out of the mines. It was only a short time after Mrs. Larue told of her dream until the explosion was announced. With tears of joy streaming down her face, she embraced her husband and thanked God that she had had the dream Fri day night. VERY MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. Queer Story About Elloree and Lone Star Citizens. The St. Matthews correspondent of The News and Courier says "late Sunday afternoon Sheriff Rast rought Jake Amaker, colored, hand cuffed, from the Elloree section and lodged him in jail. The negro had a coat, cut in one place and much be prinkled with shot, which he brought rom Columbia. Investigation appar ently revealed the fact that three prominent white men of Elloree and Lone Star, with this negro, went on n. joy ride Saturday night to Colum bia and ran into a box car at Cyces, iear Columbia. At this point stories vary and conflict, but one of the white men is reported to have been shot. The general impression is that the negro is guilty of nothing~ ut running like a turkey. The mat ter has created a sensation, as the parties are well known.-Orangeburg times and Democrat. CLEAN UP ALL TRASH. Merchants and Others Are Urged to Do So At Once. During the Christmas holidays when fireworks are more or less set off by old and young, it is well tol have all trash removed, not only from the streets, but from the yards of residents and stores as well. The lots in rear of stores should receive special attention, and all trash and ther combustible matter carefully re noved from them. Time to Pray. A preacher, at the close of one of his sermons, said: "Let all in the house who are paying their debts stand up." Presently every man, wo man and child, with one exception, rose to their feet. The preacher seated them and said, 'Now, every man not paying his debts stand up." The exception, a care worn, hungry-looking individual, ~lothed in his last sL'mmer suit, slow y assumed a perpendicular position. "How is it, my friend." asked the rinister, "you are the only man not :o meet his obligations?" "I run a newspaper." he areweredi neekly. "and the brethren here who1 ~tood up are my subscribers, and-" 'Let us pray," exclaimed the min [HEY WILL WIN slook Bright for Democrats if They Adopt Progressive Platform, iHICH THEY SHOULD DO [his Is the Assurance Given the New York World by a Majority of the Democratic Leaders in and Out of Congress, Who Are Divided on Wilson and Harmon. The New York World gays many )emocrats of high standing in po itical life all over the country have ithin the last few days answered or The World these questions: "What are the prospects of the success of your party candidate for -he presidency if existing conditions sontinue as at present? "Who in your estimation should be the candidate of the national con vention of your party in order to en list the support of the majority of voters in your state. "What, in your judgment, should be the issues upon which your party should make its appeal to the voters of your state for their support? "Do you believe that a 'conserva tive' or a 'progressive' policy would best contribute to the success of your party? "The answers sbow that Demo crats everywhere are eager for the campaign, sure of their issues, and wholesomely confident of success. The World herewith presents them succinctly: "The tariff reform, said everyone, is the paramount issue. "Progressive, rather than a con servative policy was in the platform of the majority. "Where choice of candidates was given it was singular to note that Governor Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey, and Governor Judson Har mon, of Ohio, ran even, with Champ Clark a good second; Representative Oscar W. Underwood and Governor Thomas R. Marshall, of Indiana, next and scattering mention made of Sen ator John W. Kern, Governor Jos eph W. Folk, of Missouri; Governor John Burke, of North Dakota; Gov ernor Eugene N. Foss, of Massa chusetts. "Any good progressive Democrat, was the answer of a surprisingly large number. Supporters of Woodrow Wilson. "Woodrow Wilson was the first choice of these men among others: "Senator John Sharp Williams, of Missouri; Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon; Senator IMartine, of New Jersey; Senator L. Owen, of Okla homa; Congressman R. P. Robson, of Alabama; Congressman Claude V. Stone, of Illinois; Congressman Eu gene F. Kinkead, of New Jersey; Congressman Charles B. Smith, of New York; Congressman John H. Small, of North Carolina; Congress man C. D. Carter, of Oklahoma; Con gressman Rufus Hardy, of Texas; Congressman W. R. Smith, of Texas; State Chairman Alex Sweek, of Ore gon; State Chairman J. B. Thomp son, of Oklahoma; Editor Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh, N. C.; State Chairman H. S. Martin, of Kansas. Some Harmon Supporters. "Judson Harmon was the first choice of these men: "Congressman J. D. Post, of Ohio; Congressman T. T. Ansberry, of Ohio; Congressman Isaac K. Sher wood, of Ohio; Congressman William A. Ashbrooke, of Ohio; Congressman Alfred G. Allen, of Ohio; Congress man Steven B. Ayres, of New York; Congressman James P. Maher, of 'few York; Congressman Francis Bur ton Harrison, of New York; Con gressman John Lamb, of Virginia; Congressman George F. Burgess, of Texas; Congressman Ben Cravens, of Arkansas; State Chairman William 0. Ventries, of Tennessee; Etate Chair man J. S. Williams, of Texas; Na tional Committeeman Edwin 0. Wood, of Michigan; ex-Senator Henry D. Money, of Mississippi; ex-National Chairman William F. Harrity, of Pennsylvania. Champ Clark's Friends. "Among Champ Clark's "first and only choice" supporters are: "State Chairman N. F. Reed, of Iowa; Congressman Charles F. Book er, of Missouri; Congressman Wil liam P. Borland, of Missouri; Con gressman James E. Ellerbe, of South Carolina; Congressman Ben Johnson, of Kentucky. "Congressman Oscar W. Under wood of Alabama, has the strong sup port of Senator Joseph F. Johnson, of Alabama, the Alabama congress icnal delegation and he is often men tioned as a 'dark horse' elsewhere. "Governor Marshall, of Indiana, has the strength of a "favorite son" and the hearty indorsement of Gov ernor Lee Cruce, of Oklahoma. among others." GONE JUST ONE YEAR. Dorothy Arnold's Mysterious Disap pearance Unsolved. Miss Dorothy Arnold, whose mys terious disappearance from her home in New York puzzled the police of two continents, will have been missing just one year last MIonday. The ab sence was first made public on Jan uary 26, and since then various con ficting reports concerning the search for her have kept the public In a state of wonderment. John S. Keith, the Arnold family's lawyer, says the family believes the girl is dead and no other explanation can be con ceived, as absolutely no clue as to what became of her has ever been found. Diploma Given to Boys. James Wilson, secretary of agri :ulture, presented diplomas of merit to twenty-one boys from the South arn States, who have won prizes for raising large crops of corn and whose :rip to the national capital isx part of :e award given to them by the tates from which they came. Lynching in Oklahoma. At Valdiant, Okla., a mob forced~ in entrance to the jail, secureda :oung negro, who refused to give his ame, and hanged him to a tree at he Fair grounds, near the town. The! iegro was arrested on the eharge of .ssaulting the twelve-year-old daugh er o eeSauders. TEDDY TO THE FORE AIR BREAKS OUT IN THE RE PUBLICAN COMMTTEE. loosevelt's Friends Start the Trouble by Opposing Taft's Choice for Head of Campaign. A dispatch from Washington says iostilities of an unexpected char icter and from an unlooked for quar :er developed Tuesday among mem )ers of the Republican national com nittee and other prominent party eaders who are here in connection with the meeting to fix the time and )lace for the presidential nomination ,onvention next summer. Opposition to Col. Harry S. New )f Indiana, the administration's can iidate for chairman of the subcom mittee on convention arrangements, was responsible for the ill feeling en gendered. No settlement was reach ad, but some of President Taft's clos est friends announce that they not only would insist upon the election of Mr. New, but upon naming a ma jority of the committee. Only less interesting than the un- - looked for controversy over the con trol of the subcommittee in charge C of the convention was the exploitation throughout the day of Col. Theodore N Roosevelt as the possible candidate for the presidential nomination. The advocacy of Col. Roosevelt, but thin ly veiled Monday, was open and pro miscuously procleamed Tuesday. Ii The advocates of Col. Roosevelt's t nomination apparently based their ' arguments in his behalf upon the fact that at no tlime had the former pres- T ident announced that he would not ?U accept the nomination if it were ten dered to him. b It was recognized that he would c' not openly become a candidate, they said, but they were busy sounding members of the national committee and other prominent Republicans as to their sentiment in regard to "forc ing" the nomination upon the colonel. b There were many who connected the open advocacy of Col. Roosevelt's ? nomination with the opposition to t, naming a committee of arrange- e ments dominated by administration men. It was apparent throughout the day , that friends of Col. Roosevelt were d endeavoring in every way possible to u postpone action by the national com- v mittee which would definitely com mit anybody to any man's candidacy. v The Roosevelt enthusiastics frank- t ly stated their hope lay in working 8 up a demand for Col. Roosevelt to be t expressed in the convention itself. How Roosevelt Fooled Harriman. 1Mr. Roosevelt dismisses Wharton Barker's testimony before the Senate committee with the contemptuous re mark that "I would as soon discuss a pipe-dream with an out-patient of Bedlam as discuss this nonsense." Mr. Roosevelt's sweeping denialsc long ago ceased to carry weight, and this is a case in which a convincing defense cannot easily be made out for him. Mr. Barker says a distinguished financier, now dead, informed him three or four weeks before the 1904 election that Mr. Roosevelt "had made a bargain on .the railroad ques tion." By the terms of this bargain a railroad bill was to be brought in on recommendation of the President cutting off rebates and free passes, permitting the roads to make pool ing arrangements and providing for maximum rates.. If E. H. Harriman Is the dis tinguished financier to whom Mr. Barker refers, a careful study of the c correspondence made public from the t White House after the New York World printed the Sidney Webster letter will prove that Roosevelt madec Harriman believe that he would i make certain recommendations in his a message in order to get HarrimanC to raise campaign boodle for him. As soon as he got the campaign 3 boodle from Harriman, Roosevelt went completely back on the r'ailroad magnate, as the facts related below will amply show. June 29, 1904, Mr. Roosevelt , wrote from the White House to Mr. e Harriman: "As soon as you come home I shall want to see you."t Oct. 10, 1904, Mr. Roosevelt wrote e tc Mr. Harriman: "In view of the , trouble over the State ticket in New ( York, I should much like to have a p few words with you." Ii Oct. 14, 1904, Mr. Roosevelt wrote t to Mr. Harriman: "A suggestion has 'I come to me in a round-about way S that you do not think It wise to come t to see me in these closing weeks of f the campaign, but that you are re- ~ luctant to refuse inasmucn as I have ~ asked you. Now, my dear sir, you ~ and I are practical men." In this same letter Mr. Roosevelt suggested that if Mr. Harriman did not think it best to come to Wash ington at that time, then "before I t write my message I shall get you c to come down to discuss certain Gov- c ernent matters not connected with I the campaign."b Mr. Harriman went to Washington in the closing days of the campaign. 1; He returned to Wall street at once v after his conference with Mr. Roose- E velt and raised a fund of $260,000 t by which, he boasted, "at least 50, 000 votes were turned in the city of New York alone, making a difference e of 3 00,000 votes in the general re sut." Mr. Harriman was not consulted 8 about the message, however, as he expected, and telephoned to Se-cre- ~ ary Locb Nov. 30. Mr. Harriman thought "that part of the message could .be sent to me," meaning the part that referred to railroads. Mr.d Roosevelt wrote to Mr. Harriman in sisting that it was currency legisla- c tion that he intended to discuss with t him, and that it was not possible to t send out parts of the message in ad- k vance to anybody. alr. Harriman did not agree with rf all of Mr. Roosevelt's railroad rec- h ommendations ar( thought no more ft power should .be e aferred upon the p Intestate Commerce Commission. In d 1906 he refused to contribute to the o: Republican Congressional campaign 'E fund. Whereupon Mr. Roosevelt de- E nounced Mr. Harriman as "an unde. E sirable citizen." and the Federal au thorities pursued him until his death. Governor Blease says the newspa-- s ers are great liarL. May be so, but tl ~he Governor-even will have to admit h hat all the liars are not in the news- tj Used and praised 1 competent and c try cooks the - The only Baking Pc from Royal Grape Tartar-made frc DNFIDENT AS TO FTURE gro Bridegroom Asked Parson Who Performed Ceremony to Walt Until the Brida Got a Job. Pot The pastor of a large Baptist church . a neighboring city. whose congrega on Included many negroes, received cently a call from a young colored an and woman on matrimony bent. be 'man had been a shiftless person SA id the woman was known as indus Ious. The preacher noticed that the rdegrcor .was all spruced up and meluded -that the bride had made proper member of society out -of Im, so be went ahead with the cere ony with a good deal of satisfaction. He had it in mind not to accept a Pe from these lowly members of his ck, but the bridegroom, with a eaming face, handed over the usual nall envelope and departed with his Inah before the preacher could pro- Wi ist. When the pastor opened the avelope later he read this note: "Dear Pastor: I am sorry I cannot Sts y you a fee now for uniting me in of edlock, but I spent all I had on wed- a Ing clothes. I will send you the Th oney just es soon as Dinah gets to as -ork again" ser The preacher got a fee later from a juE ery grateful Dinah, who seemed to iink it proper that she should pay, the nd was overcome with surprise when de( e fee was given back to her as a ses redding present Fr fig: CIENTIFIC POINT CLEARED UP ize of Water Particles Now Knowr toi to Change With the Age fox of Clouds. - Ke -- Pal It seems rather singular to speak Sg f the "age of clouds-<>f "old clouds' nd "young clouds," yet it really ap be: ears that such a distinction can be Go ade, and that the discovery, as so M requently happens in matters scien 0 [fic, was based upon a preceding mis ake. S The conclusion was reached yearr go in scientific quarters that the l ensity of a cloud was proportioned to . be number of water particles it con ained, the water particles, in turn.B epending upon the particles of dust 1lo resent Later, however, these same Ga uthorities ascertained that their first bu: onclusion was wrong, and that in ye: iany clouds the density falls far short Sn f proportionality with the number of inc rater particles. Further investiga : on points to the fact that the size Fl< f the water particles changes with Si] be "age" of the cloud. The clouds Ti: pan which the first observations were iade must, it is thought, have been d clouds, and in them the water articles, 'oelng comparatively large gO) ppeared to be proportional to the ensity. But the later observations -his ere made upon newly-formed ori. oung clouds, in which the particles l rere small in size. thi Friendsnip, thi Some one once asked Kingsley thi rhat was the secret of his strong, joy- Jo us life, and be answered: "1 bad a lend." II e'very evil man is a cen- ha er of contagion, every good man is a an< enter of healing. He provides an en- sh< ronment in which others can see a kd. Goodness creates an atmos- Lo: here for other souls to be good. It Sa priestly garment that has vir- bet .e even for the finger that touches It. vot 'he earth has sweet souls and win- bel ame lives, and Christ-like characters his >be found in it. The choice of ent -ends is, therefore, one of the most erious affairs in life, just because a ver tan becomes molded into the likeness fo l what he loves in his friend- me ugh Blac.CI cal gre About Thimbles. vot The thlw-ble was at first worn on uni he thumb, and for that reason was Illi alled a thumb hell, which later be- fat ame thumbie and finally thimble. It qui ras invented .by the . Dutch, and w-a rought to England in 1695. he The first thimbles were made of 0o or brass; later came the's of sil- i er, gold, steel, born, ivon~ pearl and m lass. The Chinefe--make e 2mbles at carved pearl, with gold nding and ends. i One of the most gorgeous thimbles o ver seen was a bridal gift from the ing of Siam to fins queen; it was iade of gold, shaped like a lotus bud. nd was thickly studded with dia ionds, arranged so as to spell the sti] ueen's natne. How Franklin Learned Manners. Franklin collected thirteen princl Foi Les to cover the small amenities of aly life. Each week he picked out oe and 1:racticed it diligently, thus -eating a habit. It took three months cover them all. Each year he pracse ced each one four full weeks. He nes ept this up for many years. The un per uth Franklin of early manhood, whc thr und fault with his wife for givint col~ in a silver spoon and a china bow lng r his bread and milk instead of aty-c ~wter spoon and earthenware crock ing ~veloped into the statesman and man con the world who ti'7e7spw.i ? nglishmen. the admiration of French- luni en and the gratitude of Americans.- mer gineering Magazine. of1 seal German So!diers Are Swimmers. the: All German soldiers must learn te. im. Some of them are so experi 'T inat, with their clothing on thel acr< eads and carrying guns and aminuni non on they can swim rivers severa ,T unred yards in width_ n 1WDER Pure )y the most areful pas vorld over wder made Cream of m grapes RE WIL 6 I Shows a Majrify of Not Ls Tha Eight Asairst Lrimer. IS A N YORK PAPER ich Claims that the Senator is ure to be Ousted From the Sen te-Many Former Supporters of he Illinois Man Said to Be Waver ng in Their Allegiance. k dispatch from Washington says liam Lorimer, of Illinois, charged ;h holding his seat in the United tes senate through the corruption a legislature, will be expelled by majority of not less than eight. e majority vote may be as much fourteen. A careful poll of the Late made by a New York paper tifies this statement. Tust so sure as the day comes when vote is taken on the resolution laring Lorimer not entitled to his t, that resolution will be adopted. [ends of Mr. Lorimer realize his at is hopeless. On the best infor tion the final roll will stand: Against Lorimer. Republicans-Borah, Bourne, Bris r, Brown, 'Burton, Clapp, Craw d Cummins, Dixon, Gronna, Jones, nyon, LaFollette, Lodge: Nelson, re, Poindexter Root, Smith (Mich.) therland, Works. Democrats-Bacon, Bryan, Cham-' lain, Clarike, Culberson, Davis, re, Hitchcock, Kern, Len, -Martin, rtine, Myers, Newlands, O'Gorma,.. erman, Owen, Percy, Pomerene, yner, Reed, Shively, Smith (Ga.) tith (S. C:) Stone, Swanson, Tay ,Williams. Total-49. For Lorimer. Republican-Bradley, Bandegee, lggs, Barnham, -Clark, Crane, Cul a, Curtis, Dillingham, Du Pont, linger Gamnble, Guggenheim, Hey rn, Lippltt, McCumber, Nixon, 011 , Penrose, Perkins, Richardson, .oot, Stephenson, Warren, Wet Democrats - Bailey, Bankhead, ~tcher, Foster, Johnston, Paynter, amons, Smith (Md.) Thornton, man, Watson. Total-3 6. Doubtful. Republican-Townsend, McLean. Democrats - Chilton, Cardner, inon. Lorimer is not entitled to vote on own case and a vacancy exispt Colorado, thereby reducing the - mber of voters to 90, of which a rum is 46. Giving Lorimer all senators now held to be doubtful, anti-Lorimer forces will have ee more than a Quorum and a ma ity of eight. rt is generally believed by senators t Mr. Gamble will change his views I join those who believe Lorimer >uld be outside. This would make lean-cut majority of ten against rimer on that ballot. n his own state :Mr. Gamble has n severely condemned for his .e on the Lorimer case, and it is ved he will not again call upon head the wrath of his constitu enator Cullum also will thini. y seriously over the situation 'be e he again votes to sustain Lori r. In talking -privately to his eagues he is quoted as expressing at dissatisfaction over his previous e and many senators believe that ess strong political pressure from nois is brought to bear, he will be nd in the other column. He un ~stionably wants to vote the other 7. The only qdestion is, "Will have the nerve, to do it?" Even eBailey, chief defender of Lor r, is studying present develop ts very closely. In a spee$. when the question for a second~ ur ding he admitted that he facts dedudd-fstieJda change positions he would accept. Texas people have strong v'ews on Lorimer case, and although he is ng out of public life Mr. Bailey 1 has his ear on the ground. EARCH FOR DEAD BODIES. n Workmen Killed in Collapse of Concrete Building. Lt Indianapolis under the glare of rchlghts police and firemen Wed day night sought bodies of four ons caught In the wreckage of a e-story concrete building which apsed Wedniesday at noon, kill four workmen and injiuring twen e. The contractor believes ow to the -ecent cold weather the erete had not set properly. e building collapsed at the noon h h'c3w.-..hen most of the work Iwere not in-the structure. Most :hose caught in t'li debris were ed about the buil& in r lunches. eddy Roosevelt's shadow falls iss Taft's pathway to a second iination. he salt may be coarse without be