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VL I MEA VOL. XXI 'MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JANUAY2.11 O2 HAD 10 ASK HI14 Farmers' Uaion Had te Rquest That Watson Be AUl w ' to Help PUSH R01K El PLAN After Resolution is Pas:sed Governor Blease Consents for Cummnssioner of Agriculture to Pass Bo:-ders of South Carolina Without Fear of Losing Job for Neglect of Duties. The Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier says the State Farmers' Union, in sessior. there Tuesday, passed resolutions asking that Commissioner Watson, who is president of the Southern Cotton Congress, and head of the movement tc reduce the acreage in the South, go to the other Southern States and push the campaign for cotton reduc tion under the "Rock Hill Plan." A certified copy of tltese resolutions was handed to Governor Blease and he consented to permit Mr. Watson to leave the State for this purpose. It will be recalled that shortly be fore the time for the meeting of the committee of the Southern Cotton Congress, in New Otleans, at which Col. John G. Anderson preseated the "Rock Hill Plan" for reducing the acreage, Governor Blease wrote Commissioner Watson a letter in forming him that should he ever leave the State ,,gain without his i permission he would "fire" him. The publication of the ldtters some time later created considerable comment throughout the State. The Governor, it is understood on good authority, woculd not give per mission for Mr. Watson to leave the State unless the State Farmers' Un ion, in resolutions, requested that' Mr. Watson go .o the other States in the interest of the' campaign. Ac ccrdingly, the resolutions were drawn up and passed by the Farmers' Un ion, in session at the time, and a certified copy of the same handed the Governor, wao then consented 1t for Mr. Watson to leave the State for the purpose Tared. Mr. John G. Ailerson, the author and distributor of the "Rock Hill Plan" for reducing the cotton acre age, has been in the city the past two days in the interest of the movement. Hc is anxious to ge: South Carolina to push the campaign through and while there is some two months yet in which to do the work, it is hoped to have the pledges from every coun t.v in by the end of another month, and the energetic way in which Col. Anderson is going about the matter promises that this will be done. The Farmers' Union, in session Tuesday, heartily endorsed the plan and the offcials of that organiza tion are doing all they can to help it along. It is the intention of those behind the movement to spread it all o' er the South and get every State possible covered as soon as possible. It is realized that by South Caro lina promptly getting in her pledges it will have a good moral effect in getting the other States to fall into line, and it is for this reason that Commissioner Watson's visits would de- so much good. The Farmers' U'icn has not taken any action, so far as has been stated, on the proposition to abolish the de partmnent of griculture, commerce and industries.,:and to confer the powers and duties thereof upon Clemson College. A bill introduced in the Senate to this effect has been unfavorably reported on by th~e com mittee and it is not thought that there is serious dancer of any radical measure along this hrme being :.dopted at an early date. All this in con nection with the present affairs make the public keenly interested in the probable fate of the department and in everything connected with it. A DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. Wilpmsburg Farmer Shoo'?s and Kills gimself. Mr. James Dean of the Hebron neighborhood in Williamsburg coun ty accidentally shot and killed him self Wednesday r2orning. It seems that Mr. Dean and R. L. Mimms had gone out in the woods to get a load of wood, Mr. Dean taking his gun along. They ra, into a covey of partridges, and Mr. Dean killed two o. three of then. While coming back to the wagon and holding the gtun by the barre', he attempted to cross a log when i'e hammer of the gun struck the log, and the gun was discharged, the whcle load taking effect in the ne'k and completely sev ering the jugular iein. The wound ec man expired alirost Instantly. NEGRO ADMITS CRIMLE. And Implicates a Wahite Man in the Terrible Murder. At Shelby, N. C., John Ross, one of a trio of negroes charged with the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Johin Dixon 'f Cleveland county on December 13, Wednesday confessed to the crime, implicating Frank Gladden, a white man, who was employed on the Dixon farm. Ross declares Gladden gave him $1 00 to kill Dixon. while Glad den simultaneously killed Mrs. Dixon. Robbery was the mctive. Ross was sentenced Thursday and the court at once took up the case of Gladden. Many Cau'se Trouble. An Italian criser Tuesday over hauled the TPritish rmenmer Africa on the Red Sea. Af'er examination of the passerZers a de-achment of Ital rrn arines toot off 12 men who vwere traveling in the first cdass sn 1902 on the ground that they were Tr-sh military men. FIRBJG ARRS!':D STARTED .V1EVAL 'TTRUC TIVE FIRES IN CIIARL1:* When Arrested He Makes Full and Startling Confession of Many Acts of Incendiaryiqn in the City. The News and Courier of Friday tells of the doings of a yourg fire bug in Charleston. Arrested Thurs day morning at th.e burning of the Charlezston Fibre Company's plant. at the west end cf Spring street, Marion Burdell, a young white man, vho has been watched for weeks by Pinkerton detectives, confessed some hours later to many acts of incendi arism, among thes2 being the start ing of the big Meeting street fire of July S, 1910, in which six large tores in the heart of the wholesale district was practieally destroyed ith a loss of o;cr $215,000. Among other fire- which Burdeli >nfessed to havirt started were the Leland Moore Paint Store fire on .arch 17, 1908, vwhich occsioned a loss of $23,000; the Baseball Park Ire of December of last year; the :wo recent fires at Bethel Sunday chool, and the Unon Cotton Press >ox car fire of December, 1911, in which property valued at nearly half t million dollais was imierilled. ?urdell gave no reason for any of uis incendiary acts. The News and Courier says when mn alarm of fire was rung i- Thurs ay morning at 9:41 o'clock. Chief >f Police Cantwell lastened to jump nto the police aatomobile and sped .) the west end of Spring street, -lence came the call. He arrived here just in time to learn that Pink rton Detective 0. S Roller, of Phil idelphia, with Pinkerton Detective Vright, had been shadowing Burdell 'or nearly three weeks, that he had ust instructed Poiceman Johnson In arrest Burdell on the charge -of iaving set fire to the Charleston Fi >re Company's plaur. Private Johnson tnen came up with is man, and Chief Cantwell was in ormed that seve:al persons had seen .urdell enter the premises of the ibre factory a few. minutes before he fire broke out. Chief Cantwell ersonally took chairge of the case .nd had Burdell hustled away to the 'olice station. Thure the young man .as detained until Chief Behrens ar ved and preferred charges against im of setting fire to the Spring treet buildin. Later in the aferntoon, after being uestioned and confronted wih testi ony which had been gathered by he police department and the two I 'inkerton detectives. who were em-! loyed by the board of firemasters. urdell. in the presence of Chief of 'olice Cantwell. Clief of Detectives Togan and Pinkerton Detectives toler and Wright, confessed fully nd in startling de'2il to a series of res which he admitted having set here during the past two years. At first it appeared that he would :ontinue to profess his innocence, but e finally decided to confess. The ires which he confessed to having et include the Bailey-Lebby fire, the argest in this city in years. It ~tarted in the rear 0f the Bailey-Leb y building at 21 3 Meeting street, he alarm being sent in by telephone tt 6:33 P. M., July S, 1910. It ex ended to 215 Meeting street. the rrouch store, de ,troying the build rgs; to T. A. Wilour & Sons, 211 Jeeting street, destmoying the build -:;also to 209, 202 and 205 Meet Lg street, comprising the 'Ihomlin sen and Marshall-Westoat stores, ~onsierably damaging the buildings. ecaioning a total loss of $215. ~49.50. The fire extended over eigh en hours, the act--:al value of the >roperty endangered being $64 7.4 1. e Charleston Hotel and the big ous Cohen department store being mperilled. Other fires which Burdel1 con ~essed to starting include: A portion of his own premises, at SO Church street, on Novemuber 2, 1910, the loss beiag only $3. 'The Leland-Moore fire, on March 17, 1903, the lois l:eing about $23, The Baseball Park fire, December. 1911. The Bethel Church fires, Decemn ber, 1911. and January, 1912. Union Cotton Press box car fire. December, 1911. at which property valued at nearly hailf a milllon dol lars was imperilled. He confessed to sending in the fol lowing false alarms: From Box 513, 6:20 P. M., De cember 7, 1911. From Box 614, 10:47 P. M., De cember 11, 1911. From Box 624, December 2S, 1911. A detail of interest in connection with these fires is that Burdei1 worked for the 1Bai!ey-Lebby Con pany at the time ne set the fire :nd is said to have woked for the Le land Moore Company when that fire was set. Rubonic at Amy China. Bubonic plague is reported to have appeared again in Amoy, China. Nc cases have been reported since Oc tober last year, but before that the city had suffered teverely. nearly ' C persons dying in the first nine months of 1911 from ie disease. Thn Over by'5 a Train. At Dillon E. Strie'kland, an em ploye of the Mapl> cotton rlil. wa5 run over by the Seaboard tra in h':re about 5 o'clock Thursday mnornin; nd :killed. Pis body was traing aloam the tracks .ar a distance of 101 yards or more. Father of Large Family. John WV. CGuy, 79 years of ag-, i dead in Meifa. Ya He wass m: r red three times al was the frnThe " 2 children. His lat mari:z occurred when he was 65 yer age. and that wife bore hia. se-ve: Abbeile 1irpensary Bilm Kiind in Ie iouse by One Majority JS11 AS3 Y AGAINST IT A General"Bill Mr Be Introduced It Later -Providing for Dispensary t Elections in Al l'junties That May Want to Vote on the Liquor Ques tion Again. On Thifsday, the House defeated by one vote Mr. Moore's bill seeking s an election for Abbeville County for the restoz.tion of the dispensary in - -hat couner. The vote was O to 49 on a bill that had been unfavorably! is reported. Thera are several coun ties that are trying to ha;e these elections on the laquor quest:on and the prospet now is that a general bill will b resentad looking to some C provision r such ciections. There wis a spirited discussion of the bill, that had come over from last year, but it failed. The same idea will be tsken up in the rending I s bills to pro'ide for such elections in' Orangeburg; Dorch(ster, Berkeley,! Calhoun and othe!r counties. There c was a real live debate on the bill to I provide for-an eI.ection in Abbeville C County on the question of establish- r. ing a dispensary fo, the sale of al coholic- liquors in said county. Mr. Moore mada a strong and forci ble argument for his bill. He in sisted that it was a local bill and his people wanted the ocunty dispensary. His county, he argued. was not in fa ver of prohibition, although the rec ; d showed it. This was becaase of the restricted vote and the requirement t a.- to certificates. He knew . hat his c people wanted anfi held that his county could have no electio- except by special elections. Mr. Moore said there was no reas)n why Mr. Ashley s'iould be so solicitous about his c county. If the Anderson people wanted liquor from Abbeville they a would have to comne for it; it could Pot be sent. Mr. Magil said h1e must differ with t Mr. Moore and hased his objection or tirely on the ground that a special I v 1,w was wrong ar.d a gencral Act slioull be passed. Yir. Moore held t!at under the general law there was o provision for suc.. electioi as was sought t Mr. J. Beltcn Watson was strong ti n his opposition to the bill. Mr. McCravy, of Pickens. was op-t posed to the sale o: liquor and was a 1eartily opposed to the bill and ar rued strongly agains-: the proposition L) take any chances of Abbeville sell la. liquor. As to the lack of en creement of the lbrohibition laws, b he best people IL many counties' were often to iblame and he begged d the people to halo enforce the law , and then there would be o betteri0 feeling. On the motion to strike out ther enacting words of the bill the vote stood: Aye (to kill the oill; .nay (for the bill:) Yeas-Speaker Smith, Arnold, I Ashley. Bethea, Bov~ers, Boyd, Brice. P I. Brown,- Butler, Cary, C.harles, Courtney. John ML Daniel, W. L. Daniel, Dobson, Dur'ose, Drummond, Earle. E. C. Edwardis, Evans. Gasque', Earrison, H-ill. Hines, Hunter. Jones, Ketch in. Kibler, League, McCravey, ~ McQueen, Magill, Mansfield, Meares,1 'Jiller, Mims, Mitchum, Mower, Nich olson. Osborne, Pegues, Rea'es, Ri ley, Scott, R. L. Shuler, Stevenson, Watson. Whis'nant, Wingard, Wyche-50. Na:ys-A yer, Ba skins, Belser,C Bookrer, Bowman. T. P. Brown, ig. Bryan, Diek, D:xon, Doar, Isaac Edwrs. Fultz, Gibert, Hamilton, Honkins, Horlbek, Hutto, Irby,. Jakson, James, Ki'-vin. Lee, Leland,. McKeown, Manuel. Moore. Motte, H. A. Odom, W. P. Odom, Paulling, L Peeples, Richai'dor.. Sawyer. Saye, Searson, Singleton, D. L. Smith, K. 1 P Smith, Stanley Tison. Tobias,r Todd, Tujrnbull,- Vander H-orst. Wells, Wi!!!ams,-y Willis. Toumans-49- 1 Pairs-Erkmann and Connor-. The vote was so close that a poTY o the House was ordered. but showede o iference. rhe parliamentaryi elincher was then applied. K1LLED) IN TRAIlN WRIECK. Four Are Dead and Two Others Are Fatally Hurt. Four trainmen are dead and two perhps fatally injured as the result of a head-on collis en at Long Rlun. 'S mijes east of Louisville, Ky., at .:",0 o'clock Wednesday afternoon lnween an ijbound Louisville & Nashville passenger train antt Ches aeakie & Ohio train of empty cars Practically all passengers on the Louisville & N~ashville trair were more or less injured. Two Chesa ~ahe & Ohio brakeomen suffered se ere injuries. B~oti engines explod e, accordinlgto pasengers. Dies Asking for Drug. En-e'rin a drug store at Savan r~v iuda Philin U. Cairns. of Sum *er.li.e, Miass., coinplained of feel .The manager, G. P. Hamil-. un. tuirned to prepare a remedy and aengi the dCreetion of Cairns, fend h-n gaspio; for hrexth. He . V'ed*y beore med1ieal attention could be secured. Hear; failure is given solis Cow to the King. -ThHn .rJ. ii. Mobley. a most s -'fu stock raiser of Fairfield .nd orsln of the State flo Gorge of Eng'land, a; nJerscr cow. whtich was SWILSON IS S1R1G WILL GET MANY DELEGATEE FROM NEW ENGLAND. Fugene A. Reed, a New Hampshir< Democrat, Thinlis That Wilsor Could Carry That State. Gov. Woodrow Wilson will have he support of the large majority of he delegates from the New England tates to the Democratic national *nvention for the nomination for he pres - notwithstanding the andidacy oi .ov. Foss of Massachu etts, is the opinin nof ugene A. teed, members of the Democratic na lonal committee frum New Hamp hire. "While, in my cpinion, the dele ates to the Democratic rational onvention from New Hampsnire will ot be instructed for any candidate,' aid Mr. Reed, wno hails from Man bester, N. H., "they will be found, rst, last and all the time for the omination of Gov. Woodrow Wil en of New Jersey. I believe that ver 80 per cent of the Democrats in 2y State at the present time are arnestly in favor of Gov. Wilson's omination. Of course, I realize at Gov. Foss of MJassachusetts has eme strength in the New England tates, particularly in his own, yet do not believe that he will be the hoice for president of this section i the country. Gov. Wilson Is the an of the hour. If the Democrats nite on his candidacy, there is not Le least doubt in my mind that he ill be elected president. I believe, ]so, that we will have more than a ghting chance to carry New Hamp bire at the next election. "The people of New Hampshire -e grown tired of being ruled as bey have been rtIed and with an -on hand, too, by the railrcad in rests, represente:' by the Republi n party. If the Democratic party rould only give us a little assistance -stead of leaving us to our own re urces, New Hampshire, in my opin )n, would be found in the Demo ratic column. Governor Wilson bould come up to our state and get equainted with rur people. I will Sarantee him a handshake with ver 200,000 people if he will come Manchester some time daring the 1eeting of the constitutional con ntion in New Hampshire early next rring. Oar voters have long ad .ired him for his courage, his inde endence and his sound ideas on all ublic questions. They are not afraid > intrust the affairs of the nation > him. They know him to be hon. st and fearless, and I feel confident tat he will be selected as the stand rd bearer of our party by the next 'emocratic national convention. "For throe tim.s I have been a apporter of William Jennin.-s Bryan >r the presiden:y. I have known im intimately for miny years. When e says he is not going to be a can idate again. I tak-e him at his word. hat he wi-I bolt the Democratic envention if a man to his liking is ot nominated is the last thing that e contemplates doing. With Wood. ow Wilson in the saddle. I am con dent that Mr. Pryan will take off is coat and work for the New 3cr. ey governor just as hard and as sin rely as he did for his own election r the three occasions he was the arty's candidate for president. Coodrow Wilson represents every ing that a goo:1 Democrat snould 'present. New Ha~mpshire is for im. body and soul, and I look for is nomination on the first ballot as be choice of his p.arty for resident.' BREAKS LONG SILENCE. cupe Had Not Spoken to Each 0th. er for MAny Years. For twenty-five years Lortis Raser .nd his wife lived ~ij the sanme house SMayesville, Ky., without speak ng to each other. Last Sunday, ithout any ap~are~nt reason. the w ife roke the silence by asking her hus and to have a cu" of coffee. He eplied: "I belia':e I will.'' Hardly had he ouered the remanr han he was attacked with heart rouble and died. The incident leading to the tragic :limax was not disclosed until Thurs !ay, when his will was made public Che dead man. who was a large prop rty owner, willed everything to his rire. His body was cremated anc 'is ashes cast to the wind from th( lincinnati Suspension Bridge. IFTEEN MILLTE)N DOLLAR LOSS .arge Japanese City Again Mad< Desolate by Fire. A cablegram from Oskai, Japan ;ays fire broke out again Wednesda: rvening in the sout~h districts of thi ~it, but the outbreal. was of a nmue k ss serious natu-a than that whic1 ecurred in the..morning. The flame a-erc extinguishei before midnight The damage occ.xsioned by yester :ay's conflagration amounts to $1,i 000.000. Thirty thousand peop1 rendered homeless are being prc vided with shelter in the publi buildings of the city. Thousands li Iid i Coop. At St. Louis, Mc.., Geo. V. Stee former postoffice clerk wt c-onfesse to the theft of a $25,000 registere package of currency was sentene the United State district court t Gr'r' and a half years in the pen tntiary. lHe restore~d $2?.E (2 afte having secreted it in a chicken coo for a year. A~'rent Bnmd to Death. Guy L. Siewart. agriculture an industrial aeat of the Cotton Iel Railroad, was burned to death in hi prvate car in a w;re?c in which th trains of three dl'Ierent roads col lided at Kelsc, 140 miles southc :. Louis. MANY LEAVE fiO1lu OVER THREE THOUSAND DISAP PEAR IN A EW YORK. Hundreds of Young Women Drop From View, and a Majority of Them Never Return. During the last year the New York city police have been called t: the aid of families from which some member disappeared exactly 3,500 times, and during this time approxifately 1,000 women, most of L.em young girls rznging in age from 14 to 20-years, have utterly disa-peared. This is not one-half the number of persons that actually disappear. Hesitancy on the part of relative causes them to fail to call upon the public authorities. Only one-third request that the cases be made public. "During 1911," said one official,. "we were confronted with bundreds of cases similar i- every degree to that of Dorothy Arnold. Many other; cases proved as baff!ing as hers. The ycung girls left ab-.olutely no t-ace;1 behind. They made no preparations for departure, and few have since been heard from. We succeeded inIr locating hundreds of women and young girls who left their usual sur is roundings, but in every one of these cases there was some clew on which the detectives in the Bureau of Miss ing Persons could work. "The principal reason why girls leave home, we have learnel, is be cause of a guiding hand that is too severe. Parents should be more len icnt in their methods of restraint. "The next reason why the young woman disappears is because she sees such abject poverty in her own home ar-d such utter hopelessness if she re r ains. there. She sees her mother slaving and saving--an old woman at -a-and she runs away to forget. "A third reason is the glitter of tne stage. the allurement of the gayety in life and the development of the idea that one must live for the present and let the future care for itselr. "The fourth main reason-and t fourth in the list-is the man in the case. Sometimes be lures the girl away and deserts her. She is aphamed to return. During the yeare rany women from homes of refine ment and from -fan.ilies where the financial standing is very high have disappeared as utterly as did Dorothy Arnold. TRAIN HAD NAUIROW ESCAPE. r Engine Lost Wheel While Running r Id at Moderite Speed. The afternoon ti'ain on the South- t ern Railway going from Augusta to I Branchville narrowly escaped a seri- t ous accident on Sonday. Detween I the stations of Blackville anc Den- 3 mark one of the driving wheels of the engine fell off while the train was running at average speed. For ti nately it was thrown clear of the track, and the prompt action of the engineer in putting on the brakes brought the train to a stop with the' engine still on the tracks. The driving rod was badly twisted j and other parts of the engine dam aged. The conductor walkeil several miles to a telephone, and after sev eral hours a train was seat from Uranchville. The injured engine and its train was pushed back to the siding at Lees, and the passengers transferred. The train reached Eranchville about seven hours late. The coolness and ;' esence of mind o the engineer prevented a most ' serious accident. The passengers and train crew were put to considerable inconveni ence by the accident, which, of1 curse, was unavo.:diable, but they were lucky that they were vet seri ously injured, as only the coolness and presence of mind of the engi- I neer prevented the train fro:n beiag wrecked and many people Tilled or injurd. It was a narow escape. PROBE COMDM1TTEE NAMED. Men Who Will investigate Old Dis pensary 3'atter. *Following the passage over the veto of the governor, a few days ago. of the dispensary investigation act, Speaker Mendel L. Smith Thursday named the membues on the jointin vestigatin g committee, as provided Ifor in the act. 'The house moember of the committee are: Messrs. F. M. Cary, Oconee; W.. L. Daniel of Sa-. lda, and J. J. E .ans of Marlboro. The senators who are to serve on; the committee were named last year~ by Mr. Chas. A. Smith, lieutenant: governor. They are Messrs. G. W. Sllivan of Ande rsea H-. 1B. Carlisle of Spartanburg anl John II. Clifton of Sumter. No steps have yet been taken look ing toward the con duct of the inves 1tigation. The senate committee has ben waiting upon th~e announcement o the members frem the house and Iwere not in position to make~ a pub-? -lie statement as to what immediate steps would be taken.* Says He is N.et in Race. ICol. John 0. Ri.:hards de .iares he is not a can dicdate for governor this y ar, believing hie can bett.s serve Stie public as Railrcad Commissioner. Col. Richards also takes occasion to I eny the reports iublished sometime ag-o corcerning a conference at his h ome between S-mnator Tillman Juge Tones and hl:-nself bearing on te gubernatorial race. Found Frozr-n to Death. Snowed in for days and iiuable to obtain food or futd. thrc'e (h!:dr Fuzzy' wre founid starved m ' fr'-:e tof death Th ursday lai theair 1:e 'a: -scions5 and near to dc':h. was fou;nd uon the ilcor n~ar' the bodixa of her CHU^' E SAYS A!orei Henry Wattrson Writes of the Wilsu-Harvey BrEak. E TRNS WILSON COLD (ngested to Gov. Wilson in View d of the Environment of Col. Harvey b . s That It Might Be Well for Bar- o C per's Weekly to be Less Aggres- d sive in His Support. S That he hoped to find in Woodrow t Vilson another Tiden "but had I ound rather a schcolmaste- than a tatesm an" was the declaration of feary Wattee'son, the veteran Ken- n Leky editor and Scuthern Democrat, I a a statement made at Louisville t uesday night lo the Associated C ress in connection with the break n etween Gov. Wilson and Col. George arvey. "Regretting that I must appear ither as a witness or a par.y to the f risunderstanding vhich has arisen r etween Col. George Harvey and C ov. Woodrow Wilson," reads the d tatement, "I shall have to speak r ith some particularity in order to s' e just, alike to the public and the T rincipals. a The Conference. "The confercnce between u,, In my ,oartment at the Manhattan club was eld to consider certain practical n aeasures relating to Gov. Wilson's P andidacy. Col. Harvey stood to 'ard Gov. Wilson much as I had 0 tood 35 years ago toward Mr. Til- e en. This appealed to me. Col. U arvey had brought the governor n Dd myself toge'.her in his New Jer- t ey home 1 S months ago, and as time a esse-1, had interested me .a his am itions. I was hoping I might find s ra Gov. Wilson aLother Tilden. In 1( c.int of -intellect and availatility, I s et think Col. Harvey made n) mis- C 4ke in his choice of candidate; but Le circumstances leading to the un- g 'rtunate parting of the ways be- ? ween them lead mo to doubt wheth- si - in character and temperament- b may be merely in the habit. of a e fetime-Gov. Wilson is not rather v schoolmaster than a statesman. a "I have from Col. Harvey and Gov. d ilson statements, according to the c emory of eacli, touching what did tually happen and was spoken on a he occasion named. These do not T aterially differ. 'They coincide with s, y own recollection. Nothing of a g iscourteous kind-even of an un- e: tiendly kind-passed during an In- v rview of more than an hour. From 'I he first, however, there was a cer- C ain constraint in Gov. Wilson's man- h ler, the absence cf the cordiality t nd candor which should mark h arty, confidtt-tal intercourse, in e .cmonstrating the existence of some a dverse influence. His manner was n tocratic if not tyrannous. I did: .ot take this to myself, but thought h -related to Col. L~jarvey, and when b sol Harvey4 apparently overcome -t< y Gov. Wilson's austerity, put the ci rect question to Gov. Wilson hether the support of Harper's Veekly was doing him an injury, and ceived from Gov. Wilson the cold ejoinder that it was, I was both I urprise and shocked. "1 had myself, as far back as last )ctober, suggested to Gov. Wilson hat, in view of his supposed en- f: -ironment, it might be well for Col. e arvey to moderate~ somewhat the h ather aggressive character of Har er's Weekly in the Wilson leader- pj hip. I am not sure that I had not it id as much to Col. Harvey himself, rut that Gov. Wilson, without the t: ast show of compunction, should S apress, or yield to such an opinion, y nd permit Col. Harvey to consider timself discharged from the position ( ftrusted intimacy he had up to :c 'is moment held, left me little 'comn to doubt that Gov. Wilson is't: ot a man who make-s common cause g 'ith his political associates, or is 4 eCpy sensib)le of his political obli- t ations; because it is but tiue and air to say that, except for Col. Hiar- 1: ey, he would not be in the running v it il. "Col. Harvey was grievously vounded. HeT had been fighting Gov. c ilson's battle for many years and 'l :ad idealized his chief. AlthoughIc *was given no reasea to suppese my ;tlf included in ?!:e disfavor whichs :ad fallen upon Col. Harvey, I exper-c enced a sensation of something very rnueh like indignaticn, but on re 'ection I could not rid myself of the mpression that Gov. Wilson had )an receiving letters from Kentucky :vritten by enemies of mine who seek o use his name erad fame to gain vme ends of their cwn, warning him 3ainst me. and that, to all intents, sat in the same boat with Col. Hiar "I am in receipt of Gov. Wilson's erment to the contrary. I wish' this had reached me earlier. I have during three weeks of newspaper in portunity reftused to print a word n the subjiect in the hope that no pt.biiity might be required end that sme understanding could be reached. I have reason to believe: that Col. Harvey withheld his state ment for the saine cause and with the same hope. It being no longer possible to suppress the matters at issue, this full st;,tement, which I make most reluctirtly, seems need fu~l to a full and imnpartial knowledgej by the general pubhlic, but of Demo-i erats. who are so enenestiy especially by the mass of Democrats, who are sa ernestly seeking a leaduc in the ec~mre contest. ('gl f"Teary Watterson." I! Lo e Vis Place. 1 The definite incomation has been. arned that T.. T. Watson is not to: b: rea'-nninTted by~ fl-e governor when Ms term: eX'ires(' ir; March as corn ms or of agr'c~ture, commerce ThE REAM WtiY OL. HARVEY TOOK GOV. WIL FeS XN.UK. DOWN. s the Candidatt. the Wall Stree Organ He Edifts for President o: the United States. - A report was published about tei ays ago tha: there had been a -each between Go.. Woodrow Wil on and Col. Gearge Harvey, edito f Harper's Weekly. Friends of the overnor said his enemies could no .stinguish between the support o: [arper's Weekly and that of Wal reet. At the time Gov. Wilson sai ) a reporter for the New Yorl 7orld: "M1y attention has of course bee: rawn to the fact that the last tw< umbers of Harpei's Weekly hav iade no mention of my name, bu .is is certainly not due to any breac ! any kind between Col. Harvey and iyself. Col. Harvey runs Harper'. 7eekly entirely on his own judg ent." Col. Harvey admitted to a reportei )r The World that he had read th4 aports, but he refused to commen u them. He absolutely refused t( iscuss the report that he had bee: -quested to discontinue his active pport of Gov. % ilson's candidacy he following announcement appear: L the head of the editorial page oj arper's Weekly in its issue today: To Our Readers. "We make the following reply t< any inquiries from readers of Har er's Weekly: "The name of Woodrow Wilson a r candidate for President was tak i down from -he head of these col mns in response to a statemeni Lade to us directly by Gov. Wilson the effect that our support wa: fecting his candidacy injuriously. "The only course left open to us, I mple fairness to Mr. Wilson, nc ss than in consideration of our owz lf-respect, was to cease to advo te his nomination. "We make this explanation witi reat reluctance and deepest regret ut we *cannot escape the conclu on that the very considerable num r of our readers, who have co-op rated earnestly and loyally in ad ancing a movemeni. which was in gurated solely in the hope of ren ering a high pyublic service, art .early entitled to this information. With a copy of this announcemeni reporter for The World went tc renton yesterday to see Gov. Wil mn. The Governor was too busy t< ive au audience. The matter wa, Fplained to one of his secretaries ,ho went in to see the Governor he secretary returned after a shor 2nference and said that Mr. Wilsox ad not had time to read the edi )rial or to give it any thought; tha1 t would not have time during th rening, and that i" he should make riy comment at all, none would b ade that night. The Governor was at his desk unti: te. Then he hurriedly left thu iding to catch a train for Prince n, where he said again he had n< ~mment to make. I. . PASSED OVER~ THE VETO. 'ie Bills Become Laws in Spite o: Governor Llease. Wednesday morning in the Hous' >ur acts were passed over the Gov rnor's veto, and one act, which hu ad vetoed, was killed. The four acts which the hous< assed and sent to the senate wer< e following: To provide for an assistant coun Ssuperintendent of education ii artanburg county. Passed by eto of 77 to 22. To provide for rural police ii berokee county. Passed by a vet< SS to 2. To provide for boiding elections o: ae question of commission form o vernment in cities of more tha: .000 and less than 10,000 inhabi ~nts. Passed by a vote of 72 to 29 zin act relating t2 road inspector a Newberry county. Passed by ote of SS to 4. The act upon which the veto of th overnor was sustained provided fo ertain exceptions from jury duty 'he fight for sustaining the veto wa r. the grounds that the act mad 2inisters of the gosp.el liable for jur ervice. The house upheld the vet ?the governor by a 7ote of 70 to 3f MINERS ILLPD IN MINE. "our Are Known to Have Perishe in the E.\plosion. Near Central City, Ky., four pe: cns are k-nown. to have been kille i. d another is believed to be dead L the result of an explosion in nino of the Central City Coal an ron Company ab ut 5 o'clock Wed :esday afternoon. Four bodies ha~ >en removed. Tre explosion o< mrred just after the day men ha cme out. The cause is unknow: Che mine is not badly damaged. Tw tundred men usually are at wor the mine, but the explosion cam on after the day shift had com t and before the night men ha ne down. The five victims wer icing extra work. H. D. Jones, a: ~istant State mine inspector, is o he ground. Thurned Up the House. The home of Mrs. H-enry, w-ho cot icted a boarding house, in Fo: Will was burned. It caught fro: wEros(ne spilled or. the floor. whic o keen from learirg an ugly spo :ns set fire to b:>rnl off. The cil ha tCowd inlto a crzat and soon the fir 'ot beyonld control. The Souith American Way. paraoguayan revolution aries has rtured President Liberto R'ojas an re/| him to reign. SOUCh RLVENGE "Yc Have Taken My Life aid Nw Il Take Youn," Says Murderer. AS HE STRUCK AT JUROR Man Convicted c- "urder Leaps in a Frenzy Toward the Jury 3ox, and Tried to Strike the Nearest of the Jurors Who Had Doomed Him to I Death. The New York World says never before in the history of the criminal courts in that city was witnessed such a scene as Tuesday night after Jos eph Ferrone had bcn found guilty in General Sessions before Judge Fos ter of murder in Lhe first degree. The clerk of the court had just taken the "pedigree" of Ferrone when the con victed man shouted: "My wife has taken her life, you have taken mine; now I will take. yours." Ferrone attempted to leap over the railing. He tried to strike George W. I Cammock, ju'n-' No. 6, who was near est him. The jurors mo7ed back ward in their ceats. Four court off cers leaped upon ts prisoner but he shook them off. Then Ferrone loaned back 11s head and with his .right hand commenced sawing at his throat with a piece of glass. Blood flowed from his wound. From every part o^ the court room men rushed towar4 the prisoner. Capt.. Fanning was first to get hold o.' Ferrone%. rigut hand. "Let go! Let go!" the doomed man yelled. "Handcuff him!" shouted. Capt. O'Brien, the Judge's confidential man. Two pairs of handcuffs were snapped on Ferrone. The four court attendants lifted tl-e crazed wife murderer and carried him, strug gling, out of the- court room. In front of the jury box several pieces of glass were found. How Ferrone got the glass -is not kown. They seem to be pieces of the crystal cf a watch. They were handed to Judge Foster, who placed them In ar; envelope, which was sealed by ulerk Spinney. Quiet had not been restored when Judge Foster told the jurors they might go home. When they reached the corridor Mr. Gammock, the ju ror, collapsed, failing on the back of his head. He was picked up uncon scious, carried into a jury room and laid on a.table. There were cr!e; for a physician. Finally Dr. Gottlieb Sternberg of No. 541 East One Hundred and Thirty eighth street, who had been in the -t.urt room, came. It took him some time to bring Mr. Gammock back to cnsciousness. Judge Fostier snd Mr. Whitman both assigned officers to ac con pany the juror to his home. In the mean time I'errone 1;ad been d! agged across the Bridge of Sighs and into the Tombs. His shrieks aroused other prisoners and soon the word had been passed along that Ferrone had been found guilty of murder. Keepers removed the handcuffs from his wrists. A long strap was then procured and Ferrone was tied s he cou.ld not move- legs or hands. "If he makes any trouble," said the night keeper, ''we will put the straight-jacket on him and lash him to his bunk." Ferrone frothed at the mouth. He swore he would kill everybody who had anything to do with bringing about his conviction. He said he would never die m the electrc chair. "I never witnessed such a scene in all the years I have been on the bench" said Judge Foster to a re porter for The World last night. "It was a just verdict. He had a fair trial and his lawy.3r did all he could for him. Ferrone told a story the jury did not believe." Ferrone is suspected by Deputy Police Commissioner Dougherty and I Lspector Hughes, in charge of the Detective Bureau, of being the slayer oftev-ya-l Mamie Cunning ham, wowas rtrangled to death on May 30, 1896. LHer body was found 10 front of a little shrine in her bed rom in her widor-ed mother's flat, at No. 315 East Thirty-seventh street. For two days Ferrone had been on trial for murdering his wife, Katie, wos'e throat he cub with a :azor the ie"ening of Oct. '44 last. Assistant District-Attorney IJanley had pre sented the State's case with dertpatch. - Attorney Campbell, for Ferrocne, bfd j called only one witness, the defend ,ant. Ferrone had tcld the~ jury his wife committed suicide while they I were struggling for possessign of a -razor. He had admitted having served a term for burglary in the Elmira -Reformatory and a.so that he had beer. Imprisoned in Italy for an as .sault upon a woman. kFound1 Dead in the Snow. e The Columbia State says L. M. e~irms a white man about thirty vers of age., was found dead Men e 'y mornier~ beside3 the embankment - o. the Southern Railway, in thie vi 2ciity of McCreery's pasture, with is neck dislocated. Previous to this te dead man's brother, W. M. Mimms, was found almost frozen -: iout a quarter cet a mile from the tplace where the darl man was found. Hardl Hit by Big Fire. ,' At Lexington Wednesday fire de d stroyed the building of the Home National Bank in which was located the Citizens Telephon~e Company, the Kaufmannf Drug Company, the. office of Dr. James J1. Wingard, the~ office ' o Dr. Frank G. Roberts and the of d flees of T. C. Callison, Esq. entail ia tonal loss of about $20,000.*