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VOL. XIII.
M'fllF f,0FQ '
in Wt VJV/LW
Confesses Murder of Hi
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Just P
was stfanv nr \fdvf m thf r\n
Charlottesville Wife-Murderer Meets
Death Without a Tremor, Walking
Unassisted to the Place?No Statement
Forthroming When Asked at
the Last Moment if He Had Anything
to Say, But a Written Confession
Was Given Out After the
Execution by His Spiritual Advisers.
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Charlottesville, Va., Special.?Without
a tremor, J. Samuel McCue met
death on the scaffold at 7.35 o'clock
Friday morning for wife-murder.
Hardly had his struggles ceased when
his confession was given out by his
three spiritual advisors, Revs. U. L.
Petrie, H. li. Lee, and John B. Thompson.
McCiio listened calmly to the
reading of the death warrant, and
when Sergeant Rogers asked, "Do you
think that if 1 gave you my arm you
would be able to walk to the scaffold?"
Ho replied calmly, "I can walk without
your aid." On the way he stumbled
once or twice and the oilicefs offered
assistance. It was not needed,
however. Thorn was 110 weakness.
MeCue bad
_ ?MJI|JVW Wll I liv J 1
zon snow.
No Statement to Make.
Hoforo he placed the rope about MeCue's
neck. Sergeant Rogers put tiis
arm over the condemned man's shoul
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J. SAMU
tiers and whispered something to him.
When everything was ready Mr. Rogers
again spoke to McCue. asking him
if he had anything to say. "Nohe at
all." was his answer. The trap was
sprung, and ninteen minutes afterward
McCue was pronounced dead of strangulation.
I lis neck was not broken.
The body will be taken to Brookvllle
for lnirial.
Confession as Given Out.
"J. Samuel McCue stated this morning
in our presence and requested us
to make public that he did not wish to
Broke Into Jewelry Store.
Suffolk, Special.?The jewlrv store
of II. L. Brewer & Son. owned by R.
B. Brewer. Jr.. former mayor, was entered
and robbed. The burglars got in
by prying tip with a crowbar a sill under
a read window. The practical loss
,imic ?li?f? *.r --- -
.... .... ....... ?.i uiLiura icii, ior repair.
A $300 cash resistor was destroyed.
but only $1 in cash was taken. Mr.
llrower cannot ascertain his exact loss,
hut it is estimated at between $500 and
3700.
May Pur.ish Atchison Road.
Washington Special Attorney Genoral
Moody has appointed Judsop Harts*
n. of Cincinnati, who was atiorncj
general during the S"c* ml administration
of ;-re-.i.h nt Cicyeland, and Frederick
X. .Tudson, a prominent lawyer
of St. l.ouis. to investigate the al:
ged action of the At hi son, Topeka
& Santa e'e Railroad In granting rebates
to the Colorado fuel Iron Company.
This < lnpioynient is with the
view of la? ing legal proceedings
against the company, if. after an Invcstig'itlon.
such proceeding's seem jttstilie
I. Roth lav.yc.s have accepted the
appointment.
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TO SCAFFOLD
is Wife and Pays Law's
'enally
leave this world with suspicion resting
on any human being other than him- I
self: that ho alone was responsible !
for the deed, impelled to it by an evil
power beyond his control, and that he
recognized his sentence as just."
J. Samuel MeCuc was lt'? years old
and twice had been mayor of the city
of Charlottesville. The tragedy for ;
which hi> rvniil thr> nnnnltu i nwlnil
I more interest than any other crime ;
i that has occurred in the State
in the past quarter of a century.
Story of the Crime.
On Sunday night, September 4, McCue
accompanied his wife to church
and they returned home about 9.15
o'clock. Within 15 minute* after tlic.v
had repaired to their room to retire
for the nigat the city was aroused by
| messages announcing the murder of |
I Mrs. McCue, and friends, physicians, ;
and officers hurried to the McCue j
1 home. Mrs. McCue was found dead
! in the bath room, and McCue was lying
on this floor with an abrasian on
his check and feigning unconsciousness.
Ho later asserted that the attack
had been made by an unknown j
white man who had climbed through a
window. Mrs. McCue had been dealt
a blow that broke her nose and her
left, ear had almost been severed by
a second blow. Death was caused by I
a gunshot wound just above the heart.
McCue never was able to explain the
presence in the bath room of a small
piece of cotton undershirt which fitted
exactly a torn place in the shirt which
he had on when the officers arrived.
. The women figured in the reports clr
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I
E - McCUE,
i culated <iS to the cause of the murder, i
'and a. letter tilled with endearing languago
sent him by one ?>f his women
c lients was produced at the trial. Mo- t
Cue had quarrelled with his wife a '
number of times. She was 40 years
old and the mother of four children.
The coroner's jury held MjrCuo for the i
! murder three days after it occurred,
| and he had since been confined in the j
jail, vehemently protesting his innocence,
His trial was concuided Nov-j
ember 5. and he was convicted, the
jury being out. only 20 minutes.
Judge Campbell to be a Candidate.
Richmond?Special?It is reported
that former Judge Clarence J. Camp- l
boll will be a candidate for the legislature
from Amherst county this year.
Judge Campbell was removed from the
Amherst county bench by the legislature
'or rowhiding Rev. Mr. Crawford, j
of the \nti-Saloon League. He had
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.......... .i ,?ii. oi.h.m'ki or ine cnargo
of contempt of his court.
Fire in Jacksonville Jail.
Jacksonville, Fla. -Special ? What
the <>fi": ""J" believe t<> have bcejr an efI/on
< a the part of a negro prisoner
to escaj by rettin-r tiie jail on fire1
re?:'lt"i in one negro being klllcl by!
! seoi .-atIon and 1"> escaping. The cries
j of fire in the Ita nl>; rry Park chy jail. |
; rhortly after 1 o'clock, awoke Jailer
Pay an, \ ho ru f: mi hlr. room to
I ti e corridor to run rtain th?? troubl".'
.A' he <! the door leading intothe
,il proper ;> dense sn.ok?> crr.nc
mailing (oWanl hint. lie immediately '
went to < a h 11 an 1 released the
prlroners, and tin :i rent in the alarm. I
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)RT MILL, S. C., WED1
SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE
The House and Senate Getting Down
to Solid Work.
The entire time of the senate Tuesday
night was devoted to a discussion
if ihe ten circuit bill and the end is ,
not yet. The apponents of the bill
founded their speeches on constutional
technicalities but the supporters took
a broader view and held that no mere
technicalities should stand in the way
of progress and relief from congestion
in the courts.
Senator Brown moved to postpone
the consideration of the bill until the \
next session but Senator Hood moved
to table this.
COMMITTER REPORTED.
The joint committee appointed from
the house and senate during the session
of 1904 to investigate the books,
and accounts of the State officers, yes
teryday mnde their report to the gen- !
eral assembly. The report on the secretary
of state's office appears on the
face of it to be a condemnation or
rather a relinks of lax methods of that ,
office. The committee has been thor-i
ougli in its investigation and has not j
spared words.?Columbia State.
HOUfeK.
By a vote of t'.s to 111 the house of
representatives Tuesday night put it
self on record
nal "Hiiro bill." This bill was introduced
by Mr. Toole of Aiken, and was
the identical bill presented liv Senator
Hrice of York last year. The vote
last year was 4'J to ?>?'>. the majority
being in favor of placing the odious
half tax on the counties voting out
the dispensary.
Among the new bills introduced
were:
Senator Uut.h r?Fixing the time for
holding courts in the several circuits
This bill is conditional to the passage
of the ten circuit bill.
Senator Hutler?T? incorporate the
Cherokee. tJnion and Spartanburg railway.
Senator MeCmvnn To incorporate
the Reedy River Power Company.
At the morning session e?" the senate
third reading bills 011 the calendar
were read and debate begun on the
10 circuit lull but this was interrupted
by the visit of the house so that acts
might be ratified.
ACT RATIFIED.
Debate was then curtailed by the en
trance of the speaker and elerk to
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..imi y ,i< i i luiiuf iiii r> laws as pillow*:
To allow county treasurer of Chester
to borrow funds.
To prohibit trespass.
To allow Clio school district in Marlboro
to issue bonds.
To dispense of all moneys in Si ate
treasury known as direct tax funds.
Ceding to government certain land ;
on Snilivan's Island.
Amending law relating to powers of
trustees of the S. C. M. A.
For the protection of aids to navi- j
gation established by the failed
States lighthouse board.
Fixing liability of stockholders in
banks.
After ratification was over it was
not long until the senate adjourned
until evening.
The house sent word that it refused
to include traction engines in the pro- i
visions of the automobile bill and the j
president appointed Senators Mcl-eod
and Warren as members of a conference
committee on tilts amendment.
The historical commission bill from \
the house, was amended on motion of
Senator C. I>. Bleaso by reducing the :
salary of the clerk from $1,200 to
$1,000. The bill which the senate sent
to the house had the amount of $1,000. j
The bill known as the matrimonial
law was killed.
The House, by a vote of 77 to 20. ,
refused to kill Mr. L.. O. Patterson's j
hill for the establishment, of an industrial
school for boys at. a cost of
$15,000. It then passed, the bill amend- ;
ed so as to reduce the amount to
000, but requiring the penitentiary poo- i
pie to furnish the necessary convicts !
without expense for the construction of I
the original buildings. An amendment 1
also requires three of the seven trus- !
tecs to he women. The board is to |
select the place for the school.
The Senate passed the tenth circuit j
bill, amended so as not to interfere 1
with the present arrangements regard- j
lug judges and solicitors. It makes a '
ninth circuit out of Greenville, Ander- |
5<>n$ Oconee and Pickens, and a tenth j
circuit out of Charleston, Beaufort and i
Berkeley.
Answering the invitation to address
the Assembly on the 9th. in the inter- i
est of the Jamestown Exposition, Gen- !
eral Fitzhugh l.ee wired his regrets j
from Washington, saying that on that
day the matter would come up in Congress.
and he could not reach South
Carolina. He suggested tlint, the mat
niiiiu m- in n'licicd to next year, j
but thou Kb t it might lie host for the .
Senate to take action now along tho !
lines suggested in his letter of a few
days ago.
One of the interesting features of
House legislation so far was the de- j
tisive majority with which that body 1
last night passed the Toole bill, which j
eliminates the tax feature from the
T'ii< e act, allowing counties to vote out '
their dlen usuries. The Senate has
hilie i a somewhat similar measure, but
the Senate hill went further, and a'- '
lowed not only counties, hut communities,
to vote out their dispensaries,
and the jr; aids of the Toole bill nr
by n>? means discouraged with the
prospects el its passing the ;? n.iic.
To hold ties proviso of half a mill tn
>vt : the heads of tko.-.e counties desiring
ctr which might desire to vote
out their dispensaries is looked upon
as t threat, which is 1. inj; re> a,
The handwriting upon the wnil has
Iv en brought into ! old relief by the
ration " the j, , which com ..
fr< . ht t from 'ho p ipl .
!n the Hot; e of Heave nt dive
T'.l.l-i- !nv . - "' ' '
v.:' .in ti 0:1
Mi'.l'.'fi r. oil's bill : > r;;tn'li .1 an industrial
ixhool for I- .
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MESDAY. FEBRUARY
The ten-hour labor bill was killed, ,
as was also the inheritance tax bill.
Col. D. O. Herbert's bill to codify
the militia laws of tlie State was '
passed by the House. Col. Herbert explained
that the laws of this State are
in imperfect condition, and the bill
would re-enact these laws with a number
of desirable changes. The bill provides
for no appropriation, although it
does increase the salary of the adju- .
tant general from $1,500 to $1,000. lie
showed some instances in which there )
is r.o warrant of law for the militia organization;
there is no statute to provide
for three majors to a regiment, although
every regiment has three majors
to comply with the manner of organization
in other States. There was
no opposition to the bill.
The house gave second reading to the
ways and means committee's bill to
provide for a committee of live to inspect
the hooks and vouchers of the
State treasurer, comptroller general,
secretary of state and sinking fund
comillissinn Tllo ..nrnrnin.... I..... 1- ?
toforo consisted of three members. but
Mr. M<isps explained that the work is j
very heavy and the committee ran save
time by having :t large number of
members and dividing the work.
The Senate recurred to the ten circuit
bill and made a slight change.
In joint session acts were ratified as
follows:
Issuing s le.ol lion Is in district No.
:h; in Orangeburg.
Amending the a. i requiring payment
of Met nse fees (coin ens an error 1.
Relating to hoard of trustees of |
Presbyterian College of South Cam- ;
Una.
Having State Treasurer issue dupli- *
eate instead of triplicate receipts.
Aincndiug law relating to primary
olec t ions.
Ratifying charter of Parr Shoals
Power company.
Allowing eoftntv com mission ts of
Lee to borrow money.
Relating to bond issue for court
house at Camden.
Electing town atulitor for I'nion.
Validating sale of two lots in Darlington
to C. \V. Hewitt.
lt? luting to s; hools districts of Marion.
Mullins Dillon and Latta.
I'txiug time for electing t ustec.. in
ISaslev school district.
Providing tor ienjipraisemont and
luxation or certain abandoned rice
Holds.
Authorizing town of Wagoner to is31:0
bonds.
Authorising school ilistriii No. of
Orangeburg to issue bonds.
Authorizing school district No. To in
Orangeburg to issue bonds.
Developing duties of board of public
works on town council and treasurer
and clerk of (lUfi'ncy.
Although the Senate was too dignified
to confess it. it adjourned until
11 o'clock this morning so that the
senators might go to the minstrels
last evening. There was no night session.
as all wanted to attend the theatre.
The Clemson Bill.
Debate began Friday In the senate
on the Pollock bill. This is the house
bill to establish at Wintlirop an inspection
bureau to examine fertilizers.
Clemson now derives the total income
front the privilege tax and if the bill
passes the senate Wintlirop will he a
part beneficiary in it.
The bill has been on the calendar i
for some time, ever since it came over
from the house. Senator W. J. Johnson
lias on the senate calendar a sinv
ilnr bill but he will let it rest now
that the Pollock bill has arrived.
A good deal of speech making was
engaged In Friday on this hill, but no
action was taken. Its consideration
occupied both the morning and even
ing session.
The house of representatives lias
declined to pass any legislation ti
amend the dispensary law. Saturday
the senate bill was considered as a
substitute for Mr. I!rant ley's bill, and
the whole matter was indefinitely post
polled after a long fight.
Will Iiici 'case Levy.
The "supply bill," or the bill to lis
the levy for taxes for t he current
year, was gi<en second reading in the
house of representatives Hut unlay
The levy for State and county pur
poses is raised in the hill front f> ti
1-2 mills. This is the tlrst time in
two score years that the levy has ex
eeeded 5 mills. This hill occupied prac
tically the entire time in the House.
In the Senate routine business only
was considered. Many members wer?
absent.
Bad Blizzard in the South.
Memphis. Tenn., Special.- With a
blizzard raging in north and east Texas
and rain and sleet falling in many
districts in Louisiana. Mississippi and
Tennessee, weather conditions arc decidedly
worse than at any time since
Mie present storm began. A blizzard ;
has been sweeping over the cattle ran
ches of western Texas for two days
and tonight shows no sign of abatement.
Thousands of cattle arc reported
to be suffering ami in many ca.soi
totally deprived of water.
Situation in Poland Serious.
St. Petersburg, Ity Cable. ?For the
moment the startling crime in llelsingfors
has withdrawn attention from the
strike situation throughout Russia.
Tuesday's events in Poland and Cru- '
casus, howov* r, are quite serious
enough i*i themselves. Mist; dors in the
smaller industrial towns in Poland
Jinw ndilcd rt.ore iii;in a : -nro to the
tntjil of tlir- killed, and 'ramps have
hi-. ;i : :.t to War i\v anil Kutno r !
it ilis v.pft of Warsaw! to cjit 11 ttpri
i?i -.? there. The : tr:!:. >ndi ions In
On v.s are i.< i aiitiK wort" an 1 tr:uI.
-tt ilie 'J'rart:-t'aui asian it liiv. is
ll'.tt : 1
Athletics Enl.-.rrc G r' H 'ads
A No. 0 than
t?io li* !;:< fi? ye:; a".o. The ;
. iris 11:y - ' tic a.:d j
ti.^-ir h: ; 1 :;v- ;rown.
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15, 1905.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS
Records in the Office Not in a Satisfactory
Condition For a Considerable
Period.
The report of the legislature speeial
summit tee to examine the books of
State officers in part as follows:
To tiie General Assembly of South
Carolina:
Your committee appointed to make
piarterly examination of the offices of
he State treasurer, comptroller general.
sinking fund commissioners air'
lie secretary of state beg to report:
That they have examined the hook
)f accounts of tl.o above named officers
Jnd find the offices of State treasurer,
'?mptroller general and sinking fund
orrect. with proper vouchers, the ofIccs
and the hooks neatly and well
\opt. ami the committee, with pleasure.
ouimemi the efficiency :in<! courtesy of
ho officers am! assistants in these several
departments. i
Appended are statement from the
iooks of the several departments.
We hep; to call attention to the fact
hat the office of the comptroller general
is sorely in need of cases, etc.. for
lie preservation of the valuable records
11 that office. Papeifc of great value
ire compelled to he left uncovered and
mprotected for lai k of safe and convenient
places to (lie them, and should
i lire occur in that office, as did occur
n the secretary state's office, the
loss would he irreparable and nothing
would he saved except such records and
hooks as can he ami are kept in the
ll ready crowded safe. We earnestly
urge supplying this office with proper
fixtures and tlm? ?nrri. '
.ii>|ir?i|iriaiim
he made fur this purpose at this
session. " * *
As to the seretary of state's office,
the report says:
Tliis office lias not been iui-lmlcil in
in- examinations lieretofore, hut last
year tliis additional duty was placed
>n this committee and it has been an
uierons. unpleasant and extremely difficult
matter to ascertain the exact
and true condition of the finances of
this office due to many reasons which
we will atenint to show later on.
When we tir: t went to this office in
April, lfitii. we were infor. e.l tint we
:ould conclude our labors ' in Id minutes"
and were shown the hank hooks
and a mere statement of amc..i::tsr aggregate.
rein ive 1 in that office and
amount paid State treasurer. On in.istlng
tltat we came for a real examination
we were bogged for time to prepare
books, etc. However, your committee
went to work, but soon found, on
account of the absence of books and
improper entries of cash received,
wrong and improper entries made in
the books furnished, which had boon
badly kept. Your committee feeling the
need of a thorough examination adjourned
and secured the services of an
accountant. Mr. .1. Hollis of (Jaffney.
3. and with his valuable assistance
made up a hook of every item we could
tind and was furnished by Mr. it. M.
McCown, the assistant clerk, said hook
being now in llio possession <>f your
ommittee. After adjourning and hofore
our return with Mr. Mollis many
?erasures anil corrections were made on
the books attempted to lie kept. The
inly way we could do was to handle
each declaration for charter, return,
application for notary public -in fact
every paper during Mr. (lantt's admin
(ration. Seeing that considerable time
would be consumed in this examination.
we did not feel justified in going
back of his term without express authority.
so did not do so. but feel now
that Ibis should be done by the committee
to lie appointed.
In comparing the return of corporators
to the charters that were rerorded.
we found some unrecorded and
others eroneously recorded, such as
where a < barter ha I been granted in
the sum of .*11,000, same was recorde I
as having been issued ia tbe sum of
$.10,000. Tills work we did not eomplete
>n account of a very damaging lire in
the office whore, principally, all records
were kept, and since that time we have
been unable to do any sin h work, for
the books were badly injured, hence
such examination was necessniily suspended.
in many cases we found where over
collections had been made, aggregating
ranging from .10 rents to $77.10.
There was no evidence that these various
items had been returned to the
proper parties, but on the contrary,
the secretary of state informed us we
"ha>l nothing to do with these excess
amounts, as that was a matter between
himself and the parlies sending
them." We do not ag:ee to such a
proposition. On the hook which was
suunosed to he kent items were left off
entirely. To illustrate: Camperdown
mills, elinrtere:! April HO. 1001; charter
lee $100, and others.
Improper amounts credited to State;
I'lickhaber Bros., Charleston; charter
fee $.",p; amount State credited with,
$:March 2 !. 1001. We feel compelled
to rimdi'inn this carelssness in handling
the people's money and in not
keeping proper entries of all moneys
coming through the office, also the
method that has prevailed in many instances
where a credit system has been
allowed. To give an instance, the N'orris
Cotton mills, charter increased on
April 10, 10011; charter fee $.~>U; amount
r eived after chart" r issued, $nr>; and
the claim was niad< that the late Col.
I ). K. Noi l is colli" a Cd liial "the mice
already owed '> m Ki:bor this
money is lost to the St:it<' or is a los
to the secretary of state; at nnv at
surli pr;icl. e shoul i ln> (iiscont iai.e I.
Tin re are ohor iim?uin< Tin - > Ileum
i.T over-col leetinmy1 may have l.i- m i<
tnrm I. l>n( wo linyo ?n? ? \ ? n<? t>."
a:no. Your comiiiiiti <> i: c ounii. nil < .'
mi' instance wh<fit there I... hecu a
i iniii!. The linj i r v.. - r.\nt"il on
February 2:t, lOtAt. ami n ..1:1 I ma
Juno 2::. 1004, alter these mat or., ha i
lain culled to the a;t nt in of l'i..
oliice,
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NO. 4 7.
We regret to report that "all moneys"
have not been paid over "quarterly"
to the State treasurer as is required
bv law. same being held, in some
j instanees. considerable time after the
expiration of the several quarters.
Your committee begs to report that,
as the repor* of receipts and disbursements
will slow, hereto appended, the
secretary of state has deposited in
bank several hundred dollars in excess
of the amounts shown by his books or
evidenced by proper vouchers in his
office, as having been collected for fees.
In this amount, no doubt, is included
some of these excess collections sent
by mistake by different parties
throughout the State and which do not
belong to the State, but should be refunded
to the proper parties when the
charters were issued.
We found by mere chance that one
item of $102.50 for charter of the Union
Warehouse company of Columbia, ehar;
tered on the 15th day of January. 1002.
during Mr. Cooper's administration.
I was presented for payment in June.
1!)04. and lias not yet been turned over
to the State treasurer, being, we are
informed, now in the office of seerefary
of state. There may be other items of
Mr. linntt's predecessor still outstanding.
but. as we stated, v.e did not go
bark that far.
A Distressing Accident.
Klloree. Special. - Charles Livingston,
a young man about til years old. while
adjusting a belt at A. L. Otts' ginnery
was caught in the shafting and both
aims and legs were broken. The body
of the young man was wrapped
around the shafting in a most torturing
manner, mutilating the ilesh of his
legs and breast before assistance could
reach him. Medical aiil was quickly
summoned and till that is possible is
being done to save the voting man. At
this writing the patient is resting fairl
well, luit grave nonius as to his recovery
are held.
As to Duke's Sanity.
New York. Special. The question of
whether Urodle L. lbikc. of Durham.
N. is competent to manage himself
and his property, was suhmittc I to a
jury l?y a decision of Justice Lcventrilt,
in the Supreme Court. The petition
for a commission to decide
whet Iter M Duke is competent was
lilc l by his son. It. Laurence Duke The
motion was opopre.l by Mis Alice
Webb Duke, to whom Duke \\n .married
in December last.
Man Charged With Asault Escapes.
Marion, N. Special. News reached
In ve, ili.it Ail' Hooper attempted to as:mil
tlie IT. yen -old daugiit< r of John
J. Spmitse at Denning. in this county,
on the night of the sth. lloop.er had
her n working for Sprouse that day. and
only lived a short distance front Mr.
S-proUSC. He went into the .sleeping
room of the Uirl ami she awoke and
called, thinking it was her father, and
then 11 roper ran off. making good his
escape. He was tracked this way tint it
he came to Marion and took the train
for Tennessee.
Oil Men Support Kansas.
Toledo, () . Special. At a meeting
Sunday of the Oil Men's Association,
composed of ern le oil producers in
the Trenton rock-nil fields of Ohio and
Indiana, the situation in Kansas was
discussed hy the 150 or 10 members
present, and resolutions wore unaiiimoiilv
adopted that the State of Kansas
is entitled to the sympathy and
moral support of the oil trade everywhere
in its contest wit 1 i the Standard
Oil Company.
More Election Laws Needed.
Washington, Special.--The House
committee of merchant marine and
fisheries ordered a. favorable report on
six of the eigh' bills introduced by
ttie bureau of navigation to make mora
oTieient the steamboat regulation laws,
whose inadt quacy was exposed with
horrifying effect by means of the Slocuin
disaster.
Village Taken.
St. Petersburg. Ry Cable.?The Emperor
has received the following <iispateh
from (Jeneral Kuropatktn: "The
Jafanese during the night of .January
ill attacked I >j:nn;i nenan. on tho
lef' imtili of tin I tun river, opposite
Chaugtan. They captured the village,
but su' sequent ly were driven out, with
great, loss. Toe Russian casualties
were loo. The Japanese, alter a sei
vero cannonade, re-attacked our forces
at Djantnichenan at noon February 1.
I Tin- Russians first retired, but ultimately
rcoeeupiod ihe village. though
outlying posts are in the bands of the
enemy."
Attorney's Services Valuable.
T. 1). Shea. :iti attorney of Nantieoko,
J'a., hns ju t rotiirn<asl victor in
a >u suit uaalust the Hnsqin hnn
i::i Coal O iinpanv. Ho suorl f.,r $r,,:in()
i : 1 < .'I ' iv.r i'Mriii'4 th< fcroat
? al strike of two \ tits ae.o. The
corri|i.'i:y, a part < f the IViui ylvanla
j railroad y i > i. was unwii'in^ to j ay
i, r?::;? sr? n. claiming that was
I" iiayav.it for Hi'" service rendered.
Mr. Sh'-a i:- ovrr mx loot tali
and built proportionately. It was
hold by tho counsel that tii ; proscnce
r.lov omoim tli i.trikrr, kept tliem
f:\iin liiiriniiiK tho company's property.
Tho jury took ih<- same view and
( awarded hint !j
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