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FORT MILL TIMES. ( VOL, XIV. FORT MILL, S? C? WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19. HK>5. NO. 1. \ 111 ' ? I OPINIONS OF 1 Parker and Bryan Expli Jeffersonian * ? TWO NOTEWORTUY ADDRESSES Former Nominee Parker, Mayor McClelland, Senator Newlands and Others Address 700 Democrats at the Waldorf-Astoria, Parker Receiving an Enthusiastic Hearing. \nw Vnr!, q?anlal ,Ca?a? v..? -i ? - > -~ i v?i vii iiimurcu Democrats attended the Jefferson day banquet of the Democratic' Club of New York at tbo Waldorf-Astoria IThvrs lay night. There were mnnv there of national reputation, and chief among these were J id go Alton 13. Darker. Democratic nondnco for President last November. In the banquet room portraits of Jefferson were conspicuous. In addition to Mr. Parker, ibo speakers were United Slates Senator Newlands. of Nebraska, Mayor M? ^ellan, of Now York. Congressman Henry T. Itainey, of Illinois, nn 1 J. J. Willett, of Alabama. Senator Carmsck, of Tennessee, was ihc only cno of those expected to sreak who could not attend. Mr. Parker was the first sneaker, and he was cnthjsleally received. Frequently he was In erruptol by applause. The speech v 13 on the future of the Democratic pa. ty and was replete with suggestion* for harmony and urgent appeals a-alnst sectionalism. John Fox, president of the club, presided, and bis brief speech introducing Judge Darker was applauded. Mr. Parker said: I do not come here iO make excuse or explanation about tic past, to promote any personal purpose or ambition for the future, or to farther the ends of any section, faction or interest. I am moved solely bv a desire to com mum- freely with my ccuntryn. n who believe that the time-honored doctrine.;' of the Democratic party, as deduced from the great policies defined by the man whoso birth we he-e commemorate, and established by the founders are still true, still alive, still worthv of acceptance and devotion, and still necessary, if our institutons are to bo maintained in their eatfy vigor and purity. It may he conceded that they arc not new-fangled or hys erical. We can also justify the clatm that they are not destructive to ary legitimate political or industrial interests, or subverse to those conceptions of liberty and free institutions for which our fathers suffered. They hive approved themselves in peace and war. Under their sway, our people itcreased !n number, wealth and pow.-r, the poor and oppressed from other lands found refuge and welcome, population spread gradually over territories peacefully acquired, and industry wat free, while taxes were low and so distributed as to discourage monopoly. When these principles dominated our policies there was no thought of conqifst, or o* protectorates over distant, alien, and turbulent peoples; there was no talk of alliance with the great; to question of making ourselves co lectors of debts, good, bad, just or 'raudulent; and no suspicion that anywiere in tho lexicon of free government there was to be found the word "subject." SOME ELEMENTS IN RECENT. POLITICS. We meet after defeat which was easy to foresee anil predicted. It was preceded by division and faction in our | rankt over a period of eight years and , they have done their worst. It wac j i?.i u l III' UCV UL gUVCIUiUClUUi power for partisan purposes, by the reckless and unprecedented expenditure of money and by demagogic appeals to interests as wide apjrt as the poles. Wo have left to us only the smallest measure of power in either I house of Congress; v;o have lost) States whose confidence wc 'tad long) By Wire and Cable. A large fleet of warships ind colliers is reported to "Tiave tic n seen 260 miles northeast of Madagascar. steaming east. The allotments of the new Japanese loan were oversubscribed many times In the various money centers of the vorld. Secretary Hay arrived a* C? braltar nueh improved in health. The House of Commons adopted a r otion declaring that the Chamberl?ln flccnl nrncrom u'niiM rlotrimPn* t.l to the shipping interests. The situation in Macedonia U giving rise to some anxiety and notice ha-, bjen served on the Cretan insurgents to disarm in 36 hours, on pain of international intervention. ' State Treasurer Lacy issues a circular advertising for bids for $2"0.000 In 4 per cent, bonds authorized by the rtcent. Legislature to run eight years. Bids nuift bo submitted by noon May 10th and bo accompanied by ceitifled checks on a basis of 31,000 for bid lor 9?? ,000 in bonds. | \ 1 ,1 u ^ PWO LEADERS sin Different Views of Democracy cu'niuiandcd, and tyie number of Governors and State legislatures under our control is surprisingly small. We may, however, recall that this is not the first tiniq that the party has been in what seemed to he a hopeless minority. H wfis m from isoo to is<?7 when a great wfoig which has been far-rcaching in its effects upon morals and justice, left if in a minority for another eight, years >ut when its condition was least encouraging, it was still the same contistent advocate ot patriotic and nianlt policies as when it was in the full lueiititude of power during the first, sixty years of the last century. Rallying about its natural leaders?as courageous and patriotic as any known to ournniiii.n siot.?.. it was then, as atwajs, its virtue to he a national party. Tiese leaders kept themselves in touch with every question of current interev In every hamlet of the I'nion. Nothing AmcMcau was alien to them. POWER OP THE 'ARTY AS A MINORITY. During the Civil \Yai more than ">00.000 Democrats stood ? \ each side of the firing lines of the two great armies which faced each lUicr. all believing themselves right, v.n the morrow of Appomattox, they, tie victors and the vanquished. It ad scattered to their respective homes, all l*nt upon promoting peace, all undeV.tanding each other in tficii trirla, nil lacing the same great prohloms. In the foulest or all days in oar nationalllife?there of so-called reconstruction?V hose soldiers largely recruited from o her peaceful, patriotic men in the Norti. were found voting together. During this period then came to the front in our national c our. lis the great historic figures of Thurma . Hendricks, l.nyard. Seymour. Hancot:, McClellan and Tllden. In the face f prejudices and opposition, which migtt well have daunted the bravest, thes^ men were able to combat and to ov rcome that sectional policy which at ?ne time almost dominated the who country. Whc n. in spite of aggrcs ons, fairly divided lie t ween the misuse of military power, and deliberate, stuted corruption of the suffrage, thes' men had been successful, they were reiuforced by bamar, George, HomT-on. Hill, Vance. Morgan, Vest and \i'any other strong and patriotic men from the South. Added to these leaders, v o. in the field of national politics, so 1 >bly united to combat human passi n at its worst estate, were hundreds.?f thousands of sturdy men in the N >th, who, as Governors, members of ite Legislatures. committeemen o every grade, and private citizens, c.vrled the struggle of free government own into the smallest political division of the country. Everything was wo. except the presidency, in spite of wh-h Democracy was able from ISfiS tc 1885 <o keep at hay the enemies of g?od will. NO ROOM FOR SECTIONALISM. So, too. there is altogether to much talk about an Eastern, n We<ern, a Southern, or some other Demcracy, when the essence of the part; is its national character and the entre absence of sectional features. Th control of the party machine in on city or another, in this or that SLte, or even in the coiyitry. is not a intter either important or interesting a the great body of Democrats. THE KIND OP ORGANlZATdN NEEDED. t I would not for a moment ciP'ey an impression that organization i ?>ot important. It ir even more it is i>il, if we are to give effect to the prini Be and polieirs which buttress our jiDy faith. But. however necessary am \\tal. it may he useless?a mere ci pty bauble?if it Is viewed as the end i ther than the means. We arc confro ted by forces which, when not purely arsenal. are almost wholly mechan al. They are represented by a party, w-llmanaged. Indeed, in that two-th'-ds of the Union to which it restricts its activities, it has everything that pt .( nape can suggest or Imply. In eiitrn for favors received it sells to he highest bidder or freely gives he Big Deal in Oil. Beaumont, Tex., Special.?The latest deal in oil ever made in the Souh took place Friday. Messrs. Carrn., J3HSS <V IJeucKeilsieiu, ui Di-nuuiui , purchasing from Messrs. Laortel Caffcrty, of Franklin, 1.750.000 barre; of. oil in storage at Jennings. Tlsale gives the purchasers a total ?* 3,000.000 barrels in storage at Jet nings. Greenville, S. C.. To Have a Permar | ent Fair?Striving to Raise $15,000. Greenville. Special?The people this city have for several week 0eei striving hard for the organlza ;on of i permanent fair association. Subscriptions lists were circulated last. weoV an 1 at. a meeting of the subscribers held in the council chamber last evenin?;. a permanent organization was ef fected. The name of the association wil he the Piedmont Fair Association. The meeting last night was harmonious tint! more than one hundred sub scsihers were present. The total sub scrlption to date amounts to $10,250. I' ; is the purpose of the directors to rais< ' $15,000. It is thought the Greenvillt I Traction comnan;- will be calle.l upoi J to assist in raising the remainder. I powers of government. Nothing that ' the ingenuity of monopoly can suggest. as within its scope or interest, is withheld. When we can control once again thfcso for the higher politics, we shall have iittlfi. iieh:l f.ct 1 rouble ourselves overmuch about cati(lidatCB for President, because we shall have laid, deep and strong in the people's will, the necessary foundations. Theh, and only then, may we look with KHpfcfhintfcs hhd ^otifident-e to the country at large. Then v.e may go North, or South. East or West, for candidates, certain of their fitness for the work in hand, and of their acceptabieness to our countrmen. Bryan at Chicago. Chicago. Special.?Subjects of national significance to the Democratic | party wore discussed by several leadj ing orators of the party at a Jefferson | club banquet hold at the Sherman House in commemoration of the birthday of Thomas Jefferson. The dinner in a. measure resolved itself into a jolifi| cation over the recent election of Mayor | Edward E. Dunne, who is a director of | the club. The mayor was among the speakers who responded to toasts. All ! the speakers referred to municipal own| ersliip and to Mayor Dunne's election i on n municipal ownership platform. William Jennings llryan and George : Ere 1 Williams were the principal I hj , rs inun out oi um n. .nr. nryan spoke on "Thomas Jefferson' 'and his 1 remarks were greeted with unstinted j applause. lie responded to the toast "Thomas ! Jefferson." Tie said in p. rt: We are told that when Moses, the first groat law giver, had attained his majority, ho looked upon the burdens of iris countrymen and sympathised I with them. Although lie had been , adopted hv a princess and was heir , to a throne his heart led him from | th? palace and the society of princes i to companionship with his oppressed brethren. When a leader was needed ! to break the bondage of the Israel] itcs anil guide them in the formation ! of a nation, this sympathy fitted him | for his work. And no one. it may be I added, does a great work whose lieai t I docs not bent in sympathy with the j masses, ever struggling, ever in need I of help. Thomas Jefferson, although no! I reared in the environment of royalty, was horn and educated among the people who least sympathized with the rights and interests of the common man. His heart, too, was touched by the struggles of his countrymen, and he early bernmc their champion, although in so doing lie alienated the landed aristocracy and educated rlass] es. In wealth he was the equal of the wealthy, and his learning brought him into association with scholars, but heart kept him in touch with the plain people. and he earned the right to be called the First Great Democrat. It was not that he was tlie first to conceive of Democratic principles or to preach the doctrine set forth in the Declaration of Independence. That doctrine was not a new one; hut he gave fitting expression to the doctrine at the time of its greatest triumph. The aspiration for self-government was born with man. It has been the inspiri ing cause which lias led people in all I tr* ctiMii'fln Ini* rrnuilim, .. T rr.r science. freedom of speech, individual liberty and the recognition of the rights of man. Some in all ages have found a Br itish reason for applauding monarchy, hut. at no time has there been universal acquiescence in arbitrary power. He lived before the invention of the railroad, and before the country had witnessed the colossal centralization of wealth, but viewing as be did every i question from the standpoint of tho people, and hating, as he did. every attempt to divert the profits of industry from the producers to ?he "idle holders of idle capital." we have a right to , | assume that he would today stn?l : with the people for the regulation of I railroads and the extermination of pri- : vate monopoly. No one ran imagine .lefferson as tolerating the impudent claim of the rnilroa I magnates that they have a right to determine al.rifarily and without appeal the rate to ho charged for the [transportation of passengers or freight. [ What an opportunity the present, conI test would give him for the arraign- | ment of human greed and for the do- | fense of human rights. Jefferson's love .'or mankind wns his ' controlling passion, and it extended to j generations unborn. As \vc celebrate i his memory on tho anniversary of i t., 1 hirth, we can say as those could soy who lived when ho did. ' Yvo love kirn ' because he first, love.,: Conspiracy Charge Dismissed. Now York, Special.?Tho indictment charging Nan Patters >n with conspi- j racy with J. Morgan Smith ami Mrs. ! Smith, wrongfully to obtain money from Caesar Young was dismissed in the court of general sessions at the ! request of Assistant. District Attorney i Rand. The court reserved decision in the j Smiths case. | CARRIE MUST BEHAVE. Or She Wil Be Sent to Jail Fpr Si* Months, With a $250 Fins. Witcbita, Kan., Special?In district . court, Carrie Nation, Myra McHenry and Mrs. Lucy Wilhoit wero found j guilty of destroying property. Mrs. Nation was lined $250 and four - months in Jail. Mis. McHenry two * months and $150 and Mrs. Wilhoit 23 . t lays and $150. The sentences were i & nspended. pending good behavior. The s fTense was committed September last, i when the women broke windows of a jvholeffalo liquor house. WON'T ARBITRATE j ? ? ' Castro Declores ffc Will Not Come to i i Terms Willi the Inited States PRESIDENT DEFIANT IN HIS REPLY j Venezuelan Secretary of Foreign Affairs Says the Asphalt Case Will Not ! be Withdrawn From the Courts, and the Olcott Case Will Not be Re-Sub- : mittcd to Arbitration "if the Whole American Army and Navy Come to ] I Venezuela." Caracas, Venezuela, By Cable.? "President Castro will not withdraw the New York & Bermudcz Asphalt Company ease from the Venezuelan courts and will not re-submit the 01cott case to arbitration, if the whole I American a: my and navy come to Venezuela." This emphatic statement of General Alejndo y Barra, the Venezuelan Secretary of 1'oreign Affairs, reflects the spirit of the reply which President Castro made to the recent proposition of the American State Department for the arbitration of the Bermudez and 01cntt eases. It was generally rumored throughout Venezuela that the demand of the I'nited States was little lC3s than an ultimatum to General Castro, and the reply of the Venezuelan President was awaited with interest. Predictions of intervention fiora thw icfusal of Castro to yield were freely made and there v.cs much uneasiness when it was announced that the Venezuelan government had not only refused the demand to arbitrate the ease, but had supplemented its refusal with a request that the United States declare whether it has any respect for the sovereignty and the courts of Venezuela. Nearly I,wo weeks have passed since Castro made his reply, and as no action h??s been taken by the United Slntrs and no further demands have been made, the last demand of the United States has gone the way of many previous tequests for arbitration ?:: ! the Incident is practically closed as far as its discussion in Caracas is concc ned. President Castro and his advisors claim that to re-open the Oh ott < ns< would be an insult to I-Iolland. a.- .Mr. Bergo, who acted as umpire, 1". a wellknown Dutch diplomat. They also uu?n ma; Venezuela w dented to.o right to have tho arbitration of tho Hc'.ginn waterworks case re-oponcd none of tho other cases settled under the Washington pro'.oc tolr. shall bo reconsidered. It is emphatically (Vnio.i in the reply of President Custro tlr t there "are any claims ponding between ! the United States and Venezuela. lie j again reiterates that the New York A: Ijorriudez Asphalt case now in tin* Venezuelan eniivta, is a national an 1 i tint a*i irternnfinn one. President Castro and the members of his cabinet take tho ground that while the government stands for tno i aural principle of arbitration, it will net have a ease wrested from its , < curt 3 to be carried before a boar* of , ai kitrction. The charges that Venezuela is nc.i paying its obligations to creditor notions under the Washington proteitols are denied by administration officials. President of Ticket Agents. New Orleans, Special.- F. S. Mont gonicry. cf Vlncctinc-?, Ind.. was eloct cti president < f tho International Asso cation of Railroad Ticket Agents Other officers elected are: J. H. llan nan, of Walden. Mass . first vleo pro?i dent; C. (i. Cadwallador. aeerctary and El wood Ramsey, treasurer. Th?? sso: iation decided to reduce the inlt ation feo to $10 and to make that Include the dues for the first year. Wrecked by Dynamite. Ulossbnrg. Ala.. Snrelaf.? "n c?:r>lo ninn of dynamite wrecked the house of William C'atr, colored. an ; : white miner named Alexander. iioth non-union miner?. A !0-year old daughter of Alexander war. killed, and two other children in the same family were badly inj'ued. Tin explosive was plated on the front porch of the Alexander i house. A strike ??F the union miners i has been on s.nre last, summer. Safe Blowers in Georgia. Thomcsville. Ga.. f neelal. ? Hafeblowers did distruetive work before daylight Sunday morning at Meigs. The postoffice was entered. the store of T. L. Johnston, postmaster, was robbed. and the safe of the Atkinson Mer- j cantlle Company blown to pieces. It i bs supposed that the crime was com-) initted About tt o'clock. Tools were 'taken from a near-by blacksmith shop ' An opening for explosives was made, i and both afes were completely wreck-; ed. The job was an awkward one and was probably the work a; amateurs., Local parties are under suspicion, but) no arrests have been made, i \ . - AN ARMY OF OVER A MILLION By Next Spring the Total Military Organization Will ExcOad that Number. Tokio, By Cable.?Sapan its meeting :he Russian plan of reorganization ?nd reinforcements of its Manchurian ir inies with extensive expeditions 'mm its own military organization. The details and figures arc carefully loncealed of 7/hat seems to he a plan ;o double the present army units, hut t is reliably estimated that by autumn lext the total military organization >vlll exceed a million men actually employed in the field. The fighting force s roughly estimated at 700.000 men, ivith increases largely in the infantry tnd artillery, although an enlargement n the cavalry branch is also contemplated. As a result of the manufacture at the rrsenals in Japan togctlp r with cnpmres nnd purchases of guns, it is preiietcd that this year will see a Japanese a -i'iiery superior to that of the Russians in quality as well as numerically. and <t is confidently believed hat tlte Russians will be incapable of avorcoming those numerical disadvantages. Wherever railway improvements are possible they will he carried out, when Japan will be sufficiently strong lo take find hold Harbin and simultaneously operate against the Russian forces to the eastward of that city. Ir.dt-trial Agents Meet. Ashcville, X. C., Special.?The Southeast! in Railway, land and Inlustrial Agents' Association held its ami-annual meeting at the Battery 'ark llot' l here Tuesday. This assoot tion is made up of the officers of the rarlous railway systems operating in lie territory south of the Ohio and Pon.utr end east of the Mississippi iveir. having in charge the devclouiu id of the industrial, immigration * ml land interests along their respeeive lines. It i organized for the pur: of enabling the various members o confer regarding general plans and ncthods for the upbuilding of the South. The following railroads are t presented in this organization: Southern Hallway. Seaboard Air Line. \tlantie Coast Line, Norfolk & Wea< rn Railway. Illinois Central Railrond, liOiiisville & Ni. niville Railroad. Ala>ama Clio?t Southern Railway, Central if Georgia Hniiwny. Georgia South rn & Florida Railway. Florida l'.ast loant Railway. Nashville. Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, Atlanta *Y. West Point Railway, Western & Atlantic Railroad, Macon, Dublin & Savannah Railroad, Atlanta. Kno.wille it Northern Railway. Atlantic & Birmingham Railway. The land, industrial and immigration work of the South is a subject of vast importance and it receiving i.iibt active attention at the hands of the roa 1 c rporatlona Ir.(crested in tlie general ?lovolopment of the country serve 1. The development of this work in connection vvilli raikca is has only brcn within the last few years. <nl railroads without lend grains had -.pnrtmonts organized expressly for the purpose of looking after the material development of the cities, towns and counties through which they run. Th.e Sou'hern railroads were first to take up this work. Turns' Under Lookout Mountain. Knoxville, Tonn., S;u lal.?\\\ J Oliver & Cnmy.any, railroad contrncti rs of Mils city, re reived advices from 1'iOrddent Rrmuel Spencer, of the S- tihern U nil way. nwnt ling to that (inn the rontvact to build the tunnel under Lookout Mountain, near Chattanooga. on the Southern's extension from Chattanooga, to Stevens, Alabama. The r.rlcc involved in the contract is not mentioned. hut it is rap* no e<i to he 11 t'.v. in two million and !'.co million dollars. Work is to he !>< win at once. Asked to K ilobit at Jamestown. Cordon, Special.?A delegation of Virginia citizens called upon tlovernor Douglas; at the State house to urge 'he desirability of having a MassachuoUr: exhibit at the exposition to ho 1 el l at Jamestown, Vn... in 1907, to (onimemorate the rettlenient of .lamcs?ewn. Tin delegation nrked the OovetTior to rend a special message to th? Legislature, remnimending portii ipat !cri. Attorney Killed. . .. i \ * \ or ?uau: r ?i?i tor T{. I.. Hiop, an attorney, m.. shot end ilistnntIy killed. >.n! Dopu y Slieri fi' Dunla ,> was pro it;1 :>ly fatally wounded by John W. Willi inn. 20 mile - ' ' n| this city. The ol!i crs hr 1 gone to the Hipp p'ace to oust Williams from a tract of land which he had Inst in a law-suit. When the man approached the hour" William" shot Hipp in the head, killing hint iuvtamly and shot Deputy Dunlap through lite breast. Pension Board Delinquent. Washington. ?po?-iil. -Commissioner of Pensions Warner has r ii 1 ten r?:r: ihers of the hoar 1 of pens.on review to show cause why their services should not. be dispensed with. This action was taken by the commissioner because of the discovery of scions delinquent ka in the allowance of pension; to members of a Pennsylvania regiment, organized in 1SG1, hitt which never participated in the service. Applications from members or Mercer's hi;, ;ck. New Jersey National Guard, in which the panic clrrumsmnrtts control, have also been allowed. V HER BIGGEST SHOW New York's Most Colossal Playhouse Opened to the Public THE OPENING OF THE HIPPODROME i Play Hcusc Unique in the Amusement World For Its Size and the Character of Its Performances, is Christened by a Standing Room Audience. Now York. Special.?The Hippodrome. Now York's newest and largest place of amusement, was opened to the public Wednesday |nigbt, under llie management of Thompson & Dundy. and every on? of the 5,200 seats were taken, some of them having been bought at high premiums, and wher- . ever there was standing space, it was tilled. Tlu< Hippodrome stage Is remarkably large, and at times was ''"owded. Hundreds of persons and many animals. including elephants and horses, were in view at one time, making a very animated and picturesque stage scone. The circus specialties introduced v. ere unusually good. The Hippodrome is unique in tho amusement world, both in ;he great fixe cf the playhouse and hi the character of the entertainment, it offers. The management frankly admits that the whole great enterprise is experimental. It is an entirely new venture, in every way, and Is about the most elaborate entertainment ever .Vt? mnte.l under one roof, combining as it does a dash of everything except grand opera and tragedy. It is a -spectacular drama, a circus, musical comedv. vaudeville and menagerie, and tie highest priced seat Is $1.5?. Anotner feature is the reserving of every sea' in the house, from the 25 cents gallery to the boxes. Tho buildin;; occupies the block on tho east side i f :? :>.;!! avenue between Fortythird end Forty-fourth streets. a distant i ' 2t?> feet, and extends back toward Fifth avenue 240 feet. it. is of brick, marble and steel construction Ru.l architecturally is very handsome. It'r. capacity is ">.200 u'nd its Interior arrangements present many features novel in this country. Behind fourteen tows of orchestra seats are tlie stalls ! and tli n a line of boxes encircling tho | promenade, and in these buiokinir is permitted. The stage is 200 feet betv.'ton walls atvl has a total depth of 110 feet. A better idea of its size may be obtained from the fart that the back drop curtain of the Hipperdrome is 85 by 200 foot, while the average playb.oiu.o curtain is 25 by 35 feet. President Has Fine Sport. Frederick, 01<la., Special.?Wednesday was an ideal day for President Roosevelt and bis party in the big Pasteur reserve. '1 be weather has been tool and oloudv. The party goes out at 0:30 cnch utornlng ;fhd returns to ramp about 11 o'clock for dinner. Fresh horses are saddled by attendants and a new start is made at 1:30 in tho afj tern: or.. One of the diversions of the r.mp v.as a series of foot races in which the President participated. ! The dors are so accustomed to purruir.g wolves that they left off chasing a wild cat when a wolf was scented. In one of the runs a wolf was chased o\'v r the hills and across creeks and thiouyh timb r for ten miles. The pace was fast and when the wolf was captured. there were only four of the party within sight of the animal?Bob Purr, tt Ouy Wagner and John Abernathy, three old cow-boys, and Pre*. iilrr.t Roosevelt. j Saves Others By Confession. Jacksonville. Fin., Special.?Ishanl Kdwards. w'.?> i. confined here with two other r. s. unuer eentence of <i< at !i for i bo i.un der of School Superiri; ndcii? X. \V. Kppes. near Tnllahas" - last \ugusf has confessed the crime, declariiu: that Caldwell and l.nrkln. th?- oilier negroes, are innocent p:i i were not connected with the killirr. The trio were convicted of murder in the first degree nt the last, term of the rlr. nit court and rprelved the lcafh scut- ;i e. The confession was m de public and it ir. believed that it will reran i in me rcicasu 01 ijurmn and Caldwell. Many Reported Dead. Vii kshr.rer, M!? :?.. Special.?Many persons an- reported to have been killed n::d injured in a wreck on the Yazoo <fc Mi iv.sippl Valley Railroad, fourteen miles nrrth-of here, at midnight. The northbound fast passenger train and the southbound passenger are reported to have collided. All I !iv rianr. in 'he city have been called to the t one of the wreck. Gen. G. F. Grant Dead. Baltimore. Special.?Gen. .1. F. Grant, Grand Sr? rotary of the Sovereign Grand Lcd^e of Odd Fellows in the United States, died Wednesday at tho 1'nion Proteatant Infirmary, where ho was operated on about four ^oeko ago for n serious internal affection. In accordance with the wishes of Secretary Grant, the funeral services wer?f very simple. The funeral took place Tn'.!r.?iay :u his residence In tins city, and the f.tnerai party left over the Unllimoro atvl Ol'^i railroad for his old j home in Peter. Uurs, Ky where tht^ \iOiiy 'vap 1 * Hi \-V: X 1*