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THE FORT MILL TIMES. ^rr-? ? 5?I < ? ir J - 1 1 ' 1 1 ' m, .... r .1 .. if tk 16TH YEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1907 NO. 36 BRYAN ABUSED. i By Senators Stewart and Daniel in Hotel Lobby. BECAUSE HE THINKS (far Himself and Refuse* to Sneeze Whenever They Take Snuff.?The Former, With Angry Words, Refuses to Meet Mr. Bryan, While the Latter Roils at Him Because He Does Not Do As He Wants Him. One day last week William J. Bryan was denounced by former Senator William Stewart, of Nevada, in the Williard Hotel, New Nork. The annunciation was spoken within earshot of the NebraHkan. A moment later Senator John W. Daniel, of Virginia, declined point blank to attend the dinner that night in his honor. He accused Mr. Bryan of being dictatorial and of taking his ideas from outsiders. Mr. Bryan had been in the VVilliard attending the meeting of the association which aims at publicity of campaign contributions. As he stepped , into the lobby, former Senator Stewart was seated in one of the easy chairs. Senator Daniel, who is lame, was leaning on his crutches near the desk. Major J. A. Armes, one of the promoters of the Bryan dinner anpreached Mr. Stewart and said. "Senator, there is a friend of >- yours. Why don't you go over and peak to him?" "Friend of mine; friend of miue'." spluttered the former Senator so loudly that all could heur him. "That faker Is no friend of mine. What is tlMa use ef talking to him? He doesn't amount to anything. He has run twice and been defeated. You don't . U. ..... - ... uer on a norse mat nas been licked twice, do you?" ThiB outburst seemed to upset Major Armes, for he made no reply, but walked over sud joined Senator Daniel. He said: , "Senator, won't you come to our dinner tdnight in honor of Mr. Bryan? We sent you tickets, but have received no reply." "No," said Senator Daniel emphatically, "I will not. I do not care to attend any dinner at which Mr. Bryan Is the guest of honor. I thank you for your kindness, but I am going to Richmond tonight and it is Impossible." With that, Senator Daniel started down the corridor. In passing the elevator he encountered Mr. llrynn, who was talking to a group of friends. The two greeted each other and stepped aside. There was a short conversation in an undertone and then Senator Daniel lifted hlB voice and was heard to say: "I am very sorry I can't agree with you. I like you personally, but I don't like your principles, nor your platform. You don't listen to those within your party. You are too fond of dictating what the party should do." As he spoke the Virginia Senator ^^^^^hlfted his weight on his crutch and free hand shook his finger at the ask an. A 1*1 1 A/\ iut orrnnt UCU Uiu * UW * Uu v . ???vv ? !?*. Bryan." oB|gH3@Sra8>u did it in 1900. You declared PM'ou would not tic the nominee of the party unless the silver plank was inserted In the platform." snapped Senator Daniel. "Well, you were with me on that th 1896, wern't you, Senator?" questioner Mr. Bryan, "I beg to differ with you. I was not with you," was the answer. "You were a member of the committee which drew up the platform.' ? opposed that plank In the ' declared Daniel. "I did e in it. I fought it when rm was being written." surprised." exclaimed Mr d his apearence did not be rds. "I am surprised to heai * had always considered wer? with me," he repeat' was not,"thundered Daniel wrong. Yo? dictate to th< much."**' Senator," interrupted Mr I do not want to quarre with you about this matte . I thin* I had better be going," atd suiting the action to the word, tbs Neb ins kan brushed past Senator inniel ant left the hotel. Senator Daniel stood h'.s grounc for several minutes, and then he. too left the hotel, going to tie rallroa< station and taking a trail, for Rich mond. POOH FELLOW Had Nothing To Br Thnnkful Fo and Killed Self. . "f have lived thirty-six Thankgiv logs and never bad anything to b thankful for. so here goes nothing, was the note left by Jos Meislen proprietor of a hotel at Appleton Wis., who blew off the top of his hea< with a shotgun. Meslein Wednesda ordered all the guests from the hote saying that he Intended quitting buai nese and demanded that they mov< ^^^^^before HAD A HARD TIME. I Two Men Starved Three Days in Boat en Bay. Drifting Without Food or Drink Tliey Hail Passing Vessels Rut to No Avail. i Without food or drink for Beventvtwo consecutive hours, and I earing evidence of having been buffeted by storm. Charles Lonm * UW* ?U , Goff, amateur fishermen, arrived at their homes In Fort Hamilton on Thursday evening. They told how a little boat In which they went adrift was passed by several fishing smacks, although the two endangered men signalled wilu#5* for help. The men had caught a good many fish and had started back for Fort Hamilton. As they got to the mouth of the narrows a big storm struck them. The sail of the skiff was rent rb If it were tissue paper. The mast cracked and fell overboard, tipping the vessel until the men believed they would be drowned. The storm not only destroyed sail and mast, but even ripped the rudder loose, so that It was useless. Losse and Goff were helples. They had taken along only enough water and food to last late in the afternoon, and as the night wore on and the gale swept hither and thither in the cold and darkness they began to suffer from thirst. As morning broke the storm increased in fury, and the fishermen had no Idea where they were. Rain descended in such volumes and was driven in such vapor like clouds that they could not even see the shore. A sailing vessel, struggling with the choppy sea. passed close to the skiff. Losse and Goff shouted wildly and waved pieces of the tattered sail. Rut the craft went lurching on her way, the captain paying no attention to the yells for help. Later another vessel, a big fishing smack, hove in sight, and the cries were renewed, but again they were Ignored. Several other vessels sailed passed the seemingly doomed men, and they abandoned hope. Meanwhile the police had Issued a general alarm for them, and all the life-saving stations along the New Jersey coast were notified. Crews of < outgoing fishing vessels were requested to keep a lookout for the missing pair, but no word was received from them until late Thursday. At seven o'clock they appeared at their homes. They had drifted into Point City Cove, about eight miles from Atlantic Highlands, and had managed bo as to manoeuvre the boat as to permit a landing. The two were bedraggled and haggard from exposure and lack of sustenance. They won't go out In the skiff again. KILL.K1) NEAR CHESTER. Blood Found on Trestle But Body Not Yet Recovered. A dispatch from Chester to The State says on the arrival of a through freight there Friday morning from Abbeville the crew reported that the fireman, Ablert Ferguson, a young man of that place, was found to be missing near Tyger river. The train wnu lit nnnu otiJ "" * " WW ?? * ? ? * * *. m V|/|'?U UilU au IUCUCV iual search made for some distance ' along the atrck. On receiving the information then* ; Mr. G. W. Ferguson, father of the voung man. In company with a relative, Mr. W. W. Smith, left fnt the ' scene. At Tyger river they saw Mood and some strands of hair or. the rail and the bridge timber. From this they concluded that the your.g fireman had -fallen into (he river. They and some of the nearby residents made efforts to locate the body, but . the efforts were without results On the midnight train of the Sea1 board several men left to join the oarty and assist in the work of continuing the search. They were provided with an outfit of grappling hooks. Albert Ferguson was about twentytwo years of age and was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Ferguson, ' of Chester. It is said that this was his first trip on the road in the capacity of fireman. 1 THRKK BOIJ) RODIIKKR c 5 Help Up Passengers in n Crowded I Railway Station. Thrusting big revolvers in the ' fares of a coachload of Erie passenj gers at the stavion of that road early Thursday morning at Cleveland, O., three masked men succeeded in getting $50 and escaped as a policeman arrived. As the policeman entered the car the trio fled warning the paar sengers not to Join in the chase. Up the hill the three sped, bullets from the policeman's revolvers following them. The robbers lest themselves ^ in the crowd in 8uperlor street. Caught by Flames. * At Glouster. Mass., one man was ' killed, a man and woman probably a fatally Injured and several others had >' thrilling escapes Friday in a fire in >1 the Harvard boarding house. John * Fonton, the dead man, jumped from * a sixth story window and broke his neck. MURDERER HANGED. Luke Chisholm Pays Penalty for Killing Robert Graham. The First Hanging; That Has Ever Taken Flare In the County of Dorchester. A dispatch from St. Georges to The News and Courier says the first hanging In Dorchester County occurred Friday when Luke Chlsolm paid the penalty of death for the murder of Robert Graham, In Summervllle, last August. At the term of Court in October Luke Chisolm was found guilty of murder and sentenced to be "hanged by his neck til) his body be dead, on the 29th day of November." ! From the rising of the Court till' i that morning just before Chlshohn waB taken to the scaffold, the ministers of his race have been untiring In their efforts to save his soul, and 1 Uefore the black cap was adjusted to ' :lose his vision of things of this life, j tie testified that his soul was Baved is he has often done since sentence ' of death was passed upon him. ' He told the spectators that he was 1 eady and willing to die and that ( whiskey was the cause of his Ailing < i felon's grave. He asked that all r would look upon him and take a esson as to the evil of strong drink ' ind the degradation it would bring r jpon a man. * Then the black cap was adjusted t iver his head, his feet and hands se- > :urely tied, the uoo e put around his c leek and at 11.15 Sheriff Limehouse f *ut the rope which sprung the trap * loor. and Chisholm's body was swung c n midair until 11.38, when the at- t tending physician pronounced him C lead. ^ His body was taken down and i jlaced in a coffin to be taken in :harge by his people. r A large number of people were ? n town to witness the execution, but 1 mder the law only a certain number t were permitted to see it. There were f lumbers on the outside of the jail 1 rard, who never gained admittance, c This has closed the chapter of the s vorst murder ever committed in ^ his State. ? FIKNlllSH ATTACK \ c >n An ^11*1 1 .?<!? !?* ? r ? ? v ?i ? ??ruir in men- 1 uiond, Vu. v firutally assaulted In her room by 8 i negro who was overcome by officers ind neighbors only after a wild and lesperate struggle, Mrs. Jane Perry, 0 15 years old, and an invalid, lies in 8 i critical condition with face and lead badly bruised in her home. No. J003 East Broad street, where the _ ittack took place. ' >The negro. Junius Brooker, who ^ ived in the yard in the rear of the iremises occupied by Mrs. Perry, was , aught by Policeman Goodman and * i neighbor, Mr. W. A. Duke, in the ' oom, beating his uged victim. The , >ld lady had been dragged from her J led on the floor, and was being held ' ;>y the negro in a desperate grip. Officer Goodman cried out. "What r ire you doing there?"' whereupon ' the negro reached up and with his fist, smashed the lamp, putting the , room in darkness. Another light ' was secured, the officer using his Blub to terrible advantage over the , negroe's head. Hooker fought like a fiend, seem- ' Ing hardly to feel the blood drawing blows which rained on his head, and 1 holding Officer Goodman in a tight ^ embrace. Duke took Gordman'a pistol from his pocket, but in the encounter was unable to g*c the shot 1 at the man without endangering the officer. Hooker exclaimed: ' "I know you, Mr. Duke; I'll tlx 1 you," but when he saw the leveled ( pistol, he calmed down, and was dragged to the front room where he was tied hands and foot. Duke turned his attention to Mrs Perry, who seemed unconscious, but revived on being lifted, muttering; "He has nearly killed me. Put me on my bed and let me die," and then later; "He would have killed me if you hadn't come in. Several of the bystanders and neighbors expressed a desire for summary justice without the intervention of the authorities. FIVK PKHSONS KILDKI>. Train Crashed Into Crowded Trolley Car at Crossing. A trollev car loaded with passengers on their way to work was run down by a rfelght train at the railroad crossing at Waterbury, Conn., Thursday. Five persons were killed in the crash and eight injured. The trolley car was demolished. The freight was running at full speed. The motorman of the trolley could not see the approaching train as he ran into the crossing. When he saw the freight train bearing down on him he put on full speed and tried to cross in front ot it. The freight was too near, however, and in an instant the locomotive bore down on the car. ' The trolley was ground Into kindling wood. Many of the passengers were unrecognizable when taken out of the wreck. Of the eight Injured ; several are reported to be badly hurt. & .. f SCHOOL GROWTH In This State the Past Twenty- * Five Years Rapid. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE. * Mt*te SuiM'rlntcudeiit of Kducation Mart 111 Poln(? Out Some of the Q Things That Have lleeu Accom- y plished In the I>aat Quarter of a ^ S Century In Educational Matter* By h C Our People. n During the last twenty-five yearB ^ South Carolina has made marvelous g progress in all lines, and in no other b line has the advance of this Commonwealth been greater than in educa- *r C4 tiou. There is yet much to be done. c The foundations have merely been S] laid for making this Commonwealth it 1 thorough educated and intelligent el State, where illiteracy shall be nt the ninimum. but at the same time en- ' louragement and hope should be tak- ni ?n from the record of accomplish- el nent within a quarter of a century. 8< In his fourth coming annual report State Superintendent of Education at dartin will give some data in the iffort to show the advance within he period mentioned. Twenty-five j" 'ears ago *the State Superintendent v if Education was Hugh E. Thompion, that splendid gentleman and ducator, who later became Governor if South Carolina, went to Washing- **' on in the administration of Grover _ Cleveland, and wound up his career vith honor as an official of the great insurance companies in New York. ? 'Mr. Martin has taken the last re- se lort of Superintendent Thompson and ^ vith it as a basis makes soiuo comlarisons with the conditions of -to- ^ oday. He points out that twentyIve years ago State Superintendent as Thompson was closing hl6 term of ifflce, after having done some very mccessful foundation and building w vork for a public school sytem in 111 >outh Carolina. In order to accom- gr .llnU 1 * 4 won it'Hunh ic was necessary then or him to encounter a great deal te ?f opposition. The statistics in his er eports of his last term of office how marked development contrasted vith conditions when he first assum>d the position. This year's statisics are very interesting when conrasted with those of a quarter of i century ugo. The following items ire worthy of attention: 1832 . Total Enrollment 145,974 Average attendance 101,816 Total expenditures .. ..$373,567.95 dumber of school houses.. ..2,781 t'alue 470.600 Total number of teachers.. ..3.413 Co. of local tax districts 7 Un't raised by local taxation $28,600 libraries None reported. Co. of books in pub. school.. sso. . Cumber of Books in public school library.. ..None reported. 1907 Total enrollment I ..314 399 \verage attendance 222,189 Total expenditures ..$1,148,474.11 Cumber of school houses. . . 9 7 a ft I'alue 2,120.000 lotal number of teachers.. ..6,044 Number of local tax districts.. 501 \m't raised by local taxation $326,072.96 Libraries 1,007 Number of Hooks in Public school library 200.000 The appropriation, at the last session of the Legislature, of $50,000 for State aid to high schools will mark an epoch In the progress of our school system. In addition to the development which has occurred in the public schools the facilities for higher education have been greatly improved. Twenty-five years ago the Citadel pnd the South Carolina College had just been reopened and were getting fairly started after the war of reconstruction. The denominations! nnd private colleges were Just beginning a new era of prosperity. It would be a conservative estimate to say that, at least $1,000,000 had been added, either in equiptment or buildings, to the colleges which were furnishing higher education to boys and girls of the state in the early eighties, s The increase in endownments would t approximate the same amount. Re- t sides this, the State of South Caro- t una during that period erected three j new State institutions, viz, Clemson, f Winthrop and the State Colored Col- c lege. The plants of these three in- ? stitutionB are easily worth one and \ a half million dollars. Private and j denominational enterprises have also c erected Converse, Lander and Colum- j bin Colleges during the same period, f These, with the private academies i and high schools which have been < erected within the last few years, ' would add at least three-fourths of t a million dollars to the total value of the educational property in South ? Carolina. Of course, these figures do j not indicate the full development t which has taken place. The great- t est Improvement of all is found in the sentiment which supports the i work and in the desire which the peo- t pie manifest tor continued progress, i "There are some points in the sta- t tistics of this year in contrast with 1 last year which are favorable and t BAPTIST LAYMEN W South Carolina Called to Meet in Orangeburg On lamlwjr Afternoon, l>ecember S, to Promote the layman's MisNlonnt^r Movement in South Carolina. The following call explains itself: Dear Brethren: In the name of ur Master, we ask your earnest, j tijfi'iui consideration of this call 3 attend our laymen's mass-meeting, unday afternoon, December 8, durig the meeting of the Baptist State Convention in Orangeburg. The leeting is called by the undevslgr.d Baptist laymen, *o promote the .aynian's Missionary Movement in outh Carolina in line with what is eing planned throughout the South. We believe thiB is one of the most isptring and promising of the re?nt movements for the extension of hrlst'8 Kingdom. Its Christlike jirit, its comprehensive purpose and 8 practical plans have won both the athusiastic approval and hearty ooperation of many of our consecrated usiness men, and we believe that lanv others will express as hearty idorsement when the plans are presnted to them. The movement has been defined I "an awakening of Christian layen to the urgency of the Great pmmission; an honest effort on the irt of laymen to fulfill ia the next yenty-five years their Lord's coraand to preach the Gospel to every eature. Its aim is to induce the hristian laymen to employ his inlence, his money and his time in s religion in the same practical, immon seuse way that he does in s business or profession." The force ( this appeal to Baptist laymen was en in the great enthusiasm with hich it was greeted in the recent >uthern Baptist Convention at Ichmond. South Carolina Baptists are known ( i a strong missionary body but we ive not yet realized our strength or illy recognized our obligation, nor , in we ao so untti more or our lav- ( en consecrate their strenth to this eat work of the kingdom. Earnestly hoping that you will atnd the meeting and that you will ilist other laymen, we are. Your co-workers in His Kingdom. E. O. Quattlebaum, Columbia. , F. P. Covington, Florence. T. O. I-awton, Jr.. Greenville. , R. B. Watson, Ridge Spring T. B. Anderson, Charleston. Geo. H. Edwards, Darlington. Wm. Goldsmith. Greenville. Zimmerman Davis, Charleston. Brooks Rutledge, Florence. R. O. Sams, Gaffney. B. H. Yarborough, Jenkinsville. S. A. Epps, Fort Mill. D. M. Dew, Latta. A. L?. Desesne, Silver T. O. Mabry, Rock Hill. C. P. Wray, Rldgeway. O. B. Martin. Columbia. J .J. Waters, Rock Hill. Orlando Sheppard, Edgefield. E. C. Ridgell, Batesburg. C. E. Robinson, Pickens. D. .1. Knotts. Swansea J. J. Lane, Clio. Bartow Walsh, Sumter. J. J. Gentry. Spartanburg. W. R. Rabb, Wlnnsboro. .J. P. Kinard, Rock Hill. F. N. K. Bailey. Edgefield. C. B. Bobo, Laurens Chas. A. Smith, Timmonsville. R. M. Mixson, Williston. Sam. M. Gist, Yorkville. W. W. Keys, Greenville. John M. Geer, Easley. C. H. Henderson, Aiken. W. B. West. Columbia. P. L. Coogler, Chester J. Q. Quattlehaum, Anderson. B. E. Geer, Greenville. E. L. Wilkins, Manning J. M. Quattlehaum, -Columbia. S. M. Bagwell, Spartanburg. J. B. White, Cameron. J. B. Smith, Springfield. R. E. Rivers, Chesterfield. J. .P. Derham, Green Sea. H. L. Bomar, Spartanburg. B. M. Shuman, Greenville. J. J. Lawton, Hartsvllle. J. O. Freeman, Taylors. J. O. Wingo, Campobello. George Boylston, Blackville. J. W. King, Dillon. ome which are not," says Superinendent Martin. "The average atendance last year was 218,862. The otal this year is 222,189. This is es eciany encouraging in view or tne act that the enrollment did not inrease. There was a decrease In the nrollment. The enrollment last year vas 318,075. The enrollment this ear was 314,399. In a number of ounties the session was shortened .resumably because of a reduction in unds. Some counties miss the funds vhich they have received from the llspensary more than other counties, ["his is especially true in poorer counies. I believe that the Legislature vill soon see the wisdom of making a Itate appropriation which will guarintee a certain per capita per child n the counties where the funds are imallest. If a general appropriation >f $100,000 were made, providing lrst for deficiencies by counties and ifterwards for general distribution, t would have the effect of helping o strenthen the weak places and of telplng those who really need it nost." J. H. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrnmmmmmmmmmi MUST TAKE THEM. Clearing House Certificates Can Be Used to Pay Taxes. Tlie County Treasurers Who Construe Law Too l.ibernlly Are Making Trouble Aplenty and Must Stop. me tommum Record says State Treasurer Jennings is doing ail lie can to stop the drain upon the currency supply of the state, which is being made^Bj- certain county treasurers who reject clearing house certificates and demand cash in payment of taxes. He announced several days ago that at his own office clearinghouse certificates or any other paper of the kind that was current at par in Columbia wotild be accepted and the county treasurers who wilt construe the lay on the subject in the same liberal way can do much toward ameliorating the situation. State and county taxes ni^ due all over the State. They will amount to several million dollars. The county treasurers who are declining clearing house certificates in payment of taxes claim..that the law forbids their accepting anything but gold, United State Currency and state bond coupons. About half the state tax, amounting to a million and a quarter dollars will go to New York in hard cash as fast 'as it arrives at the state treasurer's office, which owes $350,000 in floating notes due in December and January, and $143,000 in semi-annual interest on the state'B bonded debt, much of which money goes to New York. Hichland's treasurer, whose example in rejecting the certificates, has been followed by many other county treasurers, cites section 181 of the state tax laws in defense of his course. This section reads as follows: "Taxes are payable in the following kinds of funds and no other: Gold and silver coin, United Sttaes pnrronrv ' * niv.iuuiii^ iiiiiKMiai naiiK notes; coupons due and payable during the current year in the consolidated bonds known as brown bonds; and the bonds of this state known as blue bonds, and other state bonds which may be issued by any act* or law. making the coupon receivable for tuxes. Appropriation act, 1905, XXIV Statutes, 995; Code Section 414. Mandamus shall not issue to compel receipt of any other fund." Mr. H. J. Southern, the treasurer of Greenville county, is one of the treasurers construing this section very liberally. He Is quoted as saying: "1 shall continue to accept these certificates as I have been daing since they were first put into circulation. 1 know the law states that only gold, currency and bonds of this state are acceptable in payment of taxes, but I do not construe that to mean that 1 cannot accept certificates which are as good as gold. I deposit the money which I collect in the bank each night and these certificates are accepted there each night the same as gold and as I am accomodating quite a number in accepting these certificates, why I shall continue to re ceive them unless 1 get orders not to. I think that the state should do all in its power to aid the financial situation and ?H these pprtiflcofoa ?i 1-0 good, it runs no risk of losing anything by taking them for taxes." WAH OOMKH HIGH. Russia Has Just Finished Paying Up the Ja|>*. Russia sent a draft for $24,300,000 to Japan on the 2 4th, in payment of the last portion of the debt Incurred in her disastrous war to gobble up Manchuria, and incidentally, annex certain parts of the Japanese empire. The draft was to cover the cost of caring for Russian prisoners taken by the victorious Japanese. The first bill for this was $75,000,000, but this was offset in part by a Russian bill of some $40,000,000 for the maintenance of Japanese prisoners. FATAL X)IjIJIH8ION. Two Steamers Crash Into Knelt Other Xrar Gibralter. A fatal collision has occurred 25 miles east of Gibralter, between the Cape Negro, a Belgian coal steamer bound for Marseilles from Sunderland and the Helvetia, an Italian steamer bound for Lisbon from Marseilles. The Belgian vessel's bow crashed into the Helvetia's starboard side, sinking her. Four of her crew succeeding in jumping on board the Cape Nero and subsequently the Helvetia's captain and nine men were picked up while the boatswain, three sailors and a woman passenger, Adile Sala, 22 years old. of Libson, were drowned. SLAIN BEFORE FAMILY. Former Partner, After Act, Ends His Own Life. lAdolph Lohman. who li\ ed in Elm street, Bogata, N. Y., w :.s shot and killed in his home by his former business partner, while his wife and murderer. Adolph Gunkel, who had been living in New York, then turned the weapon on himself, and died a few minutes before his victim. . . * '* _ ' \ .4 * DIED IN FIRE. 1 Thirteen People Burnt Up In a Tenement Building Which PROVES DEATH TRAP. Flume* Start in Saloon on Ground Floor"" of a Four-Story Building and Ucrupants are Driven to Top Floor, Where Thirteen Are Burn* ed or Su.fooii#e?i ?? ? ? ?a vuw Duspect Incendiarism. Thirteen persons lost their lives and several others were Injured early Monday In a tenement house fire at One Hundred and Ninth street and Second avenue. New York. All the dead were Italians. Seven of the 13 were children.. The bodies were found huddled together in rooms on the lop floor of the four-story building, where the terror-stricken people had been driven by the flames, which rushed up from the lower floors. They had succumbed before they could reach windows which led to the fire escapes. Some had been enveloped In the flames and burned alive. Others, overcome by smoke, were upnred the .agonies of death n the flames. That the Are was the work of incendiaries who sought revenge is the opinion of the police and firemen, who made the first hasty examination. Three weeks ago throe Italians were caught in the act of attempting te roh a safe in the saloon of Guis?H>pe Cudano, on the ground floor. The safe contained over $2,000. which the saloon keeper's frienda hud withdrawn from banks during Lhe money panic. The would-be robbers were arrested and are now awaiting trial. The fire of Monday started in Cudano s saloon and the police believe it may huve been the work of friends of the prisoners, who teok this means of squaring the account with the saloon keeper. Cudano discovered the fire when he went down to open his place of business eurly Monday morning. As he opened the door he was met by a rush of Dames and without waiting a moment to investigate, dashed up the stulrs to the tenements above, crying out for the occupants of the building to run for their lives. When he reached the rooms occupied bv hia own family he burst in the door and seizing his young son in his arms told Mrs. Cuduno and other members f tlie family to follow. Cudano and the boy managed to find their way down the stairs to the street, but befare the woman could get through the flames had cut off all exit. Not a single person was seer, to appe*-. at any of the windows of the blueing building with the exception of those on the second fl.w, Trom which several persons reached the ttra escapes and were rescued. After !tho flames had been partially checked firemen fought their way through the smoke to the upper floors. There they came upon piles of deud where they had fallen victims to the rush of tlamos and smoke even before the> had a chance to attempt to save themselves. In one of the heaps the firemen found a woman who had made one last desperate effort to save the life of her baby even when she knew that she herself was doomed to a horrible death. She had folded her arms tightly around the little one and then huddled down close to the floor, her body protecting that of the child. The mother's body was badly burned. That of the chtM scarcely a mark but It was dead from sufTocation. On every side of the mother and child lay the bodies of other victims. 1)KA1> BODY FOUND. Had Been Head Two Days.??No ( quest Held. The dead body of Hill Cleveland, colored was found in a cotton patch about five miles east of Walhalla on Friday morning. The discovery was made by a small colored boy, who in passing through the field, accidentally stepped on the feet of the dead man. The coroner and the physician were summoned, but after examination it was not thought necessary to hold an inquest, as the doctors opinion was that he died from natural causes. The man had been dead about two days. CHILDREN KIDNAPPER Police of Moviro < If y Have Big Task Before Them. A special to the Express from Mexico City says: "The police of thin city are actively at work on one of the biggest kidnapping cases that they have ever had. It is evident that for at least two months an organized gang of kidnappers has been operating in this city. Forty-nine children have been stolen from their homes. What is dotie with them or who might be taking them away aud by what means is not known. The age of the children vgrles between 12 and two years. i