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16TH YEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1907 NO. 36
BRYAN ABUSED.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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