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THE FORT MILL TIMES. I 16TH YEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY MARCH 26, 1908 > () - , I BRYAN WRITES And Thanks The State For Fight 4 Against Misrepresentation. WANTS A FREE PRESS Dut Thinks the Will ot' the People in Every State Should Have Voice, Not the Wishes of a Few Itule or Huin Newspaper*. Show* I'p the New York World and It* Editorials. Lincoln. Neb., March 13, 1908. Mr. Wm. E. Gonzales, Columbia, S. C. r My Dear Mr. Gonzales.. . .1 appre- e elate the fight which you are making v against the misrepresentations in- c dulged in by the New York World and those who echo meir editorials e It Is not for me to discuss the ques- * ton of availability of candidates. 1 f have never stated that I was the t most available candidate or that 1 ? could poll the most votes. That is u not a question upon which my judge- I ment ought to be ventured or ac- > cepted. I have simply stated that It C is a question for the voters of the c party to determine. n As u Democrat 1 have resented the claim that a few editors should de- G clde this question for the people. I T um a believer in free press and I a recognize the right of any editor, t whether his circulation be large or w small, to state his opiniou and his h reason for it, but those who read his ti opinion have a right to give it such o weight as they think it deserves. I n have insisted that the readers ought ji to know what pecuniary interest the a editor has in the questions under a discussion. ti For Instance, I asked The World to state editorially what financial interests its owner. Mr. Pulitzer has iu the stocks or bonds of railroads E and in the stocks and bonds of corporations commonly known as trusts. The World has not seen fit to answer the question. He is reputed to be interested in a number of cor- tl porutlons which are affected by leg- s i-i-.i? ? i-i- ?j? ?- -? * iBiauuu, uuu it 1 b rvuuoro art; euuutfu to know what his Interests are. If hi he hus Interests adverse to the In- c, terest of tno public, he Ib not a disinterested judge as to candidates or hi platform. r( If he has interests that would be j, Injuriously uffected by -legislation Hj needed by the people, then his opln- u Ions are worth no more than theopln- tj ons of Mr. Harrlman or Mr. Rockefeller. I do not ueuy the right of C| Harrlman. or Morgan, or Rockefel- tI ler, of Pulitzer, to own a paper and present their views to the public, but I do contend -nat In the Interest or aj honesty and fair dealing, the owner jr of the paper should be known and h the Inter.st of the owner in the questions frankly stated. The World's unfairness is evidenced In every editorial. In the first ^ place It Ignores entirely the election ? of 1804, when the Democratic party was overwhelmingly defeated. This g( election occurred before I had any y influence in national politics. It oc- n curred when the party was being con- _ ducted along the lines laid down by The World.. It is deliberately unfair tl In Ignoring this election and charg- I Ing the defeats of 1896 and 1900 to tl me, just as it is unfair in ignoring o the still worse defeat of 1 904, when I It was again the party's adviser. si It is simply prophesying when it tl says thnt I can not carry any States it that I lost before, and that some o other Democrat can. How does It n know? What gift of phophecy has * it? It thought In 1 904 that Judg* i Parker would prove a popular cenrll date. It demanded his nomination tl and It advised him each day as t' i what he should say and do. Wha' \ evidence can it furnish that it ha; i more Intelligence today than it had .'i then, or that its prophecies rest on n a firmer foundation? ? There nro several papers In your J State which were against me In 1896 and have been aganat me ever since, d I do not know whether It is because I of a difference of opinon as to what c ought to be done, or whether they tl are connected with Interests that are h hostile to the things which I have o been advocating. There are several ti pnpers In the United States which v are known to ho owned, iu whole or In part, by the corporate Interests, o which they defend, but I would not s make such a charge against the pap- q era of your State, becuaso I have no c knowledge as to the ownership or us p to the corporate interests with which n the owners may bo connected, and I I prefer to assume that the differences r are honest differences unless 1 have p evidence to the contrary. p ^ However, it is only fair to say t that these unfriendly editors, howev- c er honest they may be, are only so <] many individuals, and according to i the Democratic theory, they are en- t titled to such influence only as their l fellow-citizens may voluntarily give \ to their opinions. If the voters differ c from these editors it must ho reinem- \ bered that they have a right to dlf- t . fer. and if it should prove that the ^ voters are mistaken In judgment, i they can console themselves with the reflection that the editors unfriendly t to nie have also been mistaken in j Judgment, as is shown by the defeat 1 of 1904. [ L. 4. .. HEAVY DAMAGES [J1VBN MOTHER AXI? UTTER HON WHO WKKG ttuflly RuiDrtl bjr Coining in I'outait Willi a Lire Wire on the Street* of Florence. A dispatch from Florence to The <ew8 and Courier says the highest rerdlcts ever awarded by a Florence bounty Jury were recorded Thursday n the cases of Mrs. Maude Laughlin ind her little son. Lawrence Laugh hi. uuiii ui wnora were norribiy )urned by an electric wire in Flc-r >nce laBt August. against tnc Flor>nce Electric Light and Power t.om>any and the Southern Public Servic* Corporation Mrs. Laughlln. who t isked $50,000 damages, was award- ' >d $17,000, and Lawrence Lnughlin, vhoBe suit was for $25,000 damages, ibtalned a verdict for $8,000. Judge Dantzler promptly overrultd a motion for a new trial, as he lad previously overruled a motion or a non-suit, baBed on the ground hat it had not been proven that the louthern Public Corporation was in nv way connected with the Florence -lght and Power Company. The case vill be appealed to the Supreme Jourt. ThlB was one of the biggest aBes ever tried in the Court of Comaon Plens In this county. Mrs. Lauglln is the wife of Mr. leorge W. Laughlln of Florence, 'he injuries for which 6he has been warded damages were received on he 19th of last August, while she . as trying to rescue little Lawrence er only eon, who had become en igled in the street near the corner r Ravenel and Cheeves streets. Both lotlier and son were so badly inured that it became necessary to mputate Mrs. Lauglilin's right hand nd right foot, and the larger poron of Lawrence's right hand. * TWO ELEPHANTS AT LARGE scape from Circus in Florida and Make for Georgia. Chief of Pallce Dampier, of Valosta, Gu., received a telegram from ie Van Am berg Shows, at White prings, Fla., stating that two of ieir elephants and escaped and were eaded for Vuldosta, where the cirus wintered. Later reports which have reached ? ere say the elephants have been snrninded nine miles from Geona. Fla.. a y a crowd of farmers with guns, ' nd that the big animals were fired Q pon, the shots only infuriating ism and causing them to dash away. Three or four traluers from the g( ircus are hurrying to the scene to y and capture them. Telegrams (j om White Springs say the people In ^ le country through that section are Imost terrorized and are organizing u 1 great numbers for a big elephant . unt. a Fatal Explosion. The boiler at the saw mill of G. J. Moore at Homeland, (In., blew w p Friday morning, killing ' Mr. loore, the proprietor, instant.y, and ,x srlonsly scalding three other men. j Ir. Moore was one cf tlio wealthiest 0 ien in that section of the State. * ^ I am not asking for any honors at lie hands of the Democratic party; '' have been honored far beyond anyilng that I could claim as a matter c f right or as a matter of merit, and r especially appreciate the generous upport that has come to me from 1 le Southern Stntes. It has been grat- 11 'ying to me to know that my Dem- 1 cracy has been satisfactory to the 8 ank and file of th6 Democrats of the n outh, as well as to the rank and ^ le of the Democrats of the North. '' If the Democratic voters belioxe v iant 1 can assist the party by bein; ' . i.. r tjuiiumuic why b.iuiimi i remte. aid why should 1 take the advice o 1 few editors who have never been s riendly rather than the advice of c lillions of Democrats who have been 11 olaborers with me for more than a '* ecade? R The policy of the party muat be ? eterinined by the voters and when discuss Democratic prinicples I dis- t] hps them with the understanding r hat I have no power to coerce, as 1 li ave no disposition to coerce. I can o nly persuade, and I have never tried i o persuade others to believe except t /here 1 have myself believed. You have as much right to your r pinion as to any other editor, and t urely your Democracy can not he H uestloned when you, unlike some | ither editors, propose to test the , iopularity of measures and of t uen by the vote of the people, j 'opular government rests upon the t Ight of the people to rule and every j arty. If it deserves a place under a ? lupium m>v t-i II IIM'IH , mum ictuguiAi: lie right of the voters to rule. Power omen up from the people and not lown to them. You are on sound ' lemocratic ground when you insist i hat the destinies of a candidate, ike the destinies of a country, must ?e placed in the hands of those who lo the voting, tor to he Democratic ve must believe In the capacity of he people to govern themselves, as veil as in their right to self-governnent. Again thanking you for your gen?rous defense of tlie principles and policies for which 1 am contending. aoj, Very truly yours. W. J. Bryan WENT FOR TEDDY Senator Tillman Arraigns Presi- 1 dent's Encroachment On LEGISLATIVE POWER. He Says Congress Is Subservient to t the President's Will, and Says He 1 I Exercises Too Much Influence on r the Other Departments of the Gov- ' eminent. House Declared to be I 1 Speaker's Tool. With a caution unusual for him. ' a Senator Tillman reecntly read a part r jf his speech in the Senate, in which r le denounced Executive encroach- 1 nent on legislative power. With this ipparent caution he proceeded to de- J iver one of the most direct and de- -j lunclatory addresses ever heard in h hat body. He was given a careful 5 tearing. Ills speech was based on fc lis resolution instructing the coniniitee on finance to inquire whether na- s ional banks of New York are in the / labit of furnishing permaneut capi- q al for speculative enterprises, etc. t The resolution was adopted. s Mr. Tillman traced what he termed 9 1 "swinging of the pendulum" from |j he regime of Andrew Jackson, when s Congress assumed control ' tost to 2 he exclusion of the Pre-; cut from 9 egislative influence, to iii- a.lminisrations which followed which, he y leclared. witnessed a gn wih 01" Presdential powers. The ?? limiting in- f, luence and control M the Executive 4 iranch over the legislature and in a 5 ogreo over the judicial branches of 2 he Government were the most mark- a d features of the American politics at j his time. "It has tasen," said Mr. 'illman, "just forty-one years for the endulutn to swing front one extreme j, 3 the other." t] "Now," he said, "the House of Lepresentatives has degenerated Into a ittle more than a recording machine ^ a do the will of the Speaker and his j eutenants." Freedom or debate In tie old and true sense has disappeard from the other end of tho Cap- n ol, he added. In the Senate "ser- ^ lllty and cowardice are the order ^ f the day," he declared, "and the ^ hadow of the Executive hangs over ^ 11 and the President's wishes are [t lmost the only law. _ "There is," he added, "some show n f resistance on matter affecting the a lultl-milllonalres and the great cororations. The Presldeut writes cohling messages and makes inflam- ~ natory speeches appealing to the ^ nthinking and ignorant masses. He as the potent influence of the press ^ t his command; he has used the ewspapers and magazines in exploitig what he calls 'my polities' with skill and daring that compel admir- j tion. With hated breath Senators enounce his radical ideas in pri- . ate and oppose in every possible ay the measures which ho clamors ^ or by the passive resistance of nonction. No one of the dominant pary dares lift his voice in opposition r denunciation, but the Executive ^ nfluence is the only influence in evl once, while the Senate cowers in si- J snt. resistance. "The cause of this condition," de- ^ lared Mr. Tillman, "is Federal patonage." . g "The theory that the Senate must idvlse and consent' before appoint- j tents are made," he said, is of lit- ^ le or no moment when Senators show ' 0 uch want of courage and self-respect nd bow submissively to the orders ^ roni the White House. The mem- j( ers of the minority party, of course, ^ rere largely ignored. Appointments f n the South, where the Democracy ^ etains control, are in the hands of referees' who fill the offices for the J' ole purpose for maintaining ma- v bines. The Senators of the doml- , lant party nre afraid to resist the ^ xccutlve will, lest they themselves ( hould fail to obtain the patronage f their States." ^ They have also, he declared, a ^ Ire.id lest they should he forced into etirement When clashes have come 0 ictween the President and Senators c ir Representatives the people have ^ n almost every instance sided witu he President, he said. r "The people, poor, simple souls, t ending the special pleas and rophls- t leal excuses of Repuhlicaa editors, t re hd to think the Presided*, alone a s honest and patriotic," said Mr Till- 1 nan. "They believe religiously ihnt r uu ovu<in> im vm rupi aiir. me \^\ nite t louse debauched and that the volt- c ies?my politics, which are so ex- 1 doited in the press?must prevail i ind become law before any relief can c >e obtained. Senators who do not s igreo with the Executive and who efuse to obey his will must be re- 1 ired. Congressmen who resist Exec- 1 itive dictation must be replaced by I hose who will obey . c "In the mad rush to placate the 1 legro vote we may expect to see be- t 'ore the Chicago Convention meets, 1 o quote a great New England paper, t "the President reviewing the re-en- 1 isted battalion on the White House i <reen, after which there will be lun- 1 %heon at the Executive mansion.' ] The President's notion in that was I hasty and unjust, inasmuch as the I innocent were punished along with < the guilty, but It is a pitiable spec- < / THE COTTON CROP FOR LAST YEAR CiOES OVER ELEVEN MILLION DALES. \ riie Census Report Liunl by the Department of Agriculture Liven the Total Figures. The census report issued Friday shows that the cotton crop grown in 1907 aggregated 11,261,163 running mles, counting round as half bales md Including ilnters, and showed a otal of 27,o77 active ginneries for L907. This is against lo,305,265 mles in 1906, and 10,725,602 in .905. The statistics include 177,646 laies returned as remaining to be finned after the tieni of the March anvass. The total numboi of runilng bales as given is equivalent to 1,302,872 of 500 pounds each. The average gross v/eight of the ales for 1907 is 501.8 pounds. The tern for the crop of 1907 are 10.98,596 squure bales; 198.549 round ales; 86.793 sea island bales; 198,49 round bales; 86,793 sea island ales; linters 27 6,500 bales. Tiie number of running bales imitates follows: Alabama 1.12G.02S; vrkansns 760,162, Florida 57,616, leorgia 1.891,900,- Kansas 34, Kenucky 4,205, Louisiana 676,823, Misissippi 1,464,207, Missouri 35,97, New Mexico 4 4 7. North CnroIna 648,517, Oklahoma 864.106, outh Carolina 1,175,375, Tennessee 74,536, Texas 2,27 1,724, Virginia ,4S6, Kentucky's total includes liners of establishments in Illinois and rirginia. The linters Included 276,500 bales or 1907, 322,064 for 1906 and 230.97 for 1905. Round bales are 198, 49 for 1907, 268,219 for 1906. and i 79.S36 for 1905. Sea island bales < re 86.893 for 1 907, 57.550 for 1906. < 12,539 for 1905. Average gross weight of the bales or 1907, including linters as given, i i against 501.9 for 1906; that of i lie round bales is 2 4 6.1 pounds for i 907, compared with 2 4 5.1 for 1906. nd the sea island 3 91.6 pounds for < 907, compared with 387.2 for i 906. i Watson's Close Kstimate. The State says when the governlent estimate on the cotton crop for i 907 came in the estimate made in loveniber by Commissioner Watson's ; epartment was compared with the gures issued from Washington and 1 . was found that there was a differ- i nee of only 13,498 bales In the l gures on the South Carolina arop i nd 109,957 oil the entire crop of i tie United States. < t lcle all the same to see the mad 1 ace for negro votes. < "Mr. Roosevelt Is .always loudlouthed and even vehement In the roclamatlon of his own purity of urpose and patriotism. He has ah- < Mute faith In his own infalihility and i apparently so drunk with power nat he unconsciously lapses into the nperlal 'we' and sends cablegrams ( bout 'me and my people.' But these tilngs are of small moment?'vaga- 1 les of a noble and impetuous spirit,' ' nd we could pass them by were it 1 ot for the existence of cold-blooded acts to show Executive responsibil:y for many of the evils which exit without dispute." Paul Morton, as vice-president of he Santa Fe Railroad, said Mr. Tilllan, "in the rebate cases laid himelf open to indictment and liability a personal punishment, but the Preslent peremptorily refused to permit lessrs Judson and Harmon to proscute him." |( Senator Tillman denounced Presient Roosevelt for not prosecuting jnd grafters, and Senator Reveridge nterrupted to say that the only diferenco between the President and Ienator Tillman was that the former rosecutes upon evidence and the fitter without it. Mr. Reveridge /anted to know why Senator Tillman n his flood of messages has not covred the subject. Mr Tillman replied hat If Mr. Reverldge "wants me to nake more criticisms than I have the ienator from Indiana is a great big ;lutton." Mr. Tillman reviewed the events f the recent currency crisis and harged Wall street with many mlslemeanors. "The profits of this nefarious stock nongering have," he said, "found heir way into the pockets of the rer.v man who with evil results of heir fraud manifest pose as 'saviors' ind 'and crowned kings' and are auded to the skies when they were eally trying to save themselves from he disasters which threatened to ?verwhelm them along with their deeded victims. One of these 'savors' had done more than any other >f the money kings to deluge the itock market with watered stocks." A long review was given by Mr. "leverfdee of Democratic nolitics. and le declared that a conference had been i??d In Washington for the purpose >f coming to a plan for asking for 3ryan not to again be a candidate on he Democratic ticket, but when Mr. Ftryan was there, he said, not one of hem had the courage to tell him ivhat they had planned to do. This datemont called forth denials from *tr. Tillman. Mr. McCleary and Mr, Ftainey, all of whom declared that there had never been any idea of asking Mr. Bryan not to run on the Demacratic ticket and that stories to that -Sect were mere myths. TALE OF HOROR. Men and Women Beaten on Certain Islands. HORRIBLE PICTURE Bjr Gen. Plonaer, Who Says II? Has Soon Children ISenten Vntil Tholr Blood Covered tlu- Ground Around Cocoa Plantations. Plea to Portugese Gonernmont. to Have It s topped. At Washington a vivid description of atrocities alleged to bo perpetuated upon slave laborers on cocoa plantations on the Islands of Principe and Saint Thomfl. Portugese West Africa, was given in an address on "Children's Lives in A.frica," Uy j Gen. Joubert Pienaer, of South Africa, of the International congress on 1 tho welfare of the child, under the auspices of tho National Mother's Congress. 1 "The atrocities I have" witnessed i in Portuguese West Africa have tak- I en such a hold upon mo," declared Gen. Pienaer, "that I cr.ut myself l loose from all my business and leav- 1 ing my family thousands of miles ' away, I have consecrated my life to f the freeing of the men and women j that are daily being done to death . and the little children that I have 1 seen beaten until the blood flowed to l the ground." ? The speaker said that he had form- i pd an association with the Intention jl of petitioning the Portuguese gov- i eminent on behalf of tho slaves to establish missionary settlements to t civilize and Christianize them and*" to act as a guard over the slave Irado and to report the atrocities to I the association i "This seems to me," ho said, "the 1 only effective way of putting a stop f to this iniquity." Ho asked for the js support of the Mother's Congress in f his mission of humanity. |r After statins that " the cruelties meted out to those degraded human heings on tho mainland were beyond description," General Pienaer t lontinuod: "children are torn from the breasts of mothers and sold as ?laves. Slaves in the employ of their task masters are beaten to death, men tuu women and chlldrjn are mutilated. Often a native has been done to detth he is quartered and the different portions of his body are . hung on the trees to terrorize the other natives. CAN'T DO IT AGAIN. Congressman James Says Corruption Funds Defeated Bryan Twice. t Loud Democratic applause groet- c ed Congressman James while making c a speech In the House on Tuesday, ^ tl when he asserted his belief that in \ the last two campaigns against Mr. f Bryan, "but for the corruption < brought by the Republicans on the c monopolies and trusts of the country ( Bryan would have been elected Presi t ldent of the United States." Mr. Bryan, he said, stood for something and had convictions and the courage to express them. "He has \ never prostituted his garments for money," he said. "He has never sold the love of the American people for corporation gold." "The people of the country," he ( said, would "in just time do proper meed and credit to the man who draws the naked sword In their defense and In their rights," and he believed that these people, "are going to elect for President that grand, that splendid, that matchless Democrat: W. J. Bryan. l>KOPS I>EAD. While Looking at tile Corjwo of a Drowned llaby. r In Dunklin Township, in Green- j ville County, three miles front Green- r ville, the 1-year-old child of Joe Sayles, colored, fell into a tub which drowned. The child's mother had left it alone to go into the house and I when she returned it was dead. The news quickly spread through the neighborhood and a number of people gathered at the house, among r thein .Too Jordan, the 18-year-old q son of Mr. J. IT. Jordan. Ho walked i up to the tub, in which the child had ^ been drowned, looked at it and drop- < pod dead. t ;ur. juruHu says nis son nan a nar- . row escape from drowning in the < same manner when a child. The hoy f had a weak heart and it Is supposed r that the recollection of his narrow t escape when a child and the horror j of the negro child's death caused a f shock to his system which resulted t in his death. 1 Corset Killed Her. At Rrigham, Utah, Mrs. Carl Gunklc laced her corset so tightly that she crushed her heart, causing the < blood to shoot to her head. Her ( husband, hearing her fall, ran to the ; room and summoned a physician, hut i Mrs. Gunkle was deud before the < doctor arrived. *,? | AWFUL TRAGEDY. JUDGE BUCHANA . SHOT WHILE HIDIN" ON TRAIN. He is Fatally Wounded a-'-id Is Taken to a Hospital in Angustn Where He Died. / A dispatch from Augusta to The News and Courier says former Judge O. W. Buchanan, of Winnsboro, S. C., died there Tuesday at 11*30 o'clock as the result of the 22-calibre rifle wound which he received while sitting in a railway car at Ward's Station. S. C., Monday afternoon. Judgo Buchanan was coming from Winnsboro to Augusta and was sitting by an open wndow reading a newspaper when without warning the small leaden missile whizzed through the opening and buried itself in his right side, the shot having been fired by some unknown party, the only theory entevlaMted lu-re being that it was a strav outlet fired by some person practicing shooting. The wounded man was brought to this city and an oporaM m at i)t. r. It. Wright's private sanitarium resulted in the successful extraction >f the bullet, but the Intestines had been pierced in several places. The remains were taken to Winnsboro Tor interment. Judgo Buchanan wns to meet a , jartjr in Augusta composed of liis ( arothers-in-law, Messrs. .Tames H. rillinan, A. R. Fuller, of Laurens, vnd his sister-in-law, M**s. Q. A. ] [lunch. He was siting in a sett with , lodge Lyon, and as the train was , earing Ward's Station, thirty-five . miles from Augusta, he exclaim- , ?d that a brick had struck him, arose 'rorr. his seat, and in a few m'nutes ] ater fainted from the shock of his , &ouud. A dispatch from Edgefield says ^ hat three boys were out hunting lear Ward's and one of 'Won ecci- f lontally shot In the train with a rifle, t is reported that the boys have been ( irrested, but no names are given and , t is impossible to get authentic inorniation as to the real facts of the j iad tragedy. It is su iposed that a ^ ill investigation will be had and the natter clarified s j WANTS THE FACTS. t Tillman Asks Pointed t^uesiions e About Some Hank Transactions. a Senator Tillman introduced a res- 1 dution calling upon the Senate com- 1 nittee on finance to conduct an in- c 'estigation and answer some pointed luestions bearing upon financial d egislation. Among the questions- i isked are as to whether the national s milks of New York York are in the r labit, under the guise of commercial c pans, of furnishing permanent capi- t al for speculative or other enter- i irises; whether the Treasury Depart- l nent had knoweldge of the loans by jf lie National Hank of North America ]t if New York, which are the subject if a suit by the receiver against C V. Morse, and of other similar transitions In other national banks; 1 vhether the national banks are engaged by themselves or through othjr organizations in attempting to control or dictate the legislation of s Congress upon the currency quesions. t SHOT FROM AMBUSH. r 8 riiree Men, All Prominent, Shot From ? r Convent Grounds. n v Dr. Glovonni Grana, a prominent ^ thysician; his brother in law, John 1 )rofino, and a friend, Alfonso Mole, r vere shot from ambush in Ybor City, j "la., by four men, who hud secreted f hemselves in the grounds of St. v Joseph's Convent. Mole will prob- i( tbly die, the others being only slight- j y wounded. All are Italians, and r he shooting is believed to be the remit of a Black Hand Plot. Five ^ housand dollars was demanded from )r. Grana several weeks ugo, and he : v lad also been warned to leave the i Ity. Demands have also been made j in other prominent Italians, and | nuch alarm has prevailed in the j ^ talian colony. The police have arested five Italians on suspicion. HAN AWAY FltOM SCHOOL. It I'oung Boy Killed While Biding In" ( i derneath Express Car. t I Young Dean, the son of a promilent citizen of Langley, was killed i im:ouuy ?uri uwum un inu ciur.il iu i hi ino between Langley and Warrenrillo. near Aiken. It seems that he illpped off or ran away from school ind got on the Augusta-Aiken ex)rosa car. It Is supposed that he * dther fell off or was shaken oft. ailing on the track and was then ' un over by the car. The men on |0 he express car. it is said, did not J enow anything about the matter and j he boy remained on the track until he car bound for Aiken came up a ' Ittlo later. The affair is a very de- f dorable one. c Legally Hanged. At La Grange, Ga.f Ingram Cana- I lv, a negro assailant, was hanged In I he jail yard Friday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock. Canady wns convicted it the last November term of court 1 it cruiioaliy assaulting Mrs. ltosa ; f Joues, __ _ FIGHT A DUEL |9 Gen. Fock MortellY wounds Gen. Smirnoff^at Close Ringe. PISTOLS WERE USED. j Smirnoff lU'lltftcd Upou Brother Of* *3 fleer's Qualifies in Memorandum . .on Seine of Port Arthur. Duel Takes Plnee in Itenimentul Hiding Seliool in St. Petersburg in the Presence of Men and Women. At St. Petersburg, Russia, Lieut uuuerw amirnoir was probably fatally wounded in a dtiel fought Wednesday morning with Lieut. Gen. Fock. I The men were in the riding school of the Chevalier Guard regiment and fought with pistols, standing close to each other when the shots were exchanged. The duel was caused by a memorandum written by Gen Smirnoff on ^ the selge of Port Arthur, In which jl he questioned the courage of Gen. jfl Pock. The latter considered that his hon- 9 or and reputation was involved and challenged the author of the memo- jy randum. jilfl The duel, occurred with the full knowledge and approbation of the military authorities. It was witnessid by several oflicers of high rank, md it is even reported that several women were present. -tjjjH Shortly before 10 o'clock Gena. Pock and Smirnoff appeared nt the 'iding school. Without saluting they :ook tlio places assigned by their ieconds. The duelists were instructed to Ire until one or the other was bit. J, Vt Fock's fourth shot Smirnoff groan>d and sank wounded in tho abdonen above the hip. The word "fire" was given hy Gen. virsieff, tho Russian authority on Inciting. At the third exchange Smirnoff iccidentally fired prematurely, but i'ock magnanimously declined to v hoot nt a defenceless opponent, and he fourth and final shots were then xchanged. . The duel will bo followed by .nother between Fock and Gen. GorlatoiTsky who was criticised by . ''ock during tho court-martial pro- f eedings. Gen Smirnoff was nctlng commanlant of the Port Arthur fortress durng the selge and at the time of its urrender to the Japanese. After his eturn to Russia ho prepared a seret report of the defense of Port Arhur which was tho basis of the ndlctments on which Gen. Stossel, Jeu. Fork and Gen. Reiss were tried or their lives before court marla 1 MIST I IK I)KA1>. -j< lope No l/onRor Knterlnincd for the .Modern Crusoe. All h^pe of finding Fred Jeffs, a ailor who was stranded on Indefati:able Island, in the Pacific ocean, has icon practically abandoned. The cuuhoat Yankton, which was sent roin Cailao to hunt for the missing eanian, has arrived at Acapulco, lexico, and the commanding officer eported to the navy department that 10 trace of Jeffs has been found, vhick is taken to mean that he is lead. That Jeffs must have experienced nany more hardships than those rented of Robinson Crusoe, is evident roni the nature of tho island upon vhieh he was stranded. Indefatigble or Santa Cruz Island, is on the iquator, entirely uninhabited save by nonster turtles and venomous replies of the tropical regions. The earehing party believe that Jeffs ould not. have lived long after he vas wrecked, on .May 8, 1907. * THIRD TO 151'IIX Sl'.I.F. Hsronsolate Ik-cause llis Young Wife Had Left Him. Hecauso his young bride deserted dm, Agossan Teba, of Martins jreek, N. J., piled a lot of wood inder his bed and set fire to it. Then timing on the gas in the room he ay down on the bed and tried to :o to sleep. The bed took fire and reba would have burned to death tut for the timely arrival of neightors who saw the flames and forci>ly carried him from the house, lie tegged them to leave him alono and ;ald that ho did not caro to live, le was terribly burned and the hoatital physicians say ho may not re:ovor. Itryau Will Win. representative Johnson, who la at lomo at Spartanburg for a few days fom Washington, says ho believed dr. Ilryan would bp elec d Prefllent. In fact, many Republicans be ieve Mr. Ilryan will be the roxt l'res dent nnd n Democratic Ilo'iao of Representatives will be chosen Ten Were Injured. Ten persona were injured, none ;erloualy, in a trolley ear accident at Philadelphia yesterday.