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THE FORT MILL TIMES.
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17TH TEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1908 NO. 3
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MARTIN IS MAD.
Attacks Ex-Gov. Heyward In tha
Baptist Coutier.
WRITES WARM LETTER
The Superintendent of Education
Takes the Courier to Task Concerning
a Prediction it Made a
Short Time Ago That Ex-Got.
ward Would Be Elected Senator at
the Coming Primary.
Hon. O. 13. Martin, State Suoerin
tendent of Education, and a candidate
for United States Senator lias
opened his letter writing batteries on
the Hou. D. C. Heyward, former Governor
and also a candidate for the
Senate. Mr Mn-fU1. ? *
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have been aroused by the publication
in the Baptist Courier, (Mr. Martiu
is a Baptist) under the Note and
Comment. Column, conducted by the
Rev. L. .i. Bristow, of a prediction
that Mr Heyward will be elected Senator
and the assertion that he will
reflect honor upon his State.
Mr. Martin Friday made public a
letter to the Baptist Courier in which
he refers to the testimony before the
investigating committee referring to
expenditures alleged to have been
made in Governor Heyward's behall
by some of his supporters in Spartanburg
County in 190-2. In his reply,
pub'ished in-next column. Governor
Heyward says he has nothing to conceal
about this matter, and that the
expenditures were made aud investigated
by his friends. The item in
the Baptist Courier is as follows:
"Mr. Dan S. Henderson, who was
announced as a candidate for the
United States senate to succeed Mr.
Gary, has withdrawn from the race.
There are still left, however, five
avowed candidates, of whom the leading
are former Govs. Heyward and
Evans. Mr. Heyward has probably
gained by the withdrawal of Messrs.
Mc.Cullough aud Henderson?two of
the most scholarly and intellectual
men in the State?and the present
indications are that Mr. Heyward will
"win out." If he should. South Carolina
would have a representative in
the senate equal in every respect to
any member of tnat body, and one
whose acquaintance and influence
would be worth a great deal to the
state.,k
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iTinnui -? lA'urr,
To the Editor of the llaptist Courier:
Dear Sir: The enclosed clipping
has been noted by me and also sent
to me by Courier subscribers. I regret
that you use the Influence of
your paper and your gift of prophecy
to try to line up the votes before the
campaign opens. I have always believed
that your sense of fairness
would have prevented such action.
It is possible to prostitute a religous
paper in politics. I wonder if
you have read pages 327-346 of the
testimony of the dispensary investigation
committee? Mr. W. R. Dillingham,
of Spartanburg, swore that
he spent several hundred dollars for
Governor Heyward upon his authority
in ine race for governor In 1902.
Dillingham said that he was conducting
the campaign upon the Mark
lianna system. Several men swore
that Dillingham collected $50, each,
from men whom Gov. Heyward appointed
dispensary constables.
Some of these fellows had to "borrow
money for rent and rations."
Chief Kant swore that Dillingham
told him that he spent $1,080 in HeyU'u
l'fl *u pumni.iirn u *v?or%
w "? ?'* 10 U tiiuu I tn^uu*
sible under the law for the acts of
his agents? Does the Courier stand
for this?
It is well known that Gov. Hey
ward said before Senator I^atimer'*
death thnt he would not run for sen
ator because of his business matters
Did Senator Latimer's death immellately
affect Gov. Heyward's business
matters so thnt he could get into
the senate race in less than an hour?
Would ho have much influence in
Congress where he would be known
as the post mortem candidate?
Did you see the dally papers in
South Carolina which announced
Senator c.atlmer's death and Gov.
Heyward's candidacy at the same
tline on front page in large head
lines? Some of the congressmen apl>ointed
to attend the funeral saw
them and expressed their opinions of
the same. South Carolina generally
respects the dead and their families
especlall in the solemn hours of their
deepest grief South Carolina, too.
believe in giving every man a fair
change. 1 think your paper would
not loose anything by hearing the ar
gumeuts and reasoning before it decides
definitely for the people of this
state as to whom they shall elect for
any office. Sincerely yours,
O. B. Martin.
Two Shot to Death.
A dispatch from Krasnoyarsk, Siberia
says a lieutenant of the army
named Masloff and a sergeant were
shot to death there Friday after having
been found guilty by a courtmartial
on the charge that they had led
the attack which took place last June
on the guard house and detention
prison prison at Krasnoyarsk. This
attack was continued for several daya
by revolutionists on the one side and
the prison guard on the other.
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HEYWARD REPLIES.
SORItV MR. MARTIN HAS BEGUN
MUD SLINGING.
Explains the Spartanburg Mat tar, and
Quotes What Mr. Martin Sakl Of
Him Last Summer.
When Gov. Hey ward was shown a
copy of Mr. Martin's letter and was
asked If he had any reply to make to
this attack upon him. he said:
"I am very much surprised and
very sorry to know that Mr. Martin
has seen fit to begin mud-slinging in
the senatorial campaign. When I
was not a candidate for the same office
to which he also aspires he seemed
to entertain for me a very high
regard.
The people of the state win recall
that when Mr. Martin last July got
mad with Governor Ansel and made
a bitter attack upon the chief magistrate
of South Carolina he referred
D. C. Hey ward as: "That delightful
and considerate gentleman who
adorued that ofQce during the past
four years.' But since that delightful
and considerate gentleman is now
Mr. Martin's opponent, and is pronounced
by a leading religions newspaper
as the probable winner in this
race, Mr. Martin Beems to change his
opinion of him entirely, but I am
certain that he cannot change the
opinion of the people of Soutfi Carolina.
"The testimony before the investigating
eommittee must have been
known to Mr. Martin when he spoke
of me so kindly last summer, as it
has been public property for nearly
three years. The people of South
Carolina know what sort of campaign
I conducted in 1902 and their confidence
in me was clearly demonstrated
by the fact that 1 was re-elected
governor in 1904 without even a hint
of opposition.'
"As to the alleged expenditures in
1902 in Spartanburg county, as
brought out by the Investigation. I
have nothing to conceal and have
never had. I will be very glad for
you to publsh a copy of ths testmony.
wncu i nwewun nana you. Hundreds
of my friends throughout the state
know the circumstances in the case.
Between the. first and second primaries
I made my headquarters in Spartanburg
and necessarily a great deal
of expense was incurred. I was under
the impression that all of these
expenses had been settled at the time
but two and a half wears later a
statement was presented to me from
Mr. Dillingham, which after an investigation
by some of iny friends
and upon their advic* paid. As
shown by Mr. Dillingham's testimony
the amount was not nearly so large
' as Chief Paut had thought, and.
furthermore, the tes'imony will show
that it was entirely disconnected with
the Constabulary.
"As to my alleged disrespect to
Senator Latimer. I wish to say that
my candidacy for the senate was not
announced until I read in the afternoon
paper an account of the funeral
of Senator Latimer, and it was
announced only because I was leaving
the next day for Philadelphia to
be absent for sometime on account
of the Illness of my wife. Anv previous
reference to my probable car.r.icourse
witho\>t authorization or incourse
without authorization on iu
stigation from me.
"Mr. Martin's consideration for the
feelings of Senator Latimer's family
may in his own words he termed post
mortem regard, because it is well
known that Mr. Martin was preparing
to attack the personal and political
record of the late Senator had Mr.
Latimer lived to enter the campaign.
"This Is shown hy Mr. Martin's announcement
of his candidacy for the
senate." *
MYSTKIMOl 8 Ml'KDKit.
A New York Woman Found Stabbed
in Her Bed.
Mrs. Isaac Lieherman, described
l>y her neighbors as the most, beautiful
woman in the Bronx, was murdered
in bed at her home. No. 706
Courtlandt avenue, New York, Tuesday.
Her husband, who conducts a
shirtwaist store at No. Melrose
avenue, a block away, is under arrest
on suplcion.
Mrs. Lieliernian was stabbed twice
as she slept, with a long dagger
wielded by a powerful arm. One of
the wounds Is through her throat.
The other Is through her breast, penetrating
both lungs. The knife was
driven in from the left side of her
body as she lay on her right side in
slumber.
Lfeberman and his wife occupied
a Hat on the second floor of an apartment
house at the Courtlandt avenue
address. They were childless and
kept no servant. Acording to other
tenants iu the house they appealed
to tie as happy as the average man
v.d wife.
Mines Resume Work.
The Ross Run Iron mines in Ruth
County. Ky.. owned by Alabama and
Mississippi capitalists, have resumed
work, after a shut-down during the
i financial stringency. This gives work
i to about two hundred men. many of
whom had spent almost their last dola
lar for food since the suspension. *
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WILL N01 RUN.
Mr. Feathersfone Announces His
Withdrawal From Race.
GIVES HIS REASONS.
Go*. AbwI Has Climbed Upon His {
Platform and .Therefore, His Can- 1
dfdncy, This Year Would Not Help
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the Cause of Prohibition.?Got. j
Ansel's latest Position on the Li- 6
puor Question Staled.
Mr. C. C. Featherstone announced t
Friday morning his withdrawal from t
the race for governor. His entrance t
into the ccntest several weeks ago c
was l>efore the exact platform of Gov. \
Ansel was known. i
It was supposed that Mr. Ansel t
would run on the same platform upon c
which he was elected two years ago, i
but in a letter to Mr. Featherstone a
few days ago. part of which is below- t
quoted. It will be seen that Mr. Ansel f
now occupies the same position that c
Mr. Featherstone nnnounced last fa'l, j
namely, a reverse local option law, r
under which the counties will all bo v
dry until the dispensary is voted in. j
thus throwing the burden on the peo- s
pie who desire the dispensary.
In announcing his withdrawal. Mr. c
Featherstone says: t
Col. Featherstone*! Statement. j
"Several weeks ago 1 -mm I'.tred t
my candidacy for governor of South 8
Carolina, upon a S?a;e prohloittoi a
platform. p
"I believed then and I still believe, v
that the people are tired of the 11- q
quor traffic, and that they are ready r
to take a great step forward and t
sweep the legalized traffic out of the u
State. r
"The anuouncement of my candi- a
dacy was made at the suggestion of
Dnrno n,,n lnnHli.r. V. I l.l . I
stv?i??v; wi WUl ichhiii f-y JM UlllUltlUlIiniO y
men who have been with me in the a
fight since the campaign of 1S98. ,
They believed thai there ought to be c
in the campaign a candidate who
would make an aggressive fight, and v
were kind enough to suggest that I K
ought to lead the movement.
"As I have already stated, person- (
ally it did not suit me to go into the ^
fight at this time, but I yielded to ^
what I conceived to be a call of duty, j
"I did not hesitate to say that it fl
would be a source of gratification 10 v
me to be governor of the State, but c
the desire to gratify my personal am- r
hition alone would not have been sufficient
to induce me to enter the race
at this time.
"Shortly after the announcement
of my candidacy it was publicly sug- 1
gested by Gov. Ansel's friends that he
was also in favor of prohibition and
that he would offer for re-election
on that platform. a
"It seemed to me that the cause of
prohibition might be weakened by
having two candidates in the field. *
and that If he would espouse that v
cause it would be the part of wisdom f
for me to withdraw.
"Acting upon this idea and with *
the approval of my prohibition
friends. I wrote Gov. Ansel (on Feb. 1
29 > that if he expected to make the '
race on that platform I wduld not (
oppose him. ?
"I am in receipt of a letter from c
the governor informing me that he 1
expects to advocate the reverse of c
our present local option plan. lie x
says:
" 'Mv position on the liquor ques
tion is what I call restricted local
option?that is, local option as he- i
tween county prohibition and county
dispensary. Those counties voting to
sell liquor shall be restricted to one
dispensary in the county and that (
one at the county seat, except in those (
counties wherein there is a city of ,
more than 2"?,<ioo population, in
which counties more than one dlspen- j
sarv may be established. This is in ,
accordance with nty recommendations .
to the general assembly as set forth '
in my annual message of 1!>08, is in |
the interest of temperance and will
minimize the sale of liquor.
" 'With the experience that I have '{
had in the past two years in the proposed
elections that were desired in
some counties on the liquor question.
I am of the opinion that it will he
better to enact a law by which a
county can vote 011 the question of
voting in the sale of liquor as above
restricted, instead of voting it out,as
now provided ?that is. make all the
counties dry until a majority of the
qualified voters of a county vote to
sell liquor in that particular county,
and, if a majority of the qualified
voters vote to sell, that one county
dispensary then be hstablished as
above set forth, with the right to vote
the dispensary out at a subsequent
election.'
' 'This Is practically the plan that
1 outlined in an interview given out
Inst In 11.*
State Heady for rmhhition.
"As I see the situation now, I believe
the State is ready to take even
a greater step towards prohibition
than this: but such a plan will, practically.
give us three-fourths or more
of the State for prohibition.
"With the p"Hcy of the State declared
to be opposed to the traffic,
coupled with the good effect produced
by the practical workings of a prohibition
law, the counties will be
very slow to exempt themselves from
LEAPED FROM TRAIN.
MR. KLY E. SMYTH OF HARTSVILLE
COMMITS SUICIDE.
lumped Out of Window Without
Warning and Died After Being
Carried to Columbia.
Tha State says as train No. 53
>n the Atlantic Coast Line reached *
he 17-mile post, nearing Columbia,
Tuesday morning, Ely E. Smith, denented
and under escort to the State
hospital for the Insane, raised himself
out of the seat in the smoking
tar and dashed out of the window.
The act was done before any of
he horrified passengers could stop f
ho unfortunate man and when the ,
rain was stopped and tho body reovered
It was seen that there was '
'ery little chance of recovery. With- 1
n a few minutes after arrival in Col- '
imhia he died and his body was at ^
mce shipped back to his home in ,
lartsvllle.
Mr. Smith has for two years had 1
nental trouble, beiug injured by a '
all front a building. He never re- 1
ovored from the result of tuo in- j
urles received by this fall and while t
lot violent his mind gradually grew k
reaker a, d it was decided to place 1
lira iu the State Hospital for the In- f
ane.
He wus carried to Columbia, es- (
orted by the chief of police of the
own. P. 11. Klrkpatrick. and by Dr. s
. L. Powe, who was ou his way to '
he meeting of the State Medical as- J
ociation in Anderson. The man was i
Iways quiet, although his two com- i
^unions deemed it best to keep a close t
iatch on his movements. When :i
'hief Klrkpatrick left his seat for a ?
ninute a stranger who came into r
he car took his place beside the lun- t
lie and a second later Smith had i
aised himself out of the car and dis- t
ppeared out of the opeu window.
Railroad Commissioner Earle, who 8
yas on the car, had the train stopped j
nd a short distance back the body
ras found. The man was uncons- i
lous and a hasty exaxmlnation show- (
d that he had no chance for recov- c
rv. On arrival at ^Columbia he was 5
lven medical attention but died with- t
n a few mlnuteb of removul from the 0
rain. Tho body was shipped back to t
iartsville to the family for inter- y
nent.. Chief Klrkpatrick and I)r. {
owe regret the affair very much but y
iccording to the statement of those j
i'ho witnessed the suicide nothing
ouia nave stoppeu tne untortunate e
nan from his deed. I
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INHALED POIBONOlS FUMES f
r
rhree Employes ol (iuauo Company 11
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Dead and Four 111. t
Three colored employes of the Roy- '
ter Guano Company at Macon, Ga., a
ame to their death last week from r
nhaling poisonous gases while at c
vork in the acid chamber of the cora>any's
factory and four more are ill c
rom the same cause, one probably fl
at ally. The coroner empaneled a
ury and held an inquest ou one of
he negroes for all of the victims,
rhe verdict of the jury is that John
lilmore came to his death while In
he discharge of his duty in employ
>f the Royster Guano company, due
o the incompetency of Superinteulent
Stamps and Foreman Gonsalres."
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DIED IN I'RARIE FIRE.
Vu Awful Dcutli Overtakes Family in
North Dakota.
Louis Orian, his wife and five chlllren
perished In a prairie fire which
iwept the country 12 miles west of
Cogswell, North Dakota. Orian hurried
his family into a wagon, but lost
in a race with the flafes. The fire
was spread all over the country by ,
a wind which truvelled nt 4 0 miles
an nour. uozens or [aimers lost
barnes and granaries. Live stock
was liurned on severul farms. Serjeant
country has never known so i
destructive a fire. * i
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the operation of the law and to 1
pluce themselves in direct opposition I
to the well defined moral policy of
the State. ]
"Under such circumstances, I do
not believe that my candidacy this
year would be productive of good to i
the prohibition cause and I will not i
be a candidate.
"Whether the State Democratic
Convention will be asked to permit a i
direct vote upon the question in the
primary this summer, I am not nowprepared
to say. I have my own
personal views upon this subject, but
before any definite conclusion is
reached It may ha necessary to have
a conference of the prohibitionists. |
I am seeking to do what is best for
the ultimate good of the cause.
"Personally. I shall continue to go
into different sections of the State
and advocate prohibition. I shall
offer my services to any section that
may desire them, whether it he to
make speeches generally throughout
the State or in counties where campaigns
are being mude under the pros
ent law.
"The fight is on and the prohibitionists
expect to keep it up until
they stop the legalized sale of liquor
in South Carolina."
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KILLS HIMSELF
After Shooting His Sixteen Year
Old Daughter Twice.
SHOCKING TRAGEDY
'lecured in a Girl's School at Ashovlllc.
The Young Lady had Taken !
Part in April Fool Joke and her
Father visits her at School, Shoots 1
Her,and then Commits Suicide.
A terrible tragedy was enacted at
Xsheville, N. C., on Wednesday. En- ,
raged at his 16-ycar-old daughter |
Nellie, because of a harmless school 1
?irl prank, I)r. D. O. Swinney. who 1
ecently went to Asbeville, from New
fork, fired two shots at her, fatally |
bounding her, and tden turning tne
v>v?i.ci uii muiseir, tie placeo iu?.: 1
nuzzle lu his mouth and pulled the
rigger, dying almost iustantly. |
3adly wounded as she was, with two ,
mllets ein 111 bedded in her skull, Miss I
Swinney ran from the room up-stairs '
0 the principal's room before she
ell. |
The tragedy occurned lu the recep- i
Ion room of the Normal and Colleg- <
ichool for girls, where Miss Swtnney '
lad been a pupil for the past session (
lust what occured prior to the shoot- j
ng is not known as there were no .
vitnesses and the girl, while still j
-onscious could give but a vague ,
iccount. Dr. Swinney, who, up to
1 few years ago, had been a promi- |
itne physician In New York city, ,
las been in poor health, and of late ,
t is alleged his mind has been un- ,
alanced.
Recently his dnughter was one of (
i number of school girls, who, as an ,
tpril fool*8 joke, absented them- ,
ielves from school, and the father j
irooded over the little escapade unil
It assumed to him the proportions ,
>f actual wrong-doing. When Dr.
Iwinney called on his daughter at (
he school this afternoon about 3 (
('clock he was shown into the recep- (
ion room, nnd a few minutes later (
lis daughter came down and went (
nto the room, closing the door bednd
her. She sat down at the piano, (
ler father sitting beside her.
Half an hour later girls and teaches
were startled by four shots ringng
out and a few seconds afterwards
4iss Swinney, with blood streaming
rom the wounds in her head, cume
ushing from the room. In a few
iiinutes later the wildest confusion
eigned, school girls and women
eachers ran here and there, but Miss (
tobinson. the principal, speedily retored
order and nastily summoned '
i physician. Miss Swinney was des- !
lerately wounded and there is ?ittle i
hance for her recvery. I
The room in which the tragedy oc- (
urred showed signs of a hard strug- ,
lie; chairs were overturned and the (
iano stool, with one leg broken, was
ying in the middle of the room. The
ather was lying on the floor, at one 1
ide of the room, face downward. '
vith the revolver with four chambers
;mpty tinder him. The attempted (
nurder and suicide were evidently
leiiberately planned, a? before going
0 the school Dr. Swinney purshased
1 revolver and two rounds of cartidges
at a pawn shop.
Although, it is said, his mind has
>een unbalanced for some time he
tad never been violent and his famiy
were totally unprepared for the
'earful tragedy. He was a father-inaw
of Dr. J. A. Sinclair, a prominent
ientist of that city, and since his reurn
from New York a few weeks ago
md made his home with him.
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
Towns NY it bin a Had ins of Eighteen
Miles Damn:;e?l.
Many men were reported killed,
several fatally injured and a number
missing in an explosion earlv Tuer-I
lay morning at the Aetna mil Ik of the I
Dnnnnt PnwHor nnmnonv t- vtu I
lers, Ind.
The shock of the explosion was
heard 18 miles away.
The wrecked plant employed from
l.r?0 to 200 men in the day time, hut
the full force was not at work when
the disaster occurred.
The night shift had just completed
Its task when the death-dealing blast
startled the town. Houses were dismantled
and windows broken hundreds
of yards away from the scene.
At Chesterton, Ind., harbor, Gary
nd Dane Park, a dozen or more miles
distant, citizens thought an earthquake
was upon them.
Physicians and nurses were hurried
to the scene. A number of the
injured were removed to the new hospital
at. Gary on trains over the Hake
Shore and Baltimore and Ohio, and
Wabash,
Machines Are Demolished.
At Pittsburg. Pa.. Fr'dav sixtyeight
steel machines, confiscated by
the police upon complaint that they
were used to operate games of chance
were demolished. About 4,000 pen
nies were taken from the machines
and added to the police pension fund
of that city. ... *.
FIENDISH BRUTE.
ATTKMFTBD AN ASSAULT OX i
BRAVE LEXINGTON WOMAN*.
hSe ChaNt'd the Hroumlrel With i
Gun to Perry, Where lie Whs Ar
rested.
The State says Chief of Police Sal
ley, of Perry carried to Columhh
Wednesday night and lodged In th<
State penitentiary Alex. Hall, colored
charged with attempting crlmina
assault upon a Lexington county wo
man Sunday afternoon.
The negro was arrested at Perr>
Monday night by Chief Salley and
Wednesday he was taken to the Aiker
county Jail. It was deemed wise tc
place the negro in the penitentiary
however, and Officer Salley carried
him to Columbia Wednesday nighi
and he Will rnmnln v...... ?*
HCIW i\ I suit
keeping until the opening of the regu
lar term of criminal court in Lexing
ton.
Sunday afternoon Hall stopped a^
the home of Mr. C. Wint Sox. ai
Edmunds, about 10 miles from Lex
Ington. Mrs. Sox was the only per
son at home. He asked her for i
drink of water and she started to gei
It for him, when he turned and ex
claimed: "You are what I want, noi
the water." At the same time h<
made a dash for Mrs. Sox. but sh<
grabbed a hammerless gun and at
tempted to shoot him, whereupon h<
dashed out of the house. She did noi
know how to operate the gun, other
wise she would have been able to til
him with lead before he could hav<
possibly escaped. Mrs. Sox gave th<
alarm immediately and a number ol
nearby citizens started in pursuit ol
the negro.
Chief of Police Sallev of Perry wat
Informed over the telephone about
the attempted assault and was asked
to keep a lookout for the negro. Monday
afternoon he located a negro answering
the description and held him
Tor identification, it is sajd that thf
negro feared the result of having
Mrs. Sox come to Perry to identify
him and admitted that he was the
man. requesting that he be taken to
the Aiken jali.
Sheriff Corley of Lexington was in
formed of the arrest of Hall and expected
to send his deputy to Aiken
for tho purpose oj transferlng him
:o the Lexington jail, but the negro
Is now in the penitentiary and will
"eninin there until the regular term
if the criminal court for Lc*4ngton
:ouuty convenes.
DON'T WANT TAFT.
S'rgnt Bishop Creates a Grrat Sensation
in New York.
Bishop Alexander Walters, head of
he African Methodist Episcopal Ziou
church In New York city, created
wmething like a sensation among
the colored worshipers of his denomination
Tuesday by delivering himself
if a hitter attack on Predident Roosevelt
for the part he has played in
the Brownsville u air, and declaring
that Taft was unfit to be the negro's
candidate for the presidency hecause
he was with Roosevelt, a party
to what the bishop termed "a deliberate
plot to discredit the negro race
for political purposes."
That the bishop's denunciation of
the president and Secretary Taft did
not fall on ears altogether appreciative
was evidenced before the last
clause of his letter had been read
Several of those present allowed them
selves the privilege of groans of dls
approval, and at the end Rev. Dr
Parks, chairman of the meeting, called
attention as delicately as he coult!
to the fact that the meeting waa noi
to discuss politics, but to considerth<
education of the members of tin
race.
CHURCH THIKF.
Woman Arrested for Robbing Wor
shippers While at Prayer.
As she rose from her knees, cross
ed herself devoutly aud walked ou
of St. Elizabeth's Roman Catholic
church, in Chicago on Sunday, Ma:
O'Hara, alias May Miller, was ar
rested by a police sergeant and threi
patrolmen for stealing the purses o
worshippers. The woman's rooms
which she occupies with Frank Cun
nlngham. a former pockey. wen
found to contain between forty an<
fifty purses and handbags, all o
which are supposed to have been stol
en by May O'Hara while she was pre
tending to be in prayer and was ii
reality searching the scuts in fron
of her for plunder.
SIXTY-FIVE KILLED
[Ij n Landslide* in Canon on Souther
Pacific Railroad.
Slxty-ftvo Japanese laborers em
ployed by the Canadian Pacific rail
road lost their lives in one of th
worst land slides in the history o
Canada, in a canon of the Albert
mountains. The roar of the thous
ands of tons of snow, ice and rod
carrying before it debris of all kind
and snapping off large trees as I
they were twigs, could be heard fc
miles. Telegraph wires were carrie
down by the slide. Only five bod it
.have been recovered. t
WITH BRYAN
x And a Strong Running Mata WW
Certainly Win Says
SENATOR TILLMAN.
( He Thinks the Democrats Hare a
- Magnifirh-nt Chance to Win in NoI
vember?In the Northwest Ho
Found TliouHHiids of Republicans
Who Will Vote for llnan Bccnnso
I
i Ho Is With Roosevelt on Reform.
A special dispatch from Atlanta to
[ the Charleston Post Bays Senator
t Tillman is much improved at the san5
itarium. but is still weak. In an interview
he says:
The Democrats have a mngnificient
t chance to win. There is a spirit of unt
rest aud discontent in the Republican
party. With Bryan aud a strong
mate we can win.
J "Everything now points to Taft ?s
the Republican nominee. He is supposed
to typify Rooseveltisin, but I
believe he would be a different man
as President. I do uot believe Roosevelt
or any other man could control
[ him.
' "In the Northwest I found thousands
of Republicans who will vote for
J Bryan because they know he stands
for the things Roosevelt stands for.
Of course, the old conservative Demr
ocrats would probably go to the Republican
nominee."
Senator Tillman expects to sail for
Europe in a few weeks. He may de'
clde to take a cattle steamer for the
. Jong slow trip and ocean air. lie is
able to take short walks.
KILLED HIMSELF.
i
! Au Old Man Follows Advice of f?r.
Osier.
1 When a man after nn active life
finds himself without an opportunity
to continue his activity and through
reverse fortune is without means of
livelihood to retain honor and prevent
himself from becoming a burden
on his followmen. it Is desirable that
he follow the proposition attributed
to Osier. I, therefore, deem it expedient
to do so."
Tho above abstract from a letter
found on the body of .Joseph Child,
who committed suicide Tuesday at
his boardlug house in 117th street,
In Chicago., by inhaling Illuminating
gas explains his reasou for his deed.
Sixty-live years ulrt without f'iends
or relatives, out of employment and
with no prospect of finding work aud
with his little savings rapidly dwindlng
away. Child chose to go to a suicide's
grave rather than become a
burden on the community.
I/OST BOTH liGGH.
The Very Sad Fate of An Augusta
Georgia, Boy.
The Augusta Herald sa>H Tracy
Owens, an 1 1-year-old white boy. was
run over the other morning in the
lpper Hnrrisonville yards of the Geor'
gia railroad, at the north end. Both
I legs were severed from his body. He
was at once carried to the city hospital,
where an operation was performed.
and he may recover although
i It Is considered quite doubtful.
The Georgia railroad oflleials state
that engine five was in the act of
' taking the cab from the engine In
1 order to leave It on a seperate track.
1 when Owens, who is said to hang
5 around the place often endeavored to
' swing aboard the cab. His footing
slipped and legs wero severed.
The cab was at once connected up
and t heboy sent to the hospital. It
is stated that young Owens had been
. reqquently warned to stay away from
the place.
MOHK RODIKH FOUND.
' Death List of Chelsea Fire Now N'umc
V her Thirteen.
B Two more bodies were found in
f the ruins of the Chelsea fire of last
Sunday, making tho total number rei
covered 11, and the known victims
e 13, which includes two who died iu
j hospitals.
f The bodies found were both males.
_ The first found was recovered at 29
_ Marlboro street, where search was
n made through the efforts of a sister
t of a man who lived at that number
and who hns been missing. The body
was identified by means of a watch
ana ipein as mai u? nsn; urmn,
agod 4 2 years, employed as a messenger
In Boston.
" The second body recovered was
found at Poplar street and was that,
of a male adult. The list of missing
[- persons Is still large and It Is feared
I- many of them perished.
e
if Mother Forgets Baby.
a As the clerks in a 14th street dry
J- goods store of New York were putr.
ting away their stocks for the day
Is Friday they were aroused by the waillf
Ing of a baby. Search in the nur>r
sery revealed a three-monts-old ind
fant girl, who had evidently been for>8
gotten by its mother in the haste or
closing her day'6 shopping. ________