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THE FORT MILL TIMES i ?. 1 : * /v VOL. XVII. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17,11)08. 1^ NO. 37. ? . - - - , . 1 J j - nillfilll rifr?l I ? ' rAMMA UFLIKIUN Results in a Number of People Losing Their Lives SCENES OF GREAT EXCITEMENT Premature Explosion of an Enormous Blast of Powder Near Colon Claims Ten Dead and Fifty Injured. t . . Colon, By Cable.?A giant blast of lynamite, already prepared for firing, ?as prematurely exploded in the workings at Bns Oliispo Saturday. Ten nun were killed and fifty injured, ft may be that others have been killid, for debris is piled up in all diree".iona. P?as Obispo eat is about It') miles Trrni Cclon. and the s'<>ek of the exolosion was distin**ily filt here, as in ?Ut?]t:cn.. to that in thr blast, 22 tons >P dynamite was exploded. Numerous reports are current as to the cause of the accident but the of5cinl version from Culebra, which fives un estimate of ten killed nnd ilfty wounded, stntes that during the lending of the last hole of the blast Ihe dynamite in this cut tint; was disfherged, and the remaining 22 tons were exploded by concussion. The holes hr.d not been connected electrically as the discharge ? f the blast was set for ."> o'clock in the afternoon. The last 1 ole was being loaded under the supervision of*one Oof the tucst efficient powder men in the employ of the commission. A passenger train had just passed when the explosion occurred, hut it was not in any way damaged. The majority of the victims arc Spaniards. Relief trains were sent to the scene cf the disaster nnd one which returned here several Loir-s Inter brought back the lcport that 4."> of the injured had been sent to A neon Itespitnl. The officials cn the train stated that, eleven dead had been found while many others in the gang of 12!) who were employed in the cut were missing. " It was elso reported by the t.rainrrcn that t!?o explosion was due to a pnssing steam shovel, which hooked the wire leading to the immense charge of dvnamito. Whether or not this was the cause of the accident, a stenm shovel and crew, which happened to he cn the scene were practically buried under the mass of rocks and rnrth thrown up. Oanas were scon searching: for the ?? dead and assisting: the wounded. Flecjnc lights were set up and at ni2ht strain shovels were at work reI p-.ovmg the tons upon tons of dehris. Man]* of the men have been seriously ) injured, some cf. them probably falaltv Tradition has it that lite Panama Railroad cost cue human life for every tie, what with accidents, insurrections and disease, and tho construeticji of the canal lias not gone along + without exacting its toll. There have been a number of accidents in the last two years, chief among which was the premature explosion of dvtinmite at Pedro Miguel in June. 1907, which resulted in the death of acven men and the injury of n number cf others. Tho Dead Total Fourteen. Colon, Rv Cable.?The explosionSunday at Baa Obispo of 21 tons of dynamite blast was the most serious accident in connection with the building of the Panama canal since the United States took control. A thorough investigation with a view to fixing the responsibility has been ordered and already officials are taking evidence. Crooked Wisconsin Banker Sentenced Milwaukee, Wis., Special.?John F. Schnltc, aged 38, former paving teller of the First National Bank of Racine, was sentenced to five years r.t i v ft ft ron i.eavcmvortri by .) ml arc Quartos. Kcbuito emberrled $15,000, pleaded puilty and asked for leniency. Five years is the minimum penalty. Schuite was arrested at Cleveland on July 7. Mail Carrier Badly Hnrt. Spartanburg1, Special. ? Jesse L. Wood, a well known letter carrier, wss thrown from his buggy enrlv Sunday morning- and seriously injured. The horse Mr. Wood was driving took fngfejUwM. east Main street, .ins* j.Ste llir First l'resbvt< t i.in * .va* tin-own vi< lentlv to tho knocked unconscibiis. AVIkn"tateii to his home it wak discovered three of his ribs had been broken ami onn of his shoulders terribly injured. He is threatened wiili pneumonia,which makes his ccndtiion trebly worse. Ohio Con$re?rann Critically 111. Wooster, 0., Special.?The mar - \urionc in the chair cai jjn?n?vhvaoi? westbound trair Sunday aud taken to a loca' kejfaraM. Tilto liter identified as Con Orant E. Mouscr, of tin ^tfsrfriet. Physicians declare he is suffering from uraemii j . a :iinj and acute congestion of tin I tit YVUKK ur CUINliKESS ?i? Congressional Summary. The business of both houses of Congress wns confined largely to listening to the reading: 6f the President's annual message but in addition a few bills were introduced both in the Senate and the House and in the House a number of bills was sent t? conference, among: them being one providing for a new immigration station in Boston. In addition, ihe Speaker announced the apointment of Mr. Iliggins, of Connecticut, to a place on the committee on the judiciary, in place of Mr. Littlcfield and of Mr. Martin to a place on the committee on Indian affairs in place of Mr. Parker, deceased. For the first time during the present Congress there was a call of the committers of the House but no measure was reported by any of tlicm. I TK? ?n ? i- ? tu<! hiiocviiumwms vifiiv oi i lie ornate consisted in the main of the reference in executive session of about 1 ,f)00 recess nominations, which were sent to the Senate bv the President, and the adoption of resolutions of res grot on account of the death of members of the House who haw passed away since the adjournment last May. The Senate adjourned for the Way at 2 o'clock and the House at 2:3."). Census Bill Passed. For neatly five hours the House of Representatives considered the hill providing for the taking of the thirteenth and subsequent decennial censuses. and passed it without material change. Ftont the very outset of the debate it became evident that the progress of the measure toward passage would he impeded. Pensions in Senate. The session of the Senate was chiefly devoted to the foimal presentation of departmental reports and the introduction of bills. The reports have been made public from time to time and the bills numbering 352 were chiefly for the granting oi pensions. Saturday's Session. The House of Representatives Saturday was in its old-time form. No particular programme had been mapped out, but under a call of committees several measures in which the members were especiallv interested, and iii some eases vitally concerned were considered. With few exrep (ions they engendered the liveliest sort of debate, and it was disclosed that the forces for or against their were fully lined up for the fray Parliamentary tactics were freely resorted to, with the result that five times the roll was rolled. The first "rangle occurred on i resolution fixing the boundary line between the States of Colorado. OHahoinr end New Mexico, which wn< agreed to bv a majority but not without two loll calls. The Mouse then by n decisive vote refused to further consider the bill providing for arbitrary settlement of disputes between employers and employes. Next turning attention to the bill providing for the protection of aliens in the United States the subject was threrlied out at length. The measure had rough sailing and it was passed by a slim majority after the roll had been called twice. Mr. and Mrs.. Tcft Given Reception Washington, Special. ? Presidentelect and Mrs. William II. Tuft were tendered a reception by Miss Mabel Ronrdman, n Washington soeietj leader, at her home on Dupont circle. Tho function was one of the most notable of the season, and among the guest were n large number of the representative persons of the Capital's official, diplomatic and social circles. Tho Evacuation of Cuba. Washington, Special.?At tho War Department tho first details regarding tho withdrawal from Cuba of Ihl Amnrinnn nvrviv r?f r?oni it ttn f !.->? > which has been on duty lliero since the fall of 1906, were made known. The movements of the troops will bejrin on January 1st and will be completed by April 1st. Killed by Electric Shock. Yorkville, Special.?Mr. W. F. Downs, a native of Fort Mill, and for the past three or four years head machinist at the Tnvora Cotton Mill at this place, was instantly killed by an electrical current. The electrical " Current whic^ is furnished by the Southern Power Company, had failed and Superintendent Kamscur and Mr. Downs were searching for the trouble. The t switch had been opened and Dowas placed bis hand on n wire he supposed, dead hut it proved not to be and'jje fell back hfeless. \ . Thomas F. Ryan Gives $1,000 to Uncle Remus Fund. Atlanta, Ga., Special.?J. O. fester, secretary of the "Uncle Remus" memorial association, announced the receipt of a contribution of $1,000 from Thomas F. flvan, of New York, to the fund of perpetuatinipthc memory of Joel Chandler Harris. Mr. Ryan was tendered and has accepted the vice presidency of the association. , UUIHtl SEIZE VESSEL! Venezuelan Ship Toved Into Pert PRILE CARRIED DUTCH FLAG The Geldcrland Steams Into the Harbor of Williamstad Towing the Venezulean Coastguard Ship Alex Flying the Dutch Flag and Sporting a Dutch Crew. Willeemstad, Tslnnd of Curacao, Special.?The Dutch cruiser (icldcrInnd came into tiiis port Sunday morning towing the Veiirreula coastpun nl ship Alix with the Dutch flap flying niul a Dutch crew on bonnl. The Ocldtiland captured the Alix rfV Puerto ('aliello 0:1 Saturday. At that time the Alix was lying close in shore and notwithstanding tie threat which the Vtner.ulcan government had made to fire upon any of the Dutch v.'arships committing h hostile net, the Clcldcrland steamed nt full ?f(cu lunaiuii nil' guard snip ami sell! an officer ami guard in a launch to scire her. No shots cane from the forts on land. The crew of the APx was put ashore and the Dutch officer and marines remained on hoard, the (jclderland finally taking the Alix in tow and steaming away with her prize. The seizure of the Alix was in ac(ordance with the plans of the Holland government when instructions were issued to the throe Dutch warships now in these waters to make a demonstration off tin coast of Vencr.ula and to capture any Venezulean ships of war of guard vessds that tliov might find. The pi epic of Curacao are greatly rejoiced. The CSovernor of Curacao said: "The capture of our warships of coast guards and war vessls is not to he considered an unfriendly act against the Yenczuleans. It is merely a leprisal against ('astro's government which refuses to give satisfaction f?r his unfriendly ait'" toward II. Hand." It is learned firm the officers of the (leldcrland that the battleship .Taroh Van llrinsketk and tlie n nisei Kriesland are now rff I.a (Juyra ami that further captures may he expected at any time. Taft's View of ITcKinley. New York, Spin ial. ? Presidenteloet William 11. Tall, speaking Sunday night at the dedication of a McKinlev memorial organ in Metropolitan Temple, told to the audience the story of his official association with the late Prscident, and declared with reference to the Philippine Islands that the policy laid down hv Mr. McKinley in lffOO had l>"en the policy ?f the present as it will lie the policy of his own administration in the White House. Mr. Taft will remain here until Thursday, when he leaves for Augusta. On., to spend the five weeks preceding his proposed departure to the Panama canal. American Railway Company Asks For r. Charter. TTnwkinsvilln Oi Cnnmnl ?' tcr was applied for by a local attorney on behalf of interested parties for a charter for ''The American Railwnv Company," which proposes building a line from Abbeville, On., to Winchester, in Macon county, On., via Hawkinsville and Orovnniu. The proposed road will traverse one of the richest farming sections of the State. It will tap the Seaboard at Abbeville and the Oulf line at Hawkinsville. Work will begin at once, it is stated. 1E03 Cotton Crop. Washington, Special.?Tho crop reporting board of the bureau cf statistics of the Ilcpnrtcnt of Agriculture has estimated from reports of correspondence agents of the bureau that the total production of cotton in tho United Stntcs for the year 1908-9 would amount to 6,182,970,000 pounds. I England Rushes More Troops to India. London, By Cable.?Another heavy draft on English home regiments for service in India was ordered by the Wilt* office TIia trnnm will lm ronilv to embark for India as soon as possil?U* as the threatened Indiaji uprising is believed to !>; imminent. Friday's draft with the heavy reinforcements that started for India last Wednesday, has reduced many of the home battalions t?> mere skeletons and an additional call for recruits will scon be made. Wife of Millionaire is Arrectd For Shoplifting. New York, Special.?Mrs. T.ouis J. Schloss, wife of the well known New York and Baltimore clothier, was arrested here last week for shoplifting. Different articles she had picked up amounted to about $16. She pleads nervousness and ill health. The case will be heard soon. j ) HAIL, CO 11^^ \ I mm ?Carl Uncle San?"Why, I Thoujht It Wa; Home and Raise Till! Suffragist Movement in shadow a Women's Rcvi the Destinies cf New York/City.?In a remarkable editorial The World writes as follows about a quiet, revolution that Is being wrought by the women cf the United States: A REVOLUTION. Hero are these three matters of fart: The spread cf the suffragist movement despite the laughter of o world of men; the general invasion of indua'-r'al fields by women; wives outnumbering husbands two to one as plaintiffs in trie 9*45.000 divorce eases of the last twenty years in the United States. it is customary to treat separately the three issues thus presented. They are all manifestations of one general movement?a Revolution of Women, due chiefly to the new industrial regime under which a woman can do WOMEN LED REVO New York City.?The Rev. Charles E. Jefferson, pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle, recently returned from Turkey, where lie was at the time the Sultan's declaration of the new constitution was announced, spoke before the Baptist Ministers' Conference, In the Madison Avenue Baptist Church Hall, on tbo "New Regime" in Turkey. Ho described the Sultan going to church with his thirty wives and said the Sultan painted his cheeks nnd dyed liis hair. No monarch in the world, lie said, had such a gang of scoundrels and thieves around him as had the Sultan of Turkey before the next constitution went into effect. Since that time the 25,000 spies had BISHOP DOANE ON Ke Dcprccatc3 Prcvalencs of Dlvorc Philadelphia.?There was read before the Federal Council of Churches oi en rise a report on "Family Life." prepared for n committeo by the Rt, Rev. William Croswell Doana, Bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Albany, in which were exploited the evils prevailing against the hearthstone. "Family life," wrote the Bishop. 'Is threatened, first, by the lowered sense of the sanctity of marriage; secondly, by the prevalence of divorce; thirdly, by the alarming Increase In tho restriction of tho bearing of children. In this last matter It Is the duty of the Christian Church to apeak out. Thero has been a decllno In the birth rate In every Western country, most marked In the English speaking countries; greater In the United States than In any other country. It Is largely due to the loss of the sense of responsibility to God for the fruits of marriage. It is a symptom of the spirit which shirks responsibility and resents self-denial and which results in the weakening of NOW THE "TUBE \ Paris, France. ? The revolution gradually brought about in woman's dress as a result of the Dlrectolre erase is producing some curious consequences. The dress designers and makers. after having gradually brought about what they describe as n nUnl?l.? 1 I ? . * 1 ' n. ainiiHMi 11 lie 111 1111111, IlilVtl HOW 111reeted their attention to the hack portion of the fashionable attire, and the decree has Rone forth that the straight line, both front and back, is to prevail this winter. The result la to crtitc an entirely Plan T'prislng Agninet the British In India. Vancouver. B. C.?The Wond says British officers working among the Sikhs and Hindus of the Pacific Coast unearthed the details of a proposed uprising against British rule In India. The story is to the effert that scattered outrages are now taking place in India for the purpose of scattering the British troops. The main rising will take place in April next at Anirltzar. Stocks of arms of modern typo are hidden in various districts. _ \ IK?*. Vtiil >LUMBBA2 SX ' la n by Trig?*, in the N>'v York Press. All Arranged Tint Ycu V/ : t> Stay at a Lirjje Family!" the United States May Foreliulion Which Will Ailed the Whole Race. a man's work ami earn what was a 1 man's wage hardly a generation ago. Woman Is no longer afraiil of freedom. She can make her own v.ay. | Spinsterhood has ceased to be inevi! tahlv a burden. Marring1 when It becomes a disaster or a despotism need no longer be borne as the penalty of dependency. In her new spirit of independence woman may turn naturally enough to politics, though the suffragist movement In the United States is thus far least Important among feminist agitations. Other revolutions have changed maps, dynasties and governments. A Woman's Rendition may greatly affect the dcslin&^of the whole race. An issue is presu^fefe Itself which no prudent statcsmi^^^rr)cnn safely underestimate or tja^VLUTION IN Tl?p'lCEY. been dismissed. fUo police had been deprived of their grafting methods and that every one was happy under tho new order, so much so, that even the Csl. drivers accepted a small fare without protest, but with smiles. Forty Turkish women, the preacher said, had been most instrumental in carrying on the revolution In Turkey, carrying dispatches to all points of tho empire in behalf of tho pat riots. Til PSA wnmon ha/1 by thousands of others since the constitution had gone Into effect, and were establishing women's clubs, and that the era of new womanhood In Turkey had apparently dawned. Women, he said, were doing away with the custom of wearing veils. FAMILY LIFE EVILS. :: and the Increase of Race Suicide. character of the American people. "Concerning this evil the committee desire to recommend that wherever possible legislation should be promoted to secure the prohibition of certain appliances and drugs and corrupting advertisements; the prosecution of all who publicly and professionally assist preventive methods, a proper and efficient standard and status of those who practice midwifery and the national recognition of the ; dignity of motherhood and the provlI slon of adequate carc, protection and ! asalstanoo for women before and af? ! ter childbirth. "Differ as we may In tho various Protestant churches upon the ground on which divorces may be allowed there is a consensus of opinion in all the churches that divorce is a menace to society and u threatening ruin to the home. The committee unhesitatingly declare that in their judgment there is at most but one cause for which marriage ought to be broken by a court of law." VOMAN" IN PARIS. j new-shaped human Vieing. already I nicknamed "la femme tube." or "the tube woman," because the few women seen about so far in the very latest style of Dirertoire dress resemble w alking stovepipes. The new figure requires the wearing a corset of extraordinary length, resembling certain ancient iron instruments of torture. They are made of rubber or elastic tissue and whalebone, and reach nearly to the knees. Many of these new corsets are on show at the large shops. Says l'nilroads Control Most Federal Judges. Lawrence,Kan.?At a State conference here over State legislation, J. L. Brlstow, former Assistant PostmastI cr-General, who will succeed Chester L. Long in the United States Senate, ! declared that the railroads control I most cf the Federal Judges, and that better care should he exercised in the | selection of Judges. "Lawyers should be chosen," raid ho, "who have not been affiliated with (he railicads or other big corpora* tloas." . , J _ sfOSESI RESERVES ! . Dne^vf the Most Urgent Needs of the Nation THE DEMAND FULLY GONE OYER Sovernors ani Prominent Ken From Every Section of the Country Appear Before the Houso Committee ud Urge the Establishment of ^Forett Reserves. 555? Washington, Special.?A distinfuialied assembly of witnesses tosiifled before the llousi committee on tgriculturo to the need of the Federal government establ shi: g forest eservos in the Wliito mountains and in the Southern Appalachians. It narked the op*nhig of the ti.'iit in :his session of Congress for the nra O <1 - PALMETTO AFFAIRS State News of Interest from Various Sections 1 TRIES TO BURN JAIIc. Aiken Nt-jro Makes Attempt to Escarc. Aiken, Special.?-Will Blackwcli colored, was placed in the county jail Monday, .afternoon, charged with larceny of live ytock. The case is a rather peculiar one. If is chargef* that last Thursday night Blaekwell went to the place of Mis. Alice .amar. near l.angl *v, and stole a milk cow. The cow was tracked for seven-.] miles the Tel lowing day, but when the trail was lost. Magistrate l>avid Hush was telephoned to and asked to he on the lookout lev the cow and the thief. A few minutes after the tc lephc no message was received. Mr. Hush saw the cow and tho negro was leading her. 11 deputized a constable to arrest liitn. Blackwell explained that lie had conic across the cow in the road ami thai she had followed him off. He was placed in the Kllenton jail, and Sat urday night, Mag stratc Bush says, he tried to burn the jail and escape, and a large hole was burned in the house, but fortunately the lire did not pot any headway. Mill Children Entertained. "Ware Shoals Special.?On the pvoninp of Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin 1). Riegel entertained 100 children employes of tlie Ware Shoals Mannl'aeturinp Company to a sumptuous mast turkey supper. The little folks enjoyed the feast of pood things provided and their happv faces betokeued the faet that all had do:u ample justice to the rich :yid varied menu provided by their kind host and hostess. Miss Frances Kdntonston of Washington helped to make it pleasant for the ehihlren. while a company of local ladies and gentlomen acted as waiters upon the various tables. Several speeches were made by Mr. \V. Colib, Mr. K. J. Clark and others. Three hearty cheers were given by the thildren in honor of Mr. and Mis. Riepel. F.very child received a present of oranges,] apples, eandv and bananas before! leaving for their homes. The event proved one of the happiest and most j appreciated ever held in our town. | County Fair For Ed;cficll. Edgefield. Special.?At a meeting of the citzens of the county held here last week a county agricultural fair association was organized. Before the organization President J. E. Green of the Georgia-Carolina fair addressed the meeting. Jantes R. Cantclon was elected president, J. W. Hardy of Johnston and Janus H. Mat his of Trenton vice presidents. The capital stock was fixed at H.<)()() with the right to increase to .$KU)IK) in shares of .f."> each, the association to he permanently organized when not less' ?U?I, ionn I I ...L 11-? -1 i nun T-i'Vi iiiin lJft.ll J>IIUSIT11I?'? Uil?J paid in. A board of directors, consisting of 10. was elected, also committees to solicit subscriptions and procure a charter. The fair is an assured fact. Harvard Instructor Comes to Wofford Spartanburg, Special.?Dr. Wm. Colwdl, for the past four years instructor in German at Harvard, was chosen bv the trustees of Wofford college to succeed Dr. A. B. Cooke in the department of modern languages. Dr. Colwcll is 30 years of ago. lie will arrive in Spartanburg February 1. Until then his work will he divided among the members of Wofford faculty. Dr. (Yoke lias accepted a position as head of the department of modern languages at Throop institute at Pasadena, Cal. He and family will leave Spartanburg December 20. Col. T. C. Duncan Purcharea Cotton Mill. Spartanburg, Special.?A report reached Spartanburg that Col. T. C. Duncan, formerly of Union, but now of Tennessee, had organized a eompanv in that State and had purchased tiro Aetna Cotton Mills. Colonel Duncan was formerly president of the Buffalo and Union Mills. Southern to Erect New Depot at Spartanburg. Spartanburg, Special.?Tt is reported on good authority that the officials of the Southern railway have '? i .i ' - I unuit-ii tu uoaiiuon liie Irciinil uepol j nt tlie present silo and erect a large and modern depol in I lie old S. I*. & (yards. Tlie depot is too congested for tlie giowing business and largci <iuarlers are needed. Superintendent Fallis, it is said, was in Spartanburg recent I v and visited the S. l\ & C. jnids l'or the purpose of selecting a site. SUte Notes. Commissioner Watson went te Washington to attend the meeting of the Southern Commercial congress, the National Rivers and Harbors congress and will later go to New York for a meeting of the National t'ivir federation. A commission was issued to the ,J. A. Stanton company, a general merchandise concern of Tat urn. Hampton county. The eapital is $?j,000. ~:j. 3k ?wu ui uivse reserves 10 prytec! tin* lavigability of navigable streams, a ourpose which tlie committee conceded is Constitutional. Besides Governor Guild, cf Massachusetts, who was the spokesman intil he was compelled to leave the ;ity and turn his duties over to Col. William 8. Harvey, of Philadelphia. Governors Chamberlain, of Oregon; rVnsel, of South Carolina; Hoke Smith >f Georgia, and Johnson, of Minnesota, former Governors George E. Pardee, of California, and Blauchard, of Louisiana, and Dr. Edward Ever?tt Hale, chaplain of the Senate, were among tlisoe who appeared. Chairman Scott, of the committee, said the committee appreciated the public sentiment in favor of the project bat that the problem of obtaining the lesirec end was difficult. Representative Scott explained that ;he House committee 0:1 the judiciary had questioned the constitutionality >1 action on the part of Congress looking toward the purchase of land Cor the conservation of forests whatever it might do toward protecting the navigability of the streams of the :ouutry. Governor Guild, in responding, laid jmphasis upon the ability of the general government to undertake projects for the general welfare of the lowntry. saying the appeal come from all quarters o? tUo-rWlti(XU- m- ~~VgKKr It is probably the first time in history that the Governor of South Carolina and the Governor of Massachusetts have joined hand in hand to appeal to Congress for the enactment, of law for the general welfare of the United States," said Governor Guild.' as he bowed to Governor Ansel, of the Southern State. President Van Hise took the position that the peculiar rapidity of erosion in the Southern Appalachian mountains necessitated the establishment of a reserve there, for the preservation of the navigability of the streams and the protection of the harbors. He gave it as his opinion that the crucial area to be purchased was the lower slopes of the mountains where tho inclines are ro steep and erosion so rapid that their use for agriculture is less important than tho preservation of the Rtreams. J Nine Injured by Bomb. New York, Special.?Creeping over the roof to an airshaft in the fivestory tenement at 330 Sixty-third street, a Black Hand agent dropped a bomb to the ground. The explosion that resulted was-terrific. Tho walls of the building reeled and tottered, almost falling, and every window within a block or more was shattered. Nine people in the building and in the street were injured by the explosion of the bomb, some of them seriously, although it is not thought that any of them will die. It was a miracle that no one was killed outI right. The police are investigating I the case and they have come to tho conclusion that the bomb dropping was me woric or tno fame Block Hand agent who throe years ago kid? napped the email son of nn Italian banker, who owns and occupies a part of the building, and that the motive was revenge, the banker having re. fused to ransom bin eon. The bombthrower made geed his escape, but the police believe that they have clun which may lead tcrli's capture, cr possibly to the breaking tip of a Black Hand gang. Every Citizen to Become a Soldier. Washington, Special.?Kvery mnl< citizen in the United Slates between the ages of 1G and !"> is to become *i part of |he military f< rco of the country and to he liable .for mlitarv duty under the terms of a bill, tlie passage of which has been roeomJiendcd by the l'i "sideiit i:i a special I message to Congnss. The bill provides an elastic organization and, as the President says, under its provi sions it will ho just ieasy to raist an -.my cf 2,300,000 ii? of 30,000. Halo Succeeds Allison. Washington, Special?A largely attended caucus of Republican Senator* unanimously elected Senator Halo of Maine, a.- chairman of !he Hepnb licau caucus to succeed ?li< lute Senator Allison, of Iowa. - The position carries with it the chnirninnahip ol tlie Republican steering commit t<?c ol the Senate. Senator Hale's nomination was tho only one before th? caucus. . _ . /