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THE FORT iWILL TIMES I VOLUME XV III FORT MILL, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1909 won 1 FOUND IN CREEK The Dead Body of a fount Woman Discovered. A MURDER MYSTERY The Victim Was the Wife of e Los Angles Automobile Dealer, Who Had hm Marriel a Year, Found by Party of Boye oa a CraW bins; Trip. A dispatch from Baltimore, Md.. says practically the entire eastera shore of Maryland was aroused aad searching Thursday night for one Emmit E. or John T. Roberta, wanted in connection with the brutal murder of Mrs. Edith May Woodlll. wife of Gilbert Woodlll, a? automobile dealer of Los Angeles, Cal.. whoso nude body, with the skull crushed in from a blow, apparently delivered troui behind; the face horribly dlBflgured; the entire body swollen from the effects of-Several days' Immersion, &nd weighted with aa Iron pot with half a dozen bricks, was Wednesday discovered by boys who were crabbing in Back Creek, a tributary of the Choptank River, not far from the home of Mrs. WoodIll's foster father, Capt. Chas. H. Thompsou, a few miles from Baltimore. Roberts was with Mrs. Woodill when sho was seen for the last known time, and he is accused ol having committed the murder. The motive for the crime is at present a mystery. The police of Baltimore and all other cities to which Roberts might make his way, were asked to search for and arrest him. He U said to be about fifty years old, flv? feet, six inches tall, stoute, smooth shaven, with abundant, bushy hair and a ruddy complexiou. He limp? and wears a brace on one leg. He claimed to be a masazlne writer, and general correspondent of news ^.apprs. Hp was captured at Si Michaels. Md.. Thursday night. Mrs. Woodlll went to naltivnre early this mouth with the inteatio* of spending the summer with he: foster father. Her husband remained only a few days, leaving, it is uw deretood for Detroit, whence he iu tend?*d to return to Los Angeles From that time, Mrs. Woodlll an?. Roberts are said to have seen much of each other. I^ast Saturday Mrs Wooilill went to Rastou to have some dental work done, and it had been arranged that Roberts should mee her at Royal Oak end return with her to her home. Roberts missed the train for Royal Oak and drovt there, met Mrs. Woodlll and drove with hor back here to the landlur where his launch was moored. Thej entered the launch und Mrs. Wood ill was not seen ngaiu alive, so fu as has been learned. Investigations made Indicate that when Roberts and Mrs. Woodlll lei here they went in the lannch to bungalow that is being built 01 Robert's small farm, near that o: Capt. Thompson, and that In thb bungalow the murder was committed There were found a bloody sheet an< mattress and portions of a woman'* clothes, partly burned. These bav? been Identified as having belonge. to Mrs. Woodlll. There were aht found in the bungalow a pair o corduroy trousers, in the pocket o which were two letters. Oae, b<* lieved to have been from Mra. Woo.; ill and to have some connection wit' the meeting at Royal Oak. wae date June 16. The room, in which these thing were found showed evidence of struggle having taken place. It wa discovered that crabbers in the rive early Tuesday morning were passeby a vessel from which tboy saw e apparently heavy object thrown in*the water with a splash. It Is sun posed that the vessel was R?ber?' launch, nnd that it was Mrs Woo ill's body and its weight that vv cast Into the water. Mrs. WooJl! is sajd to have been married | Wood ill a1*>ut a year ago. A dispatch from Los Angeles, Co. says the newa of the murder of Mr. L Edith M. Woodill, the young wlsi I of Albert Woodill, president of thft Woodill Automobile Company, ot that city, created a sensation there where both are well known. Mrs Woodill was 20 years old. and war formely Miss Kdlth May Thompson a ward -of Lyman J. Gage, former Secretary of the Treasury. now a resident of Pan Diego. Speeding Caused Wreck. According to Commissioner Caugh man's report the Southern's fata' f mi i? ht. wreck at Styx last Thursday was rat-sod by rook I ess speed! np lo pet the train through to Its dost!nation. A few days before the accident Knginerr Turner was warned that the train would turn over. Young Man Gone Wrong. Clyde Halford. a well-known youni man of Spartanburg, was arresteand locked up on the charge of steal ing a watch from a young lady. th< guest of his sister. Halford is stii io jail. Tho police recovered th< watch from a local pawnbroker. I CHEATS THE LAW MtnDHREIt WWTKS LAST CHAPTEJt IN WOODILL TRAGEDY. R?bci1 Hwmctt Kastiuai, Alias Ivai ett K. Hobfiis, Commit* Suicide Wipu Capture Jpvms Certain. A dispatch from St. Michaels, Md., says the last tragic chapter lu a story f crime unparalleled iu this section of the country was written In the half light of an early summer's dawb Friday, when the man accused of the heartless murder of pretty little May Edith Thompson Woodill? j a spectre-like form fleeing In a skiff I from a posse of determined, relentless pursuers?stood for a moment lacing me men wno had cornered him on the waters of a narrow creek, then fired a bullet crashing Into his heart, and fell a lifeless lump Into the bottom of the boat, which he hAd hoped would carry him to a landing place where flight might be possible. Taking bis fate into h'a own hands and blotting out untold the story of the death of a girl who had moved la the hlgheat social circles of Baltimore, Washington and Los Angeles? a beautiful, talented girl, who had been a protege of Lyman J. Gage and of Former Governor Frank Brown of Maryland?the man known here as Rmmett E. Roberts, but who in reality was Robert Emmett Eastman, a failed broker of the Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York, passed beyond the reach of the law and with his going there vanished' the hope of clearing up the motives and baffling details of this strange tragedy. A letter found upon Eastman's body, addressed to Miss Vinnle Bradcome, care of Klaw & Erlanger, New York, gave Eastman's Ill-sustained excuse for the crime. Tt was a rambling accouut of how he had been out in a launch with a party of men and women, all of whom had been drinking to excess with the exception of himself and Mrs. WoodlU. and how one of the women in a fit of jealous frenzy had attacked Mrs. Woodill with a wine bottle aBd killed her; bow the remainder of the par.'** had taken flight, leaving bim to dlr->?!?e of the body and how as a means of escape from all his troubles the writer had decided to end his life BARON WAS A LUNATIC. Recaptured While Engaging Rooms at a Hotel. A New York dispatch 6ays the Hotel St. Regis management anticipated a material increase in revenue late Wednesday, when a man of disIngulsbed appearance engaged a ?uite of eight rooms, and said that jhe and his wife would occupy them, 'with two lady's maids and two valets. The man described himself u; Baron Wurz. While the vlsilog as making the final arrangements for the suite, an attendant from an insane asylum on lx>ng Island arrived and took charge of the caller, explaining to the hotel management j 'hat he was John Wurz, of Pittsfield, Mass., who had escaped the j lay before. DROWNED IX LAKE KILLARXKY. Via* Tourist* and Tiro Boatmen Lost Their Lives. A dispatch from Killarney, Ireland, tars that a large row boat, carrying tve American and four English tourats and four Irish 'boatmen, was ??iu(;ru in it gtiie wuue crossing 'ower Klllarney Lake Wednesday ! fternocn. All of the tourists and wo of the boatmen were drowned. The victims wer?: Mrs. A. A. Hilton nd eon. of Taeonia. Wash.; Mr. and Irs. Longhead, of Boston: Miss M. 1. Catum. or Cotum. of Massachuetts (town not known); the Rev. t. Barton and sister, of Ix>ndon. nd Miss Florence Wilkinson and ousin, of Rretwood, Essex; Boatnan Con Tooney and Con Rleeaon. \'oiif of the bodies were recovered. LIHED YOUNG WOMAN To a Building, Over-powered and Assaulted Her. Little Rock, Ark., and Its suburbs were searched Monday night for an unidentified white man, who. It is -harped, beat into Insensibility and issaulted a young woman In an office building. Miss Ray Rurkhaltor, of Pine Bluff. Ark., student at a local business college, sava she was -Miira in me omrc nuuaing witn a promise that she would be Riven -leriral employment. She was mot by a vounp man. who she decares, overpowered her and assaulted her. after she was hound and Rapped to prevent an outcry. Her face and neck are badly bruised, and her condition is roRarded as serious. Dead Man in Box Car. At Akron, Ohio. Wednesday thr body of a well dressed man, about t 40 years old. was found in a bo* 1 ear with the skull crushed and pock ets rifled. The car eame from Ham ? mond, Ind., last Thursday and th* 1 man was apparently from ChlcaRo 4 On a slip of paper in his pocket wa< he name of J. L Olear. FREE LUMBER Senator Tillman Explains His Lomber Votes DON'T WANT IT TAXCt *' ????? ine wnaior f*ays uuly on Lumber Only Helps the Lumber Trust, Wlikh Has Bou*ht Up Ail the Timber Lands 1h the State, and Robs the Farmers and Others. We present below Senator Tillman's remarks in the United States Senate on last Monday on the lumber schedule, in which he explains his position on that question. There has been a great deal said about the Senator voting against tree lumber Head what he says below and you will see that the Senator has always been in favor ot free lumber as we have claimed: Mr. a&lllman?-Mr. President, before the lumber schedule passes from the attention of the Senate, 1 want to make a brief statement. When It was in the Senate before, two 01 three weeks ago, I voted for the amendment proposed by the Senatoi from Alabama (Mr. Johnson) to put lumber and all building materials on the free list. In the discussion 1 remarked that I was in favor of free lumber. When the Senator from North* Dakota (Mr. McCumber) offered an amendment, which did not give us free lumber, leaving the dut) ou whitewood, sycamore and basswood at 00 cents a thousand, I voted against it, because it did not nlv? us free lumber. The Senate adjourned Immediately afterwards. giving me no opportunity to vote for frev lumber. There has been no oppor tunity to vote for free Ntmber. Then h:.s been no amendment proposed foi free lumber today. Mr. MeCumber?The Senator wil! recall that some tltne ago I introduced an amendment for free lum ber. and it was defeated. Mr. Tillman?1 was uot present Mr. MeCumber?Oh. yes; it wa argued here for days and theij defeated by a very decisive vote. Mr. Tlllmau ? If the Senator wil look at the Record, he will see thu be did not offer any amendment to free lumber, but only one for "sawe lumber not specially provided for. ' aud so forth, leaving in the bill ?f cents a thousand on bass wood, s>ca mote, and so forth. Mr. MeCumber?I did not changt that, it Is true. Mr. Tillman?I voted against th> McCuntber amendment. It was de t'eated by a very decisive vote, f>5. I think, or something like that, tr 30, or around there. I still think w? ought to have free lumber, and i wil. give my experience and my reason.for that belief. I know, of course, wo can not get it. Twelve years ago. when the Dingley bill was on its passage, 1 voted fry f ? ?o ? ???? - v u ft, l,ii 111 uu juinue r, ana remarked, very much to the disgust ot some people and the edification o! others,*"if there was to be stealing I want my share." I have found out that 1 can not pet my share; thai the conditions of the South are such that the articles and products ol the region which are capable of be! log protected are so few in number that if we were to throw arounci everything down there a high protective tariff, we would not get anything like a proportionate benefit with the New England and manufacturing State* of this Union. In regard to this matter of lumber I have watched the result of th< duty. Immediately afterwards oui Imber lands, which had previousl> been neglected so there were comparatively small lumbering Industrie! down there, began to be in demand Men from Wisconsin and Michigan and other northern States where lumbering had practically denuded the forests of timber, or were about to finish tbem up, came into the State and bought up very large tracts of timber at a very small price. They did this all over the South. Large mills were established and the lumbering industry began to pick up. showing investment of capital and a large export. At the same time the price began to rise, a little faster. apparently, than the industry i'.aelf. Now, consider for a moment thai he people of South Carolina <re jo abotil this shape; the State being a tri;:ngle. the upper part cutting off HU?- the letter "A" is largely the white section of the Sfate. Nearly i wo-tbi'ds of the peplo. although it is only one-third of the area. live , there. They are consumers of la/3j her and 'hey have no yellow p<n?* o very little. They have been im,-.rr.ng that lumber Lom the lowm half of counties next to the sea anrt that region la pecupied almost wholly hy the uegores: that Is. the negroes outnumber the whites In Beaufort fount v. for Instance. 10 negroes to 1. Colleton 7. Georgetown 7. Wil? liamsburg 4. Sumter 6. and so on. 1 In this roast region the lumber lni dustry has taken root and is now very extensively rarrled on. ! I notice after three or four years : of this introduction of lumber on 1 an extensive scale that the prlre went 5 steadily up. up, and it very soon j t.ci'ume noised abroad I do not SHOT TO DEATH A GEORGIA FARMER AND II1H WIKK ARB KILLED Whil? at WorV iu a FtfW Iry ? Man Who Succeed* to MikiHK Hid Escape. A special dispatch from Adrian, Oa.. to the Atlanta Journal says th it while at work in the field adjoining their home Wednesday morning. Geo. Howell and his wife were shot to death by Robert Jenkins. Jenkins used a shotgun for his deadly work, and is said to have come upon the couple unawares. Raising his gun he fired one barrel at Howell, killing him Instantly. Hardly before she realized what had happened, Howell's wife waa fired upon by Jenkins with the other oarrel. Like her husband, she waa killed outright. Immediately after killing the ;ouple Jenkins made his escape. The firing of the 6hotji attracted .he attention of neighbors and a large crowd gathered. Both Mr. Howell, who is o farmer, and hi* wife, are highly respected by their neighbors, and when they 'earned of the tragedy they were ireatly aroused. Within a few minutes the men of "he neighborhood had formed a ">osse, procured bloodhounds and aro now in pursuit of the alleged murderer. The cause of the killing cannot be iscertained. It is known, however hat Howell and Jenkins had not been on good terms for some time, mil it is believed that the tragedy was the result of some previous dispute. Adrian is a small village in the western part of Kmanuel county. Train KJlLs Autotst. Glenn H. Dobbs, aged 4C. of Lincoln avenue. Collings* ood. N. J., was instantly killed when an automobile, which ho was driving was struck ind demolished by an express train in the West Jersey and Seashore -ailroud. at Ferry avenue and City 'inc. Camden Wednesday. (now on what foundation, that these umber men had formed a comblna umi urn nit?) wouia noi sou under stch other to the consumers In the tpper part of the State. I^umber is not a luxury. It is a jecessity. It is one of the necessaries of life. When I saw that the armers, who had to build houses nd fences and barns in the whole ipper country, were being charged iteadlly increasing prices for their umber,' I began to change my opinon as to whether I was getting my hare of the stealing or not. It looked like somebody not very far away vas getting an unreasonable profit >ut of our trees, whloh had cost them r very small sum of money relativey. So my opinion in regard to the icnefits of the tariff in our State .hanged very radically. 1 believe In the greatest good to he greatest number; and when 1 aw that the people who use lumber, /ractically four-fifths of them, were mying an increased price, 1 decided f 1 ever got a chance 1 would take hat tariff off. That is all there is tbout it. I do not feel that it is ay business here to protect the Inustry of lumber which perhaps, inrol?* the interests of GO.OttO good and worthy people, ae against the ' 00,000 equally good and worthy >eople who have to use lumber, and ve would not be saved from an ex>rbltant price, because, I think, those H?ople formed a combination and greed that they would not under*ell each other. The only reason why we were able. >r will be able, to get lumber at i reasonable rate was due to th* art that there were some old field ine second growth left In the upper part of the State and small >atches. or small areas two or three hundred acres or GOO acres, all hrough in tho middle lower region 'hat the lumbermen had not bought >r could not buy at tho high prlc-'S ?I mean the great lumber eompa nies. with their railroads, and an that sort of thing, running out into the swsm.e The only reason wbj the upper-country people could get lumber at decent prices was becaust a little one-horse sawmill, costing $1,G00 or at most $2,000, would g< info these little patches of pine an<! saw the timber up and furnish th< people this necessary, as agains' these great combinations o capital whi?-b had ai?sorbcd our tirn ber. I have felt that it was mv nrivi lege to explain why I am apparentl; in contradiction with myself, becaus( I voted against the amendment of fored by the Senator from Nortl Dakota (Mr. McCumber >. Having stated that I wanted free lumber having had no chanco to get fre lumber. 1 still am against, the amend ment. because It did not offer fre lumber. That is all I want to say. 1 dii not want, to appear to be at war w|tl myself, nor do I say this because o the hue and cry raised in some qnai ters that I havo not stood on th ' Democratic platform. I am here a a Democrat If my Democracy i 1 j no+ above fusplclon I do not wan any certificate from any source CROP LAST YEAR Some Interesting Figures About the Cotton CROP OF THIS STATE The Number of Hales Produced and Aggregate Value of the Ha mo. Acreage for the Past Year wm Largest In History of the State. Other Facts. According to figures by Commissioner Watson the 1908 cotton crop was 1,242,012 running bales, including Unters and sea island or, properly, exclusive of linterB 1,215,84 8 bales, comprising 8.8 per cent of the cotton ginned in the United Stutes. The production exceeded that In 1807 by 02,991 bairn. South Carolina has now fallen to fifth place, her fourth place attained in 1907 being taken by Alubama. It 1b estimated by Mr. Watson that there aro 3,380 bales still uuglnned. The average weight per bale was 4 83 pounds against 481,2 pounds in 1907. Sea island bales weighed on the average 351.8 pounds and llnters 470.0 pounds. The South Carolina sea island sold in 1908 at an average of 23.39 cents per pound, while that grown in Georgia and Florida averaged 17.92 cents. In 1906 South Carolina's average price was 3 6.70 cents, and in 1907 35.5 cents, these being the best prices since 1901. This year it was lower than in 1902 or in any year in the seven year yield. The South Curollna crop was ginned in 3,4 81 ginneries, about the average number. The aggregate value of the South Carolina crop was $61,964,522, against $72,657,817 in 1907 atul $19,888,619 in 1906. The 1908 crop was the most valuable in money the State has ever had save the two crops of 1907 and 1905. According to Mr. Watson, of actual rotton linters the total value tor 1908 was $52,329,430, representing 553.762.491 poundH of upland worth $51,167,654, 4,967,190 pounds of sea island, worth $1,1 61,826. Of cottonseed there were 531,659 pound*, worth $9.630.042. the largest valuo since 1001 with the exception of the 1907 crop. The acreage was the largest ir the history of the State?2,545,000. the next largest being 2,031.87 5 in 1904. Since 1 904 more thun 2.000,000 acres have been regularly planted in cotton. Anderson, wt'h 63.183 bales, continues to be the chief producing coun'y. huving assumed the lead when Calhoun was cut front Orangeburg. Spartanburg, Marlboro, York, Marion and Greenville, Darlington at' Sinner are the other chief producers. The stocks on band iu South Carolina on March 1 amounted to 427,763 bales, of which 220,429 were In the hands of the manufacturers and 126,280 in independent warehouses, including compresses. The rest was iu the hands of transportation companies. The mills of the State are consuming 793,396 bales of cotton annually, turning out product worth about $ 7 7,000,000. The yield per acre in 1908 in tbe State was 219 pounds, versus a 10year average of 189. It is estimated that the acreage 1 planted this year ( 1909) is 2.498,000 against 2,040,000 in 1908, bul the feal ucreuge is probably about the same as last year. Cotton on.March 1, 1908, wa^ bringing on the average in South Carolina 9.2 cents while at the same date the preceding year it was bringing the average price of 11 cents. Mr. Watson in making the estimate It .. i, ?K * . ncaa inaui'i1 liif.* uniu w jus QlUlCUJtiU. "lu making the 1908 estimate for the Association of Southern Commissioners of Agriculture as early as November 24 1 used the figures furnished by each Southern commissioner. while mentioning the fact (hat 1 it conditions after that date remained the same as to the picking aud 1 ginning as the average for the pre' ceding four seasons we ought to have a crop of at least 13,334,15? bales. Assuming that the conditions gave every estimate on the date named ! at 12,551,086 running bales, exclu' sive of llnters, or including linters, ' at practically 13,000,000 bales?to * be exact 12.807.212 baled. The ' actual crop exclusive of linters with everything accounted for was 13,086.005 bales, under which our November estimate fell 53 4.010 bales. This difference is almost exactly ac1 counted for by the underestimates r? . - - turnisned tne committor from the four States of Georgia, Texas, Ar1 kansas and Alabama, which wo wish" ed to but did not fool authorized to ' raise. Had wo done so wo would P havo struck tho final crop alrnosi to a bale." o [j African Lion Get* Hunter, h Henry C. Williams, a member ol f the hunting party of T. S. St. Lull - and George McMillan, was brought e to Naivashe. British East Africa, i t few days ago. mortally wounded bj s a lion. The encounter with the Hot it. occurred in the Sotlk district, neai ^ here the Roosevelt party will bunt MINERS KILLED SEVENTEEN OF THEM LOST 1 THEIR LIVES IX A >flXH In Pennsylvania by the Explosion of Gt!< Dae to Ignition Froai a | Miner's Lamp. As the result of an explosion of gas in mine No. 4. of the Lackawanna Coal and Coke Company shortly after 7 o'clock Wednesday morning seventeen miners were killed and sixteen Injured. With the exception of one. those killed were foreigners. With few exceptions those injured were Americans . It was stated that all the injured prob- t ably would recover. Superintendent Johnson stated that while the mine has ulways been regarded as non-guseous, the explo- c sion was due to the ignition of h a pocket of gas by the open lamp of c a miner. j Tae mlno has only been opreatln^ two days each week. Tuesday and Friday. Those in the mln? I f1 tered tho shaft for their dally nl- u lowance of coal for family use. t Grouped about the slope entrance j of the mine Ju8t before tho explosion were several Italians. When the terrible subterranean upheaval of rock and gas spouted t skyward, these Italians were caught, j Terribly burned and maimed they ruBhed about tho settlement crying for aid. The first man to reach the surface 1 was A. L. Johnson, son of the Huper- i iutendent. He is one of the few very ^ seriously iujured. v Superintendent Johnson called for t volunteers to enter the mine. In j the volunteer ranks stood several s women. These were ordered back. ^ With wet handkerchiefs tied over | their faces the first squad of the relief party started down the shaft, j Of the eight who started four came v back with their senses. The others, overcome with black damp, were pull- ' ed to Burface with ropes. A second and a third party entered only to be driven bark by the deadly gases, biasing and shouting in the lower levels. ^ Oxygen, sent by the Cambria Steel 5 Works, aided the searchers. i.nd with safety helmets. ? fourth rescue party succeeded in bringing twelve bodies ( to tho surface. Late in tho afternoon ^ flvn more bodies were recovered. ( They were found huddled together ^ In the lower left heading. where ^ they had died In an evident effort to reach the main shaft. c BACK TO LIFE AGAIN. V Medical Rocoid Tell.s of Some Expert- s ments. 11 li P'orty-five persons who have died s recently form tho basis of a most c remarkable report on bringing the 1 dead back to life, according to the 3 New York Medical Record. Of the theory of manipulating the heart by ? the hand, seventeen patients were re- c suscltated, nine with complete recov- t ery. The remaining eight died after v a short time. 1 Forty of the cases treated are said s to hnve been due to the anaesthetic ] administered. The report says that In each Instance Immediately after j death csQSued, or not more than five t minutes afterward, tho chest was r opened and the heart was given a f direct application of manual massage, j "After the chest cavity has been opened, the hand is forced in and ] the heart Is grasped, and pushing toward the interior thoracic walls, ? according to tho Medical Record. t "and the ventricles are squeezed r rhythemically at about normal beats. f Sometimes fifteen minutes elapse be- ( fore any response is obtained. During all tho time assistants should | bo busy with artificial respiration. | saline and adrenalin infusions, tongue traction, Intubulation or , trachneotomy and elevation of pelvis and legs." EXPENSIVE VACATION. A Young Ranker and Family Spends a Big Sum, A, Toon, a banker at Merida, Yucatan. Mexico, and his wife and seven children have arrived in New York, after having spent $100,000 on a year's vacation in Europe. Mr. Teon said that he had had a prosperous time in his business and appropriated $100,000 for "a good timo" for his family and himself, and that when the money was gone they came back. Tboy will visit Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans, on their way homo. STORE HOURS AT FLORENCE. Merchant Agree Upon Scheme for , Early Closing. ' Florence merchants have introduced an innovation. Under an agree-! trnnt. now being generally signed by them, they will not rloso their establishments at R o'clock in the at'terf uoon during the summer months, but , instead will keep open as late as t ordinarily, and on Wednesdays will , close up at 2 p. m. It is said the . clerks like this plan better, as it j gives them the whole afternoon off r a tlrno they can put to some pleasant i rse. A1 JL.JL I WANTS IT FREE I Senator Tillman Against the I Lumber Trust. I FAVORS FREE TRADE I In VJl Building Material, and 80 I Votes to Put All Lumber oa ib? I Free List?Senator Till inn u Taken 1 Ihsuo With Senator Aldlich and Jj Talks Out Plainly. I Senator Tillman took occasion la I he United States Senate on Wedaes- I lay to define his position on the lum- I ?er schedule by votlnR to put all 1 lasses of lumber on *he free list, I nd thus make building material aa I heap as possible to the consumer. I le emphasized his opposition to ?k? umber trust by voting Wednesday or an out and out free lumber schedile. Iu his letter from Washington o The State Zach McGoe, in t?pe?kng of Senutor Tillman's vote for rve lumber says: "He voted some weeks ago against he McCumlier amendment to put umber on the free list. Following he statement he made several days I hereafter that he did this because I he McCumber amendment did not uclude all clauses of lumber, he I tuted on the floor of the senate Vednesday that he had been awaitug an opportunity to vote for free umber when all grades of lumber hould be included. He voted Vednesday for an out and out free umber schedule. "This leaves Messrs. Lever and lllerbe. the two house members, who oted for the $1 duty on lumber, lone in the South Carolina delega~ ion. They will make no statement or publication at this time, but they ay they are willing to face their onstituents on the subject at the roper time. "When the Pingly bill passed, lenator Tillman voted for 92 duty n rough lumber, stating at that ttm* lint If there was to bo any stealing ic wanted his share. This year h" as anuounced that he has given up hat doctrine, as he has found that. ie does not get. his share. Soineody else gets it. nnd he says in this a.?e they are the big lumber syndiates whose owners for the most part ive in some other States." A press dispatch sav3 the first oto on ttao lumber schedule In the enute Wednesday was on an araendacnt by Senator MoCuiuber propoeng the rate of $1 per 1,000 ou awed lumber instead of the $1.G0 d? ided upon by the finance committee., 'he committee was sustained, 4 4 to 2 From the beginning of the pes- , ion there has been a decided contest iver tlin liimlif 1 - -*- uuu una 01 he hardest fights made by the Northpostern senator has been for free umber. In the house the reformers ucceeded in reducing the Dlngloy aw rate from $2 to fl. Insisting that the differentials on tlaned or finished lumber provided >y the finance committee were unlecessarlly high. Mr. McCumber ofered an amendment reducing them 13 1-3 per cent and reducing the luty on sawed lumber to $1.20 per [,000 feet. Mr. A Id rich had road a letter from i Vermont sawmill owner showing hat the mills charged four times as nuch to tongue and groove and plane i board on four sides as to piano tt >n ono side. Jumping quickly to hiH feet, Sensor Tillman denied that such difference of cost could exist. "Anyl?ody who has ever been In a law mill," ho declared, "knows that." He vociferously cliided the Rhode Island senator, who. he Insisted, was "the whole senate," for not promptly passing the tariff bill. As Mr. Aldrich protested that ho wished to vote as soon as possible the South Carolina senator npologlzed for taking up any time in debate, added: "When the senator makes a statement like that I can not ait hero like an asa as if I agreed with It when I know it is not true." Mr. MeCumber's amendment was rejected 30 to 49. The vote was then taken on the main proposition, the finance committee amendment placing a duty of *l.r.O on sawed lumber with differentials on finished lumber. The committee won. r?0 to 28. Rv amendments offered by Mr. Aidrich and adopted, the duty on clap hoards was lncreasod from $1 to f 1.50 per 1.000; on laths from 20 to 25 cents per 1.00ft and on shingles from 30 to 7ft cents. The entire schedulo relating to doow and manufacturers of wood was then agreed to. Mutiny Leader Killed. AdrofdJng #o news received at Manilla Lieut. Noble, with a company of the Twenty-third constabulary, on June 13. struck part of the Davao mutineers and killed Sergt. Acadenila. leader of the mutiny. In the ensuing fight. Sergt.. Hewson. of the American forces, who killed the routiner's chief. w,1s wounded during a skirml-b