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1 the Sort mill times W VOLUME XVIII FORT MUX, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30.1009 ~ NO. 41 nrvt ttnn n?r nAAvrl n?n n ma ** ***? ? ^ 1 1 MANUo BY IUUA Adairal Schley Calls Upto Peary to Sohnit His Data to Dates. WHO REJECTED COOK'S ?r-- t . ? )' Be SmAtoi Hie Ooafldcnce In the Brooklyn Kiplorer and DocUtch That Utc Same !Rrn Who Repu? -eiBf i r| g ? r 41.*^ ? ?- Uk.v.M II UM?ICU vwm W flVWHWi OASVrWAAA eo Pats Upon Peary't Proof. Reaffirming hit complete confidence In Df Cook; Rear Admiral W. 8. 8cbley, retired. Wednesday called publicly upon. Commander Peery to submit liT? proofs that he reached the North Pole to, some scientific body other than the National Geographlc Society. This the Admlrul decalres, should be done at once In the interests of Justice aad to establish beyond question the claims of Peary. The Admiral believes that the same body which threw out and repudiated Cook 'a data should be per mIt ted to paaa upon the data submltted bT Peary to the Geographic 8oclety. ' "lbs Danes are the best posted body of men In the world on Arctic matters," he said. "The consistory of tho University of Copenhagen should be given the opportunity to examine the Fesry proofs, for In that way they would be submitted to the ajuue'teat that was applied to thnBe of Cook." Moreover, Admiral Schley, believes that the submission of the proof to Copenhagen should be insisted upon by Peary, deaplt'e wjjatever the National Geographic Society's attitude may be. Admiral Schley declined to Bay on what grounds he took exception to th? (lntlinr e\f f h? ?h* University of Copenhagen that Cook had not beert at the "North Pol?. He merely resfbt-med his b?llef In the explorer, adding that lie .believes also that Pear*, foo. had gained the top of the earth. The Important of the Admiral's demand It* Increased by the fact that he ha? had wide experience In the far North. In 1884 he was iu com mnnd of the Thetis expedition, which resulted In the rescue of Lieut Greeley and six men who had been cast away at Cape Sabine, and whom the clvtllxed world had practically given up for loat. For his rescue. Schley, then a captain In the service, was swarded a gold watch an! a vote of thanks by the Maryland Legislature, and a medal of honor by the Massachusetts Humane So- 1 clety. Members of the National Geographic Society declined to discuss the suggestion of the retired naval ofllcer. The Socl?ty Is still smarting under 'he somewhat curt reply made by the University of Copenhagen to Its request that a committee representing ths Society he permitted to be present when Dr. Cook's data was examined. DltANK POISON KD BOOZVL One Man Dead and Another Very Ill From the \ Rsmuel Hogan Is dead aud s negro is In a sdrloua condition at Starke, Fla., from drinking whiskey that id alleged to have lyecn poison ed. Tlie whiskey was sent to John Bennett. a well kncwo^sl.i^n, an,' in the package was the following note: "Froni a friend, wishing a hupps Christmas " Mr. Bennett sent the negro to the express office for the package giving him a drink upon bis return lie then ; ltwed the bottle to Mo?an. who drnnk. The bottle war. uext passed to Mr. Bennett's son. who drank. Pr -sentry ?I1 three wer* sud dandy 111 and Hogan djei befor? medical sid reached him. The h^v is better, but the negro is In a dangerous condition. The package was shipped from Jacksonville and the authorities are now investigating the esse." Jealousy Cause* Tragedy. A triple nmrder And suicide t>c ctirred st Pittsburg. Ky., a mining village, Wodneaday when WMilian: Murray, a miner, shot and Killed h19 wife and her mother and Eibert Cole and himaelf. Murray, objections to the allege^ attention of Cole to Mm. Murray are given a? the cusse of the crime*. Illown to I'lfff*. At Pt. Petersburg. Chief Ksrpoff of the secret Russian police was W blown to blta shortly after midnight Wednesday In hie apartments The flat was wrecked, and the official ??? literally cut Into small pieces by the force of tho explosion, Prim? Minister Hlnln. An official dispatch received by the Pt*?te department Wednesday morn Ins from Rucharert stated that the prime minister of Roumania had bor n shot and serlonaly wounded by an anarchist, k Kxpfnakm |n Colliery. Wk An explosion occurred In a e?%l mine near MaAJastar, Okla.. a few * days ago, and It la raported that MB many mlugv^ ara hnrt FAILS 1U SfKUH DR. COOK FAIL8 TO ESTABLISH 1I1S CLAIM OF BEING Tbu First Mau to Reach liw North I'olo Before the University ?f Copenhagen. A dispatch from Copenhagen. Denmark. Hays the University of Copenhagen, the first Institution of learning that recognized Dr. Frederick A. Cook as discoverer of the North Pole, Tuesday solemnly declared that the explorer had failed to establish the claim upon which hie high honors are based. The committee appointed by the university to examine Cook'a reooril6 recently presented a report to the consistory of the university, which reviewed the deductions of the experts with the greatest care and discussed the findings from every standpoint. Both the committee and the consistory wore disappointed. The consistory met and adopted a written report that the alleged records submitted for examination by Dr. Cook failed to prove the claim that he reached the pole. The report of the oommlttee. Prof. Catromgren, chairman, as presented to the consistory, stales that Cook's papers are without any value, and that his report to the university Is practically the same as published In the New York Herald upon his return from the arctic expedition. Copies of hla note books submitted, says the committee, contain no original calculations or observations, but only the results thereof. Accordingly tho committee concludes that he offers no proof of having reached the pole. The documents submitted to the University of Copenhagen for examination include 1 a typewritten report by r>r C.xik and * typewritten cony of Dr. Cook's notebooks. Dr. Cook's secretary, Walter Lonsdale, told the commission that the original not books were sent to Europe by another route. Despite the explorer's promise of the original note book and dlarlee. they have never reached the commission. The explorer's address is not known, even to his secretary. THREE Id YES WERE LOST In m lllg London Drapery Store Eire. on Monday. A disastrous Are Involving the loss of three lives and the destruction of the big drapery store of Ardlng and Hobbs at Chapham, u southwestern quarter of London, occurred Monday. The Are occurred when th? store, covering an acre of ground, ass crowded with customers. But In little more than an hour the building was a mass of ruins. The damage Is estimated In the vicinity of $2,500,000. All the customers made their way out of the store lu safety. The three hundred employee followed them. The progress of the flames which wus assisted by the Christmas decorations and festoons was so rapid ihst some of the emptors were caught in the upper floors. Oue of the girls descended the Are escape In safety, while the second fell and was killed. The two nten then Jumped and also were killed. Many persons aero assisted from the windows by the Bremen and several of the employes were seriously injured, a few possibly fatally. Some of the employes are ur tccouniea ror. SKVKXTV MILKS OF RAILROAD Were Constructed iu Month (' rolina During I'#*! Year. According to statements submit t?' 1 to tbe railroad commission by the llnea of the State, 68.14 riles of railroad have been constructed lu South Carolina during the past year. Only ?ls and a fraction miles of sidetrack were Installed, which Ip oust lervd by meraber? of the com liisslon us the least number of miles on record. Only right miles of track were tdded to the main lines of the larg ar system8 of the State, and seven >f these miles were added to the Qreenvllie Knoxvllle road. The ro rts constructing the larg obi number of miles are the Caroliua, Cllnrhleld 6 Ohio, 18; North & South Carolina road 27.3, and the Monnetlsvllle & Cheraw extension 1ft miles. Fell From Train. William San ford, a white man about 3ft years of age. met his death five miles below Prosperity Tuesday ifternoon by falling from Columbia. Newberry A I<aur?ns passenger VT.. m ft * ? * ' - _ * .- i/. o?. oounn irora coinmMa to "r?-enville. Ranford wan coins to Vewb?rry to visit relatives. When his relatives last heard from him h* tva?i working In the Lexington cotton mills. Killed by Nutive. At Bombay. British India. Arthur Mason Ttpf'ts Jackson, chief mi?let rate of .tasik,- wwi assassinated whi^e attending a theatrical performance Wednesday. The tootlvr for the murder was a wteh for revenue upon the magiatrate, who Benten red n erlmloalto llf^Jmprlaon BOOZE TRADE PreUtitiu bulks Are Fey i?f Tkeir Keicue Akrui FLOODED WITH LIQUOR Boom House* Ptsrd Plcalc it the Dry Territory of Tfcis ?u&d Other States, uf Re My Rich j II a 1, . t a# /U-W ? n u? VH I < > V UU1U DC Better Bpnt. I I The Columbia State says the re*I- ; dents of tbe dry counties la South Carolina are not to be without their Christmas "boo?e." The abolition of the dlapeaaary has seemingly not quenched their thlrnt, for every day the Cnlumbia office of th# Southern express company receive# and distributes a hundred or more packages of whiskey to the dry counties Most ef the "aperlta" received comes from Jacksonville, although some is received from Richmond. The trade has Increased so much, as the holidays grow nearer, that the shipments of whiskey have overreached the capacity of the express cars and the fast freight is used in bringing the pacakagee and cases here where tha distribution Is made by tbs express company to the trains entering* those parts of tke State where an arid desert prevails. The sensation of the season In express circles came a few days ago when a box car filled With packages of Christmas boose was re*, 'ved Jacksonville. The ear was spilt here and the packages oonsVxnsd by regular express to the destinations specified on the packages. It In said tkat at Spartanburg so much liquor for Christmas consumption was received that the regular channel at the express office was clogged with supplicants for packages of cheer. an>l those wishing to sead Christmas remembrances found it difficult to consign their gifts to the clerks. This continued for a while until relieved by the establishment of special depot for packages of whiskey, aad for this alone. Kven at that a visitor to the city from Spartanburg says that to get a Jug or case, position was at a premium in the line, aa is the case when a big production Is put on for one night only, and everybody in town wishes to take a friend to see the show, and tickets are scarce. The oid familiar Jug Is seen no more and the little brown Jug with Its red sealing vai. except the Jugs are usually white, are now shipped In neat packages and the unltlated might not know what the pretty boxes contain. On account of the variety and con, venlent modes of transit from Jacksonville to Columbia, the majorlty of packages for residents of the (iry counties near Columbia, order their "booie" from the Florida city, although some prefer the Richmond houses. In the upper part of the State Richmond has the Inside track and a special to The States from Richmond a few sights ago tells what sn enormous business the Virginia whiskey houses are doing. This special says: "As a distributing point for the entire South, as well as for many Slates of the Mlddlet West. Richmond at this seaelon has shipped probably more whiskev tn Atv tlons than was ever sent out in the wbic length of time from any city In the country, not excepting New York and Chicago, which arc situated in territories surrounded by cities. towns and counties that hare never been afTected by the tempernee ware. This declaration is bas<?d on statements made by leading whiskey dealers and on estimates furnished by representatives of the ra rione express companies. '"The bulk of these gigantic shipments have been consigned to Individuals In North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi and the varlou* dry sections of Virginia. At the same time enormous quantities of distilled spirits have been shipped to Tegas, Indiana, Florida and Illinois. j "The express companies have rent ed a warehouse especially for the handling of these shipments. It j is estimated that from 7.000 to 10.000 cases of whiskey are being sent out by the mail order houses in Richmond and Manchester daily. The average of contents of each panta** is rrora taroe to five gallon*. This Indicates that at least 4rt,aaa gallons of whiskey aro shipport from this elty each rtay. Ths whiskey establishments are working night and day." POUND DYING IN WOOD*. i An l akaumi M?a Fatally Beutrn Near Greenville. A white man. so far unidentified, was foonrt Wednesday morning In a woo<1f near Oreenvllle, unconscious sod In a dying condition. He bore signs of baring been badly beaten about the head, and It te stated by I the doctor that he tms no chance to live. On his person were found > weaving apparatus hi>t t]&Jf Is the only clue leading to any knowledge of hire. Thta ta net the first affair of this kind which has happened In this particular spet. [ \ > ; k RAISES STORM PUABY't* FHIKNL** OUECT TO HlkXDLNO OAT A TO DAMtt*. IxHMllim McmbtMtt of tike NtUoiul Uevfcmphlc Hoclety AiD-ahl U? ftlafc Their inveMlgallos. Roar Admiral Schley's demand that Commander Pesry submit his Polar data to the consistory of the University of Copenhagen for verification. following that body's repudiation of Dr. Cook, has raised a storm among the membership of the National Geographical Society, which gave Ptary a clean bill of health. The leading members claim that the scientists of the United States would be demeaning themselves, If they acknowledged that their findings needed verification. There seems to be no disposition to withhold from the Copenhagen board the data filed by Peary, but there Is a well defined opposition against turning It over to the Danish sslsntlsts for official actios. The arguments advanced by Admiral Schley that inch eaamiaatlor* would remove all faeaU>c of doofct from the claim of Peary bars been found impeachable by American scientists, end. therefore, the t^nes tlon Is not whether Peary's right, but whether the scientists ara wrong. "Nothing can be gained by submitting O-mrasnder w^?rv> da's to the University of Copenhagen." sr.id Prof. Ganmett, whs was chairman of tha committee that haaaed unoa the proofs of Peary. "tad I do not *tf any reason why h? should." Rear Admiral Chester, who at arked Cook's data some time a#o. denounced the proposition of Admiral Schley as "abeurd." He declared be did not believe that the University of Copenhagen would consider making a request for the proofs and that the whole mattsr was a mare's Dent. ATTACKS FAMILY. Kills Wife mad Child aad Wo and* Three Other (hllliea. Suddenly becoming violently Insane. O. C. Cheutront. s ranchman, of Fresno, Cal., Wednesday killer his wile and one eklld, woundea three other children and ended his life under the wheels of a railroad train. Mrs. Cheuvront ru preparing breakfast when her husband enter ed the kitchen with a hatchet. Without a word he split her skull wltb one blow. He then entered the bod- , room where his children lay asleep, In rapid succession be struck with the harthen George. 14 years old; Claude, 12; Oladye, 19, and Nellie, an Infant. Claude is dead and Glad? ys is dying. The others will recover. As Cheuvornt left the house, C. M. McClung. a stepson 19 years old. met him oq the porch. The maulac struck at hU stepeon's head. Evading the blow, the young man struck his stepfather heavily oq the jaw. The blow seemed to break the mad farvAhll anil * 1 ' * vuo i?<attu lam aeid tti?* hatchet fell to his utile. Without speaking, the rancher extended Its to McCluog and ran to the railroad track where he threw himself under a passing train and was (round to pieces. WILL BR HKARD FROM. Aw important Document Predicted From Dr. Cook. A New York dispatch says Capt. D. F. Osborn, secretary of the Arctic Club of America, who has been a spokesman for the Cook partisans. Is not yet convinced. "This argument la not yet over," he says. "There are going to be more important developments very soon. I am not at liberty to say what thee'are, but they have to do with the whole Cook controversy and will make some people, I think, fee) mighty queer. Lou will llnd that I>r. Cook Is not down yet. He Is preparine something for his enemies now, and when he gives it out. you can bo sure it will be worth while." Identity Rerouted. Margaret Marshall Is the name ot the young woman who Is in a critical condition in a hospital at Norfolk. Va., as the result of an attempt at suicide, was connected with the start of the Boston Herald for a year nod a half. She la 22 years old and a native of New Hampshire. She was graduated from T[ufta college In 1907. A few months ago she left Boston and Joined the staff ef a New York paper. She has written several magazine stories * Killing Roll Weevils. The sleet and snow over the north era section of Louisiana and Mia rttppi Is worth thousands of dollars to the dtstrlcts Infested by the cot ton boll weevil. according to the government entomologist. Expert* say untold Inroads are being made on hibernating weevils. OiQdren Bnnted. At Chicago, HI.. John Corrodlo, gM seven, Charles Corrodie. aged two; Mary Cor rod Jo. aged four, were burned to death when their homs caught fire daring the parents' ib WANTS REFORM CtBftrtfler-Ceicral J?ms Scares lis CtrparatUu f*r DODGING THEIR TAXES He UrclarcH Thai Largo Coaceraa Are AmrwrC for Two Little, e&4 MeattoM Smmrm of Ahm of 'fbem?ApraL la Hi* CrltMsa of Petwu of Large Wraith. "It looks as If the malefactor* of great wealth." said Comptroller General Joues recently, "have set aside I the laws and adopted a low assees- j ment and a high rate. It catches the I wage earner aad man of moderate means a'eomlng and a'golng." "The law of this State requires that all property he assessed at Its true rale la money." be continued la speaking of the matter of taxation and assessment. For the past twenty years the comptroller general has been fighting for an equalisation of property taxation both la reference to the corporations and the small taxpayer. Little has been gained by the comptroller's onslaught, yet it has had its moral <_ftect. That there Is Inequality in the assessment of street railways, power companies and such enterprises will be poloted out In the nnnual report of the comptroller general. Kspeclally does Mr. Jones direct attention to the aaseasment of the Charles ton Light and Power Company, which Is assessed it I I per cent of ltg capital Stock. The capital paid In of this company in 91,000,000, while the assessment far taxation la 198.030. Comptroller General Jones la try . ' w iu Bc-V Uiuro luturuicuoa U lO the lighting and powpr plants of tba Stat*. In many ctMw the value of the property was not given ?o that it cannot be ?wn exactly upon what basis the taxes are placed. A striking example is the case of the Greenville Gas and Klectrlc Company, the capital ntock of which is 163.600, while the assessment for taxatloo Is 9M3.285. or ?6r per cent of the capital paid In. Kvldently the property must be worth this much or It would not have been assessed at this rate, while in the case of other companies the [>er cent of capital for taxation appears to Oomptxolleo Gemeral Jones to be much lower than It should be. The Columbia Gcs Light Company bee a paid In capital of |10Q.000; jroes receipts, 963,73 4; assessed for taxation 960.800; per cent of capital assessed for taxation, 60.8. Home Instances tiled. Charleston Light and Power Company? Capital paid in 91.000.00s), gross receipts 9H8.976; assesaed for taxation, 998,030; per cent of capital assessed for taxation, 9.8. Greenville Gas and Light Company?Capital paid in 963,500; gross receipts, 958.047; assessed for tax atlon, |143,285; per cent of capital assessed for taxation, 261. Parts Mountain WnUer Company? Capita) paid In 9200.000; gross re eelpts, 14 5.069; assessed for taxation, 984.610; per cent of capital assessed for taxation. 43. Union Power Company?Capital paid in, $800,000; groaa receipts 98 0,213; assessed for taxation. 9 400,000; per cent of capital assessed for taxation. 50. Greenville Carolina Power Comlvany?Capital paid In $450,000; gross receipt*. $51,2 25; assessed for taxation. $71,205; per cent of capital oeseMied for taxation. IS.8. lteaufort Waterworks ? Capital pad in. $10,000; cross receipts. $2, 923; assessed for taxation. $5,000; per cent, 50. Rock Hill Light and Power Com I pany?Cap.tal, 9150,000; cross receipts, 912,406; assessed. $36,125, j per cent, 2 4. Camden Water. Light and Power Company?Capital, $100,000; gross receipts, $24,511; assessed. 923,700; per cent, 23.7. Georgetown Klectric Light Com pany?Capital. $25,000; gross receipts. $18,887; assessed. $11,000; per cent, 4 4. Anderson Water. Light and Power Company?Capital, $300,000; gross receipts, $11 1,060; assessed. $128,555; per rent, 42.9 Hartsvllle Bleetrls Light aad Wa it company?Capital. |t.0t)0; crony tpwIpta. $4,336; asfwwsfd for taxa tlon, 91,POO; per cent, 50. Florence Light and Powfir Company?Capital, |50, h00; grosa receipts, $14,197: aaeeeaed, |ll,50o; per cent, 23. Columbia Klectrt? St. Railway L. and Power Company?Capital, $400,000; groaa receipts. $108,1*0: assessed, $150,000; pot rent, 18.8. These assessments are taken from tho annual report of Comptroller Oeneral Jotifw. The compilation, however, la not yet completed and It w 11 be noted that some companies are omitted In the above llat. Information ae to the Southern Pmre? Company has not yet. been received, and tha aama Is true of some other com panic*. The Information net complete as to some of the companies given above. ^ MINE EXPLOSION RIGHT MKN KILXJCD AND 44>0 HAVK N'AJlKOW BHCAPK. Hctrum Hraw Uuigtr From Flit Uauip uul Ktfover Thfc Iluiliei Flr? Uttiiu Heu?lnnjr. Sight oiea were killed and four V. .. .. I ? -.1 muauir? uiuiTB 'iau narrow escapes la an explosion of ge.-t lu Mluo "A" of the Chicago and Curt<-rsvllle Coal Company at llvtrin, 111., late T'auruday...* Open kui*K carried by employers of the mine are believed to have caused the disaster. There were three men and a boy In this party, and all are dead. The dead: W. T. Pierce, mine engineer; Eugene Barrett, assistant ruglneer; Thoma* 1!. Wllllamo, asalsiant manager; unidentified boy, about 18 years old; George Snyder, mluer, Balvatore Greeco. miner; Pletro Romeo, laborer; Thoma* Harbor, miner. Jamea Oulnney, superintendent of the mine, a nd Robert Hueston, manager, headed the first relay of rescuers. Despite the black datnp which Bowed Into the chambers adjoining those In which Pierce and bis partywere killed, these men went Into the workings. After sending to the surface three unconscious persons, the rescuers next found the bodies of Snyder, Grceco and Romeo. The efforts of the rescuers to pen etrate more deeply Into tta? workings were repulsed by increasing banks of after-damp, and they were forced to retreat, leaving the bodtee of Pierce aad his companions. Fire also began to gain headway, and It Is not expected that the bodies can be removed. All efforts are being directed towards tiia New* of the disaster sprund through Htrrlt, and there vu a rush or hysterical woman and crying children , to th* shaft house. The damage to the mine cannot yet be accurately estimated. The col U?*ry Is one of the oldeet In *he sec tlon and few accidents have occurred la It. Pierce, the engineer who los* hie life, formerly was a Federal In epector of Government work on tb? Mississippi River. * HKI.D ON SKKIOL'S CHARGE. liadv HIn Friend Drunk and Took His Watch and Money. The Columbia Record says Henry Fox, a white man living near North has beeu seut to the county jab In default of ooiid of |;>00 to awult trial at the next term of the court of general sessions on the charge o1 highway robbery. Saturday evening Fox was in Co lumbla with a friend of his, W. Y Gardner. It lr. alleged that Fo* 1 placed his friend under the influeueof whiskey and led him down lnt> the red light district. They outer I'd the house of the notoriua negroes Carrie Maker, and there. Gardner claims. Fox robbed him of his watcl. and some 18 5. After the hour of the alb-A'd rob bery. It Is eald, Fox spent moor} freely. Fox is said to have handed n. out lor iris mingd and that an'* paying exorbitant prices for thln<* that he bought. Detectives hav? succeeded In recovering $41.85 o* the amount Gardner claims was slo leo from him. The defendant, lr answering to the charge of Bleal ing the watch, stated that he bough the watch from a Main street pawn broker's shop and paid $2.50 for It OUTLAW KILLKD HIM8KLF , WTw? HurroundeU and Ho .saw n? Avenue of KMcnpe. The morvt thrilling man hunt whlcl ever occurred in Henry county. Ala. terminated Monday afternoon, whe* Boy O'Haro. the young negro des perado, killed himself when sur rounded by a posse. Since Tuesda; of last week when the negro sho two officers, the chase has rontlnu od. Bloodhounds pursued him ?< closely that he shot one of th< dogs. One mile south of Abbeville Ala., at the entrance to the Choc tawhafrbie Swamp a cordon of > hundred men surrounded him Wounded, barefooted and tired haaw that escape was impossible Bather than fall into the hands o' his pursuers he placed the barre of a shotgun to his breast and push ed the trigger with his toe His Hodv was lied to a huarflre nnC dragged to Abbeville and placed In the court houee where It lay fo* several hours. Three IVrtnh In Icy Water. Laura Curranfl, who had Just re eelved thu prl7-o "for the pretties' rlrl In tho school district." Mini Ulterback, her chnm, and V\*m John "on, the glile' school teacher. w.?r? drowned Saturday night as they ?. ?r. trying to reach thalr homus Hftoi a school social, by e irsalng Indle.r. creek, near Bedford, inrt , In t> r>* boat. Tha boat upuft and ibey w??r* unable to reach the bank throng" the Icy w'ater. Driven t? ^IKath. Rather than face alz clii ^r,e. Christ mas without, preeeuta. Mr? 1 Sarah Knnfs committed aulcld > b? asphyxiation at Philadelphia Wed net? DAGOS FKHT Battle Betmct Ike Trwps ?f Zdejw mi Estraie fa Vkidi THE FORMER WHIPPED The tl?-?ult of Thl* Iliiltte l*ut? th? iwvuiuiiumaiLs in MnirnKiin ub Tup, and Mny Mean tilt" lK>\vnfull of >Ia?lrlz, Wlin Hum Juki Iter a Kli-ctftl I'resWIout by Zelnya. A Washington dispatch nav* Kelaya's troops were routed by the XTcuraguan revolutionists today lu a fierce battle at Rnmo lasting gov erul hours. Gen. Estrada, in command of tb\> rovolutionnry army is reported to have been successful all along the line. The flrat announcement of the success of the Estrada arms canto In a cablegram to Dr. Caatllllo, the representative in Washington of the provisional government. It was slgued "Diaz." Diaz is secretary of state of the provisional government. The cablegram said: "Coinpleto victory is ours. Zelaya's troops are in retreat." Eater Tuesday evening the state department gave out the following message from Consul Mof'at from Colon. "Estrada forces at Taiuuibla and Recreo, near Rama, commanded by Cleu. Mena at the former places, and Generals Chamorro, Nattuti and Foruo Diaz, at the latter place partially routed and defeated the furcoa of Zelaya after desperate lighting of several hours. The Zelayan forces were commanded by Gen. Gonzales. A groat many were billed, the number being uuknown; 100 were wounded and 150 prisoners werte taken by the revolutionists. The Zelayan troops ut Rucfuu have occupied what has been considered u drong position. Estrada is confilent of defeating the enemy when he -enews the attack l.tter and of forcing th?-lr surrender." The clash between the two armies was not unexpected. For days the troops have beeu lying practically idle In th<-lr trench' around Hums, skirmishing only inn-red the ' once thai brooded over teat aoc Ion IIxtiailA played a waiting gsm? in the hope that the' Zelayan commanders would take the initiative ind attempt the capture of his po- . sit Ion. which was reported to b*? very strong. None of the official* of the state department would ditcuMH the re>orted victory of Katr.ida. It la known, however, that the news wan iot unwelcome. Had tie Zalayun irr.iy won over Kstrada, th.'s goierntneut would have been In a kouiewhet amharrusainK position. ha\\ns t-a- ) ooused openly the euuao of t\ie provisional government. \ In Central America diploVnatlc Ircled the word brought Jo> ,\r.ud there was a general celetuut\ou. The diplomats Join In the predlctl\?u that thi" victory la the "beginning >f the end" of ZelayuUin and thai\ the nent step will be to force the retirement of President Madrlr. oo the ground that he is a tool of Zelava and not the real ehoke of th? country. A VOl N(; WtllTK FIKXl* Is I/<Klgvd in 1-nureiis Jail t inter (k'tiouN t'hurge. A dispatch from I.aureus says Roy A'ood. a young white man connected with the best peop.o in Sulll tin's Township, w.i* lodged In Jail rn uiC IJUIfrv*' UI i' IllJi ' U il.-saUlt upon the percoD of a >o.iu?r whito tlrl, poiedbly 15 years of age. The iSlogan) crime in cMd to have be? n rominitted lust Thursday morning Vccoriilng to stat* n;ent? of the officers. it seem* that tyoung wis man hnd to 'he past tiro not iir from the house to take tin* cow* for the day. Young Wood, who had been at ho home of the g!;l a few minutes w?fore. heard the ir.strue.Ions given >y the moth* r .itmir the cows and made his way hy a roundabout path o the pasture. The young wnmnu when attacked screan.e ! and t an to r.he house, where, en older alitor was. the tea* of the family hating meanwhile (tone to |l mea I'ath Some neiftht>ors were notified attd 'or a while troutdc seemed Imminent. Constable Abereom tde, armed with \ warrnnt for the younr man's arrest. apprehended him nf his home dafttrday afternoon. He was kep' .y the constable until Monday after toon, when ho was lodged io Jail. It '.s stated that the attempt st iHKauit not flucctT.HfiiC anil that the younar woman suffered no InJurlea other than flight. Young Wood la apparently 2l \oara old t)na Killed, Many Hurt. One woman was Xl'led and tl ' .s n?rson? wr? Injured when tli?? eastbound California limited on the Santa Fe collided with the roar end of the eastbotind California express at Winona. Air, Friday. Mrs. Alice Hennett. of Hartford. Conn., wae "rushed to death and 2 2 paopl* on the express were injured Twent^v nine persons. passengers and lining * car waiters, were Injured or the ;;