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wm& r BR - / DOWNED CANNON flew Tillman Oatwkted the Speaker on Claim for Old Debt. WHICH HE DEFEATED South Carolina Senator Talks to ..Atlanta Newspaper Men on Politics and "Joe" Cannon.?Kays I>emoorat? Played Came Poorly. HIh Fight witn Wily r>peaner. "The Democrats played their game poorly," said Senator Benjamin R. Tillman Thursday In the first interview he has given since his illness, according to the Atlanta Contitutlon. He sat by an open window at Robertson's Sanitarium, but the only evidence of his recent illness was a sU wness of enunciation and a slightly enfeebled voice. His mind was keenly active, and much interested in the recent "eruption," as he called it in Congress. "They played their game poorly," he repeated, "when they called for that vote to declare the Speaker's chair vaeant. It rallied the Reuublicans, insurgents and all to Cannon's support, for a Republican is first, last and always a Republican, and a patriot?secondarily. "There was no need for that move," the Senator continued. "Cannon had been shorn of practically nl! power when they took from him the privilege of naming the committee on rules; and if the Democrats had let matters stand, he would have been politically lost, i'he result of the call for a vote restored, in a measure, his pies'ige." "You do not think that Caiman will ever regain as much power &s he held formerly, do you?" "No," the Senator replied, "never as much. A part of his power is gone, but he hasn't slipped far enough to break his neck." "What do you think will be the eventual result?" was asked. "He will probably retire at the favorable opportunity," said the Senator. "Will that not, practically, be an admittance of defeat?" "Well, in a measure," the Senator replied, "but he is 7 4?" "Are you and he friendly?" the question was put irrelevantly, but it brought a slight, humorous twinkle to the Senator's eye. "Well, we are now, but I believe 1 am the only man that ever downel Cannon. "It was about getting the Government to pay an old debt to the State of South Carolina. First they tried to show that my State owed the Government, but 1 get the records for both and in the end it was shown that the Government owed the State. - 1 wanted them to pay the debt, but old Joe was opposed to It. "I got Allison and Hale, two of my personal friends and leaders on the Republican side, to insert my claim for South Carolina in a civil bill that came up for conference adjustment on the 3d of March, the last day before final adjournment. "Cannon said that it shouldn't go through; and I swore be d?d that it should go through. Some of my friends said that they would help me to filibuster in the session which met at 8 o'clock, and they kept the House busy; so I sent out and got Byron's 'Vision of Judgement.' "Have you read it?" he interjected. "Well it is one of the keenest of Byron's satires, and some people think that It is blasphemy, but I have always thought it a good piece of work. I was going to read them that. "But seeing that if the civil bill was not passed an extra session of Congress would have to be called to consider the naval and civil bills, the opposition gave in and 1 got the bill pased. "It took Cannon a long time to get over that," Interposed Mrs. Till-"* man, a quiet, knowing little woman, and the Senator smiled pleasantly. "Do you think Cannon will be returned, to Congress?" was the next questiion. "He will, if he wants to be. His people like him?probably because he gets things for them. 'That's the reason Atlanta hugs old Lon Livingston so closely, because he got the United States penitentiary for it. and I An nnt Itnnn; how many other things. Atlanta has a 'sweet tooth.' " "The Cannon fight was the first thing that really Interested my husband since his illness." said Mrs. Tillman. "Just six weeks ago, do you remember?" she said, turning her husband, "you became ill, and now you are getting well so quickly. So much more rapidly than any of us dared to hope." Mts. Tillman had taken part in all the conversation and showed such j thorough knowledge of the political < situation that the reporter said, i laughingly, as the Senator and Mrs. < Tillman started out for their usual afternoon walk. "Mrs. Tillman knows almost as < much about politics as yon do. Sen- t ator." t SHELL KILLS EIGHT FATAL EXPLOSION OCCURS ON THE CHARLESTON. United States Cruiser Was Holding Target Practice Off Olongapo in Phillippine Waters. The premature explosion of a 3inch-gun on the United States cruiser Charleston killed eight men and injured several other this week while the ship was in target practice off Olongapo in the Philllppine Islands. Seven of the victims were killed instantly while the other died on the way to Cavite. The dead are: Philip McKee, master-at-arms, W. Nanticoke, Pa. ^ Walter Anstedt, seaman, Trenton, 111. Henry Heater, seaman, Smithland, Ky. Leo Rommele, seaman, Omaha, Neb. Harry Graden, seaman, Chester, Pa. Ross Darkman, seaman, McKinley, Md. Maxle Barnerd, seaman, Kave-inRock, 111. I Edward Molln, private marine. Rockford, 111. The cause of the exploslnon is not known, but was probably due to the premature discharge of the gun. Rear Admiral John Hubbard, commanderin-chief of the Asiatic fleet, has ordered an investigation. The bodies of the vicUn^a will be buried at Cavite. It is Known that when the shell cut loose it flew across the deck and mowed down the men who had gathered to watch the target and cut through a steel sanchion. LITLE 1M?Y KILLED. Editor Webb's Son Dies Under the Wheels of Trolley Car. Little George Robert Webb, Jr., son of George R. Webb, editor of the Horsecreek Valley News, was run over and instantly killed Thursday morning by a car on the AugustaAllren mllu'nv The little tollnnr who was not quite two years of age. was presumably playing near the trolley track, at Mr. Wehb's home at Warrenville, and ran on the track. Mr. and Mrs. Webb and family reside at Warrenville near the car line, and Mr. Webb's printing office is facine the track, a platform running to within a few feet of the road. The have passed the old maid limit, but morning, passing Warrenville about nine, was going down grade just before reaching Fox's crossing, when, it is said, the little fellow ran from behind the platform on to the track and the car, ocing uui a f^w feet distant and going down ht'.i, cou'd not be stopped until the little boy's life had been crushed out under the wheels. FATALLY SCALDED In Attempting to Escape from Officers Foil in Vat. Alonza George, the negro man who was fatally burned in a hot well at the Stephens pottery, Macon, Ga.. Saturday night while he was attempting to make his escape from county officers who had closed in on a Bkin game, died at the Macon Hospital Monday eveninir. The negro is said to have gone to the skin game along with about 15 or 20 otherB. The sheriff's office got a notice that the game was in prog ress and deputies went out on tfie case. The party was flushed and Alonzo George ran into a hot well, which was then carrying a temperature at about the boiling point. The officers pulled the man out and found that scarcely a spot on his Inidy was not terribly burned. He was carried to the hospital and there he put up a plucky battle for life, but finally succumbed to his burns. GROWING MORE SERIOUS. Natives and I,il>erian Troops Are Engaged in War. Advices received at Liverpool state that fighting continues between the natives and Siberian troops at Cape Palmas, Liberia, and is growing more serious. The Rev. Mr. Spear, a native pastor at the mission in Cape Pnlmna hoes Koon '? -1 ,-nl * 1 . V...UW, ..C?a umu nnui <11111 K 11 It'll and the lives of the white residents are said to he in danger. The hostile natives appear to be getting the better of the troops. The latter were sent to stop the native trade in French territory. It was their excesses that caused the outbreak. The natives are said to be anxious to have a few Englishmen killed with the object of bringing about intervention by Great Britain. The Liberian gunboat Lark, temporarily commanded by a German officer, bombarded the native villages, but did little damage. A German gunbond arrived and its commander offered to bombard Hoffman Station and pluke, but the authoriites defined assistance. "iMrs. Tillman is a better pollti:ian than I am," replied the Senator, is he walked slowly toward the outloor sunshine. HAPPY FOR ONE DAY WIDOW SAW MISTAKE AFTER MARRYING MAN. She May Seek Divorce on Ground of Incompetency as Husband Is in Charge of a Trust**. One day of bliss was all that William D. Ashley, formerly of New York city, was allowed to enjoy with his bride, Mrs. Bessie Carye, a widow. of Amsterdam, N. Y. They were married last week in Jersey City and Ashley created such a rumpus after the wedding that his bride had to take three bottles of whiskey from him. The groom is past 7 6 yearB of age and his bride has passed 56. Then years ago Ashley was adjudged incompetent to manage his estate of $80,000, inherited from a relative. After a time he was committed to BlackwellB Island but he got out and sold a mortgage of $3,000 on his farm. For some time he has been corresponding with the woman at Amsterdam, she not knowing that he was ip charge of a trustee. With his $3,000 they left his home in Newburg, N. J., and went to Jersey City, where the ceremony was performed. The next morning Mrs. Ashley left for home, declaring that she realized a mistake had been made and Bhe would seek divorce. Ashley did not appear a bit sorry as he accompanied his bride to the railroad station. Later he called upon a lawyer and accused the woman of desertion. It is probable the marriage will be annulled because the man had been declared incompetent and could not '*nter upon any contract or agreement that would stand upder the law. HELD IN AN OLD MILL. Young Pennsylvaniun Tells Weird Kidnapping Tale. A strange tale of being kidnapped and held prisoner in an old, abandoned mill is told by Harry Bushy, aged 22 years, of York, Pa. He returned to his home last week after being absent for over three months. i iniiij; MiiBuy disappeared mysteriously. He says he was struck in the head and rendered unconscious when he went to his father's barn one night to investigate a peculiar noise. He was then taken to an old mill, so his story goes, and there locked up and fed on bread and water. Last week, he asserts, he was drugged and later found hLnself, without coat or hat, lying on the ground near his father's barn. Bushy can give no information that will lead to the location of the building. There is no mill in the vicinity of his home where he could ( have been imprisoned. The youth's father is wealthy and it is now believed that the kidnappers inteded to hold him for ransom, but were afraid to make this move. Bushy's home is near Dillsburg, in the northern j>art of the county, not far from the South mountains, and it is believed that he was hidden away in a secluded part of the hills. YOUTHFUL GRANDMOTHER Yound Mother Brings Hist'net ion on Her Family. All the records for youthful grandmothers have been shattered by Mrs. Everet Parker, of Rlehmorwi in<i She enjoyB the distinction of being grandmother at 28, before she has passed the old maid limit. Mrs. Parker was married at 13, and her daughter, now Mrs. Charles Lane, of Indianapolis, Ind., is 15 years old. The child born to the latter is the i fifth generation in the family, of which the oldest is 90 years. "It does seem rather odd, when 1 come to consider it," laughingly exclaims Mrs. Parker, "to think that I have become a grandmother even before 1 have passed teh old maid limit, but I guess it runs in our family." Motor Car Upset. In an automobile accident at Rockport, Texas, on Monday night, Louis Moorkens was killed and Louis Bailey and Guy Henks were probably fatally injured. Edmund Armstong. the fourth occupant of the cnr was uninjured. In turning a corner the car upset, young Moorkens being pinned un'ierneath and mashed oO badly that he died within an hour. A Big Fire. in a spectacular fire of supposedly | Incendiary origin, the entire Knoxville, Tenn., plant of the Standard Oil Company with the exception of one 80,000 gallon oil tank, was destroyed Tuesday night. Fifty thousand gallons of oil in seven tanks were consumed. A wood fibre plant located nearby was consumed as were four or five cottages. Another Big Trust. At Albany, N. Y., the American Telephone and Telegraph filed with the Secretary of State Koenig a certificate of increase of capital stock from $200,000,000 to $500,000,000. This makes it next to the largest corporation in the world, the United States Steal Corporation being the leader. . , I Ml " HUGE GRAB GAME BEING TRACED TO TAFT'S AT- I TORNEY-GENERAJL. Who Declares That His Partner and 1 Not Him Worked for the Sugar Trust in a I/Ogal Way. ,The charge preferred on the floor of the House last Friday by Representative Martin, Democrat, from Colorado, that thp "former attnrnev of the Sugar Trust Is now the head of the department of justice of the present Administration," brought forth a letter of denial from Attorney General Wickersham. addressed to Representative Bennett, New York, and was read into the record Monday. "In order that such statement may not gain any currency," says Mr. Wickersham in hlB letter, " I should 1 like to state through you that I never was attorney for the Sugar Trust ?by which I understand is meant the American Sugar Refining Company and its allied or"subsidiary corporations?nor had I any professional or business relations to it. "The only possible foundation for such a statement lies in the fact that one of mj partners, some three years ago, was retained as one of the counsel for the American Sugar Refining Company in a single lawsuit against it, and pursuant to such retainer, he assisted in the defence of the company in that action and an appeal taken fro ma judgment in its favor, but in that lawsuit I was neither consulted nor did I render any service." Mr. Martin announced that he intended to carry his charges against the department of justice to a definite conclusion. He now has a resolution pending for an investigation of the acquisition of Frair lands In the Phillipines by the Havemeyer interests. Mr. Martin said in an interview: "The Attrney General you will observe, carefully avoidod making pny denial of the prlnicpal feature of ! my charges, to wit: "That his dclslon gave the Sugar Trust 55,000 acres of the Friar lands for a price less than the Government paid for them, and that there was no warrant of law for such a decision. "Mr. Wickersham says that hi? partner, whom I understand was Henry W. Taft, a brother of the President, and not he, was the attorney for the Sags'* Trust. This form 'of disavowal will not carry much weight. "I shall continue to show by my efforts what I b'-llcve is but the beginning of a gigantic grab of the Frair lands of the Phillipines by the Sugar Trust, all made possible by an unwarranted decision of a?_ torney General. I shall decide upon a further course within a day or two." FAMILY GOKS CRAZY. Five Stricken With Insanity in Two Days' Time. Insanity, the Nemesis of the Goetz family of Belleville, 111., claimed five ' victims in two days last week. Three of them are now in an insane asylum, while the remaining twj are , in the detention ward of a hospital ( under observation. 'None of the Ave thus stricken, ( it is said, can be cured. The dreadful visitation is having a depressing t efTect upon the other resident of the . little town of Belleville-, and the ^ Goetz home is being shunned as a N pestilenc. - ^ Nothing can save the queer uflllc- r tion of the family is talked about v th<e town and all sort of themes are suggested. Some say it is the manifestation of divine wrath for some infraction. Others suggest it is hereditary, but long dorman. All that ' is known is that each had accused the other of dishonesty, and possibly the acoilSHatlnn rfr-ni'n -""V u.uto cam llliuril insane. j FIEND CHASED AND CAt'fiHT 1 , \ Attempted an Criminal Assault t'pon i a Woman. r After a chase in two States and <" lasting more than a week. Howard Harris, who attempted, it is charg- * ed, to criminally assault young Mrs. 1 Dutton at her home near Thomas- s vllle, Ga., March 21. is a prisoner, f having been captured Tuesday morn- t ing by Sheriff Houston of Leon conn- ' ty, Florida, at Tallahassee. Fearing I a lynching would be attempted if the 1 negro was kept at Tallahassee, Vie quietly slipped away and took the t prisoner to Live Oak. The chase for l < the negro has been going on nighti' and day since the attack on Mrs. ' c Dutton and has led through swamps'.' principally. f IUgli Winds lllow. Winds of almost hurricanic violence, accompanied by heavy rain * and snow Tuesday cut off Denver, 1 Col., from the rest of the world. H Over the entire region west of Kan- 1< sas City to the Pacific coast and from J d Sante Fe, N. M., into central Wyom-:d ing the storm raped, paralyzing tel- d egraphlc communication and serious- in ly delaying traffic. Miles of tele- tl graph poles are down. ii % A DARING ROBBERY EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN STAMPS Taken from the Vault of the Postoffice at Richmond, Va., by Expert Robbers. Combining the skill of experts with the simplest of methods, thieves Sunday night, or early Monday morning, robbed the vault in the otlice of the cashier at the Richmond Postoftice of stanrpB estimated to be worth about $85,000, and incidentally carried off $160 in cash belonging to the pay roll fund. Por audacity, the feat was almost without parallel, certainly in that part of the country. The parties could hardly have chosen a more public place in which to operate. They wore within less than fifteen feet of one of the main thoroughfares of the city, which is at all hours of the the night brightly lighted, while the room in which the robbery was accomplished was lighted Sunday night. Large windows open on the street, and no movement could well be made within the room without observation by passers-by. To avoid this publicity in part, the robbers shifted one of the two book cases obliquely across in front of the safe. In this way the man operating the drill could work without being clearly seen. The drill was first applied to the outer door of the vault, which was pierced with ease apparently, and the interior mechanism -of the interior was pried away. The same operation was then performed upon the inner door and the booty was within the grasp of the looters. No dynamite was used. One of the amazing things about the job was its magnitude. Box after box of stamps was removed from the vault. One man could not possibly have carried all away, nor could half a dozen men. The probabilities are that some sort of vehicle was used to bear off the l>ooty. Secret Service men from Washington, under the direction of District Inspector Harrison have been on the case, assisted by the police, and it is understood that there is a clue, which may lead to an arrest or several arrrsts nt an early hour. This involves an individual, an alleged travelling man for a New York novelty house, who has been traced to one of the local hotels. ? MURDERED THREE PEOPLE. Father and Ills Two (liildreu Slain by Assassin. Alexander I.indhahl, a wealthy farmer; his daughter, 10 years old; and his son, 3 years old; were mysteriously murdered Monday night while riding in a motor boat on the Republican river, near Concardia, Kansas. Their bodies were found Tuesday, the childern in the boat and the father a few feet away, amid some brush. He evidently had gone to fight the assailant, and in in effort to save the children's lives, ivas himself killed. The three bodes had been clubbed repeatedly af :er the victims had been shot several times. Hidden behind the pile of brush he assassin had shot at the victims is they were about to step ashore. Tuesday afternoon John Nordmark vas arrested on suspicion of have lone the killing. It is said Nordnark quarreled with Lindhahl last veek. MOTHER CLEARS POOLROOM, 'roprietor Had Allowed Her Sons to 11 ainr A pmind Enraged because her two sons had >een allowed to loiter about the dace and asserting that one of them tad lost most of his earnings there n games of chance, Mrs. Lena Finelerg of Trenton, N. J., went to the toolroom of Julius Gillinski and leaned out the resort with a cue. When Gillinski and his friends atempted to escape the widow bomtarded them with billard balls and everal of the men were badly cut tbout their faces. The breaking of he windows anil mirrows followed, drs. Fineberg then grabbed her toys by the collar and took them tome. She declares that she will repeat he raid with increased severity if aillinski does not keep the boys from he resort. Gillinski dare not proseute, for it is against the law to alow boys under 16 years of age in toolrooms. Shot Utile tiirl. Arthur Shumate and Martin Long:, /hite nu-n arrested for shooting the 2-year-old daughter of Charles Under in the Thompson Valley, were adged in jail at Charlotte Wednesay. Ixing is charged with having < one the shooting and claims as a I efense that he was shooting at a 1 abbit and the bullet glanced and hit < tie Kinder child. The girl was Bhot i 1 the head while in her home. i MANY PERISH Three Hundred Dancers are Burned t? Death at a Village Ball THE ONE EXIT BARRED While the Dance Was at Its Height, ^ Women's Dresses Became Ignite!, an?l the Flames Spread so Itapidly . that a I'anic Prevented Opening of the Only Wav t?f K\it. The Hungarian village of Oekoerit and adjacent. ;.'?ict8 have tr'e* '1 'own into mi'i.'s; i g by a tcrrlula disaster, which occurred at the former place Monday night, and which resulted in the death of botween three hundred and four hundred persons, and the Berious injury of nine hundred others. A public ball was announced to be held at the. hotel of the village!! a coach house had been fitted up as a ball room. It was a great barnlike structure, decorated with tinderdry june branches left from a previous entertainment to which were added for the occassion other decorations and Chinese lanterns. The festivity attracted pleasureseekers from the wi.olo surroundi.vs country, ard the building was 8' backed just before the ball commenced that the single door which afforded entrance and exit was nailed up to prevent th.* admittance of the scores who clammored outside. While the dancing was in full swing a pine branch caught fire and fell to the floor. It blazed furiously, and almost instantly the dresses of several of the women burst into flames, which spread with astonishing rapidity. A panic ensued, the revellers losing their heads completely. Many of thein with flames shooting out from their garments, rushed towards the barred exit, where a surging mass was jammed together. Women and men fell and were trampled under foot. Those in front vainly endeavored to tear open the door, but were crushed helplessly by the pressure of the crowd behind them. The roaring and crackling of the flames mingled with the despairing shrieks of the doomed throng. Soon the roof crashed in, the blazing wreckage falling upon the helpless victims so that many of them who hitherto had escaped the flames were struck down by beams or buried under the wreckage. The scene was horrifying. ? When the door was finally broken some few persons escaped, but most to those collapsed before they got far. Inside there were heaps of charred corpses and heartrendinsr screams and groans still were audible from the smoking piles. A detatcbment of troops were ordered to the scene to clear the wreckage and help bury the dead. The official estimate as given states that 200 persons perished, but it is believed that the total death roll will prove much larger, as many persons have not been accounted for. SKXATOIl TIL.L3IAN IMI'HOVINO. He Is Decerning Interested in Politics Once More. A dispatch from Atlanta says as evidence that Senator Tiluuan is regaining his faculties, he discussed politics for an hour Thursday, at the sanitarium where he has been a patient, since coming from his homo in Trenton, S. C. His theme was tho recent "eruption," as he termed it, in the House. "The Democrats played their game pooriy," said the Senator, "when they called for that voto to declare the Speaker's Chair vacant. Cannon hid been shorn of practically all power when the took from him the privilege of naming tho committee on rules, and if the Democrats had let. matters stand, he would have been politically lost. The result of the call for the vote to declare the Chair vacant, restored in a measure, his prestige." Senator Tillman believes that Con non will retire from the Speakership at the first favorable opportunity." Ho beieves that Cannon will have no trouble in securing re-election to Congress if he asks for antoher term. Senator and Mrs. Tillman daily take a long walk. Mysterious Killing. At Eloralia, Ala., Tuesday night .Tames (larrett, agent for the L. and \\ railroad, was shot and killed by Charles Hnrg<ss, a well known citizen. Burgess, who is under arrert, declines to discuss the tragedy. Tho I two families have been on intimate terms. 4 ? ? Faro Hnsted Him. In a confession made by George \V. Coleman, the young man charged with embezlement fmm ?.? kt? .. tuo nu" Llona) City Rank of Cambridge, Mass, bp admitted that he took a hundred ind eighty thousand dollars and that practically every cent was lost "tryng to break a faro bank" in New