Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 02, 1910, Image 7
BROCK ON STAND
Gives His Yersion of the Ugly Charges
Made Against Him.
SOME OTHERS TESTIFY
\ Ool. Brock Explains From His Standpoint
Tx|H n.se Items in His Accounts.?Adjutant
General Rojrd
Also Put l"p Hy Defense, at Sujtgestion
From the Court.
Tuesday afternoon's session of the
military court of inquiry whb yet another
damn zing one against Col.
Brock in the evidence which was taken
for the prosecution. The most
important evidence was that introduced
by the prosecution through
I,ieut. Cabanlss. I*. S. A.. Chief Cierk
Holmes of the comptroller general's
ofllee and Mrs. V. G. Moody, the stenographer
in the adjutant general's
office, to show that Col. Brock secured
$100 from Mr. Holmes for a trip
tor himself and Lieut. Cabanlss to
Washington.
Gen. Boyd gave a check on the
Union Savings Bank to Col. Brock
for $">0, and a check to Lieut. Cabaniss
for $30.57. although the voucher
filed with the comptroller general's
office showed two itemized expense
accounts to cover the hundred dollars
of $50 each for himself and
Lieut. Cabanlss. The Cabanlss sfattment
of $30 had been placed In General
Boyd's private drawer, to be attached
to the voucher later, but Mrs.
Moody testified that Col. Brock, in
the absence of General Boyd came in
and in her presence removed the
CahineBB statement with a key to the
private drawer.
Another feature of the afternoon
session was the reply the. prosecution
made to the position 01 the defense
that so much money shown to .have
been spent by Col. Hrock for team
hire at different points over the state
was in Col. Hrock's work Inspecting
rlflle ranges. It was shown by Lieut.
Cabaniss' testimony that he also had
this ritle range business on hand for
the federal government and his team
hire did not appear heavy, as frequently
local officers would drive
them out to the proposed ranges.
And beside this the federal government
was meeting the expense of this
riflle range business.
Still another feature was testimony
from Mr. Holmes in contradiction of
the position of the defense that the
Brook statements attached to vouchers
were mere estimates made out
before the trips were entered upon,
the difference between these and
amounts actually spent being later
refunded. Mr. Holmes testified that
In no case was this refunding done.
The warrant was issued and the
Itemized statement of expenses renJ
dered afterward to cover.
It was shown by the accused that
two amounts had been refunded, after
the row was on. aggregating nearly
$7f>. The hundred and sixty-odd
anl 1 nrc r*nl Tlrnrlf xrnt from th<? Irons
ury to advance to Lieut. Bennett of
the regular army, who accompanied
him on one inspection trip, has never
been returned to the State, but
this matter will likely be straghtened
out later. Lieut. Bennett, it is understood,
has hardly had time to get
his money from the war department,
which requires its officers to advance
money from their own funds for expenses
on occasions of this kind.
Gen. Boyd in hiB testimony on
Wednesday said that when he win'*
out occassionally on inspectlo w he
paid his own expenses out of his nr.
private funds. He denied that Col.
Brock paid his hotel bill in Charleston
when Col. Brock's expense account
for this trip showed him charging
up $13.50 for hotel when Lieut.
Cnbaniss had nothing to pay. whoa
Lieut. Cahaniss was told by the hotel
man that his bill bad been paio
by Charlestonians. Witness said lie
had stopped at the Charleston hotel
and paid his bill by check. But
he had not saved the check to sl.^ *
lb I a.
When the cross-examination sta t
ed it developed tha* Gen. Boyd v.at
rot the defense's witness, b it ha
been put on the stand by the de.'ee-v
at the suggestion of member* of th?
court. The cross-examination was
brief, the only object being to mak
more emphatic the point that wbei
Gen. Boyd went out on inspection
which were being conducted by Col
Brock, witness paid his own expen
ses, taking the position that th<
State could be properly charged witl
the expenses of only one man.
Col. Brock then took the stan<
and the attention immediately dls
played by the court and spectator
showed that they were anxious t
know .how he was going to explai
various matters connected with th
Investigation.
Witness began by explaining hoi
when starting out on an lnspectlo
> trip it had been his custom and th
custom of the office fod years to dra'
a warrant for an amount sufficient t
carry him for a time, taking up iten
izod statements to cover these w;>
rants later.
When he first went out he p>
down everything and brought bac
vouchers for every tl > lie wi
told at the comptro 'al's o
flee that this was t .uesaaiy, th
*
I the office did not want to be encumbered
with all these vouchers. Ho
then quit bringing In small vouchers
and began submitting itemized statements
to cover amount;-. previously
drawn.
At first it was the custom to have
the amount drawn in advance and
turned over to Gen. Boyd, who would
give Brock his personal check, Bro:k
afterwards submitting itemized state
meni. nova Knew all this and how
t.he expenses were runing. Then
when Royd's health got bad witness
attended to all this business.
"Now bo far as the amounts spent
are concerned, they are stated with
absolute accuracy in my expense accounts.
Rut 1 wish to explain th'?t
the hotel people. My expense accounts
do not specify any hotels.
"For instance, if I had small items
to pay like laundry or getting my
leggings cleaned, I would put the
whole amount to a charge for hotel. '
'By way of introduction he took
up the matter of C ibaniss charging
$5.25 for hotel at Anderson and his
charging $S. This $8 included his
expenses at Cletuson, where he stopped
for a short time, as wa3 testllled
to by Cabaniss.
Witness, in answer to furtliei
questions, said he could not remember
all the details of expense accounts
on his trips in 1907, 1908 nnd 1909.
For a while he kept a small note
book carrying the items in detail,
but this had gotten lost. He had
now only copies of his statements
filed with the comptroller general.
Witness then explained his advancing
money to Lieut. Rennelt.
which was agreed to by Royd.
Witness in explanation of so much
team hire charges on the 1910 inspection
trips testified that he had
been instructed by Gen. Royd to collect
and turn in the obsolete magazine
rifl-s scattered over the State.
In order to coved this expense he had
estimated the cost of doing this and
Irew the money. He found later
that this expense could lie paid from
national funds. Consequently, he
refunded to the State $22 in addition
to $.">0 refunded. This was before
General Royd made any charges
against his accounts.
Tim defense offered in evidence receipt
from Lieut. Rennett for all
moneys advanced by Rrock. This receipt
was itemized, showing amounts
spent at each place. This receipt
was given by Rennett officially and
acknowledged officially .
i.tii* army requires us officers to
j remain in the service until their obligations
are discharged and witness
was informed xhat the paper was
good for cash to reimburse the State
for the amounts advanced to Bennett.
t Explaining the hotel charge of
$13.50 at Charleston when the local
militiamen paid the bill, witness said
the amount charged to hotel was
for incidentals and part of it was
for a hotel bill for General Boyd.
This flatly contradicted General
Boyd, who testified that he paid hie
own hotel bill by check.
In explanation of $4 charged for
hotel at Pelzer when he was entertained
there by Capt. J. A. Smyth,
Jr., witness said the amount was for
a trip he had to moke to Columbia
to attend to some duties of the office.
Part of this charge was for hotel
expense in Columbian which .he felt
he had p. right to charge as he had
broken un housckeenine here for the
time.
Tiid hotel charge at Barnwell of
$2.7> each for witness and Bennett
on which Proprietor 'Molalr of the
Barnwell hotel had 'testified that
Capt. Cole still owed fop this bill,
which was only $1 for the two, was
next taken up. Witness explained
how expenses had been incurred In
the stop-over at Blackville, which
wero not entered. All these details,
amounting to $2.75 for each, were
charged to hotel at Barnwell. They
stopped at the hotel annex, where
only t.he porter was In charge, and
he paid the bill of $1.
Jn explanation of Mr. Cabanlss
and his hotel bills at Camden being
$1.50 for Cabanlss and $12 for witness,
Col. Brock said the Camden
hotel charce included hotel bills at
Columbia and the $12 was for three
days.
As to charge of $4 for team between
C-hesterfield and Ch^raw,
whereas Cabanlss had testified he
had paid half this bill, witness said
1 he thought Cahanlss was mistaken:
L that witness paid all this and would
not allow Cabanlss to pay any por'
tion would .have borne the expense
personally.
Other hotel and similar expenses
were similarly explained.
Killed by Train.
p Mr. E. W. Smonk, brakeman on
\ Train No. 62 of the Southern Railway,
a resident of Tlranchville and
j unmarried, whb struck and almost
instantly killed by his own train on
s Tuesday near the freight depot at
o Aiken. While the r?st of the crew
n had taken a pnrt of the train off on
e a spur track, Smoak evidently crept
under a box car to avoid the rain.
jv While ther the engine and other
n cars returned and caught him unae
wares, knocking him from under the
w cars and Inflicting injuries from
,o which he died soon afterwards
i
Hide Pleased Him.
The Newberry Observer says: "A
negro was carried to the chningan;
k on Tuesday in a fine n<~w automobile
13 Ho remarked, 'Captain, I've beei
wanting to rido in one of them thing
Ilt a long time.' "
nragnap..
WOMAN FIGHTS THIEF
SHK FINDS IN HER HOUSE WITH
DKAOLY KULLING DIN.
She Belabored the Burglar Until He
FeH to His Death from a ThirdStory
Window.
At New York Louis Cratch, twenty
five years old. painter by day and
burglar by night, fell to his death
from the third story floor of a Delancev
street house after Mrs. Geo.
Gietnian. whose apartments .he entered,
had attacked him with an
iron cuspidor and a rolling pin.
Cratch got into the house by
climbing up the lire escape. To get
to the Gletemans' bedroom he had
stepped across a crouch on which
slept Miss Lena Merkenholtg. a
itoarder. Cratch was searching Gieteuvan"s
clothing for money when
Mrs. Cletman awoke suddenly and
screamed.
She leaped out of bed and seized
the man. Enraged more than frightened,
she rushed into the kitchen,
where she seized an iron cuspidor
and struck him over the head and
shoulders.
The man broke away and made
for the parlor window. Mrs. Gietnian
pursued him until a boy boarder
in the house ran up and handed
her a rolling pin.
With this she belabored Cratch
furiously. As the inan struggled in
front of the window at the side of
the yard she struck him across the
jaw. With a scream he toppled head
long Into the yard, striking on thconcrete
pavement. An ambulance
surgeon found that Gratch had died
of a broken neck caused by the fall.
KNIGHTS OK I'VTIIIAS.
The Grand Iaulge Meets Officers and
Then Adjourns.
The grand lodge of Knights of
Pythias had a most delightful meeting
at Bcnnettsville this week. The
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
Grand chancellor. J. W. Walter
Doar, of Georgetown: grand vice
chancellor. Frank K Myers of Charleston;
grand prelate, Frank S. Evans
of Greenwood: grand keeper of
records and seal, C. D. Brown of Abbeville;
grand master of exchequer,
Wilson G. Harvey of Charleston:
grand master-at-arms, C. W. Cropland
of Bennettsvllle; grand Inner
guard, J. L. Beeves of North; grand
outer guard. Dr. J. M. Oliver of Orangeburg.
The following district deputy grand
chancellors were chosen:
First, A. V. Williams, Charleston:
second, W. C. Henry, Timmonsville;
third, J. F. Carter. Bamberg; fourth.
A. M. Deal, Columbia; fifth. Rev. H.
A. Knox, Mayesville; sixth, W. M.
Dunlap. Rock Hill; seventh, A. V
Martin, Clinton; eighth, J. W. Shelor.
Walhalla; ninth, Jas. H. Craig.
Anderson; tenth, J. W. DeGrand,
Bennettsvllle; eleventh, George A.
Schifffey, Orangeburg. All of these
are new except Mr. Deal, Mr. Craig
ad Mr. Martin.
The following appointments were
announced by the grand chancellor;
Grand tribune for three years?
Herbert E. Gyles, of Aiken.
Members of the board of publication
of the South Carolina Pyllilnii
M Riitloitp'A TUvpra rpan
pointed.
A past grand chancellor's jewel
was presented to Prof. A. G. Rembert
by the lodge. Prof. Rembert is
devoted to the work of this organization
and has rendered to it much
valuable service.
PARTY NEARLY I?KO\VNED.
Life Saving Crew and Volunteers
Save Them.
At Chicago, the life saving crowin
its power boat assisted by a volunteer
crew of the Farragut Yacht
Club, after a desperate effort early
Monday reached an overturned gasoline
launch to which three men and
two women were clinging, a short
distance olT the lake shore from
Woodland park.
The men had lieen shouting for
aid. A strong northesast wind was
blowing and the overturned boat was
in imminent danger of crashing
against the breakwater. Several
persons kept the boat from the
breakwater with poles until life-savers
reached the sceue. All five rescued
will recover.
l>ie<] in the Fire.
At Rlkhardt. Ind., the plant of llit
C. G. Conn Company, said to have
been the largest manufacturers of
brassband Instruments in the world,
was destroyed by fire early Tuesday,
eutaining a loss of $r>00,000, urd one
' of the night watchmen. Hoy Edgerly,
was burned to death. His body was
s recovered from the ruins of the
i buildings.
rThe Augusta Herald flounders
around in something 'ike a half col^
umn in answer to our simple quea(,
tion, "Can uhe Herald name a graftei
. who lov> s Hryan?" But fails to &r
i swer the question for the s'lnpb
? reason that it knows that no g.afte,
loves Bryan.
WAS THROWN OUT
HEW C. W. CRKIGHTOX'S APPEAL ]
W AS NOT HEARD.
He Gives His Version of the Action (
of the Committee That Refused to
Hear His Side.
The following statement is made
by the Rev. C. \V. Crelghton in the s
Christian Appeal concerning the ac- a
tion of a committee of the Methodist r
vicmrmi vuuier?ui'? in reierence to c
his appeal from the action of the r
South Carolina Conference in expell- t
ing him from that body: t
There w? re two cases 011 appeal s
to that body?that of the writer and I:
one other. At the lirst meeting ot f
the Coimn?ttee of appeal the last r
mentioned case was taken up first
by order of the bishop who acted as 1
chairman of the committee. That a
appeal was not pressed by the op- 'I
pellant and it might have very prop- v
erly been postponed until ours was 1
heard, but it was not. 1
Of the nature of that case we '
are compelled to speak, that our C
readers may gather an idea of the t
method pursued in our case though *
we regret to do so. The appellant
had been charged with seduction
and being party to a subsequent '
crime which cost the life of the c
girl involved?a school teacher. On I
the first charge he was convicted *
and appealed; 011 the second he \va; r
acquitted by the trial commit- r
tee. No objection was raised to r
hearing his appeal; it was heard anil '
a new trial ordered. '
After waiting nearly a week our
appeal was entered upon: The charge
and specifications were reao, then
the notice and grounds of appeal.
At this point the bishop asked.
'Shall the appeal be entertained? 1
Phe prosecution objected to hearing
it on the ground that we had preached
pending the appeal. We frankly
said, "yes, as a layman we have
lone such work us we could, hut we
have performed no act or function
nf a UaIlw.,1 lot " 'IM...
?.tvi?vuiob |/ivav 11VI. 4 111- Dlhll
op objected to any statement from
us, but we had strong papers from (
good nun and we persisted in read- s
ing them. This was a surprise, they a
had expected to take us by surprise,
but we were ready. The bishop held
that we had h>Bt tne riglit to appeal '
?nd on this point a hot argument ^
followed which lasted for more than \
two hours.
The discipline provides that "the
General Conference shall never pass "
any act taking away the right of '
trial by committee and appeal," and K
it was therefore held that if any ,l
conditions attached to an appeal e
those conditions were void, not attached,
it was a constitutional right,
absolute and that the only way by
which it could be defeated was by *
death or voluntary abandonment by
the appellant. The appellant insisted
that no conditions attached to an
ippeal form a judgment of expul- ?
sion, that die knew of none, and '
had he known of any he would have G
performed them. In reply the bishop a
read the notice and grounds of ap- c
peal, called attention to the care f
with which they were drawn, said '
appellant was a lawyer and should *
have known it and held his posi- f
tlon. f
A member of the committee call- 1
oH hla uttpntlnn t r* tWo auo? '
ed to above and reminded him that {
no such point was raised in tha (
case. Another member pointed out
the fact that the appellant had worked
only as a layman and turning to
the bishop he said: "follow yotn ]
position to its logical conclusion and
it amounts to this, a layman can't
pray in the Methodist church. 1
question, he continued, the right or
authority of the Methodist church to .
| say that any man who feels moved
to lift his voice in behalf of the Master
and fallen humanity shall not
do it.
The bishop held that by preaching
the appellant had lost the right
to appeal and Uiat the appellant
should have known this although it
is not a condition imposed by the discipline.
The bishop is a trustee of
Vanderbuilt University, the trustees
of that institution violated the plainly
written requirements of the discipline
in electing to the otiice of
trustee men who are not members
of the Methodist church and thereby
the church is in danger of losing
J") AAA AAA ?
fii),uuu,vvv wui in ui |ii ljt. i4ici(
bishop stood up before the committee
on education and a crowded assembly
and plead as an excuse for his act
that he did not know of that provision
in the discipline!
A member of the committee remarked
with a degree of pathos
"some men must be sacrificed." The
bishop let drop several statements
which showed that he was perfectly
familiar with the case and if so
he must have known that If the case
went to the committee the appellant
would win.
It was an issue between a bishjp
throwing his influence on the vide I
of the admlnstration and an humble '
preacher seeking to have a mlscar'
riage of justice righted; the blsli jp
was the stronger and he won by a
vote of 13 to 6.
The appeal was not hear 1 the
- merits of the case were not touca *
ed, but enough was elicited to mak
this much clear: A preacher who was
l charged with seducing a young w >
p*" \
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KILLS BLACK FIEND
IJL'T A WHITE FIEND SUCCEEDS
I
IN GETTING AWAY.
i
linrlottc imd Vicinity Aroused Over!
Two Hold Attempts at Criminal
Assault. . .
A dispatch from Charlotte. N. C.,i (
ays two bold attempts at criminal
ssault in broad daylight in that imnediate
section Thursday, in which
me of the assailants was a white
nan and the ot.her a negro, aroused
he country people to a frenzy, with
he result that the negro was fatally
hot. while a posse of citizens with
doodhounds is scouring the country
or t.he white man, with the intertior ^
if lynching him i<
The negro. Will Hops, entered tin ?
lotne of James Bailes, near Fort Mill. ,
ind attempted an assault upon Miss
rroy Bailes, his daughter, twenty
ears old. The girl's screams soon
>rought aid, hut the negro escaped, h
ater being apprehended in t.he sumrbs
of Charlotte. Ross ran when
Hficer Colthrap attempt* d to arrest v
tim. and the latter fired, fatally 1
vounding him. 1
At noon an unknown white man tl
ittempted to assault Miss Carrie t
tell, the fifteen year old daughter t
f John Bell, telegraph operator at
lessenier City. lie too. was fright
tied off before accomplishing his
inrpose, escaping into the woods >
tear Crowder's Mountain. A posst !
>f angry neighbors was hastily form- y
d. and with bloodhounds from a ?i
onvict camp are scouring the woods ;
Vt a late hour Friday night the posse jtad
not been heard from. }i
TOOK HKK OWN I.IFF. ,,
. jl
li ning* <1 Her Own Funeral I'yre ^
Before Husband. li
Resorting to three different meth- j,
<ls to kill Ji- rself. wnlle her famil> j,
cas asleep around her. Mrs. J. II ()
leal, who lives a little over a mile ^
rom Maiden, N. C , committed sul- ^
ide Thursday morning beforeday by
aturating herself with kerosene oil
nd setting herself on fire.
Her husband was awakened by the ((
ames from her dress and ran to her ,|
escue, but too late to save her. < ,
l razor and an axe were lying near , ]
he tried first to cut her throat and (1
hen to cut her head with the axe. s]
111 health was the cause. SJie
,'as 27 years of age and two chil- |,
rnn en ri*l no Vior ? W.
reat deal from the awful mode she Vl
dopted to put an end to her exist- n
nee.
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IIAI) FATAL EFFECT. ,1
* d
'onvet Causes Two Sudden I>enths t.
in Ala!ta.ina. t(
o
At Talladega, Ala., the appearance
f the comet Sunday evening cause 1 j|
ntense excitement. Congregations c
if several cliurc-hes left their pews t
nd hundreds of persons stool ?*y- ^
ited in the square and gazed at tne
elostial visitor. Miss Ruth Jor Ian. j;
laughter of a farmer living two miles c
rom Talladega was called to the j
loor of her home to s?ie :h? comet t
r.id immediately fell dead, physl- t
ians assigning heart failure as th?* j
ause. An unknown negro oi the f
iepot platform was sbowr the com- j
?t and instantly dropped dead. a
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NEC J HO FACTORY SFCOEEDINCi. f
Hosiery Mill at Durham is I>oubling '
\
Working Quarters. i
Having started up under most ,
promising conditions the Durham ,
Texlle Mills, the only negro hosiery ,
mill in North Carolina, has met with ,
with such success that It has doubled .
I
its capital and working quarters, and ,
within a month will have in opera- ]
tion several new machines. The fac- ,
tor.v is owned solely by negroes of ,
Durham and the management comes ,
from the texile schools of the coun- ,
try. It Is the purpose of the com- |
pany to make Durham the center of
negro hosiery mills in the Southern
States. J
< V?I<1 in Texas.
At Amarillo, Texas., following the i
wind and hailstorm of Saturday
night, a norther that has sent the
temperature to the freezing point,
prevailed there Sunday with indications
pointing to snow. It is feared
that immense damage to crops will
result.
Drank Twice and Died,
At Elizabeth. N. J., playing house
VL'hilA YTWlthr?r utbnf r* mnrl/ot f Aitiort
Crouch. 6 yearn old, her brother |
Johnnie, 3 years younger, went to
the ice chest and drank freely from
a bottle of tonic compound which
they had seen their eleders use.
man, a poor school teacher, and being
party to her subsequent death
had a hearing without objection and
secured a new trial, but another
preacher who had exposed wrong,
criticised officials and advoratel a
larger liberty for the laymen of the
church and w;?s expelled for it, was
denied the privilege of having the
methods bv which that expulsion was
accomplished investigated!
1
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HAVE HARD TIME
d Keeping Their Rascality Hid From the
Sight of the Public.
THE LORIMFR MATTER
'luiruo tlint lie Was Klerte<l l?y the
I'm* of Ilril>o Money Oversluwlnw.
Kvrry Other I'hasc of I'wspuI
<\>ngrossional St illation as AtTcciing
tin* l>nminaiit Political Party.
P. H. MeCSowan, the Washington
orrespondont of The News and Cour?r
says t.ho political situation was
ever more interesting in Washingon
than just now. with the Demorats
having their till of enjoyment
t the expense of their Republican
rethren.
The Republicans have horn in de? p
rater ever since the present session
if Conuress opened in December,
'hat big (Jovernment deficit, the
ierce objection to the Aldrlch-Pnyne
ariff law. the troublesome work of
lie "insurgents" all there aro
auses that gave the majority party
imoyam before others were .added.
Now there are still more dilemmas
nd eitli r horn locks like a bad one.
'he postal savings bank lit 11 is not
.orrying the Democrats in the least,
r\iile. on the contrary, it is giving
lie Republican mem tiers of Congress
both in the House and Senate?
i?? end of trouble.
Hut added to this is the worst of
11 trouble because it is strictly withn
party lines the fact that unless
cnator William S. Lorimer, of IIiuois,
can purge himself < t the nidations
connecting him with hribry
work in his recent electi: n, when
e defeated former Senator Hopkins,
e must, without doubt, face charges
f a grave nature before a Court
omposed of his present colleagues
i the Senate.
!?,. i-~ *
.... ?.o |iuaiui savings Dank
i concerned there is little use to
isguise the fact that neither the
ankers nor the people generally
liroughout the country want it. So
ir as the former are concerned
h'-re .has been sufficient testimony
resented to Congress already to
how that the enactment of such a
ill cannot do other than work largef
to the detriment of these institulons?especially
the smaller ones
onducting savings deposit departicnts
on a limited scale.
The question is being asked in
/ashington, why is it necessary for
le Government to become the guarian
of several million people and
eke eare of their earnings in order
5 encourage "thrift" as the purpose
f the postal savings bank bill unoubtedJy
is? It Is pointed out that
' the people have been able to take
aro of their small savings up to
his time tbey will probably be able
d do so hereafter.
The Lorimer case presents several
nteresting features. Unless he can
l> ar himself from the grave charges
odged against him he will doubtless
ie forced to resign from his seat ih
he Senate. T.here are bcth Repubicans
and Democrats who say that
or the good of the Senate generally
tenator Lorimer must give a clean
iCcount of his doings in the Illinois
egislnture in connection with his
lection.
Failing in this iie will be allowed
o r* sign, and declining to take ad
..iiii.iktr iii hub oppor; unity, will t>?
ni peached.
The fact that Senator Lorimer regained
in his rooms at a hotel for
nany days before going to the Senit'.
cives dear and positive indication
that he believes ther.c ip trouble
in store for him. His case is
touch of a mystery here, and while
he is not considered of any special
weight by his colleagues, there will
undoubtedly be a clearing up of the
situation during the next few days,
Unless Senator Lorimer can do bo
himself.
It is now believed that he will
make a speech in the Senate, but
that it will not be satisfactory. Then
it will be necessary for a special c.ommltt>
e of investigation to he appointed
something like the PrillingerPinchot
committee or that Investigating
the existence of a ship subsidy
lobby in Washington. That Mr. Ixirimer
is to be investigated and that
this investigation may prolong the
pr> sent session of Congress many
weeks is one of the strong probabilities
at this time.
, Shot to Kill.
, At Henderson, Ky., VV. P. F'belen,
a well known horseman was shot and
killed and Mattle White, tho negro
servant in the family, was fatally
wounded hy Mrs. Flbelen, at the Kbelen
.home Friday. Mrs. Rbelen gave
lierself np. telling the i?eMce that
i^ was merely a case of vbetner she
ar her husband had to die.
' An Old llero Dies.
| Oapt. J. Pembroke Jones, who win
nn<?...of* the ollleers on the Merrinmr
when s.he fought the Monitor,
died in California Tuesday. He was
the oldest living of the
Naval Academy of his
death. Lie was irglnia.