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TEDDY TALKS Hi Crawls Frsa Older the Debris aid Makes a Few Reaarb THE GREAT TIDAL WAVE Says He's Just Begun the Fight for Ideals, and That He Will 'Jo On ( > a Triumphant Conclusion in Spite f Checks and Failures of Lead era. Theodore Roosevelt declares In his first statement since election day that he believes the flzht for progressive popular government has just bsgun. One week before election, while speaking in Des Moines, he said he was enlisted for u 'three years' war, and that if defeated tills year he would "keep on fighting.' His first formal statement, as printed in the Outlook, to which publication he 1b a contributing editor. says: On every hand, personally and by correspondence. I have been asked to make a statement regarding the election. So far as I am concerned. I have nothing whatever to add to or to take away from the declaration of principles which I have made in the Osawatonic speech and elsewhere. East and West, during the past three months. The fight for prjaressive popular government has merely begun, and will certainly go on to a triumphant conclusion in spite of initial checks and irrespective of the personal success or failure of individual leaders. Theodore Roosevelt. This signed editorial immediately followed the above, and is generally regarded as being a more extended exposition of Mr. Roosevelt's views than is made In the signed statement. The editorial leads in part: "The Democratic wave of success which began with the election of a Democratic Governor In Maine had aa even more Btriking illustration in ,k. . ? ?i- ?j - - - -- . m(sicnu; reuucea KepuDUcan maioritii's in such States as Rhode Island. Pennsylvania and Iowa man >n the Democratic victories In NewYork. Ohio and New Jersey. In each State the Democratic gains are to be attributed, first, of course, to one large and general movement; but !n each case also there were specie i contributing causes. Broadly defined. the general cause was simply dissatisfaction with the Republican party. 'But specially, the high tarlfT Is believed to be one of the chief eauses of the high "ost of Ilvini; the people believed that a substantial downward revision was promised by the Republican party; the Payne-Al drloh bill was not. In fact, accepted aa such a measure; the attempts of the Administration to hold the hill up to admiration not only did no* convince but did irritate its critics. "The unhappy Ballinger-Pinchot controversy, the diplomatic scandi! over the appointment of a Chinese Minister, the political revolt against Csnonism?these and other matters left in the popular mind a feeling that the Republican party was dealing weakly with grave nublic Inter. eat*. and in a measure overshadowed the praise deserved for the actual constructive measures passed. "Moreover, in some ways the Democrats benefited by the stirring of popular feeling for progressive legislation; in many rases progressive Democrats pushed aside conservatives of both parties; Woodrow Wilson In New Jersey is as truly a pro gressive as Is Robert Bass in New Hampshire. "It must be remembered that the moral revolt against boss rule and legislative corruption In New York for instance, was a total different thing from the Insurgent and antitarlP feeling In the West. Nationally the chief result is that we shall hove a Democratic House of Representatives with a majority of nearly or quite t>o, as against a Republican majority of 4 3 in the present Congress: while the Republican majority In the senate is reduced from 25 tc 12. Thus for the first time in many years we shall have a Republican president and senate ranged against a Democratic lower house, and either party may block legislation if it wishes. That the Democrats wil next year introduce a general tarifl la likely, but if they are wise they will rero?nlze the fact thnt the ?nii reasonable way of dealing with tlit subject is that recommended by th< President and Mr. Roosevelt?thai is. schedule by schedule. "The result In New York is pracv Ueally to put Tammany in control at Albany. Mr. Dix, at the best a mar f little public service, is clroser by a plurality of nearly 70.000 ir preference to Mr. Stlmson, whose re eord as a faithful and universally successful prosecutor of public ene cnien is unique. "The causes of this temporary do $ feat of progressive Republicanism it New York were In the main the ex posure of corrupt practices amon; Republicans in the legislature. th< Inclement weather which made th? rote light in the rural districts, the L , WORK OF BLACK HAND NEW YORK MAN UNABLE TO 1 ' MKKT THEIR DEMANDS Fled from Town to Town, But His 1 Relentless PnnnerM Never Gave I I'p Until the Knd. Discovered at last by two men who had long sought for life, Dominick p Morone, a shoemaker who went to ( Middletown, N. Y., from New York r sevtral months ago to escape assassination. was murdered just as he left his home one night last week. b Leaving their victim dead on the pavement the men dashed to the rail- a road tracks and jumped on a freight train that was passing through on its r way to New York. f Morone, 4 0 years old, came from G Italy to the United States, 15 years ago and opened a cobbler's shop 'ti New York. A year or so ago he was called upon to make a contribution to the "Black hand" Society or ac- S cept death as the alternative. b Morone was in no position to meet the demand. Ho fled from the city L and sought obscurity in Chester, N. Y. There he remained s few months, v Fearing, evidently, .that he wasn't safe, he then went to Middletown b and opened a shop, making his home in the rear of the place. Ho lived t? quietly, for the fear of death was on him. H Morone met what ho feared early ft this week. Two men arrived in p town, went to the Italian quarter and made inquiries for Morone's el address. When they learned It they Sl walked to the house and stood near- \> by in the shadows, waitin?. After dinner the shoemaker left y Ills shop and walked down the street. f( lie had g6ne a block when, out of a v group of pedestrians, one of the mur- n lers stepped out and culled the shoe- t, maker's name. Morone whirled around, a look of terror on his face, u Immediately his two enemies f, drew revolvers and began shooting. Passers-by fled and Morone was lett j] a clear target for the assassins. They q emptied their revolvers into his body and ho dropped dead. d ' * D YOUNG MAN KILLS I11MSKLF. r f< iiccauiw lie 1x>n? His Position in a C llartsvillo Hank. A special to the Columbia Record ' says C. Maurice McDonald, a young ^ man popular in Hartsville, coin mil- j ted suicide Wednesday by taking a dose of strychnine. It is presumed ^ that the loss of his position as bookkeeper in the Bank of llartsvillo that morning was the cause of his act. ^ According to the officials of the bank ^ young McDonald was not short, bui was discnarged on account of inattention to liis work, there oeing no charges reflecting on his integrity. Shortly before noon, he went to I the .Marguerite hotel and secured a room. Within half an hour he was found dead by the proprietor and it as evident that he had taken pa. I of the contents of 1111 ounce bottle of strychnine. It Is nut known whe.o he procured the poison. Mr. McDonald was ahout twenlj years old and uumarried. i-Ie was the sen of Mr. and Mrs. Dan McDonald, with whom he lived, lie is survived by his parents and three brothers and two sisters. His father is a merchant. Youns McDonald was \ery popular in business and social circles and his death was a . shock to the entire town. c TWO N'KdOKKS SMOTH IOltF.1). i Charlotte laborers l!uric<! Under Cotton Seed. ' Alexander Stevenson and Wilt Dong, negro laborers at a Charlotte cotton oil plant, were sniotltered to t death Friday afternoon under a ^ ' quantity of cotton seed. The men were engaged in shoveling the seed from a large pile into a gunnel that forced the matter into the oil mill. 1 Without warning the bank of seed on each side reaching a height of ahout fifteen feet began caving in 1 burying the men before they could | be saved. Hands were at once despatched in the work of rescue but ' when the men were taken from the p I I heap life was extinct and medical J efforts proved to no avail. Colli ii Was Wager. ! Shelbyville, Ind., h.is one full-sized I $150 collin that ho does not know c what to do with. He won it front I , Undertaker Tindall. of the same < , town, on a bet, and now he is In > , a quandary as to what disposition tt t make of it. t Five Were Shot, t Flro persons wore shot, two of i them probably fatally, in an attempt ' i to rob the saloon of Louis Belmont. ' i in the town of Cicero. III. Three * . bandits made the attempt at robliery < r and wh"n the saloon keeper fired 1 - upon them, arevolver battle began. - bitter enmity of most of the New i York City papers and finally the hon- < - est but Hl-Jiidsed hoi -t of nianv con ' ; servative voters who cannot diilia- i i guish between restricting Illegal acts 1 j of dishonest corporations and inter- < > fering with business at large." t I DISTRICTS CHANGED IN LATE ELECTION FltOM ONE PAKTY TO ANOTHEIL )?mocratR Captured Fifty-Nine Seats froui Republicans and Republican* Captured Fire from Democrats. Below will be found a list of the ;alns made by the Democrats tepubllcaus In the House of F esentativcB in the late election: IHnnocrtitic atiinn. California?Baker defeats Engei ingni. Connecticut?Rellly defeateB Sheprd. Illinois-?Stack defeats Moxley; tuchanan defeats Lundin; Evans deeats Gansber?er; Stone defeats. Iraff; Fowler defeats Chapman. Iowa?Pepper defeats Grilk. Indiana?Gray defeats Barnard. Kentucky?Field defeats Bennett Maine?McGlllicudy elected in eptember; Gould elected in Septeiner. Maryland?Konig defeats Main, ,ewis defeats Warner. Massachusetts ? Thayer defeats fash burn. Michigan?Do rem us defeats Deny; Sweet defeats Dickenna. Minnesota?Gonap defeats Kncs jrmnn. Missouri?Hensley defeats Elvins, :n8sell defeats Crow; Dougherty du;ats Morgan; ltubey defeats Murhv. New Jersey?Scully defeats IIowII; Tutfle defeats Runyon; Town nd defeats Parker; McCoy defeats >*iley. Cv'ew York?Littleton defeats Cox, taher defeats llobley; Wilson d^?nts Law; Red Held defeats Lee; Ley defeats Parsons; Patten defeats ennct; George defeats Benuet; Conell defeats Fish; Aiken defeats iurey; Alccrtt defeatB Millingtou, nderhlll defeats Fassett; Smith dejats Alexander. North Carolina?Stedman defeats lair; Doughtin defeats Cowles, udger defeats Grant. Ohio?Allen defeats Goebel; Post efeats Kelfer; Clayposol defeats >ouglas; white defeats Joyce; Bot'nIck defeats Thomas; Dulklcy de jats Cassldy. Oklahoma?Daveport defeats reader . Pennsylvania?Donohue defeats oulkrod; Dlfenderfer defeats Waner; Leo defeats Heaton; Klpp dejats Pratt: Greg? defeats McJunk1; Wilson defeats Matthews. Rhode Island?O'ShaughneB-sv dejats fiheilield. West Virginia?Davis defeats CarLgan; Brown defeats Sturgls; Litlepuige defeats Gaines; Hamilton efeats Woodyard. Republican Gains. Iowa?Towner defeats Stuart. Massachusetts ? Harris d e feats 'hacher. Missouri?Catlin defeats Gill. Nevada?Roberts defeats Sprague. New York ? Danforth defeats locker. Siiimnary. Democratic gains 58 Republican gains 5 Net Democratic gain 5 3 'Democrats in present house 174 Democratic gains in next house 51 Democrats in next house..22G Republicans in next house. .164 Democratic majority 62 One Socialist member is not in luded in tlie above calculation. COl.LMIUA'S MOW MOWSl'AI'IOli. Tihlieatinn Will llcgin About Firit of the New Year. With a building leased, a pres.* ought and six linotypes ordered, lirectora of the Morning News Pub ishing Co til p any say that the new >aper for Columbia will surely make ts appearance early in January. The apital stock has been increased from >50,000 to $200,000 and subscripions are being iakon. it is said, from itizens in every part of the State. 7olumbians are more or less interestid in the establishment of the n-iW >aper. because many believe it wilt nvovlo a newspaper war. There are >thers who say that The Sta^c, who ts large circulation and volume of msincHs, will not suffer, and these lelieve the new paper will make ittle difference with the managers >f the Columbia paper. The new taper must needs spend thousands >f dollars to attempt to comp te vith the field in Columbia. The prolioters say they are prepared to d<? his. Can This lie So? Augusta, Gn. has a population of 17,826, according to statistics of the 13th century made public Moud ly light. This is a decrease of l,6io. >r 4.1 per cent, under 3? 644 1 'n I POO. Wins Ity Five Votes. On the face of all returns in the ?th Michigan Congressional district, Thomas F. Gonop. Democrat, has a najorlty of five over Congressman <uesterman, and the certificate of 'lection will undoubtedly he issued o him by the Secretary of State. STOLEN BY GYPMES WAS KKi*T FIVES YKAKS WHEN DEATH RELEASED HElt. Was the Daughter of Wealthy Parents, Who Searched Long, Hut In Vain For Her. Stolen from her home in" Baltimore, Md., over five years ago by a band of gypsies, sold to one of the tribe for $900. and then, under hypnotic influence, compelled to be the slave aud wife of this man was the awful fate of Miss Jessie Habersham, ivho died this week at a Cincinnati, O., hospital shortly after becoming 'he mother of a baby girl. Miss Habersham was the daughter of H. G. Habersham, a wealthy broker of Baltimore, and police and detectives all over the country have been searching for her ever since she disappeared. The long search ruined the father's health, and the shock of the girl's abduction was too great for her mother, who died several months afterward. The dead woman was 2 5 years old. She said that she had been eniced away front home by an old gypsy woman, who belonged to a tribe that was staying near the Halter-1 shant home. She was then sold by this woman to her nephew for $900, and compelled by him to work hard and to endure more than the bardships of the ordinary gypsies. According to the story told by tlu^ voung woman shortly before her death, some strange influence hold her with the gypsies, and although she made several attempts to escape, all were fruitless. It was two years beforo she even had a chance to write to her father, and then tile tribo heard of her doing so and quietly moved away before the police authorities could reach her. About five weeks ago the young woman was carried to a rooming house In Cincinnati by a gypsy who asked that the woman be allowed to stay there until the child was born. She remained there until she l>ecame so low that she was taken to a hospital. While dying, with h?*r baby In her arms, the mother told the pitiable tale of her abduction and hardships. MANY IJTTLK OXBS SAVED. Antitoxin Cures TliousnntN of Children of Diptheria. Better treatment and control of diphtheria have prevented 26,67 a deaths in Chicago in 14 years. Antitoxin is given the credit, according o a bulletin issued by the Chica;o Hoard of Health. Koliore antitoxin came Into u?e the diptherla death rate averaged 130 for each 100,000 Inhabitants, 'i.i's has dropped to 30. Anti'.cxin wltl cure practically all cases of diptheria if It be given in time, In proper doses and It will also prevent the development of the disease in those who have been exposed. Deaths from diptheria are due chiefly to ignorance, carelessness or neglect, the parents of the victims usually being the guilty parties. Failure to pay heed to the oft repeated warning regarding the danger of neglecting "simple sore throats," failure to call thp Hnctiip In ?*,? ? ~ ?u vuv cm 11 ? stages of the disease and neglect to secure immediate treatment of casjb has cost many lives. CItlMK COMKS HIGH. It Costa tht State of tieogriu Many Million Dollars. That crime Is costing the state of Georgia annually $5,000,000, this beins only the cost of administering the courts and policing the cities and counties and not counting the economic value of the energy that is wasted by being withdrawn from legitimate pursuits by the law-breaking classes is the startling statement of Judge Price Gilbert, of Columbus, Ga. Judge Gilbert showed that court and police expenses in Fulton county are $503.194 per annum, of $2 per capita. As statistics collected indlcatt that the same percentage obtains in Muscogee county, he concluded that the expense over the state as a whole for the administration of justice is $2 per head. Will lie llung. The finding of the special lapan?si court v hich tried the plotters against the life of the emperor of Japan was annouced this week. Twentysix persons were found guilty, includ nig me ringleader. KotoKu, and hitwife. All have been sentenced to death. Horse Electrocuted. Stepping into a pool in which lay the end of a highly charged wire, the horse ridden by John A. Doerson. a rural mall carrier, was killed on the Susquehanna turnpike nenr York. Pa. Missed the (tallows. At Birmingham, Ala., Eugene Twitty, a negro under sentence 'or participation In the murder of a white man several years ago d'el Vhursday in the county jail hoapbal from consumption. ( } THE SOCIALIST VOTE A GAIN OP SIXTY PER CENT IS SHOWN IN THE COUNTY. TJ\e Election Returns Show That the Increase Was Greater in the Lower Middle West. Not the leant surprising element of the election was the remarkabio increase in the socialist vote, says tl-.e Washington TimeB. The Socialists made great gt'.ns In practically every section of 'h ? conn try, especially in the lower middle West, and It is estimated tha* the Socialist vote is 60 per cent, stunner tlian in the presidential electio. of 1908. The approximate unollictp) socialist vote cast last Tuesday in the various states, compared wKi the vote of two years ago, was as follows: State. 1910 1908. California 60.000 28,14 1 Connecticut 1 2,000 5,133 Illinois 32.000 34.7H Indiana 20.000 13,476 Kansas 20,000 11 Kentucky 4,500 4,037 Michigan 10,000 11 5SG Minnesota 15,000 10 0w0 Nevada 2,000 i,900 New York 65.000 33,391 Ohio 50,000 33,7o9 Oklahoma 30,9o0 21,539 South Dakota.. .. 2,500 2.8 ?? Tennessee 2,200 1.S7S Utah 7.000 4.32. Washington 4.000 4.7^0 Wisconsin 60.000 2S.141 Totals 396.200 251.27, The showing made In the New York conies' by Charles Ed war' itursell, the candidate for governor on the Socialist ticket. Is believed 'o have been sufficient to j)lace his party in third place in the Empire Stat", displacing the Independence League. Russell rtceivcd about 66.000 votes, considerably more than was received bv the league's candidate for governor or by William Randolph llearst, the founder of the league. SHOOTS 111S OWN SON. From Effects of Which the Young .11 Mil IXtSCK H l,?'g. Lee Hanks, a white man, was lodged In jail at Lexington Wednesday morning by Deputy RherilY Millet, charged with havfng tried to take the life of his 20-year-old son, Troy Hunks, at the former's home, near Leesvllle, Tuesday afternoon. It is stated that the son was fired upon by the father with a rifle, the bullet la kin i effect in the calf of his le* shattering the bone to such an e\ tent that amputation was nccessarv. IK tails of the affair are meagre, but from what can be gathered it fi-ciub that the father had been drinking lor several days, and wihlo under the influence of whiskey, at tacked his family, with the result that the son was shot. The terrible affair his shocked the entire community, and it seems almost unlw;llevab'e that a man should attempt to take the life of his only child. AUGUSTA MUMS OUST I.N ATK. Continue to Disregard UecdstulT I,u >v Says Col. Watson. Commissioner Watson is writing letters to Augusta milling firms, complaining to the shipping Into this State of damaged feedstufTs. Orders have been issued by Col. Watson thai all such goods be seized and during the week several seizures have liean made. wherever the Inspectors saw that the law as to tagging and analyses was not being complied w th. C >1. Watson says that the Augm a hoi sos have been notified, but that they have continued to disregard the lav/. Special letters were addressed to each of the firms bo violating the law, by Col. Watson. TIIK W ACibiS OF KIN. lb.dies of Man and Woman Found in Lodging 11 tin Me. At New Phlladephia, Oliio, clasped In each others arms, the bodies of .lames Gray, aged f>0 years, and MrP Jack Llewellyn, aged 4 1. were fount In a lodging house We ineielay. As phyxiatlon was tlie cause of death tlio room heir.g filled with natural gas from a small stove. The dooi was locked and both windows closed Gray was the superintendent of mine, at Klondyke, Ohio, and Mrs Llewellyn was the wife of one of his employees. The husband latei Irtftnf Iflorl lw??? " I._? ..ci uuuy. viray was also married and leaves a widow and sev en children. It Is now pointed out that neither branch of the Sixty-second Congress, will be under the administration's control. In the House the Democrats have a clenr majority of about fifty over all. In the Senate their Increased wote of nine. If combined with the Insurgents would constitute a clear majority of four. The Democrats are In a poFltlon to test the 1 sincerity of the Insurgent Itepublli cans by giving them a chance to ( ' vote for a real tariff reform bill. FLEW FROM SHIP Ely Flies in a Biplane From ike D;ck of the Cruiser Biraiagban. FIVE MILES TO SHORE Flrwt Flight of the Kind the WorM II... l^-. ? * ? jiwi juicr .lWTai l-jpert Declare* That Flight k I "roof of the Utility' of Air On ft -n War. A dispatch from Fort Mouroc, Va.. says aerial navigation proved Monday that it is a factor which must be dealt with in the naval tactics of the world's future, if the successful flights made by Eugene 11. Kiy in a Curtiss biplane from the deck of the crusier Birmingham can be taken as a criterion. From Hampton Roads, the seen'* 4 5 years ago of another epoch making experiment in the history of rival warfare, when an ironclad proved its superiority over the former type of fighting vessel, the aviator Monday flew across the lower end of Chesapeake bay, landing on fhe opposite sido from this fort In weather conditions unfavorable for flying, the daring birdroan shortly after 3 o'clock Monday after noon glided from the pla'forni erected on the front of the big black erusior. swooped down like an immense bird of prey until he touched the water, then rose rapidly into the unsty nir of tire lower bay and was oil in the direction of the broad Atlantic Five minutes after having taken his sudden farewell of the llir* tingliam he was a lost speck on the eastern horizon and had landed safely on Willoughby Spit. The impact with which the big machine struck the water after its 37-foot drop from the front of the crusier caused on? of the propeller blades to be jagged as though a coarse saw had gone along its edge and a small piece was split from the blade. But nivt for an instant was the speed of the aeroplane lessened and it darted away with express-train rapidity on its viotoriou8 flight. Intermittent rain throughout the day. small hail showerB, and continuous fog, almost compelled the aviator to postpone his (light. But he was determined to prove, as he said after the flight, that he could accomplish more than had been expected of him. Furthermore, he did not wait for the Birmingham to get in'o motion which would have added to his momentum and have been a groat help to him, but, seizing an opportune moment between showers, he was off before those who were on the ship with hini and on the other vessels stationed at various points nearby to follow and assist him in case of need were aware that he was ready for Ills wonderful flight, the first of its ki?d the world has ever seen. Ely proved that Is It possible to fly safely from a ship, and after having done this, asserted with emphasis that it would be an easy matter for an aeroplane to alight on a vessel either while the latter was moving or stationary. Naval exj oris who witnessed the flight expressed their beli. f that the n ivies of tho world in !h?* future must take the uci's plane into consideration when mapping out plans of .action. ('apt. Washington I. Chambers, who has been detailed by the navy department as chairman of a board for a< ron:u:| ieal investigation, declared rh it the flight was more than be had anticipated and he is continent that the time is near when all scout crusiers will be equipped wka a number of aeroplanes. They wiil not tie for battleship use, be explained. hut for scout duty in connection with the work of the scout crusiers of tho n ivy. The distance which Mr. Ely flew was nearly five miles. The Birmingham was lying in the roads only a quarter of a mile from the Hotel Chamberlain. It was .'1:10 when he took to the air; five minutes later lie was hi fa on the solid soil of Virginia, few miles north of Norfolk. Mr. ICly, after being brought hnek on a launch and placed aboard tin- Hoe, said ho waa not fond of the water, but ha ha 1 conim red his fears long enough to remain over it in fog and accomplish his purpose. When he struck -the water on diving off the Hirminghatn, salt water dashed into his face and goggles, so that for several minutes ho could not see in which direction he was going He had planned to take a somewhat different course from that which he actually followe and landed a iiUle further to the north. The greatest height he attained wa> estimated at about fiOrt feet. His striking the *vater, he said afterward, was due to a slight mlecilculnflon. He had planned before he left the incline on the Illrmlnghnm to drop near the writer tin no tn ?*?? the momentum which he wanted to carry him upwards; but ho overreached the mark slightly. In 1908 Hearst, who ran as an Independent Leaguer, was supported by the Democrats. He received 191