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WAS FORCED OUT Former Csminioder-iu-lhhf ol Pacific Fleet Asked to Resign. STRICKEN FROM ROLL vV Itequrat /or Kesignation Mn(li> hjr Secretary of Navy by Order of President, Following Heport on Harry's Scandalous Conduct From Captain of llis Flagship. By direction of the president. Rear Admiral W. B. Barry, former commander In chief of the Pacific fleet, today submitted his resignation "for the good of the service." It was Immediately accepted. The enforced resignation Is the outgrowth of charges which have been In circulation affecting the moral character of the naval ofllcer. George Von L. Meyer, secretary of the navy, today announced that on instructions from the president he telegrahped last night to Admiral Barry asking that he submit his resignation. The resignation severing the officer's connection with the American navy after 4 5 years of active service was received today and his name was at once stricken from the list of naval officers. This act naturally terminated his salary from the government. In response to a telegraphic request, Admiral Berry was placed on the retired list of the navy on January 14, several months In advance of the date on which he would have retired by operation of law. His right to seek voluntary retirement was his privilege, the law permitting such action after 4 0 years' active service. The secretary of the navy took up : the request with the president and | it was promptly approved. Hater, however, reports began to emanate front San Francisco to the effect that Admiral Barry's retireTrent was forced by a demand that ho resign on account of alleged sran<1 ilous conduct. It was added that the officers of the cruiser West Virginia, Admiral Barry's flagship, were not satisfied with retirement hut insisted upon his resignation. The secretary of the navy took cognizance of the reports and called upon Capt. Orchard for a report. Capt. Orchard's report was received several days ago when it was submitted to 'he president and the enforced resignation of tho oflicer foli lowed Rear Admiral Barry was horn in "New York City and was graduated from the United States naval nend?my in the class of 1S69 He has crushed in all parts of the world, his sea service covering a period of over 2 7 years, and has held many important assignments During the Swinish war he took part in the blockade of Hahana. the attack on Mantaivas and in search for the Spanish fl<-*t In Hahania channel He participated In the negotiations with Qen. Maceo. He commanded the gunboat Wkstmrg ill the capture of Aguinaldo. In May, 1909, soon after his promotion to the grade of rear admiral, he assumed command of the second division of tho Pacific fleet and several months later was placed in supreme command of the entire fleet. * BEAUTY WAS FATAL flow It Wrecked the Lives of Three Brothers. Some time ago. at Rome. Italy Alfredo Marinette, a librarian, met arid foil In love with Slgnora Olusep- j plnn Shordont, a beautiful widow >1 . twenty-eight. They became en raged toon afterwards, and the marriage Was to have taken place next month Alfredo's two brothers, both unmarried, were delighted with their future sister-in-law, and they con\ gratulated the lover on his choice. Then one day Cesare, the youngest of the three, left Rome without a Word of explanation. Alfredo was j deeply affected, but whenever he ff mentioned the matter to the second w brother, Gennaro, the latter was su>f ten and silent. It was not until the other night that, tho mystery was solved. GenBaro was found In his lodgings ?. :??s bullet through his head, an t beside him was a letter, informin - bis brother that he had resolved to die j because of his love for the beautiful Giusseppina, and that a similar passion had driven Cesare Into exile. Alfredo's sweetheart was so overCome with grief it the tragedy which j he had unwittingly brought about that she hroge or her engagem nt. rirm ".uses Nult. ? In the case of the Hamilton Manufacturing Company, of New York, agnlnst It. L. and William Lybmnd. doinsr bualneas at Swansea, under the firm name of R. L. Lybrand & Co., In United States Court at Columbia Wednesday, a verdict of $3,82a was rendered In favor of the plaintiff. The amount sued for In two actionR waa $">,700. Cotton transactions on delivery were the basis of the action. If we were not so anxious to seem at we are not we might become pfhat we should be. # I DENIES CHARGE SAYS HK TOOK PART IN NO DISPENSARY MEET. lohn <iary Evans, Former Governor, > m cil.lfu Ul .Ht'NNUKI' or ti?V. liU'HSl" lo Lrglslaturc. A dispatch from Spartanburg to The State says John Gary Evans, former governor of South Carolina, returned this afternoon from Columbia. where he went to demand an explanation of the Implied charges made against him by Gov. Hlease in the latter's message to the legislature regarding the commission of winding up the State dispensary. He said ihat upon learning that the legislature would investigate the charges he made no effort to communicate with the governor. Mr. Evans entered a general denial of the insinuations in the following i statement: "As soon as I saw the matter in The Herald 1 immediately went t j i Columbia. I found that the legislature had appointed a committee to make an immediate investigation of the allegations in the governor's message, it will be reported at the i present session. "I dod not care to make .11/ detailed statement until that committee meets, when the governor will he called upon to present his In'mHit ion. "I do not care to make any doas I am concerned the connection of i iey name with the matter is without any foundation of fact or circumstance. "I have not seen one of those < whose name is mentioned in connection with mine in four years until 1 a week ago in Columbia." In liis massage Gov. Rlease asked: W't. .. t ' * ?? uai ?? > uu am ecmeill II Sill Willi ox-Ciov. J oh n Gary Evans and exState Chairman II H. Evans for information ,;iven by thoni at a conference bold in Atlanta b?tv <;en those gentlemen. Attorney General Lyon and Attorney General?" * SLA IN ItV THE KEGELS. Details of the Massacre of the Mexican Regulars. I One hundred and fifteen Mexican soldiers w>re caught in a trap an t massacred by the insnrrectos a few j days ago. Tiie massacre took place , near Cuchillo. The correspondent with the insurgent forces inter viewed several captured government soliliers, and all of them give practically the same account of their losses. .Irso dc La Cruz Sanchez , and Toriieio Orega. Mexican ranch owners, commanded the insurgents. ( All the Federal soldiers under Col. . Dorante, numbering nearly 400 men 1 probablv would have been massacred | had not the insnrrectos exhausted their ammunition. The soldiers were entrapped in the , mountains and for nearly three days wero under the lire of the insnrrectos. The insurgents captured thir- 1 tv-two Mauser carbines and nineteen ( wounded men. Twenty horses helonging to the revolutionists were , left in a canyon three miles from the battle ground, and in their retreat J the Federal soldiers confiscated them. The government troops retreated in disorder to Coyama and entrenched themselves. What's Your Color? The girl who believes in good luck ( charms or likes to think that she does will want to know about her , particular astral color. , It is supposed to t>e both becoming ( and charmed with rood fortune for . the wearer, hut, however that may be. here are the colors for each month: , The girl who was born in January , should wear green. I The February girl may choose all | shades of pink. , Purple is for the March girl. She | will feel the mist comfortable and , cheerful with purple things about , her. , The April daughter can wear red, and especially rose red. The special color for May is blue. | The girl horn in this month should choose jewelry and clothes of light | tints of blue. This girl is supposed to ho sensitive. Mronze ;ieen is for the June girl, j which is apt to make her a little niel- ( anoholy. , Light red is the color for July and *, deep blue i" >r the girl born in Aug- , ust. Yellow is for the girl born in Sep tern her. | If you were born In October you will take the greatest comfort in . wearing brown, while if November , ia your month you may choose a , light gray Instead of the gay holi- , day colors the girl who is born in | December should choose mauve. It , will bring her luck and love and , other good things. ( Dost One Leg. 1 The State says \V. H. Appelt of Patesbur* who was injured in a ; wreck on the Southern railway, near 1 Wagner, several days ago, had his right leg amputated Friday night at i the Knowlton infirmary. He passed 1 through the operation successfully, 1 and will recover, according to a t ment by physicians. 1 TRIED TO RRIRFJ New York Newspapers lo Support the Ocean Sop Subsidy Scheme. WHEN OFFER WAS MADE The Business Muiiagor of the Journal of Commerce Claims that He \V*h Approuched by Sliip Huihlers, Who Ma?ie Improper Proposals to Him. Revelation of several attempts to buy the editorial support of the New York Journal of Commerce In favor of ship subsidy legislation, which that paper has consistently, opposed, as made in Washington to the hause ship subsidy investigating committee Wednesday by Alfred W. Dodsworth, business manager of The Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin. Earlier In the day Paul G. Faunler, representative of the Uranium Steamship line, against which the so-called London conference lines, controlling what Is alleged to be 9 8 per cent, of the Atlantic passenger trafic are arrayed, told how railroad authorities In this country, notably the Central Passenger association at Chicago, had refused to sell tickets routed over the independent lines unless the independents obtained the sanction of tha conference lines. As a result of today's evidence Mr. Dodswortli's brother, John W. Dodsworth, the editor of The Journal of Commerce, will he recalled to Washington to explain why he failed to enII.hten the committee during his recent testimony. It is probably that f'harles A. Conant of New York, a former Washington correspondent, may be asked to throw light on an effort to suhsi li/.e the paper, claimed o have been forwarded through him to The Journal of Commerce, which he then represented, and the federal mthorlties may take notice of the evidence as to the railroads' discrlm inations, against the independent steamship lines on foreign tickets. Alfred W. Dodsworth s:itd rl> i? paper never had been subsidized by 111 y interests whatever and its busi iiess and editorial columns had in relation. But, lie testified, about six rears ago an unknown came into hi> iflice and offered to pay The Journal of Commerce $100,000, taking 1,000,000 copies of his paper, for tb insertion of an article in one issue [supporting the ship subsidy legislation. This man refused to disclose his identity unless his proposition was to >e accepted. His proposition was, in he event of acceptance, to make oni i certified -heck immediately for $10,000 to bind the agreement ami to pay the balance of $90,000 upon iiiblicatlon of the article. Mr. Bodsworth said he immediately called his brother, John W., into his olfice a3 i witness 'o the conversation and th?: [imposition was turned down as an ittenipt *o make an improper a?rangement. Pressed by the committee. Mr. Hods worth said that about '5 0 years <go his father was sitting in his office on the vame publication and John (loch, the ship-builder, who was then building ships and was active for i iliip subsidy bill, entered the office, laid down a blank check, asked Bods worth to fill out the check an I sto.> writing against ship subsidy Hi" affer vug refused. About two years ago, Dodsworth said, another man tried to buy the support of the paper for $40,000 and Hiring the opanish-Amerlcan war the Spanish government tried to buy the paper's support. Mr. Oleott, Representative l.ongivorth of Ohio and other members of lie committee criticised the two brothers for failing to submit this nformation to the committee before now, pointing out that John VV. Dodsworth, in his testimony some inie ago, had been asked as to such matters ami had denied any information such as that disclosed to lay. The witness said the committee would have to ask the brother why he failed to disclose the Information. Mr. Oleott asked the witness who represented th? Spanish government when it tried to buy his paper's support. Mr. Dodsworth replied that Die information of the proposition '.imc from Charles A. Conant. who wes then the paper's Washington corrrrpomb nt. Pressed as to the Identity of the man who made the offer. mt. noiisworin sn i mat nis rattier ?r brother may have been tolil, but lie himself had not been told. Mr. Oonant communicated the [imposition in a letter, said the witless, who afterward qualified this by laying he thought it was a letter, af<>r the committee had stated it would like to have the letter. Representaive Hawley of Oregon asked how much nionev was proposed in that >ffer and the witness said he did not rtnow. Jlis father was then managng editor. The $4 0,000 proposition was from i "tall, dark-haired man." who said lie was a lobbyist in Washington. Mr. Dodsworth said he could not undertake 'o name the persons who made the $100,000 ofTer but he be-i lieved It came from ship subsidy inereets and when pressed as to what ' tie meant by that he mentioned tha MfLLER RESIGNS PRESIDENT OF STATE NEGRO COLLEGE IS OUSTED. "Pernicious Activity In Politics" Given as Cause of Calling for Resignation by Illease. Gov. Flleaae Friday demanded the resignation of Thomas E. Miller, the i>rc?iin"iii ?r me aiate negro college, which Is located at Orangeburg. He asked Miller to resign within twentyfour hours. This action was taken without a resolution on the part of the board of trustees which was In session at the time in the office of the chief executive. Following the action by Gov. Rlease. the board of trustees passed a resolution asking that Miller resign immediately, and he resigned. Gov. Itlease, when asked on what grounds he had asked the resignation of Miller, he said, "Pernicious activity In politics." Just what the activities have been and along what lines were not stated. He further stated that complaints had been made to him by negroes in the State as to the conduct of Miller at the institution. He would make no other statement. The resignation of Miller will take effect on June 3 0 of the present year This date was named in order that he might have time to wind up the affairs of the institution before turning the work over to his successor. The bonii of trustees which met Friday at noon in the office of Gov. Itlease decided to hold another meeting just after the adjournment of the present general assembly when the successor to Miller will he chosen. Miller has been president of the institution for several years and lraws a salary of $2,000 a year. It is expected that N\ F. Nix. a colored Baptist preacher of this city, will he named hv the hoard of trustees to succeed Miller. llhF.ASF. IS IIIGIIT. One of His Messages Hits the Nail on the Head. The Columbia correspondent |of 'he Charleston Post says Gov. Tib-US''s last message will meet the pprovnl of everybody who knows anything about the conditions at the State House, which are about as unsatis'actory as they could be, and are urged by sanitary authorities to be unsanitary in the extreme. The General \ssemhly his been very stingy in the matter of appropriations for the State House, Riving the most meager sums for the care of the house and grounds. I,arge sums have b^en appropriated to buy furniture for the legislative halls and for carpets and other miscellany, but an appropriation for the building or groun ts would throw the legislators into fits. Far be it from any one to suggest that the appropriations for the furniture might have been encouraged by the fact that the members also agreed to sell to themselves the old furniture at prices that set the teeth of the dealers in second-hand stuff on edge. It is Yory funny to note the fact that some of those men in the House nlty of the State was suffering from the shabbiness of the desks and chairs, and that no man could reasonably he asked by the State to sh at a desk and in a chair desecrated by the negro occupancy some years aero, have those same desks and chairs in their parlors and tied rooms and otllees today, having bought them for $11 and the new ones l.uai (IIMMI I ^ l'lnrf I'or Mr. lloosevclt. The following Is credited to a negro pren'/'T in Washington: "Ah dreamed Ah was in Heaven the {jther nieht. As Ah stood jest inside de golden rate, dar came a rap. and George Washington was announced hy St. Peter. Let 'him come up and sit on mall right side,' said tiie good l.awd, who was sitt in * on de throne. "Pretty soon there was anotlr-r knock, and Abraham Linktim war1 announced by St. Peter. 'Let him sit on mah left side,' said the Lawd. "Hen Ah heard a terrible knoekin' at de gate, and the angels ail tremble'. "St. Peter opened de gale rar?fully and den ho turned roan* and said to de Lawd: "You'll have to get down and give him your seat, Lawd, it's Mr. Roosevelt."?Denver Times. Oil's of (iricf, Rroken-hearfed at the death sen-! tenc?> passed upon her son, Mrs. VV. II. Walker, 72 years of age, dropped . dead at the residence of Mrs. J. 11. t Murray, at Macon, On.. Friday, Her son is Win. Walker, sentenced last week to lie hanged for having burned his wife to death. Walker was taken from the jail and allowed to view the body of his mother. He was overcome by grief. * Don't expect to have the love of heaven within you if you are lndif- ' ferent to the sorrows of men. Cramps and the Roches as Interest coming under that head. COPES IS JUDGE Elected by the Legislature to Succeed the Late Judge Daolzler. WILL MAKE A GOOD ONE Was Chosen on the First Ballot Over Tliree Worthy Opponents?Ftlucate?l ?t WolTord College and Graduated in Law at South Carolina I'niversity. To succeed the late Charles Closer Dantxler of Orangeburg as judge of the First circuit, the general assembly of South Carolina Wednesday elected Robert Ellis Copes, who was chosen over three opponents by a clear majority on the first ballot. The result was not unexpected, because Mr. Copes was the unanimous choice of the Orangeburg delegation and was supported by nearly the entire bar of the county. The other names placed before the legislature were Preston T. Hlldebrand, at present solicitor of the First circuit; J. Otey Reed of St. George and Octavus Cohen of Berkeley. The latter was brought in at the last moment but nothing could 6tem the tide for Copes and he was elected. The vote being. Copes, 8f?; Cohen. S; lllldebrand, 52; Reed, 22. Total number votes cast. lf>2; necessary to a choice, S2. In nomlnatint Mr. Copes, Senator Robert Lide of Orangeburg paid the following tribute to his friend; "On behalf of the almost unanimous wish of the Orangeburg bar and the solid Orangeburg delegation in the general assembly, I arise to place in nomination for circuit judge a man whom we know. A man known to us in Orangeburg as an experienced lawyer, a student of the law. Those of us who live with him and must bo courteous, patient, frank, -a.i ram iiit.w utnuo.i luvisuoo Xoftm| ali/e his worth He Is my personal friend, and no man In Orangeburg county enjoys a hither standing He is fair In mind, polished and conrte- j ons in manner, courageous anil tio?i tive In conviction, and a man of the highest character and personal integrity. He will make pood In this exalted position, if elected. 1 place fn nomination Orangeburg's candidate for judpe of the First circuit, the Hon. Robert E. roi?es." ^Jr. Fultz of Herkeley seconded the nomination of Judpe Copes and this was further seconded by Senator Summers of Calhoun, the dauphler county of Orangeburg, in the following neat tribute: "In the death of Judge Charles O. Dantzler, tne bench lost one of Its most honored members and the State one of its best men. Surely, he who must be his. He must be a gentleman under all circumstances. He must show distinguished ability, in the faithful discharge of service. He succeeds such a man must measure up in every respect to the highest expectations of his constituents. A hl?h sense of official responsibility must be first and foremost in his of every duty, public and private, thoughts. A conscientious discharge persevering, loving right, scorning wrong, possessing a high conception of justice and marked fidelity and ability at all times. "Such characlerlstics are found i? Hon. Robert E. Copes. He ts in th? noonday of his usefulness, and has a wonderful grasp of legal questions No stain of dishonor is upon his life llo h is never sacrificed truth and tan. coura-e has never faltered. His innate modesty and deep and abiding faith in righ' has won the confidence and respect of all who know him. "He will reflect great credit on the State and will worthily wear the honors wh'"h como from a faithful discharge of duty "It givej me genuine pleasure to second his nomination for judge for the First judicial circuit of this State" Preston T Hildehrand. better known as "I*. T." among his friends, and he has thousands of friends, was nominated by Mr. Paul ling of Calhoun county and this was warmly seconded by J. E. Davis of Barnwell who paid a beautiful coinliment to his friend. Mr. Hildehrand has been solicitor for 16 years, and his work has placed him well up among the lawyers of the State as a man of courage an I ability. He prosecuted the Elitewvllie lynchers and conducted other distasteful cases with credit to his oflice. Mr. Motte of Berkeley In a finished speech presented the name of Octavos Cohen of Charleston. Mr. Cohen was editor of the Charleston World during its entire existence and made a successful record as a newspaper man. lie was licensed to practice law a few years ago and is a successful practitioner. Senator St. Clair Muekenftiss of St. George nominated in an eloquent speech his friend. J. Otey Reed. The vote resulted as above stated. She Will Win. tMiss Mabel Edith Ransom, of Perry, Oklahoma, hungry for education, role horseback from her home to Lawrence, Kan., to enter the State University. The trip railed for a mert canter of only S50 miles. I J FUNDS LEFT INTACT THE HOUSE REFUSES TO CURTAIL CLEMSOX'S INCOME. Measure to Limit rolk'nc's Share of Revenue From Tiik Tux Killed by Vote of 73 to 34. In the House Friday Mr. Mttchum made a long and hard fight to limit the Income of Clemson College fr^m the privilege tax. Mr. Cary. of Oconee, opposed any Interference with the resources of Clemson College. He criticised the rei>ort of the legislative committee that investigated the State colleges. Mr. Mitchum insisted that Clemson was spending too much money. 'Mr. Cary said Clemson was not standing still and needed money for extensions and growth. If Clemson Is to stand still then they need no more than $175,000, but they should be allowed to grow. There were things at Clemson he did not like, but this bill would do no good. L.et things alone. Mr. Ashley said he was against Clemson getting so much money, but he visited Clemson and had his eyes opened and was in favor of Clemson getting all this money. If anything is to be done let the tax be reduced, but he urged that Clemson be left entirely alone. He wanted Clemson left alone this year. Mr. McICeown. of Chester, said something of this kind came up every year. -Ie, too, thought it unfortunate that the legislative report should come in today and he. too, criticised the composition of the committee?all lawyers. There was no use to talk about crippling Clemson. and he agreed with Mr. Ashley that if the tax were too high let the tax be reduced. Mr. Aver wanted to know if Clemson were a State institution or not. and whether the tax Is constitutional. Clemson ought to be supported as others are by direct appropriation. He suggested that all bills on the privilege tax be taken up together. This was denied. Mr. McCravey knew the good Clemson was doing. He feared Mr. Mitchum had not gone into the legal phase of the ipmstion. There is no 11SO to linflinr * *? ..... . ..c I'llMK'KC I.IX. no found that those who wanted to have such hills had blood in their eyes for Olornson. Mr. Vander Tlorst spoke for the legislative investigating committee. He explained that the delay in submitting the report was purely unavoidable, and <is everyone knew, without intention to influence anyone. The fact that he and others were lawyers was a fact and hardly worth discussing, hut he would like to argue any question or point made in the report. On a yea and nay vote the Hill to limit the income of Clcmson from the privilege tax to $175,000 was killed by a vote of 72 to 24. MAklOS A <TIAXCiK. The Confederate Home Has New Superintendent. The Confederate Infirmary commission. meeting Friday in the Supreme Court room at Columbia, elected F. M. Mixson, of that city, as superintendent of the Confederate Home, which is located there, to take the place of Cr.pt. W. D. Starling, who has held the position most acceptably since the Home was erected. Hr. William Weston, of that city, elected as physician of the Home. This was the first meeting of the new commission appointed several days bro. The organization meeting was held with Col. R. A. Thompson, of Wnlhalla, acting as chairman. If. W. Richardson was elected permanent chairman of the board. The hoard Inspected the Confederate Homo and installed Mr. Mixson as superintendent. The members of the commission ire: Col. A. R. Thompson, Walha 11 a: F. S. Karle, Columbia: li. W. Richardson. Columbia; T. R. Crews, 1,aureus, and A. S. IMckert, Newberry. * ?? Plttj'ed Willi a Pistol. A Sumter dispatch says Coroner Flowers Saturday night was summoned to Shiloh to investigate the death of Herbert Nelson who had been killed by a pistol shot. Shiloli is in the extreme eastern part of the county. Nelson had been playing with a pistol when it went off. killing him instantly, and the verdict rendered was in nccnni'inn<i testimony. IIii.vk a Paper. f,eo. R. Koester, who founded and conducted the Daily Record, the Coiumbla afternoon paper. until two \ >ars nm?, when he sold it to .lames A. Hoyt, purchased Friday afternoon the Daily Piedmont, the Greenville afternoon paper. Outlaws Cigarettes. The State Senate yesterday passed a bill making it unlawful to sell or give cigarettes or cigarette paper to any man, woman or child in the State of Nevada. Forty thousand dollars worth of property was destroyed In Spartanburg by Are one night this week. Three stores In the Seart of the cliy | were burned. i