Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 09, 1911, Image 3
WHO THEY ARE
Governor Blease Gives Names of Time
Holding Two Positions.
TILLMAN HEADS LIST
9 Tim Lett it Sent to the Committee
Names Those Wltotn the Coventor
\ oiisiuers .\i*c openly Violating
the hotter us Well as the Spirit
of the IjIiav.
governor Blease, in n letter to the
committee appointed to investigate
the holding of two position of "profit
or trust," names those whom he considers
are "openly violating the letter
and spirit of our State Constitution."
Heading the list given to
the committee in Governor HI eases
letter is the Hon. Benjamin Ryan
Tillman, senior Senator from South
Carolina, who is also a trustee of
Clemson. The following Is the letter
of Governor Mlease which he Friday
addressed to Senator Mauldin::
"Yours of the 2nd Instant received.
"In reply will state that I am
informed that the Hon. B. R. Tillman
is a United States senator and
trustee of Clomson and Winthrop
colleges.
"That the lion. Francis H. Weston
is a State senator and trustee of the
University of South Carolina.
"That the Hon. John G. Richards
Is a railroad commissioner and trustee
of Clemson College.
"That, the Hon. Alan Johnstone is
a state senator, a trustee of Clemson
College and president of the board ]
of trustees of Clemson College.
"That tb?? lion. D. .1. Rradhain is
a trustee of the colored college and I
a magistrate.
"That the lion. D. W. McLaurln is
land agent of the sinking fund and
trustee of Wlnthrop College.
"At the time of the message you
speak of in your letter, the Hon.
Ilart well M. Ayer was a member of
the house of representatives and a
trustee of the State reformatory.
"The Hon. L. M. Casque was a
member of the house of representatives
and a member of the hoard of
fish commission for South Carolina.
" There may he others; I have not
taken the pains to look the matter
up. These have been called to my
attention and believing that each of
the positions held by them, respectively,
came within the meaning of
the State constitution, 1 sent in the
message referred to.
"Article 2, section 2, of the cosntiBtltution
of 1 89r?, reads::
The Constitution.
" "No person shall he eligible to a
scat In the general assembly while
he holds any office or position of
profit or trust under this State, the
United States of America, or any of
them, or under any other power, etc.'
t "if tlie trustees of a college that
A handles hundreds of thousands of
dollars, and by his vote may expend
the same, is not a position, I am
' : at a loss to know the meaning of the
word. If a railroad commissioner ar
a United Slates senator is not an
I office, I am badly misinformed.
"The constitution says 'or under
any other power.' Can a man hold
an ofllcp or position withon* it being
under some power? Is a man's will,
donating large amounts of money,
to ho held in trust for certain purposes.
a power: and, is not one of
ttie trustees holding a position of
trust ?
"The supreme court of this State,
in the case of Hopkins against Clemson
College, holds that the board of
trustees are State ofheers and holds
that, for that reason, they can not
be sued, and dismissed Hopkins'
complaint. That question is now
before the supreme court of the
United States.
"If your committee hold that
these men are not State officers, then
I submit that the general assembly
should pass an act, allowing these
men to bring their suit. While I
think there is no merit in their
claim, yet If the supreme court is
wrong these men should have a right
to a trial by a jury.
"Article 2, section?, of the constitution,
provides:
" 'Hut no person shall hold two
offices of honor or profit at the same
time.'
"It is needless for me to repeat
that which I construed, that all of
the gentlemen named are ojienlv
?U|nl!n? #K? 1 ?? ? 1 . - - l-l. - ?
..umiuiF, UK- icut'l UI1U lilt! spirit III
our State's constitution. Others may
differ with me. This is my construction
of the law and I felt that it was
my duty, under my oath, to see that
the constitution and laws of my State
are upheld, to call the matter to the
attention of the general assembly.
"Personally. I have absolutely no
Interest in the matter. I hold the
highest office within the cift of the
people of my State. I am neither
envious or jealous of any man and I
* thank flod that I hold in my heart
no malice. Many of those gentlemen
are my personal and political friends
and I would be pleased to see them
hold as many positions as they can
obtain if It is not In violation of the
law.
"There may he others violating
this same section of the constitution.
If I know of it, I would be pleased to
give you tho names, as your commit
*
s
CHILD LABOR BILL
PROVIDES M)lt ELIMINATION OF j
ALL EXEMPTIONS.
I
Iii the Present Laws on Chilil Labor
mid Makes Some ltadicnl Changes
in Them.
There wa3 an unexpected and vigorous
fight Wednesday In the House
asainst the Osborne bill, which
sought to amend the child labor law
In two respects; first, by eliminating
any and ali I'xemptions and absolutely
prohibiting the employment
of children under twelve. There are
now exemptions for children of widowed
mothers, orphans, etc.; second,
the bill provides against the
employment of any child under 16
at night.
Mr. Osborne bore the brunt of the
fi?ht and the House finally passed
the bill, the large vote in its favor
coming from counties without cotton
mills or practically without these
industries. The statement was repeatedly
made that the manufacturers
did not care what became of the
111 and the fight acainst the bill
was, by the speeches made, entirely
in behalf of the operative cfiisses
and their lights.
Those who voted against the hill
were Messrs. Ashley, Bailey, Beamguard,
BookLer, Bowers, Cary, Chandler,
Courtney John M. Daniel, P'\on.
Pohsnn. K. C. Kd wards, Isaac
' a! wards, Fraser, (iraham, Harris,
'Ditto, Jackson, Jones, Kellelian.
Ketchln, League, f.MeCravoy, Mellow
McQueen. Ma-ill, Mauldin, Miller,
Moore, l'olk. Salley, Saye, Scott, C.
T. Shtiler, U. I,. Shtiler, Singleton,
1). Smith. K. 1*. Smith, 'Mson.
Tcdd, Turnbull, Vincent. Watson,
Whisonant, Williams, Willis. W'n1
engnlck, McKeown, Mansfield,
v.I < r
Those who voted for the bill were:
Speaker M. L. Smith and Messr3.
\rnold, Ayer, Raskin, Reiser, P.pthea,
Rodie, Rowman, Hoyd, I!. H.
Mi own, T. P. Itrown, Rntler, Charles,
Connor, \Y. L. Daniel, Davis, Dick.
Doar DuRose, Druinmond, Erckinan,
Evans, Pultz, Gary, Gasque, llainllion.
Harrison, Hill, llines. Hopkins,
Morlhaek, I.jnter, Irhy, James, Kiitlor,
Kirklmd, Kirvin, Lee. Leland,
Manuel, Meares, Mitchum, ?Motte,
Mower, Nicholson, Nunnery, II. A.
Odoin, W. P. Odom, Osborne, Paulling,
Pegues, Peoples, Reaves, Rembert,
Richardson, Riley, Sanders,
bawver, Searson, D. L. Smith. Stanley,
Tobias, Yander llorst, Wyche,
^ oumans?6S?.
RIVED IN A TOMB.
Two Girls Stayed in Vault While
Mother Seek Work.
Endeavoring to cook a potato ovor
a small lire in a vault in a deserted
cemetery in Paterson, N. J., Sophia
and Margaret Green, 12 and 14
vears respectively, daughters of Mrs.
Mary Green, of Shenandoah, Pa.,
were found by the i?olice this week.
The two children were so weak from
starvation that they scarcely could
walk.
Mrs. Green declared her husband.
Samuel Green, was killed two years
ami wnue ai worn in a mine In Shenandoah.
Since then she has been
in destitute eircumstances.
The children declared they had not
had a thin * to eat in two days, their
only nourishment being; water which
they got from a nearby well. The
only article of food in the vault was
the potato which Sophia found in the
street.
The mother, when searched at the
hospital, was found to have two
slices of bread, which she declared
?he had found and which, rather
han eat herself, although in dire
need of food, she intended keeping
for her children. *
Touched Off Dynamite.
As a result of placing a warm pine,
which he had just finished sm iking,
in a pocket which v.ontaino,i severd
dynamite caps, Nicholas Furro, aged j
22, of Dunmore, Pa., suffered the
loss of the thumb and two finders c.f
his left hand. His coat took fire following
the explosion, and he burned
several fingers of his right hand before
he extinguished the tlames
Don't be fooled by this nice, mihl
weather. Blizzards are liable to give
iir a call any day.
too requests. If I learn of any oth-l
ors tho information Bhall be furnished
you.
"I have the honor to be.
"Very respect fully,
"Cole L. Blease,
"Governor."
"P. S.?Since writing the above, I
have heen informed that W. W.
Bradley is private secretary to Congressman
Aiken and also trustee of
Clemson College, and that Mr. Rawl,
who holds a position under the
United States, in the city of Washington,
D. C., is also a trustee of
Clemson College.
"The law says "office or position"
and I call these to your attention."
Francis II. Weston, senator from
Richland county, stated that he was
not a trustee of the University of
South Carolina and had not been for
a number of years. He was a trustee
at one time, he eald. but resigned
some time ago. *
GIVE HIS SIDE
Maj or Caldwell Issues Statement Concerning
His Position
iw innrceuiD MiTTTD
Ill JUiAlLdiftir 1U rill Lit
lie Says Ills Course Will be Controlled
liy the Attitude of the Columbia
l.ar?Would Not Serve t'nless
Agreeable to the Members
of It.
Major James F. J. Caldwell, of
Newberry, who was appointed by
Governor Please to hold the approaching
Common Pleas Court for
Richland county, the appointment of
Major Caldwell followed the recommendation
of Ex-Attorney General
lay by the Supremo Court, calling
forth a spirited letter from Governor
Please to the Court, gave out the
following statement on Friday in
reference to the matter. In a calm
and dispassionate statement, pouring
oil on the storm-tossed waters
between the executive and the judicial
departments. Major Caldwell
bays:
Governor Please culled me by telc
phono about noon on Wednesday,
the 1st instant, and, on my answer!rg,
inquired if I would consent to
hold the term of the Court of Connion
Pleas for Richland county, to
begin on Monday, the 6th instant.
1 replied that 1 was willing to hold
that court, but added that I would
not do so unless the appointment was
acceptable to the local bar. To this
he replied that it was all Tight er
to that effect: and after saving
some words by way of kindly thought
of me, he ceased to speak. Ills manner
indicated to my mind that he
wished only to ask if it would suit
me to hold the court. I was left
to conjecture, whether the bar of
Richland desired me, or whether they
desired some other person. 1 had
no means of knowing whether the
car naa inKcn any action, or whether
the Justices of Supreme Court
had made a recommendation to appoint
some one to hold the Court or
whether if that Court had applied
to him to make an appointment, it
had recommended any particular
person for the appointment.
I wrote Governor Rlease, very
soon, a letter, saying that I was
willing to hold the Court, provided,
cither that the liar of Richland desired
me, or that they had made no
other choice. 1 was surprised to see
In the papers that I had been appointed
to hold that term of Court.
And 1 have been more surprised to
read, in the papers that I have been
commissioned to preside in that
Court. Governor Rlease is inaccurate
in saying that 1 have been comp.issioned.
The Secretary of State
sent me, by mail received yesterday
morning, the 2nd, a communication
tc the efTect. that I had been appointed,
and that on my sending to him
tthe Secretary of State) the oath on
the back of his communication, made
r.sccording to law and In proper
form, 1 should receive my commission.
i nave not made the oath renaired,
and I have not receive a romnilsslon.
A few minutes after hearing Oov?rnor
Blease over the telephone. 1
wiote a letter to R. W. Shand, Esq.,
and a letter to P. H. Nelson. Esq.,
hoth of the Columbia bar, in each of
which letters 1 stated the terms on
which I would accept the appointment.
I haif an answer from Mr.
Shand last night. 1 have not heard
fiom Mr. Nelson.
I wrote Chief Justice Jones a personal
letter yesterday. He is at liberty
to give it such circulation as he
may see fi?.
I did not know until yesterday
that Mr. ltay had been selected by
the Par of Richland to preside over
tne Court, or that his appointment
had been recommended by the Supreme
Court.
Personally, 't does not matter to
.tie whether I hold that Court or not.
1 do not need pecuniary profit from
that source. or from any other
source- and as a matter of .fact,
M ith my way of living. I should not.
ixpect to gain a dollar beyond my
expenditure. And I have written
Chief Justice Jones. "I have passed
l.cyond that period of life when a
man need care for crlory."
I I do not deem it properly for me
to discuss the legal aspect of tne
case. I think it still less proper for
me to say one word about the personal
or. partly personal-opntro\ers.v
between the Chief Executive
and the Supreme Court.
The crux of the case?the point
cn which the matter hinges -is. to
*ne. the wish of the Richland Rar.
Without their co-operation I could
do nothing. They might continue
every case. Or. if I should undertake
to try a case, I and all other persons
must feel uncertain what I could de-1
i ide. Thp protest, "coram non jud!re,"
might he raised at any moment
from the beginning to the end of
r.nv trial in the Circuit Court, and
In the Supreme Court. And I will
never consent to hazard the rfght
of litigants hy my doubtful claim
to office.
Governor Tllease may have been
I recipltate to act, and not entirely
WHERE THE MO/lEY GOES
L.KGISLATI KK API'HOPKIATRS It
Ql'ITK A LARUK SI M.
Takes Nearly Two Million Dollars to p*
Ken the State for Only ()n?
Year.
The appended table shows the ap|
pioprlatlons for 1911. While the to- m
tal for the year is In exct ss of last tc
year, the house of representatives i?<
Ihas made few increases of moment, j in
| The item 'or public buildings is not!'"
Kbuildings being erected Mr to be!"
; erected, but merelj paying for ,e
buildings already erected. The health v<
| department's appropriation 'or this
I > ear is based on las' year's deficit, j ?}
'The asylum's increased demands are
rot questioned. The following facts l>'
v'll bo of interest : ?'
Governor's office. . ..$ 17,085.00 11
Secretary of state's of- ' !
flee 7,120.00 l?
Comptroller general's ,M
office 15.050.00 'r
Insurance commission- ft
er's office 10,000.00
State treasurer's office 7,000.00 tl
I State superintendent of si
education's office... 7.SOO.OO ?(
Adjutant general's of- P.
flee 17.070.00 tl
Attorney general's of- ti
flee 7.S45.00 j !j
Railroad commission- si
er's office 1 1,570.00 t
i Chief game warden's ai
otlloe 4.050.00
j Prate librarian's office 1.800.00 >;
: Public buildings. . . . 92.755.83 I U
clnlo geologist's office 2.250.00'n
department of agriculture,
commerce and !
industries 22.020.no \\
Tudicial department.. 95.820.00 \
; Health department.. 23,305.27
l.oard of medical exam- tl
iners 2,500.00 .
'fax department.. .. 81,833.14 ?
University of South tl
Carolina 93,376.10 f,
Winthrop Normal and .,
Industrial College.. 125,662.44
The Citadel, The Mill- r>
tary College of South y
Carolina 55.000.00 -jInstitute
for Education
of Deaf, Dumb and C
Plind 33.046.98
State Colored Indus- j
trial and Mechanical V
Col'epe 2 9,500.00 y
G< her educational pur- >c
poses 14 8,420.00 ^
State Hospital for In- y
sane 304,526.00
South Carolina Indus- r,
trial school 26.972.00 c
State penitentiary.. .. 6,550.00
Other charitable and
penal purposes.. .. 805.00!
j I'ensions 264.000.00 |
(Historical commission 3.800.00 "
: Interest on bonded debt 295,886.22
Elections 13,050.00
M iscel 1 an eou s 76,752.43
The penate 1 4.971.40 d
The house of represen- ' o
tatlves 32.672.20 lit
r ngrossitiB department 5,808.00 | a
r*|iv!iM's or ooi n y
houses 320.00 h
c'
Total $1,905,339.11 n
I in reuse*. 11
fiovernor's office, $7 65 for furniture.
n
Secretary of state, $300, Increase u
of salary of two clerks.
Comptroller general's office, hook- '
keeper's salary raised $1<>0 and!'
$ 1,000 added for inspection of coun-1 M
*/ auditors' and treasurers' hooks.
Insurance commissioner's office, r'
$3 00 for clerical work; $ '(10 for ?
stationary and printing; ?5oO for
contingent fund and $600 for rent. < ?'<
Superintendent of education; as-1a
sistanl's salary raised $150; station- j :i
eiy. $150; printing, $500; rent. Il>
$ 180.
Adjutant general's office: assistant's
salary raised, $150; stationery,
$100. K
Chief game warden, no appropri- ?
at ion last year. It was expected to P
pay this out of gun tax.
State librarian, $100 for station- ?
exy. *>1
Public buildings: $1,500 addition
... nmci, imjiut'iii uii siiivp nouse "
improvements of 1900, $2,022 more <1
than last year; payments on state
house improvements of 1904, $10,- * '
new item of $.10,000 for asylum 1m700
more than last year; an entirely dl
provement contract for last year SI
(less $1,500 reduction on state house fi<
and grounds and $.1,001 paid last m
u.nr on the 1907 state house roof
lean); making a net increase on lb
courteous towards the Supreme al
Court, but it is not for me to cenf-ure
my friend who sought to do me , in
hrnor, and who, 1 am sure, thinks dt
that he is exercising authority given fif
Hm by the Constittitlon and the 61
statute law of the State. Nor have [ th
It anything to say against the Jus- G(
| fees of the Supreme Court. I have
no doubt that they have done just M
what they thought they ought to he
have done. ra
T conclude, that the matter really pi
rests with the Columbia Tlar. 1 am
sangulr.e that their wishes, expressed ac
oday or tomorrow, will determine
the result, for 1 feel confident that $1
both the Governor and the Supreme in
Court will be anxious to assist them se
in the disposal of the many and lm- tu
portant Interests committed to the $1
managemnet of counsel. 1 bu
KILLED IN SENATE
i
11,1, 1>F,SI<?XK1> TO I'lJKVKNT
f
00111*0 HATH )X LAWVKRS.
rom Representing Public Ser\ ire
Corporations While Seriinjj in tlio
Lciisliil ii re.
A spirited fight on Senator Sumors'
bill to prohibit remuneration
? State senators and representatives
v public s rvice corporations dutik
lioir term of office and to fix the
inishment" resulted in the death of
if mn in me senate weanes?iay .it rnoon.
I'ho bill was killed by a
>to of 31 to 10.
Senator Weston of Richland spoke i
irnestly against the bill. The sen- ,
or from Richland charged that the
ill was directed against one class
r attorneys and was. therefore, an !
njust measure. He considers the i
ill a refloclion on the senators and |
e paid a compliment to the mem- )
prs of the body in a tribute to the
itegrity and honesty of the sena- '
>rs. <
Senator Summers, in defending i
le hill, dwelt on the precaution thatjl
lould be taken. He assured the)
mate the hill carried no hint of re-|
notion upon any one. He told of,"
degrams he has received from i I
lose either connt otod with or hav- I
it former connection with public
rvice corporations asking that 1
ieso lie lef alone. He h is also heen i 1
s ked to hold up his rate bills. !'
Si uator Clifton, opposing the hill. ,
lid that he did not b lie o in his
M-islative experience a in v.lo cor
uPt vote had been cist in the gen- '
rnl assembly. Senators Crosson.
lack and Sullivan opposed the bill
liile Senator dohnson spoke in fa- '
or of tiie bill.
Senator Black recalled that on
io vote to dismiss the appeal in the,
nier or" suit Senator Weston did '
ot vote as he was interested in the
rial of the rase and the senator
nm Bamberg commended the sentor
from Richland in this course.
The vote on a motion to table was
1 to 10, Senator Montgomery of
larion being excused from voting,
he vote was as follows:
Yeas?Aekerman, Appelt, Black,.
ni-liclo n
.4i IV , wuiii/ii, Vyllill, VIUQ9UU,
,pps. Ginn, Gieen, Hall, Hardin,
ohnstone, l.aney, Lawson. Lide,
lars. \V. 1,. Mauldin. T. .1. Mauldin,
IcHown, Muckenfuss, Rain for
inkier, Spivey, Sullivan, Stewart,
tucky, Walker, Waller, Wesson,
harton?:> 1.
Nays- Mates, Dennis. Earle, Forest.
Hough, Johnson, Mannin",
trait. Summers, Voting?10. I
RI SE SNAKES It.WDlT,
utlaw Summoned as a Witness and
Then Nnhhed. i
Dioneio Martinez, one of the most
esperate bandits who ever operated
n the Mexican frontier, was arrested
i Nuevo Laredo, Tex., this week, by
ruse. He has been operating r>
ears and this is the tirst time he
as been jailed. In that time it is
barged that he has committed nine
lurders in Texas, while there are
tany charges against him in Mexico.
lie was recently located on a ranch,
ear Nuevo Laredo, where he. was
nmolosted by the Mexican authoriies.
Sheriff Wilson, of Wilson conn- ,
y, Texas, succeeded in having the
arcdo authorities summon him as a;
ritness in ajake case. When he enured
the court room he was surounded
liy police and captured wlthII
t n (iirlil
(Martinez was for years head of the
imous Sonora banditti, to whom are
ttributed no loss than 50 murders
long the Rio Grande and many roberies
and other deeds of outlawry.*
We i>redict that the new school ,
iw will dig a good many political
raves.
ublic buildings of $15,677.15.
State department of agriculture: |
.?,000 additional for farm demon- ;
ration work; $200 additional for
kpenses of insi)ectors (less $1,500 '
>r corn breeding); making a net '
icomp of $3,700.
Health department: Total $12.- '
05.27, as follows: increase in fund '
?r protection against contagious 1
iseases, $5,000; salary of clerk to '
Late health officer raised $120; de- '
'It for 1010, $6,085.27; State hoard '
edical examiners raised $1,400.
Kducational institutions pn.>- 1
shed elsewhere. 1
Tax department: $500 additionfor
State hoard of equalization
Hospital for Insane: Maintenance,
crease $25,000; improvements, re- '
iced from $50,000 to $35,000; de- ^
it, $30,226 for 1010 sicnlnat ?i c . I
12 for 1909: insurance $0,000; den-1'
st. pathologist, dietician, etc., $2 -/'
to, total net Increase, $39,800. '
Industrial school at Florence:'0
aintenanee, $2,500; building with ''
ating plant, $15,000; cooking
nge, cows, sewerage, tailor shop, j'
limbing, etc,, $ 1,972.
Senate, for new carpet and
reens, $1,500.
Horse, for pay of one extra clerK, 5
20; extra pay of the clerk in buy- p
g furniture, $25; f^tra pay o
rgeant at arms purchasing furni-j
re and disposing of furniture, tl
29.50; extra pay, E. M. Rucker, t
lying furniture $35. h
AWFUL SCOURGE
<ot a Sicgle Ptrscn ?*ho Tales the Disease
Escapes Death.
THOUSANDS ARE DYING
V Deadly Disease i- S? eopii;,; China
and the Nation Seems I'uwerlesa
to Cheek It l'liy^icmns Saerilicing
Their l.ives, lint th Dreaded
Kpidcinic Continues.
The most deadly scourge in the
world's history is sweeping ; he Chitese
empire and Manchuria. Thousands
of lives have been lust and
ill the resources of science are provng
unavailing in their tight against
:lie ignorance and superstition of tho
natives and the unsanitary 01 nditions
in which they live. To date every
:ase reported to the authorities has
i?ro??ii fatal. the majority within -4
hours of infection.
Foreign missionaries, eh 'fly tlie
Americans, are leading in promoting
effective means of co.nb ing the
insidious niaiaily French a- 1 A merle:
11 physic! iiis are bund in; -very effort
to save tlie lives of - i Orientals
but to date tlieir eflo ts at pear
to I: re goue for nau-'ht nd many
pyperts deviate that tlie death roll
will reach millions unless vsarin
ivea.e r sets in and kills the perms.
The ear rr ess of 1h? Chinese government
to stamp out tlie disease
vva- sliown this week when Hi WaiWu-Pu
autl ori ed Dr W'u. in diargo
of the native city of Harbin, to burn
I'.noii eo (Tins containing corpses of
plague victims. Owing to the fact
that the earth is frozen few of tho
dead have been Juried.
Troops will lie order'd to the
scenes where bodies are to he burned
for the ancestor worship of the Chinese
makes the burning of lead bodies
almost eciual to a ertmo. it is
predicted dead bodies will be burned
in all the infected districts though
it is feared this drastic uu ve may
cause riotin.' and bloodshed. In addition
Prince Hupert has decreed
that posthumous honors shail be ac
corded physicians who lose tlr ir lives
while lighting the plague and $00,000
has been appropriated for a
prevention campaign.
China has been notified that tho
United States has accepted her invi
i.mumi m *enu scieuusis io i in* r ar
East to study the malady. In Pekin,
where only a few deaths have occurred,
the foreign legations have
laid in stores for the next three
months and American Minister W.
J. Calhoun has offered missionaries
refuge in the American quarters.
This was declined because the workers
did not wish to have tlieir activities
hampered.
American business men, tourists
and missionaries are being looked
after in all the cities where there are
legation houses and where there ate ,
none they are urged to .*o to cities
where there are. Hut to a lb 'o tho
difficulties of the situation all railroad
traffic has be< n cut off in mo-t
parts of the vast emplr at: 1 whom
trains are still in operation only
such as have clean certificates of
health are allowed to tea* ? 1.
Dr. A. P. Peek. American medical
attache to the Chili t.j provincial gov
eminent, who is devotlns himself to
investigations in the infected districts
north of the great wa 1 says:
"The plague is wholly ??f t'.m pneumonic
type, because the bacillus enters
the lungs in breathing. Thcr
bacillus apnears un 'or the microscope
to he the seme as that of tho
bubonic type. It is propagated only
by close contact. The bacillus does
not go far throu h thfe :iir outsi lo
of the body. It dies quickly when
breathed fresh from the lungs of an
infected person. It finds an enormous
culture bed in tin* mucous
membrane of the lungs and multiplies
rapidly. There being no lymphatic
glands to protect the system
and strain out the bacilli the disease
is rapidly fatal in 100 per cent
af cases.
"Rats and fleas are no factor in
Infection, which is wholly through
he breath and sputum. While it
*<?uld be possible for fleas to carry
he baccilles and infect a person with
he bubonic type of plague, practi
illy this does not occur. R gardng
the efficiency of Tfaffkine's serum
do not know and reserve jud*>
nent."
Itich Men in Jail.
Five rich Southern lumbermen
lave entered the
.n??n <!?.
Atlanta. Ga., to serve sentences lor
teonage. The cases were the iirst
0 arise in the South and their proseution
was pushed vigorously t?y llio
)ej>artment of Justice. The convletd
men are \V. S. Harlan, Robert
allagher, Dr. \V. K. Grace, G. C.
1 i It on and K. S. Kuggins, all of
.ockport, Ala.
Srarrd to Death.
J. \V. Valentine, of West Point,
fiss, was not killed by a pursuing
osse, as has oeen alleged. The corner's
inquiry revealed the fact that
? he attempted to escape from,
he men who had him in char e and
hey fired their revolvers after him,
e dropped dead from fright.