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BALKS AT NEGRO
Ytag Grl Mtl Draws Calir Lm m
* Ckicag? lit ScM
SHE WINS MUCH PRAISE
Refuse* to Po?e Before Clasa in
Which Nfipt) Man in Included?
Hereafter Xegroee to be Barred?
Makes Kpoch in Practioca of Art
Schools In Chicago.
Hereafter negroes will he barred
admission to the art classes in Chicago.
The climax to the question was
? brougul about last week In Chicago
through the following Incident related
by the Chicago Tribune:
A beautiful girl model standing on
a raised dais before Boutwood'e life
class of men students raised ber
? hande to ber tbroat and was about
to fling away tbe long kimono tbat
draped her figure from the nape of
her softly curved neck to her bare
M feet.
r*' As she did so her eyes took in the
men of the elass. one by one. At last
they rested on Thomas Downs, a negro.
Then suddenly the hands which
had been fumbling with the cords at
her throat paused. A dtep flush
spread over the face of the girl. Turning
to one of the men students in tbe
first room she said in a half whisper:
"I'll not pose so long as that?
that?black man is in the room. You
* must get him to leave if I stay."
Downs was on hie feet in an instant.
This was the first time In the
history of the life classes at the Art
Institute that the color line had ever
been drawn. A half dozen other Btu-;
dents stood up when Down did. They 1
looked at Downs and Downs looked
at them expectantly. Then with a
mattered protest Downs walked slowly
to and out of the door.
An instant later the kimono had
been tossed away and the work of
the life class was on.
That was all there was to it ex
^ ceut the congratulations and applause
that came to Miss Rlanha?
that >s the name of the model?after
the class wan over; but It marks the
beginning of a new order of thlugs
in the life classes at the Art Instltute.
From now on no negroes will
be admitted to the classes in which
girls pose.
There has for a Ion? time been an
undercurrent of protest both among
the students and the models against
compelling beautiful young girls to
poee before negroes. This feeling
never found voice until yesterday.
The models were afraid to speak for
fear of losing their positions, the giri
students remained silent in dread of
being ridiculed for prudery, and tne
men said nothing because it did not
seem a thing for a man to talk about.
Miss Blanha's action solved the situation.
She did what every one
seemed to want to have done ana
what "no one seemed willing to do. j
Miss Blanha?her first name is
ttiamie?lives at 812 Southwestern ,
avenue. She had been chosen to pose
for the class because of the exquisiteness
of her figure, which Is said to
be almost Grecian In its ' lasslcalness.
Yesterday was her first appearance
before Bout well's class.
"The other girls had told me what
I was to expect when I posed before
this class," said Miss Blanha, "and
how they dreaded to do It. I made
up my mind that some one would
have to take a decisive stand In the
matter, and as I have personally such
a great aversion to colored men that
it would have been almost impossible
for me to force myself to pose before
one of them. I determined to brin?
^^^^^^o^^^nsl^of some sort. I am glad
ned out as they
bavo. With"the exception of the negro
student I guess every one is satisfied."
GIVES HEAVY VERDICT.
Man Given Fifty Thousand Dollurs
for Injuries.
After deliberating about one hour,
the jury in the rase of A. G. Menefee
vs. the Southern Railway ComT?any
returned a verdict for the plaintiff
at Barnwell Friday afternoon in
the amount of $50,000, the amount
asked for in the complaint having
been $75,000. The accident thai
brought about the suit, and that
made Mr. Menefee a cripple for life,
occurred a few years ago at Dent, a
little station above Columbia, two
1 trains, a regular South-bound passenger
train and a special, on which
Menefee was engineer, colliding headon.
A motion has been made for a
new trial, and will probably be heard
next week. This verdict is said to be
the next largest ever rendered by a
South Carolina jury. ther?' being one
on record for $55,000.
TWO NEGROES Bl'RN'BD
Beyond Recognition in Their Home
at Blackville.
At Rlackvilie Oscar Greene and his
wife, two respectable old colored people,
were burned to death Friday
morning In their home. The fire occurred
about 1 o'clock Friday tnornp
4?gv aad? the wind was blowing at a
rapid rate, but, fortunately, only one
' other residence was burned. Oscar
/Greene was a good old darky, and
his death and that If his wife are deplored.
These old people had acquired
a right nice property, aud,
while having no children of their
. LhMAOTTftLjjttd adopted seven], and eduv.
4'A.jMiiidAsm. then l*elng Albert
(q the postof
BIG PUSH OF BOYS
COITUS, MARRIHD TEN YEARS,
POSSESS NINETEEN.
Thirteen of Thli Number, All Boys,
Are Living, and Not One is Yet
Five Years Old.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott, of
Highland, Kan., are seeking a home
| in Oklahoma with plenty of land.
! They will need It, for although they
have been married not quite ten
years they are parents of 19 children,
all boys, and 13 of them living.
They hold the record tor triplets,
having five sets to their credit,
| and two sets of twins. All of the
13 boys living are under five years.
Recently the Scolts, deciding thai
i they must find more land, went to Alberta,
Canada. They were not satisfied
there and returned. On the j
return trip Mrs. 6cott ana ner a \
children all rode on one first class
1 ticket. At Omaha the conductor
made a vigorous protest
i "Madam, you cannot carry a whole
Sunday school along with you on ;
that one ticket," he said, "and you
need not tell me those are all yours j
and under five years of age. You
i will have to pay for some of them.'
'Mrs. Scott dug down Into her valise
and brought out the family Bible.
in which was recorded the names
and ages of each of the children.
The conductor had to give In. The
mother and children occupied five
double seats In the homeseekers' car
and paid for only one.
I The names and ages of the children
are: Ashbell, Archer and Austin,
triplets, four and a half years
old; Arthur and Arnold, twins, three ,
and a half; Alan, Almon and Albln,
triplets, two and a half; Albert, Albl- !
on, and Adoiph, triplets, 18 months;
Abel and Abner, twins, six months.
Mrs. Scott Is 30 years old and her
husband is only a year her senior.
EXTENSION IMPROVEMENTS.
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The Southern Railway Revising Its
Roadbed Near Atlanta.
Extensive improvements on the
line between Atlanta and Macon, in
volving the laying of about twenty
miles of passing tracks and revision
of grades are to be made at once by
the Southern Railway according to
announcement given out Tuesday by
the Assistant to the President. The
passing tracks will be of latest design.
known as lap-sidings, which
greatly facilitate the movement of
trains. These tracks will be placed
at intervals of about five miles and
each will be long enough to accommodate
four trains. This additional
trackage will give many of the ad-,
vantages of double tracks and will
greatly Increase the capacity of this
important line over which, in addi-!
tion to the freiglvt and local passenger
service, the through passenger
trains of the Southern between Florida
and the West are handled. During
the la6t few monthB the Southern |
has completed the work of strengthening
the bridges on this line and is
now operating its heaviest locomo- j
tives over it. These improvements
will add greatly to the facilities for
handling both freight and passengers
over this line and will prove of bene- :
fit not only to the territory immedi- i
ately served but to shippers and passengeis
using it for through commerce
and travel The expenditures
involved are being undertaken by the '
Southern Railway Company in the i
desire to give its patrons vhe best of
service and to provide for the great
increase of business that la hoped for
In the future.
FOFR 1'FRISH IX FIRK.
A Mother and Three Children Burned
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to Death.
Four i*ersons perished and five o'h- '
ers had narrow escapes In the de- i
struction of the home of J. T. Veach
four miles from Harrodsburg, Ky..
by flames early Monday. The victims
' were Mrs. J. M. Bridges and her three :
children. Her parents, the Veachc*
and their three children, escaped
with slight burns,
j Mrs. Bridges, who is the wife of
a Methodist evangelist of Bath. N". C.,
was visiting with her three children
at the Veach home. They Bleep on
the second floor. Early Monday Mr. I
Veach was aroused by the crackling j
; of flames He alarmed his wife and
their children who slept on the first
floor and shouted up a flame-choked
stairway to Mrs. Bridges. There was
no response. Veach attempted to ,
rush through the burning stairway
to his daughter's aid. but was driven
back by smoke and fire.
The house burned down in an iucrediblv
short time. In the ruins
were found the charred bodies of
Mrs. Bridges and her children.
DIVINING ROD MEN JAILED.
Sta offers Sentenced to Pay Fines and
Sent to Prison.
Fines and prison sentences were.
Imposed by Judge Orr, sitting special)
in Federal Court in Scranton, Pa. j
last week. Abraham O. Stauffer, hi6 '
son. Oscar A. Stauffer; his namesake,
A. S. Stauffer. and William S. Ream, ;
residents of Palmyra. Pa., who plead- i
ed guilty at the Williamsport session
of making fraudulent use of the
mails. They conducted a mail order
business by which they sold "divining
rods" that were represented to be
able to locate different metals by the
use of different needles. They also
pleaded guilty to selling lascivious
pietures through the mails, and will
be fined and imprisoned for that
-Burned to Ifem*._
I' - Dr. D. Z. Norrla, a' pronlnent phyaiclan
and his four children were
burned to death when their home was
buried near Aurora. Mo., ^ueeday. ;
MASS OF RUIN
New Ytrk't Magnificent Twtity-Smn
MiUiwo Dollars Capitol
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WRECKED AND RUINED
Beautiful Structure Goes I'p in Fire
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and Smoke While Many People (
Look On?The Famous White
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Granite Structure Notable Exam- <
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pie of Fne Architecture.
Fire swept, smoke-stained and
water drenched, New York state's
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magnificent $27,000,000 capilol
stands at Albany, N. Y., is a par-Ji
tial wreck of flames that started In <
the assembly library, burned away
the entire west wing and did damage
eetimated at $10,000,000 before the '
fire was declared under control after
raging more than four hours.
It is believed the fire was started
by a fused electric push buttotr becoming
electrified. It was discovered
by a night watchman and the alarm
was sounded at 2:46 o'ciock Wednesday
morning. Before the firemen
reached the massive structure, price- .
lees documents', books and records
stored In the assembly library had
been destroyed, other departments
were threatened. The imitation oak
celling of the assembly chamber,
composed of papier mache, was partially
destroyed as was also the famous
million dollar staircase in the
west wing.
On the third floor, where the flames
gained their start, the departments '
wholly or partially destroyed by fire
or seriously damaged by water were: ,
The state library, containing four
hnndred thousand volumes, among J
them the most valuable genealogical
works in the United Statos, together
with relics, priceless documents,
some of them dating back to 1776
and irreplaceable.
The assembly and senate libraries, (
stored with thousands of volumes of
law and code books, also a number ]
of documents and manuscripts thai '
can never be replaced
The finance committee room in
-* -J J? nt all f),o !
wnicn wert* siuieu ?<iam> v*. ? ..
appropriation and other bills of the
present session.
The chamber of the president pro
tem of the senate.
The lieutenant governor's room,
badly damaged but not wrecked.
The senate and assembly chambers
are soaked with water that has
ruined their rich furnishings and tnt
papier mache ceiling of the latter Is
hanging in straggling shreds of half
dissolved paper.
This ceiling with its handsome
adornment is said to have cost a
great sum and was one of the show
sights of the capitol.
On the fourth floor in the west
wing the wrecked offices are.
Court of claims, In which many
important legal documents were on
file.
The bill drafting department.
The bureau of weights and measures.
The state regent's rooms.
The state prison commission.
The state educational department,
containing many valuable books of
scientific and historical interest.
On the second floor the damaged
rooms are:
The attorney general's office.
The state excise department.
On the first floor the damaged departments
include:
The offices of the state treasurer
and state tax commissioner.
The 6tate board of charities and
the state commissioner of lunacy.
The lower offices of the state educational
department.
Practically all the offices below the
third floor, including the executive
chamber, were damaged by smoke
and water.
An attache of the assembly library
returning for some overlooked papers
discovered a tiny blaze near his desk.
There had ben a complaint filed during
the day that an electric switch
was out of order and this is supposed
to have started the fire.
Running out into the corridor the
clerk summoned a night watchman
and with the assistance of two newspaper
men. efforts were made to put
out the fire, which probably could
have been done had a fire extinguisher
or a bucket of water been available.
Lacking these, the flames spread
until the room, with its inflammable
furnishings and papers, was ablaze.
It was sometime before the firemen
arrived and before they could get
streams playing the flames were racing
toward the state library.
The grand western staircase, which
was regarded as one of the most
beautiful In the world, occupied the
center of the western wing and consisted
of an immense double stairway
of sandstone elaborately carved. It
was surmounted by a glazed dome i
which soon fell.
Tho capltol, a gigantic structure of
white granite with red capped towers,
stands perched upon the highest
of the several hills upon which the
city of Albany is built.
It is 300 feet north and south by
four hundred feet east and west, and
covers three acres.
The first stone in the foundation
was laid July 7, 1869. It was first 1
occupied by the legislature on January
7, 1879. Writers upon architecture
say that the white building with
its towers reminds them of the famous
Taj Mahal, in India. Others
call it a superb reflection of French
architecture.
Bppfcen by Death.
At Jlmrkton, Mass., an engagement^*
58 years between Miss Eml-I
Iy (Fanny Richmond and Rev.
Charlies Lord has been broken by the,
dett^ of the former, at the age of
ONCE VERY RICH
HIE BECAME A RAG-PICKER AND 1
DIED IX POVERTY.
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Fatal Duel I let wen Her Father and '
an English Admirer Blotted Happiness
Out of Her Life.
"Mademoiselle," the rag-picker,
had a name, though nobody in Lv- 5
sns, France, knew it til she was !
found dead on the floor of her gar- '
ret. dead of starvation and old age <
rombined. Her name was Marguerite :
Carrel. And to her name there hangs '
i story. '
Seventy years ago, in 1 840, wher 1
Marguerite was 20, the Carrel were 1
among the silk magnates of Lyons.
The silk magnates formed a no !1
bility, an aristocracy as proud In its 1
own way as the old aristocracy or
France had been oeiore me revum-iLion.
Marguerite was the Carrels'11
only daughter. She was extremely I
beautiful, and before she was 18 had j1
as many admirers as the Lyons silK i
merchants had grown-up sons. But i
she would listen to or look at none 01
them. And then one day a young 1
Englishman came to Lyons. His :
name has not survived.
He waB the heir of an English silk 1
firm, a firm of Importers which hao
business dealings with the Duvai
firm, a rival of the Carrels. Between '
the families was a feud as bitter as
that between the Montogues and 1
Coputets.
Marguerite Carrel met the young
English friend of the Duval house one
day and fell in love with him, and
he with her. The Englishman was
rich and did not care whether Mar- '
guerlte came to him with or without
a dowry
One night Marguerite Carrel ana
the Eng!i,'bman left T vnns in a poetchaise.
Their idea vus to drive south
to mislead pursuit, to make for Marseilles,
and from there to ship for
England.
But old Carrel got wind of their 1
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tiizni ana ionuweu. run.j unrco
Lyons he caught them, and there on
the roadside, under Marguerite Carrel's
frightened gaze, Carrel and the
young Englishman shot one another
dead. What happened after that to
Marguerite nobody knows for cer- j
lain. She was not seen again till
1K7o, the year of the war. Then
one day an old man who had been
helping to carry food and drink to
patients in the hospital recognized
In one of the lay sister" Marguerite
Carrel -a woman of 50 now?whom
be bad known and admired as a
young man. She was not a nun. but
wore the dress of a religious order
and the Geneva r ross. She did more
work than any two other helpers in
the hospital.
All that the Lyons of the last few
years knew about "Mademoiselle
was that she was an old woman, beut
nearly double, with a witch's nose
and chin. She dressed in bits of
sacking and oddments of clothing;
which the old cloihes merchants had
discarded. She lived, literally lived,;
on what she picked up.
All night she was to be seen
prowling up and down the streets of
Lyons, peering about for odds aud
ends, begging a bit of sugar here,
picking up a cigar or cigarette end
there, on her old feet till 2 and 3
a. m., when in luck getting a copper
or two from the people who Bat outside
the cafes, when out of luck picking
crusts from the gutter for her
breakfast.
And early in the morning "Mademoiselle,"
the beautiful Mareuerite
Carrel 70 years ago, was found dead
nf nrivation in her garret. Her filthy
mattress fell to pieces when the police
llfed it. ami out of a gap in it
to the floor rolled Js.OOO in golu.
EXPLOSION or DYNAMITIC.
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Man in Boat Fired at Box and Explosion
Followed.
The explosion of 100 pounds of dynamite
from the impact of a rife hul-1
let fired by a member of a launch
party in Hason canal Sunday after- j
noon near Franklin, La., resulted in
the loss of one and the Injury of
three persons, the wrecking of the
boat and damage to property several
miles distant.
Miss Kate Miller is dead and T. C.
Lawless. Ellis Hahn and John Davidson,
all members of the launch party,
were injured. Lawless seriously. Windows
were broken in buildings In this !
town, five miles from the scene.
Davidson fired at a box on the
shore 150 vards distant A terrific'
explosion waB the answer. The boat (
was broken in twain and immediately
sank, carrying Miss Miller with it.
WOMAN (HA IK.EI) WITH A It SON.
Mrs. Missouri Horton Bound Over by
n .Magistrate.
Mrs. Missouri Horton. of Spartanhurt;
was hound over to the Criminal
Court Monday afternoon by Magistrate
Gantt on a charge of attempting
to burn her own home. Several
months ago Mrs. Morton's home,
which is located on North Church
street, caught fire three time.? " ithin
twenty-four hours and this led to a
preliminary investigation. Only circumstantial
evidence was presented
bv the prosecution at the hearing
and the leading witness was Chief E.
D. Kennedy, of the fire department,
who told of the events. Magistrate
Ga.itt saw fit to send the case over to
the higher Courts. Mrs. Morton's
home was heavily insured.
Drew the Line.
It was an exceedingly trying experience
Miss Kate Johnson had Thursday
when she appeared on the street
of South Bethlehem. Pa., in a harem
skirt. It was the first 6lght local
people had had -of this faahion. A
crowd quickly formed and after mobj
bing her pelted her with stonee.
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CHEAPEN THINGS
THE DEMOCRATS PLAN A BIG ,
CUT IN TARIFF DUTIES.
rhe House Will Make Sweping Reductions
on Wool, Cotton and Other
Necessities.
All rates of duty in the woolen
schedule will be lowered more than
SO per cent. No article in that schedule
will be permitted to retain half
if the protection now afforded by the
Payne-AIdrich act. A complete modification
and lowering of the entire
list will be made. These predictions
ire made in letter from Washington
to the New York World.
The letter goes on to say that all
the oppressive rates in the cotton
schedule will be heavily cut. Only
lust and equitable protection will De
allowed to remain. The most ob-'
noxious features of the schedule wilt
be treated with even more severity
than tli* dutiee applied to woolen
goods.
This Is the prediction made by a
leading member of the House waysi
and Means Committee, now engaged
In arranging some scheme of tariff
revision. He says it is a perfectly
safe assumption that the high places
In the cotton schedule will be hit
hard and the woolen duties more
than cut in twain.
Other prominent Democrats believe
that rates on tools, farm machinery, I
paints and other necessaries for the
producer will be materially reduced.
"The things that the farmer has
to buy will be put on the free list " ;
declared a member of the committee.
"We are going to see that the reci- j
procity agreement does not hurt the i
tiller of the sol! "
It is realized by the more conservative
element that this is probably going
too far in the way of r-redlctiou.
It is unlikely that all those things
which the farmer buys will be pla:ed
on the free list. There may be heavy
Bhaving of the rates now Imposed,
but all the great maBa or articles
comprising such a list of necessities
must bear some taxation to meet the
requirements of revenue.
The temper now manifested by a
majority of the Ways and Means
Committee augurs well for the effective
downward revision of the tariff.
There Is a general disposition
to eliminate all the most objectionable
duties. It Is especially desired
to lessen the cost of living. Rates
Imposed on wearing apparel, farming
Implements, food-stuffs and articles
of daily use will be liberally lowereo.
The Ways and Means Committee
will meet again Saturday and take up
the subject of tarlff revision. The
committee is having serious trouble
agreeing on a course of procedure.
One faction would pass at least three
tariff revision bills llrst, and then
take up reciprocity, while the other
would reverse this order.
Over this point the caucus called
for Saturday will split when a vigorous
demand will be made for a
complete revision of certain tarlfT
schedules. Some members of the
Ways and Means Committee would
paBs a reapportionment, bill and go as
far as possible toward providing for
the direct election of United Stai.es
Senators.
SAVED BY FIRE DRILL.
Many Children Are Marched Quietly
to Safety.
The value of the Are drill In
crowded buildings was clearly demonstrated
Wednesday afternoon wh?*n
fire was discovered in public echooi
No 43 In New York. Although
smoke was drifting through the
building and the odor of burning
wood and paper permeated the halls
and class rooms, 2,900 little children
responded to the fire drill signal and
in perfect order marched from the
building as they do several times
each week. In ten minutes all were
on the street watching the firemen.
The blaze did only trifling damage.
The children were under splendid
control.
Died in His Seat.
When business opened at the piivate
bank of Julius Debrousky in
New York Monday the first customer
was annoyed that she could get n?>
answer to her questions from the
hanker, who sat leaning over a table,
seemingly burled in thought He
had good reason for his silence. In
the banker's abdomen was a bullet
wound from which he died.
Mad* a Big Haul.
Ten thousand dollars In currency
j was stolen from a mall pouch ii>
transit between Tampa and Clearwater.
Fla., Monday night. The
, theft was discovered when the mail
pouch reached St. Petersburg Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock, having
been carried by its destination, Clearwater.
Wilkorson El? rted President.
I Prof. Wllkerson, who has been a
member of the Colored State College
ever since the institution was started,
was elected president of the college
yesterday by the trustees. We believe
he will fill the bill to the satisfaction
of all concerned.
Lost His Nerve.
At Cleveland. Ohio, Wellington
Pavis, a vaudeville juggler, lost his
nerve when about to be married to
Miss Marie Loplant, his partner in
the act. and jumped through a glass
door. He is now in the hospital, but
i still unmarried.
Killed in Wreck.
Three persons perished in a wreck
of the New Foundland mail steamer
Bruce, which struck rocks off Scatteri
during the night. The steamer
Is a total loss. The Bruce was on lte
way to Loujsburg, B. C., when the
disaster narmened.
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BRIBE MONEY
Kohlsaat Declares That Lorimer Used
Money in His Election.
KNOWS THIS TO BE TRUE
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Bat the Venernble Publisher Reclintd
Repeatedly to Tell the Investigating
Committee Where He
Got His Inform. !lon or Who Told
Him about Hatter.
H. H. Kohlsaat, publisher of the
Chicago Record-Herald, told tho 1111- ^
nols Senate Investigating committee
Wednesday that he knew $100,000;
had been used to procure the election
of William Lorimer to the United
States Senate.
He refused to give the committee
the source of his information, notwithstanding
the committee has the
nower to imprison him because of
his refusal.
When Mr. Kohlsaat was first called
to the stand, he was asked where he
obtained his information on which he I
wrote an editorial saying $100,000
has been raised to elect I.orlmer.
Mr. Kohlsaat declined to answer a
number of questions. He said he
could not violate a confidence.
Attorney Healy put direct questions
to him asking If his Informant
had said he was asked for $10,000.:
"I decline to answer," he said.
"Did he say that nine other men
had been asked for $10,000 each?" '
"I refuse to answer."
"Is he a resident of Chicago?" |
"I decline to answer."
"Is he alive now?"
"He Is."
"Would you denounce any citizen
who takes the stand you have taken
here?" asked Senator Burton.
"Any man who will violate a confidence
is not worth a snap. I would
not let my Court reporter via,ate a
confidence. Wo newspaper man jan
violate a confidence. That is my
code of morals."
"You hare been demanding this investigation
and now you refuse to aid
us?"
"I appreciate the position, but I
will not violate this confidence."
The committee then went into executive
conference. Everyone except
Mr. Kohlsaat, Attorney Healy and
members of the committee were ordered
out of the room.
The questions were again put to
Mr. Kohlsaat Again he refused absolutely
to answer.
The doors wero then reopened and
Air. Kohlsaat \vn3 given a third opportunity
to answer the questions of
the committee; this he again refused
to do. Mr. Kohlsaat was excused until
10 o'clock, Thursday morning,
April 6.
He was Informed by the committee
that its members had agreed that ha
must answer the questions regarding
the money.
LA FOLIiETTE FOR PRESIDENT.
Wants to Capture the Republican
Nomination.
A Boston dispatch says Republican
politicians are anticipating with considerable
Interest the lecture that
Senator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon
is to deliver at a local club tomorrow
night on "Delegated versus Popular
Government." The lecture and the
informal conferences to follow, it is
understood here, will be the launcning
of Senator La Follette's candidacy
for president. Senator Bourne,
who is the founder of the National
Progressive Republican I/cague, Is
understood to have formed a political
alliance with Senator La Follette
and to have undertaken the task of
capturing the New England delegation
to the republican convention of
r Th? main nlank of the
Hourne platform Is the initiative, referendum
and recall.
Committed Suicide.
Rufus I. Ilasell. for several years
bookkeeper for the wholesale and retail
grocery firm of Welch & Eason.
Charleston. S. C., committed suicide
Monday morning in his ofllce by sending
a bullet from a new 3S-calibre
pictol through his temple, no reason
being assigned for the deed. Haseil
was in poor health, however. He was
unmarried and about 38 years of
age.
Found Lot of Money.
A cat chased a mouse under a
foot-stool In the home of Henry
Karg, in Fort Plain. N. Y., this week,
and then stuck its paw Into the hole
to try for her prey. When she drew
the foot out a $".0 bill was sticking
, to a claw. Later $ S75 was taken
from the stool, which represents th?.
hoard left by Grannie Karg when
she died suddenly or. Feb. 25.
Indian Plague.
During the month of Februarj
I deaths from the placue in Indlr
reached the total of SS.498. The dis
ease has become'such a fixture in th<
province that the British India oflic<
has almost given up its efforts tt
stamp it out.
Young Robber.
A boy in knickerbockers walker
'nto the postofflce at Lake View, neai
Buffalo, N. Y., Saturday night, anc
using an axe handle as a weapoD
felled Helen and Ella Mayn, sisteri
i of Wm. Meyn, the postmaster, am
robbed them of $500. He then ee
!caped.
Negro Must Hang.
Daniel Duncan, the Charleston ne
! ero convicted of killing a Jew mer
chant and his wife, and is under sen
1 tence of death, lost his last car
> Monday when the supreme court dis
missed a petition to rehear the cast
BIBLE STUDENTS MAKII1 '
GREAT RELIGIOUS PAGEANTRY'
IN SPARTAN CITY.
Led by Former Governor M. F. Ansel,
Fifteen Hundred Members of III- J
ble Classes, Parade.
Spartanburg had a most remarK- ^
able parade on last Wednesday. With
the streets lined with thousands of
spectators, a procession of fifteen \
hundred Ribie students marched
from the Court House, on Magnolia
street, to Converse College and back
this afternoon.
It was perhaps the most impres-'
sive religious sight ever witnessed in
the South, and certainly the most im-!
pressive ever known in South Caro- <
lina. A marked feature of this long ]
parade of Bible students was the va- (
rious classes of men and boys which
composed the long line.
Headed by members of the Spar- J
tanburg police force, who are also ]
members or various muie cismcb, f
and followed by Ex-Govornor Martin j
F. Ansel and other notable guests, ,
the line was composed of profession-T
al men, college professors, those per-,,
sons living in the mill districts, who ,
are members of their Bible classes, ^
and also there were many from the (
country churches near Spartanburg, i
Each Bible class marched under its
own banner and some had their
bands along, while the orchestra
from the Bible class of Bethel Methodist
Church, of Spartanburg, occupied
seats on a huge wagon.
Mounted on this wagon there was
also a piano, and while the line was
traversing the most crowded business
parts of the city, hymns were sung,
making !t a most Impressive proces-1
slon and one that will ever linger In I
he minds of those who witnessed '
or participated in it.
The stores and business concerns1
of the city were closed In order that
the employees could march in this
line, openly professing their faith
and their religion. The ministers of
Spartanburg acted as marshals.
The second day of the annual Convention
of the Sunday-school workers
now in session will mark an epocn
in the history of the Association.
Three of the greatest and most enthusiastic
meetings were held, be-!
sides the Bible class parade.
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BOUND FOR THE SENATE.
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Gov. Rloa.sc Says He Expects to Go
Straight There.
The Columbia correspondent of
The News and Courier says Governoi
, niease will be a candidate for the
United States Senate. He said today
that he is "going as straight to the
United States Senate as a martin to
its gourd."
Senator Tillman said the other day
jthat he will run again if his healtn
permits, but it is doubted by many
I that he will again be in the race.
Governor Please said recently that he
could beat any man except Tillman
for the Senate.
In the event Senator Tillman le
not a candidate in 1913, Governor
1 Blease will be in the race. Otherwise
ho will be a candidate for the
Senatorship later on. That is the I
way the situation appears today.
Governor Blease has received en;
couraging letters, he states, from all
parts of South Carolina. Ho Is told
in these letters that he is stronger
now politically than ever before. One
man wrote him, "Go ahead and give
'em h ."
RAINED MUD DOWN'
Result of Precipitation In Dusty Atmosphere.
On last Thursday it rained pure
mud in Wathena, Kansas. The r>henomenon
is accounted for by the fact
that a high wind and duststorm front
the northwest was prevailing when a
light rain bevan to fall, and the drops
of water collected the dust in the atmosphere,
turning them into mua.
Persons who were outdoors had thidr
clothing spattered and soiled, and the
I r.oint iirmn houses. vehicles and im
plementa outdoors all showed the effects
of having received a sprinkling
of the mud. A high wind wind still
is blowing, with the temperature near
freezing.
Life Oushed Out.
The Columbia Record says instant
death by passenger train No. 4 2, from
: Asheville to Columbia, was the fat?
i of Mr. H. 0. Smith, a flagman, employed
by the Southern railway, at
Fornane, four miles from Columbia.
, at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning. Mr.
Smith was 22 years of ago and unmarried.
Died From a Fall.
Hurled by a giant wave with ter1
rifle force down the companionway
and instantly killed was the fate of
Captain Christen Peterson, master of
the Danish steamer, Dronning Olga,
arriving at Newport News, Va., Wedi
nesdav with the flag at half mast
- and showing evidence of a hard bat?
tie at sea.
) Body in Deep Well.
Tin body of R. Copeland, missing
from Morrison, Fla., for months, has
boon found in a thirty-foot well. All
I indications point to murder, as the
r skull of the victim was crushed in,
I and the body covered by debris to
, shield the crime. It is known that
3 Copeland had considerable money be1
fore he disappeared so suddenly.
Here's the King.
Confessing to numerous thefts
' Steen Ellingson told the police ol
- Hoquiam, Wash., last wee'c, that hf
- had stolen more than 3,000 chicken!
from hen roosts in that town during
d the past three years. The lad, tok
gether with two companions, was ar
>. .rested for burglarizing a stora
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HYttU U1LF L/U II!
ttpreseDtalife Smith Says Gofernor \
Biease Changed the Names. V
HATTER IS IN A MUDDLE V
The Members of the Greenville Delegation
Reopens the Question of
Appointing County Assessors, and
Endeavor to Straighten Out the
Matter If They Can Do So.
A dispatch from Greenville In
tpeahing of the recent discussions
:hat arose over the action of Gov.
Biease In revoking the commissions
>f C. G. Drake and J. L. Campbell as
members of the county board of assessors,
and the subsequent alleged
statements of the governor's stenographer
that the names of Bearden
Jennings and Mr. Acker had boon
?rased by Representative C. D.
Smith, a member of the Greenville
rounty delegation, says Mr. Smith
went before B. M. Shu man, an attorney,
and made affidavit, the substantial
statements of which are given In
the following extracts:
"Senator Mauldln stated that the
stenographer in the governor's of
flee told him that I had erased tb?
name of Mr. Acker and substituted
that of Mr. Campbell on the board
assessors of Dunklin townsUa^^^^B^
also had erased the name of
Jennings and substituted
G. Drake in Cleveland towiushlp^^*^^^^
"I erased no names, nor were they
erased under my directions, but these
changes were made under the direction
of the governor.
"Helng tb*? on'y member of the
Greenville delegation that was especially
friendly to the governor, the
governor stated to me on several occasions
while in Columbia during the .
session of the general assembly that
he wouldmfljn? appointments on my
recom m^ffdatfon.
"He| told me to make my fight In
the Gfknvllle delegation and If I wag
downed to come to him and he would
take care of me.
- 'In the delegation meetings tne '
delegit^i appeared to be controlled
by Senator Mauldin, and all the men . ^
recommended by me were promptly
voted down by the members. In
Dunklin township, which was my
home township, I especially requested
the delegation to recommend the
name of J. L. Campbell in the place
of J. D. Wood. The delegation, however,
recommended the names of
Traynham, Cothran and Acker, my ^
recommendation being Cothran and
Traynham. In Cleveland townehtp
there was no delegation meeting. I
was Informed that the majority oNgf"*
the delegation recommended Morgan,
Hagood and Jennings. The minority,
which were Mr. Earle and myss'f,
recommended Hagood, Morgan and
Drake. I carried the papers to the
governor, who had told me he would
appoint my appointees, and thereupon
Gov. Blease told his secretary
to make any changes that I desired.
"The appointments made were oy
the governor's own orders and the
governor knew that he was appointing
on my reopmrnendatlon and not
on that of a majority of the Greenville
delegation."
Smith is one of the tenders of.the
Cotton Farmer** union and baa beea^
organizing the un'fou. He has also ,
organized the farmers In the legist*- /
i ture so that they may legislate In- ~ viw
teiiigently on matters pertaining (AM* v.
farms.
\\1mt (iov. Blease Says. ^ _
Gov. Blease said Thursday that he
did not remember the details In con
nertion with the appointment of the
Greenville county board of assessors. **
He said that the matter had been
bandied by a stenographer employed
by him for several 'reeks and that
she would make a statement Friday y
"I will stand by whatever statement
she makes," said Gov. Rlease. ^
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Tillman Feels Better.
Senator B. R. Tillman in response
to an inquiry as to his health Inspired
by a rumor that he was very unwell
said Friday that he was feeling entirely
fit. He spent the day In the
fields on his farm at Trenton, and
says the country life Is agreeing with
him so finally that he feels better every
day. He is foelinz better than he
i has felt for months past.
Queer Death.
When a stove exploded in the home
of John Teppe, at Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich., flying pieces of the stove tore
loose the plaster from the walls and
it fell on a two-year-old child lying
asleep in bed. Before the child
was rescued it had been smothered.
Mnn's Body Found.
Tho body of Walter Byrum, of
Monroe, N'. O.. who left his home on *
January 23, was found in a mill pond .
near his home Tuesday morning by *
two boys who were fishing. The body
, bore no evidences of foul play.
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Killed Ills Wife.
At Charleston Susan Deas was cat
by her husband. Alead Deas, Sunday
.-l.. i r\vy Tfonnver street.
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dying a short time afterwards. The
Hitting was the result of a quarrsl. Deas
was arrested. * f^|H
null Kills a Man.
Disregarding the warning that a j
.bull In the pasture was vicious Wll
11am Payne, of Norrlstown, N. J., was M
gored and trampled to death this
weqk. He had declared he could
conquer any mad bull.
Pipe Blew Out. fl
s At Manchester, N. H., the head of
r a 12-inch steam pipe at a pow?r
. house here blew out Monday, killing
. one maJi Instantly end severely lnurlng
eight other persC^s. flH