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I f x gHfc fc&i1 ESTABLISHED SCORES PERISH filers Are Caijht Lik Rats ii a Trap lid Use Tkeir Lives. ANOTHER MINE HORROR Fire and Gas Block Their Escape, and Without Warning Between Fifty and Sixty Men and Boys Meet Terrible Death in Pennsylvania Coal Mine Village. ? ?. . w? i. One of the most serious mine disasters of that section occurred Friday at the little village of Throop, a short distance from Scranton. Pa., when the lives of between fifty and elxty men and boyo were su Uu?d out. Among those known to have perished are Joseph Evans, who was in charge of the United States mine rescue car; Isaac Dawe, a fire boss, and Walter Knight, a foreman. Evans' death was the result of a defective oxygen charged armoi. Charles Enslan, the expert in charge of the mine rescue work for the Federal Government, was also overcome, and is said to be in a critical condition. Up to a late hour Friday nlgnt nearly two score of bodies have been piled at the bottom of the shaft, but it was thought advisable not to br'ng them to the surface jntll the crowd had dwindled. A temporary nti rgue has been erected at the opening to the mine, and here were congregt'ed hundreds of women and children, rel- j .? ..? ~ t . K ? ?. ..J 11. : li,.1 i ttiivtra ui iur mcii auu uvjo iu nuu been so suddenly snatched from thein. Their grief was pitiful, children of tender years clinging to the sk'rts )' their mothers, while older male meni- , hers of the family sought to so'teu , the anguish of the distracted mothers , and sisters. , None of the bodies recovered was mutilat.d, death doubtless having been caused by inhaling flames and ' gases. The rescuers are pushing into the mine, and it is thought all of the bodies will be rescued within a few hours. The Are started in an engine house at the opening of a slope 750 feet ' from the surface. There were 400 | men in the mine when the fire started, < about sixty of them In the workings, i into which the slope led. The sixty | were at work in a "blind" tunnel at the end of the slope. Escape was blocked by fire. smoR* and the generated gasee, possibly, before the men and boys realized their danger. James Vickers. a fire boss, tried to get to the tunnel where he knew many men wero at work. He could go only a short distance before hi was forced to turn back, and It was with difficulty he dragged himself through the smoke at the point of j ( the flre. He said no man could live i five minutes In the tunnel he had tried to traverse. < The United States miners on the < car stationed at Wllkesbarre were t summoned early In the afternoon and j later the Delaware, Lackawanna and . ( Western hospital car and the Lehigh l Valley Company's force, from Wilkes- f barre, came to the scene. The finding of three bodies led the ' reecuers to believe that no one was t alive in the tunnel and they renewed ! j the attack on the burning area to < reduce the awful heat. When this j i work had proved somewhat effective i a corps of the export rescue men. t with the latest style rescue armor, i pushed on into the slope and later came upon several bodies strewn i along the roadway. The bodies were carried to the foot of the shaft and stacked up in pllet. in the narrow space to be taken out after nightfall, so some of the horror would be hidden from distracted rei? atives of the victims. The colliery is owned and operated by the Price-Pancoast Coal Company, at the head of which is John R. Bry-1 den. general manager of the Ontarla and Western collieries in this section. ' It is one of the largest and most upto-date collieries in the region. MANY (iOATS KILLED. nrw..o Which Destroyed Ail ir tn.i ... .. _ r Much Property. A wind and hail storm played havoc In the extreme southwestern por^ , - tion of the state Wednesday morning, according to dispatches received here this morning. The damage to property is offset by the goods that will be derived by the crops by the rain. Cotton was sadly in need of moisture when the rain storm came up. The storm was especially severe at Will Ranch Mine. Dine miles east of Frackett. In a pasture there wet*300 goats, all of which were killed by the large hail stones which lit-' erally peppered the backs of the animals until they died. The storm reached proportions of a tornado In Kendall county and there three buildings were totally destroyed by the intensity of the wind. 1 Held by Small Pox. Eight hundred persons arriving at Philadelphia on the steamship Verona. from Genoa and Naples via New York, are still detained aboard the vessel because of the outbreak of small pox among the passengers. Among the hundreds of persons waiting for the release of passengers there are five prospective bridegrooms. Followed Pis Victim. A Hickman, Ky., dispatch says that Jack JklcCialn of Lynnville, Ky.. who was recently arrested and placed it* JaV there, being suspected of murder'j - log his nephew, Andrew McCIain, W* committed suicide n his cell Thursday bv cutting his throat with a pocket knife. * . * ' The IN 1891. GAIN THIS YEAR. MORE MONEY THIS SEASON FOR CLEMSON COLLEGE. Fertilizers Tag Tax Receipts Much Increased?Many New Uses for Fertilizers. For 1911 the total income of Clemson College will be considerably larger than In any previous year, and the prospect is that this Income will steadily Increase, at the rate of $25,000 or more per annum, being derived from the privilege tax of 25 cents a ton upon artificial fertilizers, the consumption of which is greater each succeeding season. The entire receipts from this tax go to Clemnon. The Columbia Record says Judge J. Fuller Lyon, who handles the priv- 1 ilege tax account In the office of State i Treasurer R. H. Jennings, said Frl- < day that to date the 1911 receipts from this impost had been $227,229, whereas at this same time last yeai 1 the receipts totalled only $202,-.16. In Judge Lyon's opinion the receipts , for the current year will aggregate j $275,000, as against only $240,038 for 1910, so that the increase in this one season will In round numbers be $35,000. Fertilizers are now In demand the ( year round. Formerly they were used i only In the spring. Fertilizers are put nowadays to a variety of uses not hitherto known. Quantities are applied to growing crops. The connnmntinn hqa hoon tmrnHnincIv in- ! creased by the corn-growing movement and new uses are constantly being found In various fields of agricultural work for the different kinds of artificial manures. An entirely new kind of fertilizer?or rather a familiar kind produced by a new process? will come on the market when the Southern Power company's big plant at Great Falls begins turning out nitrogenous fertilizers, derived from the air by electrical treatment. c WON'T PARDON JONES. rhis is Governor Blease's Present Attitude. The Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier says another petition for pardon 01' John J. Jones, pf Orangeburg County, who was sen- j tenced to ten years and one month Tor the killing of Abe Pearlst'.ne. at Rranohville, was nipped in the bud by the announcement from Governor Rlease that he isn't going to pardon Jones. What may come up later can- , not be told at this time, but at present Governor Rlease will not act fav- j; orably in the matter. He refused a petition for the pardon of Jones a few days ago. This petition came from Edgefield. The forerunner of a second petition from Orangeburg was the pres- J ence in me cuy or two 01 cuuu&t-i iu-1 terested in the case. Governor Blease was not in the office when the Gov-1 jrnor was approached on the subject jf whether or not he would reopen :he.case, he said that he would be jlad to hear counsel, but he has deeded not to pardon. No steps have jeen taken to further the petition rom Orangeburg. The presence of counsel here led The News and Courier correspondent :o ask Governor Blease this afternoon ibout the John Jones case, and Gov?rnor Blease stated the circumstances ind said that he would not at this time extend Executive clemency for the same reason as moved him to reruse the petition that came from Edgefield. No papers were filed from Oranceburg. A petition may later be presented for the pardon of Jones, , but It can be authoritatively stat?d that Governor Blease will not now, if ever, pardon John J. Jones. Ivook Out for Bain. This section of the State should be refreshed with good, copious show-, ers of rain in the next few day6. The rain belt is at present extending over the greater part of the country. Sev- ( eral very heavy falls were registered on Monday, particularly in the Mississippi Valley region and in Texas. The rainfall at Memphis, Tenn., amounted to more man inree ini-nrs on that day. and this section of the | country just escaped coming in for its share of the festivities. Another Investigation. Senator La Toilette introduced a resolution for another investigation of the Senator Lorimer case. It names as the committee of investiga-1 tion Senator Works of California, j Townsend of Michigan. McLean of: Connecticut, Kern of Indianna, and Pomerene of Ohio. No action was1 taken, as Senator La Follette intends to speak on the resolution another day. Made Their Kscape. Quick work on the part of the fire-, men subdued a threatening fire which broke out Thursday in the plant of the White-Smith Music Publishing company on Stanhope street, Boston,! Mass. The loss is estimated at $50,000. Three or four girls who were on the fifth floor escaped over the roofs of the adjoining buildings. A a A Killed by Shock. Conductor P. C. Moore, running on the interurban line between Anderson and Belton was instantly killed late Thursday ight at Belton. while attempting to regnlate the headlight on the car on which he ran. The body was taken to Anderson on the car, and prepared foi burial. * Hartsvtlle Has Trebled. According to cersns returns made public Tuesday, Hartsville has increased Its population from 704 in 1900 to 2,365 In 1910. It will thus be seen thai the Darlington county town Is more than three times its site | ten years ago. Fc FC WILL CRAW FISH The ProfreuiTe Repeblicus Will Jtin Ferce With Rfjalin. DEFEAT TARRIFF PLANS Republicans Will Oppose All Legislation Looking to a Revision of the Tariff, But the Democrats May Use Reciprocity as a Club to Push Through Revision Bills. Despite the fact that the Democrats of the House, by official caucus action, have declared a purpose to enact tariff legislation during the extra session of Congress, which begun last Tuesday, the prediction is freely made in Congressional circles that no such legislation can be put through the Senate, and that the extra session will adjourn earlier than has generally been anticipated. Sentiment among the regular Republicans in the Senate 's overwhelmingly against any sort of tarlti revision at the extra session. Without the support of the progressives the Democrats cannot possibly get any tariff bills through the uppei branch of Congress. It Is apparent that the regular Republicans of the Senate will do everything In their power to postpone all matters of general legislation until the regular session next December. It Is reported that a number of the progressive Republicans are likely to tall In with this Idea. There Is every reason to believo that the regulars will promise the Insurgents to facilitate consideration >f schedule by schedule revision o? he tariff at the regular cession or j Congress if do attempt is made to put :hrough such legislation at the extra session. With sucn an agreement hereon the Republicans, it is believed hat the Democrats might not atempt to prolong the extra session intil late in the fall. In certain quarters it Is reported hat the Democrats of the House will jold reciprocity up until the Senate tnd President have acted favorably >n a number of revisions of the present Tariff law which the Democrat ntend making. The report has it hat the House majority fears the President and Senate will "double?ross" them if the Canadian agreement is passed before any tariff revision is n ade, by the President adjourning Congress, which he can do under the Constitution if the Senate should get into a disagreement with the House on the question 01 time of adjournment. Ths Democratc House leaders will I go ahead with their program regardlese of the probable fate of their measures in the Senate until such a :ime aa the Senate clearly demon-' >t rates that it will give no consideration to general legislation durng the extra session. In this way | he Democrats feel they will have lone their utmost to fulfill their iledges at the earliest possible ma 1 nent. Some of the Senate Democrats are itrongly in favor of waiting until the egular session convenes before rerising the tariff. They declare that he Republicans already have passed >ig appopriation bills for the next | iscal year and that revenues must bt ! aised to meet them. During the egular session the tariff could be tensed and the new appropriation bills scaled down accordingly. The promise made by President Taft that the tariff board will be ready with a complete report on the textile schedules of the tariff by December 1, next, and the hope he has < informally expressed that Congress will decide to wait for this report be-, fore acting on theee schedules, makes the situation a little more difficult for the Democrats in that the insurgent vote in the Senate has an excuse for crawfishing on their demand for tariff reform. It is pointed out that with a re- ! port on the much-discussed cotton and woolen schedules promised by next December, the insurgent Repub licans will not stultify themselves by voting for House bills amending these schedules without regard to the tariff board. There Is little doubt but that consideration of the recipro-! city measure will occupy many weeks , of the Senate's time. It is argued that it would be late in June befote consideration could be given in the Senate to a House bill dealing with even one schedule of the Payne-Aid-J rich law. With a determination of thirty or more Senators that no such legislation Bhould be enacted at the extra session, it can be easily seen, accord-; in^ to the Republican leaders, that attempts to get such measures through ahe extra session would be futile. This does not mean that the i President will look unkindly toward a revision of the tariff on necessities of life not included in the Canadian agreement. In fact, it is to the contrary. The President expects the Dem-! ocrats and insurgent Republicans to make reductions in the tariff. ? Dashed Three Stories. Pitching from the third floor of a Fourth avenue office building Monday morning the body of Dr. C. C. Godshaw landed on the street euro below, almost in the midst of a crowd of pedestrians on their way to business. The plunge resulted in death tor the physician, who was well known in professional circles and ao tlve in civic affairs. Won't Try Cases. The general impression in Columbia la that Attorney General Lyon will refuse to carry any other of the gratt esses to trial during the admin-; l8tration of Governor Blease as the result of the pardon of John Black, j >RT )RT MILL, 8. C., T] A SERIOUS CHARE A FAKE DOCTOR ARRESTED EN FLORENCE COUNTY. He is Cfiarg<?d With Selling Medicine tn Allc?n I'Viunlr VmrrriM Contain ing Poison. The Florence Times says according to information given out at police headquarters here this morning Aiken county authorities have secured the capture of a man whom, it is alleged, killed two negroes and attempted to kill the third one in that county by administering poisonous drugs while he was traveling through the country claiming to be a doctor and selling the negroes his medicine. His name is given as Frank Winterman alias Frank Slate. It is stated that the case was worked up against him by a well-known negro of this city who knew Slate when he lived : at Aiken at the time it is alleged he poisoned these negroes in 1905. SlaU is said to be a white man but has lived with the negroes practically all of his life. A warrant was Issued for his arrest in Aiken but he escaped and has been traveling in various parts of the county. He wao arrested here a few days ago bq Health Officer Deberry on the charge 01 being drunk and disorderly and was .urned over to Policeman Haselden aid locked up. Chief Koopman who had been in communication with the negro man there whom It is said knew all about Slate's move ments, telegraphed Sheriff Raybourn ' of Aiken and he came last night to carry the prisoner back to that county i for trial. JEFFARE8 WROTE A LETTER. For That Reason He Was Refused Notary Commission. To the Editor of The State. I have received a letter from Governor Blease's private secretary since I wrote my letter to The State In which the Governor gtvee his reasons for not signing my commission ae notary public. Kindly publish my letter of request to the Governor, and ( his reply. Also my answer to his i question. R. R. Jeffares. Shelton, S. C., April 5. Shelton. S. C.t Mch. 31, 1911. His Excellency, Coleman L. Blease, Governor of South Carolina, Columbia. S C. Dear Sir: l r.Ti in receipt 01 a icnei uuiu i the secretary of State stating that inasmuch as you have refused to sign my commission as notary public, he eendfl me a check to reimburse me for the two dollars sent by me to pay for the commission. Will you please Inform me whether or not I have been correctly informed or1 whether or not the matter has Just been overlooked by you In the routine of dally business. If I have been correctly informed kindly write me your reason for not signing my commission and oblige. R. R. Jeffares. Columbia, S. C., Apr. 3, 1911. Mr. Robt. R. Jeffares, Shelton, S. C. Dear Sir: The Governor Is in receipt of your letter of March 31, and directs mk! to ask in reply if you remember an article you wrote in the papers some time since? Yours very truly. Alex Rowland, Private secretary. FATAL ELECTION TROEBLES. Political Arguments Caused Shooting at Uttle Rock. At Little Rock. Ark., two persons are dead as a result of shooting affrays, having as their origin quarrels over Tuesday's city election. Following the tragic death of Constable Ed Lindsay, who was shot to death in a flght with Patrolman Will Scott in the law offices of J. A. Cooler on West Second street, former i Patrolman Charles Drown was shot and killed by E. A. Pipkin early Thursday. In the earxie affray Louis Hild was shot and his left leg broken above the knee. Drown had engaged in several fist flvhts during the day as a result of political arguments. Earlier in the day he had severely beaten Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Frank Hender son. Weary and Worn. At Redding. Cal., E. E. Bailey, vice president of the Bank of Northern California, of that city, was found in a cemetery lying arrosB the graves of his two wives with a bullet hole In his head and an empty revolver by his side. The following note was found on his body: "I am weary and worn and physically and mentally unable to bear the load." Bailey had been ill for weeks. Fall From Loft. According to a telephone message received from Princeton, Laurens county, R. Lee Mahon, a well known | citizen who lived near the Greenvillb and Laurens county line, was found dead yesterday afternoon at his barn, his back having been broken by s fall from the loft of the building. He was a son of William M. Mahon, ana was a prosperous farmer, aged about 40. Made Him a High. Prince Tsai Suun, uncle of the Chinese Emperor, got the toothache while he was in Philadelphia last September, and went to Dr. E. Druitt Crawford, who stopped the imperial pain. Dr. Crawford has now recelveu word, through the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, that Tsai Suun has [con'erred a decoration on him. Mill IURSDAY, APRIL THEY WANT BRYAN MEMPHIS OFFERS HIM GREAT INTA rnuc1 utv rjjiri.i Aiv vw*^i. l?he Great Commoner Tells People From Tennessee City Thnt He Must Remain at Lincoln. A special dispatch from Washington to the New York World says the nseertlon is made here that Memphis is willing to put up a million dollars to induce William Jennings Bryan to take up his abode and publish the Commoner there. A year ago a movement for a greater Memphis was started, ana today a delegation of leading citizens came to Washington to extend an invitation to the thrice defeated candidate for President to move to their city and make it his future home. Mr. Bryan said he had no intention of leaving Lincoln, Neb., except for his farm in Texas, but the Ten-, nesseeanB insist mey art? suing tu get him, and on Thursday will entertain him at a luncheon and tender him their formal invitation. Another Washington dispatch says William Jennings Bryan Thursday told the committee sent by the citizens of Memphis to invite him to make his home in that city that he could not accept. The invitation was extended at a luncheon given Mr. Bryan by the committee. Judge James M. Greer of Memphis, chairman of the committee, as j toastmaster presented the Memphis Idea. He was followed by Senators Gordon of Tennessee, Representative Lea and Taylor and Representative Sisson of Mississippi and Robinson of Arkansas and Duke C. Bowers of 'Memphis. They hegeed Mr. Bryan to come where "the people loved hiui; , where he would find friends." Mr. Bowers said he felt sure that Memphis would easily raise $2,000,000 If that would be any Inducement to Mr. Bryan to Hive in his city. Mr. Bryan replied that it was not a money consideration, and that If he looked at It In that light, he would not be worthy of such an invitation. He said he knew he had friends In the South who would stand by him and that was why they did not need him there; they needed him more in the North. Suggesting that he should not be on one edge of the country, he said, his home at Lincoln is almost the center of the country and only about two days ride to any section where he might be needed to help fight for the cause of Democracy. m SHOOTS AT YOI .VG WOMAN Because She Did Xot Reciprocate His Affection. "Now I will have my revenge," shrieked James E. Connor Thursday afternoon as he sent a pistoi bullet at Mrs. C. M. Rowse, a stenogrr.Dher, young and pretty, at Savannah, Ga. The bullet struck the woman ?n ths left arm, causing a severe but not dangerouB wound. Before Connor could fire again. Capt. P. H. Haddon, in wh"?se office the shooting occurred, jumped for him and the men went to th ? floor together. Captain Haddon disarm '! the man and calltj for an officer. Connor is held at the po'i *a station, charged with assault w li intent to murder. He answers questions In a vacant, absent-minded way, and the police believe his irltil is afTected. It was staled that he had been paying unwelcome attention to .Mrs. Rowse for some time and was told to stop them. He was granted his request, walked into the office, faced the woman and fired. Connor formerly was an engin *<m on the river steamer Tws States, which plied to Augusta, but la>er was sunk. He is 25 years old. TRAGEDY SHATTERS MINI). Woman Sees Young Man and His Sister Killed by Train. Harry McCoy, aged twerty-on?. and his sister, Grace, aged thirteen, were struck and killed by an eastbound Cleveland and Pittsburg passenger train near their heme, at Smiths Ferry, Pa. Several hundred foot an/at- efnndiner on her norch Mrs. David Qulnn screamed to tutyoung people to warn them Put the noise of the train drowned her voice. She assisted railroad men gather the mutilated bodies and as they we.*ej laid on her porch she was suddenly taken with convulsions, caused by tlie shock, and physicians fear her mind i is shattered. Killed by Tree. Willie Croweli, while at work for he Scott Lumber company ir. the 1 lower part of Marlboro county, was ' killed by a tree falling on him. The ; skidder was being operated when the log strur({ a tree, knocking it down and killing Croweli. Mr. Croweli recently wer.t to Marlboro from Horry. He was about 35 yeas old, and leaves a wife and one child. Accident in Suicide. Craige Lippincott, head cf .T. TV Lippincott company, publishers and one of the most prominent men in financial and social circles of Philadelphia, died mysteriously eariy Thursday at his palatial hone, 21 b West Rittehouse square, the artirfocratic residential section of Philadelphia. According to the police, death was due to a pistol wound. How he received his injury, whether by acc'dent or design, is not publicly known Damage by Cloudburst. Damage estimated at over a million dollars was caused in Middlesboro, Ky., Tuesday night by a cloudburst. Half of the town of Middlesboro was under water. Coal mines were Hooded. Tl i 13, 1911. GAVE THE NAME Greatest Sensation Yet in the Famous Lorimer Bribery Case. 1 TELLS OF SLUSH FUND . The General Manager of the International Harvester Company Says Men Who Put l'p Corruption Futid IoL-aH Qiihiirrin. ! IU I l l^M UIIV * *?On.V?k WHVUV.T tions for Reimbursement. At Springfield, 111., Clarence S. Funk, general manager of the International Harvester Company, Wednesday exploded the biggest sensation of the Lorimer bribery case. Mr. Funk testified, before the investigation committee, that Edward Hines asked him as manager of the Har-i vester Company to contribute $10,000 to reimburse certain men who had put up a $100,000 "slush fund" to elect Wm. Lorimer to tho United ' States Senate. The Harvester Company's manager further testified that Hines named Edward Tilden, a wealthy Chicago packer, as the collector of this fund to reimburse the men who, as Mr.! Hines was quoted as having said, haQ "underwritten" the election of Lorimer. Mr. Funk declared that his object in giving this testimony was to save H. H. Kohlsaat, publisher of the Chicago Record-Herald, from a possible Jail sentence as a result of Mr. Kohlsaat's refusal to give certain Information demanded by the committee last week. The witness said he had given Mr. Kohlsaat information in confidence upon which the Chicago publisher had based an editorial. The publication, in February last, of this edi-' torial, which charged the use of a $100,000 fund to elect Lorimer, re suited In the caning or xnr. ivonisat as a witness before the commit-1 tee. He refused to make known the name of Mr. Funk and was given one week's time to divulge this name or stand in contempt of the Senate committee. News of the disclosures before the committee reached the State House nearby within a few moments. The House was still in session, while the Senate had just adjourned. The reports caused excitement, much discussion and hurried consultations among the members of the Legislature. Mr. Kohlsaat preceded Mr. Funk on the witness stand. He briefly stated that he was ready to give the name of the man who had furnished him with the report of the alleged $100,000 "slush fund." In explanation of the appearance; of 'Mr. Funk he said: "When I arrived at my office Thursday, the first call over the telephone was from Clarence S. Funs,' general manager of the International Harvester Company. Mr. Funk asked if he could see me at once and I told him yes to come over, and as near as I can remember he said: "I see by the papers last night ana mis morning mm. juu na?c uci-h om/poenaod to appear in Springfield and had declined to give up my name to ihe committee, the Senate committee. i would be a little less than a man if I held you under confidence as to .ny name or identity. I wish to say now that I release you from all obligation to maintain secrecy and that I feel I also have a duty to perform that until this time I do not feel free to. but now I will go to Springfield and tell the whole story." In detailing bis conversation with Mr. Funk concerning the alleged bribery, Mr. Kohlsaat said: "Mr. Funk told me that the gentlemen who came to him said that they had had no opportunity to elect Mr. Lorimer. A few of them haa unwritten it and were around asking subscriptions to reimburse them patiallv, for the money that was spent." Clarence Funk, general manager of the Harvester Company, then was called and told of a conversation with Edward Hines. which he said took place in the Fnion League Club, about the first part of June, 1909, Mr. Funk testified: "He said I was just the fellow he had been looking for, or trying to see, and said he wanted to talk to me a minute. So we went and sat down and without any preliminaries, ,and quiet as a matter of course, he said: "Well, we put Lorimer over down at Springfield, but it cost us about $100,000 to do it." "Then he went on to say they had I to act quickly when the time came; that they had had no chance to con 1 # ~ ~ sun any uiie uoiure naim. "Then he said, 'we now we are seeing some of our friends so as to get it fixed up.' "I asked him why he came to us, meaning the Harvester Company. He said, "well, you people are Just as much Interested as any of us in having the right, kind of a man at Washington.' "I think I replied, 'we won't have anything to do with that matter at all.' He said, 'why not?' I said, 'simply because we are not In that sort of business,' and we had some discussion, back and forth anl I asked how much he was getting from his friends. He said, 'of course we ran only go to a few big people, and if ten of us put $10,000 apiece, that will clean It up.' As I left he asked | me to think it over. I just walked away, without replying." After more questioning by Attorney Healy, the witness gave the name of the man to whom he alleged Mr. Hines asked that the money be forwarded if contributed. Mr. Funk said: "Will the committee permit me to divulge that to the committee confidentially or in executive session or to the chairman, [MES. SL! MISS HOOD IS ALIVE ' SUPPOSED DEAD, SHE IS LIVING WITH BOGUS LORD. Gaino<] Fame in 1006 a* the Last of tlie Victims of "Lord Percy Sholto Douglas." Mourned as one dead because she was supposed to have been murdered by John C. Cavendish, alias "Lord Percy Sholto Douglas," Josephine Hood, a member of one of the lead m ill-- - m A MV A?I11 A XT n n'lin ing ianmitfs ui noucviiic, xi. v^., ??uw became a victim of the wiles of the preposesslng Englishman, by a ceremony of marriage, Dec. 16, 1906, at Lake Charles, La., has broken the si- { Ience of years by writing to an aunt In her home town. a In her letter she cites some clrcum- t stances of adventure befalling her In ] company with the bogus lord, to c which she seems bound by a hypnotic i spell, since she declares her belief in his uprightness and that she Is happy I and is cared for In luxurious style. ^ She carefully refrains from telling | her present address. The letter was mailed on a train going west from New Orleans. Mrs. ; ? Cavendish telle of trips around the j world, of 20 trans-Atlantic voyages, i of visits to Europe, Asia and Africa. |c She mentions many gifts of jewels ^ from her husband and his lavish ex- ^ pendltures which suggest that Cavendish may be an International gambler. ^ Cavendish was notorious as a bigamist at the time of his marriage ^ with Miss Hood, and she Is believed to be his ninth wife. The present Mrs. Cavendish does not Indicate that she knows of his earlier marriages, c but does say plainly that she could f ribf communicate before or return to her home because Cavendish has c troubles he hopes soon to overcome 1 and then they will live in L.os An-1, geles. Cavendish is said to have married eight women in as many different } parts of the United States before he met Miss Hood. One of these he. married In Los Angeles, one in Fort Worth, Tex.; one in Norfolk, Va.; one in Georgia, one in Denver, Colo., c one in New Orleans, La., and one in Ohio. All of these women are said 1 to have written to Misa Hood's aunt, . but she haB kept no memoranda of their names. He soon deserted all of them except Miss Hood. m 0 ? WOMAN DID NOT FAINT. Hut WitWh Handy Hat Pins Put Burglar to Flight. 1 At New York Miss Hannah Krot-11 cvhvil threw up her hands early I j Tuesday when a highwayman ( thrust a pistol in he- face, but j her action was not in token of sur- ] render. On the contrary, the young i woman pulled out two wicked looking 1 hatpins and began violently jabbing < her assailant. One lunge that punc- ] tured the robber's arm, evidently took the fight out of him. lor he wheled and took to flight. Mibs Kritchvil started in pursuit, screaming for help, but handicapped by a j' skirt built on the grounds of a hobble, she was losing ground, when others took up the chase and the holdup man was caught. Given Damages. At Columbia Robert M. Bryant, engineer for the Atlantic Coast Line, who 6ued the Southern railway for $50,000, was Thursday awarded by a Richland jury $4,458, because of injuries received when his enslne was hit at Royster Junction by a Southern locomotive. Hull Kills a Man. Disregarding the warning that a bull in the pasture was vicious Wil- | liarn Pavne. of Norristown. N. J., was , gored and trampled to death this ] week. He had declared he could , conquer any mad hull. or the attorney or In some way without making it public? "I have no reason for wanting to conceal this man. except that I do not like to drag the name of any other man Into this thing." Permission being refused, he said: "Well, I will answer, under protest. He told me to send the money to Ed Tilden." "Who is Ed Tilden?" "I think he is president or vice president of one of the banks at the * * * xi? stOCK yaras, ana one 01 me uuicwua of the National Packing Company." "He is president of the National Packing Company, isn't he?" "I understand so." "It might be proper for me to say here that I have n:* acquaintance with Mr. Tilden, and I have not and had no reason other than that I have stated regarding bringing in his. name." Questioned concerning occurrences following the printing of the Kohlsaat editorial bearing upon the fraud, he said: "Mr. Hines came to my office a short time after that editorial appeared. He was much disturbed and undertook to refresh my memory as to what our conversation had been about. He stated that his former conversation with me had been a general one, and he said he had not asked me for any money, and lie said he d'd not know anything about money being raised." The witness was questioned as to his business and political affiliations, disclaimed any personal feeling on | the testimony given, said that his acquaintance with Mr. Hines was slight and that he did not know Mr. Lorlmer. He also said that C. H. McCormick had no interest in the Chicago Tribune. After a few minor questions, he was dismissed and the committee adjourned until April 13. j Edward Hines today denied the: story absolutely that was told by Mr. Funk that he, Hines, had solicited a fund of $100,000 to reimburse! ; those who had "put up" for the Sea- j j ator's election. | 25 PER YEAR, fHEULY WHITES tepnblicans Will H)ld Meeting Soon ii Colombia to Powwow. CALL HAS BEEN ISSUED Papers Approves of the Call and Endorses the Meeting?It Came From Secretary Dan Wallace and Stale Chairman Leumns Itlalock?No Negroes Will lie there. The Record says there will be held n Columbia on Wednesday, April 12, l meeting of the executive commitee of the new "Lily White" Repubican organization in this State. The all reads: "In further connection with the or* janization of the Republican party of iouth Carolina, perfected In the con ention assembled in the city of Columbia on October 27, last, a meetng of the State Republican executive ommittee and also a meeting of the State Republican central committee s hereby called to meet in the rooms if the undersigned, State chairman, n the city of Columbia at 12 o'clock .Vednesday, April 12, (Columbia Hoel.) Please be present. Respectully, "D. H. Wallace, SecretaryTreasurer." "Countersigned and approved: L. N. C. Blalock, State Chairman." "The organization of the Republt:an party referred to In the above lotlce and the call for a meeting of he executive and the State central :ommittees meets with my hearty ap>roval. "John G. Capers. 'South Carolina Member, Republican National Committee." The notice 16 sent out on paper leaded: "John G. Capers, general counselor of the National Republican league, ind a member of the Republican nalonal committee. L. W. Blalock, State chairman, Goldvllle; I. H. Nor is, vice president, Yorkville; Dan H. Wallace, secretary-treasurer, Hopclns." The Republicans In this State ormed a "new party" for South Carilina at the meeting last fall, refusng to acknowledge the colored organization In this State. There was julte a split In the camp of the Kejubllcans. Two sets of meetings were leld. There are at present two State hairmen, the one for the "Lily Whites" and the one for the organl:atlon that for the most part consist;d of negroes, whose meetin; war "* leld here two weeks prior to the neetlng of the John G. Capers crowd. Secretary Wallace Is the son of the ate Judge W. H. Wallace of L'ulon, speaker of the famous "Wallace house." LIVE STOCK AGENT. Southern Itathvay Appoints Mr. E. L. Word to the Position. A dispatch from Washington, D. C., says: In pursuance of the policy of the Southern Railway Company fo encourage the growing of live stock in the territory traversed by Its lines, the appointment of Mr. F. L. Word to the position of Live Stock Agent ot that company will soon be made. .Mr. Word is to devote his entire time to the encouragement of live stock growing in agricultural communities along the lines of the company, to the dissemination of Information as to the growing of live stork of all kinds that will be help fill to farmers, to supplying information relative to markets and facilities for shipment, and to developing the business of shipping cattle into Lhose localities along the lines of the company where they can be most advantageously fed for the market. He is also to give attention to the matter of facilities for feeding live stock in transit. SAVED ItV I IKE DKILL. The Children Are Rescued in Orderly Manner. The discovery of Are in the Eighth avenue baby shelter of Newark, N. J., late Tuesday night demonstrated the value of fire drills in institutions of this character when It was followed by the orderly rescue of more than 50 children, 14 of whom were infants in swaddling clothes. Eightyear-old Johnny Savage, one of the inmates, discovered the. fire and ""'"Oi. nnllfloH \Tra T-Tarrlef Trench ard, the matron. The fire gong wm sounded and 1 ie nurses got the older children In hne and marched them to a pavilion in the yard, while other attendants, in accordance with fire drill regulations, began the rescue of the babies. All were taken out safely before the firemen arrived. JAPANESE ENVOY SILENT. Baron I'rhida Won't Discuss ft Story Already Denied. Baron Uchida, Japanese ambaMftr dor, Thursday declined to comment on or even to deny the declaration made Wednesday in El Paso by a man said to be close to the Mexican foreign office, but whose name was withheld, to the effect that the United States troops we*e sent to the border as a caution to Japan, which counttry, it was rumored wae attempting to secure a coaling station on the Pacific coast of Mexico. The ambassador declared that he would not deny an old story which long since had been officially declared untrue. No comment was forthcoming from the Mexican embassy, where the story was laughed at as a "buga-boo." , -S