Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ESTABLISHED AWFULTALES A?iDiii Death Till His B?t Mei hj the Plipe ii China A TERRIBLE SCOURGE, The Danger Is Passed for the Present.?The Astounding Indifference of the Doctors and the Nurwes to Catching the Disease, Which Seems to Be So Fatal. Pekin letter saye many true torles are told of the plague In North China. In one shop a tailor had eight apprentices. Two of these died. Their bodies were hidden, and no report was made. Then four more were stricken and died. But now the master was unerved. He gathered together his money, collecting what debts he could, and with a board of $34 5 hurried off to the railway, determined to flee from the place. But he had come from the Infected district, and the railway would not Issue him a ticket. In despair he returned to his shop, and three days later he died. Two apprentices now survived: They divided his money, and looked forward to the enjoyment of their gains and of the propert, Escape, however, was denied them. Both died, and when the bears came to search the house they found the money equally shared sewn up in the clothing on their dead bodies. The danger is over for the present. Delegates are now gathering for the conference i n Mukden, which will meet under the presidency of Dr. Wu Lienteh. Many interesting questions await answer. What is the origin of the plague? Why has it died break out before? Why has it died out? What is the nature of the marmot plague? Will the pneumonic outbreak be succeeded by a bubonic infection? During the recent outbreak there has been an unusual mortality among horses, mules and pigs. There are pneumonic symptoms but it Is believed no plague in fectlon. What is the explanation? Is the mortality a coincidence only? Finally, what Is to prevent a recurrence of the plague next October? * Infection was by direct contact. Rats and fleas played no small part In the infection. The attack was ful minant, there was no authentic case of recovery. Old persons and young children fared better than the strone and middle-aged. In one family, out of fourteen persons there were only two survivors, a woman of seventyone and her great grand-child of two. Evidence as to the value of Inoculation is Inconclusive, but evidence Is overwhelming that nearly every case of death among a European population in the infected areas of North Manchuria of not less man ou.vuv. Astonishing indifference was manifested in the face of danger. Dr. Mesny, a brilliant French doctor who - died, was examining, unmasked tne chest sounds of a patient with his naked oar when the patient coughed Into his face and thus gave him his death. Dr. Michel, the Russian doc- j tor. whose death shocked the com- j munity, believing himself immume, showed a reckless disregard of precautions. "When Pere Metillet was struck down in Hulanfu, a large Chinese town, his fellow misisonary from a neighboring district, Pere Pelpal.1 came to nurse him. They had been friends from boyhood. Pere Delpal kissed his dying comrade on the lips, was infected and died in three days. In the chief plague hospital, l.fion plague patients were admitted and l.fiOO died. An aged Chinese quack of the old school, named Ku. assisted by one dresser, was in charge of the hospital. They careu ior the dy1 ? ?the removal of IHg, DU^liuiivuuv*. - - . the dead, Incurred appalling risks, took no precaution and yet ?njo>ed complete immunity. Both were opium smokers. BOLI) ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY. Daring Burglars Blow Off Safe Door In Private Bank. Burglars Mew the door off the safe in an attempt to rob the private u..nk of the Moses Brothers at Dalton, N. Y., on Wednesday night. The explosion started the burglar's alarm stationed in the residence of Lester Young, near the bank building. He and Evereet Isemen responded to tin alarm, but both were covered with revolvers, held by the robbers an l forced to retreat. The continued ringing of the alarm aroused neighbors. who hastened to the scene. Seeing the crowd assemble, the bur" ' - ? -(n the. darkness giars nasieneu awa.i m Only the outer door of the safe waf blown off. and nothing was stolen from the bank. Fought off Piraits. According to parseneers who were rescued from the Pacific Mail steam; 6hip Asia, after the vessel was wreck ed on Finger Rock Sunday, says t dispatch from Shanghai. China, the officers had to use their revolvers t( keep a fleet of Chinese pirate craft a* bay while the passengers were beinj transferred. Directly tho Asia wsi abandoned the pirates looted her. Ti is estimated that the total loss oi ship and cargo amounts to nearlj $1,500,000. They Came High. The first shipment of this season'i peaches was received in Atlanta oi Saturday by the A. Fugazzi Produe company, which disposed of then promptly at between $5.50 and |i per crate. The shipment consisted o 84 crates and the price thej broagl iSfindicative of a high price for th< fruit this season. /' ' '** Th IN 1891. GIVEN A BOOST , SOUTHERN RAILWAY ISSUES AN ^ ATTRACTIVE BOOKLET. i * Cliaracter of the Soils to Be Fonnd in This State and Other Interesting Information Given. OOUIU taruiIUd IB SMCU a uwm ^ in a handsome booklet issued by the Southern Railway company, descriptive of the advantages of this State from an agricultural standpoint and the opportunities here that await the industrial investor and business man. The State will be widely advertised by the publication of this booklet as it will be given a large distribution throughout the North and West t among just the class of thrifty farm- e era who are most desired as set- I tiers. t The land and lndustr'al depart- t ment of the Southern is getting out * a series of such booklets dealing ? with the different State covered by ii the Southern and affiliated lines. The t South Carolina booklet is well got- c ten up and fully illustrated. Its c pages contain a large quantity of in- 1 teresting information which cannot fail to attract the attention of the t farmer seeking a location In a favor- ? ed climate where excellent lands can s be bought cheaply and farm work t can be carried on from January to ( December. 1 Detailed information is given as to the character of soils to be found t in South Carolina, the sections of c the State best adapted to dlfTereni c crops, and the large yields which 1 have rewarded Intelligent effort. At- c tention is called to the great Increase 1 in corn production and the position c of the State as a producer of cotton, tobacco, rice and smail grains is set forth. The success that haB been won by fruit growers, truck farmers, and 6tockmen Is shown as Indicating the opportunities that South Carolina offers to those wishing to engage in these industriee. As this booklet was Issued with the purpose of attracting to South Carolina desirable settles from outside the South, it will not be circulated in the South, but will be placed where It ie thought the greatest Southern Railway company desires good can be accomplished. The and appreciated the cooperation of the people of the South in its work for the upbuilding of the section and will be glad to mall a copy of this booklet to any person living In the North or West whose name and address Is furnished to M. V. Richards, land industrial agent. Southern Railway, Washington, D. C. ROBBKI) WHIIiE ASLEEP. The Thieves Secured Tweutj-three Well Filled Wallets. Twenty-three purses containing in the aggregate $2,100 were stolen, from a party of prospectors while I they slept at a ranch hotel near San Antonio, Texas, early Sunday, according to A. G. Segar, who came to San Antonio Wednesday to report the rohbprv. The Darty came from Illin- j ois, Wisconsin and the northwest. ? The Intruder made the rounds of * the rooms, removing the wallets from 1 under the pillows, where they had been carefuly tucked away the night * before, without disturbing the sleep- ' ing men until he entered the room * occup'ed by C. M. Metzger, of Chic- * ago. Metzger was awakened and e gave chase but the robber escaped 1 and up to a late hour Thursday night 1 had not been captured. ' A. F. Johnson, of Chicago, lost 1 ( the largest ndividual amount. $700. 1 J. M. Phillips, another Chicago man, ' reported the loss of $105. < 1)11) NOT MOl'RN I.ONG. > At'anta Man Weds Girl Few Weeks After Wife Died. With one wife only six weeks in her grave, Dr. Thos. H. Cox, a well known practising physician of Tue: ton county, Ga., who is between 50 i and 60 years of age, has just been married by a justice of the peace to ' '* 4 - -? ' onvont^pn .Miss ISlDeri, a |iicu; year-old country girl, the daughter of a neighboring family. The ronian tic wedding was a surprise to the' I friends of both contracting parties. J It was performed at the Fulton county court house, immediately after the license had been procured, by ! Justice Edgar H. Orr, whose offices j are in the basement of that building. [ j Dr. Cox and his bride will continue ; to reside here. ? Was Dynamite Cap. Ralnh Johnston, of Atlanta, whose age if* eleven, and whose mind is of the inquiring, scientific type, found a little shiny copper tin whistle Wed-1 nesday mornin?, lying n the road. He blew- on it for a whistle, pressing ., it perpendictuarly, as all boys know , how beneath his under lip. Then he took a hammer and tried to break it open at the bottom. It tore otf two of his fingers, for the whistit , was a dynamite cap. Took a Long Walk. , Levey Jones has returned to Co? lumbia after a walking trip of 2,000 > miles to Oklahoma City, Okla., and t return. He left Columbia last Octo; ber and has been walking since that ? date. He says that he will write a t book about his trip. He has a book f signed by over 200 postmasters and r mayers of the different towns and cities he visited on the way. He says that he spent $60 on the trip. s Collar Too Tight, i At New York Rose Dogeran, a e cook, lay down for a nap on a sofa a . In the home of a former employer 5 j Thursday night and was strangled f i to death by a tight collar. Her fortlmer mistress found the lifeless bady ( With the collar drown Into the skin of the neck. E F( fot WILL HANG FIRE ft ftt Legislature May Hire ta Settle the State Dispeisary Matter THE OEY WAY OUT Jovernor Blease Says Xot, and Takes the Position That the Commis! sion Can Investigate the Old One, Himself and Felder.?Xew Commission to Meet Soon. The Columbia correspondent of he Augusta Chronicle saye the genial impression is that the Felderllease dispensary controversy will >e left for the next general assembly 0 decide and that the entire matter trill be cleared up by the passage of 1 resolution providing for an investigation of the charges preferred >y the governor against T. B. Feller, and the members of the old lispensary commission; Gov. Blease limself and others. That in the opinion of many is he only solution to a very complex iltuatlon that has been brought ibout by counter charges on he part of the governor of South Carolina, and the Atlanta attorney, P. B. Felder. The Governor takes the position hat he will use the new dispensary wmmission to investigate the old lommisslon and himself. Under the aw providing for the dispensary lommlssion no such Investigation be leld. The governor vetoed the res>lution of the last general assembly vhich provided for an investigating :ommittee on tho grounds that his snemies were members of that part >f the committee named by C. A. Jro-liV* Ko nrnol/lpnt f\t tha RAnatP le brought charges against well mown and honest business men of he state and then denied them the Ight of an impartial Investigation. When the governor named the lew commission, one member which 8 hie former law partner, F. H. lominick, he said that he had turn>d over his special message to the general assembly in which the charts against the old commission were ontained with instructions to make i thorough investigation. This move s considered by many as the first teps toward the preparation of a post >f "white wash." The members of he o'd commission will insist on an nvestigation and will very probably setition the general assembly to iass a special measure, over the governor's veto, for this power would no doubt be applied to any measure 5f such nature by the chief executive. The new commission will meet n Columbia in the near future when ..Ill JO IDC KinQ UI WUTR Win UC icouiucu, j :he nature of which has not been itated. B. F. Kelly, of Blshopville, :he secretary of the body Is In Coljrabja, ho says doing "clerical vork." When asked as to the next neeting of the commission he said hat It would be held soon. When isked If another Felder letter had >een received he replied "I have not j ecelved a letter from Mr. Felder." Several days a so T. B. Felder adIresed a letter to the commission n which he discussed the contract )> the State of South Carolina with ! lis firm at length. In this letter he itated that he had certain informaion with reference to the Richland Mstilling case and pointed out the 'act that by the cancelation of the ontract that a larze sum of money lad been lost to the state of South Carolina which would have been recovered had the case been left with Anderson. Felder. Rountree & Wilson. Now the new commission has asked Mr. Felder to divulge this information at a meeting to be hole soon. Those familiar with the proposition point to the fact that just this information was the kind that T. B. Felder was receiving pay for. It is just the kind of information that he used in the recovery of over $400,000 for the state of South Carnlinn The new commission has let little be known of what it has done or what it intends to do and to discuss the work of the commission is move speculation. This definite statemeat. however, was made that the commission had not engaged a new firm of attorneys io take the place of Anderson. Felder, Roundtree & Wilson, of Atlanta. The commission still has under consideration the question of returning about $21,000 to the Carolina Glass company of Columbia. The commission will also decide as to re-opening the glass company's case which has already been decided by the old commission. New Paper for Marion. T?t-- \Tn rinn fount V r\T p lilt" Ui .uunvu ? .. . (o have a new newspaper and the publisher thereof will be Dr. W. S. Stokes, who has been giving the Lake City folks such a good paper during the past year. The"? has been several attempts to put ? sec ond paper afloat in Marion during the last few years, but each attempt has failed, yet the new promoters of their paper are not at all discouraged and they expect to make good. Ship Catches Fire. A dispatch from Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadaloupe. says while the French steamer Marconi was loading rum and sugar at the docks, fire b"oke out in the cargo and before ti could be put out caused an explosion ;?*> on,; the barrels of rum which killed on fireman. The monetary loss s considerable. "Weeds Kill a Child. Alexander Sarnf, three years of age, is dead and eight other children of Kittoning, Pa., are in a serious condition from eating poisonous weeds, which they thought were dan| delions. 3RT IT MILL, S. C., Til SPAIN AFTER MEXICO 1 KILLING OF SPANIARDS CAUSE OF FORMAL PROTEST. Assassinated by Rebel Rand Recause They Refused to Contribute to the Revolutionary Movement. Spain, through her minister to Mexico, Bernardo Cologan, Wednesday made formal protest to the foreign office against the assassination of bIx subjects of King Alfonso in Puebla last Monday. Mexico now finds herself in diplomatic contro1 ? V? ?/va gc thp I versanti} witu iuicv u(u.v..U| *.? v? result of Incidents growing out of the revolution. It 16 not believed, however, that the differences with Spain and Great Britain will prove any more serious than a formal exchange of notes. Minister Cologan demands the punishment of the slayers of the Spaniards In Puebla. Minister De La Barra has expressed his deep regret that such an incident should have oocurred, especially as the victims were In no way implicated in the revolution. Six Spaniards were shot and billed Monday at the hacienda Ateuc'ngo, in the State of Puebla, by a small band of rebels, following their refusal to contribute 5,000 pesos to tho insurgent cause. On account of a former loss of horses and money, from this hacienda, Angel Diaz Rubian, a Spaniard, announced his intention of demanding an indemnity. The band of rebels on Monday entered a house where nine employees were assembled. The rebels demanded money and were refused. They then attacked the Spandiards with machetes and drove them from the house, crying out: "Run, for we are going to shoot vou." As they ran, six of the Spaniards dropped with bullets in their bodies. The reason assigned by the rebels for the onslaught Is that a Spaniard gave Information of their whereabouts to the authorities, who had been hard pressing them. The news of the shooting was received Wednesday morning and the Spanish minister immediately called at the foreign office. The Government is not ready to announce the names of the men who will represent the Government in the peace conference and no statement has been made as to where the ing will be held. It was announced Wednesday that the armistice would be.extended tut five days and Minister De La Harra expressed hope that no further extension would be necessary, since in his belief, an arrangement will be reached within that time. WEASELS KILLING RATS. "Uncle" Eli Wall Says He Has Discovered the "Pled Piper." Eli Wall, of Mountain View, was In Columbia the other day, and as usual had a good story to tell. This time it was about a pair of weasels. "Uncle" Ell says that a pair of weasels have made their home in his barn and are doing the "Pied riper of Hemelin" act in ridding the place of rats. "Uncle" Eli says he tried every kind of rat trap under th? sun to exterminate the pests when along came the weasels and began destroying them. As soon as they have destroyed all save one pair of rats he is going to kill them, as he is an aid that when they exhaust the almost unlimited store of rodents they will begin on his chickens and leav ? him in a hole when the preacher comes to dine. LOST SLANDER SLIT. | ^ Catholic Priest Made to Pay for What He Said. A New Haven, Conn., dispatch savs Father Carroll, rector of the i Wallingford Catholic church, must day damages of $4,000 to William Hassett, a member of the Wallingford school committee as a result ol a suit for slander brought by the latter. The action was the outgrowth of a sermon preached by Fathei > *1? Li Carroll in wnicn ne saia me puum srhool house was "so unsanitary thai any self-respecting American pi* would commit suicide before spend ing an hour in that sty." Fathei Carroll admitted preaching such i sermon, saying he believed the al legations to be true. The case wii be appealed. NORTH AND SOUTH JOINED. Senator Tillman's Daughter Marrie a New Jersey Man. A Trenton, S. C., dispatch say ! many guests from out of town at tended the wedding there Wednesda of Miss Lona Tillman, daughter o I I'nlted States Senator and Mrs. Ben jamin R. Tillman, and Charles Sum ner Moore, a prominent lawyer o Atlantic City, X. .T. The ceremon was performed in the Church of on Savior. Miss Sallie May Tillman youngest sister of the bride was th maid of honor, and the wife of he brother, Mrs. Henry Cumming Till man of Greenwood was a matorn c honor. Mr. Arthur Pringle Hume c Philadelphia acted as best man an the groomsmen were Henry Wis Hughes of Trenton. Errington Burr : ley Hume of Charleston, Erving Fer no Chapin of San Christobol, Cub< and Nelson Burr Gaskill, of Trentoi Burned to Death. At Philadelphia two men wer ! burned to death in a fire, destroyin i Chas. Dewe's building. The victim i were Andrew jHarrigan. aeed 55 i and James Johnson, aged 40. The were lodgers, and asleep on the uj j per floors. Mtti, URSDAY, MAY 4, SLAIN BY REBELS LIEUTENANT AND TWENTYEIGHT SOLDIERS KILLED. Refusing to Surrender, Mexican Boy Officer and Handful of Men .Ire Slaughtered. Refusing to surrender or to leave the train on which he and his command of thirty soldiers were being carried to the (City of Mexico, a second lieutenant, little more than a boy, yet engaged in a battle with a force of four hundred rebels at jCajones, Glllerro. At tne conclusion of the brief encounter the leutenant! and twenty-eight of the soldiers were dead and the remaning two were i made prisoners. One of the lieutenant's arms was shot away. The rebels were under command of Prudencio Flguro. Learning that troopj were being carried on the Cuernavoca division of the National railway, the rebel leader marched to Cajones, some distance from Cuerna-, ; vaca. A'hen the train stopped he sent forward a messenger to demand the surrender of the troops and request, i if they would not surrender, to abandon the train in order that the lives of the passengers be not en-, dangered. Fresh from Asplrantes, a military training school, the boy'sh officer sent back word that he had hie orders to continue on train. Little time was lost in beginning the fight. The rebels poured down the embankment on either side of the train and the shooting was begun by both ! sides. Passengers who had been implorj ing the young officer to yield were In a panic. The cries of women and ; 'children were heard In the rattle of the rifles and the shots from the rebels raked the sides of the train. Many j bullets entered the coaches occupied by passengers. Only one, however, did any damage. That one killed Luis Bustamente, a civil engineer, on his way bo the capital to be married. With the blood of their companions running from the doorways of the little second class coach, the men coolly fired into the ranks of their 11 A tr a ramolnoH ! ' ciHScll 121111.0 1111 111 UUiJ i.wu t cuiuiuuu. | ROBBED AX OLD FARMER. Two Atlanta Plugs Put "Knock Out" Drops In His Whiskey. Charles Johns and Charles Stewart of Atlanta, both white men of rather unsavory reputations, are about to pay the penalty for drugging and robbing a farmer named S. A. Kent, from the neghborhood of Columbus, whom they got into their toils a few weeks ago when he came to Atlanta on business. Kent came to Atlanta with about $400 in a roll on his person. Johns and Stewart found it out and made friends with the farmer. Under color of hospitality they lured him to the home of Johns where they plied :him with whiskey, put some knockout drops In one of the glasses, rendered the old man helpless and took his money. It seems, however, that while the whiskey and the dope prevented the old man from making any outcry he was able to hear all that went on. He appeared in court and told how the two men first took the whole $100 and how then Johns said, "Oh, H?1. we can't take all he's got. It would bo a shame." So the two thieves magnanimously gave back, put into the old man's pocket, half of what thcv had stolen from him. SWS THERE IS NO DANCER. Of a War Between the I nitod States t lio Japanese. ".Japan and the United States are friends and will continue to be friends, the Homer Leas and sympathizers, to the contrary notwithstanding," declared Representative ' Sulzer, chairman of the house com1 ; mittee on foreign relations, responding to the toast "peace, friendship j and good will between Japan and ' the United States at the banquet of 1 the American-Asiatic association at New York Tuesday night. In the interest of peace and of 1 prosress and of civilization he said. ' Japan and the United States must ' ever be friends and war between these two countries is preposperous l,and unthinkable." Those who make the wish father to the thought are not in sympathy with the spirit of the times. "Japan wants peace to work out her domestic problems and to achieve her greater destiny in the orient," he ? said. "The United State abhors war with "* * 1 *?nar.nneihllif lot jail Hie liurrxiin ami s that war entails and we also have domestic problems of our own tc v work out for the general welfare ol r the American people." Representative Sulzer said he be lieved he voiced the sentiments oi f the patriotic people of the Unitec v States when he declared that Ameri l ean sympathizers with Japan in th< ( great work that wonderful country * j is doing in the orient for progresi r and civilization. ^ Claims a Billion Dollars, if' A biiilcn dollars is the modes d sum that Elbert R. Robinson, i e Chicago negro, seeks to collect li i- the United States Court of c'.aime i- The government is made defendan ), in a suit he has brought because o i, alleged infringements on patents o an electrical signal system he al leges were granted to him. g Killed Herself and Child. is At Grand Rapids, suffering froi : the delusion that some one was ai y tempting to steal her son. Mrs. Catt j-jerine Lutz. aged 37, killed herse and her child, Elma, aged Ave. J Tbv ? 1911. MAY BEAT THEM Their Vote on the Lorimtr Case Causing Same Senators Trouble. WITH THE HOME PEOPLE Questions Being Asked Since Further the Startling Revelations In Investigation by the Illinois Legislature, Subsequent to "Whitewashing" Lorimer in the Senate. Will or will not the United States Senate reopen the Lorimer case, which It thought it had settled at the last session by admitting "the blind boss" on tho interesting theory that even If bribery was proved it was not established that Lorimer was aware of the bribery or had any part in It? asked the Washington correspondent of The News and Courier. He goes on to say: The fate of more than Lorimer depends upon this question. The matter of Lorimer has become not only a national issue, but in several cases outside of Illinois a State issue of vital Importance. A quantity of damaging evidence has been adduced since the Senate "whitewashed" Lorimer, and If this evictaice shall seem to the general public to clinch the proposition that Lorlmer's seat was bought, It will go hard with some of the Senators If they adhere to their former attitude and resist reopening the subject of their Illinois collegue's eligibility or again vote in his favor on the reconsideration. Most conspiclous among the other Opnato whose political future is envolved in the Lorimer matter is the brilliant and Impetuous Mr. Bailey, of Texas. Senator Bailey has made the statement that if the evidence appears to warrant reopening the Lorimer case, he will not oppose such action, and that If, on examlna tlon, the evidence appears to prove that the seat was purchased, he (Mr. Bailey) will vote to unseat. But It Is the history of Senator Bailey's career that he Is unalterably tenacious of an opinion once formed, and that he rarely, If ever, "takes the back track." It Is said that In Texas his course in defending Lorimer damaged him more than anything in his record up to that time. The people of Texas acknowledge Mr. Bailey's great ability and most of them have been proud of the stand he has taken among the intellectual giants of the country; but there is no doubt that thpy are in a mood to .weigh him finally in the balance with regard to | this Lorimer business. Representative Randell, of Texas, is a candidate for the seat now occupied by Mr. Railey in the Senate. It will be decided by the Democrats of the Lone Star State this summer whether the brilliant "Joe" 6hall remain in the Senate or return to private life?in which, by the way, h? | could make much more than tht large sum of money he already makei in the practice of his profession, th< law. In intellectual calibre Randel I nowhere approaches Bailey. It hai i been one of the striking facts in th< latter's political life that he has rare ly encoutered an opponent who cam< , anywhere near being his equal ii the gift of approaching and impress ! ing the public, Mr. Bryan tried a little catch-as catch-can with Bailey by going int< Texas and making speeches agains his renomination the last time, at i time when the Texan was in desper at<> political stra'ts. But even the el oquenre of the Nebraskan failed t< turn the tide. It is predicted bv those who knov the situation in Texas that there 1: no chance for Mr. Randell to ge Mr. Bailey's seat unless the Senator with the headstrong tendency whlcl has always characterized him, shoult a?ain become tangled up in the Lor imer affair on the wrong side. Ii that event it is prol>able that nothlni could save the junior Senator fron the violent disgust of Texas publi sentiment. The friends of Mr. Bail ey assert that his attitude on the tar iff does not hurt him In his owi State: that he has stood against th free-raw-materla! tide before witl success and can do it again. Ru another Larimer performance woul probably be his last. The America! 1 public has made up its mind abou the Lorimer case, and is of the sam opinion more and more as the day Ko by. Senator Paynter. of Kentucky, i another Southern Democrat Senato who is encountering the Anti-Lor mer public sentiment. Mr. Pavnte is opposed for renomination by Rej onio Tamps the eiar rejc iiidu >c uiuu , ___ leader of the uncompromising schof of Democrats in the House, and M James is using with great effet . against the Senator the latter's vot for Lorimer, whose record as an a< voeate of the force bill when he w; ^ a Representative and as an avowe j follower of ?Mr. Aldrich in the Senal is being recalled forcibly to the men s ory of Kentucky Democrats in evei " speech Mr. James makes in his can ^ paign for the Senate. The other Southern Senators wt voted for Lorimer are: Messrs Banl head and Johnston, of Alabam. Thornton and Foster, of Louisiam * Fletcher, of Florida; Tillman, < *.South Carolina; Simmons, of N'orl 3 Carolina, and Scott and Watson. < L West Virginia. Both Delaware Sei * ators also voted for Lorimer. The: f will probably be some interests 11 changes if the matter is reopened. Took Fatal Jump. At San Jose. Cal.. Pat Teellng, trusted inmate of the state hospit n for the Insane at Agnew, adopted t- novel means of killing himself Tuc i- day. He climbed to the top of If 65-foot smokestack and Jump< down inside the stack. IKS. 81 SEEKING DAMAGES [important suit to knights op pythias in the state. Policy Holders Claim That an Un^ Tnrreo.se of Dues by Supreme Lodge Has Been >Iade. A test suit of State-wide importance against the insurance department of the supreme lodge Knights of Pythias has been filed in the Richland county court, says the Columbia State. The suit has been filed to test the right of the order to raise the rates on insurance of the fourth class of policyholders. This action follows a long fight on the part of several hundred policyholders in South Carolina, who claim that a prohibitive rate has been placed upon them by the Knights of Pythias. Two suits have been filed Involving the same Issue. The cases were brought on April fifth by Edward McC. Clarkson and S. L. Miller, of Columbia, against the supreme lodge Knights of Pythias. The complaint of Edward McC. Clarkson alleges that on January 5, 1 885, he filed with the Knights of Pythias in Columbia an application for Insurance, and, upon the acceptance of the application, entered upon a contract for insurance whereby it was agreed that Mr. Clarkson should pay a certain membership fee. The fee is not stated in the complaint, it being about $5 per month. The amount of insurance specified was 53,000, to be paid to the beneficiary upon proof of death. "That since the said date above mentioned," the complaint continues. "this plaintiff has faithfully performed the duties placed upon him by the said contract of Insurance, paying all monthly dues and assessments as stlpuated up to and Including the month of December, 1910. "That beginning with the first nf January. 19^1. the defend ant above named Increased the monthly dues above mentioned to a prohibitive amount. That said Increase being so prohibitive and unreasonable as to amount to a violation of the above mentioned contract with the plaintiff and was Instituted by the defendant as a result of fraud and mismanagement on the part of the defendant and its agents and servants. "That on the tenth day of January, 1911, this plaintiff tendered his regular monthly dues, $3.50 In legal tender, to the defendant, thtought its agents and servants, which legal tender was then and there refused and declined and this defendant's contract of Insurance was duly declared forfeited. "That by this action on the part of defendant, the contract of in1 surance as above mentioned was broken and this defendant deprived ' of his rights thereunder and that by " resaon of the said breach of said contract, the plaintiff herein hae ! been damaged In the sum of $2,200, ' the said amount being that paid in ; by this plaint iff In monthly duef ' during the existence of said con3 tract above mentioned and interest I I LICi CWU. It is further alleged that althougl - Mr. Clarkson has made demand up 1 on the agents of the company to re "{turn the amount paid in as prem j iums that his requests have been Ig " jiored. Judgment in the sum o 3 $2,200 is asked by Mr. Clarksoi t against the supreme lodge. 1 BOAT SINKS, FOUR DROWN". 0 Florida Storm Sends Vessel and Car go to Bottom. 8 t Loaded to capacity with a fivt thousand barrel cargo of nava 1 stores, the river steamer Helle, frorr i Vernon, Fla., to Pensacola, Bank ir . a severe fifty mile gale late Thurs t day, in the Chotaw River and foui g lives were lost. d 1 Capt. Fred Burliston, of Pensa c cola; Engineer M. Belle, of Ver . non, and two children, names un .. known, were drowned with the sink n ing steamer. All of the bodies wen e recovered. Several members of th< h crew and two passengers barely es t caped the fate of the unfortunat< fj four. n The vessel and her cargo wll l probably be a total loss. The Belli e was one of the largest steamers ii 8 the local river traffic and was val ued at $18,000. She was built a s Vernon in 1903, and had a gros ,r tonnage of 74. This is the onl j. Nrjident of any consequence tha ,r has been reported as a result of th severe storm which swept the Gul Coast Thursday. >1 r j \ ery Strange Find. ;t The body of an Indian boy wit e two heads, four arms and four lee I- was discovered in a eive near Okmu is gee, Okya., Wednesday by a farme d boy while hunting. The body is neai Le ly five feet tall and the arms reac 3.! below the knees. The flesh on th y bones has dried and apparently thei bac been no decay. [1 1 < ? 10 The Tallest Yet. k- Plans were filed Tuesday for 11 1; construction at Broadway and Par i: Place In New York of the hlehei of building in the world. From tt th curb to the apex of the tow^r of will stand 750 feet and contain 5 n- stories. The Metropolitan tower re 700 feet, 3 inches, and the Siog< ig tower 612 f?et. ? Broke Up Baggy. It has been learned that on la a Sunday afternoon a buggy occupw al by 'Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Beckham ar a two children was struck by an aut >s- mobile from Kershaw near Oakhurs a Mrs. Beckham and one of the chi ed -drer. was badly bruised up. A fro: : wheel of the buggy was also broke ' / n~. .-><2*; I, % .25 PER YEAR. HAD CLOSE CALL A Yooog Boy Locked op in a Car Without Food or Driak Foor Days SAVED IN NICK OF TIME He Whs Senseless When the Door of the Car Was Opened.?Had Eaten Flour Found in a Sack, and His Only Drink Was Rain He Caught Through the Cracks. When freight handlers employed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad In the Communipaw yards at New York unlocked a car loaded with sacks of flour Wednesday evening, an uneonsclous boy fell through the open doors to the ground. The freight handlers carried the boy to the police station and after water had been poured between his clenched teeth, he opened his eyes and began to cry. A doctor said he was suffering from thirst and starvation. For a time the boy's condition was so serious that It was feared he would die. His mouth and throat were filled with dry Hour, and his tongue was swollen. The boy revived almost immediately after water was given him, and begged and pleaded for more, but under orders from a doctor only a small quantity / 1 was given him at a time. As his strength began returning the boy begged for food, declaring be was starving. After more than an hour be was strong enough to tell his story. "I have no Idea how long I was old," he began, "and 1 live at No. 2634 East Forty-seventh street, Cleveland, Ohio. I was employed by the Henkel Flour Company In Cleveland, and last Thursday I was sent to a car to check off the num'^r of . flour bags that were to be shipped. I was checking off the bags with the door open, when suddenly a brakeman came along and shut the door and locked It. "I pounded and screamed to be let*- out, but the man did not eoro?~-~>s..-g back. I felt the car motfflf and screamed until I lost all power to *" make a noise, and then I pounded on the door. "I have no jdea bow long I was ! In the car. I got so hungry I was weak. I broke Into a sack of flour and took great mouthfuls of It. Then I got thirsty and the more flour I ate the more thirsty I got.' "It began to rain. I could hear the water falling off the car, and I took my handkerchief -and stuck It through a crack In the door. When the handkerchief got wet I would drag it back and moisten my lipe. As long as It rained I kept my handkerchief out of the crack. "To get my handkerchief back through the crack in the door always aqueened most of the water PfRM , from It, but I managed to get a few drops. I did this all the tlqie It , ^ | was ralnlng^ou Friday, Friday night ^ , and Saturday, but the fjour made , me thirstier, and I was so hungry I I had to eat something. When the rain stopped I found my mouth and , throat so parched that I couldn't . speak, much less cry out. I was sim. ply choking to death. "Whenever the train stopped L - * 11? Jinm?. . | would noa.L at tiic uuui, #? <* . _ f how my car always was far away ! from the station or where there was a swjtchman or brakeraan. "I could see through the crack In the door when we got to stations. At Raltlmore I managed to attract the attention of a man and he stopped at my car. I tried to speak to him but couldn't. I was so thirsty, and he passed on, thinking some cat' tie were in the car. I "I don't remember much after i 'hat. I just lay down on the flour i sacks and got ready to die. I can't i remember anything more until I got r here." The sreJ etyCyiuoreme$ntpg .bee The Jersey City police got into - communication with Cleveland, and - learned that young Golden had been - reported as missing from home. An e examination of the flour sacks show? ed that one of them had been broken - open. ? Tho boy was taken to the Oakland avenue police station for the night. 1 Doctors who examined him said he e would recover, but that had he stayi;ed in the car another day he would - have died from thirst. When he is t strong enough he will be sent home. 6 ? y HIS MONEY DOES TALKING. ^ * I ? Russian Immigrant Lets His Coin Answer All Questions. Frederick Schneider, who arrived . ! Wednesday from Rnssia with a wife and 14 or 15 of his living children, .8 could not answer in English wheu asked If he had money enough to r provide for his army of Schne'ders, ^ but he replied In "American" with an eloquence that staggered the 1m[e migration officials. e j From the depths of various pocketa he brought forth rolis of bills, one after another, and tossed them J upon the desk at Ellis Island while ie, officials and immigrants pressed k around to hear the money talk. In st all he produced $2 3,500. ie 1 Through an interpreter Schneider explained that his fortune came from 5 the sale of a big farm near Odessa, is and that he was on hia way to Glenn 5r Ullen, N. D., whither his eldest son, Christian, had proceeded him. Ftgbt Boll Weevil, at An appropriation of $200,000 for *d tho purpose of flgtlng the ravages of id tl cotton bo.I weevil is provided o- for it, i bill Introduced Monday by >t. Represent..**ve Tribble, of Georgia, il- Thr Secretary of Agriculture is aunt tb?<rtzed by the bill to direct the n. work. , I." '