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THE ?AMDEN eHRONISLE. VOLUME XVI. CAMDKN. S. v.. KlUDAY, .lAM'AKY 2 ?. Illo:,. NO. 2. FIRE IN JERSEY l? Wild Excitomo.iv at Blaz-3 in Railway j reform ^tor i | GUAKDS QUELL THE STAMPEDE, j4*'- ? ... t 1/ utWiBtiom rrlaonor* Citn lcil Out Wltilo Afl l'lucf I IJmler ll?nvlly ?Xirme<t nimi'ili In I'ourlyurd? I'onlliK* Stinted In I'hIiiI > hop ?City Klifc iK-partmeut CnJU-i'. f ? linkway, N. J.--Th? wlldc-st ex< ite inent attended n lire in the New Jer R?y ?St*t$ llefort.;:\tory her? l?arly in lb* nioininir, wlivu thirty prisoner*, lockf'd iii the!;- etAls, we:\? overcome by tsmoko And had to 1st4 carried 16 tiio outei' nlr, wli i I ?? tlio re*r cT iho inmates, <ou the vorge r?{ a stampede, wore marched out of danger between heiiY 3l)\ armed guards. The lire started in a wei'.-tilled paint Bh'op, and was weii nuder way when ?it wns discovered l>v a iruttrd. lie sent in an alarm, promptly abus ing the Warden and Hit? entire fo.-ee of guards. "While they were making ready to light the blaze with tho prison apparatus, dense and slck<-ulng simdcc spread throughout thy reformatory, ferenetrattnfc to the cells <?n every tier. vVho institution was overcrowded* The noise aroused the prisoners. When , through the smoke they became aware of what had happened they were soixed with fear and began hammering at their cell doors. "Do you want to roast us, like van':'' Rome of them yelled. Sonv* were p.-n.v i tiitr *;n u>*> *VCl'e s!?g!ug l> \ ? >> were Shouting for a priest, While ?>t li - ?ors again were cursing, and shouted <hot they would brrnk dowiv the doors that held them Imprisoned. Whew it was found that the lire was 'spreading, despite the efforts of the guards, the cell doors werj at last un locked, and the prisoners inarched out ?into the Reformatory yr.rd Under a heavy guard of keepers, armed with ^rifles. It was then found that thirty \of the inmates had been overcome by the smoke that iiad poured through the corridors."' t in their unconscious condition they wera eaVrled from the l)ulidlng 1% their keepers. They were resuscitated' by Prison Physician Hough and outside practitioners who Jhad arrived in response to hurry calls. It is said that the lire apparatus in ^the prison was defective, and that the 'hose was rotten and burst. Whether this Is true or not, it is certain that it was oiily^the prompt arrival of tlin towiji tire depaftftrcnt that saved the pru^m from destruction. The origin of ilie lire was a mystery, nlthough there seemed t> bo a dispo sition to attribute it to spontaneous combustion. Tlio dnniage was S 10,000. Besides this, the Bertlllion records, Icept In the annex building, were ren dered worthless by being soaked with ivater. The tire hardly got beyond the point shop. ' * I- AUTO MILK IN 37 SECONDS. Bowden, of Boston, Clips Two Seconds % Off. Vondelbllt's" World's ltoc?rd. Daytona, Fin.? II. L. Bowden, of Bos ton, ?'man unolilclal trial against Mine, speeded his ninety-horse power auto mobile a mile over the Daytmia Beach In thlrty-??iven seconds flat. clipping ft full twor^condi* off the world's record made by lvilllam IC VaiuWollt, Jr.> over the same course just a yeaiMigo. Mr. Bowden drove his car, and after 1he trial said he cxpeet?d t'r> make a further reduction hi the itgurefc. 'J'he ibeacli was In splendid condition, and n stroiHi wind was blowing with the cor. ? CREW OF ELEVEN SAVED. Schooncr Cordelia E. Hayes is Wrecked f. Off Cape H altera?. j Norfolk. Va.~ Captain Brown and his crew of ten men, of the t'our-masled schooner Cordelia E. Ilaye?. were ies cued by life F.n vers of Cape Hat (eras. The Hayes was xseen ashon\ on Dia mond Shoals, four^niles southeast of Hattcras, at half past 5 o'clock in the morning, and crews from Creeds Hill mid Cape Hatteras started out hi a rough son ,to the rescue. They had groat difficulty in approaching the ves sel, owing to the high sen and thick . weather. ' INSANE PRINCE DEAD. Question of Succession in I-lpne-Det lii old Is In Dispute. Beriin, Germany. ?Karl Alexander, the reigning Prince of LIppe-DetiuoTd. who was lnsane4 died at Bayrenth. His death renders more acute the squabble which (a rote over the re gency, In which Emperor William In tervened last October, with the dlfffocj ence that now thef light wi\Ji be over ?? the succession ? PresldoiTf'of T-oijg Island Railroad. WlllWin P. Potter was elected Presi dent of\he J.on^Island Railroad Com pany. cgf.ners tijo Coke Market. ? By the purchase of- th*? < Jros aland] pl(int of the Atlas Coke Company of > Plltsburg. Pa., the H. C. Prick Coke Company Is believed to have secured n complete, corner in the coke market. It has .been manifest for some tipie that the underlying concern of the ?leel trm?t was trying to effect a cor ner In th'fr market. ^.Ys a result of the Interest* obt^lolng a dominating 1 ii prices have , sky word. \ . v " ;land to Speak First, of procedure of the North unniifl^w provided tlmt ? ?I)IB side of the itoggtr Bank case. ZkaiTks heard flrat; that all testimony fitt ST iSHS in While, while deMber ~ *tKM* *rm twld la secret. Remit In IUiMia. git thousand wofkinirmen muwk .v - ? |t Baku were te day? forty woaitded Alul ENTIRE FAMILY WIPED OUT W. T. Ma>on, Hi? Wife, Tw) Chil-? dron airl Servant SuftooatrJ, S Ml Of iSevr VorUer Visited fof )'? i'*ly Maruinu C?mtl?iK?'atlon? Ho ?*?r loTlielr l!o:>f I'rovcnteil Ktouiiiii y New York OH. v.? TTnabte trt esonpi r ?*'s ' *1 M'pir rich bo?ii'\ No. 13? West I ;i(it h h ! i'o??t , because (boy had lu'i^loet- | <m1 to comply wiili lire regulations that | <*ii 1 1 for rt ladder trading from t lie lop rtooi' o' (liolr house to (lie roof, (lie | family of William T Mason, u lawyer ami olio o t th? l??-s( known men in Hit rloph Was wiped out ??f existence Party in (lie morning l?y a blaze which broke out hi tbe basement of llu> building. Had such a ladder been In position, (ho firemen said. llto family could have escaped wilhoul much dlftb cully. Mason, 'who was rt son of former T*'0 lice CoinniiXMOiu'r .lo'd \V. Mason, lived with liis family in a handsome foiv-story browns'ono building. Five persons, a'l asleep when (he fire I hiai'ied. w?re awakened by smoke llmt j poured la dense volumes through (lie I house. The falhoi' tiled lo gather 111? | family and lefid them in safely, but | his efforts wore too laic. The pa>i(io:\ of (he bodies when discovered after) the (lanieH liad been put out <<>!d (In* story of the futile attempt. I 'J'ho Mason family consisted of (ho father, (In4 mother, who formerly was Mis* Claire 1 1 1 vrucons ; Kllen. four yearr oid . and Marion, siv i>ii>nlh? old. One HT?aut, too. lost 1'iM' life. Another, a colored maitl. escaped through being 'out lo- tile evening. Site returned while tin? lirem.'n were j'mfliirg "'it ? (he blaze, and Kurprijyd/ the p-di-e, who had reported hep- 'fv.-jd. by appear* ing in 1 lip West i'^Mii stre.cl station. I Fr.inu WiUrtrou. of ! No. loo \\ 'est. 1'tOih street. w.r% on his way 1. tine (hat morning when lie heard < i i<?s coming front the Mason house. At ihe sainf* time be saw smoke N#niug from (lie basement wir.c'ow ami he ran to tjirn in nu alarm. On his way to the I fire box he met Patrolman Maitgan. of ? the Weft 12.1th street slalion, and af ! tei' ringing foj* I In* engines (lie.v re i turned to the house. They could heat* a man shouting for help, and (hey tried to enter the house by Way of tin? , basement. The policeman smashed , the windows with his nighbstick. but a mass of I'll me and smoke prevented | him from mile ring. Next the upstairs door was tried. 'J'ha policeman tried to break down the thick oaken panels, but they resisted his assault*, and ii>* could not get in. Me (hen climbed lo (he window lodge and broke (he prints of glass on the parlor lloor. But'.again h:> was prevented from ' entering by the dense clouds of fcnioke. When lite lire apparatus arrived the firemen tried to enter the house lo res ' cue the inmates, but such headway had ' the (lames made that it was impossi? hie to venture within. Ladders were 1 ralved to the adjoining houses, ami the flemen tried to get Into (he blazing building by way of (lie ro'tf. They lifted the scuttle, tint .".gain (hey were driven hack by the flames. After half nu hour of hard work the flames were subdued sufficiently to permit the lire-^ I iren to enter (lie building, and (ho^ | (bon found the borlies of the victiuw. They fo'und al-o that the lire, Wnu-li had started in the basement, had jhade II way upward wltli remarkable swift ness, destroying the stairs, but not en tering (he rooms on the two upper floors?. ? On enjerii'g one of (ho rear vopius on I the third floor the firemen found (lie bodies of Mason and lfis youngest child. The father was apparently about tr> lift his child f"om the cradle when a gust of smoke overcame him and he fell (o the floor and was sufi'o . caled. Headed by lintiallon Chief Short the firemen made tiiel.* way lo the little room where the ladder to tbe roof-Kcuttla was supposed to be. Tiiey found the door of (lie room open, but the ladder was not (here. Under (he I debris of the room the firemen found (he body of lillie lCIIen. Just outside , the room were the bodies of Mrs. Ma ! son and Nellie Doyle, flic servant. It was apparent that tb.e victims had tried to escape by way of the roof, but the ladder not being where the flr.? reguiallons leqnire It to he. (hey were unable (o g?t out. Escape by way of (he stairs had been cut oft* by tin* flames, and before the family could decide what (o do they were overcome i by the smoke. Kuok I 'or Over ^ f.ooO.OOO. In the Stale District Court, at Hons* j toil, Joxas. .7 oil it II. Kirby, irt' Houston, entered a suit against Pirtrick-Calhoun, | of Atlanta,. (in., doing business in New York City, for stock in the Houston Oil 0>i?piiuy of the value of S-1.1S1VJW. Kirby alleges that- this slotk belongs ! to li i in and that Calhoun is Illegally j withholding it. Garnishments against the receivers of t,jo Houston Oil <'oni pany and the Klrh.v I. umber Company have been served to recover property i Tiefil hy tliem and sums owing to them by Calhoun.. A bond of $425,000 was given to cover the garnishments. The suit involves the operations which ter minated in veoeivertshlps for the two corporations. Congo Natives Rise. Advices received In Vienna from missionaries declared that nil the whites on the upper reaches of the Congo had been murdered iu a rising of natives. Three Killed In Riot. Three tuen are dead and thirty badly wounded from a tight at Cartler. Ont., beiwetn *#n?s of Italian and Finnish : laborers working on a railway. Getters! Passenger Agent Killed. While mskiug an Inspection tour on the Mobile. Jackson and Kansas City Railroad General Passenger Agent I*. ' B. Sullivan was instantly killed near Besnmont. Kiss., by the train being ditched at * washout Deadlock in Delaware. % Democrats and Add i ok* raeti joined forces and succeeded in blocking the possibility of an attempt to get a rot* tbo ; a little Being Dene fcxeebt Introducing New Measures STILI. AFTER TIIP DISPLNSARY The deffiioti 'I hils Par Has lleen Vo'il of Results *io I ?! ns AUu.il i .1 \v. ?nuking Is Concerned. The legislative machinery was not ; quite ready to move with dispatch in ah its parts, the new bills not being in , shape to be acted upon as yet. So the j sessions of both bonnes were short, and ! neither was characterized by interest- j ing op Important incident. The Semuc i adjourned after thy introduction of two i nil In) portent new bills, and will likely j ad.kurn until Monday, h? Mouse was pi session only 'an hoil'r, during which the Governor's mcssago was read, lteprcsentativo Kra ser introduced a resolution to abolish 1 the Saturday sessions of the House, so j us to adjourn on Fridays until Mondays i a ( noon. ? iu oiipoi luiil ?ti;W uili loucuiiiK the j dispensary Is that by keprepentativc t TOoir,. who t>'eekf*T|ry dmehd s^clloil. T (Ihe lJrice act) s<? af< to require tli.> ! Stale board's consent li'eforb more than one dispenser can be appointed in any County. If a fourth cjf the qualified elec- j tors of ?? township in which it is pro- j posed to locate a dispensary petit'on j for it an election shall be hel i and a majo.'ily at Hie ensuing election may reject the dispensary or in like manner vote out dispensaries already est ah- 1 i'shed. With the exception of Henry and Heaufort counties, dispensaries are not to be established in unincorporated luVfiiS CXfi-pl i j y npt-viio uCi iri {ni* ! .?? 5 - islaturc. Counties may remove or es toblish dispensaries by majority elec tion Ol' petition of one*f?;Urth Hie <;"???! fii'd electors, but these elections may b'i held ol\ly o?et? in Mm v^ais. Section 1 provides for ihe appoint ment of the third, member of the county board on the recommendation o\ the mayor at the county seat. The county boards are to approve the or ders, sent inv by the dispensers for liquor. The dispensary law seems to be Hie yUief subject of interest in the Senate. Not content with the other (wo bills that have been introduce;!, Senator Brico has put in still another. This is not an investigating bill, but sel'ks to change the law, and is along the line of t he celebrated "Krice" local option bill introduced by the Senator front York in 1904. It substitutes for the present sec tion 7, the following: '"See. 7. There may be one or more county dispensers Rppoiuted for each county, the place of business of each to be designated by Hie county board of control, hut the Slate board of con trol must give consent before more than one dispenser can be appoint* 1 in any county, and where the county board designates a location for a dis pensary, 20 days' public notice of which shall bo given, it shall be com petent for a majority of the qualified voters of the township in which the dispensary is to be located to prevent its location in such township by sign ing a petition or petitions to ihe county board requesting that no dispdhsary bo established in the township. Any incorporated city or town may s<Srure the establishment of a dispensary or dispensaries within its limits in the following manner: Upon the petition of one-fourth of the qualified voters of such town or city, as shown by the registration books of the same, an election, either upon the question of the establishment or removal of dis pensaries therein being tiled with the intendant or mayor of such town or city, he shaUr order an election submit ting th<^4p?estion of "dispensary' or 'no dispensary1 to tho qualified voters of such town or city, which election shall be conducted as other special elections, by managers appointed l?y the town or city council, and If a ma jority of the ballots cast be fouivj and declared to be for a dispensary, t!i"? a dispensary may be established in said town or city, but if a majority or Hie ballots bo found to be against the dispensary, ihen no dispensary shall be established therein, and any dispensary already established shall be closed. Elections under this sec tion cannot be held oftener than every four years. "No dispensary shall be established in any county, town or ?ity wherein the sale of alcoholic liquors was pro hibited prior to July 1st. 1 KM, oxce.pt as herein permitted. Provided. That' where dispensaries* have been estab-' Ilshed in such county, town or city, the.;/ shall remain established until re moved or closed as permitted in this act. Provided, a dispensary shall not be established in my town or inimicl palitv without a majority vote of such tows or municipality In favor of such establishment.'*' Thursday was again a,, do-nothing day in the South Carolina legislature, each house house adjourning after a brief session, during which t-'ottie new bills were introduced. Speaker of the ? House Smith announced his now. com j mittcos. and this having been rtono in I the Senate and the engrossing depari j inent having gotten well under way, i it t* expwted that both houses will be working smoothly and with dispatch by the first of next week. By an aye and nay vote of 93 to 23 the House adopted Mr. Fraser's res<rifc||on doing away with Saturday sessWffl. In the House a number of new bills were In troduced. These included Josh Ash ley's biil to abolish the immigration department. In the Senate. Senator Incase Intro duced his bill calling for a reduction in railroad fares to 2 1-2 cents a mile froin 3 cents a mile. The committee favorably reported hin resolution call. Jng for a rigorous investigation of the <iiu|M>n*ary, but so fur the result is that nothing definite win result from the Investigation and little attention i*. being given the resolution. T\he reaoluy Uon went over. Skmator BriceS^bjoaia^ to immediate consideration. Senator Raytor'a dispensary bill, fol lowing the lines of Governor Heyward'u ^suggestions with the exception that It gives the appointment of the three members to the Governor, who is also attttterM -to aaajmut ih3?? obM for eaii*r. .< i ; Uw j ; ,l!'" 1 '' !>''? I H .'llll !( >. j a,.f l"? li'.** i *? ' !i I ? >? . 4 jii iuirii,as.?j, ft in lu .in i-, ,'..k0|, from n",, *?v?ni ?" commission ? i n. vv ho is ro>|iiirr- 1 to open |tl(. ?'.I I. itr- submit ted i.t the Sim-. Ttvt.s i.i .t in ?!:<> pi . 11 of 1 1 1 ? ? hoard. 1 he t unite inn lioiif.c committee ap- - I" ? i th<> , ls' to. in. ' Vodigale the feasibility <?f attliAllin V 1 Htfti" I c i' t i I ! f/T faculty has yubmituM , ('? t ho .(feet till'. the locsol.i tioti u!.,!< i- which the ( (tniiiiisKloM was failil) u to |.rr)\ ide i*. . u l.ho . iiinmi.sMoii has fo uim a thoroiij I iuvevtigation impossible. 0,<j. ! ?-1st Sloan, whom the commission , :ii! , I'd to Us aid. estimated the i-ost of a i (borough Investigation ni >12.000 ami ' two years' time. The matter is of j some, general interest in view of iiie | *ad way in which the phosphate in- j ditstty of tho State tins fallen ot in ; the past divado- -dwindling to almost nothing from a gr^a; ami prosperous i undertaking. The (iuhi over the formation .if the I hew county of Calhoun from patt.ss of j !?;?! lit, Abbeville and (iny tiwootf ?oiiiitifs is warming up ;i i ? ; f , 4ll(i in teresi in the forthcoming cetitem is increasing. A determined ?? :'t or i on t'..c part of Kd;',efield will !?.> ma.'.e (,, up tin' new county in f<e j , ?^i h: |msi\> with the |:l|l otv.ujng \]'.o new county. !!'.?' PaSV.MjJJJ ft'.! *.'**??!?? |uirrc.,.|n 1 <!?"!?' j approval of t hp Sialtl board of canvas- j <? i-M fio>?, i ho (|fi(it:iv o| ihc I'kipMield ; ounty noanl, which decided throw 1 ml l he Ivlgetlcld vote on the ground ? that the books of registration were j >pi tied on .Monday instead of Tuesday is required by The Cole. \ special i mooting of i he State hour. I of canvas- I ?sen? to determine the appeal will |,e j held not .Monday :>t no >u i;i the Sec retary of State's Oflicc. Resume cf Wcrk So Far. , So far the South Cjooiiiia l^ni.-la- j ture has done nothiim sime it ( < > > t \ ed list Tiiesdty hii' fil! :i.s hopp.-r | I' if.dn, the giim!:;.;; wnfbOKhj Hi ! eninr.-t this \v'u>k |!.;i thoiiKh no I veto lins^hes-n ! ?ke in ? iihcr hou?c on ! Kt'.y nii'a i;;\' of Itrtpi i ' an- c. the trend "f leusslai !-n am! i:;e oialitv and and yonudneiis of the new law-.i^u ag ho.lv eau lie fawij. ividj ju-Jged hv (lie ualttre cf tho new bills ?-'> far engross ed for paasa;?e. Ideal ptdnieal <on li- J Hens prevailed am uig tin- people when this Legislature win se|e?t...| at last ! suiniiior s prim;; ry ele?tiun. thtro tie- . iug no tl ist I' thing fational tontesfs. [and tho puKiic minrj was in tic.er cu j d i t ? on to niaUc it h select ions from (lie l.ctandpo.'rt of fitness and character ! I than in ten yiars. And lust we?d{'r" | ! vvo,'l{, ::s far as ii we.it. giv -s every ia I dicaiioj! i !)?:( ? J. is i;: tj;0 safest, sanc-i, I j ablest, soundest and iiu :-i coascteti | j th'u.j body <>f lawMt::. U( i thi- Slate ! | has known in tea yea: s. The hills so ! [far Introduce I indicate .i t-rHiem-y ' j towards staUvmaniike. h gi.-dat:on. al j j though, o! . ourse, m ?. ny ?dian,;es will ? have to ho made, in t h o pjHs which i , se<?k needed chnnges a!ot*g linportnnt j j linos. So far thetr- imp heon no ten j dencv towards fivnk legis'ation, and j no violent or radical new measurer- ' I have been introduced in* spoken of I as likely to be Introduced. A feeling 1 j of confidence prevails throughout the i j State in this Legislature, which thero I fore begins its work in the most cus- j plcious circumstances. 1 Fhr> blI?H of ins port ar.ee ro far in trodueed are those looking to impcr* j j tant changes in the dispensary sys ?tern, Moeidng the enactment of com pulsory education law as to contple- j j ment to the child labor law, reaching j out for such changes in the primary system as will prevent bribery au'J i curtail heeling, s.nd searching for a means of purifying tl/o jury system with regard to criminal cases by meth ods that will do away with profes sional jurors and prevent the jury lints? j b Citng "worked on" by. keeping them secret. Important changes aiK nejes sarj' In the county goveramoaf*' law, hut /this matter has been referred to a commission, which wtll report by bill, as is the case with the school law. One of the most important matters Jo be deait with by this Legislature is that tombing tho financial condi tion of (he State, which is running j behind with ,t 11- ating debt of half a j million . which condition must be reni 1 ed'ed, the (Jovcrnor suggcstij, eitliej- by tailing the levy or Increasing and , more nearly equalizing the assess I ments. This piece of business is j awaiting tho comptroller general * re ! po. t, which will come from the press | now in a few days. ; i'erhaps the nioat important dlspen I rn\l7 1)1,1 i3 lhai 1>-V Senator Hayscr. t .V hill, which has already been out ) lined In this correspondence, takes the Purchasing power from the board of I directors, who are given $l,r.00 a year j nstead of ?4t:n and ifouired to meet J y/oek'v instead of monthly, and gives this authority if, the commissioner, | who is to get a salary of 33,000 a j year. -and i.; n jiovcable by tae t.ov i el nor. The comniission is required to open the sealed Idds In the presence of the lion r.| out makes only such purcluihes fron^ the lowest responst J)ie bidders a-; are necessary to fill j bona Ilde orti. vs from county dispen saries. Thor threw members of the county boards of control are to be se lected instead of by tho State board , /?' b" ",H county delegation and the third by the mayor of tho county seat <owi\. This tkiil follows eiosely tho ?tigg('st ions ol (Jovcrnor llc?yward Narrow Essapc From Mob. Kuc'iVWe. Tonn.. Special. ? After j tramping 2? intlcs since Sunday after noon. Sheriff W. J. West, of Scott county., reached Knoxvillo Monday with three negroes whom several mobs v.-fcie anylcufi to lynch at Huntsvllle. j Tenn. On eighteen wiles of th<> trip the sherf.f wan :v . ompa?iIefl by a spccial r'rpny: but hr. hai no trouble with htB i>: iso. to lor they were anxloua enough to got away wth tholr live#*. Save Xheir Money Orders Th^ |>o#?i^au?hovi?jA-*- bnvc dlycrrv' crod that Iho money order system la now being extensively lmed by people who like to hoard tlirir money. Those who formerly used their stockings now purchaao money orders and lay them away. The order lit p*ynhlo within seven years, and unless destroyed or <!efacc l I? (w good ** u govern mcn? bona without tho liUtwv&fll within T" *- ? ? ?? ? - * ~l i ?_? * ? i v Mllll NEWS II) ill Occurrence^ of Interest in V.vicu# Parte of the Statei Gene.il Cotton Market. Middling. tlnlvemon, easy 7.00 N ? ? w Orleans, quiet ?!"> Mobile. easy ti ?' t Savannah, quiet 7.0?> Halt (more, ruh't 7 1 1 New Yoii? . quiet 7 I lioston, qui"l 7 . 1 Charlotte Cotton Market. These bunns lepromin prik-. s paid to wacons; M iddlin^ 1 Tinges ?; to 1 ? Stains r? t * ? f?'V? Hampton Monument Commission. At th? meeting of tin' Hampton Monument commission yesterday reso lutions were passed expressing the m>i row of 'ho members of (ho <otnn'il83lon oil account of the death of Col. C. ir McCall of .Ma:lbo:o, chairman of the ????ilUMiM.-iion. Mr. M. lwr Williamson of Darlington '.van pic v.t and became a n>? Hiii^r of tli*1 *" ?n> m inKion by appoint n.i'iu ot I lie governor. Tin* other mem bers an1: Senator Marshall and Kejv resentat i vos 12. Miiohrdi Seabrook, 15. A. Morgan an 1 Altainont Midi's. Senator Marshall wpr u!e -ted < hainuan ot the c oininisvdon. an honor woithily bestow ed hoi-ause hi' has taken such deep In terest In t !i r> enaction of the law and i.i tln? progress of the wink of the i on. mission. To Urye Organization. Anderson, Special.- At tin; regular monthly meeting of tlu Farmers' IMu cnlional and Cooperative union a reso lution tva'5 unanimously adopted pledging the members of the union to lOduto their cot toil ncfruige Hi is yoai 25 p<?r cent, it was e.eridert also to make the same reduction in the Use of i ommereial fert ilizevs. A committee of five wis appointed to issue an address to the farmers of tho State, urging thorough organization along tho lines of the union in this county. Palmetto Items, The Union and (ilcnn Springs# roil- j toad has completed and opened to the public the bridge made ncce ?sai y by its 26-fool rut on Virgin street, nom ine old Presbyterian eenietary. The bridge is a very substantial structure and is wide onotigh In the middle to allow too vehicles to paun while on each Hide railed off Is a pasagge way for pedestrians, the outai'Jo being lat tice work bo closely bulb that there is no poslblllty for even a small ehilr* tp fall throughg. The town street, force i|as been doing some work to put the* i4PP'oachrs rf the trldgge In better con (Mlion. This will he charged back to the railroad company. Florida Special Derailed. Wilmington, N. C., Special. ? Train j No. 37, known as the New York and Florida Special^ of the Atlantic Coast Line, on Its initial' trip from Now York to St. Augustine, Florida, Inaugurating the tourist season, was wrecked this morning near Ilardeevllle, 3. C.. 32 miles north of Savannah, tho three rear coaches of the train made up of solid Pullmans having been derailed and turned on one side by the track. Five pasengers, the Pullman conduc tor. electrician, four waiters, four cooks, two porters and the train con ductor, McCutchcon, Baggage Master Grist and the colored train porter were slightly hurt, while Flagman Moseley j White, of Salters, S. C.. was perlotisly, but not necessarily fatally,' Injured. Headquarter?, o 1 the system In this djy have have not yet peen able to accurately determine whaft. caused the wreck. The three cars \yhlch left the track were at the rear, the locomotive and three others having passed over Without damage. The Injured were transferred to the Intact section of the train and given necessary medical attendance at Savannah, arriving thero only,,an hour and ten minutes late. The remainder of the passengers went through to their destination. Fall River Unions to Meet. Fall River, Mass., Special ? The mem bers of the different textile unions iu the city will be asked to vote on the question of delegating the power of set tling the strike In the cotton mlllu here to the fifteen numbers of the tex tile council. The rail for this meet ing was issued and is said to be the result of the efforts of Governor Doug lass to settle the strike, which bus been In progress for nearly six months. ' , Stook Growers' Convention. I Jacksonville, Fla., Special. ? The Southern Stock Growers' convention listened to a number of interesting papers during the morning session. Foul* addresttes were delivered at the afternoon session, after which the old officers were re-elected and the con vention adjourned to meet In Tampa, Flu., Feb. 1. Telegraphic Briefs. The American Public Health Asso ciation . in session at Havana, discus sed tuberculosis. 3 Morf? than. 70/KK} German ooal min ers arc on a strike * Vice-Admiral Doubanoff who recefil^ ly conferred with the Czar, said that early ptace between Russia and Japan is likely. "M A statute of l<ord Uussel of KUlowcn formerly Chief Justice of Kngland, was envcilcd in London. King Christian, of Denmark, nomi nated M. J..Christenaen, Mister of Pub lic Instruction, to form o now cabinet. A bill has beeq introduced In <S>n? press authorising th? sale of unas?4 JjsrMjotfL to <w ??* 10 CO V! HOI COTTON CHOP j i H <? Id in Number of South Carolina Counties Columbia, S|?> i-ial - At a meeting i?f tlx* farmers cf Ithhland county Itch! h<~re Saturday, t'ol *i Singleton .v.:s called in i li?^ . haii an<l Mr. (iooiRe M \\ moii was <'!?'< u <l se< rotary. Tin* ? toilowitm rosiilu' ions were adopted . WK re^s, i lu* j ? 1 1< o of cotton has I now itiialu'd a point that it cannot bo I inado without a loss lo the producer; j t Ip'iofoYo, Ik> it resolved : Kli.sl Yt<at wo urge tlio farmerfc to ? ii'ilino tin loitoii acreage at leust Ui> j pci i out atV;l the use or' fertilizer on cotton in lUo'-i.saino proportion, other wise a large vi op' may bo made in 1 "cjf, as there was apparently made in r."M. and such a crop would brinfc ruin and poverty to our people. Second. That we hold the cotton now In our hands for s'uti prices as will ropiuneiiito h:i t oi the labor and enp|l:i| : 1 1 \ ? si I'd ill lUUkillg it. Tiiii'd. V?'e would especially urge up on every lane.?':' u> join in the move ment to orrmrr.e the rnrminir interest oi onb 'hat liie.-' may be <? Ibow touch amun; the i;. cut at my t. i' lue;. eUgttgevl in prodi;< in'ti c<>;o.i. 1m u rth. 1 !>::t i '. <? | v -sidi'iil uf this ian\ i.-i h ant Ivrized and requested t ? a ;> jji.i t. . i . nroHesitaii've farmers i ? e-.oiy :??. i:.>n of iho county to perfect .'.i oi ?:?.nu it J; in< ni; I hem ? ci\ I' i The president 1 r.y.r, ntiihor*/! 1 to appoint deli gal a to li e u :.ventio;i .it .\vw Oi lcan (he I ? ? 1 1 * ? w i ; i w. re "i ? ^<1 Uieha:'d ^!ie,l'jt?(i, I'tam.d II \yeston, 1". II I i ; till ! T. Wil is. V. Itnhcri sou. H Kru.i:r.< r. .\. <!, ff'Iarksoti, In W. W Kay, .! t'. er;; ftiul O I'. (.'hapiH li f f The Florence Farmers. Klorem e, Mpeeial. 'i'ise Florence County Cotton (Slower./ Association war. orRiini/.i .1 here Saturday with .lames It Meitrele us president, and Da'. I?l H. Tia\ior as snrrotary. iVie r.i.tej from ten of the sixteen town ship.-! wero present. The matter of decreasing the acreage <-f the fleecy r-t a pie wasi freely discussed by a num ber of l he moid prominent planters nt iho county. Home favored one plan and some i?not her. Th*- following res olutions were offered ny Mr. Thomas W. Williamson, one of the largest plan ters in the county, and was finally-! adopted ; Ke.solved that all ootton producers be requested to cut down the acreage of cottbu 25 per cent, also the quanti ties of guano:; for 1005. The resolu tion was unanimously adopted.' Upon the motion of Mr. (Jus T. Hoft'meyor, fout delegates to the convention were elected. Danker 5 Join the Farmers. Anderson, Special. ? Tho executive committee of thn State Hankers' As sociation lias appointed Mr. H. F. Mauldin, of this city, president of the association, aa,n delegate to attend the meeting of the Cotton Growers' Association to be (Jield Jn New Or leans on January 25 to 27. Mr. Maul din expressed his Intention of attend ing. He ?ays that the bankers through out tho State are anxious to help the fanners to a better prlco for their cotton and are doing nil they can to that end. He says that a reduction of (ho acreage la the idea that must be impressed upon the farmers if a bet tor prlco is to bo obtained and main tained. Convention at Laurens. Laurens. Special. ? The Laurens County Cotton Protective Association, nn convention assembled, elected Col. J. II. Wharton and Dr. A. C. Fuller delegates to New Orleans. The con vention adopted resolutions agreeing to hold the present crop of cotton, or as mufth as possible, for better prices, and raduce acreage and gunno 25 per cent on tho next crop. It was an en thusiastic meeting and well atended. Reduction in Union. Union, Special. ? The farmers of Union met here Saturday and adopted a resolution that it was the sense of the meeting that oil fanners who last year planted more than tlfteen acres of cotton to the plow should reduce their acreage! 25 per cent. Three delegates were elected to represent the county at the New Orleans conven tion and also tin? State convention if one it to bo held. ft New Enterprise*. The secretary of state Saturday Is sued a commlsslon'to the Colleton Cy press company to be capita I Issod at $15,000. .The headquarters will be at St. Matthews. Corporators: F. n. See-'j Icy, of Columbia. A. S. Sabin and S. N. I Haws,, of SL Matthews " J A commission was issued to tho Farmers' and Merchants' ba.rlk of Lake City, with Slio.OOO capital. J3. W. Jones, H. H. Singletary and others are i the petitioners. I A commission was issued to th* ; Peck Krothcrs company, a general j merclfBTidise concern of Sumptcr, with $13,000 capital. Ex-Postmaster Goes to Prison. Mobile. Ala.. Special.- The United States Court of .\ppcala sitting at.Ncw Oxl can a has confirmed the sentence of ex-Postmaster Charles' A. Plercher, of Choctaw Bluff, Ala, At the last term of tho llnHed States District Court sit ting at Mobile, ri?r< her wait convicted of forgery Jn connection with noncte contractor? for carrying- the Unite! ?<tatm rontlJi and w**. eenienced hy Jw<!*e lo .tfc!** lji Dm Fedfrai wteto at AtUM4r I? f?waj: J* *jy*f " HIM Sllilll Hint Charges of Attempted Bribery freely Made ? ? ... ? : EFFORTS TO BUY CAUCUS VOTES ? ? ? . Representatives In the Missouri Legis lature Declare They Were Offered Money to Cast Their Ballots J-or Nicdringhaus. Jefferson City, Mo., Special.?' Thow a? !(. Nled linghaun, Itopublh an caueuH nominee for United Hiutoa Senator to Huococd Franclu M. Ccckrell, and Re publican State chairman, "did not lllo a complete Ktetemcnt <f receipts of his committee" in t li ?? recent .cam Pn Kn, hm required by law, but "no dt u.i;t evidence lsa.; been offered to fciiow that contributions to (lie RopHbllctrj State campaign fun, I by St.* Loula ? e:H wore for (lie purpose cf In mi'. )h:,jis i.fiia auon," according, to a P?r lal report of (he Senate CivoUIgit* in;r < ommlttoo. The committee If is not uady to report on Ke 'ornl patronage an. I His Iniluenro In ino immaterial coa? ami if asks l'or mono tlmo to In vest (gate. lb,? partial report to tho .Senile from iis ronimlttee which has been In y<'?i foaling tho charge ib.it. Adolphm Ibt-rh an, | Otto Stlfcl, St. Lcul* b??w eiH bad <?; ntrlhufcd largely to the Mis ? -r < ampalgn fun I to influence Stnt ? i' K si .n ion and these contributions had I'i'm." 'V'J'f." 5,1 "y ?a , f ',f *2l,2:i7.,r?l contributed bv him ho.i, Is Mgn.Ml by ail members of the Sinntois0' |:ul!",ing lWu UopuMlcau During the day's arslon of tho S o '<? cemmittoe Representative Coiko, of IIowoll tqunly, testified that, an at tempt, had been made to buy bin eau? . cim voto for Nledrlnghinn. ?* I^pre?enta(lv0 Cook said ha voted in he caucus for R. c. Kenny. H* c?-la.rc(| that I'ostmaator Hair.nbock. of U'^l Plains, had made thr ndvfcnco? to him, Haying |,0 came direct >rom tho '?< adquarlerH of tho Ko.pubilean SUto rnVL1"1!1 ' ilin ? 1,ouK whore ho had talked with Mr. Niedringhatts State him 5Va"4 Coo!\ aalU Hallenhoclc toll hi money in It for w ' ' to r Niedriughaus. nnin;,^: 1<f;lrln?l,,tl,H dented that eiibcr riallt.nhock or any other person had ny authority to make any represents tlona On his part. A dinner Is -aid t;> mve been, hdd atrtfre home of It <t Si^S ?U 1S;i,,ll"la^"iBht at which it drfnnt M??i P l?3 WCr? 'ornlUl.lted ij defeat Nlociringhaim and to strength- r N loirS hrC0? of Kerc?3i who Was Mtdringhaus nearest competitor. Mrs. Duke Disappears. nuk.. wao ordered out of the Union square Hotel, the proprietor havlo* bc-cmo. tired of having an army of prl ?t??i ?found the ptiee. I &d: *tead of moving, Mrs. Duh^ooked her fi-lf in her room and refused la lot any one conio near her. Earlier In the da v Si!?, ?ad.!ia,d a1Pr* Cook 1,1 lo see h#K ft'.d he had told the hotel people that too i was on the verge of nervous proa; t.atlon and must not he disturbed. ~r" Latqr It was found Mrs. Duka had q.uctly left t!ie hotel by the back olafrs. She-tbld her maid sho would soon return; but shfi will not bo al lowed to do so. | .Champe S. Andrews, who tamed to take charge of Mi interests by the latter's Becreta iivamham, was con&dent tt Duko would he released on day. > , 1 am informed by reliable t.iat Mr. Duke is worth $500,000." Mr. Andrews, "and that he has a aiional "'ncoine^ from a "trust fund la the hanas of his father of $15.0010 a >>ar. His son, Lawrence, gets 14 000 a year, also his daughters. Mabel ?nd I earl, from tho same source. There fir no excuse for incarcerating a perfectly sane man In an asylum Just because he has done something of ifkicU hfit family does not approve. Mr?) Duke onould have been allowed U^rbrk out ?he annulment of his marrlagte In his own way. which I have no doubt he T.ould have done." . ? ' Killed While Resisting Arrest. Montgomery, Ala., Special. ? A special to The Advertiser from Tuskegee. Al abama. says: While attempting to ar rest Robert and Jamcg McBryde OVT Main street here. Sheriff T. F. Con nor was perhaps fatally stabbed. Robb er' and James McBryde were' both shot to death. Deputy Sheriff George Ta-_. mar was dangerously stabbed about. the body and legs and City Marshal S. YV Taylor was cut about the anus. A Misunderstanding. Washington, Special. ? Owing to a misunderstanding among the member* of j,ho sub-commltto^ of the. -Mouse committee on lndustHBta^ and ex positions, instructed tojjj^ftre a plau for the ( flobrattcm ~t>r ^H?UliJiutiiL of Jamestown, Va., the ftil referred the matter back sub-eommitteee with definite iastrue- ? Hons, either carrying an appropriation or not. for the governmeot'a participa Ucn in t9e4ftna portloir of thi* ~en*~ ter prise. Prevtona-to this action Of the full committee tod** there was lvislon of opinion among the metn nt tha anKfAmml ?ft ?a hority In the matter. -- .. ..... i .... - Nawa ?r ?* Day. laaterq# coma special < restlgatlon - ii rate*. JUprcseniattra of Illinota, was ar of PWKM.,