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f v. OLUMK XVIII " ' " '? CAMDEN, S. C.? KlUDAY, .JANUARY II, 1907. NO. I. "X If.MM TRAINS CRASH TOGErHEfl Passengers KHlecJ am ounded at Volland, Kan. 0F B0Y OPERATOR He u,rl JpOtt Oil l||o |{<?.|. ? , M* Allowed 1W " Jloart JjTraek. Mfn co||i8ion of "1 ,ed ? of tho (m.i PusacYige, nnJoT' U0?k l8,and V Erreck , a< near VolUnu 'Afftho kill-.,i WaK*>toep. train oxr? l'1 1,10 -n* tvmn "ruTr ,h? li0'',ih ft# and ^ '?VorkifirtM 0 no?? j?Jrc tho oijiy Ai^rl au' Ij!?1'; W n? known .?i i .u'"> th',f altho.ig,| |)as;s,Mi ^?urned in -t tonw" Ulld ft (lliI,] ifhei-o WL, Jj, rise car. JVC Anioi-lriiiB*1 r'? Mexlcan8 hlliSf or ?Hea-. r iT. t^0:iM "boiI"<l **<?urned j,, t, ' ' J ,M ex * can 8 t*o dfa, laioi- w,eckago and ^?wn,ri7rah,'wr','ff'' *r?abr hv ^ thiown lo tho .. u.. n, """ U,I(?WII fo the *?erjkncy brakesllekJ,?ltil'< the Jet o:^ MPnis^ltIi!^!.hey lyi::: \,I,UOi' tho soars and K rrrr s?n,af the>! Manv "assent;,>iS it*. ' 3* V,?l? ll( 1(1 down by feflS f'au-1" from 11,0 gas f C h"? b:'?ken' Th? "??; fi/, i cars escaped in in tho mud l . 'at'kd. fhou ramo^i i??* fckino1' 1X1 Ul" Ai''*t?-an?- in l?? In'Th,"'" '"" l"""1" f" ? in ihc t-nai?? car. Everv hii-d^ir V eVei y Woma" oil the Yi.t hi i leseu,; U,H '"'forhi , 1 f ,lanu;? suon became too R ? i "lMiroachlng the car. LV. 1 Wprp ??cmovt'd from f,'. 5;VS ,with lGSS difiiouiiv. b ently all were rescued alive jaspi cars. William Gane coa )l the south-bound train, lias an j oiia:- bone and is mtioh Ho said: nr'll?efc!" ,WKS i,,sl l?"lHns clear olie?jK? ! t\ - >ai(Is- and was trav (IiSmi . !'ty lu,,0R an hour. T HTOlroWnml l "i fl',?nt Ht!aL "f ll?0 . ze(K l hero were (hir S SE eXiCan?' two in a of me' a,so A1 T-ink. a ne ?J?|Wer. a foronian and five oilier ?!5!Xi5:u I was awakeued by the JTW',the brakes. I jumped head , e window and struck on iE*59fe:?w,m* When 1 turn?il and j ?2?v train I saw flames leap JDUrt* f&et high from the smoker." ^Pjtoxo4n?Kt tourist sleeping ear '?^Bouth-bound tiyln was also rout all the occupants escaped phjuty. for the collision seems to ..rely upon John Lynes, nine l"8 old. tho talegraoh operator Bd. Orders had been issued 29 and No. CO (o pass at I and these orders had been |he operator there, who was pu io iioiu Kci. 23. It ia aa'.d ?failed to deliver the order Lew of No. 29, and the lattor at by. meeting' No. :tO a few Jt. Five minutea before the let Lynes called up the dis ^pd wired him as follows: has gone, and I have gono ie left his kqy. BJven with Itch in hand there was no preventing "the wreck. Me hward arrested and put in ^lland. *: ^ J ? )l'Ii 1JOVS K1LLK1). I^d 0lrccl ly in Front o( a Lehigh Flyer. Plainfleld, N. J.?fcllrne. irence Bennett, William E. William Dell, all of New killed by tho breaking of pin on a Lehigh Valley >utii Plainfleld. Tha boys IIing a ride on a freight stopped off the train dlrecl 'Of the Chicago bound flyer |igh \"alIv.;y Railroad. rho was thirteen years old, bu of the Newark freight re Lehigh Valley road. |r were playing on the M* South Plalnflald when >ed they take a trip to >n the freight train pas* Dint. They boarded the N'lved at South Plainfleld, ^upllngj)Jn broke,stopping train. Then tho boys [eatings 'ior/Faetorie*. RirejlgMinounoed that arrange jyofi mm )>een made (or Gospel ,,'o^swBkntings in over two hun (]rCjte|Hf?rk shopx during Febtu-, a 17.. 1? lluiiri Steel Works. fl|r%Bl had bsen placed in New s learned, for the e.ep. A-tioifjB *teel works fo: -the Ja nrm-nt. ?nine In China. bom Pekin say that mil liJI^V*00* ore starring and the refugee* are joining order to .obtain rice. MUofCabi. fllagoon, li the New 1 In Havana, spoke future of Cube. immtiro. W has authorised 1 ' FIRST HIH Governor Asks Sweeping Reform of New York Transit Evils. Advocator New Itoanl* to Control Hallways, l.lfthiinn iiikI Street Cur lJueti?Kecouut For Hearst. Albany, X. V.?Transit reform for New York City, effective control and regulation of corporations by the Stale, a recount of the ballots cast in ? It*- Mayoralty election in New York in ift.oi and changes in tho election laws to eliminate or curb lhe power of political bosses arc the principal subjects discussed in (Jovernor Charles 10. Hughes' first message to tho New York Legislature. So flatly does the new Governor throw down his challenge 10 corpora tion agents and party bosses that the messago is privately criticised by some of them as "revolutionary." The new Governor calls inflated slocks of public service corporations plain "water;" he terms abuse of the Now York public plain outrage, and, without mincing words, lays the transit conditions to corporate greed and desire to increase dlvl<' >nds. of a monopoly. He accuses party "lead ers" of abuse of power and recom mends legislation It) make them re spect the rights of the minority. Governor Hughes began his first annual message to the Legislature with a financial statement which showed that the State received from all sources in the fiscal year ended I September DO, 1906, a total of $35, | &96,960. and spent $30,350,096. The actual available balance or sur l plus of State funds on OctWjer 1 was $1 1,291,4 45. The State duht was re duced $525,000 during th? year and on October 1 amounted to $10,630, G60. The following are tho most im portant recommendations in the Gov ernor's message: Immediate provision for recount of Mayorait.v vole and provision for re count of ballots in future. Provision taking away from Attorn ney-General power to authorize bring ing of action to test, title to office and vesting it in Supreme Court. Abolition of Rapid Transit Com mission and creation of new board to have powers, of old board and addi tional powers over all traffic "be tween points within the city , and points elsewhere in the Slate." New board also to have jurisdiction over gas and electricity corporations with in New York City and perhaps in sur rounding counties. Abolition of Railroad Commission and Gas and Klectrleity Commission and creation of new board with pow ers of each of tho old boards and ad-.> ditlonal powers to have jurisdiction in the rest of the State. New board to have power to inflict penalties for disobedience ofiUs orders. ' Provisions ii||piection law to free the split-ballot section from ambigu ity and do away with the party col untD, bunching the candidates under the names of the offices. Provisions limiting tho amount a candidate may spend to securc office. Law to authorize courts to review action of State\onventions, to pre vent minority gaining control Iry fraudulent methods. Trial of direct nomination by pri mary by authorizing a general com mittee of any party to adoot the plan. That the State Labor Department bo overhauled and an eight-hour law passed for children less than sixteen years old. Legislature Organized. Albany, N. Y.?The Legislature, which ha3 organized and squared nway for busines. la unique. All, or nearly all, the old lines and combines aro obliterated. The Republican Senate faced a Democratic Lieuten ant-GovSrnor, who, speaking for the minority, echoed the declaration of Governor Hughes in favor of harmony and co-operation in the interest of the public service. The Assembly re-elected Jame3 ,W. Wadsworth Speaker. Sherman More land. majority leader, and Janles Oliver, leader of the minority. Be yond the drawing for seats and listen ing to the reading of Governor Hughes' message, the Assembly did nothing. McCllfiA SUCOEKDS CASSATT. Pledged <o (he Policy of Former Pennsylvania Presidents. Philadelphia. ? James MeCrea, First Vice-President, of tho Pennsyl vania lines west of Pittsburg, was elected president of tho Pennsylva nia Railroad Company to succeed the late Aleiander J. Cassatt. Mr. Me Crea was a stockholders' director of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It Is said the directors of the Pennsylva nia Company and other subsidiary corporations of the railroad will elect him as Mr. Cassatt's successor in those companies. Mr. McCrea immediately assumed the duties of his position ns presi dent. Total Potato Crop. The final report of the1 potato crop of the country la placed at 3,013,050 acres, with an average yield of 102 tbushela per acre und a total crop of 308,088,382 bushels, whicjl compares ! with the total last year <if 260.741, 294 bushels. Predicts Industrial Crisis, i gtuyvesant Fish, in an Interview, i predicted an Industrial crisis. Two Thousand Turkish Soldiers Dead A thou^xd Turkish soldiers, the ramnnnt about 4000 sent to the Najd Peninsula two years ago to soppresa tha Arab revolt, have ra turned to Busrah, Tfcsiatlc Turkey. In a deplorable condition. Mora than 3000 of their comradea dlad from dlaaaaa or atarraiion and Ua raat da* aarted. - K ? 1 - " " - Pnre Food Uw in Etcct. Tha Fadara) Para Food and Drag* ??>? hlta MMMtktB. ^ r?- -y ? . rrr?i-rrr" FATAL TYPHOIB EPIDEMIC RAGING AT SCRAIM Nearly a Thousand Cases Re ported in One Month. TRACE INFECTION TO RESERVOIR Supply?State Taken Hold oX Sources?Oilier Cllk'K Ai* Drawn t'pon For \uixck? Strain Tells on Physicians. Scranton, Pa. ?Typhoid fever, which wan discovered 1 it Scranton on December 7, has already a death lint of seventy-three, out of 97 0 canes, in ft population of 120,000. Knowledge that the water supply Was responsible for the epidemic came as a shock to the cltv. Scran ton had long prided itself on the pur ity of it* water, but the prevalence of typhoid in sections supplied' rom the KJjn hurst dam soon attracted suspicion, and this suspicion became a certainty, when Dr. Dixon, Penn sylvania's Health Commissioner, all ium need that an analysis of water taken from Roaring llrook gave evi dence of typhoid bacilli. Roaring I3rook empties into the Elmhurst dam. Water supplied from other reservoirs owned by the Scran ton Gas and Water Company is free from germs. /"> For a time the dailyMiumber of new cases reported has averaged fifty. It is hoped the energetic and untiring efforts of Mayor Dimmick and the local and State health authorities are beginning to show their effects ngainst the epidemic. Owing to (ho rapidly increasing number of cases in the last week, it was decided to fit up the armory of the Thirteenth Regiment as an emer gency hospital. Thus far the regular hospitals have been able to accommo date the patients, but the Emergency Hospital in the armory will lie ready for use at an hour's notice: Orders for boiling drinking water and milk are strictly enforced, and there is a regular distribution of dis infectants through the settlements of foreign speaking residents. Nurses under Miss Ohollera, of Philadelphia, are doing duty among tlie poor, and Mrs. James P. Dickson, daughter-in law of the late Thomas Dickson, president of the Delaware and Hud son Railroad, has placed herself at the head of a committee of women who have volunteered for the relief of the poor and the aflllcted. Four large public hospitals are filled to their capacity, and at. ieast a dozen private sanitariums are crowded with patients suffering from the disease. Physicians and nurses are working until they are utterly exhausted, and several of them have succumbed to the fever. It has remained for Wilkesbarre to take '4e first strenuous measures for self-protection. A proclamation was issued signed by the mayor and chief of police warning the people against entering Scranton, and offi cers were placed at the railroad sta tions to prevent any passengers from this place alighting there. All per sons who leave tha trains are closely questioned, and if they have como from Scranton they are detained in the stations and politely requested to leave on the next train. a. COTTON EXCHANGE UNDER FIRE Fraud Accusation Mndp by Represen tative Livingstone. Washington, D. C.?Appeal was made to the Postoftlce Department for a fraud order against the New York Cotton Exchange. The applica tion was made by Representative L, F. Livingstone,, of Atlanta, and 1 .Jar vie Jordan, president of V"? South-r i Cotton Growers' Association. They allege'that the rules of the New York Cotton Exchange permit the filling of contracts with unsplnnnable and worthless cotton, and that on this ac count the price in New York is l-.ept ddwn and creates a bearish 'effect on ? the price of cotton in legitimate cotton trade in the South, and thereby de prives the country of vast sums of money It would otherwise gain from the sale of?the commodity in foreign markets. Mr. Jordan was told that a Post office Inspector would be sent to New York to investigate the matter com plained of. The department will pro ceed slowly, with due regard to the law. REPRIEVE 3 MINUTEfc LATE. N<y?ro Hanged Refore News of Ac? tlou Reached Sheriff. Vlcksburg, Miss.?Will Harvey, a negro, was hanged at Mayorsville, Miss., three minutes before notice that his sentence had been commuted reached the sheriff of Issequena County. Harvey's attorney was notified by Governor Vardaman that the negro's sentence had been commuted to im prisonment for life. He hurriedly called up the issequena County sher iff, but the latter did not reach the telephone v.ntil three minutes after the drop fell. Harvey was sentenced to be anged for the murder of a negro named Pete Bromo, in M: rch last. Persia Has a Constitution. The Persian National Assembly ac cepted the revised constitution. May Import New Zealand Butter. The high prices of butter have given rise to talk ot Importing the New Zealand product, but It will not probably go beyond the talk stage-at present, owing to the uncertainty as to how lone the hlgh-prlee period Win last. Revolt [ dispatch from falrador said that a^trali-te Honduras last week was preteptlr suppressed bj Qovfrnment froopt* ; ? ? ? ? RUSSIAN POLICE CHIEF SLAIN Gen. Launltz, Prefect of St. Pet ersburg, Assassinated. Uuitlch'r Killed Willi a H\\oi?1 l>y Victim'* Aide? Dead Ollliliil an Oppressor of llcvoliillounircs, St Petersburg. Russia. ? General von tier Launltz, prefect of police of St Petersburg, was assassinated at noon. He was present In his 'official rapacity at the Inauguration of the new hospital for skin diseases on Lopuchlnskuia street, which wan opened by the /Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Oldenburg. After the service in the chapel of the hospital General Launltz was es corting the Duke and Duchess to ward the door when a well dressed young man fired two revolver shots, both picrclng the prefect's brain. He died on the spot. An officer seized lhe assassin's re volver and the Grpnd Duke's ?ldo drew his sword and ran the murderer through the body, killing bint. Two bystanders were'arrested. i General Launltz was formerly Oovei nor of Tamhoff. wberrf he dealt severely with the revolutlonalres. It Is believed the assassin came from Tamhoff. j Von dor Launltz as prefect of po- | lire of St. Petersburg wax prac.lioa44y I the absolute ruler of the mtsslan capital. The dissolution of the na tional Duma loft him with this high authority, of which he made full use. j In the last days of last year a de ! tachfd squad of secret police arrested nearly 000 persons charged with un | duo activity in revolutionary matters and political agitation. Thirty-three of the prisoners were womyn, whose language on certain occasions had brought them 10 the notice of the po lice. The murder of von dor Launltz, prefect of police in St. Petersburg, by a Terrorist shows how unreal is the apparent quiet in Russia. The Government has taken the severest measures to suppress rebellion. A state of siego prevails throughout most of the provinces, drum-head trials still rule, the administrative processes of Imurisonment and exile have suffered little interruption,* but the spirit of the Terrorist organiza tion never dies. Government absolu tism only fans it into fresh outbursts of crime. The assassination of von dor Lau nltz has caused a powerful Impres sion, both in the press and among the public. JAP COHNKltS POTATO CROP. California Paying Tribute to One of tin? Little Yellow Brothers. Los Angeles, Cal. ? The people of all California are paving tribute to a shrewd little Japanese,'Kinya^Sblma, of Stockton. He cornered the potato market, and holds the situation in hand. He will be virtual dictator of prices until next season. He and the Japanese companies he opntrel stands to sell their crop for $1,000,000. and Shima will himself clean up $250,00^. This is the-explanation of the high flgureB paid for potatoes for three months and why they continue going higher. Shima, who is a potato grower, tried last year to corner the market, but failed. This year he controls eighty per cent, of the crop. NEW HAMPSHIRE'S GOVERNOR. Republican LegislatureElects Charles M. Floyd to Office. Concord, N. H.?Charles M. Floyd, of Manchester, was elected Governor of New Hampshire. The Legislature made the choice because of the failure of any candi date at the recent election to secure a majority of the votes cast. By the provisions of the State Con stitution but two candidates were eli gible to be balloted for at the legis lative session, although there were several candidates at the State elec tion. The result of the ballot was: Charles M. Floyd (Uep.), 2 63; Na than C. Jameson (Dem.), 144. DIES WHILE SPEAKING. Former Mayor Stricken nt Dinner to n Successor. Boston.?While attending a ban quet to one of his successors at the Qulncy House, former Mayor Jo -i B. Hendoraon, of Everett, was strick en with apoplexy and died within a fow minutes. At the dinner to Mayor Thomas J. Boynton, who will begin a second term, Mr. Henderson was the first to respond to a toast. As he was re citing an original poem he was seen to drop back in his chair. He was carried to an anteroom, where he ex pired. TWO MERCHANTS CONVICTED. Arc Hrund Brothers, Who Had Tren . ton's Biggest Department Shop. Trenton, N. J.?David 11. Brand and Joiui Brand, two brothers, were found guilty in the Criminal Court of trying to burn the stock in their department store, the largest in th? city, at State and Montgomery streets. Ably defended, the trial of the Brands lakted six weeks; the jury waa out Ave hours and a half. 'The suspense was too much for John Brand; he collapsed. Divorced, Mr. Heyl Gets 9860,000. Judge Halsey, in the Circuit. Court, Milwaukee, Wis., granted n^dlvcrcc to ^Ira. Clara 8. Hey! frort Jacot HejJ. There was no contest, Mr. Hayl having v/tthdrawn bis aujwai his wife's complaint. tye gets $300,000 of his wife's estate, which | is valued at jS.OOO.OOu. Befle BUtoa Dead. Lady Claatarty, wbo waa formerly Belle Bilton, a favorite at .London | mnaVo halt* 4?-i at Car**;;? Park, i Coaaty Oalway, Ireland. _ i J - - - JIM (1111 illlltS Occurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS * ... # \ Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range?What iB Going On in Our Stato. Palmetto Cotton Qrowcrs. The annual meeting ?>t the South Onrolina division >jI the Southern lotion (1 rower*' Association was held \ resolution was adopted me morializing the legislature to repeal the lein law, which allows merchants to tuke n lien on crops, thus tending lo encourage debt. There was a fierce light on (his resolution, hut it caried by a small majority. A resolution also passed asking that hueket shops he deelifred illegal the-Stain over. Contidenee was expressed in Harvey Jordan, The following 17 delegates were elected to Flic National meeting at Birmingham, January 17; W. .1. Cunningham, VV. .1. Moore, IC. 1). Hodge, A. M. (oker, VV. \\', Hruee, C. K. Spencer, K. S. Smith, ,1. W. Met'own, W. F. Whittle, ,1. A. I*at U*rson, Iv 1). Sinit^r. J. W. Major, II. M. Fugues, I-',. Williamson. Tim delegation was- instructed to iftvite the World's Cotton Coiumvss to meet at Columbia, next Oetober. The old officers were re-eleeted: Iv I). Smith, prc8i<lent ; F. II. Weston, seereturv; F. II. Hyatt, treasurer; I-!. 1Areher, vice president, in plaee of Rowland Tindall, deceased. Bulletin For Teachers. The State board of edneatioi) met in the ofllee of (lie Slate superin tendent of education with the follow ing members present: I'rof. W. K. Roland, Blackville; I'rof. .1. \V. Dan iel, Clemsmi College; I'rof. A. (5. Uembert, Wofford College; Superin tendent A. .1. Thacksfuu, <)ranuehur?r, and Superintendent (). 1$. Martin. The board formulated plans (o issue a bulletin containing (lie eourse of study for the common and hitch schools with "surest ions ns to gradu ations and as to the teaching of dif ferent subjects. The different mem bers of the board will prepare the parts of the/bulletin which pertain to different suhjevts, and these, will be consolidated and edited in a com plete pamphlet. In response to sug gestions made bv the county superin tendents of education, the board de cided to change the time of holding teacher's examinations from the third Fridays, in May and September to the third Fridays in Apyl and Oetobel'. Cremated at Logging Camp. Georgetown. Special. ?Intelligence has been received of the burning to death of Mr. I\ H. Nesmith, famil iarly known as "Pink" Nesmith, at one of the logging camps of (lie At lnntic Coast Lumber corporation. Mr. Nesmith was spending the Christmas holidays in camp alone, the rest of the force having gone tubjtheir homed or come to town. The supposition is that he became intoxicated and fell asleep in his camp, which caught fire and consumed him, Hi* charred jc nmins were found among the burned timbers. Foul play is not suspected, as he had had little or no money at the camp and probably not an enemy in the world. Fort Fisher Anniversary. Gov. Heyjpard has been asked to attend a reunion of the turvivors of the battle of Fort Fisher, to be held near Wilmington, N. C., on January 15, the anniversary of the engage ment held in 1805, in which many South Carolinians lost (heir lives. As this is (lie dale fixed by Gov.-elect Ansel for the inauguration, it will be impossible for Gov. Hcyward to attend. Anderson's Progress For the Old Year. Anderson, Special.?During the past year Anderson Imti made greater progress than for any year previous. Last year there was a decrease in State taxes of half a mill and in county taxes a decrease of one and a quarter mills. The bank**, mills and other enterprises of the city paid out half a million dollars in dividends. It was an exceptionally good year with the mills. Two new banks we/e started last year and many fine busi ness buildings erected, aggregating $750,000.. ? /. * 4 y U. B. Hammett Resigns. - ^ Columbia, Special.?Chief Consta ble U. H. Hammett, who has charge of the constabulary in enforcing the dispensary law, sent in his resigna tion. Hammett was apt>oiuted by the Governor in 1903 for four years, just after the office wa- created and enjoyed the Governor's fullest con fidence. He states in his letter that he does not wish to embarrass the new administrction with bis position Fifteen Horeee /Bunj%d. Wiaoaborofl Special,?The new ata* We of He* P*v* Crawford, with the entire contents, eeve one boree, wept up in flames. Fifteen or more fine berate perished with as many bug gies. The approximate loee is $4,000 With $2?00 msnrao**. The firemen V good work Mired the Dnyal Hote} end enrroMtaf toUtaf*. ? liiEfl IIP BANK WIUM # - Cashier and Others Killed By Explosion CRANK WANTED A BIG LOAN Dropped by Unidentified Foreigner After He Had Donianded of Pres ident a Loan of $0,000?Cashier In ktantiy Killed and Bomb Thrower Blown to Pieces- The Injured are Clerks and the Negro Mefisenger, Who Was Fearfully Hurt, Both Byes Being Blown Out, Scalp Torn Off and Face So Mangled That He Is Unrecognizable. Philadelphia, Special. Demanding loan of ,*5,000 and failing |o got it, man win) has m?l vol boon indeiiti it'il dropped a !>??ml> in the Fourth Street National Hank Saturday, bloxv iig himself i<? pieces, tii>lau|]y killing 'ashior \V. X. Mo I.ear, and injuring ix others, olio or two of whom may lie. The only clue t<> tin* identity of lie bomb-thrower was a hnneh of keys oiuitl in a portion of the clothing at aelicd to which was a plate inscrib <1 "If. S^jelo, (iarner, Iowa." % The Fourth Street rational Hank is lie largest linanoial institution in the ily and occupies the greater portion it the lirsl lloor ol' the liutlilt huild ug on Fourth street between Chosnut iml Walnut streets in the heart of ihu inaiicial district. The explosion was errilh' ami il caused tremendous ex ?itoinent in the crowded luiihling and li?' street. The explosion occunod a lew milt iles he tore 12 o'clock, at a lime when he hank is usually well tilled with icrsons in a hurry to transact bus iicss before I lie hank closes. No one ;aw the unknown man enter yie hank ?xeppt !?!. K. Shanhaeker, tbe vice ?resident, who was passing out of the milding on his wav lo luiieheon. lie lot iced (lie man was poorly dressed, ooked like a Russian nujd carried a .mall parcel. The man walked straight >aek t?> the rear of the hank and ask *?1 a clerk to direct him to'the ofllco ?f (lie* president, Ifichard 11. Iiush on. What took place in his office is jest told by the president himself. Asked a Loan of $6,000. "I was very busy wlifn the man en ered my oflice, and 1 asked him to bo seated for a .moment. He was very ?>oorly dressed, had patches on his dioes and his entire appearance made no a bit curious. While lie was wait ing for the to finish the business I had in hand at the-moment I happened to lot ice that he looked at me very curi nisly, 1 asked him his business and !\e gave me his name as (I. E. Wil liams and said he wanted a loan of {*..5,000. lie did not look like a man who could make a loan of that amount mid 1 asked him for collateral: He ,;a:d something about an insurance fxdiey ami that it would mature in from one to live years. I was then convinced the man wap a crank and decided to dismiss him at once, not for a moment thinking there was any iflim in him. I told him lie would liave to see the cashier and directed film out into the banking department. At the same moment I called the col ored messenger, William Crump, to see that the man was quickly taken aut of vhe building. As I turned to continue my work at the desk there was a terrific explosion and 1 thought lie building was coming down. The nnn had not time to reach the casli er, the explosion came so soon." Details as to what actually liappen ;d when the man left the oftlce of 'resident Rushton differ, as no one 'tin he found who saw the man drop lie bomb. The door |o the office of ashier Me Leer i>i only a few feet rom that of Piosidciit Kushtun and lie man must Jiave dropped the dead v in is-do betecu the two rooms, ?'shier MeLcjjr was lilting at his Vsk at the time and his body %vas badly mangled.' The boom-thrower'* ody was torn t<T pieces. President Escalon is Anxions to Sup press Revolution. San Salvador, Republic of Salva dor, By Cable.'?Hondurahs residing in Nicaragua and Salvador started tlu? recent'revolution in the government of Honduras, which was suppressed oy Nicaragua and Salvador. The .j'enlral American republics are anx ious lo maintain peace by all means, i'resident Escalon, of Salvador, made ?in important declaration to this ef fect. Ex-President Poticarpo Hon lla, of Honduras, who was compro mised in the revolution, has been im prisoned. Train Robber Arrested. Huntington, W. Va.r Special?Per. <\v Merlin, of Atlanta, Ga? was ai tosted here charged with being one 6/ the bandits who bald up a Sealxmtd Mt Line train 8 miles south of Rich mond on N.w TMf-. wi. lI, rtn.it ted his guUt aiH) delivered to the of tleers a $500 4iauumd riu* whleh had been taken 'fro* one o^the oassen nu All Colored Troojis Ordered to f oreign Service NO ECHO OF UROWNSViLLF. CASE Department Issues Orders for Prepar tion lor Service and Soldiers vVill Sail Between llarch 6 and Juno 6 of Present Year?Troops Being Bent Because It is Their Turn to Go and Not Because of Any iOeairo to Got Them Out of United States at Tlria Time None Were S?nt Be tween 1902 and 1905, Washington, Special.? Tho Ninth and Tenth Cuvalry und the Twenty lifih Infantry, including all tho nogw soldiers in the regular army iti this country, have been ordered to prepare for service in (ho Philippines and will kiuI at different tiyios between March ^th and June 5th yf this j?u.r, I'he only other regiment composed of negroes, the Twenty-fourth Infantry, is now doing service in tho Philip pines. *** 4 Other troups ordered to the Phil ippines are the Sixth Cavalry, the Kighteeuth, Twenty/sixth, Twenty* ninth und Thirtieth infantry. Tho troops which will be relieved by tho sending of these new regiments will be tho Fourth, Seventh and Kighth Cavalry and the Ninth, 'fifteenth, Fifteenth, Sixeloenth and Nineteenth Infant ry. It wuk stated by Major .General Hell, chief of staff, that the negro reg iments. aW beinjc sent to the Philip pines because ii is their turn to and not because of anv desire to get them out of the United Slates at this t ime. 'I'he negro troops arc to sail for the Philippines before most of the white organizations, the Inst of which will not leave this country until early in January, JOOH. Statement by Department. The followug statement was issued from the War department in explana tion of tho orders:< "There was a. time, between 1002 and when the colored regimeut* were not scut to the Philippines nf all. In 1005, .however, this policy was'1 tentatively changed, and the Twenty fourth Infantry,, colored regiment,, was sent to the Philippines and is now there. The sojvices of the Twenty fourth Iii fan try in tho Philippines has been etirely satisfactory, and it is thought that, (ho services of the oth er regiments will be. "In reporting upon this subject General Wood stales: '1 recently vis ited and nnulo an inspection of the Departments of the Visayas and Min dano, and found the Twenty-fourth Infantry very well liked by the civil authorities in the neighborhood of its various stations. In fact us Tacloban the Governor expressed particular ap preciation of the lino conduct of iftri# ' regiment.' "Because of this'V^port and expe rience, the generalvsfatT recommend ed and the Department <lpcided it to be wise to return to the former policy of equal foreign oervice of all the reg iments of inc mobile army, "The present assignment of the other colored regiments to the Phil ippines is merely for an equal distri bution of foreign service. They have not been there for four years. It now becomes fair to them and to other regiments that they be assigned to the Philippines in duo order. "Foreign sorvice, it should be stat ed, increses tho^pay of the men 20 per cent and^coiuits double time for relirgrnmt. It wA* pointed out at the Department then*ore that the idea th.1t these ordoreVwore prejudicial to the colored troopl or were made on account of the Brownsville affair, was utterly absurd." Tho Georgia May bo Presented With Sdver Service. Washington, Special.?A number of representative men of Savannah Sat urday called on Assistant Secretary of the Navy Newberry, and conferred with him regarding tho presentation of a silver service to tho battleship Georgia. Although nothing definite was arranged, it is probable that th? vessel will be sent South in the spring. Savannah Put? In Her Bid. > Washington, Special.?A delegation from Savannah, headed by forniei Senator Norwood, arrived hero in the interest of the establishment of a sub* Treasury in that city. Col. J. H. Ks till, of the Savannah Mbrnhu News, and Pleasant A. Stovall, of tho Sa vannah'Press, were anon * the party. The delegation held u e )Ufo;eneo with Senators Bacon and Clay .fmd rnerti' hers of the Georgia delegation in"the House .of ItopreseiUufives and next week will go before the ways and means cotnmitlee to urge Savannah's claims. Four Killed, and Two Fatally Iajurad In Explosion. Kenosho, Wis., Special;- It in two were were bad! ftalpb Alt