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HE YQLLXMEXVIII. CAMDKN, 8. C., Kill DAY, MAY 10,15)07. NO. IS* -currences of Interest from All Over South Carolina iany items of state news '111 * ?? Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wido Range?What is Going On in Our State. ?e Anniversary of Nation's Birth. An addrcs^ issued (o the superin idenfs and teacher* of the jmblie Sliools of South Carolina by Gov# Uusel and Superintendent Martin nils ior a general observance of Mon Jay, May 13, (he 300th birthday of jis countiv. The address says: To the Superintendents and Teachers: We wish L> suggest and request that feou conduct some special e.xerei es In your schools yn Monday, May 1.1, 1907, i lie 300th birthday of our nation These exercises need not take much pme?certainly not more than an hour "?but in that time the importance of lis date may be firmly fixed. Doubt less you have access to historical jn TOrnfation, patriotic songs, appropri ate recitations, etc., which you can jso in a short programme. The children in our schools will lake greater interest in the history t)? our country, greater pride in tie achievements of our fathers, and puake greater efforts in the future if. Ve impress the importance of those jteptorions properly. It will not, be tfmixs to teach the oluect and irnjior byice oi the Jamestown exposoit i>n i iti this connection. Sincerely, M. F. Ansel, Governor. |0. B. Martin, [ptatc Superintendent of Education. An Attempt to Wreck Train. GatTney,"Special.?It has just been learned here that some miscreant of miscreants attempted to wreck a train I 5n Cherokee ('reek Sunday morning. Thero is a small trestle at that point .which is about three miles nortfi of jGatYncy. Two colored men were on rone end of tl|c trestle'talking, wheiiv they sa\?*a m^n coming out of the cut on the other; side. Ife did not stop but a moment, stooped down and li;rn Went back. The colored men paid no particular attention to the, man at li r? time, but finished their eonversat f- when one of them ?Jim Cros!; - j ?- went across, and when he got to r ^ ?'other end of the trestle discoviye! a i large iron or steel bolt fastened to t' - ? track. Crosby reported the facts to Mr. \V. A. Harris, who loosened ? bolt, and brought ii to GatTncy, v.lie.e ^ he turned it over to the railroad auth orities*. A searching iiivcsfigati >n was at once instituted but nothing h s been learned as yot, as to the identify of the miscreant About a year a.uo eome one placcgt a large cross tie a l- cross the track of the Southern at t' e same point, which came near wrecking No. 33j^tlrtv fast night traiju7 Coffin Placed at Front Door. Orangeburg, Special.?When Kev. E. M. Lightfoot, pastor of the Orange burg Baptist Church came out on I!.? front piazza facing cdurt'house s<pi:ire Thursday morning .great was the si.r L .-prise tu .flnd_iL_culIlp placed on two , benches just by the door. 0^ niakio ? . an examination he found tluVifffm t?"? be empty wifli a piece of paper at tachcd to the lid upon which wa written: ? "This will be your box on June i<>. 1007. So good-bye to E. M. Light - foot. P; S. Peace to his ashes. "Anon." When the incident became known throughout the city feeling ran big! acrainst the unknown perpetrators ??' the outrage. There is no clue to lie ?. guilty party. Big Tbacco Plant For Mullinn. Mullens, Special.?That the Ameri can Tobacco Company in erecting hc?r?? ? redrying leaf tobacco plant at the l cost of $35,000 is evidence of the im portance of the tobacco industry of .. this section of the State. The bui!;l jf in if, ?H(? by lftO-fcet in dimension, of mill contruction, is well under way and will be ready for occupancy by. ?.June 15/ Killed in Waverly. Columbia, Speoief.?Another mur der mystery with no clue to work rn has the eity-fmd county authorities Worried and suburban residents "par ticularly disturbed. While on hi< way to his meat market on Taylor U?8treot from bis residence in Waverlj I- Mr. K. 'J\ Wescott was shot through the head and iustantly killed as lu> -passed between two schoolhouses at the corner of I^ady and Oak streets ^ in Waverly at 5 o'oclock in the morn .. ing. Mi*. Wescott had just left Ms . residence two blocks away down Oak Tfttreet, but bis b?dy tfas not found ~ ? iiii haif ??* hour Uin-. Died Of Ptotol Wound. JLynohburg, SpecUl.?Charlee Hugh 10 years old, of this city died lest ik et the home of hie brother, In ted to heret^e?n inflicted late Sat lay afternoon neverel milee below city by John Bryant, a rilway eon PALME I TO CHOP CONDITIONS Conditions for the Past Week as Re ported by the Department. The weather and Crop Bureau of the Department of Agiieulture issues the following bulletin of condition# for the week ending M??iulay, May 0. The week was mild, the weekly mean temperature having been slight ly above normal. The highest tem perature >va? !)1 decrees at Black ville on the 1st, the loweat was 50 Jegrees on April 30th, ultimo. The precipitation was ample in all parts of the State, ami averaged nearly normal. The western half of the State had excessive amounts lo yally, accompanying thunderstorms ?>n the 2nd and 3rd. Damaging hail accuiyd in the extreme western coun ties. o Th*> sunshine was deficient, part of the State having luiif only one eleor .lay and parts only cloudy to partly cloudy weather.' The folowing special rainfall re ports were received by telegraph and include the measurements of 8 a. in., mi May (Ith.: 1'elzer 0.84 of "an ineli; ('happels 0.7(5 of an inch; Blairs 0.(50 of an inch; Catawba 0.")4 of an inch; f'heraw 0.88 of an inch; Florence 0.f>4 of an inch; Greenwood 1.30 inches; Kingstree 1.08 inches; ?aint (ieorge 0.04 of an inch; Saint Matthews l.r>0 inches; Ynmasa'ee 0.74 of an inch; ('harlotte, N. ('., 0.30 of an inch; Augusta, (Ja.. 0.40 of an inch; Savan nah, Ga., 0.30 of an inch.?J. W. Bauer, Section Director. Killed By Hfs Son in-Lav/ Greenville, Special.?H. F. Fortner, an aged farmer residing two miles from I'elzoi;, was shot and instantly killed Friday at noon bv Noil Hunks. Fortner's son-in-liiw. The shooting occurred in the front yard of the mur dered man. Four shots took eff^H and death resulted instantly. The shooting resulted from the refusal of Hanks to pay a board bill. Banks XJndor Arrest. ?. Ander'sou, Special.?Noil Hanks, the young man >vho killed H F. Fort nor near l'olzer Friday, was arrested on the place of Boss Banks, in Abbe ville county, 10 miles from Anderson. The piisoner was brought to Andcr :.rn and lucked (up sccurily. There i.$ 'I'uit# a lot of. feeling again ? him in the section where the eiiir.o was eosn mitted. It will be recalled that Hanks i.-; a .-;ou-in-law of Forlner and was in 'iad favor in the community. Hanks came to Fortncr's house for his trunk. He could not get it as he owed Fort ner a board bill. Thereupon he 11 red upon his father-in-law, killing him instantly. I'anks is a man of bad re putation an$ it was thought that l.e would t>ive trouble, but he was arrest ed wiihout show of resistance. Sh^lton Han^d in Spartanburg. Spartanburg, Special.?John Shcl ?on wjs hanged in the county jail F?i lay at noon. The tlap was sprung it 11 :5S, atul at 11?: 10 he was pro nounced dead by l)rs. Leonard and "??'lid1!. ~Whcn the- body was- taken , 'i?vii i! was found that his neck was '.lislocated.- About ?!') people witness ?il tl:e hanging. Shelton was convict ? I at I ho January term of court 1J)!J6 '?'?? killin-r his father-in-law, All' 'li 'gy, at Cross Anchor in November, ? )0o. x?ttcr killing his wife's father e in.:?!e his escape, but was arrested I'.il loued in jail. Four times since or- conviction he was to have been :sini*rd, but each time he escaped the r.iiiov.?. thiouuh the efforts of his al io, ;t\ *. Off.cers Held up, Prisoners Released. (iroiwilie, Special. ? Moonshiners gave a party of officers a big surprise in tho Dark Corner of (Ireenvillfc coun ty last week by surrounding a distil lery which the raiding squadron had captured and at the point of Winches ter rifles demanding and effecting the release of two prisoners. It was a daring piece of work even for bloek aders and rather out of the ordinary for these times. New B;-& L. Association. Laurens, Special.?The Citizen's Building and Joan Association with a capital stock of $100,000 has heiAi organized here with M. J. Owings as president, IV A. Simpson vice presi dent W. R. McCue, secretary and treasurer. The hoard of directors includes the three, officers and other well known ||^n%ess and professional men of the city?-Messrs. R, Fleming Jones, William rfK Andrews, Harvey Terry, Arthur l<. Hughes, Hilliary ]J. Kwnedy and Dr. Jesse H. v ?g Accident Near Timmonsvill.e. Tiaamonsvillo, Special.?Mr. John M. Benton, a citizen of thin place, who is engaged in the saw mill buainesa, wM.I*-.atten<Ung ? to_hie duiiee TUutt day evening wea struck on the head by a pieee of lumber which was gath ered up by the targe drivipg belt, and knocked senselqw.* Latest report* nay he yHI not T^er- Ht *aa tftktiU* Ur. SMrfri'i lwqpMiU nasmm#* a m iia rant Sweeps Several Small Towns Oul of Existence SOME LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED Wind Assumes Proportion of Tor hado iu Some Sections and Results in Deaths of Two and Injury to Many Other Persons, Resides Great Damage to Cattle. Fort Worth, Tex., special A storm of wind and rain which \*us general throughout a considerable area in northern Texas, ami which at some places ime<l (lie proportion of a tornado,'Tieeordin# to meagre reports j received here has resulted iu the loss J of at least two lives, the injury of many othe% persons, - and great dam age to property and crops. Several j villages are wiped out, hut because ol the prostration ol botli telephone and telegraph wires, details arc al niost impossible to obtain. At lJejHUit, one of the largest vil lages in Lamar county, 20 miles from Paris, the storm passed northeast, cutting a path about ^100 ya?;ds wide iu the residence portiotv?oii the east side. The Baptist parsonage was blown to picecs, its timbers and the furniture scattered over the ground. Ii. II. Hfyso'n's residence was demol ished and gcveral other residences damaged. As far as can be ascer tained, no one was hurt at this place. Crops are badly damaged and many fences and barns were blown away. It is reported that at Palesboro, in Ked liiver county, the wife and child of Andrew Bell were hui;t. A terillic wind passed over Sulphur Springs about 2 o'clock. The damage in Sulphur Springs was trival, but west of there the propor tions of a tornado, carrying' death and great property damage iu its wake, were assumed. A passenger train on the Cotton Boll was held en by the train crew until the storm passed. The telephone and telegraph wires in this section are down and details of the storm are almost im possible to obtain. At Antioeh, or Pleasant drove, as it is also called, the whole village was practically destroyed. Antioeh is about seven miles north of Sulphur Springs. This is the tornado belt and most of the hemes are provided with stoim cellars. The home of William LemimviH was complo'oly destroyed, entailing a loss of abort $10,000. Tinee barns on Ilia place wc:e alsuVlu&t royed and many head of live st<Wi?fej|iillcd. A tenant on the place named Brazil, with his family, consisting of his wife and seven children, saw the -stoim coming and made a' run for a cellar. Brr.zil was caught bv the wind and crushed by flying; debris. Kive of the children reached the col lar in safety, l.ut Mrs. Brazil and" two of the chifwreu were fearfully hurt and feats arc entertained for their recovery. The home of Joseph Feguson was destroyed and Mis. Ferguson was dangerously hint by flying; debris. Ben Pogncs ai\l his wife were blown down, but it is thought they may re cover. Mrs. Sid Lackey as hurt and will probably die. The village of Byrd Wright was entirely destroyed and it is known that at least one death occurred there, although more may have been fatally hurt. Crawford Martin and Jap Conner were seriously wounded and may (lit*. Byrd Wiigiit is a vil lage of between 300 and 400 persons and it is said to have been utterly obliterated, with the exception of the business section. Many of the towns people were in that pa:I of the vil lage and thus escaped del Mi. Tho Transport Logan Sails. Sun Francisco, Special.??-The 1'nil ed Stales transport l.ogan soiI?!?1 Monday afternoon for the Philip pines, Honolulu and (luaiYi, carrying tlu> Ninth Cavalry, (colored), with the members of the families of'the married enlisted men, 2">0 members of flu* Twenty-seventh l'atteiy Field Artillery, ilrtO recruits for Honolulu and a few fer.rr.cn for Guam. Watson to ho Given Hearing. \ Washington, Special,? Jlmmi^iiflivii Cbmrnissioner Watson, of South Vwso lina will he niven a hearing l*y(j/t!?e .national immigration e??mu1is>ion in Washington on Friday of this week. Mr. Watson has heen abroad a num ber of times in efforts to^iutcsest a desirable class of immigrants in the opportunities afforded for work in the southern part of the country and the commission is anxious to hear from him. Six numbers of the im migration edtfiwisfion are to fail IVr Kurope on May IS to pursue their in vestigation info tho immigration niiottinn. Investigating Alleged FertiliEer Trust Montgomery, Ala., Special.?Alleg ing that there exist* a fertiliser trtHt, iniquitous In it* operations in Alaba ma, a legislative committee began work Monday to investigate it. The eommittee is beaded by Senator M. L.Leith, wbo asserted-in the Senate some weeks ago that fertilisers of the same grade and excellence made at Fiomwa, Ate, eon t&aAtibww f*r m* M m mM AGAINST THE RULES. STATEHOOD SCHOOL TWOSEVCIT, to?Ctf>f<L ?liy Itobort 1 shell, in tlio WAHhington I'o-t. THE WHJ3LE STATE OF MISSOURI PLEADS WITH ROOSEVELT FOR CONVICT'S FREEDOM A Jean Valjean fin Real Life Hay Aroused the Sympathy of Hi^h and Low. Washington, IX C. ? President Roosevelt 111 a nolo t<* tho Depart- j tuent of Justice expressed tho opin ion that John William January, of ? Missouri, should have bis sentence commuted at once or be pardoned i outright. lie wrote as follows: j "Department of Justice: "In view of the statements of the Judges, bank presidents and so forth, who know him, I think Anderson's nine years of life as an honest elil zen, hard working and of good re pule, warrant us in commuting his sentence at once or in pardoning him outright. f "Which do you think ought to ho done? Aro there suittcfent reasons for not doing either? "THEODORIS ROOSEVELT." The whole State of Missouri has risen up InjN appeal to President Roosevelt for n'pardon for this West ern Jean Valjean, who has Jnst been rccaptured in Kansas City ufte'r ain upright and prosperous life of nine years, during which he had proved J himself one of the bust citizens of the place. Missouri is asking the Presi- ! ?dottt to give the man a "square deal," j and there does not seem to be much doubt that .Missouri's request will be granted. John William January, thirteen or fourteen years ago, when he was just* twenty-one years old, broke into tho postofHce at Hennessey, Okla*, for the purpose of robbery. Me got no booty worth anything, but was caught, tried in the Federal Court at ' Guthrie, and sentenced to servo five years in the penitentiary, In.lidfiOU January was a model of good behavior. He was working for j the good conduct commutation, and had come to within eight months of J the timb when ho would bo liber ated, when lie saw a chance to escape ' and took\ it. Ho worked his way . north, and after a time got wprk on ' a railroad wiih a construction gang. | lie ?aved his money, and finally had enough to get to -Kansas City. There, 1 under the namo of Charles \V. An derson, he got a Job on a street rail- [ way. lie was steady and sober,' worked hard ami saved h'ia money. ' Kansas City is a red-hot city pollti- j cally, and the fact that he never 1 could bo induced to vote, even oiv' questions in which (he street railroad men were deeply interested, caused ' some to marvH. but Anderson, aware of his civil disability through his pri son sentence, held steadfastly aloof. At length Jin saved enough money to buy out a small restaurant near tho car hains of the street railroad. 1 His principal customeis were his for mer workmates. lie stuck t'o his restaurant as he had to his railroad work, and as before ha prospered. He had lived so long undetected that be began to believe he was safe, so he married and had ona child,.a tlVe yenr-old girl. Kh made enough money to buy a better business in a more thriving lo cality. lie told Ills first :>1aco .or a good price, and was .uoklng for a uew one when he was caught. It happened that a man who had been in Uio penitentiary at Leavenworth with him met him on the Htreet and recognized him. The ex-convict fol lowed Anderson and mado himself known. Anderson realized at onco that ho was In the man's hands, and lost if he chose to betray him. Tho man proposed that they go "dowu town and lidve some fun." "No," answered Anderson. "I have quit all that. I am mari^^OLnnd hay? a family. 1 dojj t want foTiayo Htoinijr Kccrte in Duma. Ad attack on-4KSNu?my by a radi cal member of the Duma caused a stormy scene, followed by an ultima tum from theXabinet that unless the member w# suspended relations would be bfokon. Fuel Future For Alcohol. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson told the Amecicua Out), in .Pit tabu cjl Pk., Uat coal* wood and oil would anything to do with you." The convict know there was a standing reward of $60 tor Informa tion that would lead to the recapture I of escaped prisoners. Ho got in com munication with tho prison authori ties, and promised, if the money vras fortiicoming, to reveal tho whoi'o abouta of January. Tiro authorities promised, and the information was'given them, with the lesult that tho police of Kmmshr (Mtv were requested to arrest Anderson. Two policemen, hating their task, took the man they knew to have been i a good citizen for nine years, and locked him up. Then it developed that the convict who had betrayed him could not receive tho reward af I ter all, because such money could bo j paid only to citizens, and he was out side tho palo. So it was offered to | the two policemen who made the ar rest. Both spurned It. There was nothing for tho court to do but remand Anderson to prison. He did not attempt to deny his iden tity and went back to Leavenworth to serve out tho unexpired portion of his full sentence, all Jiis good conduct commutation having been forfeited by his escape. That was about a week ago. Kansas City rose up in his behalf^ and all Missouri followed the lead of tho city. The two policemen wife had scorned the blood money accept ed It and turned it iyto tho fund that was raised to help obtain Anderson's pardon. Everybody in Kansas City lent a hand. Doctors, lawyers, judges, merchants, tho Mothers and liomemakors' Club, tho . Hoard or Trade, * the Chamber nf~ Co'tht'tcc, labor organizations and private indi viduals, either signed petitions or wrote dlueetly to the President-. Tho House of Itepresentatives fit the Statelllegislature, by formal rfso lutlon, a-.Pded Its weight to the appeal to Mr. Uoosovelt. Tho judge before whom ..January had been tried wrote one of the strongest letters ever re ceived at tho Department of Justice, and the warden of tho penitentiary made .an rppenl. Nothing, he said, could bettor servo to convince the prisoners now In tho pcuitontlnry or tho relentless pursuit of .wrongdoers by the Government than the manner in which January had haen brought back aftor nine years, lint tin* mere bringing him back bad served to en force that lesanh. Now there was opportunity to add to it a laAson equally striking, in tho mercy us well as the justice of tho t5overnme.nl. by giving tho man who had proved his reform a pardon for his obi offense. Neither the V./lite Ho.is? nor the Department of Justice kne*v ;f< first what It wiri all about, By the lime tho slow-going official lp.ail had brought tho information there were thousands of unofficial appeals for mercy for January. Then came a sworncertlrtcatethat a petition signed by 37,000 citizens of Kaunas City v.its on Its way. Senator Warner and Representative 1011 is took up tiietase. Their constituents in solid mass de manded, that they should a at. ! Tho red tape or officii, h method:* compels a litJlo delay. Usually It Is a gi'oat deal of delay. Hut in this caso tho pardon attorney of the Uo : partment of Justice will have his opinion ready promptly after the offi cial application from Mrs. Anderson for her husband'8 pardon is in his , hands. Then It will go to Attorney General Bonaparte for his recommen dation. and thence to tho President ' for autlon. J Typhoid Kill* Scranton Student. I Joaeph Twias, of Scranton. Pa., a etudoot of medicine at the Medlro Chlrurglcal College, died from ty phoid lever, which he contracted a few days ago. The young man. he wae only twenty-one yeara old, wa? a. l eon of Jamcii TwUb, a well known bo I tellceeper, of 8cranton,. and a lot uier ' Select Councilman. I Kansas Wlwnt Ninety Average. i Secretary Cotoui a, lo nla omcial re port. vAys tfetifreent Average of tb* i ***** m. I PRESIDENT PUIS DDT TIMID TERM FEELER Reynolds Said to Be Sounding Public Pulse Confidentially. CIRCULAR LETTER PUT FORTH bun*:is Republicans Hesitate jo He* 1 i4-\u* Roosevelt Out of tl>e Itaoo ?'rail Thought to lit* in Favor ??t'opy ??l Document Sent Out. Washington, D f\? It was learned by n visit of James n Reynolds, of Now York, lo (ho Wlillo House, that the League of Republican Clubs wan fooling 111?"? pulse of the people iu re lation to a third term f??j- President Roorcvolt. Reynolds uss tho l'resl <1 * * 111 s confident ial mail in the invos tlj:nib>n of the beef packers. and ho I* cti '.m >d yet in special work of a confidential nature ft?r tin"1 President. Reynold* hlid n tr. 1 k with tho Presi dent, th-n hastened u> Now York. Reynolds, it is known, spent. hl3 timo fn N.-w York at t!???? head<|iiiu t< i". of ih" of Republican Clubs. When asked if ho was using lli<.' I.t'iiiiiic to feel the public J?n 1 s<* in the Iniorosls of the President, 11?? nn bw ?M>'?l: "NVI1 i a question. II would bo on I of place in nui' who Is doing ^pe dal work for tho President lo an swer Hint question." It became known, however, that tho League of Republican Clubs is sen-Wing out circ^Lir lot 11*i*w to Re publicans lu all pails of tho country, and an Reynolds Is one of the lead ing officials of the I,<>aguc ll Is said that tho work is being dono under ills guidance. This is a copy of iho Icttor: "My Hoar Sir In view of tho present agitation and liio sharply drawn Issues Iwhvorn tho Adriiitiis* traliou of President Koosovcll and its critics, will you kindly send confl dontJaliy lo this headquarters your view of tho sentiuiout of the votorH of your ..district, whothor for or against President Roosevelt: your opinion as lo llie developments of tin* next year, and what course i? likely to be taken politically lu your district, with reference to the election and instruction or non-instruction of delegates lo (lie Republican National Convention of next year? "It. will be a great favor If you will kindly respond at length to this letter. I am, yours respectfully and ?sincerely. JOHN A. HTIOWMKT." (^'Stewart. is president of the N?w York State League. "Out in Kansas," said Reprosenta tivo Miller, of that Slate, "the peo ple are not disposed to make any alignments for the Republican nom ination unlit they foal absolutely cer tain thai the President is out of the race. Somehow they are not willing to accept what he said in his state ment on election night in .1 1MM, and believe thtftf he ma$>Y)e induced to again enter tho field. This is In spite of the fact that Senator Long, who stands clone to the President, recent ly returned home from Washington "fend gave an interview.-*saying the President was not in the race and declaring himself for Taft.. 1^. will take another utterance from the Pres ident before the people of Knnsas -and elsewhere will relinquish their hesitancy about supporting tho can didacy of any other man." Most of tho statesmen and politi cians: nt the White House were not in talkiftlvo mood. Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, was one of these. Whon asked wlieUwr he had any thing to say connected with Presi dential poll tics, he replied: "I am not Involved In theso great matters." Put the "reactionaries" thiuk he Is. Secretary Taft was another who did not yield to tho opportunity to say something of political interest. He said that lie wanted a chance to attend to business, and preferred to leave politics alone. INS CHANCE MEN AltllFSTFi). George- P. Scrughain ami Others Charged ^fvfty Falsifying Itallots. Now York-^lty.?Seeking to have agents of the Now York Life Insur ance Company jailed -rifr-.the charge of forging signatures ot' policy hold ers in Iho recent elections of direct ors, George it. Scrughain, manager for the International Policy Holders' Committee, and iwo employes were arrested, charged with conspiracy. The warrant wan served on Scrughain in ib'> Hotel Hampton, in Albany, by D-teciivo Fit/simmons, ?? of District Attorney Jerome's office. The prls ener war. put on a train leaving that < ity lor this city, where he will bo anv.lguc il. The complaint on which tho three were arrested, which had been drawn up by Assistant District Attorney Walter H. Howe, accused Scrughain and iiis assistants of tampering with defective ballots whfch had been sont to tho Pulley Holders' Committee to be east, In support of tho committee's ticket' It was charged these ballots were i.ltored so that they could bo ((Minted. It Is assorted that between iioOO and 3000 envelopes, containing votes, were found, to whleh the names of policy, holders had been af fixed by the defendants, or at their direction. Ilondtiran Pactions Fight. '--Advices front Puerto Cortex told of a light in Tegucigalpa between Ilondtiran potions, in which stven persons weievy v fjcrinany'^-^cnce Policy. The German Chimct?Hor?.. Prineo von Buelocv, in a speoch be (or? tbe RePhatag, clearly defined Germany's position iq rejard to a discussion of limitation ot armament* at The Hague. Food For Starving Chiam, Tho United States transport Bed ford sailed from Sfn Fran<H?co tor China with TOTOwr ponnte of floor on fM sm HffiBS SH FROM FLOODED COHL SHAFI Starving Toilers Rescued After Hundred Hours of Agony. / FOUND BY HEROIC COMRADES Tell Their Kvpcrienre?Economized on Food in Lunch Jtuskota and Kept Only One, Lamp I turning?? In Exhausted Condition, Johnstown, P;t.?ThQ DAven n^Inern who for five days have been Impris oned in (ho Innermost depths of the Hooded Horwlnd-Whlte coal mine at Fouslwell were roachod by two he rolo resellers atr10 o'clock In the illkIit of (ijo fifjh day. All seven worn found alive and woll, hut suf fering tei*vibly from thirst and the dnrkn^s. * , In I ho moenlng when the last of (ho wcicr had been pumped from . Jho in lie of flooded tunuet that njeckod lheir way -to safety, they W'l-o lod to (ho month Of the shaft. ?he nnine3 of t.h,two men who rorr'u'd (ho entombed seven will go down in Iho hlfitorvy0f mine heroism as I ho "bravest o<" iho bravo." Those mm are Silny Uodon and Charles Ream After one rescue party had t;lvf ii up in dngpfilr iimv swam fifty fovt lhrou?h tho p'lch-hlack tortuous jiiniu-i mid dravrftod themselves npon "(> li?d*^o whore the entombed mln s:l' The rescuers were moro j.ead H?an (ho men <o whom they hro:nrht Iho hope of Hfo, When, (wo hours nf/or (ho first he role, swim, b>Uf conscious and exhausted. staggered bock to the?. bead nf (lie shaft to brill? mows ck 11)0 rescue, such a roar of Joy and woleome went up from (lie anxious erowd in wnldm* that (ho ground Ironihltsd and (he echoes carried for miles. lOarllor In (he day a first attempt at reaching the enlnmhed men had heen made by n party of four, head ed hv John Holya. brother of Fore man Holya. one of iho sovon within 'ho mine. Hut (ho water was still too li11?h. and (nongli Holya, frenzied with grief as ho (bought of his. loot:?i>r's starvation, had desperately dived in an attempt to swim beyond (ho high water mark, his compan ion?, wore forced to pail him back by the rope they Iwul Med around his waist as k jJPocautloh, and return. At (V a I lime U>e surface of the flood I'Aached iho dome of the narrow shaft -4 IhWan.v snots along the mllo of wind- . Ing 1"ti*sIh between (.Tie moutir and (lie little eminence whereon the se11 imprisoned men sat waiting. ... The return of tliki party, empty hamlod drove tho thousands outside half wild with 'grief and disappoint lnent. Hfforls at pumping were then re doubled. At "10 o'clock the water , had so far gone down that it was re solved to nTako one more attempt to hfenk through lo tlve overcast, where It was believed the unfortunate ,men were still alive. Itodon and Ream volunteered for the service. They made, a dash through fifty feet of water filled heading, reached tlio starving men. All seven woro not only/alive, but well, though greatly exhausted from their long confinement. They wore cheerful, too, despite the danger of mental breakdown. In fact, it yM to ward off t,\io phantoms threatening them in the unfathomed jgloom be- ? yohd the small space lighted by their * lamp that fchey kept up their spirits. The resetters swam under water for many feet to get to thom, andwhen they arrived In tho air chamber where the captives waited "for help, lliev for the moment, wore in 'frorso plight than the Wm thoy had braved ail lo save. For tho rescuers were half drowned by their protracted sub mersion, whereas tl?o other men were singing with forced gayety when the dramatic reunion under ground oc* curred. The entombed miners were 'sup plied jvlth abundaftco of food for days through tho forethought of their leader, Michael Bolya, the contractor In charge of tho heading swept by the lloo(L When tho water surged around tho seven, mounting from kincs to h.lps and reaching for their throats, Holya shouted to his com panions to savo their luncheon bas ket;*. Half consciously they obeyed bim They Areded no admonition n oiii him to keep thslr lights dry. That (Ir.-y did automatically. With tho1 instinct of.tiirir kind. Tho reamed men aro: Michael Ro.vJu, John Howard, John Cones, R("oh:ii Hrillnrd, (Jeorgo and John Aleka and Michael Retro. l)Il<:i? OF IIUMOHSK. ? F.dv.'sml Miiiic, of St. /joui*, Struck His Molhvr and Commit ted Suicide. St. Louis, Mo.?At the inquest into tho death of Fdwavd cjdnn.o, twenty four years old. who committed sui cide, it developed that Ldnne took hUl? life hecauso of remorse in having struck lib uiottor. lie had been out of work and his mother chlded him for not making further effort xb se cure employment. In a rage he struck her in the face* Later he re turned and weepiogly begged for giveness, which she granted. Then he shot himself. Suicide From Ill'Health. Cap.tain Will^vm H. Thompson1, for Iblrtju year* In tho oyster trade at Bttltim6;-6V lid., shot mm sell dead in that city no account at ill health. V From to TeMeaseew The Twmmm State Board 01 wheat from .frosts, v>omptaisis oc green bog damage are . mama maaaI m WluT HOB# rfOilTfO Southwest. mmm <y Paeele A Bills 'Mx