The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 06, 1908, Image 1
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VOLUME XIX
MDJKN. 8. 0.. FRIDAY. MARCH 6, 1<>0?
SOUTH CAfMH.ll
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Newsy Item Gathered Tram the
South Ceroftw.
Federal Aid Proponed For Our Sigh
School*.
Cleinson College, Special, -Preai
dent P. II. He)i has. received a letter
from the lion. Cba4 R Davw, call
ing bis attention to a b?H before con
gress, looking to the endowment
throughout the country of secondary
Mjft. gohoola for the purpose of en>
couaging teaching of *gri<|ujture,
the mechanical artfc and h'omb'econo
tnics for the better education of the
people at large. President fcell rec
ommends that all who are iq .f&yor of
and to the representatives from South
Carolina giving their endorement of
hia bill.
Th* unsure provides tor the pay
ment to each State and territory of a
sum, amounting to 10 cents per, capita
of the population. -The stipulation is
made that all States and Territories
receiving t^is aid, nhall furnish ; suf
ficient niorfey^tb pay the cost of build
ings and grounds as well as instruc
tion in the other branches, necessary
to a well rounded, high school course.
One-half of all thfe ? money received
from the "gOVerrimflnt shall, tfiej bill
provides, ijie used 'for instruction in
' agricultural -high Schools maintained
under State authority in rural (com
munities, tbe 'number -ef such -rjcnoolil
in any ono State or1 /iVFrilofyhpl
fescetd one "school foVcach 10 <)oun
lies of thp State or Territory. !
. The bill . further provides for [gov
erpnjenjt ,ai4 to StfttP?agfiqultural ox
periment and to State agricultural ex
periment Statioqs on condition ithai I
the iiBt^Vei!; equal J
amount for the maintenance ) and
equipment of these stations. ! . *
, \ Both of these funds shall b?J?aid
(^mi-anni^aUy? on July. 1 ftnd- Janu
ary 1. The State must make toj the |
secretary of agriculture a detailed a<v 1
count of the disbursement of, si^fcVcl
eeived uridei; the provision of: the
act, The grants of money authorized
by the bill are made subject jto legVs},
lntive assent of tho several Stales a ndn
Territories to the purposes of the
grants. I
? Congressman Davis decently had ar.
interview with tho presidential wpicli
tbe bill was tho, subject of considera
tion.. President Roosevelt tbeq i ex
pressed himsftlf . as -J. highly.. /,plpiseyt|
with. the measure, glvipg itjiU.. full
est endorsement. He. .called atten
tion tp his speech in Keokuk, jn CXct^^j
ber ^hen. he said, that the federal goV
ernmoni should cooperate with (the
Stafc$ to provide practical cducntLp^
for the yuulh of Ahp nation. V .
Mr. Datfii* oil!' na& received nuihcr-.'
ous other indorsements from the'
' ing educatdrs of' the "United Staf
' and the measiire lias beien faydredi'by
eduf-ational organisations,. jffe^m^rs '
association^ St af ft agricultural untFj
mechanical colleges ami commercial,
manufacturers.'. af\? industrial, orgipi
i iutf ions *Hift poim\Vi*'.Ttb4 1
i; { jStiojbs j&l? i [the; coi(i^ \$ Ji
; 'mjptf iiHk * "ehtertaine<T tj
conrgess wiH coijsider tho ineafijure
Mr. 1^|f|ffiiS^^^te^inv68tigatang
C.elaim tli at.
tia
S t a[t in
nfi'tfe^tho Hjon.'
Y wtf&n; sliji^$ hat sifice
3.{WaS: given to Slate colleges
thee pife*?i4t?ge of ; -th.^p^Mipport
ceived from tho national government
has greatly 'ddBriast'd* * *'
v , Thft rsehoolpj provided f ev , ip i t it.#
acf/ tfi:. Davis pdihTS~ottt, ' are of px
. . ?Uy; _*he fla^Pi , .qbar^ter . m , #ose
established under the;j\forrill act of
? > iT ~ r.fy >' 'MHwm W . i v. f
To Build an Chick SpHhgsi
Graetrrille, Special.,-^he;,'/5 Chick^
; Springs - company has jj let ? a: ^ontraoK
.for rnbuUding |th.Q ho^pl whijcV.^a^
recently destroyed by fire. Work \^1^
in in a day or two and tho"
"horise will be ready for- guests wh^n
? itho season dpens this summer. vyT
new building will cost $50,000 and will
bo better than the one it is to i|e*
w'th] 3?
c(l revenue. it is ?4tiai? te<f
jtr ?that' ? th&mato> ifci I fill'
i ve"A rt<vlKt of' -rtbrtut ty,
t tBfe'lhtfMw W
her*?c<MjttWAl the iifi
fcv bi&J&tik MrinO zk ir.
th? a ^ '.h6ta Hraogfgtti
8tat? ?nd the ?Bn51
gorernmeut iudiricUv A.
alleges have rJBm^tSf- ?g$l
t?r K?/l *? ^W,e oon t e*fli|ilatid by '
sS^rI sSSfe-S:
industrial; ito fo?^?,!^""
*Mp our youlli out ffti
submerged ela*, anljy* ,SfcuSL ri
1 10 States to expentSf^re -
?J5 il "ill <rre.Uy aBgjjyj
??" ?? <?ehni??| eM^Tf*' "
AptroprUtlon Vliia m.? jfoy., j,!"
Columbia, Sj&SMM (flDtrolU^
General Jones ^Cc, jWwc^^rr?!^
appropriation bill^^f .h,e
?r,,,? all items totaled thetel/k )"*" <"
*1,885,857.27. Tl,i? *l
S3r;',"r?5*iS
toyaSlwS
71 .$1,408,000 /and tCfrl
lory of stole y^liWhiSf lift ii^'i
:'c: -Vu.o1
8s?gwi*few
provide for !Ty 'doflcWency
?sss^?*t r,iK wm m"k? ? s?
Slate bavufe paid Ul? debts with the
duri"? "?? past yew*!
? ffMt lefc ycaf'j ?*bai,eJI?,tj(V tinSi
;?a i a ss
iq?ft rS n ,ev? of flvo mills, were
$870,. >00, or about one-half the an
, - M there were numerous
derailments not lien iwvided foj
for )!, . '' H&iM
for better work, for raoro reports and
1 1 .lho;ei careful supervision of
f the State has had much to do with
tins increase. -
"'^saSJifelWhttr in t
Sumter, Special.? The good roads
sacrjsa;
wero80twobegU\h? 8h?^ result9- There
msimesm
^wSBffiaS
city inrd country wore brought into
tmiri!ry WC7 brou^ht into closer
better roads As a result of these
?? "?bi" f"W ^'4i?'atu?
lite purchase of improved road work
mg machinery, and authorizing the
expenditure of money for g$qtf|ro$<J^
Inspection Dates.
ing the date for the inspection of
three ?f tha militia companies. k The
In spiel i HA# Coi^a|r>M(^ bf ?
April 21 instead of March 10, the in
-spection at Georgetown will be held
on April 23 instead of March 11 and
the inspection at Winnaboro will be
held April 27 instead of April 20.
train No. If of the Southern raitwa /
coaches left the traek. The
Bengers were given a bad scare, but
only minor injuries were sustained.
Alljpasaengers were crowded into th?
ears next to the engine and proceed
ed to Colombia. The
opened f?|dentlflwitl
to wifiptl&t ofjtther
Hartsville. 8pecial. ? A wreek is
the yards here Tuesday afternoon
eausod by a bo* ear leaving the traek
at a switch ^inteT^rftd wjth^ tha &*?
P"'^n into tkaroof of theaew da
ps', did some damage. The \T_edee
boro passenger came by and carried
the passengers and mails on to Flor?
eace. The wrecking train arrived
Tncsday night to dear tbe traaks. r*g
. ; - ? ~
ftad
MM Sn Hmm
Columbia, SpeoiaL? Ned and Brack
Toland, negroes, aged ID and 17
yean, respectively, late Friday aftetx.
noon, rnado a full confession of tjie
murder of Urn. Paul W. Elliaer, the
*?ed whit* woman who lived just
acroea tbe river from Columbia
Brack, 'the youager of -the bratheN*]
|,*aid thai Mrs. Elliper au*f^,;tod
*ometbing as soon as thoy entered 11 4'
bouse, When they got inside Brack
*aid lie caught the old womaA and
bald her while his brother kitoeked'l
her iu the head with an axe. '"tliey
put iter body in a baskot and Ned
atfuek* her two more blows. I They
tjhen proceeded to rob the hnnfiffr t.afc
ing a gun and a number of article*
of wearing apparel. No inono^ -was
W :
A Bad Bereavement. |
Dillon, Special. ? With Masonic
["honors .the remains of Mr. Jakei Par
ham were consigned to their last rest*
[.ing place at Mount Holly Saturday.
Mr. Parham was 29 years of agei; hub \
been a sufferer for several mdnth*/
exhibiting throughout a wonderful de
gree of fortitude and patience at
place of business until within at
few days of his death. The [aged
JU .-fe. J^LLIuj iterf^.rveb
eapecially the sympathy of every; one.
His bereavement is peculiarly j di?-.|
trce^in^, his son Jako being the [ sole
aarrlvo>*OT*what was only four years
ago a happy home. Within I two
months two sons and one daughter,
Vli-ffTft ft1#'1'
lowing within a year after and {JAkeM
alone was left to him.
Arrested in Ohe^jr.
fecial.? 'fbc police h- I
orities lifcre arrested on Satuidav
j r
giliufiity&t&rai ,
of J. A. Stamper, charged with house]
breaking and larceny. It seems Ihrt'.'
tt|e$a$<?i|e| fcrofciinlcklhtiatfcttott of.
the Carolina & Northwestern railway
at Lincolnton, N. C., and took tljerc
I from qui to a bunch of railroad tick"
V* conductor
punch. The arrest was made by1, iit
QpwJfcct^j s tfi ' MV
Ross, to whom one of these r
was offered in payment of .ijaflfc,
moYniri'g,' When he was taken to tift-'
colntpn by Chief of the .Cheater tPo
\v?? viorin>oi
t
Two Men Arretted. \ ,xi
'iiflfkli, d.
who formerly rr.n a aaloon in Augtl^la,
mid M. Ceg Todd weiy arrested at.
il&mb%g/nid bro^l*IHj4 Mlldlit i m<T
lodged in jail by Dispensary Corr
stable Musco Samuels, charged w it b
of <J>e
1*o men were running a grocery st jre
In Hamburg. The storo was raiaJtl'
en gallons .of liqtror were seized. It
is stated that they have been runn ng
a Uiod,tJ|r
weW fctvAf i prorinuliVry KSAUg be
fore Magistrate Smoak and -releaf
ier#r afcAroffs;
*
Wednesday night fire was dUoovoicd
iqSiajj pus JdSussssd aq* 'um.oj
jo puozijid eqj Xq pa)8i8s? 'hauavj
tqwod'lkj sdiC
w
jIT'UMml [WW3T 5qi ibj'^8 ,OTtV?i
aqj ^noqu }? k)uo )uoo *q}.pn? 00S*"4
mti R
ap|
?Mi
m
piMii
psjnsut 9J9M ui?<j8uti|iM 9 ?u?ii P^i
Xifoduxoo Stumotf ymjro3( "
'?|8ps3H}[
?aotu jo qroi* eqi }nq 9nip|inq cjin I
no aautunsui Oti KtM. ojstjj, *xoo 'jJ'rl
W**|y -irbi?rat?
Y ork. . -v^.
Fort Mill, .Special. ? Clawaon Mi
000 capital stock, incorporated
to develop :so:qr gold 4 nj
1U MrWWWnr IHI ffimi. J 0
liminary work has been in *progtf$fr
since November, and arronjremttif<r]
are pnf|>f?|ng,
equipment for stamp mill and ehloj*
ination plant f Dr.,~ G. I*? Clawso i,
Riehburg, 8. C., president; A. 11. j
TT i_i ^arlotfcp. _N. C., v^ ^^esideni ;
t Wi
?
in,
re
urer.^3
o| Hfs
** Fwdonad. -
Tampa, Fla., Specials-Harry BoaW
ford, a format plumbing eontractoj,
who 4wf: served Wvon months of? i
one-yea* ten? ip tb<?pcoitoatiary fo
?booting Captain park, a steamboa .
mastar, nephew of Stato Tratfuta ?
Park, oi Georgia, whan Park surpfiE
-d him in Park's home irtth Mr?.
I Park, waa parrfotod to LjbC^tjiiej
boards J"?C ^ t 8? fe? * fK'
CHy*? History
BKHiTEIN BLOCKS BURNED WT
. . ^iXLi ?. ?* >yr
Itn! * ToUi^?? Brti
mated at $600,000.
8ns '?*1
*'!?., Sp??i,|._Thl) e-g("M
tttaua wiioi, of t|
cty "frropoc .#.? . ???
fP until
? ??,"?? to. I P. M. HnmUy.. 'i'ho liiuu
05 ?"?? or 'UgbtMo
?"J ohe-halt eit, ^ J(| (v
M.lb, <Sfc? fMlfarii
."wnwus ^to, 61u??m, ^,7
?*? houses and ?vrr :>00 tttollta^ioai
J5"1!1!4, ^y oijfarrnftke^.^ jho fuCi
tones burned wore, M. 8tach?U*? &
Co., Iobh .^0O,OOQ, M. Vvrtz & ;eq.
loss $50,000; Pialier- & #o .
braneh of Htaohelb
^ernanttwr-A-Bro.^oss ^2?,t)00.' i 4 ! -
- a-1. ^gW. T^rlf8 s^?r. - ' . . .
factor^- carried large stocks
of tobacco and cigars. Tl,/ nrea
swept fl,0 embraced TnThat'^
e'll\ bHw*?" P?' W
M M'M>kv**e1 nJkl4?^<lnfl,U?,r
Twentieth fitreots. j, originated in
he boarding Iioms^oT A, Homo- Dia.,
174 Twelfth avenue, and fanned by a
?IT ^ ?W^^?^Weity
fire fcftpartmcrit Which was oMplod
y very weak waf^r pressure, 0WU|g
0 tho -Wife*" of j he' mains i? that
scottom- -Occfipn rrto ? ? r*f- .Vovwa fw
h?ridr*d ^eljittg hVM,9P,r ttrtAnr-ina
*o? a -pWiH^ rlwhed oufr, .. Attempting
On Tl*t 'bdoufcin#,
mSn i ?j:nbnn <*??
dropped dead J?* thT'S, ?.??
factor;?# , it oaty ^o *av?
b V???,tvva^aWer oi record*. booL
.it' ?*, jfh^ valuable stock?of??
.tobacco" ind manufactured' Cigrirfe
?foady,.fop.felrt|>moHtt. Wero Mf't to the
Jhe, flames.
. Fire Chief "Overcome. <** *i
' "t -a#d sifiokkfflirly in tho,lir<ykuV
???^ere f L (:itiz<,ns volunteered
assistance to the hard working fire
COUld ? bo^donov- ? ? ? <~UV.V.f ? -r-.rr?n4 Ir.
- *m?^Jhe -bu i t< 1 tog#,- , nt hen tlrarv
;actones,ps<royfdf( .(were Ihe.Jioils
(ffj Cane? i?.^ r' r And Castro and*
Maximi Curtis, gttr iiftoit^ lWSatm>><
rgnta JXnd J?wboardi?g-iio??4*. ,/n,?.
car barns of the Tampa Elettric Com
20 c?r8, weraiu"
.te'Sl3:^1 ?,rf? Who 'Druci
tfoif. 'trill,- whrf -nn-s'tnnlA-flot
-"C.gar Company was also reached'
fwwa
hohieless wore out of work, owing to
tflrdull season In tKe" factonesT ftTfT
aT^o practicaHy ?ut of fu.dn ^n(\
then- shelter became an
problem. .
PVI O I 1/ ? f ji < ?
OJfut will itfirren
'?H
> Prominent West Virtfintiwv Oty). *?
4 r^o^htafUw. J&$2 SfHrtk^PK!
feli'MafsH iWk'it, fofttfiffy*pr#JBfltfnt
Of Wdt fflAfvettrty^HliUf1!
etiddeftly'SttMlay'Hf a^pflpfeWy.
hfd appatenAfl^ beei>l*><fti<<?iL>4?tMpflj
health and last evening consented to
take the nomination for too^ei* ott the
, Citizen* party >tlo)foU,M n
iLii . ?rr Iih'l ?>?>? ?/? in ; o-#i i
Chinese to . Surrender Japanese ,
?m m nAf'rt'l
" M hrn
?er fjie t/apnnpet' sKaraer, xaisu
?th bf We ttffA4?e ftttirflM
tHtfrfdtf of'd^aeao^^WWPflfaoaaMg1^
Inrge
iriiMiit viflrffnumbering Several
rtev?tnth*irtd Vtflroirtqw ?h??<?v?
J
_,Two bombs ware tlno^ f|? $3
A banhi+d* WfcH
rgentioa, |
nuns lint t m
? ~v ^ V- y
Agree to Adopt tfie Nine-Noar
System Without Delay
CLAIM IT WILL WORK $?i?
N?w Order of Ajffair* Will Jf??n th* ,
Employment of fhoujMurtc of A4r
dltlomJ Operator*, the Clowiu* pi
ft T ftrfo Number of BatftU SUtlonA,
?Md a?wv?l Iocoeveftleaee to Ik*
TrftveUnf ood Bhlppl*f Public. '
J \ ? 4 ? *rn
?i> - h ?.
Washington, Sjwi?U:rfK;Ab??i3eifa
railways havip made arnui^ii)i<bt8 to
comply wi()t tlie provision*- 'of t^o
u iline-hour law, n The operation of
the Juw will . mCMBulhti umployhiont
by -railroad - companies V*o? 'Vevci'ttl
thousand addition#! opoialossr and
the closing of ft large nmnbi-i bf
small stations on the 4tl^ of arch.' >
The diBoontit.uianoe of.r.?rUwfty aej;- ;
vice at many points, -ft' is"' realised,
wilj,jndu& a 6 least tenipo$irjK nrtjotl"1
venience to the traveling1 and flliip- '
ping public, but, iu older- lo rf^uce
operating expenses which n'ow ' tfoeni#
nccessary, the op<vratU)g AlHemls of
tho ruihvays believe t'hAt'this Si-thc1
only way they possible can meet \\\&~
aquation with which they are > con
fronted.. " " " *} ' .
_ Statementa. ? ,
Dining the bearing of application))
extension of tlu^iuneiUoui* lftW
By Ihd^/fM-StK' &*~fciArrfcrce commi^-'
eion some astonishing statement*?
.wore .made by the operating offirinla
of important railways. A good many
lines, owing a, reduction in (lieu
during the post four months, almost
to the j)>Y)int of asking for rooelVGt'8.
^n the opinion of nuh^'i^v p0|cialg ex
pressed *al "tfio . hearing under upltr j
ifnff ifi pVirntt^onvefifcfi'on't'HIfr Icon- |
(Mtion^ dewnoti deenf -to- 'htt-ie beon
. tp^Uxx.ftoJlPWmftotijof Uij^rttivo
Jaws .or to the incapacity of. railway
m^agejhent." Most of the "railroad
offfdatai1 atlVibut*^ IW 'to! ( lie
in?ortunate banking sit unt ion which
'elojMrtmfl* September. .The roil
ne^ in
)v|<fm?'
Ipber
\tas arte of 4l?e bdli. in the1 Ihirfttir^ of
JJjo .i^nwjieiiii; n\Uw*djing.
One railway official ventured the
k8lAteteBrtt" rtra't ta'tWroifttiy'tMay
wiivs did jnpt feel X^e i?tru>gene;
money unlir'anouPthe 1st oj No\)dHU
tefT llrt^'frfct^htf 'W^Ath oT
there- wifcte AQOflfMh freight'Uvirs,
S\jj
ac
i
e.
10
?.,;i .JNojk^t.jCbnfldenca;??
> $ot. ft M , L\
.railway. line who appeared before the
'cdmtttM^iafiV 1 hb\W0tf6r, > expfeSVe'd* tl>o
belief thaMlfce ^rcBfehtMndustrfa# do
f-W>ul4?.,bfi.nla?^ng7 .lit*; jtho |
jtestjpion^, oj^'nejirly every witness jbe
f^V'e tlft eomnfisioh<6hefe was a "note
'OfMcdrtfhfrhce tlloni
4>tactieaU V. i be ttAved. that- _4h t? * at r ikig
?n?f.ijp rntM?r?\wva^ar)^.*?f^no
whicn the conn try has suffered is hbP|
Wie" tS ?i7.fen^7aP caused ^Ttjojr
J?<UUt ujut^lliuL thflj ^rom Jasi _ve.U'.,
r 1 It'%8 tfia |? jjel#' wlrO ? m <iol- J
rlllrll
Througnoiu t Wtr country ^re nour
ish big.. It. was merely fhe inability
fcMtwnlaand* roan)*
cash and {ho
hoarding of money by panic-stricken
'Individuals which produced "so~*sid
de*iU' the remarkable depression
f^-om which all liave suffered. Tliey
practically uniformly express coijfiv
the return of prosperity'.]
will 1
>Mn6Mh<rfu-.4aw?<ifce$ .p^int^d dnl tlA'tlie
t<*romjy^ion Wi*t ,wUr,j^i. retiwu K?f
com m a nab *i.lj ? , f orwic##,. of ?? toiipefcejn Lj
jOpfr^^ftrf jn sufficient numbers lo
meet, tjie needs of prosperous, conc i->i
tiftlt! S-rfh?rt r. ] "*
tlmf)? 1 him ^ ? ui linjt ru/>f i n??/il
Fatlf <8ffer**gbfWw?tlfl^ifcdl is* Ore
a hp (ilai^ri^ nnimd titnj.R^
s.-ie?vls^rfaJb?f?itr
Vinsftt was notified (lint n negro
feeetl 13u)l
fado t4r4e^>al)out If*hii<fciiiofl.i4oit?l/
[*da0iextinAodompadied bdtQAhJle^H
iThaWM, t^irw?ptyi^^ftinnHho
paired to th* scene and learned th.it*]
TfiiH
j^p^ent - AI'^'wb Railrtad M*f
IHi
Idenee in Belxoa. MvrXUl fa?* U?4*
(EMU OEM* .
ELECT REPUBLICAN SENATOR
rsr* ? iv xr n |
Ex-Go v. Bradley Chosqn by VotM
of Four Opposed to Bejsktiam.
VOTERS REAJSE C0#(PRQM1SE
t)e?d lock That flrgmi January 1,
' '^ Wiu'u ^{{luiiiture Concern, am
tviiltii Ylryilu Tried III IliTiik,
Kiul.s in Di fi atof Majority }>nrtf*
f: 'Frankfort, Ky.? Amid wild <jxclto
fnent, ex^GoYernoi* William O'Oonnoll
Brndloy, Republican, was elocttx} JJnU
tod States Senator tO' succeed James
McCreary. Bradley's term of six
iaAuiiwiU..Ue&in March. 4, .1.0 00, He
rocelye<| ( ai^\y;{pur, > voted, four of
which woro cast by LomocraU op
poae'd ^h*oi?-OcKr?icih'dr>Deckhi\m, lead
ing Democratic Senator, who was in
^oraed at the State prima rise, j
, H. iiatoi :< H. ?.? McNntt, i Albert
Ghtudton. (Mid Representative Chris
Munllcr, ol Louisville, and. Repreaen
.tRtiKpJtl. W, Uil!??rd, of.Boyle tyH?uty?.|
wero^tho Democrats who voted for
Bradley. Until theii thoy bad voted
for varidus vDemocratk for S^hatol',
but- at tor voting for Bradley lluty r?
tusodt to recall their votea atWt bnlte
with n<M>kham'8 pujiportera ou pome
n 'inOi rai other 'thnn Beckhanu As
thtfro ^ro 126 memfR*rs"of 'tliq two
hflhjseB -voting In tho Joint session, the-|
Speaker ?? finally declared - . Bradley
olecteji, baying, a majority pi jhoae
present. ' ^ .
The completion of tho first roll call
hhi1 Joint Mission Hbrtwod: Bradley', 04;
DecJULanv (HL Blackburn, ly;and
> * wf~
Bpfov<?. the Speaker could, an- |
So unco tho result tho Domocrati ob
tained a 'feiapltulatltin'UulV &.\tenipted,
bet break ?*h<v quorum- by* leitvlpd the
ball, but they noon came, back, accoihJ
Lfianled. bK. A)eckhi?ui,., who aiitbjmKed
the wijth<Jrawal of UIh .na^nio atuj.re
loaseil'tho Democrats from' tttel pri
TOtxrjC lionviimtloh" pledge to htm in
?hopM-that nomo'othor Democrat ebuld
bo elccted tfitha ifoiw boUln^, Demo
crats could be porsuadod to change
their .vote*. ?
Theae /?ur. .men ,Fere Burrouiided
by party frlonda and urged to \V ItH
draw'ttyelv Hypport from- Brndlayi and
r?i-eleot Senator Jantes Eh M)cCroary#
or any Homoorat "theyx> ml>{tit'.Y>imo,
but the fdur men declared'that. the
.proposal came too. late. The D<imo
jcral-ic.lieadfvra cv$p promised a C/iticus
to ;?olcct 'a candidate, . to'.'WblCb ! j#M*t
name pf Deck,haiti wpnld not h# pro
sdnted, but the!'bolter? ended tliQ ro
capllirlatlon by steadily tc(us1U& all
off ere..- \ Tho ballot; wos't^en ceiast,
wRh ,thp following4 result: . , Bntdley,
64^-BeckhHm, l&r ^James,.1 15? Mc
Creary, 10; Mayo, 6; After), 2; SnJUth,
2; Peak, 2; N^wnum, Hunt, J,;! Kl
Hat op, 1; SthnlVy?;l : ^ia^k^u^nj t;
Cantfill, , l; Kllla, 1; Caimpa<}^, 1;
Sulllvati^l^ abd McElraj*.' i/, ( r,"
In a 'speoch accepting ' his "election
Bradley trromlsed to use every effort
ft?'Se;iator to obtain the repeal of the
alx-oOTijt tax ;jOu tobacco.; ' .a!:,
>.? Sea a4o tv elect- -liradley haa'^beeU
Governor durrhg thej^ilttory j?f |the
State,' was Indorsed as-, tTie'K^n^ncky
ca;>dldnt^ for tlfe Presld^nWal pom
lfta^l^ix yd f&86, and bas boon jnau|rJ
>timeB'"a' delegate to Katl9pal conyen
tions. ? ? L? *.
Ho mil long the Kentucky metdber ]
of tbe? Republican Nntlonah Oommlt*
tee. He a natlvo>Kentuckian; Snar
ly aixtxi-one ye?Rfl >eldv lawyer,' who
,was> admlMed 'to^the bar in 1865; by
special act of the Legislature, beting,!
uuder twenty-olia years of age at jLhp
lIiiiiBMnTO8inm8?
psvllle.
??s ill
Governor Beckham's candidacy' va?
,h.la adv.ocac.iLot. lu uhlhitioiL, JULla w lie
Is ,*n Arileht prohibition. Ad ypoi te, J
,t?UongU It htvs been id-onieft that lie :;k-(
ham. ..is a Jotal. abHta-iner when a f
..(unctions. not purely doanaetlCo^. , | 1
ex
JEROME'S REMOVAL
ASKED UK CHARGES
Stockholders' Committee of Met
ropolitan Railway Files Petition.
HAS LOST PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
< ?li? (I Advocate of lUrli ? Jury St au
UhIh, Imui-anre, 1'aUure to PAroa*
null' .SIlIpIniildillK $*??. and
Oi lnir Matters At? (JbnsKIc 'ad.
Albany, N. T. ? In a' petition con
taining the Drat' forma! chhrjcw pre
ferred to Governor Hughes against ;
District Attorney WJllUm Travers
Jerome, the Chief liixequtiva, of the
Btoita waa asked to remove the pros- A
ecutlng officer of New York City and
county uu the ground of repeatedly
demonslsated unfitness for tha duties
of his poult ion. t . ,
The petition, harked by twenty
fhr?e specific allegatidns, waa pre
sented to the Governor by William
P. King In behalf of a committee of
,8tQ9^hAldor^. at _(h$ Metropolitan
Street Railway Company, of which he
is chairman.
The charges relate to unpunished
JuVy fixing by tho Metropolitan; to
unproaeeuted "high finance" byVthe
Combine which. Is alleged to haVft loot
ed th? Metropolitan; .io numetoua Il
legal aqte of insurance official* aa dia
clonpd by the Armstrong committee;
to the Shipbuilding Trudt fiasco, and '
to other' matters.
Mr. King and his cbihmltteby sum
ming up thpir .charge* against Mr.
Jorothe, say: -"'by reason of these
facts; which have b60ti brought into
mnnrn imrnTtTrenro' through: the
IstjQg jltepressed condition of the ^
country, Mr. Jerome, has lost, com
pletely, wq subnVlt, the confidence of
tho peoplo. Ills habit of" becoming
tho advocate ^of the wealthy accused
In many of the case* 4$ tilled baa
tendcrd vory inat-iially to impa|r the
publl". confidencd in him.
"A larga proportion of the citizens
of Nv w York County, however unjust
tpwjud Mr. Jpcome their, feel Inge may
bo, have, nevertheless, been l#d?by .
4h?se facts to believe that ho is tho *"
friend and protector of the Wealthy
criminal and not the attorney and the
protector, of, the whole PeOP^ With
confidence. In him thus Impaired, .Mi"."
great abilities make bint all tha mora
distrusted. *> . ' 1
"With tl\o loss of public confidence
ho baa seemed to lose ever, interest In
the enforcement of the laws, and
those of his former closo frlendd who
ure Insistent upon their enforcement
ara reywvdcd-by film as his enemies."
Mh 'King was chairman of tha
Nominators Commltteo which pro
posed Jerome to the people in his last
-campaign. " " ? . . :
.Governor Hughes, In receiving the
charges, said he would give , them
thorough and . spoedy conaldehktlon
nnd wduld at once 'send d eotfy of '
them to Jerome, . < -
KI/M T.M'H t'AI'T.MN IN SING SING.
wirm*
Disaster Tnkes Him to Prison.
who was in charge of ,th.o, steamboat
( : ene'rat flloQiim 'wh^p 8 no? ed
wi.th the losa otovcr lO.op lire*, slum
bl*l info Singling P^on .ffcw hfl
had been assigned to a fiell he.gtbped
hl? way to the cot and, throwing him
self upon it, sobbed, aloud. .Theprlson .
keeper closed the cejl d, op r softly and
tiptoed away like V trained nurse
leaving a* patient! nnVee^.'^*1 ?' ?
real, trained nurm-iWho had
figured In the. Captain's life^shq-who
had nursed him back; to <heaUll
lig^Bir win^mUor eaiy? day."1"
which:' he^Bpeht In* the Lebanon Hos-'~
^)ltal' fWHoWing -the Hirrildg "dr * the
Qener&l* Slocunv stood weeping at .
4he prison, door. In. the hand satchel
BhO t f*frm . tfie hfd.* C^rUQCftle of
hdnor lof -the food / work Jtoe.i ad
<!?<?* aftdf thfe BTOtttMr iU
nurslug those who ha&' b&eii fttn&ed.
LLer. .husband was'th^rw U* disgrace,
in, th&.ezp* of th^iaw^tbufe.isl?**o terrr:
her eyes. , The .disaster w}it$h-;had~
UVbu^ht - this couple \6gfcttier. parted
-ttrc-n In-soi^mtfr? - ? ? V, ^
; ? f -t ? ? ?> <* \ ^
lie eolation Calling, Vppn, N W4)e.
partment For Information.
, Washington, 0^ <?? To brt>aden
JV-,^.1'0^08^ J. itieriiwatton .>o*Mhe
Eleotric Boat GO.msanY^Qf .New ier
tfey 1 i ef> r e ee n iatl ve^tiley. ol. SS^?C
Hient'.'IMPoduced ttl&otlief refcolhtt6h. "
? tfkW ttee -Hs; liHley fcantHo ?kg^w
happened, tofttamke enbta**
f?>mi
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