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VOL. T BARNWELL. 8. 0., THURSDAY, APRIL 6,1906. NO. 81. A 8HARPREPLY By A. B. Williams to the Sian* decs of Bishop Potter ABOUT THE SOUTH. The Editor Challeofea the Slanderans New York Bishop to a Shew of Haod* a* to the Moral Condi* tioa of Hie Diocese and the South Generally. Blabop Potter of New York la one of the pet superstitions of tbla c un- try. He is part of the general New York superstition. Because New York is big, most of us assume that any man who becomes prominent^ there must be a very large and great man in deed. We persistently forget that as many fakirs, humbugs and light weights rattle and swell arrund in large places in New York as anywhere elfe in the world. As for Blsbi p Pot ter, he has said and dune as many things as any old gentleman we know of. A recent experience of his indi cates that bis manners are as bad as bis morals in some respects are de fective, his Judgment is bad and his amganoe extreme. Some time ago be undertook to discuss the di vorce qu s tion in a New York newspaper. As we recollect, be tyouedared around the subject a good deal ard failed abso lutely to make any definite suggestion or to indicate any o >herent pHtcy f< r his church or tor legislation. I s the coarse of bis somewhat flabby and cha otic remarks, however, he said that the absolute abolition of divorce would not do. He added: “We have an ex ample of what would result from such a measure in South Carolina, where the law does not recognize it. Pro hlbltlng divorce is merely putting concubinsge at a premium.” Tbis does not impress us as-a high or a church manlike view. Certainly concubinage Is not at a premium anywhere in South Carolina The editor of the Columbia (S. C.) State wrote Bishop Potter a very re spectful letter, pointing out to> him that be had done the homes and peo pie of the State serious Injustice, re ferring him to the bishop and clergy of hia own church In that State^for evidence and asking him to msLe care ful inquiry into the facts and then "take such steps as equity ani Justice may dictate. ” In reply the editor received a most Insolent letter from. Bishop Potter, in directly denying that he had used the language attributed to him and de scribing the editor’s letter and ar ticle on the subject by J udge Bebet, enclosed with it, as 1 equally unwar ranted and Impertinent.” The editor of the State replied with hr a perfect legal sense la Impossible anywhere In the Sou .h beoanae It Is forbidden and severely punishable by law. We do not hesitate to say that the charge that these vices are general or even widespread in the South la fake, and In making that assertion we will do better than Bishop Potter. We will offer good evldenee to oonviot him of falsehtod if be is willing to dare the Issue. We will put on the stand the Protestant Episcopal clergy of the whole South, from bishops to dsaoms. Tbey live among tire people and know them and have ample opportunity for knowing their life. We may assume tbat some of them, at least, an men who are not afraid to tell the truth in any ciroumatanoes or at any ojst. For New York, we will take the com bined evidence of the clergy,the courts and the newspapers. Like the editor of the State, we invite Bishop Potter to take the evidence, or join us In taking it. If ft sustain his accusations, we will confess with shams, but frankly, that he is right. If they contradict him, will he be willing to contras that he has circulated an outrageous and infamous scandal and slander? We do not oare whether be attributes it to ignorance, recklessness or malice or to a mixture of the three. If he evades a simple and-bonest test like this, he will stand convicted of having dis graced hlnrsslf by a wholesale alan der unworthy of a gentleman and of having brought shame and injury upon bis own oburoh. so far as his Jurisdic tion extends.—Richmond News Lead- AWFUL TRAGEDY. A Mon Shoots i Girl Five Times tnd Kills Himself. MAR CONWAT, fcv C. The Mas Wasted to Marry the War an and Because She Rcfus. d ilc Shot Her Five Usks Wi h Pistol asd Then Shot — Himself Also. SOKl FLAIV TALK From a Northerner on the Shackling , of President Davis. ' To the Editor of the Publlo Ledger: So many letters have appeared In the newspapers lately, pro and con, regarding the treatment of ex-P dent Jefferson Davis while a captive that 1 am surprised one salient fea ture has hitherto esoeped comment, and I rely upon your liberal- Journal to print what 1 now detire to plaoe before the fair minded people of America bearing upon the manacling 6f the distinguished prisoner of war. The Roman conqueror loaded his cap tive Kings with chains (some times of gold; nut still chains) to graoe hit triumph. We must go back 2,000 years or near itv to the day when the valiant Brltiah Prince Caraotaeus, in Chains, graced a triumph in Rome. Cleopatra oniy^aaved herself by the asp from glorifying in chains, the triumph of Ootavlua. But this is an cient history. la modern times, cruel and vindictive as wsre the British to A special dispatch U, The State from Conway says one of the mast aw ful and sickening trsgellu* wl ich Lai ever Occurred within the bort rs of this county took place Thursdf} morning about 7 o’clock, at Horn ’ wot £ station, on the Coast Line railroad, four miles north of Conway. As soot' as the news reached tbis plaoe tin correspondent secured a boiS2 and buggy and went out to the Scene— a peacefnl lookHarone-roomed bo^to cabin, surrounded by a small clearing, planted In English peas and straw berries, In the midstof the pine wo. os la the yard, almost in the spot when he fell, lay F. O Sessions, commonly known as “Buddie” Sessions, dead, with a bullet through his brain by his own band, and on a table within thefe cabin, was stretched the prostrate form , of Bs :e Sessions, a young girl of 18 or 2d years of age, wounded in places by the band of the dead man lying outside. She and her mother, Betsy Sessions, lived together alone in the cabin, which is on the land of Mr. George Bray, for whom they worked as day labjrera. From #1 tbat oan be gathered, Sessions bad been peiscout ing this woman with his attention for s <me time past, having threatened on several occasions to kill her If she would not marry him, although she was the mother ef two illegitimate children, the yourger of whom is said to be his oblld. It seems that there was another man In the oase, now liv ing In norlda or Georgia, who was the favored lover, and who had sent on Jickets for her and her mother to oome and J >10 him; and they were to have gone Wednesday, and had their trunks hauled into Conway, but were bar, but also to make an end of bis own life, and that she had seen notes which he had written Insuob expecta tion. He said in the note be left tbat he had stood her lies Just as long as he oonld; and It was brought out In the test 1 mocy tbat roose ila* ago he had met her in the m**, and, at the point of a p's o’, fo'ft ri from her a proo-t-e of mHire^e undt r 'hroa* rf immedialc riehti —a cr *1018 «h'chthe had to nteuiion of tsrrj* ing out Ti e srerjucas ccjrialn’y a oa'Kjtir rod l> z<rre ore, w th tl e Yvrt? < f t* e toeis-.d Lin/ ih s m. h-arci.-’, fci> 'see shelter d f - in the turoiijj ur by in imprewotr s tlirr tf il'ir. to:*: « f» w f< e swmv ih< o< i ► i’lo't tv*. ct> the had b t o 1» dton ui» o her fl !e '>f r>e ho a* the Are a'oun ' ihu out-k 1 n w-sheet ir m w tevvat r *lrg curled to ihe jh s h*. 0*8, .. g .1 e » o i d : fcLr J try ivi nog Vn- otlmorv Mated up .n t. c #t. dp’J urn u .did by the u uri cro’*') nt k ap •ig, Varig t pet*, a i r , u a y o* T *tv m had g^u: out In m o. w y li< u pies aid 1.1 *,> vui l’ o. r- rv.»ted m^ttn tf •!».- urj h * . O’, T la t » n id io get aw*y to tier .if' , . l! UNDER ARREST. J. Morgan Smith and Wife Found in Cincinnati, Ohio. A SEBIOUS CHARGE. WILL OiVc. Uc ittc-UHLE. Wh *t an H iKlishnian Maya Ab tut tbe ViO’t.rf* ut Japaneao. "E-tn if Japan be victorious in its a .. fl't wBh It issle, I can see noihm ahe d of. the ncas-esof people Of that I ut a long period of tribulation,” •.iid Mr. F. Rawdon, of London, E g dud, who is at the New Willard and wtv ha. liv d in Japan for many years savi Tue WaHhlogtoh Post. ^ ‘ It-must not be supposed that he-, oomtidered alm^t vital to tbe proeeau- Tbey Arc Ldicted Joistly is New York W ih Nan Psttersos, - Who Is Chafed With the Murder of s * # ■ '* ■ ' J Gambler by the Nams of r Caesar Yosag. . * - - Accused if conspiracy to commit .aurcier, J. Morgan Smith and wife ait rrested in Cincinnati, Oliio, T.nursiy on telegraphic request from Dsrriut Attorney Jerome of Ntw York city. Nan Patterson, tbe ac tress who baa been twice put on trial for the murder of Caesar Youag i* New York, is charged in the same connection, new indlctmtintn to this effect having been found in NiW Y> rk bursday. For a long time the au tborliies bad been unable to locate Smith and his wife, tbs couple havibg left New York a few months after the murder and before the beginning of the recent mistrial of Nan Patter son In which Smith’s testimony was Including tbe widow of Caesar Youag •nd Mrs. Young’s brother-in-law. Wm. Luce, were examined by Assis tant District Attorney Band, who conducted tbe recent trial of Nan Pat terson, charged with Caesar Young’s murder, which resulted Is a disagree ment bv the.,Jury. ' — The, arrest of Smith and bis wifaat Cincinnati, according to tbeNew York authorities, will have an important bearing upon the new trial of tbe Pat terson zfrl on ths charge of murder set for Aorll 10. At a previous trial an attempt wasssalfi to prove that the revolver with which Y ung was shot was pu'C iased by Smith and a woman tbs day before the tragedy oc curred. GOOD PORTIONS MAINE WAS SUNK Thnmth Mbtakc Say* denier Rosseao, the Bomb Maker. [ASKABLE STORY. In the Government Serv.cs Can Pel Had by T xaminations. cans? the Japanese have displaysl ex traoroiuary military prowess that they erJoy g^ d economic conditions, or tbe fallen Uoo, Napoleon and although t‘T? 1 ® 10 lemTe “°? u “ t u °* ““® .V.u.7. _ I muuke or irregularity in tbe rickets. Tbe testimony of tbe mother, at tbe coroner’s inquest, was that she did not tbey, in their terror of him, condemn ed him to a living death yet he was never put In chains I It remained for the United States) of America, through their duly luted authorities, to do a thlbg un precedented in modem times, the chaining, like a convict, of the lead- er-of a brave oause, whoee rights or wrongs Atp not now In question. The brutal treatment of tbe aged and in- flrmed statesmen and soldier by a hired blacksmith (or hired sergeant. ly proper and deferential way, taking Off tbe bishop’s hide. Be pointed out tbat the offensive paragraph bad been pnbliahed prominently, that Bishop Potter h|kl not seen fit to make any denial or correction of an outrageous and shameful stand-r against the peo ple of a whole State and that hit de nlal suggested in his own letter was as evasive as discourteous. A few days later Bishop Potter printed In the New York Globe a brief statement on the subject, in which he said he bad no apology to make to South CarolirS and extended his slander to the people of the whole South. He is quoted as saying: - He had simply remarked that in view of the prevalence of miser gena Uoo in tbe South, the ‘pose’ of lofty Wte myiTlnT -rtrt.im nn the p&lt of It* people; any where bad in it an element equally comic and pathetic.” An accusation like tbis cannot bs sustained or disproved by statistics or affidavits.. It oan be considered only in the light of general and obvious facts. Virtue it nit a thing of sections or of a untries/ The good are good and the bad are bad every whese and wherever human nature is, tbe affec tions and passions of men and women stray in forbidden paths. One thing, however, la certain and plain. Tbat ia that the moral tone la Infinitely eieaner and tbe social standards are infinitely higher in South Carolina' than in Bishop Potter's dlccese. Cer tainly a woman d varced f rc m her bus bend and married to another man in side of twenty-four hours would not be received In respectable society any where in tbe South. Yet a woman who did that very thing la a leader of New York’s most exalted society. Nobody knows the secret annals of vice; but every observer who has met* and known tbe people of New York and any Southern State knows that in the South vastly less filth ia talked aud written than In New.York. The natu raland inevitable presum pi loo is tbat Uvee In the South are very much cleaner. The women whose conduct and con venation are so distinctly loud and bad aa to Justify definite criticism Is tabooed in every Southern State. Blah op Potter cannot say that that hr tbe cate even In the highest and theoretl oally moat exclusive society of his own community. It would be interesting to know Bishop Potter got bis Impres i of the morals of tbe people of the South and how be would go about Justifying himself tor oiroulatlr g such a cruel and Inturloue charge as that concubinsge and misofgenation are "«ral la this part of the country <• tbat miscegenation lor Ha or general—It doeen’t matter which, to my argument) was a deed which should have brought then, and should bring now, the blush of shame to ev ry man north of Mason and Dixon’s Hue, who countenanced, or who countenances, this outrage. against the amenities of honorable warfare, and against the dbnrtesy due to a soldier, statesment and a gentleman, and through him to a brave, though know where they were going, nor who was furnishing tbe transportation; but tbat her only idea was to get away somewhere in order that the life of her oblld might be spared. The knowl edge of the threats made by tbe de ceased were, more or less, a matter of common information, and there are some rumors to the effect that tbey bad even been called to the attention of tbft officials, who, however, had not taken any action, thinking that tbe women were unneoetsarily alarmed over Idle words. As neither mother nor daughter have ever been lawfully married, their house bora a very unsavory reputation In tbe oommnnlty and no one would have regretted their (departure bad tion, Several wei ki ago a New York de tective v met Smith In Montreal, Canada, and from that time until tbe arrests this effloer has awaited a favo'Sbte t me for making the arrest He fo lowed tbf. couple, part of the time as traveling bompanloa over halLj.' of tne continent, having mads friends with Smith, who knew him to be a detective, but believed that the off! cer was after some otties person. De troit, Cleveland and a number of Canadian cities were visited. Finally Smith went to Nashville and L >uis villa In the hope of securing a position with some of the bookmakers in those cities, leaving bis wife in Cleveland He was unsuccessful and came to Cincinnati, where his wife met him on Wednesday. Mrs. Smith mid shir had relatives in Covington, Ky., and she went with her husband to that city Wednesday to call on these people, who, however, refused to see the visitors and after wards declared that there was no re lationship between them. Raturnlng to Cloclnnatl, Mr. and Mrs. Smith registered at tbe Grand hotel as H H. Banning and wife. The detective had kept In telegraphic oommunloa- slightest doubt but that they are going- wlth Ngw y ork and had deferred ment in the status of the common peo ple since the addition of the feudal system, some thirty-five years ago. The masses still subsist on meals cost ing from 2 to 5 cents, and the man over there who is able to eat a 60- oent dinner ia a grandee of tbe first magnitude. Any very great change for the better is impossible In a coun try that has only 148,000 square miles, and a population of at least 45,000,- 000. Add to this that there is only 11 per cent of arable land in Japan, and It is obvious that for the multi tude there is no escape from the grind ing poverty and from long hours of poorly paid toll. Modern methods copied from the East have brought to Japao many newly established Indus tries, but the poor people who crowd their factories work for wages that tits meaui st laborer Id England or tbe UnJted States would scorn. ’’Now with tbe Increasing hardships that tbe war entails, thousands cf Jap anese after Its close will wish to bet ter their condition by coming to tbe United States, and I have not the to orove a source of trouble to your people if some legislation of a restric tive character is not adopted. Wher ever they come they will work for smaller wages than Americans or any other white mao, and this will beget an agitation such as was had in Cali fornia against the Chinese, and prob ably result in the same exclusion.” Will Do Wood Wurk. Mr. A. S. Salley, Jr., was Wednes day chosen as clerk of the South Car olina Historical commit s'on- r after a competitive examinati* u i) w ioh a they gotten away on Wednesday. JusfcJ numberBhtered Tills til m. w v c r at conquered people. Jamks P. Davidson. Philadelphia March 22, 1»06.-— A Brule H.i>e Hereell Because her husband told her lie detect* d her flirting with a former admirer, Mrs. James Gallloa, a bride of three hours, shot herself at Hunt- liagyy. TuesdAT. The ftitt ue were married, and about midnight went to the home prepared by the groom. Galllon twitted bis wife about the attention paid her during the wedding ceremony by an old sweetheart of hers. She resented three pleasantries, and in a lit of an ger leaped from her bed and, rushing o a dressing oase drawer, seized Gal lon’s revolver. Not thinking she was serious, Galllon w atched her aa she placed the muzzle of the weapon be neath her heart. Tbe bullet tore a fearful w< und la the woman’s side, and tbe flash from the gun set fire to her flimsy robe. Mrs. Galllon, who was ab mt 26 yean old, died as the was being taken to a hospital. Deadly Exlocion. Three men were killed outright and another ao badly injured that be died a few houn later by an explosion at tbe Schaghtiooke powder mills near Troy, N. Y., Tuesday. The men kill ed were James White and Charles Col burn of Haizardsvllle, C>nn., and James Sprague and,Albert Bartlett, the latter being new employee. Tbe men were at work la the oornlng mlU when tbe explosion occurred and the cause is not known. Tbe bodies of throe of the victims were blown to fragments. Tbe fourth victim, White, was found 200 feet away, alive hut he could not recover. Col. Wattenon is telling the read ers of the Courier-Journal very inter esting stories </t 11 fete Europe. The Colonel feels c nfident that the re ports about persons making big win nings at Monte Carlo are baseless yarns. The gentlemen conducting tbe , gambling establishment are, he says, entirely too wtee to permit any thing of that sort. Tbe State says th* nokelol speaks before the hour of the tragedy, the mother went to the home of Mr. B: to borrow s pitchfork for her day’ work and after she left'tbe house 5< s sons, who must have hern c u e In tbe woods, awaiting juH t>ud. uu i pportuaity, went up to the entered, caught the girl, wl o lr»uu to iuq, pulled her out on the Utile iuzzi isith his left aard .*tim hl« rnwlnar IS emptied every chamber iulo he > ccdy at arm’s length. After reie« in he', she staggered a few sieps ai>o i.ll io tbe yerd, where she was lout d wl b her two waall children cr;i~g ovir her, by those who first ani **td upon the scene. He then deli erstely i n breached his pistol, rela.d‘‘d a’l th* chambers, and, Discing who muzz ■ Jufct behind bis right teoiplt , fi“2d tu. shot which penetrated the Li ia, o* m log out on the other side of the be * t Just above the left ear. The w> m u was woueded in both armi, they tea g broken between the elbow and shouh er, oooe Just b low the lefi breast, anc twice Just bel jw tbe right briast. Sh was attend*d by Dr. H ke Bur.ou«h-. the coroner, and Dr. Joseph S. Dus u harry, b th of Couway, and was sUP alive at I o’clock, though there Is n< chance whatever of her recover). A Jury was empaneled, b far whom a number of witneaseH. were cx amiued, both aa to tbe actual facts ot the tragedy and also as to the caus i and events-kaiiog up to it. The shots were beard by *eve'al, all of whom testified to the fact- that they immediately surmli.d what had hap pened upon bearing the firing. Tbe verdict of the Jury w&s that the de oeaaed came to his death by. means ot a pistol wound inflicted by himself Tbe Wi man was conscious when tbe diotors reached her, and was able to A statement concerning the shooting. Upon her suggestion a search waa made in the pockets of the deceased which revealed a note he had written, making disposition of what little money he had, and provid Ing-tor tbe pavment of certain small debts; and which showed; beyond all question of a doubt, that be went to tbe bouse with the fully formad pur pose of killing both her and himself la her statement tbe woman de eland that Sasioos had on former ed at tbe last sc s >iu • f tne kg hia’.ure ^ U i y far At Ifie Ust me tfiu of tue cjmn stiuu uatK- irmuFcu it «.f i b ' ini o’) r of <pili •ili(' cm s t wa-. cco riel t> p'; ce tue n >it i«r o i a c m k .iti iv- o*vA» wuj Sa’ley w tchiVoAf .raear tini >a i in ot th) pu^ r*. M uvt been ’o" 0 ''tn tl vp riv v tr -t ed t r of t ic N* v-« vnjJOji J.i t an arrest until it was possible to take both husband and wife, their separa tion loon after reaching the United States on returning from Canada hav ing caused tbe delay. Wednesday eight the detective wired to District Attorney Jerome: “Smith and Julia are at the Grand hotel. Wire instructions.” In reply the district attorney Thursday telegraphed: “Arrest Smith and wife as fugi tives from Justice.” Tbe district attorney also sent tbe following: I r New York, March 30. Paul MLllken, Onlef of Police, Olnoin- Olvll Service CommlMlon writes Oon- •AreMman Lever Conoernlng Chance* ol Southern Applicant*. Can grass man Lever has received tbe follewit g letter which will be of in terest to ambitious young men throughout South Carolina and he says if th se lour sled will write tbe oorambsiouer at Washington full in- Hon. A F. Lever, House of Repreaen tatlves. Sir : The oommtasiou has tbe hooor to acknowledge reoeipt of your letter of March 22, in which you state you uotioe announcements to tbe effect that the commission will hold exami nations at many paints in the south for tbe purpose of securing ellglbles to fill vacancies aa bookkeeper as they occur in the departmental service and inquire whether there Is a probability of appointments being made from tbe Soutn of those who become eligible as tbe result of such examinations. lu reply you are Informed tbat at present there are 23 States aud terri tories which have received lees than 100 percent of the proportionate •hereof appointments made in ~~ departments at Washing too, D. 0. Of these Stetes and territories South Caroline Is number 23 Tbe follow ing Stetes of tbe sooth and toztbweet are a’eo in this list: Alabama, Arkso aaa, Florida, Georgia, Indian Territo ry, Kentooky, Louisiana, Mississippi, M.sjouri, New Mexico, North Oaroll na, Oklahoma, Teantmee and Texas. Ih order tbat the appointments In Washington may be distributed as nearly a« possible among the Stetes acoording to population tbe commis sion deemed it advisable to announce and hold especially In the States which are farthest In arrears examine tions for clerk and bookkeeper lu tbe departmental service. The book keeper examination will be held on April 26 and tbe clerk examination on May 3. Announcements of these, cx amloatlons are herewith Inclosed During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1004,168 appointments were made torn tne male clerk reglstar, 92 ap point ments wgre made fiona tbe mais t th-) it 9 •-' r ~ •***' will k > miyp tr?h» ibf fly be ~hg-ui.q i.Mt.iu it- Di >1 In H » II.MV. ‘At Char e-Ui) Ki 1 Mii-s a ts i 8'up c-fpeni r, wa. f ir/i Afiest and hold for extradition J. Moreau Smith, wanted In New York u a clisrgi uf erioaloal oontpiraay. wni be found at tbe Grand Fouah street, Clnoinnati, l).*.uct've Aixen may also be OLc.r Quinn leaves today to IJeuU-j had prooure requisi- r«. Tue -governor’s wa.rant G r n. ao n tos bait wjtfi i.t.li ad h >u /titi ■■v-1 •.h** Kouwael in tl.e* water V- »:i r.iTwiiig mt th« fa<-t of I’.iitku > i' eit. 11 Is iu;-po cd thstihe diedxi i. art cisiu ■ • i*i Hpr p’ zr Ho ban vii- long gaoe i-p vn to toa »i f u d •'wtercii ij s iil.T' L'X-"Unj l.uiicno. bis ow" .bul.d wbeu h'; lou 'd j»,d II tud Lee i u irpiai ong c( M h STL and it s th 'tight tcM per i.lslhe,‘X ill nprov«f1 *«o gnat a .viac , c usl gii.dexth. ILi • a*, been ■ur Uiou'tiy ii.ly two years. He < s de o ed t" t ie water and hia jiuj, ailiLs we:e aimist entirely sea- ncn. " Piet are Agent Gbot. • A ppeiiil from Newton, Mtsi., says: ,V. P Smith, a travelling repreaenta- tveofa portrait compauy, was s'.ot and mstaritly killed oy R*y Tucker, a c mtraotor and bu Ider. The tragedy occurred in the outskirts of (he town Tu ker was driving when he met the pictive agent and asserts tbat Smith was atumpMag to draw a revolver when he (Tucker) fired. A difficulty bad aria u b tween Smith atd Tucker over a picture the latter had ordered from the agent and whlpli Tucker re fuaedto accept on tbe ground that a was unsatisfactory. Tucker waster rested. Smith * lived at Meridian Miss. - Indicted for Eipbt uicment. ft William D. Ball, former postmaster at Otasge Park, Fla., 14 milee from Jacksonville, was indicted by the fed eral grand Jury Wednesday for em bezzlement. He was oharged .with be ing short In his aoeounte to the gov •rnment. It also developed last week win u i^wtsis scan ss it Is poshlble io pillU e it. W. Tbavkrs Jkboxn, D.s.riot Aiborney. T n S're^t was quietly msde sod Sm .o aud wife were taken to police iic* q.arters, wl ere they made no at i .o ueu , o: conceal their Ideuti y alt > ugn borii denied any gnilt lu car.n. cMt n witn the . cas . Taey auwei stgnsof nervousness and worry, bovht n hubbaod and wife tipra-bsen u.u iuteutlon to return to New York without requisition. The Oouple biased tbat they bad expected to go to New York although tbey bad nut anticipated d 'lug ao uidar arrest. Toe oeteotive woo has b.en follow ing Smith says that Smith went un der mauy aliases lu dlffereut chies be tore regliteringln Cineinnati as H H Banning. At Hamilton, Out., Smltu called himself Busa, at Momreal be was kaown as Adams, at Detroit was (Jolllus and In Cleveland Rabin 8JD. r Before being looked ap, Smith jras searched. In hi* pocket were found an dd watch, some, pocket pleoes and 82 86 in cat>b. In bis breast pi eket were found two .envelopes sealed. When Lieut. H ippe took the envel opes, Smith made frantic efforts to getHbom back but tbe two envelopes were retained ty tbe police. „ \ dispatch from New York says the grand Jury In tbat city Thursday uanded down Indictments against J. Morgan Smith, Julia Smith, his wife, and Nan Patterson, charging them Jointly will) oomtpiracy. Tbe Indict ments ere based upon a letter alleged to have been written by Julia Smith to Cjeeer Young la which, It is alleg ed, was a threat and a demand for money for the PatterSou girl . This action by the grand Jury fol lowed a hearing at the criminal court b jokkeeper register, and 267 appoint ments were made from tbe male stopographer and typewriting regis ter. In filling vaoanclee in tbe depart ments at Washington certification Is made from the registers of tbe S ates and territories which have received the lowest percentage of appoint meats in proportion to their popals- tion; and it Is believed that if re*l denis of tbe States which are far 1 e t in arrears will comps'• in the elimi nation* for clerk, bookkeeper, and stenographer aud typewriter whte are being held this spring, it will bt possible for the com msison m ire nearly to approximate and equal die Tributloa oTappol-ititienM among the States. Toe coxmi-feioo wdl elate‘any a-sistance you can render in tbe securing of applicants f >r thee rximm*ti >na. esp dally for men ste n< graphere. Few calls are made for w m n under tne clerk examinations A manual of the examinations is sent herewith. Johi^O. Bia<*k, * President^ Rosseaa Claims that He Made the Bx» plosive that Destroyed the Bathe’ ship Melee le Havaae Harbor, aad that It Was lateaded for • Spaalsh Ship, That the battleship Maine through an error was destroyed by a hie manufacture wee tbe made by Gessler Roroeau In tbe Maw York Tombs prison. Rosaean waa : convicted of having sent axpkwlvw to the Ounard lino pier, In Mew York hi May, 1903. He made the following statement on Tuesday off last week: “For several yean, while the Onto* iptrwewtruggttng agataat Way*- ler, I watched tbe contest with deep - interest and sympathy. I dtided to go to Jacksonville and do what I oonld to assist tbe rovclationletB. I started from St. Louis, where I had beau Hv- lug during the early part of 1M7. “Before taking a train for the south I got together the construction of two ohlnes of tremendous ranged that and left In a selected plaoe with the certainty that tbey would go off with rible deetrueUon within a taw hours "At New Orleans 1 ranted a room and pat tbe boxes together, after which I went to Jacksonville. Then I became acquainted with a parts S( Cuban leaders who were planning a filibustering expedition. Tbey had engaged the Destroyer, a small vaael, to taka them to Cuba,along wttha number .of, _ " ' adventurers, who tetro tatglips to strike a blow tor Ouban "Several of tbe landers of are men now woll known m not moutioo their names althoagh I hove among my papers a llil of < all. "I saggaeUd to them that the mv mao nines to ships in the harbor of Habana and hi other porta on the eoaot of ’ Tbey readily aeteid upon the 1 and when tbe Destroyer sailed < the flllbu items they took mg machines with them. "It was my Intention to with the party so aa to dl work of sinilng the Hponloh ffffga. bat they dissuaded mo, urging that I oould be of greater om in ( preparing other maohinee proud suoBemfiil —v- awmwm ^ w that he was short in his aoeounte aa ^ thnataMdaot only toklU treasurer of tbe city of Orange Park. | building, at which prreral wltassaea, \ v . \ bled f >r Oxtf'fO. At New York flrem&u Samuel Lillie was killed and several other fi-eman were injured by a cave-iu in the sub way at tne Oje-hundred and Slxiy eight street sutioa, wnioh was buro ed Thursday. - L liie aud four others uad beea sent into (he tunnel to wet down tue scuouideriDg embers of the tire when a portion of tue root fell and cruaho: L ine. Toe u hers were only slightly hurt. Llilie lost bis Ufa Id .saving the life > f ooe of hi* compan ions. B >th Lillie and a Ur. m iu nam- •1 Cavanaugh, who were working side by side, saw the cave lu as la started. B >th were directly underneath the falling uiass ana both would have beau crushed had not Lillie thrown his wbo.e weight against bl* companion, pusilng Oavauaugj out of the way Just as the mass fell. Lillie was crush ed to death in an Instant. i ... Georgia Kallroaca Merged. Announcement was offloiaUy made In Waycrosa that the Wadley and Mount Vernon railroad, tbe Douglas, Augusta * Gulf railroad and the Odila, Pine B.oam & Valdosta rail roads had pasted into new hands and tbat the management will be changed in a short time. The purchasers-of the roads are J. E. Wadley, J. 8. Bailey and G. G. Parker, all of Way- oroae, and they have associated with them wealthy parties from Augusta, Douglas and other points akx« tbe lines. It ia stated that the new own- era will at ones proceed to build a Use from Augosta, Ga., and conneet with ■oase point on the Gulf of It waa pended to have tome mam- ben ot the revolutionary party Jsta tbe Spanish navy so aa to get the maohinee aboard. If that tailed It was decided to fasted one of the boms co the bull of a ship under the water line, tor I had oooaUmoted my ma- soloes ao tbey oould be exploded un- derthe water. "Tnat was late in the fall of 1897. The next spring the Maine waa de- •troyed. Only one of tbe men In the aeaaet of the maetilne ever returned fee America. I saw liim some lima after war with Spain had began. "He told me he had notntng to da witn the boxes after reaeMog Ouba, but bad been told a mistake had bemi caatai " “ “The man who had.bean with the task of destroying a ^mtafe / v.awl attempted to faeten a boa dor- lug tbe night to one of Aifooao's war- shits and blundered into blowing ap tne Maine. “I was told that tbe man, Immedl atoly leirnlog of the error he had ooade, oommltted suicide.” Explosion la A severe explosion, followed by an outbreak of fire, wale a defied all the effjrtsof tbe firemen to ooespletety • xtinguieh it, occurred Wednesday In ao unfinished emotion of *t Broadway and One Hundred Sixty-seventh street, Htw York, road at that point Is 126 feet balnw the surface. The explosion followed a collision between an empty which hai b eo ran too tor the terminal switch and a on which were 14 Italian No one was injured. Veteran Of GartOatai'e Aawsv* Col. Frederick DeFaolak, napliallsl and dlstingulabed citizen, dled'afi hta residence io LouisvtUe, Ky., Wadnm- day. 061. DeFuolak waa bora In Rjom, Italy, 86 yean ago and was a vencan of Garibaldi’s army. He was foraloajg time chief engineer of ths LoukviUo fit Nashville railroad and has bem oonnected with railroad building hi niany parts of th» country. Ho was a member of the Mew York Yaohtolob, of tbe Old Southern Tight eiub find of the Philadelphia Yacht slab. D Make The State says: by tbe governor oould story of high bopae, of I or mod of ftaai Ml might teU. It m the lire of ao