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, a*.. '• ■*+- - ^ *.(^,.^4 ^ :,-*~r- N vol. xvm. BARNWELL, 8. 0 , JULY 27,1906. His NO. 47. THE LIQUOR LAW Attacked at a Farmers’ Meeting by John L McLaurin. jywB the meet corrupt Institution that ever euraed a State. This announoemeut was gieeted with sboute of applause. SMITH PROTESTED. The PresMeat of the South CaroUaa Seathera Qottea Asaeciatfea Oh]ect* ed te Politics Bdui Brought ia » ~ r a Panuers Rally. Several Fiae Speeches Made. dlspenaary champion th.t fh- r.m-rt The speech has been the talk of the l» WU<». Wbfl* Mr UoLaurlo In his speech made no statement of his personal political plans and did not commit himself In any way, there are many who believe that he expect) to be active and aggressive In the fight against the dispensary and In favor of prohibition by counties. They say that this will Inevitably place Mr. McLaurin In the forefront, as representing the sharpest antagon- Tuesday of la* week was cotton growers’ day in Dillon. The 600 sturdy sons of the foil who gathered there to hear the distinguished gen tlemen who bad been Invited to make addresses before the ecunty oonven tion and exchange ideas on the cul ture of cotton and other crops pecu liar to the Soutb, representing every i old Swainp Fox Oounty, but thel)rfk of the crowd came from lupper end of the county, or what »wn in local parlance as “new F unty territory." The gat berk g i« > / In the big school 1 auditorium and As composed of men of every walk In life—bankers, merchants, farmers, manufacturers, and professional men —with here and there a politician. The committee on entertainment had selected well and It seldom falls to the lot of a town as small of Dillon to have such a galaxy of distinguished orators within Its borders In a single day. There was Ex Senator Mo- Laurln and Ool. Knox Livingstone, of Bennetlsville; the Boa. F. H Hyatt and Ool F. H. Weston, of Oolumbia; the Hon. Richard X Manning and the Hon. E D. Smith, of Sumter; &, P. Hamer, of Hamer, and Oongreseman J. E. El lei be, of Seller's. Each of these gentlemen came with something to tell and they told it ao well that those who listened went away bene fit; ed. Tbe addresses were remarka ble for tbelr force and logic and depth and breadth of thought and the audience showed Its appreciation for each Individual effort by fnquent outbursts of applause. County chairman StaokbOUee presided and the meeting was opened with a very elo quent and touching prayer by the Rev. J. D. Cronl, r HAMER AMD MANNING SPEAK. The first speaker introduced was the Hon. R. P. Hamer, who felt high ly complimented In being asked by his home people to speak on such an Important subject. Mr. Hamer said that this la distinctively a commercial age acd every class of people was or gahised except tbe farmer and par tlcularly the “cittoa tot.” He held that thorough organlxitlon would enable the strong to help the weak and that there should be a fixed price at which to sell cotton, that is, a price for those with obligations and a price for those In urgent need of mon ey. Mr. Hamer strongly advocated the ware houM system and pointed out that with the cooperation of the cotton and oil mills, ware bouses I could be successfully and economically run. Mr.. Hamer Is a practical man and his talk being along practical lines was well received. His remarks were greeted with prolonged applause. The Hon. R. I. Manning, who neyt Intrpduood, urged th* of thorough organisation among the farmers. Mr. Manning's speech mas 1 spirited and at times eloquent. His earnestness appealed to the audience and he was ta qut ntiy interrupted with applause. He believed In the bonded ware house and urged the fanner to hold his cotton and borrow money whenever the prioe was so low that It did not pay him to ssll. Mr. Manning made a good Impression on hla audiacca and at the conclusion of his remarks was followed by the Hon. John L. McLaurin. Just hare a gen uine sensation was sprung, which created e furor in the audience. ' THE DISPENSARY INTRODUCED. Mr. McLaurin had been speaking but a few minutes and had paused after ao eloquent and touching de scription of tbe httrojrs of the recon struction period, when a young man walked rapidly across the front of tbe stage and bandad him the following note: ' ^ “Senator: At our commute# meet ing yesterday we decided we were all of one accord on the cotton question, having read pmob on the subject and having many able speakers who will follow yon here today. For that reason we dcotded that wa would re mind you that tha burning question of the hour with us is, and will bs for the Immediate future, dlspatuary or no dispensary, and If you have no serious objections would like to hear your views on the subject. What do you think of the dispensary law as It Is written on the itatue books of this State, ae it has Men, la, and probably will be, aa long as it Is a law executed hi those lu authority.* J “WadeStackhogae, ” “W. T. Bethea, : “Wm. M. Hamer, "E E Moow, “E. R. Hamer.'), As Mr. McLaurin read tbe note a half unused smile played over his features. Then turning to tbe audl -See, with a dramatic wav» of hie hand, be said that hie record In the firms V was evMeoot soffloient that he bad never .been afraid to ex press his views on any question, and although bad oome here prepared to talk - eottoa fae wputd a* the nqnest views on KCLAUBIM APPLAUDED. Instantly the doorways and win dows became crowded end men leaned forwaid ln tbalr seats to oateh every word that fell fromhleMpe. Although a dallghtful breeze was sweeping the vest auditorium the Ex Senator di vetted himself of hie collar and tie, which he quietly laid on tbe table beside him. Twice the chairman called time on him but tbe laat time be was tbld that hla time was up Messrs Weston and Hyatt sprang to their feet simultaneously and gener ously offered him five minutes each of their time. Hie arralgnmeut of Till man and the dispensary was severe and occasionally aume staunch sup porter of the institution would arise and quietly walk out of tbe hall Mr. McLaurin argued strongly that the people oould not hope to escape from the dlspenaary through legisla tive action and that therefore the policy should be to vote It out by counties. Tbe protest of the election In Pickens oounty, he declared, was merely a ruse of politicians to prevent Abe effect that tbe prohibition victory there would otherwise have In coun ties where elections are pending. The Ex Senator was unsparlrg in his ar raignment of Senator Tillman’a course and at time* he showed considerable feeling In big references to the chief interwting detail* concerning hla work, of lu dlaocuragemenU and 1U successes and showed THIRTY YEARS HYDE RESIGNS. threatening tiw association He went into the depths of his subject, show log the great principles involved and gave figures too wing that the work “bad pat more money into UU pack- eU of Southern farmem N than Idle critics would ever understand. Three strong Dolnti In wars emnha- sized amid tha undivided attention of tbe uortlmtnlshad aadlenoe. Those were, first, that cotton wee tbe cur renoy of the south; second, that there was no substitute fur this greatest product of tiie world and that the limited area for 1U growth was oon fined to the south, and thirdly, this combination gave os a great monopoly. Mr. Smith made a telling speech and he most have been grati fled at the reception given him. In the afternoon the speakers were carried to the handsome rooms of the Commercial club where “things" were done up in style. Champagne, fine cigars and camaraderie made pleas ant moments go rapidly by and gave finishing touches to a hospitable welcome to a fine town and to a fine neonle. W .... — — -j At Itard Labor in tbe Peniten Ha Declares That a Powerful Orgaai zstion is i gainst Him. tiary for Attempted Assault enraev ON A LITTLE GIRL that Brerv Time Hie A* Qaeetton'sd Vaetatoed. It The resignation uf fotar Hyde, DlflPlHSARY IHYX8TI0ATI0H People Who Charge Corruption Harr Sabmltted No Teetimony. . P«*t anti !g< ism to tbe Tilimtn dispensary Idea and that he will naturally make his fight by becoming a candidate for tha United States Senate in 1906. At the conclusion of hli speech Mr. McLaurin was loudly obeeied sod sav- eral gentlemen sprang upon the rostrum and grasped his hand. It was dear that he had tbe audieira with him, although there was a large sprinkling of strong dispensary advo cates In tbe crowd. THREE MORE SPEECHES. The next speaker was Mr. F. H. Weston, of Columbia, who discussed the Cotton Growers' Association from the banker’s point of view. Mr. Weston is a strong and vigorous speaker and easily held tbe attention of tbeaudlenoe. He advocated the building of bonded ware bouses and told the farmen that they would have no difficulty in borrowing almoat uplo the limit on their cotton if It was properly housed. He referred elo quently to the period of reconstruc tion and pointed out tbe Independence of tbe Southerner of today. He was frequently Interrupted with applause and loudly cheered at the conclusion of hla talk. Mr. F. H. Hyatt caught the audi ence with a series of original anec dotes. Ha begged pardon for branch ing off on good roads, but just oou^la’t talk before such an audience without telling his hearers of the manifold advantages of good roads. He advised planters to make their farms attrac tive and keep the boys at home and wound up with a strong argument for the diversification of crops. Congressman J. E. Ellerbe was In troduced sod briefly reviewed the work of the Association thus far. He said be felt that a great deal had been accomplished, but that tbe work had only begun. Her referred to tbe bent riae In the prioe of cotton as an indication that the South had at last caught tbe ear of Wall street specu lators. If so much had been aocom pllshed In such a short time tbe pos sibilities of success could not be exag gerated. v Mr. Ellerbe was ngelved with prolonged applause, •. PRESIDENT SMITH’S CONDEMNATION. Several speakers followed McLaurin before Mr. E. D. Smith, president of the South Carolina division of tbe Southern Cotton association, and the last speaker, was Introduced. Another sensation was at onoe sprung. Ad vancing to that part of the stage where Mr. McLaurin was seated, President Smith made fiery denuncia tion and condemnation of the effort to inject politics at tbe meetings held under the auspices of the Southern Cotton Association. He informed the audience and the committee that they were met here not to discu a politics, though he did not question their right to grant any privileges they might care to Indulge. “Oae thing only baa called us together, today, the- benefit of Southern farmers, and aa your president I do not intend' that this purpose shall be side tracked even for the miserable, damnable dispen sary.’* Just here a curious phase of “meet- was evidenced. It was clear, ly dona. wfille Mr. McLsurin was speaking, that the splendlly representative au dience was entirely In sympathy with him. There was no mistaking the loud, ringing applause that constant ly interrupted him and the great In terest manifested In all he had to say . It wss equally clear and unmistakable ae to the direotpurpose of Mr. Smiths remarks and for whom they were In tended, and this same audience gave him loud and lone continued cheering and applause. A GOOD SPEAKER. QoL Norment, who reported this meeting for The State says Mr. Smith Is * remarkable speaker and he oould be beard in every community in South Carolina with great benefit. Leek of apace prevents anything like even a synopsis 0Tthis fine speech whichWto listened to with tbe closest sUeatlon fit about one boor. He gave some At New Suster About Tes Days Afo. It Took the Jury Nise Minutes to De cide tbe Fate of the Fleed Who Deserves to he Hoag for the Crime. Tbe state dispensary Investigating committee will get down * to work on Tuesday, August 8. fhe first session will be at Spartanburg. Spartanburg Is chosen because It Is thought it will save expansea and the committee finds that it lias a tight hold there on witnesses and has already material enough to begin work. Toe purpose Is to do what work Is necessary at Spartanburg and then move to Oolumbia, where the public investigations are to be continued as long as there are wltneasea available wbo know anything. The Idea of the committee Is to meat wherever it will ba cheapest U handle the Inquiry. Some of the members of the com mittee, and particularly nh^irm^q Hay, said Wednesday that it was very disappointing to see people on the stump and In the pulpit denouncing the diapenaary and charge corruption and fraud sod not ..tfkrlng the com mi Wee evidence or suggesting It to the state. For himself, and for the committee, he said that evidence or Information that is offered the com mittee will be fairly dealt with, and the committee la anxious to get any tips it can. Any member of the com mittee may be addrcBsad or he may be advised at Camden 8. 0., and the Information will be given to the com mittee. He thinks it unfair to the committea for ifeople to ha charging things and not offering to help prove the charges. Tbe chief work of the committee today, In fact about the only thing that waa done otbar than canvass the situation and tbe work done, was ta arrange to borrow additional money. The committee wee voted 13,000 out of the diapenaary funds when It began work. It has spent nearly all of this money, but the committee thinks that It has now gone ao far that It must either throw up the sponge or borrow money with whlob to push the work and pay tha expen ses of the witnesses It Is expected to summon, and tha other expenses that have Seen provided for. The committee feels that it la war ranted In arranging for additional money on the ground that It Is nec essary and that what money has thui 1 foJteeu spent had been conservetely expended, ahd that whatever may be the result of the investigation the people of the state want It thorough- A special dispatch from Sumter to The State says the jury declared Jesse Nelson guilty of assault with Intent co rarlsb after nine minutes’ dellber- dtion, on Thursday afternoon. - . ^ Judge R O. Purdy sentenced Nelson to 30 years at hard labor in the Soutb Carolina penitentiary. The sentence to b$gln at tbt expiration of his sen- tenoe to the Clarendon county chain gang, which will be July 6, 1910. Tbe case was called Tbur.-day. morn ing. The court appointed Mr. L. D. Jennings to defend the prisoner, Maj. Marlon Molse assisted Solloiur Wil son. The State had only a few wit nesses. Very little time was consum ed In examining them. The young lady and her little sister were very positive in their Identification of the prisoner. They told the story of the orlme In a clear, convincing manner. There was no hesitation. These were the only eye witnesses. The young lady Is n&t yet J6 years of age and her lister but 10. * Tne ground rail of the testimony was tbe search for a negro of Nelson’s general appaaranoe—the clothing worn, cep, etc., when captured, the statistician and chief of tbe bureau of statletio of tbe department of agricul ture, was bandad to Secretary Wilson Tuesday of last week and promptly accepted. Willett N. Hays, the as sistant secretary of agriculture, has been placed lu charge of tbe bureau temporally and will continue to ao pending the Investigation of the oot ton scandal and until a competent statistician la found. HYDE’S LETTER. T' e following Is the text of Mr. Hjde’s letter of resignation and See retsry Wilson’s reply thereto: Washington, D. 0.. July 18,1905 Dear Mr. Secretary: During the lest four years, or slnoe I succeeded in making the crop reports of the de partment reasonably accurate and oor- respondlogly valuable to tbe agricul tural and commercial interests of the country, my administration of the of fice I have the honor to hold has been constantly under fire from one side of the market or tbe other. Five time It baa been Investigated and on every oc casion I have been vindicated. In Jan uafr, 1903,1 was awarded 12,500 dam ages In a libel suit against a promi nent firm of cotton broken by a jury of their own friends and fellow oltl tent. These results have been very gratifying to me, but I have the highest medical authority for the statement that the continued fight upon me .has already, considerably shortened my life. At tbe present time It Is an accepted fact that a powerful flour in brii ‘ Met Hla Fnoerml. Thomas McNelus, of Haielton, Pa., Wednesday, met what purported to be his own funeral. It was only a hears* driven from the morgue bj' an undertaker, who, when he saw Mo Nelus, nearly fell from hie seat. When he reoivered he turned his hbnes around and drove back to the morgue. The body had been sens from tbe Retreat hospital la bled, by some mistake. Thomas McNelus, who had recently been discharged as cured. It looked Ilka him, and his friends mourned him ae dead. Tea authorities are now trying to discover whose body they have. A Georgia Tragedy. George Wright, city passenger and ticket agent at Rome, Ga.. for the Southern railway, wee shot and killed Wednesday by Vinos T. Sanford. San ford refuses to talk acd the cause of the tragedy Is not known. Mrs. Wright Is prostrated. She was 111, ac d the killing of her husband, it Is feared, will oauie bar death. Tbe grand jury returned a true bill charg ing murder to Sanford. Acting un der advice of hie attorneys Sanford continues silent. The only statement be made is: “He has ruined my home and I have killed him. 1 woo’d do the earns thing again.’’ exact description given by the young lady Immediately after the assault. Supervisor O gens told of his escape from tbe Clarendon oounty chaingang last Thursday. Nalaou was the first witness for the defease. He retold tbe story that he never left the railroad between there and Mayesvllle, except to get water at the Bette mill He denied tbe attack on the youcg lady and said he had never seen her until carried before her on Monday. Jim Taylor was sent for so that tbe jury might see the difference between the two.' Mr. Jennings certainly did hla duty. He reviewed tbe testimony carefully. He wanted the right man punished to the limit of the law, but ask tbe jury to be sure and convict the right one. He spoke earnestly and forcefully. Tbe negro received a high class service gratis. .Solicitor Wilson laid bare tbe facta. He spoke of the proud record of old Smuter oounty. The citizens are law- abiding. He mentioned two or three horrible crimes, aggravating in tbe extreme, but tbe majesty of tbe law was apbeld and the outlaws punished. Maj. Marlon Molse’s speech was very eloquent. Tbe court house was pack ed when he began to apeak and oloee attention was paid to hla argument. Judge Purdy’s charge to the jury was short and explicit. The jury retired at 6 13 and at 6.22 reached a verdict of guilty. Before passing sentence the judge said he knew the bry’a father and mother, and they were good old dark- l?s.,The beginning of Helton’s trouble, like all other boys, was when he won dered away from home, getting from under parental Influence. He had no doubt of the prisoner’s guilt. If he had he would set aside tbe verdict as would be his duty, though many people at New Sumter were his warm personal friends. Aa a judge he must rigp above the opinlrns and feelings of hu fellow man. He held up the terrible punish ment the boy must'receive and said this should serve as a warning to wbite and black that to do right was the only safe course in life. He had sen tanoed to life imprisonment the other day a black man for tbe same crime against one of hi) own race in the up- country. He then sentenced the boy to 30 years in the penitentiary. Nelson Is about 19. He wa^sentenc ed at on July 6, 1904, by Judge Aid- rich to a'x years on tbe chaingang for assault and battery on an old colored woman. organisation is bent upon about my retirement, by one m ans or another. Now, I do not think the position I hold Is worth the fight nec essary to Its retention, and the or ganisation in question Is welcome to whatever satisfaction It can derive from my withdrawal from tha unequal struggle. If any of my friends think that I ought not to retire under fire. of goods on baud which they are ua i .0.1M h... th— abl# toaount of the foot that I would have them remember that people are afraid to buy imported there Is never a time when I am not hm*/! emir Plenty of Cheek. E, 8. Holmes, former assistant sta- tistican In tbe department of agricul ture, who was dismissed for selling cotton facts, Wednesday consulted counsel relative to the inv stlgation of the cotton leaks. It is understood that he will take hla dismissal from tbe department to tbe courts. HoUnsedeclined to make any state ment about his case. He returned to Wtipjflngton late Wednesday, under fire. I have the honor there fore to tender you herewith my res ignation of my appointment as statis tician and ohlsf of the bureau of etat- Istica of this department. With much appreciation of tha un iform courtesy and kindness you have shown me and of the many tokens of confidence I have received from You, lam, Moat respeotfully, yours, - John Hyde. MR. WILSON'S REPLY. Mr. John Hyde, Statistician,' Department of Agricul ture. Dear Sir: I am In receipt of your resignation as statistician of this de partment. In accepting it, I cheerfully testify to the ability with whloh you have discharged tbe heavy and dlffl cult duties of the office since you were first appointed. The accuracy of your re porta bee been recognized by the public generally* and I am glad to be kbit to testify, with regard to the charges made against the integrity of the bureau of statistics that no facts have been brought to my attention 1m pltoating you In any way. I am fo miliar with your devotion to your work and with the uattrlng efforts you have made to render the bureau of the highest servloe to the growers, manufactures and consumers of form products in our cojiatift and I.regret that falling health should compel you to bring your work to an end. Very truly, yours, Jamies Wilson, ~ —.qaepetery Mr. Hyde said that he felt he had oast eff an Iqomeoae burden from his shoulders. He had fully intended to resign some time during the com ing autumn, he aald, and therefore he had only advanced his resignation bp a few weeks. Mr. Hyde spoke of how ooogenial the work had been to him, nowlthstandlng Its laborioue charac ter, and expressed regret at having to part “from the efficient clerical force In the bureau of statistics." “Tbelr loyalty and their personal regard for myself," ha said “of which I had evl dance today, la extremely touching. I shall have very few recollections of my eight yean work that will not be highly gratifying to me aa long as I live. The secretary has always been extremely kind to me as I suited in my letter of resignation ’’ As regards the Investigation now being conducted by the district attor ney, Mr. Hyde said that be bad cal culated to assist In every possible wav In getting to tbe bottom of the oaf*, and that even now he was out of office he would, If called upon, be only too happy to contribute in any way hls aid in tbe Investigation. He Oaftht to NLeow. Senator Platt of New York has celebrated hla 7t dlrthday and he de clare* that at be looks baok over hls poliitotl career ba la convinced that it has not been worth while and If be had to do It over again he should model his oereer along other lines, But he won’t sap what changes he would make In the reoord. A Med Woman. At New York Mrs. Aonie Cahes, a young mother, Wednesday morning left her bed and seized a carving knife and stabbed her nineteen year- old son to death. The woman sought to murder her husband, but was pre van ted. _ She then stabbed henell In the breeat. Jealously over her stater, who is living with her, is thought to have prompted the act After Sixty Yean. T. M. Fields, sixty-two years old, of Bloomburg, Pa., has just discover ad that hls brother Abraham, who T. M Fields had believed died before he was bom, it alive well at Fort Dodge, Kansas, at the age of eighty ona yean. The knofrledge came in i Allied lor Not bins. G'orga BrOwn, a well known farmer of Wetzti oounty, 11 ring near- New Martinsville,W. Ya., shot and killed. William Williams, a fifteen-year-old boy, Wednesday morning became be found bln picking blackberries on his property. Brown was arreted. - Keftteed to Mix. Fifteen white girls sewing matreas- la Pittsburg went on strike be cause a negro girl was brought In fo the office of the factory to work af a stenographer and typewriter. They resented the idea of tha light work befogdooe fo darkoolor. letter from Abraham Fields to the postmaster taking if there ware any Fieldes besides himself alive. He ran away from Borne in 1841 to go weet, bis family never heard of him again. It was supposed be had bden killed by Indiana Two yeaBr-foter T. M Fields was bora. Tbe old nan in bit declining years decided to write and eee if any of tbe family survived, and hie brother will now go west tod. •ae bfok " ’ a> P» POISONED FLOUR Shipped Ta China lad Xasults Ta lumber Of Heaths -- •« Will Not Only Mars Trad* ta That Qoiqaiodlty Bat la Other* —The Story, Tha Washington correspondent of the Oolumbia Record says a 1 report just received In the United States shows that American flour ehipping Interests in China are likely to receive a heavy blow coon, unless something la done to correct a report that Amerloan flour men are sending poisoned floor there. The business of shipping flour to some sections of China, especially to Amoy and Ohangohan, Is enormous. Last- year It amounted to 1363,502, and the year previous to 1283.294. Not long si cos a certain shipment of floor was sent from Hong Kong, and out of that shipment somewhere between thirty and forty people have died as a result of having eaten e poisonous mixture. All sorts of rumon have been spread broadcast, and anti foreign agitation has received a great Impetus. This shipment, whloh was sent from Hong Kong to Amoy, wee consigned to native importers and was distribut ed in the ordinary course of bualneM, and to all appearances was not differ ent from many shipment# which had bien made before. Hie first trouble otme at a Chinese restaurant where a man who was eating a meal became suddenly 111 and in a few moments died. Tbe keeper of the restaurant, being accused of having adulterated the flour with poison, agreed to eat some of the bread in order to show that there was nothing -the matter with it. In the course of a few hours be also was dead. Hls wife and daqghters also died from eating bread from the The story spread rapidly, and wher ever tha flour had been shipped the Chinese died like ao many dogs. In Cbangohau, a city of 1,000,000 Inhab itants, tbe result has been to almost stop the rtciipia of foreign flour from any port. Hundred* of small store keeper* and bakers have email etdeka bread and flour. The loss to little merchants, while considerable, amounts, as a matter of foot, to noth ing in comparison to the enormous lose of profits which will aoorue from lose of business whloh has taken many yean to build up. Unless the present trouble can be done away with, there will be a permanent lose, for Ohfoeee consumers will again become scojb tomed to purely native food, and tha ground gained there by Americans at tar many yean of effort and labor will be entirely lost. There Is no explanation of tbe trouble, but it is probable that Chin ese merchants made an effort to smug gle In morphia in aaoka of floor and that the packages of poison were broken, and tbe floor was thus affect ed. Tbe dqty on morphia Is vary high, while that on floor is only 6 per cent, ad valorem. Whatever the truth about this matter my be, there le no donbt of the fact, as stated, that American Interests in the floor shipping bust- neas will be materially affected nm— relieved toon. Fell Tbrae TbeaMuid Feet. Daniel Maloney, who made numer ous successful ascensions with Prof. Montgomery’s aeroplane. Tuesday fall 3,000 feet to hie death at Sinta Clara Ool. Maloney made an ascension from the grounds of the Santa Clara Ool- lege. About. 2 000. peraona watched with Intemt tbe machine as4t shot upward from tbeoollege garden, at tached to a huge balloon. At a height of 4,000 feat Maloney cut loose from the baboon and began maneuvering the aeroplane. Hesailed gracefully about, then eaeayed a deep dip. Sud denly the machine ewerved, hesitated, and then turned over. It righted It self, mnk down a considerable distance, and turned oyer again. Maloney was clinging desperately to bis seat, and waa evidently endeavoring to regain control of the aeroplane, but all hla efforts were In vain, Again the aerop lane turned in tbe air, tbe wings same together, and the man and the machine plunged straight downward, while the horrified spectators gazed helplessly. Batned la Botel. v At Wabash, kino., six persons were burned to deatbin a fire ^whlch de stroyed the Depot Hotel Wednesday morning. The dead arer Mrs. A. Hoffman and habv; Robert Johnson, expreMmaq; Gertrude Steteher, Re beooa Herman, James Hnnt. Thera may be other bodies In the mine. The fire was caused by the explosion of a ges tank need for illuminating. Mrs. Hoffman was owner of the Hotel. Sbe and her baby and the other vic tims were burned to death in tbelr rooms. ' ; Three Haaged. At Memphis Tenn , Toots Taylor, M. Miles and Major Mills, three negro murderers were hanged Friday. Taylor and Mills ascended tbe scaffold togeth er and when their bodice bad been re moved Mtiles was executed. Taylor murdered Rob Gaines in August, 1904. yyiT6 mttratr wm uw on jug cost Mila* bis life. Mills murdered his father-in law. UNSAFE BOIIER On the American Gunboat Ben nington Exploded Friday. THIRTY-NINE DEAD. Capt Lades Yemg. la Ashers «t foe Time. The Vessel Is Wss Almost a Complete Loss, Was Necessary 1 H Beach Her. oo *am T * , A New Swindle. The Ootambte Reoord mya a young white mao named Spann wee arrested by Policeman Fords Thursday charged with swindling. The alleged soheaM place, t Mexican dollar with dollars end eak that a for it Jl li sold The Widow's Mite. A women in one of the smell Penn sylvania towns recently pot two post age stamps In the contribution boa el her church, as eh* oould not aiford to which give any money. Tbe Stamps looked Interesting to the minister, so be took them to a dealer and add them tor •1,000. Later, says an exchange, tbs two stamps were sold toe Roasten no blemen forlMOO. - |6 bUL be jn ibatmtalT > - Thirty-nine members of tbe crew of the United States gunboat Benning ton were killed end nearly 100 Bailors were Injured, some fatally, at lOo’elook Friday forenoon by e boiler explosion that disabled the vessel, In Sen Diego harbor, CaY Fifteen sailors are mlre Ing. There were more then 250 men aboard the war ship when the acci dent ocoured and many mao were buried or foroed to jump Into the see by tbe terrific explosion, which lifted per* of the deck end compelled the beaching of tbe ship. The Bennington at the time of tbe aookleot wtslylng ln the stream, lull off the Commercial wharf, at H street. The war ship had received orders frun tbe navy department at Washington to sail Friday morning for Port Hart ford to meet the monitor Wyoming and convey tbe monitor to Mare Is land navy yard, San Francisco. Steam waa upend everything was in reedi- dcm for tbe departure of the Ben nington, when the starboard forward boiler exploded with a deafening roar. Tbe explosion wee terrifflo People standing on store tew a huge cteftAot steam rise above the Bennington. Columns of water were foroed high Into the air. * A dozen or fifteen men were blown overboard by the force of the terrifie explosion. Capt. Wentworth, wbo was looking at the Bennington wheo the disaster occurred, says he aew hu man bodies hurled over a hundred feet upYardl The air waa clouded with ■moke, whloh enveloped the ship. When the base cleared away only a few men oou'd be seen on the decks, while enumbar were floundering in the water. A boat was lowered from the vernal's side end most of .the men in the water wen picked up end taken aboard. Kill* Negro At Newbramfels, Texas, a mob Thursday night bettered down the ~ doors of tbs oounty jell end lynched Sam Green, a 16 year-old negro boy who attempted criminal sareult at this place Tuesday night oo the 4* year-old daughter of William Karbeoh. a German farmer who lives on-the outskirts of the town. Hi* mob oould not tweak Into the okl where the prisoner wee kept, eo the loaders thrust tbelr guns through the opening of thesteel wells sod fired three ebote. The negro sank to the floor deed end the mob quickly ditparasd. The negro protested bis Innooenee to tbe mob, bat during the day bad oonfsmsd hla guilt to tbe sheriff. Hard to Flay On. To* experiences of George B. Oor- telyou, chairman of tbe republican national committee, during the resent campaign were many end varied. With keen relish 1m tells of one that came under hie notice. A country dub about to give a parade tree debat ing as.to the number of trenaperoneiae to be had .In line. It was about settled that twelve would be the proper number, when an old fallow with hla trousers tucked In his boots arose and said, "I gum two will be about light. Tain’tat all Mfojy mora’n two will know how to ptsy Killed by Live Wire. Samuel James, a white carpenter, 40 years of age, unmarried, ares killed Wednesday by coming to contact with a live wire at the Charleston navy yard. James was employed by the'New- York Continental Jewell Filtration company on the dry dock. He was on a scaffolding when be same in contact with the wire. Toe wire burnt him around the neek, causing death Instantly. The inquest was held Tnursday James waa a native of Baltimore. He has been redding in Charleston and working at the navy yard for some time. Stronger Than Brer General Bitjanoff, commander of the Third Russian Mmcaarlan army recently declared that the Japanese were unable to advance, both on ac count of the strengthening of Rus sian positions and because they have not fully recovered from their own lorn at tha battle of Mateo. “Never during the whole war” be reld “has the Russian army been so strong In evry respect ae at present. The Jap anese know this end therefore they wish tor pesos. . -As Kate Newell Haul* Greer at Stare, ty, on “ * m* I ■tabbed and • A — ■ $?sr - a,!!***"