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vol. xxix: 8TABTL1NG PACW BARNWELL, 8, O.. THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1906. Aloonol*, i Cbarln Ar^Rtnaled at tbcDlaliict Ationwy’a h^abT. lafaa^f and The a Held aa Tin New York American nya An ootooma cf an all day tcqulalMon by Aatatant Diatrlot Attorney Ely, Deputy Ajaistant V andlver and Cater Clerk Hanneberry Into tbe traffllo In white alavea conducted by a band of nagroaa, the head of which «aa the notorloue Bob SprJggB. aeveral arreaU hare bean made.; _ Bertha Olalahe and Hattie Warren and Cora Cheater, the women who are In the Tonaba awaiting total for their participation in tbe oaa*, were put through moat ae rere cxamlnatioca and It laaald, dlaoloaed fasia morehldet.ua than bare yet been re reeled. Through thoae women Mr. Elybopea to bring to tbe t leetoie chair the men who, It la beRateH, murdered two white women tf one oi SpMgg’a den two yaara agr m o lac ihelr boctaa burlod at Uh. o*.«d of nlgbi la a negr cemetery. ^>n their toetime; exprot» to bring to Juatioe the poltu m< n who for yeara have levied tribute oh Bprtgga, with tbe full knowledge of the tribute on Spriggi, with the foil knowledge of the iriffle in which he waa engagf d. These man, It waa aa’d on good authority, ware nno»i u feil’anoe, and aa aooc aa the formam.,<.a ocoas* rary to their arrest hare heen com pleted they will be placed in cuitody. Tba ramifloationa of this oasa are shown to le more and more extensive as the investigation pneeads. Already ' they hare led the probers Into the rooms of tbe polios captains of both the Tenderloin and Charles street po lios stations. Thence they hare poin ted to a number of pohtiolans. That the men who received the bribe mtity wne tlouctbl) arart of its source waa learnid ncm unwL- llng admlaalona by tie polios tf the Charles street statlrn.. There It waa lean ad that within tba loot few months, since Captain Baipln has bean h command of that piicinct Spriggs ban been arrested on Boost serious oi argta. • ' To be molested by tbe polios was an exparknea * he bad rarer under gone In eU tbe twenty long years pre virus. Naewltbatending all Captains Hal- — pin’s«Oorta; L< * e* e:, si me one bigt- ar up myaterli u 1> raved Sptiggr, and tba witnimes against him were spin Police Captain Alcoa lie fro a thi Charles street preelnot to the wtlda of Staten Island. ^ A’oopole formerly was a patrolman attached to tba Charles street station. He knew Spr'ggf and 8 prigg’a horri ble trade, waa in a position to do so ha would drive the negro cut of bual near. In the whirligig of time aa evptaln, returupd to the •treat station. B fore he had eoanx- ly eeated bimveif Spriggs was at work and In a remarkably short sprej of time the captain w&a transfemd. The naan who was actirg captain In tbe Charles street station when Spriggs waa In the he. dey of his gloi} wes Sergeant Parrel. In oonneetlon with the bints of murder In the dlrea kept by Spriggs, It waa recalled by residents in 0 jrnel la street that about twelve months •go a white wimaa leaped fr m tbe ateonc-atory window of No. 14 Cor oelia street, then kept by Spriggs. An ambulance was called from St. Vineuart Hjspltal. The doctor at tended the woman, but, a negro who rushed out of the house as she fell took charge of her, and sending fo; a to k her away, refusing to mlt the pb} stolon to take her to hospital. She was never afterward Says Ameadmsats Can Be Made U Pre- vest Delays la Enforcing Rates Or* by Senator Tillman, tbe on tbat measure by Senator Up to the time of Sprlgg's remove 1 from No. 14 Cornelia street a few weeks ago, neighbors my It was no ns usual thing to her piercing shrieks from the ~houae almost nightly. Spriggs, who Is a repulsive looking nigro, le about 6 f ei 7 inches in height and about thirty-five years old. He alwaye was well supplied with money, diemed flashily displayeo many diamonds Aid always went arast d. Ha waa feared and throughly detested by »P respectable r stdents of Greenville V Rage, who on acc uat if hit hgilbtto, dubbed Mm ‘The Human Monater.” Tba appalling is a'lt'ora of tbe traffic oonduoted by Sp g<s and his have aOmat avefy minister ai social worker In the olty. The governors of the Clara dr Hinoh Homs in East Sixty-third street have called a ap olal meet leg pf their committee for Thursday to diaeuas the conditions, and plan campaign of action. LOCKED HIS WIPE CP. And Tnen Killed a Yowbi Woman and Himself. THE RATE BILL. Senator Tillman Makes Report ] on the Measure and able. STATES HIS YlfcWH. dered by Interstate Commerce Cvmmlssloa. Also Wants Situation In Virginia tad away. v The last case of tbat klrd waa aa Via aa February 10 last. Oa that cape Spriggs waa arrested on tbe com- ‘ int of a nlneUsn year old girl, who her name aa Mary Boiler and \x add rest aa No. 4^9 Carlton avenue Brooklyn. She accused Spriggs of abduction. ' • ■ According to ber sworn testimony, aba asked a man to direet bar in Brooklyn to an address she waa seek- ingi y He seemed very orurteous and in vited bca into,a nsiaurmt for re- treatments. t be aw< ke in wbat sht kubsiqucntly It arm d wbs ona of Sprigg’i Con alia street dlvra, mod saw a negro sttnclrt oter bar. escaped after a few days and flyd to the polloe. “n Spriggs wben arraigned brought ap parently reputable white men total* tlfy In bis behalf, and, notwithstand ing the gravity of tbe tf toga, the Magiatrate in J« fferson Market Court bald him In the nominal hall of tl.OOO for further examination. The data for'that examination waa set for next week, Captain Halpln’ detectives, In preparing tba cage two days ago, went to tbe edema the R He girl gave In Brooklyn, ooly to Had that aha bad been iplrltad away. In the ease against Spriggs tbat Immediately preceded the one In which Mary Boiler waa the aoouser, theobarge wao>an attack on a young gin. Spriggs waa than held for further examination, and wta dla Charged wben arralnged the second rime because no oimplainest appear ▲t New York on Thursday Louis Nosier, a race track man, locked his wife la a batik room today and while she was a prisoner there shot ard kir ed Stella Reynolds, of N ew O leva an actress, who wes a visitor at their home, and tben>lUed hlmi If. Miss Reynolds, It was said, was for merly an Intimate friend of Noixer. The murder and sulotde was tba se qu?noe of a stormy scene Tbursdsy evening, wbeo MtsiR'yoo'da allied at the No z r borne, Mrs. N tx r, was reported, objected to the ca 1, and during the argument which followed ber husbtpd swallowed a small a sn- tltv of Isudanum. B tb wcmec, by united efl rts, fore ed him t > take an emetic Immediate- 1«, and tbe (risen did him no harm MUs Reynolds then remained with Mrs. Noiz r ell night. Today, whila bis wife was In tb* bathroom, Nosier turned the kev, and disregarding her prof stations to te let out, he went to Mias Reynold’s room. Their vetoes, tbe msn’a threaten log, and the womai’s pleading, were heard by tbe wife to the bathroom. Sh* sprang to the telephone which ren from this room to tbe • m » of the apartmint he use, and told a maid wbo answered her riog to hurry to tbe apartment and release her. The mild entered the apartment too late to aave Mtss Reynold’s life. As she opened the door she heard N az^r saying to the woman: “There is no use for you and I to The United States Senate Thursday oontinued oomldaratlon of the rail road rate queetion by listening to the reading*of a report on the House bill and to a speech Nelson. Senator Tillman's report was read at tbe request of Senator Aldrich, who aid that be was curious to hear the opinion of the South Carolina £ na* tor. The report of Senator Tillm n em bodied tbe first clear and concise »<«»*• ment of tbe difloreioes concerning Ccnrt review features and other pro posed amendmjnts that had made s unanimous report from tbe committee impossible. , - „ Without hesitancy the Senator de clared It to be bis bollef that the bil' should be amepdedj but that amend ment should not beof a ohanc er to Impair or prevent the accomplishment Of the <11 c xof tbe legislation, which he «»y». tn ^ President’s m^sage to Congrfis. nR •fflpbas.zsd the need of regarding the measure as non partisan, but pndlct- »d that the Issue created will be para mount In the next Presidential elec tlon. Senator Tillman prefaced his report by speaking of tbe peculiar olrcum* stances ruling the committee’s actions on the House bill, wblob made It an embarrassing task to submit viewe that would ha concurred In by the committee as a whole. ''Instead of bAng Amended in com mittee as Is u.u 1,” tbe report said, ‘so as to com maud as a whole the ec- dort ment and supp rtof a majority of Its members, the bin was brought Into the Senator In a form not entire ly sailsfsc ory to more than two mem bars. 4 This U ex of harmony among the supporters of tbe bill—It would be speaking ilth more accuracy to say the supporter* of tbe pol e /involved In tbe bill—brings about the auoma kut iltuaUqp in which a member of the minority party in Corg’eis Is pul In charge In the S nate of proposed legislation, which Is generally regard ed throughout the country as the cherished scheme of the President, with whose general policy and prlhcj pies thkt member Is not in accord. At tbe same ti'ne the bid is designed to carry to to iff xit his own long oberlsn* ed oonv otions and tbe thrio* reitera ted demands tf the party to which he belongs.* 1 *— E nphas'z ng the claim that this and the executive rowers of tbe com mission under it. Qa tbe one hand, It It claimed most positively that Oon- gress cannot delegate Its powers to the commission and thus authorize It to fix a rate, while, on the other band, it asserted with (quel earnestness force that this power Is Indlsput- Whatever mav bejhe reitl^s of this dt ousaion In the Senate, If tbe bill becomes a law to the final deter mination of the question at Issue must be m(gte by tbe Supreme Court." There is, he (said, even greater solicitude upon the qlitestlon of Judicial review. Senator Tillman added that at tbe same time tbe cries of tbe people are demanding relief^for producers and shippers Be declared that it Is the uty of Congress to hold an even bal ance between these conflicting and contending Intenats. Senator Tillmaa Inclines to the view and said he had not the slightest doubt that tfe Is poMlble to properly amend the bill so es to prohibit the Olroutt Courts from Interfering with the orden nt the tutar State oom- mrrceoom mission by any laierlooutory Older. -'S, - “The Senate must determine by Its vote what shall be lie attitude upon the question of Court review and In terlocutory suspensions. The Whole question st issue as to giving relief to producing Interests of tbe country re volves around this feature of the bill. If any deoislcn of the Supreme Court shill declare that Congress Is power Ues to grant speedy ffllef through a SNIP COES DOWN And Twcnty-'Scvcn Lives Los 1 in the / - Atlantic. FOUNDERED AT SEi. There Were Mssy Acts of Heroism and Self SscrlHce. Twenty-Poor M -sw b:rs of the Crew Were Picked Up st See end Csrried to Boston. rallod: “Help us, we are sinking.” A slight moderation of the weather per mitted tee Mannheim to lower a boat in charge of a volunteer crew which, after a oerllous and most djffl lult row to the British King, rescued 11 of tbe crew. Toe men of the British K<ng were brave for they pushed one another forward, all apparently will, (ng to wait for the la*t chance of be Ing sated. Sailors of tbe B>stontan vied irith each other for the honor of Bitting In the life boat and were not deterred from this "wbeu the first boat was dashed to ptroes sgrinit the iteamrr'e stern. First Offlcar Wm Browo^^snd the six seamen with him were Aelt struggling in tbe water, but they ware saved by means or llnvs thrown from the Ley land boat. The men were all oadly bruised. A great cheer went up from the Bostonian when at 4 o’clock tbe star b»ard lifeboat was suocwaf ally pur )ut in oharg) of Second Offl mi CrOm-t. do Is to kill yon and kill myself N i z r then shot Mist Re- nolds te the temple and himself In the fore head, both dying almost instantly Nozw was 40 years of age. Mlm Reynolds was 25 Mils Reynolds’ stage name was Ei telle Young. cmliiion is without precedent In leg islative history, Senator Tillman says it brings Into prominen* the feet that tbe proposed legt*latl«n Is non partisan, and Is so rec >gc z*d as a re sult of tbe unanimous support given it utue min irlty In t te-ELjnmand tbe f«;w opp osing votes—only seven—In that entire b idy. There w mid follow “a o/clom of pauonate resentment,” said Sen ator fTlllman in presenting what vould bs the result of~ fittnrr on the part of Coi gress to nnet the widespread demand for railroad rate flegislation. Be declared tbat “wo will be harvest” of any member of the Senate or Hon*, wi o>e work to formulating a bill to regulate ratiroanr lacks earnestness or honesty of pur poses and who shall seek to belittle commission, It needs no prophet to tell that an outburst of surprise' and indignation will sweep over the Ojttn try.” Summing up the situation he said: “It Is Impossible to deny that this acc imulatloo of wealth to tbs uands of the few Is each a menace to liber ry that the honest patriot stands appalled by the outlook.” After commenting at length upon what be declared to be the existing wrth- tefr stod-psep'-'k ^ srtles, “for tbe robbery of tbe masses, ” Senator Tillman said: “There is a dangerous provision in this bill which, In my Judgment, ought to be strlkcn cut, auu that Is to Section 15, where the Intei-Statecom- meroe oommlasion Is told “to detei- mtne Bad prescribe wbat will, to Ita J idgment, be the Just and reasonable and fplrly remunerative rate,’ etc. Tbe last words are too elastic and am blgucua and can be construed to mean tea mueh tbat it would be harmful and dangerous for Congress to enact Into a law. ‘F*lriy remunerative rate’ on what; the actual value or the flotl tloue value of tbe properties?” Senator Tillman declared there can be no Justice In compelling tbe people es a whole to pay dividends on water ed stock, primarily to it crease the fortunes of men already too rich. . “Whatever elseOungreu does, or falls to do,” he added, “the produo •rs of the country should be relieved from such danger of being compelled to made good the values of over-cap ital zxl railroads aa lurks to this to- oooeut-looking and plausible provision about 'fairly remunerative rates ’ ” Senator Tillman recommended that the amendments to the bill be adopt ed, which would give relief to “tbe anomalous and outrageous condition of iffi rs disclosed as existing to West Virginia. -v Continuing, he said; “Vested with the rights of eminent domain to con struct their Unas »nd greeted liberal franchises and charters, the railroads designed to be public carriers for the banefit of the wnole people, In tbe last tow yean have become rapidly transformed Into the veriest band of Robbers—Highwaymen who do not thrust their pistols to the fsocs of tbelr victims and dem nd money or their 1 v s, but wbo levy tribute to freight rates, wblob are aibtgh as tbe trafflo will bear, deny aooeaa to mar let, (uooopol z; with iff ranter one of the prime nesessarlee of life, ooal, and in every way eh iw their absolute con tempt far the people and the people’s right. — ——-——- • — Senator Tillman concluded with “a woriorgiUt:ohirHtfTrends . St IT jrlog, mental and physio U. frcyn numerous acts of heroism to saving life, rarely equalled to tha record of tragedies of the soa, attended the loss of the Puosnlx Hue steamer British King, which on Sunday, March 11, In a raging Atlantic storm, foundered about 150 miles south of Sable island and carried to death 27 members of the crew. Thirteen men were rescued from tbe slnktog Teasel by tbe Ley land line steamer Battonlan, bound from Manchester to Boston, and 11 by the German tank steamer Mannheim, Rotterdam for New York. Fiveothers who had been drawn down to the vor- rex into which the British King was engulfed were picked up by tbe Bos tonian from a frail bit of wreckage which they had grasped after a des perate struggle for life to tbe whir pool. The Bostonian arrived at Hu* ton Wednesday afternoon and the de tails of tbe disaster became known. t&* ,Brli g died on hoard tbs Bostonian from the affects of terrible injuries •ustalned to trying to save h|z ship O u of the boats of the B jstonla^. was crushed tu fragments and tbe Hulun teer crew which manned it were thrown Into the high running seas, while engaged In the work of rescue, but all were s*M/ landed on board the steamer. Voluntears f om the Mannl^glm, after a heroic battle with the waves, had taken < ff 11 from the British King, but alvei this neither of the steamers, in cons- q lenoe of the in creasing gale, could make an attempt to reach the f undering freighter. Morecyer, da-kness fall and It was an ntter Impossibility to do else but wai for the moonlight to guide them. In the darkness the British K’ng, wh.cb was then waterlogged and helpless, pluoged to the bottom. For three days her captain and crew, working against uncoi qu rable odds, had tried to prevent, or at laast postpone, their ship's destruction. Barrels of oil and wreckage forming Into a powerful arm, were dr.ten down upon ber sides with c usbing force, opening up tbe vessel's plates and al towing the water to pour toto hir holda. The extent of tbe leak was not un deratood until the fjllowlrg day, how ever, and then, although all hands were placed at tbe pumps, the water gained considerably. The fins had been extinguish* 1 and the engines rendered useless by the rising water. The only r< mady at hand lay to jre palrlrg the damaged colons, and while personally superintending bts work, Capt. O’Hagan sustained a fractured leg and internal R Juries. Al though he was unable to a' a-jd he oor - tinued to direct tbe effKts of bis c*ew. At the end of the three days when all hands had labored ceaseless ly without rest and with 11 tie f K>d, k ‘Rnffltnr well. Thirty-five People Lives in • Wreck. TWO TRAINS COLLIDI Several ef tbe UafbrtMtts Were PLioaed in the Debris mi Were Slowly R unted te Beal ' V > as be Rescuers Leaked The steward and four sailors with him and the er c ^uraglng cheers were kept uo as tbe little crew gallantly struggled to reach the siokv tog steamer. Tbli boat took off 13 men, it eluding Uspt. O’ Hagan, wbo was tenderly but hastily lowered by his men by means of a 1 ne from the stern. ' The Bostonian was reached and the rMcued seamen placed on boarl.- But before the life severs could climb to the deck e quick forming sea burled tbe futile craft against tb* side of the steamer, f jrolng ber apart, and then, the water receding, carried the voluo tec rs some hundred feat dlstano from th> Ir ship. Cheering cries reached them to cling to ths wreckage while the n g’nes of the Bostonian started and tb* ship manoeuverd to a point near the struggling seamen. Again were the lfa«e used with akin, and suoce-s for all the volunteers were hoisted to the ship, though Offlor Cromwell was almost drdwned. Capt Pury deemed it Imprudent to imriPsr txwe darkness was setting to, and decided to wait ifntll the moon arose belosr onMi u i ng the work dt toscue. About 11 o’clock, when the gale wasjunntog with apparent relnfqroed velocity, tb* British King was seen to stagg i r in the trough of the see, raise herself, and plunge down. Both the M*QD*te<m end tbe Bosto nlan steamed to she point where ths ship h»d foundered and it had Juti been decided tha* all those o*i boor 1 bed perished when e frebV ry from the darkness tolo that nine at i ast bad rot been drowned. Haif an hou. later Capt Parry of ths D Mbonlsn 1c- ■a ed a r-mall s»ortoo of a cattle d ok o whlc^ fl re t * n ere clinging. Theee were 9enond Offijer Flanigan, Chief Engineer Crawford, Adolphnt B ok fourth engineer, and two cattleman Thirty-five lives were early Friday In a head-end erJHfWf st two passenger trains near Adstoa, QaL, on the Dever hr d Rio Grande i and nearly a score of the vletimi incinerated, several berood tljQ, by a fir* tbat wrecked coaches. Mar* than a seen were it Jared, bat all will probably re cover. The wreck was due to unIHIvsnA orders, heavy mountain grads* a bllodirgsnowstorm, a sharp suras and the slippery condition of the rails. Only the kc /motives, baggtgs and day ooaobes were wreoke-*, tba tog oars escaping almost uni as to tbe E Jen disaster on ths roed in 19u4, when part of a tral toto a fl xxled canyon through a ed cut bridge. Many of the dead 'Mere era bound for the Nnrthwsi splintered obaohes end before all Jhs bodies wars recov ered. tbe fUmsa being so bot tbat na* cuers could not approeob tba fMbfla until tbe fuel burned out. It was e wild, stormy night la tba mountain canyons when tbs two! rains met. Blinding enow *■*'— orges and speed was neb ly Doric Mbl* and gmnd Tbey bad been carried down with the iteamer but after coming to the sur face, had, aflet mighty tff >rte, sue weeded to eiAmming beyond tbe whirl pool, and to flndiog a tern; orary r f age upou the wreckage. All night and until 7 30 a. m. on Monday both toe Mannheim and the B Etonian stood by searaqing f >r b d* les and then both ships resumed their passage. Yesterday, alter terrible suffering, Capt. O H agan died. F f >y six men, loo udlng a stowaway, were on beard the British King, and 27 ol these, it is deemed el meet certain per ished with their ship. Arrested for At Dothan, Ala., Engtoeer Killed. Dal Spinks, an engineer on Southern, while leaning out of cab window was struck by some Jtet end knocked to the ground tke his ot- and killed. The locidrnt happened on Sunday between Latham and Easley, 13 miles south of Greenville. He w»s a eltixen of Greenville and wae 60 years old and had b2en an engineer for 42 years. He sardonically remarked In start that ths “action had been “settled Oat of court.’’ Spriggs was arrested tb* lint time under Captain Halpln's regime for keeping an illegal resort Be escaped with aline of 1100. Spriggs Is a big factor In politics. H* eontrots jihs negro,vote to “Hall’s Kitchen” and on toe lower west Side and tor mis wes the leader of tbe Tammany Hall 0 lorad Me*** Asso elation, In lower West Tblad sirs*. It was his Itflnines, It Is arid, that defeated O’Neil, tbe sandleate of Wil Hats Aster Cbanlsr for leader of the Fifth Assembly Dh- triot. State Senotor Bernard J Mar tina Kcrstery. “Jos’* Prsndargast, to whom Martin transferred the dk- trtet leadership won. That the pollUori “pull exerdacd by Spriggr reached former Polio* Oom- M*Adoo’s offlo* was dam by tbOLOddsn treastor of Hwtel emrned. The large brick hotel at White Stone Llthla Springe, six miles from Sgartanburg, was burned down Sun day night about eight o'clock, ths firs starting in the kltcbeo. Tbe proper ty belongs to Samuel Sheftall of Siv- annah. The lorn Is estimated at 130,000 and la partially Insured. Cotton Burned At Tcoooa, Ga., fire of an unknown origin daatroved the Isige cotton plat i, Akers form and warehouse of loman and lofian, the riant of tbe A^anta Oompress company, seven hundred bales of cotton -a^d seven loaded freight ears. The loss U placed at 1150, m fully lasured. B Noe. “This world le full of thieves, end I am heartllf glad to bo going to a plate when there la none.” Bespoke Charles B • water of noudrsp rt, Pa., Just before the aher'ff ^'worked him off” on the gallows on Tuesday for ths larder of his stepfatber. the q lestloo or kill tbe bill by subter fuge and deception. The Constitution gives to congress tbe power to regulate tbe railroads, ha contented, auc t lere are many wrong to right. Tbe bill as It comes from the House S net r Tul in %n character's )d as lo sely worded and cipable of different interpreta tlons.’ ‘ Senator TU men pointed out that 11 Is geoera ly tupposed tbat the pend ing nrature embidles the “well dl gested views of tbe Executive and tboas of bis party whose advloe he consents to take ” After enumera ting theessenti 1 c larges from the existing laws ngu taring Interstate commerce, he stated tbat the most Important Is found to Section 15 In wblob power Is sought to bs vested to the loter-S ate oomnes oe oom mission ''after lull hearing upon a complaint made to determine and prescribe what will In its Judgment be the Just and reasonable and frirly remunerative rate * * * to be hereafter ob served to such oaae es the maximum to be charged,” and make an order that tbe same aball go toto effeot and remain in feroe for tores yean, which order feh.11 “go toto effeot thirty davi after nolle* to the carrier and shall remain to force and be oteerved by the carrier, nnless the same shall be su pended or modifi.d or set aside by the oommission, or be suspended or set aside by .a Court of oom potent au thority.” Concerning this section, Senator Tillman said: “Around the first provision tbe most earnest and exciting contention has teen and there la great did re no* of proposed legislation. ” Hassid: 4 Our fuU exp otations may not be real z .d at the present session of Con Kress. Tbe opponents or tffactiTe eglsiatlon are aiert, have had large experience and are thoroughly organ ized. The demand of the people for relief from the oppressions end wrongs they now endure may be thwarted b the’ great infiueLOi of the railroad corporations. This toflueic^ has hith erto been paramount, and its repre sentatives to tbe two houses may feel it is safe to redress the grievance* and toocntlLUj the policy of non Interfei* eooe. Tbey may ignore popular olim- or; an^elther peas no bUl at all or enact on^that will prove wholly In adequate. They may palter with us In a double senes: “Keep tbe word of promise to tbe ear And break M to the hope ” “Such action on their part w<ll In my Judgement, be rery unwise and will only dim up the water. T ie Issue will be made the paramount one to tbetmxt election, and those wbo are responsible for delay or toadeq iste legislation will find that, when at Us‘ the fl x>d gate* of popular wrath and lodignlUon are boiaied there will be same line grinding done.” tbe ’Bostonian and Mturatnim were sighted, and to the»e Czpt. O'Higan displayed the'signal for assistanos. Both tha Bostonian and Mannheim stood b/.the *eene of the wreck until Monday morning, but no bodies wen reo ivered. K ng salted from New York bound for Antwerp with a mlv- itnrd' r. dispatch aay a ensatloD in tbe C rlstmaa murder ease occurred wbe a del' o tve wbo has qhtetly ergag-A to the matter, came to D Ahan from near Cambell ton, F a , the scene of the c Im \ an<* arrested Walter Holland, a sou-lc- aw of tb* murdared man, and Mrs. Hoi laud, the murdered man’s daughter. Ths murder of Judge Christmas, bis wife and son waa one of the most revolting orimes to the history sf this section. Tb* victims were killed while sleeping to their home Cottnwood, and their to Ilea found the next day lying In pools of their own blood. The murder ocean- ! ed about two mouths ago. he rooky ’teh. Suddenly headlights flashed out and it was realised by tbs sefflnssc* tbat wm wrong. Fireman J. H. Smith of jouud train, Eitttsss Writer OorisH ipplled tbe emergsney f slippery rails allowed the of the heavy train to carry Iti ths fatal or ash. The Impact was ssvtrriy i but ths toto each other, the westbound train sated at • (oa, minim riot tbs lams and of the heavy nelper was eruihed mu to paper and tbs other Ion i ran through ths stash of is plowed eaon o her to pleo*. F.remau Smith was tba < the sogloe crews to ■ gage oar of the <0 two and throe < ed together. Ths 1 oar and a cmcj of i oucklod but none of tbt < ed. Hardly bad tha I cessed when a sham af througi the shattered saw af trains. la the forward soasb af westbound train every seat waa i pled by ] at miseekers. A number of I ■Y2 Hi swwnrs Lost. A dispatch from Paris says an addl- tlonrl disaster has bstal'sn the work ers in tbs ooal mfos at Gaunter**. A party said to oooslst of 17 msn, wbo went toto the mice for ths pur pose of recovering the bodies of those who perished on Saturday, lost their lives in tbe and er taking. They had deeoeoded in ap te of tbe reoogn'xsd danger of the attempt and in the faoe of tba aoginssr’s warnings against opinion aa to tbs coops of this clause | making a further effort. oellanecus cargo of 150 head of cattle Tne passage waa uneven tlul until F 1- day mjrnlng, when tbeabip wasstruck by a strong northwesterly wind, which suddenly developed Into a hurricane. Same tf tbs hatches were torn open, great volumes of water pouring Into ships compartments, disabling the engines, and soon the ship became absolutely helpless, the rudder also having been swept away. RmI z ng the ntceasliv of quick aorion, 0«pt. O'Higan himself went into the holo and strove to repair the moat damag ed sections. It was while doing this that a bar rel of oil fractured oo* of bis leg* to two plaoas. The Injury was so severe tbat a piece of tbe bone protruded through tb* flash. In spite of this be ordered that his teg he bound up and whdh this bad b?en done, resumed command and directed tbe effirts which were being made to plug up the hole in the ship’s side. But all efforts at repairs were fruitless. All hands were foreed to take refuge on the main deck. The cattle were swept overboard gradually by the sees and drowned. ^ * .At 6 o’clock Sunday morning Ckpt. O Hagen sighted the Mannheim end shortly afterwards the Bostonian, both of which hove to. Tbe British King signalled thet she waa waterlog ged and would have to be abandoned. At 3 o’clock she sent another signal which read: “Do not abandon ms, The half hundred or more men 6t the wrecked'ateamer were in plain view of these on board tbe Bostonian and Mannheim, who could, however, do nothing at that time to the way of res cue on aoocunt of that was running. At 1.40 p. m. the British King rig- A BOM Kiev. - The Sportanburg Journal says the polios are keeping a watohout on tbe oooatoe “sniffers’’ since the coalne and morphine ordlnanoe, passed at a recent meeting of the olty oonocll, wont toto i ff tot. The ordinance makes It unlawful for either drug to be sold to tbe olty except by a pre scription from a reguter licensed phj- -iciadr Tbe use of oceiiue was becom ing' widespread among a certain class f colored people, but now that a stringent ordinance prohibiting, tbe saleof the drug tbe “sniffera” will find a difficult matter to secure tbe white powder that furnishes them so much delight. were among them and la they gav* up life without attempt to reach safety burning ears. Tb*y sank to ttae Ex* of the ot r end were roasted alive. Ths ooc ler ones la tha oar, ssriog tbslr danger, taabed for the windows Bad doors and with the rid of tba la ths year of were unhurt, managed to rsoeta tha open air. Many were lejorsd by tha Ring they reeeived or hr fl y lng glass. Wuenthe occupants of tha tefo sleeping oars taw tbat nothtagf Could bs done to check the flams* they aid ed the tralnmea ia pooblng bcekths undamaged ears. OosemaaloaMaa earn opened with the Pueblo ifllje of tha railroad from Portland, a . alia Lorn the waeck, and a relief tsmte with physicians was dispatched to the M- cident. Tne Injured were placed la tbs s seplug oars and brought la Puablo with the passengers of tha tastbouad train, wbo Another relief train oame from eooe to take away the unto Jared tlon of the eeetboond train. wuaa •■v Toe Wages of »tn. petbetl* tragedy occurred et Georgetown, Ga., one day last week. Garrett Vaughn, a young white man wasoonvlotdd to the oRy court of burglary and sente^oed to serve seven years in tbe penitentiary. Daring Wednesday night he covered his dis grace with tbs mantle of death—he committed su elds. Thursday morn- lug he wee found uloourn clout. It was found that he bed taken e fatal dose of morphine, wjilch, ft ia believ ed,1»e had been saving tor the emer gen*/. Russian Losses. A dispatch from St. Petersburg, Russia, says the Invalid, the organ (ff the military, is still printing drily lists of tbs losses sustained daring ths war, which, without including For Arthur, now total 161,000 killed, wounded and disappeared. The lists covering the lighting at Mukden are Jut beginning to appear. A remark able fsature In ths perseataga of max whoos (ate Is unknown. . OoMHCCed A special from Norfolk, Va, sayo on March 14. L lUla Brown, SI psaa old, awaiting'trial Friday, for tha murder cf Flossie B cd, at whom hs threw a lighted lamp, which exploded fatally burning the Troamn. rommlt bed smloide in bis sell, la the Norfolk jail Wednesday morning by nis throat with a sharp pan which he had in so oer smuggled tutu JriL formerly prominent la Va. Hs was without friends <v mew* - ey—his family having abandoned him ' [—and he grew despondent« ten day of his trial approached. During tha reoent j ill flit than Brown aaenasd, but surrendered a few r— Hk mm TtkMW HU Ap unidentlflad! five years old, throw htendf itdflS at of an elevated train at 2i avseue Thnisday and A notebjok founds “Slnryp/ir^ ilb7 ▼a." - ' —-1. - .