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von BARNWELL, 8. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 5, lOQg. NO. 31. WILL BE TRIED. Q. W. Perkins of the Firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., *vr'^ ammmmmmjfmrnm 10 HAS BEEN ARRESTED Uaicr ■ Cbvf< of Qrutf Larceajr for Mr. BUm mlirbt find 'Mr. Per Una oon firmed thla state ment and said he bad asked JCr. BUas ID eau, MMl Kl wm prmfmrmA |o make a paym^pt of 150,000 to the campaign fond. Afterwards, oy soe- OMalre payments; 148,500 was paid by Mr. Perkins from bis own rc* sources to Mr. Bliss toy the campaign fund. otvisc The. N.w York life iamraace Conpasr .. . . • e\ . to the Republican Cam* Hfc ^ Jf J paiga Committee. Oa a charge that his connection With a contribution of 143.705 from the funds of the New York Life In •arknoecompany to Oornellus N. Bliss Ofihci BejHibl'oan nations' committee, in the campaign of 10.4, eonetltuted grand larceny in the first dagxde, George W. Perkins, a member bf the firm of J. P. Morgan & Op., and until recently first rut president of the New York Life Iranranoe compa ny, waa arrested in New York on Wednesday of lastWk on a warrant iMnad by City Magistrate Moss. Whan Ire want to aerre tbs warrant Mr. Per kin* be found that a It of ha bees corpus had alteady been obtained frwm Justice Green- beam of i be StaiL -uprasoa court, and the matb r waa ;m n dlately taken oat of lb* magietiske’a hands:. Mr. Thrtrtaa appeared befnre Justice Greenbaam and at the r< quest of his oeansal, the hearing In toe oaee was adanUi Fttday. Mr. Perkins mas paroled lo the custody of bis per sonal attorney, Lewie 4. Dels field. Ibe warrant for Mr. Perkins' arrest was applied for Tuesday by District Attorney Jerome Magistrate Maes wosld nok sot, huw«.v.r, u.iUL sffi ia- elta warn filed mtbe case. These were fiasawlsfl to him Wedoeeday. They, won signed by Darwin ▲ Kingsley, ▼lee president of the New York Life, D. Randolph, treasurer of r, and by Toomaa A;- alao arios president. Mr eouneel admitted to Justice that Mr. Pirklns bad ad- ▼anped the tarn named to Mr. B iaa a the rrqieat of the Mta John A. U, premdsnt of tbe New York Life. He waa afterwards reimbursed throngb the action of the company's finance committee. It waa contended that Mr. McCall bad executive an tbodt) to order the payasent and that if pay crime was committed it waa jartMpated In by every member of the finance committee present when the matter waa soled upon. Despite tbe notion of Mr. Jerome lo applying for a warrant for Mr. Pjr kina and thus taking tbe matter to tbs higher courts of the State, Judgt O'Sullivan to the court of apaoit 1 ■muloos Wadiiaadar, again ad tressed tbagrand jury which la considering Ufa tasari"tr matters and Instructed them that It was their duty to con Unas tbe Investigation to the end. ^ told tbe grand Jurors that it was jhrfy right to demand that tbe dls- ^ ' torney subpoena wltoeaset to "^DsxaA ined before them lo any mai ^ they may have under ooualdera Mod. Robert A. Greunite and Walter B GUlette, ss vice president and tru - teea, and S.brldge T. Gerry, as true tee of the Mutnal Life Insurance com pany, Wedaeaday tendered their ret- at a meeting of tbe board of trustees. Tosf wars aooaptsdr Tnaaflllavlts upon wbtoh Magla brale Moas anted in issuing tbe war rant for Mr. Perkins' arrasts were fiotwaidad to tha supreme court Wed need ay night on a wilt of certiorari. Tha statement a worn to by Vice Pres ident Kingsley gives some of the de tails of tbe meoting of tha New York Lift finance committee le December, 1904, when President McCall appeared and stated that Mr. Perkins bad ad vanned certain larga sums of monay to Cornelius N. BUaa, treasurer of the Repnbllcan national committee, pur snanttoMr. McCall’s agreement to contribute $60,000 for use In tbs pm Idantlal earn pal gn of 1904. District Attorney Jerome Wednes day made publlo correspondence be tween himself and Mr. Perkins which mowed that upon tbe district attor neyl isquest for Information and without promise of any Immunity jrhatnoevar, Mr. Perkins bad supplied Mr. Jarosns with all the facts oonnect- wlth tbs 1994 campaign eontribu m In esr ending his latter on the subject Mr. Parkins wrote: - "When I made tbe adva ' ^ Monad, and whan I was reimbursed t- .^ therefor, it never oeeaned to sue that v.'. ’ thert could be any question as to tbe V propriety of such expenditures, lwhich vl baUsrtd to be for ths benefit of tbe . 1. company " When tbe xoatter was presented to ^ Justice Greenbaam for aigassent, Mr Delafleld, Mr. Perkins' oouneel, in his Special C fleer Imployed to Investl- gate fires in Various *ae—“ - tions Po 1 sport. Offlmr H. W. Hallo way. says the Columbia B oard of Thursday after noon, baa what he considers as reliable oformatlon that some score of alleg el looendlary fl ea which be It work ing on lu dtff .rent parts of tha Slate under the Camptroller General’s dt reetlon, are dlreoUy traceable to ploU worked out In colored Odd Fallow odges and axeouted by membem igalnst white men, against whom it d< sired to strik) a blow In the dark. Mr. Hollcway has bsen informed Uhat one of the so called principles of the O.-der, as it has degenerated in the hands of these ignorant negroes, to “correct wrongs” perpetrated against negroes bf white men wbo are too strong to be struck In tbe op u; and the esses be baa Investigated 1l Abbeville, Orangeburg and Laurens counties have confirmed bis suspiotons, ard tbs Information lodgs members have let parted to him. O t e night of the 17 th Instant, cr rawer tbe morning of tbe 18,n in staar, Subday, In Laurens County, near Hinton, in #bat la known as tbe Huntington section, wbera tha-ne 1 Toes out-number the whites, perhaps wenty to one, the big barns of Mr W. J. y*/’ dwelllng^of Mfo from auehlestee thatCheyvetls»sly 1* hffrt,nC'ilglhhIk; y*Cr “ X. A Fhiiscn, were burning at tbe ing tbe same bad any good nason for 3. Superintendent of m . "la the summer of 1904, Mr. Cor- N. BUm, who was the treasurer Republican national committee npoo Mr. Parkins at tbe office . Morgan A Co., of wblob Mr. was a member, and informad him that Mr. John ▲. McCall, tbe late president of the New York Life oomMtxfs bad pi y would contribute to tbe ‘the m that 110,000 or fond ioTt Of Colleton Connty Presented by the Grand Jury SERIOUS (MARGE. NEGRO ODDFELLOWS CONSPIRE TO BORN QU f PEOPLE. FOR STOPPING CASES Against Ceftsia Psrtlks Chsrged With - / _ ' a Pesslos Frsuds, sad Jury Issists v.. Upon Trlsl of All Persoss Charged With Illegally Obtaining Pensions. A special dispatch frem Walterboro t?Tbs-State ssys the grand Jury sprung sensation in court Thursday morning when their presentment was read. They were not satisfied with tba course taken by the c aunty board of pension fraud oases against C W. Jlmer, P. M. Vim, G. J. Yarn, Henry Dubtos, alias A. B. Yarn, so they banded In tbe following present ment. “'J he grand Jury were astounded wben Information reached them that certain easea known as pension fraud cases, known as pension fraud case*, were ool proased b> the solicitor, but they are aware that such action Is in the discretion of ths prose outtlog officer and they cannot Interfere with sue a discretion. He has, however given bis reasons therefor as em bo d'gd In tbe latter from 0. G. Hand ir von, 8 to bo R. Perry t B GLBeutoo, Jr T. Polk and W. B. Ackerman, M D The grand Jury are unable to find same time, .with tbe neighborhood O id Fallows lodgs in session up to 4 o’clock Sunday morning. Ordinarily a fire of this kind, In the country attracts several hundred negroes, but that night the nagroes did not stop at the lire In going to ahd fro • from the lodge masting, and only two or three servants on tbs ilaoes could be obtained to help save 1 ibe household goods sod * t ff cts from' the barns. Tbe theory is that ibe blacks want to get rid of tbe few whites of tbit neighborhood. Tbe result was that practically nothing was saved at either placr. Tbe col oftd lodge at tbit pise 1 meets alma t dally, frequently remaining inKSiioo all night. - - - To Lotallss Salotde. ^ A bill bu been introduced Into the ower bouse of tbe laws legislature to legal)n suicide. I; provas that a pert an of sound mind who is suffer ing from an incurable disease, and whose death is only s matter of time, may request his attending- physician to take bis Ufa at ooee, and tbe phy sician will be compelled, on penalty of Imprisonment and fine, to call In two otber campetent physicians sod t-he coroner, and if the four agree that the request is based upon au a curate knowledge of the condition of the pa tient, and that be ounot be cured or his life prolonged without undue suff erlng, then it shall be tbs duty 0* tbe pbysloian, In tbe pretcooe of tbs three >LmttAMOCiated with him, to sdminis- *1fcsran anaesthetic until death results. The facts shall be certified to the County Clerk and reported by him to tbe state authorities. Should tbe n< xt of kin make t^p request or Join lo It for tbe purpose of getting the sufferer at of the way they shall be guilty of murder ttt tbe first degree. Eebows of tOw Strro. Fon’’ sailing vassals lay* wrecked on the Virginia and North Carolina ooasts Thursday. These vessels are tbs three-masted scboiner -Raymond T. Meull, Gapt. Htgbte, from Georgia to Philadelphia, which liee beached on Gull shoals, N. O, aoutti of Hat- term; tbs three'masted schooner Her- land W. Houston, Oapt. Gaskins, from Nsw York to Beaufort, N. O., which lies water-logged at Hatteras inlet; tbe British sailing ship Clyde, Cspt. Evans, from tba South for Nsw York and Calcutta, which la stranded south of Osps Hatteras, and tbe four masted schooner Harry T. Hayward, Capt. Ooloord, which was beached to side of Cape Henry following her colli sion with tbs German steamer San Miguel. Family ’Asphyxiated. Ignorant cf the mechanism of s gss fixture, a family of immigrants, who arrived At Philadelphia three days be fore were overcome by Illuminating gas Thursday night In a tenement bouse. Sohsye Weinstein died Thurs day at- a hospital. Hip wife and three daughters, Celia aged 32, Sara, aged 19, and Anns, aged 14, are said to be dying at tba same Institution. The vletima were found unoonaoioui Thurs day In their rooms by Rtbeooo, tbe fourth daughter, who had spent the night with relatives. In extinguish ing the light Wednesday night soma member of the family had accidental ly turned on tbe gss again and ths fumes bad escaped Into tba rooms dur ing tbs entire night. A RmU Act. ▲t Milton, FIs., William David son, Jr., a well-known and popular dttseo, deliberately laid bis head on tba roll Just os the eostbound Louis ville and Nashville pasrongor train palled oat from the station 00a night and was decapitated. No kDQWQ fmr the rash ool. v’jbr' PENSION BOARD ey Intended for Confederate votersbs In tbe ooanty by forging cartsln names to falsa affideMts, wblob were pneented as dolma tor pensions. Clerk of Court H. D. ; Padget reported dost upon Investigation he found that no such parties existed, and be report ed the above named persons in om- neotlon with tbs matter. They were Indicted for oonsplraey, and the cue was to have come up at this term for trial. PROGRAM OF THE TWENTY NINTH ANNUAL STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL ’’onventlon To Ba He’d in April in ths Presbyterian Church at Felssr, 8. 0. The following is tbe program of tbe State Sunday School Convention, which will be beld in tbe Presbyterian Church at Pels- r, 8. C , commencing on April 10 and lasting two days: FIRST SESSION. TUESDAY EVEN IMG APRIL 10, 1906. 7 46 P. M Song Service. 8 00 P. M. Address. President, Rev. W. B. Oliver^ Florence, S. C. 8 30 P. M. "The Dapartment of Teacher Training.” W. C. Pearce, Chicago, III. t International Teacher Training Secretary. 9 30 P. M. E m. 11 ment of Delegates Announcement of Committees and Business. Adjournment. SBCOND SESSION. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1906. 9 00 A. M. Quiet Half Hour. Oon- dueted by Rev F. W. Gregg, Pelxsr, 8. O. 9 30 ▲. M. Report of Nominating Committee and Election of Officers 10 00 A^JC. Reports of Offl aers: 1. The Statistic*] Sacretary, J. Adger Smyths. Jr., Pe'xor, 8. C 2. The Treasurer, Rev. W. I. Her their attlon, which smonnts to mvl f easance in office. They, tbarefora, present the above named parties as members c f the county board of pen sions for Colleton county, who signed such letter, for malfeasance In office sad asms James E Peurifoy, H. D. Padgett and L G. O vans as material witnesses to prove the same, Un a conviction of a crime they cannot >resented for compounding a_ felony. They present O. W. Ulmer, H. M. Vara, G. J. Yarn, Henry Dubois, alias J. Dubois, alias A. B. Vara, for fraud dent mlstapproprtatJon of foods and forgery ss alleged la the indict meats now of r« o >rd In tbU court and aol peossed. AmLeomaae wltnetsre those named oi hack of said Indiot ments and earneakly urge that new in dictments be prepared against them. Toey regret that they have no leg il grounds upon wblob to present tbe solicitor, but as they see that he needs aaslstanoe to properly present tbe ossss above referred to they re quest the court that it may authori xs toe employment; of some counsel learn ed in tbe law to aid him.” (Signed) “J. B. Dudd, Foreman.” At tbe conclusion of the reading of this presentment. Judga Dint zer took occasion to compliment Solicitor Jar vey on his ability ard record as a Law yer and solicitor, an 1 to say that It was not in bis province to appoint an assistant to the solicitor, but that he felt Mr. Jervey would do bis full duty In the oases referrep to. Solicitor Jervjy also stated to tbe court that he had no apology to maka for bis action in the oase; that ths In dictment was brought by the county board of pensions sod he fully Inteo ded the cues to oome up at this term of court uuttm reosived the oom Tunication from the sa d hoard, and on their rr q teat be nol pressed these oasaa. Puolie sentiment Is against th) aoOion taken by tbe ooanty board at;d the soiteikr, end approves tbe sotion taken by ths grand jury. ' THR BOARD’S LETTER flTbeeommunioartor from tba plo sion board wblob was read In court Monday, and on which tbe solicitor M. A. lartment, Mrs. berry, S. 0. 4 Teacher Training Sacretary, E. Hughes, Greenville, 8. C. ^ 5 Home Department Secretary. 6 The Executive Committee, Wil iam E Pelham, Chairman. 1100 A. M. Address by W. 0. Pearce, Chicago, 111. Subject. Ap sd Workmen: How Secured.” 12 00 M. Round Table. Modern Sordsy School Methods. > 12 30 P. M. AdJ )urom*nt. based bis aelloo ss followa "The State vs. 0 W. Ulmer, P. M Vara, G. J. Vara, Henry Dobols. alias A. J. Dubois; alias A B. Vara, fur oonsplraey: "Walterboro, M<rch 7, 1906. "Tbe Hon. W. St. Julian Jerver, Solicitor Nlotb Cirult, "Our Door Sir: We have already requested of you that oil Indictments agatnit G. J. Vara (No. 3 In above oaa*) be nol proased aoeoDditlonallj, end ws now renew the request. Ws also request of y-.u that upon any psymsnt of 1423 98 into tbs State treasury for tbe beesflt of pan sions (moeiptr to be produced), the same being tbs amount legally ob tallied and receipted for by tbe otber three desendants shove in pension claims of Mrs D. 0. Crosby, Mrs. M 0. Drawdy, Mrs. 0. S. Roblhson, Mrs ,A. J. Smith, Mrs 0. J. Oro*by, Mrs. 0. J. Vsro and Mrs. A. M. Vara, who cannot be found In tbs county, and tbe payment fo the elsik ol court of the cost ef this action (receipt also to produced) by any one or all ef the de fendants above other than G. J. Yarn at such time as you may designate, that you do not nol pros this csss In its entirety, It being our opinion tnat lent subserved. - "Yours most truly, "0. G. Henderson, Chairman, "Stobo R. Perry, “B. G. Benton, "J. T. Polk, “W. B Ackerman, M. D., "Pension B ard tor Colleton Ooanty.” 14 will be remembered that these parties ware charged with falsely ob taining over 9400 of tbs pension moo SLAYS POLICE. . —__—:—' a* ; — White Slavery Queen Makes Serious Charge. NEW YORK OFFICERS Said to Be I, Po, ol Tbe Demote Who Decoyed Inaoeeet Yosef White Girls late Dess ef l..famy Kept By N-groes Is New York, In one of the most smsz'og confes sions Tver related In s c <urt Sallle Bennett laid bare tbe whole details cf tbs white trade traffic Iq tbe city of Naw York, lays ths American, it really makes one's blood freeze to read bow Innocent white girls bunting work were lured to their destruction and imprisonment by Spriggs and bis Imps of darkness. ^ ' Just before she unburdened herself of tbe awful story of crime, degrada tion and graft, In wblob sbs mention ed nsofts sad addresses, she was sen tenoed by Judge Cowing In tbe Court of General SasIois to s term of tan years in Auburn prison for the part she admitted she bad played in the Imprisonment of whliaftfls. R ibert H. Spriggs, the white sieve king, wboss Cornelia street girl cage Primary Da Carlisle, New- 11 THIRD SESSION. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 1906. 2 30-2 45 P. M Song Service. 2 45-3 45 P. M. Superintendents Conferee cs. Leader, W- 0. Pearce, ObJcigo, 111. ^ 3 46-4 30 P. M. "Temperance Work n tba Twentieth Century Sunday School.” C. C. Featheratone, Laurens, S C. 4 30-5 00 P. M. Round Table Talks. 5 00 P. M Reception to the Dale- gates by the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip, Pslzsr Presbyterian Chap ter, No. 289. FOURTH SESSION. WEDNESDAY EVENING APRIL 11, 1906. 7 45 P. M. Song Ssrvioe. 8.00 P. M. Address, “Tae New Day Dawning for Our Bible School : A Report of the Toronto ConvaotlOo." Rey. W. E Wilkins, Columbia, 8. 0. 9 00 P. M. "My Impreaslona of the To’onto Convention ” Rev.'J unes H. Taorawell, D. D., Fort Mill, S. C. ’ ' FIFTH SESSION — — THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1906 9 00 9 30 A. M Quiet Half Hour. Rev G. T E (wards, Peltar, S 0. 9 30-10 30 A. H. Primary Methods. 1. Cradle Roll. Miss Grass W. Vandiver, Spartanburg, S 0. r 2. Tae Biglnnere, or ’‘Kindergarten Methods la Sunday School Work ” Mias Kittle T. Per rib, Greenville, S a J~ - 3. Primary D putment Work. Mrs. H. A. Car Isle, Newberry, 8 C. 10 30 11 00 A. M. Discussion.— 11.00 A. M.-12 00. R3verenoe ln the Sunday. W. 0. Pesroe, Chicago, III. 12 M 12 30 P. M. R mod Table. 12 30 P M. Adjournment. SIXTH 8R88ION. THURSRAY, APRIL 12, 1936. 2 00 P. M. Conference on U jme Department Work. 3 00 4 00 P M. Toe Relation of the Sunday School to tbe College. Rev. E. M Potest, D. D , President Furman University, Greenville 8. 0. 4 C9 P. M. Closing Words. Adjourn ment. 5 ~ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. William E. P<. 1 ham, Chairman, Newberry, 8. C. Rip. T. H Law, D. D.t Spartan burg, S. 0. Dr. E. 0. Jonrs, Newberry. 8. 0. Rev. Melton Clark, Florence, S. 0. S. B Ezell, Spartanburg, S. C. Rsv. W. P. Wltoell, Columbia, S. C Dr. George B. Cromer, Newberry S. 0- ; R;v. Ji W. Shell, Spartanburg, 8. 0 % ~~ - Hon. J. E Ellerbee, Sellers, S. 0. OFFICERS. President—Rev. W. B. Oliver, Florence, 8. 0. tbe suds of justice will then be suffix Vloe-Presldsnt- C. 0. Featheratone, Laurens, 8. C. Treasurer—Rsv. W. I. Herbert. Columbia, 8. 0. • Secretary—W. Austin Hudson, Greenville, S. 0. Statistical Secretary—J. Adger Smyths, Jr., Pslisr, 8. 0. Teacher Training Ssoretaiy—E. L. Hashes, Greenville, 8. 0. Primary Superintendent—Mrs. M. A. Carlisle, Newbarry, 8. 0. colled In still another plain clothes man. . 'Why did’t you let are know In tbs start, and 1 could have fixed It for yoi T be asked. I gave him 920 of tbe money. The next evening one of th* original plain clothes man cama to au and raid “ha bad bad tbe *l«tim of the robbery ‘sloughed,’ tut tt at be was s hard kicker, end there was no way to fix It up except to give tbs whole amtuat back to him. "I told tbs policeman that if he would sand blm around I wculd re turn blm tbe money. They did send him around, and I save blm 980. - ' From that t me on the pMfoe drove me from p'aoe to plac\ 1 saw thay would not let ms carry cn my work ss I had dofae lu the past, so I opened up a restaurant, and within s short time they had arrested me seven times for dlsotdjrly oenduc, when I had done nothing to deserve It, and they drove me out of business. "Ags*n I went back to keeping s den, my last place being at No. 147 West Thirtieth strait For alrn - wbile, pnvli u* to s year ago. Iju» at No. 10 Cornelia strut, and during all. tbat time 1 paid 950 a wet it tor pol ce protCilon. "A 1 through the Tenderloin the houses that ws call ‘creepers’—they are places run for purposes of robbery are fijurlshing to this vary day. "And ther, too, the same wbstc- •Uve tn ffl i Is going on. There is a place in West Twenty ixth street, bc- twaeo Seventh and Eighth avenuer, conducted by a colored woman, into which white girls have been fairly dragged and held there for days. I is a worse resort. than I ever c< n ducted, and tbe police know of Its existence. “These pise s have not been dis turbed by the p >lloe, alth ugh po lo - men are frtq lently setn in them and know perfi o y wall what g ai on. F’Hawing'8*1119 Bennett’s oonfi for years bald white prisoners at ths slon to Mr. Gat vin It wu said at the gro men, wu arraigned for sentence ahead of her and got the full penalty of tbe law, twenty yearn n Sing Sing at hard labor.. Thla vir tually means s life sentence to the' mulatto, uba la forty-sight years old now, a~d his health la not very good. ,, ___ * Attorney Mirk Alter uked tor an srreslof judgment for tba man who was convicted for abduction by a Jury tbat did not even wute the time to I mil a ballot, but Judga Cowing would ilaten to no motion. In delivering the sentence and addressing Spriggs, tbe court said: "1 doubt If anywhere In Nsw York there can be found a creature so de-‘ based u you—so devoid of a sense of honor and d< otnoy. You are a living example of total depravity. Ba ,cu lived in a State where tbs laws are less closely gu rded you would nevei have lived to stand trial. As a warn* ing to others who may be following In your footsteps I am going to give you the limit. I sentence you to tbe max imum for your orlme—twanty yean at hard labor." When the trembling mulatto had been led away Sallia Bennett, a ne- trass, who conducted s den similar to Ipriggs’s, and who bad an arrange ment for oc-operation with him, wu Hi ught over from the Tombe. She bad pleaded guilty to abducting a 17 year old glil. O oe back In her Imprisonment she sent word to tbe District Attorney's office that aha bad something to tell before she wu taken to the peniten tiary. Assistant District Attorney Garvin saw her, and to blm aba an folded the story tbat she bad refused to tell until after her sentenoe bad I men pronou* c d. She evaded no questions, and frankly admitted her own culpability. She gave ths names of police men in uniform and oitiz ls' clothes who, sbs charged, received graft from dens such u shejmd forlggs had conducted. and lb* mentioned d;v keepers, with, their addresses, who, she claimed, were pay ing for polios protection to her posi tive knowledge. The name of s whits woman, whom sha says aided in lur ing girls Into tbe black dans, wu fre qi ntly mentioned.——— Following Is Sallia Bennett’s story, with nsmei omitted: "Daring my career In New York, which dates back u far u 1879,1 hava paid thousands of dollars to ths police. Much of this wu stolen mo oey, and tha police knew It, tint 1 wu permitted to go on and on, and so long u I waa able to pay my way I wu not worried about arrasta and finea In the polio) conrt. Is It any wondar that I grew* more and more desperate? Is it any wonder that I am on tha road to Auburn nOe ? "I got along fairy well with the police until lut April. I wu then l.vmg at No. 118 West Seventeenth street. Miss , s whits woman, wu an accomplice In most everything that wu dons there. She now lives in West Twenty-seventh street, and I have frequently seen her talking with policemen. "Lut April she robbed Peter Pedro who lives In Eist Thirty-third street, of 9100 In my place Pedro wu gone huts short time when a uniformed officer, who travelled a beat In West Twenty-sixth street, <*ame to see me end demanded that I give ap |tbe money of which Padro had baen rob bed. 1 told him to come book at o’clock. "In tba mean time throe plain olothM men from tbe Thirtieth street station cams and demanded tbs mon ey. I told them of tba visit of tbe uniformed officer. One of the plain olothu man sold: "If you give that monay to him we will look yon ap. I told them to come book at 7 o'clock. Tbe uniformed offl jar wu hack at o’alook. I refused to giro blm tbe money, although I bod It In my pos session. "After that tbe woman wbo bad commlttad tba robbery want out sad District Attorney’s office that slacs these two oases have been disposed of, further InroetlgitiOQ Into tbe white slave Aiaffle-aaay bfrcxpaotad. — ~ WOOD UNDUE FIRE THE JOLO MAB8AGRE HAS CAUS ED MUCH T ILK Plain That Congressmen are to Maks Every Endeavor to Hake ^ an IxpeM. General Wood's severe punishment Mount Dsjo, In Jdo, of the Moroe at H- re* drawing fr m various quarters Itlc sms of lie reported ruthlsisnois, has served to attract public attention again to general condition In the ’hlllpplnM and provoke renewed '•bought of tbe problem whljb the United StatM hu on Ita hands In governing ten million aliens on the other slle of ths world and In anoth er z w. Some members of oon gram have ouod opportunity for the manufac ture if political capital advene to tbr administration. The arm? finds It especially absorb! g because tbe Moro country is tbs oniy place left where theis Is set!vs serviM and s chance to gain military reputation uuder fire. An additional edge Is given to mili tary discussion of the fight by reason of ths foot that M jor General Leon ard Wood, wbo e rapid promotion wu not to tha liking of tbe army, wu in tbe thlek of it and will gat all the glory of censure, however, the pendu- urn of pooler opinion nltlmately will swing. D >sp<te criticism of his praising the engagement u a “bril- iant feat of anna,” the president bu aecorded tbe highest praise to his friend, Gan. Wood. Senator Culberson’s demand In the senate on Thursday for further detail ed information u to tha Moaat Da- Jo fight, than heretofore had been provided, Indicated that tbe LIVING DEATH. A Startling Sequal to tbePreick Mine Disaster. fcUVENUP AS DEAD. Alter Eodsrlei for Tweatr Dsn the Meet Unspeakable Horror* Ttrirteoe MlB rs.W9, Were Ssypsssd to be Dead Wire takes From tL A fpteiaj dlsp*t<$r from Lias, France, says tbe dlsatier ol tbeOour- rleres coal mines bad a startling se* q iel Friday when ths thirteen fl^nL were token out alive pfter having on* dured unspeakable honorO during twenty days of entomb nenv The story of the sarvlyon dtsclosM theO they lived for miny days on partid hone meat am'd total darkness, and in ths stero i from gursi of decayhw • corpses. Toe preseooo of human flmb *ould speedily havj forced the ttarvlng men to no •re to the last des perate extremity If they hod not bsen resoned. Tae sarviv in wen sturdy young miners from 17 to 26 years ofag*,es- espt their Ind ir, Hanrl Nemy, who Is 39 years old. AU show ths terrible effects of their experleaoM, emaciated, sxhaus.ed Taeir rescue caused a tsmpsrar; vena lucidity during wblob they greet ed their relatives and graphically re lated their suff iridgs. Toe doctors then enforced quiet upon thee ibe results of fever and from their baying bone flssb. Then were touching wivu and ssolhin whom they had long given dead. Crowds besieged tha <«o which the assn rag ths sarvlyon and tbe Ineffjetlve nature of the nit work that followed Immsdtoisly i the d luster. Tbe rescue of these tblxttan non revived the hope la maay fsmlllu that others an alive, Mid tha nfe tlvuef tbasa ~ that efforts ba rsdonbled to bring out any poeribJe survivors. There Is s report th to ths thirteen up out of tba nine others who oame with' the bottom of the pit) bag ’ able to come further an soeoant of be exhaustion. The total number of man •tor the eotastrjpha, wu 1,1 roe bodies recovered bu not yet done with the affair. The administration has uoQuestlon _ ably bun worried about ths yvaotrof %° Q ty. Hungarta, bu been this engagtutoot. Secretary Taft bu Indorsed Gen. Wood’s sotion u aary, Msjcr Hugh Scott, the Z ilu aroblpelsgo, in which tbe trouble cojurred, wu summNied to Washington this week for a consulta tion with ths secretary of war, and tbe prompt Isiuano to the pram of his memorandum on conditions In tbs Jolo aroblpelsgo wu on (flirt to re verse unfavorable opinion and approve of well u explain Gen. Wood’s fierce campaign. Tbe storm which tbe killing of the Moroe raised at borne la more feared by the administration and by the elvll government of the Philippines than any possible uprising of tbeu savages In their own Jan glee. A great difference exists between, the natives of the northern Islands of the Pnillp- plns aroblpelsgo, usually called simply Filipinos sod the Mores. Al though danger of organ:zitton of Insurrection is never entirely out of question with the Filipinos, It Is re mote In the presence of the present garrison of 12,000 troops, commanded by two major generals and thru brig adler generak; the 5,000 Philippine constabulary, and the squadron of cruisers sod gunboats which patrol tba waters of the Islands. Ths Mores be vs no talent for organise! rebellion, althoagh they fight without fear In single-handed oombats or whoa run to earth by troops. YhanaJ Ignats Dobotos a firm rofC m nra isjoety, Hungarta, hubesn arrmtsd ohargad with enmity to his mother of 90. Dobotos imprisoned tbe arod wo- man In oj Urn farm yard, leaving narrow aperture through whisk ho occasionally passed her eruUsof brood and water. At ttm't be proded her with a pitchfork while Mm wu Mum at his mercy. Tha oathorUko finally learned of the oom and dag tlm mo- man up. ^ Sbs died not day. rr** Knocked Him Ont, At Oarson, Is., while preaehlng to his oongregatlon Sunday, R'.v, J. B Lsnrx, putor of a Latter Day Salum church, wu struck by lightning, which caused his death within boar. The bolt wu oommuolestsd by a chandelier. Tbe ohuroh took fire, but tbe flomao were soon extinguish- sd. J:. r unbared 500, sad thore era still na- rnecu a ted for opproxlmstely TOO. The engineers explain that i •ring A m preveattd tb plorlng remote pssssgu of' ts l» wu thought oiuld be no sarvlvora owners aim elslm that tl miners redoeed the nambor of i Available. Manyonglnanaiaadatiaa- ti*te agree that oll la ttm mine mwl have died long ago. Fngtimmr Lou, however, dlseents, smertliqr tbos tba salvage work hu base deplorably in efficient, and be btUovu that aeons died of exhaustion owing to tbs poor work of the salvage oom pantos. oon tried to lynch Urn man u lu was being taken to prtoon. Fatal Finns. A fleroe fight ooourred Tbusdoy among prosperous negro fain Americas, Gu, resulting la 1 log seriously of thru Toe famtltos of William and Coloman fought about a land fence, tbeeombatante uthmtiioagmm. Willis ms end wife were both down, while WUUasm member of ttm Ootomoa oa All the eombotanls will probably re. cover. A dez m ariuti foUowed ttm ■booting. ^ HIb At New York on Truimtoj after deliberating fourteen mlsatsa, the Jury in the osm of Robert ttm negro proprietor of a whore It wu oltogtd wen detained against ttmlr will, brought is a verdlot of guilty of ttos •seood offenm of abductiou. fpriggi wuromandsd for SMtisaaa. Thou- troms penalty In so* orimu to U years imprisonment, and that min it Sprigg’s punishment. Mtas Prarl Wood, of tbeg: oollaga, dial day after oa