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C., THUB8DAT, MAY 24. 1906. NO. By Eithw PactfM •( the Deaocratic Party. Thla Wuthe Resalt of Uaferstaatflof the Lceders of the Two Sides. Harmony waa the keynote of Ihe oonventlon which ■ml In Oolambla Iasi Wedneeday and waa called to order at noon tn the i of representatives by Wills Jones. The > had oanenasod and conferred In the friendliest way .and with prao- tleal onanimity reached the condo* by the county ddegatloo, and that eaob committee elect Its own chair* man." This resolution Nat unanimously adopted, Tbs oonventlon adjourned till the afternoon after appointing oommlfe- teee on reeolntlons and platforms and roles. The afternoon session wee pulled off as If It had been greesed. The business waa all over and the d* legal as were filing out of the hall of the house of representatives in half an hour. It was the smoothest, most harmonious and shortest elate con vention in the history of the party. The resolutions of the morning were ell reported through the oommltteee, and these reports were adopted throughout, with the exception of obanging the rules of the party, pro hibiting county organ sttlons from massing candidates for congress, state cffioes or solldtorshlpe. By an amend ment adopted, these candidates arc to be assessed by tbs state exscutlve committee alone. Oae of the counties charged some cf these candidates to the tunc of 1600 in the last cam* palgn. .. Through the committee a resolu tion was adopted favoring a "single ring olrcu• ,, In the county-to-oounty campaign speech making. Hereto that, as the liquor queett. n is to be fought out in the campaign this anmsseripd decided by the Demo •■tic boats In the white man’i prt- there was no us* in plunging oonventlon Into a uaelem wrangle OD this vexations q isetion and pro- ^KjMf its eemion without benefit to either side. VTTr M. Smith ■ttdfithf OPSrtjjd^ ^ invoeattm, aeklog'the Almighty guid aM» for the deUbeAtions of one coo vent km and oocdudlng with the rape titioo of the Lord's Prayu, In which J. W.'bagedak, of Florence, noml- anted CoL Hobt. Alddoh.of Barnwell for temporary chairman, paying a fit a trlbnte to his worth and ability referring to bis soldisr servloss, whan a mere youth, for tbs Onuse which Is bslsm honored by the reunion here this week. He was elected by acclamation and to the obairby Kami*. J. W. H. H. Watkins and Gala L His spsssh of acceptance was bat very appropriate. He ee- peelailF appreciated the fact that his sleotlnn was a tribute to hie service etimn be wee too young to do anything hot fight for bis state. He referred IP the divided views of the people as to he saiti' 3 by the arbltra- of a vote of the whole people, which was loudly ap- J. T. Parks and Geo. R. KgSeter served as temporary eeoreta The roll was prepared by i of tbe printed roll of elected J. P. Bean, of HgeAeld, nominated J. Was. Thurmond, of BdgsAeld, for yirmaasBt resident of the eonven Hen, referring to him as a man whom those who knew loved to honor. The nomination was numerously seconded and the election was H. 8. Henderson of Alkant T. and J. P. Hr. Thurmond Bean, ma i ohalr. his speech of acceptance he >of Democracy as the party of wbl|n supremacy and to tbe G. O. P , M the party of trusta, though not to He referred to tbe doml ntliai of tbe Bepabtton party by the corporations, to which domination be ascribed the reecot pitiful spectacle of the president's breaking a solemn mmut to stand by a measure of to the people from railroad ex- . He referred to the gathering of Ooo* federate veterans in Columbia and laid the Dtssooraoy would never for get the smb who fought for tbe stars and baa and wbo were tbe mudsills He urged e policy of moderation, as best for tbe Interests cf tbe state Demoeraev—and this sentiment was loudly applauded. A vice president from each ooo- ] district was elected, as fol Firt—J K. Tlndal, of Clarendon. Second—D. 8. Henderson, of Aiken. Third—Frank B. Gary, of Abbs vlUe. Geo. B. Cromer, of Newberry, wee nominated, but withdraw. Fourth—T. 8. Seaee, of Spvrtan- burg. Fifth—J. G. B'ohards, of Kenhaw, W. F. Stevenson, of Caeeterfield, was nominated, but withdraw. '' . aia Jk—W. HJeaMS, of Darlington. W. W. Bruce, of Harlboco; T. I. Bog eta. ef Marlboro, and J. W. Btgadale Of Flonnce, were nominated, bul Withdraw. , . Seveoth—&. D. Lee, of Sumter. T G. MeLeod, Of Lee, was nominated, pbnt withdraw. ^ J. W, Gray, 9t Greenville; J. T. ks, of Orangeburg, and D. L. Sink of Gba'lssteo, were sleeted eecre- Geo. B. Kosster was noml- but deeUned. j 9. Wilson, of Lanoeater, was elMled sargoant-at-arm, and T. 0. v. v HamM, ef Marlboro, treasurer. Qeo. B. Kosster, of B ohland, then offered the following resolutions : ^ "Bsaolved, That tbs smventloo have two atandlng ooasaaltteee, one on • gad iraoiutions end one on „.inn and ruka, to whleb be rafarnd, without reeding . •‘Baolved, Tbettheee eetei be eompoesd of ooe , to be selected SHOT TO DEATH. A Man Crazed by Mean Wh*sk y ... * , • , % ». and Fooliab Jealousy la the darkne&a Clerk then quietly clipped from behind 'he ire, n.treat* ed to the ctation g-t a half gallon can futt of ml and returns 11> the Purcell hove. % • He came back so q iletiy that none of hie praeeces uatfltbe rear coition of the house was wrapped in flat TEBROIZ « A TOWN. gaining headway Clark Tkoefkt Mrs. Parcell Had Kept shrubbery, double-bar Qirl He Leved Away Pieei Him sad He Started Oat te Be Re- veeged, aed. Pays the Peaalty. fore oandidstes tor congress and sollc- ttorsblp bad been having separate meetings. Now these and all oandl dates for other offices a* well will speak at the ssme meetings. A resolution Introduced by D. A. Z Ousts, looking to the elate executive committee providing separate boxes attheo.mlug election to decide the liquor question, was promptly Oslerls* ed by the convention. Rwolufciona were adopted request ing the South Carolina representatives to warmly endorse the proposed de naturalised alcohol bill. Tnefollowlng raeotation*w iced into the committee by Ct tain Richards was reported unanimously and favorably, and was adopted by tbe convention: ~7 —:—r "Whereas, Tbe Hon. D. 0. Heyward has for two terms discharged the du or of tiie state of Slutb Carolina with ability and distinction, and to tbe sstlofsetlun of the people of tbe state, be it resolved, By the Democratic party in con vention assembled, That we do hereby record our endorsement and approval of hia public service And be It ra solved further, That he be presented with a copy of these reso utions.” The following resolution was also passed: “Be it R solvi d, JT* at th‘ vrry able and corst.u-iH cuurs • f < ur s»ul i senator, B R riilman, In tor U^ltHt States SenaU, com mauds rnr appro bation and approval, and that we tender to him this exprestion of cor oooflleooe.” The ne* ex cull re oemmlttee met immediately alter tbe arterm on ad Jourmtect to provide for tie S ate campelgn speech-making, eto The Itinerary and othir details were left to a tub committee. General Wills Jones was elected chairman of tbe main committee. Toe substance of the general plat form which waa adopted without de bate, la as fo lows: "The Demi'craoy of the State r ' South Carolina by their duly constitu ted representatives hereby renew their pledge of fidelity to the funda mental principles of Jeffersonian De oraoy as hemplorarcpeatadlyan- oounoed In the Bute and national Democratic platform. We believe that the legislative,.executive and ju dleial departments of the government should be forever seperats and die tinet from each otber v without the right of any one to usurp or enorosch upon the rights of tbe other. We be lieve that honesty in tbe public set vies and economy in expenditure an ntlal to good government; no tax should be levied or tariffs Imposed upon tire people beyond the aotiua] oeomsltita of go vers ment eoonoml oally administered. We. therefore, urge such revision of existing tariffs Orssed by drink and with his Jealous heart Inflamed with revenge, Jama H. Clark, tbe night telegraph opera- •tor at Obsmblee, Ga., ran amuck Tues day night, May 16, killed one man, ■hot five others, threatened the lives of several women, Including the young girl with whom he was in fatuated madly, set fire to a house crowded with women and children wbo wen seeking safety from his bullets and then fltd into Dunwoodle, five miles dlstanes, left death In his wake Sod escaped to the woods, where he Is defying all who seek his capture. While It is known that whlakey had much to do with Clark's frightful tragedy, it Is also certain that wild Infatuation for a little girl—sister of Mis. Will Puraell, where he, boarded —la responsible for the terrible climax that was reached as above stated. Clerk, twenty-seven yean of ege,*a Inter- Tto . MaB of whlt * ,weUln »* f0 ? rawr-+ iod m0re near death meningitis, bad followed the and abnormal balluolnation that Annie Gay, fourteen yean of age, wsein-love with him. Blinded to reason by hla madness, he eiuog to his false theory, slowly but surely weaving tbe awful tragedy upon whose vt ry tjgftbold he warned bis victims--but too >a**. Return leg to the b me of Will J. Puroells, where be tad been a boar Jar since last fal, Cark told Mrs Puresll Tuesday miming that she had In- terf erred with bis love iff sir. Cla-k was luied with rage. Mrs. Puro-.ll, alone In her home, stood aghast at the dellri us insanity of her accuser. She was spaeohlem in herb nor You have prevented m •. from ba ng happy," oiled Ulark at the Purcell h me “For your Interterenoo Intu my aff tin I win kill you, your huahaud, your father, your m <ther, j'Kt sister your slete--in-law end yonr children." Mrs Puraell listened In slle&ee—w Hence she c uld not break for hei power of spe oh was gone. —>- Up .< the lips of thle madman a ' u/oal 'odU i Ungerwi a monoeot ano . non his fst^e became ashen and stony His eyes ghstened in his auger an'-' h:« amaclted figure trembled and weyed in its unsteady balance. “1.* ycu tell thla,’Vend Clark s f epp d closer to the transfixed woman, ‘ 1 wlU blow your brains out; promise or I will kill you In your tracks." Mrs. Puicell summoned herstreogt) and fled to her rafhsnTvoae,.lb< uexl door. She gave the slsrm — Q ilokly Captain B. 8. Purtfil, the father, who was atone time deju j that manufacturers shall not obtain higher prioee for their products at home than they can get for such pro ducts abroad. It is absolutely esseu Ual to the material interests of the people and to the development of the natural raeouroee of tbe country that then shall be no unjust restriction upon healthy competition. We there fore demand the rigid enforcement of all laws on this sut J ?ot. "The rights of labor and capital are Identical; they are sack entithd to protection under tbe law. Evl diobee exist In other payte of tbe country of a growing hoetillty be tween theee two gnat forcer, and we believe that each situation should ba ameliorated." Went to Bottom. At New York tbe big doub'ed deck ed ferryboat Baltimore of the Penn sylvania Railroad company sank In her slip at tbs foot of Desbrossse street, North river, Wednesday night after having been in collision with s steam lighter In midstream* Follow ing the crush tbe captain of the Bal timore ordered full speed ahead and rnahsd bis boat Into the New York slip. The vessel had begun to settle before the lest of the 160 paseenge and the several teams on board had reached the landing stage. All got ashore safely, tmws*er, and the orew was summoned to the upper deck be fore the Baltimore finally settled on the bottom. 1 - , ■hip ■lake. The Russian steamer Leo collided In the E tuary of toe Gironde, ng Paulllao twenty seven miles from Bordeaux, France, with tba Dalian bark Tereflna M gnano, 0*pt. Q isrtu from Martin quo March 29, for thla pert. Tba bark saak and eight of her ci«w and two pilots wars drowned. plain Hasses, which every moment. Clark, hiding lit the fired point blank with a reled sbotgnn. Purcell was shot on the hand and the neck, but fought the fin until it was extinguished, while Will Puraell fired repeatedly upon dark. Clark retreated again bo the front of tbe house, when he Bought safety behind a tree, firing all tbe time. Will Puraell started towards dark hot was shot down and sought cover. The shoaling continued until Clark withdraw in the darkness. v The tragedy had its beginning, so far as the public was aware, late Monday afternoon when dark began sbooMsf indiaerimlnately down the railroad track, almost In front of the bore of tbe PuroelTs. sberff of DeKalb county, and it no* one of the most prominent o t secs of ChamhIee,1caIl«a^NRriwrmheri tf hi* family together. A few neighbors were passirg, were eallad loti the house for prelection in meeticp the man who wu so.n to make gooc his threats. Inthe home when Clark arrived ten men, women and children besides Ospt. Purcell, dark ap proached the house firing a perfect fuel lade of shots. He had three re volvers and a shotgun, all of which he kept going. As he stepped on the porch he stopped firing. Inside tbe door were Captain Pqr cell, hia married eon, Will Puraell, and his three neighbors, Pearc Beatty, W. S. Mask and B Frank Bolton.' These men on the Inside had deter sained to defend their lives and the lives of tbe women and children be bind them with pistols and clubs. dark gave a terrific knock upon the door with the butt of a revolver. "What do you want" asked Captain Puraell, calmly. "lo aee you," was Urn quick an-, ■war. ' "Go to the station, than," said Puraell, "and I will sec you there." Clark answered with a shot from his plstoL Then dark fired volley after volley Into the door, tulng his pistols and shotgun. ’ The door eat shot Into splinters, but the look held firm. "Good bye to all of you," be cried In his free ay, as be rushed from the door, returning the next Instant with an axe, which he bed taken from the wood pile in the yard. Rapidly he drove the blade into tbe wood-work of the door and frame. Captain Puraell saw tbe would soon enter unlees cheeked. - The volley went crashing through the wreck of the d «r. Clarke aoraan.ed, his oursss as be caught hts left arm, bowling In psln. He had been shot in the the bullet going up tin and coming out at tbe elbow. Again the bu lets answered Horn thepartjuia the ball and dark seel ed from the porch with a bullet In bis and sought refuge behind e reloaded hu guns end ponied a murderous Ire la to tbs Clark had soaked tbe side of the hr use In kerosene and then plied rags ard trash against tbe weatherboard lag, setting It on fire. Captain Puraell rushed to fight the Bailer Dcaoseced Certaie Newspaper / Articles as Lies Clark soon grew tired of shooting In the suburbs, where there were none to be terrorised, eo be started towards tbe telegraph station, which la locat ed In tbe center of the town and on the main street of the village. He created eooeternatlon as he walked through the slnet, ehooting at everything and everybody. It was then about dark and people saved themselves by blowing out the lights and barrleadlng the stone. He ponied a volley Into a pasting ffeetgbt train, but It la not supporad that any oos on the train was struck, tnin jM JGfrt stop. Beaching tbe store of Wallace A Warnrek before It eonld be barricad ed, Clark rushed In. "Bunch itr he cried to a crowd of negroes Who wars erouanng in rear. They Bed, pursued by a fusllade of bullets. The store was quickly cleared and Clark rushed on, sweeping the street with hie pistole end erecting tbe wildest sonstematiOQ and havoe in every dlraoticn. ~Tg=—zi The tileary that tbe shooting was oramedltated gains strength from tbe fact that Clark resigned hie position as night telegraph operator Monday. He bed made throats to others In tbe town that be was getting ready v ‘Gjto bell." He said be wished to so there se a person whom he loved wtwld soon be then end he wanted to stay with them. Af .*r b'-'d’u# toe town at his mercy, Httk went to the telegraph offloe, v hero a- operator was working who cad been sent from Atlanta to n .It ve him "I went a pistol aci more oart- idges,” he said But tbe new man had no pistol or aartrrgoa Cla ktben w»nt to the oteh draw er, v to.k out IS left his watch as collateral and es<d: I guess, by God, I eanbujr sows, ti-eo." 'Tbs recent eff irte of the president and the Democratic senatorial lead ers to reach sn agreement on the railroad bill received further notloe n the senate Wednesday from Sen ators Bailey and Tillman. The mat ter was referred to by the Texas sen ator inthe course of a personal expla nation celled by a Washington dis patch in the Chicago Tribune oharg- ng Mr. Bailey with the fallure to find common ground, and by Mr. Tillman In a toeeeh in support of Mr. Ballev and lo presenting s further statement from Former Senator Chandler. In an address Hr. Bailey denounced the Article aa a He and the author and insplrer of it As Han. Tbe charge tmha'Cbtnago paper was to the ef> He kft the tel'grsph • (D e end start- ax-to-tbi southern part of the towr, vt era he began hie murderous assault pat tba Puraell tifcVS. Abe ut two Stef is dcecribcd ~ o’c’ o: Tuesday morn- og be abendpoed the attack on the PtlreeU hema and starei L* J>ud- voodie, five mllm distant. About six o'clock Wedoealav morn ing he entered tbe store of Nash A Cheek, end shot the latter dead be- be would not sell him ear*’ ridgee. He abo shot at Nash. Hera Clark seems to have lort his nerve. He put his pistol In his pocket end ran to a pasture and was soon loot In the woods. Here hie pursoeia sight of hiss. When be railroad track he tork down that. After shooting Cheek end Nsbh at Dunwoodle, Clark took all tbe am munition from the shetvae that ba needed. Leaving tbe: store, be thraa(jhi money down in tbe street for pay ment, saying: "Iguom that will pay for what I bought." A sun named Satterfield passed by tbs store at the time, end Clark walk ed up to him aed mid: "I gums that 76 tents will pay for tbaaairtridgm 1 bought. They would ndttell them to bm I killed a man for them In then, but I suppose that tbe money will pay tor them." Clark made no attempt to molest Satterfield, but started baok down the railroad towards Obsmblee. When about one hundred yards from tbs store he met W. J. 0 kar, who h* satellited, striking him over the heed with the butt of his Shotgun. Just bsforo 2 o'clock Tuesday after- the posao guarding the road to Ohamblee sighted e men sUpptng through the edge of the rood beak end forth from fenee oorner to fenee oorner, hiding mooeen tartly be hind tress. Not a word came from the pMsH, Winchesters end fleshed la tbe brolUng light of tbs sun. Thera was eo com stand to fra sow. Every man acted for hlmeelf. A volley xadg out. Gtork Luadend in tbe road end then Ml foM downwaids la tbe dust, from e more of wounds—daa Tbe neat of Oark'e dealb waa bar- riedly carried to CbMrt telephoto to Dunwoodle, when ell meetiied teteir. For ti» Bate Ham la PLAIN TALK Indulged in by Senators Tillman and Bailey on THB SENATE FLOOB. aed the P.rsoa Whe lesplred Them .s • Liar, TiUmis Alse Talks Phia ls A beet (he Matter. feet that Mr. Bailey had been reepou- ,lble for tM failure of the agreefoent between the president end Senator Tillman. Former Senator Chandler was given as authority for the stab.- i tMtTiRWM Md *mn itepio lous of Briley, who If was also stateo was roaUy uppo ed to rate leglriailou •nd wai Site in uuuit (ctfuttct with Senator Aldrieh, with tbe pur pose of defeating tbe rate tell. After this statement had been read by tht clerk Mr Bailey took %he floor ant said deliberately: ‘I have taken noqpart in, the quro- Uoo of tbe varaeity between tbe pr<*i dent and Hr. ODaorler, and I bad ue even given ant public expremlou ot ihe guestloo of gooo fsiib, o* o\usn 1 xnew nothing shout either qutntim . had naver oooferral wit» toe presi dent dlrootiy or indlnotiy or wixi. Mr. Chandler. It was, therefore, a of great surprise to me when my attention was oaUed to tbe extract which I have read. That orrwpor denoA, It waa understood, was ssot b a oorraspondent wbo Is very close t table newspaper comepondent In that gallery, and as a rule tbey are as bon arable ae ieiatenoe this flxw, on their sktority I stele tint tbe two chief oooooi of this administration are tbe com* poo dents of tbe New York Tribune and the Chicago Trib uue. "And therefore it seems to me ooo eluitlvs that this slander proceeds from tbe white bourn. I hope. for tbe hon or of my oiuntry, that It does not proceed from the president himself. ’ "But if be be a man of high eenae of honor, ha will tee to It that sena tors are not slandered by his subordl castes and the miserable wretch wb communicated to these newspapers cod who sought through ihem to ommunleate to the country a slander, on me which people m*gbt dlecnm, rather than theee laeuee that have been relied, he Is unfit for hie high of fice, and tbe man who perpetrated that Infamy will pay for It with his position; and If the man continues to hold his office It Is to be aeiumed that what he has done bae been with the approval of his ehlsf." TILLMAN BPKAKS AGAIN. In. the Senate on Thursday Ssnator Tillman, In replying to tbe letter of President Bboaevelt said:— "There are only two potato Id the president's letter whloh I deem worthy of notice. His attempted ex planation is Ingenious, but not Ingeno one He calls In question rity of purpose and utterance of Mr. Chandler by declaring: " ‘He was asked to roe sx-Senator Chandler as representing Mr. Tillman, wbo was la charge of the blU. Ha stated to me the views of Mr. Till man with seeming authority. 1 "Mr. Chandler bae declared moit positively lo a written statement that he president sent for him for the purpose of getting into ommun'ea- oim with Senator Briley IliaiHWf »nd he bae produced the letter of Mr. L>eb. , ‘ I now d elan meet emphatically that no human being have I ever given authority or evap t-x pressed a ^etrt© -tnye aay T e riora B oeoveis In regard to the ■til now under consideration. Ou be contrary I bave rzpramed tae ptiilon In more than one public in- ervi w that be had nothing to do «tth it and that It was the boaiM* f the esuate and while I did at bis r I q test, enter into negutlarioos with to at oroey general, It ie well known to every ie.»au>r on tola 11 «r what my it l r n 'e and feeilogs ban been, and 1- m Mt remarkshls when the pr tl- n i t for s Danoerstto oonfei with btm ab ut ibis measure that he unier ake t > awert under tue olroum ■ysooae that I sent a man to him to Agin negotatlons. Ton statement Is absurd as It la unfair. The other point to whloh I shall ft r is the cavalier way Us which Mr. M i dv dibouxties tbe Idea of tbe preal the White House, and la presumed to Ment n <t being bound. speak with some degree of eutborlty concerning tranmetioos there. I do not know as to tbe troth of that, and I do not charge that hie state men' e with authority. But 1 denounce the publication as an. on quaUflvd, deUberate and malioious liar. I denounce tbe man who in spired tiie statement as an unqualifl* deliberate and malioious liar, or wno- ever he may be and however high ht y.lfla •• TAX— TM NLOOm The statement was made Ana d- Ubarata mono bone, hot 1* was none the lea Impressive oh that account It was Kotlved with absolute fUenoe, r otoDcn and the titon—continued tor n few moments, ontil. Indeed, Senator Till men bed taken the floor on a ques tiou of personal privilege, because tbe article quoted had stated that he Itod been ihsploloae of Mr. Bailey. He had read tba part of tbe correspon dent's letter whloh Hr Briley had omitted, and proceeded with bis statement, saying: ~ "This corraepon Is undoubtedly a muofa rake “ Into whose houee the handle goes or what hand holrta It I will nnt AMe»p>* “While oontrsdlotlng fn no In- stsnoe, however sUgkt, mv statement if what ooourred, the attorney gen ».ral teems to think that tha code lonorsm ing gentlemen ie not tend ing up>o the exseuttve aed hit osblnet. 'r "Tbs president asked him to tee Hr. Briley and mysetf. We met by appointment made by Senator Oband r and talked over tbe vital question. Ha wrote and sent to Mr. Beltsy bis understanding of our views and when we met euhe- q tently we reached—an Absolute agreement both as to form snd tbe subsUnoe of a proposed amendment to which be said the preeiddnt would assert and help get votes for. "Of ooursahe changer cronmetMAoee to give notloe snd that was not dune Even the attorney gen ral himself was not notified.—Tbe to say." _.™™_, . it| ^ Mr Tillman said he counted eigbr itinot faliehoods In tbe article, but * •? o iarge 1 made and still make Is that toe rate bill, whloh wlU b-» when on and stronger measure than we hoped to get, has been emaesolstod of one of the most valuable snd tial amendments by distinct he desired to address himself first to a denial that hehad ever bean inspler ous of Senator Bailey. He declared his gnat —teem end ad ml ration for the Texas senator, and that their cordial relations had always existed Artietos of this character were being —nt broadcast over the country, —id Senator Tillman, at tbe luetanoe of tbe BspuUioaa machine, to ‘befud die* tbe situation. As to the state- >1 by Attorney General Moody agreement on any amendment anises It wen drawn by the senators them- selv— Senator Tillman said that was adriot effort to give odor tr> the president's retreat behind tbe Allison "I do not ears to pursue this sub jeot further," said Seuator Tillman, but that future historians may be able to get at the truth as to who lied I shall make another oontributluo “ He then bad read the letter sent him by former Senator Chandler lu ra spaa— to Senator Lodge's denial for tbe president ot Senator Chandler’s former statement This letter Is print sd fo another oolumn. ;■ - - WAIMT TALKS AGAIN. flsnstnr Ta'man eoncludt d Bailey again took tbe floor, and said that hla attention had qpen eel led lo another article, printed in -the New York Tribune of today. He sold It w— of tbe same eiaraoter — that prlntod by tbs Chicago Tribune and evidently tney bed b*en timed to bring them both to Washington at the eeasr time. PotnUug to the press anuarv he said: ""lietead to pot In the record upon gf more than BRUTAL MURDER. Aa Entire Fatally at Nine KSM and Creanted. 1 CHIME IS A MY8TJ»RY. A Minister, Hie Wife Are Sisle Near Mflto^ Their Heads Were Crashed by Heavy Mew, sad the Heeae fteraed Dewa. An entire family, constating of the father, Rev. Mr. Aekerman, who lean Itenerant preacher, hit wife and —van children, the oldest being abeut 14 y-ars of age, was murdered and their bodice eromated lo their home, which was fired by tbe assassins In Suita Bo<«a county, 10 mil— north of MUtoo, Florida Sunday night. The crime wu dissevered the day the integ- {after by parti— with whom Ackerman bad an appointment, who funnd tbe house e mem of rules, and the oharrad bodies of Ackerman, bis wife and sev en email etriidran among tbe wreak- age. Ex ml nation of the b >11— by Dr. H. G. Edridge dlscloe d the fate that Ackerman and his wife htd been •truck on' tue bead with eome blunt instrument, their skulls befog crash ed In TjM bodies was aostceral a xml in differeni parts of tbe ruins. pitillTlbdl&tte TBiK tbe HW—T mot ier and saoo of the seven ch 14-f n were murdered before tbe trabd- Of g was fired, aa the skull was crushed. Tup body «f Aekerman emm «x pressed a *— found near the location of (he fo-wHbj^ 91 ^ h** twms In wbioi he ik’pt. and by bis side was a revolver. T.»e body o' Mrs. A—• who gave birth *• a oulld on Friday oefore, was found -nth that of her infant child oumids of jthe sill at the front of the bouse. The oldest child wu found near the door leading to the front porch. All of tbe were badly burned, practically only the Lruika remaining Tbeoodl—of three coys wen found praetieaUy *bcr« tie bel upon wfooh they elept • od p evtous to tbe ecx 11 g ratten. Wnan a party from Mu—n raubed the scene about 11 o’el ok tbe sills ef toe building were still bu ruing, whloh olghfe. Tbe country sely —tiled tbe siding about one q uarter of a away. This neighbor —ys be nothing of the fin until early tbe day after when he raw that the building bad been destroyed end notified other oafghbo— before trying to ess—!■ the damage. The foaling tbrougbtot Santa But county is high over tbe dastardly deed and ) tag Investigation brought that the brutal on record end hu net ■ perafl- el In the oriaalnalunata of Ibei ' w\s not bound hot to bound under each the pratident'e 1—ve tbe whole qa—tloa to tbe thoughtful and bm- orsbie men and woman of thla ooun- try. W «c to B xtom At New Y >rk the big doubled deck ed ferry bwt Brill more of the Peno s/lvaula RtUnad oomptivstuk in her slip at the f x>t of D—oxoase- Atreetv.North river, Wedo-sds) night after having been in ooilieijn with a Ateam lighter in mldetrcasa Follow ing tbe orusn the —plain of tb&.B 1 that be emu s— raw hope for an tlmora ordered faU ep—i ahead vid rushed bis b >at Into tbe Ne w Y irk lip Tue vassal had begun to —ttij before tbe 1—t of tbe 160 paseenger- tnd aeviral t -amA on taarl bad reach ad t e laodmg stage. All got athore aafely bowever, and the crew wu aummoned'to the upper deck before tbe B till more finally settled on the bottom. ■hoc Wrong El ward Springer, of La Vtea, sbo abd instantly killed Aurrite Hsptrsa near Sunnialde OoL Suadiy night Springer bad left bis borne tied fo front of a saloon and a friend took It and rode It to tbe Rooky Mountain Mice. Springer telcpooned .to tbe mine for bis horse and the man who rode Jt away ront It back by Ex parse Springer met Bapareo on tbe road rid ing bis hone and immediately shot hmdsad D Ml la Oliver Moarta, of Hsgeratown, Ml a fr. ignt engineer on the Oumberiuid Vtiley Rrilroad, w— ftued from ap plexy In hla cab. Tns train wax run ulag at Ita usual rate of speed H rrta’s death wu kg tbe fireman. I every effjrtta kb- of tbe house, six ohildran the- hen—, —rich —ou aft— the bodies of the parents and ana child were found outside of tbe bouse, not burned at all, they wen ed beyond recognition. T e— were the on— wbtab developed fact that murder bad pr—tod the act of arson. Offloers ot two e—M— are ead—v- lug to get e aloe to the hut eo tar they have been fol There la a sueplelon In quartern that the family was ad by negro— who make ■ Uvtug traveling from one uupsotlne camp to another, — If this auiptelon ta f moded on totes and tbe mfcereaato araoiught, there could be no tiou of tbe prisoners by any of officers. Judging from tbs fosileg of tvs populace of State Baa county, la which the or.me ook piece Ack rmau miv d to the stetta—>nt 1 which w— known — Alien own, fro— Opp, Ala., ab mt three yearn ago, and uaa always hsen ooosfdxred a good and peaceful oltlssn. Mr. Aobenua waa a Metiiodta* pnaeu—, and wbilr tie had no regular charge It waa bis custom to preach occasionally through- cu i that tootles of Santa By* ejun— < vy... He w— not known to nave aay eaemies and the motive for the atm* eiouscrime lea mystery. A rued of over Si,OOO hu been rataed by tbe d titans uf Milton, whloh will be off or- ed u a reward for tha apprahenstaw of the murdered, and the governor hu been appealed to to off—* ra—ad on behalLof the state. befaa^of kuimi b/ a irau. 4 F Attired— A Grabrakl, of No. HI Jersey City Helg ite, neaday — Ihe wedding falling down a tight of home of Mta Tilka Gatin—kl, af Allan street and Germania avenue, who wu mantod at Arpetb At aae—ly hour the oena—ey te into Htt ban hex high heeled shoe eauabt te