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CUT IN TWO. Thirty-Six Men Perish In e Tor pedo Destroyer Which 18ECLRED A WIFE BY NEWSPA PER ADVERTISING. GOES TO THE BOTTOM [The Prospective Bride Came From MlctUgau aud Met Her Intended Husband in Colombia. Says Senator Tillman If Republi cans Nominate Taft in TALK WITH THE STATE . The Columbia State says through The Deck Crew Goes Down With the the agency of dear old Uncle Sam s Veftiel—Dressed in Oilskina an<| ma,lB a romance wnicfa bridged 1,000 11o<11m I'ii'Hitis. it, wy nu I miles and culLaaiaatc-u i bUioday in the Boots. Mctima Have No duutctv- >olnmg of thfl ueart8 and llve8 of Twenty-Two Are Kescned by Boats 801,111 ^Carolinian an d Michigander. A venerable citizen of tnts State. From the Other Ships—Destroyer who had seen service in the Confed- ... »< « . , „ rate army and wpose hair is sftowy Tries to Cross Big Cruiser’s Bow. L. hlte> patron i ze(i a matr , monia , A dispatch from Pommouth Eng- aRency several months ago pid had land, says thirty-six men. including hTf** 1 ,n ‘ h ®'°® clal publication MiHitlAtnn .k! of t he Perpetual bliss society Lieut. Middleton, commander of the toiVedo boat destroyer Tiger, lost their lives in a collision off the Isle of Wright,' Friday night, between that vessel and the British cruiser Berwick. The vessels belong to the Ports mouth division* of the British home an ad vertisement. giving notice to all mar riageable women from coast to coast that he was lonely in his olt age and was In a receptive mood to take unto himself a partner for Ufa. The advertisement t^ld of h.s be ing a farmer, In a prosperous farm- fleet and were engaged In night man- «f lon of ^ Ut t \ CarolIn “; “ nd . euvers in the channel on their way lhe that be was abb-to to Portland ~ , - [provide fur a heipmatu and would not The night was very dark and the ° n,y Py°^ de 1 for but shower upon Berwick was steaming^lowly. When her a11 . the t ,OTe a ? d aff r llon of hlfi tae destroyer attempted to cross the eart - r ' ‘ big cruiser's bow she was caught , A winsome lady of far-away Mich- amidships and cut in half with knife- M** 11 *”^ th ® advertisement and like perclson. sinking almost Irnme- followed another for a brief dlate j spell, and finally he of marrying In- The deck crew who were dressed i n k 1,natl .? na,M : 01 “? r word t0 " coin J e heavy oilskins and boots, went down f ow “- i He ' lkeU ber photograpa and with the vessel, not having time to ,i,red alBO the way her ‘- terB wer * free themselves from these heavy en- wr „, en ’ ,. . , . cumbrances. ? b l t t0ld hlm , l that 8he , had a Bon ' Of the twenty two men who were and thla satisfactory to the man rescued most of them were engineers who waa ,ookin * and } oa ^ for # a and stokers, who having light doth- * 00 ^ wl,e ;, " e “| the money for ing. were able to keep themselves ,h ® ‘ wo t,ckel * and , thal be afloat until boats from the other w0 »' d h er In Columbia. ships. which were immediately T he> ' met ther * ^ rec °A nired leach launched, picked them up. . . . . . ^ ^ The smaller navaF vessels'were ln e « han * ed Pbotograpns. and as she the midst of an attack on their big- a,l * ht « d ^“.tbe train they fell in- ger consorts when the disaster occur-h 0 ® ac b others arms and the Ltle red. The entire fleet was un der fellow was ha PP>- too a They left on masked lights, and in darkness. Tha ^a next train for Sumter where destroyer was cut In two as If shJthey planned to be married, and fron. had been made of paper. The for- ‘‘w™ they will go to their home in ward half sunk Instantaneously and " , i > lla to 8 bu r * county, thesea became dotted with strugg-ng F ‘ M ‘ B rn u ton > 8 , r - ‘ 8 he OK brld r men. Most of them, however, sank J™ 0 ® and “e resides at Churchy before help cou.U reach them. The " »>' a ®»burg county. Kfe U past ,0 Tiger had a complement of fifty-nine >; ear8 of *** and ,8 , a ““'e bard of 1 hearing, but otherwise is sprightly and well preserved physically. Hh | "well fixed" In a financial way and has a nice home all prepared for the Terror Stricken Tenants .re Wedged] bride of his later years The brtde is Mrs. Lillian Barnett men. THREE DEAD AND MANY HURT. Solidly on the Escapes. I of Kalamazoo. Mich., and she Is hist past forty-five. Her son is a bright At, New York three persons wer, ‘lj roung 5 0y an ,i when seen with* hi killed, fifteen were injured, some 0 M mo tber and the man she has chosen them seriously, and the lives of near- , l8 ,t e | > _f a tii e r he seemed to be ly a hundred persons were endangered verJ . w<; |j pi ea8e ,j. by a fire in a five-story tenement house at No. 44 Hester street. Brel Weinstein, his wife and one year- old won were suffocated in their apart ments on the fifth floor. In their mad attempt to escape from the smoke ^and fire scores of scantly clad men, women and cbll- DOE8 WELL WEST. EgyptUn Cotton Can Be Successfully Raised Oat There. « Successful experiments In the cul- dren crowed the narrow Iron plat-1 Nation of Egyptian cotton have been forms and ladders until they became conducted New Mex ico and Ar * wedged in solid masses on the o aa . ^ mad ® by fire escapes, unable to extricate the bureau of plant industry of the themselves and blocking the way of Agriculture. . those who had not yet succeeded in ^r. Webber now of Corness ex getting out of the building. In the k r ‘ n, «r ed *> th th * b f>[* ,an '' hn " meantime the flames had been con in South Caro Ina and Northern Geor- stantlv spreading and the terror U* a . but the climate was too severe In among the tenants had carried them ^ese sections. Dr. Carson of the de 8 partment was rewarded greater suc- 03S In h!s efforts made in the Gol-i >rado river basis, as much as nine past the point of self restraint. W'hllo the firemen were calling -out ttv-tbem that.there was no danger. ....... . and that help'soon would reach them Pounds of lint having been they beggan one by one. to jump ered *om one acre last year. <■ from the windows, resulting In the 18 believed that ^ P^ nt . grown in Northern Florida and South list of injured. GHOIT MONEY BURN ED. (learing House Certificates Destroy* In Columbia Last Week. £lrn'Georgia. Egyptian cotton, millions of dollar? vorth of which are imported annual- V into the Cnted States. Is more va’ sable than Inland specimens of se slatid and upland varieties tbougl ess valuable than the best grades o' he former. It is the strongest var A fire in Columbia last week de §troyed $446,832, but pp one lost f |< e ty of cotton, and is used largely in cent and there were no regrets. Th? ; ^ e manufacture of fine laces and best Columbia Clearing House Association iua iity of undergarments, held a meeting at which all the bank? were represented and the Clearing | SENT UP FOR TEX YEARS House Certificates issued some time ago were ordered destroyed, having I Ending Through the Malls a been redeemed and recalled. Representative at His Horae in Tren ton—The Senator Getting Better— W ill Work for Democracy In Octo ber if Health Permits—To Visit Atlanta and Then Go Abroad With Mrs. Tillman. A representative of The State call ed on the Senator at his home at Trenton Tuesday morning and found him alone itrtiis library. He was ly ing upon a couch reading his morn ing's mail. Later he changed his po sition to a large rocking chalc and had his breakfast orougnt in. He ate heartily and seemed to relish his food During and after breakfast Sen ator Tillman- talked upon ,a, great va riety of subjects, ranging from anat omy to national politics. In appearance the senator seems to be in his usual g6od health. He does not, however, feel that he w iil be able to return to congress this session. He expects to go to an Atlanta sanitarium as f ■ • ns he feels strong enough to ' ;nd travel ing. He,''with Mrs. Tilhr- i. will re main there for sevv; I ’Vel's. after which they'will go* to Europe ior a complete rest. Senator Tillman »aM that he felt satisfied that he must not take on any more work Just now. and that it would require time to show nLen he will be able to do so^ —Hesaid that he had-no plans with "Seriously now take a rfest. the letter to be published, the sena tor at first declined, but afterwards consented to its publication.^ The letter follows: "My Dearly Jleloved: The papers say you are staying In bed, 6ood. "Stay there. "If you knew how many pluocrats that fact ,pleases yoii^ould realize that In no other way can you cause so much happiness to hitmans. They may not be the ^lass of bipeds whom 1 you live to please and praise but Gad works in a mysterious way His won ders to perform. . _ "There is a time for amnesty to ward all criminals. "If you were here you might dis turb Mr. Taft’s plan to get nominat ed. -(1) All pending prosecutions of trusts to be kepi on the docket until the district attorneys report th»t they can see no evidence, and ttien dis missed. (2) A statute of limitations—vs. IN THE COURT ROOM. After Verdict of Gnilty is Read Pris oner, in Terre Haute, Indiana Opens Fire on Proseeating At tor- ney and Officers and is Seriously Wounded Himself Before Melee Ends. The total amoun} of the issue was about $4. r >0,000, and there is about $5,000 in certificates still outstand- # h.n/it: many was convicted In the superior Ing, some of which are in the hands) • . . j of the banks. The Clearing House certificates served their purpose and the stringency, in currency having passed, the ssue was retired some •TOffi's ago. * KILLED BY FALL. On the Eve of His Celebration of His Birthday. Just as the family preparations for a surprise party in honor of hit 19th birthday were being completed last evening, Louis Lee, of Seginow, Mictfi., was killed by falling down stairs. He died half an hour after being picked up by his mother at the foot of the stairway. 1 The young man who was well- known as an athelete and football player, had been eompljdnlng that he felt sick. Starting to descend the stairs, be missed his footing, tarnod a somersault In the air and landed on his back on the door below. Phy sicians found tljat his back was brokto. ~ . . > ... i tit. regard to politics, as he Could not now see far enough ahead to make it worth while. _^He could not now te’l whether he would attend the State Democratic convention, but indicated that if his health permitted he would do so. As to I ii st root ions. "Senator, do you favor an Instruct ed delegation to the Denver con- teotlon?" he was asked. "Well, I have not been elected a delegate yet, and for that reason I do not think It proper for me to say what the convention ought to do.” 'What about national politics, senator. T^T : y { ni think that Bryan will be nominated, and* what-ara-hls chances of election’’ "It all depends gn one thing: If the Republicans nominate Taft for president at the June convention, Bryan will undoubtedly be named bv the Democrats and I think he will win. But on the other hand, if the Republicans lock up the convention and stampede it for Roosevelt and nominate him. I do not think that the Democrats can put Bryan for ward.” "Do you think the matter of a third term would defeat Roosevelt?" "Well, all that Byran could say would be 'third % term,’ because he hap prated .the policies of Roosevelt has praised he policies of Roosevelt him to say.'.' 'If the Republicans nominate Roosevelt, who do you think the Democrats would put up?" That I am unable to say," re plied the senator. "When do you expect to go to Atlanta?" .'“Just as soon as possible," he sa4d. "I want to take a special treat ment of massage, baths and electri city. Further than this l have no dans for the future. I am going to* 1 Europe just as soon as I feel strong juough to make the voyage.” Intended to Go Abroad. SenatorTillman said that for a •ong "time he hud been Intending to take a trip abroad and that just as scon as he felt able to take it he would do so. He Intends to visit Italy first, because of the good cH* rpate, and afterwards to go to Eng land. “Will you study the question of immigration while there?” . "Study? No! I'm not going over there to study: I want to rest and re new my acquaintance with English history and literature." Senator Tillman's conversation in dicated that he had no Idea or re- llngulshed his wokr for the State and nation. He said the real fight in the national campaign would not open up until octotier and that if his physical condition permitted, he would go into the campaign tooth and nail and work for the triumph of Democracy. liCtter from Senator Chandler. Among the letters the senator was reading when-The Stale's rpresenta- tive reached his home was one from Former United States Senator Wil lie la Endowed by • Vote of Two|i lam E- Chandler, a Republican, of New Hampshire. Senator .Chandler Deadly Machine. At Greensboro, N. C.. Hardin Ger- court and-aentenced to the peniten tiary, for sending an infernal ma chine through the mall to Caesar Cone, the millionaire cotton manu facturer to that city, two weeks ago. Germany was a former employe in one of Mr. Cone’s milla, and is 20 years of age. He did not emply coun sel to defend him, and offered no tes timony. but nedied the charge. Mr. Cou Was the principal witness. ^ WEST VIRGINIA t-OR BRYAN. to One. ■ . y*- - , The Democratic State-executive committee .of West Virginia Friday decided to gold tho state nomination convention at Charleston on July ;2». The convention to select delegate! to the national Democratic convention at Denver will be held-in Wheeling Oh May 28/ After aa acrlmonlius de bate of boura. • resolution, Indorsing William J. Bryan was adopted by a vote of 10 to S&. and Senator Tillman, as te well known, are warm personal friends He said that Senator Chandler, at the age of 72. la still vigorous and in Up to a year ago he was president of the Spanish-Amertcan vJar claims commission. Since that time he has been practicing law in Washington. Senator Tillman paid a high tribute to the former senator from New Hampshire. Although a Republican, Senator Tillman said that he could before. ^ (3) The labor unions to boycott everybody at will, and no injunctions to be issued. “ < 4 > The Sherman law to be so modified that trusts shall be deemed reasonable and sacred until a court at the end of a lawsuit shall say they are unreasonable. "(5) The railroads may make pooling contracts ad lib, divide traffic and proceeds and agree not to com pete with each other. "The plutocrats and proietriat all for Taft! If you were to.get out of bed you might- expose this plan and defeat Mr. Bryan. "Stay in bed and Bryan wflll wiu.- "You know I have often told you you were a great help to the Repub lican party by your talk. Now you will help it by keeping quiet (?) See! “While you are away I shall urge Mr. Burrows to get through a public ity bill and take the credit away from you. Will he do it? Do not be Cornea. Steep, walk in the garden and see the glories of the flowers. > "Vis medicatrlx naturae. Be a farmer again and not a stateman any longer. Faithfully yours, etc., "Wm. E. Chandler." Mrs. Tillman Shipping Asparagus. During the conversation of two hours or more between Senator Till man and tng. representative of the State. Mrs. Tillman was busily en gaged in' the packing house, along with six or eight hands, preparing asparagus for shipment by expressjp Boston, New York, Richmond and Atlanta. Mrs. Tillman was hard at work, doing the actual work of wash ing the asparagus and marking the boxes for shipment. She has about eight acres planted in this vegetable and has orders for all that she can furnish. At present the market price is 40 to 50 cents a bunch. v When first approached Senator Tillman talked slowly and deliberate- At Terre Haute, ind., Hdnry F. Mc Donald, on Thursday,, in the Circuit new prosecutions after one >e.r- M f tectives W m. E. Dwyer, seriously wounded three other officers and a bystander and w as himself seriously wounded. McDonald had been tried for dynamiting stores and a church In Sanford last year. 7 As soon as the Jyry reached Its verdict McDonald jumped up, drew a revolver and fired at Prosecuting At torney James A. Cooper, Jr., but miss ed because Cooper tipped hts chair over backwards. McDonald continu ed fired at the .officers seated around the counsel table. Detective Dyyer fell dead at the third shot. - , Policemen and deputy sheriffs in th<^ Court room drew revolvers and opened fire on McDonald, who return ed the fire. Before the convicted man fell with half a dozen bullets in his body he had Shot Harvey V. Jones, superintendent of police, in the side; Deputy Sheriff Ira Wellman In the chin; Sylvester Doyle, Court bailiff, in the leg, and a bystander in the side. The Jurors jumped to their feet at Thousands o f Wage Earners Art- Thrown Out of Employment .ij Distressed Industrial Conditions. A Washington Dispatch says the most serious problem now confront ing the country is the unprecedented number oOtlle work people in every city of any considerable sire through out'the land,. In New York alone.' according to th©- latest statistics, nearly 700,000 are withojut employ ment and with no visible means of support except what comes through a precarious sort of charity. Of this number over 200,000 are reported as belonging to :hc parlous labor organizations, the rest baj^g nonunion work people. The condi tion of the laboring class Is almost f not quite, as bad in Chicago Not a city, in fact, either in the Northern or Central Western states Is exempt frSfn fhls anomalous-state of things. Even in the extreme Northwest there is a surplus of un employed labor. Efforts have been made to relieve ♦ he city of New York of Its congested Idle working people, but so far all efforts have proven futile. Recently the editor of the Christian Herald sent letters to thejgovernors of over twenty states Inquiring If It would be possible to replace unskilled with skilled labor, and saying that he could supply two thousand skilled laborers at a moment’s notice. With out a single exception, the governors replied to his Jetters to the effect that their states have more Idle work ing people of their own than they could provide with employment. The situation Is frightful, and con sidering the enormous crops made last year and the vast wealth of the McDonald, but he only hindered the officers, who were hitting him, when they shot at McDonald. Judge Crane, who presided at the trial, ran to the railing of the Jury box and spectators rushed out in the confusion. Persons in offices below the Court room heard the shots and rushed towards the upper floor only to collide with the people leaving the Court room. Some of the spectators to the shoot ing said McDonald's brother also fired at the officers. The officers are look ing for the brother McDonald wa? (inally overwhelmed by officers and taken to a hospital. It is said that McDonald and the other wounded men will recover. The events which culminated so tragic- ail had their origin in dynamiting outrages that destroyed the Metho dist Church and the general stores of Shychle and Johnson, and J. W. Erne, of Sanford, on February 2. ly, but after warming up to questions Henry McDonald and .James the first shot. Judge J. T. Walker, one of the -attorhey"7Trt«r to stop r Q»ntry. -ILJa..strangely anomalous of Interest to him his old time fire was apparenti- While he is some what feeble physically, his mind is perfectly clear as was evidenced by the various topics he discussed in a vigorous manner and the Interest he displayed in State and national af fairs. When the senator was first strick en he said that the attack came upon him as if a flash from a gun. He attributes the present illness to that with W,hich he suffered 4 4 years ago." when he lost his, eye. He was simi larly effected then and has had sev eral attacks of a like character since that time. v 7 — _ Senator Tillman's wishes are to get away from everything and have ab solute rest for a time and he feels ^uidjiopes that thhi.wUJ restore him to hs former \jg°r During the course of conversation reference was made to the recent speech of Senator Tillman in the sen ate, In which he took the Republi cans to task and incidentally gave President Roosevelt a walloping. He said that never before in his life had he felt less like making a speech. 'noQ^bgd JJe ^r before experienced such a -strain amT^effort as he did while delivering his address on March 16. He said that he was in full posession of his facts and thoughts, but still he was unable to assemble hte ammunition as he should like to have done. He gave notice on Saturday of his Intention to deliver the address on Monday and had but a bfief period to pre pare his remarks. Altogether, It may be said that Senator Tillman, as well as Mrs. Tillman,;hope that the senator will soon be restored to his usual heatlh and will resume his place in the fight for Democracy’s supremacy. "Senator, did you see muclr of the late Senator William James Bryan of Florida, and what was your opin ion of him?” "Well, he was In the senate only a short time, but he gate every prom ise of being a valuable adcitlon to the Democratic side.” He said that Senator Bryan’s death had grieved him ^ery much, as it had other sena tors, especially because of bis youth and great promise for future devel Scanion were arrested the next day charged with the crime, in a formal ♦rial the Jury disagreeing. Scanlon has not been tried. * . . McDonald had been permitted his liberty during the trial. The police department has been active in the case, and several officers were in Court to hear the verdict. * i ' . DIED FROM BURNS. Hanging Lamp Falls to Floor With Fatal Results. As the result of severe hums re ceived by a swinging lamp In her room falling f^om Its fastenltfgs and breaking at her feet. Miss Lollie Smith, daughter of M. D. Smith, of WaughtownTN. C., died^Tueadax. and her mother is copflnpd to her room suffering.from painful burns received in trying to save the life of .her daughter. A brother, Gilmer, was also badly burned in attempting to put out the flames that enveloped his mother and sister. * MAN HURT IN WRECK. Sees His Leg, Cat off With His Own Knife. Pinioned under wreckage caused by a rear end collision on the Bur lington road Friday and with steam from a broken engine pipe pouring in to his face. Horace A. McKittrick, a stock broker of Brookfield, Mo.,, directed the amputation of his Keg- ahd furnished a dull Jack knife with which the work was done. The rough operation was performed by the Rev. R. C. Allen, of Grove City, Pa., but R failed In Us purpose, McKittrick dying later at a hospital. * full possession of his mental powp^g?*-^. He thought that the Flor i W’ Ae* A WSAOt- A ha WAR f>rfi8l(l£ll l ' '■ . em. . . Ida aenator*would hare made a- name for himself and. reflected credit upon hkiHfctate. ' He said that the young aenator had been married but three or four yeart, Marini, won a bride at Lexington. Va.. where be attended college at Washington and Lee uni* Added to this general Iqrpresslon In the business world, by which a mil lion and a half of work people have been thrown out of employment, is the fact that the cost of living has not decreased to any .appreciable ex tent. Such a condition of things would seem to be prophetic of a reign of terror. No work and hunger that cannot he appeased by honest toll make peo ple desperate. They are ripe for re volution of for anything that will keep the wolf of starvation from their doors. And yet nothing la being lone' to relieve the situation. The houhle Is,' what can be done? All that we can say Is that 'tls a pity the Innocent h-ave to suffer for the wrong doing of the guilty. Business heretofore conducted Im properly, If not dishonestly, in its return to honest channels of output and trade has .left those unemployed stranded and with nothing to state off starvation. They are the suffer ers, n ot Those wrha by devious and dishonest methods were responsible for the panic that has wrought such widespread ruin. -*•- The South, being an - agricultural country, Is fortunately exempt In a large measure from this dreadful con dition of labor glut, although In the larger cltlek we have more unemploy ed p eople that they care to see. It Is possible that the farmers of the South, who at this time of the year need help, could relieve to some ex tent the congestion In other sections of the country. But the greatest dif ficulty in the way would be the fact that the great majority of the unem ployed are artisans of one ealllng or another and know probably nothing about farm work. * VERY STRANGE CASK. A Campaign Button. Among other things of interest re ceived in the morning’s mall of theUiambulism and testimony was given A Burglar in Sleep, But an Honest } Man Awake. Charged with breaking Into the homo of Fred,, Folger, at No. 4001 Armour avenue, Chicago, and attack ing Folger. and his wife, Ross Free man, son of a wealthy oil dealer, was acquitted on the ground that he was, asleep when he conmitted the offence Freeman was found by Folger..Jg. the kitchen of his home. He grappled with the Intruder and was getting badly t#aten when his wife api>eared. Although she was beaten also, they pianaged to overpower Freeman and hold him until the poliqe a rrlved. In ocurt alienists testified that they believed Freeman was asleep when he entered the Folger house and that his attack upon Folger and his wife was not a criminal act. One alienist, Dr. O'Neill, said that Freeman’s act was commlttel while he was In the 'automatic mood following an epi leptic seizure.” He asserted that this was different from the state of sam- senatrir was a "tlryan button." which he presented to the correspondent. The button, which is probably one of the first received in South Caro lina, is Just a little larger than a silver dollar and contains the like- nessee of George Washington, Thom- &1 Jefferson, Andrew! Jackson and Abraham Lincoln with Mr. Bryan In the center, under whose picture ia this inscription: The People's Choice’ At the top Is a legend. "Enemies of Special Privilege*/’ and on the bot tom ia “Upholder* of Equality of the Law in the picture are Inscribed "Ideal Americaas,” and “Popular' Statee- to show that Freeman was an epileo- * * tic. SHE HORSEWHIPPED HIM. Says He Had Annoyed Her With His . - Attentions. In the presence of a thousand peo ple, Mrs. Minnie Cowden, of James town, N. Y., horsewhipped Henry Franklin, on tue city’s main thor oughfare Friday. When Franklin tore the whip from her hands, Mr* Jnat above Mr. Bryan’a head | 0oW( ien broke an umbrella over hi# head. 'According to Mrs. Cowdsn, Franklin had been annoying ber with . hi* attentions. i e-up The Republican Leaden Said to Be Breathing Easier Than fa Years Because of the Enforced Absence of the Senior Senator From South Carolina.—Democrats Will Greatly Miss Him and Ills Leadership. The Washington correspondent of The News and Courier says since It was announced a few days ago that Senator Til man’s physicians had posltively’forbidden him to return to Washington before the beginning of the next session of Congress and in the meantime had ordered a complete change of livng in every respect, there has been a’conilderable amount ot discussion as to who will take his part in the Denver Convention and will lead the Senate until ho returns. It Is said that Republican leaders are breathing easy now ^or the first time since Tillman went to the Sen ate. While they admit that he has toned dov#n considerable since his idvpnt Into Washington political life he ia still, they say, anything but docile, and what troubles them most is that they never can tell just where or when he is going to break out. That part of the Senator's mak»-ui has given them more trouble tt i little and many times when thought him quieted he was only gathering more material for a still mightier onslaught. Beveridge, Lodge, Aldrich, Hale, In fact all the big men on the Re> publican side of the Senate wear a llfferent look now from that to be Vouad on their features two teseka <ko. They knew Tillman was a lighter'who did not know the nCsan-*' ing of the word fear and they bad to guess many times Justwhers to tackle in order to get a hold. Boose itnea they held him, sometimes they threw him, but it was always be* muse of the combined forces of the Republicans on one side as opposed to the half-hearted help of the Dem ocrats on the other. No man who had made plaas to attend the Denver Convention will be more missed than Tillman and many Democrats who expect to attend from llffereat parts of the United States have so expressed themselves. He was to be the central figure—certain* ly so far as the South is concerned—• unless it be Bailey, of Texas, and there is now serious doubt whether he great Texas orator will be al lowed to preeent his State or not. owed to represent his State or iot. There will be other Democrats from various sections of the country, but all eyes Wero be ginning to centre on Tillman and ialley as the two Southern leaders. The people of Texas have never been able to believe that their for mer idol, Bailey, was entirely divor ced from the scandal that two years ago came near ending his political life, when his alleged connection with the Waters-Pierce Oil Company >ecame known to them. In order hat the people of Texas may rot* on .he issue as to whether Bailey shall >e one of the four delegates at large o the Denver Convention a special dection is to be held May 2. Should It be decided at that election that iailey shall not attend two of the ’oremost Democrats in political life to-day will be absent—Tillman Bailey. KILLED AT GRIST MILL. r, art) nauaiu ■ HiMmmHyika A Colored Boy Got Caught in chinery Somehow. The Aiken Journal and Review iays on Saturday week ago a negro »oy, whose name could not be learn- edf. was killed at Mr. E. H. Toole'* £flSt mill, near Wagener. The boy ent to the mill with some corn to ground into meal, and after it was g^bund, he was instructed not to hang around the machinery. Mr. Toole went into another part of the house, not thinking further of the boy. He soon heard a thud and he thought hat something was the matter with the machinery. When he reached the place, he found hte boy lying inesnsi- ble on the floor. He had evidently ouched one of the belts and was thrown heavily to the floor. He waa not dead, and was carried to his home and care given to him. It was found that no bones were broken, but blood on the brain was supposed to have caused his death, which occurred on Sunday morning. .Th* bad severe convulsions from the time he waa in jured to his death. Abbeville Gets Building. , A dispatch from Washington says building and grounds Wednesday or dered reported bills for new build- the! Senate committee on logs ot Muakegee. Oklahoma, $: 000; Abbeville, Sonth Carolina, 0OO;-aad Miami. Florida, |75,00d, Retain At Treaton, house peaeed the lutton providing for Sonthern