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VOL. XXXI BXKNIfILL, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 28,1908 SOUTH ATTACKED Republicans Trying to Revive the Reconstruction Bitterness. GETTING DESPERATE Republicans AfraM to Let the People -Know How Much Money They are • Given by the Trusia for. Corrupt ' Le^atatlon and Becomes Vicious Towards the South. A , campaign coutribution puWlcIty bill, embodying an amendment by Mr. Crumpacker of Indiana, provid ing for a reduction in the representa tion in the house of the repreaenta- « tives in those States having disfranch- \ isement was passed by the house by \ a Vote of 150 to 125 following a live ly debate. The measure was brought up under suspension of the rules and but 40 minutes were allowed in which , to discuss it. The Southern members in particu lar were bitter in their denuheiationof lie apportionment provision of the 111. Mr. Williams, the minority leader, was especially vigorous in his attack, characterizing the bill as'be ing an attempt to revive the condi tions of Reconstruction days. On account of the Crumpacker amend ment the Democrats voted against the bill in its entirety. In brief, the provision regarding publicity of campaign contributions is applioable to the national commit tees of all present parties and the national congressional committees of all political parties and all commit tees, associations or organizations which shall in two or more States in fluence the result or attempt to in fluence the result of an election at which representatives in congress are to be elected. _ Tile Crumpacker amendment pro vides for the re-enactment of certain sections of the old federal election law, except that the idea of t.he torce bill authorizing the use of troops at the polls is eliminated. It also pro vides that tne director of the census shall submit to congress a report on population showing the number of male cltisens, white and black, in eatu State and the number disfranch ised for the purpose of enabling con gress to ascertain the apportionment in representation to which Sta tes may be entitled. »tr. Crumpacker explained bis amendments by saying they were de signed against fraud and intimida tion in elections. He undertook to ■ay, he declared that no member of the house would object to a law whose only purpose was to secure honest elections. In theopinion of Mr. Rucker (Mo.-, if anything were wanting to demon-- strata that the leaders and manag ers of the Republican party in the a Jmaiao were guilty of deceit and false pr^ense the bill supplied that want, pressing the belief that Mr. packer, in,Including his amend- to the put*icily bill, did not repj'feseut the sentiment of the lead- erf. on the part of the majority in at- temping to revive the principles of the force hill, Mr. Lassiter protested against the measure. Mr. Gillespie warned the house that by passing the bill the condition of the negro would lie mode worse than at present. Following brief remarks by Messrs. Bennett and Bonyngo in sup-, port of the bill, Mr. Williams mad- a vigorous speech against It. “The great old party," he began, "has re solved Itself Into a vaudeville stock company.” He charged the Kepub- llcans with not daring to face any great public question in a fair and straightforward way, by combining several proposition in one bill. -“What "are mui trying to do.” he iur quired. the gentleman from Indiana thlfflThe cun turn the hand^ of the clock of time back half a cen tury? Does ue think he can produce thtr days of the carpeDbagger and Reconstruction In the South once more? Docs he think the business interests of the North will stand for a recurrence of the saturnalia? The reduction In representation amendment, he declared, had been added to defeat the publicity bill. “You have no Idea of reducing thej representation of California, Massa chusetts or Connecticut." Hm* people of the South,, he said, are willing to take the issue. If it was desired to Ignore amendment and the Republicans were willing to restore to Mississippi the power to tlx her suffrage along racial lines, “the people of that State were ready for the gauntlet. ‘/ ThroW u down when * 'ever you please!” he exclaimed. "As to the redaction of our representation n congress.” he said, “in God s name it and welcome to It; but be when you do It.” T'WMlianis 3ec!ared-that If the ....^licity feature of the bill should be- <x>mVlaw “It will damn your Republt- cati'party and be worse for you than the force bill which defeated Harri son." It was all false pretenses, he declared, and he said to the Republi cans, “LikS children you are P»aylng with lire In a powder magaslne." He closed by asking the ’Repdbllcans If they were fools enough to believe that the South would ever again sub- DRINK MORE WATER MOST PEOPLE DRINK ENTIRELY ) TOO LITTLE, It Should Be Taken Chiefly Between Meals and Not While Eating—Give the Water Cm* a Trial. ^ One of , the most universal dietetic failings is to neglect to take enough water into thfe system. When one stops to think of the many functions which water has to perform in the body, the need of a large supply'ie realized. The uses of -water in the body may be summarized as follows: ”11 furhlsheirrhe TjTdifd ~wlth a fluid medium so that nourishment may be taken to ail parts of the body and the waste removed,' and this causes rapid changes in»the tissues. 2. It enters into the composition of ail tissues of the body. v - _ f t 3. It forms the chief ingredient of all the fluids of the body and main tains their proper degree of dilution. 4. It serves to distribute the heat of tue btdy. 5. It regulates thw^emperature of jthe body by the process of absorption and evaporation. It is estimated that water com poses about 70 per cent of the entire body weight, and It is sn almost universal solvent. Its importance, •heretore to the system cannot be overrated. - The amount of water required by » heal ay individual in twenty-four hours is on an average between sixty five and seventy ounces, besides .(tout twenty ounces taken in as an ingredient of solid food, thus mak ing a toi.ii- of eigtty-flve to nmery ounces. 1__ A great many people leading sed entary lives take too little water, and also err in taking it for the most part when, eating. A certain amount a water should form a part of every meal, and particularly ia It necessary to those who have very active diges tions It assists the escape from the stomach of those substances made soluble by the action of the gastric juice and the churning effect of the stomach, and will oftentimes ma^e digestion comfortable when It other wise would be attended with dis- tiess. While some liquid should be taken with the meals, the foods should not be washed down, for this interfere- with digestion (especially starch digestion), and may also cause the individual to swallow morsels of food altogether too large and resisting for the stomach to manage comfortably. The proper time for taking (he bulk of fluid is between meals, par ticularly early In the morning before breakfast, add at nfght before retir ing. _ . — * DIES OF RABIES. Hurd Doctors Soy M YouDio In ~ Sovonty-Two Hours.” SWIFTLY FULFILLED. • Ekpi Criitfup mcu^n ay 1 JOHNSON’S PLATFORM. I ■ X Please Wall Street and the Thieving Trusts. The Springfield Republican says the platform adopted by the Minne sota Democrats In placing Gov. John son before the country as a Presiden tial candidate, is man^tly keyed o suit the Eastern and Southern con servative wing of the party, while containing compliments and conces sions calculated to concilate the fol lowing of Mr. Bryan: No one who was Ignorant of Gov. Johnson's re cord in Minnesota would know from this platform how much of a radical he had been in,his present office, for the platform contains no hint of ;ome of the policies which, as Gov ernor, he has advocated. This appeal to the conservative wing of the national Democracy is however, the kind of politics which •lov. Johnson's Presidential candidac y low forces upon him. He must win he nomination, if that lie possible ;ot ky competing with Mr. gryan lb iis own line, but by setting himseM up as a contrast. Gov. Jo'bnsou'r Presidential candidacy had its origin in the growing desperation of Grose Democrats who could hpt endure the thought of another Bryan candidacy ir the thought of Bryan In the White House, and its chieT dynamic force is derived from the bitterness felt for Bryan by the elements represented most conspicuously by the New York W’orld. The Johnson platform will not displease those elements. They are making a stubborn ^contest in the hope of taking advantage of the two- thirds rule, and it is upon that alone that, practically speaking, Gov. John son's hopes' now rest. ■' 1 1 IM ' *" 111 ' — Children Under Treatment- The nine children bitten In Green* vllle by a mad dog were taken to Atlanta for treatment, but only live were found to need treatment. Mr. rekee, who went with the chi says-the physicians in charge of thg institute told him the dog had almut the worat case of hydrophobia imagtoi ble. an examination showing Vjf brfc P, cell to be full of hyddrophobia germs I Bit 4» the police* to,which she aut m it ted when she wa* weak and heir One Other Man and a Girl in Danger FronAhe Hume Dog, and Are Now Bflhg Tiypated in the Pasteur In stltnte. Took in Stray Cur. The prediction of death passed up on W’illlam H. Marsh last Monday by the physicians of the Pasteur Insti tute at New’ York was fulfilled two days after when he died of hydro phobia. Unconscious from the ad ministration of opium, the wealthy Brooklyn manufacturer escaped the last tortures of rabies Warned by Dr. W. L. Wheeler two days ago that he did not have inor than three or four days to. live, Mr. Marsh, who to all appearances then was in the best of health, turn ed to leave the Pasteur Institute and drive back to his home at No. 74 Ocean aenue, Fiatbush. ‘"Before I go, doctor, tell me Just how long you give me to live. 1 have things to arrange i»efore I die," said Mr. Marsh without the slightest sign of excitement. "You must get all important busi ness cleared^ jup within thirty-six hours.” answered the doctor. "You may live twice that loin, but youl will bo suffering then. Y will not be in a mental condlHou to attend to business." “Thank you, doctor." replied Mr. Marsh. . .Then... he tumen to his son hud said: “We will go home now, boy.” When Mr. Marsh-entered his home, opposite Prospect Park, he called his wife, three sons and two daughters Whale Caught. A large whale was caught at gape Lookout Sunday and was towed to Beajifort. N. C.. wheralt wll. Ue pull ed hut of the water by the ship Yard railways. The monster Id about 60 long and 25 feet arooad the body, estimated Yaloe of the atri*-’**- death that had been passed upon him Then he gave his attention to busi ness details and prepared to die. with the one request that his end be made peaceful by the use of drugs. Ramsey Marsh, the twenty-oue-year -old son, and Miss Edna Thompson, bookkeeper for Mr. Marsh, are tak ing the Pasteur treatment in an ef fort to ward off an attack of rabies. The young man does not recall being bitten, but Miss Thompson was at tacked by the dog the day after Mr. Marsh contracted the disease, and sustained a bad bite on her chin. ~ Four years ago, when he ojiened np his factory, he found a little dog on the street. ”1 need a watchdog, and this little fellow is to be our mascot,” he told his employes. This was the name less dog—each employe had a dif ferent name for the animal—that caused the death of Mr. Marsh. As near as the employes can recall, the dog entered the office about six weeks ago. with a cut on its side. It whined around the feet of Jir. Marsh, who was busy wltJU^is daily mall. “Something wrnnfe with you. old fellow?” asked Mr. Marsh, and- he leaned over and patted hjra. On dis covering the wound he dropped his work, washed tBe cut aud tled-it up with care. “There you are, old fellow; now run away,” he said. The brute lick ed his masters band, and Mr. Marsh '-ommented on the action, saying that if ever a dog was trying thank any one it was this one. -——i No- one is sure, not even Mr. Marsh, but it Is supposed he had a sore from a hangnail on one of his fingers. By this means the. dreaded virus entered his system, making the third known case of its kind in the history of rallies. Last Saturday morning Mr. Marsh had occasion to go to the basement of the factory to test one of the met ers. He turned on .abater faucet uud the rushing or the. water Tseemed to have a strange effect oa him. He commented on it at the timA,' but carried out his work. An hour later he 'JfrBT-'Mr. Bangerter that he felt sore and wanted to stretch all the time. • ‘I am not sure, but I would not iie a lilt surprised if I am suffering from" Mr. Marsh did not con tinue the sentence, but the sudden twitching of his throat seemed to work him into a nerous condition. 1 think I will go to see a doctor," he said, and, taking his hat, started for the office of Dr. Henry M. Cullin- an, No. 3 Linden avenue, a few blocks from hhe factory. Instead of going to the office. Mr. Marsh made a num- lier of calls on friends on his way home, stopping at a road house less than a block from his home. Saturday evening he spent at home, a nnmber of friends, including Mr. Bangerter, calling to discuss business matters. He still complain ed of pains and the nervous twitch ing almut his throat. Sunday morning he realized that he‘ vra^seriously ill anu Dr. Cullin- an was called. Mr. Marsh still failed to -confide bla suspicions to his family dr to the pkyaldan, and it was not until Monday morning that Dr. Cul- iinan had a chanee to make a com plete investigation, i nen It was thft he told his patient he thought, he was suffering from' rabies. Calling a carriage, they made a knrried trip" to the Pkkteur Institute Ip Twenty-third street. It required bat a few eeeonds for Dr. Wheeler to the HAD CLOSE CALL. MR. W. 8. BROWN WAS DISCOVER ED JUST IN TIME. SOUD FOR BRYAN To Save Him From Being Asphyxiat ed at Wright’s Hotel in Columbia on Friday Morning. • ; ‘ •* •• Tile Columbia State says: Mr. W. S. Brown of Lancaster was found in room ,264, Wright’s hotel, Friday morning about 7 o'clock in an un conscious condition, due to the ip£ halation of gas. It is possible he’would have been asphyxiated wi in half an hour if the qdor of the escaping gas had not been discover^ «d. ' . Many seemed to think tnat Mr. Brown had deliberately turned the gas on in an attempt to end his life, but Mr. Robert C. Wright gives it as his opinion that Mr. Brown turned the gas on and forgot to light it and that his near call for death was ac cidental. Mr. Brown left the hotel about 10 o'clock, before he could be seen by a reporter for The State. Mr. Brown registered at Wright's almut I o'clock Thursday morning He asked what time the train for Charlotte left. On &4ng informed- the time of departure of the 6 o'clock train for Charlotte he told the clerk, Mr. Cronenhurg. that he dfft not care to get up that early and left a call for 7 o’clock. He paid his night's lodging in advance and was assigned to room No. 264. When the porter went up to call Mr. Brown he received no response from his knock on the door. The transom was slightly open and the fumes of escaping gas were detected. The matter was reported at the office of the hotel Immediately and a hurri ed investigation was made. No re sponse came to repeated knocks on the door and it was finally forced opep. Mr. Brown was found lying across the l>ed in an unconscious con- Dalugates Instructad For Hlai By tha Stata Convantion. WITHOUT ANY DEBATE The Iron Clad Hesolutioiis Instruct ing for the Gccpt Commoner Were „i-^**»se<l Without Any Discussion or Diyisjoq.-^Thc Bryan Sentiment W as Nearly Unanimous. The State Democratic Convention put Itself squarely on record for Wil liam Jennings Bryan on Wednesday as the Democratic candidate for Pres ident. The convention, whicn toet at noon in Columbia on Wednesday, to select eighteen delegates to tue Dem ocratic National Convention, four at large and two each from the seven congressional districts, voted in fav or of Instructing itu entire delegation to vote for Bryan at Denver, "first, last and all the time." A resolution to this effect was adopted without dktisiou. Ex-Speaker of the House M. L. Smith was made permanent chairman and made a patriotic address to the convention, after whicn other per manent officers were chosen. The present secretaries were reelected. Senator Clifton was made treasurer and J. S. Wilson sergeant at arma. Permannct vice presidents were chosen as follows, each going in with out opposition: Fifth district, C. M. SENATOR TILLMAN BAILED FOR EUROPE FROM BOS TON ON SATURDAY. TERRIBLE Says Wo Have the Republicans Heat en and that Bryan Will He Elect in November. and told them of the sentence pf attlon and the gtre jet was turtietUfOTT wH the resolutions to the resolutions on. , Dr. McIntosh was summoned and after working with Mr. Brown for quite a while restored him to con sciousness. It is said at the hotel that Mr. Brown had tittle to say re garding the affair and at 10 o'clock walked out of the hotel. If Mr. Brown turned Ihe gas on In deliberate attempt to commit sui cide no reason for his act Is known in Columbia. It Is said that be is an insurance agent, but nothing ceg^fl be learned about bis affairs. v* fatkl sentence that the . ..leur cure would be of ao help to ^r. Marsh. He was told that he had waited too long. Dr. Wheeler informed pa tient that an effort was being made now by the Paris branch of the in stitution to find a cure for a man in his advanced stages. ’No hopes of that man returning in time to help me?” he asked. “None,” the doctor replied. *uen came the drive to the pretty home in Brooklyn, where his wife and children were anxiously await ing him. After telling his family that the" doctors had hut little hope of bis recovery., he asked htq son. Ramsey, if he had come in contact with the dog, and gave instruettons to send word to the factory at once to warn all employes to hnrry to the Pasteur Institute if they had come Jn con tact with the animal. Mr. Marsh had many .business de tails that he wanted to arrange hnd he was anxious about a patent noise less gun that Mr. Bangerter had been working on for some time. "Father tried to cheer us up," said one of the sons yesterday. "He had hopes that^he might live, but the first stages of the disease bad passed and when he realized this, he knew he could not live.” It ^tas not until Monday that Mr. Mkrqh had to give up and go to bed. The' convulsions had- set in, and it was only wfth the greatest effort that he cpul_d kfeep his mind oiTthe vari ous subjects he wanted to clear up. Tuesday saw a slight change for the worst, and then came the refusal of all food. The family called In a corps of doctors who labored over the patient, but medical skill could do nothing. . • Tuesday morning, telegrams, telephone messages and letters began arriving at the Marsh home by the score. People drove up in carriages and automobiles, all declaring they had a sure cure if but given a chance. Cranks, attracted by the first pub lished accounts of the story, declared they could cure by prayer, by digging up the dog and other methods. Physi cians seeking advertisements wired to the family offering their cures, and from San Francisco came one message that read: “God and His miraculous powers will cure yon: So frequent; became the telephone calls and the messages that the fami ly had the telephone and front* door bell disconnected. ^ About noon Tuesday tha suffering of Mr! Marsh became so great that drugs were given to him, which had the result of lessening his pain. An dto^t was made to give him liquid tooffi, bat the doctors decided that war.useless. ShSrtly before 5 o'clock Dr. Cul- discovered that tha patient was sinking fast and that the pulse was growing weaker with every beat. He iotlftsd Mrs. Il^rsh and the children that the end was bat a matter of Mo ment. At 5 o’clock the end came. • ■ vj-' Wiggins; sfecond district, D. 8. Hen derson; third district, R. A. ThOni|>- son, fourth district, Howard B. Car lisle’, fifth dlsirtct, J. Harry Foster; sixth district. Dr. Olin Sawyer, seven th dietriet, R. I. Manning. • Immediately after organising a resolution was Introduced referring committee, hut while this was Imme diately amended so as to exdbpt the resolutions referring to InstruqffnK or not instructing the delegation to Denver, the Bryan people imeatiug that itoWas macti more manly and courageous to u*’l ' n this question directly and unbiased Gy any com mittee report. ’ ' , The first resolutloif mailing for Bryan came from EdltorAv E. Gon- salea, of The State. -Several 'ithc-rs offered resolutions along the same line. Mr. Hernton introduced a res olution carrying out Senator Till man's idea of Instructing the (tolera tion to adopt the unit rule. This was voted dowh, and an effort was then made to carry the.whole matter over to the evening seasion, but this failed. Finally a substitute was offered by W. P. Pollock that the delegation‘be instructed to vote for Bryan first, last and all the time, the resolutions committee to suitably draft such a resolution during the afternoon for adoption in the evening session. This wa» adopted amid cheers from all portions of the hall. The convention then took a recess for dinner and re assembled at 8 o'clock. After, the convention reassembled in the evening the comlmttee on prat- form and resolutions reported the following, which was unanimously adopted: “We heartily endorse, as the can didate of the Democratic party for president of the United States, ^Wil liam Jennings Bryan and hereby in struct and direct that the vote of South Carolina in the national con vention at Denver be cast as a unit for his nomination until the same la secuerd.” By the terms of this resolution the South Carolina delegates are bound to support Bryan on the first ballot as well as on every subsequent bal lot unless his name should be with drawn. The meaning of the resolution la that he, Bryan wilt get 18 votes from South Carolina “first, last and ail the time,” as declared in the Pol lock resolution adopted in the morn ing. The convention then proceeded to elect delegates to carry out the above instructions.. Senators Tillman and two delegates at large and Gen. Wi)le Jobes and Col. H. H. Walkins were elected as the other two by the con vention. . W. F, Steveneon. T. B. Crews, J. P. Grace and R. F. Smith were elected alternates. The nominations for district dele gates were then announced as fol lows: First district—T. R. Waring and Dr. F. J. Carroll; alternates, J. E McCoy and W. E. Kirby. Second district—L. J. Williams and J. E. Harley; alternate, N. Chris tenson, Jr. * Third district—Kenneth Bpker. and W. J. Stribling; alternates, H. C. Tillman and C,, D. Mafan. Fourth district—B F. Townsend and W. C. Block; alternates,Clarence Cunningham and S. J. Nichols. Fifth district—John G. Richards, Jr., and J. M. Cherry; alternates, W W. Dlxson and N. W. Hardin. v Sixth district—J. H. Manning and D. H. .Trailer; alternats, W. ff drew* find D. A. Spivey. Seventh district—T. F. Brantley and J. H. Clifton; alternate. J. 8. Wannamaker. * These nominations ware confirmed by the Convention. Dr. flanjer nominated Senator Tin man aa member of the national A special dispatch from Boston to the Charleston Post says Senator Till man, In an Interview Just before he stepped aboard the Canopic with Mrs. Tillman for a European trip, Satur day morning said, referring to the presidential election, “We have them licked. The other fellows are In broken and disgruntled state.” ^ Regarding the outlook for the com ing Presidential election the Senator said; “I am going, to Europe for two reasons, tine is to escape the Pres idential campaign, and the pther is to have a rest and a good time. I am tired and am going away to get back my health. l am going to Spain to see if they can cook garlic the way 1 like It. No (Hiking around for curiosities or lieautlful paintings for mlnp.” Mr. Tillman also, in the course of the interview likened President Roos evelt to Caesar. ‘While the President may be the wisest m'hlTJn the United Stile* TodsV T am uoT willing to ac knowledge It,” he declared. “I think there hr no fear of Mr. Roose velt's being the next President. Wil liam Jennings Bryan is the man who will next occupy the White House.” Accompanying the Senator is his physician, Dr. J. W. Babcock, of Co lumbia. , • SENT RACK HOME. The TiincN Say* Florence Police AM in ItoHcue Work. The Florence Time* says a very *ad case was brought to the attention of the town authorities there Sunday morning when two young girl*, Mag gie Smith apd Lillie Campbell, ages about 16 and 18 year* appealed to the police to help them get back to their home In Columbia. Lillie Campbell told the Btory to Officer Cain of how she and her friend hod been pursuaded to come to Florence by a woman.who lived there. Saying that ererytTflbg had l>een misrepresented to them. They were told that this waa a fine place to live and that they could easily obtain employment and would got along well. Lillie accepted her story and eatne down here with this woman Friday. When they arrived at this womans house they at once realized that they could not be satisfied at such a pfacn. They became dissatisfied and wanted to leave and were ill treated by this woman who tried to force them to stay. They said that they were de termined to leave that place and go back to their people in Columbia if possible. They went to the residence of a citizen about 10 o'clock Saturday night and were allowed to spend the night. The next morning their case was reported to the police and the result of the whole thing was that the woman who had pursuaded them to come dqv)ui' here was made to pay their way back to Colombia.. toaw by at Expats TMs Crashing into Anotlwr. ■ SIXTY ARE KILLEB dM*** Defective Switch' Throws Fast Mail Against Local ♦Train Carrying P0- grim* to the Shrine at Turnbom, ail of Whom Were Killed or gert. ously Injured. ' One-of the moat disastrous rail- ' coad accidents In recent times oc- dfifiMT *t Contich, a station six miles southeast of Antwerp Belgium, oa the main ime at 8 o’clock Friday r" 1 :*, The e * act “uratw Of vk> i ha ?H n0t ,>eeo determined up to cnbv " f h * n, * ht ow,n * to th * dJfc- thi a x i rem ° V,n * the ,KK| tea fhm the debrie*, but the latest estimate places the number at sixty killed one hundred wounded. The catastrophe appears to lave been due to a defective switch, where the main line — * croeaes a local Mae. At their MUST RE-ENROLL. All Who Want to Vote Must Get New Ticket*. In' order that the electors may properly understand the act passed by the last legislature in regard to the re-enrollment of voters we pub lish it below: “Section i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the Supervisors of Registration in each County of the State are required to re-enroll all the qualified electors in this State during the year 1868;- ^ --- “Sec. 2. That at the same time the said Supervisors shall register all persons who may make application therefor and who may be entitled thereto. “Sec. 3. That for the purpose of pe*»U * train carrying a larce “ U “£f r ° f pilgrims on their wa/to he Shrine at Turnbout, was stand- SjroaL Dt °d th xL thfi Antw ® r P-Bruaaels preset dashed at a speed of fifty mile, fan ho ur, literally leaping on The heavy coaches of the express crashed it. gnter train into splint ers. The side, of the exprj ^ were torn from their fastening*, (he floors practically collapsing, thus precipitating the pasaengena to the aide uninjured, when thewVd frog, sied acroes the fleid. ' But for this fast the death roll would be roucu greater! Few of the occupants of the local train alive. Those aqt *(n^d ^ injured, many bf them mortally The rescuers, even tha doLro. were sickened at the sight that thalr case*. Bvideaces were of horrible death strt cured In i.ue coaches. At one dismembered hand was found clutching one of the supports of the torn car. One body was lytnc the boiler of the I Into a shapeless mas*. Tht of the dead ooald not be ra either being decapitated heads being terribly ernsi ^Tha signal man at Oontteh saw that his switch aisw not.working just ^twerp erprtqn ronto thua- dering down the lias, from the window of his and heroically ran dona the toward the oncoming train. a red flag, ilia effort waa too late — avert a disaster. The eaglncmr sad fireman of Ch* / express were hUkd at thalr The jndlcal authorities soon arrived on the seen* an investigation Into ti They ordered the sign charge, of the switches although H Is bettered t Uvea that they were Prince Albert went afternoon and visited having cancelled an engagement to preside at a banquet At Antwerp. * • With regard, to the causa of tha collision, a railroad oflaal stated thpt the switches were being repair ed, and that tne workmen been placed at the tempo switch appeared to have made a mistake or the switch failed to net The engineer, It was stated, aaw the danger and applied the brakes, but it was too late to avert the disaster.* i.. NATIONAL CAMP4IGN8 COCfTLY. — 1 -> Amounts Spent by PartMjp Prrol. dential Election Ya *$18 , , . , , ,, such enrollment and registraUon the Gary .were elec ed by acclamation as ^ „ han keop the of reggistration open at the several County seats every day (Sunday ex cepted), between the hoars of nine a. m. and six p, m. during the months of uly and August, 1908; and in ad dition thereto they shall attend, dur Ing the month of September, 1908, at least one day In each township, ii^JJheir respective Counties, of which at least ten days’ notice shull be glv en by advertisement in a newspaper publish in the County; and in Coun ties containing, fifty thousand inhab itants they shall attend in each city, town of industiral community, con taining three hundred or mors In habitants, at least one day upon sim ilar notice." ^ . Fires Jail and Gets Long Sentence. William Garrity, arrested for 1 boyish prank .and locked in the jail at Derby, Conn., set fire to the building causing flames which over came officers and enabled him to make his eficape. He was recaptur ed after a long run and ia now serv ing eight months in jail. utlve committee by acclamation, lions and he waa elected at Senator Recent debates in Congress on a national publicity bill have revealed some interesting facts, not um least of these being that as far bade as 1860, when Lincoln and Donfftasa were the opposing candidates of tha Republican and Democratic partis* respectively, tremendous aaonats of money were expended for campaign purposes. In only two Presidential elections sice 1860 has the Repnb- llcana spent leas than the Democrats. Those two years were In 18S4, when James G. Blaine and Grover Clove- land were the candidates, and in 1892, when Harrison and Cleveland were the nominees of their party. The following, which la believed to be as accurate *4 it la possible to make It, shows (he total tures of both the Republican and Democratic parties since 1860: 1860, Abraham Lincoln, |190,- 000; Douglass, |50,000. 1864, Abraham Lincoln, $185.1 McClellan, 850,000. 1868, U. 8. Grant, fl5«,$0( mour, $75,000. 1878, U. 8. Grant, |8»M00; aee Greely. $5000. 1876, R. B. Hayes, den. $900,000. 1880fi Garfield. $1.1 cock, $855,000. 1884, James G. Blate, Cleveland. $1,400,000. 1898, Harrison, land. 82.350,1 1896, McKft an. 1675,000. 1»00, $«>l