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i VOL. XXXII BARNWELL. S. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 22, 1,908 NO. 8 CIEDiN FIRE Forest Fires Cause AWful Ois- aster in Mlckigaii. SICKENING SCENES Relief Train Carrying Terrified In habitant* of a Little Village At tempt* to Ron Gauntlet of Flamefc Only to be Ditched, Fifteen People Losing Their Liree. A dispatch from Alfena, Mich, say* fifteen people lo*t the** Uvea Thursday night in the burning of the Detroit and Mackinac fydtway relief-train, which wa* carrying ths inhabitants of the little village of Metz, 23 miles north of here, to saf ety from the forest fires which weX- sweeping away their homes. The ill-fated train was ditched by spreading rail at 'Nowicki sidinc. south of Metz, and the terrified ref ugees were forced to abandon the cars and rush for safety either down the track with burning forests on either side or into the ploughed fields near the siding. Eleven of the victims were women and children, who were unable to escape quickly enough from a gondo la car. Their charred bodies *rqr • found there Friday when rescuer? reached the scene. Two of the me i victims were members of the train crew. , ' Four additional fatilities occurred in the neighborhood Thursday night Mr. and Mrs. Fred "Wagner died from heat and .exhaustion on their farm near the scene, and Mr. and Mrs Fred Nowicki, loft tb»ir lives in their burning houre near the siding When the forest fires closed n Thursdav abortffhe tittle vttlagc a special train of three .empty box cars and two coal gondolas was rush ed to Metz, and as rapidly as pos sible people and their goods were loaded into the cars. • Some refus ed to abandon their goods, or the train might have left ^arlier. When the train finally started there were about 100 frightened people aboard. The flames were already sweeping through the village. Nearing Now- 4cki_£lQ£ting Engineer Foater saw_ blazing piles of cedar ties on both 01des of the track.. Opening the throttle he tried to dash through STATES FOR BRYAN CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF VICE-CHAIRMAN HUDSPETH. s Tammany Gives Fifteen. Thousand Dollars to the Cause—Kohlsa* t Called on For Proof. at full speed, but the heat had cauSedJ , the rails to spread and" the trlfln The meeting or the negro press to spread and" the tr left the track Blazing piles of tie? aurrodunded it and in an Instant the cars caught fire , The terror- stricken people jumped from the cars are rushed down the track. Three mothers and their little ones were not quick enough. They were cre mated in the car. Hrakemau Barrett sprang into the •water tank behind the engine, only, to be literally boiled to death ar the flamVs swept over it. Kngin- .oer Foster and Conductor Klnvlll, fled down the track through the flr» and smoke, and were the first Xnr reach the village of Posen and re port the wreck-and ask for assis tance. Behind them staggered a burned and wounded ,procession of refugees. It was a fearful march over the hot ties with the flames and burning woods on either »14a-'*l>f the track roaring and -snapping in their facet,. Engineer Foster was terribly burned about the head and face, but it is thought that he will survive. Matty of the refugees are suffering painful burns. The survlvers of the frightful ex perience seemed dazed by their per!: and sufferings and were unable to give any coherent statement as tc whether anybody was left behind In or more be.'jre it is known definitely how many peopio perished in the village of Metz. When the relief train left Metz it carried ail the inhabitants of th-‘ village except George Cicero, the sta tion agent, who stayed to handle the railroad wire and escaped through ploughed fields only to find his wife and three children cre mated in the wreck of the" relief train. A fourth child, a boy, about 11 years old. Ijad Jumped from th* burning car and escaped with but slight injuries. •. Every report received Friday nlgo. from the fire-swept country to the north of this city increases the extent and gravity of the fire situation, and the death list which started Fridav with the cremating of fifteen peoplt- in the Metz relief train, is steadily growing. Presque Isle and Chcboy- gan counties are all flames, and the 75 miles between this city and Che boygan is reported to be almost :t solid mass of Are. Alpena County I - ablaze in every direction. Reports of fatilities are coming from many places. From Met* Township FrUfay night the cremation was reported of Henry Kemps, his wife and two chil dren In their farm bonse. . Bolton. South Roger* and Mete are among the destroyed villages. La Rouque Is threatened tonight. Only' ♦ he church is left at the village of Cathro, and It is crowded with ref ugees. , / ; ▲ strip twenty miles wide, from Hubbard Lake to the An Sable River. In Alcnng County, Ir bdming. More than fifty farmers ere reported to night to hav^e beep swept br the fires today, end their buildings destroyed At New York on Tuesday Vice- Chairmen Hudspeth, of the Demo cratic National Committee, made public a list of States in which ho said Mr. Bryan would receive the electoral vote. They are as follows: The solid South 166, Nebraska 8, Indiana 15, Ohio, 23. West Virginia 7, Nevada 3, New York 39. Total 1- 261. Necessary to-a choice 242 The vice-chairman put Wisconsin In the doubtful column and said that New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island an^ Illinois were still debat able, with New Jersey and Connecti cut favorable to the Democratic par ty, Tammany Hall will contribute 810,000 to the Democratic National Committee, according to an announc- ment made by Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany leader. In addition, the local organization will pay all the expenses of the big mass mee - ing in Madison bquare Garden oi> October 2 4, at which Mr. Bryan Is 'o speak. This will probably amount to IK.000 more. According to a telegram received by Vice-Chairman Hudspeth from Chairman Mack, in Cutcago. Mr. Bry an will speak only one day In New Jersey and one day in Connecticut. Mr. Hudspeth said, referring to a reported statement of H. H. Kohl- Mat. of Chicago, to the effect that there are three Democratic editor* in the-United State* who are sup porting Mr. Bryan In their paper*, but who do not wish to see him elected, and that one of them is a member of the Democratic execu tive eomruiU.ee. =—_ “I challenge Mr. Koblsaat to glv» the names of these editors or to name the membor of the executive '•onamittee. Mr. Koblsaat has com'' tindei' the hypnotic influence of tta" White House. It Is rather singular that all these reports about dissat isfied Democrats come out of Wash ington." NEGROES LAI D KORAKKR. Their Pres* Conventions Declare Mini to Re a .Martyr. convention in Pittsburg, Pa., last week carried to that city over one hundred of the leading negro editors of the KaUcrn, Middle and Southern States. In a declaration of principles and a set of resolutions adopted Thursdo" Senator Foraker and Governor D«- neen, of Illinois, as lauded,' while the administration of President Roosevelt and the attitude of Candi date William H. Taft are censured The declaration of prhxdpln among other things states: "We hold in kind memory our friend from Phillips and Love joy to Lincoln and Grant and the other?, hut the one who stands today for our cause as s champion and martyr is Joseph Benson Foraker, of Ohio who, In the face of public opinion had dared to uphold the principles of right and not party; whose politi cal future is jeopardized by his own party for being on our Side and flgh‘- Ing to fustaln truth and justice." 1 de resolutions say: ~ "We call upon the negro voters of Ohio to first support Hon. Jos Benson Foraker. our champion, fo> re-election to the United States »enate and ever afterward to anv position Jo .wirteta he aspires. ~ K r ail upon tgoTnegro voters of th*" "ountry who hood left to show their disapproval of the present incumoent of th White House, who w‘ill be vlrtualh he power behind the throne if Taf' Is elected." * RICH AND RACY Hearst Raads Some More Greasy Letters From Archbold T0°S0ME OF HIS PALS They Were Written ..to Onr Sometime Senator McLaoHn, Congressman • • Sibley and it. H. Edmonds, Editor of the Manufacturers' Record, and From McLanrin to Arch bo id. Speaking Tn California the other dajVvW. R. Hearst read more Arch- bold-McLaurin-Sibley letters. He also read- one to R. H. Edmunds, editor of the Manufacturers' Record. Here are the letters: "26 BTOadway, Feb. 6, 1901. "My I>cur Senator: I have your most kind favor of yesterday and ao- preclate it greatly. I have also a telegram from Mr. Grasty today which I have answered, and which answer I hope he will mkke known to you. Believe me that I appre- cl£l*» the expresions of your letter more highly tbau I can well state, and I hope when the time comes, if It ever does, for an opportunity to reciprocate, you won’t be found wanting. Again thanking fou and with very kind regards, I am “Very sincerely yours, •John I). Archbold. "Hon. J. L. McLaurln. Senate Cham ber, Washington, D. C. CAPERS WRITES. 1:. TO SOUTH CAROLINA COMMIS- js r ■' ’ *> ■ ♦ SIOXERS OF ELECTION. "26 Broadway, Feb. 13, 1901. "Mr. R. H. Edmunds. Baltimore, Md. "Dear Mr. Edmunds: 1 have your several very Interesting favors, i re turn Senator McLaurtn’a letter witn Insinuates That Republican Votes Cast iu This State Are Not Count ed by the Managers. phn G. Capers, the meSvCer of the Republican national committee for South Carolina, has sent the follow ing letter to the commissioners of election for the State: Washington. D, C., Oct. 14. 19(»8. Commissioner of Election of South Carolina.—My Dear Sir: Except in one or two of the lower counties 'n the. State there are no accredited Re publican nominees for office In South Carolina to disturb your local af fairs in the State. While In the se lection of commissioners of election for South Carolina the Republicans have had no voice or choice. I hope and believe that in a spirit of fair ness you will allow thorc who wish to vote a nr. , .i''nal Republican ticket an opportunity under yoyr d!r“c»ion as commissioner to cast their vqt.**s for Mr. Taft and have them counted. That is all the Republicans ask. Conditions which have promoted many of our citizens to resort t.) methods unnecessary ffo review no longer exist, and at this time a purely national proposition is Involved, it j would seem, therefore, that a spirit of absolute fairness and Justice should prevail, and I have confidence that you will see to it that we are given a" square deal ; I value as highly as you do the traditions and history of my State and my people, and thor*» are hun dreds of men in South Carolina who feel as I do and yet who can see no earthly form of disloyalty In contrib uting through their ballot to a per petuation of the financial and Indus- A GRAVE CHARGE The President Accused of Using an Offficeto Buy LABOR LEADER KEEFE Whose Change to Taft From Bryan Accounted for by the Democratic ITess Agent, who Says Keefe was Promised Immigration Commis sioner's Office to Desert Gompers. The National Defliocratlc Commit tee, through John fe. Gordon, assis tant and acting chief oL..lhe pres? bureau at headquarters iji New York, made,public the following statement Tuesday night. "It was Mated at the National Democratic Committee headquarter? Tuesday uight that President Uoose veR by promise of office has succeed jd in having one of the big-tnen of the Ainerii ,i:> Federation of Labor de sert President in bis ad vocacy of the election of Mr. ij.ja.; for the Presidency. "The labor leader in question l JURORS GAMBLED ON THE LIFE OF A MAN THKk trTkd. r L* 1 -** ~ The whole affair s' L r j a | prosperity of the whole country, as i ngton as been most Interest- w ),|ch seems permanent ortlv when a Ing. Have been sorry indeed to hear u^bllcn 'president and a Republl- o t e senators illness. Mr. Gris- can Congress arc In power, comb undfHook to h*ve a talk with | Tb<1 p anama C anal. 'certain fea- Verdlct feet Aside Because Two Juror* Resorted to Game of Chance in Order to Arrive at a Collusion. A dispatch from Aiken to The News and Courier says William Knox, the convicted murder of Pick ens Penn, was giv^n n new trial b> Judge Wilson," who heard the argu ments for a new trial on the ground of irregularity in the Jury room. Knox'wns convicted or murder !a t week in the Criminal Court, but h? was not sentenced at that time in ordwr_Lh»t his counsel might be hoarl in a motion for-a new trial. Last Saturday the defeqttant wasncalled up to be sentmcinl, but the soBe+tor asked for ^ postponem^at-ftgntll yes terd'ay. The argumcats^wire begun late yesterday afternoon and end ed this morning'by ttttrjydge s^tjltig aside the verdict. -- k — - | The ground for the new tjrial !>' "lost unusual. AflidavHs' were” pro luce’d by Knox's muutol, Messrs FELL IN THE SEA Anothir American Air Ship Mitts With Disaster 1 , HAD EXCITING TIME The Pto.Hangers, Suddenly Themselves Over Deep W# Life Preservers, Descend to Wa and are Finally Rescued by LHs Savers. him Monday through a mutual friend Your own work In all this matter has been most admirable. "Very truly yqurs. "Jno. D. Archbold.” lure of protection, the great need of improving our riv&r in the South' plead to us to get for South Carolina Daniel J. Keefe, of Detroit, president J Gyles, from four ol Ihe-Ju^ors wh of the International Ataoclatlon of j sat on the case. These affidavits Longshoremen, and one of the vice- president* of the Federation of La bor. "The Democratic committee ai leges that Keefe and the President were closeted for several hours in Washington on Saturday. October 3 and the offer of being named com- misioner general of immigration, made vacant by the dentn of Gom mis*loner Sargent, was made in con sideration of Keefe’s repudiating Mr Gompers and the executive council of the Federation. "Keefe, on Saturday last, issued a statement In which he said: ‘Am going to vote for XVm .11. Taft. "It is pointed out that on Sep tember 28 laM, the executive council of the American Federation of I^bor A diepkteh from Berlin, Germany, says the second of the three Ameri can balloons that started in the race for the international trophy on Sun day from Schmargendorf has met disaster In the North sea. Tbe "Saint Louts," manned by N. H. Ar* "old. of North Adams, Mass., 0*4 Harry J^WWttt, was carried 0T*r- laud to treacherous sir currents and ~].jater in the haze the aeronauts lost their bearings mull suddenly they '-sAw the guard lights,of an uakoowa •oast. ', 4' "' * - ^ , This meant that they most 4e- scend oT rjsk the drnger of being Hcnderron and DavIv^Gunter and) irlven far out of the track of ■•els. They chose* the former coarse you "26 Broadway, Feb. 15, 1901. Dear Mr. Sibley: I beg to Inclose herewith certificate of deposit to Issued a circular calling on all or- ! some national standing and enjoy | tanizations of labor to work for the the resulting national influence and jt-feut of Mr. Taft and Republican assistance for the development of ou- j Congressmen seeking je-eT*-cnon aii t great resources. Mr. Keefe authorized his signature Respectfully, JOHN G. CABERS. your favor for $5,000, sent you at the request of Mr. Griscom, the pur pose of which you no doubt under stand. Permit me to express my high appreciation in response to our request regarding the consideration subsidy matter with Mr. Griscom. "Very truly yours, "John D. Archbold. "Hon. J. C Sib.ey, Washington." A dispatch from Columbia to The "26 Broadway, Feb. 18, 1901. News and Courier says the promu- "My Dear Senator: Please accept | ter of the project to form from por- thanks .for your note of the 16th. l; lions of Aiken and Lexington couu am. of course, much Interested in the! lies a uew county, to be known as statement. Have no doflbt Mr. Sibley "Summerland," have seized upon tin- saw you on Satarday, as I requested failure of the Edisto iyjw county Member Republican National Com-' mittee for Sooth Carolina. * ANOTHER NEW COUNTY l*roj>oMxl Out of Portions of Aiken < and la'xington. him to do. "Very truly yours. — r “John D.'Archbold." "Hon. J. L. McLaurln, Washington. D. C." "Rennettsvllie, S. C., Sept. 3, 1901 (Confidential). "Jtear Mr. Archhold: In the sam mall by which youtL.l^tter came Wort in 1m proposition as an ausp, slon for the renewal of half of .their own scheme. U Is claimed that the necessary .territory with the required population and area, can be found In tbe old coun ties, and that there .should by all j means be a county seat on the rail- con Columbia and Aiigii>- ille and Batasburg are th to be attached to it. The seource of the Democratic committee's Inform*tloh"was qot dl- vulged. but the information was of fered that if Mr. Keefe or President Roosevelt deny the charges, another big labor leader, now In New York, will come forward with facts to prove that the offer was made, and that Mr. Keefe accepted It and has com menced to make good bis part of the dottl." were in effect that ten of the Jurymen stood for murder, without reconimen^ datlon, and that two stood for mur der with recommendation to th? mercy of the Court, thus reducing the sentence to life imprisonment. They could not arrive at a conclu slon by reaioning th« matter an>Wre sorted to the uncertain game o chance. It was proposed that tw slips of paper, one marked "mur der," w - hich w-as to stand for no roc omendatlon. and the other to l.r marked "mercy," to indicate a rec ommendatlon for merry, were to hi placed in a hat and drawrn for. - This was agreed to and the slip were placed in the hat. It wa* agreed by the two that If the ‘mur der" slip was drawn they would glv< In to the ten. and if the “mercy' slip wss draw n the verdict shoui ’ be guilty with a recommendation ti mercy. Fate was against Knox tn the Jury room and when the draw was mad* the "murder” slip was drawn out and the veiMlef—rsu—grrorfllngl' signed and rendered to ,the Court. The defendant's counsel contend <>1 that this was gambling the life o the defendant away, and could no* have been their honest convictions and was contrary to the law, and ask «*d that the verdict ire set aside. * md for an hou trbey were buffeiad >y the. waves, 0)019*1 giving np 1* Josfifsir. Eventual./ they were rescued by * ife boat, and the Or.' '"’ImatloQ tkat in accident bad occurred to th* * Saint Ixmla" was conveyed 1* & #irelese message from Arnold s*yl*g: "Lost everything tn th*) North Se* last night.” Following so cloee’y on the dra matic experience of A. HoMand For tes and Augustus Post, the nsvtga- ors of the "Conquerer," which burst it an altitude of four thousand feet toon after the start of the race, both ji**n having a thrilling escape mu ' eath, the disaster to toe "Salat ' <001*" was the subject of excited merest In Berlin throughout tbe day I md oenirg. 1 lie |iv«iis cot mnnlra* .*J with ! Mr. Arnold at Wllhelmehaven, to ! vhich place he had teen transport- ! d by one of tho torpedo boot*. I vhi.h were sent out to render a*- I dstanre to any of the balloonist* vho might drift out oser th* w»tor. THEY MARRIED AGAIN. turned graves down. Hearst'* Candidate Tried to Amid (Tiecnt fbFltFjan. S|M*ul iinv-agoad b«*twf wa* fa. 'Leosvi After Being Divorced Sixteen Yjztoo Old Couple Reunited. After sixteen years of divorced separation, during which each had remarried and had each l*«*en heroft through death, an aged German couple,, who were married In their fatherland forty-years ago, pro-j egram was read from Mr. Hears cured In New York a marriage license in order to at onee re-enter, for their In Baltimore wide publicity havim been given the announcement tha Win R. Hearst and John Tempi Graves would -aiWrei& a meeting o the Independence party, the Prince.- Theatre was pgcked tonight. A te' one that I'wish to quoV a sentence; two wings that would soon gathe. I^g a i|y R , * aside so long ago Con from apropose of your remarks about around the Court House, making an inland city with modern equipments.* six were Killed.# JAPAN AND CHINA Have a Clash of Arms on the Corear Border. Grave complications, which threai- "n the peace of China and J^pan, an 'eared as the result of a clash be tween Chinese and Japanese troop? on the Corean border .near Kantao According to reports a body of Chi nese soldiers fired on the Japanes- without provocation and in the fight ing which ensued many were killed on both sides, the Cfitness being finally forced to retje^t. The Japs followed them to the border and th^ Japanese commander demanded tin* surremtor-of ■ the Chinese, which was refured. The Japanese foreign office was quickly informed of the affair.. The fear here is that China's refusal to surrender ,the men responsible for tbe attack on the Japanese may cause Japan ‘to cross the bonier, which would undoubtedly precipitate an ugly situation. ^ J"- Mr. It. The writer of that lette- was employed In a confidential way by Senator Hanna In matters of Im portance. He is a shrewd, but :i very intelligent man, whose public: pi c ] ( ( n g Dynamite Cap Resulted in experience and acquaintance Is wide, j , l knew him well In Washington and Dslaster to Many, when ho saw mv article in The gun j . , “1 .. 1 j , 1 ! Near Fort Collins, Colo., six per- he wrote me a long letter. Indulging <n *ome>_unexpected critigiam of the j son8 X ere lna f an ll. v killed and twenty- oresident, to which I replied, com J one others Injured by an explosion iatin rad Knul>ert'B second wife died noi long ago. Having heard that his for mer w ite'j^-hiiBbaf J , had ' also died expressing his regrets. It was learn ed later that the announcement tha | declining >u*arR, the ties they ha»l-J-hc would speak was made hy mis < take. —- Mr. Graves-dtv-hls rpeech rredlte. 1 Mr Hearst with having injected Inti | this campaign all the interest It poe sessed.k and then e-veroly criticise both the Democratic and Republic*' parties. He flayed Win. J Bryan the mention of -whos-e name,- how ever, was heartily cheered. Th< speaker attacked the Deniocratl* vice presidential nominee, declarlm Mr. Kern to be- tW paid, rep.resenta live of a railroad corporation con "Vtcit'd of ci lininnlity.—A m-a» In tie In Germany, he wrote the partner of his young years, asking her tc come to New York and marry him again. She cabled her reply—that she was coming and oh the next steamer. She reached New Xork on Tuesday. , ■>- *■■■»'' . COLONEL TICKER ARRI^BED. "He said in part, viz.: "Reading on Sunday l^iwson s 'Frenzied Fi nance’ recalled to mind a remark hat I lieard him (Roosevelt) mako •hat be hoped some day to he ab'e •o take a fall cut of that Standard stone Quarry. The dead include two Japanese and four Mexicans. s Five charges of dynamite had been placed, but only four of them ex ploded as arranged. While an at tempt was being made to pick the in momentary expectation that the train would be consumed. It was aa-red, however, hod the passengers came on to Alpena this afternoon. Koger* City waa threatened this after- Sixty passengers on * tonth-bonml j noon, hot It le now hoped that th* Detroit gad Mncklnac Rail road tmia. jtowo can be ggved. O.l gang, and if he succeeds him- cap from the unexploded charge ;t »eif. mark my word, he will try to went off." * make good his statement, as he b *- Meves it will appeal to the mass-s and keep him in the centre of the stage.' "I thought It would be a friendly act to copy this and give it to you In strict confidence. From my po sition. I can not say whether it is worth the ink or not. It will show, anywav, that I am not unmindful of your various kind actions toward me. " "With kindest regards. — “ Yours sincerely, "John Ixjwndes AtcLaurin. "To Mr. John D. Archbold.” Would Cause Panic. In a speech Mr. Bryan said that the Republicans were threatening i panic in case of his election. "There will he a panic in one family,” h- said, "and that will he the Taft fam ily, for Mr. Taft s Federal salary will be withdrawn for the first time in more (han 20 years." * which left Cheboygan last night for this city, spent a night of horror at La Roque. Flames surrodunded tho train and huddled in their can. tbs terrified passengers spent tbe night] ^ Mr. Grlsdnm,* Und. fingllyT’ we "Here we have a statement of Senator McLanrin from the Standard Oil Company that they will not K 2 found wanting, the words found wanting peculiarly emphasized hv Quotation marks. Here we have « statement that-Mr. Grlsco munder- statement that Mr. Griscom under- McLanrln on Monday through a mu tual .friend^ "Here we have next The tnevitabh* certificate Of deposit sent to Mr. Sib ley, the mutual friend, ‘at the request Bryan Negro Club. "~ a! At Springfield. Ohio. Thursday night a Bryan Club, six hundred strong, was organized by the negrp party. voters, led by colored soldiers who formerly served at Brownsville. Army Officer Charged With Having Deserted His Wife. Col. William M. Tucker, of the United States army, was arrested at Decatur, 111., on Thesday charged with deserting his wife, a daugh ter of the late Gen. John A. IvOgan. The arrest was made by Berg’ O'Brien, of the Chicago police depart ment. Col. Tucker, who was 111 an I could not be taken off the train, agreed to return without requisition papers. He went on to 8t. Louis to be taken back to Chicago later in the day. Col. Tucker was accompanied by u woman for whom he is alleged gallery was ejected for ^r^pea. edly shouting "Are you not In th pay of Wm. Randolph Hearst?” The.ejection of the questioner wa- followed hv a call for cheers fo Bryan. Which were given In such t manner' that Mr. Graves threatene-’ to appeal to the police to secure bln - a hearing ■tr. Arnold told a graphic story *8 he mishap. Ii« said; "All day Monday with th* exotp- 011 c.f the esii) pfternoon w* war* mable to see the earth and w* low- red the balloon repeated! to eons* .lunlcnto with *peo; e to aaerr- aln onr whereabouts. Apparently ve could not make them understand, ut 1: Is probab'e wi Wdut to onr >oor German. Finally w# l*dd*4 o risk proce .*dlu/. still havlag twea- y sacks of ballast. ' Moving iu a noilhwcs:»tly dlrec- ,o« "1 »*t • .venlng * r p.:»seu a cTj, he lights of which were vislbll tvs nllea to the west and ws learned ater that it was Bremerhsven. Boon ifterwarda we noticed light bonse* md buoys, which convinced us that ve were moving about big water, but ve had no idea where wn were. "In order to avoid drifting oot of he line of ship trafflre we conclud 'd to go down to the water hut be- •for doing so we put on life pftoerv' ■rs. This was a-perollou* task, for t was dark and there was great (anger of being swamped la the bo** tet. "After pitching about In the wa- cr for almost an hour and glrlag ip all hopes of rescue. Hewitt, who bad climbed into the Hglng, 41*- ■overed a flash light and soon aft*r- vard was a life i*oat approaching is^ The boat, however, could not each us. as we were being dragged hw.iigh the waves at Aha rata of xeOfy A PREDICTION VERIFIED 1 have deserted his wife. A woman nurse, who was taking care of him and two men servants, completed the have the confidence expressed by th<* Standard OIL Company to Senator McLanrin that no doubt Mr. Blbl*y' saw the senator on Saturday, aa Mr Archbold requested him to do so. Mr. Archbold assuredly was not found wantlptf But tbe queetlor is. Who was found guilty? Assur edly Mr. SiUley saw Senator Mc- Laurin, but the question is. Did h< merely see him or did be rai?e him? "If tho phraseology of ttils partic ular game.is too technical for the ladles in the audience let us-put tbe question in this form: Button, but ton. who got the $5,000? "Now. my friends, I have read you these letters, not merely to Interest and entertain you. but to arouse yon to the eertoueness of the danger that 'threatens our republic. Be patriotic, be non-partizan, be vigilent, with tbe retinal vigilance which la tbe price of liberty, and do not allow those forces of corruption to destroy our republic which deetroyed the repub lic of Rome'* BURNED IN HIS HOUSE. Into Burning Building to Get Hi* Valuables. W. S. Langber V* cremated to bis home near St. Edith* Acad emy. five miles-west of Manasaa*. Vs., Tuesday morning, when hie house, with its entire contents, was destroyed by fire originating prob ably from a defective flew. All the other occupants of the building escaped. *r Langber had re-entered the burn ing structure to skve some money and valuable papers la an upper room agalnat the pleading of his wtf# and children. Lahgh*r’a Mills, th: home of the Laughers, wa* one of the olde»t landmarks of tbe county- About a TniRt Gobled Soap Factor* in Nebraska. In a speech at Nebraska City M- Bryan compared his meeting then ♦ her- this year with his meeting in 1900. and left with the chair man of the committee $5 to be pre sented to the campaign fund of th' -RepubllVan committee if they would consent to carry the same banner* In tfielr parade that they carried a' thartlme. At that time he predicted that the starch trust, which was .being prose cuted under the State statue would be likely to close the factory at-that j -' 1 place, and -fW-JUa intimated thai. physical yWlanca. would be done hlna’ if ho spoke in that city. “I told them then that I would dcnounc^ the tfus^ even in the shadow of tho starch factory," be said. "Where are th? Republicans who mockingly wrote to nae after the-eleetlon and d*clar*<l- ibout fifteen or tweafy mile* a* lour. Tho boatman shouted to os o Jump overboard, which we did. "I tried to save the St. LouR ?1 ub's ballon by ripping It op, but he rope was Jerked out of my haads. Vbout ten minutes later I was picked ip by the boat, which in the mean ime had saved my companion, lewitt. We were landed here, too Ired to proceed to Berlin, whither ve will go. . Two of the competitors in the e»- inrartco raqes have not been re- )ort**d. and it is hoped that these •scaped the changeable lower cur- ents which affected the other eom- Kditors aiMl^succeeded at higher a!- Ittides in reaching Russia. A report received here from Wag- rloog Island, in the North Sea. says hat a balloon passed over thOrs. but •fcat there was no further tidings of t. The flotilla of torpedo boat do- droyers is searching the North Bo*, where a thick fog prevails. . MAKES PO6R SHOWING. About Fifty at Hearst Party Godtof lug at Columbia. eetlon an that" the shadow of thife starch fac tory extended across th* Slat*? How far does the shadow reaeli sow? The factory i* closed down;..'’ th* machinery has been removed and th* building is. In the hands of a wreck ing crew." .» V _ * At Columbia on Tuesday night," «” meeting wa* held in the interest *d the Hearst party. There were about fifty persons present, many Of them active Democrats, Including u bank- ■fr- hualness men and laboring man. An add roe* w*» made by «x-Coagrs*s man * Howard, of Alabama. St»t* Secretary 8. S. Frte*. of OelambU.; presided, and M. F. Ttgb*. of Wadfe- ington. connected with the Hears! papers, was preaegL