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♦ c VOL. XXXII -rr BARNWELL. S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1909 HYORICK NAMED Ftr Atsoclata Juttlc* or tlw REfekOrM* BY LARGE MAJORITY Over Mr. J. 8.. Cathron, Who Is • Membor of the Hoase of Represen- tative From OreeiiTillo Goaotj. How the MemtMTs Voted on the Lost Ballot, When H yd rick Won. Columbia, Feb. 12.—A deadlock lasting through thirty-seven ballots was broken last night by the election of D. E. Hydrlck, of Spartanburg, as Associate Justice of Che State Su preme Court to succeed Ira B. Jones, who was recently elected’Chief Jus tice of the same Court. The fol lowing account of the election is taken from The State: It became apparent during the bal lot taken the day before and the ballots taken yesterday morning that Mr. Hydrlck was gaining rapidly and with Messrs .Cathron and Sheppard still In the race the ballot would have been indeflnltely'prolonged and that legislation would have been blocked. / - It was no surprise, (therefore, when Senator Weston announced last night that he was authorized to withdraw the name of Mr. John C. Sheppard. Mr. Sheppard had received a magnificent vote and he toas gratified with the support of bis friends, but he felt that it would be but prolonging a final decision to allow his name to be used longer Mr. Weston and other members of the Richland delegation then-cast “their votes solidly for Mr. Hydrlck and with the other changes It was shown early in the final collection, that Mr. Cathron was defeated. Mr. Cathron is one of the mos 1 popular members of the House. He had strong support from the tim< of his entry. The name of John C. Sheppared also carried a large number of members and Mr, Hydrlck had from the start a strong organi zation. Therefore It was evident that there would be a deadlock until one of these three names was withdrawn The ballots taken yesterday were as follows: - - First ballot—Cothran, 4 8;"' Hy drlck, 63; Sheppard, &0. Second ballot—Cothran, 47; Hy drlck, 68; Sheppard, 46. Third ballot—Cothran, 47; Hy drick, 71; Sheppard, 43. Fourth ballot—Cothran, 40; Hy drick, 75; Sheppard, 46. After this ballot the name of Mr. Sheppard was withdrawn and the final ballot resulted as follows: Cothran. 57; Hydrlck, 103. The election of Mr. Hydrlck was then formally announced. The ele vation of Mr. Hydrlck as associate justice means the election of a cir cult court Judge for his unexpireil term. The Electing Ballot. The following was the final bal lot cast: For Hydrlck. Senator* Bass, Bates, Carlisle, Car penter, Clifton, Crosson, Earle, For rest, Griffin, Harvey, Hough, John son, Ke.lley, Laney, Lide McCown Otts, Rainsford, Rogers, Smith. Spivey Stewart, Summers, Town send, Walker, Waller, Weston, Wil liams, Wharton. Representatives Amick, Ayer, Bo die. Bowman, Brice, Brown, F. M Bryan, W. D. Bryan, Bunch, Can trell. Carter, Coker, Dick, Dingle Dixon, I. Edwards, Foster. Fultz Garris, Gasque, J. P. Gibson, W. J Gibson. Glasscock, Graham, Green Hall, Harmon, Hines, Hollis, Horgei Hughes, Hydrlck, Irby, Jackson Kibler, Lawson, Lee, Leland, Leng nick.MeCdl, McEachern, Mobley. Me Mahon, Moseley, Nesbitt, Niver, Nun nery, Pauling, Richards, Ridgell W. L. Riley, Robertson, Roessler D. C. Sanders, O. K. Sanders, Sawyer Seibels. Shuler, Shuler, Sing leton, C. A. Smith, M. L. Smith Spears, Stanley, Stubbs, J._ D. Sul livan, Suydam, Way, Wiggins, Wil Hams, O. D. A, Wilson, W. B. WiJ son, Wright, Wyche. For Cothran. Senator Appelt, Blade; 1 Christen sen, Croft, Graydon, Hardin, John ston, Mauldin, McKeithan, Mont gomery, Muckenfuss, Slnkler,‘ Sul livan. Representatives Whaley, Ashley, Berg, Bowers, Boyd, Browning. Carey, Carrlgan, Carwile, Celey, Cla ry, Cosgrove, Daniel, Doar, Duvall E. C. Edwards, Fraser, Greer, Grif fin, Hamer, Harris, Harrison, Harri son, Lane, League, Mann, Mars. Mauldin, Nicholson, Patterson, Ruck er, Scarborough, Simkins, K. P. Smith. P. P. Sullivan, Tobias, Todd, UUey, Vander, Horst, Wade, 'Wells, Whatley Wingo. - AID FOR A BOAT NO. 26 ■ THAT LAY HELPLESS OFF CAPE • HATTERESS Summoned by Wireless, and Seven Ships Hasten to Aid a Distressed Barkentine. New York, Feb. 11.—Thanks to a wireless summons sent by the steamer El Norte of the Sonthern .Pacific Steamship Company, six oc ean-going vessels and the revenue cutter Onondaga are keeping more or lesa distant watch tonight on The barkentine Matanzas, bound for Philadelphia from Fernandina, and sighted 12 miles southeast of the Diamond Shoals lightship, flying sig nals of distress in a northeast gale. The El Norte came up with the barkentino yesterday and stood by her until daylight, while the crew jettisoned her cargb of lumber. A wireless message sent by the El Norte to owners of the Matanzas here apprised them of the plight of the barkentine. A similar message sent to the four winds was picked up by the steamer Comus of the Sou thern Pacific Steamship Company, which hastened to the assistance of the disabled ship. The El Norte then proceeded upon assurance from the captain of the Matanzas that he could keep his vessel afloat. When the Comus came up with the barkentine a few hours later the water was gainihg on the men at the pumps at the rate of a foot an hour, and her captain decided to stand by. A wireless message sent by him to the Hatteras station and out to sea a thousand miles brought the steamer Larimer of the J. M Guffey Petroleum Company to the scene and the two vessels stood guard over the little sinking craft uatil 5 o’clock this afternoon when she was reported 43 miles northeast of the Diamond Shoals lightship. The Larime then proceeded, leaving tbe^ Comus on guard. The Comus and the Cape Hat- feras station are in wireless commu nication with the revenue cutter On ondaga, which is hurrying to the as sistance of the Matanzas and with the Prince Eltel Frederick of the Hamburg-American line en route from Jamaica to New York; the Co- nanchle of the Clyde line, on her way from New York to Jacksonville; the Seminole of the Clyde line, bound from Turk's Island to New York, and the Lampasas of the Mal lory line, out from New York for Tampa, so that the barkentine will not want for assistance should it be needed. » RELIGION FAST ADVANCING. Remarkable Progress Outlined in Paper Read at Chicago. Chicago, 111., Feb. 10.—Remarka ble progress in religious education was outlined in a paper read by Prof. Geo. Albert Coe, of Northwestern University, at today’s session of the Convention of the Religious Educa tion Association. The future is not less bright, r.c- •ordlng to anolher paper delivered by Henry Churchill King, presid -nt if the Oberlin College. The astound ing progress of the Christian relig ion In the Orient, particularly in iapan, during the last fifty years, was dwelt on by Prof. Edward C. Moore, of Harvard. At the business session Prof. George Albert Coe, of Northwestern University, was elected president of the association. JUROR DROPS DEAD. Mr. J. E. Hill Expires in Yorkville (V>urt House. Yorkville, Feb. 9.—Quite a sen sation was created in the court house yesterday morning. Mr. J Z. Hill, a substantial farmer and iltlzen of Bullocks Creek township, ■vho was a juror at this term of tourt, walked into the room and in i few minutes after sittiug down he ’ell over into the arms of a friend md expired before a physician could reach him. Heart failure was said to be the cause of his death. He 'ived at the Roseboro place, twelve miles from Chester, was 50 years old and leaves a widow and several children, two of them grown. Electoral vote counted. A Hold>Up at Gre«pville. Gre#nvm®, Feb. 11.—Last ntght at 7:30 o’clock while on their way home, A. Baron and E. Kantor were held up on the outskirts of the city by two men and relieved, of $112 in cash. The highwaymen had a shotgun and fled into the woods immediatelAafter. Sheriff Poole was noticed and poon gave chase, but n> due UAi obtained as to the iden tity of the men. Taft and Sherman Declared Presi dent and Vice-President. Washington, Feb. 10.—With sim pie but Impressive ceremonies, the counting of the electoral vote for President and Vice-President oc curred today at a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives, held In the chamber of the lower body. William H. Taft, ' of Ohio, and James 8. Sherman,-of New York, were officially declared to be the choice of the people for the term beginning March 4 next. The count consumed exactly forty minutes. Took a Hot Bath. Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 10.—Diving headlong into a vat of scalding water Phillip Otto, a cooper ended his life onight. A- widower with six chil- Jren, he became despondent over fi nancial matters and for three days had been bidding friends goodbye. PLEAD TOR LIFE Soma Substantial Evldenctin an Aiken Murder Case. HEARD HER BEGGING For Her Life, and Then Heard Screams and Blows—One Witness Declared That Mrs. Lowe Resign ed in Favor of Another Woman, Who Hud Supplanted Her. Aiken, Feb. 10.—A very interest- in case is being tried at the present term of our court, being that of Sovereign Lowe and Lee Boyd, chatg- ed with the murder of Lowe's wife. The case had not proceeded far before it was discovered that Boyd had nothing to do with the crime, and the judge instructed the jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty in his case. Lowe is now being tried and the testimony against him so far is very damaging. was that of Alford Glover, who re- was that of Alfard Glover, who re sided a short distance from the Lowe's house. He said about three o'clock on the night of the murder, he heard Mr. Garry Toole call him, and he went out, and when he got out of the house, he heard a wo man scream in the direction of Lowe's house, and he went to the corner of the fence a few feet from the door. Here he heard screams, and a woman begging for her life. He said he recognized the voice as that of Mrs. Ix)we, and he heard a man striking blows and cursing, and he recognized this voice as that of Lowe. Dr. H. Hastings Wyman, Jr., testi fied tha^^ the second examination of Mrs. Lowe's body, and made a dissection. He found her neck broken, and corroborated the testimony of the other physic ians. A very important point in the physician's testimony was that they were of the opinion that the bruises on her person were made before death. Coroner Johnson held the inquest. He first went to Lowe's house on day of her death, hut did not hold inquest: again visited that section on following Saturday, at instigation of mothef of deceased. Remains were disinterred,, but body not tak en out of coffin. Again held an ex amination on following Wednesday, when the physicians made a dis section. Neck was limber, as was also the hands. The defendant did not object to the holding of the in quest. The negro Alford Glover, said on cross examination that he did not testify to what he told today, at the coroner's inquest because he was afraid to do so, as his brother had been waylaid and killed. He also said that threats had been made against him since the crime, if he said that he had heard Lowe say said that he had heard Low say that his wife had come home one day, and wrote on the wall that she would ''resign in favor of another woman” and would leave Lowe. The State then rested its ease. The first witness the defense, called was Mr. Garry Toole, who resided near the Lowe house. He said so far as he knew the defendant and his wife were on good terms. Said he got up about three o'clock on the morning in question, and called to Alford Gloverj said he heard no screams: knew that Mrs. Lowe bad a sore on cheek; said he saw face was black after death, and that breast and’ throat were discolored. Olivia Boyd testified that Mrs. I/Owe could not write, consequently could not write (he inscription on Lowe’s house. Saw blue place on neck; looked like bloodshot mark; neck was stiff. (Witness was the “other woman” referred to in (he writing on wall of house.) Jennie Atkinson said she wrote the inscrip tion on Lowe's house. Two witnesses here testified that the neck of the deceased was limber at the inquest. Lee Boyd, the acquitted defendant, being sworn said he was with Lowe Sunday afternoon and night; said Lowe was not drunk; Lowe, after being in bed a few minutes, said he was sick, and got up, and went out. Witness then iyent to sleep; was ‘awakened at about three o'clock w’hen Lowe looked at clock, and went hack to sleep. Short time after that was awakened by Lowe calling his wife. Royfi and Lowe got up, struck a light and found Mrs. Lowe dead. Slept in same room. Lowe, the defendant, was next placed on the stand; said be bad several drinks on afternoon before Mrs. Lowe’s death. He told prac tically same story as Boyd, finding his wife dead. Boyd went to Mrs. Garry Toole's an.4 then several came to his house. Denied that she met violence at his hands. Said wife was not sick. A BOLD HOLD UP IN THE CITY OF GREENVILLE LAST WEEK. There Were Two Highwaymen and - They Got the Sum of One Hun- y ■ dred Dollars. Greenville, Fob. 12.—The News says two masked men held up Messrs. Ell Kantor and A. Baron on Townes street Wednesday night and took the sum of $100 from the latter. The hold-up occurred between the resi dence of Mr. Tom Sloan and that of Sheriff Poole about 7:30 o’clock, but the fact did not itecome general ly known until yesterday as the of ficers desired that it be kept from the public for a time. Messrs. Kantor and Baron were together and the latter had $100 in his trousers’ pocket and $200 in his watch pocket. The money in the watch pocket was not taken, the highwaymen forgetting to look in it. A gun was taken off of the vic tim's person and Messrs. Baron and Kantor were then told to beat a hasty, retreat up the bill. Thk they did. Sheriff Poole was notified of the hold-up and he at once notified his deputy, Mr. J. S. Hunsinger. The search for the highwaymen was continued until late in the night, hut no arrests were made. Deputy Sher iff Hunsinger stated last night that they thought they had the right man spotted and that there would proba bly be some developments shortly. The two men were masked and Messrs. Baron and Kantor are there fore unable to give any description of them. The officers have a clue, however, which will lead to their detention in ail probability. Messrs.* Kantor and Baron notic ed the highwaymen some feet, ahead of them but did not pay any special attention to them until a gun was thrown in their faces and*they were ordered to throw tip their hands, which they did. Both were taken completely by surprise. Mr. Kantor did not have any money on his per son. A passer-by was ordered to get on up the street and that quick. He complied with the orders of the highwaymen. After having secured ail of the booty they could find the same order was given Messrs. Kant or and Baron. One of these asked the highwaymen which way they wished thereto go and the reply was ' up the hill.’ These gentlemen car ried out instructions and hence did not see which way the robbers re treated. The robbery was one. of the bold est committed in this city in many years and every effort will be made to locate the guilty parties. The officers hope to catch them and make an example of them so that there will be no more robberies of this kind in the city. Just why the officers wished to keep the affair a secret is hard to conjecture, but no publicity wa« given it until yesterday. The news, once started, soon spread all over the city and was a topic of general (»>nversa!ion ‘all day. Mr. Baron is the proprietor of a pawn shop on Main street. * SHOULD BE HANDLED. JERSEY FIENDS Roast a Man Alive on the School t Grounds USED 01 ON VICTIM The Unfeeling Wretches Hound and Gagged the Unfortunate* Man and Th“d Him Over a Bonfire and Roasted Him to Death, and I’lutrred Hotly Found. New York, Feb. 12.—Bound with ropes hand and foot and stretched ov@»\ a fire built on the grounds of the Hazel avenue public school in West Orange, an unknown man was burned to death some time this morning before the break of day. The charred fragments of the body were found on the lawn of the school early this morning by Samuel Sali- uardo, a laborer employed in a quar ry near West Orange. At the sight of the ghastly traces of the crime, Salinardo, a superstitious Italian, ran screaming to the nearest house and in this way had the police in formed of what he had discovered. The grass and a lot of brush un der the body or what was left of the body—were burned to carbon. At one side was a new two-gallon oil can and some old newspapers. Chief of Police Danford, of the West Orange force, hurried to the school house grounds .with all of his available men and made a min ute study of the affair in the hope of getting a clue. The victim of this most awful of murders was a man apparently about, forty-five years of age. A little hair was left on the head and it showed red and long. He was about five feet, ten inches in height and bach been strong of statue. The only part of the clothes un- consumed by the fire were the legs of the trousers. They were of blue cloth of good texture. The shoes were in good condition. Near the body were the charred pieces of rope and the most awful of all the ghastly details was imme diately noticed by the police—the Two Rowdies Behaved Very Badly at a Country School. Spartanburg. Feb. 10.—A special dispatch to a local paper from Lan drum, in the upper edge of this county, says that two hoys visited the Bennett School, near that 4>iac£. several days ago and frightened'the girls by their outrageous conduct, which was extremely disgusting. One of the hys fired a gunshot into 'he crowd, several of the shot strik ing Miss Smith, a pupil of the school, in the face. Fortunately the young lady was some distance away when the shot was fired and was not bad ly injured. These young rowdies should be severely handled by the law. DIED A HERO. Found Him Guilty. Aiken, Feb. 11.—The jury in the case against Sovereign Lowe, charg ed with the murder of his wife, Mrs. Rainey Lowe, rendered a verdict of guilty this afternoon, after having the case under ednsideration for less than two hours. The verdict j carries with it a recommendation to I mercy of the court, and this will Young Man Drowned Trying to Save * Young Girl. Springfield, M/iss., Feb. 10.— Albert C. Heimsath, 26 years old, of Cleveland, Ohio, president of the se nior class of the International Y. M. C. A. training ftry)oI In this city, “and Miss Gertrude Hurd, 18 years old. of thls.dty, broke through thin lee on WateFhops Pond, adjoin ing the school tonight, and both were drowned. Heimsath regained his footing immediately after going into the water and had an excel lent chance to save himself, but went back Jor the girl apd. perished. save the prisoner's neck. Lowe has not yet been sentenced, but he will receive a life sentence. The case was given to the jury this afternon after about two days and several hours had been consumed in the trial of the case. A very large crowd was in the court- room when tb« verdict was read. The spectators have evinced the keenest interest in the case throughout the trial. had roiled away from it in his last moments of agony. There were every evidence that he had come to consciousness toward the end and had made one desperate and futile effort to escape his ter rible fate. Who the victim is the police have no idea. What manner of criminal would pick out the lawn of a school house on which to build a pyre for a liv ing man the police cannot conceive. The spot chosen for the deed was only about 200 feet from the school building and about 300 feet from a row of Wine family houses. It Is believed that the victim of this crime wa&. either struck on the head and made unconsious or was gagged before being stretched on the fire. Had he cried out for help his cries would have been heard in the nearby houses, hut so far as the pplice now know no one heard an outcry. The police said today that the murder was done between 1:30 and 5.30 in the morning. During these hours the nearest quarry works are closed and the neighborhood is de serted. • ATLANTA HAS BIG SCANDAL Wealthy Heal Estate Man's Wife and Hoarding House Mistress Fight. Atlanta, Feb. 12.—The announce ment by Mrs. Evelyn Jarrell that she will probably sue her husband, W. A. Jarrell, the real estate man, for di vorce on account of his alleged inti- rinacy with Mrs. M. C. Evans, 25 years old, a former boarding bouse keep er; the arrest of Mrs. Evans on a charge of disorderly and immoral conduct, and an order by Recorder Broyles that Jarrell be arrested on the same‘charge are a few of the most startling developments of a per sonal encounter between Mrs. Jar rell and Mrs. Evans in the lobby of a theatre Wednesday night of this week. Mr. Jarrell and Mrs. Evans had attended the play and Mrs. Jer- rell, disguised, had followed them. * MAKING WHISKEY IN A STILL IN A COUNTRY GRAVEYARD. When One Took a Drink of It He Sang “Hark From the Tomb, a ‘ -4 Doleful Sound." Atlanta, Feb, lb.—In a nnnaed grave of a country graveyard, near Macon, an illicit dUtlllery waa found last week by the revenue force. Monday, officers in the York set tlement of the "Dark Corner" of South Carolina, found three children, each of wfiom Is under ten years, making brandy with a still which they had constructed themselves. The distillery in the graveyard was concealed within the grave, and the dirt was heaped up In a way to give the impression that the grave had been used. The owner, of the distillery had first opened the grave, fixed in the still, then placed planks across the top and covered them with earth. At one end, hut very care fully hidden, he had left an opening hy which he might enter and go out. In the gray of the morning, a negro passing along the road that runs hy the church yard, saw a head apparently bob up out of a grave, then quickly disappear. He didn't stop to Investigate, and he was still speechless when he reached the next house. Others took the matter up and a small party was formed. When the graveyard was reached, they formed a ring and slowly closed In on the uncanny grave. But Instead of the weird things their Imagina tion had painted, they found the opening at one end and the still inside. It lie believed that this distillery had been operated for some time, but even thmse living within the immediate vicinity were unaware of its presence. The liquor It produced is said to have had a peculiar de pressing and saddening effect. After drinking it, one's desire was to sing. “Hark From the Tomb a Doleful Sound,” Instead of "We Won’t Go Home 'Till Morning.” The place where the children wer* discovered making illicit whiskey b not far fc-om Asheville. They had constructed a complete still them- selv.es, and were making brandy of as good quality as any that can be distilled. A wooden bucket served them as cap, a pair of kegs were used as doublers, and a bored-out SOME WAR TALK Russia Gattlng Ready to Glvo Japan a Thrashing. WILL EVEN UP SCORES Such Is the I’redlcGon of Oongrcns man MeKInlay, of California, Ad miral Hobley I). Evans and Wil liam T. Snead, Greatest Editors, of England's Is Hera. man had struggled from the fire and'-poplar limb served as a worm. The officers say 4hat not one of *he children could have been over ten years. CONTROL WAREHOUSES. ’ Farmers Tx>ng Cherished Dream Near Realization It Is Said. Atlanta, Feb. 10.—President Charles S. Parrett, of the Farmers Union, announced today that a con solidation had been effected of the one hundred cotton warehouses built by the farmers’ organizations in Georgia. The management of these enterprises, will be immediately brought under one board of direc tors. President Barrett stated that the worlc of organizing the farmers' warehouse in the other cotton States was about concluded, two-thirds of the States already having l>een or ganized. The effe<\t of 'this combination when it is fully established will be to centralize the control of the en tire cotton crop of the country in the hands of the farmers. RAILS'WELL BARBER KILLED. TWO >1EN DIE And Several Hurt by Dynamite Explosion in Tunnel. New York, Feb. 12.—Two mei\ were killed and several Injured to day In an explosion of dynamite In the McAdoo extension of Jersey City, running from Exchange place to Fifth street and connecting the two Hudson river tunnels." There were sixty mem at work in the tunnel. The greatest secrecy was thrown shout the accident by the McAdoo tunnel officials. Killed Himself. Chicago. Feb. 12.—Joseph F. Kohout, alderman from the thirty- fourth ward, shot and killed himself White Man Shoots Negro Who Had Cursed Him. Barnwell, Feh. 11.—Julius Green, a colored barber, was shot and killed here at 2:30 p. m. today by Mr. C. F. Baker, a painter. The killing occurred in Green's barber shop. It seems that there was some trifl ing trouble between the parties and that Green Cursed Mr. Baker, who left the shop and returned in a few minutes, when the killing occurred. Baker admits having shot Green, and the verdict of the coroner's Jury was in accordance with this admis sion. Baker is now lodged in the county jail. Motion for bail will be made by his attorney in a few days. VERDICT OF GUILTY. Driggers Guilty of Murdering His Sister in Clarendon. Manning, Feb. 11.—The jury in the case of J. Frank Driggers, charg ed with the murder of his sister, Mrs. Mamie Bose man rail 0 o'clock tonight returned a verdict of guilty with recommendation to mercy. Driggers is the first man convicted of a capital crime by a Clarendon jury Tn the past IT years. A few Weeks -ago he shot and ktilefl his sister about money matters. They both lived near .this place. *1 — Fell Three Hundred Feet. Grand Junction, Coio., Feb. 10.— While plowing through the heavy drifts at Baxter Pass on the Unitah Railroad, a locomotive and snowplow in rounding a sharp curve on the today at his home, 787 Douglas down grade plunged over a 300 foot boulevard. He fired a bullet from a precipitfc, killing Engineer J. E. Lane 1 revolver into his right tempi*. * a and fatally injuring a section hafed. Washington, Feb. 11.—Recently a single Issue of a Washington hews- paper contained statements frt three eminent men, concerning dfc rectly and indirectly the present re lations between tMs coimtry and Ja pan, which are of much significance. In a speech delivered In Wash ington Saturday night, Representa tive William S. McKlnlay, of Califor nia, defended the right of his State to regulate Its own local affairs, and made use of the following lan guage with reference rof the rela tions between Japan an^ri 16 Unit ed States: . "The question of war is Idle." < ~ Among those who really know con ditions in the far East, the concen sus of opinion is this: Japan has only ended a preliminary skirmish with Russia. The Russian defeat is not ultimate. Today Russia is double-tracking the railroad whose ridiculous inadequacy led to her hu miliation. She is preparing to pro tect her frontier, is making up to the present peace of civilization, and has not turned her face from The goal sot hy Peter the Great. "If Japan should turn for a mo ment to engage in warfare with a second, or even a third rate, power, Russia would be at her throat. The statesmen of Japan know this phase of the question so much better than - we do that it is ridiculous to dis cuss it. ‘‘Fighting Bob's" Opinion. The same issues of the news papers which reported Mr. McKin- lay's speech carried an Associated Press dispatch reading as follows: Chicago, Feb. 6,-—"A few days ago, when the Russian government floated a loan of $250,000,000. which was subscribed thirty times over, that was Russia's notice to Japan ‘To get ready for war, and stay ready, for J am going to tick you.’ ” Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, seated in hia apartments la the As- ditorlurh' Annex, tonight made this statement: ’ "And what is more,” added* the admiral, “Japan herself recognises and realises the position in which she is placed. The hand-writing I* . ~ plain. Japan can read.” A number of other predictions, of international import, viewed from the standpoint of "Bob” Evans, did the admiral make. Briefly summer- . Ized, they are as follow*:— — The United States will have no trouble with Japan, neither will England. When the next Russo- Japanese war does come Germany, France and Austria will espouse the cause of the Russian. England will And herself allied with Japan by vir tue of existing treaties. What the result of it all will be uo man can foresee. "Japan cannot go on at the rate -“7 that she is spending money now,” he continued. "It is out of the question. Japan recognizes that a conflict with Russia is Inevitable, and the government Is straining ev ery nerve, exhausting every effort to put itself in a state of prepar- odhesfl." W. T. Stead's View. The third statement appearing . contemparaneously with the two . , above quoted is froi^a the pen of, William T. Stead, the great English journalist. While It makes no di- — rect reference to Japan or her r*la- — Hons with the United States, it is . - significant that his remarks bear out what Mr. McKlnlay and Admiral Evans say concerning Russia. Mr. Stead says: "The great fact which ought to command universal attention is overlooked. It la the coming of th* Slav into his kingdom, a fact com- —, pared witJh which the fortunes of kings and emperors are as dust In the balance. The proposed annex- ^ ation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Austro-Hungarian empire Is but one of the signs of the ripening of the Slavonlo question, the gratingly.„ emergence of the Slavs from the po sition of subordination £nd political serfdom and their establishment as the predominant race In the heart of JEurope^ . ; "Of all the great races of Enrope the Slavs have received the fewest favors from the fates. Providence has been to them a cruel step moth er. ' .'•♦sgT.fe ’"From century to eentary they have been the prey of conquerors, European and Asiatic. When, as tn Russia, they were able to assent their independence of Tartar and Turk, they could only do so hy sub mitting to an autocrat whose yoke; was seldom easy and* was n«yer light. But for derella of Europe tbe'Hght to in the darkness and there lacking signs that in the •L. 1 .Tj.-,- .. Vi*'" •