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BILL Um House by Wwktof Majority. CLOSING UP OP THE DIFFERENT x COUNTYDISpBfSARIES.^ WILL BE STATE WIDE Pass \ Coh la lu Proriatoas Should It th« Senate, Bat the Probability la That It Will Hang Fire In That Body Until Next Seesioa Cornea Around. dumbla. Feb. 17.—By a vote of 68 to 40. the Houae of Repreaen- tatives Npt the State Legislature to night passed the State-wide prohi bition bill, which thus marks the close of a ftllbuster that had lasted for several days. This was accom plished after the adoption at the morning session of a compromise agreement between the leaders of the opposing forties. Under the terms Of the agreement, the general supply hill was rushed through In half an hour. It was simple and easy to rush through the bill; Then the remaining third read ing bills were.rushed through, oh, so easily. The agreement to take the “State-wide” prohibition bUl Was ad hered to in every detaiLcnnd as soon ns it was taken up Mr. K. P. SiriHb moved to table the,bill. This brought forth the first test vote. It was taken without delay. There was no delay. The vote stood 45 to 62. At one o'clock the State-wide pro- hlblUoa bill wan taken up, and pushed on to a vote. An effort was made to have Charleston, Richland and Georgetown counties exempted from the provisions of the bill, but failed. The following is the vote bjr which the bill was passed: Tea—To pass the bill: J .JV Ashley, Bodle, Bowers, Brice, W D. Bryan, Bunch, Cantrell, Carey Carrlgan, Coley, Clary, Daniel, Din gle, Edwards, Gasque, J. P. Gibson W. P. Gibson, Graham, Green, Greer. Hall, Hamer, Harmon, W. C. Har rlson, Horger, Kibler, League, Lee McEachern, McKeown, Mann, Mauld in, Mobley, Moaeley, Nesbitt, Niver. Richards, RIdgell, G. M. Riley, Rob ertson, Roessler, Sanders, O. L Sanders, Scarborough, B. A. Shuler C. T. Shuler, C. A. Smith, Spears Stanley, J. D. Sullivan, P. P. Sulli van, Uteey, Vaughan, Way, Whatley Wlngo, Wyce—Total 68. Nay—To kill the bill: Whaley Amick, M. J. Ashley, Ayer, Bowman Boyd, Browning, F. M. Bryan, Bush Carwlle, Coker, Cothran, Dick, Dix oa, Doar, Duvall, I. Edwards, Foster Faults, Garris, Glasscock, Griffin Harris, J. R. Harrison, Hydrick Irby, Jgckson, McMahan, Nunnery Patterson, Paulling, Sawyer, Simk ins, Singleton, Vander, Horst, Wade Wells, Wiggins, Willliams, W. B Wilson—Total 40. Pairs—Suydam and Leland Browa and K. P. Smltn, Nicholsor and Wright, McColl and Fraser, Law son and Mars, Ws L. Riley am Hughes, Hines and Tobias, M. L ^ Smith and Rucker, Carter and Sei tools. Absent and Not Voting—Berg Cosgrove, Lan, Lengnick, Todd. In this vote the pairs are giver with the first name stated being ir favor of the bill and the last opposer to It. The companion bill providing fo State prohibition was thea adopter without a vote of discussion. One ol the bills provides for closing thi county dispensaries and the secom provides for State-wide prohibition There was absolutely no friction debate or discussion and the tw< prohibition bills went merrily on L their third reading. TEXT OF THE BILL KILLED IN TAXICAB BY A YOUNG MAN STREET. And Putting South Carolina in the Column of Prohibition States of the South. Below we print the first of the series of State-wide prohibition bills, which was passed under the truce agreement upon Wednesday. Section 1. That immediately upon the approval of this Act the several county dispensary boards are hereby prohibited from the purchasing of any more liquors, beverages or sup plies for their respective dispensa ries, and they are hereby directed to close out the stocks of liquors and beverages that may be then in stock in due course of business, under the regulations and laws now in force, until the first day of July, 1909, unless such stock of the respective dispensaries shall be disposed of be fore that date, as above provided, in which event all dispensaries hav^- ing disposed of the stocks of liquors, beverages and fixtures shall be clos ed; and iu case any dispensary shall not dispose of its stocks on or before the first day of July, 1909, such dis pensary or dispensaries shall be clos ed on said first day of July, and the stocks disposed of ‘as hereinafter provided. Section 2. That all liquors, bev erages and fixtures not disposed of as provided in Section 1 of this Act shal be inventoried by the county ispensary board, and sold for cash the county dispensary board of respective counties to the high est ^idder for cash: Provided, fur *her,\(hat all payments shall be made in gold and silver coin of the United States, \in United States currency, or in na^onal bank notes, after due advertisement in two daily news- oapers of this State, and two trade papers published outside of this State: Provided, that any county dispensary board advertising for bids shall have the rl^ht of refusing any ml ail bids, and to advertise for new bids: Provided, that all such fids shall be filed id, triplicate—one dd with the county dispensary board, one bid with the countV auditor, and me bid with the cleric of court, which bids shall be open\to inspec tion, after the acceptance hr refusal of the bids; out of the proceeds of such sales the county dispensary boards shall pay ail just and proper dalms, after snch claims shall have been andited and approved by the llspensary auditor: any and all a'p- >eais from the decisions or rulings ON THE a Lover LIEN LAW DEAD, iw um lAW SM;::- 1 Senate Kills It by a Large Ma jority Vela. HOW IT WORKED INSTANCE. IN ONE j DESTROYED COLUMBIA FORTY. FOUR YEARS AGO. Die First Wltattt TmA Um Starf -x_£L, ... ■ ‘ The Crime Committed by of the Murdered Girl, Who Also Killed Himself. Reading, Pa:, Feb. n.—k jnpto that has all the ear marks of a mur der, followed by suicide, took place in a taxicab on North Front street at 1:30 o’clock this morning. The woman who was murdered by her companion, is Stella Boukstashed, of 647 North Front street, and the man Is George E. Knaut, 219 North Front street —• At one o'clock this morning a young man came to the Arcade ho tel, 12 North Front street, and ask ed Raymond W. Christensen, son of the proprietor, to. telephone for a taxicab. He said he had a woman outside and asking permission to bring her inside to wait until the taxicab arrived. Christensen recog nized the young man but had never seen the woman before. He called tne taxicab of Lewis Becker a chauffeur who boarded at the hotel. The couple, who were greatly ex cited, entered the cab and ordered the chauffeur to proceed to 647 North Front stret, the home of the girl. During the trip the report of a pistol was heard, and Knaut order ed the cab to be driven to a hospital, but a few minutes later, a second shot was heard. When the cab reached the Reading hospital both were found inside dead. Knaut was a telephone inspector. The couple were young people, who had been quite intimate. Miss Boukstashed's parents state that they did not approve of Knaut and that it was their daughter s intention to break up with him. This, the po lice believe, precipitated the quarrel leading to the tragedy." WITH HOUSE Here Is An Incident Related by The Act of Vandal Um Recalled by ... Mr. Harris, President of the Farm* Last era* Alliance. NERVE MADDENED RUSSIANS. Tired of Living, Seek Death in Fiendish Torture. TAKEN FROM LIVING TOMBS. Several More Miners Rescued Out o English Colliery. Newcastle, England, Feb. 17.— After the rescue work had progress ed all night in the shaft of the C >1 liery at West Stanley, where a dls astrous explosion occurred yesterday entombing nearly 3 00 men, the mint was cleared a! far as the secon level, where thlrty-tw»o men were found alive this morning, most- o, them, howevsf, severely injured The force of the explosion was sc terrific that, although the upper level where It occurred Is 84 0 feet deep, the flames leaped fltty feet above the pit mouth on the surface. WRECK ON COAST LINE. b Two Men Killed and Several Others Badly Hurt. >f the dispensary auditor shall be lo the Court of Common Pleas for the county where such claims are made, and the trial shall be de novo. Section 3. The dispensary auditor is hereby authorized to employ such competent expert bookkeepers as he •nay deem necessary to aid him in investigating the affairs, accounts of ind the claims against the seevral lispensaries. and the conduct of the ieveral dispensaries, and said county dispensary boards, at a salary not exceeding ten dollars per day for he time actually employed in such work; and all expenses incident to lie closing up of said dispensaries hall lie paid out of the moneys of such dispensaries: and the jiroflts of aid dispensaries shall be paid ove to county treasury of the county where such dispensary is located, and distributed as now provided by aw. Section 4. The dispensary auditor hall submit a report of his work,- and the work of his deputies, to he Governor, and a separate report to the grand jury of tbe county in vhich such dispensary was located. Section 5. The dispensary auditor and his deputies shall have the pow- r to send for all books and papers, nd to subpoena witnesses, as may •e deemed necessary; and any per- on refusing to furnish such books r papers, or vho may obstruct the vork of said dispensary auditor, or ither of the deputies herein provid- '1, shall be guilty of a* misdemea- lor, and, upon conviction for such ffence, shall be fined not more than me hundred dollars or imprison ment not more than thirty days In the county chain gang, one or both, it the discretion of the Court. Section 6. That nothing herein contained shall repeal any part of an Act entitlcd“An Act to declare the law in reference to and to regulate the manufacture, sale, use. consump tion, possession, transportation and disposition of alcohol liquors and beverages within the State, and to police the same,” approved the 18th lay of February, A. D. 1907, not inconsistent with > the provisions of this Act. London, Feb. 17.—The Daily Mail’s St. Petersburg correspondent declares that neurasthenia is claim ing an ever-increasing number of victims in all sections of St. Peters burg society. A surprising number of people, tired of life, seek death by various methods. Persons of fashionable society journey to Fin land and fling themselves into the romantic Imatra rapids. Strange clubs and societies are in existance. one of these is styled Vtiger and hunter.” Two members (^aw lots to decide who will be the tiger and who will be hunter. A silver bell is hung around the tiger's ueck and the hunter is given a load ed revolver. Both enter large dark ened rVmis, an( j the spectators take refuge i\j safe corners. The hunter begins, the hunter’s eyes are \ound, he is allowed six shots, guided by the sound of the bell. If he^fails to hit the tiger, the roles are reversed and the hunter becomes the tleer. This continues until blood flow^s. Another society has ‘‘chamnagne evenings’’ where t»ne among twenty bottles is druggeoV with morphine. Some time in a single night there are numerous secre\ suicides, for which there is no plausible explana tion, giving rise, says' the Mail’s correspondent, to the suspicion that the victims belong to \the same league of self destruction. That the Low H«a OnGlved Its Use fulness and Should Be Repealed. Twenty-Four Senators Vote to Repeal the Old lew and Only Twelve Voted Against Its Repeal. Columbia, Feb. 17.—The Senate tonight by a vote-of 24 to 12 pass ed the Hen law repeal bill, which has been under consdleratlon for the past two days. Nearly every Senat or has had a say on this measure, It was thought that a vote would be reached immediately on this bill on which all Senators naturally had their minds made up. Senator Kel ley was willing for a vote to be taken at once, but discussion arose and continued for the past two days and nights. The House passed the bill by a vote of 85 to 35. The vote in the Senate stood as follows upon Senator Kelley's mo tion to table Senator Montgomery’s motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill: Yeas — Appelt, Carlisle, Carpenter, Christensen, Crosson, Earle, Gray- don, Hardin, Harvey, Hough, John son, Johnston, Kelley, Lide, Mauld in, McCown, Muckenfuss, Rainsford, Stewart, Sullivan, Summers, Walter, Weston, Wharton—Total- 24. Nays—Bass, Black, Croft, Griffin, Laney, Montgomery, Otts, Rogers, Sinkler, Spivey, Walker, Williams Total 12. So the enacting words of the bill were not stricken out. When the vote Wot announced there was storm of exceptions of counties to be exempt coming under Senator Montgomery’s amendment to exempt the county of Marlon. The exemptions came thick and and fast, including Lancaster, Char leston, etc., etc. The amendment was tabled on a yea and nay votfe by 19 to 17, thus bringing all coun ties under the provisions of the bill The vote stood on Senator Kelley’s motion to table the amendment ex cepting certain counties. Yeas—Carlisle, Carpenter, Chris tensen, Crosson, Earle, Harvey, Hough, Johnstone Kelley, Lide, Mauldin. McCown, Muckenfuss, Stewart, Sullivan, Summers, Walter, Weston, Wharton—Total 19. It Hen law The Colombia Record on Wednesday. ^ has been asserted that if the 1. Columbis, FeU. It."'‘The Record j repealed there 1rtll hejsays oa ib« Iflth day ot February, TELLS a® ..V • r 4 is some good hut poor people who will be unable to get credit and who will have an awful, awful hard time because thereof, says the Anderson Mall. Here Is sn Incident, related 1967, Gen. Wlm. T. Sherman planted his batteries just across the river where the beautiful little town of New Brookland now aUnds, and shelled the women and children of Ml*. ■ess of the Vividly, and the Proeecnthm FiflOWfHl HOW VWJprJTB to us by Mr. B. Harris, president of the city of Columbia. During that 49Ute Has a Strong Caee. the State Farmers’ Union, which may throw some light on the matter. Mr. Harrris says the Incident came under his personal observation. There was a man—a middle aged white man—in a county not far from Anderson who got so poor that whole day shells were falling all over this city and prints of the shells Nashville, Feb. ■— are now to be seen on the west end month of baffling over a Jury, the of the State House. trial of Col. Daaean B. Cooper, Ms On the morning of the 17th, the L^ RobiQ| Knd John D . city was surrendered to General the murder of ex-8enator Edward rmaa by Mayor Goodwin, whefij w . Carmack, on Nov. », laat. he could not give a Hen. He had Shernian promised him that nothing | u na ]|y been started. The Jury been giving Hens for eight or ten years, and had never been able to get anything ahead. Finally he be gan to fall behind. He found it Im possible, with a growing family of small children, to get along, although his wife and the children who were old enough worked in the fields with him. Two years ago the merchant who had been furnishing him for so long declined to run him any longer. would be molested, provided he was not Interfered^ with by Hampton’s calvary. Sherman’s headquarters on the night of the 17th was la the home now occupied by Mr. Jno. L. Mim- n&ugh on Gervais street. General Logan's hleadquarters were at the Preston manaion, now the College fpr Women. The northern soldiers took great mpleted last Saturday, after 3,000 talesmen had ben examined, and all bat\the 12 chosen ones had been rejected. The court took a •Sfi on Sunday and Monday, but on Toes* It will completed In about three s the lawyers for t«e de- - j*. ■Vie*-a “No,” said the merchant," you have j delight In burning the city,_car- fallen behind now for two years, j r y* n * torches from house to house I ] aw y erB were and I do not care to handle your account again. You do not owe me a great deal, but I am willing to square off. But you must get some other merchant to run you this year.” The man tried other merchants for a lien, but failed. The other merchants it seemed, knew that the man had not been able for two and had Instructions to burn the Preston mansion, but the order was countermanded early the next morn ing by a Colonel Ewing. Colonel Ewing waa instructed to countermand the mansion order be cause General Sherman had given property to the nuns who had taught his daughter. Miss Minnie Sherman, several years before at Brownsville, ] day the\trlal proper began, probably weeka, unlk talesmen hgd been examined, and nil the wltneaa box with “brainstorm'* experts. \ ’ r The opening Wr— of the State’s brief, and by f# the first JL , the widow of /, .IU o'clock Tuesday witnesa, Mrs the slain man, was\on the etand. She answered bat questions and was succeeded by tjer ten-year- old son. The child, ping his mother’s hand, stand for about ten m while his testimony waa tant, the dramatic effect years to fulfil his obligations, and M-^ 0, Their property, where Tapp8K|| a little boy, between Total Nays—Appelt, Bass, Bates, -Black, Croft, Graydoft, Griffin Johnson, Laney, Montgomery, Otts, Rainsford, Rogers, Sinkler, Spivey, Walker, Williams—Total 17. The tabling of this amendment left the bill applicable to all coun ties. ‘ WHOLE VILLAGE MISSING. knew that this was why the other merchants had dropped him. The man went home to hit wife and children in the deepest dejec tion. He told of his troubles and then his wife counseled him. “You must hire out as a day laborer,” she said, “and I will stay home with the children and we will try to make a little crop. You can send us or bring us your wages for us to live on. It is a bad arrangement, but it is the best we can do.” The man got a job in a sawmill, and his wife and children stayed on the farm. The man sent his wages home, and the children worked a small crop. This was no great hard ship on them, for they had been working In the fields before. At the end of the year the man store now stands, had been burned i gpowering at the def< and the nuns were compelled to written on every spend the night in the Catholic cem- features, 1 etery on the night of the 17th dur ing the burning of Columbia The rect of the ly, each minute bearing a Butler's cavalry was encamped at j each hour gtandlng forth Killian’s mW^leven miles away and prl9e ln the form of ev , d e nc « the light war^so bright from the | »),• R»>ta h*ji tmm, conflagration of this city that a pin could almost be picked up from the reflection. Butler's cavalry was engaged In battle every day after the burning of Columbia until the close of the war. JEWELRY STOLEN. Robbers Take Many Precious Stones ] and Other Booty. ~ Richmond, Va., Feb. 17.—From | the State bad concealed from « eye except ite own. Thero waa a stenographer undreamed of as a wit ness, who told of —Ing Col. Cooper and Robin Cooper atert forth from the law office of J. C. Brawford, boo- band of a sister of the eolonel, on the afternqon of Hovember t, to go to the corner where blood was to ran half an hour later. There was a newsboy who swore to the fact that be heard Col. Cooper say to Robin half a block away from Brad* , did not owe a idollar. His wife and children had made five bales I one end of the country to the other of cotton and over a hundred bush-1 police, detectives and agents are to- r s Office. “We J H gei Mm,’ fe’ll catch him.** IMMENSE DAMAGE WROUGHT. Earthquake in Persia Destroyed at I,cast Fifty Hamlets. Teheran, Feb. 18.—The Governor of Burujurd, a town In Southwest ern Persia, has sent out agents to investigate the damage wrought *by the earthquake of January 23. The center of intensity apparently was two days' journey from Burujurd. Up to the present time only mea ger reports have come into Teheran. The devastation was particularly severe in the mountainous region between Burujurd and Luristan province. It has been already estab lished that fifteen villages were whol ly or partially destroyed, and It is estimated that the total number will undoubtedly be more than fifty. Only a small proportion of the in habitants of area, where the shocks were most severe escaped. Some vil- was received here showing that tjie j lages disappeared completely, and violent earthquake recorded on Jan^| no trace can he found of the hamlets nary 23, at almost every scientific observatory in the world, has its location in the province of Lauristan in Western Persia. Sixty villages in this district were wholly or partly destroyed and the resultant loss of life is placed be tween 5,000 and 6,000. The district of Jurnjurd and Bela bor in Luristan province were the center of the greatest violence and here the heaviest casualties occurred. Several villages are reported com pletely engulfed. The peasantry lost practically all their herds and it is estimated that from 10,000 to 12,- 000 head of cattle perished. Many People and Thousands of Cat tle Are Killed. Heheran, Persia, Feb. 17.—News els of corn, about seventy-five bush els of peas, besides potatoes, etc., and they had two large hogs to kill. They were in better circumstances than ever before. The man Is an Illiterate—he can not read and write, and he had never had much ambition. But the ac cumulation of so much wealth In one year has changed his views of things He is going to do better from now on. He has commenced sending his children to school; he had never felt able to do so before. He has enough supplies to run him this year, with money ahead, and he con siders that his fortune is as as made. The man says that the best thing that ever happened to him In his life was when he got too poor to be able to give a Hen. He got his nose away from the grindstone, and he began to see the world. If he had been able to give a Hen last year he would still be i« a net, and his children would still be growing up in ignorance. There was an optician, who teati- fled that he saw the two Coop- day searching for. Jewelry taken from I with John Sharp between them going the Southern Express office In Pine-1 in * direction which would have tak- hurst, N. C., the value of which can-1 en them to the scene of the tragedy, not be computed. and by thta testimony Sharp was The robbery occurred on the night connected for the llret time publicly of Tuesday, February 9, and this (with the action of hit it the first word of It given the ante fellow-conspirators. There was public, though a large reward has 1 a brother of former Gov. Joseph been offered for the capture of the Folk, of Ml—url, who told the story burglar or burglars, and notices have | of meeting Col. Cooper within a few been sent to the authorities of all the cities In the United States and practically all pawn brokers and others, under whose eyes the valu ables might come. The Jewels wore not the only" . - w steps of where Carmack was killed articles stolen is estimated at a greater amount, although the letter I sent out by the express company says | that It may not be complete. and the colonel » awhile ' of Bahren and Leben. It appears that not a single soul belonging to these communities was left alive. A severe quake was felt at Ishpa- han, one htmdred miles away, the morning of January 23. THR#WN FROM HORSE. FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE. Waycross, Ga., Feb. 17.—Flagman 0 D. Francig. Pf LuYerene, Ala...a Marshall Gates, a colored fireman, were Instantly killed and Engineer -ft: B. 'Henderson was aerlously In' Jured while several other tralnment were slightly hurt in a head-on col- llssion between Atlantic Coast Line freight trains 212 and 309, between Ty Ty and Tlfton last night. Sharp Criticism. Washington, Feb. 18.—The Im migration the sub ject of sharp criticism in a speech by Senator Gray of South Carolina, bassed upon the resolution Intro duced by himselT directing the com mission to "report to the senate a summary of ite acts and ite present work. * Killed pi-elf. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 17.- Frederick R. Haight, city editor of \he Register, committed snicide this morning by cutting his throat on the - Yale campus. He was graduated , ton Yale in the clast eiilQl. X ». • i ■ ■ • u $0,000 Alimony a Year. # St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 18.—A decree of divorce with alimony of <6.600 a year and the castody of her son was awarded Mrs. William J. Lemp, Jr., Edward Harrison Ends His Life With Shot Gun. Young Boy Supposed to be Fatally Injured. Greenwood, Feb. 18.—Little Wil liam Henry Moore, while out riding horseback this afternoon, was thrown from his horse and sustained Injuries that in all probability will prove fatal. The accident occurred this after noon at 5 o'clock on lower Main street, near the little fellow’s home, and it seems that he and one of his companions were racing, when William's horse became' fright- boy Greenville, Feb-.— 17.-—-Edward Harrison, a well known farmer oft ened at a passing freight train and this county, committed st|iclde at I hurled him against a tree, fractur- his home, about ten miles from the 1 ing his skull and breaking his left city, last night by blowing out his leg. The little Yellow”wai Immedi- brains. Ill health Is assigned as ately carried to the office of Dr. the eause. Mr. Harrison was a-very Eptiug,* where he, wHh- Drfc- Neel wealthy citizen pnd lived With his and Swyjsert, dressed the wounds, brother. Rich Harrison. He was 60 | The fracture is a bad -one, and there A NOBLE CHARITY. * few minutes afterward, and of ing Robin Cooper v and John Sharp talking together at Seventh avenue and Union street. And It waa Folk _____ who swore that he Mwnril Rwtoln. good things taken, but their value alone Cooper say to his father, “Are yon amounts to $20,000. The last of the j ffoing up this way?” and th answered, “No, I’ll wait yet.” • - There was Edward B. Craig, a for mer state treasurer of Tinaeeaee, — m who told how Col. Cooper, on Nov- MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS. | ember 7, declared to him in the ||| Tnlane hotel in this city that if The Annual Carnival Was Ushered | ator Carmack did not refrain from using the name of Dnncan Coper in his writings In the Tenneaaeaa, that either he. Cooper or CarthaeR would have to die. In Thursday America Gives Big Sum for Earth quake Orphans Home. Rome, Feb. 17.—Ambassador Griscom was received in audience by Queen Helena, to whom he formally presented the gift,of the Red Cross Agricultural colony for earthquake orphans to be established in Cala bria with $250,000 of the money sent from America for the relief of the earthquake sufferers. The queen New Orleans, JLa.. Feb. 18.—The annual Mardi Gras carnival was ush ered In today with the gorgeous street parade, tableaux and ball of the Knights of Momus. The festivi ties will extend over a period of six days, reaching their climax next Tuesday with the arrival of Rex, followed by grand tableaux in the evening and the spectacular parade of the Mystic Krewe of Com us. The automobile races and numer ous other sporting events on the cal endar for the week are ex[>ected to result in a record-breaking attend ance at the carnival this year. Al ready the leading hotels are filled to ' ' ■■ i ' . v.,',' said she was unable to find words t* 16 1 their capacity, while each arriving train is adding hundreds to the nuni- gift and the spirit in which It was given. She added; “The Americans acted like brothers toward the Ital ians.” TOO FAT FOR ALLEY. her of visitors in the city. Streets and buildings are lavishly decorated and the entire city presents a festal appearance. " WILL GIVE IT TRIAL. Attorney Makes Novel Plea for a New Trial. Lawyers in the case ot William -Green, -convicted en- a charge of I highway robbery in Ossining, N. Y.,' have entered a plea for a new trial. The Government Will Experiment With Rural Parcels Post. Washington, Feb. 17.—The estab lishment of an experiment rural par-< cels post system is authotjxed by a Behind all this evidence loomed the background furnished by the testimony of Mrs. Charles H. man, to which Senator with hat lifted, was abont ib opsn a conversation when the Coopers came upon them. 8h# swors that she did not believe that Senator Car mack fired tke shot. She said she saw as hs sought to draw it from his hip pocket; that the voice of an old | map—a voice she believed w Cooper’s—was an aaault In imaii. :_;■ when it approached her from behind and said sabstanUaUy. “Well, here you are nos^,” or *T have the drop an you.” Then she told how Ool. Cooper fired one shot and Robin two. mid of the accusation she made against them as the slain man lay in the gutter in his own blood. WANTED SEVEN HHI1 " ! Entered a Man’s Office With PM And ooniDv They produced drawings and maps I provision in the postoffice appropria- Kansas City, Mo., 1 sd with a rsvolVer H i a dynamite bomb la the other. years of age and was unmarried. He had-'U large family connection, ne was one of the county’s best cit izens. , is not mueb hope of recovery. _ .Killed by Tight Shoes. Lake Charles, La., Feb. 19.- Buller, aged 10, died at Hacker, by Judge Hitchcock In the circuit La., a few days ago from blood pol- eourL Reports Exagerated. Constantinople, Feb. 17.—The rumor in the United States that ten thousand people lost their lives In May | the earthquake in Asiatic Turkey la clearly a gross exageration. The Petnal loss of life as far as the pres ent information goes Is thirty per* •ona. ■>.—, decision JoUowed a sen-. soning, which originated from a blls- I ter caused by a tight shoe. - .u. - $r. ■ *■/., '• y '. -'u- i .-s- - ■V.4in -j Sajgimm showing tbdt the illey ifi which the bill, reported today is the Sen- man apparent}* The provision anthorlses the | a few days ago entered the city; . robbery is aiieged to have occurred is only a-few Inches wide. As Green I postmaster general to^ •stablish the I of La is a man of 200 pounds,, or better, J ay«tem for experimental purposes in | the Jones it Is declared witnessed testified te a two counties to be selected by him pany. of physical Impossibility and on this and to operate it under rulee and $7.M«. evidence is based the argument for regulations, inelndlng the fixing of By a ruse. Mr. a new trial. j rates, to be preecrihed by that Of-j the man, who uclal. ■, • ^ ' -, ■ Negro I Richmond, Va.. Feb. • v. arrested. <■» - Under gaum Drifts. Seven persons In the hotel kept I by Mr. and Mrs. L. Waters at tbs] ^ • ; , Newcastle Eng., Fsb. It.—A tel-J Gillaspie, the negro creet of the Continental divide at rlble disaster hms occurred at West] attempted an assault the Alpine tunnel, near Reuna Vista, Stanley, a .small mining town 12 j lady of this city,' Cal., are on the point of starvation, distant, in which. It la feared. | the electric chair lowing to deep snows. 180 Uveg hart been lost. '» “ '' ' ’•Vv.'v - w 'Vc ^ > .%-.^r'i' Vi- V-,: vyj , ; ,. / r ; ... I