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rg;^-:r^ar; ZZ^:-T±i^Z2S£ZSa *7z~- •# n. #<M •^44 j BABJjTWKTJi. S.JC.. THURSDAY. MARCH 11. 1909 ~ L:j BAD OLD MAN Is Duncan Cooper Now on Trial * t •L:_.._S u t k ; ...' r-r.i- - for Murder. HOUSE SET ON FIRE TEDDY RETIRES ■/ AND TEN PEOPLE MET F1EKY DEATHS. CHIEF OF A BAD GANG Mixed Up In the Robbery of the State of Tennessee With Treneur- er Polk—Aeeamlnation of Ex-Sen ator Carmack Was the Only Way \ to Silence His Pen and His Voice. Atlanta, March 4.—In a letter to the Journal Mrs. W. H. Felton, who is a very close observer of men and events, says the history of Duncan Cooper throws light on the politics of Tennessee for the last twenty years, and the people who throng the court house in Nashville to listen to the testimony, which is certainly convicting, the men who assassinated ex-Senator Carmack are brought face to face with the deeds of certain men who have used their political offices to rule or ruin everything in front of them. The criminal court of Nashville may save the necks of the assassins, but their escape will undoubtedly be credited to the influence of certain men in high office who are tarred with the same stick. Tennessee is a great State, but it has been afflicted with glaring im- postuRo, in the persons and acts of a number of its prominent officials. Many of our readers will recall a Justice Snodgrass, who sat on th^ bench to shoot at his enemies. Oth ers^ will remember certain Tennes seeans who clmmttted a gluing fraud on the treasury of the Vnited States in the conduct of the noted, and I may truly say, the notorious Methodist - Publishing House claim before congress. The defaulting State treasurer who robbed the treasury of Tennessee of large sums of money,/in conjunction with this Duncan Cobper. now on tri al before the criminal court, will not be overlooked in the story of Ten nessee's affliction and humiliation. Hut fiction i^ outdone—outclassed —in the story of Cooper’s connec tion with Tennessee politics, which has culminated in the assassination of ex-Senator Carmack,.as the pos sible w^y to curb Carmack’s pen (and take his life). In the opinion of this hoary and disreputable politic ian, who is desperate and deadly in hate. So violent and so tyrannical have been his methods that he has finally shoved his only son into the dark shadows of the gallows to car- ry out his foul plans. I am sorry for the son because he has been brought up under the In fluence of a fath“r who had no re spect for the presence of a nice young lady, and poured out such filthy abuse of Carmack before he started out to kill him that she could not repeat the obscenity when ca'lled as a witness against him. He is a self-confessed gambler, and a notorious embezzler, when occupy ing a seat as chancery judge to whom had been committed money belong ing to widows and orphans, as shown by court records. When Tennessee was robbed by Treasurer Polk of many thousands this same Cooper was exploiting a silver mine down in Mexico with money furnished by Polk as his active partner. have read of morphine fiends, whir scarred continuously their own bodies with hypodermic in jections until the entire epidermis was tattooed and disfigured, but here the governor's office in Tennessee for the past year who Is scarred with evil deeds, evil thoughts and murder ous Intents, and yet has gone un scathed and defiant until haled be fore the' criminal CQUft for conspir acy to murder ex-Senator Carmack. Backed by official Influence, he conferred witl\ Tenessee's chief ex ecutive before he went forth to kill, and he was in no wist deterred by the presence of Mrs. Eastman, when he oaucht up with his intended vic tim. and saw his own son do the murderous deed, conspiring with his own parent, also armed, to kill. What a sight for men and angels to look upon. To show the extent of this wretch ed man’s Infatuation and degrada tion and dishonesty he made public boast cn his oath that he donated over a thousand dollars to a poor Confederate soldier a short time ago and yet was forced by his own coun sel to go back and again testify on oath tb-vt-d-hs donation was tow than, fifty dollars. This cloak of Con federate sympathy, so often abused and misused, was attempted to be applied by this man (catching at straws) to influence the jury to save hi* neck. without saying that Ten- nessee, under her present trouble, -srtH etbher repudiate the entire gang of conspirators er receive the public scorn end contumely that her imbe cility and Impotency will merit. And Turns tin Government Over to W, H. Toft In x Blackmailers, Baulked, Burned the Building, Which Was Full of Wo men and Children. New York, March 3.—An Incen diary Ore in the flve-story brick ten ement houae, 374 Seventh avenue, early today caused the death of ten persons and the Injury of a score of others. An investigation showed that the stairs and halls from the basement to the top floor had been saturated with kerosene oil. Six months ago the owner of the building had re ceived a threatening blackmailing letter. The dead: Lillian Fllicatl, 50 years old. ... Rosa Tlacla, 7 years old. Lena Tlacla, 13 years old. Francesco Grupti, 58 yearg old. Mrs. Josephine Trazisancb 5Q years old. / Joseph Trazlsano, 20 years old. Mrs. Carolina Fansone, 80 years old. Lena Trazlsano, 32 years old. An undentified plan, 40 years old, and unidentified boy, four years old. The Injured:/ Robert Faptzson, of engine com pany No. 26, right hand nearly cut off by fa 11 lag mass. Nicholas Bardilia. 20 years old. burned about head and face. Miss Matilda Manad, 20 years old, burned about face and body. New York hospital. ^he Are started in the basement and raced to the roof following the trail of oil. The firemen were delayed in reach ing the blaze l*ecause of the Penn sylvania railroad tunnel and had to go In a round about way to reach the scene. When they arrived the entire bull ding was In flames. Scaling lad lers were'used and many of those who had appeared at the front win- lows-were carried down by the fire men. After the fire was extinguished and a search of the building was made, the ten dead bodies were found on the upper floors. The members of the Trazlsano family were found grouping around the bed in a little room in the attitude of prayer. TERRIBLE VICE PRESIDENT HONORED. The Senators Give .Mr. Fairbanks Sil ver Service. Washington, March 3—Behind closed doors the senate today paid o Vice President Fairbanks one of the most remarkable tributes ever given a presiding officer. He was presented with a magnificent sliver service resting $1,185, a* the gift of the entire lx)dy of senators, and with loving cup as the present of the Democratic members. The presentation of the silver ser vice was made by Senator McCumber. Senator Daniel spoke for the minor ity, declaiming upon Mr. Fairbanks’ uniform fairness. He suggested that f at any time Mr. Fairbanks should ire of the monotonous service in the Republican party the Democrats would be glad to welcome him. He factiously suggested that it would not be well for Mr. Fairbanks o take more than one daught from the flagon before breakfast, if it should happen to get filled with oth er than milk. WOl'NDEl) BY CALLER. KU|ed His Father. Jonesboro, Ala., March 3.—Powell Earnest, ITyears old, shot and killed his father, C. O Ernest, yesterday afternoon while v -ther was beat- hira. The youth was tracked Girl Shot In Thigh After Quarrel Over a Game. New York, March 3.-—Agnes Welch, a seventeen-year-old girl em ployed by the Western Union Tele graph Company, Is in the hospital to day after having been shot in the thigh by Harold Miller, a'n electric ian. Miller was calling on th" girl at her home in Brooklyn, and they quarreled while playing a game of parchesl. The police say that he became angered because of her ref erence to another young man, and suggfsted that they decide whether he was to call by throwing dice. A jstruggfe followed, in which the giri was wounded. She said after ward that she believed Mjller did not shoot intentionally, but the police placed him under arrest. HANGED FOR ASSAULT. A Fiend Pays the Penalty of His Heinous Crime. • Wilmington, N. C., March 3.—Wil liam Ward, a negro half-breed, was hanged at Clinton, N. C., privately today for a criminal assault upon Mrs. Motile McLeod, a white woman, near that place. He made no con fession. A.party of curious specta tors who had climbed a tree£to wit- ttpwb the’ exeeuttoYr inside the jail enclosure were precipitated to the ground by the breaking of a limb, and several of them were slightly injured. Ine wit with blood hounds and captured at Bessemer. Killed by a Tree. Clinton, N. C.. March 3.—Several houses here were unroofed and some blown down by a high wind. At a sawmill four miles from Clinton, a tree was blown down, killlns a ne gro employe. VVhlch Upset All the Plans for the Occasion, Denying the Two Hun dred Thousand Visitors the Privi lege of Seeing the Actual Inaugu ration in the Senate Chamber. Washington. March 4.—With all the homage that assembled thous ands, representatives of every State, al^nost every hamlet, of the nation could pay; to the accompaniment of martial music, the rhythmic tramp of soldiers feet, the echo of saluting guns, the unchecked enthusiasm privileged only to a free people of a great republic, William Howard Taft, of Ohio, .became the twenty- seventh president of the United States. Second only to the inauguration of the man who will be both ruler and servant of the American people for the next four years, was the induct ion into office of James Schoolcraft Sherman, of New York, as Vice President, a position carrying-with it always the grave responsibility of succession to the presidency through death or disability of the executive. And not without its influence upon the day and the epoch-marking event was the exit of Theodore Roosevelt, heralded today by countless admir ers, for seven years past the most picturesque, (he most virilr, and one of the greatest figures ever upon the stage of American public life. This afternoon the retiring presi- N. Y., while upon the spot occupied N. Y., while uopn the spot occupied by him four years ago stands Presi dent William H. Taft reviewing one of the most magnificent military and civic parades in American history, his dominant figure the command ing presence in a cheering multi tude of more than two hundred thousand patriotic American j»er- sons. Tonight a new ruler of 90,000,000 people will wend his tired but hap py way into the long sought seclu sion of the White House, and the most magnificent inauguration ever witnessed by a republic will have seen its formal end. President Taft had arrived in Washington from New York the af ternoon of February 27. and until March 2 with his family was the guest of Miss Mabel Boardman, of the Red Cross Society, at her home, 1801 P street northwest. Yester day he accepted the invitation of Mr. Roosevt^t which had been ex tended some time ago, to be his guest at the White House the day before inauguration. The Taft fam ily went to the White House yester day afternoon and lunched with the retiring president at the usual hour. He slept in the White House last night, and was up bright and early. Breakfast was served there at 9:30 a. m., and the incoming presi 'ent had practically nothing to occupy him until the time came to niaki the start to the rapltal. Wm. Howard Taft took the oath of office as 27th president of the Unit d States in the senate chamber at the capitol shortly after noon to day. Owing to the* snow and sleet storm it was nece^ary to modify the arrangements for the adminis tration of the oath on the platform at the east entrance to the capitol. An endeavor was made to carry out the original program concerning the inauguration parade, but on ac count of the storm only the regular military organizations were in line Immediately after the inaugura tion ceremonies were concluded, ex President Roosevelt proceeded to the union station, there to wait for a train to New York, which the of ficials of the Pennsylvania railroad expected to be able to start out about 3 o’clock. It was after 10 o’clock this morn ing when the first passenger train ov^r the Pennsylvania due at 8:15 o'clock, arrived here. At the union station it was not known when the Pennsylvania would be able to p?nd out a passenger train north, or in fact in any direction, although every effort was being made to get a train through for ex-President Roosevelt, who was scheduled to leave the capi tol at 10:25 for the union station, where he was to take a train for Oyster Bay. N. Y. ‘"At" Iff: 25 o'clock" the first commo- nication with the outside world was established by telegraph through wires working to the South. No wires were working northward at that time, although both the Western Union and Postal Telegraph Compa nies had hundreds of linemen at work between here and Baltimore anH “elsewhere repairing' (he " lines as fast as possible. The telephone company also had no lines working out of Washington beyond Alexan dria and it was said that it was not known when communication with points outside of Washington would be re-established. Although doubts had been express ed about the possibility of carrying out the program of the d4y it was decided that the general arrange- ments should ha followed aa cloaely as possible. Accordingly the veteran escort division gathered near the White House at 9:15 o’clock to es cort the president and president elect tb the capitol. ^Fromptly at 10 oclock President Roosevelt and President-elect Taft left the White House for the capitol, escorted by the veterans and troop A of Cleveland. Mrs. Roosevelt and Mps. Taft rode In the carriage with their husbands. It was exactly 11 o’colck when the retiring and the Incoming presi dents of the United States entered the president's room at the senate where they were met among other, by a delegation of prominent men from New York, including Senator Chauncey M. Depew and Senator E. Payne. At this time Mrs. Taft was es corted into the senate by Capt. Butt, aide to President Roosevelt. Charles P. Taft and his family entered a few moments later. Robert, Miss Helen and young Charles Taft, the president-elect’s children, entered the visitors gallery at the same time as did. Mr. Henry Taft and his wife. Rear Admiral Sperry and Mrs. Sper ry were also among the arrivals. As the hands crept near the hour of twelve the president and presi dent-elect, the cynosure of all eyes, entered amid a wave of applause. Each caught the eye of his wife in the gallery and bowed in that direc tion first. Mr. Roosevelt and Mr Taft were escorted by the congress ional committee on arrangements, who a moment later re-entered the chamber as escort to the vice presi dent-elect. He received an ovation. The president, the president-elect, and the vice president-elect took the seats reserved for thsm on the rostrum, facing the immense throng, Mr. Roosevelt, still chief executive, oceuplng the right. Vice President Fairbanks, in his most impressive manner, then ad ministered the oath to his successor The venerable senator chaplain, the Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, of- 'ered prayer, the subdued murmur of hundreds joining in the final in vocation of the Lord's Prayer. This Impressive feature over, Mr. Fair banks handed the gavel over to Vic? President Sherman, the retiring vice nresldent taking a seat near Speaker Cannon. Mr. Sherman then began his short Inaugural address. As the last person took his seat Chief Justice Fuller advanced slowly toward Mr. Taft, who arose to meet him. The supreme moment had ar rived. Holding a Bible between the two chief figures stood James H. Mc Kinney, clerk of the supreme court. A quiet fell over all. Slowly the chief justice began to speak the oath William Howard Taft repeating the words that made him president. Thousands leaned forward In breath less expectancy as he said: “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the pfflee of presi dent of the United States, and will f Q the best of my ability preserve, protect, and rfefend the Constitution of the United States." Then he reverently kissed the open pages of the Bible and stood facing the people—their chief magistrate. When the tumult and the shouting had died he began his Inaugural ad dress which appears elsewhere. That over, there was another de monstration, hundreds pressed al>out (o grasp his hand, until at last he ffipped away to the president's room n the senate where he rested a few moments before beginning the re- ‘urn to the White House. The re- Mring president, loath to divide the honor with his successor, quietly began the journey to the union sta- •*ion, where he took a special train for Oyster Bay. The inauguration proper was over. The parade, the spectacular scenes in honor of the new executive, were about to begin. THE EVER HEADY GUN. ni/)WN FROM TRACK. THEY MEET AGAIN tide turns south After Being Seperated for About Fifty-Five Yeors. AFTER MANY YEARS Two Brotheni Greet Each Other la Columbia—One Served in the Union and One in the tVmfedernte Army—A Very Unusual and Inter esting Reunion Was Held. Columbia. March 4.—To have a man, apparently an entire stranger, approach suddenly and announce that he is a brother whom one had not seen in 55 years is an experience out of the ordinary, to say the least, hut that Is what happened to Mr. S. A. Horn, at his home, 1419 Assembly street, as he was sitting on his front porch yesterday afternoon. Mr. Horn was quietly enjoying the sun of a beautiful day when he ob served a stranger meandering along, looking closely at the houses bn thi street. The stranger went Into Mr Horn’s daughter's house, which is next to his own, and then coming out passed only to retrace his steps and stop at the gate. Mr Horn called to the man, asking if Jhff was looking for some one's house, re ceiving the reply that he was looking for a Mr. Horn. Mr. Horn replied that that was his name, and then the atrunger rush ed in and asked, “Is this Sam?” "What's left of him,” replied Mr Horn, whereupon the other replied. "Well, I'm Bill.” And so It proved, his brother Bill. The two had not seen each other In 55 years and had only been in communication with each other since last August, when another of the brothers, Bernard, lied is San Jose, Cal. It was then that Mr. S. A. Horn found that his brother, William N. Horn, was still alive and in Portland, Ore. Since that time they have been exchanging letters but Mr. S. A. Horn of Columbia had no Information o! Mr. VV. N. Horn's presence in the city until he came to the house. Mr. Wmv--N. Horn- ls on his way from Portland to visit the old home ulace In Maine, but will remain In the city for a wjjek, the guest of his long separated brother. The Horn family lived In Gardner, Maine, until 1857, when S. A. Horn, at the age of 15 came to South Car olina. During the War Between the ^cc'fons he was a member of Hamp- 'on s cavalry, while his brothers, among the number W. N. Horn, were soldiers in the federal army. The brother now In the city was a mem ber of a Maine regiment, serving un der Gen. O. O. Howard. — Shorty after the conclusion of the struggle the reunited brothers went West while S. A. Horn returned to his home in the South. The broth ers had not met during the war and no communication was established between the two until August of‘last year, when the , death of a brother caused a correspondence to com mence between the two families. Mr. Horn, deciding to visit the old home again, concluded to surprise his brother while en route and did not apprise him of his coming until his arrival at his door step. Fifty-five years' lapse had not dull ed the ardor of the brotherly af fection, one for the other, and ili<> two are elated at being reunited. Each Is nearing his alloted 70 years. SAYS A PROMINENT COLORADO I" rAitfnaL ~ Who Says the West lias Had Its Day, In a letter to CommlMioBer Watson. Columbia, S. C., March 4.—"The tide ha* turned to the Fouth, the West has had Its day." is the text of a letter received by Commissioner Watson from a prominent farmer, near Denver, Colo. After months of painstaking labor in advertising this State and section the returns are beginning to come In. The letter states that a party of Western farmers will visit South Carolina In Aprlal and wish to look over some unimproved land with the Idea of buying It and cultivating It with the Improved Western methods. Commissioner Watson was partic ularly gratified with the letter. It J* one of a large number he has re -elved lately, along the same Liner which proves that the advertising of the State’s resources In the We»< has brought results, as stated It his last reports this work has npw reached a stage when the In^mlgra tion work will no longer be neces sary and from fndicattons many set tiers from the West and Northwest will be secured within the next few months. As a result of the’work of Prof. Ira B. Williams and Commissions Watson In field work and demon stration farm methods last year, ‘very county in the State Is taking in active interest in the plans There are now In this State 26 field agents working under Prof. William: and since the first of the year ar rangements have been made in tbt counties of York. Lancaster, Lee, lumter, Darlington, Clarendon and later Florence, for the work, thlt ;n addftlon to the counties already operated. Before the end of the year Commissioner Watson hopes tc have the work going ahead In every •ounty in the State with the ex eptlon of about Seven, that are not actively interested In agriculture. Efforts will be made for a cred itable exhibit from this State af •he Corn and Cotton Exposition tr be held In Chicago during the fall ( ornmissioner Watson has received authority from the general assembl) to use such parts of the celebrate# South Carolina display as he may wish and he will take up with th- manufacturers of "South Carolina the need for a display of the products o; corn and cotton with a view to se curing sufficient contributions tc" take the exhibit Jo Chicago and maintain It there for a short time. The expense would be very light ant it is believed that the exhibit would be a paying Investment for the en tire State. There are no fundt in the hands of the com mission or for the work and there fore he will ask the people most In terested to contribute. * Tin MUdtic Nttfork f *>▼*" toes The storm la Yety Deatraettve to the ■ *» WHAT IT DID ('OUT. RESCUES COLORED CHIU). Shooting Scrape in l^incaster Caused l by Nothing. Lancaster, March 3.—A difficulty occurred here this afternoon between two young white men, Claude Small, son of Leonard Small, a well known farmer of this vicinity, and J. W. Gregory, of Yorkvllle, in which the latter fired four shots with a re volver at the former. Small, how ever, was struck by only one bullet, which lodged In the shoulder. The wound Is not considered fatal. The shooting originated over the most trival matter. There were three young men in a wagon. The wind blew off Small’s hat and in catching it he knocked off Gregory’s hat and the shooting followed. Blind tiger whiskey, no doubt, was the cause of the trouble. Engineer on FaM Moving Train Acts the lien*. Rocky Mount, N. C., March 4.— The Record says heroism, as is pic tured by the novel, the like of which is seldom seen, was that displayed by Engineer G orge Bailey Monday morning at a point one mile south of Jamesville, on the branch line of the Atlantic Coast Line from this city to Plymouth. His act of hero ism saved the life of a child at the peril of his own, and many a person has been stylcffa hero who dUJn’t en danger his own safety half so much as did the act of the engineer. Monday morning he was the engin eer in charge of passenger train No. 65 bound for this city, and his train was running about 25 miles an hour, wh n it rounded a curve and he no ticed. not a hundred yard* ahead, a colored child, too young to be aware of its impending danger, playing on the track. The engineer knew that .to apfily..emergency brakes would imperil the lives of every passenger on the train, for the tax on the track would most likely result in a derail ment,, so h? cut off the steam from his engine and made a dash for the running hoard and from this to a position on the cow-catchrr of train and as the engine reached the child Fairbanks Paid For and Took Tha( Ink Htand. Washington, March 6.—When h< leaves office today. Vice Presfden' Fairbanks will take with him th( beautiful inkstand.” which has orna tnented his desk for the past foui years. This Inkstand has been th< subjict of considerable interest be cause of the published^ stories that It had cost |500. According to custom the presiding officer of the senate Is privileged tc d+«ign and have manufactured aneb ornamentalJnk receptacle as he fan cies and the one procured by Mr Fairbanks was made by a manufact uring jeweler of New 'Yqrk. The criticism of the reputed cost, of this stand has rankled in Mr Fairbanks’ heart for four years, and today he sent to Secretary Bennett a check for $200, which was the actual cost of the ornament, and an nounced That he would take it with him. • SEVEN MEN HANGED.' , Telegraphic Ugca Are— - Ate Practically Isolated—DU® F*. * 'T ’ 1 . r "♦ •p? i ?e aanetal Low to .Well Niflh laeal- rutoble-—Three Are De^d ta ft. Y. New York, March 4.—»Ae the re sult of a March bllstord which swept down unannounced'daring the night, the qt^Tdle Atlantic seaboard from New York to Norfolk found Itaelt today buried Uk an avalanche of snow and swept by destrnctive winds. ’ For a tlme'liere today conditions seemed to threaten a repetition of the great Jtlissard of March ll, Hit; hut tonight thp'•totm anni to Mm. vlarming proportions. For the telephone and telegraph companies the storm wan on® of th® worst in years. The worst of the mow hurricane struck a' wedge of territory which included Washington ind Baltimore. The region swath of Philadelphia wm wellnigh hv blank m the map for the greater part of be day. j» Reports from Perryvilia, Md.. said tonight that for ,39 miles beyond that point«v?ry wire is down. These lines include some of the bait inf most “xpenslvely constructed wires In the -.ountry. , ( The first train from Washington , o reach Jersey City today grrlred ... at 5 o'clock this afternoon and it was lue at 7:08 arm. In New York city three ffrdk were lost the sinlHnf or etf ftaftHnorw^- fc Ohio coal barfees at St. George, Raten Island. In Neto York harbor barges under tow were blown ashore, while tngs and small boats * went scurrying for corer.' »♦ '* Between Baltimore and Washing- “ ■on hundreds of telegraph poles were isrried down by the weight of snow ind ice and the wind. North and oast of the city trains are merely creeping along without aid of tel egraphic order*. It may be a week before normal conditions are reatof- sd. At ho prevloua time In the city’s history has the sireet -ear servtoe received so severe a blow. The fi nancial loss la Indalcuable. Thoogr tnds of people who expected to at- tond the inauguration in Washing ton where unable to obtain traos- Doriation. then. liJLt . Washington was swept by the blls- sard early—this morning, which in- ~ terfered vary materially with the in* iuguration program. President Taft took the oath of office in the Senate Chamber Ipstead^of In the open air is Is customary. • - • The snow covered everything and h? wind was biting cold. Thoee who were on the streets to see the pa rade, and the paraders themselves, suffered very much from the cold 4now and slush filled the streets to ’he deptlUof a foot or more in places The wind threshed many of the city’* •rettlest decorations to threads. The immense reviewing stands along ‘he line of march were made well Vlgh untenable, and many of them rad to be deserted. ■'/i m yji CHARGED WITH ARSON. Two White Men Arrested for Burn ing a House. Greenville, March 3.—Warrants have been sworn out for the arrest two white men, charging them with burning the home of William Britton, a white man, who was con victed at the recent term of the Gen eral Session Court of murder and jenteneed to HH». Britton’s wif* was living in the housa and narrowly.es caped being burned with It. She says the men burned. It because the reported their stillg to the officers. KILLED HIS FRIJCND Gale of Wind Plays Strange Prank With a Train. Wilmington, N. C., March 3.— A gale of what, which, accompanied by gale of wind, which, accompanied by morning, struck the middle of a 55- ear WHifftngt on-bound Atlantic Coastf playing-on the track So ea-ught - Its Line train which' was standing at a water tank at Dudley, near Golds boro, and blew five of the cars clear off the line and overturned one on the track. There was no other dam age. - • Dead In a Mine. Butte, Mont., March 3.—Four men were killed lb the Diamond mine. dress and pulled the child upon the engine from its impending danger and saved its life. Ixtuisiann Had a Regular Hanging Bee on Friday. New Orleans. March 6.—Seven men, all of whom were negroes, were legally executed In the State of Louis iana Friday? At Port Allen, west Baton Rouge parish, three men died on the same scaffold. Two of those, Wallace and Ben Jones, were brothers and were accused of kitling C. H. Hall, a rail road conductor, while the other, Chas. Davis, murdered W. H. Boat- tv»r.-a guard at theriUtste-peniten tiary, Davis, at the time being a con vict. Charles Madison committed the crime of aasanlt Aifid was hnns In Calcaaieu parish. The others, all murderers, were Jack Ratler, ftt. Mary’s parish; Wil-- To Get Money to Lean to Raw am Automobile. r « '. Hutchinson, Kans., March l,~To obtain money to attend a school sad learn to be a chauffeur. Onrilia Pol and, 19 years old, murdered Jesse Haymaker, a friend, who had aharga of the Hutchinson express otto* at confessed ja j^ea of guilty thfgf ed by FuTjrturT Poland was acfftenc* ed to life imprisonment. The mtird- etowns committed early last Wednes day morning. SAW MISSING SON Wilson to be postmaster at Flor ence, S. C. Wilson is a colored man. la Moving Picture and Piada, Wilson Rejected. Washington, March 3.—In execu tive session the senate today re jected the nomination of Joshua E. Jto "WTTHnms, Jefferson pariah; An- n , IT I .. a ,4 (.AM. k, — , . _ .. ■ , drew Washington, Madison Jla Collier, who through the premature discharge of sod he was rejected at the request hanged today for mnrdar in a blast. / -of Senator Tillman. j parish, was granted a '*V tfiat ha Wiser® Seen. * Lafayette, Ind.. March !.- attending g jnoving' terday afternoon jn a Florida ostrich farm presented, Mrs. recognised her She had not 1 sever and today -While