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*«r VOL. XXXII BARXWELL. S. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 8, 1909 RESIST TAXES H»D close call Texes Indians Kill Tax Officers And Tribe Breaks [ AN AIRSHIP PLYING AROUND BE YOND CONTROL. HITS THE SOUTH mnamje explodes Tariff on Kalnlt Will Rob Our Farmers UNDER NEW VIADUCT IN NEW # YORK CITY. Pmswed Through Terrible INTO OPEN. WARFARE | storm. But FtnaUr Laiujed Safe and Sound. OF A LARGE SUM I Great Damage Wo# Done, and Looks as if the Outrage Is the Outgrowth of Minor Lobar Trouble. The Trouble Was Caused by the Munich, April 1.—The Zeppelin | of Hard airship, with the count himself on State and County Authorities fry- I board, is a plaything of the winds „ „ ^ i and being swept helplessly over ing to Collect Taxes on the In- , co. . T # . i * the country. She is out of control dians* Property and Confiscating | and drifting. *ith no hope of being able to make headway against the increasing wind. The wind is too high to attempt landing. Soldiers in swift automobiles are racing over the country after the vessel, in order to be on hand should Earned Dollars, Which Would Be an Outrage on It for Not Paying. El -Paso, Texas, April 1.—Rebel lious at the attempt of the authori ties to collect taxes and confiscate property, the Temosachic Indians in New York, March 31.—A heavy charge of dynamite, said to have This I been placed by dissatisfied laborers recently employed on the construc- Sectlon of the Country, as Kalnlt | tlon of the new steel viaduct over the Hoboken Meadows was exploded with a tremendous crash at 3:15 this morning, wrecking one of the supporting pillars of the structure and shattering every window in the Does Not Compete American Product. With Any Columbia, April 1.—A delegation of South Carolina farmers and com- neighborhood for a radius of a quar- merclal fertilizer manufacturers will | ter of a mile. A number of persons are known propeny, rue i “ the attempt be made to alight and Probably go to Washington on the " uu “ lucl , , , ‘ the State of Chihuahua broke into 1/ u 6 .1 have been cut by flying glass and open warfare, killing several tax of-. several squadrons of heavy cavalry 1 warpath in a few days to protest The airship left Friedrichshafen this morning and five hours later appeared over Munich. The distance of 111 miles was covered in five against that provision of the much discussed Payne tariff bill, which imposes a duty of 20 per cent on potash salts. Comjmlssioners Watson has Just received a very strong letter from Director Harper, of the experiment I , , . . . . - „ | have been ordered out and are gai- flclals, terrorizing the town of San ... .. . . .. “ j ..v, loping down the roads to the north- Andfeas, and cutting the telegraph I ® _ , / | eastward for the same purpose, wires. 1 The Indians then sent out a gener al call for reinforcement to resist the enforcement of taxes and the con fiscation of property. . Two train- loads of troops have been sent from Chihuahua to quell the rebellidh. T#e*ofIlcers were killed when they tried to confiscate property, because of the non-payment of taxes. Regular troops and Rurales were pushed to the scene when the news first reacber Chihuahua and since then reinforcements have gone out on special trains. The Indians cut the tele K ra l’^ i 2eppelin, Major Sperling, several I facturing in the country, and supply- wires and wor o e upr s ng wen 0 jjj cerg 0 f en gj neer corps and ing the farmers not only of South to the State capital by telephone. 1 0 f t o The country is thickly populated with descendants of Temosachic In dians. The ranches in the region are known as the ‘‘Sharp Shooters of Chihuahua,’' J*nd jth^y are feared by State officers. The Indians and half-breeds always 'go armed and are skilled at warfare hours. Count Zeppelin intended to station at Clemson, denouncing the sail to Munich and back. new duty as an outrage, saying It A helVf Wind being encountered, will take f 200,000 a year out of the Count Zeppelin sought to avoid ft 1 pockets of the farmers of this Stale by rising to a higher altitude, but alone. This stuff comes mostly from this manoeuver apparently was un- Germany and as there is nothing succcessful, for the balloon was driv- in this country to compete against en rapidly from the sight of the it the duty is regarded as a double [people of Munich in a northeasterly shame against both the farmers and direction. | the fertilizer people. Charleston falling plaster, but no word has been received of fatuities as yet. The rumble of the explosion was heard throughout Manhattan and far into the Long Island suburbs and for hours the various police stations wiere busy answering inquiries as to the nature of the explosion and it whereabouts. As soon as the source of the de tonation had been traced the re serves from the Hoboken police sta tion were sent to the scene as were a number of ambulances from va rious hospitals. The neighborhood of Willow ave nue, where the explosion took place, was thrown into s panic and scant!- THEY KICK Democrats Don’t Like Being Bar red From the A ROMANCE OF THE CIVIL WAR ENDS IN TARIFF HEARINGS The ship is manned by the Count being the centre of fertilizer manu- ly dressed men and women rushed a crew of soldiers from the ballon batallion of the German army. Wher its peril became apparent, soldiers were ordered to take every measure to aid. Storm Increasing. Erdlng, April 1/—The 2)eippielln There has always been considerable I alr8hil) ’ d rlven before the storm, in unrest in the region, especially since creasing in violence, passed swiftly the numerous arrests of revolution-1 over this town at disap peared in the direction of Land- ago seventy armed Temosachic In-1 hut dians in open battle stood off a reg- 11 disappeared quickly in the snow iment of troops, killing more than 8torm that aro8e suddenly. It is 900 men. They were later forced understood that there are between back to a church which was stormed 18 and 20 offlcer8 and men on board, by artillery before the Indians were The count dropped out a note ad- subdued dressed to the commanding offlcer According to El Correo, a daily | of the C ^ a,r y that are fo . llow in« his newspaper o^Chihuahua, the trouble at San Andreas over State taxes route, The message reads: “Beloved Comrades: Many between the two families of thanks; P 1 ^ 86 in neigh- arose Murga and Barrangon last Saturday night. The Barragon faction, El Correo says, started a dispute with the Mur- gas and the Murga forces upheld borhood until wind falls and I can return to Munich.’’ And Twelve Members of Crew Loose Their Lives. Marseilles, April 1.—The French the State government in Its levy airship landed safely this afternoon done to let congress know that the tank barge Jules Henry, In the oil Landed at Last, Dingelfing, April 1.—The Zeppelin Carolina, but of many adjoining States. Commissioner Watson nas sent Mr. Harper s letter on to Congressman Lever to say what kind of a delega tion would be most effective to come to Washington on the subject. After hearing from Mr. Lever Mr. Watson will probably call on the State Far mers' Union to get toigether and name a delegation to go on to Wash ington. Mr. Harper's letter to Mr. Watson follows: “Dear Sir: I understand from the German kail people that section 3 of the Payne tariff bill imposes a duty of 20 per cent on potash salts. 1 think this is an outrage. This will mean that South Carolina will pay an additional duty to the govern ment of about $2,00,000 a year This will come largely from the farmers. Most of the potash salts, which are how in the free list, are consumed by Southern farmers, as sandy soils of the South are more deficient in jwtash than clay soils, and most of the soils of the South are sandy. Something should be into the streets in terror. An investigation showed that the charge of dynamite had been placed at the base of one of the steel up right supports and that the force of the explosion had completely torn it from its concrete foundation. It is said that recently there had been minor troubles among the workmen employed in the construc tion of the viaduct, and that the outrage may have been perpetrated by some mal-contents in revenge for a fancied wrong. The viaduct which had been two years building, is a structure nearly half a mile long, connecting Ho boken with West Hoboken over a wide idea of sunken meadows. No estimate has as yet been plac ed on the damage caused by the ex plosion but it is believed that it will amount to several thousand dollars. OIL BOAT BLOWN IT* against livestock. Pistol shots were after having been eleven hours in exchanged. I the air - Part of the time the jour- The State tax collector, who he- ney was perilous. The rear motor came involved, was wounded. Sold-1 refused to work and the forward ler's were sent from Chihuahua on I motor alone could not develop suf- the regular trains to quell the riot | ficient strength to drive the ship but when the troops arrived, the combatants had fled to the hills. against the high wind. Several anxious hours were spent by the people of South Carolina protest j trade between Philadelphia and against any such treatment. Cette, blew up this morning and “Yours very truly, wa8 practically totally wrecked. “J. N. HARPER." Twelve members of her crew were The fertilizer manufacturers join killed and many others wounded, in the comment of Mr. Harper that A representative of the Veritas the new duty is an outrage against | agency, accompanied by the second Bacon Rrtiolutlon Declaring That Democratic Members of the Senate Finance Committee Should Attend Tariff Hearings Discussed In Sen ate and Referred. Washington, April 1.—After de ciding today practically to confine the business of the extraordinary ses sion to the iariff, the Senate entered upon the consideration of Senator Bacon's resolution declaring that the Democratic side of the chamber should be^ represented, in hearings held by the committee on finance. Senator Aldrich, chairman of the committee, immediately took the floor to explain the reason why the Republican members of the commit tee were proceeding wirt) tlfe consld- eratlon of the bill, without invlling the Democrats to be present. He contended that as the Republican TlM Marralge Of • Man snd Wo man After Half • Century Had Passed Away. Chicago, April 1.—Letters writ ten by a tender hearted invalid girl during the civil war to cheer the heart of a wounded soldier she had never seen, form the foundation of a romance which has found Us cul mination after many years. The climax comes In a wedding at Oak Park, the contracting parties being Mrs. Ansellne Gunn, a widow, writer of the letters, and Captain Seldon M. French, of Denver, who received them. The captain Is 67 years of age, his bride 65. When a youth of nineteen Captain French Joined the 12th Iowa regi ment, and went away to war. Mrs. Gunn, then a girl of 17, was an in valid, confined to her home In a small Iowa town. The girls in the town decided to do something to help the war, and it was finally arranged that each should select the name of a wound ed soldier, write to him and en courage him In the struggle. A lot w9k drawn, and the Invalid fllrl drew (the nam|e nf Cap|ta*in party would be held responsible for tariff legislation, it was the province i p renc ii w ho was at the time suf- of the Republican members of the j erlng j rom a woun( j j n a Southern committee to shape the bill for tTie | Senate. Mr. Aldrich declared that the poll- ] cy pursued by the committee was the same practice as had been accept ed in the consideration of other tar iff hills, practically including the At the close of the war the two lost trace of each other, and both married. Captain French and his wife moved to Denver and the girl whom he had grown to think of as sister became Mrs. Gunn, and a WTlson-Gorman hill. Republicans resident of Austin. A few years and Democrats alike for fifty years, ago the cap tain’s wife died. Mr. Aldrich said, had pursued the Three weeks ago Captain French policy of having the Senators of the ca me here for a visit. Prevailed majority party frame the tariff hill upon to recount some of his experi- hefore it was placed before the fulll enc e* in the war, the veteran told committee. j of the unique correspondence * he Senator Daniel insisted on know- had with the girl he had neyer ing what objection could be urged seen. He was astonished to learn by the Senator from Rhode Is'anJ that the writer of the letter# was against the Democratic members of a widow and lived only a few blocks the committee hearing the state- away. nients. “Is it,” asked Mr. Dautet Captain French decided upon an "a private snap for the purpose of immediate call at the home of his framing a tariff bill without giving war-time “sister.” The friendship right to representatives of the people which long had lain dormant ripen ed into love and a wedding was ar ranged. The couple Immediately after the ceremony departed for Pittsburg landing, Tennessee, to attend the annual reunion of the National Aa- sociatlon of Survivors of the Bat tle of Shiloh. CHARLESTON BLIND TIGERS To Be Enjoined by the State Sir preme Court. the farmers of this State and of the aeronauts before an opportunity was entire South. CHILDREN AND ALCOHOL. offered to make a safe landing. Scientist Hays Drink Habit Is Too F.asily Formed. TO HONOR MAURY. New York, Marqh 31.—Comment ing upon an article by Dr. Weber, in the Deutsche Medizinische Woch- enacrift. The Medical Record today Memorial Lighthouse Proposed in His Honor. When he was shown Mr. Harper’s letter and asked what “infant indus try” in this country such a duty would benefit or protect. General Manager C. FitzSimons, of the South ’em Cotton Oil Company .which is affiliated with the Virginla-Carolina Chemical Company, said: “None whatever. It is is a plain, case of the government needs the money, I suppoee. We own our mines in Gtrmany and Import thous ands and thousands of tons every Washington, March 31.—A mem orial to the late Matthew Montaine quotes the German scientist as con- I Maury, who was a lieutenant and derailing the practice jof allowing commander in the United States na- young people still in the formative vy, in charge of the Naval Ohser- to partake, no matter how casually, j vatory, in the form of a lighthouse j y ea j. ( and it is sold to the farmer- of Intoxicants. I to be constructed either by the Unit- j a jj over the South. Of course the “Enough of the physiology of I cd States alone or in conjunction I farmers will have to pav the dif- oohol is known nowadays, says Dr. I with such otfaeT nations as may de- j and if the new duty means Weber, “to state positively that the sire to co-operate, is planned in n j2oo,000 a year out of the South Car- use of alcohol can have only delet- I bill introduced by Representative I olina farmers, it will mean millions erous effects upon an organ. I Gordon, of Tennessee. The memo- J a y^ar out of the pockets of th “It is, therefore, the duty of the j rial is to be known as the Maury I Southern farmers generaliv. The physicians to warn parents of the I memorial lighthouse. The bill car-1 demand for potash has been particu- danger of giving alcoholic drinks I ries an appropriation of $50,000 for j | a rly strong this season in this State to children on such occasions as par-] the preliminary work. an d thorughout the South. It is In the introduction to the hill it use d in the manufacture of fertiliz is set forth that Lieut. Maury render-1 ^ rgj aa( j farmers buy large quan- ed invaluable servicea to this K ov -J titles and mix it themselves with ernment by his scientific r-search and writings and conferred lasting benefit on the commerce of the worhl. He inaugurated and system atized hydrographic and geographic j division manager for the V.-C. investigations, bringing together in p^pig, “j w in this afternoon for- paciflc convention the nations of war d a copy of the Mr. Harper's the earth. letter to the Richmond headquar- He laid the foundations for the es- ters. I have no doubt but that our patronaj^- boss of South Carolina. tab itgh me nt of the weather bureau peop i e w ji] j 0 i n t h e farmers in a The B^ltofflce Department has sent and f orecaB t e d its work of ‘‘tele- strong protest to congress him i formal request to name a suo graphic forecasting” by land and cessor to the late Postmaster Poinler 8@a He constructed "the physical | FOURTEEN BODIES RECOVERED, at Spartanburg, and Mr. Capers has geography of the sea” in all the lan- notifled ail candidates that they must g ua g eg 0 f the civilized world. It officer, was inspecting the vesel. In the course of their work they enter ed the tank hole. Immediately after ward there was a tremendous ex plosion. The (entire deck of the barge was lifted and the forward portion of the ship wrenched off twenty men of the crew, at work painting and repairing, were blown into the air. Great sheets of fire shot up from the vessel and in a few seconds she was enveloped in flames. Six badly burned bodies have been recovered from the floating wreckage and. a number of the wounded men were brought ashore. The other missing ones undoubtedly perished. The agency inspector and second officer were blown high into the air. They are still alive, but not expected to live, it is presumed that oil fumes in the tanks exploded. ASHETH VERY SMALL. ties, birthdays, etc., as the habit may be very easily engendered.” CAPERS IN THE SADDLE. Will Continue as Pie Distributer for ] Tliis State. Washington, March 31—There are indications today that John G. Capers isyto be continued as to the acied phosphate and cottonseed meal.” “It is the first I have heard of the situation,” said Mr. C. C. War 1 But Liabilities Bun up to a Million and a Half. Cleveland, O., April 1.—Rev. Wil 11am Mahon, pastor of St. Bridge.tt’a Catholic church, of Cleveland, and editor of the Catholic # University, filed a voluntary petition In bank ruptcy in the Federal court today His total liabilities are stated to be $1,594,141, with assets aggre gating $75,207. Father McMahon was director of the Fidelity Funding Company, of New York, founded by P. J. Kleran, and which now is in the hands of receivers. Thus it to hear the testimony?” Mr. Aldrich said it was not the purpose of the committee so far as he knew, to hold public hearings. An impassioned address by Sen ator Rayner was directed against the methods of the majority in the framing of a tariff bill. “This is the worst practice," he said“that has ever arisen before a legislative body.' "When you are dividing this plunder at least be fair to each oth er. On behalf of the Senator from West Virginia, I at least beg of you to give him back his raw materials. He has stood with you on the field of battle and when the hour of sub mission comes the Senator from West Virginia will be here ancTTiis pro testing voice will not be heard in this hall against a single article on the Schedule." He referred to the coal mines of the Senator from W|''Bt Virginia (Mr. Elkins), and his Indignation over the proposition to place the products of his State upon the free list. “We on this side,” he said, “are in the camp of the vanquished, and so far as I am concerned I would rather be in the camp of the van quished than in the camp of the vlc- ors in the possession of the spoils.” Mr. Aldrich charged that if the Senator from Maryland should frame tariff bill according to his policy, he would not get ten Democratic votes for it. He said a distinguish ed Senator from Maryland (the late Mr. Gorman) has recast the Wil son bill on liens that did not agree with th^ ideas put forth by the pres ent Senator from that State, and he did not believe he represented the! Manila, March 31.—Word hat views of all the people of Maryland hepn r p Ce |ved of the murder of Dr or even the Democrats of that State, william Jones, the noted anthopolog Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina. i8t who wa8 ln t h e fl-Md for the Louisiana and other States of the | Museum of Natural HI Tory of South, he said, are no longer in sup- Chicago. The murder occurred at port of free trade principles. t he headwaters of the Cagayan riv- “You might as well be frank,** J e r In Isbela province, said Mr. Aldrich, addressing the j No details of the stack have Democratic Senators, “and en Out. Washington, April 1.—The Idea that Democrats would be appointed to the offices in the South by Presi dent Taft has gone glimmering, and the Indications now are that none but good Republicans will be allowed up to the pie counter. Day after day statements are giv en out at the White House defining what “will be” President Taft’s pol icy In the matter of federal appoint ments. This has continued so long that it is becoming somewhat thread bare. First it was stated that In the South Democratic senators would be ••consulted” try Mr. Taft before any^ appointments of importance would be made. The Democratic senators know too well that no such thing will be done, and they are too shrewd to be eaugbt by this. It is generally known that Frank H. Hitchcock will be the real ap pointing power with reference to all Southern offices; and Frank H. Hitchcock’s record in the pine line Just before the Taft nomination, when he rounded up all the South- era postmasters and other job hold ers, does not tally with the state ment that Democrats art to he consulted” in regard to Southern appointments. The /latest statement informally furnished from the White House Is in regard to judicial appointments, and Is to the effect that such ap pointments will not be a part of the patronage of United States senators. It says: “The president does not propose to have judges made through political deals and influencee. He considers that he Is competent to pass upon the fitness of men for the bench, and he will do so. At the same time he will be glad to receive sugges tions from senators and representa tives as to the qualifications ofnap^ ‘ pllcants for judicial places. Upon other matters of federal ap pointments the policy of the new president Is to place upon the sena tors the responstblTUy of first elMS selections. In a way he will defer to their recommendations more gen erously than did his predecessor. Mr. Roosevelt frequently departed 'from senatorial recommendations \ have the hacking of the best clti- ig p rop0 sed that the money for the | The >' were Frv,n the Burn(>d Steamer | C ame about that his name was signed sens of the town, including the bus) monument shall be raised by pop ness interests. Mr. Capers has thus j u i ar subscription. ~?ar aoece—fully withstood lhe~5tjujt of a heavy fight and the tire is ap- | THE INCOME TAX LAW 7 , parently turning his way under pow erful influences in his behalf. | Auditors Showing a Disposition to VOTES SEW’ERAGE BONDS. Enforce It. - ^ ^ , Columbia, April l.^-The extension Gaffney Aligns Herself With Other tinw for tlie ma king of Income Live Towns. *. [tax rettlrna and the latter sent to all county auditors by Comptroller Gaffney, March 31.—That Gaffney I General Jonqs and approved by Gov- 1s a wide-awake and progressive ernor Ansel, has brought a number city was demonstrated In no uncer- 0 f replies from the auditors and tain terms today when the citlsens, several have sent oat blanks to all by a vote of 366 In favor of, and who are believed to be liable, in- 6 votes against, decided to issue slstlng that they make their returns flfh.fiOfi In bonds for the purpose before May 1. After that Urns reg- of installing a system of sewerage ular executions will be Issued, after for the city.' This, together with a penalty of 60 per cent has been several Other large enterprises soon [ added on an estimate of the prob- Altenburg. ~ Havana. March 31.—The bodies of al^tbe men missing from the Ham burg American steamer AHenburg, which was destroyed by fire Monday, were found in the harbor today. The bodies numbered fourteen and include Second Offlcer Rudolf Horn, of Sensburg; Carl Wlttkoppr of Seet- tion; the cook, steward, cabin boy, four white members of the crew and five St. Thomas negroes. All evi- to the papers issued by the company and for which he is now held liable by the receivers. SPARTANBURG POSTOFFICE. Five Parties Are In the Scramble for the Job. Charleston, April 2.—The Post states that, according to common re-. an( j wa8 often In hot water with sen- lK>rt Charleston is to be literally j ators over nominations not suitable blanketed with injunctions, and by J t G them. this process of law. under the nui- Th | 8 w ni no t be so with Mr. Taft, sance provision of the dispensary H e will take it for granted that act, the violators are all to be reach-1 recommendations made by senators, ed in cmirse of time. The State! W |]i be D f reputable men, and he authorities have found this a better I will not make investigations to as- and more practical way of reaching certain whether these recommenda- the violators than by the process tions are proper." of jury trials, especially In commu- jf Mr. Taft keeps up with the nities where the Jurors will not ren- “policies with reference to South- der a verdict in accordance with the I patronage” that have been at- evldence, on account of their preju- trlbuted to him, he will have a stren- dice. There is likelihood that Pat „ 0 us time of It in the White House. Carroll will have company in the Rut, as stated, Mr. Hitchcock will county Jail before long, because it relieve him of most of the burdena is said that the restraining orders | along this line, of the supreme court are being vlo- w::; lated by the dealers, and it is the Intention of the attorney general's | office to have the orders enforced to the letter. SLAIN BY FILIPINOS. Dr. William Jones is Murdered by Wild Tribesmen. MADE BIG HAUL. Ijarge Quantity of Whiskey Seized hi Charleston. Chief State Constable J. F. Bate man and his constables made a big haul of contraband liquor of Charles ton yesterday at the establishment of B. P. O’Neill, on upper King street, captured 565 haH-plnts and 23 quarts of whiskey and 316 bottles of a Kentucky brewery export beer . The constables captured th» previ ous night 15 gallons of gin and 4f -j* half-pints of whiskey from the estiab- lishment of George Barrincan, on . Line street. ; - - --- - - ^n^ These seizures are among the larg- admit been obtainable thus far, but it is I e8 ^ which have been made In some that I do not intend to let such a SU ppo 8 ed that the scientist was tlme and they show that the dispen- speech as we have listened to from U p 0n and killed by wild tribesmen. I ^,-y con8tableg ar ^ Btlll after the the Senator from Maryland deter Dr. Jones has been in the Philip- traband stuff and are vying witll us from being just to every Southern pt ne8 two years investigating the L he po „ ce 8quad ln the raldg UIxm .: , ; State. wild tribes on the Island and pre-1 ma 0y b ||Q d tlgeis about the city. “This tariff will be Just to every paring an exhaustive report of them The cong ta b ies have their eyes on section and to every interest of this f or the museum. 80ni6 ot her places, and the stock country. For several months he has been contraband iiq UO rs at the county. 7 “I am quite certain that the Sen-1 8 tudying the Uongots, living a «° on * | d i a p enBa ry on East Bay will be In- / a tor from Maryland wlil hare ntrfoh {them In the WHa. ------- | r f IM ,rt tS* t- f The government Is preparing to t send a party from Echuag. the 1 pr P ' nearest post to Dumobato, to the scene of the murder to investigate. Spartanburg, March 30.—Spartan burg is now in the midst of the real thing in the form of a fight for the postmastership. There are five ap- dently were drowned while att eropt- pllcantB for the position: W. M. ing to escape from the burning ship, j F i 0 y d j D Heldtmafi,-formerly of Orangeburg;. J. A- CreWe, lowers upon his side of the chamber.’ Senator Bailey indignantly resent ed the right of the Senator from Rhode Island to speak for the Dem ocratic party on the subject of the tarl$f,_and added that when the time! the Republicans to participate, came to vote,' that party would bel r 'You "mlght I60k *t ItT 'Mil found sustaining the principles of [ should not touch it,*’ he said. KILLED HIMSELF: Six Minors Killed. O. L. Pace and W. R. Dillingham, W. L. Charleston. W. Va., Apirl 1.—The ] Blalock of Lanrens, one of the lead- total number dead from the explo- ing Republicans of 4hir section. Is sion in the Echo Mine, in Fayette here tonight and la said-to have county, yesterday, is six. Fdmr bod- J had a conference with W. M. Floyd, „„ __ ies wore recovered last night, the j who Is regarded hare ns John Q. city’s | ablo iufmo by the county board of others today. Two t&sn wore reac*-1 Capers’ favorite la the matter. The it. other applicants, however, ere busy. taxation that had so long been main tained by it. He said the Democrat ic party wanted to have the princi ples of protection, if applied at all, applied to all sections, but that state ment, he added, did not mean that that party would, of Its own accord, apply snch principles at all. He contended for the right of Demo cratic members of the committee to be present at hearing^ but admitted that If the Democrats were framing a tariff bill, they Speaking of the Inheritance tax Rather Than Be Arrested for Came mlttiag Forgery, Blackville, March - -• -ft ■fry*—- tl.-r-Roland proposed by the House bill, he «eld I Coleman, a negro II years old, cos*- he would rather tax the living rich I muted suicide two by-means of an income tax than to I i M t night. Coleman tax the dead, “who are only moder-11her s name to a ehe ately well to do,” as proposed In I vlllo bank and the inheritance tax. detected a Mr. Aldrich suggested that the to arrest, matter contemplated tu tha Bacon out resolution would be taken car* of i by tko-oommlttaa on finance, and it was by a vfva vooa vote I dig