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'''* t- 1 iWIPli / Now Altfrfch and His Alllas Pass S : TMtBoM THIEVING MEASRRE VOt'XG LADY IDENTIFIED FIEND VERY READILY. K m. r By Which the Great, Rich HUUei. of the Middle Went and the South yut ha Xta—d Detweeu the l u- pei and Nether Mill*tone* to Ea« rich the Truats. ftHaraet^rtalnj^ NaiwBB A. Aldrich M -general manager of the United States,” and as by far its ‘ most po tent and powerful legislator,” Judson C. Welllrer, in the July Hampton s Magazine, arraigns the Rhode Island Senator and hia tariff-juggling allies In the most scathing analyfta ever made of ‘ Ross of the Senate.” Rep resenting only fourteen States of less than seven million inhabitants, "the Aldrich phalanx,” declared the ar ticle, "rules the Republican majority in the Senate, and through It to rule the Senate; and through the Senate to make a tariff law. ; »Th»t jgw will give to the partic ipating States, auch as Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, jJ Rhode Island, Delaware, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Washington. North Dakota and West Virginia, all the protection they want. The lumber of Washington, the lead of the mountain States, the citrus fruits of California, the hides of the ranges, the cotton and woolen and ailk and shoe mills of New England, the iron and steel of Pennsylvaata— these will be cared for. The great, rich States of Middle West and South will be ‘ground between the upper and nether millstones,' as Nelson of Minnesota declared on the Senate fioor. “The combination of the small States of Far East and Far West, formed and directed by the cold, cal culating genius of Aldrich, i» the power behind this tariff revision. Senators representing only seven roil- llona of people furnish the power with which this colossal bosa, from the smallest and the most corrupt State, makes a tariff for our popu iation of ninety millions. t "Yet even with this devoted array at hia back. Aldrich dared not to openly avow hia Intention of grinding the eighty-three milllona between the ratllstonea of the seven millions. The New England cotton and woolen mills were to have protection—and, therefore, their proflt-power—in creased. It was unsafe to do this openly and frankly. So Aldrich re ported a bill in which, he said, there was no change in their schedules. It was true aa to the figures. But Rel ator Dolliver sat up a few nights with some experts, and found that without changing a figure, Aldrich had, by silently rewriting the defini tion of cotton cloth, Increased the du ties throughout. Aldrich and his followers denied it; but Dolliver proved it. And then he proved, fur ther. that Aldrich and his lieutenants did not do It; they called in the skill ed agents of the manufacturers and let them fix up the details, so that the provision would be sure to serve the purpose! "That is typical of tariff-making under Aldrich. Jokers, snakes, in directions, concealed meanings, de finitions which seem to mean oae thing and really mean another, Jug- giings of phrase, concealment of a grain of purpose in a labyrinth of language—these are the sure sys tems with which the Business Sen ator plays his game. Regarding the charges that Rhode Island legislatures have at times been openly and frankly purchased out right. Mr. Welliver quotes Col. A. K. McClure, of Philadelphia, who alleged that ‘In making the sugar schedule of the tariff bill Aldrich gave the Sugar Trust the benefit of one mill added duty on refined sug ar, which enabled the trust to draw down al)OUt three million dollars additional profits per year by the cheerful process of taking that much more from the people by adding it to the price of sugar. "Handling a tariff or any other great measure is to Aldrich what mapping out a campaign would be to a board of strategy. He works, works, works, paying Interest against Interest, making deals and concessions and compromises, till he is sure of votes enough on all essential propositions. He staves off the tests till he has made a com bination with which to meet each one. He knows, for Instance, that with the dominant party pledged to revise the tariff, a bill must be pass ed. With that to start on, he must organize one force to protect his steel schedule, another to defend sugar, another to carry through his textile duties, and so on through the list gome Of tfce men s who are with him on the steel rated, he discovers,'will desert when It conies to sujrar Some who are with him on stee'. end woolen will go over to the ene my when It comes to cotton. - - ‘So hie errny- Is a shifting and changing force, but he has resources form which he almost Invariably commands the necessary majority. He never uncovere all his forces save In time of need. It la always possible tor him to go ovor to the Democratic side of the chamber and master n handful of the political The Right of the Scoundrel Shocked Her and Asked Her Father to RUI Him. The State say*: John Jenkins, alias "Slippery Jim,” th« negro charged with attempting criminal assault on a young lady in George- towi" ebnltyj wi*~4g*BTr8»a -hy-thr. lady. The negro was brought to Co lumbia Saturday night and lodged in the penitentiary for safe keeping. It was decided Sunday to briug the young lady to Columbia and accord ingly she came, accompanied by her father, and made oath that Jenkins was the negro who dragged her from the buggy and attempted the crime. She brought with her a written statement which was filed with Mr. A. J. Bethea, private secretary to to Gov. Ansel. The statement car ries out practically what has already been given in the newspapers and gives no new facts as to the attempt ed crime. When she was shown Jenkins she begged her father to kill the negro and was abaolutely proatrated as a result of the shock. This is the first case of this kind In that section of the country and efforts will be made at once for a speedy trial. Mr. Geo. W\ Watts has written Gov. Ansel, who was out of the city, requeatlng a special term of court. There was at no time any danger ,pf violence and the people are con vinced that should thtf law be al lowed to take Its course there will i>« no difficulty at the trial. MOTIVE FOUND For tho Murdor of Eloio Sigoi in Now York City. INSANE JEALOUSY HKXTMBS TO INJURIES Received in Auto-Trolley Smash l> Near Belton. A dispatch from Anderson says the death of the Rev. I) D. Richard son, which occurred at a hospital here, where he was brought soon after the accident, makes him the second victim of the automobile- trolley car collision, nine miles east of here yesterday. His skull was fractured and he never regained con sciousness. The body was taken to Sitnpsonvllle. near Greenville, for Interment, accompanied by Mrs Richardson, who was also Injured, and who had since been here with her husband. Mr. Richardson was thirty-six years old, and pastor of the Second Baptist church, of the Belton and Gluck mills church here They had no children A telephone message from Ninety-Six said that the condition of the Rev. E. A. M»- Dowell, another of the Injured, is very satisfactory. KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Son of One of the Hinmeee Twins Wns the Victim. The Siamese twins are mere names to the younger generation which now make* up the major portion of the circus clientele, but in the old days these men were among the wonders of the modern world The youngest son of the twin Chang was killed Fri day in North Carolina by lightning He was thirty-eight, a deaf mute, hut prosperous and popular The twins married Virginia women, and their children have remained In the South. All have prospered, hut nearly all of them were born deaf. FIEND WILL HANG. Regiment of Troop* Attended Him During Trial. At a special term of court at Btandon. Miss., on Monday, held under the protection of six com panies of State troops. Will Mack, a negro, was found guilty of bavins criminally assaulted Mamie Myers, daughter of a prominent planter of that countv, and was sentenced to hang July 23. The crime was com mitted more than a year ago. The negro was returned to Vicksburg, where he will remain until the dat.i of execution. On the Part of One Chinaman Be cause the Girl Went With Another Chinaman Is Now Supposed to Hava Oaoaed tba TerrtMe Harder of the Girl. A dispatch from Now York says In the lote loiters or Vi tt tttgei +*» two Chinamen W found thb mm.lv* for the gruesome murder of Gen Franz Slgel'a granddaughter. The light the body was discovered wedg ed into the old trunk in the rooms of Leon Ling, in Eighth avenue, the police found a score of mor* of let ters, which the girl had addressed to him. They were endearing in tone and indicated a friendship more than platonic. In searching Chinatown, the de tectives raided the private rooms of Chu Gain, owner of the famous Port Arthur Chinese restaurant, and there they found about 200 letters which had been addressed to him by Elsie Slgel. These letters were even more endearing in tone than those found in Leon Ling's room. In these she addressed him as “My own dearest beloved,” and ' my own dear Chu.,” ‘ever your loving Elsie,” she fre quently signed herself. The Chu Gain letters gave the first informa tion as to the motive for the mur der. Miss Slgel told Chu Gain, in some of the letters, of her conduct with I>eon Ling, told him not to be jealous. ROBS TAXAS BANK A BOLD BANDIT HOLDS UP CASH IER WITH PISTOL. Taken Eight Thousand Dollar* la Currency and Then C< oily Walks Off With It. In true frontier style, a highway man, described as gentle in appear ance, robbed the branch banking house of the Waggoner Bank and Trust Company in the heart of Fort Worth, Taxaa, of I8.10U In currency and escaped. The robbery was the most daring attempted in Texas in years. Cash ier Walter E. King was alone in the hank after ciostny time, balanc ing the business of the day, when a man walked in. As the man ap proached thp window of the cashier'a desk, King looked into the barrel of a revolver. “Make a move or a noise of any kind and I'll kill you,” was the greeting Mr. King received. The cashier obeyed the order. Seizing the roll of bills the man backed out of the door, covering King with the revolver. King ran to a telephone, as he saw the man walking down the street and ming- llngllng with the crowd*-with an air of unconcern. The police reached the scene five ryflnutes later, but the robher had disappeared. At the time of the robbery sev eral hundred persons were near the building and many noted the arrival at the bank and the departure of the man, but his manner was so bland that he did not arouse suspicion. Several persons declare that he climed into a waiting automobile, after walking several blocks But the police place little credence in this assertion and it is believed he is still in Fort Worth. Search ing parties are out in force. An iu- terurban car which left for Dallas and explained her object In mamtatu- ovortak( , n hy offlcPrs in an au- ing her friendship for Ling. The po- , tomoh)lp but th j s obvious means of lice will not give out the full con- I ^ had nQt been utillzpd tents of these letters. It is now supposed that Leon Ling decided tragically to end the romance of the girl he loved and his rival Her affection for Chu Gain was known, as is show* by the letters received by Chu Girin, In which he and the girl are threatened with death unless their relations ceased. The murder was apparently the ex pectation of that threat. The Chiuatow* misaio*, popularly know* as the girls' recreation rooms, was closed a few nights ago for the first time siace they were opened eight years ago. No explanation was given for this actio*, but It is sup posed that the murder of Elsie Slgel was responsible. It was in HOW SHE DIED Chinaman Tails ot Murdar of Elsla Stigla. MUCH LIGHT THROWN SPECULATE-- INVEST YOUR MONEYs* The loss to the Waggoner banks is covered by insurance. The bank, however, offered a reward of $1,000. WIFE OF MINISTER SKIPS. Said to Have Disappeared Another Man. With The congregation of Centenary Methodist Episcopal church, at New- bern, N. C., was greatly startled Sun day morning when the pastoe, Rev. R C. Beaman, I). I)., announced to them that his wife had disappeared and could not be located. The pas tor's words were pronounced in as these 1 fine oratory as has ever been heard rooms that Miss Slgel first undertook missionary work in Chinatow*, and it was here that she was brought In coatact with many ^of the resi dents of that section. The young girl missionaries of Chinatow*, like Elsie Slgel, use these rooms in which to meet the unfor- hunate women of Chinatown and there talk religion with them. On stated occasions Chinamen were in vited to the rooms, and there they met the young girl missionaries, in that manner many Chinamen were Induced to attend Christian Sunday schools in different parts of the city and from these first meetings many in that pulpit and no word of cen sure or bitter feeling escaped his lips. It was a very pathetic scene On Saturday, June 5, Dr. Beaman went to Durham to attend Trinity College commencement. Three or four d*ys later Mrs. Beaman left Newborn, it is said, ostensibly for Rocky Mount, but nothing has been heard from her since. Notes found in different places indicate that she has left with a man named Grant, who bas been in town for a few days. The matter was known to but very few prior to the Sunday morning services. She was the minister’s romances have developed, the Chiaa- j second wife and was about the age men marrying white women. The his youngest daughter by his first first of these weddings which oc curred eight years ago, created much comment, but recently there havo been so many such alliances that lit tle attention is paid to them. Although the mission !n China town where Elsie Sigel formerly taught, has been closed, a meeting of Chinese who have been converted to Christianity was held in a Doyer street mission to discuss plans for raising a fund to be offered as a reward for the capture of Elsie Sigel's slayer. No definite sum was wife. The second wife was reared at an orphan asylum. The Methodist church is the largest and most in fluential in the city, and one of the largest in the State and Dr. Bea man's charge over it has been marked with a period of prosperity. DEATHS FROM HEAT. Thousand* of New Yorkers Sleep on Beaches. A dispatch from New York says Mow KILLED HIS KINSMAN. Young Man Jailed for Slaying Hi* Brother-in-Law. A special from Martinsville, Va., says: E. M. Keen, a young white man. was lodged in the Henry coun ty jail there, charged with the mur der of. JD-uce Davis. a prominent farmer aad politician, who lived near Stockton, in that county. Da vis married Keen's sister, and on Sunday Davis had a difficulty with his wife Keen, in defence of his sister, it is said, stabbed Davis four times, from which injuries he died at mice. WANTED HIS CORN.. decided upon, but a committee will . . „, lK ' the hot wave w hich inflicted torture go through Chinatown soliciting sub-; t , , 1 on the East Side was blamed for at least twelve deaths and more than a score of prostratjons. No relief coming at night, more than 20.U0O persons went to bed on the sandy beach at Coney Island, it being the first occasion this season when resi dents of the city sought overnight relief at the seashore. The beaches were thrown open to the public and policemen were de tailed to guard the sleepers. Most of those who slept on the sands were women and their children, who lived scriptlons. The Rev. Fung Y acted a-s chairman. Theories as to the motive of the murder all coincide on the jealousy of Leon Ling. That he killed the g-lrl became of her apparent friend ship for Chu Gain, who is still de tained as a material witness, is the predominant belief. In support of this explanation, Mrs. Florence Todd, one of the most prominent women workers in China town, w ho knew Elsie Slgel and her mother intimately, said: , , J .. "I knew Chu Gain, who is under ! ,a ^ crowded 6ections of the Clty , arrest, very well. He is one of the few Chinamen whom I would trust with my life. Mrs. Sigel and Elsie also knew him for many years. They were introduced to him through an uncle of his. "I believe that Elsie was in love with Chu Gain and would have mar ried him, but that he would sot mar ry her.” Here Mrs. Todd went into the most significant j>art of her statement, that bearing on Leon Ling. She said: The maximum temperature of ninety-one degrees was reported at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, but the most intense suffering came an hour later, following a hot rain shower, when the wind died out and the air became close and sultry. Street thermometers registered as high as ninety-four and a high tem perature was maintained all day and all of Tuesday night. A Goorgotowni Veteran Deserts the State Home. Veteran R,. A. .. PkUerson. of. Georgetown, has deserted the sol diers' home at Columbia and taken up with the Poor house for better treatment. He says he didn’t like the manager or the management of tb* home and Is happy now. Manag er Starling says Patterson left be cause he was not allowed to drink opposition to pull through • propo- {freely. Ho endorsed the discharge ^•Itlon In which h« I* deeply Inter- “Left to go where he could drink «nied. So, If h« finds himself unable corn liquor in peace and more of to peas his textile schedules with it. Republican votes, he • will draft a Democrats who hfive cotton mills Statoa; of If sugar la doubt- tors of ths South Wife Beetor Slttl*. Frank Crawford, a farmer living j “Within the lest year, deepite her- Selma, N. C , was struck on love for Chu Gain, Elsie became ap- ^ head and his skull crushed by parently Infatuated with Leon Ling ,n flx c * n hands of his tblrteen- But I know it was only a flirtation, year-old son Monday morning. Craw- He, 1 know, asked her to marry him 'Ord bad his wife down and was beat- On New York's Murder Mystery by a Countryman of the Mayor of the Girl—She Went to the China man's Room Alone and Was Ther* Murdered. That New York murder mystery has been solved. Baited and intimi dated by detectives Chung Sin, one time room mate of Leon Ling, told Tuesday afternoon of Elsie Sigel’s murder. Under the terrific pressure of the "third degree" the little Chi naman admitted that he had seen the body in Leon Ling's room, that he had touched it while it was still warm, that he had smelled drugs and had watched Leon Ling's plans for getting the body in the trunk, where it was found horribly decom posed. Chung Sin Is 36 years old. He was arrested at West Walway, N. H. and was brought to New York Tues -day morning. He was bullied, per suaded and entangled in a mass or significant questions. It was not un til late Tuesday, however, that his spirit was sufficiently broken or suf ficient inducement were offered, as the case may be, for him to cast aside hia air of stolidnees and 'tell of the death of the young missionary. Then, smoking cigarette after cigar cite to quiet his nerves, the China man told brokenly but with brutal bluntness of the girl's death. From the man's story, it is appar ent that Elsie Sigel first was drug ged with chloroform and then chok ed tcTlfe^th. She was killed appar ently on the night of June 9, al- tTunigh Chung Stn appeared a little mixed in his dates. But he says that early in the morning of June 10 he heard a strange noise In Leon's room adjoining his and looking over the transom saw the girl lying on the bed with a bloody towel over the mouth. He passed through the room, he says, to go out to wash his hands, and as he did so felt the body, which was still warm. He went down to the chop suey restau- rant below and then returned to the room. Leon, in the meantime, had cov ered the body with a blanket up to the chin and had pulled a trunk to thf middle of the floor. The trunk Leon was calmly emptying, prepara tory to placing the body therein. The rope with which the body was bound was lying on the floor at the time, according to Chung Sin. Once again he went down stairs, said Chung Sin, where he remained until Leon called him. When he entered the room the body was not visible, having been bound with the rope and placed in the trunk. At this point of the story the Chinaman was asked savagely if he had not assisted Lt-on in putting the body in the trunk. Chung stared perceptibly, but said that he had uo hand in it. T did not see her uo more," said Chung Sin, “and when I asked Leon how she died he said she had bitten her tongue and bled to death.” Leon told him. Chung Sin added, that he was going to send the trunk to Jer sey City, thence to Europe. As a matter of fact it lay untouched in the stuffy little room until Sun Ling, proprietor of the restaurant below, noticed the oder about the building and summoned the police. Until Chung Sin's complete ac count is made public it will not be explained why he saw the dead girl and the preparation for the removal of the body with such apparent un concern at the time. Also, despite repeated interrogations he declined to say just what happened in the rear room when the girl was murdered. He admitted having heard a scuf fle n the room during the night and told of Elsie having arrived on the previous afternoon, the day when she disappeared from her home. "Did Leon take her there or did she go of her own accord,” he was asked. “She went there alone,” he repli ed. "Was she in love with Leon or Leon in love with her?” was another question. At this Chung Sin relapsed into silence and then only smiled and shook hi? head. He indicated, how ever, that the girl had sought out the Chinaman. Incidentally he said that Leon Ling and r Chu Gain had come to blows over the girl in China town some weeks ago. The police theory is that Leon killed the girl because of her attention to Chu Gain. WE OFFER FOR QUICK SALK THE FOLLOWING: $40(1 for the timber. Timber consists 1 of fine juniper. cypress, poplar and gum. Price $12.60 per acre. — , / 400 acres—1 1-2 to 2 miles _ from Clarendon, Columbus county, on the Chadbourn & Conway (A. C. L.) R. R. All wood land timber sold and 4 years longer to re move same. While the land, or part of it, has clay subsoil and would make all kind of crops, I would not advise any one to buy it for That ^TITTR1gg~fowT lt '~It wonTtf be a good investment for pasture and timber growth. It's the great est Strawberry bell, and would produce berries. Price $2 per aefe. or $800. 1H3 acres—Mostly cleaned low land. About one mile from the proiK)*- ed terminus of the Whiteville R. R . Will make 3-4 bale cotton and 30 bushels corn per acre without fertilizer. $15 per acre for cleared and $10 for uncleared. This land is easily worth $50 p-^r acre, but for the fact that it is subject to extreme high water, and one crop in every 5 or 6 might be lost. It now has tine crop. This land in Columbus county and near the Waccamaw river. 75 Acres good clay subsoil, small farm about 6 or 8 acres cleared; buildings no good. About one mile from the proposed terminus "W-- the Whfferffir R. R., Reeves Ferry on the Waccamaw river, in Columbus county. 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Her 8*1 bins elf without-force,.-used mother knew all about it.” Despite her ftatemeat, Mrs. Todd said she was not Inclined to believe that Leon committed the murder, and she went on to relate th»t she the axe. The boy has been placed In jail at Smitbfleld. Fatally Stabbed. At Richmond. Va., on a street car sod West and Middle West will have to furnish the recruits to make up the defection." had a dream that Elsie Slgel had ! Wednesday George E. Lewis, the con- committed suicide. Chu Gain, she' doctor, was fatally stabbed by a said, came to her on the morning young negro whom he attempted to of June 14. five days after the mur der is supposed to have been com mitted, and told her that he. too. had bad, a dream. In tbla dream. Chu Gain, according to Mrs. Todd, had seen the form of the girl, appear before him crying. "Chu. save me.” put under arrest, for refusing to move out of the aisle when ordered. The negro escaped. This seemed to worry the Chinaman greatly, because Elate was missing at the time. Work for decent women in the slums of New York has had a set habk in *-■ vwy- horribin,j.-ase recently come to light in that city of great crimes. The 8lgel family, the *head of tho family being a son of Gen. Frank Sigel, are plunged in the very great est of distress and shame jbecause of the terrible result of ‘'encourag ing” the Chinese. The father of the unfortunate girl said that this fearful example ought tb be a lAson to other young girls not to mix with others than their own kind. Real Estate—If you have any prop erty for sale list it with us. No charges unless sale is made. Carolina Sales Agency, Orange burg, 8. C. Bagging and Ties—Ginners, farmers and merchants, save money by making contract with us now for fall delivery. Write without de lay. Address, Bagging Factory, Boykin, S. C. Why don’t you work for Uncle Sam? 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Teacher*—Write for free booklet, “A Plan,” showing how we help you get a better position. Thou sands excellent vacancies open, paying $30 to $160 monthly. Schools supplied with teacher*. Southern Teachers’ Agency, Co lumbia, South Carolina. A.CRUEL ERROR. Thought He Was Free Rut Got Full Life Sentence. A feeling of hope of freedom, held out to a prisoner In a Chicago court Wednesday, was snatched from him in a way that caused a sigh of pity to spread among the spectators. The prisoner was Frank O'Donnell, accused of robbing a citizen at the point of a revolver. The foreman handed the clerk two forms, one for guilty and the other for acquit tal. “Not guilty,” read the clerk, ab- sentmlndodly failing to note that he was reading the unsigned form. O'Donnell jumped from his seat, excitedly laughing, and wrung his lawyer's hand. He started from the room with his head in the air and his eyes sparkling. Then the mis take was discovered and O'Donnell was brought back. His head sank on his chest as the real verdict was delivered. “Guilty and condemned to serve the term of his natural life in pris on.” If cake browns immediately upon being put into the oven, the oven j is too hot. It can be cooled quickly j by lifting a lid from the top of the j stove 1 . A piece of astestos paper on ! the oven shelf will protect tho top of the cake from burning. r copper-headed—the police Don’t Experiment Use the old reli able roofing that has been the staifti- ard for 16 years, COLUMBIA Weather-Proof Fire-Resisting Tt.* Mvk *^. U. S. Pm. Ot. * Will not melt, rot, crack or rust SUPPLY CO., COLUMBIA, S. C. RUBEROID Tr.4. M*rk *^. U. S. M. Ot. ROOFING 4» Human Blood for Idol. The “Sect of the Crimson Blood,■' formed in Perm, European Russia, is accused of making human sacri fices to offer to a red wooden idol, which the members of the-eect wor ship. Many persons have disappear ed recehtly and it is thought that they have been sacrificed to furnish human blood to color the idol. <D