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PRESENCE OF A FRIEND 'ST Superintendent Griffith Will Show e Profit of Eighty Thousand Dol Inn for the Year. ONE OF THEM MOST 1*1^ A Girl Testified That She Was Hung Up on Wall of CM! BoOui, Though • Crucified, With Arms and That Attempt Was Made to Whip Another Girl. That white women were huag up on the wall of a cell room, as though crucified, with extended arma, that at least an attempt waa mads to whip a woman, and that prisoners were used to do work for private citizens were some of the th'n«,8 testified to Thursday in the investl gation by the Atlanta City Council In the stockade matter. Charges that the sity pr«#cn, to which men and women eonvlcCfli of misdemeanors and unable to pay money fine are committed, is place unworthy of holding svsh ant mals, that there has been snd that barbarous cruelties srs piac ticed there have been msds. rh> grand jurors recently Indicted d-pei intendent Vining snd two gusrds for cruelty and made pu »'.! s acatb- Mng report which rssul’ed la this Investigation. f Ruby Gaither, s country girl, who said she was 18 years old. was the star witness of the day. After the grand jurors had described the pris on as "the dirtiest, foulest place on earth, dirtier than any pit pen the girl was called. She hold how she was sent to the stockade after her mother remarried, beeaueo «hc fought with her step-brothers, and how one day she was struck by another woman prisoner. 8h* struck back and fearing to bs punished went to Superintendent Vining and reported her infraction of rules. • Mr Vining grabbed me." ah said, "and snapped a handcuff around my right wrist. He as another guard dragged me te tb wall in the cell room and hooked my arm to a ring In the wall. Th ring was so high that I could not stand on my feet but had to Stan on my tip toes. I tojd Vining tha I was 111 and suffering, but he pat no attention to me. I was hung there for nearly an hour In »gon> before 1 fainted. I do not know how loi»rw: l ju,B_h*ufli»« I dow m**" wa * ^■g- \ r’ tv rt S * 12- 2uf this opposite are in Whiskej Elapse. The ^rea*. .nr^ ai*n • Ihe St. Laxare station have ^Yhree feet, and the sltual-on A carefully laid plant of a love sick and discouraged man, Involv es robbery, murder and . suicide, fulminated a few days ago in the slaying of Mias Dora Chapell. 21 years old, a waitress in the dining room of the Beams hotel in Indians polls, Ind., by Roy McKinney, who then committed suicide. According to advices from India napolis, McKinney entered s lunch room there early Thursday morning and rifled the cash register while he covered the men behind the counter with a revolver. Letters found in tne dead man's pocket Indicate that the hold-up and the crimes were planned. It is thought that McKinney committed the robbery to get money to go to Peru, III. The letters were addressed to the coroner, the girl's father, Frank hapell of Peru, and to McKinney's wife at East Germantown, Ind. In the letter to the coroner, Mr IClaiey first directed that his body be sent to s medical college and then added: “I left my first wife because sh^ was not true to me. I left my sec ond wife last March. On March 18 1908. I met Dora Chapell and went a'Ith her two months, at the end of vhlch time I found that she war the enly girl for me. Several days \go, the girl’s father went to In llanapolis and caused me much •rtuble and brought Dora to Peru Tt was Impossible for me to forge her, so I came to Pern. I aske her to go to the theatre with m but she had other arrangements. ~ould not sleep and God only know life has been a hell. May God help Dors snd take pity on me. Before 1 close I hope that everybody wll take a punch at me before I pas over the grest divide." In the letter to his wife McKIn ney said. “1 only wish you were with me so I eould take you with us, too." McKinney went to the hotel Thurs day and registered as L. B. Len hart of Chicago. He posed as i Called States marshal snd displayed a secret service badge. It Is no' known where he obtained the badge aa he has not been fh the govern meat aervlce. HtwwT poTWr ^ of the family, who were assembled *t the bedside. A nursemaid had been listening The South Carolina convention dfj i the Laymen’s Missionary movement elar«f That Unnatural Biological I will meet in Columbia on the 17th In nn Addreea at Boston He De- »t 1 Conditions Exists in This Co an try, Speaker Declare*, Caused by Effort | to Lodge Races Side by Side. Dr. Stiles spoke on Tuesday at Boston before the American Associa tion for the advancament of aarvlce on the lazy bug or hookworm dis ease of which he haa mada some ex tensive study. He declared tkat in the United State* a law of nature was being violated when an effort was made to lodge different races of men side by side in the same air. Dr. Stiles said in part: "It is ah unnatural biographical condition to have two closely allied species of animals living aide by side in the same area. In this court try we have four racea of animals viz: The white, the red, th# yel low and the black maa—breaking nature's law* by trying to live to gether. The competition of the In dlvlduais Is intensified by being ex tended to a competition between the races and we must, in the end, sub mit to the working of the law of the suvlval of the flttlest. Differ ent races may have different dis eases and after long generations of infection a relative immunity may be developed in a given race through the survlvlal of the ttttlest Individ lals This partial immunity to the erlous effects of a disease does not mply immunity from Infection. On the contrary that very Immunity maj end to make the partially Immun ace a reservoir for Infection an< hat Infection when transmitted t< t more susceptable race will, upor reaching such virgin soil, be verj fatal. The white race has brought tf the Bouth certain diseases fron N'orth Europe. These have spreah vlth deadly effects to the blacks The negroes have brought to th< ^outh certain tropical diseases nota tdy the hookworm, which have spread to the whites with serlou results These conditions are no in any way blkmeable to the South as a portion of the country, bui upon the fact that In the United relating a law af na JfW dlf William FilgateTwr-^a^ror mere Is regarded as desperato. It la also feared that the founoatlon of the two big neighboring depart ment stores are being undermined. The overflow of the broken sewers Into the flooded basements, menac ing the health of the occupanU aid the smell of sewage Is already per mealing the buildings. Soldiers ar working desperately by the aid of torches^ disentangling drlft-woj^ onptK ^'rerlno and He,?|' nm ^r a couple «f «U mlll'ont toward, lu ex tsruiinalion. Trea-rerJ. B. Armstrong was (he ttredby re- tbanufactffkc*. ^yl.’-.jaia^ til he went Into the government wild ear business and there Is no law In reason or common sense to prevent an official from telling it, sither ir court or out of it. For a co'i*t tc hold to the contrary, I repeat. Is f: 1 ly, usurpation and tyranny. "Think of a lltle commlssion? r (■' Internal revenue In Wn ilu* o<i usu l»g rules having the same force n* aa enactment itself and thus con trolling the courts of a sovertgi stats. It is enough to make Johr Marshall turn over in his grave, an< the founder of this republic to rls from their graves In rage and mut iny.” at the door, and on her evidence Dr. Fekete found himself charged with the capital offense. The case Is without precedent In the courts there, but with public opinion wholly In favor of the pris oner it Is not likely that he will be severely punished. WORK OF HEROES. to 19th of January. This is a part of the national campaign. The Lip-, lumbla committee of laymen consists of the following: W. P. Houseal, chairman; W. W. Lumpkin, vice chairman; C. P. Younts, secretary; E. G. Quattle- baum, treasurer; M. F. Ansel, H. C. Hudgins, S. C. Mitchell, D. D., W. A, Clark, F. C. Withers, Dr. F. 3. Ktl lingsworth, W T . O. Whitescarver. T. 3. Bryan, E. T. H. Foster, A. 8. Galllard. C. H. Girardeau, W. P. Hamrick, T. 8. Harris, C. L. Klb- ler, J. B. Penland, C. D. Stanley, J. B. Spillman. The pastor’s cooperative commit tee is as follows. Rev. A. C. Baker, Rev. L. L. Bedenbaugh. Rev. Q. A. Blackburn. Rev. A. N. Brunson, Rev. Carlisle Courteney, Rev. K. G. Finlay, Rev. C. A. Freed, D. D., Rev. A. E. Holler, Rev. A. B. Kennedy, Rev. J. P. Knox, Rev. J. W. Lewis, Rev. W. C Lindsay, D. D„ Rev. J. D. Mauney, Rev. B. F. Mcl.en ton. Rev R N Pratt, Rev. W. 8. Poyner, Rev. 3. M Smith, D. D., Rev. E. O.Watson, D D. , Rev. C. E. Weltner, D. D. The Joint committees met and is sued t^e following call: ‘The Columbia cooperating com mlttee hereby invite the Christian men of South Carolina to meet in Columbia January 17-19, 1910, for the purpose of considering methods and means of advancing our interest in and participation In the evangell >:ation of the world in this genera ties "We meet for many purposes, snd ittend many conventions. Is it not ight, Is It not wise, for us to mee is men, and become better acqualn ‘d with the coming of the kingdom of God on earth, and then take our rightful place in the great mission try propaganda that is now laylnz ielge to the citadels of heathendom The great purpose of this conven Jon Is to bring information an;: nspiration, which it Is hoped will rystallze into conviction and ac tios. It is desired that every denomi lation in the State be repreaente 1 eith a full quota of delegatea want men frpm tY\S. ^Rhlrorh tf t Is Possible That He Was Brood- lag Over the Charge Agalast Him and Others for Killing a Colored Man Home Tima During Last y/s October. Joe Garris, s young white man, 28 year* old, who was out on bond, charged with murder, committed sui cide at the home of his uncle, Joe T. Garris, near Williams, In the up per part of Colleton county. it will be recalled that young Gar- . . . -t ris and two other young white men were charged with killing Israel Manlgault, a negro, at the Colle ton Cypress Company's Mill on Oc- 27, and were to have been tried for this killing in November, but the case was continued by the solicitor. It Is possible that he was brooding over this affair aad his mind became unsettled. The shooting occurred about 8 o'clock at the front gate of J. T. Garris, and from the report given by Mr Heber Padgett, who was at Mr. Garris’ at tne time, throw* no light on the cause of the tragedy It appears that Mr. Garris, in com pany with Mr. Georre Brannoa, had driven from Williams, a short dis tance away, to go by Mr. Garrla for the ostensible purpose of seeing Ms son, who was a cousin of young Garris. When they reached the gate Mr. Brannon says he got out om one side and went to hitch the horse while Mr. Garris slighted on th other. A’most Immediately he saw Garris pull, as he thought, s hand kerchief out of his pocket and carry It to his mouth. Instantly there was a report and young Garris fell Brannon called to the elder Mr Garris to come out. that young Joe Garris had killed hlmeelf. Mr. Padg ett rushed out to the gate, but found young Garris breathing his last H went for Dr Kinsey, who found thst the ball had entered the mouth and ranged upward, lodging In the brain producing almost Instant death. Gar rls had evidently placed the pistol In his mouth and fired. . The Columbia Record says the high price of cotton, coupled with good management generally and with the further fact that the Institution produced a greater quantity of cot ron this year than tnrnaiv wttU en able Superintendent Griffith of the penitentiary to make a record-break ing financial report to the legislature thta year. The report haa not yet been draft ed. but it will show a surplus and net profit for the year's business of l 80,000, which the superintendent has on hand to turn into the Sut* treasury. It is likely that about a third of the amount will be used to put up a modern brick stockade for the DeSaussure and Reid farms, which adjoins each other and which together are located partly ia Sumter and partly In Kerahawr county. Since Superintendent Griffith as sumed office, practically the entire penitentiary plant has been built. These improvements Include a big granite building for the interior ar rangement of modern cells, a costly guards' quarters, the finest tubercu,- losls hospital in the South and va rious improvements around the grounds and on the three farms op erated by the penitentiary manage ment. The Lexington farm has a fine brick stockade and boiler plant worth about $17,500. Superintendent Griffith this year produced over 900 balea of cotton and will get an average of over $60 a bale for it. His other money .'rope were 23,000 bushels of corn and 20,000 bushels of oats. The price of oats this year has been about the same as last year, bu* corn was much more valuable than it was last year It Is understood thst the position of Superintendent Griffith and the hoard of directors with respect to the legislature Is that the nianag 1 ' ment will be grateful to the law making body for the privilege of being allowed to continue the good work without any change in the law as It now stands. Superintendent Griffith's report will probably carry When day U Will . _ . . ... - ... ..»• vestlgntloa of the tween the Secretary of and the Chief Forester. - * ■ y- *' "■ A Washington special to Thr Newa and Courier saya on next Toon- day. when congress convenes after the Christmas holidays, a fight, th* equal of which had not hoes •ttaosn ed in all probability for years, will be commenced to determine who Is right In the BaMnger-Plncbot «•»- troversy. ’ T-.-^ The joint commflfss of invest! gation, to bs composed of membnn from both the senate and will be given the fullest powsra, it will examine Into all of clal acts of Gifford Ptnchst, as chief ^-3 ons, but will mere nis mourn ana nreu. no rf , „■ •U'x'ns, but wtu mere- S"i'(illTK'SM ULUS suicide MiierCnlu nieiu lug of the school year will be provided for the visiting teach ers by the local icachers. LATER NEWS NOTES. Rev M M Ferguson ol Sally, aged Kf • Sunday. He bad »' nr All r New York Judge to Shoot Him. f Magistrate Breen, of New yd f "\y, was considerably surpris ed a few days ago when a well dress ed person on being arraigned, asked that he be either shot or thrown in the river. The prisoner said he was William Filgate, of Savannah. Oa., who went to New York four months ago with $1,100 In cash and was arrested before daylight that the Ix’Kkin.K on th< “ Btreets Wbat’stobe doner whiskey,” said pie are discontented *- np here to think more opportunities aFi. In the ciile^; H they . i ong drudgery and the soc'al life 11 * and monotonous J- was taken up In Louisville representative of that company and three Indiana companies. Up on these representations Acting Cor oner Dacher ordered the body ex humed and the autopsy held in the presence of several physicians. After discovering the lesion In the lung, the stomach was turned over to the chemists for analysis. Rider was a teamster and received $10 per week. forester, snd of Mr. Balltegaf, aa secretary of the Interior. It will cover two or thraa months, and at Us conclusion the public will be able to know just what chant* former President Roosevelt may have for another term In the White Boost, it having been chargad that Mr. Plnchot is determined to keep Mr Roosevelt before the Amerlcaa peo pie as a probable can 11 ate for the presidency four yean heaco by aa insistence upon the carrying out of his policies regarding the admiaia- iration of tha national forcifllt. It will be the first time in hlctory that congress has placed a cabinet officer on trial at hie owa In making hie request for aa lai Ugaticn, Mr. Ballinger that the administration of tha ret service also be mada tha ject of Inquiry. This has been ac ceded to by the leaden la eoagna* and by President Taft. According to present plans, the - ineestigatlon will be sweeping, aad every opportunity wilt bo afforded both belligerents to make good their ease. On Tuesday or Joint resolution providing for th* Investigation will be presented the senate committee on public and the house committee on nil It ^ will be an admtjH-*. vw*— - Am. BUY NOW, $5l Acred, Rich Lead Townshfh. Rarnwell Uotlnty. One Half In coUltanow «■ DYNAMITE K1LLH ONE. HOW FIRES START. Places Damaged Matches on the Stov* to Dry Them. The Newark, N. J., police believi that they have averted a serious lene ment house fire and perhaps save< the lives of many by the seizure o 40,000,000 matches in an Italian fla; house. The matches had been pur chased by Solomon Paplowsky aftei they were damaged by water. Whet the police entered Solomon was dry ing them over a stove in the hope ol making them marketable. Fatally Burned. At Augusta, Gs., Mrs. Henry Weis- etger, of 288 Walker street, while Standing in frout of an open fireplace Wednesday, turned to apeak to a vis itor. As she did no her dress caught fire, and before the flames could be controlled she was fatally burned Burning of an Old Church, fljrncted one hundred and four years ago, the First Methodist Church of Sparta, On., was destroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon. A piano and n memorial alab to Bishop Pierce was saved. ' “-“V. * Tho New postoffloe * MW style postal card,*' pteoed iff the «bd eountiy irksome ,. ,, here not some reoici^*^ 1 gQ Exploit ion in North Carolina C4>urt House Fatal. |• 'Jill iddr i rolled along hundred yards, and were kill right. The wagon was scattered, In parts, for twice that distance, and it was a most miraculous thing that Wilson, the switchman, waa not in stantly killed, as he was sitting On the front of the engine when It struck the mules and wagon. The negro driver and Wliaon were placed aboard of the engine and hur ried back to the city for medical treatment. At thie time the driver Is in a precarious condition, and it Is doubtful if he will survive. garded as th* logical' come the purchaser of prH^j^n DC the other companies, and the s taken to call a special meeting wa» the first toward submitting the mat ter to stockholders of dlff*reat com panies for their consideration." MANY WIVES DESERTED. Distasteful. The influence of Christianity In apan has been considerable, accord- ig to Baron Kikuchl, president ot he Imperial University of Kioto, whe ill spend several weeks studying ed- eatlonal Institutions in this country N do not think that Christianity as bone at ail upoa the national hought of the Japanese," sa.d tn aron ia answer to a questioner "Ii tayed no part whatever is the p.JU ’’1 revolution which resnlted In tlu ilabllshment of the empire. Non< ' the Janapese moral teaching! corat -om the West "In fact the attltudt f some of the Christian coivortr aiong my people haa not been ac aptable to the body of the nation ecause they oppose our reve enc. 'r the Emperor and our worship of le spirits of our ancestors. ’ Woman a Heroine. At Valdosta, Ga., Mrs J. W. Me- )onald, mother of three little chll- ren, proved herself a heroine when ;he saved them from her burning tome before daylight Wednesday uornlng. Two little girls who had >een carried from the house by the nother went back to their room and went to bed agala. Mrs. McDonald vaved them Just aa the roof of the hous« fell hi. This is a Had Case. At Richmond, Va., Judge Crutch field was moved to pity when Hunter 'ngram, 14 years old. was hauled be *V)re him, charged with stealing a loaf of bread, which the lad said he took for hi* starving mother. .Th* Judge dismissed the case. The hat was passed around the court room, collecting $15 for the boy and his mother. Wild Goose Chase. Robt. E. Peary, reputed discoverer of the north pole, made a proposition to the National Geographic Society, which-, tf accepted, will mean an American expedition to be on the way laered south gS2S#W* /V, -j- .■ UtJtude of Some*, -fapaoefte Killed and Burned by Op pressed Natives. Retaliation on pillaging Japanese natives of the Shantar Islands has brought about a pitched battle In which several Japanese were killed ind their bodies burned. A Russian commission sent from Vladivostok to Investigate the at tack of the Japanese made ghastly llscoverles. The commission found -orpses of Japanese partly cremated. The Japanese, It was learned, late 'ast year landed from a boat, pillaged 'he native camps and burned tents \nd houses. The natives assembled a large party of warriors to take re venge and the fight came aa a re sult. Religious Intolerance. A dispatch from Paris says when the nuns acting as nuraes learned that the building used as a Red Cron post and owned by Placlde Alexandre Astler, radical socialist deputy, be longed to a socialist and freemason, they declined to remain, saying they feared excommunication. Thereupon the Countess d’Haussonvllle ordered that the place be evacuated. Flagman Kills Engineer. At Birmingham, Ala., J. R. Her ring, an engineer on the Southern railway, was shot and instantly kill ed Wednesday night by George Dew gre, a flagman. The shooting fol lowed a quarrel between the two men over train orders. Jumps to Death. _ Despondent because the infirmities of age prevented him from earning a living, Frank D. Cornell, aged 76 years, leaped from the second story of a local institution for the aged at Memphis, Tenn. He died in a few hours. A Cherry Mine Victim. The. body of one miner and the carcasses of 64 males were found 350 feet deep In the 8t. Tiul mine at Cherry, 111,, by reUy parties of re pairers am Said to be Due to Increased a coal ed by him. tor tahueka coal land under all th* vlslone for regulation aad monopolistic control of stipulated la the Mil dneed by Senator Mr**®# ^ fonnity with Secretary Balllager's annual report. This coal compear would pay the aad Alaska a roraWr coal — rail— subsidy but were opposed to par of the Humphrey bill. The Demo crats desired to offer several amend ments and Representatives Sulser, Clark of Florida and Kuaterman had notified the committee that they de sired hearings on their own ship subsidy bills. "The action of the Republicans is an outrage," declared Representa tive Alexander of the committee. "We were given no chance to con sider the bill or to be heard upon it. In the face of direct promises they have 'railroaded' this bill through. It Is an Insult to the minority of the committee, to the house Itself and to the country at large." The executive session of the com mittee was characterized by tense feeling. The Democrats endeavored to secure an adjournment and to amend the bill but were voted down. An amendment waa offered striking out the subsidy sections of the bill but it was lost. In answer to the Impassioned ap peals of the Democrats Mr. Hum phreys turned a deaf ear, answering that Immediate action os the bill was imperative. When the final vote was taken it was shown that Repre sentative Humphreys had figured correctly on a safe majority for his measure. The open hearing given to the Merchanta’ Association of New York resulted in *. row between M r. Hum-, phreys snd Attdrney James C. Dough erty, representing the association, immediately following which Mr. Humphrey’s moved that the commit tee go into executive session and con sider the bill without hearing further evidence. /T* V 0 * * « -* 1 ”* >v Good Place to Live. Junction City, Ky., the town sec ond in size in Boyd county,, cites as an unusual record that during tht last twelve months there was not a single police court case. Policeman Clem, who preserves tho law in that community of 1,100 residents has announced bis Intention of cultivat ing • tobacco crop this year aa a diversion. ; R. TClHaWr Page's Mill; f r/ d)/ h '.Y # or ire well-bred seed B. Harris, Pendleton; W. T. Weaker, Blackville; J. P. Garrick, Woaton; Thos Taylor, Jr., Columbia; E. A. Brown, Camden; W. D. Byrd, Lau rens; W. J. McKinnon, Lykesland; J. D. Fooshe, Coronaca; J. H. Hanna. Gifford; L. T. Chappell, Lykesland; A. E. Gonzales, Columbia; L . R. Thompson, Pendleton; W. F. Cleve land, Ridgeway; E. J. Watson, Co lumbia; C. A. Woods, Columbia: Samuel Dibble, Orangeburg; R. W. Myers, Beech Island; C. F. Harris, Coronaca. A committee consisting of Messrs. Harper, Smith and Kyle was appoint ed to prepare fuH instructions for starting the work of the Corn Bied- ing association, the result of the wbrk of the committee to be dis tributed as a bulletin or circular. The committee appointed to take up the matter of a corn exposition with the Columbia Chamber of commerce was composed of the following: Messrs. Hudson, Walker. Hayes Smith and Baker. A committee consisting of Messrs. Hudson, Walker, Fooshe and Baker was appointed to present a resolution to the ways and means committee asking for an appropHatlon of $500 to be used In furthering the associa tion. The following resolution waa pass ed by the association and will be pre sented to the ways and means com mittee: ^"Resolved,.. That _a committee of three be appointed by the president of this association to go before the< committee on ways and means of the house of representatives snd the fi nance committee of the senate and earnestly urge that an appropriation of $50» he made for thr pUTpdie'of furthering the purposes of this as sociation; said appropriation to be expended under tbl'direction of the president of this association and th* State commissioner of agricaltffre." A. O. Smith, in speaking of the Corn Breeders’ association a*d Its purposes, Tuesday said: "It takes four things to mAxe good corn in Sonlb Carolina—teed, ao ||, cultivation and fertlllxa^on. * It la the object of the C</ro n to provlfle is known to be bigh-yleldlag, that will produce a progeny that Is true to type. "Every state in the Union that produces s large amount of corn has t^porn Breeders' association that Is continually Improving the seed and It was necessary for South Caro lina to have the same sort of organiz ation before corn growing could be developed to the highest point. Corn that has been bred up will yield 10 per cent, more or better thm corn that has not been bred up. In other words. South Carolina is losing at least 3,000,000 bushels a year in the yield, owing to the poor quality of seed. Members of the association who breed corn along the lines laid down in the meeting w'D be able to guarantee seed that will be high producing. "Rules for the corn contest are beti^g mapped out by which The State will give $1,000 in premiums for those that do the best breeding. The cofn is to be bred in the year 1910 and succeeding years. In 1911 a comparison will be made between the corn that ia bred up and the corn that has not been improved, and the breeders who have made the greatest improvement in yields will receive $500 in prizes in 1911 and $500 in 1912. This contest will be open to any farmer in the State who wishes to enter the contest. "The local agents of the United States farm demonstration work will assist the (angers whp are breeding corn in harvesting the breeding plots and selecting seed for the coming year. The corn division of the Unit ed States department of agriculture will furnish the plans for breeding. The office of (arm management will have fenorsTfapervUfon' of the con- It Is the Intention of these various departments to foster the or- ganlzatioo a* tor as possible until the contest is concluded. At the end of that time the farmers of the State should understand corn breeding sufficiently to conduct the organisa tion without assistance. It Is be lieved thst this association has 1 organized along the beat lines breeders' association that been organised In the ;iioj face. State representatives d lately sent to the seen* and in entire charge of the work <St res cue and investigation. - The Palau ia oae of the heat equip. . ped coal mines la tha RepuMis ot Mexico. It haa aa adequate veutHa- ting system, is provided with eleetrla lights, snd the mining officials aro utterly at s loss to account tor • t; y r :>£ a No stone will be left unturned by the company to afford relief for the sufferers. The bodies of the dead were interred Thursday. presence of mine damp ia'^MT t working. -■m Refuse to Senator Joe Bailey of Texas wont address the legislature. The proposi tion to Invite him was so attacked in the senate thst Senator Weston « withdraw Graydon, Slnkler and Ct Bailey on the score of taint, Graydon particularly the Texan on his Standard OO nectlon. Blows Off Hie MOmN Sensational newspapers vefej the fire of Speaker Cannon’s inn Wednesday night when he the Washington Loyal 28 th at low*” he chara th.t'th. ib«7 AMU . Live C by pub’* At be Wednesday diet of tour paiater, eould began ravenousl stake and choked to, the first tfSt -'i v - < -