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vol. xxxm em ILL. S. a, THURSDAY. APRIL 14,1910: BRIBE MONEY — ^ ii i. mm * Traced to a Prauactf Btsactt laa to PituWri by Jary. URGE SUMS VERE OVEN To Buy Up th« City OfBcUla for all 6 _ Sort* of Frrtrai CM—« In thr Graft Scandals, Long Promised, Comes With Discloanre of Biggest _ Deal of Whole Corruption System. The climax promdsed In the Pitts burg graft exposures came as prom ise! late Wednesday with the pre- aeu'ment by the grand Jury in which is recommended the indictment of Kr: nk N Hoffs*ot, president of the P. t saed Steel Car Company, dais of tli>' most prominent business men in the country. S.multaneously in the open court co e a plea of Emil Wlntr^r, presi dent of the Workingman's Strings ai. i Trust Company, that he had no defenae to make to the charge that he gave a (20,000 bribe to Former C< uncilman Morris Einstein. 1 hie following In sbbreviated form are some of the most startling find ings in the grand jury's presenihuSot made public Thursday night. 1. That Frank N. Hoffstot, presi dent of the Pressed Steel Csr com pany and president of the German National Bank of Allegheny and prominently identified with other banks, paid to Charles Stewart, a former select councilman, the aum of (52,500. 2. That the money was a bribe uad In influencing the votes of coan- cilmen to pass an ordinance naming three banks in which Hoffstot was Interested as official depositories of the city’s millions. 3. That the arrangement for the payment of the money to Stewart was made in the spring of 1908 and that the late James W. Friend at that time an official of the Pressed Steel Car Company, waa an associate in thi? trau-octiou. 4. That the original plan which Friend had waa to obtain the ser vices of William A. Blakeley, who waa then a practicing attorney, bnt who la now the district attorney in charge of thp graft prosecutions, as a stake-holder of the bribe moae; until the ordinance bad passed. 5. That Attorney Blakeley declln- ei to act in the capacity named sad warned all parties of the criminality of the proposition and of their lia bility Co prosecution if it went fur ther. 6. That siibeequeiu 'R r - Blake ley's refusal, Friend and Hoffstot completed an arrangement with Stew art whereby Hoffstot would pay 6r cause to be paid to Stewart the sum named—(52,500. 7 That the transaction was arrang ed to be made in New York „Uy and took place there In June, 1908, In order. If possible, to avoid criminal liability in Allegheny county. 8. That Hoffstot did also solicit and secure from one James N. Young, cashier of the Seoond National bank of Pittsburg, the sum of |21,09(i to be paid Stewart to Insure the lection pf the Second National as one of the favored city depositories 9 That Stewart did demand fro^n the now deceased friend, who wks acting as agent for the Second Na tlonal bank, a bribe for Stewart* vote in favor of the bank ordinances 10. That In accordance with the findings, It 1>» recommended that In dlctments charging conspiracy attd bribery be returned. The banks named as ultimate principals to profit by the bribe al leged to have been paid by Hoffstot to Stewart are: The Farmers' Deposit National bank, the Seoond National bank of Pittsburg, and the German Natloon bank of Allegheny. In addltoln t' these three, the Columbia Nations Bank of Pittsburg, the German Na tlonal bank of Allegheny and th< Workingman's Savings and Trust company of Allegheny were named ae city depositories In the ordinance passed July 9, 1908, over the Mayor'! veto. The plea of nollo contenders b> President Emil W’lnter of the Work ingman's Savings and Trust com pany was no less a sensation than the report of the graihd Idry. - If* waa charged with the payment of $20,000 In bribe to Morris Einsteifl. a former select councilman. Whan Winter appeared In court. Judge R^ 8. Frazer, who ia presiding in the graft cases, asked to be excused from hearing the plea. Judge Fusor apt- plained that on account of his long and Intimate friendship with Winter he wished to have nothing to do with the case. Winter wm thioa Ulfeo before Judges Thomas D Carnivan and J. M. Swearengen and entered the normal plea. Sentance waa post poned. „. FtanK H. Hoffstot. as president of the PreaMd Steel Car Company, ode of the largest Industries of its ktfid In the country, recently figured prom inently in the public eye whlla a strike waa on at hip plant In Mc Kees Rocka. Just before President Winter’s ap pearance in Judge Fraser’s court. James Anderson, the general book keeper of the Workingman's Savings Bank and Trust company at Alle gheny, bad also pleaded ndllo eon- tendra to a ckarga of HUB IN WRECK CONDUCTOR AND ENGINEER DIE IN COLLISION. HAVE A HOT TIME o »• ■ , -fjasb iti* .L js v ■ W* r Smattonl Scents Art Enacted hj Twt Senators. The Trains Went Together on a Sharp Curve end the Cictims Hed No Ohaace to Kecepe. The Augnsta Chronicle says one of the moat serious collisions in the history of the Georgia railroad oc curred Thursday morning at about threeo’clock city time, at a abort distance above Berzella. The con ductor and engineer of one of tbe trains were killed and tbe fireman of the same crew is not expected to live through the day. Out of a total of ten members of the two crews, there were only three who were not Injured. West bound freight No. 209 with engine No. 1 with Engineer G. E. Downing and Conductor B. E. Mc- Cullum, collided at the 22d mile post, which is just west of Berzella with east bound extra freight No. 62 in charge of Engineer E. H. John- aon and Conductor Charles Fitzger ald. Conductor Flztgerald was riding on the engine with his engineer at the time of the collision and he was instantly killed. The two trains were running at about the same rate of speed and It Is estimated that they were making about 35 miles per hour. The two trains completely telescoped each other, and about a dozen freight cars were reduced to kindling splinters. The general mer chandise in the cars was scattered all over the ground for some distance. The accident was on a curve and in ascending grade; also an embank ment. The heavy loaded outgoing train waa given a severe blow by the lighter extra coming east. While the cause of the accident Is not given out at the headquarters of the Georgia railroad, still it is ad mitted that the orders were misun derstood and that inasmuch as both of the head men in charge of one if the trains was dead, that an ex haustive investigations would have to be held to sev Just where the blame would have to be laid. '* It is anoeu that the west bound freight was due to stop at Berzella to let extra No. 62 pass, but as the extra train did not reach the point on the schedule time the crew of the westbound freight decided to make Harlem If possibre. The collision was Just about a mile west of Ber- rella.. Of the ten men on the two crews the only persons not injured were Conductor McCullum and the two flagmen. Thtee men were on the rear of Phe trains and of course did not get in any of the smashed up part of the train. NEARLY COME TO BLOWS PLUNGES INTO TRESTLE. Bribery Investigation in Mississippi Haa Engendered Much Bad Blood and Some of the Participants Seem to Want to Fight it Out in a Fisticuff. Train Burned and Two Tramps Said to Have Perished. A northbound Sealxmrd freight train, consisting of twenty-two cars, plunged Into a burning trestle over Cononara creek about six miles above Greenwood at one o’clock Thursday morning. The entire trian was eon- lumed by fire. It Is Indeed a mira cle how all of the train crew escap- <d Instant death. The following were Injured: C. H. Hlnnant, engineer, Columbia; Firesnan Kemp, Georgia; Conductor Carroll and a brak'-man. All of the wounded men were bur ied to a hoapital In Chester. It is said that two tramps were burned n the fire. Barmore Mayes, who •uns a brick yard near wdiere the vreck occurred endeavored to extlng- ilsh the burning trestle but without •.vail. HV then sent several negroec with lanterns to flag the freight, but he engineer failed to se© the danger ■ignal on account of the light being Im. A negro was also sent to Greenwood with a note but unfor- unately arrived a few minutes af ter the train had Ivft. Want GiH Babies. Girls are in demand in Georgia. Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama, according to Dr. W. F. Suoimer&ll, superintendent of Grady Hospital of Atlanta. Dr. Surmnerall had two babies to give tway, and said he received more than sixty requests, the majority of them preferring a baby girl. iMoat of the requests ramie by special delivery and registered letter, few uiing the ordinary malls. Made Him Rich. Warren G. Dent of Dayton, Ohio, •a brewery wagon driver, received (41,500 for 70 acres of West Vir- Aili* JABd which be bought 20 years years ago for (117.25." The discov ery of oil by agents of the Standard Oil company waa the reason for the enormous increase In tbe value of the land which Dent had supposed to have been almost worthless. The bribery Investigation of the Mississippi Senate at Jackson is get ting warm. Senators Banka and Tucker made frantic efforts to lay hands upon one another's during the investigation late Friday, and a per sonal encounter between the angry, Shouting men waa only averted by strenuous work on the part of their fellow Senators. Tucker, who is counsel for Senator BiWx), angered by the use of Che Shorter and uglier word, rushed at Banks. Banka, white wribh anger, rushed toward Tucker. Other Senators intervened and rough ly pulled the men apart. The quarrel came suddenly and unexpectedly. L. C. Dulaney, charg ed by Senator Bilbo with having paid him a bribe, had been on the stand. He had denied the charge flatly, and was being cross-examined by Sena tor Tucker, or counsel for Senator Bilbo. The witness was unshaken in hit denial of any crookedness, but de clared that Bilbo repeatedly hinted that ha could be bribed, and repeat- edel asked tor and received bottles of liquor. He declared that Repre sentative Cowart Intimated that would not be averse to aelllng his vote. Then came the explosion. Dulanev was asked by Tueker If Percy had rot paid the erpenses of all Senator ial candidates except Vardaman. Sen- artor Anderson, who was a candidate, arose, stern and angry. “It is &n absurd and insulting question." said Dulaney. A nimuber of Senators weie on fre demanding recognition. V es’dert Pr • Tern De»” was pound ing for order, a dozen men were shouting, and iN ve the uproar could he heard the trembling voice of Sen ator Anderson, shouting “I resent that question; I resent the insinuation that 1 permitted any one to pay my expensce.'’ From the rear of the Senate, slen der Senator Banks came rushing to tbe front. He got the fioor and shouted: “Any man who says or Insinuates that anybody paid the expenses of my friend. Congressman Byrd, Is a liar, as false as hell." Senator Tucker made a rush at Banks, and Banks charged to meet him. Senators turm'd over tables and chairs to get between the angry solons. It looked Mke a personal difficulty could not be averted, but some rough handling of the two bel ligerent S'-nators ended In their be ing jerked apart. After another wrangle, the question was with drawn. Then several Senators demanded that the newspaper men be "Instrnet- ed” not to mention either the quar rel or the wrangle between Senators Banks and Tueker. "It was stricken from the record.” said President Pro Tern Itean, “and the newspapers cannot print any thing not in the record, or the re sult of anything not in the record, including our little personal dlsa- .greerents." Then every one apologized. Dul aney was excused, and when things quitted down a bit, the testimony was resumed. Several witnesses tes tified to Dulaney’s good reputation for veracity and Integrity. At the night session W. W. MT- chell. circuit clerk of Poplarville. Senator Bilbo's home, testified that he knew Senator BGibo's reputation for truth and veracity, and that he would not believe the Senator on oath. W. A. White, an attorney from Biloxi, told of trying out Senator Bilbo In 1 908. A bill was drawn and sent by a man named Boh Moee- ley to Bilbo. Moeeley returned and said: "Bilbo did not give me a chance to make him a proposition, he made us one.” (Robert Moseley, formerly town marshal of Biloxi, said: "I went to see Bilbo, and when I explained the bill he took tout a lit tle book, figured a while and said, “It will cost you three hundred dol lars.’ I offered him a check, but he jaaid ,he wanted money." After (Moeeley hid’ tv«Hfied The Senate adjourned.- -re * ASSAULTED Di HER HOME TERRIBLE STORY TOLD BY LADY OF SHANDON. Italian Is Held to Answer Charge. £» Victim Kept Her Awful Herret Un der Threat of Dentil. The Cotumba Record says, Ollndo Reeser, an Italian dressmaker em ployed In the establishment of N. Netzkar, on Hampton street, haa been committed to the’eounty jail to await trial on a serious charge—the penal ty upon conviction being death. It is alleged that he committed a crim inal assault on a well known mar ried woman who resides In Shandon] The assault is alleged to have been committed a month ago at the vic tim's home, where Seaser boarded hut the charges brought to light at the preliminary hearing before Mag istrate Mowles did not become known until Wednesday. The woman said she dared not tell her hukband be cause Sceeer threatened to kill her if she mentioned the matter to any one. Her husband said that for several weeks his wife acted strangely, as though there was something of a serious nature on her mind. Finally she told him of her accusations agalnt Sceser and tbe arrest of the man followed. The parties Involved In the case are well known in Columbia. The husband of the wtomfcn is employ ed at one of the leading stores In the oity. At the preliminary hearing of the case there waa an incident out of the ordinary. When Sceser entered the court room in the company of a constable the husband of the woman leaped on Sceser and would have stiruok him several times, but for the Interference of the offtoed and tome of the court attendants. ,The charge under which Sceser la being held ia not bailable, so he must necessarily remain in Jail until the term of court, which convenes n*<xt month. The victim’s story is that on the day of the assault Sceser came In to dinner and finding her alone, dragged her Into a room and there, accom plished hls Tvi-noStv Sceser has con tinued no live In the house. • BLEW UPBANK Pm lutin Wk N It hrmi kj ■« wi THREE ARE CAPTURED LOVE LEADS TO RIOTS. Twenty-three lives Have Been Lost Because of Them. The love affairs of Saofet, a beau tiful Turkish maiden, and Stefandoff, a young Buglar, have caused much rioting on the streets of Ruszczuk- on-the-Danube and the death of 16 citizens and seven soldi*rs. Crowds have taken sides with the father of the bride or with the yonng Bulgar, who Is a iiopular man and a bank clerk, and are fighting and quarrel ing b•-cause the parents will not al low hls daughter to live with an ‘‘Infidel" Greek Catholic. Saofet Is 16, Stefanoff is a widow er of 30. She Is a Mohametan, he Is a Greek Catholic. She fell In Hove with hhn but her father would not sanction a wedding. One night the two eloped to Stefandoff’s mother, and according to an ancient Bulgar ian custom this is equivalent to mar riage. Furious at this the brides father stole hls daughter and placed her In Jail. The iwldt-groom gathered 2,000, stormed the jail and carried the bride away in triumph The soldiers were called out and stormed his house and a bloody battle followed. In its midst the bride dlsapp'^ared and two officers of the army were lynched on suspicion of having kill ed her. The whole country is tak ing sides in the quarrel. • The Masked Robbers Overpower the Watchman and Engineer and Rob bed the Rank of Two Thousand Dollars, bat Were Chaned and Three of Th«*ni Captured. Five maskv-d bandits escaping wirh (2,000 stolen from the Bank of Coal City, at Coal City. Illinois, exchanged shots with a posse Thursday, three of the robbers being wounded and captured. Coal City is sixty-three miles southwest of Chicago. The en tire population was aroused by the explosion In the bank and Che ensu ing pursuit. The marauders entered the town on a passing freight train and began operation by tlelng Barney Ghetto, the night watchman, and Washing ton Frye, the night engineer of the electric plant. They then blew up the bank building and shattered the safe with a charge of nltro-glycerlne, and after seizing the contents of the safe, leaped on a Sante Fe train with their plunder, which was partly in stamps. As the train carrying the bandits pulled out of town. Ghetto succeed ed In cutting hls bonds and rushed to the telephone, notifying Eugene Miller, the night watchman at Mas on, seven milee south of Coal City, and he with Dr. E. D. Watts, who waa at Che station at the time, laid in wait for the robbers. W’atta was armed with a repeating shot gun and Miller carried a revolver. At Maaon the freight train atop- ped to switch cars, the bandits leap ed from the train and hid In a clump of shrubbery near the track. Miller and the doctor discovered their hiding place and opened fire which was promptly returned, a>>out 25 shots being exchanged. When the train started the bandits leaped or board and again escaped. Immediately the sheriff at Morris as. iwend. Several automobiles were pressed Into service and the Mirsuit berao. the machines follow ing a road along the Santa Fe right of way For a time the motor rare sped directly alongside the train, mem bers of the posse occasslonallv firing at the dark objects which were tak en to be the bandits W.ien the train came *n a stop at Verona, near Morris, the cr * s were searched by th'* sheriff and bis men. Three of tr© fugitives were found in an e-mpty luggage car. All wore wounded The other two had fl''d. It is believed that they leapeq 0 n the moving train from the aide op posite the poss** and escaped with the booty. Tbe prisoners were taken to Mor ris, where they refused to discuss the robbery. Th« prisoners admitted that their homes were In 'Chicago and gave the names of John Hoyt, Rawer Tonaazewskl and Joseph Crowllck. FIRE ABOVE AND BELOW. <X)RNH LEAD TO MURDER. A Man Forfeits His Mfe in a Quarrel on the Street. Stepping on a stranger’s corns on a crowded street car In Minneapolis, Minn., cost the life of A. B. John son, a native of Montreal, Can. He was shot through the head by the offended man and died before med ical assistance arrived. HI* three as sailants escaped in the rtot that fol lowed the shooting. The car on which the shooting oc curred was crowded and when three men got on the rear platform they Jostled Mr. Johnson and In recov ering hia balance again he stepped on some man's foot. An altercation Ibllowed and the trio left the plat form. but as they stepped to the ground ...one turned and fired a shot Into Johnson’s forehead. • Rescued From Ueriloua Position Un der a Bridge. Fire In the shaft above their heads threatening thb lives of five men working in a caisson 125 feet below ground In the foundation of the municipal building under Brooklyn bridge terminal. Dense volumes of smoke poured from the shaft, where electric wlrea had become crossed and had Ignited combustibles near by. Fearing the men would be suffo cated, the foreman on the work has tily ordered the steel bucket lowered. The men scrambled Into It and the car shot them up through the smoke They reachKd the surface in faint ing condition, but were soon reviv ed. Fireman flooded the caisson, putting out the fire. MR. FOBS NWDRN IN. Lead to Speakers Desk by Hls Broth er, a Republican. fThe democrat* of the house tn- dulg-xl in a notay demonstration on Thursday when Representative Foaa. WATCHMAN ASSASSINATED of Illinois, a republican, escorted his brother, Eugene N. Foss, of Massa chusetts, a democrat, to the speakers desk to talre the oath of office. The new 'Massachusetts member succeeds the late (Mr. Loverlog, a republican. GOES FOR TEDDY SENATOR TILLMAN GIVES HIM A GOOD ROAST. Saya the Rongbt Rider Haa Bamboo- sled tbe Public Long Enough and He Must Be Still. "All tbit hurrah about Roosevelt and the manifest effort to make him presidential factor irritates me so that I do not like to dlacuss It," said Senator Tillman, as he waa leaving Atlanta for a visit to hls home on Wednesday. "I think the Idea of Roosevelt ire- coming a candidate for the presi dency or an Important factor in straightening 'out the Republican party is absurd. In the first place, Taft would be more than human If he did want vindication and a se cond term. "Hls alliance with Aldrich and the money powera will Insure him the support of Wall street, whose cap tain* of finance would give up mil lions to encompass the defeat of Roosevelt. "In the second place, the Idea of Roosevelt straightening out the Re publican party la abaurd. "He is not so clean and straight himself. He haa bamboozled the public time and time again. "Roosevelt is the creation of the newspapers and little else. They lent themselves to hia making in the most remerkable manner this coun try has ever known. No, I do not think Roosevelt can be reaurreefed. What will be hia future? That is hard to forecast. Doubtless he ill have to adjust himself to the difficulties of private citizenship. "This will be hard, and it will be pretty phyachologlcal study for the country to watch. But othera have had to tackle it. and why not Rooupvelt?’^ ' SHOOTS PENNILESS OTN ER. Dispute Over Ten Oat Debt Ends in a Fatal Affray. In a quarrel over the payment of a ten rent meal, James H. Royden, a marine fireman, was shot and killed late Thursday night by Frank Sch wab, oashler at a "Plttaburg Joe" restaurant at Chtearo. Schwab wa* arrested. Royden entered the eating house shortly before midnight and perch- “ed himself on a stool at the counter. He fell asleep after eating. When tbe cashier awakened him he atag- gered toward the door. The cashier stopped him and demanded payment Royden fumbled In hia pockets and found tthem empty. He tried to leave the place end Schwab grappled with him. They fought their way ont to the sidewalk, when the cashier released hia hold. Runlng back into the res taurant he got a revolver and shot Royden through the heart. SAILORS MURDERED. Accomplice in the Crime Makes Con fession. Retribution for the mysterious murders of sailors, king a puzzle at the porta of Puget Sound.aemms now close at band. Giving alleged details of the killing of John Hoffman and Charlie Hedberg, John KUngenbent has made a sworn confession to Prosecuting Attorney Campbell at Aberdeen, Wash. »- Klingenberg says that he. under threat of death at the hands of Wil liam Gobi, kllle’d Hedberk. The state ment charges the slaying of Hoffman direct to Gobi, who Is a fo.-iner agent of the Sailor s Union, and la under arrest at Monte Sano, waiting trial for wholesale slaying that trial. As In many previous cases two sailors, Hedberg and Hoffman, dis appeared mysteriously. Hedbergs body was found, but search failed to reveal Hoffman. Made by Cushman, tbe of the. House, (pwta Wa Who Said He Wanted to and Ridiculed Him and Other Be- form Republicans. ' In hia latter to The State McGhee' saya scarcely any member's coming to the house of representatives la recent times has been looked for ward to with more interest than the coming of Empcne N. Foss, the Dem ocrat who overturned the blde-bosnd Republican district In Msssschnaetta. Th* advent of Foes Is aoiH Mtonto' about and the speculation aa to the significance of his election goes steadily on. It la Interesting In connection with It to recall a speech made la the house of representatives on Jans St, 1906, by the late Francis W. Cush man, a representative from Wash ington, and one* of the most bril liant members of the house while bfi. was here. Cushman was the "funny man" of the house also, and always when he arose to speak there wars as many; members In tbelr seats as could be there, aa well as elotse at tention in the galleries. Bpeaklng of Canadian reciprocity and of the reciprocity convent ion which had just boon held Cosboaaa said. “One of the prime Sgovers—I might say, one of the major pro phets—of the lata national recipro city convention was on* Eagan# N. Foaa, a free trade theorist from Bos ton, and a tariff agitator Iff pTO- , fession. It has never been my pleas ure to meet that man Foaa, bat I have a growing and an almost ae- conquerable desire to tee him. Ha ' must be wonderfully sad fearfully made." ^ * The brilliant and satiric Coehmat died two yvare ego; ales he have been now able_to duslre Thaf 1s o ©lee had overtaken h^UfjlKhas taken several othrr llcana to whom in th* san he paid glowing trtbates. Cushman had lived he woald seen other alarming things Use coating to con green of this * derfully and fearfally made" Foes. Notable among the strange happen ings Is with respect to Senator Cum mins of Iowa. Ia that speoch Cush man further said: "And who were the men that at tended this so-called ‘raeiproclty convention?* Nearly all of them eroro free traders. Some few of lonned s protection ooat gain . admittance and* giiiw; ’ bat underneath tbe down next to hls hide—waa trade ahtrt. In that gath< free traders tasted a moaphere and felt were planted on fao^ltlar ground. “Chief among Urem waa Qov. Al bert B. Cummi*a of tows, the moat prominent political orphan that America has produced ia a generv tion. •^Pbar Old Iowa—tbe cocnaon- woalth that gave me birth, and around whoee groves and ore bards the gentle landscapes are clustered the rlcheet and happiest memories of my life," etc. “And what great names has Iowa given to the world and to faaMf Their names are legion: “There la William B. AHIaoa. who. for more than forty yean haa helped Old Couple Seeks Divorce. P. B. Al verson, aged 94 years, Is the defendant In divorce proceedings instituted by Mrs. Luck Alrecson aged 68 years, In the Seventeenth district court. They were married In 1880 and their domestic life, accord ing to the allegations of the petition had been extremely peaceful until a few months ago. The plaintiff chargee cruelty. Made Taft Mad President Taft has cancelled his engagement to visit Indlanapolij on May 5. While no statement has been Issued in regard to thia decision, it The republicana -remained quietly In I s to b* the direct result oi’ Goes for Ltfie. — Refusing to grant a new trial. Judge McDonald at -Anderson sen tenced Webb Simmons, s young white nmn. to spend tbe remainder of his Ufa at bard labor in tbe State Penitentiary. Simmons killed United States Deputy McAdams in 1908. the payment of $20,000 to Eli ostein. Tbe plhaa of Winter and Anderson ohm* opportunely, for the district at- ••Id that otherwise they wars igdletod Thursday. Negroes Lynch Negroes. A mob, composed entirely of ne- rrnre, overpowered Constable Mal lory of Keo, Ark., seised hi* two prisoners, both negroes, one a wo man, and shot them to death, after which their bodies ware strung up. The victims were charged with kill ing the husband of the woman and wife of the man. their rests aa the democraU arose enmasee, applauding and cheering on the front now of the speakers gal lery. A sweet faced old lady, Joined in the applause, she was tbe mother of the tw*o brothers, who were the JS'ever before have brothers of opposite*’ political faith b*en members of the bouse at the same time. • Horse in a Street Oar. A runaway horse jumped through the rear entrance of a street car at Fourth and Main streets, injuring a dosen passengers, The horse was so tightly wedged Into the ear tbat the wreckage had 14 ha cut away. • His Head Almost Blown Off by Lead of Shot. Assassinated while maklntg hls rounds, William M. Holland, night watchman at the Mttaaita lal ggd | <> **ltri flf attraction. Coal company plant, was found dead early Friday morning, with hia head alm()et blown off by a heavy load of shot. Holland had palled the boxes on hit three o’clock round and when no further calls came in the tele graph signal company made an in? vestigatkm and it was found the wlrea had been out. There ia no clue to the murderer. About a year ago Hoi land' was flrad on by on •know® parties wt*la palling hls rounds at tha i the events at the Indiana State Rj- pu-bllcan convention, where the in surgents had things their own way On Trial for Murder. Irvin Hatchett. 18 years old, charg ed with the murder of a 14-yeir-oid girl, Clovle Tedder, waa placed on trial Thursday at Deland. Fla. The girl's body waa placed near the road side and on the body were more ♦ban •fi wounds, made by a pocket knife • Hatchett ia said u> have oonfa—id. • Up" Brownsville. Ground to Piece*. In full view of u' large crowd Sallle Williams, tbe two-year-old dauehter of Inspector the Atlanta waterworks depsrtmen; was ground to death under ^ stree; car Thursday night. Tbe child hat wandered away from home when the accident occurred. : Found Out at The military court of Inquiry haa found out—what the great American people knew nearly four years that the - V. I m m Ha wouH H et- thelr ■mm my mind. to guide and guard the destine* of the'American republic. “There la William Peters Hepborn. the ckearest-mlnded statesman and th© greatest debater upon this Boor of the greatest parliamentary body on earth. ' “There is Jonathan P. DolHver, patriot and an orator, whose fame has reached two continents.’’ Hr * mentioned also John F. Lacy and Leslie M. Shaw. And legtona more of names coming trooping to today Hke the dove* to the window names that town world and to fame. ‘And then—and then, them Cummins! Te gods. I never to live to aee th# day when great SUte that bore me a Republican governor, the door of whoee executive | opened directly Into a Demcratic free trade conveatioo. Poor Cuxhman? Bat he spaced the hsmilaiton of eoeteg \ same Cummins succew AlHseu in the United Allison died la time to own defeat, for Cunuaiw ly headed thia way—th* i oL eatod by V laid low by a Leslie M. Shaw life; Jonathan P. Cummins forces to defeat by the alee, this mas 6,908 And, pro-eat S&i. l hav -It m :-V'' < - ... K. • s'. • r ' ' if *2. 1 '