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is. «S?a k i^_ .»- ***** / % A S&tW" S r^jqu -^ - - ■ - J ' t^eE? ■■ **-».. •NMl i VOL. XXXIII BROCK ON STAND Gvn Ei Yeni« •( dK D|l; Chiriri v Ui Kim* Ik. BARNWELL. S. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 2.1910. SOME OTHERS TESTIFY CM. Brock Explains Prom His Stand point Txprune Items In His Ac connts.—Adjutant General Bo/d . .. [ *'■ . Also Put Bp B/ Defense, at Hug' gestion From the Court. Tuesday afternoon's session of the military court of Inquiry was yet an other damaging one against Col Brock in the evidence which was tak en for the prosecution. The most Important evidence was that Intro duced by the prosecution through Lieut. Cabaniss, U. S. A., Chief Clerk Holmes of the comptroller general's oflee and Mrs. V. G. Moody, the sten ographer In the adjutant general’s ofllce, to show that Col. Brock secur ed f 100 from Mr. Holme* for a trip tor himself and Lieut. Cabaniss to Washington. Oen. Boyd gave a check on the Union Savings Bank to Col. Brock for $50, and a check to Lieut. Cab aniss for $30.57, although the vouch er filed with the comptroller general's ofllce showed two Itemised expense accounts to cover the hundred dol lars of $50 each for himself and Lieut. Cabaniss. The Cabaniss state ment of $30 had been placed In Gen eral Boyd's private drawer, to be at tached to the voucher later, but Mrs. Moody testified that Col. Brock, In the absence of General Boyd came In sad in her presence removed the Cabiness^tatement with a key to the private dfawer. Another feature of the afternoon sesaion was the reply the prosecution made to the position of the defense that so much money shown to have been spent by Col. Brock for team hire at different points over the state was In Col. Brock's work inspecting riffle ranges. It was shown by Lieut. Cabaniss’ testimony that he also had this rifle range business on hand for the federal government and his team hire did not appear heavy, as fre quently local officers would drive them out to the proposed ranges And beside this the federal govern ment was ^meeting the expense of this riflle range business. Still another feature was testimony from Mr. Holmes in contradiction of the posKion of the defense that the Brock statements attached to vouch ers were mere estimates made out before the trips were entered upon, the difference between these and amounts actually spent being later refunded. Mr Holmes testified that la no case was this refunding done. The warrant was Issued and the itemised statement of expenses ren dered afterward to cover. It wag shown by the accused that two amounts had been refunded, af ter the row was on. aggregating near ly $75. The hundred and sixty-odd dollars Col: 1 Brock got from the treas ury to advance to Lieut. Bennett of the regular army, who accompanied him on one inspection trip, has nev er been returned to the State, but this matter will likely be straghtened out later Lieut. Bennett, it is un derstood, has hardly had time to get his money from the war department, which requires its officers to advance money from their own funds for ex penses on occasions of this kind. Oen Boyd In his testimony on Wednesday said that when he w n 1 . cut occassionally on Inspection re paid hla own expenses out of bts 'wr, private funds. He denied that Col. Brock paid hla hotel bill In Charles ton when Col. Brock’s expense ac count for this trip showed him charg ing up $13.50 for hotel when Lieu’ Cabaniss had nothing to pay, wtum Lieut. Cabantss was told by the ho tel man that hla bill bad been pah by Charlestonians. Witness said he had stopped at the Charleston hotel and paid his bill by check. But he had not saved the check lo shi. • this. When the cross-examination sta i ed it developed^ that Gen. Bo id was rot the defence's witness, b it ha i been put on the stand by the de.'ee e at the suggestion of member* of the court. The croaa-examin&tlon war brief, the only object being to mak. more emphatic the point that wh*'!' Gen. Boyd went out on inspections, which were being conducted by Col. Brock, wltnesa paid hla own expen ses, taking the position that the State could be properly charged with the expenses of only one man. Col. Brock then took the stand and the attention Immediately dis played by the conrt and apectators ■bowed that they were anxious to know how he was going to explain Laraatigatloo. t 'Witness began by explaining how whan atartlng out on an inipeetlon trip it had been hla custom and the custom of the office fod years to draw a warrant for an amount sufficient to carry him for a time, taking up Item ised statements to cover these wr*- rants later. When he first went out he pot down everything and brought back SINKS WITH CREW KILLS BLACK FIEND ICANT SAVE HIMl WOMAN FIGHTS THIEF TWENTY-THREE MEN RDOWNED BY AN ACCIDENT. A Bwbmartne float is Rammed by a Mall Boat and Immediately Goes to the Bottom. A telegram received at th« Brit ish Admiralty at London _aaya a French submarine was rammed and sunk In the English Channel by a mail boat running between Calais and Cover. All aboard perished. The foundered submarine's name was the Fluviose. The crew num bered twenty-three. All were lost. The submarine was sunk by the fer ry boat Pag De Calais two miles northwest of Calais. The Pluviose sank in 160 feet of water. The crew had no chance to ea cape aa their craft plunged to the bottom In a moment after the col llslon. The submarine's length was 160 feet and Its displacement 398 tons, and was one of the best In the French navy. BUT A WHITE FIEND SUCCEEDS IN GETTING AWAY. drawn. At first It was the custom to have the amount drawn In advance and turned over to Gen. Boyd, who would give Brock his personal check, Bro:k afterwards submitting Itemized state ment. Boyd knew all this and how the expenses were runlng. Then when Boyd's health got bad witness attended to all this business. "Now so far as the amounts spent are concerned, they are stated with absolute accuracy in my expense ac counts But I wish to explain that the hotel people My expense ac counts do not specify any hotels. "For Instance. If I had small Items to pay like laundry or getting my leggings cleaned. I would put the whole amount to a charge for hotel. ’ By way of introduction be took up the matter of Cabaniss charging $o.25 for hotel at Anderson and his charging $8. This $8 Included his expenses at Clemson, where he stop ped for a short time, as was testi fied to by Cabaniss. Witness. In answer to further questions, said he could not remem ber all the details of expense accounts on his trips in 1907. 1 908 and 1909 I'or a while he kept a small note book carrying the items In detail, birt this had gotten lost He had now only copies of his statements filed with the comptroller general. Witness then explained his ad vancing money to Lieut. Beuneil, which was agreed to by Boyd. Witness in explanation of so much tesra hire charges on the 1910 In spection trips testified that he had been instructed by Gen Boyd to col lect and turn In the obsolete maga zine rifles scattered over the State. In order to coved this expense he had estimated the cost of doing this and drew the money. He found later that this expense could be paid from pntlonal funds. Consequently, he refunded to the State $22 In addition to $50 refunded This was before General Boyd made any charges against his accounts. The defense offered In evidence re ceipt from Lieut. Bennett for all moneys advanced by Brock This re ceipt was Itemized, showing amounts spent at each place This receipt was given by Bennett officially and acknowledged officially . The army requires Its officers to remain In the service until their oi>- llzatlons are discharged and witness was informed that the paper was good for cash to reimburse the State for the amounts advanced to Ben nett Explaining the hotel charge of $13.50 at Charleston when the local militiamen paid the bill, witness said the amount charged to hotel was for Incidentals and part of it was for a hotel bill for General Boyd This flatly contradicted Gen-eral Boyd, who testified that he paid his own hotel bill by check. In explanation of $4 charged for hotel at Pelxer when he was enter tained there by Capt. J. A Smyth, lr . witness said the amount was for a trip he had to make to Columbia to adtend to some duties of the office. Part of this charge was for hotel expense In Columbian which be felt he had a right to charge as he had broken up housekeeping here for the time. Tbe hotel charge at Barnwell of $2.75 each for witness and Bennett on which Proprietor 'Molalr of the Barnwell hotel had testified that Copt Cole still owed for this bill, which was only $1 for the two, was next taken up. Witness explained bow expenses had been Incurred In the atop-over at Blackvllle, which were not entered. All these details, amouttting to $2.75 for each, were charged to hotel at Barnwell. They stopped at the hotel annex, where TAJCjosi mattora connected with the only tbe porter was in charge, and J»<9 paiij tl»e_MLL Qt $1 in explanation of Mr. Cabaniss and his hotel bills at Camden being $1.50 for Cabanlaa and $12 for wlt- ness. Col. Brock Bald the Camden hotel charge included hotel bills at Columbia and the $12 was for three days. As to charge of $4 for team be tween Chesterfield and Cheraw, whereas Cabaniss had testified ha vouchers for everythhif. He was had paid half this bill, witness said told at the comptroller general's Of-j he thought Cabaniss was mistaken; flee that this was unnecessary, that | that witness paid all this and would did not want to be oncum- not allow Cabanlaa to pay any por- all thsas vouchm. Ho tjo* wp«ld Mfl jjaam. tho siptaaa ingisg In small vouchers > personally. ibmltAUg |U»U*I stata-l Othsr hotel sad similar expanses wit* slallsrly explained. CTkaj’lotte and Vicinity Aroused Over Two Bold Attempts at Criminal „ Assault. - A dispatch from Charlotte, N. C.. says two bold attempts at criminal assault In broad daylight In that Im mediate section Thursday, In which ojne of the assailants was a white man and the other a negro, aroused the country people to a frenzy, with the result that the negro was fatally shot, while a posse of citizens with bloodhounds is scouring the country for tbe white man, with the intention of lynching him. The negro, Will Ross, entered the home of James Hailes, near Fort Mill, and attempted an assault upon Miss Troy Balles, his daughter, twenty years old, The girl's screams soon brought aid, but the negro escaped, later being apprehended In tbe su burbs of Charlotte. Ross ran when Officer Colthrap attempted to arrest him, and the latter fired, fatally wounding him. At noon an unknown white man attempted to assault Miss Carrie Bell, the fifteen year old daughter of John Bell, telegraph operator at Bessemer City. He too, was fright ened off before accomplishing his purpose, escaping Into the woods near Crowder’s Mountain. A posse of angry neighbors was hastily form ed, and with bloodhounds from a convict camp are scouring the wood*. At a late hour Friday night the posse had not been heard from. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. The Grand Txvdge Elects Officer* and Then Adjourns. The grand lodge of Knlrhts of Pythias had a most delightful meet ing at B^nnettsvllle this week Tbe following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Grand chancellor, J. W. Walter Doar, of Georgetown; grand vice chancellor. Frank K Myers of Char leston; grand prelate, Frank S. Ev ans of Greenwood; grand keeper of records and seal, C. D. Brown of Ab beville; grand master of exchequer, Wilson O. Harvey of Charleston; grand master-at-arms, C. W. Cros- land of Bennettsvtlle; grand Inner guard, J. L. Reeves of North; grand outer guard, Dr. J. M Oliver of Or angeburg. The following district deputy grand chancellors were chosen; First. A. V. Williams, Charleston; second, W. C. Henry, Timmonsvllle; third, J F. Carter. Bamberg; fourth, A M Deal, Columbia; fifth, Rev. H A Knox, Mayesville; sixth, W. M. Dunlap, Rock Hill; seventh, A. V Martin, Clinton; eighth, J. W. Shel- or, Walhalla; ninth, Jas H. Craig, Anderson; tenth, J. W r . LeGrand. Bennettsvtlle; eleventh, George A Schlffley, Orangeburg All of these are new except Mr. Deal, Mr. Craig ad Mr. Martin. The following appointments were announced hy the grand chancellor: Grand tribune for three years— Herbert E. Gyles, of Aiken. Members of the hoard of publi cation of the South Carolina Py thian M Rutledge Rivers, reap pointed. A past grand chancellor's jewel was presented to Prof. A G. Rem- bert by tbe lodge, Prof Rembert is devoted to the work of this organiza tion and has rendered to it much valuable service. Tears Shoe to Shreds. At Wilmington, N. C., during a severe electric storm Miss Caledonia Roderick was struck 'by lightning, and her right shoe torn to shreds She was knocked unconscious, hut examined later hy a physician show ed that no injury resulted other than the severe shock and a slight burn on her right foot. Running Jews Away. The exodus of Jewish families from city of Kiev, Russia, has be gun. The total departure from that city up to Thursday night were 300 proscribed families belonging exclu sively to the poorest classes. The expulsion is attended with harrow ing sights. They Are Everywhere. “You know r and I know that ‘blind tigers' are run In this city,” declar ed ex-Gov. Glenn, of North Carolina, at a 'Montgomery church Thursday night. “It is useless to say that the officials are trying to enfore the law.” Ride Pleased Him. The Newberry Observer says: "A negro was carried to the chalngang srrra«day m a fine ^rw rsrtomobHe. He remarietf, ‘(JapTaltr” I've been wanting to ride in one of them things a long time.’ ” Burns Proved Fatal. Mrs. Joseph T. Patten, of Onawa. Iowa, who was burned Thursday af ternoon while wasbing out a “rat” used in her hair, in gasoline, and was hurried to a hospital, died early Friday. E. N. Bryaq^, a negro waa driven out of Brookhaven, Mias., sad kia plant and residence burned. Presto Taft Sinks Deeper ui Dcepe in tke Balliaier lire. HHK FINDS IN HER HOUSE WITH DEADLY ROLLING PIN. REPUBLICANS AGHAST Made Him Leave. Following the publication of al leged offensive articles in hie paper, jef interior, 'bat extend the'jndg Hiey Fear Revelation* That Have Dome Out In the Case Will Kuin Not Only the Taft Administration. Rut the Whole Republican Party Along With It. The Washington correspondent of Grit thinks that If the Ballinger rumpus, the bane of the present Ad ministration, Is not placed in the discard soon, it is going to wreck the entire Republican party. This la practically the concensus of opin ion of the foremost Republicans in the National capitol, a convlctlou reached after what has been prob ably the worst week the Taft admin istration has experienced In the gov ernment of the nation. The attempt of the President and bis advisors and counselors to clear up the waters muddled by the sensational Kerby itatement last Saturday week has been pitiful. Instead of clearing it up, the ex planations and statements have stir red up the whole unsavory mess ev en more, and the blacker the affair trows, the greater the blot on the Administration Is going to be. Some one has erred somewhere In the past. This much Is admitted. But some one Is erilng ever greater now In the com se that is being pursued. No names are mentioned by the disgust ed Republicans, for It Is not proper to openly criticise oue very high In the party ranks. Secretary of the Interior Richard A. Ballinger stands discredited be fore the entire country. No amount of “Investigation” or Government whitewash will change the opinion of the people as to Ballinger's guilt. His actions since Plnchot first at tacked his policies, and the thlnzs irought out against him at the Con- ,'resslonal Investigation, still In pro gress, brands the cabinet officer as x man who Is booking after the In terests of “the Interests" first, and then scraping up the crums for the people. And yet President T&ft persists In his efforts to whitewash this mem ber of his official family. The wise ones see that the Chief Executive by his actions Is not only leading his own administration to certain destruction, but he is .seriously threatening the very life of the party chat gave to him the highest office n the laud. Still he persists, In the name of departmental discipline, n bolstering up the cause of Bal- lingerlsm. When Frederick M. Kerby, the young stenographer working In the Department of the Interior, made public his sensational story of how Lawler, and not President Taft, wrote the Ballinger whitewash letter which the President gave to the country, It placed the Chief Execu- ive in a very bad light. Since tha» lime the President explanations and action* have been even worse. With Taft s consent, Ballinger Immediate ly dismissed Kerby from the ser vice And the secretary of the Interior liseharged young Kerby, with a stignlng reprimand, because he re vealed the manner in which Ballin ger obtained his exoneration from the President, and the deception practiced upon the public in th.it exoneration According to Kerby's statement, Secretary Ballinger gross ly deceived the country, and Presi dent Taft was a party to that decep tion. And he was not an lnm;jjt party, either. Kerby undoubtedly expected *o be dismissed. A man of Ballinger's type would necessarily regard the affront to himself as far outwelg\- ing the service Kerby had rendered the public. The general belief Is. however, that Ballinger and the Ad ministration will suffer more than Kerby. Kerby merely goes to join iht growing list of remarkable men who have proved themselves co.ua- geous enough to protest against wrong and place the public Interests above their own. The list now In cludes Glavls, Plnchot and Price and* Shaw, the former assistants of Pln chot, Hoyt, former assistant gener al of Porto Rico, and Kerby. They have all been driven out of the public service, and are classed ca traitors by the Administration, but the only offense committed by a-y one of them was that of telling tha truth, and of striving to prevent what they believed to be the per.- petraUoa at a greYl wrong. Others are to be added to the list, unless all signs fail. They will be H. Tiller Jx»nes, the special agent of the Land office, who Joined with Glavls, In the fight to save the Alas ka coal'lands, Director Newell, of the Reclamation service, and Chief Engineer Davis, of the same ser vice. Many Republicans In Congress in private discussion of tbe latest phase if the Ballinger case not only coin cide with the dismissed steno*viu»h- er In his estimate of the Secretary 7 ment to the President himself. They are damfoanded, disgusted and die- hearted at the maMar in which i > > She Belabored the Burglar Until He Fell to His Death from a Third- Story Window, : At New York Louis Gratoh, twenty five years old, painter by day and burglar by night, fell to his death from the third story floor of a I)e- lancey street houee after Mr*. Geo. Gietman. whose apartments he en tered, had attacked him with an iron cuspidor and a rolling pin. Gratch got Into the house by climbing up the fire escape. To get to the Gletemans' bedroom he had stepped across a crouch on which slept Miss Lena Berkenholtg, a boarder. Gratch was searching Glet- envan"s clothing for money when Mrs Gietman awoke suddenly and screamed. She leaped out of bed and selxed the man. Enraged mors than fright ened, she rushed Into the kitchen, where she seized an Iron cuspidor and struck him over the head and shoulders. The man broke away and made for the parlor window. Mrs. Giet man pursued him until a boy board er In thp house ran up and handed her a rolling pin. (With this she belabored Gratch furiously. As the man struggled In front of the window at the side of the yard she struck him across the Jaw With a scream he toppled head long Into the yard, striking on the concrete pavement. An ambulance surgeon found that Gratch had died of a broken neck caused by the fall. Taft haa driven his administration deeper and deeper Into the mire, with each move he has made In Ballinger's behalf. They admit that never be fore In our history, with the possi ble exception of Andrew Johnson, has any President brought such dis credit on himself and his adminis tration as Taft has done In this Bal linger affair. The Republicans real ize that the effect of the revelations of the last few flays regarding the President’s set determination to whitewash Ballinger, even at the ex pense of his own honor and con science. must prove disastrous to the party In this fall's elections. It is known that the President has not been animated In his course by personal regard for his Secretary of the Interior with whom his acquaint ance before Ballinger entered the cabinet was slight. The country Is therefore bound to seek elsewhere thsn in personal considerations the secret of Ballinger’s hold on the Chief Executive. The question will inevitable be asked how it came that Ballinger was made Secretary of the Interior, and how Is It that Taft goes even to the length of misrepresentation, to put is mildly, to save Ballinger from the consequences of his queer maneuvering in relation to the Cun ningham claims. The answer to these questions will be found by persons not entirely blinded by partisanship and the glam or of high office, in the testimony of Glavls, before the Investigating com mittee. In that testimony Glavls told how the lobbyist and promoter, Alexander Mackenzie, warned the land agent that he was pursuing a dangerous course In persisting In his attack of the Cunningham claim ants Theses claimants, Mackenzie de clared, according to Glavls, had been strong enough to prevent the reap pointment of James R. Garfield as Secretary of tne Interior, although Roosevelt had requested bis reten tion. And If they were powerful enough to prevent the reappolntmen of Garfield, they might naturally be expected to develop sufficient Influ ence to secure the appointment of a man of their own choice as Garfield’s successor. Behind the Cunningham claimants, the Investigation has clearly shown, were, the great Guggenheim and Morgan interests, which are seeking to get a strangle hold on the vast wealth of the terrHory of Alaska. The control of the Interior depart ment is essential to the success of this great conspiracy and suspicious people will not be slow to reach the conclusion that the appointment of Ballinger as Secretary of the in terior was not unconnected with the plot. Had the President kept his own skirts clean, and held the balance even between Ballinger and his ene mies, he would have escaped suspi cion. But in many ways it is Indi cated that he hss been working hsnd In glove with Ballinger and his friends to bring about the vindication of the Secretary of the Interior, al most regardless of the character of the means employed, snd he c»o- not complain If the disinterested pub lic maintains an attitude of suspi cion. The one encouraging facto; in tae situation is the apparent certainty the attempts to save Baiting'r wPl have exactly the opposite effej* to that intended. It is the belief In Wr thing’ n tbit th«- revelations of the past few da>*. taken In connection wl*b the jnm- ulatlve effect of the testimony tha Investigating committee, will make It Impossible for that body tj bring In a report while-waafclag Secretary ot WAS THROWN OUT IHAVE REV. C. W. CREIGHTON’fl APPEAL WAS NOT HEARD. 1 m Nfcr He Gives Hla Version of the Action of the Omunltte* That Refused to Hear His Hide. 1— The following statement Is made by the Rev. C W. Creighton in the Christian Appeal concerning the ac tion of a committ<e of the Methodist General Conference hr reference to his appeal from the action of the South Carolina Conference In expell ing him from that body; There w<re two cases on appeal to that body—that of the writer and one other. At the first meeting of the Committee of appeal the last mentioned case was taken up first by order of the bishop who acted as chairman of the committee. That appeal was not pressed by the op- pellant and It might have very prop- erly been postponed until ours was heard,, but It was not. Of the nature of that case we are compelled to speak, that our readers may gather an idea of the method pursued In our css* though we regret to do so. The appellant had beea charged with seduction and 'being party to a subsequent crime which cost the life of the girl Involved—a school teacher. On the first charge he was convicted and appealed; on the second he war acquitted by the trial commit tee. No objection was raised to hearing his appeal; It was heard snd a new trial ordered. After waiting nearly a week our appeal was entered upon: The charge and specifications were read, then the notice snd grounds of appeal. At this point the bishop asked, "Shall the appeal be entertained?’ The prosecution objected to hearing it on the ground that we had preach ed pending the appeal. We frankly said, "yes, as s layman we have done such work as we could, but we have performed no act or function of a Methodist preacher.” The bish op objected to any statement from us, but we had strong papers from good men and we persisted In read ing them. This was a surprise, they had expected to take us by surprise, but we were ready. The bishop held that we had lost the right to appeal and on this point a hot argument fallowed which lasted for more than two hours. (The discipline provides that "the General Conference shall never pass any act taking away the right of trial by committee and appeal, ’ and It was therefore held that If any conditions attached to an appeal those conditions were void, not at tached. It was a constitutional right, absolute snd that the only way by which It could be defeated was by death or voluntary abandonment by the appellant. The appellant insist ed that no conditions attached to an appeal form a judgment of expul sion, that he knew of none, and had he known of any he would have performed them. In reply the bishop read the notice and grounds of ap peal. called attention to the care with which they were drawn, said appellant was s lawyer snd should have known it and held his posi tion. A member of the committee call ed his attention to the case referr ed to above and reminded him that no such point was raised in tha case. Another member pointed out the fact that the appellant had work ed only as a layman and turning to the bishop he said: "follow youi position to its logical conclusion snd it amounts to this, a layman can’t pray In the Methodist church. 1 question, he continued, the right or authority ^f the Methodist church to say that any man who feels moved to lift his voice in behalf of the Mas ter and fallen humanity shall not do It. The bishop held that by preach ing the appellant had lost the right to appeal and that the appellant should have known this although it Is not a condition imposed by the dis cipline. The bishop Is a trustee of Vanderbullt University, the trustees of that Institution violated the plain ly written requirements of the dis cipline in electing to tha office of trustee men who are not members of the Methodist church and thereby the church is In danger of losing $3,000,000 worth of property. That bishop stood up before the committee on education and a crowded assembly and plead as an excuse for his act that he did not know of that pro vision in the discipline! A member of the committee re marked with a degree of patboe ‘ some men must be sacrificed." The bishop let drop several statements which showed that he waa perfect ly familiar with the case and If so he moat have known that If the eaee , . THE L0RI1ER MATTER • .'H Cfcarfe that He Wee Elected by the Uee of Bribe Money Overehadowa Every Other Ptuue of PreemC Oongreesional HU nation as Affert- <■« the Demin—t PeUticnl Party. P. H. McGowan, the Washington correspondent of The News and Conr* ler saysItJTe political iltaatio« waa never more interesting in Washing ton than just now, with the Demo- “ erstg having their fill of enjoyment at the expense of their Republican brethren. The Republicans have been In deep water ever since the present session of Congress opened In December. That big Government deficit, the fierce objection to the AMrich-Payne tariff law, the troublesome work of the "Insurgents"—*n these are causes that gave the majority party annoyance before others were added. Now there are still more dilemmas and either horn looks like a bad one. The postal savings bank bill la not worrying the Democrats In the ledst, while, on the contrary. It Is giving the Republican members of Congress both In the House and Senate—- no end of trouble. But added to this Is the worst of all trouble because It la strictly with in party lines—the fact that unleaa Senator William 6. Lorlmer, of Il linois,. can purge himself of tbe eK legations connecting him with brib ery work In his recent electioa, when he defeated former Senator Hopkins, he must, without doubt, face chargee of a grave nature before a Court composed of big present colleagues In the Senate. So far as Die postal savings bank Is concerned there Is little flee to disgutae the fact that neither the bankers nor the people generally throughout the country want It. So *• the former are concerned there Jim been sufficient testimony* presented to CongreM already to show that the enactment of such a bill cannot do other than work large ly to the detriment of these Institu tions—especially the amaller ones conducting savings deposit depart ments on a limited ecale. The question la being asked In - Washington, why la it accessary for the Government to become the guar dian of several million people and* take care of their earnlnga In order to encourage ‘ , th^tft ,, aa tke purpoe* of the postal savings bank bill un doubtedly is? it Is pointed out that If the people have been able to take *“ care of their small savings up to this time they will probably be able to do so hereafter. The Lorlmer case presents several Interesting features. Unless he can clear himself from the grave charges lodged against him he will doubtless be forced to realgn from his seat In the Senate. There are both Repub licans snd Democrats who say that for the good of the Senate generally Senator Lorlmer must give a clean account of hla doings in the Illinois legislature In connection with his election. Falling In this he will be allowed - to resign, snd declining to take ad vantage of this opportunity, will be Impeached. The fact that Senator Lorlmer re mained In hla rooms at a hotel for many daya before going to the Sen ate, gives clear and positive indica tion that he believes there la trou ble In store for him. His case Is much of s mystery here, and whtlu he Is not considered ot any special weight by his colleagues, there will undoubtedly be s clearing up of the situation during the next few daya, unless Senator Lorlmer can do so himself. It Is now believed that he will make s speech in the Senate, but that It will not be aaMefactory. Then It will be neceeeary for a special com mittee of Investigation to be appoint ed—something like the Ballinger- ~ Plnchot committee or that investiga ting the existence of a ship subetd? lobby in Washington. That Mr. Lor lmer is to be Investigated and that this Investigation may prolong tiff present session of Congress many weeks is one of tbe strong probabil ities at this time. -•ofH - & ••'SM Shot to Kill. went to the committee the appellant would win. It was an issue between a bish jp throwing his influence 1 on the ride of the admlnstration and an humble preacher seeking to have a miscar riage of Justice righted; the blab ip was the stronger and he won by a vote of 13 to ' The appeal waa not hear!. merits of the case were not toucA' ed, but enough wag elicited to mak*' thla much clear: A preacher who waa charged with seducing a young w msa* -a- poor aeheel teadrsr. nmf d log party to bur sat . had a hearing without el a new trial, bat At Henderson, Ky., W. B. Ebelen, a well-known horseman waa shot and - killed and Mattie White, the negro servant in the family, waa fatally wounded by Mrs. Ebelen, at the Bbw- lea home Friday—Mrs. Ebelen j herself up. tailing the police that It was merely a rase of whether she or her husband had to die. An OM Hero Dies. ■ ~ • - Tar --- ■ . , Capt. J. Pembroke Jones, who waa one of the ofllcera on the mac when died In the ok Mata! death. Merrt- fonght the Monitor. — of for tb* aecured and