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The Barnwell VOL. XXXIV BARNWELL. S. <J., THURSDAY. MARCH 23.1911 NO 29 THEY ARE TIRED mm m “ INils WORK OF FIENDS m #IKE " CHINA IN GRIP m ™ E » TRIED TO TRADE Got. Blcasp Rem ms tlbe Members of ihe Dispensary Ccirm ssion. (.OAEKNOK I’.LEASE Tl HNS SEV ERAL (OWMTS LOOSE. FOR NEGLECT OF DUTY Ht* Thinks I lit" MimiiIkts To<»k Too Loiik In (ifltiiii; H»‘snlts—ilr Charges the Members Mso With Ineapaiity for the Work Tliey Were Engaged In. Governor Hlease has i sued e\<>- rutive orders pri'i'mptoril' removing from oflice I)r. \V .1. .Murray of Co lumbia, Mr. ,1. S. iUleti of. Yorkville. Mr. John M.Swei-ny of Timniotm- vile, Mr. Avery Patton of Greenville, and Mr, A. ii. Wood of Gaffney, com- jiosing the com mission appointed 'o ■wind tip the affairs oi tht late South Carolina dis,. nsary. “Neg 1 • et of duty and in mpaidi\, ‘ are the reasons assigned by the ten - ernor for his aet ion ; and a art ieular- ly does he disapprove of the ar an.e ment wit'-T'diy t he Atlanta la w tiria of Ami* r.-on. P M -r. Roa'itr' * A W 1 f n "as re'aaual to as.-t the * '"U:- mission in rerov* r: a g from lapi r houses and other jiar'a's money a. leged to !■*• <1II" til. Si.;! e as a result of (hailing with th" Stan d]-pen-ar> An ai ! passial in 1 v *• Gov* rn.*r pow er to r* n.o'. *• i a 1 alv, 1 mmT. Th p. ;r,g st a' • n* of Gilmot was to the effect that G.allman asked t im if he had 'old All* tl Prole that . ; , *i st !*• 'Pali! P ster's cattle. ' 1 s J *1 S ' sail G ilmore. "and lie damm d lie. I ea.led him 1 ,sked him if Ii*' >urr.ed ' arnS' (1 iImore thim ie f * *1 Id wed Gallman )!■ *1 >n of th c connniss’on. *le* III i: Or the ; Mb SO. a mi [ til* re " li; in th O u r t S 111 tl.*' Go \ 1 Pb ase Mill ! in* nt t ll‘ ■ * t le.-ed : se ml* 1> 1 a.-t m**:*• h a siu: v* *sf i ■n arm I'hti eat i' * n o t Hie ili-q. * - tic' - \c t 1 v \\ - a b -Ma'ive , 1 f ill, 1 , Dl 1 of tit* I- . t *•!.,-. ,.| 1 .*r- *!: th** t t ion • ^ r • . r v. (if , I .Ft .1 s iM, t 1 nnr.-h l.’> - any •! r<-1 it; ('Mint* Tin- (1(1 . 1 - ’ 1 * \< r • \ • n v\ In f F , F , | t , ■ , h»TS th. I**...i,l ch ai r t' in.’ n, n r-t tirl' ’ - v a in* < 1 • ‘ i. • 1 f n a n , * • Hr; \\ <AA. Vv • Dr M I . • •; . 'a"!« v»* ’ - in I ho h n rj took hi' 4 i*t-t**i from him am) a !n(i• !a*•:n <(*i .-t tat. k ti i m ov t-r flu* head. "I was l\ ller* i II ll " in '■ .I."a a i i f t * ■ r f iiis." said Gil- ir int» i si to <1.) If* no r.*HM am • in ore, "and ll. ■ then com inen<'<’ d to HI l ]e r S. Goietior P’. ,-.e AA' edn.sjay ; »ard f- 11 n - i * • r a < 1 a i > on. 1 Mark In i m an. of Aiken. w lio . >!;,*(;. *.*■ r.. 1 As U t •> < * T '* I i L’ • \»• n \ : irs in the ; •cni- his own 1 : r ^ - n ’ 1 ••t; t t u\ f r mans! a u s:' u-r Th. : :'or an in\ • s' i At rk Den • i r * • om n; ;ss:on " • i> o I'rvi ; n An- w ..f ! h ■ fm t Hm if . n t t • • ■ n: sum t f , .., •,, ,1 » , , f h • 'S11 • rein.* Gourt At : ti. ■! a .1 >' ii i ,-sa 1 torn. • D - H* rn!. '■-.* n of Aik. '* .. i!': J .,,*1 . t rm:, • :. t 1 s * r • - < < • tl Hie in itter of n 4 • \\ S - . \\ 1 * n ; t i: o r: i:. t \i i r ‘ * ■ m i r' i n l' :• ■ on i n tio: > '■ ' ! rner A' the tin: o! tie a r l: u in»* n f tie .i rv . tha’ it ore t li. S lit' ('l i > • i r t f h 1 < ; m s • ■ n ' 1 ’ Mn •. r * s q ' : • n Yx a - i 1. * • s : <»f 11 * ■i ( )i < 1' ^ •. r. ' D r | , I* - Hot. U >r*•. an n ' *■ r- -t . ’ . i t . ’ t h , .. T }) ; j f ( i ) t A t ' rnor ! * • ,-cJ ' ■ - 1 *,I J . , 1 Dan- an. " F j ^ , i. * , 1 . i n v 11. n . .. t ) . S n . ■r« , Go ur’ m»* * 1'n*: ? ■ o n *’ ■ r ” ■ < ■ ‘! ll' Al ■. ■ k 1 mn an. W l s \\ i * as(>n is . i v * a* fur t !i M York iP* t. i,,. Pet ; i ,*t tl. *r i It k: ai •No. 1 h.'.en't i from th*' i i o' * • r 11 * Pattun ' hut | a i: fa* • I * ' 1 e\ pent ed sain,*‘ ' h ti 1: st t; a:* w *■ net te stan t h *t itiM' ' ’ The com IM issu'll roncllldeil 's Ue'l into the 'late Tl'-as i w a’ ";' } .1 from 1 a;'i 'r ho is .- < lovemor Itlease had in a lett, i cast in i tnstn uat ions on th • men: ■ t • of the i i.mmi -sion, ask. ,1 the Legis latur • ta atipoint a commP'ce to in vestigate tin con.lift "f the on.mi. Stoners and the Aftornov Cemp-fat tn tjie hatp.lJ,in-r Ti + the affails o. the oe, Slat, dispenser'-. After the resolution hud passed both houses ami had h- en ; lec d ie the Governor's hands, he declined to sign it. If he should sign th" reso lution. it would gi\e tlie imunhers o| the commi-s'on an opportunity to he vindicated of the insinuations east b> the (lovemor, 1» is not believed for a moment that Please will sign the resolnti m. he preferin: to look iifter the mufter in his own way. The members of the commission have no other recourse, it is said, the laws of the State not giving them power to bring action against the Governor for slander. A Negro’s Brutal Outrage on a White Wo man in Noith Carolina. Some Are Paroled and Others are Pardoned Outright as the Spirit Moved the Governor. James W. Gallman. a prisoner at prominent tarnier of Union county, was Wednesday paroled during good behavior by Gov. Please. Gallman was serving a sentence of la years for n.anslauuht("■, having been con- vi ted in 1'JnT for killing Sims Gil more. The announcement of the parole was made following a confer ence between Pen Townsend, attor m-y and former State senator from IT:ion. and Gov Please. Poth tlf solieitot and the presid ing judge failed to recommend a par- don when the matter was presented to t!i. in h;. Gov. Ansel. Gallman was tried at a fecial term of court HE HELD HER FOR HOURS ti ,tp dow n the fn ml worm u \i (.no i ii M> \ Young White Woman Vfui!l- Near Hue West. \ n unk now n n- cro atm f - ! l.o:. at hue \\ . -t h.te \\ . !■ ■ n u i t :. o r o , c h .- i r - ! i to . . * • '’.It l\(J* .•rn^d -bawl ,■ J - art of attack and because it cane- from hind l.er ’ wo': iu did if t good look a' tt,p m ro Sill has f u rn 'stied a no acr- ■ rtption. ami th' 'nw ns in tin*- to" hoi ho d h IM' • I II I O' i tied to i out for tl" man The assa a It w as made mar t. i r • • • k . i." i , t * n • ',.t,i 11; i i * * . i <», 11 \s-o* ; I'" If* Tirm. 'l Pre If . MAIN MIN PEHISH ♦ —- - Tailing lug tioes to Ihe Holti N ear < lei eland. Tl»e Foolish Hoy. Fiorause he had suffered with p. r t sisfent toothache, Robert Glover, aged 2d, a gro~cr's clerk, at N w Orleans, committed suicide with gas ~ Wednesday- night and his body was - found in his room Thursday morning The closed door of his room had been fastened with a stocking. . t >. IM .1 1 SI 1,11 me. PTo ing t h - laimlit on upon him 'o leave South Carolina within 2 1 mc rs to never return to the state i v. Please >-sh-nlay granted a pa- • ■ o 1 ** to J din P. Waldrop, a life term li-om r in the St ite penitential > Tmm 11 reen\ Hie county. STionld Waldrop ever return to South Garo- Mia for anv n a son h "ill he re ,nest' d and wilh trave to spend the i "a iinder of his days in prison. He ■ as "onvlcti d in Ifto.'i and has thus "'•m 1 <Tr rears of a life sentence. In the petition fil'd it is stated that he is dyiif of tuberculosis and that his people desire to send him away ironi tlie State for treatment. I, A Elovd of Greenwood, "ho was convicted of manslaughter m 1 '."Pi and sentetu-d to ten years in the State penitentiary, has been par- do 1 by Gov. Please Solicitor CoiiMi r, writing of the case, said that he would not recommend a pardon as tin killing was done without prov ocation. Superintendent Griffith of the penitentiary recommended the pardon, stating that Lloyd was sick and unable to work. ('tie ft '.it. seven is lost, Few of three f i: w r h a crew and one other with is missing as a re- t FREIGHT TRAIN RAN INTO R^ A PASSENGER TRAIN. Tlie Daughter of a Farmer Residing Near Rose Hill, N. (’., Rrutallv Assaulted by a Rlack Fiend, for Whom Search is Being Diligently Made by Posses.. Fate Wednesday afternoon a young lady, about twenty-one years of age, the daughter of Mr. J. W Judge, a well-to-do farmer, residing a twelve miles from Rose Hill, in Dup lin County, X, C., was criminally as saulted by a negro and is reported as being in a serious condition. Posses searched all last nigtit for the negro and scoured the surround ing country today. This afternoon a ne;ro was arrested at Magnolia who hlhcl the description of the negro, but there was doubt about him being the man wanted. Miss Judge had started from h. : home to visit her brother and "1.1- passing along the road, walking, was met by the negro, who compelled I: to go into the "o uls near the ro "■ This was about J o'clock in ti; afternoon and the young woman t - mained in the woods from that tiuie until s o’clock last night, when sh> made her escape, there being a In av rain most of the time and the weath er very cold Owing to the im lenient weather, the negro left Miss Judge for a f*-v minutes Ti order te get some mat r tal to make a covering to pret * t be run, and the vnimv ah In'ugh The Eirenuui on the Freight Train Has His Skull Fractured and is Expected to Hie. I:s the Plagu’, ad Tens of ThuusaD(?s Are Now Dead. GOV. RLEASE GI\ES HIS REAS- ons for his action. A flanslayer’s Brother Offered Vstei to —- Get Him a Full Pardan A special to The News and ( uiritr VuGil Discitec Is Spreading in Spite from Aiken says several persons of Elforts to Check It, and Ee.us Are Entertained That It May Get Out of the Stricken County—Rats Common Medium of Spreading It sa ys were injured, one seriously, in a head-on collision on the Southern Hoad, about 11 o'clock Thursday night, the scene of the wreck being about a mile below the passenger de pot at Aiken. The injured were given Jttenti.in by local physicians and later taken to a hospital 'in Augnsta. It seems that passenger Train No. 17. from Charleston to \ugusta, was •tdatsuT t-wo hours kat-e, and a ft or leav ing Aiken was running, as the engi neer expressed it, "pretty fas'," "hen it ran Into an extra freight, which was coming around a curve without a headlight. The freight was running at about a five-mile rate of speed The engi neer of the passenger did no* see tin n ight until Hit 'Comm i\ e r* v e o n All tho vast far Fast from Siberia s frigid wilds to the eipiakw—Is tern lied by tile pmumanie plague, t lie -eonree that is killing thousands ;* Jay in Mimhtiria and China, and vvhlcTi Fhreatens To sweep not oiiT.v over Asia and the islands of I In Pa eific, tint, it is now feared, Kurop* and America as well. While many aits of heroism and noble s* If-sacrifn e are recorded In Mm plague-ridden districts, the for eign doctors and scientists who hav arrived from Europe, America, Japan ami India, and are working night and day at the risk, of i'TTeir lives to prevent the spread of the dis-aso, are ttie great heroes. They are seen everywhere, an •* Is of mercy dressed In tlie garb of Tells Why He Removed the Members of the Dispensary Winding Cp ( ominission. The following are the reasons as-- signed by Gov. Please for the re moval of Hie Dispensary Winding Cp Com mission: Whereas, Hie general assembly, by an aet, approved the Pith day of Leh man, \ D IPoT, entitled, "An aet to provide for the disposition of all 1 i "P* rt V conne-t -d w it it *h a Stat e dispensary and ‘to wind up its af fairs," provided that "immediately upon tlie approval of this aet the am. i nor shall appoint a commission of "ell known biisin h g T7T n *■ tile fnTf* ; rs litiil he m* tnfiers of tlie general as- sentlily, to he known as tlie state Distjensary Comuilssion, who shall Tve liond'-for the faithful perform ance of Hie duties required, in the sum of ten thousand dollars,’’ and Hie saiil act furiher providing that ’he said commission "shall pay to the .Tate treasurer, after dedueling Hieir 1 omp* usat ion ami other expenses al- ’o"«'d by this act, all surplus funds ti hand, after paving all lia bilith s. In my judgm* nt the members of tlie commission tiave liml more than ’ etc t ; ' : *n *' "I J, I 1, r c-'.- < ■ OFFER WAS REJECTED «. .1. \\. GuHmnn, Who Was Sentenced to Fifteen Years Imprisonment for Killing a Man, Since Paroled by Gov. Please, Tried to Pure base a Promise of Prrd in. ’ ing swiftness. The patient's brent*, is poison and Hie doctors dressed in armor-like suits with medicaily- treati-d masks covering tin- fa*v ana showing only the eyes. I)r*adful scenes have been report ed frotn Fmhlaten, When- tin- epi demic first showed its'if. The Ghi- m'sc have thrown tii*-ir dead info th*- ^street, ami. panic-stricken, th*v tiav* ■n k now n to t! i r* *f Hi" h *1 ria Mull I W I . \ I •'*•» * nt* I*- \l I Ml I I D. 1 'll' < Ollapsc of A’ Ihi 1 * ing to m\ satisfaction that this has not been don*-, and that said commis sion is guilty of mMect of duty by not making tlie Investigations re quired in said at themselves, Imj! d* legated this power to a firm of at torneys, under a contract which pro : vidi *| an exorbitant fee, and provid ing "The said parties of Hie first oart in their negotiations of suits in " half of the parties of the second part or the State of South Carolina, arc hereby clothed with full power, subject alone to tlie approval of the I’tiyrn .cm ral <*f [.aid St ite, to of. ter to anv of the parties involved, immunitv from prosecution upon -m b terms and conditions as in their judgment may be de. tiled to the best 'Uteri-t i,f tin- par'ies h* reto and to tile Stat*' of South GiU'aiiiia" "hbh provision of said agreement »as whoily without any authority of the romrrrssinn to make, in violation ot tin* law and contrary to tin* pohiy md dignity of Hie State, placing tne -’r* at and delicate power of tin* Stale to give pardon and immunity to \ io l.itors of lor laws in the hands of people not even citizens of the State, sitbiect to Hie approval of an oth * r of the State in whom I fall to find any lapamsc and Chinese authori- , ' l,MMi,u,l ' , n j| ' ,r H,il,ll, °ry power sfe*l AJitch delay and loss, iinit''i ov islons of th s agrement, has o*- rred. caused continugd a.-Htation long tile people of the Stat*', and s prevcntei! ttiem from doing tiedr irk "at the earlhst date prmtiia i r* midst of t the weather b 'ensely col d. and " it Ii G .ter resist • Ting in d■ cr. ro it was imnossibb to n Euro ,1, M'S in tin " * me 11 ' liermot h* low / tlie disinfe ting apparat ns ■'■an hospital attendants tiave been -trickcn hv tinmlred-g, Cr* tnafories are ticine constructe*l in many places, for i* Is Impossible to bury the thou sands of victims. „ Th ti'S. imire p.'irtii'iilarly tho former, are doing .all In tiuir power to stop Hie progress of tile plague Tlie Jap • ties** residents of Khihrhicnfang liouses in vv Ii .ch ir* *1 ami tuirned This is not '.i\ The State says last August or Sep- ember. after tit*- brst State primary »nd before the second, a nThn who s men, consist- supported Mr. Kentherstone for gov- m.ne of whom . rnor told a member of the staff of Tho State that a man named Hall man had route to Columbia that day bearing a letter of introduction from a resident of t'nion. Mr. Keatherstone was not in Co lumbia and GaHrnan called to see one of the men active in his cam paign, presenting Hu* letter to him. The letter said, among other things, that Gallman, Hie bearer, had a brother in Hie penitentiary and that tin* bearer of Hie letter had large political influence in I’nion, Spar- unberg and Greenville counties. 1 |r x 1 « < ' 1 Tbc 1 t o' C’e J ;»"j- R, ' , '' know if Mr. Keatherstone could be depended upon to pardon his brother In case of ills election, provided the influence of the bearer were exerted for Mr. Feat herstone’s election. Mr. FeatlK-rstotte's friend promptly told the bearer of the letter that no pledges or promises would be made. The Union man thereupon begeed that the matter he taken under con sideration, and left, showing eome anxiety to catch a train. Of course the matter ended there, so far as Mr Featherstone and his friends were concerned. The man who told The State man about the visit remarked at Hie time that in any event he expected to keep an eye on developments in tho Gallman case. Yesterday the atm inncement was published that th" governor had pa roled Jam* s AA'. Gallman, a prisoner in the-'State penitentiary, convicted in l‘.m7 of manslaughter and serving a sentence of 17 years, during good behavlor James AA' Gallman was convicted In Union county in l!tb7 for killing Sims Gilmore at Joncsville. in Union county He was sentenced to 15 years in the State pcnlentiary. The parole waa announced by Gov. Please Tow ns* ml of Union n, a. tit* WILL RE DIAKN \ CHA.NCK. Oxer Three Thousand Ollh’ers Wan to Serve in the South. AA I hi II .hit. : tie J ( ,1 ■ a u s r a in f , f ill r . 'A a s t r U -It ■ d 1 >• tl .fill t a s a i ^ ir . Dv. ir 11 ll.lt'. h ,! • om n w hen not uf tit*' near The a ut hor h Manchuria s* Him HI K LONG I os | |toy Him A t f i'r Long \l*>( Moving Diet ur*' I i I m. • • a. r 11 s t dare j .. four Mi ail- > en rs , moved and f the ' U " 1 t I . r * i f i f ' . iellt 1 n. , ami. iMSS AA' 1 .' r. is. an w 11 fi'itrtii ii: ing iiii Hi j'l-n-ary, *t v of Ai a n h A SIT -ctal d'rpnfrh fn »ii ip A l g'lrt a ■lit) h r o n i • ■ 1* S 1 - 1 1, [-I Oj u || • V IP T, l e | i.: n : f: t im t'.im -1 mwing H" --oil- 1 of ’a i 1 d anin, .is j n Afi ,. a a • r< t ’. 111 iz ( .■ oru;an " hos.• re 1, Itives have \ r if tp. n or heard front ! iim in s.x i fn I’ass* ugers are detain*"! tit for m.-ilii ai * xamination and >-*• who tiave passed the test .'itted to sueh cities as Pit Dairen tui'l others of equal AA'ith the District of Columbia, Kentucky and AA'yoming still to l/e hcanl from, .'t.lxo ofllcers of the or- g.ini/.eil militia have accepted tne war d* part ment s invittition to partic ipate In the prinent mittfary o;>era- tions In th*- Southern border States. The war department Thursday communicated by telephone with moneys have not Gen. Hliss, at San Diego, asking for definite information as to how many militin officers can lie accommodated by tludr commands at one time As ‘’non as this Information la re- •eived tlie department win caff on general of the State* t to select the officers who will constitute the first body of militia oilicers to be sent to the "front." According to tentative plans for- mulafed by the department, 2.’>0 mi litia officers will tie sent to G ’H. Garter and 20 to Gen. Hliss at a time for a maxiuni service of two weeks each. Py rot itin? the men at this ratio, it is' expected that till of tlie State guard officers who have accepted the Therefore Hi* v have been negli gent in t|i,. disrharirc of and shown dunlv i n * a pa (it v for tlie duties r*“- l iced of th■ m ; and. taking into con sideration nil of the ciretimstan'•‘•s • ii'l fa*!;- in regard to the delay and ne b t in winding up tho affairs as provided for in the act, and in view "f Hi" fact that al eon turn il over to the Stale treas urer. anil Hiis being further neglect of d'ltv. an*l showing (dearly Ima I'Seuv and indisposition to do the work as the art provides, "at ihe practicable" P being t| u > adjutant itice said af t was ap- and territoti r divers other good asons to me appear- affairs of ., approved A D. 1 unit * r t in* Ts 1'iot.atiiy \ vill he rou n if ♦ '(] wi’l m. M rs. AA H. AA nn of S.i \ a n. F saw tio* pi* ■tur-* ah d was on o v Al* of tii.' gale that swept down ov* lakes Wednesday, and is still r. g nv on I ,n ke Erie off ('lev t in nd Tlie Silver Spray, of Frio, I’a op crated by the Pon*h Fisheries r u panv. vv*-..t down off Cleveland Ii m- bur Wednesday night aft* r battling with Hie heavy s- as for twenty horns. Tlie last seen of iter was at 2 ;; in.. Tiittrsdny, when Gapt - llansett, of t’l life saving station, si - id ed a \essl a few miles rut. burning torch* s a- signals of distr* ss. Thursdfiy morning the tug Buck eye patrolling the breakwater, sight ed what is believed to have been tie pilot house of the Silver Spray.afl ia' in the iaKo, off East Fortieth sir*- t. Two bodies, which Gapt. Co'rn'dtus btdieves txdong to memiiers of th*' Silver Spray's crew of seven, weie liinu on th* 1 lireakwat* r. it w-as im- possitile for tlie tug to get mar enough to take off the bodies. it wli.n suddenly th* "audience" 1 Airs AA'inn gasped Looking dt- t i>' cut of t h* 1 lariat piet ur** at - nephew . Ambrose Means, missing years, inquiry showed that th*. im* of the young rope h .ndler is lly AT. ans Tfie voting man's motlt- is Mrs. .! M. Poole of Eiicn, Ga. ans is sail! to !**• a wonder with 1 lariat, having raptured lions with t he rope. D is said that he h.i io:n* d a wilil west stiow and ins mother or aunt will endeavor *o catch him at Peoria, 111., where he is expected soon. < m unriV* man a si h ide. AA'oiinds Friend, Misses Another, Then Shoots Himself. a bile < xperietired rat catch ers m-f. Ic ing on . aged by the authori ties of all tii,- cities at salaries who h they ran name thorns. Ives. At Dui- in one day. Tlie contagion is spre.ui, so tin* phvsi bans agr^e, through fleas, wiiieti becoming infected^ are *'■*ridl'd liy rats from house to house, where fresh victims are bitten by the little ir,P"ets. Tho fleas ran o'nly be ki!le*| nursing them in liquid acids. ’I he Russo-Astatic banTf at Har bin has temporarily suspended busi ness, w hile Hie Yokohama specie bank at Darien kc-ps-a deadline outside its doors, admitting only those custom - ers who pa# show a clean hill of health. New business is refused anrr 'll tlie currency received in Hie bank is disinfe ted. Other banks ale adopting this course. The dapanese are especially active in the construction of hospitals. One fer tlie public interest to federal government's invitation will i be given an opportunity to iiarticipate K'Y DE ATH FOR FIFTY. ' id* S, "Til It tile ovet nor is liorehy authorized and empowered to remove itiv member of the said commission v\h<nev* r he may deem it far the ' ubil interest to do so,” and 1 now d**i m it do so. Therefore, bv virtue of the power in the'nianoeuo-res. vested in me by Hie const It ut ion of «. ♦ the ?tate of South Carolina and tne laws, 1 do hereby remove AA'. J. Mur ray of Columbia, South Carolina, from the office or position of member of th" State dispensary commission, or of the commission for the disposi lion of all property connected with bv killing tho rats and im- ,h '‘ S,Mn ( > iEi Pensary and to wind up ty Ps affairs, and I hereby revoke and yoars of age, went through thin ice declare null and void the rommission to their death in New England and of AA'. J. Murray, of Columbia. South the maritime provinces of Canada Carolina heretofore issued and un- during the winter just closing d* r which he is now aiyting and de- There were several double drown- ( hire any further act of his as mem- inks* Many instances of heroic at- br>r ‘of such commission to be null tempts at rescue were recorded, and void. some of which resulted fatally to the A copy of the above was sent to would-be rescuers, each of the members of the commis- Josephine Pizroski, thirteen years sion by registered m^H. old, looking from a window of her Many Drowning* In New '‘England During Past Winter. Half a hundred persons, a roajori- of them children under twelve Land Frauds. At Chicago on Thursday nine men were indicted, charged with having defrauded the Government out of ld,- 000 acres of Alaskan coal lands. Must Re New Hoard. The work of winding up the af fairs of the old State dispensary has not been completed, and it will be necessary for Governor Please to ap point a new commission, since he has dismissed the old members, who have for the past four years worked so faithfully in the Interest of South Carolina, and who have saved from TT^Wfeck approximately $500,000. AAdrks Some Havoc. At Laurens a local yard engine in charge of Engineer T. C. Nsl- ,n Thursday started out (ft Watts 'mils and when rounding the curve a quar ter of a' mile from the station the engineer saw a special train coming in on the same tfr-ck. He reversed his engine and with his fireman jumped With a slight impact Hie engines collidi d and immediately the reversed locomotive went wild on the hack track and crashed-into a caboose and coal car in the freight yard. barge enough to accommodate 1,500 Henry !’. Powell, proprietor of the was hastily built near Mukden. 1 fie barracks at Tafanghen station have been rented from the military au thorities as a place of detention. The barracks will hold 4.000. The Man churia Railway Company has built Powell Hons.• at Sanford, X. C , com mitted suicide in the crowded union depot at Raleigh Thursday afternoon by shooting hirvseTfTafter firing wild ly. Powell was at-Raleigh as a mem ber of a delegation asking for bet ter railroad service and was talking to two friends. I). E. Mciver and C. AA' Smith, of Sanford, when he sud denly stepped hack, pulled two pis- — home while changing her wet stock- Log Faugh Him. ings, saw three other little girls fall Cauzht under a huge falling log, through the ice in the Chicopee riv- Harry .1 Hahn, vice president of the er ’ ^ er bare feet the child scam- Pig Stick I,umber company and a P ere d over the snow and, plunging welt known lumberman, was instant- "Mer, rescued two of the P killed at the plant of the company children. Her collie dog sought *0 at Montieth, Ga., Wednesday. He save ,4he third, but she struggled so came to Savannah five years ago from * iai ’d that the dog was forced to leave at Changchun seven large detention Ohio. buildings, each large enough to con- — tain 40f>. Physicians board all trains serum fluid for hundreds of thou- her to die. Killed by Collision. T and passengers showing the slightest sands of inoculations. There is a At Gloucester, Mass., four death* symptoms are hauled off and hustled great scarcity of carbolic acid and resulted from a collision betv.een th* fobs and began shooting. One bullet to the detention houses. in two weeks the price has risen power fishing vessel Hope and the struck Smith in the arm and shoul- The Chinese police have closed all from 24 sen to 2 yen a pound (12 fishing schooner, Hallie A. Heckman, *ier, and the other missed Mciver. theaters. Meetings are prohibited, cent to $1. in Gloucester harbor Wednesday* Powell th c n turned tlie pistol to his Tlie import of old clothing, rags and Five hundred new cases a day in The victims comprised t|^ cr*w of head and killed himself. Powell was the like is prohibited. The quaran- some of the larger Manchurian cities the Hope. The power-boat sank al- 60 years old. Temporary insanity is tine office has ordered by wire a is a fair estimate of the plague vie-. mdst Immediately. The other given as the cause for the deed. large quantity of prophylaxes and time at this time. ■ sustained no damage.