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♦ VOL. XX XV BARNWELL. S. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY ‘22.1912 "''w* . .’VV “ v-^WV 1 '"•r 3 "y j -» ■ •,f # A SERIOUS CHARGE — LETTER WAS CHANGED IN GOVER NOR BLEASE’S OFFICE. SAYS FINANCIAL AGENT BLACKBURN’S VERSION B LEASE'S STENOGRAPHER ON , CHANGES IN LETTER. J. P. Matthews in a Letter to Gov- ernor IB ease—Letter as Changed From Ortglnal Bolster Up Blease’s # Claim for Credit for Cetting SUte Loan—The Letters Cii . en. Correspondence relative to the fa mous State loan dispute was given out Tuesday night. State Treasurer R. H. Jennings asks Mr. J. P. Mat thews, cashier, three questions: First. “Was It necessary for the Governor to go to New York to effect the loan?’’ Second. “Was It In tended to lend the money at a lower rate than was offered In the bid?” Third. “What was the agreement as to Interest?’’ Replying, Cashier Matthews said “I will say that It was not necessary for the Governor or any other officer to go to New York” for the money offered at 3 per cent, under the bid of April 17. It was the custom of a State official to go to New York “for the protection that such officer coul 1 give to the State.’’ Second. “It was not Intended to get or offer cheaper money than was bid for ” Third “There was no agreement as to Inter est.” Here Is the whole correspond ene«: Responsibility Shifted. The following messaee w»s s.t' to the general assemble on February 8 by the governor of South Carolina “To the Honorable, the M-mbers of the General Assembly of the- Stab of South Carolina: “Gentlemen: Iti my general mes •age to the general assembly for 1912, under the heal of 'Fina:i■ e,' l made certain sta’ements and I herewith transmit to von statement* from Mr. J. Pope Matthew s. ca-hier of the Palmetto Nation al bank of Co lumbia, and the Hon Feorge Pell Timmerman, solicitor of the eleventh Judicial circuit. In reply to a »ta‘e merit recently filed with ,'ou by the »State treasurer "The statements of Messrs Mat thews and Timmerman clearly show that the arrangements for borrowing the money, and the signing of the notes by myself, had not been com pleted until after we reached New York “I have stated mv part of this transaction lust as It happened and whatever dl (Terences mav have taken place between Mr Matthews, as agent of the State, and the StaP treasurer as to the anuuints drawing Interest, Is of no ron ern of mine and If the amounts did n t draw Interest as was agreed with me they should do, Mr Matthews’ letter clearly shows the reason I could only make the agreement that it should draw Interest; It was the duty of the State treasurer to see that the agreement was complied with. "Yerv respectfully, “Cole I. Please, "Governor. Explanation Asked. The following letter was addressed by R li Jennings, the State treas urer, to J Pope Mat'hews, the finan cial agent of the State: “The statements in your letter of the 7th instant to Gov. Please are not in accord with the statements made in your letter of the Hth to me “In order that the matter in con troversy may be perfectly clear. I re* spoctfully submit the following quet tlons for your answer: “Was It necessary for the gover nor, or other State officer, to go wit you to New York to enable you t furnish the money borrowed at 3 pt cent., which you had contracted P do, as evidenced by your bid of Apr! 17, and as shown by yoMr receipt o' April 20th? "In requesting that a State officer should accompany you to New York was it, or not, your purpose to fur nish the money nee'ed at a lowe’ rate, if possible, than you had of fered in your bid? “What was the agreement between yourself and Gov. Blease, as to the borrowed money on deposit in your bank drawing interest? "Very truly yours, "R. H. Jennings, “State Treasurer.’’ KILLED GOV. GOEBEL ♦ DYING DECLARATION OF A HAN SLAIN IN ARKANSAS Says Cashier Matthews Was Shown and He Read the Letter as Used by the Governor. Mr. W. F. Blackburn, ktenogra- phe to Governor Blease, handed to reporter copies of a letter which he had addressed to Mr. J. i\ Matthews, as follows: Mr. J. P. Matthews, Cashier, Palmet to National Bank, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: My attention has been called to a letter from you bearing date February 9, In which you state: “Yesterday when the letter was • resented to me to be signed my at- entlon was called to the fact that there had been some repetition In the wording of the original draft and to the fact that the letter had been re written. “I was very busy at the time, and on being assured that the letter was in all respects substantially the same, I signed the letter without comparing it with the original draft except for :he first paragraph. I now find that in copying the letter certain changes had been made which makes the ense different from what I intended, nd somewhat misleading.” And In which you further state: “In reading the letters over you ’ 111 notice that other mistakes have been made. In other words, In at- •empMng to revise the wording of the 'etter it has been very much confus 'd and the meaning completely ■ wlste 1.” In reply thereto I beg leave to Fate that your letter of February 7 * just as you dictated It In the gov- ■ rnor s office to me. with the excep- 10ns which were called to your at- •entlon, when I presented to you let- *er No. 2. Letter no 2. as I desig nate It here to Identify It, was writ- ’en out by me; carried to the Pai nt tto National bank and handed you by me at your desk; I showed you '■nth letters, the one you signed in he governor's office, No 1, and let- '•r No 2, pointing out the changes which had been made and compared he first paragraph with you You ontlnued reading letter No. 2, and ‘fter you finished reading the entire letter, you signed It and tore up your opy of letter No. 1 and threw It In •he waste basket under your desk; 'landed the original letter, No 2, 'lack to me and asked me for a copy 'hereof, which I gave you. I then of: the hank. An examination of the original let- er will show two pencil marka made •m the margin thereof, Indicating the places where the changes were made. \ further examination of the original etter No 2. will show that you Inlt- ab d pace one on the margin, slgn- :e. “J P M ," clearly showing that NO DETAILS ARE GIVEN Victim of Saloon Tragedy, Former Breathitt County Feudist, Accord ing to His Statement, With Last Breath Declares He Took Life of Kentucky Governor, in Cold Blood. That he murdered Governor Wil- liam Goebel, of Kentucky, In cold blood, av Frankfort, in January, 1900, wes the dying declaration.=«f James Gilbert, self-confessed gun man and ex-feudist of Breathitt County, Kontucky, who was fatally wounded in a pistol fight with a bar tender at Helena, Ark., Thursday morning. No proof other than the man’s last words were offered, nor did he re late any details of the killing. The victim of periodical Irregular habits o' life, Gilbert came here about three years ago, and soon became known as a dangerous man, although under ordinary circumstances he was peace able. One affray In which he figured re sulted In his opponent's death some time ago, but Gilbert alleged self-de fence, and he was set at liberty While under detention In connection with this affair, Gilbert's demeanor attracted the marked attention of the GREEN WILL GET PLACE SAID TO BE SLATED TO SUCCEED COL. E. J. WATSOlY. Governor Bleoae’s “Factory Inspect or” is Expected to be Appointed Commissioner of Agriculture. The Columbia correspondent of the Greenwood Journal says “Col. Leon M. Green, friend of the gover nor of South Carolina, who did some “inspecting’’ for the governor at the expense of the State, is expected to be appointed commissioner of agri culture, commerce and industries, to succeed Col. E. J. Watson. "The appointment will be made unless the General Assembly takes- .he appointive power out of tin hands of the governor, It is general- 1) rumored hi Columbia that Colonel Ireen Is the campaign manager foi C. L. Blease. “There Is more patronage attach •d to the department of agriculture than any other department of the state government. About $50,000 Is dispensed under the direction of the lepartment. This amount includes he revenue received from the sale if the feed stuffs stumps. • Should Col. L. M. Green be ap pointed as commissioner, it would b possible for him to name forty-four ‘’eedstuffs it.- peetors next -••: r. These Inspectors would be located in 'very county in ’he state. It would he possible for the same Col. Green to Instruct these Inspectors to go from house to house, from store to store, and work for Candidate Blease FATAL TRAIN WRECK THREE DEAD AND SHTT-SEVEN MODE OR LESS HURT NINE CARS JUMP TRACK , “These questions are being consid- sheriff and his deputies, with the re- i d vpry 8( . rio(lsly by thp r<euera , ; suit that he latter accepted^an ^P‘ Xssembly, and It is expected that some action will be taken to hedge j pointment as deputy sheriff. For months he was the terror of certain desperadoes, making periodical ex cursions into the community and per forming deeds more famed for their daring than for their valor It was early this week that Gil bert's return to Irregular habits Is said first to have been noticed. On Wednesdav night he engaged In a re volver battle with a stranger, hut neither was injured, and a truce was established because of each man's having exhausted his ammunition The affair was hushed up, In the hope that Gilbert would return to his reg ular employment on the sheriff's dep uty force. The end came In a down-town sa loon. when, for what was undoubted ly a fancied Insult, he whipped out his pistol, with the announcement that the bartender was doomed. The off the big political move that the governor Is certain to take. “A D Hudson Is also a contender for the Job. He, however, has not rendered such valuable service to the All But Two Cars ol Train Going at High Speed Thrown From Rails, Blunging IHmn Embankment to River's Edge, When Equalizing Bur Drops From Locomotive. * Three persons were killed and slx- y-sevon injured Thursday, when the Fcnnsylvania Limited, No. 2, east- »ound, jumped the track at Warrior's ffildgo, a short distance we&t of Hunt ington, Fa., and nine of the eleven i irs rolled down an embankment to he edge of the Juanita River. The dead are: Harry A. Mass, New York; .Mrs. J. E. Tavenner, Washington, D. C ; negro maid named Hall, New York. One body s supposed to be under the wreck* ige. The train, consisting o' t< n pas -engcr cars and a posMl coach, left Mtoona, thirty miles w'si of the H'ene of the accident, more than an ,>ur la'e At the time of the 'lt«as ', ’. it is stat'd, tin' limited v a, lag at the rate of fifty miles ,«n ao’ir .Vs the heavy train, which war draw i >y two locomotives, neared Warrior’s Ridge, the equalizing bar on the second locomotive dropped to the rails. This liar la over the trailer wheel, and ho) Is up the spring of the ocomot Ive. The first car passed over the ob struction, but nine succeeding cars jumped the tracks and dropped down the embankment to the brink of the river. As the ponderous steel cars, with THREE BRAVE BANDITS / HTKAL A SMALL FORTUNE AND ESCAPE IN AUTO, Bobbers la New York Effect Daring Clean-up, Getting 905,000 in Broad Daylight. Twenty-five thousand dollars In cprrency waa stolen tram a taxicab In the heart of the New York down town business district Thursday morning by three progreeelve high waymen, who sprang Into the ve hicle and overpowered W. F. Smith and Frank Wardell, messengers of the East River National bank, 680 Broadway. Both messengers were badly In jured and the robbers escaped with $10,000 In $100 bills. The currency was being transported from the Produce Exchange Bank, In the low er part of the city. The taxicab had proceeded up Broadway without mishap when, for some unexplained reason, the chauf feur turned west on Rector street into Church street, skirting the aide and rear of Trinity churchyard. About,mid way of the old cemetery three men sprang from the church. One Jumped on the chauffeur’s jeat, the two others got Into the vehicle. The man on the seat pressed a re volver, in his overcoat pocket, against the side of the chauffeur, Gina Martino, and commanded him to drive swiftly on without making in outcry. Inside the vehicle the two robbers were belaboring the bank messengers over the head. Smith, one of the messengers. Is 61 years old, and he was bleeding and almost unconscious when the taxicab reacher Park place, a few blocks north. Wardell was badly beaten about the head, hut not seriously hurt. MANY LAMR UNION KHI EDIT IN DIFFERENT Almost the Whole Staff, IweAadlag the 1 President, Secretary, and Many Members of tire Committee are Mem A dispatch from IndianapoUi, says the United States Wednesday arrested almost all Ol ih« money—$1&,6M In $6 Wit* andf flU ^ our dynamite conspiracy cases. U Into custody within a few hours h»we . ^ tlcally the entire official staff of ths International Association of Brttflg in the game." COLD WEATHER IN NEW YORK. I At Park place, the highwaymen . Their human freight, dashed down iuniTk^fi from the taxteah bearlne a governor as Colonel Green and there-; , , ^ jumpeo rrom me imxicao, nearing a , .,, , , , . 1 the hank, the telegraph poles were fore will have to play second fiddle , „ , , , * ^ snapped off like pipe stems. Two re lief trains, one from here snd an other from Altoona, were rushed to •he scene of the wreck. All of those killed were In the first dining car. This 1* said to be the first time on record that a train composed of all- steel ear* has been wrecked on the Pennsylvania Nothing short of a bartender was the quicker of the two and shot first. Gilbert sank to the i main flooded the basement of a sta- tloor, mortally wounded. | ble so quickly that horses valued at Realizing that the end had come. $6,000 could not re rescued. The Gilbert smiled faintly and after mak-1 gas main broke simultaneously Ing an attempt to joke about dying [ Apartment houses within a radius of In his boots, declared that he fired | a block were evacuated. The police the shot that caused the death of;and others rescued seven persons ov- Dursting IMpew Causes Death of Peo ple and Horses. At New York seven persons were overcime by gas and seventeen horses' miracle coul 1 have saved frail wood- were drowned Sunday, as the result;'’ n ‘ ar* from crumbling and going of the bursting of gas and water i Into U>e Juanita River. Even the big mains In an upper weet side street, s'eel cars were badly twisted, but The below rero temperature is be-1 there were no splinters or fire to add lleved to have been responsible for the trouble. Water from the broken \ mi did read the letter and in order Governor Goebel Whether he w ould ercome in their rooms from escaping •(, protect yourself from any chances havt ' klven details of his alleged kill-| gas. The water and gas supply of a ts a business man, you Initialed thet illK of Go*‘bel ra n never be known. ; considerable section of the city had rst pave, and on the bottom of the ; f<)r Gilbert died within a few minutes | to he cut off for several hours while • tter (the second page) signed "I | af,pr making the statement, which the double leaks were being repaired, Matthews Cashier Palmetto Na- rp P patP( l over an d over again with All fires In stoves and furnacea were lonal Bank of Columbia SC” i assertion that he "could never ; ordered extinguished meanwhile for Your statement that the letter was K, ‘ t ov<>r 11 w 1 sted by me is absolutely mislead- * * * Ing and really amusing. The idea of 1 RGES NOMINATION OF CLARK. ' man. the cashier of a hank with a ♦ anltal stock of $250,000, a surplus j Missouri Congrt*ssiiLan Issues State- ond profit of $1 00,000 and deposits! of $2,5 00,000 (approximately) slgn-i ment to This End. Ing a paper Involving a $r,on non | t-. V . i j i * * 1 The Missouri congressional delega- fear of explosions. 'ransactlon without reading It over. tion Issued a statement today setting WILL HONOR HER (.HEAT SON. Monument to be Erected at Columbia to Dr. J, .Marion Sim*. The general assembly has passed hill providing for the erection of a nd without knowing what he was: f()rth Speaker Clark's public record , statute on the State House grounds and urging him as a candidate for the democratic presidential nomina tion. The statement declares Mis souri's united democracy is behind t the speaker. The statement recited how, as a leader of a hopeless mi nority, Clark brought about demo cratic unity, how “his commanding '•‘■ hen an equal amount has been j genius” gained support of the repub- raised by the South Carolina Medical! lie&n insurgents and how to his, Association. Mr Mil tow- fight, which with other democrats he carried before country we must in par: ascribe the democratic victory in 1910." SEVEN KILLED, SCORE INJURED. Record Set Straight. The following letter was sent to R. H Jennings, the State treasurer by J. Pope Matthews, financial agent of the State: "Your letter of the 12th In refer ence to the State loan just received, and I regret to say that there were errors in my letter of the 7th to Gov. Blease. "These errors xfere caused by the rewriting of the letter after I had read the original draft. I did not read the second copy be fore signing, as explaned In a letter to the governor, a copy of which I am enclosing herewith. "Replying toSour first question, I will say that it was not necessary for the governor or other State officer to go to New York with me to enable me to furuiah the money borrowed ai S per cent., aa we contracted to (Cofttinaed on last page). -Igning, simply doing so at the re- ■uest of an humble stenographer, •orklng for a small salary, is absurd If this be true, Mr. Matthews, It Is ; me for your board of directors and he depositors of your bank to begin o Investigate what other papers or -ansarttons might have taken place I'h your signature, without consld- -atlcn or wi'hout reading. To be onk, Mr. Matthews, I have no ob- ■ction to you playing "twittle dtim rd twittle d'-e" with the governor nd the State treasurer, trying to ol 1 the friendship and influence o r •'th for your bank, making one atement when you are In the pres ’'oe of one and another when you re in the presence of the other: ‘ ither do I object to your playing 'i'h the State treasurer that little me of "tickle me, Robert, tickle e do; you tickle me, Robert, and ’ll tickle you.” In order to hold the 'eposits of the State for your bank- ng Institution; but I do seriously atrect, my friend, Mr. Matthews, to vou en'eavorlng to make me appear: that made up the train hat I twisted your letter or that li rack and went down a made a false statement to you in or-j bankment, turning, over twice. A der to get you to sign a letter when , special relief train, carrying every if is not true; but, in order to save physician and undertaker available, '•ourself In a. transaction, which from hurried from Devil's Lake to the vour two letters, one is forced to scene of the wreck. Midge that you have been playing , , # double. No, Mr. Matthews, you read •be letter over very ca.efully, you initialed It, In order to show you to the horror of the wreck. Conductor H. R Patterson, of Har- r'sburg, who was In charge of the wrecked train, aaid there were 102 persona on the train It la aatd that some of the care turned completely over and that three of them are practically hanging on the bank of the river The water at thla point la between fifteen and twenty feet deep and had the cars toppled Into the riv er nothing could have saved the occu pants tin box. which they had wrested from the measengera and which contained the currency. In a flaeh they bad sprung Into a big black automobile, which seemed to be awaiting their coming, and were quickly lost In the inaxe of traffic. LABOR ENDOHHK WIliMMf. COME OUT IN THE ODEN. of Dr .1 Marion Sims, one of the most famous gynecologists and sur geons the world has produced The bill from the senate, passed without Teddy's SupiMirtern Bitterly Aiwall President Taft. A statement issued Wednesday night at “The W ashington offices of the Roosevelt national eommlttee'’ In 'he interest of Col. Roosevelt, and signed by Medlll McCormick, declar ed that President Taft's administra tion had embarked upon a policy of “political suicide and murder.” Pres ident Taft's New York Speech, In which he referred to "political neu rotics,'' is criticized, as is Secretary New Jersey State Federation Approv ed His Gouree. Officers and members of thy execu tive board of the New Jersey Bute Federation of Labor, called upon Governor Woodrow Wilson Wednes day at Trenton, and discussed pend ing legislation In which labor or gan liattona were Interested. Lster the federstlon representatives adopt ed a resolution endorsing the govern or a attitude wKta res|>ect to organiz ed workers. The preamble seta out the "information has reached the workers of New Jersey that efforts are being_msd£ to. jilics hla excel lency, Gov. Wilson, in a falsa posi- Mon as to hts attitude toward organ ized labor.” Sixteen laws passed In 1911 antj signed by Gov. Wilson, are then cited aa being of vital Interest to wage-earners CAMPAIGN MANAGER NAMED. J. William Thurmond to Have Oiarge of Headquarters. 'position in the house Wednesdav I MVWagh's speech at Lansing, In night, provides for the appropriation of $5,0111) for the statue by the .State Mr, Hines an 1 Mr. Dick et locized the late Dr. Sims, in the highest terms. They declared th'at he had been an honor to his hirth- place, Lancaster county, to his State and to the I’nitej States. East Train I/eaves Track, Coaches Turning Over. Seven persons are known to be derd and a score injured as the re-1 suit of the wreck of the Great Norh-; orn Limited at Doyon, sixteen miles cist of Devil's Lake, N. 1)., Tuesaay night. Every one of the ten coaches left the steep em- THEY ARE SHORT OF FOOD. Marooncrs on Tangier Island Want Something to Eat. The people on Tangier Island.' Chesapeake bay, an 1 in distress from a shortage of provisions according -o wireless advices to the rev,•nm- cutter service at \yashington Wed nesday. The cutter Apache expeiu,; to go to their assistance with sup plies tomorrow. Early today the cutter released four oyster schoon ers, a gas supply vessel and a maF boat imprisoned in the ice between Tangrien sound and Crigfleld, Me. "hi h he declared that Mr. Roose velt vyruld not and could not be a •andidate for the presidency. Mr. MrConnick, who recently withdrew frotn Senator I.a Follettc's campaign, has ot em d offices in a down town Washington office building. The statement was Issuo l from there. and Structural Iron workara, 1bc$«4- ing the chief officers, mem hart of tM executive board and about bualneaa agents and former agent. These Included Prank V. president; John T. Batter of N Y., first vice preefdeat, and bert S. Hockin, second vice and succeseor to J. J. McNamara secret ary-treaaurer. Each at theaa men was required to five 919,099 bond for his appearance for meat here'with’all the other ants on March 12. More than forty of the man, !y labor union officials, vho charged with conspiring to by dynamite or nltrogly property of employers of labor, were under arrest bp W< day night, sad It waa apprehension of all the follow within forty' By Its action the govern vealed the Identity of the na It charges with ytngjhe of the MeNamyaa and Ortie McMan- Igal In the <$ynamlte plots, embrao* ing almost one hundred eiplootons which, begun In Mseeachnaetta, la 1905, occurred In varloue places over the country for six years and whisk resulted In the wrecking of the Lao Angeles Times bntldtng and an at tempt to blow up President Taft’s Special train at Santa Barbara, CaL, last October. Hiram Cline, national for the International of Carpentera and Joiner*, was Sl^ rested at his home at Hands. Cttaa la the third agent of a anion otbor than the Iron workers to be lavolvnd In the conspiracy. Tha others are Clarence E Dowd of Rochester, K. Y., formerly an agent for th* IntSS national Machinists' anion, and 9pn>» geon P. Meadows of ladianapoQa, am agent of the Carpenters’ union. All, It la alleged, were In dynamiting depredations contractors who employed m carpenters and machinists as iron workers. Meadows, (T: B*i#y, former the local Iron Workers' Fred Sherman, Bnsey's at alleged to have been four explosions which midnight of October 21, 1999, In !*• dianapolla. They caused a loan of 919.999 tn Albert Von Speckelaen, a who had been employing men of ell the bnllding crafta. A branch telephone exchange and n branch public library, under s*n> strlction by Von Bpeckeleea, wars damaged and hie planing mill and the garage destroyed. The siflsn* lone in four parts of the city were 99 executed that they occurred slmnS' taneously. Among those were: Rochester, N. Y.—Clarence COTTON IMUKING MACHINES. * j January 9. During the next several They May Re Manufactured in the months Mr. Jones will visit several City of H|iart«nburg. ‘ ortion8 of the Sta,e ’ J. William Thurmond of Edgefield has been selected by Ira B. Jones as manager of hia campaign In the race for the governorship. Mr. Thurmond is well acquainted throughout South Carolina and has many friends. He If a well known attorney. Ho served In the house of representatives with Ur. Jones. 'He afterwards served for; Dowd ' Machinist, union. Syracuse, N. Y.—E. E. Phillips, Iron Workers’ union; John Carroll* iron Workers’ union. Chicago—Richard H. Honllhan, AVm. Fehoupe, Iron Worker*’ union; James Cooney, Iron Workers* anion; James Coughlin, Iron Workers’ Ion. New York—Frank C. Webb, Iroa several terms as solicitor of the Fifth (irenit. Mr. Jones has opened cam paign headquarters in the Berkeley building on Washington street, and has gone to work In earnest for the office of governor. He resigned a? chief justice of the supreme court on The Journal says a conference was hold Wednesday morning between Patrick FarrsO, Fifteen Forced to Resign. Fifteen midshipmen of the fourth members of the new industries com- class of the Naval Academy failed In mittee of the chamber of commerce the semi-annual examinations and nd C N. Goodwin and F. T. Cooley, were forced to resign. The navy de- rep resent ing the Southern Cotton partment formally accepted the res- ITarvestor Coptiny, which, it is irnntioiis and the delinquents left :bought, will result in this company the institution. Sidney W Kirkland locating in Spartanburg. A machine ; )n d Donald B. Fitch, of Louisiana. ‘Ike those whirl) the new company and Clarence E. Deschamps, of South ! •.reposes to manufacture was demon- Carolina, are included in those who strated in the chamber of commerce resigned. 'his morning and it will do Workers’ union; Daniel Trophy. Indianapolis—Frank Ryaa, Irs* Workers’ president; Herbert O. Hocking, second vice president; John T Butler, first vice president Iron Workers’ union; Fred Sherman, Iron Workers' union (three latter Ryan waa arrested); Spurgeoh M< ows. Carpenters’ uiMon. Cincinnati—Edward Clark, /iron Worker*’ union; Erneat G. W. Negro Froze to Death. A negro was found Wednesday in Biennial Sessions Killed. By a vote of 57 to 45 the house caution, as all good business men do. ki,Ied -Monday night the Judiciary the suburbs of Charleston"with his, G' ! nburg. and now, Mr. Matthews, don’t play committees joint resolution provid- head eaten off the carcass bv hogs j the b&by act and try to throw the' lnK for an arnen inient to the con- The negro is supposed to have been frozen to death in the cold spell ofi e work. : tt is said. Cotton is extracted from lie bolls by suction. Inductments tire being offered and it would not he Woodrow Wilson in Kentucky. At Frankfort, Ky.. Woodrow WB- \ son expanded his views of Democra- surprising to see this company cy t0 th e Kentucky Legislature late n ake its permanent home in Spar- ng for an amen imont to the con- blame off on a poor humble stenog- 9titution Providing fpF biennial ses- rapher who has to work hard for his Bion8 of the « eneral assembly, little salary and who has nothing to *- a few days ago. making the second They Had a (lose Call. After fifteen hours’ imprisonment in the Fairmount coal shaft near make his living out of except his brain and his good name for faithful ness. and honesty, wh|le you are en trenched with your many thousands of dollars In a handsome paying pos ition, wealthy, influential anl Inde pendent. I assure you that you have done me a grave Injustice and I am satla-t fled that when you take the second tnought your manliness will prompt yor to apologise for the Insinuations which you have made in endeavoring to make the world believe that your le ter was “twisted to bolster claims to credit,” and that you were not so careless or so reckless as to sign a paper of this magnitude and impor tance without having read It very carefully. Don’t plead guilty, Mr. Jda^hews, to such folly; it looks had for such a great financier. Yours Very truly, (Signed) W. F. Blackburn. death of the kind to be reported by Danville, 111., fifty miners were re- the coroner’s office. The body of the, negro was not identified. Forty Years In Bing Sing. Forty years In Sing Sing prison was the punishment meted out Tues day at New York to Edward ^Smlth, twenty-eight years old, by Judge Fawcett, In the County Court in leased by men who chopped lee from the shaft. The men were entombed Friday by the breaking off of the wheel of the controlling cage. Friday afternoon, giving what he terbied “a straight Democratic talk.’* He gave his definition of "insur gency,” said representative rule waa a "system qf truateeabip,” and gave hia ideas of the remedy for alleged big business.” ♦ Irregularities of Detroit—Cliarles W. W« tein, Iron Workers’ union; Murphy, Iron Workers’ ui St. Louis—John Bar Workers’ union; Paul mara agent. Kansas City—W. Bert Workers’ union; W, J. 1 Workers’ union. Milwaukee—W. H man G. Seiffert, Iron W< Denver—Henry Iron W or kora’ Pittsburg), h * ‘k. • , ***••* Train Held Thirty Hoars. The train carrying Tyrone Poweri and his theatrical company and 40 other passengers, which waa stalled in the snow on the New York Cen tral raidroad ten miles east bf Os- Old Fued Leader Killed. Louis Hall, one of the country’s most noted feud leader*, waa shot wego, was released at.noon Monday and killed at Shelby Gap, Ky;, by after having been held 9* hoars. Two Brooklyn, after a jury had in ten Constable Johnson. Later Morgan big rotary snow plows had to tahnsl minutes convicted him of highway Hall, his son, met the same fat*. Th* throngh hag* drifts to effect the rg*> robbery and assault. i elder Hall was 89 years old. CJertland—Peter /J. Workers’ union; Iron Workers* Scranton—M. _ Workers’ ' ^ ' >•'-'?>* a