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HEN MM The Marlboro "DOTH, OBEAT LIBKBTY, IN PI UK OUR SOULS AND M 4M 00HL1VKS IK THY POSSKB8IOJJ HAPPY OB OUB DBATH8 OLOBIOD8 IK THY OAOSB." VOL. XXXII BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1907. Ht WILL RUN Roosevelt's Boom Launched Foi a Third Term by Friends AFTER SEEING HIM. Senator Bourne, Who IN a Confidant Of President Roosevelt, .After n Visit, to tho White House, Comes Out Openly For a Third Terni For the Present Occupant of tho White House. After holding a conference with tho president at the White House. Sumter Paume caine out Wednes day night in the role of chief pro moter of a third term for Roosevelt by issuing an authorized statement declaring that lt Is tho duty of the Anioricaa people to "command the President to accept a second elective torin." A dispatch from Washington says the statement caused a stir In the po litical waters, for it was made pu ni lc only an hour before the return of Secretary Taft, the President's puta tive candidate. Senator Ronnie's statement is as follows: "in my opinion a great cri sis now confronts this country. The reactionaries are determined if possi shle, to obtain control of the Govern ment and use it for their own person al advantage and to the detrnient of tho people. "True Republican politics, as pro mulgated by Lincoln and enlarged and exemplillcd by Roosevelt, ure the rights of man and the absolute sov orignty of the people. The issue now before the country is: Shall the advo cates of the rights and liberties of the people and the power and of the majesty of the government, or the enemies of both, prevail. Tho poople must decide. "I know that President Roosevelt is not a candidate to succeed himself. I realize that he would greatly pre fer that the people select some other person to succeed him lu 1908. I am however, convinced Hud the exigen cies of the situation demonstrate the necessity of the people commanding President Roosevelt to accept a noill nation for a second elective tenn. "The president, equally with any other elective oflicer of this Govern ment, is, after all. but the servant of the people. If the people command him to serve a second electivo term ho certainly must feel it his duty to do so. How COUld he do otherwise? Ho can no more declino to accept a nomination made by a convention, In structed by thc people, than he could rofnse to serve If we were engaged In war with some foreign power and he was drafted. "No man can jud his personal wishes or desires above the command of the people, and especially no per son who has been honored ns Presi dent Roosevelt bas been by Hie Amer ican people." This was a day of political confer ences at the White House. Repre sentative Parsons, head of the New York County organization, was one of Hie visitors: He said that he was for Governor Hughes and would aid him to the limit of his ability. "How about Governor Hughes as presidential candidate?" Mr. Parsons was asked. There was no answer lt. is believed Parsons went to the Wbito House to get the President's O. IC. on his Greater New York leg islative reapportionment scheme the same as he did a year ago when the President approved a Gerrymander which the courts declared illegal. Friends ot* the Governor say that Parson's expressions of loyalty will hold only until after a reappointment plan has been passed when he will again openly espouse the cause of Roosevelt. Representative-elect Langley, of Kentucky, talked with the President Wednesday about political matters in his stale. Mr. Langley, lt is un derstood, came to Washington at the request of the President. President Roosevelt has set aside a 'part of Thursday to see Archie Hughes, (he Postmaster of Columbia. Tenn., whose removal from o fill c.O bas boon practically accomplished by the H. Clay Fvans non hine of that Slate, which is a Roosevelt organization. The president will bear Mr. Hughes before making th?' order for Ids removal final. Mr. Hughes is opposed to Presl dmd Roosevelt succeeding himself. i The removal of Hughes, it is said. ' will place the President in the posl Hon of putting into Federal ellice on ly men who are working for his re nomination. STANDS RY Till-: NFGRO Senator Tillman Scores a Massachu esl t's Audience in Lecture. Just before the conclusion Of hi lecture in the Academy of Music a Northam pl Oil, Mass., Wednesday eve liing, Senator Henjamln R. Tillman of South Cand?na, asked for a show of hands from those who believed that the negro was not the equal (il the white man. There was no response. He HUM) asked for a similar vote from those who believed In the supremacy ot tho whiles and a few hands were raised. The Senator then proceeded lo tell Ibo Massachusetts audience what he thought of their vote, and advised thom to study the negro at close range as he had done The people in the audience gol very mad at thc ^)!aln talk Senator 'tillman gave them DIPTTCP DFAD BODY Dredge in Charleston Harbor Illings I'p Dead Negro. AI Charleston thc body of i> li Ford, alias Sam Dally, the negri watchman on the government f.UJj Lillie Pee Doo, drowned on Monda? night, was piiked up in the dippei of government drodge No. 2 Thurs day afternoon in the custom h?USi dock. The find was unexpected ami th? protrudln? legs of the negro from th? rising (lipper caused consternai loi ainoni; Hie nogl'OCH on the boat. A rope was attached lo the body Which was hauled to the pier, when it. was Identified and later viewed bj the coroner and a verdict renderet accordingly. TILLMAN SPEAKS - Calls on Audience for Vote as to Negroe's Rank Carnegie's Music Holl, Where Tho Senator fi pt ?lu? in Pittsburg, Polic ed For the Occasion. A Pittsburg, Pa., us n precaution ary measure twenty-two detectives and a squad of armed policemen were stationed In the Carnoglo Music Hall during the address of Senator Benja min H. Tillman, of South Carolina, who discussed the raco problem be foro tho Park Avenue Athletic Club, on Wednesday night of last week. Several exciting incidents occurred during tho address, but no trouble re sulted. There wore ton negroes in the audience which Ulled the Music Hall to overflowing. Tho audience gave tho Senator closo attention and frequently applauded him at tho close of his address, in which he de clared the racoH in the South were gradually becoming more opposed to ono another, Senator Tillman called for a voto of the audience as to whothor the negro was the equal of the white man. The entire audience except the ten negroes, voted In the negative by rising. One man took exceptions to Sena tor Tillman's remarks and made sov eral Inteuptlons. Senator Tillman made him admit that he clime from Europe and then bitterly denounced Europeans in America who under take to judge questions concerning this country, about which they know absolutely nothing. The Senator did his interrupter up. In speaking of whether tho negro can be educated, Senator Tillman de clared that Hooker T. Washington was the harbor of refuge and safety to which people flee when other places fail and that Hooker T. Wash ington was one negro in ten millions, and was half white at that. Senator Tillman had nine-tenths of the au dience with him. AGAINST THF PRESIDENT. Roosevelt Denounced for His Attack on Huber Leader. The declaration that Presiden! Roosevelt is behind tho Western mine owners and state authorities nt Colorado and Idaho in an alleged movement to "railroad'' Moyer, Hey ward and Pettibone, of the Western Federation of Minors, to tim gallows, was applauded vociferously Sunday by the Chicago Federation of Labor. In the most dramatic speech that bas been delivered before that body in many years Edward Morgan, a member of the Western Federation, bitterly denounced tho president. Ills speech was followed by the adoption of resolutions scoring Hie president for classing Heyward with Ii. H. Har dman and other capitalists. "God forbid that lt ls true!" shout ed Morgan, "but lt almotd seems that behind HIP millions of Rock feller and the Standard Oil company, behind Hie millions of mine owners, stands the strong right arm of the chief execu tive of the nation, saying: 'Go to lt. Fall upon your prey like vultures, and I will sit by and grin while you gurgle In their blood.' "For seventeen years the Western Federation of Miners, with their blood blazed the way for organized labor in the West. Now, the mim? owners, backed by the state authori ties, are thirsting for revenge. I can see William I). Haywood, the man who refused to be bought or to bend the kneo of supllcatlon, forfeiting his life on the gallows for the loyalty he bore to his fellows He refused to make peace, refused to clink glasses with tho mine owners, and now they have batched this consplrlcy to get him by other methods. And they will hang him unless tho working' class of this country rise up from ocean to ocean and demands that justice be done." FOR NEGRO SCHOOLS Philadelphia (jives One Million to Negroes of the South. One million dollars has been given to th?' negroes of the South for the establishment of rudimentary schools by Miss Anna T. .l?anos, a Quakeress >f Philadelphia. The Income of the amount given is to lip used sorely for assistance in die "southern United States commun ity, country and rural schools foi tho great class of negroes to whom . he small rural and community tChools are alone available." ?looker Ti Washington, head ol ruskegoo institute, and the Hollis lt Friz/ell. president of the Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute, an lamed as trustees of tho lund, but leither Ol' Hie institutions they repre lent will share in the gift. The deed was executed Thursday ind In lt Booker Washington am' Hollis Friz/ell aro empowered to ap point fl board of trustees in connec tion with the fund. The Pennsylvan ia company for insurances on lives md granting annuities, of Philadel phia, will act as fiscal agent for the t rustces. HMO K E STA CK CO L LA I ?SE I). Three Voting Women Working in a Glass Factory Rilled. Three young women, employed at ? T. c. Wheaton & Co's factory, in Millville. N. .!.. were killed by the crushed through a room in which they were working. The dead: Lena , Doughty, Lydia Thurston, Sylvin Gal lagher. The velocity of tho wind was esl i maied al 00 miles an hour. Th? . slack crashed through the roof of thc ' plant and into the grinding room or ' cupled by several men and the throe ' young women. All were burled un f der the debris. The crash was heard " for several blocks and workmen from 1 other parts of tho plant went to thc rescue. ? Among the rescuers were Georgi 1 Doughty, whose daughter was in thc 1 ruins. Her body was quickly uncov ered, but lifo was extinct, Mlsi . Thurston was takon out alive, but 1 died shortly afterward. Miss (?alla ' ghor was dead when her body wai ' found. Tile other employes escaped injury. KILLED HIMSELF Because His Wife Found Out That He Was LIVING A DUAL LIFE. Besieged by His Wife in The Homo of Anotber Woman a .lustleo of tho Peace at H "durwood, N. Y., Tooti, n Pistol and Blow Out His Brains Blither than Face Hie Con sequences of ills Sin. Uesloged by Iii? wife, while in the home of another woman, Frederick W. Cardaer, Justice of the Peace ia Ridgewood, N. J., and also Tax Col lector of that town, blew his brains out Wednesday night wddlo tho wo man be had promised to love and cherish was hammering on Hie door. The self-destructon of Gardner, who was a rich nina and descendant of a distinguished line, was attended by dramatic Incidents. Iii the pre sence of Mr. and Mrs. Men Jam in Hg lln, of Ridgewood avenue, the man went to bis death. There have been many rumors dur ing the past few months, that Gard ner had become infatuated with Mrs. Fglin. The police are authority Ru the statement that he was, but they do not think Mr. Eglln was aware of the fact, and believe ho treated the Just lee as a friend. Mrs. Gardner, daughter of Hu? late Judge Quackenhush of Mnhwab, N. J., and herself a wealthy woman, is said to have observed the alleged in fatuation, and to have planned foi th? trapping of her husband. Wednesday Gardner left his home to make a call. His wire and fifteen year-old son were In the house. Mrs. Gardner followed him to the home of the Hglins. Gardner entered the house and tho door was shut. Mrs. Gardner waited a little while, then rapped on the door, and called for the occupants of tho apartment to open il. The de mand was not complied with at once. Mrs. Gardner continued knocking, and suddenly a report of a revolver was heard. The wife of the Justice heard it and divined Its course. She almost collapsed outside the door. Gardner had gone near a window, pulled tho pistol, and shot himself dead on the spot. Only one bullet was required. His body plunged lo the centre of Hie room and lay mo t lonless. When the police arrived the neigh borhood was in an uproar, news of the tragedy having got abroad. Cor oner Poll was not Hied, and took charge of the romains, ponding an investigation. The pistol is also in his possession, it having been found Cioso to the Justice's band. Gardner had been a justice Hi ree years. He was prominent socially and In a financial way, his father having left bim and two other sons fortunes. HUGGED THIO DENTIST Strange Effects of Laughing Gas On a Young Rudy. Laughing gas bad a very strange effect on a young lady in Now York one day last week. The girl, who is twenty-two and pretty,, has been undergoing a series of dental operations at the office of Dr. Thomas Taylor, of No. 838 Hast One Hundred and Sixtyfirsl street, for several weeks. One evening some nerves had to be killed, and Hie laughing gas was ad ministered to deaden the pall!. The moment the gas took effect Miss Loveu loskl leaped from the chair and clasped Dr. Taylor about the novk with a hug that would do credit to a polar bear. He tried to extricate himself from the (unbrace In vain. Thon he. called for help, and Mrs. Taylor ran in and tried to pry thc patient from her husband's neck. She couldn't do it. and telephoned to the Bronx Police. The girl when finally torn from the embrace was carried to the Lebanon Hospital, for the dentist thought she might have gone out ol' her mind. She had berni acting strangely for soveral days, lu? said. FOR PROTEtTIOxT?F" HIRDS Mr. James Henry Bice Mad?- Secre tary of Audubon Society. Mr. .lames Henry Rice, Jr.. bas .icen elected secretary of the State \ ltd ll hon society, which tho last leg islature chartered, and Will at once begin an active canvass of the stale ippolutlllg game wardens and other wise seeing i<> the on force mon I of the game laws of tho state. "The game laws of South Carolina are practically a dead letter today," laid Mr. Rice the other day. "They are violated with faithful regularity throughout the stale as to all BOrtfl ol' game and hst) as well as to Insec tivorous birds which should be pro tected everywhere. lt ls true tlx society's intention to see that I hose laws arc enforced regardless of now much unpopularity thal course bringt up on the heads of the olllcials of thc Society. Other state;; are getting ftt high as $ I un,nun year in IIC0US( fees and fines, and there ls no reason why this stale should not get almost thal much. Il ls also the intention ol* the society lo see to the prolectlor of indi lu season." COLDEST APRIL ON RIM ORD Shown by Fori y Years' Statistics ol Charleston Run au. The coldest April in llu> history o ' the Charleston weather bureau whose records cover a period of near 1 ly forty years, ls now being roundel l out with Charleston still roglslerhif ' a daily loss of six degrees and seven lent bs, Tho books ol' Forecaster Grant': ' department show that thc tcmpcrntun so far Ibis month registers a meal i i-oading of 65.2 degrees, as agalns the next coldest, April, in 1901, wboi ' tho minimum was 50.2 degrees. Tin 1 warmest April In tho history of th 1 bureau was iq 1871, when an aver ago of 09.8 (l?greos was recorded. SLEEPLESS WONDER Man Claims He Has Not Slept For Thirty Years. Ito Hosts in lied at Night Hut Spends Tile Time in Heading Hooks and Papers. Most men find lt diflleult to get tho required eight hours sloop in every twenty-four. Pow are able to livo and work on less than the allotted number of hours that should be giv en to rest. One man, however, Wil liam Warner, who resides a few miles from Great Harrington, Mass., comes forward with the startling statement that dining the past 30 years ho has not closed his eyes to sleep. He ls sixty years of age and in robust health. His physicians can assign no reason for his long period of Insomnia. Mr. Warner Insists that his statement is trim and ls willing to have any and all comers investigate and see for themselves. Mr. Warner was born lu New Marl boro, Mass., a few miles from tho place where he now resides. Ho is a farmer and spends his days work ing in tho Holds. At night" ho goes to lied about midnight, laking books and papers with him. There he reads and rests until dawn appears, when ho arises and goos about his duties] on the farm. Ho never sleeps, but goes to bed for tho purpose of rest ing his body. Mr. Warner is a veter an of the Civil war, having served In Company F, Second artillery. In his younger days he had one romance. The day for his wedding was sot and all was In readiness for his marriage, when the bride-to-be lied by night and nothing since has boon heard of her, For years Mr. Warrnu- lived in the hopes of her re turn and often sat at the window watching for the coining of his sweet heart. Ile is still a bachelor. About P>0 years ago he suffered a severe? Ill ness and since that time he has not boon able to sloop. Ile was in the grove near his home when ho becalm* unconscious. He remained in this state for days. When he recovered the past was a blank to him. Ho had forgotten everything that had gone before, but he could not sloop. He ls as young and active as a mini of '10 years. Ile stands six feet in bis stockings, Warner has made a success of farming and has a largo trade n vegetables and other produce. Within a short distance of his home ls a cemetary where his ances tors for several generations are hur led. During the past few years War ing has become a believer in spirit ualism. His bed stands at a place lie ?pan seo tho gravestones in tho cometary. Ht; declares that ho often?] converses with the spirit of lils dead father. Anything associated with sleep seems to have terrorsfto Warner. He says ho would try hypnotism to soe if that would cause him to sleep, but he fears thal once he closes his eyes slumber he may never awake. Warner ls a man who has never tas ted intoxicating liquors. Ho buys tea by tho case. Ho keeps his own house. In referring to bis trouble Mr. Warner calls it "a scientific man ifestation of power." FI HERI GS CATGUT. Believed to bc Members of An Or ganized Hand in New York. A dispatch from Hock Hill says the city lias been much interested in tho reports which caine hero Friday by telephone and persons coming from that section of the capture of three negroes, who, it is said, were caught red handed In an attempt to burn (bo barn of a Mr. Garrison in Steel Creek, just over the river from boro. There seems to have been a regularly or ganized band of firobugs at work in that community, there having been several barns burned since January 1 of this year. The last was that of Mr. Crank Erwin, which was burned Monday night and entirely destroyed with a number of stock. Mr. Garrison, who lives not far from ICrwin's concluded I bal bo would watch Tuesday night, thinking that an attempt might he made on his property next. Ho did so in company with a neighbor and about midnight their vigil was broken by tho approach of three or moro negl'OO men who came creeping on all fours toward the barn. When tho negroes were almost to tho barn they wore called on lo halt and when they broke and ran instead tiley were followed by loads of shel from tho guns of Garrison and bis friend. 'Phis failed to stop them, however, and Mr. Garrison and his partner chased thom with bounds and captured three. They wer?? later turned over to the sheriff of the coun ty. There are rumors that one of (be negroes bas confessed. Pt HSlTOD HY DEATH. Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Looses Many (Mirers. A strange fatality seems to hang over Ibo high Official circles of tho Colorado Fuel & Iron company at Denver. On the eve of his election lo tho vice-presidency of tho company diehard M. Waite died tho other day. HO Is only one of many of tho men high In tho' service of tho company who have crossed tho border within short periods of one another. George I?. Gibb, former assistant to tho proshiont of tho company, wan killed by overwork. Hearne, once tho brilliant president, was removed by (loath and .lohn T. Keillor, general manager of the fuel department b critically ill at Trinidad of ptomaine poisoning. HAN HIT SPREADS TERROR Held lp Men at Road House nilli Hobbed Them. Tho region around DuHois, W yn. ls being terrorized by Ethel Kurrowa a girl bandit, aged 18 yea: :.. She had coin milted a number of successful hold-ups. some of thom In broad day light, and has obtalntd largo sums ol money. Recently she appeared at a road house, made four men hold up theil hands and compelled tho laudload t< give her the contents of the casi drawer. Then sho rode away on ? swift horse. Sho robbed a ranehinai of $f>0 at lils ranch house and thei "touched" a number of travolors. LABOR UNIONS Are Hot After President Roose velt For What He Said About Moyer, Haywood and Petti* bono, Minora Who Aro Charged With Mulder Out in Idaho. 1 Tho committee, consisting of dole Kates Brown, Abrahams and Hoary, appointed by tho Now York Central Fedorated Union to call upon Presi dent Hoocevolt ia relation to tho lat ter's attitude toward Moyer, Hay wood and Pettibone, instead of leav ing for Washington, as expected, de cided to abandon their mission. Secretary Bobin, of the C. F. u., telegraphed to the puositent, from Now York Inquiring as to a conven ient timo at which ho would receive tho committee. Private secretary Heob explained that the president did not desire to seo the committee per sonally, but suggested that the C. F. U. sent to him In writing anything they wished to communicate oa the Moyer-Haywood matter. In this telegram Secretary Dohm Stated that some Hmo ago be had written a lotter to tho president, in which the sentiments and desires of the C. F. U. had been expressed and that ao answer had been received. No tftply bas been received to this last telogram sont by Secretary Hobin Membors of the C. F. U., who know of the telegrams that passed between Secretarlos Bahm and Leob, that tho president expects his letter to the Chicago federation, to he accepted as a reply to the queries and criti cisms of tho C. F. U., also. Ia commenting upon the presidents published letter, prominent Nev, York labor men said Thursday that he had overlooked the main point In the pro test of organized labor. There would not have been the great agitation by organized labor on the Moyer-Hay wood case, If it bad not been for the lawless manner of the arrest and de portation of the accused men. Labor would have liaised no protest against the arrest and trial if the constituted authorities bad shown a proper re spect for the lognl rights of the ac cused at tho Hmo of their arrest. Tho belief of the working men of the country Is that Prosident Hose volt and those in whom ho confided shut tholr eyes to the known facts and not only sanctioned Hie kidnap ing of. Moyer, Haywood and Petti bone, buf ref used them the redress to which ?bey, as citizens, were entitled. Sixty thousand members of or ganized labor In New York City will parado1 on May 4. as a public rebuke to President Roosevelt for his sec ond alack on Moyer and Haywood. Tire'Central Federated Union has accepted the invitation of the Moyer '"tetudaHs/wood protest conference com mitto?,|to parade and It will take part lnjthe great demonstration. Labor meetings were held through out C.: city and at all of them Hie action Of Prosident Roosevelt was de nounced and the decision taken to parade 'on May A in honor of Moyer and Haywood, and as a rebuke to Roosevelt. Every organization that mOt, Instructed Its delegates to the C. F. U.\ to present, their views nt the regular mooting of the union next Sunday. In nearly all the big cities of the country similar labor meetings were held, and the action of President Roosevelt denounced. Labor lead ers in Boston, Chicago. Pittsburg. Cleveland, Clnclnnattl and Milwaukee were outspoken In their criticism of tho president. A dispatch from Mil waukee states that the labor leadert there have launched a plan for set ting aside a day la May when work will be suspended and a demonstra Hon held throughout the country, a a protest against the position of Hu president. In Chicago a call wr issued for a public meeting of pr< test lo be held May 10 In Grant Park. ( ARRI F NATION DECLIN HS The Offer of a Civil War Veteran to Marry Her. The New York World says Mrs. Carrie A. Nation has had a offer of marriage from a Civil War veteran, living In Virginia, and In the current issue of ber newspaper, the Hatchet, she thus tells why she bas declined lt: "Lonely and despondent at times because bo hasn't a wlfo, Thomas Flanagan, of Virginia, wants to mar ry. And he sings his song of "Can't you sec I'm lonely? to Mrs. Carrie A. Nation. She received the letter of proposal front this ardont admirer on Friday, and wants an early answer so he can arrange his affair. "But he will receive the marble heart. Ho will get the frigid mitt. Mrs. Nation says she ls wedded to her work and that she can't wed a man. "in his letter Flanagan says he is government pensioner at $12 a month and has $275 In the bank, together With a house and some land. Mis wife died some time ago, and ever since ho bas been lonely, and at. times despondent." SICRVFD HIM RIGHT. Whipped hy WllltC Caps for a Seri ous Offene?'. A band of "White Caps" a few nights ago In a remote section of Spottsvlllo county, Virginia, tarred and feathered a young married man, who ls accused of having betrayed his wife's young sister. Thc mon of the neighborhood dis i guised themsolVOS and captured thc I accused man at night while he wan returning to his homo from a neigh bor's house. Ho was stripped to Hie skin ami given a severe lashing with hickory whips and Hum tarred and feathered j The name of those Involved have liol ' I been obtained. BRIGAND IS CAPTl'HKD ( His llouso of Heftige ls Blown 1< I Pieces. f The notorious brigand, Stnnlslain Lisa, author of many crimes hoi berni captured at. Lublin, Ave mile! from Warsaw, Poland. Ho wm , wotlrtdOd after tho houso In which lu , had sought refuge had been blowi . down by artillery bro. Lisa wbon lu , saw that tho dotachment of pOH?? t was advancing on bim, barricade? himself and opened flro on tho police killing sovornl of thom. \ OPENED FRIDAY The Jamestown Exposition is Now in Full Blast. GOV. ANSEL, STAFF Among tho Emly Arrivals on tho Scene. Harbor is Full of Shins and Hotels Full of Visitors, dov. mid Mrs. Ansel Showed Many Courtesies. South Well Repre sented at the Show. Mr. August Kohn, writing to tho News and Courier from the James town Exposition says the show is go ing to be a surprise to everyone. It is fa?- and way beyound what was ex pected. Tim growth of tho under taking has hoon wonderful. Most peoplo thought it would be an expo sition that, would flurish on tho as sociations around Jamestown and tho social and naval features. Not so. It is the real thing. It is not a Chicago exposition but lt Is a big thing, big ger than people expect, and it is beautiful, lt is not ready. A great deal is tn place and ready, but the finishing touches aro lacking. South Carolina is hero to-n'ght to join Virginia in tho celebration inci dent to the formal opening of the Ex position. It promises to bo a truly great event. The harbor is full of ?laut battle ships and the hotels are choked with guests, from Governors down the line. Governor Ansel and his good wife are being most cordial ly received and handsomely enter tained on all sides. Tho South Carolina contingent ar rived there Friday morning over the Seaboard Air Line and wont to. tho inside Inn, which opened Friday. In tho party were: Governor M. A. An sel, Mrs. Ansel, Gen. Wilie Jones, Mrs. Jones, Miss Henux Jones, Gen. J. C. lloyd, Col Robert P. Hamer, Col. W. N. Mooro, Barnwell; Mrs. Moore, Col. J. G. Wardlaw, York ville; Col. F. S. Evans, Greenwood; Col. Geo. Y. Coleman, Charleston; Col. I). O. Her bert, Orangoburg; Capt. W. W. Har ris, Greenville The South Carolina Commission charged with placing an exhibit hore was also on hand by urgent request, and joined Gov. Adsel's party. There were on hand on tho part of tho com mission; Chairman Wm. E. Gonzales, Dr. J. H. Black, J. Ed Normont. Prof. Frank Evans, Capt john G. Richards, IO. Marion Bucker and August Kulin, secretary. The entire party was met on the Portsmouth side by directors of the Exposition Company and taken to their hotel. Col. Elbert H. Aull was invited to join Governor Ansel'B par ty and joined lt at Columbia. During the afternoon Mr. Sheppard Invited Gov. Ansel and Capt. Goa- , zalos to a dinner in their honor, and in the afternoon Governor and Mrs. Ansel wore taken for a drive around tho beautiful grounds. Tho commission visited the South Carolina exhibit timi was very much pleased. Mr. Paul V. Moore has done exceptional work and was heartily congratulated. The South Carolina display ls further advanced than any others and ls all right. President Aull came for the pur pose of looking after the Press Asso ciation. He has put the afternoon in In conference with heads of depart ments as to the entertainment of the South Carolina editors when they reach the Exposition. He will also see the Tidewater .Navigation people as to sido trips, and tho torminal and railroad folks as to handling cars, I and hotels as lo rates. He finds hotel rates under the circumstances rea sonable for good accommodations. Ono of the side trips ho is arranging is a boat ride to Old Jamestown. Col. T. B. Butler, or Gaffney, Col. H. A. Morgan, of Greenville, Col. (Jeer, of Helton. Col. S. T. McGravey, of Spnrtanburg, who aro members of the Governor's staff, arrived Friday night lu Hmo to Join tho party at Governor Swanson's reception. This is simply to let tho home folks know Huit Carolina is here and that all are well. Governor Ansel and his party will join In the festivities Sat urday and South Carolina's Governor has been showered with attentions and courtesies. Friday night the whole party attended Governor Swanson's reception. Governor and Mrs. Ansel were In tho receiving party. THREE FOP ND DEA D Dief While Asleep From Some Kind Of Poison. At Danbllle, Va., tho dead bodies of John Da nd rid ge, A dna Moode and William Spagglns, and tho uncon scious form of Hillie McCain, all young negroes, between 20 and 21 years ol' ago, wore found stretched out on the floor and on the bed In the servants' room of the Rev. W. H. At will. When after repeated knocking at the door no responso was made the door was battered down. The condi tion of tho room indicated that the party had been on a drinking and eating frolic tho night before, and that tho Victims had died while du leep during Hie night from poison ing. Mystery surrounds thc case, and tho police have boon at work on sev eral clues. Negroes acquainted with Hie dead apparently know more of Hie cause leading to the deaths than they will divulge. They aro on the lookout for tho husband of one of the women who had been fteporated from him. S HE ATE A OF A HT. Young Woman of Bayonne Victim of a Strange Feast. Overindulgence In peanuts caused the death of Miss Rose -McCabe, 25 years-old, of No. 0 Linnet street, Buy * onne, N. Y., Wednesday. Miss Mc * Cabo had eaton nearly a quart of ' peanuts. * A short Hmo afterward she COla * plained of severe pains lu lier head. 1 A physician was sent for but before & lils arrival the young woman died. & Her death ls ?he third in the fnm 1 Hy in eight months. Her mother . died last August and nor fathor in October. , . FOUGHT 'HARD To Keep From Being Hung for Killing a Man. Had io Ik? Dragged to Tho Gallows and Ho Was Executed By Malu Force, Bob Watts, a young white man, who was hung at Guntorsvllle, Ala., Thursday, was Imaged under tragic circumstances. Ho had become pos sessed of a knife and resisted to tho end. Ammonia was thrown into bis coll and he was thus overcome and dragged to the scaffold by force, coughing and moaning piteously. Ho ing naked for a statement ho persist ently protested bis Innosonco, but did not nttonipt to throw suspicion on anyone oise. The drop fell at 8:20 o'clock. Watts was convicted of tho murder of Perd Winkles, an old Confodornto soldier, who was killed la tho fall of 1904. Winkles had just, drawn bis pen sion money anio aiding to $3 0 from the state and was on route home when the discharge of a gun, follow ed by screams, was beard. Friends who hastened to thc place found Win kles lying In tho road mortally wounded. The dying maa said that Watts had shot and robbed him. Watts was convicted and sentonced to hang, but an appeal was taken ti? the supreme court which affirmed tho sentence. Meanwhile Watts, who had been taken to the Birmingham Jail for safo keeping, was pronounced in sane and sent to the insane asylum. Further reprieves followed until t\\ different dates had boon fixed for Hie exeeu Hon. Recently Watts was declared sane again aad Governor Cromer refused to Riant another reprieve. Watts all along asserted bis Innosonco. PliOT TO I V 1 1,1;. Aniuehists Mlake An Attempt On The Life of Prince Albert, ?t Brussels, Thursday, an anarch ist {inned with a dagger, a loaded re- ' volver and other weapons was arrest- i ed In a church where Prince Albert I of Itel glum, nephew of King Leopold, and heir presumptive to the throne, ] was about to visit. One of Hie atten- i dants of the church accidentally dis- i covered Hie man in a confessional box. locked the door, and called the i police. Later three other ararchists j heavily armed, were arrested in the vicinity of the church. Two of the latter admitted that they were ; French anarchists. The authorities are convinced that the prisoners had engaged ia a plot to assassinate the prince. Prince Albert, is the son of the late Count of Flanders, brother of i King Leopold. He was born April 8,t 1875, and was married October 2,* iooo, to Princess Elisabeth of Bat varia-. On Nov. ?), last, Prince Albert was officially declared the successor of King Leopold as soverign of the Congo Independent state. i FOI'lt MEN MET DEATH In North Carolina hy Being Swept Over Falls. Swept over the falls, four men were drowned in Cape Fear river at Buckhorn Falls, Chatham county, 30 miles from Raliegh, N. C. The dead: Haas Thorson, of St. Paul, Minn , general foreman of a construction company, erecting a power plant; E. H. Brady, of Moncure, assistant fore man, and two negro laborers. The lion ?es have not yet been recoveed. Thorson was to have been married at Rtillegh Sunday and his finance, Miss Thelma Llndgren, was to have loft. St. Paul last week to join him In Raliegh. The men were in a scow trying with poles to force it from the river hank with the purpose of reaching a landing. The scow was caught in the carrent, and carried over the falls. Cl IA KC FD WITH MURDER. Woman tia ve Poison to Her Father and Mother. At Chicago a warrant charging Mrs Sladek with the murder of ber father and mother. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mette, has been taken out. Mrs. Mette died several weeks ago and Prank Mette died on April 6. A chemical analysis has been shown that Mrs. Mette was poisoned by arsenic, and lt ls believed that her husband's death was caused In the same manner. There is no direct evidence against Mrs. Sladek, but she has been under suspicion since the death of hel met her. Three brothers ol' Mrs. Sladek are now critically 111 and lt is believed by the police that she en deavored to poison them. SHOOTS SISTF.R TO Di.ATII Load From Shot Gun Filters Face Of The Girl. At Buck hoad, Ca., Arthur Cochran, twelve-year-old son of Mr. William .1. Coi bran,, accidentally shot and killed bis little two-year-old sister, Myra, Thursday morning at nine o' clock. Arthur bad beim out hunting and inion bis rel urn home he was un breeching lils gun and lt was acci don tall v discharged, tho .vindo load going into the face of lils little sister, who was lying on tho bed. The parents are overcome with grief, this being the only girl In ?he family and everyone was devoted to her. So much for the careless hand ling bi firearms. DEBS IS MAD. Says the President Has a Bad Mem ory or Lies. lOugone v. Debs represented tho President as saying in unmistakable words that Moyer and Hnywood wore Implicated In the murder, thus pro nouncing their guilt before their trial. Debs said: be president h guilty of extraordinary lapso ol momovy or of deliberate falsehood. 1 now challenge the president to deny his speech, of April I 4th, as meaninp Moyer and Haywood In bis charge more than a year ago. If ho will not name whom he meant, bo mitst st nm branded from bis own niou>.b will calumny and mendacity." AWFUL TRAGEDY Young Man Who Was About to Marry Shot hy AN OLD SWEETHEART. After Killing tho Young Mun tho Young Woiium, Who Wad Just Ar rived in thc City, Pat the Weapon to Her ?ody and Sent a Boll Through Her Own Heart, Which Killed Her Instantly. An awful tragedy was onactcd in Oil City, Pa., on Wednesday night of last weok, when T. E. Ross, thirty five years of ago, a clerk in tho post ?nico, was shot and killod by Miss Isaholl Stroup, 28 years old, a former sweetheart, . who immediately shot herself through tho heart. Both vic tims of the tragedj were of promi nent families. Tho shooting occurred in tho office of Dr. George W. Magoo, whero Miss o tro up had called Ross hy telephone while ho was dining at his home. Dr. Magee know nothing of tho tragedy until he roturned and tho two bodies partly prevented the office door being opened. Miss Stroup was employed in a hospital in Bradford, Pa., and arrived hore at noon. Sho went directly to the physician's of fice from which placo she culled Ross. Three shots wore fired at Ross. Two lodged in the forehead and one in the hoart. Rosa wns to have mar ried Wednesday night Miss Drusilla Sampsell of Oil City, Pa. There were no witnesses to tho .shooting. Ross was dining at homo with his family, discussing tho com ing marriage ceremony, whon the telephone rang. Ills father answered tho call and a woman's voice mado inquiry for 'Thad." Mr. Ross callod his son, and the young man, after answering, picked up lils hat and in formed the fnmlly he had to go to tho doctor's office for a few minutes, but would return as soon as ho could. This was the last time his parents saw him alive. What took place in the office no one will ever know.. Whon Dr. Magee roturned from lunch and opened the door ho found tho dead bodies. In a chair in the . corner.of the office sat Ross, his head lying back on the chair and blood streaming from a bullet wound In his neck. His forehead was burned with powder, where a bullet entered his brain. Another ball had plercod his heart. Miss Stroup was lying a fow foot away, face downward, where her body partly blockod the office door. Blood was flowing from a wound In lier loft Bide. - Ross had seated himself in a largo chair, and apparently while talking to Gie girl, had placed both hands In his trowsers' pockets. The girl wore long black kid gloves, but beforo do ing the shooting had slipped both her hands from the gloves and they hung loose from her wrists. It is thought slie walked over to tho chair in which Ross was seated, and, sli loki lng the 3 2-calibre revolver with her dross, fired tho first shot at his heart. Wishing to make sure of her work the girl then fired two moro shots. Standing over lier victim she thon shot herself. The revolver dropped from her hands and was found near her body. Miss Stroup was horn in this country 2 8 years ago. Both her parents are dead, and sho is survived by one sister and two brothers, who live at Coal hill. Ross was thirty five years old. Ho was employed in Hie postolllce at Oil City. Ho was a veteran of the Spanish-American war and later served in tho Philip pines. Before the shooting those in the building heard no loud talking between the couple. TII1C BATTLE IS ON Between President Roosevelt and Senator Fornker. Senator Charles Dick, old time friend and colleague of Senator For akor, lias gone to Ohio to personally conduct the fight of tho Foraker against tho Taft forces. It is a move that might have boen expected, in fact, was expected as a development of the campaign. Thc interest Iles however In tho fact, that Senator Dick has made the fiat announcement that tho Ohio Re publican machine is against Roose velt, Rooseveltism and any Roosevelt candidate. Thus the issue is square ly made, and it will be a finish fight for neither the President nor Senator Foraker are in the habit of giving quarter. Outsider? may look on with inter est and gain considerable inst ruc! ions therefrom, lt is tho first serious and open spilt in tho republican ranks, and the question that will be settled for the rest of the campaign will be whether or not tho president's per sonality and popularity In his own party will avail against ono of the most, effective machines in one of the worse machine ridden states. HEAVY DELI GE The Downpour in New Orleans Was Extr?me, A torrential rain Hooded many sections of New Orleans Thursday and the heavy downpour continued all night. Water was more than a fool doej) In parts of Canal street, where the big stores are located. Water backed up lu some sections over tho deep gul tors and covered sidewalks. St. filiarles avenue, tho fin?s! street in Now Orleans, was a running river for blocks, many resi dences being completely surrounded. Tho precipitation was estimated at over three luchos early Friday with no relief promised until Saturday. PECl'LlAR CASE OF R ABI ES That Seem To Threaten n Yoting i Laurens County Farmer. Mr. W. F. Cleveland, a young far mer of tho Huntington section of \ Laurons county, ls In Atlanta, at tho . Pasteur instituto under treatment, to prevent tho possible dovolopmont of ' rabies, he having been oxposcd to tho ! disease by milking a cow whoso calf ! died a few days ago exhibiting ovory t symptom of hydrophobia. Thursday I tho cow went mad and of courso tho 1 family and friends of Mr. Clovoland aro much concornod about him.