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{_ 1 VOL. XIII. m^rnrn RAIN OF SHOT Fired Into the Czar's Palace During a Religious Rete. POLICEMAN KILLED. Aa Officer Explained the Affair by Say* lag that the Bullets Were Tired by a Battery in Reply to a Salute. Cxifr' Displayed Splea* did Nerve. A cablegram fr >m St. Petersburg aatvu ?." * * * ' ' .. MiowKiiiuujr m tuc messing 01 tlie waters this year was accompanied by aa event more mysterious, unprecedented and extraordinary than any afforded by the annals of Russian his tv>ry. For a Russian sovereign to fall by the hand of an assassin is no new tiling in Russian records, but that the eiopcror should narrowly escape death by a shot from his own artillery while ho was engaged in a solemn religious rite, surrounded by priests of his cluroh, is so dltlleult to realize as to bo almost incredible. Yet this Is what 1 happened i^hursday, and the Russian public is l?ft wondering and mystified. ! ily the merest chance the imperial 1 family escaped unhurt, but public 1 opinion Is stunned by what might ' hive been the tragic results of the af- : fair. The festival of the Epiphany, the 1 blessing of the waters, had just con- ( eluded at 1 o'clock Thursday after- 1 neon when, simultaneously with the I salute fired from the St. Peter and 1 St. Paul fortress, a rain of bullets ? swept over the little chapol built over w the frozen Neva In front of the winter ' nalace where Emperor Nicholas and c every membrr of the Rjmanoff family N vere participating in thescrvlco. The ' mif-sllt s went high, entering the win- c dows of the splendid row of salons along the water front, from which the 1 empress, the ladles of the court and 1 fcho members of the diplomatic corps c and high dignitaries of the state, army c and navy were witnessing the glitter- ' lug spectacle below. H Fortunately the bullets passed over 1 tbe heads of all present, striking the r opposite wall and clattering down on c tbe partted lloor of the white salon. 9 Enrybody had been laboring under a v m ire or less nervous strain bccauso of c the strike situation and tbe windows 1 were hastily vacated and tbe greatest v excitement reigned within the palace. > Lieut. Fullon, chief of police of St. Petersburg, himself picked up a missile In tbe white salon. It was the s!/.' j of a bird's egg. The police chief was immediately surrounded by otficers of the guaro, who examined the bullet and expressed the opinion that It had come from a shripnel shell, which might have been fired from the battery located on the Bi urse esplanade, and which replied to the la'ute of the St Peter and St. Paul fortress, ex- . plaining that a gun might have been oharged with a loaded cartridge by mistake. (n the m antlme there was no evidence outside of what occurred. The crowds of people who formal black lines a'org tbe qnays, tbe palace bridge, the steps of the Bourse and every other point of vantage in the f wiiite Arc io landscape did not betray the slightest excitement. Neither did ' the imperial parry in the ohapcl be- J low. Although the actual ceremony * was ended the emperor remained and , accompanied the metropolitan and 1 clergy as they circle I the pavlllion around the chapel to bkas the gorgeous staledrds of the famous guard ' regiments assembled there. Then the c procession moved back to tho palace ) and the original programme was carded out. The ctnporor displayed splen ' did nerve. He did not show a trace of r excitement. Ho received the dlplo . mates in his usual cordial, gentle man- ( ner, reviewed liie gaurd regiments on the square behind the palace and sub- (. s qucntly bad luncheon ser ved In the ( slate dining rcom. During the reoeptlon Kmperor , Nicholas greeted Ambassador Mc Cormlok with his accustomed cordiali , ty and the ambas ador oonveyed to liis majesty President It >osevolt's personal greetings and wishes for a happy Now Year which the emperor said he ' was happy to receive. When the cur- ' reopondent of the Associated Press , (who was atx ut to go down to the , white salon when one of tho missils flew right over his hear1) left the palace he saw a, hole in tho window of ' .another salon1,and holes outside in the stucco of the<massive red building. Additional/ particulars show that the emperor /had a miraculous esoape. There is noj doubt tbat Hie missiles came froifi 3*igun of the Bourse battery which was Iloaded with grape, not with shrapn/el. Some of the bullets actually strucjk the little open chapel in which thelmperor was standing, cut the staff off one of the standards and furly rlddtfed the basement windows of the peUdce, killing a policeman outright wounding an officer and three msifiiues. Had the gun been aim ed z littleV)ower the oharge of grape might"have w^ped out the whole H > manoff dyu&styTVThe official account of Thursday's shotting affair is as follows: V *'During the ceremony of the blessing of the waters of tihe Neva, Thursday, In the presence^- of the emporor, as the usual salute rwas toeing fired an acoident happened/. A charge of grape Instead of a saluy ilng charge was tire 1 from a gun bel/onglng to one of the batteries statjroned near the Bourse. Sonje bulletsj^truck the facade of the winter palacpa near the quay gardens, breakln^/Abur windows. A policeman be|c?tifcTng to the St. Petersburg force gAvas wounded. According to the lofor. ? matlon to hand at present no other i acoident occurred. Inquiry continues." It is now stated in official circles that the grape was 11 red from one of the guns of the Seventeenth bittery of the First Horse Artillery of the Guard, the mcst arlstocratlo corps In the Russian army. It seems that at gun practice on Tuesday a loaded shel was.Inadvertently left In the gun. I IliVifnti i RED HOT TALK. Malicious and Common liar and a 7 ypical Blackguard. Are (ho Compliments That Georgia 1'olltlolane Are lUylng One Another In N? wipaperi. 1 he political situation In the State of Georgia, which has been considerably worked up during the past few weeks by the exchange of correspondence through the prest between Mr. W. W. Osburoe, of Savannah, and Mr. Newt. A. Morris, of Athens, was intensified on Wednesday when Mr. Morris gave out as uorohing reply to a former letter from Mr. O borne. The following extracts from the letter will glvo a fair idea of Its sjverity: BOMK LUKIKD TALK. ' Your defcertion of your former friends, the betrayal of their confidences in your ?fTorts to pull your gubernatorial oheslnuts out of the mtro by the sacrifice of your candid ate for president of the Senate, your mis erable masquerading as a reformer and utter want of candor corroborates your oonfesslon that you are a 'bad man,' which Is consequently accepted without further proof. ;<iou insinuate that the Legislature was wrongfully and oorruptly lashed by corporations Into voting for me for speakor. to the ihame of the state, and I now demand , the specltio oharge and prof of that Insinuation. You Insinuate that state tiouse officials have been wrongfully ind corruptly influenced, and of this I demand the specific charge and proof. You insinuate that the D.mojratlc party Is improperly dominated ind oontrolled. 1 demand specific proof of ttie assertion. I demand that /ou charge and state specifically when md where, and under what cirpjnmitanocs and by whom any otllclal in ,he executive, judicial or legislative lepartments of this state have been vrorgfully or corruptly approa died or nflucnced. 1 will add that tho asso s ated railways has its political agent, md that 1 am informed you are such >ald political agent, and areconstanty chasing through tho lobby of the sapitol when its Interests are effect id. You oharge that when or before ilr. Steed retired from tho speaker .hip race in 1902, and In consideration iad tho pledge of myself and other nen, of support for the presidency >f the Senate in 1905. 1 deny tills as lertlon. You have wantonly, and vlthout proof repeated your charges, onsequeutly the only alternative left ne Is to denounce your assertion as a vllful and deliberate lie, and to brand 'ou as a malicious and common liar." OBHOHNK 1UT8 HACK. Osborne replied to tbe aliove as folows: "The Moultrie Observer very propirly remarked that Morris represents ill that Is bad lu Georgia politics. It s fitting that he should be the sp kesnan of those who have so lost their enso of honor and shame as to sell heir political lntluenco for money. Chose I attack are guilty, and they a mow It. They dare not engage mo In 1 controversy, so thoy select a typical c daokguard to father their counter-at- a aok. The eharge 1 made was based t lpon statements made to me by two a nen who helped write the last card. I . have challenged them to deny it. 1 I im now awaiting their denial. The c ollowlng facts are given for the In'urination of the public: Oa Monday t norning, In a conversation with a re- f lorier of an Atlanta dally, Morris t itatcd he would not answer my card, i lecause I had not answered him. On 8 Monday afternoon Morris was sum- t noned to Atlanta. t Tuesday there was a conference of ill the mercenaries, Including their ' sandidatc for president of the senate, ( vho had been summoned by wire. 1 nils oard Is the result. Morris had < 10 more to do with this card than he e ild with the one that preceded it. ( The language used being the purest i ilackguardlsm, coming from a typical 1 jlackguard, and being used for no ( ither purpose than to disgust the pubic with this controversy, is treated ? ey me with the same contempt In i which I hold the author. Inasmuch as < Morris suggests that this is his l&st I appearance, I feel the following letter I will be appropriate to his exit: ? 'Bill Jorfes, mercenary. Better yime and look after your hired man, 1 Morris. I caught him skirmishing in t advance of your line aod endeavored i to make hlrr\jiaptlvo. I pulled him on < a high planJ*and assigned him a task, i but he was entirely unused to his sur- ' roundings and fell off. The last I saw i of him he was wallowing in the slough and was in Imminent danger of being < strangled by his own vomit. I am i sorry. At one time I felt that I could i make him a useful oltizen, in tlmo. If Ood had given me the power to work a miracle, I might have made a gentleman of him, though I do not claim thts to be p isslble, even if the ouiitlngcney I name had happened." W. W.Obhoknk." Voted Karly.aiul Often. In the eleotlon contest now being heard In Denver, Col., one Jos Totter a waiter, testified that on election day ho voted at least forty times. lie said that slips containing names and addresses were given him by men whom he knew to be prominent in the p >litlC8 of the lower wards of Denver and he was instructed to vote tire nnnriAnrof.l? n? 1 - - -- * ?vu.WII>V>V Vivkou. *l?5 omueu I/O C1HI these votes for $1 each and cant more than twenty before noon. A certain route was designated for his work for the forenoon and lie was cautioned to change his clothing occasionally. in the afternoon he said he oast twenty more ballots for which he received fifty cents each. Life Is Too Ghesp. The State says: "la the celebrated case of Nan Patterson, ball in any amount was refused the defendant, even after the prosecution had fulled to make out its oase against her, and yet in this State a man who has killed his own son is released within a week on a paltry bond for 11,500. We need not be surprised that life is held so cheap by the populace of South Carolina when judges put auoh low estlmates oa it" I ?pr"ii'j|l PEJ CON EXPERT NEEDED." Comptroller-General's Report to the General Assembly. VERY STRONG PAPEB. He Waats All Officers Receiving or Disbursing Public Fuads to Have the Same System of Book-keeping. The Report Contains Other Valuable Suggestions. One of the ablest and hardest work-1 Inu i.fflcials this state has had in a decade Is Comptroller-General Jone^, head of the tax department, an un ?4i - - - cufiauio position in view or the tangled conditions that have prevailed for many years on account of poor machinery with which to carry out the tax laws. In his annual report he takes hold of the problems bcldly. COUNTY TAX OKKICIALS. With regard to county tax officials Uomproller Jones makes these recommendations: "1. That a uniform syotem of book-keeping be lustalled for all officers charged with receiving or disbursing puullc funds. ''2. That the comptroller general be empowered to appoint an expert icoountant to visit frequently diking the year the various county officials uid make examinations of their books. ' 3. That a sufficient sum be appropriated to purchase the necessary jooks and blanks required In Introluclng a uniform system of bookkeep"4. That an amount sufficient to sover salary and expenses of an ex )ert account be appropriated. "6. That the term of office of ludltor and treasurer be fixed at four 'ears." AS TO COUMTY KINANCK3. "Dispensary Fund.?The present aw requires county boards to meet >nce a month In the auditor's office uid divide the dispensary profits bc,ween tho town and county. The sounty auditor Is required to report .he same to tho state board of oon,rol. This .law Is pratically 'ignored, or we Hud the county auditors, with i few exceptions accept the county reasurer's statement of the dispen ary funds received. I would recomnnnrt thai, t ho l? ho omondn/i i ? ? ,..MV v>?v im T* MU MUJVUUCU ICljUll' ok the county board to meet as above in the drat Wednesday of eaoh nonth. "Borrowing Money by Counties.? n witnessing annual settlements we ind the county auditor, county superrlsor and oounty treasurer In many nstanoes Ignorant of the amount of noney borrowed, or they are unable o give any definite Information as to he exagt amouutof thnsc funds until ,11 hands make an investigation. The aw relative to borrowed money for ounty or school purposes, should be .mended so as to require all notes to >e signed by the oounty supervisor iiul county auditor and countersigned >y the county treasurer before they >ecome a legal obligation against the riunty. "Reports of Magistrates.?Magls.rates should be required to make a ull and complete report monthly to .he county auditor and oounty treaslrer, of all tines and licenses collected ind pay the same Into the county .reasury before warrant Is Issued by ,hc county for their salary. "Reports of County Treasurers.? The county treasurer should be retired by law to make a report on the 1st and 15th of each month to the jomptroller general, the oounty supervisor and county superintendent of djc&tion, covering his entire reoeipts itul disbursements A penalty should oe provided for dercliotlon of this luty. "County Supervisor.?The supervl?r should, under a heavy penalty, be required to enter on the claim book every obligation of the county, showing in appropriate column Its disposition by the board of county oomuils Honors. "Supervisor and County Superintendent of Education.?That a penalty be provided by law where the county frupervlsor or oounty superintendent of education shall draw a check upon any fund, unless the report of the county treasurer shows a balance to the credit of that fund; that a warrant drawn by the oounty supervisor or county superintendent of education shall designate the particular fund and the flsoal year to whloh it bc1 >ngs. This Is necessary in order to keep the special fund of the oounty and schools separate and distinct. FIKR BU8INBS8 GAINS. Fire business in South Carolina for | 1903 with figures of 1902, for purpose of comparison: I Risk written 1903, *98,945,176; 1902. $90,014,213 83; gain $0,930,962 17. Premiums received, 1903 *1,191,069.46; 1902, *1,140,867.37; gain *50,202.09. Averago rate, 1903, $1.23; 1902, $1.26. I Losses paid, 1903, $557,571.70; 1902, $692 860 22; decrease $ 136,288.52. Percentage of losses paid to premiums received, 1903, 46 8; 1902, 60.8. L1VK BUSINB8S GAINS. Life business In South Carolina for 1903 with figures of 1902 for purpose of comparison: Risks written, 1903, *19 840,326 60; 1902. $15 803.007 7n. , gaiu ?l,UOI,? 318.90. Premium* received, 1903, $2 334,721 83; 1902, 82,030,480.11; gain $304,241.72. Lotses paid, 1903, $905,890.86; 1902, $898,677 65; gain $7,213 21. Losses Incurred, 1903, $907,966.61; 1902, $976 888 68; gain $68,922 07. 1N8URANCK FRRS AND TAXKS. "1 would recommend to take effect Jan. 1, 1906, that in lieu of our present license laws and the requireI ments for companies to pay taxes to counties, that all insuranoe companies I ohartered la other states or forolgq SONAL. j Admlnisti [WAY. S. C., TI1UR. companies licensed to do business In this state be required to pay the ful lowing fees: An annual license fee of 9250; fli ng and abstracting annual statement 20; each agent annual lioera) fee of 2; 2 1-2 per cent, on gross premiums received In this state payab'e quar terly. "That the above amount ooll:cted shall be all taxes and licenses required of such insuianoe companies. That i no county, city or town can Impose any additional tax or license fee. "That all insurance companies chartered under the laws of this state shall be required to pay the following I feet-: Annual license fee 150; filing and abstracting annual statement 10; each agent, annual fee of II. One p r cent, on grosn earnings received lu t re s' ate. * That all fracternal insurance com panks be required to pay an annual feo of 15 for tiling and Abs.raotlng annual statement. Uc.d^r this law the state would derive an estimated rev- f enue as follows: Annual lloense fees 135 000; fees f ?r annual statements 12 800; fees, ( agents' ai n lal licenses 14 000; 2 1-2 1 per cent, on gross premiums 9102 075; 1 total estimated rcvente 9143 875. ' ASTONISHING INKqUALITY. 1 Comptroller General Jones, in his ' report, calls attention to the salaries I of county auditors in the following: An astonishing lncqiullty exists in c ttie salaries paid county auditors of N tire several counties of this state, as * exhibited in the followlug statement: ? County. Salary. Population. 8 Abbeville 9 .900. 33 075 e Aiken 1,200\ 38,610 f Anderson 1,500/ 55 089 Bamberg 800-: 17 037 J' Barnwell 1,250 35 C6l Unoiifnrf 1 OAA OF l|i.UU >19,2111 Herkcley 825 30,288 ^ Charleston 3,200 85*290 ^ Cherokee 800 21,247 1 Chester 1,000 28 455 1 Chestcrlield 700 20,294 (* Clarendon 800 27 900 ^ Colleton 1,000 33 343 w Darlington 900 32,914 c Dorchester 800 15,200 Kdgetlold 1,000 25 213 h Fairtleld 1,000 29,333 a Florence 900 28,184 0 Georgetown 1,000 22 498 Greenville 1.200 52,045 " Greenwood 900 27,906 Hampton 900 23,615 ^ Ilorry 750 23,267 " Kershaw 900 24 464 c Lancaster 900 24 203 "J1 Laurens 1,000 36,890 * Lee 750 n Lexington 90O 27,033 8' Marlon 900 34 897 a Marlboro 800 25,351 81 Newberry 1,000 29,833 11 Oconee 900 23,121 Orangeburg 1,200 69,267 ^ Pickens 675 19,200 1 Itlchland 2,000 42.740 1 Saluda 800 18,911 ? Spartanburg 1 600 64,395 1 Sumter 1,200 50,744 8 Union 900 25 228 fl Williamsburg .... 900 31,671 a York 1,300 41,025 fl 0 WOULD HAISK SAL|lRTB8. v The above statement clearly shows f: that the salaries now tlxed by law are t not based, as required by the oonstltu- t tlon, ''in proportion to the population p and work required." The salaries h based on the population would work an inequality, but when the popula I tlon and work required Is taken as w the basis, there Is no reason for the fi nrpRAnt. inpnnallt.v T>. la aV>n>il??/>l- w. r _ VJV.V... , AW <o auouiuuci/ u necessary to have well qualified men V for these position; this faot should & not be disregarded, and in fixing the w salaries the compensation should be b such an amount as would secure the best business talent. a The compensation of the county t auditors and treaaurers fn the small- h est ounties should not be less than \ 8900, and even this amount is small c in comparison with the salaries paid s for less responsible positions in busi- n ness life. n 1 would therefore recommend that u all salaries of oounty auditors and r treasurers of this state be readjusted ii and that these officers be placed upon 1< an equitable basis. a The salaries of the county auditors and trcasurera In the following ooun- Y ties should be placed at 1900, the h the state lo pay 8000, and the oountles a $300: Bamberg, Berkeley, Cherokee, f Chesterfield, Clarendon, Dorchester, t Horry, Lee, Oconee, Pickens, Saluda, \ Union and Williamsburg. i That $1,000 be the salaries in the f following counties, the state to pay s $650, and the county $350; Abbeville, ( Chester, Darlington, Edgefield, Fair- t Held, Florence, Georgetown, Green- a wood, Lexington, Laurens, Marlon t and Newberry. c The salary of the county auditor t and treasurer of Spartanburg oounty should rank next to Charleston: Or- e angeburg next to Spartanburg. The ? Pjliintic u r\t Awi1a?oa? /"I -ill wuttvivo vl AUUQIOUUi \JIOOUVIUO| i Lllcblnnd, York, Aiken and Sumter 1 should be put upon the same basis. The other counties can be easily ad- 1 justed to those nam :d. I It appears that some of the inequal- ! itles now existing arise from looal I legislation, although the ooustltutlon < prohibits the same. l Drownnd by Tidal Wave. A cablegram from Christiana, Nor- ] way, says fifty-nine persons perished I as the result of an avalanche of rooks 1 at Naesdal, north of Bergen, Sunday. A mass of rock was suddenly preolpl- 1 tatcd Into Loenvand lake from the < neighboring bills, causing an immense 1 wave twenty feet high whtoh swept the 1 neighboring shores. Houses,people and 1 cattle were swept away by the rush of i water, and It Is known that fifty-nine 1 persons perished. Thus far only four bodies have been recovered. great i storm Wednesday stopped the relief work as the surrounding dlstrlot Is i unable to send help. A Fatal Fall. An investigation Into the ftudden d>ath of Mr. W. O. Petsch, In Charleston, was held by the coroner, but a verdict was rendered that It was due to an aocident, falling down the steps of his resldenoe. He was found dead in the hallway of his house on Sunday night, and It was thought that there had been foul play. Mr. Petsch olerked In a dry goods store and aas unmarried. pto,'# || . 3D AY, JANUARY AMAZINTSTORY Of Hypnotism is Told by a Young English Woman. TRILBY 18 OUTDONE la the Story of a Governess, Who Was Cruelly and Shamefully Treated She Say* by a Man She Hated, Bat Whose Word She Had to Obey. A dispatch from, London England, )ays through the newspapers that .here has just come to light In that ;lty a tale of hypuotic lutloence that s almost beyond belief. The famous inn original Svengall of Geo. DuMauier's storv, "Trilby," seems to iave been far outdone by one Alfred White, or Sternberg, whichever his lame may be, If the story told by a >retty girl named Alice Gray Is true. Miss Gray Is tbe daughter of a Lon Ion business man In moderate circum tanoes. The past year has been for icr one of unutterable horror, misery >nd shame. Her health has been hattered, her nervous bystetn wreckd by her experiences, and her only trayer Is that her friends may protect ler from further cruelty at the hands f the man from whom she Is poweriss to protect herself. Mlas Gray returned a year ago last Uigust from Germany, where she had ecd traveling as a lady's companion. 11 November she answered an adveriscment for a lady clerk, which rcuested applicants to to call at 15 ishdown road, Kingston. Here she /as employed by Alfred White, as he ailed himself. He stipulated that he girl must live In his house with im. As his wife and children were lsn living in the house, she made no bjsotlon. Miss Gray found that White's busless was selling sewing machines, 11 les, music b< xes and cheap j iwi lry o domestic servants on the lnstalllent plan. From the tlrst day, de lares the girl. White tx roised a trange and potent Influence over her. ler hand shook when she signed her ame to an employment contract, and he trembled whenever White looked t her. She loathed the man, she ays, yet oould disobey him In nothIt had been arranged that she was o go home every Sunday, but after he tlrst three Sundays White stopped his. Miss Gray's si->ter Kate called n her slBter several times and saw hat all was not right between the irl and her employer. She told her ather of her suspicions, and soon fter Alice herself complained to her ather of White's strange influence ver her. At this time Alice's mother /as dying, at their home, and the ather and sister did not pay the at entlon they might otherwise have o the girl's strange story. She com lalced again of her unhapplness, but er family gave.little heed. On March 19 the girl's mother died, mmediately afterward Kate Gray ras sent to White's house by her ather, and brought Alice home witn er. She stayed at home a week, Vhlte sending daily messages to iter, sklng her to come back to him. They mre brought by his wife, his odice oy and others. Easter Monday, April 3, Miss Gray, nd her sister went for a walk. On heir way home, not far from their louse, they saw a pony trap, with Vhlte driving it. He stopped and ommanded Alice Gray to g. t in beide him. The girl declares she did ot want to go; that sho hated the nan and dreaded to put herself again inder his Influence; yet she could not eslst White's command. She got nto the trap and White drove away, saving Kate Gray speechless with mazoment. Kate ran into the house and told ter father what had happened To;ether they went to White's house ,nd asked for Alice. A big, powerully built man came to the door and old them Alice was out driving witli Vhlte. Tiiis man and Gray eventlally came to blows, and Gray went or the police. A police inspector earohed the house, and found Alice 3 ray. Pale and trembling she was ,aken home, and there told her father ind sister that she was in the house >he first time they called, locked in a dosefc. She had been threatened with twful things if she cried out, she said. A few days later Alice went to an* ;wer an advertisement for a governess. 3he disappeared, and from that day, kprll 8, until October 18 she was ut ,erly lost to her family. On April 8, Alice says, White met aer In the street, evidently having aeen posted in advance by some mysterious means, on her errand. He book her by the arm and marched her )fT to lodgings in Hammersmith. A few days later tbey moved to Brlghton. Meantime Oray had obtained a warrant for White's arrest, and the latter was nabbed while op a visit to hlB original place of business in Kingston. He promised that if the police would set him free he would tell them where the girl was Oray agreed, and White gave the Brighton address. Oray and the police went there, after setting White free, but found an empty house, the girl having been spirited away again, to another part of London. From that time on, acoordlng to the girl, she led a life of horror. White, she says, treated her brutally and Shamefully. Letters written to her and forwarded from the Kingston address were received by White and destroyed. White Dever left the girl alone long and never went out without taking her along. Oaco, she says, when he had lccked her In a room, she broke the lock with a screw driver and hammer she had secreted. White, she says, appeared just as she was escaping from the room and toek vengeance on her by beating her, tearing off all her clothe sand slashing her hand with a razor. After that she never tried to ea 2(5, 1905. cape from him, even though he tcok her driving in the pony trap, aud left her alone In It while he went Into houtes to sell articles. Often, she wfuld see him peering around the corner of a house, stealthily watching her when he thought she did not see him. His wife dtappeared about lh!s time, Miss Gray sajs. She does not know what became of her. A singular feature of the case Is that two letters were reoelved by Miss Gray's father, both declailng that she was well and comfortable. She declares that she wrote them under Whitens hypnotic Influence. Her ordeal ended In a long Imprts onment In a room in a house in Lou bet street, Tooting. Hero, she says, White locked up all her clothes so that she could not get at them, and on f-ome days would give her no food except a cup of tea. He often threatened to kill her, she says, aud always carried a ritz ir in his pocket. At this time he did most of his business by mall, reld m leaving the house. After six months of indefatigable search, Gray and his daughter Kate tluaily traced White to the house In Ti otlng. He had fled when the rescue party arrived, aud Alice Gray was dragged out of a window. The police are now trying to And White whose real name ia said to be Sternberg. Miss Gray 1? with friends in a little vlllageiln Surrey. She and her friends declare that White has spies in tills little place who are watching her movements and have made overtures for her to return to White. This 20th century Sveng&li Is described by Miss Gray as being a slen der man, of middle height, with dark brown hair and a mustache covering a mouth that never closed, his teeth always showing. Ills eyes are large and dark and "seemed to Hash red when he was angry." A SERIOUS CHARGE. The Ilatlroad Agent at 1'orrjr Arrestell Charged With Fraud. The Columbia State of Wenr.esday says W. J. Pooser, agent of the Southern Railway company at Perry, was ariested in Columbia Wednesday < n the charge of forgery and fraul. lie Is quite a young man, and his father, who conducts a business at Swansea, was In Columbia vainly trying to get together the tangled ends of the young man's business affairs. Pooser seems to have lived beyond his means. Having had some misgivings as to the way things were being conducted in the oftl e at Perry, Mr. Geo. F. Zjaly, the traveling auditor, clucked up the books of that otllce on the 13th of January and discovered a shortage of $300. An investigation of this shortage led to the discovery that Pooser had beeu manipulating claim receipts and had forged the signatures of claimants who had been paid by the railroad oompany. He had misappropriated the money for his own use and had made fraudulent entries on the books. The American Surety company is on Fooser's boud and the inspector in this territory was untitled at once He caused a warrant to be sworn out Tuesday before Magistrate Moorman, and when Pooser went to Columbia at the d. mauds of the railroad people, he was arrested. This is not the only Rhortage charged against Pooser. He was the agent of the Southern Express company at Perry and Is Indebted to them In the sum of $471. He had obtained this latter sum of money by manipulating collections on packages sent "C. O. D." Tnat part of bis shortages and shortcomings was Invest'g vted by Mr. F. 1) Kant, route agent of the Southern Express company. Pooser will be arraigned before Magistrate Mo >rmau and after that will be taken toSallcy where the prelimenary hearing will bo held by Mag istrate J. II Eklson, the magistrate whoso jurisdiction Is nearest to Perry. While the lnsptotor of the surety company expresses regret, he feels that he must push the matter, as his company Is largely represented nn Mia en rot.i au r\t nnanln ** ? ?i,. W? v.v UU* vvivu v/1 J/OUJ/IO ill J/lilJl 113 service In this State and shortcomings cannot be overlooked. Kilhul by Bandits. Ira A. Sanger was slain by Mexican half-breed bandits In the mountain wilds of Slnaloa, Mexico. Robbery was the purpose of the murder. Mr. Sanger, who was a resident of Colorado, bad been In the northern section of Mexloo along the Texas border for thiei years Interested in mining and ranc ies. Ills companion In these ventures was George L. Stewart, of Chicago, who has Just reached El P. s>, Texts, with news of the murder. The victim probably was am bushed, Mr. Stewart reported. Mr. Sanger was well-to-do, having property and Investments worth, according to the El Paso estimate, between 140,000 and 880,000. Usually he oarried considerable sums with him, but [Mr. Stewart declares he had but a small amount at the time of the attack. Mexican rurales were sent out after the murderers. Mr. Sanger was about 35 years old. Mllll FlKlitlnff. Lieut. Gen. Chaffee, chief of staff, received a cable message from Gen. Corbln, commanding the Philippines dlvl.ikn at Manilla, saying that he nas received the following dispatch rrom Brig. God. Carter, commanding the department ot the Visayas, dated Tacloban, January 14: "Lieut. Avery, one Philippine scout and two native employees were wounded In action at Dolores River, an January 10. Private Austin, hospital corps, was wounded, and nine of the constabulary were killed In an action near Maslog, Samar, on January 8. Lieut Avery and Private Austin arrived here today." The officer referred to In the above dispatch Is First Lieut Morton L. Avery, of the Philippine Scouts. Who Can Answer? The Columbia State says: "We want to know. Was there ever a postoffice robbery In one of our South Carolina towns where the robbers failed to gain Ingress by means of a hammer secured from "a neighboring blaok smith shop?" It Is only a coincidence or do all South Carolina postoffi -.es do blacksmithlng "on the side?" We are anxious to secure exaot information eooeernlng these polnle." We paee. WHAT CAUSED ITV A Boiler T xploded at the State House Friday Morning. Legislative Commission lias Been Appointed to Make Investigation Into the Cause. T ie Columbia State says under very peculiar olrcumstauoes one of the boilers at the Stale house burst Friday moruh g at u o'clock. The life of JameB Fudg , the tireman, was endangered, but he was not seriously hurt. The tlnanclal damage will be about II 000, all of which falla upon toe contracting company as the plant had not been accepted by the commission and was being put through a test for 30 days. The cause of the explosion of the pipes In the boiler was the fact that the water had been allowed to get !o.v. Fireman Fudge, who started up the heat Friday morning, has been employed io that capacity for several years, even when the old boilers were used, and has had experience enough to be a safe man. He states that the gauges on the boilers indicated that there was water In sufficient quantity when he arrived Friday morning and he went to work to build the tires. The first Intimation he had of danger was when the doors of the lire be x were blown open and steam 1 came pouring from the boiler nearest 1 the doorway to the boiler room. This boiler had heated more rapidly than the others because It Is directly under the chimney and the draught is stronger. Fudge had a very hard time getting to a place of safety, as the doorway was out olT by olouds of steam. Mr. U. It. Brooks, Jr., the State eleclr cian, who Is lu charge of the < heatlmr nlant. tmnnnrjiril v hv nrrlor r?f i the commission in charge of omplotiug the State house, was summoned by 'phone. From Ills statement of conditions, there is something very st range about the matter and on his reprisentatlons to the commission, the legislature adopted a concurrent resolu ion to appoint a commission to iuvrstigatc this mat'er. Mr. brooks states that when he left the State house the night before the explosion, all the tires in the boiler bad been put out. According to bis custom be made an inspection of the four boilers, trying each gauge on every 1 o ler, and all were found to be in good condition and the amount of water registered in each boiler was three gauges. This was also observed by two llremen, Harrison and Heckham, the engineer In charge of construction, Mr. Llnley, and the steam titter, Mr. Reagan. It is asserted positively that the valves that control the water In the gauge gla-ses were open, being left open all the time except when repairs are to be made or the glasses to bo cleaned. Had there been no warter In the boilers, the glasses would have shown it with tills valve closed. Friday morning after the accident, it was seen that the gauges were still full of water, and this was caused by the valve being closed. The valves on all of the gauges were closed be twecn the time the engineer left Thursday uight and Friday mo. ulug, according to Mr. brooks' statement. The ext( nt of tho damage is that eight sections of oue b Her was blown out. The three other boilers are In good condition and there will not be any lack of beat. One boiler could heat the entire State bouse except on very cold dajs. There was but eight pounds of pressure of steam on the boiler when it burst. Mr. brooks notl tied Mr. Llnley, the engineer of construction, and a careful inspection was made. It is charged by some that the fied pipes were tampered with, letting the water out of the boilers 'during the night. Tho senate passed tho concurrent resolution providing for an examlna bion, and the house agreed. Mr I PpinnA M * /\?/??* ? ? jl nuuv, mi. iriuigctii auu mr. je rasbr 1 were appointed on the pirt of the house. Mr. Morgan was ex:used as he Is unwell and Mr. Cothran was sub- . sltuted. Mr. Jesse T. Gantt, custodian . of the State house by virtue of his of- , tic; as secretary of state, Friday made . the following statement: "In Justice to myself I desire the k statement made that 1 have no anthorlty or control of the boilers or j heating apparatus of the State house, , several months ago having advised the , regular engineer and fireman to report , for duty to the commission who are ' obarged with the installation of the , new plant, and to take all orders and directions from them. No complaint or request has been made to mo by the commission. , "Upon the passage of a resolution by the house and senate direction that 1 no one except the electrician Interfere with the heating plant, Capt. Elkln, the engineer, came to mo for Instructions, and I advised him not to interfere in any way with the system. "From such Information as I have been able to gather I am convinced that the accident this morning was due to no defect in the plant, but to the ln< fllciont attention A those in charge of It." "J. T. Gantt." National Good Koadii Mooting. Gov. Hey ward Wednesday appointed the following delegates to the meeting of the National Good Roads convention which met in Jacksonville last week. Mr. P. H. Hyatt of Columbia, president of the South Carolina Good Roads convention; Mr. J. B. MoBryde of Pi rence, Col. Rlohard Singleton of Aoton, Supervisor D. M. Miles of Spartanburg, Hon. John A. Banks of St. Matthews and Mr. P. II. Weston of Columbia. In conneotlon with this meeting object lessons in road building was given under the ausploes of the Jacksonville board of trade. Good If Truo. Tn t.Vio rtlf.o nt it i~ - - am WMW vi v/ ui i^cn A Ui Xk IU 19 ml" nounoed that open gambling has been wholly stopped. Indeed, gambles, open or under cover, aeem to have been put entirely out of business. It was g vast undertaking that Distrlot Attorney Jerome entered upon and It seemed almost impossible for him to succeed, but he has again Illustrated tl e truth of the saying that where there Is a will there If a way. ?_ a NO. 42. i *' LIGHT WANTED ' On the Chauges Made During the Late Campaign That THE TRUST'S MONEY Was Freely Contributed to tbe Republican Campaign Fund to Buy tbe Election. Senator Stone Said tbe Charge Remained Unanswered. Tiiechargee of Impropriety made in connection with the campaigns of 1890 and 1904 were for a tinn Wednesda> revived and made the nuI joot of discussion in the United States Senate. The question was raised by Mr. Stone in a speech in support of ids resolution providing for an investigation of the charges, lie used with much freedom the names of President Roosevelt, Judge Parker and Chairman Cortelyou and again traversed the allegations that Mr. Cortelyou had used the information secured by him as secretary of commerce and labor to jecure money from the trusts. Taking up the charges made during the campaign that Mr. Corlelyou had ased his secret oftlclal Information as i cabinet olllcer to secure contributions, Mr. Stone said he could neither ittlrm nor deny''this terrible Indictment," because he did not know. "I >nly know," he said, "that the damnng admission stands that the trusts lid supply Mr. C\ rtelyou campaign und*. Moreover, Mr. Cortclyou has lever made answer to this cl.uige. It s hard to believe that Mr. Cortclyou, >r that any man of character, would jrostltute oftlclal opportunities to par,lsan ends so base. 1 am loath to beleve It, and yet a charge so specific is this and which so deeply concerns .he public honor and welfare cannot >e silenced by contemptuously pouhK>ohlng and Ignoring it." Senator Stone said Mr. Cortelyou 'was clothed with inquisitorial auhority to spy Into the secrets of the .rusts and powei also was given to nake his discoveries public at the discretion of the president. This man and his official the president himself Heeded for chairman of the Republican lationa' committee. The clrcurntanoes of this appointment were culously t.ignl;leant, if not sinister, and .he suspicions Inevitably excited by .hem ha ve provoked a situation greaty to be regretted. This accusing fact vill not down that the trusts did 1111 dr. CO'telyou's campaign coffers to iverfl ;w ing. Happily we have the lomforting assurance, vouchsafed both >y Mr. Root and the president, that ,he trunts had no improper motive in naklng those contributions, and that 10 Improper means were used to lnluce Mum. These, Indeed, were virtuous Musts, and theirs and idealistic lelf sacrificing patroitlsm. They corned all base expectation of favors w>come and scouted the very thought ;hf?t thdr gold would te used to oorupt. '" * He said the senate could not iccept these ?4k.tanccs without quesilonanc that ttaCTd*Qlutlon of inquiry .herefoie should be adop^?d- *l0 a^so expressed the opinion that"tl<LJElfiSht,w^ lent's charges against the Democratc campaign management should beinlulred into. Mr. Stone based his denand for an Inquiry Into the campaign if 1 ftQft nn tlia ullu/io * '111- ? V?? v?4W UUC^C?U1VI13 Ul 1 UUUJiUf tV. Lawson, made in a recent maga,'ne article. The senator was himself rl3e chairman of the Democratic national committee during the cam>algn, but he said that he did not projose to testify. Many thousand people le said believe that election to have jeen bought, and that fact alone would Justify an inquiry. SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION. Referring incidentally to the bill ntroduoed by Mr. IMatt of New York t,o reduce the congressional representation of Southern States because of the Imposition of qualllicatlon on the right of suffrage, lie said: The ooniplracies arc not only a crime against the suffrage, but a crime immediatcy farmed in New York to debauch the electorate subversive of representitive government, and to its suppresilon the senator from New York might profitably devote his solicitous attention.'' Will lletlrc. 9| : -1 The Columbia Reoord says' Gover-J| nor Hey ward has made the formal an-w nouncemenb that he will retire from j puhlio life after serving his secorHT^fcT. term as governor. Many Carolinians bad the governor in view for the United States senatorship, though lie 1 himself has never suggested in any way that he would be a candidate for that place. The fact that his friends desired to honor him with such a position is btit another evidanoj jf the wide popularity of the governor and the high regard in which iie is held by the people. A great many tilings may happen before another election for senator takes plao;, but for the present the people of the state may congratulate themselves that they have two more years of Hey ward, anyway. ... Had Hi# wtjf. 1 The Newberry Observer says: "The following, which is vouched for by a Columbia physlotan, may prove Interesting reading to some who are kicking against compulsory vaccination* A man at the Gramby mill village In Columbia refused to be vaccinated and would not permit his family to be and as It was not compulsory he had his own way'about It. Shortly afterwards be took the smallpox and died. Just ba 'ore he died his physician told ? him of his condition and said ifl he ? want be leave any request he muat\d?j&> It qutcc. His response was thattJBr ui ? ..... wnui/uu ui? wue ana oniidren vaecljjjjfc od at oice. Ills request wag Cftrffa* out; but his wife came near dvipffJE& as the vacolnation had not had tlno to act is a preventive or modlflaff the dlstasa."