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! VOL. XIII. SOUTH CAROLINA To Be the Name of One of Our Finest Battleships. THE STATE HONORED / n This Way by President Roosevelt. Who Mas Announced Mis Intention of Naming* fine of the New Battleships After the Palmetto State. A Rnrftlnl tn M ' " vu i;n? hows uiin courier roio Washington sajs: President Roosevelt has conferred a distinct honor upon Repr< sentatlve George Legate and the Palmetto state by deciding to name one of the two great battleships provided for In the new n.val bill "South Carolina." The day f blowing the passage of the bill through the house, after a hard fight, In which forty-one Ih mo crats, under the loadt rshlp of Representative George L? gare, votod for the bill, the president sent for Mr. Legare and Informed him that he In tended to honor too Palmetto state by numlng ? no of the two battleships "South Ccro na." The pnsidmt also took ocaaslon to assure Mr. Lc gare of kiln appreciation of his magnificent i Iforts In behalf of the btll which had come to his knowle 'go from so many different sources Not only did he w ish to emphaslz r his personal regard for the Charleston congressman, for the high patriotic stand he had taken and the elective work ho had accomplished, but he also wished especially that the name of SouJi Carolina shall appear at the head of the best of modern battleships in the United States navy. At that time the naval bill had to pass through the rough seas of the senate aud it was suggested during tlio Interview that nothing could be said about the matter until the naval mil uecamc a law, and the secretary of the navy could be consulted as to tire naming of the proposed battlejhlps. Nut until Wednesday night was the seal of contldence removed. The bill passed Tuesday and the President made an apprntment to see the secretary of the navy Wednesday morning when the matter was finally decided and announced. The new battleship will bo of from 10,000 to 18 U00 tons dlt> placement, and will have a probable speed of ID knots. The approximate c ist of the South Carolina will be $8,0U0,U00. Whl e the plans are yet to be drawn by the board of construction, It Is probaole that the new battleship in Its main features will follow the lines of the New Hampshire, author z d last year. The South Ca olina will In every way be a larger and more powerful ship than the North Caroll na, authorr/jd by the last congress. The S >11111 Carolina is to Le a tlrst cla>s battleship, the North Carolina an armored cailsor. The sister ship will bo named the Michigan. TKL1CUKAM8 PASS. In notifying G iv. lleyward, Congressman Le^are wired: 1 have just received a letter from ['resident Itoosevelt notifying me that one of the two great lattleships author!/ d by this congress will be named ' South Cart lina." Gov. lleyward soon after his return from New York received a til gram from Congressman Geo. S. Log a re announcing the gcod news In regard t > tlie battleship "Soyth Car. I na." Afur acknowledging the receipt of the message, Gov. Iloyward sent the following message: Mr. The?)rtore Roosevelt, President of the United States, Washington, I). U. C.ngiessmtn L gare informs me iflieially tnat jou iiave notiiiod him that one o! tiie two great battleships author z :o by the coi gross will bear the name of South Carolina. In hehalf of the people of my State, I bf g to acknowlege with highest apprccia lion the honor which >ou thus confer. I can wish for '"The South Carolina" no more tilth g and distinguished a career than is included in the hope and the belief that she will prove worthy of the honored name which you have bestowed Vl*pn ^er> which name we acknowlcdKfe with pr de and w tin pl? at^ ure. (Signed) D. C. IIbvwabd, Governor of South Carolina. President Roosevelt replied as follows: "I thank you for your telegram. It was a great pleasure to be able to name one of the battleships 'South Carolina.' "Thkodouk Rooskvklt." T,at?r In l.hH rlav t.hft urovernor re ceived notice from Washington that the other battleship to bd built would be named "The Michigan." He then sent the following telegram to Guv. Warner of that State: "Accept my congratulations on 'The Michigan.' Permit me to say that 'The Michigan' and 'The 'South ' Carolina' are in tine company for a glorlou? oareer." Gov. Hayward received the following telegram from Gov. FrudM. Warner of Lansing, Mich.: "Thanks for congratulations. The South Carolina and Michigan will honor the naVy and our country." The State truly says the .people of South Carolina are very much elated to know that one of the great battleships now being built will be given the proud State which for years led in the councils of the nation and may yet he <>ne of the Influential States of the union?as she Is rapidly becoming even now. The action of President U ?osevelt lias been commented upon In a manner to dee-light the president of the great republic. It Is no spirit of commercialism, but of pride whloh actu ates the people of the city of Columbia to feel grateful to the president, who by th'.s action gives evidence that the War Between the Seotlons Is at an end indeed, and South Carolina if again a State to whom the union 1* glad to give the recognition of full fellowship. 1 CAN'T HK CLOSHD. 80 fays the 8tate Supreme Court About Jlloroe Ti petsary. The Decision Snyn tlit; Hlato Hoard of IXreotorH Ham No Power to CIoho Up a I)iN|)?>iiHary, The State supreme court Wednesday handed down a decision In the case of the removal of the dispensary from Elloree. The court sustains the position taken by Chairman II. H. Evans, who acting upou the advice 1 of the attorney general, voted against the propositi) n to do away with the dispt nsary at that place on the ground that tiie State board has x ot the authority to take such act on. In the decision of the court, writ ten by the chief Justice, Hon. Y. J. Pope, a brief history of t he case Is given. In October last the people of Ell' ree signed a pettion for tiie removal of the dispensary. No charges of misconduct were brought against 1 .1. M. Weeks, the dispenser. The j people wanted to bo rid of the dls ( p nsiry and did not hesitate to say | ' so, all but half a di zon of the men of j 1 that community having signed the | petition asking for tiie removal of the , liquor shop. j The petition was acted unon by the hoard on the 14th of I) oember and , Messrs. Towlll and Hoy kin are re f corded as having voted to grant the petition. Mr. Evans is reeorded as 1 1. - 1 * Having voiicn against the action of the majority, for he thought the State b ?ard had no Jurisdiction. Dispenser 1 Weeks then appealed to the supreme ( court for a writ of prohibition to i estop the decree of the Suite board. \ I u hiscomplaiut to the supremo court, ' Weeks. sa>s "that no vote had been taken by the qualified electors of the ( county of Orangeburg to close dis i pensarles in sail county as provided t by law." He also alleges that no s charges had bjen made against ills s management, that he c mid not 1)6 re [ moved except for cause, and that the c State board has no authority to close I a dispensary except upon the order of t the majority of the people of a o< uu- < ty After summing up these facts, t tlie chief Justice says: t "A scrutiny of the powers conferred i by law up n tlie boird of directors of the State dispensary falls to show t that any power to close a dispensary once established lias been conferred ? by law to said board of directors; but, S on the contrary, the law confers sue') s power upon a different tribunal." II s then quotes the law as amend <1 by t Senator Itrlce's bill in 1U04, and con i tinned: 1 "Apart from all of this, such power t in a boa'd of directors of State dispell sary might set at. naught the will of , the peop e, as i xpressed by their rep I reseutatlves, legally chosen. As we | have heretofore retn irked, there is no i power given to the State board of di rectors 10 close a ooun y dl p nsary. ( The demurrer Isoverrulid, and as am j further consideration Is uotdesln d on i tho merits we will grunt the petl- ? Han. ( "It is therefore ordered that the t act of the State board of control is ] null and void and the writ of prohi- , bltion Is hereby ord red to Issue, re i straining the respondent frotn enforcing their resolution adopted 011 the I 14th of December, 1W04." ] Messrs Moss & Lido of Orangeburg and Mr. William El bit, Jr., of Co lumbla, represented Dispenser Weeks, \ Mr. W. C. Wolfe of Orangt burg rep- i resented the pe >ple of Ellon e. The i action of the supreme court me ins < that no c mmuuity can rid itself of the dispensary altbougli that same i community might not have wanted a i dispensary thrust upon It. It requires ttie vote tf an entire county to give relief. l'ickuet l!|> ?t M> m. A dispatch from New York says Capt. J A. Mlnot, of the steam dredge Texas, which foundered at sea with a lo-.s of twenty-two lives, was brought there Tuesday ou the steam r Rotterdam from Rotterdam. Other survivors of the Texas were landed at \Yaterford several weeks ago, having been rescued by the brigantlne Mercedes, after a terrible experience. Tiie Texas, which was bound from Dmtzlu to Galveston, foundered at midnight of uuriMLmas eve. x wo or nor ooa's were launched, but one of tlicm, containing twenty-two men, sank the oo cupants drowning. In the second boat the survivors drifted for fourteen days, the last six of whlc 1 were ah:?olutely without food or water. One died from exposure, another became Insane and the remaining twelve were on the verge of hjsteria when nelp cam). They had drunk sea wa ter, and their bodies were covered with bolls. One of the survivors when rcsoued said that they had just drawn lots to deoido which one should he killed to furnish food for his fellows, Had 1<]iioukI> ol Xtn-in. KVanlr IV Tallin fnrmnrlu Uio H'mfl deniUl representative of the national committeeman and sub treasurer, Thomas K. Akine, has testified be fore tbe 8> nate Investigation commit tee that A kins bad told him that President It jo evelt had averted to Aklns that under no circumstances must It. 0. Kerens be elected to Die United States Senate from Missouri. "He said also in that conversation," said Kills, "I call to mind that the President did not want any more like K'.kins, Ketrns, of Utah, or Clark, of Montana, In the Senate; that he was having more trouble with them now than with the rest of the Sjnate and he did not want any large railroad corporation in'.e estcd In a United Stales Senator, that Is what he said; that was puollshed." Ho Tried Many. Thirty-live thousand prisoners have faced Judge Itufus B. Cowing, senior Judge of the general sessions court In New York clr.y, since he took his seat on the benoh In 1877. The judge, notwithstanding his vast experience . in that tribunal, still has an optl> mist's faith in human nature aud i holds that crime is not on tbe in i orease. He approves of Indeterminate > sentence and thinks that any one who i appears in oourt after having been i punished twioe should be imprisoned for life. MM' M Htf CON BACK HOME. Gov. Heyward Returns After a Trip to New York. WAS MUCH PLEASED With Northern Capitalists' Faith in the South. The Governor Was the Recipient of Much Attention, and Made a Fine Impression. Col. I). C. Heywarrl returned Wedlesday from New York city, where he lad none upon Invitation to speak be'ore the North Carolina society. This was at the annual dinner of the peo- 1 Me of the Old North State who now 1 make their homes In the American i metropolis. In speaking of Gov. Heyward 's visit to New York The State 1 lays: While Gov. Hey ward was thorough- , y tired out, he had enjoyed every molt of his trip. Mr. E. W. Itobert- ' who accompanied him on the dslt to the metropolis, said that no me coul I have been the recipient of i rinrtt u* niul nt fanf irtn rlnrirwr + I ^ - V V/iMI MWVIIVIVII Villll IJ^ Ulig IIIIJL" V hut Gov. Hcywurd spent in New t Vork. i The great banquet of the North ' Carolina s iciety was held on Friday ' veiling of last week at the St. Kegls, ' hat greatest of hotels, where the < Krvice is gold plate arid the waiters I it d bell boys and footmen wear the I jbcturesque knlckeibooker costnme ( if the French court. The St. It^gls, 1 n its magnificence, has taken away 1 die breath of even the New Yorkers, I vlio are well usod to what southerners < erm the "luxuries" of life, yet what I .0 1 lie G >tl amltes arc fast becoming t lecessltles. I "1 tried to appear as if 1 was used l X) it," laughingly said the governor. I Unfortunately, Gov. Glenn could not ie present at tlio banquet, at which I i."?u quests sat at the tables. I'res- ( ,ure of work, Incidental to ti e ses 1 ion of the North Carolina leghda- ' .ore, pr? vented the chief executive I >s South Carolina's sister State from * lemg io the city. His place, however, 1 3ov. Hey ward says was ably filled by 1 loseph F. .1 dinson. an ex governor ol l Vlabaina, who is a North Carolinian I >y birth and who was well tltt-d to ( participa'e in the meeting between < die governors of the two Stat* s. 1 At the banquet were many North Jar dinlaus who have bt c ?mo sub 1 itantlal cltizins of New York, and ! die society bad also invited n courte iy 10 the governor, about 25 South | J irol in lulls who are w< 11 known In the { eat city. Anions tliese latter was I Mr. VV. A. Harber, former attorn< y 1 general of the State, who is now one >f the m-'St prominent lawyers in N w York. G jv. Heyward heard him Highly spoken of by men who knew Illll wr.ll. < Thr ugh the kindness of Mr E. W. LI'bertsou, Gov. Hey ward met a ( uumb-r of gentlemen who are Inlluen Hal in the financial world, and at | ihelr hands he received many pleasant social attentions. Toe governor was part loularly gratified with the inter list In the bright outlook of the south | manifested by these financial and j business m n. "They were remarkably well dis- ( po,ed toward S mth Carollni," he said j last evening, "and seemed impr*ss-ul ( with its wy nfierful manufacturing de- ( velopment and Its future. "The cotton warehouse system was something with which they were quite j familiar and they seemed to think that, backed as It Is by the bankers of this section, that the farmers wouid have co difficulty In obtaining the , necessary capital once the scheme was | fairly wtll established. This capital might bo obtained both In New York i and in South Carolina. The efforts of the cotton planters to fix a price was 'ooked on most favorubly by these genth men." Gov. Ileyward, as Is known, made the thome of his speech before the North Carolina society the work of the Immigration bureau In this State, and he said that he was surprised at the knowledge which the New York capitalists displayed of the success and work of the bureau. The fact that South Carolina had taken the lead had stamped Itself deeply, and so great was the Interest in this that the New York Herald asked an Interview with the governor on the sub) ct. "I told them the men we wanted were the highest class. Quality, If I l- 1 ? A.--* pi'miuiBi uduubea mucn more than quantity in our desires. Home seekers were the colonists we wished, and skilled artisans. The northerners agreed with me in this, bavlr g seen toe influx of Immigrants to Castle Garden, and knowing that many of thorn were undesirable. 1 was told that there were between 76,000 and 100 000 men out of employment In New York City, many of them finish* ed workers in their crafts. How 1 wished that they could know the ad vantagts that we have to offer them here in our State. I felt that I had a mission in making my speech on this point, even though as 1 later found, the work of the bureau was already known to an extent." Faith In Charleston as a coming port was e? pressed to Gov. Hey ward by some of New York's prominent men. The digging of the Panama canal, they said, was bound to result In the greatest benefit to the city, surprising familiarity was displayed in regard to Charleston's harbor and its advantages as a 'shipping and receiving port. "Wherever I turned in New York it seemed to me I met a South Ouro linlan," said the governor. "I had not neen there an hour before 1 met Mr. T. C. Duncan, president of the Union mills, and Mr. W. H. Sartor, als i of Union and who is president of I the Aetna mill. A few of the State's 1,1 mwull m ( ? SHnv WAY, S. C., THUfi representatives whom I n et and who caled on me, were Mr. M C. Heath, MaJ. W. A. Metts, Mr. Yat?? Snowden, now connected with the K glbh department in Cj'umbli university; Mr. E M. Wilsiu, Mr. I II Hunt of Newberry and Mr. T. W. Lauderdale, who was form rly cf Winnsboro but who now lives In Brooklyn. "I was entertained at the home of Mr John K. Abney, who was solicitor of tills circuit under the Hampton regime. His Interest in South Caro Una Is never falling and I was glad to be able to tell him about his friends in the State. He has been away 25 years, but, as 1 said, preserves his love foi his commonwealth." Gov. Hevward also met Mr. John Means Thompson, son of Gov. Hugo S. Thompson; Mr. John C. Calhouu, an able llriancl?r, and M U K. Oliver of the Mount Vernon Wood berry duck mill syndicate. Mr. Oliver's love for Scuth Carolina, his adopted home for several years, <s very ardent, and he thinks there Is no place like Columbia. "I'd rather live there than any place In the world," he said to Gov. Heyward. "Mr. Oliver's faith in Co lumbia as a great manufacturing centre, Is splendid," said the governor. He has a branch otllce In New York, as well as one In Ball 1 more. When the k'overnor and Mr. K ibsrtson passed through the latter city on their return they were entertained at lunch at the Maryland club by Mr O iver. The governor was in Washington only a few hours and saw none of the prominent men of the State IIo left over the Southern railway for home Tuesday evening, arrived there about noon Wednesday. "Certainly no one could have made i liner impression than Gov. Ileyward did," said Mr. E. W. R >berts >n last jveuing "Fro7i the time that we arrived at the Waldorf until the day we left we were on the go. There were so many socal attentions that we could not till them, and the callers jveran the governor. I was delighted jO he able to Introduce him to the 'rleuds whom 1 have in New York ilty, and I know that they wereequaly pleased. On every side L heard the most flattering compliments paid him. Us speech for the Immigration bureau was mission work, and In a rip* Held, 'or I am sure that northern capital is uitllolently certain of the absolute jright prospect of the south, ar.d South Carolina, to Invest its money lere " On Saturday, the day following the banquet, Mr Robertson tendered 3ov. Ileyward a luncheon at the University cluh, at whion the guests were: W. 11 l'ort? r, president of Jre Chemical National hank; J. Elward Simmons, president of the F.urth Na lonal bank; .J. E Cannon, vice-president of the ITjurth National oank; R chard Delatk-ld, president of the Natu nal Park bank: V. P. Sny ier, president of the National Hank jf (Jomn e ce; A. II. Wlggln, vicepnsi it nil of the Cnase National bank; W. L. Moyer, presldt nt of the National Shoe and Leather bank; II. G i? i lib, vice president of the National Hank of Commerce; James Woo iward, pr> sidt nt Ilannver National bank; Henry Par-ons, the ?el' known capo tails.; O. K () iver, H. U. Fieltman >f Fieltman & Son and Gov. Ileyward. Kirn In Atk? ii. The Cbatlleld building on Park avenue, In which were located the Aiken p intofllee, the Gift shop, owned by E S. Campbell, the Eagle News and cigar store, owned by 11. S. Jorlan, the resld< nee of Mrs. S. E Ciatlield and the store of the AI km Elec Lrlcal Consti ujtl n cimpany, owned i?y W. Roth rock, were burned there Saturday night. The tire was dlscovsred at 7 o'clock and burned for more than two hours. The I ulldlng was >ld and the smoak and heat were so Intense that practically nothing was ^ved exjept a portion of the electrical c mpany's stuck. The losses will uggr<>gate $10,000, Insurance about $5,000, divided as follows: Mrs S. E. battield, building $2 500, furniture $1,000; postr dice lixtures $800, Insurance $400; the Gift shoe stock $3,000, insurance $700; Eagle News and Cigar stock $800, Insurance $350; Electrical company's losses not known. All of the postotllce records and valuables are safe. Many Skeletons In removing a hill In the eastern part of Chattanooga to supply dirt for the approaches of a viaduct, workmen have unearthed twenty skel etons supposed to bo the remains of federal soldiers. Brass buttons bearing the Insignia of the Union forces were found near the skeletons. It is the general opinion that tho remains are those of soldiers killed In the desperate assaults on Missionary ridge, and who were hastily burled In trer ches, being forgotten during the subie quent severe battles and campaigns of that vicinity. The Indications arc that more skeletons will be removed before the work Is complete. Took ilouicti on Hats. At Charleston William Porcher, a colored cook, attempted to commit suicide Wednesday by taking a quantity of "Rough on Rats." After swallowing the poison, the negro got frightened and raised an alarm. He was sent to tho nlt.v hmnltal ?nH roo. t >ratlv< s were applied. He will probably get bet.er. The negro got the Idea into bis head that If he kept in motion, the polsion would not take effect and he ran about the streets at a lively rate, having to be captured before being sent up for treatment. Conductor Killed. At Columbia while coupling two flat cir In the Hlandlng street yards of the Southern rail vay Wednesday Freight Conductor K. O. Strouthers' head was crushed by a beam project log from one of the cars, loaded with lumber, and he was Instantly killed. Mr. Strouthen was from Johnston, S. jO. He leaves a widow and several small children. Made (iood Haul Two robbers blew the post-office safe at East Point, a suburb of Atlanta W'd iesday secured 11,600 worth ol stamps and 920 in money and made good their ettCape. In their haste U get away the r? bbcrs cat ercd stamp; along the road as far as Fort McPher son. So far there is no clue as to th( Identity of the robbers. LSDAY, MARCH {),! ITHE NEW ROAD LAW Passed by the 1 egislature at Its Be* cent Session. Tho Now Act Uofh Into Effoot Next Year and Art' eta KYery County In tho State. The new act to provide for road working In the State will not btcomo effeotlve for another year, but the people of the State will be Interested to know what their reprcsuitatlvea In the legislature have done with this proposition. Following is the general bill which was Introduced by Mr. P. A. Morgan: "S.ction 1. That the law In reference to the age and time In which road duty shall be performed and commutation tax provided and fixed in lieu thereof shall be and remain as now provided by law in tills S ate, except In the countries hereinafter named, and the law in all other resoeots in all countries shall be aud remain as now provided by law. "Sec. 2. All male persons able to perform the labor herein n quired, from the age of 18 to 50 years, both Inclusive, In tills State, except in [Greenville, Andersou, Pickens, Union, Marlon, Horry, Spartanburg and(Jhcrj okee, where tho ages shall te from 21 to :iO vparn hnt.h tnnln^lna ~? ^ vwau) uv/vn IUUIU1I W) aiMi tAUUpi In Saluda cDunty, where the age shall lie from 18 years to 55, both inclusive, and also except ministers of the gospel In actual charge of a congregation, teachers employed In a public school, school trustees, and persons permanently disabled In the military service of th s State, and persons who served iu the late War Between the States, and all persons actually employed in the quarantine service of the State, and all students who may he attending any school t r college at the time when the commutation tax miy become law, shall be required anually to perform labor on the highways un ler the direction of the overseer of the road district in which he shall reside, tu the various countries, as follows: Abbevlllo, four days; Anderson, tnree days; Bamberg, six days; Barnwell, six days; Be. uforl, eight days; B rk eley, eight flays Charleston, eigtit days: Cherokee, three days; Chester, four days; Chesterfield, four days; C arenduu, six da>s; Dirliugton, four uavs; Dorche-It r, six d iys; Kali Held, four days; Ft >renoe, four days; Georg ; town, eight days; Orteuvtlle, tnree day,-; Green wood, four days; 111 up tou, six days; 11 >rry, six davr; Ker shaw, six days; Liurens, fuur day.-; Lee, six days; Lexl.igion, six days, if so much he i.ece-.-ary; M irluu, six days; Newberry, six days; Oc >n?e, two days; Pickeue, live days; Konland. eight dayr; Spartanburg, three d.kys; 8aluua, eight days; Union, two days; Sumter, eight cay-; Wil iamsburg, jeignt days, and York, live days; pro vldt d, iersous liable to la! or utu.er t is sictum shah have the rigiit lo furnish a co ope tent substitute to labor lu blast ad; and providtd fur tner, ten hours a day shall he a day's work. Sec. 3. In lieu of performing or cuising to be performed the labor of lu houis per day, as herein named for the several counties, a commutation tax may be paid hy the p rai ns si HiIiIa fill t\r hu t.ln* Href ?^Q" w* /J viiv umu uajr Ul iricVlt/ll iu each year, which in the following o >uuiUs shall be: Abbeville, one collar; Anderson, one dollar; B.?mberg, iwo dollars; Barnwell, two djllai ; Beaufort, two dollar-; Berkeley, two dollars; Charleston, t*o dollars; Cherokee, one dollar; Cn s.er, two dollars; Chesterfield, odo dollar; Clarendon, one dollar; Darlington, one dollar; Dorchester, two do lars; Fairfield, two dollars, which stall be expended oy the board of county commissioners upon the public roads In the townships from which It was collected, Fiorenoe, one dollar. Georgetown, two dollar*; Greenville, one dollar; Greenwood, one dollar; Hampton, one dol lor; llorry, tnree dollars; Kershaw, two dollars; L urens, one dollar; Lee, one dollar. Lexington, three dollars; Marlon, two dollars; Newberrv, three dollars; Oconee, one dollar; Pickens, onedo laraud a half; Richland, one dollar; Spartanburg, one dollar; Saluda, two dollars; Sumter, oue dollar; Union, one d filar; Williamsburg, one dullar,ae?d York, two dollars; provided, tn Barnwell at d Lexington commutation tax collected shall be expended by the board of county commissioners upon the public roads In the township where the c immutition Is collected; and provided further, that In Orangeburg oountv, from and after October the 1st, 1905, all those persons who are liable to road duty in said county, as fixed by section 1 of this act, In lieu of performh g or caus Ing to be performte all labor upon tne roads, shaU be required to pay to the county treosurer of Orangeburg county on or before the 1st day of March of each and every year an annual commutation tax, or road tax, of One dollar per head, which shall be expended upon the public roads of the county, and as nearly as possible In tbe townships from which it was collcted; and any failure to pay said road tax Hhall bo a misdemeanor and the offender upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollar* ($50.ou) or imprisoned fjr not more than thirty days; In the county of Chesterfield from and after the approval of this <?cl there shall h? annually levkd and collected a tux of one and one quarter mills fjr ruad purpos s, one ha1 f of which slu 1 be used in the township in wulon it is oolUcted and the other half shall be used as a general road fund whton may be used to secure machinery, tools, appliances and stock and to bupple ment other road fuuds. And the county supervisor is hereby authoriz ed to have the roads worked by cmract, by the overse* r plan, or bv empi ylug superintendents of wofk; and all road bands shall be required to i work under any ptr.on olrectjd by l the supervisor where they have failed ' to pay the commutillon tax. > "Sec. 4. That all acts ai d parts of > acts afTeotiug the Oouniies h? rein i named be and are hereby repeated if inconsistent with tnis act. ) "Sec. 6. Tnis act shall go into ef feet on tue 1st day of Jauuary, 1906." V - v?*V ^"9 ''X 1+ imU > 1905. A MYSTERY. Did Mrs. Stanford Die of Poisoning in Honolulu Hotel? IT LOOKS THAT WAY. At Least Great Suspicion Surrounds Her Sudden Death in Far Off Mono* lulu. "I llava Hecn Poisoned. This is a Horrible Death to Die." A dispatch from Honolulu says Mrs Jane Lathrop Stanford of San Francisco, widow of United States Senator L^land Stanford, died at 11.30 o'clock Wednesday night at the Moana hotel here. Suspicious circumstances surround the death of Mrs Standford. She was taken ill at 11 o'clock and said: "I have been poisoned." Her last words were: "This Is a horrible death to dio." Mrs. Stanford came here from San Francisco on the Korea, Fdbruary 21. j in conversation with Mrs. Henry Ilightnnof San Francisco, who Is now nere, Mrs. Stanford said that an attempt had been made to poison her In that city and that this was tier reason for sailing on the Korea. It was Mrs Stanford's belief, according to Mrs. Ilighton, that enough poisou had been used to kill 20 uer>o; s Hefore retiring that night Mrs. Stanford took a dose of bi carbonate of soda, which she purchased at Sau F.anclsco, It Is reported that the coda contained strychnine, but this report cannot be verllled. I)r. F. H. Humphries, who attended Mrs Stanford, is making an examination of the contents of tne bottle which had not been touched since Mrs. Stanford left San F. anc sco. Wtdne day afternoon Mrs. Stanford went to a picnic. She ate heartily. On returning to the hotel sho took only soup for dinner and retired shortly aft*r 10 o'clock At 11 o'clock a guest of the hotel who or cupled an adjoining room heard Mrs. Stanford groaning and running o the room found her lyiug on the Ho jr. She had evidenth tried to -ummon help. At the time of Mrs. Si a .ford's death there were present Miss B rner, hersicetary and her maid, May Hunt. Both are prostratd. In accordance with the local law, a coroner's Jury was Immediately summoned and viewed the remains which *ero later taken to an undertaker's to await an autopsy. Mrs. Henry llighton told the Associated Pr?ss Correspondent that Mrs. Stanford said to her shortly after arriving heie: "The rea on I left San Francisco was because an attempt had been madfon my life?an attempt to poison me, and enough poison was used lo kill 20 persons " "Mrs. Stanford seemed to he greatly atl\cted," said Mrs. llighton, "I Olll/Ot. t m d Ikj? lillkift hor mlnH ?? *?! idea as 1 feared it might be only a delusion, bui Mrs. Slaoford talked so rationally aboul the attempt on her life that L do not now hold the belief that it was a mere fancy of hers. 1 was very uneasy after this talk with Mis. S anford and wrote to mutual irlends in San Francisco about the matter. They told me they feared such attempts had been made; no names, however, being mentioned." Dr. Humphries ma ie the following statement to the Associated I'ressl "When I was called in I found Mrs. Stanford in convulsions, and applied the quickest remedies, but It was not possible to sive her life. Mrs. Stanford said to me: 'Doctor, 1 have been poisoned.' 4 Mrs. Stanford's condition seemed to indicate strychnine poisoning Between convulsions, her mind was unusually active, and she said: 'This is liie second time they have tried it. 1 hey tried it last January, and 1 came here to avoid them.' "I tasted the contents of the bottle," continued Dr. Humphries, "before making an analysis. 1 am una ble to swear that It contained strychnine, but 1 am perfectly positive that it does c mtaln strychnine." An aut< psy on the remains of Mrs. Stanford was performed next afternoon. The physician who c inducted the autopsy said that the cause of death was tetanus of the respiratory organs, but that he cannot state how the tetanus was brought about unHl after an t xamlnatlon of the oontents of the stomach. No inquest will be held until High Sheriff ID-nry receives the report of the chemists. This report whl probab y be received tomorrow. It is reported tonight that R. A. n nnnn n ? Da 1 m ? J ? vmuvxu, vim i/UHiiuiiai iuou commissioner and c^iemloil analyst has found strychnine in the bottle of blCirbo nate of soda. No < fllolal report of hucb finding has yet been made, and other chemists have been called in consultation. It is probable that the Inquest will be delayed for several days, awaiting the analysis of the c -ntents of the siomach. High SherlfT Henry and Deputy Sbtr.ff Biwlins are conducting the investigation with the assistance of the police oftlola's. AN ATTEMPT ON UKK-LIKK. A dispatch liom San F ano.sco says on the 18th of last month It was rep >rtcd that an attempt had been made to murder Mrs Stanford by means of poison placed In a bottle oi mineral water at her home on California street in this city. It was slated that she bad taken three drinks of the deadly mixture, but the poison had been used in such large quantities that it served as its own emetic. Mrs. Stanford was taken violently ill and medloal aid was sum moned. The contents of her stomach and the water remaining iu the bottle were analyzed and suftlohnt strychnine to have kill* d three persons was found. Mrs. Stanford tirst drank of the water on January 14th and from that time her health de* 1cllned. Although the Rtory of the attempt to polsou her was po>ltlvely denied, persistent rumors regarding the matter was revived. Ad official of the Morse detootive agency who invesdgattd iho tlrst at tempt by poLon on the life of Mrs. Stanford, stated that there wus some foundation for the belief that she had teen poisoned prior to her departure for Honolulu. beyond that statement, however, he would give no particulars. Mount ford S. Wilson, Mrs. Stanford's personal attorney, said that, In his opinion, and In the opinion of Oballes G. Latbrop, Mrs: Stanford's brother, Mrs. Stanford died a natural death. Mr. Wilson said Mrs. Stanford had bt en In pour health for sumo time and probably died fiom heart failure, apoplexy or s >rae t-lmllar trouble. WIIO 811K WAS. Mrs. Jane Lumop Stanford was boru in Albany, N. Y., in 1826. She married Leland Stanford, who later became one of the build-rs of the Centra) Pacific raihoad and accumu lated an immense fortune. As the wife of Governor and later Senator Star ford, Mrs. Stanford for many years took a prominent part In social affairs. She coop-rated with her husbaud In the ft u iding of Leland Stanford Jr., university, and after Senator Stanford's death devoted iter st ir aimost. entirely to the interests of the university. Althouga the immense endowm?nt i f nearly 820,000,- I 000 ma-le by Senator Stanford and Mrs. S.anford to the uulversliy was placed in the hands of trustee*, M's. Stanford until the time of her death had control of the funds and the appointment of trusties. Almost the entire Stan'yd fortune nrfw goes to the uni*K^ ty. Mrs. Sf^nfard had but one child, a son who died at an early age and in memory of whom the L"land Stanford, Jr., university was founded. TKAlNs COLLIDE Killing Seven I'ithoiih Outright and Won it ding Fifty Others. In a rear end collision Friday night between two special passenger trains from Cleveland on the Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad en route to Washington, six men and one woman were killed and probab.y 60 others Injured. Toe accident happened at Clifton station, eight miles west of Pittsburg, Pa., and was c^u.ed by the tirst speoclal si ppiug for a hot box and the second following so closely that the Hag nan had not time to get back far enougn to prevent tiie collision The IIrse train carried a battalion of the Ohio Engineers. It was made up of six c laches and a baggage car. The second train, with the same nuin ber of cars, carried the Tipp cauoe eliro 6f Cievelaiid, witn a baud of 26 or 30 women. Wneu the crash came the passengeis in the. rear car of the tirst train were the principal sufferers and all of the fatalities were In that car. The wreckage took tire from the engine and ttie em Ire tirst train and viuco ua.i.1 iji ubv sbcouu were ournea. New trains were made up and sent to the scene lo bring ttie dead and in jured tiiere. Maj J. II. MtQulggs, who was in command of tile Engineers' battalion, bad botli legs broken at thigh and will probably die Capt. Charles E. Pope was the only otllcer of the Engineers' oattahon to escape, and he will bo in command of the battalion, which will return to Cleve land as s< on as a train can be made up for them. The Tlpp canoe c ub then continued their jjurney to Washington. When r -11 call was made of the Tippecanoe club only two men were missing. They may be among the injured who were taken to the hospital at Rochester, Pa. The engineer of the second train says the block signal showed a green light and his train went ahead at the rate of about 45 or 50 miles an hour. When the Impact came the engine of the second train ploughed through the rear Pullman in which the officers were, and half way into thj tourist car j ist ahead of it To ilcairlet Hoed Hairs. The committee of the sea Island cotton farmers met Thu.bday in Charleston and drafted a form of agreement having for Its purpose the restriction of ttie sale of seed that the cultivation may be reduced, as determined upon at the recent meet ing of the planters, glnners and millers. The agreement wih be tlisi submltted to the lawyers for sucli moJifi nations as they may see tit; then it will be submitted to the farmers for signatures, and at the tmetiug on March 22.1 the payer will be formal.y ratittd and put into effect. The growing cultivation of sea island cotton by other communities suggests the restriction of the sale of seen, since the cotton does not reproduce Itself In other pi ioes. W<<m?n Stioo.H an imruilor. i Edward tiarr iw, aged twenty-one years, of City Mills, Mas?, was shot and probably fatally w.iunded by Miss j Outline S. Alderman, upon being (lis I covered in the lat er's hptirnrvn mi?? Alderman, who is about tifty jear* id, Uvea with her mother and maiden si iter. She told the jpol Co that she was lying awake in bed reading when the light was suddenly extinguished. She is deaf, and did not hear the intruder buo distinguish.ng the ouillues of a man's form, command :d him to leave. When he moved towaid her she reached for a shotgun kept b> her bed and find l>r*iu*?io Suioiuh. Su cide in the balcony of a crowded thea re, was the method of deatn chosen by an unknown man. ab u , 22 years old, who-hot and killed him self at the Ohio go Opera House Sat urday aftertuou during a vaudeville performance. The youn^ man shot tilmuelf n the head. Death wasinstantaue> u , and the body fell Into tire lap cf a woman occupying an adjoining seat. Sue and sevefol other women fainted, butquickly revived. The name of the suiolde is unknown. host His Foot. Orover R Chester, a young man 22 yeais oid, fell while boarding a train In Anderson on Tuet-day of last week and his foot so hadiy crushed under the car wheels that It bad to be amputated. NO. 48. I TERROR STALKS" Abroad in Every Part of the Great Russian Empire. THE DUKE VLADIMIR Is Hunted Everywhere by Assassins, Who Swear that They Will Have Uls Life. Deadly Warning Are Posted Even on the Steps of Public Buildings. Terror stalks In every part of the great Russian E nplre, and no Grand Duke or prominent clll ;la) feels safe. The utter Impotency of ttie police In the face of the terrorist organization is shown bv the inoreaslt g boldness of the latter all over St. Petersburg. Even on the steps of pubile buildings simple notices of Grand Duke Sergiua' death weie found. They read: "Tne sentence of dt ath passed upon Sergius-AU xandrovtic i was executed February 17. "Tne Fighting Organization of the S clal 1) moorailo Party." Moreover, the notices were neatly printed, a thing unknown in the days of the late Interior Minister Von Plchve, when similar notices were always run off on copying machines. Tne secret police then were too close on the heels of the terrorists to permit of the use of primii g press. Tho G and Ductless Marie P ivlovi, whoso husband, tne Grand l?uko Vladimir, is high on the list of those condemned to death, is trying to shield his life with her own. SiaceRid Sunday the grand duke has not only been showered with ihreale and warnings, out has twice received from abroad formal letters, signed by dhferent ir ron n?. in far mini. *. >? .. .... - n??r., iuiu^ UILU ui ins aiMiwucu lo dealt) and of the assignment of m*. n lo execute tt. At Die same time the Grand Duchess Marie, like the Grand Duohout E Izibelli, In the case of Graud Duke Serglus, was notitiel liiat tier life and uer son's live-* would be spared, and sue was app alcd to not to go abroad in her husband's company, i'he let lers naiurally terror,xid the family and houteh ikiof Mie kran I duke, who has age I greatly during the last few Aecks under the strain of what he Insists is the unjust criticism which placed the responsibility f ?r tlie bloodshed of January 22 wholly on his suoulders. Although the grand duke's health nad been failing for over a year he is now almost a complete wreck. For a time the entreaties of his family and tue warnings of the polio.*, sullleed to keep him within tue walls of the palace, but since the funeral of Grand Duke Serglus, Grand Duke Vladimir nas shaken clT restraint, declaring that he refuses to show cowardice and uot only drives out in a cl >sed carriage, but on Sunday walked for a short time up and down the quay In front of the winter palaca. At his side, however, on eaoh occasion, was the Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovi. The grand duke tries to elude her, but sue Insists upou being immediately apprised If he Is g ilng out, donning wraps and accompany lUg 111(11. Grand Duke Vladimir has received a letter from cne group which had previously warned nlm, haying his sentence was temporarily smpjnded, which is attributed either to a more correct appraisement of his share in toe event of January 22, or to a general decision of tne terrorists to give the autocracy a bVathing spell and await the result of the assassination of Giand Duke Sergius. The latter coincides with the views of those acquainted with the methods of the terrorists, who point out that a succession of assassinations would defeat their object by compelling the Emperor in the interest of the safety of the imperial family to thrust aside all question of concesdons and to sanction the mist drastic measures of lepresslon. N- Km t'opulwiton. There are 9,204,531 negroes in the United Stati s including i'jrto Uloo and II iwali Nine-tenths of them live In the South?one-tnird of the population, says Evi',r>body Magazine for February, f^eventy seven per cent work on 74K.OOO farm-?, of wnich 21 pi;rc nt are ahso.utely, and 4 percent ptrilally owned ny negroes. There are 21,000 negro caroent rs, 20,000 birOers and nearly as many dreams; 16,000 ministers, 15,000 masons, 12,000 ?mssmakers, 10,000 engineers, and firemen, 5.000 shoemakers, 4,000 musicians, 2,000 acturs and showmen, 1,000 lawyers. Since 1800 negro illiteracy lias sunk from 67 to 44 5 percent. Hop Abandoned. All hope is given up in Charleston for the birk Ev>ex, which sailed from that port in December with a cargo of 40U,000 feet of lumber for New York and it is thought that she has g< ne down and Capt. W. G. Smith and hiscrew of seven men were drowned. The ve.nsol wan < r>.? ? . .,.!* > ? pmuioui(iriy staunch ship, of about 900 tons, but with such weather as haw prevailed off shore the past few months, the bewt Hi lps have been seiim-dy troubled. The cargo was valued at about t&,00U. Not Mnofi liiicht. "May the saints preserve ye." satd an old woman In Washington, who nad been given a q larter by U ingressman Cooper, (if Wisconsin, "an* may very hair o' your head he a candle to light your way to glory!" ' Well, it won't be such a torchlight procession at that," Mr Coop *r answered as a gust of wind took off his hat, showing a shinning orown. Motioontir A dispatch from San Francisco says the sohooner reported lost ofT Tomales bay has been Identified as the Jesse Eat<en. Twelve men were aboard her at the time and all were lost, according to a dispitch received from Po nt Reyes station. Tne Jesse Matsen was loaded with gravel.