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LQOKEDJTORMY. A Fight Narrowlv Averted in the ? National House. GAINES AND M4H0N Cone Very Near Mixing on (be Floor. "No Man Caa Tell Mel Lie," Seated the Tennessean as He ) Rushed For the Peonsylvania Member. The National House of Representatives as Washington took on the appearanoe late Thursday at the dosing w days of Fifty-fifth congress, commonly Unknown as the "war congress," when ^^altercations bPtween members wsrs Infrequent. Ig Mr. Gaines of Tennessee, and Mr. oiMahon, of PenLsylvania, were only oo prevented from meeting in a personal toenoointer by the intervention of other ). members. Mr. Gaines was making a U I - Win < * IIJ w.l . . jjf s^iqwu uu uib liiii wj uuuk mviudsri' Id pay for abscenoe from the house and i] was being twitted by both sides of the fL chamber, to his evident embarrassment, when he charged Mr. Mahon fit helng absent from the house 95 lb pe'i^nt. of the time. 0p Previous to this sweeping assertion, qLMr, Gaines has read excerpts from c0'The Record in relation to the withy(holding of pay In the Fifty third congress and the part Mr. Mahon had 0( played at that time, in When Mr. Gaines had concluded If Mr. Mahon rose. He explained how oojln the Fifty-third and Fifty-fifth con tigresses he bad had 17,000 due him wrand that the then speaker, Crisp, had t^jgiven him an order on the sergeant* Ct/atarms for the amount, whiou waa l^paid. Then coming to the oruz of pjMr. Gaines' charge Mr. Mahon thunt0 tiered: iS 1 'Any man who charges me with beating away from this house 95 per oent. pr of the time tells an untrutn." Mr. Gaines started down the aisle m;from hie seat. "No man can tell me QDI lie," exclaimed the Tennessecan. Qh Tnen Mr. Mann, of Illinois, who m was in the ohalr, took a hand In the ^altercation, Ql Both men were ordered te their reseats, Mr. Mahon obeyed the oomf0mand, while Mr. Gaines stood two W|seate away frem the center of the er-chamber shaking both fist and head thrat the Pennsylvanian. m, When order had been restored Mr. UVMahon again rose. Having been oaugeitioned by the ohalr that It was against dethe rules to address a member in the ^Qtseoond person he measured his words; tritsaylng he would speak In the "fourth ^person.'. He then said: 8U) "The oharge of the gentlemen from ginTennessee that X am away from this plghouse 95 per oent. of my time is a dex ^liberate falsehood." tits With a rush Mr. Gaines reaohed the ggreenter of the chamber making dlrect uily tg ward the gentleman from Pennm&Byliinia, insisting as he went that no (man could call him a liar without mopersonal chastisement. A fpKft Kahoa rmamm ! % IX) *"u uvu'? **" *" *" uyiu?x uy buio pr(time, the ohair adding to the noise If CaP?* to the oonfuslon by pounding of leaflesk with his gavel. His efforts finally COnOaused the head of the gavel to fly ana fivlt hounded into the body of the house, H,almost striking one of the members. C0l The rush of Mr. Gaines upon his add6jversary brought a dozen members hectare the speaker's desk. Mesirs. Ollie maJames of Kentucky, Taylor of Alatbibama, Bell of Georgia, Williams of gu^llsslssippl, the minority leader, and eot^tafford of Wisconsin grabbed Mr. gou}alnes, who, resisting vigorobsly, was meporne back to his seat. Mr. Mahon extending in the first aisle on the Rsjpublioan side, seemed to wait for the we mp^ct which never came. With Mr. p9rf}aines back In his seat the PennsylPil/antan continued his speeoh of excorplanatlon as to how he came to be re5)onnected with the Invoking of an old 'Irlcftatute compelling members to forfeit ooo^ay for time absent from the house, f wvtHe said that he was away from the house 95 per cent, of the time was a lie on its faoe, and that he was there 95 per cent, of the time as every memVw. ?Wn. 4 ? >J wi wuu u*i?u vu mqujio uuuiu UUCI~ lain. Mr. Laoey, of Iowa, bad read the statute relating to the docking of members' pay and he was followed by Mr. Grosyenor. of Ohio, who explained the reasons for the statute. Mr. DsArmond, of Missouri, asked that the minority ylews of the judiciary committee on the statute be printed. While this colloquy was in progress the friends of Messrs. Gaines and Ma.hour were engaged in an effort to bring Vtbtbout a reconciliation, In whloh they Iz?were successful. Mr. Mahon arose to al<l question of personal priyllege. He thtfated that he did not desire to lmouPupn the motive which prompted Mr< ou^alnes to utter what was an untruth shtbout his absenoe from the house, but po** desired to say that the informant jj was incorrect. He had no desire to ^ T offend the gentleman from Tennessee * \Jow*?m b? olassed among his friends. P* " Itll ^ Railway clerks on the Southern PaIk* cific railroad, between ?1 Paso and op,New Orleans, belonging to the Order *of Railway Clerks, are on a strike. The lot) strikers demand recognition of the j tin union, and an .^crease of 10 per cent. JJ>); in wages, and time and a half for over*' **jtime. Jjl ill , Bui he wanted Mr. Gataes to understand that the per so j from whom he obtained his information misrepresented the faots. Not to be outdone in cblv- lry. Mr. Gainee immediately arose and showing dtep feeling said that the gentleman from Pennsylvania had always been his friend but that he had been goaded beyond end .ranoe, not only today but on a former . occasion. He regretted extremely the turn affairs had taken. " re you satisfied with that?" he asked, pointing to Mr. Mahon. For answer, Mr. Mahon rushed aoross the ohamber. The two men elasped hands amid loud applause. Mr. Smith of Iowa facetiously remarked that "as war had been the subject of the whole day's proceedings resulting in almost personal enoounter' he thought the house was In no temper to prooeed further with the fortifications bills and he accordingly moved that the committee rise. Accordingly the house adjourned. TILLMAH'8 POSITION. The Senator Deolarea That State Senators Misconstrued Htiu. Senator Tillman, who was in Columbia on Friday, in discussing the resolution the Stati Senate of South Carolina passed endorsing Roosevelt's action in the Brownsville case, Tillman said: "I do not consider that Blease. who presented the resolution, understands the situation or the facts. Those who passed the resolution probably mlsoonstrued my attitude. They have out a vague Idea of the essential absurdity of the act of the Pres!dent. he has gone too far In discharging Innocent negroes, and not far enough in punishing the guilty. "There is no doubt in my mind that he ezoeeds his power in providing that the members of the negro troops discharged could not Berve in the civil branch of the government in the future. His executive orders have gone so far beyond his constitutional authority that they seem to be promulgated without any thought that there are legal limitations put upon his authority as President. "There has been no caucus of Demooratlo Senators to support the President, and no one has authority to speak for me in shaping up any such agreement. My position will be made clear in my speech to-morrow. I think it absurd that Dsmoorats should permit exeoutive usurpation of constitutional acts not guaranteed to the President, simply beoause they want to see a lot of negroes punished." Too Much Blind Tiger, A dispatch from Marion to The State says quite a sensation was caused Thursday evening by the olroulat.inn nf fcho ronnrf t.Hafc tu,n u>?1l knnan negro men, who had been drinking blind tiger, or wood alcohol, were taken suddenly 111 while talking to each other and died within a few minutes. It was afterwards learned, however, that only a part of this was true. They had been drinking together and while talking, one of them, Grant Franklin, was strloken with ap poplexy, whloh proved fatal In about an hour. The other one, "Rev." Stephen Bass, evidently thinking that his time, too, had oome went to bed and sent for a physloian, who could find nothing the matter with him ex oept the effeots of the whiskey and the fright. Grant Franklin had been a familiar figure on the streets of Marlon for a number of years. He was quiet, Inoffensive and industrious and had a great many frienc^uamong the white people. ? Three Persona Killed. , At PlttBburg, Pa., as a result of an explosion of a furnaoe at the Eliza furnaces of the Jones & Laughlin steel works Thursday night, three persons are known to be dead, seven are In a hospital with serious burns and Injuries, and 24 are missing. The exploainn ojbb n.naon ho an ni,tinntiUH/tn r\t UAVU rrwn V.uoww w/ hm NWUumiUVlVU Ui gM at the base of the furnace around which were working 35 men. Of all these but one man escaped injury. Without warning and with a roar of artilery, tons of molten metal were poured over the workmen and for a space of 30 feet about the furnaoe the metal ran, to a depth of four and five feet. Priee of Land Higher. There has been a general increase in the value of farmlands, equipment, and buildings of over 33 per oent. during the lMt five years. The highest inorease has been in the South and WeBt, and the cotton land shows the greatest change. This is all the more remarkable in view of the fact that in some of the EMtern farming sections where the soil has been robbed and where the "country estate" owner has not Invaded, there hu been a material decrease in values. Another KnuaUn Killed* Ool. Patko Andrieff, chief of the gendarmes of the Lodz distriot, was shot and killed Thursday morning on Poludnlowa street. A passing infantry patrol fired a volley at the assassin, but only wounded several innocent persons. The aasassin escaped. Poludnlowa street was closed by the troops and the police began making a striot searoh of all the houses fronting upon it. Gov. Hughes, of New York, having made up his inaugural address chiefly from the Democratic platform, may now be considered in the race for the Republican nomination for president in 19GJ? tt?N. a. JS. LEK. HIS BIRTHDAY MILL BE CFlLGBHATED NEXT SATURDAY In All Farta of the 8outh by the People He Loved and 8erved. The observance of the oentenlal of the birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee will ttke place on Jan. 19, which is next Saturday week. All over the South commemorative exercises will beheld and in Columbia the day will be observed very generally throughout the olty. Appropriate exercises will be oarrled out by the Daughters of the Confederacy, the United Confederate Veterans and by the faculty and student body of the University of South Carolina. The exercises whloh are planned for the evening, to be held in the hall of the house of representatives, will be of great publto interest. The programme will be made up of addresses by those intimate with the life of Gen. Lee in its different phases and the presentation of the Daughters of the Confederacy medal.' GKN. CAHWILK'S OUDEK8 The following orders have been Issued by Gen. Oarwlle of the United Confederate Veterans: General Orders No. 17. As instructed by general orders No. 52 from Gen. Stephen D. Lee, the major generals of this department are advised that It Is the wish of the general commanding that orders be at once sent down to the brigades to unite in a snecial celebration in hnnnr of Gen. Robert ?. Lee on January 19th, 1907, that lay being the one hundredth anniversary of the birthday of our late Illustrious leader. No suggestion is msde as to the form of the memorial exercises to be held, but it is desired and requested that the hour for the celebration be 12 o'olook m., on Saturday, January 19th, and that the hymns, "How Firm a Foundation, Ye Saints of the Lord" and "For All the Saints Who From Their Labors Best," be used. By oommand of Thos W. Oar wile, Major General, Commanding S. C. Division, U. C. V. J. M. Jordan, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. THE SONS OF VKTKUANS. The following orders were issued by the United Sons of Confederate Veterans. General Orrt?ra Kn 11 The 19th day of this month will be 1 the one hundreth anniversary of the birth of Gen. Robert G. Lee, the oommander In ohlef of the Southern i foroes in the War between the States. 1 s a soldier, a oltizen and a man he was the embodiment of a lofty Ideal. His greatness Is reoogntzed by all, ( and history accords him a place ( among the greatest of the great. < His life was oonseorated to the j oause of the Confederacy < Her hopes ( and viotorles were his, as wero also j her disappointments and her defeat; and through it all he bore himself as j one worthy of the oause he espoused. It is fitting, therefore, for the Sons of Confederate Veterans to honor the j memory of Robert E. Lee, the chief- ; tain of their fathers; and all the J members of the SOuth Carolina division, U. S. 0. V., are called upon to properly observe the birthday of this , great Southerner. By order of George Bell Timmerman, Commander S. 0. Division U. S. C. V. Official: 1 D. A. Sptvoy. Adjutant and Chief of Staff. Permission was granted by the house of representatives for the use of the hall. A Wise Choice, United States Senator Pettua, of Alabama, who is eighty-six years of age, when aaktd what vocation he would ohoose if he were again beginning active life, replied: "The calling of a farmer. I would purchase a nicely located farm and settle down to farming as my lifework, thus guaranteeing to my loved ones and myself the highest and happiest of h~urs, with a fnll crib, a full smokehouse and a full measure of. use fulness. " Kobbed and Murdered. At Danville, Vs., George Stevens, Pletoher Harris and Albert Adklns, youDg white men, were held for the i grand jury Thursday in a preliminary hearing on the charge of robbing J. M. Thomas of Roanoke, whose body 1 was found in a ravine near that oity uu me morning or Jan. z. Stevens turned State's evidence and testified i that Harrleand Adklns robbed Thomas while he was in a drunken stupor. He acknowledged receiving part of the money. Hanging In Tenneaseo. John Thorns b, oelored, was hanged : In the Knox county Jail Thursday i afternoon for the murder of Ernest Perkins, colored, killed as result of a i orap game. Thomas' neok was not i broken by the.fall. He made a 15* ] minute speeoh on the scaffold but did 1 not refer to his crime, merely cau- 1 sioning members of his race to ob- i terve the laws. 1 Tiie President should be sustained in his action dismissing the negro soldiers by every Democrat in Congress. Gov. Hey ward's message to the Legislature is a most excellent document and contains much good advice. WITH USAGAIN. The Opening of the General Assembly in Columbia. WH1LEY IS SPEAKER Of (he House and Col. L. Bleate is President Protem of the Senate. All the Old Officers Are Re-elected in Both Houses. The Legislature of South Carolina met in annual session 011 Tuesday of last week, and both Houses organized without any trouble and got down to work. The gallery and tloor of the House were crowded when Mr. Thos. 0. Htmer, acting olerk, rapped for order at noon und asked for the AlAAfctnn ft /?l. -1 w? IUUJ (IU1 n I J UUHIIlUkU Mr. John G Richards, Jr.. Dominated Mr. ITrank b. Gary of Abbeville. Mr. Gary was unanimously elected and on taking the ohalr ordered the calling of the roll. Messrs. Courtenay of Aiken, Doar of Georgetown and GauBe of Williamsburg were absent. There was one ray of humor in the otherwise routine and dull proceedings. Mr. Hamer oalled the roll from the newspaper list printed some time ago and when Clarendon was reached read the name of D. L. Green. There was no answer and he was about to be marked abBent when a member of the dclogatlon Informed the clerk that Mr. Green failed of re-election. The election of speaker oame next. Mr. J. P. Gibson of Malboro, in a short speech nominated Mr. MoOoll. It was seoonded by Mr. Grort of Aiken. Mr. George F. von Kolnltz of Charleston placed before the assembly the name of Mr. Richard S. Whaley. which was seconded by Mr. Fraser of Sumter. Dr. J. H. Miller of Laurens nominated Mr. J. W. Nairn, whioh was seconded by Mr. M. W. Walker of Spartanburg. The nominations then closed. Messrs. von Kolnltz, Riohards and Miller were aDDolnted tellers. Oa the tirat ballot the tote stood as ioIIowb: 1 Whaley 65 votes, McCall 50 votes 1 and Nash 13 votes. As It took 5U 1 votes to eleot there waa no eleotlon on j the first Fallot, and another ballot was ordered. Mr. Walker then withdrew the name of Mr. Naah and the aeoond 1 ballot reaulted as follows: whalky. | Arnold, Aull, Banks, Beattle, A. Gh Brloe, Bryan, Carey, Carrlngton, , J!ary, Cllnksoales, Cosgrove, Cothran, , Joi, DeVore, J. B. Dodd, J. H, Dodd. . ETraser, Frost, W. J. Gibson, Greer, [Jyles, Hall, Harley, Hemphill, 11in- j ton, Hydrlok, Johnstone, Kellahan, , Lawson, Legare, MoArthur, Mann. ( Marshall, Nash, Neabltt Nichols, . Nicholson, Nlver, Parker, Patterson, Reaves, Kuoker, Saye, Scarborough, , Sellers, Shlpp, D. L. Smith, Kurtz, , P. Smith, SDlvey, Stillwell, Thomas, j Todd, Vanderhorst, Yerner, von , Kolnltz, Wade, Walker, Wallace, j White, Wiggins, Wlmberley, Wingard, Yeldell, Youmana ? 64. , McColl. i Ayer, Bailey, Ballentlne, Bethune, Boyd, Brantley, T. S. Brloe, Cannon, Carson, Carwlle, Croft, Culler, Der- 1 ham, Dlok, Dingle, Dixon, Douglass, Dowllng, Epps, Eptlng, Garrls, Gary, < J. P. Gibson, Glaasoook, Goodwin, ' Harman, Harris, Harrison, Hughes, Jones, Kershaw, Ktrven, Lane, Lester, Leltner, Little, MoKeown, MoMaster, Mlley, Miller, Morrell, Nor- i ton, Richards, Rlohardson, Robinson, Sawyer, Scruggs, Snarpe, Slaughter, J. E. ctmith, Stubbs, Tatum, Tomp- i kins, Woods, Wyche?55. Not voting?Whaley, MoColl. Total vote 119. Necessary to eleot 60. Mr- MoOoll was congratulated upon the large vote whloh ho received. His friends now olaim that he was a win ner up to 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. Mr. Whaley's friends counted 63 votes for him Monday night and ho rcoelved 64 on the first ballot. It might be hard to say to what extent the dispensary issue was worked. Both sides used it, and neither side claims to have raised the disturbance. Messrs. Hemphill, Johnston and Oarey were appointed a oommittea to esoort Mr. Whaley to the ohalr and the house arose as the newely elected, speaker came down the aisle and tookshis seat. Mr. Whaley's remarks were short but the thanks he gave i were sincere. t TUB OTIIKK ELECTIONS, The other election! were unanimous, but under the law the roll had , to be called in each oaee. Mr. Thomas 0. Hamer was nominated for olerk by Mr. J. P. Gibion and seconded by a number of members. Mr. Hammer is commencing his ninth year as olerk and dnr- i log that time has given universal latlsfaotlon and seldom has opposition. During his servloe he has never Atbk being buried alivp for a long while, Hieks will now lecture for the urn of $500 per week. If a man could only leoture after being buried dead what a fortune ho might make! lost or misplaced a paper or bill despite the ooostant demand on his lime. Mr. John S. Withers of Chester wu nominated by Mr. J. B. Wlngard. Mr. Withers Is the oldest attache of the house and this aasslon is the bo glDning of his 15th year. Mr. John S. Wilson was unanimously re-elected aergeent-at-arms, this being his fifth year. He has never been opposed. Rev. R. N. Bratt, who was reelected chaplain, Is the pastor of the Scoond Baptist ohuroh la this city and Is well know to both the old and the new members of the house. It was then after 2 o'olook and several of the members wanted to ad* jouru. motion was mada to that effeot whan soma one oalled the attention of the body to the faot that the governor and senate had not been notified of the organization of the body. The senate had adjourned an hour previously and the governor had been waiting on the message from bouse in his oflloe downstairs. Messri. Harrison, Fraser and Walker were appointed a committee to wait on the governor and notify him. IN TIfcK SENATE. There was little of particular Interest In the opening of the State sonato, except for the Introduction and adoDtlon of the ready-made oommlttees. These committee assignments were made up at a caucus Monday evening. Senator 0. L. Blease was elected president pro tern of the senate. Gen. ft. ft. Hemphill, olerk; Mr. W. H. Stewart, reading clerk, and Col. J. F. Sohumpert, sergeant-at arms, a oapaUl. .1 -1*1-1 i- ^ ? - - * - uio ftuu omuient trio were re elected without opposition. The Bey. A. N. Brunson, pastor of the Main Street Methodist ohuroh, was eleoted chaplain over Rev. J< P. Knox, pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian ohuroh, by one yote. Everybody was sworn In Including all the new senators, and even the doorkeeper. There was some demurrer entered when the question of swearing in the ohaplain came up, but he got a chance to make the oath too. Mr. M. - M. Mann of Floreaoe was appointed assistant clerk. Mr. J. B. MoGhee of Greenwood bill olerk and Mr. G. E. Moore of Honea Path journal olerk, and Mr. W. Eugene Cook secretary to the president. In the eleotion for president pro tern, Senators Otts and Slnkler asked to be exoused from yotlng, Baying they would spread their reasons on the face of the journal. It was understood that they objeoted to the oauouB plan of selection, not only In this Instance, but In the oase of the committees also. Senators Bass and Talbert also asked to be exouBed from voting, but gave no reasons publioly. When the lilt of committees was lent up, Senator Staokhouse asked the suspension of rule 10, and all the chairmen were eleoted at the same lime. The usual formalities of sending messages to the house and the governor were gone through with and the zovernor's mflMtffA wrh ulan rn&ri Senator Graydon made a tine start oy introducing a bill to create a commission to fix up the State house grounds, the bill oarrying an appropriation of 830,000 with it. Senator W. J. Johnson submitted a resolution indorsing Harvle Jordan and Livingsbon of Georgia In their efforts to keep the New York ootton exchange From making fraudulent use of the mails. Senator Bleaae introduced a resolution endorsing the aotlon of the president in the Brownsville affair upon the recommendation of Gen. Garlington, and requesting that the South Oarollna senators "stand by those two officials in the dlsbharge of their duties so far as this affair is concerned." Copies are to be sent to Roosevelt, Garllngton, Latimer and Tillman. President John T. Sloan presided and will remain in the ohalr until he turns over the gavel to Lieut.-Gov. MoLeod. Although a year has elapsed slnoe the last session, the president seemed to be as readv with mrlla men tar y usage as ever and dispatched business with his usual celerity and unfailing courtesy. Missing Steamer. The steamship Ponoe of the New York and Puerto Rico steamship line, wbloh sailed from Ponoe, Puerto Ktoo, Deo. 20, and was due at New York Jan. 1, is still missing, and the belief that the vessel's delay was due to some meohanloal accident Is giving way to the fear that she is lost. She was last spoken on December 28 by the ship Shenandoah since which nothing has been seen or heard of her. * Wealth Producer* The achievements of the American farmers last year were on such a prodigious scale that Secretary Wilson could hardly find words to describe them in his annual report. It is estimated that the value of farm produots footed up to S7,000,000,000, a tremendous sum to be added to the wealth of t nation in one year. fjynohlng In Iowa. A crowd of more than 1,000 men battered through the waHs of the oounty jail at Charles City. Iowa, with railroad irons, tore hinges from the door and took James Oulien out and lynohed him for wife murdar. Admiral Dewey and Fighting Bob Evans havo been invited to attend the reunion of the Blue and Gray at Fort Fisher near Wilmington. Taft appears to have joined the "Barkis is willing1 " brigrade. LABOR RIOTS. Thirty Mexican Strikers Killed and Eighty Wounded in a ROW WITH SOLDIERS. Several Hundred of the Strikers Held Up a Railroad Train on Its Way to Vera Cruz. The Jails Are Full of the Strikers. Reports reoelved from Nogales, la tho Orizaba mill dlstrlot of Texan, Indicate lhat the government baa completely mastered Ihe situation. The strikers have ceased all acts of vlolenoo In the presence of the large body of troops rushed there from the capital and nearby garrisons. The seriousness of the affair, however, was realized today when It was made known that thirty of the workmen were kill ed outright and over 80 wounded by soldiers who were compelled te tire on the main body of the rioters before they oould be dispersed. It was learned that the men, after pillaging the stores at the Rio Blanco mills, became emboldened by their success. A part of the men rushed to Nogales, a short distanoe away where another mill is looated. Telegraph, telephone and eleotrlo light wire were out and pawn shops and private houses were pillaged. Then the jails were thrown open and the prisoners Bet free. Residents of the mill district tied in terror to the city of Orizaba. When the strikers reached Nogales one otllolal and one gendarme from Orizaba made an ineffectual effort to oheok them. The striker named Morales threw a huge stone as Senor Ilerrera, mayor of the city of Orizaba, striking the otllcial on the head and badly wounded him, Herrera shot Moreles killing him. A body of troops arrived and as the strikers attmepted to resist, a volley was tired into the mob, killing 30 and wounding over 80. After this the mob was soattered, the strikers gathered in groupes at various points and a body of 700 oolleoted on a railroad track and held up the train tor the city of Vera Oruz for several hours, the engineer not daring to run through the orowd. Finally troops arrived and oharged the men with broad swords, scattering them. The Jails and armories are filled with imprisoned strikers. rPha onuavnnnAnk Ins ?nn4 ? gu.wiuuiwui u?a 1CKIUDU vuau m, committee of atriokers hu left Orizaba for Fiaxo&la, Puobla, and other oitties. to incite laborers at those points to strike. It was also earned that one man well known to the polloe had left for the Isthmus of Tehauntepeo on a like mission. All of these men are being pursued by the federal authorities. Fouud With 8kull Crushed, At ail early hour Tuesday morning an unknown white man. about 20 years of age, was found in an unconsolous condition near the railroad traoka In the station yard at Whltmlre. He was Immediately taken to the Seaboard Air Line waiting room and made as oomfortable as possible Dr. Boyd was summoned and made an examination, finding that his skull was orushed and bis brains running out. Nothing was found on his person that oould be used for identification with the exception that the hat worn had been purchased from Wylie ic Go., of Chester, Almanacs Discredited. The weather bureau of the department of agrloulture Issues an loonoclastic bulletin in whloh it states that long-range weather foreoaste as based on the position of the planets, phases of the moon, etellar influences, or by the observations of animals, birds and plants have no legitimate basis. This all means that the tradlf.lnml crrnundhnir crnruA nh?nir,? of the moon and other time-honored weather indications as a matter of faot hare nothing to do with the weather, and therefore must be eliminated from the calculations of the farmer who wants to be up-to-date. Twenty Burned To Deatb, Sixteen girls and four youths, from 15 to 18 years old, were burned to death at the village of Oeispolshiem, Germany, in a tire at Hubert Company's factory at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning. A basket of oe'lulold scraps caught fire from a spark and exploded in a room, where forty persons were working. The flames spread quickly, cutting off the exists, Twenty of the employees were driven by the fire to the end of a room and perished there. Cotton Ginned. The census bureau Wednesday Issued a report on cotton ginning, show* lng that up to Jan. 1, there were 28,309 aotl?e ginneries In operation and that 11,750,044 bales were ginned, compared with 9,725,426 bales for 1005. Bound bales were counted as half bales. Mayou McCcllan has pulled oub from Tammany Hall. He says ho can no longer tolerate Murphy as leader, bub he still resists the efforts of William Randolfph Hearst to have the.votet cast in the last mayorallty election recounted*