Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE SAD END Of a Man Who Lost His All In ' Wall Stroot HE KILLS HIMSELF. After the Recent Panic in the Stock Market Had Rained Him Financially. Tragedy in a Rich Home. Where the Wife Discovers the Dead Body of the Husband, Who Had Ended His Career. Commending his wife to the care and affection of his parents and wishing her all the "luck" and happiness the world could give, Samuel B. Van Siclen, a broker, committed suicide while alone In his rooms, on the fifth floor of the apartment house at No. 408 Manhattan avenue. New York, "i^uck" was the dominant factor U Tfnx O 1 ~ 1 ? ~ - - - ii< ran ou-.itMi m creea or me, and believing that it had failed him when he met overwhelming losses in Wall Street, he saw no reason for prolongisg his life. Hut his belief in the fetich of luck, and that it would affect those whom he was leavng behind, was so strong that his last words to his wife, written in a note just a few minutes before ho died, composed a prayer that good luck should attend her. Liko many others whose lives are centred in luck and chance, Van Siclen was silent and seemingly unconcerned by the turn of fortune. His gains were pocketed with an impassive face, and losses met without a murmur. None knew, when he returned to his home from his ofllce downtown between four and halfpast four in the afternoon of every business day, what his luck had been and his wife never for u moment suspected that the recent panic in Wall Street had brought him to the brink of financial ruin. Van Siclen returned to his home at the usual time Thursday aftefr noon. His wife was out at a funeral land after he had entered his apartments nothing more was seen of him by servants or others n the house. Mrs. Van Siclen returned about 7 o'clock and was told by the elevator tK>y that her husband was at home. She entered the apartments with a latch key and was surprised to find the living rooms i? darkness. She called several times to her husband searched through the rooms and was finally attracted by a light in the kitchen. She went there and saw the body of her husband lying upon the noor wun a bullet wound in the .head. Her shocking discovery caused Mrs VanSlclen to scream with terror and she staggered from her apartment. She was met by a hallboy, who had heard her cries, and she sent him { for a doctor. On his way the messenger notified Policeman Mallen, , who went at once to the apartments of the Van Siclens, and when Dr. C. H. Dockstader, of No. 183 Manhat- . tan avenue, arrived they made an ex- j animation of the body. It was apparent that Van Slclen had endeavored to make sure of his f death. He had wound a quantity of legal tape about his waist and tied the revolver to it, so that if the first shot should fail, he could regain possession of the weapon, although it might fall from his hand from the i shock of the first shot. When Mrs. Van Siclen learned from the doctor that her husband was dead she was prostrated, and Dr. Dockstader remained to care for her until her relatives could be summoned. On the table in the dining room were two letters written by Van Siclen just before his death. One was addressed to "Mrs. F. Van Siclen and Mr. A. Van Siclen, Jamaict, Long Island." It read: it., rv ? 1 * * - 1 ^ " aiy near r uuier mm moiiier; rorgive for this great wrong and please J, pray for me. I do not accuse any one for my troubles. Father, I ask c you, please help my dear wife. ' SAM. I The other letter was for his wife ^ and read: My Dear Wife: Forgive me for this J great wrong, but my heart Is broken over my luck in Wall street. I wish a you good luck and happiness, as we v have been very happy together. Your H loving husband, SAM. r Van Siclen was the son of Abraham Van Siclen, of Lincoln road, near Jamaica, one of the wealthiest farmers and landowners in I^ong Is- | land. HA1) TO I'AY FINK. i New York Herald Pleads Guilty To | Printing Obscene Matter. ti * 1 After a plea of guilty, of printing ^ obscene matter,sending same througg t the mails had been made Wednesday, fines totaling $1G,000 were assess- v ed against James Gordon Uennett ^ and the New York Herald Company, j The fines of $1,000 against W. H. II Gilliam, manager of the Herald; $5,- c< 000 against the Herald corporation a and $10,000 against James Gordon a Uennett., were paid in the court room, tl The cases were the outcome of the t< famous ' personal" and "redlight" si column, which was feature of The R j*eruld for years. r< One person was killed and about 15 injured in a wreck on the St. John j bury and Lake Champlain railroad, . about two miles east of Hardwick, Vt., Thursday. The entire train, a n A westbound passenger train, with the vt exception of the locomotive left the I si rails and plunged down a 40-foot em-lp bankment. * c JOE EVANS HUNG n Greenwood Friday For the Murder of Another Negro. I The Murderer Confessed HU Guilt and Professed His Kntire Willingness to Die for His Crime. I The flrBt hanging in Greenwood bounty passed oil very quietly Frilay. The negro, Joe Evans, appear- I >d composed and resigned. He showed no sign whatever of either fear or I lervousnesB. All the morning two colored minis-1 ers had been with him, praying and tinging. These two preachers, the ftevs. J. C. Goode and John W. Swink emained with him until the last. ' Evans did not eat any breakfast, ilthough he ate a hearty supper Thursday night and slept well. DepJty Sheriff Dukes says Evans has retrained from eating every Friday I tince he was sentenced. Shortly before 12 o'clock Sheriff McCaslan had Evans made ready to eave the jail and said to him: "Joel Rvans, this is your last scene. It is .he State of South Carolina that is going to hang you, and not the sherfT of Greenwood county. I am going :o read to you my authority for hangng you." The shoriff then read the sentence. When he had finished Evans said: I 'Yes, sir." Evans was calm and seemed perfectly resigned. He then made this itatement: "I have made peace with the Lord, am glad that He allowed aie time to make peace with Him The march to the scaffold was then made. Standing on the platform Rvans asked the sheriff if he could dug, andupon permission being givm he sang with steady voice a song, 1 >no of the songs used by negroes in I evivals when feeling is tense. There jeeined no special beginning or end if it When he stopped the Rev. I John W. Swink, colored, offered a irayer for the condemned man. Svans himself prayed in a low tone ill the time the Itev. Swink was prayng for him. At the conclusion Evans offered .he following prayer of his own: "I im at peace with all men. I am I guilty of the crime. Lord, I thank hee for the time You have allowed lie. Go with Thy people who are itanding around me. i am so glad i am allowed this priviledge to talk. 3h, Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord, I irought my sins to You and You have 'orgiven me.." The hangman's'black cap was then owered over his face, and at 12.36 1 ?. M. the trap was sprung and 12 | iiiuuivu iaier ne was pronounced lead by I)rs. Hood and Owens. The Rev. J. C. Ooodo, the colored ninlster, who prayed for the negro vho was lynched for the attempted issault. 011 Miss Brooks last Summer, vas also on the scaffold with Evans, md had been with him during the norning. At 12:50 Evan's body was cut lown. His neck was broken by the all. Hisbody was turned over to elativos, who carried it. to his old lome, near Coronaca for burial. Evans was hanged for the murder if his brother-in-law, llughey, Evans ittenipted to assault his sister-inaw, Hughey's wife. llughey came .0 Greenwood and had a warrant jworn out for Evans immediately af,er. That night Evans came to his louse, called him out and shot him. TRAIN WRECKERS \rrosted Before They Had Accomplished Their Hellish Design. Detectives of the Pennsylvania [tailroad landed in jail at Greensburg Pa., Thos. Oloughlin, and Thos Mc nam or Allegheny who were taken 'roin an east bound freight train at Derry Thursday morning. Track valkers at 12:30 o'clock Thursday nornlng came upon three inen tamlerlng with the tracks near Stewart itation. One was captured there, and the >thers two days later, after escaping, rhe bolts In the rails had been loos>ned, but the flsh plates had not been emoved. The men were discovered ust before train No. 23 was due at Itewart. It Is alleged a railroad wrench was ound in their possession. The Cleveand flyer on the Fort Wayne division truck an engine pole which had been wedged with spikes between the rails it I^owellville, O., early Thursday nornlng. No persons were injured. SHOUIJ> NOMINATE BRYAN londricks Club Makes Better Suggcsiton Than Graves. The Hendricks Club, of Evansville, nd., the largest Democratic organiatlon In the State, while celebrating he birthday of Thomas Jefferson, ( he other night adopted the following esolution and telegraphed It to John , 'emple Graves, of Atlanta, Ga. "The Hendricks Club, of Evansille, believes that, In the interest of , 'square deal,' Iloosevelt should ominate Bryan for President in 908, as there is now 110 doubt that iryan was beaten in 1896 by the LMiinuuiiou 01 money rrom insur- ' nee companies, railroad companies < nd tariff protected monopolies, and 1 iiat President Roosevelt knows this \ ) be a fact; and that Bryan, in 1896 ( tood on the platform on which j loosevelt now stands on railroad < agulation." < The president has appointed R. W. yler, a negro of Columbus, Ohio, to e auditor of the treasury for the avy department. Tyler is the man , rho it was announced had been con- i Idered by the president for a federal I osition in Ohio. But the Republics in Ohio would not have him. 1 SOME WILL TALK John Temple Graves Makes Most Foolish Proposition AT A BRYAN BANQUET When It Wm Found Ont That He Wm Going to Adviae Bryan to Nominate Roosevelt for President He Wan Not Allowed to Speak Until ISryan Requested That He He Heard. Editor John Temple Graves' suggestion that W. J. Hryan nominate Roosevelt, which the Atlanta editor intended in a eulogistical speech to Hryan banqueters Wednesday evening at Chattanooga, Tenn., was denied utterance. John Tomlinson of Birmingham, one of the speakers and toast masters, met Graves on his arrival from Atlanta, at noon, and requested ommlssion of this reference in his4speech. arguing its impropriety in view of Bryan's presence at the banquet. * Col. Graves declined to alter his views or subject his speech to censorship. He attended the banquet as an invited guest, remaining but a short while, when he left the banquet hall for an Atlanta train. Wednesday afternoon Mr. Graves addressed a letter to the president of the Hryan Annlversurv club. ki.. ? HID pusition. In hlH letter Mr. Craves declared that he yielded to no one In his profound and affectionate regard for Mr. Bryan and for the Democratic party, but that he was profoundly convinced that In this period of tremendous economic crisis the only man who can carry to successful conclusion the reform instituted in behalf of the people was the man who Is already entrenched in the power and prestige of dauntless courage and is a conspicious success in the executive oftlce. Continuing, he said: "My reasons for stating this conviction at a Bryan banquet, with Mr. Bryan present, was because I considered it the manly and Democratic thing to do. "The time to voice a sentiment so momentous to the life and prosperity and to the realization of the best ideals of a real Democracy is in a counsel of the faithful and in the full presence of our great and shinning leader who would be there to comment, to approve or to condemn with the full force of his influence and eloquence as he might see fit. "It appears to me that the only fair and honest thing to do was to speak my convictions in full council and with open voice. In this belief ?r? ?? ** ** ~ ? A a|i?wu, (i[Miu int? request or the Associated Press has already been sent out to the newspapers of the country. "I have not one particle of dogmatism, nor any mere pride of personal opinion, in pressing this matter, but the publicy already given to my speech commits me to It so far that I can not encourage, or in consistency, suppress that part on which the whole revolves." Later Mr. Graves, after being persuaded by members of the club and at the request of Mr. Bryan himself, took his place at the banquet table .and delivered bis speech. Graves, who is the editor of the Atlanta Georgian, is an erratic sort of a man, although he is a brilliant speaker. His speech at Chattanooga will not surprise any one who knows him. State Senator J. H. Frazier responed to Mr. Graves' address, declaring that the Democrats could not afford to take such action. Ilrynn Speaks. In beginning his address Mr. Bryan paid ins respects to Mr. Graves and what he had said. He complimented Mr. Graves in the highest manner for his honesty and his boldness and said if there was any place in the world where absolute freedom of speech should prevail it ought to be in a Democratic gathering. He added that when he had heard that Mr. Graves and retired from the hall because there might be doubts about the wisdom of what he had to say, he had sent for the Georgia editor to return and insisted that the speech should be delivered. Turning directly to the subject of Mr. Graves' recotnmendn tion, Mr. Hryan Hald: "As at present advised I shall not present the name of Theodore Roosevelt to, the National Democratic convention. Rear in mind, I say, 'as at present.' " Mr. Hryan contended that If after maature consideration and reflection and the presentation of arguments in the case, he should feel that his duty lay in that direction, he would present Mr. Roosevelt's name, oven though it should prove to he the last act of his life. He then went on to say that if any Republican was to he selected hy the Democrats to head their national fiokot thf? mnti u>ir?nl<l I>r> Qnniil/>r I n. Kollette of Wisconsin. Mr. Bryan then proceeded with his speech, pre-1 sentig reasons why, in Ills opinion, Mr. Roosevelt was not the proper mas for the presidency. ('lit to 1'leees. It is stated Gen. Lee Christmas, the American oi'lcer in the service Honduras, has been cut to pieces by Nicaraguan soldiers. Information was contained in a letter that there was no hope for the Bonilia jovernment and he was doomed to jeath if he did not get out of the sountry. They Come High. Hens must be held in high esteem In Jonesvllle. One strayed over into the yard of a neighbor of her owner , and was killed and now the owner is suing his neighbor for fifty cents Tor the hen and one thousand dollars as a balm for the owners lacerated feelings. THEY ALL STOLE Federal Officer Tells of Steallni by Sherman's Army. A BAND OF ROBBERS. Who Stole Everything They Could Find and That Was Worth Carry* ing Off. How the Valuable* That Were Stolen Wan Divided, and What Ilecame of the Old Negro Men and Women. In the possession of a lady in Macon, Ga., who with her sister, also a resident of Macon, was an eye-witness of the sack of Columbia fortysix years ago by Sherman's army, there is a letter found in the streets of that city after the Yankees had left it in ashes, which shows the process by which the union was restored. The signature is that of a lieutenant in Sherman's army, the address that of his wife in Boston. The letter speaks for itself. Camp near Camden, S. C. February 26, 1865. My. Dear Wife: I have no timo for nnrUnnl"*" ,l'- * * v.v.w.m o. uw iiuvc naci a glorious time in this state. Unresisted license to burn and plunder was the order of the day. The chivalry have been strip ped of most of their valuables. Gold watoheH, silver pitchers, cups, spoons forks, etc., are as common in camp as blackberries. The terms of plunder are as follows: The valuables procured are esti mated by companies. lOach company is required to exhibit the results of its operations at any given pine one-llfth and first choice falls to the share of the commander-in-chief and stafT, one-fifth to the corps commander and staff, one-fifth to the field officers of the regiments and two-fifths to the company. Officers are not allowed to join these expeditions wtthous disguising themselves us privates. One of our corps commanders borrowed a rough suit of clothes from one of my men and was successful in this place. He got a large quantity of silver among other things an old silver pitcher, and a very fine old watch from a Mr. DeSaussure at this place. DeSaussure is one of the F. F. V.'s of South Carolina and was made to fork over liberally. Officers over the rank of captain are not made to put their plunder In the estimate for general distrubution. This is very unfair, and for that rea son, in order to protect themselves, subordinate ofllcers and privates keep back everything they can carry about their pesron, such us rings, earrings, Itreast-pins, etc., of which, if I ever live to get home, I have about a quart. I am not joking, I have at least a quart of Jewelry for you and all the girls and some No. 1 diamond pins among them. Gen. Sherman has silver and gold enough to start a bank. His share in gold watches and chains alone at Columbia was $27f>. But I said 1 would not go into particulars. All the general oflleers, and many besides, had valuables of every description, down to embroidered ladies' pocket hankerchiefs. I have my share of them, too. We took gold and silver enough from the d?d rebels to have redeemed their infernal currency twice over. This (the currency) whenever we came across it we burned, as wo considered it utterly worthless. I wish all the jewelry this army has could be carried to the old Bay State. It would deck her out in glorious style, but, alas! it will be scattered all over the North and Middle states. The d?d niggers, as a general rule, prefer to stay at home?particularly after they found out that we only wanted the able-bodied men and to tell the truth, the youngest and best-looking women. Sometimes we took off whole families .and plantations of niggers, by way of repaying the secessionists. Hut the useless part of thes e we soon managed to lose- sometimes hv rrn??im' rivoru " 4i'v? "i sometimes by other wayfl. I shall write you again from Wilmington, Goldsboro, or some other place In North Carolina. The order to march has arrived, and I must clo.se hurriedly. Love to grandmotherand Aunt Charlotte. Take care of yourself and the children. Don't show this letter out of the family. Your affectionate husband, Thomas J. Myers, Lieutenant, etc. P. S.: I will send this by the first flag of truce to be mailed, unless I have opportunity of sending it to Hilton Head. Tell Sal lie I arn saving a pearl braceles and earrings for her. But Lambert has the necklace and breastpin of the same set. I am trying to trade hjm out of them. Those were taken from the Misses Jamison, daughters of the president of South Carolina secession convention. We found these on our trip through Geor ffia. Daniel II. Cliamberlaiii Dead. Daniel H. Chamberlain, who was governor of South Carolina during the turbulent times of the it won struction era, died Saturday at the home of William C. Chamberlain near the University of Virginia, at Charlotteville, Va. He was taken ill of cancer of the stomach last fall upon his return from a trip to Egypt. He had recently disposed of his properties In view with a view to locatiug in Virginia. He was a graduate of Yale and Harvard law school and was 72 years of age. TrAin Porter llcatcn. I A dispatch from Huntington, Tenn I says that an enraged mob hoarded , the Louisville and Nashville train at Trezevant Thursday, seized the negro | porter and gave him a terrible beat-1 lug, from which he i? reported dead. I FELLED BY MANIAC. I ; Paroled Lunatic Attacks An Old Lady and a Man. The Old Lady Struck In the Head And the Man Assaulted With an Axe and Kuife. While in a fit of violent insanity and thinking, an he said, that someone was trying to kill him, Joseph W. llagood Saturday mude a murderous attack upon Mrs. Kugepla Smith with an uxe, fracturing her skull, nnd with a long knife stabbed Mr. John J. Ill ley in the back in Columbia. Mrs. Smith and Mr. Klley are now under care at the Columbia hospital and some doubts are entertained as to their recovery. The State says llagood has been on a parole from the Insano asylum for Just 30 days and up to his tragic deed Saturday has been conducting himself commendable since his relief. Hut Saturday morning he was seized with a terrible malady and getting an axe he went to the house occupied bv Mrs. Smith, Mr. Ulley and others, and battered down the door of the roon In which the helpless was. With a blow he felled Mrs. Smith across the bed, Inflicting a serious fracture of the skull, and then he went to the room where Mr. Riley was in bed. Mr. Riley, a one-legged man, hearing the noise In the back part of the house got out of the bed and started to leave the house when he was soen by llagood. The maniac gave chase to Mr. Riley and soon overtook and ?-?" -? " IIIMI, (ll.'iil 1I1K mill ii OIOW on tho hip with the axe and then stabbing him in the back with a knife near the backbone. About tills time a general alarm had been given by Mrs. A. Andrews who was in the house at the time, and Mr. J. II. Faulk and others overpowered the maniac and after summoning the police patrol placed him in the wagon, where ho was carried to the station and locked up. Dr. C. F. Williams, the city physician, who is attending the injured people, said he can not say just yet what will be the outcome of their injuries. Mrs. Smith's fracture is of a very serious nature and may provo fatal. Mr. Riley will probably get well, unless the knife penetrated Into the lung, which the doctor fears. Roth parties were resting well late Saturday night. Saturday afternoon the unfortunate man was remanded to the State hospital for the insane again. He was carried to the hospital in the patrol wagon and was very orderly and quiet, the only thing that seemed to worry him was that he feared some one would at any time do him harm, it seems. Hagood is a huskster by trade and is married. His wife saw a uart of the unrl nffiilr and tried to control her huHhand, but could not. She Heenied not to he afraid of him, as she had seen him undergo spells at other tlineH. A FATAL FKiHT. Quarrel Over Trlval Matter Muds In Terrible Tragedy. The killing of Charles E. Newbury and the fatal shooting of John Mo Kinlay and 1). M. Curry at the Citico furnace slag pile near Chattanooga, Tenn., Thurdsay, ofternoon created profound excitement and regret in the neighborhood of the scene and among friends of the parties. One of the most pathetic incidents in connection with the shooting is the fact that J. A. Curry, father of I). M. Curry, took his bleeding son and placing him in the wagon which he was using to haul slag and hauled him to the hospital. The whole trouble seems to have been the result of a quarrel between voting Curry and a negro employe of Newbury over a trlval matter. The father of young Curry was beaten in the face but was not seriously hurt. He was clinched with McKinlay at the time of the shooting. ItOOHKVKI/r HAS CHANCED He Championed Once Some Tilings He Now Antagonizes. Hon. W. J. Bryan, while in Norfolk last Friday, in a interview spoke of I he Uflrrlrnnn-Ufuvunvult nntun/tn ur?.. V VJ.IOVUC, r>i? jr ing: "Tho President seems unduly excited over the alleged $60,000,000 raised by Wall street to prevent his re-election. If Wall street Is opposed to any doctrine held by President Roosevelt, It Is certainly not a Republican doctrine. When we came up against the corruption fund in 18tM5 we found no more ardent champion of these special interests than Mr. Roosevelt." FRAUD OltbKH. The Mails Closed to the Concord PubIsliiug House. Alleging hundreds of women in Ihe United States and Canada have been (1 < > f rsi li/l fi\ nf nuiiinv Mm ~ V/. ...wmx J , tuv; department recently issued a fraud order against. the H. W. It. Conrad Publishing company, Bible and hook puhlshers of Philadelphia, denying if fiic use of the mails. It Is claimed that, l?y advert laments, letters and circuhirs, women in half the states of the union were induced to pay a dollar to register with the company for writing letters for it. None was paid for work, and to a few money was refunded, it is charged. % Picked Up at Sea. Nine men on the coal barge No. 1 which broke away from the collier Caesar off the Florida coast in a storm last Monday were picked up by the German steamship Proffessor Woerman and taken to Galveston, Texas. FAILED TO AGREE Only Five of the Thaw Jury Favored AcquittaL WILL BE TRIED OVER The Celebrated Cane Knda ftn a Mistrial, the Jury in Discharged aad Thaw is Demanded to the Tomb* Without Hail, Where He Will Stay Until the Kecond Trial Which Will He Next Fall. , The Jury in the Thaw case, which hns been up In the New York Court for over ten weeks, has failed to agree, standing live for acquittal and Hoven for conviction. After fortyseven hours of deliberation the Jury announcel that they were hopelessly divided a id could not possibly ngree upon a verdict. The twelve men were promptly discharged by Justice Fitzgerald, who declared that he, too, believed their task was hopeless. Thaw was remanded to the Tombs without bail to await a second trial on . __ ? ?- . *aav vital or having murdered Stanford White, the noted architect. The HCenott attending the announce ment by the Jury of lta Inability to agree upon a verdict were robbed of any theatricallsm by the general l>?1 lef that after their long deliberation and roporta of a wide division of sentlniont the jurors could make no other report than one of dlHagreement. Thaw, surrounded by the memltera of his family?the devoted, aged mother, pale young wife, the titled sister, the Countess of Yarmouth Mrs. George Carnegie and Kdward and Joshlah Thaw, the brothers received the news in silence. Hut It. was plain that the verdict was a disappointment. When it became known that the jury was about to make its report and that the case would be disposed of Thaw called his wife to a seat by his side, and sat with his right arm thrown about her until he was commanded to stand and face the Jurors, who nad Just come in from the Jury room. Smiling and confident as he entered the court room Thaw sank limply into his chair when ForemanDemlng 11. Smith, In response to ft question i>y uiera t'onny as to whether a verdict had been agreod upon said: "We have not." This ended the long trial which will all have to ue gone over again next Fall. Thaw's counsel will apply for hall for their client, but It is doubtful if he gets It, as the District Attorney says he will oppose granting him hail. The standing of the Jury, seven to five against the prisoner, will have its influence In determining the matter. Should he fall to get hail Thaw will have to spend the long summer In the city prison. <>\VKH FOll BOOZK. Anderson Six Hundred Dollars in Debt to State Dispensary. A dispatch from Anderson says County Treasurer Payne has received a letter from Mr. W. F. Stevenson, the attorney for the state dispensary commission which says that according to the hooks of the commission, Anderson county owes the state dispensary $669.28, which amount was advanced by the state dispensary for the enforcement of the dispensary law in Anderson county, since it became a dry county. Mr. Stevenson writes that the total amount due from all the counties will aggregate $26,000, and that the commission is anxious to get the money . Treasurer Payne wrote Mr. Stevenson that there Is no levy in this county for the enforcement of the dispensary law and therefore hs has no funds for that purpose. >1 ANY WILL ST AH V K Ilefore Another Crop Is Made If Not Given Food. A letter from London says Dr. Kennard, commissioner of the society of Friends sent to Investigate the Russian famine, wrlttlng from Samara, In the famine district, says that there are at least 20,000,000 people In the Southeastern provinces of Russia who are without aid and can not llvfl to u?l> iinnthor ..w.* ? ? . - . v UVV uitv/i 11V I lien Y CO I Tn Samara he says thousands are dying and nearly 750,000 are starving. Of the latter only 372,000 are getting relief, a dole of one meal in twenty four hours. NKW COUNTERFEIT MONEY. Spurious Ten and Twenty Dollar llllls Are in Circulation. The discovery of a new counterfeit ten dollar (lluffalo) United States note is announced by the secret service, of the series of 1901, check letter A. Lyons register, Roberts treasurer. ' The new counterfeit twenty dollar national bank note has been diacov ered on the First National Hank of Hereford, Texas, eheck letter A. Lyons register, Treat treasurer of the United States. It Is a very poor photographic print on poor paper. i???????????a The Macon Telegraph asks: "Why did the president mark his letters to Harrlman "strictly confidential" If he merely wanted to talk to him on railroad matters? He insists on talking from the housetops on that question, as railroad presidents who recently visited him found to their discomfort."