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HE WILL RUN Roosevelt's Boom Launched For a Third Term by Friends AFTER SEEING HIM. Senator Bourne, Who Is a Confidant Of President Boosevelt, After a Visit to the White House, Comes Out Openly For u Third Term For 1 r? - mo rresem uccupunt of the White House. After holding a conference with the president at the White House, Senator Bourne came out Wednesday night in the role of chief promoter of u third term for ltoosevelt by issuing an authorized statement declaring that it is the duty of the American people to "command the President to accept a second elective term." A dispatch from Washington says the statement caused a stir in the political waters, for it was made public only an hour before the return of Secretary Taft, the President's putative candidate. Senator Bourne's statement is as follows: "In my opinion a great crisis now confronts this country. The rftilCllonnvtpG nm jlnlovintn n,l If ?vw V uvivvi Ulllicu 1& 1HI3J5I" sble, to obtain control of the Government and use it for their own personal advantage and to the detrment of the people. "True Republican politics, as promulgated by Lincoln and enlarged and exemplified by Roosevelt, are the rights of man and the absolute so\ erignty of the people. The issue now before the country is: Shall the advocates of the rights and liberties of the people and the power and of the majesty of the government, or the enemies of both, prevail. The people must decide. "I know that President Roosevelt is not a candidate to succeed himself. I realize that he would greatly prefer that the people select some other person to succeed him in 190 8. I am however, convinced that the exigencies of the situation demonstrate the necessfty of the people commanding Presid tyit Roosevelt to accept a nomnation for a second elective term. "The president, equally with any other elective oflicer of this Government, is, after all, but the servant of the people. If the people command him to serve a second elective term he certainly must feel it his duty to do so. How could he do otherwise? He can no more decline to accept a nomination made by a convention, instructed by the people, than he could refuse to serve if we were engaged in war with some foreign power and he was drafted. "No man can put his personal wishes or desires above the command of the people, and especially no person who has been honored as President Itoosevelt has been by the Amer lean people." This was a day of political conferences at the White I louse. Representative Parsons, head of the New York County organization, was one of the visitors. He said that he was for Governor Hughes and would aid him to the limit of his ability. "How about Governor Hughes as presidential candidate?" Mr. Parsons was asked. There was no answer. It is believed Parsons went to the White House to get the * President's O. K. on his Greater New York legislative reapportionment scheme the same as he did a year ago when the President approved a Gerrymander which the courts declared illegal. Friends of the Governor say that Parson's expressions of loyalty will hold only until after a reappointment plan has been passed when he will again openly espouse the cause of Roosevelt. Representative-elect. Langley, of Kentucky, talked with the President. Wednesday about political matters in his state. Mr. Langley, it is understood, came to Washington at the request of the President. President Roosevelt has set aside a part of Thursday to see Archie Hughes, the Postmaster of Columbia, n i. KAmnvnl fpnm nftif'u hnu If nil., V> I lUDr 1V1UUTUI | 1 VII* vriitww a.MM boon practically accomplished by the H. Clay Evans machine of that State, which is a Roosevelt, organization. The president will hear Mr. Hughes before making the order for his removal final. Mr. Hughes Is opposed to President Roosevelt succeeding himself. The removal of Hughes, it is said, will place the President in the post" tion of putting into Federal office only men who are working for his renomination. PECULIAR CASE OF RABIES That $'em To Threaten a Young Entires County Farmer. Mr. W. F. Cleveland, a young farmer of the Huntington section of Laurens county, is in Atlanta, at the Pasteur institute under treatment to prevent the possible development of rabies, he having been exposed to the disease by milking a cow whose calf died a few days ago exhibiting every symptom of hydrophobia. Thursday the oow went mad and of course the family and friends of tvir. Cleveland are much concerned about him. KODOL For Dyspepsia clears the stomacn and makes the breath as sweet as a rose. KODOL Is sold by druggists on a guarantee relief plan. It conforms strictly to the Nations Pure Foo^l and Drugs Law. Sold bj Conway j^'Ug Co. I TILLMAN SPEAKS Calls on Audience for Vote as to Negroe's Rank Carnegie's Music Hall, Where The Senator Spoke in Pittsburg, Policed For the Occasion. A Pittsburg, Pa., as a precautionary measure twenty-two detectives and a squad of armed policemen were stationed in the Carnegie Music Hall during the address of Senator Renjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina, who discussed the race problem before the Park Avenue Athletic Club, on Wednesday night of last week. Several exciting incidents occurred during the address, but no trouble resulted. There were ten negroes in the audience which filled the Music Hall to overflowing. The audience gave the Senator close attention and frequently applauded him at the close of his address, in which he declared the races in the South were gradually becoming more opposed to one another, Senator Tillman called for a vote of the audience as to whether the negro was the equal of the white man. The entire audience except the ten negroes, voted in the negative by rising. One man took exceptions to Senator Tillman's remarks and made several inteuptions. Senator Tillman made him admit that he came from Europe and then bitterly denounced Euroneans in Amertrn who niwlnr take to judge questions concerning tiiis country, about which they know absolutely nothing. The Senator did his interrupter up. In speaking of whether the negro can be educated, Senator Tillman declared that Hooker T. Washington was the harbor of refuge and safety to which people flee when other places fail and that Booker T. Washington was one negro in ten millions, and was half white at that. Senator Tillman had nine-tenths of the audience with him. SHOOTS SISTKH TO U?w\TII Load From Shot Gun Filters Face Of The Girl. At Buckhead, Ga., Arthur Cochran, twelve-year-old son of Mr. William J. Cochran,, accidentally shot and killed his little two-year-old sister, Myra, Thursday morning at nine o'clock. Arthur had been out hunting and unon his return home he was unbreeching his gun and it was accidentally discharged, the whole load going into the face of his little sister, who was lying on the bed. The parents are overcome with grief, this being the only girl in the family and everyone was devoted to her. So much for the careless handling of firearms. PUHSIKI) BY DFATII. Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Looses Many Olliccrs. A strange fatality seems to hang over the high otlicial circles of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company at Denver. On the eve of his election to the vice-presidency of the company Richard M. Waite died the other day. He is only one of many of the men high in the service of the company who have crossed the border within short periods of one another. George E. Gibb, former assistant to the president of the company, was killed by overwork. Hearne, once the brilliant president, was removed by death and John T. Kebler, general manager of the fuel department is critically ill at Trinidad of ptomaine poisoning. DIRS LI' DEAD BODY Dredge in Charleston llarbor firings Up Dead Negro. I At Charleston the body of I). H. Ford, alias Ham Dally, the negro watchman <ni the government tug Little Pee tree, drowned on Monday night, was picked up in the dipper of government dredge No. 2 Thursday afternoon in the custom house ~ ^ l UUCK. The And was unexpected and the protruding legs of the negro from the rising dipper caused consternation among the negroes on the boat. A rope was attached to the body, which was hauled to the pier, where it was identified and later viewed by the coroner and a verdict rendered accordingly. COLI)KST APRIL ON HNCORI) Shown by Forty Years' Statistics of Charleston liureau. The coldest April in the history of the Charleston weather bureau, whose records cover a period of nearly forty years, is now being rounded out with Charleston still registering a daily loss of six degrees and seventnnfha The books of Forecaster Grant's department show that the temperature so far this month registers a mean reading of 55.2 degrees, as against the next coldest, April, in 1901, when the minimum was 59.2 degrees. The warmest April in the history of the I bureau was iu 1X71, when an average of 69.8 degrees was recorded. Too Many Wives. : Dr. John Carver, the alleged hi^. amist, who is said to have at leas! , seventeen wives, was captured al Fort Smith, ArU Carver is charged 1 with defrauding one out of $150,r 1000. Carver is wanted in sever icities. KILLED HIMSELF I Because His Wife Found Out That He Was LIVING A DUAL LIFE. Besieged by His Wife in The Home of Another Woman a Justice of the Peace at IUdgewood, N. Y., Took a Pistol and Blew Out His Brains Hut her than Face the Consequences of His Sin. Besieged by his wife, while in the home of another woman, Frederick W. Gardner, Justice of the Peace in Ridgewood, N. J., and also Tax Collector of that town, blew his brains out Wednesday night while the woman lie had promised to love and cherish was hammering on the door. The self-destructon of Gardner, who was a rich man and descendant of a distinguished line, was attended ItV ilonmniln J....I,I 4.. I ? ?> ...? viidnKKiv iiiiiuuuis. in me presence of Mr. and Mrs. Hen jam in Eglin, of liidgewood avenue, the man went to liis death. There have been many rumors during tne past few months, that Gardner had become infatuated with Mrs. Egiin. The police are authority for the statement that he was, but they do not think Mr. Egiin was aware of the fact, and believe he treated the Justice as a friend. Mrs. Gardner, daughter of the late Judge Quackenbush of Mtthwah, N. J., and herself a wealthy woman, is said to have observed the alleged infat nation, and to have planned for the trapping of her husband. Wednesday Gardner left his home to make a call. His wife and fifteenyear-old son were in the house. Mrs. Gardner followed him to the home of the Eglins. Gardner entered the house and the door was shut. Mrs. Gardner waited a little while, then rapped on the door, and called for the occupants of the apartment to open it. The demand was not complied with at once. Mrs. Gardner continued knocking, and suddenly a report of a revolver was hoard. The wife of the Justice heard it and divined its course. She almost collapsed outside the door. Gardner had gone near a window, pulled the pistol, and shot himself dead on the spot. Only one bullet was required. His body plunged to the centre of the room and lay motionless. When the police arrived the neighborhood was in an uproar, news of the tragedy having got abroad. Coroner Pell was notified, and took charge of the remains, pending an investigation. The pistol is also in his possession, it having been found ciose to the Justice's hand. Gardner had been a justice three years. He was prominent socially and in a financial way, his father having left him and two other sons fortunes. HUGGHI) THIfl DliXTIST Strange Effects of Laughing (ias On a Young Lady. Laughing gas had a very strange effect 011 a young lady in New York one day last week. The girl, who is twenty-two and pretty,, has been undergoing a series of dental operations at the office of Dr. Thomas Taylor, of No. 8118 East One Hundred and Sixty first street, for several weeks. One evening some nerves had to be killed, and the laughing gas was administered to deaden the pain. The moment the gas took effect Miss Lovendeski leaped from the chair and clasped I)r. Taylor about the nevk with a hug that would dc credit to a polar bear. He tried to extricate himself from the embrace in vain. Then he called for help, and Mrs. Taylor ran in and tried to pry the patient from hei husband's neck. She couldn't do it and telephoned to the llronx Police. The girl when finally torn from tht embrace was carried to the Lebanor I I ~ I 4 ~ 1 O. 4 U ? ,L?4I,.4 4U t-i ? 1- - I 1 l?K III l.cl I , IDI Lilt? Ul'llIIMl IIIOIl^Ill Kilt might have gone out of her mind She had been acting strangely foi several days, he said. I'liOT TO KILL. Anarchists Make An Attempt Oil Th< liife of Prince Albert. At Brussels, Thursday, an anarch 1st armed with a dagger, a loaded re volver and other weapons was arrest ed in a church where Prince Alber of Belgium, nephew of King Leopold and heir presumptive to the throne ?,lno nl.nol ?/, ..(..It Ann ,.e tl.? ntt/vr. rw na auuui iu vir?it. v/iit; ui iiic aiiuu dants of the church accidentally dis covered the man in a confesfliona . box, locked the door, and callod tin police. Later three other ararchisti heavily armed, were arrested in tin vicinity of the church. Two of tin latter admitted that . they wen French anarchists. The authoritiei are convinced that the prisoners ha< engaged in a plot to assassinate tin prince. Prince Albert is the son of tin late Count of Flanders, brother o King Leopold. Ho-was born April 8 1875, qnd was married October 2 1900, to Princess Elizabeth of Bal varia. On Nov. 9, last, Princo Alber was officially declared the successo of King Leopold as soverign of th Congo Independent state. Stole Fifty Thousand. W. O. Douglass, loan clerk of th j! Trust Company of America, of Ne I York, confesed on Monday to stealin - J50,000 in bonds belonging to tt 1 company. His salary was $7,500 year. OPENED FRIDAY The Jamestown Exposition is Now In Full Blast. GOV. ANSEL, STAFF Among the Early Arrivals on the Scene. HarI?or is Full of Ships and Hotels Full of Visitors. Gov. and Mrs. Ansel Showed Many Courtesies. South Well Represented at the Show. Mr. August Kohn, writing to the News and Courier from the Jamestown Exposition says the show is going to lie a surprise to everyone, it is far and way beyound what was expected. The growth of the undertaking lias been wonderful. Most people thought it would be an exposition that would flurish on the associations around Jamestown and the social and naval features. Not so. it is the real thing. It is not a Chicago exposition but it is a big tiling, bigger than people expect, and it is beautiful. It is not ready. A great deal is in place and ready, but the linishing touches are lacking. South Carolina is here to-night to join Virginia in the celebration incident to the formal nimnlnir iho CI v_ position. It promises to bo a truly great event. The harbor is full of giant battle ships and tin; hotels are choked with guests, from Governors down the line. Governor Ansel and his good wife are being most cordially received and handsomely entertained on all sides. The South Carolina contingent arrived there Friday morning over the Seaboard Air Line and went to the inside Inn, which opened Friday, in the party were: Governor M. A. Ansel, Mrs. Ansel, Gen. Wilie Jones, Mrs. Jones, Miss Reaux Jones, Gen. J. C. Boyd, Col Robert I\ Hamer, Col. W. N. Moore, Barnwell; Mrs. Moore, Col. J. G. Wardlaw, Yorkville; Col. F. S. Evans, Greenwood; Col. Geo. Y. Coleman, Charleston; Col. I). O. Herbert, Orangeburg; Capt. W. W. Harris, Greenville. The South Carolina Commission charged with placing an exhibit here was also on hand by urgent request, and joined Gov. Ansel's party. There were on hand on the part of the commission; Chairman Wm. E. Gonzales, Dr. J. B. Black, J. Ed Norment, Prof. Frank Evans, Capt John G. Richards, E. Marion Rucker and August Koliu, secretary. The entire party was met on the Portsmouth side l?v dirnrtorK of tlio Exposition Company and taken to their hotel. Col. Elbert H. Anil was invited to join Governor Ansel's party and joined it at Columbia. During the afternoon Mr. Sheppard invited Gov. Ansel and Capt. Gonzales to a dinner in their honor, and in the afternoon Governor and Mrs. Ansel were taken for a drive around the beautiful grounds. The commission visited the South Carolina exhibit and was very much pleased. Mr. Paul V. Aloore has done exceptional work and was heartily congratulated. The South Carolina display Is further advanced than any others and is all right. President Aull came for the purpose of looking after the Press Assoi elation, lie has put the afternoon in in conference with heads of departments as to the entertainment of the , South Carolina editors when they reach the Exposition. He will also ! see the Tidewater Navigation people as to side trips, and the terminal and railroad folks as to handling cars, and hotels as to rates. Me finds hotel s rates under the circumstances reasonable for good accommodations. > One of the side trips he is arranging is a boat ride to Old Jamestown, i Col. T. P. llutler, of Gaffney, Col. I B. A. Morgan, of Greenville, Col. I Geer, of Helton, Col. S. T. McGravey, of Spartanburg, who are members of , the Governor's staff, arrived Friday night in time to loin the party at j Governor" Swanson's reception, i This is simply to let the home folks * know that Carolina is here and that . all are well. Governor Ansel and his party will join in the festivities Saturday and South Carolina's Governor has been showered with attentions and courtesies. Friday night the whole party attended Governor Swanson's reception. Governor and " Mrs. Ansel were in the receiving party. STANDS HY THK NKGKO ^ Senator Tillman Scores a Massaehu? estt's Audience in Jjccture. 9 Tust before the conclusion of his " lecture in the Academy of Music at 3 Northampton, Mass., Wednesday eve3 ning, Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, a of South Carolina, asked for a show r or nanus rrom tnose wno beuevea b that, the negro was not the equal of a the white man. 1 There was no response. Tie then b asked for a similar vote from those who beiieved in the supremacy of e the whites and a few hands were f raised. i, The Senator then proceeded to tell !, the Massachusetts audience what lie - thought of their vote, and advised t them to study the negro at close r range as lie had done. The people in e the audience got, very mad at the plain talk Senator 'itllman gave them When you need a pill, take a pill, ant ie be sure t's an Early Riser. Dewitt'i w Little Early Risers are safe, sure am ,g satisfactory pills. The pills with i ie reputation. They do not gripe or sick a en. They are sold here by Conwa . Drug Company. , , SLEEPLESS WONDER Man Claims He Has Not Slept For Thirty Years. Ho Hostfl in Hod ut Night Hut Spends Tho Tlnto in Heading Hooks und Papers. Mont men And it difficult to sot the required eight hours sleep in every twenty-four. Few are able to live and work on less than tho allotted number of hours that should bo given to rest. One man, however, William Warner, who resides a few miles from Qreat Harrington, Mass., comes forward with tho startling statement that during the past 3 0 years he has not closed his eyes to sleep, lie is sixty years of age and in robust health. His physicians can assign no reason for his long period of Insomnia. Mr. Warner insists that his statement is true and is willing to have any and all comers investigate and see for themselves. Mr. Warner was born in New Marlboro, Mass., a few miles from the place where he now resides. He is a farhier and spends his days working in the fields. At night he goes to bed about midnight, taking books and papers with him. There he reads and rests tinti 1 dawn appears, when he arises and goes about his duties on the farm. He never sleeps, but goes to bed for the purpose of resting his body. Mr. Warner is a veteran of the CMvil war, having served in Company F, Second artillery. In his younger days he had one romance. The day tor his wedding was set and all was in readiness for ids marriage, when the bride-to-be lied by nigbt and nothing since lias been heard of her. For years Mr. Warner lived in the hopes of her return and often sat at the window watching for the coining of his sweetheart. He is still a bachelor. About 30 years ago lie suffered a severe illness and since that time lie lias not been able to sleep. He was in the grove near his home whon ho became unconscious. He remained in this state for days. When ho recovered the past was a blank to him. He had forgotten everything that had gone before, but lie could not sleep, lie is as young and active as a man of 40 years. Ho stands six feet in liis stockings. Warner lias made a success of farming and has a large trade 11 vegetables and other produce. Within a short distance of his home is a cemetary where his ancestors for several generations are buried. During the past few years Warner lias become a believer in spiritualism. His lied stands at a place he can see the gravestones in the cemetary. He declares that he often converses with the spirit of his dead father. Anything associated with sleep seems to have terrors to Warner. He says he would try hypnotism to see if that would cause him to sleep, but he fears that once he closes his eyes in slumber he may never awake. Warner is a man who has never tasted intoxicating liquors. He buys tea by the case. He keeps his own house. I11 referring to his trouble Mr. Warner calls it "a scientific manifestation of power." CHAlUiHI) WITH MUltDIOK. Woman (javo Poison to Her Father and Mother. At. Chicago a warrant charging Mrs Sladek with the murder of her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mette, lias been taken out. Mrs. Mette died several weeks ago and Frank Mette died on April 6. A chemical analysis has been shown that Mrs. Mette was* poisoned by arsenic, and it. is believed that her husband's death was caused in the same manner. There is no direct eyidence against Mrs. Sladek, but she has been under suspicion since the death of her mother. Three brothers of Mrs. Sladek are now critically ill and it is believed by the police that she endeavored to poison them. KKltVHI) IIIM ItlCHT. Whipped by White Caps for a Serious Offence. A hand of "White Caps a few nights ago in a remote section of Spottsvlllo county, Virginia, tarrod and feathered a young married man, who is accused of having betrayed his wife's young sister. The men of the neighborhood disguised themselves and captured the accused man at night while he was returning to his home from a neighbor's house. He was stripped to the skin and given a severe lashing with hickory whips and then tarred and feathered. The name of those involved have not been obtained. HltlUANl) IS CAPTURED llis House of Jlcfiigc is Blown to Pieces. The notorious brigand, Stanislaus Lisa, author of many crimes has 1 boon captured at Lublin, five miles from Warsaw, Poland. He was wounded after the house in which he ! had sought refuge had been blown 1 down by artillery fire. Lisa when he ! saw that the detachment of police i was advancing on him, barricaded > himself and opened fire on the police, i killing several of them. 1 Not all of the rascals came Soutt H after tin; war, though for a period i ' appeared so. The Pittsburg Post de clares that the system of graft nov y being uncovered in that state has oh tained for forty years. "' s AWFUL TRAGEDY. Young Man Who Was About to Marry Shot by AN OLD SWEETHEART. After Killing the Young Man the Young Woman, Who Had .lust Arrived in the City, Put the Weapon to Her 11<>< I y and Sent a Rail Through Her Own Heart, Which Killed Her Instantly. An awful tragedy was enacted in Oil City, Pa., on Wednesday night of last week, when T. K. Ross, thirtyfive years of age, a clerk in the postofflco, was shot and killed by Miss Isabel! St roup, US years old, a former sweat heart, who immediately shot herself through the heart. Iloth victims of the tragedy wore of prominent families. The shooting occurred in the ofllce of Dr. (Joorgo W. Magee, where Miss oiroup had called ltoss Ivxf # i.lni.l ? " * vv .v |mhmiu wiino no was dining at his homo. Dr. Magee know nothing of the tragedy until ho returned and the two bodies partly prevented the ofllco door being opened. Miss Stroup was employed in a hospital in Bradford, Pa., and arrived here at noon. She wont directly to the physician's ofllco from which place she called Boss. Three shots were llred at Koss. Two lodged In the forehead and one In the heart. Boss was to have married Wednesday night Miss Drusilla Sampsell of Oil City, Pa. There were no witnesses to the shooting. Boss was dining at home with his family, discussing the coming marriage ceremony, when the telephone rang. Ills father answered the call and a woman's voice made inquiry for 'Thud." Mr. Boss cnlled his son, and the young man, after answering, picked up his hat and informed the family he had to go to the doctor's office for a few minutes, hut would return as soon as he could. This was the last time his parents saw him alive. What took place in the office no one will ever know.. When Dr. Magee returned from lunch and opened the door ho found the dead bodies. In a chair in the corner of the office sat Boss, his head lying hack on ttie chair and blood streaming from a bullet wound in his neck, fils forehead was burned with powder, where a bullet entered his brain. Another hall had pierced his heart. Miss Stroup was lying a few feet away, face downward, where her body partly blocked the office door. Blood was flowing from a wound in her left side. Boss had seated himself In a large chair, and apparently while talking to the girl, had placed both hands in his trowsers' pockets. The girl wore long black kid gloves, but before doing the shooting bud nHmmd men her hands from the gloves and they hung loose from her wrists. It Is thought she walked over to the chair In which Ross was seated, and, shielding the 3 2-calibre revolver with her dress, fired the first shot at his heart. Wishing to make sure of her work the girl then fired two more shots. Standing over her victim she then shot herself. The revolver dropped from her hands and was found near her body. Miss Stroup was born in this country 28 years ago. Roth hAr parents are dead, and she Is survived by one sister and two brothers, who live at Coalhill. Ross was thirtyfive years old. He was employed in the postofhce at Oil City. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American war and later served in the Philippines. Before tho shooting those in the building heard no loud talking between the couple. FOUR MION MKT 1)10ATH In North Carolina by Being Swept Over Falls. Swept over the falls, four men were drowned in Cape Fear river at Buckhorn Falls, Chatham county, 30 miles from Raliegh, N. C. The dead: Hans Thorson, of St. Paul, Minn , general foreman of a construction company, erecting a power plant; E. R. Brady, of Moncure, assistant foreman, and two negro laborers. Tho bodies have not yet been recoveed. Thorson was to have been married at Raliegh Sunday and his finance. Miss Thelma Lindgron, was to have left St. Paul last week to join him in Raliegh. The men were In a scow trying with poles to force it from the river bank with tlie purpose of reaching a landing. The scow was caught in tho current and carried over the falls. SHE ATE A QUART. Young Woman of Ruyonnc Victim of a Strange Feast. Overindulgence in peanuts caused the death of Miss Rose MeCabe, 2 5 years-old, of No. h Linnet street, Bayonne, N. Y., Wednesday. Miss MeCabe had eaten nearly a quart of peanuts. A short time afterward she complalned of severe pains in her head. A physician was sent for but before 1 ids arrival the youug woman died. 1 Her death is the third in the family in eight months. Her mother died last August and her father in October. i "Good for everything a salve is used t for and especially recommended for Piles." That is what wo say about DeWltt'a Carhollzod Witch Hazel * Salve. That is what twenty years' ' of usage has proven. Sold by Conway Drug Co. m . j