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I SOUTH ATTACKED Republicans Trying to Revive the 11 Reconstruction Bitterness. , 6ETTING DESPERATE Itepublicans Afraid to Lot tho People V Know How Muoh Money They are t, Given by the Trusts for Corrupt " legislation and Hecomes Virions V r Towards thojfciouth. v A campaign contribution pul>1 ioity J1 bill, embodying an amendment by r Mr. Crumpacker of Indiana, provid:...? r.\p 'i rfifinp.tioH in the renrosonta 111B ? . ? . Hon In the house of the represent a- ' lives In those States having disfranch- J. isenient was passed by the house by , a vote of 1 r?0 to 125 following a live- f ly debate. The measure was brought 1 up under suspension of the rules and but 40 minutes were allowed in which | to discuss it. v The Southern members in particu- < lar were bitter in their denunciation of , the apportionment provision of tlio ^ bill. Mr. Williams, the minority lender, was especially vigorous in his < attack, characterizing the bill as belug an attempt to revive the condt- ( tlons of Reconstruction days. On i account of the Crumpaeker amend- | meat the Democrats voted against | the bill in its entirety. In brief, the provision regarding , publicity of campaign contributions , is applicable to the national committees of all present parties and tlie , national congressional committees of all political parties and all committees, associations or organizations , which shall in two or more States in- ( fluence the result or attempt to influence the result of an election at Vhlcli representatives in congress are to he elected. The Crunipaeker amendment provides for the re-enactment oNcertain sections of the old federal election law, except that tlie idea of the force bill authorizing the use of troops at the polls is eliminated. It also provides that the director of the census shall submit to congress a report on .population showing the number of male citizens, white and black, in eaCi. State and the number disfranchg ised for the purpose of enabling con1 Jl gress to ascertain the apportionment in representation to which o States may be entitled. iur. Crunipaeker explained his amendments by saying they were designed against fraud and intimidation in elections. He undertook to say, he declared that no member of the house would object to a law whose only purpose was to secure honest elections. In the opinion of Mr. Itucker l Mo.-, if.anything were wanting to demonstrate that the leaders and managers of the Republican party in the house were guilty of deceit and false pretense the hill supplied that want. Expressing the belief that Mr. Crunipaeker, in including his amendments to the publicity bill, did not represent the sentiment of the leaders on the part of the majority in attempting to revive the principles or kjh m,. i .n sal tor nrotestad lUi: iuiv.c win, . . 4. _ against tho measure. Mr. Gillespie warne>l the house that by passing tho bllf the condition of tho negro would bo made worse than at present. Following brief remarks by Messrs. Bennett and Bonynge in support of {4o bill, Mr. Williams made a vigq^*Js speech against it. "The great ,flPparty," he began, "has resolved itself into a vaudeville stock company." He charged the Republicans with not daring to face any j great public question in a fair and J straightforward way, by combining several proposition in one bill. "What are you trying to do." ho inquired. "Does the gentleman from turn the hands Indiana tiuiik m: . of the clock of time hack half a century? Does lie think he can produce the days of the carpet-bagger and Reconstruction in the South once more? Does he think the business interests of the North will stand for a recurrence of the saturnalia?" The reduction in representation amendment, he declared, had been added to defeat the publicity bill. "You have no idea of reducing the representation of California, Massachusetts or Connecticut. The people of the South, he said, are willing to take the issue. If it was desired to ignore amendment and the Republicans were willing to J9 restore to Mississippi the power to fin '( her suffrage along racial lines, the people of that State were ready for the gauntlet. "Throw it down whenever you please!" he .exclaimed. "As to the reduction of our representation f in congress," he said, "in God's name I take it and welcome to it; but bo honest when you do it." MV. Williams declared that if the publicity feature of the bill should be' siiBsci L-i:... NEGRO HANGED. IK PAYS l)KATH PKXALTY FOR | WIFK MUUDKH. ^ cry Few People Allowed to Witness tho K went Ion, Which Took I'liue in Jail Yard. Jim Mallov, colored, was hung at tennettsville ou Friday for the brual murder of his wife over one year go. The trap was sprung at 11.39, nd at 12.08 Drs. Oarmichuel and vinney pronounced him dead as a esult of strangulation. His hodv /as cut down and taken away and luried in the potters' field, his fami- ( y refusing to take charge of the reaains. The execution was orderly, nd only a few witnessed it. The gallows on which .uutlov was tanged was about 12 feet high. A 'up door had been fixed allowing a all of about 7 feet. The cutting of he rope allowed the trap door to all, and the body dropped through 1, to II ICl. Before t he execution the Revs. John doultrie, H. F. Harrington, F. \V. 'rince and It. C. Jackson he'd devotional exercises in the cell of the loomed man. Malloy said that he .vas ready to meet his God, and that, le was going to his death with maice towards none. At I 1.27 Sheriff J. B. Green enered the cell and read the death warrant to Jim. Accompanied by Deputies llinson Odoin and A. C. Green, lie then marched to the scaffold. His hands and legs were tied. The sheriff asked hint if he had anything to say before he was hung. lie said that he had made his peace with God [ind that he was going to death without fear. He said that lie deserved to die and asked tin? sheriff not to mind it. He asked Gods blessings on the sheriff, the deputies and till present. He asked Mr. 10. W. Evans, on whose place he committed the murder, to tell his mother-in-law that he had nothing against her, and sent his love to them till and asked that they meet him in Heaven. The black cap was then adjusted, and at 11.39 the trap was sprung, but the fall failed to break the murderer's neck, and it was I 2.OS when the doctor's announced that lie was rtonri i?si :i result of strangulation. Ilis body was cu( down and taken away to the potter's Hold and buried by the county. The sheriff, in accordance with the law, allowed only a very few to see the execution. More than 1,000 tipplied for admission cards. The murder was committed on the 24th of April, 1907. in the afternoon, and that night the sheriff had application for cards to the hanging. Malloy was about 20 years old, six feet in height, and appeared to be of the average intelligence. Before the execution he had allowed his! beard to grow out and his face was covered by it. lie met death bravely, avowing that he had been saved. * W'HKOK OK AN AlltSIIII*. The (ins Bag of Mammoth Dirigible Balloon Bursts. A mammoth airship, 200 feet long on its trial trip in Berkeley, rose 300 feet from the earth in view of 10,000 spectators, tilted, burst and dropped to the ground with its crew of 10 men, every one of whom was injured. With the possible exception of one. all will recover. Sevpn were severely hurt while nine were cut and bruised. As the gas bag burst and the ship fell towards the earth, I men, women and children screamed ^ 1 and ran in every direction, several women fainted and children wore knocked down. A cry of horror rose as several men leaped from the ship and hurled themselves to earth, where they landed with thuds that brought groans for the injured and created alarm among the onlookers.* FFAItFt'L FLOODS. Oklahoma and Texas Swept by .Most Terrific Storms. Oklahoma and Texas have been visited in the last few days with most terrific rain storms. A dispatch from Muskogee says there is not a railroad in operation as a result of the uoqvv rains and cloud bursts that have occured in that State. Many railroad bridges have been destroyed and the crops badly damaged Texas has suffered nearly as bad a* Oklahoma. Some parts of the State have been devastated by the rair storms. * come law ' it. will damn your Republican party and be worse for you thar the force bill which defeated Ilarri son." it was all false pretenses, h< declared, and lie said to the Ropubll cans, "Like children you are playing with fire In a powder magazine." H< Closed by asking the Republicans i they were fools enough to boliev< that the South would ever again sub mlt to the polices to Which she sub mitted when she was weak and help less. (IBE NOl i DIES OF RABIES. Heard Doctors Say "You Die in Seventy-Two Hours." SWIFTLY FULFILLED. !>ne Other .Man and a (iirl in Danger From tlx' Same Dog, and Are Now 1 llcing Treated in the Pasteur Institute. Took in Stray Cur. The prediction of death passed upon William 11. Marsh last Monday -by the physicians of the Pasteur Institute at New York was fulfilled two days after when ho died of hydrophobia. I'nconseious from the admlnlch'fiHnn ^ c - - 1 - -? 1 * in i>|>111111, ino wealthy Brooklyn liiatinfacturer escaped the last tortures of rabies Warned by Dr. W. I,. Wheeler two days ago that he did not have mor than three or four days to live, Mr. Marsh, who to all appearances then was in the host of health, turned to leave the Pasteur Institute and drive hack to his home at No. 7 1 Ocean aenne, Flatbush. "Before I so, doctor, tell tne just how long you give tne to live. I have things to arrange before I die," said Mr. Marsh without the slightest sign of excitement. "You must get all important business cleared tip within thirty-six hours," answered the doctor. "You may live twice that long, but youl will be suffering then. You will not be in a mental condition to attend to business." "Thank you, doctor." replied Mr. Marsh. Then he turned to his son and said: "We will go home now. boy." When Mr. Marsh entered his home, opposite Prospect Park, lie called his wife, three sons and two daughters and told them of the sentence of death that had been passed upon him. Then he gave his attention to business details and prepared to die, with the one request that his end be made peaceful by the use of drugs. Ramsey Marsh, the twenty-one-year -old son, and Miss Edna Thompson, bookkeeper for Mr. Marsh, are taking the Pasteur treatment ?*? an of. fort to ward off an attack of rabies. The young man does not recall being bitten, but Miss Thompson was attacked by the dog the day after Mr. Marsh contracted the disease, and I sustained a bad bite on her chin. Four years ago, when he opened up Ids factory, he found a little dog on the street. "I need a watchdog, and this little fellow is to be our mascot," he told his employes. This was the nameless dog?each employe had a different name for the animal- -that caused the death of Mr. Marsh. As near as the employes can recall, the dog entered the office about sixweeks ago, with a cut on its side. It whined around the feet of air. Marsh, who was busy with his daily mail. "Something wrong with you, old fellow?" asked Mr. Marsh, and he leaned over and patted him. On discovering the wound he dropped his work, washed the cut and tied it up with care. "There you are, old fellow; now run away," he said. The brute licked his masters hand, and Mr. Marsh commented on the action, saying that if ever a dog was trying to thank any one 11 was mis one. No one is sure, not even Mr Marsh, but it is supposed he had u sore from a hangnail on one of his lingers. By this means the dreaded virus entered his system, making the third known case of its kind in the history of rabies. Last Saturday morning Mr. Marsh had occasion to go to the basement of the factory to test one of the met ers. lie turned on a water faucet and the rushing of the water seemed to have a strange effect on him. lie commented on it. at the time, but carried out his work. An hour latei he told Mr. Bangerter that he fell sort? and wanted to stretch all tin , time. "I am not sure, but I would not . be a bit surprised if 1 am suffering from" Mr. Marsh did not con tinue the sentence, but the suddei . twitching of his throat seemed t( , work him into a nerous condition. , "I think I will go to see a doctor,' i. 1.1 .... .1 i,.L i.:?. iw.4 lie Mil ill i it 11 n, liming dim iiiii , for the office of Dr. IJ on ry M. Cullin " Jin, No. 3 Linden avenue, a few block 1 from the factory. Instead of goinj " to the office, Mr. Marsh made a num 3 her of calls on friends on his wa; " home, stopping at a road house leg ? than a block from his home. Saturday evening he spent at home f a number of his friends, includim 5 Mr. Bangerter, calling to discus " business matters, lie still complain " ed of pains and the nervous twitcli " ing about his throat. " Sunday morning he realized thn H W - CAN'T BE FOUND. >111. it. i.mk mu'Nsov or flohKNt'K, 8. C. lias .Apparently IMsappoarcd aiul llis Fi'IoikIk Kciir tliat Something Serious Has llefallcit Him. Mr. K. Loo Hrunson, one of the most popular and highly respected citizens of Florence, has apparently disappeared and no trace of him has been found since last Saturday night week ago, when he was seen at the union station in Columhiu. When he left homo he told his family that he intended going to Charleston to consult a specialist in regard to his eyes, but it seems that he went instead to Columbia. There is no cause known to his family or friends which would lead 1 him to remain away so long without! communicating with them. The ofiicials of the Hank of Florence. where lie has heen employed for several years as assistant cashier, assure his family and friends that there is absolutely no evidence of I any shortage ol funds or Irregularity in his accounts, though careful examination has been made. lie is the keeper of records and sea! of Harmony Lodge, No. k. K. of 1'., and a member of the Florence. Lodge, No. t ,020. H. I'. O. 10. Any information as to Mr Hriinson's whereabouts will be gratefully received by his distressed family and ms ntimorous monas in r lorence. w ho was seriously ill ana Dr. Cullinmi was called. Mr. Marsh still failed to confide his suspicions to his family or to tin* physician, and if was not until Monday morning that Dr. Cullinan had a chance to make a complete investigation, i neti it was that lie told his patient lie thought he was suffering from rallies. Calling a carriage, they made a hurried trip to the Pasteur Institute in Twenty-third street. it required hut a few seconds for Dr. Wheeler to make the test, and then came the fatal sentence that the ..>10111' cure would he of no help to ...r. Marsh. He was told that lie had waited too long. Dr. Wheeler informed patient that an effort was being made now by the Paris branch of the institution to find a cure for a man in his advanced stages. "No hopes of that man returning in time to help me?" lie asked. "None," the doctor replied. men came the drive to the pretty home in Prooklyn, where his wife and children were anxiously awaiting him. After telung his family that, the doctors had but little hone of his recovery, he asked his son, Ramsey, If he had coine in contact with the dog, and gave instructions to send word to the factory at once to warn all employes to hurry to the Pasteur Institute if they had come in contact with the animal. Mr. Marsh had many business details that he wanted to arrange and he was anxious about a patent noiseless gun that Mr. Rangerter had been working on for some time. "Father tried to cheer us up," said one of tho sons yesterday. "He had i hopes that he might live, but the i first stages of the disease had passed and when he realized this, he knew he could not live." It was not until Monday that Mr i Marsh had to give up and go to bed ; The convulsions had set. in, and ii was only with the greatest effort thai he could keep his mind on the vari . ous subjects he wanted to clear up l Tuesday saw a slight change for tin i worst, and then came the refusal o 1 all food. The family called in i ; corps of doctors who labored over th< * patient, but medical skill could d< nothing. i Tuesday morning, telegrams L telephone messages and letters l>ogai - arriving at the Marsh home by th? b score. People drove up In carriage: I and automobiles, all declaring the: ? had a sure cure if but given a chance Cranks, attracted by the first pub lished accounts of the story, declare* t calls and the messages that the faml i ly had the telephone and front doo bell disconnected. I About noon Tuesday the sufferinj ? of Mr. Marsh became so great tha - drugs were given to him, which ha< i the result of lessening his pain. Ai > effort was made to give him liqui< food, but the doctors decided tha was useless. 1 Shortly before f> o'clock Dr. Cul - linan discovered that the patient wa s sinking fast and that the pulse wa S growlng' weaker with every beat. II - notified Mrs. Marsh and the childrei v | that ino onci was nut a manor ot mo s ment. At 5 o'clock the end came. they could cure by prayer, by diggiu !, up the dog and other methods. IMiysi K clans seeking advertisements wire s to the family offering their cure; i- and from San Francisco came on i- message that, read: "God and ill miraculous powers will euro you." t So frequent became the telephon THE H HAD CLOSE CALL. 1 Mil. W. S. SHOWN WAS IHSCOVFIt- ^ F.l> J I*ST IN' TIMK. To Save llim From Ih'ilig AspliyxiM' cil at Wright's Hotel in Columbia oil Friday Morning. The Columbia Stnto says: Mr. XV. n S. Mrown of Lancaster was found in room 264, Wright's hotel, Friday morning about 7 o'clock in an unconscious conditiou, due to the inhalation of gas. It. is possible that he would have hoou asphyxiated within half un hour if the odor of the escaping gas had not been discovered. i' Many seemed to think tuat Mr. c Mrown had deliberately turned the s gas on in an attempt to end his life. . but Mr. Robert C. Wright gives it as his opinion that Mr. Mrown turned 1 the gas on and forgot to light it and ' that his near call for death was nc- l cidental. Mr. Mrown left the hotel ( about 10 o'clock, before he could be seen by a reporter for The State, j Mr. Mrown registered at Wright's 1 about I o'clock Thursday morning. ' ll?> asked what time tho train for Charlotte left. On holng Informed the time of departure of the 6 ' o'clock train for Charlotte he told the clerk. Mr. Cronenburg, that hel did not euro to get up that early audi left a call for 7 o'clock. He paid hlsl night's lodging in advance and was assigned to room No. 2(11. When the porter went up to call Mr. Ilrowii he received no response I from his'knock on tho door. The I transom was slightly open and the 1 fumes of escaping gas were detected. The matter was reported at the otllco I of the hotel immediately and a hurried investigation was made. No re-1 spouse came to repeated knocks on I the door and it was finally forced open. Mr. Brown was found lying across the bed in an unconscious condition and the gas jet was turned full on. Dr. Mcintosh was summoned and after working with Mr. Drown for quite a while restored him to con-l sciousness. It is said at the hotel 1 that Mr. Drown had little to say re-l1 garding the affair and at 10 o'clock walked out of the hotel. If Mr. Drown turned the gas on in 11 a deliberate attempt to commit suicide no reason for his act is known in Columbia. It is said that lie is an 1 insurance agent, but nothing could J1 be learned about his affairs. * I IIONDISII C/ltIM 10 FHLTSTIIATKl>. I Six Year Old Child Was Intended I' Victim. I; The Columbia State says an at-1 tempted criminal assault upon t ho I fi-ycar-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I Sandifer, who live at 1420 Ladyl street, resulted in an exe.itinc *?imu?l by the police after Antley Robinson, a negro boy, his subsequent capture and removal to the State penitentiary. The details of the affair show a remarkable tendency toward criminal life by the boy, who is only 12 years of ago. Robinson, whose mother worked in the house, attacked the little girl, whose mother was at1 tracted by the screams. The boy ran I as soon as he heard the mother coni; ing and although caught, wrenched I away from her grasp and started r out of the yard. lie was struck by a brick hurled by the mother of the . child and a long gash cut in his . head. The boy has made a confession L of ids guilt. * t Ml'It I >10 It 1011 .\ltltl0STI0l>. 5 Who Had Killed No Less Than Six r , Persons. The South Rend police authorities were informed Friday of the arrest of James Dretnmingstall, accused of l f tin m 11 tv 1 or nt ulv ,..~' v.>/i oin (ici iiunn, 1H"ill I7U" 3 wagiao, Mich. h Drcmmlngstall has already confessv ed to the murder of two persons, ac. cording to the police and they fur ther say that they will have no dlffi1 enlty fastening the other murders - upon Uim. The arrest was brought r about by DronimingstnU's wife, who voluntarily told the police that she ? feared that she was to bo murdered, t She said her husband had deter1 mined to kill her because he feared ? she would tell of his many crimes. * 1 t ATTH.Ml'TS SUICIDK ^ .\ Young Woman Inhales (ins in I'o lice Station Coll e n Jonnio Ulunt, a young woman who i- was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary l?y Judge Dike in Rrookg lyn, for sliooti 11 k Charles M. Sanford I- a lawyer, name very near cheating d the law. She was found unconscious i, in her cell in the Raymond street Jail e from inhaling illuminating gas. Her Is life was saved hy the prompt action of a physician. Miss Tihint. shot Sanie ford because he wronged her. [ORRY t % i rERRIBLE WRECK laused by an Express Train Crashing Into Another. SIXTY ARE KILLED efcotlvo Switch Throws Fust Mail Agnlnsl Local Train Carrying Pilgrims to the Shrino at Turubout, all of Wliotti Were Killed or Seriously Injured. One oC the most disastrous railond accidents in recent times ocured at Contlch, a station six miles outheast of Antwerp. Helghtm, on ho main line at 8 o'clock Friday tiornlng. The exact number of viciins had not been determined up to ate in the night owing to the di.'liinlty of removinir I lie iw?n?>o ./x.v? ?V.O a i will he deludes, hut (ho latest estimate daces the number at sixty killed and me hundred wounded. The catastrophe appears to have been due to a defective switch, where the main line crosses a local lino. At ihis point a train carrying a largo number of pilgrims on their way to the Shrine at Turnbout, was standing. Into tills the Antwerp-Hm'ssels express dashed at a speed of fifty miles an hour, literally leaping on top of it. The heavy coaches of the express crashed i.. nUit'i' train Into splinters. The sides of t lie express cars wore torn from their fastenings, the floors practically collapsing, thus precipitating 11n? passengers to the side uninjured, when they Hod frenzied ycross the field. 1111 / for this fact the death roll would bo niucu greater. Few of the occupants of the local train escaped alive. Those not killed wore badly injured, many of them mortally. 'I he rescuers, eve.n the doctors, were sickened at tin? sight that met their gazes. Evidences wore found of horrible death struggles that occured In me coaches. At one place a dismembered hand was found clutching one of t ho supports of the torn car. One body was lying across the boiler of the locomotive crushed into a shapeless mass. The majority at' the dead could not lie recognized, cither being decapitated or thoii heads being terribly crushed. The signal man at Conttch saw thai his! uivlli'li ?'?" ??.? ??-s - - " tin inn WUllVlUg jusr iis (ho Antwerp express ennio thantiering down the line. II? leaped from the window of his signal station and heroically ran down the track toward the oncoming train, waving a red tlag. His effort was too lato to avert a disaster. The cngineori and flrnman of the express were killed at their post. The judical authorities of Antwerp soon arrived on the scene and opened an investigation into the disaster. They ordered the signal man in charge of tlie switches under arrest, although it is believed by the authoritives that they were blameless. Prince Albert went to Contlch this afternoon and visited the wounded, having cancelled an engagement to preside at a banquet at Antwerp. With regard to the cause of the collision, a railroad ofllcal stated that the switches were being repaired, and that tne workmen who had been placed at the temporary hand switch appeared to have made a mistake or the switch failed to act. The engineer, it was stated, saw the danger and applied the brakes, but it was too late to avert the disaster.* FOOTPADS IN CX)LUMIIIA. On? Man nn.l A ....a ?...? ' 'II*/ (tuu illllfilll r Held Up on Street. A dispatch from Columbia to Tho News and Courier says W. O. Sligh, an electrician, was held up and robbed on Lumber street, on Saturday night, one robber having a pistol and wearing automobile goggles, whilo the other, a negro, went through hi* pockets. As soon as possible Sligh notified a policeman on the beat and tho robbers were seen and chased, returning the officer's fire, but eventually escaping up the Seaboard tracks. Tuesday night Arthur M. Rogers, a lineman, was found by a street car conductor Insensible in an alley ofT of Bull street, between Richland and Lumber, and a man was bonding over him when Conductor Drake Hrst saw the body of Rogers. Drake called for the police and two ofllcers responded, but the robbers escaped. There was probably more than one. Rogers recovered consciousness, but could not tell what happedon to him. The two affairs happened only four ; blocks from each other, but on different sides of Main street in tho northern section of the city. I ________________ The wlso man profits by his niistakes; the fool forgets them. IERALD.