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HITS THEM HARD Senator Tillman Says Both Bonaparte and Meyer Are TEDDY'S BOOTLICKS. liittcrly Accuses Thorn of Being in a Conspiracy With tin* Pnvsidcut to 1111 i 11 deputation?Ho ( barges tho Attornoy-Cenoral and Postmaster (ionoral With LyiiiK. Washington, .Ian. 11.?With tho avowed intention of "placing both Attorney (ionoral Bonaparte and I'ost11 aster Clonoral Mover in the Ananias Cluh," Senator Tillman today addressed the senate. He alternated between acrid denunciation of these two members of tho president's cabinet and ridicule, which he hurled :it t bom Mr. Tillman said it was not pleasant fur liitn to intrude his personality upon the attention of the senate. "1 have enough notoriety .already," declared Mr. Tillman, "and I am not anxious to advertise myself, but th? senate knows the provocation I am under, and 1 trust will bear with me." Speaking of the differences of recollection between himself and Attorney (Jeneral Bonaparte, he declared : "1 am ready to have my word put against his in any court in Christendom and to let my record in t past for thrtithfullness, honesty and integrity stand against his.' He asserted that he was not oniy dealing with President Roosevelt, "but with all the cabinet officers who are in league, because according to the newspapers they are discussing me at cabinet meetings and are determined to accomplish my ruin if possible." "When 1 deal with as unscrupulous men as 1 do now, 1 am prepared for anything, even the assassin's knife. My mail is being held III). I am Kntisfinrt <?f t ti 'i t i "'Hi not say my room has boon broken into because there are keys that can open everything in this capita'.. They may not have stolen my papers, hut they are gone." Mr. Tillman then narrated a conversation he had over the telephone yesterday with Attorney General Itonaparte, in which he asked whether a suit had been brought against the Southern Oregon Company, the holder of the military road grant. "He did not know," said Mr. Tillman. "There had been some correspondence and a discussion back and forth as to the method that should he pursued by the special counsel,' he said. "I pressed him for an immediate answer, yes or no. He said response to the order of congress to bring suit. Mr. Tillman referred to the mohe would make inquiry of the clerk charged with that business and let me know. In the course of a few minr.w-s he returned to the 'phone and said he would write mo a letter." Alter having the letter of the Attorney General read, ho declared that i np to this time, and after nine months nothing had been done :n tivo of the Attorney General. "We all know how slow the processes of the law are, especially against millionaires. We all know the process of being 'ready to do it,' of being 'anxious to do it.'" ti" referred to Post master General Meyer and his statement that the president had been in possession of the facts in this case only since December 18th and characterized that as falsehood Number 1." Mr. Tillman announced ho had received another circular sent out by Dorr, in which the following statement was made: "Some day I shall have justice and reparation, and when that day comes, now not far distant, there will oe a noise that will be heard around the world." That statement. by Dorr, Mr. Tillman insisted, was con elusive proof that Dorr had received assurance from the president that he would "drag Tillman down as a liar and scouudrol." lie wanted to know what degree of falsehood was to be charged to the two cabinet officers "or heal clerks or bootlicks or whatever the president has around him." M". # Tillman laid stress upon the fact that he had not attempted to obtain any government land, but only to purchase land that had boon given a corporation with the stipulation that that corporation should sell it to t lie public at $2.f>0 per acre. He Insisted that he was entitled to a full investigation of these charges and to a report, as he did not wish to rest under the imputations that had been cast upon him. If no report should be made lie sail the impression would go abroad that the senate had whitewashed him and that ho was guilty of some wrongdoing which he did not wish to rest under. All men were born free of incum- ' branccs and equal to any amount of foolishness. TILLMAN CHARGES !| that postal aithokitiks I op ions his i.kttkhh. Tillman tin* Only Senator WIiimm1 Typewriter Was 11?-1?I I'p by tinPostal A utlioritioN. Washington, Jan 14.?In addition to what has already been published relative ts tin- matter of the Oregon land frauds, Senator Tillman said vest erday: "Bonaparte confesses it was he who took the inPiative in this mat but his attempt to reply satisfactorily. as to why prosecution of 'he suit in question was not had >iill remains vague. I cannot unlerstaiul why the attorney general's memory served hi in so well in recalling what 1 said to him personally, ind so poorly when it comes to the real meaning of the senate resolution that was placed before him in tin* shape of an official document, re quiring official action." Senator Tillman is indignant at tlio manner in which he claims his mail h;is been handled at the Washington postolllce. Ho received a telegram to lay from N< w York signed hv W. Williams. Figures indicate that it was sent at 10 o'clock last night and received here tit 1 2: 21? h'olock this morning. The telegram roads tis follows: "Watch for special delivery letter. vr?ry important inquiry, requires answer." At noon today the letter had not been delivered. The senator announced that he will call the attention of the senate today to the manner in which lie charges that his mail is held up tu the postoflioe, and asserts that it is being tampered with. He says that several letters which he franked recently have been returnd to him opened from the dead letter ofllre. Information received at the postoflice department today shows that Senator Tillman is the only senator who has had a franked typewriter held up for jKistage There are, however, at least five typewriters iw.m.l.rl.wr ... " ..... iu I >111 I'M'IH illl vos WHICH are now held at the postofllce for postage. Some of them have been held for months, according to Postmaster Parties, of the Washington postollice. The names of the representatives whose machines are thus I hold will not lie made public hv the department. Tl I.I.M AN MTMK KOOKKVKLT. W ill Show lip Sunday lniijiiit ies of tlu? Plasterer. Washington. .Ian. 111.?Immediately following Senator Tillman's vigorous attack upon President Roosevelt in the senate yesterday, the senator inaugurated a campaign of "purification" in regard to the White I louse. Since the president's attack the senator has received much correspondence expressing sympathy and volunteering much information, which will serve materially in the foundation which the senator has laid in his campaign, as he announced in his speech yesterday, that he was determined to "show up" the president in what he t,.rnwwi ' his "two-lights." Ho has already gathered a sutr.cioney of data, it is understood, to start with, and sonic interesting developments may lie looked for as regards the political relationship of these two strenuous politicians. It. is understood that the postollice and its methods is one of the targets at which the senator is to aim his pitchfork. IIOIIV HUM) l.\ LOFT. .Mysterious Murder Mystery in The State of I iniinna. .Marion, lnd., Jan. 10?A mysterious murder was uncovered to lay wh"M !!;<* charrt \! bad;. of Mrs. K>ss ! Kicks, 2"? years old, wife of a timber buyer was discovered in the hayloft of a barn in the roar < f Thomas Wilson's. Indications are that the woman was killed and the barn fired. The husband of the woman who separated front her a week ago, and and Levi Sutton, who is charged by Kicks with alioniating his wife's affections have been arrested. A cab driver says he drove .Mrs. Kicks and a strange man to th-j barn at 1 1 q'clock Saturday night. Smith Scores Teddy. Columbia, Jan. 11.?In an address before the Y. M. C. A. yesterday afternoon Senator-elect K. I). Smith criticised President Roosevelt's actions in the Tillman "land grab" sensation. Mr. Smith referred especially to the placing of sleuths upon the track of the South Carolina senator. Three Were Killed. New York, Jan. 11.?Throe persons lost tlndr lives and Jive wore injured in a Ore that swept a fiveI story apartment house at No. OGti > Ninth avonno, from basement to roof. M ISSUER CHARGL M tde Against the Alleged Slayers of Arthur Davis. THEY ARE ARRESTED Ami Are Now in Jail?Three of Ili?? Si\ Prisoners Are White Men. All of the Accused. Deny Coinplieity in the Outrage, Which Wax Most llrutul. Florence. Jan. 14.?As a result f the inquest at Hytnansville Tuesday to inquire into the killing if Arthur Davis of last Friday night, -ix tnen are now in <~o VII' ? \ / I I 4 4 I > Jtlll, hreo white men and three negroes. Phe whites are: I.. S. Dighani, A Ii. Fuller and Dan liines, while 'he negroes are: Jim Burch, Robinson /Singletary and John White The authorities are sure that they now have the right men. The men when questioned all denied any knowledge whatever of tin iffair. The outrage has been the principal topic of conversation in the city for days. On Tuesday morning Solicitor Well, accompanied by Sheriff T. S. March. Deputy Sheriff H. 0. Ilarrel ?nd Chief of Police .1. J. Koopman, went down to Hymanville to attend 'ho inquest. The proceedings took lp almost the entire day, and it was \t. a late hour last night that they returned wi'li their prisoners. Refect order was preserved by the officers during the inquest, and there was no attempt at any disorder. After the crowd had assembled at the place of inquest orders were issuer! that no one lie allowed to leave tiie premises, and tills order was obeyed to the letter. Sheriff Dutch forwarded his official report to Governor Ansel. Sheriff Durch and his assistants, by their prompt action, in all probaKil if t- ! - >- ? in tut- DiKi a movement which would have grown to serious proport ions. Night lliders Posted. What caused probably more excitement in tho neighborhood were "night rider" posters tacked up on trees and buildings all through the neighborhood. These posters were tacked tip on Monday night. One of the members of the coroner's jury found one of them tacked on the front door of his house on Tuesday and another found several stuffed in his mail box. The posters are written on plain note paper, and are decorated at the top with what purports to be a rising sun. with the word "Notice" in the centre of the sun. While, of course, they were only intended as a bluff, which a thorough investigation disclosed, they caused quite a great deal of alarm in tlie community. Several of them were brought, to the city and were shown on tiie streets today. A copy of one follows: "Notice. "We night riders, the one Arthur Davis, colored, was killed on last Thursday night by a band of a2 men. which lias sworn to protec* their country, and we here further say that if there is any white brought up in that tiling, we will make ea"h end every juror, magistrate and witness suffer the same as Arthur Davis did, for rape on a white lady." in addition to tho officers, your ont'i'PSDotiil""' in'ti'' intr - , ? V ?uviu; IIIH I \ luwni I I gentleman from Ilvmanvillo, who is well acquainted with all tlie facts of the case, and lie corroborated in every detail facts as set out above. He further stated that there was absolutely no ground for the statement that the negro had been lynched for rape. This crime is one of the most brutal in the history of the State. It will be recalled by the readers of Monday's State that the negro was taken from his home tit night and after being stripped was severely beaten with buggy whips and sticks studded with long sharpe thorns. So far the accused men have mad? no move to get counsel, but it is expected that they will employ counsel in a few days and make an eflort to regain their liberty. KOI MY KIIJiKI). Divine Service Kmlcd Totally in Swit zct-lnnd. Home, Switzerland, Jan. 10.?Tuning divine service today, an ancient church near Sion suddenly collapsed, burying the worshippers In the ruins. Practically all tho members of the congregation were kiiied or injured. A wild panic followed, those who escaped rushing through the fields shouting that an earthquake had overtaken the village. Other villagers joined In the outcry and were with difficulty calmed. After n hour's exertions the fire company of the place extricated forty corpses, hut it is believed ilia' there tire still a number under the timbers. Sixty persons were badlv injured. WAS COUNTED OUT. SAYS DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR (iOVKHNOH OF ILL. H?? Alleges, in Petition for Recount, That He wus Cheated Out of ooo Votes. Springfield, 111., Jan. 13.?The] legislative deadlock was broken today when the senate concluded to sit with the house for a canvas of election returns. Inaccuracies in all but nine of the 102 counties in Illinois, in counting the vote for governor at the November election, are charged in the p ? 'ition for a recount made to the general assembly by Adiai E. Stevenson. Democratic candidate for governor. An approximate total of 50,000 votes more than are shown by th1 election returns is claimed by Mr Stevenson in his petition to the general assembly today. In the ill counties cited l?v the petition as showing irregularities, 65 are alleged to have made wrong returns by the alleged simple means of counting for Denoen votes wliicn were cast for Stevenson. In 2X others, it is charged, in adlition, either that persons not naturalized or persons not residents of the county, or both, voted for CIovernor Charles S. Denoen, and in each of 2S counties miscounting of votes pronerlv cast also t* The county which appears from the petition to have countenance.1 the greatest amount of illegality cf all sorts is Cook (Chicago), although extensive frauds also are charged in other counties. SI) NATO It TILLMAN'S SI'KKC'll. He Was Applauded as lie Kntored the Senate. Washington, Jan. 12.?There was such pressure for seats on the part of the senator's families in anticipation of Senator Tillman's speech, that the private senatorial gallery was opened at 10 o'clock and tiecrowd poured in. The public galleries were opened an hour earlier The throng was dense and the rush so strong that women screamed an 1 many of them had their wraps torn. Probably not one-fifth of the crow.', in the corridors found seats in the galleries. The appearance of Senator Tillman in the Senate chamber a few minutes before 12 gave the galleries an opportunity for a demonstration of hand-clapping. The reading of the journal was dispensed with when Tillman began his speech. The galleries indulged in no outbreak, although there were occasional sup1WOOO../1 1 ....... I. A -Aft r.. . . i/ir.-fliu kiiikiiht, until Tinman declared that tin* president had placet him in the Ananias club. Peals of laughter were called forth when Tillman declared he had not known that the "executives hide" had been so greatly stung by darts he had sent at him at various times in the senate. When he suggested that doubtless the president "llelieved that the pitchfork had gone out of business," another outburst of laughter followed from the galleries. Tillman kept closely to his manuscript as he preceded except when ho referred to I landman as "The president's dear friend" who held 2.neo.ouo acres of land In question, he looked over his eye glasses and glaneing around the chamber added: "Possibly relations are not so intimate now, but I speak of what relation used to be." W.W i lli) TO 11 HA It TI1.LMAX Diplomats of All Countries Ask for Senate Cards. Washington, Jan. 12.?The unwritten diplomatic rule, which prevented the representatives of foreign powers from attending a congressional session, when an attack on the president was heralded was shattered yesterday on the occasion of Senator Tillman's speech. The State department has heen Hooded with requests for cards never before demanded. Interest in the present situation is apparently so intens1 in the diplomatic coterie that no regard is retained for the old rule. Fought Pistol Duel. Yazoo City, Miss., Jan. 10.?Tn a pistol fight early today at Silver City, noar here, I), 1L Sproles, a' prominent planter, was perhaps fatally shot and Jess l)n\is, a negro, was instantly killed. The negro and Sproles had some words regarding the burning of a house. Later Davis opened fire on the white man, four shots taking effect. Sproles, in turn, shot Davis dead. Shot Wife and Keif. Alliance, O., Jan. ir>.?Albert Lazinwood, HO years old, a farmer living near Bergesolz, shot and killed his wife, r?r> years old, and then killed himself on the road near Annapolis last night. Jealousy is supposed to have been the cause. * FICiHTI.Mi LAliOlt I'MON'S. , As a Consequence Tlionsamls ?>f Men <io on a Strike. New York, Jan. 10.?Seventy-five hat factories, employing from 20.000 to 25,000 persons, will he affected by the decision of the Associated Hat Manufacturers, promulgated yesterday to discontinue the use of the union label in all the factories represented in the association. The issuance of the order was followed by strikes in the hat factories at Orange, X. J., where 4,000 men went out, and in Brooklyn, where 500 men employed by Samuel Mundheim & Co., went on strike. Following the receipt of the order discontinuing the use of *he label the National Board of the I niteu Hatters of America, having about 25.000 members, yesterday ordered all those employees in the factories owned or controlled by the members of t ho associated hat manufacturers to go on strike. President Moflitt of the I nitod Hatters, said that the action of the manufacturers in discontinuing the use of the union label meant a fmht to end the existence of the union. He said that the union was ready. * TltlKS TO IIKI.P TKIHtY. The Postmaster (iem-ral Whitewash-j es His Political Hons. Washington. Jan. 12.?That the Dorr case, in which Senator Tillman was involved was brought to the president's attention for the tirst time on December IS, tOiis, was asserted last night by Postmaster (Jeneral Meyer, in a statement made in response to an inquiry. 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