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COOPER TRIAL
Says a Prominent Witness Swore
to a uo
WHILE ON THE STAND
. '>
Giving His Testimony in Behalf of
the / Coopers-?Counsel on Both
Sides Hard at Work Preparing for
Argument, Which Began Yester
day and Will End on Thursday .
Nashville, Tenn., March 7.?It Is
not Improbable that jjeforo the arguments
begin tomorrow in the
Cooper-Sharp trial for the murder
of Former Senator E. W. Carmack,
another arrest for perjury will be
made on the authority of Attorney
General McCarn. This time the accused
will be a man of prominence,
whoso testimony was flatly contradicted
by a half dozen people of unimpeachable
character.
The State's attorneys spent the
entire day reading tile "jtrauscript
of the testimony and preparing their
notes for the arguments. They also
divided the testimtfffy in three sections,
so that there will be no 'time
wasted by duplicating their arguments.
The attorneys for the defense
were equally busy, and it was
late tonight when they left Judge
Anderson's ofllce for a flnal consultation
at the jail with the defendants.
The two points in the case which
will be tho subject of fiercest attack
and defense will be t\ie question of
who fired the first shot and the
question of what the Coopers were
doing on Seventh avenue, the street
which Senator Carmack had to traverse,
about the time he was wont
to go to his apartments. "
Mrs. Charles Eastman, who is the
only witness to the shooting aside
from the principals affected, and over
whose shoulder practically the shots
were fired, has sworn positively that
Senator Carmack began to fall from
the bullet wounds which killed him
before he had his revolver fairly
drawn. On the other hand, Col.
Cooper "ud Robin swear that Carmack
h. \ first and was preparing
to fire again when Robin began to
work the deadly automatic pistol.
The defense built up a strong excuse
for the presence of the Coopers on
Seventh avenue on the afternoon of
November 9. It proved by Judge
J. C. Bradford, Adjt. Gen. Bully
t Brown, Gov. Malcom R. Patterson
** the Coopers that as the
Coopers left the Bradford oiflce a
few minutes before the tragedy and
after the memorable consultation, at
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WI11UU VjUI, V/V>U|K'I llgl ecu 1-1/ UIU)I
the quarrel or leavp Its settlement
to mutual friends, Gov. Patterson
called Gen. Brown on the telephone.
Brown says the governor asked him
for Col. Cooper; that he went out
and.called the colonel back from the
street and that the colonel came
back and talked to the governor
over the telephone. The governor
says he asked Col. Cooper to come
to the mansion In 25 minutes. The
defense says It was while the Coopers
were going there that the meeting
occurred.
But Mrs. Blake, a stenographer,
and Charles Hayden, a prominent
business man, swear that when Col.
Cooper left the office after the conference
he was not called hack by
any one. Both sat In the outside
office, which was the only means of
Ingress or egTess from or to the
Bradford private office in which the
conference was he#d. And further,
Miss Daisy Lee, Judge Bradford's
private secretary, ^wears that no1
only was the coloneFhot called hack
to the telephone by Gen. Brown or
any one else, but there was no incoming
telephone call during that
conference or after it until she heard
Col. Cooper's voice say: "Is that
you, Jim? Well, Robin has killed
Carmack."
It was her duty to answer the
telephone and she swears no call
could come in without her knowing
it. She did, however, hear Col.
Cooper at Judge Brawford's suggestion
call up the governor, but did
not hear what wjjp said.
Under the laws of Tennessee a
threat conveyed to a person Justifies
the latter in killing the maker of
the threat, provided only that the
latter commits some overt act when
the parties meet. In this connection
it may be interesting to quote Judge
n Hart's comment in ruling on the admisBability
of testimony tending to
show that Col. Cooper after the conference
had agreed to let the quarrel
rest settled by mutual friends.
- * Th6 rna&trsira:
"There is no denial that Col.
Cooper made threats. There is no
denial that these threats were communicated
to Senator Carmack.
There is no doubt that Col. Cooper
committed an overt act when he turn4'
SUBS
/
FUNDS FOR RELIEF
OF ^EARTHQUAKE"" 8UFFKRKIIS
TIED UP IX ROME.
.
In the Meantime the People for
Whose Benefit It Was Contributed
Are Starving.
Rome, Maroh 6.?The utter Ineptitude
and incompetency of the Italian
authorities in administering relief
to the earthquake sufferers is
causing widespread comment. The
whole world within a few flays after
the disaster contributed an Immense
sum for the immediate alleviation of
the survivors. The bulk of these
contributions were sent to the central
fund in Rome and there it is
staying in the hands of a special
commission of prominent men appointed
by the king to undertake
the work of administration.
It is now two months since the
earthquake and thousands of sufferers
are still unfed, unclothed and
without shelter. The central commission
has expended barely ten per
cent of the fund at its disposal and
this appalling situation is the result.
It "should be explained that there
is not the slightest suspicion of dishonesty
In connection with their
work; indeed, it is the absurd, almost
Incredible red tape with which
they have beeu striving to make dishonesty
impossible that has completely
crippled their whole under
taking. They have appeared to regard
themselves as possible objects
of suspicion and have shown an excess
of caution which would be ludicrous
if it were not so tragic.
Foreigners who administered their
own relief have been tlie real saviors
of the situation, for scores of thousands
of large American and English
funds have been used in this way
and every dollar so expended has
been worth a hundred in the custody
of the central committee so far as
actual relief goes.
An American writes: "The situation
of the villages in the earthquake
zone of Sicily is very bad; in
the village of Calabria it is appalling.
Even now some places are receiving
hardly any assistance and
the condition of the inhabitants is
terrible. What would have been the
fate of the villages in Sicily without
the aid being rendered by English
and Americans it is hard to tell.
"The Italian authorities are now
assisting them and the district between
Messina and Taormina, comprising
50 communes, has been divided
into seven military zones.
Even now, however, one is continually
hearing of places which have
been forgotten by the authorities. A
village called Sciplio, near Roccaluniera,
for instance, was neglected
until ten days ago, while none of the
Italian authorities had been near
Camarla, 4 0 minutes walk from Messina.
r
"Hut if the conditions are hac0^ i
Sicily, they are far worse in Calabria,
where in many places the people are
/ still naked and starving, where women
are sleeping with no covering
i hut coats and children are dying for
i want of nourishment. "If there is no
; dishonesty there is a dreadful amount
of mismanagement." *
, krh wingewofslesml cmfwy mfwyypj:
LAWYER FINED BY JUDGE.
Said lfe Was No More Fit to Trj
Cases than a Pig.
, "You are no more fit to try a case
on that bench than a pig," was the
! remark made to Municipal Judg*
. Blake of Chicago, 111., this week h>
. Charles Stuart Beattie, an attorney
. It caused a sensation in the crowded
Harrison street court room. Mr
Beattie was arrested before he could
leave, and was fliu^d $200 and costs
. He was unable to pay the fine and
was taken down stairs and locked
up. *
\
Seven Days in Trance.
Boston, March 5.?Clara Lamarche,
14 years old, daughter of
Mrs. Onesime Lamarche, of Ware,
Mass. has recovered consciousness
I after bsing in a state of coma for
seven days. During that time she
, neither tasted food nor drink.
ed around on seventh avenue and
' sought out the senator. Now had
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i uciiaiui v/tii iiiuck. Kiuea uoi. uooper
It would have been clearly and beyond
doubt a case of justifiable hom|
Iclde. But Carcack did not kill
: Cooper. Instead he was killed.
Hence It becomes proper to show that
Col. Cooper had abandoned his
threat to kill Carmack. Tf Cooper
had been killed and Carmack were
on trial it would not be proper to
show this because Carmack had not
known of the change of mind on the
part of Col. Cooper."
CRIBE Nt
TIDE TURNS SOUTH
SAYS A PROMINENT COLORADO
FARMER.
Who Suys the West Has Had Its
Day, In a Letter to Commissioner
Watson.
Columbia, S. C., March 4.?"The
tide has turned to the South, the
West has had its day," is the text
of a letter received by Commissioner
Watson from a prominent farmer,
near Deuver, Colo. After months
of painstaking labor in advertising
this State and section the returns
are beginning to come in. The
letter states that a party of Western
farmers will visit South Carolina
in Aprial and wish to look over
some unimproved land with the idea
of buying it and cultivating it with
the Innirnvfwl Wnatorn mottimlu
Commissioner Watson was particularly
gratified with the letter. It Is
one of a largo uiiinb.r he has received
lately along the same lines
which proves that the advertising of
the State's resources in the West
has brought results. m.8 stated in
his last reports this work has now
reached a stage when the immigration
work will no longer be necessary
and from indications many settlers
from the West and Northwest
will be secured within the next few
months.
As a result of the work of Prof.
Ira B. Williams and Commissioner
Watson in field work and demonstration
farm methods last year,
every county in the State Is taking
an active interest in the plans.
There are now in this State 2 6 field
agents working under l'rof. Williams
and since the first of the year arrangements
have been made in the
counties of York, Lancaster. Lee.
Sumter, Darlington, Clarendon and
later Florence, for the work, this
in addition to the counties already
operated. Hefore the end of the
year Commissioner Watson hopes to
have the work going ahead in every
county in the State with the exception
of about seven, that are not
actively interested in agriculture.
Efforts.will be made for a creditable
exhibit from this State at
the Corn and Cotton Exposition to
be held in Chicago during the fall.
Commissioner Watson lias received
authority from the general assembly
to use such parts of the celebrated
South Carolina display as he may
wish and he will take up with the
manufacturers of South Carolina the
need for a display of the products of
corn and cotton with a view to securing
sufheient contributions to
take the exhibit to Chicago and
maintain it there for a short time.
The expense would be very light and
it is believed that the exhibit would
be a paying investment for the entire
State. There are no funds
in the hands of the commission
or for the work and therefore
he will ask the people most in.
terested to contribute. *
OETS A GOOD JOB.
O. B. Martin Will Bo Associated
With l>r. Knapp.
Columbia. March 5.?The friends
of Mr. O. B. Martin, former Statu
superintendent of education, will
be pleased to learn that he has been
appointed supervisor of the boy's de
partment of the farm demonstration
- work for the South. He will be asJ
sociated with Dr. Seaman A. Knapp,
f the noted educator connected with
the department of agriculture. He
1 will begin work in South Carolina,
but will leave next week to spend
a week each in a number of the
Southern States. His work will con|
sist In organizing agricultural work
among the boys and corn and cotton
clubs will be formed throughout the
South to promote agriculture. Mr.
Martin's well known ability along
these lines will make him a particu
larly valuable man in that work.
i LITTLE GIRL BURNS TO I>EATH.
Cornelia Stack Loses Hor Life While
Mother is Out.
Columbia, March 5.?Little threeyear-old
Cornelia Stack was burned
to death at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Stack, on Taylor street,
last night in most distressing circumstances.
While Mrs. Stack went out to
hunt up Mr. Stack to inform him of
the death of his brother, Newton
Stack, the nurse left the child to
get dome wood, find Its clothing
caught fire from an open fireplace.
She died In great agony at the
Columbia hospital at an early hour
* this morning.
)W TO
THE SENATE MET
In Extra Session to Ratify Taft's
Appointments and
CONFIRMS CABINET
There Was No Sixadal Opposition
Made to the Confirmation of Any
Member of the Cabinet Hut Senators
Tillman and Hailey Kxpressed
Opinions About Meyer and Hailey.
Washington, March 5.?No special
opposition was made to the confirmation
of any member of tho cabinet
when the president sent that body
his list of nominations today. The
nominations followed the formal noat
at AI -
micuiiou oi me president by a senate
committee that tlio senate was
organized.
Although there was 110 specific opposition
to the cabinet members,
some rather sharp comments were I
made by Mr. Tillman concerning the I
nomination of Mr. Meyer to the secretary
of tho navy and by Mr. Bailey
concerning Mr. Nag 1 to bo secretary
of commerce and labor. In his remarks
Mr. Tillman called attention
to the investigation of him by the
postofflce department during Mr.
Meyer's incumbency of the olllce of
postmaster general. The South Carolina
senator said that Mr. Meyer
"accused me of being a liar when I
was not," and "I accused Meyer of
being a liar when he was."
However, Mr. Tillman did not object
to confirmation. The comments j
by Mr. Bailey upon tho qualifications
of Mr. Nagel had reference to the latter's
service as counsel to the Waters-Pierce
Oil Company. Mr. Ballov
I said ho understood that Mr. Nagel
had been an attorney for the Standard
Oil Company. Mr. Borah replied
that he had investigated this charge ;
and found that its only basis was
the fact that Mr. Nagel for the Waters-Pierce
Oil Company had once .
passed upon the validity of an opinion
of a court.
Upon receipt of the list of nominations
the senate went into executive
session. The following nominations
were confirmed:
Philander C. Knox of PennsylvaI
nia, to be secretary of Stato.
Franklin MacVeagh of Illinois, to
be secretary of the treasury.
Jacob M. Dickinson of Tennessee,
to be secretary of war.
Geo. W. Wickersham of New York,
to be attorney general.
Frank II. Hitchcock of Massachusetts,
to be postmaster general.
George V. D. Meyer of Massachusetts,
to be secretary of the navy.
Richard A. Ballinger of Washington,
to be secretary of the interior.
James Wilson of Iowa, to be secretary
of agriculture.
Charles Nagel of Missouri, to be
I secretary of commerce and labor.
Huntington Wilson of Illinois, to
be assistant secretary tif State.
Deekman Winthrop of New York,
to be assistant secretary of the navy.
Knox's Status.
The senate was at once confronted
by a question as to Mr. Knox's standing.
Senator Penrose had stated at
the earlier session that his colleague
' had sent his resignation as senator
to the governor of Pennsylvania, but
some senators had made a mental
note of the fact that there was no
other evidence that Mr. Knox was
not still a member of the senate.
I As soon as the doors were closed
the president's nominations were
I laid before the sonnt? and
w Munatui
Tillman called attention to the fact
relating to Senator Knox. He stated,
however, that he had no objection
to Mr. Knox's confirmation and
as no opposition was voiced from
any other direction, he was immediately
confirmed. The senate then
took recess of 15 minutes to permit
the various committees to which the
other cabinet nominations were referred
to consider and report upon
them. The exception was made in
Senator Knox's case out of courtesy j
to him as a member of the body.
TAKES HIS FIFTH WIFE.
Father of Thirty-three Children and
Is Four Score.
Plnefleld, Pa., March 6.?Peter
Burkett, the grand old man of Penfield,
Pa., 81 years of age and the
father of 33 children, was married
thlQ n/OCll. fA Tnn? ^ 1 *
?...w f? vwn, w a auc VvUCII I clII? HRPQ t) ( ,
of Sandy, Pa. Father Burkett Is
a Civil war veteran, and the father
of 33 children, 22 of whom are alive
and well. His health is excellent
for a man of his years, and he has
from appearance a fair chance to
become a centenarian. *
THE H(
MURDER MYSTERY
FINDING OF A WKLL DREHSKI)
MAN'S IIODY
Near Alexandria, Ya., Which Is
Near WaMhington, Baffles tlie Po?
lice of Both Places.
Washington, March 7.?Tho body
of a well dressed man, partially covered
with snow and with a ragged
wound in tho nock was today found
near Alexandria, Va., a short distance
from Washington. In tho pockets of
the clothing were a traveler's check
for ?'<nn iuu" ?
ioouou mo weus-cargo
Express Company at Los Angeles,
Cal., payable to Walter P. Schultz,
a card bearing the samo name, but
with an address of 13*14 Douglas
street, Sioux City, la., and another
card which bears the name of Mrs.
Alma Hume Gillette.
The police regard the case as one
of cold-blood murder and as one of
the most mystifying crimes ever committed
in this section. A motive for
the murder is lacking and the identity
of the man supposed to be
Schults is by no means complete.
Cards and other papers found in the
victim's clothing are believed to
have been placed there by his slayer.
The theory that it was a suicide
is not credited, because of the peculiar
character of the wound and
the fact that no weapon was found
near bis body. The ix>1 ice do not
think robbery was the motive, as $28
in cash and a gold watch were found
in the victim's pockets.
One theory is that the murdered
man was an Inauguration visitor, who
was lured away from the city, murdered
and bis linrlv Hi"""" -
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field, where It was found, about *100
yards from the Alexandria railroad
station.
The authorities believe they will
establish the identity of ther victim
from a letter, without envelope, evidently
belonging to the dead man,
dated "Sioux City, la., December 30,"
and signed "Your sister, Ellen
Dorot by."
The dead man was apparently 3 5
years old and his appearance was
that of a prosperous business man. *
KILLED 11V THE OUllllENT.
Young Man Took Hold of Wire and
|
and Was Electrocuted.
Marlon March G.?A fatal aocident
occurred last night at the power
house of the light and water company,
when Cady Young, a young
white fireman, was electrocuted and
instantly killed. Mr. Young was the
day fireman at the plant and was preparing
to leave the plant when he
passed by the switchboard and placed
both hands on one of the wires.
Instantly 2,300 volts of electricity
passed through his body. So
strong was the current that it held
him standing at the switchboard
after lie was dead, and the first person
to get to liim was severely shocked
in trying to pull him loose from
the wires. Every means was exhausted
to try to revive him, but he
was undoubtedly killed almost instantaneously.
Mr. Young's duties did not carry
him about this part of the plant
and he was not familiar with the
mechanism of the switchboard, and
it was probably through Ignorance
of the danger that he caught hold
of th" wire.
Mr. Yoiincr uroa -
t>i ito ?|nii.<- a young
man, and only came to tMarion last
September. Ills former home was
In Avoca, Iowa. Since coming to
Marlon Mr. Young has been a good
citizen and was very highly thought
of by his employers and associates
Only three months ago he married
a miss Cook.?The State. *
WHAT IT I>II> COST.
Fairbanks Paid For and Took That
Ink Stand.
Washington, March 6.?When he
leaves office today, Vice President
Fairbanks will take with him the
beautiful Inkstand, which has ornamented
his desk for the past four
years. This Inkstand has been the
r. 9 ' 1
ut bunaiuoittiMu interest 1)6*
cause of the published stories that
it had cost $500.
According to custom the presiding
officer of the senate is privileged to
design and have manufactured such
ornamental ink receptacle as he fancies
and the one procured by Mr.
Fairbanks was made by a manufacturing
jeweler of New York.
The criticism of the roputed cost
of this stand has rankled in Mr.
Fairbanks' heart for four years, and
today he sent to Secretary Rennett
a check for $200, which was the
actual cost of the ornament, and announced
that ho would take it with
IRRY HE!
MAN IS SHOT
On His Own Porch by a Negro
on Sunday
WOUND IS SERIOUS
llut There Is a ( banco for Recovery.
The Assailant Now In Jail?'The
Quarrel Is Said to Have I teen
Caused About Knocking IH>wn of
a Ciirl.
Columbia, March 8.?The State
says William A. Campbell, a white
man, a teamster living on tho Camden
road, was shot and dangerously
wounded at his home al>out 7:110
o'clock last night by Henry Jones,
a negro empoiyed as a cook at Benedict
college, who lives in Mobley's alley
just In tho rear of Campbell's
house.
The shotlng Is the result of a difficulty
between Campbell and a child
of Jones, in which Campbell is alleged
to have knocked tho girl down
with a light wood knot. She is 12
years old.
Campbell was shot through tho
right lung and is in a dangerous condition.
the ball penetrating thelung
and passing almost through the body.
Two shots were fired from a revolver,
only one, however, taking what
may prove fatal efTfct.
J on os cairn* up to Campbell's house
shortly after the difficulty between
Campbell and the negro girl and
fired on Campbell, who was standing
on the front porch.
Sheriff W. H. Coleman found Jones
at his house shortly after the shooting
occurred and placed him under
arrest. The negro Is now at the
county jail awaiting the result of
Ills Injury to Campbell.
When seen at the jail last night
the prisoner stated to a reporter of
The State that he sosurod his revolver
from his house as soon as he heard
of the difficulty between Campbell
and his daughter and wont to see
Campbell aluiut It.
That he found Campbell standing
on his front porch with the same
light wood knot In his hand with
which he had struck 4he girl. That
he then fired. lie stated further
that a son of Campbell and his
daughter had engaged In a quarrel
last summer. Jones was not able to
state what caused the difficulty between
Campbell and his daughter
yesterday as she had been taken to a
physician and ho had not since seen
her.
j The girl was taken to Taylor?Lane
hospital but her condition could not
j be learned by inquiry there as she
had been taken away before an examination
could be made. Jones
went on to say last night that he
has never before been in any serious
trouble before and that the extent
of his "meanness" has been fighting
other negroes.
Campbell's chances for recovery
are very good, although tlio wound
is a dangerous one. His statement
is that he was not expecting any attack.
WILL HAVE TO IJOHKOW.
Comptroller General Shows Need for
Tax Law Reforms.
Columbia, March 6.?The Record
says because of additional appropriations
after the ways and means committee
had reported the bill to the
general assembly, there will bo a dei
ficit of about $15,000 over and above
the estimated revenue. This is the
estimate by Comptroller General
Jones after an examination of the
appropriation bill.
The revenue of 1909 based on a
levy of 5 1-4 mills will be $ 1,424,082
and to this are added the fol
lowing incomes: Insurance departments,
$58,000; secretary of State,
$15,000; license fees from comptroller
general, $88,000; Income tax,
$7,500; board of fisheries, $7,500;
railroads, telegraphs and telephone
companies for the support of the
railroad commission, $11,700, making
a total of $1,613,252. The
amount of appropriations for 1909
was $1,627,339, leaving a deficit
of $14,127.
The State of South Carolina must
borrow the constitutional limit of
$500,000 this year until the taxes for
1909 are available. In the opinion
of the comptroller general this borrowing
will continue until the legislature
puts a sufficient nenaltv nn
the non-payment of taxes to force
every property owner to payments
promptly.
The semi-annual Interest of the
public debt is due on December 31
and at that time there will not be
enough money in the treasury to
meet the payments so that a loan
Iis absolutely necessary. This loan
con not be returned until some time
in February or March when the rest
of the 1909 taxes are sent in.
RAID