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JO ____ AJ>s?lnUly f H Pure JRjr the chief u M ?3r the active prin< BBSSBy And healthfulnei ' IROYAI I BAKING Ba BAiamrn n ? rvnvM m|L tML Absolut || ^^Insures wholes | ^w^cious food fc B in even ^ SENT BACK A Steam Ship Voad ot Dead Chinaman Shiped FROM NEW YORK CITY Eight Thousand Dead Celestials who Died in This Country Carried in Boxes Dark to the Cefestial Kingdom to Do l>aid to Rest Beside Their Ancestors. New York, March 31.?The largest number of passengers that ever sailed from New York on one steamer left last week on board the Shimosa, bound for the Orient. They numbered nearly 8,000 despite the fact that the Shimosa is a comparatively small steamship?not much bigger, in fact, than the average coastwise "tramp." The 8,000 passengers, however, did not object to the seemingly over^ - "** crowded condition. In fact, not a word of complaint was heard from L any one of them. It should be L known, however, that every one of the passengers was dead and that fact doubtless accounts for their silent acceptance of conditions which would not be tolerated on a slave ship. They were all placed between decks several days before the steamer sailed and not until the Far East is reached will they be permitted to come on deck. It is not generally known, but every ten years the Chinese in all parts of the world gather up their dead for shipment to China and final re-interment in the soil of the Flowery Kingdom. Unless a Chinaman is buried in his native soil his chances of getting Into heaven are about as slight as a poor man's cnances of getting into the Four Hundred. At least, he believes they are, and consequently he makes extraordinary efforts to die in his native land. The next best thing to dying at home is being buried there and so the bodies of nearly all Chinamen who die in foreign lands are taken to China for burial. During his lifetime every good Chinamm^^i foreign lands pays a P small sp^^veekly or monthly to a socl^p**v>nich guarantees him burial in his native soil. Of course, it would be too expensive to ship home each Chinaman as soon as he died. H so the American branch of the so ciety waits until there are several thousand to return and then sends ^ them back at a comparatively low cost. In the past ten years some 8.000 Chinamen have died and been buried in America east of the Mississippi ^ river. These bodies have been dug up and are now on board the Shimosa. bound for their final resting pl'iteg^n the Flow/ery Kingdom. Laundry men and rich merchants lie side by side in perfect harmony, and scores who were deadly enemies during their lives, members of rival "tongs," are making the trip without the slightest fear of not arriving in the same condition in which they stared. Although the 8,000 passengers are stowed between decks, and as dead as the proverbial doornail, they are i not making the trip without sorr.ething to eat. The Chinese believe that a dead man must never be sent on his last trip without a first-class meal, and consequently every Chinamian on board the Shlmosa has roast Lpork, chicken and rice in his coffin. Th^^hlmosa does not carry a physiclaTjP0lhe does carry a Chinese crc.w, however. And for this reason It is one of the oldest superstitions among sailors that a corpse on hoard a ship brings bad luck. That Is one reason why those who die on board are nearly always burled at sea. If one dead man on board a shlu brings bad luck, always burled at sea. If one dead man on board a ship brings bad luck, It is easy to figure out that with LOOK OUT FOR SELF ELKINS SAYS THAT OF THE NEW ^ EXOLANHKKS. THEY ARE VEXED SKXATOH St*>TT AM) ELlvlNS AUK MAD AT Treatment of the South by the ltopublicans in Framing the TarilV Dill. ' Washington, March 30.?Much interest attaches to the attitude of Senators Scott and Elkins of West Virginia, toward the distribution of the membership of the Senate com! in it tee 011 finance, because largely of its possible bearing 011 tho tariff bill iu the Senate. In the Republican caucus Senator Scott referred to tho fact that none of thje Republican Senators from the South had been given representation on the committee and in the open Senate yesterday his colleague, Mr. Elkins, followed in similar strain. Mr. Elkins was a candidate for a place 011 this committee, but has had no influence in coloring his views. ! Roth he and Mr. Scott assert that their criticisms are due to the fact that the South has been entirely n/glected. With tho Southern Democrats excluded from the committee room dining the preparation of the bill they declare that the immense interests of the South, including iron ore and the manufacturers of iron and steel, cotton and its products, lumber and the various other interests of the entire section, south of Mason and Dixon's line, are without representation on the committee at this important stage of the . proceedings. Thews is much speculation as to what will be their attitude when the bill reaches the Senate, but the prevailing opinion is that they will make q of t*nn ii/\ue J - 4 i ? <% oti vn uuuo cuui I lU (tllll'IKl 1 L 111 many particulars. Senator Scott openly declares his preference for the present tariff law. ROBBERS GOT SUSPICIOUS. Intended Victim Resisted Instead ol Submitting. Columbia, March 29.?The Record says if victims of highway robbery consistently and regularly adopted the tactics of Mr. F. B. Harmon, the shoe man, employed late Saturday night when he was attacked near the northern limits of the city, there would be a quick end of this crime in this city, although when one recalls the tragic end of Mr. Charles Green, who was shot to death at Shandon a few years ago, tho highwayman dying at Green's hands, he is not encouraged to follow in the footsteps of Mr. Harmon, but rather t n rlimwtun nf tlin mo (tan no T ,. ,1^ V V V*?W|/V/*JV Wl VUW illdl IK71 (lO U IIU^C Ernost Gary and many other have clone, by letting the goods go. Mr. Harmon, who had boarded a 10:40 p. m. car going out to his home, was attacked near Newman's cut, just after ho had left the car with his little boy. Two white men in overalls stepped in front of him and demanded that ho throw up his hands. Mr. Harmon, however, showed fight right away, and grappled with one of the men. The othei either fired at him and missed him on account of the dark, or fired tc frighten his victim. The little boy who has a good voice, set up a call for help, which frightened the men away before they got any loot. As soon as he got homo, Mr. Harmon notified the authorities, but although good dogs were rushied tc the scene, no valuable clue has yel been discovered as to who the mer were. 8,000 dead Chinamen the Shimoss is doomed. Chinese sailors, howevef are not up in this particular superstition, and consequently they will sail the Shimosa as cheerfully as il she was laden with chop suey. On her arrival in eastern waterf me iMiimoHH win toucn at. ine principal Chinese ports and unload hei passengers who will be burled lr their native provinces under the supervision of the agents of the society. He Says They Have Heen (Jivcn Advantage Over the South and Middle West. Washington, March 29.?Objec- ' < tlon was made in the senate today 1 to a statement by Senator Hale that J the finance committee is holding dai- , ly sessions 011 the tariff bill. The i criticism came from Senator Hnmn I who said he understood that only ; certain members were present. He | referred to the fact that the Demotratic members of the committee were excluded. "Perhaps I should have said subcommittee," explained Mr. Hale. "Is it not usual to give the minor- j ity representation on sub-commit- j tees?" asked Mr. Tlacon. "Not on tariff matters," replied Mr. Hale, which rejoined provoked general laughter. Senators Money, Culberson, and ' Newlnnds protested against the exclusion of the minority, but the criticism appeared to be only perfunctory and without hope of changing the existing order of procedure. T/\tnl? * * .jwiuiiiK nun mo democrats In their protest against the manner in which the tariff bill is made up, Senator Elkins (Rep.) of West Virginia, declared himself and his State to h of the South, the interests of which, he said, are "being crucified." H?> asserted that New England is overrepresented on the committee while the great Middle West and the South are not. represented at all. lie said that he understood the committee would make a free trade measure for New England, and in the past the statement from the South, like "poor, miserable deluded people," had boon compelled to support such propositions and had got as a return only high protection on articles they consumed. He complimented the Southern statesmen on their protest and declared himself in league with them To make his position more forcible several senators from the ' South asked questions of Mr. Elkins and Mr. Hale sought to answer some of these. "There you have it." said Mr. Elkins. "You can see what a close corporation this New England crowd is. Speak of one of their interests and some New England representative comes to his feet. Speak of something in the interest of the South and the New Rnglander comes to his feet just the same." Mr. Elkins referred to the fact that the Democrats in the house had no opportunity to criticise the tariff bill before it was reported. Exception was taken by Mr. Gore and in a sarcastic speech he said that the Democrats had been given four minutes in which to examine the bill before action upon it in committee. Mr. Elkins grilled the New England "domination" of the senate. Speaking of the appointments of Messrs. T,odge, MeCumber, Smoot and Flint as new members of the finance committee, Mr. Elkins said they had been chosen from sections as far away from the South as possible. He spoke at length in defense of South^ ern industries and urged the senators from that section to join him in demanding that the South he criven a fair show. I Speaking caustically of the influence of the New Englandcrs in the senate, Mr. Elkins said they had seen to it that the same influence preponderated in the finance committee. He protested against the summoning of witnesses before the committee unless other senators are given a chance to listen to their testimony or read it before the bill under consideration is acted upon. LOSS OF BE Alt I > FATAL. Removal Sapped Resisting Powers of Divine Healer. St. Louis, April 5.?(Irieving over the loss of his luxuriant beard that had been growing for the past 50 years, Frederick Mundt died in the City hospital, in St. Louis, Mo., this week. He was 73 years of age and a faith healer. He insisted that the removal of the beard sapped his resisting powers and rendered him too weak to combat his ilness. It was uncombed, long and rank and gave the old man the appearance of a Druid when he was admitted to the | hospital. It was cut away for neatness and sanitation. The old man had been in St. Louis 12 years, and had been practicing his theory of health during that entire period. He said that he had a large clientele, i many of whom wore persons of prominence and wealth. k Fought Eagle. St. Charles, 111., April 1.?Fight inx aiviy 101 iwo iiuiiih yesI terdny-^ith a monster eagle to keep f his baby the menacing talons of the great v^'rd, Peter Johnson, a ? farmer, with aidneighbors, flnal ly captured the kiri? of the air. -\ i Galloway cattle are \J>eing raised in Alaska, their hides l^ns consid ered equal to bearskinj^fcjtf beauty and service. h ( I HE FOOLED US Hitchcock Will Hand Out thn Pin in the South ONLY REPUBLICANS Or Those Who Claim to Ik* Republicans, Will lie Allowed to Rot Near F.nough the Pie Counter to (let a Slice of the Pie as it is (liven Out. Washington, April 1.?The idea that Democrats would he appointed to the oilices in the South by President Taft has gone glimmering, and the indications now are that none but good Republicans will be allowed tip to the pie counter. off.,.. >1.... *_ ? ?.? .? tu ^ 01 un;nit; 11 m are givon out at the White House defining what "will be" President Taft's policy in the matter of federal appointments. This has continued so long that it is becoming somewhat threadbare. First it was stated that in the South Democratic, senators would be "consulted" by Mr. Taft before uny appointments of importance would be made. The Democratic senators know too well that no such thing will be done, and they are too direwd to be caught by this. It is generally known that Frank II. Hitchcock will be the real appointing power with reference to all Southern ollices; and Frank II. Hitchcock's record in the pine line just before the Taft nomination, when he rounded up all the Southern postmasters and other job holders, does not tally witli the statement that Democrats are to be "consulted" in regard to Southern appointments. The (latest statement informally furnished from the White House it in r< gard to judicial appointments, and is to the effect that such appointments will not he a part of the patronage of United States senators It says: "The president does not propose to have judges made through political deals and influences. He considers that he is competent to pass upon the fitness of men for the bench and he will do so. At the same time he will be glad to receive suggestions from senators and representatives as to the oualificationn of ?n. plicants for judicial places. Upon other matters of federal ap pointments the policy of the now president Is to place upon the senators the responsibility of lirst clas1 selections. In a way he will defer to their recommendations more gen erously than did his predecessor. Mr. Roosevelt frequently departed from senatorial recommendations and was often in hot water with senators over nominations not suitable to them. This will not be so with Mr. Taft. He will take it for granted that recommendations made by senators will be of reputable men, and he will not make investigations to ascertain whether these recommendations are proper." If Mr. Taft keeps up with the "policies with reference to Southern patronage" that have been attributed to him, he will have a strenuous time of it in the White House. Hut, as stated, Mr. Hitchcock will relieve him of most of the burdens along this line. FIXED FOR KILLING SONGSTER. Death of Mocking Bird Costs Slayer Ten Dollars. Aiken, March 20.?This morning John Wilson was tried in the Mayor's court for shooting a mocking bird with a sling shot, and was fined ten dollars, which ho paid. Wilson is a colored boy employed by Mr. C. Oliver Iselln. Ho shot the bird last week, but the case was made out against him on Saturday, and the trial took place this morning. Mayor Sal ley is determined to brt?ak up sling shot shooting, as well as the flagrant slaying of song birds. Every violator of the bird law that comes up before Mayor Salley never fails to have the burden of rendering the city financial or manual aid. CAPERS IN TIIE SADDLE. W ill Continue as Pie Distributer for This State. Washington, March 21.?There are indications today that John G. f'ancrs is to hr? r?f?nHnn??l na tv>?. patronage boas of South Carolina. I The Postofflce Department baa ?ent | ! him a formal request to name a aim 1 ceaaor to the late Poatmaater Polnler at Spartanburg, and Mr. Capers has notified all candidates that they must have the backing of the beat citizens of the town, including the bust ness interest*. Mr. Capera has thus far successfully withstood the brunt ! of a heavy fight and the tire ia apparently turning his way under powerful Influences in his behalf. HEROE'S MEDAL AND ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AWARDED TO Section Master Goldman of Waterloo for Savings Life of a Negro Laborer. Columbia, March 30.?The Record Hays several persons, of both sexes, have been awarded Carnegie hero medals In this State. James 11. Gold man of Cambridge, Greenwood County, a new entry on the list, has just received a medal and has been awarded in addition $1,000 in cash. lie has been rewarded for saving the life of a negro. Goldman is a railroad employe and was in charge of a force of hands at work on the C. & W. C. road near Waterloo in 1907, when he performed the act which is remembered. A freight train came suddenly around a curve while Mr. Goldman and his crew were going down the track on a hand car. As soon as the train was seen, the brakes were suddenly applied and tho abrupt stop threw Warren Finley, a negro, to the ground, fastening him between the track and the car. All the hands fled, but Mr. Goldman stood by his post and succeeded in pulling the negro loose. The oncoming train struck Flnhy and broke several bones and injured Mr. Goldman, but if it had not been for his hard and perilous work the negro would have been instantly killed. The Carnegie commit toe was re centiy interested in the rase through Mr. W. H. Nicholson of the Greenwood bar, and the result is the medal and the money and a man had been sent to Greenwood to investigate the ease. Mr. Goldman says he is much more proud of the medal than lie is of the money, though he is "awful glad to got the slmoleons." On one side of the medal is a picture of Andrew Carnegie and on the other this Inscription: "James B. Goldman, who saved Warren Finley from being run over by a train, Waterloo, S. C., June 29, 1907." Where Napoleon's star set Goldman's has begun to rise. FOl'NI) BODY IN COTTON SIC 10D. Men Working in Seed House Make ( rusome Find. Clinton, Mtireh 20.?About 8 o'clock this morning two negroes, hauling cotton seed from a store house on the plantation of Mr. Henry Young, about a mile from town, to the oil mill, discovered the body of a man buried deep in the cotton seed, it was so decomposed that the crowd, which speedily collected, was unable to decide whether the man had been white or black. All day curious crowds thronged out to the place and Inspected and speculated. The man wore a gold ring and had in his pockets $2 1, two knives and a pistol, lie had a gun also. There were no papers, and the only means of identification were the ring he wore and the gun, which bore the initials "W. M. 11." Thefioroner, Mr. Hob Hairston, fnipanteled a jury and held the inquest. Dr. Lawrence Bailey examined the body, and found no evidence of niur| der. It is probable that he was intoxicated and hid away in the seed barn to sleep, and was smothered by | the seed piling in on him. The coroner's verdict was "probable suffocation." ! There was no clue to his identity j at the inquest, but later a woman j named Mrs. Martin and her son cane from CJoldville, and from the clothes and belongings identified the body as Mrs. Martin's son, who has been missing from his home for several weeks, lie had quarrelled violently with his brother and left home on account of it, which accounts for the fact that no alarm was raised at his continued absence. The body was turned over to the mother and brother. OXK I*LACK FOR FIFTY YKARS. Faithful Domestic to Have Celebration in ller Honor. South River, N. J., March 30.? Mary Grogan, a servant in the home of Mrs. Ablal Price hero, will be the guest of honor at a celebration which will be held at the Price homestead next Saturday afternoon. The occasion of the demonstration will h thv> fiftieth anniversary of Mary Gorgan's entrance into the home as n servant. She was employed by Mrs. Price In April, 1 8f?0. There are sev on eniiaren, tnirto n grandchildren and five groat grand children in th? Price family who will nnite in makinp it a pleasant day for the faithfu woman. Dies of llum*. Montgomery, Ala., April 1.?Elis< Wood, aged 13, died yesterday a Equality, Ala., as a result of burn! received while standing before ai open grate. After her clothin* caught she ran into the yard, when they were burned off. and left he: llesh horribly cooked. TOO BIG TO SAW WASHINGTON IIAK TIIK IHOOUSI I TKKKS IN TIIK WOUIJ>. A Mouse Mailt' I'rom a Mingle Ui|<> Ited Cedar Is the largest Tre? I That Crows. I Washington, April f>.? The Htat? of Washington I ourtts the largt-st I logs and the densest 11 m!> *r tracts I in the world. It i? estimated that I there ?ir?' ,''">.000 acres of timbered 1 land in th?? 8ta'?\ containing tlniehr I enough to build a plank roa?l Litre? I Inches thick and C>P0 feet \yiile, 1 twice around the world. It would load 10,000,000 cart' of 20.000 I feet each, each l[> feet long equal I to 85,227 miles of trains, or three land a half times the measure of tb? I globe at the equator. It would build 3.000,000 si* or 1 eight-room houses, enough to house lone-third the people of the United I States. Tire timbered area runs 120,000,000 fe?t to the square mile. I One acre recently showed 000.000 feet. One mill cut C?00.000 from less than two acres, the logs running between 12,000 and 14.000 feel leach. Washington has the logs to back these claims. On his recent trip to Panama I President Taft noticed several spud jsticks 30x4 0 inches and 00 feet ? " r> land asked where sin h timber could be found. Thes? wt re cut at Hellingham, Wash. Last w?*ok a firm I operating at lluckley hewed a > Ilow IIr log 60x60 Inches and 9C fe? t i Ioiik. It was too big to be handled in a mill. The prize winm r, according to iiiiUnien at Seattle, should he U'log sent from that palce to San Fran- . I el8co which was so big that no mill I could saw It, the trimming having to ho done by hand with axes. The log measured 114 inches hy 114 inches and was 104 feet long when hewn into shape. The largest log eve? cut in any mill In the State was 7 2 inches in diameter at the smaller end. Near Elnia, Wash., a woodsman built a house from the lumbt r sawed from one tree, 300 feet In length, I house toontnius 38,000 feet of I timher. On the west slope of the Cascade mountains a red cedar blew I across the railroad. It was quicker I to dynamite the old giant and repair the tracks than build a track I around it or seek saw that could I not make the two cuts in les than eight, days. There is a cedar trfc in Snohomish county owned by the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company which is declared I to be the largest tree on the contlI nent, exceeding in girth by three' inches the largest of the trees of the famous redwood forest of California. This cedar measures 104 feet 4 Inches In circumference and il lis over 1 r?0 weet to the first limeb, which is believed to be over 5 fed In diameter. The most famous treb f I of the redwoods is 1U4 f?-et in eirIcumferenee. ASSETS VERY SMALL. Hut Liabilities Hun up to a Million and a Half. I Cleveland, O., April 1.? Rev. William Mahon, pastor of St. Hridgctt's I Catholic church, of G'levf land, anil I editor of the Catholic University, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the Federal court today. Mis total liabilities are stated to I he $1,594,141, with t?. ...? I gating $7"),207. Father McMnhon was director of the Fid< lity Funding Company, of New York, founded by P. J. Kleran, and which now is in the hands of receivers. Thus it II came about that his name was signed to the papers issued by the company, and for which he is now held liable* by the receivers. FOI'RTKEX BODIES RECOVERED. They were From the Ruined Steamer Altenburg. Havana, March 31.? The bodies of ail the men missing from the; Hamburg American steamer A 11? n burg, which was ciestroyed by fire Monday, were found in uhe harbor today. I The bodies numbered fourteen and include Second Officer Rudolf Horn, I of Senshurg; Carl Wlttkopp, of Sedition; the cook, steward, cabin hoy, four white members of the crew and five St. Thomas negro* s. All evidently were drowned while attempting to escape from the burning ship. KILLED HIMSELF. Rather Tlmn Re Arrested for Oom' milting Forgery. Rlackville, March 31.? Roland ' I Coleman, a negro 18 years old, comI mltted suicide two miles from her? I last night. Coleman forged Me fa ther's name to a check on the Hlack) v J lie bank and when the forgery was t detected a warrant was sworn out s to arrest him and a constable went 1 out to arrest him. As soon as the ; negro found out that the constable 3 was after him. he borrowed a plsr tol from his uncle and shot himself through the heart, dying instantly.