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MANY WILL HANG New Turkish Government Executing Conspirators NADIR PASHA SWUNG lie Was One of Haloid's Chief ,\?I visors?National Assembly Appoints Commission to Tr> Instigators of Armenian Massacres, ami t< Art W illi the I (most Severity. Advices from Constantinople sa\ that the Constitutionalists have lost 110 time iti bringing the conspirator* in the recent rising to trial. Tin military court, sitting in the wni oilier, Thursday condemned aboul 2.r>o persons to doath, and they wort executed. Many will hang before things are adjusted. Nadir Pasha, the second eunticl of the palace, under the regime ol Abdul Humid, was hanged at dawn Thursday on the (lalata bridge. Tin body was allowed to swing until S o'clock in the morning, and thousands of people stopped to look al the great Nubian, whose name was a terror under Ahdui Humid. The dead man's face showed an undershot jaw and thick, heavy lips In life he had been fully six feet, si> inches tall. Nadir was executed sifter :t trial by court-martial 011 tin charge that he instigated the mutiin of the troops 011 April 1.1. Nsidii Pasha came to the imperial pstlact as a slave and grew tip in that hoi house of intrigue. The government lists decided tr send a commission to Adsinst to tr> by court-martial the instigators o the massacres, and the contmissioi is authorized to stct with the utinos severity. It is alleged that the chief author! of the recent mutiny wore Abdu Hamid's favorite son. Prince Mehniet Purhain Eddino, Roar Admiral Sstit Pasha, son of Kiamil Pasha, win were engaged for si long time prio to the rising in corrupting the troops The two former have fled. DlSFltANTIIISFMKNT Art FhvoihhI by tbo Florida Seimh by a Vote of 2() to 10. Hy a vote of 20 to 10 the Florid; senate, in session in Tallahassee Friday adopted the Heard joint reso lntion, which submits to the voter of Florida a constitutional amend ment, providing that the voters o the State shall ho "white male per sons." This resolution, which i similar to one which passed tie Senate two years ago, hut was hill ed in the house of representatives now goes to the house for consider at ion. Senator Hoard, of Pensacola, an thor of the resolution, read a lettei from Senator Money, of M ississippi commending the attempt to regulate the negro vote. 1 ATTACKF.l> I?Y HATS. Fierce Onsalught I'pem IMrn Fight ing Flames. Firemen who were called to flirh a baize in a junk shop in Ens Eleventh street, Now York, Monda; night, wore attacked by hundreds o large rats. So vicious was the on slaught of the rodents as they climb ed the logs of the firemen and hi their hands and ran over their shoul ders and helmets that the firemei turned the streams of water from 111 fire on to the rats. After the rat had been washed away by the tor rific force of the water, the fire wa extinguished. KILLED II101C ItETILA VEIL Young Woman Shoots Down Young Mail. Tsaac Morse, a well known youn business man of Nashville, Tenn was shot and almost, instantly kill* today by Gertrude Douglas in tl oiuce 01 i no aim i icnii Dry caea ing Company. In Die oxoitoinei that followed the shooting, the youi woman escaped, but. was arrcstc later in tlio ofliee c>f a doctor, i jxdic' hendeuartors, Miss Dough said: "Ike Morse has betrayed in He has been going with me for tl last nine years. Ho couldn't thrc me over and live." Killed on Wedding live. Instead of being a bride, M L. 10. Stone, who was to marry All II. Little Thursday afternoon, mourning his death. Little was k led Wednesday night by a street c while he was on his way to the hoi of Mrs. Stone at St. Louis, for 1 Inst, nnto-nnptial call. Mrs. Sto collapsed when she heard of li fiance's death. Drop* Dead in Meeting. At Itristol, Tenn., Col. .1. H. Pete general manager of the Itrlstol Poa of Trade, fell over dead while la lng the minutes of a me ting the executive committee of t hodv Wednesday. Heart failure ^Ivon as the cause of his death. WMp : 8T11VCK 11Y liUJUTNING. Hut TIioiik1>( His llud Kicked llim Senseless. The story of a peculiar lightning j adventure tomes from tho upper South Kdisto river section. Several days ago, a negro was ploughing in a field of Mr. H. F. Peoples, when i , thunder storm tamo up suddenly. | Hel'ore the ploughman realized it, I the storm was upon him. A holt of lightning suddenly struck the mule, and severely shocked the negro. 'I'll*' holt, after passing through the mule. . followed the plough stock, reitderj ing him unconscious for more than " three hours. When he was found, lie was in a comatose condition, and } all hope for his recovery had heen j given up, when he hegan to show I signs that he was still in the land ' of the living. lie initiated his re* I covery by pouring fourth a lurid > stream of epithets at his mule, who, ' he said, had kicked him, without even "backing his ears" by way of ' warning. The holt had struck him ' on the head, crossed around his ' body, traveled down his right log coining out of the big toe of the right 1 foot. The negro has about recov1 : ered front his injuries. I I'l.li I'llOM 'I II Id TOP Of lligli Skyscraper and Was Instantly Killed. i Falling 12feet from tiie thirtyfourth story of the Metropolitan ' Life Insurance Company's skyscrap, i er. on Madison Square, XV \v York, . Monday, Thos. Mortimer, 4 2 years , of age, was instantly killecl. Mor, timer, who was foreman of the rigi j gers at work on the building, was superintending the erection of a scaffold four floors above the big , clock, on the 2 1th street side of the f tower. Hundreds of people in Madison Square were watching him at ( work and saw him fall to the balustrade of the balcony above the clock. . Here the body poised for a moment j j and dropped to the street. I I , : Ml'KDKltHI) TK.AVFjLICKS > , r Who Stopped at Their Inn and Kobhed Them. A band of female cutthroats, who, i for many months past, have ben com ; milling wiiii 1111 in it ii it > ?t m'i n.a in o brutal murders, was discovered and arrested Monday in tho Russian village of Kurchine. thirty miles from , St. Petersburg. Tho principal culpritos are a woman and her two ' | daughters, who kept a tavern. As" sisted by other women in tho vi 1 s lage they murdered travelers who - stopped at the inn for the night, f Disfigured bodies beyond recognition - 1 and threw them into the rapidly s (lowing stream that passed near the - I inn. - ! . ! PMl.ADMI) (il l LTV. George Ihirton, the Yeggban, Confesses Crime. ? ! George Parton, the escaped yegg" man, was arraigned in the federal J court at Greenville Tuesday morning on the charge of robbing the postoffice at Pel/.er in December last, I I pleaded guilty and was sentenod to I serve five years in a federal prison, and pay a fine of $1,0(lb. lie will j be taken to the prison near Atlanta, Itill Kill IHTIiin'd I 11; I I I1IJS flMillM- I I (Ml the C, roenvillo county jail was of^ footed by blowing a bole through tlu ** two-foot stone floor of his cell witli collodion. WOMAN ClUriFIFI). 11 o Many Corpses Scon Floating l)o\vi the Kiver. M rsina. in Asiatic. Turkey, is un ; dor martail law and the Turkish au j thorities are maintaing order. Tin sanitary conditions in the city,* how over, are very bad. There is a lacl a j of fresh water and dead animals am j garbage that fill the streets pollnb [the atmosphere. The river tha i empties into the sea here stil car : ries down the bodies c?f dead Chris tians from the scenes of the mas,(1 ' sacres. Among the ghastly burden I of the stream was the mutilated bod n" j of a woman nailed to a cross. II t i city ci.kkk kills xkouoks. Ml . \. I Wore Trying to llrcak I p Meet in of City Council. lie iw Two negroes were killed and 01 I injured l?y City Clerk J. M. Jon< of Kast Lake, Ala., in front of tl city hall, while the council was 1 rs. | session. The negroes were tryir ii 11 to break up the meeting as a resu is of some of their friends havir il- been arrested and convicted of rui nr ning a blind tiger. .Tones tried 1 no quiet the crowd, when two of the lis fired upon him. llhe returned tl no Are, killing two and injuring ier third. Slept Long Time. At Kenton, Ohio, Miss I.aura Oa rs, p<>r, 2 0 years old, who had liec rd asleep for one hundred hours, at tl k- home of her sister, Mrs. Knap at awoke Thursday apparently In gor lie health, although weak. Pliysiclai is <"m- hoy condition Is due to a nervi hysterical collapse. GOES TO PRISON I i THE DHFOSHD SFLTAN WILL mo (UAKDFD. Abdul llaiuid, With Four Wives, mid u Iicliniic of Servants, (iocs to His Orison Mouse. A dispatch from Constantinople says the former ruler of Turkey, lAhdul Humid, is to lie kept a prisoner in a large house with walled grounds, on a height overlooking i Saloniki, which has lately been occupied by the Italian commander of tli International (lendarmerie. He , is not to he put on trial, as has been ! wideiy reported in Constantinople, 1 r..i. M... ..i ... t.? #i... i *' i in* -> tuunnj'i ru iw ut' auu> v iii?* ; law. It was thought wise to keep the 1 (h posed Sultan in Kurnpean Turkey, ; remote from the Capital. Mis housei hold will he administered for him j upon a generous scale, and h:s life i ! will he safeguarded, as he earnestly I besought when notified of his det h ronement. Abdul Humid, with four wives, five daughters and two of his younger sons, two eunuchs and a comparatively large number of female servants. were taken from 1he Yildir, Palace a few nights ago and started under an escort to Saloniki. The party proceeded by steam launches to the landing, near the railway, and a special train, on which they were 1 to he placed, left at 3 o'clock in the morn i ng. The Constitutionalists would like to get back part of the great sums i of money that the former Sultan is supposed to have abroad, not only i beeause the Covernment is in need | of the money, hilt because it. is desirable that he should be deprived of I the resources flpr another coup ! d'etat. Speculation places Abdul , Ham id's wealth a t anything between $12r>,000,000 and $200,000,000. Mahmoud Schefket Pasha, commanding the forces, in an interview jiftimated his intention to purify the Capital of all subversive elements and to establish a salutary example to the army. He said that . I he would thoroughly clear up the ' situation. For this purpose the State j of siege would be prolonged probably . for a month, although it would be j relieved somewhat in the European . I quarter very soon, i Referring to the deportation of Abdul Humid, (Jen. Schefket expressed the opinion that this measure was i absolutely necessary in the interest of the future peace of the Empire. I Alluding to the report that the Al! banians might attempt to rescue the ij former Sultan, the General said he j was convinced that the Albanians I would remain quiet. On tbe com| plot ion of his mission he concluded, I ho would return to Saloniki. Carassa Effendi. a member of the I deputation from the National Assembly which a few days ago conj veyed th :> fetwa to the Yildiz Palace, tells a graphic story of the dramatic scene. While waiting to be intro; I dnced to the Sultanv the members of the deputation carefully examined , their holsters and pistols and. ac i cording to carassa, nan .\mnii m.iiiimi , I shown an nrmod hand ho would have I boon shot on tho spot. After much delay the nnwolooino i visitors, surround *d bv twenty black eunuchs. wore ushered into the Sul; tan's department where stood the son. i Prince Abdul-Rahim. Presently the Sultan entered in a bewildered manner. lie was dressed somewhat negligently, as though his clothes had been hastily donned, in civilian attire. llis arms hung at his sides ! and his arms lremblod. After a silent salute TCssed Pasha ( pronounced in slow tones the decree of deposition, at which the Sultan " shuddered. There was a painful silence, followed by an equally paln! ful colloquy, lasting a quarter of an v hour. Abdul Humid appealed for his I life and for the lives of his family. R I lie protested his devotion to the peo* pie and his innocence in recent events. Tim youthful Prince burst into tears and, after vain efforts to restrain his feelings, retired behind v ! j a screen, where he broke into bitter ! sobs. For a moment tears trembled in the Sultan's eyes. Then he supplicated the soldiers in attendance to swear that they would not take g his life. The deputation brought tlu interview to a close and Abdul 1 Iainid humbly saluted them as they do 10 parted. i *s I K11,Lid) l\ A FKJIIT. ie | In ' iK (Mliccr and Ilobber Shoot Knell Olhri to Deatli. ,l~ j At Logansport, Tnd., in a revolve ? . battle with two thugs who after j tu ; circus performance Thursday nigh a stood on a nearby bridge and hob * up passengers at the point of pis tols, Jos. Kroager. a patrolman, am one of the unidentified robbers wen s- killed. The wounded robber (lier n later in a hospital. As he was dyint ie a priest begg< d him to tell his naint p, and the man shouted, "You go tc >d hell!" Chas. Pierce, of Scranton is Pa., was captured later several miles e- north of the city, and is held ii connection with Kroager's murder. # RALLY, FARMERS AND I'llOTKCT YOU It 1XTEKE8TS BY UNITED ACTION. 1'ersoii.s Who Arc Not Members of the I'nioii Are I'rjjed to (jive Their Suppore to tiie Farmer. The Farmers' Union does not conline its membership nor its activities and interests to the farmers of the South, nor to the raising and marketI lug of cotton. Orgiuating in a little | sandhill town in eastern Texas a i'ew \ ais ago the movement grew ill that State ami finally began to I travel east and north. Today in its membership ere included a large pori lion of the Mllers of the soil in practically all of the States of the Union. In the South the problem that con; fronts the farmer is how to market his cotton to best advantage, in the .sort I) it is the cereal crops that abi vltr It till* U!t mo 1/ lll/l /if itiioi'oel attention. In the South a detlnit plan has boon formula tod for handling the cotton crop, and t lie plan is being presented to the farm rs in ! ill the States in which cotton grows. Little or no publicity has been given <o far to the plan or its details until this time. The plan was laid b fore the presidents of the unions of South Carolina in Columbia last week. The Stale says the increase In production of grain, the staple crop of the .North and West, has not kept pace with the increase of population. Population has increased in recent years with about double the rapidity with which ( real production has increased. None need be told that grain products are costing consumers more than they used to cost. ; Today the price of wheat is such that it is seriously aHVoting great interests and the public is paying a third | more for the bread that, is eaten, j And cotton Itself is a grain crop, for I the seed will produce many edibles. The decreasing amount of grain product per capita is, however, not the only factor involved in the present reign of high prices. Speculators have manipulated t lie markets in such a way that, an abnormal profit is taken from this staple?grain. Like the cotton farmer, the grain fanner is failing to be the beneficiary of the prevailing high prices. The producers of wereai find themselves in the same predicament the cotton farmers are in. And now the Northern agriculturalists are planning a coup along linos somewhat similar to those that will probably be adopted by the raisers of the Soutebrn staple. To this end the farmers in the grain growing States will meet in conclave at Springfield, Mo., on the 1 21li of next mont h. President f\ S. Parrot t, of tin1 1 national organization of the Farmers' Union, has issued the following adI dress: ! "To the Officers and Members of tlio Farmers' Union, and to drain and Cattle Growers Generally in the Following States, and in All States Interested in the Cultivation of drain. This Call and Invitation i are Issued: Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas. Illinois, Washington, Oregon, California, Texas, and Idaho: "Members of the Farmers' Union engaged in the cultivation of grain and raising of cattle are earnestly I urged to attend a meeting, to be held in Springfield, Mo., on May 1 2, to consider the grain situation in this country, and to adopt policies and strengthen plans to the end that the supremacy of the grower in the protitabl market ins: of grain may be 'advanced and maintained. "Wo shall also he glad of the co-operation of non-members, who may he in sympathy with our pnr| poses. The interests of all grain growers in the maintenance of good ' prices, and in the holding of the product to that end, are identical, j whether or not thoy are organized.] 'So that we cordially invite at.ten-j ! dance from growers who are willing to sincerely co-operate with us. "The present sensational condition in the wheat situation may look good to the grain grower, but he | should analyze them with a view to ' I their ultimate effect upon himself. "Present uncertain conditions do not make for permanent high prices ' for grain. The purpose of this meet' j ing is to throw the whole power of ; the Farmers' Union hack of a movement for which there has never been " a more timely opportunity to place I prie s on a permanently high basis. "Heretofore we have had to focus our strength on cotton, until organization in the cotton-producing r States was well effected. Now we j are going into the wheat field to build up our force for the handling of ,. i grain and cattle, equal in power to the forces how handling eotron. 1 1 "The national board of directors, the president and the most influ ntial 1 otlieors of the union will bo in Spring flold on tlio 12tl?. 1 "Wo urgo all monibors interested ' in those industries to bo prosont. Wo also urgo non-inonibors whose ; Interests harmonize with ours, to aid * us in a work that touches their wel> faro. This organization, with its . millions of members, and its es* tablished oflloos in all directions ,of1 fors all producers interested In these t industries the best opportunities to THKY WKKK KATHKlt GAY. |j Kx?Goverin?r of Okluliomu and \Voman Ari-ostcd in St. Isolds. Frank Frantz, former governor of U Oklahoma, was arrested in St. Louis a few days ago in company with a young woman after an automobile ride to a road house in the suburbs, which began Saturday night. The couple was charged with disturbing the peace. They were detained at tlie police station until 9 o'clock I the morning they were arrested, when they w^re released on bonds. At S o'clock at night an additional entry was made on the police blotter. It read: "Charges dismissed by order of the chief." The woman gave her name as Kdna Wilson, and said she lived at the Jefferson hotel. Chief Creecy, explained that the j charges were dismissed after a per- r fionnl appeal by Frantz. ti "The facts were that be and the young woman were just a tritle hilarious." said the officials. "They had H not done any part icnlar harm, and I t' could not resist tin? appeal." ji h \v!tm:ssi:d ax kxfci tiow . h o ail American and Mis Wife Present \\ by Accident. t Mrs. N. W. Stowell, of San Fran- ^ er Prinz Friedricli Wilhelm, of the d North Merman Lloyd, told how sin? ^ had been compellf'd to be present ' a at Canton. China, when a man's head was cut. off. t, "Mr. Stowell and f wore taken to p the execution grounds in Canton p among other sights," said Mrs. Sto- li well, "and when we were within the t enclosure tin4 gates wore suddenly closed. To our horror they let out. v a poor wretch and our guides told us t they were going to cut. his head oft. I We wanted to get out, but they would ? not open the gates until the execu- t Lion was over. t. "Of course I turned my head away v and suffered intense emotions, but t there were no unusual sounds or v outcry. Afterwards we were told 1 ! ney had given the victim opium, t When 'he gates were op> d we hut- \ ried away as quickly as we could.' '1 ( FATAL POLITICAL FKAY. t One Dead and Three Wounded in j. Shooting Scrape. 51 r Cornelius Pritchard is dead and throe other persons are wounded as <1 a result of a six-handed shooting f f affray at Moadville, Miss., Tuesday, the outgrowth of a politieal feud. s At a r cent election Dr. A. M. New- 1 man, formerly sheriff of the county. defeated the father of the young man N killed for the otlice of chancery clerk. ,) Keeling between the two factions he- (. came intense, and when Pritchard i met Newman today weapons were ] quickly drawn and fireing began. In- n graham Pritchard came to the aid V of his brother and three sons of Dr. Newman came to his assistance, r When the tiring ended Cornelius r Pritchard was dead, his brother had 1 sustained a bullet wound in his leg l and two bystanders. Herbert Apple- | whit.n and Sidney llorton, were less v seriously hurt. 1 MISTIII \ I. I OK JOSH ASM l,MV. t ???????? r Tin* Aiiry 1 liable to Agree in the t Peonage Case. a 1 The jury in the case of John W. , Ashley, tried last week in the Fed- r: oral court at Anderson on the nhnnn of peonage reported Monday morn- r ing to Judge Prawley that it was r nnahio to agreo and was discharged. f Tho case will not come up again till the fall term at Charleston. Colum- \ hia or Creenville. The trial attract- <ed wide attention on account of the t prominence of the defendant, who f is a member of the Legislative del- ] egation from Anderson county. The < jury stood seven to five for acquit- ( tal, it is currently reported. , get just prices for themselves and | to avert conditions which may injure them in ways now impossible i to forecast. i "A few years ago, when cotton went to sl<y-scraping prices through market manipulation, precious few farmers in the South profited, for they had sold their staple already. Precisely these conditions apply to grain growers. Few of them are gaining any advantage from present high pric s. Put both cotton growers and grain growers and the producers of every other commodity are likely to come in for adverse criticism, probably adverse action, from the consumers the world over when the growers are not responsible become of effect. "It is to make such situations as this impossible, and to protect the cfrnwAPfl from t h Ir ItHiirfoiia that thl? mooting is called. Both members rind non members can readily see it Js to their mutual interest to co-oporute. "The Southern farmer is hand-tohand with the Western farmer in the fight.for permanent high prices. That is why I ask universal co-operation for the meeting next month. "C. S. BARRETT." ) % ' I J 40RTH MUST GO 1 __ 1 i to be Ousted For Alleged Scandalous CONDUCT IN OFFICE ? le Wrote the Iniquitous Wool Schedule in the Present Din^ley Tarill" Law, Put That Is Not thv Tiling for Which lie is to be Fired by Tuft. Zacli McCiee, tho Washington corespondent of The State, says the oal reason Mr. S. X. 1). North, diet lor of the census, is about to be r d from his job is scandalous and ufruitable. Hut the reason why he hould never have been appointed o Ibis job, and why since recent exlosurcs it is a public disgrace to ave him holding any position of onor or responsibility in the govrnment should be known to men and Cornell. Mr. North is the man who wrote he present wool schedule In the Dinley tariff law. This be did at tho ireetion and as the agent of the Vool Manna fet lifers' association, rom whom he claimed bis reward ml got it in cold cash, lie was apointed by Senator Aldrich as clerk o tho finance committee. in that apacity be wrote the iniquitous and dllaging wool schedule. For this io was paid by the Wool Manufacurors* Association. Whether Mr. Roosevelt knew Ibis rhen he appointed Mr. North direcor of the census I do not know, tut. Mr. Roosevelt did know it last sovember when it came out in cerain letters Champ Clark submitted o the ways and means committee, vliich letters Mr. North came before he committee and admitted v.o/1 vritton. Mr. North admitted that 10 had written the wool schedule and hat he had been paid for it by the Yool Manufacturers' Association. Phe letters were there, it was no use 0 deny them, so Mr. North admited it. What happened? Did he lose his oh? Did Mr. Roosevelt spurn him rom his "righteous" administration md denounce him as a traitor and 1 hired thief? Not at all. Mr. Cort.li holds his position until this lay. Mr. Taft was apparently going y o keep him, but that a lesser ofense is charged against him. Mind ou, the offense now charged is more candalous; but that is because pubic thievery is so common that it Iocs not excite scandal. Thb other charge against Mr. Corth is. in brief, and without the letails. that whenever a member of ongrrss or another high official of he government has a pretty young adv friend to supply with a remulerative job in Washington all ho ^ las to do is to go to Mr. North and pprise him of the fact and the died or will provide for her. When- 4. ver later the congressman finding ilmself under further obligations to lis young lady friend wishes her iromoted to a better paying position, vhy he goes to Mr. North and tells dm. and Mr. North promotes her. The. young lady may be the daugh<>r of the congressman or his nieco ) r his brother-in-law's stepmother, t is all the same to Mr. North; he congressman wants her promoted nd it is done, regardless of the pubic service, regardless of the Individ- 4 lal merits of the other young ladies ' >r young men in the office, who have o stand on their own merits and coords without any influential senders (>) "congressmen" to intercede or them. T say this, as had as it is, is not vorso than Mr. North's thievery in onnection with the wool schedule in lie tariff hill, because some members >f congress are now at bottom equaly with North the real offenders, lome time ago a high official in the longress, who is also a member, vent to Mr. North. "Mr. North," tie said, "1 want this young lady iromoted to a $1,300 Job." "Why, just at present, Mr. replied the director, "I have 110 such [lositions vacant." "Well, replied the high and influential congressman, "you heard what f said. I want her promoted to a $1,800 job at. once." The young lady got her promotion. And, you may recall, that the census bill was passed by both houses of congress with a provision that < annolnfments In that branch of the service snoum no mane wirnout tno assistance of the olvi! service commission i>ut practically by the director, upon the recommpndntion of members of congress. There is n reason why. as the old song used to he. President Ttoosev It vetoed this hill, and congress is now wrestling with the problem of another which will save their faces -and their favorites' jobs. . ^ Negro Lynched in Texas. A mob took from the jail in Tyler, Texas, a few days aeo, a negro and ^ j hanged him to scaffolding at the court house now building. Ilodgca was charged with assaulting and seriously injuring Miss Winnie liarman, near there, the night before. 1 * *