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* POOR BILL TAFT The Wicked Hitchcock Said to be Plotting to > UNDO AlL HIS PLANS To Rreak Solid South bj Giving Weak Kneed Democrats a Chance at the Republican Pie Counter fn Exchange for Their Support of the Taft Program. President Taft'e well-directed efforts in fixing his policy towards the South are threatened with rupture if not destruction as the result of the political games being playod In connection with the appointment of census supervisors, says P. H. McO., the Washington correspondent of The News and Courier. He says up to a few days ago it looked as though the appointments to theee places would be made by Director Durand, of the census bureau, with the President's approval. Now, however, it has been learned that thA r?al nawar hpihltiH tho throne is none other than Frank H. Hitchcock, aided by the Republican referee* from the various Democratic States. It has been known in Washington for several days that so far as South Carolina was concerned no appointment as supervisors would be made without the approval of John G. Capers and Leumas Blalock, and that In Virginia, another rock-ribbed Democratic State, Congressman Slemp and Alvah Martin would be consulted before anything delluite would be announced as to the appointments. In addition to this it was learned that Cecil Lyon, the head of the Republican machine in Texas, has been here for several days holding conferences with Mr. Hitchcock and that everything is now cut and dried for naming at least ten Republican supervisors in the Lone Star State, which sends to Congress a delegation of sixteen Democrats. That at least ten of the sixteen supervisors will ho Roniihllrftna in practically settled, and It is possible that even a greater division may be made. It is learned, too that Judge Cpencer Adams, the recognized 4,boss" of North Carolina Republican politics, has also been talking over matters with Mr. Hitchcock. When seen and asked what would be done in a general way regarding these appointments. Judge Adams knew nothing about them except what he had heard or read in the newspapers, and hardly knew that there was such a man as Frank Hitchcock. But, being on to him, 1 it did not take Washington correspondents who haunt the postoihce department long to figure out just what hla business might be here. North Carolina has three Republican members of Congress and seven Democrats, and as President Taft has already indicated that he would appoint more euprvisora or tne latter party In States like North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Missouri, where there is a maraked Republican tendency, it is probable that in the division North Carolina will get about six or seven Republicans and throe or four Democrats. Though Georgia has no Republicans In Congress, It is understood that six Republicans will be appointed there, leaving room for five Democrats. In Florida, Alabama and other Southern States, where the delegations are solidly Democratic, and there is to be a supervisor for the Congressional district, the division will be made equally between the Democrats and Republicans ex cept that where there is an odd number of Representatives the odd man will be from the Republican ranks. It is known that nothing can be gained by the appointment of a few Republican supervisors in any of the Southern States, and in those sections overwhelmingly Democratic ft would probably be Mr. Taft's desire to give the places to the Democrats, but for the pressure coming from the Hitchcock machine for a division to be mado strictly along party lines with most of the pie om the Republican Bide and what may be split to go to hungry Democrats. These appointments are small things within themselves, and it Is known that Mr. Taft would gladly let the Southern people have them, but for the reasons just given, and just here the Iniquitous work of the ever-ready machine begins to be apparent. The appointment of Republican supervisors naturally means the appointment of at least a llmltC ed number of negroes, according to Director Durand, as enumerators, v and that Is just where many Southern peoplo may part company with Mr. Taft. The appointment of negroes to office anywhere and under the conditions?especially In the South?savors strongly of carpetbag tactics. It seems?all things considered? and especially with reference to the Hitchcock manipulations, that Mr. A FIEND HUNG PAYS TI1K DKATH PENALTY FOR HIS ATTKMPTED CHIME. The Negro Who Attempted to Assault a Young Lady Near Georgetown Confessed IJefore Execution. At Georgetown on Friday Alfred ackson, alias "Slippery Joint," who was convicted of an assault and an attempt to commit criminal assault uu ? youug wnue bcqooi leacner at the special term of court which was held on July 27, paid the death penalty for his crime on the gallows, in accordance with the sentence which was passed upon him by Judge John S. Wilson to hang on August 13. Jenkins, Just before leaving his cell for the gallows, confessed his crime, saying that he had had a dream in which the Lord told him to tell the truth before he died. Jenkins up to this time had denied that he was the guilty party and at his trial he put up the plea of an alibi. While on the gallows he made no statement regarding his crime, the only thing he Bald being, "Lord have mercy on my soul. The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want." His spiritual advisor, Rev. A. B. Jackson, colored, made a prayer in behalf of the condemned man on the gallows. After the prayer Sheriff Scurry asked Jenkins If he had anything elso to say, to which he replied, "No." The sheriff sprung the trap at 9:3 1 o'clock and Jenkins hung for sixteen and a half minutes before life was pronounced extinct by Drs. Olin Sawyer, Gaillard and Moorer. Jenkins did not show any signs of nervousness when ho walked up the steps on the gallows except that perspiration was streaming from his face. The execution passed ofT quietly and his family took charge of the body. One of the witnesses of the execution fainted when the trap was sprung and was taken to the jail house by the doctors, who were present for attention. SWEPT HY FLOOD. Many Lives Lost anil Man* Ilnnse* Aro Destroyed. A dispatch from Monterey, Mexico, aaye the Santa Catarlna River has returned to Its banks, leaving a score of desolation and destruction in the southern part of the city. Fourteen lives are known to have been lost, and estimates place the number as high as fifty. The exact figures will never t>e known, as the Barrio of San Lulslto, where most of the damage occurred, Is Inhabited by the poorer classes mostly, and many occupied houses were washed away. Over 600 houses have been washed away In this one district, and practically all those loft standing are more or less damaged. The people returned to the stricken district a few days ago and spent the time in cleaning the deposits of mud from the houses. Many families have lost all their possessions and there is great suffering among them. In the city proper several houses caved in as a result of the storm and tho damage all over the city has been great. Tho Monterey hath house was flooded by rain. One man lost his life in the swimming pool. Houses throughout tho lower sections of the city were inundated and the families forced to move out. Tho electric light plant was damaged, as was' the ,power plant of the street railway system. Tho rains continue and another flood is expected in tho Santa Catarlne. END OF THE WORLD NEAR. According to the "Holy Ghost and Us Society. The Holy Ghost and Us Sociotv whoso principal base of operations is at Shiloh, Me., has received advices that the end of the wolrd is to come at 10:20 a. m., Wednesday, September 1. The ltev. Frank Sandford, who originated tno sect and calls Himself "Elijah," says that this w'll happen. The Holy Ghost and IJs society at Shiloh is making preparations to don the pure white robes, pass to the housetops of their villages, and there await the dread moment. When it comes they expect to see the sky fall, and the earth, moon, and sun disappear, and they themselves transplanted into the realms of eternal bliss, whilo all others pass into destruction. * Taft's much-cherished hopes of uniting the Southern people to him by appointing only the best men to office, irrespective of politics, are to be dashed to destruction through the work of the all-powerful machine. P. H. McO. / A FATAL FIGHT A Gilted Lover and Brother Killed Brothers OF THE YOUNG LADY The Dead Men's Father in Attempting to Avenge Their Death by Shooting Their Murderers Kills a Man Fussing That Way by His Wild Shooting. j The Latin tomporamont Is ever ready to fly to extremes, and, particularly when Jealously supplies the motive. Thus It was that the little village of Genzano, near Home,, Italy, was a few days ago provided with all the elements of a lurid melodrama. Evari&to Apennl was madly enamored of a certain Esmeralda Bernono, who, howevor, had given her heart to Arturo Caroggl. Between the Apennl and Bernonl families a good deal of rancor had arisen on this account, which had hitherto only found expresson in Bcowling looks and muttered threats. Evaristo Apennl, boiling with rage, undor the effects of a new repulse by the enchanting Emeralda, was walking through tho streets of Gengano, In company with his ? CI J- * uiuuiei, ouverio, wnen tney met Achille and Cesaro Bernonl, brothers of the fair enslaver, and tho latler's father. A few brief but exasperating wordB were exchanged, and soon, long-bladed knives were hissing through tho air. Tho two Bernonis, on tho one side, and the two Apennis on the other separated for a brief moment to get breath, and then fell to again with redoubled vigor. The second round was brief but decisive. Hardly had tho preliminary feints for advantage been exchanged before tho Apennis' knives struck homo and the Bernonis fell to tho ground mortally wounded. But tho battle was not yet over, for a new combatant appeared on the field. This was tho B<ernonis' father, who, maddened by the sight of his two sons lying on the ground with their life-blood ebbing away, pulled out his revolver and fired two shots at the Apennls. Neither bullet took effect. Achille Bernoni, however, although lying wounded on the ground, had yet sufficient strength left to enable him to draw his revolver also. Four times he pulled the trigger, and although he missed his antagonist, one of the shots struck a passer by, Franoesso Valente, who was killed. iMeanwhlle, on hearing the firing, carabineers hurried to the spot, and on their appearance the Apennls took to flight. The father of the Bernonis was arrested with the revolver in his hand and his two sons were taken to the hospital, where they expired. After a brief chase Saverio Apenni was caught by the police, but so far Evaristo has eluded the vigilance of his pursuers. * RUN DOWN BY SURREY. Rev. W. P. Jacobs Seriously Hurt In Washington. Refusing to be taken to the hospital, although perhaps fatally Injured, until the promise was made to him that the person who Injured him would not be arrested, Rev. William P. Jacobs, a Presbyterian clergyman, aged sixty, of Clinton, S. C., put the golden rulo of life, which he has preached for many years, into practice. Mr. Jacobs, In Washington on a sight-seeing trip, was run over on Pennsylvania avenue Tuesday night by a two-seated surrey. "I do not want the driver prosecuted," said the mlnlstor, "as I know It was not his fault." Despite tho promlso of the police to tho Injured man, however, the driver was arrested. Mr. Jacobs founded the Thornwell ornhnnafn nf which ho is president. In charitable work ho is known widely. Tired of Life. At McCamb, Ohio, the bodies of Mrs. James H. Ititter, long in ill health, and her year-old daughter, were found in an abandoned well by the woman's husband. The coroner pronounced the case suicide. The body of the baby was clasped tightly in the mother's arms. I/caps Into Well. I Tuesday morning about daybreak at her home, two-miles from Hull, < In Madison county, Ga., Mrs. J. C. Phillips took her life by first slashing her wrist with a razor and then Jumping head foremost Into a well on tho lot. I Shoot Forei>oiers to Death. News from Bristol, Tenn., says a shooting affray at Dant, Russell county, Va., a few nights ago, causi ed two foreigners to be killed. Next to Investment tV\e wildest gambler is speculation. MAN UNDER THE BED IIK REACHED OUT AND GUARDED A LADY'S ANKLE. The Itold and Daring Act of a Negro, For Wfilch He Will Pay Very Dearly. Mrs. Iverna Hicks, who lives in Marietta, Ga., returned homo at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday evening with her two children and her brother-in-law, Charley Hicks, a 12-year-old boy. Her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Horn, with whom she and her husband live, were away and the house was empty. The Atlanta Journal says Mrs. Hicks entered and went Into one of the downstairs bedrooms. She deposited some bundles on a chair she carried and then walked over to the bed In one corner and began to take off her hat. As she was doing so a negro reached out from under the bed and caught her by the ankle. She tried to Jerk loose, but the negro held her tightly. She screamed and the little boy screamed also. Their cries frightened the negro, who loosed his hold on Mrs. Hicks and .began to scramble from under the bed. She herself picked up her two children and ran toward the front of the house. The little boy, however, ran toward the back of the house, but found tho back door locked. Ho tried to climb through a window, but he could only get partly across tho sill. The negro, too, ran toward the back of the house and being unable to get through the door, turned to the window. lie brushed tho boy out of the way and crawled through tho window and to the ground. Possles were quickly formed and search for the negro begun. Every negro who In any way ansewered the description furnished was arrested. About 2:30 o'clock Wednesday morning a negro 19 or 20 years old, named Alvln Gibson, was arrested at a negro suburb of Marietta known as Louisville. The boy Identified this negro and tho officers are sure that ho Is the one by whom Mrs. Hicks was attacked. She herself saw only tho back of the head of the negro who Rfkl hor and la imnKIn on.. ".* ?? Mv ? uuuuiu K.VJ Dttjr YTUat was his appearance. The little boy, however, got a good look at the negro when the latter pushed him from the window. He says that the one now under arrest is exactly like the assailant of Mrs. Hicks, even to a peculiar tear in his overalls. It has been found, too, that the shoos of this negro fit exactly into the impressions made by Mrs. Hicks' assailant In a plot of soft earth when ho Jumped from the rear window. He is being held for trial. Mrs. Illcks is unhurt, save for a nervous shock from fright. She Is the wife of Will Hicks, a fireman on the W. & A. road. Mr. Hicks was on his run at the timo his wife was attacked by tho negro. * WOMAN FINDS SNAKE IN BED. Was Awakened by Reptile Crawling Over Her Face. Mrs. John McKnlght of Shartlesville, Pa., had an experience with a black snake which she Is not likely to forget for some time. The family retired as usual and when Mrs. McKnlght had been In bed but a short time she heard a peculiar noise back of her pillow. Thinking It was an Insect of some kind she thought no more of the matter and went to sleep. She had just fallen into a doze when she felt a peculiar sensation on her face. Reaching up to her forehead she was horrified to find a snako crawling over her face. Grabbing It, with a shriek sho hurled the reptile acrose the room. Arising, she found the snake lying In n fftrnnr r\ f Um rnnm a r? .1 Mlln/l ? VWI ??vy 4 V* V41W 1 VUJlt mill r\ 1 1 1UH it with a cane. The snake measured threo feet, four IncheB in length. Pellagra at Durham. A report from Durham, N. C., says an epidemic of pellagra resulted in the fifth death thero a few days ago, that of Mrs. D. C. Mitchell, a native Georgian, and the wife of an extensive lumber dealer. Physicians are not able to assign any cause for tho disease. Thero have been eight deaths from pellagra 1 ,, T1.. ..U ~ 1 ? 4 14 * | in i/ui nam unu ttujaut'iu tuiriiury. ^ j Towbont Capsizes. Tho naval tug Zenlnscot, from Portsmouth to Boston, capsized off Cape Ann early Wednesday. Several of her crew were drowned. The second oflicer, tho captain's wife, her little hoy and four of the crew were landed on the tug's boat. The captain, surgeon, engineer and three other members of the crew, who took a raft, were blown off shore. They were rescued later. DIED A HERO Brave Engineer, Fatally Hurt Told Rescuers TO ATTEND OTHERS Paoeengers who W?re in Bristol Wreck Tell Graphic Story of the Bravery of Engineer BunIi, Who Was Fatally Hurt In the Accident That Wrecked Hit# Train. Passengers who were on the Southern train wreckod near Bristol, Va., Thursday eventing arrived at Atlanta Friday night, bringing de~ * - - " laiio vi iuu urayory 01 engineer Samuel Dush, of Knoxvllle, who died Friday as a result of his Injuries. Ilush was slowly and painfully working hLs way out of the wreck of his engine, scalded and frightfully brulsod, when the fow passengers who retained their senses, dug Into the mass of twisted and burning Iron to meet him. He was lifted out upon the ground and a hurried call for physicians resulted In the discovery that there was not a doctor on the train. As the passongers began a hunt for whiskey to stimulate him and were breaking open suit cases In their search, Bush asked for a last look at his old engine, as boneless a wreck as was Its engineer. When they came to lilm with the liquor, ho begged them to look after the comfort of the passengers. Told that no passengers had been Injured, ho said: "That's good. Rut before T take this whiskey, I want you men to smell my breath and testify, If need be, that I had not been drinking when this happened." Although suffering horrlblo agonies, the bravo engineer would not tounch the stimulant until four of the men had smelled his breath and promised to bear witness to his sobriety. "All an engineer has Is his record," he said feebly, "and he cannot afford to havo anything against that." And Engineer Rush went out upon his last run with his record spotless. Engineer Rush was a native of Bedford county, Virginia, being a member of an old and widely known family in that soctlon of the State. IIo had been In the sorvloe of the 11 f V? nrn Pol1?n?? " uw^vuuiu 1VU1L nuj 1UI UIUI O man thirty years. He leavoe an eitate valued at $106,000. KLKPHANT SHARK CAUGHT. Fishermen Have Exciting Rattle With Rig Fish. A shark of the elephant species, said to be tho largest ever caught niong the Jersey coast, 's on exhibition In n Long Branch, N. J. shop. It Is twelve #eet long and weighs 1,000 pounds. It was capture 1 off Long Branch by a fishing crew after a x icious battle. ' no Bnaru., wnicn is or the vnaneatlng variety and with a reputation for combatlveness, was feasting In a school of mackerel when the fishermen ppeared him. For a half hour the monster towed the fishermen's boat around the ocean before ho was subdued with hooks and prongs. The presence of this shark has intimidated many of the bathers along tho Jersey coast who fear that It may be a forerunner of many others. 8TAKK ALL OX CHANCE. Two Greenville Cundidatce Will Draw for Office. Two candidates In Greenville who tied In tho election for aldomen have hit on a novel way to decide who shall hare tho office. A dispatch from Greenville says: "The city Democratic committee found that C. ; II. Webb and W. T. Bull, candidates for aldermen from the first ward, had each 718 votes. The committee will meet again this morning and take up the matter of tho challenge voters. If tho result is not changed, tho names of the two candidates will bo placed in a hat and a boy not over ten years of age will draw out the one who is to represent tho ward in tho council. It Is a stato of af limn never seen nero oeroro." This will gave tho trouble of holding another election. Commits Suicide. Henry P. Plunkett, a Franklin county, Virginia, farmer, committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in his orchard Wednesday afternoon. His body was found by a son. Ho leaves a widow and ten children. Said to !>o Living. A negro boy for whoso murder a white man of Edgefield has been arrest Is said to be still alive and living In Aiken county. EIGHT MEN KILLED ANI> FIFTY OTHERS INJURED DC A RAILROAD WRECK. The Four Hundred Pwwcngen Wen Thrown Into Indescribable Ooo> fusion by the Crash. Eight are dead and fifty Injured, some fatally, as a result of a headon collision between train No. 8, northbound, and train No. 1, Southbound. on tho Denver and Ulo Grando at Hnsted. 13 miles north of Colorado Springs, Col., Saturday morning The trains, both running at terrific speed, met on a curve and their crews had no opportunity to avert the collision. Train No. 8, drawu by two onginos, telescoped the baggage car and smoker of No. 1, and all three engines went Into the ditch. With more than 400 passengers on the two trains, the excitement following the accident was indescribable. All the passengers wers thrown in a screaming mass on the floors of the cars and many were hurt in the stampede to escape. The unhurt rushed to the aid of the Injured. hilt nn orroof _ , - n.vuv TT an lUO UUIItU* slou that it required half an hour to clear the cars, which were enveloped In clouds of steam from th? engines. It is said that tho officials of the road place tho blame of tho wreck upon tho crew of train No. 8, who were ordered to moot No. 1, at Hubted. It is claimed tho crew mistook a switch englno and cars for No. 1 and believed tho track was clear. Tho following aro among tho dead: Frank M. Frederick, St. Louis. C. S. Brown, Jerrlco Springs, Mo. J. A. Goseage, 1 lusted, Col., fireman No. 8. F. E. Barkens, Colorado Springs, Col. .1. E. Parker, Denver. J. It. Parker, Chicago. Two unidentified men. DOCTOR RUNS AWAY. Gnvo Patient Chloroform and II* Dies at Once. Tho sudden and excited departue of Dr. Philip Sussman from tho apartment of Mrs. Abranam ^.azercwitz, in tho East Side tenement, NewYork, before daylight Wednesday, was explained later by tho doctor to Coroner Harburger as being occasioned by his fear that the woman and her family would attack him when they learned of the death of their sixteen-year-old son, whom the doctor was attending. Dr. Sussman was called to ner form an operation on the boy's knee and to do bo he said that he had administered chloroform. Before he was ready to operate, however, he discovered that the boy had died while under the influence of the chloroform. "I know how excited those families become on such an occasion," the doctor is reported to have told the coroner, "and I left the house, telling the mother that I was going for my instruments. Had I remained there until they discovered that ho was dead they and tho neighbors would have mobbed mo." When tho doctor did not return to the house in half an hour tho mother discovered that her son was dead and called tho police. Tho coroner will hold an Inniiesf COTTON IN IIAI) 8IIAPH. So Says The Now Orleans Tirae#Democrat Itoport. Tho New Orleans Timos-Democrat in its summary of the cotton crop conditions says: "In Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee improvement has been the rule. "North Carolina as a whole shows no complete change, but there hats been a distinct loss in South Carolina. In Texas and Oklahoma there has been serious deterioration and the situation is serious. "There is complaint of boll weevil in some districts but the dam age can not bo estimated at thhi time. "The crop is very spotted and la peculiarly subject to unfavorable conditions." Fell From Third Story. Arthur Bleakley, one of tho leadng dry goods merchants of Augusta, (la., fell from a window of his flat, third story, over his store, to the sidewalk Friday morning about 1 o'clock, suffering a broken leg and other injuries. IIo died Friday night at a local hospital. Death resulted from shock. | Accused of Terrible Crime Grover Henderson, a young man who lives In the Ezells section of Cherokee county, was committed to Jail by Magistrate Scruggs, of Morgan Township, charged with an attempt criminal assault upon the person of a young married woman In ^ the upper part of the county. '.-iijfA. .