The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 24, 1910, Image 6
| HE MUST GO
f | Insurgent Republicans and Democrats At11
tack Old Man Joe.
I COMBINE AGAINST HIM
K' The Irregular Republicans and the
Democratic Members in the House
Join in a Fight on Speaker Can
(! nou to Cur'i Mm (.lowing I'owri
B
Over the Members.
They had a hot time in the House
of Representatives at Washington on
Thursday. Encouraged by their repeated
victories over the speaker and
the regular Republicans of tin; house,
the "insurgents" started an aggressive
movement for a change in the
rules of the house for the purpose
of eliminating Speaker Cannon from
the committee on rules and curtailIing
his power in legislative matters.
Without a word of warning that
so radical a proposition would be
brought up with the apparent supIport
of a majority of the membership
of the house, Representative
Norris late in the afternoon obtained
the ho or and offered a resolution
for a change in the rule of the
house. ?
Mr. Norris insisted that the language
of the constitution gave his
mcasuro the same privilege that
Speaker Cannon had claimed for a
? resolution relating to the taking of
tho census. He asked that this resolution
be placed before the house
at once.
On both tho Republican and Democratic
sides nearly every member
was in his place and all realized that
at last the "insurgents" were locking
horns with the regular Republicans
for what might prove to be a
death struggle. On both sides ol
the house the "whips," realizing th?
necessity of obtaining their full vot
ing strength, put in motion all theii
resources for the summoning of ah
cent members. Telegrams were sen
to those absent on leave and ha<
left the city. Taxicabs were ordere<
to make trips to he hotels and :es
idences of the few members knowi
to bo in Washington who wore no
on band.
The news of the Impending strug
gle soon spread about the city am
the galleries that had been but hal
filled became crowded.
Mr. Norris. whose seat is on th
Democratic side of the chamber, ap
pealed to the speaker for a rulin
in favor of the immediate considers
tion of his resolution. He insiste
that the time had come for action b
the house so that it might take mat
ters affecting legislation into thei
own hands.
rrhe attitude of the Democrats to
ward tho movement so suddenly pu
under way was made evident by th
prompt endorsement of Mr. Norris
contentions by Mr. Underwood am
by Chamj) Clark, minority leader.
Mr. Underwood insisted that th
language of the constitution mad
the Nebraskan's resolution a matte
of the highest import. Minorit;
T i ?i. ? - ~ i
liiTfUll"! 1 tillll'JIKMI Ull'
that he had once said that the housi
could do anything it pleased, evei
to the election of a new speaker.
"The speaker has said that ai
election could be put through tie
house if the house so desired," shout
ed Mr. Clark.
"The speaker," said Mr. Cannon
who had until now watched the pre
ceedings in grim silence, "would b
prepared to rule on the questioi
when any gentleman thinks that th
minority has become the majoritj
But that presents an entirely diffei
ent question from the one now be
fore us."
"If wo can change the speaker,
shouted Mr. Clark, "why can't w
change the rules?"
Deafening applause on the Den
ooratic side was evoked by this n
mark.
Mr. Clark opposing any suggestic
that the resolution be referred i
the committee on rules, declarii
that that committee, consisting <
tin eo Republic ar.s, including, t)
speaker, and two Democrats, con
not be trusted with a measure eu
tailing its own powers.
The Republican maioritv nf
on thnt committee was as great
their majority In the house, "and
he added, amid laughter, "more i
liable."
"If you want to change the rule?
shouted Mr. Clark, looking over t
house, "now is the accepted tinn
When the applause had subside
Majority Leader Payne made a stro
and feeling plea for "regularity."
"We can not have the respon
bility of the majority of lliis house
said Mr. Payne, "unless we can t
ercise it under the rules of the houi
The men on that side," he contlnu
waving his hand toward the Dem
crats, "come today to break do\
the rule."
"Is the Democratic party going
make its usual blunder?" he ask<
"Now at this critical time, with i
election coming off and with tl
best Interests of the people at stak
you, who have fought for the Kepu
lican party have a care that you <
not aid and abet the enemy of t
FEARFUL TRAGEDY '
A FATHER ANI> HIS SONS SLAIN
IN TIIEIH HOUSE.
Triple Tragedy in New York Appeals
to be Case of Double Murder and
Suicide.
Herman Morltz, 45 years old, and
two sons, George and Walter, 17 and
' 12 years old respectively were found
shot to (loath Sunday night in their
homes in New York. The lather b
body was in tho hallway, the eldest
son lay dead in a closet, wliil? the
younger boy was found in the cc!>
lar. It appears to be a case of double
murder and suicide.
Moritz was a retired real estate
I dealer and from all appearances he
killed his two sons, then turned the
revolver on himself. A 3 8-calibre
revolver lay beside the father's body.
The discovery of tho oodles came
about when a policeman an:l night
watchman ran into the house alter
tho watchman had rung In a fiee
alarm at the request of Mr. Moritz,
who had rushed Into tho street
shouting that his houoe was on lire.
The watchman also called a policeman.
The policeman pushed on
tho front door, which was partly
open. The door was blocked but as
the policeman pushed harder the
door opened suddenly. On the floor
in the front hall lay the body of
Moritz.
in a bed room closet they found
tho body of Geoige. The body was
all huddled up in the closet in such
a position as to indicate that tlie
mniy nan neon cnasea by the father
and had sought to hide himself. Firemen
in the meantime began extinguishing
the small blaze in the cellar
av.,1 were on the point of leaving
when they found the body of the
youni son lying o.n a heap of rags
near ' o cellar stairway. He had
1 been shot twice in the right breaBt.
Mo: it/, was evidently seized with a
J tit of despondency to which neighbors
say he was subject, killed hU
r two boys, set the cellar afire, gave
the alarm, then returned and shot
* himself. He had shot himself in the
* head. The Moritz's were well-to-do.
1 Mrs. Moritz is visiting in Englewood,
" N. J.
a
An outburst of applause on the
Republican side had hardly died out
before Mr Poindexter one of the Ion*
cf Mine insurgents, declared that there
was no regular system of rules ir
the house by which business wai
li aiioavieUi
Mr. Poindexter charged tho insur
K gents of tho house to bear In mine
that this resolution gave them ti
1 chance to allow the country to so;
J where they stood In their attitude
of reformers of the practices of the
r house.'
Mr. Douglas in an Impassioned ap
It
peal to the majority, declared thai
by the adoption of the pending res
olution the houso would make chaos
j of its rules.
"Now is the time of your salvation,"
shouted Mr. Poindexter, aftei
0 ridiculing tho suggestion that this
r was tho beginning of choas in the
y conduct of the house.
j. One of the most vigorous speeches
B of tho day was made by Hamilton
Fish of New York, who told of his
efforts to get a hearing on his bills
1 for a parcels post.
' 'Your resolution for an inquiry
into the parcels post suggestion gave
the committee nnlv an a<ivo ~
?- -ww \nij o tw v_yUir
( elude its work," suggested Mr. Smith
"Oh," exclaimed the New.Yorker
0 derisively, "you could have changed
(l that to give yourselves GO or 9C
c days."
Then followed charges and countei
charges concerning the methods ol
the house and inability of member:
to get hearings on hills and tho im
>. possibility of having hills brough
e out unless approved by "the power:
of the house."
1_ At three o'clock the regular Re
e_ publicans seeing that they wer<
whipped left their seats, thus break
(P ing tho quorum, hut the Jnsurgen
1() Republicans and Democrats held th
fort and renewed the tight as sooi
[)f as a quorum assembled Friday morn
ing
At two o'clock Friday afternoo
r. a motion by representative Marti
of South Dakota, a regular, that th
house take take a recess until
na p. m. was carried by a vote of 16
.. to 151. Indescribable confusion an
deafening yells greeted the resu
of this, the fourth test of strengtl
of the question of obtaining a resplb
b
j From the Democratic side can
, ,, mo positive declaration that tli
'(, regulars were defeated and that
was merely a question now of ho
and when. It was claimed that
Bj_ certain majority was In sight f(
, ,, the Morris resolution whenever tt
x speaker rules, if he does rule.
so From one of the most intimai
0(l friends of the speaker comes t!
l0. somewhat startling statement that
vn the Morris resolution was passei
Speaker Cannon would resign an
to that tho regulars would vote with tl
,(j Democrats for the election of Cham
an Clark as speaker rather than sic
[l0 with tho insurgents for the selectic
:e of one of their choosing. This star
1,1 ling statement was denied hy oth<
jo friends of the speaker. The flgl
he was still on when we went to prei
Friday afternoon. .
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m ?
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HUNG THEM
TWO AHK LYNCHER FOR PARI
IN JAIL DELIVERY.
Prisoners Were Returned to Slieril
but I jitter Taken from Jail.?Tli
Work Done in IluslnesH Fashion
At Marion, Aik., Hob Austin am
Charles Richardson, negroes, \v<m
lynched at an early hour Frida
morning in the court house squar
by a mob of 1100 citizens with aid
ing and abetting a jail delivery tha
occurred there Monday night.
tucnarason was arresiea in Mem
phis and while on the way to tin
local jail a mob overpowered S!;.?.:t
Lewis and secured the prisoner. IP
confessed to complicity in aiilni
the escape of the prisoners and im
plicated Hob Austin. The latter wn
immediately apprehended and 1
looked as if the trembling prisoner
would be hanged on the spot. Cool
er heads prevailed and the two mei
were given over to the sheriff.
At three o'clcok Friday mornlni
a mob quietly formed and marche<
to the jail. The negroes were secure<
and hanged to a tree in front of tin
court house. The mob was orderl;
and went about Its work in a busi
ness-like fashion.
The bodies of the victims wen
cut down at seven o'clock Frida;
morning and were turned over t<
the negro friends for burial.
FIVE KITTEN BY MAI) DOG.
All tlie Children of Mr. Davis SiniC
of the ELlorec Section.
The Columbia Record says five IK
tie children, the oldest 13 years am
the youngest three years, are receiv
ing the Pastuer treatment at th
State laboratory under Dr. Coward
These are the children of Mr. Davi
Smith of Elloree, who were bltte
several days ago by a puppy tlui
was suspected of suffering from ral
I A ^
too. ;\n examination or the dog'
head confirmed this suspicion an
! the little patients have been uiulc
treatment in Columbia since th
1 tenth. Mr. Smith had the head e:
amined, and was advised that th
dog was suffering from hydrophobii
) The children were hurried to tl
t place of treatment at the earliei
i convenient date. Mr. Smith is a
? honest, hard working man, and h
1 neighbors and friends extend the
3 sympathy to him in his great mi
fortune. We hope that the trea
- merit will prove efficacious and tin
1 the little ones can soon return lion
i with all danger of the dread discar
> removed. The little dog that cause
3 so much trouble is said to ha^
3 been a pet of the whole family.
POISONED EATING POPCORN.
t
Popped in Frying Pan Which Coi
i
tallied "lilnck Oil."
The manager of the "Mellwoo
j Distillery," at Louisville, Ky., sove
, employes and two government rei
enue men narrowlv oscnnmi
, recently by the prompt attendant
of physicians after they had eate
(I corn popped in a frying pan whic
. I had contained a lubricant known a
I "black oil."
-I In less than fifteen minutes aftc
?I they had eaten the corn, all wei
. seized with violent fits of vomitinj
, I severe pains and extreme coma. The
( were rushed from the distillery i
I carriages to their homes and phys
i I clans summoned.
I Seven of the men are pronounce
out of danger. Three of them, Pet*
f Tepper, Conrad Owens, and J. 1
JI Sackleford, all distillery emplo;
-1 es, are still in a critical condition.
II
s GETS ANOTHER BLOW.
I Must Prove Ills Discoveries or Loi
e I
- I Public Rewards,
t
0| The proposal to have congress r
a I ward Commander Peary for his di
i-|covcry of the North Poles met wi
I another setback in the house coi
n I mlttee on naval affairs Thursda
n I Representative Englebrlght, of Ca
elfornia, his principal advocate in t
4 I committee, moved to discharge t
1 I subcommittee which has been con si
d I ering the Peary award bills and
It I consider them in full committ(
i, I The motion was defeated by a vo
e. lof 17 to 1, Mr. Englebrlght alo
10 I supporting his motion. Another m
l0 Irion to direct the sub-committee
jj I consider further the bills providi
... I for lion oritur I?.. '
w nil, i uaij WilH UClOpi
a by a unamimous vote. As a major!
)r of the committee i? strongly oppos
lo to voting a reward to Command
Peary, however, unless his proc
. are made public, it is not'expect
^ that a bill on the subject will
,f reported out.
A L ^ ^ ^
Wife Won't Oook.
id
,e Because his wife "refuse to co
,p his meals," J. T. Perdeo, of Bi
j0 county, fla., has filed suit for i
,n vorce. -The result will he of mu
t_ general Interest, as the issue Is o
jr never before passed upon by t
court. The question of whether
|S wife shoukl cook her husbani
mealg will then be decided,
jffil . ?
?
GETS A NEW TRIAL
P TilE SUPREME COURT SAVES A
FIEND FROM A
T Reserved Hanging on a Nonsensical
p Technicality and Paves the Way
i. for Later Lynchings.
il The sentence of death imposed
e upon Robert Johnson, alais Tony
y Howard, from criminal assault has
o been stayed by a decision of the sunrrtiim
nmirt on flit, in'mnul tKot I tin
t circuit court erred in the trial. The
negro pleaded not guilty and at
tempted to prove an alihi. The opines
ion in the case is by Associate Just
tice 11 yd rick. A new trial will Ik*
e given the negro. The negro was
S convicted in the Darlington county
- court last year, lie was held for a
f time at the penitentiary for safet
keeping.
s Tlie crime was committed in the
- town of Hartsvillc in December of
\ 11)08. On the night of the outrage
the woman retired at 7 o'clock, leav;
ing a lamp burning low on the bur1
can in her room. The front door
1 was unlocked. She was alone with
a her little son. The woman was exy
pecting her husband. Several minu
tes before retiring she saw a negro
standing by the bureau. He blew out
a the light. Telling her .that he would
y kill her if she screamed, the negro
j seized the woman and dragged her
into the hall of the home where the
crime was committed.
The negro left the home, telling
her to return to the room and not to
i make any fuss for it meant death.
The husband came home about ten
o'clock and found his wife in a state
of shock. The story of the crime
was recited to him and he gave the
* alarm and the pursuit of the negro
was commenced. Robert Johnson
>vit? uiierwiuu icienuneti uy tne \vo'
man as tlie assailant.
s The first exception in the ease nln
legod error in admitting testimony
c that about 20 negroes were arrested
and carried before the woman ims
mediately after the outrage and she
d failed to identify any of them. The
l supreme court says "we think that
e the testimony was competent." The
court also holds the testimony revele10
vant in that it "tended to show that
she had some recollection of the
features of the man."
Bt The other exceptions impute error
n in charging upon the facts. The
Is following is the portion of the charge
i>' excepted to, "Gentlemen, you need
8_ not bother yourselves much at>out
f- the corpus delicti, that is, about the
commission of the offense." The
10 court hold with refereonce to this
that the negro's plea of not guilty
>d put in issue the corpus delicti. The
rQ supreme court says that it was necessary
for the State to prove beyond
a reasonable doubt that the crime
had been committed. It is also hold
that in the above expression that the
circuit judge gave the jury a plan
intimation if not a positive expression.
A number of authorities are
here cited in substantiation of the
holding of the court that a circuit
n judge has no right to charge as to
the facts in a case. The case was
h tried in Darlington county.
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11 "TUT FIGHT IS TOO HARD.**
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Pathetic Note Loft l?y a Young Wo r
man Who Suicided.
e
, With hor silk stockings tightly
iy knotted together, one end bound
n around her neck, and the other fastl"
ened to a shower bath in the private
, bathroom of her suite, the lifeless
id
body of beautiful Selma Ruth Kauf?
man, aged 2 8, of New York, was
' found in the Hotel White, McKeesport,
Pa.
The young woman, after arranging
the improvised rope of silk hosI
iery, stood on the edge of the bathI
tub, securely fastened one end of the
s<> joined stocking to the shower and
carefully adjusted the other in a
noose, slipped it over her head and
e- stepped into eternity. In her room
a_ was found tlie following note pinned
th to a costly parasol:
y, "The fight is too hard. Goodbye,
y and God bless all who have been
jj. kind. My trunks are at the 23rd
street station, New York city. I enlr
treat forgiveness as I hope to be for(j_
given and have another chance."
to *
)e,
|((, Proved Good Luck.
no A small black cat proved to lie an
io- omen of good luck when it saved
to Mts. W. J. Hogan and her two chilng
dren from a horrible de^th in their
od burning home at Griflln, Ga., Triesday
night. The family were asleot
-.j and unaware that their home was 21
lor mass of flames when thv cat jumped
,fa upon the bed and by repeatedl)
ed scratching its mistress, succeeded ir
he awakening her just in time for them
to escape from the burning housj
Died Under Auto.
ok ~ W. Hi Jones, a prominent hardbb
ware dealer of Oeala, Fla., was in[U.
stantly killed and George McKay, ?
ch contractor, was fatally injured, when
ne an automobile in which they were
ho riding near Ocala upset early Tuesa
day morning. Mr. Jones was pinned
1*3 beneath the machine and his head
horribly crushed.
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ARE ABAD LOT
very One of President Taft's Cabinet Bot
One Under a Charge
THERE MAY BE CHANGES
The Cabinet Members Say that They
Are Not Ruffled, as Public Onicials
Must Mxneet Onuosition. but
tlio Republican I/caders Fear the
Effect of ttie Clwrges.
The ending of the first year of
President Taft's administration develops
the peculiarly unfortunate
situation of having every member
of his official family under charges
from the opposition with the exception
of Secretary Nagle of tho department
of commerce and labor.
Secretary of the Interior llallinger
is now being investigated by a
joint committee of the senate and
house?an inquiry that has been and
will to the end continue to be replete
with sensational charges of
misconduct and incompetency, including
not only the secretary but
Clifford Pinchot, the former chief
forester, and other officials of the
interior office.
Secretary of War Dickinson is now
explaining to a senate committee his
side of the issue, growing out of the
charge that he has given a monopoly
to the Pacific Mail Steamship
company in the carrying trade between
Panama and ports on the Pacific
coast. The original arrangement
gave tlie steamship company
7 0 per cent of the rate, when they
shipped through freight to the Atlantic
coast by the Panama railroad
it also gave the company the privilege
of buying coal at Panama at
cost. The protest against this priviI
lopp has rppoilllv lirnnmtorl M,/>
. _ 0 v x/w ? w* j I'4 v' 111 I' tvvi VII IT DC V
retary to promise similar favors to
a proposed competing line to the
Pacific Mail.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
been charged by members of congress
with using his office simply for
political ends, the efficiency of the
postal service having deteriorated
in consequence.
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh
has been attacked for promoting
the Chicago packers' proposition
to have the 10-cent per pound tax
on cotoned olemargarine reduced to
a fraction of a* cent.
Secretary of tho Navy Meyer is in
trouble over his naval personnel
proposition. He has been accusel in
service publications and by officers
of the navy of attempting to build
up the power of the social set in the
naval establishment to the detriment
of the best interests of the navy.
Secretary of Stnte Knox, as a result
of his endeavors to force upon
China and the interested powers the
right of New York capitalists to
build certain railroads in the Orient,
has been charged with using the influence
of his office and his department
to promote the financial business
of J. P. Morgan and his associates.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is
being attacked for his defense of the
use of ben/.oate of soda as a food
preservative. He has also lveeomo
Involved in the Ballinger-Pinchot
controversy, having been called as a
witness before the investigating commit
tee.
Attorney General Wiskersham has
been bitterly assailed by the Republican
progressives. They charge that
his railroad rate bill, which proposes
amendments to the present interstate
commerce law, will undo all
1 the good accomplished by former
President Roosevelt in curbing the
railroads.
They also charge that the attorney
general has used his moral influence
to prevent possible prosecuI
tlon of the big men in the sugar
I trust as a climax to the sugar trust
frauds in Xew York. Anti-Ballingei
Republicans are also claiming that
the attorney general suppressed anc
presented facts in distorted condi
tion to the president when tho Hal
linger-Pinchot case was before him
The cabinet which was held to
gether for a year is constantly tin
subject of rumored changes. Secre
tary of Agriculture Wilson, Secrd
tary Rallinger, and Postmaster Gen
oral Hitchcock have all been report
ed as about to resign Those famtl
i iar with, tho conditions do not be
1 lleve that any change is contempiat
. ed. Tho men affected by the reporti
emphatically deny them.
President Taft is carefully watch
> Ing the situation and is loyally sup
i porting each member. He is i.o
I ''idled by the chaiges, having im
r plicit confidciwe in the integrity o
l the men he has chosen to aid him it
i making his administration a succesi
Neither vlo cabinet memoe s shov
f .gns of worry, but the Kspubiicai
leaders ere worked over tlie situa
tii n.
t Christian Science Healers Failed.
^ Oliver U. Church, a leading bust
, ness man of Springfield, Mass., diet
. last week after a long and palnfu
[ illness. He was attended by no phy
I slcian as Christian Science healeri
declared he would get well.
WEATHER PREDICTIONS
"THE DUTCH PROPHET" TELES
OF WEATHER
To Bo Expected Easter Week and
I the Hula nee of the Yea.?Fruit
Crop Will Suffer from Frost.
Mr. W. P. Houseal. "the Dutch
Prophet," says he has heard it intimated
in certain sections that a
forecast is expected from him just
at this period of the year, when
springtime is supposed to be ushered
in and banish winter with her
sombre trappings. The forecast had
already been put Into shape, and
could have been given weeks ago,
but it oonies now at the time when
the period of year affected by the
predictions is soon to arrive.
The vernal, or spring, equinox occurs
on March 21st. It is usually
accompanied with storms of nioro
of less intensity. The central period
of the storm for 1910 is March 27th,
which is Easter Sunday. The storm,
however, need not necessarily occur
on that date. This year the day
most likely to be effected during the
spring equinox is March 24th.
Occurring on March 2 4th, the disturbance
will be severe in the Mississippi
valley, the storm moving northward
from the gulf, with percipitation
in the form of rain and changing
into snow in the Alleghanies and
eastward into the middle states with
high winds on the Atlantic. This
period will be followed by clear and
colder weather, with Easter Sunday,
in all probability, in the clear period.
The danger of severe frosts will
extend into April, and even in May
tho weather will be unseasonably
coll. It will be at least six weeks from
March 15 until the cool periods pass
into summer heat.
Tho peach crop will be damaged
by frost to a considerable extent, except
in the Ridge Spring section of
South Carolina and the sandy regions
of Georgia. The red clay sections
will suffer most from ttinon ~
... Olll lllg
I frosts.
I These conditions will cause the
J summer of 1910 to be similar in
I temperature of its predecessors of
I 1908 and 1909, when few excessively
high records were recorded.
I A special forecast will soon ho
given concerning the periods of precipitation
for the spring and summer
and extending into the fall and inI
eluding the state fair week. Tho
farmers need have no fear that the
I rainfall in South Carolina will bo
I insufficient for the crops.
i BIG SALE OF FEKTLIZERS.
4
I Forty-Eight Thousand Tons Moro
I Sold This Tear.
The farmers of the State, according
to the number of tax tags sold,
are using more fertilizer this year
than in the past, says the Columbia
State. The books in the State terasurer's
office show that since the first
of the year the sum of $154,4 67.38
I has been received for tags.
This is over $12,000 more, than,
was received at this time last yer.
Tho amount received to date last
I year was $142,147.37. The total
amount received from the fertilizer
tax tags last year was $202,741.31.
This money goes to Clemson college.
There is a tax of 25 cents on
I every ton of fertilizer sold in tho
State.
i Tt was said Thursday that the ferI
til/izer 'pnninnnlpa ntk*
, i.im I uniting illl
orders and the fact may account for
the increased sale, but it is believed
that the growth of intensive farming
is the real cause. According to
the amount of tag tax money recelv
ed, it shows that over (100,00 0 tons of
i fertilizers have been sold 1n the
State since the tlrst day of tho
. year. . *
DAXGIOIl OF DEFEAT.
; Cullom Says Kcpuhlienns Must Stop
* #
j, Tlieir How.
' United States Senator Shelby M.
Cullom, republican, of Illinois, in a
letter to the republican editors convened
at Springfield, 111., declared:
? "It seems strange to me, but the
republican party with a magnificent
record, is in danger of defeat unless
we harmonize our differences
and present a solid front to the ene- |
my in the coming campaign. If we
are victorious in the coming election,
attacks by republicans on re
3 piioiicaim must cease." Senator
Cullom believes that the party success
is in danger.
r Safe Was Ilobbcd.
A naval board of inquiry is at
f work at the Charlestown navy yard
^ near Boston investigating the theft ^
B of $.'1,500 from the paymaster's safe
; on board the United States gunboat
j Castine. The theft was discovered
_ last Thursday but did not become
generally known until Monday.
liOss of Wife Is Worth $5,000.
Frank Hale, of Toledo, phio, was
1 awarded $5,000 last week in a dam1
ag^suit against Frank C. Harrison,
. in which the latter was accused of
3 eloping with his pretty wife. Hale
sued for $25,000. J