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I SENDS HOT NOTE Bmmm lair/i Sail b'aitci States PrsT bagel far is Nicaaraiga. TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION The Secretary of State in an Official Statement Owtfinee the Govern/ mt'Ut's Policy Toward the Two ^ Faction*.?-M adri/.'s Protest Required Special Action. A dispatch from Washington says Madriz has drawn from this government a sharp reply to the protest he tOjAde to President Taft, claiming that the United States had prolonged the war in Nicaragura because it refueed" to ' allow the bombardment of Blueflelds, or even to allow Uie Venus to maintain the blockade , (there. V v Consul Oliveres at Managua has been furnished with a statement, which the consul has been directed to hand to Madriz. It tersely observes that if any violation of netraiity has occurred, it was when the V *nui? sailed from New Orleans or an expedition of the Madriz. faction. Madriz protested not to the United States alone, but to all the South American and Central American republics. The statements which he set forth in hla telegrams are construed by the state department as nothing less than an effort to place in a false light the policy the United States has adopted with dealing with the Nioaraguan affairs. svpoAition thereocmfwy etaoinshr Some of the governments which received his protests have asked for Information from Washington upon which tp base their replies, and there has been an exchange of telegram* between President Din/ of Mexico and President Taft. President Diaz, it is explained, merely* asked for information acd President Taft, replying in a cordial manner sent to the government of Mexico City the same statement that Consul Oliveres has been directed to hand to Mudriz. Secretary Knox immediately decided that the Madriz protested required the special notice of this gov emm^'nt because the allegations made evidently were founded on error as to the actual facts and the applicable principals of international law. "A reply was demanded," an official statement issued today says, "because the United States would hesitate to allow to pass unchallenged a statement from any source which might tend, to however slight a degree, place its position in a fa lee light." The statement which Consul OIiveres has be^n instructed to hand to with S**cretary Knox's policy of keeping both factions informed of this government's attitude has also been sent to the Estrada faction, is as folows: "The policy of the United States remains as set forth in the secretary of stat's letter of Dec. 1, 1 909, to Mr. Rodriguez, then charge d'affairs whereby relations with the Zelaya government were broken off. That letter and statement of the consistent applications of the same policy to conditions as they arose were duly published. "As to the statement made in the telegram of Dr. Madriz to the President, the government of the United jf States took only the customary step - * * -Lii.iiJ.,/, w/lmnnt f\ r tip ht? OI pTOIll I>1UU^ i^lliuai uiiicui w 4 .? v Ing by either faction within the unfortified or ungarrisoned commercial city of Minefields, thus prot> cting the jjroponderiux American and other foreign Interests just as the British commander had done at Greytown where there are large British interests. The government of United Statee has acknowledged the right of eaoh faction to maintain a blockade hut ha? refused to permit vessels illegaly and clandestinely flted out in American waters, to interfere with American commerce. "The government of the United States simply insists that each faction shall collect duties only for t- rTltory under Its de facto cntrl, and refuses to permit the collection of tctaMble duties. "If any violation of neutrality has oocured, it was in conection with the sailing, of the Venus from New Orleans as an expedition of the Madrlz faction. L- ? Attempts Suicide, leaving a no*e in which he declared that ,4the wages of sin IS death, >Horace G. Noon, aged 16, who reg istercd at an Atlanta notei irom i>ew York city, but who claims that his home is in the state of Washington, attempted to commit suicide Friday afternoon in his roo mat the hotel by ahooting. He is in a serious condition at a hospital. Bomb Bursts at Warsaw. 'A bomb was exploded with fatal results in a squad of gendarmes at the Gorzisk station on the Vienna railroad, thirty miles from Warsaw, Russian Poland, Friday. One of the gerndarmes was killed and four received mortal wounds. The bomb thrower .was arrested. * DYING IN HOSPITAL BUT SAVKI) PASSKN( KKS FROM LIVK WUtK. Motorman Kndfurored to Save the Passengers of Hi* Car, While Himself Su.staining Fatal Injuries. Charles Diver, a motorman, lies from in juries he sustained Sunday while endeavoring to save passengets on his car from the deadly electric fluid of a broken feed wire. The car, with others, had been stopped where overhead wires were in progress on the Cabin John Bridge line. The passengers had left the car and were walking about. Two young women approached too near the sputtering feed wire. Diver saw their danger, leaper forward, brushed them aside, and with a newspaper in his hand, seized the wire. T.he current hurled him back against his car aud his clothing burst into flames. As scores of people looked on shuddering at the spectacle of the burning man, some one sprang forward and smothered the flames with a coat. Diver was then lifted and borne to the bank of the Potomac river nearby where water was thrown on liiin aud fruitless efforts made to bring him back to consciousness. It was long after he reached the hospital that he regained consciousness. His wife, who had been a mother but two weeks and who had risen and come to his side, was told that there was little chance of his recovery. JtAIXS lll'KT COTTON. Favorable Week Iteported for Crop Kxcept in Tlir?*e State*. The Commercial-Appeal of Memphis, Ten n., Monday published the following summary of the cotton crop renditions: "The. past week was favorable to the cotton crop except in the two Carolinas and parts of Georgia, where the rainfall was excessive, washing the fields and d- laying cultivation so that grass is feared. The Carolina fields were damaged by flooding. Otherwise it appeared that a week of bright wtather will repair much of tiie loss. "The crop has not grown rapidly and is still small for the season, the plant g> nerally looks healthy, however, and would grow very fast with high temperature day and night. Pa many sections wher< there are complaints, correspondents anticipate much better reports next week if the weather is warm. It would seem that a week of dry weather would put the crop in excellent shape as to cultivation over the South. "In Texas the soil is dry but as yet little hurt .has been received. Moisture is needed, however, to stimulate plant growth. Soil weevils do not app? ar numerous, although in Mississippi and some sections of Ivouisiana they are more so. In general dry. warm weather is needed in east Texas and Oklahoma, while rains would be beneficial in these two states." *' COMMOMNKO \N<;KO KSCAPKS. .Ail in Kcadiiass for His Mvecution He Kiscnpetl. All preparations had been made to hang (J orge Fields, a negro, at West Palm Beach, Flu., Friday. The sealfold WiiH erected, the rope had been tested and the witnesses invited. The only thing lacking was the n grc. lie escaped from jail at St. Augustine Thursday night, where he had been held for safe keeping. In the meantime, not knowing of the escape. Gov. Gilchrist wired a respite of a week pending investigation into newly discovered evidence in the easim T.he negro esc ped by overpowering a deputy during a religious service l>oing conducted in preparation for his death. *' Packed Alive iji Trunk. The police of New York are apparently balked at the skilfully planned murder of Aloises Sachs, t.he aged jeweler, ,who was uiurjieroji fifr $3,000 worth of diamonds and $300 in bunk bills and then stuffed into a trunk which was found Saturday. It is the hope of the police that the trunk can be traced to the dealer and thence to the purchaser. The autopsy shows that the old man was cuoKoa lino u>b? nsioiiuy ana in^n put alive in the trunk. Mushed by ('ar Wheels. "Marcus Culp, a negro about sixteen years oid, while attempting to hoard a freight train, at Manchester Mill, near Rock Hill, Saturday, fell under the cars and had both legs, mashed to a pulp. He was carried to Rock Hill for medical att ntion. The boy never recovered from the shock sufficiently to be operated on. * Died Writing; to Husband. .While sitting at a writing table addresaing a letter to her husband Mrs. Thomas Humphries, of Washington Ga.. died suddenly Monday morning at 10.30 o'clock at the hoae j of her father. \ MAKES REPORT Beyd-!>ock Case New fifth Governor Aasel Fer Decision. TESTIMONY REVIEWED Assistant Adjutant (Jonml William T. Brock Mxoncrnted of I'olitical Charges.?It Is Thought that the Office Will Ho Made an Ap|>ointive One In the Next Few Vears. Tli., ? e _ i.i_: 1 lit* CUI1II LM 1 11 l| II I I V SIIL1I1K r I iday night exonerated William T. Brock, the assistant adjutant general, of the charge of acting a political traitor to J. C. Boyd, the adjutant general, but condemned hi* actious in several instances with reference to the filing of expense accounts and his expenses incident to the inspections of the State militia during the past several years. The court in its report severely criticised Uie general system of tiling expense accounts as practiced by Col. Brock. All of the testimony taken by the court is reviewed in detail. The court reached 110 decision as to what steps should be taken, but simp ) reported the facts in the case. It is left with Gov. Ansel as to what action will be taken. Gov. An-I sel instructed the members of iliej courts to make the report public, j Gov. Ansel will 110 doubt make some announcement when he returns to the State. As to Col. Brock's expenses while I in Columbia during the period of' inspection, the court .holds that by ' no rule can this charge to the State be i list i fif?d I ? I With reference to the Utter of General Boyd, in which he charged j that Col. Brock "has wantonly wast-, ed the State's money." it is held by ! the court that the evidence fails to disclose any criminal intent on the part of Col. Brock, but "that he was unfortunately ignorant of the responsibility of the high trust reposed in him and careless and extravagant in * his administration of tlie trust." | In reviewing the mi'eage hook | charges as to the number of mileage i books used by Col. Brock, the court i says: "It appears to the court that the public business did not demand so much travel on the part of tiiej accused oflleer." Concerning the tiling of expense accounts by Gol. Brock with the1 comptroller general, the court says': I "if such has been the custom of the office it is to be condemned, but we fail to see wherein this can justify Col. Brock in tiling in the office of the comptroller general accounts containing items which were false and which he knew to be false at the . time." The members of the court who were appointed by Gov. Ansel are. | Wilie Jones, brigadier general; Col.; William W. Ivewis, of the First regiment. Col. Edwin R. Cox. of the Second regiment and Col. Julius 10. Cogswell of the Third regiment. Gen. Jones was the president of the court and Col. Cogswell the recorder. I The court was to have met Friday morning at 9 o'clock. It was t'nxn/l ?... I : - 1J t- - lukiuu nun vi-'l. I ji" ? 1M V? W 111 < J l)t* 1111II" hie to attend, so the session was postponed until 9 o'clock Friday night. S" veral weeks ago Adjt. (Jen. Boyd announced that he would not offer for reelection. Following this announcemet W. T. Brock, the assist-, ant adjutant general, announced his intention of entering the race for adjutant general. For several days tlicre was nothing said concerning the situation in the adjutant, general's cilice. (J n. Hoyd went to Charleston and Orangeburg. When he returned he >vus very bitter toward Col. Brock and i issued a statement to the press in | w.hich he charged that his assistant had acted as a political traitor.. When the first statement was issued Col. Brock was making the annual inspection of the State militia.! He Immediately directed a letter to (iOV. Ansel, asking that he appoint a court of inquiry to investigate the I charges of Adjutant General Boyd. 1 Gov. Ansel took t.ho matter under advisement and did not appoint the court at that time. While Gov. Ansel was considering tnc matter of appointing a court of inquiry, Adjt. Oen. Boyd went to * liim with n statement us to the it?*tn- < ized expanse account of Col. Brock. Later (ien. Boyd issued a statement in which 4ie charged Col. Br.,ok , with wasting the money of the State while making the annual inspections of the State militia during the past four years. Several other charges were made In the letter. (Jen. Boyd in an unoltlcial way called upon Gov.' Ansel to appoint a court of inquiry! to investigate the expense accounts of Col. Brock, Again Gov. Ansel took this char re under advisement in ao unofficial way. In the meantime Col. Brock completed the inspections of the State militia and r< turned to Columbia. Before Gen. Boyd made public his charges, Col. Brock went to Governor Ansel and asked If a paper .had not been tiled with him by Gen. Boyd. , Gov. Ansel explained the charges of Gen. Boyd as to the expense account. t CITIES PROVIDED FOR PUBLIC BUILDING MKASIKK BEPOUTED TO HOUSE. Conference R<'ti\(kfn U'fdiM-s Indicate that Passage of Hill Is Assuml. V Au omnibus public building bill, carrying authoridatious tor appropriations aggregating $19,28 8,500, with $11.095,000 additional, for continuing contracts aver varying periods, was reported to the House on Saturday. This act ion. while anf i/'lnntoH fn? several months, is unusual during a session when a river and harbor appropriation bill has been passed. Both measures are popularly called "pork barrels," and they have had an unbroken history of alternating in the past. Congress never passing both at the same session. Conferences that have been held between President Taft and leaders Of both houses of Congress, inchid ing Speaker Cannon, apparently assure t.he enactment of the bill into law. The bill makes liberal prov; 5:0 is for plans for new and imposing pub' lie buildings in Washington city, I where the Government now pays $.">00,000 in annual rentals to private | ow ners. It authorizes the preparaj atlon of designs and estimates for three new department bull lings. 011 sites previously aeqair,,d--?f ir the departments of Stat-i, jus,0 * and !..bor?whose ultim.no cost is limited to $8,000,000; for a new city postoftice building at the new 1 nori sdn tion, at $.''.,000,000, and .? rn.idi 1 a otfice building, to accommodate I'm geological survey, indi ii .vi*. a-ion and mines bureaus, at $2,500,000. The appropriation for South C n">lin.t were Bennettsville, $,>0 000; Camden, $50,000; Columbia, $75,000. * I1KAI) BLOWN OI'F. No Ono Knows How Young Farmer Mot Tragic Knd. Carter Pat"ks, a young former residing over the North Carolina line, says a dispatch from Lancaster, son of 11. Moblev Parks of Lancaster county, met with a mysterious and tragic death last week. On Wednesday afternoon lie left his home on a short business errand, and not returning, a search was instituted . by family and friends. Nothing was seen or heard of 4iim until Friday morning, when his dead body was found near the spring on his place. His head was near]}' shot off. No further particulars are to bo obtained. Coventors Had Narrow Kscape. A dispatch from Louisville, Ky., says Governors of four states had narrow <>scnps Sunday while riding from Versa ilea to Frankfort in an automobile, when lightning twice struck near them. Those who were in the party included (lov. Hadley, of Missouri, and his wife; Gov. Ansel, of South Carolina; Gov. Sloan, of Arizona, and Gov. Wilson, of Kentucky, and nis wife. At one point the lightning struck a railroad rail near them and sparks were thrown over t.hem. ? Leg Shattered by Ihillet. K. A. Fuller, of AlcCorinick, a traveling salesman, was accidentally shot in the leg by James F. ISdniunds on Stevens creek Saturday afternoon. Tho hull t, which was from a Winchester rille, struck Mr. Fuller's leg between the knee and the ai nle, shattering hoth of the hones. * Train Wrecks Auto, Ralph C. ProudfU, -S years old, ai <1 his nephew, Kenneth Proudlit, 2- years old, were instantly killed and live others in the machine with t.hem were seriously injured Sunday i ight at Chicago when an Illinois Central ran down K. C. Proudtit's auto. To Gov. Ansel Col. Tlrock gave a satisfacto ry explanation.. When the charges of wasting the State's money was made public by Gen. Hoyd, Col. Rrock went to Gov. At sel and Insisted upon a thorough Investigation of his entire record as nSrlSl'iRt ?!UJ\!l" :lt Hill* lUSpCCvOr QCII era 1 of the State. (?ov. An si I after taking the matter mi vr advisement for some time, appointed the court of inquiry. At Ihe hearing before the court of inquiry, which was appointed to get the facts iu tJie ease, many matt rs of inter^ est were developed. The most important matter brought out was the lax business system of the office of adjutant and inspector general. J It is very probable that the office I of adjutant general will he made an j appointive one. This opinion has been expressed fively in military circles of the State and since the situation in the adjutant general's olllce has been so thoroughly aired and the people have been shown just how the ? office, is run, it is expected that with-'! ' in the next two years the militia of' Mk" State will ask that the legislature! PPhte the office appointive. * I TEDDY'S HOME Vast CrtwJ Velcaaes Haater Bad Frni Ehaesqae iaagles. AROUSING WELCOME Men Prominent in all Walks of IJfe and fi-oni all Parte of the Country Were On Hand to Bid Him Welcome. Will Have Nothing to Say About Politics. Theodore Roosevelt set foot on home shores for the first time in about fifteen months and received a rousing welcome 011 Saturday as he landed at New York. The sharp crack of the familiar presidentian salute awakened Mr. Itcos* velt at seven o'clock as -his* ship, the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, drew into the harbor. From the mists of early morning emerged the drab .hull of the battleship South Carolina, two lean, swift destroyers and two torpedo boats behind her. Then spoke the guns. Blue clad sailors lined the decks in close packed ranks, while massed 01. the quarter deck of the South Carolina stood the marine band, a solid splash of scarlet coats, pounding out The Star Spangled Banner." It did not take the colonel long to get 011 the bridge, dressed for the formalities of the day in a frock coat and a top hat. For a moment lie stood bare-headed and waved to the men in silent answer to their cheers. Then the sight of the South Carolina touched a heart string. "By George, that's one of my sh!hps, he exclaimed, "doesn't she look good. 1 built her and those torpedo boats, too." He bore with his usual boyancy a day of heavy fatigue, public duties and private emotions comingled and at 4:10 o'clock that afternoon left the city he had surveyed the same morning from afloat, reviewed in parade ashore and greeted by explicit word of mouth to be welcome more intimately by nis life-long neighbors at Oyster Bay, H. 1., that night. As a private citizen he was still the same vfgorous man the city has known for 150 years in various public ofliccs from assemblyman to president. He had an expansive smile for everybody, a cheery word for "the boys," his old friends the newspaper men, a pat anecdote for politicians, especial greetings of affection" for his old command, the Hough Riders, and a quick eye for absolutely everything. "Roosevelt good luck" still followed i.s namesake. Though hot tnd sut ry. the weather held fair until the marine parade, the exercises at the battery and the march up Broadway and Fifth avenue to Central park had been carried through with punctuality and precision. Then it rained great guns. A torrential thunder shower, accompanied by a high wind that did much damage, swept suddenly down on the homeward bound visitors, but deared again shortly before live o'clock. The welcome of Roosevelt was shot, through with a daniatic expectancy which long ago found popular expression in the typical phases, "the return from IClba." His welcome brought men prominent in all walks of life from ail parts of the country?therefore it was national. The first zest of public curiosity satisfied, speculation now turns on what share Roosevelt will take in an acute political situation within his own party. Hut on that score speculation must rest unsatisfied The Col. has positively declared his intentions by wireless the night before: "1 shall .have nothing whatever to say in the immediate future about politics." He kept his word. Tti erefore there was nothing in the only speech he made at New York Saturday that could he construed as. applying specifically to this or that phase of immediate State or national issues. That he tfill be importuned to take a hand in the New York campaign this fall is a foregone conclusion, hut by his own declaration he will not commit himself to any expression of opinion until he has acquainted himself at tlrst hand with just how th* political iwud shapes its< if. Another Aeroplane Itocord. Watter H rook Ins, in a Wright biplane. at Indlanopolis, Ind., broke the world's aeroplane record for altidne Friday when he soared to a height of 4,i?03 feet, according to the measurement of the altimeter. His motor stopped as he was descending, and he made a glide of two miles, landing easily in a wheat field. Saw Onn|WMiion Drown. Several days ago John Kerby, a negro man working for the construction gang 1 miles north of Wadesaboro, N. C.. was drowed while at' ^tempting to cross the river. Three other negro men were on the hank not. over ten feet away when Kirby i was drowned, but did not offer aid.* ' \ " FEIGNS TRAGIC SUICIDE WORKS OUT DKTAILS OF GRIM 1 DRAMA. Bays Drug, THls Friends Good-bye and Lies Down to Die.?Curtain i-'aJIs on Tragedy. Because his wife left hira ten days ago and has never informed him of J here whereabouts, Charlie Kelly, I livintr ti Vn i OU U'nu? n?' ? ?? ...... n I. V ?.v, T vu T> 1 a I U11" 1 3U? Charlotte, N. C., bade his friends goodbye, and ina'de .his neighbors believe he had attempted to end bis life by the laudanum route. His plans were indeed true to modemrfay stories. He lay prostrate on the bed gasping for breath and 011 the floor beside the bed lay an empty laudanum. A threatening note graced the table. Neighbors stood around his deathbed and others gathered in expecting to look upon one Charles Kelly, de*ceased, when the physician inserted the stomach pump. Kelly could no longer stand the tickling sensation on his insides as the learned doctor pumped whiskey from hie alimentary canal. He instantly forgot the sleeping effect the laudanum which he poured out of the window should have had 011 him and h* burst forth in vilest vituperation nui abuse, waving his attendants aside and wishing them to leave him to die so his soul could restrain in *he bottomless pits of Hades. Kelly works for the Hadew I,eatner Melting Company on South College street. He is noted for his bib ulcus capacity and it may b" th'xc for this reason his wife left him ten days ago. She has not b'? a heard from since and Kelly in.u'.b threats to kill her and himself. He wrote a note to her sister asking her if she knew anything about his wandering life. He thought that, since bis wife's sister seemed conteut over her leaving, she evidently knew where she was and he threatened to "let the cat out of the water" if she did not throw some light on aer whereabouts. This letter was never mailed, however, but was found on the table beside the dying (?) man % bed. THI1KN KMHHtANTS KILLKI). Train l/ondrd With Home Seekers Crashes Into Locomotive. A passenger train loaded with emigrants, enronte to the West, running as the second section of No. 5. the Chicago Limited, 011 the Ontario & Western railway, was wrecked 1 5 miles southeast of Norwich, N. Y., at 2.15 o'clock Sunday morurtig. Three passengers were killed and 25 injured. The wreck occurred when the emigrant train crashed into a locomotive running light. The engineer, and tlreman of the train escaped serious injury as if by a miracle.. The train was made up of eight coaches and an engine, and carried 27 1 emigrants. It was running about thirty miles and up the heavy grade, and the light engine making about 25 miles struck it head-on. When the collision occurred the tirst passenger coach, an old one, immediately behind the ?engine,. ..was crushed to pieces, the tender of the ougine passing nearly half through it. All the Injured were in this car, as the other seven coaches of the train remained on the track. * STOIt.M K1L1/S MANY. Nearly Tlnw Hundred are Killed in H unwary. Nearly II0 0 persons were killed and several villages annihilated by a cloudburst at Krasso-Szoreny, a county of Hungary, bordering on Transylvania. Roumania and Servia. The capital of the county, which is mainly populated by Roumanians, is Lu? gose. It is expected that the death roll will be greatly increased wnen communication, which has bee a almost completely cut off, is restored. Bridges, telegraph and telephone wires in the district have been destroyed and it is felt that many of the survivors of the flood will die ??f starvation or exposure before it ta possible to send assistance.. Convicted of Assault. Oregoria Saia, the Italian arrested at Ormond Fla., last week, charged with attempted criminal assault upon Miss Fle.hart, a wealthy spinster near that plaie, was convicted in the crlm Inal court at Deland, and sentenced to twenty years at hard lobor in the State penitentiary. * Heat Kills Three. At Chicago Sudey there were three deaths resulting from heat prostrations although the maximum than on h three days preceeding. hack of breeze, except for a short suffering from the heat. ? Chinamen Arrested. Seventeen Chinamen, believed to have been smuggled into this coun try from Mexico, were found by vtul? ^ration officers at San Marcial, Tex., : Friday, hidden in a box car loaded r with hay. They will be held pen-din*