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GETS VERY NICE ^ Rooserelt Refuses It Attend Dinner With Senator Lorimer. WAS A GREAT SURPRISE After Being Informed that Junior Senator from Illinois was Invited to llanquet Given in His Honor Teddy Says "Then I Must Decline to Go." Ool. Theodore Roosevelt, Ex-President of the United States, Thursday barred Senator William Loriiner, purior Senator from Illinois, from the Hamilton Club banquet at the Oongrees Hotel at Chicago by refusing t? Bit at the same table. The incident came unheralded. The proA gramme of the big event, under the guidance of tho Hamilton Club, has for da#? announced that Senator Lorimer and others would sit at the Bpeakem* table with Col. Roosevelt. Tke occurrence etartled politicians In Chicago and over tho State. The unprecedented demand that the Hamilton Club deny to one of its own members the privilege of attending the banquet came with charastenstie abruptness from Col. Roosevelt. The Hamilton Club delegation, headed by former Judge John T. 13atten, joined Col. Roosevelt at the Fair grounds in Freeport, 111., shor ly alter noon. The Colonel shook hands heartily with each member of the delegation and at once began quentioning them concerning the banquet. "Is Speaker Cannon to be there?" ho asked. rnnlifid. "he llHS I tin, mi . , accepted tho Invitation." ' "How about Senator Lorimer?" was naked. "Senator Lorimer 1h a member of the club," be was told, "and has accepted an invitation to tho dinner." "Then I must declino to go," said Col. Roosevelt, adding that he would feel the same about the presence of Senator Lorimer as he would of sitting down with members of the Jl'inoia legislature who are under indictment in the (graft investigation The committee members looked their amazement, and finally, after soma hesitation, informed their guest they would go back to Chicago and tell Senator Lorimer his views. "No," Col. Roosevelt said emphatically. "Send a telegram telling him that I will not attend the dinner tonight If he is there." The Hamilton Club men were perplexed, but their embarrassment was apparently not noticed by Col. Roosevelt, who chatted with others standing near by. After some interval tho following teleigram was drafted and dispatched to Senator Lorimer: "Col. Roosevelt positively declines to ait at the same table with you. Our invitation to you for this evening is hereby withdrawn." This telegram was signed by former Jadge John H. Batten. The delegation which waited on Col. Roosevelt to escort him to Chicago and tho banquet hall was taken corn' pletely by surprise and their discussion of the event did not cease with tho sending of the telegram to Senator Ix>rimer. Judge Batten, as the spokesmar of the party, sain tnai me niauum was a complete surprise to him. ,> "The club had Invited a numbei of prominent Republicans amonf them the Republican Governor o! Illinois and various Congressmen and it had not occurred to the mei who arranged the dinner," saic Judge Ratten, "that they should no invite a Republican Senator. Undei the circumstances there is nothing for us to do except to respect tin wishes of Col. Roosevelt, the guea of the evening." On the trip to Chicago there wai much discussion of the possible out come of the incident and all mem hers of the delegation appeared re ? V. ntnvn fll I Jlevea wiien _. / ' arriving at Cliicago that Senator Lor imer would not attend the banquet On the street, in ofliees and ii public buildings the tidings causec niueh comment, particularly anion* those who noted that the ban agains Senator" Lorimer was coincident witi the completion of the second trial o Leo O'Neil Hrowne, minority leadei of the Illinois Legislature, charget with bribery in connection with tin y > election of the junior Senator fron tlUnnln i ??? If Senator William Lorimer wa surprised at the refusal of Col. Rood evelt to sit at the banquet table witl him, no indication of it escaped him If he was displeased or hurt at th> frank exposition of distaste of hi presence ho showed no signs. ? ? Nine Drowned. Reports Wednesday from th flooded districts of Hamilton an< Comancho counties, Texas, along th South Leon River have not material ly increased tho death list. Nln persons were reported as drownec which include Mrs. George Care and three children, J. R. Fulcei wife and two children, and Mrs. M< Cullough. Tho crops along the rh er have been destroyed. Wires ar down and full details are lacking. / COTTON GINNED FIRST REPORT ISSUED BY THE CENSUS DEPARTMENT. Amount of tlie Sfa|>lc? Ginned of This Year's 4*rop Shows a Big Falling Oil to September 1. The number of bales of cotton ginned to September 1 from the -growth of 1910 was 356,824 bales, round bales counted as half bales, according to the report of the census bureau made at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. The 1909 total was 388,24 2 bales; the 1908 was 402,229 ...wi t ho l 907 was 200,278. 11? i?;d, nnu ? - . 'Comparative statistics by States of cotton ginned follows: States. 1910. 190 9. Alabama ..4,505 13,535 Arkansas 2 7 44 9 Florida 604 3,542 Georgia 2,818 106,310 Louisiana 1,106 3,4 5 0 Mississippi 535 1,760 North Carolina. .. 4 1,070 Oklahoma 397 1,3 70 South Carolina. .. 198 18,949 Tennessee 4 Texas 3 28,025 Z3Y,aui All other states.. 55 1 The number of sea island bales included is 2 08 as compared with 1,236 for 1909. Statisticians of the census bureau do not consider the falling off in the figures of the first ginning report fo the eastern States as significant as might appear. They attribute the decrease to the lateness of the crop rather than to any cause which in the end would effect its voiimio Tlicy say that the spring was late throughout the eastern southern States, retarding the growth of the plant and delaying its maturity for about two weeks. Without having any other definite information they expect a material improvement in future reports. The season has been unusually good in Texas, which fact ac-1 counts for the prospective large crop there. GAVE DEATH DINNERS. Was An Eccentric Host and Undesirable Husband. Julius L. Brown, oldest son of the -- _ * 1 .. KrnMi. war governor 01 ueui^ia, anu er of the present governor, who di3<1 the other day at Atlanta, was a unique character. He graduated with honors from Harvard and practiced law for a time, but gave it up and became a collector of rare coins and curios. He was a friend of the stage and entertained at his home every prominent actor and actress who came to Atlanta. Ho also entertained President Grover Cleveland, sitting in a chair once owned by Napoleon and dining off a tablecloth that belonged to the illfated Maximilian. Mrs. Brown seperated from her husband because of his eccentricities, and for many years he had lived alono in a great lOliznhethan mansion. Yearly he gave a "death dinner'' to a band of cronies. At these dinners everything was emblematic of ^ death. The table was in the form of a coflln, there were skeletons and skulls about the dining room, lights woro so arranged as to produce rr>,n?tiv pffnnt? and skulls and bones W.4X/?/VV >/ - ? were on the menu cards. ' WEALTHY PAINTER. ' Death Reveals Supposed Poor Man r ^ to Re Rieli. ' That Frank Nicholas, of Momence, 1 Ills., a member of a crew of painters * at work on the Rurlington Round ^ House there, was not an humble r craftsman he pretended to be, but a ' wealthy man studying sociological 3 problems, came to light thorough a t search of the man's effects after he had been killed by a fall from a lad3 dor on which he was at work. Deeds to valuable Chicago real estate, mining property in the Dakotas and stock in various railroads, aggregat1 ing over $50,000 in value were found among his posessions. CltlM1XAIj NECSLICENCE r ^ Millionaire Motorist llchl Under 1 Serious Charge. f r "Guilty of criminal negligence 1 1 was tho verdict found Thursday by a a coroner's jury against Edward T. i Resonheimer, tho young millionaire, whose motor car ran down and kills ed Oraco Hough, tho 19-year-olJ - daughter of a policeman early on the ti morning of August 18, In the Bronx, . New York. It is charged Rosenheimo er who was driving put on full pows er after the collision. Tho coronei refused to admit Rosen heimer tc bail Thursday and said he would consider an application for bail Frte day. d ? ? e Negro <*irl Barred. [- Tho United States supremo couri e may bo called upon to decide jus 1, what constitutes a negro in tho Unit, y ed States if the court of appeals up r, holds the decision of tho District o j- Columbia supreme court, in which S r- year-old Isabel Wall, who is 1-16tt e negro blood, was barred from th< , whito public school. REMOVE BALL1NGER POINT OF NO QIOKUM RAISED AFTER VOTE IS TAKEN. With "RfKulnr" Republican Members Absent, Insurgents and Democrats Vote to Oust Him. At an executive meeting of the Rallinger-Finchot investigating committee held at Milwaukee on Wednesday Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, of Florida, a Democrat, introduced a resolution holding that the Secretary of the Interior was an 1111 fait a ful public officer anil should be remove d. ^Representative Madison, the Republican Insurgent from Kansas, introduced a substitute holding that the charges which have been made by Gifford Pinehot and Louis Glavis, a former chief of the field division of the general land office, weie sustained. Representative James, Democrat, of Kentucky, offered an amendment to Representative Madison's substistute resolution, providing for the removal of Mr. Ballinger from office and Mr. Madison accepted the amendment. The vote came on the substitute of Mr. Madison as amended by the motion of Mr. James and the roll was called. Those voting for the substitute were Fletcher, W. E. Purcell, of North Dakota, a Democrat; Repre sentative James A. Graham, of Illinois, Democrat; Representative Madison, Republican, and Representative James. When this vote was being taken Senator George Sutherland, of Utah, Republican, and Representative Samuel W. LMcCall of Massachusetts, Republican, left the committee room, Insisting the full committee should be present. The Democratic members replied that they had been months considering the evidence, that a quorum was present, and had a right to transact business. Senator Nelson, the chairman of the committee, took the vote, voting present himself and then made the ruling that no quorum was present. (Mr. James made the point of order that no member raised the point of no quorum before the vote had been called. ELIMINATE MIDI)LEM EN# Unions of Texas and Oklahoma Sell I Cotton Direct. It was announced Thursday by the president of the Farmers* Union of Texas and Oklahoma tnai a auiermined effort will be made this season to eliminate the middleman in marketing cotton from that section. As a result of the Galveston bankers and cotton dealers coming to the assistance of the cotton producer* of Texas and Oklahoma during the financial troubles of 1908 and 1 909, the farmers' union contracted to handle the cotton of its members through the port of Galveston last seaion. This was successfully accomplished and the contract ins jus* been renewed for another year. Speaking of the matter, President Loudermilk of the union said Wednesday that Galveston was selected because it is the purpose of the union's selling agency to bring cot ion producers directly into touch with the spinners and dealers, thus cuttho middlemen. who are a 1 v' %* " v" ~ f tax alike on the producer and the spin ner. TWO KILLKI) BY FOUL AI It. Farm Well in Lancaster County Causes Tragedy, A dispatch to the News and Courier says Jim Shields and "Buster' Craig, two negroes, lost their lives recently by foul air in a well on S. P. Criniinger's' place, several miles of Heath Springs. The men were preparing fo clean out the well when Craig's hat fell in. 11c went down to get it and, not returning, Shields was also towered into the well to find out what tho trouble was. He likewise failed to make any response to those at the top. His brother, Sam Shields, then started down in the bucket, to which he was securely tied. After being lowered some distance he made a sign of distress and was at once , drawn up. When taken out of the > bucket he was in an unconscious ; condition, but later revived. Foul i air in the well was the cause of the , tragedy. lirtdy Runs for Office. Miss Maude H. Cook, of Denver > has announced that she will be a I candidate for the legislature on the Democratic ticket. Conservation ol the State school lands will be the ap peal which ehe will make to the voters, and if elected she will int troduce a bill to prevent the sale t of these lands and retain them ai - a perpetual asset of the schools. ? ? ? Trial by jury is regarded as on? - of the most sacred and venerable in i stitutions in the land, but some law a, yers and jurymen seem to do theil 'utmost to bring it into disrepute. MAYOR HITS AT TEDDY < < ? < < REFUSES T<) SERVE ON THE RE- < CEPTION CX>MMITTKE. a ( Ilecause the Former President Said < Many Hard Things About the So* sialist Some Time Ago. Soon after Roosevelt arrived a'. Milwaukee Wednesday and before he ?. .1 itwnoirfiiat ;it thp Pfeister Sill UUW11 IV/ i/icnniuwv ..v - ? hotel, ho found himself involved in a controversy with Emil Seidel, the socialist mayor, who had declined to act upon the reception committee which welcomed the colonel to Milwaukee. In a contribution "Tto he Big Stick," a newspaper published by the Milwaukee Press club for this occasion, Mayor Seidel stated that "if Mr. Roosevelt comes to Milwaukee holding the same ideas which he expressed in an article published by him March 20, 1 909, it is clear that he cannot serve the cause of honesty and decency in American political life." Hap From Mayor Seidel. "It is possible that I have misunderstood the article," stated Mayor Seidel, "but inasmuch as I am a socialist and he has called socialism a thing which is against morals and religion, 'abhorrent,' 'revolting, which would replace the family and home life by a glorious state of free lunch counter and a State founding asylum, I am sure that he will be pleased that I am not personally connected with bis reception in the city." No Iiight to Preach Morality. Charging the colonel with "a cunning and deliberate purpose to create a false impression," he declared that the visitor "could lay no claim to the right of preachng either morality or religion or civic righteousness." In the speaking tour of Mr. Roosevelt through the West," continued Mayor Seidel, "1 fail to see anything Imnnnrlan/'n hpvnnd nolitical de signs and plans. As such, of course, it is of no special service to the present city administration. The problems that now confront our city are [ of much the same nature as those the nation faces." Shown the Statement. Upon being shown this statement, Col. Roosevelt promptly said: "On this trip I have made no partisan political speeches and of course shall not break through the rule now by discussing either the State party matters or the municipal party matters, and at present of course the dominant municipal party in Milwaukee is the socialistic party. "If any one wishes to know riv views on what is usually called 30 cialism, they will find them set o it in such fashion that it is impossible to misinterpret or misunderstand ' * - ? A u ~ I them in t no articles 10 wuum v,nv i mayor in his letters refers, and I j advise them to read the articles themselves and not what the mayor says of them." CLIMBS OX KNCJ1XM. +. The Miraculous Kscupe From Death of a Young Man. Climbing from the wreckage of his buggy, on the pilot of a locomotive flying at the rate of 5 0 miles an hour, Fred Minor, aged 18 years recently clambered up on the running board of the engine and into the engine cab. His escape was near to the miraculous. The engine on the Lake Shore railroad struck his horse and buggy a few miles outside of Ashtabula, Ohio. The horse was killed and Mi * intn f II !l (TO (>f fllO IIUI , \veuft?."U mtu mv v,. buggy, remained on the pilot of the rushing engine. Indignant, he climbed into the Cab, be says to tell the engineer what he thought of him. lie claimed that the engine had no headlight. The engine stopped to let him off, Minor pointing out that his parents would expect him home early and he walked the six miles back to town, lie was not hurt. "KAHTIt DIHHAKK" i'Ol'NI). Incurable Korean Ailment Worries Health Authorities. The discovery of a case of dread: ed Korean "earth disease" or "tochil" in Seattle, Wash., was reported ! to the King County Medical Society ! Tuesday night. Tochil has been seen i but on rare occasions in the United [ States, being brought here from the i Orient. Because of the fact that it is incurable and infectious, the mod ical society will investigate the sanitary features of the ease. It is likely that the Korean will he taken In { charge by the government authori) ties and hold for deportation. j, ?? - Who Will Hun Over. i A dispatch from Columbia says it - was learned Saturday afternoon that ) there was a mistake of 3,00 0 votes ? in the tabulation made by the State executive committee Friday nigJit, by which McDufllo Hampton, son of 3 Gen. Wade Hampton, is in the race - for Railroad Commissioner with Jas. - Canslor, Instead of O. C. Scarborrlough being in the second race. The mistake was in the Greenville vote^ JUST A TRIFLE TOO I SURE. J I The young man with the beetling eyebrows and the assertive necktie paused to knock the ashes from hia pipe. "Who'm I going to take to the the atre party?' he echoed. "Why, I don't mind telling you that I'm going tc take Ethel!" "Oh!" said the other young man whose qi.iou.ess was his noticeable * 1 ..... nulrai) ch&rucierisuo. "riuve >uu hdi.v>. her?" The young man with the necktie h>oked iUii.tly surprised. "Mow'd you know I hadn't?" lie inquired. "I'll telephone her tonight. 1 was so busy all uay i didn't have a chance. Resides, there's no huiry. There isn't any one else likely to ask her but you, and now, that I've spoken lirst, of course" "Why, of course!" agreed the quiet young man. "1 shouldn't dream of interfering with your plans! ' "That's one tiling 1 like about you," conlided the young man with the tie. "Some fellows uon t know when they are licked, but you've got common sense. Oh, 1 was just speaking generally. There are fellows, }ou know, ? l I.UU who'd 'a' sneaked on ana pnoneu muel before I'd had a chance. Of course, though, 1 don t know that you're so awfully keen on going with her yourself, only you've gone to see her a lot." "Yes, I have," agreed the quiet young man. "I've been so busy lately 1 haven't had time to see lOthel as often os usual," said the young man with the tie. "I expect she's sore about it. This theatre party and some (lowers and candy'll lix things all right! I know girls!" "You do, indeed," agreed the quiet young man. "She was speaking about you only the other evening." The young man with the tie tried tc look unconscious. "Was she?" he asked carelessly. There was a si leuce. "Say," he broke out at last, "1 don't mind telling you?we're old friends and you are sort of one of us, you know?I don't mind telling you that I'm going to marry that girl!" The quiet young man stirred into i urprise. "ISt-hel?" he inquired, explosively. "Uh-huh," said the young man with the tie. "I expect you are kind o' surprised. 1 Matter myself that I don't let on to the general public just what I intend to do, but I've been thinning It over for a long time, and I've decided she's the girl for me!" "Oh!" said the qiuot young man more calmly. "1 see. You?you haven't asked her, then?" The young man with the tie shook his head. "Are you going to telephone?" his friend inquired with innocent interest. i The young man with the tie looked a trillle suspicious, but decided nothing was meant by the question. "Well, no," he admitted. "I hadn't thought about it. I didn't decide until just recently. I'm not going to jump into a thing like tiiat in a hurry and lie sorry ever after. 1 know what I want in a wife. Now, Ethel is not too pretty, you see?siie can't be vain about herself, and a vain woman is always selfish. I abominate a selfish woman! A'? she thinks about is herself and her own comfort. 1 want some one \ ho!? consider me ir? lifht ihn* the man who pro vides the home and works for it should be considered lirsi!" "1 see your point," said the quiet young man. "Some fellows never think of these things. lOthel isn't everlastingly chattering, either. She would give a fellow a chance to do a little talking himself. Most girls think the only thing of importance is what they have to say. Did you ever notice now lOthel will sit and listen with her ticad on one side, as if she was so interested?kind of amused?" "1 don't believe 1 ever did," said the quiet young man. "Perhaps not, said his friend with the assertive tie. "You probably haven't had as long talks with her as 1 have. She always listens that way when I talk. That girl is intelligent, and when she gets a chance to listen to conversation that's worth while she does it without interruption. 1 think she's economical and a good housekeeper. Uon't you? Not to speak of her father being pretty well fixed, you know 1" "1 have great admiration for Kthel," declared the quiet young man, "but I never exactly figured out her j good qualit !cm as .Vou have done." | "Well, that's natural you didn't have (ho idea in your niiiul unit i am, hhiu the young man with (lie tie. "No, 1 didn't," said the quiet young man with a fervency that caused his friend to look puzzled. "You see," went on the quiet young man, as he got into his coat, "I believe if I were you I'd not waste a nickel telephoning to Ethel. She promised to marry mo a week ago and 1 rather think she expects me to he her escort to that theatre party. Good night!" The young man with (he violent tie sat staring at the chair which had been occupied by the quiet young man. "I'd like to know," be said at last, , "just what it was she said when she spoke about me the other evening! Come to think about it. 1 believe his tone wa. j&rcastic wl?eu he mentioned it!" i ] FIRE ON SHIP 1 * Causes Explosioo Which Killed Three * Men and Injured Nine ABOARD NORTH DAKOTA Tlic Mysterious Aioidcnt Orcnrreil in I^ower i 'hesujK'ake llay Thursday Morning White ttie Atlantic Fleet Was Sailing from Southern Drill (irouni?s. y \ Another of those 'ragedies. whi?h go to show that the sailor offers Ms life to his country in time o' peace as well as in time of war, was enacted Thursday morning in the dread nought North Dakota, about 1 0 miles from Norfolk, in lower Chesapeake Day, when an explosion of ??i 1 and the ensuing tire cost the Dvoa ' tj/ three men and more or less seriouw injury to nine others, including Chief Lieut. Orin (?. Murtin. The accident happened fir from any shore, and for several ho irs the wildest rumors circulated throughout the community. The official report of AirriU'il Schroeder to the navy department names the following dead and injured in the fire of the battleship North Dakota: Dead: Joseph W. Schmidt, coal passer. Robert Oilmore, coal passer. Joseph Strait, eoal passer. Injured: Chief Machinist B. W. Andrew, Machinist T. (.1. McDonough, Chas. C. Roberts, machinist's male, Sebastian J. VVittwer, fireman, first class, James A. Hrady, fireman, first class; Leo F. Piorek, fireman, second class. John G. Morrison, fireman, first class, Fred 1'. Kinney, fireman, first class. Rear Admiral Sea ton Schroeder, commanding the Atlantic fleet, made the following succinct statement of the accident: "Between 10.30 and 11 o'clock oil from room No. 3 in North Dakota caught fire, while the first sq.iadron of the Atlantic fleet was making paspage from the Southern drill grounds to Hampton Roads. Under a request from the commander of the North Dakota the commander-inchief of the fleet immediately ordered the North Dakota to leave the fleet formation and tho battleship New Hampshire put in near to render assistance, in case they could be of service. No assistance was necessary and by ll.HO the lire on the North Dakota was under control." "It has not yet. been ascertained how the fire started, although it is not believed that the accident was due to any carelessness of the men on the North Dakota. A board of inquiry was named to investigate the accident, consisting of Capt. G. A. Core, of the Delaware, senior otlicer; Lieut. Commander L. V. Price, of the Delaware, and Lieut. Commander L. M. Procter, of the Connecticut. This .board will thoroughly look into the cause of the explosion. After naming the dead and injured. stating that the three who were dead were "killed outright," Admiral Sehroeder adds: "The injured men are all expected to recover. Chief Lieut Orin G. Martin was in the tire room at the time of the accident and was burned. mil lift aui luuoiji "The North Dakota, shortly after the accident, anchored off the Thimble Shoal lighthouse. The wounded men, who are severely but not seriously burned, who are removed from the North Dakota to the hospital ship Solace and are receiving the best medical attention.'' The settling tank in No. 3 fo*o room, near which the fire apparently broke out is part of a double-bottomed oom(part.ment, in which the fuel is carried in hulk. In each five room are two 250 gallon tanks, into which the oil is pumped to be settled; it is then pumped into the tire. The North Dakota ha I a fire once before since she was launched, in November, 1907. That was on the 13th of last '.May, at the Boston navy vii I'll whpti :i. red-hot rivet, dronnetl into one of the after magazines while the ship was in dry dock. The prompt responee of her 250 men to the ship's tiro call resulted in quirk extinguishment and averted the threatened calamity. Cn.pt. Albert Cleaves, who commands the North Dakota, is a Tennessonn and has had ttiin v.vjiMiin von r? nf naval service. including nineteen years at sea. Customs drafters. At New York Patrick J. Quigley, a former customs weigher, who testified Friday in the customs underweighing trial, declared that while employed on the Arbuckle sugar docks in Brooklyn from 1905 to 1907 he had repeatedly particapated in under-weighing operations. Ho testified that his fee for passing the importations was "from $50 to $150 per shipment." * ? ? ? killed by llusohall. Edward Ballard, 2 0 years old, w is killed in a baseball game Thursday at Wisner, Mich. A foul tip h't hlin over the heart while ho was playing the position of catcher.