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WHO THEY ARE I Governor BItase Gives Nam^s (if Tbo>e Holding fwj Posiiious. HUMAN HEADS LIST The LetU'r Sent to tlie Committee Names Those Whom the Governor 1 Considers Are Openly Violtitin^ J tho Ijetter as Well as the Spirit of the hiw. * Governor Hle.ase, in a letter to tlie committee appointed to investigate the holding of two position of "profit or trust," names those whom he considers are "openly violating the letter and spirit of our State Constitution." Heading the list given to the committee in Governor Blease s lei lor Ik tlio Hen Hen in to ill Itvail Tillman, senior Senator from South Carolina, who is also a trustee of Clemson. The following is the letter of Governor lilease which lie Friday addressed to Senator Mauldin:: "Yours of the 2nd instant received. "In reply will state that I am informed that the Hon. H. It. Tillman is a United States senator and trustee of Clemson and NVinthrop colleges. "That the/, ton. Francis If. Weston Is a Flat" senator and trustee of iho University of South Carolina. "That the Hon. John G. Richards is a railroad commissioner and trustee of Clemson College. "That lite I'on. Alan Johnstone is a State senator, a trustee of Clemson College; and president of (he board of trustees of Clemson College. "That the Hon. D. J. Hradham Is a trustee of the colored college and a magistrate. "That the Hon. D. \V. McUauriu is land agent of the sinking fund and trustee of Winthrop College. "At the time of the .message you speak of in your letter, the Hon. 11 art well M. A.ver was a member of the house of representatives and a trustee of the State reformatory. "The Hon. L. M. Casque was a member of the house of representatives and a member of the board of fish commission for South Carolina. "There may be others; I have not taken the pains to look the matter up. Those have been called to mv attention and bolievin? that each of the positions held by them, respectively, came within the meaning of the State constitution, I sent in the message referred to. "Article 2, section 2, of the cosntistitution of 1895, reads:: The Const Hut ion. " 'No person shall be eligible to a seat in the general assembly while lie holds any office or position of profit or trust under this State, the United States of America, 01* any of them, or under any other power, etc.' "If the trustees of a col'ege that ? 11? 1 1 1 ~ ~ r r.f IT fill (1 ICS II I i II11 it'< I r> t7i nun.-) .111 i o ji dollars, and by vote mfiv expend the same, is nor a position, 1 am at a loss to know the meaning of the word. If a railroad commissioner ir a United States senator is not an office, I am badly misinformed. "The constitution says 'or under any other power.' Can a man hold an oflice or position without it being under some power? Is a man's will, donating large amounts of money, to be held in trust for certain, purposes, a power; and, is not one of the trustees holding a position of M trust? \ "The supreme court of this State, in the case of Hopkins aeainst Clemson College, holds that the hoard of a -i ?? Ct nt e\ fYi n/iro n n fl h/ilflo I.rilMI'na ill t: ni (i k; umv,n o uuvi nuiuu that, for that reason, they can not he sued, and dismissed Hopkins' complaint. That question Is now before tlie supreme court of the United States. "If your committee hold that these men are not State officers, then I submit that the general assembly should pass an act, allowing these | men to bring their suit. While I < think there is no merit in their claim, yet if the supreme court is ] wrong these men should have a right ] to a trial by a jury. ] "Article 2, section2, of the consti- < tut ion, provides: I " 'But no person shall hold two offices of honor or profit at the same time.* < "It is needless for me to repeat i that which T construed, that all of . the gentlemen named are openly < A+ violating the letter and the spirit of , #s our State's constitution. Others may 1 differ with me. This is my construction of the law and T felt that it was my duty, under my oath, to see that the constitution and laws of my State are upheld, to call the matter to the attention of the general assembly. ] "Personally, I have absolutely no j interest in the matter. I hold the ^ highest office within the gift of the ( people of my State. T am neither \ " J 1 ? - - ~ tMnn n?,1 T T envious or JfJlllUUB ui mi; muii aim 1 t thank God that I hold In my heart j no malice. Many of those gentlemen C are my personal and political friends and I would be pleased to see them a hold as many positions as they can obtain if it is not in violation of the I law. r "There may be others violating S this same section of the constitution, a If I knew of it, I would be pleased to t give you the names, as your commit- s CiilLD LABOR BILL PItOYrU>IOS FOH EMMI NATION OF ALL EXEMPTIONS. Tn the Present Laws on Child Labor and Mttkos Sonic Radical Changes in Them. There wa3 an unexpected and vigorous fight Wednesday in tTie House a.'filnst tlie Osborne bill, which sought to amend the child labor law .n two respects; llrst. by eliminating i'.uy and ili exemptions and absolutely prohibiting the employment of children under tv.clve. There are now exemptions for children of widowed mothers, orphans, etc.; second, the bill provides against the employment of any child under 1(5 ai night. Mr. Osborne bore the brunt of the fiaht and the House finally passed the bill, the large vote in its favor coming from counties without cotton mills or practically without these industries. The statement was repeatedly made that the manufacturers did not care what became of the bill and the fight against the bill was, by Hie speeches made, entirely in behalf of the operative classes and their lights. Those who voted against the bill wore Messrs. Ashley, ttailey, Heamguard, liooivter, Mowers, Oary, Chan dler, Courtney John M. Daniel, Dlv- j on, Dolmon, H. C. Rdwards, Isaac; Edwards, Fraser, Graham, Harris, (Ditto, Jackson, Jones, Kollehnn. ,'\eff!iin, League, 'McOravey, Me Dow Mi.Queen, Ma* ill, Mauldin, Miller, Moore, Polk, Salloy, Save, Scott, C. 'P. Shuler, U. L. Shuler, Singleton, C. I). Smith, K. P. Smith, rison. Tcdd, Turn null, Vincent, Watson, VVhisonant, Williams, Willis, Wia1 engnick, McKeown, Mansfield, gard?'IT. Those who voted for the bill were: Speaker M. L. Smith and Messrs. Arnold, Ayer, Raskin, RcNer, lirthea, Rodio, Bowman, Boyd, P. 11. Riown, T. P. Brown, Butler, Charles, Connor, W. L. Daniel, Davis, Dick, Doar DuBoso, Drummond, Rrekinan, Lvans, Fultz, Gary, Casque, llaiiiilion, Harrison, Hill, Mines, Hopkins, Mori hack, T.-inter, Irby, James, Kihler, KirkBmd, Kirvln, Lee, Iceland, .Manuel, Meares, Mitohum, iMotte, Mower, Nicholson, Nunnery, II. A. Odoni, VV. P. Odoni, Osborne, Pauiliug, Pegues, Peoples, Reaves, Renihert, Richardson, Riley, Sanders,. Sawyer. Searson, I). L. Smith. Stanley, Tobias, Van dor Horst, Wyche, N on mans?GO. +. L1VMI) IV A TOMB. Two (i iris Stayed in Vault While Mother Seek Work. Endeavoring to coolc a potato over a small fire in a vault in a deserted cemetery in Paterson, N. J., Soldi i a and Margaret Green, 12 and 14 ears respectively, daughters of Mrs. Mary Green, of Shenandoah, Pa., were found by Mie police this week, '"he two children were so weak from starvation that they scarcely could walk. Mrs. Green declared her husband, Samuel Green, was killed two years ago while at work in a mine in Shenandoah. Since then she has been in destitute circumstances. The children declared they had not hod a thin? to eat in two days, their only nourishment being water which they got from a nearby well. The only article of food in the vault was the potato which Sophia found in the street. The mother, when searched at the hospital, was found to have two slices of bread, which she declared she had found and which, rather (Yin eat herself, although, in dire , need of food, she intended keeping ( for her children. * .. - ? Touched OIV Dynamite. , As a result of placing a warm pine, 1 wih.ich he had just finished sni'?k?ng, ; in a pocket which contained several i dynamite caps, Nicholas Furro, aged ; 2 2, of Dun more, Pa., suffered the loss of the thumb and two finders c.f , his left hand. His coat took fire fol- ] lowing the explosion, and he burned t several fingers of his right hand be- i fore he extinguished the flames * ' ? + + t Don't be fooled by thiR nice, mild < weather. Blizzards are liable to give < is a call any day. 1 ??? i ee requests. If T learn of any others the information shall be fur- t lished you. c "1 have the honor to bo, i "Very respectfully, s "Cole L. Blease, \ "(Governor." * "P. S.?Since writing the above, I lave been informed that W. W. c Bradley is private secretary to Con- r pressman Aiken and also trustee of \ 31emson College, and that Mr. Rawl, c vho holds a position under the c Tnited States, in the city of Wash- t ngton, P. C., is also a trustee of Uemson College. < "The law says "office or position" ! ind I call these to your attention." f Francis H. Weston, senator from n lichland county, stated that he was i lot a trustee of the University of n ?outh Carolina and had not been for o i number of years. He was a trus- t ee at one time, he eaid, but resigned ome time ago. i \ GIVE BIS SIDE Majir Caldwell Issues Statement Concerning His Poiitioi ? IN JUDGESHIP MATTER He Says Ills Course Will be Cotii trolle<l by the Attitude of the Co-, hi in hie Bar?Would Not Serve t'nj less Agreeable to the Members of It. I Major James F. J. Caldwell, of Newberry, who was appointed by Governor Hlease to hold the ap-j i.?nnnti<n(r f'/Mlimnn Pl/lOU Pf>lirt ffir ! {/i uav;jnii5 wiuiuvu *. ivuo wvui v ?j Richland county, the appointment of; Major Caldwell followed the recom-! mendation of Ex-Attorney General i ?ay by the Supreme Court, calling forth a spirited letter from Governor I'lea?e (o the Court, gave out the following; statement on Friday in reference to the matter. In a calm and dispassionate statement, pour-! inp oil on the storm-tossed waters; between the executive and the j it- j dicial departments. Major Caldwell ' says: Governor Please called me by telephone about noon on Wednesday,! the 1st instant, and, on my answer-j inrr, iiuiuired it' I would consent to I hold the term of the Court of Con-i Mion Pleas for Uichl ind county, to? uegin on Vlondav, the (5th instant. I replied that i was willing to hold' that court, but ad led that I would not do so unless the appointment was acceptable to the local bar. To tiiisi he replied that, it was all right?| cr to that effect; and after saving! some \vo?*<ls by way of kindly thought j of me, be ceased to speak. His man-! nor indicated to my mind that lie' wished only to ask 1! it would suit p>e to hold the court. I was left j to conjecture, whether the bar of Richland desired me, or whether they desired some other person. I had no means of knowing whether the bar had taken any action, or whether the Justices of Supreme Court had made a recommendation to appoint some one to hold the Court or whether if that Court had applied to him to make an appointment, it had recommended any particular person for the appointment. I wrote Governor Blease, very soon, a letter, saying that T wa? willing to hold the Court, provided, either that the Bar of Richland desired mo, or that they had made no other choice. I was surprised to see in the papers that I had been appointed to hold that term of Court. And I have been more surprised to read, in the papers that I have been J / r.tvmi icairm orl tn nroeUlo 171 Mint 1 Court. Governor Blease is inaccu-! rate in saying that I have been corn- j missioned. The Secretary of State | sent nie, by mail received yesterday morning, the 2nd, a communication u, the effect that I had been appointed, and that on my sending to him i ft he Secretary of State) the oatli on the hack of his communication, ma le oaccording to law and in proper form, ,1 should receive my commission. T have not made the oath required, and 1 have not receive a commission. A few minutes after hearing Gov-| crnor Blease over the telephone. 1 viote a letter to Tt. W. Shand, Esq., and a letter to P. IT. Nelson, Esq., both of the Columbia bar, in each of which letters I stated the terms on which 1 would accept the appointment. T had an answer from Mr. Shand last night. I have not heard from Mr. Nelson. T wrote Chief Justice .Tones a personal letter yesterday. He is at liberty to give it such circulation as he may see fit. I did not know until yesterday 1 that Mr. Ray had been selected by the Rar of Richland to preside over the Court, or that his appointment ; had been recommended by the Supreme Court. Personally, *t does not matter to < ne whether I hold that Court or not. I do not need pecuniary profit from < Lhat source, or from any other i source?and as a matter of fact, 1 it.h my way of living. I should not 1 \pect, to gain a dollar beyond my 1 ypenditure. And I have written ':hief Justice Jones, "I have passed l :eyond that period of life when a 1 nan need care for glory." ?' I do not deem it properly for me ' o discuss the legal aspect of tne ' ase. I think it still less proper for . ne to sav one word about the nor- r 3on.nl?or partly personal?i(\ontro- ( ersy between the Chief Executive f md the Supreme Court. 1 The crux of the case?the point, t >n which the matter hinges?is, to 1 ne, the wish of the Richland Bar. r Without their co-operation t could t !o nothing. They might continue t very case. Or, if I should undertake r o try a case, I and all other persons \ nust feel uncertain what I could de- 1 ide. The protest, "coram non Judre," might be raised at any moment r rom the beginning to the end of s ny trial in the Circuit Court, and * n the Supreme Court. And I will t lever consent to hazard the right h ?f litigants by my doubtful claim C o office. I Governor Blease may have been p reclpitate to act, and not entirely n WHERE THE mm GOES LEGISLATIHE APPHOPKIATES QUITE A LAROE SUM. ToVos Nearly Two Million Dollars to Knit tlie State for Only On? Year. The appended table shows the ap1 lopriations Tor 1911. While the total for the year is In excess of last year, the house of representatives has made few increases of moment. The item for public buildings is not \buil dings being erected -or to bo erected, but merely paving for buildings already erected. The health department's appropriation ror this - t- * 1 1 4 .UHAU .VKill" is Utt'SVU Ull IH t> L > ucin n. The asylum's increased demands are rot questioned. The following facts v' 11 bo of Interest : Governor's otllce. . 17,085.00 Secretary of state's office 7,120.00 Comptroller general's office 15,650.00 Insurance commissioner's office 10,000.00 State treasurer's office 7,600.00 State superintendent of education's office... 7,800.00 Adjutant general's office 17,070.00 Attorney general's office 7,845.00 Railroad commissioner's office 1 1,570.00 Chief game warden's offi ee 4,050.00 Grate librarian's office 1,800.00 I'ublio buildings.. .. 92.7~5.X2 ^!afe geologist's office 2,2 5 0.0') i -epar* 111 oili 01 aancu it i?ro, commovce and industries 2 2,020.00 Tu(1 ici -? 1 department.. 05,820.oil Health department.. 2S.305.27 Board of medical examiners 2,500. o 0 'fax department.. .. 81, S 3 3.14 University of South Carolina 03,3 7(5.10 Winthrop Normal and industrial College.. 125,062.14 The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina 55,000.00 Institute for Education of Deaf, Dumb and Blind 33,046.08 State Colored industrial and Mechanical College 20,500.00 O'her educational purposes 1 4 8,420.00 State Hospital for insane 3 04,526.00 South Carolina Industrial school 2 6.072.00 State penitentiary. . . . 6,550.00 Other charitable and penal purposes.. .. 805.00 Tensions zhi.iMiii.oii Historical commission 3,800.00 Interest on l>onded debt 295..S8G.22 Elections 12,05 0.00 Miscellaneous 7 0,752.42 The senate 14,071.40 The house of representatives 32,072.20 ! ngrossin g d epart ment 5,808.0 0 Expenses of both houses 320.00 Total $1,0 05,2 2 0.1 1 I ll( reuses. Governor's office, $7G5 for furniture. Secretary of state, $200, increase ov salary of two clerks. Comptroller general's office, bookkeeper's salary raised $!oo and $4,000 added for inspection of couuV auditors' and treasurers' books. Insurance commissioner's office, $2 00 for clerical work; ??00 for stationary and printing; for contingent fund and $000 lor rent. Superintendent of education; assistant's salary raised $150; stationcay, $15 0; printing, $500; rent, ?; ISO. .Adjutant general's ofllce: assistant's salary raised, $150; stationery, $ 1 00. Chief game warden, no appropri- j at ion last year. It was expected to pay this out of gun tax. State librarian, $100 for stationer y. Public buildings: $1,500 additional for water; payment, on state house improvements of 1000, $2,022 more than last year; payments on state lionse improvements of 1 004, $!(>,new item of $30,000 for asylum im700 more than last year; an entirely Movement contract for last year floss $1,5 00 reduction on state house ?nd grounds and $3,0 01 paid last ear on the 10 07 state house roof loan); making a net increase on onrtpons towards file Sunreme "ourt, but it. is not for me to centre my friend who sought to do me icnor, and who, I am sure, thinks hat ho is exercising authority given dm by the Constitution and the tatute law of the State. Nor have anything to say against the .Tusfres of the Supreme Court. T have to doubt that they have done just vhat they thought they ought to ?avo done. T conclude, that the matter really ests with the Columbia Bar. T am nnguine that their wishes, expressed ' oday or tomorrow, will determine he result, for I feel confident that iOth the Governor and the Supreme '/Ourt will be anxious to assist them i i the disposal of the many and im- ' ortant interests committed to the aanagemnet of counsel. ' 1 K lilt I) iN SEN ATE (SILL DKSUJNKI) TO I'KKVKNT COUPOKATION LAWVKKS. % From ffepreseiiting Public Service Corporations While Serving in the Leghlature. A spirited fight on Senator Sum-1 j mors' bill to prohibit remuneration! : to State senators and representatives | by public service corporations (lulling their term of olllce and to fix the punishment" resulted in ?ho death of the bill in (he senate Wednesday afternoon. The bill was killed by a ; vote of 31 to l 0. Senator Weston of Richland spoke I earnestly against the bill. The sen-! a tor from Richland charged that the hill was directed against one class of attorneys and was, therefore, an unjust measure. lie considers the bill a reflection on the senators and | he paid a compliment to the mem- j hers of the body in a tribute to the integrity and honesty of the senators. Senator Summers, in defending j I Mr Mill, dwelt on tin4 precaution t li-it should bo taken. Ho assured the senate the Mill carried no Mint of reflection upon any one. lie told of i ; telegrams ho has received from those either connected with or hav-J n~ former connection with public service corporations asking that. I i re so Mo let alone. He has also been |a?kod to hold up Mis rate Mills, j Senator Clifton, opposing the Mill, J said that h? did not believe iri his ; leak1laI.ive experience a single corrupt vote I;ad been cast, in the penoral assembly. Senators C rosso 11, Chick and Sullivan opposed the bill while Senator .Johnson spoke in faj vor of t he bill. Senator Black recalled that oil the vote to dismiss the appeal in the j' mcr.or" suit Senator Weston did I not vote as he was interested in the trial of the case and the senator from Bam hen; commended the senator from Richland in this course. The vote on a motion to table was .VI to 10, Senator Montgomery of Marion being excused from voting. The vote was as follows: Yeas?Ackerinan, Appelt, Black, Carlisle, Clifton, Croft, Crosson, ll.pps, C.inn, Gteen, ITall, Hardin, Johnstone, l.anev, Hawson. Lido, I \\T I 'P T Moiildin .Well o, > V JJ. iil (l it l u i 11 i i . ?* . mauiuiii, JMcCown, M uckenfuss, Rain ford, jsinkler, Spivey, Sullivan, Stewart, iStucky, Walker, Waller, Wesson, Wharton?3 1. Nays?Bates, Dennis, Earle, Forrest. Hough, Johnson, Mannin?, Strait, Summers, Young?10. J RISE SNAKES BANDIT. I Outlaw Summoned as a Witness and Then Nahlied. Dioncio Martinez, one of the most desperate bandits who ever operated on the Mexican frontier, was arrested ;in N'nevo Daredo, Tex., this week, by a ruse. He has been operating 25 years and this is the first time he has been jailed. In that time it is charged that he has committed nine murders in Texas, while there are many charges against him in i.Mexieo. lie was recently located on a ranch near Xuevo Haredo. where he was unmolested by the Mexican authorities. Sheriff Wilson, of Wilson counjty, Texas, succeeded in having the j Daredo authorities summon him as a witness in a fake case. When he en-I tered the court room he was surrounded by police and captured without a fight. Martinez was for years head of the ,famous Sonora banditti, to whom are j attributed no less than 50 murders along the Rio Grande and many robberies and other deeds of outlawry.* Wo predict that the new school law will dig a good many political graves. public buildings of $45,677.15. State department of agriculture: $5,000 additional for farm demonstration work; $200 additional fori i \ v nnueno nf i e 1 auci / 1 noo 1 lA I\ v*.\ |n:uoi?3 v;i nirpi v nn o \ i f l ,?mmf lor corn breeding); making a net income of $3,700. Health department: Total $12,-' 105.27, as follows: increase in fund ! for protection against contagious diseases, $5,000; salary of clerk to Stale health o 171cor raised $120; deficit for 1010, $0,085.27; State board ' medical examiners raised $1,400. Educational institutions pun-1 lished elsewhere. 1 Tax department: $500 additional for State board of equalization Hospital for Insane: Maintenance, increase $25,000: improvements, re- ^ duced from $50,000 to $35,000; de-,J licit, $30,220 for 1010 against $1:7,- ' GO2 for 1000; insurance $0,000; don-M list, pathologist, dietician, etc., $2-( 000, total net increase, $30,800. ^ Industrial school at. Florence: ( Maintenance, $2,500; building with ( heating plant. $15,000: cooktmr < range, cows, sewerage, tailor shop, 1 plumbing, etc., $1,072. Senate, for new carpet and Bcreens, $1,500. House, for pay of one extra clerk, ] $120; extra pay of the clerk In buy- j ing furniture, $35; extra pay < sergeant at arms purchasing furniture and disposing of furniture, t $129.50; extra pay, E. M. Rucker, t buying furniture $35. l AWFUL SCOURGE Not a Single PtDon Who lakes the Disease Elopes Dta u. THOUSANDS ARE DYING ^ .V Deadly Disease is Sweeping China and (lie Nation Seems Powerless to Cheek It?Physicians Are Sacrificing Their hives, i>nt tie Dreaded Kpidemic Continues. The most f.oadly scourge in tlie world's history is sweeping the Chinese empire and Manchuria. Thousands of lives have been lost and I all th?4 resources ol' science are prov!ing unavailing in their fight against the ignorance ana superstition of the natives and the unsanitary conditions in which they live. To date every case reported to the authorities has proven fatal, the majority within L'4 hours of infection. [ Foreign missionaries, ehi dly the Americans, are leading in promoting [effective means of con.b ing the insidious malady French an 1 Anieri< ,n physioio's are ben (line every effort to save the lives of t'^e Orientals hut to date their efforts appear tv> hsve gone for naught aad many | experts declare that the death roll [v. ill roach millions unless warm I weather sets in and kills the germs. The eag 'in s of the Chinese government to si nip out I he disease i was shown this week when the WaiW'.i-ih: authorized Dr. \V i, in charge of the native ci'y of llarbin, to burn t.'.uoo collins containing corpses of I plague victims. Owing to the fact that the earth is frozen few of the 1 dea l have been buried. Troops will be ordered to the scenes v here bodies are to be burned for the ancestor worship of the Chi nese makes tlie burning oi '"oati Monies almost equal to a crime. It is predicted dead bodies wi'l be burned in all the infected districts though it is feared this drastic move may ' cause rioting and bloodshed. In addition Prince Rupert has decreed that posthumous honors shall be accorded physicians who lose their lives while fighting the plague and $00,, 000 has been appropriated for a 1 prevention campaign. China lias been notified that the United States has accepted her invitation to send scientists to the Far East to study tlie malady. In Pekia, where only a few deaths have ocjcurred, the foreign legations have I laid in stores for the next three months and American Minister W. J. Calhoun lias offered missionaries refuge in the American quarters. This was declined because the workers did not wish to have their activities hampered. American business men, tourists and missionaries are being looked after in all the cities where there are legation houses and where there are none they are urged to go to cities whore there are. Hut to add to t hedifficulties of the situation all railroad traffic lias been cut off in mo-t parts of the vast empire and where ' ruing o en t \ ] ] i n nnnv itiiiP <\nkV I I t . H ? ? (I I V I ? U ?I? \ ' I ' * ? 4\V IX'?? W / such as havo clean certificates of health are allowed to travel. Dr. A. r. Peck, American medical attache to the Chili Id provincial government, who is devoting himself to investigations in the infected districts north of the great waU says: "The plague is wholly of the pneumonic type, because the bacillus outers the lungs in breathing. The bacillus appears under the microscope to be the same as that of tho bubonic type. It is propagated only by close contact. Tho bacillus does not go far through the air outside of tho body. It dies quickly when breathed fresh from the lungs of an infected person. It finds an enormous culture bed in the mucous membrane of the lungs and multiplies rapidly. There being no lymphatic glands to protect tho system and strain out the bacilli tho dis ease is rapidly fatal in 100 per cent of cases. "Rats and fleas are no factor in infection, which is wholly through the breath and sputum. Wlhile it would be possible for fleas to carry the baceillus and infect a person with the bubonic type of plague, practically this does not occur. Regarding the eflieieney of Haffkine's serum 1 do not know and reserve judgment." ? Rich Men in Jail. rive ricii soutnern lumbermen liave entered the Federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., to serve sentences for peonage. The cases were the drat to arise In the South and their prosecution was pushed vigorously by the Department of Justice. The convicted men are W. S. Harlan, Robert Gallagher, I>r. W. E. Grace, C. C. Hilton and R. S. Kuggins, all of Lockport, Ala. ? Scared to Death. J. W. Valentine, ot West Point, Miss, was not killed by a pursuing posse, as has been alleged. The coroner's inquiry revealed the fact that n he attempted to escape from he men who had him in charse and hey fired their revolvers after him, le dropped dead from fright.