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ONE OF ALLEN OANG <? SIDNA EDWARDS FOUND ASLEEP IN DESERTED HOUSE. ?? *> MAKES NO RESISTANCE AVhen Ho Awoke Ho Found Himself Surrounded by a Posse?Prisoner i Shown the Klfects of His Efforts to / 101 ude His Pursuers?Pushing the ' ^ Search for tlie Others. ] Sidna Edwards, a tall, rugged t mountaineer of 22, sat calmly in the j darkness of tlie little brick jail at j Hillsville, Va., Friday night, the first . catch of the posses who have been ] scouring the mountains for those of j the Allen gang who got away after ^ the Court llouso assassination of , March 14, when a Judge, prosecutor, sheriff and two bystanders were kill- | ed and two others wounded seriously. Young Edwards, emaciated and | worn from a week's wandering in tlie thicket, protests his innocence of , the indictment of murder against him and the hunters, spurred 011 by ( a day's success, are up in the Blue j ltidge hunting, 011 the same charge , bis brother, Wesley Edwards, his ( uncle, Sidna Allen and his cousins, . Claude and Friel Allen. Detective Legrand Felts and W. W. 1 Pliant, heading a posse, came upon | Edwards at 4 o'clock Friday morning, ; j asleep in an empty house a mile from his home. He was unarmed and s when he woke the detectives were at . his side. He made 110 resistance and went to a farmer's house, near | Lambsburg, Va., and started for Hilsville with his captors early Friday. Jack Alfen, his uncle?one of the Aliens who was not at the Court ( House 011 the day of the tragedy? ji ined his nephew on the way in and galloped along with the party. They cantered in and paused while the moving picture men clicked off a , few hundred feet of film. Detectives carrying rilles, followed closely. 'J lie party turned in a little lane, where the raiders a week ago drew ( i"in and loft their ponies while they , went to wipe out the human fabric , ' of Carroll County Court. Sidna left ] A his mount and was hustled to tho ? 3ittle Jail across from the stables. f lie protested againsi neing pui in a trusty cell and wanted to occupy the , corridor, but his keeper was stern and locked him up. Sidna Edwards, the boy in jail, ( and his brother, Wesley, were the principals in an escapade which started the trouble which culminated in the assassination at the Court J Jfouse. The brothers had attempted to oust an uncle of theirs, a minister , named Garland, from his pulpit and ' were arrested for breaaing the peace. ' Floyd Allen attempted to free them nna had been convicted and sentenc- ! ed for interfering with an officer when the shooting on March 14 began. ^ The authorities began Friday 1 rounding up those who are charged ! with complicity in helping the Allen I gang make a gateway. Gordon Ed- 1 wards and Alex Thomas were held for aiding and abetting criminals and 1 released on $500 bonds. Prosecutor I,andreth declared Friday that the ] trials would be called up on April 15. When Court convenes ou Tuesday ( 4 other indictments for the murder of 1 I J ror Fowler, who died a few hours . - after the fray, will be reported. 1 The posses are over toward the Carolina line Friday night and news < | of a trail on the rest of the gang is 1 ^ rvnncted at anv moment. The chief f or the posses in town Friday admitted *' that their seizures of moonshine stills , belonging to members of the Allen 1 ' gang had been planned to enlist the , ' aid of the internal revenue depart- j J ment of the Federal Government. So , far there have been no developments v in that direction. In tho presence of . Detective Felts, Edwards talked free- ' ' lj Friday night. "I know nothing of the cause of , the Court House shooting," ho said. 1 -J'I walked into the Court room, when j saw Uncle Floyd jump up and say , something, I could not hear what it was. Kight away somebody began to r shoot from about Clerk Goad's desk, , but I don't know who fired the first ( j! ^ shot. T saw Uncle Sidna after the Ij shooting began. I did not see my j I cousins or my brothers. As soon as , [ I could, with my lame foot. I got out . of the Court House and stood at the 1 bottom of the steps. I saw Uncle , S'dna and Mr. Goad shooting at ono r another. After it was over I got my mother's horse and rode home. Boj fore I left I saw Uncle Floyd on a , liorse, and then 1 saw him lying on , tho ground. If he had been able to j r rldo we would have taken him away j with lis. { "1 saw my brother, Wesley, on tho road and that afternoon I saw Uncle * U?? ..t.M-,. 1 hnv* ?ir>VAT HOOn bid Illi ill li I o ni^/iv. v liny of them or hoard tell anything - about them or where they are since 1 , that evening. I stayed at home until < Sunday and had started to a nelgu- ( r ^bor's when I saw the officers. I was 1 In plain view from the road and they ( ! could have taken mo then, hut I did ( ' rot go back home because I heard 1 4he officers had orders to shoot all of * us on sight. 1 went about and lived i h the best 1 could until the officers ran 1 upon me last night. 1 did not have i J CLARK HAS NO CHANCE THE RACE IS NOW BETWEEN HARMON AND WILSON. The Combination Formed by Clark, r Underwood, and llarmou Support- j ers May Defeat Wilson. John E. Monk, Washington correspondent of the St. Paul Dispatch, the leading afternoon newspaper of Minnesota and the northwest, has written lor his paper an illuminating story an the present situation in the Democratic party with reference to the presidential nomination. The St. Paul Dispatch is a progressive Republican paper. Mr. Monk its correspondent, is one of the best 1 informed press writers in the nation- 11 Eil capital. Neither ho nor his paper 'J lias a choice for the Democratic nom- ^ ination, on which account Mr. Monk's r views are all the more valuable as (J reflecting the real situation in the a Democratic party. Mr. Monk's story 1 Lo the Dispatch follows: "The Democrats are having their 1 troubles. Clark, Underwood and 1 Harmon have combined against Wil- 0 t son. The fight in the Democratic >\>i t?4 ir rvirA*. 4 1 * r\ nnmln nf inn to )Jiii i.jr u vui i.nu ]/i i;ouui uuiiiiiidtjuii to Exceedingly bitter, but the factional- (' ism among the Democrats is overshadowed for the time by the spec- a Lacular contest between Roosevelt a and Taft. The Democrats are getting ! in such straits at a time when lliey believe that victory is in sight 1 Lhat they are beginning to talk compromise. "Just at this time Coventor Wil- v son, of New Jersey, leads the field so far as prospects are concerned. 11 His strength is tacitly conceded * through (ho establishment of a com- ' inunity of interest by Messrs. Clark, s Harmon and Underwood. "In all probability two or three 1 rlark horses will be entered in the v Democratic race. Among those most 1 prominently mentioned in this con- s nection is Senator John W. Kern, of Indiana. Friends of Kern say that in j' lue season the Rryan brand will be ' placed on the Indiana senator. "Among Democratic leaders here little concern is given to the candi- ^ tlacy of Speaker Clark as a practical . political proposition. Mr. Clark has x legislative record so vulnerable j that Democratic loaders do not be- ^ 'ievo it would ever stand the test oi i presidential campaign such as is now approaching. The speaker is j serious about his candidacy, but even j his friends concede that if he is nominated ho will bo defeated. Accordingly, the Clark candidacy, it is understood, is being utilized merely for the purpose of the tying up dele- ( gates for delivery at the proper time , to somebody else. The same thing I is true of the candidacy of Representative Oscar W. Underwood, of Als ibama, tho Democratic house leader, ^ whose strength as a factor in the presidential situation Is confined to a few states of the south. "The Democratic fight In Its final analysis will resolve Itself into a 0 struggle between Harmon and Wll- ^ son, according to Democratic leaders, f if neither ts able at Baltimore to g muster the necessary two-thirds vote, t fho impression is quite general that j., tho nomination will go to some one t who Is not now prominently mentionr>d. In this contingency friends of f, Senator Kern believe that Mr. Kern r, or some man of his caliber, without [ record to defend, will be named." r ( TURNED DOWN FARMERS. ( J Governor Rlease Cave the Places to v t. the City Men. v Senator W. S. Hall has made a a ?lafement, which appears In the Gaff- 11 noy Ledger Friday, relative to tho matter of appointing supervisors of 8 registration for Cherokeo county. ' The senator says in part: "About two weeks before tho sen- r xto reoj)ened, I recommended to the 0 governor for appointment, R. II. [ Mitchell, an old Confederate soldier xnd tarmer; J. H. Harris, another 1 fanner; and W. I. Jones, farmer. The 11 governor ignored the recommenda- '' Lion and appointed Rev. B. L. Hoke, 11 >f Blacksburg; Dr. W. L. Settlemey- " 5r and O. D. Hancock, of this city, r have nothing to say about the men, so far cr I know they are all compotent. I am sorry that the governor 8 Ignored tho claims of tho farmers, 8 for they are largely In the majority n this county and the opportunity Is n seldom given them to hold office of 8 my kind. They deservo some con- J1 slderatlon." Senator Hall further discusses the 'l matter and touches upon tho law, 1 which states that tho governor shall ippolnt upon recommendation of the fi senate if the senate is in session, and v f not in session, subject to the con- * jent of the senate c f t t v Two Men Drown in Surf, 1 TToctor Dolijamld and George TTar- 1 ^ey employees of the Jekyl Island fjluh, near Brunswick, Ga., were 8 irowned in the surf off the island ,J Friday when thoy ventured too far n >ut. Tho men were elasped in each * others arms when their bodies were recovered. v b i pistol at tho Court House or while r i was trying to keep from being ar- h rested." . | . 1? BOTH HARD AT WORK * BLEASE AND JONES MAKING AN ' ACTIVE CANVASS EALKiNli TO THE VOTERS rho Two Candidates for Governor Are Already Conducting a Vigor- it oii.s Campaign, Although the Coun- ^ ty to County Canvass Under the Utiles is Several Months off Yet. tl The Columbia correspondent of The ? T J /"I 1 1* '' HOWb UIIU V/UU11CI BU^D Iliuiuiiftii 11 ^ 6 some three months before the for- ^ nal opening of the campaign in iouth Carolina, at which time the ounty to county tour will start, both ^ ?f the candidates for Governor are j .ctively entering the contest for elecion and presenting their claims to he people. Right now the State is n the throes of tho Gubernatorial ( ontest, which will rage with fury ^ nice the two candidates are brought ogether when the formal opening akes place. At present each is conluctlng the campaign singlehanded, I} or Governor Rlease having failed to ttend the meeting at Hampton, he nd Judge Jones have not been on V ho stump together. I Governor Rlease opened his cam- n >aign for re-election in tho upper n order of the State, when he ad- a Iressed the school children at Gold- a ille, In York County, near Fort Mill, ts ast week He also spoke to the peo- w do of Fort Mill at their school house. Yirt Mill was formerly a strong 1.1 {lease place, but the light which s ome of the York delegation made on u ho Governor in tho regent Legisla- s lire is said to have swung people 11 vho formerly favored the Governor a n and around Fort Mill to the other s ide. V York County gave a small majority ii igainst Governor Rlease in 1910, and I ioth the Rlease and Anti-Rlease fac- t; ions are working hard to get the r * ' r 1_ il l- i nil n .... \ i najoruy 01 x oi k hub time. i im uuv- \ rnor made a speech at Blacksburg a ew weeks ago, and Blacksl)iirg is n Cherokee County, bordering York, a md ho received a groat reception n here. His strength before in York j lounty came from the area of which \>rt 'Mill is the centre. The Filbert e leigh.borhood, just above the Court louse, is also a stronghold for j Hease, and thus he was in the midst >f friends there. However, York polls some 4,000 otes and the county is generally ^ daced in the Jones column, for it is ^ he home of former Senator J. Steele j. Irice, who said Blease was the worst ^ Governor since Franklin J. Moses, nd of Thomas F. McDow, who is a trong politician and unfriendly to he Governor. These and other influnces are expected to result in York a oing for Ira B. Jones for Governor iy a good-sized majority. " Governor Blease was in the home f Ira B. Jones when he visited Fort a 1 j 11, for Lancaster adjoins York lounty. While the Governor is !l trong In some localities, the hulk of n ho vote in that section of the State 3 conceded to Jones. Chester Coun- n y, which went against Blease two P oars ago by 100 majority, is expectd to give Jones a majority of about ^ en otirl rMio?fr?r nrlinins York and Lancaster. The Governor alienated ^ 11 any of his warm supporters In Chester County by his criticism of he jury which tried ami convicted ohn R.lack of frauds in connection o rith tho old Stale dispensary, for on C he Rlack jury were at least six who e oted for Governor Please before t; nd they feel that his criticsm was ti inwarranled and unjust. ti Fairfield, which adjoins Chester o nd Richland counties, the home of j; hate Treasurer R. II. Jennings, is ]> laced in (he .Tones column for (ho s oason largely of the "racket" which i? ccurred between the Treasurer and p he Governor over the credit for (ho y oan of $500,000 which the State orrowed to meet its running ex- r, enses. Capt. Jennings' friends re- ti ent tho Governor's attitude in this natter, and the Captain is one of tho a nost highly respected and popular js !onfederate Veterans and gentlemen. v Governor Please, therefore, is go- u rig to have a hard fight to win in that t, ection of tho State directly west and n outh of Lancaster. Howbeit, tho p come-back" qualities o? tho Gover- y, or may result in his making a e tronger run than la thought for at p resent in that part of South Caro- j, Inn. His campaign in that immedi- ^ to aroa will bo vigorously pushed by q is friends. c' Governor Bleaso says ho was much ? leased with the cordial reception r< pith which ho met on his visit to t.i ''ort Mill. "You know Fort Mill is o lose to Lancaster, but I am pleased v vitli the support which was assured " no in that neighborhood." stated o; ho Governor In discussing his visit, tl n reply to a question the Governor o aid that ho was receiving good roiorts from all sections of the State, tl ,nd that ho had no fears of the re- <1 ult. He Is confident of beating Judge e ones by a good majority. e Judge Jones Is making a whirl- n irlnd campaign throughout Spartan- e >urg, speaking morning, noon and t.l tight to people in every neighbor- o iood. Ho Is making vigorous as- f suits jon the Governor's pardoning r STAND TO HIS COLORS MIYAN WILL DECLINE TO BE A HARMON DELEGATE. enator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, Defends Governor Harmon, and Bryan Makes Rejoinder. Bryan's Statement. Declaring; that Governor Harmon * a reactionary and the choice of I'all street, William J. Bryan has iveil out a statement at Lincoln, Neb. ttacking the candidacy of the Ohio lovernor. Mr. Bryan comments cn tie attitude taken by Senator Hitchock, favoring Governor Harmon, and dds: "Governor Harmon cannot be ominated without the active aid of v'all street and '.Mr. Bryan has workd too hard and too long for proresslve Democratic principles to beome instrumental in surrendering lie party into the control of preda:>ry interests. If Nebraska's Democacy instructs for Harmon, Mr. Bryn will refuse to serve as a delegate in case ho is elected), but will, intend, go to Baltimore as an individal and as an individual do what he an to secure the nomination of a regressive Democrat." liitclicock Defends Harmon. Replying to the declaration of William J. Bryan that if Governor larmon was endorsed at the prilaries ho would not go to the Baltilore Convention as a delegato, Sentor Hitchcock, of Nebraska, cliarcterized the Bryan statement as dicutorship "which Nebraska voters 'oulri not tolerate." "The assertion made by Mr. Bryan hat Harmon lias the support of Wall treot," said Senator Hitchcock, "is tterly without proof or foundation o far as I know. Whenever Mr. Iryan is opposed to a man ho first ssumes and then asserts that Wall treot is for that man. Certainly Call street has 110 reason for wantig Harmon. As Governor of Ohio, Iarmon has shifted throe million of axes a year off of the people to the ailroads which are largely owned by ^'all street interests." Bryan Gives His Reasons. When questioned Saturday night s to whether Mr. Bryan wished to lake reply to United States Senator litchcock's statement regarding the osition taken by Mr. Bryan 011 Govrnor Harmon's Presidential candiacy, the following was given out at ,in col 11: "No man ought to speak for the lemocracy of Nebraska unless he can arry out the spirit as well as the stter of the instructions. If the )emocracy of Nebraska favors Mr. Iarmon it ought to be represented by olegates who can support him not illy conscientiously but with 011li 11 si a sm. "Mr. Bryan cannot support him 011 ny conditions. 'Mr. Hitchcock is eneavoring to prevent any co-operation etween two progressive candidates ?Mr. Wilson and Mr. Clarke?with view 10 securing, nut u niiijum^, ut a plurality for Mr. Harmon, and F lie can do this ho will go to Baltilore and ally himself with the pluocratic influencos that are attomptlg to force Mr. Harmon upon the arty." - illOVKIt C. 11KOWN It ELK ASIC 1). + 'lie Charge of Attempted Assault is Dismissed. At a preliminary hearing at Aiken 11 Friday the case of young Grover !. llrown, the Southern Railway tickt. agent at Warrenville, Aiken couny, charged with assault with intent a ravish a young woman of that awn, was dismissed and the prlsner released. Brown had been in iil since early Thursday night, when e was rearrested 011 a warrant worn out by the young woman, after eing hurried off to Augusta to esapo the mob which had gathered at Warrenville, then confined to the ikcn jail for a few hours and later cleaned following a brief investigaion of the situation. The case was disposed of in just bout 120 seconds after it was called, .'o witnesses for the orosecution rero present. The young matron, pon whom the assault was alleged :> have been perpetrated, had been otified by Magistrate Craig to apear at the trial, but this she refused ' . 1 A -t i A .1 lU > 3 do, adding uiiii Hiio wiimuu inn ntiro matter dropped; that she had een mistaken and would have nothig further to do with the affair, ienco the presiding magistrate, raig, declared the caso "forever disharged." ecord, on his stand in vetoing secIons of the appropriations and many thor matters which the Governor allocates. Judge Jones' rallying cry is Pown with Bleaseism," and he is ailing on the people to rally around his standard and elect him Governor f South Carolina. Reports from the up-country state * A ? fi!. t\nt Judge J ones 19 meeting wmi turial and enthusiastic receptions whervcr he goes and that he confidently xpects to carry Spartanburg by a big majority. Tloth sides are claiming lection and the only apparent fact Is fiat both candidates are not asleep n the Joh. They aro carrying the ght to tho people, the Court of last. Dsort, ' SCAMPS LET LOOSE TWO SWINDLERS PARDONED BY GOVERNOR BLEASE. WORKED A NEAT SCHEME Their Names Were 1). Copeland and U. Fineburg, Who Represented Themselves as Eye Doctors and Faked Much Money Out of the Poor People of Spartanburg County How well Governor Illease conceived the duty of faithfully accounting to the people of South Carolina for the services of the pardoning power vested in him by the people, is demonstrated in part by the recently published pamphlet issued by the Governor which purports to set forth an explanation of each pardon granted. It has been said that the book contains inaccuracies which cannot ho laid to the printer or to inedvertanco of the editor. Oil page 6G of the pamphlet, for instance, appear the following: "Copeland, D., Fineburg, S.?Convicted of obtaining money under false pretense, etc., at tno fan term of court, 19 10, and sentenced to six weeks on pay a fine of $5 0. These men were not residents of this state and In view of the fact that they had already spent over thirty days in jail and their sentence was only six weeks, I thought tho best Interests of tho state would bo served by paroling these men under the condition that they leave the state never to return. They were paroled under this condition on May 1G, 1011." The Spartanburg Herald says thcso two men were tried for representing themselves as eye doctors and for taking tho money of the good peoplo around Campobello, Inmnn and other points in the upper part of Spartanburg County. They were found guilty by a jury composed of tho following: E. E. Bishop, foreman; G. W. Alley, E. C. Switzer, G. \V. Wolf, J. C. Cooper, A. II. Ross, W. C. Nesbitt, M. F. Thomas, S. M. Bagwell, John F. Greer, W. W. Coggins, and Lewis Freeman. Judge Aldricli sentenced Copeland and Fineburg to one year and six weeks imprisonment?and not to only six weeks as is represented in the pardon book by Governor Blease. These men were swindlers pure and simple and had swindled many people out of considerable money by selling them worthless eyeglasses for good ones. The Herald says the fol lowing records which are in tlio Cle-k of Court's office in Spartanburg, may provo of interest in this connection. Sentence was imposed by his honor, Jurge Aldrich as follows: "The sentence of tho law, as pronounced by the court, is that you, S. Fineburg, and you, D. Copeland, do each of you pay a fine of fifty dollars or he imprisoned at hard labor upon the public works of Spartanburg county for a period of six weeks or in the state penitentiary for a like term for the offense of practicing medicine without a license, and for tho offense of obtaining money under false pretense that each of you ho imprisoned upon the public works of Spartanburg county at hard labor for a period of one year or in the state penitentiary for a like term. Let the sentenco for obtaining money under false pretence begin at the expiration of the sentence for practicing medicine without a license. I "ROBERT ALDRICIT, "Presiding Judge." The following parole Is also on record: State of South Carolina. By His Excellency, Colo E. Please, Governor and Commander-inChief in and Over the State Aforesaid. To All and Singular Judges, Sheriffs, Constables and Other OfTlc.ers of Justice In the said State, Greeting: Whereas, at a court of general sessions and common pleas, begun and holden In Spartanburg County at the fall term, 1910, before Judge Robert Aldrich, one D. Copeland, convicted of practicing medicine without a license and obtaining money undoi false pretense was sentenced to t.velvo months on the chaingang for obtaining money under false pretense and six weeks on the chaingang for practicing medicine without a license or nnv a fine of fifty dollars. Now know ye that for divers good causes and considerations 1110 hereunto moving, I have thought tit to parole and by these presents do parole the said D. Copeland on the condition that ho leave the state of South Carolina within forty-eight hours never to return; should ho return, he is to ho recommitted to servo the remainder of his sentence. Given under my hand and the seal of this state in Columbia this sixteenth day of May In tho year of oar T.ord one thousand, nine hundred and eleven and in the one hundred and thirty-fifth year of tho Independence of the United States of America. COLE L. BLEASE, Governor, This parole Is No. 02. Another similar 0110 In favor of 9. Flneburg, is No. 90. These records are on file and may be seen In the office of tho clerk of court at Spartanburg. It will WANT ALL THE FACTS . ?_? GOVERNOR RLE ASK URGED ONCE MORE TO APPEAR. ? Investigating Coniniittee Asks Him to Present Any Information Ho May Have Rearing on Old Dispensary. As the old saying goes Governor Blease should either put up or shut up. To the charge Governor Blease made against them in his Newberry interview, that they were "whitewashing" their friends and devoting their time to attempting to find something to discredit hiin and his administration, the dispensary investigating committee mado reply late Friday afternoon. After receiving the Governor's refusal to appear before the committee and submit his proofs and evidence, which he says he has and of tho Governor's refusal to turn over tho Felder letters, the committee says that the "Governor can hardly bo serious in his statement that tho committee is attempting to 'whitewash' " They recite the Governor's repeated refusal to assist the committee, but renew their invitation to him to come forward and give out what he knows The committee is attempting to prove without fear and without favor. To this end tho committoo invites any citizen of South Carolina, who has any knowledge of any one who has had criminal or unquestionable connection with the late dispensary, or who suspects any one of any knowledge of unlawful acts to come forward and assist tho committee in probing into every thing. Governor Blease is included in this invitation and tho committee states that they would bo very glad to have tho Governor present any proof or t 1 1. ^ ^ .. I. ? ,.A ^ evidence iiu amy u<i\u. i ue snuw down" lias come and the committee issues the invitation broadcast. Their next meeting will lie on April 3, at 11 A. M., in the State House library, and any one who can throw light 011 the dispensary matters is asked to bo on hand then and bo * ready to give the committee his information. "The investigation is going to he thorough and will bo without favor" was a statement which sums up the attitude of tho committee. Governor Please should he on hand and tell what he knows about the old State dispensary 01* tho Ansel winding-up commission if he knows anything lie owes this to the State, to himself and tho men he has charged with wrongdoing. If he does not make good his charge, tho people will come to the conclusion that he was talking through his hat when ho made them The committee gives him every chance to prove his charges. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR. RRYAX. His Nomination by the Democrats not Impossible. Tho Washington corospondent of The News and Courier says many of the wisest of the Democratic members of Congress regard very seriously the suggestion that Mr. Bryan may be selected for a fourth time by tho Baltimore Convention as tho party's candidate for President. They do not believe that the Nebraskan would refuse the nomination if it were tendered him, in tho event no other man now in tho race could land the prize. At the same time, many who formerly supported Mr. Bryan for the nomination express the opinion that to chooso him again would bo a bad blunder. ? MEXICAN TROOPS WIN VICTORY. Defeat Larger Rebel Forco With Heavy Loss. A dispatch from (Mexico City says tho vanguard of the Federals, numbering 500 men, commanded by Gen. Truey Aubert, mot and defeated 1,S00 rebels, under Gen. Salazar, twenty miles south of Jlminez, Friday, according to reports received at tho Government offices there. Heavy losses on both sides are reported, but no figures given. For five hours, according to this report, tho Federals t 1, o t r\r\ A vl^ilnna nff;irlr<3 r>Tl thfl nnrt of the rebels, whom they finally routed because of their superior arms and discipline. lloozo Pottles Found. At Jackson, <Miss., a groat deal of amusement is being created around (he state house by tho discovery of a large number of empty whiskey bottles In tho committee room of tho jsenate assigned to the temperance I committee. The room had a great I many empty boxes, piles of public documents and other Ideal hiding places in it for both empty and full bottles. I |bo notcod that In the parole ho gave j these two swindlers Governor Please | states that they were sentenced ana sir weeks each, yet. In his book explaining his pardoning of criminals, he says they wero sentenced for only sit weeks had served thirty days, which would leave them only a few days to serve. Tho record, as well 'as Oovernor Hlenso's parole, shows that, theso swindlers had & year and j twelve days to serve. ^ | j^j ^ ^ ^ v- : ^