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Om Square I rat iseertioe.............$1 00
assay sebwaasat Insertion... 60
Oostrects for throe months, or looger ?11
so made at isasssi rates.
?11 comssaoieations ?hieb sabssres private
teiereets ?111 be charged for as ad vsr ties* sots.
Obituaries sod tributes of respects ?111 be
star gad far.
ExtrnsioD of Tax
Paymeut to March 1.
Electioo of Senator?New
Bills Iotroduoea.
Colombia, Jao 16 ?The eeaate
til ia oeaoion threo boors yeeterdey,
sad spool saore than half thai time
dioeoeebg Mr Shepperd'e bill relat
iog to jadioiet offloers The hooae
reeolotioo extending the time for the
payment of taxea was peeeed, and
Iba eeoate took the preliminary ballot
for Uoiled Statet Senator?B R
Ttllmao receiving the vote of every
aeoator preaent
The hooae reeolotioo to extend the
time for the payment of taxea wee
thea taken op Mr Blakeney moved
to atrik oat tba reeolviog words, and
the motion waa seconded by Mr
Brioa Mr Idlerton spoke for several
minutes ia favor of the exteoaion,
aad there were a uomber of other
axpraaaioaa pro aod oon Finally
the aenate refused to atrike oot the
resolving worde by a vote of 19 to
IB. aa folio we :
Yeee? Appelt. Blakeney, Bowen.
Brioa, Dooglea, Gaioee, Qlenn,
Herndoo, Headeraoo, Hoogb, Mo
. Dermott, 8taokhoaee, 8ollivan?13
Neye?Aldrioh. Barnwell, Browo,
Been. Dannie. Goodwin, Grober,
Graydoo, Hay, Hydriok, llderton,
Merehell, Mower, Ragadale. 8arratt,
Sbepperd, Staalaod, Taibird?19
Tba boaaa reeolotioo waa theo
adopted by praetioally the eame vote
NBVT BILLS
The following new bills were in
trtdaoed :
L> Mr Sbeppard?Allowing a
woman lower only ia the real prop?
erty ol which her busband died eeiaed
ia fee
By Mr Brtoe?To create tbe ape
aial school dietriot of Yorkville in
York ooanty.
By Mr Marchall?Authorizing and
direotiog the comptroller general aod
State treaearer to ascertain aad re
port tbe etaoont of money loaned by
Joeboe Faaalag to the Bute of South
Carolinadaring tba yeer 1777, and
whether tba earn so loaned baa ever
been repaid to aaid Fanning, hie
hair, executors, administrators or
aaaigoj
By Mr Bar a wall. Ly requeet?T<>
amend tba act providing for tbe in
oraaaa aad decrease of the oapital
stock of corporations ia thie State
except railroad companies, etc
Senator Tillman Elected I
To Succeed Himself.
Colombia. 8 0 , Jaaaary 10, 1901
?Whoa she beaee aesemblsd at noon
yesterday aad wbsa tbe preliminary
besteeee bad been disposed of, tbe
speaker sailed atteatiop to the fact that
this aas tbe day aad lbs boar set for
ibs sleet tea ef Ueited States senator to
sate cd Hoe B R Tillmaa
Rspreeeatattvst Gsatoo, 8ei brook
aal 8tremaa were appointed tellers
Tbe speaker then stated that oomi
aattses aere in ordsr. Tbers was no
rsspeass. After a pease tbe tpsextr
stated that tbe balloting ?oold com
meaee witheat eomiite.tnos.
Mr Rieberds, of Kersbew, saggested
thai it wotjld be ia better teste to have
BOetaatioes, aod be plaosd tbe name
of Van B R Ttllmao before tbe boose.
At (bis ihsre was a rippls of leogliter
i A nimber eesoadsd tbe Domination
Tis Irst to vote for 8eoator Tillman
waa '.be represeatativs from "Aooor
too." Mr Ashley There were 120
votes ??st of white eaabcr Mr Till?
man rssetvsd 120
Mr lomiaisk introduced s rssolotioo
providitg that a committee of 6ve
repreeettativss aad t?o ssoators bo
appoiatsl to wait opoo tbs jostisss aod
eireait jaigss sod get their views opoo
ieorsesioft tbe oamber of judicial
etreeite trim 8 to 10
NEW BILLS
Among be es? bills ystterdsy ?ere
the folio ?iag :
Mr 8e?ger?To provide that tbs
toon of Baltda may sobseriho $12 000
ia beads to Sloda sad Johnson Kail
road
Mr Mir m ~T o Ix tbs time for the
pay ss eel of ts.ss
Mr Besot?Regelating the oso of
eoaviot labor
April. I860*
"Be Jus
SUM
I Mr Morgao?To emend (be dinpen
eary lew ee to distilleries
I Mr Weetoo?Protidiog (bet reilroed
sidetracks ebell be retoroed for
Uietioo.
Mr Webb?To defire rights of
employee of mills, reilroedi, etc,
Mr Foi?To iooresee the peosioo
appropriation to $150,000
Mr F H MoMester?To regolete
oooireete betweeo employers eod
employe* ; eleo e bill to protide for I
schools io faotory towns
Mr Cooper?To protide pannhment
for tbe maoufaoture tod eele of certain
Irearms
Mr Joo P Thomas, Jr?To protide
for eo ioeome tei
Mr DaReot?To regulato Ibe hiring
of coo riots.
Mr Moees?To appropriate $8,862
to build e etewerd'e bell et tbe Sooth
Carolina College.
Mr Riebardsoo?Relating to tbe
eetry oo Isods <f eootber.
Mr Oalloohat?To extend to ell
ola-sas of employes peoslties for viola?
tion of labor oootraots.
EleottOD of 8eoator Tiilman
Ratified lo Joint Setsioo.
Colombia, Jao 16.?Tbe senate ie
keeping op with its work, aod tbe
calendar wae cleared today.
Tbe two booses met io assembly at
12 o'olc:k to ratify the election of
Seoator Tiilman, bat tbie did oot tako
?ore tbao 15 mioutes.
Tbe jodieiary oommittee mads a
fatorable report oo tbe resolution
I lookiog to tbe incorporation of tbe
board of tisiiore of tbe Tboroaell
orphanage.
I Tbo oammitte roport oo tbe bill to
ratify too amendments to tbe const it o
ttnn relating to muoioipsl indebtedness,
I ?od tbe bill wae read tbe Brat time by
its first title.
There wee oo unfavorable report io
I tbo booee resolutioo as to ao amendment
I of tbe constitution relatiog to tbo
jorisiiction of msgietratee.
I The boose concurrent resolotioo to
I eppoiot a oommittee of ooo eeoator aod
I two represeotstitee to consider the
I report of tbe oode commissioner wss
I referred to the eommittee oo judiciary
8enator Graydoo introduced a ooo
eurrent resolutioo, wbioh waa adopted,
I ealliog oo tbe atloroej geoeral to report
lot oooe what aetioo, if aoy, bo bae
I taken io regard to the fertiliser troet,
I as ieitraoted by a bill passed a'? tbe
I last session.
Tbe following ere eome of the oew
I bills introduced :
I By Mr Gains?To protide for tbe
I running of public eebools oo a cash
basis, eod to protide for tuition fees.
I Referred to oommittee cn edoeatioo.
By Mr Sbeppard? Providing that tbo
eime eommissioocrs aod managers o?
I eleotioo for State aod ooooty office n
1 eball also serte io eleetiooe for memberi
I of eoogrese Referred to ootneoittee oo
I pritileges aod eleotioos
I By Mr 8elliteo?To rs quire ooooty
I oommissiooers to ebow <be nature of
I olaims io their pobliebed reporte. Re
I fe-'ed to jodioiarj committee
By Mr Sleek boose?To abolish fees
I aod ooete for alerke of ooorte aod pro
I vide salaries instead Referred to
I jodieiary oommittee.
By Mr Getos? To protide for tbe
I aopoioteaeot of eooofy diepeoaere.
I Referred to tbe jodieiary oommittee
I Tbia bill plaeee tbe eeleetioo of dispeo-1
sere in tbebaodo of tbo graod jury.
I By Mr Gaioei?To regelate tbe do
I litery of aleobolie liquors by oommoo
I carrier*.
I By Mr Maooiog?To regelate tbe
I width of tiree of tebiolee aod to eo
courage the oee of broad tiree.
THE HOUSE.
I Tbe house wee io eeeeion ooly eo
boor Tbe oeleoder wae oleered eod
I quite e number of oew bille were
I iotroi oed
I Tbe following are tbe more im
portent of tbe new bille :
I By Mr Lever of Lexington ?Re?
lating to working of children in cot
ton raille
j Mr VVeston of Richland?To au?
thorize municipalities to biro orimi
nalo. conticted onder their ordi
nances, to county authorities for road !
working, at a rate of 25 cento a d?y I
and keep
Mr VVeston introduced another bill
to authorize the management of tbe
penitentiary to hire conticts to coun?
ty authorities for road working at a
rate of $6 per month and koep Tbo
bill also prohibits the hiring of oou
ticte to individuals.
Mr McLaughlin of Orageburg?
To make tbe rote of iutereat in tbie
State 7 per cent
Mr Weet of Spartanburg?To pro
tide that dispensary profits of o
county go to public echoois
Mr Strom?To limit the pay of j
members of tbe geueral aseembly to I
30 daye
Mr K ibier of Newberry?To create
the office of bauking and insurance
commissioner
Mr McCall of Darlington?To re?
peal lien law
Mr de Loach of York?To aell the
Heid and DeSaussure farms
A bill which is liable to cause con?
siderable debate waa introduced by
t and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou .
TER. S. C WEDNEE
Mr John McMaater of Riobland yes-1
terday. Its object is to allow damages
against telegraph compeniee doing
business in the State, for mental
anguiah or suffering, even in the
absence of bodily injury, caused by
negligence in receiving, transmitting
or delivering messages.
l)ir Webb of Aiken hse introduced
in the honse a bill granting additional
rights and remedies to the employes
of any cotton manufactory, street
railway company or telephone com
psny The bill provides :
Section 1 Every employee of any
cotton manufactory, street railway or
telephone company* shall have the
same rights and remedies for any in?
juries suffered by him from the acts
or omissions of said corporation or
ite employes as are allowed by law
to other persons not employes, when
the injury results from the negligence
of a superior agent or officer or of a
person having a right to control or
direct too services of a party injured
and also when the injury results from
the negligence of a fellow servant
engaged in another department of
labor from that of the party injured
or a fellow servant on another train
of oars or one engaged about a differ
ent foroe of work.
Knowledge by any employe lw?
jored of the defective or unsafe
character or oondition of any mnohi
nery, ways or appliances shall be no
defence to an action for injury caused
thereby, except as to conductorb or
engineers in charge of dangerous or
unsafe oars or engines voluntarily
operated by them When deaths
ensues from any injury to employe
the legal or personal representatives
of the person injured shall have the
same rights and remedies as are
allowed by law to such representa?
tives of other persons Any conti act
or agreement expressed or implied,
made by any employe to waive the
benefit of this section shall be null
and void, and this section shall not
be constructed to deprive any em*
ploye of a cotton manufactory, street
railway company or telegraph com?
pany or his legal or persooal re pre
seotative of any remedy or right that
he now has by the law of the land.
Colombia, 3. C , January 18. 1901
?Tbe sooate met at 11 o'olook yester
day aod to tho home interveoiog before
tbe inauguration at 12 o'olook the rootine
bosioees was transacted aod several
oew bills were introduced No bou*
was transaeted after the inauguration.
SECOND READING BILLS.
Tbe following bills passed their seo>
ood reeding ;
Mr Gruber'a bill relating to landlord
aod tenant
Mr 8 tan land's bill to abolish the
summer term of court in Dorchester
ooooty.
Mr Barowoll'e bill providing for
renewing tbe characters of corporations,
exoept railroad corporations eto, incur
porated by speoial sots, whose chartere
have oot yet expired.
Mr Marshall's b:-l to ratify tbe
ameodmoot to tbe eooetitotioo relatiog
to muoioipal hooded indebtedness.
NEW BILLS.
The following are tbe oew bills to?
trodoeed :
By Mr Dennis?To amend seotioo
1087 of tho general statutes relating to
damages eaosed by defeotive highways,
oaoiewaye or bridges
By Mr Appelt?To plaoe the clerk of
eoort of Clarendon Coooty oo a salary
iostead of allowing him fees. Also a
bill to aotboriie tbe treasurer of Clar
eodoo Coooty to pay certain olaims
By Mr Bsrowell. by rsqoest?To
amend tbs set providiog for reoewiog
tbe obsrter of ferries.
THE INAUGURATION.
At 12 o'olook tbe senate weot over
to tbe boose to sit io joiot assembly to
witness the inauguration of tbe govern?
or and lieutenant governor. The
exeroiees oeeupied about 40 mioutes
The foil soooaot is given olsewhero.
After Col Tillroao bad taken the oath
of effioe Mr Scarborough, tho retirtog
lieutenant governor, removed his robe
of office aod helped to adjust it about
tbe shoulders of his successor. There
was baodolappiog in all parte of tbe
ball as tbe new lieutenant governor
faoed (he assembly and took the gavel
Col Tillmao formally announced tbat
tbe bosioetss for which tbe joint assem?
bly had oooveoed haviog beoo transaot
cd the joiot assembly was dissolved,
snd tbe seoato returned to its ohamber
After a short address by tbe presi?
dent Mr Henderson offered tbe
following resolution, which wag ssoond
ed by Senator Mower aod others aod
adopted by a risiog voto :
"Resolved, Tbat the thanks of the
seoate are due and are herby tendered
to the Hoo H. B Scarborough, our
retiring presiding officer, for hi*
uniform kindness. firmness and
urbanity in the dinohar^e of hin arduous
dunes "
On motioo of Mr Hheppanl thn
senate then sdjourrmd to me ' at 11
o'clock shin mormng
CAHELE8S DRIVING TO
BE 8TOPPED
The house yesterday killed two bills
aod gare six otbors their sooood read
altO"
Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's
3DAY. JANUARY 23.
iog. The day wao spent in work, out?
side of the interruptions inoiuent to the
inauguration.
A number of new members made
their maiden speeches and acquitted
themselves with credit, among them
ooiog Messrs Fr?ser and MoLood of
3umter, Logan of Charleston, Gastoo
of Cbestor and Maoldio of Piokeos
Thore was a spirited debate over Mr
Tatum's bill to prevent reckless driving
on the highways. The bill passed sec?
ond reading.
There was a fight on Mr &uil's bill
to empower school trustees to say wbst
number of boors school shall be in
sossioo, provided the number of hours
shall not exceed seven a day in winter,
and eight hours a day in spring and
summer.
The bill was indefinitely postponed.
The following bills passed seoond
readiBg without debate :
Mr Butler?To empower and require
oointy commissioners of Cherokee to
build a bridge across Broad river.
Mr Baoot?To amend section 11 of
tbo code of civil procedure of this State
reistiog to the jurisdiction of the su?
preme court,
Mr W. J. Thomas?To exempt
Hampton county from the provisions of
the act of 1899 providing salaries for
clerks of courts io certain ooonties.
Among the bills which yeeterdsy
reonived unfavorable reports was the
one by Mr Wells to make attempt to
ravish punishable by death penalty ;
Mr Dorset's relating to the hiring of
000 riots ; Mr Dorroh, as affects regie
tration of legal instruments ; and on
Mr F. H MoMaster's bill to require
oottoo mills to build, maiotaio and
equip schools for children of operatives.
At the sutbor'c request this bill was
recommitted to be considered in con?
nection with other matters of kindred
nature.
j iNEW BILLS.
Mr DeLoaoh?A joint resolutioo
proposiog amendments to constitution
providing for biennial sessions
Mr F H McMaster?To regulate
the employment of minors ia factories
and mines.
1 Also a bill to require life insurance
companies doing business in this State
oo a reserve plao to iovest that reserve
00 policies issued in this State io
securities io this State.
I Also a bill to further regulate life
insurance companies in this State.
Mr Dsan?To provide for marriage
licenses.
' .Mr Dunbar?To require all obildren
between ages of 7 and 12 to attend
eobool.
Mr Prinoe?To authoriie the biriog
out of all oooviots exoept those under
sentence for rape.
1 Mr Crum?To divide ooonties into
road working districts.
Columbia, Jao 18.?The senate was
in session barely an hour today, and
when adjournment was bad the hour of
reassembling was fixed for 8 o'clock
Monday night. Only routine business
was traossoted, overytbing that would
evoke discussion being passed over or
made the speoial order for future days.
I Notwithstanding the apparel**' ? small
amount of work that has been u.ne by
the senate in its ses?: as so far, the
various oommittees are bosy every day
and the real work of the legislature is
progressing.
I The following oew bills were iotro.
duoed :
By Mr Staolaod?To provide for the
establishment of ohain ganges in incor?
porated cities, towns aod villages situ?
ated io counties that bavo no county
ohaingang
By Mr Mower?To provide a mode
for the amendment of oharters of cor?
porations heretofore or hereafter grant*
led
By Mr fierndoo?To regulate the
granting of pardons.
By Mr Dean?To amend the law
relating to insurance companies At
present iosuranoe companies are re?
quired to put up a oash deposit of
$20,000 before doing business This
bill provides that a oertificsto from the
eounty auditor showing that the com
pany has assets to the amount of
$20,000, above its liabilities, will bs
sufficient.
By Mr (Msnning?To regulate the
bonds of oounty officers.
Mr Henderson presonted a petition
from the State Agricultural and
Moohanioal society endorsing the Guar
Imton exposition and urgi >? the appro?
priation asked for.
THE HOUSE.
The hou?e of representatives today
at 12 o'clock adjourned until Monday
night at 8 o'clooli
A number t>f bills passed second
reading yesterday, and some were kill*
rd, among them Mr MoMaster's State
bacteriologist bill.
Mr MoMAVier's bill relativo to liabil?
ity of textile mills, rsilroad, telegraph
companies, etc, to the employes was
reported favorably with an amendment
striking out 4 tcxtilo mills" whorever it
occurs in the bill.
There was o favorablo report on Mr
Joo P Thomas' bill to provide expert
supervision for public sohools. The
minority suomittcd au uofsvorabls
roport There w*s o favorable report
(m the two h?ls to provide (or taxation
of dugs.
I
and Truth's."
TBK '
1901. New
Unfavorable reports were made on
Mr MoLaoghliu's bill to reduee the
rate of interest ; and on Mr MoCall'e
bill to repeal the lien law.
An unfavorable report was made on
Mr Galloobat's bill relating to labor
oontraots
Mr Gunter's bill reietive to the
division of dispensary piofits was
reported favorably with amendments,
the principal one beiog that monthly
settlements instead of quarterly be
msde with oouoty aod city authorities.
Nortn Carolina Mill Men Sign
Agreement.
Charlotte, N. C, Jao 16.?Sixty
North Carolina mill owoers, said to
represent over 100 oottoo mills, met in
Greensboro, NC, today aod consider?
ed the questions of reduction of hours
aod chiid labor. Ao "agreement and
petition'' was signed by forty of those
in attendanoe and it was decided to cir?
culars it among all the mill owoers of
Nortb Carolina for their approval It
provides that taking effect Maroh 1,
1901, one week's work shall oot
exoeed 66 hours ; no child less tbao 12
years old shall work io a cotton mill
during a school term ; provided this
shall oot apply to children of widows
or pbyeioally disabled parents ; that 10
years ebail be the lowest limit at which
children may be worked ; all will pro
mote tbe education of the working
people ; co the bssis of these agree*
moots of the oottoo mill owoers
petition the legislature not to pass soy
laborlawi at this session.
A QUEER DAMAGE SUIT.
Birmiogbam, Ala., Jao. 15?B F.
Perkins has entered a suit of unusual
character agaiost tbe Western Uoion
Telegraph Company
Ho was in the company's telegraph
offise at Kiliebrew's rock quarry, La
mar ooaoty, last spring during tbe pro?
gress of a thuoder and ligbtoiog storm
A bolt of ligbtoiog struck the telegraph
instruments in the room aod he was
severely shocked. He was partially
paralysed for some time aod unable to
work. He lays bis damages at $5,000
McKinley is Improving.
Washington, Jan 15?Tbe president
passed a good oigbt. He is daily gain?
ing 9trcogth aod everything poiots to
a speedy reoovery. Ho is attending to
more business than at aoy time since
bis illness, but be docs not expect to go
ioto bis effioe for several days yet.
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Magaars Coming South.
Danielson, Coon, January 14 ?The
Tribe of Magaars, who lauded in
Boston some weeks ago en route
from Russia to the Southern States,
have reached this town and last night
encamped in the fields, sleeping on
the snow covered ground They are
in tbe utmost destitution and have
caused consternation among house
holders by their persistent and some
times threatening begging.
PATTERSON MURDERER8
Patterson, N. J , Jao 15?Mac
Alestor, Campbell aod Death, tbe
three men on trial for the murder of
Jennie Bossebieter, showed, when
brought into court today, that they
had had a sleepless night following
tbe terrible disclosures made by tbe
witnesses during the first day's pro?
ceedings io the court It is oot yet
definitely known whether George
Kerr, who was joiutly indicted with
the other prisoners, but who wss
granted a oepsrate trial, will be
called as ? witness for the State.
Tbe principal evidence yet to be
introduced by tbe State is to be
given by the county physicians snd
experts to prove the cause of death
and to prove that Jennie Boeschieter
was criminally assanlted before her
death, and that it was through
assault that her death wae brought.
?^?"*?- ?i
Humane Society Asks Con?
gress to Protect Horses.
Boston, Jan 17 ?The direotore of
the Amorioan Humane Educational
Sooioty and Maseanbusorts Sooiety for
tbe Prevention of Cruelty to Aoiinal
have votei to petition oongresa to take
measures to prevent the further ship
ment of Amerioon hcrst-s and mules for
use by tho British army io Souto
Afrioa, in consideration of the terrible
suffering for American horses and
mules shipped from Amerioao ports for
use by the British army in South
Africa
Absolutely
Makes the food more d
?oval ammo w
rK?K 80UTHK0N, Batabllehed Jone 1S66
Series?Vol. XX. So. 26
ARMY BILL HAS
BEEN PASSED.
Senator McLaurln Deserted
His Party and Voted With
Republicans.
Waehington, Jan 18 ?Just before
6 o'clock this evening the senate
finally disposed of the army reorgani
tion bill. The measnre baring origi?
nated in the senate, the final ques?
tion was not upon ite passage, bnt
npon agreeing to the senate amend?
ments Tbey were agreed to by a
vote of 43 to 23 While the party
lines were drawn on the measnre,
four Democrats voted for it?Senators
Lindsay of Kentucky, McLaurin of
Sooth Carolina, Morgan of Alabama
aod Sollivan of Mississippi, Senator
Hoar of Massachusetts, who was
detained at his borne by iilnees, was
I paired against the bill with 8enator
Spooner of Wisconsin
I Tbe bill hss occupied practically
the entire atteation of the senate
eince the third day of January, when
it was made tbe unfinished business.
While the opposition to it at all
stages was vigorous it was never
bitter. Numerous amendments were
mado to it, but io genera) the com?
mittee was sustained and tbe meas
sure, witb the exception of the elimi?
nation of the canteen clause, is not
widely different from that reported
to tbe senate
A determined effort to amend tbe
bill to provide against tbe sale of
liquor io the Philippines and to pro?
hibit tbe importation cf any kind of
intoxicants into tbe islands was de?
feated
Every effort to prevent tbe increase
in tbe strength of tbe army was de?
feated by a decisive majority
Three Girls Missing in New
Orleans.
New Orleans, Jan 15 ?Tbe police
have been asked to find Rita and
Mary Holzer aged 16 and 18, and
their infant sister The two girls
left home witb tbe child on Sunday
to visit relatives Tbey never reach?
ed the residence of tbe relatives and
have not since been seen or beard of.
Tbe kidnapping theory has been
advanced to account for their diesp
pesrance
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CAUSED BY JEALOUSY.
Thomasonville Boy Said to
Be Murdered by His Rivah
Tbomasville, Gs. Jsn 15?Three
weeks ago Emmet t9imos, a student of
tbe business college, wss sssassioated
at night as be was returning from a call'
upon a young lady. This afternooo
William Djib. a yooog lawyer, ws?
arrested oo a ohsrge of having commit-'
ted tbe crime, opoo a warrsct sworo
out by the father of Simms. Doss is
tbe son of the sheriff of the county.
It appears, from tbe etstement of the
elder Simme, that yooog Does was to
love witb tbe lady opoo whom Etnmett
Simms was calling, aod that there was*
jealously betweeo them. Simms charges
that in oonsequ^nee of this jealmsly
his son was wsylsid aod shot to death
A Negro Rapist Burned
Leaveoworth, Kas, Jao 15 ?Fred
Alexander, tbo negro who Ssurday
evening attempted to assault Mifs Eva
Rothes and who was supposed te bavs
assaulted aod killed Pearl Forbes in
this oity io Nivembor isst, wa* taken
from the sheriff's gusrd by a mob to?
day sod buroed at tbe *t?k* at tbe
scene of his crime, half a dosen blocks
from the centre of tbo city. Probably
8,000 pecplp witnessed tbe lynching.
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West Point io Disgrace.
West Point. N Y., Jsn 16 ?The
congressional investigation committee
today got down to tbe bottom of the
hazing praetioed at the aoaaVo. v during
tbe last four years aod tbe it quiry will
be finished before tbe ecri of tee week.
Cadcrt Mabeffey, Doekery and Pegrasl
were examined today very vigorously
by Congressmen Waoger, Dnggs,
Smith and Clayton.
Qeo Dick, ot Ohio, questioned thorn
in his quiet, suave manner, and then
let loose hie torrents of scathing
saros9m, making every witoe?s wine
All three witness led in a worst state of
mind snd body thso if tbey bad j jst been
oompollcd to go through tbo entire
ourrioulum of basing.
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