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Roswell T. Logan, the Veteran Mem?
ber of the News and Courier Staff,
Bead.
Charleston, July ll.-Roswell T. I
Logan, for nearly half a century tele- j
graph editor of the News and Courier, ]
died in this city this morning, after a j
brief illness. His headline editorial- j
izing had been a distinctive feature of
that newspaper many years.
SENATOR NEWLANDS INJURED.
Senator From Nevada Thrown From
a Horse and Has Collar Bone
Broken.
San Francisco, Cal., July 13.
United States Senator Newlands of
Nevada, is suffering from a broken
collar bone the result of being thrown
from his horse near. San Mateo. He
had a>aarrow escape from death.
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A BRUTAL MURDER.
A Jealous Fiend Kills a Woman With
Diabolical Cruelty.
v Minneapolis, Minn., July ll.-One
of the most shocking murders in the
history of Minneapolis was committed
last night in the National Hotel b>re.
H. B. Wilson, who is said to liv~ a
- Milwaukee, killed- Grace .Moore. _ ^
motive is believed to have been jeal
ousy. Wilson pounded the girl's
head almost to a pulp, then poured al?
cohol over her clothing, and set her
on fire. x The body was almost con?
sumed before the crime was discover?
ed. Wilson escaped and so far has
eluded the authorities.
NOT A CANDIDATE.
Secretary Taft Says Positively That
He Is Not Seeking Presidency.
Detroit, Mich., July ll.-"Don't
ask me about it, I am not," was Sec?
retary of War Taft's reply to the ques?
tion, "Are you a candidate for the
presidency," here this morning. Mr.
Taft is on his way io Put-in-Bay to
address the Ohio Bar Association. i
AMERICAN BREAKS RECORD.
California Mountain Climber Ascends
Mount Blanc in Nine Hours and
Fifty Minutes.
Geneva, Switzerland, July 14-John
Calvert, of San Francisco, today as?
cended Mount Blanc in record time of
nine hours and fifty minutes which is
considered an extraordinary feat of
endurance. It ordinarily takes four?
teen hours of climbing and a night's
rest at the half way point, but Calvert
left Chamonix, France, at 4 * o'clock
this morning and arrived at the
Summit at 1:50 p. m. Calvert will now
atempt to make a new record for the
Matterhorn, another famous moun?
tain of the Alps.
CONNUE MAXWELL ORPHANAGE.
Baptist Institution at Greenwood Re?
ceives Large Legacy From Mr.
Isaac Callaham.
Anderson, July 13.-The will of Mr.
Isaac Callaham, who died yesterday at
his home in the county, was probated
this morning in the judge of probate's
court. He left his estate, after mak?
ing a number of small legacies, to the
Connie Maxwell orphanage of Green?
wood. The estate consists of several
hundred acres of good farming lands
and under the will the executors are
authorized to sell the lands and give
the proceeds to the orphanage. It is
estimated that the bequest will
amount to $10,000 or $15,000. Mr.
Callaham was an old man at the time
of his death. He had nev-.r married.
He was somewhat eccentric and lived
a quiet, secluded life.
A verdict for $22.500 was rendered
against the Seaboard Air Line in the
Richland Court of Common Pleas Fri?
day in favor of the heirs of Railway
Mail Clerk H. C. Pat?lo, who was
killed in a wreck at Blaney last fall.
CANDIDATES AT MANNING.
DISPENSARY REFORM BILL STILL
TS CONTROVERSY.
Mr Blease Says He Will Answer Mr.
Manning But Will Take His Own
Time About it-Jones and Branson
Make Faces at Eeach Other.
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Manning, July 12.-All the candi?
dates stood on- the same platform here
today, some purposely, some unwit?
tingly and some perforce, but all lined
up together on a whiskey basis.
Startling, but metaphorically true,
the same old liquor barrels upon
which Tillman and his opponents
stamped their feet fourteen years ago,
still support (the platform whereon
stood prohibitionists, . dispensantes
and "as you like it," candidates today
and "looked in the eye" the 200 or
more citizens of Manning, who stood
and sat as quiet as mice under the
tree? in court house square.
County Chairman A. J. Richburg
presided and the Rev. A. Brunsen
offered prayer.
Ansel stood for everything that will
help upbuild the State.
That Dispensary Mill.
Mr. Blease referred to Raysor's
signed statement in the newspapers
this morning concerning the father?
hood of the Raysor-Manning bill and
his platform remarks about it at Or?
angeburg. He said he, with Raysor's
help, wrote the statement published in
The State and that Raysor read and
approved it. It was exactly as agreed
upon between them and The State's
correspondent is in no wise ,to blame
for any misunderstanding. This leaves
the matter solely between Blease and
Raysor. Blease said that Manning
had seen fit to make explanations at
his home in Sumter yesterday. He
would accordingly select his own time
and place to reply, but it would not be
at Newberry.
Mr. Manning Speaks.
Mr. Manning was heartily cheered
when he arose. He advocates no new
laws or radical changes in state gov?
ernment, but stands for the firm and
unfaltering enforcement of the law.
The people ought to realize that the
evil of liquor is here and cannot be
eradica-.ed and accordingly unite in
practical plans for controlling its use.
He offered such plans in the Raysor
Manning bill. He -said he had spent
much time and effort in framing it so
as to bring about better conditions,
promote temperance and remove op?
portunities for wrong doing. He is sat?
isfied its adoption would eliminate all
objections to the State dispensary.
Only Pledged Candidate.
Mr. McMahan declared he advocat?
ed definite and specific measures and
is accordingly the only candidate who
is pledged. Only by voting for a can?
didate who presents his ideas in de?
tail and stands for something explicit
can the people select some one who
will give them a progressive adminis?
tration. He is not afraid to make
enemies, bdt would administer the
law as it is written.
Ansel Stands for Nothing.
Many anti-dispensary people are
backing Mr. Ansel because he stands
for nothing and they believe he will
make an easy going chief executive
who will hold a loose rein or throw
the reins over the dashboard. He
would do very well for governor in
placid times when there is no prob?
lem to solve, no serious condition to
meet, and the governor needs only to
entertain and smile and smile again.
He says he leaves the liquor question
to you. He ventures no advice. I
warn against the danger of county
dispensaries. If one purchasing ma?
chine in Columbia breeds corruption
why multiply it and put one in each
county? Let the intelligence and
courage of the entire State greater
than the average county alone be
devoted to preventing corruption.
Branson on Opponents.
Mr. Branson said if it were not for
the votes behind it not one of his op?
ponents would be found advocating
the dispensary. He saw no lessening
of crime as the last report of the at?
torney general records forty-eight
case of manslaughter and 193 trials
for murder in South Carolina.
Mr. Edwards entertained the crowd
with his usual burning castigation of
his specialty, the Southern railway.
Jones, No Salary for Him.
Mr. Jones, of Newberry, spurned
the governor's salary and appeared
only in order to give the people an ex?
perience of thirty years' toward up?
lifting the name of the people. He
called Ansel a fence-rider and said
Branson, was just the sort of man that
the dispensary people want in this
contest, because they know his candi?
dacy means noihing and can accom?
plish nothing. If Branson had beer,
loyal in 1895, Featherstone would
have been elect?>-l governor, and the
whole system would have been chang
BRYAN FAVORS PEAGE,
DISCUSSES WITH WAR MINISTER
HALDINE REDUCTION OF
ARMIES.
He Dines With Head of British War
Department-Outlines His Views on
Army Reduction in an Interview j
With Correspondent of Publishers* j
Press.
London, July 13.-Mr. Bryan dined
I
with War Minister Haldane today.
The two statesmen discussed more
completely the project advanced by
Haldane in the House of Commons
yesterday for the reduction of arma?
ments in outlining the plans of the
British government for army reorgan?
ization.
This is one subject in which Mr.
Bryan has long been interested and
as he favors the reduction of armies
is pleased at the stand the British gov?
ernment has taken in the matter.
In an inten/iew with the corres?
pondent of the Publishers' Press on
the subject Mr. Bryan said: "I listen?
ed with great interest to War Minister
Haldane's speech, I believe the
scheme he advises may mark a new
era in the "eneral reduction in the
strength of the armies. I am much
opposed to any increase in the fight?
ing strength of the American army
or those of -t.her nations. What is
wanted is application of intelligence
to the principal in the organization of
the forces on the basis of efficiency
and economy. I cannot say whether
the United States will follow the ex?
ample proposed by Haldane, but hope
the scheme will go a long way to bring
about peace in the world."
Mr. Bryan said that the stand taken
by the British government would
prove gratifying to the next peace
conference.
BIG COTTON SMASH.
Alexander & Alexander Gone to the
Wall-Member of the Firm Skips,
Leaving Letter Saying He Won't
Be Seen Again.
Augusta, July 12-The financial em?
barrassment of Alexander & Alexan?
der, the largest cotton factors in the
State, involves discrepancies of about
$145,000, following the disappearance
of Thomas W. Alexander, head of the
firm, and a member of a prominent
Georgia family. Mr. Alexander left
Saturday, ostensibly for New York,
and the following night his brother,
Bishop Alexander, found a letter from
him saying that if he was not back by
Wednesday night he would never be
seen again. In his letters T. W. Alex?
ander says he alone was responsible
and that his brother had nothing to
do with the financial business of the
firm.
ed. Brunson got up a petition in his
county under the Brice act which
makes him local optionist..
A "Day Scrap."
Mr. Brunson: "You had better not
go into that; you will get the worst
of it."
Mr. Jones: "Don't interrupt me, or
I'll give you more than that."
Mr. Jones was in good vein today
and apparently had a sympathetic au?
dience, evoking the first applause
from the mice. He referred to the
Richland distillery as the concern
that makes one, two, three and four
year old liquor all on the same day.
Lieutenant Governor Sloan appeal?
ed for promotion as is customary in
business. He had a vast business ex?
perience and had fought for all the
colleges side by side wi.th Tillman
candidates.
Ragsdale on Lies.
Ragsdale was glad of this primary
as he thus had the chance to contro?
vert the dirty lies of some of the
newspapers. The Greenville News in?
sinuated that his motives are improp?
er and that he only came in to defeat
Lyon. Yes, he would say, he will de?
feat Lyon. The people's votes are in
no man's hands. He is the candidate
of no section or faction. Lyon wants
election so he can jail the grafters.
Why, if he is elected, I am afraid we
will have to enlarge the penitentiary
at Columbia.
Lyon is the oroginal grafter and the
original graft hunter. The grafters
are not superior to the people and
the people will select their own attor?
ney general.
Lyon Trios to Be Sarcastic.
Mr. Lyon said he had no personal
grievances, although some rt "he
newspapers had thrown mud ;.t. ?im.
He would ?not dignify thom by name
as they had very little circulation and
3idn't count for much. It is true some
5i the evidence before the investigat
ng committee is insufficient, but when
i polecat goes in his hole why deny
ts pursuers the pick and shovel to get
im out unless they are afraM of the
.mell.-Columbia Record.
FRENCH DEPUTIES FIGHT.
BLOODY DUEL FOLLOWS DREY
FUS ACQUITTAL.
Chamber of Deputies Scene of Disor
der-Despite the Conflict Law
Were Enacted Restoring Dreyfus
and Piqnart to Their Rightful
Places in the Army.
Paris, July 13.-The scene of tur
multnos disorder which marked the
enactment today of the law restoring
Alfred Dreyfus to the army was fol?
lowed by a bloody .duel tonight in
whi?h Under Secretary pf State Sar
rautjjwas dangerously wounded by the
swo|d of M. Pugliesi-Conti. The duel
J assumed an aspect of a veritable com
I bat between the government and the
opposition, as M. Sarraut's seconds
were Ministers Clemenceau and Thom
Json, while M. Pugliesi-Conti's were M.
j Miillevoye and Gen. Jecquet, who were
I drawn from the elements which bit
I terly resist the government's rehabil
I itatibn of Dreyfus,
j The meeting followed a fight on the
j floor of the chamber of deputies in
j which M. Surrat sprang from beside
J Minister of the Interior Clemenceau,
J sitting on the ministerial benches, on
I M. Pugliesi-Conti, who had been heap
I ing denuciation on the members of
j the government as scoundrels. Sar
I raut struck Pugliesi-Conti a stunning
blow in the face. A scene of the wild
1 est uproar ensued, compelling the sus?
pension of the session. It was after
J the close of the session that the duel
j occurred. Late reports show that M.
J Sarraut is suffering from a deep
j wound in the right breast, penetrating
j the dung. While the wound is consid
I ered to be serious it is not necessarily
I fatal.
Dreyfus Reinstated.
I Despite this sanguinary conflict
J laws were finally enacted today by the
J chamber of deputies reinstating Drey
! fus, who obtains the rank of chief of
j squadron of artillery and Picquart who
j is made a brigadier general. Both
J houses were overwhelmingly favorable
J.to Dreyfus and Picquart. Throughout
j the day feeling was stirred intensely
I between the Dreyfus and anti-Dreyfus
J elements. This was heightened by
j fierce attacks by Dreyfusists against
J Gen. Mercier and other prominent
J officers who were responsible for
j Dreyfus' condemnation. Early in the
j day Minister of War Stienne pre
I sented the government bills restoring
j Dreyfus.^and Picquart to the army,
j The army committee quickly and
I unanimously reported the bills and the
j debate in the chamber of deputies was
j decisive, Dreyfus securing 473 votes
j against 42 and Picquart 467 votes
j against 27.
The feeling had then become very
I strong. The storm broke when M.
J Pressense, Socialist, urged a suple
I mentary proposition for the punish
I ment of the officers who had accused
I Dreyfus and Picquart and whom he
J designated as a gang of malefactors
j and forgers who deserved branding
j with red hot irons.
I It was at this moment that the Sar
I raut-Pugliesi-Conti encounter occur
I red. M. Pugliesi-Conti aroused by M.
Pressense's deunciation, shouted at
j the ministerial benches, "You are
j scoundrels for permitting these in
{suits to officers."
General "Rough House.''
Immediately from the ministerial
j benches there sprang the lithe, wiiy
j figure of Under Secretary Sarraut. He
made straight for Pugliesi-Conti,
j seized him by the throat and planted
I his right fist squarely in his face, Pu
I gliesi-Conti reeled, dazed by the blow,
I and was caught by his fnends, while
j Ministers Clemenceau and Thomson
J grasped Sarraut's coattails and drag
I ged him back to his seat.
Pandemonium immediately broke
Ile. ie. Deputies gathered ir groups in
j the centre of tue house, fighting, their
j bk?ws raining iTJ-'scriminalely.
j President Bi ir.'-or ineffectually en
! deavored t:> quell the tumult, but find?
ing his efforts in vain, he left the chair
I and suspended the sitting for a quar
I ter of an hour. The public galleries
j were cleared.
Order Restored.
During the interim the excitement
continued but at the resumption ;gi
the sitting the members were some?
what more calm. Eventually, after
Premier Sarrien had promised that
tlie government would take the
necessary measures to ileal with the of?
ficers who had been witnesses against
Dreyfus, a motion was passed express?
ing confidence in the government. The
chamber also voted to transfer the
body of Emile Zola to the Pantheon. I
The senate also had an exciting
cession in connection with the Drey?
fus rehabilitation bill, which was
passed by 1S3 votes against 30. The J
result was greeted with enthusiastic I
applause. The Picquart bill was pass
ed by the senate by 195 to 26.
MAYESVILLE BANK CLOSED.
BANK ACCOUNTS 3FOUXD TS BAD
SHAPE AND ORDERED CLOSED
BY INSPECTOR HOLLEMAX.
Discrepancy of $4,000 in Cash-Will
Be Placed in Hands of a Receiver.
Bad Management Alleged.
From the Daily Item July 14.
The Bank of Mayesville has been
closed. State Bank Examiner Hol
leman yesterday completed a thor?
ough investigation of the accounts of
the bank and found them in such a
shape that he ordered the doors of
the bank closed and the institution
placed in the hands of a receiver.
There is a shortage of about 4,000 in
the cash and other discrepancies in
the books. *
The bank was organized nearly two
years ago with a paid in capital af
$14,700. Mr. S. M. McCall was pres?
ident, and during his administration
the bank cleared a net profit of 20
per cent., 8 per cent, being paid to the
stockholders in: two equal semi-an?
nual payments and 12 per cent, was
placed on the surplus fund.
Owing to a determination of the
board of directors not to pay the
president any remuneration Mr. Mc?
Call resigned as a member of the
board and refused to stand for re?
election. Mr. Croft, of Wilmington,
N. C., who owned the controlling in?
terest in the bank, was then made
president. After his death, near the
first of the year, the board ran with?
out official head until the recent elec?
tion of Mr. J. M. Johnson of Marion
to the presidency.
Mr. Robert Chaffin, a very highly
respected gentleman, is the cashier.
No one thinks of imputing any wrong?
doing to him and attributs the cause
of the bank's condition solely to bad
management. It is understood that the
last quarterly report shows that the
amount of the bank's loans were in
excess of the capital stock ind the de?
posits.
From the best source obtainable it
is learned that all of the depositors
will be paid in full, and that the loss
will be confined to the stockholders,
who will be out about 50 per cent, of
the paid in capital stock.
Mr. Chaffin is under bond in a relia?
ble company for $10,000.
SCHOOLSHTP SAFE.
The Reported Wreck of British Ship
Proven to Be Untrue.
Gibraltar, July 14.-It is stated that
there is no truth in the report that the
schoolship St. Mary's went ashore off
Cape Spartel. Wrecking tugs sent to
her relief report the St. Marj'? at sea,
bound for this port.
LOXGWORTH'S IX PARIS.
They Attend French Army Review as
Guest of French President.
Paris, July 14.-Mr. and Mrs. Long?
worth attended today the review at
Long Champs in celebration of the
French National holiday commemo?
rating the destruction of the Bastiie
during the French revolution. The
American visitors were guests of Pres?
ident Falliers and occupied places in
his box.
Canton, China, July 14.-The Brit?
ish ship Sainam was attacked by pi?
rates near here. Dr. McDonald was
killed and Captain Kosling and four
sikhs wounded.
After the sitting of the chamber of
deputies and while the members were
still in the lobbies Mr. Pugliesi-Conti
sent his seconds to Under Secretary
Sarraut. It was decided to fight im?
mediately with swords and principals
and seconds proceeded by automobiles
to the Ville d'Auray, where the corn
mat ocurred or. the property of Depu?
ty Edmonde Gast. The fight was short
but desperate, lasting only 30 seconds.
Sarraut made a quick onslaught and
blood soon flowed. Sarraut cried. "I
am hit," and then fainted. Expecto?
rating blood he was conveyed to Mr.
Gast's residence. The doctors who
examined him found a deep wound in
the right breast penetrating the lung.
The surgeons consider the wound se?
rious, bi not necessarily fatal.
Madam Sarraut, who was informed
immediately of what had happened to
her husband, went to the Ville d'Au?
ray, where she will remain in attend?
ance on her husband.
Paris. France, July 13.-The army
commision to arhich the Dreyfus and
Picquartrpromotion measures were re
forr-.-'l met th:'.;? afternoon and unani?
mously approved them. The com?
mission conists cf a parliamentary
committee appointed to consider all
questions in re.'iition to the army.
RUSSIA TS REVOLUTION.
Complete Transition Resembling the
French Upheaval and May Over?
whelm Dynasty.
Paris, July 10.-Anatole Leroy
Beaulieu, Director of the Institute of
France, and the foremost French au?
thority on Russian affairs, whose
"History of Russiia" is recognized as
being one of the most accurate pre?
sentations of the affairs of that Em?
pire, which he visited, recently l'or the
purpose of observing the results ol
the first election, said in an interview
today:
"It should be understood that the
Prussian situation is one of actual rev?
olution. It is no crisis which can be
measured by days, weeks, or months,
but is a vast and complete transition,
resembling that of the French Revo?
lution.
"When I say revolution I do not
mean that the monarchy is certain to
be overthrown, although it is possi?
ble that this mav follow. The great?
er part of the* leaders oj the Consti
tional Democracy desire to save the
Throne from wreck, but they recog?
nize that they are not masters of the
future. If the government does not
satisfy the nation's demands catas
trophies of the. gravest nature are
ahead for Russia."
M. Leroy-Beaulieu was asked if the
I preservation of the Throne meant a>
continuation of the autocracy.
"By no means," he replied, "cn the
contrary, arbitrary autocracy is doom?
ed. All that the present monarchy can
save atthe best is power within consti?
tutional, or well-denned limits. The
Emperor has good intentions, but he
knows very little of his own country
outside of the limits of the palaces. He
is always hesitating, is himself terri?
fied by the example cf the French rev?
olution, and does not wish to have the
same end as Louis XVr. aJthugh he
forgets that Charles I cf England ar?
rived at a simi.'ar end by another
route.
"Perhaps it is already too late to
save the dynasty from going down
with the autocracy, but the Emperor
might stay the storm by permitting the
formaion of a ministry representing
Parliament, which represents the pe-.i
pie. He has already lost much time,
and the feeling of discontent is con?
tinually increasing."
M. Leroy-Beaulieu then discussed
the agrarian and other leading ques?
tion. The land, he said, xt?s the most
difficult question, owing to the intense
feeling among the peasants. The gov*
ernment recoils before the enormous
cost of partial or total expropriation,
of the ancient estates, yet unless the*
emperor satisfies the expectations of*
the peasants he will transform them^
into an opposition element and pet
haps into revolutionists. -t .-i-n*^
"The question of nationality is al?
most equally difficult," continued M.
Leroy-Beaulieu, "for since Finland
secured autonomy Poland and the oth?
er branches of the population demand
the same autonomy. They are all,
doubtless, entitled to the same liber?
ty, but I believe in leaving to future
determination which of these peoples
have enough national cohesion and?
enough maturity to be intrusted with?
autonomy. If outside of Finland
there is such a people ripe for the
w?rgest exercise of liberty \t is Poland.""
Concerning the Jewish .question M.
Leroy-Beaulieu said he was struck
with the tenacity with which the Jews
demanded the same civil and politi?
cal rights as the Christians. ?
"There are 5,000,000 Jews in Rus?
sia," he said, "and if so many of them
are among the revolutionists the rea?
son is to be found in the xceptional
laws to which they are compelled to
submit. The Jews thus become irre?
conciliable adversaries of the govern?
ment. The sole means to end the up?
risings and bring about the withdrawal
of the Jewish masses from the rev?
olutionary propaganda is to accord
them equality before the law. The
Russian parliament demands this, but
the government hesitates, persisting
in considering the Jews to be the prin?
cipal organizers of the revolution."
"I am inclined to believve that this
revolution will continue in various
stages of intensity for ten and perhaps
twenty years owing to the magnitude
of the questions involved and the dan?
gers along the way."-New York
Times.
Ervin Crane, a white drayman, wa*
run over and fatally injured by a
freight train at Walhalla Thursday,
dying that night.
M. Heldman, a well known business
man of Spartanburg, dropped dead in
a restaurant in that city Friday.
Mr. J. M. Baxley, an aged white
man. was beaten almost to death at
Lake City Friday by Will Smith, a ne
9gro, whom he caught stealing water