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July 27.?The worlds areoptaae record for ?wo. men as to both tlase aid distance mas broken thin /evening In a beautiful tight of one hour, twelve minutes and forty SS?0nds~-Up wards of flfty miles atrd at a speed averaging about forty Safies an hour. ??> on-tlle Wright at L*ee*y Myer. with Ll<eut. Frank P Xahsm of the army signal corps, as a passenger The former record was made lost year by hi* brother. Wilbur Joint In? ventor, wlt*i him of the machine In which both achievements were per? formed at LeYnnv Fra ice. with J'r.f. Palnleve. of the rFench Institute, as >nger. That flight wss one hour, minutes and thlrtv-one seconds, ir was an eager spectator of to *s flight by nu brother. Tou just sc?dehe i -our brothers wbhvK't really damaging It ach." remarked a newspaper man OrviUe alter the night ail we meant to do," re <Q??<tlr %p matte v.Vib h ?'s brothsv a ?rpecia:ue'y luplicat The cheering* which heralded the Ung of a new mark In the conquest Of the olr was led by President aTft In person, who had sat an intense')' Intended spectator throughout the I flight, and who Insisted it its conclu? sion upon rer?onnlly congratulating fhe l> Ir success. ThU success Was all-Important to the Wrights. In that It omni, t l t <? first of two crucial tests of their m?- ! chine Imposed upon them by the Uni? ted States government?the so-called "endurance test.'* which required them to remain one r<?-ui continuous? ly In The sir with one passenger. Or vllle did marly thirteen minutes bet tr than that, and cottld have kept^on Indefinitely?ttm ?? he. us und a half, the limit Imposed by the gasoline ca? pacity of the supply tank. The other test that for speed, will be comp w ith tomorrow, weatle t permitting, whan Orvllle Is to take Lieut, eltnjamtn Foulols of the sig? nal corps, on a cross-country flight to Alexandria and return, a total of ten miles, over a measured course, and at 0 epeed required to average forty mile* an hour. Orvllle could hav* > made that fight this evening, but it was almost dark when he at la*t alighted, after a flight which would have carried him a I mo* twice across Kn?llsh Channel. f l.FVK.H N T in VITINB K M IA C'oitgrr-wooun I n.ililc to |,e?ve \\a>li it>xu ii t mil l.irlfT lllll in PuhmiI. Waatohsgton. July 17.?Represents live Lever stated t thai It would be Impossible f?>r him to atten 1 i. "good clthvnship" rally to be held In Mouth Csrolina on Thursday, us he had intended doing, because of tlw {,<% M .?t every available member oi timsjisas Dtiiiimisls snd Repubh eans alike?have been summoned here, to remain until the tariff 1 ill is At the rallj President Mitchell, of the University <?' Mouth Carolina; Dr. Oeorge ? i iomer. and other wcll ku'-wn educstors are to !>?? pn -o?Tit. dad Mr. Lever had hoped until t>> la> that he would be able to get away, but he announced tonight that this rould aow be Impossible The committee to select speakers mW the Red Shirt Reunion to be held in Anderson on August 25 annom < 1 Monday that Senator Tlllman, former o\pvernor Sheppard and Judge Robert Alkrlch had accepted Invitations to be preWent and make addresses. Each of tnese took prominent parts In or? ganising snd leading Red Shirt com ?^4 ? i *>.iaie \ 1MB DELAYS Ml tOMPlNATION OF CIKCUM STANC ES FOIK'KH POST POX RMKXT. Fx tension of Time Orante*!?Aviator Qlren Three Days More In Which To Complete I^ast of Official Tent Flight*, Washington. July 28.?A persistent wind and a suddenly-discovered stop? page in the gasoline feed-pipe of his motor prevented Orvllle Wright from making this evening his final cross? country two-man tC3t of the aero? plane. After he had waited in sup pOOOd read i ncss for the start for an hour, with the aeroplane on the mo : ? i ill at Fort Meye.\ the wind died i!'?wn at leaid to HU!-> more than a whisper, and then it was discovered that the fuel-feed was pbOtruoted, By ?tut time It was dusk, and the Right was declared off for th ciy, the army officials granting him thres days' additional time for the teat. The time limit umter the ordinal contract ?wpiri-d today. The failure of thi trial disappointed an immense crowd, including President Taft and practi? cally all ol the most prominent rov ernment officials. All along the course laid out for the trial pecple Were gathered, on foot and on horse? back and in vehicles of every conceiv? able character. At Shuter hill, just outride the city of Alexandria, where the turning point was located, was assembled what must have been a fair quorum of the people of that community. The crowd at Shuter Hill was a se? rious embarrassment to the officers In charge of the trial; they had with them only a small cavalry detail, and Ibey found It impossible to keep the M >p'e off the treat spar e which they I intended to reserve as a landing ilace for the aeroplane in case \\ was necssnry for the aviators to Alight In addition to the aspect of the un? precedented llight as a spcetac ' ?. Ihere was v eil understood to be an ( lemcnl of very real p< ril. In order to jr.v Ll?? na a ?U*v*l coulee '< would be neceseaty .for Wright to maintain nn iiltltude of from '>?> to 2V> \fvi above th<? sharply rolling country. Officers Of the signal corps h a\e b? ? n oi er this ireoind repeatedly in boTIoons, but no auf, not even either of the Wrights, h i.-' ever been over it in a lie ivier-than a r machine, and the air OUtTeCtl win ii Win affect such a fliglit ere p aettpilly unknown. Wright has ?Us n m his etrcutts ox the parade I ?und ;it F' rt Ifeyfr that trees and ?. illdlngs and even the contour Of It* ground pfofooadtj tutfueaee the cur 'i nts of air; ne has n ? chart to show with what* whirlpools and eddies ?f ?in i phers as .viu have fa oontend oi this thrilling j. omey< The course w - marked l?y bright yellow eyllntlrlenl oaptflve ballone1 The only real exeltetneirt of the day f is when or? of then near Fort liefe? escaped and dispalyed a dispo? sition to "beat Wright to Shuter hill." for there it wae dnptored eoroewhal di maged. AM along the toad b. twe? :i Port Mty*f and th< turning point, a relay lei of mounted soldiers in khaki sat their horses. It was to be their duty. In case of accident, to hasten to thi fallen maehine, and then beat \vo, d post ha I i k to the fort. Ahoi.; the fiiui\r there was no oth? er noani ol otmnianleatIon, and tits mo oi was riding In a night -d<y bef >re the people etoni thi wop rooNiedthai there was1 to be no spectacle tp'nlght. Thi fOJrrOOfOi whites und negroes, down the way, view the whole affair with mingled ^motions. Many of them are chiefly afraid that Wright will drop in through their humble roofs, oi what they fOOl would be more se rloua, wort boYoo In Sold and gar? dens, Tiny niere anything but pli a ! tonight when Informed thai they had ?till another day In which to dn id ih,. n.-w bird of the air. It was quite dark when the signal Corps detalll polled down the mark 'is and towed them back to Fort Meyer If weather conditions promise a flight tomorrow, they w ill be r? - planed In the same positions In the morning. Seven thousand pOOpli surged in accompaniment as the aeroplane was winded across tlie Held to the start? ing line shortly before 7 o'clock. Thi only ones In that vast assemblage who displayed no agitation were the two Wrights, their sister, Miss Katharina Wright, and Lieut. Foulers. the young officer who had been selected to make the Might with orvllle. "The duchess speaks kindly of Annrl -a " "That's nice of her." "All the more *o, I think, since she was born and raised in Milwaukee." ?Kansas City Journal. id Fear not?^Let all the ends Thou A in CJMTEIi. S. a. SATTJ VERDICT IN THREE MINUTES. JURY SENTENCES JOHN JENKINS TO DEATH. Trial Orderly?Judge Wilson Praises People for Their Respect for the Law?Identification Positive. Georgetown, July 27.?At the spe? cial term of court ordered by the gov? ernor to convene in Georgetown to? day, a true bill was found against John Jenkins, and his trial imme? diately followed in which Jenkins was found guilty and sentenced to death on the gallows, August 13th. The testimony began about 11 o'clock. The prosecutrix was the first to be sworn. At the request of the solicitor find under the act of the last legislature, so providing, every one was requested by the judge to leave the court room, excepting the near relatives of the prosecutrix, the attor? neys and other necessary officials dur? ing the testimony pf the young lady j The prom-em: ix While on the stand. 1 embarrassed and in a faltering tone, I told the story clearly and distinctly, I positively identifying the accused who I stood before her. Her startling story I brought tears to the eyes of many who were present and as she left the I court room, passing the prisoner in I the box, she said: "I hope I will I never see that brute alive again." I Several other witnesses testified. I among whom were Deputy Sheriff I Ward, F. L. Siau, Jr., and several col I ored witnesses. I At the conclusion of the testimony I the judge charged the jury, as nelth I er side cared to make a speech. The I judge's charge was short, clear and I instructive. - I The jury retired about 2:15 o'clock and returned in less than three min I utes with a verdict of guilty of an assault with criminal Intent, as chnrg I ed In the indictment, for which, un j der the new act of the legislature, the I ?>nly punishment that may be Inflict I ed was death. I At 2:25 p. m. Judge Wilson solemn | ly pronounced the sentence of the Court which was to the effect that John Jenkins, alias "Slippery Joint," I must pay the penalty for his crime 071 ] the gallows on August 12, next. I Jenkins appears to be about 17 I years of age. perfectly illiterate 'and of a very' stolid nature. While the I sentence of death was being pro I nounoed upon him he smjled sQmosl I incessantly and seemed to have I thought that it was smart to be the I centre of attraction Of so large a I Crowds which almost bulged the w alls I <>f the court house. Jt nKlns wag QUlettj carried hack to the jail house and during the Whole I trial there was perfect order. Judge Wilson highly commended the peopl" I for their action in the matter, their [orderly OOndUOt, and whiio it was a I case of a nature to excite the highest anger, the law was allowed to take it-4 I raw course and everything will crbi I tlnue orderly until the execution it? I moot mated. il AKTSYILLE FARM ER A SUICIDE Solomon Mall Kills lime-elf With Shotgun, Despite Daughter's Ef? forts. Rartsvllle, July 27.?Mr. Solomon Hall, who lives -about two. miles be? low town, committed suicide today abOUl noon by placing a Single-bar? relied shotgun to his abdomen, lean? ing over it and pulling the trigger Wtth his toe. Degth was a.) most in? stantaneous. Mr. Hall was a man about ."?0 years old and a rather prosperous and hardworking farmer. He was of an erratic disposition and before this has liven evidence of insanity. It is thought that the immediate cause of his rash deed was trouble and desper? ation over two of his daughters, who ; rg hopelessly insane at the asylum In Columbia, His Aral attempt at sui? cide today was frustrated by his grown daughter, who sei/.ed the gun as he was about to shoot himself. Be broke loose (Tom her, ran around the house and. before he could be pre? vented, had '.tilled himself. FAMOUS LANDMARK H?HNER. Ohl House on St. Simon's Island Shel? tered Aaron liiirr and Fanny Kent hie. Hrunswlck, Ga., July 27.?"The Re? treat," a sumrner home on St. Si? mon's Island, that was built in 1700 by James Spaldlng, was burned to? day. How it caught fire Is not known. In the old home's history it has sheltered, among other noted persons, Aaron Burr and Fanny Kemble. The storm of 1S9S rendered the house uninhabitable, and it bad not been repaired. After standing over two centuries, the hewn live oak timbers in the structure were solid. us t at be thy Country's, Thy God's an RDAY. JULY 31, 19( FREE HIDE VICTORY. SEVERAL OTHER ARTICLES ON FREE LIST. Lumber Not Yet Free?Conference Report to bo Heady Soon?Print Paper Taxed $3.50. Washington, July 27.?From tha best information obtainable it appears that the house has won its battles for free hides and oil and increased rates on gloves and hosiery, in re? turn for a surrender to the senate on lumber, coal, iron ore and print pa? per. The rates on these schedules, aQ they have been tentatively arrang? ed, pending the acceptance by both houses of the programme for a re? duction in the duties on manufactur? es of leather below the rates fixed by the house, are as follows: Oil, free. Hides, free. Coal, 4 5 cents a ton. Print pap? r, $3.CO a ton. Iron ore, 15 cents a ton. Lum.ber,'rough, $1.50 a thousand ft.; lone side finished, $2; two sides finish led, $2.25; three sides finished, which may include tonguing, grooving, $2. I C2 1-2; four sides finished $3. Gloves, $4 per dozen pairs, not ex I ceeding 14 inches in length, the Stan I dard length. I Hosiery, valued at $1 or less per I dozen pairs, 70 cents, as against the I senate and existing rate of 50 cents. I On values up to $2 the rate is slightly I in excess of existing duties and a 1 shade below the rates fixed by the bouse. On the highest grades the I senate and hOUse rates were identical. I For nearly a week the question of I nutting hides on the free llet or im? posing e nominal duty upon ihem has I been be tore the conference comm't I tee. Xojpeven a nominal duty proved scceptafffe to Representative Payne, I Whpee position was strengthened by I the support of President Taft, and I the senate was compelled to yield In I spite Of the fact that free hides Lthreatened to provoke an insurrection I among *ptand-pat" senators from oa> I lie-rn.sn.g sr?t?s "H appc. r. h.>w j ever, ths: Mr. Payne's victo y wad a I costly one, inasmuch as the houeo ?I conferees wre defeated on coal, print paper, i.a?n ore and lumber, I The chief Victor) won by the sen I ate was the retention of Its duties ort lumber. These represent reductions I from the Ding'y rates, but are nearly I as low as the house rates, which n Igan with $1 on rough luml>er. Likewise a victory was won by I senate through acceptance by the conference committee of a rate of I3.K0 a ton on print paper Instead of the S2 rate fixed by the house, j The placing of oil upon the free list I was a foregone conclusion. I It is known, however, that while I the voting has not taken place On the I Bve i?ig Question! which engaged the I attention of President Taft, aar. < j ments have been reached. The conference report will be ready , I to present to the house soon as the rule in regard to thf leather schedule Iis adopted by that body. I For several days it has been report Jed that the conferees would reduce J the rate on lead ore from l 1-- cents ja pound to 1 |-1 (, l is. but, it is said. J the 2 cent rate has been accepted by I the oonfereee, T1LL.MAN IS ALL RIGHT. Reports of His Being III Denied by Iiis Physicians?Doesn't Intend lo Ib'sigii ? Northern Newspapers Mistaken?He is Now Lecturing in the West. Columbia, July 27.?The reports in Northern newspapers as to Senator TUlman's Ill-health appear to he without foundation, Dr, J. w. Babcock, of this city, w ho is the Senator's physician, said this morning that so tar as he knows. Tlllman is In perfect health. "Only two or three weeks ago," said Dr. Babcock, "Dr. Lavlnder and myself examined Senator Tlllman and found blm to be in good health. "On August 11 he will be sixty three yean of age, and for a man Who lias led the strenuous life that Mr. Tlllman has he Is in remarkable health." The reports that Tlllman Is at his home in Trenton are also unfounded. He is out West now on his lecture tour. State Superintendent of Bduca tion Bwearlngen, who is a kinsman of Tlllman, said today that the Senator Ih somewhere In Ohio, and branded as incorrect the rumor that "Tlllman contemplates resigning his seat." Senator Tlllman is expected at ClentyM>n College on August 11. He was at his home on July 16 visiting his sick sister. d Truth's." THE TRU 39. New Ser ~TABforBiUfiH1[Oir~ REV. J. A. BLADE AM) REPRE? SENTATIVE ANDERSON DE? NOUNCE HIM. Anderson Makes Eirst Attack, and is Eollowed by Evangelist Slade? Rroughton Replies. Atlanta, Ga., July 27.?The anti prohibitionists in the State legislature forgot the truce today, rolled up their sleeves, grabl ed their war clubs and sailed into tne opposition with such bitter invedive that an aged clerl: J shook his heid and remarked: "Nothing like that ever happened in the legislature in the 40 years I've been attending it." The fun began when Anderson, of Savannah, who is lighting the near beer bill, rose to a question of per? sonal privilege. He was white-faced and trembling and had to moisten his lips several times before he found In? voice. "I notice," he negan, "that a local minister, named Rev. Len G. Brough ton, is quoted in the press as having said in a sermon that I was fighting the near-beer bill because I had bought stock in a Savannah brewery after the prohibition bill was paused, and that I was the only man in the State who had made money out of prohibition in Georgia. "I desire to say that this preacher is a wilful, malicious, reckless, malig? nant and vicious liar. I fully expect? ed to be assailed and vilified when I obeyed my constituents' will and op? posed the Alexander bill. But I never even dreamed that a minister of th? gospel, a follower of Him who preached charity and taught truth, would stoop to become a slanderer and a common liar, j "In the first place, no Bavan iah I brewer* nor stock In one has been I sold since prohibition went into ef 1 feet. Hence this is another lie of the I reverend hypocrite. About 15 years 1 ago I bought ten shares in a Savan I nah brewery and paid $100 a share. I I was out of the State when the pro I hUd&ioo b.ll i*a&iu<l. an 1 wbv.i ?. rr ? j turned and tried to sell my stock I I could not. It Is nov/ worth about $50 j or $G0 a share, but can not be sold. "This Alexander bill is a new pro I hlbttion bill and we already have the I strongest prohibition bill ever draft led. If it be not enforced then it U I because the officers are negligent and j the people do not want It enforced. 1 I have neve, placed as much as a straw j In the way of its enforcement. Bui I you know you cannot enfo.ee ah un? popular law." j Anderson sat dow n in a breatbh si I silence and little Representative J. A 1 Slade. slight, dignified ami minister j rial looking, rore. Slade is from Mus I kogee county and Is a Baptist mini*' j ter, the same denomination wjjlcr I Qronghton serves. Every one expect' Jed a hitter retort to Anderson's out' J burst. What was the astonishmen I Of all, then, w hen Slade went ever I further than Anderson in denouncing j his fellow clergyman. I "I was astounded and insulted," tu j said, "to hear the slander heaped up I on a worthy member of this legisla J ture by a man who professes to be a j minister of the gospel, i am s mis I slonary Baptist preacher, l b die ? j in and practice temperance, but dc I not believe in prohibition. In tb? j name of all good Baptists, however, I want to resent this attack upon Mr J Anderson by a longhaired, loud? mouthed, itinerant preacher, who bus j done more harm to the temperance j cause than all the brewers and distill J ers In the world. And the really j honest tempTTanee advocates should realize that unless they curl) these I freak extremists, they will see the j pendulum swing to the other ex I trente." Speaker Holden did not let any one else get the floor, declining to re ?g I nice several excitable members, and I calmly forcing a resumption of the J consideration of the tax bill. I Dr. Broughton tonight gave out the j following statement in regard to the j seathing denunciation he received at I the bands of Representative Ander I son: J "I am glad, at least, if I have done J nothing else than force Mr. Anderson I to acknowledge in the house of I representatives, where he Is posing BS I the champion against legislation for I the prevention of the near-beer evil. I that he Is ? stockholder in a brew - I ery, one at least In Savannah that is j manufacturing more near-beer than I any other In the Stiite. "it is Immaterial, so far ai the I principal point 1 made against his j right to sit In Judgment upon such I legislation, whether he had recently I bought stock or not. It is a fact that I he owns the stock and that lines him I up with the whiskey interests." con B SOUTIIRON, Established Jane, ies?Vol. XXIX. No 46 HUE TO PANAMA. OjffjMtfjaWOM TO HAVE STEAM ?HIP LINE. Important to Iiusines* lot crew ts?-A Se|>arate Lino?Allianca the Ves? sel?Interview With Mr. Walters. Charleston, July 26.?Charleston la. to have a direct steamship line to Panama, beginning in the faU, and operating a boat, carrying mail and freight, every nine days, running in? dependently of the regular govern? ment line, now running between New York and Panama. Collector of Port E. W. Durant. Jr.? brought this pleasing intelligence to Charleston upon his return home from a business trip of several week^s in the North, on which he found time, as he usually does, to put in some good work in behalf of Charleston. Mr." Durant visited the officers of the Panama Steamship Company and took up th matter of having the ves sels of the line, running out ef New York to Panama, stop at Charleston cn route to and from New York for the purpose of delivering and receiv? ing mail and handling such freight as may be offered, in accordance with the scheme which has been under consideration for some time. The officials were not inclined to consent to this plan, preferring not to break the continuity of the trips, but they consented to make a substitute offer which Mr. Durant accepted in behalf of Charleston and which is ex? pected to yield even better results In the establishment of a separate line, which will be at first in the nature Of an experiment, it being up to Char? leston, South Carolina and all this Southern section of coast country to take advantage of and promote to the end of malting the line a success and having its facilities increased aifd improved. The Charleston-Panama line will begin with one steamship, the llanca, sailing out of Charleston e nine days. She will carry freight and passengers and an induce ment is now offered to the csfX manufacturers, JobbfrV* *h?ffB^ * co^nvercial interests; generally ,tO avail themselves; of the opportunity V? establish new connect oils and fin^d 4k'H market for goods. The geographical* and physical advantage of Charleston* over any other port on the coast for direct trade with Panama are too de? vious to need any special comment and it is expected that this announce? ment of the establishment of the line will result In manufacturing and commercial concern immediately taking up the matter and arranging to make use of the line when MM service is inaugurated next fall The Alliance is a vessel of 3,905 gross tons and 2,364 net. She is 335 feet long, with a beam >f 12 feet and a draft of 15 feet. She has a crew of 4!? men. She was bjilt In 1S86 at Chester, Pa. She is a vessel of 2.000. ' horsepower. The AUIi nca Is not a stranger in Charle. on. She topped \ here last December to lake the cuair mittee of interstate and foreign com? merce of the bouse and party of ladies to Panama. The party came here from Washington by rail and boarded the vessel, and i.t returning frond Panama the vessel again visited Charleston harbor. It Sftl] also be pie;; di g news to commercial interests to learn that Mr. Durant also saw President Walters Ol the Atlantic Coast Line while In New York and the high railroad offi? cial spoke enthusiastically of the prospects of the commercial develop* ment of Charleston, as a result of the Atlantic Const Line forming its new connections with the West and the coal Uelde, as a result Of the construc? tion of the Winston-Salem-Wadesboro ! allroad. LATHAM FALLS IXTO CHANNEL. Monoplane Drops into Water Unapt in the Moment of Triam] h. Dover, England, July 27.?Hubert Latham'a second attempt to fly across th?' 'English Channel ended disas? trously today. Almost in the moment of victory h % monoplane iiuttered down Into the sea two miles from shore, like a bird with a broken wing. Thousands who saw the fall for near? ly half an hour were kept in much suspense, not knowing whether the daring aeronaut had met death or auain had been rescued. A Plnnanoe from the Bristtsh bat? tle ship Russell picked up the un lucky flyer and put him aboard the French torpedo boat destroyer Esco pette. A surgeon attrJ ? to hie In? jurie- and the destroyerotought La? tham ashore. His face was bandage*! and bleeding and his nose was brohv en. The machine was badly wrecked.