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Inclined to hold the remnant.
.^FUGITIVE HANK Kit CAUGHT.
Man Wanted iu Wllllamsburg
Arrested In New Jersey.
iPhiladelphla. Pa.. Nov. 27.?With
out a cent of the $10.000 he Is charg?
ed with having stolen from the bank
In Lake City, S. C. In which he was
asilstant cashier. Donlel E. Motley,
a younK Southerner, of refined ap?
pearance, was arrested today on a
farm In Salem County. N. J., and
held try Justice Garrison without ball
to await requisition papers from his
home town. He freely admitted to
Detective Smith that he had taken
at 110,000, but a flying trip to Eu?
rope and a few girls In Nova Scotia
quickly used up the money. Although
Motley first denied his Identity, he
noon broke down and admitted that
he wa# the man wanted.
"I was assistant cashier In the
Lake City National Bank." he said,
?and waa mixed up in a big real es?
tate deal. We had a surplus of 120.
?ee. and one night I took just half o)
this. InUnding to return It Then I
saw thic .was Impossible and slipped
out I wes^t to Nova Scotia, where I
apent much money and then to Eu?
rope. I was losing lots of coin all
the time, and I wanted to come back
to this country. I was getting home
nek, and I didn't care much what
happened to me. I waa walking
around Southampton one day by the
docke when one of the big liners
came In. I thought I'd take a chance
and come back. I meant to go to
jail, but I guess I lost my nerve and
trl?d to hide. But I'm glad now that
I'm caught. It's harder to keep on
the watch for police and be afraid
of every man than to take your med?
icine."
COTTON HUE AT GREENVILLE.
From aoo to l.eoo Bales Burned or
Scorched.
Greenville, Nov. 27.?Fire broke
out among the cotton bales In a ware
hoise st the American Spinning
Company's plant early thl? morning
and caused great damage. The balee
were trucked out Into the neighbor?
ing fields and the fire In the building
was eitlngulshed but some of the
bales continued burning until late
this afternoon. There were from
sight hundred to a thousand bales
In the ware house, and aobut two
thirds of them were scorched or
burned.
The extent of th? dsmsge could
not be ascertained this afternoon.
The origin Is uncertain.
JER1SE1
SUSTAIN*
tY.
faapreaae Court
Tbat the Act
' <;t*>e Cttaclifield
la Unooustttu
i VltyBesi Judges
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V
St
IkFult?
seventy-one years old, by Coroner's
Physician O'Hanlon and."Prof. Lar
kln, of Columbia University. At the
finish of the medical Investigation
Dr. O'Hanlon said that in all the
!?,000 autopsies he had performed
In his medical career he never had
encountered anything remotely re?
sembling the "veritable museum" dis?
played in Fult's intestines. The
man's kidneys had been practically
non-existent since his birth, the phy
ulclan sai.d. and his heart for at
least fifteen years had been eaten
away by a cancer so rare that Dr.
O'Hanlon looked through four sur?
gical treatises before finding one with
?!ven a brief mention of the disease,
t'ult also was minus one arm, and
yet with all these things his death
was due to old age.
"It Is a source of amazement and a
complete mystery to me," said the
coroner's physician, after turning In
his report to Coroner Harburger,
"how this old man could possibly
have lived so long as he did. Con?
genital cysts ef the kidneys, the tis?
sue of which was practically all de?
stroyed, and which were five times
their normal size, were alone enough
to have killed him several times over.
Added to the agonies he must have
nuffered on this score since his youth
Kult In the last flftten years at least
after his left arm was removed, had
been suffering from the constant
gnawing of cancer of the heart, a dis?
ease regarded as almost legendary by
most surgeons.
Moses Full, Dr. O'Hanlon said
waa as under-sited man of weak
physique and evident lack of nour
lshment.
The old man had no family, no
home, no regular occupation. He
was poorly clad, poorly fed and his
methods of earning a livelihood were
precarious. He got odd Jobs as por
ter or expressman, and at times sold
newspapers. His earnings were bare
ly sufficient to keep a roof over hi
old, disease-racked body. Fult ap
apparently was a typical Park Row
lodging house Inmate, constantly en
gaged In a desperate struggle to kee
out of the poorhouse. It Is doubtful
If ever In his life he had enoug
money to pay for medical treatment
?New York Press.
The crowded condition of Ma
street on Friday resulted in a co
Hsion between an automobile and
peanut parcher. In trying to avo
a wagon and a buggy the automobil
struck the peanut parcher In front
the Farmers Dank and Trust Com
pany and In the mix-up the parch
and several bicycles standing against
the curb nearby were considerably
damaged.
I Pear not?Let ?U the ends Thon Atn
S|t 8. WEDNES1
POLITICS III WASHINGTON.
GOSSIP OF TAFT-ROOSEVEI7T
SCRAP DISCREDITED.
Those Who Arc on the Ground and
Have Insight Say Peace and Har?
mony Prevail?The Real Fight 1? on
IAldricli and Cannon.
-rea
' Washington. D. C, Nov. ?9.?In
these few days before the beginning
of the first regular session of Con?
gress of President Taft's administra?
tion there is considerable wild talk of
disagreement between this adminis?
tration aad the preceding one. There
la no historical fact better fixed 'n
the minds of the people than that
President Tai't was elected on a plat- j
form to carry out the Roosevelt pol?
icies. That the people of the country
and the press are jealously and crit?
ically watchful that this contract
shall be lived up to Is known by ev?
eryone Interested In public affairs.
There is no evidence that there is any
real disagreement between tjjsa ex
President in Africa and the President
In America. There is. of course, a
sjreat deal of talk by men and writ?
ing by journalists, famous or notor?
ious as the oase may be, but there
has not yet come to surface evidence i
of divergence in policy or in aUn.
The Plnchot- Balllnger episode . Is
course, cdnsiifclous but there Is
son to believe that President Taft is
sincerely determined to push the . pol?
icy of forest preservatidn and to ae
bure for the benefit of the whole
people the unappropriated mineral
?4fd water resources of the country.
IU? hot unnatural tWair*b? should de* I
fre *? for a* possible to stand by his1
recently chosen , cabinet^ officer Iwhlle
he is under are or unt& the charges
against him are pmedV if they snail
be proved the President' will, doubt^
less, be given, an opportunity to ac?
cept his resignation. JoumaUsm lb
America is nothing if not sensational.
Senationallem is its dittlngnishing|
characteristic over the Journalism of
the older countries and if Is not un?
natural that Mr. Wattereon, of the
WBlHHWoewspsjH
from a tour in Europe, should, *on
landing predict and wager that Taft
and Roosevelt will be at dagger's
Boint by the time of Mr. Roosevelt's
eturn In February. Possibly, the
Kentucky editor may win his wager,
tranger things have happened in
the happiest of poltical fa*nilles but.
Hat present, the poltical pond in calm
|er than It looks.
The sugar frauds prosecutions
hlch are being vigorously pushed
y the present administration are
eally nothing new. It may be said
hat they were begun in 1904, for at
that time Richard Parr received an
appointment by the then President
oosevelt on the recommendation of
Mr. Lioeb, then the President's secre?
tary and he was sent to New York
and installed in the custom house for
the express purpose of detecting the
sugar weighing frauds which he,
Parr, five years ago suspected. There
as since been a change of adminis?
tration but the sugar weighing frauds
have been under constant surveil?
lance and suspicion and the recent
xposures are nothing more than the
ulmlnatlon of the Investigations long
llently pursued.
The United States government
through the department of justice is
arefully watching the development
of the Western Union Telegraph Com?
pany and the American Telephone
trust combination and the country
will, doubtless, hear further during
the coming congressional session of
the plans of the government for con?
trolling not only the railroads of the
country but also of the telegraphic
and telephonic wires. They all are
interstate common carriers, whether
of freight or of Intelligence, and it is
quite as necessary that the Na?
tion control these for the universal
benefit of all the people as that It
should control and direct the malls.
There Is no socialism in this. It Is
simply broad Nationalism such as is
practiced advantageously both for the
State and for the people in the more
experienced and settled governments
of the Old World. The people of Am?
erica are entitled to what the people
of other countries enjoy?the ability
to send message* at a minimum ex?
pense and the bringing of the power
of communication throughout the
country within the economical reach
of every citizen. The telegraph ser?
vice is closely similar to the mall ser?
vice and It ought to be no more diffi?
cult to send a telegram than a letter.
It Is probable that at an early day cor?
respondence may be possible by wire
les messages; In such case, Congress
ought to prohibit It, except us con?
trolled and regulated by the Govern?
ment.
The fight between the Insurgents
and tnose who support Aldrlch and
1' .' ?' ?" ? ? 1 '. > 1 ?."' 1
uft fit be thy Country's, Thy God's an
-H-'??-???i?-23
>AY. DECEMBER M
as
BIB B?TTIE SOON.
REBELS ARE SOON TO ATTACK
NICAKAGTJAN CAPITAL.
_ ?
Munitions of War Landed From Nor?
wegian Steamer are Probably in
The Hands of Estrada's Men, and a
Devisivo Conflict is Expected Soon
-?Belief in Washington That Amer?
ican Marines Have Been Landed.
????
Washington, Nov. 28.?The Nica
raguan insurgents are now engaged
in what is exacted to be the final
grapple wUHpHf Zelaya forces, ac?
cording to unofficial advice? tonight,
reaching..^vador Castrlllo. the rep
iveentatjve liiere of the Nicaragua*
Insurrectionary forces. The advices
Indulte that< fighting lg in progress
both '? at Rama and Greytown, and
that a general assault on Managua,
th capital, will follow.
Tfie arms and ammunition landed
early this week from the Norwegian
steamer, Utsteln are believed now to
be in the hands of the insurrection?
ists, and prompt use of them by Es?
tradas' forces is expected. Senor Caa
?l?td pointed out tonight that it
would require less than three days
to> transport the munitions from Iiiae
ftcldsv where the Utsteln landed them,
to Rama, and that as soon as his
?comparlots were supplied, immediate
confllci with the government troops
was Inevitable.
TMe department of State tonight
dgclaired it had received no advices
of any kind from Nicaragua. All in?
quiries as to the landing of marines
on Nicaraguan territory were met
with evassive replies, but these i were
such as to give rise to the belief" that
some force has been put asrmre to
protect American Interests and to
reconnoitre. Just how large this
fo>ce SB**-be pr how long it may be
intended to be>kept there; could not
even be guessed*. 1 -
DRi COOK IS TIRED.
Has Retired to Seclusion In Vicinity
Breakdown. v f
New York, Nov. 28.?They found
Dr. Frederick A. Cook tonight, that
Is, an authoritative statement was
issued by his brother, W. L. Cook,
saying that the explorer, who mys?
teriously dropped from public view
yesterday, was still in the vicinity of
New York, recuperating. He was on
the verge of a nervous breakdown
and his retirement was absolutely
necessary.
The statement, "as Issued by Mr.
Cook, follows:
"Dr. Cook is in the vicinity of New
York trying to get a much-needed
rest. If he decides to go to Europe
there will be no sec?"ocy connected
with his departu- . think that his
friends and cru. .ike should be
charitable enough to allow him to
rest until his health is fully restored.
He has not been reading the news?
papers in the last few days and is not
responsible for the statements that
have been issued by those who were
acting as his spokesmen.
"In sending his data to Copenha?
gen, Dr. Cook has fulfilled his obli?
gations to the public."
The foregoing was Issued by the
explorer's brother, in view of the
fact that the doctor's apparent se?
clusion caused great anxiety among
his friends, leaving even John R.
Bradley, his financial backer, puzzled
and exasperated. Mrs. Cook is also
In New York, but her exact where?
abouts, as in her husband's case, has
not been announced.
Lexington, Nov. 28.?News reached
here today of a serious affray at Ce?
dar Grove Lutheran church, Hollow
Creekf ten miles from here. Henry
Adams, a well known farmer of this
county, was seriously cut by Clifton
Rlckert, another farmer. Adams is
wounded in the side and hand.
Cannon Is already begun. It could
not wait for the assembling of Con?
gress. Speaker Cannon is defending
himself like a veteran of the 10th
legion, but it is remarked that he is
on the defensive and there is signifi?
cance of apology in this attitude.'The
trip of Mr. Aldrich throught the West
as a missionary to teach and to learn,
it Is said, had other objects than a
proposed central bank bill In view.
It is claimed by the insurgent Sen?
ators that his real object was to in?
gratiate and strengthen himself with
the adherents of those who opposed
his tariff policy on the floor of the
senate. It is possible that four or five
Senators from the Eeast may control
the legislation of the country for a
few months longer but the West is
felt more and more in the halls of
congress and its assertion cannot be
kept down forever.
d Truth's." T v yRU
1909 _ 'Vser
IBOItBOlilg
MOVEMBJNT OX FOOT TO OUST
GOMEZ IN FAVOR OF ZAYAS.
Former Allies of Present Chief Ma?
gistrate Seek to Place Vice Presi?
dent Zayas at the Head of the Na?
tion?Proposed Formation of Ne?
gro Party Causes Anlxety?Colored
Leaders Flock to Havana.
Havana, Nov. 28.?Not since the
downfall of the administration of
President Palma has the poltlcal at?
mosphere of Cuba been more ob?
scure and more laden w^ sugges?
tions of trouble than It is affine pres?
ent time. The re-established Republic
Is. scarcely nine months old, and al
readfc rumors have become persistent
that *b?me way Is being sought to se?
cure the retirement of President Go?
mes, either by persuasion or by com?
pulsion, k nd place Vice President Za
yas at the head of the nation.
When Oen. Gomez received the
post of chief magistrate it the hands
of Governor Magoon the followers of
Vice President Zayas stood shoulder
to shoulder with those of the Presi-j
dent, and even the conservative op?
position, which had sustained the
banner of Gen. Menocal in the cam?
paign of the previous summer, lent
him their loyal support, in the de?
termination to give the new admin?
istration a fair trial. That they re?
gard the trial as a failure is evi?
denced by their manifesto Issued
shortly before the reconvening of
ongress> in which they declared
their intention of beginning an active
campaign against the administration.!
, Probably the most serious condition]
that the. President is now facing is
that resulting .from th*s continued
failure of efforts to effect a complete
fusion between his partisans and
those of Vice President Zayas.
Another disquieting feature of the
situation is the renewal of agitation
for the formation of a negro party.
Steps preliminary to organization
were taken at a meeting of colored
men In the^province of Oriente. For*
the mecca for local colored leaders
from all sections of the island, who
have come to confer with Senator
Murua Delgado, president of the sen?
ate, and acknowldeged leader of his
race, in whose honor a great demon?
stration was recently held in Ha?
vana.
The grievance of the negroes is
that they have not been accorded the
number of offices to which they feel
that they are entitled.
GLASS COMPANY APPEALS.
Attorney General Lyon Receives No?
tice of Contest on Recent Action by
Commission.
Columbia, Nov. 26.?The Carolina
Glass Company of this city yesterday,
through its attorneys, Lyles & Lyles.
served notice of appeal to the Su?
preme Court from the findings of the
dispensary commission on Attorney
General Lyon. The claim of this
company against the State was $23.
013.75, which was completely Wiped
out and en overjudgment of $2 3.419,
A4. The glass company also ha3 a
clelm of approximately $12.00?)
against the county dispensaries, but
this was not ordered held up by the
commission's resolution. Along with
the glass company three other llrms
filed notices of appeal with the attor?
ney general?the Big ?piings Distil?
ling Company of Savannah, repre?
sented by C. E. Dunbar; King Com?
pany, represented by C. E. Dunbar,
and the Jack Cranston Company, of
Baltimore, also represented by 1.1r.
Dunbar Tl e time for filing notices
of appeal will be out today, being ten
days slice the judgments were ren?
dered by the commission. The no?
tice of appeal of William Lanahan &
Song was filed recently with the at?
torney general.
x'he claim of the King Company
was $6,395.84, which was wiped out
by the commission. The Jack Crans
n Company claimed $5,951.50, and
an overjudgment was found against
the firm to the extent of $1,064.42.
The Big Springs Distilling Com?
pany had a claim of $25,006.78, and
this was cut down by the cor.-mission
to $8,515.79.
Attorney General Lyon was served
yesterday with the following notice
by the attorneys for the Carolina
Glass Company:
"You will please take notice that
the Carolina Glass Company intends
to appeal from order or judgment of
the State dispensary commission,
rendered upon its claim above en?
titled, and dated November 17, and
served on the said Carolina Glass
Company November 20, 1909, upon
exceptions to be hereafter served
with the case for appeal."
K SOUTHRON, Ettebtlsbed June, lttf
if??Vol. XXX. So. 28.
GiNNOH ?S8?ILS INSURGENTS.
RWS PAYNE TARIFF LAW
BEST EVER PASSED BY G. O. P.
Speaker of the {House, in an Address")
At Kon?? City, DecMres That Sea- ,
a tor Cumnuns Road Hhnsell Out of "
the Republican Party?I
Present House Rules W10 .
As Ixmg as There Is a Cong
i
Kansas City, Mo., JJov. 2?.?'
Senators Cummins, Lafollette,
tow and their so-called *pror
following Join hands with Mr.
In making war upon the Re*i
memebrs of Congress, who pi
tariff bill, and upon the
who signed it, in that contest,
of but one way to treat
that la to fight them Just
Mr. Bryan and his followii
Such was the declaration
er Cannon, who delivered^
ctpal address before the
Fork Club here ton!
said Senator Cummin
himself out of the
He defended the "ml
saying their Will r
as they have Wn
is there is ? Cwgress.?;
Mr. Cannon asserted
Payne tariff law lb i
the nest ever passed
can leadership; that
ment of the new
this country and
eign countries have
and dar? by day
proving. '"The I
lfcllowers," ^e -aa^dV
hinder the progress
criticisrtt a
too, with!
actmenfv
such
tive erg or prosperity
er.
ContinuBn?, Mr. Cannon
* 'The demagogue WO
with us, and as ours, is a
of the people, the" onbr
pose of htm is to
perfectl?^ttmf
the elections in November. TUTO," afterf
the new tariff law has been In opera?
tion for over a year."
FEAR FC Ii TRAGEDY IX KANSAS.
Triple Murder and Assault on Wo?
man Stirs Mob Spirit.
Frontenac, Kans., Nov. 27.?A
triple murder and an assault on a
woman was enacted on a lonely roa^
a mile north of here some time last
night. The dead are: Mr. and Mrs.
William Bork, Germans, of Fron?
tenac, and their son, who was two
and a half years old. Mr. Bork,
presumably, was killed while trying
to defend his wife.
The child probably was slain be?
cause the murderer wished to silence
him.
The Borks were last seen alive last
night, when they started to drive
home to Frontenac from the hnt^of
Mrs. Borks's mother, two miles out in
the country. This morning the Borks*
horse and buggy were found standing
in the roadway at a deserted spot.
In the bottom of the uuggy was dis?
covered the child dead from a bullet
wound in its head.
Hastily pursuing their investiga?
tion?-, miners who found th<? child's
body, came across the body o* Bork
in the middle of the road some dis?
tance away1. Bork had been shot
once in the head and twice in the
body. A trail through the dust plain?
ly led the miners to a corn field a
hundred feet further away. There
they found the body of the woman.
She had been assaulted and had been
shot throug i *he heart.
Mrs. Bork had fought desperately
against her assailant. Along the trail
to the corn field were found both the
slippers she had worn. Ribbons from
her hair and her cloak were also
found.
It is supposed Bork was the first
to be killed. The Indications were
that he had been shot as he sat in
the Vuggy and that he fell from his
seot to the road. Two bullets evi?
dently were fired Into his body after
he fell.
Coroner Dudley, Sheriff Morrison
Hid Count} Attorney WOolOV hurried
here from Pittsburg, Kansas ,as soon
as they heard of the crime. The
bodies were brought into town and
an inquest was held this afternoon.
Bloodhounds were sent for to be u.-?ed
in an effort to trace the slayer. He
left no clue. Lynching may result If
he Is captured.
'Tis the mind that makes the body
rich?Shakespeare.
A good crop of wild oats will grow
where weeds wouldn't even sprout.