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IMG ?ouio .dated Aus ? . 1881. CJMTEE, B 0., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1912. Vol. XXXIII. Ko. i.O. W rCR PHESIKMT. N \ I i >C \l Ws| MH| ,^ win. i i I < r PHI MiF.it MB v1*. 1 ige* Thai Organiser Husirn t<> Nan? king u> \.i ?i?n i>in*ereiM??*H us to ? ^ uhll-d ii ItcpuhlU'. - i Nanking. China. Feb. 14.?The rat? ional assembly caucus has decld. d li elect ^ >. Shi K u president of the Chinese republic on Kehrumv >?T?U Ills PrcseltCC. Peking. Feb. 14.?President Sun Yet Sen teb.crahed today to Yuan Sht Kal: 1 have read the edict announcing abdication ltd ilso your letter de? claring yoMr adherence to the united ' i> ?' i I loth have caused great re? joicing- here; but the united repub"c is unable to recognise the appoint? ment of an organiser by the emperor. Pleas* Cv)'iw to Nankins; Immediate? ly." Yuan Shi Kal'a party suspects th it If the throne"* nomination of t ie premier as organiser is set aside the republicans probably will appoint an? other president. It Is most Improb? able that Yuan will comply with the president's request. Tt> (ON tUt AT N ANKING. KcftrewiitaUvf* of Yuan and Sun for Nanking. .Shanghai. Feb. 14.?Dr. Wu Ting Fang, minister of Justice In the re? publican cabinet, and Tang Shao Yl. representative* o( Yuan Shi Kal. left hete today for Nanking to confer with President Sun Yat Sen and the mem? ber* of the republican euhinet as t<> th* arrangements for effectively es tabltsblng the Chinese republic. st \ Uli I l\?. TO ItKSKiN. i mmnmrnwrnmrn Mill Ouil I'n-s.iInK > a** Soon as Yuan Arrives. San Francisco. Feb. 14.?President gun Tat Sen of the Chinese republic win resign as soon as Yuan Shi Kal arrives at Nanking. ?< ? ording to <k cablegram today to the Chinese Free Prese. Yuan Tbl Kal Is expected |g reach Sinking within four days. Preeldert Sun s Intention to resign Is the result of popular I lamor for Yuan Shi Kal. who.<< Ion to the presid.-'e \ In Sun is si hi t-. t.i\<r. Snl?| ui Have Ito mo, ,| London. Feb. 14.?According to a Shanghai dispateh to a news ag.ncy here. l?r. Sun Yat Sen has resigned the throne in favor of Yuan Shi Kal. Japan Protests. Tokio. Feb. 14.?The Chinese revo? lutionaries have Ignored the protests made by Japan against any violation of neutrality In Kwang-Tung penin? sular. A regiment of Infantry has been sent from Port Arthur to en? force the order. TO KXTUM? I TIFF DFMVTTltY. \iken Introduces 1II11 Designed to lleoclU Many Small Towns > ?? Now Hating Privilege. Washlngt. I . n. It, If a bill h Kepresentatlve Alken of South Carolina has Just introdiu . ?1 ?hall be eeeae a law. many small towns throughout the United States which do not now enjoy the privilege of r|ty delivery scrv'ce would be enti? tled to It. The bill provides that after June KU 2. city delivery ser fgag may he established at any post office that produced a gross revenue of not less than $.'?.OaU during the four-quarters on which the salary of the postmasti r Is bused, and letter carriers may employed for that purpose, and that all towns whose t .ffl- receipts are less than $"?,000 and are thus not entitled to fre.? c-tty -1. livery shall he Included under the rural free delivery service, provided that no delivery by carrier shall hi made except ?t residences and ofTl i ? ?<? where approved mall re? epta< b s ere placed at the door or entrance. \ ltoho?t l.host. Georgetown Item. Capt. Sam Sparks, whos?. de.ith was reported to have occurred oi Wae .? ?maw la-t week, informs us that one of his special frle ids on hearing the, report gggag his house In the city to offer condolence to his family, and knocking on his door u.ts met by the Captain In a white dressing gown. In r. apaegej Ig UM summons and when hl? Irlend recognised him in the ?a rlt as he thought, he took to his heels and the Captain thinks he Is running still as he has not seen or heard of him vines. many iNAimis mm. m Mil j ItffTV LABOR PSION ol l ie i UJ \KHi:sn:i>. !*n-o'l?l?>ii'.,? \ lot President, Sccretai> Treuiier and Many of the Mcin 1? rs of tlu? i'xocutUc Hoard Among l*ri-oners. Arraign^ Martii 12. iiuh.-i. polls, Fob, 14.?The United states government today arrested al? most all of the 54 men indicted In the dynamite conspiracy case. It took into custody within a few hours practically the entirj official Htaff of the International Association of bridge and Structural Iron work? ers, Including the chief officers, mem hers of the executive board and about 20 business agents and former busi? ness agents. These included Frank M. Kyan. president; John T. Butler, of Buffalo, N Y.. first vice president, and Herbert S. Hockin. second vice president and successor to J. J. Mc X mara s secretary-treasurer. Each of these men was required to give $10,000 bond for his appearance for arraignment here with all the other <!? lea lants on March 12. MOSS than 40 of the men. chiefly lal or union SfBclslS who are charg? ed with c ( nspirlng to destroy by <:> t.iiu < r.itr<.<'ly( erinci tho prop SFty of employers of non-union labor, were under arrvt by tonight, and It wan declared the apprehension of all the < thers WOtlM follow within 4 8 hours. By its action the government re? vealed Ul? identity of the men whom it charges with being: the accomplices of the McNi mnriH and Ortle MeMan Igal in the dynamite plot^. embracing i'lmost 100 explosions which, be^un in Massachusetts. In 1905. occurred In various places over th? country for six years an 1 W8t0k resulted In the wrecking of the Los Angeles Times building and an attempt to blow up1 President Taft's special train at Santa Barra. Cal., last October. conditions surprise taft. lATUI \vroMMii:n at coi.ok or Ufl st i?pouti:ks. - i I??r? filiation to Administration That i'.tity Miuliineiy g| hi Hands Off Black I I' niciit. weafelngton, i'eb. l ?.?dnformatlon that eanie Indlf Otfy from the White 1I oust* tod?:> i t . th ? sffsot that l'r. SM Sil TSfl Sad Secretary Hlllsl .is well as W. i:. McKinley, campaign moosdrsT, were sstoundsd yesterdio when ihe\ found that in South Cum Ina. w h re a quiet poll of Taft fctld RoOSSVSlt strength has been going on. the party machinery consists very largely of negroes. The report from lbs administration*! investigators Stntsd thai II OOUntlas had negroes as Republican chairman, that 22 of Um ? so ntlvs committee of II were negroes and that nsgross were in charge of sis of lbs seven congres - -rial districts. Such eondltloni nf affairs. It is lenrnedi not only opened the eyes of the prestdsnl and his advisers, but made them hasten to ssCUrs informa? tion to as< srtnln whether there had not be n a mistake in the reports ?enl in from those who have been in the Held. It is well Known that President Taft Ii desirous ol building up n re? ' i white parts in tl ?? South ?nd has endeavored lo do everything to carry out such a policy which at lbs same time. wouM not jeopardise the interest of the 0? o. P. Should the pr< snl aggregation of "black and tans" in South Carolina, under lbs leadership of Postmaster Harris ol Charleston, United States Marshal Adams and District Attorney Cochran, Succeed in having their del? egate* seated si lbs Chicago conven? tion, and Sl the same time keep out the d? legates ?? nl nn by John f?. Capers, former commissioner of in? ternal revenue, there would be almost sn entire delegation ol negroes, which according lo the i?c*t Informntlon ??> be had lo re at this line, has to \ ? r I.. ? n tie i me SfOfOa The president, It is said. does ri"? like -u< h a condition of affairs, ami it understood that during lbs nsxl day or two B quiet tip mav be passed down the line lO those In charge ol <; i?, p. m ittel?* in South Carolins that stich sn all colored plan will not go. The precedent thai might be es I tatillshed In othsr Blutes would he hurtful to the administration and If the negro delegntes which gsve him th. ir support nl Chicago, \o statement i-4 In be had from th ? Whit.; House, because SUCh matters are not discuss d ntttstde, but It Is latHaated that las negroes are red hot b- hind the scenes. THE AMI-RACING BILL SENATE AMENDMENT MAKKS ACT EFFEt TTVE JULY 1. Clltfon's Amendment, it'quiring' Bull or Indictment by Grand Jury j Before Injunction Proceedings Had, Itejected, S8 to id, } Columbia, Feb. IS,? By a vote of IS to 14. Ihfl Sonate tonight refused to adopt Senator Clifton's amend? ment to the rac.? track bill, to require that before injunction proceeding.* be bad s person be held to ball or in? dicted by a grand Jury, and the bill waa passed to its third reading. It is now on the calendar as a third read? ing I III, with notic?. of general amend? ments. A fight on the hill is expect? ed when it CORieS up for its final pas fa ge. An amendment was offered by Sen l tor Clifton, and adopted, to make ? the Act effective July 1, 1912. Sev- j era] amendments were offered pur-; 1 porting to hurt the effect of the bill, j but each was quickly rejected. j HOUSE ACCEPTS ami:ndmk:;ts I PROPOSED BY SENATE. I [Law is Effective July 1. 1012?In-I junction Pentium Stricken out Of j Measure Which House Has Order 1 < d Enrolled as Amended, ^ Columbia? Feb, in.?The house con? curred in tile senate's amendments to 1 the Osborne-Krckmann anti-racing '?ill last night <M:e of the amend : ? :;: . II hos the injunction feature jit) the original bill while the other , providoa that it shall not become ef? fective until July 1, 1012. On the motion of Mr. Erckmann, the h.e.is,. accepted both amendments 1 gtfd the lull was ordered enrolled, and will he transmitted to the governor. ! The anti-racing bill passed third reading yesterday morning in the sen? ate and wan sent to the house in the amended form In which it was or? dered enrolled last night. ARIZONA ADMITTED. , TAKEd HER STAND AMONG THE SOVEREIGN STATES. Jeffersonlan Simplicity Murks Acoe - -Ion ot Democml to Position of t hicf Executive. 1 Pheonx, Ariz. Feb, 14.?With West lern simplicity, George W. P. Hunt I Was inaugurated as the first Stale governor of Arlsona today. A few I hi urs earlier In the day word come by telegraph from Washington that 1 ft sid< nt Taft had signed the proc? lamation admitting Arizona to the union, tie hist of the territories on Contiguous soil and the 48th State. in t.i,c ceremonies attendant upon the birth of the State, and the Induc? tion int<? office <>f its first executive, the military was conspicuous by its I absence. the he v governor being averse to ostentation. Accompanied by a number of the newly elected state officers and a few eh?-, friends. GoV, Hunt, who began life iti Arizona a quarter of a cen turj ago, as a waiter In a small min? ing camp resturant at Globe, walked tu the capitol building about a mile item the centre of the city. The inauguration ceremonies were brief, The oath of office was admin? istered by Bdward Kelt, chief jus tie, of the territorial supreme court, his last offlcal gel in that capacity. J'.iehard R, Sloan, Arizona's last ter 1 >torlal governor. stood beside his n\n cessoF, Then followed the inaugural ad? dress in which Gov. Hunt promised Ihe new State a "goldewtrule" admin? istration and pledged anew his fealty tin- constitution which he helped to frame. Will Have to Take It. The published suggestion that Wille .1 ?nes i-> to retire from the chairman* .-.hip of the Slate executive committee, Rounds good to lots ot people all over the State; hut they had better not take Ihe matter too Seriously. There III a string tied to the suggestion. 'and thai string reads like this "pro-1 \ Ided so. one is found to take his place." Our prediction is that Col? onel Jones Im not going to retire un |eSS that one who may be found to take bis place has enough votes to make clear his ability to take the place As to Mr. Jones' standing with the average party leader there Is no question, He is strong there. Not 1 many puts leaders are willing to join issue with him. Bu1 to say he is pop ular with the people who do the vot? ing, would not h,> correct. Th re are thousands ot people woo do not think j he should he at the head of the patty, j ? Yorkvllle Bnqulrer POPULACE UNSTIRRED BY PASS. ING OF MAM ill DYNASTY. Viiiin siiai Ka| in Control?Officials Confident That south wui Accept Proposals Made by Former Pre? mier, Not Dictator. Peking, Feb. 14.?12.40 a. m.?In? difference of the Chinese masses to the form of government is very evi? dent in the capital. They accept the news of the republic without demon? stration either favorable or unfavor ble. There is not the slightest dif? ference apparent on the streets. The police did not instruct the people to hang out Hags in celebration of the regime and therefore no bunting was displayed. * >\ving to preparation for the Chinese new year on February 13, the people have no time to take tho : bdication of the throne into con -ideration except in regard to the prospect of the soldiers marring the festivities of the only holiday in the rear. More than 10,000 troops are In Peking or stationed around the ? ? ty walls. The city's discipline has I always been lax. it is now le.-s strin? gent than ever, and this makes looting possible. Nevertheless, Yuan sv.i Kai. it Is believed, will stop this. Chinese officeholders are confident Yuan Shi Kai controls the political situation, and believe the south will accept what he offers. The south, however, has not yet signified It3 ac? ceptance of the proposed coalition. Yuan Shi Kai officially informed the foreign legations here today that tho throne has instructed him to form a republican government which will I for the time being be carried on with his former cabinet. Marriage License Record. A marriage license was issued Wednesday to Mr. J. L, McLeod of Manning and Miss Elisabeth L. Beard of Sumter. STATE FAIR UNLUCKY. STRUCTURE AT FA I It GROUNDS A TOTAL WRECK. Destruction Said by Representative of Contractor to he Due to the High Wind. Columbia, Feb. 15.?The steel frame lor the building at the State fair grounds, a structure 400 feet long, and 168 wide, which had just been completed, fell with a crash yesterday, and Is considered a total wreck. Contractors In charge of the construction gave the opinion that the wind caused the building to fall. The building was valued at $25,000. The heavy steel girders supporting the structure were bent and twisted. .Many of the steel frames were snap P d. The minor support.-, were bent and broken. The construction work wis under the direction of Mark Taylor. A rep? resentative of Mr. Taylor said last night that he thought it would be Impossible to reclaim the building, ?'it is practically ruined and I believe that a new building will be neces? sary." The building at the State fair grounds is one of the larg' st in the country. It v.is purchased last fall from the city of Greenboro, X. C, for (25,000, by the city of Columbia and the South Carolin;! Agricultural and Mechanical society. The build? ing was Secured to take the place of the l ulldings of the State fair society, destroyed at the state fair a year go by tire. The building was first used for an auditorium at the Jamestown Exposi? tion and had a Beating capacity for 25,000 persons. When the Nation.,! Corn show was secured for Columbia it was decided] by city council and the Fair society to purchase the building. The build? ing is large enough to accommodate the coin exposition. While no an? nouncemont h;is been made by the of? ficials of the exposition, means will he provided to take care of the show. "The work of erecting the frame structure had just been completed," said :i representative of Mr, Taylor. "There was no one at work at the ? ini.\ because of the cold and Ice. l think that the crash came at about :' o'clock. It will be a big |ob to r - claim the building. Personally, I do not think that it will be possible to straighten out the tangled mass of ? toi and Iron. I thirds that it will he necessary t ? erect a new build? ing." __ | Mr. and Mrs. J, WoodroW Scott, of St. Charles, are visiting in the city, ANOTHER STATE OFFICE. HOUSE FAVORS ELECTION OF AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER BUI Passed and Ready for Senate Provide* Office Now Held by E. A. Watson Shall bo Voted on in Gen? era] Election. Columbia, Feb. IS.?The House to? day had quite a lively time of it over the bill whic h seeks to take the po- j ?tttcn of commissioner of agriculture out of the hands of the Governor. i The opponents of the bill, chiefly the recognized friends of Governor Blease I and Mr. Rembert and Mr. Sawyer, j ! as well as Mr. McGill, were open and i I pronounced in their statements that, ' the bill proposing at this time to I m ike the position of Commissionr Watson other than appointive, was directly aimed at Governor Blease. They suggested that it was nothing but politics, and that it was intended as a slap at Governor Blease because ' it was feared that he might not re I appoint Commissioner Watson. The House, how. vor. did not take that view of it, or, if it did. did not wor > ry itself about the result, because at j no time were there more than twenty, lone votes recorded against th^ propo ! sitlon to take the position out of the hands of the Governor, and on both of the other votes there wore fewer members against the proposition of! making the < hange. John Sam Verner Dead. 1 Columbia, Feb. 11.?John Samuel Verner, a well known resident of Co ; lumbia and prominent in South Caro t Una, died yesterday afternoon at his I home at Colonial Heights after a long I illness. The funeral services will be ' I held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the J First Presbyterian church, the Rev. j i J. O. Reavis, D. D? pastor of the First j I Presbyterian church, officiating. j BLEASE ON THE STAND. i - rELLS OF HIS CONNECTION WITH CAPITOL CLANS Al l AIR. I Governor Declares Ho Knew Xotli i ing of Contract Wttll Charleston Architects Until Proecni Session of Legislature and Hie Recommenda? tions Did Not Contemplate Stub Exti nslve Improvements. i _______ i j Columbia, Feb. 13.?Qov. Blease an 1 Mr. A. W. Todd, member of the House of Representatives, and archi t( ct who drew the plans for the pro posed m w State House, were the wit? nesses bet .ie the House Commutes Investigating the 113,500 claim, pre? sented by the committee on Statt House and Grounds as charges for the plans and models of the proposed improv ements, co\. Blease testified that he knaw nothing of the plans or the contract with Mr. Todd until the present ses? sion of the Legislature and that he had not recommended a thing as to ' added wings to the Capitol, his only j recommendation being his suggestion as to improved entrances into the state offices;. Mr. Toed was sworn yesterday, but on being recalled today told of how he hail spent the amount of the claim, though he had kept no vouch? ers to show the items of the claim. A somewhat sensational statement was made by Mr. Todd to the effect that the minutes of the meeting ol the committee, at which he was awarded the contract to make the plans, were written in his office by his stenographer from notes handed him by Mr. Bryan, chairman of the com? mittee. I ?n a previous day, Mr. Dls> on, a member of the committee, had stated that the minutes had been tak? en by the Governor's stenographer. The hearing today was the last of the Investigation. The committee Will prepare its report as soon as ;h' stenographer has completed the trans? cribing of the testimony ami the re port will h. made to the Legislature, probably In two or thro< days. \^ to Munter Ultioit. ('(dumhi;, lt< 01 d. Why would nol a farmer-" co-oper? ative produce exchange, such as Bum ter has. and as Anderson Is to have, be b gdSd thing for other county seats? Such an exchange could serve its clients Well in the matter of cash Bales on commission, and certainly it could tthtain for them advantageous terms upon supplies which they must pur? base, because by pooling orders it could command wholeaale prices and car-load freight rates. THE mm SGflh??L WRITER FOR THE WORLD HE ?? EALH CKOMW1 Ll/s JIAM). llaiuia Bought Por MO*<MM?t ontri bntiOB to Kopubhcau Campaign l ?Iii.i Out' ol' First Steps in Canal Srandal. Washington, Fob, ?The relation of William Nelson Cromwell to the proceedings through which the Unit i ed States paid $40,000,000 for French rights to he Panama canal route, were di' 1 before the house comm" ^ a foreign affain, i today by P jf?*- Rail <f the New ? York Wc vTio has been making a I study - X* aents connected with the I choi ,v ne Panama route ever the ? N .an rouie. .*>? Hall charged that Mr. Crom . had intluenced congress in 1899 t j reject the Nicaraguan route after it had been practically selected. Act? ing for the new Panama Canal com? pany, which had acquired the rights of the French builders, ij|r. Cromwell undertook, said Mr. Hall, to influence the new Walker commission, then ap 1 pointed, and con.mit it to a purchase of the Panama property. "Mr. Cromwell persuaded Senator Hanna," said the witness, "to permit him to amend the Republican na? tional platform in 1900 in the inter? ests of the Panama route. The words an isthmian canal' were substituted for the words 'the Nicaragua canal,' j but only after Mr. Cromwell had con I trlbuted $00,000 to tho Republican i national committee, of which Senator Hanna was chairman. This $60,000 Mr. Cromwell later charged up to the j new Panama Canal company as a ! necessary expense." j Mr. Hall said that a few months before Senator Hanna publicly at tacked the representatives of the new Panama Canal company as attempt ! ing to interfere with legislation. "Sen? ator Hanna thereafter. ' said Mr. Hall, "took an active part in advocating the Panama route." Mr. Cromwell, he declared, pre pared a complete draft, J***- wajoted. 1 made to the senate upon the Panama r??ute. and submitted it to Senator j Hanna. a member of the committee that passed on the legislation. "Mr. Cromwell's draft was correct d, adopted and signed by the minor? ity." said Hall, "and became famous under the name of Hanna minority report.' It was the text-book on the Panama side during the debates Which followed In the senate. Mr. j Cromw ell w rote Senator llanna'c speech In favor of th? Panama route, j if not In Its entirety, at least in great ; part. ' DKATH l?l F FUn ; GUN SHOT WOUNDS. Jo e-U| Randolph's Death Dnc to Wounds Received at Hands of Thomag Wilson and John Da?:-.. Wedn da: afternoon ? Ci toner's Inquest was held over the body of Joseph Randolph, who died st the Sumter Hospital Wednesday morning after his arm had been taken off ' by Dr. Holman In order to savs his life. This operation, however, prov- ? ed Ineffectual and the negro died Wednesday morning from loss of blood. Dr. P. K. Holman testified to the >unds received by the negro. H< also stated that In his opinion th. man was a hemophiliac. Other testimony was taken as to the names of the parties doing the shooting. The jury returned a ver? dict that Randolph had tome to his death from gunshot wounds received at the hands of Thomas Wilson and John Davis. it sems that the shooting occurred at a negro hot >npp< r on Mr. s. s. Davis* place, where plenty >t liquor was being sold and everybody was feeling i.i. rhe two negroes doing the shooting, Thomas Wilson and John Davis ha not yet been ar? rested although it is understood that step.- towards th* arrest have been taken by the sher It. < las Ms n I h re. M. Kidward Lt. Rlchs of Baltimore the engineer In charge of the put? ting; in operation of the Ma? plant at Sumter arrived In the city Wednes* day morning and Immediately got to 'work securing the contracts for the work which has to be dono. it la probable that ibis work will be com? menced in the neat week or two and 1 it looks HOW as if the gas plant Will it-'ii be In operation before very i loni Miss La drone, of Johnston, is the guest of Mrs. Joseph M Chandler.