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"DO THOU LljtERTY GKKAT. MHB? OU* SOULS AND MAKE CUB "Vr S IK Si ?i???Sif SS VOL. XXIX. BENNETTSyiLI?E, S, Cf^BIDAY, JANUARY ?, 19?4. THAIN WRECKE?. The Duques?* Fast Flyer Is Wracked and Sixt -threa . BEESONS ABE KILLED OUTRIGHT. Tho Horrlblo Accident Ocourrod Six iiiics item Pittsburg,. Penn, [J.i Tho Train Waa BouiitV tor New York. With a terrible crash and a grind ing noise, the Duquesne limited, the fast ^brough passenger train from burg to New York on tho Baltl and Ohio railroad, ploughed in? pile of lumber at Laurel Run, miles, west of Dawson, Fa., at 7.41r*^?R*r^eo%S3?a>~eTerilng, and it 1B estimated that 63 lives were lost and 30 persons were Injured. The train left Pittsburg this erenlng, run ning a few minutes late, in charge of Engineer Wm. Thornley tille. When approaching Laurel Run, which is a particularly fine piece ot roadbed, the train was running at a high rate of speed. Suddenly the passengers were throwu from their seats by the lightning-like application of the airbrakes and a moment later there was a terrlfflc crash. The train was made up of two bag gage cars, two day coaches, one sleep er and one dining car and was carry ing at the time, at the lowest esti mate, 150 passengers. The train ploughed along for a considerable dis tance and the cars were torn to pieces, passengers jumping, screaming, fall ing from the wreck as lt tore along. Suddenly the engine swerved to the left and the coaches plunged down over tho embankment tc the edge of the Youghlogheny river. The min ute the cars stopped rolling there waa a wild scene. Many persons were pin ioned beneath the wreckage and the screams and cries that rent tho air were beyond description. Many were Injured in their mad excitement and plunged into the river. Others, caught beneath the heavy timbers, pleaded In agonized tones for relief. So terrifflo was the force of the wreck that nearly every passenger suffered a moment's . JCOUSCIOTv:/.^and many of the abby bodied men"?;V???<,;r.able to assl&Hn kclplng^^ VPWVmT? t" ol' "Ca vi n g fainted. BUTT. LOUISE'S FIRST STATEMENT. " The official statement of Superin tendent! W. C. Loree, follows: "No.,12 was derailed by running into spn)e switch timbers, derailing ' ;. '?ttgYue and an cars. All the cars are badly damaged. Do not think any of the .equipment will be able to go away from the accident on theil own wheels, except possibly the Pull man cars aud t?e dinner. The en gine Hes across both tracks. The V7?' . . :<- -?;> . i$ ovnr t Un ?v>r<l;\ Th<? nrst coach" is"partly over the bank. Tho balance of the train is badly twisted.. I judge 35 people were killed. All the people killed were in the Escaping steam from the englne^llentj into the first coac!li scalding tfce People. Very few of the other pass\n8ers wcre Injured. In jured havcveen taken from wreck and are lyingV00 tbo Dante Engineer and fireman cannot be found." Tl?Mj; DEAD. Engineer WraVrhornly of Hazel-1 ton, Pa.; DI visit*1* Engineer S. G. Heater of Hazejton, Pa.; Fireman Thomas Gook of \Hazelton, Pa.; Her bert Holmes of Einmelton, Pa.; Jesse Hines, Tarboro, c-? the Union News company's ag??nt on the train; Charles Llndford of >Conlluence, Pa.: Edwards, Pittsburg, wluS lu Cumber land; J. W. Martin, Hav$eock, Md.; Richard Duckett, Baltlmljre, Md Edson Goldsmith, Connellsvl?J?, Pa. The other 53 dead are mostly foreigners and negroes who were rid ing in the smoking car. The work of their identification has not yet begun. The killed, most of Chem, were for eigners who were In thc smoker, Just back of the baggage car. They were literally roasted to death, tho baggage and smoker telescoping the engine | and immediately catching fire. Their] bodlth are lying, many of them, burn ed to a crisp in the baggagn room of the B. & O. depot to be removed later to the different undertaking shops In tho city. The entire population has turneo out en mass to assist in caring for the living and disposing of the | dead. A peculiar feature of tho ac cident is tho fact that not a woman was injured, except slightly. The wrock was caused by the break ing of castings on a carlod of bright timbers, on a westbound freight train which had passed Laurel Run not more than 15 minutes before tho Ill fated passenger train.- The wreck oc: curred on a curve and it was Impossi ble for Engineer Thornly to see far enough nhead to detect the obstruc tion on the track. Tho big Atlantic type engine plunged into the timbers at a velocity of (30 mile an hour.' The engine ploughed into the embankment and the baggage and express cars were thrown into the Youghlogheny river. The smoker followed the engine and lauded squarely on top of lt. This allowed the escaping steam and hot water from the engine to fill the car. Tho smoker was packed to its utmost capacity and all the passen gers were cooked alive. Not a single passenger in this car escaped with his life and it is expected that at least 40 of the dead were in the smoker. Baggcmaster Baum of Hazelwood, who was on the wrecked train, proved himself a hero. With his hand and body frightfully cut, he mangaed to crawl from tho wreckage and grop ing his way along in,dark^n?ss, flagged the westbound passenger train No. 49. Ile had nothing with which! to flag *~the train except matcucaand thesnjin made use of in hi.id.CBporation.by tak ing off his coat and setting.fi re to it. Ho stopped the train'just In time to . prevent it fruin plunging into tho " wreck and adding further horror*-^ an already indescrlblc disaster. Bpum collapsed when he saw he bad succcded in stopping tho train and when the engine stopped he was lylrig within a few feet of lt. An operator at"V"tow(ir on tho Pittsburg and Lake Erle railroad across the Yough logheny river, was the first to send word of the accident and to send for relief. He was watching the Duquesne limited as it was speeding along the B. and ?. tracks across the river. He saw the cars pf}?, high lu the air and then sink back on the tracks. The 6oreatn8 ot the injured ana dying were plainly beard and in. another second he was sending word to tue railroad otuclals at Dawson and Connellsvllle. , Fdr more than 500 feet both the east and . westbound track3 are torn up. The engiiie was entirely demolish ed and the big 7,000 gallon tender was thrown 100 feet ahead of the wreck. The baggage car was thrown into the river but was but slightly wrecked, "All the cars were derailed, and all tho trucks: except the diner wore torn irom- under the coaches. As soon as the wreck was reported In OonUells villo all the available physicians were summoned, including Baltimore and Ohio railroad physicians. EDUC ATI) NAL CAMPAIGN. Interesting Compilation by Supoiln tendent Martin. Superintendent of Education O. B.. Martin has just iesued an Interesting pamphlet" styled The Eiuoational Campaign in South Carolina. Copies of the compilations, .. .>ioh contains 27 pages, have been received by. trustees of the various country scboqis In tbe State. The matter of improving the. public school Bystem has been,; agi tated, discussed ip. meetings and bas held the attention of educators for some time, especially since the con- j ference held in the senate - chamber r on April li. at which, every kind pf school in tho State was represented. Those who have the opportunity of attending conferences, and enjoying the privilege of bearing discussions along the line of work have acquired an idea, at least/ of the plan and pur poses of the campaign for an improve ment in tbe public school system. But there yet remains- a class of per sons who have not participated In the various meetings or have not had tho advantages, of becoming acquainted with the subject through tbe medium of the daily press. It ls this c?as* es pecially that Mr. Martin hopes to reach In circulating the brochure. There appears a striking table glT en below, which deals In a compara-, tlve stylo with features of tho pro-'! posedwo ' lie length of^5t??--?i?lrool term is 88 4-10 day.t per annuinpihe average in the United States ls USTSTbe av erage salary of teachers is per moir in South Oarolina, $31.25; In the United States $48; salary per annum in South .Carolina, $138:12; In the United States, $388. Average cost of education per capita for enrolled pu pils in South Carolina; $3.65; in the Cnited States, $20.29. The statis tics also show that 35 9-10 percent, of the entire population and 13 of every 100 whites over 10 years of age are classed as Illiterate. Almost Beheaded His viet lin. A special dispatch from Beaufort --v-c 'V.Ua.AbV'-^^-^?.^??! *>T jpt-f^tn ear to ear at ah'early hour Tnursday morning in a field of the Pope planta tion on Ladies Island by another ne gro named Armstrong. The two ne groes were walking in the direction of Armstrong's house near by. The de ceased was also stabbed in tho calf of the leg. The head was almost sever ed, only being held on by the spinal column. On the discovery of the mur der, Deputy Sheriff Mann was sent for, and after rapid search captured Armstrong and placed him in jail. Deputy Mann was assisted in the search by a constable of magistrate White. When captured Armstrong bad on Major's hat and blood spots were almost OL. bis overcoat. Coroner R. R. Sims held an Inquest. Tho ver dict of the jury wis that Mtjor met his death by being struck with some instrument in tbe hands of Arm strong. No previous grudge is known to havo existed between the men. Three Men Killed. Seven boilers in the power house of the St. Louis Transit company explod ed tuesday, killing three employes, injuring six and wrecking the build ing. The explosion broke window panes several blocks away: The brick walls of the boiler house were thrown outward and the heavy truss roof, after being thrown high In the air, dropped directly over tho debris, Im prisoning twenty employes. All the electric lights went out and darkness prevented prompt work in rescuing the inlured, whose cries could be plainly heard. Fire broke out In one portion of the debris, but was ex tinguished before it gained much headway._ Want to Fight. A dispatch from Bogota, Colombia, says "patriotic meetings aro being! held there every evening *t .which I contingents of men and sums of| money are offered to government. Even the women demand to be enlist ed for the purpose of going to Panama | to subdue the separatists. The gov ernment only awaits news from General Reyes, and if that news is to the effect that nothing can be ac complished by diplomatic means, then I the authorities will contlue to send1 troops toward the Isthmus. The gov ernment and people hope that the I United States congress will avoid a | conflict, and they rely upon tho fair ness of the American press. Liovo Powder?. One of tho Iowa Indians, according to a Oklahoma paper, ls making a good living by selling so-called love powders. Little, peculiar shells found In the oreeks, and the root of a cer tain kind of morning glories, furnish tho sole Ingrediente of thc love com pelling powder. Tho shells and roots are dried and ground to powder; then, after making a sort of paste of the mixture, tne lovesick swain or squaw smears lt over his or her face; then [tho lovo powder painted person goes ^clpsc to the ono whose affection ls to be captured. It is ola!med that the besmeared person ls aiwaya victorious. ^Hilled by a ltocket HtFck. 4" A- dispatch from Newberry to Tho State says in tho midst of thc Christ mas merry-making there Thursday night Sam Agnew, a negro about 16 yoars of ago, was struck by a missile from a skyrocket j^gikilled almost Instantly. The-aflflB^fc occurred on Main street.' Tho negrds?f^tand ing on tho sidewalk. Ttfli Jftfw> practically put a stop of Ure woilcu. THEY NEED HELP. Th?t gRd Condition of the Colored Feopl in Lower Richland. LANDLORDS DOING THEIR FART. They Hare Given Money ?nd FrovUIong for Month? and Are.Now Uruin? Others to Help Them. To the Editor of The State: . It has frequently occured to me to make known to the publio the destitu tion and suffering of the negroes In the j section that was devastated by the unprecedented hailstorm of June 1, and .their imperative med for help. Not only was the growing crop de stroyed, the one planted subsequently almost destroyed by floods Of rain, but the oat crop, whioh would have kept their animals alive, was also destroy ed by a fly. Unless one bad witnessed this destruction lt could not be con- : eel ved. Whole plantations that on J Une 1 were beautiful with well culti vated crops, were In an hour made as bare of growth ea the public roads.' ( The helplessness of tho negroes was : pitiable. All their labor was In vain, i What were they to do? They bad no t food for animals. No seed for replant- i lng a orop-thought it was too late < to try to make auother. But the 1 patient, hopeful negro, with encour- ? ageraent-from-white friends, decided j to make the trial, and with a fortitude i and (courage truly sublime, tolled on, i and those who did their dut* faith- ? fully with their work saw in the fall a t groen, well, bolled prospeot of a "fairly l good crop "if frost did not come too 1 soon." Alas! Oct. 28 brought the < dreaded frost. Toe crop was most materially injured, the boils so narden- \ ed that picking when opened was a (. tedious labor, done with bloody t Angers. Where the prospect with i sany . .was from slr to eight and ten j bales, it dwindled down to 1, 1-2 and I 100 pounds-almost nothing. This \ pick'.p; still goes on in this severn f weather, and will far Into the New a Year. . ' c Besides all these troubles chills and fever took possession of -the whole country. Often every member of a family was sick at the same time, not 1 sne^able to wait, on the otber. Chil dren were sometimes sent a half mlle bo take water^to the sick. Medicine ls high and they could not afford to 1 buy lt. But when sent for thc kind t doctor would go or send medicine. Ills t own drug bill, never to be paid for by t those he helped, is very high. Fodder 1 could not be pulled and perished on c the stalks. s These people are In great want, t wmt of corn and bacon, want of help r to work auother year. Those who c rented land to them have lost their ? Income and can do nothing for them. 1 T??te?*>r?ct.-c::??::- tr.!.-, 3wt Hfci?* their need; their nervous anxlty about I the future. They may be said to have nothing. A man said to rae in view of bis destitution, "Freedom was given to us with nothing but our hands-we have them yet-we will I struggle on." Citizens! these people are our 1 friends, work for us, take care of us. They are children of the Confederacy. Help them. Set them up again. Open your hearts for thc needy, the 1 destitute. Here they are at your own J doors. Without help they must scatter, leaving many a- bare Held now In the - coming year to grow only grass and J weeds. I go among them dally. I see their poverty. They thank God they have good houses for shelter and plenty of wood for Are. Mrs. Jas. P. Adams. Oongaree, S. C., Dec. 21, 1003. A Strange Fatality. < At Morristown, N. J., the last of the Port Morris Turners met his j death on the railroad Thursday morn ing, at very nearly the same spot whare his father was killed ten years . ago and at the same place where his grandfather had been killed ten years previous to that. The young man's name was Samuel Turner. He was twenty-one years old and bad been married only a month. He was walk ing up the tracks early in the morn ing when his foot caught in the frog or a switch. Ile tried to free himseir, but could make no one hear, however, and,so Btarted to cut the shoe off his foot. While doing that ho was run down by the milk train. His father and grandfather wore both killed in exactly the same way, and the young man bad often said that he expected to rilfigjj the same fate, as lt seemed to run pulfert?mlly. It was bis custom to go "to work early In the morning and then return to breakfast. Shortly after being married he said to bis wife one day: "If I do not return prompt ly some day you will know that I have caught my foot In the frog." Killed Each Other. At Tampa, Fla., J. Fernandez and E. BVelasquez met Wednesday In a saloon and shot each other. "Velasquez U dying and Fernande/, cannot recov er. Bad h'.ood had existed since Sat urday night, when Fernandez called Velasquez a thief. Since then they had two encounters, but were seperat jed. When they mot Wednesday morn ing Fornandcz shot Velasquez in the hand, stomach and left lung. After being shot Velasquez sprang to Fer nandez, placed the pistol against bis right breast, Fernandez falling with his ?clothing on Ore. Fernandez rose and rushed at Velasquez with a knife, but spectators prevented him from us ing it. _ II urra li for Client or. A dispatch from Chester says the "educational campaign" so prevalent through tho State for the last year, together with the increase of Behool population in this growing town have made necessary the building of another school house for tho accommodation of tho Crowds of children attending! the Chester graded school. For that purpose tho contract was recently given out to Mr. Joel R. Slmrlll for the sum of about $8,000; the total ex penditure for titting up the building will be about 89,ooo. The board of trustees bad a meeting a few days ago to lix upon tho location. The new building will be erected on Foot htreet, a new street, recently laid oft*. A SHOCKING TRAGEDY. A Good ?fan Ran Over ?nd Killed by Puah Car. dispatch from Irmo to Thu. State says ono of the moat'shocking and tragic events that the community of upper Lexington Fork ever experienc ed is the recent aeclueut that befell Mr. Tulllus W. Summer, who for many years has been engaged as superintendent of the trestle apd bridge force of the Southern railway. Mr. Summer's residence ls aboutooe mile from Peak, and he had jusb-wadV ed the oars used by the hands on the sidetrack Saturday with a view of making his headquarters at Peak during tho next few weeks In order that he might spend as much time as possible, with his family and aged father, Mr. James Andrew. Summer. He, with his brother and some . five hands, had been working about Pomarla or nope Station on Saturday. While on their way homo Saturday afternoon the men were traveling On a long lever car. Upon this car they had some heavy tools, welshing per haps more than 1,000 pounds. Unfor tunately Mr. Tulllus W. Summer ?o ?Jidently fell la front of the running lever car. He was fearfully mangled by tho heavily loaded car, bia chest 3p?o/ally being torn by the cogs under neath the lever car. For a while bis companion thought that he was dead, jut in a short time he regained con sciousness. ..He,was placed on the car ind carried to Peak, a distance of two niles, where be was made as cbmfort ible as possible at the home of his lister, Mrs Ploma Wessingen Every ittentloa was given that was possible ?y thoee who hastened to minister to ils sufferings. He lingered until Sun lay morning about 10 o'clock. Thus passed away from the busy vorid one of the most usefui . and greatly respected citizens of that sec Jon, lie was 42 years old. He mar led Miss Minnie Ada Bickley Just 13 'ears ago In thc vicinity of Chap?n; 3e leaves an aged father a devoted ylfe, six children, three brothers, our sisters and many other relatives md hosts of friends to mourn bis sud lec departure. A BIG INCREASE. Che Assessed Property in This State Compared With 1003. . Comptroller General Jones has com dled some interesting figures showing he assessed valuation of property In; his State for the year 1003 as com lared with 1902.. There ls a decrease n the property outside of towns and Itles which the comptroller general ays can be explained only by.the fact -bat some county auditors have cr oneouslv Included county property in itles and towns. Following arc the Igures: teal estate not In cities ' .... 1 .... ri ..-.>., T>r?r ... ... ,. ?.,?^ . - leal estate not lu cities and towns, 1902. 09,021,4821f Decrease.8 635.520 leal estate in cities and towns, 1903_ .$ 38,855,328 leal estate in cities and towns, 1902. 38,000,108 Increaso .8 855,220 Railroad property, 1903.. .820,489,312 Ltailroad property, 1902... 27,705,453 Increase.8 1,783,859 Personal property, 1903. ..?07,575,277 Personal property, 1902... 61,049,273 Increase.8 0,526,004 Total property, 1903_$204,405,879 Total property, 1902_ 195,776,316 Net Increase.. 8,629,563 The increase In personal property of ?6,526,004 covers the in irease of Textile Industries 81,249,101 fertilizer factories. 54.830 3otton seed oil mills. 67,485 Telephone and telegraph companies. 138,597 Southern Express Co. 144,488 Pullman Palace Car Co... 39,303 B. & L. Associations, esti mated. 800,000 Total.8 1,984,094 A Mysterious Dont h. A dispatch from Greenville says Garvin Handy a boy about sixteen years old who was employed in Mills mill, was found dead by-bis brother Wednesday mr/nlog at ll o'clock in a body of w?ods beyond the mill. Handy left home the day before and on bis failure to return that night bis I parents became uneasy as to his' whereabouts and Wednesday morning a dlllgont search was begun. He was ! a bright and Intelligent boy and had a number of friends In the community. Altor tho Governor. A lunatic escaped from the sailors' and soldiers' home at Grand Island this afternoon, entered Gov. Micky's oillce at Lincoln, Neb., and, brandish ing a laige knife, declared that Unit ed States Senator Deietrlch was Inno cent of the charge of Improperly dis posing of oillce appointments, and at tempted to assassinate the governor. By smooth words and promises the lunatlo finally was placated but he es caped before the police could bo called. Another Cotton Post. James Brown Potter, of New York, who Is on bis way homo from Mexico, where ho bas a large cotton planta tion, says a new cotton pest bas ap peared in that country and has caused rnuoh damage to cotton during the past season. It is a bug which seems to have Its native homo In mosquito trees. Mr. Potter advises Texas farm ers io take prompt measures to pre vent the new pest from reaching the cotton growing dlstrlots of this State. Klllod in Wreck. Eight persons wore killed and 32 in jured on Monday night by tho yreck of a fast train on tho St. Louis and San Francisco train at Godfrey, Kan sas. Tho train ran into an open switch. Of the wounded five are ex pected to die. DlHObcyed Orders. EH milson, a negro, was killed near Brookhaven, Miss., on Mondiy bo cause bc refused to leave after having been ordered by whitecaps to do HO. He Is the second negro killed within a month for tho same cause. PAIS?M?VS PERILS. , Disease ajid''.Tropic Heat Would Aid ?negrilla Warfare " A COLUMBIAN FEOM COLOMBIA Teiis .of tW Conditions of t??tt Conr?try Which la Causing " iy' Much Agitation j ?hc/fie D?.ya. The Columbia State says Mr. M. Polgreen^ how proprietor of the Wara ODO furniture store in Columbia, but who is amative of the B'&badoes aud who has v>oent several years lu Cuba and the 5?allfppines and who worked two years'its a laborer on th<i Panama canal unUor the now defunct French company,'says that in.case of war be tween this country and* Colombia Uncle Sajn'-s soldiers will come in cc n tact w i tc, unsanitary and genera ly sickly conditions In tho enemy's coun try that w-,ii make tho fever and dis ease ladejj scamps aud river sections pt.Cuba tied the Philippines look like blooming, health resorvs. Ile alf*o speaks or tbe Une opportunity for al most endless ?guerrilla warfare the marshes aiid^mountain-'rastnesses and other topo?raphical coudltious afford the natives in the Colomblau country. Mr. Porreen hasMlved 15 >ears in this counr-ry; but before coming hero be spent three years ir.Cubaand soioe time In tlie-Philipplnes. Ho worked under tho: French company in 1885 ind: 1880,'; at JJohto, T.avernllki, (?or-1 ?orla, Emparador, -Culebra;'Laboca, und lived \wo monthsin Panama'cit y. .^He says that tho. canal company's bigb mountain plateau near thc city jf Panama, was really little more than i stopping place fof-the compatv's . ?mploye patienta on their way to the I jompany cemetery nearby, where the yictlms, according to the numbors on she little ^wooden cross placed at the lead or caen grave, numbored thous mds eveii In the short time he wash ibero. n?'was-himself in the hospital |1 dx times J?rom foyer but owing to his iwarthy-liemperament was able to s?f^ 1 rive. Tile Chagres;fover (which de- ? ives its Dame from theChagres river, < with w?ich the engineers had so l nucb trouble on account of its wind- i ng acroi.f thc path/ o? the canal so ? nany t l into) resemKle?? our Georgetown I ?emorrhai?io fevo/1 is contracted with i is little appare. . : Bprovocatlod ftnd is i Ls quickly and e fi more Bur?ly fatal. 3ut yelL'V.;fever/is always also epl lemlc, t\'ii.g'v ht- did not remember ?earing r.uuh ab?ub small-pox, iil ihough t,uit disease prevailed to an ixtent a:-d was of ',a virulent type. V remark>ble case, Which' was spok?n if all o "Iv.: count;fy at the tim?, lessor! 'yellowYr.vcr; u?oHas? ;ase rt...-.bing the blaok^yomib stage, fellow" -ieyer and ChapA?? fever and imall-pox aDd all the @Ler diseases md complaints were t];\ted in the ?ame wards, whlcl"aw?pjTHrJ ^ ?aao lumber j of fatalftBj Kamo of the aborers who bung iHHOTho diggings ?vere lazy and trlrtlnHMme climate re juirlng scarcely any Mothes and of no variety, tbero being\ no seasons, and there being plenty of fruit which grew wild. These men when they feel ill were not allowed in ttje hospital and when they died they were carried on % board outside the diggings and dumped in a bole without ceremony and without regret. Most ot the natives live In the olties and towns and farming is of the most desultory kind, a half acre pa cleared around a cabin b and these places behj apart. The natives sort, who work time only when a little cash. M] and tho best of ' Jamaica negro la} who seemed to st Florid people are to the fever anc tacks following rlble sun after every day sees o>\ ditions. Mr. Polgreen't revolver a.id blooded native terestlng sldell? the South Can1 legislature who ly falling to sol habit. Every machote and a Iabout his waist; plainly seen. "Yes," said natives are bot-| swarthy souther densely Ignoranl and quick to r j never wltnessec talitlcs rc;ultir| cultles. Every there is little bully stunt, T] law, but ni it he of shooting a m] ger of getting process, al thou ?j lards are a's tret Cottoi'l A dispatch ti land, says Tati I of the cotton t? bas been the wd Eighty-two spill Icasbire lost $lq and tbe trade because Amer! 1 I cent, above the I last Decembery Lancashire cotton nSfflBfs^T?? bo hold Deo. 59 to ulnsldor tho situation! Many of the/allis will bo stopped tel ten days dunr-j the holiday season.T liaised tho Prloe. Tho Republicans aro tbreate to chango the place of meeting of national convention from Chlo:?' another city. No sponor had tha\ been chorea tn?n the entorprl hotel proprietors began tp run their rates sky bigb. The Aud lum hotel, which Is to bo heai ters, will charge ?20 a day and raakes,no reservation for less thau day 1 If other hotels and boar bous;, i charge lu the same proper 8omr**of "our" delegates will ha strll, for higher prices. A COOL MUKDE?E?. Wished.tho, ..v?jsify that Condemned Him it Merry Cfc^.' Ujuas. With a verdict that s??qfi Frank H. BurncBS; a Belf-ecnfe.saedWirderer, to the electric chair, Vyjury Before Judge Crane TuesOay , af teruconWided one of the most sensational mulder trials heard in Brooklyn for month!. Burness' fourth '?murder was ($6tfnitted on November 10, last, when tie shot'Capt. George B. Townsend, of the schooner Charles K. Buckly, because the latter would not pay him 36.30, the prisoner alleged to be duo him. This and other killings were calmly described by .Burness ?a the witness stand, aud the murderer insisted that he did the deed with premeditation with a full realization cf the consequences. '. The jury brought in a verdict murder In the first degree. Burness sm I h d broadly when .the Jury- was polled. Judge Crane said he would sentence Burness on' Monday, and.he asked, the. Judge if he would be per mitted to "say something: On being given tho privilege, ho s$ld: "There may be an idea in the ra iuds of some of the jurors that I hold a grudge against them for having found me guilty. I wish' to-say that I do not feel that way in the slightest, and ' aughiugly) all I. can say is I wish them all a merry Christmas." Burness, who ls about forty-four years of age, according to his own (statement, wasb?rn In Butler, Pa., When asked what he thought would be the result of his act. he coolly re plied: "I only seo one way out of it." "What is that?" "Why, the- chair, of course," ?he said.._ REPUBLICAN HTPOCEISY. ?Efovr a Colored Brother .Waa" Snowed Under in Boston. Thcr?. waa a Tjnayo?a?ty C?QC-tiO? in oston the, other day and the Demo rats carried the city, re-electing Jtfayor Collins by a large majority, rbat BUOVVCU ?<K>u j?uKciweiiu on ?he art of Boston voters, bu1;- lt was .not he significant features of the election. H*jnjing~.the condldates on the Repub lican, ticke?lwas one Isaac Allen,, col red who was nominated for i.treet ?iommlssloner. Ho, with the rest of is party, was defeated, and the same esult would have followed had he been white man, no doubt, but the main catii ve of the election, PO far as.(li'> as concerned, was the fact thzi-'li* an 13,000 votes behind, bte ' ticket. ^STo Democrat voted for him.-bf-course, we have 13,000 white Republicans etching the n&me of a negro canc^v: ate on thei" own ticket. These ard he samo sort of men who insist that ' he negro ouiht to have bis "rights;".'', ho denounce tho South for passim, Hdcctlon lawt which dlsfrnuchlse ! nd-^ho.anrdaud .Arid, vu iflloials on Southern communities igalnst the protest of business and all )ther Interests which govern and con ?trol them. c'>mething of the same sort occur ed lu- a N,.w Jersey election held ome tim? previous to the Boston elec ,lon, and liS^n be the case whenever Jblind theorists or self-seeking polltl lanr; attem-^ ignore a God im Hplanted sentient. Boston, however s the hot befl KBfetenocrisvr and this cxhlblth publican vote1 more dlsgustl Record. A Wb?i? FainlJy Charged 1 ... '-i.rjrabat ?; rlous V&iny? A t vii r-.yj?tjn. J nd..,-- in i of th?TnvWtigUion of the. tienfpf Miss Elizabeth Gillespie, ob December 8, tic grand Jury ref?rp$d j true bills of murder In the ti rs l d^r&i against James Gillespie, a twin-broth er of the murdered,woman, Mrs. Belie Seward, her w&6v?eB sistor, Mrs, Car rie Barbour, j$|ccot Dr. T. ?. Itcamy, an eminent piiyslckh of Cincinnati^ and Myron Barbour, ' her bus'ojyid. Mrs. Barbour is a sister-in-law ol' Dr. "William Gillespie, brother of tho murdered woman. Bench warrants were immediately issued hy Judge Downey, of the circuit court. The Gillespies were expecting the arrests and Dr. Gillespie drove to the house of the accused in a closed carriage and brought the indicted persons to the court house, surrendering all of bh?m to the court. A newspaper photographer attempted to .take a Knap-shot of the party and. was struck by James.Gillespie, who broke away rrom Sheriff Rump, and knocked the jamera from the handscof the photo: rrapher. The four indictments were TCPAI to the accused. The indictments charged them with "feloniously, ma liciously and with premeditated in tent," causing the death of Elizabeth Illcspie. A conspiracy.among merc ers ot the murdered woman's own amily to kill her is charged. James "illespie, her twin-brother is the one ho is charged as the principal, al hough ali are charged with murder n the Grst degree. Each entered a lea of not guilty. Captain Coles, att orney for tho defendants, presented etitibns for writs of habeas corpus thc "ro?'id that- Lhere, -is. nough evldcrceto indict and that heir liberty was withheld on a charge f a crime for which they were Jnno eut. Judge, Downey orrie " Frits returnable immediately letltion was then lizard w; lents. GOOD OU) BAYS 0] ti more, has made a careful rovie railroad.eont:Vructioa fri tho-South Staten, Missouri, Indian Terrh and. Oklahoma, revering thc cn year of 1?03 and showing that 3?7i miles of line were built silica J ?ni. ,'ast and that ac least 4,17?A mlle iino wijl.be built in those States territories duiini? T9P4. The < structlon by States and Terri i c rier,. Alabama. Arkansas .; Florida.. ,. Georgia Miles i lt, io i:io;i. .. 1G3.3S ,. 215.35 ?3.06 ,. ?13.80 Indian Territory.. ->i !. ;r, Kentucky. .iiO.35 Loulslaoa. 406.10 Maryland. 10.50 Mississippi.. 187.60 Missouri North Carolina... Oklahoma. South Carolina. , , Tennessee. Texas Virginia . West Virginia;:. 243.70 125,10 500.00 20:00 185.20 .405.20 . 53. G7 208.10 .Total..3,707.80 Commenting.upon these 5?nnirT?ic:riircn?*' Ke^nrrF : :-MThln estimate any V hen Coii?rc?Biuor C.imputed Milet xtra Bessie- just closed and they will raw their extra mileage whether they iave gone ho?Q2 since November 9th mot.' The correspondent recalls the lays when the California congressmen cached ' Washington by way of Cape lorn, when th ? allowance for mileage .eas 40 cents a milo each way. The Blst'ance traveled by them all both ?ays was.abou ; 48,000 miles entitling $38,000. Each member received S9,500. "As a matter of fact, from California iev for -ra -j-^r- i-IT under review buring 1903 was in Ok.la homa, 59G miles being constructor!, but Texas leads theh9?for nc structlon projected for 1901 w th a total of 993.5 miles. Indian lernte ry follow.} Oklahoma with Sl*-"511^* ofllne built curing. 1003. Nextf' Louisiana with 490.10 mj, Texas with 505.20, these \ being so close in amount y age constructed that lt I?? tell exactly which ls thej' comes West Virgin^ of line, Missouri " sas 215.35 mile? Tennessee i