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VOL. XXII MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1908 NO.49 ROBBERS IN BOSTON, ELEVEN PElI)NS SHOT BY TWC MXIN WEI)NESDAY NIGHT. They are Believed to Belong to Band of Three robbers Who Shot Up Saloon Night Before. A dispatch from Boston says that eleven persons were shot Wednesday night, three of them probably fa tally. by two desperadoes, who on being pu'sued by policemen and a crowd of citizens fled for two miles through a thickly settled district of Jamacia Plain. firing madly right and left and disappeared in the woods near Franklin Park. The men are believed to be two of the gang of three who robbed a salobn in .amacia Plain Friday night, after killing one man and wounding two others. Herbert E. Knox.'."ight watchman of the Forest Hills Cemetery. who was shot in the abdomen,died at Emergency Hos pital. Mrs. Delia Fallon is. one of the seriously injured of the victims. She was standing in front of her home with her baby in her arms, when the two men, pursued by a crowd came down the street. . As they passed her one of them fired and the bullet entered her 'head (e hind her right ear. She was remov ed to the city hospital in a critical condition. Edward McMahon, a Dorchester patrolman, received a bullet in the abdomen and will probably die. The others injured are: John Nolan. shot in arm: Thomas Fleming. shot in hand:. Thomas Moore, street car conductor, snot in leg; Officer Ing alls, bullet in - leg: Officer Cox. shot in ankle: Patrick McGinn, shot in the sde; Michael Flynn, 'ead grazzed by bullet; Patrolman Thomnp son. shot in leg. It is believed that the desperadoes lay concealed in Calvary Cemetery while the police were hunting for them on account of Tuesday night's hold-up and robbery. Being driven from their hiding place by hunger and fearing they would be surrounded by the police; who were searching the neighbor hood, the two men appeared on Charles street. in Jamacia Plain, at about dusk. and proceeded to "shoot up" the town. They looked like Italiams and were roughly dressed. Some citizens who had been assisting in the hunt for the robbers saw the men and tried to intercept them. Wnereupon the two began running. and with a revolver in each hand fled along Charles. South. Lee and Keys streets. firing at every-person in their path. Throughout the residential dis trict the front porches of the houses 'were thick with people enjoying the evening air while the busi ness section were filled with the usual throngs. The appearance of the two desperate meni shooting to each side as they ran and shouting as if crazy,caused a general stampede for cover. eraael Flynn stopped to pick up a stone as he saw the men coming toward him. and instantly one of them fired at him, the bullet grazing his ear; another went through his hat. As the fugitives, running along Keys street., reached Washington street. a trolley car came along. "Hold up 7' shouted -one of the .men. waiving his revolver above his head. The motorman set the *brakes and the conductor. Thomas Moore, jumplld off. Instantly he- be came a target and a bullet entered his leg. Across Washington street.' and along Keys street the robbers fled. hundreds of men pursuing, and soon disappeared in Franklin Park, shoot ing down O~fcer Cox. who tried to intercept them near the park gate. .As soon ns possibie a cordon of po lice, heavily armed -with rifles and revolvers, was thrown ab)out the park, while, thousands of citizens gathered in the vicinity.' According to a small boy, who saw the mien reload their weapons in a sand hill near the paik-'early in the evening, each man carried three re volvers. Patrol men McMahonl and Thomnpson sighted the supposed Italians in the neighborhood of the park late in the evening and went down before their well directed fire. At 11.o'clock the chase had passed beyond the park southward. A re -port was circulated that the quarry had been seen near the corner o1 Morton and Canterb~ury streets. an~ a squad of police was hurried there ,in automobiles. QUITS ED)ITORIAL CHAIR. MLr. Bryan Resigns His Position a~ Editor of The Commoner. Beoginninlg with Thursday. Mr - Bryan retires as editor of The Corn mo~ner. a signed letter in the pape announn-ing that his candidacy fo: .the presidency makes it necessar: for him to taire such action. Coup1 *ed with it. is the interesting' state ment tha as a personal camp~aigl contribution the profits of The Coin moner over and ab~ove actual expen ses will be turned over to the De nmocratie national committee. Beaten By Citizens. Joe WV. Tolhert, the white Reput lican who figured so obnoxiously i the race riot at Phoeuix. Grect wo county. several years .ago, in whic a number of negroes were shot death, was set upon N!onday by cit zens of Ninety-Six- given sever blows and ordered to leave town. Drownled in Reedy River. A dispatch f;omn Greenville. sa: F~auk R~eed. a negro boy about 1 vears old. wajs drowned in Reet river lat'e Wednesday afternoon. I~ plunged into a deep hole in tryix to cross the river on some rock His body was not recovered ti Thrsdav night. OUT FOR BRYAN. Says the Railroads Do Not Care Who Is Elected. A dispatch from Hot Springs, Va., says: Melville E. Ingalls, formerly president of the Big Four and Chesa peake and Ohio railroads, and still heavily interested in them and in other roads, says that it will make little difference to the railroads of the country who is elected president this fall. "If it is Bryan." he said "there will be a hell of a time up there in Wall str '-t for a month, and then things will return to normal. ir Taft is elect ed, there will not be any disturbance, but in a month after election. it will come to the same thing, so far as the railroads are concerned, with either the finner. "Taft is a wise man, a great man, and of judicial temperament. There is no doubt, that he will pursue the Roosevelt policies, but he will not talk as Roosevelt has done. "After all, it wa7 Roosevelt's talks ing and not his policies that did harm. It must be admitted that Roosevelb is wild, for a president of the United States. He has not yet sobered. It is nonsense to say that the election of any man will wreck the country. Andrew Johnson and Theodore 'Roosevelt put a great strain on it, but they were unable to affect it be yond quick recovery. "One of my reasons for supporting' Bryan is that I am tired of hearing the panicky talk about his election raising Ned with our prosperity. "I don't believe it. Anyhow I am boy enough still to want to try it and see. t "Besides I believe that if Bryan entered the white house he would become a sober and conservative statesman." A CALL TO WORKINGMEN. . President Gompers Urges Union Members to Vote, for Bryan. 1: A dispatch from Washington in advance of publication In the Fed erationist, the newspaper organ of the trade unionists, President Gon - pers. of the American Federation of Labor, Wednesday. night liberated the proof sheets of a democratic edi torial that will appear in the August t issue of the paper. There are three double columns r of it, much of the type being used t in quoting the written demands that Mr. Gompers and nos associates made u on the Republican and Democratic onventions for insertion in their e party platforms. Stress is laid on t the anti-injunction planks of both onventions, which are quoted, ana lytical comments by Gompers iteing added. While disavowing an intention "to t deliver the labor vote," Gompers ex-. presses the opinion that the worker will have to answer to his fellow C workers, as well as his conscience, if his action is contrary to the political course that is pointed out for him. An argument is submitted with the intention of proving that the Re pu~lican party is the enemy and the Democratic party the friend of la bor and it concludes with a call to the workers to defeat their-enemies for all offices, presidential, legisla tive and judical.. CHOKED . MAD DOG. Brave Woman Kills Dog~ That At ' tacked er. After a desperate struggle, lasting ten minutes, Mrs. 'Mary E. Forrest er, of Memphis, Tenn.. who weighs less than one hundred pounds, chok ed to death a powerful dog believed to he rabid, which had attacked her at her home in Buntyn avenue. -The dog. a sixty-pound Shepherd. standing two feet high, the pet of the neighborhood, attacked her after he had bitten Miss Manile Ditto, a neighbor. Mrs. Forrester turned upon the dog as he seized. the hem of her skirt. and grasping him un der the head, closed her fingers tight l about ~his neck. All over the porch the~ woman and dog fought, the animal several '.imes nearly drag ging his captor from the porch. Fin ally, as she was becoming exhaust ed. the brute's struggles became feebler, and Mrs. Forrester did not relax her grip until he collapsed and lay still in death. T HOWN FROM -AUTOMOBILE. Spartanbur'g Doctor Has a Narrow Escape. A dispatch from Spartanbuirg Wed nesday says George Aoo0re, the well~ known mail carrier of Moorer F. D. Route No. 2. who uses an auto mobile in serving his route. and Dr. .1. M. Lanhanm figured in an accident, that came near resulting seriouslY. Mr. Moore. who recently purchased a new nmachine. carried Dr. Lanham Iout for a ride near Cavins. The machine was running at a rate of 'forty miles the hour. when it struck an emhankmenlt, and Dr. Lanhami was thrown fcrty feet into a corn field. Remarkable to state. he was 'not badly injured. Mr. Moore held Ion to his seat. The machine was sq -Ibadly injured that a machinest had Ito go and repair the damage. Shot While Fleeing. At Winston-Salem. N. C. Edward Scott. serving two years for forgery. -tried to escape from the chainganlg aTuesday and was fired upon by the guards His body was literally rid hdIed with buckshot. It is said he can not live. Sic(ide Follows Fatilure. Jhn D. Wood. fify-two years of age, suicide at St. Louis Monday. e recently failed as a trunk mer chant and was disheartened b~ecause 2he could not pay his debts. Semi-Cent'nnial Celebrat-ion. Cincinnati has started a movement 'for a Southern expostion in 1915 to 11 celebrate the semi-centennial of peace betwen the South and North. * FARMERS' UNION STATE ASSOCIATION CONVENED IN COLUMIBIA. Resolutions Are Adopted Declaring Against Immigration From South ern Europe and Eastern Asia. While cleaning a tank on a bath bers of the South Carolina Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union met Thursday morning at 7 o'clock in the hall of the House and several addresses were delivered. At 9 o'clock an adjournment was taken and a ride around Columbia yn special cars was enjoyed for sev ?ral hours, all the important places >eing visited. This ride was given )y the City Federation of Trades. The ride was completed about 'oon when the Union assembled in :he theatre, where a reception was :endered them by the Columbia Cham er of Commerce.They were welcomed >y Mayor Pro Tem F. S. Earle, and :his speech was responded to by Hon. F. Belton Weston, of Anderson. After the speeches the farmers re :ired to the stage, where a refresh ng spread was laid in waiting, and fter this was consumed cigars were assed around and jokes and cam aign stories were in order. At 8.30 Thursday night there was in open meeting held ii the hall of he House, and the Union was ad ressed by President Barrett, presi lent of the National Union. At the morning session Mr. J. H. aten, secretary of the Immigration testriction League, delivered a v.ery ,ble address on "Immigration and ts Relations to the South." Among the resolutions adopted ere-the following: Whereas. foreign immigration is eing advocated for the South; and rhereas, our United States immigra ion commission is investigating the ttitude of the South and particular r the atiitude of the agricultural lasses; Therefore be it resolved. That the 'armers' Educational and Co-opera ive Union, of South -Carolina. make nown its opposition to the induce ient, distribution and diversion of he present alien influx from South= rn Europe and Eastern Asia, and rge our State and national officials, specially Congressmen and Sena )rs. to prevent the Southland being lade a dumping ground for foreign nmigration. And be is further Resolved. That the local prsidents nd lecturers emphasize this' ques ion, and that copies of this resolu an be sent to the immigration com aission at Washington, D. C., to ur Congressmen and the the press." Another resolution along the same ine is as follows: "Resolved, By the Farmers' Edu ational and Co-operative Union of merica, in and by the State Union f South Carolina. now. in session. o hereby memorialize and demand hat at the next session of our Gen. ral Assembly they abolish the State mmigration bureau, and request hat every candidate for, the same eclare upon the stump in the present ampa'gn his attitude on the mnater."'. On the subject of a State fertiliz r factory, which has been frequent y discussed heretofore, the follow ng was adopted: "Whereas the farmers -of South arolina hale paid this year $2,022. ;00 more for fertilizers than they id five years ago; therefore be it 'esolved: "That we request every Union nan present or absent to question he candidates for the House and senate 'to try to pledge them to a >ill providing for ,the sale of the tate farm and the establishmnent of guano plant in this State to furnish uano to the farmers at a 1 0 per ent net profit to the State: said fac ory to be operated by the convicts n the. Penitentiary." In regards to cotton compresses tile ~ollowing was adopted: "Resolved. That it is the sense of this Union that our cotton ought to e0 be compressed at the gins and -ottn bagging he used on such com pressed bales. and that we ask the National Union to take this matter up and press it to speedy conclusion." Thursday night an open session was held, which was attended by many ladi~s and citizens who are not members of the Union. An address was delivered by National President Barrett. of Georgia. who explained to some extent the purposes and work of the organization and told of its rap~id growth within the last few years. 31r. Barrett declared that any differences which may have ex isted within the Union have been settled. and that the members are now in thorough accord. At the conclusion of his p' ech President Barrett was presented with a hand some wvalking cane by State Presi' dent Harris on behalf of the Sou1 Carolina Union. The open session .vas then concluded and the Conven tion went into secret session wvith members of all other unions being invited to remain. A number of r'e presentatives of local trades union particiated in this secret session. The officers elected by the Stat' L'nion are as follows: President. B. Harris, of Pendle 'ton: vice president. A. .1. Perritt, 01 Lamar: secretary and treasurIer: J W. Reed. of Reidville: chaplain. WV SE. Bodie, of Saluda: conductor. WV E. Hopkins. of Richland: doorekeep er A. F. Calver't, of Ahhbeville: ser geant-at-armsn. WX. P. Caskey, of Lan caster. Executive committee: See nd district. N. R. Parks, of Parks ville: :sd distriot. J1. L. Keitt, of New h erry: 4th district. 0. P. Goodwin of L aurens: -5th district. .J. Fran1 Ashe. of McCounellsv'ille: 6th dlis trict. T. C. Willoughby. of Florence 7th district. L. L. Baker. of Bishop ville. The Farmers' Union is a secre organization, the purposes of whic are euational and co-operative -rh. onization numbers in it membership some of the most in telligent and progressive farmers in South Carolina, and it is said that I there are now about 20,000 members in this State. The Union teaches the farmer to rely on his individual efforts, and by co-operation to bet ter the condition of himself and his fellows. The delegates who are in attendance on this Convention are displaying a deep interest in agricul tural and labor conditions, and by exchange of ideas are making them selves familiar with conditions throughout the State and the South. Many of its members are naturally alive and influential in politics. but the Union is kept free as possible from such matters, ind it is quite e'ident that while the organization is united to a man for its principles the individual members are exercis ing their own judgment about candi dates and political issues. * FIGHT OVER RELIGION. Two Women of Greenville Disagree Over Religious Matters. A dispatch from Greenville to The State says that before Magistrate Stradley Thursday was heard an un usual case in which Mrs. Jane Chap man of Sampson village was put un der a $200 peace bond. Mrs. Chap man made an assault upoithe "per son and face" of Mrs.. Jones of the same village, the fight having occur red in consequence of a disagreement over religious matters. Both of the parties, it appears, areof the Holl ness sect and previous to the distur bance they had attended services to gether. In summer these Holiness services are held in a tent on Park place, and for the past three nights all-night services have been held and prayers have been offered for -the city of Greenville, that it may be saved from destruction. One of the preachers of this cult is a believer in the "gift of tongues" and in the course of a sermon Sun day night he told some remarkable incidents of the descending of this "gift" upon men. He declared that in a Georgia town at a meeting last summer a farmer was converted and becane sanctified, and that he im mediately began speaking in an un known tongue, which afterwards turned out to be Chinese. and the man was sent as a missionary to China, walking -to a seaport town and there embarking without money for the Orient. Upon his arrival he was puzzled to find himself conver sant with the people's manners and customs and could speak the langu age fluently.. His advent so impress ed the people, according to the preacher's statement, that the Chin ese received him as a prophet' and immediately made him their coun sellot. This story was told just as it is given and was given by the Holiness preacher as' an illustration of what may be accomplished by sanctifica tion. The "gift of tongues" has descend ed upon several and in the congre gation now and then one may hear strange mutterings which are mean ingless to the uninitiated, but which seem to be a source of never failing comfort to the devotees of this stran gest of all cults. DIED FROM HYDROPHOBIA. )readful Malady Causes Death of a Girl in Brooklyn. Hydrophobia has caused the death of Florence Kirkman, the six-yeat' old daughter of Ralph. Kirkman, Brooklyn. For hours before the child was removed from her home to a hospital her cries could be heard all over the neighborhood where she lived. Six weeks ago the child was bit ten in-the hand by a mongrel dog. She was playing in the streets at the time, tossing a ball into the air. As she stooped to pick up the ball, the dog ran at her and bit her. The girl s mother took her to a nearby druugist who cauterized .the wound. The wound seemed to heal and nothing was thought of the in cident until about two weeks ago when the girl began to have spells of dizziness. Mr. -Kirkman called in a physician hut he thcught the dog's bite had nothing to do with the child's illness. Then thie child had one convulsion after another. The doctor advised her remcval to a hos p~ital. KILLE!) BY POR:POISE? Boy in Swimming Off Tybee Island *Meets Sudden Death. A dispatch from Savannah, Ga., says nearly a mile off shiore at Tybee Harry Lovett, white, in swimming with Wylly Brunne'r, son of the Sa vannah health officer, wras killed by a large fish that sprang over Brun nr's head and struck the other swimmer squarely, tak:ing him down into the water. Neither appeared again. Fromi the survivor's descrip ton of the big fish it was probably a porpoise that became frightened when suddenly approaching Brun ner, and leaped to clear him withoet having seen Lovett, who was follow The boys had been swimming for two miles and their destination is a mile from where the sad accident oc curred. It is believed that Lovett's head and breast were crushed in by the terrific force of the porpoise's leap. Young Man lDrowned. . Joe Herring. a young white rmar - of Latta, was drowned Sunday after - noon and three of his companion!l - had narrow escapes while in swim ming near' that place. Although ~ good swimmer. Herring was drowne~ -in water shoulder deep. -Rarge and Towboat Bombarded. A barge was dynamited and ovel t 100 shote were fired into a big tow i boat at Caseyvilie, KY., last week - where the Western Kentucky Coa Scompany opnerates open-shop mines. CONFESS TO MURDER. August Eberhard Says He Killed His Aunt to Get Money. Drawn back to the scene of his crime by a force he could not resist, August Eberhard, self-confessed mur derer of his aunt, Mrs. Otillie Eb erhard, a Viennese widow whom he lured to a lonely spot in New Jersey a few days ago and shot to death, was captured near Paterson, N. J., Thursday and is now a prisoner in the Hackensack jail. What interested the authorities most in the confession Eberhard made to them was the reason he gave for committing -the crime. Eber hard said that he was in love with a New York girl and that he needed money to marry her; so, knowing that his aunt had $2.500, he plotted to kill her and steal the money. Eberhard says he also intended to kill his pretty cousin, Otillie Eber hard, to whom he was engaged, so that nothing would stand in the way of his marriage to - the New York girl. The police have the name of the girl mentioned by Eberhard and she will be brought to Hackensack to tell what she knows of the mur der. Hollow-eyed, cheeks drawn, and with a look of a hunted animal on his face, Eberhard was .found lying on the lawn of a residence just out side of Peterson. An important point in the con fession was the statement by Eber hard that he had an -accomplice in the murder plot. He said, however, that his accomplice had no part in the killing of Mrs. Eberhard. This man, who was one of Eberhard's friends, has fled to the West, and the police are looking for him. They tave his name. Eberhard told the police that he ad planned the murder two months go. He also gave the details of he crime. * PLEAD NOT GUILTY. Eight Young Men, Suspended From West Point, Call on War Secretary. Secretary of War Wright, who re :urned to Washington Friday from trip of inspection of the manouver amp at Chattanooga. re.eived a call from the eight young men who, as adets at the Military Academy at est Point, have been found guilty )f hazing and sentenced to dismissal. &r. Wright has. not had time to ex amine the report which has been ;ubmitted to him. After a few ninutes' informal talk with the oung men, all of whom the Secretary said subsequently impressed him as right, manly fellows, Secretary Wright said: "Now, honest, boys, tell me just what you did to get yourselves into his scrape." Cadet Rossell, an honor man of lie fifth class, and a son of Lieut. col. Wm. T. Rossell, of the engineer :orps of the army, stepped forward s spokesman. He said perhaps he hd been more to blame than any of the others, but he felt that none had ommitted serious offences. He ex plained frankly and briefly the na ture o f their hazing of the plebes. 'Bracing," Rossell explained, was 'an exagerated form' of bringing a plebe to 'attention.' " He said that ll of them had been through such n experience, which, far from be ug brutal or humiliating, tended to make the right sort of men of ca Secretary Wright informed the young men that he would give care ful atention to the report and take their cases under advisement, indi cating that it might be several day's before final disposition was reached. The Court is understood to have been unanimous on the dismissal sentence. In the opinion of the war department officials, therefore. the Secretary must either approve the findings or set them aside al together. The law is mandatory un der the authorities to dismiss cadets guilty of hazing, and it is not dis cretionary with even the Secretary of War to minimize punishment. * CECIL RHOD)ES SCHOLARSHIPS. Executors 'Give Information About Qualification of Beneficiaries. The trustees of the will of the late Cecil Rhodes .Friday announced for information of college authorities and intending candidates for scholar ships in the United States for the next qualifying examination for scholars in this country under the Rhodes bequest will be held in Oc tober, 1909, and the elected scholars will begin residence in Oxford in October of the same year. The ex amination will be held in each State and Territory to which scholarships are assigned, at centers to be fixed hy the local committee of selection. It should be clearly understood that this examination is not compe titive. but simply qualifying and is merely intended to give assurance that every elected - scholar is up to the standard of the first examination which the university demands of all candidates for the B. A. degree. One scholar will be chosen for each State and Territory to which scholarships are assigned. Candidates must he unmarried, and must be citizens of the United States. Candidates are eligible who have )assed their nineteenth birthday, but have not passed their twventy-fifth birthday. Tabrculosis From Knife Wound. A dispatch from Spartanburg, says D. Leonard, aged 14. years. the sos of Dr. A.D. Leonard. who was drown ed in a pond at Tucapul several weeks ago, died Tuesday at fhe home 01 his mother. at Reidville, as the resull of a knife wound on his knee inflict ed eight months ago. The lad acci dentally cut himself while handlinlg a knife and tuberculosis developed causing his death. Cruiser Montana Commnissionled. The cruiser Montana has been corn isoeda at Norfolk, Va. VERY HOPEFUL OUTLOOK FOR BRYAN'S ELEC TION VERY BRIGHT. Charles Bryan Says the Ticket Will Sweep Every State West of the Missouri. . Mr. Wm. E. Gonzales, editor of The State, returned Monday from Denver, Col., where he attended the Democratic national convention and, witnessed the triumpnant spectacle' of the nomination of William J. Bry an by a reunited ana revivified par ty. It seems that the West is afire ith Democratic enthusiasm and that the South is the only section of the country which is not thoroughly awake to the probability of Demo cratic success. Mr. Gonzales talked with a great many persons whom he met in dif ferent cities in' the West through which he passed on his way to Den ver and return, and he, declared that it was indeed gratifying to hear a number who had always been Repub licans say that they would vote for Bryan this year. "The West," he said, "appears to be realizing for the first time that it has never got anything from. the Republican party and, so long as New York and Ohio are allowed to fur nish 'the president, that the West never will be benefited. "I asked a number of representa tive men why they did not make some effort to get into closer rela tions with the South, both politically and commercially. The idea every here met with* favor. "The Bryan managers at Denver displayed great good judgment and tact in handling a number of delicate points, and as a result the unity, at the close of the. convention, of many men that previously had appeared irreconcilable was remarkable. The act that Mr. Bryan while opposed t to ohnson for vice president was heartily in favor of Judge Gray and 1 the knowledge of that softened a I rood many of.the Easterners. Again I when they came to examine the plat- a orm, it was found that whilst it r stood for something positive it was 4 radical only to the extent that it pro nised definite reforms, and both I platform and speeches gave all the z assurance that capital needs that every honest dollar will have the ful- t lest protection from a Democratic 1 president and a Democratic admin- < istration." 1 Mr. Gonzales' attention was called r to the fact that there has been some 1 speculation as to why it had been decided to limit the matter of mak ng public the means of contributors so that those giving less than $100 would not be named. "The reason is that many subordi ates in manufacturers and minor 1 railroad officials and others not In dependent wish to contribute small amounts toward the Democratic cam paign fund but would be afraid to 1 o so if such contributions should ome to the knowledge of their em ployers. "Mr. Bryan seemed to be very uch pleased with the suggestion that friendly newspapers invite con ti butions, and- I hope that South arolina will aid to this extent in he great fight for Democracy. "To illustrate the spirit of the1 Democrats and the new Democrats f the West, I will tell of one big ~onded, collarless Nebraska farmer who told me that he had contracted with the publisher of a newspaper n an adjoining town to print a pa per for him during the campaign, the issue to be distributed among iis Republican neighbors. 'I've got little money,' he said, 'and I might as well spend some of it that way.' He was then wearing a but ton in the label of his coat on which was printed 'Bryan Volun teers.' For that button he paid $10 as a contribution to the Nebraska Democratic campaign fund." Mr. Gonzales declared that it is known that Judge Gray was prevent ed from accepting the nomination for vice president because of his de pendence upon the permanent salary which -he now has, for if elected, upon going out of office he would he too old to reestablisif a law prac Mr. Gonzales saw a great deal of Mr. Kern, who looks like a "Confed erate brigadier, is exceedingly pleas ant personally and is an effective campaigner.'' said Mr. Gonzales. West of which such encouraging re What are the chances in the Iports have been sent out?" was an other question which was asked Mr. Gonzales. "Charles Bryan, or 'Brother Char ley' as he is more familiarly known, claims everything West of the Mis souri," was his reply. "The fact is that Ohio is going to present the most strenuous battle ground and is an easy possibility for the Democrats. Missouri, Indiana, Nebraska and Colorado seem already safe in the Bryan column, while Californim. Whington. Wyoming, Utah and several others .in that group pre sent a hopeful field. Of course I put Oklahoma and Kentucky with the solid South." "What about New York?" was an other question which prompted itself. "The Tamnmany peop)le. 900 strong." he replied, "went away from Denver seemingly absolutely satisfi ed and the leaders gave every assur ance that they would not only sup port Bryan and Kern but would work 1to win. With Tammluany working for the ticket. with large accessions of the labor vote aid with the legiti mate business interests of New York assured that Bryan is very 'safe and sane'-fr'om the viewpoint of legiti mate business--New' York becomes Idebatable ground. I do not believe that the H-earst party can take as many votes from the Democrats as from the Republicans. "Mr. Bryan's campaIgn will have at least one novel feature." said Mr. Gonzales. "That feature will be the resort to the pen rather than the APPEALS T( NEWSPAPERS. Bryan Calls Upon Them to Celect Funds for Campaign. An appeal by Mr. Bryan to the Democratic newspapers of the country to begin the collection of funds for ,the campaign was one of the impor tant happenings of the- day. The statement follows: "I wish every Democratic paper would begin the collection of a fund from its subscribers. There are very few Democrats who could, not aord to make contribution and the people will never be able to control the government until they take on them selves the burden of supplying cam paign funds. As long as a few men furnish the money to finance a cam paign the men will exert an undue influence upon the government. "It seems that we have reached the end of corporate contributions 1 nd this is a step in advance but the ndividuals who control these favor seeking corporations may still domi late politics by furnishing the sinews >f war. The Democratic party has struck a blow at this system by limit *ng contributions to $10,000and pro- 7 riding for publicity before the elec ion. The Republican party has so ?ar refused to join with us on this )roposition but public sentiment may ret compel it to do so. I have no loubt that the Democratic party will eceive contributions from more in lividuals than ever contributed to tny campaign and there is no reason vhy the entire sum necessary should lot be supplied by contributions from he masses. If every Democratic pa >er will take the matter up and lend . helping hand we will soon have s noney enough in the treasury to s rovide for legitimate campaign work Lnd that is all we want." DEAD MAN AT DOOR.' a 3ody of Negro Remained Upright b for Several Hours. The Savannah News says opening n he door of his home at midnight saturday Stephen Williams, colored, ooked into the dead fase of Baker ooker, a nergo man who died as he :nocked at the door for admittance end remained standing almost .up ight to greet the man who answer d his knock. William lives at Meinhard station, le was awakened during Saturday F Light and went to the door. A man d n the outside asked for admission, n out was refused, Williams believing n he man drunk. The knocking f eased for a while and Williams re- i urned to-his bed. Afterwards it was a enewed and Williams went again to n he door,opened it and saws a man ap- p )arently leaning against the - door amb. c he received no answer to ques- a ions and a closer look into the man's 1 ace showed he was dead. The ne- a ro remained at Williams' door nn- d i late Sunday morning, when Coro- 3 ter Stanley was notified and went to a feinhard. A jury was impanelled C ad an inquest held. It was decided I hat Booker died from dropsey. 2 Booker is supposed to have walked rom his home in South Carolina. 1 -Ie was about 40 years of age. It s believed tie knew death was ap >roaching and tried to get help when ie knocked at Williams' door. oroner Stanley stated that Booker ould hardly have been saved had i physician 'reached him at that ime. ADMIRAL ROJESVENSKY DEAD. Dommander of Russian Fleet in Bat te of the Sea of Japan Succumbs. Vice Admiral Rojesvensky, who :ommanded the ill-fated Russian leet which was annihilated by the Japanese in the Sea of Japan in May, 1905, died at Bad Nauneim, Ger' many, Monday. It is believed that the heart affection resulted from in juries received by Admiral Rojesv nsky in the battle of the Sea of Ja pan. Glass in Stomach for Eight Years. -An autopsy over the remains of Norman Garrison, of Salem, Pa., re realed that he had carried a piece of glass in his stomach for the past eight years. His stomach had given him constant pain.' tongue; to the press rather than the platform. "When I appealed to Mr. Bryan to make as vigorous a canvass as in 196," said Mr. Gonzales, "he re minded me that he was now 12 years older. 'and besides,' said Mr. Bryan, I believe I can be more effective in writing arguments for Democracy that newspapers can use if they will, over my signature.' "When I saw him last week it was Mr. Bryan's intention to deliver two, perhaps three, speeches in New York State, one of them in New York city, and six or eight speeches in the Sttes of Illinois, Ohio and Indiana. He proposes to discuss fully some one Democratic principle in each of these addresses. The remainder of the campaign Mr. Bryan expects to stay at home and prepare letters or articles in the nature of signed edi torials for such newspapers as will use them. He will discuss the issues with any Democratic sizeakers that wish to consult him. "The West is giving Mr. Bryan much encouragement and he is very hopeful-markedly more buoyant than before the convention." Mr. Gonzales twice visited Mr. Bry an at Fairview, the nominee's Ne braska home. After the adjournment of the convention Mr. Gonzales visit ed numerous places of famed scen ery in Colorado. crossing "the Divide" where the railroad, after going through 33 tunnels in 75 miles. rosses the mountain range at an elevation of 11.600 feet. where there is perpetual snow banked on each Iside of the track. On the 12th of July he was in a snow-storm on the summit of Pike's Peak while simultaneously there was a thunderstorm in the valley 4, 000 feet below. TERRIBLE CRIME. WOMAN LURED TO DEATH FOR SAKE OF FORTUNE.. Induced to Come to This Country by Her- Nephew, Who Robbed and .Shot Her. A crime so cruelly crafty as to be lmost unbelievable is revealed in .he case of Mrs. Ottillie Eberhard, a Viennese widow, whose body was ound on the New York, Susquehan ia and Western, railroad track, in a onely section near Hackeneack, N. r., recently. The police of every Eastern city tre searching for August Eberhard,' he victim's nephew, 'who for months mportuned her come here with a ortune of $2,600 and her twenty rear-old daughter, whom August pro nised to marry. -The.,girl refused to >elieve that August had anything to lo with it. His parents live on a arm near Dutchess - Junction, New cork. - The victim, with her daughter, ar ived at New York last- Thursday. iberhard is employed in a grocery fore in St. Nicholas avenue. - He ettled them at a hotel here and cdn=. erted- the money. ~Into American Lotes. 'He took them to the country n the pretext of feat. At Rochelle park at his suggestion he trio strolled in the fields. - Eber-. ard claimed he had lost-the way. A hunderstorm broke. The woman tumbled on the track, exclaiming he had been struck by lightning. -- iss Eberhard says there were three ashes from behind a car- on a sid ag. As her mother fell the girl felt bullet graze her own neck-, cutting gold chain. Eberhard urged her to un and as she did so she was stuck y two bullets. - A nearby -cottage .cared .for the. ir till Sunday. The murderer lust have shot the widow: as she lay rostrate. 4ISHOP POTTER DEAD. Ipiscopa- Prelate Passes Away in New York. Henry Codman Potter, seventh !rotestant Episcopal Bishop of the iocese of New York, died Tuesday ight at Fernleigh, his summerhome, ear Cooperstown, N. Y., after an mess of several weeks. The Bishop ras unconscious all day and the end, rhich came at 8.35 o'clock Tuesday ight, was peaceful and quiet.' The relate was 74 years old. Gathered at the bedside of the ying churchman were Mrs. Potter, ' rife of the prelate;. Mrs. -Masan C. avidge, who came from California, d Mrs. Sarah Potter,-his two - .aughters; Alonzo' Potter; -a son, irs. Edward Clark, Stephen- C. Clarl' - nd Mr. and Mrs. F. A. ,Clark. Mrs. harles Russell acid Mrs. Wm. Hyde, \ is two other daughters,,. who are ,broad, have been notified. Death was due primarily to em olism in the right leg, following a ong attack of liver, and' stomachk rouble, and the end had..been fore een for several days ty the Bishop's hysicians. - SIX MEN KTTLED. Ey Premature Explosions Caused by a Careless Powdernu. A premature explbsiozn of dyna nite, which' occurred while work nen were preparing a blast at the mprovements to the Cumberland falley railroad near Scotland, Md., aused the loss of three lives and Inumber of others were so. serious y injured they may die. Malloy, :he powder man, used a long iron )ar instead of a wooden instrument isually employed to tap the dyna nite in a hole drilled In a rock. The ~xplosion was terriic. Malloy was tilled instantly, as was Butler. Mar oy's body was hurled high in the a.ir. , Loudon died In the hospital at Shanibersburg, where the -injured were removed on a special train. An nquest will be held. ARRESTED FOR SETTING -TRAPS. EPive Negro Fishermen Charged With Violating Fish and Game Law. A dispatch from Beaufort says: At Yemassee Magistrate Roger Pinck ney bound over to the circuit court five colored fishermen fo'r placing, fish traps in the Coosawhatchie river. They will ~have to answer to the' charge of violating section 517 of the game laws. There has been general complaint all over that section of the general disregard of the laws to protect fish, and of their consequen~ft scarcity. It is expected that the efforts of game warden Win. Elliott, who presented the case, will stop violations there. CTILD KILLED BY LIGBTNING.' Several Other Members of SPartan burg County Family Shocked. The 8-year-old daughter of W. C. Turner, a farmer resldinlg in Spar anburg county, near Arkwright, was instantly killed by lightning late Wednesday afternoon. The bolt stunned several members of the family and set fire ,to the house. Mr. Turner's efforts extinguished the flames. Two Killed by Escaping Gas. Whle cleaning a tank on a bath house roof, at Port Huron, Mich., last week, Charles Thorton was kill ed by gas, as was George Moore. who tried to rescue him. MinstrelRev~ivaist Disappear's. probably demented, "Billy" Wil iams, a former minstrel star, but more recently a revivalist, has dis appeared from Des Moines, .md., leavin his family destitute.