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SENATOR SIMMONS OPENS
DEBATE.
Reccomts Failure cf Various Re-
Mi Atr.tirro tr,
Enact Platform Pledges Fcr
Downward Re vision of the Tar
iff. Washington, .fiily Ph Tin- tar
iff debate Ih-imii hi tlii- Senate
today when t'hairman Shuiiioiis
of the finance committee began
hi.s explanation of the hill. He
reviiWftl what he teimetl
the failure i f the republican to
n.lei.in their pledges to
revise the tariff downward. The
demoeratie party inherited thin
IUTV, lie .Haul, Wlieii n came mi",
power. I
"Iii the national campaign ofj
lltFJ." said (liairmau Simmons, j
"th- republican arty nominated j
Mr. Taft for president and the!
u.Mi.crai.c p;ut noo.ui.u.-. .
i . . .,
Mr
Umi.. in inai ea upa.vn
tarut ami ttie reeorit or tne rwo
part h.s as exeniplified by their
auti 'ii. in eoiiirre with rrt'erenve
to the seheihile Iii!!.. and of
President Tit ft in his veto of
thorn, bee.ame the paramount is
sue. Out of the 5:51 votts in the
flectoral cileire President Taft
reeoivt'il onlv eiu'ht, ami -Mr.
"Wilson rts-rived 4'55. The
publican party in tin si'ttate
supeiMhd bv a ih'miu'ratie
re
was tna-
ji-rity of six, while the
cratic, majoritv in the
lh'JIH
house vas increased from OS t 116.
"The bill now presented to the
senate, it is confidently believed,
'is a f tir interpretation cf the
will of the p.'tiple and is an hon
est compliance with the pledrs
i f the ili'inoeratic party with re
spect to the revision of the tariff.
"Tlii conditions under which
the sehtxlult bills f 1!U1 and
1912 were drawn and submitted
to congress were radically dif
ferent in many respects from
tluse which now obtain. Thtv
Hchetkdt bills, wen .sulimitted
a individual pieces of leff'uslation
aiad only as a part f a f? neral i
system ol cusotms taxatn n.
iMureover. at that time, on ac
count of constitutional limita
tions upon the power of con
press with respect to taxing in
comes, revenue from this source,
except, from iuconieK on corpor
ations, was not available. The
extension t f the power of em-
irress with resect to taxing m-;
vonies, as well a tlie en!-.rgement
oi tne scojm. or ,ne j.roposiy re-
vision, has matte rt pt-wdde un -
tier thus lull to nuiKe iuriiier re
thk'thms in the rates in the pres
i i i ii . l i .1
c4i-i f'ltt. tlttin j f,n:ili1.t nllitel:
"'",." " , . ,
l lie ci I ii. 1 1 1 ions uiiuei ttinni uirv-
Hc.hedule bill were frametl and
presenttsl.
"I wish tosav that ameiKlment
offeretl bv the commit ten
are
not irtiussl in a spirit of d
agreement with the house or to
it. theory of tariff revision. On
the contrary, they are offered
with a view of further carrying
out and jx-rfceting the principl. k ;
i a revenue piiuciiig i.ariu uij
tn tin bas'w of ciimpctitivti rates
eiiuneiaU'd by the hoii.se wa and
nieans etniiinittee as a just and
fair interpretiat ion in the light
of existing coiulitirns t f tin- plat-
form ldcdes of the dellioc rat h
.iotv oooo tMriff
, ... . , .., ... ...
llkc tilt- lumse, we Have
sought tt find a basis of action
which would untax the neet.s
w.tries of life as far a consistent
with the revtnue fieeds of the
go eminent, whitdi would lay the
heavitst burdens upon the lux
urn s of the rich and which would
imp. e upon those things which
e re neither prime necessities or
luxuries and which were proper
.siil'J. els "i f tariff taxation, a rav
sul'iieii ,t! colli! et it i e to Id
r i 1 1 in s
n. - l of
,-oh
th.
Ipliltl
got ,
to
r 1 1 no
meet
nt i n
other
ir ouV
Dies ll
on.- hand ;n
t ; J 1 1 1 1 i .
e mi pet ;t ".; t
sible "
.Sei ator S:
v a r foils el. ai
at h-iigth.
Ul the hollse
age adttlllie
which the
lf'.os per ee
on the
inak u
all ti
lis .-ma i '-i 1 1
;. the s-i da'
lui titl selleilll
e fi- d ill! HV
,.
!it
to'
f 'J
ii.at.
"2 per ee!
foil nc
Iron ore, h'- said, w.as jtlaeetl
oo the fn-- list ill the house bill
to aid in l; '. ,. i ,.: , ! ,,.-.-i-s of
iron Hiir steH and for r;ke r -as-1
OIIS the st liiite coin 111 ,t ? ee free-
list.sl ferro-'n:u'g;ini se aiid p:c -
"""'oi.
Of the wimi Kcheduli in which t
unmittee retained!
raw wool on tin free 11 t arid cut j
fates on mauufacturt s, S.jnitor!
j ""iv. s-iid:
"For more tl
in a third of aj
century the
wjolens hat
uncharged.
liny r 1 1 wot.i aim
remained practic allv
Tlrat the-..' duticH
I are not onl v cX.c i ssi ve.
' fetrsibl.e is generally
ft. II b V the adt oeati s
; Charges that the hill
f lirly with the fanner
S'liunons deel a red to be
Senator j
Avithout ;
; foundation. He enumerated. mant
j things j 1 1 1 on the free list cs-
pec rally fop the farmer.' benefit.
j 1 hi' HleiMile Si'etion of the bill
the senate
(Senator Simmons was not framed j Neither Servhi jwor (!rei has
j uii on the thei ry that the ehiefjpaid any attftio ti Ilu.-sia's pro
j i bject of iut inennii tax was to'o-,al that they tva-v hotilitie.
jsi'pjily deficit in reveime, "hut j They apear determined to lie
jit is based unu the theory that j dfoth-ite pear., witii Pulj;aria tnuly
Insiertv should Immp its jirst I on thr fu-ld, without itt. rveik-
i.hare f f'-depid as well as state
it:lxatM.n andi that, therein
th.
limit of this l.ax
should be flXtsl
j with a view to reiuirinir the
! wealth ot the country as refb et-
eil tit the incomes 'if the- we'-to-do
contribute eiiitably f tlioM'
j crXjiensets."
I
1 35 NegTo Priscners Are Burned
tn TlcotS
Jackson, Miss., July 22. Trap-
iH'vl Itv tuiiues in tin. seeoinl storv
td" an anti'iuated convict e.ii-i' the.
f'u-st fluor f vh'n'h was avd to
store hay, :." nerro prisoner. wers
bunud to death at the Oakley
convict farm 2" miles from lu re
bite last uijjht.
While the flames r;kiii lh de -
strosed tn. only stairway leatl-
ii:T to the second flin.r, the pris-
oners' frantically tore at the
luiivv Iwiirv tli.t j.v,.rr,l tli i n -
thyws, but to no avail. Their
screams brought guard's and other
prism, attaches, but the flam en
drove back iueiulers of the res
cue party and the negroes Mho
ona by on fell back into the
flame and ieri;Aid.
hverythmg was in the- fire .
j-av
or. Ihc bunding was con-
jistructcd H years ago of IiuiiUt
i taken from a discarded jeniten
j tiary ; there was iw fire f ihtintf
i apparatus at the farm, and the
tirst lioor was tuhsl witJi ut
1'laniniiibK' material.
Farmers living nearby hurricI
(to the jail to help, the fire
i fighters, but they werv of no jls-I
irf f, lllrn(Si t.M);from Iiill !mv,. tla.. town ..n'OoO.
j, Tht, ,.)nviots alf work-1
j rlu, 0)tt()n fieKU wf the of P.LrlgariiUi .st.ldiers, led bv
1(s u. j- mi , .., i,.....i ;:,..;,.;,.. ....."
the "ea'e" at night. Among
thei n were some desperate crim-;
. .
una. serving
orur sentences. I
The Oakley farm Ls one of the ;
niost important in tlie State, the
State Prison Hospital being lo-
catetl there.
4 I
Un tire starttsl umler the staw. ( 'olond Yanktdf. who with other
way on the first fhn.r. The orir- j former ofifcers of th Hulgar'un
iujuLs not yet been determined, 'tinny were very active in Mace
Tile prisoners were ordered tojdonia in l!0:.
tl.eir bunks at J o'clock a. usual j Kveu the foreign consulate in
m.nI alter t hat t.n.e there was no I s.,vs W V U(i, according
vlljrht
in uie pan oi me itniiii-i,,,
illlir theV ocelkuiisl 11 cin OS 1 i tur In!.
. . ' ' 1
Miicers nt cnargc. 11 was run i
initil more than two hours after
wrad tint tlie v were aroused bv
Mlllo... un. I liiou ,.ui i,f t ... 1
. . .
tra.,e,lv u!(.s fi,Jt
. , , ' , ." i
i. ,
....cK.sim ,e. le.epnone tins inturn-,
Ullf.
Sergi-ant John Dood.s, in chargt
t.f tin- fann, sail today it was1
his opinion that the fire wasj
eaiisvd by spontaneous combusion
in a lol't of hay and other farm j
products under a stairway. It
w,is the burning' of this st.iirway
'hat preV'-liteil the e-eape of tliel
prisoners. Twenty i n i nut s be
fore the fire W.I.S discovered a
watchman had made bis rounds
.ind announced all well.' Coroner
J. W. I'.. .il, aft-T an impiest.
IK'UIieed the following terd'et:
" We the jurt , find that the
I'li.soners eanie to their d.--ith
an un I "idal'h- iieeideid. S,
H rd. hospital sergeant in eh it i
ui-
.i.
hv
'..S l 'Ml I
t
eXolier.'itt
Judge Adams as a Fanner.
( I I', r !),, , , , eW s.
r.Xsludi-.- Spetteer H. Ad.lills.
who ,. .,! s a k'o'h! part of li's
Who
t .Uii.
to tanning, ii iiro; essiiiif in
W Mell
ad.sju
wlicat
he
t,
thn
h is proven hims. lf
an;
IV
IjI I tUli-hed Ins
iuir wi'h r s-u't that
were d- elared by the t'ln sheiN to
be unusually g.nni 1'n.m 11
acri.s .lu'L'e Adam raistsj ass.:'.,
'oishi !s of wheat, an a tenure of
:(.! i bushels to the acre.
END OF WAR ONLY BY
MUTUAL EXHAUSTION.
i That is the Way Sir Edward
View tt.p Sitr.airn in
the Balkans.
lonJon,
Julv
14. That, the
hut. iide- Balkan war will end hy a protess
admitted, j of mutual exhaust ion seem the
if pro-ionh Iiom- Sir Hdtvrad rey, the
i British '..,,' 'n secretary, in able
dea.lt uiirlto hold out. Jji a .statement in
the house of cum moiis tonight
h" said that moiv words were not
likelv to affect t.he situation.
ami it would he moot difficult, for
flu. KuiMnnym- oouer t, fi-s.rt
to force to iuipoM" peaec.
jth.it by any thinl party, and. wi
ess i L':ir ;i nroves ;i nien.-i no it'
, . . .
is Ulievid that an advance will'
be nuuEe niton. Sofia to enforc
acin'iitanci of the Sit i-Ireks
trims.
Serious fiiditiiiLr f,,r t!ie time
beinj,' is susjwiuhd. but the ad-
vanre ot tile Iurkish .
nunian troops continues
mid I,u -
w'th-i ut
PPoMtron P.-b-rni e report
S '. "
I sa s the Servmi'.s
on
Sundav
j capturt d an important position
i eiiiht miles west ot Kusteiidd.
j Accordiiiir to the Atlin-ns cor -
j respond .a t tf the DaiJy Tele-
V'raph (ireeee and Servia sijjned a
s'civt treaty lat Mav, binding ;
! tl'. in to prosecute a war, then j
! forest cii, with Puhraria until the;
iJSuUrars ae.iuie-.ced in tlie t. - r -
J r'ttorial arrHtiifeiiuuit laul down'0"1 taking into aeci ui.t the .s.-m1.
j in tlm treaty. Py tlnse arrange-' Should market conditions beeome
j merits the eastern boundari-s of : unfavorable in the mean time
' i I rwi-a. winihl h,. -1 t . I , , I t.Jwe w i 1 snn,i)l v wait nil iher vear.
the Mestan river, eousiderablv to!
east cf Dratma. and Servia would
tiave an access to
sea at tvi points.
the Aegean
.... fivnlng cf . Seres Confirmed.
Salcniki, July 14, The sacking
and burning of the town of ServsU'd abiiif the irosi'cts for the
by the defeated Pulgtirian army "seng" farm, held up a small j most of the noise. Wavitiig I'nit
and the accompany img outrages ' package and saitl : j ei States flairs .the storming
on wmuu n and atrtK-ities tn men! "Sec this package? It contain I Iu;'.v wouptd down on the cart
were fully confirmed tiiay in ajluit a thmisand stutl. and yet it i stand of Millard Price, a
dispatch from a well known j is worth f'5. A pound of this ! Socialist orator, at the inrtersec
(ireek corresiMindent. ssd is worth from $15 to $20. j'0'1 of Fourth avenue and West
The retreatiiiL- HnkMrian sol- It is more than Provable that i ld!1"1' boulevjird. the busiest niglit
diers, he telegrapherl, opeiul a
twnuoiiade with four field guns
Friday. At the same time iKtndsi
first iil!aging the store. anl
lioitv s ami then dreJiching them
with petroleum and setting them
a li jri 1 1 until tlie greater part of
III town was blazing.
Th.. li..ru w..r.. .....minliJ
.... ..v. .......
by the notorious revolutionary
fi. .r-,,,,,,-,,!...,, a, .a.
. 11 '.
1 ro-i iiingarian consular otlicrsi
were plundered and burned, Vice)
Consul (icorge C. Zlatko being !
I .-If I .1 , .
... 11,111 II.I.IV .1. ,'111.
ii';u - .scuenuy n.ns.m.sl. he
. ., ' . .... ,
I' :i I r ... I oi I ii i ii.. tit'iviio,i., pw I . i r L
Italian consume also was sacked, !
I nt the consu l.oiiL'ht off the in-.
i cendarii.
, I
t. in ii rii.
The lialik of Athens, the ori
ental bank the palace i f the
metropolitan, the givat sv n.i
JToguc, all the schools, the to
bacco wart-nouses of the Ameri
can, Austrian .and Cernian coni
piinit. and the hospitals were
luirimd after thev had been pil
laged. The Am riciin T baceo coin
p;in alolie suffered to the i
t nt "f 1 ."Hi) oi )i l.
MiUi people Were e i'l .t". lii 1 1 ,
liileke.
!,..- t!,.
to pleci s or blirlletl iljife
I 1 I . 1 I
ic m.iiieniu i tt.iganan.s. wno
colnm.tted ilnTi dilile Oiitlilee.s oil
woiitt ii of all ii'es, many of
W i;.'li d.'s! fl'i 111 t lie effects.
I he eirlnlit It ll 1 f those who es
e;ip' d is lamentable. Kb-h lu'-r-chants
aie dt irg t f hungi r, while
wii teh d mothirs are trt ine- to
1 11 1 1 cotering and tood t,,r t he r
inihi d and start ing children
The situation is desperate as
all the pharmacies, were b irmd
down and there is il total 1,-c-k
'of medicin.s for the. sick and
kind
wiml.tge.s tor the lnpfretl.
The (Ireek authorities in Sal
onika ;irc rusliing fo..l stuffs,
ciothiifg and medicin.'. to thn
stricken town.
, , ., , , , .f , ...,., M10 lM(.0 (ee!ii,ed
Gensing Farmer M ay Sell at
Fancy Price.
MaJIls Gc Out to "Clean. Up
P.ri-tol... Ten,,., JllI' ..J'J f'1.n" the Town" cf Seattle.
s un, wliu-li irows wild in tin' j
soft, balmy soil found in thei S.-attle, Wah., duly lth. A
in-untains if K;it Tenin ..,: purty of Pnit'd Stites mariius
Southwest. Virifinwi ai d' portion l and sailors from tlo- P'tvi- fleet,
id Kentucky, is'hein euHivatel ; most of tile sail, rs wear'un; the
n w an 1 Is finer and larger than name lantls tf the cruisers 'ol
iu its native slat'. joradi an-1 Caitfornia, staitid
Kiu'ht eai-s i)jro .1. W. Perry, : tonight to "cLean up the t'vn"
of Hurnsidc, Cuiulierhiiid county, J iw they expn.-.sed itl by attack
Kentucky, convened the idea Socialists and Industrial
that he could siieeeW'ulIy ciilti-i Workers 1' tln lieN;m;utcrs.
vate it, and he caluculafed that' Three enlted men i f the I "nit -
it woum makr It nrii a rum m ill
would uiitkr Ii'mii a r'u lt ni in.
So he heLMI by ldalltil'lf an aen
of jriiisejii? each far. Now
he
has Severn acres in cultivation.
P'rry'.s land are iut covered
wilh oaks, as are tlie )jinsen
landts in the nunintaui., so he
jdaee 1 a coverirv" of oak. laths
on a fnunrwork. over he entire
aert aire in a wav to rive the ef-
t . v k i . :
"". n.h
of
ana.
,s"1,'aI" Tllls eovernik'.
throutrh
which the sutdijjht filters, very
, much as
it filters throuirh the
k'iai.t I'.'iks in th-r forest, the en
is 'phwit.-!. It Hake iriiwittr
alioirt sevtn years to
l"velop
m - i i r i -
I'r",m '" planum- and tin
; taniecrs have the wild "sentr
lr":r" w,'u 'tntpnl. It ls sanl
4.1. .. ! I l . i
"i.u t in i i i .Mancnuna rivei;""" -u- una .i imrntii iivmrc
d -(dined in jinxluctivenesi?
merii'au, iru'S 'i-i- is worth from
i' To -ll I)l'r pound.
"It I een a Km:, hard pull
t jftt thuijrs Miapcd up. says
Pt rry, "but I am con.fidi nt it
will pay big in the end. 1 expect
this one aer now about ready, to
: 'nir 1..IKN) or $2n.n(0, With-
Meanwhile our erojn will U grow-
'T1tT the more valuable, a. the
root. will be larger ami heavier.
It will probiddy be the better
for us to postpone the niarkctin
aid allow the roots to iirretasc
m size
i . . .
A Louisville dealer, when ak-
! man Perry will reaKe nearer
I "flO.Ot Mil for his tne acre
than .fJt. -
Points on Prominent People.
Albert S. Puirlesn, the post
master general, carries an um
brella so constantly in both fair
and cloudy weather that, if he
hould leave it at home some
morning, he'd catch cold.
There are in the Wilson cab
inet six men who votisl against
William Jennings llnun for the
presidency in 1S.
Ollie James, I'nitrd States Sen
ator fnui Kentucky, i reputed to
have the biggest appetite known
to political history. He weighs
in at about three hundred.
Senator "Hilly" Hughes, of
-ev Jersey, began life working!..
..4 .1 ll 4 V . I .. I
li ;t i o I .1 e r so o .sew .
" - '- -
.cw .icr-
.v.. .,
iec i resilient .viai-siutll ls tne
man w lio tuice tleeluieil an mvi-
jtation to a statj
. . 4 . . 1- . I
ii;iiirt Til !twTittriiii.ii.tr iwt ill sv
his wife was not invited. He.
I said he made it it rule never I"
go anywhere unless hi wife
i could aeconipanv him. i
I Mr. Kedfield, the secretarv
Of!
co'iuui rce. on tht
things lives up ti
ven- face of
lis name. lb" '
h:is ;i n d lili
skin ai.tl a field of;
red whiskers.
Jam s Hamilton Lewis
N'ew Seifator from Illinois.
the
lias
the
the most
diivalric bcitrinir.
Hn.st
etiS. the Jiinkest wh'sker,
most perfect h'.irnii iiv he
ami the
twecn h
ms-k ites, cuffs but ' !'s.
iind eo!ni!eio!i ever known
th- Sera',, chamb.-r.- Th- p.
hir Miijiiine.
'U
,, li
Early Genius.
Proud
sir. '.hiit
l'ath.-r:
boy - f
I
t.
wil
toll
e a
mine
t oudi r 1'
Kri nd , wearily; : "Wh.it won-
derfnl thing has he done in wf Rheumatism QuicWIy Curd.
Proud 'Father: "WJiy, the "My Klttier'a hnt.aiui liJ an attack
other .1.1 v he ate all the" preset- I "f rheumiitlHta In his arm." vt rites a
. :, .1 ,...,.,. I , i , e!l kliio.ii resi.telit of Newtotl. la.
VeS Hi the p.llltrv. 1 overheard . ,.,, ii , ... , ,,, ,
luiii say. as he Mii.-and the cat .;ialn' l.lnlinent M'h he ti lie.l to
face with the stuff. 'I'm sorrv , ! Ms ftrm ami en th next linuiilii; the
Tom. to tlo this. but. 1 can't 1,
1lie okl toik.S Nils' ect
J'eiinv Pictorial.
in-.
SALIOR BOYS RIOT.
I Stat s army were ofabhed !at
t;ht when a number of soldiers.
;wid sailors who participated in
the uiiiitary and naval Potlach
parade were attacked by a crowd
of men at.tet.dip.tr a street meet
irjr of Indusfrila Workers of the
WorM.
The soldiers were only nliirht
ly woundi'd.
A st'oi.d party rf men fn m
the Pacific reserve flett attack
ed thr bi Industrial Workers'
head!iuartt'r. on Washinjjtui St.
j tonight in the southern part f
the city The foutents of the
I buildinir were dnti;tred into
j fetreet and a bon fin- made
the
of
I.tlem.
.v jmomm ifiimn m iniy men
: f .1. . ! 4. 1 : 1 . .1
a rid,"1 cutters to arrest all the men
, asliore.
Secretary Daniels Near.
Secretary of the Naw Dan-
n js was t.f.inn:.jf tn
Wtst Virginia, the
inira! Reynolds, at
tlu- cruisep
guest tif Ad-
the time the
riolirg began.
The mob refotnu d in tin
nc rt li
j jmi! of hte c:ty after it had
i ' " d:sper.M-d mul w. nt back to
!(; Socialists lieatliiarters on
i 1' ' fth avenue and sacked the
j phn-t. destroying the furniture
and a large quantity id' SK-ialist
l.terature.
About a dozen sailors, all
y )ung, were in th first party
that got under way. They were
aided b-y- tK3verl membf rn of lh
WHsliinjrtmi naval militia arwl
by a hunnlred civilians, who madf
i -""-1'r of the city. The cart was
' O'Oktn to splinters in a moment
ami the tug stook! of .Six-ilais pa
pers and magazines were torn,
tossed into the Ktreet and jumj-
ed upon.
They then proceeded to the
Social: htstdnuarter iiearHy,
smashed in the plate-glass front
and nailed American flags on the
front of the building.
W&tU Succeeds Brown as Rev
enue Collector.
State.sville, July H.--The of
fice of collector of internal re
venue was todav transferred from
(ieorge. II. Itrowu, the retiring
eolleetor, to Alston D. Watts, the
now ct dire top, Revenue Agent
Hhawhan making the transfer for
the government, Mr. Watts took
o;lth of off!,.,. .1 ll
lt1iflllJtll
I . i , n.i
iitTTII,ltl l.i. Till.,' I. III. I... II.
j new collectors first, busintts was
. ..v. . ii.'i.ui I'lo-iie. in
to issue colllinisfsiolis to tile tle
putics who will be retairntl tem
porarily in the office and to
three new men Democrats. The
new men are .lames W. Wil.s' n,
of Morganton, who will take the
place of M. A. ehandlcy, resign-
t tl
X. h. Crauford, of Wiiuston-
Salem, wii,.
succeeds II. K. Nis-
sen, and J. H. Aiken
who will SUCCecd J'
of Hickory,
is.ph li.indt
as tl: six n d. puty in
and other coiiiities. Win
men now in the service
d T t lie e i si ! V ii e.
Cut a w ba ' can
le nil the to
are un-'thor
t ;s ii'pem
1 Li
ng
that of the atiorut v
gellr
i r;d under tin'
lion that th- ,
depilti'S eXpin
lll'is-iol, of th.
collimissioos of
1- t.iiln d and tl,
.i!e t ' m j orn i .
v ice eXainina! ii
Taft
'tl! ''I . s
w i'h
e. ll h
a Imiuistrii
: i s . f al!
the ..::.;
ct. r. The
all tin- old force
e Ii. -tt oln.s its We'I
p. Sloi'iU' fit il set
US to establish a
pe!s.'l,.s for the
.t el
iieeS.
ligibl,
rtieumaiifm whu mc " For thronlc
iioiKi our rbvunitttiKiu y-'i t i!l fiiiJ
nothins U'ttcr than riiamberlaln'i
UninifPl. Sold br All Dsalef.
'Pinntd in Wreck He Begged to
, be Slain.
D-vitur, Ala.. July lf.-Ca ight
under an overtiirned lm-i -motive
in th - Louisville a'nd Nah ville
!ards here la.st night. 1 1 u.-.! ri (i.
Fleming, a iKJ-year-tdd en gineer
;lt ln.-e .weddin.g dale was set
Within the Week, killed h'.lll.self
by cutting his throat (with hi
oeket knife to bring relief from
tin agony he wa suffering. With
his b gs crushed and steam fairly
cooking his body, the siung man
la gged fellow workiiu u to kill
him. The men refused, though
tiny could riot rescue him from
.the wrock.
i 'For h il' sake," th.. oiing
man cried, "put me out of thi
living hell ; kill me."
; P'cinath the tangled mass of
machinery the man's white far
: W.L si en by the crowd. Then,
with h.ilf paralyztd hands, he
managttl to grope toward a
XM-ket of his coat. Out of it he
brought a jH-nknife. II,- opened
a blade of it with his t-cth.
"Will," he si, ldied, "if none
erf ye u men have the nerve, I'll
do it myself."
Without ln-sitation he drew th
iii ... .
f ol.'ule across h;s threat. lie made
b-in Wound that severed the
"jugVi'ar vein, and that instant
the suffering man e.vaped his
agony.
John Swnith, a fireman, who
was a witness to Flfiniix'- ter
rible and dramatic death, stid:
"It wa tix awful to look at.
Ai d we couldn't tlo a thing for
Firming1 ui.e of the best liked
men among us. We b st no time
gettii:r the wr eker dowti here
and trying to lift the eivgine.
but the wrecker wasn t
enough to lift siu-h a big b
inotive. And all we coulsl do
to stanL then- and see him
ft-r and heur him beg us to
him. He was in snch fwi:;
Jain it ststF.ed almost right tvt-it
soiBMJXhly shoaikl do as be asK-
ttl. Put, of eomrse, none cf us
could t.ring ourselves to do that.
Anil final! v the bov got out his
own knife. We were all too sick
and weak with watching- hirn
for any ort' u to think of taking
the knife away from him. We
just shxvl there staring while
he cut his throat."
McKinky Likeness Must Go.
PtKst master General Burleson
hius d"c!aiusl to rescind hi order
substituting a vignette of Tlina
Jefferson for that of William Mc
Kinley on postal earths. Tlie
Postmaster Cteiieral made krxtwn
Ki attitutle in a letter to .Sen
ator Burton of Ohio. The mat
ter was brought to Mr. Burltwon'a
attention by Senator Burtcin, who
n-i ived a protest from the Me
Kinley Club of Canton, (hio,
against this substitution of Jef
ferson'. ortrait fo McKinley's.
In hU rcplv Mr. Burl-son savs: .
"In answer to your letter of
the l."th inst. I have to say that
the change in the vignette form
ing the stamp on one of the
postal cards was authorized hv
pursuance of a loug e.st.ibliNheil
eu-tom of altering the do.sitrn
of stamps from tme to tsrue for
tin purpose of affording a var
iety which it h.us been feund the
public desires. It became neces
sary to prejvire i new supiply of
printing plates for postal cards,
whieh createtl a favorable oppor
tunity to make changes in the
designs.
"Inasmuch as the prineipb ad
vocated by Jefferson hive heel!
j rec ntlv elidoix . bv the Arnepi-
pie it
the t
,.,-. d
i'.rtlctte
apo-.
I f t
i-iate
:tu-
itC
f the IV
iraT t'.n
of tmh-.-.rd.
It
nee oil the n
vv
-si s W ith'Oit s;. o- t h it
action was taken without
purpose of rt fleet's! v upon
ho' or. d in-ni"n f the !a n
MlKiideV."
this
a n v
th.e
'!t.-l
iChig-geis Killed the Ycur.fr Tur-
key?.
1 a') .-t'li P.-eord.
1 d V t ! eV r lo tr of ' bug
jkilling'tiirkevs! Mr. J.o.;, (irif
I fin i f !iis toA. n.sliip t -IK us that
' .1::: t!n i.:ist fevf t , . 1 s he
lots lost lt young turkevs from
rtsl bug bites, his org.ilal flock
of 4 b.Hng retbo '-.l t 20. Th
bites of the nil hut develop
info sort. and the ois.,n of th
insect infeels the voiug turkey
and kill it.