PUBLISHE D TRI-WEEKLY
TOOK OWN LIFE
Prosperous Yonoi Calhann Coonty Far
mer Coo rails SoiciVe.
TAKES DEADLY POTION
Clinton J. Whetstone, Returned
' Home, Knelt as in Prayer, and
Took Dose of Laudanum, Leaving
a Note Saying "I Will Find a Bet
ter Homo At* ve."
The St. Matth->ws correspondent of
The News and Courier tells of the
sad, unaccountable Suicide of young
Clinton J. Whetitone five miles east
of that place Saturday nigutr
In his lone y bachelor quarters,
five miles east of St. Matthews, a
physician and several anxious assis
tants strove val antly for three and
one-half hours ast night to thwart
Clinton J. Whet.tone in his effort to
end his own life At one time there
was a slight response from his livid
lips, his pulse reasserted Itself and
"the pleasure Oi hope" revived the
drooping spirits of those who were
helping him to -egain his conscious
ness but the socthing potions which
he had imbibed bound him too se
curely in their graBp to allow perma
nent relief.
Just why a yiung man, 23 years
old, in the pink of health, of a splen
did family and in prosperous and
well-to-do circui istances should wish
to die will doultless never be fully
known, but theio was abundant evi
dence to show that he deliberately
planned the de ;d. He was appar
ently of a happ ? and genial nature,
and a young ma t of great energy.
His father no .iced during the day
Saturday that ho was drinking some
and pleaded with him to abstain and
go to his home in the country, rie
told him that bo would lose the re
spect of his friends and injure his
prospects in life The young man
suspiciously remarked that he would
"wind it up toni jht" and drove alone
to his farm in the country. Others
noticed that he wabbled slightly in
his gait, but displayed evidence early
of being'somewaat under the influ
ence of a "dope.'
He and his yt unger brother, it ap
pears, had som} words during the
day about a horse trade, but there
was.no row or great ado over it. The
colored woman >.t his home said that
he emerged saf3ly from his buggy
and entered hi:; house unattended;
that he complained of feeling very
badly and refuied supper. He pre
pared for bed and knelt down for
some time as if in silent prayer.
As he arose ie called for pencil
and paper to wiite a note. Sealing: it
up he put a fish hook through the
envelope and a St Matthews bank
deposit slip for $25, and then passed
the book through the paper covering
the little table upon which he wrote
making sure t'ui.t they would not be
lost Upon the outer envelope was
N written "Mr. ai d Mrs. J. M. Whet
stone (his pat jnts). Please don't
open except yoi rselves." Across the
top of the inner envelope were the
words in a bold hand: "I did it my
self."
Within the i iner envelope, on a
large sheet of >aper and in a still
bolder but stea< y hand, was written
the six lines as follows: "I have been
cursed out for i he lowest I have all
of this life. I w: 11 find a better home
above." His fa her and brother tes
tified to the gei uineness of the writ
ing, to which ) e did not sign his
name. In on* hip pocket of his
trousers was a small vial of lauda
num with a nea and fresh label and
barely a teaspo >nful taken from its
contents.
Mr. Whetstore was a member of
the Woodmen o the World and will
be buried by th >. order in West End
Cemetery, St. M atthews. His devot
ed mother is vi. iting an ill sister in
Aiken County a id was notified over
the 'phone at an early hour this
morning. The '/hole community is
in gloom over the untimely taking
off of this popiilar young man and)
there is a since re wave of pity and I
sympathy for th-; grief stricken fath
er and mother.
CLAIMS TWO MORE VICTIMS.
Aeroplane Tans Explodes Killing
Two ia Mid Air.
Two more n tmes were added to
the long roll o! persons killed this
year in aeroplaae accidents. Lieut.
Newman, a Ger nan military aviator,
started from Jlulhansen, Germany,
Thursday morn: ng in the direction of
Strassburg, car ying a passenger M.
Leconte, a F.ench aeronaut. The
aeroplane hard y had gone 15 miles
when the gasoli ie tank exploded. The
report of the explosion was audible
for a distance < f several miles. The
machine dropp ?d at Blizheim from
an altitude of 10 feet and both avi
ators were instantly killed. Their
skulls were broken and they were
frightfully inju-ed about the body. *
Charge At:empted Assault.
Buford Youn;, a prominent young
armer of the Walnut Grove section of
Spartanburg co mty, charged with at
tempted criminal assault on a girl 14'
years of age, was granted bail by
Judge Hydrick of the supreme court
Friday. Younj; spent last night in
jail here, having been arrested on a
warrant issued by Magistrate J. Wal
ter West of Walnut Grove. ?
t.irt)R FIGURES
MORE BEER DRANK THAN WAS
EVER DRANK BEFORE.
Had It Not Been for the Prohibition
Movement It Might Have Been
Worse.
There is mighty little encourage
ment for radical legislative temper
ance avocates to be derived from
the recent figures given out by the
internal revenue office. Following
the high mark of 1907 there was a
decline for a couple of years and it
appeared that the great areas of leg
islatively dry territory were having
some effect upon the traffic.
Then the tide changed the other
way and for the fiscal year that end
ed on the 30th of June reached the
enormous total of 134,600,193 gal
lons of whiskey, an increase over
the preceding year of more than 8,
000,000 gallons.
The consumption of beer increas
ed from 59,544,775 barrels in 1910
to 63,216,Sol barrels in 1911?
making a total combined Increase for
the year 121,049,823 gallons. Not
only is the agijregate consumption
greater but the per capita consump
tion would have been but for the ar
dent efforts of the prohibitions and
those who think temperance is to be
promoted by legislation of that char
acter, no one can tell. It might have
been more, though we are rather In
clined to think that the law-making
has 'been without appreciable effect,
upon the whole.
It may have been salutary and
beneficial in some communities and
it may have been just the reverse In
others. This much is certain, if the
sumptuary legislation has reduced
consumption in the area to which it
applies, the folks beyond its reach
have suddenly developed an appetite
and capacity for ardent spirits that
is little short of alarming.
Because of the Increased per cap
ita consumption this latter conclu
sion does not seem reasonable and in
accordance with the facts. We know,
of course, the figures are sometimes
misleading but in this instance we
can see nothing in them more strik
ing that the suggestion with which
this article started, that there Is
mighty little in them that is encour
aging to the advocates of extreme
legislative temperance measures. *
REASON THEY WON'T SERVE.
Women Balk at Being Locked Up as
Jurors With Moi.
A dispatch from Settle, Wash.,
says mere men In those parts are
jumping to the. conclusion that the
cause of woman suffrage save It
self an awful wallop because out of
the twenty-three women who were
drawn for jury duty In King County
twenty-two avoided service on the
ground that their sex permitted that
they be exempt. Seattle men are say
ing that the women seek th*. glory of
the ballot but don't want to assume
its responsibilities. The women ob
jected to being locked up all night
with men jurors.
The one woman out of twenty-three
who was game did jury duty for
three dayB. She said frankly she
needed the pay that a juror receives
She was excused after several days
because the court found it Inconven
ient to lock her up with her eleven
male colleagues.
The woman jury system has been
inaugurated in the State of Washing
ton nevertheless. Out in the country
the women are not called on to any
great extent as yet because the time
intervening between the election
which qualified them as jurors and
the installment of the new system has
not been attended by an election
through whifh the names of women
voters wrre placed in the general roll
from which the names of jurors are
drawn.
In Tacoma the jury room has been
divided by a curtain which does duty
at night. In some of the other cities
the men and the women have been
escorted to separate rooms at night.
In Gellingham the six men and six
women chosen for a case were even
ly divided on a verdict and after hold
ing them for a day or so they were
dismissed.
FARMERS FIX COTTON PRICE.
Fourteen Cents Until November and
Then Fifteen Cents.
This year's cotton crop will be sold
for 14 cents during September and
October, 15 cents after that. This
was the agreement reached Tuesday
night by the cotton growers of the
South attending the National Far
mers union meeting at Shawnee, Ok
lahoma. Little of the proceedings of
the union was made public, although
the price the farmers ask for their
cotton, good roads, parcel6- post and
dabbling in cotton futures were dis
cussed by the convention.
Waters Robbing the Graves.
Only meagre news of the floods
have reached Peking. Travellers ar
riving by steamboat at Hankow from
the upper reaches of the river, report
many coffins of a huge Chinese type
were encountered floating the Yang
Tse Kiang,.showing that waters were
robbing the graves along the river.
From Huana comes worr that the
receding waters are being followed
by pestilence and that maiy are dy
ing.
ORANI
BREAKS TBE RECORD
TWICE AS MUCH COTTON GINNED
NOW AS LAST YEAR THIS TIME.
Continued Hot and Dry Weather in
Southeastern Section of Belt Re
sponsible for Increase.
The first cotton ginning report of
the season, isued Friday by Director
E. Dana Durand, of the bureau of the
census, department of Commerce and
Labor, shows that 771,415 bales,
counting, round as half bales, had
been ginned from the growth of 1911,
to September 1, compared with 353,
011 bales of the growth of 1911,
ginned to September 1, 1910, 388,
242 for 1909, and 402,229 baleB for
1908.
Round bales this year are 6,994,
compared with 10,976 for 1910, 11,
587 for 1910 and 20,862 for 1908.
The number of sea island bales in
cluded is 539 for 1911, 218 for 1910,
1,236 for 1909 and 1,221 for 1908.
Comparisons of the number of
bs.les, counting round bales as half
bE.les, ginned to September 1, for the
pi'.st four years follows: Alabama,
40,5000; Arkansas, 170; Florida, 3,
764; Georgia, 134,075; Louisiana, 7,
616; Mississippi, 1,849; North Caro
lina, 1,209; Oklahoma, 4,205; South
Carolina 18,907; Tennessee, 5; Texas-,
569,114; other states, 1.
The ginning of cotton of the growth
of 1911 was carried on more actively
throughout the cotton belt to Sep
tember 1 this year than in' any simi
lar period in the history of the indus
try, at least as far as accurate gin
nings records have been kept. This
is shown by the first ginning reports
of the season compiled by the census
bureau from reports of its correspon
dents in the cotton growing States. A
total of 771,415 bales has been gin
ned up to a week ago. This Is greater
by almost 300,000 bales than the pre
vious record made in 1905.
The continued hot and dry weather
i:o a greater portion of the belt, espec
ially in Texas, was chiefly responsi
ble for the increase. These condi
tions meant the early maturing of the
crop, but this alone is considered a
cause of greater ginning. Farmers
ave been more active in getting their
crop to the ginneries and, it is said,
in some counties of Texas, where the
bulk of the increased ginning was re
ported, the entire crop practically al
ready has been ginned.
Little relaxation appears to exist,
.acording to the census bureau experts
between the size of the crop and the
quantity of cotton ginned during any
period of the season. This is shown
in the big crop of 1904, 1906 and
190S, each of which produced more
than 13,000,000 bales. In these years
the percentage of the total crop gin
ned to Sept. 1 was 2.8, 3.1, and 3.1
per cent respectively, while in 1905
when the crop was 10,800,000, 4.5
per cent of it was ginned by Septem
ber 1. Last year 3.1 per cent of the
total crop was ginned to September 1.
PLUMMER ASHLEY CONVICTED.
Three Abbeville Men Found Guilty
of Manslaughter.
The Court of General Seslons,
for Abbeville county, which convened
on Monday morning adjourned Fri
day. Three young: white men of the
county were tried for murder; each
of them was found guilty of man
slaughter as iollows:
C. N. Pearman, sentenced for kill
ing his cousin, Campbell Nance, on
October 30, 1910, was recommended
to mercy and sentenced to three
years on the chain gang; J. P. Fergu
son killed his father in the fall of
[ last year; he received a sentence of
five years; Plumer Ashley, nephew
of the Hon. J. W. Ashley, was put on
trial for killing of Uncle Ira Stone;
the case was given to the jury at 1
o'clock Friday and at 5 a verdict was
rendered as stated. He received a sen
tence of seven years.
Pearman and Ferguson will com
mence serving their respective terms
at once but Ashley gave notice of ap
peal and was released on $5,000
bond. A remarkable fact about the
court is that every white man tried
was convicted and every negro ac
quitted.
GAVE MORPHINE FOR QUININE.
The Wrong Medicine Proved Fatal to
Young Woman.
Miss Hattle Stogner, about IS
years old, daughter of J. W. Stog
ner, a well-known citizen of the Tab
ernacle section of Lancaster county,
died Thursday evening from the ef
fects of morphine given her by mis
take for quinine by her father, the
quantity given being about four
?.grains. Tbe girl had complained of
not feeling well and her father
thought that a dose of quinine would
relieve her. Unfortunately, however,
he got hold of the wrong- powder,
which caused tbe deplorable acci
dent. *
Dual Tragedy Stirs Town.
The Town of Many, La, Friday
was the scene of a dual tragedy,
when Mrs. Holly Turner, keeper of
an eating house, was killed by her
former husband, Clarence Turner of
Lessville in the presence of an officer,
who was attempting to avert the trag
edy. Turner, after killing his wife,
shot himself dead before the officer
could reach him. The woman was
fleeing down the street when killed.
SEBURG, S. C, TUESDAY, SI
NOTED TRIAL
Eads io Conviction of Rich Young Mao
for Murdering His Young Wife.
CASE WAS FOUGHT HARD
The Jury Which Was Composed of
Fanners Sought Divine Guidance
in Reaching Verdict?Prisoner and
His Attorney Gives Notice of Their
Intent .on to Appeal.
Twelve Virginia farmers knelt at
dusk Friday night in the obscurity of
the small jury room of Chesterfield
court house, praying fervently that
they might pasB Judgment aright on
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., indicted for
the murder of his wife. Grimly
determined they arose a moment la
ter and silently, one by one, recorded
a unanimous verdict of guilty.
Pausing in solemn contemplation
for 58 minutes, weighing carefully
the meaning of their decision and
once more on bended knees beseech
ing divine assistance that they might
not err, they filed into the hushed
stillness of a crowded court room and
with startling suddenness, 12 voices
Instead of the usual one of the- fore
man, spoke the solemn word "guilty."
It was almost a shout.
The spectre of death which stalk
ed the Midlothian turnpike July 18,
last, when the life of Mrs. Louise
Owen Beattie was taken away with
the single report of a shotgun, stared
hard at the young husband and, ready
to claim its victim of electrocution on
Friday, November 24th, next.But the
prisoner returned the gaze unswerv
ing and unafraid.
The court of appeals to be sure,
will be asked to grant a writ of error
and a new trial. Young Beattie, cog
nizant of the legal weapons yet at his
disposal, did not surrender. Instead
he consoled his broken down father,
white-haired and wrinkled, and com
forted him as he whispered, "I have
net lost yet, father."
Unusual as has been the tragedy
and the grewsome stage where it oc
curred, the 12 juymen did not hesi
tate to admit to their friend that they
stood in judgment not only over the
cold-blooded murder but upon his
martial Infidelity as/well. It perhaps
was the dramatic climax of Virginia
justice which in the last half century
has swiftly sent to death such famous
murderers as Cluverius, Phillips, and
McCue.
At the close of a powerful argu
ment by L. 0. Wendenburg, the vol
untary assistant of the Common
wealth in the case, the suspense was
felt not alone in the court room 'but
in Richmond where thousands of peo
ple waited the outcome.
The jury had for eleven days heard
evidence, for two days speeches, but
the words of Wendenburg rang In
their ears as they left the court room
to find their verdict.
"Let that man go free!" he cneu.
"What! Let that man go free! Why
the motherhood of Virginia, the wo
manhood of this nation, will shudder
in terror as the security of its life Is
threatened. Let this man go free!
The man who basked in the degraded
sunshine of another woman while at
his home a young wife nursed his
child?
"Gentlemen, I merely ask you in
the name of justice to do your duty."
Mr Wendenburg concluded his ad
dress a few minutes after 5 p. m., a
brief respite was given the jury, and
at 5:28 o'clock it began considera
tion of the caste. For 58 minutes they
were together in deep consultation, a
jury of farmers, who each morning
sang hymns, and strove to forget the
story of dissipation, with its filthy
chapters as related day after day on
the witness stand. What had been
generally predicted was true?their
minds were well made up before they
left the court room. W. L. Burgess,
a square jawed man with an earnest
face, was elected foreman. They bal
loted and it was no surprise, they aft
erward declared, that all voted for
conviction.
They prayed that they might not
take a life in vain, and they opened
their consciences to one another for
nearly an hour, so that they might go
back to the court room firmly con
vinced of their duty and of one mind.
In the court room sat Henry Clay
Beattie, Jr., the sporting page of a
newspaper spread before him. But
he did. not read long. He folded the
paper and concealed his face in it.
Those who sat near the young man
of iron nerve observed a twitching of
his lips as though murmuring a
prayer as he sat with closed eyes
awaiing the return of the jury. Ht
raised his head for a moment, drop
ped the paper and again be-ran read
ing. Then he whispered a few words
to his father and brother. It was for
them he felt and to them he counsel
ed cheerfulness.
It was nearly dark in the court
room when the jury returned. Three
oil lamps gave meagre lustre to the i
scene. Sunset's red rays still streak-1
ed through the windows. On every!
sill rested a telegraph instrument and
operators tensely waited for the an
nouncement of the verlct. Masses
of upturned faces stared at the jury
men. Famous jurists looked down,
too, from fly-specked paintings. In
the minds of the crowd remained the
thought of the powerful speecn ?n
the prosecutor and his denounciation
of the man who exchanged the glow
of virtue for passion's feeble taper."
LPTEMBER 12, 1911.
THEY OPPOSE TAFT
CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED FOR SEN
ATOR LA FOLLETTE.
Democrats Will Carry Minnesota if
the President is Renominated, Said
One of the Speakers.
Senator La Follette found an ard
>t champion and President Taft an
avenging insurgent in Congressman
Lenroot of Wisconsin at a banquet
of 'Minnesota Progressive Republicans
at Minneapolis Thursday night. The
Wisconsin congressman and Prof. C.
E. Merriam, of Chicago, late Republi
can candidate for mayor of that city,
were the principal speakers, although
State Senator Ole O. Sageng, of Ot
tertlal County, "a La Follette man '
stood in the lime light long enough
to say that a "clean Democrat in all
probability would carry Minnesota if
Taft were renominated."
The hanquet formaly opened the
La Follette campaign in Minnesota
for the nomination for president on
the Republican ticket.
"The United States senate for
years," said Congressman Lenroot in
the course of his address, "has been
looked upon as the very citadel of
special privileges."
Having paid exalted tribute to Sen
ator La Follette as a constructive
statesman and an indefatigable foe of
"the interests," the speaker said:
"Great progress has been made,
but it has been under difficulty."
Here he arraigned President Taft
for alleged unfaithfulness to the peo
ple.
"Since March 4, 1909,"' he said,
"it has been difficult to tell who was
the president of the United States or
where he should be placed."
"Elected as a progressive Republi
can, President Taft cho^e a reaction
ary cabinet. Before election he con
demned reactionaries and espoused
the Roosevelt policies. After elec
tion he appointed Balliniger and re
tired Garfield and Pinchot. Every
progressive Republican in the sen
ate and the house incurred his dis
pleasure, aad Aldrich and Cannon be
came his advisers.
"He then attempted to punish the
progressive Republicans in the house
and senate by depriving them of all
control over federal patronage. This
act conclusively shows how little con
ception the president has for the
character of the progressive Republi
cans and what they are fighting for.
If any progressive Republican had
been coerced by tfiis attempt of the
president he would have been a trait
or to the country."
The court asked the prisoner to
rise. He drew himself un calmly and
waited.
Have you gentlemen agreed on a
verdict?" asked Judge Watson.
"We have," said 'Mr. Burgess, the
foreman.
The prisoner had confidently ex
pected a hung jury, nor acquittal nor
conviction. The court requested the
audience not to manifest its approval
or disapproval, whatever the verdict.
"And what is your verdict?" asked
Judge Watson turning again to Mr.
Burgess. /
"Guilty," 'answered Burgess, but
his voice was swelled by the shout of
11 others. Unversed in the law or
forms of murder trials the jurymen
had not specified what degree of mur
der. Asked what degree, Mr. Bur
gess answered simply, "guilty as in
dicted." Under Virginia practice mur
der is presumed to be second degee
unless otherwise specified. It was in
cumbent on the jury to fix the degree
so Judge Watson addressed the jury
men to confer again on the point
and seven minutes later they con
formed this time with the verdict of
"murder in the first degree."
The prisoner stood erect and mo
tionless. His face, in color yellowish
green throughout the day, was im
mobile.
The light of the lamp cast a dreary
shadow on. his upturned chin as he
faced the jury. His eyelids sagged but
did not blink. In steady gaze he fast
ened his eyes on the faces of the 12
men who had pronounced his punish
ment as if to penetrate their minds
and determine the reason why.
It was not a resentful expression,
however, and when the court asked
if the pisoner had anything to say he
answered: "I have nothing to say."
Then he sat down. ,
The perfunctory motions for a new
trial were made by counsel for the
defense. The usual granting of per
mission even to argue the point was
denied, as Judge Watson, in a stern
voire declared that all rulings of the
court were on comparatively unim
potant details and in no way could
have influenced the verdict. A stay
of execution of 90 days was granted,
however, in order to give counsel an
opportunity to apply for writ of error
when the court of appeals meets in
November. *
Perish in Collapse.
The restaurant connected with the
Eldorado, the largest theatre in Nice,
France, collapsed Friday night bury
ing a number of Italians in the deb
ris. Late that night 11 dead and 16
severely injured persons had been
taken from the ruins, but it was fear
ed more persons still remained be
neath the wreckage. It is said the
building in which reinforced concrete
was used was being hurried by the
contractors, who were liable to a
heavy fine for each day they exceed
ed the contract time for finishing the
structure.
mm.
LONG TIME CONVICT
JESSE POMEROY BEGINS THIRTY
FIFTH YEAR IN CELL.
Fiendish "Boy Murderer" Has Spent
More Time in Lonely Confinement
Than Any American Prisoner.
Jesse Pomcroy, whom crlminolo
gists and penologists regard as one
of the most desperate abnormals of
the age, began the thirty-fifth year
of hi? life sentence in solitary con
finement in the 'Massachusetts State
Prison at Charleston Friday.
No other prisoner ever served so
long in solitary confinement in the
United States. Pomeroy -was sen
tenced when he was sixteen years
old to pass his life alone in a cell.
He had killed 2 children after tor
turing them; he had subjected other
children to. sufferings whicn only a
fiendish mind could devise.
Very recently it was represented
to Gov. Foss, by pitying women,
chiefly, that he had become tractable,
perhaps repentant. The Governor
was told that Pomeroy bad educated
himself in prison, that he reads
books from the prison library nearly
all day long, studies law assiduously
and writes excellent English.
Governor Foss, of course, would
not pardon the convict whom his
keepers feared. But the Governor
was inclined to end the "boy mur
derer's" solitary confinement?to
permit him to mingle with his fel
lows within four walls, to have re
ligious consolation in the prison chap
el, and to breathe air in the yard.
At the very moment that Governor
Foss was in this merciful frame of
mind Pomeroy was planning to es
cape, as be had done before often.
His keepers discovered in his sleeve
an ingeniously made tool in the form
of a bit of bit-stock. It is believed
that he intended to bore holes around
the lock of his cell and thus gain
the corridor.
The prison officials said it would
have been impossible for Pomeroy
to escape as a guard is posted outside
his cell all day. and night. When
other prisoners are in their cells in
the day time the doors are left open;
the door of Pomeroy's cell is closed
when any one passes through the
corridor.
FOUGHT SHARKS FIVE HOURS.
Saved His Life With Knife, But Was
Badly Scarred.
After five hours in the sea fucirjg
death from sharks and drowning, An
dy Anderson, a Danish fireman from
the British steamship Melton, was
picked up 200 miles off St. Vincent in
the West Indies by the steamship Nc
ilsement, which arrived in Galv^jton,
Saturday.
Anderson fell overboard from his
vessel at 4 o'clock in the morning,
without being seen. Determined to
make a desperate fight, he stripped
off his clothing but saved his knife.
He soon found that sharks were after
him and he had to fight for his life.
Knifing the fish, Anderson, an ex
pert swimmer, managed to keep on
the water until 9 a. m., when the
look-out on thei Nelisement, which
had run about forty miles off its
course, slighted the man in the sea.
He was picked up and taken aboard,
and was found to be literally scarred
from head to foot with wounds in
flicted by the fish. He lost conscious
ness when taken from the water, but
now is little the worse for his terrible
experience.
At one time he said he fought a
large shark for twenty minutes, that
seemed five hours, and stabbed the
man eater twenty times before the
shark gave up the fight. After each
struggle Anderson would rest by
floating until attacked again. *
WOMAN RUNS GAMING HOUSE
Minneapolis Society Lir.lus Lose
Large Sums in Resort.
At Minneapolis, Minn., an ultra
fashionable gambling house has been
closed by the police, after running
for sevral weeks, during whilh time
hundreds of women have been squan
dering their time and money in the
place.
A highly respectable society woman
cf the city ran the place. She was
succesful in. her enterprise and the
curb at 723 Nicollet avenue was con
stantly lined with limousines and the
town cars of the rich women. All
sorts of games were played, the police
say, a general raid would have been
made, but for the select quality of
the customers of the place.
The closing of the house was caus
ed by the wrath of an irate well-to-do
grocer ol tne city, who discovered
that his wife had disipated a large
portion of his bnnk account In the
beautifully furnished rooms at 723
Xichollet avenue. The owner was
"brought up on the carpet" immed
iately, and closed the doors of the es
tablishment to avoid troulbe with the
police.
Canse of TMIngra.
The Buffalo gnat has been fixed
upon by Henry Garman, a govern
ment bacterolocist and entomologist,
as the cause of pellagra. Just how
the great communicates the disease
is not known, but scientists believe
they are on the righ: track and even
tually will find a cure for the disease
The Buffalo gnat exists in great num
bers all through the South.
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ATTACKP?RSER
Big Ape ForicQily figbts Officer os lie
Deck of the Steamship.
CLINGS TO MAN'S NECK
Sneaking Up Stealthily, Orang-Oct
ang Leaps on Man, and Is Strang
ling Him When Aid Comes.?
Brute's Skull Crushed Before Its
Paws Can Be Loosened.
The New York World says {in
orang-outang four and a half feet
tall, whose arms reached down to
its ankles, made a savage attempt
to choke the life out of Purser Ped
dy of the British freight steamship
Pathan on the voyage which ended
Saturday, when the vessel docked In
South Brooklyn. The fierce brute
lelaxed its strangling hold on the
purser's neck only when it was killed.
The Pathan touched at several
ports in the Far East, and in the car
go she took on were boxes and crates
containing wild animals. In a crato
was the orang-outang, fierce but sul
len, seemingly brooding on revenge
on those who had torn it from its
jungle in Borneo.
The Pathan steamed through the
Suez Canal and the Mediterranean,
then ran into a gale on the Atlautic
soon after passing Gibraltar. As
she pitched and rolled the crate pris
oning the orang-outang was thrown
across the hold and smashed. The
anthropoid ape found itself at liberty.
LMore silently than ever moved hu
man assassin, the great monkey crept
to the deck, where the purser was
standing. Stealing up behind him,
the ape sprang on him.
"The first I knew that the ora;ug
had escaped was when its big, hairy
paws closed around my r ck," said
Mr. Pedday Saturday. "I had just
time to yell for help when the brute
clutched me sc tightly that it shut
off my wind. Second Officer Wil
cox and some of the crew rushed to
my rescue, but before they could
reach me the orang had thrown rae
on the deck and was strangling me.
The instant Mr. Wilcox reached
the deck he had grabbed* an iron bar
and brought it down with all his
strength on the orang-outang's head.
Even such a terrific blow did not
make the monkey relax its hold.
Making fierce noises and snapping its
bared teeth it held on until Mr. Wil
cox caved in its skull with the bar.
We threw its body overboard."
The purser said his throat was
badly bruised and cut by the orang's
paws and nails and was sore for
days. Besides, the attack was so
sudden, so demoniac, that he suffer
ed from shock for awhile. *
HARD BATTLE WITH LIONESS.
Wrist Broken and Arm Dislocated!,
Man Hard Pressed.
Battling with a mountain lioness
and her two cubs, after one wrist
had been broken and hia arm dislo
cated, C. C. Garnett, a timber con
tractor, of Cheyenne, Wyo., fought
with the beasts until Charles R.
Smith, his assistant, came up with a
rifle and killed the mother lion, the
two young ones escaping into the
mountains.
The fight took place in the moun
tains near Estabrook Unexpectedly
Garnett. came upon the lioness, play
ing with her cubs. Before he had
time to prepare himself for the at
tack, the animal sprang at him. Her
first blow broke the wrist of Gar
nett's right hand, and the second
tore his shoulder, as well as dislo
cated his arm.
But with his left hand he manag
ed to draw his revolver and fire sev
eral shots at the angry beast. Gar
nett's assistant, Smith, was close by,
and hearing the sound of the strug
gle, run to the rescue and killed the
lioness. *
ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN.
Obstruction on Track Between Latta
and Dillon.
A bold attempt was made to wreck
a through passenger train on the
short cut division of the Coast Lino
Wednesday night at or near the Buck
Swamp siding, between Latta and Dil
lon, where about six years ago Train
86, the Palmetto Limited, north
bound, was completely wrecked. Tho
switch light had been put out and a.
log chain was found wrapped around
the rail and fastened to the ties. Had
any of the trains hit the obstruction
they would have been derailed and
wrecked. At that point all trains
usually speed along at about fifty
miles the hour. The obstruction was
found by the switch tender, he hav
ing noticed that the switch light was
out and went to relight it. The Coast
Line officials have ordered all trains
to reduce speed and for engineers to
run slowly between Dillon and Latta
until further orders, and to keep a
sharp lookout for obstructions on tho
track. *
Stranded Steamer Saved.
The steamer Lexicon, which was
driven ashore at the mouth of the
Edisto River, in the hurricane of last
week has been floated by tugs and
is now in a safe position. She had
not taken any water and is not be
lieved to be seriously damaged.