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BARNWELL. S. C.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER1UUB^~7
-zrr-
KO. 19
tAB0R4W ^MEW-ROIE-THEY SPEAK OUT ready for ihe fray
LEADERS ARE JAILED.
Coinix'rs, Milchcll and ^•orri.4 n,
President, \ ic«* Preftident and Sec.
retnry of the Ijibor Federation,
Condeuined to J’rlsi'n Il«Vau»e
Tliey Advised T
to Huy Certain
embers Not
Ilecanse They Dasht'd by . Him on
Horseback He Cut One of 'IH’eir
Horses.
Washington, Dec. 22.—The query,
‘Is the president in hls^ight mind?’,
•a
has tejeu discussed in A’ashing:on
by ft party of college -gir^—even
N
\\ _ aejhington; Dec. 23.—Twelve
months in jafl for Samuel Gompers,
prestdetr, nine months for John
.Mitchell, oil’ of the vice presidents,
and six months for Frank Morrison,
roc retar y, all of the. American Fod-
eraiioh of I^ioor. was the sentence
impofied by Justice Wright, of th>
Sipreme .Court of the District of
Gdiri lua, today for contempt of
, Court by. violating an order previous
ly' Issued emjoining them from plac
ing on the “unfair” or "we don't
juitronize'" list the Bucks Storve and_
H:tn*e Company, of St. Louis, totr"
All thxet! of t|je defendant* were
-iii Court. X«f!ce of an a| peal to the
Court of Appeals, of the District of
uruMa. at once was filed, Gom
pers IK*ing released on $5,000 bond,
Mitchell on $4,000, and Morrison
on $3,000.
In •addition to th« wife and
daughter, of Gompers, there were
.present a cumber of local labor
Iiadors and others who were attract*
• d by the no’ice that a decision in
the famous case would !»^ announc >d
today. Mr. 6o.mper's family Wt re
visit a ffected.
Wit inears coursing down his owa
cheeks, Prlident Gompers he»rd the
QC'I'T of the Court, which con;krini..
ed him to T»nson for a year.' Roth
‘Mitchell and Morrison seemed stun-
ned b jmC e srurrenre, although MPrch-
* II appeared to be the least con.,
cerned’.
Asked if he had anything to say
why wntiuvce- elho^Jd nott be pro
nounced, Hr etude ot (e>mpers- dtHtlar-
ed tlfrit he had not consciously xlo-
before the now famous, message de
nouncing certain newspapers as
tlanderers of the government, and
fhelr editors as Kars. An incident
occurred on Thanksgiving day in
one of the parks of Washington,
which has just been made public,
and which has been the subject of
Messages of Sympathy Sent to
the Labor Leaders *
| SENATOR TILLMAN WILL BLESS
♦ OIT TEDDY.
SENTENCED TO JAIL
A Washington Palter Says tl& Sen
ator Has Plenty of Fight in Him
Yet.
Hryan Chief Among Nearly . Two-
.Score Men to Wire Protest-Against
Judge Wrifeht’-s Decision In the
Washington, Dec. 19.—That Sen-
itor Tillman. Is expected to give fur
ther exhibitions of his ability to
Wield Ills famous pitchfork* .in . imll
Contempt ‘Case Against Gompers,
Mitchell and Morrison.
Washington■>. Dec. 24,—WVt.. J.
who attend the National Park Sem
inary, at Forest Glen, Maryland.
A teacher at the school In quej
Ion was riding, in companv^tmh
three of thj? young ladies^dn Rock
Creek park -on Than>*i?fving l)a>
A^dhey were.gotng-dflong one of the
road's of theu«uk>nal reserve they
saw a party^ahead of them w hich in
clude<Ltwa ladies and two men. .The
er sa>'s that as they came near
er the party, she recognized o<tje of
'n r
t)^e men as the president. For isonr
ime the seminary party rode be
hind the presidential party, but
as the spirited horse* wished to go
at a fa<5ter pace, the girl* finally gal
oped past. When the horses were
slowed down a few minutes later,
rapid hoofl»eats were, heard in the
rear, and the rider pressed his Itorse
orward and overtook thepi.
“As we ^ wore riding fpu-’
abreast.” says the teacher in telling
of the incident, “the president’s
horse crowded us no little as he
lashed past. As he brushed past,
his horse struck the foot of one of
he young- ladies, knocking-1V ft*Oni
he stirrup, and a blow from The
president’s - cr6p fett~ onThe parse's
flank, The young woman's horse
peajred, ai$d but fof her coolne.is
>nd admirable horsemanship, she
m have been thrown beneath
the feet of the horses. I do not
was int n-
know whether' the blow
tional. ;; . ~
luted any law. The r e was mi'eh-he
would line to say, ho said, but, he
• ttkl not do it that ti'me .
Il^-midel. nowevor, that “this Is
utrngMa^ of the working p (oole
iggle
It
iggle
f the mcii.Vof laisir t>-thf©w off
e une of the \lmrden^ v whjci^v^ha •
l"'n. heaped \'pon them; to abolish
wrongs and to secure
\nghts too long de-
go .^tijad of our party,’ said
11 res i de nT.’^ftk' • be r*4e* --paot- u >
i'imk. rv, ui aue worKing px
♦if our couftlYy^ and it is a st'iif
'of the workiing people for right,
iu a fitnigglA of the age?—a stnif
v
/*
some of the
Vnne.of th.e
Tile I.”
'li’'' , ii ll amt‘ "Moi risen confined
ihemselvevs t;d an endota* ment-of
what Mr. ConifsTs had said.
History of the Civse.
The Rucks Company’s prosecution
of the officials of the Federation be
gan in'-August, 1907. The original
notion was a tent case wherein 1
was song-ht to enjoin the labor un
i >ns from using the "unfair" and
“we don't patronize” Mists in Their
P ;bt a gain rt firms and individuals.
Justice Gould, of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia, hwued
an injunction whica was later made
permanent forbidding the publication
of the company's name in tbl«<?
turaed in the saddle to look us
quarely In the face. Ife then jblrPT'
is companions. Naturally, we f It
very much mortiflbd. None of u<
intended an affront to the president,
and I cannot understand his action
The president appeared to tie in a
rag”, but of ?ourse, I do not km w
about that. I only know how we
felt about It."
^his was one of the bits of presi-
not given out- at tb
as nearly everythin..’
concerning K<x>s veil Is given o t
n that way.^Xit. was ' proba ly
bought that the story would not
gut Into the papers. Xflut it has
come out. And there are ■some peo
ple In this city who are asking the
inestlon, “is the„ iresident InNfiis
right mind?”
1’resi lent Goni|>ers in an editorial
in "The Federatidnist" of last Jan-
* ~ /
nary, elnime^ that fhe .labor organ
izations had a right To advise their
members' not to patronize certain
firms tAat was not friendly to labot
organizations, and made known his
intention jidt to pbey the Court’s or
der. contending that the Injunction
Issued was in derogation of the
rights of laboii and thh press and an
abuse of the injunctive po^er of the
Courts. , .
rtotnimrs. Mitchell and Morrisor
"subsequently were cited for contempt
ami fhir phase of the case has been
before the Court for many months
the proceedings taking the form,-of
a hearing of testimony before an
examiner and many arguments. *
SHOOTS WIFE, KILLS CHILD.
West Virginia Dentist Follows Vp
Quarrel With a Tragedy.
J-'w-
Cameron, W. Va., December 24,-
Dr. M. C. McCrackei), a dentist of
this place., today, shot Ills wife and
frihadlf wounfled his two-yeftF-old
fhtM, It. 1? said, after having quar-
'rolled *mh his wife. He then turned
ilte gun on himself, but It failed to
explode, and Mrs. McCrackek sue
coedofl in taking W from him.
After the shooting the « mother
picked up the child 'and Parted for
the home of her grandfather. W M
- Kinettld, about four squtirwr'~awiay.
The, blood was streaming ^trom the
; ^from
hal in
wound in her back and tihil in th' 7
. chitA’a head— The taJhy, died, rtaottiz
after reaching the Kincaid home.
McCracken was arrested at , hits
home and taken to the Moundavllje
jajl tonight.
Steamer Wrecked.
CrooVhsven. Ireland. Dec 23 —
^'TKe'TiTTn'sTT'srwrmFr iTads- CatAain
Roberts, from Oalveerton. December
f.th. for Llvtirpool, Is a total wreck
on the southwest T^i™! Miz?n
, , Roberts, a steward
a rnd four m®r sere drowned the
remainder of the crew, si»ty-flve
men, sawed tbeoM^W®* by climbine
the lace of the lUff* \
much disemesibh*among the girls
oated bj^the-following article which
appears In one of the* Washington
afternoon papers: ,
"All these- stories-about Senator
Tillman'to Mhe effUct tha.t his^recqnt
illness took all the old-time fire out
of him and left him in a condition
where he Wlir be nothing more than?
a harm lees spectator of the pro-
exprqgsive of thHr cordial sVmnafny I ceedings of the senate, which . he
to’Presfilent Gompers, Vice President used to enliven to no small degree
MitcM ft and Secn^tary Morrison, of b y hte pitchfork taotic*. are o Ttaln
the
lentihi news
A’hite ftfHise,
MEETS TKAUH’ DEATH.
Is
Clothe* Caught Fire and lauly
Fatally Burned.
Lexington, ^ec. 21.—One of the
saddeat deaths that
has ever. oc
curred in jlY\s section was that of
Mrs. Oarrle Hallman, w'ife of G
Henry Hallman, a prominent me
nt of Giltiert. this county, on Fn
day. Mr._ Hallman left for his worl
arly In the morning. l»ri\ing hi-,
wife apparentLgwi the host of healt
only to ba c^^Ti back a few hours
later to find her in the agonies of
death.
About 9 o'clock neighbors were at-
'racted to the Hallman house by a
woman's screams and when they ar
riVed they found Mrs. Hallman lyib-
in th‘ floor with all of the clot hi u.^
inrned off and eome parts of hoi
>ody burned almost to a crisp. .It
s the siippoittion thiit she’ had
fainting spell and fell foremost into
'he fir,e. •*She expired within a ; f‘‘\\,
hours, death relieving her from h
*«rrjble' agonies.
Mrs. Hallmani-^vas 4 2 years of ag ’
and leaves, besides her husband, in
sistlrs. She wfik a meml>er of-a;fhb
Luthern church and was a devoted
Christian.
The" body of Mijs^ Ha ll man w as
laid to rest ,at ShlToh Mnthodbt
hurch on Saturday in the presence
of a large assemblAgp> c^f relatives
and friends. ^ The fuueral services
were conducted by her pastor, the
Rev. B. D. Wesfinger. — News am
Courier.
Bryan was cut tf^ ampng noarly two
score, of mem .the majority of whom'
are leaders in.the labor movement of
%
th*’ country, w ho today -tent messages
future are assured,
t.hi'se which I
It is only (>t
Ocllla, G.a., Doc/ 23.—Within
stone’s throw of each other, Thi-ir
life blood making crimson the sh li
ed sUro its of this quiet town,, three
men were Instantly killed tonight I < ' , ‘ r,a ^ ,l,b ‘ K ,bal * shail speak here;
and an officers of the--fei-w-r.e.coiied 1 "L " iHiiii^ the next, tweifty or
rbt^^yeiTefV ^-nuii-it wltt start, within
ooncrtUi
fhe American Fidorvtion of lobor. .
The meesates, wlii^h.came from
every section of
ly all to the bad. Uncle Benjamin
is right back on the job In the old
form that made him famous. He
the country, and I demonstrated this to the queen’is
voi-rod the smtlmi-nits of jsl-sona in taste while the matUar of rebuking
almost every'avenue o' Inbnr. convey the president w-as under considor-
fex’Mngs^ of regret over the Cortri’s ahioti. ' — •> . »—
iecislon, Mjctentl moral and Tnancial I "Onci
mortal w-ounds-.
The (bad are: Charlie Moore. I ,h « next Two or three -concrote ar
Virgil Mcx>re, laonard Smith. Ichltecture will take enormous
Fatally injuerd: Policeman Ca-'n
WtaW >r«. .» | (umcrete wUl l*e reduced to a scienfu
support, and in some- Irrtnnces ex
press imllgpatibn.-
Mr. ^Iryan in a telegram darted
Pi'rtsburg addressed to Messrs Oom-'|
lams, Mitchell and Morrison, .says:
Sorry to read the decision. You
did your duty in testing law. Glad
rou are taking appeal.”
“What action on the part of or-
ranized wage earners will. In your
ipihion, b/ most useful to re-estab-
Ish ’freedom of the ‘press and of
sjjeerli?” asks H. P. Her ham, preai-
dent' of the Order of Railway Tele
graphers in a telegram from St.
Louis, addressed to Mr. Gompers
I’erhaj s opeMrf ti e p ost unique'
among th • .messages is that from J.
5 Barry, of Oklihonia City, who af
ter expressing n-arr. t o\* r the flo-
ision. diu'larvs: ""Stay with the lag-
age, right niuot .prevail.”
W. 1) Mahon, president of the
AmAlgamgiJ d tisso< ia-ion rtf .Ttre'ft
Railway' TThijiloyees. expresses sin-
— . .—■ cere rv’«T«*at what pe-considers “an
” ‘You know' tha^ymis^oufniWr "fnT^cT’ and I’h-Amorican* s'dienro
more he rose from his
'sat on the center aisle and brand;
♦ fledjhis big hand over the cham-
!>er. Once more that half plaintive
half tlmatenmg tone iesued forth
from his mouth. And once more he
fi.x*Ml his quizzical eye on the Repub-
’lc;m f#de ot,. fhe chamber to see
what Messrs. Aldric]i and Hale
might perchance have to- say to his
mslought. Hu even cast a glance
n the direction of Senator Lodge of
MaseachiisetB, the president’s par-
Mcular friend, and the senator of
■elephone fame, whom In the past
h i doughty ’ South Carolinian ha*
always delighted to twit. This was
conclusive evidence that the ’fire-
eater’ is still In his prime.
“And the curlou* thing about it
there doesn’t- saem to l»e a sena
tor. not even a Republican, who
really minds it much. He delivered
bis parting shot in the debate on
'he pn Mdent s message when he
hurled this declaration across the
Isle:
'Pome iiewntoeft-—■wiayte‘i'ATu|g»e
upon -tl# labor barters. y *He
>u ar e clearly Qm* vl$ttltrp.'W£ ti
l uddV^jsj^.jaliiak• nn-.,
c’ub^ ituTlohal. Tf Khontd be carried
to the hi'ghest court t and' contested
to the blirtor ‘iid. ard dne you
iIk nniii’d s’i|ipf$t of uflf‘AssoHdJtion
to that end,”*
Pbat history will pi ire the names
>f Messrs Gomocrs. Mitchell and Mr.-
rison on th(‘ roll of honor with those
men who have made real sacrifices
for human uplift is, the declaration
of John R. Lennon, treasurer of the
Xmorican Federation of Labor. In' a
message from Bloomington. 111. . “No
Court decision.” Mr., I/cnqpn says,
“can make you criminals at the bar
of public opinion.” •
* Two hundtl Id union farmers o!
T-Tas sympathize with the three la-
>or leaders.” declares D. .T. N’eHl. the
»r< sident of the Farmers’ EduPation-
itKiind Co-oi>erati\ti Fnlon of Texa*.
in a Titeesago frrm Fort worth. “Ab-
vi-K’ ns fiow to aid you.” conclnder
Mr. Neill.
‘‘Vlctrvry oNyre^d is hurt tempor
ary; vert Jn«i*|ceNit 111 yet prevail4\ F
the way’ John F MCXamee, niiltor of
the Lui’orn >tive FlrenKm and Kneine-
men's Mae*,'z!ne. states fi,In a f le-
gram from -Indianapolis.
.1 \ Franklin, president: Wn>
dli'h«‘riH>., inrerpatlona.! secret.aj-v
'.reasu’vw, and A. .Tlinzman. of th
.Tntern.uitirin.nl Boxtherhood of Boiler
maHrs. at Kamsas-Cirtv, sent a me?
nee declaring that Jqdge Wright s
sentence Is “unjust.” “The evidence
pr.ovesdhat you obeyed Judge Gould’s
order.” navs the n*usage, ““but hn-
'naq j'id gee retain and reflect the en-
H'-onmcnt ib wbich thev Th s
iudgmeiit rtlirottles free sp.trh ard
j*»iidhey n€fi.d Inveotlgatlon, '’’‘but
'err Vhows 1 lYon’t.^-
‘^crwirtor Hale smiled and anybody
who was watching hlm roal cloAel/
■night have se* n that he even flooded
hi* head just a awe* little lull, .1*--
much a* to ray, ‘That’s my senti
ment. too, though of .course, I
taren't flay It that way.”’
]K>t HLL I'HAtiEDY.
Tw-
Shooting Seni k* in Which
M< n Die. “
Hartsvllllh,- Deo. 21.—7.A shoothu
.ffalr among white people occurred
Saturday .venlng at Ashland, about
-lx miles from here, just across the
line from Darlington. In Ixm county.
\k a result two m*n, Charlie Moore
md W. L. Smith, arc dead.’
Then' was a Woodman of th<
World banqu ’t nr supper, at which
W. L. Sm'.'h, about 45 years old, a
merchant of Ashland, his son and a
voung man named Charlie Moore
the prlnclp'Is tn the tragedy,. ycc«
present. HI feeling between Moon
and the Smiths had existed for scran
Mine A (fispi le arose over a trival
remark made by the younger Smith
While at f ,pper and the difficulty
•ssumed omlno'ij proportions after
the banquet.
Mooros.und Smiths had come
loWnstaiis fraa^phe hall. It re
uortert U at on leaving the table the
Mder Smith made a remark, rising
an oath; crying’ “We’ll fix you!'
Moore. It scions, was standing b
'he fire when one* of the Smiths
made-an aliaek v>n him with a, cat
sup bottle. It is also stated that
free press^and tramp!*’* on the prln-j^^-Rh started on Moorp w Rh a piece
ciples oL.the American free man.”
* Birmlngriam,''A! - '.. I)cd rrlM'r 24
The offices of the United Mine Work-
ers of America, in A la bo ma, sent To
President Roosevelt today the folio v-
fnging telegram:
“RLrp resenting the Fnited Mine
Workers ofWmefica, in Alabama, w<>
eninhatlrallg proteet. a.m.inet th*‘ con-
vi<‘*iop, and sentence to penal sorvl-
nf wood. Mo -e theneojjened .firp
on the e’der S.nltji, shooting him
three or four times One of ‘the
Smitts ihen^it is claimed, fired at
M'ore k 1‘ivv him instantly. W
L. Snlf dt (1 at 3:30 yesterday
afternoon.
Yon'g S’.iiih. a bov of about 1 ti
in
father,lone brother and twW fude^ rtT~tl!oae., groat lenders of The
American labor movement, Samuel
GriTritiers, John Mitchell and Frank
.Morrison. They may have violated
the la tv, but we Itelieve the decision
a'r 20 years old, has been lodged
jail at Bishopville. The tragedy Is
i most 1*'pi ••■.”le one. It is said
w'^isley was , in evidence.—Th
Strte. .
SERIOUS FIRE IN NEW-YORK.
is in vi($fa»ifi.tj of-4he‘Constitution of | 0ne Man Killed and Four Persons
the United Stales-and aboHshos the
OUR SHOT DOWN nine new ones.
SOME GRI0X- INVENTIONS ARE
n Fight fn Struts of a Georgia 0 n thk wit
Town.
THREE men killed
Tlios. A. Edison Say* They Will Siam
; Come and Pave the IVay forjlun-
rlnuls of Other*.
In a recent article in the New York
Thin'S Thus. A Edison says the next
Fhe WantySi ^'lrlng of a Cannon
Fire Cracker Brings Forth MjjldJ era wfll mark the most wonderful
.iilvanre tn~grtr‘Tic<’ and lnvcn>tto»4hat
Renioustraiii e IVom Police Officer
Walter* and the Wholesale Trag-
It he world has ever known or ho|a*<l
for, so vast will thart iwlvance lie that
«ljf Follow* n« DewHbed Below. I we can now have scarcely any ortn-
a
Lceptlon of its scope, but alnady
I
njuny of 1-ht* invtnirfitm« of 1h 1
r^ffard as prajtt ic al
Jack Sheppard and OharlKn Moore I fau-fect iim^ and, w hat Is equally
mert ,'Pdlloe.Qffioor Walters on the
ftret^s sh»ftly after nine o'clock
ust after parsing the qfficer, Sh.eu=.
pai d, it la started., fired a giant crack-
The officer mltiSIy remonstrat
’d with him for the aft, whereupon
important,-of cheapneea; there will'
rise up a large nunilier of gifted ar-
^chjieots. and Through their effort?
cities and towns will sjfrteg up in
this countr)l —b«alde w'hich Turners
picture of ancient Rome and Car'h-
Moore^rtook the side of -SheppaiT ’K** wlH'-i»\J.e Into noithingMess apd
ind words passed between the trio
Moore, lit Is said, la'camie vlolerPly
•ngrv nnd »i“uek<d rthe officer with
i pistol, F'hx>o'las at short range.
'V’opnrd got out of the way afid
ook no hand furtlu’r than related tn
he rtragdy. The offider, mortally
wounded bv Moore’s first bullet
summoned fits energy and gamely
fired upon Moo re as the latter rar
So ofiV-ers aim was unerring, tne
ba'H striking Moore squarely In th<
^he buildings of the Columbia- ex
pibltlon w ill appear common. * But
great, oxjw nse will not attend this; H
will be done *0 that the poor man
will be able to enjoy houses mm*
beautiful that the rich now aspire to,
and a mem earning $1.50 a day. with
a family to support, will la* liette
housed than the man of today who
is ♦arnlng $ 10. *
A BLACK FIEND
Forces His Way Nile a Younf
Married Lady's Roam
AND ASSAULTS HER
The Barbarous Crime Wo* Commit*
ted in a Home on One of th«
of
llurtsxiile While the Hii*band Waa
at Hi* Stoie.
Hartavllle, Dec 22.'=The crime o*
Inst nlgjn. hetnoiyfl,- -T)lr:ck and terri
ble, Its'"'which j) young married wo
man was brutally asaulted by a ne-
groT
cverly Hartsvllle cltjzen today. There
Iue, no ei-ld, pee of who or
, fhe-gi’IHy party t*. except
'jfhe vietim^ knows that the fiend
: s a negro, that he Is of m<'dlnm elro,
that h<‘. has a beard and that he
wore a gray slouch hart.
The scene of the horrible crime
was a home on a principal ■trtetL
the time about 9 o’clock Monday
night. The towi^ has no arc light*
and there Is an IncandoBoong
Is rt r>-
where
I hsit"*
here
“('it. —It was dark and the rail
w-a,' iwiurlrg. The victim Is a young
marri’d worn m of -.■♦t ini able char-
c>t( r. Sly* has been married sev
eral y'ars, and has a little boy about
five years of age, who was asleep,
nrt who was the only one at the
time Hi the house with her. Thu
husband, a young.bnslnesa man’ had
not returned from his «tore.
The I lack fiend forced his war
through the f-ont d(Or of the homo
2. Moving piotun* machines will I and ent*"*d the bed chamlier of the
so perfected that the'characters [ lady. She had retired, but had a
back. He mm acro«*’,*ihe vitreet fror'I W ^1 not only move, but will speak, -imp burning on f the bureau. The
he officer, and fell lifeless. and all the aceesHorb s and effect i Mend wont to thio U’d and snld* “I
While the duel Iretween the officer th(* stage will be faithfully pro- .win kill you if you make a fuse,"
ud Charlie Jdoorc was in prognss on living picture stage, staring hri had a gun. He went to
T/eonsurd Smith, a son of Chief of This ’ of fourse. will nort be done uslihe bureau and blew out Ah* light,
'Villce Rrnllh. rushed to the offleor's "ell as on the regular stage,'but Its [ vent-back to-tho be! and faugVt the
rtd. At this juncture. Virgil Moore. Ulandard "i' 1 approach very m ur fotl'.dy .an.und the w.ili.t . pulletT her
brother of Charlie Moore, went ( 0 f 'hat,, aipl the fayf -Hwrt siyh eari’i -1 frojri 'ne bed »Pd carried her Into
he fiifp of his brortiher and, M^l« Jutamenta will be furnished for five the hall Bh' pbadejl for her H'e.
•aid, fired upon Smith, killing him' w ‘ n ’ t * ,,r!,w vas ' nu,n, T'rs of the tie rc-peuted. “If yen' scream I win
n*tarytly ' Smith, like the officer, j-e- work ing classes. 'J^h'’ will be 111 yon.” She »«M, ".Please do**’!
timed the fire upon his aflaallant, ,,m1 tho-masnes wlM’hSve the van kill me; spare mv life." die renlied.
hooting him dead In Iws tracks. ’ ***«’ of the moUl^of. gooil dmma. ”Km ,p vent'* me irth shut and l w->nT
- ’ *■ 1 J “ ac-omn lahed his
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EATEN BY SHARKS.
’an I* Attacked and Bitten Iff Two
By Them.
Mexico City, IIr. 22.—Inquiry in
thev will find an Inexpensive and liu-11 111 you." He
proving way of spending the evening fiendish purpose, then made his es-
and the death-knell of the saloon will unpe, the rain, which continued to
)>♦■ sounded fall, covering up all possible traces
3. In perhaps fifteen or twen' v I of his steps.
to the recent dearth of Col. Harry.
T Earle, who was reported drowned
off the coast of Qultaina Roo tcrrl-
rtry^wjjlle .waiting with a companion
n an open boat to hof picked up by
a steamer, develops that h»* was de
voured by a shark itv>4(ad of meeting
learth by drowning,, as first report-
yoairs depending on the financial
■ondirtion of the coimtrv the Inc >
motive w ill pass aliiioHt out of us ■
and all our main trunk line will tic
oneratml bv electrlolry!
'I he 1 i lv ,1# ilieve* she would rcc- 0
crnjze the fiend w *0 he brought ‘
f .ice to l ire with her. Chief of Po
tt M Kirkpatrick of Hartavl le,
'>epnty“ Sheriff W. H. Mosingo from
»‘d.
The small Ixvat capsiz’d and Col
me! Earle wa« swimming to th*
*•*• wh<n a shark overtook him,
hiring his body squarely In two.
Earle owned a concession of
sponge flshirles off the coast of
Qnintano Roo and he was looking
sfter that business when he met his
death.
4 A new fertilizer will s|>ring into ri.wlingt >n and sewurol oth* r depu--
existence, containing a hirg*’ percent- tized mrm, as well as the citizens *>f
age ofTHTfogen. This wfiTtjie drawn 1 artsvlllc, are doing all. In f'eir
from the air by elect riclty, and will | miwer ^u.iini>reh«'nd- arrest ‘and c >n-
be u.sisl to Increase thi’ arabllity ofl vjet the right main. Beye'ral f»'i*
the land? Even now this is done (o pect.s have be.i'n arrested an 1 car-
a large extent In Sweden. | ried b. fore the lady, but th”y prov-
5. All our waftr power will be I ed to be innorttnt.
utilized by ek'ctrlcity to an extent One feature in The chapter is th
now almost unthought of, and will the negro, purposely to sfirond Ms
be used with great advantage, both | Identity In m:’steiy, stited to the
f
FATAL SNAKE BITE.
Man Hie* After Being Bitten by
Big Rattler.
Gainesville, Fla., Dec 22.—-While
hunting 30.miles down the Kissimee
river yesterday afternoon H. C
Fountain, a ^omlnept contractor.
whosu home is' here, roused a hi
rattlesnake and In a fight killed the
reptile onlv after it had sunk its
fangs into his flesh. With his hunt
ing knife he cut away the poisoned
flesh*; digging out .'he wound, nhd
when ho w-as found by the two men
who were hunting with him war* able
fndustrlally and for raflroads
fi. A successful aerial navigation
will "be establish d -perhaps for t.he
malls and achieve a so/tind, -prar'i-
cal working basis: - • *’ “*
. 7. WV’ sbal+-l*e able to protect our-
sulves ikgalrist envlrotimen* by the
fisc of serums and Hungs of that sort. |
so that "the general siate-of health
will Is* improvu'd and the average
span of lit*’ will ■in«'i'<-rise by a larg*’
percimtage. The grand fight which
Is iM’ing made against tuberculosis
and cancer w ill reach ^fT-successful
culmination, and those diseases will
be entirely mastered. ; .
8. A new force in nature, of some
sort or other, will be discovered by
which 'many things not now lin/ler-
stood will be explained. We, unfor
tunately, have only h v '‘ senses; if wc
had eight, we'd know more.
"IK We shall realize the .possibili
ties of rviir coal supply better and
barn how to utilize them so tha' l* •
adv Hint he a fortune teller,
'bat he was "’ith the carnival and
'hat if . V* -rre*.m-v* nr made a noise
h»’ would return later an3 kUl h*** -
Th*••-Km.ita Greartj n- shows ara>_Jiere
hut no on*' belie) ;hc ne^rv was*In
In my .vay eopnee’ed with the
hows. It is thought tfiif.it the ma i
was arquaintel with the town.
Hartsvi’le is dtertresued, her cit
izens natu'-al’y are greatly enrag d
>t th<> outrageous crime! but JJiey
are calm and oool headed, yet dlii-
gent. A A ward of- $500 has be-n
offered for tlje capture, appretvensl )i
and conviction of the fiend.
He Is described ns I el nr about
five, fort ten ineives high, of medi
um size, beari oji face and ifr/rtF
aray. slouch hat." The lady Is bear
ing up as well as could l»e expect' d
ii the face-of (h • tei-lhTe experience
hnmgh which she passed.
to hobble with their aid. He roachedl pcr cenO^f the efficiency will not Ic
tnis place this morhlng. but died h hrown awa y, as It is today,
dwplte all efforts to save him. I- pi na ny, let it be fftTiTt hardly any
1 ——————— piece of machinery now manufactnr-
IKH’BI.Y ArFl.lCTF/D FAMILY. IfTfi-fs more than ten per cent, per
fect. As the years go on this will oe
WAS I/1ST AT SEA.
y '
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Sole
Survivor of (’rew of Schooner
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Beache* Port.
Newt>ort News, Va., December 24.
-News of the has off Hog Island
K-bur Members Of It Die In Short {-improved upon_tremendously; mor>* ^>^1 neoday of the three-masted
automatic machinery will dcvisy l I schooner Jeanle Upjvitt and the
land articles of comfort and luxury drowning of Caprt. Robinson and flva
will lie produced in enormous hum-1 members of the ship’s crew, was
Istrs at such snval
Time,
I >ec
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21.—Mr. and Mrs
Lancft.-iTer: nee. zi—.-vir. and Airs i at ' S| -, h snj , ;i n f . 09 t that a'l ['brought to Old Point thtepmorMng by
r *co Ta\lor^lxrtjh dl^d at their home | , ...m 1.,. jho T»ono-J ^ivdn’w Jor^onson, the n\wryi&Qr
hpre yesterday within four hour 1
< lasses will lie ablq to enjoyjho bene--J
fits of them.
of the wreck, who was picked up at
FATALLY .BURNED.
Child’s Dress Set on F'lre by Fire-
-erackers*
Savannali. G«., December 24—
While her mother was down-town trt-
iright buyla? presents fior her firs*
real Chridtraas, three year old Annie
McKenzie was fatally burned, her
dress Ignitting from a firecracker.
TKa child inhaled the flames and por
tions of her lips were burned away
Her hrofher. who was with her.
nougibt rtibe baby’s nurse and calmly
remarked that ‘ilPtle sister is burn
ing up.” A hackman passing tha
house put out the flaunes too late to
save tjie child, who died Uirtp bnu r6
Utw* .
rights of free press ajid free speech."
It is riigned’by J. A. McKennamer,
president, and .1. D t Clemo, seeretary-
trcasiircr, Difltcicrt No. 2fi. and W. R
Fairlv, mernl>er intefnational execu-
44ve4iaartl L _United Mine -Workers of
America. ~ _T *
Badly Burned.
DIED FROM FALL-
FaTR ’ FnSift" Tfi rrd'Sfdfy Window of
Hot Springs Hotel.
New York, Deoemlver 24—One mV i
was kiNed and three other mea and
m
a wvmvan were- seriously burnw;.
while the liv'es of- many others were
saved only t>>’ prompt and heroic
-W'ork by firwheu tenants
thems^vTOjjg^flixi.lutl ;
Hot Springs. Ark.. December 24.—
That the dearth of 'H. M. Cox. a weal-
•thv and retired manufacturer of Port-
flvv’-story apartment house at 122 W.
12 7th street, narly to-day. The mao
who lost his life w>s Daniel Frizzell,
18 years old. ‘ “27 "
The injured are: '
of each other, the wife passing away | Jdr<> 0 f the - invenrions I sea Wednesday" afternoon by the
first. v^Only a few* weeks a*o |i»'‘ir w , h *j c h‘the world la awraiting which it | American steamship Ravenscnaig,
is sijre of seeing foalizod'. Just how
they will be realized is what the in
ventors are working now to dHor-
mdne. .*
son. Edward Tavdor, and his
boy died on the.same day.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor-w^ie^vGxtitfls
of pneumonia. Mr. Taylor wa^s
about 50 ye .rs of age and his wif’
about 45. They were orlglnall.’
from Kersha”’ county and’their.'hod-
les were taken today to Buffalo
church. In that county, for burial.
Eight Children survive the cbuple.
Capt. Johnson
The Lippitrt wa:8 IjouJ&d up the coast
from-rTflblrflonv'Tlle. Tla., for-New
York voth-a cargo of lumber. She
ran into the recent heavy nortfi^aBt
gale off Cape Charles Tuesday after
noon and after taking a*board consid
erable water and sustaining much
damage to ••the hull, -she ran on a
shoal off Hog Island and loon went
to pieces.
Caprt. Rqhlnson and four men were
w-a shed overboard and drowned when
sbjp ffpuck. Jorgensen and the
KILLED THE OFFICER.
Him for Beating; JB*
Mother.
Mrfr. * Alice Looker, TTfT yrsjrs^ old,
land. Maine, who fell head-first''from j burned abmit the face and body, con-
a third-story window of a local hotel [dlrtion serluus.-
Looker i her soa; .-2 e yesefr
to his dea'h on TRe“7OTCrete pave-
Ohae-
me»t of Central avenue last night,
was due to an accident was the ver
dict of the coroner s jury, whi/b In
vestigated the dieatih. Cox, wl
a'rufferer from nervous neura*
ceme to this oily a month ago to
-'od the winter. * - •
htch tn-
rtmt was
schema,
old. burnei about the head and face.
Harrison Looker, another son, 23
years, hands »atid arms burned. '*•
David ^fallen. a firenjan, burned
about the hands and face. < Mullen
rooetived hi* burns in saving the life
of Mr*. Looker. 0
Columbus, Ohio, December 2 4
Harry E. Campbell, police officer, 3 4
yearm-oVL wag kliled early this eve
ning bv Harry Hilliard, aged elgfc-
YOI NG LADY ATTACKED.
And Almost Killed In Her Home B}
Burglar. X— ' •
Richmonl. Va.. December 24 —
Miac Florence .lones, th(» grand ntec«
1 Ham. yj
lain to Robert K."Lee~dufThg'ilimty^j
r~
the,..
taew-w'
teen. Xjl'hen Mrs. ^Jessie Msrin, the
voutfij’s sister, went to the police sta-
r+trirrnint-informed- the oflfleers that-
Hilliard waa beating^hls mother; As
he mounted the ateps, Hilliard ap
peared in the doorway with af-shoc-
gun and fired. The wound was just
above th* heart. Campbell died in a
few miaiits*. Yhe stayer was ar-
j ;
war and now grand chaplain of the j overboard, but succeeded In
C—Camp United Confederate Vet^ lauhlng themselves to a piece of the
eran:u-wgpattacked and almost killed wreckage. The other seamen became
In her home In this city tonight by exhausted from cold and died befioro
an unknown burglar. the Ravenarrslg could reach port.
Miss Jones was sitting with th» the men were picked up off WthUflf-
family when phe started up-stairs quarter light ship Wednesday after-
aad he/'Msc^pd the tep of tha ngotir • -The- Rweascrsig’s marilhirfy
when she uttered a scream and the became disabled during tlieatorB'*a4
family h«ird her fa.IK A base ball -v-2* returalng here for repafrn w%td
bat by her sM® was the weapon ustd the men were sighted.
The, burglar ha'd evidently been sur- The LippRH w*a« owned by Corowell
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• some hope of her reettrery
prised by her and felled her wTh the & Thurlow, of Boston, and was built
blow.' Physician^ tonight hold out at Boston In 1880. She was 74$
•‘'tonnhff*. 4 *