The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, September 03, 1902, Image 2
Heyward Leads
Gover
The Vote Was Fairly Hea
plete Up to the Hour of
Subjoined Figures are /
Returns from the Tuesday primary
up to Wednesday midnight, and nearly t
complete, indicate that in the Senato
rial-race Latimer leads, with Evans a
close second. In the race for oGveruor,
Hayward has a good lead with Ancel
or Tolbert in the second place.
A practically official count, up to 4
a. m. Thursday gives the following
*totals: Ansel, 15,381; Heyward, 34
921; Tolbert, 13.813; Tillman, 13,724;
Timmerman, 4,787.
Nearly complete returns in Senator
ial race up to 4 a. m. Thursday give
Elliott 10,396, Evars, 14.714; Hemphill,
11.523; Henderson, 11,291; Johnstone,
11.365; Latimer, 19,244.
The vote for Attorney General and
Comptroller General shows a total as
follows: Gunter, 37.539; Stevenson,
33,807; Brocker, 13,528; Jones, 19,222;
Sharpe, 15,295; Walker, 22,466.
THE VOTE FOI
Abbeville (15 out 23) ..... ...... ...
Aiken .........................
Anderson ....... ...... .- -.........
banibrg .. ......... ...... ......
B arnwell ...... .... ..... ...... ..
Beaufort ...... ......... ........ --
Eerkeley ....... .... .... ........
Charleston ...... ... ...... ...... -
Cheroiee ........ .... .... .......
Chester ...... ....... ...--- ........
Chesterfield ..... ..... ...... .... .
Cla-endon ...... ..... ...... .... .
Collcton ...... ..... ... ...... ...
Darlington.....................
Dorcester ........ .............. -
-Edgefield ......... ....--.. ------
Fairfld ...... ..... ......------.
Florence ...... ....... ........
Georgetown ...... .....----.
Greenville ...... ..... ..-...-------1
- Greenwood ...... ..... ...-.------..
Hamptozr".... .... .. ... ..------.
Kerry .......... ...... ....
LKersawr..:... ... .. ..........
~~Lancaster...... .... ...... ..--.
Laurens ...... .... ... ...... ..-...
Lae.... .... ..... .......-.-----.
Lexington .... .......... .....--.
Marion ..... ..... .... .... ...
Marlsboro .... ......... ...-.---.--.
Newberry .... .... .... ..........-..
Oconee...... .... .... ....-.--.--..
Orangebourg ...... ...... .... ...
Pickens ...... .. ... ..... ...-.----1
Richland ...... .... .... ....
Saluda .... .... ......... ....---.
Sumter ...... ........ ...s..... .
Spartanburg ................
Union .... .......... .......----.
Williamsburg ...... .. .........
Yore ...... .... ..... .....---------.
THE VOTE U
Elliot1
Abbeville (15 of 2Z) .............47
Aiken (21.boxes) ................ 15
Anderson (half) ................ 156
Bamlierg (all but 4) ............. 208
Barnwell (10 boxes) .............236
Beaufort (3 boxes) ..............156
Berkley (6 boxes............... 93
-Charleston (19........ .........1747
Cherokee (6 out 24) ............. 106
Chester (completP)............. 16
Chesterfield (6 out 21) ........... 36
Clarendon (15 out 25-)........... 97
Colleton ......................
Darlington (9 boxes) ...........306
Dorcester (6 out 15) .............82
Edgefield (4 boxes).............. 18
Fairfield (16 of 22).............. 95
Florenec (7 boxes).............. 49
Georgetown (5 boxes) ...........233
Greenville (11 boxes) ...........233
Greenwood (15 out 20)............2
Hampton (5)................... 201
*Horry (3 out 23) ...............144
Kershaw (5) .................... 54
Lancaster (6).................. 116
Laurens (3) ................... 146
Lee '(9)......................- 59
Lexington (9).................. 149
Marion (11 of 29) ............... 321
Marlboro (6) ...... ............. 79
Newberry (all but 5) ............ 23
-Oconee (11 boxes)............... 54
Orangeburg (about half) ........203
Plckens (5 boxes)............... 17
Richland (all but 5) ............682
* Saluda (13 out of 27) ............ 17
Sumter (11 boxes) ............... 215
Spartanburg (32 out 64-).........260
Union (9 boxes) ................. 51
Williamsburg (Kingstree) ........ 95
York (16 *>oxes) ................. 86
* Six Negroes Killed.
Van Buren, Ark., Specal.-Slx negro
laborers are known to be dead and oth- p
rsare misster in a wreck of a work(
* Eraiw west of here-Ia Indian Terirtory t
The train left here In the morning to q
distribute new steel along the Kans 'I
' & Arkansas Valley division of the ,
road. Near Illinois station the engine ~
left the track and was overturned with
s6 everal cars et steel ras. Many of he
t
ead crushed to death.
in the Race For
nor.
)FOR T LA
vy and Returns Incom
Going to Press. But the
Lpproximately Correct.
It is impossible to say exectly hovi
he other races stand, though Guntei
eems certainly nominated for attor
ey general.
The election was not characterzci
y disorder at any point in the Stat
o far as known.
In the congressional races the vtes
eported are as follows:
First District-Bacot, 1,475, Legari
,S03.
Second-Bellinger 2,211, Croft 2,350
7hurmond 1,887.
Third-Aiken 1,879, Graydon SOS, Mc
alla 990, Prince 647, Rucker 275, Smit:
,425, Stribling 1,624.
Four th-Johnston 5,199, Wilson 2,
11.
Fifth-Finley 3,389, Floyd 379, Strai
85, Wilson 721.
Sevcnth-Lever 2,350, McLaughlir
71.
t GOVERNOR.
Hey Tal. Till- Timmer
nsel. ward. bert. map. man.
3;00 286 359 289 42
21 283 711 334 271
389 366 133- 167 155
is 576 336 60 6
6 346 586 50 9
2 332 5 20 2
0 291 85 23 7
99 2009 87 368 5
.19 282 45 69 27
86 784 210 354 142
53 256 306 281 54
49 488 233 166 46
11 910 0 68 0
33 947 83 333 45
11 390 43 102 14
13 107 205 113 143
44 388 174 303 56
17 303 245 139 48
15 390 28 15 54
93 202 75 250 24
832 266 483 147 151
2 367 162 57 4
6 243 137 36 14
42 311 70 129 57
85 660 260 126 25
76 545 484 397 82
23 216 33 368 50
15 262 216 175 651
41 678 741 208 236
00 629 114 154 49
85 726 161 436 227
56 135 42 106 19
33 1347 350 253 63
57 93 52 69 67
51 970 313 863 114
20 69 288 169 260
iS 765 44 193 32
26 1752 287 726 -67
91 660 561 555 89
1 125 44 0 6
~17 896 742 680 58
.S. SENATOR.
Hemp- Hen- John- Lat
.Evans. hill. derson stone timer.
121 218 151 491 693
366 41 1282 65 137
138 116 155 379 1899
73 57 402 103 143
250 12 418 61 67
49 8 112 30 2
25 30 88 141 79
369 136 511 174 70
109 183 16 15 121
129 1085 32 125 347
149 254 30 32 423
81 125 146 168 373
217 321 73 284 161
81 10 208 115 45
160 53 129 160 61
173 265 32 186 174
181 164 75 142 169
260 2 58 6 . 9
299 331 75 273 467
52 21 242 736 597
125 4 50 148 19
40 21 19 37 177
48 269 20 33 71
60 546 72 137 126
304 150 161 740 563
217 291 105 79 131
154 279 242 154 364
368 236 316 236 476
67 139 50 186 449
53 39 35 1052 661
95 81 145 312 567
405 590 617 105 112
300 68 47 213 748
427 409 290 441 82
143 13 140 165 357
86 149 325 189 87
1685 416 228 314 726
516 249 448 278 341
15 9 2 56 7
570 949 398 147 435
A Bad Earthquake.
Washington, Special-The War De
artment received a cablegrama from~
beneal Chuffee, at Manila, reportin8
ae occurrence of a seious earth
nake on the island of Mlndanao.
'wenty persons were killed by falling
rals, the riettms all being Moros. The
smericang Ia the vicipity escaped and
ie dispatch sacs there was no reports
at any of the sldis occupying thai
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
Virginia Banks.
M. A. Kendall, West Virginia's State
ommissioner of banking, has issued a
bulletin showing the condition of all
the St ite banks of the State at the
:Icse of busincss on July I6, 1302. This
list does not include the national banks
wvhich report their coudition on call to
the .comptroller of the treasury. For
this reason the totals given by Cim
missioner Kerdall do not represent the
entire buaning intercst of the State,
national banls being strong not *.li
in Whecling, but also in Parl-er&nuI
HunUtington, Charleston, Clari:sbur
Fairmont, Grafton, Ma:rinsburg, E.
kins and several other commercial een
ters L- the St-:t. The 112 bans z
porting have total resou:'cEs of $40.4t5.
163; loans and discounts, $25,39,651;
deposits $31,017,2G7; surplus and 'ndi
vided profits. $2.753,367. There ar(
nine bank-s in the State-State bank
only-outside of those in Wheeling
having dep6sits of $500,G00 or more.
Industrial Miscellany.
A steamer 275 feet long recently pur
chased by the Texas Oil & Transit Co
is now being converted at Philadelphit
into a modern tank steamer with s
capacity of 20,000 barrels of oil. Whei
completcd the boat will be plated it
service between Port Arthur and N'.i
Orleans to aid the company to fill larg
contracts for Texas oil at many poinit.
on the Mississippi river. The company3
already operates a tug with five barge
carrying 80,000 barrels of oil a month
The values of mineral products o:
British Columbia to close of 1901 were:
Gold, St0,716,006; - silver, $16,534,554;
lead, $9.622,G89; copper, $0.809,54G:
other metals, $51,878; coal and coke
$54.157..15, and building stone, bricks
etc., $2,350,000, a total of $172,241.9SS
Of this, $20,086,780 represent the pro
ducts of the mines during 1901, an in
crease over 1900 of $3,742,029.
A Chattanooga dispatch reports tha
the Southern Cottonseed Crushers' As
surance Association is being organize(
to insure cotton-oil property agains
fire; capital $200,000, surplus $100,00,
The Farmers and Merchants' Ban!
at Snydcr, Okla., has been incorporat
ed, with $5,000 capital. The incorpora
tors are Clark and Ella V. Seton, C. P
Risdon, M. Burke and Ed. Hartman o
Perry.
The Citizens' State Bank of Chy
enne, Okla., has been incorporated
with $10,000 capital. The incorporatori
tre J. A. Mays, C. M. Rossen and J. N
Cook of Elk City, G. F. Turner, L. L
Collins and J. H. Kendall of Chey
enne.
L. S. Covington of Rockingham aw
others propose to establish a new bani
at Monroe, N. C. Among those interest
ed are W. S. Lee, J. E. Stack, D. A
Houston, F. B. Ashcraft, E. C. Wii
chester, W. A. Lane and J. D. MoRae
The Citizens' National Bank of Jack~
sonville, Texas, has been approved b
the comptroller of the currency; capi
tal $50,000. The incorporatog *re 'W
TP. Devereau, Jacksonville; C. 1F
Moore, W. H. Sory, J. P. Goddson, F~
A. Fuller.
The South Georgia Building & In
vestment Co. has filed application fo
a charter at Fitzgerald, Ga. L. Ken
nedy is attorney for the petitioniers.
The Citizens' Bank of Custer City
Okla., capital $5,000, has been incorpo
rated by J. W. Walter, L. G. West ani
Frank Merrell of Weatherford.
The State Bank of McHenry, Miss.
has been incorporated, -with $15.001
capital. The incorporators are J. P
Carter, W. M. Connor, F. W. Foote, E
Bauer, J. F. Bennett, Jr.
The City National Bank of Normal
Okia., capital $2-5.000, has been approv
ed. The incorporators are D. E
Wynne, John G. Lindsay, S. E. Price
John Weighton and Z. T. Kerby.
The First National Bank of Gunter
Texas, capital $30,000, has been approv
ed. The incorporators are John Hardie
H. C. Sperry, C. B. Hol1k, E. E. Rich
ardson and Jacob Houssinger.
The Kingwood National Bank o
Kingwcod. W. Va., has oranized b;
electing officers as follows: President
Ire E. Robinson; vice-president, Jame
W. Flynn; cashier, S. H. White.
R. P. Rentz of Swainsboro, Ga., prlo
poses to open a new bank at DubliD
Ga.. with $50.000 capital. It is under
stood that George Rentz of Swainsbor<
and J. D. Smith of Dublin are also in
terosted, and application will be mad
for a charter immediately.
The Arkansas Mutual Fire Insurane
Co., of Little Rock, Ark., has filed ar
ticles of incorporation. The officers ar
Frank Carl, president; Dan W. Jones
vice president- and attorney; C. S. CZol
lins, secretary; Ben W. Green, tress
urer; W. A. Worthington.
The Atlanta Trust & Banking Co
has organized at Wilmington, N. C,
by the election of offic:ers as follows
President, Matt J. Heyer; cashi
Mitchell F. Allen; directors, A. E
Lynch, D. Mc~achern, L. B. Rogers, E
H. 3. Ahrens, 3. G. L. Gleschen. R. F
Bellamy, I. M. Bear, B. Solomon, Mat
J. Heyer, John H. Kuch and C. 'V
Yates.
The Dublin Cotton Oil Mill of Dub
lin, Ga., Is now under the managemen
of Mr. W. Bd$1er of Wrightsville. Mr
Butler fills the vacancy made by tha
death of Mr. B. Aycock.
The People's Bank of Walhalla. Ala.
has been chartered with $40,000 capital
The incorporators are W. A. Strothe
and F. S. Hollman.
The Homestead Oil Co. of Granite
Okla., has been chartered, with a capi
tal stock of $1,000,000. The incorpora
tors are J1 .H. Greene of Dubuque
Iowa; I. P. Elmer and H. D. Badgie:
of Chicago, and T. J. Milnar of Granite
Mr. F. K. Borden, district manage:
of the Southern Cotton Oil Co., whic)
is now evecting a large plant in Fay
etteville, N. C., reports goor progree;
being made upon the erection of the
plant. The plant when in operatloi
will be among the beet equipped in thb
Soth.
IT IS ACTIVE AGAIN.
Mount Pelee Violently Eruptive Once
More
PEOPLE THl02OUGILY FRIGHTENED,
The News from Neightzring Islands
Is to the Effect That Rumbling
Noises and Detonations are Heard
in the Direc!ion of Martinique,
While Showers of Ashes Continue
to Descend.
Pointc-A-P'ic:e, Island of Guadalupe,
By Cable.-This entire port has been
covered with a cloud of fine dust since
5 o'clock SunCay mcrning and the pop
ulace is panic-s:tricken. Fine ashes are
falling continually in a slight drizzle.
Semi-darkness is over the sea and the
ships in the harbor seem to be envelopi1
ed in a cloud of smoke. Advices from
Bassse Terry assert that cince day
break today the entire island has been
covered with a cloud of dust coming
from the southeast, the direction of the
island of Martinque. The population of
Basse Terry is greatly alarmed.
INDICATIONS OF VOLCANIC AC-:
TIVITY.
Roseau, Ronmancia, B. W. I., By
Cable.-A thifck mist has enveloped
Roseau and its neighborhood and dust
is falling.
St. John, Antigua, B. W. I.-Many
very loud detonations were heard here
from 9 o'clock to midnight.
Basse Terry, St. Kitts, B. W.-A se
ries of loud reports was heard here last
night from 7 until 9 o'clock.
A severe eruption of Mont Pelee,
Martinque, was reported to have oc
-curred at noon, August 21. This report
was brought to Castries, Island of St.
Lucia, by officers of the French steam
ship Dahome. This eruption was fol
lowed by total darkness for five miles
away from the volcano.
A dispatch received'from St. Thomas.
D. W. I.. August 26, said that between
10 o'clock in the morning and 3 p. m.,
August 25, clouds of dust were seen In
the direction of Monte Pelee, island of
Dominica. Detonations were heard and
there wero light showers of volcanic
dust on the island. The following mes
sage was received from Dominica:
"Since 2 p. m. today (Tuesday) pro-I
'longed rumbling noises in quick suc
cession have been heard from the
southward. There is every indication
that Monte Pelee is In violent erup
tion."
A dispatch from Paris, dated August
28, said the latest' dispatches received
at the Ministry of the Colonies from
Fort-de-France, island of Martinique,
dated August 25. -They made no men
tion of the reported eruption of Monte
Pelee. The Paris dispatch said also that
the cables to Martinique both north
and south continued to be Interrupted
Efforts made to communicate by cable
direct with the island of Matinique
have proved unsuccessful. Telegraphic
communication with that Island ,from
New York Is still interrupted.
Reseau. Domincia, B. W. I.; By Cable.
-The thick mist which enveloped
Roseau Sunday, was taken, as it ap
proached. for a rain storm. The dust is
still falling, although, lightly,
but during the night the quantity of
dust which fell here was greater than
upon any previous occasion since .the
first eruption of Mont Pelen. At night
Ifall a dark cone-shaped cloud emitting
electric flashes rose In the South but it
was gradually obscured by the mist
caused by the falling ashes. Rumbling
noises and a few detonations were
heard during the night of the 30th.I
The people here are quiet. No news
has yet reached here from Martinique.
News From the Strike.
Wilkesbarre, Special.-Jacob Smith,
a coal and iron policeman in the em
ploy of the Kingston Coal Corspany,
was held up by two unknown men
Sunday while he was on his way to
one of the collieries of the company
to relieve an officer. His assailants
took his revolver away from him and
then gave him a severe beatIng.
Tramway Employers In Switzerland
Strike.
Geneva, By Cale.-All the em
ployes of the tramway of the city
struck because the manager of the
electric workshops, who Is an Ameri
can, dismIssed 42 men employed in
the shops and offered themn positions
as conductors. It Is feared the strike
will extend to employes on the steam
ers on Lake Geneva.
Tamaquah, Pa., Specia.-Only one
disturbance was reported In the Pan
ther Creek Valley Sunday. While Joe
and Albert Kutzek, non-union men,
were leaving church they were at
taclked by a number of foreigners and
compelled to return to the church for
safety. After remaining there for some
time they succeeded In escaping. This
afternoon officials of the switchback
notified Major Gearheart that strikers
were interfering with their passen
gers at Summit Hill. Company E. of
-e Twelfth Regiment, was sent to
the scene and succeeded in restoring
order. Tomorrow a large force of sol
diers will patrol the valley and pro
tect non-union men while on their
way to work.
A Washery Pump House Dynamited.
Scranton, Special.-The pump housa
of the National washery at Minooka
was blown to pieces Sunday by dyna
mite. Manager Sharkey says no dam
age was done the washery and that
work will proceed. It Is not known
who placed the dynamite. The West
-Ridge and Martine col~hries are pro
paring to start up this week. The Ox
ford colliery in Wezt Sca.nton had
added a powerful search-light to Its
weapons of defense. The Oxford is
now turning out 400 tons of cost a
ORDERED TO SHOOT.
Latest Developments in the Great
Coal Strike.
Philadelphia, Speclial.-Having eF
hausted every other means for pre
serving the peace. and in protecting the
non-union men from violence on their
way to and from the mines, Brigadier
Genei'al Gobin, in command of the
roops now in the coal fields, has is
sued an order that the soldiers shall
hoot any person detected in throwing
tones or other missiles and that if any
nob resist the authority of the troops
that they shall freely use their bayo
aets and butts.
Tbe Panther Creek valley has been
n almost cpntinual turmoil this week
ind the troops stationed there have
iad a difficult time in protecting the
ives of workmen. Tonight the situa
ion in that valley has improved con
lderably and It is hoped by the mili
ary authorities that the lawless and
ibusive language directed toward the
oldiers will now cease. The other sec
ions of the coal regions are compara
ively quiet.
A mob gathered at the Dorrance col
lery, near Wilkesbarre, early in the
lay, because it was rumored the col
fery was about to start work. The
rowd soon scattered, however, when it
was found that the rumor was incor
ect.
The general strike situation remains
nchanged. There is some coal beirg
hipped. but the quantity is so small
ompared with the normal shipment
that it has little or no effect on .the
market. The fuel now coming to mar
:et is principally washery and loose
oal.
Killed by a Mob.
Monroe, Mich., Special.-Walter Le
erand, lately from Toledo, 0., came
iome and found a man, a Frenchman
tamed Jos. Labarge, also of Toledo, In
he house with his wife. A quarrel en
ued, Labarge finally. reunning from
he house. An officer attempted to ar
rest him, when he ran down Third
street, a crowd pursuing him. The cry
'assaulter" was raised and the mob be
an to shoot. Labarge ran into a corn
eld, where he was surrounded and
hot dead, a bullet penetrating his
eart.
Mrs. Lemerand said: "The man was
sitting in the parlor with me when my
usband came home. There was noth
ng wrong." Mrs. Lemerand said that
she and Labarge had planned an elope
ment.
An autopsy was performed on La
barge's body. Two men whose shots
killed Labarge are known, but no ar
rests will be made until after the in
juest
Brief Mention.
Devices to attract congregations to
hurch are spreading from sensation
lism to a business like estheticism.
here Is a place of worship where
tiny boquets of flowers are at the
lose of every morning service hand
d to each lady member of the con
regation. During service the nlow
ers decorate the alter and the pulpit
he parish, It seems, mainly consists
f hoauses without gardens, and flow
ers, therefore, cannot be grown to
ny great extent.
As an instance of the care which
the present curators are asking of
Stonehenge a correspondent mentions
he experience of a party of collegians
who paid a recent visit there. They
werp told that the taking of provis
Ions near the stones Is prohibited for
this reason: It is believed that the
presence of fragments of food would
attract rodents, whose possible bar
rowing would be a menace to the sta
bility of the stones.
Hundreds of horses and thoulsands
of cattle in the Hawaiian Islands nev
er take a drink of water. They live
n the upper altitudes of the moun
tains, whiere the cattle run wild from
the time they are born until they are
sent to the slaughter house. Except
possibly for two or three months in
the rainy season there are no streams
r pools of water In any part where
the cattle roam, but everything there
grows a recumbent, jointed grass,
known by the native name of maninia.
This is both food and drink.
The Newcomer Lumber Co. of Jack
son. Miss., has been chartered, with 'a
capita1 stock of $100,000. The incor
orators are D. J. Batchelder, Jr., C. E.
iewcom'er and I. D. Newcomer.
The Kerr Furniture Co. of Green
rill, S. C., has been chiartered, with a
apital stock of $6,000. The officers of
:he company are 3. S. Kerr, president
and treasurer, and J. S. Stark, vice
president.
Two hundred Killed or Wounded.
Willemstead, Curacoa, By Cable.
Advices of an official nature which
have reached here from Caracas, Vene
zuela, are to the effect that a servere
fight occurred yesterday between gov
mnent forces and the advance guard
f the revolutionary army under Gen
eral Matos. The revolutionists were
ommanded by Generals Zoilo and
Vidal. They made an attempt to occupy
the town of Taguay, but, after a fight
f five hours, they abandoned the field
to the government forces. Two hun
dred of the revolutionists were killed
or wounded.
Killed for Family Difficulty
Bristol, Tenn., Special.-AS the re
sult of an alleged family difficulty,
Charles Amburgy, of Whitesburg, Ky.,
was shot and killed by George Larmer,
f 4hingdon, Va. Larmer accused Am
b~rgy of Improper conduet towards a
ertain member of his family and meet
ag Amburgy near the public hIghway
Bred upon him, instantly killing him.
Lmar sureandered.
flOOT AT SOLDIERSe
Strikers in Coal Regions Show Bold
Front.
SITUATION BECOMING CRITICAL
Two Companies of State Militia Kar
ried to the Scene of Disturbance on
Trolley Cars.
Tamaqua, Pa.. Special.-The situa
tion in the Panther Creek district is
serious. At 8 o'clock the streets of
Langford and Summit Hill were
thronged with strikers. Early in the
evening two companins of the twelfth
Regiment were sent through the val
ley on trolley cars. All along the sol
diers were booted sand jeered and It
was not deemed prudent to take them
off the cars.
While Mary Markley was carryirg
supper to her brcther who is employ
ed at a col!iery near Lanoford, she
was set upon and severel- beaten by
a crowd of wo-men. Late to-night the
crowds on the streets have dwindled
down considerably, and order ias
been partialy restored. The civil a
thorities express the belief that
will be no serious disturbances
Ing the night. They are fearful, bow
ever, that a serious clash- wil occur
between the troops and the strikers In
the morning.
The fact that the Lehigh Coal and
Navigatoin Company is hoisting coal
at its No 4 colliery has greatly incens
ed the mine workers, especially the -
foreigners, and they are determined
not to allow non-union men to go to
work to-morrow. At 'daybreak the
Governor's Troop and the First Bat
talion- of the Twelfth Regiment will
go to Lansford and Summit Hill. If
the strikers continue to interfere with
the non-union men it is probable that
both towns Will be placed under mar
tial law. -
Soo Shots Exchanged.
Hinton, W. Va., Special.-Great ex
citement exists in the vicinity of Red
Ash caused by the constables remov
Ing the striking miners from the con
pany's houses. Several families who
occupied the houses of the Red Ash
Coal Company refused to vacate and. '.
when the constables began to remove
their household goods, a voley of
shots was fired at the officers from
the opposite side of the river. They
returned the fire, using Winchesters,,
and it is estimated that 800 shots
were fired. The shooting was all at
lorft range and no one on the , Red
Ash side was hurt. About 40,
ties, who have been s
Thurmand and other - points
striking district, were rushed to e
scene of the shooting and -a late r
port now states that the men who be
gan the firing are are now surrounded.
The officers are removing the house- 2
hold goods and the houses will be oc
cupied by other miners who are will
ing to work. The coal output is steed.
ly Increasing. One hundred anid tea
cars of coal and 23 caris of co e were .,.
loaded in the New river-ft1
Lebanon, Pa., Special.-,The 60 cot.
ored strike breakers brought here
were put to work in the American
Iron and Steel Company without- op
position from those on strike, al
though trouble was feared. Imme
thereafter 25 moulders employed by
the company quit because they would
not work with the colored men.
Wilcox Case. Argued.
Raleigh, Special.-The appeal In the -
Wilcox case in which a new trial Is
asked for James Wilcox, sentenced to -
be hanged for the murder of Nellie
Cropsey at Elizabeth City, was heard -
Tuesday by the State Supreme Court.
Appellants endeavored to have the
court consider an affidavit made by
Wilcox's father that his- son. did not
have a fair, trial and that the rigL
of bells and demonstrations In ci
infiuenced the jury. This was refue~
The grounds of appeal are that th~
ringing of bells and demonstrations in
court influenced the jury. This was re
fused. The grounds of appeal are that
the plaintiffs did not have sufficient
evidence to go to the jury or warrant -
a conviction; that the testimony was
not In proper shape and that there
were errors in the judge's charge. The
State pleaded as facts to show a .crime
had been committed that there was no
water In the stomach, lungs or plenral
cavities of the dead body of Nellie
Cropsey, no blood in the heart, little
or no froth in the lungs, that there
was a bruise en the head; that the
brains were decayed, the rest of the
body Intact and the membrane of the -
skull discolored. To show Wilcox's
guilt they pleaded the oppottunity,
time, place, 20 minutes unaccounted for
and his Indifference about the matter. -
It will be several weeks before a decis
ion is handed down..
Thinks Daughter was Murdered.
Beaumont, Tex., Special.-Mrs. L
M. Vogel, the mother of Miss Lola II.
yogel, who was found dead in her
room in a fashionable - hotel, arrived
from her home In Galveston and de
lares her belief that her daughter was
murdered. She states that about $6,000
worth of diamonds and about $100 in
money that the girl had with her are .
missing and she Insists that there was
no reason for suicide. Officers are in
vestigating the murder theory. Two
bottles that had contained morphli
were found under the top part of a
lounge In the girl's room.
Trouble Threatened,
Johannesburg, By Cable,-A strong
force of British troops has been dis
patched to the western border of the
Transvaal, ostensibly to relieve troops.
ordered to Indiana, but it i currently
reported that this step is taken owing
to disturbances among the natives. Ru
mors are also current here of an inten
tion to annex or establish a protector-'
ate In Swaziland, where a 'strong forces
of constabularly is now posted. -