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A SAD STORY. The First Authentic Account of How I I Leonidas Hubbard, Jr., C DIEDALONEINTHE ARTICWILDS s How Giant, Skeleton-Like Me n a Kept Death Away by Eating s Thongs and iBones They Picked UD. C Here is the first authentic story of i the pitiful death by starvation of i Leonidas Hubbard, Jr., in the wilds of Labrador. It comes in a letter re o3eived Wednesday from Dillon Wal lace, a survivor of the exploring ex pedition, though written months ago. Its intensely graphic feature is the p extract from the dying Hubbard's i diary: d Northwest River, Labrador, I December :, 1903. a Before this 'reaches you my tele- t gram. that I will send forward by the mail carrier to be transniitted to you by cable from Chateau Bay. the near- G est telegraph otice, will have been re- r ceived by you, and you will know of v Mr. Hubba-d's sad death. but not, 0 until you rtszeive this, the details. S * t On July 15, we left Northwest 1 River, and on August 1 were practi- I cally out of provisions. On August 3 f we killed four geese; on August 12 a t big stag catibou; from that forward b we lived on the caribou meat, which ' we had dried, but which was soon a gone, and at long intervals succeeded v in killing a goose or duck or grouse. v with our rifles and pistols. Early in a September the weather grew too cold e for fish to bite. Our salt and sugar n were gone early and we ate everything s boiled and drank the water our food C was boiled in. Birds were eaten whol- P ly, heads, feet and everything but the e feathers. At length, about the middle of ' September, or a little earlier,, we reached some large lake away in the U interior. From a high, barren hill t the great lake we had been aiming for k could be seen-Lake Mihakaman. V Then the time for the caribou migra- i tion was past and reluctantly we r turned homeward over our old trail in- d land, not having seen an Indian or t any human being since leaving North- t west River. Winter was uponus and m before September was gone the tem- f perat'ure dropped to 10 degrees above I zero. Then we broke our tliermome- I ter and could get no record. a On October 11 we reached the camp a where we had killed the caribou and t got together the dried bones we had t left and boild them for soup. We t scraped the skin from the head and a boiled and ate that. We scraped S up what was left of 'the stomacha and ate that. The horns we I sco'&d in 'the fire arid ate them. t - le 0(e we began our ret reatt from the -- .-mmm big lawm iust thirteen inches in -J F waist measure. Our bones were stick- 2 ing through the skin. I know the C others looked, especially Hubbard, t Jike Walkieg skeletons. We were so weak at length tht'4 we could not sit fl down without falling.1 At length one day Hubbard would -not ca'rry his little pack and I made I him follow without any load. The a next day, October 17, was -the same. fl He could go no further. We pitched nI the tent, made him lie down and a George and I got together wood for a a lire. We were eighty miles from fl Northwest River, but at the head of e Grand Lake, forty miles away, we fi hoped to find some trappers and food. a On the way up, some twelve miles 11 below where Hubbard gave out, we t had left a bag with some remnants of o wet -dour in it, and it was decided that k we sh~ould leave our caribou bones and V2 some' pieces of flour bag I found (thrown away on the way up), for Hubbard, and that George and I go on U the next morning to the flour bag we fl had abandoned, hoping to find some flour in it. The next morning, after getting some wood and wrapping Hubbard in my blankets, George and I started. Before going I read Chapter XIV, of o John, and at his request, my favorite,g Chapter XII, of First Corinthians. I " some how felt that I would never see C him alive again, and it was very hard S to go. His entry in his diary vrill tell 1I you of our parting. and I quote: "October 18, 1903. Alone in camp.I For two days past we have travelled n down our old trail with light packs. h On Thursday I 'busted.' Friday and h Saturday it was the same. I saw it b was hopeless for me to try to gos further with the boys.A "They will try to reach the flour s' tomorrow. Ther. Wallace will come back to me. George will go on to u Grand Lake if h3 can, and send or 0 lead help to us. Our past two days l have been trying ones. I have not written my diary because so very weak. "Yesterday at an old camp we found tj the end we had cut from a flour bag t1 It had a bit of flour sticking to it. We si boiled it with our old caribou bones y and it thickened the broth a lhttle. u We also found a can of mustard we i, had thrown away. I sat and held it f< in my hand a long time, thinki ng how \ it came from home. Then I took a b bite of it and it was very good. We a mixed some in our bone soup and it g seemed to stimulate us. We had a bit t] ot caribou skin in that same spot. It swelled up thick and was very good. "Last night I fell asleep while the boys were reading to me. This morn ing I wa very, very sleepy. After the d boys left-they left me t( a. the cari bou bones and another end of Ilour t sack found here and some yeast cakes -I drank a cup of strong tea and P some bone broth. I also ate some of 01 the rea deiicious rawhide (boiled p ith bones) and it made me stronger -strong to write this. Our parting 'as most effecting. G'eorge said: 'The ,ord help-us, Hubbard; with His help 'll save you if I can get out.' Then be ried; so did Wallace.<Wallace stooped nd kissed my cheeks with his poor, uoken, beared lips-several timej; I .issed his. George did the same, and kissed his cheek. Then they went way. God bless and help them. "My tent is pitched in open-tent tyle, in front of a rock. The rock elects the tire, but now it is going ut because of the rain. I shall let it o out and close the tent till the rain ; over, thus keep-out wind and say ag wood. To-night or to-morrow, per Laps, the weather will improve so I an build a fire, eat the rest of my 2occasins and a pair of cowhide mit ens. They ought to help some. "I am not suffering. ThE' acute angs of hunger have given way to idifference. I am sleepy. I think eath from starvation is not so bAd. ut let no one suppose I expect it; 1 m prepared, that is all. I think the oys will be able, with the Lord's elp, to save me." On the morning of October 18. when -eorge and I left camp, a drizzling cold in was falling. At dusk on the 20th ,e reached the flour bag. It contained aly some lumps of mouldy green uff. The next morning George, with be greater part of this to help him in is long journey to Grand Lake, and , with what clung to the bag and a! ,w lumps of the stuff, parted, and I egan my return march toward Hub ard and camp. Before noon thr snow ,as half way to my knees. The spruce od nr tree branches were bending low ith their weight of snow; the river ras partially frozen, and the whole ppearance of the country was chang . The snow had obliterated -all land iarks, and after walking up aud down ,veral times where 1 thought the amp must be, I was at length com eled to give up the search, and head d toward Grand Lake. My intellect as numbed tbrough weakness, and I ralked in a half dream. And so it i ras, day after day, night after night, ntil I lost all record of the time I had een away 'rci camp and did not now the day of the week or even I rbab month it was. Then I heard some men shout, very ear me, and almost immediately four ark-faced men on snowshoes, with ig packs on their backs, came over he bank. Then I remembered George as to try summon to Donald Blake rom Grand Lake. I knew Donald and recognized him as one of the men. spoke his tiame. "Donanld Blake," nd then he took my hand in bis, nd my senses returned with the Duch of human flesh. In a moment! bey had a roaring fire and some hot ea, and gave me a slice of bread and nd butter. I ate it and it made me ick, but did me good. Everythir~g I te for two weeks made mec sick. My escurers were Allen Grandy', a part lood Indjan, and Donald Blakey Gil ert Blake and Duncan MacLane, part lood Esquidaux, all trappers. I sent llen Gandy and Donald Blai'e right] n to look for Hubbard. They foundj im in a sleeping posture dead, and I e had evidently gone to sleep afteri iaking the entry quoted above on the 8th, and never woke up. George and I reached |N. W. River [ovember 6. Mr. Mackenzie, the man ger, took me to his home, called his ian from the company house t(o cut iy hair and shave me (I had not had hair cut since leaving New 'York, or I shave since July 15), a tub of water >r a warm bath, a suit of night cloth and a good soft bed, and made a re in my room. He rubbed my legs rd put me to bed after supper. His ttle housekeeper cried over our oubles, and did everything she )uld for me. They have been very id, and here)3 am making my home bile here.1 Mr. Hubbard's cotln came to day. r. Mackenzie had the lumber people ake it. They brought it from Kena ish by dog train. With lots of love,1 Your Effectionate Brother, DILLON. Mastered Out of Service. Mr.'W. Edmunds Hogan, a native 1 Richland county, died in Los An les, Cal., on the 18th of this Lonth and his body passed through lumba Saturday to be buried in 1 amter. The deeased was a s->ldier Sthe regular army, having been sta oned at Cavite, Philippine Islands, >r three years. His term of enlist Lent expired recently, and he was on 1 is way home. From the news which I s reached Columbia, it appears that 1 was asphyxiated accidentally while 1 tpping at an inn at Los Angeles. 1 s he did not rappear at breakfast, a ~rvant was sent to the room andC >und gas escaping through the crack rder the door. Hogan was pulled It of the room but died a short while ,ter at the Emergency hospital. The Thrifty Yankee. The Philadelphia Record says the] :assachusetts report of labor statis- 1 cs for 1903 in dealing with the sta- 1 is of the negro population in that I ate brings out the curious fact that 1 ?assachusetts enacted the first stat e establishing slavery in America, 1 1641. This was twenty years be- I re slavery was legally established in 1 irginia, though slaves had been 1 rought to that state in 1619. There re now in Massachusetts 31,974 ne roes, 80 per cent. of whom live in ie cities. Wrecked on Seaboard. 1 The Seaboard's Florida limited was I reeked at Hendersou, N. C., Thurs- 1 ty, running into an open switch - hich is believed to have been inten onally misplaced. A Pullman sleeper as burned. Engineer Tucker, of,( ortsmouth, had both legs broken and I her trainmen were injured. Nol] issengrs were hurt. A QUEER TALJ [n a Vision a Husband Came to Sometime Wife. A letter to The State from' Gre wood says an interesting and curi, ase is that of Charles Robertson well-to-do negro, a native of this ion, who appears before a forr wife in a vision, so she declares, ca ing her to leave her then husba: The Robertson negro soon after d and now this wife No. 1.is about ie. The dead negro's relatives squabbling over the property left him and a great suit is on to dec the case. The negroes are greatly terested in it. The story is this: About 10 ye igo Charles Robertson was a nej arpenter here in Greenwood and, ing well. Discovering that anot1 egro had alienated his wife's aff ons he left Greenwood for Atlan In Atlanta he began business a iackman an at the time of his dez e owned three hacks and was c idered prosperous for a negro. he course of time he mairried tlanta negro who survives him. Meanwhile the wife lie iad left eeenwood also married again. T iiisband having died she miarriec bhird -me. This hubsband, Geo1 Davis by name, and herself were 1 ng amicably together until about t nouths ago. One morning she announced to t ,hat she had had a vision the nii bfore in which she saw her forr md first husband s Arrounded by group of angels and heard a voice t ing her to change her life and p >are to meet her God. She was so I >ressed with the "vision" that i rove Davis from the hearth and ho Lnd has not lived with him since. Her first husband's death occurri hortly after in Atlanta and her o erious illness have created a deep J ression among other negroes that 1 ision is a "divinely inspired" o Wife No. 2 is suing for what the 9 rtson negro left as are also the re ives of Wife No. 1, who is still a ;o be interested in that, and also 1 ;isters of the dead negro, who w 3oth wives deprived of any part in ,state. The case will be tried at I iext term of court. Doing His Duty. A dispatch from New York s YIayor McClellan is making a ree or himself. Those who were to hi .t tirst that his attitude agairst t -ambling and criminal elements he city at the beginning of his; inistration was merely a blutf a iot destined to last long, are bec. ng convinced that they were r ken. The mayor has not chanc ris attitude in the least, in spite of :emptation and notw'itlstanding 1 act thiap a large majority of the Ta any lMlowing is by no means ympat~ iy with his efforts to suppr ambli g in this citiy:; lge hission .r McAdoo, who seems to omple tharmony with the may r his ant -gamblinig campaign, evide y recgnizes the fact that Mayo? I lellan means business and is det nied to keep the lid down tig1 en if some of the Tammany follc rs should get pinched in the proce ssistant Commissioner of Pol aggerty made the fatal mistake elieve that the order to keep the lown in Greater New York wasr neant seriously and encouragedt olice officials in Brooklyn in tha ,ttitude of passive resistance to t rders from headquarters. H~e pa or his error of judgment by losing iead. Hie was requested to resign a vhen lhe refused to do so, lie v leposed without ceremony. His: noval has had a decidedly saluta ifect upon the Brooklyn police de pa nent and resulted in a number of ra ipon gambling houses and pool roor The Rights Of Tramps. The supreme court of kwa insi; hat the tramp has rights which mi e respected. It says in effect tl: hen a nomadic individual is unce 2oniously tossed from a moving ri ay train by an inconsiderate condi or and injured thereby he may over damages from the railway c oration. It appears that one Jose osnson, a gentleman of leisure and eripatetic habit, was forcibly eject rom a moving train for insisting up iding without paying his fare. ustained injuries and brought s1 ,gainst the road for damages. 'I ower court of Pottawattamle cour eld that a tramp had no rights a hat the trainman was justifiable browing him from the train, no m: er what the result might be. A n rial was granted and a favorable< ision rendered, and up on takingt ase to the supreme this last decisi as sustained, giving the trarap co ainant judg ment for injuries susta d. It has been popularly suppos hat the .tramp has no rights wh. ny one is bound to respect, but 1 Iowa decision puts another phase he matter. It is a term admoniti hat the tramp must be handled gel y. If you toss him from a movi rain you must do it in such a way iot to injure him. If he comes to 1 ,ack door to make inroads upon t amily larder the bulldog must ightly chained. The decision opi ip a great field for sagacious tram Bride of a Week Dies. A dispatch from Clinton to t tate says Mrs. Richard E. Copela ied there Monday week after 01 wo or three days' illness. Mrs. Col nd was a bride of only a little mi han one week, having married ont 8th day of this month. She v 4iss East and a native of Alaban avin moved from that State linton just a short while beft bhristmas. She was a niece of NM . J. Copeland and Dr. East, who]1 s a shot dite from Clinton. TO MINE PHOSPHATE. a Central Company Asks tor Exclusia Right.to Work Marsh\Lands. an- The State phosphate commissi >us was in session Thursday and a matt, a of more than usual interest to tl ec- State was discussed. Mr. E. ier Hughes, an attorney of Charlesto us- appeared before the board represen id. ing the Central Phosphate compan: ed which owns a plant of $160,000 valu to Mr. Hughes submitted to the boa1 tre two propositions, one of whlch was r by jected, the other granted. ide It is well known that in recer in- years South Carolina's once apparen ly inexhaustible supply of phospha1 rs rock has dwindled to almost absui ro proportions in comparison with tl 10- outlook. The cost of mining the roc ier is said to be less in Tennessee, Floric ec- and in Algeria, three favorite sourc4 U1- of supply. Suffice to say that while a few years ago South Carolina derivE th $200,000 from revenue in the indu >- try, last year she received but a pa In try $25,000. an The cost of mining is said to be i excess of the prices -obtained for t in natural fertililer in view of the con his petition now existing. Mr. Hugh a said yesterday that his clients ha .ge been operating at a loss for some tin i- and that it was possible that the plat might have to be shut down. IIe asked that the State reduct im the royalty which is now 25 cents c 1ht each ton. After consideration, t1 er boord declined to make the changi a The tax was formerly $1 per ton an el- the tax is now pledged to the bon< re- holders of the State. In case of a rih - in the price of the rock a rate ';: ;he than 25 cents per ton would be out < me proportion. The second proposition was an i og teresting one and may help the iz wn dustry materially. The Central con M- pany asked exclusive right to mit ihe 3,000 acres of marsh land owned b ,e. the State and containing phosphal >b- rock. This marsh is covered wit l- water at high tiderbut the minin ble may be done on the ebb. e The board granted this privileg ish with the proviso that the work mu. hIs be conducted under the supervision ( he State Geologist Earle Sloan. The ta 10aid will be 5 cents per ton for th first year, 15 cents for the second yez and 25 cents for the third year, tl grant being for three years. The experiment has never bee tried before and will therefore t e watched with considerable interes1 i Parisian capital owns the Centr d ompany. The State. Big Damages. Js- The Charleston Post says fifte red thousand two hundred dollars was th all amount of damages awarded by t: he jury in the case of William G. Smit vs. the Atlantic Coast Line, whic in was tried in the court of commo as 'pleas Wednesday. ~he verdict is on - of the heaviest for m~ages ever rer mn dered by a Chari e4- n j'ury. Mr. I in H. Gaglsden, attorn ,y for the railroac t- said that lie would ake a motion fc [-a new trial. The p1 intiff brought sui er- aginst the road fot injuries receive< it, last October, while in the employ c - the company as brakeman and switct s.man. The accident occurred in th o railroad yards. Smith Went in be to tween two cars to inspect some brake ld that were defective when the trail Lot moved, passing over both his legs, in e juring both members to such an ex ir tent that amputation was necessary ild Choked With a Bone. us Mrs Robert Walthour, of Walthoul d ville, Liberty county, Ga., died at th 'as Telfair hospital Wednesday, unde e- peculiar circumstances. A few day ry ago while eating turkey for dinner rt- bone lodged in her throat. She coul ids not get it out and died as a resu& C us. its lodging in her throat. The Hay Crop. its The State says hay does not figur ist largely in the calculations of tb at southern farmer, yet the value of th -. ay crop in the United States is fror i- $50,000.00'0 to $100,000,000 greate c- han that of cotton. n who are in need of th le best medical treal -t nent should not fai 110 to consult Dr. Hathi e way at once, as heli yr ee o gn i zed as th nd leading and most suc in You are safe I - placing your case I his hands, as he is th w longest establishe he- and has the best rel e- utation. H e cuar e e w h ere others fal n ,;;there is no patchwor D- his treatment.Pe in- i'"Asonal attention by D ed ~iY/ /" Hathaway. salso spa edDE. HATHAwAY. ciai counsel from h: ch i associate physiciar e when necssay which no other obookce ha n qestion blanks. Mention your trouble. E n rything strictly confidential. J. Newt -HathaWay. M.D. g 28 Inman Building,221IS.:Broad S as Atlanta Ga. eWHAT MAKES p. A GOOD PIANO? Good Materials, Skill, Knowledg< ie Care and a lot of little things you don nd see, all cost money-pay as much ly W~e are factory representatives fc >e the most celebrated Pianos, viz: re Chickening, Knabe, Fischer, Vos< he Behir, Mathushek, McPhail, and oti as ers. a, ofWhatever you pay "us, you are sm to o a GOOD PIANO and a saving of $: to $75.. A ddress, re. M1lone M1usic HOUS( -IColumbia, S. C., will entitle you 1 caaogue Pianos & Or gans re ie - BEGINS M cleansing thi acids that produce out all the dangei d body-thgt is t] it k Other medicines treat symptoi s cant, and, therefore, its a CURES ARE P Helps the digestion, tones up free on application to BOBBF prietors, 316 West Lombard S e I1-I d t THE LOUD TALKER SAYS d n I e d THE N >f THAT W( IN A YE/ SWEE ;t THE LARGE OF SC or n I Geo A Wagmner, Pres. Gw Y Coleman, Coleman-Wagener H n. Successor to C. P. e 363 KING STREET, - - - h $850.000 FOUTRFIER SEARCHMON T AU eAt the Army Cycle %Company's store 2~rd St. mail order. Identine..tion of tickets wi eby1 -deposited before noon., April 1, 1904. This manne ,the tiuket holders at thie place of drawing. rThe'machine is on exhibit at our store and we w Doyusuffer with painful menstruation? iIf so, co mence at once to take Ottoman Female f permanent relief. These pills cure painful mont . suppressed menstruation, regulate the bowels, stil Sskin 0ndTTOMA N FEMA LE S and act as a general tonic to the female general 1a tonic after child-birth and will speedily restore - particulars of this wonderful remedy'sent with a . by mail in plain wrapper upon receipts of prie BGET OUT OF Byusing some of our high grade ready stead of the home made lead and oil mn r y ground by machinery and will, ther sing results. I C0LEMAN-BALL--'4ARTIS Wholesale and retail dealers in el f 367 King Street, Charleston, S. C. Pa Sout'1ea stern Lime CHARLESTC 8 uilding Material of all kini e "RUBEROIL'." 'M rLime Cemnent Tierra Cotta Pipe, Roofing Pape Carolina, Portland Cement IWhiskey Morphine ICigaette IHabit, B abit I Hbit Cured by Keeley 2L 1329 Lady St. (or P. 0. Box 75) Colun ence solicited. s Don't think that ea sFine Watch maker- is compet'it - are fully competeat -m 1irnc best-we can make 1 11 -Our prices are oIf t wacil.L CIC OTWhen our charge for work is $1.50 or over we will Everyb~ody Shou We sell th etgoods for the least mene, you need anything in the machinery supply lir car loads of pipe and car load of iron. Cheapest G. A. QUGA RDlrem COLUMBIA SU iColumb a YOUNG MEN, YOUNG Prepare yourselves to meet the demat t and bookkeepers. Write for catao MACFEAT'S BUSINESS CO ,.W. H. Macfeat, official Court Stenogr THE GU1IGNARD COLUMBIA ' Building and Re-Pressed Brick. Spe tTerra Cotta Flue Linings. Preps S for millions. SWORMs For 20 Years Has Led all i o prearea r a - JAMEt rORK with the first dose, blood of all the poisonous RHEUMATISM, driving -ous germs that infest the ie way cures are effected by ns; Rhaumacide rmeva the ERMANENT. the system. Sample bottle rr CHEMICAL Co., Pr- 7 t., Baltumore, Md. KIND OF )N ENOUGH G"1EW0mN R TO MAKE P- STA, ST COMPETITIVE BR MAPPS TOBACCO. Vires. I Ball, Seely ardware Com Poppenbeim. - - CHARLESTON, S , GIVEN AWAY FRm TOMOBILE, at 5.30 p. m. 190i4. - ,one tca ame, hence all icsmust be sge ~~ r of awarding the aoiobile will - ll bgla d to have youlinspectit. Either retarded, aeesive, or Regulators, and they will give protopt REGULATORS.:'.la ih box of pillh. Price $1.00 per box. Sea toman Remedy Company, THE RUT -mixed paints on your house in ixtures, they are more thorough- ' - efore, give better and more last PAINTT AND OIL CO. rerything in the paint line. Imetto sitamps, Automobile Tickets. & Cement Co. )N, S. C. s. High Grade Roofing rite for prices. , .Platiter, r, Car lots, small lots, write, Co., Charleston, 8. C. AllDrug and Tobacco Habits. tia, 8. C. Confidential'ookrespond ery one who hangs out a sig as a "watch to repair your fine watch. epairer. who re 'scarce. We do work only one way,-the my part of a watch, or a complete watch.. t no more than you pey for inferior work. pay express charge one way. Send us your Jewelers, 1424 Main St., Columbia, S. C. Id Read This. that they can legitimately be told at. I! e write us for prices. Just receiving two lace in state to by pipe and iron. PPLYC00., c,Akin, ScanITr [a, S. C. WOMEN, WAKE tUP id for Stenographers, typewriters e of uLEGE, Columbia, S. C. apher, P'resident. BRICK WORKS, ,S. C. ial shapes to order. Fire Proof red to fillorders for thousands or .I Most in Quantity. - Best in Quanit. r Remedies.1 4,It F.ALLARD. St. Louis.