The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1909-1911, January 20, 1910, Image 1
THE PICKENS ' SENTINEL JOURNAL
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Entered April 23, 1903 at PlckonM, N. C. ax necond clan* mnttor, uiidorcofongreNN of ITIai-i'li :i,187t)
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39th Year PICKENS. 8. G. JANUARY 20, 1910. Number 35
po RECORD YEAR
Half Billion For Expansion and
Improvement
CATTTU m?TC TTC cninn
ww aju u?ilw> ho 011/la.ri
Railroads, Corporation*, and the Qovarnment
to Spend 8um? for Development
During Year Never Before
Equalled In Country'a Hletory.
New York.?Millions upon mllltona,
It 1b currently reported, will be spent
this year by American corporations
and the United States government in
exnanslon. o*tennion? nnd imnrnvo.
mcntB.
Conservative estimates based upon
public plans for industrial corporations,
railroads and the government,
show sums to bo spent for labor and
Improved devices which stagger the
imagination and tax the conceivabllIty
of the ordinarj' mind.
B. & O. Investment.
The investment of Daniel Wllllard,
with the presidency of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad brings that great
corporation to the point where the
final plans are now ready for financing
the ?28,500,000 worth of bonds,
which sum Is to be spent by the road
In 1910 for construction and equipment.
The steel trust will soattor
$r>r>,000.000 through the middle west
and south in building new mills and
developing ore beds. But while we
consider th?8o stupendous sums of
private enterprises we must not overlook
the vast expenditures to bo made
by the government?expenditures
whicn are record-shattering In the
realm of finance.
Uncle Sam Liberal Spender.
Ninety minions of dollars will be
upont for the United States army supplies,
five millions will be spent in
construction work upon our fortifications,
and now President Taft, in his
message read to congress, urges appropriation
of $03,000,000 for rlvor
and harbor Improvement and in the
extension of irrigation In the west.
This does not include the lmriiense
sums to be put out in wages to the
army of workmen engaged in digging
the Panama canal.
fhe year 1910 will be an epochmnlllnir
vonr n VOllf nf
ln? tinrlvallrd In the hlstcrry of the
"world.
LIT $6,000,000 IN COTTON.
Plunger 8cales Would Form New
Pool to Recoup Dropped Fortune.
mnw vn^lr __tka
a ui n,- AUC UOOiniAVIUU U1 EiU*
Rene G. Scales, the big ootton plunger,
that he would spend the balance
of his fortune, $4,006,000, to recoup
bin $G,000,000 loss In the cotton break,
and the simultaneous appearance of
^ James A. Patten, the Chicago wheat
klnp:, led to the utterance that a new
cotton nool would h? f?>rrm?H wMr>h
would practically irmount to a corner
In cotton.
Estimates aa to the amount of loans
which have been liquidated In consequence
of the collapse of the bull
pool in cotton, and the decline In the
market, range from $10,000,000 to
$20,000,000. It was only too evldaat
that the pooj headed by 8calea, with
P. B. Brown and Prank B. Hayne, of
New Orleans, and James A. Patten,
han met lta Waterloo. Hut it la still
n long cry to St. Helena, for the bull
leaders have hold a long conference
and laid plana for a new campaign
#o begin in a few days.
WAS BLOWN TO DEATH.
Man Placed Dynamite in Shirt Front
and Lighted the Fu?e.
New London, CortTi.?Placing three
KlIrlfQ of rtvnftYnltA Ir* rr\ n* /\# Kit.
shirt, William A. Bennett lighted the
fuse and was blcrwn to death at his
home here. The windows In the room
were blown out, but otherwise the
house was not damaged.
Hennett, on returning from work
Friday handed his wife a bouquet of
flowors with the remark: "You will
kfmw what to do with them botween
now and Monday."
Then he demanded money, and on
being refused, drew a revolver and
flrod at hiH wife, the bulled striking
n corset steel and glancing off. He
was arrested and released under
$1,000 bond.
Snndav hp lHnao/1 v.i?. f ~ t v. -- <
tnothor, and, entering* his wife's room,
fljvld: "Don't you want to die with
mo?" Then he croRBod to another
room and Ret the dynamite off.
NEGRESS MADE MERRY.
Masked and Handsomely Attired,
Tnnk Part In n-n
at. Lou It.?An unidentified nogreas
made mor/^ an hour, It la said,
an a guost at a society masked ball
at tho Century Roat Club. Before
he was discovered she had danced
tv?,;wlth several unsiiHpectlng men, and
' ihe club officials are now looking for
the person responsible for h?r aD
I pearance at the function.
Handsomely dressed and wearing a
. head musk and long gloves, she ap>:
peared on the floor during a "spook"
, ? (lance, when the lights were low, and
4ft ^or "hare of attention from
? that tlmo an.
ft The climax came when the dancers
a,;- vnmaakod. The negree sinade her
scape.
Louis R. Glavis.
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former land Office Employee, Accuser
of Secretary Ballin^er.
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Louis II. Glnvls. ? formor pmnlnvo#
of the general land olllee. Is the chief
aacuscr of Secretary Ballinger, whom
hl? enemies charge with heing Implicated
tn public land frauds in Alaska.
President Tnft defends Mr. UalHugor.
while Chief Forester IMnchot, recently
dismissed, upholds lilavis.
THEY ASK FOR TROOPS."
Many Tragedies Stir Sunflower River
Section of Mississippi.
Anguilla, Miss.?The third killing
In three days in this neighborhood >
took place on the Sunllower river, '
near here. The frequency of such 1
tragedies of late has aroused many
ef the citizens, who have telegraphed
Governor Noel asking that soldiers
! _ . .
: oe sent nere to restore order.
The last tragedy was the killing ot
Noah Borodarfsky, a merchant of Silver
City, by Jesse Martin, n planter.
The trouble arbse over a homo trade,
It Is said. Martin swapped Borodarfsfty
a horse which ho said would
work to a buggy. Borodarfsky, it is
said, claimed the animal wothl not
do as represented and wanted to call
the trade off, which Martin refused
to do until Horodarfsky covered him
with a pistol. Martin, it is alleged,
at once went to bis home, procured
his shot Run and meeting Borodarfsky
In tho road, shot him.
UPRISING THWARTED.
Alleged Plot to Overthrow Spanish
Government Foiled.
Paris.?An uprising of the Spanish
army, having for its ultimata purpose
the overthrow of tlie government, lias
been thwarted just in time, according
to advices received here from
Madrid. Juan Del.aviervay Penaflcl.
former minister erf the interior, was
the guiding spirit, it is said, and U?s
forces were turned against the liberal
cabinet. It is believed that this
move was also a part of a Carlist
uprising on behalf of Don Jaime, the
pretender. Discontent over the reBults
of the Moroean campaign and
the distribution of honors have increased
the distemper of many of tlie
officers.
Prince is Arrested.
Madrid.? Prince Plgnatelli ha? been
arrested, accused of complicity in the
alloped plot of the Conservatives to
overthrow the government.
MORSE STILL IN "GAME."
He and His Wife Begin Move to Recoup
Shattered Fortune.
Now York.?Mrs. Ohprles \V. M<rrse,
wife of the hanker and former ice
king, who 1ms just begun serving bis
sentence of fifteen years in the Federal
prison in Atlanta for violating
the national banking laws, has entered
Wall Street. From a modest
office at 41'. Exchange place, fitted
with furniture from hor homo, Mrs.
Morse, It is said, will conduct a campaign
to recoup her husband's shattered
fortunes, which once amounted
to $25,000,000. Morse himself, In his
cell, will he the guiding hand.
Mrs. Morse, from the same little
office, will conduct the fltfht to secure
her hufiband's pardon.
CHAMP CLARK OPTIMISTIC.
Minority Leader Predicts Victory For
Democrats In The Fall.
Washington.?Champ Clark, the
minority loader of the house, has re
turned to the capital after ton days
of speech-making In Missouri and the
middle West, and spread cheering
predictions of sweeping democratic
victory in the congreaslrmal elections
this fall and a democratic house of
representatives.
Mr. Clark said lie found a thriving
BplrIt of democracy In Ohio and
Missouri and other places ho visited.
To Die In Electric Chair.
Alftxn-nflrta, Vn.?Trembling like an
ahpon ieai ana pionuing mat He bo
taken to some otlier place for fear!
of mob violence, Henry Smith, the
negro convicted with three rrthers of
murdering Walter K. Schultz, a Chicago
artist, was sentenced to he electrocuted.
Tho three men, Johnson,
Dorney nnd I'lne.s, who on Smith's tontimony,
were convicted nnd also sentenced
to die fnr Schultz's murder,
hare been respited for 00 days. J
A MURDEROUS PLOT
Alleged Scheme to Exterminate
Kansas City Family.
DOCTORS INVESTIGATE
Late Mysterious Deaths Among Heirs
of Swope Estate Caused Investigation,
Followed by Some Startling
Disclosures. j
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Kansas City.?John II. Atwood, an
attorney for the Swope family, has
declared an al'rest was near in connection
with the examination of the
vital organs of Col. Thomas H. Swope,
the aged philanthropist, who died suddenly
October 3.
Mr. Swope'B deatli at first was attributed
to apoplexy, but a quick succession
of deaths and illness among
heirs <rf the Swope estate, led to an
Investigation, culminating in exhuming
the body of Col. Swope and the
removal of his stomach to Rush Medi
cal College, Chicago, for autopsy.
"There Is not a particle of ttoubt
In my mind," continued Mr. Atwood,
"that both Thomas and Christian
Swope were poisoned."
The alleged murder plot had for its
supposed end the extermination of all
the Swope heirs. It is stated that
just before Christian Swope's death,
December 2, just one month later than
that of his uncle, a man visited the
office of a well known bacteriologist
in Kansas City and secured some typhoid
fever germs. With these deadly
baccilli, it is asserted the men
hoped to lnnoculnte the members
of the Swope family.
Dining December six members at
tli?? Qiunnn hmionhnl.l 4 11 ...In.
typhoid, which was not due to unsanitary
conditions shout the Swope residence,
as shown by the report ol
the two physicians who made thorough
investigations of the premises.
FACES MURDER CHARGE.
Coachman Accused of Strangling
Trained Nurse.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.?Frank Bcher- !
merhorn, the coachman employed by
names Compton, near Milbrook, has
been formally charged with murder
in the first degree of Sarah Breymer,
tlie young trained nurse who was at
tacked and strangled in her bed.
Schermerhorn attempted to cut his
throat, and is now in the Vassar hospital
under guard with his arms
strapped to his cot to prevent him
from tearing the bandages off of the
razor cuts in his throat.
District Attorn.ey Mack and Chief
of Police McCabo say thoy have
enough evidence to send the coachman
to the electric chair. The physicians
at the Vassar hospit.nl say he
will recover. As a result of the crime
the Comptoms have abandoned their
beautiful country homo on which they
have just spent $50,000 In improvements.
WRECK ON SEABOARD.
Passenger Train Plunged Into a Landslide
near Rag I and, Ala.
Rutland, Aln.?Three passengers,
the engineer and the negro fireman
on Seaboard train No, 50 were In- |
jured when the train plunged into a
slide one and one-half miles west of
ttaglaml, Ala. |
The train, which is of the acoom
modation type, left Birmingham for
Atlanta. A dirt and rock clido was
encountered at full speed near Hagland,
and the engine and combination
baggage and passenger ear left the
rails and turned over. The coach
and Pullman, which completed the
train, were also partially capsize!,
being saved from a total upset by the
bank, against which they remained
leaning.
It is not thought that any erf those
hurt were fatally injured.
FATHER WAS LOCKED UP.
Law Invoked to Aid Young Man in
Suit for Girl's Hand.
Crowloy, La.?When O, I*. Pierce
hoard his daughter was to elope with
Nat Senae, son of a planter. It Is
charged, ho threatened to Kill the
boy. All the neighbors favored young i
Sonne's Milt. They asked for a warrant
for the arrest of the girl's fath
er.
"Well, here's where the law alls
young Mister Cupid," remarked the
Justice of the ponce as lie signer! the
warrant.
So Pierce was locked up and while
he remained In Jail his daughter and
Nat were married. The father cooled
off In Jail, and when the young couple
returns ne lias promised to give his j
blessing.
Robbers Loot Postofflce,
Chattanooga. Tenn.?The postofflce
at Ringgold, Oa., eighteen mllos south
of Chattanooga, has been dynamited,
the robbers getting $C00 worth of
stamps, $11f> of money of the post.-1
master and three registered letters.
Entrance was made through a back |
window.
After "Uncle Joe's" Job.
Washington.?Representative (J. J. j
Diekema, of Michigan, has formally
announced his candidacy for Apeakenihip
of tho house to succeed "Undo
Joe" Cannon at tho end of tho present
session. . ? i
GUNNESS FARM MYSTERY.
Confession of Dying Man Has Thrown
Light on Laporte Tragedies.
St. Louis?The Post-Dispatch prints
a story to the effect that Ray Lamphere,
who died a few days ago In the
Indiana penitentiary at ? Michigan
City, while serving a term for setting
fire to tho home of Mrs. BellGunnees,
near Laporte, Ind., d'd not carry tho
sttiui, 01 mo iiunnpss enamel iarm to
the tomb with him, hut confessed to
Rev. E. A. Schell, formerly pastor of
the Methodist church at Laporte, Ind.,
now president of the Iowa Wesleyan
university at Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
The confession as published shows:
That Mrs. Gnnness is dead.
That she and her three children
were chloroformed by Lamphere, who
was robbing the house, and the four
were burned to death.
That Jennio Olson was not murdered
by Mrs. thinness several months
beforo the fire, hut was chloroformed
and burned to death like the rest.
That Lamphero had a woman ac
complice in the robbery venture.
That the chloroform used was part
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Ui i|u?ii;lilu-s mill i:u(I Ijt'rn UOUglll l>>'
Lamphere for Mrs. Gunnoss to kill
three men.
That Lnftiphore saw one of those
men killed and assisted in burying all
three. That one of these men was
tho third husband of Mrs. Gunness.
PISTOL DUEL IN STABLE.
Fight Between Wadley, Ga., Citizens
Has Fatal Results.
Wadley, Ga.? Iaither J. Smith, a
salesman for the Williams Livery company,
is dead as the result of a pistol
duel fouj-'it between him and G. W.
Griftln. who conducts a livrrv hiiKlne??s
In tho building occupied by Cap?. (J. II.
Williams. Crl'Iln was slightly .wminded
in the battle.
The duel is allowed to have occurred
ns tho result of ill feeling between the
two men. Captain Williams was in
Atlanta buying stock and a dispute* is
said to have arisen over the management
of tin- business during his absence.
Both were prominent citizens and
the tragedy bus caused the greatest
excitement.
100 KILLED IN BATTLE.
ixitfiratjuiin i roops uaugnt unprepared
by Estrada's Army.
San .1 uan Del Stir.?One hundred
mon have been krlled in tlio battle
between tlwj ingm-Rt ntr. and Ihe government
forces at Acoynpa and tho
fighting is general, according to dispatohes
received hero. The government
troops suffered by far the heavil
er loss.
I They were cam !>t unprepared by
| Estrada's army. tSeneral Vasquez's
j sentries spread out for !'? lnile.s, hav'
lng been captured before they could
give warning. (!em-ral Caniniorro has
ordered the capture of Acoynpa, in
which the Madriz troops are intrenched.
AN INHUMAN FATHER.
Illinois Judqe Thought Hanging Too
Good For Child Murderer.
Roll.'villi'. 111. -.Jiulge CI. A. Crow, or
the circuit court of St. Clair county,
h:is sentenced James Pullman, murderer
of his ono-month-old child, to
life imprisonment.
"I will not sentence Pullman to the
gallows," Mild the judge, "hut to tho
penitentiary ror IIr??. it will bo punishment
metro terrible than death for
him to hoar daily tho cries of his murdered
chilil. Mis crime was tho most
atrocious I havo over read of. Flo
stamped tho lifo out of the child with
his heel."
FORTIFICATIONS BILL PASSED.
It Carries an Appropriation of Over
Five Million Dollars.
Washington.?Tho house has passed
tho fjrtl.ieatIons appropriation bill
carrying nn appropriation of ?r?.(;i7,'irtA
?vi/,
Tho pronldont lias transmitted to
(ho house the annual report of the directors
of tho I'anama Railroad Company.
Tho house commit too on territories
has authorized Chairman Hamilton to
make a favorable report, on the bill
to admit Arizona and New Mexico to
statehood.
Man Burned to a Crisp.
Chattanooga, Tonn -Burned to a
oris]) and beyond recognition, even as
to race, tho-body of a man whs found
In an ovon under a drying room of
tho Chattanooga River Brick Company
by nn engineer searching for a
leak in steam pipes in tho oven Otiicers
believe that tho man was murdered
and bis body placed in the oven
to hide the crime. There is no cluo
as to the dead man's identity.
Grrsty Buys Baltimore Sun.
Baltimore Charles H. (Jrasty, formerly
proprietor of The Baltimore
nBnn, iuik ";',nu(i negotiations ror mo
purchase of the Baltimore Sun from
tho Alioll estate. The Sim lias been
the property of the Abell family for
threo generations and Is ono of the
Inost valuable newspaper prcrperltes
in the United Statos.
Fatal Kftrcsena Explosion.
(Jirard, Ala.? Mrsr. Tom Creomer
*/as starting a tire with kerosene oil
in hor homo when tho can exploded
anci sin- wns laiaiiy Diirneu She
wan alone at tho time of tho Occident.
STRANGE, IF TRUE]
Was Miss Sillsbcrry Victim of a
Plot For Revenge?
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OPINION OF THE POLICE
They Advance Theory That Jeweler
Helman Died by His Own Hand,
Leaving Letter Accusing Girl Because
She Refused His Suit.
New Orleans.?That Efllo Sillsbovry.
of Indianapolis, arrested on a char;
of having poisoned William H'dnvn., ;
Terre Haute jowelor, is the victim of
a plot for revenue because sh" refused
to marry the man who accused
I her in his last letters tor the world.
Is tho opinion of the Now Orleans
police. A new light has been tlnv:\%?
upon the mystery. It was a l<>t! r
from Helman himself, addrcsse * ?
the "Chief of Police of NVw Orlear
It came almost as a message from ?
dead. It is this letter, written in 1!< !man's
own hand, apparently, v >n
which the New Orleans police b:
their assertion thai the pirl is innocent
of the crime.
It is this letter that has *ed " .tii
the inspector and Chief Ucynop' ; to
bollovo that tho Sillsborry girl hv. <
boon mode ,tlie victim of ono of the
rtranpest and most unusual schemes
for revenge that has ever been
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theory of the police of this city Is
correct, it moans that Helmnn, full ot
venom because the girl had jiite.l him,
deliberately planned a way by which
he hoped to punish her for U. > il? I
that he himself committed, taking
poison to end his own existence and
leaving letters accusing the Rtllsberry
girl of the crime.
EDITOR RHODES DIZS.
Birmingham News; -?er M.m nt Lr.nt
Succumbs to Fatal (VHn y.
Birmingham, A!a. ? Uuf'is N.
Rhodes, president of flu? R'hiUh rn
Publishers' association, vice-president
of the Associated Press, publisher r/f
the FlIrmiiiKhani News and a man of
national prominence. died here at hi;
home, nfte;' an illness of sever I
months. Death was rinsed by an
affection of the heart, and he hnd bee;
lcept alive for some times by means of
artificial respiration.
at V liluuloe VV'MC n ?>n I ,\C '!* -??,
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nosspp, practiced 'aw In Chiai>>l
established The aVws hero nhout "1
years a pro.
Ho cariie to FJirminphani in INKS as
manaftinK editor of Tho P.innitr/lnrn
y\>re, and in the unir.e \< f uin ' !
Tho News. He was p.-o- i:t?ois i i
public affairs and several limes : :vt l ,
as prt'KKi^ni.iiii oiPfior.
Ilo leaves a handsome < :
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.
Invalid Husband Was Forced to S?c
His Wife Burned to Death.
Goldshcrro, N. C.?News w:i ?
brought to this city from Uro*1: I 'ii
township of tho horriblo tloath of
Mrs. Haywood Baker. \Vluh> die
iriK her children for school, her fl. t'<
lnpr caught fire, ar< was > 1> i ' /
burned thnl ?h in a low hinv.s
1 after r" 'Teat est nirotiy
Her e ' ' f erallj' cool: I
Whr.' '' ' ' 'Tor of t :i
scene \ ' 'nml, who i '
n para! . ,t invalid, w: ; com
pelled to witness the liorrilil- s;>
lacie anu was helpless to r> t. ' any
aid, while the screams of her five lit
tlo children in tho room wore piiil.il
and hcartrenderlng.
FATAL FIRE AT NORFOLK.
Three Perished in Blaze which Durnecl
Exposition Duildincjs.
Norfolk, Va.?Besides t'io ( * children
of H. T. Iialstoad, l.eon K. Mil. ,
pier foreman of tho Virginia railway,
was burned to death by a fire tli:<t
destroyed the Baltimore Imildii 1
throo other strui-fnrcs mi "
town exposition woum's.
The bnllding*; tli.it wcio wiped mvnv
by tho flames were t! > l; lfim
building, the Pnn-I'r s 1 >> t. rian ' ail.I
iiiK, tho Grand Trunk an.I tlx- I)
tcrs of tlio Conf" U" ary ln>me.
Tho two children were a.sloep In
their room and weiv unal-it? to rea< !i
a place of safety.
$l,UUU,l*UU tiLAiL,
Grand Rapids, Mich., Suffers Coctiy
Conflagration,
Orand Rapids, Mich. Fire. which
! originated in lite uphol toring drpan
! niont of the Young & CliflTiv l>*i111??'
tiirf; C'o.'s building, ro-'ili< i in :i million-dollar
ronilagration Ik io, and w:\s
cont rolled only after a linrd light.
Court House Burned.
Mlllen, fJa - -The .Tonkins county
court house lias been totally do
i stroyod by fire. The court house \va:?
built In 1007 :ind 1008 by Nicholas
Pitner, of Atlanta, contractor, and
! cost $12,000. Thp building was in- j
! Bured fen* $32,f>00. The records or
i the clork's and ordinary's olllcea
J were aaydd by flre-""oof vaults.
Rose Mcnc'a 1 . . . m Commission, i
New Crl:-'4tw# ' :i.?Professor .
Wlckltr*> Hose, i' .Nashville, Is to ho j
head 'if iho Raek^'' i' . hookworm
commission and v. ill f?" ::?1 $1,000,000.
In the work. P .?wor Ropo has
, boon a member of the fac'ty of Poa*
| body university for : . years.
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John F. Fitzgerald.
Former Mayor of Eoston, Who
Sought Election Again.
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a iiiciulx r of tliu iialiunat lions*
oi' nipivsonia:iv?\s.
23 LOST AT CCA. !
Wind and Waves Dashed Ship Onto i
Treacherous Bar.
Mnr-lifi( ! !, (in .- Co. ; hay';. r-Xoros
ri | : rollc-i 1 v >\ re >rs i" lindittK
from I lie S. it*"< i ii I':i.
C/arin;!,. Tv ' ' 1 ' 11 \v 1 1* "I
\vh? n tli,' ' v, . li -(I hy ;t
hoavv lit '.u> noi ( i of i
Cot ' t! rot of till1 :;i souls .
nho:' ' "i'< .. r !.
'1"' ' \v:i t In.mid for l-an
Pnr.icl > frCiu ] orn, t;li? T? fI port In
tho , ! ".t h^f'ivo she* lir.d :
rr In d ' i ' v < i: !:l oh tho i
t "h "i ' -i.no of ' o v.'orsf un
the Pacific cod Jit -rind \vn? railing
h< ' .1 . ! : ! io t'.c soil. Tho
f?ail< t< n' it tvis ill"- and were
aw< ' ; ) tjioir t* -alii, o ;o '!y on<\ TIio
fir." : 1 'r.nl < lyir.ci;! . K. II. Kensoll,
\v ?IrlV? n ; !i<??. a' on n
wave tore him from flic rii5j;iiif?. As !i
wns ii)ss<' 1 toward tl land, 1 i{"<?savors
pullod hini to .v. Captain
.7. Duv.in n:id </no of hi ; i.u ii swain
niilioro.
A lor,:; and fw.tilo was wapr<'<l
to nid the: doomed pa ^onfyors a: !
rro'.v. 1)11' wl'.an lmirnin" il'twnd.l llinv
bad nil boon swept from tho rigging!
ninl tin- ve -el \v:i.; ' r< :l;iug up.
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IN MEMORY O:- LEEI.
Government Recognizer. Birthday of
F.inioiic General.
Washington. Olllciai recognition, in
n Ihn! ! way, of the birtlulny <>f <;on-i
ornl Kobert 10. I.ee is to 1)0 given by
the treasury d< "artm* nt. The anniversary
of tlio birth of (lie famous
C'onfodPiv.t : >!'! r falls ffn January
10, and tlio collector of customs at
Ne' poi't N'< *s. Va . h:is I.< "n authorized
to clo: i) his office on tlint, day
fop as Ions a ti"' a.- pul lie business
will penult. 'IT. > h nor paid General
Leo's liumiory is an iin'isual one, as,
rarely, if over, i; happens that a public
oilice is < !( od o'n t1:o occasion
oi 1110 i :< ,f;ii ;< !? or hirl Delays of noted
Americans, oxcopt, of course,
whore regular 1 oj-x:i 1 holidays provide '
for if.
PAY3 PENALTY OF DEATH.
German Hanged for Murder of Bal:er
in New Orleans.
X v Oil'ii: Curl Mortuna, "7
yoars oH. i'i tho Orloana
pari li ; i . on I'cr a murder eommitl el
by liim a year ap;ct.
Tho crii'.K! for which f irl P.ortuHa
died v,'.'! the nitird. ; of Ms employer,
.7 (I of > Ki t>r. it tor of a Ifr:il
bale ry. Hoi tuna hiain. il tho J>:ikor
when (!'< latter upbraided hh>i for
11 i.; fi I lent Inns In lii'J \vlf<>
Afrnr M?!? to B'>rtnna\ own admission.
i''is1 wii the socond homicide1
committ- I by him. H ,-?-ral v? ;n s aRrt '
In C'.< rinnny, wIumi 1h> was a youth,
ho Killed his kwocUk art.
0 LIVES LOST IN GTORM.
One cf the Worst Blizzards In New
York Since 1399. |
N \v Yorl:. Nino lives worn lost,
and ,?;ix persons Injured In tho late
Herce blizzard, one of tho worst
storms that has over vr-iled New
roru city. hip to'al snowfall, when
the skies clonroil, \v:m,I1 1-2 incite;,
second only to tho blizzards of 1S})0,
when 15 1-2 inches fill, and of ixsx,
in which Senator Iloseoo Conklin lout
his life. when ? i.O inches fell.
Eighteen then and men have heen
pur to work cl< minf? the streets, and
it is estimated that tho cost of romoval
will exceed $SOOtOOO.
Town Marshal Killed.
Savannah, On.- William Hradloy, of
Thi^an, aged 20, shot and killed William
Bansjet, luvod nr., marshal of ('laxton.
The iroubio aroso over tho m irnhal
Imvin t stated that ho intended
aurc: tin;c Hrftdloj for hnvin;* speed -1
t! roni.h Ola ton in an nnlrnnoUilo.
When Bradley eame to (": tun in a
hupsy, Ih<- marslial pin< > 1 hi# hand
on hlhi to arros't him, whoi u; >n UradIcy
shot him four times, it is said.
POPULARJftLLACIES.
Some Old Fashioned Notions
That Still Obtain Credence.
inc. oiui.t ur- Ihhtt IDhA.
A Drowning IVian May Sink Not Only
Thrice, but a Dozon Times, and 8till
Bo Rcocued?Congestive Chills and
tho Merging of Disoases?LaW Pointt.
Three physicians were standing in
a downtown drug store the other day
when one. who had been looking at
iin evening paper, exclaimed: "Great
Caesar, here it is ajrain! I see It in
the papers at least twice a month."
"What's thatV* asked one of tho othera.
"It's that popular fallacy about a
drown in."; man sinking for the third
time. Hero it says, 'Just ns he was
sinking for the third time ho was saved
b.v the timely arrival,' etc. The next
lim<> I see this third time business It
probably will read, 'lie sank for tho
third time before aid could be had and
was drowned.'
"Why will people get that fool Idea
that sinking for the third time must
needs be fatal to a drowning man?
Why, bless you. I f-nw a man sink a
halt' do;'.en times before he was rescued
alive. An urn le of mine, witnesses
said, never sa lie but once, and
lie was drowned. The number of times
ji man sinlcs lias nulling to do with
11is drowning, lie ma.' sink but once,
and lie may go beneath the water any
1 ruber of times. It all depends upon
the person who is drowning, his nhm
i mI lidiiioM and how quickly tho
inngs till wish water."
'J !::H cycle of throe," suggested anether
of the doctors, "is c irried aloug
by those who insist that a person dies
in liis third suggestive chill. Hut this
is not tine. The s;' io rule holds good
in congestive < h in the case of
the drowning r , , erson may dio
in the lir t < . . have a dozen
and still live. . ule of three does
not obtain there cither."
Tho Hrst physician, with great disdain.
then told how many ignoranc
persons would swear that "If ye git \v
th' inalivv mii' o ........ i~'- *-?'
... iiu.1 juio ijpuOlll
fever :iii' it runs into newmony it'a
^hore death." ?
"Tl: re's Hint siinie old rule of threo
again." he continued almost angrily.
"First and foremost, one disease does
in>t run into another. There's no such
thin;.: a^ a collision between diseases,
i. ! .>:.y believe. If one lias malaria
?: * h i:; t!i:it and that alone. The sauio
tiling is true of typhoid fever and
pneumonia. Kach one is a separate
and distinct trouble, and a doctor with
any sense should be able to diagnoso
his malady from symptoms which are
always present in each and entirely
different."
From popular fallacies in regard, to
incdii ini? Hie conversation drifted to
fallacies regarding the law. A lawyer
1 rc cat was called upon to explain
tirst one ihin^ and another, when one
of the bystanders said:
"1 made a liet the other day that a
per on had no right to touch a dead
body until the coroner arrived, and I
won."
* Win? <! ided the question for you?"
asked the lawyer smilingly.
"Well," said the man sheepishly, "it
was a bartender, but he's an educated
fellow and i.; a good judge '<f tlie law,"
"You speak of the law ns if it vero
somethln:X 1 > be .bulged like cattle at
a !:it stock show," replied tlie attorney.
"There is no law on any statute book
in any state in the United States which
says one may not touch a body before
the arrival of Hie coroner. jl
"In ease of murder the old English ,
common law used to require that the \
bi dy of the murdered one be left just.]
as it lay until viewed by one in authority.
"That was done, it can plainly be
seen, f t t!i purpose of preserving the
Minvundin;.; intact so that whatever
evidence ini^ht be there would not be
disturbed. In ease of a murder today.
I i illy if any mystery were connect
eil with it. common sense would
teach a p svoii t>> leave everything intact,
not alone for the coroner, but for
ui< ii.iiiu: "im i.in us. well. IJUC KIIOUIU
the body of a murdered man bo moved
there is i n law covering it unless it
?*<hi 1?1 bo proved Hint the person who
moved the hotly did it witli the intention
to destroy evidence. In cases of
Kuicidc or death by accident thero
could bo no objection to moving the
body anywhere in the city if done with
humane <>r some other proper motive."
"I'll tell ,\<m what is the law." sakl
r. : p shouldered, long armed man |
who had boon listening long enough I
to get the gist of the discussion. "If a j
n-imw a iniiiun' uirougn u pane
of class ho can't bo a witness in tho
case." (
"Oh. pimel" exclaimed (lie attorney.
"I'm going t > lunch. That's the limit.
I was walling for some yap to spring
that. If that was the case and a murder
should be committed In this room
half a dozen of us could not be com-.,
potent witnesses, if your statement isi
true, because wo are wearing glasaes. J
(;l.iss Is glass whether In n window orj
uic nose. i ilore is no suen law ns
that. That's foolish."
"I hoard my grandfather say that,"
Insisted tho long armed man, "and he
know'd law too."
"Yep." retorted tho exasperated attorney,
"and ho no doubt gave It out
ns law that n man could stand with his
back against his own house and kill
my one who came within a certain
di lance of him. Rut he -would hang
for It unless he had mighty good def.
- c* VII nf 1 )xw<\ flilntra nrrt vtrhnfr
wo call "chimney corner law,' but they
won't hold In court."?Kansa* Oit7.
Journal.
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