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GAVE IT AWAY.
How Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Distributed
the Bennett Fund.
GIVEN TO COLLEGES.
The Sooth Carolina College Qot Four
Hundred Dollars of the Fond.
Other Colleges in the South
Were Also Given a Share
of the Fund.
Now that the ttennett estate j?
Anally settled Mr. Bryan submits the
following statement to the public:
In tbe spring of 1900 Mr. Phllo S.
Bennett,giving at New Haven, Conn.,
and engaged In the mercantile business
In the city of New York, visited Nebraska
and asked Mr. Bryan to assist
him in preparing oertaln paragraphs
of his will (all the other provisions be
ing copied from a former will) The
paragraphs referred to were: First,
for a library at Salem, 111. (It provided
for * bequest of 81,500 to which
Mr. Bryan was to add SI,500 ) Second
10,0G0 to establish a fund at twentyAve
oolleges, to be selected by Mr. Bryan,
the annual proceeds to be used for
a prize to encourage a study of the
principles of free government. Third,
10,000 to be distributed among colleges,
to be seleoted .by Mr. Bryan,
the annual lnoome to be used to aid
poor boys to obtain an education.
Fourth, 110,000 do De oisixidumju
among collages, to be selected by Mrs.
Bryan, "the annual inocme to be used
to awlsti poor .girls and obtain an education.
Fifth, 950,000 to Mrs. Bennett,
la trust tor a purpose set forth
In a sealed letter deposited with the
win. This sealed letter direoted Mrs.
Bennett to pay the amcunt to Mr.
Bryan (Mr. Bennett proposed It as a
direct bequest but at the request of
Mr. Bryan It was given to Mrs. Bennett
in trust, because Its acceptance
was conditional.) The sealed letter
direoted Mr. Bryap to distribute the
$60,000 among edufcalional and charitable
institutions in case he refused to
accept it tor himjeir ana lamiiy. me
residuary legatee contested the three
10,000 Items and the t50,000 Item.
The eourt confirmed the 910.000 Items
bub oil technical grounds held that
the 160,000 bequest was inoperative.
The readers of The Commoner have
already been informed of the main
facts, namely, that the widow and
other relatives were bountifully provided
for; that the testator's intention
was never questioned and that the
oharge of undue Influence was with
drawn; and that Mr. Bryan announced
la the beginning that he would not
acoept the bequest without the consent
of the widow, but that he felt in
honor bound to insist upon the dis
tribution of the <50,000 as directed by
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Bryan was thus drawn into a
contest In whioh he had but a remote
and contingent pecuniary interest, ii
v in fact he had any at all, but which
ne 00illu nut in cjuauieiiuu buouuuu.
The oontest cost blm a little more
than fifteen hundred dollars for attorney's
fees and court oosts, beside*
travelling expenses and loss of time.
Ip submitting his report as ezecu
tor he claimed tne customary fee 92,
500, explaining that the amount would
' not bo used by him for himself, but
would be spent in completing the plan*
made by Mr, Bannett. Tbe fee was
allowedLby the probate oourt and wat
used as follows:
Fourteen hundred and eighty-nine
dollars and forty-three cents was used
to pay that part of the inheritance tai
which was not covered by Interest, sc
that the 11,500 library fund, and the
three $10,000 funds might be used is
full. Three hundred and fifty dollar*
was given to the city of Salem as an
endownment for the library (Mr. Bryan
besides giving SI, 500 to the Salem
library gives the site, worth considerably
more than $350 ) Two hundred
dollars has been deposited with Mr.
Sloan, Mr. Bennet's surviving partner.
W> pay ior a euro 01 air. jwjunebt 101
the Salem library. The balance, 1460,67
1ms the cost of filing reports, will
he paid to Eev. Alexander Irvine, Mr.
Bennett's pastor, to be used by him
in the edueatlon of his sons.
The three $10,000 funds have been
distributed as follows:
BJENNETT PRIZE FUND.
Four hundred dollars eaoh to the
following colleges:
Delaware College, Newark, Del.
Bowdoln College, Brunswick Me.
A. and M. College of Kentucky,
Lexington, Ky.
Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass.
Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.
H.
University of Tennessee, Knox vl lie
Tton.
St. John's College, Annapolis, Md.
University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.
University of Montana, Missoula;
Mont.
University of Utah, Salt Like City,
Utah.
University of Washington, Seattle,
TT Ull
University of South Dakota, Yernullion,
S. D.
University of California, Berkeley,
Cal.
Nevada State University, Reno
Nev.
University of Colorado, Boulder,
ri Colo,
South Carolina College, Columbia,
8. 0.
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
University of Wyoming, Laramie,
Wyo.
University of Vermont, Burlington,
Vt
University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.
Yale Unlterslty, New Haven, Conn.
Brown University, Providence, R.
I.
University of North Dakota, Grand
ForkB, N. D.
* University of Pennsylvania, PhilaIdelphia,
Pa.
Prinoeton University, Princeton,
N. J.
Each college is to invest the amount
recei fed and use the annual income
for a prize for the best essay discussing
the principles of free government. 11
Mr. Bryan had already established
similar prizes in nineteen states acd
the twenty-five colleges selected fir
the Bennett prize were selected rrom Tl
other states so that every state but
one now contains a college giving such 1
a prize.
MR. BRYAN'S FUND FOR BOYS.
The fund for the aid or poor boys
desiring a college education was distribute.!
by Mr. Bryan as follows: qu
One thousand dollars to Illinois t0
College, Jacksonville, 111., and 9750 .
each to Park College, Parkville, Mo., f1
and College of William & Mary, Wil? liamsburg,
Ya. Also $500 to each
of the following colleges:
Doane College, Crete, Neb. Howard
College, East Lake, (Near
Birmingham, Ala) _
Hendrix College, Conway, Ark
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial . ^
Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. tVl
? ^ ?? ui.. r\
Kenyon uoiifge, uamuier, v/- j
MusklDgun College, New Cjncord,
Ohio. b,
St. O.af College, Northfield, Minn.
Hillsdale College, Conway, Ark. Univeraltyof
the South, Sewanee
Tenn. J?1
Trinity University, Waxahachie, L
Twaa.
B'pon College, Bipon, Wis. ,.
Nazareth College, Muskogee, I. T. fh
Hope College, Holland, Mloh. .
Butler College, Indianapolis, Ind.
Sutherland College, Sutherland,Fla. dQ
M R8_ BRYAN'S FUND FOB GIBLS ge
The fund for the aid of poor gins
desiring to obtain a college education th
was distributed by Mrs. Bryan as fol- W
lows: $500 to each of the following lii
colleges: It
Georgia' Normal and Industrial Col pe
lege, Milledgeville, Ga. ho
Eureka College, Eureka, 111. fu
Hastings College, Hastings, Neb. ra
Wesleyan University, Buohannon, Yl
W. Va. th
Henry Kendall College, Muskogee,
I. T. bt
Williamsburg Institute, Williams- M
burg, Ky. , tu
Wesleyan University, University th
Place, Neb. to
Baylor University, Waco, Ter. hi
Iowa College, Grlnnell, la. bl
Talane University of Loulsana,
New Orleans, La. er
State Normal and Industrial Col- W
lege, wreensDoro, ?>. u. a*
Hiram College, Hiram, O. ac
Kingfisher College Kingfisher,O. T. B:
Academy of the Visitation, Duba- es
i que, la. 40
Williams Industrial College, Little iei
i Bock, Ark. ar
Ering College, Ewing, III. ni
Bethany College, Llndsborg, Kan. er
i University cf Arizona,Tucson, Ariz.
University of New Mexico, Albu- m
querque, N. M. pr
The Mississippi Industrial Institute se
i and College, Columbus, Miss. , ar
i As the boys who are helped by the ac
fund are to return the money to the or
. college as soon after leaving college cli
, as they can convlently do so and as 50
the money when so returned is to be th
advanced to others the aid extended tr
will oorstantly increase. The girls tb
' aided are asked to do the same, but It tb
not. required of them. B'
In distributing the prize fund pre- oc
1 fere nee was given to state universities tr
: c xoept where the state contained some bi
1 college of greater Importance. tu
In distributing the funds for the hi
1 aid of poor boys and girls preference
was generally given to the smaller 0f
1 colleges?the same amount of money gn
going father among these colleges. gi
All the principal denominations ar
were recognized in the distribution? it
I a little partiality being shown the tli
; Congregational colleges because Mr. qi
i Bennett attended the Congregational er
i ohorch. te
i Two colored schools were included t
and one of the other colleges has a &
) considerable number of Indians en- er
[ rolled among its students. The var- tr
: ious funds were so distributed that in qi
) at least one college in every state and ei
> territory between the two oceans a w
i permanent Bennett fund will perpet- es
i uate the name and recall the gene,
rosity of Philo Sherman Bennett. Ve
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan of course re fx
L ceived no compensation for distribu
ting these funds but they are richly
1 rewarded for the little they have
been able to do by the consciousness ta
that they have aided a friend to make x
a valuable contribution to his own ti
and subsequent generat'ons. The ca
[ Bennett case has given Mr. Bryan a e
great deal of artaoyanoe and some of b<
, the republican papers have maliolouB- he
ly misrepresented the facts but It is ci
l over and the money seoured for ediica- re
tional purposes will prove a oontinu- ^
ing blessing to thousands of boys and
girls, while tbe annoyance will soon Wl
1 be forgotten. D
Fireman Killed. ta
Seeking to escape death from soald 1(
ing steam p During from a bursted (
arch pipe, Frank Dix, a negro fire- .
man on engine No. 212, jumped or fell
from the cab Thursday morning at fC
3:20 a. m. about fourteen miles out of y.
Charleston on the Atlantio Coast Line !
i railroad, and was dashed to hip ^ath 0
at the side of the track. The *nest *
of the fireman was crushed and his w
ribs smashed by tne impact 01 nis do;
dy striking tbe ditch bottom from
the flying engine. Engineer Meyers
saved himself from injury by leaping j
through a window of the cab onto the
boiler of the engine. f2
to
Work of a Fiend.
Mrs. G. W. Moore, wife of a well
known and prosperous mechant on trt
Peach tree road, near Atlanta, was as- w
saulted by a negro Thursday morning. u
1 The track bounds have been following
tbe negro all day, but at a late hour
Thursday night he bad not been cap- tt
tured. The county polioe continue the uj
oonrn.h ftnrj a. larcrft nnsfip. and all mem- H,
bers of the county police foroe will ^
take up the hunt. There Is consider m
able excitement In the community, m
where the crime occurred, and It Is m
feared the negro will be lynched If
caught. Mr. Moore has offered t200 er
reward for the capture of the negro. pe
Killed by a Train.
At Phlladelphin Pa. Frank Clyde
head of the shipping firm of William
P. Clyde and Co., was killed by a rail- P1
road train at 52nd street Station on
I the Pennsylvania railroad. Clyde ^
was seen standing on the platform ap- 811
parently waiting for a train,
FABMERS FJRIEND.
ie Partridge Testroyes Many Noxious
Weeds and Insects.
iey Should Be Protected by I he
Parmers, as They Destroy Many
Things Injurious to Crops.
The department of Agriculture has
lued an interesting bulletin on the
ails of the United States thattenfs
correct some popular errors regardg
"Bob White," and is a strong plea
r his preservation as an alley of the
rmer. There are half a dozen varl
les of quail In tbe United States,
e handsomest being those of the
uthwest and the Pacific slope, where
ey are slate blue in color and handmely
crested. But the principal inrest
lo this best known of all game
rds is that It is a valuable asset of
e farmer and helpful rather than
structive to the growing crops.
A thorough study of the bird has
en made by the department without
idlng any evidence that it is harm1
to orops. It eats principally noxlis
weed seeds and bups injurious to
e crops. It does not trouble either
e sprouting grain, as do the orows
id blackbirds, and does not feed on
e standing crops or forage among
p. Rfcar.ks. When it does eat grain it
only what Is gleans from the harsted
fields. It prefers weeds and
es not eat wheat and corn if It can
t sumach, ragweed and bay berries.
A close calculation was made by
e department of the number of Bob
hltes In Virginia and North Care*
ta, the total approximating 354,820.
Is known from a long series of exriments
that the craw of the bird
ilds about half an ounoe, of which
lly 50 per cent is weed seed. At this
te from September I to April 30 In
Irglnla and North Carolina alone,
e birds eat 3,341 tons of weed seeds.
Among the inseots on which the
rds hat dually feed arc the Bock
ountain locust, In Colorado potato
i?, the boll weevil, the cut worm,
e army worm and two sorts of cot
n worms. Tne chicks are even more
ghly insectivorous than the old
rd3.
The department urges all land owns
to realize the value of the Bob
hite. It says that with proper manement
some farms of 500 to 1,000
res would yield more revenue from
>b Whites than from poultry. It is
tlmated that between 300,000 and
0,000 sportsmen go out from the citi
every fall to huat the Bob White,
id this, of oourse, means a big revele,
most of which goes to the farms.
Paradoxical as It may seem, sportsen
exercise a powerful Influence in
otectlng the birds. Many big prerves
are maintained where the quail
e used only for field trials for dogs
id are either not shot at all or shot
ider very close restrictions. Some
Qbs maintain preserves of 20,000 to
1,000 acres, and many sportsmen have
lairnisn nronarvAfl ptcIuhI vpl v for doc
ials. The demand for live quill for
is purpose Is steadily Increasing, and
lere would be a good revenue if the
3b White could be bred in captivity
t any extensive scale. This has been
led and has proved difficult, but the
rds can be protected from their na
iral enemies, snakes, skunks, owls,
iwks and cats, and they can be fed.
Eyery fews years, on the recurrencc
unusually severe winters with heavy
iOws which cover the food supply,
eat numbers of Bob Whites perlsb,
id sometimes in the northern part oi
s range the bird becomes almost exact.
This unnecessary loss of life
iuld be largely prevented if land own
s and others Interested would scatr
a little grain In suitable places,
bis is done In some localities, as at
indy Spring, Md., where H. H. Milldrives
over the snow covered c^uny
scattering grain for the starving
lail. The practice is worthy of gen
al adoption. It Is necessary only
hile the ground is snow-bound and
peclally after sleet storm.
The game laws In the several States
try greatly, and in some States vary
om county to oounty; but the detriment
advises all States to limit
leir open season to one month.
The Department of Agrioulture obJned
three pairs of Bob Whites from
lasas, which after five month's oap<
vlty are almost as wild as when first
ged, and show no signs of mating
xperi meats in the domestioation oi
ob Whites are well worth trying,
jwever, because of the demand from
ubs and Individuals for live birds tc
stock their grounds. So great has
:come the demand in recent years
tat it is estimated that 200,000 birds
ould be required annually to fill it.
urlng the spring of 1903 the demand
x exceeded the supply, even at 85 a
z n, and sometimes at twice that
?ure.
The bulletin gives an interesting
,ble of the birds' food made from the
rerage of many analyses. It' shows
tat the chief part of the Bjb Whites'
et is animal and vegetable mattei
' which the farmsr is glad to be rid,
bile the damage that can be traced
i him is absolutely negligible.
Trolley Accident.
A dispatch from New York says a
maway street oar on the new Wilimburg
suspension bridge across the
ast river Tnursday caused injury tc
venty-five persons, two probably faLily.
For a thousand feet down the
dine on the Manhattan approach oi
ie bridge a Christopher street car ran
ith brakes out of order until It hit
id demolished a standing Fourteenth
reet car, in which were seventy-five
issengers. In the latter car most of
ie Injuries occurred. It was ten minxes
before the broked roof, sides and
)or of this car could be taken off from
ie last passenger, who was burled
irier t.hft wreckage. John Holden,
otorman of the Christopher street
,r, and George Bryld, an employee of
le Western E'ectric Company, sufled
fractured skulls and are not txicted
to live.
Will Visit Us.
Secretary of War Bonaparte has
omlsed to visit Charleston seme
me In November or Decjmber, on
ie cc?aslon of the presentation of a
[ver servioe to the cruiser "Charlesn"
by the city of Charleston!
CLOSE GALL.
I
President Roosevelt in Danger
by the Collision of His 1
i
1
SHIP WITH ANOTHEB I
1
_ - 5
Although Inconvenienced by the Acci* j
dent and Delay the President was
Unmoved by the Mishap, and
Rerumed His Voyage
Aboard Another
Vessel.
A dispatch from New Orleans says 1
at* 11 o'clock Tburday evening,through <
confusion of signals, the fruit steam <
er Esparta collided with the light- 1
house tender Magnolia, which was
conveying the President, Secretary
Loeb and Dr. Rlxey to the cruiser, *
West Virgioia. The rail aid port 1
bow of the Magnolia were damaged .
and two or three holes made In the
hull below the water line. N) one 1
was hurt. The magnolia Immediately
on being struck was beached, her '
bow being high and dry. After a i
careful examination of the damage to
the vessel, it was evident there was 1
no danger and the president and his
party went to bed. I
Maj Oraighill of the United States
engineers-was aboard the Magnolia.
TUo aViln t.ho Too ft oiat'.ar shin nf f.hft
JUL A O (JJ-fclf) HUW J.* / I w M>?> r w* ?.? ~
Magnolia, had proceeded the Magnol- <
1& and was some distance abead. A i
boat was immediately put t ff for the 1
nearest telephone, about a mile and a 1
half away, and the order given to
head the Iyy cff at Pilot station and
have her return for the president and
bis party. The transfer was made at
3 o'clock Friday morning. The vessel
got under way Immediately and
tbe West Virginia was boarded on
schedule time.
The first news of the accident reached
New Orleans by telephone early
Friday morning In an appeal for help
from Capt. Base of the United Fruit
1 company's steamer Esparta, wblch
came from Nairn, La., near where
the accident occurred, tils report gave
no details. The Magnolia left New Or
leans at 6 so Tnursa&y mgnc ana me
Fiparta was due to arrive Friday at
Ohalmette. The weather was fine,
with comparatively little wind on the
river. Immediately upon the receipt
of the news communication was open
ed with tug owners here and the powerful
tugs R. Wilmot and B. D. Wood
1 left New Orleans shortly after 4 o'clock
Friday morniDg with orders to go at
full speed to the soene of th accident.
! Meantime, however, the president's
1 party bad managed to get in common
icatlon with the lower part of the
1 river where It was known that the
| lighthouse tender Ivy way lying. At
1 o'clock the operator at Pilot Town
was rung up by Maj. Cralorblll, the
government engineer, with orders that
1 the Ivy should be sent to 60-mile point
with all possible speed. The Ivy lm1
mediately got under way and covered
the 40 miles In rapid time. President
Roossv^t, Secretary Lo b md Surgeon
Rlxey, witl their bag( h ?. we e at
onoe transferred and the Ivy proceed1
ed down the river. At 8.15 the Ivy
passed Pilot Town on her way down,
signalling that the president and party
, were on board and that all were well.
Tte Ivy reached the West Virginia
at 9 40 and the president at once
' went aboard. The lighthouse tender
Ivy returned from sea after putting
President Boosevolt on board and
stopped at Pilot Town. Those aboard
1 reported tbat the West Virginia bad
sailed at 10.05. They said that the
president was in exc.'llant spirits and
unshaken by the accident. At the
time of the accident at 11 o'clock the
president, absolutely worn out by
' his strenuous experience in New
Orleans, was fast asleep. He had
' turned in shortly after the vessel left
New Orleans. The two ships were
near the west shore when they came
' in contact in an effort to avoid run
ning Into each otber. The prow of the
Esparta struck the Magnolia on the
1 port bow. It
was not known to wbat extent
' the Magnolia might have bten injured
, and there was great naste in pushing
her ashore. Both vessels grounded
but the Esparta got off under her o*n
steam and was found not to have su'?
1 fered any damage. The president
1 showed no excitement when Informed
1 of the extent of the disaster, though
1 he was somewhat annoyed by the probability
of a delay because It was eviI
dent that the Magnolia could not pro1
ceed on the way. He dressed immedi'
ately and thcss of bis party hurriedly
made arrangements for his transfer to
' the Ivy, which was Interc it .d and
1 brought back to the scene of the acci1
dent. Except for the loss of some
sleep, the president suffered nothlDg
by the collision. With the whole
party transferred to the Ivy, that ves1
sel was speeded down the river, meeting.
with' no further mishap.
Drunken Conductor.
, At Savannah Ga., E. A. Moore, a
street car conductor Thursday after!
r.nnn In an alternation with & Dassen
? ger, drew a heavy revolver and fired
three shots, the first shot weot wild
\ the second struok and kil'ed Mrs. F.
! F. Wheeler, and third went through
i the thigh of 0. It. Seckinger, the
, passenger involved in the altercation,
t Mrs. Wheeler was sitting on her front
i steps. The bullet severed her jugu'
lar vein. Mrs. Jane E. Falrchilds
jumped from the car, as did the other
1 passengers when the shooting began,
i Mrs. Fiirchilds sustained a broken
I shoulder from her fall. Moore was
arrested. It is alleged he was drink- {
i Ing.
Died Playing Cbess.
News has been received from the
Philippines of the death of Thomas
E Moss at Manila, a veteran of the
civil war and at one time attorney
general of Kentucky. He died playing
chess with his son-in-law, captain
Wheat, who is chief of the telegraph
, division of the Philippine constabulary,
Moss was born at Greensboro,
N. C., in 1839. S
A SLICE THICK
Said to Have Been Work:d on a
Farmer in Union.
A dispatch from Union to the Char
eston Post says is current here about
i well known farmer of Burnt Facto
ry, a remote scctionof this country,
now having 1,086 more acres of latd
jn Ms hands than he wants, and for
which he paid a fancy pr;c>, all cn
iccount of a slick talking min, who
said he represented the Standard Oil
Company, of Chicago.
The story is that the straDger came
to Union the first of the month, when
financiers and mill men were meeting
here, and registered at the Hotel
Union. He was a man of rather nice
appearance, clean shaven and about
twenty-five years old. In s- ma way
tie became acq minted with the farmer,
who is about fifty years of age and
all his life has been a bard working
and frugal farmer, haying now ac
quired considerable means.
The stranger told the farmer he
was in search of mineral lands for hie
company, and after going over the
farmer's land, said he wanted the adjoining
place also. He asked the
At! f < f f.K(a Kfl
LiklUiCl uu uuu uut ia tuna wuiu kj\>
bought and at what price, though not
60 mention him in it, as the owner
might wish too muob, if he thought
Ein outside man wanted It.
Some days afterward, as the story
continues, the farmer claims to have
reported to his client that he could
get all the land at $10.50 an acre,
which is considerably more than it is
worth, though he did not say so. The
price seemed satisfactory to the
stranger and he told the farmer to go
ahead and buy the place, pay for it,
md he would take the two properties
off his hands, making payment for
both at one time.
It seems that the farmer then went
to Spartanburg, where he had some
hard earned savings amouating to,
with interest, over 12,000. Thi3 he
drew out, and, it is said, arranged
with a bank for tbe balance, mortgaging
his property to secure it. He then
paid, so it is alleged, his neighbor for
the land, got the title and c ime to
Union to turn It over to the Chicago
an, but he failed to. find his man.
After two days he returned. Tbe
flhlnacoan was still absent. Attain
last Friday he came, but his would be
representative of the Standard Oil
Company bad entirely disappeared.
Now the farmer Is anxiously looking
and waiting for news of bim, and in
the meantime is the possessor of $11,403
worth of land tbat he does not
want. As to the Chioagoan, it is
currently bslleved that he got a good
rake off for making the sale, and will
never be heard of again, as a telegram
to a local newspaper, from the Standard
Oil Company, of Chicago, says
that he is neither now nor has been in
their employ.
Miss Alice's Ullts.
If the president's daughter desires
to keep all the co&tly presents presentted
to her trip abroad she will likely
have to have the help of congress. In
do other way will she be able to get
them in duty free, unless she will donate
them to some national institution.
The law makes no exceptions
in favor of the president or members
of his family; conscqiently when
Miss Roosevelt ariivea at San Francisoo
she will have to the custom officials
the value of ail the articles she
brings with her. If they are really
worth as much as reported, $400,000,
Miss Roosevelt could not afford to pay
the duty, which amcuat to as much
as her fathers salary for one year.
At Mercy or Robbors.
Burglars early Wednesday morning
blew open the safe in the bank of
Ridgevllle, ard stole $6,000, and after
a running battle with a posse of citzens
in which the cashier and two cltzsns
were wounded tne ourgiars escipeu.
For more than an hour the town was
practically at the mercy of the robbers,
who openly walked the streets
shooting at everything, apparently
taking their time In leaving town.
Two c .arges of dynamite were exploded
before the safe gave way. A second
blast) aroused Cashier R. R. Ran
som, who ran into the street. As soon
as he appeared the robbers opened
fire. This aroused other citizens. There
were seven in tbe cracksmen's party.
Five Deer Foaad Deed
Sportsmen abjut Charleston are
concerned over the number of dead
deer found in the woods, five beiDg
disco ved in tbe past week lying dead
apparently without any reason for
their deaths. Some of the hunters
sav that paris green used on cotton
plants to kill caterpillers is responsible
for the killiDg of the deer, which
have eaten the poison aud died from
its effects. N me of the deer had
"black tongue."
A Feat in Wireless.
The Cape Henry naval wireless station
established a record Thursday
night in taKing a message irum uie
steamship Grown Prince, 450 miles
from the cape. The ship was off Boone
Island on the coast of Maine when the
message was sent. The operator at
Fort Henry could hear distinctly every
dash and dot.
A Dead Town.
Wadsworth, Nev., was once a lively
railroad town with abcufc 4,000 inhabitants,
but now it is only a collection
of deserted shacks. These houses are
overrun with wild cats, for when the
town was deserted about 400 cats
were left behind, and they have increased
raplciy and heeded the call of
the wild.
Used man bars.
The Belgian government discovered
some time ago that the leather bags
used for the mails In the CjDgo Free
State were often stolen. Investigation
proved tbat natives Id the postal
service took them, cut the bottoms
and gave them to their wives to be
worn as clothing.
Supertendent of Edu)ationO. B
Martin is trying to get all the schools
of the state to observe November 3 as
"Arbor Day" by planting trees on the
school grounds and other public
places.
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Drills Guage Cocks Oil Cups
Hack Saws Oil Cans Belt, leath
Fittings Injectors Pipe
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ATTEMPTED ASSAULT. J1
Hen Who ittrmptcd A^mdKou Lady
May Be Hold-Upe.
Dan Slooura, the member of the
Rang of feather renovators arrested
for attempting to assault a Miss Padgott
near Columbia recently, waived
preliminary before a magistrate, and
Slocum was sent to j ill in default of
bail. He has employed no attorney so
far. No evidenc?\was given, and it is
difficult to get at the details of the
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It appears from what o&n be learn
ed of the affair that Slocum and tbree
of his companions found Miss Padgett
alone at her father's home, and that
Slocum grabbed her, when she screamed.
The strangers vanished and the
neighborhood was soon out searching
for them but it was a sheriff's officer
who caught them.
Slocum's pals are being held as suspeots.
They all claim to be wording
for the National Renovator Company
of Chic; go, and cannot be run in for
vagrancy. But it is thought that some
light might be thrown on the series of
hold ups the city has witnessed the
past few weeks by holding them.
Tuesday night A. F. Funderburk, a
well known furniture dealer, saw a
mVtUA man ofo n/3 4 ry r*
WC11 Ul&WCU nutuc iiiau otauuiii^ uuuji
some trees near Trinity church, ap
parently waiting for him as he approached.
He oalled to the man, who
gave no answer. He asked a negro
nearby for a revolver and the man
under the trees taking fl gbt Mr. Fun
derburk and the negro gave chase. In
a short time half a dczan pollca cfficere
had arrived, but the fug.tive bad es
oaped through a vacant lot. But this j
Is not an unusual incident, some prominent
Columbians have been buhjec- '
ted to this sort of thing almost every ,
nlgbt for tbe past three weeks.
There are many wild stories going ]
over the town about these hold-ups :
One is that a few nights ago a well j
known Columbian being held up shot i
the hold up man severely, and that
the supposed thug has turned out to \
be himself a prominent Columbian,
and that his wounds are being oared <
for In secret, the matter being hushed J
up on account of his name. Of course, J
j there Is nothing In the story but wind, <
but in the nature of it It will not ]
down. Another, in whloh there Is ju t .
about as much truth, carries the men: - j
ory of graft and hold-up. This story i
is to the effect that the hold-up genius '
operating about Columbia has gotten j
hold of Digenese and taken his lantern i
away from him the hold-up ocouiing '
n the shadow of the state dispensary j
walls. i
A Dynamite Outrage.
A charge of dynamite, exploded in
the doorway. of the grocery store of <
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adc0d10 U-aiDaiVO, a& 10 ouunuu
street, on the Eist Side, New York,
early Wednesday morning, wrecked
the lower half of the front of the building,
shattered windows in the tenements
above and threw into a panic
hundreds of tenants In the neighborhood.
No one was seriously Id jired.
Toe cubage is believed to have been
directed againsa Garbal vo, who with
his two sisters, occupies living rooms
at the rear of the store. Garbalvo a
week ago re calved a Black Hand letter
demanding $1,000Guests
Lett.
The appearence of a negro football
player at a table in a Obicagc hotel ,
caused the hotel to lose eight families
who were boarding there. The
management of the hotel exercised
fche Horhti nf fihoosincr their eruests and
the boarders everclsed the right of 1
ohooslng their associates,
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Steamer Lost. ]
A dispatch from Cleveland, Ohio, '
says all hope for steamer Kalyuga has 1
been given up by the owners. It Is ]
supposed to have goue down with the I
orew of seventeen Id the recent storm. '
It Is hard to believe that a sixty-five '
dollar buggy can be bought for $49.00 (
and with it a set of SI2 50 harness at
$4.90. Yet it is tru3. See Golden Eagle
Buggy Co., advertisement in this pa- '
per. Proof: Your money back If every
statement we make is not absolutely
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The dispensrry at St. Stephens has (
been closed because the inspector re- 1
ported Dispenser H. H. Lorenz $466. 1
6$ short. i
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Big Cann*l Projected.
President John S. Shaw and the
aoard of directors of the Lake Erie
ind Ohio River Ship Canal Company,
accompanied by a number of engineers
ind other advisors, started from PlttaDurg,
Pa., Friday on a two days' trip *
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'or a ship canal connecting the Erie
Lake with the Ohio river. At Ashtabula,
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ind Pennsylvania Ship canal Compiny,
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she canal opened to traffio in the sumHer
of 1911.
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