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IT lie Press and Banner _ _ __ ' -p A "R.T ?Tn<~)n-iNr"o ~ ????*?? ? I I SHIP BOOZE BACK Charleston Blind Tigers is Closely Watched by the Officers THEY GIVE UP THE FIGHT A Great Deal of Whiskey and Beer is Being Sent Away From Charleston, the Tigers Being Afrrid to Receive the Goods, as it Would Be Seized. A dispatch ffom Charleston to t>k?. otofa cave thrpp thousand and ' A UC uiavc w? ?m> w ?? ? ? two hundred and fifty-six quarts of whiskey and 4.680 bottles of imported beer were loaded Wednesday on a eteamship of the Baltimore line and shipped back to Baltimore and immediate points. The contraband had been consigned to blind tigers here, but never reached the consignees as the police patroled the water front day and night and the stuff gradually piled up on the wharves. The greater part of the returned whiskey and beer was so undenia- J bly contraband that the blind tigers did not even go through the form of attempting to O. K. the bills of lading, but 6imply waited until the vigilance of the police was relaxed. The opportunity never came, and all parties concerned thought that the best plan would be to return the liquor to the point it was shipped from, i There is at present on the various steamship wharves many times the Knntrahanrt shinned out of amvuuv V4 vvm%*m^v...w Wk..rt.._ the city, and as the police show no Indication of relaxing their watch along the water front, the next week or so will undoubtedly see enormous shipments of whiskey and especially beer, as the latter stuff keeps only a limited time, to their various destinations. Certain enterprising tigers did attempt to O. K. a limited number of bills of lading for the accumulated contraband but as they were promptly refused, the practice was discontinued. A very limited amount of whiskey and beer has without doubt been spirited away in small boats to 1 ?? ' Art lolnn/lfl oe f ha nn. UtrigUUUl 1115 ?X=CL 1 oiaauo, uo vuv lice have to confine themselves solely to the land, as they are without means of extending their activity to the water, but as they are on the lookout for smuggling of this nature, the amount spirited away is of small moment. The same steamship that carried back the large consignment brought into the city only 22 gaJlons of whiskey and 10 barrels of beer, a marked decrease in the amount imported recently. A glance at the police blotter shows that between September 6 and 15, local tigers forfeited bail to the amount of $1,150, rather than face the charge of dispensary violation. W1U. HAVK TO WAIT. No Money to be Had for the Managers of State Election. The Florence Times says those who hold claims against the State for the last election are doomed to disappointment. It was thought that being a special election, the managers would be paid out of the small appropriation made by the last legislature, but there were too many elections a head of Florence county, and the appropriation was only $600, sc that the creditors of the State iD this county will have to line up witb those in the other counties and wait the appropriation of the next legis 1 1 aa f Koir' /i 1 a i m p THo ItttUiC iu tUIICVV 111V/I i VIOIUIO. JL uv editor of the Times went over to Columbia to try and get this mone: for the managers in Florence county, but was obliged to return empt> handed. Bond issue elections anc' other sj^edial elections have been held in a number of counties and that exhausted the funds. No county in which special elections were held at the same time as the dispensary election was held can draw money, since some had to be put out, all dispensary counties were put on the same footing. The Tobacco Crop. The second monthly report on the tobacco situation was made by Commissioner Watson Thursday under the new act. It is for August showing total sale of 15,265,293 pounds, which brought $1,125,704.38. The figures indicate a crop for the year at least two and a half million pounds. Mullins is the leading market, Lake City second, Darlington MrH Timmnncvllla fourth anrl Vlnr. ence fifth. White Men Convicted. At Columbia in the circuit court, Lonnie Hall and John White on trial for the murder of Eber Ashford, were convicted of manslaughter. White was given twelve years and Hall ten years. Hall broke down and cried.. Three Hurt in Motor. At Syracuse. N. Y., in a collision between an automobile and a trolley car Thursday afternoon, Mrs. James McKay, of Scranton. sustained a fractured skull and Mr. and Mrs Timothy Conklin, of Troy, Pa., were probably fatally injured. TRAITORS IN CONGRESS BRYAN SCORES SOCALLED DEMO CRATS WHO YOTED With the Republicans in Congres Against the Platform Adopted b; Their Own Party. Bryan, the Great Commoner, mad< a great speech Tuesday at Dallas Texas. Denouncing him who woult violate a party pledge ratified by th< voters of his party as an embezzle] of power, Bryan outlined his views a: to the tariff before a large audience Mr. Bryan's subject was "Democracy and the Tariff." He emphasized necessity of Senators and Congressmen being bound by platforms, saying he would later suggest a form for such a plank. "If all of the Democrats in the Senate and House had voted againsl every proposed increase in the tariff, and for every proposed decrease, we might have made our fight next yeai upon the party's record without making a specific declaration on Items of schedules," said Mr. Bryan. "But in view of the fact that Democrats In both the Senate and the House differed as to the lnterpretaMon of the Democratic platform, and ns to the rates that should be Imposed under the various schedules, I believe that it is necessary for our nlatform to be specific and emphatic. "If we expect to secure control of Congress, we must convince the public that we will, if entrusted with the power, favor material reductions. Unless our candidates for Congress can agree before the election they ire not likely to agree after the election. If each Democratic candidate will state his position, the voters can select a representative who will give expression to their I views, and I am mucn more anxious that the representatives shall reflect the wishes of his constituents than I am that he shall agree with my opinion." Mr. Bryan concluded his address with an extended argument in favor of free raw material. When asked if he would attend the reception to be given Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, on his return from abroad, Mr. Bryan said: "That depends upon the date." When told that It was October 1, he said: "Impossible. That is our twentyIfth wedding anniversary." GRAFTERS WILL BE CONVICTED. Kviaence Against rnem said to Be Very Strong. The Florence Times says the general opinion in Columbia is that something is going to happen right hard to the men charged wth grafting in the State dispensary matters. The evidence given before the grand iury is direct, positive and apparently indisputable. It is said that the men on trial are worried. The prosecution feels sure that they will secure convictions if they have a jury 'hat anything like recognizes their responsibility. The members of the grand jury have let out few of the things that were brought out in the evidence before them, and they are shocking, so shocking that the men could not keep the stories to themselves. The taking of money and money in big slices, is not even attempted to be denied, the accused content themselves with insisting that it was not bribery. The cumberous verbage of the inlictment charging that with force 'he defendants conspired to cheat \nd defraud the State, has caused i good deal of merriment, the liquor nen say that they used force or compulsion, but found the local parties luite in a receptive mood. The cases may not be brought up <t the present term of court, but hey will come up if there is time. rhe jail is full of prisoners and ho?e out on bond are let alone unil the jail is cleared. This may 'ake the graft cases over to another erm, or to a special term. SHOT HER AUNT. \n Alabama Woman Arrested or Charge of Murder. A dispatch from Brewton, Ala. says Sheriff G. A. Fountain returenc from Pollard late Wednesday nighi with Mrs. Will Nowling. who had shoi death her aunt by marriage, Mrs Henry Nowling, two and a half milei from Pollard. The latter was a sis ter of Martin Lindsey, a millionain of Mobile. Mrs. Will Nowling clalmi self-defence. The trouble arose ove: the efforts of Mrs. Henry Nowlinf to put into the house of Mrs. Wil Nowling household effects of a mar ried daughter. Ignoring the warnini she is alleged to have advanced 01 Mrs. Will Nowling with a bed slat at which juncture the latter fired the load of shot taking effect in th heart of Mrs. Henry Nowling. Mrs Nowling's father and brother resid at jay, r ia. Will Wear Gray. Before long the inmates of th Confederate Home at Columbia, wi wear uniforms of Confederate gre: I thanks to the devoted efforts of Mr: J. W. Bunch, of that city, who ha i raised by subscription about $80 for the purpose. PERISH IN WRECK t. t i Eight Trainmen Killed and Fifteen Passengers Are Injured r BY COLLISION OF TRAINS 3 A Freight and Passenger Train , o 1 Oome Together Near Nashville and -j Fire Sweeps the Debris, Consum- c " h s ing Two of the Bodies of Those t ' I \l'hn Tin/I TWn Killeri. t I 8 1 Eight trainmen killed and 15 pas- c sengers injured, two fatally per- i< , haps, is the result of a collision be- S tween a passenger and a freight s train Wednesday morning on the ? - Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis s [ railroad at Pegram Station, 20 miles g . west of Nashville, Tenn. In the fire that followed at least two of the , mangled bodies were completely con- k sumed. h The dead: William Mogan, trav- b , eling engineer, Nashville; Joe Gow. er, engineer on passenger train, ri Nashville; Jess Tarkington, engineer 8 [ on freight train, Nashville; Walter N Roach, messenger, Nashville; Sam 8< ! Whited, fireman on freight train, w Nashville; S. B, Welp, brakeman; W. h > S. Stalcup, mail clerk, Martin, n Tenn.; L. C. Bailey, mail clerk, si ir ii_ ft iviarLiu. ** Seriously injured: Bob Bailey, lJ fireman, Nashville, two ribs broken and left side injured; Ellis Martin, o: conductor on freight, Nashville, in- d jured on head and internally, may lC| die. d Slightly injured: Capt. T. Jobe, f< Burton, N. C.; William Lunsford, b Peachtree, N. C.; W. L. Thomason, tl Peachtree, N. C.; R. W. Boyd, AI- tt mond, N. C.; Mrs. L. M. Lee. Tul- T lahoma, Tenn.; Mtb. Temple Luns- aj ford. Murphy, N. C.; Mrs. A. C. Thomnwn. Murnhv. N. P : Mav ti Thomason. Murphy, N. C.: Mrs. Mary P< J. Jackson. McClellan; Mrs. John lo Lively, McFimmville, Tenn.; Mrs. w John Dunn, Cumberland Furnace, tl Tenn.; Mr. John Dun, Cumberland tc Furnace, Tenn. n< The collision occurred about 8 S< o'clock and was between passenger si train' No. 4, westbound, and fast m freight No. 51, en route to Nash- es ville. The wreckage at once caught hi fire. The baggage, mail, express st and smoking cars of the passenger i train and several of the freight cars tc were burned. But one bag of mail tc was saved. Through the almost su- d< perhuman strength exerted by the tt passengers the three day coaches si and the Pullman were pushed from re the fire and saved. ol It is the general Impression "1 among passengers and the trainmen ai that the fault was with the passeng- of er crew, as an order to meet at Peg- s(; ram had been issued, and the wreck tt occurred west of that station. D DANGERS OF WESTERN CORN. S< - sa 0 i Its Vse May be (he Cause of Pella01 gra in the South. fa is The Augusta Herald very wisely w sums up the matter of Western corn se and its results as a food for man w and beast. The Herald says it is jj not in corn that donger lurks, but a] in Western corn. The reason for this is clear. Western corn does tj. not fully mature before the season ends. Frost falls upon it before the kernels are hardened and the cob is dry. . In this condition it is gathered and housed or stacked. It then goes j through a process of fermentation C( which produces the chemical chang- . es that convert a healthy food for w man or beast into a subtle poison. .. Fed to horses it gives them blind staggers and thousands of horses and mules are killed by it every j vear. Eaten by men it produces pellagra. . Fortunately a simple preventative will avoid all risks in this matter. That is to use only Southern grown corn either for making corn bread ^ or to feed to the horses. And an Atlanta case may show that grits i ground in the North should also be excluded. Let our farmers ponder s] this matter, and raise corn enough for all our needs. Pellagra is beI coming entirely too frequent In the t South. t g Bengal Tiger a Suicide. ^ s The hunt along the water front - of Marseilles, France, for the Royal t 5 Bengal tigress that escaped from a ^ 5 steamer in the harbor on Tuesday a r came to a dramatic end when the n 5 animal, mortally wounded and with j 1 blood streaming from her head and e - flanks, fled from her mob of pur- j, 5 suers and with enormous bounds i gained the water front. Then she j. ., sprang into the sea and was drowned. , e Players Were Poisoned. f ' Johnny Dobbs. manager of the \ e Chattanooga team, says that the 3 members of his team were poisoned t Wednesday while playing in Augusta. 1 All the men who drank from a bucket j e of water are ill. Two. who did not ] 11 drink of the water, escaped. Meek, ' r, the star catcher, is confined to his < s. bed with a doctor in attendance. It I is is not known how the poison got 1 0 into the water or what was the na- 1 ture of it. < rELLS FARMERS TO HOLI \ SHORT CROP PUTS THEM I! COMMAND OF SITUATION knd They Should Make the Bes Use of it by Putting Cotton in th< Warehouses. There is no reasonable probabilit] f a large cotton crop this year 'he ever Increasing demand for ra* otton must be met. Spinners musl ave cotton. The supply being curailed, as it undoubtedly will be bj his year's shortage, the increased plndles of the world creates an inreased demand, which means log:ally high prices for the South's reat staple, it is up 10 me couou rowers of the South to seize this pportunity to reap the golden harest that invites them to put in the tekle. There should be no barain-counter sales for cotton this ill. I urge every farmer to "ware ouse his cotton, borrow money on is ware house receipts and pay oil is indebtedness. Money is plentiul and there is no. need for him to ush his cotton on the market and lut it during September, October, ovember and December, as he has } often done in the past. If no are house is near him it will pay im to ship cotton to the one the earest at hand. Our farmers iiould this fall make a supreme et)rt to market their cotton gradualr, and only at remunerative prices. Already the spinners are counting n buying their supply of cotton tiring the first few months of the otton marketing season, as they id last year, and a9 they have done >r many years. They expect the ulk of the cotton to be thrown on le market In three or four months, ie beginning of the selling season, his they hope farmers will do, so } to depress the price. Now, brother farmers, let's view ie situation from a business standDint. You have been told for a ng time that supply and demand as the only thing that figured in te pricing of the staple. I want > say to you that the demand is )w much greater than the supply. > it is evident that you have the tuation in your hands. We cannot ake this year, according to the best itimates, more than eleven and a ilf million bales, and this means a arvation crop. Statements from Cotton and Cotin Oil New9, of Dallas, Texas, are i the effect that the boll weevil has jvastated the fields of two States, tat Louisiana and Mississippi are iffering from pests and that reports iceived at the Government bureau ! entomology at Dallas from the boll weevil areas" of Mississippi id Louisiana show that an average 90 per cent of the cotton boll [uares are infested at present with le weevil. In the Baton Rouge neighborhood r. Hunter, who is in charge of the suthern field crop investigation, lys that 95 per cent of the squares c infested, while in the vicinity i Natchez, Miss., 90 per cent is a lir figure. This, Dr. Hunter says, as bad as the worst years of the eevil ravages in Texas. In all sctions of the Mississippi bottoms, here the weevil is at work, Dr. unter has established substations, id it is from these that the reports lentioned above came. Regarding ic condition in Texas, at the present ^ * * x 1 J . me, ur. nunier baiu. "West of a line connecting Weath-ford and Austin, the dry weather as had the effect of practically rearing the damage incident to the oil weevil to nothing. Through the antral portion of the State the amage is considerably less than it as last year. But at the same time lis report must not be considered s meaning that the ootton crop ill be better, for it will not. In ie same proportion that the dry eather has affected the boll weevil, . has also affected the cotton :alks." Texas is the hope of the past, tot in the recollection of the oldest lhabitants has the blighting effect f a hot wind of the first three days f last week been paralleled. That pell has cost the South fully hall lillion bales of cotton. It Is the rorst spotted crop, too, within the ecollectiou of the earliest settler, 'he damage to the crop in the Southrest, and especially Texas, is little hort of a disaster, and cotton should e selling for a high price. I know some farmers have sole heir cotton for future delivery, anc hey i^ill deliver it Just as fasi s they can. Just think for a mo oent what such a man has done ie has furnished ammunition to ih< nemv to shoot him with. He ii :illing the goose that has laid th< ;olden egg. And the man who sell wav i? nnc nf f hi rorst cotton bears on the market. Of course, such men will >>a gla< or cotton not to go higher than the; lav? sold. So do not be scared whei fou see them delivering tleir cot on. It will soon be out of you vay. Let our cotton growe-3 us jood judgment, sell whenever th srice will justify, and not oefor^ rhe holders of spot cotton have th Dpportunity of their lives. I wan to urge you to ware house your cot ton, borrow money on your war house receipt, pay off your debt ind market th? cotton, as the worl ?A FILTHY PRISON * Awful Condition in the State Pcnctcntiary at Allegheny, Pa. VERMIN INFESTS CELLS r More Than Three Hundred Prisoners r Are Suffering From Tuberculosis t and More Than Seventy-nine Cells 'r Are Now Occupied by Prisoners i Showing Advanced Statges. Conditions at the western penitentiary of Pennsylvania at Allegheny have been found so distressing and so intolerable as to require the immediate removal of all Federal prisoners whose transfer is practicable and to demand the most serious conglomeration of "the proper public authorities. This Is disclosed in the report of C. H. McGlasson, of the department of prison and prisonI ers, to the attorney general. At the direction of the attorney general, Wade Ellis, acting head of the Dgpartment of Jutatice, made known the result of the investisa tlon which Mr. McGlasson conducted following the reports published by (tfle newspapers Several weeks ago, criticising the condition at the penitentiary. "The population on the 1st of this month was 1,301," says Mr. Ellis in his statement. "Of this number more than half are at all times idle, and more than half are confined two in a cell. The cells are unusually small and the cots take almost the entire length of each, the room for moving about being a space eight feet long and eighteen inches wide. There are more than three hundred prisoners suffering from tuberculosis, and seventy-nine cells are now ocCUDied bv thosn showing nrivanrori stages of this disease. The prison is filled with vermin of all kinds, although the Joffieials tare making an effort to eradicate them. An unusually large number of the prisoners are of the lowest possible character. mentally and mor&lly, and there is but one general mess provided for all. Almost universal complaint is made about the quality of the food served, especially the meats." "The attorney general does not, of course, assume that these unfortunate conditions are known either to the Governor of Pennsylvania, or to other authorities having immediate control of penal institutions in that State/' continued Mr. Ellis. There are twenty-one Federal prisoners confined at the western penitentiary (of Pennsylvania. All of tnese who can be immediately transferred, except tthose wtyose terms will shortly expire, will be removed I at once to Atlanta or Leavenworth. * RUNNING DUEL IN STREET. Fugitives And Policemen Exchange Shots?Two Hats Are Pierced. A dispatch from Newport, Ky., says a running duel between fugitives and a policeman created wild excitement there a few days ago. | Detective Jeff Norton called at the hotel to arrest R. W. Leroy and Isaac Brewer on the charge of de taining fourteen-year-old Florence Gray. The men fled after Leroy had fired three shots from a revolver. One bullet grazed the head of Detective Jeff Morton. Another pierced the hats of Tony Gastright and James Taylor, spectators. Another clipped the ear of Chris Albert, the city jailor. A policeman joined in the pursuit, and a running battle ensued for several blocks. needs it, and our country will be prosperous. The deterioration of the crop in all of the States is of such a nature that it is now too late for it ; to recuperate and make anything like ; a full crop, no matter how favorable i the seasons may be from now on. So ; realize you have the situation in I your own hands. I want to urge . every farmer to sow largely of wheat > and oats; for corn, flour and bacon are now very high. They can be . -raised for much less than half the ? cost at which farmers are buying [ today, and we have every reason to believe they will be higher another I year. 1 Let us begin now to diversfy our t crops for 1910. Make home selfsiinnnrtinf anri Rplf-siist airline", anri . our country will grow rich. I want ? to urge upon every farmer to study s the conditions of the cotton crop in ? all the cotton belt States, and I am s sure he will not dump his cotton on e the market as he has done in the past. I Just a word about cotton seed. y Remember the supply this year will 3 be short and the demand great for _ cotton isee^ produots. When you r sell your seed, be sure to make ar e rangements tor tne price or meal e and hulls, or you will be caught in >. a trap. You probably have used e good judgment in growing your t crop, and it behooves you now to use better judgment in selling, e B. Harris, s Ex-President State Farmers' Union, j Pendleton, S. C. SEIZED A BIG STILL LARGE TTJSSAC PLANT CAPTUI ED IN SOUTH EDISTO SWAMP. This is the Eighth Still That Ha Been Captured in a Year by th Aiken Officers. A dispatch says another of th "big stills" of the South Edis-to rive swamp is in the Aiken jail yard having been carried there by Of fleers Samuels, Cato and Holle; Wednesday night. The still was a large one, th< capacity being about 120 gallons o "mash." Mr. Samuels received informatioi a few days ago that Kinney Mon day, a white man, was in the bus! ness. The information was based, i is said, on Monday carrying molas ses from the Windsor depot. Sub frequently Constables Samuels, Cat< and Holley left Wednesday arme< with search warrants for Monday'i house, which was searched. Nothing but empty jugs and hot ties were found. These had the fa miliar smell, but the "tuss&c" wai nowhere to be found. A search o: the premises not revealing any whis key, it was continued into the ad jacent swamp-. A path from the house was fol lowed into the swamp, and a shori distance from the house the stil was found, still steaming after a bi$ "stilling bee" had taken place. The big basin and the worm wai loaded on the buggy, while six fer menters and a "fleeck" stand wer< demolished. It is said that this stil Is one of the most famous of th( Edlsto swamp, having, it is alleged been In operation for 20 years. The distilled goods could not be located, but all appurtenances were destroyed. This still was found al a point that has not been raided within a year, 16 miles from Aiken, neai Pine Log bridge. Monday raised quue a. iubs iioouc ine oracers searching his house, but made no resistance. This Is the eighth still that has been captured within a year's time by the Aiken county officers. Aiken is to be congratulated upon having the diligent dispensary officers that she has, as they are a terror to the blind tiger element, and by their good works the violations of the law are kept within a small sphere. 29 LIVES LOST AT SEA. Graphic Story of Marine Disaster Reaches Mobile. A graphic story of a marine disaster, which cost the lives of 29 persons, when the steamer Nicholas Castania, en route from Havana tc Cienfuegos, foundered off the coast of the Isle of Pines on the night ol August 23, last, reached Mobile a few days ago. Meagre news of the disaster was given by the Associated Press August 31. The crew numbered twenty-seven officers and sailors. Eighteen human bodies have been recovered. The missing eleven are believed to have become the victims of sharks. All the bodies recovered were in a terrible decomposed state and identification was impossible. A government commission, aftei examination, reported that the immediate cause of the wreck was the simultaneous explosion of the steam er s Dattery or Doners, comomea wur a violent concuslon of the steamei on the rocks, whither she had beer thrown by the gale and tidal wave The crew and passenger list oi the Nicholas Castania shows nt names of women, but among the per sonal effects which showed the weai and tear of use were a number o: feminine articles of wearing appare and children's shoes. * WANTS NEGROES TO VOTE. Taft Criticises Law Debarring Then From Voting. President Taft has squarely ant unequivically placed himself on rec ord, in a letter to a Washingtoi newspaper as being opposed to suf frage restriction as being manifesto intended to discriminate against th< negro race. In answer to a lette: asking his opinion concerning th< franchise amendment to the Mary land constitution which is propose* by tbe Democratic party in aiaryiana the president says: "It is deliberate ly drawn to impose educational am other qualifications for the suffrag upon negroes and to exempt everybody else from such qualifications This Is gross injustice and is a vio lation of the spirit of the 15th amend ment. It ought to be voted down b every one, whether Democrat or Rc publican, who is in favor of a squar deal." Judge in Shooting Scrape. At Huntsville, Ala., Judge Bett ana .J. M. caneauue eugagru in ,pistoI duel on Saturday in th streets, each receiving a mino wound. The two men passed heate words Saturday morning and wer separated by bystanders before blow 1 were passed. Each armed himsei later and when they met on th street both drew revolvers and b< gan firing.- emptying their revolvei at each other at close range. FIGHT TO DEATH Sanguinary Duel of Sistfers-in-Law in Chicago Apartment House. ? BOTH DIE IN STRUGGLE e Mrs. Julia Tripp and Mrs. Jacob r Silvers Perish in Hand-to-hand Combat With Pistol and Knife. r' . They Lived in the Same House and 3 Had Frequently Quarrels. t Mrs. Julia Tripp and her alster1 in-law, Mrs. Jacob Silvers of New . York, are both dead as the result of - a pistol and knife duel between the two women In Mrs. Tripp's apart" ments at Fifty-sixth street and Prai" rle avenue, a fashionable residence 1 district of Chicago. It is said Mrs. 1 Silvers' husband left her about thraA months ago because of her peculiar actions. Mrs. Tripp was the wife of a superintendent of a manufacturing firm of Chicago. There were ten bullot wounds and cne cut on the body of Mrs. Tripp. Mrs. Silvers had a bullet wound in the chest and several knife slashes. Only one revolver was found in the apartment*, jbtft eight empty shells indicating that the revolver was emptied and reload-5d rtvring the struggle. The furnishings o f tho apartments were in disorder and in every room there wara evidencos of a desperate struggle. Mrs. Tripp was fully dressed hut Mrs. Silver was in her unierc'ochlng. Mrs. Silver had been staying at the , rripp home for about a month, and the two women are said to hare had ) frequent quarrels principally over > the division of household duties, t One strange feature of the case ' is that no one heard any shots. The appeals for help were heard, hut [ no one made any attempt to enter ' the apartments until after the polled i had been called. Shortly after 3 o'clock in the i afternoon Mrs. Tripp appeared In the i Railway in the front of her aparti ment screaming for help. "I am being murdered in here!" she shouted. i At almost the same time a woman 1 in a blood streaked night gown was ' seen at the rear entrance of the apartment by the janitor. "Come quick and save me," she cried. "I am being killed." When the apartment was entered , blood was found on the parlor curtain, and several pictures had been broken and chairs overturned. In a bed room off the parlor Mrs. ' Tripp was found lying on the floor 1 fully dressed. Her face and waist i were covered with blood and a pool , had formed beneath her. She was dead. Separated from this bed rom by portiers was another room. Mrs. | Silvers lay on the bed In this room ; and her night gown and the bed dlothjfs were covered wilth t blood. Blood was gushing from a deep cut In her forehead. She was uncon1 sclous and died later. At Mrs. Silvers' right side was a revolver and on the ffoor were an number of empty shells. Search of the rooms failed to disclose the knife with which the cuts had been made. PLACED IN PRISON. . Preacher Accused of Abducting Young Woman. 1 Rev. Wallace M. Stuckey, pastor ^ of the Christian Church of Willlams, burg, Kansas , and editor of The . Williamsburg Star, is confined in the " county jail on the charge of having f abducted Lorena Sutherland, sixteen 1 years of age, daughter of a wealthy * farmer of Williamsburg from her home. The girl, originally a brunette, but now a blonde, also is in custody. She will be returned to her , parents and be used as witness against the accused preacher. In every principal feature the case is j like that of Rev. Jere Knode Cooke, pastor of St. George Episcopal ' church, of Long Island, N. Y., who deserted his wife and children and fled to San Francisco with Miss Lo[ retta Whaley a few years ago. r Kindness Rewarded. 8 Mrs. Geo. Bramer, of Methuen, j Mass., has received word from attorj neys in the Cilly Islands that R. J. _ Ribstock, a man whom she and her mother befriended in Bermuda, had e willed her about $1,000,000 in rail. road stocks and bonds. When Mrs. Bramer met Mr. Ribstock in Bermui da, she then was unmarried and - with her mother did many little y kindnesses for him in his old age. !- He was eighty at the time. e Where Is Haviland? Henry HavMland, a former Boston man, last heard frdm nearly twenty.9 five years ago in the vicinity of New a York, is sought by a firm of lawyers e in Boston as me aeir 10 an esuiiw ,r left in the hands of trustees by Havd Hand's wife when she died in 1886. e s Was an Old Man. If Isaac Brock, who died in Waco, e Texas, Saturday, was said to have been 121 years old. Basis for this s claim rested on a record In the old -Brock family Bible. I