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FIENDLYNCHED Tbe Brutal Murder ?f a Young Giil by a Negre Speedily Avenged. WAS HORRIBLE CRIME Flate Clarke, After Relating; Horrible Details of Attempt to Ravish, Before .Murdering the Pretty Four t*vn-Year-01d Daughter oi' a Lexington Farmer. Shot to Death. With her throat cut from ear to ear. a pretty 14-year-old girl, daughter of a highly rospected farmer of the Little Mountain section of Lexington County, lies dead in her home, surrounded by friends and loved ones, whilo Flute Clarke, a negro lies on th e south side of Little Mountain, a lantern across his breast and a thousand bullet wounds through his body. The above dispatch to The News iuid Courier, published in Saturday's { aper, tcid a story of horror and its quick avenging. The dispatch goes on to say that Friday afternoon, between the hours of 4 and 5 o'clock, the young girl was brutally attacked by Clarke. There was no one at the house at the time, and only the that confession of the negro an ? rtoams of the true story. The f voung girl's mother had pone to the home of a near-by neighbor. The body of the girl was found by her young brother and an alarm was Kiven. The sheriff of Lexington was notified, and the bloodhounds from the county chain gang were dispatch?-1 to the scene in charge of Capt. ;,ete Mack. Upon arrival at the <jcene the dogs at once took up the trail and carried it successfully to a field, where the negro had been ploughing. Mere they stopped and the chase was given up. Clarke was spirirert away by some hilf-dozen persons and the officers were eluded. To those men he made a complete confession of the crime, n which confession he est a ted that he had gone to the house for water and asked the young woman to bring him some potatoes to the well. When she bronght them he made his fiendish attack. He said that the girl creamed and said she was going to to tell her father. He then cut her thrcrat. The physician who was called in nnserts t'hat thp negro did not accomplish his purpose. Thp girl'sbody c ^ K-inw in thp vard near the Wit* IVUMII IJ.UQ ... . i-ellar door, and the surroundings show that a desperate struggle was Tn-ade bj- the young girl. The distance from the well to where the young girl met her death is about thirty yards, and she was dragged "the entire distance. Her head was almost severed from the body. Upon arrival at the scene Mondav rugtit. at 9 o'clock. The News and Courier correspondent, found a crowd of armed m^n. variously eseti mated to number from f?00 to 1,000. They were ail avnsed to the teeth. M. M. Huford. thf veteran sheriff of Newberry. thinking that the crime was committed in Newberry County. Flute Clarke had lived on rhe place for twelve years, having been practically raised by the family He was married and is paid to have been About 21 years of age. After having wvmxnitteed the crime. Clarke returu*?d to th^ home of his employer and ?ven went so far as to assist in carrying the body to the house. The scene of the crlm?* is about 200 yards from the Newberry line and about a mile and a half from T.ittle Mountain. As sonn as t!ie n? gro had confessed, tnt wora was whispered from one to another and The crowd quietly left In small squads, to where the negro was being concealed from thee officers. It was ahout 10.P.0 when the lynching took place. The crowd was composed of tinsturdy citizens of the Hutch Fork section and huudreds of Newberry people were on the grounds. There were no sians of rowdyism. The victim is a school girl, hut on account of the l.ittle Mountain School bcinc rlosed for two days, she did not attend school Thanksgiving or Friday. The crime shocked the entire community, ;inf) on every hnnd the expression is heard thrit thp negro received his jnst dos'-rts. At 11 o'clock ?Ae report of guns nr?> bertrd and parties continue to visit tne seen;? Strange, it may serin, but the crime whs committed within less tnan twj miles of the place whwre Cute l>ev"*r attempted to assault the wife of a 'Prominent young farmer, about a vear agro and for which he wa.- legally banserl * Kill* M iff and Another. At Anderson. Ind.. Prank Rickets f?hot and ki'.led his wife and Mrs. Vellie Brit ion. with whom she h:id been living in an apartment, in the business centre of thf? city, inte Friday. Rickets, who was arrested, declares that he shot the two woment after his wife hr?<1 shot at him. Conductor Fatally Hurt. At Marianna. Fla.. Conductor .vi11 iird Hrooks was thrown from a oar on the Jarrett Lumber Company's road and di?d before he could be flatten to a physician. Death resulted in alKii.t a half hour after the accident happened and Rrooks never regained consHonsness after the fall l>rul?es CIomhI. A big s'jh hrs be^n posted at the international bridges connecting El Paso, Texas, with Juarez. Mexico, denying any person to pass ov^r between the hours of midnight an<l six o'clock a. m. The action was taken at the instance of the Mexican 'government. SAILORS MUTINIED SEIZED WAR VESSELS AND SHELLED KJO JANE1UO. Killing ()np Woniau and Two Chd(Irt'D in tilt* City.?Several Oflice? and Men killed. At Rio Jaaerio. Brazil, the crews of two battleships of the Brazilian navy mutinied Wednesday, and turned their guns upon the loyal shii>s and also threw a few shells into the city. During the outbreak several officers were killed. The lighting ceased at night, but the revolvers remained in possession of the two vessels. It is officially stated the trouble ts not of a political character and should be described as a mutiny among the sailors to enforce certain ! Hmir rath CODCt-SSIUUS i 1 um mm er than a revolt against, the administration of President Fonseca. For some time the men of tlie navy had i>een agitating the matter of more pay. They .ilso objected to the practices of the navy inflicting corporal punishment upon subordinate or otherwise offending sailors. A private cable dispatch from Kio Janerio says that the captain of the Brazilian battleship Minas (ierai'3 and several officers and men were killed during the naval disturbance Wednesday night. A woman and two children were killed by.the shells thrown in the city. t>i.? rn.?mKoi. nf rionnfi<ia Friday 1 Uf v^uauii/^i ui . , eveqing in a vote of 114 to 23. passpd a resolution granting amnesty to I the mutinous sailors on board the battleships \linas Geraes and Sao Paulo, the coast defence ships Marshal Floriano and Marshal de Oriora, and the scout ship Bahia. The St:iiate had unanimously passed the measure Thursday. Immediately after the lower house had voted to pardon the sailors foi having mutinied and killed several of their officers and thrown shells into the city. President Fonseea authorized Deputy Carvalho to visit the Sao Paulo and confer with the mutineers. Meantime, the mutinous vessels. ? U : ~ U ? A Kftnn n-oitin fr mttsiflp f h * * Wliit'U uau WCVU na*vui>| bar since noon for a signal to come in, put to sea and disappeared. Their destination was not made kuown. While the revolt lasted the people of the city were kept in a state of suspense. fearing that the mutineers wouid make good their threat to blow up thee eCapitol unless their wishes were met. * ADRIFT AT SKA. RKS(H KI). Steamer Picks l'p Helpless Fisherman in Hou(. Capt. Colcord. of the steamship American, in New York, from Puerto. Mexico, reported a passenger not on the list when the vessel started. He is Thomas Hail, a fisherman of } Stuart. Fla., who was found oa Xoivember 22 frantically waving his ; shirt, as he stood in his 25-foot moj tor boat, helplessly adrift. A big i wave had put his engine out of couiI mission. i ne liner went oui ui un iuaim: and drew near for the rescue, but Hall insisted that his boat also betaken aboard and after more thm an hour's work this was done. Hall had drifted more than fifty miles from his starting point when picked up. and it has be*-n five days since he left borne. On landinc he telegraphed hi6 w'fe who. doubtless, thought him drowned. chaim;ki> with kii.mxg two. NV?ro HHd for Murder ol' Minister and His Wife. Tile murder of the Rev. Anzi L. Armstrong find his wife. Annie Armsstrong, at their home at Dutch Neck, X. J.. Friday night, has resulted in charges being proferred against Jo'm St-nrs. who w.?s arra!?ned before .lus tice of tii?? Peace Mills, and held without l>ail to answer two separate oharges of homicide. Rudolph Xorh.ius. who was brought to Tren'on by the county authorities, along with Sears, was released. Investigation established tlu* fad that tho Rev. Armstrong and ills wife were killed with a double-barre'led g::n. which was found standin? in a cor.H-r in she kitchen of the Armstrong home. This gun was i>orrowed by ars two weeks ago from 'i neighbor. Robbery is supposed to have b*?<-n the motive. Sears is a "half breed and his mother is a negress. The mother has been housekeeper in the Armstrong family for more than thirty years. * Vtuli Cotton (turned. At Troy. Ala., the cotton compress :and warehouse of the Atlantic Com| uress conmany were desroytd by fire j Friday morning. Several railroad 'cars were also burned. The total ' ions is about $i<i0.000. partially covI - ?.? Tl.r* ,,r Ithf rt is unknown. Itelween l.s>00 :h!(1 ?.OOi1 bales of cotton were hiirn: ed. ! ? ij Crippen Was flanged. i A London dispatch savs I>r. Crippen was hanged at it.02 o'clock Wednesday morning, in the yard of the Penionville prison. The morning of the day sot for Dr. Crippen's execution afforded the gloomiest setting. A dense fog overhung the city and , traffic wis at a standstill. Thousand Dro\vii<*d. A dispatch from Saigon, Fren'h Indo-China, says one thousand peri sons were drowned and 100 bark a i wore lost during floods In the province of Qaungngia, in Annua. RED HANDED WAR Is Now Ob is Dead Eanest Bttweea the GmiraeBt and Rebels. MEXICO AN ARMED CAMP In Clashes With Government Troops Revolutionists Seem to Have Been Victorious.?Reports Say the liepublic Faces Most Serious Situation. Southern Mexico practically has >Hen cut off from the Capital, railroad bridges have been blown up and ihe revolution has attained great proportions in that section of the Republic, especially in Yucatan. Thi3 is the burden of unofficial advices received at Washington. The recipients of the unofficial information declare that Vera Crn: will be captured by the revolutionists within three days, and that the revolutionary movement is sweeping northward. A copy of the proclamation issued by Gen. Mad?ro was received at Washington Wednesday. iSo far it has not been presented to the State department. It contains an outline of he proposed new Government and pledges Mexican protection to American lives and property. One of the highest official and one who by virtue of his position is in close touch with the revolutionary movement in Mexico, that fighting is now going on in Cuatro Cienega3, a large and prosperous city just below Monclovd. It is regarded as a stronghold of the anti-Diaz forces. This same authority says the sitj iatiun now in Mexico is more serous ihan at any time in the past several years. He dclares the excitement on -the herder is nothing comred to what it would be if al! was known of the situation in the inter iur. \ high Mtxican official stat?*d that i: was his opinion that the Diaz reimi was at an end. West LIvujdais. a New Orleans business man. wha has reached El Paso, Tex., from Torreon. confirms the report of Hash between Federal soldiers and revolutionists. The Government, forces apparently were beaten and the rebels investtd Gomez Palacio and I .ori'o. "The rebels at 3 o'clock Monday morning,' said Livaudais, "shjt town the police on the corners at t'.omez Palacio. The garrison was s-nt against them and manv -vere reported kilted. The soldters were 'orced to fall back and when I left Torreon a large force from there had *>e<-n sent to retake the town. Tor:fon is practically under marti.il ;aw and everything is shut tight." Reports of fighting in Gomez, Paiacio and Torreon, Mexica, are in ;>art conflrired by Mexican officials and army officers stationed in N'euvo Laredo, although i>t is denied thai h^ battles assumed serious properties. It is admitted that in bat 1 \ Vi A inmcto lira IM'IW rni UIC UIJ>UI ic uumoic ami 'he .Mexican troops at both places sevtral deaths resulted, the >oss of life being evenly divided on both sides. It is generally understood ihat the Government forces succeeded 'u quelling th<* disturbances at both places. Reports were to the effect that Torreon had fallen in>'.o the hands of the revolutionists. This is denied by army officers iu Neuvo. I.aredo, who claim to be in touch with the situation. The army officers admit that the most bitter struggle occurred at Goi 1'alacio, which is only four inih>3 j north of Torreon, in what is known a? the famous Laguna cotton district. At Gomez Palacio it Is acknowledg. 1 several deaths occurred on both sirl-s. )>ut the officials decline to give out any figures. A passenger train on the Mexico Northwestern Railroad, rnnuing bo ]?>vr<Mi Chihauhua and Madera, was fir^d into and several i-econd-olass Pis.-f UK'Td killed. The number, names and the other do-ails eouil not be secured as the tde^rap? wires have all been cut. Documents found in the house of i revolutionist are said to have ? ?j waled a conspiracy for the wh '!t* j-.le assassination of prominent Govjeniment officers. including Foreign I Minister Creel. Viee-Prtsddent C.jrr li auii other prominent men. I Mi- tie) S Macedo. Bub-seer?Vtary ?;f r'f Government. was also listed for fi.-iith. President Diaz was to oe t.il'en. but iiis life was to be spared, because !f his pasit services to the 'country. The bodies of those killed were to be suspended from elecirit* hipht w 1 re> in the streets. The building of El Impareial was to have be destroyed with dynamite j The papers exposing the oonspirj ac> were disco; ered durinir a r::W'i : hv tlw? notice on Sunday. Th.-,?' m ployees of I?1 Imparcial had b<-en furj ; nished with the explosive and !n(structed to use it at th<- first repo"' of the uprising, which uas planned for last Saturady The seizure of the plans on the day upon which ihey were to i>e executed is thojgv' j to have a great effect in heading olf J j ih- r'-l'e*"ion. i - - t h illfd His < otiisiii. | I !n a fi1 ' a! Crane's savviiull ne ir ! jl ' . -t v :?j>i r.f>-"v was s"?*if and : t Vill* i '-y hi> ' i'Misiii. iJnivy i'.xggs j j Th! y promipmntly ciihium />d The j sla-er surrendered tu the ph'-rifT and I lioih arc reported to have been drinking Convict Attacks White Man Alleging that the white man had him whipped while he was a convict! jon the Chatham county farms, at i Savannah. Ga.. E. J. Williams, a negro. attempted to assault Hritl Rollers, was shot and killed. * SLAIN BY TROOPS THE SOLDIERS FIRK \VOLLKY IX- ? B TO CROWDS OF PKOl'LK. Hundreds of Whom Are Thereby Killed And Wounded and the Rest |j Flee for Life. One hundred persona were killed ^ in riots which took place at Zacatecae in the interior of Mexico, opposite Tampico on Saturday night. Mexican soldiers fired into a struggling body of rioters with disastrous results. One hundred is the lowest estimate of the loss of life, which may reach 500? The American consul at Zacatecas > telegraphed the first news of the riot A to the Mexican consul at San A?i- C tonio stating that that town was m a state of terror and that the losa '3 of life was not less that 100. No d"- d tails were giveu other than that a w company of soldiers were ordered to r fire upon a vast crowd of rioters ti which thronged the streets. I & Zacatecas is the capital of the Ie state of Morales, and is remote from P lines of communications. News of k the riots did not reach the outside a world until late Sunday, althon;h 0 the battle took place on Saturday a night. It is stated that quiet has now been restored by placing the city under rigid military rule. The 11 latest reports are that the slain are c still lying in the streets, where they fell. t: Keyes to Lead the Rebels. b A dispatch from Eagle Pass ,Te<c- 13 as, says "Gen. Bernardo Reyes is Q coming." This is the whisper which h has gone with telegraphic swiftness a up and down the Rio Grande. If It 0 is true, and many Mexicans assert a that it is, it means tha/t the revolu- P tionists have at their head a man superior in military training 'to any d nthf-r man in Mexico, not exen ex cepting President Diaz himself. f' 'Gen. Bernardo Reyes, once a bos- w om friend fo Gen. Diaz, is now said f to be an exile from his country. He ^ was sent a year ago to Paris, France. on a "military mission." Since 'then c no word has come from him until n now, when the coutions words were e sent from Matamoras to Las Vacas. 1 It was reported among the Mexicans f that he had already -taken passage ^ for New York, and would reach Ea- * gle Pass within ten days. c Reyes was Govenor of the StaV c of Neuvo Leon, the hot-bed of revolution in .Mexico. During the late campaign for President of Mexico, some of his admirers proposed his * name as vice president. Subsequent a events appeared to prove that Reyes, while avowing perfect amity and a friendship for Diaz, was rioting e against his downfall. Then it was thait the stirring events in May 1909. occurred. Rey- ' es was surrounded by troops and 1 was, to all intents and purposes a a prisoner. He prepared to Mexico ^ city, where he was sent on the for- S eign mission. Adherents of Gfn?;r- ' al Reyes openly assert that he is now foot-loose and they claim be 11 has a strong following in all pans of the republic. r ? m m n THE WAGES OF Sl.V. ^ 1 Man Murders a Woman and Then c Kills Himself, 1 At Los Angeles, Cal., J. W. Wheei- t er, a blacksmith 36 years old, for- t merly of Echo, Ala., last Wednesday night murdered a woman who rejls- g tered with hira as his wife, under f the name of Mrs. May Wheeler at r an East Fifth street hotel. He then b attempted to kill himself. The cou- t pie had been in their room less than \ five roinutos when five shots rang a out in quick succession. Persons g in the hotel rushed Into tho room a and found the woman's body oil the a floor and .Wheeler standing with a wound in his head. He held a re- b volvr-r in nnp hand and a knif?* m ( tlu* o'hf-r. Hefore any ont* could in- t terfen* ho slashed his throat. f a hosk \v;\?(?x smashes i:i <;<:v. i , I ? Crashes I lit t> Vehicle cm Stjuarc at Diirlinulon. t v While (in the way lo a 'he Friday r morning at o'clock in response co i an al inn turned in from the tobacco ' n-urnlimic . cor-finn nf !)arlinzfon. ftK v ' y ho.-o wagon collided with a bu:-gy on the square and came near killing' the 11 occupants. Charlie Law. a nepro , who drivf-s for one of the sales f?t**hies of tho town, was driving ihrough the square near the corner of Cash ua street when the tire team dauhed around the corner, meeting him. The buggy was torn all to pieces, and Law was thought to !> seriously \ hurt. Medical aid happened to i-e near, however, and the ne^ro was setting alon? all right l:iI ?.- in tinday * 1 (till I>i-iiik*? Poison. After handing two uividdr?-?s*-(i notes to by standers in tht- F'.ii?u;? - Visto hotel a' Home. fJa.. Wc!ii?'sday. Miss .May I.ancaster. aged IT", of Early. G?.. drank an ounce of carboile a< i'i and died in gp>nt agony a ? fi-v minutes late. One of th" rotes ?, rend: "*?"??11 Hob goodbve." The t oth^r toid or lor relations with f( "Bolt." liny* "i?* Seeking SJst"i\ i At N">rrnn. Va.. while searching c thr?>nph 'h<- flames for their little ? sister. vViopi they believed to be in their burning home, two little sons f< of J. I! Robins\ met d?-*?f h Friday. I V When found by rescuers, the hoys j I were so severely burned that death j si qulcklv resulted. The sister was j a saved. The fire was due to an ex- j w plo.siou of powder. FIEND TO HANG" ligbtmr, the Negro Convicted of Criminal Assault in Coloobia i WLL HANG NEXT MONTH iftor Hearing Testimony of Victim e and Several Other Witnesses Jury c Returns Verdict of "Guilty" in | Case of Brute, Charged With Rav j Lshing Young Columbia Married ] c W oman. For the heinous crime of assault, 1 tip us Hightower, a young negro 1 end, will pay the death penalty in 1 lolumbia on December 23. 1 The hand of the law moved swift- J f and with unerring decision Mon- 1 ay, in the trial of the young fiend, 1 rho, on October 18, ravished a maried woman of Columbia. Placed on ' rial Monday morning, at a special 1 arm of Court ordered by the Gov 1 rnor, the evidence in his case com- 1 leted at 5:30 o'clock, Hightower 1 new his fate within three miuutes 1 fter the jury retired. The sentence 1 f the Court was Immediately anounced, following the verdict of ' guilty." There was no special demunstra- 1 Ion against the negro, although the 1 rowd appeared eager for the law 1 0 be carried out. It is only within ( he range of surmise that might * ave been done if the verdict had ( een otbtrwise. Likewise is the ' uestion us to how many of '.he men J ad pistols. The Governor's Guards ' nd the Richmond Volunteers were 1 n guard during the trial. These 1 re two of the oldest military com- 1 anirs in the State. The husband of tho prosecutrix, 1 uring the morning hours, had a pis- 1 01 in his pocket. When this was ( ound out by the sheriff, the pistol ( ras taken away. The talk around 1 he Court room was that the hus- ' mud intended to statft something f his wife had to testify before the 1 rowded Court room. That after- * oon, the husband was closely watch- 1 d in Court. He is a printer by 1 rade, and there were many of his ' riends, both inside and outside the 1 !ourt room. The police co-operated rith the militia and officials of the ' ounty and Court in handling the ase systematically. 1 In addition to that of the prosecu- ' rix, there was testimony by a negro, ' ohn Frnnklin, who slated that 1 Hghtower did not go with him on 1 hunt, as the accused had stated in ' ail. Policeman Hlte, who made the 1 rrest, and one or two othtr witness6 also testified. The Court appointed Alfred Walace. Jr., and Richarl E Carwile 1 o defend the negro. When Minus lighower was arrested, within half n hour after the assault, with which le is charged, was committed he ;ave the name of "Ed Byrd." Durng his arrest he had other aliases. iut Minus Hightower is his right lame. Under the law. the newspaper* 1 nay not print the name of a wonan upon whom an assault or at erupted assault Has neen commuieu. i 'he prosecutrix in this case is a pret-l y young woman. She lives in the lortheastern section of the city. The Itate did not take advantage of the aw of 1909 as to the prosecutrix's e6timony, but she was in Court and estified. On the convening of the Court the ;rand Jury, Gen. John D. Frost bein<; oreman, was polled and the lndic'nent, drawn in usual form, was innded out by Solicitor Cobb. O3 he bench was the Hon. T. Yaucey Villiams, of Lancaster, presidiug by ppoin'tmeut of Governor Ansel. The ;rand jury retired, briefly examined 1 toy of the witnesses for the State I nd soon returned with a true bill. 'Shortly afterward the prisoner was wrought in for arraignment. Sheriff 'oleman headed the little group, in he midst of which walked the negro, tural Policemen Hipp and Huffman nd Court Bailiffs Grinisley and )umiug were the officers immediatey in charge of the aroused They ented the n>>;ro In the dock anl 00k ch.'tirs around it. Other dep<: les and rurai policemen nan preioiislv been disposed about Ihe oom and anions Mie spectators Mail- ' ff's moved with their staves, enjoin- 1 ng silence on all. One rural police- 1 uan. standing, took post in the gateway leading lo the bar from the main ortion of tho room. The* tension was less than mi3.1l iave been expected. An interns' 1 eon. bur Impersonal, composed iu ho main ol a lively curiosity, whs he prevailing emotion manifested, "here was no display of arms. The nly soldier* within th?? Court room * tself--though. of course, it was < nown two companies were under " rins nearby in their armories?wer" i la.ior Joseph 11. Allen, commanding ! he Columbia battalion of the 2d eginunf. and his orderly, Private W. I !. Williams. i>oth in olive-drab set- ' uniforms. ' The victim was not in the* Court i.?oni. H?t husband, a slight young lan. ,?at beside the s-?licitoIt mi apponfd th;i': the attorney retains: y the victim's family, to assist 'n ( h?* pros'Tiition. \f r. A. F. SjdgiMior. ! ; Mir sarin* who defended the vilr- ; liti s husMnd upon the lat-of s tri.?< ? nr murder several vr.irs aeo. the if ase arisinc from the death of a . ounp tinn"r at Rpwrrth. following ' n alteration. In this ra-e ;h * ar- 1 used was acquitted on a plea ~>f t elf-defrnre. ( The Court appointed as eoun-vl f or tho defendant Meters. Alfred t Wallace. Jr.. and R. K. Carw ?!?=!. i :pon his arraignment 'be aeons-i aid his na.ne was Minus Hijrhtowei, t nd. refusing to plead, was credited i ith a plea of not guilty. His conn- < el retired with him for a consultant # WHAT CAUSED DEATH? | WAS WALKEK WINN, OF HAMP< . TON COUNTY, POISONED? * Ph? Coroner's Jury Unsatisfied Whether or not Young Man Was Poisoned with "Doctored" Whiskey Was young Walker Winn poison- . >d to his death when he took a Irink of whiskey one Friday afterloon about two months ago? This s the question that is perplexing the esidents of the Fechtilg communty, where young Winn lived in Hampton county, and the members >f the coroner's jury. >It is generally talked and was ( )rough out in the testimony before .he coroner's jury that Winn was idt on good terras with his young ( vife, Lillian, nor with her father, > VIr. J. W. Lee, that their relations ( vere estranged and that threats on he life of young Winn were made. , Walker Winn, on Friday, Septem- ' ierl6, at Fechtig, was taken suddeny ill. It is stated that he had just ( aken a drink with his father-in-law. ( fie had convulsions, was paralyzed { and blinded, and, although given medical aid, died witnin twentytour hours to the minute after he t was stricken. His skin turned , olack, and he died in conculsions. | By request an inquest was held, . ind the teBtmony adduced at the , 3rst meeting of the coroner's jury ' svas such as to warrant the sending )ff for chemical analysis of the coa- : :ents of the stomach of the deceaj?d. It appears that no other par-.a jf the alimenary canal were sent \t subsequent meetings of the jury jf inquest, letters from chemises , tvere read in which it was stated ! whether or not any traces of poison were found. At the instance of the jury and :he coroner, Judge Memmiuger at :he recent term of Court passed an >rder requiring the body of the deceased to be disinterred and other larts of the alimentary canal to be sent for chemical analysis. The coroner's jury or^Inqueat held ( ts fourth meeting ueTsday, and in , :heir presence the body was interred inH Hr P A Piich trvnlr nut fha In testines and sent them off as retired by order of the Court. Further testimony was offered. >G. C. Owens testified that on Fri- . 3ay, September 16. Mrs. Lillian SVJnn, wife of deceased, who at that Lime was not living with her husband, asked witness if he had seen tier father with Walker Winn that I jay. When witness answered in the 1 affirmative, she then said that Walker would be dead within three 1 iays, and that it was a wonder her father did not kill him that day. It is understood that Mrs. Winn will appear before the jury of inquest at Hampton next week. Dr. T. B. Whatley is reported to 1 have testified that if the deceased had been given poison, it was possible for it to have passed out of the stomach. It is stated that this direct question was asked of Dr. What I t-J. The results of the chemical analysis will probably put an end to the # work of the jury of inquest, who will have met six times on the ca3e. The report of the Columbia chemists is awaited with mucb interest by people there." HT3R WORDS WERE TRUE. Child's Premonition of Death Works Out Tragically. "Barbara." said Mrs. Mary Hegensberge'r to ber daughter of eight Thursday afternoon as she was dressing the child at her home in New York, "I want you to be a good girl today because I had a tooth to drop out this morning and that's a sign somebody is going to die in the family." "Why," said Barbara, "that's me; I'm going to d'e." Her mother could draw no explanation from her, but while she was playing on a pier end she fell between the stringpiece and a barge find was drowned. Stole Bibles and Whiskey. Out of an assortment of freistht. burglars removed a case of whiskey and a box of Bibles from thee Texas and Pacific railroad depot Natchitoches, La., Friday night. The packages were broken open, evidences stymied, after the outside rof the building had been reached. Thej Bibles were found by a night watchman. * i (Yushinl to Death. At Cleveland, Ohio, the wife of) Simon Frutkjn, n tailor, his twoj *mall children and a customer were I "rushed to death by th*> collapse of j i new concrete building An ex-j plosion of unknown origin is be-i ( Jeved to have caused the disaster. i :ion, and. returning announced *hey J' ?*ould waive their threeday contin-! lance rind would iiroceed to triai at j' 12 M. When the ji?ry hnd be^n empnn lled and polled. Vlr Ci-wile. of ounael for the .icrused. moved th it he four' room be cleared, lie said bat his fir?', witness would he the iros?*('iilrix hep?df. The Judge or- ' lered rho Court room cleared, leav- 1 iii: present only the jurors. t*s? 1 fudge, the sheriff and one bailiff, 1 'hicf C.itheart. of the Columbia p-"?- ' ire force: the husband and a fe- ( nale relative of the prosecutrix, the "oiirt stenographer, the clerk co?:r.tel tor the State and the defence, he nrem??>d himself and or.' or '.wo i >thers who were deemed necessary, t Into the presence of these was led ' he prosecutrix. She was placed 1 ipon the stand and there told h-T i itory ro 'he jury. The telling tO'-A i ibout half an hour. < OFFKMJCODNT1 fow Tbt tbe Dements Bin Large Mijaritj io Ik Hwe. . 1 1 THE RESULT PLEASING j rbere is One Socialist in the Body, and the Democrats Ha7e Sixty- "J three Majority.?In the flf H ^ the Insurgents Will Assist tW I Democrats. ' V;| /The Democratic representation i?' Vl n n Va>im/v ?nl11 _ n Itt .uc ucai uuuoc win m> til, mm iga'nst 163 Republicans and one Socialist, according to the roster oC :he house, published Tuesday. These igurea give the Democrats a majority of 63 and a plurality of 64. 1 & According to this publication, Kansas is the only State of any siut which has a solid Republican delegation. A number .however, contain only one Democrat, among those thus included being Iowa. Minnesota, California and Wisconsin. uA.ll of the Southern States bave solid Democratic delegations, except Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. Maryland and Virginia. bave one Republican each, while Tennessee and Kentucky hare two members of that party apiece. Colorado is the only Northern State represented entirely by Democrats, but Indiana, possessing a much larger representation,, presses close opoa Its heels with 12 Democrats out ft 13 members. Illinois has 11 Democrats in ita ':) membership of 25, Massachusetts four out of 1?, Michigan two out at 12, New Jersey seven out of 10, New York 23 out of 37, Ohio 16 out Of 95 a n H PonnowlvonU - ty per cent, nitro glycerine." NOTHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR. > .Man in Sew York City Tlierefor* 1 Commits Suicide. At New York, feeling that he had nothing lo be thankful for while all about him were people enjoying Thanksgiving day, Michael McGe?, L'fi years old, committed suicide In Central park by shooting himself in the head. "I have nothing to b? thankful for on this day of thanksgiving." passers-by heard him mutter. With that be drew a revolTer and pressing the muzzle to his bead. I fired. He died instantly. Eight Injured in Wreck. Eight persons were injured < non? fatally) when Missouri Pacific passinner train. No. 2. collided with a freight train at Otterville, Mo. Frith'iy afternoon. The freight train had Irawn in on a switch to allow til* passenger train to pass, but did not entirely clear the main track and th* collision resulted. * Plead (juilty. At Mays Landing. N. J.. Charles Vaughn, Charles Quinn and James Sears, leaders of a mob that tarred and fMthi>red Frank Sichort. a far mer a? MrKee Cif. pleaded guilty :o indictments charging assault and battery. For a married man Sichjrt was too attentive to a widow. Shot by I'nknown Man. Oda Hubbell. a farmer near Rerlard, \lo., and his wife. azed 3 0. and nn children, a boy and a girl, aged I and 0 respectively, were shot and tilled at their home Wednesday ii??ht. by nn unknown person, who -ft Are to the house to conceal tfc* - V UUU ? VUUOJif UUiO IllUC l/Ul Ui OA. V i Missouri's delegation consists of - IS Democrats and three Republlcana The Nebraska delegation is evenly divided, three and three, as i* Maine's two and two; Oklahoma bu two Republicans and three Demovats; Washington is represented by three Republicans. All of the States having one representative only are Republicans. g AUGUSTA TAKES CENSUS. Which Shows a Gain |Over United States Census Report. The population of the city of An- s Kusta is 41,295, according to thm count taken Sunday by 300 voIba- s: teer enumerators, composed of mil classes of people, including many oC the most wealthy and prominent business men. This compares against the official count of 37,82t ' sent out by the census bureau last week, and 39,441 as the official census 10 years ago. The city's count shows that the federal enumerator* missed 3,469 people in the city, and, * In substantiation of this a member of council, acting as a volunteer eno- . merator, reports \n entire district, in the ward whe .in he was working, wihich had never been visited by the federal enumerators. Every ward in the city shows an increase over the federal report. WOULD BLOW UP THINGS. i The Trunk ot a ck Hand Filled " With Explosives. i p, . '*4 Explosives enough to blow th? city hall into fragments were found in a trunk in the police clerk's office at Cincinnati Wednesday afternoon. The trunk has been kicked from eopner to corner for the last two months with no regard to delicate handling. The trunk was found by local detec- v 3 tivea last September while searching the room for several men who were suspected of being members of the black hand. Wednesday afternoon. when it was decided to store the trunk, it was cleaned out thoroughly and in the bottom were found two packages of explosives marked "thir