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OLD DILL'S OWN LIFE STORY. For 52 Years "Old Bill" Miner Mazed a Trail of Robtiery. (Cor. Atlanta Journal.) Milledgevllle, ?a.. Sept. 3.-No body In all ?he history of America has a more notable career than "Old Bill" Miner, who died at the State penitentiary here Tuesday night at 9.25 o'clock. The full Btory of his life, told by Bill "..liner us death approached, is ono that would thrill tho most un imaginative and fill page after page of the most adventurous stories ever promised by writers of fiction. When the grizzled old robber, emaciated and worn with long expe rience of lawlessness, passed away In peoce here, Idolized by hundreds because he posed as chief of robbers and classed himself as a gentleman and scholar, none of thom ever dreamed the true story of his long lire. Ho was born in .lackson county. Kentucky, in 1847, and there he led the wild, free life of that section at that time. Throughout the width and breadth of the State, George An derson was known before ho was 15 years old. Shortly afterwards ho started West, and Tour years later was rounded up for robbery in San Joa quin county. April 6, 1866, when hut I !i years old. He was sentenced to San Joaquin prison, where he was known as prisoner No. 3248. He was discharged .lune !? of tho same .-ear. lint July 12 li?' was sent up from Placer county for a few months, which b<? served as No. 3313. He was discharged, only to be sent up from Calveras county, June 2d, I s7 1. as No. 4902, Hut a new trial was granted him and he was taken back February 9, 1ST:.', and return ed March 30, 1872, as No. 5 206. Il?' tried to escape May 7, 1874, and had four years added to his time, but March .">, 1ST", bis sen tence was commuted to twelve years and he was discharged July 1 1. 1880. Real Activities. It was at this juncture Bill Miner began his real activities. Meeting up with Bill Leroy, most noted of Western bandits at that time, he formed a partnership with him, go ing under the name of W. A. Mor gan. A month later they robbed the Del Uoy stage coach of $:i,500. Pos ses pursued them. Leroy was cap tured and lynched, but Bill Miner ;.<.s c. bili .>;il\ 11 ; ; li . i y wounding r1. i iv iittle ;. .ne was caught in j '!'.i I imnc cornily ''or robbery .tod j ?ont up for twenty-five y<a?s, going back to San Quentin as No. 10191. Ho started work December 2 1 . 1881, and emerged from prison July 17, 1 901. Daring Ira I ii Robberies. Although growing old and having paid a severe penalty, he started out in his career of lawlessness with more force in every way. September 23, 1903, he held up a train near Tugot. Sound, on tho ('anadian side, having two confederates on the job. i They robbed all tho passengers, I looted the express cars and secured i a big haul, but all the robbers were .aught except Bill Miner. Besting for a few months he again started tiis wild career. With two aides he held up a train at Mission Junction, British Columbia, September luth, 1!i0 4, and secured $10.000 in gold. The government and express author ities became frenzied at hts daring robberies and the Dominion govern ment offered $5,000 reward for him, while the express company offered a similar sum and tho Province of British Columbia augmented it by $2.5 00 to be paid for "Old Bill" Mi ner, alive or dean. But tho redoubtable old fellow laughed at their attempts to corner j him. He roamed Hie wilds of the ' country until May 9, 1906, when he | associated himself with Louis Col- j quhon and Tom Dunn and held ii)) an express train at Kurier, British Co lumbia. They made the engineer uncouple and pull the car a mile away, but lo the disgust of "Old Bill" he found only registeren] mail, the express money being left in an other car. Ile abandoned tho rob bery. A Price on His Head. However, the big rewards were still in effect and the Canadian con stabulary took up tho trail and rounded up Pill Miner and his two partners, and they were given life sentences in the New Westminster penitentiary in British Columbia. But Old Bill kept up his spirit and August 'a. 1907, he dug his way un der the prison walls to liberty and traveled to the Middle West unharm ed. For a period he was quiet, with plenty to live on, but after his hoard was used up wintering in the South he started North ai.d au opportune time seemed to present itself on Feb ruary 27, 1909, when !.e found two novices at Gainesville, Ga., and rob bed the Southern Express train. But be was captured and sent to the State penitentiary at Mllledgevllle under 20-year sentence. Grizzled, old and gray, he was still undaunted and declared he would escape, and this he did on two occa sions with which tho reading public is familiar. Through all his career of crime he was known to the oincials as Hill Miner, though his real was (?eorge Anderson, hut as W. A. Morgan and George W. Edward? 'ie was known for a time to many people In Michi gan and Wisconsin. This is the first full story ever published of the fnmous bandit's life. Tho record ls official and au thentic. Ho has some few known relatives said to he living, the near est and dearest being his sister, Mrs. W. J, Winier, living at Puget Sound. British Columbia. . I>eposed Portugal King Weds. Signrarlngen, Germany, Sept. 4. Manuel, former King of Portugal, was married hero lo Princess Au gustine Victoria, daughter of Prince William of Hohenzollern. Strict watch was kept on all strangers arriving here because it was thought by tho police that an attempt might he made on the life of the former King of Portugal. Nothing, however, In the form of manifestation against the exiled monarch marred the occasion. Sigmaringen had never before been the scene of snell an assembly of princes and princesses. At the church they formed a brilliant group in their varied uniforms, glittering with or ders, and they were surrounded by many prominent military and civil personages, also in gala costume. After their return to the palace former King Manuel and his bride received deputations representing the various classes of citizens, who pre sented congratulations and wedding gif . Col. Samuel Tate Suicides. Asheville. N. C., Sept 4.-After writing letters to several of his per sonal friends in this city, Col. Samuel Tate, chief of engineers of the Trans continental Railroad Company, and prominent in engineering circles of the country, committed suicide at an exclusive hotel here to-day hy hang ing himself with a cord, which had been taken from a Venetian blind in his room. The body was discovered by an attache of the hotel, and an examination showed thal. Col. Tate had been dead several minutes when tho body was discovered. Col. Tau was ?i i?c??l??Y'of"irprom* inent Memphis futuily, being .t rion ?f '.iie lat? Sam Tat? o( thal cit;. ?ie ivs ? ?ars old and if ^ 1 >.... ived o) <i .vilie iimi i\\ u du Ugh tel M??.J? Louise Tate, of this city, and Mrs. M. W. Barton, of Xew York city. He had taken an active part 111 the building of many railroad lines in Central America. .Jamaica, Mexico and many ol* the States of the Middle West. Practical Joke Kills Man. Youngstown. Ohio, Sept. l.- A practlcafvjoke, so called, played upon him by his friends has cost the life of Sam Stumm. He was employed by the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. At noon he was seized by several of his friends and carried to a nearby railroad track. "We're going to tie you to the rails and let a train run over you," said one of the crowd. Rope was procured and Stumm, despite his yells, was tied to the tracks and the crowd suddenly re called that a fast freight was due. They had just time enough to cut the ropes and yell to Stumm to get out of the way. He heard the warning, but was so frightened that he could not move. The train crushed him to death. The police are Investigating, hut so far no arrests have been made. \KitVOl'S DYSPEPSIA, ?AS OR INDIGESTION. Each "Pepe's IHnpepsin" Digests ;?, OOO grains food, ending all stomach misery in live minutes. Tillie it! Pape'.-; Diapepsin will digest an) thing you eat and over come a sour, gsissy or out-of-order stomach sundy within live minutes. If your meals don't lit comfortably, or what you eat l?es like a lit 111 p of lead in your stomach, or if you have heartburn, that is a sign of indiges tion. Get from your pharmacist a ."?n~ ceni case of Pape's Diapepsin and take a dose just as soon as you can. There will be no sour risings, no belching of undigested food mixed with acid, no stomach gas or heart burn, fullness or heavy feeling In the stomach, nausea, debilitating head aches, dizziness or intestinal griping. This will all go. and, besides, there will be no sour food left over in the stomach to poison your breath with nauseous odors. Pape's Diapepsin is a certain cure for out-of-order stomachs, because it takes hold of your food and digests il just the same as if your stomach wasn't there. Relief In Ave minutes from all sto mach misery ls waiting for you at any drug store. Tneso large flfy-cenl cases contain enough "Pape's Diapepsin" to keep the entire family free from stomach disorders nnd Indigestion for many months, li belongs in your home, ad TKI>I>Y ON BULKER 1 Advise? Full and Ht rai pc nv?i. i plananlon of the . ? goa. Albany, N. Y., Sept. I (lore Roosevelt bas ad' Su'v.er to make a "ful forward explanation ; Teferenee to the char suited in the Gover: ment. In a letter replying nications relating to rial situation sent bj r to tho former Preside ? traveling in the West t says: "You owe it to yo 1 1 those who have suppc e the earliest opportr r the charges made aj Governor Sulzer i ... R i velt letter public to-i i ment. Asked If he . e former President's e Oovtrnor referred 1 s to his general denla . rh *8 issued on the ad vic? ?I August, loth, three c e adoption of the lmp< i tion hy tho Assembly "My explanation <t tho impeachment tr G nor declared. The Roosevcl Col. Roosevelt's I?'1 . - lows: "On my rel urn ITO ce i ved yoe r two letU I thoroughly understa t now hoing made upo 1 yet to meet a single lieves. or even pr?te that a single honest mated the proceeding} onists. From Mr. Mu the legislators who ol fions, there is no po that all your assailant, selfish motives and th to acquire the evil dot State government, ant sp tracy against you lu >\ . lng impulse behind it an remotest degree be ase O'tism or civic politics never seen a more sta > \ of the power of the in ment under the presen Explanation is M i Med, "Let me add one th <>v< r dear Governor. You o ? tp j self and to all those \ ported you to take the porfcnnfyty to answer made against you. T poses of those bringt) ch arc wholly ?VIl 1 n ,ure fch.'.t all honest ?uon feel d< . ?>< et. eV" arc sure thai honest net: fceWthal tho assamt made np.m vu i by your foes ia due io your lin vin; ; od up for the principles of go(>? and decent citizenship was necessary te defy bosses of the two pat es, >bpe dally of your own, a 1 ii the way of the succesi >rrupi schemes of the party machine's man agers. "Hut there ls also among honest men a desire for a full and straight forward explanation and answer In reference to the charges against you, and I earnestly hope that as soon as possible the explanation and answer will be made." Mother of Eighteen Children. "I am tho mother of eighteen chil dren and have the praise of doing moro work than any young woman in my town," writes Mrs. C. J. Martin, Boone Mill, Va. "I suffered for five years with stomach trouhlo and could not eat as much as a biscuit without suffering. I have taken three bottles of Chamberlain's Tab lets and am now a well woman and weigh 168 pou inls. I can eat any thing I want to, and as much as I want and feel better than I have at any time in ten years. I refer to anv one in Boone Mill or vicinity and they will vouch for what I say." Chamberlain's Tablets are for sale by ?ill dealers. adv. The Next Worse Lite ( Fayetteville Observer. ? The preacher hat a hard time. If his bair is gray, he is old. If he ls a young man. he hasn't had experi ence. If he has ten children, he has too many; if he has none, he should have children, for he ls not sotting a good example. If his wife sings in the choir, she is presuming; it" she does not, she is not interested In her husband's work. If a preacher reads from notes, he is a bore; if he speaks extemporaneously, he is not deep enough. If ho stays at home In lils study, ho doesn't mix with the people; if ho ls seen around the streets, he ought to ho at home get ting up a good sermon. If he calls on some very poor family, he is play ing to the grandstand; if he calls at the home of the rich, he is autocratic W hatever he does some one could have told him how to do hotter. He has a fine time living off donations which never come in and promises that ;iever mature. Next to being an editor, it is an awful life. American salmon in the fresh wa ters of Tasmania are prospering won derfully. Some of them Increased In weight, from two ounces to four pounds in twenty-one months. THAW IXM?KS HIS FIOHT. Will Bc Imported From Canada as Untl?>6lrable Alien. Sherbrooke. Que.. Sept. 3.-Harry Thaw to-day lost his fight to defy deportation by remaining in the Sherbrooke Jail. .Indgo Hutchinson sustained a writ of habeas corpus calling for his release. Thaw remained dazed for possibly three minutes. The crowd began to leave the judge's chamber in silence. Thaw followed, aimlessly. As he crossed the threshold E. Blake Robertson, assistant superin tendent of immigration, tapped him on the shoulder and placed him ..fa cially under arrest as an undesirable alien. The crowd then surged from the building, and it was announced that Thaw would he taken immediately to Coatlcook for a hearing. Thaw's lawyers seemed stunned. Special officers of tho immigration department jostled them in the cor i Idors. "I'll see you in Coaticook, boys," said Thaw, waving his hand to the reporters. It was reported to-day that Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, mother of the fugitive, would soon arrive in Sher brooke to arrange with counsel for their fees and expenses. Some of the Thaw lawyers have again ex pressed dis8atisfactiet) over the fact that no responsible head of the fam ily had remained on tho scene, and that while money was talked of, no large amounts have been in evidence. Thaw Beaches Coaticook. Coaticook. Que., Sept. 3.-Harry K. Thaw arrived here at 4.13 p. m. Wednesday. I inmediately after los ing his fight 111 Sherbrooke lie was rushed from the court room on the road to Matteawan. Thaw was ..ut handcuffed. He was taken to tho immigration office under guard of a government policeman and Chief Immigration Officer Te garceau. Winde Town Interested. All Coaticook turned out to get a glimpse of the noted fugitive. In anticipation of Iiis coming rooms in all the hotels have been reserved by persons connected with the Thaw case. The hoard of trade is making arrangements to accommodate the overflow of visitors In private houses. Fails to Convince Hoard, t'ontteook. Que.. Sept. 5.-Harrv K. Thaw was i.ot "railroaded" across tho border by tin? Immigration au thorities Thursday se his counsel had predicted. A special board OJ in quiry sat on his case from 10 o'clock in the morning until late in the after noon and then adjourned until ?.30 o'clock this morning. Thaw was on the stand most of the day and made a good witness. His inquisitors gradually worked into the question of his sanity, and though his counsel violently objected it was of no avail, and this line of interro gation will ho resumed to-morrow. Though staving off deportation for tho day, Thaw lost in two particulars. His lawyers were denied a writ of prohibition by Superior Judge Hutch inson at Sherbrooke, tho same judge who sustained the writ of habeas corpus which cast Thaw out of the Sherbrooke jail yesterday, and he failed to establish before the board the contention that he had entered Canada as a tourist, and like "Jack" Johnson should be allowed to con tinue to his destination. Had No Through Ticket. He could produce no through ticket to any point outside of Can ada. He had a ticket to Detroit, but unfortunately for Thaw, it had been purchased at Coaticook. Unable to show that ho had come Into the Dominion ?it any recognized port of entry Thaw practically was convicted of entering by stealth, and on this charge alone he can be de ported. But on this charge ho could appeal to the minister of the interior, while no appeal would lio should he bo found insane at the present time or to have been in an Insane asylum within five years. If found of un sound mind now. tho hoard could de port Thaw direct to the NTew York State line. This would mean swift return to Matteawan. Conviction on either of the other two charges would mean deportation to Vermont. Jerome Arrestied for Gambling. Coaticook, Que.. Sept. ii.-William Travers Jerome, specially appointed Attorney General of New York State, was arrested here to-day charged with gambling. Milton Aldridge, a Coaticook citizen, made tho com plaint, and said he saw Jerome play ing poker in public yesterday. Thaw's lawyers disclaim any knowledge of tho arrest. The belief prevailed that Jerome's arrest ls due solely to the ill feeling of the towns people, who resent Jerome's pres ence. Jerome was admitted to $.">00 'bond shortly before noon and left the jail smiling. Deportable on Two Grounds. Coaticook, Sept. 5.-Harry Thaw was ordered deported by a special hoard of inquiry this afternoon, but au Immediate appeal was entered. Furthermore, a restraining order granted by a Judge at Montreal pre vented his removal from quarters here. He was found deporta ole on two counts-'first having lered the Do minion hy stealth; ... mmi, having been an inmate of an insane asylum within five years. Vermont was the State specified in the order of deportation. The next battle, however, -will be at Montreal, where tho restraining order will be argued. APPOINTMENTS ARK NOT MADE. Governor Blende Refuses u> Commis sion the Orungchurg Hoard. (Columbia Record, 3d.) "She (Orangeburg county) hit me such a hard lick last summer that I really have no personal Interest in the matter," says Governor Dleasc In tho course of an interview given out this morning explaining his ac tion in refusing to appoint members of tho dispensary board for Orange burg county recommended by the legislative delegation. Th? Gover nor explains that tho counties sur- ' rounding Orangeburg aro Blease counties and "have or will nave the dispensary." which means that they will enrich their treasuries at the expense of citizens of an anti-Blease county. Governor Blease late yesterday af ternoon refused to appoint the dis pensary board for Orangeburg county as recommended by the legislative' delegation. A. H. Moss and R. P. Dukes, of Orangeburg, with A. S. Dukes carno to Columbia yesterday to urge Governor Blease to appoint the board, lu effective language the Governor refused to appoint the gen tlemen named. The majority of the county delegation have stated that they will make no further recom mendations. The Governor's interview follows: "Dorchester, Bamberg, Calhoun, Lexington, Aiken, Barnwell, all have or will have dispensaries, and are ' surrounding counties of Orangeburg; I therefore it is not necessary for Or- ! angeburg to be dry. The largo ma jority of these counties are Blease counties, and I am satisfied they ; have no objection to the citizens of , an anti-Blease county enriching their |, treasuries, and as tho antl-Belase people-some of them-are good people, there will be no objection to theil visiting these other counties j Die re fore, they will be pleased if' Orangeburg has no dispensary. In di idnnlly, I certainly have no objec tion io iic-i not baviug one-in tact, : I rather prefer she wouldn't; she! hit mc such a hard lick last sum mer, that really l have no personal : interest in the matter. If no other recommendations aro made there | will be no dispensary there until 1 tho delegation changes the law, j which will require a two-thirds vote of both Houses of tho General As- j sembly, and I am satisfied the prohi- ! bitionists will join with me irf the vote in order to keep tho dispensary out. That will he one time Blease will he hand In hand with the Prohi bitionists, and up to this time, the only one. and possibly In all the fu ture, the only time." Snapped Some. Rig Rattlers. (Anderson Mail, 4th.) Frank Spellman has returned from a trip to the Whitewater setclon of Oconee county. He spent several days there, going from point to point on horesback on a camera hunt, and says he enjoyed the outing very much. While away Mr. Spellman made some pictures that are out of the or dinary. Three of these were of rat tlesnakes in the wild state. One shows a big rattler colled and ready for action, another one of a different snake, in a half coll, and the third lying stretched at full length. The pictures were taken at a dist ance close enough to make the pic tures clear and distinct, and they aro really excellent snap-shots. IP CONSTIPATED OR BILIOUS "CASCA RETS." For Sick Headache, Sour Stomach, Sluggish Liver and Bowels-They Work While You Sleep. Get a 1 0-cent box. Take a ('asea ret to-night to cleanse your liver, stomach and bow els, and you will surely feel great by morning. You men and women who have headache, coated tongue, can't sleep, are bilious, nervous, up set, bothered with a sick, gassy, dis ordered stomach, or havo backache and feel all worn-out. Are you keep ing your bowels clean with Casca reis-or merely forcing a passage way every few days with salts, ca thartic pills or castor oil? Castrareis immediately cleanse and regulate tho stomach, remove the sour, undigested and fermenting food and foul gases; . take tho oxcoss bile from the liver and carry off the constipated waste matter and poison from the intestines and, bowels. Remember, a Cnscaret to-night will straighten you out by morning. A 10-cent box from your druggist means healthy bowel action; a clear head and cheerfulness for months, Don't forget the children. adv. 15 CENTS FIXED FOR COTTON. Faremrs' Union Pledge* Hold for that Price--$H0 Ton for Sepd. Salina. Kan., Sept. 4.-The high cost of living will be higher aa a re sult of the action of the NatiouaJ Far mers' Union here to-day in fixing the price at which members will sell this year's cotton at 15 cents a pound. The present price is approximately 12 certs. The action of the convention hinds every member of the Union to hold his cotton until the market reaches the figure set. In the past repeated efforts have been made to have a similar resolu tion passed by the convention, but advocates of the proposal always failed to muster the necessary votes. This year there was no opposition to the plan ijeveral of tho leading cotton grower i wanted the minimum figure fixed ai 17 or 18 cents, point ing out that owing^ to tightness of the money market and unsettled condi tions in Europe and America prices of all products would soar and cotton would bring that price if members of the Union held out. Experts employed by the Union es timate t li is year's yield at 14,074, 500 bales. Last year it was 14,200, 000 bales and the price averaged 12 cents. There are nearly 2,000,000 members of the Union who aro cotton growers and leaders in the mo veinent, say their neighbors who are not members of the organization will only be too glad to join in holding the crop until it can he marketed at 1 5 cents a pound. The minimum juice at which cot ton seed will be sold was fixed at $30 a .ton, and members are pledged to hold out for that figure. Last year's prices ranged around $26, approxi mately the present market figure. Consolidation of rural schools as the best method of improving the educational system of rural commu nities, and thus make farm lifo more attractive, was indorsed in a resolu tion, which also called for an increase in the length of the rural school term and compulsory attendance. Other resolutions urged greater protection for animals and birds and a chair of marketing in the agricultu ral departments of State universities. Education through improved schools, lectur-a and the pressvwas indorsed as Lie foremost factors in the ad vancement of tho farmer. Farmers' Union to Have Paper. Salina. Kan.. Sept. 4.-A national officia'] papei will be established .by the National Farmers' Utiiou. This was; decided to-day. li was said the purpose of the publication would be to advance the interests of organized farmers by disseminating informa tion regarding the pending legisla tion in which farmers are interested. The Union declared against alien ownership of land and said that "cor porations should not he allowed to own more than is necessary." The agricultural committee in its report declared the minimum price of wheat, corn, oats and harley on the home market, In order to pay the cost of production and 6 per cent on the value of the farm lands in various States should ho as follows: Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma, wheat $1.05, corn 70 cents, oats 45 cents and barley 50 cents; Illinois, Indiana and Missouri, wheat $1.25, corn 65 cents, oats 50 cents and bar ley 50 conts; Western Slope States, wheat ?I7 cents, corn 00 cents, oats 50 cents and barley 50 cents. The report was adopted. C. S. Barrett, of Union City, Ga., was re-elected president of tho o? ca? iza tion. The meeting of 1915 will he held at San Francisco. The place for next year's convention han not been se lected. Despondency is often caused by indigestion and constipation, and quickly disappears when Chamberlain's Tablets are taken. For salo by all dealers, adv. Was Stonewall Jackson's Aid. ? -1 Alexandria, Va.. Sept. 4.-Noah D. Rittenour, an aide to Gen. Stonewall Jackson during tho Civil War, is dead here, at the age of 68. Mr. Rittenour died yesterday and the fu neral was held to-day. For fifty years ho was a clerk and interpreter in the office of the auditor of the navy de partment in Washington. In the fighting at Chancellorsville, in which Gen. Jackson received his mortal wounds, Mr. Rittenour was beside the noted Confederate, and likewise was wounded. Mexico (Jives In ? Washington, Sept. 4.-Tho first official Information that the Wash ington government has been orally assured that Provisional President Huerta will not be a candidate at the Mexican elections was permitted to become public to-day. The adminis tration constr|es these assurances as meaning also there will be no cir cumvention by Huerta's resigning and becoming a candidate.