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AIKEN. S.C_ THURSDAY MdRJSHNG. JUNE 29. 1905
Estaned 1881. Price $1.50 a Year, ia Adraccc.
AVALANCHE OF GORE
ONLY “COMMON LAW” WIFE.
Flows in Streets of Lodz Dur
ing Fierce Rioting. ,
CORPSES PILED IN HEAPS
Notorious “Rod Sunday" In 8t. Pe
tersburg is Ttotally Eclipsed by
Bloody Scenes In Russian
Poland City.
Advices from Lodz. Russian Poland,
state tbat since the arrival of rein
forcements Saturday morning fighting
in tho city stopped, but the outbreak
is by no means Quelled and fresh col
lisions are expected momentarily. Es
timates of the number of victims
vary, but the slaughter was appalling,
the Cossacks and troops firing at close
range into great crowds. Some esti
mates fix the number of killed aad
wounded at 2,000.
The city resembles a shambles and
the terrible scenes of Thursday and
Friday will never be wiped from the
memory of the Polish people. Alto
gether there are ten regiments en
camped In Lodz.
Saturday at Baluty, a suburb of
Lodz, four Cossacks were killed and
sixteen others wounded by a homo
which was thrown into their barracks.
Twenty-three of their horses were
killed.
The funerals of victims of the shoot
ing of Thursday and Friday took place
Saturday surreptitiously in various
outlying villages.
The trouble began at Lodz Tuesday
after the funeral of the victims of the
conflict between troops and terrorists
the previous Sunday. The Christians
were permitted to bury their dead,
but the Jews were prohibited from
doing so, and the police secretly in
terred the bodies of the Jews at night,
which excited indignation and terror
ists riots were initiated Thursday.
The most serious phase of the riot
ing developed when the crowd delib
erately pillaged liquor shops and num
bers of persons, Inflamed by drink,
led a crowd of at least 50,000 to fur
ther and more serious attacks. Police
and military were attacked wherever
they appealed in small force and In
dividual members were killed.
After pillaging the liquor shops the
crowd set Are to them and prevented
Jthe firemen from extinguishing the
"Hazes. This was repeated deliberate-
^atjaan^^laces
Spicy Testimony in Suit Against Mil
llonairs Oliver for Alimony.
The biggest alimony case ever filed
In Fulton county, Georgia, was be
gun early Saturday morning before
Judge John T. Pendleton, in the civil
branch of the superior court at At
lanta, and the allegations are sensa
tional and spicy.
Mrs. Nonnie Oliver, an Atlanta wo
man, Is suing WHUain J. Oliver, a mil
lionaire railroad builder of Knoxville,
Tenn., for $160,000 alimony, alleging
that she is his common law wife. Oil
ver, in turn, makes sensational charg
er against the woman's character ahd
alleges tbat the suit is an effort to
blackmail him.
Mrs. Oliver, who was a Miss Rasp
berry, of Atlanta, alleges that in the
presence of her mother and brother,
Oliver took her hand, in March, 1903,
and said: "This is my vife. She has
made me what I am. and she is my
wife.” Mrs. Oliver exhibited in court
a number of letters from Oliver, ad
dressed to her as Mrs. Nonnie Oliver,
and signed as "Your Loving Will.”
Upon the stand Mrs. Oliver testified*
that Oliver told her the reason he
did not want a marriage ceremony
performed was because his first wife
had been dead but a few months, and
he did not wish to have public senti
ment against him by marrying so
soon. She said he showered money
bn her, giving her $500 a month.
Upon cross-examination Mrs. Oliver
admitted testimony not to her credit.
The names of a number of prominent
Augusta people were mentioned dur
ing the progress of the trial. She
admitted tbat while conducting a
house in Augusta she had known Oli
ver and swore that he had cut her
throat there. She stated that she had
been arrested In Augusta, but that her
fine had been remitted when she left
that city.
Mrs. Oliver is about 45 years of age.
She is rather stout and very dark,
almost swarthy. Oliver, the defend
ant in the rase, is reputed to be worth
considerably over a million dollars.
He is a railroad contractor, living
in Knoxville, Tenn., and has a wife
and two children. He appeared great
ly worried at the publicity of the case.
RUSSIANS ON THE RUN!
on
Friday t*^ *ury of the mob found
'full vent and even children caught by
the contagion were seen kissing red
flags and heard swearing that they
were ready to die for liberty. A Jew
ish girl mounted a box in the mar
ket square and addressed an immense
crowd. ,
Suddenly the police appeared, fired
a volley and the girl fell dead. Mar
ket gardeners coming in were stopped
and their carts used in building bar
ricades. Wires were stretched in
front of these barricades and the
cavalry were unable to charge. Mean
while the mob had secured arms and
revolvers were freely used. Finally
the military secured the upperhand,
but not without considerable losses
to themselves and fearful slaughter
to the rioters. The soldiers exhibited
the utmost carelessness as to whether
they killed peaceful persons or rioters
and as a consequence many women
and children were among the dead.
Sunday’s dispatches stated that the
most serious phase of the fighting
between the military and strikers is
at an end, but there are still isolated
attacks in the suburbs. At Baluty,
Sunday morning, Cossacks attacked a
Jewish family of five persons, who
were driving in a cab to the railway
station, and shot and killed all, in
cluding the cabman. At Pabjanice,
near Lodz, workmen attacked two po
licemen and shot and killed one and
wounded the other. There is a gen
eral exodus from Lodz. Twelve thou
sand persons have already left and j
all trains are crowded.
Tokio Hears of Jap Successes
Plains of Manchuria.
The following official dispatch was
received in Tokio Sunday from the
Japariese headquarters in Manchuria:
“The enemy holding the northwest
eminence of Manchenzou was attack
ed and dislodged in the afternoon of
June 22, but a portion of the enemy
holding the hills to the west offered
stubborn resistar^ — J
finally ^ken by assault. Anbi
force of the enemy holding the hil
due north was attacked from the front
and we simultaneously resorted to a
turning movement from the northwest.
Intercepting his retreat and causing
him heavy loss. The enemy in con
fusion hoisted the Red Cross flag, but
this did not stop our firing, and h«
fled in disorder. His strength in Ci^-
alry and infantry was some 3,000 men
and several guns. Fifty corpses were
left on the field. The enemy»s loss
was fully 200. Our loss was insignifi
cant.”
TO INVOKE COURTS
For Probing Alleged Crooked
Work in Equitable Affairs.
COTTON COMMITTEE TO MEET.
Executive Officers of Southern Asso
ciation Will Gather In Memphis.
Th« general executive committee of
the Southern Cotton Association will
meet in Memphis, Tenn., on June 29.
This meeting will be attended by tne
presidents and officials of the vari
ous state organizations of the associa
tion, and there is much important
business to be transacted. There
are twenty-six members of this com
mittee, selected according to the num
ber of bales of cotton grown in each
of the ooton growing states.
Will Resume Fast Schedule.
The eighteen-hour running sched
ule for the Twentieth Century Limit
ed between New York and Chicago
temporarily abandoned following the
wreck at Meirtor, Ohio, will be re
stored.
HAY TO TAKE ACTION.
Chinese Boycott of American Goods
Discussed at Cabinet Meeting.
Chinese emigration to this coun
try and the execution of the Chinese
exclusion laws constituted the princi
pal topic of discussion at Friday's
meeting of the cabinet.
While no definite decision wa*
reached it was the expressed opinion
that amicable diplomatic and trade re
lations which this country has always
maintained with China should be con
tinued if possible. To this end Sec
retary Hay will take action on behalf
of this country.
■PRESIDENT LEAVES CAPITAL.
First Goes to Massachusetts and Then
To His Summer Home.
President Roosevelt left Washing
ton at 5:30 o'clock Monday afternoon
by special train over the Pennsylvania
railroad for Cambridge, Mass., to at
tend the commencement exercises at
Harvard university. The president
will not return to Washington, but
will go to Oyster Bay for the sum
mer.
BABY BORN EVERY 5 MINUTES.
This is the Fecundity Record in New
York City for On* Week.
Births in New York city at the
rate of one every five minutes are
lecorded by the health department
for the past week during which period
2,011 were reported.
It was announced at the health de
partment that the birth rate of New
York has now risen to about 31 per
1,000, and is higher than any other
city in the United States. Five or
six years ago, when there was so
much talk about the race suicide, ths
birth rate was only 26 per 1,000.
KILLED HER FOUR CHILDREN.
Colorado Woman Enacts Dreadful
Tragedy and Attempts Suicide.
At Grand Lake, Colo., Sunday, Mrs.
Watt C. Gregg shot and killed her
■four children and attempted to take
her own life. The woman is in a
critical condition from a wound in
the side, and may not live. The trag
edy was committed by the woman
during a fit of temporary insanity.
FLYING FLAG OF NORWAY.
WORK OF A TRAIN WRECKER.
The regular vacation of the court
of general sessions in New York will
be suspended this yew so that the
court may be available if District At
torney Jerome begins prosecution in
connection with the affairs of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society. This
action was taken upon the request of
District Attorney Jerome.
District Attorney Jerome, in making
his motion to suspend the court’s va
cation, said he had a letter from
Governor Higgins, offering to place
the evidence obtained by the superin
tendent of insurance, Hendricks, at
Mr. Jerome’s disposal.
Mr. Jerome added:
“It is my desire to have that evi
dence, and it is my intention to go
through it very thoroughly.
"The widespread attention called to
this matter makes it mandatory on
me to examine the whole affair. I
am not in a position to know whether
there has teen a violation of the law,
but it is my duty to find out. Before
the governor addressed his letter to
me I had the matter under con
sideration, having sent for a copy of
the official report of the investiga
tion. It may be that there is noth
ing in this affair to call for the action
of this court.
"It is unusual for the governor to
address such a letter as this to the
district attorney, and it focuses pub
lic atteation pon me. I have made
arrangements with Justice Day of the
criminal branch of the supreme court,
and he will continue the June term of
that court through the summer. The
powers of both courts can, if neces
sary, be invoked. It will take me
some time to learn whether I will need
the assistance of the courts or not.”
Attorney Julius M. Meyer was at
his office Friday engaged in going
over the proceedings of the investiga
tion of the Equitable Society. When
asked how soon he would begin ac
tion against the Equitable officers
scored in the Hendricks report., Mr.
Meyer replied:
"Action will be taken as soon as.it
^ physically possible, and it will not
a matter of weeks, but of
only have I got to go over the
dricks report, but the testimony which
preceded that report upon which the
report is based.”
He was of an opinion that separate
action would be taken, one for the
restitution of the funds wrongfully
elicited and another for the debarment
proceedings against officers of the so
ciety. In commenting on this phase
of the situation, Mr. Meyer said:
"This is a novel action, and It is
the first time in the history of the
state of New York where a debarment
proceedings against officials of insur
ance companies will have been taken.
Under the insurance law the applies
tion of which has never yet been
put in practice, the attorney general
has power to debar officers of an in
surance company who have been found
derelict in their duty, and this debar
ment not only precludes them from
holding positions as officers, but also
debars them from acting as directors
not only in the company from which
they have been debarred, but from any
other insurance company doing busi
ness within the confines of the state,
and the attorney general is the one
to enforce the action.”
Vesuvius Preparing for Business.
The prefect of Naples has ordered
the population in the vicinity of
Mount Vesuvius to prepare to leave
their houses, owing to an alarming
increase in the discharges from the
crater.
GOVERNOR CARTER RESIGNS.
Chief Executive of Hawaii Deems It
Expedient to Give Up Office.
It became known in Honolulu Friday
Gov. Carter had mailed his resig
nation to President Roosevelt. He
will leave June 28 for Washington to
discuss the matter of his retirement.
Governor Carter says the resigna
tion was the culmination of a long
series of events which led him to
the conclusion that he could be of
more service to the territory of Ha
waii outside the gubernatorial chair
than in that position.
MORE RIOTING IN LODZ.
JEROME TO TAKE A HAND
Governor Higgins, in Letter to New
York District Attorney, Suggests
Such Action—Case Without a
Parallel.
Troops Shoot Down Many Strikers
in Russian Poland City—Martial
Law Will Be Declared.
A dispatch from Lodz, Russian Po
land, under date of June 23, is as fol
lows: “Since early this morning this
city has been in & state of panic.
The strike is general and all the fac
tories and shops are closed. Barri
cades have been erected at many
points. Rifle volleys and revolver
shots are heard continually. Many
persons have been killed or wounded,
but it is impossible at present to as
certain the number with any exacti
tude, owing to the general character
of the disturbances. The mob sacked
a nr/her of liquor stores and broke
street lamps. Street railroad traffic
Is interrupted.”
A later dispatch says: “Troops have
stormed the barricades erected in the
principal streets by the strikers. Fifty
persons have been killed and two hun
dred wounded. Martial law will be
declared.”
According to advices received in St.
Petersburg the situation in Poland is
again exceedingly serious. Censored
dispatches from Lodz, though, giving
few details, indicate that fierce street
fighting was in progress Thursday be
tween the military and the striking
workmen, who baricaded the thor
oughfares in various quarters of the
city and offered resistance, which, the
troops met with volleys. The list of
dead and wounded presumably is
heavy, but not even an estimate has
yet been received, Russian corre
spondents telegraphing that the
streets are entifely in the hands of
the military and the mob, and tha*
it is unsafe to venture out to obtain
details.
Lodz has been in a turmoil for sev
eral days. The strike, which em
braces 60,000 workers, appears to have
entirely lost its economic nature, ana
is now a vast political manifestation.
All forms of public business activity
have been suspended, the peaceful in-
habitaants remaining indoors in fear
of their lives. The political zeal of
the manifestants has become inflamed
by intoxicants from the vodka shops,
which were broken into and pillaged.
At Warsaw a strike has commenced
and disorders are looked for and thc»
trial of Okrjey, who threw a bomb
at a police station March 26, will prob
ably result in other bomb outrages.
A man was arrested Thursday riGfft-
ing, armed with a bomb, which' wa9 '
evidently intended to be used in ifourt
during the trial.
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STATE NEWS ITEMS.
INDIAN OFFICIALS INQICTEl
It !• Alleged They Are Cone
School Warrant Fra
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South Carolinian Honored.
A Washington special says: Thorn-
well Haines of South Carolina has
been appointed consul at Nanking,
China.
Women Meet in Chester.
The annual conference of the Wo
men’s Missionary society of the Meth
odist church of South Carolina con
vened in Chester the past week with
125 delegates in attendance.
Cruiser Charleston r Dandy.
The protected cruised Charleston,
which is to undergo speed and endur
ance tests off the coast, has arrived
at the harbor of Princetown, Mass.
A representative of the Newport News
Shipbuilding ana Dry Dock company,
which built the vessel, reported that
on her pasage up the coast, the cruis
er averaged 22 knots an hour, which
is the speed called for in the govern
ment contract.
Charged With. Murderous Assault.
Thomas J. Davenport was arrested
a few days ago at his home in New
berry county by Sheriff M.' M. Bu
ford on the charge of assault and
battery with intent to kill. Daven
port was released later In the day
on a bond of $5,000. M. A. Carlisle
and James McIntosh of Newberry are
the bondsmen.
The offense for which Davenport
was arrested, it is charged, was com
mitted last July, Smith receiving a
bullet wound through his body as a re
sult of an altercation between the
men about a plantation road. For a
long time the life of the wounded
man was despaired of.
Davenport is a prominent farmer
of the county. Smith is an extensive
planter, and is a member of Governor
Heyward’s staff.
Davenport’s bond was given for his
appearance at the next term of court
at Newberry.
ng
ington was officially advised rwu
that as the result of the investigation
into alleged frauds in connection^ with
the government of the Chickasaw na
tion, Indian Territory, ex-Governor
Moseley, Treasurer Ward and Govern
or Johnson of the Chickasaw naMon;
United States Marshal Colbert, Ank
er Purdom and Attorneys Mansijeld,
McMurray and Cornish and
have been indicted for re-is
school and general fund warranty
the Chickasaw nation. j
The school warrants were isgi j
in lieu of immediate payments fo^
rious educational purposes. A co;
erable amount of these had accum
ed, and congress at its last se
appropriated $330,000 of the Ch
saw nation funds to meet their
meat. The estimate made at th
terior department is that so far
now known about $60,000 of
school warrants have been fraudt
ly reissued.
Sunday Freight Trains Barred.
A Columbia dispatch says: The
wave of , moral rectitude sweeping
over then state and threatening to
throttle the dispensary has reached
nd enveloped and arrested Sunday
eight trains through the instruren-
ity of the railroad commission,
ch issued an order forbidding any
freight: train to run any hour on Sun
day
is in the fact that he hired two
negroes to work on the farm, and
protected them, even allowing them
to sleep on his premises. Granger
was respected, and had many friends,
but appears to have angered a certain
element that had made it a risky
thing for a negro to enter the “dead
stretch, which is said to He between
Bayboro and Loris.
Another account says: The idea of
race prejudice having been the cause
of the death of Preacher Granger, who
was shot from ambush near Loris,
Horry county, appears to be dissipat
ed by the coroner's verdict, which
places the blame for the killing upon
Commander Johnson, a man with a
grudge against Granger and a wo
man who is lodged in jail as an ac
complice. No other arrests have been
made.
Navy Yard Row at Charleston.
A Washington dispatch says: Act
ing Secretary of the Navy Darling
conducted a hearing in the matter of
the alleged differences between Civil
Engineer Walker of the navy, and the
New York Continental Jewell Filtra
tion company, in connection with the
construction of the dock at the navy
yard at Charleston, S. C., for which
that company has the contract.
It has been claimed by the con
tractors that Lieutenant Walker was
too severe in his exactions in certain
particulars. An order was recently is
sued transferring him to another sta
tion, but an appeal was made to the
president to have Lieutenant Walker
retained at the Charleston yards, when
the president directed that the order
for his transfer be held up until he
had been advised of all the facts In
the case. It was claimed that the
lieutenant only did what he deemed to
be his duty.
Those heard on behalf of the com
pany were: John Coughey and W. P
Anderson, president and vice president
respectively of the company, and the
company’s consulting engineer. Lieu
tenant Walker and Civil Engineer
Harris, who also was attached to the
Charleston yard, gave their
ments.
Communications addressed to the
president on this subject will be con
sidered by Mr. Darling in connection
with statements made at the hearing.
The acting secretary declined to en
ter into details of the case as laid be
fore him, and would not indicate
what conclusions he had reached, as
he will make a full report to the pres- j
ident on the subject.
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Consequently Roosevelt Has
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Prominent Texan Passes Away at
t*n After Eventful CareerJJJ
Former Governor Frank R. jan.|
bock, one of the most interestin'
ures in Texas, died at Austin T
day night, aged 90 years. Gov
Lubbock suffered a stroke of pije el
sis some days ago, from whiGed,]
never regained consciousness. '_P e 1
commission’s action was based
Smplaints from a number of cler-
1 at Latta, Greenwood, Spartan-
and elsewhere. Rev. Thacker
I,atta kept tab and discovered
jnf ren freights passing one Sunday,
eluding two solid trains of coal.
'The statute has always been practi-
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these trains has increased recently,
in the commission's opinion, because
of the congestion of traffic.
"City of Columbia” Launched.
Nearly every business house in Co
lumbia was closed for a half day in
order that all citizens might have
an opportunity to witness the launch
ing of “The City of Columbia,” the
steamer building there, which will
ply on the Congaree river between Co
lumbia and Georgetown.
W. A. Clarg, president of the chab v
ber of commerce, delivered an address
in which he recited the efforts of Co-
fumbia’s business men have made in
opening the Congaree to navigation.
As the boat glided down the ways,
Miss Janie Murray .daughter of Dr.
W. J. Murray, president of the Colum
bia, Georgetown and New York Steam-
boat company, broke a bottle of
champagne and christened the boat
“The City of Columbia.”
But for a slight accident the launch
ing would have been a complete suc
cess. The bow of the boat stuck to
the bank, preventing her from going
all the way into the river, but her
builder promises that she will be en
tirely in the water in a short time.
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A belated St. Petersburg Uspatoh
the emperor on Tuesday. A
prominent Russian statesman who i?
convinced that peace will be the out
come of the Washington meeting, is
reported as saying:
“Japan surely can no longer doubt
the sincerity of the emperor’s decis- |
ion to conclude peace. Admiral Al- j
exieff’s retirement marks the final j
route of the war party. Should Japan
refuse an armistice and force another I
big battle now, it would greatly en
danger the prospects for peace.”
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Judge Stephen Neal Passes Away at
Lebanon, Indiana.
Surrounded by relatives and inti
mate friends, Judge Stephen Neal, the
author of the fourteenth amendment
of the United States constitution, died
at his home in Lebanon, 111., Friday,
after an Illness which lasted several
months. He was unconscious up until
about three minutes before his death.
had been state treasurer and
conspicuously identified with }
life in Texas, having risen into HEt
inence since the battle of Jacintu*cut
was on the personal staff of J-
son Davis. •,.
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RAWLINGS’ GUN STOLEf
Weapon Taken from Sheriff’s Offic^
in Valdosta Court House.
The sensation of the day Wednes
day in the Rawlings case was
stealing of Rawlings’ gun from the
sheriff’s office in the court hous
Valdosta Tuesday night. It was
as evidence in the' case, supposed tc
have been the gun which killed tb*|
Carter children.
Mob Chastises Robber.
A special from Greers says that
>avis Ballenger, aged 82 years, who
Jives about a mile from the town,
/as attacked by a strange negro while
|n his kitchen and in the absence of
lis family.
The negro overpowered the old man,
^•ho was bruised about the shoulders
.. the scuffle. The thief left with his , , 1 . .
• *0 • j 1 P a Ba > r hotel and grounds, becoming
iurse containing $8 n money and some if., .7.
, v I the sole owner of the property upon
,ank notes, but was captured shortly ....... TT -n m . .
' . which the late Henry B. Plant spent
terward four miles away by a posse . jj qoo 000
men raised when the alarm was
Iven.
|The negro, who gave his name as
son, was carried to the Ballenger
sidence and identified as the thief,
Pennsylvania Railroad Officials
Bloodthirsty Dime Novels.
News agencies in Columbus. Ohio, | * ituation has hecome | ? uieter -
Wednesday received word by letter ■ r ' ,mor ° f an a PP roachin K massac ™
from the management of the Union ° f JewR caused 20 ’ 000 JeWB t0 ,eaVe
News company that in the future de- tbe town ‘
tective stories and bloodthirsty dime ' Scattered rases of rioting as a re-
novels of every nature will be tarred Rn1t of th,; functionary sp.rit.how-
from the trains and stations of the evRr ’ contlm,e ’ « llsjneps is at a stand '
Pennsylvania system. ! Ktin a"' 1 a* 1 tra ffie has been Stopped.
The governor general has proclaimed
a state of siege.
The victims of last week’s outbreak
tt‘al over 1,200. Thus far the bodies
ol ,43 Jews and 218 Christians have
be^n buried. The wounded number
Municipality of Tampa Buys Valuable
Building and Grounds. *
Something new in municipal owner
ship was ii-augurated Thursday when
the city of Tampa, Fla., paid the
Ocean and Gulf Realty company of
New York $125,000 cash for the Tarn-
Saw, Fertilizer, Oil and Ice Machin-
j ory and Supplies and Repairs, Machine
Tools, Woodworking Machinery, Shaft
ing, Pulleys, Hangers, Leather and
j Rubber Belting and Hose, Railroad
1 and Mill Supplies and Tools, Steam
1 Pumps, Feed Water Heaters and
Hoisting Engines, Injectors.
Capacity for three hundred hands.
Estimates furnished for power plants
and steel bridges, store fronts.
DON’T FAIL TO WRITE
US BEFORE BUYING - ..
over 700.
STILL URGING BOYCOTT.
belt
REFUSES TO BECOME CATHOLIC.
COTTON TAKES A JUMP.
Good Ship Tjomo Clears from New
York Harbor.
Captain Nilsen, commander of the 1
Norwegian ship Tjomo, has demon- I
strated his patriotism and recorded
his good ship as the first to clear
port at New York, with papers from
which all reference to Sweden had
been eliminated. The biggest Norwe
gian flag Nilsen could find was flying
from the masthead when the Tjomo
passed down the bay.
Officials Believe Revenge Wee at Bot
tom of Mentor Disaster.
The belief that the misplaced
switch, which was responsible for the
Mentor wreck, was thrown purposely
by some man prompted by feelings
of revenge is gaining ground among
railroad officials, according to a state
ment made at Cleveland, Ohio, Friday
by an official of the road. A man un
der suspicion is being shadowed and
a close watch is kept on his every
movement. J
Woman Forfeits $30,000 Rather Than
Change Her Religious Creed.
Refusing $30,000 rather than change
her religion by becoming a Catholic,
is the decision made by Mrs. Lucinda
Ganson of Davenport, Iowa. Charles
Simpson, a wealthy friend of the fam
ily, recently d ed in Sacramento, Cal.,
qnd Mrs. Ganson has received word
that he left her $30,000 in his will
on condition that she become a Cath- j
ollc. *
Staple Advances About $1.50 a Bale]
on New York Market.
The New York cotton market was-j
active and excited Thursday, with
prices advancing about $1.50 a bale
and reaching a new high point for
the current year on aggressive buying
by leading bulls and covering by
shorts. The advance was attributed,
to strength in Liverpool, and a cir
cular issued by the bull leaders pre
dicting a crop of only abont 9,500,-
000 for the coming season. .
of the money being restored, hut j
|t the bank notes. On their way to
lock-up a mob grot the negro away
|m the constable and in a few mo-
had lashed him almost to
Ith with a buggy whip. The officer
|lly succeeded in regaining poses-
of the almost lifeless body of
prisoner and placed him under
rd, afterward removing him to
Greenville county jail to await
iaptist Preach-r Assassinated.
D. Granger, a local Baptist
;her, was shot from ambush and
^d while working on his farm
Florence a few days ago. Ac-
Ing to one account of the affair,
|ger lived in the district known
|The Dead Stretch,” where It is
that negrees are not welcome,
the only explanation of his death
Chinese Won’t Let Up on Ban of
American Goods.
The Chinese are convenening a
meeting in the Island of Penang,
Straits Settlement, to discuss the
adoption of a boycott of American
manufacturers until the Chinese act.
is repealel. It Is said that the Chi
nese of the Malay states probably w'll
follow.
1 MICHIGAN VILLAGE BANKRUPT.
!
Failure of Fnancial Institution En
gulfs Little Town in Ruin.
In connection with the closing of
the Exchange bank at Vicksburg,
! Mich., it has developed that the vll-
i lage of Vicksburg is bankrupt. Thero
i is only $34 in the village treasury and
half of this amount is a check on
the closed bank. The village owes
the hank $7,000. C. T. Jep. cashier
of the bank was treasurer of the vil
lage.
Johnson’s Bakery.
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COULDN’T STAND SEPARATION.
HOME WRECKER RIDDLED.
Alabama Man Shoots His Boarder and
Surrenders to Sheriff.
Eichenrodt and His Spouse Shuffle Off
Mortal Coil.
Unable to endure the thought of
a long separation involved In the for
eign service to which he was ordered.
Henry Eichenrodt, band master of
the United States battleship Alabama,
and his young wife, to whom he had
'rjrr*
Cleanliness and Purity of Material!
Are characteristics of all the
Bread, Bolls, t akes, Pies, Etc.
made at JOHNSON’* BAKERY,
Park Avenue.
The Choicest Confectioneries and Cab-
dies always an hand.
Estimates given and orders prompt
ly filled for street enrbinge, and erosa-
AC Dothan, Ala., Robert J. Barnes been united less than a year, com- j n g t| fl owei . Led borders, sidewalks ia
was shot and instantly killed by By- mitted suicide at Paterson, N. J.,
ron Trammell. Barnes boarded with ^ on ^ a y-
Trammell
Later, Trammell surrendered him
self to the sheriff, and will not
make a statement, but he was heara
to remark immediately after the shoot,
ing that Barnes had wrecked his
home.
Three Killed; Fifteen Hurt.
Three passengers were killed and
fifteen persons were injured as the
result of a rear-end collision on the
Illinois Central railroad near Vine
Grove, Ky., Monday afternoon.
STONE! STONE!!
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blocks, bitching posts, door and tar
racs steps, door and window sill
cemetery lot copings, rough an
dressed ashlers for fronts of build
ings, he»rtk stones, etc. Lake view
stone a specialty. Btous from other
qnarriea if preferred.
H. K. CHATFIELD,
Aiken, 8. O.
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