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\ ESTABLISHED ES" 1$ NIGHT OF TERROR Seven Persons Shot to Death and Many Wounded in THE CITY OF LISBON Dispute Regarding Counting of Votes in Municipal Elections Starts Riot in Church, from Which Guards Fire on Beseiging Mob for Three - Hours Until Aid Arrives.?Great Excitement Prevailed. At Lisbon. Portugal, seven persons were shot to death and fifty others wounded by soldiers afte rthe voting in the elections in that city had end ed. The rioting was widespread and such was the confusion during the violent conflict between the populace and the municipal guard that the guardsmen, mistaking Infantrymen who had been called out for members of the mob, fired a volley into then ranks, seriously wounding three of the soldiers. The night was one of terror for Lisbon, seemed suddenly aflame with seething revolt. Bands of men ran wildly through the streets, brandish ing weapons, while the sharp crack of rifles was heard in various sections of the city. Thousands of the most peaceable citizens fled to their homes just as they did on the night after assassination of King Carlos and the Crown Prince. The principal rioting was the result of a dispute between the Republicans and the Monarchists regarding the counting of votes. The Repuoucans, who feared fraud at the various Lisbon polling places, made a deter mined stand for their rignts at St. Dominiques Church, which is in the centre of the city, the district that is practically the stronghold of Repub licans. Both the Republicans and Monarchists kept a sharp watch throughout the day. The voters, fol lowing the ancient custom of vot i ing in the churches, they filed stead ily, but slowly, into the historic Dom iniques and deposited their ballots in the official voting boxes. When the polls closed the "Monarchist election officers declared it was too late to count the votes and proposed to keep the list in the church and count them the next day. The Republicans tel lers refused to assent to this, insist ing upon an immediate count, fol lowed by the sealing of the boxes. The difference between the officers spread to the crowd that were in the church and in a moment blows were struck and then a general fight fol lowed. Suddenly the municipal guard arrived and cleared the edifice of the struggling combatants at the point of the bayonet. In the meantime the crowd outside of the church had been greatly augmented and the guardsmen's appearance at the doors after they had forced the people into the streets was the signal for a show er of stones, under which they were forced to retreat. As they retired they fired a volley from ineir rifles, bringing down several of the rioters. The mob steadily increased and shouts and imprecations and cries of anger were heard on everysid(# The rioters armed, themselves anew and soon the edifice was literally sur rounded and beseiged by a maddened mob. The guardsmen fired intermittently through the doorways, but the volleys were feeble and ineffectual. Even tually, the commanding officer placed a detail on the balcony over the main portal, from which point of vantage the guardsmen fired repeat edly into the surging populace, and wounded a large number. Still the mob did not give way, but only at tacked the church the more furiously. Several of the guardsmen were wounded, but they were replaced on the balcony by others and for three hours the fight continued. Then three companies of infantry and a troop of cavalry, with one bat tery appeared, driving all before them. WAS AFRAID OF BANKS. So Hid His Money in Wall of His House. Lacking faith in banks as places of deposit for his savings, William H. Wllkins, of Whitestoue. L. I., who died recently at the age of eight-five, devised a unique arrangement for the) safekeeping of his money. He caused I a sort of repository to be built in the wall back of his kitchen dour l'ac-| ing. After it was once -scaled he had no way of opening his home made bank and he dropped money through a slot from time to time. From the day he had the place built up to' the time of the death he never dis turbed his hole in the wall savings bank, in which was found ST/JS-. FREAK OF LIGHTNING. Kills Two Horses But Did Not Kill the Driver. Tuesday morning lightning struck a buggy, driven by Basey Tracey, a farmer, near Adams station, Ga. It shattered a wheel md hilled the two horses. The be ra' to the leather reins and dividci' ini i i.wo parts, fol lowing the reins tc the heads of the horses. Mr. tracey was shocked, but not seriously injured. >69. SHOT GIRL AND SELF THE TERRIBLE ACT OF AX OLD FOOL. An Old .Married Man Becomes Infat uated With a Young Girl and Mur ders Her. Jealous of a 17-year-old girl, Sam uel H. Gardner, aged 59, a prominent civil engineer, residing at McKees Rocks, a surburb of Pittsburg, Pa..* Wednesday shot the young woman, Miss Dorothy Yost, through the heart causing instant death, and then fired a bullet into his mouth, dying three hours later in a hospital, without having regained consciousness. Gardner, who is a married man, with several grown children, lived next door to Mrs. Bradley s, the girl's mother. Both Gardner's and Miss I Yost's families are prominent, and have up to the time of the shooting I been on the best of terms. I Wednesday evening, Miss Yost, ac companied by a young man friend at tended services at the Presbyterian Church, where Miss Yost was a mem ber of the choir. It is said when Gardner heard of this he became greatly enraged. He arose in excellent spirits the next morning, however, according to his wife, ate his breakfast and after kiss ing her, left the house and went to a hardware store nearby. Here he purchased a revolver, informing the clerk he was "going to fix some bur glars." After leaving the store Gard ner met the young man who escorted Miss Yost to chuch, and shaking his fist at him, said: I'm going to get ev en with you." Gardner made his way past his own home and entered the Bradney residence. Miss Yost was on the second floor, and Gardner went up there to her. What passed between them there will' probably never be known. The next instant a number of per sons, including Mrs. Bradley and Mrs. Gardner, were attracted by two shots. Rushing into the big house they found Miss Yost dead and Gard ner dying. Mrs. Gardner said that two weeks ago - her husband, conftssed to her that he was infatuated with the young girl. The girl's mother, how ever, says that Gardner's infatuation has been of long standing. Gardner was a borough engineer, but lost his position about a month ago, when the administration chang ed. GOT HER PICTURE BACK. Taken From a Dead Union Soldier During the War. Taken from the body of a Union soldier on the battlefield of Chancel lorsville, a daguerrotype of a young man and girl has been returned to the girl in the picture after a search lasting thirty-three years. The search has been conducted by Edgar M. Whitenour. a retired free holder of Patterson, N. J. His wife's father, Nicholas Barnes, member of a New Jersey regiment, was captured in the civil war. The daguerrotype was given to him by a Confederate to send north. On the back of the case were the names of John Rawson and Nellie Augusta Nettleton. Mr. White nour for years has been trying to trace these names and locate, if pos sible, the woman whose likeness wasj presented. Recently the history of the Net tleton family was consulted and the result was the finding of a claimant for the picture. Nellie Augusta Net tleton was finally located in the per son of Mrs. T. S. Stowe, of Mllfovd, Conn. The daguerreotype known in j her youth is now is her posession. j BEATEN BY NEGROES. Two Men Seriously Hurt and Their Assailants in Jail. A distpatch to The State from At lanta says J. B. Sturgeon was badly cut and knocked unconscious and B. B. Sims seriously cut by eight negroes on Saturday night. Sims and one of the negroes had a difficulty over a box of rifle cartrid ges and blows were exchanged. After this the negro disappeared and Sims supposed that the matter was at an end. Later on, however, the negro returned with seven friends, all well armed with knives and sticks. They attacked Sims and Sturgeon, who came to his aid, inflicting prob ably fatal wounds on the latter. Stur geon was unconscious but hope is en tertained for his recovery. Six of the assailants have been arrested and bound over to await trial and the officers are making every ef fort to capture the other two. This is the culmination of the growing feeling of antagonism between whites and negroes iu that section. A FATAL FIRE. Had Been Carrying on Carousal and I .amp Exploded. At San Francisco, Cal., Tuesday morning two persons were burned to death and ifc is believed that an other victim still lies in the ruins and that two firemen were fatally in jured in a fire at 2S53 Clay street. The fire started iu the lower floor of a two-story cottage in which were several families. So far as the police were able to learn, the resident of the place had been indulging in li quor and in the course of the carousal a coal oil lamp was expfeded, setting fire to the cottage. OBANGEBT BOYS SENT HOME Clemson Faculty Dismisses Over 300 Students in All For APRIL FOOL FROLIC. The Decision Was Announced attthc Wednesday Morning Drill. Presi dent Meli and Coniiuundnitt .Minus Makes Talks to the Cadets Tell ing Them of the Xeed for Preserv ing Discipline. Two hundred and fifty-seven stu dents of Clemson College were dis missed on Wednesday morning from the institution. This number, with tne forty-eight members of the jun ior class dismissed the Saturday morning before, aggregates three hun dred and five cadets dismissed on account of the all-fools day escapade, when three hundred and nine boys absented themselves from the cam pus and all duties from early in the morning until late in the evening. Of the three hundred and nine boys only four were not dismissed. These were E. B. McCrady, of Charleston, B. T. i Knight,, of Chesterfield, .T. H. Hay den of Orangeburg, and J. R. Fizer, of Dorchester. of Dorchester. On account of enten uating circumstances in their cases, these young men were punished in some other way than by dismissal. At the regular morning drill the names of the participants v/ere called and they dropped out as they heard their names called. After all the property had been turned in to the quartermaster the boys as directed by Commandant Minus, assembled in the chapel. After all the cadets of the institu tion were seated and after the regular chapel services were concluded Pres ident Meli arose and in a few words announced that he was extremely sor ry that the escapade had occurred. He was very sorry, he said, that the guilty boys would have to be dealt with severely, but discipline was ab solutely necessary and the college authorities must be obeyed by the cadets. After President Meli had conclud ed Commandant Minus addressed the cadets along the same lines as Dr. Meli. When he had concluded he handed Cadet Adjutant Tindall an order to be published at once. This order provided for the dismissal from the college of 43 members of the pre paratory class, 132 members of the freshman class and 82 members of the sophmore class. The laws of Clemson college prohibit, expulsion. Dismissal means that the connection with Clemson college of the U:"7 ca dets dismissed is permantly absolved. These cadets may enter other colleges in or out of South Carolina. The members of the discipline committee have just gone through the hardest experience they have ev er had. They have been patient and have heard every cadet under the serious charge. They have worked deliberately and with the determina tion of wronging no man. 'their ac tion in dismissing the cadets was bas ed on the testimony of the individual cadets as to the circumstances sur rounding each case. A heavy load has been lifted from the hearts of the committee members. They have acted conscientiously throughout the entire trouble. f Following is a list of the cadets by classes who were dismissed from the college Wednesday. Preparatory Class. R. B. Alverson. Union; R. O. At kinson. Chester; E. T. Boulware, Fairfield; J. R. Boulware. Fairfield; J. M. Bradberry. Anderson; J. L. Brown, Cconee: H. S. Clark, Flor ence; E. Cromer, Anderson; H. E. Durant, Clarendon; F. T. Ellenberg. Abbeville; J. P. Fellers. Newberry; S. A. Gandy, Darlington; E. L. Holi day, Greenville; J. W. Holiday, Greenville; J. L. Kee. Chester; T. A. Kirby, Cherokee; S. I. Lenoir, Sum ter; M. M. Reames, Sumter; E. A. Sch?lotter, Oconee; W. R. Simmons, Laurens; L. L. Boyleston, Aiken; B. F. Parks. G. D. Blaokwell, Edgefield; B. L. Boulware, Laurens; H. A. Her iot. Lee; I. K. Hires. Colleton; G. E. Lomax, Abbeville; B. C. Truluck, Florence; P. J- Villepontraux, Berke lev; S. M. Webb. Saluda; .1. A. White; G." F. Garlington, Spartanburg; S. S. Abell: L S. Anderson. Colleton; J. T. Armstrong. Laurens; T. 10. Bell. Lee; F L. Dalton. Greenville: W. H. Fer guson. Chester; P. Gaillard. Hamp ton; J. R. Griffs, Edgefield: M. H:>m er. Marlboro; R. A. Hamilton, Ches ter. Fri'shman Class. S. M. Connor, Colleton; J. U- Ez ell, Spartanburg; J. G. Harris. Laur ene- W. D. Keasler, Anderson; T. P. Nisbet. Lancaster; B. F. Owens. Barn well: W. C. Patrick. Hampton; H B. Pitts, Sumt.f; T. C. Red fern. Oconee: J. W. Rhyme, Cherokee: R. I Ellis. Charleston: G. G. Imnan. Cherokee: E. S. Jenkins. Berkeley; J. H. Mappus, Charleston: H. T. Pros ser Williamsburg; R. W.Scott; ?' T. Shirler. Anderson; E. C. DuBose. I. il. Fulmer; .1. W. Gantr. An derson; VI. W Harvey, Berkeley; W. \V Herbert, Newberry; .1. V. Keoi, Barnwell: P. Pa>*s. B?rens; L. T; Parris, Spartanburg; B. r. Rice, Barnwell; C. P.-Klean: C A. Sanders. York- F. F. Stokes; H. E. Vincent. Hampton; B. R. Bacot, Charleston; IBG, S. C FR IDAY, AI I SMALL "Ain't it a shame do way Roosevelt Fron L. D. Boor>e, Orangeburg; H. W. Cromer, Abbeville; F. A. DePorters, Fairfield: J. C. Dupree, Laurens; C. S. Evans, Oconee; W. D. Ezell, Spar tarburg; B. P. Folk, Bamberg; W. R. Gray, Laurens; L. C. Haskel, Abbe ville; J. J. Hunter, Laurens; C. S. Lykes, Richland; E. W. Nettles, Dar lington; K. M. Yoder; S. E. Boozer, Charleston; 0. P. Earle, Spartanburg; A. P. Fant, Anderson; C. R. Giliam, Bamberg; L. M. Kay, Pickens; C. E, Kitchens, Chester; G. M. McGreg or. Anderson; R. Morrison, Spartan burg; W. R. Wright. Fairfield; J. W. Black, Darlington; C. V. Fairey, Or angeburg; P. S. Hale, Charleston; D. M. Mackintosh, Charleston; R. J. Mackintosh, Richland; W. M. Morrall, Colleton; A. J. Ryley, Bamberg; F. E. Schroder, Charleston; L. P. Tobin, Barnwell; F. A. Willifqrd, Andersen; L. M. Willitord, Anderson; H. M. Woodward, Barnwell; F. H. All. Barnwell; .1. O. Garland, Clarendon T. G. Lawton, Hampton; L. C. Mc Clure, Union; J. Nance, New berry; R. A. Ott; W. E. Stokes, Bamberg: R. 8. Wolf. Orangeburg; A. C. Bolt Laurens: C. E. Byrd, Darlington; P. M. Farris, York; H. 0. Kaigler, Lex ington; J. T. Lazar, Barnwell; S. G. Yenning, Charleston; L. W. Corbett. Lee: R. Lebby, Charleston; S. A. Milee. Richland; W. S. Rogers. Rich land; E. A. Sompayr.ac, Darlington; W. I. Stevenson, Fairfield: J. M. Sturdyvin, Greenville; J. J. Wheeler: F. P. Wichman, Colleton; .i. I. Crowther. Anderson; W. A. Edmunds, Edgefield; M. P. Epps; J. C. Fit.zsim mons, Charleston; J. M. George, An derson; P. P. Gregorie, Charleston; H. G. Ham 1 in, Anderson; G. L. Mar shall, Greenwood; H. S. Wakefield, Anderson; E. W. Webb, Greenwood; H. G. Boynton, Barnwell; J. H. Gage, Union: \. E. Gilmore, Union; W. N. Ginn, Hampton; J. E. Mitchell, Char leston; W. G. Perry, Greenville; F. L. Reese, Abbeville; W. S. Rents, Hampton; A. M. Robertson, Abbe ville; J. H. Rogers, Newberry; F. B. Sandifer, York; S. M. Brown, Ander son; E. O. Connor, Colleton; J. C. Crouch; J. J. Cudd, A. B. Parker, Sumter; A. C. Shell. Laurens; R. A. Stribling, Oconee;" H. W. Anderson, Walterboro; H. C. Beaty, Charleston; J. F: Boyd, Spartanburg; 0. R. Cohen, Charleston; M. B. Elkins, Union; W. Foster; S. F. Loeky, Anderson; C. F. Lunz, Charleston; D. B. Miller, Rich land; J. H. Willoughby, Florence. Sophomore Class. D. C. Beaty, Union; A. J. Becker, Spartanburg; I. N. Colclough, Claren don; E. E. Epting, Anderson; W. A. Friday, Union; W. M. Haynesworth, Florence; McL. Hodge, Clarendon; C. F. Inman, Cherokee; F. H. Jeter, Union; E. Parker, Sumter; S. Swy gert, Laurens; J. B. Keith, Florence; J. S. Knox, Oconee; E. H. Pinckney, Charleston; J. S. Pyatt, Georgetown; L. D. Rogers, Darlington; F. S. Thom ason, Spartanburg; 0. T. Sanders, Sumter; A. F. Simpson, Laurens: F. E. Rogers, Darlington; W. C. Bolt, Laurens; B. K. Boyle:;to:i, Aiken; R. E. Bowen, Pickens; H. P. Cooper, Fairfield; C. A. Dukes: Or angeburg; O. O. Dukes, Dorchoster; S. E. Evans, Clarendon; G. P. Gard ner, Barnwell; B. B. Harris, Ander son: J. W. Henagan, Orangeburg: T. G. Hope, York: J. E. Jenkins, Rich and; L. S. Linder. Lexington; A. A. McKeown, Chester; .1. A. Self. Edge field; C. M. Sondley, Abbeville; F. E. Spears. Union: E. .1. Thornhill, Dorchester; M. W. Arthur. Union; M. W. Beach. Colleton: B. L. Craw ford, York; R. M. Coleman. Fairfield; D. B. Clayton. Fairfield: W. C. Crum. Orangfbltrg; E. I. Davis, Greenwood; H. S. Davis. Charleston: K. Easter ling. Marlboro; C. D. Evans, Abbe ville; G. C. Pant. Anderson; W. S. Goodman. Oconee: I?. T. Hardin. Ab beville; J. W. Harrison, Spartanburg; N. C. Head. Aikm; W. H. Hester. Greenwood: B. F. Lawrence. York: A W. Leland, Charleston; G. L. Mc c rd. Abbeville: .1. II. Bull, Sumter; I*. II. Lipscomb, (Cherokee; R. W. Lo.very. Oconee: O. P. McCord, Cr ?enwood; H. II. Martin. Anderson: .!. McQ. Martin. Horry .1. C. Milling. Givenwood: S. ?.. Miller. Chester: F. L. Marion. <"? ster; H. v.'. H -inson, Greenwood: \\ '?? Y ?rrisnn. Charles ton: W. H. Phillips, Oranpehurg; A. P. Ransom, An lerson; A. '\ Smart, YorV: C. II. Trott, Charles) >n; J. E. C. Boschoff. Charleston; A M. Camp >KIL 10, 1908. INVESTORS. : has destroyed credit an' confidence?" i Puck, Copyright, 1907, by Permission. bell. Charleston; G. D. Ryan, Sumter; E. N. Sitton, Anderson; 3. B. Sulli van; C. P. Townsend, Marlboro; O. L. Walter. Newberry; L. T. Wynd ham, Berkeley; L. E. McAIpln, Abbe ville; D. H. Wilson, Laurens. HENDERSON WITHDRAWS. I Is No Longer in Race For United States Senator. The Hon. D. S. Henderson, of Alk en, has withdrawn from the race for United States Senator. He gave out the following statement: Some time ago I announced that I would be a candidate for the long term for United States Senator, but there are now reasons, in which the public would not be interested, which induce me not to enter the race, and I feel it my duty to my friends to so state at this juncture, in order that !i"v may a'ign themselves where and with whom they see fit. "I am very grateful for the sup port which my faiihful friends have tendered me. "If any issue personal to myself was made or if there was any public issue in which-the welfare of the State and public at large were in volved that would arise in the en suing canvass I would continue the race to the end; but as none such ex ist there is no duty which rec;nire,s such action on my part. There will be no dearth of candidafes from pres ent appearances, and for the good of the State I hope the people will make a wise choice." BLIND MAN WANTS OFFICE. Prof. J. E. Swearinger a Candidate for Superintendent of Education. Prof. J. E. Swearinger of the Cedar Springs Institute, who has announced his candidacy for Sta:e Superinten dent of public instruction, says he will issue within the next few days a statement of his views and an out line of his platform. Prof. Swearin ger is a nephew of Senator Tillman. He is totally blind and has held the position of professor at Cedar Springs, the State institution for the blind, for nine years. He is a man of rec ognized ability and has a wide ac quaintance and connection through out the State. He is a native of Edgefield. PRISONERS ESCAPE. Eight Break Out of Prison at Guil fort, N. C. A dispatch from Guilfort. N. C, says all of the surrounding country for miles is being scoured by armed men searching for a lot of negro des peradoes who escaped from the coun ty jail Tuesday. Among the escaped prisoners are several charged with murder and others convicted of man slaughter, burglary and various crimes. Eight prisoners in all escap ed and up to noon only oue was cap tured. He was ' Prince Alfred," a young negro, who is insane. ALDERMAN IS EXPELLED. Norwood's Name Erased from Rolls of Columbia City Council. At a meeting Tuesday night the Columbia City Council erased from lb*- roll of members the name of j Peaster A. N'oorwood. "for conduct unbecoming an Alderman." because I he recently pleaded guilty before a magistrate of petit larceny. Not a dissenting vote against the resolution expelling him was cast. KILLED HIMSELF. A Lexingtou County Farmer Takes His Own Life by Shooting. ! The Columbia Record says Mr. T. I!. Edwards, the middle-aged Lexing ton county fanner, who at an early hour Tuesday, despondent over ib< sale under foreclosure of his home place, shol himself in the head with suicidal intent, died in the Columbia Hospital. Mr. Edwards leaves sever al children. He lived about three imi'es out of the town of Lexingtou. OWN UP LIKE MEN THH DISMISSED CLEMSON CADETS MAKE MANLY STATEMENT. Acknowledge They Made Serious Mis take and Accepts Their Punishment As Just. To the Editor of Th* State: The newspaper reports of the rs cent trouble at Clemson college being more or less incorrect and not aito gther fair and impartial, we, the undersigned ex-members of the jun ior class desire to give to the people of the State what we conscientiously believe to ->be a true and impartial statement of the facts. We do not believe that any one knowingly mad* an incorrect statement; but we do know that some of the uewspap?v re ports were written by men who knew but little about the facts which they attempted to state. Consequently, some blunders were made, an we con sider it our duty to the people of the State to correct, as far as possible, these mistakes. Taking up these statements in ord er, we desire to make the following corrctions: 1. The newspaper articles referred to above stated that several orders and warnings were published at re treat on the evening of March 31st. As a matter of fact, only one order was published, and that called atten tion to paragraph 126 of the "Regu lations for the Government of Ca dets." The order in question was as follows: "Headquarters Corps of Cadets. "Clemson Agricultural College. "Clemson College. S. C, "March 31, 190S. "General Orders No. 42. "Par. 1. The attention of the corps of cadets is especially directed to par agraph 126 of 'The Regulations for the Government of Cadets,' which reads as follows: " 'Any cadet who leaves barracks without authority at any time be tween retreat and reveille, shall be dismissed.* "By order of Capt. Minus." As far as we have been able to find out, no one left barracks without authority during that time. The newspaper reports made it seem that this order was iutended for the next day, when the order itself plaiuly shows that it was not. 2. A statement was made that tele grams were sent to Prof. R. H. Fike informing him that his services were no longer needed. R. H. Fike is a cadet and not a professor; and the telegram was sent in a spirit of fun. merely to let Fike know that the participants were carrying on their April Fool celebration. Cadet Fike was in no way connected with the af fair. :i. The statement that the rest of the students were very indignant over the action of their comrade* is a mis take, as practically the whole student body treated the matter as a joke. 4. Cadet T. S. Allen was not a lead er in the celebration. In fact, there were no leaders, every body acting for himsslf. Cadet Allen did, after the juniors were dismissed from college, advise the rest of the students to re main at college, but did so because he thought that by using his in fluence he might help to prevent the lower classmen from leaving with the juniors. 5. There was also a slight mistake made as to thp number of students in the junior class. Ihere were only 81 students in the class; 48 of these were dismissed and one suspended. Of the rest, several were on the athe letic teams and would have gone on the "lark" had they not been per suaded by their classmates not to go. We do not wish to cast any reflec tion on any one; our purpose being to correct some statements that might create a wrong impression among the people of the State. In conclusion, we, the undersigned, wish to say to the people of this and other States that we, the dismiss ed cadets of Clemson college, do now feel the seriousness of the offense and think that the punishment received was just; and that we have absolute ly no ill feelings toward the action of the discipline committee of Clemson college. We realize that the mistake was a serious one but we do not feel that any disgrace attends our dismis sal. H. C. Twiggs. .las. P. McMillan, E. A. Gardner, S. 0. Kelley, E. D. Clem ent, C. Y. Wigfali. .1, L. Dove, W. .1. Shcely. T. Fulmer, L. C. Boono, D. C. Britt, L. A. Coleman, E. Chainness, B. G. Hunter. J. U. Pen Dell. .J. H. Wilson. A. W. Kreamcr, W. L. Nance. \Y. C. Spratt, T. H. . Yeargin. J. C. Covlngton, J. D. Murray, F. S. Candy, M. U. Hirsch, .J. L. Eason, R. E. Adams, G. A. Burton, J. N. Loahholt, A. R. Hap poldt, E. S. Kohn. W. C. Clarke, W. V. Odom. T. S. Allen. R. C. Hick. E. C. Haskell, W. A. Robin son. G. I). Hellinger. Jr., J. B. Simpson. W. D. Simpson, Jr., W. J. Brockington, lt. E. Blake. D. W. Watkins. F. B. Tarbor, H. H. Greene. P. Miley, A. Grier. F. B. Green. L. B. McCrady. C. H. Pen nell. She Horsewhipped Him. In the presence of a thousand peo ple. *'rs. Minnie Cowden. of James town, N. Y., horsewhipped lleury Franklin, on tne city's main thor oughfare r-Mav. When Franklin tore the ? h from her hands, Mrs. Cowden l.rorf an umbrella over Ins head. Acco/ding to Mrs. Cowden. Franklin had been annoying her with his attentions. 0 81.50 PBB AlOTUM. BOILER EXPLODES On Locomotive While the Train Was in Slow Motion TWO MEN ARE KILLED. The Accident Occurred on the Ashe vflle Line of the Southern Railway Near Hillgirt, X. C. Tiie Accident Was Not Due to Low Water. The* Rig Engine Was Blown Into Scrap Iron. The explosion of a locomotive on the Asheville division, a brief account of which was published, was a most unuasual as well as most shocking casualty. The Asheville, Gazette News has the following account of the explosion: "The remains of Engineer George Lauderback, one of the victims of a terrible accident near Hillgirt, on the Asheville & Spartanburg line of the Asheville division, . about Saturday midnight, when the boiler of engine No. 628 bL,v up with frightful re sult, were shipped to Augusta, Ga., for interment. The remains of Fire man W. M. Kemp, the second vic tim of the accident, were sent to Candler, ten miles from Asheville, where the interment occurred. The frightful accident cast a gloom over the railroad boys of the division. The remains of the two trainmen were bro.tght here and giv en in charge of Brown's undertaking parlors, where the bodies were pre pard for buriai. During the morning many trainmen and others visited the undertaking establishment. The ac cident was the one topic of conversa tion, while much speculation was in dulged in relative to the cause of. the explosion. "That the explosion was not due to low water is certain because it has been established as fact, according to trainmen, that Engineer Lauder back stopped at Hendersonville, just six miles from the scene of the acci dent, for water, filling up before mak ing the run from Hendersonville into Asheville. It is said that the accident may have been due to a defective boiler. Such an accident as that of Saturday night never before occurred on the Asheville division within the memory of the oldest railroad men. "The track at the scene of the ac cident was badly torn up and it was not until shortly before noon the next day that the damage had been re paired and trains sent past the scene. Train No. 14 from Asheville to Spar tanburg was held here several hours awaiting the clearing or the tract. "The explosion, it is believed, oc curred while the train was making between 3 0 and 35 miles an hour. It made a frightful noise and aroused farmers in the Hillgirt section for ar mile or more around, who came nocking to the scene to learn the trouble. The boiler was literally blown to pieces, while the great mo gul of the rails was almost converted into scrap iron. The drivers were blown a way and the entire engine lifted and blown 50 feet or more from the tracks. Four of the seven cars constituting the extra freight wero derailed, two of them, it is said, be ing hurled clear off the right of way. "The brakeman of the freight had a norrow escape. He had, just a few seconds before the explosion occurr ed, left the engine or near the en gine and gone to the rear of the train. Had he remained near tho engine another minute or two a third victim would have been added to the list. The engineer and fireman wero hurled a great distance through the air and their bodies almost blown to pieces. "When picked up Fireman Kemp was disembowled and one leg and an arm were missing. These mem bers were found, however, some dis tance from the body. Engineer Laud-, erback was also terribly mangled. "That death was instantaneous is certain. The men never knew what struck them. Conductor W. C. Bry son was in charge of tne extra freight. He escaped uninjured. The freight was headed for Asheville and was just turning the hill at Hillgirt, 18 miles from Asheville, when the ex plosion occurred. In discussli the affair one railroad man declared (hat an accident almost smilar occurred on another division of the Southern some time ago. a boiler ;.xploding while the train was in motion and re sulting in the death of the engineer and firemen." FRANKS OP CUPID. An Old Mnn und Old Woman Kant Away. Mrs. Carrie Emmons, f.S years ot age. who left Plymouth, Pa , recently,, saying that she was going to visit friends in Scranton. went in. tead to Dover, X. .1.. and was there tarried to .lohn P .Johnson, who is 75 years old. They met several .:;<? Iths ago and were infatuated with i h other, bet while their friends knew i is, they did not expect they ? i uld bei married. Johnson is a widower with four children and Mrs. Enimons, who is di vorced, has three children. Together they have 2S grandchildren. They will live in Morristown, N. Y, I