The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, April 21, 1908, Image 1
MARTIN IS MAD.
Attacks Ex-Gov. Keyward in the
^Baptist Courier.
WHITES WARM LETTER
? ,._
The Superintendent of Education
, Takes the Cornier to Task Con
cerning a Prediction it Made a
Short Time Ago That Ex-Gov. Hey
ward Would Be Elected Senator at
the Coming Primary.
Hon. O. B. Martin, State Superin
tendent of Education, and a candi
date for United States Senator has
opened his letter writing batteries on
the Hon. D. C. Hey ward, former Gov
ernor and also a candidate for the
Senate. Mr Martin's ire seems to
iave been aroused by the publication
in the Baptist ?Courier, (Mr. Martin
is a Baptist) under the Note and
?Comment Column, conducted by the
Rev. L. J. Bristow, _of a prediction
that Mr Heyward will be elected Sen
ator and the assertion that he will
Teflect honor upon his State.
. Mr. Martin Friday made public a
letter to the Baptist Courier in which
he refers to- the testimony before the
Investigating committee referring to
expenditures alleged to have' been
made in Governor Heyward's behalf
by some of his supporters in Spartan
iurg County in 1902. In his\reply,
published in next col.umn, Governor
Heyward says he has nothing to con
ceal about this matter, and that the
expenditures were made and investi
gated by his friends. The item in
the Baptist Courier is as follows:
"Mr. Dan S. Henderson, who was
announced as a candidate for the
United States senate to succeed Mr.
Gary, has withdrawn from the race.
There are still left, however, five
avowed candidates, of whom the lead
ing are former Govs. Hey ward and
Evans. Mr. Heyward has probably
gained by the withdrawal of Messrs.
McCullough and Henderson?two of
the most scholarly and .intellectual
men in the State?and the present
indications.arethat Mr. Heyward will
"win out." If he should, South Car
olina would have a representative in
the senate equal in every respect to
any member qf tnat body, and one
'whose acquaintance" and influence
would be worth a great deal to the
state."
Mr. Martin's- Letter.
To the Editor of the Baptist Courier:
Dear :Sir: The -enclosed clipping
has been noted by me and also sent
to me by Courier subscribers. I re
gret that you use the influence of
your paper and your gift of prophecy
to try to line up the votes before the
campaign opens. I have always be
lieved that your sense of fairness
would have prevented such action.
It Is possible to prostitute a relig
ous paper in. politics. I wonder .if1
you have-read pages 327-346 of the
testimony of. the dispensary invests
gallon committee? Mr. W. R. Dil
lihgham, ?f Spartanburg, swore that
he spent several hundred dollars for
Governor Hey ward upon his, author
ity ' iiT'toe- face*for governor in 1902.
Dilltngham said that he was conduct
ing -the campaign upon the - Mark
Hanna system. Several men:BW0re
t^lDilllngham collected $50, each,
from men f.whom Gov. Heyward .ap
pointed dispensary constables.
.Some-of Jhc^e: fellows had'to- Vher
x??* money for rent "and- rtttlg?s*."
Cfeist .Fant swore thaT-Diilin^a&m
tot&Hto that he spent 11,080 IfrHieyS
ward's .campaign. - is. a man respon
*Ibre*qiider the law ?pf-t&e acts of
his agents? - Does the'Courier stand
for this? j
It is wen known that 'Gov. Hey
vmrai??d- beftfre Senator- LatfrneVB
death-that he would aol run for-sea-:
itor beeavtse-of, his'b?siness matters.
D&a^Se^tcV^Latimer-'s.- death. Jmme-J
Hately affect Go-V.- iHerward'B- business
matters so that he could get into
the senate rtfee inlessiihan aotxour?
Would he have much influence in
Ccwgw?? whert' -he^wonJd^ oe fenown
a's the post mortem; candidate-? ? ? ? ?
:<DJd yoc^see the daily: papers -in
So?th Carolina which announced
Senator ijatimer's death . and' Gov..
Heyward's candidacy at the I same
time on front page in large head
lines? Some of the congressmen ap
pointed to attend the funeral saw
them- and expressed their- opinions of
the same. South Carolina generally
respects the dead and their families
especiall in the solemn hours of their
deepest -grief -South Carolina, toe,
believe in giving every man a fair
change. I think yaur paper would
not loose anything by hearing the ar
guments and reasoning before it de
cides definitely for the people of this
state as to whom they shall elect for
any office. Sincerely yours.
* O. B. Martin.
SIXTY-FIVE KILLED
By a Landslide in Canon on Southern
Pacifir Railroad.
Sixty-five Japanese laborers em
ployed by the Canadian Pacific rail
road lost their lives in one of the
worst land slides in the history of
Canada, in a canon of the Alberta
mountains. The roar of the thous
ands of tons of snow, ice and rock,
carrying before it debris of all kinds
and snapping off large trees as if
they were twigs, could be heard for
miles. Telegraph wires were carried
down by the slide. Only -live bodies
tare been recovered. a*
m
5tate HoubO
569.
HEY WARD REPLIES.
SORRY MR. MARTIN HAS BEGUN
MUD SLINGING.
Explains the Spartanburg Matter, and
Quotes What Mr. Martin Said Of
Him Last Summer.
When Gov. Heyward was shown a
copy of Mr. Martin's letter and was
asked if he had any- reply to make to
this attack upon him, he said:
"I am very much surprised and
very sorry to know that Mr. Martin
has seen fit to begin mud-slinging in
the senatorial campaign. When I
was not a candidate for the same of
fice to which he also aspires he seem
ed to entertain for me a very high
regard.
The people of the state win recall
that when Mr. Martin last July got
mad with Governor Ansel and made
a bitter attack upon the chief magis
trate of South Carolina he referred
D. C. Hey ward as: "That delightful
and considerate gentleman who
adorned that office during the past
four years.' But since that delight
ful and considerate gentleman is now
Mr. Martin's opponent, and is pro
nounced by a leading religions news
paper as the probable winner in this
race, Mr. Martin seems to change his
opinion of him entirely, but I am
certain that he cannct change the
opinion of the people of South Caro
lina.
"The testimony before the investi
gating committee must have been
known to Mr. Martin when he spoke
of me so kindly l?st summer, as it
I has. been public property for nearly
three years. The people of South
Carolina know what sort of campaign
J conducted in 1902 and their con
fidence in me was clearly demonstrat
ed by the fact that I was reflected
governor in 1904 without even a hint
of opposition.
"As to the alleged expenditures in
1902 in Spartanburg county, as
brought out by the investigation; I
have nothing to conceal and have
never had. I will be very glad for
you to publsh a copy of ths testmony,
whch I herewith hand you. Hundreds
of my friends throughout the stale
know the circumstances in the case.
Between the first and second primar-i
ies I made my headquarters in Spar-j
tanhurg and necessarily a great deal
of expense was incurred. I was un-|
der the impression that all of these j
expenses had been settled at the time
but two and a half wears later a
statement was presented to me from
Mr. Dillingham, which after an in
vestigation by some of my friends
and upon their advice, paid. As
shown by Mr. Dillingham's testimony
the amount was not nearly so large
as Chief Fant had thought, and,
furthermore, the testimony will show
that it was entirely disconnected with
the constabulary.
"As to my .alleged disrespect to
Senator Latimer, I wish to say that
my candidacy for the senate was not
announced until I read in the after
noon paper an account of th^ funer
al of Senatpr Latimer, and it was
announced only because I was leav
ing the next day for Philadelphia to
be-absent > for- sometime on account
of the illness-of my wife. Anv prevr.
ious reference to. my probable caura
course teithout authorization .or in
course i without authorization on .in
stigation from me.
i i'^Mr: Mania's consideration fon the
feelings of -Senator. Latimer's. family
may- in. his-own words be termed pust
mortem regard, ?; because; it * is .well
known that MrfMar-tin was preparing
to attack the personal and political
record of the late Senator had Mr.
Latimer-lived to enters the campaign.
? "Thi8 is shown by Mr.-Martin's an;
nouncement of-^his candidacy, for .the
I senate':" -'
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DIED IN PR?RIE FIRE.
? - ? .. . ill
|*An Awful .?e^'<Jrvexi|?kes Family ia
; North JD?kota. '
?iLouissOrian; his-wife and. five .chil
dren perished: in' a-prairie.fire which
swept 4he Country-! 12 miles .west of
Cogswell.-.-NOrth Dakota. Oriaa har
ried his family Into a: wagon, hut last
In a-race with--the fiafes; -The'fire
was spread all over the country- by
a wind which travelled at 40-.miles
an hour. Dozens -of ? farmers lost
barnes and granaries: Live stock
was burned on several farms. Ser
geant country has never known so
destructive a fire. ? *
THROWN FROM TRAIN.
I Woman Was Uninjured But Man's
Neck Was Broken.
As Atlantic Coast Line train No.
85 was approaching Winston. Fla.,
Thursday night. John Jackson, en
raged because Lizzie Holmes persist
ed in going to Tampa threw her from
the platform of a coach and then
jumped after her. The train was
running 35 miles an hour. Tne wo
man landed lightly and was unhurt,
but Jackson's neck was broken by
the fall and he was found dead, his
head sunk deep into the mud in a
ditch near the track. *
Mines Resume Work.
The Ross .Run Iron mines in Bath
County, Ky., owned by Alabama and
Mississippi capitalists, have resumed
work, after ;i shut-down during thn
financial stringency. This gives work
to about .two hundred men, onany of
whom had spent almost, their last dol
lar for food since the suspension. ?
ORANGrEBU
WILL NOT RUN.
for. Featherstone Announces His
Withdrawal From Race.
GIVES HIS REASONS.
Got. Ansel Has Climbed Upon His
Platform and .Therefore, His Can
didacy, This Year Would Not Help
f
the Cause of Prohibition.?Gov.
Ansel's Latest Position on the Li
puor Question Stated.
Mr. C. C. Featherstone announced
Friday morning his withdrawal from
the race for governor. His entrance
into the contest several weeks ago
was before the exact platform of Gov.
Ansel was known.
It was supposed that Mr. Ansel
would run on the same platform upon
which he . was elected two years ago,
but in a letter to Mr. Featherstone a
few days ago. part of which is below
quoted, it will be seen that Mr. Ansel
now occupies the same position that
Mr. Featherstone announced last fa'l,
namely, a reverse local option law,
under which the counties will all be
dry until the dispensary is voted in,
thus throwing the burden on the peo
ple who desire the dispensary.
In announcing his withdrawal, Mr.
Featherstone says:
Col. Feotherstone's Statement.
"Several weeks ago 1 announced
my candidacy for governor of South
Carolina, upon a State prohiuitioi
platform.
"I believed then and I still believe,
that the people are tired of the li
quor traffic, and that they are ready
to take a great step forward and
sweep the legalized-traffic out of the
State.
' The announcement of my candi
dacy was made at the suggestion of
some of our leading prohibitiouistys
men who have been with me in'the
fight since the campaign of ISOS.
They believed that there ought to he
in the campaign a -candidate who
would make an aggressive fight, and
were kind enough to suggest that I
ought to lead the movement.
, "As. I have already stated, person
ally it did not suit me to go info the
fight at this time. but. I yielded to
what I conceived to be a call of duty.
"I did not hesitate to say that it
would be a source of %ratification to
me to be governor of the State, but
the desire to gratify my personal am
bition alone would not have been suf
ficient to induce me to enter the race
at this time.
"Shortly after the announcement
of my candidacy it was publicly sug
gested by Gov. Ansel's friends that he
was also in favor of prohibition and
that he would offer for re-election
on that platform.
"It seemed to me that the cause of
prohibition might be. weakened xby
having two candidates in the field,
and that if he would espouse that
cause it would be the part of wisdom
for -me to withdraw.
"Acting upon this idea and with
the approval of my prohibition
friends, I wrote Gov. Ansel (on Feb.
29) that" if he expected to make the
race on that platform. I would, not
oppose him. ? ' /
"I . am in receipt of a letter from
the governor Informing me that he
expects .to advocate, the reverse of
our present local option plan. . jrte
says: " ~ ?
.'.' 'My. position^jon the liquor ques
tion, is. what I call restricted | local
option?that is, local option as be
tween county prohibition. and county
dispensary! Those counties vptihg. to
sell jiquor.shall be. restricted .to'..one
dispensary . in ..the, county,,and , that
1one at the county seat, except,in.those
counties,, wherein rthere iis.:a city of
more . than .25,000. .population, in
which, counties.more thaapnedispea
:'sary'. m?y^b? restabltehed. - This ? is -in
accordance with my recommendations
to the general assembly as set forth
in iny annuaLmessase. of. 190S.-is in
ithe. interest fof temperance and, will
; imiiiim^ze -{he sale of ;ijquor.
.'With the experience that I have
had in-the-past two years hvthe pro
posed elections .that .were desired in
some counties on the liquor question.
I am of the opinion that it .will be
better ? to enact. a law by which a
county can vote on the question of
voting in.the sale of liquor as above
restricted, instead of voting it out, as
now. provided?-that is. make all the
counties dry until a majority of the
qualified voters of a county vote to
sell liquor in that particular county,
and. if a majority of the qualified
voters vote to sell, that one county
dispensary then be Established as
above set forth, with the right to vote
the dispensary out at a subsequent
election.'
" 'This is practically the plan that
I outlined in an interview given out
last lall.'
State Heady for Prohbitfon.
"As I see the situation now. I be
lieve the State is ready to take ever
a greater step towards prohibition
than this: but such a plan will, prac
tically, give us three-fourths or mort
of the State for prohibition.
"With the policy of the State do
clared to be opposed to the traffic
coupled with the good effect producec
? by the practical workings of a pro
hibition law, the counties will b(
very slow to exempt themselves fron:
! :the operation of the law and t<
; place themselves in direct oppositior
; to. the well-defined moral policy .01
! the State.
1 "Under such clrcumsfahcea, I d<
RG, S. C TUESDAY, AJB
not believe that my candidacy this
year would be productive of good to
the prohibition cause and I will not
be a candidate.
"Whether the State Democratic
! Convention will be asked to permit a
direct vote upon the question in the
primary this summer, I am not now
prepared tP say. .1 have my own
personal views, upon this subject, but
before any definite conclusion is
reached it may be necessary to have
a conference of the prohibitionists:
I am seeking to do wdiat is best for
the ultimate good of the cause.
"Personally, I'shall continue to go
; into different sections of the State
and advocate prohibition. I shall
offer my services to any section that
! may desire them, whether it be to
make speeches generally throughout
the State or in counties where cam
paigns are being made under the pres
ent law.
"The fight is on and the prohibi
tionists expect to keep it up until
they stop the legalized sale of liquor
in South Carolina." *
BELIEVES BRYAN IS THE MAN.
Cupt. Thrower of Clieraw is Wearing
n Campaign Button.
The State says Capt. W. T. Throw
er of Cheraw, a prominent lumber
manufacturer ,of the Pee Dee section
of the State, was in Columbia Wed
nesday. He was proudly wearing a
Bryan button and expressed himself
most emphatically as favoring the
Nebraskan for president.
"Not only will South Carolina give
Bryan her solid support, but mauy
Republicans of the North ail Ehm
will rally to the support of the Dem
ocratic standard bearer. I :nsr. learn
ed the other day of a prominent
Washington man who had deceived
his intention to support Bryau this
year, notwithstanding the face that
he has voted the Republican national
ticket all his life. Roosevelt is too
spasmodic and the American people
dp not want another Administration
such as his present one. Bryan is
hones't, he is big enough to occupy
the position of chief executive of the
United States, and even Republicans
regard him.highly for his intedrity?
and this year thousands will vote for
him who have neretofore voted the
Republican ticket." , . *?
Capt. Thrower believes that South
Carolina should send a,delegation to
Denver instructed for Bryan, because
he firmly believes that Bryan is the
choice of the overwhelming majority
of the Democrats of the State. *
MISTAKEN]FOR BURGLARS.
Owners of Ohio Grocery Store Killed
by Patrolmen.
At Columbus, Ohio. John and Wm.
D. Frank, sons of R. O. Frank, groc
er, were shot and instantly killed on
Sunday by City Patrolmen Heinze
and Casey. Shortly before the shoot
ing burglars were discovered by
neighbors .in Frank's grocery, 1,221
Parsons avenue. The owner-of the
store and the police were informed
about the same time of the burglary.
The two young men and another
brother, Albert Frank and William
Yoerger, hastily armed themselves
and ran to the grocery. Patrolmen
Heinze and Casey were watching in
the shadow of the building when the
four young men arrived, and each
party mistook the other for the bur
glars.
According to Yoerger W. <D. Frank
fired ? rifle four times at Patroimar.
Heinze, .who drew a. .revolver tfthd,
fatally wounded the young. man:.,>Pa*
trplman /uCasey .'oo?erQd-. the other
three, ypung.^men. to tarow-.up., their
hands,. andj-.thjey didi so^he. suryj.y(
ors.,Bay. -iPatrolman.- Casey..,declare,
however, . .that - John: ;:Frank. did : not
throw up his hands but aimed a re
volver, at the patrolman. Casey then
shot John Frank; . f<
MORE BODIES FOUND. , . ..p
?'- !*
Death List of Chelsea-Fire Now-JNumtj
her jThJlrteen. jj
Two. more, bodies;were.;,found ,lh
I .j$e' ru ias \ of'.the.' Chelsea 'fiVf'p}
Sunday, making t&e'total numbpr^riE*
covered 11, and. the.kaown. vfafiips
13,. which includes two ' who died1 .in
hospitals. ,.
" t^ie .bodies found.were^.bptlt males.
The, first tound was recovered a^ 'b9
Marlbpro.' street,,' wjiere search was
made'through the,..efforts of a sister
of a man. who lived at that number
and who has been.missing. The body,
was'identified by. means of a watch
and teeth as that of Harry Lewis,
aged 42 years, employed as a mes
senger in Boston.
The second body recovered was
found at Poplar street and was that
of a male adult. The list of missing
persons is still large and it is feared
many of them perished. *
PASTOR COMMITS sOfclDE.
The Rev. George A. Thompson Shoots
Himself in Head.
Rev. George. W. Thompson, the
pastor of the Woodbury IN. .J.) Pres
byterian Church, a fashionable con
gregation, was found dead in his
room at a hotel wltn a bullet wound
in his head. It is believed he com
mitted suicide. A week ago Thom
son announced his engagement to n
wealthy member of his church. ?
Machines Are Demolished.
At Pittsbnrg, Pa., Friday sixty
eight steel machines, confiscated, by
the police upon complaint that .they
were used to operate games of chance
were demolished.. About 4,0,00 pen
nies were taken f rom the machine*
and added to the police pension fund
of that city, a
EIL 21, ^908.
SWEPT BY FLOOD.
... ., r..
Fully Three Thousand Persons,
Most of Them Poor,
DRIVEN FROM HOME.
The Whole of North Texas Deluged
By Heavy Rains.?Every Available
Man Is Pressed Into Service by the
Fort Worth Railroad?Traffic Par
alyzed?Police PJped Pistols to
Warn the People.
? Throughout north Texas the heav
iest rains in many years are reported,
causing tremendous; loss to farmers
and stock growers flooding lowlands
and rendering country roads impas
sable, hundreds of bridges having
been washed away.
At Fort Worth the Trinity river is
receeding, but street car traffic be
tween Fort Worth and North Fort
Worth will not be restored before to
morrow. ,
By employing every available man
in the city 'and dispatching them in
special trains to the seat of the trou
ble, Fort Worth railroads Saturday
actively began to repair the $250,000
damage inflicted by Friday night's
storms. -
North Fort Worth is isolated and
five hundred houses are submerged.
Mineral City, near Weatherford, is
under water, and Clebourne, south of
here on the Santa Fe, is surrounded
by the flood. Engineer Long and
Fireman Allsup were found dead un
der their engine. Their train left\the
track in. a washout a mile north of
Clebourne.
The flood sufferers have been pro
vided with shelter. Crops over a
large area, have been destroyed and
the loss will reach over half a
million dollars. All night the police
fired a continual volley of shots to
warn residents in the flood district
That the storm was the worst ex
perienced in north and west Texas in
half a century is indicated by re
ports. From Grayson county on the
east to Potter county in the far north
west and southwest to Tom Green
county, about one-third of the entire
area of the State, the country is lit
erally covered with water, all modes
of^travel are demoralized and busi
iucssjs practically suspended.
In every direction railroad bridges
are down, hundreds of yards of track
have been washed away entirely and
other hundreds of yards so badly un
dermined that rebuilding will lie nec
essary. If the weather should clear
immediately railroad traffic cannot be
restored to normal conditions in less
than tev days.
The flood readied Fort Worth
ubout noon Saturdav. At that Urne
city park and vicinitv was inundated
to a depth of about ten feet. The
tracks of the street railway company
leading to Arlington Heights was
washed away for a quarter of a mile,
and communication with that section
of the city was cut off.
Fully three thousand persons,
principally of the poorer classes, were
driven from their homes, in the sub
merged district. Many of these are
being cared, for'by charitable organi
sations at. the expense, of, the city. .
? The reservoirs and mains of -the
water works system were pyerflowed
with, the muddy water of the. river,
and before they can be'cleaned it is
feared considerable sickness may rer
suit.
- .Whlje an accurate estimate of .the
.monetary loss at this time is impos
sible, it.is believed the loss will ex
ceed- a.pillion dollars.
^rNtt^^i^ispNot.s FUSEES
???.? ,
.Tbr^e Employes, of Guano Company
Dead and Four 111;
. Tbree?colored employes.of the Roy
ster ? Guauo -Company at Ma?on, Ga.,
came to their death .last, week; from
inhaling . poisonous gases wtoiie ,.at
work in the acid chamber, of the.Cpm
pany's factpry and four more .are ill
^from the same cause, one probably
fatally. The coroner empaneled, a
Jury and held an inquest on.one of
'the negroes for all of the victims.
The verdict of the jury ia.that John
Gilmore came to his death while in
the. discharge of his duty in employ
of the Royster Guano company, due
to the incompetency of Superinten
dent Stamps and Foreman Gonsal
ves."
ITALIAN'S DRIVEN OUT.
At Clinton, 111., Mob Chases "Black
Hand" element.
Thirty Italians employed by the
Illinois Central at Clinton, III., were
driven from that town Friday night
by a mob who Intimiated them with
a Eusilade of shots from guns and
revolvers. There has been much in
dignation against the Italians since
the Mayor received a "black hand"
letter threatening his life.
Two Shot to Death.
A dispatch from Krasnoyarsk - Si
beria says a lieutenant, of the army
named Masloff and a sergeant were
shot to death there Friday after hav
ingxj)een found guilty by a courtmar
tial on the charge that they had led
the attack which took place last June
pa the guard house and detention
prison prison at. Krasnoyarsk. This
attack was'continued for several days
by revolutionists on the one side and
the prison guard on the other.
BUSH WAR WAGED
TREACHERY AND CUNNING USED
ON BOTH SIDES.
It b Reported That Sixty Whites and
. .Indians Have Been Killed in the
Bloodly Warfare.
A report that about 60 whites and
Indians have been kiued in .Nicara
gua in bloody busn warfare waged
by Mosquito Indians was brought
to New Orleans by W. R. Coffman
of Bloomington, 111., who was a pas
senger on the steamer Dictator from
Central American Ports. The death
list of whites numbers about 20.
The fighting started over a month
ago on the Caribbean coast, where
the Indians live. Late in February
about 100 Indians attcked Prinzapol
ca Ber, a small town. They hid be
hind bushes, trees and other shelter,
pouring into the village a fire which
killed two men.
A long hard fight resulted, soldiers
and citizens volunteers finally driv
ing the assailants back, about a doz
en of the Indians being killed or
mortally wounded. The other In
dians fied but many of them were
captured and after being severely
beaten with raw hides, chains were
placed about their legs and they
were imprisoned in an improvised
stockade.
Another engagement took place at I
Cape Gracas, near the border of
Nicaragua and Spanish Honduras.
Here the casualties among the troops
were five, but the Mosquitos were no
more successful than before and fled
in retreats to the ^mountain.
Since then, Mr. Coffman said, many
troops have been sent into the Mos
quito district, and several skirmishes
have occurred. It is reported . that
treachery and cunning have been us
ed on both sides. Whereever a party
of white men get a chance they gen
erally kill the Indians without mercy,
and the Indians have slain several
solders whom they caught in the
forests. . *
DARING BANK ROBBERY.
Two Men Lock Oliicers in Vault and
Remove Ca^h.
The Citizens' State Bank at Cha
tauqua, Kansas, was robbed Friday
of about $3,000 by two men who en
tered the bank and forced Cashier C.
C. Walterhouse and "Del" Easley,
business manager, to go into the
vault. The bandits locked them in,
securing all currency in sight and
escaped across the line into Okla
homa. Four posses are in pursuit
and it is believed that the robbers
will be captured. The robbery is
one of the most daring ever executed
in this part of the State. The rob
bers were both well dressed, one be
ing well known around town.
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Suitor in. Jealous Rage Kills Himself
at Telephone.
I In a fit of jealous rage Edward P.
Taylor, a bookkeeper, aged.25 years,
committed suicide at Washington
.Sunday by shooting himself in the
temple at 101' ? Street.' He .had
gone to the telephone and called up
Miss ''Reggie" Gargas, at 1,919 Penn
sylvania .avenue,: only to ,fiad ,(hat
she j bad gone for, a waft. w.Rh, a rival
Sjiitor, '-.To,his,.message -Taylor-rej
prjon?ed .in 'passionate lMguagef.and'
a young m'a'nT wbo was at "the gfrTs
home^'trled to pacify him. but to(no
purpose. Taylor hung up the re
ceiver, drew a pistol and shot, him,
seit ..'". '**"? " :.
SEVERE BATTLE I
:' Iii ' - t.
Between tbe.Fret^ca.Troops aad the
Berbers. ?
A French cojumn. pa..TaUaza Hill.
Algeria,,.... which, cpmmands, .the plain
! of ' Tamlet,' was\ fiercely attacked. Fri
day by ?.number of rB?rSprs.' ''v".
Although .the surprised ..French
?force fpdght, desperately, and. not only
beat pff.'.the. adversaries, but pursued
.them .for a. distance of .six. miles^ .tola
.French victory "was costly.'' Twenty
eight men, including an officer, "were
killed and one hundred men, includ
ing ten .officers, were wounded. .. The
losses were greatest in the foreign
legion. The. Berber losses were much
heavier, no less than 125 dead bodies
being found by French troops.
ESCAPE D MIR ACT LOIS L Y.
Boiler* Explode With Fearful Effect,
but No One Hui-t.
A battery of boilars in the Tipton
Ice Plant.at Tlpton, III., exploded on
Sunday. Charles Colvert, the engi
neer, was blown some distance, bi t
was not injured. Pieces of machin
ery, heavy timbers and thousand.? tf
brick erashed_throtigh the sides and
roofs of the houses, but not a person
was hurt. One piece of machl'iery
weighing 500' pounds, went through
a roof and landed in a bed. Many
windows were demolished. The loss
is $25,000. The engineer cannot, ac
count for the explosion.
School Teacher Fears Badly.
W. W. Hutton. principal of the
high school at Manhattan, Kansas,
was waylaid by three men, beaten,
into insensibility, robbed and thrown
under the wheels of a traio on Sun
day night. The professor was rescued
after one leg had been cut oflt The
robbers escaped.
$1.50 per Asmm.
Of Deputy Sheriff Poulnot in a
Desperate Struggle y
WITH A DRUNKEN MAM
The Man Had Wounded His Chili
and the Oflicer Rushed Into the*
House Where the Shooting Had
Taken Place and Found Himself
Looking Into a Big Pistol, Which.
He Secured.
The Charleston Post says Deputy
Sheriff J. M. Poulnot had a desperate
handtohand conflict Tnursuay after
noon with a big negro in a house on
Inspection street and he experienced
the narrowest escape of his life from
being instantly .mied. It was only
presence of mind and physical
strength backed by coolness and cour
age, that saved him.
In consequence of a fit of drunken
temper, Gilmore McCoy, a negro, liv
ing at 5 1-2 Inspection street, is at
the police station somewhat battered
up with two charges of aggravated
assault and battery, with attempt to
kill written against him. nis nme
girl, about four years of age, is at.
home suffering from a bullet wound
in her shoulder and Deputy Sheriff
Poulnot has a torn hand as a remind
er of his hard fight with the negro.
The deputy sheriff was walking;
near Inspection street Thursday after
noon between 1 and 2 o'clock, and
heard the screams of a child. He
hurried into Inspect.n street to in
vestigate and war tc'.u that there was;
a colored man up in No: 5 1-2 trying:
to kill his child.
Mr. Poulnot s a man of courage
and quick action, and as he was arm
ed,, he did not hesitate, but hurried
ly entered the house whence the
screaming proceeded. He met three
or four colored men on the steps,
but the mother of the child told him
that none of them was to blame and
so he went on.
Suddenly turning into a room at
the top of the steps, he found him
self looking into, the barrel of a 44
calibre revolver, and quick as thought
the deputy grapped the pistol, and
then entered into a desperate fight
with McCoy, who was drunk and irt
an ugly mood. Mr. ?Poulnot had no
time to draw his own revolver, but
had to fight to get posesslon of the
negro's weapon, and at the same
time prevent him from using it. For
several minutes the two men strug- ?
gled and finally the deputy sheriff
succeeding in breaking the pistol open
and so unloading it. Meanwhile tne
wife of McCoy forgot her fears of
the drunken man, and seized Mr.
Poulnot by the shoulders. This
gave McCoy time to'.get away.
Policeman Aulberry, who lives
near the scene of the excitement,
rushed into the room about this time
and Mr. Poulnot told him to go af
ter McCoy, which .he did.; He fired
a shot at the negro, as he was about
to jump a rear fence, and McCoy re
turned to the house,'where he was
captured by the deputy sher
iff, and placed under arrest, after
a short struggle.
The child shot by her inhuman,
father is not. seriously ,Ipjured, al
though^ hit .by a-large bullet. It
seemed * to .have J touched no vital,
parts. McCoy was beaten' severfety
in Ids 'nghi; but'* was sent ?baeX.'.'tor
the police station from the hosptta*
in a short time. *"
QUEER ALTOMOSILR ACCIDENT.
Machine Leaps..pn;8ide?^.'fknd;I^me>?
tnres Pedestrian's Skull,
. At Trenton, if. J., Charles Batli
?u, aged, years, was killed in a*
automobile accident ' early'. Sunday,
iBaBlgunV was.walking along the side
walk, in, .the southern .section, of th?*
!city when the 'automobile, ran. UP .oat
;the Bldettaft-'BAd'. crashed;'into Ox*
side .of a,,house. , Balligum'fl sknlE
was. fractured^ and j beJn,a
'minutes*.' The1 otcupab'fs ef' the svfc
chine were" three young men; said t??
be Princeton' students, and three
young women. - The six were arrest
ed and the driver pf the m-u.hiue,
who'gave his name as Cowan Nichols-,
was held.in $1,000 bail. Jahc othew
men and the women were"?tch heb*
in $200 bail. *
HELD UP BY TWO MEN. ?
Northern Pacific Flyer Boarded and
Passengers Robbed.
A dispatch from Minneapolis says
the west-bound Pacific train Thurs
day night was held up by two men
just outside the city limits and $4li
and two watches were taken from
passengers The men who boarded
the train here entered one of the*
sleepers, and at the point of the pis
tol commanded the passengers to hold
up their hands. One of the robbers
stood guard while his companion,
searched bis victims. When th?
train slowed down at Northtowu,
Junction the men made their es
cape. *'
Lynched by Negroes.
At Fort Worth, Texas, Jasper*
Douglas, a negro was charged in %
warrant sworn to Saturday with hav-*
ing ?riminally assaulted his step-*
sister, ? girl of 12 years. Sunday!
morning his body was found hanging
to the limb of a tree sear that placfe
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