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ESTABLISHED IN 18 SHOT HIM DOWN -!?: i from Ambush While He Was Riding Along the Road IS FATALLY WOUNDED Mr. J. B. Siias Assassinated Near the \ Scene of a Fight He Had a Few Weeks Ago Mith Mr. W. Hampton Stogner, in Which the Latter Was Mortally Wounded?:The Assassin N Unknown. A dispatch from Lancaster to The State says J. B. Sims, a farmer of that county* was found on Wednesday lying face downward about three, miles from Lancaster, with what is believed fo be a mortal wound, hav ing been shot from ambush. His left side is filled with buckshot. Rev. E. O. Thompson made the dis covery' and at once summoned Dr. TL G. Elliott, who attended the wounded man. It is believed that Iiis wound is fatal. Sims' body was found almost at the identical spot at which the dim-' culty between Hampton Stonger and nimself occurred on February 3,, last, in which both men used their pistols, Stonger receiving a wound which re sulted in his death at a Chester hos pital the following day. Sims, in the ?difficulty, escaped without injury. Sims was tried for the killing of Stogner at the last term of court, the case resulting in a mistrial. There is no clue to the assassin of Sims. . CHANCE TO ELECT BRYAN Says Editor Henry Watterson. The Johnson Boom Is Too Late. While in New York a fe wdays ago, where he,dined with Mr. Bryan, Col. Henry Watterson said: "Personally, I have no doubt that Mr. Bryan will he nominated at Denver, and I think that we have a good chance to elect liim. The movement in the interest of Gov. Johnson comes too late add from the wrong quarter. If the in terests that are now urging his nom ination had backed' me up when I ?advocated his candidacy ten months ago he might have had a chance for the nomination. But the Democrats of New York in the present chaotic condition cannot dictate to the ma jority of the Democratic party." Col. ^Watterson said that Taft would be nominated, by the Republicans. EIGHT WERE EXECUTED. Students Attempted to Assassinate the President of Guatemala. .. A dispatch from Mexico says stu dents attempted to assassinate the President of Guatemala on Wednes day. The students were immediately seized, and, without trial, eight of them were executed. The squad of cadets had been assigned from the institute to act as an hororary guard at the reception ?l Major William Heinke, the new minister from the United States. The dispatches assert that as the president entered the palace the stu dents fired and Cabrera fell, blood straming from several wounds. . Soldiers seized the students and wrenched the guns from them before they could reload or use their clubs. GOOD FISH STORY. Dog Drowned by Big Trout in a Fierce Struggle. A small dog belonging to A. E. Case, of Dayton, Wyo., was dragged into Tongue river by a trout and drowned. The dog accompanied Case's little son on a fishing trip. The boy hooked a fish large enough to jerk the fishing rod into the water. The boy sent the dog after it, but the trout hauled the dog and pole about until the dog was carried down the rapids and drowned in sight of his master;- The boy recovered the pole and after a hard struggle landed the trout, which weighed four pounds DEADLY TYPHOID FEVER. .An Augusta Family Stricken With the Terrible Disease. A dispatch says there is a small ?epidemic of a malignant form of ty phoid fever in certain sections of Augusta. Sunday morning, Mrs. K. D. Sibley, widow of the late Chas. Sibley, died at the home of her moth ?er, Mrs. Duncan. Just a week ago her sister, Miss Duncan, died of the same disease, and at this time Mrs. Sibley's two little children and her mother, iurs. Duncan, are seriously lit of the same malady. LOST CONTROL OF TRAIN. Four Italians Were Killed When tho Crash f ume. Four Italians were killed outright, one fatally injured, and died on the train while en route to the Williams port hospital, and four others prob ably fatally injured in a wreck on a log train on the LaQuinn lumber road at Whalen, Pa., W ? iesday morning. Failure of the reverse lever on the engine allowed the train to run away. 69. TRIED TO KILL THEM. GREENWOOD MAN, AND WrFEHAD CLOSE CALL. While They Were Asleep in Bed the Son of the Man Shot at Them at Close Range. A dispatch from Greenwood to The News and Courier'says Butler Pinson, known as "Bub,** is charged with making an attempt to kill his father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Pinson, as they lay asleep early on Tuesday morning, firing both barrels of a gun at them, and when only about eight feet away from them. That Mr. and Mrs. Pinson are living to' tell how it happened is a miracle, for the load of shot entered the head of the bed, only a few inches above their heads, and some of the shot were found imbedded in the pillows, on which their heads rested. Mr. B. M. Pinson lives about a mile anl a half southeast of Saluca, and within about four hundred yards of Siloam Church. He is a well-to-do farmer, and is numbered among Greenwood County's most substantial citizens, he being a man of about 55 years of age. "Bub," however, seems t? bear a pretty, bad reputation, having lived a very profligate life, living the greater part of the time away from home. Young Pinson's motive is unknown, but his father, the elder Pinson, him self thinks that the boy, knowing that no one knew he was in this part of the country, decided that he would kill both himself and Mrs. Pin son, and that he would then share the estate with his brother, Richard, being hard pressed for funds. Mr. Pinson had only lately refused to grant his request for money. Young Pinson made his escape, but Sheriff McMillan is making every ef fort to catch him, and has sent out the following description of Pinson all over the country: "Arrest Butler Pinson; charge, attempt to murder; color, white, age twenty-six years, height 5 feet, 7 inches, weight 160 pounds. Said to have missing tooth, brown eyes and dark hair; full face and clean shaven. Use caution." WILD ELEPHANT NUISANCE.' Hindustan Ha nxers Complain of Dam age Done by Pachyderms. '~";'""*' . ?.*. At Calcutta, India, the Doors Plan ters' Association has appealed to the government for help in ridding the the cohntry of wild elephants, whose pranks are becoming intolerable. Though no actual ''rogues'' are re ported or loss of life, crops are said to be trampled on, fences torn down, roofs' pulled off, and many roads ren dered impassable by the patrollng of these mischievous pachyderms. The most serious matter, however, is in terruption of railway traffic, for the brutes exhibit a queer predilection for wandering on the line, which is a narrow gauge, and therefore ren ders the trains specially liable to de railment should they meet an obsta cle when running at night or round curves in the day time. APPEAL TO TEDDY. Newspapers Ask Relief From the Paper Trust Exactions. The annual meeting of the Asso ciated Press was held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York with an exceptionally large attendance of members from all sections of the country on Tuesday. Aside from the transaction of purely routine business affecting the organization, the most important action taken was the pre senting and adoption of an address asking the President and the Con gress to "grant immediate relief from the exactions of combinations of paper makers." The assocation had a banquet on Wednesday night at which W. J. Bryan was the chief speaker. HEIRS OF GARRETSON. Information Wanted of a Captain in the United States Army. The Charleston Post says Post master W. L. Harris has received a letter from Attorneys Lyon & Lyon of Washington, D. C., asking for infor mation about heirs of one Charles Garretson, a captain in the United States army, who died in Charleston in 1871. The letter states that it is very much to the interest of the heirs that they should be known and Postmaster Harris, desiring to con tribute his services to the cause, will be glad to receive any information in the matter that he may be able to forward to the Washington attor neys. INUNCTIONS PERMANENT. Temporary Orders Issued by Justice Gary Made Perpetual. Charleston blind tigers will have to behave themselves or go to jail. The Supreme Court Tuesday evning rendered decisions in S of the Char leston dispensary injunction cases, the temporary injunctions previously granted by Associate Justice Gary be ing in each case made permanent, the opinion of the Court being writ ten by Justice Gary. These are cases additional to those in which perma nent injunctions have already been granted on the petition of the Attor ney General. 'tmt OBANGEBUI BLOW AT TAFT. Neglect Of Official Duty To Fur ther Personal Ends. , LAID AGAINST HIM. Civil Service a Byword?President Roosevelt \'Kta Violation of For mer Cherished Principle?A Scan dal That Will Grow?Ambition of Roosevelt.?Strong Men From Ok lahoma. By WILLIS J. ABBOT. The split in the Republican party over the nomination for the presidency is by no means closing up. In the United States senate the other day Senator Hale made an attack upon Secretary Taft for neglect of his offi cial duties in order to advance his per sonal political ambitions. "While the name of the secretary of war was not mentioned,- the senator from Maine pointed out that the real head of the army was never at his post and the chief of staff was, in fact, performing the duties of the secretary of war. Curiously enough, the only senators who came to the defense of Mr. Taft were men of slight acquaintance and short service in the senate. It seems to be a fair prophecy now that Taft will be nominated. Yet if be is the scandal of it will become a very material issue in the campaign. He is secretary of war, and yet not for six months has he been at b.'s desk in the war department for three consecutive days. He is a member of the administra tion of a president who made his en trance upon politics as a civil sendee reformer,, and yet every branch of the federal service today is being employed to compel the nomination of Taft. He is the political pet and legatee of a president who has talked much about the influence of predatory wealth upon politics, and yet the expenditures made in behalf of Taft in this prelimi nary campaign have exceeded any thing known to American politics and are estimated by the New,York World as amounting to easily $750,000. Most of this money has come from his broth er, who is the largest owner of public utility corporations in Cincinnati. Mr. Charles P. Taft owns gas and electric companies and a newspaper. George B. Cox, the notorious boss of Repub lican politics iu Cincinnati, has found it to his Interest to form an alliance with the Taft family notwithstanding the fact that Secretary Taft bitterly denounced him on the stump less than two years ago. To secure the Cox sup port for the Taft presidential ambition the nominations for state offices In Ohio were practically turned over to Cox. As a result the most prominent Republican newspapers in the state save those owned by Charles P. Taft have openly bolted the state ticket. Yet in all probability Mr. Taft will receive the Republican nomination for the presidency. Thus far there has been no serious setback to his ambi tions, and only a few days ago the Republican convention in New York, while mildly commending Governor Hughes, selected a delegation which will be in effect for Taft The only state which has definitely instructed against him within the last week Is Wisconsin, which gave its delegation to La Follette, who is the best Democrat lu the Republican party, but who has no chance of nomination aud under stands that fact. The anti-Taft people are banking upon the great number of contested delegations from southern states. This Is putting much trust upon a very slen der reed. The probabilities are always against the seating of a contesting del egation. It is true that this was done in the cases of Michigan and Nebraska In the Democratic convention of 189C aud thereby resulted in the nomination of Mr. Bryan, but the evidence in favor of the contestants then was over whelming; and political conditions had made the men in control <?f the major ity of the convention ilotennined to make their control complete-. II is im probable that such a condition should ?vise again iu either party. The President's Position. My own jr.dgme::! is thai the Repub '?:-.:n ut::::k: .? will be Tafi unless Pres 11 e:11 IJoosevel; permits the ??ulivelilion n lie stampeded for liiuisolf and nc epts i he nominal ioc ? hu- tendered. An U j.'-ipus ?>:' thai ! wi-b i" quote two triu mem* ma lv !?? i:i ili<* course of asiui! i-otiver-a'.Son |.y men unac luaiiitid witli h . il:?r. but each of whom \< uiie of 'he favored guests at I he While l.lonse. Tlio i'if-f. the distinguished editor of a New York magazine, coming directly from a !;:::.!. wi'.li the president s::id to m?- '.hat. witho't! quoting Mr. Roose velt's words, he could say that under no f.-ircuinst;im-es whatsoever would the president accept a nomination this year. ? * The other, one of the newspaper cor respondents, who is known to be a fa vorite at the White House, declared that the president had said to him that If nominated he would refuse; that if the convention reuoralnated him in spite of that refusal he would tele graph its leaders that they must reas semble and select some one else. There is a good old phrase which may well be applied to consideration of Mr. Roosevelt's position this year? namely, "Put yourself in his place." At the end of almost eight years of power, with the house and senate In accord with the principles of his party, he approaches the end of his second term with the country In'an almost un precedented state of commercial and Industrial depression. IQ, S. C. FBIDAY, APEI That doesn't help a presidential can didate. Should he be again a nominee no soph istry about "a second electoral term" could disabuse the minds of the people that it was, In fact, the first effort in American history made to brush aside the patriotic and salutary rule laid down by George Washington aud fol lowed by every president to the pres ent time that no man should serve more thaii two terms lu the White House. A prudent politician in Mr. Roosevelt's place?and he is a politi cian even if he is not prudent?would set aside any immediate ambition, re tire for awhile, select a not overstrong candidate for the nomination in his stead, look with philosophy upon the defeat of his party In this year and four years hence seek to come back as Its savior. There are many people about the capital who think that this will be the Roosc-veltian programme. Oklahoma to the Front. The two Democratic senators from Oklahoma are proving themselves fight ing champions ?f true Democrae3'. Sen ator Gore, known as the blind senator, succeeded In getting into the Congres sional Record the famous letter writ ten by President Roosevelt to E. H. Harrlman, in which the president de | clared they were both practical men and should meet as practical men to discuss the state of the nation. Of course history records that the meeting was held and that Mr. Harrlman raised $245,000 for use la-the state of New York for Mr. Roosevelt's political ad vantage. . A lot of the somewhat old maidenly persons in the senate expressed much horror and mortification that a United States senator should have inserted such a letter In the Record. But it seems to me that Senator Gore met the criticism conclusively when he said that he would rather be responsible for having had that letter read In the sen ate than to be responsible for having written it. It Is peculiarly inept to describe a letter of Mr. Roosevelt's as confidential. He neither writes nor talks confidentially. It is his practice when any one goes to the White House with a question, to wave the inquirer away and answer with a shout that attracts the attention of everybody in the exec utive offices. Mr. Roosevelt himself should be the last to assert that a let ter from him to E. H. Hnrriman, rail road magnate and.plutocratic politician, was confidential and privileged. The other senator from Oklahoma, Robert L. Owen, attended the recent dinner given by the so called National Democratic club of New York and there had an opportunity to preach some Democratic doctrine which the officers of that cjnb did not desire to have Mr. Bryan-expound before them. This paragraph gives a fair example of the general tone of his address. The National Democratic club, which fear ed to have Mr. Bryan speak before it, must have found that the gentleman from the southwest whom they select ed was an equally vigorous exponent of the principles of the new and the progressive Democracy: It is also true that some men who are so religious that they will not shave on Sunday find no conscientious scruples against shaving other men for the bal ance of the week, but among the captains of Pharaoh there are also many men of great Intelligence and of great benevo lence and of great patriotism who do not roallze the effect of monopoly on the weaker laboring elements of the nation. Their benevolence is shown by such enor mous contributions to education and to the public Bervlce, such as the benefac tions of John D. Rockefeller, of Andrew Carnegie and other very rich men. They are entitled to personal credit for their good works and to discredit for their bad works. Their good works, however, show that the men who have conducted suc cessful monopolies under the shelter of law and in spite of law have the same generous impulses which God has planted in the hearts of the great majority of men. It would, however, be asking too much of human nature to expect those who have been or are successful in the manipulation of business and in the es tablishment of monopoly, by which their ambition for power and for property ac cumulation Is gratified, to contribute to the control of monopoly by law. This duty Is imposed upon the patriotic sons of America of both parties?of both thoso who have always adhered to the original Democratic party vor to that branch of the Democratic party that arose under the new name of "Republican party." The Democratic Conventions. Up to the present time every state convention held by the Democratic party, and there have been ten, has instructed for Mr. Bryan, with the ex ception of Rhode Island, In which sev en out of the eight delegates are pro nounced Bryan men, though not otii clally instructed for him. The half dozen delegates from Delaware have been instructed for Judge George Gray, as they have been for some con ventions heretofore. New York will also send an uninstructed delegation, which has been its practice almost itn raemorlally; so, too, will Pennsylvania. Colonel James M. Guffey, who has long been the dominant factor in that state, says cheerfully that as Pennsylvania never will give any electoral votes to the Democratic candidates he thinks that Its delegates should go to the con vention untrammeled aud able to give their votes there to the candidate wliom they think will be most accept able to the voters of other states. "Untrammeled" in Colonel Guffey's mind means bound by no Instructions save those that he will give Ihem him self when he calls them to order in the committee room at Denver. In the northwest. Wisconsin, Iowa. South Da kota and North Dakota have instructed for Bryan. This phalanx of states sur rounding Minnesota naturally arouses Interest in what Governor Johnson's own state is going to do for him. Un der ordinary conditions it might be ex pected that "a favorite son" would be given his own state delegation. But ! Governor Johnson's" friends admit that the state delegation may be split, while the more enthusiastic Bryan advocates declare that the delegation will be made up wholly of Bryan men. Washington. D. C. Drank Gasoline. Helen, the 19-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Odom of Greenville, drank a bottle of gasoline and died twenty minutes later on Wednesday. L 24, 1908. WHO THEY ARE. Names of Candidates For Senate and State Officers. CAMPAIGN NOW OPEN There Are Five Candidates for the United States Senate, Two For Governor, Three for Superintendent of Education, Five for Railroad Commissioner, and Only One ffor Each of the Other State Offices. The political campaign in this State may oe said to be fairly open now, and soon it will be in full blast from the mountain to the sea. The County Conventions meet on Monday, May 4, and the State Convention will meet on May 20. Candidates are be ing brought out by their friends, and soon they will be all out. The can didates for United States Senator are: Messrs. O. B. Martin, John Gary Evans, George Johnstone, E. D. Smith and D. C. Heyward. From ex pressions in the county press, it ap pears to be the opinion that the race is between Ex-Gov. Evans and Ex Gov. Heyward, but Mr. Martin seems to object to the promulgation of this opinion, and doubtless the other can didates do also, but they do not ex press themselves as does Mr. Martin. Some Past History. In 1902, when Messrs. Evans and Johnstone were also candidates for the senate, the vote in the first pri mary stood: William Elliott, 13,658. John Gary Evans, 17,893. J. J. Hemphill, 13,261. D. S. Henderson, 13,771. Geo. Johnstone, 13,556. A. C. Latimer, 22,971. Total 95,110. The second primary was between Evans and Latimer, and in the sec ond election Mr. Evans received 36, 371 votes and Mr. Latimer 53,890. Mr. Latimer being elected by a ma jority of 17,519, over Mr. Evans. Mr. Evans had been defeated for the sen ate by John L. McLaurin in 1897 and again by Joseph H. Barle in 1896. In the year 1902, Capt. Heyward . made his entry into politics and the vote in the first primary -resulted as follows: D. C. Heyward, 36,551. 7 M. F. Ansel, ,17,685. W. J. Talbert, 18,218. J. H. Tillman, 16,398. W. H. Timmerman, 6,515. Total, 96,367. The second race was between Hey >vard and Talbert and the vote , re sulted: Hcyward, 50,830; Talbert, 40,494. Capt. Hey ward being elect ed by a majority of 10,336. In 1904 Gov. Heyward was re-elected without opposition. The year 1902, also saw the poli tical debut of Hon. O. B. Martin, who in that year was first a candidate for the office of state superintendent of education against Hon. John J. Mc Mahan, receiving 48,850 votes against 45,891 for Mr. McMahon, there be ing only two contestants. Since then Mr. Martin has not had opposition for this office, being re-elected in 1904 and 1906. The Gubernatorial Race. The withdrawal of Mr. Feather stone from the race for governor leaves the Hon. C. L. Blease, senator from Newberry, as the only candidate against Gov. Ansel. Mr. Blease was always a stalwart state dispensary supporter and since that institution's abolition he has come out on an ex tended local option platform. Gov. Ansel on the other hand announced his platform this year to be restrict ed local option, favoring a law mak ing the entire state prohibition with the right to counties to exempt them selves by majority vote and sell whiskey through county dispensaries. In 190C, when he was elected gov ernor, Mr. Ansel favored the present county option system, and in 1902, when he was defeated, he favored the state dispensary as "the best solu tion of the liquor question." Before that time he had been regarded, as a prohibitionist. Mr. Ansel, while a man of positive personal convicitons has always been a close student of popular sentiment an"l his successive platforms indicate the trend of pub lic opinion in this state fairly well during the last few years. That the prohibitioists will be content ?o have such ailaw enacted as Mr. Ansel now advocates ?seems evident from Mr. Fe a t h e r s t o n e' s withdrawal. Other State Offices. Mr. Martin not being a candidate for re-election the way is opeu for a new man in the office of State Sup erintendent of Ed neat ion. County i Superintendent of Education E. C. El more, of Spartanburg. was the first to announce and he has made a pre liminary campaign. County Superin tendent S. R. Mellichamp, of Orange Imrg. was next to announce and he has also done much work. Recently Prof. J. 1'^ Swearingen. of Cedar Springs Institute announced his can didacy. The office of railroad commissioner is always contested for. Commission er Caughman's term expires and he Is a candidate for re-election. So far it is known that he will have op position from Mr. .1. A. Summersett, of Columbia, Major Fishburne, of Charleston. Major H. W. Richardson, cf Columbia. "Canzler of Tirzah," and perhaps others. It appears now that the other state officials will not have opposition, Sec retary of State McCown, Attorney A BRUTAL MURDER DIDN'T INTEND TO TO KILL ANY PARTICULAR PERSON. Hoped His Victim Would Be Wealthy American or English Tourist, Who He Could Rob. The sheperd, Joseph Michaud, who murdered Robert Munziger, a young Swiss Alpinist,'on the Col de Balme last August, has been sentenced to life imprisonment at Martigny, Switz erland. The crime was perhaps the most re markable ever committed in the Alps. According to Michaud's confess sion, which war made with great cal lousness, he lay in wait.on the Col de Balme for days, intending to murder the first unaccompanied tourist who came along. He hoped his victim would be a rich Englishman or American, and his intention was to leave Switzer land with the proceeds of the rob bery and to come to America, where he hoped to make his fortune. Michaud explained that he had thought this out carefully while at tending to his flock, and had conclud ed that he would remain a shepherd to the end of his days unless he could make a coup by murdering and rob bing a wealthy tourist. "Many Englishmen passed," said Michaud in his confession, "but they were all accompanied by relatives or friends." Finally Munziger appeared. He intended crossing the Col do Balme and descending to Chamonix, whence he meant attempting an ascent of Mont Blanc. When near the summit of the Col de ^alme Michaud at tacked him with a hunting knife and stabbed him to death. Michaud robbed the body, strip ped it of clothes, and then nuried it under some rocks. He forget, how ev to remove the traces of the crimp, and guides who searched the precipic es of the Col de Balme for a week finally discovered the evidences of a struggle, which led to Munziger's body being disintered. Michapd aroused suspicion in a neighboring village by displaying a watch which afterward proved to be Munziger's. When the'shepherd was arrested he was wearing the clothes of the murdered man. He showed great unconcern and langhed und joked with the gendarmes. His booty amounted to a about $5 and Michaud's only regret was that he had killed a Swiss instead of a wealthy foreigner. "I was too has ty," he complained to the judge dur ing his trial, "but I had been waiting so long that I had become impatient." ANOTHER SAFE ROBBED. Yeggmen Enter Stores and Take Three Hundred Dollars. At Greenville Tuesday morning safe crackers entered the branch store of Carpenter Brothers and blew open the safe, securing in the nighborhood of $300. The sub-postofflce was lo cated in the building and part of the money belonged to the Government. The building is located on Washing ton .street, in a few yards of the Southern depot and the robbery was a daring piece of work, as there is constant passing on the. street at all hours of the night. It is thought that the robbers blew the safe open, just as a passenger train rolled Into the yards, the noise from the train drowning the report from the explo sion. , / -. PLUMBER'S CARELESSNESS Caused the Death of a Young Lady , in Brooklyn. Miss Grace Buckley, the 21-year old daughter of H. H. Buckley of No. 398 Halsey street, Brooklyn, was killed Tuesday night by gas asphyxia tion,, said to be caused by the care lessness of a plumber. The gas jet in her bed room was fixed the day be fore by the plumber who tightened the stopcock so that it was impossible to turn it completely off; and Tues day when her grandmother, found .Miss Buckley dead in bed and the gas escaping from the fixture. A physician was called but he stated the girl had been dead for some hours. HEAVY DISPENSARY SALES. Three Thousand Dollars Worth of Liquor Sold in One Day. The largest sales since the opening of the North Augusta dispensary were made on Saturday, April 18, * the sales amounting to over $?0uo. This amount exceeded the largest amount yet sold in one day previous by about $1,100, the largest sales previously being about $1.900._ General Lyon. Comptroller General Jones, State Treasurer Jennings. Ad jutant General Boyd. However, the campaign -4ias just started: and the election is yet founr months off. but the entries for state offices close in .1 une. In 1906 the total vote in the first primary ran to about !)7.0b0 and there was much interest in the race for governor and attorney general as well as for the legislatures and county offices. With a warm fight for state and county offices this year, the total vote may go to 100.000. At any rate, to win the candidate should make sure of at least fifty thousand votes.. $1.50 PER RAISE THE DEAD. Machine That Restores Life When? the Vital Spark SEEMS ALMOST GONE. The Most Remarkable Invention Ffll* Inert Lungs With Oxygen and Thu* Neutralizes Ail Poisons?A Rabbit and a Dog Pronounced Dead Leap from the Table After Use of the* Respirator on Tliem. j It was announced some time ago* that Professor George Poe, of Nor-? folk, Va., had invented an "artificial' respirator machine" that would rajsa the dead. There has just been com pleted at Norfolk by Professor Poe? and several inquiring scientists a ser ies of amazing successful experiment with the little contrivance which me chanically puts oxygen, the breath of life, into inert lungs. Those who witnessed the tests am firmly convinced that thousands oC lives may be saved by the "brass heart," which is what Poe's machine practically is. It will be especially valuable in cases of suspended anima tion caused by drowning, by gas as phyxiation in mines, and by coma resultant upon typhoid fever and oth er^ diseases. Professor, Poe, by letting the con trivance force upon him inhalation nd exhalation of oxygen, was enabled, to stop breathing for ten minutes. Animals, declared dead beyond all doubt by the visiting physicians, wer? revived in a few . minutes and were* able to scamper out of the operating room. Practically, though not literally, of course, the artificial respiration, machine brought, the dead to life and the experts say it: will work equally well on human beings. Professor Poe'r machine is built as near as ^possible along the lines of the human heart. It is about eigh teen inches in height, with two cyl inders?correspondng to the ventri-* cles and auricles of the heart?andt inlet and outlet, valves. Doublet tubes enter the larynx and nostrils of tJ-e patient.,1 Roughly, the contrivance resem bles a.bicycle pump. While one set of tubes draws off the poisonous fluids and gases from the lungs, the* other set forces in the life giving; oxygen. The first experiment was upon "Socrates," a pet rabbit on the Poo farm. It was given two grains of; morphine, enought to kill a man. Then immediately four ounces ot ether were administerel. The physi cians pronounced the rabbit dead, af ter all ordinary restoratives failed. The machine was then applied and! within three minutes the effects ot the poison and anesthetic were drawn cdf, and Socrates jumpe.1 fr.)m the table and hopped away. A large dog was then killed and bought back to life again within five minutes., The doctors present realized then that many of the evil and after effects of anesthesia could be doneaway with by the machine. And there dawned upon them another side of ils value, which had rather a humorous aspect. Intoxication, it was found, could he cured in a few minutes This experiment was actually made. The machine was applied to a hilar iously drunken man, drew off tha poisonous alcoholic fumes and ha straightened out in three minutes. Since then, it has been said. Professor " Poe has been approached with a prop osition to manufacture pocket re spirators for this purpose. Infant asphysia, that dread accom* paniment of birth, which stifles many] a 'life before it. has fairly started to exist, may also be wiped out by tha respirator. Dr. J. P. Jackson and Professor Poe. with a minature ma chine, saved the life of a baby aC Berkeley last week. The machine did: the breathing for the child until itz was able to strike out for itself. Throughout the Virginia country? folks regard Professor Poe as a mod [ ern miracle-worker. Despite his per sistent declarations that his invention is merely an aid to lfe after it has I fled, the country people call him tha. ?raiser of the dead." Many persons have written to Poa asking him to try and restore lifo to relatives who have been dead fon weeks, months and even ye ars. Ha is engaged now in manufacturing sev eral respirators which will be tested: in the leading hospitals of the coun PICKED UP AT SKA. Wrecked Off Charleston and Rescued! by Yacht. The steam yacht Columbia arrived! at New York from Florida on Tuesday with three fishermen on board, res cued from their sinking boat in a, gale off Charleston. The three men sailed from Charleston in the fishing smack Star on April.17. The next day they were caught in a gale in which the smack lost her mast and most of her sails. When the derelict was sighted the sea was running so high that the Columbia could not lower her boats. The yacht approach ed the Star so near that ropes could be thrown to the fishermen, who wera . then hauled on board the Columbia? Their friends in Charleston had auoutf given them up as lost. . _J