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ESTABLISHED EST 18 FIFTY ARE DEAD And Two Hundred Persons Injur ed by Louisiana Tornado. MANY HURT WILL DIE. The Tornado Destroyed Three Towns and Left Many Wrecked Homes and Ruined Crops in a Path a. Mile Wide and About Fifty Miles in Length. A dispatch from Shreveport, La., says thirty dead, and 200 injured is a conservative estimate of the fatali ties caused by the tornado which swept through northwest Louisiana Thursday evening, destroying three small towns and leaving wrecked homes and mined crop.s in a path a mile wide and 50 miles long. The dead at Gilliam, which had about 200 inhabitants, number 15, while at Bolinger the known death list is six. These two towns are about 15 miles apart and nothing has' been learned of the work of the storm in the country between. At Elmore, a small town near Gil liam, several houses were destroyed and it is not known how many people perished. Several of the dead were brought to Shreveport on the relief train from Gilliam Friday morning and the hos pitals and sanitariums are crowded with injured, several 'of whom/ will die. The dead at Gilliam are: Mrs. Hen ry Godfrey, Mrs. John Gardner, A. Hapgood, John Simpson, nine ne groes. A. Lampkin, a farmer living in the country near Gilliam, was killed, ?together with his wife and 4 child ren. At Bolinger the dead are: Mrs. Ray, Mrs. Marshall Davis and four negroes. The injured at Bolinger numbers about forty persons. Of these, is it believed that not more than three or .four will die. Only two houses were left at Gil liam where the force of the storm was greatest. Of the seven members of the Gardner family, none escaped without injury. Mrs. Gardner was killed by the -falling timbers .of her home and the other members of the family were buried under the debris, but were ex tracted. A flood of rain following the tornado made the work of rescue very difficult, in the darkness. A relief train was sent to Gilliam from Shreveport Thursday night and returned Friday morning at daylight bringing several of the dead and many wounded. Another train was fitted out Fri day and reached the stricken tof;n this afternoon, but has not yet re turned. Prompt steps have been taken to succour all who are in need. Fifty Persons Killed. A dispatch Friday night says the final count of the persons who met death in the tornado will reach fifty. The number at present known to fcae been killed is 44. Eight were added to -the death list Friday at Red Bayou. All were negroes. Relief headquarters have been es tablished in a bax car and left in charge of Gilliam citizens, whose ap peals for help have been liberally answered. Several dozen tents were shipped from Shreveport. Shreveport negroes have held a mass meeting and raised several hun-, dred dollars to be used to help their race. Mrs. E. L. Houston, John God frey, W. M. Sour and John Gardner's child, all white, who were injured, are in a serious condition at a Shreveport sanitarium. * NINE CHILDREN* BITTEN By a Mad Dog and Sent to Atlanta for Treatment. ^ Nine children and a colored nurse were bitten in Greenville on Thurs day by a mad dog, and they have been rent to Atlanta for treatment. The head of the dog was sent to the Pasteur Institute at Atlanta and it was. pronounced that of a mad dog. Several weeks ago another child was bitten and as a result of the exami nation the offending dog was declar ed rabid. The child was treated at the Pasteur Institute and no ill ef fects have appeared. The dog thfet did the biting was apparently a harmless little Collie puppy. ? * LOST HER WAY And Died From Exposure and Hun ger in Kona. Mrs. T. Snow Miller, siste rcf the Countess Robei .s, wife of the British field marshal, died last week ot ex posure and hunger in the forest of Kona, on the west side of the island of Hawaii. Mrs. Miller, who was eld erly, had been visiting on the shore of * the Kialskekua Bay, near the place where Captain* Cook was mur dered. She started out for a walk and lost her way. Her body war, found on a trail only a short distance from the house. ? * Terrible Crime. A dispatch from Fairfield, W. Va., yesterday says Rev. F. F. Coffman. agec' 50 years, and one of the best known Methodist-Episcopalian minia te rs in this district, killed his wife early that morning, while suffering from a fit of insanity. 69. SENATOR HUMAN SAILED FOR EUROPE FROM BOS TON ON SATURDAY. Says We Have the Republicans Beat en and that Bryan Will Be Elect ed in November. A special dispatch from Boston to the Charleston Post says Senator Till man, in an interview just before he stepped aboard the Canopic with Mrs. Tillman for a European trip, Satur day morning said, referring to the presidential-election, "We have them licked. The other fellows are in a broken and disgruntled state." Regarding the outlook for the com ing Presidential election the Senator said: "I am going to Europe for two reasons. One is to esc'ape the Pres idential campaign, and the other is t:i have a rest and a good time, i am tired and am going away to get back my health. I am going to Spain to see if they can cook garlic the'way I like it. No poking around for curiosities or beautiful paintings for mine." Mr. Tillman also in.the course of the interview likened President Roos evelt to Caesar. "While the President may be the wisest man in the United States today, I am not willing to ac knowledge it," he declared. "I think there is no fear of Mr. Roose velt's being the next President. Wil liam Jennings Bryan is the man who ! will next occupy the White House." Accompanying the Senator is his physician, Dr. J. W. Babcock, of Co lumbia. , * KILLED HIMSELF. Convicted Cashier Found Dead When Sought for by an Officer. When he finally succeeded in ef fecting an entrance to the barricated residence of John W. H. Geiger, for whose arrest and incarceration in jail he had an order of the United States district court, United States Marshal Langhammer found Geiger dead. ? Later Coroner Caruthers found a bullet wound in the roof of Geiger's mouth, and a 32-claibre pis tol lay beside the body. Geiger was the central figure of one of the most sensational cases that has' ever been tried in a Balti more court. He had been cashier of the Canton National .bank, but re signed the position in January of last year. As a result of investigations of National Bank Examiner Hanna, he was arrested on February 22, 1907, and his indictment by the United States grand jury on 109 counts preceeded his trial. Of the extensive misuse of the funds of the bank he was convicted on five of the 47 counts. He was sentenced by Judge Morris to serve five years in jail. Geiger's counsel appealed the case to the United States district court of appeals, which, about a week ago, sitting in Richmond, decided against him. Appeal was taken to the United States supreme court, but Judge Mor ris decided that pending the court's decision Geiger must begin to serve his sentence. Accordingly, Marshal Lanhammer Friday went to the Gei ger residence, only to find Geiger dead by his own hand. * TROUBLE AT PEEDEE Another Sensational Hold up and Robbery Near the Junction. The Florence Times says: Blake jw. Godbold, station daypumper for A. C. L., was assaulted and robbed about a mile from Pee Dee last Fri day p. m. at 5 o'clock. Godbold was on the Dillon road attending to his lamps when he was jerked backward over the track choaked. ' Only a few hours before, he had drawn a month's wages, $3u.00, which the assailant got. He is described as being a tall, powerfully built negro, a scar on his forehead and supposed to be named Witherspoon, a former workman of the Marion County Lum ber Company. Three negroes were within a hundred'yards of Godbold but neither went to his assistance. It afterwards developed that there was another negro implicated who was hiding in the bushes. Pursuit was given by the railroad men, Capt. B. E. Waley. of the trestle force tak ing the lead. The negro has not been found yet. though he is sup posed to be still hiding near Pee Dee. A suspicions looking negro was held for identity but Godbold said he was not the robber. He was freed and told to leave Pee Dee at once. After wards it was discovered that he was the man biding in the bushes. A plan yas also on foot to rob S. J. White: the night Watchman, but a little hoy told White in time f.or him to thwart them. This recalls the mysterious case of C. E. Kale, for mer night watchman whose body was found almost lifeless on the railroad track last December. * KILLED WITH BROOM STICK. That Is the Weapon Used by Woman on Husband. Sarah Lawrence, a negro woman about 22 years old, struck her hus band, Scipio Lawwrence, across the head with a broomstick on April 29. He died from the wound inflicted on May 2 at his home at Adams Run. It seems that Lawrence came home drunk on Saturday and was beating his wife, and sh ecaught up a broom to defeud herself. 4 ORAJtfGrEBUI fa . t. Ii '< l ^ BRYAN STRONG. Capturss One After Another of Supposedly Hostile States. MASSES ARE FOR HIM Pulls Taken by New York Herald and Other Papers Indicate Over whelming Majority Among Demo crats Favorable to His Nomina tion?Big States for Bryan?How They Stand. The New York Herald of Monday I says: In his contest for control1of the National Democratic Convention, which meets at Denver July 7, Wil liam J. Bryan continues to distance all competitors. The Herald's im partial summary of the progress of delegate getting for the week and its estimate of conditions in various States shows that the twice defeated candidate is surpassing even the ex pectations of his friends. Sympathy must be expressed for the Eastern Democratic leaders and the gold Democrats who. ifave been dreaming of defeating Mr. Bryan. They desire some other candidate in tensely and they say they are still hopeful, but there is little ground for hope unless conditions change. Mr. Bryan is rapidly subjugating the "enemy's country." The Massachusetts Democratic State Committee declared against him, but he swept the primaries and the State convention this week in structed the delegates to vote for him. The Connecticut Democratic State Convention refused to instruct the delegates for him. but when the smoke of battle ci.,ared away Mr. Bryan was found to control at least ten of the fourteen delegates, and had his old and devoted friend Col. Alexander Troupe as the head of the delegation. New York was supposed to be hos tile to him, yet nothing is plainer than that Charles F. Murphy will have to vote for Mr. Bryan or run the risk of having the McCarren contesting delegates from Kings coun ty seated at Denver. Vermont was classed as against Bryan, and is still so classed,because the Bryan men are not prepared to claim it; but an inquiry from an ex cellent ond unprejudiced authority on Vermont politics brought the reply: ?"Vermont will not instruct, but the delegates will unquestionably be for Mr. Bryan." Pennsylvania is classed against Mr. Bryan by all the opposition, yet at. least fifty-four of the district dele gates were elected at primaries by the Bryan league aud against Col. J. M. Guffey, the "boss" of the State, and a majority of them are instruct ed. The signs indicate that Col. Guf fey is beaten in the State convention and that he will surrender at dis cretion. Alabama was claimed for Johnson. The Johnson manager telegraphed the Alabama members of Congress. "We are going to carry this State for Johnson and want to know where you stand." The Alabama members met and wired back that it was "too late" for Johnson, aud it was too late. These are a few of the signs of the tim^s. As the chronicler of un biased political news and the promo ter of no booms, The Herald gives the facts for what they are worth. Coming down to figures, it is shown that Mr.T'.ryan already hos 300 delegates instructed for him. He also stands to win 426 delegates in States where conventions or direct primaries are yet to be held. The uninstructed delegates number 142. If the*' were all ogainst Mr. Bryan there might be some encouragement IG, S. C TUESDAY. MA THE NEW VOLUNTEER. for the opposition. But it is esti mated for the opposition. But it is es.imated that about one hundred of th3se delegates will vote for Mr.Bry an. In this calculation he is not given the four delegates elected in [ Maine, the ten who may be for him in Pennsylvania or the eight bound by the unit rule in New Jersey. One of the most impressive events of the week was the Ohio State Con vention. It should be remembered that this is the home State of Judson Harmon. Mr. Harmon is a Cleve land Democrat.- He was also one of the three men being boomed for the Presidential nomination against Mr. Bryan. The past tense is used ad visedly here. When the convention m'?t there was no Opposition to Mr. Bryan. The delegates to Denver were instructed for him. /Then the Democr?cy of the State proceeded to annex Mr. Harmon as a good Bryan asset and nominated him for Governor. Thus the De mocracy of the "Buckeye State" has put its best foot forward at a time when the Republicans seem to have gone mad and are doing all in their power to lose the Governor of Ohio as well as the twenty-three electoral votes of the State. Mr. Bryan is being aided by a con siderable revulsion of sentiment. Somehow the notion is getting abroad that he may not be such a weak can didate after all. Indeed the action of Judge Gray in apparently spurn in? the nomination has injured his chances to get suport in the East, ar.d there is a feeling that if Gover nor Johnson should win at Denver he would have to face the trouble some statement that he was nomin ated because he could poll the Scan dinavian vote in a mass, which might not be a strong card to play in this country, where race prejudices of other imported races are easy to arouse. Mr. Bryan himself believes he can defeat Taft. There has been an interesting test o? the Bryan strength throughout the country this week. The Chicago 1 Tribune has been making a secret poll of Democratic preference throughout -the country. The thir teen Northeast States voted: Bryan, 371; J. A. Johnson, 162; George Gray, 75. The solid South voted: Bryan, 1.3C3; J. A. Johnson, 173; George Gray, 59. The Central West voted: Bryan, 1,200; J. A. Johnson, 160; George Gray, 26. The moun tain States voted: Bryan 351; J. A. Johnson, 34 and George Gray 8. In all the polls Johnson led strong ly for second choice. But in only one State did Johnson lead Bryan for f.rst choice. This was Minnesota, showing that the demand for the clashing Governor is local. * STATION AGENT FOUND DEAD. Alleged .Mystery Surrounds Death of Young Man in Georgia. J. T. Glover, Jr., agent for the Augusta South Railway Company at Spread, Ga., was found dead in his bed Friday morning and announce ment was made later of sentational developments as a result of investiga tion of thefire Thursday, which de stroyed the rreight depot and cotton ware house of the railroad. It is stated that young Glover, who is 2 7 years old, was short in his accounts and expected the road's auditor Fri day to check his accounts. He was seen wandering about the burning buildings, apparently in a dazed or intoxicated condition. He is said to nave purchased a bottle of laudanum and when found next morning it was reported that he committed suicide. Authorities of the road disputed this theory and say they believe he died from natural causes. ? Negro Legally Hanged. Porter Cooper, a negro, was hanged it Sparta,*Ga., Friday for th murder of his wife last March. Cooper kill ed his wife with an axe, cut the body in three pieces and then buried the remains nearby. He afterwards set fire to the house, which was entirely destroyed. ? Y 3 9. 1908. -Donahey in Cleveland Plain Dealer. CONFERENCE OF GOVERNORS At Washington Came to an End on | Last Friday. The first conference of the Gov ernors of the States of the American Union ended at Washington :,n Fri day. The final accomplishment of the Conference which had been in progress at the White House for three days, cannot be foretold with mathematical precision. That its immediate results are more than ample is the expression of the Presi dent and the Governors who have participated. Hon. William Jennings Bryan was one of five citizens invited by Presi dent to take part in the conference. All of the five were present except Ex-President Cleveland. The confer ence issued a declaration as to things in general and about the welfare of the couutry. President Roosevelt presided at the last meeting of the conference and took an active part in its proceedings. At the close of the conference he introduced Mr. Bryan, who was most enthusiastically receiv ed by the Governors. Mr. Bryan acknowledged his ob ligations to President Roosevelt for the opportunity to participate in an historic event of the first magnitude. The discussion already had, he said, would help define the sphere of na tional and State control. He said he was jealous of any encroachment up on the rights of the State, but it was entirely consistent with his theory to J believe that it was just as imperative that the General Government should as it was that the States should exer cise the powers reserved to them. "There will be no 'twilight zone' be tween the nation and the State," con tinued Mr. Bryan, "in which exploit ing interests can take refuge from both, and my observation is that most of the contentions over the line between nation and State are trace able to predatory corporations, which are trying to shield themselves from deserved punishment or en j deavoring to prevent needed restrain ing legislation." , * MANY LOSE LIVES. Death and Destruction Wrought in the Yang Tse Kiang. News of one of the greatest disast ers China has ever known, a sud den tidal bore in the Yang Tse Kiang, which involved a loss of nearly 10. 000 lives at Hankow, was brought by the steamer Titan. A bore twenty-six feet in height, flooded without warning down the river overturning thousands of junks, sampans and small boats and wreck ing some large river steamers. Some 3,000 Chinese were sleeping in the sampans and small craft and mat sheds and huts by the riverside at Hankow and they were enveloped by the great wave. The scenes for many days after the disaster were horrible, the river be ing strewn with the dead and the debris of the wrecked craft for many miles. * KILLED HIS NEIGHBOR In a Dispute Over Use of Mule Has Fatal Result. At Edison. Calhoun county. Ga.. Thursday afternoon, Clarence C. Weaver, a well-known citizen, shot and killed Benjamin Duke, a fanner. The tragedy occurred on Duke's farm and followed a difficulty over a mule belonging to Weaver, which, it is al leged, Duke took without the own ers permission. The dead man leaves a widow and four children and Weav er is also a man of family. Duke was about 60 years old. It is said he drew a knife upon Weaver. Tornado in Iowa. A tonado in Southwestern Iowa de stroyed many far mhouses in Fre mont and Page counties, and killed Mrs. Will Finley, of Northboro, in Fremont county. * GUINNESS VICTIMS. MURDERERS AND CHILDREN AMONG THE SLAIN. Many Suitors for the Widow's Hund Found a Grave in the Garden In stead of a Wife. A dispatch from La Porte, Ind., gives the following as the known dead in the. Guinness mystery. They number fourteen in all: Guinness, Mrs. Belle, the alleg ed arch-murderess, whose body was found in the ruins of the Guinness home after the fire on April 28. Soronson, Myrtle, aged 11 years, daughter of Mrs. Guinness, also lost her life in the destruction of the re sidence. Soronson, Lucy, aged 9 years, youngest doughter of Mrs. Guinness, who likewise was burned to death in the fire. , Soronson, Prilip, aged 5 years, son of Mrs. Guinness, whose burned body was found clasped in the arms of the mother after the destruction of the Guinness home. Guinness, ennie Olsen, aged 17 years, daughter of Anton Olsen, of Chicago, whom Mrs. Guinness took to raise when eight years old, and whose body is believed to be one of the four found in a hole in the barn yard. , Guinness, Joseph, second husband Df the woman, who died at the House of Mystery about four years ago, as a result of skull being fractured with a meat chopper. Wife claimed meat chopper fell from shelf. Budsberg, Ole, Iola, Wis., suitor Df Mrs. Guinness, who came here in March, 1907, and disappeared April 6, 1907. Helgelein, Andrew, Aberdeen, S. D., suitor of Mrs. Guinness; disap peared last January after lending her $1.500; body dug up and identified by brother, A. K. Helgelein. Guinness, Swanhild, two-year-old daughter of Peter S. Guinness, died suddenly, six years ago, after physi cian had pronounced " her suffering from bronchitis; no burial permit ?ver issued. , Soronson, Mads, first husband of Mrs. Guinness, died suddenly in Chi cago, several years ag^>. Lindbom, Olaf, 35 years old, of Wisconsin; employed by Mrs. Guin ness three years ago; worked on the farm from March to July. When he disappeared Mrs. Guinness gave it aut that he had gone to Norway*" witness the coronation of the new iting. Gerhall, Eric, 40 years old, of Wis consin; succeeded Lindbon as handy man on the farm. He worked five months for Mrs. Guinness, when he disappeared Mrs. Guinness said he had left his trunk and overcoat and gone off toward Rolling Prairie. She afterward wore his fur coat. Mod, John, Elbow Lake, Minn., suitor of Mrs. Guinness. He came to the "House of Mystery" Christmas day, 1906, to "celebrate the holiday," and was never seen afterward. Berry, George, Tsucola, 111., came to La Porte* two years ago with $400 He wrote a letter on his 'arrival at the Guinness home, but has not been heard from since. * AGED MAN ATTEMPS SUICIDE. T. C. Martin, Father of O. B. Martin, Jumps Into Pond. Mr. Thomas C. Martin, father of State Superintendent of Education O. B. Martin and Mr. B. F. Martin, a leading Anderson attorney, made an unsuccessful attempt at suicide by drowning Saturday morning. He jumped into ?? small pond on Mrs. Eva Murray's place in Anderson, and was discovered soon after he had jumped. He was dragged to the bank by Mr. Duff Murray, who was attracted to the spot, and medical at tention was quickly secured, restor ative measures adopted and that he was recovering from the severe shock at the Anderson hospital. Mr. Martin formerly lived in Pick ens Conn, and for several years has been living in Greenville. , Some weeks ago he came to Anderson and has been making his home with his son, Mr. D. F. "Iartin. ,He is in his eightieth year, and has been in wretched health for some time, and it is said that his nervous system is almost a wreck. This, it is thought, caused him to make the rash attempt on his life. * STRYCHNINE IN AN EGG. Poison Intended for Dog Gets Into Marlboro Home. Mrs. W. II. Peters, of Bennetts ville, recently discovered among some eggs which she had bought one which contained strychnine. In breaking the eggs she noticed that it had a little hole in it and she broke it in a seper ate saucer. Her husband. Mr. W. II. Peters of I he Marlboro Drug Co. analyzed the mixture and found that it contained enough strychine to kill several people. Theeggcame through the hands of R. I). Rogers & Bro, and had been bought, by them from the country. They were, of course, entire':, ignorant of the whole mat ter and thought that the egjg was fresh and bought it for such. It is probable that the egg had been fixed I by the person who sold it for a dogi and that it became mixed up in the) number of fresh eggs which were brought to town and sold to R. D. Rogers & Bro. It is fortunate that Mrs. Peters discovered the mater in time, else there might have been a different tale to tell. "4 $1.50 PEE ANOTJM. DEATH AGENT Of Mrs. Guinness Has Been Lo cated and Wii! Soon Be TAKEN INTO CUSTODY jit Is Now Believed That Mrs. Gain* ness, the Arch-Murderess, is Yet Alive and Every Possible Watch la Being Kept Up to Prevent Her Es? cape. The "Death Agent" employed bj> Mrs. Belle Guinness to lure victims to her farm, has been located in War saw, Ind., and his arrest is expected soon. The capture of this man Is expect- . ed to put into the hands of the au thorities the real story of the mur der syndicate whose operations filled Brookside farm with the bodies of a score of victims. It is further hoped to discover by: this means the present hiding place of the arch-murderess, if, as is now, generally believed, she is in conceal ment for a chance to escape to Eu rope with the money she must have accumulated by means of her schemes It is now considered certain that the death agent is the man who escaped with Mrs. Guinness in an automobile on the night that the farm house was destroyed by fire which consumed the bodies of the woman's three chil dren. An auio carrying a man and a wo man who answered the description of the arch-murderess was seen speed ing through Hobart on the morning after the fire. Deputy Sheriff Gill declared the machine was running at a fearful rate, and that it came into Hobart from the direction of La Porte. He is confident that the wo man in the machine was Mrs. Guin ness. In fact there is little doubt now in the minds of the citizens of Laporte that Mrs. Guinness, the slay er of perhaps a score or more men and women and children, whose body was supposed to have been found on her "murder farm" escaped and there is little doubt that, the three children who perished in the flames were not her own, but were adopted as a part of her cunning scheme to herselfi appear a respectable well-to-do wid ow who would make a desirable wife. , All La Porte is inclined to believe this man with whom she fled is one of her mysterious conspirators' or confederates, and that she is now probably in hiding and waiting her chance to sail for Europe. On the day the house was burned Mrs. Guinness received a telegram of warning from an accomplice. It is believed that this man, fearful ( per haps, that the woman might be ar rested and maize a confession of the workings of the whole horrible "mur der syndicate," hurried to La Porta early in the night in an automobile. The police say the plan of flight was formulated by Mrs. Guinness. She easily reconciled herself to the sacrifice of the children since they were only accessories to her game of murder. She induced Ray Lamp here to set fire to the house as the body of a headless woman had been placed so as to convey the impression that Mrs. Guinness herself had per ished in the flames. Then she fled." Mrs. Guinness had several gold-fil ed teeth and a search of the ashes of the house has been conducted for the purpose of finding these teeth. What was thought to be a gold tooth that was discovered, has turn ed out not to be a gold tooth at all. A dentist who examined it, declared it was an ordinary tooth, and had never been filled with gold. * MORE TORNADOES. Pour Dead and a Dozen Injured by Latest Cyclone. Reports reached Crawley, La., lata. Saturday night of four deaths in tor nadoes near that place. The dead? A. L. Chatinger, Henry J. Young, a child of Thomas Young. At Plaq uemine Ridge, two negroes. About a dozen persons were injur ed but none fatally. The tornadoes were small, according to reports, and: in some cases their path was scarce ly more than the width of a house \side from the fatalities the torna does appear to have doue little harnu Crop damage was reported as small* while the destruction of only a score* of buildings comprised the total ot such disaster. * INSTRUCTS FOR BRYAN. Wyoming Joins the Triumphal Pro cession of States. The Wyoming Democratic State Convention Thursday selected dele gates to the national convention in structed for William J. Bryan. Res olutions were adopted favoring the election of United States senators by a diiect vote cf the people, favoring an amendment to the Sherman anti trust law. excepting labor union3 from the effect of its provisions and opposing the forest reserve policy of the present national administra tion. , * Sailed for Europe. It is now claimed that Mrs. Guin ness, the La Porte, Ind., murderess, has sailed for Europe, where we hope she will be arrested and returned toi this country. _^