The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, August 04, 1908, Image 1
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ONE HUNDRED KILLED
FLAMES WORK HAVOC IN BRI
TISH COLUMBIA.
Several Villages Destroyed and Thou
sands are Homeless and Destitute.
Relief Askea of Winnipeg.
As a result of bush fires that start
ed Saturday and still range for many
j miles, Fernie, B. C, is wiped off the
map; Michel, 14 miles distant, is in
flames and the fate of Posmer, Ol
sen and Sparwood, intervening: towns
is in doubt, as they are cut off from
communication.
More than 100 lives were reported
Jost, 74 of them in Fernie. A terri
tory 100 square miles in extent is a
seething mass of flames. Through
out it are scattered hundreds of
lumber men and prospects, so that
the actual loss of life will not be
known for days. Much property of
the Canadian Pacific and the Great
Northern railways is destroyed, in
cluding bridges and rolling s'ock
burned, so \that it is impossible to
?enter or leave the burning area. In
habitants of the affected towns have
fled to open country to seek safety.
The railway companies have placed
all available trains at the disposal
of refugees and unless there Is a
change of wind within the next 24
hours the whole of the Crow's Nest
couhtry will be abondoned to the
flames. There is no possibility of
?estimating the loss of life and pro
perty which will result, for the
flames are driven by half a gale,
making it impossible to put up a
tight against their advance. The
confiagi ation is the greatest which
has fcvei visited Canada.
Bush fires a "9 raging frort Cran
brook to the Crow's Nest. The wind
is blowing a heavy' gale and all
available men are fighting the fire
smd west of Cranbrook it is under
control. Telegraphic communication
with Fernie, Posmer and Michel is;
cut
Four men lost their lives trying
to save the huge Great Northern
bridge 3 5 miles west of Michael, but
It was dstroyd. Two men f-om
Sparwood were taken to the M^chei
hospital. It's feared Michael also is
doomed as the fire is sweeping east
" ward down the Crow's Nest and un-j
Ipss the wind shifts the whole Crow's
Nest county will be laid waste.
Peter Campbell, who reached
Michel says the whole country be
tween Cranbrook and Mitchel is a
seething caldron.
The body of Peter Miiier was
found on'the Canadian Pacific rail
road tracks near Michel. Posmer,
d?lko, Sparewood and Woodtown are
reported destroyed by the fire.
The Canadian Pacific railroad is
rushing traias with doctors, nurses
food and clothng to the destittue
A bulletin from Mitchel says:
"This town is doomed unless the
wind changes. Canadian Pacific
Tailroad making up special trains to
carry Inhabitants to safety."
W. W- Tuttle, mayor of Fernie.
has wired Mayor Ashdown of Winni
peg for relief, saying three are 6,
000 homeless.
GOES TO THE BRYAN FUND.
First Bale of New Cotton Received
at Savannah.
The first bale of "factor's cotton,"
or that received in the oridnary
course of business for this season,
was bought Thursday at the Savan
nah Exchange by Murray M. Stewart
for the Bryan Democratic Club. It
was immediately compressed, pla
cardeed and shipped to Charles' F.
Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall,
New YorK.
The placard announced that it is
the first bale and concludes: "As
surely as cotton Is king Bryan will be
elected President."
The bale is to be auctioned off in
Tammany Hall and the proceeds will
he devoted to the Bryan campaign
fund. *
MET HORRIBLE DEATH.
Young Mas Fastened Beneath Engine
and Fatally Scalded.
Mr. D. W. Dunlap, a young man,
son of Mr. Charles L. Dunlap, of
Fort Lawn, met with a horrible death
Friday night says a news dispatch
from Lancaster. He was acting as
engineer on the railroad between
Fort Lawn and Great Falls, and while
running what is known as a dinkey
engine yesterday afternoon, the en
gine collided with a box car and ov
erturned, Mr. Dunlap being pinioned
under his machine and fatally scald
ted, his death ensuing several hours
later. The unfortunate young man
was fastened beneath his engine an
hour and a half before he could be
removed, being conscious all the
while. *
MINERS BUREED ALIVE.
"Rescue Work Difficult, But Twenty
Have Been Saved.
A dispatch from Fernie, B. C.,
says twenty-three men were buried
Friday morning by a caveln in No.
2 mine at Coal Creek, owned by the
Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company.
The work of rescue was made dif
ficult by gas, but rescuing parties had
taken out twenty men alive at three
o'clock Friday afternoon, and the
other three will probably be rescued.
Three men were killed in this mine
two months ago. *
YOUNG Man oriUi
FATHER SHOOTS AND KILLS HIS
DAUGHTER S VISITOR.
J. I. Williamson, a Prominent Young
Farmer of York County, KiDed by
G. H. Garrison at Gray Court.
A dispatch from Gray Court to
The News and Courier says one of
the most deplorable homicides ever
committed in Laurens County oc
curred there Friday night. Mr.
Henry Garrison, a highly respected
citizen of that place, shot and killed
Lewis Williamson, of Rock1 Hill.
Williamson came to Gray Court
Thursday to visit a member of the
Garrison family. Mr. Garrison, it
appears, was out in the yard about
11 o'clock that night, and happened
to overhear some remark young
Williamson made to his oldest dau
ghter, who was in the parlor with
Williamson. Mr. Garrison, it is
said, then walked into the house, got
his gun and shot Williamson, the
load entering the left side of the
body. Williamson was about twenty
five years old and was prominently
connected. The Garrisons are con
nected with the best families of
Laurens County and the affair is an
altogether deplorable one. Young
Williamson lived about two hours
after 'being shot. The body was
I shipped to his parents in Rock Hill.
The News at Rock Hill.
A dispatch from Rock Hill, says
news came here of the killing of
Mr. Louis Williamson at Gray Court,
Laurens County, by a Mr. Garrison,
of that j lace. The nttter cavjcl he
iii'dvtstcod and it is believed thut
v icr-Uble mistake das been made
><r fome one Mr Vv'illiamson a
imminently cou^-n'oa and pi viper
ous young farmer, of Bethesda, near
here, a son of M.r J. L. Williamson,
one of the county's foremost men.
Young Williamson has been devot
ed in his attentions to the young
lady in whose presence he met his
death. He was engaged to her and
was making preparations for thier
marriage early in the fall. He had
talked the mater over with his par
ents and had made 'arrangements
for renting part of his father'r farm.
He spent Thursday night here v/ith
his brother and left on the early
train Friday morning to visit his
financee at her home in Gray Court.
The news reached here too late for
any of the family lo make connec
tions and get to Gray Court, but'F.
Ban-on Grter, Esq., of Greenwood,
a cousin of the deceased, attended
the inquest and will bring the body
to Rock Hill.
CONVICT AGAINST CONVICT.
Move Georgia Horrors and Irregular
ities Disclosed.
At Atlanta, Ga.. Geo. F. Hurt, tes
tifying before the legislative com
mittee investigating the conduct of
the State prison board last week told
the committee of an incident In which
one convict armed with a pick was
set upon another convict similarly
armed in an effort to capture and
subdue him. During the encounter
this convict drove his pick into the
insurgent's fnc.i up to the hilt, the
point of it p'-netrating the mans
lung. He afterwards died of pneu
monia.
Lessees of convicts called to the
stand swore that members of the
Georgia prison commission knew that
they were paying extra salaries to
the State's officers..
Wardens acknowledged ignorinr -t
rules in reference to making out re :
ports of their camps and submittinv j
them tinder oath. ? They stated thev j
were never reprimanded by the pris
on commission for these lapses. .:)
DROPPED 2,000 FEET.
Parachute Breaks and Young Aero
naut Loses His Life.
At Jackson, Miss., Wm. Oliver, a
young aeronaut of Mason, Mich., was
killed Thursday while making a par
achute fall.
The stritigs on one side snapped
and the aeronaut dropped two thous
and feet to his death, the parachute
trailing, a useless ^ag, after him.
Oliver landed near a crowded merry
go-round and lived five minutes after
being carried t? a nearby house. ?
TWO TOTS DIE IN STORM.
Parents, Just Reconciled, Drove Into
Canal on Way Home.
A snerial from Rnpors, N. C, re
ports the drowning of an infant two
months old and a child two years old.
of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Swain, the
party being caught in the storm Fri
day night, and, missing a bridge,
drove into one of the great canals be
low Lake Scup ernong. The couple
had been estranged for some time.
Thursday, Mr. Swain visited her and
a reconciliation followed. *
BABY RESCUED FROM TUB.
Doctors Worked Three Hours to Re
vive Spartanburg Child.
At Spartanburg Weldon Wilson,
aged two years, was found sticking
head foremost in a tub of water at
his home Friday. Physicians worked
with him three hours and finally suc
ceeded in reviving him. How long
the child had been in the water is
not known. *
DROWNED BY FLOOD.
i
HEAVY RAINS IN EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA CAUSE FLOOD. I
Two Children Have Been Drowned
and Traffic Is Tied Up on Four
Lines of Railroads.
A dispatch from Raleigh, N. C,
says two children drowqed, traffic
tied up on at least four lines of rail
road and most of th? navigable riv
ers, crops badly damaged and in the
large areas of lowlands entirely de
stroyed' is the partial record of the
?effect in Eastern North Carolina of
the West Indian storm that raged on
the Atlantic coast Thursday and mov
ed inland Friday, accompanied by a
rainfall that was a record breaker in
some localities and amounted to 9.75
inches at Newbern, according to spe
cials Friday night to the News and
Observer from numerous points in
that section.
At Kinston, nine inches of rain in
four days is reported, and in the city
main streets are impassaide to ped
estrians. The Norfolk and Southern
railway bridge over Southwest creek,
between Kinston and Caswell, is
submerged and traffic has been block
ed all day.
Traffic is tied up also on the Kins- i
ton Snow Hill Railroad, the track be
ing washed away for some distance.
Trains on the Washington and
Vandemere Railroad are tied up by
washouts and river traffic and fish in;
are at a standstill.
The bridge of the Norfolk rn'
Southern Railway, between MbrrV:
City and Beaufort, receuily ' ..iir^i
cost of millions cr uollar?. is voooitet
unsafe, and no trains are crossing.
At Rop^r two children are report
ed drowned on account of the floor!
The chief damage in irtlau ! sec
ti ?ns has been caused by the torren
1 ial rains.
Reports from Wilmington. More
I head City and Beaufort are that the
Storm has passed, and but little real
dam; ge has been affected. * |
TESTED TORPEDO NETS.
Steel Mesh Withstands Shock of Tor
pedoes.
A dispatch from Newport, R. I.,
says important secret tests were made
at Coddington Cove and in Buzzard's
Bay Thursday with the new torpedo
nets, a steel mesh, which is supposed
to be able to withstand the shock of
torpedoes fired at close range.
In Coddington Cove the torpedo
boats Morris and Gwynn fired tor
pedoes at different ranges and differ
ent speedes at the nets, placed above
the water, while at Buzzard's Bay
the tests were made by firing orved
oes under water, the second subma
marine flotilla being engaged in the
experiments. It was said unofficially
that the tests were satisfactory.
The nets are designed to be placed
abord armored cruisers and torpedo
boats for protection in time of was
against torpedo attacks. *
JOHNSON WRITES BRYAN.
Is Ready to Speak for Party Where*
ever Wanted.
In a letter to W. J. Bryan, mailed
Friday, Governor Johnson of Minne
sota places his oratorical powers at
the disposal of the national Demo
cratic committee. He says he will
be available about September and will
go where wanted.
The letter was in answer to one
received from Mr. Bryan several
days ago, calling attention to the
f*ot that there was a desire in many
States to hear the Governor. *
{<y, S. C . Ti ESI) V N . AU(
THE LEMON UNCOVERED.
?PoH
LYNCHED BY MOB.
NEGRO WHO ASSAULTED LADY
LYNCHED BY CITIZENS.
Execution Only Accomplished After
Eleven Men Had Been Shot Down
by the Sheriff.
A dispatch from Pensacola, Fla.,
says two men killed and nine wound
ed, some of them fatally, is the re
cord of the clash between the mob
bent on lynching Leander Shaw, a
negro, and the sheriff and his^forces,
in which the mob finally overpowered
the authorities of that place -Thurs
day. The lynching was carried out
in the most prominent part of the
city.
Shaw Wednesdoy assaulted Mrs.
Lillian Davis, a highly respected lady
of that city, during the absence of
her husband, and after cutting her
throat aimost from ear to ear, club
bed her over the head with a revol
ver, which he had taken from the
house. During the afternoon when
it became known that the negro had
been arrested, crowds began forming
upon the streets and early In the
night they were reinforced by large
numbers of men from the country.
The mob formed about eight
o'clock that uight and made an at
tack upon the county jail, where the
negro was confined. The jail gate
vis broken down by the mob, and
!.ho sheriff aud his deputies opened
Ire. Three men dropped from the
lirsl volley of the sheriff's fire. Vol
after volley was then fired by
'ic sheriff's force, but the mob was
repulsed.
About midnight another attack was
made, the mob having increased to
one thousand determined men. The
second attack was successful, for the
teason that it was made upon all
rides o f the jail. One party forced
?sway ''-o ugh to the rear, overpow
ering the officers and securing the
enibling :egro.
A noose was slipped about his neck
nfler being dragged for two
blocks he was Strunk up to an elec
tric light pele in the centre of the
park, where fully 2,000 bullets com
pletely riddled his body.
T'.ie dead are: Henry C. Kellum,
street car :.:otorman; Bud Nicholas,!
.1 gfen'.er.
T!ie wounded are: Charlie Turner,
probably fa:ally; Jos. Brewton, prob
ably fatally; Jailer J. H. Beaton,
probably fatally; "Bud" Knowles,
probably fatally; Sheriff Jas C. Van
Pelt, John Van Pelt, a brother; Fred
Humphreys, W. P. Brownson and W.
P. Bayliss.
Probably a dozen or njore others
were slightly wounded. The body
of Shaw was cut down next morning
by orders of the authorities. The
baby, who was struck by the negro
at the time he tried to kill the
mother, it is mid will recover.
The fearful cost at which Shaw
was secured and made to answer
the penalty of outraged people is
greatly deplored, and citizens are in
a unit in great sorrow over the re
sults of storming the county jail.
Mrs. Lillian Davis, Shaw's victim,
is in a desperate condition and her
life is despaired of. The wounded
men in Wednesday night's battle are
receiving every attention.
The coroner's jury investigating
the riot found that Leander Shaw,
came to his death at the hands of
men unknown to them. The jury is
also to Investigate the death of Kel
lum, who was shot and killed in the
scuffle at the jail. ?
i Kills Girl and Rival.
Because his sweetheart went to a
dance with his rival John Newherg,
a young farmer of La Crosse, Wis.,
waylaid and shot the two.
3TJST 4. H?o*
tor in New Orleans Times-Democrat.
BAFFLES POLICE
TWO MEN CONCERNED IN THE \
MURDER OP WOMAN.
Laborer Tells of Seeing Them Trying
to Burn Mattress Widch Contained
Her Body.
That at least two men were con
cerned in the murder of the unidenti
Jfied woman whose half-charred' and
acid-scarred body was found on the
Green Point avenue dumping ground
in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
early Wednesday morning, was es
tablished Thursday night; ?
Philip O'Brien, a laborer of Green
Point, saw a covered wagon driven
to the dump at dawn Wednesday.
Two men got out and lifted from the
wagon what the witness supposed to
be only an old mattress. He saw
the men pile a heop of brush on the
mattress, pour oil over it and set
I fire to it. Bleieving the mattress was
being destroyed because it was dis
ease-infected, the man avoided the
spot There cau be no doubt but
that the mattress was the one iu
which the body of the murdered wo
man was concealed.
This important development led to
the discovery that the wagon was
seen by several other persons and
the police now have a minute de
scription of the two men who
were in it. They were foreigners.
Another startling feature of the
case was disclosed when Coroner's
Physician Wurst made a second au
topsy on the corpse. His first autop
sy revealed a deep cut across the
woman's throat. The second autop
sy shows that this cut was made by
a person who is expert in surgery.
The incision, sa^s the coroner's
physician, is such as is made in des
perate cases of diphtheria, where it
is necessary to pierce the windpipe
to prevent strangulation. Whether
this wound caused death or not Dr.
Wurst is unprepared to say.
Dr. Wurst will make a careful
analysis of the stomach to discover
whether a drug was administered to
the woman. Besides the incision In
the woman's throat her skull was
fractured and the police believe that
poison may have been vtd to make
thrice sure of her deatn.
Failure to identify the victim is
the greatest obstacle the police have
to overcome in solving the mystery.
A general alarm has been sent out
for Mrs. Mamie Muskovitch and her
husbund, Stanley, who have disap
peared.
There is a possibility that the mur
dered woman may be Mrs. Musko
vitch. Muskovitch and his wife left
Green Point last Monday, supposed
ly for Stamford, Conn., and Mrs.
Mv.Bkovitch hr.s not been seen since.
Her husband returned to Green
Point on Tuesday alone, it is said. *
MR. CLEVELAND'S FORTUNE.
gaid That Former President Left
Estate Worth 8250,000.
A dispatch from Princeton, N. J.,
sj.ys while nothing in Mr. Cleve
lands will, which was filed several
weeks ago, indicates the amount of
his fortune, and although no official
announcement, has been made as to
its extent, it became known Friday
that his personal and real property
amounts to $250,000. *
Killed by Train.
Two men were killed and six more
injured, one of them probably fatal
ly, on the Ontario and Western Road
at Mayfield. Pa., Friday. The dead:
Michael Duggon and Samuel Ander
son. The men were repairing cars on
a siding when another train crashed
Into them. *
rXANS CAMPAIGN.
MACK'S ACTIONS PROMISE ENER
GETIC CARD?AIGN.
The Committee Appointments An
nounced Friday, Have Been Made
With Much Care.
That Mr. Mack intends to wage an
energetic campaign is indicated by
the announcement Friday in New
York of a strong advisory committee,
made up of Democratic leaders re
presenting all sections of the coun
try, under the chairmanship of David
R. Francis, of Missouri. The mem
bers named are all drawn from out
side of the national committee.
The executive committee, whicil
was announced Friday, numbers 20
members, more than twice the usual
size. In addition, there is a labor
committee named, and through this
body special attention will be directed
toward reaching out for the vote of
laboring classes, i Campaign argu
ments of a special character win be
printed in all necessary tongues for
distribution by this committee.
The chie f headquarters of Mr.
Mack will be in Chicago, but he ex
pects to divide his time so as to keep
in close touch with the iflast.
The Committee Apointmcnts.
A d'spatch from Buffalo, N. Y.p
says Norman Mack, chairman of
he Democratic national committee,
Friday appointed committees to serve
during the campaign. The members
of the labor committee are all mem
bers of the national committee. He
will r.nnounce next week the commit
tees on finance, press and speakers.
The appointment of the sub-commit
tee for the Eastern and the New
York headquarters will be taken up
on the return of Chairman Mack to
Chicago in about a week. The com
mittees named are:
- Executive Committee.
Executive Committee?Norman E.
Mack, chairman, New "York; P. L.
Hall, vice chairman, Nebraska; Urey
Woodson, Kentucky; Martin j Wade,
Iowa; Josephus Daniels, North Caro
lina; Thomas Taggart, Indiana; John
T McGraw, West Virginia; George W
Green, Rhode Island; R. M. John
son, Tex?s; Clark Howell, Georgia;
T. E. Ryan, Wisconsin; J. F. C. Tal
bott, Maryland; John W. Tomlinson,
Alabama; John E. Osborne, Wyom
ing: James S. Keer, Pennsylvania:
F. B. Lynch, Minnesota; / Edwin O.
Wood, Michigan; Nathan Cole, Jr.,
California; Robert Ewing. Louisiana;
j. Harvey Garber, Ohio.
Advisory Committee.
Advisory Committee?David R.
Francis, chairman, Missouri; J. G.
Johnson, secretary, Kansas; Alton
B. Parker, New York; John Sharp
Williams. Mississippi; Gov. John
A. Johnson, Minnesota; Senator C. A.
Culbberson, Texas; Senator John W.
Daniel, Virginia; Senator Isadore
Raynes, Maryland; Governor George
Chamberlain, Oregon; Hoke Smith,
Georgia; John E. Lamb, Indiana; M.
3 Ingalls, Ohio; Joshiah Quincy, Mass
chusetts; George Earhart, New Y .rk;
Irving L. Handy, Delaware; Archi
bald McXeil, Connecticut; James K.
McQuire, New York; J. K. O'Donnell,
Illinois; James E. Campell, Ohio.
Labor Committee.
Labor Committee?Martin J. Wade
chairman, Iowa; Rodger C. Sullivan,
Illinois; T. E. Ryan, Wisconsin;
Robert S. Hudpeth, New Jersey; W.
A. Rothwell, Missouri; E. S. John
son, South Dakota; Edwin A. New
man, District of Columbia.
Campaign Text Rook Committee.
Campaign Text Book Committee?
John E.\ Lamb, chairman, Indiana;
Josephus Daniels, North Carolina;
Richard E. Metcalfe, Nebraska.
CAN'T SEEK WHISKEY ORDERS.
Not Even By Mail, Says the Georgia
Court of Appeals.
At Atlanta Judge Richard B.' Rus
sell Friday in the Georgia Court of
Appeals, with the concurrence of the
entire Court, rendered an opinion to
the effect that the solicitation of or
ders by mail in another State for
whiskey or other intoxicating bever
ages in the State of Georgia, as well
as in the State of Georgia by any in- j
dividual or corporation. Is a violation!
of fhe law? of the State of Georgia,!
as well as in the State by any Indi
vidual or corporation, is a violation
of the laws of the State of Georgia,
and any preson making such solicita
tion is guilty of a crime against the
State.
NEGRO BRUTE TO DIE.
Execution of John Finney Will Bo
Virginia's First Electrocution.
A dispatch from Roanoke, Va..
says John Finney, the negro, who
two weeks ago beat eleven-year-old
Mary Jamison almost to death In
Franklin County, In an attempt to
criminally assault her, was Friday
convicted in Conrt at Rocky Mount.
The jury was out five minutes. Fin
ney Is the first criminal sentenced to
be electrocuted In Virginia.
Train Killed Aged Man.
John Gilder, aged 91 years, and the
oldest living employe of the Mobile
and Ohio railroad, was run down
and killed by a locomotive of an in
coming passenger train on that road
Wednesday near Whistler, Ala. His
neck and legs were broken and the
pilot of the engine knocked a hole
in his head.
?1.50 PBR ANVUM.
WANT FINE RESTORED
GOVERNMENT TO ASK REHEAR
ING OP STANDARD OIL CASE.
The Case Is Going to Be Carried to
the United States Supreme Court.
Other Cases to Be Pressed.
At Lenox, Mass., W%- dnesday after
an all-day conference of the leading
Government prosecuting officers and
Frank B. Kellogg, of Minnesota, one
of the special counsel for the Govern
ment in certain civil suits, it was
aunounced by Attorney General Bon
aparte that every effort would be
made to secure a revision of the re
cent decision and opinion of the
United States Circuit Court of Ap
peals in the case of the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana, and that an ap
plication for a reargument of the
case and a motion for a modification
I of the opinion would be submitted
to that Court.
Although no time is fixed, this ac
tion by the Government will be taken
at the earliest possible moment, whilei
[the pending prosecutions against the
Standard Oil Company and all other
prosecutions in which the giving or
receiving of rebates is charged will
I be pressed to trial. |
The decision to take this action
was unanimous. Attorney General
Bonaparte called to the conference
Solicitor /General H. M. Hoyt, of
Washington; Erwin M. Sims, of Chi
cago, United States district attorney
for the Northern district of Illinois;
Jas. H. Wilkerson, of Chicago, Mr.
Sims's first assistant, and Frank B.
Kellogg, of Minnesota. Mr Hoyt, Mr
Sims and Mr Wilkerson have arrived
and had a conference in the after
noon with tfct Attorney General. Mr.
Kellogg arrived also and participated
in the two conferences which were
held Wednesday, and which ended
with the giving out of the following
statement by Attorney General Bona
parte:
"The Government will make every
effort in its power to secure a revis
ion of the recent decision and opin
ion of the Circuit Court of Appeals
for the 7 th circuit in the case of the
Standard Oil Company, of Indiana,
either by the Court of Appeals itself
or if necessary by the Supreme Court
of the United States. The gentlemen
who have been in consultation with
me all unite in my opinion that in.
the interest of the Impartial and ef
fective administration of our laws
such action on the part of the Gov
ernment is imperatively demanded
by the circumstances of the case and
the possible consequence if this opin
ion should stand as authority with
out, question by the Government. To
this end an application for a reargu
ment of the case and a motion for a
modification of the opinion will be
submitted to the Circuit Court of
Appeals on behalf of the United
States at the earliest possible mo
ment. Other appropriate steps will
be taken afterwards, their character
to be determined by the Courts ac
tion on this application. The pend
ing prosecutions, in which the giv
ing or receiving of rebates or offences
of like character are charged, will be
pressed to trial and judgment by the
Government with all possible energy
and as promptly as practicable
In view Of the Government's legal ad
visers the reversal of the judgment
in the case recently decided in no way
affects the merits or tnat controversy
or the necessity and duty of bringing
to punishment in possible in this and
cases any individual or corporation
shown to have evaded or defied the
laws."
In discussing the various aspects
of the case Attorney General Bona
parte took occasion to refer to the
report published in certain newspa
pers to the effect that W. Parmelee
Prentist, the son-in-laW of John D.
Rockefeller, had given, or was to
give, a dinner to the Attorney Gener
al, Mr. Rockefeller and Judge Gross
cup. Mr. Bonaparte said in this con
nection: "The tale is wholly free
from any taint of truth." ?
THREE HOURS IN BALLOON.
Successful Trip Made '-om Baltimore
to Hagersu>. a.
Ernest Gill, a young man of Balti
more, accompanied by Lincoln and
Hlllery Beachey, professional aero
nauts, made a successful balloon voy
age from Baltimore to Hagerstown,
Md., Thursday. The air craft ascend
ed at 1.16 p. m. and 4.56 o'clock the
party landed safely about four miles
north of Hagerstown. Its passengers,
reported" that the experience was
pleasant, with no untoward Incidents.
A man In Hagerstown, watching
the baloon from the roof of his house,
lost his balance and fell to the ground
and was killed.
Negro Lynched in Georgia.
Alfonso Williams, a negro, who is
alleged to have assaulted Miss Clare
Brown last Fridav nicht near Ohoo
pes, Ga., was Wednesday night tak
en from the Tooms County jail by a
mob, carried to the woods nearby
and riddled with bullets. The sher
iff was placed under guard
whire the mob broKe into the jail and
took the negro away:
Battleships Beyond Wireless.
A dispatch from Honolulu says.
fPn ??>>? flrct timp since the American
Atlantic battleship fleet sailed front
that port for Australia, the wireless
station failed to communicate with
the Connecticut Wednesday night *