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FIRE ON TRAIN.
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STRIKING MINERS KILL THREE
AND WOUND ELEVEN.
Attack Made in a Cut, the Assailants
Shooting from Behind Rocks Dato
Special of Non-Union Miners.
Thrree men were instantly killed
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and eleven injured, two of whom will
probably die, when striking miners
fired into a passenger tram on the
Birmingham Mineral Railroad at
Blocton Ala., Sunday morning about
2o'clock.
The dead:
Conductor Joe T. Collins.
O. Z. Dent, Deputy sheriff. i
Willard Howell, non-union miner.
The train was a special, bearing
non-union men to the Blocton mines
under guard of soldiers and deputies
On the outskirts of the town the en
gineer suddenly saw a log across
the track and at once a fusilade was
fired into the train. The engineer
did not stop, but let the cow catcher
dirow the log from the track and put
on full speed.
The place where the attack was
made was in a cut. the ground being
on the level with the lower part of
the windows. The assailants behind
the rocks above poured down a
murderous fire directly into the win
dows and at. the engineer. Practical
ly every window in the train was
broken, and shots struck all parts
of the engine and cab.
7/.e train proceeded to Blocton
and the dead and inj urea were re
turned^ to Birmingham. Dogs were
hurried to the scene and took trails
through the woods directly to the
union quarters. Eight negroes were
arrested and other arrests are ex
pected.
Governor Comtr held a hurried
conference with Lieut. Col. Hubbard
commanding the militia, and an
other company was hurried to Bloc
ton. All is repotred quiet there.
The trouble has caused widespread
indignation and a general demand
is being made that more streuous
action be taken looking to the pre
servation of order. \Governor Comer
has not made a statement on the
situation. While no disurbances
have been reported in the district
other than he Blocton affair, the
situation is regarded as the most
grave since the inauguration of the
strike over a month ago.
TUNNEL COLLAPSED.
Two Men KRled and One Fatally In
jured.
A dispatch from New York, says
two men were crushed to death and
a third so frightfully injured that
he begged his rescuers to shoot him,
in the collapse of a tunnel being built
in the main V building of the St.
John's orphan home, at St. Marks
and Albaay avenues Thursday.
The dead are:
William McLaughlin. / ,
Thomas Roche.
William Finlayson, the third man,
was dying when he was finally taken
from the huge pile of debris.
The men were workmen employed
Jn the tunnel construction. They
-Were working together whe nthe
walls collapsed and they were buried.
An alarm of fire was sent in and
police and firemen began the work
or rescue. Two bodies were quickly
taken out and the upper part of Fin
layson's body was uncovered.
With the lower part of his body
crushed Finlayson moaned in terri
! ble agony.
"For God's sake shoot me and put
me out of this agony," he cried to
the men.
Ambulances were called from St.
John's and St. Mary s hospitals. Fin
layson as soon as he was gotten out,
was hurried to the hospital. ?
TOO MUCH HARD CIDER.
White Man Kills Two Negroes Near
Lynchburg.
Near Concord, 10 miles east of
Lynchburg, Va., Monday night Jack
Lee, white, shot and instantly killed
Severely Cardwell, colored, and mor
tally wounded his brother Samuel,
who died Tuesday morning. The
men, whites and blacks, were drink
ing hard cider and had a drunken
misunderstanding. Lee was arrest
ed.
FKtfDlSTS IN BIG FIGHT.
Two Htm And a Woman Killed in
Kentucky.
The bloodiest feudist battle in
years took place at Layman, Horlin
county, Ky., late Thursday afternoon
Three persons were killed, one be
ing a woman, and one woman wat
wounded. The trouble dates back
for generations between, Blantons
and Taylors. The immediate cause
of the shooting was a dispute over
a school election. ?
Arrested in New York
A dispatch from New York says
a young man, who says he is John
E. Messervy, 19 years old, of Charles
ton, S. C, and who declares his fath
er is of sufficient importance in that
vicinity to issue railway passes, is
being detained by the police theTe
on the charge of not paying a hotel
bill. Before Messervy gels out of
bis scrape he may also have to face
?a indictment for -ftfrsety.
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WILL GRATIFY AMBITION.
Edison To Give H?nself a Roving
Commission Into Science.
Thomas A. Edison has begun to
gratify an ambition he has cherish
ed many years, and the laboratory
at Llewellyn, N. T. will see*- com
paratively little of him henceforth.
Mr. Edison's ambition has been
te give himself a roving commission
into pure science cad to steer clear
jof commercialism. He does not
f want to increase his fortune. He
has got $35,000,000, which he
.thinks is more than enough. All his
life he has been turning out money
making inventions. He will devote
his remaining years to investigate
anything that strikes his fancy with
out regard to its financial produc
tiveness.
It is learned that the man who
has achieved so many marvels in
electricity has a greajter love for
chemistry than electricity. Chemis
try was the first science to captivae
his wonderful intellect but he' has
j never had a chance to dig as deep
into its mysteries as he wanted to.
j Now he proposes to give himself
the chance. Moreover he is going
to take life more easily.
He has promised his family and
his friends to give up slaving night
and day, Sundays and holidays in
his labortory. Not only that but he
is going to take jaunts about and
see something of the rest of the
world. He has bought himself a
place in Florida where he will spend
a couple of months in the late win
ter and early spring next year.
Toward the end of this month he
is going with his wife on a month's
trip to the Pacific coast. He will
stay more than a month if the fancy
strikes him. Monday, instead of be
ing in his laboratory, he was fun
making with some friends down on
Long Island where he went on Fri
day to spend three day^.
TWO KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Electric Bolt Plays Strange Pranks
in New Jersey Home.
Two persons were killed and two
others severely injured by lightning
during a severe electricn! storm that
swept over Eastern Pennsylvania
and New Jersey Friday, .causing
much havoc. ,
Robert Heimbach, a farmer, was
struck and instantly killed, neat
the fields, and Walter Cattell, aged
Lewisburg, Pa., while working in
the f.lds; and' Waltt-r Oatteli. agad
17 years, was struck and killed,
near Glassboro, N. J.
His sister, Mabel, and Rebecca
Turner, were also struck and severe
ly injured, the latter being in a
serious condition. Cattell, his sis
ter and Miss Turner were seated un
der a shed watching the lightning,
when a bolt hit the peak of the
shed, where they wree siting.
The lightning broke the legs off
the chairs and rendered the trio un
conscious. The charge passed down
Cattell's back and he was dead
when picked up. The shoes were
ripped from the feet, of his sister,
but she recovered consciosuness af
ter a short time; and is seriously ill
from the shock. One corner of the
Cattell home was torn out of the
building by the ligntiiing.
Buildings of all sort were struck
in various sections and destroyed,
and many districts suffered from
flooding. Philadelphia, tn connection
with the storm, was pelted by one
of the most severe f alls of hail tha:
has occurred in a number of years. *
FOLLOWS BRYAN'S ACTION.
Taft Makes a Speech to a Phonograph
,/to Have it Reproduced.
The use of a phonogarph by Candi
date Taft as a means for dissemina
tion of his speeches, as reported in
the dispatches from Hot Springs,
Va.. excited the liveliest interest of
W. J. Bryan, so much as that he gave
out the following statement in re
gard to it.
"The republican papers have been
making /un of me for using the
phonograph as a means of reaching
the public, but since the republican
candidate has followed my example
I presume that the criticism will
cease and that this will now be re
graded as a dignified method of dis
! cussing public questions.
"It looks as if the democrats were
j going to have a hard time this year
protecting their patents from in
fringement. The republicans seems
to be bent upon imitating not only
our platform, but our campaign me
thods. There is, however, some ad
vantage in the fact that we are set
ting the pattern this year."
A SEVERE STORM.
Lightning Strikes Residences, Cfinr
ches and Stuns Several People.
At Spaftanburg, lightning struck
four residences, two churches and
stunned several people during a se
vere electrical storm Wednesday
afternoon. Three of the residences
that were struck were badly damag
ed and one was set on fire. Silver
Hill Methodist church was struck in
three places, and the tower demolish
ed. A small colored church on
Charles street was set on fire by a
olt of lightning^ and the fire depart,*
ment had to he called out to extln
guteS the fiames. 8
REPORT OF CROP CONDITION.
Bureau of Statistics of Agricultural
Department Issue Bulletin.
The crop reporting board of the
bureau of statistics of the depart
ment of agriculture in a bulletin is
sued Friday shows that the cordition
of corn on August 1 was 82.5 per
[cent, of a normal, as compared with
82.8 last month, 82.8 on Aug. 1,
1907, and S3.1, the 10-year average
Ion August 1. The condition in the
Southern States was:
1908. 10-years.
I Texas.78 78
I Georgia.89 86
Kentucky.83 85
Tennessee.85 84
Alabama.87 84
[North Carolina. . . .91 87
Arkansas. 79 83
Mississippi.86 SO
South Atlantic .. ..89 86.4
Preliminary _ returns indicate a
yield -of- winter wheat of about
bushels per pcre, or a total of 425,
940,000 bushels, which comparer
with 14.6 bushels and .409.442,000
bushels, respectively, the final esti
mates of last year's crop. The aver
age quality of the crop is 90.l
against 90.5 last year.
Average condtion of spring wheat
[on August 1 was 80.7 pe rcent. o
normal as compared with 80.40 ??
month ago, 79.4 on August 1, 1907,
86/9 on August 1, 1906, and 82:7,
the 10-year average on August 1.
The condition of the oat crop on
(Aug. 1. was 76.7 per cent, of normal
as compared with 85.7 last month.
T5.6 on August 1, 1907, 82.7 on
Aug. 1, 1906.
The proportion of the oats crop ol
last year in the hands of farmers oi
August 1 is estimated at 5.0 per cent
[equivalent to 38,000,000 bushels, at
(compared with 7.1 per cent, and 68,
000,000 bushels, respectively, the
[corresponding figures of a year ago.
The condition of rye of August 1,
lor at the time of harvesting, was
88.3 per cent, of a normal.
The average condition of tobaccc
[on Aug. 1 was 85.S. a scorn pared
with 82.3, the 10-year average. The
condition of flax on August 1 was
86.1. . ?
WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC CASES.
[Constitutionality of Federal Law In
volved in Appeal.
J The constitutionality of the federal
law prohibiting the importation of
women from foreign countries for
immoral purposes is involved in the
cases of Alphonse and Eva Dufour,
which were docketed last week, in
the supreme court of the United
States.
Six indicments were returned
against "each of them in the United
States circuit sitting in Chicago on
the charge c violating the importa
tion law. and Judge Kennesaw
Mountain Landis refused to release
them on writs of habeas corpus.
They then appealed to the supreme
court.
The maximum punishment is five
years' imprisonment and a fine of
$5,000 in each count. *\
BARBER STABS WIFE.
Narrowly Escapes Being Lynched
by Angry Mob.
At Burlington, N. J., angered and
jealous because his wife wished to
go for a walk, Adam Popiel, a bar
ber, Thursday night stabbed the wo
man and in turn was almost lynched
by an angry mob.
Suicde at Savannah.
Capt. D. G. Purse, prominent citi
[zen, noted developer industrial writ
;er and promoter, and having con
nections in New York, Pittsburg and
lother centres-, committed suicide at
[Savannah Thursday by snooting. No
> for H&& deed. ?
R?, S. C. TUESDAY, A?(
JE TINWARE MARKET IS DULl
DEMOCRATS REGISTER.
An Urgent Appeal From State Chair
man Wilie Jones.
Gen. Wilie Jones, Democraitc State
Chairman, Wednesday issued -the
following address:
To the Democratic Voters of South
I Carolina:
j Fellow Democrats: In view of the
great indifference which seems to ex
ist among the Democrats of this
'state as to registring under the new
' law requiring all voters to register
tills year, I feel it to be my duty as
your chairman to address you in this
public manner, and urge ,you to go
to your county seats at once and i-e
g'.ster. There Is no doubt about the
fact that the negroes are registering
in great numbers in some counties
and if the Democrats do not register
they cannot vote in the general elec
tion in November next, and some of
oV.r congressmen may ho dofcated.
The electoral ticket of this state may
also be endangered by the failure of
the Democrats to register. The
time expiresSeptember 1st, 1908, and
after that it will be impossible to be
registered. We have heard of late
various threats that our representa
tion in congress would he reduced
by a Republican congress on aceounl
electoral ticket and also for our con
election. All indications now are
that, the next house of representa
tives will be very close, and the past
history of the Republican party prov
es that that party will stop at noth
ing to count in a working majority.
Now, fellow Democrats, do not al
low this serious charge to be made
against you, but go immediately
and register, and be prepared to roll
I up a big majority for the Democratic
electoral ticket and als ofor our con
gressional nominees. The Democra
tic county chairman throughout the
state are urged to earnestly request
the Democrats in their respective
counties to attend to this important
matter at once and to use their best
efforts to get them out immediately,
as the time expires for registration
September 1, 190S.
Very respectfully.
Wilie Jones, Chairman. *
ESCAPED FROM DOCTORS.
Thinking He is An Angel. Man Re
moves His Clothing.
A dispatch from Philadelphia,
says on Saturday a man attired in
a suit, of summer underclothing
jumped on a passenger street car,
rode half a block and then ran into
the crowded square at Twenty-sev
enth and Jefferson streets, where he
took off the little clothing he had
been wearing.
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Mrs. Maggie
Cummings and Mrs. Clara Mann,
who were passing through the
square, were pounced upon by the
mna, who threw his arms around
them, declaring he was an angel.
It was learned by the policeman
who took him in charge that he was I
Condon Vondron, 30 years old, who
had escaped from his home while
delirious from fever.
COAV WRECKS A TRAIN.
Four Persons Killed in Accident on
Texas Trami Ron?.
Four persons were killed and four
others were injured, two probably
fatally, when an engine on the tram
road of the Livingston Lumber Com
pany struck a cow and plunged into!
a deep ravine, near Livingston,;
Texas Friday.
The dead: Watson Scott, en
gineer; Fayette Rogers, fireman;
Finis Peebles, Henry Young, color
ed. Brad Hickman and a young man ?
named CraTk, are perhaps fatally
injured, while the negroes are less
'seriously injured. *'\
jV?ST IL? l?08.
?De Mar in Philadelphia Record.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
True Bill Found Against Man For
Cnne Committed Years Ago.
Quite a sensation has been sprung
in Saluda county by the solicitors
handing out an indictment charging
Pope B. Havird, white with murder
and the grand jury's returning a
true bill.
Some 10 years ago a negro nam
ed Tom Scurry, living with Harvird,
very suddenly and mysteriously dis
appeared and he has never been seen
or heard of since. Recently a rumor
gained currency that Havird split
Scurry's head open with an axe while
they were spliting rails and covered
the body with brush an dlogs and
burned it. This rumor coming to
the ears of Splcitor Timmerman, he
made an investigation, with the re
sult that he was satisfied there was
enough in the report to justify him
in handing out an Indictment for
murder and the grand jury evident
ly thinks there is enough testimony
to warrant a trial of the case.
A bench warrant has been issued
for Havird and he is expected to be
apprehended at once.
It seems that several now claim to
liave known of HavIrcTs killing the
negro at the time it was done, but
they have kept it a secret lal these
years until recently, when there was
a falling oil among them and Havird
and the parties who say they have
known of the murder all the time
began to whisper it first to one and
then to another until the report
gained general circulation.
The reason theyassign forHavird's
killing the negro is that Hrviad's
barn was burned and he charged
Scurry with firing it.
Havird is the young white man who
was shot a few years ago by John
Yarbrough in such a manner that
one of his arms had to be amputat
ed.
BURNED TO DEATH.
Steamer Destroyed and Eight Loose
Their Lives.
A dispatch from St. Paul, Minn,
says a special to the Poincer Press
from Winnipeg, Man., says the
steamer Premier, Captain Stevens,
was burned to the water's edge at
Warren's Landing, the northern end
of Lake Winnipeg, on Thursday
morning. Six passengers and two of
the crew lost their lives. Piers and
building in the vicinity were also
destroyed. The fire started in the
engine room of the hold during the
night and spread with frightful
rapidity, those who lost their lives
either smothering or burning to
death in their berths.
About 20 were sleeping on board
when the fire broke out, on account
of the lack of accommodations at
the trading post. When the cry of
fire was raised, those who esacped
did so in scanty attire, by jumping
overboard. They either swam
ashore, or were taken out by boats.*
HEADQUARTERS AT CHICAGO.
Chairman Mack to Open There.
Finance Committee.
The Democratic national head
quarters opened for the season at
the Auditorium Annex Wednesday,
Chairman Mack, of the national com
mittee, accompanied by Roger C.
Sullivan, ofi Illinois, have arrived
in Chicago.
Chairman Mack is expected to an
nounce the membership of the finan
ce committee and various sub-com
[mittees not yet appointed.
New Cotton Sold at Clio.
Th first bale of new crop cotton
was sold at Clio last Wednesday
evening by Jeff D. Edens to the
Starnberger Company. The hale
weighed 644, graded strict middling
and- brought I? 3-8 cents: This cot
ton was pfcarted- about March 4. ?
ISIAS) CAPTAIN A SUICIDE.
Schooner Reaches Savannah With
Tale of Tragedy.
With the steward in charge and
the crew of four men aboard the
Schooner Frank A. Williams was
towed into Savannah Wednesday
bringing the story of the suicide at
sea, and in a raging storm, of the
vessel'? mad captain, A. M. Guthrie.
The steward, Louis Inphen, told the
story. He said that Capt. Guthrie
was on the deck when the schooner
was off Cape Lookout. He saw the
captain walk calmly to the rail,
stand" on it and dive overboard.
Though efforts at rescue seemed
foolish the steward threw a rope,
clenched his fists and held his head j
The man in the water saw it, but
under water in an effort to drown
himself. The rope was thrown to
him twice, but he refused it, and a
big wave soon swopt mm from sight.
The story Is unusual and adds
another to the long list of tragedies
off Cape Lookout. "He was insane,"
declared the steward. His eyes
told it. We all knew it, and we
persuaded him to give me charge
of the vessel. We did not want to
sail seas unknown to us in the care
of a' crazy man. I saw he was
crazy as we left New York, but we
came on and he seemed to goxall
wrong when the storm got so bad
off Lookout light ship.
"We could not s(op the captain
when he suddenly deciued to leave
the ship. We were helpless without,
him, as none of us knew the waters
we were in."
The steamer City of Augusta, from
Boston for Savannah, found the
schooner off the light ship and tow
led her to Savannah. The crew of
the schooner watched the rescue of
the crew of the schooner Schull,
which was abandoned off Cape Look
out. *
BALDWIN MAKES ?SCENT.
His Dirigible Balloon Goes Five
Miles, Making Complete Circle.
"We sighted the enemy." These
words were shouted by Capt. Bald
win at FortjMyer Friday, says a dis
patch from Washington, as he pilot
ed his balloon to the ground aftei
making a successful flight of nearlj
five miles in an effort to demonstrate
the usefulness of an air ship in wai
time.
Rising from the ground like a
monster bird of the air, slowly bu'.
buoyantly, at 6.21 o clock Frida,
evening, the aerial s^ip, built the
United States army, was headed'intt
the westerly wind by Capt Baldwin.
A complete circle was described, the
balloon rising gradually to a heigh
of 200 feet. Again pointing to the
west, and attaining at estimated
speed of twelve miles an hour, the
ship voyaged in a direct line foi
nearly two miles.
The trip was made with the wind,
which was blowing at the rate of 7
miles an hour. The throttle was
thrown open a little wider by Mr.
Curtiss, who again operated the en
gine, and the ship flew along at a
speed of eighteen or twenty miles an
hour.
When the dirigible passed over the
starting point it was about five hun
dred feet in the air. Bringing his
ship against the wind, Capt. Bald
win made a landing much the same
as pilots of- water craft bring theii
vessels to the side of a dock. *
SHOOTING ON STREET CAR
Negro Passenger Refuses to Pay
Fare and Row nesults.
At Pensacola, Fla. Wednesday one
man fatally wounded and another
painfully injured, is the result of a
fight between negroes and street
railway employees on a Bay Shore
car. Wm. Johnson, colored, was shot
in the mouth and abdomen, while
Chief Inspector McCIung, of the
street railway, suffered a painful
wound in the hand. The negroes
htid had a picnic at Palmetto Beach,
which lasted far into the night. A
special car, with half a dozen trailers
were bringing them back when one
negro refused to pay his fare. A
general fight followed between the
eight or ten conductors and some of
the negroes.
TICKET TAKER ARRESTED.
Southern Employee in Trouble for
Drawing '^'stol on Passenger
At Spartanburg, W. R. Lucas,
ticket taker on Southern Trrain, was
arrested Friday-night when the
train pulled into the station on the
charge of drawing a pistol ?on one
of the passengers. On the train
from Greenville Friday afternoon
about two Hundred base ball fans
were aboard returning to Spartan
'burg from the ball garde in Green
\ le. Trouble arose about fares and
a difficulty was narrowly averted.
Lucas drew his pistol and when the
train pulled into the station he was
arrested by the police. ?
Rolls Down Embankment.
The work train on a narrow
gauge road running to the Rorer
Iron Mines, two miles from Roanoke,
Va., Friday left the rails and rolled
down a high embankment on the
mountain side. A number of men
riding on the train were caught un
der the engine and cars. Three were
willed and. several more seriously
?Injured. t The dead:, James Tyree,
Jains Wertav Jobia tfro#n. *
?1.50 PER ANNUM.
CAI'S BITE FATAL.
LADY WHO WAS BITTEN MONTH
i
AGO DIED IN AGONY.
Hydrophobia Developed- and Wojnun
Passed Away in Convulsions
Haunted by Terrifying Vision.
Haunted during her late hours
by a terrifying vision of .the white
cat that had attacked her a month,
before her death and iuoculated her
with the germs of hydrophobia, Mrs.
Jane Trumbull, wife of a profession
al golf player, died Friday at her
home in Baldwin, L. I., after, in her
final lu'cid moments, settling her
business with a deliberation and
courage equal almost to that.dis
played by the late William H. Marsh,
of Brooklyn, who died of rabies after
twenty-four hours "before the end.
The composure of Mrs. Trumbull
in the face of the horror of her
startling vision of the cat and the
convulsions which grew more fre
quent and violent, as the final stages
of the disease develop- d, was the
more remarkable as opiates were not
as in the case of Mr. Marsh, admin
istered in sufficient quantities appre
ciably to ease her agony.
The horror of the sifuaton was
increased, to her huBband and
friends, j by uer repeated supplica
tions to them to kill her. Strangely
enough for several hours before her
death she was conscious and calm.
She directed the disposal of her ef
fects and then kissed her husband
farewell during these lucid inte^r
veals.
Mrs. Trumbull about amonth ago,
while alone and fondling a cat, which
she had owned for years, was attack
ed by it. The animal leaped at her
throat, missing it, and for a part ol
a second clung to the woman with
its teeth buried in her nose. When
Mrs. Trumbull had torn the animal
away from her it raced through the
cottage, slavering and snarling.
The woman drove the animal out
doors finally and whn her husband
?returned that evening told him
what had happened. He assumed
at once that the cat was mad, but
did not tell Mrs. Trumbull, for fear
of alarming her. Mr. Trumbull ran
across the'cat several days later and
killed it. No symptoms of danger
from the cat's bite developed until
two weeks ago, when Mrs. Trumbull
was stricken with nervous prostra
tion. Just at dawn on Sunday last
Mrs. Trumbull, who had been sleep
ing only fitfully, aroused her house
hoid with a' scream. She oecanje
hysterical and gradually grew worse.*
ELOPES WITH HEIRESS.
Chaffcur And Heiress Elope in BorJ
? rowed Auto.
A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa.,
says Daniel Slattery, a young chauf
feur of the East End district, who
has been motoring for many rich
families, on Monday eloped with
Miss Madeline Zeigler, only daughter
of Mrs. Margaret Zeigler, one of the
rich East End society women, for
whom Slattery had often driven an
automobile.
Slattery and Miss Madeline went
in a hurry on finding that Mrs.
Zeigler had employed detectives to
look up his record. Mrs.. Zeigler
had two warrants issued for the
chauffeur's arrest on cuarges which
she asserts were trumped up, and
when he met Miss Madeline in the
at.lernoon, he told her of his troubles
and suggested that they go immer
diately. He pushed Miss Zeigler
into the first automobile he saw
standing in the street and fled to
West ?rginia, where they were
married. They returned the next
day.
Eddie Ball, the bicycle rider,
whose machine it was they had bro
rowed" in the meantime, had a war
rant issued, not knowing it was
Slattery, who is his friend. On
learning that it was an elopment of
his friend, Ball had the warrant can
celled. *
ENTIRE FAMILY KILLED.
North Carolina Farmer, His Wife and
Son, Slain by Lightning.
A special to the Charlotte Obser
ver from Sparta, Alleghany County,
brings news of the death of an en
tire family at Edmonds, ten miles
across the mountains from Sparta,
on Friday by lightning. Frank Mur
phy, a farmer, and his wife and
young son were in the field stacking
rye when the. storm came up. The
trio rah for shelter, but were strick
en down before they reached the
house and presumably instantly kill
ed. The bodies were found later
by neighbors. *
MAN STABS HIS WIFE.
Woman's Injuries Considered Serious
Husband in Jail.
Tom VIck, a mill operative, is in
the county jail at Greenville charged
with stabbing his wife at their cot
tage in the suburbs of that pli^
Friday afternoon. The wot on'.i
injuries are said to be seriocv. ttB
pecialiy the wound In her side. Vick
a]so plunged the plade in his wife's
throat, the wound being about an*
liica; deep. ThV affray seethe to bans
?bfttf-fb** outcome df tf fimTly ttw. *