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ESTABLISHED IN 18 RAILROADS FOR TAFT. MANIFEST HOSTILITY TOWARD DEMOCRATIC PARTY. People Should Know' Whether or NotI Railways Are a Republican' Party Adjunct. By WILLIS J. ABBOT. Separated by the brief space o&one ?city block and both fronting on Ch Ica 350's 'finest street, Michigan boulevard, are the headquarters of the two great -national parties. The Democrats this ? .year are in the Auditorium Annex, "where only a few years ago the Repub licans were Installed. The Republicans are in the Harvester building, and cap tious critics are very much inclined to ?.say that it is characteristic of the party ?of trusts and monopolies that its na tional headquarters should be in the building owned by the harvester trust, the trust which more than all others ?draws its substance and its profit from the farmer. That may be an unfair I ?criticism, because it is hard to tell now adays who owns a business block since the methods of concealing actual own ership by the organization of corpora tions and subsidiary corporations has become a fine art. So far as the Democratic national ?eommittee is concerned, its work began ?early la August. So far as the Repub lican committee Is Involved at the mo ment of this writing, its work has mot begun. Railroads and Politics. Perhaps it is not extraordinary that the railroad managers of the United States should manifest in every petty and picayune way their hostility to the Democratic party. That party stands pledged to such methods of railroad regulation as will protect the shipper and the traveler against the extortions of overcapitalized corporations. And jet, after all, it does seem strange that the railroads should adopt so trivial a -method of reprisal as denying to the people who wished to attend the notifl ?cation day ceremonies at Lincoln, "Neb., the benefits of reduced rates. ?Chairman Norman E. Mack . kept in constant communication with Mr. E.. E. Mcl^eod. who is chairman of the "Western Passenger association, and as a final result Mr. McLeod announced that "since local passenger fares In the -state of Nebraska have been reduced from 3 to 2 cents a mile no reduction therefrom has been made for any gath ering in that state.** This would have been a statement more important had it been true. Mr. Mack promptly re sponded by sending a clipping from a Kansas City newspaper that this same association was making a rate of 1% ?cents a mile to a Grand Army encamp ment. And Mr. Mack further went on to point out that the reduced rates for the Republican notification meeting, while not made by that association, still was enforced in nearly if not all ?of the territory covered by the West ern Passenger association. This was a matter not of financial importance to many except a compara tively few citizens who desired to at tend the notification ceremonies at Lin coln, but it is of vital importance to the American citizen and to the Amer ican voter to know whether it Is or Is not a" fact that the railroads of the "United States through such a central ?organization as the Western Passenger association are systematically and de liberately discriminating in favor of ?one political party as against the other. It Is quite time that the voters of this land should know whether the rail roads are an adjunct to the Republic an party or uot. I recall very well that in the 1900 campaign, which was before the days when by Democratic votes in congress the law against the Issuance of railroad passes was enact ed, practically every man on the Dem ocratic national committee who went from Chicago to attend the Kansas City convention paid his fare, while practically every Republican delegate to the Philadelphia convention found the railroads most courteous in meet ing his needs without money and with out price. Now that the anti-pass law "has been enacted and is being enforced are the railroads going to evade the real purpose of its enactment by re fusing to the Democratic party the same concessions for reduced rates that they readily are making for the Bepubllcan party? Coercion Again. It hardly seemed credible that in this ?campaign the coercive methods em ployed by employers to their employees In the campaign of 1896 would be re peated. Personally I don't believe they Twill be. at least not effectively. But already a rather small and obscure firm in New York has sent out through Its Chicago office a notice to its em ployee that? "Believing that the election of Taft and Sherman means a safe and pjro xresslve business administration, the <lay following we shall start this plant ?on full time and keep going." Probably for the purpose of advertis ing Itself this firm has been offer ing printed posters carrying the above announcement to all factories in the TJuited States. With a member of the Democratic national committee I called j at its Chicago place, which occupies a small portion of the second floor of j a small building. The placard was on the wall, but I discovered that it em ployed there but eight people, includ ing a girl stenographer and a girl book ikeeper. I found that, while it had ?sent out several hundred letters offer ?Ing the placard, it had received only thirty replies, most of which were un friendly, some of which were satirical. The one which entertained me most *?ame from a house in Michigan and, abbreviated, ran this way: "The Re publican elephant has stepped on the full dinner pails. We want no more of the beast." Two. strong responses have been 169. made to the circuJ?T sent out by this flrra and Indorsed by the notorious Manufacturers' association. I shall uave more to say about them later. One was issued by former Congress man Robert Baker of Brooklyn, the other by Mr. P. C. Burns, president of a telephone manufacturing company In Chicago. Space does not permit pub lication In full of both; but, even though I am exceeding the proper lim itations of this letter, I cannot refrain from quoting the last paragraph of Mr. Burns' letter: "Your cry' of disaster every four years If a certain ticket be not elected j Is doing a great Injury to the country. Can't we ever have a change of admin istration without the 'interests' crying disaster? If not you had better have Van Cleave and the National Associa tion of Manufacturers appoint our presidents and, failing in this, let us have a monarchy. It Is the only way you can be consistent.*" / Perhaps the last six weeks or even six mouths of Republican prosperity under a complete domination of the administration by that party may lend business men and manufacturers not controlled by this trust to recognize the fact that an occasional change at Washington is a good thing. The Outlook In the Middle West. Hon. J. G. Johnson of Peabody, Kan., has reported at national headquarters in Chicago as the right hand man of Chairman Mack. Of the active work ing force of the Democratic national committee Johnson is probably the one of the longest experience. He begau work In national politics In 1896, when he wa? merely an assistant to the chairman, the late Senator James K. Jones. In the 1900 campaign he was .chairman of the executive committee and in 1904 Intimately associated with the management of the campaign. Talking with me today about the situa tion In his own state of Kansas, he said: "In my judgment, we have an exceedingly good opportunity to carry Kansas. The situation there is a curi ous one. The Republicans have adopt ed locally the principles for which Mr. Bryan and the Democratic party have been fighting so long. The result of the primaries the other day was to nominate for governor and for senator men who represent the advanced wing of the Republican party. That means that the mass of the voters believe in the political doctrines enunciated not merely in our platform, but which have been preached by Air. Bryan for so many years. "It is my judgment that Kansas is good fighting ground. The Democratic party has a strong chance of carrying the state with this ticket, but it could not have had even a look In had it gone back to reactionary doctrines. As to Nebraska, I know it only as a state neighboring to my own. But I have had occasion to travel somewhat through it, and If it is not can-led by the Democratic party this year no one will be more surprised than I, and no one will more than I believe that such a failure was due to lack of concerted effort on the part of the Nebraska Democrats. As matters stand today Nebraska is ours. All we need to do now Is to hold our own. But even that requires work, organization and vigi lance." The Lewis-Stevenson Fight. The fight between James Hamilton Lewis and the former vice presideut, Mr. Adlai Stevenson, for the governor ship of Illinois has been an Interesting one. Mr. Stevenson won and is the nominee of the Democratic party. He has carried the banner of the Demo cratic national party more than once. In 1900 he was a candidate for the vice presidency and worked earnefitly and streuuously for that party. He was not prior to that time a strong Bryan Democrat, but when nominated In 1900 he accepted the duty Imposed upon him by the Democratic party and through the whole campaign carried its obliga tions. I personally remember well the mo ment when Hon. Charles A. Towne, Who had been nominated by the Popu lists, passed to Adlal Stevenson the banner which he had held. And I re call extremely well the way In which Mr. Stevenson accepted his new du ties. I recall that the tears streamed down the cheeks of the veteran leader of the Democratic party as he accept ed the new responsibilities conferred upon him. In this campaign all Dem ocrats and all men who believe that the Democracy stands for something may be sure that Adlai Stevenson, nominated for governor of Illinois, ! will make his light not merely for that position, but will fight quite as hard for the national ticket. There is one thing wbleh may be said about Adlai Stevenson which should be said now and today. He has never failed In his loyalty to the national ticket; he has never failed to stand for the straight out Democracy, and, in my judgment, he never will fall to exert every influ ence which he may be able to bring to bear for, the national ticket, whether he happens to be associated with it or would fall If he happened not to be connected with If. His nomination will be a source of strength to the ticket in Chicago. There are other men whose nomination might have been advantageous, but none could have been more advantageous than his. With bis name at the bead of the tick et the Democracy of Illinois will get a following which may carry the state aud which will certainly gather an enormous vote for the national can didates. Chicago. Burned to Death. A dispatch from Marshall, N. C, says the home of Wofford Tweed, on Laurel Mountain, was destroyed by fire, and his wife, their three children and Mrs. Murray Tweed were burned to death, and their bodies cremated in the flames. Mr. Tweed was at Marshall attending court when he heard of the tragic event and left at once for his farm, which is located fifteen miles away. ORANGEBTJ] NO Mi L ANOTHER MURDER MYSTERY. Rody of Unknown Man Found in a Trunk Near Camden, N. J. After a day of careful investigation the authorities have concluded that there is small possibility of solving the mystery surrounding the identity and death of the man whose body was found in an old trunk in a ravine near Mount Ephran, near Camden, N. J., Sunday. It was at first reported that the coroner had found that death was caused by a bullet wound in the breast, but a careful examination of the body made by Dr. W. C. Jones, failed to show any cause of death. It was found that no bones were broken and the man had not.been shot, and apparently he had not been strangled. The most important thing discovered by the authorities was a note or memorandum in one of the trous er pockets of the unknown. This iSvb'elng carefuly dried and au effort will be made to read it under a mag nifying glass. / EARTH 13s CALIFORNIA. Walls Cracked and Crockery Broken by Two Shocks. Three sharp earthquake shocks, which knocked down more than a hundred chimneys, shattered about forty plate glass windows in the business . portion of Eureka, Ca!.; broke much crockery in the houses and sent many people scurrying from their beds into the streets, occurred there "early Tuesday. The damage reported so far is estimated at be tween $2,000 and $3,000. The first and sharpest shock came at 2:58 a. m. It was almost as se vere as the one felt there on April 18, 1905. Akt 3.06 another slighter shock was ?Wiferienced, followed by a third at fW5 o'clock. The first shock caused practically all the damage. Besides shaking down many chimneys and breaking crockery, the trembler caused the sixteen-foot statue of Minerva, on the Court House grounds, to drop her heavy staff. WILL POST DRUNKARDS. Richmond Police Publish Names of Habitual Inebriates. Every saloon in Richmond. Va., is to be supplied by the police depart ment with a placard bearing the names of habitual drunkards and bearing the warning that the own ers of the names are under the ban of the probation officer and must not be allowed to purchase any intoxicat ing drinks. The cards will be plac ed in conspicuous places on the walls of the saloons, the names being written or printed large enough to be easily read. Clerks in the depart ment are now preparing the cards, which will go to the printers next week. Blank spaces will be left on the cards for the names of unfortu nates who may fall from grace after the original cards have been print ed. Aged Lady Commits Suicide. Mrs. Peter Phillips, 60* years old, the wife of a prominent farmer at Hanson, Fla., committed suicide Tuesday at Madison. Fla. The daugh ter awoke at three o'clock that morning, and found her mother mis sing from the room. Mrs. Phillips was found in a well, with her neck broken. Rattler Victim Still Alive. A dispatch from Washington says battling grimly for his life against the deadly virus of a diamond rat tler, Rodney Rose, the Zoo keeper who was bitten on the left hand Mon day, has- not yet passed the crisis despite the fact that the venom ? of the diamond generally either kills or is nullified in 3 6 hours. Three Firemen Killed. A dispatch from Londan, Ontario Bays three fiermen were killed and a j fourth dangerously hurt Tuesday night when the floors of a hardware store fell through upon them in thej basement o? a burning building. THE AVAILABLE VOTES. The Total Voting Strength of the) Various Counties. ~ It is likely that there will be 100, 000 votes cast in the first primary this year, estimating from the total vote of 1906, which-reached 96,771 in the first primary for governor. It may be of interest to see the vote by counties two years ago, and it will assist in estimating the vote this year. . The total .vote for governor In the different counties two years ago was as follows: Total. County. Vote. Abbeville.2,137 Alken.2,937 Anderson,. ..5,042 Bamberg.1,143 Barnwell.2,003 Beaufort.648 Berkeley. . .1,197 Charleston.2,511 Cherokee.2,058 Chester.1,668 Chesterfield.2,264 Clarendon.1,644 Colleton. ..2,288 Darlington'. . .2,117 Dorchester.1,237 Edgefield.1,729 Fairfleld.1,266 Florence. . '.1,782 Georgetown.600 Greenville.5,356 Greenwood.1,856 Hampton.1,276 Horry.2,370 Kershaw.1,727 Lancaster.2.091 Laurens.2,986 Lee.1,756 Lexington.3,043 Marion.3,157 Marlboro.2,000 Newberry.2,302 Oconee. . .2,479 Orangeburg.3,410 Pickens.3,029 Richland.3-,307 Saluda.1,902 Spartanburg.6,815 Sumter.. .. '.1,842 Union.. .. '..2,5 81 Williamsburg.1,692 York.2,494 Total. 96,771 RATTLER IX GIRL'S BED. Timely Discovery by Her Brother | Suved Her Life. Miss Mildred Crawford, a beauti ful 16-year-uld girl living near Staun ton, Va.. had the novel and some what thrilling experience of sleep-'| ing with an imense rattlesnake a night or two ago. Her brother entered her room and found a three-foot rattler coiled on the bed by the side of the young lady, but soon succeeded in rescuing his sister from the dangerous pre dicament without disturbing the rat tler, and now the girl wears the snake skin around her waist as a belt. TIRED OF LIFE. Well Known Insurance Man Puts an End to It. At Louisville. Ky.. Alfred T. Mim berly. State Manager of the Bank ers Life Association of Des Molnes, and a well-known Insurance man was found dead in bed at his home Tues day afternoon. Death was caused by self inflicted pistol wound accord ing to Coroners verdict. He left a note saying he had no trouble of any kind but was simply tired of living. Funds For Campaign. More than $5.600 has been turned into the Democratic national cam paign fund up to date by William J. Bryan's political paper, as the pro ceeds of subscriptions sent in direct ly to it by individuals, clubs and newspapers. This amount does not include any personal contributions by Mr. Bryan, or receipts from the publication of the paper over and above the running expenses, which the candidate for president has pro mised to give to the national cam paign. JST 2U 1908. LONG. ?0? Mar In Philadelphia Record. RESCUE HELPLESS. Driven Back by Flames From En tombed Miners. According to a dispatch from Lon don a message from Wigin says that after recovering the bodies of 20 miners, victims of the terrific ex plosion in the Wigin mine Tuesday night the rescuers were driven back by flames early Wednesday morning. All hope of rescuing any of the 65 men, still remaining alive, has been abandoned, but the officials of the mine are making desperate efforts to quench the flames. Seven of the rescue party were brought to the surface unconscious. The scene aroun dthe mouth of the pit is pathetic in the extreme. Half crazed mothers and wives maintained all-night vigil, hoping against hope that their loved ones would come to the surface alive, but when daylight came only four of the 80 men who went to work Tuesday morning had been rescue alive and they were all unconscious, but will recover. The bodies of the 20 dead are so horribly burned that they cannot be identified. It is realized that after the flames are drowned out it will be many hours before a party can be again sent into the mine owing to the gases. The only* cause assigned for the explosion so far. is that a naked lamp came in contact with a pocket of gas in one of the workings. WRECKED BY DYNAMITE Home of Mine Boss Dynamited by Strikers. At Birmingham, Ala., the home of homas Dugan, a mine boss of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company, at Pratt City, was dynamited at 10:45 Wednesday morning. The explosion pract'sally demolished'the front portion ^f the house. Two of Dugah's daughters were rendered unconscious, but are not seriously hurt. The other members of the family escaped '..unhurt. About 1 o'clock dynamite was thrown on the p<brch of Andy Davis, a negro non-unitfn miner, but the occupants were nM Injured. Walker Finalay. and A. J. Jones, negro strike miners, were arrested charged with th<-" outrage. For a time it was feareVl a lynching would result, but the deputies dispatched from Birmingham" succeeded in bringing the accused me>n safely to the Jefferson count.* Jail. FOREST FIRFA SPREADING. Fate of Scattered^Kanchers is Un known. Forest fires on Vancouver Island1 are extending in every direction, and the latest reports indicate that the settlements are threatened. In Kogsilah district, 20 ;'?iuare miles are ablaze. The fate of the scattered ranchers is unknown. The flames are ad vancing on Goldstream and 150 in habitants are back-firing to save the village. Several lumber camps have been wiped out. Telegraph and telephone messages state that the eastern side of Bow en island is a mass of fire . In one settlement 80 souls were scattered about the section which has been | swept by the flames, but it is im-1 possible to ascertain their fate. Negro Boy Killed by Train. At Anderson, on Tuesday Henry Moore, a negro lad of 12 years, while stealing a ride on a Charles ton and Western Carolina Railroad engine, fell beneath the trucks of the engine and received injuries which proved fatal. The negro was trespassing at the time of the acci dent. Should Have Been Stopped. The postmaster at iHopkinsville, Ky., has been officially informed that the postcards mailed out of Hopkins ville and other towns recently, show ing the four bodies of the negroes lynched at Russelville on August 1, should not have been allowed to pass through the mail. The card pre sented genuine reproductions. ?1.50 PER ANNUM. WILL MAKE APPEAL. To Newspapers to Raise Money for Campaign Fund. A dispatch from Chicago says every Democratic and independent newspapers throughout th United States will be appealed to by the De mocratic national committee to ask subscriptions for the Democratic campaign fund in their-newspapers. This plan, which was made known by Col. Moses C. Wetmore, chairman of the finance committee, is distinct from the effort already inaugurated by the national, committee to obtain money through financial representa tives under the direction of the na tional commltteeman in each of the States of the country. Col. Wet more said: "We are going to get the money to run this campaign, make no mis take about that. Th eftepublicaifj know where to get theirs, no matter what contributions they may have to turn back to comply with the law. Every source that we can find will be tapped and the results of our ef forts so far are fairly encouraging, make appeals to ?editors of all De mocratic and independent newspapers to start subscription lists and to every contributor The national com mittee will send an acknowledgment as a souvenir of the campaign. The appeal is signed by Chairman Mack, Gov. Haskell, treasurer of the com mittee, and myself." ORDER RESTORED. SPRINGFIELD CITIZENS TO C03I BAT MOB ELEMENT. TWO KILLED BY EXPLOSION. Saw Mill Engine Boiler Bursts in North Carolina. Two men lost their lives and two others were fatally injured by the explosion of the Boston boiler at William Reid's saw mill, near Dra co, Caldwell County, N. C., Sunday morning at 11 o'cclok. The dead are: Henry Gilbert, aged 50. Fred Jackson, aged 21. The fatally njured: Mm. Reid, owner of the mill. Hugh Reid, his son. The dead and injured ar ewhite and were working at the mill when the explosion occurred. It is said that Gilbert, who was engineer of the plant had the safety valve down and high prejsure on the boilr caus ed the explosion. The boiler was thrown fifty yards, and the plant was wrecked by the force of the explo sion. Gilbert and Jackson were horribly mangld. *ftejfd and his son in addition to receiving terrible wounds from the flying wreckage were badly scalded, and neither will live. Reid is a well-to-do citizen and lives sixteen miles from Taylorsville, on the Southern Railroad. SAVED BY CORK LEGS. Policemen's Artificial Limbs Enable Him to Rescue the Other. At. PitUDnrg, Jggy Harry Pinker ton, a police alarm oprator, was able to save a fellow man's life Tuesday night because he is a cripple, having two artificial legs. As Pinkert?n was walking along a street on the North Side he saw carrying 1,500 volts, that had brok en from its moorings. Wilson could had picked up. Pinkerton hurried to Wilson jerked him away from the wire Pinkerton's cork and wooden legs be ing non-conductors, the current could not reach the ground through his body. First Troops Sent Away?Law and Order Being Gradually Restored? City Under Strict Surveillance. With a special grand Jury voting true bills against men who partic ipated in the rioting at Springfield, HI., on last Friday and Sauraay nights, with the coroner holding in quests over the victims and collect ing evidence against the rioters for the grand jury and with the strict enforcement of law and order in all parts of the city the frrst troops have been sent away. The First regiment left at ten, o'clock Wednesday morning for Chicago. Coroner Woodruff continues tak ing evidence at -the inquest over Scott Brown, the first negro lynched. The doors of the inquest Toom are kept locked and newspaper men are excluded. The funeral of William H. Done gan, the eighty-year-old negro, who was lynched by the mob on Saturday night, was held from St. John's hos pital Wednesday morning. Not more than a dozen persons attended the service, as all of the victims of the family are in Chicago, where they fled the night of the lynching. Now that George Richardson, the negro, has been \ Indicted for attack ing Mrs. Earl Hallam, the state's at torney declares jae will make every effort to try him at once. The negro members of the Springfield fire de partment have been discharged by Mayor Reece "for the good of the service." There has been severe friction in the fire stations ever since the riot of Friday night and the mayor though., h best to rid the depart ment of negroes and avoid trouble among the firemen. The negroes say they are glad to get out of the service, as they realize that their association with the white members of the department is impossible. Many persons are being held by the police for participation in the riots. According to the police, in dictments will be returned against each one. Two hundred men, women and children slept in the state arsenal Ti*~7day night, guarded by troops. While there was no disturbance of any kind in any part of the city these people have not yet recovered from their fright of Friday and Sat urday nights and are afraid to remain; at their own homes during"the night. All left the arsenal early Wednesday and returned to their homes. HAD FATAL FALL. Over Five Thonsand People Witness ed the Accident. At Patterson, N. J., Sonny Briggs, the motu. .,v?)ist and former ama teur- light-weight cu^Dlon boxer> was killed in the presence oi c.^nn persons at the Clifton stadium. William Wilson writhing in agony at Briggs came here to pace Jimmy the end of a trolley line feed wire Moran in a twenty-mile motor pac .-1 ed race. After making four laps of the sau t let go of the dangling wire he cer track, Briggs was appearing to slow up when the machine v/aboled nd crashed into the grand stand. caught him around the waist and Briggs was hurled fifty feet through CHAFIN NOTIFIED. Made a Short Speech Saying That He Would Accept. A dispatch from Chicago, says a meeting at which Eugene W. Chaflnof Chicago was formerly notified of his nomination as the prohibition candi date for president was held Tuesday [evening. The notification address was made by the secretary of the temperance committee of the Presby terian church of America. Follow Ing'-^he notification, Chafin delivered his spefci>fc^,of acceptance, in which he outlined vtbe policies for which prohibitionists' will make the cam paign. ( -1-7 Trip to Last a \car. The round) the world cruise of the Atlantic fleet began from Hamp ton Roads orj December 16, 1907, and the opinion of the naval authori ties is that thte cruise will have last ed a year when\ the fleet bellows forth its reply to the welcome that will be tendered It I by the shipping and forts in New Ylork harbor. Greenville Court House Peamagcd. At Greenville) during a*n electric storm Tuesday / the tin roof of the County Court \House was partially torn off. one Aide being rolled up Hike a scroll. I The building was empty at the tinie. the officers being at a political meeting in the coun try. Lightning Hit iHim on Head. At Durham, N.\c, while loading ing tobacco on Thjursday, 18 miles from there '.IightnMng struck Jesse the air, landing on the track. His neck, one arm and leg were broken. Briggs died before reaching the hospi tal. Rriggs was 28 years old and be gan his cycling career with Jimmy Moran and Dutch Walter. He act ed at pacemaker in this country for Jimmy Michaels, the former En glish champion cyclist. , BRYAN RECEIVES TRICK MULE Mascot of Democrats For Campern. Busy on Speeches. A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., says W. J. Bryan received Wednesday from the Minnesota State Agricultur al Society, the long expected trick mule, which is to be the "mascot" of the party this fan. The mule was taken out to Fairvlew, where it was given a hearty welcome by the candidate and his family. "I am going to have a caucus of the newspaper correspondents to se lect a name for this mascot of mine," declared Bryan, as he led the animal about, a lawn by a halter. "They tell me that it is the. best trained mule in the United States, and we will have to properly name it before the day is over." RING IN BIRD'S NEST. Diamond Circlet is Found by Wo man While Walking. Miss Anna Dodge, of Brooklyn, who Is visiting friends in Caldwell.N. J., while in the woods of that vicini ty with friends, found a diamond ring valued at $350. Her attention was drawn to a bird s nest at the foot of a tree, and think ing it had been wantonly thrown to the ground by some small boy, pick ed It up. In the nset was the ring. It is set with four diamonds of rare brilliancy. A jeweler says it is worth. Fearrington on the] head, tearing a $350. hole in his hat and\glanclng to trees The nest was that of a blackbird, nearbv Though unconscious sever- and it is supposed the bird carnea nearby. Though unconscious sever al hours, he recovered. and the ring there.