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ESTABLISH! Stoto
SMITH BEATS EVANS
IN SENATORIAL RACK BY LARGE*
? MAJORITY.
Swearingen Is Elected Over Melli
ehamp and Cansler Leads Caugh
mai for Rail Road Commissioner.
The following is the result of the
State primary as reported up to one
?o'clock Wednesday morning:
United States Senator.
Jno. Gary Evans. . .30,043
E. D. Smith.4S>,3.">9.0
State Supt. of Education.
Stiles R. Mellichamp. , .31,407
?I. E. Sweitringen. >, 40,959
Kail Road Commissioner.
?las. Cans I er.36,521
Banks L. Caughniau. . .30,178
Smith is elected United States Sen- j
ator over Evans by a large majority,
Swearingen defeats Mellichamp for
State Superintendent of Education
by a safe majority and the race for
Rail Road Commissioner is nip and
tucJr between Cansler and Caughmau.
Cansler Is little in the lead. It can
not be said who will win in this
race.
OUTLOOK SEEMS BRIGHT.
Parker Returns From West With
Good News Fof Democrats.
Former Judge Alton B. Parker,
who .has returned from a visit to the
Pacific coast, where he made several
sp^ches for William J. Bryan, con
ferred for over an hour Wednesday,
night with National Chairman Mack
at the Democratic national headquar
ters in New York. Plans for a speak
ing campaign in the East by Mr.
Parker in the interest of the ticket
were discussed.
??; A report circulated was to the effect
that the former Democratic candidate
might be nominated for governor of
his State. Mr. Parker had nothing
to say regarding the report. As to j
Democratic prospects generally, Mr.
Parker said he was surprised at the
show of early Democratic strength in
the West. I visited Oregon, Wash
ington and Montana," said Mr. Park
er, "and everything there was a sur
prising growth of sentiment ?or the
Democratic ticket.
"I talked with many Republicans
who told me they were going to sup
port .the . Democratic ticket. Some
gave one reason, some another. IJ
tuet an-Ohio manufacturer who told
me he was seriously considering sup
porting the ticket on the! ground that
he wanted to maintain the status quo.
HVS?H' that with Bryan in the White
House and a Republican senate noth
ing couJd be done and everything
^^^Sff^o-t?buslehss jifst the same.- '
"I amgoing to make several speech
es in the East for the party, but the.
dates and places1 have not been fix
ed." * :
GRIEF LED TO SUICIDE.
"Mother Dead; Father Dying"?Hus- j
band in Jail and No Money.
Unable to borrow enough money to j
carry her to her home in Georgia. J
Mrs. Sylvia Stouks committed suicide j
outside the prison walls iu Pittsburg,
where her husband is doing time un
dtr sentence for larceny. Added to
the disgrace of her husband's crime
came tbe lack of funds and just when 1
the woman was nearly starved a tele
gram reached her which- read:
"Mother dead: father dying come
home at once."
Mrs. Stoaks tried to borrow money
but could not. Finally a man gave)
her ten cents for coffee. With this
she bought acid and ended her grief, i
The frantic husband is now in the
prison dungeon.
Woman Perish in Fire.
A dispatch from Gadsdeu. Ala., says :
Mrs. Elizabeth McNeal. aged 7". years,,
and 'linr invalid dangV-tcr-in-law.
Mrs. Joe McNeal, aged 55 years, were
burned to death Wednesday night in
a iire which destroyed their home on
lookout mountain. U is thought the
fire, originated from a defective flue.
The two women were alone in the
house at the time.
It May Become "Lord Astor."
The Socialist party nominated Jas.
William Waldrof Astor is men
tinned among government circles in
Ixmdon as likely to be raised to the
peerage. Tlie honor is regarded as
so imminent that'many are speculat
ing whether he will become Lord As
tor of Cliveden, or Lord Hever of
Hover castle.
Attorney Sues Harry K. Thaw.
Papers have been served on Harry
K. Thaw hi a suit brought .by .lohn
B Gleason. a"counsel for Thaw in Iiis
Irst trial to recover $60.000. the
alance of his rec of SS0.000 which
he attorney claims his services were
orth.
HARD HIT BY FIRE.
Three Thousand People Homeless and
a Loss of $750,000.
A dispatch from Rawhide. Nev.,
says three thousand people homeless.'
a score or more, injured and a pro
perty loss of over $750,000 is the re
sult of a disastrous fire, which start
ed at 9 o'clock Friday morning in
Dr. Gardner's office, located in the
Rawhide Drug company's building.
Fanned by a gale the fire swept rapid
ly south and east to Balloon avenue
nd up Rawhide avenue to within 50
yards of the People's hospital.
Over a ton and a half of dynamite
was used in the demolition of build
ings which in a measure stayed the
flames' progress. The volunteer fire
department and 500 miners worked
j heroically, but owing to the inflam
mable construction of the buildings
they were swept away like tinder.
At 11 a. m. the business portion of
Rawhide was a smoldering ruin, tne \
flames being finally checked south of
Balloon avenue.
Among the first buildings to go was
Collin's hardware store, which con
tained two tons dynamite, that ex
ploded wit-h terrific reports, hurling
burning planks and boards a great
distance, setting fire to numerous
[buildings simultaneously.
! The scenes were similar to those
I at the fire at Gold?eld in July, 1906,
jand at Cripple Creek in April, 1S96.
Many people were injured by flying
debries, but none is reported serious
ly hurt.
A famie wnas feared, as all the
upply houses and grocery stores were
wiped out.
A subscription list was started and
in a few minutes over 85,000 was!
raised and a relief train started from |
Reno, carrying food and bedding. *j
All the mining towns of the State I
came quickly to the ar>sistance of
Uawhide sufferers with cash contri
butions. San Francisco mining ex
change also sent a contribution of
$500. *
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE.
The Good -Work It is Doing for the
Schools of the State.
More and more the University au
thorities are striving to link the in
stitution to the common schools'of
the State. Several' members of the
present faculty have been closely
identified with the common schools
teaching in the State and county
schools for teachers, addressing
teacher bodies and the public on
school matters." Realising that the
high school situation in the State was
far from satisfactory, the Board of
Trustees a little more than two years
ago established in the University a
Chair of secondary education, and
called to it a man who had taught for
nearly twenty years in the common
schools, most of that time in South
Carolina. Prof. Hand began by giv
ing half of his time to teaching in the
institution,and the other half to field
work over the State. Within less than
a year the demand for his time was so
heavy that from that time since he
has given almost his entire time to
this high school work over the State,
in the ,mean time the Legislature has
appropriated $50,000 annuany to aid
the high schools, and the State Board
of Education made Prof. Hand its
State-.Inspector, further linking t-h*
institution to the chools. Tnere are
now in round numbers one hundred
-Starte: aidedMhigh' sehoola.-taw and,, ru?,
ral. These schools are getting the
benefit of his service in building
ourses of study, classfying their work%
and urging on the improvement of
\these schools. For the first time in
the history of the State all the col
j leges and the public at large have ac
cess to detailed tabulated information
as to the actual work done in all the
high schools of the State. The
volume of correspondence and the
!number of bulletins of information
! which pass through this office are
! heavy, and are growing almost daily.
(This department of the University is
'devoted to the educational interest of
I he State rather than to the individual
linierest of this Institution.
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Warehouse Burned.
At Columbia. Miss., two warehous-j
es the property or the I.ampton com
pany and occupied by the Hill Hard
ware company, were destroyed by.j
fire of an unknown origin Wednesday1
,cs using a loss of $75,000, partly cov
Iered by insurance. * j
Took 75 Negroes to Gel One.
A brutal crime, committed by a
i negro on person of .Miss Kate Fane.
I of McAlster, Okla.. came near caus
jine a lynching, last week. Seventy
i Jive ucgs'oes were arrested in a e.Vori
ito apprehend the criminal.
Jackie* Barred From Dancing Hall.
Tiled States sailors ia uniform
. ore barred from the dancing pavil
lion at Oyster Bay. N. V.. last week,
because of their condition. The men
are in service on the Sylph, the Pre
sident's private yacht.
General's Wife Murdered.
The wife of Major General Chas.
Edward L'uard. retired officer of the
Royal Engineers, was murdered in
the woods near London. England,
last week. Robbery is believed to
hn\o been the motive as her jewel
ery was taken.
Civil War Raging in Persia.
The troops <>:' the shah, of Persia
met a decisive defeat, last week, at
the hands of men under Satar Khan.
Eight hundred men were hilled and
wounded. Civil war is raging in Ta
briz.
CUrS MAN TO DEATH.!
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TWO MURDERS COMMITTED IX j
BARXWELL COUNTY.
White. .Mail Cuts Another to Death
and Another White Man Rills a
Xcsro.
On ? Saturday afternoon L. F.
Miles had a fuss with a negro named
Caleb Nix. A short time afterwards
Miles met Nix and after a few words
shot him four times, each shot tak
ing effect. JThe negro died , almost
linstantly. . Miles gave himself up
to the authorities. Nix had a large
knife open in his pocket when
-searched after his death.
Sunday afternon L. W. DeWitt of
Blackville cut to death a Mr. Gruber
in his front yard. There seems to
have been some personal mater be
tween the two men. Mr. Gr?ber
canto by Mr.' DeWitt's back yard and
after a few words started in the
gate. Mr. DeWitt advanced in his
shirt sleeves to meet him. Gruber
reached for his pistol and as he did
Mr. De Witt pulled his pocket knife
and closed in on him. He cut Gru
ber about the head and neck, almost
severing the head from his body.
Gruber died almost instantly.
DeWitt gave himself up to the
sheriff immedately after the killing,
Sheriff ? Creech being in Blackville.
Both DeWitt aid. Miles are now in
ja* ?
MOTHER ON STAND.
Aged Mrs. HaD>s to Testify iii Behalf
of Her Two Sons.
That the old mother of Capt. Peter
C. and T. Jenkins Hains, arrested on
rthe charge of killing William Jji,
Aunis. at Bayside, L. I., would take
the witness stand to testify concern
ing the mental condition of Capt.
Hains prior to the tragedy, was the
assertion, last week, of Joseph A.
Shay, of counsel for the defense.
Though broken in spirit and more
than 70 years old, she will be employ
ed by the lawyers for the defense not
merely as an appeal to the sympath
ies of the jury, but to tell of the rav
ing of the captain after h had heard,
of his wife's alleged unfaithfulness to i
him. I
She is now at Fort Hancock attend-,
ing to the three children of the cap
tain, and was prostrated by the news'
pT the tragedy. She has wished to
visit her sons in the Queens county j
jail, but Gen Hains, her nusband, has
dissuaded her. fearing that the ordeal
would be too groat a strain on her.
The prisoners, their lawyers said,
have told him they would be happy
to see her agaiu. and in answer to
her pleadings Gen. Hains ?told Shay
he would bring his wife to the city.*
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THAW'S NOVEL STATEMENT. I
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He Hopes to Bo in Business in Pitts
burs Atter His Belense.
Harry K. Tlnw sent a statement
last week to friends in Pittshurg,
I from tie- asylum in Poughkeepsie, X.
V.. in which he makes some startling
assertions and admissions. It is his
stated desire and intention to be back
in Pittshurg wil'hin a short time, take
up some business and devote the rest
of his life to it. He declares he will
lead the old life no more.
Among other things he says he and
Evelyn have practically agreed to an
annulment of marriage, but he
blames her attorneys for her present
action. He also blames Attorney
Delafield for influencing and frighten
ing his mother at his first trial so that
he was branded as a degenerate and
paranoiac.
Champion Pauper Death
j A dispatch from Utica, X. Y.. says
'the champion pauper is dead, after
' in ing a public charge for S?5 year-.
jHezekiah Monk was born in the H r
kimer county poor house SH year's
j ago. spent all his days there and died
[in that institution Wednesday. ?
HORRIBLE MURDER.
WOMAN'S DISMEMBERED BODY
POUND IN TRUNK.
Actor Kills His Wife and Cuts Herl
Body in Pieces?Sa.? it Was Ac
cidental. ?
The most brutal crime commit ted in j
Greater Boston since the death of
Susan M. Geary, a chorus girl, four!
-years ago. and one much resembling!
it in its details, was disclosed Thurs
day night by the discovery of the I
torso of Mrs. Honorah Jordan, an ac-1
tress, aged years, of Somerville.'!
in a trunk at No. 7 Hancock street,
?on Beacon Hill, Boston. Later the!
head and bones of the limbs were'
found in the furnace of the Jordan
home at Somerville, and the scaly,
hair and other gruesome remains
were, taken from-the kitchen range of
the house.
Chester Jordan, aged 2." years, an
actor, of Somerville,' is held by the
police charged with the murder, and
according to the officers, he made a
complete confession of the crime.
According to Jordan's . confessiou.
he accidentally killed his wife Tues
day night in a quarrel at their home,
and because becoming desperate'over
what he did he bought a butcher s
knife, razor and shears,, cut up ^hej
ody and placed the torso in a trunk, j
He then planend to take the,steamer
Harvard for New York and throw the
parts of the body overboard. The
fact that the Harvard was laid oif.
owing to an accident, disarranged his
plans, and he was obliged to hire a
hackman to take the trunk to a B >?
fon house to await a-more favorable
opportunity. *
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DUEL IN MIDSTREAM._|
Dramatic Affair Between Two Fisher
men?A Woman the Cm use.
Enmity between two fishermen
having its origin several years ago,
when, it is alleged, the wife of one de
serted him for the other, reached a
spectacular culmination In'midstream
of the Mississippi river Friday night
near Memphis. Tonn., when S. L.
Smith and his son were fired upon,the
younger man being killed and the
elder wounded by P. L. Nichols, the
.man who. it is alleged, was aggriev
ed, according to the statement of
!Smith, who reported the Occurrence
^o the police.
i Smith asserts that he and his son
were returning shortly after nightfall
in a motor boat from tendig their
lines and encountered Nichols in a
'skiff. The later according to Smith,
opened lire, killing the younger man
and seriously wounding the elder.
Nichols escaped.
AN AWFUL SHIPWRECK.
2.* Ont of a Crew of :W host Oft' the
Const of Wales.
The British schooner Amazon was
wrecked off Port Talbott. on the coast
of Wales, Tuesday, and -'s of the
crew of "S men went down with her.
The Amazon was wrecked in the
storm that swepl the English channel
and the west coast the first of tin
week. Nearly every vessel thai put
into port Tuesday showed tip- terrible
effects of the storm, and great anxiety
is felt for those that are now over
due* A number of vessels were driv
en a?hore and it is doubtful whether
seme of them can be floated.
Champion Coin Eaters to Contest.
An effort is being made to bring
about a com eating contest in Middle
town. N. Y. Fred Owens claims the
championship. He ate corn off cobs
thai would measure I I feet !> inches
it' laid end to end. William Portz,
of Roscoe. declares he ate il off l(i
feet.pf cobs.
Tacoma Chosen.
Tacoma. Wash;, has been selected
for'the next convention <?' :!;. :-.a:t
ish' War Veterans to meet.
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?fJogcro in Now York H?rnld.
SANK IN QUIKSAND.
GIVES IP HOPE AND COUNTS MO
MENTS OE LIFE LEFT.
Saved at Lust Minute in Lonely Quag
mire all Night, Water Was Above
His Chin When Rescued.
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In the fanciful tales of horrible and
terrifying experiences from Poe and
Hugo no situation is described more
terrible than that in which Edward
Tiet'enbach, on Torrington, Conn.,
found himself for eight hours until
he was rescued Friday moring at the
moment when death seemed inevit
able.
Like one caught in the quicksands,
with the added horror of the man
penned in a cavern of the'sea by the
risig tide. Tiefenbach faced the don-.
Ide in a lonely pond-throughout the
night As his body was slowly suck
ed downard into the soft, yielding
mud his progress toward death was
measured by the rise of the water to
ward his mouth and nostrils until he
could count ahead the minute and
seconds left him to iive.
Tiet'enbach went to Catlin's pond,
near Harwinton, for, a night of fish
ing. He was alone, and at that time
ot night there was no one in the neigh
borhod. He rowed out to the south
ern end of the pond, where the wat
er is shallow and the bottom is cover
ed with a soft ooze several feet thick.
\bout 9 o'clock., while Tiefenbach was
standing in the boat, a patched place
In the bottom gave way, and Tiefen
buch ; through, his feet imbedding
themselves in the slime.
The boat sank quickly, and Tiet'en
bach. feeling himself being drawn
down, struggled .ujiidl jie managed to
et his feet "out of the mud. which was
acting like quicksand, and upon the
bottom of the sunken ..boat.. ...But the
boat also quickly filled with mud.
again entrapping him, and the craft
began to sink slowly into the mud.
Tiefenbach soon discovered that,
any struggle on his part made the
boat sink quicker, and that, his only
hnce was to stand still, with the hope
that the "boat would reach solid oqt
tom. or that daylight would bring
some one to his assistance.
For hour upon hour Tiefenbach
stood, while his body ?was slowly but
surely drawn further and further
own. He could tell by th< rise of the
water upon his body that he was sink
ing deeper and deeper, and as the
interminable night wore on it ?be
came of an hour or two. then of
minutes, until the horrible death
which had threatened so long should
overtake him. The man was frozen
with horror when the water reached
his chin, just as day began to break.
Gradually the water rose until it
reached his lower lip. and he had to
tilt his head back to keep it from go
ing into his month. He felt it rise
until his lace alone was out of water,
and then it was day, and with a last
despair ig cry he shouted loudly for
help.
Two farmers heard the screams of
Tiefebach and arrived at the pond
just in time to save him from drown
ing. They reaclvd him in another
boat, and by heroic work released his
hody from the mud and brought him I
ashoiv. It will he many days before!
Tiefenbach recovers from bis expe-j
rience.
PAYING HIS VICTIMS. ?
Millionaire- Robber Has Reformed and
is Making itcstnmioii.
Chief o!" Police Creecy. of St. Louis.
Mo., is aiding a man who refuses to
give his name or the name of the New
York millionaire for whom he is work
ing, in an effort to lind a man in St.
Louis and who was robbed of a
diamond stick tun. The agent .declar
es the robber was arested in Lafayette
Ind.. ami was sent to penitentiary
uder ib.e name of \V. .1. Ilyde. in 1 !?f>".
'Now the millionaire highwayman
has been released from prison and re
stored to his family. Recently lie
returned a large sum of money to a
man in Sorinefield. 111., which he had
IMMORTAL SIX HUNDRED."
Money to be Raised for a Monument
to Confederate Soldiers.
The Washington correspondent of
The News and Courier says confeder
ate camps throughout the South are
receiving copies of a circular letter
being sent to them for the purpose of
raising funds to commemorate the
deeds of the six hundred soldiers,
who braved death on Morris Island
and at Fort Delaware in the War Be
tween the States.* If sufficient funds
are raised a suitable monument will
be erected in their memory.
J. Ogden Murray, of Charleston,
W. Va., is secretary of the Society of
the "Immortal Six Hundred," aud
would like to receive any donations
that are given for the erection of the
monument.
The circular being sent out Is as
follows:
"The Society of the Immortal Six
Hundred, survivors of the six hun
dred Confederate officers, prisoners of
war, who by the order of Edwin M.
Stanton. Federal Secretary of War,
taken from the military prison of
Fort Deleware and placed under fire
of the Confederate batteries shelling
the United States troops on' Morris
Island, S. C. In August. 18G4, and
kept under the fire of our own guns
fof f6rty-two days, fed upon a ration
of four rotte? hard tack army crack
ers, with the addition of one ounce of
fat meat, and one-half pint of mush,
or bean soup each twenty-four hours,
as our only ration, obtaining our
water suply by digging holes In the
and and waiting until suffi:ient water
inspid and bad. would ooze out to
quench our thirst, determined at
their last meeting held iu the city of
Birmingham, Ala., to build a monu
ment to the memory qf our dead com
rades, who remained true and died
for the cause of the South under this
torture of retalliation.
"After this ordeal of fire and. star
vation on Morris Island we were re
moved from the island to Fort Pul
aski, situated at the mouth of the
Savannah River, Georgia. At this
point, our number was divided; part
sent to Hilton Head, S. C. remainder
detained at Fort Pulaski. Our ra
tions in both these prisons were alike,
ten ounces of rotten corn meal, with
onehalf pint of cucumber and onion
pickle each twenty-four hours, no
salt, no grease; nor meat of any kind
was Issued to us, simply ten ounces
of rotten corn meal filled with bugs
and worms and hard lumps. This
meal was ground by. the Brandy wine
Mills, 1SG1. When we picked out the
hugs.' worms and dirt we were com
pelled to throw at least three ounces
away uufit for.use, and on this'ration
we Th'ed for sixty-five days, causing
hat dreadful disease, scurvy, amongst)
our men." - ?
The officers of the Society are:
Capt. J. L. Hompstead, president*
C/?pt. J. W. Mathcws, first vice-presi
dent; Capt. T. .C. Chandler, second
vice president; Lieut W. W. George,
color bearer.
Constitutional Committee?Major
McD. Carrington. Capt. Thomas
Pinckney, Lieut. E. Lee Ben.
Chaplains?The Rev. T. S. Arrai
stead, the Rev. George Wi Finlty, the
Rev. D. M. Lay ton. *
SENATOR "BEATEN UP.
Bad Blood Spilled at Wheeling,W.Vu.,
in a Bankiug House.
United States Senator Nathan B.
Scott, of West Virginia, bears some
:{0 bruises about his face and should
ers as the result of an encounter with
ex-Senator S. G. Smith, a prominent
business man of Wheeling, W. Va.
The men met in the corridor of the
Dollar Savings and Trust company in
Wheeling. It appears there has been
some bad blood between the two ow
ing to Smith's recent declaration that
the United States senatorslfip In West
Mrginiahad been bought at public auc
tion for many years.
Senator Scott took exception to
Smith's statement and called him to
account for the same One word
brought on another until Scott called
Smith a liar. Smith declared United
States senators are not divine and
called Scott a "damned liar" and the
fight was on Cashier L. F. Tit'el
rushed between the two men but not
until Smith had delivered HO blows on
Scott and the latter had landed six
times. Scott was "all in" at the
count. ' ' ?
A conference is now being arranged
to settle the affair as Scott's friends
realize the senator was entirely in
the wrong.
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GEORGIA WOMAN ASSAULTED.
The Usual Result is Expected to Fol
low.
A special from Damascus, da., says
ofin W. Town, a negro who Thursday
night attempted to criminally assault
the wife of Joe Wheeler, a white
man. is- in danger of being lynched.
Mrs. Wheeler's screams aroused her
husband and frightened the negro
away. A posse captured him later
and he was placed in jail. Feeling
is running very high and mob viol
ence is feared.
Socialists Claim *JT Per Cent. Increase
The Socialist pari nominated James
!?'. Carey, of Haverhill, last week, for
governor of Massachusetts. Carey
announced that the psrty had made
a not gain of -7 per cent, in member
ship during the past year. Collective
ownership, abolition <-t child labor,
raising of the school age. and aboli
tion of the injunction In labor dis
putes are advocated in the platform
adoption.
?1.50 HEB ANNUM.
IN GRASP OF MANIAC
FAITHFUL DAUGHTER NEAR
DEATH ON LOFTY TOWER.
Qniet in One Instant, Her Father Be
came Insane the Next and Tried to
Dash His Child to Certain Death.
Seized with a homicidal mania whil
he and his- daughter were viewing
Chicago from the lofty tower of the
Auditorium building, J.' E. Shilling
made a desperate effort to toss-her
over the railing to death, 300 feet be
low. The suspicious -look in her
father's eye as the pair left the eleva
tor saved the daughter from deatn.
Men were appalled for a time at the
attempt of the crazed man. "but finally
seven were able to bring the kicking,
clawing and biting manic to control.
He is now under'arrest and will be
returned to the Konkakee insane
asylum, whence he come a few weeks
ago, apparently cured from his men
tal derangement.
The attempt to murder was caused
by a recurrence of an attack of in
sanity. The father had pleaded the
day of the incident to be taken to
Chicago that he might once more be
hold the wonderful city. His daught
er, anxious to humor him, went along
as'a sort of guard and attendant. She
noted the sane way the elderly man
paid his insurance and was coming
to believe he would soon be his form
er self. When finally they reached
the auditorium the father insisted
that they go up" and see the city. "All
right)"* said the girl, and they ascend
d the elevator. Together they climb
ed the stairway leading to the bal
cony, ond walked around the tower.
Then the father and the girl stood
still, their eyes fixed on the lake.
With a suddenness that forbids
telling the father turned upon his
daughter and grasped her about the
waist. In an instant she was over his
head. She screamed for help and
twisted in. midair. Certain death
was below her. The only hope
was that a rescuer might be on the
spot. The descent began but the
agile Miss Schilling caught the iron
railig and held with a deathlike grip.
While in the act of getting back to
the platform the enraged father rush
;d at her and had her within his grasp
x second time but one rescuer came.
John Richardson, an elevator start
er, had noted the look in the man's
lye? as he left' the> elevator and .'was
ratching his ocrion \ Shilling,gaye/a
ell of rage and $praiig^at R^Bas4$r*
but did not give up his grasp olj the
girl. ? Richardson fought, but'in on
instant the crazed man clatched'- his
throat and hewas all butchokedwhen . (
Dther persons saw the struggle and
?lished to the tower.- Two came at
tirst, then two more, but- still. the
maniac was. too powerful, to be over
come For. ten minutes' the struggl
ing group swayed to.ond fro, now in \
ianger of fallig' down the stairway
md now rushing against the iron roll
ing-with a force that tested its
strength. Two detectives arrived on
the scene and the murderous maniac
was overpowered but still he declar
ed his intention to kill his daughter..
Within a short time the girl had re
covered her composure and was able
to walk to a doctor's'ofBce. ^hitthtg
was taken to the hospital in an am
bulance. *
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WIFE BETRAYS MURDERER.
KugJLsh Woman Writes Letter to Re
corder in Patterson, N. J.
The mystery of the killing of Miss
Mamie Sullivan, in Patterson, N. J..
iu 1896, may finally yield to solution.
Last week Recorder Carroll receive I
a letter from a woman In Chester,
England, which is now being investi
gated and may lead to an arrest. The
man was suspected .at the time of the
killing. The letter follows:
"Recorder of Paterson:?I write to
tell you that my husband is the slayer
oi Mamie Sullivan, who was killed
March 4, 1 S9G. He did the deed with
a coupling pin, and notwithstanding
the fact that he was arrested and put
through a series of quest' -was al
lowed his freedom. He came to En
gland later, whore I met and married
htm. Two years ago he confided to
me that he was the man wanted in
your city for the murder, and swore
hat if l ever showed him up he would
have my life. My conscience has
troubled me so that I had to write to
tell j'ou of the crime. For God's sake
have mercy on him. I love him
dearly, and this confession has broken
my heart and will result in my
death."
MUTINY AND TRAGEDY.
)ismasted in Storm, Sailors Rebel and
Kill One of Their Number.
A dispatch from San Pracnlsco,
CaL. says news of a mutiny and a
tragedy on the Chilean bark Eaton
Hall during a stormy voyage in which
the vessel was dismasted was brought.
Wednesday from Tallin.
The Eaton' Hall was bound from
New Castle. Australia, to Valparaiso,
with a cargo of coal. On August 12.
when the ship was about 60 miles
from Theresa reef, a storm sprang up.
tearing the masts o'ul and littering
tin- decks with debrics. Subsequent
ly whil.- Cap; McLean was making
every effort to hring his almost help
less ship'to port the sailors became
mutionus and iu the trouble that fol
lowed :a sailor was killed. Finally
the bark was picked up by a French
power boa! md towed to Pa pete,
where she will be repaired.