The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, November 17, 1908, Image 1
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A BATTLE LOST
A War Just Begun, Says William
Jennings Bryan,
DEMOCRATIC LEADER
Declares That the Party Must Fight
On or be Dissolved?The Princi
ples and Policies of Democracy
Are Not Dead?The People Will
Yet Turn to It.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 12.?"A bat
tle lost?a war but begun." is the
caption of the first page editorial in
this week's issue of William J. Bry
an's newspaper.
"The election of 1908 is over and
the returns disclose a signal victory
for our opponents, but the principles
for which our party stands, the poli
cies for which our party contends,
tnese are not dead. A good propo i ?
tion is not made bad by rejection at
the polis; a needed reform is not
made unnecessary by an adverse
vote.
"The legislation asked for by the
Democratic party in its national plat
form was not of a temporary charact
er; it was legislation which will be of
permanent advantage when it is se
cured
"Does any ore believe that the
American pe pie will permanently
permit secrecy as to campaign con
tributions?
"Does any one believe that tee
American people will permanently
permit the will of tbe voters to he
thwarted, as it is now by the 'elec
tion of senators through legis
latures?
"Does any one believe that tee
trusts will be permitted permanently
to exploit the masses?
"Does any one believe that the
consumer will permanently permit
the tariff to be written by the privi
leged of that tariff?
"Does any one believe that the
puolic will permanently tolerate
?estrangement between labor and cap
ital?
"Does any one believe that the
fifteen milions of depositors will for
ever permit their savings to be jeop
ardized as at present?
"Does any one believe that the ex
travagance of the government will
go on forever unchecked?
"Does any one believe that our re
public will permanently consent to
a colonial policy with its humilia
tions and financial burdens?
"There must be a party represent
ing the people's .protest against
wrong politics and against the.op
pressing of politics and against the
oppression of the struggling masses.
The Democratic party must continue
its fight or dissolve. It could not
exist as a plutocratic party. , ,
"During the twelve ?years the Dem
ocratic party 'has accomplished more
out. of power than the Republican
party has accomplished in office, and
this is a sufficient reward for those
who fight for a righteous cause. It
would have been pleasant to have
been able to reward worthy Demo
crats with official positions; they
are looking for good government,
and they labor unselfishly for the
promotion of good bovernment. The"-*
will neither be discouraged nor dis
mayed by defeat. They cannot
cease to be interested for the gov
ernment, for indifference would oniy
invite worse abuses than those from
which we now suffer. The fi:;!it
must be continued, because a goo I
government is the richest legacy that
a parent can leave to a child.
"As for myself, let no one worry
about my future. The holding of
offce is a mere incident in the life
of those who are devoted to reforms.
The reform is the essential thing. 11
one can advance reforms by holding
o":ce, then the holding of office is
justifiable. If one can best advance
reforms as a private eilizop. then
the holding of office i? undesirahl-.
The world owes me nothing. I am
abundantly compensated for what 1
have been able io do. My life will
not be long enough to repay the
people for the confidence which they
have expressed. My gratitude to
those with whom I have labored sur
passes language, and the days of th
future to work in the interest of the
people as I understand that interest
and in behalf of those reforms which
seem to me to be the best.
"I invite the co-operation of those
who approve, and I shall not be de
terred by the criticism of those v. ?; >
disapprove. With an abiding faith
in the triumph of the truth and an
unfaltering confidence in the right
eousness oT our cau.-e, I speak this
word of eneourag'-'raont to those win
call themselves friends. I shall keop
sup with them and march on. TI?j
measure of our work cannot be taken
in a day. If we are right, as I be
lieve we are. it will vindicatio us. If
we contribute, as I believe we are
contributing, to a cause that i*
founded in justice, our efforts will j
Wi ii-ii in the final victory.*'
Falls Fifty-five Foot.
Monroe, La.. Nov. 12.?A man
named Bell, whose feat is kr.ow.i r.?
"the leap for life." and consists of
Swinging on a rone through a ?h<>. t
of flame, fell from a 55-foot derrick
at the Parish fair here today, and
i* believed to have been fatally in
jured. His home is in Marion.
Ohio. ?
69.
THE TAFT VOTE
Df GEORGIA WAS ,CAST BY
NEGROES SAiS
A Georgia Negro, Who Rejoices That
Some White Men Have Been Led
to the Light by Negroes.
Washington, Nov. 15.?Former
Register of the Treasury judson W.
Lyons, colored, in a letter to a local
paper Wednesday asserts that credit
for the increased Republican vote in
Georgia on November 3 is due al
?niost entirely to colored voters. He
says:
> "A perusal of the vote cast last
Tuesday, as published in the Atlanta
Constitution of the 4th and 5th of
this month, will convince any one
that it is practically the same vote
as was polled against disfranchiso
ment on the 7th day of October la?t
in the State election, with a few ex
ceptions in northeast Georgia, wher^
few colored people live. *
"Taft and Sherman received 30,
000 votes. Unaided by t'heir former
political allies, they?the- colorel
men?succeeded oh the 7th day of
October in Having recorded against
disfranchisement, a measure thai
struck at their very manhood, prac
tically .the same vote.
Vit was suggested to the 'campaign
committee of five' that the best way
to carry the State in November
would be to arouse all Republican
voters to active opposition to the dis
franchising amendment in October,
but for reasons best known to those
gentlemen, they declined to take any
op-^n or public part in that matter,
and the colored men were left to
their fate.
"It hps been estimated that F. QUO
or G.--00 uf the votes cast against
disfranchisement were by white men.
1 think I run no risk of successful
contradiction when I say that the
vote for Taft and Sherman last
Tuesday was just about the same.
In othi?r words, that not over 0,000
or 7.000 of the SD.OGO v ?fest cast
were by white men
"As far as this may have been
recruits, all rejoice that at last the
virtues rf the party for which ihey
have persistently and consistently
fought almost alone for a generation
are being recognized,- and their old
time foes, like Saul of Tarsus, have
had the scales of darkness stricken
?rom their eyes, even thVugk forty
years were consumed in the evange
listic effort.
"Why this famous 'campaign ,>m
mittee' should send forth from its
headquarters in Macon to the world
the negro did not vote,' 'it is a white
man's victory,' is past my under
standing, unless by so doing they
hope to hold on to official pabulum,
which no one begrudges them, or to
increase the same." ?
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
The Two Coopers and Sharp Indicted
in Carmack Case.
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 13.?The
grand jury returned a true bill
against Col. D. P. Cooper and his
son, R. J. Cooper, and Ee-Sheriff
John D. Sharp,. who are charged
jointly with the murder of Ex
Senator E. W. Carmack, and Sharpe
is also indicted on the charge of be
ing an accessory befone. the fact.
The men charged with the crime
have been committed to jail without
bail. The State will make out a
strong case against them. Six wit
nesses wv re examined by the jury,
all of them prominent people. There
is a strong feeling among a large
number of people that the trial will
develop a well laid conspiracy to
assassinate Carmack, as was done. *
EX-SHERIFF IS ARRESTED
Charged With Aiding And Abetting
Murder of Carmack.
Nashville. Nov. 12.?John J.
Sharpe. ex-sheriff of this- county, was
arrested litre today, charged with
the murder and aiding and abetting
in the murder of Senator Carmack.
It has been understood here for
seve al days that warrants would be
issu< ! for the arrest of Ssharpe and
Iiis arrest today was no surprise.
it is alleged that Sharpe was seen
with Col. Cooper and Robin Cooper,
iiis s< i. shortly before the killing
and is also at the scene of the
trt 2 ?; - immediately after Carmack
f''':l to the ground. Sharp was a'
onc< to jail. *
KILLING IN BERKELEY.
Colored ,"!:'!! Shoots at White Man
and Gets Shot.
Mcncks Corner. Nov. 12.?Anoth
er h micidc occurred near Mt. Holly
on t! e Ailautic Coast Line railroad.
>.-Iv. [. :'. Brown attempted to ar
re t n n named Richard Dray
ton ? id ti e negro attempted to kill
Hie*, x. In f. ct, a bullet from Pray
on'* P t >i passed through Brown's
over a. whereupon Brown shot and
kilh iv ???on. Them were no wit
nes i t this tragedy, except the
arl ' nuts, l'rown came up and
surr ' <-od to the sheriff. An ord^v
for :?? M was granted by Judge Al
dr:< \, and the bond was promptly
executed and Brown was released
Tbe klll ng occurred Monday. ?
A HEROIC GIL.
Endured Great Suffering to Holp
Her Younger Sister.
SAVES CHILD'S FOOT
By Consenting to Have One Hun
dred and. Forty-four Inches of
Skin Removed From Her Body
to bo Grafted on the Little One's
Body After an Accident.
Charleston, Nov. 14.?The Even
ing Post says Mamie Berger, four
teen years old, the daughter of Mr.
Martin K. Berger, the well known
cigar salesman, of 419 King street,
has now about recovered from the
operation which she underwent two
weeks ago to give up 144 square
inches of skin that was grafted up
on the flesh of her little sister,
Eleanor, the three-year-old child who
lost her right leg and a part of her
left foot through being run over
by a trolley car in King street on
the evening of September 19. The
victim of the trolley car accident is
also improving and was on Sunday
brought home from the Riverside
Infirmary.
For fortitude and self-sacrifice,
the act of little Miss Mamie Berge'
deserves a high place among the an
nals of heroism. About two weeks
ago the family physician of Mr.
Berger announced that while the
wound on the right limb of little
Eleanor was healing well the left
foot showed a startling condition, for
the flesh proved unable to grow its
skin again. Therefore it would be
necessary to try to save the child
from horrible suffering, and give her
as good a foot as possible by attempt
ing a very difficult surgical opera
tion?grafting skin upon the stump
Wthout 'hesitation the elder sis
ter, of the little girl, Mamie Berg
er, begged that she he allowed to
provide the necessary skin. She is
a healthy girl, weighing- some 170
pounds, and she was glad to do any
thing possible to help her little sis
ter. Accordingly, after consultation,
the physician took the brave girl to
the Riverside Infirmary two weeks
ago today, and proceed-ed to remove
enough skin to furnish a covering
for the foot and a portion of the
left .leg of Eleanor.
Twelve strips of s"i..n were re
moved from the thighs and upper
limbs of Mamie Borger. Each otrip
was six by two inches in dimensions.
It* took some two hours to perform
the operation. As the skin was re
moved it was placed upon the flesh
of the younger child, and bound into
position.
For a week after giving up the
skin, Mamie Berger was unable to
leave the infirmary. She suffered
great pain, but was encouraged i>y
the thought that she had done some
thing for her younger sister, who was
so horribly mutilated on the evening
of September 19. Today Mamie
Berger was able to walk about a lir
tie more than for the past few days
and will eventually, it is thought.'
have new skin in the place of that
given up.
The physcians report that the
grafting operation promises to bo
successful. Its outcome is beinr
watched with keen interest by the
physicians of the city. Every other
day the lttle girl has to be given
chloroform for the dressing of the
grafted skin. She seems to have a
chance now to recover from the
shock' of the injuries, although for
some time after the accident it was
not thought she could survive. Her
right leg was amputated above the
knee. The left foot was badlv mash
ed.
This afternoon in telling of the
incident, Mamie Berger did not seem
to realize that she had done any
thing heroic. Her whole thought
was on the need of her little sister,
and possible benefit to follow the op
eration. She said the cutting away
of her skin did not hurt much. *
RAI L ROAD CA S I* A LTIES
For the Fiscal Year Ending the
Last of June.
Wa shington, Nov. 12.?T h e re
were 3,704 persons killed and 6S,
9S9 injured in railroad casualties
in the United States during the fiscal
year ended June 3 0th, last, accord
ing to an announcement of the Inter
State Commit roe Commission today.
This is a decrease of 1,230 in the
number of killed and 3.279 injured,
as compared with the previous year.
In the three months ended June
30th there were "?91 killed and 13,
09S injured, a decrease of 1,752
from the preceding quarter. The 13
passengers kilhed in train accidents
during the quarter is the smallest
ever reported in the quarterly rec
ord. The (TpNissiorts during the
quarter numbered $20 and derail
ments 1.310 of which 130 collisions
and 10S derailments affected passen
ger trains. *
Going to Mexico.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 13.?Mr. and
Mrs. W'm. .7. Bryan will leave Sun
day for a trip to Mexico. They will
seek rest and recreation. Ti>
itinerary of the trip has not bee~i
announced. Mr. Bryan will deliver
a commencement a<:!dr:ss in Phila
delphia December 23. *
BG, S. C. TUESDAY, NCT
BAPTIST WOMEN
TO RAISE . OVER THIRTY-TWO
THOUSAND DOLLARS,
Which Amount is to be Expended
in the Foreign and Home Mis
sion Fields.
Charleston, Nov. 12.?Not content
with the large sum of $28,000 appor
tioned . yesterday for missionary
work, the Woman's Baptist Mission
ary union at its session today at the
Citadel Square Baptist church adopt
ed the recommendations of the ex
ecutive committee, which provided
for the raising of $32,830 during
the coming year, to be apportioned as
follows: $4,330 for foreign mis
sions; $11,000 for home missions;
$5,000 for State missions and the
sum of $2,500, which will be raisea
by the Sunbeam bands and Order of
Royal Ambassadors for work in this
endeavor of the missionary union.
It was also decided to continue
the contributions to the endowment
fund of the Missionary training in
stitute at Louisville, as well as the
support'to young women's clubs,
bauds and the Order of Royal Am
bassadors. The missionary union
adopted the recommendations of the
executive committee unanimously,
being of the opinion that the union
will be able to undertake and carry
on successfully all that has been
planued along financial lines.
Greenwood was selected as the
next place of meeting, the time foi
the convention to be determined and
announced later by the executive
committee.
Among the reports which were
submitted and read was that of the
committee on nominating delegates
to the Woman's Missionary union
auxiliary. The nominees were all
declared elected as follows: Al
large, Mrs. Sojourner, Mrs. Wingo
and Mrs. Quattlebaum; northern di
vision, Mrs. J. F. Vines, Mrs. H. G.
Miller, Mrs.. L. M. Roper, Mrs. Cudd
and Mrs. Candel; southern division.
Mrs. J. A. Fizer, Mrs. Howard Jones.
Mrs. Eunice Williams; eastern di
vision, Mrs. J. E. McLaurin, Mrs. J.
L. Coker, Jr., and Mrs. Camelia
Napier; western division, Mrs. C. E.
Burts, Mrs. W. J. Hatcher, Mrs. C.
T. Jamison; central division, Mrs. O.
E. Scarborough, Mrs. H. J. Horton
a.nd Miss Lilly Mobley.,
State missons were interestingly
discussed by Dr^.T. M. Bailey and
Mrs. H. H. Wright, the latter rep
resenting 14 missions in bouth Car
olian, with her headquarters at
Langley.
Telegrams of greeting and good
will were ordered to be sent to Mrs.
C. E. Watson of the northern divis
ion;. Mrs. Fannie E. S. Heck, presi
dent of the Southern Women';- Mis
sionary union; former president.
Mrs. J. D. Chaplin, and former mem
bers of the central committee, Mrs.
John Stout and Mrs. M. L. Coker.
After a prayer for State missions,
a collection was taken up for the
work at Rock Hill.
Miss Lou Tindal presented an in
teresting statement on the work of
the Margaret home, and Miss Isla
McKenzie spoke on the training
school. The report of the obituary
committee was received and re
ferred.
The representatives of church pub
lications were then heard as fol
lows: Dr. H. S. Thomas, of The
Courier; Miss A. L. Smathers, of
The W. M. U.; Mrs. Fitz Landlord,
of The Journal,' and Miss Cleo At
taway, of The Home Field.
An interesting communication was
neceived from Rev. Dr. C. C. Drown
of Sumter. regarding assistance for
aged ministers. The missionary
union decided to co-operate in the
movement.
The afternoon session was opened
with exercises by Mrs. Eliza Hyde,
and then came a mission study in
which some interesting Chinese cu
rious were exhibited among the col
lections of the Sunbeams.
The most interesting business of
the afternoon session was the elec
tion of officers as follows: Presi
dent, Mrs. I. W Wingo; vice presi
dents, northern division. Mrs. C. E.
Wnston; southern division, Mrs.
William Haynesworth; eas'tern di
vision, Mrs. J. P. Bauknight; wester::
division, Mrs. M. B. Clinkscales, and
central division, Mrs. W. II. Mobley;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. A. L.
Crutchfield; recording secretary,
Mrs. J. W. Quattlebaum.
treasurer, Mrs. .1. X. Cudd: band
superintendent, Mrs. W. II. Hatcher,
superintendent of young people':?
works. Miss Eliza Hyde; superinten
dent young women's auxiliary, Mrs.
A. L. Qrutchfield, and local executiv ?
committee, Mrs. W. 1'.. Abbott, Mrs.
Eliza Bomar, MHannah Mont
gomery, Mrs. Beverly Montgomery,
Mrs. L. M. Ropi r. Mrs. I). A. Swiiz.T
and Mrs. W. M. Whiteside.
At the session Lonight Rev. Dr. T.
B. Ray of Richmond, secretary of
foreign missions, delivered an ad
dress and tlu; e?eivises were of gen
eral interest.
A number of the del seat es I'M'*
h< re tonight for their homes, but
the bulk of the number will Icav 'j
tomorrow after : very successful and
pleasant session. *
_?_
Shoot* His Own Brother.
Warrenton. Va., Nov. L2.?De
t ruling hi .Keif and his wife in his
home, as hi alleges, against a mid
night aitack made by his own broth
er. Henry Spiuks shot and kiiled
William Spinks at Hopwell, twenty
miles north of here yesterday. ?
MEMBER 17, 1908.
A LAWYER SHOT
By a Saloon Keeper Decause, As
He Claimed,
HE HAD RUINED HIM
Third Trial of Abraham Ruef, on
Charge of Bribery, Brought to an
Abrupt Halt by Man Shooting the
Prosecuting Attorney in the Court
Room in the Presence of Many.
San Francisco, Nov. 13.?Francis
J. Hemey, a leading (figure in the
prosecution of municipal corruption
in San Francisco, was shot and se
riously wounded at 4:23 o'clock to
day in Judge Lawlor's Court room
by Morris Haas, a Jewish saloon
keeper, who had -been accepted as a
juror in a previous trial of Abraham
Ruef and afterwards removed, it
having been shown in Court ' by
Heney that Haas was an ex-convict,
a fact not brought out in his exami
nation as a venireman.
The shooting of Heney occurred in
the presence of many persons in the
Court room during a recess in the
trial of Abraham Ruef, on the trial
for the third time on the charge of
bribery. At 6 o'clock tonight Mr.
Heney, who regained consciousness
and will likely recover, said:
"I will live to prosecube Haas and
Ruef."
The Court had taken a recess for
ten minutes and the jury had left
the room. Heney and Ruef's attor
neys, Ach and Dozier, had just re
turned from Judge. Lawlor's cbamti
ers, where they had been summoned
by the Judge for a conference. After
the conference Ach and Dozier re
turned to the Court room and Heney
returned to his customary seat.,
He was talking) with former Super
visor Gallagher, who had just pre
viously undergone a severe cross
examination by Ruef's attorneys,
when Haas rushed up out of the au
dience. Haas approached Heney,
placed a revolver against the prose
cutor's right cheek and fired. Heney
fell over on the desk, blood stream
ing from the wound. Haas was. im
mediately seized by by-standers and
thrown into the empty jury bo:;,
where he was held on his back till
the police came.
"Haas, while a venireman in the
second Ruef bribery trial, was put to
a severe examination by Heney,
while he was examined for juyr du
ty. He asserts that the information
brought out by Heney in his question
resulted in the ruin of his business
that of a saloon keeper.
Haas in the second Ruef trial had
been passd'e as a juror. Then one day
in Court Heney dramatically pro
duced a photograph of Haas, taken
at San Quentin penitentiary, in con
vict garb and with cropped hair and
with his number across his breast.
Haas collapsed in Court, admitting
that he had been a convict. He was
immediately discharged from the
jury.
News of the shooting spread rap
idly, and an immiense crowed gath
ered in the corridors of the Court
building. A large force, of police,
headed by Chief Biggy, surrounded
the building and kept the crowd
back. A number of men, who wer3
suspected of beisg there to create
trouble, were arrested.
Haas in a statement afber the
shooting said:
"I am the wronged man. I do no;
care what become of me now. l
have sacrificed myself not for my
own honor but for the honor of
those who are situated like myself.
I would not have brought my four
children into the world to bear such
a brand if I had known I hat the fact
that I was a former convict would
become known. Heney ruined me.
That is why I shot, him."
After the shooting Judge Lawlor
called the Court to order and imme
diately ordered Ruef taken in to cus
tody, overruling the objection of
Attorney Ach. Attorney Dozier ask
ed ihat tine witness, Gallagher, also
be taken into custody, but the Court
declined to issue the order. The
Judge then adjourned Court until
Monday.
Close examination of the wound
showed that the bullet entered
through the right cheek and lodged
under the left ear. It barely missed
the carotoid artery, and at another
point the arteries were tot rupt
ured. *
Killed Hiniseir.
San Francisco, Nov. 14.? Morris
Haas, who shot Francis J. Heney
yesterday, committed suicide at the
county jail by shooting himseif
through the head.
One report says that fie pistil
with which Haas shot hin -elf was
concealed in his shoe, where he rid
it before shooting Heney. Anothe'
report, says tie pistol was secrete
passed to Haas by a friend sine1
his incarceration.
Disaster ;;t Saw Mill.
Roanoke, Va., Nov. 13.--A Tin .
special tonight from N irfolk, Va..
says that three men were killed
outright, uro fatahy injured and
two others were seriously hurl in an
explosion yesterday at a .saw mill
plant In Wise county. *
MURDER MYSTERY
SOLVED BY THE STRANGE PRE
SENTMENT OF A SISTER.
Who Carries Searchers to the Place
Where Her Brother's Body is
Buried on Neighbor's Farm.
Chicago, Nov. 15.?Out on a deso
late little plot of ground two miles
north of Marengo, a girl has uncov
ered a murder mystery, the details
of which indicate so cold-blooded a
crime that farmers living in the vi
cinity have been fascinated by the
scene.
The body of Oscar Hoganson, a'
young farmer, who was living the
life of a hermit on his own farm,
has been dug out of the soft earth
of a chicken house on the farm of
John N. Bedford. Just a few feet
away a bloody hatchet was unearth
ed.
Bedford, like Hoganson, had been
living on his farm, but disappeared
after Hoganson's death. Such a
mass of circumstantial evidence was
discovered which pointed to him,
that when he finally was found in
Ellis, Neb., he was arrested and now
is being brought back to Chicago.
The man was taken while on his way
to see his mottoer at Beatric, Neb.
A strange presentment of the
dead man's sister, Arvilla Hoganson,
is credited with the discovery of
the body. The girl can not explain
the feeling which caused her to visit
the place and lead the searchers to
dig in that particular spot. She was
certain, however, that she had reach
ed the grave of her murdered brotn
er, and the diggers soon verified her
belief.
The work of unravelling the mys
tery began more than a week ago,
wlien Arvilla began to worry be
cause her brother had failed to wrire
his weekly letter. The girl imme
diately declared that somfe awful
thing had happened to him, al
though she had no information up
on, which to base such a belief.
After two days it was decided to
visit the farm and learn just what
'had happened to Hoganson. So
Arvilla, accompanied by her brother,
James, visited the place early one
morning about a week ago. Thie
house was found in seemingly good
order. The man's clothing and be
longings all appeared to be as he
might have left them, with one ex
ception?his three horses were miss
ing.
Inquiry was made among the
neighbors and somebody remembered
having seen Hoganson walking to
wards the farm of Bedford, a dis
tance of about a mile, on the morn
ing of October 29. Other neighbors
remembered having seen a man
whom they supposed was Bedford
at Hoganson's place in the evening,
hitching up one of the missing hors:
es. The other two horses, they de
clared, wens hitched to the rear of
the rig. As the man drove away hi
the dusk they were unable to make
certain whether it actually was Bed
ford. A few days after this Bedford
left the district.
Miss Hoganson stood silent listen
er to the statement and .theories of
the farmers. "I am satisfied that
the thing to do is to visit this man
Bedford's place," she said. " I have
a feeling that we are going to settle
this thing right there." So the sis
ter and brother, together with a
crowd of curious farmers, hurried to
Bedford's place.
The girl walked straight to the
chicken house. The floor of the
house was paved smoothly with
round cobble stones, and to a super
ficial observer meant nothing. But
the girl called attention to the fact
that several stones had been takqtk
up and replaced. Men began .. . ;
itig with picks and shovels and in a
few moments unearthed the body of
the missing man. He had been
killed by a blow over his right tem
ple. ?!
ELEVEN MEN KILLED.
Union Pacific Freight Train Crash
With Terriolo Results.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 1 p. ? Eleven
men, live of them Japanese laborers
and th" rest, trainmen, were killed
i:t a collision of two Union Ktcil ?
rreight trains late last night a!
Boric, Wyo., and in the fire whicn
[oi.'owed. Only th'- body of J. C.
Duncan, one of the brake men, and
five Japanese laborers were recov
ered. The other bodies were cre
mated by the burning of the cars
The wreck was caused by one of
the trains getting beyond control
while running on a grade. *
TWO LAWYERS FIGHT.
Judge Candler Threw f iss at
Colonel Brewste
Atlanta, Nov. 12.?J .e J"hn S.
Candler, formerly of .e State su
l trior court, and Cc- H. P. Brew
. '> ?:, :i well known local lawyer en
gaged in a personal difficulty in thtj
superior court room at th.) court
house today. After some words
Judge Candler rushed across the
\r, .in and S'-i'/ \l a glass and threw
i! at the head of Colonel Brewster.
He missed his aim, and the glass
was shattered against the wal'.
They rushed at each other, but were
separated !,efone blows were passed.*
$1.50 PEB ANNUM.
BLOODY BATTLE
To Capture a Negro at Okmul
gee, Oklahoma.
EIGHT MEN KILLED
Before the Outlaw, Who Barricades
Himself in His House, Is Killed.
He Is Shot to Death and Cremated
in His House, Which Is Burned.
Down on Him.
Okmulgee, Okla., Nov. 15.?Eight
persons were killed and ten others
were wounded today in a fight be
tween Ja nes Deckard, a negro des
perado and officers. The dead:
Edgar Robinson, sheriff of Okmul
gee county.
Henry Klaber, assistant chief of
police of Okmulgee.
Two negroes, named Chapman,
brothers.
J. Deckard, negro.
Three unidentified negroes.
The wounded; Steve Grayso-i,.
shot through shoulder.
Deputy sheriff, arm broken.
Seven others, slightly wounded
The disturbance began at the St.
Louis and San Francisco Railroad
station, where Deckard engaged in
a fight with an Indian boy, Steve
Grayson, and beat him into insen
sibility with a rock. Friends <:Z
Grayson called the police. When
Policeman Klaber went to the sta
tion, Deckard fled to his. house near
by and ba, caded himself. When
Klaber approached the house, Deck
ard shot and instantly killed him.
Sheriff Robinson gathered deputies
in a few minutes and hurried to the
scene. This party contained several
negroes, whom the sheriff commis
sioned as deputies. As the attack
ing party approached the Deckard
house, Deckard opened fire with a
rifle, firing as rapidly as he could
load his weapon. The sheriff fell
first, instantly killed. Then five of
the negro deputies were slain.
Deckard's house was soon sur
rounded by a frenzied mob of arm
ed men. Fire was set to a house just
north of Deckard's. Volleys of bul
lets were pourned invto Deckard's
house and he was shot down. He
was seen to roll over, strike a match
and set fire to his own house, which
was soon a roaring furnace, in which
his body was baked. Deckard evi
dently had a large quantity of am
munition stored in the house for
many cartridges exploded.
Governor Haskell, at Guthrie, was
advised of the fight and of the bad
feeling between the whites and ne-'
groes that had grown out of ;zr
threatening a race riot. The Gov
ernor at once ordered the militia
company at Muskogee to prepare to
go to Okmulgee, and a special train
was made ready to carry the troops.
The Governor remained at his office
to keep in touch with the situation.
News of the preparation to send
militia had a good effect on the dis
orderly element of both races, and
tonight the crowd dispersed. Fur
ther trouble is not expected. When
it became known that no other negra
had assisted Deckard against the
officers the talk of reprisals sub
sided. *
WANTS DAMAGES.
Woman Arrested for M irdcress Will
Sue the Railroad.
New York, Nov. 13.?Mrs. Cora
B. Heeren has brought suit again.:t
the New York Central railroad, ask
ing $3,000 damages, because, as she
alleges, she was mistaken for Mrs.
Helle Gunness, the Laporte, Ind,
murderess, and taken from the train
from Utica last summer.
Her mother, it is said, who was
with her at the time, has filed sutt
for a similar amount for alleged in
dignities to which she was submit
ed.
Mrs. Heeren, who lives in Brook
lyn, declares thai sh" suffered such
a shock fhat neither she nor h'jr
n ilher has completely recovered. ?
OFFICIAL VOTE OF VIRGINIA.
Bryan's Majority Over AH Nearly
Twenty-nine Thousand.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 12.?Official
retui 5 complete for Virginia from
th" biential election show the
popn! P rote to have been: IJryan,
S-*,:M3; Taft, 52,07!); Chafin, 1.054;
De s, 254; Watson, 106; Hisgen,
52, "i! i; u !. 25: total. 137,555.
Bry ti 's plurality. 30,309, majority,
2S.S53. riie total vote in 1904 was
131. >S3. Parker's plurality was 32,
773. a !? t loss of 2.404 to the Demo
cratic t cl et. ?
GOFS 11' FOR LIFE
For Wrecking Train and Causing
;? ;i h of Two Men.
A
5 ; tai burg, Nov. 12.?C. senco
Aku hi i egro charged with ? or
der a th'j wrecking of a passengec
trai on ho Southern Railway, near
Da n . C, which resulted in the
ki : ? ?:' the engineer and fireman,
was o l. l guilty with recommenda
tloi ) mercy here today. He was
se; * iced to life imprisonment. Ho
was one of the negroes whom the
n:ob sought to lynch here four weeks
ago. ?