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ESTABLISHED US 18 A BATTLE LOST A War Just Begun, Says William Jennings Bryan, DEMOCRATIC LEADER Declares That the Party Moist 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 ? t'on is not made bad by rejection at vhe polls; a needed reform is not made unnecessary by an adverse Tote. "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 coi tributions? "Does any one believe that the American people will permanently permit the will of the voters to be thwarted, as it is now by the "elec tion of senators through legis latures? "Does any one believe that t?:e trusts will be permitted permanent1) 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 public 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 eonsent 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. . m "During the twelve *-ears 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. Ic 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 fight must be continued, because a gooi 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 office is a mere incident in the life of those who are devoted to reforms. The reform is the essential thing. II one can advance reforms by holding oll'co, then the holding of office is justifiable. If one can best advance reforms as a private citizen, then the holding of office is undesirabl-. 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 rep; y the people for the confidence which they ha.-e expressed. My gratitude to those with whom 1 have labored sur pass s 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 noc be de terred by the criticism of those Wie disapprove. With an abiding faith in the triumph of the truth and an unfaltering confidence in the righ'. eousn<~s of our cause. I speak this word of encouragement to those who call themselves friends. T shall keep step witih them and march on. The measure of our work cannot be taken in a day. If we are right, as I be ll.-vo we are. it will vindicate us. If we contribute, as I believe we are eontri'iuting. to a cause thai is founded in justice, our efforts will weigh in the final victory." Falls Fifty-five Feet. Monroe. La.. Nov. 12.?A ma*1, named Bell, whose feat is kr.^w.! as "the leap for 1'fe." and consists of swinging on a rone through a she I of flame, fell from a .ri.~-foof derrick r.t the Parish fair here today, and if believed to have been fatally in jured. His home is in Marion. Ohio. ? 69. THE TAFT VOTE EN GEORGIA WAS .CAST BY NEGROES SA1S A Georgia Negro, Who Rejoices That Some "White' Hen Have Been Led to the Light by Negroes. Washington, Nov. 15.?Former Register of the Treasury .1 udson 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 ?most entirely to colored voters. He says: v "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 disfranchise ment on the 7th day of October last 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 their former political allies, they?the ? colore 1 men?succeeded oh the 7th day of October in having recorded against disfranchisement, a measure that struck at their very manhood, prac tically .the same vote. "It 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 ware left to their fate. "Ft hr-s been estimated that 5 O'JO .->r G."0O of tho 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 oth?r words, that not over 0,000 or 7.000 of the 3C-,0CO v ttest 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 they have persistently and consistently fought almost alone for a generation are being recognized,- and their old time foes, like Saul of Tarsus, havi had the scales of darkness stricken from their- ey?s, even ttifcugk forty years were consumed in the evange listic effort. "Why this famous 'campaign com 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. Cuoper 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-1 in?: an accessory before, 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 arrestsd here today, charged with the murder and aiding and abetting i:i th? murder of Senator Carmack. It has been understood here for seve al days that warrants would b" is-no! for the arrest of Ssharpe and bis arrest today was no surprise. ft is alleged tha* Sharpe was seen with Col. Cooper end Robin Cooper, his so 1. shortly before the killing and \ '..s also at the scene of the trr.g3fiy immediately after Carmack fell to Ihe ground. Sharp was a' onc< a to jail. * KILLING IN BERKELEY. Colored ^Man Shoots at White Man and Gets Shot. .M at1-:; Corner, Nov. 12.?Anoth er h rulcidi occurred near Mt. Holly en t o Atlantic Coast Line railroad. }.!??. [. :'. Brown attempted to a** re t n g o named Richard Dray ton d He negro attempted to kill P.ipu v. lu f. ct, a bullet from Dray on/* m : ?! passed through Brown's over a. whereupon Brown shot and kiB< D" yton. There were no wit nei ??? t . this tragedy, except the art ipiuts. Brown came up and surr ?'ored to the sheriff. An order for '?? M was granted by Judge Al dr:< t, and the bond was promptly executed and Brown was released. The kill'ng occurred Monday. * im* ORANGEBTJ A HEROIC GIRL 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 be 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 squar; 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 it> 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 be 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 skin were re moved from the thighs and upper limbs of Mamie Borger. Each atrip 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 ay 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 da3"5 and will eventually, it is thought, have new skin in the place of that given up. The physeians report that the grafting operation promises to be successful. Its outcome is beiuf watched with keen interest by the physicians of the city. Every other day the Ittle girl has to be given chloroform for thie 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 badly mash ed. This afternoon in telling of th^ 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. * It AI LROAD OASUA LTIES For the Fiscal Year Ending the Last of June. Washington, Nov. 12.?There were 3.764 persons killed and 68, 989 injured in railroad casualties in the United States during the fiscal year ended June 30th. last, accord ing to an announcement of the Inter State Commitrce Commission today This is a decrease of 1.23G in the number of killed and 3,279 injured, as compared with the previous year. In the three monthe ended June 30th there were ">91 killed and 13, 09S injured, a decrease of 1,7."if from the preceding quarter. The 13 passengers killed in train accidents during the quarter is the smallest ever reported in the quarterly rec ord. The (Jollissioirs duping the quarter numbered 820 and derail ments 1,310 of which 130 collisions and 19S derailments affected passen ger trains. * Going to Mexico. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. i:;.?Mr. and Mrs. Win. .1. Bryan will leave Sun day for a trip to Mexico. They will seek rest and recreation. Tha itinerary of the trip has not been announced. .Mr. Bryan will deliver a commencement addr:ss in Phila delphia December 23. * KG, S. C TUESDAY. NO BAPTIST WOMEN TO RAISE - OVER THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS, Which Amount is to be Expended in the Foreign and Hohie 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 a^ follows: $4,330 for foreign mis sions; $11,000 for home missions; $5,000 for State missions and tb8 sum of $2,500, which will be raisen 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, bands 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 planned along financial lines. Greenwood was selected as the next place of meeting, the time for the convention to l>e 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. Milier, Mrs. L. M. Roper, Mrs. Cudd and Mrs. Candel; southern division, Mrs. J. A. Fizer, Mrs. rioward 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 and Miss Lilly Mobley., State misson8 were interestingly discussed by Drv.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 wen? 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's 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 Landford, of The Journal,1 and Miss Cleo At taway, of The Home Field. An interesting communication was received from Rev. Dr. C. C. Brown 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. Waston; southern division. Mrs. William Hayn es worth; eastern di vision, Mrs. J. P. Bauknight; western division, Mrs. M. B. Clinkscales, and central division. Mrs. \V. H. Mobley: corresponding secretary, Mrs. A. 1.. CrutchfieM; recording seen-tary. Mrs. J. W. Quattlebaum, treasurer, Mrs. J. N. Cudd; band superintendent, Mrs. W. H. Hatcher, superintendent of young people':? works. Miss Eliza Hyde; superinteu denl young women's auxiliary, Mrs. A. L. Qrutchfleld. and local executiv ? committee. Mrs. W. B. Abbott, Mrs. Eliza Bomnr, Mrs. Hannah Mont gomery, Mrs. Beverly Montgomery. Mrs. L. M. Rop? r. Mrs. 1). A. Switzer and Mrs. W. M. Whiteside. At the session Lcnighl Rev. Dr. T. P.. Ray of Richmond, secretary of foreign missions, delivered an ad dress and the edorcises were of gen eral interest. A number of the delgealcs lefl h< re tonight for their homes, but the l ull- o" the number will leav ? tomorrow after : very successful and pleasant session. * _?_ Shoots' 5'is Own Brother. Warrenton. Va., Nov. 12.?n f1 nding hi nself and his wife in his home, as h< alleges, against a mid night a: ack made by his owi broth er, Henry Spinks shot and kiil^d William Spinks at Hopwell, twenty miles north of here yesterday. * VEMBER 17, 1908. A LAWYER SHOT By a Saloon Keeper Because, As Hb 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. Henrey, 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 J'-.ish saloon keeper, who had -been accepted as a juror in a previous trial of Abraham Ruef and afterwards removed, if having been shown in Court ' by Heney that Haas was an ex-convict, a fact not brought out in his exami nation as a venireinan. 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 Judgo Lawlor's ehamo 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 talking4 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 box, 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 passde 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 Diggy, ?urrounded the building and kept the crowd back. A number of men, who were 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. 1 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 that 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 into cus tody, overruling the objection of Attorney Ach. Attorney Dozier ask ed (?hat th ? witness. Gallagher, also be taken into custody, but the Court declined to issue the order. The Judge tiien adjourned Court until Monday. Close examination of the woun-3 showed that th:? bullet eaten | through the right cheek and lodged under the left ear. It barely missed the carotoid artery, and at another point, the. arteries were mot rupt ured. * Killed Himself. San Francisco, Nov. 14.?Morris Haas, who shot Fraud- J. Heney yesterday, committed suicide at the county jail by shooting himseif through the head. Cue report says that the pistol with which Haas shot Vit. -elf was concealed in his shoe, where he 'rid it before shooting Henov. Anothc report, says the pistol was secret^ passed to Haas by a friend sine-'' ! hi.-; incarceration. Disaster rA Saw Mill. Roanoke. Va.. Nov.-12.-?A Tit ? spr-ial tonight from Norfolk, Va.. says that three men '.?.??'.?<? killed outright, i\ro fatal.y injured and two others were seriously hurt in an explosion yesterday at a saw m-il 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 mother at Beatric, Neb. A strange presentment of the dead man's sister, Arvilla Hoganson, is oredited 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 brom er, and the diggers soon verified her belief. The work of unravelling the mys tery began more than a week ago, when Arvilla liegan to worry be cause her brother had failed to wrire his weekly letter. The girl imme diately declared- that somAi 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. The 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 2!). Other neighbors r:membered 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, wene hitched to the rear of the rig. As the man drove away in 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 sif 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. Bit; the girl called attention to the fact that several stones had been taken up and -eplaced. Men began work ing 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 Torriolo Results. Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. lp.?Eleven men. five of their Japanese laborers and the rest trainmen, were killed ia a collision of two I'nion P'acifi'2 Freight trains late last, night at Boric, Wyo., and in the fire whicn loKowed. Only the body of J. ('. Duncan, one of tin; brakemen, and five Japanese laborers were recov ered. The other bodies were cre mated by the burning of the car.; The wn ck was caused by one of the trains getting beyond control While running on a grade. ? TWO LAWYERS FIGHT. Judge Candler Threw (ilass at Colonel Brcwstcr. Atlanta. Nov. 12.?Judge John S. Candler, formerly of the State su t ;rior court, and Col. H. P. Brew :-:t# r, ? well known local lawyer en gaged in a persona! difficulty in ths uperior court room at the court house today. After some words Judge Candler rushed across the room and seiz -.1 a glass and threw i! at the head of Colonel Brewsfcer. Ife missed bis aim, and the glass was shattered against the wa! . They rushed at each oilier, but were separated before blows were passed.* $1.50 PER ANNUM. ILOOOY BATTLE To Capture a Negro at Okmu!< 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 James 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, nanr 1 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 of Grayson 'called the police. When Policeman Klaber went to the sta tion, Deckard fled to his. house near by and barricaded 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 intto 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 it. 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 offic9 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 negro had assisted Deckard against the officers the talk of reprisals sub sided. * WANTS DAMAGES. Woman Arrested for Murderess Will Sue the Railroad. New York, Nov. 13.?Mrs. Cora B. Heeren has brought suit again.:t I he New York Central railroad, ask ing $3.000 damages, because, as she alleges, she was mistaken for Mis. 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 suit for a similar amount for alleged In dignities to which she was submit ed. Mrs. Heeren, who lives in Brook lyn, declares that she suffered such a shock that neither she nor her i: other has completely recovered. ? OFFICIAL VOTE OF VIRGINIA. Bryan's Majority Over All Nearly Twcnty-hine Thousand. r...1- aond. Va., Nov. 12.?Official retui 5 r-omplete for Virginia from ili" evidential election show the pi [ i.i] r to;" to have been: Bryan, S-Vl43; Taft, 52,979; Chafin, 1,054; De s. ? .'el: Watson, 106; Hisgen, ."?2, 'iilii.ius, total. 137,555. Dry ? 's plurality, 30,309. majority, 2S.&53. Hie total vote in 1904 was i:::. .S3. Parker's plurality was 32, 773. i n t loss of 2,404 to the Demo cratic, t cl et. ? GOES i I' FOR LIFE For Wrecking Train and Causing i ;i k of Two Men. S i t .i u:rg, Nov. 12.?Clarence Akn ? '-? i.egro charged with mur der i the wrecking of a passenger : r: i on lie Southern Railway, near Da n, !. O, which resulted in the ; i ? .? ;! i- . ngineer and fireman, was :> md guilty with recommenda ii-- o mercy here today. He was ;e; i iced to life imprisonment. Ho v.- one of the negroes whom the ?rob sought to lynch here four weeks igo. ?