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VOL. XXI MANNING, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1907. NO. 33 LOSES HIS LIFE. Cadet Jackson Drowned in the Surf at isle of Palms. THE ANNUAL PICNIC Was The Event That Took the Boys to the Seashbre and the Outing Was Greatly Marred by the Sad Accident. Cadet Simm , Rigby, Dirube and Others Tried to Save Jackson. The News and Courier says the annual picnic of the South Carolina Military Academy came to a tragic end Thursday by the drowning of one of the cadets in the surf. A num ber of the cadets went in bathing af ter lunch and about five o'clock it was learned that Cadet W. J. Jack son, of Winnsboro, was drowned. The young man was among the number of three or four, who more venture some than the rest, went out in the sea much too far. It seems that all of these were good swimmers and felt confident that they could suscessfully battle with the waves despite a warning which had been given them that the sea was running high. Young Jack son had become exhausted and his friends nearby became conscious of his perilous condition and immeamate ly called for help. They were all nearly exhausted and were in great danger themselves. Harold Simms, the nearest to Jack son, seeing his friend drifting away went bravely to his rescue, fighting manfully against the waves and suc ceeding at expense of his remaining strength to bring the half drowned boy a few yards shoreward. He then became suddenly helpless, but held on, swearing to his comrade that he would either save him or drown with him. Jaskson seemed conscious, but altogether helpless, and made no ef fort to save himself, except as is us ual with a drowning man, at his res cuer's expense. It is reported that he begged Simms to let him loose and save him self. Cadets Iigby and Dirube, them selves also exhausted rushed as well as they could to the drowning and almost drowned men. They succeed ed in getting them closer to larid, when all of a sudden, an immense breaker came and broke them apart. Much of this happened..before the people on snore realized its true sig nificance. The calls for help were at first supposed to be in fun, as so often is the case. But soon it was realized that the cadets were in grave danger and the people on shore im Inediately set to work to aid them. Mr. Wingate, an employee on the island stripped off his clotnes on the beach and swam out toward the boys. Many cadets were soon with him and they succeeded in- bringing Cadets Rigby, Simms and Dirube, they all of them in a state of exhaustion, particularily Simms, who had to be treated for some time before he was quite himself. There was no doctor present and the task was very dif ficult Miss Estelle Thomas rendered a great deal of service to the half drowned youth by her knowledge of nursing.-.Mr. Wingate swam out as far as he could with safety to him self and usefulness to the -almost drowned cadet before he gave up the attempt. There was no boat on the beach, but Mr. Wingate sent out a squad of cadets to the back beach, where one was found and brought to him in the water; he refused to take any of the crowd but Mr. Dave Coch ran. Trhey rowed quite a distance out, searching all the, time for the body, for tue young man had drowned. The search proved futile, and they re turned to the shore. The colleagues of the popular young soldier were not content with this and despite the great danger in which they placed themselves, Cadets BucK, Grimball, Woodward and Clark set out again in the boat in search. They were also unsuccessful and it was not untli 10:10 last night that the body was found by the patrol made up of ca dets and their friends. The searching party was organized soun after the affair occurred and the cadets divided themselves up into sec tions to patrol the beach by turns until the body was recovered. It was about 10:10 o'clock when Cadet Watson discovered the body of the unfortunate young man about 1.200 feet east of the pavillion. Imme diately after the sad event all the pleasures of the day came to a close. dancing ceased and the band left the pravillion. At 6: 15 most of the crowd left the Isle. A gloom was cast over the entire assemblage and the day that dad be gun so auspiciously and happily came to a most deplorable close. Cadet William J. Jackson was a member of the Freshman class, having enter ed the Academy in October, the hol der of a scholarship from Fairfield Countyv. His home was in Winnsboro and he was the pride and hope of a widowed mother. Mrs. M. A. Jackson. Fe was a young man of fine parts and in his short career at the Cita del has made many friends among the students and faculty. He was a splendid specimien of young. manhpoo stood well in his class and, was a vreat favorite of all those who knew him. SHOT BRID)E OF A NIGHT. Husband Missing and Woman WVil Probably Not Recover. The police of South Franklin Mass., have been unable to locat Johan Daneilio, who is alleged to hay shot his bride of a night. France Danli.t their newly prepare homeli Suda night. The yu little hope was expressed fhrr The pair were married Sunday an honme unti n eards midnigt. e they reti-ed. the groom's fatern th ocnpied a room upstairs, engt only other occupant of the hou~ Earley .onday he was arrouised t hearing revolver shots downstair and hurrying down to the brid room he found the young woman 1: ing on the bed, with three bull wounds and three stab wounds in he body. The husband had dissapeare No cause is known for thA deed. WAS A DEAD SHOT An Insane Man Uses a Shot-gun With Terrible Results. Little Girl's Plea Causes Mad Man to Drop Weapon After It Had Been Leveled at Her. At San Francisco Walter Charley Davis, a carpenter. in a fit of insan ity Wednesday shot and killed six persons at 414 Piere street. in that city. Davis and his victims all re sided with the family of Irson Bush. who conducted a boarding house. Davis' home was in Farmvill, near Vialia, where he has a wife and six children. He has been w'-!king in San Francisco as a cen:penter since the fire. The shooting was done with a dou- r ble barreled shotgun. Davis who a slept in the same room with young Orson Bush and W. E. Beard, arose shortly after five o'clock and shot I his two room mates. - After killing I Bush and Beard. Davis took a box p of shells from a shelf and walked n down the hall way, where he met Mrs. Lillie Carothers, a boarder, who ti had heard the first two shots and p had come to her doorway to find f what was the matter. He shot her d and with the other shell, shot Mrs. Orson Bush. M. E. Vinton, a gov- o ernment suveyor, was killed as he A Ilay in bed. Orson Bush, Sr., heard v the shooting and rushed up stairs, e where he was met by the murderer. c< The appearance in the hall indi cates that Bush had made a desper- c< ate fight for his life. ?is body was d< found as it had fallen at the head of Y the stairs. w Seventeen year old Annie Bush t2 came running into the hallway and met Davis. He turned the gun upon o the girl, aiming at her head. The girl found voice to say, "Please don't le kill me," and the shotgun dropped hj from Davis' hands. a I can't do it," he said. "You 'are a good girl. Besides you look like my b own child, and I would not see her tr face if I killed you." e When policemen came to arrest st Davis he fought like a demon and a riot call was turned in. Seven offi- la cers responded in an automobile. Two sj officers engaged Davis in a conversa tion while the others got behind him aj and pinioned his arms. He was then Y removed to the detention hospital. ti vi SOIL SURVEY MAPS. e< Work of The Agricultural Depart- hi ment for this State. m sc The department of agriculture, cc through each of several bureaus, is b giving special attention to the state ly of South Carolina. The bureau of D soils has a party in the field making in a very careful survey of the soil of b( Lee and Sumter counties. Upon com- D pletion the maps will be ready for distribution to all who make appli- as cation for them. The maps that are now completed and subject to dis tribution in the state are of the counties of Anderson, Greenwood, T Laurens. Greenville, Spartanburg, Charleston, Colleton, Cherokee, Dar lington, Lancaster, Oconee, Orange burgand York. All reprints are now H available of those counties upon ap plication without cost to the appli- ei cants. Chief Clerk Rice will be hl pleased to forward to all who can make a proper use of them. Professor True, of the divission of ~ irrigation and drainage, is now push- C ing the drainage work near Charles- d ton neck. He is finishing the work inb) Christ Church Parish; at a point caldPit Pleasant, opposite Char- b letnIl of Palms, and between Ashley and the ocean. He hopes to a in great measure make it more heal-h thy, and to redeem about 36 square miles of land.0 At Jettburg 300 acres of land that c have been given over by the Southern railroad will receive attention, andh when the experts have completedg their part of the work, it will bed turned to the Clemson college forr further exploitation. r A special effort is being made to h benefit healthful conditions and theree by increase the amount of rice lands P and better class of land for truck d farming, the latter crops paying bet-c ter than other crops. They also wish to aid the people to Isay more atten- p tion to diversified crops; as this gen erally pays better than to rely mainlyuoacrpfonkid SECU'RING RIGHTS OF WAY. b Work on Electric Road to Begin .y About September 1. 1 a Mr. John B. Stroman of Orange burg went to Alken last week at tending to business relative to the sonstruction of the Charleston-Aiken y electric railway, which is being fur thered by the South Carolina Publi Service Corporation. He states thei the rights of way from Springfield tt Scott's bridge. on the Edlisto. have I oeen secured and that he is now ne gotiating for those from that place ts Aiken. Nearly all of the deals for I rights from Springfield to Orange- I burg have been closed. Mr. Stroman states that a double track will proba bly be laid and that it is the purpose, of the promoters to put on fast sched ules, making probably 70 miles an hour. The line of the road from I Springfield to Aiken will be from that place through Mr. John Guig nard's lands tO Mr. J. P. MrNair a place, thence across the Edisto near Scotts bridge and across Shaw's creek near the Hatchaway bridge, thence through the lands of Messrs. George Wright, L. C. Courtney,. ICroft and C. K. Henderson into Aiken. The construction of the road will begin about the first of Septem WOMEN CUT TO PIECES. Mutilated With Razors at their Home In New York. - At New York Mrs. Maria Vite and her mother, Mrs. Maria Brignoli were :1literally siashed to pieces with razors " ' in their home. Gievanni Vite, the husband of the young woman is un I der arrest. chax. d with the crime. e Vite says that two men broke in e and killed the women, and thathehad a struggle with them in their de y fence. Mrs. Brignoli gave the alarm - which called the police. Ll An occupant of a neihboring -apartent heard a tapping on the t window. Looking out she saw Mrs. r Brigoli on the fire escape in her L. night dress with blood flowing from her hroat She fell back dead. EXCITING RACE. Wurderer Carried to Safety in an Auto by the Sheriff. IOB WANTED HIS LIFE Anded in Miami Jail He Pleads Self-Defence as Excuse for Killing. Asked Stranger to Drink. I'll Compel You!" He Shouts, After Refusal; Then Two Bullets Were Fired. Smashing all speed laws and cram aing on every ounce of speed which big racing automobile was capable, heriff Martin Thursday whirled T. V. Troy, of New York, from West ialm Beach to Miami, to prevent his risoner from being lynched for the urder of George N. Newcomb. Had the sheriff delayed five minu s the friends of the man whom the risoner shot would have torn him om the grasp of the officials and un oubtedly killed him. Troy arrived at West Palm Beach a the steamer Cilecia, from a South .merican city. After leaving the essel he went to a saloon and start I drinking. He is said to have be )me almost intoxicated. It Is said that Troy asked New )mb to drink with him. Newcomb aclined. This enraged the New orker, and after a bitter quarrel ith the man who spurned the invi tion, Troy shouted: "I'll compel you to drink with e! "I The visitor pulled a revolver and veled it at Newcomb, who, retained Ls placid mien, still refused to take drink with Troy. No sooner had the second refusal en uttered than Troy pulled the 'gger twice and two bullets plough I into Newcobm, .ling him in antly. Troy was arrested a few minutes ter and taken in charge by the .eriff. r Newcomb's friends gathered soon *terward and sought out the New orker, who had quietly gone with e sheriff, saying he had killed his ctim in self-defence. The news was ing broadcast, and a crowd gather- t . around where Troy was being id- s Martin, divining the intent of the ob, summoned an automobile and ion was dashing to Miami where he uld land his prisoner in safety, and assured of protection against t nchers. Troy says that he and his brother, aniel W. Troy, who has had offices No. 6$ Wall street, are in the lum r business. He has telegraphed to aniel to come and aid him in his ht, should the case come to trial, is expected. MILLIONS TO HIS WIDOW. >bacco Magnate Who Wed Nurse Last October Dead'. By the sudden death of Charles H. alliwell, vice-president of the Am ican Tobacco Company, the bulk of e is great fortune will go to his wife a few months, who, before her t r arriage to him, had been Ruth A. les, a pretty train nurse, depen nt upon her labor for her daily ead. Hie left, it is estimated, $20, )0,0 00. The fatal seizure came to the To eco Trust magnate while he was dinner in the Holland House with s bride and his nelce. He was tell g the two young women a hunwr s story when his face suddenly be ie swollen and flushed ~and ne fell dn his chair unconscious. Somxe urs later he died. Apoplexy wasi yen as the cause of Mr. Halliwell's It was last October that he mar ed the handsome young woman who ad nursed him through to conval ene followinlg an operation for ap endicitis. His physicians had or ered him to Virginia. Miss Coles tanced to be the nurse who was de led to accompany the Halliwell Later, while he was recuperating Maine. Miss Coles went along. ll in the capacity of nurse for the ing millionaire. Long before he eame convalescent he had fallen in ve with the woman. Before he went with the trust. r. Halliwell was the head of the ig tobacco firm of Liggett & Myers, Sts. Louis. THE DEADLY AUTO. oman Loses Control of Machine and Is Killed. While racing with a Jersey Central llroad train between Point Pleasant nd Asbury Park Wednesday, an au >ornbile in which Mrs. George B. oyce and Miss A. Wilda Mass, of oint Pleasant, were riding, was ov rrtuned, and Miss Mass was killed 1stantly. Mrs. Boyce, wife of an automobile elealr in New York city, was render *d unconscious and was taken to her ooie in Point Pleasant. Mrs. Boyce was operating the ma hine. The train had .just left Point leasant, bound for Asbury Park, reere the automobile, going at -a rric pace, came along the road ay which parallels the railroad racks and attempted to pass the rpssengers in the train witnessed hee accident and crowded to the )forns and windows, cheering the wow omen as the machine steadily orged ahead of the train. Just as the automobile was abreast i the locomotive, and when both we going at the rate of 50 miles t hour, Mrs. Boyce lost control of he automobile. The machine swerv dd from the roadway, went over an mbnknet into a swamp and over turned, crushing Miss Mass. MORE PAY FOR ENGINEERS rie Southern Railway Increases thel Wages of Locomotive Drivers. Efective at once the locomotive engineers on the Southern Railway through the system have been grant ed an increase in wages amounting to ten per cent for passenger engi neers and 6 per cent for freight men, and 50 cents and 45 cents, respective er oovertime. SCARED TO DEATH. When the Gentleman Got His Sil ver Ear Trumpet The Negro Hotel Porter Thought It Was a Big Horse Pistol and Ban For His Life. A laughable mistake occurred one night last week at the Piedmont, mne of Atlanta's big hotels. The fol lowing is the story as related by the Atlanta Journal: A shattered cup of coffee, a porter rightened almost into hysterics and i narrowly averted panic on the se ond floor of the Piedmont hotel war .he result of an effort by Grand Com nander John J. Seay, of Rome, to 'mploy bis harmless ear trumpet as t means for communicating with a egro emplbye at 5:30 o'clock Thurs lay morning. Grand Commander Seay who num ers his friends by hosts in other or arjizations as well as Masonry, is ompelled to use his ear trumpet on early all occasions. This little lack trumpet is a most harmless In ;trument in the eyes of his friends. o the porter this same ear trumpet ras a means of terror and it requir d much persuasion to convince the egro who had taken refuge behind he elevator shaft and was peering vith wide anxious eyes at the trum et Mr. Seay held In his hands. The grand commander was not Lble to sleep well Tueday night on ccount of a severe headache. Un .ble to secure any relief he thought hat a cup of black coffee might be Lsed as a remedy. He telephoned D the night clerk and asked him to lease send up the coffee. Realizing that he would not be ble to hear the porter knock at his .oor when he came with the cup of offee Mr. Seay left his door slightly pen, with the one incandescent light irned on. When the negro came to the door [r. Seay saw him in the half dim ght. He sprang from the bed and tarted rapidly toward the dresser here his ear trumpet was. As he ached out his hand for the trumpet here came a piercing shriek from he negro and as the grand comman er turned he saw the cup fall from ie negro's hands and shatter on he floor, the black coffee spattering he walls. Then the negro fled to the elevator haft, and wrestled vainly with the oor to escape by means of the shift. :r. Seay with his ear trumpet fol )wed. Seeing the negro's alarmed mndition Mr. Seay called to him, lling him he'did not intend to hurt Lm. "Well then, Boss, for Gawd's sake, ut down that big Colt's pistol you ave in your hands." A CYCLONE IN TEXAS. 'own of Brightwell Was Completely Wiped Out. A dispatch from Mount Pleasant, 'exas, says nine persons were killed d many injured by a tornado which *recked the town of Birthright and ldgeway. Details are meagre, but is known that other towns suffer heavily both in life and property. The cyclone practically destroyed be towns of Ridgeway and Birth ight, forty miles west of here. - The killed, so.far as known, are: Mrs. Brazil and baby. Calvin Trammel and son. Roy McFall. -. -. Stevenson and wife. Sidney L. Oakley and wife The injured reported are: Ben Pogue, skull fractured; Mrs. len Pogue, internally injured; Mrs. oe Ferguson, scalp wound. Birthright, a town of 500 was com letely wiped off the map. Great amage is reported at Caney, a negro ettlement. and it is believed many aore were killed there. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Ian Kills His Wife and Then Him self By Shooting. As the result, It is alleged, of a Luarrell over a wedding -ring, Win. ). Rice, aged 25 years, of 131 Heck an street, S. E., of Washington, and telegraph operator on the Balti nore and Ohio railroad, shot and nstantly killed his wife, Lillian, fir d a shot at his one year old baby, arl, which took effect In the leg, Lnd then committed suicide by shoot ng himself. Rice, who worked nights, return dd to his home at an early hour Wed iesday morning and finding his wife .d baby asleep, woke them up. A liscussion ensued regarding Mrs.| Rice's wedding ring, it being alleged, hat Rice had possession of the ring sd would not return it to his wife. t quarrel followed, when Rice, see ng a pistol lying on a table, fired oour shots. SU CCEDS HIS FATHER W W Bradley Elected Trustee of Clemson College, V. W. Bradley of Abbeville has >en elected a life member of thel board in the place of his father, J. E. Bradley, who died a few weeks Mr. W. W. Bradley is Congress man Aiken's private secretary. Mr. Bradley was former chairman of the State board of equalization, having been the prime mover in that body's organization. He is about 40 years The board of trustees attended to regular routine business. No matters of importance came up for discussion Senator Tillman was present, it be ing the first meeting he has attended in many months. SENSATIONAL CHARGES. Cinese Said To Have Been Thrown~ Into The Sea. R was reported that two sailors who escaped from the British steam er Marori King which arrived at San Diego from Shanghai, make senst tonal charges of brutality against th captain and officers of the ship. Rumors are in circulation to the effect that 1 5 Chinese were kille~d during a riot on board and their bodies cast into t.?e sea. International complications are likely to result and It is believed that the most serious part of the charges remain to be told. - - TRAIN WRECKEDU. At Least Thirty Persons Killed and Many Wounded. The Victims Were Shriners and Their Friends From Ohio and Pennsylvania Coming Home. Thirty people were killed outright and as any more were wounded in a wreck Saturday afternoon on the coast line of the Southern Pacific Railway, seven miles below Surf, Cal., The train was a special loaded with Mystic Shriners, who were on their way home from Los Angeles, where they had been to attend a con vention of the order. The train con sisted of six coaches and were loaded with people from Ohio and Pennsyl- I vania. While running at high speed a wheel on the engine broke and the locomotive jumped the track and I turned over. Four of the front cars i of the train followed it and were smashed to pieces. The dead and in jured were thrown in every direc tion. The train caught fire Imme diately after the wreck, but the fire 1 was extinguished by passengers of the two rear coaches, who were un Injured. The injured were hurled all over I the engine and many of the passen- ' gers were burned to death by escap- t ,ng steam. Some of them were mut lated beyond recognition. The first t man to reach Lompoc from the wreck I a few minutes to 9 o'clock Satur- 1 day night said he had counted 10 dead who had been taken from the wreckage and laid beside the track. A score or more were terribly injur- s ed. Many others received less ser- t ious injuries. The wreck occurred on a level stretch of track near the beach. The e roadbed is of sand at this point and the broken cars-ploughed into it and were half buried. The fireman es caped alive, though injured. The engineer was hurt about the head and wandered down the track in a dazed condition towards Surf five miles distant. He had almost reach ed that place when overtaken and carried back to the scene of the c wreck. A wrecking train had reached the spot from Santa Barbara with a large a number of physicians and nurses on board. The injured were given im mediate attention. They were placed with all speed on the train to be c taken either to Santa Barbara of San S uis Obispo. Several ladies were among the dead and injured. They had accompanied their husbands to the meeting of the Shriners. Some 1 of those who were killed were horri bly mutilated by being scalled and t burned. . SHOULD WOMEN. POP. e n New York Dames Think They Should t t Propose To Men. e That women should have equal e rights with men concerning propos- " als of marriage was the stand taken b recently at a meeting of the New p York City Federation of Women's r Clubs. Mrs. Belle do Rivera. pres-d dent of the federation, said that women certainly should have theP right to propose as well as men. She said she wondered how women were p going to marry, if they never had an a opportunity. Speaking on the same subject, Mrs. e Dore Lyon, president of the Electric s Club, said she thoubht it would be p perfectly proper for girls to propose i in many cases. She said a rich girl . shuld l'ave the right and that she 11 might go about it in this way: "Now, a my dear, if you would care to marry me, I will obtain your parents con-t cent. I am able to support you In e the style your tastes require. and youa need not worry about a bank ac t CAUGHT IN FIRE TRAP. s Number of Lives Lost in Kansas City By aFire. At Kansas City, fire destroyed the a Pepper building, a five-story struc ture at Locust and Ninth streets, and it is feared that the loss of life may be from three to twenty, with 20E Soon. after the fire started it was seen that the building, which was considered a fire trap, was doomed and eforts were directed toward say-t The building was occupied by Montgomery, Ward & Co., and moreI than 200 persons, mostly girls, were Th ed-ire gained rapid headway. Men and women appeared at the up per stories appealing for help. Many1 of the girls were rescued. LOVE MAD RIVALS. Foolishly Kill Each Other About a Handsome Girl. A special dispatch from Pueblo, Mexico, says Lauro Jandero, million aire owner of several haciendas, and lose Maria Beta, municipal direc tor of Tatanqui, both aspirants for the hand of the daughter of a promi nenuel with pistol in dithictreet this morning in which both were mortally wounded. td The men had quarreled repeated ly and when they met this morning following an encounter of last night, Betran opened fire. Jandero re turnd the fire and both men fell badly wounded. From their recum bent positions they continued firing until each had received wounds which physicians say are mortal. BODY TERRIBLY SH{OCKED Electrician Lives After Receiving 11, 000 Awful Violts. Eleven thousand volts of electri cy uposed to have passed through thody of James McDonald, an el ectrician failed tokillthim eandheospt atpee Rochelle, N. Y. He was un sansiosfor 24 hours after the hckhich was received while he swa working on the overhead trolley system of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad. M~onald fell from a platform and cagt hold of a signal rod and a feed wire to save himself. Fellow workmen heard his screams and manged to rescue him by using rub ber gloves. - . . . A BIG BILL Internal Revenue Collector After Dispensary Commission WANTS BACK TAXES Which He Claims Is Due Uncle Sam On Account of the Dispensary Having Done a Wholesale as Well as Retail Business. Claims Thir ty-five Thousands Dollars as Li cense Fees. Major Micah Jenkins, collector of nternal revenue for South Carolina, tas notified the state dispensary com nission that immediate payment ust be made to his department of )eer license fees aggregating more han $33,000. This claim represents the differ nce to date between the gross mount of license fees actually paid y the State on behalf of Its several ounty dispensaries, and the amount rhich the internal revenue depart ient alleges should have been paid. 'he licenses taken out were for re all beer dealers and permitted sales o individuals in single' sales of not iore than four and seven-eights gal mns each. The department's conten ion Is that nearly every beer dispen er, as a matter of fact, repeatedly old to individual purchases more han the specified amount of beer at die time, and by so doing placed them elves in the class of wholesale deal rs. The fees for retail dealers is 25 per year, that for -wholesale ealers $125, with a penalty of 50 er cent for failure to pay in ad ance. Major Jenkins' claim is ior $28, 00 in back licenses, prior to the ast fifteen months, and $5,427 in ack licenses incurred during that eriod-$35,427 in all, without in uding the penalty of 50 per cent, rhich would bring the claim up to bout $53,000. The department has greed, however, to remit the pen ity in case the face amount of the aim Is paid over within ten days. Attorney General Lyons and the >mmissioner's attorney, Mr. W. F. tevenson of Cheraw; are in consul ition as to the validity of the claim, rhich the commissioner has been uoted as saying it will fight. The cal dispensary organ this morning uoted dispensary officials as saying tat if beer dispensers had made sin le sales in excess of the 4% gallons mit, they did so in disobedience to xplicit directions, and the state com iission could not, therefore, be made ) pay excess license fees and penal es, incurred through the disobedi ace of the dispensers. The infer De drawn was that the department 'ould have to sue on the individual mnds of the several dispensers, if it roposed to collect the $35,427, the tail licenses ~being directed to the ispensers by name. Major Jenkins said that the de artment had issued the licenses to e state board as principal, the dis ensers being named merely as gents, and that he would certainly )ok to the state board for the mon . If this board can reimburse it lf by suing on the bonds of the dis ensers, that is its own affair. The iternal revenue department has no ll against the several dispensers; :s claim is against their principal nd employer, the state board. It is claimed in certain quarters tiat the department cannot collect ~cess license fees and penalties for period extending further back than fteen months. The department alleges that more tian the legal quantities have been ld In the whiskey dispensaries, as ell as in the beer saloons. The several summons in the case ave been served upon Dr. W. J. Mur ay, the chairman of the state comn aission, and Dr. Murray has called a teting of thc commission. GOT HiS MISSIVES FIED. 'reacher Who Sent Love Letter to Recorder Resigns. Rev. D. M. Carpenter, pastor of bh HolIness Church at Harrington, )el., got himself Into a peck of trou lewhen, by mistake, he sent a love ett'er, addressed to a well-known 'oung woman of Harrington, to Re order of Deeds James Aaron at Dov The preacher, who is married and as two sons. intended to send the eorder the formal record of a mar lge. Instead, however, he trans 2itted a letter written in endearing rrds to Miss Della HI. Goodrich. No ame was signed to the missive, but he handwriting of the clergyman W hen the news of the affair reach d ~arrington Rev. Mr. Carpenter rnnt to Dover and claimed the letter rom Recorder Aaron, but the offi ial refused to give it up. Subse uently two of the Harrington church ffcials arrived and identified the andwriting as that of their pastor A ongregatonal meeting was call dd to take action on the affair, Rath rr than be expelled, the preacher rsesnted his resignation to the trus es.The affair has caused a sensa oio, the clergyman being well known SCORES DROWN. Passengers Became Panic Stricken and Jumped Overboard. A dispatch from Montevideo an nounces that the French transport steamer Poitou from Marseilles on AAil 5, for Buenos Ayres, has been wrked off the coast of Uruguay. One hundred of her passengers and crew are said to have perished. It is understood that there are 200 passengers on board the vessel and that her cargo will prove a total loss. The Poitou struck at a spot called Rion de Herrero. A panic broke out on board the vessel, when she grounded, and a great number of terror-stricken peo* p jumped over board. Some ol them swam ashore, but many were Custom officers at Rincon de Her rero saved fifty out of three hun dred passengers, who ar saidman have been on board. isHot mnown other ha been saved i o nw DIED AT HIS POST. An Engineer Killed by Robbers for Defending His Train. Northern Pacific Train Held Up in Montana, But No Booty Secured. One Robber Captured. North Coast Limited, eastbound train No. 22 on the Northern Pacific railway, was held up by two masked men near Welch's Spur, a siding 18 miles east of Butte, Mon., at 2:15 Wednesday morning. Engineer James Clow was shot and instantly killed and Fireman James Sullivan was shot through the arm. Without making an attempt to blow up the express car, as was evidently intended, the robbers jumped from the engine and ran down the moun tain side dissapearing in a gluch sev eral hundred yards from the track. Sheriff Henderson of Butte was no tified and with a posse left on a train for the scene of the hold-up. Sheriff Webb of Yellowstone county was on the train with one of the the train re started on the trail of the hold up men five minutes after the shoot ng. Bloodhounds were put on the trail and one of the fugitives was captur ed at Woodville, near Butte. . The robbers left a telescope grip on the tender of the locomotive. The grip was full of giant powder, evi dently intended for use in blowing up the express car. The men board ed the train presumably at the Butte transfer station, where a locomotive fof the Montana division was attach ed. One mile west of Welch the men crawled over the tender and with drawn guns, commanded the engi neer to stop the train, which he did. Engineer Clow, however, made a show of resistance and one of the robbers fired, shooting him through the body, killing him instantly. The other man shot at Sullivan, breaking his arm. Whent the train stopped Conductor Bert Culver and the train crew ran to the engine, where they foun a col ored man, who related the circum stances of the hold-up. This man said that he had been stealing a ride and that the men offered him a third of the "booty" if he would assist them. He said he had refused and had taken no part in the hold-up. He says h can identify the robber, and the man is being held for this pur pose. The posse with bloodhounds was joined at Welsh by R. H. Goddard, chief of the Northern Pacific detec tives at Livingston; Deputy Sheriff Jas. Keon of Gallatin county, and Jas. Latta of Boxeman. Keon and Latta are the men who tracked and captured "Ike" Gravett, who some time ago tried to force the Northern Pacific Railroad company to pay $50,000 blackmail. RUNAWAY TRAGEDY. Dne Lady Instantly Killed and Anoth er Lady Dying. Near Monroe, Ga., Mrs. Henry Richardson, a well known Walton ountry woman, was killed and her sister, Mrs. John Palmer, was fatally Injured Thursday morning as the result of an accident with a runaway team on the bridge at Balle Prong reek, a mile north from Monroe. At the time of the accident the two women were on their way to town to o some shopping. Just as they drove onto the bridge they were met by a runaway horse attached to a buggy. The team was occupied by a negro woman and two children and as driven by a .negro. Mrs. Palmer, in attempting to get out of the way of the vehicle cauglit her dress on the step and was thrown to the floor of the bridge. The horse ran over her, dragging the buggy with him. Mrs. Richardson escaped without a scar, yet, strange to say, she was the frst to die. The excitement and worry in try ing to care for her injured sister caused congestion of the lungs, from which she died. The wounded wo man wa s at once removed to the W. L. Wood place on the Gratis road, four miles from Monroe, where she nd Mrs. Richardson resided. Remarkable to say, the driver and other occupants of the runaway bug gy escaped with only a few scratches. GAMBLER KILLS GAMBLER. Loser at Cards Murders Winner and Takes Money From Pockets. Henry Manigault and James Lewis played cards in Savannah, Ga., on Sunday. Luck was with Lewis and ne soon won $50, all the money Man gault had. Manigauilt accused him of cheating, got a repeating rifle and went hunting for him. Manigault learned that Lewis had hid on a train that was about to pull out. He moved up the track about 300 yards and as the train came on slowly. Mantigault covered the en gineer and ordered him to stop. The engineer paid no attention and Mani gault sent a bullet through the cab. The engineer then stopped. Meanwhile Lewis leaped from the train and ran. Manigault sent three bullets after him, all of which took effect. Manigauilt then ran to the dying man and took from his pockets the $50 he had loss at cards. He then held a crowd at bay with his rfle and escaped. SUICIDE. NOTIFIED FRIEND Told Them By Telephone What She Was About to Do. Requesting central to Ring UP all her neighbors on the telephoneut Mrs. eorge Betts, living near Guthre Center, Ia., announced to the people who took down the receivers thateshe was about to commit suicie byi drinking concentrated le. he aidn she had been sick fr blsuc wer lngr time, that the doctori werenogr mous and thanwd. Thnosh lnet burden her husbad. maden sodherf the telephone and aego e wohde franticneighborsted o call she wouldnotaswr The men ae d tothotts home, almost kill racdgt the hores in their efforts to reac the woman before it was too rate. he diean alone before they eace Sher Her husband returned reache townr. find his wife a corpse and was amost crazed with grief. SLAIN IN SWAMP Negro Who Attempts Ctiminal As. sault on Little Girl is SHOT FULL OF LEAD. The Father of the Little Girl is At tracted by Her Screams and She is Thus Saved from the Hellish Brate Who Had Her Completely at His Mercy. The Brutal Fiend Is PUrh. sued to the Swamp and Killed. A dispatch to The State from Mul lins says between 9 and 10 o'clock Monday criminal assault was at tempted upon the little 12-year-old Tincey Sawyer, the dayghter of Mr. John Sawyer, a highly respected far mer, residing in the Miller's church section, three miles from Mullins. Her screams and the hurried re sponse of her father, who was near by, saved her from the brute. The child was taking -a cow to the pasture, near her father's home, and updn reaching the entrance of the pasture, the negro, Lambboll Carmichael, sprang from a clump of bushes and made for the'girl, who began to scream frantically. . Her rather heard the distressing cries of bis little daughter, and -ran to her tssistance. The negro, seeing the pproach of Mr. Sawyer, made for ,he nearby swamp, not, however, un 11 the later was near enough to re ognize him, who is a well known .haracter in that section of the coun The news of the outrage rapidly ;pread and within a short time the rhole neighborhood was upon the rack of the fiend. Following in the trection of his escape into the woods !rom the scene, the posse went in hot ursuit. He was chased across Buck ,wamp, which is of dense foliage. It s said that one of the party who was inarmed got within a few feet of the iegro in the chase, whereupon the regro stopped and drew a pistol, :hreatening to blow the brains of. his >ursuer out. After this he again lisappeared in the swamp. The little girl is a sister of William lawyer, a well known contractor and uilder of this place, therefore when he news reached Mullins excitement -an high. ~ Many- of the townsmen tastened to the scene. Upon reach ng the neighborhood of the attempt .d crime they met the crowds re urning from the swamp; wearing ,atisfied expressings. When ques ioned as to the outcome of the chase :hey simply remarked that they were ;atisfied and that the negro was Pvhere he could do no further crime. )ther than this they would not speak Af the affair. The State's correspondent learned omething of the affair from one of he most prominent .citizens of that ection, who said that frof his knowl ,dge of it he believed that the negro vas literally riddled with bullets and hat his body was left -in Buck wamp. It is said that he was killed i.Sa last resort to effect his capture. Following upon the heels of the ,tempted outrage upon Mrs. Charles ellers at Zion on Saturday - night, nd- but a few miles removed, from he Sellers home, the crime enraged he people beyond endurance and the rhole neghborhood responded to the all for a posse to track down the ruld-be rapist. Carmichael was 17 years old and ras born and raised in this section. 'hose who have known him for a ong time say that he was a bad haaacter and that the crime was ,remeditated, that he had prepar dd to leave the neighborhood, having ts trunk, a hand arrangement, with A sperial from Marion, giving mea vee details of the attempted assault pon Miss Sawyer and the chase for hee rapists, says: The negro was arrested and was eeng carried to Mullins on warrant ,ssed by Magistrate Norton, but was illed while trying to make his es ape. The negro Is said to be well nown in the community and works n the plantation of Mr. Albert Rog rs, a neighbor. WL ENOCK THEM -OUT. .n Invention That Make Battleships Back Numbers.. What is the use of building mon tee~ battleships, worth $2,000,000 apice, when they can be blownl all to bit by a man operating miles awywith an instrument no bigger* than a hand camera? That is what a French scientist claims can be ac complished through manipulation of wireless currents found everywhere heexplosion: which -recently blew. up the French battleship Jenala Toulon was due to stay elctrwical currents coming is condetact with poder this geniu confietlyaths serts, and offers .to prv thttis was possible by a series of long ds tance experiments. BEA.KS HIS NECK. By a Fal of Not More Than Twelve Inches. A remarkable accident happened at Greenwood onenigh ast aweek, rainhan Jon the Charlestern and - Wstern Caolina Railway, lost his Wese.rn l Caslee in his bunk in the cabooe.ofhies tain he rolled out of thoe fn and strikinlg the floor had his nek broken. It seemed that he ell ronhshead and the weight of bod in some way brought about thebrokn nek. There were other thgrokesn thecaboose and they were awned by the fall. He fell about OLD SOLDIER'S TRAGIC DEATH LMr Jesse Pitmanln Either Stepped or Fell From Train. A dispatch from Chato dTae State says when the northbun tra in tpped tdnhescrossing near. thessel mitllaon a -eea 60 years of age, Pitman a vetrn from the reunion inhCluma metn a tragic death. E'r. iniClmbak hnn it was the Cheraw statin, stnted to leave the train statos the cars moved off he stepped ornfell offon his head, crushing in his sulllad killing him instantly. Helvnar Ruby in that county.