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VOL. XXI. MANNING, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 24, 1907. NO. 43. A QUEER CASE. A Man Mourned For Years as Dead Turns Up AND TWO WIVES SUE Man Believed Drowned Startles "Widow" by Asking Aid Against New "Wife." Sevks Decree Her self and Spurns Request to Kill Rival's Action and Rejects Offer of His Return. This queer tale comes from Chic ago. Some twenty-nine years ago Andrew Buckley, beloved husband of Phimene Buckley. was drowned, hav ing disappeared from an overturned rowboat. He is now defendant in - two suits for divorce. One pleasant day in October nearly three score years ago he went for a row. Next day the boat was found bottom up, and Buckley was found not at all. A sufficient time having passed without his coming home to his meals, as had been his custom, Mrs. Buckley was reluctlantly led to be lieve that her husband was thorough ly and unalterably drowned, in spite of the fact that the body was never recovered, and she grew to look upon herself as a widow. As a widow, she fixed up a nice grave and decorated it with flowers every year. As a widow, she receiv ed the condolences of her friends and extolled the virtues of the late lamented Buckley among the neigh bors, to the discomfiture of many husbands who had'had no opportun ity to prove themselfes drowned and virtuous. Luxuriating in recollections of the happiness that was, she remain- I ed true to the past and brought up her son in fond reverence of the t memory of his worthy father. C During twenty-nine years she had I become firmly fixed in the habit of I leelieving she was a relict -and -was t reconciled. f Therefore, she was surprised, to 1] say the least, when she recently re- r ceived a letter from Buckley. The letter bore a weer mark, but no a other indication of having come from c a man who had gone to a moist and permanent death. On the contrary it gave evidence of coming from one who was very thoroughly possessed.of vitality and animation. In fact it went so far as to- show that the writer had beeni1 leading a double life. The writer explained to the loving and affectionate widow that the con structive corpse was in trouble and needed her assistance. It is related that the woman with whom he had been living since his vicarious death was suing him for divorve and asking alimony. He wanted his widow to sign a disposition that she was his wife in order to upset the claims of his se cond wife, living in Seattle, Wash. "Philonene, darling." said the letter, "Won't you please make this disposition? I want to prove to my wife that she is not my wife, but that you are. You have always been very good to me. and I am sure you will be so now. My present wife is hard to convince. You were never so. She watits alimony, but if I do not have to pay her I can have car fare enough to pay my way back to ou, and I will live with you all my life. I presume our son is earning moey now. Please forward -by re turn mail. Yours, as was, Andrew." Believing that she had been injur ed by the supposedly drowned man, who had originally deprived her of support and then of a widow's com fort, Mrs. Buckley asked Judge Mc Ewen to grant her a divorce from the waterlogged mate .of former years. ~FOUND DEAD IN BAY. Supposed to Have Fallen Overteard While in a Fight. The New York American says two dead sailors, with arms locked, re vealed a river tragedy Thursday af ternoon. wheb found floating near the statue of Liberty. What the cir cusances of their death were could not be ascertained, but it was assum ed that they had been fighting and had fallen from their ship. It is possible. however, that one had fallen overboard and the other trying to rescue him, had been dragged down to death. Both came from the steamer Dori< C and from letters found on one o1 them he is believed to be Charles Faulkner. twenty-sev'en years old, of No. SI New street. Manhattan. DROWNED IN BATHING POOL. Young Man, Lost His Life While ix Swinuming. A dispatch from Rock Hill to Th< State says -L. Alley, a young unmar ried man. 23 years old, was drowned in the swimming pool of Arcade cot ton mills about nine o'clock Wednes day evening. It is not known wheth cr he could swim or not. He was on a plank floating around in the pool which is a private affair for the oper atives. Those nearby who heard his call for help were not able to get to him in time. It was an hour or more before his body was recovered., dredgilg the pool having to be re sorted to. FIYE MULES KILLED By Lighning While Running Loose In a Pasture. The Augusta Herald says five ms, value at - and ~ coman o L~a cty, were struck by lihnin oednsday afternoon about four o'clock and instantly killed. The mules had been sent to Jack son, thirteen miles from Augusta. tO be used by the company there. They were loose and in a pasture when the torm came up. It is supposed that hey were huddled close togetheT when killed by the deadly bolt. ' FOURTEEN ARE DROWNED. ailboat Capsizes and the Occupanlt Lose Their Lives. Fourteen persons are reported to ave been drowned at Marstrand, Ssven, by the capsizing of a sail HE DENIES IT. Rev. C. M. Billings Publishes Card In Augusta Chronicle. Mr. Robert B. Fickling, of Blackville. Replies to Same Through The Col umbia State. The followIng communication ap peared in the Augusta Chronicle one day last week: "On June 9 and 24 dispatches were given to the press to the effect that I had been expelled from the Blackville. S. C.. Baptist church on account of letters containing expres sions of e'rlearnient for a house-maid who had t,, nierly served in our home A further statement to the effect that I had forsaken my wife and child and gone away with this servant was made. "I want to say by way of explana ion for my silence that for the first 10 days after these dispatches ap peared I was not in a physical nor mental condition to make the state ment I wish to make. Besides, friends is wei as myself thought a statement hich would finally be made by a ody of brethren would be more atisfactory to the general public. But findng that many of my friends ire expecting a statement from me nd are waiting impatiently for it, 1 wish to declare: "First. -That the letters in ques ion were not written by me: neither tave I been allowed the privi'ege of ;eeing them. "Second. The statement with ref rence to the relations of endear nent existing between me and the ervant in question are libelous. "Third. At the time that the dis )atch went out I had not only for aken my family, but was at home -ith them. This the author certain y must have known. "It is true upon the evidence con ained upon these letters I was ex luded from the church, but I had bsolutely no opportunity to defend nyself or deny the authorship of hem, since. I was preaching for a riend in Augusta and did not reach ome until 5 o'clock in the after Loon of that day. "This is my final statement until body of reputable brethren hear the ase and their findings made public." *"Rev. C. M. Billings." Contradicts Billings. 'o the Editor of The State: It has been the purpose of your orrespondent to have nothing more > say in regard to the awful Bil lngs matter which has been the talk t f our town and the whole. State and aused great grief to Christian peo- I le here and elsewhere. But the statement in your paper >day, copied from - the Augusta hronile. is so misleading to those eople over the State who do not I now the facts in the case and is so >tally devoid of truth until this in- 1 >rmant must come forth. Now, every reputable man in this own will sign his name to the fact hat these awful letters written by ilings to the negro who had been i house maid are in Billings' own Landwriting. These letters wei e 'ritten here and mailed to Bamberg. 'here the maid had gone after leav ng his home on account of the fact eaking out here.. A young newly married man could ot write a letter in more endearing erms to his tender bride. The only ord of sympathy for the man here 'or his crime is occasionally the state nent that "the man must have lost us mind." This answers Billings' first state nent in regard to his not writing .hese letters. Second. That he had not been al owed the privilege of seein:t 'them .s false. On the other hand he was egged to go and read them and he lat-footedly refused to do so. His thir'd statement. that he had bsolutly no opportunlity to defend imself or to deny the authorship of he letters as he was away preaching or a friend and didn't r'each home mntil 5 o'clock in the afternoon he! was excommunicated is devoid of en truth whatsoever. On the contrary. Billings was not fedor ' Friday afternoon that he would a turned out of the church n Sunday and was asked to be there. This he failed to do. but on the con rary took the train for Augusta, a. and preached there f'or a preach rr who camne here for him and heard :he proceedings at church here Sun av morning. This was not a previous engage-* nent for him to plreach in Augusta. ohe had an engagemenlt to preach1 in Lexington. N. C.. and wired them, tter arriving in Augusta, he could not come. This information was in he Charlotte Observer. It might also be stated that Bil ings was excluded from the chur'ch iot only f'or gross immorality in re card to his life w"ith the negro but r plevarication. A co)y of this letter' has been sent o the Augusta Chronicle in reply to he card appearing in that paper. Rober't B. Fickling, Blackville. S. C.. .luly 17. 1907. BURIED CiTY FOUND0. I Texs' Which Was Long Ago| Pensely populated. Prof. T. L. Everly, an ar'cheol o gist and instrutctor in the Catnadg:.1I cllege at Hereford. Texas.e hatr de overed a buried city inm hute county, in the extreme northern part of the Pan Handle. The appearance -of a number of tunds upon what was otherw ise t levl plain attracted Mr. Everly's at tention. and he began investigations. is excavations have revealed buried bildings. in which are human bod'es ancient potters and stone utensils.. The mounds are rectangular in sape and their nutmber' shows that it was a city of sevcral thousand in habitants. The character of the ruins indicates that they ante-daite the Aztecs or Toltres. '\r. Everly wwll make further excavations. C l'ERKS ERR~OR. I orant' Girl Se'rved Yeiar's in 1iPl for' Moniths. Because a clecrk wrote years in stead of month. Lena Rivers, an i rait girl, has served almost a sc are~ of years in Alabama mines when thr ral time was less than two yenv'. he died just before her time was upi and her mother now asks the Ala ama leislature for overtime pay. AWFUL TRAGEDY. Miss Julia Wannamaker a Victim of the Undertow. SWEET YOUNG GIRL From Orant g1eburg Swept Of' Her Feet and Out to Sea While Surf liathing, Near Station 19, on Sul livan's Island, Heroic Efforts to Save Her Failing--Two Others Narrowly Escape. Caught in the merciless grip of the undertow, in water barely waist deep. Miss Julia Wannamaker. the beauti ful young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Heber Wannamaker, of Orangeburg, was drowned while in surf bathing on Sullivan's Island, opposite the street leading from station No. 19, near the rocks, late Friday afternoon. Mrs. Joe Bell, of Charleston, and Miss Pauline Cart, of Orangeburg. nar rowly escaped a like fate, being sav d only after the most heroic efforts. rhe following account of the sad af fair is taken from The News and ourier: The three ladies named and Prof. Francis L. Parker entered the surf bout 6:30 o'clock. The tide at thz. iour was dead low anu still running ut. They found that, although the -vater was comparatively shallow, be g not more than wist deep, the un ertow was so swift that they were inable to retain their footing. The adies called to Prof. Parker that the ndertow had them. He quickly -eized them. bunched them togeLder Lnd called for help. Mr. Tom Buist, of Charleston, was he first to reach them, and Prof. -arker turned over Miss Wannama er. who had become panic stricken. o him. It had been very necessary. owever, for Mr. Buist to make a ong run up the beach before reach ng them and he was practically ex austed when he undertook to sup >ort Miss Wannamaker, and could :ot keep her head above the surface. Mr. George Huguenin, also of Tharleston. being attracted by the alls for help, hastened to Mr. Buist's .ssistance. Mr. Huguenin has been ill ecently and his strength was soon one. He was unable to support Miss annamaker and she sank. Mr. Jab. dger. who ..ad been swimming some istance further out, close to the jet ies, reached the scene of trouble >out this time, and undertook to as ist Miss Wannamaker. but was him elf seized with cramps. In the meantime Messrs. Norwood fastie and Alex Martin had seized boat nearby, belonging to Mr. Greg ollock, and had arrived on the ene. They first picked up Mr. Hug enin, who was sinking himself, and lose by they found Miss Wannama er. her head about a foot beneath he surface. She was still alive when aulled into the boat, but never reviv d in spite of heroic efforts at re uscitation. Meanwhile. Capt. McMiliganl, of the 7nited States army, and Quartermas er Fulton had gone to the aid of rof. Parker, up to his neck in water y this time, and still struggling with brs. Bell and Miss Cart. Capt. Mc illan seized and supported one of he ladies, while Quartermaster Ful n assisted Prof. Parker with the Ither. Quite a number of other gen lemen had come up in the meantime nd formed a chain by joining hands, nd passed the ladies from the shal w water to the beach. As soon as all had been gotten Lshore prompt efforts at resuscitatinge Iiss Wannamaker were begun. Dr. lVannamaker the uncle of the young ady. Dr. R. S. Kirk, Surgeon Kirk )atrick and Contract Surgeon Hud on, of the United States army. and hree trained nurses did everything vhich their combined knowledge ould suggest and skill perform. but :heir efforts were wholly unavailing. Niss Wannamaker never regained ~onsciousnes, and it was stated that he apeared to have succumbed to ~omlete collapse. Miss Julia Wannamaker would -ave been sixteen years old next Mon lay. Mr. and Mrs. Wannamaker. er father and mother. left Charles on Wednesday for New York. They ~ere telegraphed Friday night the ad news of their daughter s tragic! leath and returned at once. Miss Wannamaker. during the absence of rer parents in the North. was to have Ieen the guest on the Island of Mrs. John Cart. also of Oranlgeb)urg. and ivith Mrs. Cart she was boarding at Trs. Gadsen's at Station No. 19. Un ertaker Connelley took charge of he remains, which were taken to h'arlestonl and then brought to Or nge~urg Saturday. The force of the undertow from he grip of which Messrs. P~uist. Hug enin. Adger and others sought to esee Miiss WVannamtaker. appears to ave been terrific. Mr. Norwood Has te one of the most powerfully built oung men in Charleston was swept if his feet the momer~t he turned ioose the hand of the next man ml the chain in order to pass the young lady on up the line of rescuers. When Prof. Parker and the ladies in the surf with him first realized hat they were being carried out to sea they'were in comparative shallow water. but they were swiftly carried wawy from the shore until wvhenl fi nlly assistance reached them the vate was about up to his chin. Dr. Parker said Friday ulight that when the first of the helpers got to him he was alnost to the Jetties and close to the channel. H -ad not Miss Wannamuak er h eromue alarmed and interfered wvith the ef 'rts of those who were seeking to rescue her she might have been say e She was, of course, very much fightened as soon as she realized ttat the sand wvas siipping heneath her feet. as were the other two ladies. ut when Dr. Parker. realizing the iiposiblil y of bringing in the three ldles unassisted, raised a cry for aasistnce. Miss Wannamaker ap nkar to have completely lost her ed She was thoroughly panite iiken and struggled so violently hat not only were the efforts of thosc w ~ho ought to save her impeded. bult. we~keed as they were. either dby euch her. h almos snucceeded in doning them also. There were quite a number of other per sot.s close at hand, but sc s'ift were Miss Wannamaker~ anc e others swept out to sea. so quick i the danger arrive and so pow WANTS DIVORCE, So As Her Husband Can Marry Another Woman. And Give His Two Illegitimate MIaughters His Name and Thus Save Theim From Shame. With the formal application made Thursday in the New York Supreme Court for a final judgement of di vorce, following an interlocutory de cree signed by Justice Crane on April 6th last, is made public astartling story of martial infidelity and double life, in which a prominent resident of Borough Park. Brooklyn, is the defendant. and a social scandal which has agitated Boston at times for several years is revived. The man who is charged by his wife with having led a double life is Joseph T. Cunningham, said to be drawing a salary of $15,000 as man ager of an electrical company with offices at 111 Broadway, Manhattan. His wife, Mrs. Esabel S. Cunningham, of 66 Clifton place, charges that he has been living with one Lizzie Demp sey at 5817 Fifteenth avenue, Bor ough Park. and by whom he has had tvo children. From the papers and the testimony in the case which was taken before Justice Crane on March 22d. much of the romance of the Cunninghams and the sorrow of the wife at her discovery of her husband's transfer >f his affections to the Dempsey woman is revealed. Letters of Mrs. Cunningham aito tell of her wish to endure self-abnegation in the nope that, if she secured the divorce, her husband would marry the mother of his children. Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham were a cried at the Hotel Oxford on Dec mber 14. 1894. At that time Cun inigham. it is said, had great politi al aspirations in Boson. being a riend of former Mayor Josiah Quincy nd a close associate with other rominent Democratic politicians of Iassachusetts. He was at one time member of the Democratic National I .ommittee, it is said. Mrs. Cunningham was also of a rominent family in Boston, highly ultured and edncated, and of inde endent means. The marriage of the )arties was a social event. A few ears later. it is said. and the charge s made in the papers in the action )rought by Mrs. Cunningham, the usband became enamored wi*:h one izzie Dempsey, daughter of a promi lent society man in Boston. and de erted his wife, after having dissipat d as much of her fortune as he ould get hold upon the wongan who s mentioned as the correspondent n the action. It is tha Mrs. Cun ingham, after tracking her h'isband Lnd the Dempsey woman to New ork city, about seven years ago, orsewhipped the woman in the rand Central staton The discovery that Cunningham nd Miss Dempsey were living to ether in Borough Park was made. .he plaintiff says in her testimony, in fune, 1906, and it is claimed that the 1l5.000 Queen Anne cottage, 5837 ?fteenth avenue, which stands in tliss Dempsey's name was a present o her from Cunningham. Testi rony was given at the trial that Miss empsey is known there as Mrs. jnninghamf, and that few in the orough Park coterie of friends of junnigham knew otherwise. Mrs. Cunningham says, in a letter. ecause of the two little girls, daugh :ers of the Dempsey woman anid Cun iingham, she is averse to arny expo are of the marital infelicities that iave came between herself and hus and. She writes: "The little girls." she says, "are ix and four and a half years. respec-I tively. Because of them I was able o bring myself to a point where I' was willing to divorce him. It was bhrough him that I lost my horses, jewelry and other property-every thing dear to me. I horsewhipped her seven years ago when he wanted to come back to me." KILLING NEAR McCuOIICK Fatal Rtow Betwven Two Negroes on Public Road. A dispatch from McCormick to'Tae State says news reached the :e Thurs day afternoon of a difficulty which ccurred on the public highway about four miles from this place between two negroes. One of the negroes was killed and his slayer has been locked up. The weapon used was a gun and whiskey is said to have been the cause of the trouble. The names of the participants in the tragedy are unknown at the time this dispatch was sent. erful was the grip of the undertow, which held Miss W\annamaker that to rescue her w'as impos~sib~le. Those who came to her assistance exerted themselves to the utmost. and the bot was maned and reached her in n incredible short time. but al though she was gotten into it before life wvas extinct the nervous shock as well as strangulation had been so great that. as already stated it was not possible to resuscitate her. A person of more vigorous constitution would undoubtedly been revived. Aonug those who took uart in the* efforts to save the distressed bathers were: Capt. McMillan. U. S. A.. Don ald McKay Frost. Alex Martin. Janmes Adger. Quartermaster Fulton. C. Nor wood Itastie. Francis L. Parker. Jr.. Tot Buist. James Adger, Geo. E. H-1ugu enin. Surgeon Kirkpatrick. Con Itract Surgeon Hudson. U. S. A., Dr. WVannaaker. post electrician. Most of these young men belong to a club. wvhich has acottage on the Island. just in front of which the tragedy occured. Capt. Frank E. Taylor and Mr. Theodor .J. Simons. friends of the famiy, and her uncle. Dr. WVanna Imaker. took charge of 31iss Wanna mtakers body and notified her par' ents and other relatives. The army post also did everything possible to render all needed assistance to the frinds of the unfortunate young I r. W\annlamlaker. the father of Miss Julia W\annamaker. is a prom inent citizenl of Orangeburg. He is now connected wvth the Orange Cot ton Mills. ini Orangebulrg. He moved from Columbia to Oranlgeburg. It was stated that at one time he trav elled for the Ashepoo Fertilizer Com pany. of which Capt. Frank E. Tay lor. is vice president and general PLUNGE IN AIRSHIP. Aeronaut Lights a Cigarette Af ter 800-Foot Drop. When Propeller Rips Silk, Machine Plunged Very Rapidly Toward the Earth. Carl Robinson, who sails the Kna benshue airship, fell 800 feet Satur day evening at Springfield. 0., and lives to tell about one of the most remarkable decents. He escaped serious injury. The only mark he has to show for his experience is a tiny scratch over his left eye. When Robinson landed on the ground people flocked to the scene of the accident, expecting to find him dead. But he quietly remarked to the first arrival: "Why, you people are more excited over this than I am." Then he lighted a cigarette and asked a man in an automobile to drive him to the city to get a meal. The eyes of thousands of people were fastened on Robinson when his airship collapsed. Screams rent the air and many women fainted. Every one expected to see Robinson dashed to a pulp. At first he shot through space so rapidly that it was difficult for the eye to follow him. As he neared the earth the machine slowed up and e reached ground safely, lowered as gently as a mother would place her aby in a cradle. Robinson has made one successful trip. He says that when he started on his second trial to reach the enter of the city he went higher han usual so as to get free of the wind, and as he soared he was struck >y counter currents. The propeller was thrown against he end of the balloon and the rapid y revolving wheel cut open the gas )ag. It immediately began to settle apidly. Robinson kept his head and limbed quickly to the propeller and rabbed the gas bag side of the rent, hus forming a parachute. As soon s this was done the air entered the ag and the machine's fall was brok n. KISSING DEVIL. s Worse Than Whiskey Says Rev. Mr. Bass. Rev. D. L. Bass, formerly of this tate, but now preaching at Cairo, 11., whose recent sermon on the evils f kissing created a stir there, has *enewed his attack on the "kiss evil." , "The kiss devil is doing more to 1 hades than the whiskey devil, the rug devil, and all the other devils L11 told," said Dr. Bass. "Sweethearts should never kiss un il they are married. In the days of ur grandparents. in the Southern tates as least, any attempt to kiss a irl was rightly declared as great a rong as could be committed against er. Such an atempt was a gross nsult. and the man who offered it nd the young woman's father or )rother met with pistols at the next unrise. "Let sweethearts hold each other's ands as a token of their pure affec ion. And when the part the man ay perhaps bring his sweetheart's ender hand to his lips for fleeting, entle , respectful pressure. But ~hat's all. God deliver us from the issing devil." BAGGED FROM BEACH. >assengers on Jersey Shore Shocked by Adam-and-Eve At Jersey Shore. Pa., shocking re >orts of carelessness regarding bath Lng there have bobbed up from time o time. The costumes worn by. hese frolicsome bathers have been the cause of complaint. In fact, the 'ostumes have been overlooked en tirely, and it is this that the town uthorities object to. Passengers on the trains and trol ley cars passing the river have told tories whereby they gazed with a read curiosity on the water frolics. ime was when the Garden of Eden effect was confined entirely to the nen, but now women have been add ed. This calls for decisive action, say those in control. So the police were given special rders to keep a lookout for taose who poch-pooh conventional garb. and officers carried out instructions o the letter. Even, it is said, that some of the womenl who disported themselves in this highly unusual anner are prominent socially; but this is discredited. UNCONSIOUS ENGINEER Ws at the Throttle as the Train Sped on. Hundreds of lives were imperiled Thursday when Floyd E. Webber, en gineer of the fast westbound Lake ~nore passenger train, was stricken Imconscious at his throttle and the train sped almost into Cleveland, 0.. without a guiding hand. The engineer was overcome by the intense heat. As the engine rocked into the Cleveland yards over the swith .ioint the motion threw the engine driver from his seat to the floor of the calb. Then the fireman leanued what had happened. He jumped to the engi neer's seat. leaving his companion helples on the foothoards, while he brought the speed of the train down within the yard limits. Webber's condition was found to be critical. H-ow long the engineer had been unconscious at the throttle is not known. RIVER REV'EALS MURD)ER. Body Found Floating With Arms Tied and Throat Cut. The body of a man was found floating in Tug River Matewan. \\'. Va.. Thursday. A rope had been tied about the body. which held the arms securely to the sides, and the Ivictims throat had been cut from ear to ear. The floating body was gowned in nothing but a nigh: shirt, and theC indications are that the murder haa been committed while the victim w'is in his room at night and the body thrown into the river. The body is that of a man prob0 abby forty years of age, but nothing could be found by which it could be ientified. .. GREAT HAVOC Caused By Cloudburst In Ohio and West Virginia PROPERTY DAMAGED. Many Washouts on Rail Lines. Three Deaths from Storm at Zanesville. Ohio-One Drowning and a Light ning Fatality-Many Wire Pros trate--Landslides Add to Damages to Roads. A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa., says telephonic communication with West Virginia points late Thursday night report enormous damage by cloudbursts and storms in the inter ior of the State. At Zanesville, Ohio, a cloudburst and ~electrical storm resulted in three deaths, and much property damage. Taylor Davis was drowned while fording a creek at Museville and a man was drowned in the Adams Mill I basin. His boat was upset by the wind. Joun Kline, a miner of Con nellsville, was killed by lightning at South Zanesville. Along the Western Maryland rail road between Thomas and Elkins, W. Va., the damage is so great that it will not be possible to operate that portion of the road for at least 24 hours. Two hundred and fifty feet >f the track was washed over the banks of Tub Run between Hamsle ton and Hendricks, and at the same point there is a 30 foot landslide. All telephone and telegraph wires are own between Parsons and Elkins. Between Douglas and Thomas, he tracks are washed out for a tuarter of a mile. Rain is still fall ng and railroad officials fear even reater trouble. The dry Fork railroad is reported mnder water and the big main of the Nest Virginia and Maryland Gas com any was torn out at Parsons. On the Baltimore and Ohio rail oad there has been trouble between rerra Alta and Grafton, including ;vashouts and landslides, and since 9 )'clock there have been no trains ov r that division. The dam at Thomas has been weak ned and it is feared-it will give way, recipitating several million gallons f water into Cheat and Tygarts val ey. The coal and iron branch of the Vestern Maryland road between El ins and Durbin is reported tied up )y washouts and landslides. Dispatches from Grafton, Rowley )urg, Tunnelton and other towns in ygart's valley, in northern West V-r inia tell of terriffic rains followed by he river going out of its bank nearly .ts entire length, resulting in the leath of three persons and causing )roperty losses that will aggregate iearly a quarter of a million dollars. At Elkins the rainfall reached the 'emarkable total of five inches and vas nearly as heavy at other points. ifteen or more bridges are washed ut, railroads are washed out and at rafton a church from Bowleyburg assed down the raging river. At Thornton several houses were vashed away. At McCoombs the wa :er came in an immense wave, wreck .ng the house of Mrs. Mary Ballard, arrying off three of her small chil ten, whose bodies have not been re :overed. It is feared many other lives have ~een lost as the flood came without arng. AUTO HITS EGG WAGON. Injuries to its Occupants Might Be Termed Superficial. The New York American says an uto containing Andrew D. Maloy, of. No. 25 Broad street. Manhattan. and several friends whirled threec block Thursday down the hill which leads from the Long Island Railroad tracks to Jamaica avenue, East New York, nd crashed into two wagons laden with eggs. The result might be described as an omlette dui force. Broken eggs spattered about as if the sky were showering the barnyard product. One man was slightly bruised when the auto hit the wagon he was driving.: Mr. Maloy and his friends were un injured. but not so their clothing. SPAT ON STA~RS AND STRIPES Japanese Engine Wiper at Los Au geles is Roughly Handled. T. Yoni. a Japanese employed as wiper in the Southern Pacific shops in Los Angeles, Cal.. narrowly escap ed serious injury at the hands of an enraged mob of American workmen recently. Yoni was wiping an engine on which had been placed two small American flags. While wiping the engine Yoni turned and deliberately spat ul:'on one of the flags. A crowd quickly surrounded the JTapanese and he was roughly handled when he managed to elude his as sailants and escaped. D)IED FROM FRIGHT. Trhought His Wife Would Be Injuredl by Horse. A dispatch from Anderson to The State says Solicitor Boggs arrived in the city Wednesday .and brought news of the rather unique death of Mr. M. B. WVaters of Brevard. N. C.. who lost his life fronm fright near Pickens. It seems that Mr. and Mrs. WXater s were driving out in the coun try whnen their horse became fright eaand was rearing upon itfs hind teet Mr. Waters became frightened on .v ,ant of his wife and collapsed. dvng eight minuiites later. The horse d'id not run but fell back and injured \r W\aters slightly. I O~~l SELF WiIH GAS. FormerJ Partner of Marshal Field Decad in New York. :Xbert G. Liscomb. formerly cou neted, with the firm of .Marshgfl Field and Co.. was found dead in his apartments at the Chatsworth apart ment house, asphyxiated from gas which was escaping from several burners. Mr. Liscomb's family is away in the country. Liscomb sev ered his connection with Marshal Fidd4 and Co., four years ago to ac ept a position in New York. CUPID VS CUPIDITY Blind God Routed in Honeymoon, Says Harrison. Now He Wants a Divorce-Declares Wedded Life Has Been Anything but Pleasant. Rudely awakened on, his honey moon up the Hudson river by the declaration of his bride of a few hours that she had married him only "to collect alimony and live inde pendently," Arthur W. Harrison, has sued for divorce. Here are some of the allegations in his complaint. That on their honeymoon his wife treated him cruelly, and kicked and 2uffed him about. That she pulled his hair. That she assaulted him and slap ped him in the face, wounding his pride. That she drew a loaded revolver and threatened his life. That she grabbed a handful of his ear while he tied a tie, and unmerci fully flayed him about the head un til he called for help. That she followed him to his office and down-town places, and annoyed and abused him. That she demanded $35 monthly allowance and refused to return and live with him. That she stayed away from home o' nights and didn't tell him where she went. That she is nervous and quarrel some and that she made life a burden for him. That she did it all again. The Harrisons, Arthur W. and ary E., were married on July 14, 1901, according to the complaint, and their troubles commenced before hey had gotten a fair start on their honeymoon. It was then she told him she had married him to collect alimony, and ife wasn't exactly pleasant from that ime on. He declared he was "treated" with cruelty and inhumanity" the rest of he trip, and it didn't stop when they eached home. But they managed to et along without police interference Lintil April,'1903. At that time be ause Arthur would not produce the, noney for a new gown, he avers that ;he set upon him as he entered home ne evening and battered him so his riends had difficulty in establishing iis identitiy. This breach was patched up until eptember, when it was said that Mrs Iarrison met Arthur with a large re olver one night, and compelled h'im o stand still while she explained just what she thought of him. Then came the tie incident. It seems that Harrison, like most men who wear collars, can tie a tie without invoking profanity and with >ut donning war paint. He declares :here was nothing in his attitude at he tine in question that might have >een construed into a declaration of ar, but, nevertheless, Mrs. Harri on, while he was deeply engrossed n making the bow look properly put ogether, grabbed an ear and an end f the tie and belabored him about he head until he yelled "nuff," and ellowed for help. About then is when, according to larrison, his wife began staying out ' nights, and he absently forgot to eturn home frequently. Consequent y she began to call at his offide and t the patent office and other places, md everybody within earshot knew us' how she felt about it. was finally agreed that he would aher $35 a month and be let alone is was on June 27, 1906, and for he first time in five years, Harrison et happy. In September, however, usiness was bad and he felt he could ot afford happiness as a $35-a :onth luxury, so he asked his wife o come back and love him again. Mrs. Harrison declined, and de manded her $35, with the result-that Harrison is willing to chuck it all and forego the pleasure of family life and once again assume the role with the single tared. Now he wants the court to take up hiis burdens and keep his wife away from his office, and give him a di vorce, a mensa et thoro, which looks like a frillb but means "from bed and board." NEGRO LYNCHED. Assassin Quickly Expiates for Cow ardly Crime. Frank Bailey. a negro. was lynch ed by a mob consisting of 150 men and boys Wednesday night at Osage, Oka.. after he had shot and mor tally wounded Frank Kelley, a brake man' on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas. Kelley had ejected the negro from the train in the afternoon. The ne gro hid in the yards and as the train pon the top of which Kelley was standing passed, the negro shot him. The negro was captured an hour later. The mob was formed and overpowered the two officers who had Bailey in custody. Its members took~ the negro to the scene of his crime and hanged him to a telegraph pole. BLOWN TO P1ECES. Ge. Alikhanoff, Woman and Coach man Killed. General Alikanoff, former govern or general of Tiniis, Mmne. Glieboff, wife of Gen. Glieboff, and the coach man, were blown to pieces b)y a bomb thrown at their conveyance. A son of Gen. Alikhanoff and daughter of Gen. Glieboff sustained serious injuries. Gen. Alikahanoff was nicknamel1d "The Wild Beast" by Caucasian meml ~ers of the -lower house of Farnia ment. His rigorous methods brought down upon him the enmity of the revolutionists. D)IE FHto.M HEAT. Inese Sun'eting in New Y-ok--Peo ple' Sleep in Open. Eight persons5 are dead from heat up to 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon Iand the hospitals are crowded with hear prostrationls in New York. The number runs into the hundreds. Great humiidity added to a tempera ture of 38 at noon has caused the greatest suffering. Hundreds of per sons camped on the sand "at Coney Parks which has been opened for the public to sleep in at night. It ia probable that thousands will sheer In outos to escape the killing heat, UGLY CHARGES. Alleged That Hammet Secured Affidavits Wrongly ABOUT DISPENSARY. Statements by Attorneys, Messrs. Stevenson and Matheson, Who Are Outspoken in Their Declaration to the Courts, Reflects Very Serious ly on the Ex-Chief Constable of the State Constabulary. "The affidavits were obtained by a method of legerdemain, which in most instances smacks of fraud, and men like Mr. Tate of Eutawvile were tricked by their former chum, Mr. Hammet, into signing ignorantly what was not true," is. the positive characterization of the arts of U. B. Hammet, deputy collector of internal revenue for South Carolina and for mer chief dispensary constable for South Carolina, contained in the brief of Messrs. Stevenson & Mathe son, attorneys for the State dispen sary commission in the matter of the assessments of internal revenue taxes against the State of South Carolina. On the strength of affidavits al leged to have been secured from vari ous dispensers throughout the State by Mr. Hammet and other revenue officers serving under him and now on file in the office of Maj. Micah Jen kins, collector of internal revenue for the district of South Carolina, de mand was made upon the dispensary :ommission on May 7, for $32,527 for icense fees claimed to be due the nited States government as a result f the fact, as alleged, that dispen ers had sold beer in greater quanti ies than 4 7-8 galons in single sales, making them liable to the wholesale iquor dealers license; $4,o27 of this Imount covered a period of fifteen months prior to the date when the lemand was. made upon the com mission for settlement; the .other $28,000 -being charged up for the ?eriod beyond that date. The dispensary commission paid .he first named amount, $4,527, un er protest and on July 2 W. F. tevenson appeared before the com nissioner of internal revenue, John .. Capers. at Washington,- and argu d for the refunding of the amount, tis grounds being: (1) That there was no proof that sales were made n wholesale quantities; (2)- that, If ;he proof were convincing that dis >ensers had made sales in greater tuantities than 4 7-8 gallons, the state would not be liable insomuch )s any such action would be clearly n violation of the statute law of the state and of instructions given to he dispensers from time to time by .hose in authority. Mr. Stephenson submitted numer )us affidavits to the commissioner of nternal revenue from dispensers broughout the State, and, according ;o those affidavits, Mr. Hammet had . esorted to most questiopable means :o secure the affidavits which, it is .aid, are on file at the office of Ma.. enkins. Several of the affidavits sub nitted by Mr. Stephenson contain ~harges against Mr. Hammet of a erious nature. It is alleged -that ammet secured the affidavits in a raudulent manner, and, not only hat, but that he made interlinea tions after the affidavits were signed. -Columbia State. ATTACKS AGED M~INISTER. Lev. R. F. Bradley Seriously Cut- by Negro Farm Hand. A dispatch to The State says great xcitement prevailed at Troy, in Gree wood county Thursday afterndon ver a murderous assault made by a egro upon Rev. R. F. Bradley, ,the ighly esteemed pastor of the A. R. P. church at Long Cane. The negro, John Siiber, who came from Georgia some -months ago, was mployed by Mr. Bradley upon his arm. Thursday the negro resented ome order or reprimand given by dr. Bradley and. made an attck on im with a knife. Mr. Bradley was cut twice, once on each side of his hroat, and also had a long gash across liis back. The negro at once led. Reports from Troy say that very man in the town and surround ing country is searching for the ne gro. Sheriff McMillan, as soon as the ews reached him, left in an- automo bile for Troy. The dogs owned by the county were at Epworth, some 20 miles from Troy, but they were at nce ordered to the scene. A later report from Troy says Mr. Bradley is not fataly wounded. It s almost impossible to get commun cation with the little town. Every one is beside himself with rage and resntment. Mr. Bradley is one of the most highly esteemed citizens of the county. He is about 60 -years old and a leading minister of his de omination and iis known all over the State. BABY OFFERED FOR SALE. )ying Mother Wishes to Pay O0f All Her Debts. In order that she may leave this world without a single creditor, Mrs Oscar Temanlos of ionesen Pa. fr fered her four--morifh$50 With for sale at te itended tO pay her doc mope sd ruggst's bills and a small der sfor food. She said she knew debt anyone who was willing and able - give $50 for a baby would be able to provide it a good home., When friends of Mrs. Temanos saw the advertisement in the paper offer ing the child for saie they agreed to cansel her indebtedness but she in sisted on offering for sale her sole and dearest posession. Her husband deserted his wife and child about three months ago leaving them desti tute. . ORDNARY POACHING. Japanese. Schooner Seized Near Seal Island off St. Paul. The State departmmenit was inform ed that two Japanese fishing schoon ers were seized by the revenue cut ter Manning near the Seal Islands off St. Paul. The Japanese embassy was notified but as the case appears to be an ordinary one of poaching it is not expected that any diplomatie Inidnt wil be the result,