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VOL. XXII MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1908 NO.34 DEAIH AGENT Of Mrs. Guinness Has Been Lo cated and Will Soon Be TAKEN INTO CUSTODY jit Is Now Believed That Mrs. Guin ness, the Arch-Murderess. is Yet Alive and Every Possible Watch Is Being Kept Up to Prevent Her Es cape. The "Death Agent" employed by Mrs. Belle Guinness to lure victimsi to her farm, has been located in War-. saw, Ind., and his arrest is expected soon. The capture of this man is expect- t ed to put into the hands of the au thorities the real story of the mur der syndicate whose operations filled Brookside farm with the bodies of a c score of victims. It is further hoped to discover by v this means the present hiding place ( of the arch-murderess, if, as is now. generally believed, she is in conceal- v ment for a chance to escape to Eu- t rope with the money she must have v accumulated by means of her schemes It is now considered certain that the c death agent is the man who escaped o with Mrs. Guinness in an automobile a on the night thathe farm house was a destroyed by fire which consumed c the bodies of the woman's three chil dren. An auto carrying a man and a wo man who answered the description of 6 the arch-murderess was seen speed ing throuigh Hobart on the morning D after the fire. Deputy Sheriff Gill p declared the machine w-ts running at $ a fearful rate, and that it came into b Hobart from the firection of La Porte. He is confident that the wo- d mnan in the machine was Mrs. Guin- si ness. In fact there is little doubt ci now in the minds of the citizens of Laporte that Mrs. Guinness, the slay- e er of perhaps a score or more men and women and children. whose body was supposed to have- been found on her "murder farm",escaped and there is little doubt that the three children who perished in the flames were not n her own, but were adopted as a part of her cunning scheme to herself d appear a respectable well-to-do 'wid-1 ow who would make a desirable w wife. All La Porte is inclined to believe this man with whom she fled is one c of her mysterious . conspirators or confederates, and that she is now probably~ in hiding and waiting her d chance to sail. for Europe. h On the day the house was burned Mrs. Guinness received a telegram of warning from an accomplice. It is believed that this man, fearful ( per haps, that the wcenan might be ar rested and make a confession -: the d workings of the whole horrible "mur- a der syndicate," hurried to La. Porte early in the night in an automobile. t The police say the plan of flight was formulated by Mrs. Guinness; *She easily reconciled herself to theia sacrifice of the children since they I were only accessories to her game of murder. She induced Ray Lamp -here to set 'fire to the house as thej body of a headless woman had been placed so as to convey the impression that 'Mrs. Guinnless- herself had per ished in the flames. Then she fled. Mrs. Guinness had several gold-flu ed teeth and i search of the ashes U of the house has been 'conducted for d the purpose of finding these tee'th.E What was thought to be a gold p tooth . that was' discovered, has turn- ti ed out not.to be a gold tooth at all, a A dentist who examined it. declared I i1 it was an ordinary tooth. and had a never been filled with gold.* A2NOTHLER FIRE IN ATIANTA. -One Hundred and Seventy-Five Horses Burned to D~eath. One hundrgd and seventy-fiv e hor ses, tao of gem show prize w inners, and half a block of buildings burned1 vita -a hhndred thousan d dollas loss; a threatenen panic in a cr owd ed theatre nearby, and half a dozen persons injured, none seiously sum marizes a fire which started Monday night in,,the business sectioni of ~A lanta, and for an hour threatened tC nmak'e a cl-eaner sweep 'han did th flames the week before; whichd de stroyed a million and a quarter d l dars' worth of property in anothei section of the city. The - block which the fire started wait made u; cheifly of one story woodej and bric structures. The flames started in tht Piedmont Stables on Marietta str eet NINE CHILDREN BITTEN I By a Mad D~og and Sent to Atlanta. for Treatment. Nine children and a colored nurse were bitten in Greenville on Tburs day by a mad dog. and they have been sent to Atlanta for treatment'r. The head of the dog was sent to the Pasteur Institute at Atlanta and it I was pronounced that of a mad dog. Several weeks ago auother child was bitten and as a result of the exami nation the offending dog was declar ed rabid. The child was treated at the Pasteur Institute and no ill el fects have appeared. The dog that did the biting was apparetly harmless little Collie .puppy. Young Girl Shot Father At Duburque, Iowa. defiendin:'h tother with a rifle. 31iss Madue 1 lem inc. 2" years old, shot her father Mont Fleming. in the head. He I. not expected to live. Flemmg.a cording to the young woman s state ment to the police, was abot t o at tack her mother when Ahe fired. She' was arrested but released on her own recognizance. The sympathy of the comunity is with the young woman. GUINNESS VICTIMS. MURDERERS AND CHILDREN AMONG THE SLAIN. Many Suitors for the Widow's Hand Found a Grave in the Garden In stead of a Wife. A dispatch from La Porte. Ind., p ;ives the following as the known lead in the Guinness mystery. They number fourteen in all: Guinness, Mrs. Belle, the alleg d arch-murderess. whose body was Pound in the ruins of the Guinness home after the fire on April 28. Soron. Myrtle.. aged 11 years., laughter of Mrs. Guinness. also lost ier life in the destruction of the re idence. I Soronson. Lucy. aged 9 years, oungest doughter of Mrs. Guinness. w rho likewise was burned to death in wi he fire. ' Soronson. Prilip. aged 5 years. son 4 Mrs. Guinness, whose burned pa ody was found clasped in the arms d f the mother after the destruction f the Guinness home. Guinness. ennie Olsen. aged 17 ca ears. daughter of Anton Olsen. of pe hicago. whom Mrs. Guinness took > raise when eight years old. and th chose body is believed to be one of t e four found in a hole in the barn- di ard. , Guinness. Joseph. second husband te f the woman, who died at the House ho f Mystery about four years ago, as fo result of skull being fractured with r sat chopper. Wife claimed meat th hopper fell from shelf. Budsberg. Ole. Iola, Wis.. suitor St f Mrs. Guinness. who came here in hi (arch. 1907, and disappeared April th 1907. st Helgelein. Andrew, Aberdeen, S. hi suitor of Mrs. Guinness; disap eared last January after lending her Cc 1,500: body dug up and identified de F brother, A. K. Helgelein. sn Guinness, Swanhild, two-year-old Br aughter of Peter S. Guinness, died ter ddenly, six years ago. After physi- ha an had pronounced her suffering Ali om bronchitis; no burial permit d er issued. Soronson, dads, first husband of til rs. Guinness, died suddenly in Chi- th go. several years ago. ha Lindbom, Olaf. 35 years old. of th 7isconsin; employed by Mrs. Guin- co: ess three years ago; worked on the ty rm from March to July. When he sappeared Mrs. Guinness gave it Br t that he-had gone to Norway to the itness the coronation of the new cle ing. e Gerhall, -Eric. 40 years old. of Wis- Ve )nsin; succeeded Lindbon as handy -' an on the farm. He worked five the onths for Mrs. Guinness. when he fo sappeared Mrs. Guinness said he ad left his trunk and overcoat and Br mne off toward Rolling Prairie. She lea iterward wore his fur coat. ga Moo. John, Elbow Lake. Minn., th tor of Mrs. Guinness. He came M. the "House of Mystery" Christni' an ay. 1906. to "celebrate the holiday," ed d was never seen afterward. fe3 Berry. George, Tsucola, Ill.. came an La Porte two years ago with $400 cr( wrote a letter on his arrival at Le Guinness home, but has not been Tt ard from since. CONFERENCE OF GOVERNORS Jo yo WsingtonI Came to an End on me [at Last Friday- lat The first conference of the Cov- thi 'nors of the States of the Americanbi nion ended at Washington onl Fri-te y. The final accomplishment of te e Conference which had been inmh ogress at the White House forsh iree days. cannot be foretold with d atheatical precision. That its ad< nmediate results are more than nple is the expression of the Presi ent and the Governors who, have pr artici~ated. u Ho. William Jennings Bryan was tf ne of five citizens invited by Presi-th m nt- to take part in the conference.fo 1 of the five were present except D x-President Cleveland. The confer-es e issued a declaration as to thingsth general~ and about the welfare of an e country. President Roosevelt i esided at the last meeting of the oufercfle and took an active partt in in s proceedings. At the close of the by mnerence he introduced Mr. Bryan. o was most enthusiastically receiv- of i b the Governors. y i-. Bryan acknowledged his ob- th rtions to President Roosevelt for ~ e oppormity to participate in au hti storie event of' the first magnitudb th l discussion already had. he said. Pt old help define the sphere ot' na- 13 onal and State contr'ol. He said he vi as jealous of' any encroachment upl a the rights of the State. but it was 13 nirely consistent with his theory to w cieve that it w"as' just as imperative bat the General Government should p' iharge the duties delegated to it a s it was that the States should exer- hi ise the powers reserv'ed to thema. mn There will be no 'twilight zone' he- pl ven the nation and the State." con- w. ied Mr. Pryan. "in which exploit- gc a interests can take refuge from fl ohh, and my observatiotn is that al at of the cort' n~ions over the line vC eweet nation .and State are trace ble to predatory corpor'ations. 5 -hch are trying to shield themselves S rrom deserved punishmnl*ft or en eaorig to prevent needed restrain-d ng legislation. , * 0 B~YAN CALLS ON TILLMAN. 'h Neraskan1 Confers~ W~ithi south C arolia Senator in Washingltonl. st ..al Te Wasington c.orresp~ondent oft( Th- Ns ai Couri'er says lion. WVm.n . . Bryan callIed on Senator Tillmtan on C r'esday in that city and spent soml imineWthi hint discuissing national >oieis and the outlook for the for-h ner to ecive the Presidential niomi ain at DentveJr in July. This is :iiitcant by reason of the fact that tI it was almost the only call made by Mi. Bryan upon any one since he ra.ed washington. BRYAN STRON( aptures One After Another Supposedly Hostile States. AASSES ARE FOR HI oils Taken by New York Her and Other Papers Indicate 01 whelming Majority Among Dci crats Favorable to His Nomi tion-Big States for Bryan-f They Stand. The New York Herald of Mon ys: In his contest for control e National Democratic Conventi ich meets at Denver July 7. 1 mn J. Bryan continues to dista: I competitors. The Herald's i .rtial summary of the progress legate getting for the week and timate of conditions in vari< ates shows that the twice defea1 ndidate is surpassing even the ctations of his friends. Sympathy must be expressed e Eastern Democratic leaders a e gold Democrats who have be earning of defeating Mr. Bry. tey desire some other candidate asely and they say they are s peful. but there is little grou hope unless conditions change. Mr. Bryan is rapidly subjugati "enemy's eduntry." The Massachusetts Democra te Committee declared agaii n. but he swept the primaries a State convention this week ucted the delegates to vote I The Connecticut Democratic Stt nvention refused to instruct t legates for him. but when t oke of battle cleared away 3 yan was found to control at le of the fourteen delegates, a d his old and devoted friend C xander Troupe as the head of t legation. ew York was supposed to be h( to him, yet nothing is plain in that Charles F. !rphy ' re to vote, for 1 r. !3ryan or rl risk of having the MeCarr itesting delegates from Kings cou seated at Denver. Vermont was classed as agair y an. and is still so classedbecau Bryan men are not prepared im it; but an inquiry from an e lent ond unprejudiced authority rmont politics brought the rep] 'Vermont will not instruct, b delegates will unquestionably Mr. Bryan.' Pennsylvania is classed against X ran by all the opposition. yet st fifty-four of the district del ;es were elected at primaries Bryan league and against Col. Guffey. the "boss" of the Stai l a majority of. them are instru< The signs indicate that Col. Gi is beaten in the State conventi< i that he will surrender at d: Mabama was claimed for Johnso e Johnson* manager telegraph Alabama members of Congrei e are going to carry this State f nson and want to know whe i stand" The Alabama membe t and wired back that it was,"' e" for Johnson, and it was t 'hese ar a few of the' signs tims. As the chroniCler of u. sed political news and the pron of no booms, The Herald gi~ facts for what they are worth. omng down to figures. it wn that Mr.Bryanl already hos 3 gates instructed for him. I : stands to win 426 delegates tes where conventions or dire marie: are yet to be held. T nnstrctedl delegates number 1' they we-e all ogainlst Mr. Bry re might be some encourageme the opposition. But it is es ted for the opposition. But it iated that about one hundred se d'elegates will vote for Mr.B In this calcuilat~ion he is enn the four delegates elected Line. the ten who may be for h Penusylvania or the eight bio the un- rule in New Jersey. One of the most impressive evel the week was the Ohio State C' aton. it should be remembet tt this is the home State of Jud~ rmon. Mr. Harmon is a Cle' dd Democrat. He was also one hree men lbeing hoomed for 1 esidential nomination against ~ vn. The past tense is used edly here. WVhenl the convent t t tere was no opp1osition to I an. The delegates to Den' re instructed for him. Then the Democracy of the St ceded to'annex Mr. Harmon good Bryan asset and nomina n for Gover'nor. Thus the I >crcy of the "Buckeye State I t its best foot forward at a ti ie the Republicans seem to h n mad and are doi-ng all im tl sw to lose the Governor of 0 well as the twenty-three electo te of the State. M. Bryan is being aided by a c eaable revulsion of sentim( ov the notion is getting abr at he may not be such a weak c date after all. indeed the act Jdge Gray in apparently spy g the nomination has injured anes to get suport in the E: d there is a feeling that if Goi r ohnson should win at Den would have to face the troul .me statement that he was noni eelcas he could poll tihe Sc naavin vote in a mass. whjich mij ) e a strong card to play int hnry where ra3ce prejudices e itporte'd races arce easy oue. Mr. Bryanl himself belie candefeat Taft. Thre has been an interestingi t Bryan strength thr'ough~ ee ountry this week. The Chic; -ibne has been making a se< ll - o Demoeratic prefere ,-,irought h country. The tl HE DID NOT SAY IT. of SENATOR TILLMAN'S VIEW OF GROVER CLEVELAND. Says He Was Misquoted in The News IM and Courier-Says He Is For Bryan, Who Will Be Nominated. In reporting in The News and Cour -ald ier an interview he had with Senator rer- Tillmon in Columbia on last Saturday Mr. August Kohn make the Senator U0 say: "If the Democrats could get a na- Cleveland. not Mr. Cleveland in per OW son, but a man who stood for the same thing, and could command the support that Cleveland does, 'it would av be a shame to take the money' the - way such a candidate would run away of with the race, and be elected to the on, Presidency." il- Senator Tillman's Denial. ace Senator Tillman gave out a state tm- ment in Washington on Tuesday. The of Senator said it was not his intention its to say anything further on the sub )us ject of politics before his trip to Eu Led rope, but being so widely misquoted ex- in reference to Grover Cleveland he broke his intentions on Tuesday and for expressed himself freely. He said: .nd "You may set all minds at rest as ten to my opinion of Cleveland by saying an. that it has not changed one iota since in- my first speech in the senate denounc till ing him. I would rather the -Demo nd cratic party wonld now be defeated than to be victorious with Cleveland ng or any other may like him at its head, and I am quite sure that no .tic matter what the condition of his ast health, should he be nominated he nd would be beaten worse than Parker in- was. I am at a loss to understnad for how a man usually so accurate as I Mr. Kohn is, should have so mis ite quoted me. he -So far as I now recall I never he mentioned Cleveland to him the other I I day. I certainly did not say that un st der any circumstances I would favor nd his nomination or the nomination of ol. any man like him.. What I did. say I he was that Wall street would welcome I one of the old plutocrats as the Dem )s- ocratic nominee, preferring to support er such a socalled Democrat than Taft, ill who will be the Republican nominee, , un or Bryan. who will be the Democratic en nominee, and that if the Democratic m- party could unite upon one of thcse Eastern plutocrats, which it will or ist course not do, then Taft would -be se easily defeated. to "I am. of course. for Bryan as the - nominee at Denver, and I am satis u fled that South Carolina's delegates t y. will be for Bryan, but I am opposedi Ut to instructing them because our con-. be vention is not going to set nmen to Denver who can be bamboozled or . bought and instructions are unneces- . le- "Now, having been goaded into this by thing. I am going to tell you what JI think about this tempest in a tea e' pot about instructing the delegation. t- Gonzales 'nts to make it appear -that he is e biggest Bryan man in the State so that 'if Bryan is elected t sthe editor of The Stare can control the South Carolina patronage. n"The trouble with Hemphill is, ed that he has never been able to see sanything ini Cleveland but a demigod or and he opposed Bryan in 1896, and re he is of the kind who never changesi .rs his mind. Hemphill was in the 0 wrong then and to support Blryan onow might appear an admission that fhe was wrong. That's the whole nf cause of the mighty racket over in structions."~ MsIANY LOSE LIVES. 1s Death and Destruction Wrought ini - the Yang Tse Kiang. ct News of one of the greatest disast he ers China has ever known, a sud- 1 2. den tidal bore in the Yang Tse Kiang, an which involved a loss of nearly 10). nt 000 lives at Hankow, was brought ti- by the steamer Titan. is A bore twenty-six feet in height. of flooded without warning down the -v- river overturning thousands of junks, I sampans and small boats and wreck in ig some large river steamers. mir Some 3,000 Chinese were sleepingi ad in the sampans and small craft and mat sheds and huts by the riverside its at Hankow and they were enveloped m- by the great wave. ed The scenes for many days after the on disaster were horrib~le, the river be re- ing strewn with the dead and the of debris of the wrecked craft for many he miles. d ILLED) HIS NEIGHBOR Ir. In a Dispute Over llse of Mule H-as rer Fatal Result. i~te At Edison. C; Ihoun county. Ga., as Thursday afternoon. Clarence C. :ed Weaver. a well-known citizen, shot )e- and killed Benjamin Duke, a farmer. is The tragedy oceurired on Duke's far'm me and followed a difficulty over a mule Le belonging to Weaver. which, it is ali ir leged. Duke took without the own biiO ers permnissin. The dead man leaves rl a widow and four children and Weav er is also a man of family. Duke o- was about 60 years old. It is said t. he drew a knife up)on Weaver. * >ad __________ an- Tornado in lowat. ion A ton ado in Sout hwesternl lowa de his stroyed many far mhouses: in Fre hsmont and,Page counties. an'l killtd ist' Mrs. Will Finley. of Northboro, in 'er- Feot county. le- teen Northeast States voted: Br-yan, tin- :371; J1. A. Johnson. 1 62: George an- Gr'ay. 7->. The solid South voted: ght ryan, 1.i63: .. A. Johnson. 173: his George Gray. .9. The Central West 0f voted: B3ryan, 1 .200: ,J. A. Jlohnsonl. toji1i0; George Gray. 26. The miounl vestain Stares voted: Bryan 351: J. eIA. .Johnsonl. 34 and George Gray 8. st In all tepolls Johnson led strong otly for second choice. But in only one ago State did Johnson lead Bryan for :ret first choice. This was Minnesota, e showing that the demand for the TALKED POLITICS. TILLMAN SEES NO USE IN IN STRUCTION. But Thinks the Convention Should Adopt the Unit Rule, Which Would Give Bryan the Delegation. Senator Tillman was in Columbia on last Saturday on his way to Wash ington, whence he will go to New York. Senator Tillman expects to sail for Europe on Saturday. May 16. and will be abroad for some time, go ing over a large part of Southern Eu rope before returning home. He will be accompanied by Dr. J. W. Bab cock and others with whom he has a consulted since hi srecent illness. t9 The State says Senator Tillman si looking remarkably well and has ,r gained in health considerabi:r since his visit to Atlanta. He stated that s with the exception of a slight pain h, occassionally he is entirely free from m any ill effects of the tingling sensa tions which he thought were symp- al toms of nervous breakdown. w ,'I have taken little interest in State li politics, however," said the senator, al after speaking of his condition. "Since h; my return to Trenton I have read on- st ly the headlines in the papers and have devoted my time to getting well. 1i; [ have been rather amused, however, ai as to the claims and counter claims of pE the newspapers on the result of the recent county conentions on instruc- to tions for William J. .ryan for presi- G lent. "As I have said before, I do not w >elieve in instructing the delegates, di although I am heartily in favor of Bryan and believe that he will be the nominee. It is foolish, I think, H to tie up the men who go to Denver gi hen we know that they would vote or Bryan anyhow unless some al- th nost unheard of think should hap- to en. re "I do not believe in the unit rule :hat is, for a majority of the delega- R ion casting the entire vote as the ajority should decide, and if we were a machine-controlled State and at were afraid of some political boss be night be able to deliver the votes to my candidate he saw fit I think the lelegatiion should then be instructed Ls the people might desire. We li re not that way in South Carolina, of owever, and no man would vote against what he thinks are the wishes f the people." The senator talked very little poli- ot ics, but showed great interest in tate affairs. He wanted to know tr' iow the receivership matters of the to id State dispensary fund were pro- e ,ressing and if any further moves iad been made by either side. While fr ffering no comment he believed that t was an ugly snarl all around, and br aid that he had watched it with nuch interest. Then reverting to national politics i remarked that the nomination of da ryan was peculiarly distasteful to th he New York World, as that paper ta iad practically gone back on Bryan ~ears before when it supported the old ticket - under Palmer and Buck cr. Naturally to see Mr. Bryan still leader'of his people after all these de rears was a bitter pill, but he did TI lot believe the fight would affect a 3ryan's chances. .R "The whole thing," the senator R ~oncluded, "is foxfire, a beating of t ;ongs and a lot of noise over noth- t ng." The senator laughed. "Had this cl ight over Bryan not been brought ou~t P9 ,y the newspapers there .would never a ave been any discussion on the mat- s er. Just what can be gained out of t I cannot imagine. I do not believem he South Qarolina deregation will be d :ontrolled by Wall street or any other i~ nfluence of that kind and I believe t hey are going to vote for Bryan with- e )ut instruction."a Senator Tillman did not discuss af- S fairs in Washington at all. He has ot changed his views as given in rhe State some time ago by a staff :orrespondent, but said that he had ;iven little thought to these affairs, lthough he longed to get back into :he fray. It was .impossible for the iresent, however, and therefore he A ;ave it little thought. SI .STRYCHNINE 1N AN EGG. m oion Intended for Dog Gets Into ti' St Marlboro Hlome.w Mrs. W. H. Peters, of Beunetts- st ville, rccently discovered among some ggs which she had bought one which a ~ontied strychnine. In breaking the d 3ggs she noticed that it had a little bole in it and she broke it in a seper-li ate saucer. Her husband, Mr. WV. . Peters of the Marlboro Drug Co. h nalyzed the mixture and found that at t contained enough strychine to kill rE several people. The egg came through A the hands of R. D. Rogers & Bro. tl d had been bought by them from f the country. They were, of course. entirely ignorant of the whole mat ter and thought that the egg was fresh and bought it for such. It is A probable .that the egg had been fixed y the peso who Aold it for a dog and that it became nmixed up in the numer of fresh eggs which were C brought to towni and sold to R. D. fi Rogers & Bro. It is fortunate that p~ Mrs. Peters discovered the mater in K{ time, else there might have been a different tale to tell. * e 01 WAS TEMPORARILY [NSANE. p' - d< Chicago Woman Cast Her Two Chil- ai dreni Out of Window. While temporarily insane, Mrs Emma Loftgrenl, 25 years old, of 3:1 North Albjany avenue. Chicago threw her baby girl and her three-year old tt boy. Arthur, from the second story n wir.dow of her home at 10:15 o'clock ci last night. Both children probably ir will die. The c:razed woman was pre- c< vented from jumping from the win- e< dow herself by ncr husband. who ranI ti into the room in answer to the boy'% t ies of help. - e FIFTY ARE DEAD nd Two Hundred Persons Injur ed by Louisiana Tornado. #ANY HURT WILL DIE. he Tornado Destroyed Three Towns le and Left Many Wrecked Homes ne and Ruined Crops in a Path a Mile te, un Wide and About Fifty Miles in th< Length. wi de: A dispatch from Shreveport, La., 2 tys thirty dead, and 200 injured is conservative estimate of the fatali set es caused by the tornado which vept through northwest Louisiana .Ne hursday evening, destroying three Le nail towns and leaving w- d ani nies and ruined crops in a- - a br ile widesand 50 miles long. The dead at Gilliam, which had cit )out 200 inhabitants, number 15, hile at Bolinger the known death to st is six. These two towns are Su: )out 15 miles apart and nothing ly is been learned of the work of the we orm in the country between. cot At Elmore, a small town near Gil- int im, several houses were destroyed tra id it is not known how many people a i rished. we Several of the dead were brought ing Shreveport on the relief train from ind lliam Friday morning and the hos- pla tals and sanitariums are crowded tak th injured, several of whom will cot e. an( The dead at Gilliam are: Mrs. Hen- ces Godfrey, Mrs. John Gardner, A. J apgood, John Simpson, nine ne- len oes. At A. Lampkin, a farmer living in pol e country near Gilliam, was killed, gro gether- with his wife and 4 child- thr n. ' her At Bolinger the dead are: Mrs. rus y, Mrs. Marshall Davis and four era groes. ton The injured at Bolinger numbers but out forty persons. Of these, is it Zar lieved that not more than three or en ut will die. thr Only two houses were left at Gil- wai .m where the force of the storm I ts greatest. Of the seven members bod the Gardner family, none escaped and thout injury. , con Mrs. Gardner was killed by the tor: ling timbers of her home and the tior er members of the family were reF ried under the debris. but were ex- tioi Lcted. A flood of rain following the of rnado made the work of rescue fro: ry difficult. in the darkness. ' A relief train was sent to Gilliam fro: )i Shreveport Thursday night and sait :urned Friday morning at daylight ed inging several of the dead and and my wounded. tha Another train was fitted out Fri- Gai y and reached the stricken town nes is afternoon, but has not yet re- gora ned. Prompt steps have been no en to succour all who are in need. has Fifty Persons 1(illed. She A dispatch. Friday night says the yes al count of the persons who met and ath in the tornado will reach fifty. dul te number at present known to ma: e been killed is 44. Eight were bad ded to the death list Friday at d Bayou. All were negroes. Relief headquarters have been es blished in a bax car and left in 4 arge of Gilliam citizens, whose ap als for help have been liberally swered. Several dozen tents were i ip~ped from Shreveport. Shreveport negroes have held a the ass meeting and raised several hun- ma ed dollars to be used to help their ,ste ee. Mrs. E. L. Houston, John God- Til sy, W. M. Sour and John Gardner's day ild, all white, who were injured, Pr' e in a serious condition at a lic reveport sanitarium. * br iTATION AGENT FOU"ND DEAD). inE leged Mystery Surrounds Death of rea ide Young Man in Georgia. t am T. -T. Glover, Jr., agent for the a igusta South Railway Company at read. Ga., was found- dead in his the -d Friday morning .and announce- fo' ent was made later of sentationalfo velopments as a result of investiga-fo n of thefire Thursday, which de- the ryed the freight depot and cottonee are house of the railroad. It is ev m ated that young Glover, who is 27St ars old, was short in his accounts n d expected the road's auditor Fri- tii y to check his accounts. Hie was vel en wandering about the burning illdings, apparently in a dazed or toxicated condition. He is said to Lre putrchased a hottle of laudanum id when found next morning it was lur ported that he committed suicide. uthorities of the road disputed this eory and say they believe he died' am natural causes. * ________________T. LOST HER WAY rd Died From Exposure and IHun ger ini 1(ona. B Mrs. T. Snow Miller, siste ref the~ lea untess Roberts. wvife of the British un ld marshal. died last week or ex- dr< sure and hunger in the foes Mj ona, on the west side of the island Mr Hawaii. Mrs. Miller, who was eid- an< 'ly, had been visiting on the shoreju thc Kialskekua Bay, near the 13 ace where Captain Cook was muir- att ed. She started out for a w'alk teli d lost he rway. Her body was ati unl on a trail only a short distan% wa o~ the house. , *at Soldier Ran Amuck, em A telegram received by the adju- be .nt general from Manilai Tuesday an- WC ulncedl that Private Mike Reachanm. nl the First cavalry. ran amuck, kill- se .g three and wounding three of his ,H1 mnrades. one mortally. All the k-ill- het and wounded were members at tiu op F. First cavalry. Details of the sy~ agedy are lacking, but it is presum- is 1 ha e+achman was Insane. raf DRAWS BIGj CROWD. 'ER FIFTEEN THOUSAND PEO. PLE VISIT BARN YARD here the Victims of Mrs. Guinness Were Buried After They Had Been Most Mysteriously Murdered. All roads in Laparte, Ind., Sunday I to the farm of Mrs. Belle Guin ss, alleged murderess of at least i persons, whose bodies have been earthed in the barn yard and now >ught to have been burned to death th her three children in afire that stroyed her farm house on April Upwards of 15,000 sightseers ited the place of death before sun of the first Sabbath to pass since news of the mystery transpired. arly every able bodied resident,.of porte went to the Guinness farm f railroads and trolley lines )ught 4,000 non-residents to the 1ayor Darrow found it necessary issue stringent orders that the aday closing laws should be strict enforce. Hotels and restaurants re overrun with patrons. Every Lveyance in Laporte was pressed o service in an attempt to provide nsportation to the farm, which is ile north of Laporte. Hundreds re forced to walk. There was noth in the attitude of the crowd to icate that they were visiting a ce where gruesome tragedies had en place. Jokes and laughing aments were heard on every side I exclamations of joy from. suc sful relic hunters were numerous. along the roadside were several ionade stands and lunch wagons. the gates were venders of souvenir tal cards, and those bearing a up picture of Mrs. Guinness and ee little ones, who met death with found readiest sale. During the h to Laporte in the afternoon sev I farm horses, freightened by au iobiles, started to run away. A ,gy was upset, Mrs. Benjamin elar, of Laporte, suffered a brok arm. Several pickpockets did a iving business while the throng ted for homewardbound trains. nvestigation of the farm for more les halted Monday. The sheriffs l other officers were forced to be 1e spectators also. Several visi 5, however, were seeking informa l conc rning missing frien'ds ~ of Ltives a d some -further informa l regarding the possibl identity the bodies on the 'arm resulted m their inquiries. 'he most definite information came m Olaf Lindabo of Chicago. He I that his brother, Thomas,. work for Mrs. Guinness three years ago, tthe last letter from Thomas said t Thomas intended to marry Mrs. .nness. Olaf wrote to Mrs. Guin s and she replied that Thomas had e to St. Louis, and that she had word from him. Olaf Lindabo not heard from Thomas since. riff Smutzer will continue his in tigations at the Guinness farm, t the floor of the cellar may be1 up and additional .,excavat'ions y be made in the yard where ten ies hnave already been une~rthed. TILLMAN SAYS'FAREWELL. ator Leaves Boston for His Rest Tour in Europe. L special dispatch from Boston to Charleston Post says Senator Till n. in an interview just before he pped aboard the Canopic with Mrs. Ian for a European ti-ip, Satur morning said, referring to the sidential election. "We have then' ed. The other fellows are in a ken and disgruntled state." legarding the outlook fqr the comn Presidential election the Sen~ator i: I am going to Europe for~two ions. One is to escape the Pres ntial campaign. and the other is have a rest and a g.ood time. F tired and am going away to get :k my health. I am going to iin to see if they can cook garlic way I like it. No poking arosnd curiosities or beautiful paintings mine." M1r. Tillman also in the course of interview likened President Roos It to Caesar. "'While the President y be the wisest man in the United .tes today, I am not willing to ac >wledge it."~ he declared. "'I nk there is no fear of Mr. Roose ts being the next President. Wil n Jennings Bryan is the man who next occupy the White House.'' Accompanying the Senator is his 'sician, Dr. J1. W. Babcock, of Co nbia. ,. EGED MAN ATTEMPS SUICID)E.* 7. Martin, Father of 0. B. Martin, .Jumnps Into Pond. M~r. Thomas C. Martin, father of te Superintendent of Education 0. Martin and Mr. B. F. Martin, a ding Anderson attorney, made an successful attempt at suicide by wning Saturday morning. He jumpled into a small pond on s. Eva Murra.y's place in Anderson. I was discovered soon after he had ped. He was dragged to the k by Mr. Duff Murray. who was rcted to the spot, and medical at tion was quickly secured, restor ye measures adopted and that he s recovering from the severe shock the Anderson hospital. M~r. Martin formerly lived in Pick ;County and for several years has n living in Greenville'. Some eks ago he came to Anderson and h ben making his home with his . Mr. D. F. Martin. is in his eightieth year. and has n in wretched health for some e. and it is said that his nervous tern is alnmost a wreck. This, it thought, caused him to make the TWELVE KILLED By Terrible Tornado and Much Property ;ls Destroyed int STATE OF NEBRASKA The Storm Sweeps Over the Eastern Part of the State, Visiting and Wrecking a Number of Towns. Col lege Buildings Damaged and One Railroad Station Destroyed. A dispatch from Omaha, Nebraska, says twelve persons are known to have been killed and a score injured by a tornado which swept the north ern part of Sarpy County at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The storm, which gained a velocity on its way south, started in Omoha about 4:30. At Bellevue the college buildings were damaged to the extent of probably $5,000 and several persons injured, none fatally. The storm was the most severe that ever struck Eastern Nebraska. The damage to the college buildings at Bellevue was. heavy. The tower was torn from Park Hall and the building wrecked. Lower Hall and Raikiii Hall were unroofed. The panic stricken students ran to the basement and in this. way many fatalities were probably averted. The college stables were wrecked and all the horses killed. A number of small buildings and stores in the village were blown down. Moving south the tornado struck Fort Crook, damaged several of the barrack buildings, but nobody was in jured. In the town of Fort Crook, however, -a number of buildings were entirely wrecked and other damage , done. The storm lifted and dipped at in tervals, continuing to move south ward, doing much damage to farmers' property. The first town struck was Papillion, 8 miles south of Omaha. At that point the damage was not great, the funnel shaped cloud apparently lifting sufficiently to pass the town. It again descended 'as the stbrm mov d toward Richfield, four, miles south of Papillion. In its path was the farm of 'Gus Leader, whose farm -buildings were partly destroyed, and his son, Charles Leader, aged 14, killed outright. All his live stock was killed. Edward Martin's farm was next to be swept. Mr. Martin's home and ,all his barns and small buildings were totally destroyed and Mr. Martin fat ally hurt by being ci'ushed under his home. The little town of Richfield - was almost blown to pieces, but the asualty list was small. At Louisville half the town .was wrecked and at least eight persons lost their lives. Mrs. Frank Hester was killed in her home. Seven who took, refuge in sand pits were .killed utright. The names are not avail able. Two miles north of Papillion iartin Teith and his ~ son, James, were driving along the Little Papio River, when their horse became frightened by the. hail and plunged into the swollen stream. Both father and. son were drowned. An officer from Fort Crook arrived in the city and stated that the dam ages to b~ildings would amount to $100,000. at the army post alone and the village is almost a total. wreck. A remarkable scene was enacted when the officers realized that a tor nado had struck the post. Six hun red troops of the 60th regiment were brought to battalion formation and in the midst of flying slate roofs and other debris they marched ac'ross the parade ground' to substantial build ings, where they were 'put '"at rest" and took to the cellars. The roofs of several of the large buildings were blown of' and other damage done. ^MORE TORNADOES. Four Dead and a Dozen Injured by Latest Cyclone. -Reports reached Crawley, La.. late Saturday night of four aeaths in tor nadoes near that place. The dead: A. L. Chatinger, Henry J. Younig, a child of Thomas Young. At Plaq uemine Ridge. two negroes. - About a dozen persons were imjur- - ed but none fatally. The tornadoes were small, according to reports, and in, some cases their path was scarce iy -more than the width of a house. Aside from the fatalities the torna does appear to have done little harm. Crop damage was reported as small, while the destruction of only a score of buildings comprised the total of such disaster. KILLED WITH BiROOM STICK. That Is the Weapon Used by Woman on Husband. . Sarah Lawrence, a negro woman about 22 years old, struck her hus band. Scipio Lawwrenlce, across the head with-a broomstick on April 29. He died from the wound inflicted on May 2 at his home at Adams Rimn. It seems that Lawrence canoe home* drunk on Saturday and was beatisng his-'wife, and sh ecaught up a broom~ to defend herself. She struck him with it to ward off his blows and hit him on the head. Negro Legally Hanged. Porter Cooper. a negro, was hanged at Sparta, Ga., Friday for th murder of his wife last March. Cooper kill ed his wife with an axe, cut the body in three pieces and then buried the remains nearby. He afterwards set fire to the house, which was entireiy - dstoed.