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VOL. XII MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1908 NO. 37 EIGHT DEAD As a Result of a Collision on a Trolley Line AND MANY ARE HURT. The Horror Occurred on the Wash ' iugton, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway and Was Caused by Confusion of Orders. At Annapolis. Md.. in a head on collison between two special cars of the Washington. Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway company. shortly before S o'clock Friday nigiht. eight persons were killed outrightand a score of others were seriously in jured, some of them perhaps fatally. The collision was due to a confu sion of orders. as the line has been running several extra cars each way in connection with the commence ment festivities at the Naval Acade my. The dead are: Richard Norton. 25 years old. Baltimore: Police Patrolman - Schri ber. 40 years old, employed by the railway company at Academy Junc tion; one unidentified white woman. apparently about 25 years old. said to be from- Baltimore. and dressed in ball costume: Zach O'Neal. 25 years ) old. New York. motorman of one of the wrecked cars: Ruth Slaughter. six years .old, daughter of General Traffic Manager William E. Slaugut er of the road: J. W. McDaniel. t Baltimore; George White, Balti- l more. * 1 GOOD NEWS FOR POSTMASTERS. I Salaries at 47 Offices to be Increas- i The postoffice department Thurs day made an announcement that will bring joy to the hearts of many post masters in South Carolina. It was that, commencing July 1, many of thert would have their salaries raised The names of the offices and the in- t crease for the next year are as fol lows: Office. 1908 1909 Abbeville.. .. ..$1.800 $1.900 Allendale. ... . . 1,200 1.300 H Batesburg.. .. .. 1.400 1.~>00 Belton.. .. .. -.. 1.400 1,500 t Bennettsville. . 1,900 2.000 1, Bishopville.. .. .. 1,400 1,00 t Blacksburg.. .. .. 1,100 1,200 f Blackville.. .. .. 1.300 1.500 Q Branchville.. .. .. 1,100 1.300 r Camden.. ...... 2.000 2--00 Chester.. ...... 2.200 2.300 Clinton.. ...... 1.80 2,000 Clio.. .. ...... 1,100 1.200 Denmark _ 1,300 1,490 i'H110n. . ....-... 1.00-.0 Due West.. .....-- 10 Easley.-. -...-140-1i - Fort Mill. . . -...- 1.00 Georgetown ...-..-22- 0.-l0 Greer.. ........ 140 1.0 Hartsville. .-...- 1,00 1. onea Path. .. . ... .00-50 Johnston.. ....-..1-00 1.40 Kershaw.. ....-..1-00-.30 Kingstree.. .-..... 30 .0 latta...... . -.-. 10 .0 Laorens....-... 2,00-21 Lexington . ...-.. 4100 1.2 Leesville.. .. ..... 10 1-0 MColl....-.- ..- . ,200 1.30 Marion.. .....-- . ,SO --01 Mullin's. . ....-..- .40- -0 Newberry . ...-..- .,-00 2.-0 Orangeburg. ....- . .30-.40 Pelzer.. ...-.-.- 1.00 160 Pikens..-.-.-.-.. 1.001-0 Piedmont --..-..1-00 1.0 Proserty. ...-..-.00-110 Rock H~ill. ...-...-.4- 5 St. George:-...- .1-00-,20 St. Matthews ....-. 120-130 Wahalla. ...-..- ..- 0 1.0 Seneca .. ....... - - 0 -*70 Walterboro. ...-.. 1.00- - Westminster. .. .-. 130 .0 Wiliai~~fl.. 2,.1000 2.100 Yorkiil.... 1,. 1700 1.200 FARM ADE T PAY * Te grcul~r 1,300lli 1,49ps an.700o1F.rmer A famer fl Oio wote o th De ;~atm~ltof 1,rcul0r tha ,beha ~trug~edf 1.40eut year 00 an cig :'-ace armheail mort 00ed but ud ben uabl tO edu~ hi deb rrie aovepoet t .ha 0 mad ~he ining 1p,40hi fa ,500 a u milition Measke ifther wa any opeforhimupo t 1,f7r.0o ife e miht 1,40el give 00 th figh. Te deartent equstedtha yearQf $. 1.30an thedearten belives hatultiatel th desise eighy acescn 0b made 00 yil a year. TH1~E HU ,000 DR .100 Typh~n tr1k,10et Shi 20Sa0p ed a If hey ere ow Bat t Tweve oggrs ,1nkan 200 mo lostthei livs wen atyphon sruc th' Perl i 1hng 20ee 1.300a itl Thurday]slad. ff he wst oas of ustali. 1,80ifl 1,90 uey brouht y te .400rai 1,500dia line Marukain prt a Vitori. t C..,T00r2.ay. Twent of 2,e30e who ,400 werewhit1.en 0Th tyho.600i whippd th.100e 1,200J h~h swape te sel,00 asifthy00r ro.000oat1. MoreThoou .40ea 2.500ton A unF~ en .rcmen ofte0ne rog'~i~l1.200nin 1.300~~C tio istO1,dscuse at -4icag Yokvll e. th .c.-u-1,t0r1. SAYS ITS A LiE. THAT IS THE WAY MAYOR PAHL MAN REILIES To the Charges Made by Severa Newspapers that Bryan IReceive Campaign Funds from Ryan. In its last Saturday's issue. the New York World. which was aline with the Republicans in the nationa elections of 1896 and 1900. an. which will be fighting the battle ol the Republicans in the campaign o 190Os, insinuates that Bryan, througl] his brother-in-law, who was chair man of the Democratic State central committee of Nebraska. secured $20. 0 from Thomas F. Ryan in 1904, to finance Bryan's candidacy for the senate in Nebraska. The World. in its bitter hatred of Bryan, descends into the dirtiest gutter, when it says that "after" this contribution from Ryan. the Nebraskan "came over' to the support of Parker, insinuating Chat Bryan was bought. The News and Courier endorses rho World's outrageous slander and !owardiy assault on Mr. Bryan. and gven heaps upon him meaner insults: :hat insults the Democrats of the ountry and the Democrats of South ,arolina by its attitude toward the onest man who has been twice thte )arty's leader. and has been already o chosen for a third time by Soutn ,arolinians: In supplementing tihe Lttack of The World. The News and ,ourier says that "Mr. Bryan is no etter than he ought to be does not rove that he is not as good as a practical politician can be. That his ose is that of an angelic Democrat, etter than his felows, is a little ir itating, but we still believe that per nally he is of a higher type of robity than was the late James G. 3laine or M. S. Quay. and the living harles E. -Murphy and Roger Sulli ,an." Lies of the Blackest Sort. A dispatch from Omaha, Neb.,says ames C. Dahlman. Mayor of Omaha nd member of the Democratic Na onal Committee from Nebraska. said uesday in reference to The World's rticle on Thomas F. Ryan's contri ution: "Damnable lies of the blackest rt Pile it on me as hard as you -ant to. I am the arch criminal in his, and Bryan is absolutely blame ss. Bryan supported Parker during he whole campaign. took the stump >r him months before the money as paid and never known of its pay tent. "After the St. Louis convention djourned. the National Committee bet to select its chairman. Taggart f Indiana was a candidate, but the asterners were for Sheehan or me other man from the East. Be ~eving that a Western man would ake a better head for the National ommittee I took up the fight for aggart, who was elected at an ad urned meeting a few weeks later. "Sheehan asked me what were the hances for carrying Nebraska for ~arker. I told him no man living uld tell what Nebraska could do ntil after the State convention made Ls nominations. "I came straight from New York > the State convention in this State. nd there saw there was absolutely o hope of carrying Nebraska for arker. I therefore wrote Sheehan hat money and speakers sent here ould be wasted. "Later in the campaign, in October, saw we had a good chance of elect . W. Berge. our candidate for gov rnor, and I sent T. S. Allen to New ork to see if he could get some inancial help for the State ticket. Ve got $ 15.000. not 20.000. in threei ayments of 5.000' each. It was all ured over to me. and I spent it all n the State campaign. not one penny. f it going into the National cam ign or to Bryan. "The money did good. and while~ ~osevet carried the State by 83. )00. Berge lost it by less than 10. 0O. If we had had $15.000 more 'e would have carried the State for "There. I think that is all there is o0 say aibout these trumped up harges of the New York paper. M-'. Rrvan never saw the money. never new of it. I got it all and spent 1t ll. It aH eame~ from the Naiiontt Commit tee. whether from Sheehan r Ryan I do not know and do not a'e and no money was used to im fuence Bryan. as he worked for Parkr from the start." YOUNG BANIlTS. Four Lads Hold Up and Rob a Rail' way~ Train. Four hoy bandits in knee tro':sr's. the leader only 15 years old. he'Li u and robbed the North-i0ofnd Psent er train on the Great North'ern. mile and a half fro.a1 Great l.alls M~out.. Saturday night. Or' man " shot. The boys were captureai at. gave their names as follows: Albert Hatch. 1 5. who is 5i3d tt have planned the hold-up. William Randall. 17. Geoge Creswell. 1d Harry Rheames, 15 (roswel claimts he took no part u e sn-muting thle robbery. Crceil Rheaes and llanda!l, say. that Hlatc trned the switch. ordered thc' en gi.er to back upi the train and wenl through the coaches' with Conduceto Jack Iiayes, forcing the latter, at th r'mn of a revolv'er. to rob the pa~ en'e'S 'for bimt. They SeO t allege Hatch shot\ Wil iam D~empsley, who re~sitd him' ad shot through Conductor I layes catseve. after wvhich the 'o: hndits escaped. Then H-atch die' his gun on Rheam;s because the Iat er refused to .ioin him in a hold ul of another train. Hatch persuade him not to attempt another robber BRYAN REPLIES | - TO THE ( .uPAIGN LIE PUT OUT BY THE WORi~l) 1 That lie Had Received Money From U I Iyan as'an Inducement for Him; to Support Parker. In a statement given out at Lin Scoln, Neb.. to the Associated Press ton Thursday night Mr. W. J. Bryan n replied to an article appearing a a: weel ago in a New York newspaper. R charging that Mr. Bryan was th'e u beneficiary of a campaign contribu- J tion made by Thomas F. Ryan. Mr. S Bryan says: -t 1 have just read the story charg ing that my brother-in-law. Mr. Al- h len. chairman of the Democratic is State committee. had a conference t with Mr. Sheehan in 1904 in regard t1 to campaign funds: that Mr. Shee- T han. as Mr. Ryan's attorney, secured K from Mr. Ryan $2.000 for the Nebra ska campaign: that Mr. Bryan made of the contribution to secure my open and unqualified support of Judge yE Parker: that to disguise the source 10 of the contribution Mr. Ryan gave the di check to Mr. Sheehan. and that M. A Sheehan gave his checks to Mr. Al- tv len. be "Chairman Allenand Mr.Dahlgren, ti Nebraskan committeeman of the na- w tional Democrtaic committee. have i already denied the charges and stat- of ed that the only money received came as from the national committee. I de- so sire to add the following statement: Hi "Mr. Allen says that he never saw ed I Mr. Sheehan or Mr. Ryan and I th have no reason to doubt his word. av If Mr. Ryan contributed to the Ne- pa braska campaign it was not with bu my knowledge or consent. While I ?1 had but a remote personal interest ge in the Nebraska campaign that year. I am interested in Nebraska politics. ev and am interested in national poli- gr tics, and am not willing to be, in I th { the slightest degree. obligated to any ac favor seeking corporation. If the Sn newspaper in question will secure ci< from either Mr. Sheehan or Mr. Ryan en a statement or prove in any other ar: way that Mr. Ryon to Mr. Shee- pr' han. to any one .:r to the na-Ito tional committee - :- s:n whatever hii with the under stiding that the sum w would be used in , he Nebraska cam- mn paign, I shail swe tiit the amount is de returned to Mr. Ryan. tri "As to the charge that my support to of Judge Parker was purchased. I lea need only say that I announced my an support of Judge Parker immediately fal after the St. Louis Convention, and that s'. pport was open and urwuali- ga fled f-"ui -'e Con.: ic' ,"' tri loc polls closed. I had opposed his nom- fei ination, but he had no more loyal cat supporter during the campaign. I col was in correspondence with him: bra and both on the stump and with my pen rendered all the assistance I sot could. While the paper that prints Mr these charges was selling its columns ial to the Republican committe to be wil used in caricaturing Judge Parker. cut my paper was urging his'eleetionl." * ani FAST TRAIN WRECKiED. he: hal Million Dollar Express Crashed into mt Switch Engine, thE Speeding at 50 miles an hour ed through the Post Morris yards the a "million dollar" express, carrying Gu eight cars of valuable freight from thi Boston to Washington, crashed into sh a switch engine head-on, at 133rd fa street and Willow avenue. New York. th early Thursday morning. Eight men were injured seriously. Both engines were demolished and Er fire which started immediately after the crash, reduced both big iron Ihorses to scrap iron. In the for ward car of the trai nwas $i11.0I0 in currency, which was being carried a from the sub-treasury in Boston to ed the treasury in Washington. The tri car was deluged with water and the L fire kept in check.in Three trainmen, on switch engine. ~ were- hurled to the ground when col lission came. All bruised and cut i by fyng metal. Names unknown. 1 Engineer Naughton, of the express sc and Engineer Willett M. Bradley. of " th switch engine, were detained by l a~ Ithe police of the Alexander avenue station pending an investigation. I Naughton was so, badly hurt that he lth was sent back to the hospital. Brad- to le escapmed without a scratch. The If weck was due to a misunderstanding m of signals. i FV.E YEGGMAN (ONVICTEI. M ien Arrested NearI Lancaster Foutnd Guilty at Raleiglx. IThe five yeggmfenl arrested near Chetr'. charged with the robbersv 0f the postoffice at Dunn. N. C.. were in the Federal Court at Raleir found guilty and were each sentencedN m r l years in the penitentiary at w AXtlata and to pay a 'ine of $>)(i0 ach. lor. the G;overnment the case 11 was vigorous5ly prosceeiedL by. District b) tmney Harry Skinner, who urged 'te Court to impose the full penalty n 'welve v.ears- impiso~nment on the lh m n Ibe evidence on which the si onicmtion was mad" wae given by t1 tostofie inspectors. bty Jonn 1-. 1c- h Caty. a policeman of B3oston. 31ass. t an y.lameds it. Wilson. of Pelt-. fi ?. C father of one of the yeggmrt.* - CONVICTS TRY TO ESCA i se Shot lDown. TIwo (Capt uredi -and hum \ annifactirinig CoMxi c~ nin 'onv'~icts'. The plant is ' u--a Birminahamt. Ala. G u~antls "d on thte men, and policemen 301 - n the fusilade. Five convi -s vrie sh'ot d'wn. two being fa'tall: 1 cl wounded. --wo others were captuI'-d ' y nd dogs were put out in the trail i f te othcr two. IELPED MRS'GUNNESS T LEAST THISWAS THE CONFES SION OF TEXAS JAIL BIRD. ut When Sheriff SmutrEer Was Ready to Carry Him to Indiana, ie Changed Statement. Afteor signing and swearing tI a mfession that, if true, would solve any of the mysteries of the Gun ss murder farm at La Porte, Ind., d would hang both himself and ay Lamphere. the suspect now un indictment. Julius G. Truelson, '.. or New York city, broke down as meriff Smutzer was about to take , from Vernon. Texas.. where he confined in jail, to Ind:!ana and retracted all he said. Truelhon ire prison in Texas on a charge of -:idling and :orgery. having ' - 'esented himself as Jonathan u. taw. of Pittsburg. a cousin of Harry . Thaw, and passing forged checks d drafts amounting to thousands dollars under this name. Truelson. who says he is but 22 ars of age. bears the marks of ng dissipation, and he admits that ugs have placed him in his position cordng to his confession he has 'o wives, and this was later corro rated. He told the prison authori :s in Vernon that his first wife, 20m he married in Saratoga rings, N. Y., in 1904. was put out the way at. the Gunness farm, and the woman has been missing for me time, it lent color to his story. s second wife, with whom he elop from New York city in March, of is year. he also intended doing ay with at the Gunness murder ich, according to his statement. t was prevented by Mrs. Gunness ting him that the authorities were tting too warm on her trail. Truelson's confession, complete in rything. and filled with details a at many of which had never made ir appearance' in the newspaper .ounts, was forwarded to Sheriff intzer at La Porte, and that offi .1 went to Texas to have a confer ee with the prisoner. When he 'ived there he found Truelson in 1 son. and as he did not have access newspapers, how he possessed self of all the detaiis. unless he s an actual conspirator, was a stery. The Indiana sheriff finally ided that the forger's s:ory was re and prepared to return with him Indiana. but when the time for ving came, Truelson broke down I declared that the whole was a rication. I Sheriff Smutzer immedir.tely be n another investigation,- that of king into the alibi Truelson pre ited. and after a few days he be ne convinced that the prisoner's ifession was the mere work of his in, and left for home without him in his witten confession Truel i stated that he first ran across s. Gunness through her matrimon advertisement. He paid the low a visit, but was too tough a d stomer for her to do away with, i when she asked him to join her. consented. Together with Lamp 'e. Truelson declared that they i not only gotten victims for the rrying widow. but had buried mi afte.r she.i mit themn out of way, and in some instances help- ~ her in her bloody work of death. ruelson further declared that he I Lamphere, convinced that Mrs. nness was plotting to do away with am tossed a coin to see which uld murder the widow's entire nily and set -fire to the house, and I tt the lot fell to Lamphere. * EARLING FLEET WRECKED aiy Li..es Were Lost During the Severe Typhoin. A dispatch ;nm Victoria, B. C., s the' steamer Manuka has arriv there bringing news of the des ction of the pearling fleet in a hoon off WVest Australia. invoiv the loss of fifty luggers and 2'70 es twenty being whites. The disaster to the fleet of pearl ; luggers occurred near Thursday and. a typhoon striking the fleet. t~tering the vessels, completely 1 'ecking some and driving others hore. Snuivivirs reltorted harrowing ex ricfes, some being picked up in e last stage of exhaustion clinging the wrecked hulks while sharks Ilowed waiting for the exhausted n to drop from the wreckage. The hidies if sonme of the victimls aec eaten by shar'ks. FELL TO HER DEATJ{. 'oim the Roof of a Burning New York Tenement. One woman was killed and six hers were terribly bur'ned Tfuesday a fire in the fui'nished room house. o. Z 13 West Thirty-eight street, hich threatened the lievs of a score personis. The woman leaped from e roof to death on the pavement lo. Lieutenant Mandray. of En ne company No. 1. with four fire en, went down in the collapse of a rning stairway, but all escaped with ight burn and bruises. Mirs. Bell 'ine leaped from the rear of the ouse. An unlaced shoe caught in i supporters as she p)assed the nor and this tui'ned her so that-she :ruck head foi'emost on the cement avinig. FOUR MASKED MEN. ~obed~ the Bank at Cuba. Kansas. For! 11eni robbed the state bunk i Cua. Kansas on Tuesday and es en with ietn ~Cf $6.(0It anad $SS t after a fight with citizens. No ne was shot. After the vault had en ransacked the robbers' went to he Rock Island depot, boarded a iandr and disappeared in the direc ion of Bellerille. The robi,.ars all yoeh -.Posses are in pursuit. FATAL DUEL. ONE MAN KILLED ANOTHER IN In a Running Fight in Autos Aa Abductor is Killed by His Brother in-Law. In a running fight between the oc cupants of two automobiles, in which two revolvers were emptied, William Patterson was shot and killed Friday afternoon by his brother-in-law near Millersburg. Ind.. and Ernest Franks. the brother-in-law, was dangerously wounded by Patterson in the thigh. Patterson had as a prisoner in his motor car Mrs...A. Sargent, a young woman, whom, it is alleged, he had abducted in an excitive and daring manner under the supposition that she was a counterfeiter and was fiee ing from Franks. Mrs. Patterson lately had seperated from her hus and, it is said, on account of his rough treatment. He blamed Mrs. Sargent for much of his domestic troubles and it is supposed that he had borne a grudge against her. Several weeks ago, fearing for her life. Mrs. Patterson left her home and took refuge with her father, Mr. Franks. Mr. Sargent. at his wife's request, accompanied her to Lignori 3r and was her guest for some days. but had intended returning to her bome at Wawasse. Patterson. filled with liquor and n an ugly humor, arrived at Ligoni -r Friday afternoon a little before rs. Sargent started to the depot rith Mrs. Patterson's father. "I want that woman to get out of hat buggy!" shouted Patterson. He pointed a revolver at the doc or and at the same time dragged *he woman from the bnggy. Mrs. argent cried loudly for help, but vas dragged into the automobile ainting, and placed in her seat. News >f the abduction spread throughout .gonier like lightning. Ernest ;'ranks, brother of Mrs. Patterson, rganized a posse of armed farmers nd started in pursuit, taking the ead in a big touring car. The fugi ives were overtaken just east of Mil ersburg, near the Wabash depot. "Halt, or I'll shoot:" shouted ranks, standing up in his motor ar. Patterson replied with a string of urses and immediately opened fire ith his revolver, shooting his broth r-in-law in the thigh. Though dan erously wounded, Franks returned 1 he fire with such unerring aim that atterson was instantly killed. * 1 BACK TO AFRICA. Lbyssinian Priests Wanted Negoes to I - I Go to Menelik's Land. The Rev. C. F. Choolzzi. B. S.. M. L., graduate of Kings college. Ox ord Trinity college. University of erlin, a special esslesiastical envoy f King Menelik, of Abyssinia, and escendant of a line of priests of byssinia 3.500 years old. is spend ag a few days in Philadelphia. He is telling the negroes of this ountry. among other things, that ve was a negro. that Moses was a egro, that Solomon was a negro, and hat Homer was a negro. His present business in this coun y is to tel! the black to go back to1 frica. where, he says, they belong. e ases his assertion that Moses was negro on a Biblical story to the ifect that God told Moses to put his Land in his bosom, and that when ~oses drew the hand out, it was hite; therefore, he must have been He says that Solomon's mother was Cussite, and that the Abyssinians Lre the only Cussites in the world. D)ESTRU.CTWE~ FLOOD. owl Destroyed and Eighteen Peo pie Driowned By It. A dispatch from Mexico City says ,ighten persons are known to be dead Lnd the town of Pachula has been i'iped off the map as the result of wo days of floods. The waters rose ith unexpected speed and cariried .way.entire buildings in the rushing .rrents. Searching parties were unting for more bodies Tuesday. A :oudurst filled the Barranca Secca rom side to side and the rushing orrent completely ejngulfed the vil lage without warning. The Secc~a rlley is usually dry and is a much .avelld highway into Pachula. SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Lost an Eye by the Bursting of P'epsi Cola Bottle. A Mr. Pope, who keeps a restaur at at Statesville, N. C., was the victim of a painful and serious ac cident on Monday. H-e was in the act of transferiniig a pepsi-cola bot tie from a crate to an ice box when the bottle hurst with such force that pec of the glass literally split open he ~all of his left eye. Mr. PopeC ap pied simple remedies to the eye and then boarded a train and went to Salisbury. where he had the injury dressed by Dr. Brawley. He return e to Statesville on the next train and went to Charlotte that night to hve the eye treated by Dr. Wake feld. The physicians have advised im that the sight of the eye is lost for good~ and that it might have to b takn out at once to save the un ijured eye. Anl overchar'ge of gas caused the bottle to burst. Fomer~l .Judge Glo's to Jail. Fo' passing a fictitions check. C. G Richie. a former judgte, has been sent'ncedl to 1S months in prison aT Okland, Cal. Baptist Converts at $9Enh Oklahoma Baptists make converts at a cost of $9 each, the lowest rate in the country, according to a report jto tenbrtc-n Baptist convention. THIEVES FOILED PREVENTED NEWYORK ROBBERS FROM STEALING $43,000. In a Daringly Conceived Hold-Up Three Men Were Kept From Get ting Bank's Cash. Fearlessly thrusting herself in among vigorously wielded black jacks, Mrs. Eva Javornicka prevent ed a daring attempt upon the part of three highwaymen to steal $43,000 from the messengers who were carrying it in a thickly populated New York street to a bank. When the robbers made their attack, the woman, a witness, ran from a res taurant and put herself between the messengers and their. assailants, screaming loudly for the police. By clinging to the robbers, she not only hampered them in their attempt to beat dov-nthede gnseif themerssnge"r but soon attracted a large crowd of persons who went to the rescue. Frigitene d at tre hubbub being rai. ed. the robbers ceased their attack and fled in different directions. Lat er a man accused of having been one of them was captured and evi dence enough was soon found to hold uith Daringly Planned Crime. The police department of the me tropolis declare the robbery was the nerviest on record, it beittg evident that the robbers trusted ,to their uickness to beat the messengers in o submission and get away with their booty before their capture could >e effected. The attack was made in a thickly opulated tenement district, and nuay saw the faces but, thnking it :o be one of the numerous drunken rawls, common in that district, paid to attention to it. But Mrs. Javor aeka, seeing the flash of steel, :hought different and threw herself nto the fray. The struggle while it asted was vicious. Blinded by pep )er thrown in their eyes, clubbed ver the heads with blackjacks, and heir wrists and arms slashed by nies, the messengers hung on to heir precious burden like grim eath, the woman meanwhile bother ng the robbers so much that one lttempted to stab her. When help arrived, two of the nessengers sank to the ground, over ome by the struggle, and were later aken to a hospital. Meanwhile one f the robbers, his hand covered by lood from his victim's wounds, was iursued through several streets by crowd of small boys. He was in fair way of making his escape when e bumped into an officer, and his xplanations were so unsatisfactory le was locked up. Later Mrs. Javor iicka positively identified him Ps ne of the three thugs. ACCUSED OF ARSON. .rrested on the Charge of Trying to Burn His House.. A dispatch from Union to The ews and Courier s'ys that city is a condition of excitement due to he suspicious circumstances sur ounding two fires that occurred here early Tuesday morning on the iremises of H. T. Yaets, a photo rapher, who came there some years go from Kentucky. and who has nade a reputation for himself as an rtist of considerable merit. The first of last night's fires. which roke out about 2 a. in., destroyed Ir. Yate's automobile. About an our later fire was discovered in the 'ates dwelling. 'The fire company rrived .this time early enough to hxtinguish the flames. There was evry indication that a deliberate lan had been laid to destroy the A device, consisting of a clock. wich had been, so fixed so as to gnite a fuse at a certain hour nad )een so arranged that when iguited he blaze would be commiunicated to ipile of excelsior, which, in turn, xs connected with two trains of he same inflammable material, one ff these trains leading to a pile of tove wood and excelsior placed out the refrigerator in the dining om. the other train leading to a mmaller pile in the kitchen. All of his had been saturated with kero een. The work was well done.. and hee fire caught, but fortunately was seen in time. Yats with his wife and two chil rn, left about 9.30 Wednesday might for Carlile by private conveyance, having missed the train due at that hour. He was arrested there about noon Thursday aud brought back ad lodged in jail on a charge of aron. Some weeks ago a similar mysterious fire destroyed Yate's $4. 000 automobile. BAND)ITISM NEAR PITTSBURG Munted Masked Men Rob Store and Shoot Up Town. A dispatch from Pittsbur'g, Pa.. says following the holding up and rbbing of a Pennsylvania railroad exress train and a street car the viinity was treated to a third wild Wstern affair Thursday when two masked men, heavily armed and riing horseback. smashed the win dow of the Monogahela Consolidat' ed Coal and Coke Company's general tore at Eastman, appropiriated valable articles and galloped away firing revolvers. $10,000 Stolen. The bank of Fairland. at Fairland Oka. was entered by robbhers Wed neday night and $10,000O inclu.dinW ttepostofice recipts was secured Three men composed the gang. The: rode into town on horse back, tie< their horses near the bank building and fter getting the money, mount ee and rode away in safety. Officer are in pursuit. "KILLED A NIGGER." THAT I9 WHAT A GREENWOOD :MAN SAID HE DID. I'i-etty had Record for Saturday and Sunday Nights in Remote Sections of Greenwood County. A dispatch from Greenwood to The State says two negroes dead and two l'adly injured is the record for S;tu:Jay and Sunday nights in Greenwood county. The shootings were in widely seperated sections of the county and were in no way con nected. Saturday night Mr. T. W. Mc Combs, who lives with his father, a few miles above town, shot two ne groes. a woman named Lula Watson, and a man named Watts. The wo man, who was the more seriously hurt of the two, will recover, it is stated. Mr. McCombs came to town Monday morning and gave himself up. He appeared before Judge Aus tin Monday afternoon and waived the preliminary hearing and was re leased' under a bond of $500 to ap pear in the circuit court. Though no testimony has been given it appears from reports that tle negroes had been raising qui.e a disturbance when passing along the t road in front of Mr. McCombs' house. He remonstrated with them for i making the fuss, their cursing, etc., and this was resented. Afterwards a quarrel ensued and the shooting 1 began. Down in the Winterseat section Saturday night at a frolic a negro named Will Davis was shot and kill- t ed. Mr. Ab Lyon as constable brought three negroes there Monday and lodged them in jail, charged t with this killing. They were John C White, John Green, and Jim McGraw. t It seems that the wrong negro was t killed. The murderers were shoot- I ing at anothernegro and killed.Davis, who was acting as peacemaker. C There are some others implicated in the affair. d The third shooting and second kill- b ing was near Ware Shoals. Mar- f shall Washington, a roving, -worth- b less negro, shot and killed Ola Wil- t iams, his paramour. Monday morn- t ing on the plantation of W. H. Oulla, t near Ware Shoals. C Washington went to the store and P bought some shells and invited some negroes to go with him as he was t: 'going to kill a nigger," but as no t, one would go with him. he went I alone to a field where the WY:*a.iaus I woman was at work and killed her. t: He then went back to Ware Shoals I and stepped up to Officer Hughes 'I and presented his .gun and shells, b telling Hughes that he was done e with them, as he had "killed a nig- R ger." Hughes locked Washington C up. It seems to be a clear case of n murder. .s LOCKED U~P IN VAULT. ib And Had to Be Dug Out by Fellow E Workmen. |1 To be buried alive in the reservet ault in the Trenton, N. J., postoffice C and to be dug out by fellow work- ~ c.n because no one could be found who had the combination is the ex erince of Conover Thompson, at steam fitter. t Thompson was sent to the reserve vault to make some connections with f hec new building now being erected. e hored a small hole in the wall f and was so intent on forcing through V pipe that he did not hear the vault r door close. He felt suffocated, called ~ hrough the pipe and was heard by ~ fellow workmen. The door had been closed by Post- e aster Alexander C. Yard. who -had S een called out of town. Thomp- ~ son worked from the inside and fel- ~ low workmen from the outside un til the hole was large enough for 3 the steam fitter to crawl to freedom.* 1(ILLING THE KOREANS.1 .Japaese Way of Assimilatinlg the 2 Hermit Nation. ' An active movement to suppress the insurrection is now general throughout Korea. Au Associated Press representative has been official ly informed that during the nine days ending on June 4, sixty-nine gagelents te, k place betwec.1 .a paurse'~ and -' 'eaP troop' ain. i surgents in which 372 of the latter were killed and 55 taken pris-oners. The .l'Janese casualties have: not been given out, but are believed to. be considerable. HORSE SHOT AND KILLED Under Revenue Ofiicers by MIoonshin-. ers in Oconee. Revenue Collector R. P. Merrick was fired on by moonshiners in Oco ne county Friday and though his horse was killed under him, he es cied uninjured. .Merrick and sev ei al officers were returning froni a raid on illicit stills in that county, and had in custody one prisoner. The ball fired at Merrick fromi ta'e ,ie passed his body and struel: his horse in the top -of the head killing him instantly. FOUR MEN KILLED). A lboalr Taibe ExplodeCs on the'Cruis er~ Teninessee. A report from San Pedro says an explosion occurred on the United States Cruiser Tennessee. A boiler tue blew up. killing four and injur Iing many others. The cruiser has not entered San Pedro harbor and the details are not yet available. The ITennessee sailed from San Francisco on Miy 17, and since then has been Acruising in southern Californa waters. touchg Santa Barbvra, San Pedro land San Diego. DUNCAN RULED , By the State Supreme Court on a Serious Charge. AFTER HE HAD FILED Sensational Charges, In Which re Claimed That There Was a Conspi racy in Columbia to Injury Him Professionally, and That Certain Records Have Disappeared. Affidavits containing sensational ;tatements and charges were present d to the Supreme Court Tuesday in :he argument of the case of Jesse {unter, a negro, represented by Mr. Fohn T. Duncan, of Columbia. After searing the case the Court dismissed :he motion for a new trial on after liscovered evidence. Mr. Duncan, who has put up a lard fight for his clients, Jesse Hun ;er and his wife, Frances Hunter, :onvicted of assault and battery, pre ;ented a lengthy affidavit from him :elf in which; he set forth the progress >f the case and charged that cer ain attorneys of Columbia and others Lre in c.onspiracy to injure him pro essionally, and that certain re ords in this and other cases in vhich he was atorney have been ost or stolen from the office of the lerk of the Circuit Court and the lerk of the Supreme Court. One of the principal affidavits in he case was that of a negro, Jeff aylor, who stated that -it was him elf and not Jesse Hunter who 2 he shooting for which Hunter was onvicted, and that he had feared to estify to the truth of this matter on he trial by reason of intimidation. his affidavit was probated by Mr. Vashington Clark, an attorney of 'olumbia. Solicitor Benet presented an affi avit from M. Clark, stating that he .ad one day been called into the of .ce of Mr. Duncan and asked to pro ate a paper signed by a negro, and hat the negro who afterwards owned -the name of Jeff Taylor was not he negro he saw in the office of Dun an, but was of entirely different ap earance. Solicitor Timmerman also denied hat he had received the papers said have been served on him by Mr. uncan, but on the other hand Mr. suncan presented affidavits to show hat he had been at the Drafts [otel, in Lexington, and seen Mr. 'immerman on a certain date. In is own affidavit Mr. Duncan denoun es Mr. Timmerman as a coward as ell as a liar, and filed with the ourt a note addressed to Mr. Tim erman containing these epithets. Mr. Duncan also charges the new licitor, Mr. Christie Benet, with eing in the conspiracy against him ad denounces him. He names Mr. .W. Robinson, an attorney of this ar, and Mr. Robertson's father-in , Mr. W. G. Childs, president of se Bank of Columbia, as among the blef conspirators, and declares he iight name many others to the court. Mr. Duncan made the race for the nited States Senate in 1896, and on e stump made grave chargesagainst sen Governor Gary Evans, and in. is lengthy affidavit he refers to this ict and to Governor Evans. He presents an affidavit from his rmer stenographer, now married, -hich contradicts that 6f Mr. Clark i regard to the description of the egro who gave the affidavit signed y Jeff Taylor. The two negroes whose escapad s brought about this sensational tate of affairs, Jesse and Frances. [unter, were convicted of assault nd battery with intent to kill in une. 1908. and Jesse was given five ears and Frances was given 12 ionth. The shooting for which they ere tried occurred in January, 19 06. hey lived in lower portion of Rich d County and it was asserted that esse Hunter had put his aged inoth r out of the house where. she had ived for years, and which was said a be her own property. Her other children remonstrated. .nd the officers of the law were call d in. Magistrate Lykes, with a osse, went to the house and they ere fired on by some one. Jesse unter and his wife were arrested. dicted, tried and convicted for hooting the officers, and at the trial reff Taylor was a witness for the rosecution, but since that time It is been stated that Taylor was the nan who fired the shots and it was n this after-discovered evidence -hat Mr. Duncan asked for a new .rial for his clients, which motion was ef used. The Supreme Court Tuesday after soon of its own accord, issued an order requiring Mr. John T. Duncan, in attorney of the Columbia Bar, to show ause before the Court on Mon dy. June 8. why he should not be be attached for contempt of Court or disbarred as an attorney for sub mitting what are declared an oath to be "false and fictious" affidavits in the case of Jesse and Frances Hunter. argued before the Court last Tuesday. DARING CRIES AT RENO. Eight Men And Two Women Hold Up the Town. At Reno, Nev., a gang of eight men and two women in a series of hold ups coupled with on attempt at arson, Thursday robbed the Rawhide Hotel of $300. lining up the occupants against the wall, held up two men in a tent, held up and beat a stage driver, robbed a drug store, held up three other men, securing small sums, and set fire to the Rawhide Hotel to prevent being followed. They es caped to the hills with $400. The sheriff with a posse aided by State poic is in pursuit.