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VOL. XXIII MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEM'ER 9, 1908 NO.16 FIEND CAUGHT Man Who Assassinated Ussey at Barnwell is Arrested. WAS PAID TO DO IT He Is a Negro by the Name of Quitman Johnson, and Lives at Aiken, Where He was Appre hended-Taken to the Peniten tiary for Safe Keeping. Columbia, Dec. 2. - Quitman Johnson, the negro who was arrest ed at Aiken for assassinating W. Perry Ussey at Barnwell on last Saturday right, was brought to Co lumbia yesterday morning and plac ed in the penitentiary for safe keep Ing. Governor Ansel was notified of the capture of the negro at Aiken Tues day night by The State and his ex cellency at once communicated witn the authorities there, instructing them to lose no time in bringing the prisoner to Columbia. There was considerable feeling in Barnwell over the homicide anJ while no direct evidence had been secured against Johnson it is said that the circumstances surrounding the case show that he at least knows something about it. What Is Said in Aiken. A dispatch from Aiken says the suspicion .toward Johnson for the killing is very strong, and the par ties interested believe that they have the right man without a doubt Certain statements made by Johnson before the tragedy are very incrimi nating. He went to Barnwell last week, but before going he is said to have told a gentleman of Aiken that what lie would do in Barnwell would b heard about and also that he sur posed he would get into trouble yet about the white people. It is said that he was seen a few minutes before the shooting with L gun and that he w..s seen a few min utes after with a gun. The parties interested are confident of having the right man. The case has excited a great deal of interest in Aiken and is the topic of conversation among many groups on the streets and any developments will be watched closely. Johnson is an Aiken negro, har ing been a resident tnere for several years. He is said to have been raised in Barnwell county. Right Man Caught. A dispatch from Barnwell says the local authorities are sure that they have the man who assassinate(: Mr. Ussey last Saturday night. The officers and citizens have been un relenting i ntheir efforts to get th: guilty man, and all are confident that sufficient evidence has been se cured to lay the guilt on Quitma:: Johnson. It seems that Johnson left Aik-en the latter part of last -week to go to Barnwell and before leaving stat ed to some of his pals he had a special mission to perform and tha they would hear from him in a short time. He stated that he wou' carry out his plans, but might have to hang f'or it. His movements after leaving Aik en have been traced directly t. Barnwell and from there back to .&ken, where b'e was arrested. There is a great deal of evidence going to show his guilt that it would2 not be wise to give to the pubic at this time, suf~cieth it to say that Johnson is the man wanted, be yond a shadow of a doubt. There is a strong desire on th< part of many of the citizens to have Johnson tried at this term of crim Inal ourt, which is now in progress As to whether this will be done can not now be stated. Solicitor Dava is of th-e opinion that a trial at this time will injure the case as it iL likely to develop in such a way as it Implicate outside parties. He wiret. Governor Ansel to this effect late this afternoon. It is not known not whether Johnson will be allowed t. remain in Columbia or whether hi. will be brougnt back to the counts jail. Johnson is a Barnwell county ne gro and has a very unsavory repu tation wherever he is known. NEW INSUR~ANCE COMPANY Orangeburg in Columbia With How~ Capital Entirely. Columbia. Dec. 1.-The Gulf an Atlantic Insurance Company, was or ganized here today at meeting o stockholders. Comptroller Genera Jones being made president an: Mayor Remain treasurer. It was chartered with a capit:: of $100,000 to do a general fir casulty and bonding business, and today put up $10,000 security wia Commissioner McMaster for the li cense to do business in this State. The directors consists of A. W Jones, W. S. Reamer, C. K. Hen.~ier son, 3. T. Simons, P. H. Gadsden George S. Mower, James A. Hoyt. D. 0. Herbert and S. M. Jones. Crum Once More. Washington. Dee. 2.--At the ex piration of his term of office early this month Collector Crum, Charleston, will be reappointe4. There was a long and bitter fight on the original appointment -of Dr. Crum, who is a negro. For several years his name was hung up in the Senate and the people of Charleston stubbornly fought his confirmation Two Dead in Wreck. Little Rock. Ark.. Dec. 4.-A Rock Island passanger train was wrecked this morning 12 miles from this city. The engineer and fire WAR IN HAYTI THE PRESIDENT FLEES TO I FRENCH SHIP. Loyal Citizens and Soldiers Dis perse Angry Mobs Who Pillage( Stores and Residences. Washington. Dec. 4.-The revo lution is on in Hayti, and the in surgfnts are about masters of toe situation. Port au Prince is in the hands of the revolutionists now, bui before the city fell there was great trouble and strife. The troop, Friday morning fired into a mob, that began to loot stores and dwer. lings just as soon as it was known that President Aleis had fled from the city. Twelve men were killed. The trouble began shortly aft-r the president had been escorted to the French cruiser by the French minister. The people from the Belair and 'he Salines sections of the city in vaded the business quarter and be gan pillage. They divided into bands and worked their way dews one street and up another. By 10 o'clock eleven stores were looted, nine belonging to Syrians while Haitiens owned the other two stores. Their proprietors stood by helpless. The loot was hauled into the street. where its division resulted in fights among the mob, in which four were killed. It is feared that the disorder would spread over the entire city but General Poidevin saved the sit uation. He armed a body of citi zens and a small detachment of loyal troops and with them fired on the looters. The general then got together a number of courageous citizens and rounded up also a small detachment of loyal soldiers, and marched on the looters. The Pillagers were unaware of hip approach and their first intimation that they were to meet any opposi tion came to them in the shape of a volley from 'General Poidevin's band. Sight of the looters fell at the first fire. The crowd quickly dispersed. While this was going on in the business district, another mob was notinz the rich residence section of the, city. This success seemed to satisfy the crowd in the suburbs, for they then lispersed without committing any further depredations. At 11 o'clock a seminary of priests was surrounded by the menacing crowd demanding that General Col 7on be turned over to them. The priest's reply was that the general was not there. Word reached Gen eral Poidevin of the threatening sit uation at seminary and he hurried forward at the head of his detach ment of citizens and soldiers and In his arrival the crowd dispersed. At midnight the city was compara tively quiet. TACKLED WRONG WOMAN. I. Negro Man Shot and Killed for *Insoience. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 1.--Tom Brown, colored, was shot and fat 'tlly inju-erd early yesterday morning by Mrs. Minnie Arnherter at her home on South Eighteenth street. ?he negro knocked at the front door .nd told Mrs. Arnherter, who was lione, to go to the back door where he wanted to see her. She secured a. pistol and opened the door and the negro started to run. Mrs. Arn hierter shot him between the shoui der blades and notited the police. The police found the negro in a 'lng condition teveral blocks from 'he house. GETS HIS PAY. For Supporting Taft in the Late Presidential Election. Washington, Dec. 1.--Daniel J. iKeefe, of Detroit, president of the .,ongshoremens' union, and an active svorker for the Republican cause turing the recent campaign, was to Tay appointed commissioner general -f Imigration, to succeed the late y'rank P. Sargent. It will be re w-mbered that Keefe at first joined ther labor leaders in urging Bryan s lection, but after being promised he above job by Roosevelt he lopped over to Taft. Keefe denied elling out, but his appointment shows that he did. TAKEN FROM THE MINE. )ne Hundered and Twenty-four Bodies Recovered. Pittsburg. Pa., Dec. 1.-One hun Ired an-' wenty-four bodies of vic tims of tue mine disaster at Marian na had been recovered at 1:30 o'clock this morning and the search ers expect to find but few other; John H. Jones, president of the company, was at the hour mentioned down in the mine and sent word tN the surface that he believed thera were but two more bodies in th debris and that work would no rease until t~hese were found. Burn Tobacco Barn. Evansville, Ind., Dec. 1.-"Nigh1 riders" early today destroyed th< barn of W. H. Gossar. The bar' was filled with tobacco and the los: is $3,000. Gossar recently canme from Kentucky. While a residen of that State he had refused to poo his tobacco. Fatal Landslide. Rome. Dec. 4.--A landslide a Mount San Luciano, near Agordc today wrecked the villages of Pr; and Lagunaz. The bodies of twenty seven dead and ten injured person have been recovered. MANY ARE LOST Steamer Soo City Founders Off New Foundland Coast IN A SEVERE STORM Ten Fishing Vessels Are Sunk and Most of Their Crews Are Lost. t e The Crew of the Steamer, Which v Numbered Eighteen, Were Also Drowned. St. Johns. N. F., Dec. 4.-Wreck- o age which has come ashore at Cape - Ray leaves little room for doubt F that the sturdy little steamer Soo City, which for 20 years plied as a an excursion vessel on th-- great w lakes, went down with her crew in c' the midst of the gale that lashed ri the Newfoundland coast for two ft days this week. The steamer was b: in command of Capt. John G. Dillon, F of Brooklyn. It is known that no tl icss than 18 men were on board. is The Soo City was recently sold r' by the Indiana Transportation Com pany to Felix Jackson, of Velasco. C< Texas and was being talren to New tl Orleans, where It had been planned w to put her in service between that m city and Texan ports. She carried te no passengers. She was to te first t1 overhauled in New York. w The Soo City sailed from Michi- re gan City on Novemi:er 1 and reached in Ogdensburg, N. Y., November 11 a Up to that time the steamer was in w charge of Capt. F. V. Dority, of fe Milwaukee. but at Ogdensburg the command was turn:-d over to Capt. et Dillon. She was last reported at Si Quebec, Novenber 14. On Wednes- fo day last the vesse I was listed by the in maritime exchange among the miss- n< ing. The steamer's first mate was tb John Casey, of Chicago. tb 'Today a d.-ck cabin and fittirgs 4 and 16 life preservers esme ashc-re. w' These all bore the name "Soo City." hE During the day life buoys, deck fr boards and other grear unquestion ably belonging to tie slean-er ware OA washed in. in Th,- sterm that wrecked t;.e Soo m City was one of the severest in re- wI cent years. It began Tues'ay night a with a northerly gale that contin- fo ued for 48 h tirs, assuming at times the porportions of a blizzard. The ra same gale caught and drnve to piec- Cl es no less than 30 Newf undland H< &ihing vessels, and while seven of im the crews estaped three were lost, cr with a total of 17 persons drowned.* CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTORY. Ra Second Death in Atlanta From the Pellegra Disease. B: Atlanta, Dec. 1.-Mrs. Sarah C. co Smith, wife of R. Smith, died at the & Grady hospital Saturday morning at th 10 o'clock of Pellagra, a disease re- we suting frora the eating of corn imn- af properly cured. su Mrs. Smith was 35 years of age,. ed and was originally from Chatifield. w Texas. She has been under treat- th ment at the hospital since October T4 19 for the curious disease, which though known 'to the medical pro- et fession since 1755, is very un- Ia common and said to be in most cas- ot as fatal. D It will be remembered that Miss of Iemma Payne. aged 37 years, of 63 w, &icDonough street, died of the same of disease in Atlanta on Novemiber 21 ed making, with Mrs. Smith, the sec- of ond death resulting from the disease fui within the past two weeks. le cc BURNED SCHOOL HOUSE. Prominent Farmer T-aled by Dogs and is Arrested. W in Hawkensville, Ga., Dec. 1.-A sen- h< sation was created by the burning h< of Dorminey Hill schoo.1 house, ten tI miles below here, this morning, an'l the arrest of John T. Knight, a prom inent farmer, charged with being the: incendiary. S< Sheriff Rogers and a posse we'it immediatz ly to the scene of tbm fire, with track hounds, which foi lowed the trail to the residence of Knight. Suspicion is said to have fallen on Knight from the first. r~ because he was known to be hostile to the school. He is now in jais s* hre, but denies the crime. The0 value of the school house and fur niture was about $3,000. h ACCIDENT OR SUICIDE? g Chief of Police Lost Overboard From Patrol Boat. h San Francisco, Dec. 1 .-Williar: J. Biggy, chief of police, was lost overboard from /the police boat-, C Patrol, between Belvidere and San Francisco, shorty before midnight. The only other occupant of the police launch was William Murphy. s the engineer. Murphy missed the s chief when the boat was about half r way across the bay, back to the a city. A search of the small launch f showed no trace of the chief and e Murphy put on full speed and mad: for the dock. He reported the loss 3 of the chief at once on his arrival o and was taken Into custody. ? - Kisses Come High.i Huntingdon,. W. Va., Dec. 3. !Miss Eulie Jlohnstonl, a stenographer. brought suit against G. C. Rickets. a wealthy merchant, for $15,000 be-I cause the latter, as she alleges, I slipped his arm about her waist an'i ,stole a kiss. At the trial tbh you~ngi Swoman testified she had had nervous I - dyspepsia for eight months as a re- I s sult. She was awarded $360 by the ~ jury A WRECKED LIFE L BEAUTIFUL AND WEALTHY GIRL JUST DIVORCED Iho Was to Have Been Married Again Last Week, Took Her Own Life. New York, Dec. 3.-The beautiful Dung woman who was found shot > death in her room at the Clar adon hotel in Brooklyn yesterday 'as positively identified today as rs. Lillian Falconer Doty, who re mntly returned from Sioux Falls, S. where she secured a divorca om her husband. The woman >mes of a rich and fashionable ew York family, where Alexander alconer, the father, made a great >rtune. New developments occurred today, hich showed conclusively that the oman had committed suicide and )ncurrent with these came other velations. The woman s-cured a divorce om Mansfield Doty, a Wall street -oker, on November 13, at Sioux alls, and was to have been married Is week, but the name of her fiance being guarded with jealous sec .ey by sthe family. Owing to the fact that the woman Auld not be identified when found .e body as taken to the morgue, here It was examined. The gar ents were found to be of costly xture and fashionable in design: e Jewels found upon her person are such as to indicate wealth. finement and culture. The exam Ing coroner's physician found a imber of bruises on the body, Lich have not yet been accounted r. Mrs. Doty registered at the Cla.r don on Tuesday as Mrs. Falcomner. Dux Falls, S. D. When the maid und herself unable to arouse the mate of the room yesterday, she tified John Hill, the manager of e hotel. A bell boy was sent up e fire escape to the window to ke a survey of (tae jroomi and ien he peered into the apartment nearly fell from the aerial 'perch )m astonishment and horror. The body of the woman was found the floor, a gaping bullet wound her right temple and her gar ants soaked in blood. The room sjlitered with cigarette butts and cigarette box nearly empty was and in her Russian leather satchel. Mrs. Doty was married after a pid first courtship in "The Little turch Around the Corner," in 1902. .r married life was stormy and her divorce petition she alleged aelty. KILLED HERSELF ther Than Endure the Tortures of a Living Death. St. Louis, Dec. 3.-Mrs. Adelaide mtz, who claimed to have dis vered a sure destroyer for the xcan cotton boll weevil, is dead, e victim of a self-inflicted bullet mnd in the heart. She was known over the Southwest. She was a fferer from cancer, which develop as the result of a blow received ile condutting experiments on e farm of Charles P. Taft, e' Taft, las, two years ago. Knowing that her malady was in rable, Mrs. Bentz had spent the it few months of her life labori sly reducing the results of her ex riments to driting. The formula the compound, which she claimed is a sure destroyer of the scourge the cotton field, and all knowl ge she had acquired through years study and experiment, were cari ily written out In the form of a ter to her son. The secret of the mpound she guarded to the last. While her sister was out of thei use, where they lived alone, for a ort time, Mrs. Bentz secured a re ver. From a small casket In bich she kept her treasured writ gs and other valuables, she took r wedding ring and placed it on r finger, then fired a bullet rough her heart.* SLAIN IN HIS CAB. uthern Railway Employee Assas sinated at Durham. Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 3.--The po 3e authorities of Durham are baf 3d and the city is excited over a' cent series of crimes which reach Iits climax early today in the as ssination of Engineer Jas. Holt, the Southern Railway, who was ot to death while in the cab of s engine in the suburbs of that city >day. No cause has been assigned >r the deed, and no clue -has been >und to the murderer. Holt was iot in the back and died half an our afterwards. * PERISH 1N THE FLAMES. ne Carried Down and Two Jump Out of Window. Scranton, Pa., Dec. 3.-A fire tarted from an overheated kitchen toe at midnight. burned the Shapi a block in Princeburg near he-re, nd the following perished in the ames: Abraham Shapiro, mer hant; his son, Arthur, and daughi er, Anna. and his mother-in-law. Irs. Sarah Blatski. Mrs. Shapiro ras carried safely down the ladder d her two sons were saved by unping from windows. The loss a $15,000. * Cat Found in Mail. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 3.--Among the nany strange things found in the ocal mails was a cat. The feline as mailed to an address in Mich gan without sufficient postage and ias been adopted by the postal em >oyes. The animal was packed in Ssmall box with very little foot A POISON MYSTERY A WEALTHY MAN RECEIVED A DAINTY LETTER. In Female Hand Enclosing Two "Stomach Trouble" Powders, Which He Took and Died. San Francisco,' Dec. 4.-The most amazing poison mystery which has confronted the police since the fa mous Botkin poisoned candy episode is now baffling them in the attempts to solve the puzzle of who admin istered a death dealing poison to Henry Boas, a member of the weal thy New York family of that name. who is dead at his home here. The only clew upon which the police are now pursuing their inve. tigation is contained in a letter writ ten in a dainty hand and containing two powders which the recipient of the message is urged to take to cure his indigestion. Death followed In two hours accompanied by the most violent pain. The following is a copy of the letter: "Mr. Boas: 'Dear Sir: Having been requested by some friends of your as well as of mine in San Jose to send you m recipe for stomach trouble, I take pleasure in so doing. The two powders which I enclose to you are not only a relief, but a cure for that ailment. It is composed mostly of pepsin, which I suppose you are aware is the greatest of all remov ers of albumen from the food which gathers in the alimentary canal leading to the stomach. "If you will take the two powders mixed together and follow by a glass of whiskey, before retiring I can as sure you of a cure. (Signed) "Charles McHaur. "San Jose, Cal." The police are convinced that the death was carefully planned and they can trace many features similar to that in the famous unraveled poison mystery in the case of Dr Wilson In Philadelphia last summer. Six weeks ago Boas broke off his engagement to Miss Anna Gallagher, of San Jose, to whom he was engag ed to be married. Coroner's physicians will make an examination of the stomach to de-. termine the nature of the poison which was administered. Boas died in frightful agony. He had gone to bed after swallowing the fatal draught and writhed In pain until relieved by death. * THEY COST TOO MUCH. Votes That Cost Over Two Hunderd Dollars Each. Boston, Dec. 1.-Independence League votes are valuable in Mas. achusetts. Forty-one of them cast at the city primaries of the various municipalities of the State last week show that they cost $212 a piece. According to the official returns. the total Independence League 'vote in all of the cities and towns was 41. The election commissioners made a good sized allowance for ballots and had twenty thousand printed. These ballots, in addition to the league's election officials prescribed by law, brought the total cost up to $8,692, or at the- rate of $212 a vote. Under Its present showing, unless It makes phenomenal gains at the election, the league will be dropped from the city election bai lots next year. MAD DOG BITE FATAL. Bitten on Last Sunday and Dies en Tuesday. A special dispatch to The State 'romn Fort Motte says about -three weeks ago a small dog owned by Richard Pennington was running his chickens. He proceeded to catch the~ dog and punish It for the offense. While whipping t'he dog, he was bitten on the hand. At the time there appeared to vs. nothing wrong with the dog, but subsequently it died. His family tried to prevail on his taking t.ae Koon treatment, which he dId not do. He was taken sick on Sunday and died Tuesday morning. Drs. ,Wolfe, Fe-irey and Symmes pronounced it a genuine case of rabies. HOLDS RECORD FOR DIVORCES. Peoria County, Ill., Takes Palm for Breaking of Marriage. Chicago, Dec. 3.-According to the statistics of Peoria county, Illi nois, beats the record for divorces. From November 1, 1907, to Novem ber 1, 1908, there was one divorce filed for every four and two-thirds marriage licenses. The United States census report gives Illinois the palm for divorces, the State av erage being one divorce for every twelve m:arriages. MAD)DOX ELECTED MAYOR. Carried Every Ward With the Ex ception of Two. Atlanta Ga., Dec. 3.-While not a landslide Maddox's victory over Woodward was overwhelming. He carried all the wards but two, and lost these by but small minorities The election passed dff wonderfully well considering the excitement that had kept the city at fever heat for weeks. The figures are: Maddox's to-tal vote in the eight wards was 7,719: Woodward's total, 4,4670; Maddox's majiority, 3,149. Seven Hundred Drowned. Chefoo, China, Dec. 1.-Two Ja ar.ese steamships collided off the port Tuesday. Details are lacking. but it is reported that a total of 700 persons ha~ve been drowned. MORE TAXES To Be Levied To Meet The Treas ury Shortage. SPECIAL TAXATION Will be Resorted to to Meet the; Ex t travagances of the Republican Ad- R ministration, Which Has Squan- o dered the Money of the People > I With a Lavish Hand. C Was.hington, Dec. 4.-Now that the election is over Republican poli ticians are speaking frankly concern- t ing the nation's finances. A renewal a of special taxation is considered es- c sential by Republican leaders in d congress to meet deficits and con- b stantly growing lexpendsitures, and 11 an internal revenue duty may again c be Imposed on many, If not all ar ticles so taxed during the Spanish- a American war. If A deficit that today aggregates E n $50,000,000, and by June 30 next will total $100,000,000, has brought te Representative Tawney, chairman of s, the house appropriations committee, ti and others charged with formulating ti the great money measures here in advance of the assembling of con- si gress to consider ths situation. it Messrs. Cannon, Tawney and Payne tI have conferred on the subject. Mr. Tawney has talked the matter over with President Roosevelt and See retary Cortelyou. B He has requested Mr. Cortelyon to prepare some data indicating the revenues derived from articles sub jected to the war revenue tax and to indicate others that may eventually be placed In the list. It has become evident to the leaders that a revi S ion of the tariff will not materially t increase the revenues. While lower re duties may bring larger Imports in some instances, in others there wi.l be a falling off of importations, and thus the books will about balance. rc Secretary Cortelyou has given no cc intimation as to what his suggstions m will be, but they are certain to in clude a tax on coffee. Three cents a pound is the figure mentioned. This was the rate imposed up to h 1882, when it was placed on the 0 free list. It is also the almost un animous sentiment that the tax on .c beer should be doubled, making it .s $2 a barrel. It is already virtualiy - settled that there shall be no dimi nution of the rate on sugar, as itI is the best revenue producer the f government has. A renewal of the cc war revenue act would almost ex- of actly offset the deficit. It brought Into th(e treasury a aS trifle more than $100,000,000 a year. S In four years $46,000,000 were col- P lected on legacies, or an average of H $11,000,000 per annum. Beer was the big money-bringer of the war revenue law. The added dollar a h barrel realized $30,000,000 a year. .bi The tax of ten cents a pound on tea st was 'the next item in Importance, bringing in $10,000,000 a year. it 13 is desired to avoid, if possible, all the numerous stamp taxes, not be- gl cause of their expensiveness, but be- ti cause of their inconvenience. A two-cent on telegrams and tel- cJ -ephpne messages. Life insuirance policies were taxed six cents for h every $100 of value. Chewing gums was assessed four cents for every 0 dollar's worth. One cent was col- t< lected for each palace or parlor car seat sold or berth occupied. Rail road and steamship tickets were taxed from $1 to $3. Bonds, cer- p tificates of stocks, proprietary med icines, notes, bills of exchange, buck et shops and brokers' transactions bills of sale, agreements, drafts, ex press receipts, bills of lading, leases, I protests, alm'ost every form of legr.l b document were compelled to bear a o tax stamp.g National banks with a capital a stock of $25,00'' paid $50, and $2 t for each additional thousand do-l- G lars of capital. Brokers and pawn- is brokers were taxed $50 and $20 re spectively. Theatres, concert halls y~ and museums paid $100. A cIrcus ~ paid $100. All other shows con- u tributed $10. Each billiard table . or bowling alley was taxed $5- d The -tax on tobacco and snuff was 1 doubled, being raised from six cetus to twelve cents a pound. The to- ~ bacco dealers were taxed from $6 h, to $24, according to volume of bus- t: iness. The tax on cigars and cigar etts was proportionatly Increased. * RECTOR GETS CHECK. Re Receives Substantial Token From His Congregation. New York, Dee. 1.-When the Rev. Dr. William Huntington, rector of Grace church, of this city, sat down to his breakfast he found un-r der his plate a cheek for more than t $40,000. This sum was voluntarily contrib uted by members of his congrega tion as a token of their esteem for his long and faithful service. Dr. Huntington recently celebra: ed his sevcntieth birthday, and on Sunday, the twenty-fifth anniversa ry of his coming to Grace church, was observed. He thought at the time that h~ would resign, but instead of accept ing the resignation he was urged to remain and the handsome testimno nial of good will and regard follov: ed. Mad Dog Bite Fatal. Molena. Ga., Dec. 4.-Zeke Owen, a prominent farmer, died Thursday morning of hydrophobia. He was bitten on the hand by a dog he had found on his porch. BANK WAS LOOTED 1Y FITE DARING ROBBERS WH( ESCAPED n an Automobile, Carrying Fourteen Thousand Dollars in Cash Awa With Them. Pepperell, Mass., Dec. 3-Althougl be police of every city and tows rithin a radius of fifty miles wer( eeping a sharp outlook for trace f the five burglars who early yes. ?rday blew open the safe of th' 'rst National Bank here and es. aped with $14,000 in cash, no clu the identity or whereabouts of the afe blowers has been discovered. So confidently were the burglar$ aat their preliminary preparations ,ere effective that they fired twc tbarges of nitro glycerine in the safe fter they knew that they had been iscovered. Then, gathering the ills together hastily, but overlook ig about $3,000 in gold and silver )in, they made their escape in an utomobile with about $14,000. The bank vault was blown open bout two o'clock, at which time the st of three explosions was heard by rnest Tarbell, who was sleepinig ext door. He reached the bank ist as the robbers were leaving! Af r shouting an alarm, Tarbell fired ,veral shots at the burglars, but iere is no Indication that any of iem took effect. He found a quantity of bills and Iver scattered about the vault, giv tg evidence of the hurry with which ie burglars secured their booty. DREADS TO MEET TILLMAN ecause of the Massacre of Negroes at His Home. Washington, Dec. 4.-A dispatch om Springfield, Ill., says Shelby Cullom, dean of the United ates Senate and for years one o' te prominet members of that body. ecently left Springfield for Wash gton with trembling flesh and with ar in his heart. The venerable statesman Is ter r-stricken over the prospect of his ming meeting with Senator Till an. For years Cullom and Tillman, as idely separated as the poles in Leir political ideas axd methods. we been warm personal friends utside the halls of Congress the To, by mutual consent, have avoid I all political discussion, save one abject-the negro! The Iiilnois mnator, from the home of Lincoln. e emancipator, has taken keen de ght in lambasting his Southern lend on the floor of the. Senate, in mmittee, and in private, because his hatred of the blacks. Just before Cullom left Spring ?ld, he was talking to United ates District Judge J. Otis Hum irey, of the meat packers' "im unity-bath" fame. "Well, Senator," said the judge. suppose you will be glad to get ick to Washington, where you can asy yourself with the affairs or ate?" "Not by some sight," emphatica: responded the Senator. "Why, I thought you found you: 'eatest pleasure In your official du es," said the surprised judge.. "Official duties be blowed," ex aimed Cullom with emotion. Since this Springfield race 'riot, ] a~ve not spent a happy moment, eeping or awake, because of dread what Ben Tillman Is going to dc me the remainder of my life."' NO WEDDING BELLS. Ickpocket Got Both Marriage Li. cenise and Railroad Tickets. Chicago, Dec. 3.-"Love may :ugh at locksmiths" on occasion. ut a pickpocket is a diffeernt prop sition. And when the pickpocket ets the marriage license and the oney moon railroad tickets--wel) iis was the experience of Mar .Lewis, of Indianapolis. Lewh a traveling man. He a'lso is uocessful suitor for the hand o1 [iss Estelle Elizabeth Lawrence 547 Madison avenue. The wedding as set for yesterday afternoon a; o'clock, at the church of the Re eemer, Fifty-sixth street and Wash. 1gton avenue. Shortly before the appointed hon ewis notified Miss Lewis he hai >st his wallet on the train; also th< leke'ts and the marriage license. 'Postpone the wedding? Well ot if Lewis knows what he is do rig." If Mr. Forsythe, the best ma: rould just see that the church ar angements were all right, he wouk~ et another license, and be righ ut. But at .the county buildin: farriage Clerk Salmonson insiste' hat the bridegroom was not know: o him, and it took Lewis 15 min [tes to establish his identity. It wa ust 5 o'clock when the bridegroor eached the church. He had negc iated some loans, more tickets wer >ought ::.nd the couple departed fo few Orleans after the ceremony. KILLED BY TRAIN. Icoung Man Ran Down on Way r Dance. Montreal, Ga., Dec. 4.-Struc Lnd killed by an Atlanta--hound pa. enger train as it whirled past th~ ~tation at 8 o'clock Wednesday nigh Victor E. Henderson, a young ma w-as so badly mangled so as to mais identifi'ationf possible only by hi liair and a book with his name wri ten in it, and a letter he had a, :messed to a brother in Louisiar and failed to mail. Henderson w: twenty-four years old and fan near here. He was on his way1 a country dance, a mile from Moi SERIOUS CHARGE Made Against a Prominent Citi zen of Thomasville, Ga, WHO IS BEING TRIED For Abducting and Attempting a Criminal Assault Upon a Popular and Wealthy Young Lady of the Same Town-The Case is Shroud ed in Mystery. Thomasville, Ga., Dec. 1.-The trial of the Hon. W. H. Mitchell, one of the most prominent citizens of Thomasville for abduction and criminal assault upon Miss Lucile Linton, a very popular and wealthy young lady, also of Thomasville, commenced on Monday. It is one of the most sensational cases ever tried in the courts of Georgia on account of the extraordinary crimes charged and the prominence', of the parties connected with it. The following is the story of the case: Late in October Miss Linton re ceived a telegram supposed to have been sent by her brother from Moul trie, stating that he was coming -across the country to her home. Later in the afternoon an alleged negro woman handed Miss 'Linton a note saying that her brother had been the victim of. an accident and was injured and in, a house about four miles from Thomasville, and asking that she come with all pos sible haste to him. Miss Linton left Thomasville in a buggy, driven by what she supposed was a negro woman, but whom many believe was a white man in disguise. Some miles out -from the city, Miss Linton became suspicions and is said 'to have demanded that her driver return to her home. An at tempt is said to have been made to smother her with a lap robe or a blanket and the screams of the wo man brought to her assistance a farmer and a negro man. The driver sprang from the bug gy, and escaped in the woods when help came, and though posses and dogs scoured the woods, no 'one was trailed. It is said a -paper found in the buggy bore the name of William H. Mitchell, who is con nected with Miss Linton by mai riage. Other discoveries, it is said, were placed at the disposal of the grand jury which returned the in iictment. It is said Mr. Mitchell unhesitatingly admitted that it was his horse and his renteu buggy that Miss Linton was carried away in from Thomasville. It is also known that Mr. Mitch ail was energetic in the pursuit of the "woman" who 'fled -and was active in the matter of locating the alleged assailant. Mr. Mitchell has explained that his horse and buggy had been stolen from him. He has also admitted that he was In the locality where 'he assault took place, claiming-that he was looking for thieves who had been giving him trouble on -his :ountry place in that vicinity. Other startling discoveries, ad -nissions and circumstances linked together gave an added mystery to the case and when all of the circum stances are reviewed there is pro mise of the unraveling of sensatio.n after sensation. Following the abduction only forty-eight hours Mr. Mitchell, while seated in his room, was fired upon, he says, from the outside. The sante bullet penetrated both legs and his right hand. This chapter added* more interest In the mysterious and sensational chapter of the case and only more confusing the situation. Motives of many kinds have been ascribed by interested people who have watched the case. Theories have been advanced and speculation has been constant, but probably not until the verdict Is returned in the case and probably never will the -whole truth be known. The fact that Miss Linton refused to swear out a warrant or to take an active part in the prosecution only baffled the officers all the more. Then it was that a Pinkerton de tective was called in upon the case and it is said 'to have been due r.o his unceasing efforts that the mys tery has been brought before the courts. What Miss Linton Says. The feature of the first day of the trial was the testimony of Miss Linton. She told the whole story of -the trip through the woods and of Sthe attempted assault. She said that a supposed negro woma 1 I brought her a message supposedly rfrom her brother-in-law asking her to come to his house. She got into ! the carriage with the supposed ne Sgro woman. Her suspicions became - aroused and finally she was certain 3that the woman was a man disguised'. 1When the solicitor general asked -her if she recognized the man, she Ssaid, "Yes, is was Will Mitchell." r She said she did not let him know 'that slie recognized him. She point ed a pistol at him, but was unable to pull the trigger. She fought with him desperately. He tried to throw i a blanket over her face to keep her cries from being heard, and then tri-ed bandages. She said she offered k him money and property to take her to her sister's house. Finally her .a screams were beard and she was .rescued. She was cross-examined a and when court adjourn-ed the cross .e examination was not half over. ..Blackville Depot Burned. -The passenger station of the a Southern Railway at Blackvinie was Li completely destroyed by fire about is seven o'clock on Tuesday . :sTrain No. 30 was delayed- bu i- hour. being unable to pass until - t he fire had burned itself out.2