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VOL. XXIII MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1908 NO.19 BLOW AT LABOR Organizations in the United States by the Courts. LEADERS ARE JAILED. Compers, i Mitchell and MIorris< n, Presidenit. 'ice President and See rretary of the Labor Federation, Condiienmed to Prison Because They Advised Their Members Not to Buy Certain Goods. Wasihington. Dec. 23.-Twelve months in jail for Samuel Compers, presider, nine months fer John Mitchell, one of the vice presidents. and six months for Frank Morrison. recretary, all of the American Fed eration of Labor. was the sentence imposed by Jestice Wright, of -th' Sipreme Court of the District or O.)lun.bra, today for contenltc or Court by violating an order previous ly issued enjoining them from plac ing on the "unfair" or "we don't patronize" list the Bucks Storve and Range Compar.y, of St. Louis, Mo. All three of the defendants were in Court. Norice of an aj peal to the Court of Appcals, of the District of -1in!mia, at once was filed, Gom pers being released on $0,000 bond, Mitchell on $4,000, and Morrison on $V.000. In adjition to th' wife and daughter of Compers. there were " preasent a dumber of local labor leaders and others who were attract t d by the notice tihat a decision in the famous case would be announc d today. Mr. Gomper's family were visibly affected. With tears coursing down his own cheeks. Proident Gompers heard the order of the Court, which con:emn ed him to prison for a year. Both Mitchell and Morrison seemed stun nod by t a sentence. :iltbe ugh Mftch tll appeared to be the least con cerned. Asked if he had anything to say why sentence ?hould not be pro nounced, President- Gompers declar ed tha.t he had not consciously vio lated' any law. There was mvih he f woalW liKe to say, he said, bUt he could not do it that time. He added, howevar, that "this is a scrugire of the working plo1'l. of our country, and it Is a st uggle of- the working people for right. It is a struggle of the ages-a struggle of the men of labor to throw off some of the burdens which ha '. boen heaped upon them; to abolish some of the wrongs and to secure some of the rights too long de nied." M 'holl and Morrison confined themselvevs to an endorsement of what; Mr. Gompms had said. - History of the Case. The Bucks Company's prosecution of the officials of the Federation be gan in August, 1 907. The original action was a test case Wnlerein i; was sought to enjoin the labor un ions from using the "unfair" and "we don't patronize" lists in their fighbt against firms and individuals. Justice Gould, of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Issued an injunction whica was later malie permanent forbidding the publication of the company's name In tlAtse President G'ompers in an editorial in "The Federationist" of last Jan uary. claimed that the labor organ -izations had a right to advise their membere not to patronize certain firms that was not friendly to labot orgeanizations, and made known his ir.tention not to obey the Court's or dler. contending that the injunction issued was in derogation of the: rlgh.'s of labor and tle press and an abuse of the injunctive power-of the Courts. Gompe". 't.mche11 iand Morrison subceouently were cited f'or contempt and this phase of the case has been before the Court for many months the proceedings taking the form of a heuring of -testimony before an examiner and many argumernts. SH~OOTS WIFE, lULLS CHILD. West Virginia D~entist Follows Up Qnarrel With a Tragedy. Cameron, W. Va.. December 24. Dr. M. C. McCracken. a dentist of this place, today shot -his wife and fatally wounded his two-year-old~ child, it is said, after having quar relled with h's wife. He then turned the gun on himself, but it failed to explode, and Mrs. McCracken sun ceeded in taking it from him. After the shooting the mother picked up the child and started for the home of her grandfather. WV. M.| K-incaid, about four squares away. The blood was streaming from the wound in her back and that in the child's head. The baby died shortiy after reaching the Kincaid home. McCracken was arrested at his home and taken to the Moundsvill'e jail tonight. * FATALLY BURNED. Child's Dress Set on Fire by Fire crackers. Savannah, Ga.. December 24 While her mother was down-town to nizht buyinlg presents for her first real Christmas, three year old Annc McKenzie was fatally burned. her dress ignitting from a firecracker. The child inhaled the flames and por tions of her lips were burned away. Hler broth'er. who was with hor, sough* the h'ab"'s nurse and calmr!.v remarkod that "little sister is burn ing upd." A hackman passing the house put out the flames too late tC save the child, who died three hours TEDDY IN NEW ROLE TAIJED LIKE A RUFFIAN TO S'ME LADIES Because They Dashed by Hn on Horseback He Cut One of Their Horses. Washington, Dec. 22.-The query, "Is the president in his right mind?" has ben discussed in ;vashing-on by a party of college girls, even before the now famous message de nouncing certain newspapers as slanderers of the government, and their editors as }iars. An incident occurred on Thanksgiving Day in one of the parks of Washington, which has just been made public, and which has been the subject of much discussion among the girls who attend the National Park Sem inary, at Forest Glen, Maryland. A teacher at the school in ques tion was riding, in company with three of the young ladies, in Rocl Creek park on Thanksgiving Day. As they were going along one of the road-s of the national reserve they saw a party ahead of tthem which in cluded two ladies and two men. The teacher says that as they came near er the party, she recognized one of the men as the president. For some time the seminary party rode be hind the presidential party, but as the spirited horses wished to go at a faster pace, the girls finally gal loped past. When the horses were slowed down a few minutes later, rapid boofbeats were heard in the rear, and the rider pressed his horse orward and overtook them. "As we were riding four abreast," says the teacher in telling of the incident, "the president's horse crowded us no little as he lashed pat. As -he brnshed past. his horse struck the foot of one of the young ladies, knocking it from the stirrup, and a blow from the president's crop fell on the hors's ank. The young woman's horse neared, and but for her coolness nd admirable horsemanship, she miglt have been thrown beneath .he feet of the horses. I do not now whether the blow was inten Jonal. "'You know that you should not go ahead of our party,' said. the resident, as he rode past us, and turned in the saddle to look us squarely in the face. He then join--d is companions. Naturally, we f&it very muoh mortified. None of us tended an affront to the president. and I cannot understand his action. rhe president appeared to be in a rage, but of course, I do not knew ibout that. I only know how we felt about it." This was one of the bits of presi lential news not given out at t'. Vite House, as nearly everythin: concerning Roowelt is given o t ti that way. It was probR ly hougirt that the story would not et into the papers. But it has ~ome out. And there are some pe' le in -this city w'ho are asking the nestion, "Is the 'resident in his ight mind?" MEETS TRAGIC DEATH. Cothes Caught Fire and Lady is Fatally Burned. Leiington, Dec. 21.-One of thxe addest deaths that has ever oc urred in t-is section 'was that of rs. Carrie Hallman, wife of Gl. enry Hallman, a prominent me m'nt of Gilbert, this county, on Fri ay. Mr. Hallman left for his work ay in the morning, l'eaving hih ife apparently in the best of healt1'. nly .to be called back a few hours ater to find her in the agonies o'f leath. About 9 o'clock neighbors were at racted to the H-allman house by a oman's .screams, and when they ar ived they found Mrs. Hallman lyio<~ n the floor with all of the clothirg urned off and some parts of her ody burned almost to a crisp. It s the supposition that she had ainting spell and fell foremost into he fire. She expired within a few iours, death rglieving her from her erible agonies. Mrs. Hallman was 42 years of ag.' nd leaves, besides her husban~d, 'n r ath-or. one br-ther and twc istrrs. She was a member of the .uthern church and was a devoted Christian. The body of Mrs. Hallman wa~s 'd to rest at Shiloh Methodint rnoh on Saturday in the presence >f a large assembhge of relatives nd friends. The funeral services were conducted by her pastor. the Rev. B. D. Wessinger.--News a:n Courier. FIBE FIEND HITS KUMTER. Damage About One Hundred Thou. and Dollars. Sumter. December 25 --* l'onned iy 3 stiff southwest wind an-i feedint; chiefly on frame buildings. Sumter was to-night visited by th most dis atrous fire !t has experien cod in years. entailing a property loss that will reach $100.000. The origin of the fire is not known -lefinitely, but it is supposed 'o have been from the explosion of fireworks. Incuded in 'the buildinge destroyed were the hose reel house of F'. Company No. 2 and the offie of tht Western Union Telegra-phx Company. The loss is variously estimated but will probably be in the neethbor hood of $100,000. with possibly two irds -insurance. The ioss will fal heaily upon the occupants and own rs of t-he bu-ildings. and as yet it . imposible 'to know just wha! step will be taken to rebuila,. biut it a afe to say that mere suosantial an safer buildings will soon take thi THEY SPEAK OU Messages of Sympathy Sent the Labor Leaders SENTENCED TO JAIL Bryan Chief Among Nearly Tw Score Men to Wire Protest Again Judge Wright's Decision in ti Contempt Case Against Gontper Mitchell and Morrison. Washington, Dec. 24.-Wn. Bryan was chtiEif among nearly to score of men, the majority of who are leaders in the labor movement < the country, who today cent message expressive of th4rdf cord al svmpatb to President Gompers, Vice Presidex Mitckil and Secretary Morrison, c the American F6dera.tion of Iabor. The messages, v-hich came frox every section of the country, an voiced the s.ntiments of persons I almost every avenue of labor, conve feelings of regret over the Courr' decision, swtend moral and Snancia support, and in some irstances ex press indignation. Mr. Bryan in a telegram date Pittsburg addressed to Messrs Gom pers, Mitchell and Morrison, says:. "Sorry to read the decision. Yoi did your duty in testing law. Gla you are taking appeal." "What action on the part of or ganized wage earners will, in you opinion, be most useful to re-estab iish freedom of the press and o speech?" asks H. P. Berham, presi dent of the Order of Railway Tele graphers in a telegram from St Louis, addressed to Mr. Gomipers. Perhaps one of tl:e n-ost uniqu< among the messages is that from J S. Barry, of Oklahoma City, who af ter expressing regr, t ovter the de cision, 'declares: "Stay with the bag gage, right must prevail." W. D. Mahon, president of the Amalgamabid Association of Stre" Railway Employees, expresses sin cere regret at what be considers "ai unjust and Un-American sentenco' upon the labor leaders. He says "You ar e clearly the victims of Judge-made law, which is wholly ut c-'istitutional. It should be carries to the highest court and contester to the hititer mnd, and we p)l-de yot the united support of our Associatlot to that end." That history will nlace the names )f Messrs Gompers, Mitchell and Mc rison on the roll of honor with tihos4 men who have made real sacrifice: for human uplift is the decljaratio* >f John B. Lennon. treasurer of the American Federation of Labor. in message from Bloomington, TI. "N' ourt decision," Mr. Tennon says can make you criminals at the ba1 f public opinion." '-Two hund1:d union farmers o exas sympathize wit-h the three ka hr leaders," declares D. J. NelI, th< resident of the Farmers' Educestion. 1. and Co-operative Union of Texa' n a message from Fortwortbh. "At; ise us .how to aid you," conclude ~r. Neill. "Victory of greed Is but tempor ry; yet jusitice w ill yet prevail," the way John F. McNamee.;tcditor o: the Locomotive Firemen aTid Engine' nen's Magazine, states -it in a t'ale gram from Tndianapol-is. I A. Franklin, president; Wm Gli~jtherpe, international secretary reasurer, and A. Hinzman, of th< International Brotherhood of Boiler mak-t~rs, at Kansas City, sent a mes mge decle ring that Judge Wright' sentence is "unjust." "The evidene nroves thait you obeyed Judge Gould' order." says the miesBsage, "but hu man judges re'zain and reflect the en vironment in which tihey live. Th udgment throttles free sprech arn free pross, and tramples on the prin ^lples of the American 'fxree man." Birmingl-9m. Ala.; De imber 24 The offices of the United Mine Work4 ers of Ameica. In Aiabama, sent t President Roosevelt todey the folio inging telegram.: "R&hpresenting the U~nited Mini Wk'rs of America. in Alahoma, w emphtically protest against the cor viction land rsentence to penal ser" tudle of those great leaders of tbh Amer.ca labor movement, Samnut Gompers. Jethn Mitchell and Fran .orrison. They may have violste the law. but we believe the decisio is in vinla-tion of .the Constitutionc the United States and abolishes th~ rights of free press and free speech. It is 'signed hy J. A. McKennamne president, and J. D. Clemo, secreta': treasurer. District No. 20. and W. 1 Fairly. member international exec1 ive boeard, U'nited Mine Workers < Amae-rica. DIED) FROM FALL. Falis From Third Story Window Hot Springs Hotel. Hot Springs. Ark.. December 24. Th t the death of H. M. Cox, a wei thy and retired manufacturer of Pci land, Maine. who fell head-first fro a third-story window of a local hot to his death on the concrete pay mnt of Central avenue last nigi was due to an accident was the vc diot of the coroner's jury. whichi vestigated the deatih. Cox, who w a sufferer from nervous neurasthent came to this city a month do mend the winter. Dead on Their Bout. Franklin, La., December 25. ert Alpha and Sam Toquin-o t young men of this place, we'e fou dead this afternoon on a gasoli boat in a canal one mile fr om Frat Un. It is tho'ught they -.vre ov come by tihe fumes from a enarol fire which they had kind.led ini th eain. T READY FOR THE FRAI SENATOR TILLMAN WILL BLES: to OUT TEDDY. A Washington Paper Says the Sen ator Has Plenty of Fight in Hin Yet. - Washington, Dec. 19.-That Sen - tor Tillman is expected to give fur rt ther exhibitions of his ability < wield hAd famous pitchfork is indi. sated by the following article whicl appears in oae of the Washingtor afternoon papers: "kll these stories about Senator Tillman to the effect that his recen1 ? illness took all the old-time fire ou-t n of him and left him in a condition where he will be nothing more than s a harmless spectator pf the pro v ceedings of -.he senate, which he used to enliven to no small degree by hi pitchfc-rk tactics, are onrta.in 'f ly all to- the bad. Uncle Benjamiu ;s right back on the job in the old a form that made him famous. i< demonstrated this to the queen's taste while the mattar of rebuking the president was under consider s ation. "Once more he rose from his .eat on the center aisl'e and brand -hed his big -hand over the cham ber. Once mcre that half plaintive. half threatening tone issued forth from his mouth. And once more he Ihed his quiz:ical eye on the Repub 1 '.can side of the chamber to see what Messrs. Adrich and Hale might perchance have to say to his :)nslought. He even cast a glance 'n the direction of Senator Lodge of - ' assachusets, the president's par St.icular friend, and the senator of relephojne fame, whom in the past 1h doughty South Carolinian has - always delighted to twit. This was conclusive evidence that the 'are eater' is still in his prime. "And the curious thing about it - there doesn't seem to be a sena tor, not even a Republican, who really minds it much. He delivered its parting shot in the debate on 'he pnaident's message when he hurled this dedlaration across the - isle: "'Some senators may consider hat " ey need Investigation, but 1-A knows I don't.' "Seutor Hale smiled and anybody who was watching him real cloself might have seen that he even nooded his head just a wee little bit. as much as to say, 'That's my senti ment, too, though of course, I aren't say it that way."' DOUBLE TRAGEDY. 1 Shooting Srase in Which Two Men Die. HartsviIlle Dec. 21.-A shooting .ffair among white people occurred Saturday ,vening at Ashland, abom six miles from bere, just across the line from Darlhngton, in Lee county As a result two ri'en, Charlie Moor': -ind W.. L. Smith. are dead. There was a Woodman of the -World hanvnat or supper, at which W. L. Sml~t, abcut 45 years old, nm merchant of AMhland, his son atnd a young mani named Charlie -Moore. the princlls in the tragedy, were present. I:t feeling between Moore .and thie Smiths had existed for some .hne. A dispete arose over a triva! remark mnade by the younger Smith .while at s pper and the difficulty .assumed ominous proportions aft~er Sthe bzn':et. . Moore and the Smiths had come .downstalas from the hall. It is re norted t1hat on D'aving the table the' elder Smith made a remark, using an oath, crying "We'll fix you!" . Mo're. it seenrs, was standing by . the fire when one of .the Smiths rnmade an attarc on him wIth a cat Ssup t->ttle. It is also stated that . Snmith started on Moore with a piece ~f wood. Mo -c then opened fire .n the &der Smnith, shooting him .hree or font times. One of the -Smitts i-hen ,it is claimed, fired at MoWore Ic T avL him instantly. W. .L. Sriit' a.'d at 3:30 yesterday e You'.y S'mith. n boy of about 18 e r 20 yeairs old, has been lodged in -jail at Bishoprille. The tragedy is - -t most "'-)1-rv'le one. It is said e wdisl-ey was in evidence.-The -ERIOUS FIRE IN NEW YORK. f One Man X~illed and Four Persons~ ,3 Badly Burned. l', New York, Decemnber 24-One me-1 ~ was killed and three other men and .a woman were seriously burned. >f while the lives of many others were *saved only by nrompt and heroit work by firemen and the tenants themselves in a fire that wrecked the five-story apartment house at 122 W f 1 2'th street early 'to-day. The mnax who lost his life was Daniel Frizzeil 18 years old. .- The injured are: .1- Mrs. Alice Looker, 50 years old Sburned about the face and body, con mdirtto-n serious. el Chas. Ldoker, her son, 25 year e_ ol-d, burnedibout the head and face tHarrison Looker, another son, 2; ..- years. hands and arms burned. SDavid Mullen, a firenyan, burne' a about the hands and face. Mulle. Sreceived -his burns in saving the lif to of Mrs. Looner. Burned in His Homie. Roanoke, Va., December 26.-In UJ- fire which destroyed his home a yo Broadford, Smith County, last nigh nd J. A. Gollaborne, one of the mot ne prominent men of the county. wa ik- -'remated. Gollahorne lived alone :- tis large country house It is DI >al lieved that the fire was started b eir the. explosion of a kerosene Ian' VERY SAD STORY. OUT OF WORK FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. - Penniless Amid the Rampant Joy of i Christmas Eve a Young Man Takes His Own Life. - New York, December 25.-Out of - work for months, and without a cent on his person, Edg~ar Verner, twenty five years old, of No. 1027 St. Denis street. Montr al, Canada, threaded his way last evening through the crowd of Christmas shoppers on Six th avenue. All about him everytLing seemed to breathe the haply spirit of the holidays. The lights were bright, children were romping home with presents, and the whole world seemed to be laughing. Verner wandered down Thirtieth street and halted in front of the hardware store of Rudolph Herold, at 330 Seventh avenue. :He gazed longingly at revolvers in the win dow. But he could not buy one to carry out the resolve, which for deys had been in his mind. He was un willing to write home and tell the folks he was practically a derelict. He could not send them presents. Al together, life seemed worthless to him, and he had determined to end It. Verner entered the shop and pric ed some revolvers. He chose one and asked Herold how the cartridges were inserted. Herold put a bullet into 'the weapon .to demonstrate. Ver ner said: "Three dollars, eh? Guess I'll take this." As Herold turned to place the oth er revolvers back in a case, the yo' D', man suddenly pressed the pistol near tiis throat and fired. He did not fall -et once. Herold, believing the wan had fired at him, dodged behind the counter. Hearing no other shot, he peeped over the edge and saw Verner standing, with pallid face, just where he had stood a few moments before. Herold then remembered there was only one cartridge in the revolver, and he yelled: "You get out that door! I'll have you arrested." "Just get an ambulance, old man " said Verner, quietly. "I'll get a policeman," shouted Herold, as he started from behind the counter, still not realizing what had occurred. Verner staggered to the door. slung it open, and then pitched on 1: face to the sidewalk. A crowd gathered and policem'n McNally rushed up. He summoned Dr. Blakely from Roosevelt ]5ospital. The surgeon found Verner had shit t himself in thorax, and had nim re- .1 moved to the prison ward of Telle'ue Hospital, where it is said he Dobauly will die of his wound He .refused to say where he has been living in 'his i city.. All he remarked, a addition t" explaining the cause of his iet, w -s "Th'ngs went wrong, an I I cw-nld ~ not stand It any longer. It's Chr!Ct- e mnas and I seemed to- be the only one in the who1e town who fiad 1no rea son to be hapisy. That's all.* DIED ON THE TRIP. The Faithful Lovers Long Wait Was in Vain. d New York, Dec. 25.-When the big liner . Baltic warped into her dock after one of the most temipestous loyages of her career, Charles C. '3 Clai-ke, of Eureka, Utah. learned that the woman he has waited years to wed had died while crossing the ocean to join him in -the home hie ad made for both. The girl, Priscilla Hewison, of White Haven, England, was stricken with peritonitis soon aft.er the ship sailed. So rouigh was the sea that the ship's surgeon found it imposel1 ble to perform an operation, and af ter two days' -llness death ended her suffering. Neither the young woman nor -er 'rother, accompanying her, had m'1 ey to defray the cost of burn 'I ashore'. but several first-cabin pass5engel s. among them Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. wife of .the American imbssador to great Britain, made up a liberal purse and arranged to have the body brought to New York for b 'ial. Clarke and Miss Hewison had been ~hildihood sweethearts, and they hal -->laned to be married before Chri4 ruas. Instead, he and the dead girl's will be cheif mourners when the boar !s laid away in -Kenisco cem-etary on what was to have been her wedding day.* KILLED THE OFFICER. Sent to Arrest Him for Beating His Mother. Columbus. Ohio, December 24. Harry E. Campbell police officer, 34 years old, was killed early this eve ning by Harry Hilliard, aged eig'h teen. When Mrs. Jessie Mann, the youth's sister, went to the pollice sta tion and informed the offihers that Hilliard was beating his mother. As he mounted the steps, Hilliard ap peared in tihe doorway with a shot gun and fired. The wound was just above the sheart. Campbell died in a few minutes. The slayer was ar rested. STEAMER GIVEN UP FOR LOST. Steamer Has Not Been Hiard FromI Sin a Mouth. Sydney, N. S.. December 24.-Wit6i the passing today of an even month since the Norwegian steanier Strick t elstad 'left Glasgow, Scotland, Novem ,ber 24, for this porft,, tli4 mariners t interested in the vesdel gave up pear Sly all hope of ever again seeing her. n It is generally believed that the steamer sank with dll on tioard duir y ing the terrific gales of early nlecem p her. Ordinarily the passage across FOUR SHOT DOWN in Fight in Streets of a Georgia Town.. THREE MEN KILLED The Wanton 'Firing of a Cannon Fire Cracker Brings Forth Mild Remonstrance From Police Officer Walters and the Wholesale Trag edy Follow6 as Described Below. Ocilla, Ga., Dec. 23.-Within a atone's throw of each other, their Elfe blood making crimson the shw! id streets of this quiet town, -three men were instantly killed tonight .t and an officers of the law received .t nortal wounds. The dead are: Charlie Moore, Virgi-l Moore, Leonard Smith. Fatally injuerd: Policeman Ca'n MVal1txs. Jack Sheppard and Charlie Moore net Police Officer Waliters on the ?treets shortly after nine o'clocK. rust after passing the officer, Shen jrd, it is started, fired a giant crack -. The officer mildly remonstrat d with him for the act, whereupon vioore took the side of Sheppar: . Lnd words passed between the ,trio. , Moore, rt is said, becaire violently 'ngry and attacked the officer with 3 13 pistol, shooring at short rang.. a * "rpla.rd got out of the way and h ook no hand further than related In he trag dy. The officer, mortally rounded by Moore's first u.le' ummoned his energy and ganrely , tred upon Moore as the litter ran a "a -ffiers aim was unerring, tie ,all striking Moore squarely In the d pack. He ran across tOho street fr9e' - he officer and fell lifeless. While the duel between the officer s rd Charlie Moors was in progress meonard Smith, a son of Chief of 'lice Smith, rushed to the officer's rid. At this juncture, Virgil Moore. rather of Charlie Moore, went to t: he hbip of his brAher and, it is b aid, fired upon Smith, killing hin t astantly. Smith. like the officer, re urned the fire upon his assailant, a hooting him dead in his tracks. b EATEN BY ShARKS. 'an Is Attacked and Bitten in Two a By Them. a Mexico City, Dec. 22.-Inquiry In o the recent death of Col. Harry . Earle, who was reported drowned. 1Y the coast of Quitaina Roo terri ry while waiting'with a companion t] i an open boat to be picked up by a steamer, develops that he was de oured by a shark Instead of meeting u eath by drowning, as first report- E d. * b The small boat capsize'd and Col- 12 iel Earle was swimming to the r when a shark overtook 'him, " .tng :his body squarely in two..n Earle owned a concession of C ponge fishsrles off the coast of luintano Roo and he was looking fter that business when he met his u eath. - FATAL SNAKE BITE. fan Ilies After Being Bitten by a Big Rattler. Gainesville, Fla., Dec. 22.-While tuntng 30 mIles down the Kissimee s Iver yesterday afternoon H. C 'outain, a prominent contractor, whosa home is here, rouired a his. attlesnake and in a fight killed the eptile only aster it had sunk its4 angs into his flesh. With his hunt- I ng kilife he cut away the poisoned lesh, digging out the wound, and ihen he was found by the two men vho were hunting with him wais able o hobble with their aid. He reached his place this morning. but died espite all efforts to save 'him. D)OtBLY AIFFLICTED FAMIlLY. our Members of It Die in Short Time. Lancaster, Dec. 21.-Mr. and Mrs ee Taylor both died at their home bere yesterday within four hour-: f each other, the wIfe passing awayt rst. Onsly a few weeks ago their :n. Edward Taylor, and his .ittle oy died on the mne day. Mr. and Mr's. Taylor were-vietims o pneumonia. Mr. Taylor was rout 50 ye..rs of age and his wife. bout 45. They were or'iginally. from Kersha"' county and their bodl irs were taken today to Buffalo. church, in that cunty, for burial. Eight children survive the couple. OLDEST TWINS. Muncy Brothers, of Babylon. L. I., Are a Remarkable Pair. Brooklyn, Dec. 25.--The olde-st twin brothers .in the United States will celebrate Christmas today in their homes at Babylon, L. T. They are Wililam and Samuel Muncy, and they have passed their ninetieth year. They were born in Babylon and have always lived there. The old twins are imfrirly conifer tn ble circumstances. and work arournd their farm daily. They used to be fishermen, but failing eyesight andi rheumatism lately have kept them from the nets. A few months ago a museum manager offered them a big salary to appear or. the cutiin platform. William, who i.n fond of his little joke, replied that ther would accept provided they were al lowed to make addresses on religious and temperance topics. Both are te NINE NEW ONES. SOME GREAT INVENTIONS AREl ON THE WAY. Thos. A. Edison Says They Will Soon Come and Pave the Way for Hun dreds of Others. In a recent article in the New York T1imes Thos. A. Edison says the next era will mark the most wonderful advance in science and invention that the world has ever known or -hoped for, so vast will that advance be that we can now have scarcely any con eption of its scope, but already a rest many of the inventions of tha atu're are assured. It is only of hose which I regard as practical ertainties that I shall speak here. 1. Within the next twenty or .hirty years-and it will start within he next two or three-concrete ar hitecture will take enormous trides forward; the art of moulding oncrete rwill be reduced to a science f perfection, and; what is equally mportant, of cheapness; there will ise up a large number of gifted ar hteots, and through their efforts ties and towns will spring up in his country beside which Turner's ieture of ancient Rome and Carth ge will pale into nothingness and she buildings of the Columbia ex dibtion will appear common. But r reat expense will not attend this; lit. ill be done so -that the poor man ill be able to enjoy 'houses meref Beautiful that the rich now aspire tc., nd a miar earning $1.50 a day, wit t family to support, will be bette soused than the man of today who earning $10. 2. Moving picture machines will t e so perfected that the characters s ill not only move, but will speak, i nd all the accessories and effects f the stage will be faithfully pro uced on the living picture stage. 3 'his, of course, wi1 not be done as s rell as on the regular stage, but its t tandard will approach very near to bat, and the fact that such enter- h ainments will be furnished for five f ents will draw fast numbers of the orking classes. The result will be hart the masses will have the advan .ge of the moral of good drama, i iey will find an inexpensive and i roving way of spending the evening % nd the death knell of the saloon will n e sounded. 3. iIn perhaps fifteen or tweni y eas-depending on the financial c Dndtion of the country-the lce i iotive will pass almost out of us.| C nd all our main trunk line will be f perated by electricity. 4. A new fertilizer will spring into T xistence, containing a large percent-| T ge of nitrogen. This will be drawn t com the air by electricity, and-will e used to increase the arability of n e land. Even now this is done to v large extent In Sweden. 5. All our water power will be j' tilized by electricity to an extent "e ow almost unthought of, and will e used with great advantage, both jt idustrially and for railroads. i 6. A successful aerial navigation| ill be established-Perhaps for the| ails-Tnd achieve a sound, practi-' a'1 worlking basis. * 7. Wie shall be able' to protect our- j1 elves against environment by thej' se of serums and things of that sort|' D t'hat the general state of health~ -ill be improved and ,the averag pan of life will increase by a largr ercentage. The grand fight which ' being made against tuberculosis a nd cancer will reach- a successful e ulmiination, and those diseases will e entirely mastered. 8. A new force In nature, of some oit or other, will be discovered by rhich many things not now under tod will be explained. We, unfor-i unately, have only five senses; if we< ad eight, we'd know more. .1 9. We sh'all realize the possibili les of our coal supply better and earn how to utilize them so that !.' ler cent of the efficiency will not be h-own away, as it is today. Finally, let it be said, hardly any >icce of macihinery now manufactur d is more then ten per cent. per eat. As the years go on this will ibe mproved upon tremendously; snore ntomatic machinery will be devise-1 id articles of comfort aind lInxucy '.11 be produced in enormous num ers .at such snmall cost that ani lasses wi be able to enjoy the be'ie its of them. These are some of the invenions v~hich the world is awaiting which it s sure of seni1ng realized. Just how :hey will be realized is what the in ientors are working now to deter YOUNG LADY ATTACKED. md Almost Killed in Her Home By Burglar. Richmond, VTa., December 24. \~iss Florence Jones, ti'e grand niece >f the Rev. J. William Jones, chap ain to Ro bert E. Lee duning the civil war -and now grand chaplainl of the Grand Camp United Confederate Vet erans, was attacked and almost killed in her home in this city tonight by in unknown burglar. Miss Jones was sitting with the famly when she st'arted up-stairs and had reached the top of the steps when she uttered a scream and the family 'heard her fall. A base ball bat by her side was the weapon used. The burgla'r had evidently been sur rised by her and felled her with the blow. Physicians tonight hold out ome hope of her recovery.* Steamer Wrecked. Crookaven. Irel'and. Dec. 2. The Brit'sh steamer Irada. Cantam Roberts. from Galveston, December ;th, for Lioiirpool, is a total wreck on the southwest point of Mizen Tead. Cahptain Roberte, a steward es mud- four nirn were drowned thel remainder of the crew, sixety-fivt men, saved themselves by climbint A BLACK FIEND Forces His Way Into a Young Married Lady's Room AND ASSAULTS HER The Barbarous Crime Was Commit. ted in a Home on One of the Principal Streets of. the Town of - Hartsville While the Husband Was at His Store. Hoatsviqle, Dec. 22.-The crime of ast night, heinous, black and terri Yle, in which a young married wo nan was brutally asaulted by a ne ,ro, is upprmost in the minds :,f very Hartsville citizen today. There s no clue, no evidt nee of who or shere the guilty party is. except hat the victim knows that the fiend s a negro, that he is or medium size, ht he has a beard and that he.e +rore a gray slouch hart. The scene 'of the 'horble .crime vas a home on a principal stivet; he time about 9 o'clock -Monday right. The town has no arc lights sere and there is an Incandescent ight. It was dark and the rain rae pouring: The victim is a young narri d woman of -itimable char eter. She has been married se' ral years, and has a little boy about Ive years of age, who was asleep, ad who was the only one at the ime in the house with her. The Lusband. a young business man, bad ot returned from his store. The black fiend forced his 'way hrough the f-ont door of tie homo - nd entered the bed chamber of the ady. She had retired, but had a imp burning on the bureau. 'The end went to the bed and said, "I r1 kill you if you inake a fuss," bating 'hi Tad a gun. He went to he bureau and blew out ibhe light, rent back to the bed and caught the idy arouncd the waist. pulled her roN the bed "rd carried her into lie hall. She pleaded for her l1e.. [e repeated, "If yen scream I wi 11- you." She said, "Please don't ill me; spare my life." ' He replied. -Kop your me uth shut and I won't ill you." He , ac'omTi Ished his endish purpose, then made his es ape, the rain, which continued to 111, covering up all possible traces f his 'steps. The 1- ary ilieves she would/ nec inizP the fiend w,;'e he brought toe to iac" ',th- her. Chief of Po r; T T. Kirkpatrick of Hantsvi'lei Neputy Sheriff W. H. Mosingo from ,arlingt.n and several oth':r dep:: ized men, as well as the citizens of [artsville, are doing all in their ower to apprehend, arrest and con iet the right man. Severaf ens octs have bean arrested and car led Lfore the lady, but they prov d to be innochnt. One feature In the chapter is tth .t ie negro, purposely to enron-I his 1entity in m-stery, stited to the' uliy f1,at he ria a fortune~ teller. fat he was w'ith the carnival and. hat if f'ie scro-imed er made a noise e would return later and kill her 'he Smita. Greater shows are here 'at n1o o'1e believes the negr, was in ri any -vay connected with the 1vows. Itt 'is thought tihat tihe ma r -asaquainted 'with the town.( Hardsavi'le Is distressed, her cit tens natn'aa'y are greatly enarag -4. t the outrageous crime, but they re calm and cool headed, yet difi 'et. A 'sward of $500 has bean ifered for the capture, apprehens-t nd conviction of 'the fiend. He Is described as 1-eing aboult ye fert ten inches high, of medi m size, beard on face and w->re ray slonch. Nat. Th~e lady il bear ng up as weHl as could be expect".1 n the face of this t.'r-ible expe'iece hrough which she passed. WAS LOST AT SEA. 'ole Survivor of Crew of Schooner Reaches Port. Newport -News, Va., December 24. -News of the loss off Hog Island Nednesday of the three-masted ihooner Jeanie Ikppitt and the rowning of Capt. Robinson and five nembers of the ship's crew, was >rough't to Old Point this morning by indrew Jorgensen, the sole survivor f ,the wreck, who was picked up at :e Wednesday afternoon by the \merican steamship Ravenscraig, lapt. Johnson. The Lippitit was bound up the coast rom Jacksonvilqe, Fla., flon New rork with a cargo of lumber. She -an into die recent lhea~vy northeast pale off Cape Charles Tuesday after -ion and afiter taking aboard consid erable water and sustaining much tamage to the huill, she ran on a -hoal off Hog Island and soon went o> pieces. Capr. Robinson and four men were .gashed overboard and drowned whe he shi'p struck. Jorgensen. and the other seamen of the crew also were washed overboard, but succeeded in 'ashing .themselves to a piece of fthe wreckage. The other seamen became ex'hausted from cold and died beflore the Ravenscraig could reach port. The men were picked up off Winter qlue'ter tight shij Wednesday after noon. The Ravenscriaig's machinery became disabled duringthestormi and .s returning here for repairs Whea the men were sighted. The Lippitit was owned by Corowell h Thurlow, of Boston, and was built at Boston in 1880. She was 7 tonnage. Two Foolish Men. Cleveland. Oh'io. Dec. 25.-Ad to the deaht, with knives, In a room on Christmas Eve betwee suitors for .the hand of the foi :year old Julia Price, resulted death of Powell Fromich a serious injury of Michael ich, who is under arrTest chrg of murder.