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^ "r"" <The Stlkm lieraliL ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 22. 1911 . Vo1- 1T- No- 20> HAMER SHOT BY OFFICER JULE HAMER IS BADLY WOUNDED BY CLIO OFFICER SHOT ENTERSJHE ABDOMEN It is All?'g(tl that Mr. Humor Attiwkfd Officer With Knife, Who Shot in Solf-lli,fciiM,1 Jule Hamer, a well known young man, was shot by Officer M. S. McDonald at Clio Sunday afternoon. The bullet entered the abdomen, inflicting serious and probably fatal wounds. Mr. Hamer is well known in Dillon county. Until a few years ago he was a well known ball player and has played frequently on the Dillon diamond, sometimes with the Dillon team airainst other towns ami at times with his own team against Dillon. The particulars of the tragedy are hard to learn. According 10 the brief dispatches sent out from Clio it seems that sometime ago Officer McDonald arrested Mr. Hamer for carrying concealed weapons and for other violations of tintown ordinaces. There was had blood between the officer and Mr Hamer and when they met Sunday afternoon an exchange of words followed. Mr. Hamer was advancing on the officer with an open knife, when the officer backed away, pulled his pistol and fired with the above result. Officer McDonald surrendered to the sheriff immediaely oftter the shooting. MO.X'KKYS TO PICK (X)TTO\. , Trial Was Suggested l?y Antics of^ Pet Chimpanzee. An attempt is to be made in Fulton, County, Ga., by French cotton experts to teach monkeys to pick , cotton. If the experiment succeeds a colony of monkeys will be im JIV1 Itu ?V11U l?Ul IU WUIK. The idea was suggested by the antics of a pet chimpanzie carried by a farmer boy into the fields. The little animal, after frisking around a time and watching the negroes at work, began of its own accord to pick the cotton with almost increditable rapidity. Animals trainers find it very easy to teach monkeys to perform any manual trick or labor. By utilizing monkey labor the cost of harvesting cotton would be infinitely less than with human labor. DEA1> FROM STARVATION Jauk of Food (Uuses Woman's I>eath in New York Streets New York, June 17.?For the second time within 4 8 hours, a woman collapsed to-day of starvation in the streets of New York. This . time the victim died. She said she was Rosa Dasso, aged 51, homeless and friendless. . She had slept in doorways and parks for a year, she said, and with her last breath she told a policeman who knelt over her that food had not passed her lips for so long that she had forgotten the date, and had all but forgotten the taste. Advertises Itahy For Sale. New York?Personal?My husband, having met a great loss in busliness, also, an indebtedness of $1,000, being now sick at a hospital, the doctors tell me to send him to Engalnd and 1 have decided to sell my child, which is 9 months od andl pretty. For information : apply to Frank W. Wilson, No. 153! ? West Twenty-eighth street, New York." The advertisement was taken to the Herald to-day. Frank \V. Wilson said: "Juia SatiTols is my sister. Her husband saved up $2,000 and invested it in a restaurant and lost his money. Then he borrowed $1,000 more and opened another restau, rant. This place failed too, and Satilos was broke. "How much does she want for' the child?" was asked. 4 "I don't know. But I know it's ii iniftiiiy nice uuuy?prenv ana healthy?cheap at $1,000." Some Enterprise. From Wilmington Star. We know a mercantile firm which bought a newspaper outfit and published a paper in a town of 150 inhabitants so as to build it up. I The deficit of the first year wjis $1,000 and the merchants paid it: up and kept the paper going. They I cut the deficit to $500 and kept < right on running the paper till it wiped out its own deficit. It is now a fine piece of newspaper propyl erty in a live town of more than 10,000 population. It is the same town that started with 150 population not so many years ago. What can a man do for his town? DROWNED AT GEORGETOWN r*"* i Son of Rra/.ilinn Missionary Loses Life in Sampit River. Georgetown, June 16. ? Willie a,* Tarbox, a lad of about 16 years, was drowned here this afternoon about 6 q'clock, in the Sampit river, while J* in bathing with several playmates He was the son of J. P. Tarbox, a jsw missionary to Brazil, who is a brother of F. G. Tarbox of this city, a* ?ftid was here on a visit. The lad's father had left on the train about two hours before the fit drowning of his son took place and j was recalled by telegram. | Raleigh mill (iiaili'Mou Sold. Kuiuors of the sale of the Ital* igh and Charleston Railroad to the Seaboard has been floating around for sometime. For sufficient reason we ha\e said nothing about it but it seems useless to keep the matter quiet longer since it seems to have become public proper. Front what we can hear the Coast Line and Seaboard were both bidding for tlie road. At one time possibly the Coast Line bid 4<> per c?- nt of book value of stock but the Seaboard appears to hate won out. After a visit to Baltimore of those interested the men at the shop were taken off their jobs, except one mechanic and carpenter. It is understood that the work will be done at Hamlet in the future. Officers were engaged in stock taking hist week. Some time ago it was said at Andrews that the Seaboard had be ught the Atlantic Coast Lumber ( Vs. road and would extend it to Charleston. Xobodv can tell what a railroad is going to do, but it looks as though the road will he extended from here Ihntllirh ? .'.uiuns .\cck community with the old Atlantic Coast Lumber road and go on to Charleston, making, wo understand, the shortest route between Washington. I). C., and Charleston, S. C., by about 60 miles. Possibly the Mulling road will be built to Conway as was rumored when the bill was in the Legislature to allow Muilins to vote bonds. There is a large territory without railroad facilities between Conway and Sumter by way of Lake City which would have a road. A Parable on Itoys. The following trite article was written by Editor Mi nest Camp in the Walton Tribune: "Verily is the day and generation, the father raiseth up his son on the streets and sidewalks. He layeth around the soda founts and imbibeth slop and hookworms. He groweth in knowledge of nothing except cigarettes and cuss words. "When he attaineth the age of 16 he acquiretli a suit of clothes turned up at the bottom two furlongs above his feet. He displayeth a pair of noisy sox, witli purple background and violets to the iront. He weareth low cut shoes and a green tie. He looketli like a banana merchant on the streets of Cairo. y "The inside of his head resum(Ides the inside of a pumpkin. > "He falleth in love with a spindle ankled girl with pink ribbons in her hair, and he craveth for an automobile that he may ride her forth in the springtime. He thinketli work is sinful. He scattereth his mother's pin money like a cyclone scattereth a rail fence. He sitteth up at night to write poetry, and givetli no thought to the multiplication table. His mind turneth to I the vanities of life, and not to the high cost of corn bread. "Verily, verily! he needeth a board applied vigorously vto the southwest corner of the anatomy. "He thinketh his father a plodder and liis mother a back number. He pictureth to himself great riches suddenly acquired. He dreameth of steam yachts and private cars. "Yes, he thinketh himself the real stuff. He butteth where he is not wanted; he criticiseth his elders; he purchaseth cheap perfume and smelleth louder than billy goat. "When he groweth up he getteth a jod as clerk in a store at $1.00 a day and swipeth extra from his boss until lie is caught." PRISONERS SHOOT DOWN OFFICERS. Deputy Sheriff and Conductor Wounded by Bandits, Who Then Make Their Escape. Salt Lake City, Utah, June 17.? Samuel Milton, of IHiBoise, Idaho, a deputy sheriff, and William Kidd, of Pocatatllo, a train conductor, were shot and seriously wounded by two men on the Oregon Line Passenger train near Beaver Canon, Idaho, to-day. Milton boarded the train at I)uBoise and arrested two men suspected of having robbed a saloon at Monida, on the Montana-Idaho line, In the swoking car he searched the | men, taking two pistols from one. 11.. ??i ? ??*r me weapon on a seat and started to handcuff his prison- j ers when the other grabbed a pistol and shot him three times. Kidd j seized the man, who fired the bul- | let through the abdomen of the j conductor. The prisoners held the | passengers at bay and pulled the i cord, signalling the engineer to stop. When the train stopped the> two men jumped off and escaped. Poises are searchign for them. The wounded men were taken to Poca-; telle for treatment. Neither is ex-' pected to live. m m Molt Hangs Negro. Meridan, Miss., June 17.?William Bradford, a negro accused of an attempt to kill J. F and J. A.) May, farmers, was hanged by a mob.i near the town of Chunky last night, according to advices which reached here to-night. Bradford was| enroute to jail in the custody of several officers when the lynching par-1 ty made its appearance and, after1 overpowering the officers, put the' negro to death. The world is certainly growing better. Nobody has killed this year's peach crop yet. MANY HEAR W. J. BRYAN ~ GREAT NE3RASKAN SPOKE TO PEOPLE , OF DILLON ON 19TH MUCH PLEASED WITH DILLON j limit Spoke to a Lai'no aii<I AppiiTialivi' Audience Moil- :i <lny. t Si\ hundred |ieople heard I lor. '' William Jennings Bryan deliver his notable address, the "Sikhs ol' the M Times, at the Palmetto Tobacco Warehouse Monday evening. Mr. Bryan arrived in Dillon from ' Columbia on the 10:21 train and proceeded immediately to the warehouse where the large audience had '' already gathered. The occasion was opened with prayer by l)r. A. ti. Buekner and the j! distinguished speaker was introdue- , ed by Mayor N. B. Hargrove in a .! lew well chosen words. j1 When Mr. Bryan arose to address the large audience he was greeted ' with prolonged applause. This was iiis first visit to Dillon, in fact his ' first public appearance in the I'ee I Dee section, and the esteem in .\ which he is held by the people here- } abouts manifested itself in the en- v tliusiastic manner iti which he was v received. i Mr. Bryan spoke for an hour and i forty minutes, but during that long j period the large audience listened'I I with unflagging attention, charmed (] and delighted with the force and s (eloquence of his words. U At the conclusion of his talk a 1 special train was waiting to carry *| Mr. Bryan to Hartsville where he y was to deliver an address ::t I s o'clock that afternoon. He wsi.-> ac- f eonipanied to Hartsville liy a coin- v mittee of citizens who were enter- i tained while in Hartsville by the lo- i cal Chamber of Commerce. i G1YKS IILOOI) TO SAVK WIFK. ) ' \ Nation's Youngest Senator Makes ; Heroic Sacrifice Successfully. < Washington. June lit.?Senator t Duke Dca, of Tennessee, to save the 1 life of his stricken wife, heroically' t sacrificed a quart of his blood at 1 Georgetown Hospital yesterday and i lo-nignt. Hie recovery of Mrs. Lea ; i is assured, to the anxious youngest Senator of the nation. Mrs. Idea's strength, because of lack of blood, was gone and her ? vitality wsis fast ebbing away, after an operation on Sunday. Senator Lea, learning of her condition,, demanded that a transfusion opera- ( tion be performed and prepared at ' jonce to submit to the ordeal. At | * | the ending, physicians and surgeons ' j made arrangements immediately and |( the operation which followed was ' j declared to have been successful. ( j Senator Lea withstood the opera- 1 ;tion well, though it left him very < weak, and for hours he could not j' stand alone, but the operation had ' a great reviving effect upon his < wife. It was said that without the great sacrifice of Senator Lea, Mrs. I Lea, eouid have lived but a few hours. To-night Mrs. Lea is pro-! nounced altogether out of danger. Senator Lea is confined to his ^ bed at the hospital, his vitality being reduced by the operation. It is) expected, however, that he will be ! able to leave his room in a few ; | days. When heroic efforts in Mrs. Lea's.' behalf became imperative, and the 11 transfusion operation was determ- 1 ined upon, Senator Lea, athletic in stature, would not consent to any- ' thing but that a sacrifice of his own ' blood to renew her vanishing \r strength be made. 1' But because a prime factor in i iiransiusion operations is that the bloods be fusible tests were hasti- ' ly ordered. Before the analysis j! j was complete, the surgons. I)rs. H.I ID. Pry and Geo. Trully Vaughan,!' I fearing that death might be swifter than they, became alarmed at Mrs Lea's condition, and decided to try the operation any way. Just as the Senator's arm had been bared ' and the tube inserted in an artery. 'word came that the bloods of the j t | husband and wife were fusible. It i The other end of the tube, which f j had been connected with an incision | j in Mrs. Lea's arm, and the blood > began to flow from his veins to a | those of his wife. The patient re- a sponded to the treatment from the|l 'first. Gradually the color returned | k to the lips and cheeks of the frail s sufferer. But as Mrs. lx;a's color I was restored, the flush faded from me cneeks of her husband. When the transfusion had continued for an hour and a half, he importuned the surgeons not to arrest the op- ^ chance for Mrs. I^ea. But the sur- s eration while there possibly was a t geons, realizing the weakening ef- j, fects of such a drain on the Sena-j Ji flow. After the operation. Senator j tor's system, eventually stopped the fell to the floor in a faint. He was f immediately placed in bed and to- H night is making splendid recovery of | his strengtth. t I'u Was Kif,lit. ,c P "Pa ?ays you l*eep almost every-1 o thing here," said the small son of a village editor. "I guess your pa's about right," i replied the owner of the general | store. I' ' And pa says," continued the little chap, "the reason you keep so i many things is because you don't advertise.' ?Shicago News. , v Misses Qussie Raffield, and -Mol-: c lie Canady, of Sumter, are the i a guests of the former's sister, Mrs. 1 D. M. Michaux. | r i <nm> u w.im. to rur.i.. ni iilhalhi <'ai'iKMiicr* Strou$?c I'l-.ttli IV Mysiil irs I'olice. II i*. Money Not Touched. |.{ w V. American. ' Tlte hotly of a mall with a bullet 1 t-iiCMi the right ? .ir .vis loum! ai gihg tt- a limb of a * r ?? o tlte i '.s : Valhalla, foiti .m I < n ii !i p l White Plains recently by labor l|| rs. Serjeant John Doyle, of the Uinediict police, cut the hotly down. A ml then it was discovert tl that lore was a wound behind the ear tul bruises it bout the fact . \ rc olver was found twenty feet from ^ lie body a lid the hushes near by ^ tore trampled down. The fact that j(> he man's money was not mission this t<? she mystery. The body was identified as that 1(. f John Anderson, a carpenter eiu- ' ' doyt d in building the new britlfr " ver .Mudgutter llrook, near old ,) Cinsico village, which was recently fiped out hy the city tt? make rtiom "|or the new reservoir. He left bis ' loardiiig house early vt sterday* norning, but did not no to work. ' ! I V O il 1 1...1 t lo ......I. . 1 it lie iv Iiis body Wiis diseovi ivd Lccidfiiial Heath iii Itciuict ?>>?villo in \v larlhoro Times tli ilr. Joseph Ziegler, ?ii* St Matthews. r;,s almost instant 1\ killed while at >! fork mi tin" Mur< hison school build tli us in Iteuuettsville Monday after- at toon aliout half past three o'clock, at dr. Ziegler was ;it work adjusting a l.v urge steel girder over a row of win- I" low frames. The frames did not eem to he high enough and sonic tn vedges were being piaceil under the in otlom of the frames to raise them. K The frames were raised too high b tnd tin? girder was raised off its 01 uipport at each and and the frames lj ell to the floor with a crash. There t' vas no chance for him to escape tin- IJ ess lie had had the presence of ? nind sufficient to have held his P >ody in a position to have encircled i% y a window frain . As was natural tl ie attempted to escape entirely and vas caught under the heavy girder y ind his head and shoulders were J' rushed. He lived only about fifeen minutes after the accident. His villains were removed to the under- c aking establishment and prepared or shipment to his home. He was tbout sixty-five years old and leaves > i family. OI TL.WVS ITT TO DKATil. j. P hand No Chance After lieing Cap- ,, tured by Mexicans Twenty-eight followers of "Mag- s mn's Mexican liberals" who were J pposed to Madero. were summarily ' executed recently in the Altar disrict, near Campania and Altar, ac- K ording to refugees. The tlistricts r lave been cleared of the followers if Magoon, who were classed by '' he provisional government as banlito MM.- On -* mo. i uf I'Aecuica were caI'll rod after a skirmish, in which e here were a number of casualties,1! >n both sides. It is said that the " Madero troops have been ordered to " mi to death all captured outlaws. J! SHORT *50.000; KNDS LIFK. '' , n 'usliied Shot Himself at Moment His I>cfalcati?m Was Found. Rocky Mount, N. C.t June 14. p; \n examiner went to the bank at ti Turboro near here, to look into its iffairs this morning. At noon, just | is he reached the books and casli ri if Luther V. Hart, the cashier, t< dart went home to luncheon. He is tissed his wife and went upstairs w iiul put a bullet through his head, tl About the same moment the ex- rt iniiner found that Hart was more pi ban $50,000 short. The assistant g] jimiht, r,. u. nussey. was arrested di >n the charge of being implicated. ! 01 lart belonged to an old. prominent amily. The bank is closed and inayjpi lot reopen. rc Plot to Kill Madera. w Mexico City.?Flowers, flags and niles of bunting have given the ni apital a festive appearance, but on w he records of the police department here is a grim reminder that ->e riends of Francisco I Madero were lot needlessly apprehensive regardng his visit. Antonio Villacencia, 'n i former chief of detectives, was '> irrested 011 information that ap ears to connect him with a plot to ?( till Madero, whose discovery reulted in the imprisonment of \V. I,. n< )unn, an American, at Monterey. - ec t r No Longer Have Small Feet. lkiston, Mass.?Women's feet are [rowing larger. A Massachusetts hoe manufacturer is authority for y he assertion. He says a few years igo the average feminine American >uyer or footgear asked for a nuni?er 4. Nowadays most women take 1 No. 5 or a No. 6. and in some * ases. ii is whispered, even larger izes. The width is greater, too. "lie man of lasts and pegs thinks u he increasing activitit.v of women j, n the last few years and their tall- lo r stature, vouched for hy invest!;ators, responsible for the passing jj, >f small feet. 2.011 O THE MAI HKTN'Al.t. Tf _______ te ilner y t'an ies IUtoiiI Passenger Idst <?ii liiist \ oyage Itefore <\>r- l(' ouation. ar The Mauretania, the last ship that or vill land passengers in time for the 011 oronation, sailed for Kngland re- da ently with 509 first. 4 65 second ind 1,04 2 steerage passengers, the of argent number she has ever car- \ th led. Ifo tAKE GOOD ADDRESSES ESSRS. WATSON AND WILLIAMS ADDRESS FARMERS UNION DOQTALKSTOTHE FARMERS ('nmil Hcanl Ewolli'U' Tulk^ at Tin* Court Hoii<?e l.aM >'!t t?t cla>. There '.verc two t'xcclli'lii ade.sses made at tin* eonrt house iturdaj morning. (tin- was itt:t* Hon E, .1 Watson, t'oininis-ion??!' Anricultitre and tin- nilur r Hon. I fa W. Williams, state ifi n ,iinc <>f the farmers' eoniati\i ?! nicnst ration work TI.e address* - wen- made before Farmers' I'it ion and there was large crowd of representative rnn-rs from all ovrr the county esciit. Mr Williams* talk was onn tin* liins of agriculture and hat In- had to say was heard iiii unflagging attention. Ho ofred many valuable suggestions ; to improved methods of tarmg, and everj one who heard hint as benefitted by ha\inn attended te meet inn While Mr Watson devoted some his time to agriculturtil matters, te lame part of his address was i urgent appeal for organization umng the farmers and particular did in- urge upon them the iniartance of estatilisiiing a county lir. Mr Watson said lie did not can a collection of side shows and lountebanks, but a real, live, pro ressive fiiir assoriation that would rina tli?' farmers together a* least nee a year ami stimulate a friendrivalry in the rnisina of aat'hullral products. He told how coun? fairs were hein>i organized in llier counties and advised the peole of Dillon county to aet toaetlir and organize an association of Itcir own. The visit of Messrs. Watson and i'illianis to Dillon was greatly enjyed, and their excellent talks were ighly appreciated. ;t i:srs or soon <"i;o\v\i:i> uint;. iotal?|c Assemblage Attemls i'oronatioii Kvents. Dondoii, June 2<?.?Tlic most real hauilllet lilarwi Iv in* ?>v l-'n - crop ever witnessed aiul a g'?rp? us Shakespearean ball, under the uspiccs c?f noted society leaders, land forth as shining features of he second day of coronation week, 'lie banquet in Huckiughani Palace -night was a scene of imperial raudeiir, so far as the assembly of oval and eminent personages, the idling of costly magnifict unci's and eautiful decorations could routine to make it. The King and Queen ntertaind the visiting and Knglisli royalii's, all the special foreigh delegaions, the foreign ambassadors and tinisters, the officers of State and tie household, the members of the abinet and former Cabinet mentors, the heads of the Church and tdiciary and of the army and avy The Itanquettiug Hall. The two largest apartments in the alace, the ball room and the picire gallery which adjoin, were utilled as a banqueting hall. On the tables were displayed the iyal gold plate, used only on his>ric occasions, the cost of which estimated at $15,000,000 and the eifciu eigax ioils. i ins plate lor le most part was collected in the igns of the four Georges, aiul the rincipal pieces are massive. Cut lass worth a fortune, and old wines siting hack more htan century were 1 the board. The gallery holds more than 800 ictures. The decorations of both Kims are largely guilt, and this ickground was embellished with inks of palms and giant lillies. hile orchids, roses and ferns ere stacked on the tables. Yeoen of the guard ranged about the alls and all the diners wore their t chest uniforms, decorations a nd wels. Shakespearean Hall. The Shakespearean ball was held Albert Hall, which was elaboratedecorated. The dancers number1 thousands, while 400 boxes were copied by the representatives of ireign nations, and many promi nt Hritish officials. As many as ) quadrills were danced simultannisly. Leading actors and ac-1 esses took part in the quadrilles ong with the leading of the smart t. The I >uke and Duchess of >nnaught, Prince Ixniis and Prinss Victoria, of 11attenberg Prince lexander. of Tefk; Prince Henry, Prussia and tne Princess, the ?I" II151 11 Cnivvn Prtiw./\ LV...lr.-L 1 Him , r rcuf ni'H illiam, tho Turkish, Russian, Ausiaii, Japanese, Greek, Danish and ineriean representatives were esc lit. This morning "lf> King received t foreign representatives formalThe King and Queen then atnded a coronation rehersal in the pbey. iiKiinoinl I'ri'Npntn Taft's Message. , John Hays Hammond presented to j s Majesty a letter from President ift, wishing a long life and ign. 1 The other important events of |' e day included luncheons to the I >niinion premier and the mayor ] id the Duke and Duchess of Devishire, and a review of the col- ' lial troops by War Secretary Hal-; 1 ne. One of the most interest features l the coronation is a compact by < e Established and Free churches i r joint services in many cities ? r.o?>\ itATii!:its. I'rt^i'iin' tit < ji( Vt.intic ? U) Tcnil'ics I'?-i*?oiis hi Surf. At a tit it- t'it; . .1 utic 1\V. A. i oomt-y. (.i I'liilutU lphia. was tlrowiiit! w lit it ! .idling in tItt* surf Ik iv rcn ti'ly His IkkIv was tlis uvci'cd tiff Moriiijiaii iivcniw sitid t n il it i! of l,>at li'-rs, wiiost* si i.Mius attracted the lifeguaids. A beac-h physician employed a gulvuni Imiicry '.a .1 \air: ?-ffort at resus itat ion fait tha* tin* body was found llrating tare downward, and the tad that it did not sink suggested to a physician tint the man might liiivi Iteei; stiiek- ti wit i: heart disease liie i:.ni: had liired a bathrooin ii-'toie ti e noon hour and enten i' the w; t? s about tliroe city I' K.s ahove the point where the body was found. The effects of the man it i is clothing supplied his name. .Maple I lot s. She-ii: I .a lie and Ilcputy Met Ilea, of I lillon, we: i down In re Friday. Mrs. F M I.a tie is visiting her parents at (.umherton Mr and airs J l\. Jackson visited relatives near Mt Andrew Sunday . Miss I'eadie i'ave, o. Hope Mills, X i . is \isiting in tliis sect ton Crops are looking nice hut it is expected thsit cotton ha. come ujt nin e i ne rjim will mil niaKi more than ;i half crop . LI. \Y Jackson. nt' Dillon, w;is down here Thursday. There will he pray# r meeting at IMeasant Grove church every Wednesday at s o'clock p .111 F M ha lie went to Fork Friday Forney itowcii, of Whiteville, N. visited relatives and friends in tliis section last week. Miss Alma Ashley visited at the home of Mr and Mrs. F. M. Dane last week. John Goodwin, of Fork, was up here Sunday. "liss Owens, of near Mullins, visited her sister, Mrs. .Ino. Taylor, last week Simon. I.igbtniiig Kills Five Mules and Two Horses at Mavton, \. A very severe electrical storm passed over the section around Maxton. N. one day last week and lightning struck the liarn of Daniel I-eacli, a prosperous colored farmer living near Maxton, killing five mules and one horse belonging to him and some of his neighbors. An Indian, who was drivine fvi. of 'lie .mules t<i a wagon, had a short time previous driven up to the barn and he. too. received unit.. sli >ok, iiiid for some minutes wax unconscious, but lutf r rallied. On the southern otlxe of the town a horse and buggi- belonging t<> Milton MeRae, a colored merchant was struck and the horse killed. To yuit Flying. Quincy, 111., June 1".?Walter ISrookins announced to-day after finishing a two days' exhibition here that he had quit the flying business for good. He will devote his time in the future to his orange growing and gold mining interests which he acquired in the West. FIOHTS SNAKE FOR 1.1 I K Keeper Breaks Itoa Constrictor's Neck (e Save Himself. Dallas, Texas, June 10.?E. W Copley saved himself from death in the folds of a boa constrictor in his yard at No. 3121 East Tenth street bv breaking the snake's neck. The snake was sixteen feet long, weighed -T?0 pounds and was recently imported direct from India. Copley had the snak? on exhibition in a museum and took him over to Oak Cliff, a suburb, to give him an airing, and to feed him. He tossed tfie reptile five little chickens, and the snake swallowed them whole. The next course was five eggs. After the food had had time to reach the snake's stomach, Copley thought it must he quiet and drowSV. SO ll#' iltwt on -1 . . ii ii uciaimaill riill H'U to tarry the* snake away on a blanket. The assistant stumbled and dropped his end of the blanket The snake roused up, wrapped himself around Copley's legs and was preparing to throw his coils around the man's body when Copley seized the reptile's head above the laws, snapped it suddenly backward and broke the neck. In a moment more the boa constrictor would have crushed Copley to death. Shoots Father's Slayer. Marietta, Okla., June 17.?Cltas. Uiddell twenty years old, shot and killed George Hancock, fifty-years old, here. Nine years ago the Iroy's father. Charles hidden. Sr., was vbot and killed by Hancock. Young hiddell and Hancock met. 011 Mi street to-day, and the boy opened fire on his father's slayer with a rifle. Four shots were fired and three took i-ffort biddell surrendered to the officers, but refused to discuss the shooting. One of the deplorable features of llie British eoronation is that it will on use a flock of alleged poems to be perpetrated on the innocent public. This is the first time that the bodies have united in such a service. Much attention is being paid to the officers and men of the American battleship Delaware, which is now anchored with the other foreign warships at Spinhead.