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FORT MILL TIMES.
VOL. XI. FORT MILL, S.C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1), 1902. NO. :S. " \|
ATLANTIC CI TV FIRE SWEPT
A Dozen Hotels and Over a Score ol
Small Buildings Burned.
LOSS ESTIMATED AT $750,000
/
Aid Sent From Flillnd?dphia and Camden
In Time to I'rcvcnt a Moro Sertoli* j
Rnroml of IJ.o
nvtc i i .1 nil' >1 rilfi UVOS. Mill! 1110 fill U1CS,
fanned by a strong southwest "wind,
swept along the beaeli front "with
amazing vapidity.
The local Fire Department worked
well and willingly, hut was unable to
cope with the flames, and it was found
necessary to send to Philadelphia and
Camden for aid. The former city sent
three engines, and two eame from
Camden. They were of vast assistance
to the local flremcn, hut it was
not until an hour after their arrival
that the fire could he said to he thoroughly
under control.
During the fire the wildest excitement
prevailed among the guests of
the hotels which later became the
prey of the flames. With the exception
of the Tarlton and the liryn Mawr
all the hotels were open for the season.
and most of them were fairly well
filled. In most eases the guests had
sufficient time to pack their trunks
and grips. Those who did not do this
carried their personal effects to places
Of safety in the best manner possible
under tiie circumstances.
The beaeli appeared to he the most
suitable depositor}*, anil many nondescript
heaps of clothing, bedding ami
furniture wore to be ?t "ii 01 the sand.
This rendered extra vigiian o necessary
<m the part of the police. The
members of the volunteer tire department
acted as special policemen, and
Company D, National fluard of New
Jersey, was called into requisition to
preserve order. The Morris (Juard?. a
local organization, were also sworn in
as special policemen.
All of the guests of burned hotels
who were forced to seek other quarters
have 1 ecu -.ircd for. Those who were
staying Jit the l.uray were sent to the
New Ilotel Marlborough, which is nil- i
d-r the s.nue management. Others
register. <1 a! various hotels aiul boarding
iiou?cs.
Mayor Ntoy was no. In Ilie city when
tiio tiro broke on', having gone to
Trenton with a dole ration from hero
to urge Inventor M.irpliv to sign lit * I
now Atlantic City charter. !!c re1
it ,J to tiiis city immediately after
the chnvtor was signed. and issued 1
a statement deploring tin* calamity.
In:; expressing satisfaction that it was
no worse.
Atlantic City's previous hi*: tire was
in August. ISh't. when the City Hail
block was destroyed including the
Opera House, a small hotel and a
dozen shons. Knehnlc's Hotel was
c.nsidera bly damage. Several other
fh'cs have occurred acre, and on each
occasion the total destruction of ti e !
town was looked for. hut not until the !
latest conflagration did this possibility J
seem assured of realization.
Confusion?Mar.y l.ontfvn Arrested?No
Ono Killed?Few Injured. * Atlantic
City. N. J.?Twelve hotels
and more than a score of small buildings
adjoining the hoard walk which
Is built along the ocean edge, were destroyed
by a lire which swept the
beach front for two long blocks from
Illinois avenue to New York avenue.
The local board of Insurance underwriters,
after a meeting, announced
that the total loss would not exceed
$7~i0,000, and the loss to the insurance
companies would be about $17.",000.
The loss to the municipality in
damage to the board walk. etc.. is estimated
bv the underwriters as between
S7.r?t)0 and $10,000.
Charles Fraling, proprietor of the
Academy of Music and a drug store
in tlie building, said lie was the heaviest
Individual loser by the lire, lie
placed his loss at upward of SVJo.ooo.
and said he carried only $lo.noo insurance.
lie was cot prepared to say
whether lie would rebuild. Most of
the lire victims expressed a desire *.o
rebuild as quickly as possible.
In Vcspeot to the money loss the lire
is the worst iliat has ever visited Atlantic
City. Fortunately, no lives were
sacrificed, though probably a dozen
persons were slightly injured and
burned. I? was reported early in the
afternoon that six men had perished
In the tlaines. but the rumor was without
foundation.
The origin of the lire is unknown,
lint it is thought that it started In
cither Brady's baths or the Hotel
Tni-llm. ...i.:.a. . .i . ..
.... Him ii iiiijiiiii.i itic pains ;u
Illinois avenue and the bonnl -walk.
The oily was placed under the guard
of a company of militia, which was
asked for by the municipal authorities
to help the police In preventing
robberies. About a dozen men were
arrested for robbery.
The hotels destroyed and their estimated
losses are: The T.uray and annex.
the latter formerly known as the
Norwood, owned by .1. S. White & Son.
$12r?.000; the New Holland, Mrs. M. .1.
Bee. .$30,000; Stratford. Arnold W. '
Waidnor, S-IO.OOO: Berkeley, Rrw
Brothers. $r?0.000; llrvii Mawr, .T. and
K. Ketfer, Slickney, Mrs. I,.
V. Stickney. S'Jo.ooO; Kvavd. James T.
(lorman. Stio.ooo; Itio (Jraudc. J. 1'.
Kilpatrick, $.'50,000: Mervine, K. l'els,
$20,000; Academy Hotel and Academy
of Music, Charles Krnlinarer, S'jo.oou;
Windsor. Jason Wat is (partly destroyed),
JMo.ooo; Tarlton, (I. Jason
Waters. Slio.noo.
The tire was discovered shortly after
0 o'clock a. in., end for nearly live
hours the flames raged with such violence
as to threaten the city with destruction.
All the burned buildings
JUINOR EVEKTSOFTHEWEEE!
warhinfiton itkms.
United States Marshal Thompson, of
Oklnlionin, resigned, to the surprise of
the Treasury Department.
Preparations for beginning the inquiry
into the allegations of bribery ia
conneetion with the sale of the Danish
West Indies were completed.
President Roosevelt has refused Senator
Hanua's request to pardon ltath- j
bone.
President Roosevelt reappointed Civil j
rUi.riimnf \r T vlwiloatt it ? v
another term of four years as Chief of
the Naval Bureau of Yards and Docks.
The State Department denounced
the charges cf bribery made by Captain
Christmas as "senseless fabrications."
An appropriation of sis.oon. to bo |
spent at the President's will in refurnishing
the White House, was included j
in the Sundry Civil bill.
Germany requested the United States
to join in an international movement
against a wireless telegraph monopoly.
OUIt ADOPTED ISLANDS.
Aguinaldo, in answer to a subpoena,
app- j?ved in court in Manila in the libel
suir of two civil commissioners against
a newspaper, 'nit his testimony was
not taken
General Chaffee was about to make
a tour of inspection in the Island of
Snniar. !'. !.
Noriel. tin* only insurgent con oral in
1 tie llold exeept Malvar, was captured
in ihe Philippines.
Preliminary step? were ! ing taken
to establish Initial Stales natal a.:<l
coaling stations in Cuba.
now t:sric.
While in a tit Mrs. Mary TTtvely. of
Warsaw, ln.l.. fell into tt pan of boiling
sugar, anil v. a . seal:led to death.
lo.-'epli 1'otter. l,l..I>? a member of
the Sedoud Division ov the Court of
Api'i tils. died in Whitehall. X. V.
The <>hio I.egi-la;itre will allow a
$"<),< too McKluley memorial to be built
at t'ne entrance to the Capitol grounds
at Colutabus.
liegiuabl t". Vandorbilt. at New York
City, insisted on paying taxes on $-."0,(??!(>
personal property, although be was
assessed at only Sit.nun.
Five hours' liberty was all that C. C.
r-n.i.m.oi .. I.-.,.i.i -
, ,, ...(..h it, ?i < \:\*v i ill pi iruill'l ill -VI*
lnnta. Ga., secured as a result of breaking
jail.
Attorney-General Hamlin decided
that investment companies cannot do
business in Illinois under the Foreign
Corporation act.
Fire In the chair shop of the prison
n < Auburn. N. V.. caused a nanic among i
condemned murderers, but none was
liurt. I
Traffic on 1 lie railroads in the South,
which was suspended because of the
recent floods, was resumed.
The German Kinperor's yacht. Meteor,
after a slight mishap, made her j
trial trip in a squall and showed great
speed and stability.
Miss Jane Toppan. who is accused of
poisoning the Davis family at Cataulnet.
Mass., was pronounced insane.
An attempt, which will probably
prove ineffectual, was made to bar- I
lnoni/.e the Republican factions in Delaware
over the struggle for seats in j
the Fluted States Senate.
Albert T. Patrick, convicted of the
murder of William M. Itice, at New
York City, announced that he was engaged
to marry I Irs. Francis, his landlady.
A Rock Island train coming into 1
Fast Pueblo, Col., killed two women
and the infant sou of one of them.
Thirty days' truce was agreed on by
the anthracite, miners and operators
during which time the Conciliation
Committee will try to avert the threatened
strike.
rtmr women prisoners broke jail at
Fort Scott, Kan., and were recaptured.
It developed that Vice-President Andrews,
of tlie City pavings ltank, in
Deifolt, Mich., operated in millions of
dnilurk' worth of stocks and bonds.
Shot to death, Magnus Johnson, a (
bachelor. was l'ouud in his home at
Alexandria, Minn."
KOKKKIN.
Tf is expected that tlie treaty of
friendship between the (.United Slates
and Spain wiil he signed on the return
Of .Minister Storcr to Madrid.
Williara Stcpb,% ? Temple (lore I. a netton.
fourth I'.arl Temple, tiled at Cairo,
Egypt. lie was liorn in 1S-17.
The foreign trade of Germany for
1PP1 showctl a decrease in the total exp.u'.s
and imports, but a marked inerease
in the imports from tlie United
States.
A Uussian subsidized steamer landed
do.1'.> > rillcs tit a seaport of Persia on ,
the Persian Gulf.
A large number of Haitian refugees
reached Jamaica, and reporte^ the eon
MX I 'll l?t . Illlil.' Ill I l.llll il> Pfl lUUJi.
The revenue for tin- 1T11 Ito?l Kingdom
f'.r tin* quarter ending Mi\.'Ch 31
showed an inerease of .S'-3,091,5G5, dm?
in rely to tin' tuldi'.iontil two pence
placed < :i tin- income tax.
Dr. Krust Lieher, lender of the Centre
in tiio Ceriuan llolchstatr, fa. dead.
Ho was sixty-three years old.
Advices from London made It dnpcnr
that there was no immediate prispect |
of peace in South Africa.
Charles M. Dickinson, United S?ntrs
Coiisul-tJeneral at Sofia. has become
j. r.-ioua noil ?ratn to Bulgaria, and lost
his post by his activity in the ^nse
of .Miss Stone. T
The general opinion in Iv, inland ^aa \
that there was no elm nee for a K>i3- J
tkui evacuation of Manchuria.
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CECIL RHODES'SGREAT GIFT I
Many Scholarships Established at Ox- |
lord For Americans.
RACE UNITY AND PEACE HIS AIM
In ii Most liomarkable Will Ho Frovlcio#
?j? r nr r i ?'i? i' '*r
Every St;\tr> ntnl Territory, a* Well its
For the Itrltish Cnlnnii'K nml Gerumny
? IlirectloiiH For Ills I'iivImI.
London.?The will of Cecil J. Rhodes
provides for the estnhlislnm nt of colonial
scholarships; for two scholarships
to each of the present States ami Territories
of the United States, and for
live scholarships for students of tierman
birth. These scholarships arc of
the value of JtloOO a year, tenable for
three years at Oxford University. The
German students are to be nominate I
by Emperor William.
Commenting on his boniest. Mr. i
Rhodes, in a codicil telegraphed fro.a
Souih Africa, said:
"For a good understanding between I
England, Germany and the Unit, d !
Stairs will secure the' peace of the j
worid. ami educational relations form <
the strongest tie."
Regarding the American scholarships
Mr. Rhodes said:
"Whereas 1 desire to encourage and
foster an appreciation of the advantages
which, I implicitly believe, will
result from a union of the Englishspeaking
peoples throughout tool
world, and to encourage in the su- J
dents from the United States wiio will
benefit by these scholarships an attachment
to the country from which they
have sprung, but without, I hope, with
urawitig utoni or their sympathies from
ilie l:iml of their adoption or birth."
A provision io the will is that 110 s; ,ident
shall lc tpialiUo! or disqualified
for appointment to a scholarship on
account of race c?i* religious opinion.
Mr. Rhodes desires that the sttnlen. ;
shall not patronize any partieular
lege, hut distribute themselves tlirott: limit
the university. Tiie trustees are
allowed to suspend or remove any
scholar at their discretion.
Mr. Rhodes expresses the hope Hint
the trustees will arrange an annual I
dinner and reunion for all students
and scholarship graduates who arc.
able to attend, and invite thereto as
guests "persons who have shown sym- i
pa thy with the views expressed by me
in my will."
Mr. Rhodes*s will, as published, is a
remarkable and voluminous document.
Even this is not the entire will, as the
executors only gave out the portions
which they consider to be of public interest.
The will was executed ill 1S!i!l.
.\ codicil was attached on the day of
Mr. Rhodes's last denarture from England.
and another, cabled from t'ape
Town, leaves Sjo.o;;ti yearly to keep
up the spot in Matoppo Hills where
Mr. Rhodes's body is to be luiried.
The will further directs that a railroad
extension lie made into the Matoppo
Hills, so that visitors may go there at
the week end to inspect the mnjcsiy
and glory of the neighborhood.
Mr. Rhodes explicitly says that he is
to be buried in an aperture rut in tic
solid rock, and that the tomli is to be
surmounted by a brass tablet bearing
the words:
"Here lie the remains of Cecil John j
Rhodes."
No one else is to be buried there who j
lias not deserved well of his country.
Mr. Rhodes bequeaths all his landed J
property near Ruluwnyo and Salisbury
(both in Rhodesia) to trustees, whom
he directs to cultivate the land for the
instruction of the people of Rhodesia. |
His celebrated country place, tlroute
Schnur (near Capo Town). Mr. Rhodes
leaves as a residence for the "Prime
Minister of the Federal (Joveruinent
of South Africa," with ?3000 yearly j
for. its maintenance.
MRS. HA NES GOES FREE.
Jury Quickly Acquit* Woman Accused of
Killing Mr p-Cliiltl.
Mount Holly, N. .7.?Mrs. Howard
Haines was acquitted of the ehnrjre of
liUirderim; lier infant sti.Ti
. . ? vmii^un i |
Cwendolin. The jury deliberated 'ess
than two hours before bringing in a
verdict of "not guilty."
After the verdict Mrs. Unities* re- '
turned to the jnil. closely followed by t
the jury who bad acquitted Iter. There ,
she thanki d them over nnd over a Kit in
and for the lirst time wept. She was
seen in the jail by a reporter and was
itslced regarding her future plans, she ;
an Id:
"1 am heartily glad it's all over. The
Vltole ease has been one of spite work j
from beginning to end. 1 lmvo been
persecuted and tried. I ut have tried
my best to bear up its well as 1 '
eouhl. I shall leave Helaiteo and never
a.train abbh in such a community of
perjurers. My health has not been
Rood since 1 have been in jail, and 1 i
am thinking seriously of taking it trip
abroad.
"My husband has had a yacht offered
him. and we nitty go very soon
for an extended eruise. 1 was pleased
with the Judge's charge, ami think it
was fair and impartial. My ehihir a
will go with me and once more lie permitted
to breathe the pure air of
llOii 1- <?n '
i! :i iii< s s.",^ Iiosido li is wife while sic
was talking and took in every word
slu> said. 1!p echoed her sentiments
in every partienlar. and said he was
going to take her away for n long rest.
Two I)oh?1 In Hrili?lj .Minn lllonMrr.
Six* men were killed as the result of i
nil p.\j>1< don of tire damp in a colliery i
at Wigan, Laneashlre. Ihnrland. In a
similar accident at Dunfermline, Scotland,
four men lost their lives.
STALLED IN * BUZZABOl
Passengers Snowbound On a Train
For Five Days.
SUFFERED HUNGER AND COLD
Iiiot Rrokr. Out In'tlio I~ I??- 1
nnil ? l'ro(Vi?sor Tried Suicide? Cold
Interne nnd Conl Supply Short ? Uow ;
Aid i'iitiilly ltcitched tint Ini pri? otietl
Travelers?An Klcctrlciuu's Heroism.
St. Paul, Minn.?Passengers arriving
on a Great Northern train tell of lu ing
snowbound for four days and live '
nights on the prairies of North I>al.oia
in the midst of the worst blizzard the
Northwest has seen in many years,
with only food enough for two frugal
meals a day, and with such an atr.011111
of fuel that the woman had to wrap
themselves in blankets and the men to
wear their overloads day and niirhi
to keep from freezing.
Tile train "was completely lost to the
world, on Tli 11 rsilay afternoon it
pieked lis way out of WiHiston in
the hope of being aide to reaeh Mill t.
some fourteen miles to the east, liefore
night. Almost midway. :u a 11?11.?
stopping place called Kay. where to .'<
are only siding. a water tank and a j
eo'al shed, the train was stalled.
The engineer thought he could rn:i
<h> engine hack to Williston and
aid, and. taking the conductor v. 1 '.1
him. started in the trip. The i> -e
engine was stuck in a drift in a ? m
a short distance out of town and had
to be abandoned. Thi?s let; li . in in
of eight 1 -caches and nlanii p::.
a.alone on ilie siding, wiili all
inunicnthm cut off. Tin n began ice
l.mg siege, during which the 1 old i d
to lio borne :?i:?1 hunger siilh d.
There vi:s nil jmiphn! riot on !
first dn.v. The second-class pass n <
i*i .r t?m1 Hint tliey must have :i x:t*? !i
or more food than too others. xxi.il
thoy wiMT in larger numbers ami It <i
more ravenous nppeiith s. it was di deult
to confine them to tit it* quo!::.
Man.\ wi'iv not willing. as tho tlx. tclass
passengers insist, d. tliat tho'
women jni I children should be fed ami
taken care of first, but after s?.nie
gumctit they were prevailed upon .
subside.
Monday evening Professor Colegrove. j
of the University of Washington. \v't?
had been despondent and morose. : ;- ,
tempted suicide by cutting his threat
with a razor. There was it physiei t
<11 the train, but be bad no facilities
for performing the necessary operat mi.
and it was aits dully necessary to gei
into eomniunieatton with one of the
neighboring towns.
In their desperation tin? passeng : >
hrnk-? open everything in lite train's
eites!. and in the conductor's box found
a i 'lcgraph instritiiient. A young no n.
an electrician, faced tne blizzard and
tapped one of the wires and attached
the instrument. He notified the operators
at both Minot and WHlisten of
what had occurred.
Front each place a snow plow was i
started in front of an engine hearing i
a surgeon. The one from Minot, after ;
a hard night's work, reached the siding
early the following morning and the
wounded man was removed on the liist
train to St. Paul, where he was oared
for at the City Hospital. The almost
famished passengers who had suffered
from the cold and exposure were sunplied
with food and warm berths in the
first train pushed through the drifts.
The rotary plow made tine trip through
tlie drift hetween Ray and Minot. but
me snow piled in so rapidly tliat ll was |
necessary for the rotary to pass I
through again and then precede the !
passenger train through the cut.
BOY CHAINED TO FLOOR.
I'astenrJ Down l?y l'lidlnrk to Whhli
Father Had Awny With the K> v.
I'erth Anihoy, N. J.?Chained to the
floor of the kitchen of liis home 1 *111 ; ??1- ;
man William Mcln.tnott found Woltjoe
Sahalinsky, a ten-year-ohl boy.
McDermott went to the house to And
out about a pane of gla-s that the h< y
had accldenlally broken ih the st.iv
of It. Fagen. McDernmtt saw the
boy lying on the floor and noticed that
a heavy chain led under the bed clothing
that partly covered the hoy.
He was horriflcd to And that the
chain was tightly drawn around tiehoy's
leg, just above the ankle, and
padlocked. The father, Albert Sahalinsky,
was id work in a stove works and
lie had the key with him.
MeDermolt at once communicated
with Chief Hurke, and was told to got
the chain off. MeDormott got a blacksmith
to go to the Sabalir.sky home
with a tile and a pair of punchers. A
crowd or people followed th.? two Mid
watched the work of lilin^ away the
chain, which rook about ten minutes.
MADNESS A VEIL TO MYSTERY.
Mr*. Ilrnul", tVaililiiKtmi T\I ?>?11 ? . Can
Never Name Her AfHnilillit.
Washington, I). ('.?At the (inrfi Id
Hospital it is slated that Mrs. Ada
liilbcrt Dennis, th- modiste who was
mysteriously assaulted in her r sali ne.several
months ago, will never regain
her senses. There is every reason to
lielieve that sin- will live for several ,
years, but there is little hope thai site <
will ever be able to tell who it was
that indicted the terrible wounds upon
Iter head and body.
To the police the case is just as ntueh
of a mystery as it was several months
itgo. Mrs. Dennis's erratic talk lias
never served to Rive a clue to the identity
of the person who tried to murder j
her.
A
SHOT BOERS FOR MONEY
murders Which Led to Iho Execution
ofTwj Australian Ofticers.
German Minsioitnry unit Some of Their
Uw 14 Siililirri Who Know of Their
Mlsilc*t!? fill On' of the Way.
I
T.oinloa.?Tlio Moruiuir I.t>:nlor mih- 1
lishes :i Ionv; st<?ry of tIn* crimes which
led to tho coml martial ami execution
of two Australian otUcers in South
Africa, which is just uow exciting
keen iudi.mintton in Australia.
The Morning I.ossdor asserts that several
otlieers of tills psirticulstr incuts- '
lar corps siiot natives like rahhils, ami j
that they are even suspected of murdering
uieu of their own command
against whom they had grudges. The
incident which led to their court-ruarthtl
was the cold blooded "execution"
by those otlieers of ten Itoevs who wore
journeying to l'i -torsbur;; with tho objeet
of surrendering. It was suppvm d
these l'.eers had ^loO.tMid.
Actuated hy cupidity the Australians
stopped the liners, tried theiu l?y inock
<>uri-mat ti..l ami ord* red all ;<> !? shot.
'1 his was ilene by a squadron <<.' soldiers
sifter souse of the lson-euiuiiiissiotted
oilieers luui refused to esivry
out tiie death scutciKo. Tito ollloers
tltou ransacked the Utter wagons and
wore disgusted on limling that i lit*
Sloo.tHI'J was in Truiis\nnl paper
money.
Cent inuiiiu. tin* Morning Leader ? tys
a Hi Milan miss-unary i' low rules il s
taut l'ront tho s -one ol" "execution"
hoard of tho affair. Lieutenant lla.ieoek.
011 of tiio Australians ootiooriio,|,
fearing that lie Wouhl divulge his in
fo matiou, shot tho iitis.-loiiiuy ?? s.i.
This shotting ovoiiiitaliy i at! io a
complain, liy tho C<-rnian Co:, til t >
< aioial Kitchener, who tni. it 1 u
ooitr; martial til Austruil:..: .
Statt'tiit'iit li.v tt;o S:riti.?t? IVi rOf'1
i.oadoii. The War UU,ce ha.- ta il
tho following stalouu nt in regard t.?
ii>e Australians sentenced for murderinvc
Uoer prisoners:
"Tho itushvoult (.'traiiinooiv, who
woto rocruitoil in bout it Afrit.-a, I at;
iiioluilotl oilier Colonials, wore miployed,
in July anil August, in tin- wildest
pail of tho I'rausvaal, eighty mil s
nurthoast ol' ' 'ietersburg. a ml took a
certain number of prison is. Crave i
irregularities 011 the part of certain officers
of the corps eaine to '.lie knowledge
of tl (? military authorities in <> toiier,
and an exhaustive :n\estigatioii
was ortlerctl l?y Ceueral Kitchener.
"As a result of tiie inquiry, ti\o oflieers
wire tried hy eourt-inartial at
1 'ieterslntrg in January. I'.tirj. ami wore
found guilty, as principals or accessories,
of twelve murders. Ueuieliaills
Ilatii eel. and .Worant were sent; m od
to death, which was carried out.
I .u i? otiic. rs \v?-iv ill*" i dru g-d v. iili
i ill- UHll lit 1" nl Uev. V. H.-s . . v 11 li isvli
there was siroug suspicion t 1i:ii lit y
(*0tlimitled the .utird r, the ovMeuo
was not considered sulhcicit lo jm lily
their conviriion. Lieutenant Whim
\v;is found guilty of murder ami v.. sem
in od in denih, Inn there wt'iv nt igaiiug
circumstances. and il:o s ..
tciifo was cuuunutod n? lil'c Imprisonment
at pi ual servitude*.
".No doul>l exists as to |lie guilt "f
the accused, whose plea, in extenuation.
that a iiuuibei' of I heir corps were
ill-treated by the liners, was uoi s islained
by the evidence at the trial.
Tlie sentences are such as woul 1 have
been indicted on any ollieeia sliuiluriy
guilty."
I*nblie ()|tiuion tn Aufit ratio.
London. The Times"s Melbourne correspondent
says public opinion has
changed in regard to the execution ill
South Africa of Australian oiiieors for
the murder of Boers. The Australians,
says the correspondent, deeply resent
the stigma cast on the good inline of
their soldiers by a few Australians who
were not members of the regular c n
tingents.
CENERAL DELAREY DEFEATED.
Canadian* Kiglit Till l.v?ry Mim Wan
Killrtl or U tMiiidfil.
London. - The War oillce has re
eoived the following telegram from
General Kitchener:
"Brigadier-Genera! XV. Kitchener reports
as follows:
"'1 .scut Cookson and Kcir fron
Yriekuil t<? reconnoitre toward Hart
Uiver. Tlicy struck the track of gun
and carried oil a running light for
eight miles in the open.
" 'liner reinforcements advanced red
lighting ensued and was continued
till the enemy was repulsed on all
sides. Commandants Iielarey and
Kemp tried in vain to persuade the
Boers to renew the action. Fifteen
hundred Boers took part in the light'.
"'I Mir lo.?'s were severe. The Canadian
Kifles especially distinguished
themselves, one party under Bicutpii
ant Bruce (.'arruthers holding a pos<
till every man was kilh d or wounded."'
WOULD ADMIT WOMLN 10 BAR.
ll:iryl:iiiil l.rgiitlHturn t'a??rii > > i in li:>
terciii of .Hi** Mmtilnx.
Annapolis, Md. Tiie House passed
the Senate 1 >i 11 to permit the admission
of women as members of the l>:;i
hy a vote of .">1 to An amendmeiil
was adopted to 1 he effect that no one
should he denied admission to the l'ttr
"on account of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude."
The hill was introduced in the interest
of Miss Etta Maddux, who was
graduated from a Baltimore law
school last year, hut was debarred hy
decision of the courts from practicing
in tiiis Stale. The young woman
worked for the passage of the ltill at
Annapolis through a large par* of the
ession.
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SERVANT'S WL GRIME
Killed Mother and One Daughter
and Wounded Little G:r!.
ENTICED ONE VICTIM TO DEATH
After Sltnnt l?\; Family, Negro llutlrr l*f.
Drtrclltr* Into llu> I louse mill K?c:tj?o<l,
!tut CmifrKM'it Whrii
?r? ?;?? ?|>aivu iiiiu nir <u ArretUM
Tragedy Occurred in l*hllud?*l|>lim.
Philadelphia. Pa. IYarinjr that lie
would he arrested for theft, William
II. Lane, a eolore.l hutler. shot ami
killed lus employer, Mis. Flla .1. Kurlnisli.
Iiit twelve-year-old daughter
Madeline, and probably uiorally
womided another daughter, l-'.Ioise.
ttued seven years, at their home in tills:
eity. l.ane escaped froin the Ii(idm>.
but was captured and confessed hit?
crime.
Mrs. Furhush lived with Iter two
daughters in a tine four-story house,
which was well furnished. Lane hail
been Iter butler since Christmas, an >
she bad am tii. r e.cored servant, a
woman.
fi tty M ra. Fttrhush bad beet*
ml- IVZ small nanmm- of money. She
iinoi urn mi' |> 11? < . w.'ii nt gnu : a inves'igntlou.
whi< Ii v as still in progress
w in a the iia: vy oeettrred. Si:s-i'
.11 f.-ll tin i.nie. ami a warrant was
.worn out for his arrest.
rding .<? hallo's r- uiossion. ltc?
- aw Mrs. Furottsh ? tinting a !' .?
roll o hills. Knowing whore site k? >c
! money he V..?!tal his time, ami at
r i <.;>p irtwi'e uimietit lute in the i ?i :ilinr
he s'Mo
te 'he morning Mrs. Furhush m <> it
the money. ainl nitostionetl him. h tt lie
denied all Ui'fvh e. e ? ' having m-si
the money. p : 111 r tort the i
wottlil l?e i a! to 11iin, .oil hnt Mr-.
Fitrloi h w.aiiil ha\e him arrested,
later i?:anae 1 .o murder the ta'titer
iit*i( lier children. oti the house, ami
ah- ipjiear.
A? it o'clock lie went to the thinl
foo<- amI found .Mrs. Furhm-'i in our
o:' the luhhlle rooms. iie shot her
twice, oiiee in the lungs, ami Hut*
through the heart. S o died instantly.
Fioise. whi was in another rootn.
hearing the noise, ran to see what was
the matter, anil as site entered I ..am*
sine her in the abdomen. She fell, anil
lie thought h?> had also killed h r.
Without attracting the attention o(
the other servtttit. who was ironing in
tiio k.iohell. I.aiio wioit i.> !>.? *
door :iml <-;i 11? 1 in Madi'line. wli.i was
aUafiu;; on roller >-1.:r? s oil I' . dilowal!
. He (old her that In"* ie
vailed her. Madeline climbed
fi:ti without re; nln. 'ht sU.i"
She went in( > a room mljofiiirrir
1 *i wliic'i h 'f : 11 |;I. I- I; y dead. I.. '
followed licr, and i - > he called ! r
lonth tin* nejrro 111ot h< tiif<
11:. ltoari. killiu.i; In r liv--taa;Iy
Lam*, in his eon fos-'oil. >:;ys I o tit; .<
l mit deil i ? roi> 11 . lion Ho i|iii?*lclv
found Sl.'tO. tv > wat< lies and a
imok. \\ lii'e ho was son; . hiua;
I 11:.* .Jewelry lie v... ; I:i * v;*rui > ??I by
thr* arrival of two ? ial |>oIi<'p?mor.
who had a warrnnl for his nriv*?i ore
lii" eharye of larceny. '1 hoy asl;?'d io
m-o Mrs. I'urhurii.
I.ai'" showed l limn to I lie sifiiiiu:
roo:.i oa tin* second iioor and said if?would
call Ids tnisi.es . Uoro.jii/.iua.
i.no of tlio 111on as aa ollh'or lame has
lily donned his overo >:it and oscaueil
hy i li roar of t h house.
i in* policemen. lic.n iir^ a rim;;tr.
fiariod :iii invf.ilion. Mini on I In*
third floor hallway found lit V
Kloiso. '!'< lli?* poliocnn-n sin* s:
"William shot niy mother and ni.v
lor ami tri <I to kill mo." Sim was t
mediately sent to tho hospital ji ; I
tin* Jiolioo dragnet whs put in in ition.
I.MI10 was traooil to the IViunyix aii'm
Uailroad station at Mamdoi:. wli< "?.
lio was recognized hy otto of tho j?olioomen
lm linil :t?liiiiltc<l to tho h orse*.
Tho ollioors lnistloil him <.n a t'orryhoat
ami out oi' tho jnrisuh lion oi' \< \v
Jorsoy.
At tho polioo station I.. no s;si?I fo
w is sorry for what ho had done.
Later I.alio was tain 11 to ilm hospi ji'.
wlicr i:ioiso iilonr iii<<I iiiiii, saylnc;:
-llo is William I.atio, th> 111:111 \vln?
killed my lnollior ami sister ami tried
to !;ill mo. \ on know yon did. W'ilfiani."
111 his presence lior statement
was taken. ami I.aim |>11 i tho soal of
a<o;iraov to it hy saving: "Mvorytinu r
tho child has said is true."
SIX PERSONS BURNED TO DEATHI'ullirr
unil l-'ivo f'lillalrrn IVrlsli in u t'in*
\i>ar .Inliinlown, I'm.
.Tohnst.iwii, I'm. Six persons were
biirnod to (loath in Prosper Hollow. a
mile from tho outskirts of the oily, in
a tiro wliioh destroyed their homo.
The dead:
i'liilip I'. Mitclmll. !".* 1 liftj : I ire if
,\< .n:s, I". M ' il it. Mtrcil fo?IV
i-cn; Mary Martha Mlt'-hel!. jtirc.l
twelve: fharl's Kdward Mi. . hel?.
:r-_r< I eleven: .lesse M. Mi ehell, :
i >ht; \lie ! *?*;*.nee< Mi? ! !. . !
'I lie family had reined, wilii the r:;eeption
of oii?> son. wiio was siway.
Mrs. Miiehell and her daurhler So*
pitia were th" first to i a with !" :l hy
ilie heat and smoke o! the flames.
They woke the father and ran ont.
and vreained for h !">. Xeiuiihors.
were nroused. 1 >ttt they eoiihl do iioili
in:; hut siaiul helplessly l.y and wnteli
the house hn n, ami with it the father
and live ehihlreii.
Mitelioil rushed down stairs to fhtkilehen
to ;;ef some water to eiliri
(TUish the fire, hut when lie reaehetl
the first floor he saw it was impossililo
to save the house. He then return. <1
up stairs atul perished in the httrnin^
rafters of his own house, trying to
bave tlie liv< s of his eliihlreu.
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