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P THE FORT MILL TIMES.
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16TH. YEAR. FORT MILL. S. C.. THURSDAY, JUNE 20. 1907. NO. 12.
WOMAN ROBBED.
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Columbia Woman Assaulted by
Columbia Man in Texas.
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HE IS ARRESTED
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Tiarirr Mum ??f I w.l.l #*..! ?
Certificates in Valise Amounting
5 ' i
\ * to. Sixty-One. Thousand. Dollar*
Was Taken Hut Arrest Was .Made i
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Before He Could .Make His EsM
i WIK*.
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Mrs. Sallie A. Gibson of Coluin- '
i 'bia, rich and very eccentric, was rob- '
1 bed of $61,000 at San Antonia, Tex- 1
^ ;as Friday. The niun who robbed
I her, Rufus Williams, is also a Co- 1
j lumbian and formerly kept a livery !
! stable near her residence on upper '
I Main street. '
j The first news received of the rob- 1
^ bery was an Associated Press story J
! Friday morning, which stated that
Williams had been arrested and had '
confessed. Later In the dav the foi- M
lowing special was sent The State
\ from San Antonia, Texas:
San Antonio, Texas, June 14.?Rui
fus Williams of Columbia is in jail
\ her charged with robbery and assault
with deadly weapon upon Mrs. Salj
lie Gibson, lie made the following
I confession today:
) "1 came to San Antonio on the
i 13th lust, from Colinnlia. S. C.. via
J St.- Louis, Mo. Mrs. Sallie Gibson
i 'came with me. We hired a horse and
j buggy to ride around and drove out
J in the country some five or six miles
' from town.
"We came to a stream of water
l\ and she said: 'Let's go take a bath
( in the stream." We turned and
I drove up along the stream about 25
I yards from the road into a kind of
open space. I got out and hitched
the horse and went and sat down on
the edge of the stream.
"We got to talking about our trip
and told her that I knew I was doing
1 wrone and that I won irntmr I in fit tit
my wife and children and that she
had no business to persuade mo to
go with her. She said that I was
the only man she cared anything for
and thai she would kill me if I went
hack. I should have mentoined that
before tills.
"She took $50,000, all in 51,000
hills, from her bosom and laid it by
lier grip, the money wrapped in a
paper, but 1 know that it was $.">0,000
as I had previously had it in my
possession. ! also knew that she
had $11,000 in the grip, something
over $7,000 in gold. I knew that
she had all this money because I
sold several pieces of property in
and around Cuiuniba for her and
this was the money.
"After she sat down bv me on the
edge of the stream we got to talking
about our trip, and after i had
tnM hor thnt I ItnH moilfi dm rtw
mind to go back to my wife she said
that she loved nie better than any
other man on earth and that if I did
go back she would kill me.
"Then there were several words
passed and I got up and picked up
a stick and just as she was about to
get up I struck her on the head
with the stick once and knocked her
down. She fell in the edge of the
water. I then took all m-r money
rind put it in the buggy and started
at' to drive off and just as I started
she hollored and said: 'Don't leave
me, you have nearly killed me.' 1
did not reply, but drove back to
town , put the horse and buggy in
the livery stable, where the inanaper
of the stable hooked up another
lorse and buggy and we drove over
lown awhile. All this time I kept
he grip and" the money in the Inig:y
with nie. After driving awhile
vlth the manager 1 asked him to let
ne out at a barber shop to get a
: .have. I got my shave and walked
i>it the depot and bought a ticket to
Atlanta. "Oa. 1 got into the train
l|?ut was arrested before it started."
Williams unci jtii.iMMi nciouging
t o Mrs. Gibson in his possession
(.'hen arrested. .Mrs. Gibson do
?laros that Williams had her hyp-*
i otizod and that tiiis explains til:
1 over over her.
I She is in a local hospital and will
do back to ColuniIda as soon as she
iv able, but the district attorney will
nave her held as a witness.
{ Mrs. Gibson is the niece of the
lute Squire Levi I*. \1etz, who was
vary wealthy, but 011 account of the
f ill lire of a bank in which he was
interested many years ago there
* ere many judgments against him
a ad he never deposited his money in
a bank. On his death Mrs. Gibson
a cured the money he left, and one
d >poslt alone, made atsuit two years
C, jo. amounted to $35,000. She
tl en began to depose of her real est?i
te, selling two pieces for about
$ lO.OOO each. Her mind became
w nakened probohly on account of
tl e worry about the large sum of
m oney and the fact that a larger
pi irt of it was kept n? her house on
a* . Vf aIm n* xont I (ici 1
U|lp?l ><111111 MIMTI. uani OcWiv.
w me one hearing <>f this, attempted
tc kill her. but her screams aroused
tl e neighl>Ors and the man escaped.
L iter the police arrested a negro
w proved conclusively that he had
n( thing to do with the case and
n< thing further was done toward
aj prehonding the ussutlant. One oi
h? r .peculiar habits was the mania
fo r gold coin and gold certificates
an d practically all of her money,
an tountlng to about $70,000 was in
th l? form.
A* her mind became more unsettl?
d she showed a desire for travel
an d left here a few days ago for the
W eat. It was not known at the
t!: act that Williams had gone with
h?: < -tuhough today Jt was remarked
th "ho was missing about the
sa ho Williams kept a livery
MONEY TO STIR WAR.
Thousands of Dollars Raised by
Japs in This Country.
Insist I'pou Their Government Taking
Steps to Put a Stop to Alleged
Outrages in this Country..
A dispatch from Washington
Bays thousands of dollars are being
raised by the Japanese of the Pacific
coast to carry out the compact they
have entered into with the Progressive
party of Japan for the overthrow
of the Saoinji ministry, the annulment
of the exclusion clause in the
immigration bill and the guarantee
of the naturalization rights of the
Japanese subjects residing in this
country.
TUa?,/? .wl.litl^M?1 - I? A l * -
i ucoc auumuiiui irtvis ill Lilt? ill"
lernational plot are vouched for in
jemi-otTlcin] circles. The enormous
Fund which is heiug collected will he
used to arouse a feeling in the Ja>ancse
empire antagonistic to the
\nierican government.
Notwithstanding the sweeping dedal
of the existence of the alliance
ictwecn the .Japanese of the Pacific
oast and Progressives, the aanti-adniuistration
party in Japan, given
>ut by Charles Takahashi. the Asso iated
Press has secured the texts of
:erlaiu reports wuich he forwarded
o Yamaoka in Seattle and to the Jamnese
Society of Seattle. In one
>f the reports, which it is authoritaively
stated was afterwards read by
Pakahashl at a secret mass meeting
>f .lapaanese jn Seattle on the evening
of May 2(1 he quotes Ambassaior
Aoki's statements in regard to
he relations between the Uuited
States and Japan, growing out of a
recent disturbances in Sanfrancisco
tad the adoption by the Congress of
the United States of the immigration
law, excluding coolie labor from coctinental
Ignited States.
Mefore the department of Takaliaashi
from the city, he sent to Yamaoka,
who had not then sniled for
Japan, a report in which he told of a
conference with Secretary of Commerce
and Labor Straus on May 7
regarding immigration law. In this
report lakahasai quoted statements
made Secretary Srausus which he
said were directly contradictory to
those made by Embassador Aoki as
to tue agreement of the two governmments
on the clause of excluding
coolie labor from the country. it
was after the interview with Secretary
Straus that Takahashi. Noda
and Kawawami received an invitation
from Viscount Oki. to dine at
the embassy. Takahashi's. answer
was:
"We did not come here to eat, but
to settle grave diplomatic questions".
Just before Yamaoka's departure
for Tokio on May 14. Tnkashashi
sent him a telegram from Washington
as follows:
"Depart front Japanese instantly
and arouse public opinion as we understood
before. There is no hope
with the Japanese embassy here."
A dispatch front Tokio says the
council of the Progressive, at a
meeting Wednesday, adopted a resolution
the substances of wheh is as
follows:
"The anti-Japanese feeling upon
the Pacific Coast of the United
States, especially in Sanfrancisco,
culminated in an assault upon Japanese
trading places last month, constituting
a most flagrant violation of
the rights guaranteed by the treaty
concluded upon an equal footing be
iwrcu i nt* iww unuuiio.
"These anti-Japanese arts are not
of a temporary nature, and the Federal
government at Washington
must be held responsible for its failure
to prevent such outrages.
"The attitude of our government
towards that in Washington has so
far been unsatisfactory to the nation
and it is necessary that proper steps
be taken by our government in order
to maintain the national dignity
tnd permanently ensure the safety of
the rights and property of our compatriots
in America."
X KOKO Ml I.I ION AIltK.
Former Slave Of .Jefferson Dave
Owner of a Mine.
Samuel JelferstTn Davis, negro
mine owner uud millionaire, of
Warm Springs, W'yo., was once the
slave of Jefferson Davis, president of
the Southern confederacy. When
Jefferson Davis was chosen to the
highest office In the Confederacy, his
slave. Sain, went to Millidgeville,
the first capital, with him. at the
close of the war. his master gave
him $500 and told him to move to
the North to live his uew life as a
free man. Sam obeyed and Is now
one of the richest negroes in the
United States.
Samuel Davis was horn 011 the
Davis plantation in Mississippi. In
1840. After his immigration from the
South he went to Cheyenne, then
drifted to the cattle runges and began
to cook, lie saved enough money
to buy a few cattle. He soon had
a herd.
A few years ago he sold out hi?
cattle ranges and stock for a hand""mi
vinm nnft went into the mininu
business at Warm Spring. He struck
rich deposits. His business promise'
to be one of the best in the state
' Within a few weeks he has invested
more than $10,000 in machinery.
i
. stable near her residence and latei
I on Assembly street and conies of ar
> excellant family, his brother bein>i
! 11.ought well of by those who know
i hm. They did not know of th<
I trouble until told by a reprosenta
i five or the State and were greatlj
shocked. u
MILL MEN MEET.
Cotton Growers and Manufacturers
in Session.
MANY ATTEND.
Kvciiitivc Committee Holds a Four
Houi-s' Meeting. Several Matters
of Importance to the Craft Receive
Attention. Wliut Cotton Mills
Want.. One Woman President Attend.
A special from Asheville to the
State of Thursday says the South
Carolina Cotton Manufacturers' Association
is now in session at the
Flattery Park Hotel. It is a fine and
representative body of men. They
have built up the cotton mill industry
until today there are fully seveuty-flve
millions of dollars in one way
and another invested in the industry.
There are three and a half million
spindles in South Carolina, and of
that number less than 250.000 spindles
are outside the Association, under
Capt. Ellison A. Smyth. There
are 128 active cotton mills in the
State, and of tliut number 104 are
in the Association. The cotton mill
men are always busy. While thev
have come here with their wives to
enjoy themselves, they are talking
shop, and working on the cotton sellers,
railroads and others to tighten
the loose holts.
The cotton mills now are contending
for three things with the cotton
dealers. First, on grades where
there is disagreement they want .local
or home arbitration, are not willing
to accept New York arbitration.
Second, they want the hill of lading
issued by the railroad to gve car
number and initials. This is desired
to protect the buyers. At present
the railroads issue bills of lading
011 cotton before it is loaded and
while it is in thecompress? or on the
platform. Much cotton, it s contended.
is from four to six weeks or
longer on the road, and cotton has
been out much longer. This is regarded
as dangerous and the Cotton
Mill Association has deeded that It
will not pay drafts for cotton unless
the car number and initials nlh given
in the bill of ladiig. Third, the cotton
"mill men object to navine a
three-pound weight allowance on
compressed cotton. They wish to
pay for what they got. The executive
committee heard a full discusion
of the cotton questions.
The cotton dealers were represented
by Mr. Howell, .of Augusta,
for Intnan, Ackers & Intnan; Mr.
Jennings, of Spartanburg, for Geo.
H. McFadden & Brothers; W. D.
Nesbitt, of Hrminghani, for Knight.
Yaney & Co. The claims of thecotton
mills were presented by the following
committee from South Carlinn
cotton mils
August \V: Smyth, Spartanburg,
Leroy Springs, Lancaster; J. M.
Caa>. e,lulnv
Committee from North Carolina
manufacturers: J. W. Cannon.chairnmn,
Eugene Holt, W. C.Ruffln, R.
S. Robertson. K. A. Smyth. It. M.
Miller, Jr.. president of the Manufacturers'
Association of North Carolina,
who are ex-otficio members of
the committee.
I)r. Jeff Davis, of Toeoa, president
of the Georgia Association, joined in
the discussion. Messrs. C. C. Cowan
and Williams, of the Memphis Cotton
Exchange, were p'jsent.
The South Carolina Association
adopted rules with regard to the refusal
of cotton mills to accept cotton
purchased by them.
In the roll of the members there
appeared the name of Mrs. M. I'
Gridley, who is the only woman
president of a cotton mill in th<
State. Mrs. Gridley is the success
ful executive head of the Hatesvilb
Yarn Mill, which position she inher
ited from her father, Capt. Georgt
Lunz. of Charleston.
KI LLKD TWO SI' I/TANS.
1'liilippiiic Troops Have Had Troiibli
With the I'ni-tily Morns.
According to a letter received from
Lieut. John M. Merrill. Jr.. of Show
began. Me., who is serving in tin
eonstnthe Philippines, th
sultan of a .vioro leade
is dead. The le^^k^ctMints a due
in which the lieufm^^^ycillod tw
ruler aTter being wounmln^hini.
The encounter occurrer^^?|Btonir
The troops of the constahular^Qfcp
been lighting for some time with th
Moros. Finally, after a hot ritlle fir<
the combatants came together in
hand-to-hand combat. Lieut. Met
rill came face to face with the su
tan who was armed with a kris,
keenedged weapon tised by native!
The sultan felled the officer by
blow on the kdcp, out. neiore ne wa
able to make a second stroke Merri
shot and killed him. On the exited
tion under Oapt. Maliagpuno Mat-it
19 Moros were killed, among thent
second sultan, ruler ot' Dllnmbayat
Maxy si:\.\ii:\ \Kiii:srki?.
Mutiny Impending in lllnck S<
1 I'loct jit Sebaslo|>ol.
; A dispatch front a news agent
from Sabastopol, London Thursdn
t says that Vice Admiral Wiren, I
. command of the Black Sea Fleet, hi
I sifted out and arrested the disaffec
ed seaman of that port aand plact
. six hundred of them on hoard tl
' cruiser, under a strong guard. A<
ditional arrests are being made, at
' it probably will be necessary to
f out another penal cruiser. The :<e
' men of the fleet are exasperated b
? cause no charges have been prefe
" red against the arrested men. at
it is shId a mutinous outbreak is 111
ly to occur.
INNOCENT MAN FREED
The Confession of Outlaw Gives
Liberty to Convict
Circumstantial Evidence Carried the
t'onvietion That Was Overthrown
By Murderer's Dying Statenieut.
The dying statement of Byron Cole
an Oklahoma outlaw, gave complete
exoneration and freedom of ,i\l Harpster,
serving sentence of life Imprisonment
in penitentiary at Lansing.
Kan. Harpster was convicted of tne
muraer or Martin Julian. All evidence
offered by the prosecution was
circumstancial. It took the jury 4 8
hours to find a verdict of guilty.
Harpster re celved sentence in April,
190f>. Forty-four days later in a
battle between deputy sheriffs and a
band of outlaws Cole was fatally
wounded. In his dying statement he
confessed to having killed Julian.
Harpster was granted a new trial,
found not guilty and given his freedom.
The murder of Martin Julian occurred
on the evening of June 25,
1905, near Ponca City. Kan. In April
of the following year Harpster was
found guilty of the crime. Jealousy
was given as the motive for the
crime. It was alleged that Harpster
was envious of Julian on account
of the attention he received from
Miss Delia Lewis. It appears that
Julian and Miss Lewis and Harpster
and Miss Nellie Edwards were driving
on the night of the murder.
The defense showed that the latter
couple returned to their house before
the time of the shooting. Harpster
was convicted on the testimony
of a farmer who had seen him and
a young lady driving with Julian and
another young lady and that Harpster
was ahead. The shot that killed
Julian was fired from the front. Further
llarpster's shoe fitted in the
track of the man who shot Julian.
Alter the shooting Miss Lewis took
Julian to a farmhouse and cared for
him. He made no statement implicating
Harpster.
In a statement made after leaving
t ho nonitontifirv lljiriiator snirl thnt
he had never known Byron Cole, hut
that even if he was an outlaw there
must have Jteeu some good In him to
cause a confession that would release
an innocent man from life imprisonment.
Harpster insists that three
days previous to Cole's confession he
had a presentiment of good news and
told the foreman that he soon would
be free.
The tight in which Cole was fatally
wounded occurred in a wheat field
near Ringwood, Okla., about June 1.
lttOt?. Cole was shot by Deputy
Sheriffs Campbell and Burwelt in a
battle with Winchesters. In his dying
statement he confessed to killing
Martin Julian while Julian was driving'with
Miss Delia Lewis, near Poneo
City, lie said the killing followed
an attempt to hold up the man, in
when Julian resisted. He also confessed
to killing a man in Colorado
and to taking part in a number of
railroad and bank robberies in DentrAt*
nn/1 urnulotMi fit ioc
(WISPS DISSATISFACTION*.
Chattanooga People Are Angry Over
A|?|M?inl incut of a lllai-k N'egro..
A special from Chattanooga dated
1 June 13 says a boml) was exploded
in the H. Clay Evans camp there
! when it became known that E. E.
Hutler, internal revenue collector for
i the second collecting district, had
appointed Garfield Thompson, one of
? the blackest negroes in the city, as
. guager for the Scott-Price distillery,
i This is the fist time in the history of
Chattanooga that a negro has been
- appointed to internal revenue service
* The appointment has received such
- storm of opposition that proprietors
of Scott-Price distillery threaten to
shut down the distillery this -week
If the negro is not removed. His
name is Garfield Thompson and he
is said to be a full pledged negro.
Proprietors of Scott-Price distillery
assert he is incompetent and they
have sent up a petition to Mr. Butler
to have Thompsson removed. It
11 is said that Kutler, who is an appoln
tee of Congressman llrownlow, is at tempting
to appease the wrath of
Evanites Itv giving negroes in this
district recognition,
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I AXOTIIKIt NAVAL ACCmKXT.
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I'nitcd States Torpctlo Boats Collide
'' at Norfolk.
e
?t There was a collision at the Nora
folk Navy Yard Thursday between
*- i'nited States torpedo boats Whipple
I- and Blakely. in which tlie Whipple
a rammed the Blakely, putting a cut
?. in her side. Bot.h vessels were put
a in the dry dock.
is The following dispatch from ConiII
mandant Berry at the Norfolk navy
i- yard, regarding the collision between
?. the torpedo boats Whipple and the
a Blakely, came to the navy departi.
tnent this afternoon: Whipple rammed
Blakely in coming to wharf, cutting
completely Into the after firf
room, driving the Blakely against
the sea wall and tilattening in Iter
how. Whipple uninjured. The accident
'due to errors in engine room
going ahead full speed when slgnall
>y ed to hack.
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in CARllIK NATION FIN Kl>.
?8
>(j Created a Disturbance in Washing
,p ton Sal?K>n.
rttd
Mrs. Cnrrie Nation, was fined >2;
fit in the pQjjce court In Washington
a- D. C., Wednesday night on charg<
e- of creating a disturbance at a sa
r- loon. She p"ld the fine and said i
id was the 29th penalty that had beet
<e ImiKised upon her by the courts o
the country.
J
EDITORS MEET.
South Carolina Press at the Isle
of Palms.
LARGE ATTENDANCE.
Tliirty-tliir<l Annual Srssion Called
to Order by Its .President, Elbert*
II. Aull. Mayor II. Goodwin lthet
and Mr. W. \V. Hall of the News
and Courier . Extends .a .Cordial
Weleome.
The thirty-third annual session of
the South Carolina State Press Association
was called to order iu the
parlors of the Hotel Seashore Thursday
morning at about 11 o'clock by
President E. H. Aull of the Newberry
Herald and News...At the
time there were about one hundred
newspaper men and ladaies present
and all heard with attention and interest
the welcome extended by
Mayor R. Goodwin Rhett and Mr.
W. W. Hall, of ttlie News and Courier;
and the pleasant and apprecia- ]
tlve words of President Aull in their
during the day, and severaladdress
replies... It is probable that the
members of the Association will decide
to take a trip to Jamestown to
view the great Exposition at that
Point, but this feature of the programme
luis not been fixed upon as
yet.
In addition to the work accomplished
the editors and ladies enjoyed
the afternoon on the heach
watching the fine automobile races.
It was a little after 11 o'clock
when President Anil, seated at a table
conveniently placed In the main
parlor of the Hotel Seashore, called
for o?-der and said that the State
Press Association was ready for
business of the thirty-third annua]
session. The room was well with
representative men and women from
various places in the State and all
gave attenton when Mayor R. Goodwin
Rhett was introduced and bade
the Association welcome once more
to Charleston and the Isle of Palms.
Mr William \V. Hall, of the News
and Courier, followed Mr. Rhett,
speaking for the newspaper fraternity,
and made a very bright and
entertaining little talk.
President Aull spoke first in response
to the welcome, aptly and
forciibly evidencing the appreciation
of the entire Association. The coin(of
(Iw. -wlit^.-c. t ?W. Il-ln nf
lllf, l?l i lie CUIVUIO IU lit*; ioiw WI
Palms the second time was ample
proof of the pleasure experienced
on the first visit and the members
were confident the present visit
would he as delightful as the first.
The Hon. Louis Appelt. State Senator
from Manning, editor of the
Manning Times, followed the president
of the Association and added
his warm and hearty endorsement
to all the pleasant things said to
Charleston and her people.
ROYS 11AI> A CLOSF CALL.
Roat Capsized in Squall and They
Were Thrown Into Water.
Tom Lee and Charley Webb, two
boys in their 'teens were brought to
the city says the Charleston Post of
last Thursday, in the launch of the
keeper of Morris Island lighthouse,
having been capsized in the harbor
sometime during the afternoon and
spent the night as the guests of the
Keeper John VYiekling. The arrival
of the boys to the city settled the
fears and anxiety which were felt for
their safety. Diligent search by
parties during the afternoon aand
night had failed to locate the whereabouts
of the boys or their craft The
only hops of the parents and friends
of the boys was that they had sought
refuge or been picked at the Morris
Island Station, where so many parties
have been rescued from drowning
in the overturning of sailing
craft in squalls, and this hope was
realized. The boys were the guest of
Capt. Wiekling. and they were well
cared for. The fifteen foot boat in
which the boys had set out to navigate
the habror was lost.
liirSKY \V<?I.\\ ('t)WI(TKIl.
Found Luilty of Murderous Assault
on Dr. Under.
A special from I'tiion says the
jury in the case of Lucy Lipsey, who
was tried for assault and battery
with intent to kill, upon Dr. \V. I
Under, came out about midnight
and filed a sealed verdict after hav
ing been in the Jury room limy
hours. Tlie verdict whh published
Thhursday morning and round the
woman guilty as charge!. A motion
for a new trial was ar once made
and it will ne argue I later. It will
no recalled that the shooting of Dr
l.iml'-r in Man li caused e .: jderahh
exci'emei... ami tie ciowdel cour.i
tlon of thj "Jurt room during tin
tiial show ">d that, int reit in liv; ias(
| had not julni-.ini
TWO ItOt'S l>ltOWNKI>.
While Watching Mad Waters of i
, . Swollen Sfrnuii.. .
A Times special from Abingdon
Va., says: While six boys wen
standing on a wire foot bridge jus
- across llolston River, eight miles lie
low Abingerdon, Thursday evening
watching the mud waters of the swo
- len stream, wave struck the hridgi
' and tore it from its moorings, th
' hoyr being carried into the rivet
Four of them swam aRhore, but th
~ other two were drowned. The liodie
have not yet been recovered. Th
. drowned boys were Frank Mine
and Henry Mclntire. sons of protul
nent farmers of that section.
MANY HURT
In a Rail Railroad Accident on the
Southern Road
The Wreek Said to Be Caused By
Spreading Bails \Mirli Tlirew tlie
Train OIT.
Going at a speed of 20 and 30
miles an hour, Southern passenger
train No. 2, leaving Nashville at
10:30 A. M.t plunged off a tifteenfoot
embankment at Black Branch,
near Lebanon, Tenn., thirty-three
miles east of Nashvillle, shortly after
11 o'clock Thursday morning, injuring
some 57 persons out of a total of
00 on board.
Among the most seriously injured
are:
Mrs. J. T. Jennings, I,ehanon,
Tenn., both arms broken, skull fractured
and cut above both eyes, may
recover.
Mrs. Sarah Lawrence, Nashville,
seriously cut above the face and head
fractured skull, dangerous.
A. R. Hart, Johnson City, Tenn.,
side and head bruised and cut.
William Jamison, Auburn, Ky., internally
injured.
J. F. Beaty,. Nashville, severe cuts
on head, arm badly bruised.
J. W. Dodd, Nashville, scalp wound
Mrs. R. I'. Maddox. Nashville.
| broken hip, serious.
Joseph Jones, Monetery, Tenn., internal
injuries.
Miss Patsy Russell, Difficult, Tenn.,
Injured in hack, serious.
1 Many others were more or less
j seriously injured.
Two passenger coaches, the mail
| and baggage cars left the track.
One report says the wreck was
caused by spreading rails, and another
that the front trucks of the en
gino jumped (ho (rack, and threw the
baggage coach and two passenger
coaches oft.
The first intimation the passengers
had wt?3 a humping, jolting sensation,
and th?' next instant two coaches shot
from the rails and turned over on
their sides down the embankment.
Immediately on the report of the
wreck being received at Lebanon, a
I relief train was dispatched from that
town to the scene, all the physicians
in Lebanon, and a number of citizens
going to render such assistance as
was possible.
The train made a quick run to the
scene and the work of relief and attending
to the needs of the wounded
was commenced, every assistance
possible being rendered.
The wounded, who live in Nashville,
were placed upon the regular
train fo?* that city.
As soon as the news of the wreck
was received in Nashville, the Southern
officials rushed a relief train to
Black Branch.
When the relief train arrived at
3:20 o'clock every ambulance in the
city stood in waiting to receive the
victims and rush them to hospitals
for prompt medical attention.
Conductor F. A. Dean of Harriman,
Team, who was in charge of the
train, although severely cut and
bruised about the head and face, and
on both hands and on the right forearm.
stuck to his post and came back
to Nashville with the traiu. He did
not seem to know just what had
caused the accident.
ALASKAN 11 Kl{( >1SM.
Brave Mini and Sick Wife Travel 1 7
Miles by l>og Sled.
To save the life of his sick wife,
James 1*. (lalbraith, an Alaskan, con
veyeu tier a distance of 1 (.> miles
aver the hazardous trail from the
Duncan district to Dawson. The
journey was accomplished in three
days by dog sleds. The animals were
the best trained ones in the Duncan
District. The sick woman was placed
in a basket sled and made as comfortable
as possible, while her faithful
husband ran along behind.
Some of the streams were running
water and it was necessary to wrap
the sick woman in canvas to keep
her front getting wet while the dogs
half swam and half ran over the
stretches of water-covered ice. The
husband waded.
While passing through a bleak
wilderness on the tbrail they heard
the bowlings of a pack of wolves and
were forced to quicken their speed
The dogs seemed to realize that theii
burden was a precious one and that
they must reach Dawson ere it wat
too late. They did reach the got
and now the sick woman is improving
under the care of a physician.
W A.VI ? in .'IIS nirr?
Eligible Widfiwcr's First Wife Talke<
Incessantly.
I A woman without the power o
! speech, but able to hear, is .he sor
1 of wife being sought for ny Rober
j Manchester, a widower, of Pln<
Kidgo, K. I)., whose first wife die<
one year ago. She was an incessan
talker and gave him not a minute';
| peace.
' Manchester likes a woman with i
sunny disposition and prefers her t<
be good looking. He's not going t<
run any risks, so ..e wishes her t<
l?e dumb. He has been travelini
over the entire state of South Dakot;
1 in search of just such a woman, bu
none seems forthcoming. The mat
rlmonlal agencies are aiding him. H
is quite well to do. has good manner
^ and Is not bad looking.
FATHER Kll.liS CIIIIJ).
1 i?y Pouring t'arbolic Arid Ikmn He
B
p Throat.
Robert Jolly, aged forty, killed hi
n seven-year old daughter, Gladys, o
" Thursday morning by pouring ca
? bollc arid down her throat. Tli
r slayer escaped, hut the police are c
'* the look out for hint. No moth
ia known. ^
SWEPT TO DEATH
A Cloudburst Submerges a Town
in Kentucky.
?
TWENTY ONE KILLED.
Foaming Torrent ("rented by Heavy
I tains Strikes Town in Xiglu Time,
Carries Away Itosldencos, Sends
Seore of l'eople to Their Death,
ami Devastates hirue Trnek of
Farm I.nn<l.
Twenty-one persons dead, the village
devastated and several thousand
acres of growing crops mined, are
the havoc wrought by a cloudburst
that caused Pig Creek to submerge
Orndyville, Ky.. and vicinity Saturday
night. All the dead are residents
of Gradyville, and although reports
are meagre, it is believed that no
further fatalities will be reported
from the surrounding country. The
dead:
Mrs. L. C. Noll, wife of State Senator
Nell, and her four children.
Mrs. l.umhill and one child.
Mrs. Carl \VIImore, her daughter
and her granddaughter.
Paul Wilson.
Mrs. liarttleld Moss and her six
children.
Mrs. J. W. Kelt iter and one child.
Miss Mary Moss.
The disaster was due to the erratic
behavior of Pig Creek, which was
already swollen by recent rains.
When the cloudburst precipitated
three inches of rain in an hour on
Gradyville and vicinity the creek
leaped from its bed and took a new
course with the force of a tidal wave.
Inhabitants of Gradyville wore
nearly at 11 in bed when the foaming
torrent struck the town, carrying
away six residences, a mill and a
large number of small houses. Nearly
all the victims were drowned, but
four were crushed by the collapse of
dwellings.
State Senator Nell, who is a physician,
owes his escape front the fate
that overtook his family to the fact
that he was several miles away in the
hills sitting up with a patient. When
the news of the disaster reached Columbia.
the nearest town of any size,
several hundred citizens departed for
the scene with wrecking appliances,
food and clothing.
All the physicians available went,
along. They found the residents of
the devasted village dazed and helpless.
but by nightfall till the relief
possible had beer, afforded.
Several persons were injured but
none will die Grady v ill e is a
village of 17T? inhabitants, in Adair
County, six miles from Columbia,
and is miles from the nearest railroad
station.
Suffered Much Damage.
Dispatches from various places in
Southern Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky
tell of severe storms of tornado
severity, which caused some loss
of life and the destruction of much
property.
Early Saturday the town of New
Minden. Ills., 2."> miles southeast of
St. Douis, was visited by a tornado
which killed four persons and injured
a score of others.
At York. Ills,. Saturday night 2T?
or thirty houses were destroyed and
a number of people are said to have
biii.wi -.r ti?? ??*
telegraph wires, exact details are not
available.
The storm is said to have been especially
severe in Southern Indiana
and at Farniersburg and Sullivan,
much damage was done by wind and
rain.
I)ii(|Uoin, III., was also visited by
the same storm that caused the destruction
of York. A number of
houses were blown down, but no lives
were lost.
Many Houses Demolished.
The meagre details from West
York, Ills., tell of a destructive tornado.
which visited the villiage of
York, located on the Wabash River
I Saturday night. The known dead:
I llenry Rook, fill, found crushed to
death in his garden,
i Mrs. Malinda IMngston. aged i.">.
Members of the families of the
. two victims were all more or less iuI
jured.
A dispatch from West York stated
that owing to the wires being down
and the bridges being washed away,
communication waff impossible. It
was further stated that 4 0 or 50
1.. 1. ...1 I.l.lw./l
MMIJM-r* 11(1(1 I " " 11 IHIUUII.-?l|t-U.
' IVports from points in Indiana
say that the storm was severe and
several inches of rain followed, doing
f big damage.
1 may s?n>x gi:t paichov.
t
j Despite of Thirty Mays Given iter
t to Prepare Her Petition.
s
Mrs. Angle Hirdsong. convicted of
\ killing Dr. Thomas lint lor. at Montij
cello, and given five years in the penitentiary,
may be pardoned by Gover3
nor Vardanian, says the Atlanta
c; .lonrnal of Thursday. The supreme
n court affirmed the decision of the "
t lower court which sentenced Mrs.
- Hirdsong.. After the decision was
e announced, Governor Vardaman
s granted a respite of thirty days in or
u?"l" i iihi hi i ?. Ill i liming iimkim ni rango
and publish her petition as
the law requires. Mrs. Birdsou is
a niece of the i'nitcd States Senator
McLatirin. She shot l>r. Ilutler rettrnet
statements he is allcdged to
have made that he was intimate
with her? While in the office, Mrs.
Is Blrdsong alleged Dr. Butler attemptn
ed to criminally assault her, and she
r- shot him...Mrs. Blrdsong has gone
to her home at Mendenhall.. . Many
,n petitions asking for her pardon have .
been circulated and will be presented
in her behalf... A
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