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ft THE FORT MILL TIMES. |Wfil6THTEAR. - FORT MILL, S. C.. THURSDAY, JUNE 27. 1907. NO. 13. tin ffiEMC?g , MI.MU L_ __ BLOODY BATTLE. The Legal Troop* Win After a Very fierce Battle. DETAILS OF MEETING. h Which Seventy Men Are Killed I and a Large Number Are Wound- r . ed.?The Mutiners Aroxc nt u C.K-- ' m - ? en Signal, unci Broke Into the Ar- t mory ami Seized 1 titles anil Final a Volley. A dispatch from St. Petersburg. Russia, says details of the mutiny of 1 Sappers at Kiev show that It was J suppressed at midnight, June 17, be- I tween the mutineers and the loyal troops, in which about seventy men f were killed or wounded. Kiev is one of the cities where rev- ? olutlonary ideas have made the ? greatest inroads on the army and ^ revolutionary military organization 1 Is very powerful, counting among its g members dozens of officers. The mutiny was planned to coin- g cide with a general political strike ^ as a reply to the dlsolution of parli- J| ment, involving the railroads, tele- y graphs and malls. In several of the southern provinces arrangements for j, the strike had been making for months under the leadership of an t, experienced ontanber M. who whs p member of the first parliamont. The decision of the revolutionary f staff at St. Petersburg to refruin from ,l demonstrations whs disobeyed by the {' hot-headed sappers. At midnight of June 17, ftOO men. at a givert signal, s left their beds, disarmed the sentries, , hurriedly dressed, obtained possession Of their rifles, broke into the armory, seen red some loaded cartrid- ? ges add then marched to the camp bquare and tired a volley.in the air. Thte officer on duty, Captain Aku- K lofT, ran out-and addressed the mut- s iners, advising them to disperse. He a then called out another battalion, drew the men and led a charge on the mutiners, ordering them to surrender. On their refusal to do so, ^ Captain Akuloff ordered the troops to fire and fell dead himself at the first volley The fighting continued iui bcvciui 1111ii(Iit'n. nun a dozen others were killed und al>out sixty v were wounded. Finally the mutt- I neers, with no ofilcers. no leaders and u no plans, wavered and fled. Two hundren and fifty were captured but one hundred and nine-three eluded pur- v suit und hid in the city. o The mutiny at Kiev was arranged t by Shefch -Evko, a revolutionist of p i good fumily, who entered the army ji I as a volunteer for the purpose of r I undermining discipline and won over e many"of his comrades but when he v 0 ; raised the Rtandard of revolt they r were frightened and the little band t of ring-leaders were overpowered. Three bombs were found in Shefch v Ecko'B tent. All the mutiners will be tried by courtmartial. The workmen employed in a big H ?factory at Kiev struck after the mut- i iny, but they have not yet been joined by the employes of other factor- . ies. ' I General SukhmlinoiT. the comman- ( der of Kiev, is taking the moderate e \ energetic measures to arrest the lead- t. era of the movement. Hundreds of e houses have been searched and citizens have been arrested, among j them being officials of the railways (1 and telegraph service and the editors f of a newspaper. Numerous other arrests were made j in Kiev, and a number of Itombs were ( found, but Order is now restored. The city is in the hands of the mil- 1 itary. , I The Novo Vremaya in ail article on the mutiny at Kiev attributes the sedition of the army by the corruption of soldiers in the Japanese prisOtis; second, to the presence of Jews in the army; and third, to the leniency hitherto shown by the military authorities. The paper claims, however,, that the pmpogundu has made but slight progress. Trouble has also broken out among the troops of the Third Infan- i try division, stationed at Kaluga. General Orloff, who suppressed th? < insurrection in the Haltic provinces left St, Petersburg hurriedly to take i charge of the garrison at Kaluga. i 1 No Information is available as to | the nature of the troubles, a strict censorship on all incoming press dispatches having been Instituted since the dissolution of the parliament. , The dispatches of the Associated Press from Kiev, detailing the munIt.. IU AM.V ....... i ...mw.iI rtt-ov In t hti pon, 11/ il|nv, wrtb 1111 ih;u u?i t& m bor and held up from 12 to 14 hours before they were delivered. The workmen of Moscow are hecoming restless and the commandant of that city has brought twenty two companies of infantry into the place. Several big meetings of workmen in I the Moscow suburbs huve been broken up. Wholesale arrests continue in St. Petersburg. The preparation of the registration lists for the election of members of the new parliament have begun. V KIIXF.il BY I.ICiHT.NIXCJ. Young Man Laid bm lly Holt at Hock Hill. A dispatch to The State from Rock # Hill says Sam Anderson, the 17-yearold son of Mr. uud Mrs. Ooo? R. Anderson, was instantly killed by lightning Thursduy afternoon at 5 o'clock. He was on the second story i * of a residence being erected for his father and had a hammer in his hand with which he was striking the corner post. The bolt struck the left temple and followed the left side of the body, tearing the pants and entering the ahoe. One of the workIs men was nearby and was badly hocked but not killed. _ SOME BIG SHIPS. fwo Immense Battleships to Be Built by this Country. rhi'jr Will Ik* Two of the Most Pow- 1 crful Fighting Machines Ever Built Anywhere. Bids were opened at the Navy Demrtment at Washington on last rhursday for the construction of two \merican "Dreadnaughts," each to >e of 20,000 tons displacement. The otal cost of each when completed is >stmated at $10,000,000. Dimensions are: Length. 510 feet. >readth, 85 feet, 2% inches; speed, 11 knots. The main battery will consist of 10 I 2-inch guns, so arranged as to peril it a broadside Are 25 per cent creator than any battleship built, or lullding. The secondary battery will include uunoBii o-incn rapia-nre guns and a lumber of smaller rapid flre guns. The actual total weight of hull ? nd armor In the proposed designs is .pproximately 3.000 tons greater h lmn in the largest battleship so fur * lUilt. . The bids of the Newport News hip Hullding Company with one bid t $3.#87,000, and the Fore River : hip Huilding Company, of Quincy, . lass., with a bid at $4,3 77,000 were * he successful bidders for the big 20,- , 00 ton battleBhlps. ( The bidding brought together a iirge number of shipbuilders and ' thers interested in naval construe- " Ion. Owing to alternative bids the ^ idding was necessarily complete. l! 'he Newport New Company submitt- c d no less that seven sets of plans v nd were generally the lowest at all oirtts ntid with all combinations, but he law provides that no company * hall receive more than one contract. ltids other than the Newport News ^ 'oqipany and Fore River were 'ramp and Sons, deportment plans, ' 4,10.0*000; New York Shipbuilding 'onipany; $4,44f>,000. The bids were referred for examitruction which will recommend the ^ tructlop which will recommend the .wards. TIIK SICSN OF OKATI1. < _________ \ liulc a Witness ItcfuKv (?> Testify in a Court. 1 In a New York Court 0110 day lust reek Ignuzio de Leonardo and Pietro 'amplnellia were convicted of kidLapping and employing "Black Hand' nethods of extortion. De Leonardo ras first found guilty and at once iffered to turn State's evidence. At he moment he took the ^,-?and Pamdnellia placed his hand on his temiles and brought them down slowly intil they met on the throut. The fleet on Leonardo was startling. The ritness turned deathly pale. Then he nanaged to say, "1 atn Bick. 1 cannot estify." "Why?" demanded Judge O'Sullian. With an effort Leonardo replied: 'Pampinellia has just given me the iign of death. It is the Blatik Hand, will not testify." The witness was remhved from the oom and given a chance to recover limself. Later he was returned to he stand only to collapse when his '.vtrs i hum- ui inr> |?tiimt?i m rime. He jtositlvely rtTused to give ividence. Pampinellia was convicted, as De .eonardo had been, on the testimony >f Salvator Siatta, Who Was stolen rom his home last winter ami held l prisoner while "lllack Hand" letera demanded from his father, a trosperous barber, a ransom of $10,?00. The youth was eveiitually reeased, though the father denied that le had settled with the abductors. LOST Til HI It hIVKS. ruo Hoys Are Drowned at tlie (duck Mills. A dispatch from Anderson to The Rate says Gordon Hill and Roy llanllster, two lads of 1 o years, were Irowned Thursday afternbon in the ond at the (lluck mills. The bo>> vere in swimming anil got into deei water. The pond is about I t feet deep in i he deepest place. They sank and before assistance could reach them life had departed. Coroner Fruitt went to the scene hut decided an inquest was unnecessary as death was due to accidental drowning. The hoys lived with their parents in the mill village, ahout three miles south of Anderson. The deaths have east a gloom over the mill village. SAYS \VK'I> WIN. Chinese Minister Docs Not Itelieve War Talk, However. This country has an ardent champion In Sir Chen Tung Ling Chang, the Chinese minister, Before leaving Boston for Ando- c. where he will revisit the scene 01 his school days at Phillips-Andover academy, he forgot liis professional caution enough to say that in tho event, of war with Japan, there would he no doubt of the American army being victorious. He, however, did not believe there is any prospect of a war between Jppan and the United States. "In my opinion Japan does not want to fight. America is too powerful." FIRST NKW BALK. Texas Cotton CominK on the Market Very Farly. The first bale of the new crop of cotton arrived at Houston, Texas. Thursday by express from Hidalgo county, Texas. Last year the first bale arrived July 6. and the earliest bale heretofore was June 22, 1901. HUNG AT LAST, ) The Closing Chapter of a Noted Case in Georgia. Convicted of Hurder, Escaped front fail. Surrendered in California. mid Filially Huug. A dispatch from Cardale. Ga.. says after having made two sensational ^scapes and finally surrendering to authorities in California, George W. Bundrick was hanged in the jail yard there at noon Friday for the murder )f John Shroeder. This was the first execution to ake place in the new county of Crisp ind perhaps in any of the new counles created at the last session of :he legislature. The trap was sprung ly Sheriff George W. Sheppard. forner sheriff of Dooly couhty in which ?ffice he officiated at several execuIoiib. There was not a hitch. Bundrick inarched coolly to the gallows and met his fate stoically. Je has been resigned to his fate for mine time, rending his Bible and conversing cheerfully with his death vatch. He had made a desperate efort to secure executive clemency. In niflnv WRVR If H?? linen nno r\f he most remurkable cases In the hisory of the state. Several years ago n Dooly county a feud grew up bewe m the Hundrlcks and John Schrolev. (ieorge Hundrlck and his brother net Schroder In the public highway Icliroder and Ills wife wore In a bugty, and the Hundrlcks stepped from oncealment and shot Schroder to loath und seriously wounded his vtfe. Walter Hundrlck was sent up for ife. (ieorge Hundrlck escaped and ifter several months was captured. )n trial he was convicted and senten:ed to hang. Then came a long legal Ight, which terminated In the su>reme court aflirmiug the conviction. Then followed the fight before the >risou commission to save Uundrick's ife. On the day prior to that on vhicli he was to die on the gallows, he governor granted a respite, and hat uight Hundrick escaped tmm ail. For weeks nothing was heard >f him. Then came news of his sur ender in California. I>KAF Ml'TES ftlAltllY. nterest ing Marriage Ceremony Witnessed by Many Friends. The Spnrtanhurg Journal says at he Baptist Church at Cedar Springs it two o'clock Thursday, Miss Docla nnoak, of Uedur springs, and Wiliain W. Worloy, of Pittsburg, Pa., vere united In marriage by Rev. J. kV. Michaels, of Little Rock, Ark., a leaf Haptist evangelist, who performed the ceremony in the deaf language, the only language known to he contracting parties. In order to nake the marriage legal there was >ne deaf witness. The marriage ceremony was novel ind interesting and was witnessed by 1 large number of friends, marty of he pupils of the Cedar Springs institute being present. The bridal party entered the hurch at two o'clock and the bride ind groom took their place before he minister, who went through the egular ceremony of the church, usng the sign language. The usual juestions were asked and the reHies made by signs, after which the iiiuidiui |)i uinnim.ru i iiv wu?le man and wife. Thd bride graduated at Cedar springs two years ago. She is attractive looking young woman and ias many friends at Cedar Springs. Vlr. Worley graduated at (jie deaf ind dumb institute in Bristol. Tenn.. ind also at the deaf add dumb instiute in Washington. He now holds a resiK>nsible position with the Westinghouse Electrical company in PittsImrg. On Wednesday Robert P. Smoak, a teacher at Cedar Springs, and Miss Caroline McCaslan, of Hodges, were married at Hodges at the home of the bride's sister by Rev. Mr. Mich-, tiels. The bride and groom being [leaf the sign language was used. Mr. and Mrs. Smoak went to Spartanburg to attend the wedding of Miss Smoak and Mr. Worley at Cedar Springs. WOMEN IN TERROR. Plead Against Release of Murderer Who Killed Their Protector. The people of Coleman county, Tex., have been appealed to In pathetic earnestness by Mrs. Heulah Hanks, who has asked them to refrain from signing a petition for the pardon of Sam Cole, who murdered her father and threatened to murder her mother and sister. If Cole is released she said he would carry out his threat and add two more murders to his list. Her mother and slater have not only been broken hearted, because of the murder of the husband and father, but they are in mortal terror of the man who took his life. They feel sure that the moment he is released front prison their days are numbered. Sympathy for the prisoner's moth er has arroused the people. Mrs. Hanks said she, too, pitied the old lady, hut she has warned the people against causing the unhappy mother any more sorrow by releasing her son to commit more crime. KILLKi) I1IMNKL*'. A Wealthy Citizen of Macon, Gn., Com in its Suicide. At Macon, Ga., N. D. Cobin, general manager of the Macon Grocery Company and the wealthiest citizen, committed suicide at his residence ic Vineville, by shooting himself in the head with a shot gun. Ill health and a general nervous break down is th? cause assigned for the shooting. SAFE CRACKERS Gets Ten Years [and One Day j in The STATE PENITENTIARY. Convicted of Blowing Open the Safe 1 of J- V. Ghtilni* at ' _ _ v. ? . ?? VlIVli ^ Short Sketch Of Other Noted t Safe Blowers Convicted Several 1 f Years Ago. e I A special to the State from Aiken savs: William McKinley, alias "Day- c tos Scotty," and Edward Duggan. v alias "Los Angeles Star," two of i the notorious gang of safe blowers c which operated in Souta Carolina f several years ago, were convicted t in Aiken Friday In the court of general sessions and sentenced to serve r ten years and one day each in the c State pententlary. This was per- a haps, tlie most interesting case tried I In Aiken in years and large crowds 1 were attracted. They were charged t with having entered the store of Mr. J. T. Shuler, at Moutniorenci, Aiken 11 county on Dec. 16, 1902, and steal- n Ing therefrom the personal funds of a Mr. Shuler after having blown open a his safe. , The case was taken up at 9:20 o'clock on Friday morniiiK and was given to the Jury at r> o'clock In the \ afternoon, the jury rendering a verdict of gulty in ten mlnuteH.., , McKlnley and lJuggan had no attorney a lift" dd not ask for one. They seemed to realize that a conviction was sure to follow and their manner was rather that of insolent indifference., The State put 20 witnesses on the stand, including the following from Columbia: W. C. Dowie and W. .1 Garner, former policeman; Sergeant W. W .Quarters and W. T. Morse, at present members of the Columbia police department, and Mr. J. H. Ele zer. a prominent merchant of the capital city. The principal witness for the State was Postoffice Inspector H. T. Gregory, who was on the stand for one hour and a half, detailing the crimnal history of the defendants and explaining their plan of operation in < pursuing their profession as safe blowers. His testimony was interesting and was of tself sudicient to establish the guilt of the two "yegmen." Mr. Gregory has had charge of all the cases aalnst the gang of safe crackers which operated so successfully in South Carolina una nas Deen detailed i?y the government to handle similar cases in other States. His straightforward \ unostentatious manner on the witness stand and his polite, quiet demeanor on the outside make him admired by all and it Is evident that when he enters a case against one 1 of these professional "crooks" he is able to 'deliver the goods." a The defendants introduced no wit- 0 nesses and did not nttempt to plead B their case. s The chain of evidence against a them was very convincing and there e can be no doubt about their being u the parties who "cracked" Mr. Shu- lers's safe. Judge Klugh's charge to the jury was brief but clear strong ' and able. As soon as the verdict *. wus rendered the defendants were ? asked if they had anything to say ' why sentence should -not be passed upon them. They asked the mercy of the court and Judge Klugh gave them 10 years and one day each ^ at hard labor in the South Carolina ' penitentiary. They will be carried to Columbia Mondav morning. The Wurman's Record. McKinley and Duggan were joint- ( slons at Aiken oil Feb. 5 for the ^ sionsat Aiken on Feb. 5 for the j breaking into the store of J. T. Shuler. The postofflce at Moninorenci was then located in Mr. Shuler's ' store, he being the postmaster as well us the railroad and express agent. For the robbery of the g Montmorenci postofflce. at the same j time as the store, Dnggan and McKlnley were sentenced on April 16, c 1903, in the United States circuit j court at Charleston, to serve sen- < tences of Ave years' imprisonment j in the United States penitentiary, j Atlunta, Ga., and to pay Anes of ( $500. j The leader of the gang of three , in the robbery of the store, postof- , Ace and blacksmith shop of Honnett ( & Keel at Montmorenci on the ( night of I)ec. 16, 1902, William , Morray, alias "Kentucky Hilly," is , now in the Massachusetts State prison, Charleston, Mass., serving a sentence of 19 years for manslaughter nrhinh Ko r.o.nmihn/1 of U/vatoil Mass.. in May, 1004. This gang of three were the ploneen meml?ers of the Nolan gang at Columbia and associated on the closest terms of intimacy with the four members who followed them into South Carolina, occupying the same houses, frequenting the same resorts, etc. But in actual safeblowing the general gang usually divided into two squads of three and four safe blowings and burglaries committed by Billy Duggan and McKinley In 1901 and 1902 were postoffices in the following South Carolina towns: Central, MayosvlMe, Blacksburg, Walterboro, Rowesvllle, Montmorenci and Batesburg. Brought to Aiken From Atlanta. .Duggnn was relased from the federal prison at Atlanta Jan. 21, 1907, and was brought to Aiken and lodged in the county Jail. McKinley had to serve 30 days more at Atlanta 1 than Duggan on account of having of tKo M-o rrl on c at tho HAHHIIIICU IM'U Ul vuu ?. federal prison. He was relased from the penitentiary on Wednesday, Feb. 20, after United States Deputy Mar. shal Scott of Atlanta had carried ? him before O. C. Fuller, clerk of the > United States circuit court, Atlanta, I to make oath as to his inability to * pay the fine of $500, a part of bis sentence. Immediately after his re WIPES OUT FAMILY. \ Man Kills His Wife, Three Children and Himself. I'lihappy Domestic Delations art* Said To have lieeu the Cause of the Awful Crime. A special to The Journal from Jas>er, Fla.\ says \V. \V. Barton, a car>euter, shot and almost instantly tilled his wife, three children and llmself at his home, there on last Thursday night. One victim, a child Ive year s of age, survived long mough to tell that Barton did the tilling. The shots were heard about ten ? viui-n mat nigni, mil no attention vas paid to the matter until early lext morning when neightbors dis- i overed Barton's body lying on the ront porch and that of his wife on he back porch. The children were found in a bed oom, the pistol having been held losed to the month in each instance ,nd the faces were powder marked. Tnhappy domestic relations are he- i ieved to have been responsible for he crime. Barton left home Tuesday and did lot return until late Wednesday eve- | ing. when he found the doors nailed ! gainst him. lie battered them down | ud began his work of destruction. | ENDS HIS MFK i Vhile ill Custody of an Officer for i 1 Forgery. , After presenting a forged order J or $850-in the office of the paymas- s er 01 me aoparinipni 01 me gun in . he Candler building, Atlanta, aud .hile handcuffed and in the custody * f two policemen, a negro giving his ame as John Williams, swallowed arbolic acid, which he had conceald on his person. He fell to the floor 1 nd died in a few minutes. The negro represented himself us 1 ohn Williams, a discharged corporal ! f the Twenty-fifth Infantry, which as been giving the government trou- ( le for some months by presenting orged orders for back pay. He recently tried to work the game n the army paymaster at Kansas. ' ut failed, and made his escape. The apartment of the gulf officials had ioen notified of the forger's operaions and were watching for him. . When he appeared and presented , he order he was held in conversation | intil officers arrived. As the negro , wallowed the poison he said: 'I will | [ever go to jail." , IjAIUiK donation. 1 c 'underbill t'niversity Given One Hun- i deed Tliousand Dollars. ^A dispatch from Nashville says at he annual alumni meeting at Van- . erbilt Chancellor J. H. Kirklaud nnouneed a contribution of $100,- ] >00 from William K. Vanderbilt, randson of the founder of the univer Ity. W. K. Vanderbilt of New York : nd B. C. lluflington of Chicago were ' leeted members of the Vanderbilt miversity l?oard of trustees. ase he was taken into custody by lossrs. J. Tye and N. A. Chastain, : eputy sheriti from the office of Sherff Nelnts of Pulton county, Atlanta, nd later delivered to Sheriff T. P. ta'?on of Aiken cousty. McKinley k-as accompanied on his trip to Aik- ' n by Sheriff T. P. Rabon, Deputy iheriff A. L Edison and Postofllce nspector II T. Gregory. Ansel's First Requisition. The requisition on the governor of leorgla for Duggan and McKinley ras the first requisition made by | Jov. Ansel, and on the hist day of < lis administration. 4 The trial of these men was set for i une 24. hut the date was changed. | Ten Convicted Second Time. Of the 11 safehlowers sent from louth Carolina in April and May. 903. to the United States penitently iry at Atlanta, On., to serve senten- ( :es each of five years' Imprisonment, mposed by the late Circuit Judge limonton on four at Charleston and list riot Judge Hrawley on seven in he United States circuit court at Jreenville, ten have been released ind extradited from Georgia for trial in other burglaries. The eleventh man, James Lang, alias "Black Billy" )De of the four convicted of the postifflce robbery at Greers, in Greenville county, will not be released before October of this year. The ten who hove been extradited have all been tried and convicted and received sentences to the penitentiaries of this State and North Carolina. Nine Sentenced to S. C. Penitentiary. The following professional safecrackers are now serving sentences in Son?H ('.nrn.lnR nen itentiarv. all mem hers of the famous Nolari-McKlmoy gang: John Fisher, alias "Connecticut Shorty," and Charles O'Day, alias "Missouri Charlie, sentenced to 10 years each for blowing the safe of the Heath Hanking and Mercantile company at ncath Springs in 1903. Tom Hamilton', alias 'Toledo Danny," Joe Bird, a.ias "Columbus Joe." and William Oliver, sentenced in January to ton years each for blowing the safe in W. P. Cook's store at Iva, Anderson county, Feb. 3, 1903. Thomas Nolan, alias "Chicago Nolan," and Charles Howard, alias "Texas Dutch," were sentenced at Spartanburg in April to ten years each for blowing the saf J of the Enoree Manufacturing company. They have taken an appeal to the supreme court and are yet In Jail in Spartanburg awaiting the hearing of the appeal. When McKlnley and Puggan reach the penitentiary at Columbia there will be including Nolan and Howard, nine of the notorious gang of yeggmen doing hard labor for the State in tuis prison. RAPIST HANGS. Will Johnson Pays the Death Penalty for Assault. While on (a'ullows, Confesses. Many Other Mysterious Crimes Are Cleared. A special from Atlanta Thursday says: Standing on the gallows, Will Johnson, a negro convicted of criminally assaulting Mrs. George Hembree, a white woman, in a suburb, last August, today confessed his crime and included in his confession a list of other assaults and -uurders that have mystified the polic" of Fulton county for the past year. When he had tlnished lie warned his hearers to avoid his example and the trap was sprung. His neck was broken und life was pronounced extinct in 35 minutes. Johnson admitted on the scaffold taat he shot Amos Moody a white farmer, who was murdered on his way home on August lt?, last year, that he attempted an assault on Miss Lawrence, near Atlanta. Aug. 20, by which she was left unconscious. with one eye gouged out, for which crime another negro was sentenced to 4 0 years imprisonment; that he emptied a shotgun through an open door of the residence of J. w. Bryant, a farmer living several miles north of the :ity on the night of Nov. 12 last, seriously wounding Mr Hryant and liis sister; he confessed to attempted issault on two white women in the suburbs of Atlanta last fall, and he soncluded his admissitions by teling of the murder of a man whom le called Jackson in Texas, several rears ago. So convinced were the attorneys >f Johnson's Innocence .that they irought the case before the State >rison commission as late as Tueslay of this week, asking for a com nutation of sentence to life imprisjnment. This was refused and Gov. rerrol also declined to take action >n the appeal for clemency. FOl'NI> llAliY IN IIIU SII. Wandered ill WlldcriicsN, IIis Throat Parched With Thirst. Walking alone in a wilderness of iage brush, his throat parched with a hirst of forty hours, his sturdy little legs torn and bleeding from briar horns, the 19-nionths-old baby of Lawrence Marsh, residing near Calivell, Idaho, was found Thursday llive and prattling to himself after tearch which began with the child's lisappearance on Saturday night and In which a posse of several hundred men were employed. As Henry A. Hunt horn, one of the marchers, led his horse to where the boy was standing, the little fellow looked up wide-eyed at the strange man in blue flannel shirt and widetiriinmed hat and then to the horse. "Pony, baby ride pony?" the youngster questioned with glistening jyes. "You bet you can, bless your little jld heart," cried Ilanthon. TWO COWS IHtOP l>l<:.\I>. Mr. \V. H. Austell ot CintViicy Ihiscs Two Pine Animals. A speciul lo The State from (inffaey says Mr. W. (J. Austell had two fine cows to die under rather peculiar ircumstances last week. They escaped from the pasture where they were confined and got into a patch of iorghum of which they ate si little as hey passed through. This was about noon; at seven o clock after they had l?een driven home they both dropped lead within two minutes of each oth*r. Mr. Austell does not think that I lie cane caused the death of tne cows because the quantity which they ate was so small. lU'R.NFD TO DHATII. Colored lloy Supposed To Have Coiniii it led Suicide. A dispatch to The State says a colored hoy named Feaster, was round dead in the woods near Gregg Shoals, 20 miles from Anderson. When last seen he was going hunting with rifle of small calibre. When found by a colored woman all of his clothes had been burned from his body and a bullet hole was through his neck, it is thought that he committ^-d suicide and his cloths cough) fire from the explosion of the cartridge, being at close range. 1 ALLS FROM TICAI'KZF. When Her Partner's Teeth Failed le Hold I p Hope. A. Desmoines, Iowa, through the failure of her mate's teeth to hold in a flying trapeze act in Robinson's cir ens, BfTle Minerva was dashed to tin ring from near the top of the hiy tent. Her back is sprained, her rigid ankle broken, and right side cut ant bruised. It is feared thai interna injuries may result in death. Kfllt Minerva's real name is Mrs. Will Ian Davis, and her home is in Freeport III. STHI'f'K HY A TRAIN. .Man and Horse Killed and The Wag (III IM'inOIIMHMI. A Beaufort special to The Stat< says a colored man named .lame Gregory was killed Thursday morn ing at a crossing on the track of th< Charleston and Western Carolina rai road near Sheldon. The train hle\ for the crossing nnd the negro in wagon drove on the track. It wa too late to stop the train. The mai was thrown 6G feet, the horse kille and the wagon demolished. ON THE ALERT. War Ships Should All Go to the Pacific Ocean. i -i SAYS NAVY BOARD. liitlm!* and S?-a War <??? <> a. ?i... F.ftlelciicy of Our Drfcucps,?Itusli Work in All I lie Xavy Yards.? Orders Sent (o Manila ami llouolula I rging (irrai Activity in Fortifying the llarltors. The Washington correspondent of the New York American says comprehensive plans for putting the * Navy in a state of preparedness for any emergency were sent to Secretary of the Navy Metcalf for immediate dispatch to the president, on Wednesday of last week. My special direction of the President the General Hoard of the Navy, of which Admiral Dewey is the president. has been in session for several days discussing the needs of steps to insure the presence of the war fleet, in fighting condition, at the point where it could render the most effective service in case of an emergency: and the board has now formulated and handed to Secretary Metcalf a series of recommendations, which include the following: That the entire battleship squadron of i lie Navy be "fconcenlrated on the Pacific Coast. That prompt measures be taken to improve to the highest point of elliciency the shipbuilding plants and dry docks on tlie Pacific Coast, even to the extent of taking those plants and docks under Government control if that be found necessary. winer recommendations of similar tenor are included in the plans submitted t?> Secretary Metcalf. While these plans have been prepared by the Navy Board at the direct request of the President, it is not certain that they will be approved bv him. But the fact that he has thought it necessary to seek counsel from the navy experts at this time is regarded here with the utmost significance and has stirred navy circles to an unuasual degree of activity and interest. Nor is this likely to be lessened by the announcement made that the Secretary of the Navy will leave for California where he will make a special study of naval conditions on the Western coast, and that a joint naval and army game is shortly to be inaugurated on the Pacific slope for the purpose of ascertaining what success a foreign foe would have in passing fortifications and entering certain specified ports with landing expeditions. Information is to the effect that at Honolulu and Manila orders have also been issued to put more energy into the work of fortifying the two harbors that has heretofore been shown. Immediate interest, however, attaches to the recommendation of the Navy Board, and therefore of Admiral Dewey as well, that our complete force of battleships be concent rated in Pacific waters. The board has many times expressed the opinion that the greatest usefulness of the battleship is attained when such vessels are maintained in squadrons in the places where they are most likely to be needed. It is significant, that, in pursuance of this opinion, the battleships which have heretofore all been gathered to get her in the North Atlantic, with the exception of the Oregon and Wisconsin, at present out of commission, should be recommended for concentration on the Pacific. Here is tlx* full complement of ships which the Naval Board desires to have sent around the Horn, traveling in a reverse direction over the course of the historic Oregon: Cnnnnli,.,,* U?i,l> Oot.?. haus, 6,000 tons. Mains. Captain Nathan E. Niles, 12,'?00 tons. Missouri, Captain E. C. Pendleton, 1 2,500'tons. Louisiana, Captain A. It. Condon, 1 6,000 tons. Virginia. Captain Seaton Scdiroeder, 14,9 IS tons. Georgia, Captain It. G. Davenport, 14.948 tons. New Jersey, Captain \V. \V. Kimhall, I 4,94S tons. Rhode island. Captain C. G. Rowman, 14,948 tons. Alabama, Captain S. P. Comly, I I ,552 tons. Illinois, Captain G. Rloeklinger, I I .552 uuis. Kersarge, Captain llerbnr Winslow I I ,520 tons. Kentiieky, Captain K. R. Rarry, 11,520 tons. ' Ohio, Captain L. I lei I nor, 12,500 tons. Indiana, Captain l>. II. Mahan, lo, 2 8.8 tons. i Iowa, Cnptain Henry MeCrea, 11, .'14 6 tons. Mnnesota, Captain John Hubbard, ; 16,000 tons. i Vermont, Captain William C. I'orI ler, 16.000 tons. I Four flag ofllrers are assigned to ? these battleships. Rear Admiral i Robley D. Kvans, Rear Admiral , Charles M Thomas, Rear Admiral William 11. Kniory. The vessels could lie made ready tc? start on their i/oirnnv to I hn Piwifu* III kIvI V (lil VH* time or less. should the President op. pose tho recommendation, and as to that there In naval circles there la current a belief that the order for them to prepare for the trip will bo p issued by the president in a few days. h . llad to Ix>ave Town. '' There is no race suicide* in or 1 about the town of Charlotte, Tenn., v where no family has loss that eight il members. Not long ago. John Nabb, s of Indiana, moved to Charlotte and, " because he had but one little girl, ho ' was so unpopular that he decided to move. A