THE FORT MILL TIMES^I
16TH. YEAR. FOIlt MILL, S. <X THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1907.
BRIDGE FALLS.
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Carrying Sixty or Eighty Persons
to Their Death.
TERRIBLE DISASTER.
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Unsuspecting Workmen Are Swept to
Their Doom by Collapsing of Half
of Long Bridge Over the St. 1-nwrence
River?Men*Had Just Quit
Work for the Day?(Grinding Crash
Proceeded Falling of Structure.
A section of the new bridge across
the St. Lawrence River, five miles
below Quebec, Canada, collapsed
late Thursday, carrying scores of
bridge workers and mechanics into
the water. It is estimated that the
loss is more than sixty and may exceed
that number by twenty.
The bridge was about a mile and
a hair in length and half of it, from
the south shore to mid stream, crumpled
up nnd dropped Into the water.
Ninety men were at work on this section
of the structure and the whistle
had just blown at 5:30 for the men
to quit work for the day, when there
came a grinding sound from the
bridge tnld-stream.
The men turned to see what had
happened and an instant later the
cry went up, "The bridge is falling."
The men made a rush shoreward, but
the distance was too great for them
to escape. The fallen section of the
bridge dragged others after It, the
snapping girders and cables booming
like a crash of artillery.
Terror lent fleetness to the feet of
the frightened workmen as they sped
shoreward, hut only a few of them
reached safety before the last piece
of Iron work on the south shore was
dragged into the water.
Near the shore the wreckuge of the
bridge did not go below the surface
of the water and eight workmen,
were rescued and taken to the hospital
at I^evls.
The steamer Glenmont had Just
cleared the bridge when the first section
fell. The water thrown up by
the debris went clear over the bridge
oi tno Hieamer.
The captain at once lowered boats.
The small boats piled backward and
toward over the sunken wreckage for
half an hour, but there were no signs
of life. The twisted iron and stee!
had its victims in a terrible death
grip. A few floating timbers and
broken stems of the bridge towa-d
tho north shore were the only signs
that anything unusual had happened.
There was not a ripple on the
smooth surface of the St. lawronce
us it swept along toward the gulf.
All the men drowned were employees
of the Phoenixville Bridge Company
and sub-contractors of Quebebc and
Montreal.
At ten o'elock Thursday night 16
bodies had been picked up and the S
men in the hospital two are not expected
to live throughout the night.
The Quebec bridge was begun
about seven yearB ago and it was to
be finished In 1000. Subsidies had
been granted by the Federal and Provlnical
Governments and the city of
Quebec and the estimated cost of the
work was $10,000,000.
The Phoenixville Bridge Company,
of Pennsylvania, had the contract fn>the
construction of the bridge and
were working from l?oth sides of the
river.
Tin horror of the situation is in
crossed by the.fact that tnere are a
number of wounded men pinned n
the wreckage near the shore. Their
groans and shrieks can be her. id
plainly by the crowds who have gathered
at the water's edge, but nothing
ho far can be done to relieve thoh
sufferings.
SAMK OLI> STOKY.
Blames a Woman for His lleing c
Thief.
At New York Chester B. Kunyan
the former paying teller, who stole
nearly $100.Do. in casn from tht
Windsor Trust Company last June
told in the Court of General Sessions
the story of his downfall.
He charged that Laura A. Carter,
now on trial charged with receiving
some of his money, led him astray.
Kunyan testified that he met Mrs.
Carter on the street by chance
and visited he at her home sev
eral times. He toia ner
that he had stolon sevveral thousand
dollars from the hank and she
4 said: "Yon'rs In bad now, why don't
you take some more and have enough
for yourself."
Runyau stated that alter he gave
Mi's. Carter 110,000 In $i,000 bill?
sho mmediately left her flat, where
hi was hiding. She returned with
the police, who arrested him.
OKtOOKI) UIKIjM.
A Man Arr?*?tefl on Description Given
By Victim.
At New York Abraham Blakeman
*? j held on $200 bail in Coney Islanw
court. He Is charged with being1
one of the men who drugged and
attacked Adele Roberts and Anna
Ruiisel. The girls were picked up in
rthc roadway unconscious. Blakeman
was arrested on a description given
hy ^e girls and was positive'? Idon&
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A STRANGE STORY.
Young Lady Left by Herself Short J
Time Disappears.
Later Her Body Is Found Flouting
in a Nearby Lake by Some '
Friends. *
A strange Btory conies from Dover, |
N. J. Five minutes after her arrival
at Nolan's Point, Lake Hopatcong,
Saturday night In company with her
cousin, Charles Maguire, of Dover,
Miss Agnes Maguire, a public'school
teacher, of Brooklyn disappeared and
no trace of her was found until her
body was discovered in a nearby lake
Wednesday. Their destination was a (
cottage known as Camp Looy, where t
Charles Maguire who is a clerk in the f
uvftci injoiuiuce, naa oeen B|>cnding *
his vacation.
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Whether the case Is one of foul j
play or accidental drowning is yet to \
be determined. 1
Miss Maguire, who was a daughter '
of Mr. and Mrs. John --agulre, of
No. 26 Second place, Brooklyn, came *
up on Thursday with her father and '
mother, intending to spend some time s
at the home of her uncle, Bernard v
Maguire, at Marysville. Her father
returned to Brooklyn that evening,
Mrs. Maguire remaining with her 1
daughter who is recuperating from a (
long illness. '
Saturday evening Miss Maguire's
cousin proposed a drive to Camp
Ix)oy, his purj>o8e being to get some
personal belongings. Miss Maguire 1
consented and they started at 7:30 H
o'clock, when the heavy storm of 8
that night began they were near the 8
cottage but could not get up to the
pluce on account of a steep declivity c
Tying his horse to a tree young Ma- '
guire bade his cousin stay <u the *
buggy while he went after his suit 1
case, promising to be gone only a 8
few minutes. t;
He was back in less than ten minutea
and to his great consternation 1
found the buggy unoccupied. In
great alarm, for it was dark as pitch. 11
he shouted his cousin's name and '
when there was no answer he ran
bacK to the cottage, thinking that, *
becoming frightened at the storm, '
she had started for the house and
passed him unnoticed in the dark- 8
ness. f
When he found she was not In the 1
cottage he and several men began 1
scouring the woods in the vlclnitv. 8
The alarm spread quickly to neighboring
camps and cottages, and soon 1
scores were engaged In the search. 8
While some of the searchers continu- 1
ed the hunt In ever-wluening circles '
on shore, several took to l>outs. Sam- 8
uel Hopkins, of Roonton, plunged in- 1
to the lake and dived In search of I
the young woman's body, for it was
feared, that, becoming l?ewildered. f
Miss Maguire had walked into the r
water and drowned. All ni^ht the 8
search was kept up without result. v
Ry morning hundreds had heard of v
the affair and took up the search. At 1
Hurdtown, a few miles from Nolan's f
Point, there are abandoned mines
and it is quite possible for any one r
wandering about in the darkness to I
fall down some unprotected shaft, of 1
which there are a number. f
Tt'HKlSH OLTItAGKS. t
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Many Persian Villagers Slain and
Much Property Wrecked.
Advices from Teheran, Persia says
Gen. Samson l>owle and other Persian
officers, according to reports,
have been killed by the invading t
Turks, after having been taken prts- (
oners.
Many Inoffensive Persian villagers, '
including women and children, have j
?een slaughtered. Women have been
:arried off, a church has been defiled
ind much grain and other property .
aken or destroyed.
Turkish regular troops with artll- (
'ery were within four miles of Urumiah
on August lf>. There were no
dgns of the withdrawal of the Turks '
from Persian territory.
Another report says the Turks
have occupied Merivan in Persian
Kurdestan east of Sulemanla.
In a telegram as ting for help, the
:lergy and inhabitants of Merivan
add that if the Persian government [
Is powerless the people must beg
Russia.
TAIMJKT FOB HI'LLKTS.
Kevenue Officers Shot at By Moon
shiners in (teorKin.
C. I>. Williams and E. I). Hinton,
attached to the omce of Revenue
Agent R. V. Bams, of the Atlantic
division, have just returned from
North Georgia, after an exciting experience.
They refuse to give the
location, but they went up in the
mountain part of the state to destroy
a still which had been located.
In this mission they succeeded, but
i as they were returning, they were
ambushed, supposedly by a party of
moonshiners, who tired upon them as
they drove along ^^e road. The horse
of one of the revenue men was struck
Ave times, being shot from uuder
him. In the darkness the two men
managed to get away without being
struck.
The matter, it is understood, will
be taken up with the department of
' justice, with a view to ascertaining
who the guilty parties were and
'jrlugiuj them to trial. i
GIRL RESCUED
After Being Held in Captivity For
Three Weeks
BY NEW YORK POLICE
'annls Received Mcssaip-s of l?istres*
from Hrr, and the Police OfTl- i
cent Finally Jjocate and Rescue
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Her From the Men Who Were
Holding Her as a Prisoner on '
Coney Island. 1
New York has had her full share (
>f criminals this summer. Recently
he police has rescued a young girl j
rom some men who had held her .
:Hj?tlve for some time.
"Aunt Sophie: For God's sake
:ome and Ret me out of here! I am
n Coney Island, hut God alone knows
vhat house they have locked me up
n. I can't describe it to you. A man
s abusing me terribly."
With this not as their only clew,
he police rescued seventeen-year-old
day Schick, of Newark, N. J., after
he had been held captive for three
veeks by two men, who, she says,
ured her to a low resort and locked
ler in a small room. The rescue of
he girl was followed by the arrest
if the men who. she declares, ill
reated and abused her.
Relatives of the girl and the police
if three cities have been searching
or her ever since she disappeared,
>ut not until five days ago did she
succeed in getting the note to her
unit out of the house, so closely was
me watched.
The men whom Miss Schick accuse
if abducting her said they were Wlliam
Iligglns, eighteen, of 188 Italic
street, Brooklyn, and Frank Marin,
who said he lived at South Fifth
treet and Bedford avenue, an adIress
that does not exist.
May Schick lives at 807 Park street
<ewark, N. J. The home of her aunt,
drs. Sophie Fuiier, is at 4a Montrose
ivenue, Jersey City, and the girl ofen
visited her.
Three weeks ago May, with Llllie
3onklin, of 474 Chestnut street, Aringlon,
N. J., went to Coney Island.
During the evening they became
leperated, and May. asked two strangers
to direct her to the cars. The
nan. who she savs was Martin hauI
le would show her the way. Higgins
iccompanied them.
"I thought they were tuking me to
he station," the girl said, "but initead
they took me to iae house
vhere I have been held prisoner,
flartin told me he wanted to get
lomething out of a room and asked
lie to go up with him. When I did
le locked the door.
"I screamed for help, but I was
tagged and thrown into a closet. The
nen said they would kill me if I
creamed any more. They kept close
vatch on me, but one day last week I
vas left alone. I scribbled the note
o my aunt. I got a woman in the
louse to mail it for me."
When the girl's aunt received the
lotc she turned it over to the police,
detectives made a house to house '
-anvass of the resorts till a man was
bund who recognized the description
>f the missing girl and he led the deecvives
to the house, at 17 Mermaid (
ivenue. ,
CAI SKIl A PANIC.
V liiou Attacked a lauiy at a Pittsburg
Kesort.
Torn, bruised and suffering from
n.ock, Mrs. Anna O. Aiucken, sixtytive
years old, of FMttsburg, Pa., lies
it her home tonight in a precarious
condition, as the result of an attack
l?y a lion at I.una park, a summer report,
Thursday.
The park was crowded with women
and children, when, without warning, i
I he lion appeared from behind one of
the buildings and with a roar, sprang
upon Mrs. ilucken. The woman i
icreanied, and soon screams of the
hundreds stampeding for the exit,
were added to Mrs. Hucken's cries.
\V. A. Downing, chief of the park
police, emptied the chambers of his
revolver into the beast. Others secured
rifles from the shooting galleries
and from the concessionaries, and
soon a score were pumping lead at
the lion, which stood over the prostrate
woman, gnashing his teeth and
lashing his tall.
Finally the beast turned and rushed
towards the show known as the
"Mystic Kiver," and here he succumbed,
turning over on his back,
and with a few kicks he died. His
skin was completely riddled wiui
small calibre bullets.
Mrs. Hucken was bourne to the
park emergency hospital, where her
injuries, were dressed.
C AT S HITK Kl l.l?S \\<>MAX.
Dies of Hydrophobia in Seven Weeks
After Infection.
Mrs. Rachel D. Harry, widow of
Antos C. Barry, who was bitten by a
cat seven weeks ago at her Kastontown
boulevard home, I^ong Island,
died early Wednesday, a victim of
hydrophobia. Sne was dying for 8
hours. Her spasms were so severe
that she had to be strapped in bed.
Mrs. Barry was forty-six years old
and the daughter of the late John
Cuilom. of Oxford, Pa. She leaves
five children, a daughter and four
son*,
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KILLED LITTLE BOY.
Because a Pretended Prophet
Said He Was an Anarchist
Man, Who Claimed Supernatural
Power, Persuades Parents of Lad
that He is an Anarchist.
A terrible story conies from Moscow,
Russia. In the village of Sysoeva,
Mogiloff government, there
lived a peasant called Michael Kolchevosky,
who called himself a
prophet," and always gave out that
he was "not of this world."
On July 29 Michael told his fellow-villagers
he had had a revelation
from heaven to the effect that all
jarthly misfortunes proceeded from
\ntichrlst and that it was necessary
to kill Antichrist, who had become
Incarnate in the person of a two-yearild
boy, the son of a peasant called
[Jrobotchevsky.
The parents of the child were per
siuiuou to concent to tne sacrifice, and
the mother having pointed out the
>xact 8pot wnere the child had been
l>orn, the "prophet" laid the victim
there and began to press him to
ieath with his feet. In a quarter of
in hour the child was dead, but to
muke sure the "prophet" gave him 20
lows on the head with an iron hammer.
The l?ody was then cut in two
lialves by the "prophet." who afterward
again divided each part in two,
uraying fervently ail the time, the
villagers looked on reverently. At
ast Klotchevsky put the fragments
if the iHidy in a sack, tied the sa^k
:o the tail of a horse, mounted the
norse himself and rode through the
tillage, followed by the inhabitants,
who bore lighted candles, it being
low night. The child was then bured,
while the mukhiks sang songs of
j raise.
At daylight the "prophet" went
lome to sleep, after inviting the peastnts
to come at 8 o'clock ia the evenng
in order to see him ascend tut
leaven from the roof of his hut. But
? o'clock found hiin asleep in bed,
ind after watting patiently for a long
ime the villagers resolved to wake
liin. Klotchevsky was in one of
lis lucid intervals, however, and af
er hearing what had happened ~he
light liefore he attempted to explain
he ascension to heaven could not
ake place just then because the permission
of the nearest priest shot t?I i
lave been obtained before Antichrist
was put to death.
Finally the peasants began to beat
he "prophet," who would probably
lave been killed had not some of the
ocal police inspectors happened to
ie passing within earshot. 1'he
1.. ,1 1 a "" > r.# O'l
[ii w|iuct io uuov i A wru <10 u mail wi *-u
ies in the village?thirty-two men?
were then arrested and will he trl *1.
Among the accused is a man lu2
rears of age, who took an active pari
n the murder of the child. The
'prophet s described as a man of 2.5
rears of age, but looking much older,
vith an intelligent face, long flowing
lair and restless eyes.
BOTTIiE POUND ON BEACH.
rhc Contents Tell of the lioss of a
Steamer.
One Saturday last at Miami, says
:he Maiml Morning News, while
talking along the beach, a little boy,
named Granville Rockmer, found a
Dottle which contained a piece of paper
and on which a message was
written. Not realizing the mportance
Df the find, the boy tore the paper into
fragments. Some older persons
happened along Just at that time and
gathered the fragments together and
proceeded to arrange them in order
that the message might be read.
It was subsequently learned by
piecing the paper together that the
contents stated that the steamer
Mom us had been lost in a storm at
sea. It was signed P. V. P., and requested
that F. Gilman, New York,
ne nounea. 11 is neiievea me message
is genuine.
A similar find was made three
years ago near Cape Florida light, by
Mr. R. D. Maxwell, of Miami. It
told of the loss of the steamer Ampersand
on the west coast of South
America many years before. he
matter was investigated through the
underwriters' agency in New York
and it was learned that a vessel by
that name was missing and had never
been heard from.
Finally, Mr. Maxwell received a letter
from the widow of the captian of
the Ampersand, which told the story
of the sailing of the vessel from an
Knglish port. It was the first hearing
she had of her husband's fate.
The liottle was fourteen years in
making its long journey around Cape
Florida. It is understood the news
about the Momus has been sent to a
New York underwriters' agency for
investigation.
RUKNED IIIS MONEY.
Then Killed Himself in the Presence
of a Crowd.
A special from Webster City, Iowa,
to the Record-Herald says: In sight
of an astonished crowd Carl Pressley
an actor, maue a l>onflre in the street
of his paper money: threw his jewely
In the sewer and then announced to
a group of friends that he was going
to kill himself. He drew a revolver
from his pocket, walked across the
street and, calling to a number of
persons In the vicinity to watch him
die, fired a bullet into his brain.
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WORK OF FIEND.
Farmer's Wife and Her Servant
. Victims of a Brute
WHO HAD FIRED BARN
While the Men of the 1-aniily Were
Fighting Flames the Negro Tried
to Pillage the House, and When
the Women Came on the Scene
the Ilrute Attacked Them With
An Axe.
The people of the North are fast
findng out the vicious negro, and in
consequence they are loosng their
sympathy for the whole race. Ihey
must not judge the whole negro race
by the black fiends who committed
the crime described below. Wo are
glad to say that such robbers and
murderers does not fairly represent
the negroes of the South, a large
majority of whom nre held woiking
honest citizens. But still we can't
blame the people of the North for
judging the negro race by those who
go up to live among them.
A dispatch from Camden, N. J.,
says Mrs. Frances Horner, aged 67
years, wife of Edward Horner, a farmer
on the Browning road near Merchantsville,
and Mrs. Victoria Napoli,
a servant, were chopped to death
Wednesday in their home, it is charged,
by Charles Oihson, a negro who
was formerly employed on the farm.
The assassin first set fire to the
Horner barn. While Horner and
Mrs. Napoli'8 husband were trying to
rescue some of the horses from the
barn Mrs. Horner and her servant
came upon the negro in the act of
robbing the house. The robber attacked
the women with an axe and
practically cut them to pieces.
Mrs. Horner's head was severed
and Mrs Napoll's head was crushed
in and her body covered with gashes.
Horner and others, who were at the
fire returned to the house, found the
body of Mrs. Horner lying nearby in
a pool of blood, and Mrs. Napoli still
alive was lying nearby covered with
blood. She died wthout regaining
consciousness shortly after being admitted
to a hospital in the city.
Two gold watches and a sum of
money had been taken from the
house, and the police located the
watches in a pawn chop in Philadelphia,
where they had been pledged by
a negro. The pawnbroker, according
to the police, identified Gibson as the
negro who pawned the watches, and
he was arrested. Tickets for the
time pieces were found in his possession.
Steven Dorsey, another negro, who
was with Gibson when it is alleged he
pawned the watches, was also arrested,
through the police do not believe
he had anything to do with the murder.
Gibson, who was discharged by
Horner some time ago, applied for
work at the farm yesterday and was
told he could sleep in the barn and
start work in the morning.
Early this morning the farmers
who were running to the fire declare
that they saw the negro fleeing from
the Horner home. Gibson refused to
make any statement regarding the
murder, and his supposed connection
with it, but when one of the watches
recovered from the pawn shop, and
nf>ilnk nrnfl m..?lr /vrl n/it V?
r* iiii.ii ** ao uiai ivru nun iuc nainr
"Horner" was shown to him, and he
was asked if he knew the owner, ne
is said to have replied: "Yes, I'm
sorry for him."
FINK1> FOK IIKi(iIN(i.
Pittsburg Swain Caught in tlx* Act on
the Street.
"Thou shalt not kiss or hug on
the street"is the latest commandment
laid down by the authorities of Pittsburg,
Pa., and it is being enforced.
Paul Carr, a young man of Mellen
street, was fined $10 and costs for
hugging his girl on the street Wednesday
night.
He was also told by Magistrate
Walker that he would be sent to Jail
if it occurred again. "Do your kissing
and squeezing at home, not on the
street," said the court to the downcast
lad.
This order fallows another issued
in Allegheny some time ago by Mayor
Kirsshler to the effect that there
should he 110 more love-making in
the city parks, and instructing the
proper authorities to place electric
lamps to shine in all dark corners.
MOTH Kit AM) SON |>KO\VNKI>
Youth Tries to Have l'nrcnt Wlieu
the Boat Upset.
In a double drowning accident in
Base Lake, near Pentwater. Mich.,
Mrs. George Grove aim son, Raymond,
aged seventeen, of ago.
met iiieir death.
Mrs. Grove and son were sailing in
a rowltoat with Mrs. Henderson and
son from Chicago, who were guests
of the Groves at their summer cottage.
A sudden gust of wind overturned
them.
Young Grove, who was a good
swimmer, dived after his mother and
never came up aguin. Mrs. Henderson,
and her son succeeded In gaining
the overturned boat and clung to
it until rescued.
CONVICT CAPTURED I
North Carolina Manslayer Caun
In Greenwood. I
Had Settled at Hodges Undfl
Another N amine and Stood Wfl
With His Neighbor*. I
A diapatch from Greenwood to ThB
News aud Courier says Saerltf M<fl
Mil hi n captured Thursday afternoon I
man very much wanted in North Cafl
olina. This man, J. B. Watson, wtfl
sent up from Vance county, Nortfl
Oaroiina, for twenty-flve years, f?
the killing of Joe Buskins in 19ol
Watson served oniy six months of hH
sentence in the penitentiary and thrH
made his escape. The North Cartfl
lina authorities offered rewards fcfl
his capture, but he was never locatetfl
About a year ago ?* atson went tl
Hodge's wltti his family. He wal
known as J. K. Brooks. He hal
been living near Hodge's ever aincl
and has made a good reputation
among his new neighbors. Sherifl
McMillan InratiwI Hlo "
mo OUIIIC 11111*3
and Thursday, wL?u he came in witlfl
a load of watermelons, he and Deputy!
Sheriff Dukes arreuted him. "
Watson offered no resistance. He
was said to he a dosperate and dangerous
man. but he made no move to
escape. He acknowledged his Identity
and is willing to go bacn. to *\.
Carolina, lie has wired an uncle in
Blberton, Ga.. and another In Royston,
Ga., and asks to remain here until
these two men can come.
Sheriff McMillan is a very aWt
ofllcer and keeps a lookout for escaped
criminals as much as he did when
he was the efliclent chief of ponce of
Greenwood.
PKTKKH TO BIO HANGED.
York County Man to Pay Heath Penalty
for Murder.
A dispatch from Richmond, Va.. to
the Roanoke Times has the following
to say about George A. Peters, a native
of York County, who has been
sentenced to death in Carroll County,
Virginia.
"George A. Peters of Carroll county,
is to hang for the murder of Rev.
Joseph Easter, a Drunkard preacher,
who was killed in the county several
months ago. This conclusion was
reached by Governor Swanson the
other morning after going over the
application for commutation.
"The Governor says he has not
found a solitary thing upon which he
could base any interference with the
the sentence of the jury which tried
the prisoner. The papers have been
in the hands of the Governor for
some time and he has examined Into
the merits of the case with unusual
care.
"Peters' according to the records in
t hp psiuft WDiil In I hnmn nf !*<? I
minister one night in May, after the
minister had retired, called him to
the door and shot him down in cold
blood in the presence of the
man's wife and children. There was
absolutely no provacation for the
crime, and the attempt of the defence
to show that Peters was drunk at the
time fell flat, the contrary being proven.
Peters will be hanged on September
20."
BEUEVKI) IIGil A Wat'li
Because He Had Had Luck Nearly
Killed His Wife.
Amelia Cyniano, believed by her
husband and neighbors to be a witch,
is in a dying condition at Adrian hospital,
the result of punishment inflicted
by her husband, John. The husband,
in common with the neighbors,
believed his wife was endowed with
power to work evil, and Saturday he
beat and kicked her almost to death
because his pay envelope did not contain
as much money as he believed it
should. The State constabulary is
searching for Cyriano.
rne cyrienos live at wallston, Pa.,
a mining town. Recently a series of
misfortunes befell the neighborhood.
Garden truck did not come up to the
standard and cgttle and poultry died.
The people complained that Mrs.
Cyriano was the cause of their misfortune.
Saturday was pay day in the mines.
Cyriano had bad luck and his tonnage
fell off, thus reducing his pay.
He went home determined to drive
out the devil he believed possessed
his wife. Cyriano knocked his wife
down with his fists then kicked her
until she became unconscious. She
begged for mercy, but her pleadings
did not save her.
STAItVKI* HIMSIXF.
Wife and Children I,oft llim Because
of His Stinginess.
Oeorge Gould, 65 years old. of New
Rochelle, N. Y., died in a hospital
there last week of starvation and ex
posure, according to toe pnysjcians.
Gould, who had acquired a fortune
of $100,000 in the plumbing business,
and In real estate, lived alone in a
house in which he allowed no person
but himself to enter, ills wife and
children left him years ago because
of his alleged stinginess.
Gould had been sick for days and
neighbors who forced an entrance into
his home found him helpless from
the lack of nurishment and exposure.
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the deputies and trusties, put double
bars on all the entrances to the prison,
and had the entire police force
stationed about the jail. The prisoner
was taken from his cell and hidden
in a remote corner of the prison cellar.
After waiting until day for the
arrival of the supposed lynchers, the
ofibers were dsmissed.
The murder of Shumnn was most
foul. Til'- policeman bad heard of
he negro insulting a woman in a
lonely section of South liothlehem,
and went to that quarter to make an
investigation, lie found Handy, and
when he attempted to place him under
arrest the negro opened fire. Two
bullets entered the policeman's body,
and he died.
Policeman McCue found Handy in
a board yard and jumped upon him
before he could get his revolver,
which had been reloaded, into action.
A crowd of angry men surrounded
the prisoner and he was badly beaten.
Ho was rushed to jail in an automobile.
Handy pretends to be ignorant
of the happenings of Monday night.
COI RAGE AMI ItltA YKIIY.
Of >len on Dynamite I,uden Ships
Prevent Disaster.
With enough dynamite, powder
and old explosives in her hold to
blow up the Rock of Gibraltar, firewhipped
and faned by gales of hurriean
forces, the steamship Eureka.
Captain Goligbtly on her voyage from
San Francisco to Seattle, Wash , but
for the heroic fight of the crew would
have been blown up and every soul
on board lost.
The Eureka left San Francisco on
August 15 with a cargo of 900 tons,
including 250 tons of powder, 200
tons of gasoline, a large quantity of
oil. and fifty-six carboys of nitric
acid. When off Mcndlclno Head
alKMit 2 o'clock on the morning of the
1 !)th, the gale was Idowing fifty miles
an hour and the ship rolling
heavily. A carboy of acid, which
was lashed on the upper deck, broke
loose from its moorings and smashed.
The fluid came in contact with
wood and instantly ignited It. Lute
a flash the ropes binding the carboys
were eaten away by the fiuntes and
entire cargo of acid was aslide and
aflame on deck.
Hands were summoned, the life
and death fight began. Man after
man fell upon the slippery deck, and
although at times nearly overcome,
would when revived, rise and fight
the flames like demons.
Their clothing took fire and Mate
William Reed had li Ik legs badly
burned. They kept their struggle
up until the flames were extnguished.
Capt. (Jolightly asserts that no vessel
was ever in greater pern and that
only the courage. and bravery or nis
men prevented an awful disaster
liAIKJH SNAKK IN AIKKN.
v
A "Water Itattler," Weighing Forty
Pounds, Killed Recently.
A real true snake story comes from
the Level's section, a few miles from
Aiken. It is stated that a "water
rattler," which Is related to the rattlesnake,
was killed in that section,
that measured six feet and tipped
the scales at forty pounds, and was
almost six inches in diameter. The
huge reptile was found by a colored
man, who prevented it. from escaping
Into a nearby pond, while assistance
was called and the snake shot. The
snake is said to he a very dangerous
one, though it has no rattles as the
common rattlesnake has, but is equally
as poisonous.
Sl l/r.W Ml ItDKRFD.
\i?nu>in in \n? In Danger of Heign
of Anarchy.
Danger of a reign of anarchy
throughout Morocco la Imminent and
a report has It that Sultan Abdul
Aziz haa been aasaaalnated. The report
la generally credited aa It la
realized that the followera of the new
aultan 'have a powerful Incentive to
put Abdul Aziz out of the way and
bid for the favor of the newly proclaimed
ruler.
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