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- I ' *V; >' '" * & .. * > THE FORT MILL TIMES. -sc'CrS _ _ , - - , -- , _ . _ -w^ ? - - - , _ - __ - j __ 16TH YEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1908 NO. 48 " f " " : ~ " ? HEAD CUT OPEN. An Aged Woman Brained by Negro With an Axe. OVER IN LEXINGTON. Sitting Alone lu ?' ltooni. Near ^ Caye, Mrs. Paul L>. Ellisor Has Her ] Skull Split Open by Assassin Who ' Crept Vpou Her From Behind? ' Body Concealed in Clothe* Baa- t * kct. * Sitting in her home, two miles west c of Cayce, nf Lexington County, Wed- b nesday morning, white-haired Mrs. ^ Paul D. Ellisor was suddenly struck s down from behind by a negro burg- 1' lar armed with her husband's axe. ' The heavy weapon sank down into ^ the skull and death was probably in-'t Ktantaneous. 11: His fiendish work done, the nssas- t o sin strove to cover un the pvtilonen r eo that the crime would not be discovered until he had made good his t scape. Catching up the pitiful, n wasted body he forced It Into a b clothes basket near at hand and toss- c d ovtr It the quilts from the bed. a Then catching up Mr. Elllsor's shot- ji gun and one of his coats the murder- t er fled. n The crime was not discovered until t an hour or more afterward. Mr. Ellisor had gone to New Brookland at > an early hour to sell vegetables, leav- j, ing Mrs. Elllsor alone in the little 3-1 / room house. The supposition is that g the murderer, seeing the master of r the house drive away, supposed the g house to be empty. Mr. Elllsor re- j turned to the house at about 9:30 ^ o'clock and found his daughter and a several friends sitting upon the doorstep awaiting his return. a The house wus locked up, and ail |, supposed that Mrs. Elllsor had clos- g ed it to run over to a neighbor's Af- v ter waiting around the premises for ^ some time they became alarmed and t( forced tho door to And the reality ^ far worse than anything they could have feared. The alarm was quick- j ly given, and within the hour men were searching for the murderer. Within a few minutes after the 1 alarm was given Mr. Steygert, constable for Magistrate Bachman, of New Brook land, was on the scene. He took charge of the premises aud un- u der Mr. Bacliman's direction empan lled a 1 iirv. which vImuiihI tho f?_ I mains. The inquest was then ad- 11 journed. Tli? body remains at the e home. The Columbia correspondent of ' The News and Courier, who furnishes the above facts to his paper, says it is believed that the murderer went e direct to Columbia hoping to elude c pursuit in the criminal quarters of r the city. The police were not notified 1 of the murder until nearly two hours after it had ben discovered. Mrs. 9 Elllsor leaves her husband, an aged 81 farmer much respected in the community, and six children, four married daughters and two grown sons. s _____________ s TAMPERED WTH 3YVTCH. o __________ c c A Southern Passenger Train Partly u Derailed at Kingsville. ' Train No. 17, .from Charleston t was wrecked at Kingsville at 9.15 1 Tuesday night at a switch about 100 r yards north of the Congaree River, t The two passenger coaches were do- \ railed but none of the passengers were e hurt beyond a bruise or a good shak- t ing up. 4 The trail, en conducted an inves- i tigatlon ant' found that the switch . had been tan., red with.. The engine ' and the mail r id the express ear; passed over the switch in safety but > the conch for colored passengort ; which followed, left the rails and i carried the coarb ror white passengers with it. R The two coaches ptrnck a string of g box cars which were standing on the siding, turning over two or three o? them and wrecking the interior of the negro coach, which, at the time was occupied only by one passenger and the conductor, neither of whom was hurt. The coach for whites was turned partly over, but was not damaged The track for about a hundred feet was torn up. After an hour and a quarter the passengers were put aboard the express car and a caboose, and were carried on to Columbia, reaching there at 11.20. THREE *?1E\ KI,LEI) In a fright fitl Hear End Crash of Two ^ Trains. * Two Trains. Three men were killed in a frightful rear-end crash between 2 freight trains on the Now York, New Haven and Hartford railroad's Harlem branch just south of the bartow station Wednesday. A heavily loaded freight got beyond control on a down i grade and ran into the rear of another freight Just ahead. The conductor of the first freight train was in the caboose, and was instantly killed. ( The engineer and fireman on the en- 3 glne of the tecond freight woro pin-' ? ned In the wreckage and killed. j< BRUTES CONFESS. The Tojand Negroes Tell of Foul Killing In Lexington. They Make a Full Confession of the Murder of Mr*. Paul W. Elllkor Near Columbia. , A dispatch from Columbia Bays "led and Brack Toland, negroes, agel 17 and 19 years, respectfully, late Friday afternoon made a full conesslon of the murder of Mrs. Paul N. Ellisor, the aged woman who llv'd Just across the river from Colum?la. Brack, the youngest of the broth>rs, said that Mrs. Ellisor Buspected omethlng as soon as they entered the louse. When thev cot insi^o nro^b aid he caught the old woman and icld her while his brother knocked ter In the head with an axe. They put her body In a basket and Jed struck her two more blows. They hen proceeded to rob the house, takng a gun and a number of articles >f wearing apparel. No money was ound. These negroes were arrested on he train going to Newberry the day fter the brutal murder and brought ack to Columbia. There was a big rowd of men at the train when they rrlved and had it not been for the iresence of several officers an atemyt to lynch them would have been nade. The two fiends are now In he penitentiary for safe keeping. A dispatch from Prosperity says Jed Tolnud bears a bad reputation, laving been in a number of scrapes, tbout six years ago he broko Into High's store, at Sllgh's Station, and obbed the postoffico. He served a entenco In the United States prison n Atlanta for this crime. He has een on the chain gang several times t different places. , Brack was working In the oil mill nd was enticed away by Ned. They aft Prosperity walking Monday, lomo of the hands In the oil mill earned Brack that Ned would get im In trouble. Ned's wife had gone 0 Columbia on the morning Columla, Newberry and Laurens train. ItH-EXllOLIiMENT HILL PASSED. Vxt of Measure Providing for Registration of Voters. One of the most important meas res the general assembly has passed 1 a bill to provide for the re-enroll lent and registration of the qualltied lectors of this State during the year J 908, and to provde compensation f or the supervisors of registration as j ollows. Section One. That the suprvisors of registration in each ' ounty of the State are required to e-enroll all the qualified electors in ' his State during the year 1908. Section 2. That the same time the aid supervisors shall register all per^ns who may mnke application thereor and who may he entitled thereto. Section 3. That for the purpose of . uch enrolment and registration the , aid supervisors shall keep the books f registration open at the several ounty seats every day (Sundays exepted) between the hours of 9 a. m. nd 6 p. m. during the months of uly and August 1908;and in addlion thereto they shall attend, during he month of September, 1908, at east 1 day in each township in their espectlve counties, of whlcn at least en day's notice shall be given by udertlsement in a newspaper publlshd in the county, and in counties conalning fifty thousand Inhabitants hey shall attend in each city, town >r industral community containing hreo hundred or more inhabitants ai enst one day upon similar notice; 'rovlded that the provisions of thb ectlon shall only apply to the re-en olmeut ana registration for the year 908. Section 4. That for the purpose of laid reenrolnient the secretary of itate shall furnish the supervisors of eglHtratlon with all the necessary >ooks and the sum of Ave hundred lollars shall he appropriated for sup)lylng said hooks. Section 5. That the supervisors of egistratlon shall each rpcclve for heir services during the year 1908, he sum of two hundred dollars, to he >ald by the State quarterly, as other state officers are paid, except in the counties of Anderson, Charlestons Ireenville, Sumter, Orangeburg, Richland, where they shall receive :eive two hundred and fifty dollars 'or the year 1908: Provided, that in Spartanburg county they shall receive his year three hundred dollars, to he jald as above provided. That nfter ho year 1908 the supervisors of regstratlon shall each receive fifty dolars per annum in ofT years and one nundred dollars in general election rears, except in the above named rouutles, wbere they shall each re eive seventy-flve dollars per annum n off years and in general election . ears they shall receive two hundred lollars per annum, Including the :ounty of Spartanburg. Wash Hunter Convicted. Wash Hunter, who killed Elbert ^opeland In Laurens county ovor a rear ago, was convicted of man* .laughter at Greenwood on Wednesuy ANOTHER VICTIM Of the Fatal Quarrel in the Ker- ' shaw Barber Shop. MOBLEY IS MURDERED 1 Bj Ororer Welch, a Brother of Store Welch. Who Was Killed la the De* * cember Shooting Scrape, When ^ Young Clyburn Was Also Killed, a n and Mobley Was Badly Wounded, el Welch in Jail. A dispatch from Lancaster says e Berry B. Mobley, the young man who ^ was desperately wounded In the Ker- ^ shaw double tragedy Just before t< Christmas, in which Steven Welch w and Thomas Clyburn lost their lives, f< was snot and instantly killed, on the 81 Southern railway north-bound train lr Monday night, by Grover Welch, a it brother of the late Steven Welch. The men were passengers coming to Lan- w paster on the Southern Railway train. Mobley's body was taken off the 0, train at Pleasant Hill to have the oi Inquest held. Welch came on to Lanpaster and surrendered. He is now tu In Jail. Mobley was about 32 years ^ Md and leaves a widow and Ave chil- gc iren. Welch is unmarried. ITc is about 25 years of age. He had nn w Interest in the Heath Supply < .apauy, of which his late broil er was the president. c? Mobley was accompanied by his un- dt :le, Z. L. Robertson, of Oukhtirst, ^ ind was going to Lancaster to consult Iris attorney about his approaching trial. Welch was accompanied by his tb uncle, W. U. Clyburn, of Haile Gold Mine, father of the young Cylburn Killed In the Kershaw affair. T! The shooting occurred Just as the train was slowing up at Pleasant Hill. Several shots were fired. Three ci Pullets struck Mobley in the head, to pausing Instant death. Mobley's pis- er tol showed one empty chamber af- it ter the shooting, it is said. It is also stated that no words were passed be- ni tweeu the parties. Mobley left Kershaw Monday af- T1 ternoon and drove to Heath Springs, or there boarding the Southern train for h< Lancaster. The trouble between the Sc :wo men was apprehended. They 01 aaturnlly had little love for each oth- cc ?r, and it is known that Mobley has ? lvoided meeting Welch, but no threats have been known to pass between them. It is thought that Mobley may have driven to Heath Springs, ~ Instead of taking the train at Kershaw, for the very purpose of evading an encounter with Welch, not expecting Welch would bourd the traiu llso. lo The Columbia Record says Monday $ nights tragedy is the aftermath of a j pistol duel which took place in Wilson's barbarshop at Kershaw on the night of Saturday, December 21st $ last. On that occasion Steven Welch, 01 Thomas Clyburn and Berry Mobley, g, all armed and all drinking to some g^ extent, met in the place in the evening. c< Anger engendered by whiskey and by the irritation surviving from a pre- n< vlous quarrel precipitated the trou- ^ ble. Berry Mobley remarked that it p< was a good thing the previous diftl- ct culty had been patched up, as the " parties were all good friends. At this stage, Steven Welch drew his pistol and struck Mobley over 11 the head with it, then stepping back and began firing. Clyburn, his cous-1 C1 In, rushed forward to prevent the Impending homicide, and himself re^olved the first three bullets from tl Welch's revolver. He dropped to the '? floor and expired Instantly. Meanwhile llerry Mobley, regain- c' lug his wits after the blow from Welch's pistol-butt, had gotten his own gun out. He fired two or three times and Welch also fell, expiring at once. Mobley then turned aside, A himself hit In three places and with his coat ablaze and walked into the office of Dr. Twltty, which adjoins the barbershop. Bullets from Welch's q pistol had struck him in the right , ] breast, the shoulder and the neck. j. Ever since then. Mobley has been more or less disabled. For a long time he hovered between life and n death, and it has not been three week 8 since he has been able to leave . his bed. p( Mobley was head clerk at the store n of Carson & Co. He leaves a wife f and five children. Ills aged fnther, ^ Capt. W. C. Mobley, is a resident of n the town of Lancaster. tl Steven \V. \v elch was president of the Ileath Supply Company. He was a son of the late Capt. Jas. V. Welch, of Kershaw county; was 28 years old and unmarried. Thos. L. Clyburn was president of the Clyburn Mule company. He had 1 been a Clemson student. His father Is Capt. W. U. Clyburn, of the Halle Gold Mines. His mother was In Charlotte at the time of the tragedy. Mr. s Clyburn loft, a widow, Mrs. Dora v Cunningham Clyburn. They had been e married less than a year. n Two women widowed and five lit- n tie children orphaned is one of the g results of that pistol duel December s 21st and Us aftormath of Monday t night. SHOT AT HIM. In Attempt Made to Assassinate " the Marshal of North Vke ia a ton ( th Lata R. A. Jaffaoat, Who Was Assassinated i Ikart Tims Age. It Is reported that aa attempt wat lade a few nights ago to assasalnat* Ir. William D. JefTcoat, a son ol Ir. R. A. JefTcoat, who was shol nd killed trom ambush a few lonths ago. Mr. JefTcoat Is the hief of police of North, and it wai tiers that the attempt on his life 'as made. It is reported that Prof. Carl choenburg and Mr. JefTcoat entered is waiting room at the depot of the eaboard Airline Railway a little afsr dark. The waiting room wai ell lighted and so was the plat>rm outside. They did not notice ay one sdoui, and bad not the least ispicion that an assassin was lurkig in the darkness. But hs was, so seems. Prof. Schoenburg remained in the siting room but a short time when e left, leaving Mr. Jeffcoat alone. As >on as Prof. Schoenburg was well it of the way, some one opened Are i Mr. Jeffcoat from some cotton >ed houses nearby, but fortunately me of the shot hit Mr. Jeffcoat. A ;arch was made immediately for io would-be assassin, but he had itten away. There is no doubt but the intention as to assassinate W. D. Jeffcoat, id possibly the same uarty who klll1 his father shot at Mr. Jeffcoat. joner or later the assassin will be lught and punlBhed. The attack >esn't seem to be on the people of orth, but is a prolongation of the ud that has existed in the Jeffcoat inilly for several years. Such icings are unusual in this country. There is said to be a very st.'ong ispiclon as to who the assassin is. here are more than one person conscted with the dastardly afTalr, acirdlug io a report that is being cirilatcd. Every efTort should be made i bring them to Justice by the propoflicers. If the parties are cuught will go hard with them. The good people of North should )t be subjected to any such outrage id we hope it will not again occurtie assassin is after Jeffcoat and no le else. If this was not the cuse i would not have waited until Prof. :hoenburg got away before firing l Jeffcoat. The affolr has caused insiderable talk in and about North. -Orangeburg Times and Democrat. HOT ATE YOUR CHOPS. ood Advice to Farmers From One of Their Number. Cow peas, $2.00 per bushel; yelw turnips, $1.00; sweet potatoes, L.25; seed oats, $1.00; seed wheat, 1.40; common hay, $1.00 per hunred and corn no doubt will bring 1.00 on time in this State. Any one all of these crops can be grown in reat abundance on any farm in auth Carolina without the use of immon fertilizers. Twelve to fifteen cents cotton is at in it along with these crops, says r. J. C. Stribling. You are comslled to hold and fight for fifteen ;nts cotton. We are now getting ie above prices without holding or ghting for it. Besides more net prots on some of these, crops, cow peas, ay, small grain and turnips all leave ie land richer in humus after the :ops come off than before planting. Now here, listen, if you don't roite your crops more, you will have > rotate yourself by moving off the irm or starve out yourself along ith your lands. Surely you can tiange your way of farming easier lan you can move out. PREDICTS HIS ASSASSINATION. . Catholic Priest Says He Is a Marked Victim. "A murder will l>e committed in hlcago within one month similar to tie Denver assassination, where ather Leo Ileinrlches was shot own/' asserted Chancellor E. M. lunne, of Chicago, arch-diocese Wedesday night. "I am positive that nnarchsts, antilerlcals or whatever they en thejo elves, have prepared lists of priests nd clergymen to bp killed and I am ertain that some Chicago man has een marked," he said. "I am the tost logical man for the assassinaIon, and alrnough I have thousands f friends in the Italian colony, 1 lso have many bitter enemies." MURDER IN SPARTANBURG 'ho Panning of the Llo Causes Anoth or Killing. A dispatch from Spartanburg says lullivan Hughes, a young white mat .ho killed John Franklin In the low r part of tho county Saturday, ha? lot been arrosted though tho younf nan's father Bays he will have hln urrender to the sheriff. Hughe! hot Franklin in the head with a pis ol. The difficulty was m about i damned lie" being passed" ????? ? AWFUL RECORD. ' Nearly One Homicids Each Day In South Carolina. i DURING LAST YEAR. ' The Her, Ixrais J. Brietow Presents i f Some Interesting Fierce Compiled t by Him from the Reports Made to r ( the Attorney General by the Solid* 1 tors of the Various Circuit* In this ? State. J A recent letter to the Dress of < , State, in wheh I gave the number of homicides committed in South Caro1 lina during the last six months of 1907, caused a number of papers both in this state and others to ask , for a record of the convictions for 1 , murder during the Bume time. A ! careful study of the report of the 1 , Attorney General reveals th follow- ' ing facts: I i There were in South Carolina in 1907 346 cases in which the defend- i ants were charged with murder. Of 1 these, ten defendants were convict- ' ed of the charge and sentenced to I death; 3 0 were convicted, but were recommended to the mercy of the 1 Court, which under the statute, re duced the penalty to a life term in the penitentiary; 4 4 were convicted 1 of man-slaughter and given short 1 terms in the Penitentiary or on the 1 county chain gangs. Besides these I thero were 15 convictions reported ' from the 2d Judicial circuit wherein no record of degree of guilt or of ! sentence was given, and 8 in Chero- 1 kee, and 3 in Union. The total num- < her of convictions thus was 110. There were no murder trials In Pickens or Oconee counties. In other y counties they were as follows: First Circuit?Berkeley. 8; George- i town, 5; Dorchester, 20; Orangeburg. 15; total 4 8. Death penalty, Georgetown, 1; Orangeburg. 1: Dorchester. 1. Life term, Georgetown. 1; Or- 1 angeburg, 2. Short terms, Berkeley, 2; Dorchoster. 7: Orangeburg, 6. Total convictions, 11. Second Circuit?Aiken, 14; Bam- | berg. 12; Barnwell, 12; Hampton, \ total, 4 0. Convictions, 15, but no re- | cord of sentence. Third Circuit?Clarendon, 4; Flor- ? ence, 3 (1 manslaughter;) Lee, ?: , Sumter, 3: Williamsburg, 2 (man- ( slaughter:) total, 18. Death penalty, r none. Life term, Sumter, 1; Wil- j Lamsburg, 2; Clarendon 1. Short terms, Lee, 1; Clarendon, S; Sum- < ter, 1. Total convictions, 9. Fourth Circuit?Chesterfield, 2: , Darlington, 2; Horry, 1; Marlboro, i 8: Marlon, 4; total, 17. Death pen- ( alty, 1 in Marlboro. Life term. Marl- ( boro, 1. Short terms. Chesterfield. , 2; Marlboro, 2; Marion, 1. Total . convictions, 7. Fifth Circuit?Edgefield, 10 (1 manslaughter;) Kershaw 8, (2 manslaughter;) Legington, 7 (1 mandaughter;) Richland, 11 (3 man- 1 slaughter;) total, 3 4. Death penalty. none. Life terra, Richland. 1; Edgefield, 1. Short terms, Edgefield, 1; Kershaw, 2. Total convlc- l tlons, 5 (and 2 in Richland County In which new trials were granted ty trial Judge.) Sixth Circuit?Chester, 11; Fairfield, 4; Lancaster, 6; York, 9; total, 30. Death penalty, Chester. 2; Fairfield. 1. Life term, Chester, 3. Short terms, Chester, 5; Lancaster, 3; Fairfield, 1; York, 2. Total con- < vletlons, 17. (It la worthy of note ; here that of Chester's 11 cases there : were 10 convictions. I Seventh Circuit?Cherokee, S; } Spartanburg, 8; Union, 6; total, 22. | Death penalty, none. Life term, Spartanburg, 2. Short terms, Spartanburg, S. Total, 6. (There are no records for Cherokee and Union.) Eighth Circuit?Abbeville, 7 (2 manslaughter; Greenwood, 4; Laurens, 30 (7 manslaughter;) Newberry, 11 (4 manslaughter;) Saluda. 11 4 manslaughter;) total, (53. Death i sentence, Greenwood, 1. Life term, Laurens, 6; Newberry, 1; Saluda, 2. Short terms, Abbeville, 2; Green- 1 wood, 1; Laurens, 7; Newberry, 4; < ! Saluda, 1. Total convictions, 25. > Ninth Circuit?Beaufort, 1; Colleton. 6 (1 manslaughter;) Charleston, 27 (3 manslaughter;) total 34. Death penalty, none. Life term, Char leston, 2. Short terms, Colleton, 1; ' Charleston, 3. Total convictions, 6. t Tenth Circuit?Anderson, 17; i Greenville, 13; Oconee, none; Plcki ens, none; total, 30. Death penalty, s none. Life term, Anderson, (5. Short terms, Anderson, 2; Greenville, 5. t Total convictions, 13. I I have simply given the flguree as compiled by the solicitors for the Attorney General. They need no comment further than to say that out of 346 cases tried there were only . 110 convictions. Of course. It does not follow that the other 23 0 men were guilty of murder and "got off." But these figures reveal the fact that ' the taking of human life In South 1 Carolina Is not often considered a " crime against society. 5 i One other matter: While of the ' 346, no less than 40 were convicted 1 by as many Juries of felonious and s wilful murder, 30 of these Juries declined to permit the murderers to be 1 executed for their crimes. I have of[te? said that more than SO per cent TRIED TO KILL HIM. Two Bombs Thrown at the Shah's Automobile, In Which lie Wm Supposed to be Riding, but, Fearing Ass&selnatlon, He Wu Rid- I lng in a Carriage. dispatch from Teheren, Persia, says an attempt was made In that city Friday afternoon to assassinate the Shah of Persia by a bomb. His Majesty was not hurt. Three of the outriders who were accompanying him at the time were killed. The Shah owes his escape to the precautions taken to protect him from just such an attempt. He was on his way to a nearby town, where he Intended to pass a few days. The procession had left the palace, and waB traversing a narrow street, when two bombs were hurled down as if from the roof of a house. One exploded In the air, but the other struck the ground near the Shah's auomoblle. This missile In IITtilnillni. 1. HI **-- ?1 * ' " -.r.vuius imiicvi luo lurea ouiriaers, wounded the chaffeur and a Bcore of b/utanders and shattered the vehicle. The Shah, however, was not in his automobile. He had taken the precaution to send the motor car on ahead and ride himself in a carriage rurther in the rear of the procession, rhe motor car was a closed one and It was thought the sovereign was inside. As soon as the Shah heard the explosion he alighted hurriedly from tils carriage and entered a neighborng house. Here he remained quiety while his attendants sent word for x detailment of troops. The soldiers were hurried to the ?cene and formed in front of the louse where the Shah was. He then :ame out, surrounded by a big body ?uard, and returned to the palace. The house from which the bombs vere thrown, and the buildings nearly were searched, but no arrests were itade. GEN. CAXTON DEAD. A'aa Stationed in South Carolina Right After the War. Brigadier-General Rufus Saxton. J. S. A., retired, dropped dead at iVashington Tuesday of heart disease, le entered the army from Massachusetts in 18f>5 as a first lieutenant of he Third Artillery; received a concessional medal f >r bravery In the lefense of Harper's Ferry, and was etired April 23, 11)04. General Saxon was hnrn 8i v?nr? ?.> During and after the war Gen. ?axton was stationed on the lsalnds ibout Charleston and Beaufort, vhere he was very active In oppressng white people for the benefit of he freed slaves. He was In charge >f the confiscated lands of the planters, which he distributed largely imong the negroeB who own it yet. TACKLED WRONG MAN. Robber Shot and Killed in an Attempted Hold Up. In Chicago Herman Becker, an aleged highwayman, was shot and instantly killed Tuesday night at SJxeenth and Forty-second avenue by Frank Daverock, nn optician. Dave ock was on his way home when he was Intercepted by two men. One of Lhem pointed a pistol at Daverock md told him to throw up his hands. Daverock had his hands in his overcoat and in one hand had a pistol. He \nswered the robber'B command with i shot through his coat pocket. The bullet struck Becker in the stomach and he fell to the ground. His companion fled. QUITE A WARM TIME. V Pole Wedding at Chicago Ends in Fatal Fight. Three men are reported dying from stab wounds at the county hospital, and 18 persons were Injured in a riot and free for all battle with knives at the close of a Polish wedding celebration held over the saloon of Joseph Kuza, 73 Front street, on the North Side, Chicago. The three most seriously injured, who are expected to die, are John Wadvo, brother of the bride, ear cut off and face and body severely stabbed in ten places; Stanley Wudasek, stabbed in 20 places, about the head, face and body; James Grim, cut and slashed about the cheeks head and breast. IWDITI. nuiTU A Woman Tour* Kerosene Over Herself and Fires It. Choosing fire as a medium of death. Miss Emma Fink, of Slatlngton, Pa., committed suicide at Slatedale in a most tragic manner. Standing where she could see the ruins of her old home, which was dentroyed by Are about a year ago, she poured coal oil over her clothing and then set fire to her skirt. of the people of 8outh Carolina are opposed to capital punishment; 75 per cent 'of those Juries were. Louis Brlstow. J BOLTED PARTY. Four Assistant Republicans Defeat Democratic Nominee. STABS THEIR PARTY. Deadlock In Kentucky Legislature Broken, Four So'Called Democrats Going Over to the Ilepublirans and Electing Their Candidate for the United States Seuutorahip.?Ix>oks Very Much Dike a Sharp Bargain. i ne deadlock of the Kentucky Legislature has been broken at last. Former Governor F. O. Bradley, the Republican candidate, was elected on Friday to the United States Senate after an exciting Joint sitting of the General Assembly, receiving 64 votes, four of which were Democratic. The Republicans voted solidly for Bradley, the caucus nominee. It had been held from the beginning of the contest (over six weeks ago) that a majority of a quorum was sutliclent for an election and with 12G members present it required 61 votes to elect. The votes of the four Democrats who have steadily refused to vote for former Governor Beckham were transferred to Bradley from the various Democratic opponents of Beckham. Bradley received 64 votes to 60 for Beckham, one for Allen and one for Blackburn. The Democrats b*rt the hall In an attempt to break the vote, but later returned and the vote was ratified. Senators McNutt nnd Charlton and Representative iluller, of Louisville, and Representative Lillard, of Boyle, were the Democrats who voted with the Republicans for Bradley. A scene of wildest excitement prevailed before the result was announced, after the Democrats demanded a recapitulation. Beck man came on the floor and released the Democrats from their primary nomination pledge. Many Democrats sought to change their votes, the majority going to Congressman James. A strong efTort was made to induce the four recalcitrant Democrats to leave Bradley and vote for some Democrat. The many changes of votes made tho capitulation slow and .. also develonod nn dtlHItlnnoi but the rote for Bradley remained unchanged, 6tlll being a majority of all members present und voting. The Speaker finally announced that Bradley had received a majority of tho vote and was elected. Tho announcment that Bradley had been elected Senator was made after nearly all the Democrats had changed their votes. The four who voted for Bradley resisted the strongest appeals from the leaders of all their party factious, declaring it was too late. In a speech accepting his election Bradley promised to use every effort as Senator to procure the repeal of the t>-cent tax on tobacco. Representative Lillard was the only one of the four Democrats to explain his vote for Bradley lie said he thought the time had come to "throw off party shackles and to break up the machine," and, although he did support the Democratic ticket for 4 0 years, ho believed his vote for Bradley "was the best Democratic vote he over cast." CHANGES IX POLITICS. Gov. Ansel Soeni9 to Have Become Very Unpopular. The State says there has been a marked change during the last 10 u?ys in me ouuook ior me KiiDcrnatorlal campaign. Ten days ago there had scarcely been heard a whisper of opposition to Gov. Ansel. It was quite generally conceded that he would have no opposition for reelection, but thero has been a change, although It 13 somewhat dltlicult to locate the starting point or to find the reason. Thero are evidences of a good deal of quiet activity on the part of prohibitionists, and It Is quite evident, too, that the majority of the general assembly Is "anti-Ansel." Why this is true Is not so clear, for a majority stood with hlin a year ago on the dispensary Issue. It Is said, however, that the governor does not consult members as freely as they like, and that he takes very few Into his confidence. They prefer It to be otherwise. Ilut the lack of support on the part of the legislature does not altogether explain the sudden change in the gubernatorial situation. The fact is that a couple of months ago when it was rumored that Gov. Ansel might he a candidate for the United States senate, he was Importuned from many quarters to remain In the gubernatorial chair for another term; lndl? * ? ~ Viauais a 11(1 Il(;w?|><(|>vi o unsuiucu mat reelection was his for the asking. . Col. Youmans Dead. A dispatch from Harnwell says Col Lawrence W. Youmans died at four o'clock Wednesday morning at tha hospital in Savannah, where he was taken several days ago for treatment . for a cancerous affection. The new? of his death was received throughout the state with universal regret.