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, ' : V ' THE FORT MILL TIMES. 17TH YEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1JKI8 NO. 4 LOSS OF LIFE Caused by Destructive Cyclone in Louisiana and Mississippi ONE HUNDRED KILLED. Over One Hundred People Killed and Many Cabins Wrecked?All of the Dead Kxcept Two Are Colored? A Parish in i/ouisiana aiul Tlire<> Counties in Mississippi Swept by the Cyclone. A wind of cyclonic proportions swept over portions of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama late Friday, leaving a trail of dead and injured. The number of killed is estimated at clOSe to 100 and the number of the injured at over 100 with many portions of the ufllicted districts to hear from. Most of the dead are negroes. Perhaps a dozen white persons were caught in fulling buildings and either fatally injured or so serously disabled as to require medicul attention. The loss of life was in the quarters of colored persons where the wind destroyed their cabins, burying the occupants in tbc debris, or in the farming section of the country where trees wore uprooted, teiegruph ami telephone polls torn up and general destruction became an encore to a storm which, with almost tornado fury, swept through the country. It is difficult to estimate the loss of life or the extent of the disaster, for there is little or no communication with the points where the wind and rain did its greatest dumugc. in lyoulsianu it is estimated that a score of small towns were destroyed or onrtlally wrecked. These include Amite City, Arcadia and Independence, Hello Grove. Melton, Lorman, Pine Ridge! Quitman, Landing. Faircliilds Creek, Purvis and Lumberton, Miss, are reported seriously damaged by the storm. Ill Alabama, Dora was the chief sufferer. This town is also known as Bergen. Four or more persons were killed, among them the wife mul daughter of Section Master Moore. Fifty persons at the lowest estimate were injured. Those most serious!} hurt were carried to hospitals in Birmingham, Ala. One woman, a M -a. McCully, died on the train. Two other members of this family were seriously injured. At Bergen carswere Mown from the railroad tracks and considerable other property destroyed. Reports also say that the storm struck Ahertville, Ala., aud destroyed nearly the entire northern portion of the town. A cotton mtil was Mown down, the storm ranging northward, doing much destruction to life and property. An u neon Armed report from that section gives the death list as from IB* to 3with other persons injured. A special train was sent from Birmingham, carrying pliyslciuns and a squad of State militiamen to the district. Aid is also pouring in from all drocions. From Meridian, Miss., conies a report that Mrs. John Minniece and her child were killed outright and John Minniece was seriously injured, while a number or other persons were hurt and there was considerable destruction of property. Richland and Lamourle, La., were struck by the storm and nearly a firth of" their population injured. Winchester, Miss., a small town, is reported wiped out. though onlj ...... i,...,. inn |ni Winn iiiv niiunu i<> ><? uwn killed. Natchez, Miss., reports sixty an known to be dead In the nortlieri Louisiana storm. Hundreds of plantation cabins arc reported destroyed in that section. Mobile reported nine dead in Hattiesburp, Miss., but this lots not beer confirmed. , * l'M'MUKK'tt CXKF.LFSftNKSh Caused the m-nth of a Young l.adj in Brooklyn. Miss C.race Buckley, the 21-year old daughter of If. H. Buckley of No H!t8 Halsey street, Brooklyn, win killed Tuesday night by Ras asphyxia tion,, said to be caused by the care lessness of a plumber. The pas jet It her bed room was fixed thfc day be fore by the plumber who tiphtenei the stopcock so that it was impossibh to turn it completely off; and Tues day when her grandmother, fount Miss Duck Icy dead in l?ed and th< gas escaping from the fixture. ; physician was called hut lie state* the girl had been dead for sonv hours. HEAVY DISPENSARY SALES. Three Thousand Dollars Worth o Liquor Sold In One Dny. The largest sales since the openln of the North Augusta dispensary wor made on Saturday. April 18, th sales amounting to over $3000. Th! amount exceeded the largest amoun yet sold in one day previous by ol>oii ItrlOO, the largest sales previotisl being about $1,900. TRIED TO KILL THEM. GREENWOOD ..IAN AND WIFE HAD CLOSE CALL. While Tliey Were Ashs-p in Bed the Son of the Miui Shot at Tliein at Close ltunge. A dispatch from Greenwood to The News and Courier says Sutler Pinson, known as "Bub," is charged with making an attempt to kill his father and step-mother, Mr. ar.d Mrs. B. P. Pinson, as they lay asleep early on Tuesday morning, firing "both barrels of a gun at them, and when only about eight, feet away from them. That Mr. and Mrs. Pinson are living to tell how it happened is a miracle. tor the load of shot entered the head of the bed, only n few inches above their heads, and some of the shot were found imbedded In the pillows, on which their heads rested. Mr. U. M. Pinson lives about a mile anl a half southeast of Sutuca, and within about four hundred yards of Siloam Church. He Is a well-to-do farmer, and is numbered among Greenwood County's most substantial citizens, he being a mau of about 55 years of age. "nub," however, seems t? bear a pretty bad reputation, having lived a very profligate life, living the greater part of the time away from home. Young Pinson's motive is unknown, but his father, the elder Pinson, himself thinks that the boy, knowing that no one knew he was in this part of the country, decided that he would kill both himself and Mrs. Pinson, and that he would then share the estate with his brother, Richard, being hard pressed for funds. Mr. Pinson had only lately refused to grant his request for money. Young Pinson made his escape, but Sheriff McMillan is making every effort to catch him, and has sent out the following description of Pinson all over the country: "Arrest Butler Pinson; charge, attempt to murder; color. white, age twenty-six years, height 5 feet, 7 inches, weight 160 pounds. Said to have missing tooth, brown eyes and dark hair; full face and clean shaven. Use caution." CX)A1j mink victims. KxploNOii in Pennsylvania ConI Mine Kills Four Men. Mine Inspector Henry Loutett and the miners who volunteered for rescue work in Mine No. 1 of the EUswortli Collieries Company, at Ellsworth, Pa., where an explosion oc curred early Thursday, have completed their search of the mine and report that only four men were killed. There were over one hundred men at work at the time and their scape is due to the fact that the explosion happened at a point beyond where they were workng. The explosion resulting froin the victims striking a pocket of pas while at work far hack in the mine and ahead of the air supplied by the ventilating system. Fire followed the explosion, which was terrific, but the affected sections have been bratticed and the damage will not be heavy. This was the second explosion in the mine, but no deaths resulted from the first. Inspectors regarded the mine as gaseous to a dangerous degree and protested against It being equipped with electrical appliances, but their protests were denied op the hearing of the suit against the company. AXOTHKR NAFF. HOIMIl'.l). Vcggnien Filter Stores and Take Three Hundred Dollars. At Greenville Tuesday morning - if.. I'vucki'i't: entered the branch store >f Carpenter Brothers and blow 01 on tn- safe, securing in the nigliborhnod ?f $:uh). The sub-postoftice was touted in the building and part of tin money belonged to the Government rbo building is located on Washingion street, in a few yards of the Southern depot and the robbery was i daring piece of work, as there is -onstant passing on the street at all hours of the night. It is thought . 'hat the robbers blew the safe open lust as a passenger train rolled into the yards, the noise from the train drowning the report from the explosion. HKYAX WINS AGAIN. Massachusetts Will Hewl Delegates t< 1 Denver Favorable to Mini. i p A dispatch from Boston says th< Bryan men report the state foi j Bryan at Hie cam usses held to elee p delegates to the state convention. N< ^ coniest worth the name was nindi I'nr am- ?r>a Ik,. .1aI? (> gates chosen, were, generally speak ing, favorable to Hr.van. In Bostoi only four per cent, of the party vot cathe out, and the same thing wa the rule throughout the state. Ii ^ one Boston ward, where efforts wet made to elect delegates, pledged ti Johnson, tiie attempt was unsucccss ful. fi A Wonderful Cat. The Newberry Observer says * "There is a pet cat in the family o Thomas Barberry, of Hopkins Coi ' ners, Mich., that will never play wit N the baby without first bitting ofT th sharp point on its claws WILL NOW QUIT Selling Booze or Go to Jail for Contempt of Court. AFTER BLIND TIGERS Court Injunctions Will be Pushed ami nn Kamost KfTort Made to Stop the Illegal Sale of Liquor?Gov. Ansel Will Authori/.c the Attorney General to I* roc cod *as Supreme Court Gives the lliglit. "What will be done now that the supreme court has sustained the injunction policy as applied to blind tigers? This question has suggested itself to u great many people n the last two doys. Gov. Ansel himself declines to talk, and Attorney General Lyon is out of the city," says the Columbia State. "Hut. it ts reported that Mr. Marshall P. Deitruhl. assistant attorney general, has been given a batch of of injunction affidavits and lias been ordered by Governor Ansel to proceed against the places regarded as 'blind tigers.' it i^ said that among these cases are five right here in Columbia and that Capt. T . E. Dixon has been given orders to enjoin not only the keepers of ' V* .?:a?-es but the owners of the |i -'j <" : from ever again toleratng tin jlli ii sale of lii|tior on the premises, itch sale constituting a nuisance under the CareyCot hran act and siibje ;ng the property to be handled in injunction proceedings. , it is believed that Gov. Ansel will now push the injunctions against bling tigers in Charleston ?and in other cities where they may exist and by this drastic measure drive these people out of an unlawful bus- , iness. "When Gov. Ansel was a candidate for governor lie received nearly 70 per cent, of the otes in Charleston county. Some time after he assumed his official duties there was some talk to the effect that Charleston was getting more and more 'wide open,' depending upon Gov. Ansel's political friendship. When this matter was brought to Gov. Ansel's at- , tent ion he inquired of the attorney general if there were any way effort ually to go after the blind tigers. "Mr. Lyon suggested the injunction method. This wnc aoprovo.l by the Governor and the State disoensury auditor. Mr. W. It. West, was sent to Charleston to work up evidence against suspects. The dispensary constabulary was used and upon aftidaits thus obtained t lie attorney general issued injunctions closing a 1111 in tun- nf It mi or shnns til ffhnrlos ton. "An appeal was taken to the supreme court and the court decided in favor of the injunctions. Mr. Lyon had been advised by Ciov. Ansel to suspend tint enjoining proceedings until the court should act. Mr. 1>(* Bruhl, it is stated, has received instructions that as the court has sustained the injunctions the work should be pushed. It is said that in Charleston when a law breaker was enjoined from selling liquor he would move his place to tin* upper story of the same building and conduct the business in his cherk's name. Mr. Lyon will now Issue injunctions against property owners also. These injunctions are perpetual, and the punishment is sure." , * A SKVHHK CYCLOXK. Bodies of a Man and His Wife t nrriod a Mile. A destructive cyclone visited Neitraska last Thursday, sweeping , through Camming County. Three people are known to have been killed, it number injured and a number of houses destroyed. Telegraph and telephone lines are down and reports ait- aiu? in hi i >> 111^,. | The tornado struck the house of ( .lohn Mangleson, near Pender, Neb., and then swooped up Into the air, taking the wreckage and both Mr. and Mrs. Mangleson. Both were killed, their bodies being carried a mile. C.eorgc VVacker and family were at lunch when the twister struck their ' house. Three of the family were seriously injured. KH.IIT WKKK KXKC'I TKI?. r ' Students Attempted to Assassinate > tlie President of (iiiateiiinla. . . A dispatch from Mexico says students attempted* to assassinate the I President of (itiateniala on Wednes' day. The students were immediately seized, and, without trial, eight of " them were executed. The squad of ? cadets had been assigned front the II institute to ait as an hororary guard 'J at the reception of Major William Heinke, the new minister from the I'nited States. The dispatches assert that as the '' president entered the palace the students fired and Cabrera fell, blood straining from several wounds, h Soldiers seized the students and e wrenched the guns front them before they could reload or use their clubs. I - A BRUTAL MURDER DIDN'T INTEND TO TO KILL ANY PARTICULAR PERSON. Hi?ih><I His Yit'tiin Would Ro Wealthy American or Mnxlish Tourist, Who j He Could Rob. The sheperd, Joseph Micliaud, who niurderetl Robert Munziger, a young ' Swiss Alpinist, on the Col de Dalmc last August, has been sentenced to life imprisonment at Martigny, Switzerland. The crime was perhaps the most remarkable over committed in the Alps. According to Miehaud's confessbIoii, which was made with groat callousness, he lay in wait on the Col de ! Ualme for ays, intending to murder ' the first unaccompanied tourist who 1 came along. > He hoped his victim would lie a 1 rich Englishman or American, and i his intention was ?o leave Switzer- | land with the proceeds of the robbery and to come to America, where c he hoped to make his fortune. j Midland explained that he had ^ thought this out carefully while at- ^ tending to his flock, and had concluded that he would remain a shepherd ^ to the end of his days unless he could c make a coup by murdering and rob- | bing a wealthy tourist. j "Many Englishmen passed." mid v. Michaud in his confession, "but they s were all accompanied by relatives or ( friends." ^ Fiuully Munziger appeared. He intended crossing the Col do Ha line g and descending to Chuninnix, whence c he meant attempting an ascent of j Mont Diane. When near the summit of the Col de "alt.'? Mtchnu<l attacked him with a hunting knife and su bbed him to death. Michaud robbed the bodv. stiip- ' pod it of clothes, and then nurled It under some rocks. He forge*, hawu?* ti> n move the traces of the crime, and guides who searched the precipices of t he Col de Dal me for a week finally discovered the evidences of a struggle, which led to Munziger's body hung disintered. Michaud aroused suspicion in a neighboring village by displaying a watch which afterward proved to bn Munziger's. When the shepherd was arrested he was wearing the clotleis of the murdered man. He showed great unconcern and langhed and joked with the gendarmes. Ills booty amounted to a about $5 and Midland's only regret was that he had killed a Swiss instead of a wealthy foreigner. "1 was too hasty," lie complained to the judge dur ing his trial, "but I had been waiting c so long that I had become impatient." s ( KAN'KKIt'S CONVENTION I t Met in ( oliiinbin l.ast Week in Reg- ' i liar Annual Session. t The eightli annual convention of ( the South Carolina Hankers" Assort,a tiou was called to order at Columbia ( Thursday morning by the President, j Hon. W. 1). Morgan of Georgetown. There was a large attendance of bank- j era from all sections of the State. , The invocation by Rev. Kirkman (i. . Finley, rector of Trinity church, opened the proceedings, and Piesident Morgan then Introduced Mayor W. S. Reamer, who extended to the convention the welcome of the city and placed the keys of the city in tin ' hands of the visitors. He was followed by Hon. D. C. Heyward, president of the Columbia Savings Bank and Trust Company. 1 who, on behalf of the Columbia J Clearing House Association, extended the welcome of the Columbia bankers. The response of the association was made by Hon. John C. Slieppard, of Edge He Id, who made an elopimt address, teferring to the t'uv? when thirty-five years ago he first cane' to Columbia to a meeting organized to rescue the State from misrule and the courageous part of the people Columbia had taken in that movement. * MARTYR TO SERVICE. Attendant in a Contagions Hospital a Victim of Septicemia. A New York dispatch says one of the most popular and efficient nurses of the Rlerside Hospital on North Brother Island, Miss May hello F. cmliiiiMii, niis given nor me to nor calling. Riverside Hospital is a city institution Riven over to tbo treatment of contagious diseases exclusively and about three weeks ago Miss Strnwski was in charge of several diphtheria patients. She pricked her thumb with a safety pin in the care of one of the patients and at the time thought nothing of it. In a few days, however, it developed that the pin was badly infected and Miss St raw ski w as found to he suffering from a violent attack of septicemia. Ordinarily an operation on the injured thumb or an umputation of the arm would have saved the life of the suffffered. hut In the case of Miss I Strawski the poison lias been so virulent and had spread so rapidly that I all elTorfs to save her life proved fn, tile and abe- died. _ * 1 ' ***' AlLj SHOT HIM DOWN From Ambush While He Was Riding Along the Road IS FATALLY WOUNDED >lr. J. It. Sims Assassinated Near llic Scene of n Fight Ho Had a Few 1 \V tM'ks Ak<? Mllli Mr. \V. Hampton J Stogncr, in Which the laittor Was , Mortally Wounded?The Assassin ! ( Inknown. ! A dispatch from Lancaster to The State says J. It. Situs, a farmer of that i ujunty. was found on Wednesday 1 yiug face downward about three 1 niles from Lancaster, with what is j telleved to he a mortal wound, hav- j uk been shot from ambush. His I eft side is filled with buckshot. Rev. E. O. Thompson made the dis- 1 over.v and at once summoned Dr. ' I. O. Elliott, who attended the * vounded man. It is believed that 1 lis wound is fatal. t Sims' body was found almost at c he identical spot at which the difft- 1 ulty between Hampton Stonger aud I i i in self occurred on February 3, last. v n n.l.Uk I *1. ? .? ..mv ii iivj(ii iiiv*ii useu inrir pistols, ? Monger receiving a wound which reulted in iiis death at a Chester hos- f ital the following day. Situs, in the ? liflieulty. eSc?i>ed without injury. i Sims was tried for the killing of v itogner at tlio last term of court, the t ase resulting in a mistrial. There i s no clue to the assassin of Situs. t TIUKIt SPRINGS l"PON MAX. <] >river of 'Snlloik C'art llns Narrow c Kmii|H' Prom Death. u A dispatch front Calcutta says a ., orrespondont at Chainarajankar s ends the following: A cart lie- f onging to the forest range officer vns going along with some twenty tther carts, at 1 u. m.. at a very litle distance from Atigulipur, eight uiles from Chantarajanger. There were two persons in the art. Hotli were wide awake. There vas noticed some uneasiness among he bullocks that were drawing tne i arts. The carlman saw tliis syntp- i oni and became aware that there C vns danger. The bullocks began to f un, as the road was sloping. s The tiger was perceived by some of a he cartmen pursuing them, and the artmen began to beat the kerosene i ill tins and shout wildly to scare iway the tiger. But the tiger, not n taunted by this, sprung upon one r mllock that was to the left side of <| he hindmost cart. The two persons, hough much frightened, yet took j oarage and begun to shout and howl < heir loudest. t The tiger, enraged at this, sprang i hi the man who was driving the r art. But the man managed to slip > mck Into the cart, and the tiger lost ts hold, anil sat by the roadside. t \fter awhile the two persons issued t Tom the cart and tried to lift the j Hillock, but found it was dead. Then. | aking the other bullock, they pro- | seeded to the town. Ill NT FOR I/O ST ROY. * lames l\. Willnrd, of Ogden, I'tali. Is Searching Whole Country. The Atlanta Journal says on Wed- ' nesday morning a well-dressed r. mi with a distinctly western appearance walked into the police station and began making in<|uiries an to whether they had heard anything of a strange woman with a nine-year-old hoy being i seen in Atlanta. 11 '3 slated that about four months ago his only child had been kidnapped and hp was searching for him, comi ig to Atlanta from New Orleans upon hearing that the woman and hoy were headed this way. I'pon being questioned the mysterious man stated that his name was James K. VYillard, and that he lived near Odgen. I'tah. He stated that his child, Karl Willard. was stolen from near his home about four months ago and practically ever since that time he has been searching for him, and Intended to keep searching until he either found the hoy or knew positively where he was. The child was described as being a pretty nine-year-old hoy with golden curly locks. He said that the boywas very smart and that he knew lie would hear from his child If he ever got an opportunity to write hini. GOOD F1S1I STORY. Dog Drowned by llig Trout in a Fierce struggle. i\ smaii nog neinngmg to iv Case. of Dayton, Wyo., was dragged into Tongue river by a trout and drowned. The dog accompanied Case's little son on a fishing trip. The hoy hooked a tish large enough to jerk the fishing rod into the water. The boy sent the dog after it, hut the trout hauled the dog and pole about until the dog was carried down the rapids and drowned in sight of his master. The hoy recovered the pole and after a hard struggle landed the trout, which weighed four pounds \ i . J BUSH WARJ/tfAGED. TREACIIKKY ANI> CUNNING I SKI ON HOTII SIDKS. It Ik Deported That Sixty Whites am . .Indians llavr Hern Killed in tin Itloodly Warfare. A report that about 60 whites mid Indians have been kilted in Nicaragua in bloody bush warfare waged by Mosquito Indians was brought to New Orleans bv \\\ it. Coffmar :>f Bloomington, III., who was a passenger on the steamer Dictator from Central American Ports. The death ist of whites numbers about 20. The lighting started over a month igo on the Caribbean const, where he Indians live. I.ate in February ibout 100 Indians attcked Prinzapol*a Her. a small town. They hid belind bushes, trees and other shelter, louring into the village a fire which tilled two men. A long hard fight resulted, soldiers tnd citizens volunteers finally drivng the assailants back, about a doz;n of the Indians being killed or nortally wounded. 'I lie other Julians fled but many of them were :aptured and after being severely leaten with raw hides, chains were ilaced about their legs and they vere imprisoned in an improvised tockade. Another engagement took place at 'ape Gracas, near the border of Nicaragua and Spanish Honduras, lere the casual!ie. among the troops rcre five, but 111" Mosqultos were no nore successful than before and fled 11 retreats to the mountain. Since then. Mr. ColYmau said, many roops have been sent into the Mosluito district and several skirmishes lave occurred. It is reported that reachery and cunning have boon usd on both sidos. Whoreever a party if white men not a chance thov nonTally kill the Indians without mercy, md the Indians have slain several oldors whom they caught in the orests. IIOLI) KOIlHKItS It.MI) bid Hob Club House at I'istol I'oint and lOsenpe. At Hot Springs Arlt.. four masked lien with leveled revolvers entered he club house of the Indian club on Central avenue early Wednesday, orced the occupants to line up aiongide the wall and looted the plain' of i large amount of money. The occupants were then looked ino a room and the robbers escaped <o definite statement concerning the iniount of money taken can be soured but it Is estimated at between $5,000 and $10,000. After gathering np all the money n sight the robbers forced the ocupants to enter a small room and he door was locked. The robbers led and so quietly was the robber> onductei that the persons in the cafe vere unaware of the proceeding. One man finally crawled over the ransom from the locked room and hen liberated his companions. The ilarni was at once given and the poice were called on to search for the obbers. CIIANCK TO KLKOT illtY.W says Kditor llcnry Wutterson. The Johnson Doom Is Too Lilte. While in New York a fe wdays ago. where he dined with Mr. Hryan, Col. Henry W atterson said: "Personally, I have no doubt that Mr. Dry an will lie nominated at Denver, and I think that we have a Rood chance to elect him. The movement in the interest of (lov. Johnson comes too late and from (lie wronR quarter. If the interests that are now urging his nomination had backed mo up when I advocated his candidacy ten months ago he might have had a chance for the nomination, lint tlie Democrat? of New York in the present chaotii condition cannot dictate to the majority of the Democratic party." Col Watterson said that Taft would l?? nominated by the Republicans. DKADDY TYI'IIOID FHYKH. \ii Augusta Family Stricken Will the Terrible Disease. A dispatch says there is a srnal epidemic of a malignant form of ty phoid fever in certain sections o Augusta. Sunday morning. Mrs. K I). Sibley, widow of t lie late Chas Sibley, died at the home of her moth er, Mrs. Duncan. Just a week uri her sister, Miss Duncan, died of tin same disease, and at this time Mrs Sibley's two little children and lie mother, mrs. Duncan, are seriousl; id of the same malady. l,OST COM KOI, OF TRAIN. Four Italians Were Killed When tit Crash Came. ronr iiaiians were allien ounign? one fatally injured, and died on th train while en route to the Williams port hospital, and four others proh ably fatally injured in a wreck op log train on the LaQuinn lumber roai at Whalen, Pa., Wednesday morninp Failure of the reverse lever on th ^engine allowed the train to run awaj ?????? > RAISE THE DEAD. ' Machine That Restores Lift Whw v the Vital Spark ' SEEMS ALMOST GONE. 1 The Most Remarkable Invention Fills 1 ncrt limits With Oxygon and Thus NVutrali/os All Poisons?A Rabbit and a l>og Pronounced Read Leap from the Table After I*so of the Respirator on Them. It was announced some time ago that Professor Qporge Pop, of Norfolk. Ya.. had invented an "'artificial respirator machine" that would rais? the dead. There has just been completed at Norfolk by Professor Poe and several inquiring scientists a series of amazing successful experiment with the little contrivance which mechanically puts oxygen, the breath of life, into inert lungs. Those who witnessed the tests are firmly convinced that thousands of lives may he saved by the "brass heart," which is what Poe's machine practically is. It will be especially valuable in cases of suspended animation caused by drowning, by gas as ? i?..j aiuiiuii 111 mines, and hy coma resultant upon typhoid fever and other diseases. Professor Poo, hy letting the contrivance force upon him inhalation nd exhalation of oxygen, was enabled to stop breathing for ten minutes. Animals, declared dead beyond all doubt by the visiting physicians, were revived in a few minutes and were able to scamper out of the operating roo m. Practically, though not literally, of course, the artificial respiration machine brought the dead to life and the experts say if will work equally well on human beings. Professor Poe's machine Is built as near as possible along thn lines of 'lie human heart. It is about eighteen inches in height, with two cylinders -correspondng to the ventricles and auricles of the heart?and inlet and oullet valves. Double tubes enter the larynx and nostrils of the patient. Roughly, the contrivance resembles a bicycle pump. While one set of tubes draws off the poisonous fluids and gases from the lungs, the other set forces in the life giviug oxygen. The first experiment was upon "Socrates," a pet rabbit on the I'oe farm. It was given two grains of morphine, enought to kill a man. Then immediately four ounces of ether were administerel. The physicians pronounced the rabbit dead, after all ordinary restoratives failed. The machine was then applied and within three minutes the effects of the poison and anesthetic were drawn off, and Socrates jumpel from the table and hopped away. A large deg was then killed and bought batk to life again within five minutes.. Tim doctors present realized then that many of the evil and after effects of anesthesia could be doneaway with by the machine. And there dawned upon tin in another sldo of ids value, which had rather a humorous aspect. Intoxication, It was found, could be cured in a few minutes This experiment was actually made. The machine was applied to a hilariously drunken man. drew off the poisonous alcoholic fumes and he straightened out In three minutes. ^iiiro t lion il h;>u luion uuM Poo lias been iipnroachod with a proposition to manufacture pocket respirators for this purpose. Infant asphvsin, that dread accompaniment of birth, which stifles many a life before it has fairly started to exist, may also be wiped out by the respirator. I)r. J. P. Jackson and Professor Poo, with a minature machine, saved the life of a baby at Iterkeley last week. The machine did the breathing for the child until it was aide to strike out for itself. Throughout the Virginia country folks regard Professor Poe as a modern miracle-worker. Despite his persistent declarations that his invention 1 is merely an aid to Ifo .after it has fled, the country people call him the "raiser cf the dead." 1 Many persons have written to Poe - asking him to try and restore life f to relatives who have been dead for weeks, months and even ye ars. He is engaged now in manufacturing sev" oral respirators which will be tested ' in the leading hospitals of the rounp try. 1 ILLINOIS FOK I1KYAN. V Instructs Her Delegates to Vote ami Work for Him. The Illinois Stale Democratic Conventinn, which met at Springfield on Thursday. adopted the unit, rule and Instructed its delegates to the Na tional Convention at Denver to vote p for \V. .1. Bryan and to " so all hon orable means" to secure his nomination. The resolution endorsing Mr. a Bryan was adopted with enthusiasm ti and a flattering demonstration fol! lowed the action. Ono by one the e Western States are falling in line for the great Commoner. (