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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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