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THE FORT MILL TIMES.
17TH YEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1908 NO. 7 j
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DEA1H AGENT
Of Mrs. Guinness Has Been Locked
and Will Soon Be
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
jit Is Now Believed That Mrs. <*ii<jiiie?s,
the Arch-Murderess, is Yet
Alive and Every Possible Watch Is
Being Kept Up to Prevent Her Escape.
The "Death Agent" employed by
Mrs. Belle Guinness to lure victims
to her farm, has been located in Warsaw,
Ind., and his arrest is expected
soon.
The capture of this man is expect
etl to put into the hands of the authorities
the real story of the murder
syndicate whose operations filled
ltiookaide farm with the bodies of a
score of victims.
It is further hoped to discover by
this means the present hiding place
of the arch-murderess, if. as is now,
generally believed, she Is In concealment.
for a chance to escape to Rurope
with the money she must have
accumulated by means of her schemes
It is now considered certain that the
death agent is the man who escaped
with Mrs. Guinness in an automobile
on the night that the farm house was
destroyed by fire which consumed
the bodies of the woman's three children.
An auto carrying a man and a woman
who answered the description of
the arch-murderess was seen speeding
through Hohart on the morning
after the fire. Deputy Sheriff Gill
declared the machine was running at
a fearful rate, and that it came into
Hohart from the direction of La
Porte. He is confident that the woman
in the machine was Mrs. Guinness.
In fact there is little doubt
now in the minds of the citizens of
Laporte that Mrs. Guinness, the slayer
of nerhans a srnrw nr mnro I
and women and children, whose body
was supposed to have been found on
her "murder farm" escaped and there
is little doubt that the three children
who perished in the flumes were not
her own. but were adopted as a
part of her cunning scheme to herself
appear a respectable well-to-do widow
who would make a desirable
wife.
All La Porte is inclined to believe
this man with whom she fled is one
of her mysterious conspirators or
confederates, and that she is now
probably in hiding and waiting her
chance to sail for Europe.
On the day the house was burned
Mrs. Guinness received a telegram of
warning from an accomplice. It is
believed that this man. fearful ( perhaps,
that the w<?uan might be arrested
and make a confession of the
workings of the whole horrible "murder
syndicate," hurried to La Porte
early in the night in an nutomobile.
The police say the plan of flight was
formulated by Mrs. Guinness.
She easily reconciled herself to the
sacrifice of the children since they
were only accessories to her game
of murder. She induced Ray Lamphere
to set fire to the house as the
body of a headless woman had been
nlaced so as to convev the Imoresslon
that Mrs. GuinnesH herself had perished
in the flames. Then she fled.
Mrs. Guinness had several gold-tiled
teeth and a search of the usher
* of the houBe has l>een conducted for
the purpose of finding these teeth.
What was thought to he a gold
tooth that was discovered, has turned
out not to be a gold tooth at all.
A dentist who examined it. declared
it was an ordinary tooth, and had
^ never been filled with gold.
* ANOTHER KIKE IN ATLANTA.
One Hundred and Seventy- Five Horse*
I In rued to Death.
One hundred and seventy-five horses.
two of them show prise winners,
and half a block of buildings burned
with a hundred thousan d dollars
loss; n threatened panic in a crowded
theatre nearby, and half a dozen
persons Injured, none seriously summarizes
a fire which started Monday
night In the business section of Atlanta,
and for an hour threatened to
mak" a cleaner -sweep ' han did thflames
the week before, which destroyed
a million and a quarter doldars*
worth of property in another
section of the city. The block ir.
which the fire smarted was made up
chelfly of one Btory wooden and brick
structures. The flames started in the
Piedmont Stables on Marietta street.
BRYAN C ALKS ON TILLMAN.
The Nebrnskan Confers With South
Carolina Senator in Washington.
The Washington correspondent of
The News and Courier says Hon. Wm.
J. Bryan called on Senator Tillman on
Tuesday In that cltv and spent some
time with hint discussing national
politics and the outlook for the former
to receive the Presidential nomination
at Denver in July This is
significant hy reason of the fact that
it was almost the only nail made hy
Mr. Bryan upon any one since he
reached Washington.
V
GUINNESS VICTIMS.
Ml'RUERKHS AND CHILDREN
AMONG THE SLAIN.
Many Suitors for the Widow's Haud
Pound a Grave iu the Garden Instead
of a Wife.
A dispatch from La Porte, Ind.,
gives the following as the known
dead in the Guinness mystery. They
number fourteen in all:
Guinness, Mrs. Belle, the alleged
arch-murderess, whose body was
fntinri in tht> rnlno nf n
- - ?*"? v? tuv VJUIUIIC09
home after the fire on April 28.
Soronson. Myrtle, aged 11 years,
daughter of Mrs. Guinness, also lost
her life in the destruction of the residence.
Soronson. Lucy, aged 9 years,
youngest doughter of Mrs. Guinness,
who likewise was burned to death in
i the fire. ,
Soronson. Prilip, aged u years, son
oi Mrs. Guinness, whose burned
body was found clasped in the arms
of the mother after the destruction
of the Guinness home.
Guinness, ennie Olsen, aged 17
years, daughter of Anton Olsen, of
Chicago, whom Mrs. Guinness took
to raise when eight years old, and
whose body is believed to be one of
the four found in a hole in the barnyard.
,
Guinness, Joseph, second husband
of the woman, who died at the House
of Mystery about four years ago. as
n result of skull being fractured with
a meat chopper. Wife claimed meat
chopper fell from shelf.
Budsberg, Ole. lola. Wis., suitor
of Mrs. Guinness, who came here in
March, 1907, and disappeared April
6, 1907.
llelgelein, Andrew, Aberdeen. S.
D., suitor of Mrs. Guinness; disappeared
last January after lending her
$l,r?00; body dug up and identified
by brother, A. K. Helgeleln.
Guinness, Swanhild, two-year-old
daughter of Peter S. Guinness, died
suddenly, six years ago, after physician
had pronounced her suffering
from bronchitis; no burial permit
ever issued.
Soronson, Mads, first husband of
Mrs. Guinness, died suddenly in Chicago.
several years ago.
Lindhom, Olaf, 35 years old. of
Wisconsin; employed by Mrs. Guinness
three years ago; worked on the
farm from March to July. When he
disappeared Mrs. Guinness pave it
out that he had pone to Norway to
witness the coronation of the new
king.
Gerhall. Eric. 4 0 years old. of Wisconsin;
succeeded Lindbon as handy
man on the farm. He worked five
months for Mrs. Guinness, when he
disappeared Mrs. Guinness said he
had left his trunk and overcoat and
pone off toward Rolling Prairie. She
afterward wore his fur coat.
Moo. John, Elbow Lake, Minn.,
suitor of Mrs. Guinness. He came
to the "House of Mystery" Christmas
day, 1908, to "celebrate the holiday,"
and was never seen afterward.
Berry, George, Tsucola, III., came
to La Porte two years ago with $4 00
He wrote a letter on his arrival at
the Guinness home, but has not been
heard from since.
CONFERENCE OF GOVERNORS
At Washington Came to an Eud on
Last Friday.
The first conference of the Governors
of the States of the American
Union ended at Washington on Friday.
The final accomplishment or
the Conference which had been in
progress at tlie White House for
three days, cannot be foretold with
mathematical precision. That its
immediate results are more than
>111 pie is the expression of the President
and the Governors who have
participated
Hon. William Jennings Bryan wa:
>ne vf flv<* citizens invited by Presi'ent
to take part in the conference.
All of the five were present except
Kx-President Cleveland. The conference
issued a declaration as to things
in general and about the welfare of
the country. President Roosevelt
presided at the last meeting of the
conference and took an actjve part in
its proceedings. At the close of the
conference he introduced Mr. Bryan,
who was most enthusiastically received
by the Governors.
.ir. Bryan acknowledged his obligations
to President Roosevelt for
the opportunity to participate in an
historic eyent of the first magnitude.
The discussion already had, he said,
would help define the sphere of national
and State control. He said he
was Jealous of any encroachment upon
the rights of the State, but it was
entirely consistent with his theory to
believe that it was just as imperative
that the General Government should
uiscuurge i n?* auiivs aciegitiKa iu n
as It was that the States should exercise
the powers reserved to them.
'There will he no 'twilight zone' between
the nation and the State." continued
Mr. Bryan, "in which exploiting
Interests can take refuge from
both, and my observation is that
most of the contentions over the line
between nation and State are traceable
to predatory corporations,
which are trying to shield themselves
from deserved punishment or endeavoring
to prevent needed restraining
legislation." . *
TALKED POLITICS.
TILLMAN SEES NO USE IN LNSTRU
CTIOK.
But Thinks the Convention Should
Adopt the Unit Itule, Which Would
dive Bryan the Delegation.
Senator Tillman was in Columbia
on last Saturday on his way to Washington,
whenoe he will go to New
York. Senator Tillmnn expects to
sail for Europe on Saturday. May 1 6.
and will be abroad for some time, going
over a large part of Southern Europe
before returning home. He will
be accompanied by Dr. .T. W. Bobcock
und others with whom he has ,
consulted since hi srecent illness. I
The State says Senator Tillman si 1
looking remarkably well and has '
i - - 1
Kinucu in neaitn considerably since
his visit *to Atlanta. He stated that
with the exception of a slight pain
occassionally he is entirely free from
any ill effects of the tingling sensations
which he thought were symptoms
of nervous breakdown.
,'I have taken little interest in State
polities, however." said the senator,
after speaking of his condition. "Since
my return to Trenton I have read only
the headlines in the papers and
have devoted my time to gettlngjwell.
I have been rather amused, however,
as to the claims and counter claims of
the newspapers on the result of the
recent county conentions on instructions
for William J. it'-yun for president.
"As I have said before. 1 do not
believe in instructing iho delegates,
although 1 am heartily In favor of
Bryan and believe that he will be
the nominee. It is foolish, I think,
to tie up the men who go to Denver
when we know that they would vote
for Bryan anyhow unless some almost
unheard of think should happen.
"I do not believe in the unit rule?
that is, for a majority of the delegation
casting the entire vote as the
majority should decide, and if we
were a machine-coutrolled State and
were afraid of some political Ikiss
might be able to deliver the votes to
any candidate he saw fit I think the
delegation should then be instructed
as the people might desire. We
are not that way in South Carolinu,
however, and no man would vote c
ii^uiuei ? iiai ur minus cut* ur- w imr^
of the people." *
The senator talked very little politics,
but showed great interest in ,
State affairs. He wanted to know ^
how the receivership matters of the
old State dispensary fund were pro- ^
greasing and if any further moves j
hud been made by either side. While
offering no comment he believed that t
it was an ugly snarl all around, aud A
said that he had watched it with
.much Interest.
Then reverting to national politics ^
he remarked that the nomination of
Bryan was peculiarly distasteful to c
the New York World, as that paper
had practically gone back on Bryan ,
years before when it supported the t
gold ticket under Palmer and Buck- .
ner. Naturally to see Mr. Bryan still
a leader of his people after all these
j ears was a bitter pill, but he did
not believe the fight would affect
Bryan's chances.
"The whole thing," the senator
concluded, "is foxfire, a beating of
gongs and a lot of noise over nothing."
The senator laughed. "Had this
fight over Bryan not been brought out
by the newspapers there would never
have been any discussion on the matter.
.lust what can be gained out of
it I cannot imagine. I do not believe
the South Carolina delegation will be
controlled by Wall street or any other
influence of thnt kind and I believe
they are going to vote for Bryan without
instruction."
Senator Tillman did not discuss affairs
in Washington at all. He has
not changed his views as given in 1
I'he State some time ago by a staff '
correspondent, t>nt said that he had
given little thought to these affairs, '
although he longed to get hack into {
the fray. It was impossible for the ;
present, however, and therefore he '
gave it little thought.
STRYCHNINE IN AN EGG.
Poison Intended for IM>g (Jets Into
Marlboro Home.
Mrs. \V. H. Peters, of Hennottsville,
recently discovered among some
eggs which she had bought one which
contained strychnine. In breaking the
eggs she noticed that it had a little
hole in it and she broke it in a seperatc
saucer. Her husband, Mr. \V.
H. Peters of the Marlboro Drug Co.
analyzed the mixture and found that
it contained enough strychtne to kill
utivftfii 1 tiPntil o Thbb(*i*pu nt th rn ntrh
ivii.I rvv,?.v. ' r?p?'
the hands of R. I>. Rogers &. Bro,
and had been bought l>y them from
the country. They were, of course,
entirely ignorant of the whole matter
and thought that the egg was
fresh and bought it for such. It is
probable that the egg had been fixed
by the person who sold it for a dog
and that it became mixed up in the
number of fresh eggs which were
brought to town and sold to R. D.
Rogdrs & Bro. It is fortunate that
Mrs. Peters discovered the mater in
time, else there might have been ?
.different tale to tell. *
* t * ?. iv_ ' au e,.
BRYAN STRONG.
Captures One After Another of
Supposedly Hostile States.
MASSES ARE FOR HIM
Polls Taken by New York Herald I
and Other Paper* Indieato Overwhelming
Majority Among Demo- 1
i
crats Favorable to His Nomination?Big
States for Bryan-?How
They Stand.
The New York Heruld of Monday
says: In his contest for control of
the National Demnoratic
VWUICUIIWII,
ivhich meets at Denver July 7, William
J. Bryan continues to distance
ill competitors. The Herald's imlartial
summary of the progress of
ielegate getting for the week and its
estimate of conditions in various
Jtates shows that the twice defeated
candidate is surpassing even the ex>ectations
of his friends.
Sympathy must lie expressed for
he Eastern Democratic leaders and
he gold Democrats who have been
iiearning of defeating Mr. Bryan.
They desire some other candidate inensely
and they say they are still
lopeful, but there is little ground
or hope unless conditions chunge.
Mr. Bryan is rapidly subjugating
he "enemy's country."
The Massachusetts Democratic
Jtnte Committee declared aguinst
lim, but he swept the primaries and
he State convention this week initructed
the delegates to vote for
lim.
The Connecticut Democratic State
Convention refused to instruct the
lelegates for him. but when the
unoke of buttle cleared away Mr.
Jryan was found to control at leust
en of the fourteen delegates, and
lad his old and devoted friend Col.
Uexander Troupe as the hcud of the
lelegation.
New York was supposed to be hosile
to him. yet nothing is plainer
han that Charles F. Murphy will
lave to vote for Mr. Dryun or run
he risk of having the McCarren
ontestlng delegates from Kings coun
y seated at Denver.
Vermont was classed us against
Jryan, and is still so classed.because ?
he Bryan men are not prepared to
laim it; but an inquiry from an exellent
ond unprejudiced authority on y
,'ermont politics brought the reply; (
?"Vermont will not instruct, but y
he delegates will unquestionably be j
or Mr. Bryan."
Pennsylvania is classed against Mr.
Iryan by all the opposition, yet at
east fifty-four of the district dele- t
;ates were elected at primaries by j
he Bryan league and against Col. J.
f. Guffey, the "boss" of the State, J1
ind a majority of them are inBtruet d.
The signs indicate that Col. Guf'ey
is beaten in the State convention
ind that he will surrender at disxetlon.
Alabama was claimed for Johnson,
rhe Johnson manager telegraphed
he Alabama members of Congress. H
'We are going to carry this State for ''
lohnson and want to know where
. ou stand." The Alabama members
net and wired back that it was "too v
ate" for Johnson, and it was too 1
ate.
These are a few of the signs of (
he times. As the chronicler of un- s
>iased political news and the promo;er
of no booms. The Herald gives
:he facts for what they are worth.
Coming down to figures, it is
ihown that Mr.Bryan already hos 300
Jelegates instructed for bim. He
. A A II O P i n
Also stanas iu win 1^0 ucii'^uvca n<
States where conventions or direct I
irimaries are yet to be held. The I
intnstructed delegates number 142. 1
[f they were all ogainst Mr. Bryan 1
here might be some encouragement \
Tor the opposition. Hut it Is csti- 1
nnted for the opposition. But it is \
*stimated that alx>ut one hundred of \
:hese delegates will vote, for Mr.Bry- t
in. In this calculation he is not i
;lven the four delegates elected in t
VInine, the ten who may he for him
in Pennsylvania or the eight bound
by the unit rule in New Jersey.
One of the most Impressive events i
r>f the week was the Ohio State Con- s
vention. It should be remembered "
that this is the home State of Judsou
Harmon. Mr. Harmon is a Cleveland
Democrat. He was also one of
the three men being boomed for tho
Presidential nomination aguinst Mr. (
Bryan. The past tense is used ad- 1
visedly here. When the convention '
met there was no opposition to Mr.
Bryan. The delegates to Denver '
were instructed for him.
Then the Democracy of the State
proceeded to annex Mr. Harmon as
a good Bryan asset and nominated
him for Governor. Thus the De
' "iiii/iiipve State" hits
mocrucj *ji ?. ??= - j
put its best foot, forward at a time
when the Republicans seem to have
gone mad and are doing all in their
power to lose the Governor of Ohio
as well as the twenty-three electoral
votes of the State.
Mr. Bryan is being aided by a considerable
revulsion of sentiment.
Somehow the notion isgetting abroad
that he may not be such a weak candidate
after all. Indeed the action
of Judge Gray in apparently spurning
the nomination has Injured his
chances to get suport in the East,
and there is a feeling that If Cover's.
HE DID.NOT SAY IT..
SENATOR TILLMAN'S VIEW OF
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Suys Ho Wa? Misquoted in The News
and Courier?Says He Is For
liryuii. Who Will He Nominated.
In reporting in The News and Courier
uu interview lie had with Senator
Tillmon in Columbia on lust Saturday
Mr. August Kohn make the Senator
sav; "If the Democrats could get a
Cleveland, not Mr. Cleveland in person.
but a man who stood for the
same thing, and could command the
support that Cleveland does, 'it^would
lie a shame to take the money' the
way such a candidate would run away
with the race, and be elected to the
Presidency."
Senator Tillman's Denial.
Senator Tillman gave out a statement
in Washington on Tuesday. The
Senator said it was not his intention
Lo say anything further 011 the subject
of politics before his trip to Eu
rope, but being so widely misquoted
n reference to Grover Cleveland he
liroke his intentions on Tuesday and
expressed himself freely. He said:
"You may set all minds at rest as
.0 my opinion of Cleveland by saying
hat it has not changed one iota since
liy llrst speech in the senate denouncug
him. 1 would rather the Democratic
party would now be defeated
:hun to be victorious with Cleveland
)r any other may like him at its
lead, and I am quite sure that no
natter what the condition of his
lealth, should he be nominated lie
vould be beaten worse than Parker
vas. I am at a loss to understnad '
low a man usually so accurate as
dr. Kohn is, should have so misliioted
nie.
"So far as 1 now recall 1 never
nentioned Cleveland to him the other I
lay. I certainly did not say that un- 1
lor any circumstances I would favor 1
lis nomination or the nomination of 1
inv man like him. What 1 did say <
vas that Wall street would welcome I
tne of the old plutocrats as the Dcm I
eratlc nominee, preferring to support !
uch a socalled Democrat than Taft, <
rho will be the Republican nominee. 1
ir Bryan, who will be the Democratic 1
10 mi nee, and that if the Democratic
tarty could unite upon one of tluse I
Castem plutocrats, which it will of i
ourse not do. then Taft would l?e <
asily defeated. t
"I am, of course, for Bryan as the l
tomiuee at Denver, and I am satis- 1
led that South Carolina's delegates 1
ir 111 be for Bryan, but 1 am opposed 1
o instructing them because our con- I
ention is not going to sena men to
)enver who can l>e bamboozled or i
ought and instructions are unueces- s
ary ?
"Now, having been goaded into this s
hlng, I am going to tell you what \
think about this tempest in a tea <
iot about instructing the delegation. 1
lonzales wants to make it appear j
hat he is the biggest Bryan man in i
he State so that if Bryan is elected ]
he editor of The State can control i
he South Carolina patronage. i
"The trouble with Hemphill is, j
hat he has never been able to see (
inything In Cleveland but a demigod i
tnd he opposed Bryan in 1896, and |
ic is of the kind who never changes
lis mind. Hemphill was in the
vrong then and to support Bryan
low might appear an admission that ;
le was wrong. That's the whole
ause of the mighty racket over in,tractions."
WAS TEMPORARILY INSANE.
'hiongo Woman Cast Her Two Children
Out of Window.
While temporarily insane, Mrs.
Dmma Loftgren. ily years old, of :C5 7
v'orth Albany avenue, Chicago threw
ler baby girl and her three-year old
>oy, Arthur, from the second story
vindow of her home at 10:15 o'clock
ast night. Both children probably ,
drill die. The crazed woman was presented
from jumping from the winlow
herself by ner husband, who ran
nto the room in answer to the boy's
:ries of help.
Spent Millions Abroad.
It is estimated that American toursts
spent $40,000,000 in Europe laM
;u in mo .
lor Johnson should win at Denver
le would have to face the troublesome
statement that he was nominited
because he could poll the Scanlinavian
vote in a mass, which might
not be a strong card to phi.v in this
jountry, where race prejudices of
sther imported races are easy to
arouse. Mr. Bryan himself believes
lie can defeat Taft.
There has been an interesting test
of the Bryan strength throughout
ihe country this week. The Chicago
Tribune has been making a secret
poll of Democratic preference
throughout the country. The thirteen
Northeast States voted: Bryan,
371; J. A. Johnson, 16:2: George
Gray, 75. The solid South voted:
Bryan, 1.363; J. A. Johnson. 173;
George Gray, ,'>3. The Central West
voted: Bryan. 1,200: J. A. Johnson,
160; George Gray, 26. The mountain
States voted: Bryan 351; J.
A. Johnson. 34 and George Gray 8.
In all the polls Johnson led strongly
for seeond choice. Hut in only one
State did Johnson lead Bryan for
first choice. This was Minnesota,
showing that the demand for the
dashing Governor is local. *
J ... &&& SEti.
DRAWS BIG; CROWD.
OVEK FIFTEEN* THOft SAM> PEO- g
PLE VISIT llAHN YAItl)
Where the Victiin.s of Mrs. Guinness
Were Hurled After They Had llecn
Most Mysteriously .Murdered
All roads In Lapurte, Ind., Sunday T
led to the farm of Mrs. Melle Guinness.
alleged murderess of at least
ten persons, whose bodies have been
unearthed in the barn yard and now
inougnt to have been burned to death
with her three children in atlre that
destroyed her farm house on April
28. Upwards of lfi.000 sightseers si
visited the place of death before sun- h
set of the first Sabbath to pass since
the news of the mystery transpired.
Nearly every able bodied resident of 01
I-aporte went to the Guinness farm '
and railroads and trolley lines P
brought 1,000 non-residents to the s(
city. B
Mayor Iiarrow found it necessary d;
to issue stringent orders that the $
Sunday closing laws should be strictly
enforce. Hotels and restuurunts
were overrun with patrons. Every ^
conveyance in Laporte was pressed di
into service in an attempt to provide
transportation to the farm, which is tc
a mile north of Eaporte. Hundreds w
were forced to walk. There was noth- H
ing in the attitude of the crowd to
Indicate that they were visiting a ti
place where gruesome tragedies had f?
taken place. Jokes and laughing c<
romments were heard on every side tl
and exclamations of joy from sue- l>!
ressful relic hunters were numerous, w
Along the roadside were several
lemonade stands and lunch wagons. E
At the gates were venders of souvenir hi
postal cards, and those bearing a jr
group picture of Mrs. Guinness and lu
three little ones, who met death with ?'i
her found readiest sale. During tin* d<
rush to Laporte in the afternoon several
farm horses, Heightened by utt- to
to mobiles, started to run away. A w:
buggy was upset, Mrs. Iteiijamln pi
fcanelar, of Laporte, suffered a brok- Pi
?n arm. Several pirkpockets did a lli
thriving business while the throng th
waited for homeward bound trains, lil
Investigation of the farm for more it
bodies halted Monday. The sheriffs e?i
ind other ofhcers were forced to be- of
ronie spectators also. Several visitors,
however, were seeking informs- I,<
ion concerning missing friends ol ps
relatives and some further informs- la
ion regarding the possible identity hi
>f the bodies on the farm resulted
from their Inquiries. to
The most definite information came al
from Oiaf Lindaho of Chicago. He to
said that liis brother, Thomas, work- al
?d for Mrs. Guinness three years ago. he
ind the last letter from Thomas suit wi
hat Thomas intended to marry Mrs. ea
fiuinness. Olaf wrote to Mrs. Guinness
and she replied that Thomas had w
;one to SJ* Louis, and that she had lo
no word from him. Olaf Lindaho wi
has not heard from Thomas since, to
Sheriff Smutzer will continue his in- oi
instigations at the Guinness farm, al
ind the floor of the cellar may he
iug up and additional excavations M
may be made in the yard where ten w
bodies have already been unearthed. It
fr
WAItMNG TO POSTMAKTKHH. in
a i
Merchants Kesort to Tricks to Have
in
Their Packages Delivered. ,)f
Information Iiaving reached the *
Postoffice Department of certain
methods by which the postal laws in
regard to the mailable and unmail- w
able merchandise on rural routes n:
have been evaded. Fourth Assistant
Postmaster Degraw has taken steps 1,1
to prevent tutu re evasions. "
Rural carriers are permitted to de- ?(
liver as express matter ror hire, for 1"
patrons of their routes, unniailahle
merchandise and packages of mail- ai
able merchandise weighing in excess
of four pounds. An example of the ,v
abuse of this privilege is that of a
merchant who sent out by rural carrier
as extra matter a pair of shoes
to which he added a bag of salt to
make the package overweight and "
to avoid paying postage so that the
carrier might carry the package for
hire.
In view of such abuses, Mr. Degraw
has issued the following state- (j
nient: "All packages of merchan- ?
dise to lie sent out by rural carriers o
by merchants of (he town should lie 5
presented at postoflice for inspection
and in case it is found that extraneous (j
matter not ordered by the patrons r;
has been added to any mailable mat- B
ter or package lor the purpose of p
making such package matter unniailahle.
postmasters should refuse to p
permit the carrier to carry any such ,,
matter or package for hire outside a
of the mails, and rural carriers p
should not receive any mail matter
from patrons is unmailahle matter ^
for hire which they suspect has been {,
made unmailahle by such devices as ^
adopted by the merchant referred to ?
to.
Soldier Kan Amuck.
A telegram received by the adju- j,
tant general from Manila Tuesday an- j
nounced that Private Mike Reacham.
of the First cavalry, ran amuck, kill- r
ing three and wounding three of his c
comrades, one mortally. All the kill- r
ed and wounded were members of t
troop V. First cavalry. Details of the ,
tragedy are lacking, but it is presum- j
ed that Beachman was lusane <
i
TWELVE KILLED
ly Terrible Tornado and Much
Property js Destroyed In
STATE OF NEBRASKA
he Storm Sweeps Over the Kastern
lhirt of the State, Visiting and
Wrecking a Number of Town*. College
lliiilding* Damaged and One
Hailroad Station IH'strogrcd.
A dispatch from Oniahn, Nebruska,
tys twelve persons are known to
ave !>een killed and a score injured
y a tornado which swept the uorthrn
part of Sarpy County at 5 o'clock
ucsday afternoon. The storm, which
ained a velocity on its way south,
arted in Onioha about 4:30. At
el lev lie the college buildings were
iiuiaged to the extent of probably
e.000 and several persons injured,
itne fatally.
The storm was the most severo that
rer struck Eastern Nebraska. Tho
11 niage to the college buildings at
ellevue was heavy. The tower was
>rn from Park Hall and the building
reeked. Lower Hall and ltaikln
all were unroofed.
The panic stricken students ran to
ic basement and. in this way many
it a 1 it ios were probably averted. The
illege stables were wrecked and all
to horses killed. A number of small
uildings and stores in the village
ere blown down.
Moving south the tornado struck
ort Crook, damaged several of tho
mack buildings, but nobody was Inired.
In the town of Fort Crook,
iwcver, a number of buildings were
ltlrcly wrecked and other damage
me.
The storm lifted and dipped at inrvals,
continuing to move southard.
doing much damage to farmers'
operty. The first town struck was
iipillion, 8 miles south of Omaha. At
iat point the damage was not great.
ie funnel shaped cloud apparently
riing sufficiently to pass the town,
again descended as the storm movI
toward Richfield, four miles south
Papillion.
In Us path was the farm of Gus
?uder. whose farm buildings were
irtly destroyed, and his son, Charles
jader. aged 14. killed outright. All
s live stock was killed.
Edward Martin's farm was next
lw. M- Mn.tln'i, 1
" f"' I'v. i'u . tutu IIII o iivfuiu auu
I his burns and small buildings were
tally destroyed and Mr. Martin fatly
hurt by being crushed under his
>nie. The little town of Richiield
as almost blown to pieces, but the
snail v list was small.
At Louisville half the town was
recked and at least eight persons
st their lives. Mrs. Frank Hester
us killed in her houie. Seven who
ok refuge in sand pits were killed
it right. The names arc not availtie.
Two miles north of Papillion
art in Teith and his son. James,
ere driving along the Little Paplo
iver, when their horse became
ightened bv the hail and plunged
to the swollen stream. Hoth father
id son were drowned.
An oflieer from Fort Crook arrived
the city and stated that the dam;os
to buildings would amount to
100.000 at the army post alone and
le village is almost a total wreck.
A remarkable scene was enacted
hen the officers realized that a torido
had struck the post. Six hun ed
troops of the 00th regiment were
rought to battalion formation and
i the midst of Hying slate roofs and
Liter debris they inarched across the
trade ground to substantial buildigs,
where they were put "at rest"
ud look to the cellars.
The roofs of several of the large
uildings were blown off and other
iiningo done.
MANV I,(>SlO 1.1 VKS.
eutli and Destruction Wrought in
the Yang Tho Kiaitg.
News of one of the greatest disastrs
China has over known, a sudon
tidal bore in the Y'ang Tse Kinm,\
hicli involved a loss of nearly 10.00
lives at Hankow, was brought
y the steamer Titan.
A bore twenty-six feet in height,
ooded without warning down the
Ivor overturning thousands of junks,
atnpans and small hoats and wreckig
some large river steamers.
Some 3,000 Chinese were sleeping
rt the sampans and small craft and
tat. sheds and huts by the riversido
t Hankow and they were enveloped
y the great wave.
The scenes for many days after the
were horrible, the river la
ng strewn with the (lead and the
ebris of the wrecked craft for many
niles.
Young t.irl Shot Father.
At lluhurque, Iowa, defending her
other with a riflf, Miss Madue Flemng.
?0 years old. shot her father,
dont Fleming, In the head. He Is
Hit expected to live. Fleming, ac:ording
to the young woman's statenent
to the police, was about to atack
her mother when she fired. She
vas arrested hut released on her own
ecognlzance. The sympathy of the
;omraunlty is with the young woman.