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I:' I ' "** THE FORT MILL TIMES. | 17THT YEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1908 NO 11. FATAL SHOCK. / " Mr. Chas. Lundy Meets Instant Death From Live Wire. TELEPHONE LINEMAN. Ho Was GlrrlrovutiHl Wliilo WorkiiiK ??i? u Telephone Wire, Which Whs in Contact With Live Klectric Wire. The I'nfortunate Man Hail Hooii Knocki'd From Wire Sometime Ago. The Columbia State says those who watched Charles Lundy ascend a telephone pole on upper Main street Thursday about noon saw him roach for a cable, fall across two wires and, while sparks flow from every metal substance on his person, saw liliu make only One convulsive jerk und realized that tie had been electrocuted. About "> .l."?0 volts had passed through his body and the unfortunate lineman had died almost in- i stantly. For fully lf? minutes the body hung across the wires in mid- 1 air though some of those who saw the tragedy telephoned at once to ! the telephone and electric power com- 1 panics to have all current shut off ' until Lundy could be brought down. I The request was not very promptly i complied with. In the meantime me- I dlcal aid was summoned, but it was I loo late. Oae third of the amount | of voltage would have been sufficient I to cuuse death even to those who nre I used to heavy shocks. The death of Mr. Lundy is the climax of a series of accidents * with which lie met while at work on the ' wires, and his announced intention of ; seeking some other vocation makes his death peculiarly sad. Some time ( before he became employed by the < city lie was nearly killed by a shock t received iu the lower part of the f county. About six weeks ago he wns 1 knocked from a pole on lower tier- : vais street and the injuries received t laid him up until last Monday. He c went to work again this week and at < the time In; met death wns engaged c in stringing tome of the city wire6 1 it\ ?i .... ml Iiav tn ho iilnooH ;ilwillt t WO 1 blocks above El in wood avenue for the section just admitted to the city. It Is supposed that he touched the sorvice wire of the telephone company which hat! "crossed with the heavily charged wire of the electric power company and perhaps the dampness and wire he.carried formed a short circuit which resulted In the entire voltage passing through his body. Mayor Reamer and Chief Cathcart f w v.e at the city hall when the news or the accident was telephoned in and both wont at once to the scene. The body was taken down and after being viewed by tlie coroner was ordered moved. The affair created considerate excitement in the neighhoed nial a very large crowd gathered to witness the removal of the body. Mr, l.tindy resided on Gadsden street and was about 32 years of age. < He came here from Darlington some , tlnje ago and Is survived by his wife, who was a Miss Price, and one child. Since ills accident some time ago he lias been continued on the pay rool of the city and Mayor Reamer, who was shocked by the accident, was gratified to learn that it was through no fault of the city that Lundy met , his death. Coroner Walker, on being notified, empaneled a jury, which brought in the usual verdict, that the deceased came to his death while working on a telephone pole hv coining in contact with an electric light wire. KIM.Ill) IIV I.KillTMNn, Father and Son I tend anil Two I laugh tors Injured. A special to The State from Spartanburg says Mr. J. E. Cole, aged about 1years, a prominent farmer of Walnut (Jrove section of the county, and his son. Albert, aged 12 years, were killed by lightning Thursday afternon about o'clock. The young daughters of Mr. Cold-'were shocked by the stroke of lightning. It is reported that the little daughter, 9 years of age, is in a serious condition as the result of the shook. Mr.) Cole was in the act of lowering a window when the flash came killing him and his son instantly. ???????? ...? oiuitRir i\* SKIitl'S. i. ? Odd Suicide Iterated Himself in a Wonmn'ii Attire* Dangling from a clothesline in his homo in Springfield. Mass.. Joseph P. Johnson was found a suicide. Mecuuse of his haldtual refusal to answer knocks at his door no suspicion was aroused when he did not respond and his body was not fouud until the f door v.i- forced open. Johnson had selected the newesl novelties in lingerie and skirts and had laboriously Incased himself In an embroidered corset, several sizes too small. He was 35 years old and Is thought to have no relatives In this country. * THE OLD VETS. TKX THOUSAND VKTKKANS MAIUH AT HlHMlNliHAM. Kiglit Companies of Citizru Soldiers in lilne?S|H?nsois Accompany tint Coin mauds They Represent. A dispatch from Birmingham. Ala., says the parade of the heroes of the Confederacy Thursday morning was a fitting climax to what is generally pronounced to be one of the most successful reunions of the United Confederate Veterans. With sprightly sten. measured to the airs the South loves, the old warriors, no less than 10.000 strong, traversed the two miles of the parade route between thousands of sympathetic and Interested spectators and there was not an accident, not a sign of a tottering step. Loving hands served ice water to the old men as they passed along the route, funs were disturbed and everything possible was done to relieve the long tramp of its tedium. That the heroes were in excellent spirits was shown by the fact that many of them sang old camp songs as they marched, such as "Buttermilk Cavalry." "Old Time Confederates." "Bonnie Blue Flag." They were happy aud they left a trail of tears among the spectators, lor every one was touched by the sentimental ^pi>eal made by the uppearuncc of the old soldiers. There were many in the parade who had left a leg. or pel haps l?oth legs, on some battlefield, but they enjoyed the occasion as much as the others, being carried In vehicles. Their appearance drew forth, if anything. , greater applause than the sight of the foot soldiers. , The parade formed shortly after [ 1 1 o'clock and required one hour nnd 4 5 minutes to pass a given point, rhe route was from Sixth avenue on , Nineteenth street to First avenue, to , fwenty-flrst street, to Fifth avenue, to Twentieth street, to First avenue, , ounterinarching on Twentieth street 'o Capitol park, where the reviewing ^ stand was located. In the vanguard ^ ivere eight companies of the local ( National Guard, including one bat- ^ cry of artillery nnd one troop of nvalry. Chattanooga had one troop jf cavalry in line. Gov. B. B. Com- f >r of A lit im ni a wim ais eouru hihu ivhk nrxt tn line. Gen. G. P. Harrison, commander of the Alabama livision, was chief marshal, and Col. B. J. McCrossin of Birmingham was dilef aide. J Feature of l'arade. The veterans of the department of he Tennessee headed the line of vis- ' tors of honor, these being followed [ ?y the Trans-Mississippi and the \rmy of Northern Virginia. Among ( he more conspicuous companies were ( he Forrest cavalry corps, mounted, , ind the mounted troop from Nash,'ille which has attracted a great deal ' if attention during the reunion.These ' ompanles are regular members of he National Guard, being the only Jon federate body to huvc that dlsttncLlon. Memphis representatives also came in for great applause. They were accompanied by the crnck fife and drum corps, which helped to give the martial atmosphere. Probably no rtno person in the parade attracted more attention than the handsome Miss Tommy Gentry, a full blooded Indian maiden who accompanied the Indian Territory department as sponsor. Her escort was Adjt. Geu. Cole nio Gen. Clement A. Evans, the new commauder-in-ohief. was at t he head of the column with the entire ataff. The Sons of Veterans followed the veterans and they wore accompanied hy their sponsors. A noticeable feature of the parade was the fact that a number of the sponsors preferred 'd walk with the companies they represented rather than ride in the cariHites which had been provided. Miss Mary Hall Gray, accompanied the Georgia division on foot. Mrs. Kelly of New Orleans, a lady of 79 vears old. went through the march on foot ns did Miss Edna Raub of Momphis. who had the title of daughter of the company ah? represented. AN OU> OOl'PIiK BLOPKS. The Woman Eighty and the Man Nearly Eighty. Itmlolpli Ploetz.aged 7 0. a wealthy widow of the village of Prairie du Sac, Wis., eloped with Miss Ursula fiunges, aged 80, his sweetheart of' childhood days. Unknown ?o his six sons, who had bitterly opposed his marriage, the bridegroom and4 his bride slipped into Madison Friday and were married by a justice of the peace. The system of espionage on the old man by the sons failed to prevent him from carrying out his desire. The couple were sweethearts in youth and had parted after a petty quarrel. Miss Hunges had neve* married, waiting a life-time for her first love. Rlephitnt Kills Horse Seizing a horse wMn Us trunk, an enraged elephant in a circus which left New Albany, Ind., Tuesday dashed the animal against the ground until it had pounded the animal's brain out. The show men were loading the animals on the train when the elephant ventured too near a horse that kicked it. MISTAKEN IDENTITY. ROl'UH EXFKRIKNOK OF MAN WHO liOUKEI) TAKE ANOTHER. Me S|*ont Six Month* in Jail. Fin d *5<M> and Uot "Third Degree" Hvfor? Hia liHek Turned. For the one. simple reason that he looked like somebody else, F. N. Rush. ?f New York city, has played the tragic part in one of the greatest farce comedies that escaped the boards of a theater. Entirely innocent of all the charges brought against him. he has been arrested for forgery in three different cities, boon wrongly ld?itlfi?.i scores of times, prosecuted by State and Federal authorities, spent six month in prison, lined $T>00. "mugged" for the Chicago rogues' gallery, and now is living in constant fear of further arrest. It was simply because of a chance resemblance to a forger thnt Rush has been made to suffer every mental anguish the law can iutlict short of hanging. In face, tlgure. manner and even voice. Mr. Rush resemblesa forger, badly wanted by the police of a score of cities, who has been * traveling over the country for several years, leaving n trail of worthless paper and duped victims. Upwards of 100 persons have declared on oath that they knew him, and clamored for his conviction. His relatives and lawyers have grown suspicious in the face of the tremend- 1 our pile of clrcutnstnnt'ai evidence 1 that has piled up against hlir Evangelists have prayed ever him. in 1 prison, and then turned away in dis- ( gust, pronounced him a hardened sinner because he refused to confess to crimes of which he know nothing. ' Yet ia the end Rush has been ac- 1 riuitted by an alibi so certain that his prosecutors have been made to ' look ridiculous. ! It is nearly a year since Mr. Rush 1 went West to find Ills remarkable ' c.rlme record awaiting him. It was s In Cincinnati that he was arrested last September, and when he was J taken to jail the police told him. to his astonishment, that he was John 1 F. Rlair, alias John L. Baldwin, alias y Boyd G. Clark, alias F. N. Rush. 1 vlins S. S. Pickney, and that he was wanted for forgery In Chicago and * several other c.tties. lie was actually taken lo cnicago, * whore his troubles l>egan. Cast In la.il. be was speedily overwhelmed with such a mass of identifications, crimes and evidence that his bal was set at a prohibitive figure, and he languished five mouth in his cell while the prosecution was building up a cose aganst hiin. When the trial finally arrived Rush was positively Identified as the slick forger by a score of persons who had been [luped. The array of wituesses produced against him proved so conducing to the jury that he was actua' Iv found guilty. Rut a doubt had been raised In the judge's mind, and he was let off with a month's Imprisonment and a fine of $500. But lie was 110 sooner released than he was re-arrested on warrentg from other cities and was cast Into jal! again. He was confined in a dungeon for thiee days with the rats u lag over him and without a liite lit.., and ww tLc;? put tlm-iv* .li.' it id deg . e. ' by burly ooilc"d recs who sougi.: to make him c 1 .'"-s '/> resortlu?' t . violence. Rut ( Rush efused 3 '. "ufess, aim the ' ar.'h^.'fk-s were . ?ij ther perplexed l W i;?i nis secon 1 t drawin, near. Rush set about to estaklsh on alibi, la rebuttal of the five clays evidence euiuiiiited by the district attorney supplemented by a four hour speech from (hat official, Rush presented his simple alibi to the jury, and was acquitted in 1 1 minutes. Later he showed to the entire satisfaction of the Chicago autho'ir.e, thai he was a victim of the most remarkable case of mistaken identity on record in that city. Rut he Is living iu constant f jar of arrest in other cities which he visits in his business of traveling represent ntHe of a prominent New York drug firm. * HEIRESS WICRS POOR CLERK. M.wy Montana Ian-gey Comes Into! Fortune and Promptly Weds. A dlspateh from Rutte, Mont., on TV>Mr<am/ turn' \tnvv Montana Lar gey, eighteen years old, youngest of the Largey miners, came into her fortune of $1,500,000 on Tuesday aud at midnight she was married to Raymond .1. McDonald, a young clerk in a Rroadway cah office who had hoen working for $10 a month. Pome friends naked the girl why she wanted to marry the poor cah clerk; "because I love him and hare enough money for both," she replied. The couple left for San Francisco immediately and they will make an automobile trip for New York. MissLargcy's big touring car and driver having been shipped on ahead several weeks ago. From New York hey will go to Europe. Life liONt in Sham Rattle. Capt. Robert Watson, of one of the student companies of the South Dakota College of Agriculture, at Brookings. S. D.. died as the result of an injury sustained by a fall in a sham battle. A fixed bayonet pierced his groin. CAUSED BY MILK. Eight Million People Doomed to Be Killed by the GREAT WHITE PLAGUE. Costs ?frr 1M.000,000 to fait For and Mury Victim*?League l>is* cUssos Action?Anti-Tuberculosis Workers in Favor of Wiping Out All Infected Cattle. The "Great White Plague" seems likely to lose some of its greatposs as th? result of the national convention of the American Antl-TubercuInuic I nnrriiA 1 ? * n' * - * ?? ? n uil.ll fiuaru Ul Ol. J-1OUI8 recently. The principal demand of the convention was for legislation against defective cows, it being asserted that about 99 per cent of the consumptives in the lTnited States contract their tuberculosis iu raw milk. Opposing factions, one advocating the isolation plan for the treatment )t consumptives and the other defending the present policy of treating the disease in cities, wore in combat at the closing session. The controversy assumed the form of a debate, Dr. Walter O. Tyzzer, superintendent of the Mhyfleld Sanitarium, of St. Louis, representing the isolation advocates, and Dr. Joseph E. Chambers, president of the Hippocratean College of Medicine, of St. Louis, representing the other faction. The subject of the debate was: "Resolved, That tuberculosis cau be more effectively treated in the Isolated arid regions than in hospitals in cities." . The honors were ahout even, but Dr. Tyzzer had the more meritorious tide of the argument, apparently, as the majority of the delegates not personally interested in some city institution were in his faction. "Raw Milk" was the title of a paper submitted by Nathan Straus, the \*ew York philanthropist. It was an ible paper, covering the raw milk subject thoroughly, and closing with he following three deductions: "1. That tuberculosis is a preventive disease. "2. That raw milk is the common ause of tuberculosis. *'!l TKnf thr* n?ril nf Hihornnlnnlc a milk can be absolutely removed by jroper pasteurization." Ernest J. Lederle, former Comnissioner of Health of New York, submitted a paper entitled. "Public Vlilk Supplies, with Special Reference .o the Tuberculosis Problem." He stated that tuberculosis was now very prevalent among milk cows and inreusing, and urged legislation aimed it such consumptive cows. C. W. Saleeby, of London, Engand. spoke on "Potential Homicide, he Greatest Menace of the Human Race." "Sterilization, valuable as it is as i final safeguard against tuberculosis, is, after all," said Dr. Donohue. "only in expedient and must, not be put iuto so much prominence that the importance of the other safeguard be lost sight of. Beyond any puestion, the ultimate advantage lies in obtaining milk from cattle free from disease. it is a fact comparable with the advantage of obtaining drinking water from pure source Instead of taking it from a contaminated on? and relying upon purification afterwards." Dr. W. H. Mayfield, general secretary and executive officer of the Amer'-an Anti-Tuberculosis League, predicted in his address that "before lone there will be state and na tional ln^s requiring that inspectors shail duly examine every cow whose milk is offered for human use, and every animal ascertained to he afflicted even in the slightest degree with he tubercie bacilli shall be marked for destruction. "The mere money cost to the United States of the plague of tuberculosis overshadows all other expenditures," continued Dr. Mayfleld. "The first five years the United States army occupied the Philippines the cost was about $200,000,000; the second five years $125,000,000, or a total of $325,000,000. In 1907 our army and navy cost taxpayers $222,000,000. and with the pension roll for that year added, makes out thi6 sum to $384,000,000. This is 67 per cent of the nation's income for war or its expenses. These two amounts added together give a total of $709,000,000. These are colossal K?it In mm nnrknn with thp following they are as electric light to sunlight. t "Medical science Is authority for the statement that out of the 80,000,000 of people belonging to the United States 8,000,000 are doomed to die of consumption . Without considering the cost these have been to their parents, or thousands of helpless orphans these deaths will send to public institutions, or computing the profits that would accrue If they were allowed to live, and without referring to the distress, despair and human agony accompanying theii taking off, the amount in mere dollars. incident to their demise, is simply appalling. "Kstmnting that $400 must h? spent upon each victim so afflicted? and the amount is often $4,000? and reckoning the burial expense: BADLY INVOLVED. THREE SPARTANBURG INSURANCE (X)MPANIKS IN BAD SHAPE. All the Profits Eaten Up by the E.v lieiises, Which Was Mostly High Salaries. According to a statement of In- i sur&nce Commissioner McMaster 1 Tuesday, the affairs of three mutual 1 fire companies at Spartanburg are in- 1 volved and on the face of the returns it looks us if there has been ( mismanagement of the funds. I In, the case of tho Carolina Mutual ( under control of Stanyarne Wilson, j outstanded contested claims on July 1, 1907 .amounted to $9,1167, and t adjusted claims on ihe same date to a $35,897. The amount that should have been realized was $18,848, and s the actual amount realized $10,667. a Contested claims on January 1, 190o. ? amounted to $23,374 and additional y adjusted claims to $11,871. The ^ account that should have been realiz- j, ed was $10,528 and the actual v amount re-ilized $5,4 85. The amount j of outstanding claims on May 25. r was $39,437. a All MBmlnnHnn "f ">? " " ?? v.? niv vnmuna Mutuul's bookH shows that between , January 1, 1907, and June C. 190S, ,, $ >9,312 were collected from all j sources. Ix>8se8 In that period were j $38,464. The difference between the j-( amount received and that paid out in losses excepting $891 was consuine*s in expenses which were extraor- j dinarily high Mr. McMaster shows where Wilson received a salary of $300 a month through 1907 and up to March of the current year. After he resigned as president he got $200 a month as attorney. He also took .' $1,000 for back salary in 1905-06. Up to November J. M. Whatley re- ' tl ceived $100 a month and expenses as adjuster and since then $125 a 11 month and expenses. In March Whatley succeeded Wilson as presi- n dent. The secretary. Miss I). Calla- ,, han, drew $1,300 in salary for 1907. Wilson's stenographer, Miss M. Fill- a mer, drew $15 a week as assistant h ci secretary. A. M. Alexander manages the Piedmont Mutual and Palmetto Mutual s at Spartanburg. No minutes of the Piedmont have been kept since May 6, 1907. At that meeting the direc- N tors were A. M. Alexander, D. 11. w Alexauder, W. O. llarnes and Dr. 11. ? It. Goodell. No ledger nor cash ' books were kept, policy records being the onl5' account obtainable. Mr. McMaster declares it is impossible to V llnd out how, why and where the 1 money were expended and Alexauder 1 can not. say definitely. I). B. Alexan- S1 der drew $100 a mouth and expenses as adjuster, and A. W. Whit lock $15 a week as secretary. Other items of expense can not be given at this time. 11 Judgments are on file in the of iite 01 ine cierit 01 court ai spurtnnburg against both the Piedmont Mutual and the Palmetto Mutual. The commissioner hats not finished his searching investigations. VOYAGK llKLPEI) TILLMAN. The Senator Now Knjoying the Fine Climate of Spain. Tlieie will he general interest in the report as to the physical condition and trip of Senator Tillman, who is now in Spain. In a letter written May 25, from Gibraltar, this interesting statenieut is made: "Senator Tillman feels that there has been a distinct gain. He has a tine appetite, sleeps well and has no serious symptoms whatever. The . swimming in the head and feeling of ' uncertain equilibrium have disappeared. I'nless there is some organic trouble he does not see why he will not return home In the fall as well as a man of his ago ought to hope to he. "The voyage, he says, has been exceptionally pleasant, with only one rough day and one of moderately brisk w ind. The rest of the time the weather has been fine and the trip enjoyable. He really enjoyed doing nothing. "The plans for his trip on the Continent have not been definitely outlined. They will probably lie de termined upon after he finds out how he stands travelling In Spain. After landing at Gibraltar his plans I were to take a side trip to Tangier, ' in Africa, and return to Gibraltar to ! visit Seville, Cordovn, Toledo, Madrid and Granada; then to get back 1 to Gibraltar in time to take the next 1 VVhito Star steamer, Juno 12, and go on to Naples. "Ills address until the last of June will be care of Cook's Agency, Rome, Italy." It will be interesting to note that none of the party, which included Senator Tillman, Mrs. Tillman and Dr. J. W. Dabcoek, were seasick on the trip, and that altogether they I had a most enjoyable voyage. Thieves CJot #.">,000 in Oiamniid*. Thieves entered and robbed the | Jewelry establishment of Taylor Brothers, on Thursday at Houston. . Texas, of $5,000 in diamonds. at $200?which Is below the actual 1 average cost?*e have a loss of " $000 per capita on 8,000,000 of peo* pie, or the unthinkable amount of 5 more than $4,000,000,000!" ONLY A SOCIAL CALL MR. AX I) MRS. WATTKRSOX VISITS TUB HUYANS. The (iivnl Kciituckiaii Says Bryan's Nominal ion l>y Acclamat ion at Denver is Xow Certain. A dispatch from Louisville. Ky.. suys Editor Watterson. accompanied ' Ijy Mrs. Watterson, is on tlio way to Lincoln, Neb., on invitation of Mr. Uryan. It can be stated with certainty hat Mr. Bryan and Mr. Watterson lave been in constant correspond'nce since the two came together in 1 v'ew York two montlis ago. Mr. Watterson was asked for an 1 >xpression of opinion on the outlook, 1 ind in substance, said: * "I am merely going to avail my- > elf of a business call to Chicago to p iccent \If ?? * -* a uiviiaiion to rnti s ?ver to Lincoln. There will be but r me real issue in the coining struggle. 8 'hat is the ruse of the 'people against I iredatory wealth.' It has been very v rell put by Mr. Roosevelt; but Mr. c iryan, more than any one else, repesents it in all its length, breadth. I" nd thickness. C "If Mr. Roosevelt were (he candl- 1 ate of the Republicans, tlierr might S e some question as to the 'original s neons' between him and Mr. Bryan, g tut Mr. Taft. can stand on no plat- I" arm setting forth the. Roosevelt poli- I ies. He is far closer to the Wall A treet interests than Fairbanks, I [ughes or Knox. Mis nomination tcans the Republican party wearing C< lie mask of Roosevelt, but using the N laws of Harriman, Morgan and com- ( any. If Bryan cannot beat this 3 nnibine, nobody can. 11is its jgical candidate. All suggestions 3 j the contrary are misleading. They C re simply weak devices of the ene- N ly." a "You feel certain that Mr. Bryan's f omination is already assured?" C "Mr. Bryan said Mr. Wattention, will be nominated by acclamalion ! t Denver. The only things left out- I landing to lie considered by Demo- e rats are the second place on the lie- i et. the platform, and the chairman- ii liip of the national committee." 3 Asked about the coming conven- H Ion and the general outlook for v Kentucky can be relied upon not to o reck their bark before she gets out i f port. I do not care what the cxlngton convention does except int it shows itself fair to all parties. : his I fully appreciate. We Ken- T lcky Democrats are pretty good u ghters. but in emergencies we know u ow to ait down in unity, and to o iTbke the pipe of peace. This is an mergence." 1 ? II . j SF1,1,S liKSS ItOO/iK. , ispciisai-y Itcceipts Fall on* X'crjr w Materially. n Dispensary snlou in Orangeburg and " alhoun counties continue to decrease s the weather gets warmer, or, per ups, the falling off is duo to the < proading of the "prohibition wave." hich, it is predicted by some who a laim to know, will have the entire < tnte in its grasp by tho time the n ext General Assembly convenes. a Prohibition is as confidently ex- d ected as was the repeal of the lien n iw before the hist session of the .eglslature, but the lien law is still n the statute books of South Caroiua. y Liquor sales in tho two counties or May were $ 1 4,r? 1 8.20, as cotnared with $15,577.70 for April, and he April figures were about $2,000 ehind those of March, which shows ( steady decrease for several months. 1 "he sales in this city for May were I 6,298.45, against $6,941.30 for kprll. t Should the Supreme Court decide x hat Calhoun County is dry and pro- -x libit the Orangeburg County board rom shipping liquors into Calhoun ? he sales from this county's central, i >r wholesale, dispensary will he still j urther diminished to the extent of j ihotit per month. illOT THIUX till HCItHKX IMMHt. 1 I'l-oniinent Attorney in Florida! As- | NasMinnted While a?t Supper. At Arcadia. Flu., W. Foster, si prominent. attorney, was assassinated at 7 o'clock last Friday night ?t the supper table with his family. The assassin stole up to the screen door of the house and tired a full charge of shot from a shotgun into 1 his body killing him instantly. There is no clue to the murderer. Sl^riff Freeman has wired for bloodhounds and the entire town is aroused and posses have been formed, and have starten oui mi uii uirwuuiw. n < n* murderer Is captured si lynching is feared. BANDITS ATTACK PACK THAI\ Four GuiirN Were Killed and Four Thosamls Dollars Taken. A dispatch from Mexico City says word came Wednesday night that I [bandits attacked a pack train on the way to Los Grandes mines, near Balsa, in the State of Guerrero. Of the escort of four men three were) killed and one wounded. Four thousand dollars were captured. Rurales are in pursuit of the highwaymen. FATAL TORNADO Sweeps Through Nebraska and Kansas Friday Evening DOING GREAT DAMAGE rwrnty-One People Killed and a Cerent Deal of I*roi>crty is lkwtn>;< ed. It Was the Worst That Visited That Section in Many Years. A tornado which passed over south?rn Nebraska and portions of north rn Kansas Friday evening was tho uost destructive and covered the nost territory of any similar storm vhich has visited that region in muny cars. At least 21 persons were Kill? d, tlve were fatally injured and a core of others hurt. In addition, eports received say that several perons were killed at Byron, Neb., and hill instill TIT nnA r* ? ,? ... o *???u vuuniUUU, IVAU.i vhich town have been eut off from omtuunicntion. Known casualties: Dead?Lulu Smith, near Geneva. Jeb., Irene Shivoly. aged 4, uear ieneva: Mrs. Maud Carter, Trenton: la by Carter; two children of Mr. mall, near Guide Rock; Henry Madion, near Franklin, Neb.; Mrs. An;ust Pent ell, near Shickley, Neb.; 51ljah Artenbricht, near Shickley; lay Fleming, drowned near Faireld. Neb.; Mrs. Clifton Simple, tryon. Neb. Fatally injured -John Shively, ieneva; Ross Shively, Geneva; John lerriinan. Shickley; Preston Bailey, hirlton; Mr. August Fentell, near hick ley. Seriously Injured- Mrs. John hlvely, Geneva; Edward Itussell, ieneva; A. F. McRaymond. Fairfleld; liss Young, near Guide Rock; Mr. nd Mrs. Gray, near Riverton; Mrs. lennett, near Geneva; Lester aud larter and second child. Carlton. The storm was general throughout 'llmore. Webster. Franklin and hayer counties, Nebraska, and reachd into Kansas, from where reports re coming of great destruction. The >wn of Carlton, Fairfleld. Despler. hlckley, (ieneva, Franklin, Ong and Liverton, Nebraska, are among those isited by the storm and in no one f them did the elements spare life r property. At Carlton five residnces and two churches were destroyri. while a new seliol bui'ding aud 0 houses were partially wrecked, lie home of Lester Carter was delolished and his wife and baby were illed, while Carter himself and anther child suffered severe injuries. At Geneva the storm wrought great cstruction and in the adjacent counpy claimed several victims, doad or ijured. At Fairfleld 4 0 houses were partly ,-recked or demolished. The loss liere will exceed $100,000. Vauge ^ [ ports from other points can not Ik? oiiflrmed because of broken wires. 'rains In all directions are abandond because of washouts and destroy (1 roadbeds. The storm covered such a wide roa and was so destructive wherevor it touched the earth that it lias Imost caused a panic among the rur1 inhabitants. Hundreds of farmers rove into the towns, seeking shelter, lany of them being homeless. * bi.amfs thk court. lie slim Doctor After Court Kef used Her Justice. The refusal of the judges to her barges preferred against l>r. Marin \V. Auspitz, of New York, is uloged by Miss Surah Kutcn. a nurse, is the reason she was impelled to kill he man who bad outraged her. The vomun is now in the Tombs awaitng further developments. Miss Katen is 22 years of age. She taya she came to this country from Russia six years ago and became a irobatiouarv nurse in Dr. Auspitz's tospital. There he assaulted her. Later he tried to repeat the crime ind she shot him to death. "1 consulted a lawyer," she said, "and wo went to court. Hut the judges didn't, believe me they believed him. lie. was rich while i was very poor. Then dowly came the impulse to avenge myself. The courts had denied tne justice. The law meant nothing. I bought a pistol." * KII,I,KI> Ills WIFE AM) HIMSELF. They llnd QunrivlfMl Severn I Times on Aeeount of Jealousy. Charles P. Corlett, a prominent architect and head of the Corlett Engineering company, Tuesday night killed iiis wife. Elizabeth, and then ended his own life in a hotel in Wi!lottghby, a Cleveland. Ohio, suberb. The double tragedy is said to have lvon the result of jealousy. Shortly after Corlett returned from Cleveland, three shots were hoard by the guests. When the hotel proprietor burst into tlie door he found Mrs. Corlett dead upon the floor. Nearby was the almost breathless body of her husband. A revolver lay near his outstretched hand. The man died a few minutes later. Mr. Corlett was 118 years old; his wife was four years younger and was a beautiful woman. The couple had quarreled recently several times.