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THE FORT MILL TIMES.
7TH YEAR FORT MIRE, S. C., THURSDAY, JUEY 16,* 1908 NO IS
BRYAN AND
THE
The Nebraskan Wins by
Large Majority on First
Ballot
THE NOMINATION
MADE UNANIMOUS
liREAT fiATHKHIXO OF DEMOCRATS
COMES TO AN END
Al'Tru HVIPIM""
mi i in nirtSI'IC
AX1> INSIMIUNCi SKSNIOX
OF CONYKNTIOX.
Convention Hall, Denver, July 10,
3.40 a. in. - William Jennings Hryun
was this morning nominated for president
of the United States by the
Democratic convention. The nomination
was made at 3.40 a. in. amid
scenes of tumultuous enthusiasm,the
vast assemblage breaking en mass
into a frenzied demonstration of
intensely dramatic tribute to the
chosen leader.
The first and only ballot gave Uryan
the commanding and decisive total
of 802 votes, or 221 more than
enough to nominate; Gray &9V4:
was greeted with a pandemonium
^ of sound and motion, floor and gullerles
joining in deafening, long
continuing tumult.
The de< Ision was followed after
the lull with motions from the Gray
and Johnson leaders to make the nomination
unanimous and by acclamation.
which was carried with an
echoing cl orus of approval in which
every Stat joined Its voice with t>?o
one disserting vote from the Stute
of Georgia.
Convention Hall, Denver, July 9.
?The D?m locratir national convention
proceeded tonight to the nominating
of n candidate for president
of the United States, the nominating
speeches and seconding speeches tie
ing made amid scenes of tumultuous
enthusiasm.
The mines of George Gray of Delaware
an 1 Gov. Johnson of Minnesota
were also placed in nomination
with demonstrations of approval from
their Unti ed followings. The tide
of sentiment was unmistakably and
overwhelmingly in favor of the Nehraskau
and foreshadowed his nomi-j
nation before the session closed.
The .piriform committee was not
ready to report when the evening
session began, and after listening to
politjeal i ratorv the rules of pro-'
redure we**e suspended and the con- J
vention pioceeded with the speeches'
placing the candidates for president '
in nomination with the understanding
that the actual vote would be
deferred until the platform had been
adopted.
The spf Tbes placing Win. J. Bryan
in noli inatlon was made by Ignatius
J. Dunu of Nebraska, a youthful
orator of tire and eloquence,
whose clot Ing phrase stirred the vast
assemblag e into wild demonstration
"I nominate,' no exclaimed, "as
tlio at an (lord bearer of our party,
the man wlio In the thrilling days
??f *! ; and iflOO hore the battle scarrod
Imnne ot Democracy with fame
an untarnished as the Crusaders of
old America's great commoner.
Nebraska's gifted son. William .!.
Bryan!"
Immeidntcly a ipandemonium of
sound and motion was unloosed, aa
delegates and spectators rose en
masse and joined in the reverberating
chorus of tribute to the Nebraska
candidate. The standards of
the Stater were wrenched from their
plares an I borne through the hull
to the platform, while banners bearing
the portrait of the commoner
wore wav'd aloft and the multitude
joined In long continued tribute. At
times the intensity of the demonstration
threatened a panic. One woman
was borne out fainting.
Denver, .Inly 10.?The Democratic
national convention concluded its
labors thU afternoon by the nomination
of John Worth Kern of Indiana
for vice president, completing the
ticket on which William Jennings
Bryan wish made the nominee for
president during the early hours of
this morning The nomination of
Kern was made by acclamation amid
the resounding cheers of delegates
and spectators. No ballot was necessary
as ho tide of sentiment had set
irreslatiblly toward the Indiana
statesman. State after State registering
their votes in his favor and all
other candidates Kvith-drawing before
the universal demand for his
nomination.
The conention. after addjonrning
at daylight with the nomination of
Mr. Bryan, resumed its session at 1
p. m., with a nowerfnl undercurrent
already in motion toward the nomination
of Kern for the second place.
? On the call of States Indiana presented
the name of Kern; Colorado,
through Former Governor Thomas,
I
KERN
. NOMINEES.
placed in nomination Charles A.
Towno oT New York, Connecticut
placed Archibald McNeil and Georgia
Clark Howell.
The names of Judge George Gray
of Delaware and of John Mitchell
of Illinois were not presented, owing
to the explicit requests of these
gentlemen not to have their names
go before the convention.
For a time it looked as though a
ballot would be required. "But the
skyline of States which joined in
seconding Kern's nomination soon
made it apparent thnt the chance*
of all other candidates had been extinguished.
Mr. Towne in person
war. the first candidate to recognize
the decesive nature of the
Kern movement and In a ringing
speech withdrew his name ^\tI
pledged his c*. pi ort to the ticket ul
Bryan and Kern. Withdrawals quickly
followed from the supporters of
I Jewell of Georgia and McNeil of
Connecticut, leaving the Indiana
candidate alone in the field.
The withdrawal of the Connecticut
candidate was accompanied by
a motion that the nomination of
Kern be made by acclamation. The
motion was carried with a d?afening
shout and the great assemblage broke
Into clamoring demonstration on the
accomplishment of its work nnd tho
completion of the Democratic national
ticket.
The nomination was made at 4.1!tt
o'clock and the convention adjourned
without delay. The Democratic
national committee will assemble
tomorrow to complete its new organization
and to select the chairman
who will be the commanderin-chief
of the Democratic forces In
the campaign. Thousands of delegates
and spectators nre scattering tonight
their homes and every train
is bearing away thousands from the
eventful scenes of the Denver convention.
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SLAIN BY HKR DAUGHTER
Aged Peasant Woman Kill?>d Because
of Her Life Pension.
Emtio Zola, in "La Terre," has
told no grimmer story of squalid
and savage peasant crime than came
out in the assize court of Rodez. in
Auvergne laHt Wednesday. A widow
of sixty was shot dead In an orchard
by some one hidden behind an apple
tree not fifteen feet away. Suspicion
pointed to the woman's daughter.
Gcrmanie .Tammes, and her husband.
They had been sued by the
deceased over a money transaction,
and had lost their case, being ordered
to pay her a life pension of
$11.87 a year.
Afterward both daughter and sonin-law
had constantly threatened to
put the widow out of the world, because
of the money she would cost
tliem for the rest of her days. At
the trial it .was proven that the
daughter and her husband, the former
carying a gun. had gone out at
nightfall to shoot the widow. The
woman fired while the man looked
on. and havng brought down her
mother wth the first shot, they went
home wthout troublng to find out
whether she was dead or not.
Germane .1 amnios made only inco
he?out remarks at the trial, and
wrangled with her brothers and sir-1
ters in court. The jury found mitigating
circumstances for the daughter's
crime, and she was sentenced
only to ten years' penal servitude,
her husband getting five.
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( riil|M'<l Typhoid Fever Through Glass
Tu tie.
Gulped Death (Jcrnw Through Tube.
Kdgar T. Chatham, a medical student
at the Western University of
Pennsylvania, is dying i>f typhoid
fever, at the Allegheny General hospital.
f which malady he contracted
in a most remarkable manner. Young
Chatham, since the closing of college,
has been taking a special course
in pathology at the hospital.. About
two weeks ago Chatham was engaged
at mixing typhoid fever germs
with pure blood. Ho had a glass
tube, which he inserted into a bottle
containing the fever germs, and
stuck the other end In his mouth, to
draw some of the germs up in the
tube. Chatham took too long a
breath, and a big lot of the fever
germs, Instead of stopping in the
tube, slipped down into his throat,
and now he 1h suffering from the
most malignant form of the fever
with no hope for his recovery.
Ar??*st of Suspect Caused Heat I).
Cess than an hour after Fred
Singleton, of Cincinnati. O.. was asked
to sign an affidavit charging the
man Evans, or West, arrested in
Boston, Mass., with the murder of
his father. Squire Fred Singleton, of
Newport, Ky., the young man was
seized with convulslpns and soon
afterwards died. *
Populists Notify Watson.
Georgia Populists held their State
convention Thursday, at Atlanta. Ga.,
when Thomas E. Watson was notified
of his nomination for the Presidency.
DEMOCRATS AT WORK
WHAT THE CONVENTION DID THE
FIRST THREE DAYS.
Mention of Bryan's Name Sets the
Convention Wild, and the Applause
Lasted Eighty-Seven Minutes.
Denver, Convention Hall, July 7?
The Democratic national convention
began Its sessions at noon amid
scenes o! stirring animation. The
vast amphitheatre of the auditorium
was packed with i? ?
?,wv iicupie, ail
ever-moving, intense and expectant
throng, moved by patriotic uirs and
stnrrd into tnninltnous demonstratou
as a silken portrait of Bryan was
borne within the hall.
It was just 12.20 when Chairman
Tuggurt, of the national committee,
called the coaptation to order, llishp
J. J xeane. o- Cheyenne, Wy.en
lng. pronounced the opeuing invocation.
an impressive plea for Divine
grace on the conventtion's deliberations.
The convention promptly effected
the preliminary organization, electing
Theodore A. Hell, of California,
as temporary chairman.
The keynote speech of the temporary
presiding officer started the echoes
linging and brought forth entnusinstic
demonstration for Bryan and
the other party idols. The appointment
of the convention committees
and the presentation of resolutions
of respect to the memory of the late
Grover Cleveland completed the formal
work of the day.
Public interest was coutered in
the opcn'ng session of the convention
end aside trom this the early
pnrt of the day I fought few developments
of importance as to candidates
or platform.
i The overwhelming drift of sentiment
continues toward Hrvan and
the enthusiasm of the opening session
only emphasized his commanding
hold of the convention.
A strong cordon of police was
stretched about the Denver auditorium
when the delegates to the Democratic
national convention began to
arrive at the scene of the next four
days' activities. The sidewalks were
uii io assist tno officers In
handling the curious throngs that
began to gather about the ball early
in iho day.
M- tinted police kept the streets
e'ear at; a passageway for those holding
tickets.
In two of its streets floating the
auditorium great banks of snow gave
a cool greeting to the visitors. From
the mountain heights the snow had
been brought down to this mile-high
level on a special train and hauled
through the streets in carts of various
descriptions. The day was by no
means warm, however, and the only
effect of the snow was the novelty
of an icy street scene in July.
Denver. Convention Hall, July 8.?
The convention is now marking
time so far as the nomination of
candidates and the adoption of a
platform Is concerned and is passing
through the stages of organization
and the throes of frenzied demonstration.
Today has been marked by turbulent
demonstrations and the bitter
strief of party leaders, the essential
developments of the day being these:
Two sessions of the convention
w<-ic utmi, xur nrsx. ax noon, producing
n Bryan demonstration breaking
ail records in duration, and the second,
at 8 o'clock tonight, being the
culmination of the struggle over the
credentials of the Pennsylvania delegation
and the supremacy of the
Pennsylvania leader. Col. GufTy, who
has been denounced by Mr. Bryan.
Outside of the convention the committees
have proceeded with the serious
work of preparing the way for
convention action. The credentials
committee unseated eight of Col.
(luffey's anti-Bryan Pennsylvania
delegates, thus reversing the domplexlon
of the Pennsylvania deleeu'ion
from anti-Bryan to Bryan and
precipitating the intense eontroverscy
which is being fought out before
the night session of the convention.
The platform is still in an incomplete
condition and will not he presented
until tomorrow, but its essential
features are agreed upon, and
little remains but the details of
phraseology.
The early meeting of the convention
today was productive of little
practical progress as the special committees
were not rendy to report.
Hut it hud the effect of explosion of
longpent up Bryan enthusiasm,which
took the signal from Senator Gore's
eloquent reference to the Nebrttku
lender and hurst into a whirlwind
of enthusiastic applause, lasting one
hour and 11> minutes, with seven
minutes more of the expiring echoes
of clamor, establishing the convention
record of an hour and 26 minutes.
or full 3!> nil flutes in excess of
the Roosevelt. demonstration at
Chirago, which held the record until
today. It v.-as a decisive exhibition
of the overmastering strength
of the Bryan column, and one of the
most dramatic convention pictures
ever presented as tho standards of
the Stutes were torn from their
moorings and borne through the hall,
until ibey stood together on the perform.
like an army of banners, proClaiming
their united allegiance to
Bryan: Amid this storm of Bryan
- demonstration the six standards of
SUSPICIOUS DEATH IN UNION.
Mrs. \V. T. Jones, of Salnda, Die;
From EITects of Strychine.
Coroner Hanies, of Union county
was called upon on last Monday t<
investigate the sudden death of Mrs
W. T. Jones, who died at her houu
in Santuc soon after 12 o'clocl
Sunday night, and the jury returnee
a verdict that she came to her deatl
from strychnine administered b>
parties unknown to the jury.
D. J T. Jeter testified that he v. as
called upon Sunday night about 12
o'clock to go to sec Mrs. Jones, whe
was said to be in convulsions. Before
reaching the Jones dwelling the
doctor heard screams, and on reaching
the room where the dying woman
lay she was in convulsions, her liody
rigid, head thrown hack, pupils widely
dilated, lower jaw fixed and het
hands folded so tightly across her
breast that t hey could not be moved.
The doctor gave her an injection of
morphine and states that her mind
was clear, but her shrieks were brok*en
by convulsions. There was a bottle
of strychine on the bureau in the
room, ond Mr. Jones, the dead woman's
husband, stated to the doctor
that she had gotten up two or three
times after retiring, going to the
bureau. Death occurred a few niiuutes
after the doctor arrived and be
gave it us his opinion that she died
from strychnine poison.
It seems that Mr. and Mrs. .Tones
were the only persons in the house
Sunday night, their fourteen-year-old
son being nbsent on a visit to relatives.
Evidence by several witnesses,
which is too revolting for publication,
tends to show that Jones's
treatment of his wife for a number
of years has been brutal beyond belief.
z
Mrs. Jones was n woman of less
than middle age, and her character
nud geutle disposition made her
many friends. Her sad death arouses
great sympathy and no little indignation
and suspicion.
HEAT KILLS TWENTY-ONE.
New York in Grasp of Tropical Spell.
Scores Prostrated.
A smart southerly breeze that followed
in the trail of a mild summer
storm on Thursday filtrated through
New York'B sun-baked streets and
brought some relief from the tropical
spell that has killed nearlv twn-G<T?rt?
of persons, prostrated hundreds and
held the city's population helplessly
in Its burning folds for over a week.
Twenty-one persons succumbed to
the heat, a total of 31 deaths from
that cuuse within the last thirty-six
hours. Scores were prostrated.
The thermometer reached 92 degrees
at noon at the weather bureau,
which is located in a down-town skyscraper.
but many thermometers on
the streets found the mercury hugging
the 100 mark.
New York, New Jersey, Delaware,
Georgia, Minnesota and Connecticut
stood rooted on their places, the
rallying points of little groups unmoved
by the frenzed scenes about
them, while the deafening roar continud,
ebbing and flowing intensely,
women joining with the men in bearing
the Bryan standards while the
whole assemblage of 12,000 people
Joined in the tumultuous demonstration.
Denver. Convention Hall, July 9 ?
With the overthrow of Col.James V
Guffey, of Pennsylvania, and the
completion of the work of temporary
organization last night, the Democratic
national convention has a
el* ai fleld today for the real work ol
the convention unii ?.m i- ~i
- ?v WMU/ n 111 111 <111
human probailty see the candidate
for president named, the platforir
adopted and the candidate selected
and the convention ready to fluist
up ita work and hid Denver good
bye.
Whatever hope there might ho ir
the minds of the allies of a possiliil
itv of defeating Bryan's nomination
was shattered by the great spoil tan
cous outburst of enthusiasm whicl
followered Senator Gore's mention o
Bryan's name yesterday afternooi
and the vote on the mnjorlty repor
of the credentials committee fuvora
ble to tho Guffoy delegates last night
An analysis of that, vote is interest
ing. It is to be presumed that ever]
vote which could lie mustered agains
Bryan was cast for the minority re
port and yet it is certain that i
great many of the votes it did re
ceive will be cast for the Lincoln lead
or, while it is altogether probabh
that Gray and Johnson's combinei
vote will fall far short of half th<
votes recorded for the Guffey men.
Of the ay**"- votes on the minorit;
report, these are certain for Bryan
California ti; Colorado 9; Georgi;
3; Idaho 2; Illinois 54; Missouri 5
North Carolina 2; Pennsylvania 10
South Carollina 4; Tennessee 12
Virginia 22; West Virginia 3?a to
tal of 134 votes. In addition t
these, it Is probable Bryan will re
ceive the 18 votes of Louisiana, th
78 of New York, the 6 of the Ola
trict of Columbia and possibly Ne\
Jersey and some of the New Englam
votes. x
With the doubtful votes out. there
fore it would appear that Bryan'
mlnumum vote will be 74 9 with
strong probabbtlity that it will rear.
851 or even more.
It Is evident that Murphy's dc
niand that he be shown enough vote
to give him at least a gambler'
chance before leading a forlorn hop
' against Bryan could not be let.
BATTLE FLEET SAILS.
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PASSES THROUG1I GOLDEN GATE
ON ITS LONG VOYAGE.
j
5 The Nebraska lx*ft Behind on Ac|
eon id of Seurlot Feevr Epideinie,
i Will Join Fleet at Honolulu.
Fifteen battleships of the Atlantic
5 fleet sailed Thursday from San Fran!
Cisco, on the voyage that is to take
? them around the world and end at
Hampton Bonds, whence they started
last December. The sixteenth
l member of the fleet, the . .ebraska,
was left behind because of an out
break of scarlet fever among the
crew. She will be placed in quaran.
^ - *
i?i?c mree uays and thoroughly fumigated,
after which she will join her
' sister ships at Honolulu.
Without ceremony or celebration
of any sort, the fifteen big fighting
ships got under way promptly at 2
i o'clock, on signal from the Connecticut,
Hear Admiral Sperry's flagship,
and, steaming in single column, slowly
wended their way out of the bay.
where they had found anchorage
from time to time since their arrival
there two months ago. A fow small
craft followed in the wake of the
fleet afe far as Golden Gate and gave
the white ships a parting saluto with
their sirens, while on the hills were
scattered groups of people silently
watching the departure, which was
in striking contrast to the enthusiastic
welcome on its arrival.
The vessels presented a beautiful
appearance as they steamed thtrough
the harbor. As ^ the Connecticut
passed forth the Hag ship signalled
for more speed, and the bows of the
war ships were seen throwing up a
sea of white foam as they ploughed
through the water. It was 3.10
o'clock when the Kentucky, the last
ship in line, passed the light house
at the entrance to the Golden Gate,
and half an hour later the fleet was
lost to view in a dense cloud of black
smoke from the copse of funnels and
the thick water which was rolling in
from the sea.
The afternoon was one of busy preparation
on the ships, at 1 1 o'clock
Secretary of the Interior Garfield,
who arrived Monday night from
Honolulu on the St. Louis, boarded
the Connecticut to pay his respects
to Admiral Sperry. He was saluted
with seventeen gnus when he took
Ills leave.
On the water front patrols of bluejackets
with stout "billies" rounded
up a few belated stragglers from tinvarious
ship.
At 12.60 o'clock the last boat left
shore with mail orderhes.
Just before the fleet sailed Rear
Admiral Sperry received u telegram
from President. Roosevelt conveying
(o the fleet, his heartiest good wishes
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c u i 110 wvjiai IUI f.
swallows roiso.v ix coritT.
VounR Frenchman Declares He Prefers
Death to Disliouor.
a young Frenchman of Paris dei
termined that his family name should
, not be dishonored, M. Hureau, a man
of good position and education,
handed to his son in the dock of a
Paris court an envelope containing
. poison, which the young man was t.o
swallow if he were convicted. The
. prisoner was found guilty with others
r of complicity in an insurance swin.
die.
! As his counsel was absent to plead
r extenuating circumstances, the young
I man stood m> in the dock and desire''
? the barrister to be silent. At the
t same moment he put the envelope to
t his lips and swallowed the contents,
i A few seconds later he fell heavily,
. foaming at the mouth.
A doctor who was in court attendi
ed to him instantly with a stomach
- pump, while one of his fellow prison,
ors, Dr. Lacombe, did his best to
. help by inducing artificial rcspirai
tion.
r Ultimately, after two hours, the
i young man, who had taken a large
t dose of digitalis, recovered and was
- brought into court and sentenced to
, a year's Imprisonment, while Dr. La
combe was condemned to two years'
|r hard labor. The prisoner had told
t ids father that he preferred death to
- dishonor.
j
Fi'iUher Ousters .Must <io.
On the theory that tuberculosis is
e largely traceable to dust, the War
i department has issued orders placing
e feather dusters on the retired list.
Hereafter other means will be emir
ployed in the big building to get rid
: of the dust on chairs, desks, etc. Th?
it calling in of the feuther dusters in
the War department is merely a de;
monstration of the strict precaution
; which the Government will take in
aiding the tuberculosis crusade. *
o
i- Primary to Select a Wife,
e It has been suggested that the pooi
pie of Florida select a wife for Gen.
v Albert Gilchrist, who has been namd
ed for governor of the state on tin
Democratic ticket. The general sayt
!- he has no objection but desires that
s the lady be as anxious to be his wife
a as he is to be governor of the state.*
h
fCinhez/.lcd From Fraternal Order.
>- An indeterminate sentence, not tc
R be more than five years, was givenW
s L. Wilson at Port Huron. Mich., foi
e emhezzltng$75,000 from fraternal
order.
LYNCHING FEARED IX AIKEN.
Much Feeling (<n?vs Out of Killing
of White Man by Negro.
A dispatch from Aiken to The
News and Courier says on last Monday
night SherlfT Raborn received a
message from Wagoner asking that
he come at once to that poiut. as |
troublo was brewing. The sheriff
went to Wagoner in an automobile
as soon as possible, and found that
the cause of the trouble was the
shooting of Policeman Henry Salley,
ol Salley, by George Moore, a uegro.
It has been learned that posses are (
after the negro, armed if he is captured
a lynching may result. Up to 1
this time he has not been captured. 1
but it. is said that he is being dill- ,
gently e* arched for by friends of Sal- .
ley and the officers.
From the stories told by parties in 1
the city from that section it appears 1
thu Salley and a man named Poole ;
had been in Wagoner Saurday, and t
when they were on their way home
near Wagoner they whipped a negro. *
and further ou they struck up with 1
a brother of Moore, whom they allog- I
ed owed one of them a nickle. It is \
stated that they struck him and afterward
fired their pistols at him. lie 1
ran home and the men came on toward
Perry. Moore's house is on the
road. When they reached it they got ^
out of tiie buggy and thr??t?noii
negro. When they were advancing
toward the house George Moore step- '
pod out with a shotgun and fired at
them, most of the load strikiug Sal- '
ley in the thigh and hip, and one or
two shots striking Poole. Salley fell
and the uegro struck him twice tvlth '
the gun. Salley then got up and the
negro .jet out of the way. Poole it
is said, went i.wav. leaving Salley '
when the shot was fired.
Sal ley's wounds were dressed, and
it is not thought that he is seriously
hurt. It appears that here is a great 1
difference in opinion upon the affair,
many being in sympathy with the
negro, alleging that the two men v
were under the influence of liquor.
At the same time others appear to
he infurated about the matter aud 1
have a great deal of feeling against
the man. The sheriff was unable to
locate the negro He returned to '
the city late that afternoon. Talk '
of lynching is still being indulged in.
MASyt'KH.\l>EI> FOR YEARS ^
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Woman Caught When Taken to Hos- '
<;
pital by Police For Treatment. ;
v
Charged with disorderly conduct r
in masquerading for nine years as ,
a man. Mrs. August Sieb, thirty-six
years old. of No. f>41 Sixth avenue,
New York has been sentenced to the j
workhouse for five days. t
Two policemen came across the c
unconscious form of what annwnwd .
to he a man at Sixty-second street j
and Broadway on Saturday night.
They called an ambulance and tnu ,
"man" apparently overcome by the s
heat, was taken to the Roosevelt ,,
hospital. There it developed that (
the patient was a woman who gave ,
her name jjs Mrs. Sieb. r
Mrs. Sieb told the police that she z
had been in this country about ten |
years, and that after seperating from ,
her husband she started out to earn ,
her living. Dressed as a man she ;
readily obtained employment, men s
(toning hotels in Broadway where
she worked us a "lunclimun." I
ACT! sr.l) OF POISONING WIFK. ,
\V. T. Jones, of Tnion County, Cliarg* ,
c<l With Murder.
\V. T. Jones, of Santuc, whose wife 1
died suddenly last Sunday night, was '
arrested Thursday and lodged in (
jail under a warant charging him
with administering or causing to be
administered strychnine poison to
Marion Jones, thereby causing her 1
death. The warrant was sworn out
Thursday morning by J. Roy Fant,
a cousin of the deceased, aud was
issued by Magistrate Vinson. (
It will he recalled that the jury
of Inquest returned a verdict that
Mrs. Jones came to her death from '
the effect of strychine administered I
by parties unknown to the jury.
Jones Is a large land owner and n
progressive farmer, but it is alleged
that he has mistreated his wife for
years, ana tms together with the circumstances
surrounding her death,
caused suspicion to he directed
against him and led to his arrest. *
Son of "America's Writer .failed.
F. Smith, former mayor of Davenport.
Ia., and son of S. F. Smith,
who wrote "My Country 'Tis of
Thee," wont before the Iowa State
Itoard of Pardons, this week, and
asked that he he released from the
state penitentiary at Anamosa.
where he is serving a term of four
years for the embezzlement of a
large sum of money. *
Flies u Mile a Minute. ?
Glenn H. Curt Irs made a flight in
his "Juno Bug" near Hamniondsport,
N. Y.. and has won the Scientific
American silver cup prize for the
longest (light made by any "heavier.
than-air" flying machine. Mr. Curtiss
covered over a mile in a min
ute and a fraction. No trouble was
1 experienced In lnnding.
Caused Sodden Boath.
While eating peanuts, shelled by
his father, William Ford, of Wset
Schuvlkill, Pa., his flve.-year-old son
I choked to death. The nut lodged in
the lad's windplj e.
BREAK IS MADE.
OVR DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
WITH VENEZUELA AND.
Honor Vrloz-Coit icoa Notifln Hec rotary
Huron That His tJovernmrnt
Onlors the Legation Closed.
A dispatch from Washington on
Thursday says tho diplomatic relalons
between America and Venezuela
:hat have existed unlnt? rruptodly for
more than half a centuiy, though in
ecent years severely strained, were
Thursday completely severed. That
ifternoon Seuor Velzo-Goiticoa, tho
Venezuelan charge d'affaires, called
it the state department at Washing
ou by appointment to present to
Vctiug Secretary Bacon notice from
lis government that he was to quit
lis post here, close up the Venezuean
legation in Washington and reiair
to Venezuela.
The charge explained to the acting
lecretary-tliat the action of the state
lepartmeut in withdrawing Jacob
Ueeper, the American charge, from
Caracas and in closing up' its legalon
there made it necessary for his
foveernment to take similar action
11 the case of its own legation in
iVashtngton.
Just what took place between Acttig
Secretary Bacon and the charge
an not be known beyond the fact
hat the latter presented his letters if
recall. He niado no demand for
lie passports, nor could he do srt
onsistentl.v. in view of the fact that
foreign Minister Paul had declined
ssue such passports to the American
charge when he withdrew from
Caracas, on the ground that there
vas no necesity for passports, the
ountry being in profound peace and
lis person not being threatened in
my way.
Senor Veloz-Goiticoa did communiate
to Mr. Bacon the fact, that the
iles and papers of the Venezuelan
egation would be placed in the cusody
of Senor Jacobo Pimental, the
Venezuelan consul general In New
fork. This statement is regarded
s an Indication that the Veneiruoan
government will follow the preedent
established by the United
Hates iu refraining from interfering
irith trade by closing the consulates,
lotwithstnncling the branch In dlplonatic
relations.
It ispointcd out by officials who
iare followed closely the dovclopnents
in the Venezuelan situation
hat there Is not the slightest danger
if war in the immediate future or
ndeed at all. Hat her will the situaioil
I'OKCmliln thi?l fnllnirlnor tfVo
uptlire of diplomatic relations baween
France and Venezuela, fok* lntunce,
where legations were closed
>n both sides and all official relations
erminatcd while trade between the
wo countries continued. The history
>f these episodes in the case of Vene;uela
is very much alike. Senor Veoz-Goiticoa's
withdrawal follow*
hat of Minister Rusell as diplomaic
representative of the United
Itates to Venezuela about two months
igo and that of Mr. Sleeper, the
secretary of the legation, and IAeut.
tugglcs, the military attache, about
wo weeks since. The reason for the
vithdrawal of the American legation
it Caracas arose from the persistent
efusal of Venezuela to give redresH
'or the governmental action [by
vhich all American interests in
Venezuela were either destroyed or
-onflscated, or to submit the claims
>f American citizens to arbitration.
It'.MI'KI) THROUGH (Wit WINDOW.
Wonderful -Feat of Iteuiitiful Black
Mare at Rock Hill.
An almost incredible thing occurred
at Rock Hill Thursday. A Friedlieim
& Bro delivered to tho South rn
Railway a fine black mare, weighing
about one thousand pounds, to
be siiipped to Camden. The animal
was put into a regular car for shipping
cattle and the car was run on
n side track to await shipping, and
i he wonderful part of the matter is
that the mare succeeded In jumping
through the high window In the end
nf the car and to the ground. To
look at it one would suppose that
a yearling calf would have a hard
lime squeezing through the aperture
even if it were near the floor of the
(a.. It is ror near the floor, thougn,
in fact, is quite high up. The mare
cot through it some way, though, and
apparently is little the worse for the
adventure. There are a few scratches
and little cuts around one eye and
( 11 the lower part of the legs, and
one hoof ragged, as though the shoe
had been torn off. Outside of that
there is apparently no injury. The
animal is a very valuable one. a
beautiful black mare.
John Mitchell Has Fat Job.
John Mitchell has accepted the
position of secretary of tho Trade
Agreement department of the Civic
Federation, at Scranton, Pa. It pays
u salary of $6,000. and its duties involve
the promotion of trade agreements
betwoen employes and employers,
with the ultimate end in
view of more friendly relations between
the forces of capital and labor.