THE FORT MILL TIMES.
^ 7TH YEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 0, 1908 NO 18 '
DROWNED BY FLOOD.
HEAVY RAINS IN EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA CAUSE FLOOD.
Two Children Have Boon Drowned
and Traffic Is Tied Up on Fonr
Lines of Railroads.
j?A dispatch from Ralolgh. N. C.,
" nay's two children drowned, traffic
tied up on at least four lines of railroad
and most of the navigable rivers,
crops badly damaged and in the
large areas of lowlands entirely destroyed
is the partial record of the
effect in Eastern North Carolina of
the West Indian storm that, raged on
the Atlantic coast Thursday and moved
inland Friday, accompanied by a
rainfall that was a record breaker in
some localities and amounted to 9.75
inches at Newbern, according to specials
Friday night to the News and
Observer from numerous points in
that Bection.
At Klnston, nine Inches of rain in
four days is renorted ?nd in "I,u
. ... v..c
main streets are impassable to pedestrians.
The Norfolk and Southera
railway bridge over Southwest creek,
between Kinston and Caswell, is
submerged and traffic has been blocked
all day.
Traffic is tied up also on the Kinston
Snow Hill Railroad, the track be- |
ing washed away for some distance.
TrainB on the Washington and '
Vandemere Railroad are tied up by '
washouts and river traffic and flshlug
are at a standstill.
The bridge of the Norfolk and
Southern Railway, between Morehead '
City and Beaufort, recently built at u
cost of millions of dollars, is reported
unsafe, and no trains are crossing.
At Roper two children are reported
drowned on account of the tlood.
The chief damage in inland sec- :
tiens has been caused by the torren- 1
tial rains.
Reports from Wilmington, More- 1
head City and Beaufort are that the *
storm has passed, and but littlo real 1
damage has beeu affected. * '
KIDNAPPED AND DROWNED? <
Authorities Unable to Account Other- \
wise for Young Rudy's Condition. *
Late Friday night at Pittsburg, Pa, 1
Miss Clara Konter, 18 years of age, f
who, it is. believed, was kidnapped i
and detained for twenty-four hours t
by persons unknown, had not regain- t
ed consciousness. a
The young woman left her home. <
near Shousetown, about 15 miles s
from Pittsburg, Monday afternoon, to \
make several purchasers. She failed i
to return and while the entire com- (
munlty were searching for her, Mrs.
Konter, the girl'B mother, found her *
lying across the bed of her room at .
home.
Physicians have worked with the
girl since Tuesday night in an endeavor
to bring her back to consciousness
without success. According to '
Dr. Kerr, of Shousetown. a powerful
drug, the nature of which has not
yet been ascertained, was administered.
i
Whether the girl was kidnapped i
and mistreated is not definitely i
known. * <
COTTON CROP'S CONDITION. ,
Government Reports Note Improve- 1
ment Over l^ast Mont It. I
The average condition of cotton ,
was 83 per cent on July 2 5, as |
against 81.2 a month ago, and 75 a ,
v?"?r n?ro. according to the report of |
the department of agriculture given (
out on the first. The condition on
The condition of cotton on July 25
in 1906, 74.9 in 1905 and 81.4 for
the past ten years.
The condition fo cotton on July
and the ten year averages respectively
by States followa:
Indiana, 90 and 93; North Oaro
llna, 89 and 91; South Carolina, 84
and 80; Georgia. 85 and 81; Florida.
85 and 84; Alabama, 85 and 81:
Mississippi, 86 and 80; Louisiana. 8"
and 82; Texas, 82 and 82; Arkansas.
86 and 82; Tennesseo. 8 8 and 84:
Missouri, 88 and 84; Oklnhoma, 66
and 65.
THREE HOURS IN BALLOON*.
Successful Trip Made from Baltimore
to HAgerstown.
Ernest Gill, a young man of Baltimore,
accompanied by Lincoln and
Hlllery Beachoy, professional aeronauts,
made a successful balloon voyage
from Baltimore to Hagerstown,
Md., Thursday. The air craft ascend
ed at 1.16 p. m. and 4.55 o'clock the
party landed safely about four miles
north of Hagerstown. Its passengers
reported"* that the experience was
pleasant, with no untoward Incidents.
A man In Hagerstown. watching
the baloon from the roof of his house,
lost bis balance and fell to the ground
and was killed. *
KUlei by Train.
Two men were killed and six more
Injured, one of theru probably fatally.
rn the Ontprlo and Western Road
at Mayfleld. Pa.. Friday. The dead:
Michael Duggon and Samuel Anderson.
The men were repairing cars on
a sldlo* when another train crashed
to to them
DROWNED OR MURDERED?
Coroner's Jury Said Former But Woman
Was in Shallow Water.
A sinister aspect was given to the
case of the drowning of Mr. and Mrs.
George A. Raisbeck, of New York,
Monday night at Lake Sylvia, three
miles from Annandale, Minn., when
it bechme know Wednesday that Mrs.
Kaisbeck's bobdy had been fouud in
abou* throe feet of water in kneeling
position, and that she had a long
bruise on he side of her face, which
cut her upper lip, and one extending
down on her throat under the ear.
It was alBo learned that there was
no water in her lungs. Dr. Ridgeway,
who examiued the woman's
body, Buid he believed that her death
was not caused by drowning.
The body of Dr. Raisbeck was
found farther out in the lake iu about,
twenty feet of waer. The Bupposl-j
tion is that the woman was stunned
by blows and dragged or thrown into
the lake.
The boat in wheih the couple had
gone shing was found right side up
and fishing tackle in it in good order,
thus indicating that the boat had
noi ueen accldently overturned. Notwithstanding
this the coroner's verdict
was that death had been caused
by drowning.
There were no witnesses. One
farmer living near the Raisbecks said
he had frequently heard them quarreling.
but others say that their relations
were always harmonious. The
rouple were last seen about their
:ottnge Monda ynlght.
TELLS REMARKABLE STORV.
Voting Woman Assaulted and Thrown
From Boat is Rescued.
A young woman, bruised, limp and
well-nigh exhausted, wus found early
Monday clinging to the side of a
touting pile driver at the foot of
Fiftieth street, Brooklyn, N. Y
When rescued her account of how
the cume so near death was of a remarkable
outrage. She is Miss
\raelia Stechel, of Buy Ridge, and
the is at her home in a serious conlitlon.
Miss Stechel spent Saturday with
t friend. On her way home In Ike
jvening, she says two men, whom
the thinks were Italians, suddenly
telzed her and threatened to murder
lor if she screamed. She was dragted
to a dock and there she lost contciousneBS.
When she came too, she
tays she found herself In a boat with
he two men; that she struggled so
violently that the pair threw her
iverboard and thut she tried to
twim to the shore. Her strength
vas then so spent that she could ony
cling to the pile driver in hopes
>f rescue. ,
A doctor who attended her says
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police are looking for her assailants.
IN DANGER FOR DAYS.
Captain ami Crew Rescued from
Sinking Ships.
Oapt. Foster and his crew of six
men were taken Monday from the
ll-fated schooner Jose Oloverri.
drandert ou null's Island beach near
Charleston Thursday night. For
iearly four days the captain and his
men were unable to leave the vessel
md were in constant danger of being
thrown into the sea from the breaking
of the pounding ship in a boiling
surf. The loss of their small
boats prevented the seamen from
leaving the ship. Capt. Stevensen of
the Bull's Island lighthouse succeeded
in reaching the schooner, the sea
ind wind having calmed down sufll lently
to allow him to approach her.
The schooner, valued at about $2.r?,100,
and the cargo of cement, valued
at about $8,,000. seem to lie r
'otal loss.
MILI.S TO SHIT DOWN.
100,000 Spindles in Spartanburg fe
ho Idle fur Two Weeks or l>oi?ger.
Practically all the large cotton
mills In the Spartanburg section will
close August 8 for two weeks, some
of them for a longer period. The
mills that will close down are Tticapau,
Enoree. Pacolet, Spartan Mills.
Arkwright and Whitney, of that
county, and Clinton and Wats Mills.
The Pacolet Mills will close for an
indefinite period, ahd will pay the
operatives half time and give them
free house rents while opration is
suspended. The other mills will furnish
house rent free. The closing
down of the mills, August 8. will he
the second time this summer the
mills haye shut down, and will probably
be the last. As a result of
the shut down, more than three hundred
thousand spindles in the county
will be idle.
NEGRO BRUTE TO DIE.
Execution of John Finney Will Be
Virginia's First Electrocution.
A dispatch from Roanoke. Va..
says Johu Finney, the negro, who
two weeks ago beat eieven-year-old
*'nrv Tamtscn almost to death in
Franklin County. In an attempt to
|criminally assault her. was Friday
convicted in Court at Rocky Mount.
The Jury was out five minutes Finnev
is the criminal sentenced to
be electrocuted In Virginia
LYNCHED BY MOB.
NBGKO WHO ASSAULTED LAD1
LYNCHED BY CITIZENS.
Execution Only Accomplished Aftei
Eleven Men Had Boon Shot Iknvi
by the Sheriff.
A dispatch from Penuacola, Fla.
says two men killed aud ulne wound
ed, some of them fatally, is the re
cord of the clash between the mol
bent on lynching Leander Shaw, c
negro, aud the sheriff and his forces
In which the mob finally overpowered
the authorities of that place Thursday.
The lynching was carried oul
In the most prominent part of the
city.
Shaw Wedne3doy assaulted Mtb
Lillian Davis, a highly respected lady
of that city, during the absence of
her Irusband. and after cutting her
thrnot t ' "
HIIUUPI 1IUII1 CUI iu eur, ciuubed
her over the head with a revolver,
which he had taken from the
house. During the afternoon when
It became known that the negro had
been arrested, crowds began forming
upon the streets and early in the
night they were reinforced by large
numbers of men from the country.
The mob formed about eight
o'clock that night and made an attack
upon the county Jail, where the
negro was confined. The Jail gate
was broken down by the mob, and
the sheriff and his deputies opened
tire. Three men dropped from the
first volley of the sheriffs fire. Volley
after volley was then tired by
the sheriff's force, but the mob was
repulsed.
About midnight another attack was
made, the mob having increased to
one thousand determined men. The
second attack was successful, for the
reason that, it was made upon all
sides o f the jail. One party forced
its way through to the rear, overpowering
the officers and securing the
trembling negro.
A noose was slipped about his neck
and after being dragged for two
blocks he was struak up to an electric
light pole in the centre of the
park, where fully 2,(too bullets completely
riddled his hody.
The dead are: Henry C. Kelluiu.
street car motorman; Bud Nicholas,
a planter.
The wounded are: Charlie Turner,
probably fatally; Jos. Brewton. probably
fatally; Jailer J. H. Beaton,
probably fatally; "Bud" Knowles,
probably fatally; Sheriff Jus C. Van
Belt. John Van Pelt, a brother; Fred
Humphreys, W. P. Urownson and W.
P. Bayllss. .
I.I.. u nr ninrn ntliprs
were slightly wounded. The body
of Shaw was cut down next morning
by orders of the authorities. The
baby, who was struck by the negro
at the time lie tried to kill the
mother, it is said will recover.
The fearful coHt at which Shaw
was secured and made to answer
the penalty of outraged people is
greatly deplored, and citizens are In
a unit in great sorrow over the results
of storming the county jail.
Mrs. Lillian Davis, Shaw's victim,
is in a desperate condition and her
life is despaired of. The wounded
men In Wednesday night's battle ure
receiving every attention.
The coroner's jury investigating
the riot found that Leander Shaw,
came to his death at the hands of
men unknown to them. The jury is
also to investigate the death of Kellum.
who was shot and killed In the
scuffle at the Jail. *
DEEII I1FI.I) IP TKAFN.
Doe And Fawns Scattered Hut Buck
Charged Fnginc And Was Killed.
A passenger train which left New
Haven Thursday night for Middleton.
was held up near Durham,Conn.,
in a most unusual manner.
Four doer, a doe, two fawns and
a hark stood on the tracks as the
train approached. When the engineer
blew his whistle, all of the
deer, with the exception of the buck
leaped aside.
The buck was run down and kill
od as he stood challenging the loco
motive.
STRIKE RIOT AT BOMBAY.
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Twenty Thousand >|en Out?Brit is!
Troops Disperse Them.
At Bombay, Twenty thousand mil
hands who struck Thursday hecann
riotous Friday and a detachment o
British Infantry was called out
They fired, killing one native ant
wounding six. Several European
and natives of the police force sus
tained injuries.
The rioters were dispersed. Th
strikers are out in sympathy fo
Tilak, the nationalist leader an<
editor who was sentenced to trans
portation for six years on a charge
of sedition.
Victims of the I'ndertow.
Two deaths by drowning occurrei
in Florida Monday, one at Amelii
Beach, near Fernandina. and th
other at Dayton Beach. Willie Beck
ham. of Windsor, Fla. while in bath
ing with a number of friends a
Amelia Beach, was caught in th
undertow, and at. Daytono J. ?
i Bunch lost his l,if? in a ejmllar man
nor Both bodies are still oai&tlhg
HOLD YOUR OOTTOX.
President Harris Issues Letter
to the Farmers.
L
Remember Farmers that it all depends
on you to make the spot cotton
that is now in your hands brine
the minimum price?fifteen cents. 1
r know the speculators will try to
i scare you and endeavor to get you
to sell. Now let us see if this 1b true.
I met a farmer to day who told me
that a buyer drove out to see him
and tried to get him to Bell his cot"
ton, stating to this farmer that in
' an adjoining county he had bought
> 4 00 bales from the farmers. The
1 buyer told him that he hud better
sell as it was going lower; that new
' cotton was coming in and that it
wuuiu seen be selling at elgbt cents.
Now, furiM'is. do not be "bluffed" h>
1 such falsehoods. The trouble with
that buyer Is just this?he is buying
; 'or some broker who has contracts,
, on which deliveries are due and he
is being called on to fill them.
Gentlemen, make him pay your price
before he gets your cotton; it is yours
and you have a right to demand its
value and your demands are not too
much. Fifteen cents is the price and
if the old crop is held by the farmers,
it will come. They might try
to scare you with the new crop, but
let us see if it not wisdom to hold
it.
The new cotton crop cannot be
spun by itself until after sixty days
after it is ginned and packed and
there Is not enough old cotton for the
mills' consumption, so the mills have
to mix two bales of the old cotton
with one bale of the new cotton, be,
fore they can spin it to advantage. |
Why did this drop in price occur
in the last fifteen days? Has the I
price of the manufactured goods fallen
off and ure trade conditions in I
a worse shape? No; some weakkneed
farmers got scared, and when
the price went up to 12 cents, they
just turned loose enough to feed Lhe
spinners for twenty duys, and the
speculators said, "we will drop it
down and scare them with the new
crop." Now don't be frightened.
Remember last year there was a premium
paid for old cotton in September.
Why was this? Because the
consumers had to have it to mix with
the new crop before it could be spun.
Now as to the condition of the
growing crop. Our national president,
Hon. C. S. Barrett, called a
meeting of the state presidents to
meet him and the national executive
cuinmmee in mempnis, lenn., on the
16th inst., and all of the cotton growing
states were represented there,
with two exxceptions North Carolina
and Florida. We got a true and correct
report of the conditions existing
in all of the states. The complaint
was that there had been too much
rain and the cotton crop had not
been well worked and was very uneven.
The plant was growing too
much to weed and was not fruiting
well. The above Is a true statement
of the facts concerning the growing
crop. The next forty days is the
most critical period for the crop. The
weather will have to be perfect, for
the balance of the season if we duplicate
our 1907 crop.
1 saw a statement in today's paper
that Texas had sold all of her old
crop, that was being held. This is
only another bluff to scare you. Just
remember that "futures" cannot be
spun into goods and our last year's
crop was 4,000.000 bales short, so
take a firmer grip on your spots and
victory is yours.
11. Harris,
President, South Carolina State
Union.
PEACE MOVEMENT GAINING.
Congress Now ill Session in l.<ondoii
Much Encouraged.
"Many signs of the increasing im
portance of the peace movement have
? developed during the progress of the
Universal Peace Congress," said Hen.
Jamtn F. Trucblood. of Boston, president
of the American Peace Society
- and head of the American delegation
now in I.ondon, in an interview.
"First, we have seen the number of
delegates grow until every civilized
nut Inn n f t Wo nrnrl/l nnn? la rnrvrnonn t _
ed at the Confess, and by men of
standing in their own countries. The
meeting of the Congress have been
exceedingly well attended, and the
i greatest interest has been displayed,
the most important of which was that
on the subject of armaments.
I "Make it clear," paid Mr. Trueblood,
"that we are not urging lmj
mediate disarmament, hut a scheme
by which the increased expenditure
j for armaments can be stopped.
"Another incident showing the
growing importance of the Congress
was the recognition of the delegatef
p by King Edward, a precedent which
doubtless will be followed in the fu^
ture. The British Government hat
ably seconed his Majesty by inviting
p the delegates to the congress to t
banquet Friday evening, there will h<
speeches which will advance th<
cause which we have so much a'
heart. These and other attention!
^ w?? are receiving from the officii
n heads of JJreat Britain insure th<
success of the Congress in the future
"The discussions in the Congress
while thee are doing muwh good
f have not had so murh effect as th<
* impressions we have received fron
' rulers and political leaders of coun
'* tries so vitally interested m the main
tenant? of peac?. '
BAFFLES POLICE
TWO MEN CONCERNED IN THE
MURDER OF WOMAN.
Laborer Tells of Seeing Them Trying ,
to Burn Mattress Which Contained
Her Body.
That at leaBt two men were concerned
in the murder of the unidenti- ;
fled woman whose half-charred ' ad
acld-scarrod body was found ou the
Oreen Pntnt nv........ <? ?
uuuii?ug grouna |
in Willinnisburg, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
early Wednesday morning, was es- |
tablished Thursday night. ,
Philip O'Brien, a laborer of Green ,
Point, saw a covered wagon driven ,
to the dump at dawn Wednesday. ,
Two men got out and lifted from the ,
wagon what the witness supposed to |
be only an old mattress. He saw j
the men pile a heop of brush on the
mattress, pour oil over it and set ,
fire to it. Bleieving the mattress was ,
being destroyed because It was dis- .
ease-infected, the man avoided the ,
spot. There can be no donbt but
that the mattress was the one in ,
which the body of the murdered wo- .
man was concealed. '
This important development led to j
the discovery that the wagon was ,
seen by several other persons and
the police now have a minute de- .
scription of the two men who
were In it. They were foreigners.
Another startling feature of the i
case was disclosed when Coroner's
Physician Wurst made a second an- j
topsy on the corpse. His first autop- ,
sy revealed a deep cut across the ,
woman's throat. The second autopsy
shows that this cut was made by
a person who is expert in surgery, j
The incision, says the coroner's ^
physician, is such as Is made in des- (
perate cases of diphtheria, where 11
is necessary to pierce the windpipe
to prevent strangulation. Whether
this wound caused death or not Dr.
Wurst is unprepared to say. ,
Dr. Wurst will make a careful 5
analysis of the stomach to discover
whether a drug was administered to
the woman. Besides tho incision in
the woman's throat hot* skull was
fractured and the police believe that
poison nmy have been used to make ,
thrice sure of her death.
Failure to identify the victim is
the greatest obstacle the police have
to overcome in solving the mystery.
A general alarm has been sent out
for Mrs. Mamie Muskovitch and her
husband, Stanley, who have disappeared.
There is a possibility that the murdered
woman may be Mrs. Muskovitch.
Muskovitch and his wife left
Green Point last Monday, supposedly
for Stamford, Conn., and Mrs.
Muskovitch has not been seen since.
Her husband returned to Green
Point on Tuesday alone, it is said. *
TESTED TORPEDO NETS.
Steel Mesh Withstand* Shock of Torpedoes.
A dispatch from Newport, R. I.,
says important secret tests were made
at Coddington Cove and in Buzzard's
Bay Thursday with the new torpedo
nets, a steel mesh, which is supposed
to be able to withstand the shock of
torpedoes fired at close range.
In Coddington Cove#the torpedo
boats Morris and Gwynn fired tor- I
pedoes at different ranges and different
speedes at the nets, placed above
the water, while at Buzzard's Bay
the tests were made by firing orved- ;
oes under water, thTi second subnia- ,
marine flotilla being engaged in the (
experiments. It was said unofficially (
that the tests were satisfactory. I
The nets are designed to be placed (
abord armored cruisers and torpedo ,
boats for protection in time of was ,
against torpedo attacks. * (
MKT HOKHIRL.F. DEATH. ,
Young Man Fastened Beneath Engine |
and Fatally Scalded.
Mr. n. W. Dunlap, a young man,
son c* Mr. Charles L. Dunlap, of
Fort Lawn, met with a horrible death i
Friday night says a news dispatch
from Lancaster. He was acting as i
engineer on the railroad between
Fort Lawn and Great Falls, and while
running what is known as a dinkey
engine yesterday afternoon, the engine
collided with a box car and ov.
erturned. Mr. Dunlap being pinioned
, under his machine and fatally scald,
ed. his death ensuing several hours
, later. The unfortunate young man
was fastened beneath his engine an
, hour and a half before he could he
, removed, being conscious all thp
, while. *
I FOUND MOTH Kit MURDERED.
i
. Woman, Sixty Years of Age, Shot Six
Times by Unknown Party.
s A dispatch from Tampa. Fla, says
I Mrs. J. W. Piatt, sixty years old. w-as
s? murdered by unknown persons Moo1
day at noon at her home near Gila
christ Institute. Discovery of the
crime was made by her son. Walter
. Piatt, who. going home for dinner,
. fonnd his mother's body on the
* kitchen floor with bIx bullet wounds
1 In her head. Her daughter. Miss
- Mattle Piatt, a teache.- at the Tnstl
tute, had left home thirty minutes
' [before.
*
MATTERS POLITICAL.
Editor Xornmn Mack to Run l>emocratic
Campaign.
Matters are still moving smoothly
in national democratic affairs. Norman
E. Mack of Buffalo, un editor
and a man who has the confidence
of the party, and who Is a hard worker,
has been made chairman of the
national committee, which means
that an efTort Is to be made to capture
New York and lae New York
politicians thiuk that the efTort will
be successful. The choice of Mr.
Mack seems to give general satisfaction.
There is every evidence of the
fact tlmt Mm ?>
...v uvuiukmiiv committee
Is leaving no stone unturned to get
he votes of the people and they ure
making progress. They will try to
capture Ohio by bagging the Foraksr
support, which seems probable.
:hey will sacrifice no principle, make
10 promises that will bind the party
to anything objectionable in doing
t.
Gov. Johnson will Fet out soon to
make some speeches for the ticket
which he aspired to lead, and is
;reat enough to help though he was
llsappointed.
The republicans are also very busy
hoy are trying now to make terms,
ind this information comes from the
Mew York World, which is not very
'avorable to the democratic party,
hat the administration lias surreniered
to the Wall street capitalists
ind rapid pool and will permit the
allroads in the west to raise their
ates. and will make It convenient to
liave the employes of the road conduced
that their object in so doing
s to increase their wages, or prevent
heir reduction, and that their hope
s in the republcan party, the party
>f the full diner pail.
The collections for the campaign
'unds are growing very slowly, the
armors do not respond as rapidly
;o the appeal as was thought when
hey realized that the election de~
tended on them and that it was
dainly up to them now, if they want?d
such government, as they had been
'or years demanding, they had tc.
upport the workers in the field, sup>ly
the amunition for the batteries
ind pay the bill.
CONVICT AGAINST CONVICT.
ilore Georgia Horrors and Irregularities
Disclosed.
At Atlanta, Ga., Geo. F. Hurt, tesifying
before the legislative comnitteo
investigating the conduct of
he State prison board last week told
he committee of an incident in which
?no convict armed with a pick was
let upon another convict similarly
irmed in an effort to capture and
ittbdue him. During the encounter
his convict drove his pick into the
nsurgent's face hp to the hilt, tl..
mint of it penetrating the man s
ung. lie afterwards died of pneu
Lessees of convicts called to the
itand swore that members of the
Jeorgia prison commission knew that
hey were paying extra salaries to
he State's officers..
Wardens acknowledged ignoring
Miles in reference to making out reports
of their camps and submitting
hem under oath. They stated they
.vere never reprimanded by the prism
commission for these lapses. .*
QUICK JUSTICE IX JEUSKV.
Blacksmith who Killed Preacher
July 15 Sentenced to Die.
A dispatch from New Brunswick,
X. J., says Another example of
luick .Tesrey justice was given TuesJay
when Archie Herron, the former
blacksmith, who shot and killed
he Itev. S. V. B. Prickett, a Metho11st
minister, on July 15, was conflcted
of murder in the first degree
ind was sentenced to be electrocuted
at Trenton on September 7.
Herron's trial began Monday and
the case was given to the jury Tueslay.
It took but forty-five minutes
For the jurymen to bring in a ver:1
ict of guilty. Herron shot the Rev.
Mr. Prickett while bis victim was
walking in the street. Ills motive is
believed to have been to revenge himself
upon the minister, who, when
recorder of the Metuchon Court,
sentenced Herron to serve ten days
in jn.il for drunkenness and disorderly
conduct.
SLIPPED OFF HER ROOF.
N>w York Woman liost llalance, Fell
Six Stories and Was Killed.
In a moment of forgetfulness,
while sitting on the edge of the
roof of her home. Miss Annie McNultv,
1ft years old. of 23 9 East
122nd street. New York stretcehd
out her arms in exercise, and losing
her balance, fell to the street, sis
stories below. She died shortly aftei
reaching the hospital.
BAGGAGEMAN HELD UP.
Two Men Rob Train of Mail Pouch
Watch and Money.
Two men held up a baggagnmai
late Thursday night on the TTlste
and Delaware passenger train be
tween South fJilhea and Stamford. N
Y. They helped themselves to th?
mail pouch, the baggageman's gol<
watch and $1S in cash. They dis
appeared from the train ab It slowrdew-n
at Stamford
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WANT FINE RESTORED
GOVERNMENT TO ASK RKHKARJNG
OF STANDARD OIL CASE.
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The Cose Ik Going to Be Carried to
the United States Supreme Court.
Other Cases to Be Pressed.
At Lenox. Mass., Wednesday after
nu all-day conference of the leading
Government prosecuting officers and
Frank 1). Kellogg, of Minnesota, one
of the special counsel for the Government
in certain civil suits, it was
announced by Attorney General Bonaparte
that every effort would be
made to"secure a revision of the recent
decision and opinion of the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
lu the case of the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana, nnd that an application
for a rearenmBiu n* ?? -
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case and a motion for a modification
of the opinion would be submitted
to that Court.
Although no time is fixed, this action
by the Government will be taken
at the earliest possible moment, while
the pending prosecutions against the
Standard Oil Company and all other
proseruttons in which the giving or
receiving of rebates is charged will
be pressed to trial.|
The decision to take this action
was unanimous. Attornoy General
Bonaparte called to the conference
Solicitor Geucral H. M. Hoyt, of
Washington; Erwln M. Sims, of Chicago,
United States district attorney
for the Northern district of Illinois;
.las. H. Wilkerson, of Chicago, Mr.
Slms's first assistant, and Frank B.
Kellogg, of Minnesota. Mr Hoyt, Mr
Sims and Mr Wilkerson have arrived
and had a conference in the afternoon
with the Attorney General. Mr.
Kellogg arrived also and participated
in the two conferences which were
held Wednesday, and which ended
with the giving out of the following
statement by Attorney General Bonaparte:
"The Government will make every
effort in its power to secure a revision
of the recent decision and opinion
of the Circuit Court of Appeals
for the 7th circuit in the case of the
Standard Oil Company, of Indiana,
either by the Court of Appeals itself
or if necessary by the Supreme Court
of the United States. The gentlemen
who have been in consultation with
me all unite in my opinion that in
the interest of the impartial and effective
administration of our laws
such action on the part of the Government
is imperatively demanded
by the circumstances of the case and
the possible consequence if this opinion
should stand as authority without
question by the Government. To
this end an application for a reargument
of the cnse and a motion for a
modification of the opinion will be
submitted to the Circuit Court of
Appeals on behalf of the United
States at the earliest possible moment.
Other appropriate steps will
be taken afterwards, their character
to be determined by the Courts action
on this application. The pending
prosecutions, in which the giving
or receiving of rebates or offences
of like character are charged, will be
pressed to trial and judgment by the
Government, with all possible energy
and as promptly as practicable
In view of the Government's legal advisers
the reversal of the judgment
in the case recently decided in no way
affects the merits of that controversy
or the necessity and duty of bringing
to punishment in possible In this and
cases any Individual or corporation
shown to have evaded or defied the
laws."
In discussing the various aspects
of the case Attorney General Bonaparte
took occasion to refer to the
rcqiort published in certain newspapers
to the effect that W. Parmeloe
Prentlst, the son-in-law of John D.
Rockefeller, had given, or was to
give, a dinner to the Attorney General,
Mr. Rockefeller and Judge Grosscup.
Mr. Bonaparte said in this con
nection: "The tale Is wholly free
from any taint of truth."
SEE NEGRO BURN.
Alleged Assailant of White Girl
Lynched by Citizens.
"Tad" Smith, a negro boy 18
yeas old, charged with criminal assault
on Miss Viola Delancey at Clayton,
Hunt County, Texas., was captured
by officers Tuesday He was
taken before the young toman and
, Identified. The prisoner was then
1 hurried to the Greenville jail. Be
fore arriving there, however, a mob
^ of citizens overpowered the officers,
t took the prisoner and burned hitn at
: the stake. Fagots were piled up in
: the public square at Greenville and
* the negro was placed thereon, kerosene
oil was poured on and a match
applied. Smith slowly burned to
death while a thousand people looke
on.
Negro Lynched in Georgia.
Alfonso Williams, a negro, who is
l alleged to have assaulted Miss Clare
r Brown last Friday night near Ohoo
pee, Ga , was Wednesday night tak.
cn from the Tooms County Jail by a
a mob. carried to the woods nearby j
1 and riddled with bullets. The sher- w
i- iff was placed under guard
1 whit* the mob broke into the jail and
took the nogro a** ay.
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