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THE FORT MILL TIMES. 7TH YEAR FORT MILE, S. C*, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1908 NO 19 A MASS OF FLAMES. NOTHING CAN SAVE VANCOUVER FROM DESTRUCTION. Eire Fightete Fleeing From Death on Train Encounter a Wall of Flame?A Fight For Life. A dispatch from Vancouver. D. C., says three days the people of Michel have fought for their Uvea and homes, but at dust Wednesday the city started to burn. Nothing can save It from ruin. A gale from the west sprung up In the afternoon. At the edge of the town 100.000 feet of mine timber owned by a coal company caught Are, and four loaded railroad cars standing on the side track were consumed. Two Canadian and Pacific locomotives were hitched to a train to carry the fire fighters away to the west to safety. The train got only a half mile on its Journey when it encountered a wall of flames. There whs danger of v. its being hemmed In nnd burned j with everybody uboard, so the loco?. motives were reversed and run back with all possible speed. By the time the train returned nil the houses on the flat district hack of th Great Northern depot were burning and and the main town seemed likely to catch at any moment. WILL GRATIFY AMIilTIOX. Edition To Give Himself a Roving Commission Into Science. Thomas A. Edison has begun to gratify an ambition ho has cherished many years, and the laboratory at Llewellyn, N. Y. will see* comparatively little of him henceforth Mr. Edison's ambition has been to give himself a roving commission into pure science and to steer clear of commercialism. He does not want to Increase hlB fortune. He nas goi f.i?,uuu,i;i'u, wniru n?thinkfl Is more than enough. All his life he has been turning out money making inventions. He will devote his remaining years to investigate anything that strikes his fancy without regard to its financial productiveness. It is learned that the man who has achieved so many marvels in electricity has a greater love for chemistry than electricity. Chemistry wfiB the first science to cuptlvae his wonderful Intellect but he hat never had a chance to dig as deep into its mysteries as ho wanted to. Now he proposes to give himself the chance. Moreover he is going to take life more easily. He has promised his family and his friends to give up slaving night and day, Sundays and holidays In his labortory. Not only that but h? is going to take jaunts about and see something of the rest of the world. Ho has bought himself a place In Florida where he will spend a couple of months in the into winter and early spring next year. Toward the end of this month he is going with his wife on a month's trip to the Pacific coast. Ho wtl' stay more than a month if the fancy strikes him. Monday, instead of being in his laboratory, he was fun making with some friends down on Long Island where he went on Friday to spend three days. ENTIRE FAMILY KILLED. North Carolina Farmer, His Wife am Hon, Slain by Lightning;. A special to the Charlotte Obper ver from Sparta, Alleghany Count brings news of the death of an en tire family at KdmondB. ten mile across the mountains from Sparta on Friday by lightning. Frank Mm phy. a farmer, and his wife am young son were in the field stackin rye when tbo storm came up. Th< trio ran for shelter, but were strlck en down before they reached th house and presumably Instantly kill ed. The bodies were found latei by neighbors. TILLMAN I.N ITALY. Writes to Gen. Jones for News From the Campaign. Gen. Wilie Jones, chairman of the State Democratic executive committee and Senator Tillman's substitute on the national Democratic committee, Monday received a letter from the senator. The .alter is now in Italy and finds the lakes ovei there very beautiful. Senator Tillman will be in Londor on the 10th of August. The State Democratic primary is on the 26th Senator Tillman a3ks Gen. Jones foi information from the campaign. Rolls Down Embankment. The work train on a narrowgauge road running to the Rore Iron Mines, two miles from Poanoke Va.. Friday left the rails and r?11e< * down a hirh embankment on tb mountain side. A number of mei riding on the train were caught un der the engine and enrs. Three wer killed god several more serlousl fnjnrad The dead* James Tyre< J ami Wertz, Jchn Brown REPORT OF CROP CONDITION. Bureau of Statistic** of Agricultural Department Issue Bulletin. The crop reporting board of the bureau of statistics of the department of agriculture in a bulletin issued Friday shows that the condition of corn ou August 1 was 82.5 per cent, of a normal, as compared with 82.8 last month, 82.8 on Aug. 1> 1907, and 83.1, the 10-year average on August 1. The condition in the Southern States was: 1908. iu-.vears. Texas 78 78 Qeorgia 89 86 Kentucky 83 85 Tennesnec 85 8 4 Alabama 87 84 North Carolina. . . .91 87 Arkansas 79 83 Mississippi 86 80 South Atlantic .. ..89 86.4 j Preliminary returns indicate c ( yield of winter wheat of about 14.3 bushels per acre, or a total of 425,940,000 bushels, which comparer i with 14.6 bushels and 409,442,000 | bushels, respectively, the final 'esti- , mutes of last year's crop. The aver- < age quality of the crop is 90.1 against 90.5 last year. I Average condtion of spring wheat < on August 1 was 80.7 pe rcent. o t normal as compared with 80.40 t I month ago, 79.4 on August 1. 1907 < 86.9 on August 1, 1906, and 82.7 t the 10-year average on August 1. i The condition of the oat crop on Aug. 1. was 76.7 per cent, of normal i as compared with 85.7 last month i 75.6 on August 1, 1907, 82.7 oi ' Aug. 1, 1906. The proportion of the oats crop o ' last year in the hands of farmers ot : August 1 is estimated at 5.0 per cen equivalent to 38,000.000 bushels, a; compared with 7.1 per cent, and 68,- ' 000.000 bushels, respectively, tin ' corresponding figures of a year ago 1 Tl-? 1 i . I ? t 1 C l lit* muun iuii \J 1 i **" t/i * >r at the time of harvesting, was j 38.3 per cent. of h normal. The average condition of tobaccs on Auk 1 was 8!>.8, a scomparec ' with 82.3. the 10-year average. Tin condition of tlax on August I wa36.1. TWO KIIXKH 1?Y LHillTXl.Vti. 9 Electric Holt I'Imjs Strange Prank- t C in New Jersey Home. t Two persons were killed and t\v< t others severely injured by lightning luring a severe electrical storm tha swept over Eastern PennsylvanU " ind New Jersey Friday, cau3int i much havoc. , Robert Heimbach, u farmer, was i struck and instarlly killed, nen ' the fields, and Walter Cattell, agec r Eewlsburg. Pn., while working Is 'he fllds, and Walter Cattell. agec 17 years, was strnck and killed near Qlasslxiro, N. J. His sister. Mabel, and Rebeee: Turner, were also struck and severe 1y Injured, the latter being in : * serious condition. Cattell, his sis , ter and Miss Turner were seated un ier a shed watching the lightning when a holt hit the peak of th< shed, where they wreo siting. The lightning broke the legs of . 'he ehnirs and rendered the trio un onseious. The charge passed dowi ^ Cnttell's back and he was dea< when picked np. The shoes wer? ipped from the feet of his sister but she recovered consciosnness af , ?er a short time, and is seriously il ( 'rom the shock. One corner of th< , Cattell home was torn out of the iilildtng by the ligntning. Iluildings of all sort were strueln various sections and destroved nd many districts suffered from 'looditig. Philadelphia, tn connectloi with the storm, was pelted bv on< f the most severe f alls of hall tha lias occurred in a number of years ' FOLLOWS ItltY.WK ACTION. raft flakes a Speech Jo a l'tionograpl to Have it Reproduced. The use of a phonogarph by Candllate T?ift as a means for dlssominaion of his speeches, as reported in he dispatches from Hot Springs. V'a., excited the liveliest interest oi ?V. J. Hryan. so much as that he gave >ut the following statement In regard to it. "The republican papers have been making fun of me for using the phonograph as a means of reaching the public, hut since the republican andldute has followed my example I presume that the criticism will ease and that this will now be regraded as a dignified method of discussing public questions. "It looks as if the democrats were 1 going to have a hard time this year protecting their patents from in' fringement. The republicans seemt to he bent upon imitating not only our platform, but our campaign methods. There is. however, some advantage in the fact that we are set, ting the pattern this year." . fhiicde at Paiannah 1 f Capt P G Purse. prom<nent citify <en, noted developer industrial wrlter and promoter, and having cone nectlons In New York. Pittsburg and y other centres, committed suicide at ' Savannah Thursday by -Ysooting No cause Is jjlvea for the dc-ed. FLIES THROUGH AIR. TWENTY-FOUR HOUR VOYAGE BEGUN BY COUNT ZEPPELIN. The Ascent Made Very Successfully? Traveled Over 250 Miles, WUh Only One Descent. A dispatch Brom Friedrichschafen, Germany, says arising from its floating dock on the dark green waters of Lake Constance early Tuesday morning the great dirigible air ship of Count Zeppelin was sent i away for a 114 hour journey in the i air to Mayence and return. Late I that night the apex of the triangu- i lar flight had been turned, and the 1 monster of the air, with nose point- ] eu southward, was reported speeding 1 aiong und^r starry skies toward S Frledrlchschafen, where it is hoped 1 the journey will end Wednesday. The i (light to Mayence, however, was not c m uninterrupted one, for something > was wrong with a propeller while i speeding along above the valley of ( the Rhine and Count Zeppelin was compelled to bring the air ship down o the surface of the river at Nacheutieini. eight miles frorm Mayence, lirigihle again was sent on high and { he trip tliat probably will prove a ecord one was recommenced. The weather for ..e ascension was noBl auspicious. The ship of the ( lir rose majestically to a height of c 100 feet, and crossing the Jake ctrcl- g d the town of Constance, then tuning retraced the path of its flight, j ind describing a perfect circle, pass- t tig over Friedrichschafen and then f soared westward over the lake to v tasle. on the Swiss frontier. Turn- j ng the vessel slightly toward the y lorthwest Count Zeppelin steered it ^ >ver Mulhausen, and then directed j, ts flight northeasterly to Strass- j turg. thence followed the valley of j, thine norhward to Mayence, a dis- fl ance altogether of 250 miles. ^ Everything was going smoothly ^ vhen the trouble to the propeller tccurred and somewhat impeded the e irogress of the air ship, but when ne balloon had been brought down lount Zeppelin found the defect so ilight that he telephoned his secreary at his ofllce in Friedrichschaf>n: "We will stnrt again some time ^ o-night and complete the trip." His expectations were realized, or in less than four hours every ntng had been made perfect. I The people gathered on the banks j ?f the stream and sang patriotic jlongs and cheered Count Zeppelin. t At 10.15 p. m., the air ship rose ^ igain and turned her hows toward r dayence, where she arrived at ( ?clock, and passed over the gas- r "I city almost beyond the view e >f the populace, which had gathered n the streets expecting to witness nc passage of the balloon. Soaring onward for a short disance, the air ship was turned hoinevurd. Whether it will follow the 1 tinerary laid down by Count Zeppe- ' in, reracing Its outward path to 1 varlsruhe and thence fly'ng south- r asterly over Stutgart to Lake Con- j stance, is not known. If the air ship maintains the speed at which ( t was travelling today. It should ( >rrive in Friedrichschafen tomorrow 'orenoon. The quiet villages and small towns ^ ilong the shores of Laae Cosntance ^ iwoke this morninir to find thnt the ?reut event for which they had wait- 1 d for weeks and months hadoccurred 1 ?d?-Count Zeppelin's air ship had started on an epoch making jonrney. 1 \ majority of tlie scant population if Friedrlchschafen, however. despite the strict secrecy of the Count's ' Associations, got wind that someth- ! 'iiR was about to happen and as- ] senibled before daybreak at Mnn- ' ell. opposite the tloating balloon bed. In this shed, throughout hndav night workmen hnd been busy making everything ready for the journey. At fi o'clock that morniig, everything was in readiness for 'lie exit of the air ship. Count Zeppelin could not have hosen more delightful weather for a start. A glorious sunrise Inaugurated the day, and there was not a cloud in the sky. The lake was as smooth as a mirror. Meets With Disaster. Count Zeppelin's airship, which descended on a plateau^near the village of Kchterdingen, five miles south of ?cuttgart. shortly before 8 o'clock Wednesday morning, owing to a defect in one of tne motors, broke* away from its moorings during a storm at f> o'clock that afternoon burst into flames and exploded. Four persons were injured by the flying debris.. Count Zeppelin escaped uninjured. The airship was completely wrecked. The storm blew up unexpectedly. A fierre gust of wind tore the balloon from its anchorage and drove it in a southwesterly direction for some 50 yards. Here the rear end of the great fabric dropped and smoke and flames were seen to burst out from one enil to the other. Then in a few seconds came tho explosion and a great, column of flam?s shot upward into The air This was followed hv the crarhtng down to the ear'h of the motors and frames that had been attached to the under side of the airship Several bystanders were knocked down. it was necessary to land the airship at Echterdiagen owing to *he o.erbating of the piston box of the SENATOR ALLISON DEAD. Heart Failure Removes Iowa's Ora?fl old Man. United States Senator W. B. Allison died at his home in Dubuque. Iowa, Tuesday afternoon. The immediate cause of his death was heart failure. The end >came as a result of a serious sinking spell due to prostatic enlargement, complicated with kidney disease, and during a period of unconsciousness, which had lasted since Saturday afternoon. Two weeks ago the Senator left his home in the city to escape the heat. He w^nt to the home of Mrs. Fannie Stout, a friend of the family, living on the Asbury road a few miles from town. For a few days lays his conldtion seemed to improve but he later lipfnn to orntL Medical advisers urged that an operation be performed to relieve the prostatic enlargment, which was bringing his condition to a crisis. Saturday morning the Senator was brought back home. Soon afterwards he relapsed into a condition if semi-unconsciousness. Except for >rief periods of partial recovery he emnined in this condition until ieath came Tuesday afternoon. YOUTH SHOOTS SWEETHEART. lirl Fatally Wounded Bcfiiusc She Refused His Company. A dispatch from Greensboro, N. says news has reached that place >f the t shooting in Wilkes county lunday of Miss Mary Hall by Freeand Tharp. Miss Ball was teacher n a rural school and Tharp had >een paying her attention. She reused to go with him to church but vent witli his brother instead, while "reel and Tharp escorted another oung woman who lived at the same touse with Miss Hall. When they lad retnrned from cnurcu, just as liss Ball was entering tiie porch, i'reeland Tharp drew his pistol and Ired three shots at her. One of the uiUets entered her left breast about n inch above the heart, inflicting 1 fatal wound. Tharp was captur- 1 d, relieved of his weapon and is now 11 jail at Wilkesboro. TOO MUCH HARD CIDER. Vhite Man Kills Two Negroes Near i.yncnhurg. Near Concord, 10 miles east of jynchburg. Va., Monday night Jack .ee, white, shot and instantly killed : leverely Card well, colored, and morally wounded his brother Samuel, vho died Tuesday morning. The nen, whites and blacks, were drinkng hard cider and had a drunken nisunderstandlug. Lee was arrestid. Negro Htmged in Mississippi. After having been twice respited >y the Governor, George Toombs, an >ld negro, wns hanged at Waynes>oro. Miss., Tuesday for the murder ?f his brother-in-law. Owen I'ittnan, thirteen mouths ago. orward motor and the escape of onslderable gas, owing to the fact hat Count Zeppelin tok the airship o a height of about 6,000 feet. The Zeppelin airship completed he most remarkable voyage in the listory of aerial navigation. It left he Lake of Constance Tuesday norning for a trip to Mayence and return. The flight was successful n a great many ways. The machine esponded absolutely to the control >f its pilots and was navigated over ;he Lake of Constance, down the /alley of the Rhine, over Strassburg inrl upvorol nthor pitina utul u'hq r? v lieeted at Friedriclishafen, its starting point. Count Zeppelin has devoted his lifetime and his personal fortune to the development of his airship. The vessel that was lost Wednesday was t..e fourth he has constructed. When his own money had become exhausted the German reicnstag voted experiments. The government agreed to purchase this ship on condition that it fulfilled certain requirements. the principal one being that it remain in the air 2 4 hoursand land on terra flrma. i nis stipulation had not yet been fulfilled. The airship was 4 43 feet long, with a diameter of about 4 5 feet. It tapered to a blunt point at the bow. while at the stern were various rudders and frames used in steering. It was fitted underneath with a motor capable of developing 140 horse power. As many as 16 passengers had been taken aloft at one tme. Sleeping accommodations wro provided for the crew and apparatus was installed for the dispatch and receipt of wireless telegraph messages. The inflating gas was dstributed among lfi seporate interior compartments which were contained within the outer rigid envelop of aluminum. The accident to the Zeppelin airship recalls the end of the French mllltiary airship Patrie, in December. 1907, which was then conslderered the finest dirigible balloon n existence. The Pat re was undergoing repairs to machinerv ar Verdun A sudden gust, of wind struck the airship and . ,?e 200 men who w ere holding the guide ropes were dragged alng for several hundred yards before they let go. ihe balloon then shot up to a great height and llsarp -ared and as never heard from. OUTLOOK HOPEFUL. l DEMOCRATS HAVE GOOD CHANCE IN NEW YORK. \ \ r Chairman Mack. Holds Conference 6 r With Murphy, Senator Daniel, Ex- f Senator Pettigrew and Henry Wat- j terson. 11 An important conference to out- j, line a plan of campaign In New York e State was held Monday by Norman | E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic ( national committee, with Charles P. ^ Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall J, at New York. The conference con- ? unued lor some time and it was said that the part which the national Democratic committee will play in he S campaign in this State was detcrmiu- s ed. n After a conference lasting over two hours, Chairman Mack said: "Mr. Murphy and I talked of the " situation in the State and what is being done to elect the national ( ticket. A nioro active campaign will K be made here after the State conven- s' tlon. No mention was made of gubernatorial candidates. "The State committee will direct s' the campaign in this State and as (' long as everything is satisfactory? sl and everything has been so far? w the national committee will not in- ai terfere. v< "Much has been said of Mr. Bryan's speaking campaign. It is Mr. Bryan's intention to speak iu centres of doubtful States, though he si will not make the number of speeches that he made in his former acnipaigns. As has been announced, he will speak twice in this State, once ^ in Greater New York and once in Buffalo, but 1 shall try to persuade him to speak also at some point in the centre of the State. He will not speak in the State until some timo ' after the State convention, which I J' understand will be the latter part 11 of September or the first part of October. . "I believe New York to be the ' battleground where the Democratic * party has a good chance of success." " Senator John \V. Daniel of Vir giuia, nenry >\ uuerson ana former Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota ^ had a conference with Mr. Mack. Senator Daniel will leave for Europe tomorrow to be away a (>l month attending to his duties as a 111 member of the monetary commls- in Blon. On his return he said he will !U take an active part in the campaign. ,e Mr. Wutterson is engaged in the 'c formation of his committee of editors throughout the country favor- ' able to Mf. Bryan's candidacy Chairman Mack, accompanied by Secre- \ tary Urey Woodson, left for Chicago Thursday and will not return until after the Bryan notification. On his arrival in that city he will announce HI! the makeup of the subcommittee ^ which will have control of the cam- p paigu east of the Alleghanles. TICKET TAKER ARRESTED. o! Southern Employee in Trouble foi 1 * ai Drawing l'istol 011 Passenger t\ ll At Spartanburg, W. R. Lucas ticket taker on Southern Trrain, wa: w arrested Friday-night. when the train pulled into the station on the e, charge of drawing a pistol on one of the passengers. On the train from Greenville Friday afternoon about two hundred base ball fain were aboard returning to Spartan- '' burg from the ball game in Greenville. Trouble arose about fares and n /IUII/..1W0 A-.J ?* Mlllll?MllJ ? no IUII IUW l> il?f I u*u. Lucas drew his pistol and when the f< train pulled into the station he was si arrested l>y the police. * v a AUTOMATIC DOFFING MACHINE, tl e Invention for Cotton Miiis Designed F by South Carolinians. J An automatic doffing machine Is ( the joint Invention of A. O. Boozer '' of Greenville and "George Hill of 11 Tucapau. The machine is now in ^ successful operation at 'lucapau mill in Spartanburg county. The need of a machine for this work has long been an important one, for the help ( to do the doffing in the spinning plants has always been difficult to secure. FEUDISTS IN DIG FIGIIT. t Two Men And a Woman Killed in ( r Kentucky. < The bloodiest feudist battle ir ' vears took place at Layman, Horlin county, Ky.. late Thursday afternoon ' Three persons were killed, one be- ' inn a woman, and one woman wn: ' wounded. The trouble dates bad for generations between Wanton* and Taylors. The immediate cause of the shooting was a dispute ovei < a school election. * BARBER STAB8 WIFE. Narrowly Escape* Being Lytwhed by Angry Mob. At Burlington, N. J , angered and > jealous because his wife wished to i gq for a walk, Adam Poniel, a bar1 ber. Thursday night stabbed the woman and In turn a? lynrlj^d, by an aqgry mob. BALDWIN MAKES ASCENT. j IIn Dirigible Balloon (low Five Miles, Making Complete Circle. ^ "We sighted the enemy." Thest cords were shouted by Capt. Baldwin at Fort Myer Friday, says a dls>ateh from Washington. as he piloted his balloon to the ground aftei j nuking a successful flight of neari} Ive miles in an effort to demonstrate he usefulness of an air ship In wa ime. Rising from the ground like a nonster bird of the ulr, slowly bu v uoyantly, at 6.21 o clock Frlda ? venlng, the aerial s-.p, built tin n tatted States army, was headed Inb a he westerly wind by Capt Baldwin, n i complete circle was described, tin s: alloon rising gradually to a heigh C f 200 feet. Again pointing to th< a rest, and attaining at estimator" N peed of twelve miles an hour, the tl hip voyaged In a direct line foi L early two miles. tl The trip was made with the wind, 'hlch was blowing at the rate of 1 B tiles an hopr. The throttle war s< tirown open a little wider by Mr. tl urtiss. who again operated the en- " ine, and the ship flaw alone ? hi ;>eed of eighteen or twenty miles 1111 our. When the dirigible passed over the arting point It was about five hun- ^ red feet in the air. Bringing hit lip against the wind, Capt. Bald c' In made a landing much the sann i pilotH of water craft bring theii rI sssels to the side of a dock. * l)( 111 ROBBERY AT Kl'TAWYILLE. U ui tore of M. Marcus Entered and \ Some Goods Stloeu. On Thursday morning last Mr. M. v' arcuB, a merchant of Eutawvllle !as aroused by the chief marshal ' the town, who informed him that cl ime one had broken into his store. 01 r. Marcus hastened down to his lace of business and, in approach- to ig It he saw that the robber had fo roken a hole in the front of his ore, which being of glass, was not ltd to break through. ?As lie en- w red his store and looked around ti< a supposed that lie had only lost le or two pair of shoes and a suit 11c two of clothes, but luckily he had e.\ 1st taken stock the day before, so ai i again checked up his goods and di uind hat he had lost several suits ' clothes, a few pairs of shoes, a bj it, some underwear, socks, stock- th ,gs and some few other things, all St 1101111 ting to about $fiO, more or sn ??. i ue rouoer nas not yet been of ?und. ta IKALOVSV CAUSES SHOOTIN'O. d< al reused Man of Improper Conduct ([ Toward Ills Wife and is Siiot. ,r bj A dispatch front Richmond, Va., fj, tys Jacob L. llechler Is believed to 9 mortally wounded, and Royal E jM llison, in the city Jail on the char- ,,] :< of attempted murder. The shootiK took place in Jlechler's home uesday. Hechler accused Ellerson jt r improper conduct toward his wife, j( nd Ellerson shot him three times? (j, vice in the face and once in the inKS. Friends of llecnler tried to m nch Ellerson. and six policemen sj ere engaged for neariy an hour in C{ fitting the man to the station, sev- js ral persons trying to shoot him. ,, A SEVERE STORM. st ightning Strike's Residences, t burches and stuns Several I'eople. tl At Spartanlmrg, lightning struck inr residences, two churches and ( tunned several people .during a seere electrical storm Wednesday ^ fternoon. Three of the residences t 1 i _i i _ * nut nuic niiu>iv wiMv immy uunutK(1 and one was set on fire. Silver a Nil Methodist church was struck in hree places, and the tower demolish- w d. A small colored church on '' lharles street was set on fire by a S' olt of lightning^ and the fire depart,* lent had to be called out to ex.in- 1 ulsh the flames. * ? a HKAIMJl AltTKIltt AT CTIICAftO. Jj ii 'hail-man Mark to Open There. t< Finance Committee. The Democr ;*ic national headluarters opened for the season at |he Auditorium Annex Wednesday, *hairman Mack, of the national comnitt.ee, accompanied by Roger C. Sullivan, of! Illinois, have nrrived n Chicago. Chairman Mack is expected to an- ' lounce the membership of the finan- r >e committee and various sub-com- | i t' ncc net vnt nnimtntnrl * n MAX ST A liS HIS WIFE. I Woman'* Injuries Considered Serious 1 < Husband in Jail. Tom Vick. a mill operative, is Ir 1 the county Jnii at Greenville charged with stabbing his wife at their cottage to the suburbs of that place Friday afternoon. The woman': Injuries are said to be serious, especially the wound in her side. Vick also plunged the plade in his wlfe'5 throat, the wound being about an Incii dope Ths affray seems to have been the outcome of a family row. * t .11i APPEALS FOR FUNDS. SKY AN CALLS AGAIN FOR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. oIiiisoii'h Manager Calls and Assures Bryan of Johnson's Willingness to Take Stump. Of more than usual significance ras the visit to Fairvlew Wednesday f Frank B. Lynch, of St. Paul, Delocratic national committeeman from Innesota, and manager of Goveror Johnson s campaign for the Preidential nominati 11 at the Denver Convention. Mr. Lynch arrived bout noon in company with B. F. lelson. of Mnneapolis, president of lie State Fair Association. Mr. ynch's presence at Fairvlew was at I10 special request of Mr. Bryan. ie lost no time In conveying to the lemcratlic nominee Governor John>n's assurance of loyal support of ie Democratc ticket and his inten011 to take the stump In Air. Bryan's shalf. "There is no animosity toward rvan in Minnesota," sad Mr. Lvncu. "While I do not promise that the emocrats wll carry Minnesota this ^ar, I think they have a good innce." Mr. Lynch declared that nothing mklod in Governor Johnson's heart Jcause he was defeatod for the noinaton. "He feels ail right about ," said he "and all Mlnesota Deocrats are for Bryan." The business which brnmrH* vt elson to Falrvlow was to invito Mr. ryan to attend the State Fair in St. aul and deliver an address. The into tioti was accepted, the date ben* ted at August 31. but wth the unirstanding that there should he no large for admission on the ground 1 that day. Mr. Hryau Wednesday nght caused i bo given out for publication the Mowing appeal for campaign: "Wanted?Campagn contributions "From citizens of the Republic ho favor these Democratc proposians: "TarfT revison by reprsentaves of it by the ngents of those who make ;orbitant profits by manufacture id sule of highly protected promts. "Election of United States Senator r popular ote, thus breaking up o Senatorial oligarchy headed by andard Oil, whch is strong enough iceessfitlly to resist all measurers fered in behalf of the public welre. "Guarantee of all national bank posits. thereby preventing all isolate confidence in all banks. "Destructon of private monopoly id the enforcement of law against usts by the people who are opposed r the trusts and not by the agents of ic trusts. 'Publicity of campaign contributions fore election day. so that the peoo may know who is paying ihe ex nses of candidates, and why paying. "Adopton of an ncome tax because is just, and under what may bar s proportionate share of the burins of the Federal Government. "The punshment of men who anlpulnte railroad stocksandownerlips, the encouragement of railroad instruction upon a business-like basand railroad operation wth far reirtis in wages and profits to workers id owners on honest valuation and finest labor, but not on watered ock and false bond issues created y exploitation." The appeal closes with a copy of ib resoluton adopted by the Demo*ac national committee upon the Rcasion of their visit to Fairvlew uly 14, declaring for publicity of intrihutons before the electou; idividual contributions to $10,000 nd providing for the publication of II contrbutions over $100. Mr. Mryan outlined the .subjects hich be will discuss in his forth>ming speech of acceptance. The peech wll be confined practically to ie questions, "shall the people rule" nd "the measure of rewardB." The ther issues of the campaign, such s guarantee of bank depostors, the ftriff. the trusts, etc., will be treated l the several speeches he will make ii the next thirty days and his letcr of acceptance. row WRECKS A TRAIN, 'our Persons Killed in Accident on Texas Train Koiul. Four persons were killed and four ithers were injured, two probably atally. when an engine on the tram oad of the Livingston Lumber Com any struck a cow and plunged into i deep ravine, near Livingston, Texas Friday. The dead: Watson Scott, engineer; Fayette Rogers. fireman; Pinis Peebles, Henry Young, eolorxl. Brad Hickman and a young man named Clark, are perhaps fatally injured, while the negroes are less seriously Injured. 1 New Cotton Sol/I at Clio. Th first bale of new orop cotton was sold at Clio last Wednesday evening by Jeff D. Edens to the Sternberger Company. The hale weighed 54 4, graded Btrict middling and brought 16 S-S cents This cotton Was planted atc'ut Match 4. .