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7TFI TEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1908 NO 20
BRYAN NOT
OF 1^
Acceptance Speech Strong Plea
For Government of and
by fhe People.
IS CHEERED BY
IMMENSE CROWD
THOrHANDS APPLAUD AS NOMINEE
HEADS MIS SPEECH OF
A ? VU'DT % V / II.' ViViiit
v. i-ii i .1.1^ rv "ii\f i viii^u
TO MAK TI1K CTCKKMOMKS.
Lincoln. Neb. August 12.?Under
the burning rays of an almost tropical
sun, and in the presence of a
vast assemblage, which cheered him
to the echo, WiliiamJ. Hrvan to-day
received from Henry I). Clayton, of
Alabama, formal notification of his
nominaton for the Presidency of the
United States.
Thrice honored by the Democratic
party as its standard-bearer,
^^fljj^^iryan plainly exhibited the
fflipiRiiPRIIOTPHHPHIHIiy
a substantial and ttndisputed growth
In the principles aud policies for
which he. with a multitude of other.-*
had contended. "As these principles
and policies," he said, "have
given me whatever political strength
I possess, the action of the Convention
not only renews my faith In
them, but strengthens ,niy attachment
for them."
The ovation accorded Mr. Bryan
as he rode through the streets ol
Lincoln on his way to the State
House, where the exercises were
held, were non-partisan. It was the (
homage of the citizens of the West
era city of the plains to a distill- '
guished neighbor. Almost the entire
Republican Administration was represented,
Governor George L. Sheldon
und many State officers lending
their presence both In the paradt
and on the platform.
Before coming to Lincoln from
Fairview?four miles distant?Mr.
Bryan received 1,500 visitors. T<
all he extended a cordial greeting.
His arrival shortly after noon at tin
Hotel Lincoln, where he and John
W. Kern, the Vice-Presidential can
didate, were the guests of honor at
a luncheon to the committee on no
ttflcation, was the signal for an out
burst of cheers and applause. IB
was immediately surrounded by i
great crowd, and was kept busy fo:
some time shaking hands.
Never before had Lincoln's street
and buildings presented such a gal
appearance. On street was a riot o
color. Around the mutilated Taf
hannr a crowd of curious visitor:
was always clustered. With a na
tional notoriety the banner was al
most the first point of interest visit
ed. The parade carried Mr. Bryai
directly under the banner.
Not an I'ntoivnrd Incident.
The State House grounds were
mass of humanity and Mr. Bryan'
appearance on tne pint form wj>
greeted with vociferous cheers am
hand-clapping. The ceremony of m
tlflcatlon was conducted on the nort'
Kern retired to the Capitol, where
and every window were jammed t?
overflowing. Not a single hidden
occurred to mar the proceedings
The police arrangements were e\
oellent. Realizing that the regula>
police foree was not sufficient to cope
with the great crowd, the Adjutan
General of the State, at the request
of Mayor Frank Brown, ordered on'
the 2nd Nebraskn regiment, and with
their assistance, perfect order wm
maintained.
Before the notification and accept
, ance speeches were delivered, Nor
man K. Mack, chairman of the Be
mooratic national committee, whe
acted as presiding officer. called or
John \V. Kern. (ho Vlco-Presldentla'
nominee. to make a speech. Mr
Kern responded in a few felicitousremarks,
in which he Rave unstinted
praise to the non-partisan character
of the exercises.
The speech of Mr. Itrvan concluded
the ceremonies and he and Mr
Kern retired to th Capitol, where
t'?ev held a public reception.
To-night Mr. and Mrs. Brynn entertained
the members of the notiflf
cation committer at a dinner at their
home at "Fairview." The parte war
served bv Mrr-. Ruth Bryan T.eavitt
and Mirs Gra-o Bryan, daughter ot
the host and the hostess; Mrs.
Spongier and Mrs. T. F. Allen, niece
and sister-ln-l tw respectively of the
Democratic candidate. and Mrs.
IFIED
IOMINATION.
Mil. imVAX'S SI'KKCH.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 12.?Upon the
occasion of the formal notification of
his nomination as the Democratic
(Janddate for the presidency, William
JenmngB Bryan spoke as follows:
Mr. Clayton and the Gentlemen of
the Notification Committee:
I cannot accept the nomination
which you officially tender, without
first acknowledging my deep indebtedness
to the Democratic party for
the extraordinary honor which it has
conferred upon me. Having twice
before been a candidate for the presidency,
in campaigns which end? d
in defeat, a third nomination, the
result of the free and voluntary act
of the voters of the party, can only
be explained by a substantial and
undisputed growth in the principles
and |K>licies for which I, with a multitude
of others, have contended. As
these principles and policies have
given nie whatever political strength
I possess, the action of the convention
not only renews my faith In
them, but strengthens my attachment
to them.
A IMutform is Binding.
I shall, in the near future, prepare
a more formal reply to your
notification, and, in that letter of
lcceptance. will deal will: the platform
in detail. It is sufficient, at
this time, to assure you that I am
in hearty accord with the letter
ind the spirit of the platform. 1
Midorse it in whole and in part, and
shall, if elected, regard its declarations
as binding upon me. And, I
may add, a platform is binding as to
what it omits as well as to what it
contains. According to the Democratic
idea, the people think for
themselves and select officials to carry
ont their wishes. The voters are
'lie soveregns; the officials are
the servants, employed for a fixed
time and at a stated salary to do
vhat the sovereigns want done.
Platforms are entirely in harmony
with this Democratic idea. A platform
announces the party's position
>11 the questions which are at issue;
'lnit lin riffioiiil I" " *"
.... in mv ill. IIIU'I IV H>
use the authority vested in him to
urge personal views which have not
' eon submitted to the voters for their
ipproval. If one is nominated upon
t platform which is not satisfactory
>o him he must, if candid, either deline
the nomination, or. in accepting
it. propose an amended platform
which in lieu of the one adopted by
he convention. No such situation,
however, confronts your candidate,
"or the platform upon whioh I was
lominated not only contains nothng
from which I dissent, but it spe iflcally
outlines all the remedial leg'slation
which we can hope to secure
luring the next four years.
Republican Challenge Accepted.
The distinguished statesman who
eceived the Republican noniinaion
for president said, in his notifi
'ation speech: "The strength of the
Republican cause in the campaign at
' and is the fact that we represent
lie policies essential to the reform
f known abuses, to the continuance
>f liberty and true prosperity, and
hat we are determined, as our plat'orm
unequivocally declares, to
maintain them and carry them on."
In the name of the Democratic
arty. I accept the challenge, and
harge that the Republican party is
esponsllde for all the abuses which
ow exist in the federal government,
nd that it Is imnortant to accomplish
he reforms which are imperativev
needed. Further. I cannot con
Ill III HIP M 'n-lllflll lllill 111*' lU'pilll'c.on
platform unequ Ivor,illy deInrt's
for the reforms that are dp' ssi-ry:
on the contrary. 1 affirm
*ir?t It openIv and notoriously <11noolnts
the hopes and evpectstlorn
f reformers. whether those reform
rs Kenuhlicans or Ileniorrats. S<
?r did the Republican convention
all short of its duty that the Hp
ublirnn candidate felt it necessary
o add to his platform in several ini?ortant
particulars. thus relinking
he leaders of the party, upon whose
o-operatlon he must relv for the
Miactment of remedial legislation.
As I shall, in seperate speeches,
liscuss the leading questions at
ssue. I shall a tthis time confine
myself to the paramount question.
>nd to the far-reaching purposes of
our party, as that purpose is set
"orth In the platform.
Shnll the People Rule?
Our platform declares that the
overshadowing issue which manifests
'tself in all the questions now under
discussion. is "Shall the people
rule?" No matter which way we
I turn: no matter to what snliieet we
-uldrosK ourselves. tho same question
confronts us: Sha.i tho poople eon'rol
their own government. and use
that government for tho protoction
tholr rights and for tho promotion
of tholr welfare? or shall tho
oprosoptatlves of predatory wealth
prey upon a defenseless public,
while tho offenders seeure immunity
'mm subservient officials whom
hov raise to power hv unscrupulous
netbods" This is the issue raised
'>v the "known abuses" to which Mr.
Taft refers.
rn'tildent's Indictment Against the
l'urtjr.
(Coutlnuod on laat page.)
KILLS HIS CHILDREN.
RELIGIOUS MAMA CAUSES HORRIBLE
CRIME.
Slays His Son and Married Daughter,
Tried to Kill His Divorced Wife
And Cuts His Own Tliront.
At Los Angeles, Cal.. driven Insane
by religious mania. H. J. Dufty, sixty
years of age. Friday attacked and
killed his son and daughter with an
axe and then cut his own throat with
a razor, inflicting fatal injuries. The
tragedy occurred in the extreme
northwestern part of the city. Dufty
lived at the home of his son. Fred (
Dufty. He had been on the verge
of violent instanity. it is said, for
weeks as a result of religious enthusiasm.
The night before he attend- (
ed a religious meeting and worked (
himself into a frenzy.
When he arose that morning he
was suddenly seized with a desire
to kill. Securing a sharp-hladed axe
he stealthily entered the bed room
of his son while the latter lay ,
asleep. He crept close to the side ^
of the bed and, raising the axe aloft,
brought it down with terrific force
across the neck of the son. The blow (
was delivered with such tremendous j
force that the head of the victim (
was severed completely from the ^
body. With a mnnieal shout Dufty
rushed from the house and down
the street waving his bloodv weanon.
Headline the house at 4T? 1 Northwest
Lake avenue, where his wife H
nn?l daughter resided, he opened the
front door and entered. Mrs. Ada
Lacom. the daughter. with her mother.
was in a rear room. Proceeding a
eaatiouslv to this room the murderer
opened the connecting doors. Mrs. c
La com stood with her hark to him. *
Without a word of warning he swung '
the n\e high in the air and cleft '
head was crushed in from the blow. 1
Mrs. Dufty fled through a rear 1
door, closely pursued by the maniac, 0
striking at her with the axe.
The woman succeeded in eluding
him. hut not before she had received
a severe gash on the elbow from the v
axe swung by Dufty as he chased ^
her. n
Mrs. Dufty's cries finally attract- "
ed the attention of neighbors who ?
came to her aid. a
Dufty then walked to the street,
where he drew a razor from his pock- ^
et and slashed his own throat, in- a
dieting frightful injuries, from w
which, however, he is likely to re- 1
cover. '
Several weeks ago Dufty went to ^
the Bvergreen Cemetery and pur- ?
ch -sed a lot. explaining that he want- s
ed It for himself, son and daughter. v
Th eo days ago he purchased a cof
fin for himself
J-red Dufty, the son, was 24 years
of age and unmarried. He was an i
automobile machinist.
The daughter lived with her husband.
Ferdind Lacom. a painter, and
their six-year-old daughter. Mrs.
Hutty and her husband had been "
di>orced. and she had gone to the ?
home of her daughter to nurse her a
thio-.'gh approaching confinement. 1
lb fore entering the Lacom home t
Dnftv concealed his axe in a sack 11
which be carried. The old man sat 1
uervou:-iy fingering the sack wh'le
the woman proceded to prepare r
breakfast. Suddenly he got up. 1"
drew the axe from the sack and
attacked them. s
Dufty not only purchased a lot in c
the cemetery for the burial of his
victims, but had headstones erected a
for three graves. Thre plain tomb- *
stones were put in place on the lot 1
at his order, bearrlng th names 1
"Henry .1 Dufty," "Fred A. Dufty" ,
and "Zaldalh Lacom.'
The grave stones for his children
jwere placed on each side of the one
erected for himself. Dufty paid $<*>0 ?]
for the headstones and told the salesman
that he was in no great hurry
to hav?? t hem erected. *
I'OI.ISII PIIIKST FLKKS.
1
Hoards Steamer for lOurope After '
Warning Police.
Asserting that he has been driven
from city to city by persons threat- 1
ening his life until he fears that he
must leave the United States, the (
Rev. Michael Servetka, a Polish
priest of Newark. N. J., appealed to
the police of that city for protection
and fled aboard a steamer bound for
Europe.
He was recently assigned temporarily
to the Holy Trinity Catholic
church in Newark and had hardly
been established there when he receceived
one of the letters that have
been troubling him.
Father Servetka turned over to the
polic three letters which he has received
during the last three weeks.
The first came while he was stationed
in Brooklyn, and he then went to
Ellzabethport. N. J., where another
letter reached him. The last came
to hint when he went to Newark.
The priest told the Newark police
that while he was stationed in
Brooklyn a fw weeks ago he was attacked
by two men who seized him
hv the throat, and demanded Sl.OOh
from him. Since he h as been in
1 Newark a little .ess than a week, fie
, feels sure lie has been followed constantly.
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DIED IN FLAMES.
Fire Started by Firebugs Humeri
Four-Story Teneiueut.
At New York four men are dead,
two others are dying and six are in
a serious condition from burns in
a fire, started by a fire-bug. which
early Monday burned the four-story
tenement house at No. 33 2 East
112th street.
Thirty persons were carried down
ladders by firemen amid wild scenes
of panic. . j|
More hen 100 escaped from the
burning building in their night clothing.
Pistol shots fired by persons
who sought thus to summon aid added
to the confusion, and thousands
rushed to the scene.
The fire is declared by the police
? n ,1 ? 1 1 * *
nuu lliv lilt; UKtlBllUI IU lliive IH'eil
of incendiary origin, and is one of
several fatal fires in the neighborhood.
Vincenso Sausto, four of which
children were hurled to death, bared
his head and in a loud voice took
an oath, of vengence against those
responsible for the fire. His oath included
the declaration that he would
Jevote his life to the task.
It was declared by Assistant Fire
Marshal David Kelly that the fire
svas of undoubted incendiary origin.
The fire is one of a number of fa:nl
tires thnt have recently terrorized
he nelghhborhood. Two months
igo thirteen persons were burned to
leath in a fire in the tenement
louse in 109th street neaiby.
A17TO BURSTS; TWO KILLED.
dan and Daughter and His Wife and
Motlicr-in-Law Killed.
Mrs Mary Rowden, 6.r? years old.
ind Mrs. Rose Ileckwlth, 4,'i years
>f age, were instantly killed and
rederick Reckwith, 45 years old,
terhaps fatally injured and Bessie
leckwith. 10 years old. his daughter,
iadly bruised and burned by the exilcsion
of an automobile at the foot
if Stlckey Hill, about eight miles
rom Painesville Ohio, Monday.
Mr. Beckwith, ^accompanied by
lis mother-in-law, wife and daughter.
ias on his way from their home at
Vindsor, Ohio, and was running the
nachlne at a rate of about eight
niles an hour when it exploded. The
ccupants of the car were hurled in
II directions.
A* I I *> I\U wuril, Wliu w ith UII I. lit"
rout seat with Heckwith, was found
bout forty-five feet in front of the
frock, while Heckwith landed about
he same distance to the right. Mrs.
leek with was hurled twenty-five
eet In the air. Hessie Heckwith was
hrown fifteen feet and sustained
evere bruises. An ambulance coneyed
the injured to the city.
ASSAULTS WHITK WOMAN.
renible Hctailiat ion for Lynching
of Nprto ltapist at Pensacoln.
Mrs. Ed Moclalr, residing four
niles from Pensacola, Fla., was asaulted
by an unknown negro Friday
Lfternoon. "This is how we pay
mck for lynching Ed Shaw." said
he negro as he overpowered the wonan
and choked her into insensibiity.
When Mrs. Mociair recovered
uiough to let the neighbors know
ler plight the county officials were
lotified and a sheriff's possee was
tarted immediately upon the track
>f the assailant. In Pensacola a
rowd was gathered about the jail
iwaiting the r eturn of the officers,
deanwhile excitement Is at white
leat, following so closely upon the
ynching of the negro Shaw, two
veeks ago.
TRAIN GOBS INTO CHASM.
rhree Men Killed us n ICesiilt of i?
Washout.
An ? twi KAU.lW nf n nmehont on tlw,
Fonapah and Tidewater, near Shoslione,
California. Monday night, a
[>ass?-nger train plunged into a chasm
and three men wore killed. The
lead:
Engineer Hamilton, Fireman
Hroadwell, \V. E. Moore, a passenger
supposed to ho from Georgia.
Shortly before the train arrived
at Shoshone, a clondlmrst washed
r>nt a hundred feet of track. The
train dashed into the cut, the locomotive
turning over and the baggage
and other cars rolled on their
sides, but the sleeping car remained
on the track.
MILL HOI LEU EXPLODES.
Manager, Engineer and Two Firemen
at Gold Mine Hurt.
About half-past 8 o'clock Thursday
morning both boilers at the gold
mill at the Haile Gold Mine, three
miles from Kershaw. exploded,
seriously injuring Capt. E. A. Thles.
the manager of the mine; E. P
Truesdale. engineer, and two firemen,
whose names are unknown.
Mr. Thles was passing through the
mill on his daily tour of inspection,
and It was not known that he was
hurt, until several minutes after the
explosion, when he was found under
a pile of debries. His condition, and
that of Mr. Truesdale, Is critical. The
others are only slightly hurt, or nol
seriously.
PERILOUS SITUATION.
HUNG BY HIS TKKTH HALF HOUR
IN AIR.
Coney Island Slack Wire Performer
Finally Rescued From Peril With
Life Net.
The New York Times savs the
durk thunder clouds which preceded
Tuesday's storm were just beginning
to come up into the sky, driven by
a steadily increasing wind, when j
"The Flying Howard," the professional
title of Hilly Howard, acrobat,
trapezist and strong-jawed man,
who appears at Dreamland, Coney
Island, started his "slide for life"
hanging by his teeth to a leather
I tliong attached to a pully running
over a slack wire stretching from
the top of the Dreamland tower
down to the il(thtiinno? ? ? -
..nu,uviini uwii me
Shoot the Chutes platform.
Many thousands feet beneath him
a crowd of nearly 4,000,mostof them
women and children, stood gazing
upward, where but a moment before
Howard and his wife had completed
a trapeze act on a wire just below
the one to which the athlete then
hung.
At a signal Howard sprang from
the platform far up on the tower,
and, with arms extended, shot out
and downward, clinging only by his
teeth, at a pace which grew swifter
with every foot. The wire sagged
beneath his weight, until presently
the expanse between Howard's swaying
llgure and the end of the wire
had assumed an almost horizontal
position. The wire had been strung
too loose.
The watching crowds saw Howard's
pace_ slacken perceptibly, each instant
growing slower, until at last
the whirling figure, buffeted by the
wind then blowing with almost a
hurricane's fury, stopped and Howard,
clinging by his teeth, revolved
slowly round and round above the
heads of the crowd.
The storm broke almost at the
same moment, but the downpour of
rain, the vivid flashes of lightning,
and the rumble of thunder could not
drive the crowd to cover. All stood
gazing up at the uthlete, who was
signalling desperately with his
hands. His face was upturned to
the rain: with his teeth he clutched
the leather strap, and it was impossible
for him to shout for help or give
directions for aiding him
Mrs. Howard had been watching
her husband, and the spectacle of
him swinging helpless above her
head overcame the woman. With a
cry, "He will be killed," she fainted,
and men in the crowd carried her
into the Emergency hospital, where
Dr. Smith attended her. Other women
promptly followed Mrs. Howard's
example and there was intense
excitement.
Meantime other performers and
employes of the park were shooting
encouragement to Howard, although
at a loss for a method of aiding him.
Howard tried hard to haul himself
to the wire by his hands. The strap
to which he clung by his teeth was
just long enough to prevent his getting
his hands upon the wire. The
strap itself was soaked by rain and
quickly became so slippery that to
clutch it in his hands only relieved
the strain on his jaws a trifle, while
to draw himself up to the wire by
it proved impossible, his hands slipping
back each time he instructed
more than the slightest weight to
their grip. Then some one raised
the shout:
"Get a life net!"
The cry was taken up through the
crowd and Howard waved his hand,
apparently to signltv that he could
hold on a few minutes more. Already
men had started toward the quarters
of the fire show in Surf avenue,
and when they returned there came
with them John Green, foreman of
the show, with half a dozen employes
carrying one of the life nets used
in their exhibition. Tho men took
their positions and Grene, waiting
until Howard's swaying form hung
for an instant almost perpendicularly
over the net, shouetd the worrd.
Howard opened his clenched teeth.
A gasp arose from the crowd. Hefore
they could inhale -another brejith.
the athlete was safe in the net and |
a dozen hands were assisting him
out of it to the ground. The crowd
was forced back and he was hurried
to the Emergency hospital, exhausted
and almost overcome by the experience
he had undergone.
Howard hung by his teeth for
nearly half an hour.
killing at a rot* st a.
Former North Augusta Officer Shot
Dead by a Policeman.
At. Augusta. Ga.. Edwin C. Turner,
aged about forty-four years,
formerly employed as town marshal
of North Augusta, was shot and instantly
killed Tuesday night on Upper
Market street by Patrolman M.
O. Matthews. He claimed self-defence
and was exonerated by the
coroner's jury, who rendered it. as
"their belief that he fired six shots
in self-defence, four of which took
effect."
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111)1 LEIt BURSTS; RIGHT KILLEI
Death and Destruction Wrought h
Explosion in Boiling Mill.
A dispatch from York, Pa, say
eight men were killed, nearly a scor
of others more or less serously in
Jurd and thousands of dollars wort
of property damaged by the explc
sion of a boiler in the York Rolllni
Mill late Monday afternoon.
The deud: John Clency, York
Benjamin Bremer. Harry Searchrist
Paoll Puci. Alfred Struck, Johi
Slossmati, Harry Feger. all of Colum
bin. Pa; Edward filler. Marietta
Pa.
The boiler, which was located ii
the centre of the mill, explodet
| wthout a moment's warning.
A rescue party was quickly or
ganized and search for the bodiei
was Instituted.
Ambulances from New York llos
pital wore hurried to the scene, bui
owing to the number of dead ami
injured, delivery wagons and othei
conveyances were pressed into servict
in order that the injured might, b<
rushed to the hosptal.
While the injured were being looked
after, the bodies of the dead were
being carried from the ruins of the
building. A majority of those killed
had their heads and limbs torn
from their bodies, and were so badly
mangled that Identity was almost
an impossibility.
The mill had been closed down for
about a week, and two score of men
were engaged in making repairs to
an engine. The men were working
close to the boiler and when the explosion
occurred not one of them was
able to make his escape.
The shock was so terrific that it
demolished a large portion of the
mill and sent heavy nieces of twisted
iron and metal in all directions. The
plant of Ilroomal, Schmidt & Staecv
Company, located near the scene of
the explosion, was badly damaged
and a horse which was standing 3 00
yards distant from the mill was Instantly
killed. Rox cars on the railroad
siding, adjoining the mill, were
t*rn to splinters and several persons
near the building were slightly injured
by flying debris.
The shock was felt over the entire
city. The head of the holler, about
four feet square, was hurled nearly
a block.
The injured are all expected to rennvi?r
LOCKJAW FROM 11 LOW.
.Main Comos to Hospital And <'ain't
Tailk?Might Xot Recover.
PhiH|> Tnlly, 2 4 years old, entered
the receiving oflice of the llellevue
Hospital of New York, Friday
night and by motions indicated that
he was suffering severe pain about
his head and Jaws. He appeared
unable to speak and his jaws were
locked partly open.
Dr. I..eRoy Smith questioned the
man with a pencil and paper, the
latter answered questions. He said
that he attended a dance at New
Dorp, Staten Island, about two weeks
ago. He was attacked by two thugs,
he wrote, and was struck over the
eye with a blunt instrument that indicted
a lacerated wound. He left
the dance hall and went home without
medical treatment.
Hr. Smith said the man was suffering
from tetanus and that a germ of
the disease had developed in the
wound recived in the dance hall. The
physicians succeeded in feeding Tnlly
by an artificial process. Small hope
is entertained for his recovery. The
police are seeking his assailants. *
AMItl'SllKI) AND .MTRDKRHD.
Hotel Keeper Kvidently Was Keeping
Appoint mi nt as Letter Indicates.
A dispatch from New York Thursday
says: Ambushed in a lonely
spot known as the "murderer's field"
on Lincoln road, in the Flatbush section
of Brooklyn, t'ietro Barilla, a
well-to-do hotel keeper of Woodhaven.
was attacked by a number of
men.
, Barilla is thought to have gone to
the place to keep an appointment
as a letter was found on his person,
seemingly written in blood.
Barilla rode to the scene on a
bicycle and carried a magazine revolver.
which he nearly emptied In
his desperate defense.
Persons nearby heard the shots
and rushing to the place, saw th<
iner fleeing across the fields. Bart
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FOUR CHICAGOANS DROWNED.
Pleasure Launch Overturned by tin
Waves nf Passing Steamer.
At KMhourn, Wis., by the capslz
ing of a pleasure launch on the Wis
consin River Friday afternoon fou
Chicagoans wore drowned as follows
Miss Mabel Ward, Mrs. W. G
Heath and son, E. G. Pfeiffer.
The launch, containing nine per
sons, was returning from a tri
through the Pells. When near th
wharf the boat got. into the waves o
a passing steamer and capsized. Th
accident was seen by many peopl
on the pier and rescue at once wa
attempted with boats and launchoi
but four had sunk before aid arri\
ed.
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BIG CROPS PREDICTED
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LATEST GOVERNMENT REPORT
8 VERY OPTIM16TIC.
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11 Average Condition on Auguitt 1 Wm
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1! I*er Cent Better Than a Year
Ago.
The Washington correspondent of
ii The News and Courier says unless
- all signs fail the people of the United
? States will this year see the biggest
j crops in the country's history. The
I year has been free from prolonged
droughts and the rainfall has been
" almost normal with few flood oerinds
In the groat grain growing States of
the West the crops have been made
I and housed, and in some parts of
I the South King Cotton is coming
. again into power.
, The latest report of the depart,
nient of agriculture is optimstlc with
regard to this year's products and
is as follows:
On August 1 cfop conditions in
, the United States were in the aggregate
somewhat better (2 per cent)
j than a year ago, but slightly ( 1 per
cent) below a ten-year average condition
on that date. Of the crops
that are above the average may be
, mentioned winter wheat, hay, cotton
and tobacco. Corn, barley, rye,
, buckwheat, apples and flux 'are
slightly below the average; potatoes
above 5 per cent below nnd oats nearly
10 per cent below the average.
The conditions vary, however, in
he different sections of the United
, States.
In the North Atlantic States general
conditions are slightly hotter ( 1
per cent) than a year ago, and slightly
below ( 2 per cent ) than the tenvear
average condition on August 1.
Corn, wheat and apples are slightly
to moderately above the average
condition, while hay, potatoes, oats,
rye, buckwheat and barley are below;
the deficiency in condition of
potatoes is about 10 per cent, and of
hay about 4 per cent.
In the North Central States, which
are east of tile Mississippi River,
genera 1 crop conditions are about 1
per cent below a year ago aud about
4 per cent below the average. Corn
is about 7 per cent below, oats ii
per cent below, potatoes 4 per cent
below, apples 20 per cent below and
tobacco G per cent beiow the average.
Hay is good, being about 10
per cent above the average; wheat,
rye and grapes are slightly above,
ami peaches are about aO per cent
above the average.
In the North Central States, west
oi iiu* Mississippi River, crop conditions
in the aggregate arc* practically
the same as the ten-year average
and nearly :t per cent better than a
year ago. Hay alone of the Important
crops is materially above (14 per
cent) the average; rye is slightly
better and peaches about 4 0 per cent
better than the average. Practically
all the f t her important crops show
a more or 'ess lower condition than
the ; vcr's corn being au ?it 2 per
cent, wheat 2 to 3 per c?nt oats ?
per c?nt. t?rley 3 per cent and apV
p. r i?nt, rer.pe tl,' . n ?.
TI.e cor e- m of po .h* *c? is i?o >llt
the average.
In the South Atlantic States crop
conditions are favorable, being about
4 per rent better than a year ago
and nearly 5 per cent above the
average Rice and potatoes are the
only ones of the Important crops
which are below their ten-year averages.
The relative betterment of
the other important crops above
their average Is. cotton f> per cent,
corn 3 per cent, hay 10 per cent,
wheat 4 per cut, tobacco 0 per cent,
sweet potatoes nearly 1 per cent, apples
25 per cent, peaches 4 0 per cent
and oats 4 per cent.
In the South Central States, also,
conditions are favoruble, being about
5 per cent better than a year ago
nnd 2 per cent better than the average.
Cotton, the most Important
crop, has the same condition ns the
ton-venr iivtM'.lirc Purn 1? 3 nor rt?nf
above tho average, hay 8 per cent,
wheat per cent, tobacco 5 per cent,
sweet potatoes, oats and rice, each
I per cent, and peaches 1ft per cent.
' respectively, above theTr average
condition. Apples are 12 per cent
1 below, and potatoes, sorghum and
sugar cane are each slightly below
the average condition.
In the far Western States condi'
Hons are not so favorable, being
5 per cent below a year ago ant
, nearly F? per cent below the ten-year
average condition. Nearly all the
important crops are below the average.
Peaches, however, are about
IT, per cent better and grapes slightly
* better. The approximate extent of
deficiency in the condition of other
crops is, hay 8 per cent, wheat ft per
. cent, barley 8 per cent, oats 4 per
- cont. potatoes r? per cent and apples
r 1 per cent.
Shot His Mother by Accident.
A dispatch from Spartanburg,
- says Pete Jackson, colored, Rhot
P Jane Jackson, his mother, on North
p Dean street Sunday afternoon, whilo
f cleaning a pistol. The hall passed
e through Jackfcon's left, hand, and
? struck his mother, entering the
s stomach. The wound is thought to
be serious. Jackson has been arrested
and is In jail pending devel*
opments.