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, 7TH TEAR FORT MILT.S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1908 NO 21
1115 KtUUKU CLEARED.
OLD SWKKTHEAKT SAVES SOLDI
EH HETKAYED BY HIS WIFE.
Shooting Affray of Three Yean Standing
Led to Sensational Incident in
New England.
The remarkable Btory of William
Howard, who was betrayed into the
arms of the law by his wife, and
then saved from Imprisonment by the
testimony of a woman he had loved,
but given up, is still the sensation of
Southern New England. The ordinary
quiet city of New* Bedford,
Mass., was the center of the sensation,
which occurred three yeai<s ago. The
fatal shot was fired at Hazelwood
park on the evening of July 12,
1905. The persistent work of the
New Bedford police failed to clear
the mystery, which surrounded the
death of Edward D^whurst, Clew
after clew' was taken up and abandoned.
In July, 1908, a few days
after the anniversary of the shooting,
his bride of ten months betrayed
Howard to the police, charging him
with the killing of Dewhurst, Her
story was a sensation.
The betrayal came as the result of
a series of complications in Howard s
life. It appears that on the night
of the shooting thp soldier was
walking through Hazelwood park
with a Miss Grace Strutevant. They
were assaulted by Dewhurst, who
was not known to either. Howard
shut hlni in self-defense and he and
Miss Sturtevant vowed never to tell
the secret. Suspicion was never
directed to them. Then Howi rd
married another woman. He felt it
a duty to keep in touch with his
former sweetheart that she might
not change her mind, as his marriage
was being kept secret. His wife
became jealous. Howard then confessed
the killing to her and gave
this as his reuson for paying attention
to the former sweetheart. I^ater
the wifo came to the conclusion
that the devotion was too real. Then
cntne her confession to the police.
Since the trial the ccouple have been
living apart.
Howard was arretsed, charged
with manslaughter and tried on the
statement of his wife of an alleged
confession. At the hearing Miss
Sturtevant testified she nad been
with Howard on the night of the
shooting. They were walking together
when a man stepped in front
of them and pointed a revolver into
Howard's face. He in turn pulled
his revolver and fired just in time
as the wounded man's revolver exploded
as he fell. She declared Howard
fired in selfe-defense. She said
HBf they did not stop to see how badly
j^F the man was hurt and that her
soldier friend wanted to come into
town and surrender at once but she
insisted that he should not. hTen
they agreed never to tell and the
girl kept her pledge. Howard Is now
serving a term of re'-enrollinent at
Fort Rodman. Mass., and declarer
"Miss Sturtevant is the truest, most
honest and loyal woman he has ever
met..
SIX CHILDREN CREMATED.
Home Hums While Men are at Work
and Women at Theatre.
Six children are dead and two others
are burned so seriously that recovery
is doubtful, at the H. W.
Schultz ranch, between Colfax and
Palouse, Wash., resulting from a fire
that destroyed tne nonic wnanuauay
night. Four of the dead were children
of Schultz.
The other two were children of
W. VV. Fox. a brother-in-law. The
men were away harvesting and thr
mothers were attending a theatrical
performance.
The two eldest Schultz girls attempted
to rescue the children, hut
lost the way to the door and were
forced to drop the babies to make
their own escape.
The cause of the (ire is a mystery.*
TIIIKD OF I JFK.
Well Known Insurance Man Puts ai
Knd to It.
At Louisville, Ky., Alfred 'i. Mini
berly. State Manager of the Rank
era Life Association of Des Moines
and a well-known insurance man wai
found dead in bed at his home Tues
day afternoon. Death was caused
by self inflicted pistol wound according
to Coroners verdict. He left a
note saying he had no trouble of any
kind but was simply tired of living.
Trip to 1>j??I a Year.
The round the world cruise ol
the Atlantic fleet began from Hampton
Roads on December 16, 1907
and the opinion of the naval author!
ties is that the cruise will have lasted
a year when the fleet bellows fortt
its reply to the welcome that wll
( be tendered it by the shipping ant
forts in New York harbor.
lightning Hit Htm on Head.
L \i Durham. N. C., while, loadin:
ing tobacco on Thursday, 19 mile
from there .lightning struck Jess<
Fearrington on the head, tearing i
hole in his hat and glancing to tree
Bp nearby. Though unconscious sever
^ .al hours, he recovered.
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KKSCUE HELPLESS.
Driven B?ck by Flames From En<
tombed Miners.
According to a dispatch from London
a message from Wigin says that
after recovering the bodies of 20
miners, victims of the terrific explosion
in the Wigin mine Tuesday
night the rescuers were driven back
by flames early Wednesday morning.
Ail hope of rescuing any of the 65
men, still remaining alive, has been
abandoned, but the officials of the
mine are making desperate efforts
to quench the flames.
8even of the rescue party were
brought to the surface unconscious.
The scene aroun dthe mouth of thfc
pit is pathetic in the extreme. Half
crazed mothers and wives maintained
all-night vigil, hoping against hope
that their loved ones would come to
the surface alive, but when daylight
came only four of the 80 men who
went to work Tuesday morning had
been rescued alive and they were all
unconscious, but will recover.
The bodies of the 20 dead are so
horribly burned that they cannot be
identified. It is realized that after
the flames are drowned out it will
be many hours before a party can
be again sent into the mine owing to
the gases. The only cause assigned
for the explosion so far, is that a
naked lamp came In contact with a
pocket of gas In one of the workings.
ANOTHER MURDER MYSTERY.
Body of Unknown Man Found iu a
Trunk Near Camden, N. J.
After a day of careful Investigation
the authorities have concluded that
there is small possibility of solving
the mystery surrounding the Identity
and death of the man whose body was
found in an old trunk in a ravine
near Mount Kphran, near Camden,
N. J.f Sunday.
It was at first reported that the
coroner had found that death was
caused by a bullet wound in the
breast, but a careful examination of
the body made by Dr. W. C. Jones,
failed to show any cause of death. It
was found that no bones were broken
and the man had not been shot, and
apparently he had not been strangled.
The most important thing discovered
by the authorities was a note or
memorandum in one of the trouser
pockets of the unknown. This
is being carefuly dried and an effort
will be made to read it under a magnifying
glass.
HAD FATAL FALL.
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Over Five Tlmnsniul People WHnested
the Accident.
At Patterson, N. J., Sonny Briggs,
the motor-cyclist and former amateur
light-weight champion boxer,
was killed In the presence of 5,000
persons at the Clifton stadium
Briggs came here to pace Jimmy
Morau in a twenty-mile motor paced
race.
After making four laps of the saucer
track, Briggs was appearing to
slow up when the machine waboled
and crashed into the grand stand.
Briggs was hurled fifty feet through
the air, landing on the track. His
neck, one arm and leg were broken.
Briggs died before reaching the hospital.
Briggs was 2 8 years old and began
his cycling career with Jimmy
Moran and Dutch Walter. He acted
at pacemaker in this country for
Tlmmy Michaels, the former English
champion cyclist.
SAVED BY CXJHK EE OS.
Policemen's Artificial Limbs Enable
Him to Itescue the Other.
At Pittsburg. Pa.. Harry Plnkeron,
a police alarm oprator, was able
0 save a fellow man's life Tuesday
light because he is a cripple, having
wo artificial legs.
As Pinkerton was walking along
1 street on the North Side he saw
William Wilson writhing in agony at
he end of a trolley line feed wire
arrying i.ouu vniis, mai nan oroaen
from its moorings. Wilson could
not let bo of the dangling wire he
had picked up.
Pinkerton hurried to Wilson,
caught, him around the waist and
ierked him away from the wire
Pinkerton's cork and wooden legs being
non-conductors, the current
could not reach the ground through
his body.
BRYAN RKCKIVK8 TRICK MFLK
Mascot of Democrats For Campaign
Busy on Speeches.
A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb.
says W. J. Bryan received Wednesday
from the Minnesota State Agricultur
. al Society, the long expected tricl
. mule, which is to he the "mascot'
1 >r toe party tnis rail. me jduk
I was taken out to Fairvlew, wnere 1
was given a hearty welcome by th'
candidate and his family.
"I am going to have a caucus o
, the newspaper correspondents to se
lect a name for this mascot of mine.
f declared Bryan, as be led the. anlma
p about a lawn by a halter. "Tbey tel
? me that It is the best trained roul
f In the United States, and we t 11
have to properly name it before th
day is over."
MAKES NEW RECORD.
THE LUSITANIA MAKES THE
BEST RUN YET.
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Rig Canard Turbine r Crosses the At*
Ian tic In Four Dajs, Fifteen Hours
and Twenty-five Minute*.
A dispatch from New York, say
with the best previous record for ft
Trans-Atlantic voyage lowered by
more than three hours, the Cunara
turbine steamship Luisitania arrived
off Sand Hook light ship at 10 o'cTock
Wednesday night, having made the
run across the Atlantic over the
short course in four days, fifteen
hours and twenty-five minutes. The
Lusitania's former record, which
was also the ocean record, was foi.r
days, and eighteen hours and forty
minutes, the steamer by her new
performance lowering her former
mark and the record by three hours c
and fifteen minutes.
The Lusitania's previous best performance
was made laBt November*
when the short course was still in \
use. As the season advanced the
big turbiners, with the rest of th6
great liners, began using the southern,
or long, course, to avoid dang-r y
er from icebergs. Both the Lusltania ^
and her sister ship, the Manretania. f
then began a series of record-break- ^
lng performances over the long route ^
which continued until recently, when
the vessels again sought the short t
course for the fall and winter sea- t
son. r
Tuned up hy her many fast trips t
in spring and summer, the Lusltania
began speeding for a record-break- a
lng run over sea Immediately on y
leaving Queenstown, Sunday morn- j
ing. She passed Daunt's Rock, from R
which her leaving time Is taken, at
11:35 that forenoon, and up to noon
had traveled at the rate of 22.91 {
miles an hour. When fairly out, d
however, she struck up a still smart- c
er pace, and in the next twenty-four g
hours, up to noon on Monday, the
17, had logged the record total of ^
650 knots, seven knots more than
the previous best record for a day's ^
run, made by her on Ju?y 6, last. In
doing this she had made an average ^
speed for the twenty-four hours of
25.66 knots. The run ending at
noon Tuesday was Bllghtly slower,
but still a high rate of speed?631
miles at 25.21 knots an hour.
The Lusltania did not attemnt to
come up the hay. anchoring outside ..
the bar at 10:13 o'clock. * j"
WIL.I, l*OST DRUNKARDS.
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Richmond Polic? Publish Names of
Habitual Inebriates. |
Every saloon in Richmond, Va., 8
is to be supplied by the police depart- 1
nient with a placard bearing the
names of habitual drunkards and '
bearing the warning that the own- a
ers of the names are undeY the banof
the probation officer and must not
be allowed to purchase any intoxicating
drinks. The cards will be plac- ^
ed in conspicuous places on the walls
of the saloons. the names being
written or printed large enough to
be easily read. Clerks in the department
are now preparing the cards,
which will go to the printers next
week. Tllank spaces will be left on
the cards for the names of unfortunates
who may fall from grace after
the original cards have been printed.
R1NU IN BIRD'S NEST,
bimuoiid Circlet Is Found by Wo
nitui While Walking. <
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Miss A una Dodge, of Brooklyn. f
who Is visiting friends in Caldwell,N.
I., while in the woods of that vicinity
with friends, found a diamond
ling valued at $350. .
Her attention was drawn to a bird's
nest at the foot of a tree, and thinking
it had been wantonly thrown to ,
the ground by some small hoy, pick.
ed it up. In the nset was the ring.
It is set with four diamonds of rare
, brilliancy. A jeweler says it Is worth
$350.
The nest was that of a blackbird,
| and it is supposed the bird carried
the ring there.
Funds For Campaign.
1 More than $5,600 has been turned
Into the Democratic national cam;
palgn fund up to date by William J.
Aryan's political paper, as the proceeds
of subscriptions sent In dlrect'
ly to it by individuals, clubs and
newsnaoers. This amount does not
Include any personal contributions
by Mr. Bryan. or receipts from tho
i publication of the paper over and
- above the running expenses, which
( the candidate for president has pro'
mised to give to the national carab
patgn,
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s Murderer Adjudged Insane.
f At Pensacola, Fla. a lunacy comK
mission Wednesday adjudged Clifford
" Touaft insane. Touart is tbe~~man
tl who shot and killed bis wife at BagII
dale. Fla. several weeks ago. Sine#
e the tragedy he has become a ravihf
II maniac. He is a printing pressman
e and a member of a French family
- hero prominent on the Gulf coast.
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LIGHTNING GOKS DOWN CHIMNKY
Hoom1 in Ointer Struck by an Klectrlc
Bolt Thursday.
A dispatch from Chester, says
Mr. T. C. Faley's house on Columbia
Btreet was struck by lightning Thursday
afternoon while an exciting electrical
storm was In progress, and it
Is a wonder that very serious damage
was not done to me building
and contents. As it was a good-six-'
ed hole w as knocked through the
BUtside wall of the building, while
?n the front a clean aperture that
looked as If it might have been made
oy a missle about the size of a base
Ball, is to be seen.
A considerable quantity of plastsring
was torn from the ceiling in
>ne of the front rooms, and pictures
ind ornaments on the mantel were
hrown far and wide, and some of
hem broken and otherwise damaged.
The bolt seems to have struck
>ne of the chimneys of the house
tnd divided, a s part passing down
he chimney on the outside, while
he rest of the bolt went down the
:himney. *
EARTH IN CALIFORNIA.
? alls Cracked and Crockery Broken
by Two Shocks.
Three sharp earthquake shocks,
rhlch knocked down more than a
mndred chimneys, shattered about
orty plate glass windows in the '
lusineas portion of Eureka, Cal.,
iroke much crockery in the houses
nd sent many people scurrying from ,
heir beds Into the streets, occurred
here early Tuesday. The damage
eported so far is estimated at beween
$2,000 and $3,000.
The first and sharpest shock came
t 2:58 a. m. It was almost as seere
as the one felt there on April 1
8. 1905. At 3.06 another slighter 1
hock was experienced, followed by
third at 5:30 o'clock.
The first shock caused practically
ill the damage. Besides shaking 1
own many chimneys and breaking
rockery, the trembler caused the
ixteen-foot statue of Minerva, on
he Court House grounds, to drop
er heavy staff.
HOP LIFTER HANGS HWWRM.V
"oung Woman Commits Suicide <u
New York Police Station.
Possibly acting on the suggestion
ontained In a magazine story which
he had Just read, a young woman
waiting trial on a charge of shopIfting
committed suicide in her cell
n the Jefferson Market prison New
fork Friday night by hanging herelf
to the transom of the door with
l rope taken from the prison cot.
The name given by the woman at
he time of her arrest was Marion
>esmond, but it is believed this is
ssumed. Another theory advanced
n explanation of the woman's act
s that it was brought about through
ear of her Identity being discovered
it the trial. *
CLINTON MAN MISSING.
Fohn Causley Leaves His Wife on
Train at Laurens and Disappears.
The police of Spartanburg and
Laurens are searching for John
"iAItslOV Vhn itlcDnnnnrail l? *
'IIS Thursday while enroute to
.ranite Falls, N. C., with his wife.
Vtr. and Mrs. Causley loft Clinton
rhursday morning and changed cars
tt Laurens. Causley left the train,
tayini; he wanted to step up-town,
put he never returned. Mrs. Causey
came on to Spartanburg and appealed
to the police there to aid her
n searching for her husband. The
Spartanburg officials have been in
communication with the police of
Laurens, but no trace of the missing
man has been found. *
ficorgia's Convict Inquiry Ends.
Inquiry into the convict lease system
of Georgia ended Wednesday.
The legislative committee, which has
been operating the probe, is now engaged
in making up its report, which
will be submitted to a special session
of the Legislature called by
Governor Smith to assemble on
August 25. *
Seventy-Six Miners Perished.
A dispatch from Wigan, England,
says It is now known that 7fi miners
oerished in the explosion and the
fire that followed It in the Maypole
mine. Finding that it would he 1m
A ^ ? __ 4U^ J1 An otlll
possinie to rerovtr nit* uuuicd aim
In the pit, the fire having taken
such a firm hold, the directors decided
to flood the mine.
Ten Reported Killed.
At Grafton. W. Va., Ten persons
are reported to have been killed and
many others Injured Wednesday
when a passenger train on the Pennshoro
and Harrisville Railroad, bearing
excursionists from the Richie
County Fair, one mile from Pennsboro,
broke down. *
Killed in Runaway at Pickens.
Pickens was saddened Wednesday
errening by the death of J. R.
Harris. He was out driving and his
horse ran against a telephone post,
throwing him out. and breaking his
neck.He died suddenly.He was an efficient
clerk for Heath. Bruce. Morrow
& Co and vyas twenty-three years old
His home was in Charlotte, to which
place was hia body shipped.
KILLED HIS FATHER.
A FOUL TRAGEDY NEAR EVTAW
YILLK.
Mr. Harry Clark, Agi'd Stxty*Scve?
Slain and His Body Concealed In i
TUIcket by his Son.
A letter from Butawvllle to The
News and Courier, under date ol
August 15, says that community was
very much shocked Friday afternoon
upon hearing of the horrible
death of Mr. Calvin W. Clark. Mr.
Clark was missed by his relatives
and friends on Thursday morning,
but little was thought of this until
Friday morning, when a little negro
uu) imormea the eldest of Mr.
Clark's sons, Newton Clark, that he
had accompanied Jeff Clark, the
youngest son. with the body of Mr.
C. W. Clark in a wagon to a thicket
on a nearby plantation, called Brush
Pond.
Newton Clark then informed Mr.
W. B. Stroman, the man to whom he
was hired, what the little negro boy
had told him. Mr. Stroman came at
once to Eutawville and notified the
proper authorities. A party was at
once organized and a search cotnmencd.
This little negro boy. without
hesitation, carried the party to
a thick clump of bushes and told
them that they would find the l>ody
in this thicket. When the party entered
the thicket they saw what apparently
was a pile of straw.but upon
a removal of the upper layer an
odor was detected, and upon further
removal of the straw the body was
found, with the face so badly mutilated
that the person was scarcely recognizable.
Suspicion, of course, rested upon
the youngest son. Jeff Clark, and he
was brought to the scene immediately,
but he said that he knew
nothing at all about the affair. The
house where the father and the son
were living together was then
searched. and blood stains were
found upon the "set" dining table,
and on the floor under the table.
Upon further investigation and inquiry,
it was found that JefT Clark
had gone to his brother, Newton
Clark) early Wednesday morning,
and tried to borrow his pistol. This
Newton Clark refused to give him.
and he went to a store nearby and
bought a can of concentrated lye,
and then returned to his father's
hnuso
Jeff Clark prepared breakfast for
his father as usual, and when Mr.
Clark had begun to drink his coffee
he stopped suddenly, and said:
"There's something wrong with tnis
coffee, for it is barely warm and my
mouth has begun to blister already."
JefT Clark left the house then very
hurriedly, but returned during the
day finding his father still alive.
Therefore, it was concluded that the
fatal shot or shots were fired on the
following morning.
Jeff Clark was removed from the
town jail Friday night, and carried
on the Coast Line train to Elloree
for safe keeping, as there was some
fear of lynching. Later he was taken
to Monck's Corner, and put in
Jail, along with his mother, who is
thought to know more of the murder
than she Is willing to tell.
Mr. A W. Clark was about fi7
years of age, and lived on the place
of Mr. VV. R. Rantzler. Jeff Clark is
about 21 years of age. and there has
been apparently no ill feeling between
him and his father. Jeff Clark the
miirdhrnr ic u Itrifrht mnlntfn hiw
mother Ik a negress, and Clark, the
aged victim, was a white man.
It was reported by Special Constable
B. Press Winter, who carried
the Clark woman to the Monck's
Corner Jail, that a determined effort
was made near Eutawvllle tc
lynch Jeff Clark, the crowd even going
to the length of putting a rope
around the accused man's neck. Mr
Winter also says that on the waj
over to Monck's Corner from Eutaw
ville the woman told him enough ol
the crime to indicate that young
Clark Is the murderer of his father
An effort will be made to secure bai
for the woman, but It is not hough
that young Clark would bo wiling t<
leave the safety of the county jai
to face probable vilence outside
even if ball would be granted.
WRECKED BY DYNAMITE
Home of Mine Ross Dynamited hi
Strikers.
At Birmingham, Ala., the honn
of homas Dugan, a mine boss of tti<
Tennessee Coal and Iron company
at Pratt City, was dynamited a
10:45 Wednesday morning. Th
explosion practically demolished th
front portion of the house. Two o
Dngan's daughters were renderei
unconscious, hut are not seriousl
hurt. The other members of th
family escaped unhurt.
About 1 o'clock dynamite wa
thrown on the porch of Andy Pavb
a negro non-union miner, but th
occupants were not injured.
Walker Finalay and A. J. Jonei
negro strike miners, were arreste
charged with the outrage. For
time it was feared a lynching woul
result, but the deputies dispatche
I from Birmingham succeeded i
i bringing the accused men safely t
the Jefferson county Jail.
WILL MAKE APPEAL.
To Newspapers to liaise Money I
Campaign Fund.
A dispatch from Chicago sa
every Democratic and independe
newspapers throughout th Uulti
States will be appealed to by the D
i mocratic national committee to a:
subscriptions for the Democrat
' campaign fund in their newspapei
This plan, which was made knov
by Col. Moses C. Wetmore, chalrim
of the finance committee, is distln
f from the effort already inauguratt
5 by the national committee to obta
money through financial represent
tives under the direction of the n
tional committeeman in each of.tt
States of the country. Col. We
i more said:
"We are going to get the mom
to run this campaign, make no mi
take about that. Th eHepublicar
know where to got theirs, no mnt**
wnat contributions they may ha\
to turn back to comply with the lav
Every source that we can find wi
be tapped and the results of our e
forts so far are fairly encouragini
make appeals to editors of all Dt
mocratic and independent newspapei
to start subscription lists and t
every contributor the national con
mittee will send an aeknowledgiuet
as a souvenir of the campaign. Th
appeal is signed by Chairman Macl
Gov. Haskell, treasurer of the con
mittee, and myself."
TWO KILLED 11Y EXPLOSION.
Saw Mill Engine Boiler Bursts i
North Carolina,
Two men lost their lives and tw
others were fatally Injured by th
explosion of the Boston boiler a
William Heid's saw mill, near Drr
co. Caldwell County, N. C., Sunda
morning at 11 o'cclok.
The dead are:
Henry Gilbert, aged !>0.
Fred Jackson, aged 21.
The fatally njured:
Mm. Held, owner of the mill.
Hugh Heid, his son.
The dead and injured ar ewhit
and were working at the mill whe
the explosion occurred. It is sai
that Gilbert, who was engineer c
the plant had the safety valve dow
and high pressure on the bollr cans
ed the explosion. The boiler wa
thrown fifty yards, and the plant ws
wrecked by the force of the exph
sion. Gilbert and Jackson wet
horribly mangld. Heid and his so
in addition to receiving terribl
wounds from the flying wreckag
were badly scalded, and neither wi
live. Heid is a well-to-do citizen an
lives sixteen miles from Taylorsvilh
on the Southern Railroad.
PEAKED It.X.NKS; IICKIED MONK
Arkansas Man's Decayed Fortui
Saved for Him by Woman.
A dispatch from Washingtoi
says of $ 10,000 in decayed greet
hacks sent to the treasury depar
ment for redemption by O. I). Knt
of Morrillon, Ark. all but 2f? hat
been Identified and a check for $9
97.r> was mailed to Mr. Early Frlda
Fearing the banks were ansa
Mr. Earl buried his savings in s
old pail in 1904. Recently he dt
up his treasury only to find that tl
bills were so decayed that he con
not discern meir numbers. A
i that was left of the roll was a bum
t of paper resembling a package >
i dried leaves, with here and there tl
i torn end of a note displaying a ii
i ure. Mrs A. E. Brown, the bur
! money expert of the redemption dii
sion, was given custody of the u
recognizable mass when Mr. En
1 forwarded what was left of his fo
i tune to the treasury departmer
After much tedious work she h
' succceeded in identifying most of tl
money.
rattler in <;nti/s bed.
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Timely Discovery by Her Ilrotli
? Saved Her Life.
I Miss Mildred Crawford, a beau
t ful 16-year-old girl living near Stan
> ton. Va.. had the novel and soni
1 what thrilling experience of slee
ing with an imense rattlesnake
night or two ago.
Her brother entered her room a
found a three-foot rattler colled
the bed hv the side of the you
lady, but soon succeeded in rescui
* his sister from the dangerous pi
dicament without disturbing the ri
tier, and now the girl wears t
B snake skin around Her waist as
p belt.
f chafin notifikd.
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p Mode a Short Sj?ecch Saying Tl
i He Would Accept.
^ A dispatch from Chicago, says
meeting at which Eugene W. Chafir
s Chicago was formerly notified of
i, nomination as the prohibition can
e date for president was held Tuest!
evening. The notification addr
u. was made by the secretary of I
d temperance committee of tho Pros
a ferlan church of America. Kollr
d ing the notification. Chafln deiivei
d his speech of acceptance, in wh
n he outlined the policies for wh
o prohibitionists will make the ca
palgn.
ORDER RESTORED.
or _
SPRINGFIELD CITIZENS TO OOMys
RAT MOB ELEMENT,
nt
ed
e^
First Troops Sent Away?Law and
lc Order IIcIuk Gradually Restored?
'3,n
City I'nder Strict Surveillance.
in With a special grand Jury voting
ct true hills against men who particlipated
in the rioting at Springfield,
n 111., on last Friday and Sauraay
a" nights, with the coroner holding inH"
quests over the victims and colleet^
ine " ?1 ~ *
u mi in si tue rioters for
^"Ithe grand jury and with the strict
Ienforcement of law and order in all
y I parts of the city the first troops havo
8" I been sent away.
181 The First regiment left at ten
?r I o'clock Wednesday morning for
e I Chicago.
v l Coroner Woodruff continues tak"
I ing evidence at the inquest over
1 Scott llrown, the first negro lynched.
^ 1 The doors of the inquest room nro
1 kept locked and newspaper men are
s I excluded.
?l The funeral of William H. Donejjlgan.
the eightv-year-old negro, who
I was lynched by the mob on Saturday
' I night, was held from St. John's hos^
1 pital Wednesday morning. Not more
I than a dozen persons attended the
Iservice, as all of the victims of the
I family are in Chicago, where they
I (led the night of the lynching.
I Now that CJeorge Richardson, tho
I negro, has been indicted for attackling
Mrs. Earl Hallam, the state's attorney
declares he will make every
? I effort to try him at once. The negro
el members of tfie Springfield Are dcit
I partment have been discharged by
I Mayor Reece "for the good of tho
I service."
N I There has been severe friction in
II he fire stations ever since the riot
I of Friday night and the mayor
I'bought it best to rid the departI
ment of negroes and avoid trouble
I imong the firemen. The negroes
I<ay they are glad to get out of the
I service, as they realize that their
? 1 association with the white members
n, of the department Is Impossible.
I Many persons are being held by
'n|the lHilice for partlclnnMm. '?
-t *? 111 rt
{ I riots. According to the police, lngldlctments
will be returned against
s I each one.
j. I Two hundred men, womeu and
,e I children slept In the state arsenal
n I Tuesday night, guarded by troops.
le I While there was no disturbance of
e I my kind in any $u?rt of the city
III these people have not yet recovered
d I from their fright of Friday and SatB
lurday nights and are afraid to remain
I at their own homes during the night.
I VII left the arsenal early Wednesday
^ I ind returned to their homes.
,J FOHEST FIltK SI'KKADINU.
I Kate of Scattered Handlers Is t'n?
I known.
u-1
Forest fires on Vancouver Island
I I are extending In every direction, and
;e|ihe latest reports Indicate that the
)t. I settlements are threatened. In
y I Kogsilah district, 20 square miles
fr I are ablaze.
in I The fate of the scattered ranchers
ip lis unknown. The flames are adwjvancing
on Goldstream and 150 inld
I habitants are back-firing to save the
dl Milage. Several lumber camps have
?h I been wiped out.
of I Telegraph and telephone messages
ieIstate that the eastern side of Howg-len
island Is a mass of fire . In one
nt I settlement 80 souls were scattered
rl-J about the section which has been
n-1 swept by the flames, but it is ini
irl possible to ascertain their fate.
r
it. IllOW FliOM BOTTLK FATAL,
as
tie Two Anderson Xcrtocs Quarrel and
#
n Killing Results.
A peculiar homicide occurred at
Anderson Friday when Floyd Tuck r
was killed by Harvey Thompson,
both colored. Thompson was employed
at the plant of the Anderson
fee Company. Tucker visited the
'plant to Ret a load of ice. The two
n' became enRHRed in a controversy
ie" because one of the blocks of ice they
!P* were loadiiiR tell on Tucker's foot.
a Tucker cursed Thompson severely,
so it was said at the coroner's inn<l
quest, whereupon Thompson cllnch011
ed him. They were separated, but
nk roI toRether a few minutes later.
nK Tucker had an iron rod in his hands
re" and dealt Thompson two or three
'*** blows. Thompson had a coca-cola
l?ottle in his hand and rapped Tucka
er over the head three times, the
intra striae snanerinK inc nmiic m
pieces. Tucker arose from the
ground where he was knocked l>y
Thompson and got In his wagon to
,H drive off Soon after getting in the
wagon he became unconscious and
was hurried to a drug store for ata
tention. He dfed two hours later
lof without regaining consciousness,
hi? Thompson is in the county jail. *
di
lay Aged Lady Commits Suicide.
ess Mrs. Peter Phillips. 60 years old.
(he the wife of a prominent, farmer at
hy- Hanson. Fla.. committed suicide
>w- Tuesday at Madison. ?'la. The daughred
ter awoke at three o'clock that
ich morning, and found her mother miHich
sing from the room. Mtb. Phillips
im- was found in a well, with her neck
broken.