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HE WAS A NOBLE MAN
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He Was Offered Pardon on Condition
That He Incriminate President
l>avis With Cruel Treatment
of Prisoners at Andersonville During
the War, but He Scorned It.
The unveiling of the monument to
Major Henry Wirz, C. S. A., at Andersonville,
Georgia, which took
place yesterday^^^J^ event that
will over the
was unceremonies,
the
B^fDEH^Ters of the Confederacy, and
|?H|^W?rgely through the suggestion of
Mrs. A. B. Hull when she was at the
head of that organization.
At one time the Daughters decided
to place the monument at Richmond
hut this idea was abandoned
this spring at a meeting held in Atlanta
and it was decided then to put
it at Audersonvllle, where Major
Wlrz saw his most active duty as
com.nandunt of the prison during
the civil war.
The inscription on the monument
was selected with great care so "as
not to give offense to any section of
the country and at the same time
to show the sympathy and love thi
Southern women held for one looked
upon in the South as a martyr. The
inscriptions are given up largely to
a recital of historical facts.
The exercises of the unveiling
took place at ten o'clock yesterday,
ltev. P. H. McMahon, a Catholic
prirst, delivered the invocation and
pronounced the benediction. Addresses
were delivered by Dr. Charleston
Olmstead, of Atlanta, and
Pleasant A. Stovall, editor of the
Savannah Press." A feature of the
exercises was the unveiling of the
monuiiunt by Mrs. Perln, of
Natchez, Mississippi, a daughter of
Major Wlrz.
The singing of "Maryland, My
Maryland," and "Dixie," by a large
chorus, the firing of a military salute
by the Americas military and th<>
sounding of taps concluded the ceremony,
which whs attended by a
large number of people from different
sections of Georgia.
The monument is a tall shaft of
grey and white, thirty-five fe,lt in
height, in design simple, slender and
systematical, the general design being
that of a monolith. The long
shaft stands on a base formed by
four square slabs of stone, which are
superimposed in the form of a pyramid.
Just above this base the
otherwise unbroken outline of the
shaft is intersected by two heavy
blocks of stone, below which on the
four sides of the monument are carved
the fol'ow'ng inscription:
(North Side)
"When time phnll ha-vi softer.*...
passion and prejudice, when reason
shall have stripped the mask from
misrepresentation, then justice, holding
evenly her scales, will require
milch of past censures and praise to
change places."
"Jefferson Davis, December,
1888."
(South Side)
"Discharging his duty with such
humanity as the harsh circumstances
of the times, and the policy of the
foe permitted. Captain Wlrz become
at last the victim of a misdirected
"popular clamor. He was arrested in
ine xime or peace, wnue under tlie
protection of a parole, tried by a
military commlsalon of a service to
which he did not belong, and condemned
to ignominous death on
charges of excessive cruelty to Federal
prisoners. He Indignantly
spurned a pardon proffered on condition
that he would incriminate
President Davis and thus exonerate
himself from charges of which both
were Innocent."
(East Side)
In memory of Captain Henry
Wirz, C. S. A. Horn Zurich, Switzerland,
1822, sentenced to death and
executed at Washington, D. C., November
10, 18(15. To rescue his
name from the stigma attached to It
by embittered prejudice this Bhaft Is
erected by the Georgia Division,
United Daughters of the Confederacy."
(West Side)
"It Is hnrd on our men held In
Southern prison not to exchange
them, but It Is humanity to those
loft in the ranks to flght our battles.
At this particular time to release all
rebel prisoners would insure Sherman's
defeat and would compromise
our safety here.
"TTlvoono a Prnnf A ? < ?*.? 1 O
i ??onvn u? vri ?uv, nu^uni, 1 o,
1 Sf>4."
KILLS POrit MEN.
Mixing Room at Kansas Powder Mill
Blows lTp.
The room of the LflAin and Rand 1
Powder Mills at Turck Station, near
Columbufi, Kansas, was blown up
a few days ago, killing four men. '
Immediately after the explosion the "
factory took Are and burned for two
hours. One hundred employes of the T
plant Anally extinguished the blaze,
all the while being in great danger
from the large quantities of explosives
stored In the building. Th*1
loss is $75,000. This is the fourth S
time the mixing room in this factory .5
has blown up. The first explosion *
killed three, the second two and the h
third five men. h
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l MAN EN ROUTE TO ASYLUM 1
CUTS HIS THROAT.
Sorrowed a Knife Prom a Passenger
on the Train and Tried to Kill \
Himself.
Obtaining a knife from one of the ^
paspeugerB on the Augusta train,
within two miles of Columbia, at
Congaree river crossing, Emanuel
Bolen, who was being carried to the
Insane Asylum, slashed his own
throat and, after an operation that
laBted forty-five minutes, now lies
dangerously ill at the hospital. Bol-,
en is from North Augusta and was
under guard of a special deputy at
the time of the attempted suicide.
The guard stated that everything
went well with him and the prisoner,
who was manacled, until the train
was crossing the Congaree Bridge.
At this point, just outside of Columbia,
Bolen spoke to one of the
passengers, who did not notice that
the man was a prisoner. A knife
was handed Bolen and the nexl thing
the guard knew Bolen had made a
vicious attempt to end hiB own life."
The jugular vein was.touched and
Bolen was Just saved from daath.
After being taken to the Hospital
the wound was stitched and the
chances are that Bolen will recover
unit ss blood poisoning should set in
Tne doctors state that the knife may
have been rusty, and in that event
the wound might prove fatal. Bol?
a is a middleagcd white man. *
From those on the train a graphic
story is toid of the struggle betwee#
the guard and the insane man. The
passengers thought the man was trying
to cut the guard and several of
them attempted to leave the coach,J
laving been called on by the guard^
E. K. Mitchel, a young college man^
who was on the train, assisted in
iaking the knife from Bolen. It ia^
said that Bolen borrowed the knlf \
about twenty m'lles from Columbia^
and waited until within two miles
of Columbia to cut himself. When
the knife was taken from him Bolen
said, "Let me finish it; I want to
lie."
INCOME TAX IN ENGLAND.
Static-inn Makes un Interesting Report.
A report which constitutes an important
contribution to current discussion
of the proposed income tax
s made to the bureau of manufacures
of the department of commerce
iud lal>or by Charles M. Pepper, the
iimini wno nas oeen investi- j
gating fiscal affairs In Europe. Mr 1
Pepper says that for the fiscal year j
ending March 31, 1909, the revenue j
from the Income tax In Great Brit- '
In was $165,000,000. This tax in
T908 was the greatest single source
.of revenue, exceeding the excise imoostB
by $1,500,000 and the customs
receipts by $23,000,000.
Income under $800 are exempt
from the tax and graduated abate
nents are allowed on income between
$800 and $2,500. The lowest rate
in the last half century has been a
"ruction over on" cent on the dollar
Since 1896 the highest rate has been
about 30 cents to the five dollars
in 1907 the yield was $159,000,000.
is against $90,000,000 in 1899. {
Every year reveias incomes previously
covered up.
Mr. Pepper shows that the principal
source of the tax comes under
the group of businesses and professions
and particular properties, such
is railways, canals and mines and
"oreign and colonial securities. The
next leading source of revenue is
from profits from the ownership of
houses and lands.
AFRAID OF BEING SEIZED
Woman Worried l>y Stories of the
Whilo Slaves.
Stories of the 'white salve" traffic
in N* w York had such a deep impresrion
on Miss Wanda Vera Helnmann
that when the steamship Duca Degli
-Vhruzzi, from Naples, arrived in New
York she refused to come ashore un il
she was assured that she was perfectly
safe. ..
MIfh Helnmann, who is twenty*wo
years old and remarkably pret p.
was born In Egypt of German and
'talian parents and has lived most
if her lif? In Italy. She has come
o America to visit relatives in New
York nnd Louisville.
She said she was told to look ouC
for herself as young women were
elzed in the streets of New York and
old an slaves.
Ol'TRAGKI) AND STRANGLED.
Woman Meets Horrible Fate a^ Providence,
R. I.
The terrib " battered body of Mis
'.aura E. Register, a Cranston woman,
was found In the ntd TlnWren/
cemetery, in Reservoir avenue, Providence.
R. I., Tuesday, and marks
the neck indicate that the woman
had been strangled. Mrs. Register
was 3 2 years old and had been divorced
from her husband. The last
inie she is known to have been seen
ilive was on an electric car Tuesday
light. The Investigation of the medcal
examiner showed that the wonan
had been criminally assaulted.
V negro, who said his name was
Monzo Williams, 25 years of age, j
vas brought from Pawtucket and i
ocked up on suspicion. i
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Steamer Went Down. <
Advices received say the steamer c
Ihores, six days overdue at Dulnth, f
flnn., went down o: White Fish 1
linn., went down on White Fish s
oard. Crew and pasengers num- e
ered twenty-one. ^ c
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knd Twenty rnw Pwtsh In
I ThVOhlo River
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WAS OVER CROWDED
ItoAt Intended for Not Over Twenty,
But Into Which Thirty Employe*
of the Pressed Steel Car Company,
of Pittsburg, Had Crowded, Sink*
\yiid Stream.
Twenty persons are missing and
all of them are believed to have been
drowned when a gasoline launch
sank in the middle of the Ohio river
rear Schoenville, Pa., Tuesday
night.. Of the thirty occupants of
the boat only ten are known to
have escaped. The missing are:
Albert Graham. pilot and part
owner of the boat; George Thompson,
formerly of Altoona, Pa.;
"Boots" O'Neal, James Connor, Walter
Low. Thomas Kennedy, Wm.
Guthrie, Henry Vogell, Dennle Murphy,
Tony Bole, Ruskey and
nine others, whose names have not
been learned.
All the men were employes of the
Pressed Steel Car Company at the
MeKee's Rocks plant. The boat Is
said to have been Intended for not
over twenty persons, and It Is said
It wu dangerous to attempt to carry
as many as twenty-five in it. But all
the J&en wanted to get a cross the
liver on the first trip of the boat
and thirty crowded In.
As the men started out In the boat
cm? of them Is said to have remarked
that It seemed to him to be overcrowed
and he feared It was not
safe to attempt the trip In It. Albert
(fraham. the pilot, and one of
t^Ifaittpkho 1b missing, is said to have
replied that it was safe enough all
right, as he had had twenty-seven
permnla In it last night. No more
-ww^Kwd about the load, hut when
the boat reached the middle of the
stream. where the water is perhaps
twenty feet deep, the boat suddfefciank.
- W was no explosion, no leak
was Iflpfting. but the boat simply sank
IteuetU) the weight it had been bearing
anq went to the bottom. As It
sank it caused a suction which took
manjr of the men down with It.
Others attempted to swim ashore,
hut were chilled by the cold water
and became exhausted before reaching
the shore. Two of tho men who
saved themselves were brothers o?
Henry Volgell, who was drowned.
NEqKO SHOOTS FARMER.
I'^A. Jordan Was Very Danger
ously Wounde<l.
Mr. Baln-ey A. Jordan, a promi'ingt
-fuwipor, was shot and it Is
feared mortally wounded, at 10
VeMH Tuesday morning by Peter
Coates, JtEnegro. The shooting oc urred
on the plantation of Mr. Jake
11 a*dy,.tor? miles south of Johnston,
a pistol bs!:ig the weapon used, thp
tall entering the breast and passing
hrough the lungs.
Frowjfcle facts obtainable it
"00* that Mr. Jordan bad 111 his
mployment a son of Coats, and he
w nt to latter's house In quest
if tie boy. who had run away.
While there an altercation arose be wee*
Mr. Jordan and the negro, resulting
In Coates drawing his pistol
and upon Mr. Jordan, inflicting
In auprohability a d ath wound.
The news of the shooting spread
like wildfire, and very soon the citizens
of the community had gathered
for the purpose of capturing the
negro, who had fled. Sheriff Ouzts
went immediately to the scene, and
Sheriff Coolev. of Dexingston, with
bloodhounds was wired for, and they
ire ifTiw in pursuit of the culprit.
I hater news gives some nope of Mr.
Jordan's life.
DEATH OF A GREAT WRITER.
Mrs. Evans Wilson, Southern Novelist,
is Dead.
Mrs. Augusta Evans-Wilson, the
well known ^southern authoress, died
at her home Jn Molille Sunday morning
at 6* o'clock from an attack of
heart failure.
Mrsi Evans-Wilson was a native of
Columbus, Qa.. and was 74 years
>f age.f For the past year she has
been in retirement at her beautiful
suburban bome.lf'Ashland."
She was#ths daughter of Matt Ryan
and Sarah Howard Evans. She
began her literary career early In
life, and contiuued her writings until
a year ago. When her last book,
"Devota," was Issued from the press,
in l? *r 1868, she was married
to Col. L. M. Wilson, a prominent
Citizen of Mnhllo " ?- *? -*
.. IQ, mm Liicir neaunful
Buburban home was a literary
and social centre from that day till
his death in October. 1891.
Among her writings are Ruch well
known books as "Inez," "St. Elmo,"
"Reulah," "At the Mercy of Tiberius,"
"The Speckled Bird."
Bit AVE MAN DROWNS.
Saved One R* and Was Trying to
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Save Another.
At Jackson, Miss., A. C. Anderson,
aged twenty-two, a divinity student
it Mlllsape College, and Willie Boyd,
iged twelve years, from the Methodst
Orphanage, were drowned In the
Country Club lake, Ave miles east
>f Jackson on Saturday. The two
imall boya upset a boat In deep
inter. Anderson saved one. and
warn back for the other. He became
ixhausted and sank with the boy
linglng about his neck.
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WHY SPAIN IB BEHIND THB OTHI
BR GHRAT NATIONS.
She AHbws Only Roman Catholics
to Use Symbols of Religion in Her
Borders.
The restriction under which non- _
Roman Catholic religious denominations
must worship in Spain has been
made the subject of an Investigation
by the State Department. The report
of former Minister Collier in 1906
was made.public a few days ago.
By authority of the constitutional
provision that no other .ceremonies
nor manifestations of religious wor
snip shall be permitted In public ]
execpt those of the Catholic religion. t
a croas or other emblem or religion
Is never permitted to be erected up- 1
on a Protestant edifice, Bald Mr. Collier.
*t
He stated that within the last few ,
years when a cross was erected upon
a church at Barcelona, the King
himself wrote a letter which resulted '
In the cross being removed.. I
Generally the door of a Protestant
church Is permitted to open upon .
the public street, reported Mr. Collier,
although It is not allowed dur- 1
Ing service, to remoin open so as 1
to attract attention to the worship.
Distinctly eccleastlcal architect- 1
ure calculated to proclaim the build- '
lng as a seat of a form of worship ]
Is not allowed, or at least the Prot- i
estant have refrained from such
form of architecture, he added.
The minister Bays that there was
more toleration shown toward Protestant
worship at the date when he
reported than there had been fifteen
or twenty years before.
Married In Water.
At a baptizing on a small creek
near Sailor Springs, 111.. Pearl
Johnson and Miss Nora Murray were
baptized, and Immediately afterward,
while standing In water waist
deep, were united In marriage.
SOCIALIST SCORES CARNEGIE.
(Joints Iron King Works His Men
12 Honrs a Day.
Speaking from the same pulpit In
which he praised John D. Rockefeller
last Sunday, Alexander Irvine, a Socialist
and lay pracher, bitterly attacked
Andrew Carnegie in a sermon
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mi me v^nurcn or me Ascension in
New York Sunday night. The address
was principally In the form of
an answer to what Mr. Irvine styled
Mr. Carnegie's criticism of Socialism
in one of the iron master's books
"Mr. Carnegie.' said the speaker,
"scatters libraries broadcast for the
working men, but works his laborers
twelve hours a day so that they
won't have time to read the books.
"There are 17,000 men In the Carnegie
plants, yet only 120 work eight
hours a day. The rest work twelve
hours a day and seven days a week.
"Mr. Carnegie, at a dinner of forty-five
of his associates, dwelt on
the fact all but two or then^ had
been workmen in the steel plants,
and the entire forty-five were now
millionaires as the. result of their
steel holdings.
"This he advanced as an argument
in favor of the present condition
of things. We do not want a
few big men at that awful cost; the
cost is too dear. What we want is
a general uplift of workmen."
LYNCHED IN FLORIDA.
Mob Wreaked Vengeance on a Negro
Fiend.
Mrs. John Deas. wife of a well
known farmer, residing at Camden
fifteen miles from Jacksonville, Fla.,
was criminally assaulted early Sunday
night by an unknown negro, who
was later captured by a mob of citizens
and lynched. Mrs. Deas was
driving her cows home in the afternoon
when the negro sprang upon
her. forced her to the ground and
accomplished his fiendish purpose.
Mrs. Deas' screams attracted the
attention of her son, who came to
her rescue, but the negro bad made
his escape from the scene. The sheriff,
in Jacksonville, was notified, but
when he reached the scene the mob
had captured the negro. Mrs. Deas
has identified him and his throat
had been cut from ear to ear, and
his body riddled with bullets. The
sherifT could gain no Information as ,
to the identity of the mob and no
one seems to know the negro, claiming
that he was a stranger in those
parts. The body was carried to Jacksonville.
THEY NEVER FORGET.
An Italian Carrk* a Grudge for
Ten Years.
Because Antonio Crizenton, a
policeman, arrested Affgelo Calvenin- 1
ni in Italy ten years ago he was stab- f
bed twenty-six times early Monday f
In East 104th street, New York. At '
the time of the arrest Calvelnni vow
ed vengeance and they met for the
j first time Monday.
When a policeman arrived Crlzento
wr.s lying on his back on the
sidewalk with his old enemy sitting'
on his chest and jabbing the blade
of a pen-knife Into his face and body, t
Although terribly lacerated, the h
hospital doctors say Crlzento may net ri
die because the blade of the knile a
was short. p
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Made Many Speeches. 2
James M. Martlne, the "farmer '
ortator," of New Jersey, and bosom
friend of William Jennings Bryan,
ir. looking over his diary the other
day discovered that he had made
4,105 speeches for his political prin- H
clples, which, he says, are his rellg- M
Ion. Mr. Martlne has been thirteen
times a candidate for office. tl
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(tuts Statement In Referen e (
To Tlie Kidnapping
OF WILLIE WHITLA
loyle Bays Harry Forker, (he Brother
of Mrs. Whltla, Suggested and
Planned the Kidnapping of Hif
Sister's Little Boy, For the R>
turn of Certain Letters.
Before he was taken from Mercer. '
?a.t to the Penitentiary at PlttJ>urg
Monday, James oBvle eave olt
i statement In part as follows:
"On the morning of ? betwec i
;he hours of ?, Dau Reeble, Ji,
was found dead on the sidewalk 1 1
front of the Mauser block, East Fe iral
street, Youngstown, and ov r 1
.he prostrate form was Mr. Hari r
Porker, of Sharan, Pa., holding i
his right hand a package of letteB
that was gathered from the sidewak
near the dead body of Mr. Keeblj. 1
"As he was about to depart froi
the vicinity he was intercepted ti
the writer and a man who has sinq
passed to his reward, Mr. Dan Shai
a saloon keeper of Oak stree
Youngstown, Ohio.
"In Mr. Porker's hurry to leave tl^
scene, he failed to find two envelope i
that contained Forker letters. Th'
same were picked up by Mr. Shay.
"The writer nnd Mr. Shay examiz
cd and read the contents of sann
which proved beyond a doubt tb
presence of Mr. Forker there at th
time.
"The letters were written by a lidy,
two from a party in New Yor,
State and the others from Cleveland
Ohio."
Boyle then proceeded to set fort{
that he demanded and secured mono
from Forker, under threat of dil
closing the secrets contained in th
letters. He secured, he sets forth
various sums and finally demandei
?5,000. Forker, he says, professe*
inability to secure the money for him
but suggested the kidnapping c
"Little Willie Whitla."
The statement embraces the fo
lowing letter, "Bailey" being the ai
sumed name Boyle employed.
"Friend Bailey: You know tht
the circumstances and the promh
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. wiuv, wueu you leti nere, but f
you are really desperately In need < f
money, as you profess to be, 1 w >1
outline a little plan, which, with yoir
co-operation, can be very successfulv
carried out, viz: The abduction pf
J. P. Whitla's son. I can arrange jo
have the boy brought to Warrai,
Ohio,-due there at 11:18, with (scort."
(There is no signautre to tne
letter.)
Resuming, Boyle sets forth the plleged
manner of the kidnapping, s4viug
a "party" brought the boy to him
at Warren, Ohio, whence he went to
Niles, Ohio, to Ashtabula, and t|en
to Cleveland. *11 e continues:
"On March 22, 1 received a letter
from Mr. Forker stating that soine
one had Informed Mr. Whitla that
they had recognized his boy on Match
18, in Niles, Ohio, and that Jatpes
Boyle, of Sharon, was with him, also
that Mr. Whitla was afraid to divulge
the information for fear the
boy might come to some harm, and
telling me to be careful and be on
the alert, and that when I received
the money to immediately surrender
those Youngstown letters, to t'nd
sam^ to him. Mr. Forker, at Sharon,
and on Tuesday, April 22, to return
half of the ransom money to him.
Mr. Forker, and he would turn over
the same to the party who took Willie
Whitla to Wiarren.
"Upon learning that my name was
mentioned in connection with the
case, I made it a point to meet Mr.
Whitla personally in ciovoianri ?
53rd street and St. Clair avenue,
showed him the letter that passed
between Mr. Forker and myself, also
the Youngstown letters and Mr.
Whitia promised that If I would substantiate
the truth of the Youngstown
letters he would see there
would be no prosecution.
"I then surrendered through Mr.
W'hitla all the letters that were in
my possession and the world knows
the result. I was arrested and convicted
and deprived by my own counsel
of telling my story on the stand.
I informed my wife that the boy was
brought in ordr to escape being
quarantined in the pest house and
we were to be handsomely rewarded
for taking care of him.
"This unfortunate woman was
luped from start to finish In regard
to the boy and 1 was duped from the
minute I let the letters go Into Mr.
W hit la's possession. As my counsel
jfterwards informed me, I had nothng
to show or to prove and that It
*res a matter of Veracity?their word
igilnst mire. I had given up every
lelatllta 1 had and now I am set
led for. This story Is as trus at?
here is a God above us."
The statement is Rigned:
"JAMES BOYLE,
Mercer, Pa., May 10, 1909."
Endows a Hospital.
John W. Gates, who arranged for
he building and equipment of a
lospital at Port Arthur, Texas. In
nernnry of his mother, to be known
s the Mary Gates Infirmary, has ,
rovlded an endowment of $500,000 j
or the institution and directed that j
per cent of his annual earnings >
rom his oil properties be added to .
he fund.
Dines With TaffAt
a State dinner at the White
[ouse Monday the President and
[rs. Taft entertajned. among others,
enators Tillman and Fletcher and
ieir wives.
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Southern States
#BUY F1K
Plumbing
OOLU M E
PARTED FOREVER
iT THE PRISON IHX>R AT PITTSBURG,
PA.
Iloyle and His Wifo Shut Up in
a Penitentiary After Being Allowed
(o itiss uo(Hl Itye.
James Boyle and his wife Helen
Boyle were lodged In the Western
penitentiary at Pittsburg, Pa., Monday
night. The former Is under
a sentence of life imprisonment and
the latter is sentenced to serve a
term of twenty-five years.
The prisoners were taken first to
\ si !e room to say good bye, as the
rules of the prison would not permit
them to see each other again. Mrs.
Boyles threw her arms around
"Jimmy's" neck and kissed hltn.
She said. "We must take it the best
we can." The matron escorted Mrs.
Boyle from the room. She burst
into tears and asked to be permitted
once again to see her husband. The
request was granted and she again
kissed and embraced Boyle.
When Mrs. Boyle gave her belongings
to the matrons, she asked permission
to keep a small mirror she
carried, saying. "I do not want to
leave it behind, as that would make
me have seven years of bad luck."
The mirror was returned to her and
she will be allowed to keep it in her
cell. *
Boyle and his wife sat together
and held each other's hands during
the entire journey from the scene
of their trial.
RherlfT Chess said he was glad to
get the prisoners out of his ens
tody, as he was afraid they would
he able to rarrv out their announced
intention to commit suicide. The
sheriff stated he believed Boyle had
intended to kill his wife and then
suicide with a razor the sheriff found
In the kidnapper's tie today. Neither
prisoner would deny that this was
true.
It has been decided, so far as Mrs.
Boyle is concerned, at least, that no
appeal will be asked for.
The severity of the sentence imposed
upon the pair appalled Merer
where 1t was pronounced. Both
prisoners collnpsed in court upon being
sentenced and had to be carried
from the room. Hardly had they
reached their cells when word was
criven out that the woman had taken
roison during last night and had
rnT"w'v esc"ped death at her own
h**n Is and that a razor had been
found concealed in Boyle's clothing
Before this thrill had lost its force
Povle grtve out h'? statement Implicating
Harvv Yorker, brother of Mrs.
Whttla. in the kidnapping case. Tn
Mercer and Sharon the story does
not seem to be generally credited
md as the district attorney has no
f-.ith In It, there is little likelihood
cf any formal action in the matter.
rLY LAVGHS IT ELECTRICITY.
Survives Shock Strong Enough to
Kl'l Horse.
A West Cheater young man. who
is interested in electrical study, has
mv rn<iii?- iiiiioiis <-*i"<rinifni?, says
the Philadelphia North American.
Hp tried a strong current in hilling
roaches, and they succumbed at the
first shock when placed in water
as a conductor. Other hugs went
just as easllv. but he met with a surprise
when he tried it on a common
house fly.
Placed in a pool of water charged
with all the power from an electric
light wire the fly gave no signs of
even being troubled by the current,
and the experimenter is endeavoring
to figure out the reason. The fly
took a current which would have
killed a dog or a horse.
The experimenter killed flva cnts
in one night by a contrivance he
plftced on his front porch to get rid
of these nuisances.
INFKKXAIi MACHINE HI RSTS.
And a Roy looses His Kyes and lias
Face Rudly Hurued.
Several boys found a cigar box in
the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn
and on opening it discovered a
quantity of powder and half a dozen
loaded cartridges arranged in a semi
circle and other articles which the
police ha>- arc commonly used In thf.
mnklng of Infernal machines. Dcslr11
k to see how the thing worked,
Knricho Cavalllnl, ten year a old,
dropped a lighted match Into the
box. The machine exploded with a
loud report and as a result. Enrico
lost both of his eyes and his face
was badly burned.
Soldiers Drowned.
Two members of the coast artillery
rnrps at Fort. Warren, were drowned
ay the capsizing of their row boat
n the wash of a steamer off Hough's
S'eck Monday. '
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Ileal bargains in second hand cars,
runabouts and touring car6. Mr. ^
Prospect, It Is up to you to investigate.
E. A. Jenkins Motor Co.,
Phone 1773, Columbia, S. C. 1216
Main.
Madam Eldon, Scientific Palmist,
Clairvoyant and Astrologlst. Free
test reading bv mail. SonH k?^?k
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date and 5 two-cent stamps. 15
West 4th street, Charlotte, N. C.
Why don't you work for Uncle Sam?
Civil Service Manual, which prepares
you tor the examination. i
Three volumes (with maps), $S.
express prepaid. Sims' Book
Store, Orangeburg, S. C.
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We sell yonr property?no matter
where located. It cost you nothing
if we do not make sale. P. O.
Box I, Orangeburg, S. C.
Live Agents Wanted to Introduce
high grade household specialty
into every home. Hig profits. The
Carey Co., Dept. O, Omaha, Neb.
Teachers?"W^rlto for free booklet.
"A Plan," showing how we help
you get a better position. Thou- I
sands excellent vacancies open. J
paying $30 to $150 monthly. 9
Schools supplied with teachers. I
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lumbia, 8outh Carolina.
ORIENTAL RUG COMPANY.
1101 Cathedral St, Baltimore, Md.
We make you handsome and durable
Rugs from your old wornout ;
carpet, any size to fit a room or hall. 1
Let us send you a price list; Just , -1
write for one.
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WHAT IS HOME
WITHOUT MUSIC?
Ihm't aay, "Can't afford an Orgnn or
Piano.
We will make you able, granting
from one to three years to pay for
one.
We supply the Sweet. Toned, Durable
Organs and Pianos, at the lowest
prices consistent with quality.
Write at once for Catalogue,
Prices and Terms, to the Old Established
MALONE MUSIC HOl'KE,
Columbia, H. C.
seven people imowv
Gaxollno Ijuunch Capsized With
Pleasure Party.
At Eau Claire, Wis., George Hall,
R. H. Sweet, Sweet's wife and four
children were drowned in the swollen
waters of the Chippewa river
Saturday night when Hall's gasoline
launch, which they were trying out
for the first time, capsized In midstream,
striking some sunken piling.
Nobody saw the launch capsize, but
a man fishing on the river bank
heard cries for help and saw Sweet
and Hall clinging to the overturned
boat. The current carried them rapidly
down the stream. Tho launch
was found later on a sand-bar.
double Kl'IClDK.
Two Iledies Are Pound iu a St.
I.mils House.
At St. Louis, Mo., the bodies of
Mrs. Anna Reed, aged 30, and Joseph
Raker, ag<d f)F>, were found in
a room at No. 263 2 Oliver street
Saturday. Roth had been shot
through the head, but the police are
unable to determine whether it was
a double suicide or whether one of
them fired both the shots. Tho
employes of the restaurant formerly
kept by Baker told the police of having
frequently matched coins to determine
who should kill the other before
the suicide. s
Cut in His Bed.
At Jacksonville, Fla., G. N. Key,
a well known express messenger, was
cut to death in his room by his
friend, K. J. Johnson. Key was undressed
and in hod when he was
killed. The knife wound severed
his heart, causing instant death.
Arrested iu Florida.
Sheriff R. G. Causey, of Berkeley
has received notice from the authorities
/fin Jacksonville,, Fla., stating
that Jas. Kd wards, wanted for murder
in Berkeley, has be n arrested.
Sheriff Cau*?v r.nv inc?i
the fact and at the same time wired
the Florida authorities to hold the
prisoner for requisition papers which
will be forwarded at once.
Return of Battle Flat;.
The battle flag of the famous rifle
scouts raptured at Solma on April
2. 1865, by the Fourth Ohio cavalry,
was presented to the Alabama
division. United Daughters of the
Confederacy Thursday night at
Huntsvllle, Ala., by a delegation of
veterans from the Ohio regiment. An
Immense audience witnessed the presensatlon.
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