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THE FORT MILL TIMES _ y LVQXJME XVIII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 19Q9 NO. 8 HE TOOK THEM IK An Escaped Convict Flcccei Many Georgia People. POSED AS A RICH MAN Ho Purchased Four Banks and l'so< v the Deposits, It Is Said, in Sonu Rcmarkuble Exploitations ?? Hii Assets IyOss Thau One Hundret' Dollars All Told. High finance of a remarkable order by which, it is alleged, Georgians have been swindled out ol 1250,000 has come to light following the arrest of A. D. Oliver, president of the bank of Climax, Ga , and three other banks in the southwestern part of the State. Oliver arrived in Georgia last January and profeseed to be an Eastern capitalist. He displayed a great deal of money and said that he had about $5,000,000 on deposit in banks In New York city and elsewhere. He announced that he intended to invest these millions and that Georgia suited him. Accordingly he bought timbered lands, sawmills, bc.nks, automobiles, etc. It is said ho secured the ready cash he needed through deposits in his banks, in which the public had confidence, and with partial payments of cash, usually small amounts he would buy other properties, giving him to outward appearances large holdings. He controlled a bank at Climax, he established one at Attapulgus, he purchased one at Pelham, he purchased a planing mill at Thomasville, one at Pelham from D. M. Rogers, one of the large lumber dealers in that part of the State, and erected and put into active operation nn enormout one at Climax. This is not the sum of his operations. The town of Climax is fast becoming a center of all sorts of manufacturing and industrial enterprises. Oliver has erected a $10,000 residence and he Is building several brjick stores. /While doing all this he found time make love to Miss May England, ^HHtfkHMnreeks ago married her Jjfa fwive the ride $5,000 In cash and "*^^^W;TraHPt>1lbbie burst when Oliver was arrested on a warrant sworn out. by a) ThomaBville man to whom he had given n New York draft for $10,000. The draft came back marked "no funds," and Oliver was arrested Examiners took charge of the foui banks and they found less thau $100 all told. In one bank at Thomasvllle there was only 00 cents. Just one month ago Oliver bought fout automobiles and presented them to the cnshlers ot his four banks. Oliver has been identified as ar escaped convict with an unexpired term of eleven years hanging ovei his head. The identification, which was made Thursday morning bv SherllT T. O. Jones. of Aberdeen county. Miss., came as a climax tc the sensational arrest of Oliver sev( eral days ago, when he was fleeing with his young bride in i routed automobile. Sheriff Jones reached Dainbrtdg. Thursday morning and irumediutol> went to the jail. The moment he saw the ex-banker, he positively de clared that the prisoner was a fug stive from tho Mississippi penlten tlary, where he was known at Charles Harding. The sheriff said that Oliver es caped from the Aberdeen peniten tiary on December 3lHt, 1908, and although the greatest efforts wen made to capturo him, he succeedec in tnaking good his escape and al trace was lost of the man. On tht sixth day of January, this year, ex actely seven days after the alleger escape from the penitentiary, Olive; arrived in Climax, Ga., the lltth queen city of the lower Wlregras: region. The 9tranger entered the little town absolutely penniless, but Ir f a very short time, he was reputec to be worth millions and began buy ing banks, saw mills' and propertj throughout the whole section of th< state. Oliver, in a few brief weeks became famous for his ready repllet to all propotions, "I'll take it, Jus wrap it up." This applied to land houses and s.ocks and in fact, everything that wub purchasable. Hil U&U the reputation of nevei L# ' jykMMMMjHBo trade and he always pal< :Jfroportlon In cash, insisted I1 that file seller deposit the money Ir one St Imlvrr's many banks, am thus the endlesp chain of kiting continued, . til Oliver's trad* mounted Into the hundreds of thou sandq. Hef purchased automobiles n wholesale and gave them right anc left In wanton prodigality to hi newly-made friends. He built man* flno houses and the whole countr; stood aghast at his wealth and hli napoleonlc business ventures. Oliver was seriously ill shortl; . after his arrival in Climax and hi recovery was in part due to th< faithful ntirs;..* ki\*ui him bv Mis Rose English, a beautiful young girl ,dk|^en years of age. who tender!; g^MBL^terod to his wants. recovered from his dee he the beau short time the \4: i | A SERIOUS CHARGE MADE AGAINST CHIEF OF POLICE i OF BATE8BURG. Arretted on Warrant Sworn Out by | a Woman Who Says He Attempted to Assault Her. I A dispatch to The New? and Courier says Mr. John J. Darby, chief of * police of the town of Hatesburg, wae * arrested Wednesday by Deputy SherI iff Sim J. Miller upon a warrant sworn out by a woman of that town, charing him with assault with intent to ravish. Mr. Darby was carried to Lexington and was immediately released upon a $2,000 bond. ' The crime is alleged to have been . committed on or about the 7th day of February, this year. Mr. Darby and his friends decrare that he is 1 I n n t anrf thai it lo a ...MWWU%| uuu vuav IV 10 o WUWVVCVI scheme to injure aim because of his untiring efforts in rounding up the band of thieves, who had been operating in Batesburg for several weeks, and which finally resulted iu the arrest of three young men. e Mr. Darby employed two detectives to work up the case, aud ono of the men arrested was the son of the woman who has brought the warrant against Darby. This, it is alleged, incensed the woman, and the arrest of Mr. Darby upon the very serious charge of attempted criminal assault followed Wednesday. The fact that more than three months were allowed to elapse before she issued the warrant, the friends of the chief assert, shows conclusively that it is a concocted scheme. It is said that strong evidence igainst the woman is on hand, and her arrest 011 several charges will nrobably follow within the next day >r two. The woman is a widow, her husband havin died about two years igo. She has been operating a hoarding house in Batesburg since ler husband's death. It is said that <he will enter suit against the town if Batesburg for $20,000 for havng removed from her home an elec:ric light metor. Mr. Darby moved from Chester to 'latosburg about two years ago, and has made a most excellent police fllcer. He has been unrelentlna in 'lis efforts to put the ban on crime t if all kinds in the town, and has t made a host of friends. It Is said < "hat the town of Hatesliurg will ( "stand by" him in this trouble, and t hat he will have no trouble in mak- < ng a strong defence. His arrest t aused no little sensation at Hates- t >Ulg. JUMPED FItOM A WINDOW 1 While Asleep and Sustained Fatal 1 Injuries. i Mr. B. B. Mouzon, of Kingstree, ifter retiring for the night, arose n a stupor of some kind, or a dream, :s he calls it, and Imagined that he vas in a fox chase, jumped or fell . rom a second story window in the . esidence of Mr. Graham, of Cade, , i distance of about twenty feet, to he ground, inflicting a very serious . nd probable fatal inpury. Mr. Graham's family were awakned by groans and calling for help . rom the unfortunate man. Dr. C. I). Rollins, of Bake City, was ailed in. and was with the Injured uan in a short time, but so far the . xtent of his Injuries has not beeu scertained. Mr. Mouzon is a man about 35 ears of age and has a wife and two -hildren. Champion Sting}' Man. Capt. Pickel, a police of St. Louis, lo.. claims that he has found the tingiest man In the world. This lan, although ho owns property and i reputed wealthy, is said to gather iK?r mumps ror nis smoking, to go > a barber's college and get a free air cut, and to borrow a razor every /eek from a different neighbor so a to shave hinvself to save a dime. ere married and he promised to ndow her with his millions. He ved like a prince and spent money ivishly upon his young bride. He stabllshed elegant stables and >ought blooded horses and almost eekly added to his stock of autoaobllea. He bought more banks and more mds, and signed contracts for the uildlng of towns in the prarie country and drew at will on New . ork banks. His Waterloo came .hen a check for $1,000 given to an vlhany contractor, was returnod unpaid. Then the people became suspicous and his arrest followed his flight n an automobile vlth his bride, he couplo wero overtaken at Baln>ridge and Oliver was sent to jail 1 ending an Investigation. When Oliver, alias Harding, was trrested in Bainbridge, It is said,' he body of his automobile was halfull of currency In bills of large e tenomtnatlon, which was wrapped in newspapers. \ It is said that Oliver Is not only f ranted in Mississippi, where It Is | r illeged he has eleven years to servo ' n the penitentiary, but that he Is j >. ranted In Atlanta and Birmingham 1 iv federil authorities. It Is said ic has served a term In the Ohio peni tentlary for obtaining diamonds uni !er false pretenses. It Is reported y that Oliver has a wife In Atlanta. A COZY HOME For Confederate Veterans In Their Old Age FORMALLY OPENED In Columbia on Thursday Afternoon. A Full Description of the Home and How it Will Be Managed. Has All the Conveniences of a Modern Home. The Confederate Home at Columbia was formally opened Thursday afternoon, with appropriate exercises. Addresses were made by Governor Ansel, Senator F. H. Weston and Col. D. Cardwell. The following description of the Home we take from the Columbia Record: If any Confederate veteran remaining the guest of relatives or continuing to dwell in his own house enjoys more of creature comfort, of care and of congenial companion- . ship than do his comrades now gathered within the home, a grateful State haa here provided for them, happy tar beyond the average is hia lot: for in the planning of this home no detail has been omitted J that thoughtful, generous, loving kindness could suggest or willing hands could by untiring diligence supply. One who has visited it must necessarily In writing of It use often J the word "home," for that is what it Is. A home Its founders studiously wrought to make It and the last act f the builders was to inscribe the svord over its doorway, so that the approaching veteran's first glimpse at the house that is like to be his , last earthly dwelling place, should , show him that this was indeed a . home?his home?"The Confederate . Veterans' Home." . The home will be formally opened tomorrow. The Daughters of the . Confederacy in Columbia have come . gallantly to the rescue or the com- . mission in charge and supplemented argely the appropriation which the egislature, through failure to under- t >tand the conception entirely, failed * o make Butficlcnt, and accordingly . he privilege of directing the opening ceremonies has been given to these levoted women. They invite the at- ^ endance on that occasion of all per- f >na interested in the home, and it is o be hoped that many will avail < hemselves of this opportunity to in- ^ ;pect the institution. Much an inspection, especially if re-enforced by ittle interviews with the 20-odd vet rans already domiciled in the home, will remove from the mind of any reasonable person whatever misglvngs may have arisen in regard to :he wisdom of the home's establishment or its adequacy to the needs of he veterans for whom it is intendid. The place looks like a home, even from a distance. The low white l>uilding. green-trimmed and girdled by trees, with its white-columned porticos, looks out over the city and n the near foreground on every side *re the gently rolling fields of a farm calculated to gladden every farmer's heart?and mos>t of the veterans rome from farms. On the slope of the opposite hill to the southwest lie the buildings of the Hospital for the Insane, making a picturesque feature af the view, but unconnected with the home in any sense, even in appearance. Trolley cars of two lines pass In view to the right and in ' front, and in the evening: the light ( and sounds of the busy city pleasantly suggest the nearness of youth and 1 abounding vitality The place is 1 peaceful, but not suggestive of 1 boredom. The house is of one story, with basement, substantially built in frame construction. Its general plan is that of a Latin cross, the main 1 corridor, long, wide and airy, in- ' tersected by a narrower hall running approximately east and west. The l>ouse faces southward. Entering from the front, a wide porch, provided with lights for the evenings, gives upon the main corridor, where arm chairs and settees nre grouped In a way suggestive of casual cozy gatherings after dinner. To the left is the commandant's office, to the right a parlor for the entertainment of the home's friends, the very best of whom are ladies. The living quarters of the commandant and his wife are entered by the second door upon the right. The second room, where the veteran* pnregather to talk, to read, to play games, write letters or otherwise amuse themselves when the weather or Inclination drives them In from the lawn or the piazzas, which at this season are naturally preferred. A large room in provided on this corridor for the safe storage of the veterans' trunks and personal property not needed In the dormitories. These latter, with the bath-rooms and tollet-rooms, open off the cross-hall. Each dormitory contains four single beds, enameled white, with comfortable mattresses and neat blue spreads. The hath and toilet arrangements are altogether modern, sanitary and convenient. Everything Is clean as a hound's tooth. The lights throughout the building are electric and the entire building Is heated by steam. Every room Is an outside room and all openings are j screened. The location and construe-, tlon aro such thai thcro is always some breese. , The dinging room is a big. airy place with plenty of windows and tables seating eight or ten each. When a Record reporter visit- | ed the home the other day supper time was near and the tables had been set, a significant Item being tne vate of fresh flowers from the yard in the ceuter of each. Behind the dining room is one of the best equipped kitchens in the State, where a splendid cook works at a great massive range. An assistant cook has been engaged and will report for duty shortly. In the rear of the kitchen are conveniently located the pantry, the linen room and the medicine chest. In the latter are kept first-aid bandages and household remedies, besides such drugs as are likely to be needed from time to time. The main store rooms are in the basement, alonir with tho ? heating apparatus. The home has y a large kitchen garden, from which the veterans are already enjoying their own beans and turnips. Later on there will be other vegetables, s with melons and green corn. Full records of every department a are kept. For Instance, when asked about the bills of fare, the command- 1 ant turned to his desk and drew forth 11 at random one sheet from a bundle. It happened to be the menu card for H May 22nd and was as follows: Breakfast?Hominy, breakfast ba- " con, broiled; hot biscuit, butter, syrup, coffee. w Dinner?Lima means, rice and tomatoes, Irish potatoes, corn broad, light bread, butter, coffee. Supper?Hominy, butter, hot bis- ' cult, stewed fruit, syrup, coffee. "We try to make the bill of fare a 111 lie different each day," said a the commandant. "Twice a week ' ?nd on Sundays we have dessert and an two days we have soup?mighty ^ ?ood soup. Our cook ib a fine one." The veterans seemed contented ind thoroughly at home. The com- . inandant, Capt. W. D. Starling, is a veteran; the adjutant, Capt. B. F. Day, was also a soldier of the Con- M w federacy. They are deeply interested n their work and a fine thing for :he veterans, too, is the presence, light and day, of Mrs. Starling. The nstitution is directly in charge of "apt. Starling, chairman of the Con- ^ federate Home commission. The government of the borne, aB arrang- w >d by Col. Cardwell and Capt. Starling, is simple and kindly. There are fow rules and none of K , . ,. tJ, ci n o q n nrn omah A,J ? ?WV... HO ?iu UIU BUIUIl'r vould not Immediately seo the neces>lty of having. For Instance, the 'eterans are free to come and go ^ is they like, visiting the city or talking about the suburbs Capt. Starling stipulating only that they shall report to him where they expect to go. This is necessary be- tl a use some of them are feeble and si 'or all of them he is responsible to c< heir relatives and to the State. 3 The health of the veterans is r< loubly provided for. The lnstltu- ?l ion's regular physician, Dr. Wil- is lam \Ve6ton, makes daily visits, and 8 wo of the veterans are themselves tl >ractltIoners of long experience. r< The assembly room has been ;.]uipped with a big phonograph and pi i piano and doubtless all the news- tl mpers of the State will be glad to 3 *nter the home on their free sub- b> icription lists when the matter is h :alled to their attention. ni Careful and disinterested invest!- a tatlon by Record reporters has dis- c< ?osed to their satisfaction of every L ritlclsm against the home, from the lr veteran's standpoint, that has come n to their ears. The homo has noth- 1? ng of the jail or poor farm about it; t has absolutely no connection with c< the State Hospital for the Insane; T the veteran who enters it does not a lose his pension nor any part of it; w there la nothing of reproach or hu- a' initiation connected with residence ihere, nor ie any effort made to compel the entrance of veterans?on the contrary, the admissions are limited tiy law to 84. two from each county, and in each case the commission must be shown by proper papers that there are good reasons why the applicant should be received. There a Is probably not one veteran in 50 ,{ who would not be both more comfortable physically and happy men- e tally here than in his present situ- ' ation. He may be well provided for '' at home, from a material standpoint, ? but hpre he will have congenial com- ? panionship in addition to creature comfort at least equal to his present ^ having. And finally, he need not ? stiy If conditions at thy home dis- f please him. v o CTYCLONE IN GEOIU3T %. h Several Houses Wrecked and a Few r Persons Injured. a a A half done persons. probably t more, were Injured in a terrific cyclone that passed over the lower par' 7 or Screven county, Ga.. at 4 o'cIock f i uursnay anernoon, and while no I ] life has yet been lost because of Its ^ passing nfbny persons escaped by seeming miracles, houses falling about and upon theni. without Inflict- ^ ing fatal Injuries. Tho cyclone came ( from tho direction of Dover and dls- j appeared from there in a northeasterly direction. Many of those who were caught by the cyclone saw It approaching, but owing to Its velocity were un- ' able to And places of safety before 1 it struck. It Is stated that the 1 storm's appearance was that of an ordinary whllwind. such a& are frequently seen In summer, fhouRh It was very much larger and moved [with much greater rapidity. SLAIN BY NEGRO Mr. John watson Assassinate! Near Greensea. A POSSE IN PURSUIT Over Two Hundred People Witl Bloodhounds Are on the Hun for the Assassin, and it is Hopet and Believed That He Will Caught. A speciul dispatch from Conwaj ays Mr. John Watson, a prominent oung man of the Greensea sectlor f the county, about 20 miles frou lonway, was Wednesday waylaid and hot by Melvin Watson, a notorloui egro. Mr. Watson died a few houri ftcr being shot. Sheriff Sessions learned of the af air by telegram and went lmmedi tely to the secne of the killing. News reached Conway after tht heriff left that more than 200 peo le with bloodhounds went in search f the negro, who fled as soon as ht red the fatal shot. What has been learned at Con'ay of the affffaire came to telephone rom Ixiris, a railroad station, about Ix miles from Greeusea, and henct nil particulars have not been loarnd. From the best information obtainble it appears that Mr. Watson earr Wednesday morning had started > Tabor, N. C., in a wagon. When nly a short distance from Greensea e was fired upon by the negro, who as crouched in a fence jam. Mr. Watson was superintendent of tie large plantation of Hon. J. P. >erham, and it is stated that a young jn of Mr. Derham was in the wagon hen thte shooting occurred. He as not hurt. GreenBea is a populous section and large posse gathered in a very short me and went in pursuit of the negro ho, it is said, is a very dangerous tiaracter. Mr. Watson was a young man of ide family connection and very Dpular throughout the country, and reat indignation Is felt over the rlmo. COTTON ACREAGE REDUCED. ccrCMe Placed at Three and a Half Per Cent. In its monthly cotton report Friday ir 101 k. journal 01 commerce io*vs that, compared with last year, jtton avearges have been reduced .5 per cent, according to over 1,800 ports from special correspondents r an aveargo date of May 25. This i approximately the same result as Iven in last month's report, when le consensus of opinion indicated a eduction of 4 per cent. On the basis of the revised area lanted In 1908 of 33,870,000 ncres, ie present season starts off with 2,206,000 acres. The reduction has een largely brought through the igh priqes of provisions causing lore land to be thrown Into corn nd small grains at the expense of jtton. Fear of the boll weevil in ouisiana and Mississippi, especially i the former, caused heavy curtaillent, being 2.8 and 5.7 per cont ss, respectively. All other States show declines oxjpt Texas, Tennessee and Florida, he increase of 4.5 per cent In Toxs is due principally to drought, hich destroyed grain crops. This creage went Into cottoh. ( ORE ASTONISHES SENATE. iklahoma's Blind Senator Has Marvelous Memory. Senator Oore astonished the Sente Wednesday by the citation of a >ng list of cotton and woolen manu icturing companies and giving their arnings, capital stock, surplus, etc le undertook to show that corporaIons engaged in the cotton ana wooln industries are making very largr arnings. The speech was one that 110 other enator would have attempted with ut constant reference to notes, bul he blind Statesman from the South rest found no difficulty in givinf ft hand the greatest variety of do alls without the ability to assis lis memory in any way. Referring to the cotton and wooler nanufacturers, and with a rasplni ind sinister tone, the Oklahoma Sen ,tor said he did not blame them to heir large earnings. "I know they are intelligent citl ;ens," he said, "judging from thoi nrsiness success and from their so ection of United States Senators.' Killed by Convicts. % Several officers were killed, thi veek, by convicts during an upri? ng at the Zuintana Roo mines, Mox co's penal settlement. Killed in Wreck. The California fast mall on th 3anta Fe was wrecked at Peabodi Kan . thi? week, killing H. C Thomj son, a postal clerk. Killed by Cannon. Explosion of a cannon at S Marys, O.. this week, killed Henr Mahan. a veteran. | TRIBUTE TO DAVIS MEMORY OF CONFEDERATE CHIEFTAIN HONORED. A Park Bearing His Name Opened at Fairview, Kentucky. With Appropriate Ceremonies. j At Fairview, Ky., among the trees which have grown up above the t birth-place of JefTerson Davis since the year, early in the nineteenth * century, when the Davis fumily removed to Mississippi, the efferson Davis Memorial Park was simply dedicated Thursday. Northeast, across the State, is Hodgenviiie, ' near which Abraham Lincoln was 1 born eight months after his great i opponent. Fairview is still a tiny ! town rimmed with forests and slop , ing gently, toward the grass-grown battlefields of Tennessee. In September, 1907, when the Biiv gruoD ana enmaaea ranks or Kentucky's famous "orphant brigado" met in Glasgow Ky., at the grave of Gen Joseph H. Lewis, their commander, former Governor Boll' var Buckner, of Kentucky, broached the plan of the Jefferson Davis Mem1 orial Association. Subscriptions were started, the women of the South aided nobly, and when all but $4,000 had been raised, to purchase seventeen arret, at Kairview, Gen. Ilen' nett H. Young, commanding the Ken ! tucky division of tho Confederate Veterans, advanced that sum and made, the memorial possible. Oratory, music and flowers made the day notable. A basket dinner and a barbecue were provided by the people of Todd and Christian coun1 ties, which share equally the town ' of Kairview, and when Col. W. A. i , Milton, of Louisville, as chuirman in the absence of Gen. Young, who was detained in Chicago, opened the meeting, the homestead of the Davis- 1 es was crowded. Gen. Young, a prominent Louisville lawyer, wrote the chief address of the day. and it was read by Col. Milton. He asserted that every Southern State should rear a shaft to Jefferson Davis, whose character and sufferings he dwelt upon sympathetically. He paid high tributo to Lincoln, saying that the time had come when men might speak kindly and truly of tho past. He said the message which the united South gave to the world today was one of everlasting peace. i The plan is to raise $30,000 more with which to build a memorial temnlo tD Anniolr* ?11 ? ? ? * ' * , vMUiaiu ail lUK IttCOFaS OI ID6 Confederacy, and to remodel a two 1 story residence upon the Davis farm to house the widows of Confederate soldiers. The seventeen acres which are to enclose the memorial buildings to be erected adjoin the original nine acres, which were the remains of the plantation upon which Samuel Davis, father of the President, settled when he came from Virginia In 1793. These nine were given by Mr. Davis to Bethel Church on the occasion, June 21, 1886, of his last visit to his flrBt home. To the people of the neighborhood this church stands as a memorial to their great neighbor, and to bis pride In his old Kentucky home they ascribe the 1 fancy which led him to call his land along the Mississippi shore of the Gulf "Beauvolr." The site of the memorial slopes softly from a splendid grove, which crowns its heighest point. It Is In the heart of Fairview, and the present plan is to place all the records of the Confederacy in the temple to be built, within the shadow of tho i trees. A two-story residence is also on the land, and the intent is to make of this a homo for the widows of the Confederates whom ago has rendered decrept and from whom tho years and the war have taken husbands and sons. BETTER LET IT ALONE. Movement on Koot to Ilwrganlze Clemsou College. It is understood that Mr. Mendel . L. Smith, former speuker of the > house and at the present one of the tloor leaders will introduce a reso lutiou, at the next session of the leg - islnturc calling for the appointment I of a commission consisting of the at torney general and two other lawyers 5 of reputation and standing to look - into the feasibility, advisahlliey and t legality of the proposition of buying out the Interest of the Clemson l heirs in the Clemson estate and mak5 ing Clemson college in fact as well as In name a State college, r Made Big Haul. Mrs. George Shea, of Duluth, r Minn., was robbed, this week, in - Seattle, Wash., of $20,000. She had concealed the cash in a bed In the home where she was visiting, and when she returned to the room the s cash was gone. An Old Man Pie*. Mr. W. A. Kelly, who died near J Statesboro. Ga., recently, was the oldest man In that section. He was e one hundred and one years old on r. the tenth of last March. He was >? born In South Carolina in 1808. Killed Hi* Mother. "I've got to murder some one." t. said Fred Daniels, colored, to his y mother at Cleveland, O., this week, so he klU?d ker. RIOTS BEGIN Philadelphia Street Car Strike Gats Serious. MANY PERSONS HURT Strike Sympathizers Are Angered by Attempt of Traetion Company to Hun Cars After Nlghtfull With Strike-Breakers, and Several Blots Result, Demolishing Mirny Cars. The street car strike in Philadelphia Is becoming serious. Oue policeman shot and probably fatally Injured "early a hund-od persons and battered, either by policemen or strike sympathizers, and five cars wrecked and then burn ad, Is the result of an attempt on the part of th-i Rapid Transit Company to operate their cars Wednesdnv J./ imported strike-breakers. The point at wliicn the most serious rioting occurred is known as Kensington MilJI district. In this section of the city there lives nearly every nationality, the foreign element predominating. When tho Traction Company announced that cars would be run Wednesday night, nearly all the store-keepres in tho Kensington district, knowing the temper of the residents there, closed their stores promptly at 6 o'clock. As one car after another left the barn, crowds stood on the street corners in sullen silence. Finally, a hoy cried "scab." and immediately ho was pursued by a policeman, who was riding on the car. As the officer started for the youth the crowd closed in upon him, and so quickly was this done that he was unable to draw his revolver. The weapon was taken f?-om him, and is believed to have been the same revolver with which Policeman Levy was shot a few minutes later. The fire which had been smouldering now burst Into a fiamo of fury. Tho objective point was Alleghanoy avenue, and in less than half an hour seven cars wero wrecked, five being completely demolished and burned. The police officers were powerless at tho moment to comlint the mob, but a riot call brought half a hundred bluecoats to the scene, and the crowd was driven back. But the damage had been done and there was little need of the preservers of the peace so long as no attempt was made to run cars from the barn. While the serious disturbance was in progress In the Northeastern section of tho city, there were inoini ent riots at iho car barns at Sixteenth and Jackson streets, in the down-town district, and at Fortyninth and Woodland avenue, in the West Philadelphia district. The crowd grew meanaclng when an attempt was made to run cars from the down-town barns, and a policeman who endeavored to quell the disturbance was ducked in a water trough. Twenty-five plainclothes-men and policemen wero rushed to the scene on a special trolley, and after the cars were run back into tho barn there was no further trouble. SA1? END OF LIFE. Aged North Carolinian Found Dead in Fence Corner. A special from Boone, N. C., to the Charlotte Observer says Mr. Ransom Coffey, an aged citizen of Blue Ridge township, was found dead a few days ago near the roadside. He had been visiting some of his relatives at this placo and had started on his return home. A Mr. Triplet, noticing a strange mule In his field, went to turn it outside and recognized it as Mr. Coffey's. Thinking strange of the animal having the saddle on he to'.d his wife to go to one of the neighbor's and inquire if they had seen anything of the old gentleman, while he went to ask another neighbor. On her way Mrs. Triplet came upon the old man sitting in a fence cor iter dead. Tho coroner was called and the verdict of the Jury was that he tiled of heart failure. JUit Bite Kills h Bal>,v. Blood poisoning, brought on by the bite of a rat, caused the death or little Eugene Jamleau of Ottawa, thin week. The rat bit the babe while it was lying in Its cradle and although medical aid was summoned, death resulted in" a few hours. Sold for Big lTlre. At the annual sale of imported Jersey cattle at Coopersburg, Pa., this week, the highest priced animal sold, was a bull, Viola's Golden Jolj lv, which was bought, by the \V. Keninlock stork farm, at Kirksville, Mo., for $12,000. Itaieigh's Knirty Boy. another bull, was sold to C. D. Hudson, of New York, for $S,200. Eye Drops Out. Armond Foehlman. aged 13 year?, of Kewanse. 111., blew his nose and his eyeball popped from Its socket. A physician carefully replaced the the eyeball and the hoy maintains # that it causes him no pain and that he can see as well as ever.