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V. ^ >5 THE FORT MILL TIMES I s_. __VOLFME XVIII FORT MIUL.S.C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21.1909 NO. 3() of wrecK and ruin neotna u. nuudrods of windows were broken, chimneys were blown down, trees uprooted and houses Were unroofed. The property loss Is estimated at least SI 00.000. There were no casualties. The Htorm lasted onlytwelve minutes, but the wind attained gnd held a velocity of fifty-six miles Hn hour. IVlest rains were blown against Street car traffic was suspended for a time, and Is not entirely restored. Electric light wires strewn through the streets make travel very unsafe. Telephone and telegraph wires are down in all directions, aud several uenrby cities are out off. NEARLY STARVED TO DEATH. Ctuw of a Schooner Drought to Shore In Serious Fix. Waterlogged, dismasted and with the decks barely above the water, as she was being towed by the tiuffey Company steamer Wluifrcd, the Kate Flore. Captain Whitney .from Mobile to Cuban ports, limped Into . Port Arthur, Texas, recently with what whh loft of tho crow iu me throes of starvation. Of the crow of aeven which sailed H'rom Mobile, five aro lu the hospital with HliKht chances of recovery, while another wan waahod overboard In tho recent hurricane, and a second died of starvation ahortly before aid came to the helpless vessel, washed hundreds of miles out of her course. The Kate Flore sailed from MobU?^ai>out September 12, with a cargo of lumber for Cuban porta. Encountering the hurricane, the boat was stripped to the decks and wa terlogged, aank to tho deck. What BtoreH that were left were in the waf ter-fllled cabin and the men took turns diving through the hatch way for canned meats upon which they barely subsisted until succor came. MIKDKR AND SUICIDE. t)..l...a.U UL U'ifak*a eallior aiut Then "% n | Kiu" Himself. W H - | won 1 thy farmer of f-rri* r county. N. out off the > -bead 6f hia father-in-law,. Joseph Hallman, with an axo Thursday morning, thoti hatred thrf door of his homo, iM-t fire to the furniture and wbs cremated. Wlae appeared rational a few momenta before the tragedy, but atranyo remarks caused hia wife alarm, and with the children she ran to her father's home and awakened him. AY'lae met the . aged man as he neared the house, and severed hia head completely with one blow of the axo, and rushing back Into the house broke up the furniture wtlh the same axe aud arrange! his own funeral pyre. The trage ty occurred at 3 o'clock, near Hethpago church, blx miles west ol Lincolnton. DIVES LM>KIl 8TKAM KOIXKR. Man, Mentally l>eranged, Meet# l>eath Under Machine. Leading from beside hia watchful keeper, who was accompanying hlrr flfc OK a walk In Ashevlllc, J. It. Giles of Wilmington, N. C.. an inmate o1 K an Aaheville sanitarium, jumper headlong beneath the wheels of t 15-ton steam roller Wednesday af Kh ternoon and hia head was crusher ? ?' liv the iionrlerous wheeli (1MIV Ol OliU|fw j ...? of the maohlno, operating on th? French Broad river road four mllei from Ashevllle. Toinporary aberra tion for which Mr. Olios was belni treated cauaod this remarkable ujud< of suicide. Telia Thrilling Story. A thrilling story of the escap . from death of the captain and ere^ of the British schoner Florence M Heweoo. which lies at the bottor of the Atfant/ic, twenty-five mile 'northwest of Havana. Cuba, wher ' ;she was wrecked In Monday's bm "ricaoe. reached Key West Thursda aftornoon when the rescued me >wert! landed tbero on the scboono . Plcrpma. herself badly battorod b the tierce gale. Will Be llung. k The Louisville State board of pai I dqns has refused to recommend I commutation of tho death seotenc Lm| of 'Avery Blount, convicted of th gflgl murder of Joseph Breeland* h wife end step-daughter in 'J>nj H9R ptpo* p*rti>h wvexei mouth# ago, r; SEVERE STORM Strikes Atlanta, Doing Considrable Dam age in That City WIND WAS VERY HIGH Hundreds of Window* Broken Chimneys Blown Down, Trees I'p rooted and Houses Unroofed?Telegraph and Telephone Poles I*rostrated. A wind and bail storm of cyclonic proportions struck Atlanta at 5:20 Thursday afternoon, and left a trail SHOT PATRIOT DEAD PROF. FERRER EXECUTED AT lL\IU*KLONA, SPAIN. H? Convicted by Court Martial for Leading a Revolutionary Movement. At Barcelona, Spain, Francis :o Ferrer, who was convicted of pro_ moting the recent Barcelona re'otllion, was shot Thursday morula* in Montjuich prison, in execution of the death sentence inposed upon him. Professor Ferrer, Spanish educator and convicted revolution. d. facvd tbo firing squad without lTQchla:?, aud fell dead at the first volley. c.xcepi ior a mom^.itnr.v exp-esilon i of emotion lmmed'a'.diy preceedirg bis death, be retained his omMunire to the last. His attorney, M. CJalceran. who defended him so loyally as to bring about bis own arrest for improperly addressing the court, secured permission for a brief talk with him just before the execution. To his attorney, Ferrer apokn feelingly of the work for which he had sacrificed his life and of the future of his daughter, whose brave attempt to nave his life touched the fa'her more deeply, apparently, than any other Incident of his trial and conviction. On Ferrer's arre6t his family was left dependent upon this daughter, who at once secured employment In a biscuit factory. When It was known that her father had been sentenced to death the daughter made a personal appeal to King Alfonso, calling upon him in the name of his known generosity to spare her father's life. When these facts were related by Galceran. Ferrer broke down for a moment. Ferrer declined to receive the last sacraments, and turned away from the two priests of the Order of Peace and Charity who had been seut by the prison authorities tc offer hlui the final consolation of the church. When the hour of execution arrived ho walked bravely through the prison yard to the ditch in the shadow of the encircling wall. Without a quiver ho faced the 12 In f ran trymen, who at the word of command, tired simultaneously. When the report of the volley had d! 3d away, Ferrer lay upon the ground. Previous to the execution precautions had been taken to forestall a poss'ble attempt at rescue by doubling the Heutineln upon the walls of the fortress. UKI.P NEEDED AT KEY WEKT. Hundreds Are on Verge of Starvation In Htri<k?ii City. Immediate assistance from the outside world is necessary to carry on the work of clearing up the city and caring for the victims of the hurricane at Key West. The Mayor announced Thursday that the city is forced to suspend work because of lack of fundB. Great distress and suffering are already aiuobg the employes of the large tobacco factories. Hundreds are on the point of starvation, is is declared. Advises the Farmers. The Newberry News and Herald saya It believes the farmers ought to sell their cotton so long as prices remain nbovo twelve cents Just as fast as tbey can market It, When 't gets below that price, if It should, then they should not sell a bate. The splnuera are organized for curtailment In nroductlon Thev m^nn to boar the market. Why caonot the farmers organize? Everybody else baa. ' To Disprove Deary. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the arctic ! explorer, sal.l to the Associated Proas at Philadelphia on Thursday: There is a mistaken Impression that I am bringing the Eskimos to New York to prove that 1 have been to the pole. The real reason of their -omlng here is to disprove the story i they wore made to tell by Commander Peary and his party." I Wants to Move Away. l A committee of three from the Aiken city council has been appointf ed to confer with Miss Mary V. I Kirk, the alleged letter, or her agents t in regard to the sale of her property . in the city of Aiken to the city aul thorities. It is Btated that Miss 4 Kirk desires to sell her property 3 nnd move away from Aiken. a Charged With Bigamy. z Oscar Alexander, an onoratlvo at oltbe Brogon mills. Anderson. has been J arrested on the charge of bigamy. He married the 17-year-old daughter of Mr. C. N. Prlneo on the 2ud. havn lng a wife already. who Is living In v Gainesville. Ga. Ho is ?3 years [. old. n * s, Recorered Homages. o Mrs. Robert McLees obtained a - verdict In the circuit court at Any derson on Wednesday against the n city for 1800. She was driving along ir the streets 60tne tiro a ago. when her y buggy wheol dropped down In a hole and threw her out and ' hurt h?r. and she sued for damages. _ r. Fatal Gin Accident, a Henry Ward, the 12-yoar-old son of Mr. J0R60 Ward, of Pickens, had ic his hand caught in a cotton gin on it Tuesday and his arm and one side V of his body ware terribly mangled, 'csuslnf bis death in a short vou?.. SIX LIVES LOST Gevdand Steamer Wrecked on lake Erie at Point Pelee, Onl * i TWELVE WERE RESCUED Until Daybreak the Ship-Wrecked , Crew ltcmalned In the Forward I Cabin* and Pilot Houaea and Then * i lleguu an Anxious Search of the ] Horizon for Passing Vessels. 1 In the wreck of the steamer Geo. ( Stone, of Cleveland. Ohio, on Point Pelee, Ont., Wednesday, upper Lake Erie added a gruesome chapter to the uituury ui murine uisusierH ou me | great lakes. 81x lives wore lost aud t twelve were saved. Wednesday night 1 the tall end of the recent gale lashed a hopelessly broken vessel that r was not Insured and belongod to M. t A. Bradley of Cleveland. c The six victims lost their llvee <! when Captain Paul Howel! Peter Dal- t ey of Erie, Pa., who was a passenger, e and six members of the crew were r capsized In the Burf, attempting to * go ashore for assistance. Two of t the crew clung to the over-turned I boat four hours until they drifted I ashore. s The wooden steamer George Stone t began to feel the effect of the South- 1 west gale about 6:30 Monday evening t and at midnight she begau a desper- t ate battle for life. I All day Tuesday she fought valiantly against the storm but towardb d evening It became apparent that the t pumps were unequal to the task of a removing the water that poured Into the hole through the seams opened 1: by the buffeting of the waves. t About nine p. in. the captain and \ crew realized ttiat the storm had i taken the vessel out of their control, t About 2:30 a. m. the Stone struck t with a terrific jar upon the sand bar known as Grubbs Reef nearly five c miles off the western shore of Point fl Peleo. Until daybreak the ship wrecked crew remsiued In the forward cabins and pilot houses aud then l?egan an , anxious search of the horizon for passing vessels. One nmu was sent aloft with n bod sheet which bo waved from tho forward mast. But I though three or four steamere caiue t wlthlu Right none responded to the r signal of distress. a Fire added to the dangers of the i situation at this polut, the pilot ? house being burued to the deck. a Towards nine o'clock a. m. Wed- a nesday the danger of the vessel be- n Ing broken to pieces became acute t and Captain Howell picked his crew c for an attempt to reach shore in one v of the small boats, when almost out- e side the zone of danger a mountain q comer capsized her and left her eight (] passengers struggling In tho icy s breakers. T t CONVICT DROWNKD. < t Attempted to Ht\lm Across I've Dee ' River for Fish. I Dave McDonald a member of the ' Marlon Oouuty chaingang. wbh drowned Saturday afternoon tu the Little Foe Dee River. Just below Harley's bridge. The body was found by Mr. Jeff Hamilton, who was In a boat and was hounding tho bottom with a long pole Tno man was on the opposite side of the river from Sallle Drake and Rllla Hayes, colored women, who were fishing. Salile Drake offered to sell hint some ttsh she had caught, and ho plunged Into the river with nh?okle* on unit attempted to swim across for them. 1 but failed to reach the shore. lie 1 died In plain view of these women ' and others of the chalngang. ( MIHDKKKH CONVICTED. Killed Young Woman Who Refused to Marry HI 111. At Douglass, Oh., late Wednesday night the Jury in the case of William McLeod returned a verdict of guilty with recommendation to mercy and the defendant was at once sentenced by Judge T. A. Parker to life imprisonment in the State penitentiary. On August 18 McLeod killed Miss Mattie Graham. According to the evidence he was Insanely jealous. He asked .pernvlsKion to shake hands with the Jury for saving him from the gallows. Evidence was Introduced Indicating the weakness of McLeod'6 mind. \f tioK riainatNt n# D/tmo A terrific rain, wind and bail storm of fifteen minutes duration shortly aft*r .> o'clock Thursday afternoon, smashed thousands of windows, including plate glass store fronts; uprooted trees, tore roors from buildings in all parts of Romo. Ga.. and wreaked damage generally. It 16 i boltoved that, crops in that soction j have been practically ruined. The street railway and oloctrlc light system are out. of commission. Hail stones as large as oranges fell. Killed by Tratu. J. E. Edgar and wife, an aged couple, were instantly killed at Wiueton, Ga.. by Southern Railway train No. 29. while trying to cross the railroad traoks In the face of a strong . ?1nd. WILL PROVE HIS CLAIM DR. COOK RKLIKS ON R8K1MO BOY8 TO VINDICATE HIM. SnjN lie Will Convict Commune! *r Peary Out of the Mouths of IIIn Own Witnesses. A dispatch from Buffalo, N. Y., , taya Dr. Frederick A. Cook arrived Ihere Wednesday morning from Cleveland in the midst of a heavy mow Btorm. He went directly to the [roquols hotel, stating that he would lee the newspaper men there at one j'clock. "I can only say that the actual t iving human witnesses of my Jour- ? )PV to tlu> nnlp will Ihcmaulvoa tin r ible to disprove the declarations put j nto their mouthB In the statement ssuod by Commander Peary," said 1 Dr. Cook to tho Associated Press. t "There could not be better testl- T nony than that given by the men { hemselvee before an unbiased body >f Inquiries. Commander Peary evi iently regards their evidence as of 1 he most profound importance, and > to do I. It seems to me that he c night have brought them along ( vlth him if be was so confident that hey would corroborate Lis story. K le, however, choose not to do so. n will, therefore, send Tor them as oon as possible and place them at 0 he disposal of any scientific or other j. tody that may desire to examine hem with the aid of any compe- f ent interpreter whom the examin- 0 ng board may appoint." I Asked whether he would make a p llrect reply to Peary's statement, as t tad been intimated in the Interview b it Cleveland, Dr. Cook said: n "There is nothing to add to what a tas already been said. I do not in- D end to enter a newspaper contro- f ersy with any one. I shall depend e ipon witnesses who have already f teen brought Into the case, and by r hem. ' c Dr. Cook was given a public rc- p option at Buffalo on the "change" loor of the charabor of commorco. BOY KILLS HIS FATHKR. * d i North Carolina Farmer Meets a o Tragic I>entli. r Col. Robert L. Abernethy, one of a he best known farmers and stock , aisers in North Carolina, was shot t ind instantly killed at an early hour t ThurHdny morning, in n desperate p ucouuter with bis son, Reuben. a iged 20, after the father had made n unsuccessful effort to kill the son. 'he tragedy occurred at the family iom?, "Open View" farm, iu (Jaston ouuty, and was witnessed by the rife and mother. Abernethy enter;d his eon's room, precipitated a luarrel over a trival matter, and [rawing a pistol, fired three shots 1 it the boy, neither taking effect. ^ rhe son grappled with him, and in he fierce hand-to-hand struggle that >nsued. the pistol was discharged ^ wice, both shots taking vital effect n the father. The coroner exon- ( rated the son. There had been bad ^ ilood between the two because of ^ he father's troatineut. of his wife, vblch the boy resented. Two Persons Killed. A storm amounting almost to a , ornado passed over sections of Ten- c lessee about 7 o'clock Thursday ^ light. A1 Barnes, a prominent clt- a zen of Denmark. Madiaon county. p was killed, and Mrs. Barnes hurt, j Their home was wrecked. Tom Helm p was killed In Lincoln county, near H dulbery. and Homer Ashby and wife r were severely hurt. Carter Arnold. B -eturning home from school at War- ^ .race, was caught in the storm and , ias not been heard from. Many resi- c Jences were wrecked in Tennessee. K<lltor Kills Assailant. In r pistol duel at Harrodaburg, c K>\, Wednesday night between Edi- t tor John F. Pulliam and John W. Kobarda lu Pulliam'h office, Robards whs finally wounded and Pulliam may have to have hla arm ampu- ( Lated as a result of a bullet, which ' crushed the bone. Uobards is said to have entered the office of the Harrodsbnrg Herald and opened fire on Pulliam. who returned It. A trlval n quarrel Is believed to have been the ,, cause of the affray. IJoth are pronil- t neut. I c Wanted to See lfim Hung. I At WUkeaharre, Pa., on Thursday. * Stanley Nazarko. a Slav, was hung r for murder. More than the usual a Intorest was taken in the execution t of Nazarko, whose wlfo came to the 1 fall with the man she intends to marry and requested permission to witness the hanging The. request was rotusod by tno sheriff. although j the condemned man was willing that , his wife and b?T future husband , should son him die. j Leaps Into a Well. Temporarily deranged by 111 ? health. Miss Carrie Hunter. 2S years 1 old. Jumped Into a well at the homo ( of her sister, Mrs. R. F. Oullodgo. In the southern part <4 Anson county. N. C.. at? midnight Thursday night, and was almost Instantly killed. Pursued by a brother, who divined her Intention, sho outran him aud leaped Into the well head-first. She was prominently connected and recently held a position at the South- j ero Railroad at Charlotte. TWELVE PERISH Stonn Causes Loss of Life on Florida East Coast Extension PROPERTY IS DAMAGED Tho Floating Equipment and Incomplete Work on the Itailroad is Very Badly Torn L*p, As It Was Much Exposed to the Fury of the Heavy Wind. A dlfpatch from Miami. Fla., says lews reached there late Wednesday ifternoon of the sinking of the tuirn. Sybil, Sadie and Habla Honda during .londay'a hurrlcano and the loss of ho eleven members of the crew of he Sybil, Including Capt. Parker, rhe crews of the Sadie and Bahla ionda escaped. < This news was brought to Miami by he relief expedition eent out by the letropolle, the local afternoon newsiaper. The loss of life on the Sybil ncludee, besides Capt. Parker, En- 1 ;lne?r Fox. Pilot Whltmere, Englleer Peterson and seven deck hands. The following statement was given lit by Engineer Ernest Cotton of the rlorlda East Const railway: "Loss of life on the Florida East Joaat extension Is limited to the crew if the tug Sybil and Timekeeper Irown at Marathon, a total of twelve { ersons. The floating equlptment of , he road and uncompleted work were adly damaged. There waa, however, 10 damage to the concrete work at ny point. All of our camps were , nore or less wrecked, but the large orces of our workmen are being car- ( d for and have sufficient supplies of ood. The men behaved well and al- j eady every gang has gone to work learlng away the wreckage and reparian for reopening the extension ] o traffic." The track north of Marathon is j ?anhed out at several points, but the xtend of tdamage ban not yet been | etcrmlned. Timekeeper J. H. Brown, an oid niploye of the Florida East CosBt ] uilway, was drowned at Marathon. The Metropolis expedition reported | washout of 4,000 feet of track he- | ween Manltee and JewlHh creek, on ( be Florida East Coast extension. The | rack was'also shifted fifty feet. The revisions of the colony at Jewflsh re running low. i COl'XTKY EDITORS POIMLAR. * ( n Minnesota, Where Many of Them I Hohl Office. ( The late Governor Johnson, short- 1 y before his death, wrote for the fouth'a C\unpanl)on an Interesting ( rtlcle dealing largely with the newsmper man in office. He said that t has often been observed that Min- ; lesota Is "governed by the country I dltor." and shows that the assertion h not without good foundation. * lore is his partial summary of the ltuatlon. "Tho governor, his prlate secretary, and executive clerk iro country newspaper men; po aro he labor commissioner, tho execuive agent of the game and fish ommlsslon, the State oil lnsportor. he State llbraraln, the secretary and HsiHtant secretary of State, the asIstant labor commissioner, the State Ire warden, the assistant fire marhal. the deputy public exnmlner, the ecretary of the dairy and food corantsslon. the assistant clerk of the upreme court, tho secretary of the oard of control. Both political paries have recognized the capability if the country editor for official poition from the earliest history of he State, and he has always been n active force In legislative counlls and in the miuor places under he nuttoual and Stafe government. FIREMAN IS KILLED. Lnd Eight Persons Are Hurt by Accldent to Train. Clrun.an O t U .. . ? a II VlilUll W. 'J. OIIUUII V> <tn AilltHl ad eight persona were Injured when in engine and two cars of the AusIn & Northwestern railway plunged nto a burning bridge over Walters reek. The seriously injured are: lonj. Coyne, mall clerk, skull and ipino injured; B. Willera, brakenan, McNeil, Tex., two ribB broken, ir a heavy mlBt obscured the flro and ho onglneer could not stop his train n timo to avert, the accident. Hanged Man's Policy. The queotlon whether an ordinary! nsurance policy insures a man | gainst death by legal hanging is raised In the caso of the Mutual Life Insurance Company vs. J. William McCue and others, which was presented Monday to the supreme jourt of the Cnlted States. McCuo Is one of the children of former Mayor McCuo of Charlottesville. Vs.. who was hanged for the murder of his wife In lhhf?. Decatur Flooded. A terrific hall and rain storm broke over Decatur, Ala , shortly after 5 o'clock Thursday night, during which many windows were broken by hall stones as large as walnuts. The streets aro flooded VICTIMS OF STORM MAY GO TO FIFTY WHEN ALL 11KFOKTS ARK RECEIVED. The Hurricane Was the Worst That Has Visited That Hcction in Many Years. A dispatch from Memphis. Tonn., says with the known death list already reaching a total of 3 7 human lives and with 13 others reported dead, with scores seriously injured ana many others painfully bruised, and with the property damage running to a million or more dollars, the toll of the havoc and destination of the storm which Bwept middle and west Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and portions of Arkansas and Booth Carolina last Thursday afternoon aud Thursday night grows hourly aa reports are received from remote districts and as wire communication Is gradually restored to a normal condition. The storm of Thursday night was tho worst that has visited this section of the South In years, being Intense In its destroying fury and widespread in its area. Whole sections of counties were laid In waste, towns destroyed and plantations greatly damaged. The dead: Denmarkt, Tenn.?Albert Barnes. Mulberry, Tenn.?Thomas Helm. Siaulou\ille. Teuu?'thirteen people reported killed (unconfirmed). Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.?Mrs. West McDaniel. Otis Llttlefield, Luther Little. Marshal Jordan. Ruby Jordan, I. P. Lemons. Near Stantonvllle. Tenn.?Charley Moore, wife and Infant; Terry Wllbank. Mrs. WUbank and their two children; Mrs. Slssom. Near Cartersville, Ga.?Miss Prltchard. Scottsboro, Ala.?Miss Houston 3kelton, MUas M. Suder. a child of Jim Gale. Wveth Cove. Ala.?Eight people killed. N?>ar Scottsboro. Ala.?Mrs. R. H. Skelton. Htsnton, Tenn.?Andy Johnson, a negro. Nixon. Tenn.?Klve people killed. Near Murruaduke, Ark.?Arthur Liggett. Apparently the Btorm broke in all Its fury over middle and weat Tennessee and proceeded In n southF<asterly direction across the State Into Alabama and Georgia, assuming the proportions of hurricane. it came practically without warn lug and in aome places the wind ittained a velocity of 'JO miles an hour. While only one death occurred at Denmark, Tenn.. the hor rors of the storm were greatly heightened by the tire w hich followed the wrecking of that town. The Berce flames rapidly consumed what Tew dwellings aud store houses that were left standlug and now a scene of utter desolation is presented. Two hundred people were rendered homeless and ha\e appealed to neighboring towns and cities for Immediate aid. Reports of five deaths and heavy damage come from NcNairy county. Homes and stores were leveled to the ground and great trees uprooted. Many handsome and Imposing State monuments in the Hhlloh National park were torn from their pedestals and the superintendent's lodge and other buildings were destroyed. The property damage in this section is estimated at $100.000. Wire communication with Stantonvlllo, where 13 lives are reported lost, has not yet been re-established. At Russell vllle, Ala., 27 people were seriously, several fatally. Injured. A property damage of at least $50,000 is estimated at Cartersville, (Ja., while that at Atlanta will run between $XO.OOO and $100,000. One life was lost at the former place. Rome, Oa., Gadsden, Ala., Huntsvllle, Ala., Decatur, Ala., and other smaller towns In the path of the atorm report heavy property dam* age. K ILLS WIFE, THEN HIMSELF. Insanely Jealous Man Commits Murder and Suicide. At Erie, Pa., Fred F. Link, of the Link Manufacturing Company, of that city, aroused his wife from her slumber Suuday morning and a quarrel ensued, during which. It la said. Link announced that he had decided to end both his own llfo and that of his wife. He drew a revolver and Mrs. Link selzod him and fought, for her life. but. tbo Innanelv Inalnni man nvflrcnmrt h^r and shot taor four tiroes, ono bullet penetrating her heart. Link flred tho remaining bullet, through hsls own head, dying Instantly. Office r Commits Suicide. Lieut. Carl. A. Rlchster, IT. S. N , [ stationed on tho Marietta, committed suicide by hanging himself In his quarters aboard the Marietta. His body was found hanging from two boll strnps In his room at 8 o'clock Thursday morning. Ho had been ashore until a lato hour Wednesday night. The body has been ( carried to the naval hospital at Portsmouth from the Marietta, which 1? still In Hampton Roads. Llout ' fUcbster was from Iowa. TOOK HIS LIFE Fashionably Dressed Robber Cheats His Pursuers by Calmly COMMITTING SUICIDE H He IlelU t'p the Cashier of the High- I land Park llank Near Chicago and Fleea With the Funds and When Closely Presscnl Deliberately Shoots l^JjH Himself. A fashionably dressed baodld who early Wednesday afternoon robbed the savings bank of I). M. Brsklne & I Co., in lllghlnnd Park, 111., un aria- H tocratlc suburb ou the lake shore H H 26 miles north of Chicago, commltt- 9 ed suicide by shooting himself in tho mouth when driven to bay by DHH the Highland Park Marshal and a H POBbo of citizens. A companion of the robber, who had driven him to the bank in an mHh automobile, was captured immediate- flflfl ly following the robbery, forcing the HH principal perpetrator of the daring I9B uuyitxm crime to neo on foot. He was engaged in a running duel j^M with Town Marshal John Shccaau ^H| who was the target for many bullets from the fugitive's revolver, one of which went through the sleeve of bis cont. After runn nc several H blocks and falling to drive back his pursuer, the robber ran Into a shed Closely pursued by Sheehan. When he saw Sheehan enter tho shed with his revolver leveled B| at hlB head, the fugitive put the mui- H| zle of his own revolver In his mouth and fired a shot which resulted In his H leath almost instantly. The ldentl* 5 ty of the dead man and his compan- H Ion Ib unknown. The robbery was conducted In a deliberate and spectacular manner, the bandit securing about ?500 In ? gold coin and bills after he had fore- a e?l John C. Duffy, ihe cashier of the 3 bank. Into the c-asher's cage Just 0 after the closing of business for tho 1 day. 1 "Call everyone In hero Into that cage or I'll blow your head oil. Hurry up." said the robber as he covered the cashier with a revolver. Duffy, unarmed, compiled with the demand. The bookkeeper und the receiving teller came Into the cage while the intruder helped himself to all the money iu sight. He carefully tucked the gold and bills into his pockets and then exclaimed: "If any of you attempt to follow mo 1 will kill you." He started for the door and Duffy Immediately phoned the marshal's office across the street. Ily the time the robber reached the automobile Sheehan was running toward the hank. At the sight of him the robber broke Into a run, and citizens held the chauffeur. The chase after the fugitive was a thrilling one, but ended in bis suicide within a few minutes. All th? money taken form the bank was found in bis clothing. The robber had called at the hank earlier In the day. EXPLOSION OF OASOLINH ii n movp onuses une Death and a Destructive Fire. At Fitzgerald. Oa , on Wednesday, a fire originating from an explosion of gasoline in a tailoring establishment. destroyed the (drier block ou Pino street, caused a Iobs of $26.000 and injuring two firemen. It is believed that a negro who attempted to fill the gasoline Stovo with the flames on lost his life. The buildings destroyed Included the Commercial hotel, loss of $12,000; Smith's tailoring establishment, loss $3,000. Firemen Homer Walters and James Parrott fell through the hotel roof and were badly hurt. TennesMs* Did Not K*cn|H-. That a destructive storm of wind and hail swept over West and Middle Tennessee and North Alabama, early Thursday night, is evidenced by the fact that no communication of | any character can he had with these 1 sections. Telegraph and telephone i wires are aown and reports from small towns in t li ? ox t rem a western counties of Tennessee state ttint a severe wind storm occurred at G o'clock Thursday night . unroofing houses, leveling telegraph poles and doing other damage. No loss of lifo Is reported from those points. Scarlet Fever at Columbia. A dispatch from Columbia save In vlow of the fact that there is some scarlet fever in that, city and in other parts of the State, the local hoard of health has Issued a formal statement, setting out the best means of preventing the spread of the disease. There is nothing startling about the altnation thero. the hoard of health dealring only to be on the safe side. * . Motive for the Peed. The Goorgotown Item says fho case of Dr. Bltlgham for the teurder of bis wife at Runny Ride recently. Is , asumlng very grave proportions. It is now authorativcly stated that Mrs. | Bingham was the only eye-witness to a klllln of a negro by the Dooj tor several months previous to his i visit down this way. If such he the .lease, here Is tho motive for Mrs. 4 Bingham's death. : - m