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| tiJe fort mill times VOLUME XVT p: < FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9,1909 NO. 37 CAMDEN SHAKE? Three Buildings Are Wrecked ud a%t (tractive Fire FaO?ws A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION Roveml Persons Hurt, and Propcrt; Worth Approximately Ono Han drtxl Thousand Dollars Ilestroyes as Hraolt of Explosion of Uncer tain Origin in Kxpress Office. A special dispatch to The 8tat< nays as a result of the explosion ol a presto-carbon tank in the Soulhert Express company's office Thursdnj I night, Friday morning found aboul a half block of Carhdon's finest I business places in ashes, one color? ed man probably killed, though tble could not be verified; two prominent young men badly hurt, and five otbl ers painfully injured. About 7:30 o'clock Thursday night a severe shock was felt nil over the town ond people rushed from i their homos and places of business to find Annies already gushing frcm r Wntkln Brothers' establishment and the express oflloe and to- learn that the explosion hod broken the wall between the express office and Watkins' store, causing it to fall on the occupants of the latter, not one ? of them escaping without injury, f.' Those In the store at the time ? were Wlillo Salmond. Andrew Whltaker, Charlie Wntkins. Willie : Wutkins and Arthur Watklns. i Messrs. Whitsker and Arthur Wat* kins were badly hurt, while the others escaped with severe bruises. Had nil of the men been as badly hurt as Messrs. Whitaker and Wat kins, it Is likely that none would have escaped. Fortunately, bow-over, three of the men were able to free a homselve* from the wreckage and k to x jVe other1" fm> out wtth tbe a?sieumtv of other men who happened to be Gear at hand beforo the I building wbh aflsiup. The low is estimated at over $100,000. It la generally thought that the explosion was that of a presto-carbon tank which had come to the expreos ofllre conelgned to W. II. De Loache for automobile lighting. It was stated by employes of the express office that the tank was some dlstauco from the stove, which had little or no tire in it. and the cause of the explosion is practically unknown. Tho explosion threw the walls on either side in to tho Watkins' lirothers nnd Haruche-Nettlos establishment respectively. Fortunately, however, the express office nnd the Ilaruche-Nettles store had closed some time before nnd only the occupants in Watkins Brothers were hurt. The explosion shattered glasses throughout the city, principally on Mnln street, and the shock could be distinctly felt for miles, many thinking that it was an earthquake. In the nearby bather shop men rushed to the streets with half shaven fac<>s aud one shoe sblned to Mulsh their toilet at some future time. The firemen did fine work and though handicapped by tho low pressure of the water, succeeding In checking tho fir? at W. T. Smith's store and made a noble effort at saving Bruce & Langs, but it was oi no avali. During the course of fighting tbr fire W. R. DeLonch ond Torn (Jood ale received alight Injuries. Measrs Andrew Wbltakor and Arthur Watklns were the men most serious)} hurt. Mr. Watklns whs taken to th? hotel Camden after being rescue and appeared to be resting well un der tho care of two physicians am a trained nurse. Tho extent of th< injuries of Messm. Whitaker an Watklns could not be ascertalne as they were too painfully hurt t< be lnimiedVptely examined. WIUI< Snlmond was taken home. Wllth an 1 Charlie Watklns were able tr remain to make arrangements t< open up their business Friday morn Ing at another location. Killed in Runaway. At Salisbury, N. C., while William Wntson and his two sons were returning from their country home at Woodleaf their team became frightened at an automobile and ran away. Watson was painfully hurt, the elder eon jumped and was uninjured, but the yo\mger boy. 6?voti year* old. was dragged some distance, dying afterwards from Injuries to the bead. Terrible Fxploeinn. With a roar beard twenty-five miles away, the nltro-Olycerlne Magazine of tho Marlotta Torpedo Company, at Cameron, W. V., cxplodod Wednesday. Tho oil shooter was Mown to pieces. Window glasses In five hundred bouses were shattered. chimneys topfdod over and walls cracked. The cause Of the explosion 1b unknown. t t t Many Japs Prmm. A fierce storm 6wept over tho vicinity of Shimonosekt, Japan, Tuesday night. The Klsagata Maru. a Japanese veaael. foundered, and It Is feared that all on board were lost. Twenty-five bodies have been ?ubpd ? pi) ore. |f, MAY MEAN WAR ifAR SKIPS AND MARINES SENT jf TO IRE STORM CENTRE. be Rear Admiral, Placed In C'omWnd, Will Ilnre Enough Men to btttpotnt Zclaya's Army. Saval forces of the United States al being movtsl forward to both <*it8 of Central America for the p^rose of protecting American life 1 A.*l nrrvfuii? * * . r.w|>v>k; ?u muniiiHun U) lorwj ofirms, if the necessity arises. Ilth the departure lote 'Thursday frv) Philadelphia of the troopship Frrie, with 700 marines aboard - foiihe Isthmus of Panama, and if t It I so decreed, for Nicaragua, and , Mril the aaillng ffrom Magdalena r baj^f the protected cruiser Albany andjho gunlK>at Yorktown for Cort intrlpn the Pacific coast of Nlcara-< t gus|the war like activity of the . nav departmout waa becoming mani ifle-Von both oceans that wash the Nlc.pgua shores. nildes, the cruiser Dee Moines and 'acoma and the gunboat Marietta a> lying off Port Limon, Coeta Rieaj-eady for any oall upon them and \e guns of the little gunboat VlckR urg are pointed towards the cuntoi) house and town of Cortnto. The gpboat Princeton is endeavoring to take her way from the Bremerton njvy yard, Washington, to Corinto ski. In aflltlon the transport Buffalo, accordife |p what is said to be the plan offhe officials responsible, will sail frok 'Panama for Corinto. with probably, as many aa 1.199 marines aboard, (pon after the Pralre, which left PhUdelphla a few days ago, with ab<bt 700 marines, arrives at Colon. \ On theAlbany nre about 2S0 blue Jackets aid on the Vlcksburg. Yorktown andPrln<H?ton. about lf>0 each These, together vith the marines, would n an army equal to an> ofgnnlait<p reported to bo se:\lug Utttier Z<?>a. tbe;sime tlmo. the United States wir have a formidable force within sulking distance of the Atlantic cosit in cane of danger to American lives or property In that section ot Nicaragua. At Pon Limon. Costa Rim. am anchored tho cruisers Dee Moines aud Taoona. each with 280 men aboard, aid tho gunboat Marietta, with 100 men. m ? TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN*. Uneut Valley, N. Y., Widow Wants *v "" ^Husband. Mral^Hta^Prown, widow, of CJroat ValleyjgMap.wnuts a husband, ac^>rding\jCflL=a message found on the under ftjde; 0f a wooden top to a basket grape* bought by Mrs. 11. V. HubELejM Ji>r> North Penusylva-* nia ntr^ lodtuiiapolls. Ind. The widow dasfH^ a husband who ruuBt be "nlcaggKi^^tiy and have a happy d,Bl>0W^ >-Bhe also wants blm to have dMg^r complexion and wnnts him for tfte remainder of her life The mljlMge tad been written with a leb& iwmcil and follows: "If some Qjce youug man should purehase thl, basket of grapes, please wrlt0.at once to tho addre?6 below aud 1>^ me know what condition tho ;Yf?pes warn In. They are nice *-- - -N. >x;o, ^roviiVll uy W VI. rj nlco young fra6tJ widow, thirty-two years old. *'>u to do. who would like to renew married life, but I am very particulak "I prefer a -j^n of jerh complexIon. medium ei^o. and of a good dla>oeltlon. who lB woe thy. "1 live in a njc0 Httle town, own i nice home, '^ut am very lonesome, nd am in hoj^g that this wl'l help me in securing a partner for life. "If any one ?bould huy this has 'tot who is ft'ready married, or who loea not care t0 ^ pi?ase hand thie Message to a njce young man who 'oes. and Ob'ilgp( Mrg. Ann Urown. "Oreflft Valley' y. COOK W*yV THK HOLE. Or Elao How ^ ]{e Know Water Maurice C4nnel, obnervor at the weather burdu, gftn Jose, Cel., and the ?urr|??r pf the Qreely polar expedition, wff*ada Or. Frederick A. Cook from thi1 recent attack of V, alter Wellmaf^,,- Connell declared: "Wellraatf tt,n8 U8 that he could manufactuitj^l, latitude observation at any tlojigM^jcrtninly that la not very conT^^^f. Hut. Cook could v ? ' gflMgecturo a time obaervatlon orfe;%yr*,pgl t u d ft observation, neither jie manufacture the ' ; 'M !r *^S?*Wons nor above all ?i thT whether the Dorth halT beo* Aort^ ?T *** unle6s bc ^_.a needed to affirm CJWWfJviat be reached the n^y <^^BTpirrar,v* of bls ,,our* A S^|j fhwrnl. A well-dre**^ amooth-looklng ">tne farm homes | In Booth Dakqta Ho aundUDf0(1 himself a. au lnj(ipector of ? ,t<jck He proceeded t? !n?p^, thft Cftttla sheep, eto., anp tbetJ prf,sonted a >111 of from $3, 60 t0 |5 ft0> ag thc] ~aao might be. i^ter tbe farm^rR l'ZZ2J , th? an Importer. ON BRINK OF WAR Charge d'Affain of Nicaragua Giten His Passports. SOME VERY PLAIN TALK Zclaya, President of Nicaragua. Branded un a Tyrant, and Will be Held Personally Responsible for the Murder of Groce and Cannon, Two American Citizens. Secretary of State Knox haB returned the passports of Felipe Rodriguez. charge d'affaires of the Nlcaruguau legation. at Washington, with a letter scathingly denouncing the Zolayan administration. The letter is definitely declared to repreeent the views of President Taft. and is About u plain-spoken & anything emanating from the State department In years. The extraordinary feature of the letter Is that it aeema to evince an Intention on the part of the United Statoa to hold President Zelaya personally responsible for the alleged torture and execution of the Americans, Cannon and Orooe, and exhibits the unique situation of one government holding the Chief Executive of another Presidency as a common malefactor. Zelaya Is branded as a violator of solemn international conventions, a disturber of the national and International peace, a tyrant whose administration has been a blot upon the name of good government. Secretary Knox virtually announces the recommendation of the Nlcnrnguan revolutionists, declares It to be th?? conviction of the United States that the revolution represents the sentiments of a majority of the Niearuguan people, and that there is evidently no responsible Government tvhh which the Unitod States can deal. Mo therefore announces that all parties will be bold accountable for tbelr actions as affecting the luterosts of Americans and tho peace of Central America. He further Informs Senor Rodrlguec that while he has lost his diplomatic quality, he may still servo oh sn "unofficial" channel of communication with tho faction which ho Is regurdod as representing. This brings the crisis as near to the status of war as It could be brought by executive action without a definite declaration by both houses of Congress, which will convene next Monday. Knox's Letter. Secretary Knox's letter to Senor J Rodriguez iB as follows: "Since tho Washington conventions of 1907, it is notorious that President Zelaya has almost continuously kept Central America in tension or turmoil, that he has repreatedly and flagrantly violated the provisions of the convention, and by a baleful lnfluenco upon Honduras, whose neutrality tho conventions were to assure, has sought to dls- j credit those sacred international obligations to the great detriment of Co?ta Rica, Salvador and Guatemala. whoso governments meanwhile appear to have been able patiently to strive for the loyal support of the engagements so sol men ly undertaken at Washington under the auspices of tho Uulted Stat?u and Mexico. "It is equally a matter of common knowledge that under the regime of President Zelaya, republican institutions huve ceased In Nicaragua to exist except in name; that public opinion and the press have beeu throttled; and that prison has been the reward of any tendency to real patriotism. My consideration for you personally impHa mo to abstain from unnecessary discussion of the painful details of a rugime which unfortunately has been a blot ui>on the history of Nicaragua and a discouragement to a group of republics whose aspirations need only the opportunity of free and honest government. "In view of the Interest' of the United States and of its relations to the Washington conventions, appeal against this situation has long since been made to this government by a majority of the Central Amerlcau republics. There is now added the appeal through the revolution of a great body of the Nlcaraguon jxjoplo. "Two Americana who. this government is now convinced wore officers connected with the revolutionary forces, and therefore entitled to be dealt with according to ttao enlightened practice of civilized naI tions, have boon killed by dlr<^ order of President Zolaya. Their execution Is raid to have been preceded by barbarous crnelties. The consulate at Managua Is now oflclal, ly reported to have been menaced. There Is thus a sinister elimination of an administration also characterized by a cruelty to Its own citizens which has, until the recent outrage, found vent In the case of this country in a succession of petty annoyances and Indignities which many months ago made it impossible to ask an American minister longer to residue at Managua. From every point of new it has endently become difficult for the United States further to delay more active resopnrcs to the appeals so long made to Itb duty to Its citizen* to Its dig nlty, to Central America and to civilisation. "The government of tho United States Is convinced that the revolution represents the ideals and tbo will of a majority of the Nlcaraguan people more faithfully thim does the government of President Zelaya. and that Its peaceable control Is widl-nlgh R6 extensive as that hitherto so sternly attempted by tho government at Managua. "There is now added the fact, as officially reported from more than one qunrter, that there -re already Indications of a rising tu the Western provinces in favor of a PrrHldentlul candidate Intimately associated with the old regime. "It Is easy to ace new elements tending toward a condition of Anarchy which leaves, at a given time, no definite responsible source to which the government of tho United States could look for reparation for the killing of Messrs. Cannon and Groce. or indeed, for tho protection which must be assured Amorl rau citizens and American interests In Nicaragua. "In these circumstances the President no longer feels for the government of President Zelaya that respect and confldenoe which would make it appropriate hereafter to maintain with it regular diplomatic relations, implying the will and the ability to respect and assume what Is due from one State to another. "The government of Nicaragua, which you have hitherto represented is hereby notified, as will be also the leaders of the revolution, that the governm*Pt of the United Statep will hold strictly accountable for tut protection of American life and property ,the factions de facto In control of the eastern and western portions of the Republic of Nicaragua. "As for the reparation found due, after careful consideration, for the killing of Messrs. Groce and Cannon, the government of the United States would be loatn to Impose upon the Innocent people of Nicaragua too heavy burden of expiating the acts of a regime forced upon them, or to exact from a succeeding government, if It have quite different policies, the Imposition of such a burden. Into the questions of ultlmato reparation there must enter the question of the existence at Managua of Q government capable of responding to demands. There must enter also the question how far It in possi bio to reach those actually respon Bible and tlioee who perpetrated the tortures reported to have preceded tho execution. If these be verified; and the question whether the government bo one otitlrolv from the present Intolerable conditions and worthy to be trusted to make Impossible a recurrence of such acts, in which c ifo the President, ns a friend of your country, as he Ik also of the othc republlcj, of C vitral America. mi*ht be disposed to have indemnity considered to wha' was reasonably due the relatives of th ?deceased and punity only in so far as the punlslnuent :al<ht fall where real'y due. "In puieivc? of '.his poll v too Rovernnio.it o' the United St oca wi I uiiKirarP * w'? ihold its denimd for reparation, in the meanwhile nklng such steps as it deems wise and proper to protect American Interests. "To Insure tho future proteetl >n of legitimate American Interests, in consideration of the Interests of the majority of the Central Amorlcan republics. and In tho hope of mnk'ng more effective and friendly offices exerted under the Washington conventions, the govornment of the United States r??sorves for further consideration at the proper tlmo the question of stipulating also that the constitutional government of Nicaragua obligate Itself by convention, f^r the benefit of all the governments concerned, as a guarantee for 11h future loyal support of the Washington conventions and their i>encoful aud progressive alms. "From the foregoing it will he apparent to you that your office of charge d'affaira is at an end. 1 have the honor to enclose your passports, f<y use in case you deslro to fcave this country. 1 would add at the same time that, although, your diplomatic quality is terminated. 1 Bhall be happy to receive you, aa 1 shall be happy to receive the representative* of the revolution, each as the unofficial channel of communication between the government of the United States 0T'l the de facta authorities to whom I look for the protection of American interests pending the establishment in Nicaragua of a government with which the United States can maiutaiu dije lomatic relations." NEGRO SHOT DEAD In the T>ark by a Cowardly WhJt< Assassin. Tbo Columbia Record says nowi of an attempted assassination of ? nncro Kt? a ?eWi?? _-0.~ a "mi'? ujou povrrai 111ll" out on tho Wiunsboro road hao boon received. The negro Ik named Kennedy and a brother o( his camt into tho city Wedneedjav morning and had a warrant issued (or a ma: named Metz. whose initials no on* in roach recalled. Tho Kennedy no gro lives out near the rao* tracV and was returning home from bit work, somewhere farther out in tht country. When near a lonely plae< on the homeward road, the negr< w?s flrod upon by some one who step pod from behind a tree, a sbotgut being the weapon used. The negro it is said. Is pretty badly woundoc hut will likely recover. SHOWS FIGHT : * Zelays Refuses to Notice Officially Knox's Ulttimatom and APPEALS TO CONGRESS President of Niritnuniu Will it ReporU'd, Ask Congress t?> Interftipo With tlto State Department Program?Men Supposed to bo His Agents Keueh Washington. President Zelaya lias not only refused to take olUclal cognizance of Secretary Knox's note, which was practically an ultimatum, but ho Is declared to have dispatched special agents to Washington to endeavor to have the State department's ultimatum set aside, first by appeals to the department, and ssondly by direct appoals to members of Congress. Tho State department Is entirely awaie of the prosence and Identity of these emissaries. These special agents are boing watched In a general way. It win reported that any attempt that Zelaya might make to escape from the country would receive the direct and vigorous attention of the American warships now lying off the coasts of Nicaragua. Secretory Knox haB intimated in the plainest language that the State department looks upon Zelaya as the man responsible for the torture and death of the two Americans, Groce and Cannon. The plan to deflect the United States government program with reference to Nicaragua came to light when Senor Fernando Sanchez and Dr. V. M. Roman arrived at Washington. Neither Senor Sanchez nor Dr. Roman would talk. They gave their address as New York. Members of the Central American diplomatic corps, however, were in a flutter wbon thoy discovered the now arrivals, flenor Sanchez, tbey declared, is o partner of Zelaya In many of the latter'* busin^cs ventures In Nicaragua, and he has managed to ama?s a fortune of betweop four and live million dollars In gold. Dr. Roman, tho report continued, long has been Honor Suchcz's business adviser, snd he also Is n close friend and adherent of Zelaya. During Friday afternoon and early evening more than a score of telegrams were dispatched from Beuor Sanchez's rooms. Almost an equally large number were received. This telegraphic activity . tho Central Americans insist, is aimed at members of Congress, with a view of winning over enough of them to render the Administration's present program inoperative in the event it is presented to Congress. Dr. Salvator Ca-strlllo, the diplomatic agent of the provisional government of Nicaragua and representative of the revolutionists. here, made formal request to Secretary Knox that he be received on equal terms with tho agents of the Zelaya government. It la generally believed that Dr. Caatrlllo's request will bo granted. While making all preparation for action, this government has resumed the claim that preceded the Issue of Secretary Knox's note. There were no developments In tho State department Friday. To all appearanc os the department Is "marklug time" until occasion arrives for further action. * SOCIETY DEGENERATING. Roving Rout Held for the Entertainment of "Four Hundred." Another chapter has been added to the psycho-pathological history of New York's "Society," a record of deplorable, physical, mental and ethical degeneracy and decay. This time It was not a do* or monkey dinner or an evening entertainment with nude women as the principal feature, but a series of genuine boxing bouts with actual knockouts, which was arranged by one member of the "Select" for the edification of u party of guests also belonging to the "Four Hundred." 1 \Yhat makes the thing even more disgraceful Is the fact thut the host, on this occasion, was a woman and that the pugilistic entertaiument was given at her country seat on I.ong Island, where a house party was in progress. ? Farmer Kills Himself. John M. Folk, living about eight miles from Columbia. committed i suicide Tuesday morning with a ( shotgun. Tie was about fifty years , old. and leaves a wife and two cbilHrnn Tk?.? I- ~~ ( ... . ii.Tn. mi nuown railSO. I 1 In was apparency in pood health and financial ciroumRtanr* ?. Ills fathor was one of tho wealthiest , farmers of Newberry. Pnl'h Count Got to John D. t Count P. A. rto Vrtn? waf succouri ful this pa*t. week, in reaching John i D. RocknfoJlor at his home in Fore,# ) Hill, near Clevolaad. O. Tbs co^t j sought to Interest tho financier tn - his scheme to drain the Zydor Ur-o 1 Holland, and open it to tru^ktaur . lie had tried frequently to n#??*. [John D., and once was fired uo#n when ho por6isted r?o strotiglv. ? NEGRO BURNED ALIVE THE AWFt'L WOKK OF AX EtV HAG EI) MOB OVER IX OA. A Colored Pnwher Who Fntallj Shot n White Mnn U Cremated With I.I);lit\vi)od. A dispatch from Cochran. CJa. tells of the awful work of a mot of enraged citizens of that section John Howard, a negro preacher, who shot and fatally Injured Will I) Booth, two miles from Cochran lutt Wednesday afternoon wim i by n mob of enraged citizens live miles from Cochran Wednesday night at 10 o'clock and burned at n stake, more than n carload of llghtwood, it Is stated. being heaped about th* body. Booth 1b a well known business man of Hawkinsville and was en route to Cochran in an automobile when the shooting occurred. He droTe up behind Harvard, who w&< in front of him in a wagon. Harvard charged that Booth's machine frightened hie muio. He drew a pistol after a few words and fired upon Booth, three shots taking effect. Booth returned the fire and it was learned after the negro wn: captured that he carried two bullets, but neither struck vital spots and ho easily made his escape. He was found In a barn three miles from the place where the shooting occurred. Booth was carried to Cochran immediately after the snooting. Burgeons gave out the statement that there was little hope for his recovery. He has a wife and several children. Officers from Ilawklnsvllle in automobiles and carrying track hounds went immediately to the scene of the shooting, but a party of enraged citizens was quickly formed and trailed the negro on horseback to his hiding place. He showed fight, hut wac suffering so severely from the effects of his Injuries until he could offer but little resistance. He freely admitted the shooting and stated tt Justified his action by the fact tha? Booth's automobile frighteued his mules. Harvard was given an opportunity to pray, after which he was securely bound with chains to p.-' improvised stake. The fuel was piled high above his head and the torch ai>nlte<t Th.i ?-i.... ..r ? r, ? - ? .?? iuf, ui me iiiwiics prevented sound being audible, if au> escaped the man's lips. NKGRO RRKAGIIKR \VAXTKI>. f?lwnw<MHl Sheriff looking for ?>i?e on Cluirnc of 1'raud. A Greenwood dispatch says a negro preacher, giving the name of William McKlnney, is wanted there by ofllcials and five well known negroes on a rather serious charge of cheating and defrauding. McKlnney wont to Greenwood several weeks ago and represented himself to a number of negroes as Go\ eminent contractor, who had Just finished a largo Job somewhero at a profit to himself of $20,000. H? liked Greenwood, ho said, and proposed to get up n ldg negro s'ore on the eo-operatlvo plan. lie wanted most of the stock himself, but he proposed to the five well known colored men bImjvo referred to, tc let them In on the ground floor und graciously received from their noxious hands twenty-five dollars eacli towards organization expenses. McKlnney has gone .and the duped ones want to see McKlnney In Jail One of the five has been to Lancaster, where McKlnney hailed from and renorts thai he fnnn.1 and child, deserted, there, and heard McKinney had another wife in Sumter. lie ulso reported that MoKinnej duped a number of old negroef In and around Lancaster se\era years ngo by representing himsell as a Government nio-nt who had th< disposal of a large sum of monej in the national treasury for forniei slaves. lie collected a dollar eat! and skipped. He is described as being 4? yean old, height five feet, ten; weigh about 2UU pounds, chocolate color mustache, two upper teeth golc crowned; hair slightly tinged witl gray; wore a square cut. b!a?-u cos and light trousers; had double cum gold watch and pearl handle knife which he displayod trequently. Another Mine Trouble. Eight, moti wero imprisoned In cave-in and fire Tuesday in cme o the several copper mines of tb (Tennessee Copper Company at Cop per Hill, Tenn. Four oxygen hel mots, two funks of oxvKen and oth er mine reeeuo paraphornalla wor sont from Kuoxvlllo to tho mlno h a special train. Barber Foil Dead. The Georgotown Item save Hoar Simmons, a negro harbor of tha city. dropped dead a few days ag while In conv#rBatlon. It Is sal that he Jomped up Into tho air. rlaj pod his hands to his head, hollowe and foil doad. Wo learn thai fc i was a hard drinker. No doubt th 1 habit produced paralysis of the biali ' KILLED NEICE A Grey-Haired Spinster Arranged Before Redorder For A . A MOST HORRIBLE CRIME Murdered Woman Had Valuable > IVtipprty and tarried Heavy IJfo > IiiNurance?Body Found In Uath Tub, Whore it Is Thought the Wo ( mutt whs DMwntxl by Husband. Virginia Wardlnw, n gray-haired spinster, w.t6 arraigned boforo a , recorder at East Orange, N. J., Thursday formally charged with th?* murder of her young niece, Mrs. Occy W. N. 8nor?d. whoso body was found lu a bath tub In a deserted i house In East Orange Monday. , Death, according to the coroner, was due to drowning In leas than a foot of water, but In view of inya' terloua features of the case?the ' vouug womon'B detention in deserted houses while having a $20,000 insurance policy on her life, and owning property In Brooklyn valued at $10,000 and iter apparent helplessness for months past ? Miss Wardiaw wae held without hail for examination Monduy. Two other women said to have been associated with the victim, are under surveillance nccordiug to the police. Tho Wardiaw woman's demeanor in court was grim and taciturn and in keeping with the mystery whl n surrounds the entire case. When the formal charge of murde* was read she manifested no emotion, but when taken to a cell broke dovn and wept, evincing concern over ?er niece's body, which she feared wouid bo hurried In potters field. The police theory Ib that Mrs Snead had been in a helpless condition for months, unable to direct licr own affairs and was at the mer cy of whoever acted as her guardian. A will has been discover* 1 said to have boon signed by the victim, which gives to nn infant enn tho sum of $.'>00 and bequeaths the remainder of the estate, both rml and personal, to Mrs. Snead's grandmother. Martha Ellas Wardlnw. Tbn Infant ' ... .......Ji r.ni ii'icrrfKi lo in the will wns born In August last but waR taken from Its mother and presumably placed in an instItutlnn. ATTAl'KKI) IIV I'Olil'OISK. I toy* llavn an Kxrltiug; Fiicounter With a IH? Fish. The Charleston Post says Tom Holder and Lewis Slender had an exciting experience Wednesday morning. The lads hud been marsh hen hunting In a small batteau and were returning to the city. In the middle of the river a six and a half foot porpoise showed himself soiih Ustance ahead of the boat. The ttHh have very peaceful reputation, hut as la the case with many a man, the lighting properties can be finally aroused anil this Is uhat happened when one of tho hoys took a slut at the porpoise. Wtung by the shot, tho Hsli rah" 1 his head Just hl?h enough to get Ills hearings and then h<> made for the hoys In the boat. The flsli gave , several hard slaps at the boat, with his (In and Id all hut actually got Into the boat after the boys The young men saw their predicament , ami moy anew now flint It wa? i fight for the .finish. lfcjitunaicly there wus one shell 1? ft, and It w is , necessary to put the shot In thn right place. This was done just I under tho right flu In one of tieslaps that the porpoise mad* . and th'-n the fish lay quiet. . StM IKTV (illtl. KILI.S IIKUMI I Miss Ltla-I Norman of (ircenslsiro l N. l'? 1'iols ller l.lfe. J. Without any previous Intlmati -n , and with no Incentive other than a , slight remonstrance from a in-m'-a r - of her family about extravagant inj dulseuees, Miss Kthel Norman, a ) 17. prominent In society In <.r- aa . horo, N. (J.. committed aulclda t V. e Inesday afternoon - o " ln?' herself through the heart \\l:h a j revolver. She came homo a ? it , i?;30 o'c'iu* : and passing her n c-r t in the hall wont directly to her room. e whore she pressed tho revolver to lt her heart and fired, doath rofuiltius luttautly. Girl <"li/?*e<l and Shot. ^ .MISS Tillto Gable. a r f year-old girl, had a Thanksgiving e party at her home, No. K.7 \.> oi i i. street, Williamsburg. N Y . which I- ended In her being chased d > n i- lyeonard street for a Mock ?v Wi. e lla.ni Kennoy, one of the guests, who y was lufatuatod with h? r <n 1 shunting her because she would not < >nsent to marry hini. She wa.- only slightly hurt. y lt They Were All 80vert. o A dispatch from Duck town. Tonn., d says the eight men who wera itnv prisoned In the London mine a *' h id result of a shaft Are were wrought ie to the surface. Not one was phyalIs cally disabled following the entomba. rnent.