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W VOLUME XVIII FORT MUX, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30.1009 ~ NO. 41
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MANUo BY IUUA
Adairal Schley Calls Upto Peary to Sohnit
His Data to Dates.
WHO REJECTED COOK'S
?r-- t . ?
)' Be SmAtoi Hie Ooafldcnce In the
Brooklyn Kiplorer and DocUtch
That Utc Same !Rrn Who Repu?
-eiBf i r| g ? r
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UM?ICU vwm W flVWHWi OASVrWAAA
eo Pats Upon Peary't Proof.
Reaffirming hit complete confidence
In Df Cook; Rear Admiral W.
8. 8cbley, retired. Wednesday called
publicly upon. Commander Peery to
submit liT? proofs that he reached
the North Pole to, some scientific
body other than the National Geographlc
Society. This the Admlrul
decalres, should be done at once In
the interests of Justice aad to establish
beyond question the claims
of Peary.
The Admiral believes that the
same body which threw out and repudiated
Cook 'a data should be per
mIt ted to paaa upon the data submltted
bT Peary to the Geographic
8oclety. '
"lbs Danes are the best posted
body of men In the world on Arctic
matters," he said. "The consistory
of tho University of Copenhagen
should be given the opportunity
to examine the Fesry proofs, for
In that way they would be submitted
to the ajuue'teat that was applied
to thnBe of Cook."
Moreover, Admiral Schley, believes
that the submission of the proof to
Copenhagen should be insisted upon
by Peary, deaplt'e wjjatever the
National Geographic Society's attitude
may be.
Admiral Schley declined to Bay on
what grounds he took exception to
th? (lntlinr e\f f h? ?h*
University of Copenhagen that Cook
had not beert at the "North Pol?. He
merely resfbt-med his b?llef In the
explorer, adding that lie .believes
also that Pear*, foo. had gained the
top of the earth.
The Important of the Admiral's
demand It* Increased by the fact that
he ha? had wide experience In the
far North. In 1884 he was iu com
mnnd of the Thetis expedition, which
resulted In the rescue of Lieut
Greeley and six men who had been
cast away at Cape Sabine, and whom
the clvtllxed world had practically
given up for loat. For his rescue.
Schley, then a captain In the service,
was swarded a gold watch an!
a vote of thanks by the Maryland
Legislature, and a medal of honor
by the Massachusetts Humane So- 1
clety.
Members of the National Geographic
Society declined to discuss
the suggestion of the retired naval
ofllcer. The Socl?ty Is still smarting
under 'he somewhat curt reply
made by the University of Copenhagen
to Its request that a committee
representing ths Society he permitted
to be present when Dr. Cook's
data was examined.
DltANK POISON KD BOOZVL
One Man Dead and Another Very
Ill From the
\
Rsmuel Hogan Is dead aud s negro
is In a sdrloua condition at
Starke, Fla., from drinking whiskey
that id alleged to have lyecn poison
ed. Tlie whiskey was sent to John
Bennett. a well kncwo^sl.i^n, an,'
in the package was the following
note:
"Froni a friend, wishing a hupps
Christmas "
Mr. Bennett sent the negro to
the express office for the package
giving him a drink upon bis return
lie then ; ltwed the bottle to Mo?an.
who drnnk. The bottle war. uext
passed to Mr. Bennett's son. who
drank. Pr -sentry ?I1 three wer* sud
dandy 111 and Hogan djei befor?
medical sid reached him. The h^v
is better, but the negro is In a
dangerous condition. The package
was shipped from Jacksonville and
the authorities are now investigating
the esse."
Jealousy Cause* Tragedy.
A triple nmrder And suicide t>c
ctirred st Pittsburg. Ky., a mining
village, Wodneaday when WMilian:
Murray, a miner, shot and Killed
h19 wife and her mother and Eibert
Cole and himaelf. Murray, objections
to the allege^ attention of
Cole to Mm. Murray are given a?
the cusse of the crime*.
Illown to I'lfff*.
At Pt. Petersburg. Chief Ksrpoff
of the secret Russian police was
W blown to blta shortly after midnight
Wednesday In hie apartments The
flat was wrecked, and the official
??? literally cut Into small pieces
by the force of tho explosion,
Prim? Minister Hlnln.
An official dispatch received by the
Pt*?te department Wednesday morn
Ins from Rucharert stated that the
prime minister of Roumania had
bor n shot and serlonaly wounded by
an anarchist,
k Kxpfnakm |n Colliery.
Wk An explosion occurred In a e?%l
mine near MaAJastar, Okla.. a few
* days ago, and It la raported that
MB many mlugv^ ara hnrt
FAILS 1U SfKUH
DR. COOK FAIL8 TO ESTABLISH
1I1S CLAIM OF BEING
Tbu First Mau to Reach liw North
I'olo Before the University ?f
Copenhagen.
A dispatch from Copenhagen. Denmark.
Hays the University of Copenhagen,
the first Institution of learning
that recognized Dr. Frederick A.
Cook as discoverer of the North
Pole, Tuesday solemnly declared that
the explorer had failed to establish
the claim upon which hie high honors
are based.
The committee appointed by the
university to examine Cook'a reooril6
recently presented a report to
the consistory of the university,
which reviewed the deductions of
the experts with the greatest care
and discussed the findings from every
standpoint. Both the committee and
the consistory wore disappointed.
The consistory met and adopted
a written report that the alleged
records submitted for examination
by Dr. Cook failed to prove the
claim that he reached the pole.
The report of the oommlttee.
Prof. Catromgren, chairman, as presented
to the consistory, stales that
Cook's papers are without any value,
and that his report to the university
Is practically the same as
published In the New York Herald
upon his return from the arctic
expedition. Copies of hla note books
submitted, says the committee, contain
no original calculations or observations,
but only the results thereof.
Accordingly tho committee concludes
that he offers no proof of having
reached the pole.
The documents submitted to the
University of Copenhagen for examination
include 1 a typewritten
report by r>r C.xik and * typewritten
cony of Dr. Cook's notebooks. Dr.
Cook's secretary, Walter Lonsdale,
told the commission that the original
not books were sent to Europe by
another route. Despite the explorer's
promise of the original note
book and dlarlee. they have never
reached the commission. The explorer's
address is not known, even
to his secretary.
THREE Id YES WERE LOST
In m lllg London Drapery Store
Eire. on Monday.
A disastrous Are Involving the loss
of three lives and the destruction of
the big drapery store of Ardlng and
Hobbs at Chapham, u southwestern
quarter of London, occurred Monday.
The Are occurred when th?
store, covering an acre of ground,
ass crowded with customers. But
In little more than an hour the building
was a mass of ruins. The damage
Is estimated In the vicinity of
$2,500,000.
All the customers made their way
out of the store lu safety. The three
hundred employee followed them.
The progress of the flames which
wus assisted by the Christmas decorations
and festoons was so rapid
ihst some of the emptors were
caught in the upper floors.
Oue of the girls descended the
Are escape In safety, while the second
fell and was killed. The two
nten then Jumped and also were
killed. Many persons aero assisted
from the windows by the Bremen
and several of the employes were
seriously injured, a few possibly
fatally. Some of the employes are
ur tccouniea ror.
SKVKXTV MILKS OF RAILROAD
Were Constructed iu Month (' rolina
During I'#*! Year.
According to statements submit
t?' 1 to tbe railroad commission by the
llnea of the State, 68.14
riles of railroad have been constructed
lu South Carolina during
the past year.
Only ?ls and a fraction miles of
sidetrack were Installed, which Ip
oust lervd by meraber? of the com liisslon
us the least number of miles
on record.
Only right miles of track were
tdded to the main lines of the larg
ar system8 of the State, and seven
>f these miles were added to the
Qreenvllie Knoxvllle road.
The ro rts constructing the larg
obi number of miles are the Caroliua,
Cllnrhleld 6 Ohio, 18; North
& South Carolina road 27.3, and the
Monnetlsvllle & Cheraw extension 1ft
miles.
Fell From Train.
William San ford, a white man
about 3ft years of age. met his death
five miles below Prosperity Tuesday
ifternoon by falling from Columbia.
Newberry A I<aur?ns passenger
VT.. m ft * ? * ' - _ *
.- i/. o?. oounn irora coinmMa to
"r?-enville. Ranford wan coins to
Vewb?rry to visit relatives. When
his relatives last heard from him h*
tva?i working In the Lexington cotton
mills.
Killed by Nutive.
At Bombay. British India. Arthur
Mason Ttpf'ts Jackson, chief mi?let
rate of .tasik,- wwi assassinated
whi^e attending a theatrical performance
Wednesday. The tootlvr
for the murder was a wteh for revenue
upon the magiatrate, who Benten
red n erlmloalto llf^Jmprlaon
BOOZE TRADE
PreUtitiu bulks Are Fey i?f Tkeir
Keicue Akrui
FLOODED WITH LIQUOR
Boom House* Ptsrd Plcalc it
the Dry Territory of Tfcis ?u&d
Other States, uf Re My Rich j
II a 1, . t a# /U-W ?
n u? VH I < > V UU1U DC
Better Bpnt. I
I
The Columbia State says the re*I- ;
dents of tbe dry counties la South
Carolina are not to be without their
Christmas "boo?e." The abolition
of the dlapeaaary has seemingly not
quenched their thlrnt, for every day
the Cnlumbia office of th# Southern
express company receive# and distributes
a hundred or more packages
of whiskey to the dry counties
Most ef the "aperlta" received
comes from Jacksonville, although
some is received from Richmond.
The trade has Increased so much, as
the holidays grow nearer, that the
shipments of whiskey have overreached
the capacity of the express
cars and the fast freight is used in
bringing the pacakagee and cases
here where tha distribution Is made
by tbs express company to the trains
entering* those parts of tke State
where an arid desert prevails.
The sensation of the season In
express circles came a few days ago
when a box car filled With packages
of Christmas boose was re*, 'ved
Jacksonville. The ear was spilt here
and the packages oonsVxnsd by regular
express to the destinations specified
on the packages.
It In said tkat at Spartanburg so
much liquor for Christmas consumption
was received that the regular
channel at the express office was
clogged with supplicants for packages
of cheer. an>l those wishing to
sead Christmas remembrances found
it difficult to consign their gifts to
the clerks. This continued for a
while until relieved by the establishment
of special depot for packages
of whiskey, aad for this alone. Kven
at that a visitor to the city from
Spartanburg says that to get a Jug
or case, position was at a premium
in the line, aa is the case when a
big production Is put on for one
night only, and everybody in town
wishes to take a friend to see the
show, and tickets are scarce.
The oid familiar Jug Is seen no
more and the little brown Jug with
Its red sealing vai. except the Jugs
are usually white, are now shipped
In neat packages and the unltlated
might not know what the pretty
boxes contain.
On account of the variety and con,
venlent modes of transit from Jacksonville
to Columbia, the majorlty
of packages for residents of the (iry
counties near Columbia, order their
"booie" from the Florida city, although
some prefer the Richmond
houses. In the upper part of the
State Richmond has the Inside track
and a special to The States from
Richmond a few sights ago tells
what sn enormous business the Virginia
whiskey houses are doing.
This special says:
"As a distributing point for the
entire South, as well as for many
Slates of the Mlddlet West. Richmond
at this seaelon has shipped
probably more whiskev tn Atv
tlons than was ever sent out in the
wbic length of time from any city
In the country, not excepting New
York and Chicago, which arc situated
in territories surrounded by cities.
towns and counties that hare
never been afTected by the tempernee
ware. This declaration is bas<?d
on statements made by leading whiskey
dealers and on estimates furnished
by representatives of the ra
rione express companies.
'"The bulk of these gigantic shipments
have been consigned to Individuals
In North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi
and the varlou* dry sections
of Virginia. At the same time enormous
quantities of distilled spirits
have been shipped to Tegas, Indiana,
Florida and Illinois. j
"The express companies have rent
ed a warehouse especially for the
handling of these shipments. It j
is estimated that from 7.000 to
10.000 cases of whiskey are being
sent out by the mail order houses
in Richmond and Manchester daily.
The average of contents of each
panta** is rrora taroe to five gallon*.
This Indicates that at least
4rt,aaa gallons of whiskey aro shipport
from this elty each rtay. Ths
whiskey establishments are working
night and day."
POUND DYING IN WOOD*.
i An l akaumi M?a Fatally Beutrn
Near Greenville.
A white man. so far unidentified,
was foonrt Wednesday morning In
a woo<1f near Oreenvllle, unconscious
sod In a dying condition. He bore
signs of baring been badly beaten
about the head, and It te stated by
I the doctor that he tms no chance to
live. On his person were found
> weaving apparatus hi>t t]&Jf Is the
only clue leading to any knowledge
of hire. Thta ta net the first affair
of this kind which has happened In
this particular spet. [ \
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RAISES STORM
PUABY't* FHIKNL** OUECT TO
HlkXDLNO OAT A TO DAMtt*.
IxHMllim McmbtMtt of tike NtUoiul
Uevfcmphlc Hoclety AiD-ahl U? ftlafc
Their inveMlgallos.
Roar Admiral Schley's demand
that Commander Pesry submit his
Polar data to the consistory of the
University of Copenhagen for verification.
following that body's repudiation
of Dr. Cook, has raised a storm
among the membership of the National
Geographical Society, which
gave Ptary a clean bill of health.
The leading members claim that
the scientists of the United States
would be demeaning themselves, If
they acknowledged that their findings
needed verification. There
seems to be no disposition to withhold
from the Copenhagen board the
data filed by Peary, but there Is a
well defined opposition against turning
It over to the Danish sslsntlsts
for official actios.
The arguments advanced by Admiral
Schley that inch eaamiaatlor*
would remove all faeaU>c of doofct
from the claim of Peary bars been
found impeachable by American
scientists, end. therefore, the t^nes
tlon Is not whether Peary's right,
but whether the scientists ara wrong.
"Nothing can be gained by submitting
O-mrasnder w^?rv> da's to
the University of Copenhagen." sr.id
Prof. Ganmett, whs was chairman of
tha committee that haaaed unoa the
proofs of Peary. "tad I do not *tf
any reason why h? should."
Rear Admiral Chester, who at arked
Cook's data some time a#o. denounced
the proposition of Admiral
Schley as "abeurd." He declared be
did not believe that the University
of Copenhagen would consider making
a request for the proofs and that
the whole mattsr was a mare's
Dent.
ATTACKS FAMILY.
Kills Wife mad Child aad Wo and*
Three Other (hllliea.
Suddenly becoming violently Insane.
O. C. Cheutront. s ranchman,
of Fresno, Cal., Wednesday killer
his wile and one eklld, woundea
three other children and ended his
life under the wheels of a railroad
train.
Mrs. Cheuvront ru preparing
breakfast when her husband enter
ed the kitchen with a hatchet. Without
a word he split her skull wltb
one blow. He then entered the bod- ,
room where his children lay asleep,
In rapid succession be struck with
the harthen George. 14 years old;
Claude, 12; Oladye, 19, and Nellie,
an Infant. Claude is dead and Glad?
ys is dying. The others will recover.
As Cheuvornt left the house, C.
M. McClung. a stepson 19 years old.
met him oq the porch. The maulac
struck at hU stepeon's head. Evading
the blow, the young man struck
his stepfather heavily oq the jaw.
The blow seemed to break the mad
farvAhll anil * 1 ' *
vuo i?<attu lam aeid tti?*
hatchet fell to his utile. Without
speaking, the rancher extended Its
to McCluog and ran to the railroad
track where he threw himself under
a passing train and was (round to
pieces.
WILL BR HKARD FROM.
Aw important Document Predicted
From Dr. Cook.
A New York dispatch says Capt.
D. F. Osborn, secretary of the Arctic
Club of America, who has been a
spokesman for the Cook partisans.
Is not yet convinced. "This argument
la not yet over," he says.
"There are going to be more important
developments very soon. I
am not at liberty to say what thee'are,
but they have to do with the
whole Cook controversy and will
make some people, I think, fee)
mighty queer. Lou will llnd that I>r.
Cook Is not down yet. He Is preparine
something for his enemies
now, and when he gives it out. you
can bo sure it will be worth
while."
Identity Rerouted.
Margaret Marshall Is the name ot
the young woman who Is in a critical
condition in a hospital at Norfolk.
Va., as the result of an attempt at
suicide, was connected with the start
of the Boston Herald for a year
nod a half. She la 22 years old and
a native of New Hampshire. She
was graduated from T[ufta college In
1907. A few months ago she left
Boston and Joined the staff ef a
New York paper. She has written
several magazine stories *
Killing Roll Weevils.
The sleet and snow over the north
era section of Louisiana and Mia
rttppi Is worth thousands of dollars
to the dtstrlcts Infested by the cot
ton boll weevil. according to the
government entomologist. Expert*
say untold Inroads are being made
on hibernating weevils.
OiQdren Bnnted.
At Chicago, HI.. John Corrodlo,
gM seven, Charles Corrodie. aged
two; Mary Cor rod Jo. aged four, were
burned to death when their homs
caught fire daring the parents' ib
WANTS REFORM
CtBftrtfler-Ceicral J?ms Scares lis
CtrparatUu f*r
DODGING THEIR TAXES
He UrclarcH Thai Largo Coaceraa
Are AmrwrC for Two Little, e&4
MeattoM Smmrm of Ahm of
'fbem?ApraL la Hi* CrltMsa of
Petwu of Large Wraith.
"It looks as If the malefactor* of
great wealth." said Comptroller General
Joues recently, "have set aside I
the laws and adopted a low assees- j
ment and a high rate. It catches the I
wage earner aad man of moderate
means a'eomlng and a'golng."
"The law of this State requires
that all property he assessed at Its
true rale la money." be continued
la speaking of the matter of taxation
and assessment. For the past
twenty years the comptroller general
has been fighting for an equalisation
of property taxation both la reference
to the corporations and the
small taxpayer. Little has been gained
by the comptroller's onslaught,
yet it has had its moral <_ftect.
That there Is Inequality in the
assessment of street railways, power
companies and such enterprises will
be poloted out In the nnnual report
of the comptroller general. Kspeclally
does Mr. Jones direct attention
to the aaseasment of the Charles
ton Light and Power Company,
which Is assessed it I I per cent of
ltg capital Stock. The capital paid
In of this company in 91,000,000,
while the assessment far taxation
la 198.030.
Comptroller General Jones la try
. ' w iu Bc-V Uiuro luturuicuoa U lO
the lighting and powpr plants of tba
Stat*. In many ctMw the value of
the property was not given ?o that
it cannot be ?wn exactly upon what
basis the taxes are placed. A striking
example is the case of the Greenville
Gas and Klectrlc Company, the
capital ntock of which is 163.600,
while the assessment for taxatloo
Is 9M3.285. or ?6r per cent of the
capital paid In.
Kvldently the property must be
worth this much or It would not
have been assessed at this rate,
while in the case of other companies
the [>er cent of capital for taxation
appears to Oomptxolleo Gemeral
Jones to be much lower than It
should be.
The Columbia Gcs Light Company
bee a paid In capital of |10Q.000;
jroes receipts, 963,73 4; assessed for
taxation 960.800; per cent of capital
assessed for taxation, 60.8.
Home Instances tiled.
Charleston Light and Power Company?
Capital paid in 91.000.00s),
gross receipts 9H8.976; assesaed for
taxation, 998,030; per cent of capital
assessed for taxation, 9.8.
Greenville Gas and Light Company?Capital
paid in 963,500; gross
receipts, 958.047; assessed for tax
atlon, |143,285; per cent of capital
assessed for taxation, 261.
Parts Mountain WnUer Company?
Capita) paid In 9200.000; gross re
eelpts, 14 5.069; assessed for taxation,
984.610; per cent of capital
assessed for taxation. 43.
Union Power Company?Capital
paid in, $800,000; groaa receipts
98 0,213; assessed for taxation.
9 400,000; per cent of capital assessed
for taxation. 50.
Greenville Carolina Power Comlvany?Capital
paid In $450,000;
gross receipt*. $51,2 25; assessed for
taxation. $71,205; per cent of capital
oeseMied for taxation. IS.8.
lteaufort Waterworks ? Capital
pad in. $10,000; cross receipts. $2,
923; assessed for taxation. $5,000;
per cent, 50.
Rock Hill Light and Power Com I
pany?Cap.tal, 9150,000; cross receipts,
912,406; assessed. $36,125, j
per cent, 2 4.
Camden Water. Light and Power
Company?Capital, $100,000; gross
receipts, $24,511; assessed. 923,700;
per cent, 23.7.
Georgetown Klectric Light Com
pany?Capital. $25,000; gross receipts.
$18,887; assessed. $11,000;
per cent, 4 4.
Anderson Water. Light and Power
Company?Capital, $300,000; gross
receipts, $11 1,060; assessed. $128,555;
per rent, 42.9
Hartsvllle Bleetrls Light aad Wa
it company?Capital. |t.0t)0; crony
tpwIpta. $4,336; asfwwsfd for taxa
tlon, 91,POO; per cent, 50.
Florence Light and Powfir Company?Capital,
|50, h00; grosa receipts,
$14,197: aaeeeaed, |ll,50o;
per cent, 23.
Columbia Klectrt? St. Railway
L. and Power Company?Capital,
$400,000; groaa receipts. $108,1*0:
assessed, $150,000; pot rent, 18.8.
These assessments are taken from
tho annual report of Comptroller
Oeneral Jotifw. The compilation,
however, la not yet completed and
It w 11 be noted that some companies
are omitted In the above llat. Information
ae to the Southern Pmre?
Company has not yet. been received,
and tha aama Is true of some other
com panic*. The Information
net complete as to some of the companies
given above. ^
MINE EXPLOSION
RIGHT MKN KILXJCD AND 44>0
HAVK N'AJlKOW BHCAPK.
Hctrum Hraw Uuigtr From Flit
Uauip uul Ktfover Thfc Iluiliei
Flr? Uttiiu Heu?lnnjr.
Sight oiea were killed and four
V. .. .. I ? -.1
muauir? uiuiTB 'iau narrow escapes
la an explosion of ge.-t lu Mluo "A"
of the Chicago and Curt<-rsvllle Coal
Company at llvtrin, 111., late T'auruday...*
Open kui*K carried by employers
of the mine are believed to have
caused the disaster. There were
three men and a boy In this party,
and all are dead.
The dead: W. T. Pierce, mine engineer;
Eugene Barrett, assistant ruglneer;
Thoma* 1!. Wllllamo, asalsiant
manager; unidentified boy, about
18 years old; George Snyder, mluer,
Balvatore Greeco. miner; Pletro
Romeo, laborer; Thoma* Harbor,
miner.
Jamea Oulnney, superintendent of
the mine, a nd Robert Hueston, manager,
headed the first relay of rescuers.
Despite the black datnp which
Bowed Into the chambers adjoining
those In which Pierce and bis partywere
killed, these men went Into the
workings.
After sending to the surface three
unconscious persons, the rescuers
next found the bodies of Snyder,
Grceco and Romeo.
The efforts of the rescuers to pen
etrate more deeply Into tta? workings
were repulsed by increasing
banks of after-damp, and they were
forced to retreat, leaving the bodtee
of Pierce aad his companions. Fire
also began to gain headway, and It
Is not expected that the bodies can
be removed. All efforts are being
directed towards tiia
New* of the disaster sprund through
Htrrlt, and there vu a rush or
hysterical woman and crying children ,
to th* shaft house.
The damage to the mine cannot
yet be accurately estimated. The col
U?*ry Is one of the oldeet In *he sec
tlon and few accidents have occurred
la It. Pierce, the engineer who los*
hie life, formerly was a Federal In
epector of Government work on tb?
Mississippi River. *
HKI.D ON SKKIOL'S CHARGE.
liadv HIn Friend Drunk and Took
His Watch and Money.
The Columbia Record says Henry
Fox, a white man living near North
has beeu seut to the county jab
In default of ooiid of |;>00 to awult
trial at the next term of the court
of general sessions on the charge o1
highway robbery.
Saturday evening Fox was in Co
lumbla with a friend of his, W. Y
Gardner. It lr. alleged that Fo* 1
placed his friend under the influeueof
whiskey and led him down lnt>
the red light district. They outer
I'd the house of the notoriua negroes
Carrie Maker, and there. Gardner
claims. Fox robbed him of his watcl.
and some 18 5.
After the hour of the alb-A'd rob
bery. It Is eald, Fox spent moor}
freely. Fox is said to have handed
n. out lor iris mingd and that an'*
paying exorbitant prices for thln<*
that he bought. Detectives hav?
succeeded In recovering $41.85 o*
the amount Gardner claims was slo
leo from him. The defendant, lr
answering to the charge of Bleal
ing the watch, stated that he bough
the watch from a Main street pawn
broker's shop and paid $2.50 for It
OUTLAW KILLKD HIM8KLF
,
WTw? HurroundeU and Ho .saw n?
Avenue of KMcnpe.
The morvt thrilling man hunt whlcl
ever occurred in Henry county. Ala.
terminated Monday afternoon, whe*
Boy O'Haro. the young negro des
perado, killed himself when sur
rounded by a posse. Since Tuesda;
of last week when the negro sho
two officers, the chase has rontlnu
od. Bloodhounds pursued him ?<
closely that he shot one of th<
dogs. One mile south of Abbeville
Ala., at the entrance to the Choc
tawhafrbie Swamp a cordon of >
hundred men surrounded him
Wounded, barefooted and tired haaw
that escape was impossible
Bather than fall into the hands o'
his pursuers he placed the barre
of a shotgun to his breast and push
ed the trigger with his toe
His Hodv was lied to a huarflre nnC
dragged to Abbeville and placed In
the court houee where It lay fo*
several hours.
Three IVrtnh In Icy Water.
Laura Curranfl, who had Just re
eelved thu prl7-o "for the pretties'
rlrl In tho school district." Mini
Ulterback, her chnm, and V\*m John
"on, the glile' school teacher. w.?r?
drowned Saturday night as they ?. ?r.
trying to reach thalr homus Hftoi
a school social, by e irsalng Indle.r.
creek, near Bedford, inrt , In t> r>*
boat. Tha boat upuft and ibey w??r*
unable to reach the bank throng"
the Icy w'ater.
Driven t? ^IKath.
Rather than face alz clii ^r,e.
Christ mas without, preeeuta. Mr?
1 Sarah Knnfs committed aulcld > b?
asphyxiation at Philadelphia Wed net?
DAGOS FKHT
Battle Betmct Ike Trwps ?f Zdejw mi
Estraie fa Vkidi
THE FORMER WHIPPED
The tl?-?ult of Thl* Iliiltte l*ut? th?
iwvuiuiiumaiLs in MnirnKiin ub
Tup, and Mny Mean tilt" lK>\vnfull
of >Ia?lrlz, Wlin Hum Juki Iter a
Kli-ctftl I'resWIout by Zelnya.
A Washington dispatch nav*
Kelaya's troops were routed by the
XTcuraguan revolutionists today lu
a fierce battle at Rnmo lasting gov
erul hours.
Gen. Estrada, in command of tb\>
rovolutionnry army is reported to
have been successful all along the
line.
The flrat announcement of the success
of the Estrada arms canto In a
cablegram to Dr. Caatllllo, the representative
in Washington of the
provisional government. It was slgued
"Diaz." Diaz is secretary of
state of the provisional government.
The cablegram said: "Coinpleto victory
is ours. Zelaya's troops are in
retreat." Eater Tuesday evening
the state department gave out the
following message from Consul Mof'at
from Colon.
"Estrada forces at Taiuuibla and
Recreo, near Rama, commanded by
Cleu. Mena at the former places, and
Generals Chamorro, Nattuti and Foruo
Diaz, at the latter place partially
routed and defeated the furcoa of
Zelaya after desperate lighting of
several hours. The Zelayan forces
were commanded by Gen. Gonzales.
A groat many were billed, the number
being uuknown; 100 were
wounded and 150 prisoners werte
taken by the revolutionists. The
Zelayan troops ut Rucfuu have occupied
what has been considered u
drong position. Estrada is confilent
of defeating the enemy when he
-enews the attack l.tter and of forcing
th?-lr surrender."
The clash between the two armies
was not unexpected. For days
the troops have beeu lying practically
idle In th<-lr trench' around
Hums, skirmishing only inn-red the
' once thai brooded over teat aoc
Ion IIxtiailA played a waiting gsm?
in the hope that the' Zelayan commanders
would take the initiative
ind attempt the capture of his po- .
sit Ion. which was reported to b*?
very strong.
None of the official* of the state
department would ditcuMH the re>orted
victory of Katr.ida. It la
known, however, that the news wan
iot unwelcome. Had tie Zalayun
irr.iy won over Kstrada, th.'s goierntneut
would have been In a kouiewhet
amharrusainK position. ha\\ns t-a- )
ooused openly the euuao of t\ie provisional
government. \
In Central America diploVnatlc
Ircled the word brought Jo> ,\r.ud
there was a general celetuut\ou.
The diplomats Join In the predlctl\?u
that thi" victory la the "beginning
>f the end" of ZelayuUin and thai\
the nent step will be to force the
retirement of President Madrlr. oo
the ground that he is a tool of Zelava
and not the real ehoke of th?
country.
A VOl N(; WtllTK FIKXl*
Is I/<Klgvd in 1-nureiis Jail t inter
(k'tiouN t'hurge.
A dispatch from I.aureus says Roy
A'ood. a young white man connected
with the best peop.o in Sulll
tin's Township, w.i* lodged In Jail
rn uiC IJUIfrv*' UI i' IllJi ' U il.-saUlt
upon the percoD of a >o.iu?r whito
tlrl, poiedbly 15 years of age. The
iSlogan) crime in cMd to have be? n
rominitted lust Thursday morning
Vccoriilng to stat* n;ent? of the officers.
it seem* that tyoung wis
man hnd to 'he past tiro not
iir from the house to take tin* cow*
for the day.
Young Wood, who had been at
ho home of the g!;l a few minutes
w?fore. heard the ir.strue.Ions given
>y the moth* r .itmir the cows and
made his way hy a roundabout path
o the pasture. The young wnmnu
when attacked screan.e ! and t an to
r.he house, where, en older alitor
was. the tea* of the family hating
meanwhile (tone to |l mea I'ath
Some neiftht>ors were notified attd
'or a while troutdc seemed Imminent.
Constable Abereom tde, armed with
\ warrnnt for the younr man's arrest.
apprehended him nf his home
dafttrday afternoon. He was kep'
.y the constable until Monday after
toon, when ho was lodged io Jail.
It '.s stated that the attempt st
iHKauit not flucctT.HfiiC anil that
the younar woman suffered no InJurlea
other than flight. Young
Wood la apparently 2l \oara old
t)na Killed, Many Hurt.
One woman was Xl'led and tl ' .s
n?rson? wr? Injured when tli?? eastbound
California limited on the Santa
Fe collided with the roar end of
the eastbotind California express at
Winona. Air, Friday. Mrs. Alice
Hennett. of Hartford. Conn., wae
"rushed to death and 2 2 paopl* on
the express were injured Twent^v
nine persons. passengers and lining *
car waiters, were Injured or the ;;