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MANY ARE LOST
The Steam Ship Lima Wrecked io the
Straits of Magellan
EIGHTY EIGHT PERISH
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British Steamship ilathumet Took
Off of the Stran'J.a Steamship
Over Two Hundred People, But
Was Compelled to Abandon Nearly
a Hundred to Their Fate.
A dispatch from Santiago, Chill,
Bays the Pacific Navigation company's
steamer Lima is ashore on one of
the islands of the Huamblad passage
of the Straits of Mcgellan and will
probably be a total loss. The chief
pilot and 50 passengers were drowned.
The British steamer Hathumet
rescued 205 of the stranded steamer,
but was forced to leave 88 persons
aboard whom it was Impossible to
rescue.
The steamship Hathumet has nrrlved
at Ancud, Chili, with 188 men
aud women and 17 of the crew of
the steamer Lima, which Is on the
rocks In West H-?uiMad Passage,
Straits of M-.gellan. ino steamer
went ashore in a storm on February
5. The steamer officials report having
left 88 persons aboard the Lima,
their rescue being impossible. They
had no drinking water, the tanks
having burst. The first mate of the
Lima and fifty passengers were
drowned.
The Btranded steamer Lima Is a
British vessel owned In Liverpool
and plying between that port and
the ports of South America. She
was last reported as sailing from
Bahla Blanca, Argentla, on January
26, and was on her way to Chilean
and Peruvian ports.
The Lima is 401 feet long, registered
3,115 tons and was built In
Glascow In 1907.
The place where the steamer was
wrecked, is probably Huamblad Passage.
located between the south
shore of San Pedro Island and Chile.
ii is a narrow passage full or (laagers
and very difficult of nav":?atlon.
lluamhlin rocks, two In number and
65 feet high, mark the entrance to
this passage.
SEVEN HI/OWN TO ATOMS.
Run Gasoline Cur Upon Lighted Dynamite
Fuse.
Heedless of the warning of a foreman
In charge of excavating operations
along the line of the private
motor road from Kelvia, Ariz., to
the Ray Copper mines, the motorman
of a gasoline car containing six passengers
ran his car close to the sputtering
fuse of a heavy charge of dynamite
and the car and its seven occupants
were blown to atoms.
The foreman had discovered a
mftsed shot in the excavation at noon
and before the motor car came in
sight he had relighted the fuse. As
the car approached he signalled to
the motorman and warned him of the
Impending explosion. Motorman
Lyalle, believing that he could take
his car past the charge to safety,
paid no heed to the warning and
started ngnln at full speed.
Just as the car was passing the
charge the explosion came and the
car with Its load of human freight
was blown high into the air amid a
great cloud of debris. The dead men
were all prominent in mining affairs
In Arizona.
THREATENED WITH VENGEANCE I
Tobacco Growers Ordered to Leave
Their Crops.
Several farmers in Rockingham
county, N. C., have received circulars
and post cards in the last few days,
threatening deeds of violence unless
they pool their tobacco in the dry
prlzeries and stop the practice of
disposing of the leaf on the warehouse
floor. Some warnings were
sent through the mail, while in other
Instances a number of prominent tobacco
planters found circulars threat
ening violence tacked upon their barn
doors. Efforts to trace the authorship
of the circulars have proved futile
and some of the farmers are inclined
to treat the threats as a practical
joke. The promoters of the dry
prizeries disclaim any connection
tfith the warnings. *
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Shot Daughters Escort.
W. F. Roddy is dying at the home
of his brother from a pistol shot
wound reoeived in Columbus, Ga.,
having been shot by the father of a
young woman with whom he was out
riding. Roddy was shot through the
, throat and tongue and is therefore
unable to give his version of tho
affair. Roddy is from Greenville.
Fatally Burned.
At Augusta, Ga., Mrs. Henry Welsefger,
of 288 Walker street, while
standing in front of an open fireplace
Wednesday, turned to speak to a visitor.
As she did no her dress caught
lire, and before the flames could be
controlled she was fatally burned.
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WILL BE IN RACE
RkC'HARIW ANNOUNCES HIMSELF
FOIt (GOVERNOR.
SUtrs Where Ho Stands on All Public
Questions in a Plain Outspoken
Platform.
Representative John G. Richards,
Jr., Friday announced that he would
be a candidate tor .governor this year.
The announcement was not a surprise
to Mr. RichardB' friends, who
have Tor some time expected that he
would enter the race. Two years
ago Mr. Richards was urged to enter
the campaigu, but declined and since
the definite announcement that Thos.
G. McLeod, row- lieutenant governor,
would enter the race there is added
interest in the Rltiintlnn Mr wir.v._
ards has had a number of years of
legislative experience and has taken
an active part in the various issues
along certain lines. When asked
about his candidacy, he said:
"Yes, after seriously considering
the matter, 1 have determinec'. to enter
the race for governor of South
Carolina. For some time my friends
in every section of the State have
been encouraging me to run, and after
considering the matter carefully,
1 have decided to enter the lista.
"While 1 am not prepared, of
rouse, at this stage to state in detail
what my platform will contain, I
have no hesitancy, as is my habit in
stating clearly my position on some
of the more important public questions
that are of vital interest to the
State and to the people of the State.
"I shall advocate equitable support
of our higher educational institutions
aud the fullest and most unstinted
support or our common school
system with particular attention to
the development of rural schools and
education. Our public school system
is the vitalizing force that supplies
our colleges and Is one of the very
foundations of our republican instltions.
We aro now making great
improvement along educational lines
In South Carolina, but the transcendent
importance of this question demands
an even greater efTort on our
part.
"I shall stand for and urge such
legslation as will make for the fullest
development of the agricultural
industry of the State for It 's the
bed rock foundation of all our prosperity.
I shall stand for vigorous
support of all agencies making for
the development of agriculture and
for such legislation as will tea.! to
induce capital to come into the Slate
for the purpose of developing to the
fullest measure our splendid raaorrces.
"I shall stand for and advocate
State-wide prohibition, with a strict
and impartial enforcement of "he
law.
"I shall stand for retrenchment In
the expenditure of the people's money
whenever and wherever it eon he
done without impairing the public
service.
"I shall stand for a thorough and
complete revision and readjustment
of the tax laws of the State and the
inauguration of such a system of
assessments as will make all pro.?e?-ty
hear its horest and just proportion
of the burden of taxation.
"The agricultural lien law, so long
the hindering cause of lack of ::grlcultural
progress and independence,
and the greatest preventative of see
proper control of our negro labor,
has at last been repealed. I led 'he
fight fer the farmers and I shall urge
upon our people the necessity of :?ecepting
the changed conditions just
brought about with a determl la.ion
u|K>n their part to give the new law
a fair trial, and I feel thnt the wis
dom of this legislation will he demonstrated.
"The building of good and permanent
highways will add more to the
value of property and to the wealth
of our State than any other public I
utility. The effect of grod roads'
thorou fhout the state would be felt j
In every walk of life, but thev would I
come r.s an especial blessing and a
great economy to our people who
live in the country districts. I shall
stand l\>r the permanent improvement
c? our highways, such improvement
being made under local selfgovernment
in the various counties.
"If it should he my good fortune
to he .elected hy the people of our
proud State to he the governor I
shall endeavor with all my s'.reni.h
at my command to thoroughly fan i'..
arize myself and keep In cons'ant
touch with the working fore^ of .ill
of our public institutions and hrauches
of i he government, rnd en.leavar
to so :?ost myself in regard > >nr
public affairs as to intelligently recommend
to the law making power of
the St te those things that the oei.lic
weal and needs of the hour demand.
"I do not care to say any nv?r* it
this tine than this: That every pu'
lie spirited citizen of our Stai.i is
anxious for her welfare, her prospe-ity
an I materia! advancement in ail
things and none Is more so than myself.
In entering the race I wish to
say new that I will make the Issues
clear-cut and to the point, looking
ever to thp substantial advancement
of our State, and will go before the
people upon a platform, every plank
of which shall stand for the people's
interests and the upbuilding of our
State." .
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KILLED SEVEN
The Murderer of a Whole Family Electro
cuted at Richmond.
WAS ALL ROUND BAD MAN
After Murdering His Victims, Seven
in All, He Attempted to Conceal
His Crime by Setting Fir? to and
Burning the House With the Bodies
in it.
At Richmond, Va., Howard Little,
who murdered Mrs. Betsy Justia, her
son-in-law, George Meadows, and the
latter's wife and three children In
their home near Nurley, Buchanan
county, Va., last September, was put
to death by electrocution in the peuitentiary
at dawn Friday without unusual
incident.
Most murderers are executed for
single murder; Howard Little has
seven to his account. There were
six iu the wholesale butchery for
which he w-as sentenced to die in the
electric chair here Friday?a man,
two women, and three children. The
victims were Mrs. Betsy Justis, Geo.
Meadows, Mrs. Meadows and three
children of the latter couple one
uight last fall.
Little was no ordinary "low browed"
criminal. He bore an excellent
reputation in the community in which
he lived and a number of friends till
believe in his inuocence. H1b character
appears to have been strlkinglv
on the I)r. Jeykl-Mr. Hyde order, to
r*ne side being attributed the- atrociouR
crime which brought hin. to the
shadow of ignominious death, the
other being such a nature as to hold
the friends who stood by him until
the last.
Little is described as one of the
handsomest men in the State; more
than six feet in height, weighing 236
pounds and being, in short, a more
than ordinary fine spenimen of physical
manhood. He held the position
of United States marshal for the
eastern district of Kentucky for a
number of years. Except for his asSfJCiMtiflJl
llitll I"- J ? ' ?
- - v -- .. wuwu lie ucemiru
himself generally without reproach
He was a sort of rural 'Don Juan,"
however, and ho himself declared,
"that women had been his ruination."
It was while in the ?nice of Uuitod
States marshall that he shot Geo.
McKiuley, in eastern Kentucky, and
was sentenced 'o a life term in the
Kentucky penitentiary.
lie was pardo' ed after a short period
and moved back to Virginia,
where he was made foreman of u
large lumber company at Hurley,
Buchanan county. While In this position
he lived with the family of
Geo. Meadows. Mrs. Little and her
children lived In tne same house
Mrs. Little is alleged to have be^n
present when the murders were committed,
but she was not allowed to
testify in the case.
It wns alleged by the prosecution
and believed by the jury that Little
coming home one night, killed the
three Rieadow children, Mrs. Justis
and Mrs. Meadows with an axe and
hot George Meadows as the latter
ran from the house.
Next morning the Meadows home
was found In ashes. Dead bodies,
only partly burned met the eye on
almost every side. They were in
nrious postures, indicating that some
of the victims at least had made ter
i line siruKRies io save themselves.
Robbery was established as the direct
motive for the crime. It was
known that tho ill-fated family had
kept a good deal of money in the
house, and that Little afterwards
appeared "flush." It is believed that
he intended to leave Virginia with his
latest woman friend. At one time
there was talk of lynching hint, but
public anger cooled, especially at Little
was promptly convicted.
Originally the man was sentenced
to die January 7tb, but Governor
Swanson respited hin. in order that
the case might go to the court of
appeals. That tribunal sustained the
convicted.
MAltltlAGR l.KllS'Si: HILL.
I'nsses the State Senate Willi Several
Amendments.
"The marriage license :?*'! ' wa?passed
to third reading Fri lav nic .?
In the State Senate. Sena:or Johnson
instituted an insistent raquest ft?i
the bill's consideration ea/iy in the
evening, and it was finally called an 1
passed, with amendments. Tnc bel
occnssioned much discussion, but finally
was passed. An amendment
making the fee for the llcm-o instead
of 25 cents was adoptel. Abo
a committee amendment reading
"Nothing herein contained shall render
any marriage illegal without the
issuing of a license."
Teddy is Coining.
Jno. A. Stewart, a prominent New
York Republican leader, Wednesday
reached Washington to confer with
President Taft relative to a homecoming
celebration in honor of Theodore
Roosevelt on his arrival in New
York Harbor June 15 next.
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MURDER CHARGE
AGAINST STONE SAID TO BE AN
ESCAPED LUNATIC.
.
Detectives Think Man is One Who
Killed Dr. Hickman in Augusta on
February 2nd.
A special to The State from Aiken
says a warrant was placed in the
hands of Chief of Police Howard Krl
day afternoon for the arrest of a
man who says he is Lieut. Wtlliaai
C. Stone, now being detained in Aik-en
as an escaped lunatic 'rj.u the
Richard Gundry Home for Lunatics
of Catonsville. Md. Tho warrant
charges William C. Stone with the
murder of Dr. Charles W. Hle?cm:ui,
in Augusta, February 2nd.
As a result of the warrant Cult f
Howard Friday afternoon reTuscd to
give Stone up to the authorities from
Catonsville who sent deputies to carry
him back to the institution from
which he escaped. Friday morning
it became apparent .for the fl'-st time
that the man was suspected of having
committed the crime in Augusta
of the second of this month. Stone
was placed under arrest as an escaped
lunatic on Wednesday afternoon.
Karly Friday morning Plnkertoa detectives
arrived in Aiken and quiet y
went to work, but their actior.3 weie
carefully guarded and no one know
it.
They had an interview with Stone
and later in the day had photograpns
made o? him. These, with measurements
and a full description, tliuy
carried with them back to Auguita.
..ater they came again to Aiken, tats
time placing a warrant in the hmds
of the chief of police so as to prevent
the Maryland authorities getting possession
of Stone. The warrant was
sworn out by Lieut. Ilritt of Augusta.
They state positively that Stone is
the man who murdered Dr. Hickman
and robbed him on February 2. What
proof they have to sustain this belief
is not known at this time.
It became known, however, that
they had previously described the
man who killed Dr. Hickman as a
white man, a man of military turn,
one who wore a dark overcoat, broad
shoes, cap. muffler, and had figured
on his size. Stone wears al>out a No.
7 shoe, the soles of which are broad.
He is very neatly dressed and has a
black overcoat. He has uo collar or
tic hut has n bilk muffler. Stone also
claims to bj a lieutenant of the United
States army and letters taken
from his person are addressed to him
51S ltfMitrnnnt
There is no doubt that Stone escaped
from the Gundry hospital. As
soon as he was arrested he admitted
this, stating that the authorities had
allowed him to walk about alone and
one day he managed to escape. The
authorities at Aiken Immediately
wired to the home In Catonsville and
received a reply confirming Stone's
story and requesting that he be held
until deputies could be sent for him.*
Warrant Withdrawn.
The warrant against Lieut. William
C. Stone, a ret ired army officer, I
charging hint with the murder of
I)r. Charles W. Hickman of Augusta,
Ga., about two weeks ago was withdrawn
lute Saturday afternoon. Stone
was turned over to the Maryland
authorities who returned him to an
Insane asylum from which he had escaped
January 23.
HOW TO KILL SMALL POX.
If Month Old llahics Were Vaccinated
It Woidd Go,
"If every child was vaccinated
when only one month old, smallpox
would soon be ancient history," said
Dr. W*. B. Sumerall, superintendent
of Grady hospital, of Atlanta, discuss
ing the prevalence of the disease.
With more than a score of physisicians
still busy carrying out the order
of the board of health, requiring
compulsory vaccination, the situation
'n Atlanta is well under control.
There are less than 100 cases in th?
city, it is stated, all of whom hava
been isolated.
WOMAN WASH HI) ASMOKE.
Had I tube "Tightly Clasped in ller
Lifeless Arms.
The supposition that the l-'ri nch
trans-Atlantic steamer Gen. CMn/.y's
boilers exploded after she struck on
l.e reef near the Island of Min>rra,
Thursday night, is bt?el largely
upon the character of the wreckage
of the ship, which was rjclnrel almost
to kindling. The so: . survivor
so far as is known, was Marcel Kodel,
and his mind Is still far from clear
after his terrible expert Mir*. The
work of salvage and reco/ery of the
bodies continues, but it i-? aroutlv re. I
larded by the high seas. Among the
bodies washed ashore wa \ a woman
with a baby clasped in her arms.
Smallpox at an Orphanage.
A dispatch from Thomasvllle says
it will be a source of deep sorrow to
North Carolinians to know that there
are fifteen cases of smallpox at the
Thomasvllle Baptist Orphanage. The
fact was discovered a few days ago
by Dr. Julian, the orphanage physlI
clan, and the disease has spread to
some extent.
1 RESCUE FIEND
Brute Shoots Down Young Girl and /
sanlts Her On the Road,
WAS SAVED FROM MOE
By tho Sheriff, Who Successfully G
lly a liftrne Crowd That Want*
to Lynch tho Fiend, Although 1
Was Mysteriously Shot by Som
one. Who is I'nknonn.
After hiding from a mob of ang
citizens at Whistler, a small tow
nead Mobile for nearly six houi
Sheriff Drago Saturday night su
ceeded In landing in Jail Henry L<
Moseley, the negro charged wi
criminally assaulting and beatii
Katie Walters, a white girl 12 yea
old.
It was at first reported in Mobi
that the mob had taken Moseh
from the officers at Whistler ai
this gave rise to wild reports of
lynching, but Sheriff Drago succee
ed in eluding the mob and landi
his prisoner in the Mobile coun
jail.
Shortly after two o'clock Saturdi
afternoon the little girl was walkii
along the railroad at liestor. All
two miles north of Whistler. SI
noticed a negro standing on a trc
tie and saw that he had a gun. SI
turned and ran, but the negro fin
upon her and she fell to the groun
The girl was painfully wounded
the back, but her injuries are not
a serious nature. The negro car
to the prostrate form of his victi
and seeing that she was alive, e>
dently tried to kill her by strikii
her over the head with the butt ei
of his gun.
A resident of Whistler, Emntr
Myers, came upon the wounded .gi
carried her to Whistler where si
received medical attention. T1
physician announced that her wouni
were no. of a fatal nature.
When the negro, soon nfter h
capture, was taken before the lltt
girl, she positively identified him i
her assailant, lie was taken befoi
her again for identification and si
seemed to be doubtful as to wtn^u
or not he was the guilty person. 1
l?oth times she was in a highly ne
vous condition as the result of In
experience.
Intense excitement prevailed fo
lowing the negro's arrest and thoi
seems to be some confusion as ho
he was shot. The negro, howeve
was shot in the hip, but by whom
is no known.
Persons living near the scene <
the alleged attempt say that th(
saw a negro answering Moseley's d
scriptlon walking along the railroa
track about the time the attempt wi
made.
When arrested there were spots <
blood on Moseley's shirt and a sho
gun he carried had been lately di
charged. It is said that he admitt(
having the gun and explained its coi
dition by saying that he had shot i
a bird.
F<)STEH8 AGNOSTICISM.
Tiiat Is What a Preacher Suys of tl
Carnegie Fund.
Rev. David J. Burrell, pastor of tl
Marble Collegiate church of Ne
York, in an address before the ex
cutlve committee of the western so
tion of the Presbyterian Alliance
the world, Thursday attacked tl
"Carnegie Foundation" as fosterli
antagonism in religion.
"I have been called to *^sk," 1
said, "for saying that the bibical i
struction in Princeton University h
been under the auspices of a mt
who does not believe in the inspln
worthiness of the scriptu *rs as tl
word of God. The same afllrmatk
might be made and still stronglv, 1
spei-uiiK many or tne institutions i
learning under avowedly Christi;
control.
"In my judgment tho C'l'iiw
Foundation Is the most signitlcai
movement of modern times in the ii
terest of agnosticism in general cdi
cation."
WASHED OVEKliOAKD.
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Captain of a French Itark Swept Int
the Sea and Lost.
News of the arrival at Melbourr
of tho French U..; Marshal deTu
rone, from New York, after heir
swept by heavy seas, which carrie
Captain Parrott and the thi-d olll'ii
overboard, was brought by the stean
er Makura Friday. The starl>oai
l)oat of the Turenne had been stnan
?*d by a giant wave, and Captain Pa
rott was investigating the daiuuj
when a second sea engulfed him. i 1
third officer, who was carrleti hi
the sea at the time, was rescue
but the commander perished.
He Claims Kin.
The editor of the North Carolii
Christian Advocate claims kin wl
Daniel Boone, who is soon to be a
proprlately honored at the old Ya
kin river home.
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ONLY ONE SAVED
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OXE HUX DIVED AXD FIFTY MKX
ISPEIUSH
AT SEA.
Lone Survivor Driven Insane by Tor*
| tures Following Shipwreck of the
Steamship on Reef.
Driven helplessly from her course,
ot
in one of the wildest storms that has
swept the Mediterranean sea in forty
years, the French Trans-Atlantic
steamer Cleneral Chanzy crashed at
e_ full speed, in the dead of nifiht, on
the treacherous reaf near the island
of Minorca and all but one of tlio
157 soul on board perished.
The sole survivor is an Algerian
'n customs official. Marcel Kodel, who
3. wns rescued by fishermen. He 'ies ia
c_ the hospital at Ciudadela, raving aa
a result of the tortures through.
ee
which he passed, and unable to give
and account of the disaster.
ig
In the ship's company there were
87 passengers, of whom 30 were in
the first cabin. The crew numbered
70. It is not thought that any Amer1
* leans were aboard the liner. The
\ ship was in command of Capt. Cayol,
^ one of the most careful officers on
^ the line. In his long experience he
had never before met with an accident.
He had intended to retire from
the service in the near future.
Ety
Tlie passengers of the Chanzy were
mostly French officers and officials,
returning to their posts iu Algeria,
(* accompanied by their wives and chll,R
dren, a few soldiers, some Italians
tic
and Turks, and one priest. The only
' Anglo-Saxon names on the passenger
' list were Green and Stakely. They
were members of an opera troupe of
(> 11, which had been engaged to sing
lie in the casino in Algiers. The Clumsy
in sailed from Marseilles Wednesday at
noon and was due to arrive at Algeirs
Thurday afternoon.
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KAVKD BY CRY OF BABY.
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rl Dancing I'arty Overcome by Hscaptle
He ing (Jus.
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At Chicago on Sunday thirteen poola
pie were overcome by illuminating
j0 gas and a woman was killed by inA8
haling gas. At the home of Henry
re Kolkey, twelve people, who remained
ie over night after attending a party,
,r were saved from death by the cry
. . of n KnKvr Th? ?>..
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r_ tors had retired after dancing until
>r almost daylight. While they slept a
defective gas pipe poured fumes into
i the crowded quarters.
^ At one p. 111. Sunday a baby sleepw
ing In another room by a window
r gave a loud wail.
This aroused Henry Kolkoy, the
only one in the house not completely
overcome. He managed to crawl to
a window and call into the street for
e_ help. Outsiders found the Kolkey
uj family and their visitors all unconscions.
They were taken to a hospital
where it was thought they would
^ recover.
In a hotel the p.ilice found Annie
s_ Miller, 24 years of ago, dead from
;(j the effects of gas, and Annie Edn_
wards, 20 years of age, in the same
ftt room, dying.
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THIRTY YEAItS IX PRISON.
Self-Confessed Sluyer Found Guilty
ie of Murder.
A dispatch from Oxford, N. C.,
tig says in a very able speech Solicitor
w Gattis furnished his concluding argue.
ment Saturday morning in the case
?1 of the State against Solomon Sliep
ui iiru on iriai ior murder of Engineer
ke Holt of ?he East Durham coal chute
In December, 19ft8. The jury Saturday
afternoon brought in a verdict
of guilty of murder in the second
n" degree. The prisoner's counsel
as pleaded for mercy. Judge Higgs com,n
pllmented them for their handling
of the case hut stated that the jury
had extended all the mercy the pris)!t
rtner deserved and he sentenced the
i'- prisoner to 3ft years in the State's
pf prison at hard labor, tlie maximum
in punishment for second degree inurd?r.
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it COLORED SOLDIERS IX TROl RLE
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The Same Regiment President Roosevelt
Dismissed.
The 25th United States infantry
(colored), the regiment discharged
w without honor by President Roosevelt,
because of the shooting up of
[trownsville, Texas, is again in troule
ble, though few, if any, of the old
r- men remain to share in this situaig
tion. The regiment is stationed at
>d Fort I.awton, near Seattle. Wash.
i>r Last Friday nlyht Mrs. C. E. Aiseda,
a- a white woman, was attacked by a
rd negro. She says the man was a solu
dier# Suspicion was directed to the
i- negro regiment and the regiment will
r<s lie made to parade before Mrs. Ais >e
| eda, who will be asked to point out
to the assailant,
d,
Train I>eruile<l.
Engineer Dudley was killed and
two other trainmen injured Tuesday
na when a northbound passenger train
th on the Southern railway struck an
p- open switch at Waddy, Ky., -and
d- crashed Into a '-H"ht train. Passen
gers escaped injury.
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