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?V * .* : ..J .v ( -,v THREE ARE DEAD Aid 0ae Seriously Hart as Resalt of the Wrecking of a Balloon OVER THE BALTIC SEA Thoac Wlio Went Up in the Airship, A Which Met With Several Serious Accidents, Were Badly Injured Before Being Precipitated from Very Croat Heights. The German balloon Pomraern, which made an ascension at Stetlin, German, Sunday afternoon, met with a series of accidents, which ended In ? * ? ? ? ?*Aoi f enotn olrottm. n aiBiutmr uuuci uiuoi na^iv v><v?? stances In the Raltic Sea. Three men lost their lives, including the Radical member of the Reichstag, Verner Hugo Delbrueck. Hugo Delbureck. ber of the party were drowned, a third occupant of the car was picked up unconscious and died of bis Injuries, while the fourth was rescued in a serious condition. The Pommern, carrying Delbureck. who was acting as pilot; a banker, Herr Sommelhardt; an architect, Herr Benden, and a man named Hein, ascended early In the afternoon at the gas works. The wind at the time was blowing a hurricane and the Pommern broke away before she was completely ballasted. A chapter of accidents began immediately. The balloon collided with telegraph wires, which broke, almost overturning the basket. It then dashed into the room of a neighboring factory, destroying the smokestack. With the basket swaying wildly, and hnlf of its ropes cut. the balloon soared to a great altitude and disappeared in the clouds at a terrific speed. Thousands of on-lookers, including a detatchment of military, which had assisted in the ascent, ran along I the roads expecting the basket to break away. The balloon, however, was not seen again until it reached 8wlnemunde, thlrty-slx miles northwest of Stettin, over which It passed. a heicht of 6.000 feet, in the direction of the sea. Tugs followed In Its track, and one ' of them which had out-distanced the others, was almost directly under it, when suddenly the balloon fell Into the sea. The tug steamed to the spot quickly, but the work of rescue was diflicut. Already Delbureck and Bcnduhen had disappeared, but Sommelhard and Heln were clinging to the ropes, and they were drugged aboard the vessel. Describing their terrible experiences, Herr Sommelhardt, when he had somewhat revived, said: "Our collision with the telegraph lines and the factory roof had the most horrible consequences. I)elbureck sustained a broken leg and a never Injury of the head. Benduhtn bad an arm and leg fractured. Heln received bad concusioas of the head. I was knocked senseless, but recovered in a moment to find that I bad a crushed knee and chest. The net work around the envelope was torn in such a manner that we feared every second the gas bag would Blip out, and we would crash down to the earth from a height of six thousand feet, to which we had ascended like a flash. "Delbrueck. in spite of his awful condition, vainly endeavored to open the valve, which had become entangled. We knew not what to do, but merely awaited our fate." * GAYKOlt FOR PRESIDENT. A Rich Texas Republican Declares That He Can Win. "People down In Texas are backing Mayor Gaynor as the logical candidate for the Presidency in 1912, and although I am a Republican, I agree with them." This "was the declaration of Edward H. R. Green, former Republican national committeeman from Texas, in an interview at New York Thursday. Mr. Green is a son of Mrs. Hetty Green, and president of the Texac Midland. Mr. Green declares that the Republican party Is hopelessly divided, and he predicts success for the Democrats at the next election. Htole Little Ciirl. Florence Holllday, alias Kate Vaughn, wanted In Oolstoo, N. C., for kindnapping Lizzie VVtlkle, a 13year-old white girl, was arrested at . Fayettevllle Friday. After the ar rest, which was made as a result of ft a telephone massage from Cloldston, a; It was learned that the woman was || formerly a notorious resident of the w city. Both will be held awaiting the W arrival of the child's father. Caught at List. A dispatch from Murphy, N. C., says that "Jerome Deaver, who some ten years ago shot and killed his brother-in-law. N. R. Taylor, In the west end of that county, was caught Friday in Oreenshurg, Kan. Sheriff Dickey has Just left for Deaver, who will be brought back for trial." WILL MAKE EIGHT REPUBLICANS WILL PUT OUT A TICKET THIS FALL. The Negro la to Be Eliminated and Only White Men Will Be Put np for Office.. "We will put out in each of the seven congressional districts in South Carolina a high class candidate on the Republican ticket; one who will appeal to the business interests and will make a decent run against the nominees of the Democratic party," remarked John G. Capers, national committeeman of the Republican party from this state and at present living at Washington, while on a recent visit to Columbia. (The State says there was a conference in Columbia on Saturday, among about thirty-five prominent white members of the Republican party, including Little. Clinton; Webster, Orangeburg; llugginB, Columbia; Gettys. Dlacksburg; Page, Laudrum; Soott, Jonesvllle; McCravey, Laurens; Rion. Winnslwro; Leaphart, Lexington; Floyd. Spatranburg; Kester, GafTney. Former Postmaster John W. Dunocant of Chester, who used to take active part in some of the Deas State conventions, and I. H. Harris, Republican, or Yorkville. were also present at the conference. The conference lasted a considerable part of the day and all sides ot the situation were discussed with the final understanding that in every district some prominent tnan who haa had Republican leanings or is at present a member of the party will be brought out in each district to oppose the Democratic nominees. "Since there has been considerable talk about President Taft making an effort to split the solid South, did the president have anything to do with this?" Mr. Capers was asked. "Not a thing," was the reply. "We have had the matter under consideration for some time, and Mr. Taft knows nothing of the present conference. Of course, in a general way the Republican leaders in Washing ion nave oiten talked over the situation in the South and expressed the opinion that there were many in this section who would be glad to vote the Republican ticket if the candidate is one in whom they have confidence. "We want to make It plain that we will not interfere in any way in local or State affairs. We will not put out at any time a candidate for United States senator, even when the terms of the incumbents expire. But we will make a strong fight in eaeh congressional district." Mr. Capers said that there was no fight to be made on Maj. Micah Jenkins. who is the collector of internal revenue and has served satisfactorily since his appointment by Roosevelt. He did state, however, that he favored Leumas Blalock for the position. With the statement that the Republicans would make a fight for control of the congressional districts, there is considerable speculation as to tho elimination of the negro from the situation. The fact that Mr. Capers has stated so emphatically that prominent business men would be put up probably means an end to ! the farclal contests before the con| gressional committee each year for the seats of the various Democratic luii^i-rssuifu. * KIIJiKI> IX A KKSOHT. A Worthless Female at the Bottom of tlie Homicide. At Washington, D. *C., Samuel G. | Tiiyloe, a member of a prominent I family, was shot and killed in a resort on the outskirts of that place (Thursday night. Five shots were [fired by Carl Kelly, all entering the , body of Tayloe. Tayloe, on being shot, sharted to make his way to a hospital, but fell and died before reaching it. Kelly left the scene of the shooting in great haste and was chased by a posse with dogs. Automobiles also joined in the pursuit. Kelly made his escape, but later telephoned the sheriff lrom his r sidence in the city. A strong guard was placed about the Jail after Kelly had been lodged therein, as excitement was intense. The cause of the killing has not been ascertained, but it is said that a woman was at the bottom of it. Acting on orders from uuireroor jvucnin, a company of N'a tional Guards is on duty to prevenl the lynching of Cari Kelly. ' .Miners Killed. At Wilburton, Okla.. six miners were killed Thursday by a mysterious explosion in Great Western Coal anc Coke company's mine No. 2. Tin blast is supposed to have been tin result of a shot going off premature lv. The bodies were recovered lati Thursday afternoon. Tillman Improving. At Atlanta Senator it. It. Tlllmai is rapidly regaining his health. Th s? nator is taking the "rest cure" a n local sanitarium. The Senator' friends are pleased to know that li Is improving. % AWFUL THINGS Predicted Frea the Tail ef the Cenet That WiD Visit Us Smb. DEATH TO ALL LIVING Animals, Human and Beast, Is to be the IMreful Consequences of the Visitation of the Harmless Little Wandering Star, Says an Kxcited Georgia Prophet. Some chemist has declared that the comet's tail 1b going to give our earth a slap in the face and fill our atmosphere with the poisonous gas, with destructive effects upon human and animal life. One R. E. L. Evans, of Thompson, Ga., who Is neither an astronomer nor a chemist, accepts the statement, and writes to the Atlanta Journal under a recent date concerning the syanogen gas, and finds a special prophecy to suit the occasion In the New Testament Rook of Revelations, chapter VIII, verses 10 and 12. The chapter portrays upon the grand celestial stage of the universe one of he most unspeakable and -magnificiently dramatic Bcencs that can be magined, thus: "And 1 saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. "And another angel came and stood at the altar, having censor: and there was given to him much incense that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. "And the smoke of the incense which come with the prayers of the saints ascended up before Liou out the angel's hand. "And the angel took the censer and filled it with fire of the alter, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderbolts, and lightnings, and an earthquake. "And the seven angels which had the seven trumphets prepared themselves to sound." Here follows an account of the frightful catastrophes that were immediately visited upon the earth and its inhabitants, a single terrible vlsiitation following the trumphet blast. The terrific calamity which the Georgia predictor identities with the slan our earth is to get from the tail of Halley'B eoin-ot follows the trumpet blast of the third angel. The sacred text continues. "And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers and upon the fountains of water; and the name of the star is called Wormwood; and the third part of the waters became wormwood. and many died of the waters because they were made bitter." It is to be noted, according to the sacred text of this wonderful and to us incomprehensible vision of St. John, the beloved apostle, that the sounding of each of the seven trumpets is to be the precursor of the ,iost frightful occurrences, the seventh trumphet being followed by the end of all things earthly, and the grand consummation of the ages. Yet for some reason wholly his own, the Georgia predictor has chosen to identify the star Wormwood with the comet which we are expecting in a few weeks hence, fie says: "The majority of the Christian world believes in the Ilible, and if they do, then they must believe all of it, or none, and the Bible says uisunctty tiiat when the third angle blows his trumpet. Wormwood (Halley's comet) will destroy one-third of what Is on the earth. Literally this is true, for when the first and second angels blow their trumpets the other two thirds of the earth will he destroyed of all living animals. "In my opinion Wormwood is Halley's comet, and it is only a matter of time when we will come through the tail of it and the animal life will he killed on earth. This May, I do not think, is the time for this to occur because there are so many things that will take place before animal life is being killed. The South Pole is yet to be discovered. The ' air is to be full of airships; the Eastern war to take place; the RU j ble to be known in all parts of the world; electricity to be more ( utilized, and when all these things iiave come to pass, then we will go t through the tall of Halley's comet , and the prophecy will be fulfilled as we read in Revelation." The tone of confidence and the air of assurance with which this self* appointed prophet predicts the most ? dreadful catastrophes to our earth 1 and to us are almost ridiculous, as 9 they are utterably absurt. In the 9 course of the celestial panorama - and the titantic drama in which the B angels of the Lord are working his Vlmlghty will upon this earth of ours ind its doomed inhabitants, it is strange that while many blazing stars h ire represented as falling from heav0 ?n, lie should have chosen "Wormt wood" to represent the well-known s "omet which has harmlessly visited e I mr skies nearly one hundred times | in the era embraced in Human his* m DEAF TO PLEA OF MERCY A MERCHANT CRUELLY SLAYS A MILL OPERATIVE. The Slayer Fires Two Rifle Balls Into His Victim, While He Begs for His ife. At half-past 11 o'clock on Sunday , at Roberdel, No. 2, a mill village near Rockingham, N. C., Pearl Bruton shot und killed Oscar Williams after beating him terrioly with a chair, Williams lived but a few minutes after being shot. Rruton keeps a store on the main street of the village. On Saturday night an altercation occurred between him and B. 8. Harris, a resident of the place, and Bruton used a chair on Harris in return for some foul nameB Harris had called him. ilt seems that Bruton had beeu bothered with requests to go to his store on Sunday and sell drinks. Sunday morning Oscar Williams came to Bruton's house, which Is right near the store. When Bruton came to the door he said, "You come here to raise a fuss with me at my house." Williams denied this and Bald he only wanted to see Bruton. Brutou cursed him and said he would put his light out, and grabbing a heavy chair broke It in pieces over William's body. Williams staggered into the street to get out of the way of Bruton, but Bruton ran into the house, and came out in a moment with a Winchester rifle. Williams seeing the gun, begged him not to shoot and tnrned and started to run. Bruton then fired two or three timeB, and Williams fell across the street, pierced by two bullets. One entered his back and came out through his chest; the other entered near the hip and went through and lodged In the abdomen. The first bullet was easily taken out but the other was not recovered. Williams was dead in about five minutes after being shot. Bruton was arrested and lodged in jail. He and Williams are both young men, and leave families. Williams was a small man of medium height and weight. 3esiues the two wounds made by the bullets there were many bruises about the head, neck and shoulders as a result of the beating with the chair. I Al\l 1 1 .1 ljl\. Trade Union Prepare to Parry Figlit to tlie Polls. The first formal move toward the organization of a Labor party in Pennsylvania was made in Luzerne county when the State Federation of Labor met in Wilkes-llarre. The same convention that decided against a state-wide strike because of the street car strike in Philadelphia, petitioned the courts to allow them to use the name "The Federated I^abor Party" on county ballots this fall. Similar steps will be taken in all the counties cf the state and a state convention held in the summer will name labor cand'dates for the state senates, the state house of representatives and the United States congress. BBAYK NFLKO BOY. Saved tlie Life of a Little White Buhy tiirl. The rare presence cf mind and bravery of Clarance Douglas, a 12year-old colored l>oy saved the life of two-year-old Alice Purcell- white .it West Point, Ky., Thursday. The child ran on the railroad track in front of the engine of a fast moving freight train. The engineer reversed the lever and whistled the alarm, hut the girl still continued toward the train. Women and men were tertifled to the point of .helplessness hy the spectacle but the hoy rushed to the child, caught her up and jumped to saftey just as the engine passed. The Harvard freshmen have put up $300 in advance for smashed furj niture before they can get dinner at the Boston hotels. In the Kev. John Harvard's days, that would have been about enough to found a college. tory, with no warrant whatever save the guesses of pseudo-scientists to justify any belief in its hostiles. Fortunately, however, the Georgia "cracker" predictor gives us a respite until the South Pole shall be discovered, aviation shall be as much of any everyday business as autohlling, the Eastern war with Gog and Magog shall be fought, electricity snail l>e fully understood and utilized I and the Bible known In every land. Truly, we can he thankful for this delay of the consummation of all things, but we can rest with greater confidence upon the assurance of the scientists, that already our earth has more than once passed through the tail of Ilalley's comet without receiving the slightest harm and without the occurrence being known save through scientific observation. We can rest with some confidence upon he conditions so represented. * / SORE TO COME Frtocfa Admiral Predicts Terriffic Struggle ia New Fitare. INVOLVES ALL NATIONS Thf War Will Be Commenced by the United States and Japan in a Quarrel Over China, and Will he Most Direful in its Far Beaching Consequences. The memoirs of Vice Admiral Fournler. commander of the Mediterranean squadron of the French navy, in which he discussed particularly the possibility of a war between the United States and Japan and the resultant danger of dragKing all Europe into a terrifl" conflict, have just been issued in book form at Paris. The memoirs have caused something of a sensation in political and diplomatic circles. I Admiral Fournler accords the star role on the stage of international politics to the German Emperor, not only in Europe, says the writer, where the Emperor is trying desperately to break the league of powe-s against him, but also indirectly as an influential factor in the relations between the United States and Japan. Admiral Fournler says thil it is useless to deny that there is a possibility of war between the United States and Japan as a result of pnpniar irritation in America shou'd Japan's demands or Japan's policies of absorption prove intolerable to America's excessive seif-esteeia or interests in the Far East. These interests, the admiral adds, are antaganistic to those of Japan, which, pusned on by fate : expand in the Asiatic continent by conquest or diplomatic victory, se?ks to be.n?me predominant in the very reg una which the United State protects in supporting the integrity of China and policy of the open door. The admiral declares that Japan'B great fear is that the friendly relations between the United States and China will culminate in an ou' and out allegiance, and thus, in event of War, the United States would have a base of operations and general resources vastly superior to the Philippines. Japan's increased armaments, therefore, are explainable not. as a menace to Russia hut in nmn. aration to combat before it is too late the peril contained in America's policies. Admiral Fournier thinks that the naval strength of the United States will one day not only exceed that of Japan, but probably will equal that of Great Britain, in spite of the effort of England to preserve her supremacy of the seas, and Japan's inferiority would oblige her ally, England, to come to her aid in the event of a conflict with the United States Jn case of a hostile coalition of the United States with the triple alliance, the admiral believes, France would be forced to supplement the forces of England, Japan and Russia. He doubts, however, that the German Emperor, "although devoured by a desire to smash the league, and adopting a diplomacy as unscrupulous as that of the iron chancellor," would enter on the perilous venture of such a war, which would offer little chance of victory on land or sea. Without the intervention in Europe of the navies of the triple alliance in a way to help the American fleet at the moment if was seriously engaged in the Atlantic and the Pacific, the decisive superiority in that struggle," declares the vice admiral, "would rest with the forces of Japan and England. Under these conditions, which spell defeat, the United Stat s would undoubtedly resist the temptation to settle her differences with Japan by an anneal to arms." * lie Is in a Itad Fix. Beseeching Judge Deputy at Chicago to sentence him to life imprisonment as an incurable morphine user, Christaln E. Walters. plead guilty of larceny and was sentenced to the penitentiary for an indefinite term of from one to ten years. What is the use of letting me out of the penitentiary, when I can't keep away from crime?" the prisoner said. Tree Fell oil lliin. lA most distressing accident happened Saturday on the Nicholson farm, about two miles from Statertville, N. C., where Messrs. Adderholdt and Dishman were cutting trees. A young man, Lawrence May. was caught beneath a fulling tree and badly crushed about the head, chest and shoulders. No hopes are entertained for his recovery. John C. Calhoun, whose memory South Carolina has just honored was the greatest statesman this country ever produced. If you dc not believe it. study his life in con| nectlon with the lives of other greal statesmen. ? ; ft \ w ' BURGLAR MURDERS ONE WOMAN AND SERIOUSLY INJURES ANOTHER. IIIj Demand for Money Rcing Refused Masked Intruder Fires on School Teacher. His demand for money havlhg been ignored, a masked burglar, who had entered the drawing room of the residence of Mrs. Sarah J. Dow on Round Hill, in the northern part of Springfield, Mass., Friday evening, shot and killed Miss Martha I). Blackstone, 29 years old, a public school teacher, and probably fatally wounded Miss Harriet P. Dow, a fel| low teacher. Miss Blackstone was shot throneh the heart as she ran screaming into an adjoining room. Miss Dow'a skull was fractured and trepaning will be resorted to in an effort to save her life. With Miss Dow and Miss Dlackstone in the dining room were the former's mother and sister. The murder was a most wanton one. Mrs. Dow, her two daughters, and Miss Dlackstone, who was a guest for the night, were seuted in the .living room, of the home about a small table, solving a picture puzzle The first intimation they had of an intruder was a demand for money from the dining room, just in the rear. They looked up to see a masked man in the dark hallway, threatening them with a revolver. Mrs. Dow retained her composure and replied: "We have no money," but Miss Dlackstone, in fright, jumped to her feet and ran screaming into a reception room to the right of the living room. The burglar said: "If you want to be killed keep on screaming" and I fired as he spoke, the bullet entering Miss Dlackstone's left breast. Death followed instantly. The murderer hardly paused to see his victim fall I before he turned the revolver on the group, shooting Miss Harriet Dow | in the head. He then ran to the front door, leaped over the piazza railing and disappeared. The police have no clue to his identity. Doth Miss Dlackstone and Miss Dow were teachers in the Jefferson avenue school. Miss Dlackstone was 39 years old and Miss Dow about 30. FIIlKliHi AT SPAKTANDURG. Incendiary HUrze in the Heart of the City l'ut Out. The prompt discovery of a fire Friday night at Spartanburg in the rear of Tuck's fruit store by Mrs. Hair of Augusta, Ga., patient at the Steedley sanitarium, prevented a serious fire on East Main street in iiie very neart of the business section. Mrs Hair had occasion to go to the medicine room to take a dose ot medicine nnd on looking out of the window, saw the blaze from the window. Peering out she saw a man shoving lots of waste paper into a pile of burning boxes in the rear of Tuck's Fruit Store, adjoining the wholesale grocery houses of J. A. Gallman and Brown Pros. The fire burned rapidly and in a moment's time the rear of the two stores were on fire. The flames spread to the hospital building, burning the windows to the third story and filling the rooms with smoke. The patients of the sanitarium were thrown into a state of wild excitement and preparations were made to remove them from the building. Efficient work of the fire department, however, prevented serious disaster. Killed by Idglitning. At Asheville Mrs. Whit Illackwelder, aged 4 0, one of the most widely known residents of that section, waa killed by lightning during a severe electrical storm Saturday afternoon. The deceased was alone in the house at the time and was found by neighbors an hour lat'-r. The bolt which killed iMrs. Hlackwelder passed la through the roof of the house. Victim of Forest Fire. The charred body of Kate Howell, an aged woman, was Saturday afternoon found near her home lo Carvers Creek township, near Fayetteville, N". C., where she had met her death fighting a forest fire Thursday. James Harden, a neighbor, heard her screams, but fighting to save his own home, could not investigate. , , A (ieorgin Tragedy. |Rd Hart was shot and instantly killed and Mrs. Hart, his wife, was fatally wounded by Rufe Miller, at the home of the former in Dodve county, fia., Saturday night. Details of the tragedy are meagre, but It is said that the shooting was the r> suit f? f f? n a1/1 i f,i iiiikc u?iween ine men. | , I Gypsies Drowned. 1 A caravan of fifty Gypsies broke ' through the ice Thursday on Cheremenetzki Lake, near Luga, Russia, nearly all of the 50 nien, women aud children were drowned. \