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r: POUND IN TRUNK W of Blood ta Rm? Led Police to lifutifate. iAN HAD BEEN DRUGGED Widow and Male Kecort Ylgoroiuljr deojr /* ojv Knowledge.?Ro?t?ng Mistake OMdes > . ?Jini0 i irtw anil Itaiment Are Blood HtaiiHMl in Rtwm to Ilo*? I ? A blunder by the murderer* 'n wrongly roetiug at >i .< sent t?? the anion station in Portland. O'vgHtL. was the means late Taesd.ay .of ,dlaoiosing a ghastly turner Tli- vlc6tx* Is Willaru Jo>ksi>? who. with his wife and sevea-year-old son. arrived at Portloud ou Monday morag in compauy wtth a man who rent by the name of A. 0. Powers. ^ be party registered at a cheup Worth side hotel. "Powers." ns coining from Nome. Alaska. The John?>tis did not give their residence. . Powers. whiifiH real name is J. P. Webb, and Mrs. Johnson, were arrested at an up-town lodging house . ehrly Wednesday. They were located through tin.linn the little boy, during the absence of Powers, or Webb, Ahd the woman. They were apprehended as they were returning from sq automobile trip to a suburban re brt. Both the man and woman, though intoxicated, denied all know-! ledge of the crime." Webb declared he saw Johnson last at the Union j station Tu'sday nftemoon. waiting #0r a train to go to Seattle. He ?sdertcd Johtuion wan intoxicated at the time. Nothing inipor ant was elicited from either. ? On Webb's person was found two watches, one of which Mrs. Johnson identified an her husband's, and two turtles' handkerchiefs, both bloodstained. Oae ot Webb's hands was Injured and bandaged. He carried 4u International Typographical Uuto? car. issued by Vancouver, II. C.. focal N'o. 2 id. An 01 din.?r>-looking Iruiik was received at tii?? depot late in the day iud ordered cln eked via the Oregou Slid Washington railroad to !*<urth Pnyallup; a station not <ia that road. Shortly before 10 o'clock Tuesday ofgtlt the trhnk wos taken to I he 4?mtfoTbi.Theiu the mistake w.ia1 Wotlceabie. and it was sent back to tue baggage room. A little tat- I Onb of the baggage men noticed a oool of blood, which had trickled from the trunk, broke it open and disoovered the body ol a man. Investigation by the detectives developed that the man's name was W. A. Johnson, and a visit to the rooms occupied by him and his family resulted 111 the discovery that fJhe mattress was sal u ruled with alood and also that blood was spalercd over ui.iuy personal belougiiigs jt Johnson The detectives believe Johnson was first drugged with the alcohol, then btruck over the temple with a "black jack as he lay 011 the h -d. next shot through ilie temple, and finally. to make certain. Johnson's ncgiligee shirt had iieeu twisted and tightly knoll d about his neCk. Among Johnson's belongings was a large number ol cards bearing the name "Miss May Webster." and some of them having the address *"Jir> South Wall Street." and others "1031 Kills Street." San Krancisco. The Wall street address does uotj vui is vt-ni-*eu t?>" ] the police to ? he in Spokane. Wash. tu "Powers" room a anil case wan /onmi containing a blackjack c.loLt'Hl with blood a ad (rayed at the end. a bank book oi the Scandinavian-American Itank of Seattle, beVmging to J. i*. Webb, some loose envelopes which hud borne the same address, ami an International Typographical Union card No. 2X6. issued the Vancouver (H. (5.1, local to I C. Webb According to llie clerk of the hoM the trunk left the hotel about the middle of the afternoon. The clerk Siiid he remembered the incident, bec iuse the porter commented on its wight, after having carried it to the expresss wacon. A few minuter bttei" the clerk stated.' Mrs. Johnson am! her child l'-fi the hotel and did not return. About C o'clock "Powers" came down, and after saying lie was going out for a little while, mentioned thai the Johnsons would probably go to Seattle on the night train. Over $1,900 In currency was found oo Mrs. Johnson. The woman said her husband had rece-ntly sold a farm near Seattle, and had entrusted the money to her for safekeeping. * ^ + Drowned Diirintr <*?! ?. The body of Dr. I.. I,. Dunk. was found in tin* lulu* oft Seventy-flfth HtTPfit, Chicago, Monday. He is believed to have been drowned by the capsixlng of a aailbnat on Saturday during a gate ? (Nil Mhii He. Oivncil Two OinIn. M. V. Oshoni. aged 711 years. of near Utile llock. Ark., has owned only two coats in bit. entire life. One *wore before bis marriage, tbtj Other was his wedding coat 4G years ago. He declares coats are useless. | THE AUTOMOBILE LAWS STATE HAS SOMK STH1NGKXT RKttl'LATlOXii. PtotW? for l;se of Can m Con*try Roads.?Spi'fd Limit 'te Hftrm Milan. Magistrate B. P. WILjd^ of Anderwa. laid the other day that there were rnauy people who owntd automobiles and who did not know me suite taws reguinung tnein wtille on the country roads. It scorns to be the impression of most people that th>y can operate their cars as fast as they want to once out of the city limits*, but this is a mistake. Following are a few Interesting bits of law from the acts of the general assembly. "No person shall operate a motor vehicle on a public -highway at a rate of ape*^ greater than Is reasonable aud proper at the time baa place, having due regard to the traffic and use of the highways as to the condition or so as to endanger the .ifo, limb or property of any person or in any ev?nt at a rate greater than ftfteo miles an hour." Upon approaching a crossing, bridge, step descent, or a curve a person shall have their machluo under control and operate it at a rate of npeed not greate*- than six miles an hour, aud In no greater than is reasonable and proper, having due regird to conditions. ' Tho driver of a motor vehicle shall give notice by blowing a horn, bell or othrwise so as not to frighten tha animals and to use precautions to Insure the safety of persona an I property. It is also necessary to tiring the car to a stop if it is sceu thnt the horses are frightened. "1* is necessary to stop the cor at a t-Jgnal from one who is in the highwoy and who Is driving a wild animal.. The raising of a hand may be co lsldered u signal to stop. It Li also uocessary to remain stationary until such an animal could be removed. It is necessary for an autoinobllist to gl?e the right of way to tho driver of a horse or a mule an i he shall go to the right of he road. "Violators of these acta shall b?fined from ten to,one hundred dolars or Imprisoned not more than thirty Jays." lie fore operating a car in any county It is necesary to secure from the clerk ofcourt a certificate saying which is numbered aud this number must he placed on the back of the car. The owner's address and a I brief description of tho car must be given. The registration fee is $1. Ten days are allowed au owner in wition to register his car ih>tmi.k killing. Two Killed Nt Greenville Within Few Mlnutot. Two murders, occurring within a few minutes of each oLher created intense excitement at Greenville early Tuesday.. IVter Rowley, a well known citizen, was shot and killed at a disorderly house by t>. I*. Godfry, a horse dealer from Spartanburg. According to the report of the police Rowley was rut used admittance to the house, but later succeded in gaining entrance and picked a quarrel with Godfrey, in which the latter is said to have shot in self-defence. The second killing occurred near the Southern railway station, when a negro named Itoh Calhoun, shot and instantly killed another negro. Will llrown in a tight over a woman. i'k< t' i.i a k /%.<!< ii1 >kn t. (.'iifajoilinr With Duiunt., Klcvators I Servant la lladly llurt. t - 1 ,-i nuuv milium, who onnii' could not be learned, was seriously injur d Wednesday nfternoon at Hilt more house, the home of (ieorge Vander hllt. a few miles from Asheville, V G. It seem that sh- hart only b?eii at the house for a week or so and was unfamiliar with the exeentrilies of dummy elevators Some on yelled "look o-.it" ard she is saic to have thrust her head lu*o the elevator shaft and was caught, -her far* being badly bruised. It is said that for the fact that the motor, which ran the dummy elevator was one of small strength, her head would have been crushed to a jelly. PkClllilAlt TKAbKHY. Woman Xcriden tally Shoots IInHi il- ' er in Hit House. Dennis HM, ?i;ed 2f?, a hoarder in tiie honi eof J. J. Flowers, at Minefield, \V. Va., was accidentally shot and killed l?y Mrs. Flow rs at her residence Vonday.. Mrs. Flowers was talking to Meed and said sh? intended getting a nun to kill some ' e.hickeiis. When she returned with ] the weapon. Heed threw up his hands in a jesting manner, saying. "I am not guilty.' The gun was discharged and Heed fell dead. Mrs. Flow- i era said she did not know the gun was loaded and is frantic over the i affair. The woman's husband was i asleep iu the house at the time. 1 TRAGICJ2ND Tailor b Hardened la His Stare la Bast ess Sectiaa tf Ckarlestai. ROBBERY THE MOHVT: Assailant, iD<l Suspected ' Robber / Make* (Jood HM Kwcapr After At terkinff Storekeeper tn Middle o Day.?Victim Carried to Hospita Where He IHed a Little Later. Max Lubc'sky, of 543 King Sf. Charleston.tailor and clothier, age< 3 7 years, was found in a dying c?n dltion at his store Tuesday moru lng at about 11.40 o'clock, by Ma: 1'oener, of 56 Lino street, with thre? ugly wounds in the back of the head evidently inflicted with a large slat found lying in the vicinity of thi t>ody, in the hands of a party or par ties as yet unknown. The desperate y wounded man was rushed to th? hospital In a police ambulance, bu lied from hemorrhage and a fractured skull at 1.19 o'clock P. M. A ! rifled cash drawer found in the real of the premises, and the disappear' ance of several articles and valuables from the store, led the police tc believe that the motive for the murder was robbery. The killing caused a sensation throughout the city, especially among the J* wish population in the upper part of town. A number of friends of the dead mau have offered a reward of $.*>00 for the capture of th? guilty party. Max Posner, a peddler, was th* first came to discover Lubelsky lying on the floor of his own store. He stated to the police that he entered the establishment at about 11.30 o'clock, in company with his little daughter, to whom he wished tc show some chickeus and pigeont which he had sold Lubelsky several weeks ago. Finding th' store apparently deserted, Posnei walked into the yard iu search ol his friend. He came back and took a s* at is the middle of the store -suddenly his eyes beheld a stead) stream of blood running towards bin I from beneath a counter on the op^ [ poslte side of the store, and upoi examination hi- fouud Lubelsky iu i half sitting posture between the sec ond and third counters. He trlec to get the wounded man to talk, bu was unsuccessful, and Immediately went in search of assistance. A ohv slclan arrived ou the scene In aiis wer to a hurry summons, and wdj followed Immediately by officers. The wounded man was sent to thi hospital in a police ambulance, tiev <*ral doctors took up the work of at tempting to save his life, but all el" forts proved to be useless, and hi died in about one hour's time with out having regained consciousness John Cross?, a driver for a city ex press concern, delivered a box of dr; goods to the I.ubolsky establish men at e bo lit 11.15 o'clock, placing ?h box in front of the store. Cross tbei went inside for the purpose of hav ing his book receipted for the goods and was met by a negro, who tol? him that he. the porter, had beei left in charge of the establismen while Lubelsky had stepped acrosi the street. After a several minutes wait. Cross left, stating that he woult! be iii again for the purpose of hav iug the book signed. The police believe that the unknown negro had already overpowered I.ubelsky when Cross entered the store, and 011 being interrupted by the latter, had bodily deelared himself as being the porter of the establishment. NKAlt KI.KCTKOCL'TIOX. Mill Opeintivr at Itock Hill IIhs a (1o><t <'oil. VV. K. l.ucus, an operative at the Highland Park Mill, barely missed being electrocuted Tnesday morning He was carrying a Joint of 1-2 inch iron piping to a water tank, ?o lisii out something winch had gotten there, and -had the pipe over his shoulder, the tree end elevated considerably and the lower end grasped tightly with both bands. He forgot about the naked wire of t.he Southern Power Company's line running in to supply the mill and carrying 11.000 volts of electricity, and the upper end of t.he pipe came into contact with it as he passed under. After tlie contaetthosewliosaw r-and After the contact those who saw it thought Lucas was dead, as they could find no heart-heat, but the !> >nit-inn, who came quickly, found him stili alive and at once applied restoratives. He states that Lucas trill recover. Fourth Destroyer Launched. The torpedo boat destroyer War rington. built for the IT. s. (lovernment by the ('.ramps of Philadelphia was launched last week. It was named by Mrs. ttiehnrd Hattan. of New York city, grand-daughter of Commo dore Warrington. The boat Is th? j rourth of live that are being built ii. I Philadelphia DOUBUC TRAGRDY. F*nnfr Ktays Inuuit m>4 Wounds thf LatiPf'n Mother. Asbury Spicer. a well-to-do farmer of Breathitt county. T*-nn., and once a prominent figure In the Hargls f*>'d, Monday ahot and killed Judge Fugate, a tenant on Asbury's farm and wounded Fugate's mother. The hilling occtfrfed in the country and the first known of It wua when Spicer telephoned In that he had killed ' Fugate and had shot his mother and was coming to Jackson to glre himsalf up. Neither the extent of Mrs. f Fugate's Injuries or the cause of the trouble is known. I a a a UllUKU TO DKATH. Tooig Mmii IXmhI wmI Brother Injur(d la Morning Fire. James West, twenty-years old. was t burned to death, and hie brother, . Fid ward, e!frht'?n-ye?re-old. was seriously Injured. at the n-sqlt of a ' ftra which destroyed a boarding bouse at HattleBburc. Miss , early ? Tuesday. The latter leaped from a . second-story window, breaking several bones and probably injuring himself Internally Ths charred body of bis brothbr was later found in the ruins. Other Inmates of the bouse escaped without injury. SCARfcOHOLUH FT PUilMiR. Clarendon Ij^ginlulor Owl for Kailroai tk>mmM*aiNr.. His PuWt< Reond. I Mr. O. C. Scarborough ot" Suniraerton has tiled his pledge as a can candidate far railroad commissioner. Mr. Scarborough is regarded as one ( of the leading candidates In this race. He haa for lw? terms repre> seated Clarendon county in the ! House of Representatives and htr energy and interest in his work are proverbial among bis feltow-mtuni bers. Mr. Scarborough is a native of i Darlington county, but removed to i Sumter county when a youth. He was intendant of Hiahopxille before that town became tho county sent of Lea county and while school r trustee there was instrumental in : the organization of the Blahopville graded school. Since moving to ouuiuieriuu MOO Hi twelve years ago i he has served at? a school trustee there also and has beeu active In the i building up of a graded school and ? the establishment a few years ago of th-? high school under the N'ush acl, I for which he voted as a member ol I t.he legislature. > Mr. Scarborough is a successful farmer who cxmducts hos operation.on business principles. He has farnits In Clarendon, Sumter and Darling ton. He was one of the most ac t* tive raomb'rs of the Southern Cot | Association a lew years ae atendlng the meetings at Ashevll'.e and New Orleans. He is a tireless i> worker and will make it interesting - for the other contestants in the race i for railroad commissioner.? Coium - bia Record. y ?t < SI MM Kit KATK SAI-K. |. One $:;00 Piauo, $1*5. i One $4 00 Piano, $215. These are uew and lu beautiful i, mahogany cases. so write quick if you desrie one of these bargains, l Orguu llurgiilnii. I Some second hand organs tak'-n s in exchange for pianos, from $20 to $25. i A limited number of Slightly used forfeited $00 organs from $4 5 ti * gg Kaay terms?to responsible parties-will be made on any of the above instruments. Pianos and Organs fully warrant ed. MALOXK'S MUSIC HOUSR, Columbia. K. C. _____ _ l ISO CUREI NO PAY II Be prepared lor an emergency by bavins a bottle of NOAH'S OOLIO RIMIDY on hand. More animals die from colic than nil other non-conta<pot?s diseases combined. Nine out of every ten cases would ha ve been cured if NOAH'S COLIC RtWPY bad lieengiven in time, ltl isn't a drench or dope. txit ii m remedy Riven yfcX-.i7v'X on the tongue, so simpie thst h woman or ?1' child can Rive it. If It Jet!.i 'l fails to cure, your fWffT(^57*Hi] money refunded. If your <lealer cannot ^nr*^MTnyTI supply send &0o in I " [ATI IM atsmps snd we will! 1 IV 7 1 VW mall a bottle. NoatiLBi^L^LfLLJLA^I Remedy Co., Inc., nTWJJT7TTT[it| # Richmond. Va liui-lliug* \S ris kisl. More than a dozen small dwellingwere wrecked Wednesday night it. , iuu mtiunu necuiur, .Miss. Crops- , vere badly damuKt*<l, telegraph acr ir? impaired and many trees blown down. WorJd's I Greatest I Tnw Awl Tr. Ut^Y! ' LaaiJupHMiJ Internal uU ?iUnwl Ikffffl'fl Pain mmnRemedy Fr.r*Rheumatism, Sciatica. Lame Back, Still B joints and Muscles, Store Throaty Colds. Strains. Sprains, Cuts, Bruises. Colic, Cramps, Toothache and all Nerve, Bone and Mustle Aches and Pains. The genuine has Noah's Ark m every package. 2>c.. 50c. and $1 00 by all deal- I I ' era in medicine everywhere. Sami rii -wi//ree . Mask tisit) Ce.. ticfcraaad. Va*iad listi, Haas. \ CLASSIFIED COLUMN tludti, K. C. For select board on Chlsolm Hill. Apply tor rates to Mrs. T. W. Lang. lonpy Made Quietly on the side. Unlike No. 1. "Sealed secret*." R. RoKers. No. a. Horseshoe, N. C. logs and shefP- Polaud Chin* Pl^s and Shropshire Sheep. Good In $400 ] In Easy Payments of $ 10 a Month Will Buy a 20 Acre ~ FRUIT AND VEGETA8EFAR! 1? 1N ,1 Florida THF LAND OF RUITS " LOWERS and ortunes Ou the Florida East Coast along t.hn beautiful 'ndlan River in lire- X vard county. Where you can live easier, pleasanter and make more mouey than in any other part of th?* United States. Buy one and go right on it and soon be independent. Absolute satisfaction guaranteed or every dollar of your money refund- ^ si. Should you die your heirs rhI warranty deed without further payments. Here is the ori'OKTUNITY FOR LIKE For the man of moderate means to provide a most desirable home for his family and a Speculation for a man with some money. GET ONE NOW. WHILE YOU CAN only a limited number for sale then they will cost you more. Florida Indian River Land Company w VINTON, IOWA. Write to see General Manager Agents SOTTHKANTKUN OFFICE MJ I'earl St. Asheville, X. C". ? High Grade Agents Wanted. V I'lisowr Hakes CvnlVv<ion. While confined In his cell in San Quentin, Cal., on conviction of robbery, John Avery, declared he was -haunt-d hy the face of a man he had killed in Spokane, Wash. He related his experiences to a guard and the facts have t?eeu corroborated. "ON THE CL ORANGEBURI ORAXGKItt'RG. SOI Kxpettses are less her*' that) of i I services ottered are equal to the \erj at actual cost. Let us convince y< for you. Write for catalogue and while you think of it! Address: PRESIDENT W. S 147 Itroiifghton Street UQUO R. and DQUG ! HABITJ |||V1 strtvl I BvA 1 SELECTED, -nishiiMit <C HHHjHmSS ncn?M wm liwflfWti r Mi f Cost of Livi THl King Fruit Presc Will keep perfectly fresh all kind of fr ries, plums, tomatoes, corn, NO AIR-TIGHT J Used more than twenty-five year: imall package puts up 50 pounds of fr gathered. SAVES MONEY. TIM l have used the Kin? Fruit Prcservinn l'owder for the past five del rears. Would not be without it. err MRS. I) v UATTUUtli! - - . . I illMIO. W I I Olin, S. C. I am pleased to say that I gave ho King Fruit I'reserving Powder a horough test last year and saved 1 ill my fruit nicely, without the use Km if air-tight jars. I expect to use it not a the future. III A II will force water to kltch anywhere al>out the j>la< hard water, and have It or attic tank to freeze or Columbia Supply C dlvldutt'.s. T. K. Drown, Uurfreeaboro, Tenn. r 1'an ted?To buy Hide*. Wool, TWiwax. Tallow. etc. Writ? for price*. Crawford & Co.. 508-510 Reynold* Street. Augusta. Ga. laplehurst. on thy Ashevllle and Lake Toxaway railroad. Thvc? hundred f? et from station. Modern Conveniences. No roDsomptives taken. A. 1.. & L. 15. Davenport, Horse Sho?>. N. C. 1'e need immediately about 21 men and 50 good (trad? Daubers for desirable locations in thlg and other Southern State?. Writ? at once for particulars. Kdusaflonal bureau. Raleigh. N. C. eorgiw herd pure br*'d uur?xi-J?rsey swine. I'roiillc hdw?. lb. boars. breed i r g stock for sale at all times. A tew extra spring boars on hand at pries? any farmer c?u pay. C. K. V'sbvc, Calhoun. Gu. i Miiiel?Hardwoods. logs and lumber. We are cash buyer* of poplar. cedar and walnut logs. Also want poplar, ash, cotton wood, cyptess and oak lumber. Inspestloa at your point. Kasy cutting. Writs us Savannah Valley Luukei ?o., Augusta. Ga. t'iu>tc<f young men 17 Co 33. Prepare tor railroad Mall ol?rk examination Beginners salary $800. Advareemenint rapid aft?i? Br?t f? moths. Only common school *du -ation needed. Oth<r kigi salaried position* for both sex. Pre* cataloK and full particulars for fre scholarship. Oswego Institute. Dept. Civil Service, Oswego. N. Y. UB PLAN" 3 COLLEGE Til CAROLINA. my otner school in the land. The f best. Hoard ou the CDUJB Pi*AN ju that our school is the ?*hooJ full information. Writ* right now .PETERSON Orangebwrjfc H. C. 11 J of AlcSwIon* R WHISKEY ISrff DRUG3 ng Reduced * -4 irving Powder uit, apples, peaches, pears, berokra, cider, wine, etc. ARS NEEDED 5 from New York to Florida, uit and taste is just as when E AND LABOR. Tin* Kin? Fruit Preserving Pr?w rs n?v?t been used by me for wvi! ^cars, and I can not get along thout it MRS. L. H. WILSON. Dickey, (ia.. May 19th., 1904. I aiu ko well pleased with ths ig Preserving Powder that 1 will be without it. MRS. .\4 S. HARPER. ~ deej. N June f>th., 1899. \on, bath room, laundry, barn, and :e. You may have both soft and hot as well as cold. No elevated leak. ^ x>. ' - Columbia, S. C. j