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' yAWFUL TRAGEDY" Wright Biplane Buckled Under Him One Hundred Feet in Air. HE FALLS TO HIS DEATH Premetr Anions Flower of British ^ Aristocratic S|mm tstiuin, Charles o a Ntewart I'olls, Who Flew Across ( * hnimel unil isncK \\ ifiiout n >n?p \s (rushwl to IVhIIi at Feet of All- l> miring Thousands. , At Bournemouth, Eng., the first s flying tournament of the year was l' brought to a tragic close Tuesday w morning by the dramatic death ot aviator, the Hon. Charles S. lions, third son of Lord Llanguttock. In the presence or a great eompa- 1 ny of spectators, a majority of whom *' were ladles and children and many personal friends of the young avi- ' ator, the Wright biplane on which s he was flying fell suddenly with ter- ^ rifle speed from a height of 100 feet. It struck the ground close 1 to the crowded grandstand, smashed into a tangled mass and before the 1 doctors and their assistants could reach the spot Rolls was dead. The event in which Rolls was com- . petlng was for a prize for the aviator alighting nearest a given mark. The goal was directly In front of the ^ grand stand where the spectators were massed. lie had risen to a 1 good height and then shut off his motor and was gliding In a broad s circle to the uiark. "Without warning the tall piece ^ of the biplane snapped off. The machine gave a sudden lurch and the ' framework crumpled up in the air. When it struck the groud it was " smashed to splinters. The doctors 1 found that Rolls had sustained a 1 fractured skull. The wreck of the 1 machine and twisted stays surrounded the body so that there was ditli- J1 culty in extricating him. Imediately after the result of Roll's acident was known the com- j' mittee announced that flying would be suspended for the day. I Cunt Th.i Unit Pharloii Cton'orl ' Rolls was thirty three years old and ^ was one of the most popular young n all around Huglish sportsman. His death will be a great blow to aristocratic sporting enthusiasts, with all of whom he was a great favorite. At ballooning, motoring and later it. ( the field of aviation he he distinguished himself by his tmer fearlessness and was satisfied with noth^ log short of record breaking in whatever line of sport he took to. '' Undoubtedly his crowning teat ** was his round trip across the chan- d nel between Dover and Calais in w hie Wright biplane on June 'J last. ( Two Frenchmen. Louis Bieriot and ( Oount de Lesaeps, already had cross- a od the channel and Hubert Latham had almoBt succeeded. Cltaunel v flying was at a discount in England ^ because it was considered an old s story and because national pride had suffered from the monopoly of It by Frenchmen, when ltolls elec- j triled the entire kingdom by doubling the accomplishments of his |. predecessors. The distance between Dover and Calais is 21 miles and , when Rolls did the round trip of v 42 miles iu 90 minutes without , stopping his performance was inar- ( velous both for distance and time. In hlu vnnlh Uolla tunc nnn I hn pioneers lu motoring in England. , He drove a motor ear about while , the ordinance was still In force that , every self propelled vehicle on the ( public roads must be proceeded by a ( man carrying a red flag to warn pedestrians. lu 1900 he won the gold medal in the thousand miles automobile race. He was the representative or Great Britain in the Oordan Bennett race in 1905 ad several times made world's records for peed. As a balloonist Rolls had more than 150 ascensions and had crossed the channel several times in balloons. Another Aeronaut Ih-ad. I>aniel Kinet, the Belgian aeronaut, who fell when the rudder of his aeroplane broke last Sunday at Gand, Belgium, died Friday. Kinet held the world's record for an aeroplane flight with a passenger. On May 15 he remained in the air with a companion for two hours and tifty-one minutes. Shortage in Funds. A shortage of at least $22,000 lias been discovered in the accounts of the Citizen's Hank of Swainshoro, Ga.( as a result of which Hugh I). Strickland, cashier, ami I.. \V. Ponder, former liookkeeper. are under bond of $10,000 each and hank examiners from Atlanta are working on the books of the institution. ' Run Down by Auto. The first really serious automobile accident in Sumter happened Wednesbay afternoon. J. C. linger, driving a heavy Cadillac car, ran into William Hurress. a negro man The man's skull was fractured and he was otherwise injured. The accident happened on Main street MAYOR SUSPENDS JOV. HARMON OF OHIO SLSrK.N'OS NKWAltK MAYOR. "??imal Complaint of Xonlwt of Duty Mmle Against Sheriff Liuke ami Mayor Atlicrton. Monday Governor Harmon took t teps lo iking to the retirement from lliee of Mayor Atherton, of Newark, nd Sheriff Linke, f Licking Couny. as a result of the recent lynchng. Simultaneously, arrangements ere made at Newark for the emnnelling of a special grand jury to egin a prohe into the lynching, and he Newark police arrested a negro uspected of assisting in battering f own the doors of tin iail from .him Ktlietington was forcibly takn. Because of a formal complaint gainst the sheriff of neglect of duy. file 1 with the Go.oruor. and the ^ nnouncenient by Mr. Harmon that l hearing would be held on the harges July 2f>, there was a dispoition on the part of the State oili- j iais to have Common I'leas Jttdge Seward, who ordered the grand jury ailed, to have this action delayed ' o that a new sheriff would serve he summons, but after a conference vlth Judge Seward, (i vernor liar- , lion decided not to interfere with he probe. The grand jury will be u the personal charge of Attorney eneral Deman. Before he had been in office an lour Monday. J. N. Ankele, Uie vice nayor elevated to the office of chief * xeeutive of Newark following the uspensi n of Mayor Herbert Ather- ( on by Governor Harmon, had sum? narilv removtMl Oht?*f of Police Jergeibel and Police Captain Robft Bell. He gave as his grounds for re- ^ nova! the non-enforeement of the ounty option law. which resulted n the lynching of Detective Klherngton Friday night. Charles Hindel. a former deputy, s chief of police, and patrolman 1 'liarles Swank, as captain. He gave ( hem orders to commence the iin- s lediate enforcement of all laws to lie letter. As soon as the new police officials ad assumed olfice, they caused the rrest of a second negro, who is eld in connection with the Friday r iots. CIIOSSKS UVl.V ON IUI-T. ti nconscious Sailor from Wi-wki'tl t Ship Cast on Boacli. Paul Stanicli. 37-ycaro-old, was " icked up unconscious on the West J1 exas coast near Point Isabel Tliursay night and taken to a hospital, i rhere he revived ami told a story i f having been carried across the 1 in If of Mexico on a piece of wreck- 1 ge about ten feet long by four feet ride. Staunich said he .had been 1 without food or water since early * itonday morning, when the fishing * chooner Flontano, of whose crew he ' vas a member, was wrecked about ' i hundred miles southeast of Tain- ( >ico. Mexico. There were ten nier. ' >n the" schooner, and ho doesn t ' mow what became of the other nine. ' Clinging to a piece of wreckage when the boat went to pieces in a ' itorni Stannioh was carried out into 1 he gulf and at daybreak was out if sigiit of land. Several vessels passed, hut didn't notice him He kept liis lips moistened with salt water and c hewed the leather on his shoes. He was cut and blistered about the head and body and lost consciousness a few .hours before his craft was beached. * ( .< (l 'S TO UMTVlfV # >?? ? ? ? UK lit ill t'npsi/od, I 'oulil Not Swim, Whs Drowned. Frank Kennedy, son of <;. VV. Kennedy, of Scranton, was drowned in Lynches river, near Bass Bridge on Saturday, while In bathing with several other boys. Frank e.ouid not swim so was using a boat to cross the deep places. Falling from th? boat he was carried down so rapidly that the other boys were unable to save him. The last reports were that s> far they had not found th? body. Killed by Lightning. Mr. Frank Miller, who li\ed in the Flint Ridge section of Lancaster County, was killed by light i ing on Thursday afternoon. It seems thai, in company with some of his neighbors. he was making eider. Some other men were bearing down on the pole when the lightning struck a nearb tree. From the tree it went to the bole and from t.he polo to the top cf Mr. Miller's head. 4 liildien iliirned to Death. Two children of Joseph Ma gee, aged I and ?> years, respectively, were huri.ed to deal at their home in Rockdale, Texas. The children wore playiit: with a kerosene oil can and in some way the oil became ignited, the clot.hing of the children catching I fire and burning them so severely | that they died within a short time.0 RUNS A MUCK [ Drug Crazed Negro Kills Three of His Own Race at Tampi, Fla. WAS A COCAINE FIEND Inters ? Church and Shoots l>o\rn the I*i earlier mid Organist.?Then Murders llis Mother-in-l.aw and Wounds llis Wife ailll Sisler mill a Policeman. At Tampa, Fla., on Friday nlgat >Vill Ellison. a negro, crazed with locaine, shot and killed his motheru-law, Ceiia Bryant; the Rev. Jesse V. Avery, ot the First African Meth>dist Church; Henry Clark, negro irganist at the church, and seriously vounded his wife, Eva Ellison, and lis sister-in-law, Mary Bryant. While trying to escape he enoou 1ered Mounted Policeman I lay man, ihooting h'ui in the breast, fatal!., njuring hitu. Following the shooting . a rioi ilurin was sent in and the entire poire force was sent to the scene o. he shooting, where the wildest e.\ itement reigned among the negro?.t l".he tragedy occurred in a sect it < ?f the city densely populated witn legroes. ki own as the "Scrub." Ellison's first outbreak was at the Viethodist Church, where services were in progress. He entered tin -liureh armed with a shotgun. lie ihouted that he was preparing *o tend all dinners to their rew ard hii t ired at the Rev. Avery, a load of (hot entering his breast. Clark was lilting at the organ at the time 'in 1 he second shot tore a hole in hi* >ack. several shot penetrating his leart and causing instint death. After firing another shot Ellison lurried from the church and went o the home of his wife's mother, 'elia Bryant. where he shot hir nother-in-taw's head off with a lo.t i if buckshot. When his wife aa?. ister-in-iaw hurried to the front 01 he house he fired on them, the siser-in-law being fatally injured. Ellison nad evidently planned his rime and made ready for hi* escape s he had a horse tethered near his iiouier-in-law s home. He mounted he .horse and starte<l away at a salop. He encountered Officer I laynan and. without warning, opened Ire on him. The first shot took .-fect in the officers l>reast, just abov? he heart, knocking him from his lorse. Hayntan returned the fire and the legro darted down a dark alley. The dace where fie was supposed to oe n hiding was surrounded, and after i careful search the no:ro was found ust inside a white resident's yard, n a siting posture. His gun was beween his knees and he was seen to ?e in an unconscious state. He was placed in the patrol wag >n and hurried to police station t< scape the wrath of the ra;>> lly gath ring mob. When the officers lifted lim from the patrol wagon at th? itatiou, it w as found that tie wis lead. Examinaton did not diseovei iny wounds, but a bottle of whiskey, into which had been emptied a large portion of strychnine, ua.found. Examination by physicians disclosed that Ellison had swallowec. a large portion of the contents of the bottle, which caused fiis death. Following the shooting in th* church, the wildest confusion reigned. Sev-ral members of the con gregation fainted and in the stampede which followed several were injured. No motive is assigned loi the negro's crimes. * Tl I.L.M AN It.ACK IN HAItNKSK. Attends Meeting of Hoard of Trustees ??i Clemson Oolh'gP. Perhaps many people have not noticed the fact, but Senator Tillman is back in harness. He attended the meeting of the Clemson board ot trustees, and while the reports did. nd say that he took an especially active part, he "was there." As Is well known to many of the seitioi Senator's friends, he takes a great interest in Clemson College, and h< was bery much worried last yeat about the presidency matter. Nov that things are running all right, ii is supposed the Senator's mind is a' i est in regard to Clemson * Drops Into Iti*or. Dropping T."? feet. A I.. I'fitizner. of Hammondspoi t. N. Y., lamleti with bis Murgess biplane in the Plum Is land river, near Newburypart, Mass., in- uijiu?K(?(i t<> disentangle himself and set ashore, severely shaken up ami bruised, hut not seriously hurt. The maehine was badly damaged. I'liriiis \ovel I.ojiii I'itn?l. . William U. Bradbury, a wealthy man. who s#wed a term in t.he State prison at San Quentin, Cal.. on eonvietion of perjury was released recently ami deposited $10,000 a> a fund from which ex-convicts nta> borrow and pay 10 per cent. Interest The fund will be in charge of Warder Hoyle ' BODY REVEALS MURDER J cask is strikixcly similar to charlton TRACiKDY. l)?'t<Ttiv(* Not Suspicious I'util th?* I >isH|t|H*aranre of Dr. t'rippcii, the Wonmn's Husband. A dispatch from Ivondon says j Scotland Yard is engaged with the murder of an Antericun woman and Thursday cabled the police of the lTnitod States requesting the arrest of the woman's husband. Dr. Hawlev Harvey Crippen, also an American. who is believed to have sailed from New York on Saturday last. The case is strikingly similar to that of the Charlton murder at Lake s Conio, Italy. HoLh women were ac- * tresses who left their American *' homes to meet death by violence .in h i foreign land and in each instance ' the police pursued the American " husband to the shores of his native *' land. On Saturday noon last I)r. Crip- J pen disappeared and since then the . police have not been able to locate him. Thursday a search was made >f the Crippen home by police and * the battered body of a woman was v found buried in the cellar. It -had ( been placed in quicklime and was burned beyond recognition, but the 1 linding of the body together wita other discoveries had left no doubt in the minds of the authorities that the murdered woman was Mrs. Crippeo. VICTIMS OF FLYING MACHINES. 1 * i Names of the Men Who l-ost Tlieir ; t Lives in Them. Captain Rolls, who was killed in England Tuesday, was the twelfth ( victim of aviation in heavier-than- 8 air machines, the history of flying 1 wiuh balloons, plain and dirgible, I bavin z a death list of greater length ' ill of its own. Fatal accidents with s the real flying machines include the v following in two yenrp: 1 pus ?September 17?Selfrldge. ' '.ieut. Thomas E.. I*. S. A., killed in s fall with OrvWle Wright near Wash- a bigton. ltlOp September 7 Kun, Rosso, ^ Italian, killed in Rome, in machine 1 September 7?Lefebyre, E., killed in Wright machine at Juvissy-Sur- 1 Orge, France. September 22 ?Febre, Capt. I.ouis '' I'.. kille.l at Houlogne, France. December 6 Antonio Fernandez ^ Spaniard, killed at Nice, falling one " thousand feet after motor exploded. ' 1910- January 4?DeLa Grange. 1 Reon, killed at Bordeaux, France. *' April 2 -Herbert, Lebelon. in- 11 stantl> killed, falling 011 rocks at *' Aa.11 Sebastian, Spain. May 12 Michelin, Chevlette, kill- a ?d at l-yons. France. dene 17 Speyer, Eugene, killed 1 at San Francisco. dune 18? Ilv bl, killed at Stettin, ' CJermany. duly 7 Wat liter. Charles, killed ' it Itheinis, in Antoinette monoplane. * Barone.-s lie l.a Roche was almost 1 killed by a fall in her Volsin hi- ' plane at the Iiheiins nut* ting on lulv 8t.h. i ItltitJS sill.I. |\ CIIAIUiK. 11 Can not Make I p Their Mind About New President. The annual summer meeting of t.'te Clenison board of trustees adjourned Wednesday afternoon. No acting as president was continued, tim of a president. The arrangement b\ which W. M Biggs has been | aotig as presidet was continued. 'Ibe 'c ard authorize! Acting ProsI ident Ri:gs and Chairman dohnstone j of the hoard to make .ich arrange ments as they thought wise and necessary in regard to the conduct of the engineering depaitnient, of which Prof Kiggs is director. The hoar.I expressed it.- If as well pleared with the condition of affairs at the college, the business affairs being so thoroughly systematized as to meet the entire approval of the board, which felt that neither the college nor the people of tlie State could lose anything under a continuance ot the present arrangement until the board was thoroughly prepare I to elect a permanent president. Itiil Not ('otuinil Suicide. A dispatch from Tampa, Fla.. v: an autopsy held on the bedv of Wil. Kllison, tlie slayer of two or ter negroes and who it was supposed I suit i'ied revealed that the negro died ifrom suspended heart action as a result of over stimulation, it is the . opinion of physicians that tlie <*xI eessivc use of cocaine caused the 1 negroe s death, Kva Kllison the wife of the negro, is expected to die at any moment. Policeman flyman, it is now expected. w ill recovei, i none or the small shot entering his breast penal rating a vital spot. I Nineteen Killed. i Nineteen persons were killed and ihi'-tv-one others Injured by the derailment of a train near the station - of Klsllarwat. on the Trans-Cas' pian railway In Russia. SERIOUS CHARGE' !? Veil Kaown Ashville Mae Accessory te McGhee Murder. DENIES WHOLE STORY . 11. Allison, Slayer of F. M. Mra <;hee, Makes Confession in Which 1; He Implicates l'orter Webb.? ' Says Webb and "Woman in tlip v Ch.sp" Had ForniPd Conspiracy. j A dispatch from A&hville, N. C.. ays the killing a few days ago >; ' "loyd M. McGhee, the patrol wagon Iriver, by J. it. Allison took a senationul turn Friday afternoon when *orter Webb, a member of the firm if W. A. Wepb & Son. liverymen, " md one of the best known youi g nen of the town, was arrested by )eputy Mitchell on a warrant chart;- h ng him with aiding anl abetting in ng him with aiding and abetting n ' T-he arrest of Webb was the remit of a confession made to Deputy ^ theriff Williams, Deputy SherifT Mit hell and Sheriff Hunter by Allison. Sheriff Hunter said that Allison ^ ailed his deputies and hinis-i" U ^ ho jail and told a story that left } lothing for the sheriff to do but issue a warrant for Webb. According o Sheriff Hunte", the slayer of rMoyd McGhee. now in Jail waiting ho action of the grand jury, declared that Dorter Webb told him ' [Allison) that McGhee and the "wonan in the case" had formed a con piracy to kill Alii3on anl said that A'ebb advised Allison to take his ;un and kill McGhee. That was on the day of the honii- ' cide. Allison replied to what Webb laid, according to his confession to he Sheriff that he did not n.iv* ? ' listol and Webb said he would send ^ or one; t.hat he had a gun. He itated that ho did send to the mar. vho had it and that the man replied t was at his room. Then, accord <ih i" i?r i ouiraaiuil, I'Onei' V\ eilO ifiit a negro stable boy to the room ' ind brought it to Webb. The pisol. Allison said, was given over to lim and Webb said: "(to kill the ascal and I'll stand by you." jAllison said t.hat he took the pis- j ol and did ??o and kill Floyd Me- v !hee. .Allison told the officers that v ie had sent for I'orter Webb to come ^ nd see him; that he hud waited lays and that Webb had not been a ear him. Allison said to Sheriff Innter that he did not think under he circumstances-- rather the alleg- e d circumstances?that he should ? 41 ear the whole thing and that he had , lecided to tell "everything." The arrest of I'orter Webb on so erious a charge came as a shock ( o the many friends of that young nan. Webb, after his arrest, was nken to the office of Magistrate W. , t. Gudyer, where bond in the sum t >f $2,000 was required, pending a ireliminary hearing. Webb, when ( icen by a newspaper man at the mag- , strate's court, had this and only his to say about the charge: "The Lord knows 1 did not know j tnything about it. 1 did not have ( the least idea about it If I had known lie t Allison? was going to flo anything like that I would have helped to prevent it." TKUKIFIC STC11M. Visits liix'l, Mill at Night Ifoing Set' IOIH 1 >11 UlUgr. Not in years -has such a terrific term struck Hock Hill as the one which broke over that city Thursday night about eleven o'clock. The lightning was of an awful character and the thunder sounded like the universe was being si>lit. The electrical display was continuous for over an hour and rain fell in veritable floods. Lightning struck the home of J. S. Stowe, in Woodland park, and knocked a hole in the side of the building large enough to crawl through. Strange to say 110 one was injured, nor the house burned. * Killed by Lightning. flro O. Wilson, a prominent younp man of Mayodan. N. C., was struck by lightning on Friday afternoon and instantly killed. Mr. Wilson wae standing near the chimney Hue ir the store of his brother, where h# orkod. A bolt from a passing thun der storm struck this Hue and ir some wa\ was communicated to Mr \vlis in. ' \ii Kngtne Italknl. A loaded pnssenger train on th?* Geoi tin ami Florida railroad spent last night in tlx- woods, throe miles north of Valdnsta, (la., because tin engine balked. An official in his private ear was on the train and kept the passengers supplied with food. The engine began moving about sunrise. Kstimntes Population. An estimate of the population ot South Carolina was made by Col. K I Watson. The figures are 1 .*>23. POO. The population as given by thi eensew of 1900 was 1.340,9,16. show ins an Inerease for the ten years be ^ i 1 TRAIN KILLS THREE 1 IKMHKHS OF TIIK t'RKW WHEN IT IJC FT TIIK TKAt'K. 'In* Xew York Central Rvpreoa Kolls ino the I>itcli, Shaking l p the I'RVH'iiiirrs. Throe trainmen were killed and train load of passengers were bady shaken up when northbound rain No. 09 on the New York Cenral. known as the Northern and Western Express. was wrecked near lew ton Hook, nine miles south of i udson. The engine and baegage car jumpd the track and toppled completely ver. The railroad offices report hat all of the passengers were able a continue their Journey. The Twentieth Century Limited, n which Jack Jonhson the heavy.oigiit champion fighter. was travelog. was del iyed an hour hy this uiasli-up. Three persona, all railroad emdoyees, were killed in the wreck of ruin No. aH at Newton Hook, acceding to reports received at the ?iew York Central office. One pasunger, name not yet ascertained, 'as injured, the officials said. Tho tilled are engineman J. Tyndall, M reman it. Holes and Baggageman \ Ray. The fatalities were primarily due o the overturning of the engine oinpletely when they left the ails. Every other car of the sevm comprising the *raln were deailed. but only the baggage car was verturned. The tracks were bady torn up and traffic was blocked. Aside 'font the baggage car the rain equipment comprised Pullman :oaches. The train, northbound, was known as the Northern and iVestern Express, and carried sleep rs for Ctica. Sytacuse, Buffalo, aud it her noints iiiclu?Hn?' " <" ?ouls. The train left New York at 2.03 A. M. TIIIKH TO ASSASSIN ATK HIM. 1 Liii)>le,v Knnnei' Stmt nml Seriously Wounded. Hen Hankinson. a prominent white armor, living: a few miles from .anglev, was shot by some party, as et unknown, and probably fatally rounded Saturday, while on his way lonie from I^anglev, where he had cen on business. Complete mystery urrounds the shooting, which ocurred on a secluded road, hedged in iy a very thick growth of hushes ou ither side; the spot of the alleged ttack being at a dip in t.he road l>eween two hills and about 2.*0 yards ram the nearest house. The spot rhere the shooting took place Is a nile and a half from Mr. Hatikinon's home. Mr. Hankinson says he vas riding along the road near the toch Hill colored church. close to he residence o*' A. I'. Franklin and i man with a dark moustache eame Tom hehing a bush and tired twice ?t him. The unknown assassin mlss>d .his aim the lirst shot, but the second one pierced Mr. Kankinson's left lireast just above the heart and went through the hack ->f the bugg.. seat, falling to the ground close by. The physician who examined Mr liankinson said that had it not h" i? for the muscular contraction of th* li art the bullet would have hit a vital organ causing death. Nineteen Persons Killed. Nineteen persons were killed outright. three probably fatally hurt, and half a dozen were seriously injured in a headon collision between i a freight and passenger train on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad at Middletown. O., Monday evening. Of the killed 18 were passengers, the other victim being a member of the train crew. Hall Cartridge Among lilanks. While playing the leading part in a local talent "Wild West" play at Stone Bluff, near Muskogee, Okla., Friday night, Jacob Winkler was shot and instantly killed by Kverett olden, also a member of t.he cast. A ball cartridge which had become mixed with the blanks was responsible for the tragedy. The (Villon Tin-,- C;?.~. In fewer words perhaps than It has taken the Supreme Court to tell of much less important cases, that tribunal Thursday evening iu an opinion being banded down by Justice Kugene It Gray dismisses the appeal of \V. G. Mullins in the now famous cotton fare rase involving nearly ?wo million lollars. Klks in Chicago. What is said to he the biggest annual reunion in the history of the Itenevolent and Protective Order of Klks got fully under way Monday at Chicago with hundreds of additional delegates still arriving hourly. .Meet Death on Itail. Said to he the fourth member of his family to lose his life as a result of a railroad accident, David Coleman, a young man of Pordyce, Vrk . who was struck by a log train ?t Packton. I.a., Wednesday, died Friday night. His body was shipped %