'
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
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