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FATAL WRECK
Eight Persons Were Killed and Eight <
lojuret in Michigan
REAR END COLLISION '
Tlve Kntlrc Train CauRht Afire and
.Many I todies Are Badly Burned.? 1
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Only One 1'aa.senner E*caj>e? In- 5
jury or IKvilh.?Pullman Flung *
From ltails.
In a rear end collision between
passenger trains No. 4 and 14. both
eastbound, on the Grand Trunk railroad.
two miles east of Duraud.<
Mich., late Wednesday night, eight
persons are known to have been killed,
three wfcre probably fatally injured
and five were seriously hurt.
It was reported that four passengers
are missing.
Train No. 14 stopped to repair a
defectiTo brake when No. 4 crashed
into the sleeper on the standing
trais.
The e-nglne of No. 4 jploughed
half way through the sleeper, crushing
some of the sleeping passengers.
The wreckage of the sleeper > aught
fire and others of the passengers
were burned or scalded. It iB said
there were 18 passengers on the illfated
car.
The dead bodies recovered during
the night were two unidentified women,
one about ftO years old and thi
other about 60, and six persons
whose bodies were so 'badly scalded
and burned as to render identification
impossible.
IjW? The probably fatally Injured ar?:
Clinton A. Davis. 27 vears old. of
Montreal, scalded nnd cut about head <
and body; George Nelson of Battle I
Creek, fireman of train No. 4, scald- 1
ed and cut; and Bert Mitchell of i
Port Hurou, engineer on train No. <
14, who was injured about the head, i
Only the Bplintered Pullman was (
thrown from the rails, the occupants :
of other coaches escaping with nothing
more serious than a Bevere shak- <
ing up. The uninjured passengers, t
half clad, endeavoring to rescue I
those in the sleeper, were driven i
hack again und again by the heat of (
the flames and by the escaping steam
and were able to do little toward re- 1
covering the bodies of the dead. 1
No. 14 left Durand at 10.02 and <
No. 4 at 10.35. Shortly after leuv- <
ing Durand something went wrong
with No. 14's engine and the train
stopped for repairs.
The crew of No. 1 4 say a flag was 1
Bent back a mile as soon as their
train stopped to warn approaching 1
trains. George Wilson of the crew
of No. 4 says the only warning was
a torpedo placed on the track a
short distance behind No. 14.
A Davis Trenton, of Montreal, is
thought to be the only one of the
passengers in the wrecked sleeper
to escape. His invalid mother and
a trained nurse accompaning her
were both killed.
BANDITS HOLD UP CARS.
Conductor Puts to Flight Highwaymen
With Brake Iron.
Two masked highwaymen held up
two interburban cars at Wilkesbarri.
Pa.. Tuesday night, firing their revolvers
and terrorizing the women
passengers and relieved the employes
and a lone male passenger of one
of their watches and $19 in cash.
A conductor of another car containing
women attacked the bandits with
his brake iron and put them to flignt.
The men have not been captured.
FATAL AUTOMOBILE WRECK.
Three are Killed and Mine Are Severely
Injured.
Three persons were killed and
nine were severely hurt late Wednesday
at New York, when an automobile
crashed into the side of a construction
train on the Long Island
Railroad at the Merrick road crossing
at Springfield, Queensborough.
Four others were less seriouslc injured.
Both the automobile and the
construction train were wrecked. The
dead: J. Berbon, aped 50, New York
city, chauffeur; Bertha Weiss, aged
11, New York city, neice of the owner
of the car; Rebecca Glass, aged
9 years. New York city.
Record Were Smashed.
All records for cold August weather
were broken at Colorado Springs.
Col., Thursday morning at two thirty
o'clock, when the thermometer at
the government observatory stood at
thirty-eight degrees above zero. The
coldest previous August weather was
August 24, 1891, when forty-one
degrees was recorded.
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, V Fatal Wasp Sting.
Mrs. Frank Dimmock, aged 66. of
Natural Bridge, N. Y., while picking
berries in a held near her home,
was stung on the arm by a yellow
wasp, walked a few feet and dropped
dead.
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DEEDS OF HEROES
JOL. BIIOOKH TKLLS OF BATTLE
OF CRAVEL KIN.
Hancock Badly IX>ne Up but Butler
in the Fight.?Death or the Ciailiint
Capt. Smith.
Tuesday wns the anniversary of
:he battle of Gravel Run, fought be.ween
the forces of the North and
South. Growing reminiscent vMonlay.
Col. U. R. Brooks, of Columbia,
said:
"A battle planned, fought and won
ay Rutler! On the 23rd of August.
1S64. Butler's scout told him that
here was one division of calvary und
me brigade of infantry directly in
front of him. He laid Ills plans, pitmod
into them, whipped them and
;ot over enough of their ground to
see that it would be a good idea to
:ake ReamB Station, then held by
Hancock's corps.
"This first was the battle of Grav?1
Run. At the time Gen. Hampton
was seven miles away with his handful
of men.
"When this battle was over Buter
never stopped until .he found Gen.
Hampton and told him that if he
muld get Gen. Gee to send some of
A. P. Hill's infantry from the breastworks
in front of Petersburg that
hey could whip Hancock's corps and
Gregg's calvary.
"General Hampton thought it was
i good idea and on the next day. the
24th, called on Gen. Gee in person,
rhe next day, the 2.r)th, with A. P.
Hill's infantry and Butler's calvary,
ill under Hampton, they whipped
Hancock, captured sixteen pieces of
Artillery, four thousand stands of
irms, 3,000 prisoners and sixteen
aattle flags. Gen. Gee was so pleased
with Butler's work that he and
Hampton immediately recommended
ilm for Major General. Hancock
was so mortified at the rout of his
orp8 that he said: "I don't want to
die, but I would rather be dead
fhan to see my corps routed again
is they have been today."
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i? ucu * r tapi III KU I lie cannon
jur men did not know how to handle
he guns. Lieut. Henry lleise, now
Iving in Columbia, was in command
at a particular spot, where these
annon were captured. There was a
Yankee sergeant, an American,
whom we had captured. When he
jaw that our men did not know how
to handle the guns, he rushed up,
jaying: "Let m^ fire them for you.
lust bring the amunition.' And he
just mowed them down like cbaft
before the wind. These were his
own men who he was killing.
"Another thrilling incident: We go
now to the 17th of September, 1862,
when Mart Gray whs leading the
Hampton legion, then infantry, in
a charge, at the hHltle of Sharpsburg.
Capt. Smith, of the same legion, being
shot down right by Gen. Gary
and the blood was spattered all over
Gary's shirt .bosom. Capt. Smith
was the father of W. G. Smith, the
cotton manufacturer, of Orangeburg,
also the first cousin of R. W. Shand,
of Columbia."
PATTERSON PLEADED Gl lLTY.
Paid One Hundred Dollars Fine by
Order of the Court.
A. B. Patterson, coporal, Company
E, Third regiment, of the Soutli Carolina
National Guard, has pleaded
CUiltV to the rh?rpi'? nf #Ji?.-?
and oflferirg violence against his superior
officer. Lieut. Col. H. B.
Springs, and of conduct to the prejudice
of good order and military discipline.
He was sentenced by Maj.
R. Boyd Coles, the presiding officer
of the summary court which sat in
Barnwell, to pay a tine of $100 or
serve 30 days at hard labor. Corporal
Paterson paid the tine and was
released from custody.
The report of the trial before the
summary court in Barnwell was received
Tuesday at the adjutant general's
office. The incidents out of
which the charges against Corporal
Patterson grew occurred on the train
near Jefferson City, Tenn., while the
Third regiment was returning from
the encampment at Chicamauga.
According to the specifications set
forth in the report of the trial, Patterson
was drunk and disorderly and
after breaking glass in the train windows,
threatening to stab Lieut. Col.
Springs wilh a bayonet. The specifications
also state that he disobey
ed an ord"r to atop drinking- When
arrested and taken before the summary
court which was ordered to
try him. Patterson pleaded guilty to
all the charges brought against him
Hoke Gets There.
In Tuesday's election Hoke Smith
carried Georgia by a good safe majority.
While all the counties have
not been ofllclally reported, returns
show he has Wednesday morning
from 82 to 85 counties. Rrown has
probably 61 counties. Smith claims
the election by 40 votes. Brown
has no statement to make.
I-ife Too Cheap.
At Massillon, Ohio, as the result
of a quarrel over a chew o/ tobacco,
George Snyder. 16 years old, shot
and killed Joseph Joseph, Jr., also
16. The slayer made hia escape. I
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FISH FOR THE INVALID. I
Fish Is a very valuable article of
diet; it is the lightest of solid food
It is less satisfying and less stloruF.ting
than meat, and for these reasons
is often ordered for invalids
before they are strong enough to
take butcher meat.
Fish contains valuable minerals,
such as phosphate of lime, potash and
soda, which are ail very necessary in
our diet, as helping to form and solidify
bone.
In buying fish choose those which
are really in season and most plentiful,
as they are then in best condition.
Be most particular to choose perfectly
fresh fish. The eyes should be
bright and prominent, the gills red.
the flesh firm and well covered with
scales. There should he little or no
*mel!. and that not disagrees be.
Haddock, plaice and sole as well as
whitings are perhaps the most suitaide
for an invalid, brut often locality
hampers choice and soles are not
easily got and are a 4ynore expensive
fish.
Halibut and turbot are also good
fish, and easy of digestion, but the
filter of them is firmer, and they are
better cooked in larger pieces.
Cod is much less digestible than
other white fish. When tough and
woolly in fiber it shouid be avoided.
Oysters are said to be very digestible.
and are frequently given to invalids.
but there are differences of
opinion regarding their value. They
are certainly nutritious.
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Herring, mackerel and salmon are
not food for invalids.
Fish ni'osi never be underdone, but
always well cooked.
Hoiled or steamed fish is the most
easy of digest ion. Broiled or grilled
conies next. Fried fish is the least
suitable.
When the digestion is weak, fish
is better served with a sauce of any
kind. A little cold butter may be
allowed.
Steamed Fish?One filleted haddock.
whiting or sole, a pinch of salt,
a pinch of white pepper, a teaspoon
level full of butter, a squeeze of lemon
Juice. Fillet the fish, unless
bought already prepared: wipe it
with a slightly damp cloth. Then out
it into neat sized pieces; grease a
soup plate or muffin dish with a little
butter and place the pieces of fish
on this. Sprinkle with a little salt
and white pepper, if it is allowed, and
squeeze over some lemon juice, which
helps to keep the fish white and firm,
and also aids digestion. Be careful
to let none of the lemon seeds drop
Cover the fish with a piece of greased
white paper and then with a lid or
basin. Place this over a pan half
full of boiling water, seeing that the
plate fits well on the pan. Let the
water underneath boil quickly, so
that there may be plenty of steam,
and cook front twenty to thirty minutes,
until the fish loses its clear
transparent appearance and looks
jl'lte white. If the pieces are thick
It will he well to turn them once during
cooking. The liquid that is on
tne plate when the fish is cooked is
the juice from the fish and should
he served with it. If a nice dish ip
chosen to cook the fish. It may be
served up tin the same. Dry the
plate or dish underneath, remove the
nflnAV un/l uino oe/viiw/l
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This is ih?- lightest anil simplest mode
of cooking for Jtn invalid. Sometimes
a white sp'tce is made and
poured over it. The liquid in this ease
should he added to the sauce. With
sauce it is richer and not so digestible.
If no sauce Is used, serve the
fish with a little plain cold butter
and a picec of plain bread.
Stewed Fish?Wipe one filleted fish
with a damp cloth and cut it into
small, neat pieces. Take a clean,
lined saucepan, rinse it out with water
to prevent the fish sticking to It.
and place the pieces of fish in the
bottom. Sprinkle over them a little
salt and white pcpppr, pour on one
gill of milk and one-half gill of water;
put the lid on the pan and let
he fish cook slowly by the side of
the fire until it is ready, which will
he from ten to fifteen minutes. Do
not overcook or it will be hard. Idft
out the pieces of fish onto the plate
on which they ha\e to be served, and
t-eep them hot. A <ld one tablespoonfnl
of bread eru'nbs and one-half
unce of butter to the water and
milk in the pan, stir over the fire
for a few minut?s until the bread
crumbs well and thicken the sauce
Sprinkle in one t?~Rpoonful of chopped
parsley and 'ben pour this sauce
over the fish. Wine the dish around
the edge before serving.
White sauce for Fi#h?One-quarter
ounce of better, one-quarter
ounce of flour, a squeeze of lemon
juice, a gill of n>.'k or fish stock, a
pinch of salt. 1 We a small lined
saucepan, rince 1? out first with cold
water to prevent the sauce sticking
to the bottom ot It; melt in it the
butter over the fire, being careful it
does not brown, ""hen add the dour
and mix with a ?ooden spoon until
smooth and cook it for a minute or
two over the fire *o give the sauce a
glossy appearance. Draw the pan to
the side of the fire, and add the m<lk
or fish stock, and then stir constantly
over the fire tintil boiling. Boil
two or hree minutes in order to
thororugl '.v cook the flour, and season
with salt and pepper.
Wa?er cress contains much sulphur,
*nd is an excellent tonic for complexion
and hair. Bat it raw or as a
salad dressing.
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IU)ADS GRANT REDUCED RATES.
Plans for the Big Farmers Meeting (
at Clemson.
Mr. D. N. Barrow, superintendent i
of the extension work and farmers'
Institute division, has received notice :
from the railroads that reduced
rates will be given from all poiiitB
in the State and from Augusta on
account of the Farmers' Institute 1
that is to be held at the College on
August 111 and September 1 and 2.
The tlckeiB wil' be on sale by the
Southern, the Atlantic Coast Line,
the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens.
the Charleston and Western
Carolina and the Blue Ridge on August
110. 21 and September 1, good
for returning until midnight September
4.
The securing of reduced rates
means that many will attend who
would not otherwise have come, and
it will likely be the largest gatherin^
nt fiii-mDw ?? ?ll-_
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for some years. Mr. Barrow and
other authorities, who are working
to make the occasion a really great
one for the farmers, insist that, in
order to do so. only those who are
really interested in what is to be
done should come. There will be
nothing in the way of a frolic or
picnic occasion. Every farmer in
South Carolina, who is eager to learn
of the business of farming is cordially
invited, but no others who
might be seeking a big time at 'he
expense of the College.
Those who think of coming are
ursed again to take notice of the
following suggestions and requirements:
(a) Upon arrival register at the
clerk's desk in the main building
and receive a ticket of assignment
to a room, so that there will be no
confusion or cause for complaint.
(b) The college has no sheets,
pillow casos or blankets, so bring
what you need of these; lodging is
free.
(c) Meals will be served in the college
mess hall at the rate of 35 cents
or three for one dollar.
<d> Hack fare for those who ride
will be 25 cents from each station.
Calhoun is the nioBt convenient. 3-4
mile away. Cherry's, on the Blua
Ridge Railway, is two and a half
away. The liverymen will do all
they can to furnish conveyance.
MAN INJURE!) ItY A FALL.
There Is a (.rent Mystery About His
Identity.
Stylishly dressed and well supplied
with money, a man in whose
pockets were visiting cards engraved
"Bert Vanderbilt, I.ambs club," was
found Tuesday in the rear of a theatrical
boarding house in New York.
His skull was fractured and he has
not regained consciousness. At the
Lambs club it was denied that any
Bert Vanderbilt was a member.
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Kdith linen, a c.horns girl; "Kid"
Mroad, a pugilist, and his eliuni,
Ralph Millerpie. The Imen girl told
tlie police that Vanderbilt was trying
to enter her room on the third
floor by stepping over from Hroad 8
window io the window ledge, and
that he -fell into the yard. Broad
says he was not in his room.
BOLL WKKVIL IN ALABAMA.
Cotton l'est Appears in Northwestern
Portion of State.
A special dispatch from Russeliville.
Ala., says the boll weevil has
appeared in Franklin county in the
northwestern part of the State. Cotton
squares were punctured and
dropped off. Specimens of the pest
will be sent to the State Agricultural
Department, althrough Texans residing
in .Franklin county are positive
the puest is the genuine boll weevil.
The appearance of the pest in Alabama
bears out the recent prediction
of a government expert that it would
invade the state this fall.
Mayor (inynor Improving.
A New York dispatch Monday says
Mayor Gaynor had a good night and
that he seemed stronger than ever.
The mayor jokingly remarked that
now he had stolen a march on his
doctors and walked a few steps. He
hoped to indulge in his favorite exercise
every day. The anticipate issuing
no further bulletins on the
mayor's condition as the work is now
confined to careful nursing.
Girl Goes Clear.
At New Orleans, with- the unwritten
law as her plea, Mamie McLaughlin.
aged 18, charged with the murder
of Hugh Smith Tuesday was declared
not guilty by a jury. The girl
said she killed Smith because he had
betrayed her. Smith was a politician
and a saloon keeper. The girl,
who is an orphan, was supported by
the Era clllh an nrunnlioflnf.
?? VIQMUIKHWV ?1 Vi
Orleans women.
Train Robbers Sentenced,
Charles Dunbar Kishop and Joseph
C. Drown, the two young men who
confessed to holding up a mail train
on the Southern Pacific near Goodyear,
Cal., last April, pleaded guilty
to the charge of robbery in the Superior
Court at Fiarfleld, Col., Wednesday,
and were sentenced to fortylive
years each in the penitentiary.
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
Feeding a Family of Fiva on $4 a
Week.
"My husband." said the woman with
the optimistic face. "gives me F4 a
week for keeping up the table for our
family, and It Is simply wonderful
bow we do It."
"I should tblnk so." observes the woman
with the grim smile. "llow big
a family have you?"
"My husband, myself, three boys and
one r"'i."
"And you keep up your table with
f4 a wpek? What do you have?"
"For breakfast we have a cereal,
fruit. coffee and sometimes bacon and
eggs; for luncheon cold meats or croquettes
or something made of the leftovers
front dinner the night before nod
a tdrngkr dessert; for dinner we have
a soup, chicken or roast meat, two
vegetables, a salad, coffee and a dessert."
"My goodness! What prices do you
pay for groceries and meats"/"
"Mercy me! I never ask. I just telephone
to the grocer and meat man
and tell them what 1 want, and my
husband gets the bills the tlrst of the
month."
"Hut I thought you said he allowed
you only $4 n week?"
"So he does, and by charging nearly
everything, do you know. I actually
save $8 or $10 a month from that allowance!"?Judge's
Library.
THE ENGLISH NAVY.
Fighting Ships Used to Be Hired Out
In Times of Peace.
In the earliest times of the British
navy there was practically no distinction
between the merchantman and
the man-of-war In the rare tiino of
peace men-of-war traded as men. haulmen.
while merchantmen always went
armed. Thus in time of war the
trader became the warship, and vice
versa. From the time of the conquest
and probably earlier down to the days
of Elizabeth this was the ordinary
practice. Elizabeth hired out ships of
the navy for all sorts of purposes,
from niracv to slave tradinir. toklns?
tier share of the profits when the venture
was successful and disclaiming
all responsibility when It wasn't.
Henry III., who may he described as
the originator of the navy as a special
fighting force, hired out the ships specially
built for the navy In times of
peace and even allowed them to be
taken away from their appointed stations
provided that the hirers deposited
due security for the return of the
ships with their tackle and all equipment
in a proper state of efficiency
The practice ceased after the repulse
of the Spanish armada, when the fighting
ships, as such, became distinct
from the trader.?London Globe.
Plant Misers.
All leaf buds, whether underground
or ou the bare branches of winter, are
plant savings put aside from the superfluity
of summer against the proverbial
rainy day. The starch of
which such organisms consist is to the
plant what his savings arc to the prudent
man. and the common potato is
one of the greatest misers of the vegetable
world in this respect, for almost
the whole of the tuber is made up of
starch fo?>d. left as a legacy to the
young plants represented by the
"eyes." This is true of all plants that
grow from bulbs.
Some go further, for they run a savings
bank in the shape of a taproot,
which, if left undisturbed, grows larger
year by year, to be drawn upon in
seasons of drought when other means
of subsistence are exhausted. Among
thPQA <1 ro fii'iinrnuoc /> >? * .\#e
and turnips, and with those throe last
this faculty of saving has Is'on developod
by man to make the plants a
source of profit to himself.
History of Anatomy.
The way in which we are so "fearfully
and wonderfully made" was
largely u mystery to the a clents. It
may be said that anatomical science
was practically unknown prior to Aristotle.
384 It. C. Before that date nearly
all that was known of anatomy was
derived from the dissect ion of the lower
animals. Aristotle did something
in the way of science, but it was not
until the time of the famous Alexandrian
school, a century before and a
century after the birth of Christ, that
the anatomy of man began to be fairly
understood. The Ptolemies were
great patrons of the science and were
the first who enabled physicians free
ly to dissect the human body, thus
frustrating the ignorant superstition
which had been so long compromising
the welfare of humanity.?Exchange.
The Holland Primrose.
There Is a plant In nolland known
as the evening primrose, whieli grows
to a height of five or six feet and
bears a profusion of large yellow flowers
so brilliant that they attract immediate
attention, even at a great distance.
but the chief peculiarity about
the plant Is the fact that the flowers,
which open juat before sunset, burst
Into bloom so suddenly that they give
one the impression of some magical
agency. A man who has seen this
sudden blooming says it is just as If
some one had touched the land with a
wand and thus covered It ail at once
with a golden sheet
A Terrible Threat.
Customer?That ten service costs 50
marks. That Is more than I can pay.
His Wife (whispering)?If I should
have a fainting spell among all this
china it would cost you far move.?
Pliegende Blatter.
Living will teach you how to live
better than preacher or book.?Go?the.
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TAKE FEARFUL TOLL
MANY PEOPLE H'KRK KILLED B?
THE FOREST KIKES.
Over One llun?lre<l People Were lx>?t
and a Oreat l>eitl of Property Was
Destroyed.
A dispatch from Wallace, Idaho,
says the loss of life in t.he forest
fires that swept over the Cotter d'Alette
region Saturday and Sunday is
Tuesday night placed at eighty i>ersons.
Forest y officials received word
that thirty-four tire tig.hters hud
burned to death on flip Creek and
thirty had met death on Superior
Lake.
Six men were killed in the Placer
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nit?, mree near .uuiian and
three at Wallace.
The whole country from Wallace
to ?the St. Joe River, twenty-five
miles, has been burned over. The
loss at' Wallace still stands at $1,000.000.
One hundred buildings
were destroyed. The hospitals are
full of wounded, a number of thein
being blind.
News of the loss of men at Hear
Creek was brought to Spokane.
Wash., Monday by W. D. McLeilan,
a newspaper photographer.
He was one of the relief party
that made the trip to Hig Creek on
Sunday to rescue survivors. The
heat was so intense the party was
unable to approach the catup.
Aicor-.ing to the seveuteen survivors
who leached Avery, the tire
came on them while sleeping and
they were surrounded by flames. The
men scattered and ran for safety.
No hope is entertained by the seventeen
that their companions survived.
At least tlve farmers are dead at
New port. Wash. Several persons
were rendered temporary insane. Mrs.
Krnest Rienhardt broke away from
her rescuers after they had borne
her from her burning home and
rushed madly into the flames. Pi re
is still threatening Newport.
Soldiers of the 2."?th United States
infantry, colored, who are patrolling
Wallace under the direction of Mayor
Hansen, have been ordered to
shoot vandals, whose depredations
are serious. Chicago, Milwaukee
and Paget Sound refugee trains
through the burned region are furnished
with guards of negro soldiers.
Gould, 17 miles from Helena, is
entirely surrounded by fires. "Wilburns,
just over the mountain from
Gould, is also threatened.
| u\ burreapuiiaeni pave me tollow- ,
lug account of the journey of a Northern
Pacific tfpuriaJ relief train.
"All tho way from Mullan to St.
Regis the Northern Pacific ran between
two walla of burning timbers.
The relief train got as far aa Flora*
and was compelled to turn back by
burning bridges.
"(Jetting back to Saltese. it was
found the bridges east had been
burned. It was possible to move
neither way. The train was compelled
to stay at Saltese, and this
saved the town, which soon began
to burn. There were one hundred
and fifty men on the train. Bucket
brigades were formed and men set
at work with sJiovels. The train was
just half an hour ahead of the tiro
and only six small houses on the
weet end of the town were burned."
At the Hulion mine eight men were
burned to death and two probably
fatally burned.
IlKKLFOOT LAKK TKAGEDY
An Old Feud Breaks (tut Anew Witli
Fatal Results.
On the ground made famous by
the Reelfoot lake night-rider troubles,.James
Keesucker shot and kiHed
one man and wounded .his brother
and a woman, at Shaws Park, in Obion
county, Tenn.
The dead man was Martin Leonard,
the wounded are Mrs. Pitts and
Will Keesucker. James Keesucker
made his escape.
Shaws I'ark is an open space of
ground on Reelfoot Lake, about a
quarter of a mile from Sumburg,
Tenn., a town of about f>0 people.
During the night-rider troubles Samburg
was said to be the hotbed of tbe
organization.
A party of people was in the park
about five o'clock in the afternoon
when James Keesucker drew a revolver,
it is said, and shot Martin I^eonard.
I.eonard drooned dt-nd in
tracks and Keesucker then turned
ills weapon on Mrs. Pitts, and hio
brother. Will Keesucker. There had
been Ion* bad feelinK between the
Keesuckers and Leonards.
RKQUISITION OF Al TO OARS.
(Jen. Leant Recommends That Gov*
ernment Have Authority for It.
In order to have available a large
number of automobile and motor
trucks in case of war. (Jen. Frederick.
I). fJrant, in his annuo] report of the
Department of the Lakes, submitted
to the War Department at Washington,
recommends the enactment of
laws t.hat would oblige private owners
to turn over to the government
on demand their automobiles at the
drst cost of the machine. <
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