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! HAD CLOSE CALL j Niracukis Escape Fraa Death of a Ckicaga Mu ia Africa. PINNED TO THE EARTH By an Enraged Elephant Which He ( * Wa* Hunting. Made Professor C q K. Akely, of Chicago, Think His s r laNt I>ay on This Earth Had ( llawned Hut He Still IJres. o r Details of Professor C. E. Akeley's H encounter with an elephant while f hunting big game in Africa were r received In Chicago Thursday. A b tew days ago friends beard of the in Jury received by Profesor Akeley, s who was formerly connected with the v Field museum of Chicago, but be- ? yond the news that he was not fatally e wounded, there was little else. The c letter was received by Fred N. Steph- s enson. who, with John T. McCutch- c son was a member of the Akeley r hunting party in Africa. I Prof. Akeley's letter says "You c may wonder just what happened ! when I met the last elephant. Brief- e ly this: He took me by surprise, i: The herd was some distance in ad- I vance in the bambooB and he was on I ine with one tusk at my chest before I could raiRe my gun. I caught th* s tusk and threw myself between th i a tusks, grasping one with each hand. I As I went down he drove his tusks e Into the ground?his trunk curled t under and on my chest. Just an c Instant 1 saw his vicious little eye, t then with awheeze of rage, he surged v down and I went to sleep. a "Four and a half hours latter i I awakened drenched with a cold * mist, buried in blood and ants. One v eye fortunately was in service and I t could see a little way off the camp- t fires and tents of the gun bearers and porters whore they cooked their v food and mourned their dead "bwa- o oa." * o "Ttiau hu<1 loft mo Allah nnil 4T the hyenas. "My voice was in good shao? and o how the curs did come when I called v They took me in and during interval* t of consciousness 1 got them to give t< me whiskey and beef tea. t! "Dr. Phillips, of the Church of c Scotland Mission, reached us about t 48 hours after the "collision," so ti I had the beBt of care. There were no bones broken except ribs and I K don't know how many of these. o "Why the elephant left me 1 know i< not. Probably he thought 1 was fin- b lshed and went for others. Hut the P others had all leaked out of the land- F A scape. It seems that in his last drive w downward be had pushed his tusks li So far into the earth as he could, v which acounts for my not being flat- o tened out as thin as a wafer. My n head gun carter was Swahill, who t was with Arthur Newman when he c was gored by a cow elephant. They v aay that on that occasion he killed f the cow, on this occasion he carried n a good gun to a point of Bafety. "It is now three weeks since I was hurt. I am still on my back, but doing finely. I hope tfcn? in another throe weeks I shall be on j the trail of my friend the elephant.' LIGHTNING KILLS TH11KE. Struck Church Steeple in North Cara ollne Sunday. ] . i .AecoruinK to a aispaxcn wnicn reached Charlotte, N. C., from Hot Springs Madison, County, lightning struck the steeple of Baldwin's chapel. 14 miles from that place Sunday, killing three people. Three others were Btunned and one of them, Joe Raney, is not ex. ) pected to recover. The storm, which was one of unusual violence, came up Just as the services of the little church were concluding and the worshipers gathered around its doors to await its passing. Lightning struck the steeple demolishing it and badlv wrecked the church creating a panic. When the congregation gathered courage to take stock six men were found in the wreckage, three of them stone dead. Baldwin chapel is located in an isolated cove tn the mountains, and Hot Springs is the nearest settlement. Man Fell Twenty-six Stories. Crowds on Park How, one or NewYork's busiest Btreets, stopped terrified Thursday at the sight of a man's ,body hurling through the air from f the roof of the 26th etory Park How building. The body crashed into the skylight of the six-story building adjoining and became jammed into the machinery of the elevator. It was not Identified. It is not known if the man fell of deliberately Jumped to his death. Klectrlc Storage flattery. Thomas A. Edison announces that J* he has perfected the electric storage battery and his announcement may be accepted as substantially in accord with the fact. What this achievement should mean in the way of perfecting horseless traction or every kind and driving ratlrcad trains and steamboats is d'fflcu't t> HURTS THE PARTY LPOSTACY OF CURTAIN DEMOCHATS DKLKiHTS THE {epublicaus, Who Are Making Capital Out of the Vol** of The l>emocrutH to Tax dumber, Ktc. In his letter to The State from own Zach McGhee says there is. uuuestlonahly, a widespread i in predion in all parts of the country, but uore particularly out here, that the )emocrats can always be depended n to do the wrong things at the jght time for the Republican party's .dvantage. These sentiments are reely expressed by Republican sfandlatters, and even Insureents are inimbed somewhat with the same idea. Insurgents and Democrats alike eem glad that certain Democrats oted for tariff duties in which their Itates were supposed to be interest d. The insurgents are making much apital out of the votes on lumber, ugar, and iron ore by certain Dem crats. These insurgents tell the eople that these votes show that the democrats are just as bad when it omes to protection rb the stand-pat tepublicans. In fact, these Democrat* are freely referred to as "standtat Democrats." the other kind of ">emoc.rats being called "progressive democrats." The Democratic cause naturally uffers from this. The Democrats ire really misrepresented, their votng for protection greatly exaggeratd, but it is effective. On account of heso votes in the new tariff session >f congress and the turn given to hem, thousands of Democrats are oting for insurgent Republicans, nd many thousands who have been tepublicans, but who are disgusted v11h the policy of protection and who would, under normal conditions, join he Democrats, are lining up with he insurgent Republicans instead. The stand-pat Republicans, likewise, are taking keen delight because f these Deemocratic votes for duties n lumber, iron ore, pineapples, suar, tea, certain mellcnal barks prouced in Virginia, and sea island otton. From the stand-patters' iewpoint, these votes indicate that he whole country has come around ? the protectionist principles, that he south, as welt as the North, 1b lamoring for protection, and that here should be an end to all agitalon on the subject of the tariff. This, on the surface, looks like a loomy picture of the Democratic utlook. Hut it is not so gloomy as I appears. It will undoubtedly be ard for the Democrats to make Reublicans put confidence in them, lut there is so much dissatisfaction /ith Republican rule, and both the nsurgent and the Republicans, in arious districts, scattered throughUt this part of the country, have so nany grievances against one another hat they may be willing thrt their ongressman shall be a Democrat. It rill not take many districts like this or the Democrats to carry the house, ind it appears that there are two or hree In Iowa. A WARM MKKTING. kntJ-Haloon l<cugue President Denounced by Senator. The county campaigners of Union bounty spoke in Union Monday, with tbout five hundred voters present. The day pased without excitement mtil towards the end of the speakng, when matters assumed a somewhat serious aspect. The Hon. L. J. Browning, candilate for re-election to the House harged that the Rev. J. L. Harley hate agent for the Anti-Saloon League, had said that Browning had teen drunk during the session of the legislature. This the preacher, who vns seated upon the platform, deni>d when given a chance to reply afer the meting adjourned. During the speech of Hon. B. F. Pownsend, who seeks re-election to he Senate, the speaker pointed to he Rev. Mr. Harley. and said: "You ire a scoundrel, come here to poke x>ur nose into matters that are no oncern of yours." and more to the tame effect. After the meetirg was idjourned by Chairman W. W. Johnion, the crojvd, almost to a man. renained to hear Mr. Harley's statenent. KNOW NO IXSl'KOKNTS. iherntan Says Ills Party's Members Will Not Recognize Them. Vice President Sherman, before a :om|wny of St. Louis Republicans at linner there Sunday night, declared .here are no insurgents in the party. Qualifying his statement, he said ;ood Republicans did not recognize nsurgentB. He was about to explain 'urther when he discovered newspaper men in the room. He refused to continue beecause he said, he had been assured by the lo:al Republicans that his speech would not be reported. "I would not have It said that 1 made a political speech Sunday night, not for anything In the world," Mr. Sherman told the newspaper men as he was about to take hie train. ( t , \ YEARS IN ICE TOMB TOURISTS AND GUIDKS WHO LOST < THEIR LIVES IN SNOW. The Ikxlles of the Mont HIanc Vic- | tims May be Recovered Some Time This Month. Early this month the village of Chamonix, lying among the foothills ' of Mont Hlane, is expected to witness < the final act in an Alpine tragedy * which 4 0 years ago thrilled not only < the old world but the new, says the t London Daily Express. Three tourists and eight guides 1 were overcome by the cold, and suffered a slow and agonizing death I I near the summit of Mont Blanc, on < September 7, 1870. 1 One of the victims was John C. < Randall, treasurer of a savings bank 1 at Quincy, Mass., whose life ambi- i tion was to climb Mont Blanc. He 1 did it, and death was the price. I Mr. Randall's body haB lain for 40 years within the great Bosoms gin- < cler, a coffin of Ice, progressing Inch ' by inch downwards a few hundred ' feet every year. About him are the bodies of five of the guides. The bodies of the two other tou- ' rists, Dr. James Bean, an American, j and the Rev. George McCorklndale, a Scottish minister, and three more guides were recovered not many days after the tragedy. Mr. Rnndalls's widow died 19 years ago. but Miss Edith Randall, the second child, has been twice in recent years to Switzerland to viBit the slow-moving tomb of her father. The villagers of Chamonlx are waiting and watching. First an alpenstock may be recovered, or an axe Then the thining ice may reveal the body, which can be released by cutting through the glacier surface. Pathetic, indeed, is the story of Mr. Randall's visit to the country where he met his death. In his diary, under date May 25. 1870, the day when he left his home in America, appears the following entry: "Today I begin the realization of the dream of my whole life. After many misgivings and doubts I decided a few days ago to visit En- ' rope, said good-bye, and kissed my 1 dear wife and babies." .It was on September 6 that Mr. Randall began the ascent, of Mont ; Blanc from the Grand Mulets inn 8 with I)r. Bean, Mr. McCorkindale and 1 eight guides. The weather was bad 8 and the wind frightful. People in the Chamonix valley, J recognizing the danger, endeavored to watch the progress of the party < through telescopes. Early in the afternoon the climbers were seen 1 through a rift in a smirling snow- 1 storm throwing themselves down from time to time to prevent being f swept away by the force of the gale. With the exception of one more 1 glimpse nothing was seen of the sum- ' mit of Mont Blanc for eight days. No one reutrned, and the people of Chamonix knew a disaster must have ( overtaken the party. On the 16th a search party of 23 ' men set out from Chamonix and the following day the bodies of Mr. McCorkindale and two of the guides were discovered about 750 feet from the Bummit. Three hundred feet higher Dr. Bean and another guide were found, sittintr. the former with his head supported by one hand and the elbow on a knapsack. A thorough search was made by 2 4 addi- ( tional guides, but not a trace of ths | rest of the party could be found The bodies which had been found ( were brought down to Chamonix, and ( after a service in the village church ( were burled in the graveyard. ! A note-book was found in Dr. Bean's pocket, in which appeared the following penciled message to his wife: "My Dear Hessle: We have been , on Mont Blanc for two daws in a ( terrible snowstorm. We have lest our way, and are in a hole sooopeJ ( out of the snow at a height of 15,000 feet. 1 have no hope of descending We have no food; mv feet are already frozen, and I am exhausted. I have only strength to ] write a few words. I die in the fa':U of Jc*uis Christ, witn affectionate thoughts of my family. My remem- 1 brance to all." CAUSED PARENTS TO REJOICE. \ ? ( Daughter Not Killed In Wreck as ] They Thought. There was a joy In the home of , Georgo Jageman at Chicago where 1 gloom resigned a few hours before, 1 and Miss Lena Jagemann, the daugh- 1 ter who has been mourned as one ' of the victims of the Grand Trunk 1 railroad wreck, near Durand, Mich., 1 is on her way to Chicago to -tssure 1 her parents that she is indeed still ' alive. So impossible did It seem that the young woman was still alive, after her father bad gone to Durand 1 and identified the body of one of the dead as that of his daughter, thaL the first telegram from Toronto, in which Miss Jagemann said she had escaped Injury, did not reassure the parents and Thursday two more mos- < sages came from her in reply to the 1 anxious Inquiries and the last one i announced that she would follow immediately, herself. i i ' > ..a ''v:*' ?jt- I'Vi-. / DEEDS OF HEROES OOL. BROOKS TELLS OP BATTLE OP GRAVEL RUN. Hancock Badly Done Up but Butler in the Fight.?Death of the Gallant Capt. Smith. Tuesday was the anniversary of :he battle of Gravel Run, fought be:ween the forces of the North and South. Growing reminiscent .\loniay. Col. U. R. Brooks, of Columbia, mid: "A battle planned, fought and won >y Butler! On the 23rd of August, 1864, Butler's scout told him that :here was one division of calvary and me brigade of infantry directly in front of hiin. He laid his plans, pit1 ~ ~ ...Wl -l * k ? .iru iiuu iucin, ? uipjieu luem aim ?ot over enough of their ground to *ee that It would lie a good Idea to ake Renins Station, then held by Hancock's corps. "This first was the battle of Grav?1 Run. At the time Gen. Hampton <vas seven miles away with his handful of men. "When this battle was over Rutler never stopped until he found Gen. Hampton and told him that if he :ould get Gen. Lee to send some of \. P. Hill's infantry from the breastworks in front of Petersburg that hey could whip Hancock's corps and jregg's calvary. "General Hampton thought It was i good idea and on the next day. the 24th, called on Gen. Lee in person. The next day, the 2iith, with A. P. Hill's infantry and Butler's cal"ary, ill under Hampton, they whipped Hancock, captured sixteen pieces of \rtlllery, four thousand stands of irms, .1,0 00 prisoners and sixteen jattle Mags. Gen. Lee was so pleased with Butler's work that he and Lunpton immediately recommended llm for Major General. Hancock was so mortified at the rout of his orps that he said: "I don't want to lie, but I would rather be dead han to see my corps routed again is they have been todaK." "When we captured the cannon >ur men did not know how to handle he guns. Lieut. Henry Heise, now iving in Columbia, was in command it a particular spot, where these 'unnnn worn pnntnn.H TKofo .. v v\*> * ??ci c n ao a fankee sergeant, an American, vhorn we had captured. When he taw that pur men did not know how 0 handle the guns, he rushed up,' laying: "Let me fire them for you. lust bring the amunition.' And he list mowed them down like chaft jefore the wind. These were his >wn men who he was killing. "Another thrilling Incident: We go low to the 17th of September. 1862, vhen Mart Gray was leading the Hampton legion, then infantry, in 1 charge, at the battle of Sharpsburg. Japt. 3mith, of the same legion, beng shot down right by Gen. Gary ?nd the blood whs spattered all over Clary's shirt bosom. Capt. Smith was the father of W. G. Smith, the cotton manufacturer, of Orangeburg, ilso the first cousin of R. W. Shand, if Columbia." SAVES CH1L1> FROM DEATH. Woman Stands for Eight Hours in Cistern Until Help Conies. Standing in five feet of water in a cistern at rer home near Sedan, Kan., Mrs. John Burah, wife of a farmer, for eight hours held aloft her two-year-old child until the arrival of her husband Friday. The child had fallen into the cistern and the mother immediately sprang after It, seized the baby in her arms, raised it above the surface of the water and called for help. No one was within hearing of the woman's calls, and she waited for the return [>f -her husband from hie work in the flelde. After being taken from the cistern, Mrs. Burch collapsed and is dangerously 1)1, but the child suffered no illness. * Kentucky Farmer Despairs. Robbed of his wife by death, and af his only child by kidnappers, Texlo Allison, a prosperous farmer, has returned home after a vain search through six Southern States. Little Gladys Allison was abduc'ed while returning from the funeral af her mother three weeks ago at Shreveport, La., and since then her rather has been unable to find a single trace of the child's whereabouts. Would Cause a Famine. The Commoner says: "We shudder to think of what a famine would ensue if farmers would run their Turnis like the city men think they aught to run them. The man who can not keep a 2x4 lawn in decent ibape is usually quite sure be could successfully manage a half-section rarin." We are satisfied that if the farmers followed the advice Riven by the ci'.v chops it would cause a famine in the land. Horsee Kills It a by Falling from a buggy in which it was riding %lth its parents, Joseph, 18-months-old son of John J. Kouke of Savannah, Ga., was instantly killed by a horse following the buggy Monday afternoon on a country road. The horse, attached to another buggy, stepped on the baby's head. THE NEST EGG. By 8tuart 6. Stone. As ?oon aii the moonbeamy, roue fte.i\ed honey moon was over, Mr. At uuij uiuu?ui home one 01 tUotu miniature lighthouse ban Us in \shic. the coins aie piled slowly up the reu iron tower until the top is reached when the precious contents are taket to the big, grilled, sure-enough banK upon the corner. "Here goes for a nest egg, dear," he remarked, dropping in a 5b-cen. piece, "to pro vine tor the rainy da.* which I hope may ne?er come." Mrs. Atterbury nodded. "1 supposi we ougut to economize.' sbe akreet. with a High. "1 was intending to bu> the new novel by the author of 'Th? i*ink l'rince.-s,' but I 11 put the dollar eight in the bank instead." That was the beginning of the At terbury's rainy-dav nest egg. Tin following day Mr. Atterbury purcha* ed three o-cent cigars instead of th< 1 O-cent 1 la\ anas he iiad been actusloined to and deposited the l.'i ceut: thus saved in the oank of toe rou irui tower. Mrs. Atterbury, not to be out done, deprived liersen of the viole cologne water she had wanted, au< put To cents in the lighthouse trea ury. By the end of the week the to.? l ank contained $3.16. Then Atterbury looked up at bb wife and remarked, with some hes, ation: "If We could let Bridget go dear, we'd soon have the liana lull. Mrs. Atterbury demurred, but wa linallv won over, and they placed th< l.rst week's savings into the gioedj red tower. Mrs. Atterbury, in the en thuslasm that resulted, resolved, to d< without the spring chicken they hai planned for dinner, and To is waplaced in the led treasury tower. The next week Atterbury, after sit ting silent for half au hour, pointei out the handsome sum tnat could b? saved monthly by laking a ciieapei apartment. "1 think this is going a litt) eto< far, dear," Mrs. Atterbury frowned, but in tue end the veracious reo tower triumphed; and Mrs. Atterhur> renounced the projected visit to tht grand opera. It was ne? essary t* take the red tower to the big haul next day. The filling of the red iron towel became commanding passion with the Atterburys. Time after time ii was hllca and taken to t^e big banl ? ?? (hp (>i\ rrinr uff i*e tice was made. Atterbury walked t< the oflice. gave up smoking, bough suoddy clothes, cut off the donation to the pastor, shaved himself. Mrs Atterbury did the family washing made fancy work to be s< Id at ah urdly lew prices, ceased to visit tht folks In the distant home, and nor ried her beautiful complexion inti crowufeet and w rinkles. As the vorac ions red tower filled and refilled. th? Atterbur; s became sullen ano recrim inating. "If you would stop buying thos< foolish chocolate creams," fretted Mr Atterbury, "we could save an occa sional nickel.'' "If you would stop taking that old evening paper, we could put f>0 cent? a month In the bank," retored Mrs Atterbury. In the end they each made the sacrifice suggested. At last, after many a weary year came the day that the greedy light house tower had accumulated $:i,000 for them. As a special concession t? the occasion, Mrs. Atterbury ordered a generous Sunday dinner, the first they had had for many a year. IJndei its warming influence they both re laxed and became almost gay. "It's a fine nest egg," said Mr. At terbury, reaiing back in his chair, ' but it has cost many a good time in the making." Mrs. Atterbury sighed. "It's a pretty stack of money, but the years have been dull." "It's the first decent dinner we've had In an age," persisted Mr. Atter bury. "l.et's have another tomorrow," suggested Mru. Atterbury. "And then we'll go to the opera," continued Mr. Atterbury, "the first time in three years." "I'll order some flowers," volunteered Mrs. Atterbury, "loads of them." The end of the whole matter was the Atterburys sent out the following week for a four-month tour of England, Scotland, France, Italy, Egypt and the Holy I^aud. When they returned the nest egg was scattered rom Ixtnd's End to the River Jordan. Uut the Atterburys were very, very happy, for they bad made up the years that the greedy, red bunk had stolen. Refeka Hanoum, the first woman to loin the Youtiw Tnrl/ tim-tv ir> ilo IWht for government reform, Ik the daughter of Kiamil Pasha of Constantinople. When she was 18 she announced to her father that she did not wish to get married, as she intended to devote her life to uplifting the women of ner race. Her father allowed uer to follow ner bent and she became a teacher in the girls' school at StatubouL There is some HI fee. ng in Texas because Governor Campbell tetoed the liberal mining bill passed by the legislature. Men who want to proHpect for minerals on the public lands of Texas now have to pay |2f> an acre for the privilege, and as much of thv land is absolutely worthless the gam bl eis considered too great. . s) ' VERY SAD CASE \ Uokaown Womb Attempts to Kill Herself u the Hotel Astor. LEFT PATHITIC NOTES In Ow to Her Mother She K??<l M|| Ic Ituullv IV...?l ?-l- - / >- ? ... .?m |??n a?ir inui u uirr Cannot (>e( AI()?k Honorably in New York." and Hit* the AfenHard. , While surgeons in the Flower Hospital in New York were making every effort Monday ;o save the hfe of the fashionably altiiel vo.uig woman who shot and *>ert*u? *i/ wouisled herself the crowded waling room of -the Hotel Astor Wednesday night, the ai.\nnina o? he authorities to obtain a *<? ihe woman's identity wrre unrewarded. She still persisted in ??* fusing to answer questions. Welmever an effort was made to get her to say who she was, she would bit.o her lips and shake her head negatively. Surgeons Thursday said lb? young woman's condition was stirions and that an operation probably would have to be performed u-poD her during the day. Sho walked into the hotel shortly before midnight Monday night, seated herself in the woman's room and a moment later shot herself in thej breast. She was conscious when tak n to the hospital. "I did it myself," was all sh? would say. She is aimut 2!i year? old, of medium height and light complexion. wore no jewelry and had only a small amount of money. In her black silk hand bag which was picked up in the waiting room or the hotel were found three letter? bearing the date of August 18. Tbey were addressed "Dearest Blanche,'* "Dearest Sister" and "Mother Dear.'* but from each the signature had been scratched so carefully as to lie practically illegible, although the pollc? thought they could read "Nora" in faint strokes in one of them. it is really deplorable that a 1 cannot get ulcus honorably in Pw'W York," ran the letter to her mother. "In somethings I might have sue* ceetieil bad I conceded to the wishes of men (?) cultured (?) usually moneyed hut minus morals. Ncv* er reproach yourself for what I ain about to do. 1 can hear you say. 'Now, my dear, it is very wrong for one to take one's life, whatever tho incentive may be.' " A typewritten manuscript carried the title "Theasalia," and under it m her own handwriting was scrawled: "My pet story, which 1 wanted buried with m?>. 1 wish I could lake* hooks as companions into the unknown world with me."" It was a long story and dealt with the adventures uf two young men in Nu rope. The hotel physicians said that thejr had found clutched in the girl's lett hand a small typewritten manuscript lied with baby blue ribbon. She seemed loath to relinquish it and ho obtained only a hasty glimpse of what seemed to be a short novel. Some one straightaway advanced the theory that the attempted suiide had been inspired by disappointed authorship. "Don't take it from me," sho wfaisDPTDf! **T U-Tnt t.? Hou/v , . ~ t vw IV uui rvu v. ?th me." "But you are not going to dle?" Me assured her. "But I want to die," 6he urge.d. KILLED IV A CAVE IN. Were (Maying lluiulif in tlule They Hud Dug in ? Hill. Two boys were hilled and another's arm was broken, when the roof of a cave they were digging in the sand banks along Wallworth Hun. v near Cleveland, Ohio, collapsed. Carl llroege, 12 years old, and Walter Ohristopherson 12, are dead, while Herman Mitchekoj?e, 13, escaped i with a broken arm. The boys started to play bandit "Let's dig a cave to store the treasure in" said one. They took a rusty pick and shovel and made an excavation. The cave was almost complete when the roof gave way. i\ woman saw the accident and summoned a policeman and nearby warkmen, who helped flik the boys out. The Broege lad wns dead and } Christopherson was so badly injured he died in less than an hour. * Has Hand lllown Off. Alexander Hurkitt, aged 17. found a dynamite can a week ago and Friday tried to remove a large stone from the front yard of his home at Kittannig, Pa., with it. He placed the cap on a stone and hit it with a hammer. The stone is still there, but Uurkitt lost his right hand. "Recently a wealthy man paid a great price for a special car in which he might travel with his dog frona one side of the continent to the other. It is to be hoped the dog appreciated the favor. He is one of our Tariff Barona.