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HAD CLOSE CALL
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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
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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. ]
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.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.
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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. \
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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
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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.
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VERY SAD CASE
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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!
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, . ~ 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.