The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 06, 1903, Image 1
CAMDEN, S. C., -FRIDAY, NOVEMBER ?, 1903.
ni??r Event* ot llu Week la
gr r::;- Bri.i por?. ;
MVS STOCK A880CIATIC
f&tiUrifete Special. -Thy South Ca
lini Ltvt1 Stock Association met in 1
w vmmr of Common
1W<8fr ffhore WM a Blight in leu
^Kjvutandlng regarding the <\ate> ai
jd^ fX ?4?M!ng( which resulted in
Jg*SftU$? attendance than was ? e
i?cted( though there wm a represe
*?ii*eattend%pc,e and much enthti
displayed hy mi present,
notaht^ reattjre v! the meeting w
??^ann<t firB! L, Studebater.l
noted "breeder of Hereford cattle. J
Blalftau; 1?<I Hl? ^r^Lt fotete9
*" * tT?v hit methodB used In br%eq
itt^cStle that have sold m Wga #
the latter fl?ure? being th
trt^bSmed 1? hU I.B.OU. Her.
tocTbdll. J>ale.
Alter sorao preliminary clerlca
work had received attention. Presi
John Q. Mobley, of Winnpboro
the meeting to ordor, and the
; notes of the Meeting hold at Clom
liege during the farmer*' in-]
WU*l August, were road and ap
Apropos of the resolutions
ised at that meeting, Mr. W. P.
Ut of Ripley, ordered a resoliu
consolidating the Live Stock As
"pill and the Diiry man's Aaso
lnto\one organization, to be
as ^the South Carolina Live
Association. The constitution,
at the August meeting was
d adapted for the general Ab
b, and a set of by-laws were
ptea. A jesolution was passed
all live stock organisations
accept this constitution and
.Wo to become members of this
?Xtlon. The object is not to de
ldentity of these organisa
bot to form one -strong central
with several sections, rep
the. special branches of the
jftocic industry or . the State,
ie officers elected for the ensuing
are: President, John G. Mobley,
Wnnsborp ; 'first vice president.
It Harris, of Ripley; second, Dr.
H.Burglss. of Clomson College;
I, Dr. T. J. Klnxrd, pf Ninety-Six;
Qi,1 Augustine T. Smythe, of
ttth, It M. Pegues, of
N^^^fotaiy-tfcfegorurer, Dr. O.
Sestfun, <of Clemaon College.
> i^esolatioa was adopted to hold
next aih nual meeting at Clemsoo
?ite during - tho Farmers' Institute
(tdenf iind secretary were elected
fcOtomittce to confer with
Clemao? officials in arranging for 1
he<.. ex-e<mtlv"ft committee was an
fiod teSpahiirtTi the 'constitution
?fcy-latrigfVith a roll of the mem
jpajnphlet form. Th% question
BMwtiuK <>f the Associa;
in February, at tho
!r;:$o Fair Association meets, was
hiif.Tin definite action was
said that South
|p:'Sev has a fitrong and active
mh/ffk organization, tbay Is dets
jH^betoma a power mhd press
^*:?SlF%-iuestlon3 and proh
BBfrfltn .ffoases, and wjlLgxort.a.
^KrniWE5"'Tn"{r>o upbuilding of
Industry so long nog
Jileff. - --r- - . -
'Bf6R%P
? .aurtons, with a capi- 1
>,<100 has juat received lta
.Incorporators of the firm |
' "ben, president jrnd
^ H.J. Martin vice
a*p treasurer.
May, who lives on the
% place In No. B Town
arry county, sustained a
i by file on FrldaynTght.
and stables, containing a
?J buggy and a quantity of
food wpre totally destroyed,
"ii and a hors* were burn
The lire Was discovered
? ek Friday night and was
.bout an hour later the Are
and burned up the prop.
It la believed to have
"origin.,1 ""'a
hail storm passed
narrow strip of country from
~ tp Tirsah last SYlday af tor
more or less damage to
along its path/Among the
Messrs. M. L. Thomas
Love and Abe Hope. Mr.
estimates his los4 is about
Cf CviiOu uvnivaf into the
til salvage was hut of the
The Hps** of u? others
_ quit* ? pea^r.
morning In Benndttsylti
* te, a corpontcr, 35
:srifa with a ahot
was lytn* in btfd. She
?MM' ?M". gh? Ils^srcd
cnly^Pstrlcli was imme
J. It Is said he was drink
i fired the fatal sho^, Oreat
" ^lavllle
, if Willie
ace.\who way
ji, has bean
pjmE paW $7,000.
award against the
ethw and leflcnts
Tr-tor their
? Bryaa
MATH OF GEN. McCRADY.
* - -,L ? ?
Prominent South Carolinian docs to
His Reward.
Charleston, Special. -Gen, Edward
McCrady died suddenly at 8 o'clock
Sunday . morning .at his residence on
Church Street. Heart disease was the
icatise of his death. '
Sketch o!
Oen. McCrady was tx>rn in ^Charles -
r>n April 8. 1833, and wu a son of Ed
jrard McCrady, a distinguished mem
W of i he bar of that city. He was
trepared for college In the private aca
Imiea of hia native city and waa grad
ated from Charleston college in 1B53.
lo. yeare later helng admitted to the
?- He marrlod on February 24, 1&63.
?ry e raser oavle, daughter of Ma}.
mpn J. Davie.
He took part in the military opera
Kh around Charleston, entering tbe
?o service as captain In Dumber,
We. and serving In that capacity
?iughout the winter of 1860-61, dur- j
^whloh time he was nrea*nt nt ? I
parcment at Fort Sumter. Later he
led the Confederate States service
" ^Aln o I the Ir^h volunteers, an
vdent campany raised under
cougreBB, "the first company for
?*," in South Carolina. He was
iBsigned to Gregg's First South
ha volunteers and was promoted
Itenant colonel. On account of
he was placed in charge of the
>f Instruction at Madison, Fla.
le war be was appointed m?Jor
of the State volunteer forces,
aumed the practice of his pro
Kin October, 1 86 5^ aft d la 1880 he
tied to the legislature from his
rhere he served until 1890. Ho
(author of tjie Stat?, election
titration laws and' also estab
J bureau of Confederate records
general's office from
>n of r<?Hs and records and
frtant measures.
?d a member of the
My of South Carolina in
ine of the Aarly members
'Society of Natural Hie
|e years he was a trustee
eston I -library society of
tallege of South Carolina.
ie time of his death presi
(fc Historical society. In 1900
the degree of doctor of
s' alma mater.
idy's greatest bequest to
itions is his history of
of which three volumes
Ifcued. v
R cover s\a period of from
Hind wa& published in 1897.
__ of the proprietary gov
iflhme 2. 1719-17767 covers
*rament of the State
Ihed in 1899 and volumo
imoUitionary pefiod, 1775
ipublished in 1901.
Distillery Cnse.
The hearing of the
case c?tae' up again
Magistrate Speer, nc
of" 'attorneys
|tt*l&lnst. Fbr the State J.
by the Antioch
JetTcries, emplojjod
EjfcfVhose^rarm is adjoin
Osborne and Thos. B.
Bpiwyrca&nt. showing the. !
in the' case; when
W?jM. K. Oaborne moved
?^>?ant on the ground
?ftyfthe present dlspcn- 1
.?on-~
yffitrt. Ill, section 34,
ease of D.eftn vs.
?jpjrv s. Queen, and J
sustain the mo
? kowever, was not
inter#
it "wal
*o q\l
thatJ
Eary ]
Rtitnti
clauM
Pparti
Nance
tlon.
taken,
^?Message.
^-the regular sea
f^oxaed Monday af
t**?*mdations in the
^StPaima are chief
^ toicter. TW? much
not gone into
lL^ Hwndmdnt to the
PjNej The President
Ry Vmge with ro
of the loan
R m. uent to New
jg^says, arrest-.
KT -^ S obtained in
Ha>1
sion ol
ternooi
ly of ai
discuss!
nt longfl
loan lai
promise!
ference j
rommiss
York, w]
"tins.
adjourned
congratu
^Jtoring such a
"Climes P, Ca
lW?tfed special
r^.^faey and at
to hold
5Jjjjj? there was
|J^?Hcial term
I l*o weekB.
^^tfreenwood
these ap
of
owing
gPooon9
Pickens*
Thursday^
lated Pick*
a light crB
rey, Faq.,1
iudga to hi
Greenwood
an extra tej
a conflict 1
will be hofj
beglunlng ;
-eourt.-wttlrl
poiptments
u man lear
to his larg<
Mr. Car?y
arcing the i
Mulllns,
was ri?i*
?iWP0ia
taken.- Aboul
ihaaier TJmlfJ
lS6ryr*aa ma
TAMMANY WINS OUT
Heavy Democratic Majority Recorded
. in Ityw York City
END OF A REMARKABLE CAMPAIGN
Total Net (JalttA of 103,000 (lrout
?nd How?r* l-lectwtf, Too^-Oiher
Elections.
New York, Speclal.-r After a ? re
markable campaign, In there
wtui uaiwd against him neary all of
the newspapers and practically every
minister of religion Id t ehclty, Geo,
B. McClellan, son of the civil war gen
eral, was elected third mayor of
Greater New York over Seth Low,
tuslonist, the present mayor, by the
large plurality of 70,000,
Edward M. Grout was elected comp
troller and Charles V. Pomes, pres
ident of the board of' alderman. These
twovmep were originally on the fusion
ticket and were endorsed by Tam
many," whereupon the fuslonlsts took
their names from the Low ballots and
nominated other candidates. It wa3
the nomination of Grout and Fornes
by Tammany that caused Hugh Mc
Laughlin, the veteran leader of the
King's county Democracy, to bolt and
declare that he would not support
men who w$re not Democrats. In splto
of this defection, however, McLellan.
L Grout and .Fornf B carried King's
county. The management of their
campaign there was taken over by
State Senator Patrick '? McCarren,
when McLaughlin refused his aid.
A surprise -was the small vote for
Wm. S. Devery, former chief of po
lice, who ran on an independent tlck
'et, which was glvdn practically no
sujiiWH. This result shows a tremen
dous change In public sentiment since
Mayor !>ow's election two yoars ago,
when he won by 31,632. At that time
he carried all the boroughs but
Queen's, - his plurality in Manhattan
and the Bronx being 5,663, In Brook
lyn 25,767 and in Richmond 763. In.
Queen '8, -Shepard, Democrats. had a
plurality of 561. Tuesday ^pClelian
carried Manhattan and, the Bronx by
about 58,000; Brooklyn by about 6.000,
S gain of 31,000. and Queen's by about
5,000, a gain of more than 4,000. This
makes a total net gain for McClellan
of about 103,000, as compared with
Shepard 's vote of two years ago.
Low carried only one borough ? Rich
mond?by about 200 votes. The result
was known early and at 8:15, Mayor
Low sent a telegram to Col. McClei
lnn, congratulating him on his elec
tion, and saying: "If I can be of serv
ice to yuu; pray command me." Co4.
McClellan. w,J>o Is at present ar mem
ber of Congress, ma^e the. following
statement: "I am deeply graceful to
my feUow-citisens for their confi
dence in me. I renew llie promises
which 1 made before the election. I
have no bltternoso of feeling far nny
one. t Phall go to Washington to
prepare for the extraordinary cession
and as soon a? tlie qu(&tfon of Cuban
reciprocity- la- disposed cf, I sbalt turn
my drt-antlori tr> tha.
1 tnvite.IEe co-operation of cV^ry-j^lfc
. lzen, whether he- supported '''i?<<t.or n'Q&
and regardless of his political vlewa
In the advancement of the city's good.
This victory should cncourago, and
lunite al] Democrats for 13ie Prsslden
tfal 'contest in 1904" - ?
Keptl Cleans *-*arrv Nebraska'.
i Lincoln, Neb., Special. ? Based on re
; turns from" 115 voting prcclncto out
side of Lancaster county (Liincoln)
and Douglas county (Omaha) jvnd Ele
publlcan State central committee at
midnight made the claim of the elec
tion of the entire Republican State
ticket by not less tfian 10,000 plurality.
This claim 1b considered conservative,
anfl newspaper returns tend to con-,
firm It. The vote for the 115 precincts
In the State gives Barnes (Republi
can), 9.642; Sullivan (Fusion), 8,192.
The Bame precincts, two yeara * a^6,
gave the- Republican candidaro 9,675;
Fusion, 8,107, a change so slight that
It will require a Fusion landslide from
an unexpected quarter to overcome tha_
Republican - pi u ral it y-of ? l?,00TT~pT two
["years ago.
Other Elections.
Providence, R. J..* Special? At mid
night the return? Indicated the re.
election of Governor Garvin. Democrat,
by a Vcatly reduccd plurality. The
jvvote Is very- close, however, and the
result will probably be la doubt until
the last district is heard from. The Re
publican - State central committal*
t:*Riu:?;u that later returns would over
come Garvin's lead at midnight over
Col, Colt, Republican.
In Providence, Mayor Miller, Domo
crat^wj'jC re-elected.
ewmubub, Ohio, Special.? The Re
publicans woke tholr record-lir Ohio
Id phrraMtlck for Governor by electing
Myron T. Herr.'ck (Republican)- over
Mayor TOm'L. Johnson (Democrat) by
considerably over 100,000. Tbe plural*
Ity on Joint ballot of over 100, in tbe
Legislature* for the re-election of Sen
ator Hanna,' more than triples any pre
vious record, i
Jackson. Miss., Special,? The vote in
the .State) in Tuenday's election waa
light. TTteJDlMpocratlc ticket wa* head
ed by J. K. vardeman for Governor.
J-wfcowaa elected, t^ere belnjr nor op
position. The race for clerk of tbe Su
premo. Courts tn which there are
rapdhTstea, la in doubt
Ion#, tnd return# are,- coming la
, slowly. ^ _ .
{"Baltimore, -Special ?At 4 o'efc*-*
I Wedneeday morning the ret u ma fwm
BaJUaoro City and the Maryland cown
tie* are liwrt nwlnf tn thnlnrifth of.
, r-fcj- MAf Ml jpwi " ~ " 11 "
OlfWBOT OTfr
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
President Set* Apart l,#st Thursday
In November.
- - ? v
Washington, Special.? The President
Saturday issued his annual Thankegivt
lug proclamation, in the follow lna
terms:
By tho President of the United States
of America ? A Piyoclamatlon:
The Beason la at hand when, accord
ing tO the cUetoin of our people, it falls
upon the President to appoint a day pf
praice And thanksgiving to Ood,
During the last year tho Lord baa
4ealt bountifully with us, giving us
peace at home end abroad and the ,
chance fof our eltisens to 'work for
incir welfare unh towered 'by war, fam
ine dY plaguo. It behooves us not only
to rejoice greatly because of-what has
been given lis, but to accept It with a
bolcnui sense of responsibility, realiz
ing that under heaven it rests with ua
ourselves to show that we aro worthy
to use aright what has thus been en
trusted to our care. In no other place
and ht no other tlmq^has the experi
ment of government of the people, by
the people, for the people, been tired
On so vast a scale as here In our own
country In the opening yearp of the
twentieth century. Failure would not
only be a dreadful thirig for us, but .a
Oreadful thing for all mankind, because
It would mean lo?s of hope for all who
believe In the power and the righteous
ness of liberty. Therofore, in thanking
God for the mercies extended to 'us in
the past we beseech Him that He may
not withhold them in the future, and
that our hearts may be roused to war
steadfastly for good and against all the
forces of evil, public and private. We
pray for strength, and light, so that in
Iho copilng years we may jvlth clean
i linens, fearlessness and wlsBbm, do our
allotted work on tho earth in such
manner as to show that we are not al
together unworthy of the blessings ye
huve received. ?
Therefore, ? I Theodore Roosevelt,
JP*?sldent of "the United States, do here
by designate.,, as a day of general
thanksgiving .Thursday, the l26th of the
coming November, and do recommend
that throughout the land the people
cease from their wonted occupations (
and In their several hor.ics and placca
of worship render thanks unto Al
mighty uod for His manifold mercies. -
In witness wheroof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the.
United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this,
31st-day Of October, In the year of our
Lord one thousand, nlno hundred and
three and of the independence of the
United States the oAe hundred and
twenty-eighth. J ' *
THEODORE ROOSEVELT. *
By the President:
JOHN HAY, Secretary of 8tate.
K'lkd in Collision.
Indianapolis. Tnfl.. Spcclal. ? Fifteen
person? were. killed and ov?r 50 injur
ujfd, some fatally, Saturday- morning by
ft collision between a special passens?i'
train on the Big Fotir Ratiroatranrt a
freight cngino draw ing coal ^^-Tiie
neci drnt happen ?^fn'tEa edge^-of-thie
~CfE^ Tfre passonser train of^twelve
coaches were carrying ! 954 persons,
nearly all of 'WlyjjB? rwere students of
Purdue tTnivetsfty ami their friends,
fvcm 1-? Fayette to Indianapolis, fgr
the anntinl football' game -between the
Purdue toam and the Indiana TTnlver. i
-Slty. ttquad-.X^y- ? be -?fr*te tjhamrflrtfSTnp, ?
which w^io jxav.e this
aTlerpoon. iii the first cbacli lmrk of j
the engine were the Pux-due football j
team, substitute p}ayers< and man a- I
gors. Throe playor#, -three tisslntant j
coach, trainer^ and fWY.e a. substitute !
players or t"Re TTnlveroity team were
killed, and every one of tt?.e.53 olher
persons 1ft the car were either fatally
or seriously injured. t
Winston'* Tcbnaao M#rkctr
WinRtpn:Salem, Special. ? Tl*e Win
ston manufacturers shipped 2.19S.007
pounds of tobacco during this month.
This is an increase of C4.&10 pounds
over the same . month last year, the
shipments for October,- beingS,
134,587 pounds. The stamp sales
the Winston office thls^raonth were
as follows: Tobacco, 9131,885,82;
spirits, $5, 782.70; cigars. $96.75. Tho
leaf sales thta month amounted to 1,
174,809 pounds. It brought $68,285, .17,
an averago of $5.80 per hundrod. Whllo
the averago is much less than last
year, it Is mote than the warehouso
mon faadantfci pated . -tftr clnfmetT uy
tobacconists generally that the dual
ity of tho offerings is not as good as
last year.
Co ? -y Ftre Sw -pt.
Now Y6rk) Special.? Coney tylund
Sunday was swept by the* T5b6t disas
trous ftre In Its hlHtory. about two hun
dred and fifty buildings .behig destroy
ed, cnt&llinx a 1??? <?siiinsic4fcal no'
loss than 51.000,000, No lives were lost,
although several persons wore serious
ly Injured. The fire started lie ar th>
Jteel Chase Park and.swtpt along tho
owery district, which is filled .with
flimsy {ram* structures that burne<>
like tinder
?$tr*k -Troubfr ift St J.ou'<i
Indianapolis, Ind., STpecUd.?It Is re
ported here on lnformatlab received
from the natlowtT headquarters of the
* Brotherhood of CarpenW* and Joiners,
that between 4,000 *nd "6,000 m^n af
illiated with tha Structural Dulldtog
Traders' Alliance and employed at the
St. Louis Exposition ground*, wilt
strike, in pursuance at an owlet laaumT
by the ofllcors of the aliance.
Alfred IWI??4n, I>*rf4 *W?!?*nberg
and Thom&s Bechtol were arrcwUkl In
.Allmiluwiit ^"tn^w>iNmiluu wnr
the mntd?r of UM B*bbtrt.
Vx~C<mKT***m*M John BL HimU, of
25 DIE IN A FIRE
It Was la a Sadly fatal Tcnemen
House.
FOARFUl HOLOCAUST OCCURREt
% * ?' _ ? a ..... .
A Desperate Struggle Made bv Hit
Victims, the Moat of \yj<oni W?r#
: Italians.
New Tork, Special.? Twenty-one
men, three women and a ten-monthB
old babe were burned to. death or suf
focated In a lire that started early Bun
day morning in the House of All Na
tions, a five-story tenement at No. 42C
Eleventh avenue, and which the police
aud coroner believe to bo of Incendiary
origin.
Some of the peculiar features of the
disaster, in addition to the startling
loss of life, are that the fire was prac
tically extinguished in 20 minutes; that
the police could learn of but one per
son being injured, other than those
who lost their lives, and tha-t the prop
erty kwa wbb only $7,000. Tho dead are
mostly Italians. *'
The only person injured, bo for as
can be learned, is Mary Jane Quinn, 47
years old, who. was burned about the
face and hands by leaping from the
Bccond floor Are escape to the ground.
In teyaral apartments Hallowe'en par
ties were In progress and the guesta at
these added greatly to the number of
persona in the house and ' made tho
crush and jam to escape moro than it
ordinarily would have been. Although
plentifully provided with lire escape,
front and fei\r, all escape hero was cut
off a few minutes after tho Are stnvtod
by the bodies of the dead becoming
wedged in the openings leading to the
ladders. The Are had been burning for
seme minutes before it was discovered.
It had staged in tho basement lind,
rushing upward had attneked the stair
way leading to tho apartments. In a
short space of t!mo the flames hpd so
enveloped the stairway that egress
from the building was Impossible. The
house from the third t.p the fifth floor
was entirely destroyed.
At tho windows, front and rear,
bodies of men nnd women were jam
Died, showing that a desperate strug
gle to get free had resulted In the com
plete choking of these e^lts to the Are
e&&tpcs and had been the cause ol a
number of the inmates being suffocat
ed. Lying on a bed alongside a window
at the rear of the fourth floor, the fire
men found the bodlos of five men. Each
hnd clwtfthori the one n?;:U to uim in
an endeftVor to push him away In order
to r,t> t to 4ho fire escape- outside. Thu
features ot the m?n -were dtBtort<*<l,
some with rate. Bomr -with acronv. an/1
j-rarTr other so hard that blooi Iir.,1 Uoen
I (Ira Wo end had run oYcr'-thelr hand?.
I On ITio tliird floor were found tho
bodies of Kauleta. yingiuoiVo :mi her
baby. The mother . had ovawled to tho
f i c ac window and had sue wolfed in
: gvas∈? the sill when she wua -mif
if?catj(iiL-la her-^rros ltiy' flto" lio ty of
1 her oh!)]. Cn th* -Mi4*d floor 1n an
"ifpalrtencnt were h Hallowe'en party wa$
b^'nac held, John* O'Toole, one of the
ov"crpantB. started to go to tho street,
iHv* *ww mri? hjfft ootiiiim 'Jit smoke as
hn openej3_li>e door. H* ran to the-flrfli
T^eapo. follo'tf ed hYlau those In the. flat;
With tho axceptlon of his mother whoeo.
eheiTod body iMff'wi round lying at
the. f n! vune^ to tlio apartment. QToole
and tho OtTiera cacaped. ,
Suro'u# Exhau?**4?... - .. --4~~
~ Washington, Special. ? A significant
faet 1b noted in the Treasury statement
at, -the close of business Saturday. It
is that the receipts and expenditures
of the government far the first four
months of the present caiendn* year
are practically the same, the surplus
being so small as to be only a traction
of the aggregate. On? year ago. tho
surplus for the same months of -tho
fiscal year waft $13,500,000. The total
receipts for the fiscal year have beon
ft bout $190,397,286. and the expenditures
$189,811,697, leaving a surplus of about
-15S5.Q0Q.~Att analysis uftne Abatement
shows that the. jyactic&l wiping out of
the surplus is due not only to a de
creese of the receipts, but &1bo to an <
Increase of expenditures. ?
N' w ?f <h Day.
An American nchooncr. Captain C. E.
WttTI?KJK arrived In Jacksonville jPrl
dity, with Captain Carlson' and sevon
members of the crew of the schooner,
Com. whir!; u?o- abandoned at uea on
the morning of October ,?6. .
Minister to the United ;
Stales doniea that the J?pam??e Con
sul v.htt io atteRci to hayo promoted
tho vuttee of the 'Filipinos acted with
:he approval or knowledge of hl? Gov.
majr.cat. . ? -s^yv^ ?? ?
Vkerojr Alcxioff x?aM thonxht ttt
??uvc, instigated an ortfcle In a Port
\rpur nowupepv navlng that Russi
ans would remain In Manchuria. ?
Tfco Dat?p<?klbsselsksbet Tollus
ha3 lost the suit which waa recently
.Instituted against It Ih North Caro
lina. The DampskibA?el*kabet is not j
an. infernal inachlno, nor 1 a the al
phabet "plod It Is simpjy an inol
Mttslve fcoat recklessly I* not 'ttltafc- '
Inally named by lt^ owners.
___Iho .largest nnmber of frbrnen ca
ployees In any line of work are U|
the United State* postofflce depart
aaest. More than cm?*kJrdcr_ them
.are past mfckU? w ead me ere Mst
^rrrcnty. T^lj flll all kinds of po?l
ions, even mftBr of the rural rr** d?
ivery rnnifft TUllfHlklrt kl lllllill
MUROtRE* A SUICIDE
; ' _1! I fcWNWr rr: '
, Slayer of his Sister Cuts HI* Own
Throat to the Jail.
Allentown, Pa.. Special.? -Thomas
i Bot:hteh who was held awaiting inves
i tlgatlon of i Wo nmnle- of his Bister.
Mabel II. Iterhtel, at their homo a tew
days ago. committed aulclde Thursday
wwlnjt tll hla ctll at the central pottCB
?tat Ion. The police consider this* act
a b a practical* ? acfcao wjedgaiueat of
TTochtol's guiU. Uechtel was in colt
No. 2, on the right aide of the corridor.
Several relatives and friends were ad- i
mined to him during the afternoon.
About 4 o'clock he called accross the
corridor to Alfred Kcsteln, Miss Beob
tel'a affianced lover, who 1a also held
pending the coroner's Inquest: "Hello,
Al, are you there " Z? -H
"Yes", answere^ Kcksteln.
IJechtel responded; "I wish you
were here with me now, that we might
die together."
Those were the last words hoard
from Bechtel. A short time later Eek
9teln called Bfchtel and got no answer,
but lie thought ho heard an unusual]!
gurgle. House Sergeant Frank Qi
Roth had been through the cells only ?
a short tlmo before.
A quarter past 5 o'clock he entered
the eoirldor and called both men. Get
ting no answer from Beehtel he looked
Into his cell and was applied to see
a stream of blood running over the cell
floor, lloch^el had laid himself on the
bench In hlB cell and out his throat
with a knife. He was dead when found.
The. knife lay near him on the floor.
How he got. the knife is not known.
Intense excitement prevailed at police
headquarters. Dense crowds pregaed
against the windows and doors and
filled the street for half a block eapfc
way. The funeral of the murdered lMrl
took place Thursday afternoon, "the
Services being held at her late home. \A
steady stream of people entered tpe
house and Med past the casket contain
ing (he body until the services began
at_2 o'cjock. v
'mo suicide of Thomfts Bochtel haa
been followed by the police officials
telling the story of the murder of Miss
Bcchtel ss gathered by them. Tt starts
\ylth last Thursday, when Eckstein ac
companied Mies Becbtel to Philadel
phia. He left her. there and returned
home. Weisenberg met her in Phila
delphia and accompanied her to Allen
toxvn. They went to a certain place to
gether, where they remained until mid
night. Thomas Bechtel heard of this,
and being strenuously opposed to
Weisen berg, he upbrailcd Tier in her
room upon her return home. He
struck her ft powetful blow on the"
ohrek. causing her to fall heavily
ngainst a 'bureau, dead. Mombers of
the ramily held a council and decided j
upon the story made public on "TuewSay
and upon tM disposition of the hOdy
and clothing w found. Charles flesh,
tel'B el Pt er's htttchi^^waH us<^HTrstttfcH::
Wow 6f tFe dead
girl to give scmblaoce of the assaxrit,:?:
Eckstein knew nothing 6f the-mur
des, the police siy.
mfdrmation. charging murder, has
beep lodjrcd ngainst the entire IJeiihr
tc I family. John and CWfeK Bochtel
an d KukHtelu wnre
in default 7o?-4ftij& -bnW -each '?* J5?ll'-r
ricBSoa".. -Mr'jH-Hcchtel And daughters
were allowed to go. no bail being re
quired.. At ,U<e inqiu>At several, wit?
neesBs were, beard, tmytrwihsel for the
BecBtels refused to a l /? w-t htm: toTt&fclr-.
fy/OT liccount -of tfrtrtnargedf murder
against them. (
~""$3o.?>oo For Brwctt of Proml* \ r:
Grand Rapids. Micti., Special.? ISllss
Honhletta Adnms, of CWaeviile, Micbr,
was given a yerUict oMSWHM* asainst
ftobert Stuart Baker, a well-known
young, adclety man of thl? city, foj*
breacb oA promise. The trial jtuft been
.one of the mos| sensational In the his
tory at Wnstern Michigan. The romance
which led up to Baker's proposing
marriage to the young woman, began
when both were students at Olivet
College. Several hundred letters writ
ten to Miss Adams by Baker, were read
in court, and a number from the young
women to t&e defendant were also in
troduced as evidence. Bakor'a letters
were^jrmny of thnm, Trn,r~**nWlf>nflir
6n?flmproper. The jury decided that
Baker fraudulently mad? the contract
of marriage, with the purpose of seduc
tion, and that- he afterwards ratifleflji
wjth the same purpose
-?\ ~~ r - *
..-NjitOrflfrWMf?*. ; /
New Orleans, Special.-?1 The Nalion
al Association of Nut Growers/ elect
ed the' following officers; Prfc*id?n*.
G. M. Bacon, ueWttt", Qa.; flrot vice
president, Wm. Nelson, N?w Orleans,
?ocondvice president*- J. 8, Curtis.
Or&hgo Heights, FUl; secretary- treas
urer,- J. P. -Wilson-, Georgia. St. I^ouis
was chosen for the nuxt-place-ef rmsc^
1*fT" . ; - ?
? -??n' r 'uVi' " ' S
I Tribute to Mrs, BoothrTucksr.
Chicago, SpccIaJ.? Surround^ by 3,
COO galrntion Army mourners, who had*
gathered at Princes* Rink uvmav
m m.. i x_t _ "^r jignggg
A MADMAN'S WORK.
Bloody Deed of On<* Who W as
I. vide ntly Insane,
1RIED TO Kill ; IN HRli FAMH Y.
?' -
lilK Only Explanation pi tha 0?f4
Was That II* Waa - ^
Rtalited Arrest.
? rrrrw-^
PotsviUe, ps? Special.? Worked taUtf
a frenzy as a result of an altercation
with one of his brothers, lituiumiw
Franklin Woiealnger, living un a^fam*
Several miles from this city, Monday
afternoon, shot and killed hla two
hi others, attempted td kill hla slater ,
and slBter-ln-law an^iWRKtJi Jar**
poaae o^ pollcenpflfat bay for nlnw
hours hefors ho wis captured. -Tim r
tragedy occurred on the farm of tlm
Jfatbtfr of the men. T&o dead men ar?
Loulji Welsslnger. aged 27- year*,
^slpgle, and Froderlck, ojfed who
leaves a widow. The fratricide la 4S
years old. ??
Henjamln and Froderick had a qttar- /
rel early in the afternoon over the
cleaning of ? horae. Duriii'g the alter
cation Denjamln fired four nhoU at.
Fred without any of them taking effect., :
Frederick fled to the at tie of the tarn*
house and wan followed into the bo#*?*
by tho onraged brother. The latter
?seared a Winchester rejjreatlifi|f >Hlaf '?'
.aM-Aft--bA--w?*''l?atlMj{ .?ir""KS5ci^ h**
encountered another brother, lyouls, at
the kitchen door. WKheut a WOTff 'ftT
warning. Benjamin ft red at Louis, thf .
bullet striking him In the:#ide?- TH#
victim fell unconscious and died in hair
qn hour wlthout*utterinir ?
* Welasinger 1 fa en bulked
and caught a glinjpae of
who wm looking out at th~
dow.- Benjamin quickly
riflo and fired. Tile fa
Frederick's cheefc and .
brain. He fell dead acr<
all!.
attic with him* att
body Into t>he roOn*
this, bnyipt tofdre
atvoral Wots at her
Benjamin'* attention y?
cd [6 his ststrfr, Mary,
out of the hoaae to "
dcing ally more
shooi
so stronifly tnat &e i
tGXoZEMttu
liMH
odA /i ?
went mtOr ttwr ?
Kttti, several rcf
^UiiB
the men*
w I ttrfctRT Mi? .
^^tyrtxtvWTW^m
- (^jxrttttnity, Wjw uj
sii.au^w&iota *otrfd
?tfao 4ofUtW?-i
and aktlerjpjble
-m?pd?*r*t8r
foreo of nyifab#lj?.-n
r him nnd howM tftnflt
fora he e^wld fnrtfaflL ? - -
' Wcisslnger is belitttd to
His mind ia sald to have '
for some time. He '
regarding the tra,
exclalmea;^"am
man,
" V " '
Violating OemaUkW.
Richmond, Va., Special. ? A com
slon merchant hero recefrad Baton
a box of patrldges from North C
Una. Virginia game wardens wttt i
advised of the presence of tfca I
In the?market lii'Vioiatjcs^jUWwfl
-ftinmr trws, TWTPKCTftfca stopped
sale- of them. They were diatrlfa
among ttie .merchant'* frieifCa,
than send them back. The VlfldLiU*
forbids the sate of partf
State e xeept In t h? <>p*a eeaaqer; wl
did not begin until Hontoy* ^
/; ?
Sav'nifs Bank F^r olor?4l SV**H
mchmond, Spec#^*:??
bank for colored people, wltfc *
womjin for its prcslden^baamb
neaa '-hew;.&?fcvTwear. 'IfTi "??wer
auspices of the colored Oitfcrdf
Luke, and msmbera erthafcdrdfcrti
New Yorlf , New Jersey, P??aayl*ai
Maryland and Mher. StJiUmoOa^
Virginia we*?* fifeatnl tuouikuflSi
S STVi
iv>!$
bUTB^'f
KaKTfff, ffr O.;
liovcd thjit n?tso}l fcXtd
KJaiV Mcuninla "police,
ed'ibe buzgtar who
at Ftofcrtr-Qlj;'
tfaya agw. tblWwlnji
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