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Occurrences of Interest from
All Over South Carolina
MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
<\ Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover
ing a Wide Range?What is doing
On in Our State.
^harged With Embezzlement.
Sumter, Special.?Mr. !?;. jit Wither
the general manager of the
Southern Collin ;uk| Casjcet company
KAort* out a warrant before Mn?is(ruio
Wells for tin- arrest of Mr. H. K. Mil
ler, chic| bookkeeper, charging bim
with iIn* cmhi'/./lrincut of something
over .fijoo oi (he company\s funds,
i he bonkk-.-opr hod the lull eon tide nee
?'l his employers until a few days be
I' lc the recent death of Mr. M. lb"
W ii hei i he former general man
ager. They suspected something
wroncj at the time, but the death ol
il;e general manager, brother to tlio
present manager, prevented an im
mediate investigation being made.
^[Miller 1!:? <I nutlioiity to sign checks,
!le a croup, ts, etc., dining: the ab
m :ife of the t^hi.lyer. lie had charge
? J the eluvk andibauk hooks and do
I>o: i? d the i;i nie?. s collected for the
??ompany. It is allege.I in the indict
?neni that lie issued and signed checks
'?liich lie cashed ::nd appiopriatcd to
his own use*
New Rrookland's Bank.
New Brook'.and, Special.-?'I he di
rectors of the'batik which was recent
ly organized heie have decided to rent
l ho vacant bt.iidinir bc!nngin<? to
Capt. \Vii|i:inis 0:1 State street for uso
??iiiil a i;??*.*? building i.< i iccPmI. if in
''?'vid. one i; 1 ;i 11 soo:i. Mr. |? S.
'l\otti, president of the batik, was
"'?'cr t^ v.: ? k fn.in Widue Spring.'
and attended a meding <<f (|-,o board
of di vert of Mr. Tndti will move
here >-"i.ie t:ri! ' ;?( m and have ovcry
thi'.c; i;i i roe ? ? for the opening; of
the b;;i:k "U Sc;.;. i. as decided by tbo
board. The director* are extremely
ft'Vf.fificd at the ryc'lltMit showing
/ -made in the matter of (he stock sub
sciinti'Mi and ai-.1 confident that th-J
!")? I - wiil iiinv:1 ;! ;s Ihiauaially.
The capital is .v'Jj.OOO.
The Drainage C^tnmisflion?.
Columbia, Special.?The co;jntie3
are beginning; to select, their diaitt
e.ge commissioner** 'to carry mi the
voir }?s provided fur in the act pass
ed by ibe last general assembly, which
yill result in clearing out the swafnpa
in the lov.cr part of the State. This
net was passed through the qJTorts of
K;pre.-;ontnlivo James Cosgrove of
Charleston, who was for years a mem
ber of the. Charleston drainage coin
rnisricn which. du?in.^..his term of of
}ire, rendered habit able and arable
thousands of acres of swamp land,
(lav. Anwd appointed the following to
have charge- of the drainago in
' Georgetown: C. P. Aliston, W. II.
Andiews, J. A. Hemmingway, 0. 1).
Skinner und 13. N. liaurne.
Compromise in Franklin Case.
Greenville, Special.-?When the case
of Mrs. Sudic Franklin vs. the South
ern railway was called in the court of
common picas here Judge Gary an
^ pi.r.nee 1 thai v.\ the request of both
??.:.'(S the cas* would bu taken up.
Later in ti e day it was announced
that a c -.mpromise has been effected.
1? i ; not. known what -??amount was.
riven to Mrs. Franklin, the attorney:?
r-'fesinu' t'? in eke it public. The suic
v.-.-s for $10,000. The announcement
i f ti e compromise came as a sitrpri-o
? ;1|| ,,r wiin. ? acs and attorneys
i t t!.e er.*e were Isi'tc for trial.
Georgetown Banks Do Well. ?
flfyoi^etown. Special.?The People'*
VanX and the Bank of Georgetown will
pay 0 per cent, find S per cent, re
sjeetively to their stockholders this,
vear. n good balance being, set aside'
| v each to increase the surplus ac
count. '?he annual meetings of the
1 r'nk-i will be held the lir.st week ia
Anil.
Ice Plant Tor kewberry.
*'ewberrv. Special.?Another ne^*
: itr.i'ortani evnerprlse for Newher
rv is an :ip-to-i;te and fully equip
pt. i 20-ton ice plant with everything
i:, ?,eadiness to begin operation op.
\r.r,l 1. Tlie.plrnt. has beeti install
*.l i,'v the ravnuM,* Oil Mill Com
par.v, with Mr. -lolm II. Wicker as
superinlcndent and manager.'-The ca
v of tko plant i? 20 tons a day
" ... t'.:e .cu'xp-iiy will Pitt on wcuruna
pud deliver the it-o throughout the cily
to it's customers. ?
flic?r.7iUo liuomen Tonciics LI"
7 vwiw.
0 fircenrille,' dp.cl?l.-Wbil? rtp?lr
iwr broken iasulators on the maia
wire' of the Greenville Power CPB*
' ranv, at 1 o'clock Thursday ?noniitt2
William Godfrey, a
. live wire and was stonned. Bt Mi
it ground, 30 feet b?low, brealdnjr
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SQUABBLE AT STATE COLLEGE
Student 0. M. Leo, Waited Upon
Committee Purporting to Repres
ent the Student Body of South
Carolina University, is Given a
Limited Time in Which to Leave-?
Father Ha? Engaged a Lawyer and
Has Expressed His Determination
to See the Matter Trough.
Columbia, Special.?As a result of
being waited upon by a commiLtl'O
purposing io represent tho student
body, giving him (ill bis Arst, train
borne to got out of college, young C.
M. Lee, a student at tbo South Caro
lina University from Timmonsvillc,
lias left the university. But be has
not gone home, and bis father will
back him in n fight to the finish witb
lawyers to regain bis place at tbe uni
versity. The university authorities
have been informed that tbe father
is here. Mr. Leo arrived on the scene
Monday and will take tbe matter be
fore the faculty as soon lis his at
torney, Representative C. T. Ker
shaw, arrives in the city.
"1 do not care to say anything for
publication just yet," said Mr. Lee,
Sr., "1 want to get the affair before
the faculty as soon as my attorney
arrives. My son is entitled to re
main in college, to protect his good
name, if to accomplish nothing else.
If he is given justice at the hands
of the faculty, why the matter will
end there, and of course, I will have
no necessity for carrying the case to
coiim," -
" 'I he students quote your son as
saying you gave him the revolver
which he fired at tbe party of hazers
and instructed him to defend himself
against being hazed. Is that truer.'
"It most emphatically is not true
thnl I gave him the revolver or nnv.
such instructions, and 1 do not think
he made any .such statement. I do
think now. however, that he ought to
lie allowed to protect himself against
further assaults. My son has been
attacked axlo/.en times in this way.
He stood it, until forbearance ceased
to be a virtue, llo could do no work.
Of course 1 am sorry that he violated
the rules in cariying a revolver, but
T do not see how he could lidvo been
expected to act otherwise than ne
did."
1 lie first, of the trouble occurred
several weeks ago, when a party of
sophomores attacked Lee in his room
for the.purpose of blacking him. lis
resisted and when effort was made L>
forte a way into tho room Lee fired
on the party through the door in tho
straggle over its being'opened. As
he fit red the door closed and the bul
let entered tho edge of the door jusl
above the lock. His roommate, Hill,
then interposed and admitted the par
ty, and Lee was blacked. ~
. Leo reported the affair to the col
lege authorities, giving fche names of 1
the party which attacked him.
Ihe result was that the loaders of
the party, Jack Reeves, of Charles
ton, and Douglfts Dargan, of Darling
ton, wore suspended for tho remain
der, of tho season; Lee was suspended
for two weeks for having firearms on
tho campus, while Dave Loring, of
Sumter; Biscoe Davis, of Summer
ville; Clyde Franks, of Laurens; Wil
liam H. James, of Chester; John B.
Wardlaw, of Union, and Kobert
Holmes, of Newberry, were suspended
for two weeks. All these returned
to college last week but Reeves and
Hainan.
The head and front of Lee's of
fending in the eyes of the students js'
that he violated the honor j^-iiom by
carrying the matter to (he col lego
authorities. The student body Is
practically a unit against him.
Both tho senior and the freshmen
claw oh adopted Resolutions against
bun, end a student body mass-meet
ing was to bo hold later, when tins
cominilfit lost pntienco at the dolay
and acted themselves.
In chapel President Sloan condemn
ed the action of this, committee, and
yruned all against any further hnz
spg. he said that if this committer
rvero d'jcovered they would bo s'im
? manly dealt with. Ho said that Lee
bad stayed out tho suspensi"ii period,
and had a good legal standing and
sjipnld be allowed to remain in the 1
college.
Spccial Election in Laurens.
Laurens, Special.?In pursuance of
an act of theyencral assembly, passed
at the last session of the legislature,
the board of trustees of the town of
Laurens, of which Col. J. \\\ Fergu
son is thaivman, a special electio*
has btfnn ordered to bo held on tbo
18th of April for the purpose of vot
ing upon tho question of whether or
not tho board of trustees of said
school district shall issuo bonds lu tbe
amount of $30.0Ul) for tho purpoee ??
erecting a new graded school in the
city of Laurens.
Petition for Pardon.
Columbia, Special.? Gov. Ansel
baa received a petition for tha
paydon of Walter Allen ft Greenville,
who is aerving a life eentenoe for the
murder of lieary Joboeon. Tbe da?
fanae put up tbe plea that Jobnton
bad u?eutyed Alien'a wife, but tbe
jury returned a verdict of gnilty villi
>n to mercy. Tbe botfi
m 1901. Tbe eaae win
_ to tbe State board of par
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Destructive Fire Visits Pitts
boro.
ADJOINING PROPtRTY SUFFERS
The Total Loss Will Reach Over
$10,000, Only Partially Covered by
Insurance?Fire Presumed to Have
Started in Boiler Room?Valu
able Buildings and Products Near
, by Saved by Heroic Work on the
Part of Citizens,
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1'ittsboro, N\ Speeial.?The cot
ton seed oil mills at litis plaeo was
burned down Sunday morning at ii
o'flock. The lire lasted until 7. The
loss of tin* mills will be .$110,000, with
.$15,(100 insurance.
The guano warehouse of W. L.
London & Son, A. .J. By mini & Son,
F. ('. I'oo and L. N'. Woinble were
burned together with about lifted)
hundred sacks of guano, phosphate,
and cotton seed meal. \V. 1.. London
& Sons' loss will be about $1,000} F.
C. Poo, * 1,000j L. N. Womble, $800,
and A. J. By mini & Sons, $300. lly
heroic efforts tin1 l'iltsboro coach
was saved, it having been pullcti by
men up tho track. The outhouses of
(.'apt. J. K Alston, just across the
track, were huined, ami only by con
tinual application of water was !:i^
dwelling saved. A box car of hulls
on the siding was Inn nod, but the two
iron tanks containing '2,700 gallons of
oil, were saved.
The night superintendent says l.t
ran the mill until 12 o'clock and
when lie shut down had only forty
pounds of steam. It is supposed the
fire caught in the boiler room. Mr.
Arthur London, the president of the
mill, says thai lie hud unloaded Sat
urday 1.000 bushels of seed and load
a car of oil, valued at $2,700, which
was pushed down the track and sav
ed. Tim mill rguvo employment to
twenty-live nu'jJ and was a groat help
to the community. 'l^Jie lire a dis
tinct loss to the lown.t
Hon. Galusha Grow Dead.
Binghamton, N. Y., Special.?For
mer Congressman Galusha A. (Jrow
died at his home in Glenwood, Pa.,
Sunday afternoon as a result of the
general breakdown, attributed to old
age. Mr. Grow was elected to Con
gress from the Wilmot district oi
Pennsylvania os the youngest nioln
ber of that body in 1*831, and after
retirement from public life for nearly
40 years he re-entered the llouse of
Representatives, as Congressnian-r.t
large from Pennsylvania 14 years
ago. When ho'^retired four years
ago, his public service in (|4ie House
e'xntending over the longest period,
1 'although not continuous service, oi
any man who ever sat in that body.
Oar of Explosives Ignited.
Cumberland, Md., Special.?A cai
loaded with railroad torpedoes and
iron containing carbonic ac?J gas,
connected near the middle of a Rapid
ly moving eastbound Baltimore &
Ohio freight train, was blown , up
while passing Patterson's creek, eight
miles east of here. The car was de
molished, the connecting cars smash
ed, two steel hopper cars on an ad
joining track were blown over, the
track was torn up for some distance
and telegraph poles and wires de
stroyed. The noise of the explosion
wins deafening and thousands of ex
ploded torpedoes rained on houso
roofs many yards away. No one was
injured. Passenger trains were delay
ed for a time.
Four Killed at Crossing.
Kansas City, Mo., Special.?Four
persons in a buggy were killed Sun
day afternoon at the Fifteenth street
crossing of the Chicago & Alton Rail
road by a passenger train. The
horses escaped injury. The dead:
George Henry and wife; 1). P. Mon
ner and wife. The men were sales
men for local mercantile houses.
Chile Wants Ambassador.
Washington, Special.?Chile's fut
ure to send a minister to Washington
to replace Mr. Walker-Martinez, who
did not return hero after the Pan
American conference at Rio Janeiro
last summer, has caused much com
ment. The neglect of the Chilean
Congress to appoint sufficient
money to maintain the legation has
boon given as a reason for leaving
tbo American mission in charge of
Alberto Yoachaiu, Scere.ctary to the
Legaton. But it has just become
known that the real causo was hid
den deep in Latin-American politics.
MWire-Tappera" Caught.
Cleveland, 0., Special.?In tha ar
raat here Sunday of three men and
a woman giving' tba same* of Ed
ward Weiss and Max Mortis, of Netr
York, and C&arlea* Dracker and
Claudius Carldon, of this eity,~ the po
lice say they have caught a clique of
?lever "wiretapper*" *anlcd in aov.
tfftl dtk* . '
GIRT POISONER ACQUITTED,
OOT OOES TO flSVLUM
Jennie Burch Consoled hy Woman
Whose Baby She Killed.
JUDGE PRAISES JURY'S FINDING
AlirliJ.st Di'i'luivs (till M'uy Commit
Crime Again I mli r Cnfuvoi-iihlo
Conditions?Tills of Fault in
New York Suite haw.
Carmel, N. Y.?On the Krouud of
Insanity Jennie liuicli, the flfteen
yeur-old poisoner, .whb acquitted in
tho Supremo Court or having mur
dered, ^in infunt 6on of Herbert Wln
shly', a wealthy farmer of 1'atterson,
in Putnam County. Immediately af
ter the tiling of tho verdict Justico
Mills committed the girl to tho State
Asylum for the Insane at Matteawan.
Jennie Burch did not comport her
self as an insane person throughout
tho trial. It was certain when tho
Jury retired, however, that under
Justice Mills' charge and tho sum
mlng up hy the State the verdict
which was found would ho returned.
When the girl heard Justice Mills
make the commitment to Matteawan
sho began to cry again. One of her
attorneys said to her:
"You will bo treated kindly there,
Jennie, and the doctors will help to
recover your mind. Ho of good cheer
and keep ydur nerve."
"That's all very well," she replied,
"hut how Ik any one to keep her
nerve in a place like that, with luna
tics all around?"
When the girl was taken from the
court room to the qutirters of Sheriff
Harry and his family she found
awaiting her Mrs. Wlnship, who met
her with outstretched arms anil told
her to pray tri forgot the past, as she
was pray In if she might be able to do.
"You have my entire forgiveness,"
said Mrs. Winshlp, "and do please,
try to koep your mind off tho terri
ble tilings that have happened and
grow up to be a good woman."
After this visit Jennie seemed to
welcome the news that she would he
taken Immediately to Mutteawdn.
After the jury had been discharged
it v.as learned that on the first ballot
olio man wanted to tlnd the girl
guilty of manslaughter In the first
degree, which would have meant an
Imprisonment r,f from a day to twen
ty years. This juror was reminded
of the unfortunate birth and ante
cedents of the girl. So he was won
to join iit (he finding that was made.
In making the commitment to Mat
teawan Justice Mills said that he be
lieved the jury had found strictly oil
tho evidence. lie added that from
personal observation in court ho be
lieved Jennie Burch to be insane and
also from the results of the investiga
tions made by Dr. Granger.
"Therefore," he declared, "I am
gojng to commit her to Matteawan
on tho ground that her freedom
would be a menace and a danger to
tho pcaco of tho community."
"What would prevent this girl
from being liberated a year from
now?" Ur.pGranger was asked by a
reporter.
"Nothing. To all intents and ap
pearances she may recover her men
tal health two or three months or a
year from now, and all that would
be necessary would be for some law
yer to release her 011 a writ of habeas
corpus. That Is the ono hole in the
laws of the Stato of New York
through which much misery has
flowed out upon the citizens of this
community. I would not trust her
In my household. Sho might bo led
to commit a similar crime at any
time."
Tho mother of the unfortunate girl
was not in court on tho last, day, and
it remained for tho broken old grand
father to comfort her.
A romarlutble phase of Jennie
Burch's abnormality has been her
rapid growth since September lost.
At tho time of her arrest elie.weighed
lcs<| than 0110 hundred pounds. Iler
height whs only five feet four Inches.
She has grown three and a half In
ches and gained more than forty
pounds.
HEARST SUES I-OU $2,500,000.
Chicago Tribune Published Mr. Itoot's
Utlcn Speech With Comments.
Chicago.?Five libel suits aggre
gating $2,500,000 were instituted
against tho Tribune Company by
William Randolph Hearst through
his attorneys, Darrow, Masters &
Wilson.
According to Edgar L. Masters, tho
suits are based upon live articles pub
lished In tho Tribune. Each is a quo
tation from a speech delivered by
Secretary of State EUhu Root at
Utlca, N. Y., November 1, 190C, nnd
comments of an uncomplimentary na
ture on Mr. Hearst are contained in
the headlines.
SOAP MlfJilONAIHK A SUICIDE.
Aged William A. Procter's flrlef Over
Wife's Death Caused His Act.
Cincinnati. O.?William A. Proc
tor, aged 'seventy-three, multl-mil
lionairo president of the Procter &
Gamble Company, committed suicide
by shooting himself In tho bathroom
of bin magnificent suburban home In
Glendale.
To Coroner Otis L. Cameron mem
bp.rs of the family attributed the act
to failing health nnd continued grief
over tue demise of his wifo almost
four years ago.
OLD WOMAN DIES OK MUMPS. |
CUiMbomVi* Affliction Causes D*ptli
of Mrs, Houghttlinj, Aged 00.
Iftolyoke, Mass.?The childhood af
fliction, mumps,. caused tUs death of
Mrs. Cynthia Houghtaliug, ninety-Are
yearn of a30. 8h? was the oldest res
ident of HoJyokc.
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Rusrlan Editor Killed.
Dr. Jolles, editor of the Rutskl
VI6domostI, of Moscow, an Influential
Hbsral p&ptr, assassinated In
that city by an unidentified youth.
SPRING SIGNS.
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ODDITIES IN NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE WORLD
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A'I 1; SOOO I'M AS I \ A 1)A V.
London.-?John Oollon, who liven
In Dewsbury, Yorkshire, Is believed
1d possess the most wiraeious appetite
of any iniyi* living. Willi in the p:i?t
f"\v days ft<> has consumed il meal ?L
v. liirli a \:?ii horse would have jibbed
in despair. The contest which has
just ended lasted fourteen days.
'I'llo Coiulliion was Hint he should
cat (wo p ??;? on tito first day,
double (hat number on the sec
ond, and < oniirtuo lo double it day
after day for fourteen days. The
peas which wore used for the contest
wore the ordinary green marrowfats.
During the first woek the man simply
swallowed them like pill*, in (he dry
?state; aflerwarjl. they were steeped
and boiled. On rhe^tenth day tho
nnniber was 102-1; on (ho eleventh,
"OiS; on the twelfth, 4USJG; on tho
thirteenth,' x 11)2, and on tho four
teeth, 10.3S4. Owing to a llttlo hitch
in (ho proceedings he refused to Con
sume the total on the last day; but.
on (lie thirteenth day ho disposed of
SI 92, which is believed to bo a
world's rccord. The only condiment
he took was a little pepper. On tho
thirteenth day operations were com*
menced about 3 o'clock in tho after
noon. llo disposed of f?00 without,
the slightest inconvenience, and
calmly rested until 7 o'clock in tho
evening before recommencing opera
tions. At that hour he faced the
enormous mass, which filled tho
largest household bucket, with n de
termination not to surrender. Just
before 11 o'clock ho cleared the last
of tho dishes, and was greeted' as the
world's champion. During tho thir
teen days ho had eaten 16,3 81 peas.
FROGS AND BUGS IX A
MICHIGAN CLOUDBURST.
Kalamazoo, Mich.?A shower of
InsectB of a kind never seen In this
vicinity, large In size and greenish
in color, together with very small
frogs, fairly covered the territory be
tween Kalamazoo and Battle Creek.
The storm broko quickly in a cloud
burst. Frogs began falling slowly
at first and increased in number until
catch - basins became clogged with
them. The bugs followed after tho
frogs. Professors and students car
ried large numbers of insects home
for examination. Scientific authori
ties assert the specimens are not
known, but claim they would not
have reached earth had not an un
usually heavy thunderstorm pre
vailed. Most of the bugs were dead
when picked up.
SICA TRIP TO JAMICSTOWX
FOR LII1KRTY RIOLL.
Philadelphia.?For the first timo
in Its history Liberty Bell will have
a sea trip. In July it will be taken
to the Jamestown Exposition on
board tho battleship Pennsylvania.
All that is required is the indorse
ment by President Roosevelt of the
plan, andiflt is understood he favors
it. While the Jamestown Exposition
will bo open before July tho bell will
not be sent from Philadelphia until
after July j f?, when tho Elks' conven
tion in Philadelphia adjourns.
T
ii\ aujuu i un.
ED IN VAULT *
AS IUCS DEPQS1TE
OF RANK HE'FOUNDED.
Boonvllle, Ind.?The Boonville Na
tional Bank received a novel deposit
when the cashier accepted a box con
taining^ the .crematory ashes of Dr.
Charles Keegan, who died recently.
Dp, founded the hank in 187-4
and continued to be a large stock
holder. It was the request of 4*rr
Koegan that his ashes be kept tu the
vault of the bank he founds^
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Uoadurans Abandon Their Capital*
Mr. Philip R. Browo, American
Secretary ot Legation, tfcpk chargw ot
affair* at Tegucigalpa when"the Hon*
durans Evacuated their capital and
.turned the city over to the Nicara
gua^ when they entered.
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Ilufcftiau Drumhead Court* Abolished.
The Duma by an almost unani
mous, vote passed a resolution pro
viding steps to abolish drumhead
courts aqartlal. Premier Stoljrpla
made a conciliatory speech. ?
Ni'nsi; 1'ixns m snwi)
ON DISSECTING TAlUiH.
Kansas Citj'.-^-Hy means of a de
formed fool Mrs.* "William M. Turner,
a (rained nurse, was ablo 10 identify
tho body of her husband us It lay
upon the dissecting table In (ho
Hahnemmin Mod leal College. Tho
head had boon roniovod. Mrs. Tur
ner la now exerting overy influence
to have It fouiiil and restored, so f hay
sho niny have the body decently bur*
lod. Turner had died at tho City
Hospital whllo his wife was attend
ing a patient, and ufider the law tho,
body bad been turned over to (lie;
medical college. When tho woman
applied for admission to (ho dissect
ing Tooni she was refused, but. sho
soon displayed authority for her pres
eneo and waB (heu allowed to enter.
The moment sho saw the deformed
foot sho cried out: "It Is Wilt! Oh,
my poor husband!" Tho hospltnl au
thorities and city ofhciuls are silent
"an to the case. It Is said there will
be an Investigation.
BLACKSMITH SHOCKED TO
HEATH CLIPPING HORSE.
Chicago.?Frank Tesmer, a horgo
shonr, waa killed whllo cllpplnk a
horso by eloctrlc power. He was
holding the steel clippers in his hand,
when suddenly thore came a blue
streak from the coiling. Tesmer Was
thrown against the wall of the shop'
and died instantly, ff-ho horse was
also knocked doWn and killed. Line
men were at work on wires across the
street, and In some way a wire
charged with electricity of high volt
age was thrown' acrOBB tho wire
which furnished electricity for the
clippers.
AGED WOMAN'S HAIR SHOWS
ItlCMAllKABLE CHANGE.
Greenfield, Ind.?"Grandma Clay
ton Is growing a full suit of black
hair," was tho announcement made
concerning Mrs. Ruth Clayton, the
oldest resident of Hancock County,
100 years old, and many of tho pjo
neer's friends called upon her aiid
wero astonished to see tho change
that had come over her. Following n
short spell of illneBn a few weeks ago
Mrs. Clayton lost her hair, which was
silvery. A few days ago her hair be
gan to grow again. .? ,
FIFTEEN OF NTS A DAY
TOO ; MUCH FOU HIGH MAN.
Omaha, Neb.?"Tax Title" Soaman,
the eccentric Omaha mau who has a
fortune of about $200,000 and has
boasted that it cost him only fifteen
cents a day to live, has decided that
his living expenses are too high for a
man of his means and that he must
cut them down. He never buys any
but second hand clothing, but he
says that this year he shall buy none
at all. "I have figured on it," he
said, "and I find that I can live well
on twelve and a half cents a day, and
I'm going to do It. Fifteen cents Is
too much."
SHARK BITES OFF SAILOR'S
FINGER USED TO PliUQ ^KAK.
Washington, D. C.?A curious story
Ulnsirntlng the number and ferocity
the sharks that infest the harbor
of tatqiia is reported in the mail just
receiveo,,tmi,tho insular bureau from
the PhillppiftNk As one of the boats
of the little gunboat El Cano was be
ing rowed out to the ship the plug In
the bottom came out and J, J. Dim
lap, a sailor, thrust a finger Into the
?-Tfe^-flagw-wfw--immediately
bitten oft by a shark aa i? amputated
by a surgeon. Aa the lost linger was,
used to pull the' trigger of the rifle
the sailor will have to be retired.
John
John Burns,\Preeld?nt of the Local
r jrernment Bdard, satd In the House
it Commons that nlnrf-tentha of the
L*mee of Ia4x?a Kler H*rdle were
wrfiohleTons sn4 eeomoalcal
IT nnsound.
? " . .' .t1
ounmritiift
The Standard ^ Oil Company ad*
vanced the frrtoe of nil gradee at gaee
line, naphtha and ri|Mi oil tn hnr
rela one-fourth sent ? f Hfp f. ?. I.
at Clereian*
--V* Ssanst i&sassa
ORIGIN OF THE PEARL.
Secretion Formed for Defense, Thinks
M. Scurat.
Tho origin of tho pearl In the shell
of 1 ho oyster, or other bivalve oi
Ululluuk, has been tho object* ef *
constdorahle unio.int of Investigation <
and speculation. Among the mors
ri ceni Hi?i?ilc8 of tho subject may bs
noted those of m Sou rat recorded in
the "(Vunptes Ri-ndus." This natural*
1st Hilda that In pearl oysters from ,
tho Gambia lagoons, In tho South
Pacific, Uie peails aro duo to a small
wrm a nort of tapeworm. In cjastfl
uu tho ho<ly and mantle of tho oyster
lie has, found true pearls aiifr^uudtng
a unci us \vhl( h ho hats shown to be
one of these worms. Like other "tape
worms, this one, concerned In the pro
ductlon of pear!*, roqulrea a second
host In which to complete its develop*
ir out. And M. Sou rat considers that
the my Is tho second host la this ?
(? o, for he has found In tho spiral
t no of Ihls flsh ^mall tapeworms,
which ho regards m the adult form
itho larval worm of tho pear] oj#* __
u .. Tito nutihnv has named this now
species of tapeworm Tylocephnlum
n ui t.-afitlferne. The view has been '
In-1 i that the pearl la a secretion ???
f rtiuul, as it were. In ?elf-defense for
tho surrounding and 1-solatlon of a/
Injurious foreign body^.
A portrait of King Charles's dwarf,
I)y* Dpbson, which, at a sale In 1898?
failed to realize more tlmn fir.50,
wa t sol J 1 y auction iu London re
cently for $.12CO,
ctfttES ALL SKIN TROUBLES.
?.-> '? %
->Vir 11? 1111r tho At copied Itemcdy for k ,
^ llurchvd Years, ..
?4
Sulphur is on.? 'if Hip gieatest remedies'
nature ever y. ive to man. Kvery physician _V
know's it riir"; U*m and blood troubles.
Il.iiicoi !.'? l.iiu: t Sulphur edibles you to
?:-t the full ! cm-fit in most convenient
form. Don't take nulphur "tablets!" ,or
"wf.frrn," or powdered Hulphur in molMMf..
1 * <? i ?<?< I:'.m Sulphur is' pleasant to..,'
take and perfect iu its action. Druggists
sell it* ' ; .
A well known oitjzmj of Danville, Pa,,
writes: "i h?*e had an aggravated case of .!
!?'< ::cri!n for over twonty-fiVo yeaVs. I have
ti^.vl -u'vcii f>0 ??nt bottle.? of the Liquljt,
an 1 one jar of your Hancock's Liquid.?Ui*
phur Ointment. anil now I feel as though
I had u brnnd new pair of hnmts. It hAq
v'furod me and 1 am certain it will oure any*
one if they 'p"rsist in using Hancock's
Liquid Sulphur according to directions, -
"ilUTKEft 12D0An."
*h
To Be Fotj Drink Chocolate* ...
Iu an obscure but picturesque little -
.village of far off Gwmany there is a
placo called the "Ohocolat# "
wlicro thin people gg to become at
The patients eat and drlnlc oocoa j
ohonolate all the time while they iest,
admire tho scenery, gossip and/grow
tatter every day. The true^awre.t o<*
tljje great euccees of the treatment
1$ the hftpny way. chocolaU*. has 0T ^
fattening Jfef ? the right placenta!!,
tlifig in the liauds, the arms, the
and the Shoulders, making the
patient,, prattler and plumper a.U
time. The r'batty effective part of
thl9 cure may bo tried at home by \
any pej jKsvering woman, and th*U?t&?
cine Is so palatable nnd the method >
so elmple that there la actually, ft
seem?. no reason why all shouldLnfti-^.
bo of JuBt the deaiied weight- ?-*
:
. _
? <5? Equity.
Until recently there waa a p^rtnar*
/ihip existing between two "darky
blacksmiths in on Alabama town.
The dissolution of this association i waa
made known by a notice nailed upon
the door of the smithy, which'notice
ran as follows: . \~-u
"The kopardnershJir heretofor r<Nrtatp ;
ing between mo and^Mose Jenklna la
heerby resolve J. All 'persons owing
the Arm with settel with me, and all '
porsona that tho Arm owes to will aet>
tol with Mose."?Harper's Weekly.
He is rich enough who does not
want. So. 14-*0t.
A ruriiXIHA" GROCER
Dropped a Valuable Hint about Coffee*
"For about eight years," writes a
Mich, woman, "I suffered from nanr*
ousness?part of the time down Jtt
bed with nervous prostration#
"Sometimes I would get numb and
It would bo almost impossible for ma
to speak for a spell. At ottiera, I
would have severe .bilious attacks,
and my heart would flutter painfully *
when I would walk fast or awaap.
"I have taken enough medicine to
start a smnl^-drug store, without any
benefit. Opa^eveninc our grocer waa.
asking Husband how I waa and k* i
urged that T quit coffee and uaa Poa-'
turn, so he brought home a pkg. m)
V made It ftbcordlng to dlrecUoaa and ;
we wevo liolh dellghted-wftb It. -f~
"So we quit cofteo altogether and ,
us'jd only Postum. I began to Ift'
better In a month's time and look Ilka U
another person, tho color came back ;;
to my chceks, I bogan to aleep welf.-l
my appetite was good and I <X>w
menced to t;vlrcrwn?firii ?rd bWJIW"
Interested In ovorythlng about tka
house. - .
"Finally I waa abta to do all lay; ?
own" work without the least sign of
my old troubla. I am ao tkankfulto*
the trufe took. hs?4
villa.' It baa dona ?o ?v "
I haven't taken medletae at
for atx montba aad^
"A friend ef
Poatuin aa aka asadal
aud/wlien aha laaraad
if y
Battle Creek; M