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THE GAM DEN VOLUME XVIII. CAMDKN, S. (J.. KltlDAY, AI (JUST 30, 1D07. X). 34. SOUTH CAROLINA ITEMS Newsy Items Gathered from the Different Sections of South Carolina. J. Allen Emerson Escapes Jail. Anderson, Special.?J. Allen Emer son, who was convicted of the mur der of Thomas F. Drake at the Feb ruray term of court had sentenced to life imprisonment, escaped from tho county jail, where he ha4 been con fined pending a hearing by tho su preme court on an appeal for a new trial, and has not yet been captured. The escape had been carefully plan ned and tlu* prisoner had aid from outside. Some of his friends had made a key which would unlock the door to the cell and after the cell was -unlocked the escape was made with out difficulty. The sheriff has offered a reward of $500 for the capture of the escap ed prisoner and the sons of Drake have ofi'ered a like amount. Solici tor Hoggs lias wired the governor to increase i^Jip amount. j Emerson is about 5 feet, 8 inchc.? tall, aged ;}tt, and his right leg is shorter than the left, lie is a des-; perate fellow and it is thought tha* if he is captured he will have to b>) . killed lirst. -j j The killing of Drake by Emerson caused a hi<j; sensation in this county, for both men were well known and both stood well. The trial of Kmc * son was attended by large crowds and there was much excitement. Em erson killed Drake on the night of Aug. 11 at Drake's own home. The murder was a shocking one, Emerson having invaded Drake's home for an illegal intercourse with his daughter, lie was discovered by Drake and Emerson claimed that Drake was fix ing to shoot him when lie fired ami killed him. A strong effort is being made to capture the escaped prison er and an effort will also be made ; learn who the allies aro who made the key and who assisted in the escape. The escape of Emerson has caused a small sensation here. Efforts at Capture. The Columbia State of Friday, through its Anderson special say-.:' Although warning has been sent by wire ami by mail to every section of the country to be on the lookout fo.* him, .7. Allen Emerson, who escaped from the county jail on Tuesday niyht, appears to have made good his escape. Thus far there lo^c been no definite cluo as to his where abouts secured. One thousand po.:? cards, with a description of th# es caped prisoner and the amount of re ward offered for his capture printed, on them, have been scattered through out the country. The escape of Em erson has been the sole topic of con 'versation in this city and many theor ies have been advanced. Some of them are unjust and accuse certair officials of ipding the escape. It is the opinion that there is absolutely no truth whatever/ in these state- . raents and no credit is being given them by those in position to know.' The sheriff has offered a reward of $100 for the capture with proof to convict of those who aided in tho escape of Emerson and an effort will bo made to capture them. Attorneys General Meet. Attorney Genernl Lyon has been invited to nttend the meeting of at torneys general from all parts of thu country, to he held in Chicago Sep tember 30 for the purpose of dis cussing questions affecting the con trol of corporations and the enforce ment of laws more generally. Tho call for the meeting was issued by Hon. Herbert T. Had ley, attorney general for Illinois. Mr. Lyon will attend if possible. A month later tho National Civic Federation will hold its annual meeting at tho same placo and discuss practically t the same questions. j , Brakeman Killed. ?? Greenville, Special.?Crushed be \tween tlie bumpers of freight cars in the Southern liailway yards hero last .week Claude E. Myers a brake-' man died from tho injuries sustained nt 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr.! Myers was originally from Seneca and the funeral services took place time. Mr. Myers was about 25 yearj of age. lie is survived by a wife and ^ two small children. ^ i Fined For Cursing, Reporter. Spartanburg, Special. ? Joe Hill, a young man about town, was fined $10 or :10 days by. Mayor Floyd here for cursing a reporter of the Spar tanburg Herald. The reporter was working on t lie story of the raid on tho gamblers Wednesday night when ^ Hill demanded that the names of those caught in the raid be suprexs t>d, and receiving an unsatisfactory roplv proceeded to curse the newj paper man, whereupon the?"Teporter called nn officer and had him arrest crl. After being released Hill mado duo apologies to tho reporter aud to w the paper. Comptroller General in Spartanburg Spartanburg, Special.?Comptroller General A. W. Jones is in the city He came for the -purpose of checking up the books of Treasurer Eppe pre to his going out of taa office f^r#*wrt*Jlation of Mr. Stria who weeds him. As the committee in itigating county, affairs has ? not npleted the examination of the Hirer's books, Comptroller Gen Jones will have to return at some date to ohtok up the oflea. Total Baled of Dispenfiarlos. The total fifties for all county dis~l pensaries dining the month of July 1 amounted to over $200,000, accord . ing to a statement isued by Dispou ! nary Auditor West. The statement is an interesting one in that it shows 1 Kichland county is still in tlu> lead I in sales by over 100 per cent. This floes not mean, according to Clutir i man Cain of the Hichlaml board, that there is more whiskey sold in Columbia than anywhere else, hut that the law is rigidly enforced, both as to dispensers and violations of the law. The Richland board is now busy with a plan to stop all sale* to those who have been raided by the Richland constabulary and are sus pected of conducting blind tigers. The figures given below will b> studed by all oeytnoabu rlvis.vhgkj studied by all county boards and are of general interest throughout" the State.. Abbeville $ (i,S02 2i> Aiken 7,2S4.2-? Hen u fort (>,702.00 Bamberg r?, 1 <?4.?r>S Barnwell 10,711.30 ('larendon !{,002.2!l Colleton .'l.SoS.SO Charleston .. .. 17,002.31 Chester 10,32S. 1.. Chesterfield 7,332.3?" Dorchester 4.137.40 Florence 11.222.S7 Fairfield y 4,371".2o Georgetown ... 12.HliO.SO Hampton.. ^ ?/. .. '4,000.S.) Kershaw 0.41S.23 Laurens / . . .. S,G3S.I1 Lee 3,SO 1.43 Lexington 4,0711.03 Orangeburg 12,1211.0/* Kichland 37,041.70 Sumter 10,507.43 Williamsburg 7, .'122.03 Total sales for month. ..f204.0(i4.4y Colored Sunday School Convention In Session. Greenwood, S??eeinl.?-The fourth annual session of the South Carolina Colored Interdenominational Sunday School convention was called to or der at 4 o'clock, Thursday with Pres ident P. I\ Watson, 1). 1)., in the chair. A beautiful son<" service, in which fully 150 delegates took part, was conducted Vv Prof. C. II. Ug gams, 1). 1)., with Virginia Williams as pianist. The president conduct ed a responsive scripture ? lesson and made a forceful and strong appeal for higher Christian services and cosecrution. Many delegates respond ed. Rev. W. R. Tolivcr of Greens boro, N. C., and Dr. C. H. Brown of Florence led in. fervent psayor.' Prof. D. Webster Duvis of Richmond, Va., addressed the convention on the King's-vjCommand. He spoke tender ly and*'eloqucnty of the King's mes sage, making special mention of punctuality, patience nnd humility and left a profound impression. Dr. C. C. Jacobs of the Methodist Sunday School union made some intersting remarks. Then followed the regis tration of delegates and a very large number, representing nearly lmlfc of the counties of the State of seven Protestant denominations, responded. ! The convention is well worthy the best interest of the colored race, and such meetings do a lot of good io the colored people. Contract For Mcrrimac Mills. Gnffnev, Special.?At a meeting of tho directors of the Morrimao mills it was decided to change the loca tion of thi^ mills from Die sito for merly selected to a point near tho Limestone mills, on tho opposite side of tho Southern railway. For aJ number of reason* tho new sito i* preferable to the one formerly so loetcd. Brady Melton Shot In Eye. Union, Special.?At ? the Buffalo mill Brady Melton was shot and fa tally wouitded. The sad nfTair is the result of careless handling of fire arms. The unfortunate youth, who had been inspecting a revolver, was in tTie act of handing it to A. G. Ilightower, his brother-in-law. The revolver was accidentally discharged, the ball entering the left eye and lodging near the left ear. The boy is living but is unconscious and can not recover. He was one of the most, popular boys in the Buffalo eorumun ity and much sympathy has been ex pressed. He is only 15 years old. Wreck Ne?ur Charleston. Charleston, Spccial.?The derail ment of three freight ears on the 8oitHern railway track* near the Asblay phosphate works caused the delay for two or three hours fo the passenger train due at Charleston about noon. The tracks was clear at *3:30 o'clock. A falling brake beam caused tho three freight can to leave the track. Two of them were empty aud MM loaded SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER Weather Conditions for the W??k Ending Monday, August 26, as Given Out by the Weather Bureaa. The weather bureau of the South Carolina section of the CliiuaUdogioal St?rvico of the United States Depart* men of Agriculture issues (he follow* ing weather bulletin for the past week : The daily variations in temperature were small throughout the week. The maximum temperatures ranged in (he eighties during (lie fore pa?t of tin' week and in the nineties during (lie latter part. The minimum tempera hires ranged from 62 to 77 degrees; in the eastern portion the night (em* peratnres were generally above sev enty, and in the western portion they generally in the sixties. The weekly mean temperature was slightly above the normal. The temperature extrem es were 95 degrees at Darlington on tTTe 24th and 62 degrees at Greenville on the 20th. Frequent showers occurred over the whole State. In a number of widely separated places the weekly amounts were over thiye inches. The heaviest rainfall occurred generally in the eastern and central portions. The weekly amounts were less than half an inch in parts of the southeastern, north central and western countie*. The average precipitation was sight ly above the normal. A few localities sustained damage from excessive pre cipitation. The percentage of sunshine was greatest at the beginning and at the end of the week; there was much cloudiness during the middle portion The average amount of sunshine was about norma). The following special rainfall re ports were received by telegraph and include the measurements at S a. in of August 20th: Columbia 1 .-Ml in ches; Blairs 0.04 of an inch (0 days); Chappels 0.10 of an inch; Catawba OAS of an inch (0 days) ; St. Stephens 3.04 inches; Allendale 0.0S of an inch (5 days) ; Batcsburg 2.50 inches (5 days); Blackville^0.93 of an inch: Darlington 0.52 of an inch ; Florence 0.(52 of an inch; Gremvood 0.0S of an inch; Spartanburg 1.22 incites; Au gusta. Oa., 0.70 of an inch ; hjavannah. Ga., 0.20 of an inch; Charlotte, N. 0.60 of an inch; Wilmington, X. ('. 1.00 inches; Charleston, S. ('., 0.40 of an inch; no reports were received from Camden, Cheraw, Grenville, Kinestree, St. George, St. Matthew or Yeinasscc.?J. W. Bauer, Section Director. A Church Burned. Bonnettsville, Special. ? A disas trous fire wlilcli occasioned deep re gret to the entire community occurred here when the new Presbyterian church was burned. The night watchman sounded the alarm at 4 :.'50 o'clock and flames then were bursting from the roof of the building. A crowd soon gathered, but owing to the fact that the city is as yet without wa terworks and has a very^ inadequate tire protection the handsome struc ture was destroyed in about an hour The loss was almost pathetic, coming in the manner and at the time it did For more than a year the buil4ing had been in process of construction and Contractor II. J. LaMotte on Tuesday last turned over the beau tiful and spacious house of worship in its completeness to the building committee, $16,000 having been pan! by the congregation. The new pew3 and pulpit sot wore installed and late in the afternoon a meeting was hel l in the building. Tn the morning: a tna.^s of blackened ruins marked the spot which was a source of pride to the entire community, regardless of de nominational lines. Tho total insur ance on the building was $S,000. Lineman Killed by Live Wire. Greenville, Special.?While at work among a network of telephone wires on Main street Walker Forrester, a lineman was shocked and diod in t few moments. The wire he was hand ling becamo crossed with a big power cable and it is thought nearly <1,000 volts passed through his body, ttv rester was about 20 years of ago and unmarried. White Man Held on Serious Charge. Saluda, Special.?Mike H. Mitchell a white man about 35 years old, was lodged in jail here Sunday night* charged with attempting, to commit criminal assault upon his wife's younger sister at his honte Saturday afternoon. In the evening an ur Kent 'phone message was sent to the sheriff asking him to come to the home of Mrs. Mary Witt, the mother of the young lady, as soon as possible All efforts to ascertain th'e nature of the trouble were unavailing unti? Sheriff Sample returned last nigLt with Mitchell and placod him in jail Killing la Newberry. Newberry, Special.?Sheriff Buford lodged in jail Ed Jessie colored I charged with the mnrder of John Hardy another negro in the Old Town ?action Saturday night. The coroner'* inquest was held and 8heriff BuforJ Was telephoned for to go for the ne gro Jessie. The latter however, sur rendered and says he jtolieves a jury will exonerate biro. He claims that ha killed Hardy in selfdeefn* ? ? -4..C ^ COMMISSIONER IS INVITED Commissioner# Asked to Att?nd Meet ing. Columbia, Special. ? Secretary li. Kil^ore of the Association of Com missioners of Agriculture and Agri faitunil workers, is sending out let ters calling attention to the conven tion lo be held in Columbia in Novem ber. This i* unite an important leath ering and Commissioner W atson, it* president, hopes to have a complete <-?>tl?>n erop report at'the time of the meeting. Theie will he a very large ittcndauce of delegates anil tho*,* in tcrested in agriculture aud Columbin >ms selected "atf"the place for the meet tn^ despite the efforts made to have il at/Jamestown. Big Fish Story. Charleston, Special/?W. H. Hillen a clerk of the Carolina Savings hank has the distinction of landing one oi the largest bass ever caught in Char leston waters. Willi a small party, lishing 011 the front beach of Sulli van *s Island, Mr. llillen hooked :> Inus ahout 10 inches in length weigh ing pounds. It is very unusual foi such a lai^e bass to be caught about t.'harleston, although fish of this si/.t are more commonly caught aroumi I'caufoit. The big llsli was divi<led amoiii; the vouni: lislierman, providing a |;ood meal in the several household.' Fisliin.tr has been pretty good sport on Sullivan's Island and generally aboil! Charleston this season and many stor ies of line call-lies are frequently told Governor Morris Wilkins Dead, (irecnville, Special ? (iovcruor Mor ris Wilkins died at his home near tln city? in bis SOth year. lie stood higl in (In* community and is from oue ol the best families in the State. Mr Wilkins devoted his life to farming lie was boin in Charleston and wat trraduated from Yale college in 1S 17. lie served in I he Civil War with tin Charleston Light Dragoons. At tin close of the war he moved to ("Irecn ville. He is survived bv his wife an 1 also three sons, John (I. Wilkins ol Columbia,I'erkle <!. Wilkins of ("Jreen ville and W. A,. Wilkins of Norfolk. One sister. Miss Cara <J. Wilkins, also survives. ^Tlie funeral will be con ducted tomorrow afternoon with in terment in the Episcopal cemetery 'iere. Church Struck by Lightning. Manning, Special ? Liglitnir.fi .struck the pinnacle oL' the Methodist Church steeple here during a sever', storm Saturday afternoon, setting il on lire. The lire had gained consid erable headway before, the depart inent was called out, but by hard work they succeeded in extinguish ing the (lames without much damage being done. The local lire department under the management of S. L. Kras iiolf and L. I. Appelt responded at once and the way they managed the lire would have done credit to the department in a much larger town Mian Manning. The loss was estimat ed at from .$7.r>0 to #1,000 which is covered by insurance. Gov. Ansel is Named on Jefferson Memorial. Columbia, Special.?Gov. Ansel has consented to act as State committee-, man for the Thomas Jefferson Mem orial association, a national organi zation for raising $,">00,'000 for a lil ting memorial to the Virginia.states man. The association will publish the works of Jefferson and congress ha< authorized the treasury department to strike off about 250,000 medallions that are to be sold and the proceeds to go to "the funds. Active work Inu been done by the association for soin?! time and it is desired to have a brand of the organization in every State in the Union. Hail in Bamberg. Bamberg, Special.?Reports have been received here of a very hard hail and wind storm near Binnaker't bridge, which is about seven miles above hero. One ne^ro who works on tho nlantation belonging to ("apt. J B. Grimes says that his crop is liter ally ruined, especially the corn crop Except for this report, the crops n: that section have been holding fortli excellent prospects for tho farmers. Irrigation Congress. Columbia, Special.?Commissioner Watson has announced (hat Col. K. II Ilarleston of Charleston would go to the Congress for National Irrigation to be held at Sacremcnto, Cal., the lirst week in September. Col. Ilar leston will represent the State of South Carolina ami the South Caro lina Agricultural society elected a delegate by the body. The Notional Drainnge convention (o be held about one month later will also have pres ent representatives from the coa.-t counties, Strike Situation in Charleston. Charleston, Special. ? The tele graph stiike aitnation stands at pretty much the same condition that it has for several days. J. A. Coop er, manager of the Brunswick office of the Western Union company, who has been lending a helping band to the loeil situation for some .day1, has bceh ordered to Albany, 6a., to tspen th?K office at that place, and he will be sntoeedod here by Operator Kennedy of- the Bmmwiek oflk* . * * ' S FAIAl 1111M ? ?? ???? British Steamer Rams a lug Boat and Sinks It FIVE LIVfcS ARE BELIEVED LOST The Gerry, of Wilmington, Del., ami British Steamer Barnstablo, Collide In Patapaco River Olf Bprrows Point. ? - Baltimore, Special -The lug (Jerry, tit' Wilmington, l)vl., WHS Mink in i collision with the British steamer Barnstable Monday night in ,tiie I'a! apseo river off Sparrows Point. Five men are believed to have lost their lives out of t\\enly-li\e who were on the t nji boat. Six ot" the s'livivors clambered np the si?l*? ot the steamer by means of the anchor chain. Titc rest weie picked tip by the steamer's boat or swam to a dredge moored lieaby. \The names of the missing men fol low : .%?? W. A. Boyd, of Baltimore, pilot. T. J. Hubert, of Brooklyn, N. \ cook,' Charles ('berry, of Baltimore, mess boy, of the tug. .1. K. Johnson, of Wilmington, Del., captain. Charles White, address unknown, deck hand of the dredge. Confusion of signals seems to hav; caused the accident, each side claim ing that the oilier was at fault. Cap tain Davidson, of the Barnstable, said that when the boats were within about a hundred feet of each otluv, the tug suddenly changed its course and attempted to cross the steamer'-' bows. Before the latter craft could he stopped it struck the. tug, sending it to the bottom in a few minutes. The Barstahlc was' not damaged. ?? ()i> the part of the tugboat it was claimed that her course was change' in compliance with a second sign.i! from the Barnstable. The fJerry was on her way to the dredge Standard, which is engaged in widening and deepening the channel at Seven Foot Knoll. The Barstahlc was bound to this port from Jamaica, with passenger.* ami a cargo of fruit. Trains Operated at Loss. Washington, Special.?The hear ing of the North Carolina rate case before Special Master Walter Mont gomery was resumed at the SSmithern K ail way oflices and Comptroller J. IT. Plant, of the Southern Railway, occupied the witness stand throughout the day. The testimony dealt mainly with the higher cost of operation in North Carolina than in other States. Mr. Plant stated that the total cost of operating intra-State passenger tratTVi for the year ended June 30th, 1900, was $2,420,415 and the total earnings in North Carolina were $1,971,038, o net loss of about $455, 000. The average passenger trathe revenue per train mile, he said, wn.i 90 cents, while the earnings, includ ing State and interstate and mail And oxpress were $1.31 per mile. Death Sentence For Assault Com muted to Life in Prison, Richmond, V?., Special.?Governor Swanson has commuted to life im prisonment the death sentence im posed on Joseph Thomas, alias John Wright, a negro convicted in Alexan dria county of criminal assault on a white girl and whose execution wn" fixed for the 30th of this mouth. In taking this action the Governor re viewed the case and gave reasons for his courso. Ten Killed on a French Railway Contras, France, By Cable.?Ten persons were killed and twenty-live injured in a head-on collision Sun day between an express train bound from Bordeaux to Paris, and a freight train. The accident was caused by a misplaced switch. None of thoja killed or wounded was American. Negro Kills Police Officer. South Bethlehem, Pa., Special.-- i George Sehnman, a member of the local police force, was shot and kill- I ed by a negro who says he is Wiliuiu I Jones of South Carolina, on the track of the Philadelphia & Heading Rail road Monday. Two sh,uta entered Schuman's right breaastv and the third penetrated the right'' shouldei. Despite his wounds Schuman walked to poliee headquarters ond reported that he had boen shot by a negro, llo died ten minutes later. CtoorgU OommiMion Completed. Atlanta, Ga., Special.?-Gov. ? Hoko Smith hat announced the completion of the Georgia railroad eommiseiou by the appointment of Judge George W. Hillyer, of Atlanta, and of Fuller E. Calloway, of LaGrange. The com mission met and organised by eelect ing S. Q. MeLeonard chairman. The recently adjourned Legislature in creased the number of eomfltfewtattn from tbm to (to. ? ... ? SOUTHERN HAS A HAD WRECK Companion Train to Number 33, oil Which President Samuel Spencer Lost Ills Life, is Ditched a Few Miles from Charlotteville ? All Co&chos Leave Track and Bump Along for Home Distance on Rails ("!uu lot tesvillc, \ a., Special.? Sou thern Itailway train No. U4, north bound, known as tlx' New York and Augusta Kxpiess, and the companion train of No. ;W, on which President Samuel Spencer was killed, near Ran goon last Thansgiving l^*\, luui a narrow escape from total destruction at J o'clock Monday morning. While approaching Ked Mill, eight miles h-')hv*i <'1' t'harlotletjville, the entire t rain/ \yith- tin' exception of the en gine, let track, and after running along the ties. was thrown against a clay emha'iiltinent. Several of the sleepers hit the tracks, hnt strange 10 jay no one was killed, and hut few injured. Those worst hurt are: V. \V. Duval, 11 \ a! tsville, Md., head clerk in mail car, cu^ ahout breast and left arm. .1. A. Jdoyer, Washington, mail cleik, side injtlW'd. Calvin Cowai\ colon d, Salisbury, hud cut over left eye. Samuel tioodmau, Salisbury, tnej;? chant, arm and wrist injured. 11. ('. ("'out lie, New York, traveling man, knee hurt. The train containing the injured reached Charlottesville at 7 :U0 but only one -Cowan- was removed to the University Hospital. Attached to the rear of the train was the private car of Myrd Itohiuson, president of th<* Missouri, Jackson iV Kansas City Railway, on his return North from Knoxville. lb* and his party were unhurt. All of the passengers were badly shaken tip. Several^ jumped from tin1 windows while the'cars were running along the ties. Had the ac cident occurred ,">() yards further the tram would have been thrown from a high trestle. The accident was due to a defective rail which is intjposses sion of the crew. The track is badly torn up the length of the train and tralllc will he blocked for the greater pail of the day. ('apt. (). AV. Loving of (;h.'i riot tc, who was conductor on the train. was one of the injured. U? was taken to a hospital in Washing ton. Members of iiis family have been unable to get any details, but it is thought that he is not seriously injured. Bryan Replies to Taft. Lincoln, Neb., Special.?William J. Bryan's icply to the speech of Sec retary Tat'l at Columbia, ()., was giv en out. Secretary Tuft is condemn ed as a ''stra<hller" on nearly ali the important issues, and criticised for not taking advanced ground in re forms. Mr. Bryan complains al.'.o that his own position has been mis represented l>y the Secretary. Mr. Bryan says: ''Secretary *Taft's speech will prove a disappointment to those who expected a clear bugle note in favor of reform. There 11>. not a singlo question on which he takes a strong, ndvanced position. On the railroad question ho is <in frivor of preventing watered stock, opposes the consolidation of compet ing lines and the duplication of direc torates. So far, ho good; but he does not advocate the asertaining of the value of the roads of the reduction of rates. He even defends the Pres ident from tho charge of favoring the reductions made by 'the States The railroads may object to his rhe torical denunciation of abuses, but they will hardly be scared by bis ene mies." Negro Shot Prom Ambush. Reidsville, X. C\, Special.?Henry Turner, colored, while sitting in his back door at tho rear of Morris' How playing with his grandchild, was shot by some on who was concealed in bushes nearby. The ball entered near the left temple and camo out at tho rear of the ear. The damago was not serious. There is no cluo as to who fired tho shot. Absconding Clerk Arrested in West Virginia. Washington, Special.?A dispatch was received at police headquarters Sunday night from Logan, West Vir ginia, gating that James Arthur Kemp," the absconding chief of tin? Washington police department, was arrested there . Kemp <^sappeared July .Mb and examination of liif no counts disclosed *a shortage of about $4,000. An officer left for Logan to bring Kemp here to meet the oliargo of embezzlement. Diet Trem Injuries Received la Aulo Accident Philadelphia, Special.-r&Iaity Gurk died in a hospital from injuries reviv ed on Saturday when a train crashed into an automobile on five-mile beach near Wilwood, killing his father, Har ry J. Gurk, of this eVty, who was driving the machine. Mrs. Gurk, her brother-in-law Walter H. Gurfc and his witc^ who were in the automobile mcimI mm injury. ? ? FLEET SAILS FOB THE PACIFIC IN DECEMBER Official Announcement After a Conference at Oyster Bay. , ROUTE VIA MAGELLAN STRAITS Sixteen Battleships Will Visit Son I'l'muittco and Probably Paget Souiul?lii-iut it iiollte Nut De cided?Evans In Command'. A. BATTLESHIPS FOI1 1'ACIFIO. Sixteen, with (otnLtoiuuigu of 228,000 tons; 055 r? Speed, Tonn.ige. (?uns. knots. Connecticut ..10,000 24 18 Maine 12,500 2<) 18 Kansas 17, tint) 21 18 Vermont 17,?5<) 21 18 Minnesota . ..17,050 21 18 liOiiisian ?, .... 1 <1,000 21 18 Ohio 12,.TOO 24) IS Missouri 12,50(1 2<) 18 Virginia 11,1)18 21 10 (?eoi'Kfa 14,018 21 lf> New Jersey. . . 14,0 18 21 10 Itliode Island .I ,0 18 21 10 Alabama 11,525.- 18 17 Illinois 11,525 18 17 Kentucky ....11,525 22 10 Kcuwarge ...11,525 22 ltl Oyster liny, N. Y.?In an olllclal statement, President Itoosevelt an nounced that tho Atlantic (loot of six teen vessels would mill for the Pacific In December by the Sfralts of Magel lan, and that the time and route of return had not yet been decided. % The President's statement followed a long conference at the Oystor Pay Rummer capital, to which Admiral Evans wan summoned by wireles*} frouv-the Connecticut, which wat* crultung fifty miles off Chesapeake llay. Hesldos Admiral Evans nnd the President, tho conference was par ticipated In by Acting Secretary of tho Navy Newborry, and liear-Ad mlrnl Ilrownson, chief of the Bureau of Navigation. ^ Horo is tho President's official statement: "The conferenco this afternoon be- . tween tho President and th? tfcroo ofllcers of tho Navy waa called t0 de ckle details in connection with tlio' Atlantic lleot going to tho Pacific. Tho floet will consist of slxtoen b%J.tle nhips. It will start some time in De cember. Tho coursa of the fioet will bo through the Strahrf of Magellan, up the Pacific Coast- to San Francisco. , The fleet will also, in all probability, visit. Pit set Sound. -.The question'of, -tho route hy which ft, will return to tho Atlantic has not yet been decided. Tho dostroyor flotilla will leave for tho Pacific about the same time as the battleship fleet, but the destroyers nnd torpedo boats will'toot accompany tho fleet." ? ? ^ 810T8 FIRE TO* HIDE MURDER.4 Farmhand Kills Womnn Employer tn ~ Fit of Jealousy. i Trumbull, Conn.?In a fit of jeaW onsy, because he thought she was going to marny another man, Lucas Koplinsky, a farmhand on the estate of Aaron Mallett. at Tashua Hill, just beyond Long Hill, shot and killed. Miss Lillian Mallett, and to hide his crime set (Ire to the barn connected with the house in which he had slain the woman. Miss Mallett, who 'was flfty-flve yours of age and wealthy: gn the Sun* day beforo buried her father. She waft In the kitchen talking with Kop linsky, when suddenly, according to his own Htatement, he took out a re volver and flrdff two shot* at her, - both taking effect. He says he heard Miss Mallett tell - another farmhand that she would marry him, and Koplinsky says this enraged him. Koplinsky has a wife and family In New Haven, with whom he has not lived for t?n years.; He has worked on the Mallett place for seven years. Mrs. Treadwe.il, ? the next door neighbor, was at the Mallett farm at the time of the shooting, although not on the spot. She was then going to find Miss Mallett wlien she heard the reports of a revolver and saw Koplin sky come out of the shod. She ran to her own homo and gave the alarm. Dr. Setu Hill, another neighbor, found the body of Mlsa Mallett and started the chase after her murderer. He did not make any resistance when overtaken. r r ANGRY HULL KILLS FARMER, Riding (o Pasture When *Jrnte For First Time Showed Ferocity. | Phllllpaburg, N. J.?John it. Van Camp, a well-to-do farmer, living one mild east of Blairstown, rode one of his horses to the Held to bring big cows from the pasture. ?< A A bull which never before had shown any signs of being mad. at tacked the horse, throwing Van Camp to the ground with such vlo lenro that he never regained con sciousness and died a few hours afterward. He was flfty-flve years old and left a widow and several children. Family of Three Burned to Death. ^ While kindling a lira in a stove at ? tlx it- farm house near Mentone, Ind., Mrs. Charles Webster's clothes caught fire. She ran Into the bed* mom wher? her husband and two* yew-oM baby girl were Bleeping. AIT three a^nd the house were turned, XGCriiOKtf FOH FQRAKER. George Republican LengeeDeeleret * . For Dim For President, i* Atlanta, G a.?Resolutions lad ore* ) In* Setatbr Fornker' for ths Presi dency end denouncing the-OtorgSar disfranchisement law were nd^ete^i . at ? rally' of tbs Republican. Bute Leaheld here. 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