The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 24, 1908, Supplement To The Camden Chronicle, Image 5
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SOUTH CAROLINA ITEMS
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N^wsy Items Gathered Frcm the Different Sections o
South Carolina.
HpjUTtAnburg County Swept by Cy
clone.
8pm I anbury Special.? A negro
man *a* killed iu*ar Weal Spring.*.,
uevnra] houses wera blown down and
a number of people were injured
about West Springs, 1'anliue mid
tjonettville. hh the result of a tevrili?
eyqloue which passed through that
section Wednesday between the hours
T of 12 a ud 1 o'clock. The cyclone
cleared everything in its path, uproot
ing giant trees, blowing down dwell
ing* nnd outbuildings and injuring
(juite u number of people. Its path
wart fi ?om west to cast. but wan very
narrow, not being at any point over
44H) feet wide. After passing through
the lands of Dr. Chan. Jeffrie#, four
miles east of Jonesville, the eyclone
'? took a northeastelv direction towards
C..1U shoals on the I'acolet river and
-rW#8 seen no more.
A young negro man by the name of
Hunter, living with his mother on/?
i?ile t rom West Springs, was kille<l
by the house being blown down (in
hiui. His mother had an arm and a
.. leg broken;
m. The home of Mrs. F. 1\ West near
West Springs was partial'#/ destroyed
by the cyclone, but no one was injur
ed.
The blacksmith shop of Herbert &
foiens, near West Springs, was lifted
l*3iip and set down 400 feet away. There
r&were several men in the shop at the
/time seeking shelter, but the w>id
'j/Ufted ? their eovering and enrried it
? fiway, leaving them standing, amid
.the anvils and forges.
> The c.yelone did great damage just
^ihfelow Jonesville in the way of dc
?t roying property, but there was no
?J loss of life. Several persons were in
r^-jured but none of them are thought
??fo be fatally hurt. The home of .1. ('.
|r^S|>eais, witji the exception of the din
? fug room, was totally destroyed. Mr.
fc? Spears, his wife and his daughter,
pMney,, were all more or less injured by
f- falling timbers.
The barn of W. H. Fowler and his
well house were blown Home hundred
U vards away. Several mulcK were in
I lie stable at the time, lint none of
\them injured.
Tiie dwelling of W. F. Ilames was
destroyed* end he and his wife nnd
daughter were seriously injured. Miss
Haines, who is 15 years old, had her
collarbone broken. There was a wag
m standing in the yard and it was
lifted several hundred feet, striking
the earth with such . force, that it
was broken to pieces.
Reports from (ilenn Sprinys. Roe
buck and Paeoli-t state tlmt there was
but very little wind at those places.
No report has been received from
Pauline, but it is understood . consid
erable damage was wrought in that
vicinity. ?A gentleman from Spar
tanburg. who was on the road be
tween West Springs and Glenn
Springs just before the storm,
states that the rain fell in torrents
'3;j' nnd the roadways were cut up so
badly that travel was almost impo>
?ib'e,. A telegraphic report from
r\f- -Joneeville about the cyclone, says:
"A cyclone passed over a section
about a mile south of Jonesville
? about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, do
inir considerable damage. A bouse
belonging to Mr. J. ('. Spears was
?: wrecked and Mr. Spears was badly
~ injured bv t'ae falling timbers. Mr.
W. 15. Fowler's barn and well bouse
were blown some hundred yards away.
"M. W. F. Haines' dwelling was also
badly wrecked, he and his wife being
more or loss injured by the wreckage.
Tree j. fences and outhouses suffered
considerable 'damage in the wake of
the cyclone. The storm travelled
from west to east for a distance of
ervyrroi rnilos. but was very narrow."
Mr. r. P. Giles Dead.
Lancaster, Special. ? Mr. Frank P.
tiiles died suddenly at his home here
Wednesday about 10 o'clock. Mr
(iiles was enjoying his accustomed
good health a few minutes before and
attended to his business Tuesday as
usual. He was taken, with a violent
coughing spell about 10 o'clock and
died in about five minutes. He prob
ably burstcd a blood vessel.
?'or a JNcw Shipping Company.
Charleston. - S|>ecial. ? The certifi
cate of the charter of the Charleston
Transatlantic Shipping company was
recorded' rft the office of the register
of monse conveyance. The capital
stock is $(>0,000. Tho company pro
poses to operate a lino of steamers
between Charleston and , Liverpool
and Bremen, carrying chiefly cotton
out of Charleston. John .F. Maybank
is the chief promotor of the steam
ship line and as has been stated, the
prospects are bright for the success
- of the venture, especially with the ar
rangements which have been made
for a larger business at the port.
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;? Dirpsnscry Wins In Aiken Oonnty.
Aiken, Special.? The election, held
here last week as to dispensary or
prohibition, resulted in a Victory for
the ?ounty dispensarjr by a very
small majority. With all bat three
small boxes heard from the dispen
sary has a lead of Snd it i? prob
ablc the other three;. boxes will mn
v the majority up to lOO or n>oro. Oreat
interest was taken in the election alt
over the county.
; Winthrop Dormitory to be Ercctcd
Hhoruy.
Columbia, Special. ? The Winthrop
college board of trustee* met in the
J office of (iov, Ansel to consider the
plans for the dormitory to he erected
J shortly . The last general assembly
appropriated #24,000 for 1008 and the
same amount for 11)00 which, with
$12, (MM) given by the pea body edu
catioual board, will enable the trus
tees to erect a dormitory for '200 ad
ditional pupils. The board Thurs
! day appointed a building committee,
'consisting of Mr. W. J. Koddey of
Hock Hill, President Johnson and
State (Superintendent Martin.
ttumtor Municipal Election.
Sumter, Special.? The regular citv
eleclion was held for mayor and
' aldermen. Tl^g regular nominees of
the recent Democratic primary were
I elected. Commissioner of Public
Works H. L. Edmunds was elected
without opposition. The following
are the members of the incoming city
council elected: Mayor, W. B. Boyle;'
aldermen from Ward 1, Hugh ('.
Haynsworth, Willie Bultman; alder
men from Ward 2 Henry 1).' Barnett.
R. J*. Haynsworth; aldermen from
Ward '1, J. R. Ligoii, R. L. Wright:
aKermen from Ward 4, Walter (I
Stubbs, P. P. Finn.
The Peabody Board.
Columbia. Special. ? Prominent ed
ucators throughout the State have
for some days considered the appoint
ment of a South OaroHnian to till
the vacancy on the Peabody edu
cational board created bv the death
of William A. Courtenay. The faith
ful work of Capt. Courtnav on this
board was responsible largely for tfot
re<'ognit ioiv of several of the institu
tions in this State and it is the de
sire of those prominent in educational
circles to have this State represented
in the appointment of a successor
Several have suggested the name ol
Oov. Ansel for the place hut it is not
known yet who will he named, the.
jnattor of supplying the vacancy be
ing. left with the board.
New Hotel For Gaffney.
Gaffney, Special. ? Messers. C, (J.
Parish. .1. A. Carroll. Z. A. Robertson,
j I ). C. Phillips and J. II. Curry have
decided t?? erect a modern, np I < > dattf
I hotel building for Gaffney. The capi
tal stock will be $2">.0UU, $10,000 ol
' which has been subscribed and the
| rest is in sitrht. as a number of. mer
' chants and business men of the city
| have indicated their willingness to as
| sist in the Enterprise. The building
will be located on the corner of Rob
erson and Greuard streets, near the
? pansenger station and is an ideal lo
cation for a hotel on account of .its
proximity to the passenger station as
j well as to the business section of the
city.
C. E. Mfi,y Declared Elected.
Edgefield, Special. ? Hon. ('. E.
May was declared elected mayor of
Edgefield and was installed in office.
Col. \V. P. Calhoun, his opponent has
given notice that he will contest the
election.
Magistrate at Gadsden.
Columbia, Special. ? Gov. Ansel last
week appointed Julian B. Weston as
magistrate at Gadsden. Mr. Weston
takes the place of F." E. Williams.
. who has resigned, and the appoint
ment is made on recommendation of
jthe Richland delegation.
Jfoung Man Drowned.
Spartanburg, Special. ? P. Kirby,
I aged 18 years, was drowned in the
upper pond at Pacolet mills Saturday
afternoon between the hours of f> and
(i o'clock, while shooting ducks. The
! bodv was discovered about ?) o'clock
; Saturday night and an inquest was
; held Sunday by Coroner Turner. The
jjtirv returned a verdict of death from
[accidental drowning.
Laurens Oldest Citizen Dead.
Laurens, Special. ? Mr. Allen
.Motes, Laurens county's oldest citi
' zen, so far as can bo ascertained,
I died last week at his home near Mad
! den, five miles from the city. The de
ceased was born in 1813 and was,
| therefore, 95 years old at the time of
his death. He ifyjnrvived by his s?c
i on J wife, who was n Mrs. Lovine.
He never had any ' children. lie
J owned a small homo and hore he
spent hi* entire life, one of upright
n*r* and respectability. . V.
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May Ideuo Sends. *
Fort Mill, Special.? Fort Mill ii
considerably stirred up just now -ovel
the question of issuing: bonds. An ej
ection to decide whether or not $10
000. in bonds shall be -imwed ? to htfile!
a new school house has heen t>rdcfe<\
| by the trustees of the district. A p
! tition is also beinp: circulated A skin f
: the city, council to order ait ulcctio'
for the purpose * of 'htrthtfrfltng th
; issue of $10,000 in bonds for the put
J pose, of making street improvements
frightful Railway Accident in
Australia .
GREAT SUFFERING RESULTED
Australian Trains Collide Killing
Forty-One and Iujuring Sixty Oth
ers ? Fire Almost Consumes Wreck
age.
Melbourne, Australia, By Cable.?
Two trains from Hallarat and Hendi*
Ko, respectively, collided late Mon
day night at Biaybrook junction,
about M miles from Melborne, 41 per
sons being killed and <50 injured. The
Uendi^o train, with two heavy en
gines. crashed into the rear of the
Hallarat. train. Five rars of the lat
ter ^rain were wrecked,. The wreck
age took f|re and was almost com
pletely consumed. Many of the
bodies were unrecoguixtlble when re
covered.
The Hcndigo train buffered hut lit
tle damage but the two engines were
piled on top of the rear coaches of
the other train. Terrible scenes fol
lowed the accident, many of the in
jured being caught in the wreckage
and with difliculty rescued. It was
a long time before doetors and nurse#
arrived on the scene mid as a conse
quence intense buffering prevailed
among the injured.
For Release of Thaw.
Poughkeepsie. N. V., Special. ? Tlio
lira! step in procee. liners looking' to
I ho release of Harry K. Thaw from
the State asylum for the State ? in
Kune at Matteawan. was taken Mon
thly. James (}. (iraham. of Newbury,
appeared as Thaw's counsel before
Justic# Morsehauser. of the New
York State Supreme Court at White
Plains, aiul applied for an order di
recting the superintendent of the asy
lum to permit Thaw to sign an appli
cation for n writ of habeas corpus.
The order wan promptly issued and
it probably will he served at once.
According to the usual procedure in
such cns?>? Thaw will sign the appli
cation for ? writ u? habeas corpus
which will then be submitted to a
justice of the Supreme Court for a
hearing to determine, whether he
should be released from the asylum
as sane. Probably this hearing will
brt held before .Justice Morschauser
a! Ponghkec psie. This method of ob
taining the release of a prisoner at
the Stale asylum is usually taken
when ihc State lunacy commission is
unwilling to declare' that the prison
er is sane.
Young Man Kills His Sister.
Winston-Salem. N. C., Special. ?
News reached here of a most deplor
able tragedy near (Jermantown,
Stokes county, when Oscar Tut
tle, aged 22 years, son of Mr. John
II. T nt tie. a highly respectable citi
zen and a prosperous farmer, shot
and kil'ed his sister. Miss Mollie, who
was 28 years old. The brother en
tered a room where his sister was en
gaged in making the bed and without
warning shot her in the back with a
single barrel shotgun, the entire load
taking effect. Death resulted
instantly. ?
Abstainers in Session.
Hudson, Special ? With the
celebration of high mass, followed by
a parade through the streets of the
villnge, the thirty-second animal
convention of the Catholic Total Ab
stainenee Union of the archdiocese of
Boston was opened here Monday;
Plans will be made for the extension
of the temperance work of the union
among the Catholics of Boston and
vicinity.
Cypress Lumbar Company Closes
Down.
Albany, Special. ? The Red
Cypress Lumber Company, at Preto
ria, nenr here, a $-100,000 concern, is
being closed down .the purpose being
to j*o into liquidation. The big new
pine mill has nlreadv closed down and
the hip cypress mill closes down at
onoe. Over 400 employes will bo
thrown out of work.
Excitemcnt Among Nejroea.
Spartanburg, S. C., Special ? There
was great excitement here among the
colored peoplfe over the report' that a
4-year-ohl colored girl had been crim"
innllv assaulted by a colored man.
Hundreds of negro men and worn eft
gathered at the, hour-o where the al
leged assault is said to have occur
red and the negroes, with several po
lice officers, instituted a search for
the man. A physician was called in
and after a eonsyltation with him it
waa learned that no crime had been
committed.
Naval Stqrc fclant Eunicd.
. Yaldosta, Ga., Special ? The South
ern Naval Stores Distilling Com
pany's plant near horc wo* hurnrt<1
lestheetg Bop v ROatV MFWPP
Monday afternoon. Loss abou.' ?41
000; insurance^?, 000. Tl" *m"*' '??
%^pos?d to haVn eausrlit frr>"?
*?nark from ^h? smoVa *f*cL\ 1!
M.int was owtTed rHffly h" noT**"^**
?npitnlists. It l-??t
Sunday and had partly b~cn reWlf.
CONGKESS Al WORK ?
Do&g? of Our NatloiuU Uw MUert
Day by Day
Tli?* agricultural appropriation bill
which was reported to the Senate by
the committee on agriculture pro
vide# for a number of important in
vestigations. The hill as reported to
the Senate carries $1 l,t>-t2,H0, an in
oreaae of $Ki!),!i-iO over the amount
of the bill as it was parsed by the
House.
The Senate commit tee recommeiid
ed an appropriation of $ 1 0.4)00 for
co-operation between the Department
of Agriculture and the reclamation
secvico in demonstrating the feasi
bility of crop production on lands
under the latter service. Another
item of $10,000 was recommended for
the purpose of securing hardy forage
plants from Siberia for use on the
northcr?i portion of the great plains
area,
Of the appropriation for demon
strating the best' methods of meeting
the ravages of the cotton b<?ll weevil
? 10,000 is made immediately avail
able.
An amendment was made by the
committee to the provision in regard
to fixing definite grades of grain so
that such grades when fixed shall be
come the oDIeial standards for the
grading of grain.
Vroeland Measure Lost.
Tlu> House committee on bunking
and currency voted to lay on (In*
table the llnaneiul hill offered by Hep
resentative Kdward It. Vreelaud, of
New York, us a substitute fur the
Aldrjch hi!! and decided to report
favorably the hill reeently introduced
by Chairman Fowler, providing for a
currency commission to consist of 4 'I
members, 11 members of the Senate,
11 members of I he House and 21 oth
? wi-whfl must h* citizen*-***'- the- Fnit*
ed State.
The action of the committee was
taken late in the afternoon, after a
meeting lasting all day. Representa
tives Vreeland appeared l>efore the
committee and made a long argument
in favor of his hill, saying he thought
it would he criminal negligence for
j i 'ongress to adjourn without passing
some measure of protection in the
event of another panic this fall. lie
did uot, however, think that a panic
was imminent. /iV. Vroeland said
tlm* his bill was an emergency meas
ure only, and he favored the appoint
ment, of a currency commission to
consider a permanent banking and
currency law.
Naval Bill is Reported.
After consideration of less than
two hours the Senate committee on
naval affairs Mond:vv reported the
I naval appropriation bill to the. Sen
ate, Jt '-carries $11 1 ,54(1.540, an in
crease of $7.579.0.11 over the amount
of the bill as it was passed by the
house,
On the battleship construction pro
gramme the Senate committee adopt
ed the. policy of the i I oust;, making no
change in the pi-tvision for two ves
sels. The President \s message advo
cating the construction of four bat
tleships was not considered, as it was
known that the committee was unani
mously opposed to that programme.
Concerning the construction' of col
lier;-. a provision was ineoroprated in
the bill that one should be built on
the Pacific coast, which . means ^iare
Island Navy Yard. An appropriation
of $1,800,000 whs made for the pur
chase of three colliers eonstructcd by
the Fore River Shipbuilding Com
pany. Othet important amendments
were made as follows :
Amendments to Bill.
Increase of 20 per cent in the pay
of officers of the navy and civilian
professor# and instructors at .the
naval academy, and of 10 per cent
in the pay of the enlisted force,
$3,553,000 ; an increase of the pay of
professors of mathematics,' construc
tors' corp< and civil engineer corps
to equal that of officers of the -same
rank in the medical and pay corps.
$10,150.
For public works, additional ap
propriations were made a? ? follows:
Portsmouth. N. IT., $00,000; Nor
folk, Va., $200,000: Puget Sound,
$140,000; Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Is.
Inn-Is. for naval station and dry dock.
$1,000,000;" Charleston. $.12,000; ma
rine corps. $05,000. The appropria
tion for the marine corps, exclusive
of public works, aggragtes $021,143.
Fire in Alabama Town.
Eutaw, Ala., Special. ? Fire which
broke out in the store of the. Eutaw
Drug Company did damage estimat
ed at about $40,000. Every building
on tho block fronting Prairie street
and running; from Boligee to Clinton,
was destroyed. There was no insur
ance. Tho stores bnrned were: C.
.Teary, F. P. Jnrvis, "William R. Maw
and J. II. Harris. B. D. Palmer, liar
wood & McKinlev, T. G. I/A'mW '
?ry stable ; \V. \V. Holly, D. W. Dun- j
can.
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. Urison Asiong Steel KaynatCB.
Hoboken, Spceial. ? There was no
trouble at the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the United States
Storl Corporation hero ,nnd the re
port that a committee nf stockholders
would attack the present administra
tion proved unfounded. There . wa?.
but one ticket in the. field for election,
composed of the present board, all of
whom Tvera ije-clccted.
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quality i? 3'4c. per quart
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Creamery? -Weaiem, e*tru * *?8 "211*
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We*>tern? Firvla ... .. 151,466
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Uoose eggs ..... 00 (df
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Ueese, per lb 5
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WHAT Til K HAH VESTS CAN DO
l'niiit1 Averted in 1801 by Immense
' Wheat Crops.
New York City. ? What a lucky
harvest can do by way of averting
panic and panic depression was shown
in -1-891. This country was then be
ginning lo feel the full effect of the
London crash of November, 1890.
We were heavily in debt to England,
England had to call back Its cupltai
to provide Tor needs at home, and a
heavy drain on our gold supply had
begun. Our currency waB making
trouble, and the Treasury was get
ting rapidly Into a tangle. There aro
many who to-day believe that panic
would have come that year, but fot
the harvest of 1831. Europe's wheal
crop ran short no less than 150,000,
ooo bushels in 18'JO, and in the tac?
of this the Lulled States produced, by
the commercial estimate, 250,000,000;
bushels mot;e than 1S90, and at least
100,000,000 bushels more than we;
had ever previously raised. The re
sult was an enormous export, a .quick
reversal of the foreign exchanges,
import of $OU,000,000 gold, revival
of business confidence, and postpone
ment of the panic for two years.
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The Short Crop in Cuba.
The Cuban crop of 1,428,000 torn
of sugar last year was so large and
ytat tne unexploited areas of sugat
land in that country are so great, that
all concerned were left lu doubt as to
what the posslblecrop this year would
be. 4 The limit of crop production in
Cuba for somo years has seemed to
be the limit of available labor. This
year, however, nature has Intervened
with a great drought, and the crop
now promises to bo less than esti
mated.
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W<**t and South l'/rtpfr,
Dispatches from tiia We At and
South are mo?t lavt>?able as to the
general commercial pituatloii, a few I
cities reporting the volume of buat
n ess fully equal to last year's, and
those fltat?kiiv?ita ar.* supported by
bauK exchange.
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of <?'r.rd Time*. -
New "Voru wnui?i.i.e?-'?ia.)?.?hmems
report ttrrf tlr?y vntd soods to more
country ; ftpvJKg the last four
weeks than at r.u> pluvious tiuio in
uiany y?ar*.
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MAO ELEPHANT KILLS WOMAN
Gores Her With His Tusks and
Tramples Her Body.
Beared It. v Explosion, Clear* Knuihvuy
I'm' it Milt*, DemolUlies Iturlwr
Shop, Wrecks Dry UootU Miore.
I Riverside, CM. ? A bull elephant
driven mad with four following the
explosion of several i a 11 k m of oil in
iIih Standard oil Company'# storage
plant hero killed h woman, seriously
Injured three men, partially wrecked
the ground floor of 1 1??* Hotel Glou
wood and kept the wholo town, undor
siege for several hours.
Mlna Klla Uibbs, u deaconosn of the
Klrht Congregational Church, who
camo to Riverside three years ugo
from Chicago, wan the woman Killed.
Tho elephant gored her with his tusks
and trampled her under h i? feet.
A circuit hud net up on tho out
skirts of town three blocks from the
oil tanks and the aftornonu'a perfor
mance w?h about to begin when a
barrel of oil on a delivery wagon
driven by J. J. Wormier exploded' in
side llu> Standard eompauy'H yard*.
Wormaor was hurled Into the air and
bin clothing caught ttro from the
blaze. While rescuer* were ex
tlnqulshing the lire in the man's
clothing Beveral other barrels of oil
went off and tho tlumea apread to a
largo oil tank, which blew up before
(he tire companies could get to the
scene.
At the bound of the "cig explosion
the elephant* in the circuit menagerie
began to trumpet and strain at their
chains. The keeper* tried to quiet
them, and other circus attaches has
tily cleared tho arena of tho poople
who had taken their seats there. Be
fore the tent was cleared the herd of
olephanta broke tholr fastenings and
charged through tho side of tho men
agerie tent out Into the open fields.
The beasts, headed by one big tuaKer,
ranged through orchard* in the vi
cinity, breaking fences and tipping
i over shedB and farm machinery.
After hard work and an exhibition
of fine daring the circvjs men man
aged to round up all the elephants
but the big leader. Ho grew madder
with every minute of freedom. Turn*'
lug into a turnpike leading to town
he ran toward the contro of tho city,
causing a general rout among all
tho vehicleB there. After running a
mile the mad elephant turned into
tho courtyard of the Olenwood, one
of the neweBt and beHt known of tho
California winter hotels.
MIhs tiibbn hnppened to bo cross
ing the open Spanish court of tho
hotel. The elephant suw her and
charged. The terrified woman had
no opportunity to find a doorway.
She wuh caught by tho animal's
ti?nkn, pinr.ed against tho wail of the
hotel and gored and trampled so
badly that she tiled within a few
minutes.
After Iho elephant had killed tho
woman he seemed to be possessed
with greater fury. I). P. Chapman, |
ono of the hotel gueRtH who had run ;
Into tho court to Miss Glbbs' assist
ance, was picked up in the elephant's
trunk and thrown violently to one
aide. ...He managed to crawl away out
of further danger, although several
ribB were broken by tho fall. After
tossing Chapman tho mad beast
walked through the door of the hotel
barber shop, carrying the frame with
him.
Ho waded through the shop, leav
ing wreckage behind him, crossed
the main street of the town and
smashed his way into a dry goods
Btore. Here he trampled a clerk,
though not. Berioualy, and leaving tho
store ran down tho street to a livery
stable.
There the circtiB men, who had
been In hot pursuit of the runaway
with fdur of the quieter elophants
of tho herd, managed to get the wild
fellow in a corner and chain him.
I but not before on? man was thrown,
the entire town was in terror and the
local police force were preparing to
turn out with riot guns.
The oil Are which had started tho
i trouble burned 60,000 gallons of" oil
i before the flames were checked, at a
'total loss of $10,000.
Miss Gibbs, who was killed, was a
well known worker in the Japanese
and Chinese missions hero and had
done much to help penniless con
sumptives who come here from the
East seeking a cure.
DUCHESS IGNORED DUKE.
Consuelo Gave Him No, Glance of
Recognition in Paris.
Paris, France. ? The Duchess of
Marlborough Is spending a week in
Paris at the Hotel France Choisene,
while tho Duke Is here on hia way to
Reaulleu to visit Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Wilson.
The Duke and the Duchess dined
In different parties at tho Ruiz. Their
simultaneous presence excited the ut
most curiosity as to whether any
glance of recognition would pass, but t
they appeared to-be the only two peo- I
pie In the room unaware of each oth- ?
er's presence. The Duchesa left first
to go to the theatre, and while two
members of her party saluted the
Duke as they passed out she swept
by w4th delightful unconsciousness of
his presence.
The DuchesB' friends here say the
Duke Is now desperately anxious for
a reconciliation, finding his present
anomalous position Irksome and dis
agreeable. His ambition Is to become
Viceroy of Ireland, like .his grand
father, under the next Tory govern
ment. hut It will be Impossible un
less he is reconciled with his wife.
.
. Cuspidors For Street Can.
The West Virginia State Board of
Health paased an order requiring that
cnspldors shall be provided for all'
railroad coaches and street cars. The
order applies also to theatres.
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Forestry Bill (Jnooastl^UionJil.
The report of Chairman Jenkins,
declaring unconstitutional the Appa
! hiehian-Whlte Mountain Foatery bilk
was submitted to the House JudlcUry
| Committee, at Washington.
DEMOCRATIC CHION
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'"?"J"1 9 1 ? ?
Now York's Delegates Go to
Denver Uninstructed.
llir> Mrf'arrrtt Men From T?'? Hli*
tiUt*. With MvCm-ren at Head*
Oiutcd After u Fi?l?t.
New York City.? Charles V. MyftW
j>hy and his nlly, William J. Cu^M
leaders of tho Democratic Vt$n
(ho State, weeded Patrick
rt'ii out of the organ IzatUuljfl
of tho most sensational
BUte convention eve; held
tftate, It followed a dramatic ap^?
pyaranco of Senator McCarren be
fore the convention, in which be
hurled defiance at Tammany and
threatened It* disruption.
On? of the moat exciting episode*
occurred at midnight, when more
than two Hcoro delegates rushed to
tho platform of Oarnesrle Hall, and,
with shot! Its of "Gag rule! " and "Out
rage! " (Uuuuiidud their rights.
They declared aubstltutlon had
been made In the list of the new Statj?
Committee and that the Murphy-Con**
nera combination had seized absolute
control of the organization.
The chairman announced that the
convention, instead of the Senate dis
tricts, would choose the delegate*. ?
This precipitated a riot. Delegates
rushed toward the platform to assault
tho chairman. Mr. Carmody, of
Yates, who wan presiding, broke hi*
gavel. The serg<?ant-at-aruiB and hla .
assistants were k rooked down.. .JTha
reporters and their tables were over
turned. Half tho policemen seemed
to bo afraid to molest anybody or to
take aides. In the middle of all the
disorder the chairman announced the
resolution carried that the convention
should name tho State Committee
men from the Twenty-seventh, Thir
ty-sixth, Fortieth and Fiftieth Senate
i DlaUieU. More than 100 jdeleg&twf .
were on their feet protesting. The
secretary called tho roll while the
crowd clamored and Carmody de
I clared that tho resolution was car
ried through, 26 4 to 128. Then he
said the convention was adjourned.
It was the most sensational Demo
cratic State Convention held since
Van Wyck was nominated for Gov
ernor agalnsf Theodore Roosevelt, In
189 8.
After much trouble and many dec
linations from prominent Democrats,
these four delegates-at-large were se
lected:
Alton n. Parker, Lewis Nixon,
Charles F. Murphy and Charles
Kroob.
Alternates-at-large, JameB B. ;~
Schwntzonbach, Steuben; Francis K.
Pendleton, Now York; George H,
Thacher, Albany; William P. Raffer- '
ty, Syracuse. . ;?/ '
Nathnu Straus, of this city, and W.
If. Fltzpatrlck, were selected aB elec
tors-at-largo, District delegates from
the thlrty-BRvon Congress districts,
were selected by their delegates.
Under tho Instructions of the con
vention the seventy-eight delegates
i from Now York to tho Denver conven
tion will vote ns a unltand as directed
by Murphy and Connors.
Tho State Convention's resolutions r
commlttae flatly refused even 00
much as to consider a Bryan resolu
tion.
Harry W. Walker, one ol Bryan's
most enthusiastic supporters In New
York, declared he would issue a call
for another State convention to send
a contesting delegation to Denver.' ^
SHOOTS OBSTINATE DAUGHTER ?
Ah She Bits at 1'inno, Then Kills Flim
self in Ashcville School For OlHs.
Asheville, 1 N. C.? Dr. C. 0~ Swi&L *
ney, formerly of New York, who cams .
hero from Marion, N. C., about \W9.?
weeks ago to Visit his daughter, Nel
lie, a sixteen-year-old student at thSL
Normal and Collegiate InHtltute,
called 011 his daughter at the college ...
While tho two were alone in *
ception room anH Nellie was At the
piano playing, Swlnney fired three
shots at her and then fired a fourth
shot through his own head, 'killing
himself inBtantly.
Miss Swlnney was picked up un*
conscious and is believed to be fatally
Injured, two of the shotB having taken
effect in her head.
Miss Swlnney, who is considered
the prettiest girl In the -college, had
been receiving attentions from young
men contrary to her father's wishes.
Ho had remonstrated with her, but t
to no purpose. During their talk h*
the afternoon Nellie grew Impatient
and commenced playing the piano. -
"COL." WARD SENTENCED AGAIN.
At Agt? of Seventy-four He Begins
Another Prison Terra in Boston.
Boston, Mass. ? "Colonel" Daniel
S. Ward, wbo for fifty year* has been
one of the most picturesque and In
teresting characters in ths criminal
history of the United States, was sen
tenced In the Superior Court to two
and a half year I Is the State prison
for forgery, and at th* age of seventy*
four will commence Ms eighth or
ninth prison term* ;
The "Colonel" commenced his pri
son career In 1868, when he was ar?
rested in New York during the draft
riots with two other men for plotting
to burn the city. His confederates
were executed, bat Wsrd was par*
doned by President Linooln.
Iron and Steel Dull.
Manufacturing conditions are IlttlO f
altered, about fifty per cent, of tk*
iron and atoel producing capacity
being in operation.
BARS BETTING IN WASHINGTON*
Senate Passes Bill Thai Also ITlhpi
lnates Poker Playing.
Washington, D. C. ? The Senats
rushed through a bill aimed to put
an end to betting at a local race traek. -
It li broad and it eliminates the Con- -
gresslonal poker party, and nrohlblta
bridge t whist, of which the Congres
sional women are fond.
The House had already passed tb*
measure. >
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