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CAMDEN VOLUME XI. CAMDEN, S. C.. KiU DAY, MAY 29. 1'tOH. ? ^3 iNO. '21. SOUTH CAROLINA ittMS Newsy Items Gathered Frcfti the Different Sections of South Carotins. Democratic State Convention Columbia, Special. ? The Demo* or?tie State eouvention wa* held here Wednesday. The two uioat importaut matters before the convention were the instruction of t he delegated ' to the National convention and the elec tion of these delegate*. United States Senator Benj. >K. Tillman wan elected by acclamation und made chairman of the South Carolina del egation, notwithstanding the fact lie id now on the high seas en 'route to Europe and will not return to America until long after the Denver convention. United States Senator Frank B. Gary of Abbeville wan also elected by acclamation . The other i.wo members of the "big four" are Col. II. 11. Watkins of Anedaon and Oep. Wilie Jones of Columbia. The four alternates at large are: Hon. W. P. Stevenson of Cheraw ,I)r. K. F. Smith, of Pickens, John IJ. CJrace of Charleston and Col. T. B. Crews of Laurens. By resolution of the con vention, Hon. W. F. Stevenson, hav ing received the highest number of voteg cast for any candidate for al ternate at large will (ill (he vacancy on the delegation caused by the ab synco of Senator Tillman. By a de cisive vote the delegation was in structed to vote solidly for the nomi nation of Bryan for presidential can didate of the Democratic party. THE PLATFORM. . Adopted by the State Democratic Convention. We, the Democratic* party of South Carolina, in convention assembled, re affirm our failh in the fundamental and historic principles of the party of - Thomas Jefferson and call to the na tion to again put its trust in the party of individual libert y and of ' ' equal "rights all and special privileges to tion?. " We favor the exercise by the gener al government of all its constitutional authority for the prevention of mo nopoly and for the regulation of in terstate commerce; we insist that fed ' era'l remedies shall be added to, and not substituted for, State remedies. Wo denounce as revolutionary the policy of the Republican party, that the powers of the general government should be extended by judicial con structions. A private monopoly is indefensible and intolerable. We, therefore, favor the vigorous enforcement of the crim inal law against trusts and trust mag nates ,and demand the enactment of such additional legislation M may be necessary to make it impossible tor a private monopoly to exist in the Unitod States. We favor an immediate revision of the tariff by the reduction of import duties, and we denounce as hypocriti cal the promise of the Republican party to enact such legislation after the elections. Articles entering into competition with articles controlled by trusts should be placed upon the froe li% ; material reduction should be made in the tariff upon the neces saries of life. Our present financial condition show the urgent necessity for a more elastic currency system. The Democratic party of the nation should pledge, the pcoplc.tbat if plac ed in power it will cnact prompt but conservative legislation to relieve the present conditions. Wo favor the enactment of a fair and just employers' liability law. We sympathize! with the effrrte p'j? Attempted Suicide. (Jaffney, Special. ? Lelia Morrow, a young woman who has passed through much trouble in her short lifetimo. attempted suicide here last week by throwing herself into the lake. Her actions attracted the attention of a gentleman who watched her and drew her out of the water in time to save her life. * Hailstorm in Society Hill. Society Hill, Special. ? A terriflo hailstorm swept over Society Hill and continued nearly an hour. The hail stones covered the ground like snow and drifted into heaps several inches deep. It was the largest that has ever been witnessed here. Some of tho stones were as large as hickory nuts. Tho damage to corn, cotton, gardens, vines, shrubbery and trees is great. The extent of damage can not at this time be estimated with accu racy. War E&zle Company Form ad. Greenville, Special. ? Books of anb scription to the capiUl stock, $50,000, of the War Eagle Hydraulic Mining company were opened at the Ameri can bank. The stock is placet! at a share and tho officers of the com pany are : Dr. T. C. Stone, president ; Henry Briggm, vice president; Dr. E. W. Carpenter, secretary -treasurer; F. L. Plaisance, general manager. forth for the reclamation of the arid land* of the Weet und the use of irri gation in the development of the country, and upon the saote princi ple we also favor the reclamation of awatnp lands. We favor the preser vation of the forces still remaining and the replanting of the denuded districts in all our mountain ranges, as well as the foreststion of Ihe west ern pains. ' We urge liberal appropriations for the improvement and deveopment of the interior waterways, believing that 4ueh expenditures will return a large .divided in lessened cost of transpor tation. We favor the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people, und regard this reform the gateway to other national reforms. We favor a federal law compelling the fullest publicity in the matter of contributions to the national cam paign funds of all the parties and would call the attention of the na ? tion to the failure of the Republican I party to enact such legislation as ? proof of the correctness of the 'charges made on the eve of the las'. election by the Democratic nominee for president that the Republic ???: (??j>itv had received assistance fr >111 I I corporations desiring to control the policies of the national government in their own interest. Wo welcome ^Uiahoma to the terhood of States and heartily 0011 t'nitulate her upon the auspicious b" g:nning of a gi'iat erneer. We fa\ ?r 8 Mir rate statchnd for Arizona *?nd New Mexico md demand for the pe ? pie of Puerto Hieo the full enjoy ment of the rights and privileges of :a territorial form of government. To Borrow Full I.imit. Columbia, Special. ? -The State j Treasurer's office expects to be forced I to borrow the full limit of half a mil lion dollars allowed by law this year, 'owing to the heavy appropriations , and the fact that the. amounts bor ' rowed last year, $3f)0,000 had to be paid in January, making a big hole ( in the winter tax receipts. So far ' already $'200,000 has been borrowed, I on notes payable next January, and I within sixty days it will likely be i necessary to borrow from $lf)0,000 to $250,000 according to the demands jthat may be made upon the office be tween now and the 1st of July. The I amount of next borrowing will de i pend largely upon how Winthrop, the I South Carolina University and the Citadel call for their special appro priations of $30,000 each. Consider ing business conditions the interest paid on these notes is exceedingly small, less than 5 per cent., the same as paid last year. The borrowing is being done through the Palmetto .Bank, of this citv. I An Unusual Court Order. i Columbia, Special. ? In tlio ease of Will Foster, under sentence of death at Spartanburg for the murder of a white man named John Young, the Supreme Court filed an unusual order, granting suspension of the appeal in tho ease in order to allow Foster's at torneys to move for a new trial in the Circuit Court, on the ground that one of the jurors, Jesse Mahaffev, j said before the trial that he would convict the. negro regardless of the testimony. There were several affi davits from persons who heard him make this statement, although Ma haffey declares that he was only jest ing. Mahaffey is a former member of the legislature and a Methodist Treacher. ( ? Yam Mill Has Resumed Operations. Yorkville, Special ? The Neelv Yarn Mill at this place resumed operations Monday, after having been closed down for ono week. The two other mills, the York and the Tavora, have been closed down for several weeks and it is not known when either will resume. The mill at Clover has also I resumed on full time. Big Brent For Conway. Conway, Special ? The Independent Republic of Horry on Friday cele brated the completion and occupancy of its beautiful new court house and substantial jail building. The day | marked a new epoch in the life and development of this rich and fertile j county. For the first time in the I county's history a governor of the 'State was present as a specially in cited guest, and there were other dis tinguished persons in attendance for I the greatest event the county has ever 1 known. Shipping Fruit by the Car Load. Columbia, Special. ? The Southern Express company is being heavily taxed to move the shipment* ojf peaches, beana, etc., from the truck- J ing section of the State lying betwaan 1 Columbia and Savannah and between Columbia and Augusta. The peaeh crop is about ten days earlier this] season that last and the prospects for a heavy crop aro promising. II FAILS 10 HI HII MSI Loses In His Application - for Release from Asylum ? WILL CONTINUE HIS EFFORTS The Justice Declare* That the Com mitment Waa Constitutional and That Thaw i* Still Ineaue, His Men I tal Disorder Being *o Manifest aw to Render Him Unfit for Freedom. Poughkecpsie, N. Y., Special. ? ' i Justice Morclmuser filed u decision! Monday declaring Hurry Thaw to be still insane and refusing to release him from Nlatteawan on Labcas cor i |)Ub proceedings. The <sit i t was brought on the grounds that Thaw is not now j insane and that his commitment was unconstitutional. Justice declares it to be constitutional, saying that so long as an appeal is possible, the law should not be called invalid unless unconstitutionality is plain. Review ing the testimony heard before hiiu he says that Thaw's mental disorder is so manifest as to render him unfit for freedom. Thaw will not be reconi* milled, however, until a plea be made for his transfer to some other insti tution for the insane. Thaw's attorneys declared at the beginning of the suit that they would appeal in case of an adverse decision. It is believed that they caii secure the consent of District Attorney Je rome to the transfer they will drop the appeal. The decision makes no reference to the testimony given by pxperts at the present hearing and the kind of insanity from which Thaw is now suffering is not specified in th? finding. Thaw will now remain in Dutchess county jail until the final disposition of matters. He is cheerful and so is Evelyn. The Thaw family is willing to spend every cent of ifs money to keep Harry from returning to Matteawan Asylum. ''1 had counted on this outcome,'' said Thaw, in commenting on the de cision handed down by Justice Mors ehauser. ' Jerome has a lot of hot air and my -side was put at a disad vantage. The hearing brought out several things in my favor which were not printed. Dr. Jacob's testimony was conclusive, bnf .not interesting." Thaw took the decision coolly, and said he would win it possibly later, Discussing the suit for the annulment of his marriage, he said : "Colonel Harrett could have had the suit thrown out and time for sev eral days." He fcaid he thought there was no danger that his wife would withdraw in hope of being appointed trustee of his property. Thousands are Homeless. Dallas, Tex., Special. ? Fonr lives known to have been lost, more than a million dollars' worth of property destroyed, 4,000 people made home less and telegraph and telephone wires west and southwest from the city out of commission are the re sults of u record-breaking rise and overflow of Trinity river Sunday nijrht and Monday, making the great est volume of water ever known in this city. The Hood at* night fall pass ed the record made by the rise in 18(>6, 52 feet, when business houses situated in what is now a poorer residence section of Dallas, were swamped. That same section of the. cit\ is under several feet of water and thousands have lost their house hold effects, while the residence sec tion of north Dallas is cut off from the business part of the city so far as street car lines are concerned. Killed by a Train. Columbia, S. <\, Special. ? A spe cial from Aiken says Mis. T. K. Wil son, wife of a prominent man of the county, was run over by a Coast Line passenger train at .Jackson station, near her home, and instantly killed, her body being horribly mangled. Mrs. Wilson attempted to cross the tracks behind a freight train, apparently not knowing that the passenger train was coming in the opposite direction. Fireman Killed at Anderson, S. C. Anderson, S. C., Special.? Mr. George Heed Keith, fireman of No. IS passenger train of the RIup Ridge Haihvav, fell in front of his enpinc here at t) :I10 o'clock Mondey mornint* while flagging the train over a street crossing. The engine trucks passed over both legs, severing them from the body at the knes. He was hurried to a hospital where amputation was a m*mb?*r of a prominent Anderson made. He died at noon. Keith w?q family and was a brother-in-law of Superintendent Anderson of the rail way. Deaf and Dumb Reunion. Baton Roug?\ Special. ? A reunion of the deaf and dumb of the State, graduates of the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, was commenced Monday and has attracted a large number of visitors, who are working their Angara ovrrtrrrrt* w ^xtoudmg greetings and felicitations to their former friend* and companion*. The reunion is the fii-st of this character ever held in IxtuisiAnn and will last three or foar tlays. . CONGRESS AT WORK Doing? of Our Nfttioual Law Makers Day by Day. An effort to annihilate time by dilatory tactic* without making pro gress on uny legislation except that involve<l in conference reports was (he chief occupation of the Senate Mon day under the leadership of Mr. Aid reili, i ho attempt wax ko successful that the net result in the way of ac complishment of the day's session was adoption of th (Conference report on the sundry civil appropriation hill. throughout the day Mr. Bevciridge. was busy in an effort to pet a vote on the bill compensating government em ploye* for injuries received in their line of duty, hut after the debate hud progressed far enough to develop va rious objections t othc language of the bill, Mr. Hale arose to say he had information from the Mouse that no action could be expected there on the conference report on the public buildings bill and until that mcsuurc I should be disposed of, the deficiency Appropriation bill could not be per fected, after which view o fthc case he moved an adjournment. Mr. Ifevcridge resorted to some' tac tics to keep the Senate in session to consider his bill, but Mr. Hale amid laughter, remarked that "there are sonic things the Senate can do with out the Senator from Indiana. ' 'and insisting upon n vote on his motion the Senate at 4:40 o'clock adjourned. House Summary. Working under heavy pressure, with a single eye to adjournment at the earliest possible moment, the House disposed of a great amount of business. Marly in the session it bo came manifest that a better spirit of feeling obtained between the majority and minority, in confcrqucncc of which several bills were permitted to be passed by unanimous consent. It developed- when (lie lIou*?--r<umji*ed'-. that the roll had been* called times since Congress convened. Prior to March .'10th, when the Democratic filibuster began, it had been called but fifteen times. The innumerable calls since then brought about a tem porary breakdown on the part of tin* two reading clerks, and Ueprosenta tive Chancy, of Indiana, who has a voice of good carrying quality, volun teered his services in that work which proved satisfaloorv. The sum total o fthc day's busi ness was as follows : The conference reports on the sun dry civil bill and the pensoin appro priation bills were agreed to. thus sending those measures to the Presi dent for signature ami leaving only the general deficiency and military academy appropriation bills to be considered in order to complete the disposition of the fourteen supply measures of the government. The conference report on the District of Columbia child labor bill also was agreed to, and the following bills wore passed : Amending the. naviga tion laws; removing the discrimina tions against native officers of the Porto Kieo provisional regiment of infantry; granting title t oa cemetery in Dubuque, Iowa, to the archbishop of tha tcity; authorizing the sale, of unalloted lauds of the Spokane In dian reservation; encouraging tiic de velopment of coal deposits in Alas ka; and prescribing penalties against the sale of clothing and government property by soldiers. The omnibus bill relating to the disposition of the public lands was sent back to conference. Following an active debate of an hour. and a half, the project for a re duced hall of Representatives was de feated by a large majority. An omnibus judicial bill providing among other things for additional Fedoral judges for Alaska, Hawaii and New Mcxico ; the bill revising and making more liberal the Dick mi litia law; ;aml several purely local to the District of Columbia also were missed Official Ruling on Sunday Ball. Washington. Special.? With tin* ap proval of the I 'resilient . the War ami Navy Departments, are sending no tices to organizations protesting against soldiers and sailors playing Sunday ball, that games be permitted on government reservations when not interfering with regular duties. Where there is much opposition t othe sport in surrounding communities, the navy yards and military posts will he clos ed to the public on Sunday, obviating any possible contamination. Priest Stabbed in Church. Salisbury, Mo., Special. ? In the presence of 400 worshippers, Father Joseph F. Lubcley, aged 3.1 years, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic church, was stabbed twice with n pocket knife and perhaps fatally in jured in church Sunday, by Joseph Sehuette, a farmer, who is believed to havo become suddenly demented. A panic was narrowly averted among the communicants, many of them wo men. Killed by Street Oar. Spartanburg, Special. ? T. A. Por ter, o carpenter, residing near fllen dale, was run over and instantly kill cd by an electric car on Pine street late Thursday night. The man rs be lieved to have been intoxicated and was lying in a stupor across the ear track. lie leaves a wife and several 'children. An inquest vas held. HVOROPHOBiiS VICTIM DIES William H. Marsh Bravely Meets Fate He Knew Inevitable Doftrr.rd Inventor, Soothe*) by OpUO#, 1 Msrd Into KJiinI < 'on v ul u ion* Within Time I'mluitil, Brooklyn. N Y - With nor von. twitching of the hands ami facial con tortions that horrified the dlatrcased members of his family, but probably tiuconsciouH of the frightful ajtony of It all because of the merciful use of opiate*. W illiam If Marsh. Flatbush Itjventor died from hydrophobia ut i h^. | o clock In the afternoon of tho third day Blnc? the scientists told him No 7HTH^WHM h0"elew' '? ??'? home, bv l)r UMm " avlt'n'u' 1,0 told r th? n . 1 L W heeler, director or the I HMti'ur Institute. three days that the F asteur treatment would not ;:k" , "v asked how many days he had to live, and on being told not more than four Jays wero between him and death without8/ h? CMU,d meet hiH UtQ > having hU business it. good shape. and tf,at in another day * could take up ,he loose ends of hl? affairs and awnlt death bevonde.^RS UO, ,rflrt' ?f nervousness ? u contortions of his mouih Jaw s a jf Mar V1 1 !! ' v ? tightening of his if "" Mftrsh drove away in IiIh car wftU6* f?m th? ,>a*teur Institute to ^ far w<,rBt> fate than the Statu maieeVVhe "lay^r wf hlH "?"? /U.vlfg m0d<l hl? ???8ineBK af aiis BtralKht. the Inventor wont to his home and to bed. The fearful convulalons had Bclr.ed him So! acted the promiau from IiIh private that hlR Kf 'he1,nfll,p"ce <?f opiates, iVenid P?r,cal tor,"rp niight be loflbened. Ifo was only partly con bcIouh when the final convulsions pre -edlng death ramo upon him and ho foJ meV.!? ,Ully UH " w,lH Possible ?.n ,ne^!<al Hclence to devlso in such harrowing co n d H lobs: ? ^? ?ucn Marsh was proBldent of the Stand to 2 ?t0H !irr Company, No^Jb lo ?4J Robinson street. Klatbush le was one of those remarkable char acters who accomplish great thinus and seldom are heard of by tho gen eral public. Me invented manv me ft,uI mado nnd lost foui large fortunes His water meter J" rapidly making him another fori tune when his death resulted from his ^punnv m dau*hter,? Pet span iel puppy. HjK case |H ,Hre in ,, , . ory of rabies. 1Ie wa? not bitten ln"p,lat^ with the virus of rab *"? T|>e Pet dog was bitten bv n mongrel that ran mad six weeks aro Sh Jhe neighborhood near Which "m"?0'!' ' ,le HPflnl<'l Fluff. Of which Marsh was very fond wan th^rn"/. Rbmit the Hh?P ('oor ' when JSfled ? vC!,r- "H K,dp- Mar"?' ?o ?Tr"ttr>; surgeon and had f r p.' J ? , dreHHC(>- Then he cared tnal lil'uH M eIf? . Thc anl ?'ial li ked Marsh s hands in dumb ofT* w?n Vf e tendpr treatment of Its wound. There was a -'hang a on one of Marsh's fingers and t Is believed that through this IiisIk niflcant abrasion the virus una*!?\ ords J1I8.,sy8tPIn 111 tho medical rec on v onf '""lady there is said to bo niy one other case similar to received th ?! " ,n Pftr,B who Fvorv H poA8on through a wound. Iifinr h I the ,nvf*ntor lived ribfe Ht-? arne amicted with the ter ta^ and ?iG *1*? P"e ?f PXt|emo men a^id f u aKony to himself and of mUery to his family. Ihere Is danger that MIbb Edna D Thompson, aged twenty-five Mr Marsh h stenographer, may ' hav? been Inoculated with rabies. The . oung woman astonished her friends by saying that she had been bitten by VV?h0eKnWthi9hH,,0,B?ned Mr" Marsh. 7 When the doctors of the pRsteup asked " h^i 'W* Mr- M?rH!;8? asked him If'iiny one olso had como hifl^ofj* w,,h the dog. Ho aaid that Is son itamsey and Miss Thoninson had petted the animal while it was in Mf,a? ~rvy ln Koblnson street went ?o n?mip0n "nd Ran>?ey Marsh treated Pasl??"' Institute to yo terBrandn,,,errtS ?f thw co??try lot , T and telegrams of sympathy to the number of 200 came to the Mars ly0nme'Th?e 'T" ''."ikl ?yn. i he telephone was kent con ."L1,1;/, "8""1 ? far away as cnicago, i-mnuury n?d r,hi,--?'?i Phla called up to offer help and" ad - IN-STHLXTIO.NS FOit HHVAN". Alabama talifoiiiia aml Washington * ?te l or the \et>iaskan itvB!nnA,.,g?Rm' Ala? Aryan's major ity in Alabama will ba fully -a to l that f'hohnso" 11 ia practical I v settled that three of the declared Brvan dele gates havo been elected? John W iomllnson, of Birmingham; Con! gressman J ThomQ? Heflin, of tho > Mw ' 1and Congressman H. Clayton, of the Third District. Fresno, Cal. ? The Democratic Stato Convention adopted a plat?omfin \v"j Brya^e California delegation for Spokane, vVash. ? The Dpmnri.Ha Convention Instructed its delegaten yf,D- The Platform demands 1 f V tariff commlsBion trust referent' a"id adcquat? Initiative and referendum legitiailou, MlchuVa0 TdVeso^; wlniarn I'T <*'??>?? E ro." /or" W lliiani J. Brian at Denver. Prune Crop Small. . It is Kouurally admitted that the pruno crop will be one ot the smallest produced In both California and the ?Northwest, but New York buyers ar? not disposed yet to lake hold. May Coru Up io 70 Cents. May co;n sa<*i up three cents, reaching ccreuiy-nlne cent* at Clil fn.go, a p4.ee cxccedtd by Uig yellow ce.enl ouly iu the ut tha t,.alu trau*. PRIEST STUBBED JT Mfl Father Lubeiey, of Salisbury, Ma, Attacked by Rich Parishioner. JS'u Apparent, ICgcrpt liihMiillf? 1'rtoft mul JUd IU*rn Frit'liO*. ffl. f.oulH, Mo, ? The u*?v. father* XiM?l>li> i?\ 1-abeley, pastor t>< 8t Joseph's Chureb *t Salisbury, M<fcr ltifc mile* weal. uf 8t. I /Oil In, wa? ntabbed twice while leaving the alttttf by J<*i?ph Hchuette. a wealthy pariah ioiipi. Kchuette attacked the urleat jiiHt arter lie had finished high mass. Father Lubeley Mi at the second' blow, iukI Schuotte tk#? tufued his knife on John Gates and Mrs. Har bin a (Jinter, who had rushed up to aid their pastoi Mr*. Olntef whh cut on the hand, and Gates whh cut on tho hand and on tlus elbow. Nulthor it; seriously hurl. Father Lubeley wan stabbed in the right temple and in tho right side of he neck, the knife Just missing the lugular vein Tho attack ramo from behind In full view of about 400 wor shipers while the priest wan shaking bands with one of the women. A dozen men grappled with 3ehuotte after bo had stabbed Mrs. Winter and Gates,' and he wan quickly .ilnloned to the ground. He struggled IcHperately, shooting and Miiarllng, And refused to be quieted, even when nls wife and live children, who had Accompanied him to mass, pressed iround him. While officers hurrledcj nlm to Jail. physicians were attend ng the wounded priest. He recov ered consciousness quickly, and, de iplte tho gaping wound In bit) throat, 11 roc ted those about him After he- : ng given temporary aid he was placed aboard a train and brought to iit. Mary's infirmary in St. Louis, ac companied by I)r. Baker and Miss mile Lubeley, his cousin and bouBe- j <eeper. Father Lubeley is a native , >f St. Louis and his mother and two jrolhurs realdu here. Bishop Thomas Bonicum, of Lin coln, Neb , and two nuns, the mother general of the Order of St. Joseph and ier assistant, both bound for their leadquarters In Carondelet, were on '.he train and aided jn caring fo-r t.he wounded priest. Father Lubeley exhibited the great est fortitude during the five hours' ride to St. Louis "I'll be nil right unless the knife wns Infected," ho said with a smile. 'But I cannot imagine why Scbuette ittaeked me. We were the best of 'rlendn, and 1 never consciously did Anything to incur his enmity. ILo must have lost bis reason." Scbuette, according to members of 3t Joseph's Congregation, sat In the ?ear of the church during the high nass, though his family occupied heir pew In the centre of the church. He is said to have glared at Father ,tibeiey throughout the services, and mrticularly during the sermon, I gnashing bis teeth In seeming rage. < His peculiar actions recently lmv? caused comment In the town. The lay before he quarreled with John ...egandre, former sergeant-at-arms of .ho Missouri House of Representa tives, and threatened him with hts inife. Scheutte is a prosperous farmer And has been one of the most liberal supporters of St. Joseph's Church. Jne of his daughters was an Intimate friend of Father Luebeley's cousin. Father Lubeley is thirty-three' pears old mid of powerful build. His Assailant Is about forty-three years jld, tall and strong, but not as robust as his victim. Father Lubeley cher ishes no resentment against hiin. DISASTROUS WRECK IN BELGIUM From 40 to (10 Killed and More Thim 100 Hurt Iii Crash Near Antwerp. Antwerp. ? The locomotive of an xxpress train bound for Antwerp lumped the track at Contrich, six miles out of the city, at 9 o'clock a. tn., and crashed Into a train on a sid ing which was crowded with excur sionists. From forty to sixty persons tvero killed and more than 100 in jured. The train that w <s run into had been side-tracked at Contlch to allow he express to pass. The switchman ?lther forgot to replace the switch or ? he switch did not act. Hence tho '?x press ran into tho rear u?id of tho m'hui Lain, which was unusually fult jf workmen, soldiers and a party of [>ll?;rlms bounds for a slirinc at Llop8C. near Lierre. Some of the killed were horrfbly mutilated. The heads of threo de "apitatfod soldiers were pressed so lecp Into the earth that It was neces sary to din them out with spades. The bodies of some little white frocked ;>ilgriin Kills were found covered with ilood and blackened with coal dust. Several of the Injured havo sinco lied. Little remains of the train that was run Into except bent metal and rplintered wood, strewn with frag ments of clothing. LIGHTNING KILLS GOLFER. \V. H. Howard and Caddy Sought Refuge Under Tree. St. Louis. ? W. H. Howard, a mill ionaire commission merchant "and et* thusiastlc golf player, went to the links of tho Glen Echo Club, of which be Ih a member. Ah he was playing a thunderstorm broke. Howard and his caddy sought refuge under a big tree. A moment later Howard was Instantly killed by lightning. The caddy was shocked by the bolt, but will recover. 4 THROW KILI.S BALL PLAYER. John R. Parry Runt n Mood Vessel nt St. Louis. St. I^uls, Mo. ? Anxious to make np for an error previously committed, John R. Parry put forth such great effort In a long throw from left Held to tho home plate during a game be tween two amatpur basebalt team* that ho burst n blood vessel and fell dead an the ball reached tho catcher nnd put out the player who was tr J ? Ing fiUal heme, MIME AMD SUICIDE 10 STOP II WEDDING leo rg* & Starry, Millionaire Mar cbant. Killed by Son, )3JECTE0 10 SECOND MARRfAGE ilardcrn H?4 lle?u iWnWng H?rajr Father W?* Mom* to Wed m School Teavher HtM HU Ag Hon I*et?*r. New York Clty;~ Oeorto EdwarJ fur ry, president of the Wearer * Kerry Company, wholesale4 druggists, v director of the Pt-inceton Thbologi :nl Seminary, an elder of tha Fourth Wenwe Presbyterian* Church' and a nan of wealth, waa iihot and killed at loon as ho sat before 'his deste In hie )ld-fa?hlonud private office at' Wo. 79 iMne street. The murderer wan, his tecond son, Oeorge W.. Starry* Jr.? igod forty-three, the secretary of the IruK company. After shooting; bis lather the son walked to a chair a few !eot uway,. spread a newspaper on1 his 'ap and' then fired a bullet lnto? his )wn brathv There were no<witneseea to the shooting. Tho elder Sterry waa seventy-tw? rears old. On June 3 be wsB^'fttwe narrled Miss Rachel Brlggs Btattkls, ? school teacher, of East Orange,, for ty years hlB Junior. It waa hie son's objection to this marriage1 that led to he tragedy,. as was shown oonclueivs ; y by tho following letter,, trrltttop presumably at the son's . desk In1 the office adjoining his father's a short 'line before the crlmo and found forward In his coat pocket bjf Coroder Harbinger;: ? v "To whom 11 may concern" ('the Col" >nerr first,. I presume): I took a< sol ^ipn oath to> myself thAt my father ?hould never disgrace the memory of tivy Maluied mother. There Is not a taint of selfishness In me, and had my father engaged himself to> a lndy ol mature age,. L would not,, and oertaln ly none of my brothers would not have done else than bid him good luck, and certainly trust that hcshould live for pver. i always desired a long and happy life for my 'old man'? a term which I frequently and affectionately used toward him.. This. Is now 11 o'clock. May 19 No one Is In my confidence,, bui mybrothera may draw u. conclusion from my double murder. "There Is a point which Btruck mo as particularly Interesting.. While rid I ii u down on the Ninth avenue ele vated F passed casual glances on those ground me. as tliuy doubtless did on me, and the thought that 1 desire -to convey Is this: How many thousand* would have stared mo out of counte nance had they known of the prom inent captions my double crlmo would warrant In to-morrow's paperB., "There Is a comical and laughable side in this. I would willingly give $f?00 to Rachel 1). Blalkle to hear i he beautiful and touching prayers for the salvation of my soul that she will offer up. Of course,. I am under a violent strain. Many of my sen unceB may not be grammatical and may be crude. "it soeniB toi mo that God has told me to do- what I propose doing. 1 prayed to God no less than twenty times a day to show me somo othei way out of this trouble, and I truth fully believe he has shown me th? proper way to save my family frotp disgrace. GEORGE E. STERRY, Jr. "P. s. ? Another point i desire to mention. Two seconds after my fath er starts I will follow,. aB the pool old man needs a guide and a guard ian. Should we run across some o| that East Orange bunch,, we will gild* up a side street.'" This letter w.as written en- b!u? note paper of the Manhattan Square Hotel. where the dead son had been living for threo years with his wife. How near was the old gentleman'! marriage, which the son's bullet frus* trated, was shown by a slip of papdi lOund carefully folded In his wallet On It was written this in the seniot Sterry's handwriting, evidently in tended for the newspapers: "Married, at Englewood, N? J.? oi June 3, 190R. at tho residence of Mr, and Mrs. Cameron Blalkle? by th? ,tev. Hrower Eddy, of East Orange. I'.achel Hriggs Blalkio to George Ed ward Sterry/' Mr. Hlalkle fs a brother of th? woman Mr. Sterry was io iuArry, an! he had turned over his house for th? wedding. Mr. Sterry had intended t? start immediately after tho ceremonj on a European trip* and had hia tick ets bought. Their destination wat Italy* and a letter telling of rates a] a hotel at Leghorn was found opened on his desk in front of him. Mr. Sterry was a particularly hat? and vigorous old map. His first wlfa tho mother of tho son who murdere^ him, died threo years ago. Sine* then he had lived with two of hl| sons, John and James, at his house a) Set. 21 West Seventy-fourth street The news that he had decided tf make Mlsa Blalkte his wife was firs< broken by the father to hla sons lasj January. Vhe sons opposed it, it fl ?-ald, owing to the disparity in ages According to the story the police an< the coroner got the leader in thii opposition was George Sterry, whq beside having a rather irascible dls position, had been a rather heavj drinker In recent yeara. Ths othei sons are William I>eWltt, the eldes of tl. * family, John and James. An other son, Wallace, died a few year| *~o. Oeorge Sterry was forty-thre? I yetra old. All four of the sons havf > iieen helping their father in his dru| I business. Iturf Jury Fails to Agrre. The Abo Ruef jury In San Fran cisco reported lta inability to agre? upon a verdict in the cases growing out of graft revolations. Judge Doo* llnx thereupon discharged the jury. Congress Not Fit. The National Man ufactariri* Asso? elation committee reported In favor ot & board of experts to revise the tariff and said Congreaa we* pot fit to do It, _ _ _