The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 07, 1908, Image 1
CAMDEN. 8. C.. KRIDAY, AUGUST 7. 1908
PALMETTO HAPPENINGS TOLD IN BRIEFS
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Occurrences of lateral GlefliMd Fnm All Sectiou* of tke Buay
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'arm demonstration work.
farmers Throughout th* 8Ule Man
ifesting Interest in the Movement
?Meeting to be Held on Mr. Gon
ial* 'g Farm. Near Columbia, Au
?u#t 16. will be Well Attended.
Columbia, Special. ? QuiiWi a compli
*M>nt wa? paid to South CaroJ iua by
ih? United fctuU's department ot ag
riculture by lacing ?eUjel?d from
among all the Southern Btatea ?m the
jfield for tin? cpeetal furin de?voju*f ra
tion work which is soon to be ia^ti
fated by t lie Government. This work
will go on in Dm Ktate and the in fvi -
mutUjii gained therefrom will be ,ulh
?d by Dr. Kuapp miu 1 his aA*i*ta?t*
all orer the Soutlu This work wiii
be different from tliat which i* be
ing conducted by the department un
der the direction of Dr. Knapp, but
will in no way interfere or take the
place of Dr. Knapp'* work; the two
will work in co-operation to a certain
extent.
The original plan an outlined by Dr.
Spillroan when down lien* some day*
ago, wan to have one farm in each
. Congressional district on which de
JDontsration was to be done, but so
much interest has been manifested
-that it has been decided io broaden
this work, and in district* where the
. .. conditions aj* favorabfe and the far
mers will be tseveVal farms where this
i work will he rni rieiLon. j
The fajm belonging to Mr. Ambrose
Gonzales, just outside of Columbia,
has been selected as the liint farm to
begin this work on and arrangements
? for a big meeting on this fann to be
held August 15 have been completed.
Thin will be the initial meeting of the.
demonstration workers and there will
be a similar meeting once a month
in the future at Mr, Gonzales' farm,
. a* it ie the most centrally located
~ farm in the State. ,
$000 for School Improvement.
Columbia, Special. ? State Superin
tendent of Education Martin has re
ceived n letter from WicklifFe Rose, i
- Secretary of the Peabody V>nrd, with
a cheek for $500 enclosed. This check
has been sent by the Peabody board
to the School Improvement Associa
tion to aid it in the good wotk it
hi doing, and i<? in recognition of the
work which has been done by Mia* |
Nance. The check is signed by J.
P. Morgan, treasurer of- the board.
The Peabody haa given $12,000 to
Winthrop this year, and its gifts to
this Institution for the past several
years have averaged $3,000 a year.
It will bo remembered that thd Pea
body board has also helped the
schools all over this State in days
gone by, and was very instrumental
in the development of the school hei'e
in Columbia, which finally became
Winthrop College.
L: . Big Cotton Mills to Shut Down.
Spartanburg, Special. ? Practically
nil the large cotton mills in this sec
tion will close August 8 for two
weeks, Bomq of them for a longer pe
riod. The mills that will close down
are Tucaupau, Enoree, Pacolet, Spar
tan Mills, Arkwright and Whitney,
of this county, and Clinton and Watts
...mills. _ The. Pacolet Mills will closc
for an indefinite period, and will pay
the Operatives half time and give
them free house rents while opera
tion is suspended. The other mills
Fwill furnish house rent free. The
elosiug down of the mills, August 8,
will be the second time this summer
the mills have shut down, and will
probably- be the la-st. As a result of
the shut down, moro than three hun
dred thousand spindles in this eoun
L-. ty will be idle.
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Fine Rice Crop in Georgetown. j
Georgetown, Special. ? The acreage
- of rice planted in Georgetown coun
ty this year is about the satno as last
'-year. Acording to the figures turn
t^ed in, which arc practically complete,
4,242 acres of rice are under eulti
? vation this year. The crop is in fine
^condition, and if no storm interferes
to mar the prospects a big harvest
i& sure.
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Teachers Chosen at Sumter.
Sumter, Special ? At a recent meet
ing of the board of education the
? resignation of Mr. R. D. Epps as prin
cipal of the High School was accept
ed, and the following additional
(eachers elected for the Calhoun
school : Principal and teacher of 10th
?? grade, Mr. C. C. Smith; teacher of
|~?th grade^ Mr. .T. H. Spann ; com
. mandant and teacher of 8th grade,
Mr. W. M. Scott.; All of the schools
?Are now supplied with a full com
plement of teachers exeept in the
;? Calhoun School, where a teacher for
..the 7th grade is yet to be elected.
EL'. TOO WET AT GEORGETOWN.
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Farmers in Despair at Continued j
RalnfalL \
eorgetown, Special. ? The rniny
?onllnncii and *?;
? ly aaturi^d hereabout*. The
iets are hoping that the old saw
__ rain on the first day of dog days
? sure sign for forty days' more
rain will prove a false prophesy.
Trying to Bring Back Alleged Tiger*.
Columbia, Special.-*- Some time ago
iwquiw lions were made by Governor
Aiutel on ibe (Joyornor of Georgia
tor several negroes accused of the
violation of the di*|**usary luw. It
M claimed thai tin* negroes were
eoawluctijig u liquor business u* blind
tigers, iu violation of (be dispensary
law, near LowndesvilJe, Abbeville
County, and Mr. 1. H. Met alia un
dertook to put a stop to il. The ne
groo# crossed oyer tin* line into Geor*
gia. Tbe negroes were apprehended
recently iu Augusta. Attorney (jen
eral Lyon received a telephone mes
sage to tjie effect that Governor
Smith has temporarily suspended his
order granting the requisitions, upon
the representation of the attorney
for the negroes that they wore being
brought back to South Carolina to
bo prosecuted for the violation ol
labor contract. Attorney Generat
Lyon had the following to say about
the ease: "Mr. 1. II. MeCalla, of
Lowndesvillc, i* a thoroughly trust
worthy geutjvmun and has been milk
ing an effort lor some time to break
up the blind tiger business in his
neighborhood. He is asking for the
return of those criminals solely for
the purpose of having them proseeut
ed tor violation of the dicpyiisary
law, and one of them for perjury,
as tbo requisit ioiiA jdiow. There is no
truth in "the statement that they are
to be brought back peons.
Had Fine Meeting at Donald's.
Donald's, Special. ? - The Woman's
Missionary Union, auxiliary to the
Abbeville Association of Baptist
churches, held their annual meeting
at Donald's, July 124 to 20, inclusive.
The meeting was well attended by
delegates from all churches and mem
bers of local church. The opening
sermon was preached by Dr. II. A.
Bagby, of Greenwood, on Friday
evening. The work of the union was
continued on Saturday morning and
at 12 o'clock an address was made
by the well known pastor of Ander
son-.', church, Dr. J. F. Vines. His
address on "The Mission of Wo
man" was very strong and highly
interesting to all present. At 3:30
o'clock p. in. another address on mis
sions was made by Dr. McCall, a mis
sionary from Cuba. . On Sunday
morning the sermon was by Dr. A. T.
Jamison, of the Connie Maxwell Or
phanage, of Greenwood. Subject,
"Missions." One of flic most inter
esting features of the day was a talk
made by Miss Carrie Mathis, of
| Greenville. She has been attenting
the Baptist Training School for the
past year. This address was espe
cially interesting to the ladies of
the union, showing the courage, zeal
and devotion of Miss Mathis to the
cause to which she has* devoted her
life. Mrs. J. S. Harris, of Troy, S.
C., president of the union, was in
charge of the meeting. Mrs. I. W.
Wingo, of Greenville, president of tho
(State Union, was also present.
New Lancaster Enterprises.
Lancaster, Special. ? The Fanners'
Union Ware' House Company, of Lan
caster, has been organized with t he
following officers: E. B. Lingle, presi
dent; G. L. McManus, vice president ;
W. M. Moore, secretary and treasur
er; J. F. Nisbct, manager. The cap
ital stock is $i>,000. The company
has purchased three acres of land,
known as the old Spoke and Handle
Factory lot, and will at onee erect a
warehouse, 00x100 feet, with brick
lire walls. Tho building U to he
finished by theiopcning of the cotton
season. Another new enterprise will
be organized here in a few days, the
Lancaster Ice and Coal Company,
with a capital of $10,000.
? Aetna Mills Ordered Sold.
Greenville, Spcciul. ? In the hear
ing before Refereo Heyward here
last week it was decided to sell tho
Aetna Mills property, of Union, Oc
tober 7, the upset price being fixed
at $250,000. The appraiser's report,
which was submitted at the meeting,
places the value of tho #Btate at
$305,000.
Lertington Crop Conditions.
Lexington, Special. ? In many sec
tions of the county rain has not fal
len in several weeks and crops have
been greatly damaged by continued
drought, and unless it rains within
the next few days cotton will be al
most a completfj failure. Old corn
however, has not been hurt to any
appreciable extent and in most sec
tions tho yield will be unusually
large. But where corn was not plant
ed until late it is suffering for want
of water and tho conditions at pres
ent ara very unsatisfactory.
Organized at Rock Hill. i
Rock Hill, Special ? Tho Convention
of the Sunday School Workers, which
was in session hero for two days,
had a very succcssful and encourag
ing meeting. Tfi? Convention was
called, for the purpose of organiza
tion. Thi^waa done and tjio body
is now thoV^ork County* Interde
nominational Assftm^tion."
DEATH OF MH.A. ti. GONZALES
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Passed Away Friday at the Home of
, JJic Brother, Editor W. E. Gonaa
lee, in Columbia Had Been, in III
Health for Years.
C-olnmbia, Kpcciul.? -Mr. A. H. Oou
*alw? died Friday morning ut ti o'clock
at the residence of l>i? brother, Mr.
W. K. Gonzales, editor of The State.
Mr. GonxaUs had been in ill health
for years and for the last few
month* hi* condition had been ser
ious, but his death wax not expected
a* he had been feeling better for sev
eral days. Mr, Gonzales was u na'tive
of Colleton eonnty and spent all bin
life on the family plantation in (lint
county near Adams Hun. He. wan 17
years old And had never married, lie
it* survived by his two brothers,
Mwhik. A. K. and \V. K. Gonzales. of
this city, and one sister, Miss Har
riett R. Gonzales. llis father was
the celebrated Qcn. Ambrosie Jose
Gonzales, a native of Matanzas, Oiba,
who with Narciso I/opez bewail the
struggle for Cuban independence in
3848, General Gonzales was the Hrst
Cuban wounded in the war of 1850
an<l was exiled under sentence of
death. In lflf><5 lie married Xliss liar-,
rift t Hutledgc Klliott, daughter of
lion. William Elliott, of Beaufort,
General Gonzales served in the Con- I
federate army on the staff of General
Beauregard, for. whom Mr. A. 13.
Gon/ales ' was name'd.
Thousands of Fish Posioncd.
Aiken, Special. ? The Audubon rep
resent a t i ves a re gel t i i ig it f t e r n II e?red
^violators yi\.the fish laws in this coun
ty. Home days ago it was alleged
that some one at the Clearwater Mill
lmtT~ehifprTed a quantity of sulphuric
acid into Horse ("'reck, causing the
death of (ish in that stream and in
the ponds along the valley.- Mi~_LV
B. Shaw is the panic warden in 4 hat
vicinity, and when the matter come
To his notice lie got busy and in a |
short time he had several parties
placed under arrest for the offense.
There were live in the party, includ
ing the head mechanic, Mr. McGliee.
They were carried later before
Magistrate S. S. Lee and given a
preliminary, and were released under
$.'300 bond. Jt is alleged that a great
quantity of the sulphuric acid was
emptied into the crcek, thoutrh the
company in whose possession the acid
was state that the quantity could*
not have been more than "a bucket
ful if anv was used. Letters have
been received stating tlmt dead fish
havts been .ceen in the creek and it is
strongly Relieved that is was caused
by the poisonous substance getting'
in the water. The authorities here
intend (o push the case and the de
velopments will he watched with
great interest by everybody.
Shot Down in Parlor.
Laurens, Special.? J., Louis Wil
| liamson, u prominent young farmer
of York county and the son of ' .7. L.
Williamson, of the same count v, was
shoj, an<l. mortally wounded by J.
Henry Garrison, the shooting occur
ring at the. Garrison home at Gray
Court, a little town ten miles west
of Laurens. Young Williamson lived
thivo hours after the shooting, being
conscious for some time and realizing
tUat he could not recover. It seems
that young Williamson was a visitor
at the Garrison home ns the guest
of ?Jiss Mary Garrison, the accom
plished daughter of Mr. .T. H. Garri
son. During the evening Miss Gar
-rison ami? her visitor- were alone in
the family parlor. About 11 o'clock
it appears Air. Garri.-on went on the
piazza for water. Observing the
young people lie concluded from ap
pearances -that tli?# young man was (
not acting as he should and fired upon
him with a shotgun; An inquest was
held and a verdict in accordance with
the above facts fas returned. Garri
Eon carac down and surrendered to
the sheriff.
Bather Seized With Cramp and is
Drowned.
Spartanburg, Special. ? .Tames Gib
son, aged 21 years, was drowned in
Lawsou's Fork Saturday afternoon
while bathing. lie went into the
stream shortly after noon and was
seized with cramps and drowned be
fore assistance could arrive. Gibson
lived at Pacolet.
Eighty-Two Candidates. -
Columbia, Special.' ? When the time
Cor paying assessments expired there
were several surprises in county pol
itics. Mr. John T. Duncan filed his
pledge as a candidate for clerk of
?ourt, Mr. J. Frost Walker is n can
didate for re-election as clerk and Mr.
Ch'j. Black is also a candidate. There
ire 82 candidates in all, and IS of
lhc:m aro seeking the position of
;ounty commissioner, there being one
commissioner from each of the four
townships. There are eleven candi
dates for the House of Representa
tives.
W. T. Jones ia Denied Bail.
Union, Special.? Judge D. E. Hy
drick has . denied W. T. Jones appli
cation for bail. The hearing waa
j was held in Spartanburg Ust Satur
day. Tuesday night Clerk of Conrt
Peak? reeeived an order from tho
Jndgo wherein Judge Hydrick stated
that- after a eareful *on*ideration of
ill the relevant competent to*ti
monv he did not think that bail
thouid bo allowed and ordered ac
cordingly.
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Lad in North Carolina Town
Shoots to Kill
TRAGEDY AT A MILL VILLAGE
I Jamofl Riddle, Bugineer at Hpyo
Mil 1* Plant Shot and Killed by His
Bon? Youth Olaima That he Acted
In Self-Defense.
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Hope Mills, N. ( . Special, ? An awful
trngejly was enacted Sunday night at
Cottou, a mill village one milt* from
Hope Mills and seven miles from
Fayutteville. A tut inn was shot
down in the viogorous strength of
loss than middle age by his son, just
entering into manhood.
While James A. Hiddle, engineer of
lloj ? Mills, No. 4 Willi convolving
with throe friends in front of u livery
stable at Cotton about (> o'clock Sun
day afternoon his son, Tom Hiddle,
aged IS, walked up into 'bo crowd
and proceeded to roll a cigarette.
The father remonstrated with bis
Uon on the evil of cigarptte smoking
and told biin that be must quit 'lie
practicc or that evil results would
follow, Tom, (he so^i gave a very
port answer. Hough words followed,
wliou James Hiddle, the father raised
a plank and threatened his son with
chastisement.
Tom pulled his pistol and began
tiring on bis father, one ball:? which
caused death- passing through the
heart, another just above the heart,
another through the shoulder another
through- the mm The iU'lh unJ. last
chandler missed Hro.
Hiddle, the murderer. sip- rendered
to Chief of Police W.-A. McLean, of
Hope Mills, ?t 1) o'clock Sunday
night. McLean was instructed by
the coroner's jury to take no bail,
whereupon the prisoner was convoyed
to the county jnil at Fayet !,eville late
Sunday night.
Receiver For Big Elactric and Water
works Company.
Atlanta, On.. Special. ? J Allies T.
Anderson, of Marietta, was appoint-'
i*l receiver for the (Soorgia Manufac
turing ami Public Service Company,
a half million dollar corporation
which supplies the city of Marietta
with electric lights and water, The
appointment was .made on an invol
untary petition in bankruptcy Hied
against the concern bv Atlanta cred
itors. The company of which M. M.
Sessions is president owns an elec
tric light plant, waterworks system
and n paper in i IL A hearing won set
tor August 1Kb.
Grain Elevators Burned.
?Chicago. Special. ? Fire which was
so hot that (ho firemen couhl not get
nearer than a block of it, and which
made it necessary to plav streams of
water on buildings* three and four
squares away, destroyed the Burling
ton' elevators, "E" and VF". the
dock transfer warehouse of that road
and either burned or rendered useless
100 .box cars. The loss on the grain
in the two elevators i*> placed by
Armour & Co.. who owned it. at
$700,000. The total loss is placed at
.$1,000,000, '
Three Killed by Premature, Explo
? sion. - ? ? ?
L Iluzelton. Pa., Special. ? Two Amer
icans and on Italian, all of this citv,
were instantly killed by the prema
ture explosion of a blast at the stone
crushing plant of Charles Kehoe, on
the outskirts of llazelton. Thomas
Kehoe. a son of the contractor, was
injured about the head. Contractor
Kehoe said that the death of the men
was purely accidental. The bodie*
were blown some distance from the
scene of the explosion.
Rhode Island Mills Cr.t Wages.
Providence, K. I., Special. ? Notices
were posted at the mills of the
United States Cotton Company at
Central Falls that one week from
Tuesday a reduction of wages will
go into effect. The rate or reduotion
was not mentioned but it ii under
stood by the operatives to be a 10
per cent, one. The company employs
500 hands.
Steel Oars Demolished.
Philadelphia, Special. ? What is de
clared to be the great st freight
wreck involving the destruction of
ste<4 cars .occurred on the New York
division of the Philadelphia & Read
ing /Railway near Meadowhrook, a
suburb, Sunday, when out of a coal
train of twenty-eight cars, nineteen
wore demolished, entailing a loss esti
mated at $100,000. The train which
was running at the rate of 50 miles
an hour,- was thrown from the track
by the breaking of the flange on the
one wooden car in the entire train.
Shippers Given Ten Days.
Washington, Special. ? Nothing fur
ther was heard by the inter-State
cqtmnerce commission in relation to
the controversary over freight rates
in the Southeastern territory. Ship
pers In thnt section* hare- been given
ten days from July 31st in which to>
file a complaint against a proposed
increase of rates and it is expected
their complaint will be here in a few
days. , "X
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Popular and Pretty Teacher a
Victim of Insane Jealousy
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BLOODY ENDING OF COURTSHIP
Miss Ball Said to Have Bean Shot on
tho Vorch of Her Homo- Little
Hope En tor tai ued For Her Re
covery.
Elkin, N. (\, Speoial.-~Mi?n Mary
Hall daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Hall, of flii* plarp, hits been teaching:
u m in my r school at Mr, Jatneii Hoot's
residence near Hcnham postolHee, six
mill's west of Mlkiii, Sunday a ?yottng
mini named Freeland Sharp desired
to accompany her lo chin eh, hut she
declined, having a previous- engage
ment wiili hj* hrot Ihm'. 1 1?> then took
Miss Ktlii'l 1 loots to church. On re
in ruing home Sharp and Mi-s Hoots
arrived soiik* lime In* lore the couple,
?\N hen the elder hrot her and Miss
Hall arrived, Freeland Sharp was on
tin* porch and as Miss Hall stepped
on t he porch In* drew a pistol and tir
ed at her, hut she struck (hi* pistol
down and the. hall entered the floor..
She endeavored lo gel out of his \\ a y
when he tired the second shot, the
ball st rikiujf the left hera-t and pass
ed through the lung and out at the
back. Mr-sages were iiinnediat ?? I v
phoned here tor aid. I)rs. King Mud
JU'eeA^.I\XMit_fli..?Mll'e.. ulisO her fiVth^..
mother and. sisters. All is being dojie
lor tin? voun^ lady that can be, tint
at this writ ing veiy little liope is en
tertained for her recovery. Miss I -all
is a young lady of high standard and
unsullied character, and nothing has
happened in this community that has
<o wrought up the fcejings of our
people as this. ,t Sharp was hurried
away to .jail at VVjlkesboro early
Monday morning to< await the result
ol' his rush act.
Another Account.
^ inston-Nalcm, Special. ? -Because
she hud repeatedly refused to marry
him, I). F. Tliarpe, a prominent young
man of Dcmmette, Wilkes county,
seven miles front Wilkesboro, fired
upon ahd probably mortally wounded
Miss Mary Hall, daughter of Mr. J..
A. Hall, one of Surry county's most
highly respected citizens Sunday
night about 9 o'clock, whilo.the latter
with her brother, was returning from
church services at Macedonia? Tho
brother of Misk Hall heard early in
the evening that unless she married
Tharpo during the night t he would
kill her xo he accompanied her to
church. It was on the return from
church that Tharpo fired upon the
young lady, the bullet taking effect
about.. an inch above the heart. Tliarpe
fired the second time, but the young
lady knocked the revolver from his
hand. The young lady has been teach
ing school for some time and is one
of the most highly-respected young
women of the neighborhood, it iH
understood that Tliarpe will plead in
sanity. The occurrence created con
siderable excitement throughout the
entire community The young man
was placed under arrest soon after
the shooting.
'Bryan's Speech Short.
Fairvjew, Lincoln, Neb., Special. ?
The speech of acceptance of William
J. Bryan will be short. Mr. Bryan
said that by actual count it contained
5, MOO words. The issues of the cam
paign will be discussed but not at
great length, Mr. Bryan's views be
ing reserved for more elaborate treat
ment in the several speeches he in
tends to make.
Wtyto Man Kills Negro.
Lynchburg, Vn., Special. ? rNear
Concord, ten , miles cast of here Sun
tiny night ,J nek Lee. white shot and
instantly killed Beverly Cardwell, col
ored, and mortally wounded his
brother Samuel, who died Monday
morning. The men, whites and blacks
were drinking hard cider and had a
drunken misunderstanding. Lee was
arrested.
News in Brief.
According to a report from Berlin
.the Sultan will declare hirtiaelf Em
peror of all Moslems.
C'ardianl Gihhons is resting in
Rome and will probably have an audi
ence with tlie Bope. .
-President Castro feels insulted by
the sending of Dutch warships and
gave several Dutch Consuls thcir
? walking papers.
John Mitchell, former president of
the United Mincworkers, has been ap
pointed chief of trade agreement de
partment of the National Civic Fed
eration.
.The President of Honduras says
he canceled the exequaturs of ths con
suls at Cciba because they took sides
with the revolutionists, -
It is estimated that TO lives were
lost in the Austrian Tyrol as a result
of storms, floods and landslides. -
Dr.- Wright reports that there are
r>,000 white slaves of the opium habit
in New York city alone. ?:?;
Treasury gNMjtil are . speculating
on the possibility of persons using
airships for smuggling.
VICTIM OF TAR AND FEATHERS
F. E. Bliss, of Washington, D, C,
Ignominlously Treated.
Bull of fiooo Bach For Tlirce Men
Charged Willi Assault und Ihit
fery? I'limipal* All lietieent.
Washington, I). C. ? ? Instead of
marrying the girl of hie choice in
Now York, Frederick E. Bliss, a
prominent aud elderly huilnes"
h?H been striving to get rid pf the re
mains of a coat of tar and feathers
received while railing on hi* fiancee.
Ho engorged from retirement long
enough to. swear out warrants fov the
arrest of James*' L. White. Charles
Marthenson and llenry C. Cole.
, All the principals in itip case are
prothlnent in business and financial
circles, and they have given Wnsh
lngton its midsummer sensation The
woman in tho case, whose name 1h
not divulged, resides at 1137 Kenyon
street. lillsa, according to his story,
is engaged to her, and they were to
have gono to New . York to bu mar
ried.
Tho tlirce men who are said tOj
have tarred, and feathered him, Bliss
told the police, were with the young
woman at the time. When Bliss nr?
rived he was admitted to the house
by the bHWOQlSltt.
The elderly suitor was dumped on
the floor, one of his cafifors^ttlng on
his chest and arms, while another
perched on his legs. The third w.leld
cd a brush heavy with tar. When the
tarring had been completed a' sofa
rush lo'n was Blit and t/ho contents
were applied.
During the proceedings (ho Mrs.
nilsH-t.o-be was not In evidence.
Hail In the case of Charles Mar
thenson, Henry C. Colo^and James L:
White, accused of having" assaulted
and ~ aired it'. tt. H ! iHarTirrijggaUflA Of
his alleged attentions to Mrs. Mar
thenson through hypnotic influence,
was SI ooo in oacl) ease.1 This Is dou
ble the amount on which tho men
were first held. In asking the addi
tional security for the anpeararce of
the prisoners Assistant United Stutes
Attornev Given said: ?*
"So far my investigations have
shown that the cas*. that of assault
and battery against these defendants,
is of such a serious and high handed
character that I hiuBt nBk that the
bonds bo raised."
All of the principals were reticent
as to tho details of tho punishment
which was administered to Bliss. The
victim, who appeared In court,
showed tracoB of tho application of
tar which was made to his face by
the avehgors. The glances exchanged
between tho quartet were anything
but amiable,
'FRISCO GHOULS HANGED.
Two Men Who Looted City After Fire
Die on Scaffold.
San Quontin Prison, Gal. ? John
SlemSen and Luis Dabner, known as
the "gas pine thugs." who committed
a aeries of dacjfog crimes in San Fran
cisco following the earthquake and
fifre in 1006, were executed by hang
ing here in the penitentiary.
Doth men met death without, dis
playing any omotion or making a
statement. Two hundred persons
were present, including Japanese
Consul Koike and Henry Behrenda,
the man who brought about the ap
rest of the murderers.
KILLED IN AUTO WRECK.
Little Girl's Sknll Fractured When
Tires Durst at Greenvnle, Ij. I.
Qreenvale, L. I.? B. A. Ward, a
chauffeur, of No. -533 West 158th
street, Manhattan, driving a big tour
ing car owned by James McCreery, I
and having with him John Rhinehart,
of Bull's Head, L. I;; and trir tw?-cbft- |
dren, Louise and Jacob Rhinehart
aged respectively eleven and nine
years, was upset at this station.
Three of the party were badly bruised
and Louise Rhinehart suffered a frac
ture of the skull, from which she died
later at the Naesau Hospital. - :i
STEALS LEPER WIFE
General Wnrdwell Carries Her Across
Border Into Mexico.
Los Angelos.Cal. ? Determined that ,
ho would not be separated from his]
wife, who is a leper and has been
confined at the county hospital, Brig- ,
adier-Qeneral David K. Wardwell, re
tired, veteran of two wars, has stolen
her from the institution and rushed
her across the Mexican border, where
he declares he will live with her until j
death separates them.
No attempt will be made to bring
them back, as the officials say they
both threaten to end their lives if!
forced to live apart.
KILIJ9 SELF AND TWO CHILDREN.
Cranston (R. I.) Man Commits Rash
Deed In Absenco of Wife.
Cranston, R. I. ? Leonard Hen
dricks, in the absence of his wife, who
was in Hartford, Conn., killed 'him*
self and his two daughters, Ann, five'
years old, and Llllie, three years old,
by means of gas. The bodies of all
three were fouqd after a locked room ,
had been broKen Into. A note left
for Mrs. Hendricks said "Goodby"
and expressed . hope that she would
find a better husband.
The authorities expressed the opln?
ion that the note Indicated Jealousy.
? Coffee Bean Kjfts Bate.
Irene Wild, fifteen months old,
daughter Of Herman Wild, of Chic
ago, a laborer, strangled to death at
the Englewood Hospital as a result
of accidentally swallowing a coffee
bean at her home. The baby died
while physicians were preparing to
perform an operation.
the Old Age Pensions Bill.
: HISGEN HEMS NEW PART*
^
Nominated For President on lnde?
pendence Ticket at Chicago.
John Temple Omtei. of Georgia,
Kamod m the Candidate For Vice*
President"? Bryan Man Put Out.
Chicago, 111. ?-Thomas L. Hlsgen,
Independent oil refiner, of Massachu
setts, and unbeaten foe of the Stand*
?rd OU Company, was nominated for
President by the Independence parr
ty's first national convention on tha
third ballot.
As It required a two-thirds rote to
nominate It looked for a time as If
Mr. Hlsgen would not land the prise.
All of the candidates ? Hlsgen, How
ard, Lyon and Graves?were out of
the hall, as was Mr. Hearst,
At 1.08 the result of th? first bal
lot was announced as follows: Tho
mas L. .Hlsgen, 806; M. W. Howard.
200; W. H. Hearst. 49; John T.
Graves, 218; R. H. Lyon, no record.
As it required 666 votes to nominate
there wbb no result.
The second ballot was: Hlsgen.
BOO; Hearst, 40; Howard, 100;'
Oravos, 180? again no result
The tblrd ballot was be3un amid
rounter cries of "Hisgen" and
"Graves."
It was apparent before the comple
tion of tho third ballot that Hlsgen
had been nominated.
Hldfcen, 831; Grave*, 77; Howard,
88: Hearst, 2.
The convention then nominated
John Temple Graves, of Georgia and
New York, for Vice-President.
' An attempt bv Jolin I, Shepard. a
delegate from Kansas, to stampede -
th'o convention for Mr. Bryan pro
voked a riot in tho convention halt
nnd the arrest of hMf n doren Bryan
shouters. The convention was in tttt
Ilea reserves were summoned and <3is^
couraged any further efforts at stam
ped J ng, ?
Mr. Shepard was piloted from the
?ho platform under escort by the
Hearst leaders, led by Charles J.
Shearn. to prevent a threatened as-*
sault on him by dolegates from New
York and California.
MADE SPURIOUS MONEY
For Years, at FayettevlIle. Ark., Hie
Pal Turns State's Evidence.
Evidenced >
FayettevIUeT Ark.-t)ri L. V,
Blancbard, a leader In social, politi
cal and religious affairs in this com
munity for fifteen years. 3nd J. C!
Wllcoxaon have been bound over to
the Federal Grand jury on a charge
of counterfeiting.
Wilcoxson. l^^ned State's evidence -
and tegtlfled that Dr. Blanjmafd, al
though the sftperlntendentycif a large
Sunday-school, has been 'a counter
feiter for fifteen years./ Wilcoxson
says he became associated with Dr.
Blanchard in making spurious money
about five months ngfo/ but never
knowingly passed any of it.
? .. ?
CARNEGIE'S A VTO SMASHED.
?? ??
Millionaire and His Wife in an Acci
dent at Inverness, Scotland.
r Inverness, Scotland. ? -An automo
bile in which Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Carnegie were motoring here crashed
into another machine while going at ;
a smart pace.
Mr. Carnegie's car was damaged#
and the millionaire and his wife were
almost thrown ont.
"While neither Mr. Cafnegle npr his
wife sustained any injuries, they
were considerably shocked, and gavp
evidence of their alarm. 8o far ae
known, no ill effects will result to
either from the collision.
FATAL AUTOMOBILE ACClBENT.
Giimeina I)o Mello, of New Bedford,
Man., Killed.
New Bedford, Mam. ? Giimeina do
Mello, the seven-year-old girl . run ' .
over by J. P. Arcbbold'a fifty' horse
power automobile on the Mattapoi
nett road; died at St. Luke's Hospi
tal. It Is asserted that the car,
which waa driven by a professional
chauffeur With Mr. and Mr?r~Ardf
bold, was going eiowiy, but the ehtid
suddenly ran In front of It and an
accident was unavoidable. Mr. Arcljl
bold Is a son of John P. Archbold,
of New York City.
MAYFLOWER GOES SOUTH.
; - * -.-V? ?,.*
Government Yacht to Keep the Peace
In Haiti. ? ?
Oyster Bay, N. Y.? -The call for
more gunboatt to* protect the inter
ests of the United States In -the trou
bled sections of Central America haa
deprived President Roosevelt of the
use of the yacht Mayflower. The
Mayflower left for Port au Prince,
Haiti, where ahe baa been ordered to
rellC7o the P&dueah.
Toothbrush Kills Baby.
Xfylng on the bed wfth a tooth
brush In her month, Jeanette C. fib
er ly, aged nineteen months, rolled
off the bed and fell to the floor, driv
ing the toothbruah into her mouth.
The brlstlea severed an artery lead- ;
fng to the base of the brain, and the
child died in a few minutes.
wii iVui'ii ???"M.iMwi.r'r
.. v >
r : Buaaian Bandita Get $40,000.
At Tiraspol.Ruaaia, a band of un-r
known men attacked the office of the
cashier at, the local railroad station
and got away with * 40?<10Q.
|&?Muffrngettea llnsgr in China. m
The wctoea'i aofTrage' ?0
has extended in China, and at
fethU anclenu.! nation has
frage would do
L?cept to
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