The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 02, 1909, Image 1
VOLUME XII
CAMDEN, 8.O.. FRIDAY. JULY 2. 1901)
PALMETTO HAPPENINGS ]
Newt Notes From All Fifti of (be State of Interest to South j
Curoliniioi in GcnefeJ
ZZ8SS& Y*iwm>
Chester, Hi>eciui.-"*lhid?r cloudlet*
akU'a, with the United States Navy
Dand leading the van, the veterans of
ij'<> South Carolina Division, United
Confederate Veterans, attended by
wildly cheering crowds, repaired
from the public square to the conven
tion hall and pavHUon hall on Wolr
??ut street at 10 o'clock Wednesday
ftUfl tlie annual reunion of
the division commenced. There ia
un immense crowd in the city, and
crowds are poujring in on every train.
Ilie city. ijB gaudy and. guy with re
union decoration#, and at night the
band concert under the beautiful
electric display on the square wan one
of (ho most beautiful and enjoyable
xeaturs^ ever seen at a reunion and
one that was highly appreciated and
enjoyed by. the big crowd.
The reuniou was culled to order by
Col. J. W, It ecd, of this city, chief
marshal for the occasion, and Chap
lain General G. W. Gordou, of Catu?
den, led in prayer. The address of
welcome was then delivered by ex
Mayor R. B. Caldwell, who, in a brief
speech, replete with beautiful 8ug
, gets t ions, referred to the bravery and
devotion of the boys in gray and bade
them a hearty welcome in behalf of
und county. Mayor Henry
^sumuela ia a few words delivered the
keys of the city to the. veterans. Gen
eral lJuvia, ^commanding the division,
responded in behfitf of the old sol
dicrs, his speech being a resume of
what the Confederate soldier stood
lor and what he did. Dr. 1 a*c Davis
Lodge, the eloquent president of
Limestone Collegd; Gaffney, followed
with the annual address. Dr. Lodge's
address was a gem in every particu
lar and was greatly enjoyed by the
immense crowd thut .packed tho pa
vilion throughout tho exereises.
At 1 :30 o 'clock the picnic dinner at
tho court houso grounds was an
nounced, and the veterans swarmed
in. It was a fine sight as the old fel
lows gathered into the yard and sur
rounded* the fables, there being any
where from 1,000 to 1,500 to partake
of the feust. N .
At "tho-afternoon scssiou at the pa
vilion- memorials were -read to Gen.
M. C. Butler and Gen. T. W. Car
. wife, the formerly Judge William
II. Brawley, of Charleston, and the
latter by Hon. O. L. Schumpert, of
Newberry. A resolution was adopted
denouneinng the treatment accorded
the division at Memphis at the gen
eral reunion, particularly in the mat
ter of compelling the sponsors to pay
outrageous hotel hills, etc. After the
memorial a reunion of the Hampton
Legion was held, which was greatly
enjoyed by the few survivors present.
In the afternoon the South Carolina
camp held a short business meeting.
A delightful reception was given at
the Comrtiercial Club in the aften
noon by Chester Chapter, United
Daughters of tho Confederacy, and
the Chester County Camp Sons of
Veterans, in honor of the sponsors
mid maids of honor. There was music,
was greatly enjoyed.
Attempt to Break Jail.
Yorkville, Special.? Five prisoners
In the county jail made an attempt
to get out on Tuesday night, They
broke off a heavy bar from a ceil
door and with it pried off tome iron
gratings, getting out in tho corridor
outside of the cells. They then bo
jran digging away the brick wall near
""tho entrance door from the stairway.
In a short time, their efforts would
have been successful, but Deputy
Sheriff Fred Quiun heard a uoice aud
upon investigation discovered what
was wrong.
Big Sale of Cotton.
Chester, Special. ? Ono of tho big
gest sales of cotton evCr made in
this part of tlic State was pulled ofT
last week when Mr. S. M. Jones, of
this city, sold to 0eorge McFaddon
Uros., tho bijf ii?portor?r through
their rc-preseutativo, Mr. J. O. ' Uar
ron, 372 bales of cotton at 11 cents
tho price for tho lot belnir $18,500.
Mr. Jones has in storago at Rock Hill
179 bales.
^ 8. J. P. Alston Drowned.
Charleston, Special. ? Advices woro
received heroTSalurday of the death
of S. J. 1'. Alston and the narrow
escape of a lady from drowning in
tho accident which befell a launch
party Friday ni^ji, proceeding ffom
Young's Island to Roekvillo. Jt "ap
pears that* tho engine of the boat tic
came disabled and in some, way filled
with water. Alston safely carried
one of the Indies ashore, but with
jnncii effwTi fii?l it !; ttwit hi>
returned to the assistance of another,
. when his strength failed him and lie
was drowned.
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r Piciens Oonnty Farmer Struck by
Greenville, 8peciaL? Thomas O.
Jameson, a Pickens county firmer,
57 years of age, was struck by &
freight train on the Sontfcern a few
miles fronTihis City Friday morning.
Ifia skull was fractured and bis left
aim broken in two places. Ho Was
brought hsrs to * hospital for tmt>
atsnt. His conditio? ? sritioak ~
BpsrUuburg,
Spartanburg, Specie I. ~-The Wof
ftml College tHUimer school opened
\Vc4U1esduy with over 126 teacher* in
attendance. The opening ? exercises
were held in the chapel at Wofford
College, Addresses were made by
Dr. II. N, fjnyder and State Superln.
tendent of Education J. K. Swearing
er. The schedule of cIukrcs was r-?u
ou the half houir. Thursday, begin*
ning at 0 a. m., classes were run on
the hour. Many moro teachers are
expected.
Ur'. IL N. Snyder, president of
Wofford College, and head of the
I summer school, niade a short talk to.
( the teachers in which he extended
them a most cordial welcome, lie
said in part :
"We are genuinely glad to see so
ninny at the opening of this summer
school. Some months ago when \\?
were discussing the school, we felt'
sure the teachers of South- (Jnroltwa
would respond, and I a*Kuro you tlwS
rcspouoo has been gratifying indeed.
"There ore signs of progress iu
education all along the line. Schools
are aprioging up everywhere. Im
provement is beating its way into re
mote corners. This outward prog
ress stands for an (inner -progress.
The people-of South Carolina are
really waking up. They uro doit)?
the very best they know how. I be
lieve we are doing as much construo
tive educational Work as any State in
the South.
"Wo want to .make this distinctly
a summer school. Its success^ depends
moro on the pupils than on the
teacher. There can not bo the best
results for. all unless each contributes
all that ho. has."
State Superintendent of Education
Swcarlngen was introduced . by Dr.
Snyder. Mr. Sweafingen spoke In
high commendation of the; summer
f.clmol and the enterprise shown by
the Wofford men in getting It Up. Ito
said that he had not realized tho
power and influence of tho teachers
of South Carolina until he attended
a summer school about 10 years ago.
In his opinion the summer school is
destiwvw! to 'fill the most acute need
in the educational system, of today.
In speaking of State nid for rural
schools, Supt." Swearingfn. sold that
it .was to tho credit of &paftfrhbur\j ,
county that the first claim for this
aid was sent in by a school almost I
within the shadow of Wtifford col
lego. In speaking of tho faculty of
the summer school, he said that it
wo 8 as able a hotly of teachers as
could be collected in South Carolina,
or in fact -as able as any summer
school faculty in the lana.
Will Fay Large Dividend.
Union, Special. ? Something o'vor
$22,000 will be paid out in dividends
on July 1 by tne Monarch Cotton
Milla of this city. '
Tliis ^as authorized at a meeting
of the directors of (his flourishing
textile eoropration, which meeting
was attended by Mr. Seth M. Milll
ken, who is largely interested in
about 20 cotton mills scattered
throughout the South; his son-^n-law
Mr. E, M. Hatch, also of KoW* York
city, Mr. r John K. Branch pi flieh.
mond, Va., and the local members of
the directorate. The report of the
treasurer of the milh Mv. Emslio
Nicholson, shows the company's af.
fairs to bs in excellent condition,
Monnrch Cotton Mill was organized
in 1000 by the late Maj. John Ai
Fant, who was its efficient president
and treasurer until his death in Sep*
tembep, 1007. The mill has 40,000
spindles and 1,000 looms, and Mon
arch has the reputation of being ous
of the best paili communities in South
Carolina;
Half Holiday 2*or Marks.
Florence, Spccial.? The . merchant*
of Florence have adopted a new plan
for the summer months. Instead of
closing at 0 o'clock, as they havo
done for the post few years, . begin
ning ibis week, the stores, with one
(fl\lwo exceptions, will tolse at 2
o'clock every Wednesday in order lo
give the clerks At least one batf h oil
nay put of each week.
12,000 Bunches of Bananas.
Charleston, Spcciul. ? The Norweg
ian steamship Capt. Bennett, Cap.
Olsen in -command, discharged a
cargo of about 12,000 hunches of ban
anas at this port Tuesday. The fruit
came from Jaiuacia and is for the
United Fruit Company. - The Capt.
itonctt's crew is composed of Nor
wegian*. The boat is quite a fast
one, making between thirteen and
fourteen knots the hour. The Aineri
< a, bringing another car-v of
as for the United . Fruit Company, is
expected in a few days.
OaldwsQ Ruff Kills Neighbor.
Newberry, Special.? A- -deplorable
atfsir occurred in the St. PbiUips
section of this eounty, about ten
miles :tx* m the court bouse on the
Pom aria rpad, Sunday morning ho
firsen ft O ?V1a??w
Mill Of H mi1
An Acreage Abumfonmert of
Seven Per Cent
? ? *
THE NATIONAL GINNERS" REPORT
The Average Condition Up to Jua*
24 Wm 76.0, the Condition in
North Carolina Beini 77 ? 1 Tha
Acriu? Abandoned in North
Carolina U i Per Oeut.
Memphis, Teun., Special. ? The re
port of the National Ginners' Asso
ciation yives the average condition
of cotton up to June 24, as 75, tt.
There has been an abandonment of
acreage of 7 per cent according to
the report, making tin* total a< reuge
0.8 less than last year.
Detailed rcjKiit bv States:
Alabama, condition 70 j acreage
abandoned 14 pi r cent; crop 'very
grusay ill.; pearly all Bilious; plant
small . qixf ' from two to four weeks
late. ^
" Arknsas, condition 70; -acreage.,
abandoned 4 per ccnt; crop very
good in weal and north; very grassy
and small elsewhere; boll *vyevll in
24 counties worse thuu last season; "j
home of the lk Ids being abandoned on
account of them.
Florida, condition 00; very little
loss in acreage; most sections good.
Georgia, condition 70; acreage
abandoned 5 per cent; crop grMgyi_
most sections not all chopped yet;
plant generally small and from one
to three weeks late; some complaints
of lice and black rot.
Louisiana, condition 50; acreage
abandoned 13 per cent; some sections
in very good shape but so many wee
vils they are destroying all the
squares as fast as tliev form; much
cotton being abandoned or planted in
Bage only on 'this account; many re
port nothing will be made in their
sections.
Mississippi, conditions 01; acreage
abandoned 14 per cent ; plant genera
ally small; poor stands and grassy.
Missouri, condition 50; ycry little
loss in acreage; crops luto but good.
North Carolina, condition 77; acre
age abandoned 4 per ccnt; crops
grassy in most sections and from 2
to 3 Weeks late.
Oklahoma, condition 30, acreage
abandoned 1 j>er cent ; reports from
nearly all sections very good. j,
'Sou tl? Carolina, condition 78; acre
age abandoned 4 per cent ; some few
sections report good conditions but
most of them report fields grassy and
not all chopped yet, plant small and
from two to three weeks late,
Tennessef, condition 77; acreage
abandoned 7 per cent; plant small
and grassy. .
Texas, condition 80; acreage aban
doned 5 per cent; principally in the
dry section whoro rains came too j
late; condition north and east Texas
best iu years but weevils are report
ed more numerous than usual and
this fine prospect may be changed iu
a very short time.
South Texas had plenty of rain,
plant generally small and from four
to six weeks late. Weevils reported
in large numbers doing damage al
ready. West Texas still very dry e*?
cept four counties, some places |iav<5
had no rain it}' six nipnths. Wit])
plenty of rain this Beetion will pr<*=
duce from &0 to CO per cent ft
crop., ' v
Mr, R. L. Koyster Drowned,
Columbia,!^ C., 8peci#t.-?MT7~A>?
thur L. Roystcr, chief rlerk for 8u?
pcrin trndcnt 11. A. William* of tliQ
Southern, and one of tho most cap.
able and promising young railroad
men in this section, met a tratfic and
extremcl/ sad death while out swim
ming and boating in the Columbia CA>
nal about 10 o'clock Monday morn
ing by drowning. His body has not
yet been rectnrered.
Mr. C oyster was a popular tlub
jaan and was very 'popular through
out the city generally, being of quiet
and retiring disposition and of many
manly characteristics. His fellow
workmen at tho union station, frow
heads of departments on down to the
youngest clerks, are grieved fend
shocked over his death, as if they bad
lost a brother, for Mr. Royster was
~toostr popular SHtfttliote ctosest to
him.
Lies linger Mis Auto,
Columbia, 8. C., Special. ? William
Q. Rudd, a traveling salesman for
the DurstrAndrews Company, was
killed Monday in an automobile
which was struck by the S|ftfrpsrd
vestibuled (rain St Snlak, four miles
west cf Greenwood. One of the eye
witnesses, Mrs..- Mnlone, saw , \fr.
Rudd ft op the automobile ow the
crossing. lie jumped cut, but on the
wreng sideband iiv front -o?-4ha yov
in?r troin,; which struck the automo
bile and threw it on him. H ) was
pickcd up l rarrted to Abfcsvijl \
but died on the way. Mr. Kudd le?>ci
a widow. No children snrviva him.
Allsgod Members BUe* Hand Band
Bound Over.
Toledo, O., Special. ? At th# ? con?,
elusion of the preliminary hearing
here Monday 8alvator? and Sebas
tine Lima and Salvatore Ri**o, three
members of the alleged Blaek Hand
band, Jj^erntly arrested, bound
WHIM n Bin EMU'S
"Gay Party" at the Maryland ShacK
Probably a Fiction.
jUwuc Hub Pivrscd Mrs, WoodlH'o
Jewelry Two Dnjro After Murtler ? ?
Schemed to Involvo Others,
St. Michaels, Md.?Lame Dob Kant
man murdered the protegee* of Ly
man J, Gage, Bdlth May Thompson
Woodlll, with his own hand, robbed
the dead woman of ? considerable
money and Jewelry and planned cun
ningly to throw the crime on Now
York friends who knew him lu his
prosperous days and who ho eald vis
ited htm over Saturday a week ago.
Eastman's Intricate scheme to liv
volvo others and cave his own ueck
if possible is being oxpoaed hour by
hour.
Eastman's story of a gay party at
his bungalow on thp shore of llroad
Creek, where he hid for fivo months
from tho New York police, 1b believed
by the authorities to bo u iio. '"Every
scrap of Information that the police
of three States can* gather points to
the fact that Eastman was alone with
young Mr*. Woodlll when alio cauiu
to her death. The cunnlug which
tho crooked broker uwsd to cover the
girl's death Is being analysed bit by
bit. Every lie and trick and strata
gem lndlcatos that East'nuu ulone
was guilty.
Two days after Mrs. Woodlll wan
-killed Eastman went to Baltimore
and pawned 'he/ Jewelry, two diamond
rings and a pearl pin. On Tuesday
he was back again huiIIIdk union x hlu
acquaintances at 8t. Michaels and Mc
Danlel, paying debts and Jesting about
the gay time his guests had on Sun
day. Now that the story Is out and
Eastman's neighbors know the sort
of man he was they uro amazed at
the cheerful nerve Iwo showed lu re
turning ta-tho scene of tlio murder
and cracU,ng rustic Jok?'H.
There Is nothing to show that East
man's guests, if he' had any, were in
the bungalow when Mrs. Wuodlll wsb
struck down. Many things indicate
that they had boarded their launch
ond gono away. The hour of tho mur
der pas been fixed pretty definitely
As 0 o'clock on Sunday ovenlng. Ono
of Eastman's neighbor who went to
the shack to Qak Eastman to go to
church that evening, heard the sound
of a woman's voice upbraiding tho
lame^man and hurried away.
From a hundred and one trivial In
cidents and the testimony of persons
who at first found It hurd to over
come their Inclination to keep a
clotted Luoutu on unpleasant matters
the Maryland authorities hnro fol
lowed Mrs. Woodlll's movements
from the hours on Saturday afternoon
a week ago, when Bhe said good-bye
to her friends In Easton until sho
drove late Rt night to tho bungalow
with Lnrno Bob. ' There was les3 diffi
culty ovon In tracing Eastman's af
faire before and after the murdor.
Tho one mystery that roinalna In tho
easo Is how much did tho party of
friends from New York know when
they hurriedly left tho bungalow on
Sunday afternoon.
Roosevelt Kills Three Buffalo cs.
All the members of the Roosevelt
expedition, which is now In tho Sot.lk
district, are well, and Theodore
Roosevelt has shot threo buffaloes.
This information was brought into
Nalvasha, British East Africa, by
porters returnlug from tho Roosevelt
camp.
Voting Rockefeller Succecds Rogers,
John D, Rockefeller, Jr., wss elect*
ed vice-president of the Standard Q1)
Company {Q pucceed the )atO f|. 1J,
Rogers,
_ ? uuif hi p i?
GROOM INSANE, WEDDING STOrS.
Lost Consciousness and Wandered
A^vny?Brlde/Co-B? Watte In Vitn,
Augusta, Qa. ? The temporary* ln?
sanity of the bridegroom prevented
th? wedding of Allen Ljrlo and Mlfi
Emma Reynolds here,
All preparations were complete,
and the guests were assembled, when
It was discovered that Lyle had not
arrived. A thorough search failed to
find him. The bride-elect then be
came hysterical and the guests dis
persed. An hour after midnight Lyle
appeared at his home, bruised and
muddy. Ho said he had lost con
sciousness about 5 o'clock In the af
ternoon and awoke late at night In a
lumber yard three mlleB from the
etty. r His physician pronounces him
temporarily Insane,
Killed as Trolley Hits Auto. .
Superintendent James H. Cobb, of
the Belton Cotton Mills, and Rev. D.
D. Richardson wqre killed, and Mrs.
Richardson and the ReV. E. A. Mc
Dowell were badly Injured when a
trolley car crashed Into tiiw auto In
whieh they were riding at Anderson,
B. C.
MRS. GOULD WIHS HER SUIT
She Gets a Separation, and Is
Awarded $100 a Pay Alimony.
Ifor Demand Tlutt Howard Gould l'?y
I lor 9200,000 ? Your U Denied-*
bhwrii Gcta fiiOOO Feu,
New York City. ? Mrs, Howard
Qould Won her suit (or separation
?gainst ber multimillionaire husband
and waa granted alimony of $100 per
day. Justice Dowllng delivered ' his
decision Immediately that the case
was closed. He took no time what^
ever (or consideration after the law
yers had finished, evidently having
had his tnlnd made up.
Clareuce J. Shearn, Mrs. Gould's
counsel, received $2000 as his fee.
That waa the maximum amount
which the law permitted (he court
to grant. The plaintiff J)ad atied for
alimony of $250,000,' hut few of
those who heard the cose except lier
personal frlonda thought that sho
Would" get\that totnoxmtv" ?
All tho evidence wob In shortly af
ter uoon, though It had been cxpected
that tho case would go on for tho day
with the testimony of minor wit now
ee. However, when both tRwyr^ryaald
that they had finished they expected
that thu court would take the case
undor advisement for a day or more.
However. Justice Dowllng at once bo
gun to give his judgment.
He tmtd that as far as tho allega
tion of->contlnuul drunkenness from
1002 ta&^iMJ'' went the evidence was
In favor'of tho plaintiff, apd that t
defeiiBo had failed to make oiCt'^a'
case. lie said that Mr. Qould had
deserted his wife without Justification
and oven without provocation. Whllo
It waa not hla duty, he Bald, to sep
arato Mr. Qould from IiIb wife, It whs
his duty to ceo that Hhe was supported
In a fair way. Then ho announced
that she was entitled "to $3000 per
month, $30,000 per year, or $100 fir
day."
Mrs. Gould was In great glee when
the unexpected decision of tho court
came. "I Bought vindication more
than tho money," she Bnld. "I want
ed complete vindication and 1 hnvo
won IL"
Before the court adjourned Do
Lancey Nlcoll, counsel for Mr. Qould.
who waB apparently taken abnek by
the declHlon, asked for an arrest of
judgment for thirty days and the
court granted hie motion.
DROWNED IN A llATHTUH.
Mrs. Anna Clot*, of New York, Found
^ Dep.',] nt'ANbury Dark.
Asbury Park, N. J. ? Mrs. Anna
Clotz was found dend In a foot of hot
water In a bathtub on the second lloor
of tho 1 loss bathing establishment by
Jane Randall, a negro attendant. Mrs.
Clotz was taken to the baths in a
wheel chair.
Dr. William A. Robinson believes
that she fell Into tho water, and, be
ing partly paralyzed, wub unable to
lift herself out OT niako a Btrugslo.
Dr. Robinson found tho lungs filled
with water.
Mrs. Clotz had .been at the Frank
lin Cottage, 52 Sea VIow avenue,
Ocean Grove, threo days. Hho regis
tered without glvjng her address. A
search of hor effoctB Bhowed that bIio
has a brother-in-law, Henry Clotz, at
81 Maiden Lane, New York City. .
RESCUER FINDS VICTIM IS WIFE.
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Woman Killed by Train While IIurry<
Ing Homo to Get Husband's Dinner,
Pittsburg. ? Seeing a woman run
down and killed by a Baltimore and
I Ohio train Wade Sorza left his work
to pick up the body. He (ell In a faint
when be recpguited the victim as his
W Ife, ? v ?
Mrs, Borsa was hurrying home to
prepare dinner for her husband. She
appeared to be overcome with fright
whenshe iaw the (ait train bearing
down on bar and could not indve. The
engineer could not stop. When Bona
recovered consciousness he Insisted
on oarrytaff his wlfo home himself.
Two hours later ho was found on the
tracks with a gun, looking for some
ono responsible for her death.
CHANGES IN 11 IUT IS II MINISTRY,
Lord FitBiuanrice and Thomas R. Du
chanan Leave Office.
London. ? The resignations of two
members of the Government were an
nounced on account of ill health. ,
Lord Fltsmaurlce. rs Chaucellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster, Is succceded
by Herbert Louis Snmucl, Uud?r Sec
retary for Homo Affalrn. who thug is
promoted to Cabinet rank, and Thoa.
R. Buchanan, Parliamentary Secre
tary to the India Office, is succeeded
by the- Master of Elib&nk, Alexander
^William Charles Oltpbant Murray.
Decline fit Wlicnt.
Improving crop prospects at home
and abroad bavo lea 10 a decl'sc !a
wheat.
, FARMERS' WIVE?r REVOLT OVER BIG
! FEEDS FOR MEN AT TURCHHING 11EES
Indianapolis, Ind.- ? Farmers' wives
of Central Indiana have rebelled
against the practice of making big
dinners for threshing bands, and tho
owners of machines that go from
farm to farm threshing wheat will
have to provide dinners for their men.
The wives of the farmers organised
against the big-dinner attachment en
threshing days, and when thresher
owners came ' around to make con
tracts and vera informed of tho
women's edict many of them refused
to make contract*, paying they Jiad
no way to provide dinners for the
men.
> Farmer* In Fome co'intlo* have
formed threshing comp; nlcs tunong
themselves, and havo agreed' that
every man must provide himself with
dinner. The organisation Is spread*
lng to other sSCUoire. ar.d the trtjrtHrr'
cer at threshing time in to bo ? thing
of the post. . ... s ^
Iii Jail For Auto
CliarJ?s Scheeri, the chauffeur vho
ran down and kttled Patrick Mc
T?aughltn pn the Old .Yprk joad and
who waa convicted of manslaughter,
wm sentenced by Judge 8warta at
I Norrlstown. Pa., to one year in the
I eountyv prison and to pay a flne.pf |50.
-1 Sarah Orne Jewctt Dead.
Sarah Orne Jewett, the author,
died at her residence In South Ber
wick, Me., aged ftttynlne. She had
been ill for many month* with apo
plexy and paralysis. ?
| KILLS FATHE8, THEN HIMSELF
| Man Crazed by Wifo's Qasertlon
Also Shoots SIster-ln-Law.
George A, Ciumcy, pf Qwliu'jr, III., it*
u Fit lllu**," Shoots
Willi FoUl" FfTcct,
Qutncjf, III. ? Craxcd by domeslio
troubles, his wife having gone away
from Mm with his two sons aftor the
death of his daughter, George A. Our
Dey, connected with the Hlaek St
Laird Construction Company, of New
Orloans, shot and aerlously wounded
his sister-in-law, Mrs. Seneca Gurney,
Jr.; killed his father, Beueca Gurney,
and then killed himself.
Gurney came bore three months
ago on the advice of his doctor, who
i eald old home associations would re
] store him to cheerfultWe. He com*
"plaint d In tlio morntu": of a bad lit of
I "the blues." Ills brothers wlfo vvout
to his room to comfort hlui.
"What can I do for you?" s'no
1 ?twk-?d' a? ?ht>.uu4ervd .
Without a word Gurney shot her
twico. The woman fell io tho nooy;
wounded In tho cheek and nee?i.
llcuiing tho abota, the father, ?ev?*n
ty-nlne yvar,* old, went Ul' stnlru.
Dropping to lib knee?, bis medical
, training overcoming oVery other Im
pulse, be grasped tbo wounded wom
an's wrist to tent her pulse. Again,
without a word Gurnoy fired. This
time tbe father tell dead.
Without movltiK from bis ehnlr tbo
njurdorer sent u bullet into hlu own
I'tiraln tfild ' wus tU'itd '* In '? nn>
Word of tho tragedy- waB foiit hla
widow, who, since she left her bus
I baud, baa been living with bis koiih
, ou a farm lu Oklabom:i.
TKA1N NO. I?r WHKCKICD.
Two Mod HIU? <1 011 < Iio Frio When It
Strikes Derailed Freight Car.
Blnghamton, N. Y. . ? Two were
Killed lu~ir~wnrck on the Kiio when
tho Wolls-Fargo express, known on
tho timecard iih No. 13, struck a de
railed freight cur lying ac-rosB the
weBt-bound track. Tho dead lire:
Henry Dolun, tho fireman of tho ex-"
press, 'of Hornell, and Oliver Turner,
of JJlnghamton. Engineer Philip
Young, of Corning, who was badly
scalded, 'was tho ouly other person
injured.
A wheel flango of a car in tho mid
dle of an oast-hound freight train
broke. Dcforo flagmen could bo eent
out tho west-bound Wolls-Kargo ex
proBB camo tearing around tho curve
and atruck tho derailed car.
HOLDS TWO-OKNT FARE INVALID
Court Enjoins Philadelphia From Kn
forcing Act Against Heading H. It.
Phlladolphla, Pa.. ? Tho two-cent
faro law pa'esed by tho 'Pennsylvania
Legislature in 1907 received nhotlier
blow when Judgo Wlllson, in Common
Pleas Court here, declared tho law
unconstitutional. Tho decision was
in tho case of TTf& T?hiladolphla and
Heading .Hallway . Company to re
strain the County of Philadelphia
from enforcing tho law.
Judge Willson holds that tho law
is contrary to tho Constitution of tho
United States, and tho county Is per
petually enjoined from enforcing the
act against the Heading Company,
BLIND PREACH EIl LYNCHED. y
Georgia Whites Charged Ilim With
Urging Negroes Not to Work.
Taibotton, Ga.~ Jdo Hardy, a blind
negro preacher, was -lynched tome
time during the night becauBO, It Is
alleged, he was stirring Up strlfo be
tween the races,
Tho lynching of tho preacher is
elosely connected with tho killing of
tho negro, Will Cnnoker, by a mob
Wednesday morning,. Caueker was
lynched for killing William Leonard,
a prominent planter, and it is alleged
that tho blind preacher Instigated
Him,
DULL KILLS BULLFIGHTER,
Another Gored in Samo Fight by a
Bull That Leaped the Fence.
Mexico City. ? Alfredo Sanchez, a
bullfighter, was killed in the bull ring
by a bull that knocked nim down and
thrust one horn into his body, pene
trating a lung. He was taken to the
ringside hospital, whero ho died with
in a fdw minutes.
"El Tltl?" another bullfighter in
tho samo fight, was sevorely injured
by a bull that jumped over tho arena
fence in pursuit of him and gored
him in tho head, . , .
Broker and Lawyer Guilty.
Arthur P. Helnzo was found guilty
of Impeding Justice in sending T. 8.
Buckingham, a clerk of the United
Copper Company, to Canada. Sen
tence was suspended, but he was told
iv ?!? the Grand JurjLSll he^could.
Sanford "Robinson, lawyer, was sen
tenced to pay a $250 fine.
. . ? " . 3
Oil on tho Free List .
Crude oil was put on tho frco list
of the Tariff bill in the. Senate by a*
combination of nineteen Republicans
and twenty-one Democrats It is re
garded na a victory for Standard Oil
as well as tho tariff revisionists.
v ? r . .
Policeman Found Guilty,
Policeman Dillon was found guilty
_of jnanalaughter in. the Qvjt degree
for killing young P robber in New
j Yortt Ciiy.
Novel Wny tn EminWI^rrr:
Robert M. Bcnney a blacksmith,
committed snicido at Hornell, JJ. Y.
Ho went to tho bank of a pond, tied
hl? feet withua JtfiP.?? which he also
looped several timea about bis body
and then rolledlnto the water. ?
Taft'a Plan of Taxation.
President Taft'a pltm to tax the
net earninga of corporations was pre
sented In ttie Senate as an amend
ment to the Tarnrbttl, nnd It-wae ?*?
pected . not to be opposed in either
iranofc vt Qoncvee*
Latest News.
BY WIRE.
To < hint* I Lincoln Moiiuim ut.
Lincoln, Nob. ? ' Danlol Cheater
French, of New York City, won com
missioned to chisel tho memorial utn>
tue ot Abraham Mucoln, to bo erectc<J
on tho State House grounds hero.
Hoke Smith Suspend* Mel/cndon,
Atlanta. Q?, ? - Governor Hoks
Smith suspended from office Chair
man D. ti. McLendod, of the Htatl
llallroad Commission, because of hi'
refusal to order the State rallroadi
to reduce rates between Bavannuh
and Atlanta.
Venezuelan Vessels Fx?ave,
Beaufort, N. C. ? The steamer Nun
tlcoke and tug Dispatch, which were
delatped on fluspiclon of connection
with Venezuelan filibustering opera*
tlons, but BUbsoquoutly rvleatfvd,
steamed uwny for Maracalbo.
Girls Tisught to Whistle.
iJayunno, N. J.? A protest haw been
IH.'d with the luonibers of th? Board
of lCducalion by mothers becauuo
t In Ir daughters hfiye been taught to
whiuUo iu schoQL They learned tho
art In MIlS Tlmm's Class,
Twenty Years For IlIackmalKn^
? Chicago. ? Joseph Dertuccl, J -.ged
blackmailer and Player, was found
guilty by u jury In Judgo Wince's
court and seUtonccd to twenty years'
Imprleop nient.
Condemn Ileu/onte In Food?*."
Detroit, Mich, ? At tho convention
of tho American Instltuto of Homeo
patliy resolutions wero adopted con
demning the uso of benzoato of soda
aB a preservative In food products end
indorsing tho efforts of Dr. Harvey
W. Wiley, of -the Department of Agri
culture, to prevent its uso. ?? < t
Major Found (Utility.
Washington, 1). C.- ? Major Charles
J. T. Clurk, Twenty-sixth infantry,
lias been dismissed from tho army,
having been found guilty of miscon
duct l'n financial affairs. Ho is re
turning with his regiment to 'San
Francisco from the Philippines, llo
Is a natlvo of New York. .
Standard Cuts Price of Crude Oil,
Pittsburg, Pa.-*? The Standard Oil
Company mado another cut of five
cents In tho price of crude petroleum.
The new quotations nre: Pennsylva
nia, $1.63; Mercer Black, $1,10; New
Castle, $1.07; Somerset, 7G cents;
ltnelnnd. or. cents.
William T. Trego Dead. ^
Philadelphia, Pa.? William T. Tre
go, a noted portrait painter and
sculptor, was found dead at his homoi
in North Wales, near here. He wae
flfty-ono years old. One of his most
noted pictures Is "ReBcue of tho Col
ors," purchased by John Wanatnaker,
and presented to the Bucks Couuty
(Pa.) Historical Society#
"Suicide Queen" Dies.
St. 7^oui8f Mo. ? Mary Kenyon'e
thirteenth attempt at suicide woe-suet^
cesRful. and the "Suicide Queen" Jp
dead. The woman met Patrolman
Kane and told him she had taken lau
danum. "I guess you are bluffing
again," said the officer. "You'll eoou
find l'n) not," she replied.
w:
Wisconsin Bank Closed. -
Sheboygan, "Wli.r? ' The Dairy men'a
National Bank, ot Sheboygan Falls,
was closed by order of the Board of
Directors. The bank has a capital
stock of $23,000, surplus $16,000 and ,'
deposits amounting to $126,000.
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Tuckers Beach Divorce Agreement.
Chicago.? Notice was given Judge
Barnes, ot the Superior Court, that .
Mrs. Wftry IDllsafceth Logan Tucker
and her husband, Colonel WiUUtn F?
Tucker, who was recently retired
from active service in th*--Bnltid__
states Array, have reached an Agree*
ment whereby Mrs, Tucker will Ask
tor a decree of divorce on tho grou&Ai
of desertion,
BY CABLE*
Kid imped iii A Cab,
Baku, Russla.-^-A brother of the
millionaire oil producer, Rylsky, was
kidnaped In a' cab by three men,
whose object It was to bold him (or
ransom. Tbe police, however,
tracked the cab to a mountain defile,
captured the kidnapers, and rcacued
M. Rylsky,
?
Paul Morton In Vienna,
Vienna.? Paul Morton arrived In
Vienna from Pari*. In the court* of
the afternoon Mr, Morton conferred
with the Rothschilds and the direct*
ore of the Austrian Credit Bank*
George Meredith** Will.
London.? -The win of George SSerc- ...
dlth, the lato novelist, was ? Bled,
showing on estate of -f 161,795.
fCvorything was bequeathed to hi*
son and daughter, eavo a fow small
legacies to the executors and. Serv
ants. ' i
Eight Wicvlurs l/?e IJVCS,
Victoria, B. C.? 'Eight lives were
lost In an attempt to recover salvage
from the wreck oMhe Gv?afc Northern
liner Dakota, off Sbirnhma, at the en
i tranca of Toklo Bay. A dyqaroito
[ cariridce WB3 accidentally exploded ^
by one of the divers ashe wa*.-*tnnt"
Jjs l!??wrut ' .-I'ni'TVftVi
"?m ''frrae
IsH
Mr*. Klihu Vctftier Dcr.3.
Roitfe.--Mrs. IfiJihu Vedder, wife
of tho American artist, died
8y. She was slxty-th}'^
|-Mrft.-.Yec; dsJL I 11 e,
of K. H. RosekratS, or Gr
N. Y.
Deject* Inheritance Bill.
; Perl In. ? The Relcht
ed by a vote ot 1*4 to
Hei MiniaUy^T '
aneo taxes to i
Widows and