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mysterious death.
I'OLK’E OFFK'FTIJs AT TROY, N
V., ARE BAFFLED.
to Fi,,<1 Slayer of NiDetaeu-
L Vear-Old Girl, Whose. Body Whs
Found Sunday, Unrewarded
A dispatch from Troy, N. *TT7 says
out of a ^ a ?.e of the theories which
.-confront the authorities who arre
trying to lift the cloud of mystery
surrounding the death of 19 year
rdd Hazel I. Drew
r Hho^e luidy
was
found In-an old milLpond near Ave-
- /rett Park^last Sunday, nothing taugi-
dov'eloped so far that points to
• the murderer the motive for the
~ arrests have been made,
although the police have closely
< rues tinned several persons whom it
was thought might throw some light
on the case.
That the girl was assaulted l>efore
she was murdered and thrown into
the pond. Is the generally aecepted
theory, hut the body was in such a
^taje of decomposition when found
h* to make it practically impossible
loi the physicians to determine that
fact -
Theories hiultfp|y_ns to the motive
f>r the murder. The girl, was not
Jtnown to have an enemy or sweet
heart. and the baffled authorities were
< V. li wiilin K to take up the |Missibili-
• ' <»f suit ide The phyaciaa’s state
ment. however, to the 'effect that
»here was no water in the lung was
as proof that the girl was dead
before her body was thrown into the
(Kind.
At the church yard at Poesteukill.
where Hazels life l»'gan, her body
»<ts laid to rest; A bunch of roses
adorned the casket, while the Rev.
W. H. E Richards, of the Methodist
Phiirch. offet4*d prayer. Only a few
• friends and relatives were present.
What the till did from the time
whe left'her aunt on Monday, July 6.
until the t»o'iy was found, remains
untold. R^iody Gunderman and
trank Smits toil of having seen
Itazel mi Tii" da
leading from • Averill Park to Taber
ton They met her. they say,.at a
|>oiiit In the read ca.ted "The 'ffol-
Itvs. 1 A little father along'another
road branches off to the left and leads
to the home of Win Taylor, an un
cle of the girl. She may have been
on her way to visit some friends in
Taberton or her destination ma>
hav*> he: uncle's h >nie. Aci'ord-
ing to fiunt'erniau's story the girl
was carrying her hat In her hand
One of the numerous theories that
developed suggested that a voting
woman living at Taberton closely re-
K1LLER BY ENGINE.
Y
Horrible Accident Occurred in Co
lumbia Tuesday Night.
At Columbia Mr. James E. Mikell
met a horible and almost instant
death Tuesday night just a few
minutes befdire the hour of midnight
at the corner of Gervais jujAiLtncoli
streets. He was struck by a Seaboan
paasenggfr engine at the point where
the tracks of the Seaboard cross
Gervais street and his .body was drag
ged about 100 feet north before the
engine pased over it
Mr. Mikell has been employed for
several weeks by the Seaboard as
a. substitute watchman, and Tues
day night he was on duty at the
Gervaie-street -crossing; next to tfig
Seaboard station. When the south
bound passenger® train arrived at 11.
45 p. m., ire was at bis post and
readily gave the proper signals. The
engine which brings this trajn t<J Co
lumbia from Portsmouth is relieved
here by another engine and crew. The
engine which brought the train into
the station had transferred to. the
siding and was backing, going north
to the Sydney park yards, when it
struck Mr. Mikell.
The engineer. Mr. Jas Horton
evidently failed to observe that his
engine had struck any object, for he
made no stop after striking the man
and was not aware that he had run
over and killed a man until some 20
minutes afterward when the agent
called him over the telephone and
so informed him.
BODY ON MARKET FOR $30.
lohn Barrett, 70 Yearn'bid. Wants
to Sell His Body.
Deserted by his fortune, which
once smiled upon him. John Barrett,
of Middleton. Conn., offers to sell his
body for (50. The offer has l>eon
refused by the George Washington
hospital, at Washington, D. C. C.,
to which It was made, but the offer
is still open.
Barrett is about 7ft yeary old. and
although apparently hale and hearty
and likely to live many years more,
he feels that his days are numbered,
and rather than live want he
mi the mad I wmuIi! raise the-1Vft- which will chase
HTS campaign is under more auspi
cious circumstances for the Demo
erdts than at any period of the party’s
history since 1892. No one attempts
to account for the fact that harmony
seems to have prevailed at Denver
to an unusual extent, and that the
whole party machinery seems to have
been better oiled than at any.time
for sixteen years. The only explana
tion offered is that the hand of the
man at the throttle was that of a
more seasoned engineer than in past
years. Mr. Bryan, according to
shrewd observers, has learned some
things. Years have brought with
him the knowledge of placating op
posing elements, instead of putting
them at each others' throats
Men who were ten days ago declar
ed that Bryan had no earthly chance
of; election in Novemlier now admit
that the iK-ginning nmtltr—at-fjen-
ver is such as to ensure a rattling
campaign ami - possibly, IXmoeratlc
victory. It all depends, they Iwlleve.
upon whether I he Democratic cam
paign is smoothness as the preli/ui-
he same smoothness as the prelimi
nary stages. If It is November may
bring tidings of a change in govern
ment control.
There is little question, in the
minds of politicians that the tight
to be made by Mr. Bryan will be
in the West and Middle West That,
it is pointed out. is plainly shown in
ne platform. Mr. Bryan went out
of his way to put up a platform
that would catch the Western people,
and as plainly as If he had said it
hlm&elf the declaration of principles
Ml
E
1,
xetnhles the murdered girl and that
Gund.erman and Smith might have
been mistak. n in thinking that she
was Hazel. The girl, however, wheif
questoned, said she was not on the
road on Tii' -day night, althongh
she had been that way on foot on
other fights jh
The authorities are endeavoring
to find the ‘ *oiit rase and handbag
which the gi'l carried when she left
Troy. The fact that she did not
• have th< m w h'en she met, Gunderattln
and Smith i taken to Indicate that
she niH' have left them Where sl)e
has sp*MH th‘ 'pi cedirtgTiiight.
Thowpossioility that the hag and
suit ease may have he'yr" thrown
Into the mill |HUid-led the nuthqcllles
to open the yite of the TJa’tn for the
purpose of d;Jining. After about
tw'o feet of v ah r had been let out
a heavy thunder storm came up and
further ope'atk :s were postponed
until Thursday. ' The girl's hgt.
gloves ar\d eyeglasses were found on
ftn'"tvnn* was mi indtra
f •
tir.n of a st; aggie, although a suffi
dent time had elapsed since the girl
met her death to have permitted the
traniplqd grsos to revive.
The theory that the girl died from
strangulation as the result of a corset
string tied about her neck, 'and
which Is said to have been cut at
the time of 'he autopsy, is not givetr
lunch ciedei'ce b>^ the authorities.
The string apparent.y was one
that the Kir]_JKPje about her neck
and li brake w him the body became
swollen by being in the watqr ko
long.
The authorities do not place much
credence—tn t ho story that the girl
was taken to the lonely by a
party in an automobile.
PLEASURE LAUNCH LOST.
the wolf away for a while by giving
lien on his body, ‘ He came to
Washington in search of health, hop
ing to benefited by the climate.
“I ‘don't think there is anything
so unusual in my offer,” he said..
"I have heard of such cases before,
and I know that hospitals pay $51)
for iKidies for dissecting pur|>oses.
By getting this money I can live a
little easier for a while, hut 1 be».
Ileve that my days are not very
long, and I fear the time when T will
not have a penny. I have been able
la tbo past to pay my room rent
promptly and purchase the food that
I need, but my-money Is very low
new.”
FIRE. ANSWERS PRAYER
Blaze Consume* Park Preacher Pray
ed .Might l»e Removed.
Twelve hours after the. Rev, Geo.
Edward Lewis, vft^ a public prayer
asked that the amusement resorts of
Irving park. Clncago, where liquor
Is sold, "might be burned to the
ground." Excelsior park was consum
ed by fire. The prayer was offered
wPhin three blocks of Excelsior nark
in a revival meeting lu the Emman
uel Congregational church.
Proprietors of the park state their
Io»-b will reach $50,000 and that thev
had taken extra precautions agatrtsi
fire, owing to the preacher’s prayer,
it is believed the blaze wus caused
by crossed w’ires. The police are
kxikittg.nlQZ.Jan llU'.Il MfcQ were.
in the park just before the fire.
AFTER REEF TRUST AGAIN.
New York D««Hdcs to Investigate High
Price of Meat.
Twenty-Five of It Seventy-Five Pas-
sengei s are Drowned.
A pleasure launch, bound from
Manila to Correligdor Island, carry
ing alwut seventy-five passengers,
was caught in a typhoon Thursday
and foundered.
It is believed that twenty- five of
v the passengers, including three
Americans, were drowned. The oth-
numbering about fift>, were
pitted .up by the British steamer
BuVerie, which was passing close to
' the launch when it foundered.
The Sitverie lowered its boats im-
morttatetv~imd- t-hose, together w t t
,he bon* from other e£aft that came
to the rescue, picked up the fifty
passenger* with much difflcul J£
It is reported that an arn .
surgeons * among the lost. De
tails of the disaster have not yet re-
'^“dor I.Un' *
ce of Manila Bay. thirty miles from
the eUr ^ * —
The transactions of the Beef trust
tn New YorkTstate is to be examined
by Attorney General Jackson, of that
c("nmnnweaith A>! ,_Tired of _the con
stant rile fiT the price of meats, the
people of the state have revolted,
and Gov. Hughes has heard the pul>-
llc clamor.
“I aqi glad this matter has been
called td my attention.^ declares At
torney Jackson, “as I can not see
why. at this time of the year, when
R costs less to keep cattle than at
a»y other season, the trust is charging
the consumer three and three and a
half cents a pound more than it did
three months ago. If 1 can fln^any
trust officers within this state'who
can be proceeded against, I intend to
get after them.”
Kills Hi* Wife.
Robert Wright, aged 32. cut his
wife's throat and then attemptedfto
commit suicide at their home, four
miles west of McKinney. Tex.. Tues
day. When discovered his wife was
lying dead on the floor with her
windpipe severed, and Wright, with
several gashes in his throat, was
wandering about the house, begging
for-ome one to kill him. The couple
are survived by a three-year-old child,
who was found hitting on the bed
near where Its dead mother was ly
ing.
> Fleet Near fToimluln.
The American fleet of battbshlp*
arrived at Honolulu about- 1 o clock
Thursday a'fternoon. according to a
late wireless dispatch.
VICTORY FOR BRYAN
REPUBLICAN LEADERS ADMIT
DEMOCRATS HAVE CHANCE.
Hand a TlmqzJe of Party Machinery
is Hand of More Seasoned Engi-
■ t
beer—Attention to New York
.. In the view of practical .politicians
in Washington the Democrats- have
started well at Denver. It is candid^-
ly admitted by 'prominent Repub-
licans there that the beginning
of the Democracy appeals to Wesf-
eru sentiment and thought. Mr. Bry
an will depend for his election upon
the South, with Nebraska. Kansas.
Wisconsin. Minnesota. Illinois. India
na add the Dakotas, and he expects
to gtve Mr. Tuft a great fight In Ohio,
where the Republican party is still
torn with dissension. It is doubtful,
according to political reasoning, if
he .Democrat* wttf give the slightest
attention to a single Eastern State,
unless It is New York. And whether
theyrwill do that will de|H-nd uiwn
the developments in the entire State.
Mr. Bryan plainly says to the eoun-
ry that he has studied sentiment in
RAILS CAUSE WRECK.
One Woman Killed and Several Other
Passengers Hurt.
One woman was killed, two were
perhaps mortally injured and nearly
a dozen persons were seriously hurt
when the White Mountain express,
of the New. York, New Haven and
Hartford was wrecked 100 feet west
of Greenwich, Conn., Thursday.
Spreading rails caused the ten-car
Jrain to leave the tracks while it was
crossing a bridge over a steamboat
roj^d, and five of the passengers
cars, 'Including four Pullmans, were
hurled into a ditch, where they col
lapsed like paper bboxes. That less
than fifteen of 180 passengers were
injured -seems—ItHto—short
DISGRACE IN OLD AGE
VENERABLE OREGON POSTMAST
ER EMBEZZLED FOR FAMILY.
of miraculous, as the train was going
fifty miles an hour".
The most Lrj^glc ^incident of tl\e
wre,ck was the death of Miss Mar
garet Armstrong, of Wayne, Pa., who
was .seated beside her mother to one
of the Pullman coaches when the
train left the tracks. Miss Armstrong
sprang from her seat and leaped out
of a window just as the car toppled
over and she was ground to death
as her mother looked on. Mrs. Arm
strong fainted from the shock, and
when she recovered consciousness
in the hospital she was out of her
mind Tht doctors administered
opiates to qpiet her. They say her
condition is serious, and that she
may die, aunough she was not in
jured to the wreck. . “
The other woman who may die
is Mrs. A.W. Drake of 17 East 8lh
sifter, now Torr ciry. wno—was
crushed in one of the cars. An im
mediate Investigation as to the ratrer
of the wreck Is to be made. The
•oroner has had the engineer and
both conductors of the train placed
under arrest, and he is having tht
work of moving the wreckage watch
ed. This action was taken because
of a report that reached the corner
that a rotten tie on the bridge caus
ed the accident. There (s' evidence
alleged that the tie was In such a
worm-eaten condition that the spikes
holding the rails were pulled out. *
ROOSEVELT’S FRIEND KIXJPES.
Oklahoma Marshal Stole Bride He
Ifaiff Determined to Marry.
he West, and that he believes it will
be with him in Novembers.,
HURT IN FIRE.
Woman Jumps From Second Story
• « Witii Fatal Result.
Ip a fire at Memphis. Tend.. Tues
day which destroyed the fashionable
Jefferson flats. Mrs. F. B. James,
formerly of Chitngo. jumped, from a
second story window and Is now’^iu
critical condition at the Presby
terian hospital. Mrs. J. J. Stein
was carried from the building by fire
men.
Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, living
on the fourth floor, did not awake
until she was hemmed in on all
sides by flames. Her cries attracted
firemen w'ho carried her through a
window and down an extension lad-
• John R. Abernathy, former Rough
Rider, and United States marshal for
Oklahoma under appointment from
President Roosevelt was married In
Oklahoma City, after an elopement
in which an angry father was evad
ed. The bride is Almira Pervianee.
19 years of age.of near Guthrie. Ab
ernathy i* a widower of a year, 32
years of age and has six rhildren. His
first marriage was an elopmsnt from
Galveston, Tex. Mr. Pervianee ol>-
e< ted to the mariage ou acount of
the disparity of age.
Abernathy entertained the Presi
dent at. his ranch, then in Coman-
he county in 1905, and took him on
some famous wolf chases In the
following year he was appointed mar
shal, despite charges that he was
unfit and which were reported to
the .PretddtuR as untrue, the investi
gator being Gov. Frantz, another
Rough Rider.
A few minutes lateT^Tfie roof fell
in over her room.
A number of other ocupants of
W. E. Gonzales,' editor of the
State, of Columbia, S. C., and one
if Mr. Bryan's lieutenants, after a
visit with Mr. Bryan and Mr. Kern
at Fairview, Lincoln. Neb., Tuesday
said: $
“The statement that Mr. Bryan will
not make a canvass is incorrect, it
is his present purpose, however, to
-ds+tver Tm-pi at form gpcei'tie*.
mak«5 tito or a dozen political ad
he building were rescued by firemen,
-nest of them clad in their Tiight gar-
meats.
Diamonds valued at $10,000 were
recovered from Mrs. James' room
dnrng the progress of the fire by
Policemen Crosby, and Smith. Loss,
$25,000, covered by insurance. •
SHOT THROUGH WINDOW.
Son of Superintendent of Methodist
Orphanage in Georgia Radiy Hurt.
At Atlanta, Ga., Hlrmau Jamieson,
the eight-year-old son of Superinten
dent Jamieson, of the Decatur Me
thodist Orphans’ Home, and Mrs
Jamieson were perhaps fatally wound
ed late Tuesday while on a suburban
ear - returning to their home after
an outing given to the orphans of
Fulton County.
As the ear was speeding along a
shot was fired from a passing freight
train on the Georgia Railroad, which
parallels the trolley line, the ballet
passing through the head' of the
boy and entering his mother's neck.
Who fired the shot is not Known, but
later the entire crew of the freight
tfain was placed under arrest. At
tending physicians say the boy can
not recover and lhat Mrs. Jamieson's
condition ' is critical;
Brick Mason Kill* Himself.
Pan! Bichelberger. brick ma
son. committed suicide at Orlando
Fla.. Tuesday by taking poison. His
body was found in an alley. Eichel-
berger was recently sentenced to the
penitentiary for ernei treatment to
his wife, and the humilation is evi
dently what caused him to take hit
life.
lamPahd to pay a fine of $3,261.76.
Grant had pleaded guilty to a charge
Of embezzlement of Government
funds through the’ conversion of
money orders to his private use. For
more than 25 years he had been a
highly respected citizen of Cook coun
ty. and had for years l»eenpost master
at Hay Creek. Five years agf> he
w’as promoted to the more important
office at Bend and despite the increase
in business which enabled him to
embezzle over $::,000, Grant was so
trusted that his bond had not been
raised above $1,000. Jt does not ap
pear that he use<j a rent of the stolen
money on himself .or spent It extrava
gantly. He stole first to pay a mor-
tgage on his home, then to furnish
iis house and make his wife and
only child comfortable. Living be
yond fils income opened the down
ward path to ruined character and to
prison in shame and disgrace.
It was about 10 a. m. when Mr.
Grant was brought bef.*re Judge
Wolvert >n. As his name was called
a pathetic figure, rrnui-hing as murh
as it could in the shadow of a huge.
eputy -marshal, arose and walked
hestitatingly toward the center of
he rhamitcr. His face was bronzed,
and his whitening Imard emphasized
the darker., lines of his seamy face:
The man had always Imrhe a good
reputation and showed no trace of
anything that would arouse a susp!
ion to the contrary. Grant Imwed
he might hide his eyes that were red
with weeping. The district attorney
explained the extenuating clrcnm-
tances. It was with some difficulty
that Judge Wolverton passed sentence
on the man who Is a few years his
unior. •
"It is the judgment of thi*\rourt," ft
continued Judge Wolverton in low
and measured tones, "that you pay
fine of $.1,118.54 and Is- confined
in the |>enitcntlftFy on McXHIis Island
for a |»eriod of two years and six
months on the first count: that you
be con-
GONZALKS VISITS BRYAN.
'olumbia Editor Say* the Commoner
-Will Make a Few Speeches.
ftrcsyensr, dealing with the%more vita!
issues as presented in the platform
Mr. Kern will make a more coninu
ous campaign, and I was assured In
Denver that Mr, Towne will be no
less active than if he hud been the
Vice Presidential nominee.”
Mr. Gonzales said that campaign
contributions will be invited by
newspapers in his State, and he be
lieved every Demoeratic paper in the
South would do likewise.
GOES FROM ASYLUM TO JAIL.
Alleged Embezzler in Florida Arrest
ed and Will be Tried.
G. C. Scudamore, former cashier
of the Pensacola Bank and Trust Co-,
and charged' with embezzling large
sums of money from that institution,
was brought to Pensacola Tuesday
and placed to the county jail, being
arrested^ by a deputy as he walked
from the grounds of the Florida In-
sane Asylum at Chatahoochee.
He will be arrainged for trial at
an early date. Scudamore, when
arrested a month ago o«y the charge
of embezzling and set free on the plea
of insanity, and after many commis
sions had passed oh him he was de
clared to be insane and committed
to the asylum. The asylum authori
ties recently decidbd that he was sane
and his discharge followed.
Difficulty About a Cow.
At Lancaasfer tm Wednesday
difficulty occurred between two ne
groee. Bart Frazier and Harvey
Massey, on the Witherspoon planta
tton. on Catawba river, in which Fra
zier was shot In the abdomen Mas
sey jaing a shotgun. The attending
physician says the wounded man will
die. The trouble was about s cow
Stole First to Pay Mortgage Then
He Stole That He Might Live Be
yond His Income.
Witnesses, sspectators. lawyers qnd
Others drawn to Bend, Ore., l?y (he
SEVEN MINERS KILLED,
Terrific Explosion of Ga* in Penn
sylvan!* foal Mine. ‘
seVen mine workers were killed and
At Pottsville, Pa., on Thursday
recent land fraud cases were called
upon to witness an unusual spectacle
when Federal Judge Wolverton sen
tetTCTm-AtrPStnr Grant, the vener
able postmaster of that plaee. to
serve three years and six month in
Federal prison on McNeill's Is
ten others injured by a terrific ex
plosion of gas in the Williamstown
colliery of the Summit Branch Min
ing Company, in the lower part of
the anthracite coal fields. Th# min#
was wrecked and set on lire
The dead are: John Riley. Ar
thur Hawk, Charles Il'lcourt’, 'John
Whttle, Anthony... Frelas, James
Bowman. Michael Stakum.
The explosion occurred in No.
shaft of tlic-jaxlUory and Is believed
to have been caused bv o»e nt the
men lifting the gaze of his safety
lamp just after an explosion of a
shut—w hich hrought down - a -large
body of coal. ’
The explosion \shook the entire
colliery. The work of rescue’ was
iiiimediately begun and when’volun
teers were called for almost every
man at the workings offered his ser
vices. which meant a hazardous trip
Into the burning mine.
. Near the foot of the shaft the in
jured were found, they having rush
ed toward the entrance only to fall
over unconscious, All of the dead
were found a short distance from
the shaft battered and burned into
an almost unrecognizable mass.
Physicians from Williamstown and
nearby villages treated the injured
while a number of women volunteer-
od their services a* nurses Beveral
of the injured were removed to their
homes, after receiving temporary
treatment; but others were In too
serious a condition to tie moved un
til night, and rots were provided for
them. The doctors say three of tbe
Injured may die.
One of the Injured was taken to
th** morgue, and it was not until
an identification of the bodies was
made that it was f£»p<l that he was
living.
He was. badly burned and batter-
ed, but probably will recover. The
fire in the mine probably will Ite
extinguished before more damage Is
done.
The WHIiamstown colliery Is
operated b> the companies controlled
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Cont-
To manifest his deep Interest in the
success of the party and tbe triumph
of Demoeratic principles he made
this free will offering to the campaifa
fund. —*---
“It is very appropriate that this
first contribution should come froaa
that great liody of our population
known as agriculturists. The fann
er has nothing to gain by privilege
am) favoritism; hishnpe is tn tbe
application of the doctrine of ‘equal
rights to all and special privileges
to none.* He has been tbe letlm of
all special legislation and has suffer
ed from control of politics by the
great predatory corporations. Now
that the Democratic party has an
nounced its determination not to ac
cept contributions from corporations
and not to accept excessive contri-
bntiows—even
GIVES JOY TO HRVAN.
pay a tine of $143.22 and
fined for a period of one year ii|>on
the second count.”
This made the total fine $3 161.-
6. the amount of the embezzVment.
and the Imprisonment 4 2 months
The imprisonment mf% - be reduced
three months, upon good l>ehavioi
And then after this time has expiree
a!>oqt 15 months, or to two years and
Jrant can, after further conflue-
ment of 30 days, take the pauper’s
oath and be released. The sentence
was a comparatively light one as
the limit on each count is ten years.
POWEDER MAGAZINE EXPLODES.
Nine Lives Snuffed Out Suddenly in
*
a Washington Town.
At Cleelum. Wash., an explosion
Thursday in the powder magazine of
the Northwestern Improvement Co.,
killed nine persons and seriously in
ured a number of others.
r»f Northwestern Improvement Cos
storei Gilford MoDonfieil*, clerk;
Andy Grill, clerk Mrs. Perry Mof-
fatt. wife of lirickmaker; Infant child
of Mrs. Moffatt. Joe Rossle. miner
Joseph Pogriaphl, miner; two min
ers.
Shortly before 5 o’clock Manager
^lead and the two clerks from thf®
store went to the powder house to
assist in unloading, a carload of pow
der. How the accident happened
is not known.
A STRANGE ANIMAL.
Stirml Up
People of Cottagevlilt
Over Nature Freak
V dispatch from Walterboro says
foi some days past the people of
Cottageville Jiave been very murli
ext rcised ov*\ the appearance ih
that neighitorhod of a strange ani
mal. ft is described by those who
have seen It as l>etog entirely dif
ferent from anything they have^ ever
seen before in the animal kingdom
U is altout the size of a yearling calf
has a head shaped like a dog
screams like a peacock and leaps like
a kanagroo. Some persons
Defeat of Taft Man iu Western T«*»n
Causes Satisfaction.
The defeat Monday of a Taft man
or Mayor of Walla Walla, Wash., a
Republicaustronghold. was the cause
>f much juhilhtion at Fairview,
Neb. With unfeigned delight. Bry-
in Announced the receipt of this
elegram from W. II. Murphy, De-
ff.ocriflc leader of (hat city. "The
Democrats of Walla Walla. Wash.,
send greetings. As the tlrst favor
able augury of victory at Monday's
election, the home of*United States
8i:natnt_-Ankeny, heretofore a Re-
ubllean stronghold, elected Eugene
raustle. Democrat, Mayor over W.
». McKean—Kepublican, by a ma
jority of,nine hundred and forty-
two Mr. McKean is president of
tie local Taft Club.” ' r .
Bryan declared that the election
was sigpttlcanU in that it showed to
the country that Uie Democrats have
been justified in their forecasts, of
the trend of |>olltical sentiment
throughout the country.
fell i*to deep well
Gaffney l^id Ha* Thrilling Experience
Wliile at Play.
For remarkable occurrences Gaff
ney is still to tbe lead.
A lad five
vear-old son of Mr. Boyd Sarratt
who lives near Limestone College
was playing over an oldT well with
bis little brother Monday afternoori^
when the covering, which was rotten
broke through, with the result that
the boy went to the bottom, a dis
lance of seventy-five feet, Into seven
feet of water.
The younger child at once gave
the alarm, but It was some three
hundred yards to the house. The
father immediately started for the
well, expecting to find his son at the
bottom, but before he reached the
scene of the accident he met the Iwy
comififto tii house. The little fel
low, who was barefooted, had ciimed
out- wlthent assistance none the
worse- for his thrilling exi-eriener
except a sligh abrasion on the back
of his head. •
DROVE NEGRO FROM COUNTY.
)'Ork\ ille Black Given 100 laisbes
and Told to Ix*axe.
About ten days or two weeks ago
who
have seen it say that it is affrighted,
others that it is vicious and show*
signs of attacking them. On the
whole it is a most peculiar animal. *
White-Haired “Tiger” Convicted.
D. Parker, acr" old white-haired.
Kray-bearded man, pleaded guilty
the Court of Seazions at Spartanburg
Tuesday morning on fhe charge of
selling liquor. He looked like Alex
ander Dowie Judge Hydrick en-
deadbred to get the de^ndant to pro
mise that tie would not sell any more
whiskey, but the* old man would qot
promise. He was sentenced t$> serve
three month or pay a fine of $100.
a report gained currency in a neigh
borhood about seven miles northeast
of Yorkville, near Clover, that a
horrible assault had been made bn
the perst n of a little white girl. An
immednt* investigation proved it tc
tie utterly false and without founda
tlon. Citizens of the neighborhood
made careful inquiry as to the au
ASK CONTRIBUTIONS
BRYAN AND KERN ISSUE APFEAli
-»“■ . . 6
TO FARMERS.
lowiy Farmer, Formerly a Republi
can, Give* $100 for Campaign
Fund. Which Is First Ooatribwtkm.
Tbe first appeal for campaign con
tributions by the Democratic candi
dates for the presidency and the
vlce-prqpidency was 'Issued Friday,
dlrecfed ttTThe farmers of the coun
try. It is gs follows:
"Tb the Farmers of tbe United
State:
"The first contribution made to
the Democratic campaign fun<| this
year, so far as we know, was made
by an Iowa farmer. Just before the
Denver convention $iet (this man.
who modestly prefers not to have hit
name mentioned, journeyed more
than 100 miles to Lincoln with his
contribution of $100, which he left
with Mr. Bryan to be given to the
committee when organized for the
campaign.
"This ffarmer was born in Sweden
ind for some time after be waa nat
uralized^ was a member of the Re
publican party. But he waa a stu
dent of public questions and in the
course of time became a Democrat.
to publish all fontributions when
over a reasonable minimum, it ought
to lie able to secure a sufficient snm
from the citizens who ask from Mm
government nothing but proteatKfa
of their rights and consideration for
the general welfare. There are
hundred of thousanda of fiaroMn
who are abundantly able to ooatribu-
ts the campaingn fund. There are
thousands who could give $100 apiece
without feeling It; there are tens of
thousands who could give $5$ apiece
without Karri flee and still more who
could give $25 or $10 or $5.
‘A* the national committee has
not yet been organised we will aek
The Commoner to call for subscrip
tions to this farmers’ fund. These
giving may Indicate whether they
are willing to have their names
mentioned and If the contrbutkm is
not more than $100 their wishes will
lie complied with. All contributions
altove $100 must be made known no ,
matter from whom they come.
"The farmers fund will be turned
over to the national committee as
soon as Its permanent officers have
been selected. Who will be the ffret
to respond? The Denver conventJQk #
was a people's convention; It adop
ted a strong, clear, honest platform
and Its nominations were made with
practical unamlnlt/f 7 Our light' U
fight for the whole people. Oar
aim is equal and exact justice to all;
our purpose is to restore the govern
ment to the hands of freely chosen
represeatattvee of the votm»- Haw ~
rtianr' farmere wHl Join in furniah-
,ng th? fund necessary te present
the isgues? — *— ‘
(Signed)
'William J„. Bryhn.X
“John W. Kern.”
PRESIDENT PLANS.
ItooM-velt Getting Ready for His
Hunting’Trip Next Year.
There is very little Government
business being transacted these Ararm
days at Oyster Bay. On the broad -
veranda' of his home at Sagamore
Hilk President Roosevellt sits with
books to the right of him and books
to the left of him, books in front of
him and a b6ok In his hand. He Is
not studying catnpagn literature nor
economic methods of government
either, but examining charts of the
wilds of Africa and reading treatises
on how to shooting big game. In
deed, these seem to be the President’s
happie Ht Q»y«, nitring in a big chair*
examining a big album containing
phr tographs of scenes In British
Africa or 'the Congo, and forming
C
r
-Y1
plana, for his great hunting trip to
the dark continent next year.
During the week the President has
had a number of callers who, from
experience, weVe, able to giv# him In
teresting details of the manner of
hunting in Arica. Among these
visitors were Mr. and Mrs. A. Saund-
ereon, who recently returned from
^o Tton-cnbs-vphich t*«L.llflrSLto
the Neh York Zoological siclety. •
ed guilt on Bob Howard, a negro
On Monday pight a number of men
visited his home, look him out. ap-,
plied 100 lashes to his back and ad
vised to leave the Stafc* never tc
return, by noon. He went. It is
Claimed that he t tar ted similar re
ports in several o*her neighborhood*
,ln which he had lived In the county.
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