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' ’4- 3: : V -r- VOL. XXXI BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST «, 1908 DROWNED BY FLOOD heavy rains >8 IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA CAUSE FLOOD. Two Children Hare Been Drowned •nd Traffic Is Tied Up on Four Lhum ot Railroads. : A dispatch from Raleigh, N. C., iys two children drowned, traffic tied up on at least four lines of rail road and most of the navigable riv ers. crops badly damaged and in the OTA A « «• large areas of lowlands I entirely de- stroyed is the partial record of the effect - in Eastern North Carolina of the West Indian storm that raged on the Atlantic coast Thursday and mov ed inland Friday, accompanied by a rainfall that was a record breaker in some localities and amounted to 9.75 inches at Newbern, according to spe cials Friday night to the News and Observer from numerous points in that section. At Kinston, nine inches of rain in four days is reported, and in the city main streets are impassable to ped estrians. The Norfolk and Southern railway bridge over Southwest creek, b/*tween^Klnston and Caswell, is submerged’hnd traflt? has been block ed all day. ^ Traffic is tied up also on the Kins ton Snow Hill Railroad, the track be ing washed away for some distance. Trains on- the Washington and Vandemere Railroad are tied up by washouts and river traffic and fishing are at a standstill. The bridge of the. Norfolk and Southern Railway, between Morehead City and Beaufort, recently built at a cost of millions of dollars, is reported unsafe, and no trains are crossing. At Roper two children are report ed drowned on account of the flood. The chief damage in inland sec tions has been caused by the torren tial rains. Reports from Wilmington. More- head City and Beaufort are that the storm has passed, and but little real damage has been affected. • it bechme know Wednesday that Mrs Raisbeclc’s^bobdy had been found in about three^eet of water in kneeling . Position, an# that she had a long fia ui uiotr on Blue o* nsr fBiCc, cut her upper lip, and on@-extending down on her throatTinder the ear. It was also learned that there was no water DROWNED OR MURDERED? Coroner’s Jury Said Former But Wo man Was in Shallow Water. A sinister aspect was given to the 1 case of ftic drowning of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Raisbeck, of New York, Monday Slfll rf lATwNBylvia, three miles Iron Aanandalo. Minn., when In her lungs,—Dr. Ridge- KIDNAPPED AND DROVI^RII? Authorities Unable to Account Other wise for Young Lady's Condition. ) Late Friday night at Pittsburg. Pa, Miss Clara Konter, 18 years of age, who. it is believed, was kidnaped and detained for twenty-four hours by persons unknown, had not regain ed consciousness. The young woman left her home, near Shousetown, . about 15 miles from Pittsburg. Monday afternoon, to make several purchasers. She failed to return and while the entire com munity were searching for her. Mrs. •Konter. the girl’s mother, found her lying across the bed of her room at home. Physicians have worked with the girl since Tuesday^ night in an en deavor to bring her back to conscious ness without success. .According to Dr., Kerr, of Shousetown. a powerful drug, the nature of which has not yet.been ascertained, was administer ed. Whether the girl was kidnapped and mistreated is not definitely known. COTTON CROP’S CONDITION. Government Reports Note Improve ment Over I<ast Month. The average condition of cotton was 83 per cent on July 25, as against 81.2 a month ago, and 75 a voop »«ro. according to the k report of the department of agriculture given out on the first. The condition on The condition of cot-ton on July 25 In 1906, 74.9 .in 1905 and 81.4 for the past ten years. The condition fo cotton on July and the ten year averages respective ly by States follows: Indiana, 90 and 93; North Caro lina, 89 and) 91; South Carolina, 84 and 80; Georgia, 85 and 81; Florida. 85 and 84; Alabama, 85 and 81: Mississippi, 86 and 80; Louisiana. 83 and 82; Texas, 82 and 82r Arkansas, 86 and 82; Tennessee, 88 and 84: Mluburl, 88 end 84; Oklahoma, 66 Iseot and 65 dL THREE HOURS IN BALLOON. Successful Trip Made from Baltimore — ••"■. to Hagerstown. Ernest Gill, a young man of Balti- vQ more, accompanied by Lincoln and Hlllery Beachey, professional aero nauts, made a successful balloon voy- age from Bajtimore to Hagerstown. Md., Thursday. The alt craft ascend ed at T.16 p. m. and 4.55 o’clock the party landed safely about four miles north of Hagerstown. Its passengers reported" that the experience was pleasant, with no untoward incidents. A man In Hagerstown, watching the baloon from the roof of his house, lost his balance and fell to the ground and was killed." * I Killed by Train. Injured, one of them probably ly, rn the Ontario dnd Western Road at Mayfield. Pa.. Friday. The dead: Mlchaal Duggrn and Samuel Ander- son. The men were repairing cars on a siding way. who examined the womans body, said he believed that her death was not caused by drowning. The body of Dr. Raisbeck was found farther out In the lake in about twenty feet of waer^. Thfrvsupposi- tion is lhat the woman was stunned by blows and dragged or thrown into the lake. The boat in whcih the couple had gone shlng was found right side, up and fishing tackle in it in good or der, thus indfcaug that the boat had not been accidently overturned. Not withstanding this the coroner's ver dict w^s that death had been caused by drowning. There were no witnesses. One farmer llvlpg near the Raisbecks said he had frequently heard them quar reling. but others say that their re lations were always harmonious. The couple were last seen about their cottage Monda ynlght. • TELLS REMARKABLE STORY. Young Woman Assaulted and Thrown From Boat is Rescued. A young woman, bruised, limp and well-nigh exhausted, was found early Monday clinging to the side of i floating pile driver at the foot of Fiftieth street, Brooklyn, N. Y When rescued her acrount of how she esme so near deatti was 6f a re markable outrage. She In Miss Amelia Steehel, of Bay Ridge, and she is at her home in a serious con- dltlnn. „ — Miss Steehel spent Saturday with a friend. On her way home in the evening, she says two men, whom she thinks were' Italians, suddenly seized her and threatened to murder her if she screamNI. She was drag ged to a dock and there she lost con sciousness. When she came too, she says she found herself in a boat with the two men: that she struggled so violently that the pair threw her overboard and that she tried to swim to the shore. Her strength was then so spent that she could on ly cling to the pile driver in hopes of rescue. , . jV doctor who attended her says she was undoubtedly assaulted. The police are looking for her assailants. LYNCHED BY MOB. NEGRO WHO ASSAULTED ’JiADY LYNCHED BY CITIZENS.' Execution Only ArrnmplUH^ Eleven Men Had Been Shot Down by the Sheriff. Pensacola, Fla., says two men killed and nine wound ed, some of them fatally, is the re cord of the clash between the mob bent on lynching Leander Shaw, p | know^the - speculators will try to scare you and endeavor to get you to sell. Now let us see if this is true. I met a farmer to day who told me that a buyer drove out to see him tried to get him to sell his cot- IN DANGER FOR DAYS. Captain and Crew Rescued from Sinking Ships. apt. Foster and his crew of six m*n. were taken Monday from the ill*fated schooner • Jose Oloverri. stranded on Bull's Island beach near Charleston Thursday night. For nearly four days the captain and his men were unable to leave the vessel and were In constant danger of being thrown Into the" sea‘from the break ing of the pounding ship in a boil ing surf. The loss of their small Imats prevented the seamen from leaving'the ship. Capt. Stevensen of the Bull’s Island lighthouse succeed ed in reaching the schooner, the sea and wind having calmed down suffl- "tently to allovtJiim to approach her. The sehooWr, valued at about $25,- '100, and the cargo of cement, valu ’d at about $8,,000, seem to be a otal loss. —“—- MILLS TO SHUT DOWN. 400,000 Spindles In Spartanburg U be Idle for Two Weeks or Ixmgei-. Practically all the large cotton mills In the Spartanburg section will close August 8 for two weeks, some of them for a longer period. negro, and the sheriff and his forces, in which the mob finally overpowered the authorities at that place Thurs day. The lynching was carried out in the most prominent part of the city; Shaw Wednesdoy assaulted Mrs. Lillian Davis, a Mghly respected lady of that city, dunng the absence of her husband, and after cutting her throat almost from ear to ear, club bed her over the head with a revol ver, which he had taken from the houso:-^ During the afternoon when it 1>ecame’knowrL that the negro had been arrested, crowds began forming upon the streets and early in the night they were reinforced by large numbers of men from the ootfntry. The mob formed al>ojit eight o’clock that night and made an at tack upon the county Jail, where the negro was confined. The jail gate was broken ’down by the mob, and the sheriff and his deputies opened fire. Three men-dropped from the first volley of the sheriff's fire. Vol ley after volley was then fired by the sheriff's force, but the mob was repulsed. Almut midnight another attack was made, the mob having increased to one thousand determined men* The second attack was successful, for the reason that It was made upon all sides o f the jail. One party forced its way through to the rear, overpow ering the officers and securing the trembling negro. A noose was slipped aliout his neck and after lining dragged for two blocks_hft_j:an atrunk upAo an elec-, trie light pole in the centre of the park. »here fully 2.000 bullets com pletely riddled his body. The dead are: Henry C. Kellum. street car niotormau; Mud Nicholas, a planter. The wounded are: Charlie Turner, probably fatally; Jos. Brewton. prob ably fatally:. Jailer J. H. Beaton, probably fatally; “Bud” Knowles, probably fatally: Sheriff Jas C. Van Pelt, John Van Pelt, a brother; Fred Humphreys, W. P. Browuson and \V. P, Bayllss, ^ r . Probably a- dozen or .more others wertv slightly wounded. The body of Shaw was cut down next morning by orders of the authorities. The baby, who was struck by the negro at the time he tried to kill the mother, it is said will recover. The fearful cost at which Shaw was secured and made to answer the penalty of outraged people is greatly deplored, and citizens are in a unit In great sorrow over the re sults of storming the county Jail. Mrs. Lillian Davis, gjiaw s victim, is In a desperate-;condition and her life is despaired of. The wounded men in Wednesday night’s battle are receiving every attention.- The coroner’s jury investigating the riot found that Wander Bhaw, came to his death at the hands of men unknown to them. The jur> is also to Investigate the deat> of Kel lum, who was shot and killed In the senffle at the jail. bluffed” by such falsehoods. The trouble with that buyer is just this—he.is baying for some broker who has contracts, on which deliveries are due and he is bciug called on to fill them. Gentlemen, make him pay your price before he gets your cotton; it is yours and yoq_ have a right to demand its value, and your-demands are not too much. .Fifteen cents is the price and if the old crop is held by the farm ers, it will come. They might try to scare you with the new crop, but let us see if it not wisdom to hold it. The new cotton crop cannot be spun by itself until after sixty days aftwr-R Is ginned and packed and there is not enough old cotton for the mills’ consumption, so the mills have to mix two bales of the old cotton with onq^hale of the new cotton, be fore they can spin it to advantage. Why did this drop In‘price occur In the last fifteen days? Has the price of the manufactured goods fal len off and are trade conditions in a worse shape? No; - some weak- kneed farmers got scared, and when the price went up to'12 centfcrthey . ust turned loose enough to feed the spinners for twenty days, and the speculators said, “we will drop it down and scare them with the new crop.’’ Now don't be frightened. Rememlier last year there was a pre mium paid for old cotton in Septem- Why "was' Thief DEER HELD UI* TRAIN. Doe And Fawns Scattered But Buck Charged Engine And Was Killed. -Hie Tu- tullls that .will close down are capau. Enoree, Pacolet, Spartan Mills, Arkwright and Whitney, of that county, and Clinton and Wats Mills. The Pacolet-Mllla will £lo^e foz-jui. indefinite period, and will pay the operatives half time and give them free house rente while opratlon is suspended. The other mills will fur nish house rent free. The closing down of the mills, August 8, will be the second, time this summer the mills have shut down, And-will pro bably be, the last. As a result of the shut down, more than three hun dred thousand spindles in the coun ty will be Idle. *- NEGRO BRUTE TO DIE. Execution of John Finney Will Be Virginia’s First Electrocation. J A dispatch from Roanoke. Va.. says John Finney, the negro, who Two men were killed and six ffiore uro weeks ago beat eieven-year-old Marr I ami sen Almost to death in Franklin County, In an attempt to criminally assault her, waa Friday convicted In Court at Rocky Mount. The jury waa out five minutes. Fin- another train crashed J ney ja the first criminal sentenced to ✓ •Ibe electrocuted In Virginia n ! d , •ll -A passenger train -vhich left New Haven Thursday night for Middle- ton, was held up near Durham,Conn., in a most unusual manner. Four deer, a doe, two fawns and a buck stood on the tracks as the train approached. When the en gineer blew his whistle,, all of the deer, with the exception of the buck, leaped aside. The buck was'-run down and kill ed as he stood challenging the loco motive. STRIKE RIOT AT BOMBAY. Tw^it v Thousand Men Out—-British ' 7 Troops Disperse Them. At Bombay, Twenty thousand mill hands who struck Thursday became riotous Friday and a detachment of British infantry was called ont They fired, killing one native and wounding six. Several Europeans and natives of the police force sus tained injuries. - - ' * The rioters were dispersed. The strikers are’ out in sympathy for Tilak, the nationalist leader and editor w-ho was sentenced to trans portation for six years on a charge of sedition. •. 7 ’' Victims of the Undertow. Two deaths by drowning occurred In Florida Monday, one at Amelia Beach, near Fernandlna. and the other at Dayton Beach. Willie Beck ham, of Windsor. Fie, while in bet|» ing with a number of friends kt Amelia Beach, was caught in the undertow, and ft Daytona J. ,B Bunch lost his life in a tlmilaf mat nor. Both bodies are still missing HOLD YOUR OOTTON, President Harris Issues Letter to the Farmers. Remember Farmers that It all de pends on you to make the spot cot- that is now In your hands bring minimum price—fifteen cents. I ton the And ton an stating to this farmer that In adjoining county he had bought 400 bales from the farmers. The btm ” r told him that he had better sell as It was going lower; that new was coming in and that j That at least two men were con cerned In the murder of the unidenti fied woman whose half-charred and acid-scarred body wa* found on the Greea cottbn -"wto scori be selling at elghT cent^ piSf* 1 n Now. faruTfis, do not be ’’bluffed’’ hv r> p 0 n,,en - a laborer of BAFFLES POUCE t „ TWO MEN CONCERNED IN THE MURDER OF WOMAN. - Laborer Tells of Seeing Them Trying to Burn Mattress Which Contained Her Body. Point avenue dumping ground in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N. Y., early Wednesday morning, was es- jer. Why was this? Because tn consumers had to have it to mix with the new crop before it could lie spun. Now as to the condition of the growing crop. Our national presi dent, Hon. C. S. Barrett, called a meeting of the state presidents to meet him and the national executive committee In Memphis, Tenn., on the 16th Inst., and all of the cotton grow ing states were represented there, with two exxceptions North Carolina and Florida. We got a true and cor rect report of the conditions existing in all of the states. The complaint was that there had been too much rain and the cotton crop had not beeq, well worked and was very un even. The plant was growing too much to weed and was not fruiting well. The *>ove is a true statement of the facts concerning the growing crop. . The next forty days is the most critical period for the.crop. The weather will have to b«^ perfect for the balance of the season if we dupli cate our 1907 crop. I saw a statement in today's paper that Texas had sold all of her. old crop, that was being held. This is only another bluff to scare you. Just remember that “futures” cannot be spun. into goods and our last year s crop was 4,000,000 bales short, so take a firmer grip on your spots and victory is yours. B. Harris, President, South Carolina State Union. Green Point, saw a covered wagon driven to the dump at dawn Wednesday. Two men got out and lifted from the wagoa what the witness supposed to be only an old mattress. He saw the men pile a heop of brush on the mattress, pour oil over it and set fire to it. Bleieving the mattress was being destroyed because it was dis- ease-infected* the man avoided the spot. There can be no doubt but that the mattress was the one in which the l>ody of the murdered wo man was concealed. This important development led to the discovery that the" wagon was seen by several other persons and the police now have a minute de scription of the two 'men who were in it. They were foreigners. Another startling feature^ of the case was disclosed when Coroner’s Physician Wurst made a second au topsy on the corpse. His first autop sy-, .revealed a deep cut across the woman s throat. The second autop sy shows that this cut was made by a person who is expert in surgery. The Incision, says the coroner's physician, Is such as Is made in des perate cases of diphtheria, where It is necessary to pierce the windpipe to prevent strangulation. Whether this wound caused death or not Dr. Wurst is .unprepared to say. Dr. Wurst will make a careful analysis of the stomach to discover drug was ailBlJnlatered to ^ p ~ r t ' tl u the woman. Besides the incision in the woman's throat her "skull was fractured and the police believe that !>oiHon may have l>een used to make thrice sure of her death. Failure to Identify the victim is the greatest obstacle tho jKjlice have to overcome in solving the mystery. A general alarm, has been sent out for Mrs. Mamie Muskovitch and her husband, Stanley, who have disap peared. There is a possibility that the mur dered woman may bo Mrs. Musko- vltch. Muskovitch and his wife left Green Point last Monday, supposed ly for Stamford. Conn., and Mrs. Muskovitch has not been seen since, husbaiid returned to 'Green PEACE MOVEMENT GAINING. Congress Now in Session in Ixuidon Much Encouraged. “Many signs of the Increasing im portance of the peace movement have developed during the progress of the Universal Peace Congress,” said Ben jamin F. Trueblood, of Boston, presi dent of the American Peace Society and head of the American delegation now in London.—in an interview First, we have seen the number of delegates grow until every civilized nation of the world now is represent ed at the Congress, and by men of standing in their own countries. The meeting of the Congress have been exceedingly well attended, and the greatest interest' has been displayed. The mbst llupurwiit of which was that on the subject of armaments, “Make It clear." said Mr. True blood. “that we are not urging im mediate disarmament, but a scheme by which the increased expenditure for armaments can be stopped. “Another Incident showing the growing importance of the Congress was the recognition of the delegates by King Edward, at precedent which doubtless will be followed in the fu ture., The British Government has ably seconed his Majesty by inviting the delegates to-the congress to a banquet Friday evening, there will be speeches which will advance tjie cause which we have so much at heart. Thfse and other attentions w« are receiving from the official heads of Great Britain Insure the success of tlje Congress in the future The discussions in the Congress while- thev are' doing- mueh good have not bad so much effect as the impressions we have received from rulers and political leaden of conn triea » vitally iutereatetMh the main tMaace of peace Her Point on Tuesday alone. It is said. TESTED 'TORPEDO NETS. Steel Mesh Withstands Slunk of Tor- pedo<**. Newportk-Jt 1 ' L? A dispatch fronyNe ecreWests were made sayslmportant secre at Coddington Cove and in Buzzard s May Thursday with the new torpedo nets, a steel mesh, which is supposed to be able to withstand the shock of torpedoes fired at close range. In Coddington Cove the torpedo boats Morris and Gwynn fired tor pedoes at different ranges and differ ent swedes at the nets, placed above the water, while at Buzzard’s Hay the tests were made by firing orved- oes tinder water, thb second subma- marlne - flotilla being engaged in the experiments. It was said unofficially that the tests were satisfactory. The jiets are designed to be placed abord armored cruisers and torpedo boats for protection in time of was against torpedo attacks. MATTERS POLITICAL. Editor Norman Mack to Run Demo cratic Campaign. Matters are still moving smoothly in national democratic affairs. Nor man E. Mack of Buffalo, an editor and a man who has the confidence of the party, and who Is a hard work er, nas fteep made chairman of the national committee, which means that an effort is to be made to cap ture New, York and uie New, York politlciana think that the effort will be successful. The choice of Mr. Mack seems to give general satisfac tion. There is every evidence of the fact that the democratic committee is leaving no stone unturned to get the votes of the people and they are Ptogtess^ They wU* try-to capture Ohio by bagging the Forak- er support, which seems probable they will sacrifice no principle, make no promises that will bind the party to anything objectionable In doing It. Gov. Johnson will set out soon to make some speeches for the ticket which he aspired to lead, and is great enough to help though he was disappointed. The republicans are also very busy they are trying now to make -terms, and this Information comes from the New York World, which is not veiry favorable to the democratic party, that the administration has surren dered to the Wall street capitalists and rapid pool and will permit the railroads in the west to raise their rates, and will make it convenient to have the employes of the road con vinced that their’object in so doing Is to Increase their wages, or prevent their reduction, and that their hope is In the republcan party, the party of the full diner pall. The collections for the campaign funds are growing very slowly, the farmers do not respond as rapidly to the appeal as was thought when they realized that the election de pended on them and that it was plainly up to them now. If they want ed such government as they had been for years demanding, they had tc support the workers In tho field, sup ply the amunltlon for the batteries OttNYKT AGAINST CONVICT. More Georgia Horrors and Irregular ities Disclosed. At Atlanta, Ga.. Geo. F. Hurt, tes tifying before the legislative com mittee Investigating the conduct of the State prison board last week told the committee of an Incident in which one convict armed with a pick was set upon another' convict similarly armed In an effort to capture and subdue him. DuiMn'g the encounter this convict drove his pick into the Insurgent’s face up to the hilt. th< point of it penetrating the -mans lung. He afterwards died of pneu monia. Lessees of convicts called to the stand swore that members of the Georgia prison commission knew that they were paying extra salaries, to the State's officers.. Wardens acknowledged ignoring wrtee-In reference to making out re ports of their camps and submitting them under oath. They stated they were never reprimanded by the pris on commission for these lapses. . • NO. 49 waHt fine restored (tOVERNMENT TO ASK ING OF STANDARD OIL CA8B. A The Case Is flwlwj the United-States Soprano Ooort. Other Cases to Be Pressed. At Lenox, Man., Wednesday after an all-day conference of the leading Government prosecuting officers and Frank B. Kellogg, of Minnesota, one of the special counsel for the Govern ment in certain civil aults, it was announced by Attorney General Ben* aparte that every effort would be made to secure a revision of th» re cent decision and opinion of the United States Circuit Court of Ap peals in the case of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, and that an ap plication for a reargument of the case and a motion for a modification of the opinion would be submitted to that Court. Although no time Is fixed, this ac tion by the Government will be taken at the earliest posslBle moment, while the pending prosecutions against the Standard Oil Company and ait other prosecutions In which the giving or - receiving of rebates is charged wtU - be pressed to trial.) The decision to taks this action was unanimous. Attorney General Bonaparte called to the conference Solicitor General H. M. Hoyt, of . Washington; Erwin M. Sims, of Chi cago, United States district attorney for the Northern district of Illinois; las. H. Wlikerson, of Chicago, Mr. Sims's first assistant, and Frank B. Kellogg, of Minnesota. Mr Hoyt. Mr Sims and Mr Wlikerson have arrivsd and had a conference in the after noon with the Attorney General. Mr. Kellogg arrived also and participated In the two conferences which wore held Wednesday, and which ended with the giving out of the following statement by Attorney General parte: "The Government will I ion of the recent decision and opin ion of the Circnit Court of Appeals for the 7th circuit in the case of tho Standard OH Company, of Indiana, either by thd Court of Appeals Itself or if necessary by the Supreme Court of the United States. The gentlemen who have been in consultation with me all unite in my opinion that In the Interest of the Impartial and ef fective administration of onr lawn snch action on the part of the Gov ernment is imperatively demanded by the circumstances of tho case and the possible consequence if this opin ion should stand as authority with- >ut question by the Government. To this end an apptication for n rsargo- ment of the^ case and a motion for n modification of the opinion will bo submitted to the Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of the United States at the earliest possible mo ment— QUICK JUSTICE IN JERSEY. Blacksmith who Killed I*rcacher July 15 Sentenced to Die. MKT HORRIBLE DEATH. Young Man Fastened Beneath Engine k’outtg *-—^ "and Fatally Scalded » .... * Mr. D. W/Dunlap, a young man son of Mr. Charles L. Dunlap, of Fort Lawn, met with a horrible death riday night says a news dispatch from Lancaster, He was acting as engineer on the railroad between Fort Lawn-and Great Falls, and while running what is known, as a dinkey englna_yesterday afternoon, the en gine collided with a box cjtr and ov erturned. Mr. Dunlap be^ng pinioned under his machine and fatally scald ed, his death ensuing several hours later. ’ Tift unfortunate young man was fastened beneath his engine an hour and a half before he could be removed, being conscious all the while. J ‘ FOUND MOTHER MURDERED. Wom»n t Sixty Years of Age, Shot Six Times by Unknown Party. v A dispatch from Tampa, Fla, says Mrs. J. W. Platt, sixty years old. was murdered by unknown persons Mon day at noon at her home near Gil Christ Institute. Diieovery of the crime was made by hbr rt>u, Walter Platt, who. going hdme for dinner found - his mother's body on the kitchen fioor with six bullet wounds in her head. Her daughter. Mias Mattie Platt, a taacbe/ at the Instl- tote. had left home thirty minutes beftfrs . A dispatch from New Brunswick. N. J., says Another example . of quick Jesrey Justice was given Tues day when Archie Herron, the form er blacksmith, who shot and killed the Rev. S. V. B. Prlckett, a Metho dist minister, on July 15, was con victed of murder in the first degree and w’as sentenced to be electrocut ed at Trenton on September 7. Herron's trial began Monday and the case was given to the jury Tues day. It took but forty-five minutes for the. jurymen to l^ing in a ver dict of guilty. Herron' shot the Rev. Mr. Prlckett while his victim was walking in the street. His motive U believed to have been to revenge him self upon the minister, who, when recorder of the Metuchen Court,^ sentenced Herron to serve ten days in jail for drunkenness and disorder ly conduct SLIPPED OFF HER ROOF. New York Woman Lqst Balance, Fell Six Stories and Waa Killed. In a moment of forgetfulness, while Bitting on the edge of the roof of her home, Miss Annie Mc Nulty, 19 years old, of 23 9 East 122nd street, New York stretcehd out her arms in exercise, and losing her balance, fell to the street, six stories below. She died shortly after reaching the hospital. BAGGAGEMAN HELD UP. Two Men Rotv Train of Mall Pouch, Watch and. Money. Two men held up a baggageman late Thursday night on the Ulater and Delaware passenger train be tween South.XBlbea and Stamford. N f. They helped themselves to the mall pouch, the baggagemaa’a gold watch and $18 In cash. They die- appeared from the train aa « slowed down at Stamford —" Ik* taken afterwards, their character to be determined by the Court* ac tion on this application. The pend ing prosecutions. In which the giv- ing or receiving of rebatre or offencee (*f like character are charged, will be pressed to trial and Judgment by the Government with all possible energy and as promptly as practlcabla n view of the Government’s legal ad visers the reversal of the judgment the case recently dedfffcd in no wny affects the merits of mat controversy or the necessity and duty of bringing to punishment In possible in this and cases any individual or corporation shown to have evaded or defied the laws.” In discussing the various aspects of the case Attorney General Bona parte" took occasion to refer to the report published in certain newspa pers to the effect that W. Parmelea Prentist, the son-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, had given, or was to give, a dinner to the Attorney Gener al. Mr. Rockefeller and Judge Grosn- cup. Mr. Bonaparte said in this con nection: "The tale is wholly free from any taint of truth.”. SEE NEGRO BURN. Alleged Assailant of White Lynched by Citizens. Girt “Tad” Smith, a negro boy It yeas old, charged with criminal as sault on Miss Viola Delintey at.Clay-— ton. Hunt County. Texas., was cap- tured by officers Tuesday. Hq wna taken before the young woman and Identified. The prisoner was than * , hurried to the Greenville jail. Be fore arriving there, however, a mob . of citizens overpowered the officers, took the prisoner and burned him at the stake. Fagots were piled np In the public square at Graenvllla and the negro was pieced therpon, kero sene oil was pournffon and a match applied. Smith slowly burned to death while a thousand people look- e-’ on. : 3 '"M Negro Lynched to Alfonso Willlnsn. n negro, who to alleged to .have aapanlled Mies Clare Brown last Friday might nenr Ohno pee. Ga.. waa Wedneeday night tnh- from the Toonm Connty foil by e mob. carried to thtf woods and riddled with It wkllk the toob took thn aofro IH