The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 20, 1908, Image 1
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BRYAN NOTIFIED
V
Acceptance Speech Strong Plea
^ ^ Ear Government of and
by the Paopli.
IS CHEERED BY -
IMMENSE CROWD
i
THOUSANDS APPLAUD AS NOMI-
/ ,
NEE HEADS HIS SPEECH OF
ACX'KI’TA.NCE—NOTHING
• TO MAH THE CER
EMONIES.
Lincoln, Neb. Augunt 12-—Under
burning rnyii of an almost tropl
sun, and In the presence of i
"vast assemblage, which chewed him
to the -efelw, WUliamJ. Bryanto^daj
received from Henry D. Clayton, of
Alabama, formal notification of hit
nominaton for the Presidency of the
United States.
Thrice honored by the Democra
tic party as It* standard-bearer.
Mr. Bryan plainly exhibited th*
pleasure It gave him once again tc
proclaim the principles for which he
stood. His nomination for a third
time, he declared In his speech of ac
ceptance. could only be explained b>
a substantial and undisputed growth
in the principles and policies foi
which he, with a multitude of othen
had contended. "As these princi
ples and policies," he said, “hav«
given me whatever i>ol!tlcal strength
the action of <ha -Convcn
tlon not only renews my faith 1c
t .em. but strengtheus my attach
u.ent for them."
The ovation accorded Mr. Bryan
as he rode through the streets 01
Lincoln on his way to the Slat*
House, where the exercises wen
held, were rfoii-BWtisan. It was th»
homage of the citizens of the \N est
ern cllyi-of the plains to a distin
gslshed neighl>br. Almost the enttn
Republican Administration was re
presented. Governor George L. Shel
don and many State officers leudlny
their presence both iu the parad*
and on the platform.
Before cowing t$> Lincoln fron
Fairview—four miles distant—Mr
Bryan received 1,500 visitors. T<
all he extended a cordial greeting
His arrival shortly after noon at th*
Hotel Lincoln, where he and Joht
W Kern, the Vice-Presidentlsl can
didate, were the guests of honor ai
a luncheon to the committee on no
tification, was the signal for an out
hurst of'Cheers and applause. H>
was Immediately surrounded by t
' gr^at crowd, and was kept busy fo 1
some time shaking hands.
Never before had Lincoln’s street'
and bttUdinga presented such a gal.
spixtjaraiK’e. On street was a rtot o |
color. 1 Around the mutilated Taf
bannr a crowd of curious visitor
was always clustered. With a ns
tlonal notoriety the banner was al
most the first point of Interest visit
ed> The parade carried Mr. Bryat
directly under the banner.
Not an Untoward Incident.
The State House grounds were
mass of humanity and Mr. Bryan
appearance on the platform wa
greeted with vociferous cheers am
hand-clapping- The ceremony of m
tlflcatlon was. conducted on the nnrt
Kern retired to the Capitol, when
and everv window were jammed t<
overflying. Not a single inciclen
occurred to mar the proceedings
The police arrangements were ex
cellent. Realizing that the regula
police force was not sufficient to cop.
with the great crowd, the Adjntan
deneral of the Sihte, at the roques
of Mayor Frank Brown, ordered o,ir
the 2nd Nebraska regiment, gnd wur
their assistance, perfect order waj
maintained.
Before the notification and accept
ance speeches were -delivered. Nor
man E. Mack, chairman of the Do
mooratlc national committee, whr
acted as presiding officer, called or
John W. Kern, the Vice-Presidentla
nominee, to make a speech. Mr
Kern responded In a few felicitom
remarks, In which he gave unstinted
praise to the non-partisan charaetei
of the exercises.
. The jspeeeh of Mr. Bryan conclud
ed the'eeremoniefi Tffif .Ttr ff*
Kern retired to th Capitol, where
they held a public reception.
To-night. jMr. and Mre. Bryan eh
tertalned the members of the notlfl
cation committee at a dinner at thef-
bome^t “Fairview." Tbej*arty wa 1
•erred- by Mre. Futb Bryan Leevlt*
and Mist Grece Bryan, daughter o f
the host and the hostess; Mrt
Spangler and Mrs. T. F. Allen, niece
and sister-in-law respectively of the
candidate, sad Mrs
Mit. BnYAys BPKKC’IL""
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 12.—Upon the
occasion of the formal notification of
his nomination as the Democratic
danddate for the presidency, WU
TTtam 'JH'tIftirT9?rSTr^^ fol-
, lowa;'~ '
Mr^dayton and the Gentlemen of
the Notification Committee:
I cannot accept the nomination
which you officially’ tender, without
first acknowledging my deep indebt
edness to the Democratic party for
the extraordinary honor which it has
conferred upon me.—Having twloo
before been a candidate for the pres
idency, In campaigns which ended
in defeat, a third nomination, the
result of the free and voluntary act
of the voters of the party, can only
be explained by a substantial and
undisputed growth in the principles
ind policies for which I, with a mul
titude of-others, have contended. As
these principles and policies have
given me whatever political strength
l possess, the action of the oonven-
tlon not only renews my faith In
them, bat strengthens my attach-
iueut to them. ~ _
A Platform is Binding. .
I shall, in the near future, pre
pare/ a more formal reply to your
ootlflcatlon, and, In that letter of
icceptauce. will deal with the plat
form In detail. It Is sufficient, at
his time, to assure you that I am
In hearty accord with the letter
»nd the spirit of the platform. 1
ndorjic It in whole and In part, and
<hall, if elected, regard its declard-
lons as binding upon me. And, 1
nay add. a platform Is binding as to
vhat it omits as well as to what it
-ontalns. According to the Demo-
•ratic idea, the people think for
hemselves and select officials tA.car-
y out their wishes. The voters are
he soveregns; the officials.—are
he servants, employed for a fixed
Ime and at a stated salary to do
shat the sovereigns want done.
Platform* am entirely. In-ha nanny,
with this Democratic Idea. A plat-
orm announces the party's position
>n the questions which are at issue;-
ind an official Is not at liberty to
ise the authority vested In him to
irge personal views which have not
>een submitted to the voters for thetr
tpproval. If one Is nominated upon
» platform which Is not satisfactory
'o him he must. If candid, either de-
llne the nomination, or. In accept-
ng It, pfopoae an afnended platform
vhtch In Hen of. the one adopted by
he convention. No such sltuatloa-.-
lowever. confronts your candidate,
or the platform upon which I was
lomlnated not only contains noth-
ng from which 1 dissent, but It spe-
Iflcally outlines all the remedial leg-
slatlon which we can hope to secure
luring the next four years.
Kepubltean fhallrnge Accepted.
The distinguished statesman who
ecelvcd the ReptybRcan homina-
jon foi* president said, in his notlfl
ation apeech: "The strength of the
Republican cause in the campaign at
band Is the fact that we represent
he policies essential to the reform
f known abuses, to the continuance
liberty and tfne prosperity, .and
hat we gre determined, as our plat-
orm unequivocally declares, to
maintain them and carry them on."
In the name of the Democratic
^rtv.—L accept the challenge, and
barge that the Republican party Is
espnnsible foe all the abuses which
low exist in the federal government,
nd that it Is imnortant to accomplish
he reforms which gre Imperative-
needed. Further. I cannot com
■ ( ur In the statement^ that the Repub-
can platform - urteq ill vocally de-i
lares for the refosnis that are ne-
Htwry: on the contrary. 1 affirm
’ at It openlv and notoriously die-
opolnts the hopes and expectation
f reformers, whether those reform
s be Republicans or Demoreats. S'
if did the Republican convention
■dl short of its duty that the Re
Chilean candidate felt It necessary
o add to his platform In several 1m-
ortant pariirolars, thus rebuktns
be leaders of the party, upon whose
o-operatlon he must rely for the
•nactmcnt of remedial legislation.
As 1 shall, in seperate speeches.
Iisense the ^ leading questions at
<Rsiie. 1 shall a tthlg time confine
n vaolf .to . lhe. .paramount q nest ion
> u deto the fat>reacblng purposes of
„, r party, as that purpose
'orth in the platform.
Shall the People Rule?
Our platform declares that the
Tverahadowlng Issue which manifests
itself In all the questions now under
Uscusaion. is -Shall the people
.„l P v No matter which way we
urn; no matter to what subject we
iddress ourselves, the same question
confront, tisf Shau the f^ple con-
•rol their own government, and use
•hat government for the pro ec
Af their right, and for the promo-
Mon of their welfare? or .hall the
-epresentatives of predatory wealth
^ upon vdefenseles. publi<b
whUe the offend immunlt?
subservient officials, whom
by the "known abuses to which Mr.
p^osktaH’s Iwdlctmont Against the
Party,
(Continued on last page.l
wf'eks as a result of religious enthu
siasm. The night before he attend
ed a religious meeting and worked
himself Into a frenzy.
When he arose that morning he
was suddenly seized with a desire
to kill. Securing a sharp-bladed axe
he stealthily entered the bed room
of his son while the latter lay
asleep. He crept close to the side
of the bed and, raising the axe aloft,
brought It down with terrific force
across the neck of the son. The blow
was delivered with such tremendous
force that the head of the victim
was severed completely from the
body. J With a manical shout Dufty
rushed from, the house and down
the street waving his Woody wea)»on.
Reaching the house at 451 North
west l,ake avenue, where hts wife
and daughter resided, he opened the
front door and entered. Mrs. Ada
-acom, the daughter, with her moth
er. was In A rear room. Proceeding
cautiously to this room the murder-
er.opened the connecting doors. Mrs.
.acorn stood with her back to him.
Without a word of warning ht^swung
the are high li\ the air and cleft
head was crushed in from the blow
Mrs. Dufty fled through a rear]
dcor. closely pursued by the maniac,
triklng at her with the axe.
The woman succeeded In eluding
him. hut not before she had received
severe gimh-on 4-he ellxiw from thel*
KILLS HIS CHILDREN.
RELIGIOUS MAMA CAUSES HOR
RIBLE CRIME.
Slays His Son and Married Daughter.
Tried to Kill Hi* Divorced Wife
And tbits His Own Throat.
At Los Angeles, Cal., driven Insane
by religious mania, H. J. Dufty, six
ty years of age, Friday attacked and
killed his son and daughter with an
axe and then cut his own throat with
a rattor, inflicting fatal injuries. The
tragedy occurred in the extreme
northwestern part of the city. Dufty
lived at the home of his son, Fred
TPiftr:—had been on the verge
of violent Instanity, it is said, for
Thirty persons were carried down
ladders by firemen amid wild scenes
of panic.
More han 100 escaped from the
burning buildtngin their nlghteloth-
Ing. Pistol shots fired by persons
who sought thus to summon aid add
ed to the confusion, and thousands
rushed to the scene. *
The fire is declared by the police
and the fire marshal to have been
of Incendiary brigin, and is one of
. | several fatal flres_ln the neighbor
hood.
by Dufty as he chased
>e swung
her.
Mrs. Duffy's erlea finally attract-J
ed the attention of neighbors who
came to her aid.
Dufty then walked to the street,
where he drew a razor from his poek-
ef and slashed his~6wn throat, in
flicting frightful injuries, from
which, however, he is likely to re
cover.
Several weeks ago Dufty went to
tl e Evergreen Cemetery and pur-
based a lot, explaining that he want
ed it for himself, son and daughter.
T'uee day# ago he purchased a cof
fin for himself. •
1 red Dufty. the son, was 24 years
of age and unmarried. He was an
ulomoblle machinist.
The daughter lived with her hus-
mnd. Ferdind l4»com, a painter, and
eir six-year-old daughter. Mrs.
Dufty and her husband h’ad been
divorced, and she had gone to the
heme of-her daughter to nurse her
tbro 'gb approaching confinement.
Before entering the Lacom home
Dufty concealed his axe In a sjack
which be carried. The old man sat
norvonsiy fingering the sat^k w hH**
the woman preceded to prepare
breakfast. Suddenly he got up,
drew the axe from the, sack and
attacked them. *
Dufty not-only purchased a lot In
the cemetery for the burial of his
victims, but had headstones erected
for three graves. Thre plain tomb
stones were put In place on the lot
at his order, bearring th names
Henry ■i Dufty." "Fred A. Dufty"
and "Zaidolh Lacom.'
The grave stones for his children
wer** placed on each side of the one
ei ectod for himself.— Dufty paid.
for the headstones and told the sales-
rpan that he was in no great hurry
to have them erected.
POLISH PRIEST FLEES.
Boards Steamer for Europe A Dor
Wanting Police.
b$en 'drT
Asserting that he has
Fire Started by Firebugs Burned
Four-Story Tenement.
. At New York four men are dead
two others are dying and six are In
a serious condition from bums In
a fire, started by a fire-bug, which
early Monday -burned the four-story
tenement house
112th street.
at No.
Vlncenso Sausto, four of vblch
children were hurled to death, bar
ed his head and in a loud voice took
an oath of vengence 'axainst those
responsible for the fire. Ills oath in-
ciuded the declaration that he would
devote his life to the task.
It was declared by Assistant Fire
Marshal Davldt Kelly that the fire
was of undoubted lifcendiary origin.
The fire Is one of a number of fa
tal fires that have recently terrorized
the nelghbborhood. Two months
ago thlrteon persons were burned to
death In a fire In the tenement
house In 109th street neat by.
AUTO BURSTS; TWO KILLED.
Man and Daughter and His Wife and
Mother-in-Iaiw Killed.
Mrs Mary Rowden, 65 years old,
and Mrs. 'Rose Beckwith, 43 years
of age. were instantly killed and
!• rederlek Beckwith. 45 years old.
perhaps fatallv injured and Bessie
Beckwith, 16 ^ears old, his daughter,
^adly bruised and burned by the ex
plosion of an automobile at the foot
of Stickey Hill, about eight miles
from Palnesvllle Ohio, Monday.
Mr. Beckwith, ^accompanied by
his mother-dn-law. wife and daughter,
was on his way from thetr home at
Tndaor, OhIo7*anff WAI running the
machine at a rate of about eight
miles an hour when It exploded. The
occupants of the car were hur.led in
all directions.
Mrs. Rowden. who was on the
front seat with Beckwith, was found
about forty-five feet In front of the
wreck, while Beckwith landed about
the same distance to the right Mrs.
Beckwith was hurled twenty-five
feet In the air. Bessie Beckwith was
thrown fifteen feet and sustained
severe bruises. * An ambulance con
veyed the Injured to the city.
HUNG BY HIS TEETH HALF HOUR
IN AIR.
Coney Island Black Wire Performer
FlmUIy~R«icued' Fixmi Peril Wltkl
Life Net.
The New York Times says the
dark thunder clouds which preceded
Tuesday's storm were Just beginning
to come up Into the sky, driven by
a steadily increasing wind, when
"The Flying Howard," the profes
sional title of Billy Howard; acro
bat, trapezist and strong-jawed man,
who appears at Dreamland, Coney
^d his "slide for life”
hanging by his teeth to^~Teather
thong attached to a pully running
over a alack wire atretcnlng from
the top of the Dreamland tower
down to the lighthouse atop the
Shoot the Chutes platform.
Many thousands feet beneath him
a crowd of nearly 4,000,mostof them
women and children, stood gazing
upward, where but a moment before
Howard and his wife had completed
a trapeze act on a wire just below
the one to which the athlete then
hung.. * —»—~
At a signal Howard sprang from
the platform far up oa the tower,
and, with arms extended, shot out
and downward, clinging only by his
teeth, at a pace which grew swifter
with every foot. The wire sagged
beneath his weight”, until presently'
the expanse between Howard’s sway
ing figure and the end of the xylre
had assumed an almost horizontal
posltlow. The wire had been strung
too loose.
The watching crowds saw Howard's
pace slacken perceptibly, each in
stant growing slower, -uo-til at Iasi
the whirling figure, buffeted by the
wind then blowing with almost a
hurricane's fury, stopped and Ho
ward, clinging by his teeth, revolved
slowly ' round and round above , the
Ihradi j>iLthc crowd, - |
The storm
ASSAULTS WHITE WOMAN.
Terrible RetalliatJon tor Lynching
of Negro Rapist at Pensacola.
Mrs. Ed Moclalr, residing four
miles-from Pensacola. Fla., was as
saulted by an unknown negro Friday
afternoon. "This Is how we pav
back for lynching Ed Shaw," said
the negro as he overpowered the wo
man and choked her into Insensibi
lity.
When Mrs. Mociair recovered
enough fo let the neighbors know
her plight the county officials were
notified and a sheriff’s possee was
started immediately upon the track
of the assailant. In Pensacola a
crowd was gathered at>out the Jail
awattingVthe r eturn of the officers.
Meanwhile excltemenf is at white
heat, following so closely upon the
lynching of the negro Shaw, two
weeks ago. •
TRAIN GOES ANCHASM.
broke almost at the
same moment, but the downpour of
rain, the vivid flashes of lightning,
and the rumble of thunder could not
drive the crowd to cover. All stood
gazing up at the athlete, who was
signalling desperately with his
hands. His face was upturned to
the rain; with his teeth he clutched
the leather strap, and it was impossi
ble for him to shout for help or give
directions for aiding him
Mrs. Howard had been watching
her husband, and the spectacle of
him swinging . helpless above her
head overcame the woman. With a
cry. "He will be killed," she fainted,
and men In the crowd carried her
Into the Emergency hospital, where
Dr. Smith attended her. Other wo
men promptly followed Mrs. Ho
ward's example and there was Inten
se excitement. ———~
Meantime other performers and
employes of the park were shouting
encouragement to Howard, although
at a loss for a method^of-aiding him
Howard tried hard to haul himself
to the wire by his hands. The strap
to which he clung by his teeth was
nst long enough to prevent his get
ting his hands upon the wire. The
strap itself was soaked by rain and
quickly became so slippery that to
clutch It In his hands only relieved
the strain on his jaws a frifle, while
to draw himself up to the wire by
It proved impossible, his liahds slip-
ping back each time he Instructed
more than the slightest w’efght to
their grip. Then some one raised
the shout:
"Get a life net!”
Th#v«r-y was taken up through the
Urowd and Howard* waved his hand,
from city to city by persons threat
ening his life until he fears that hw
must leave the United States, the
Rev. Michael Servetka, *a 4
priest oF New ark. N. J.. appealed to
the police of that city for protection
and fled aboard a steamer bound for
Europe.
He was recently assigned temppr-
arily to the Holy Trinity Catholic
church In Newark and had hardly
been established there when he re*
cocelved one of the letters that have
be ( en" troubling him.
Father Servetka turned over to the
nolle three letters which he has re
ceived during the last' three weeks.
The first came while he w-as station
ed In Brooklyn, and be then went to
Ellzab^thport. N. J., where another
letter reached him. The last came
to him when he went to Newark
The priest told the Newark police
that while he was stationed in
Brooklyn a fw weeks ago he was at
tacked by two men wbo seized him
by the throat and demanded 91.000
from him. Since' he h as been In
Newark a little 'leas than a week, he
feels sure he bee -been followed con
stantiy. N 1
Throe Men Killed as a Result of a
, Washout.
As the result of a washout on the
Tonapah and Tidewater, near Shos
hone, California, Monday night, a
passenger t^ain plunged Into a chasm
and three picn were killed. The
deadr~T- x
Engineer Hamilton. Fireman
Broadwell, W. E. Moore, a passeng
er supposed to be from Georgia.
Shortly before the train arrived
at Shoshone, a cloudburst washed
it a hundred feet of track. s “The
rain dashed Into the cut, th« loco
motive turning over and the bag
gage and other cars rolled on their
sides, buj the sleeping car remain
ed on the track.
MILL BOILER EXPLODES
Manager. Engineer and Two Firemen
at Gold Mine Hurt.
About half-past ~l~o’clock Thurs
day morning both boilers at the gold
mill at the Halle Gold Mine, tfaree
miles from Kershaw, ‘ exploded
seriously injuring Capt. E. A. Thiea
the manager of the mine; E. P
Truesdale, engineer, and two fire
men. whose v namee-are unknown
Mr. Thiea was passing through the
mill on,bis daily tour of inspection
and K was not known that ha wai
hurt until several minutes after the
explosion, whan he waa found under
a pile of debriea. His condition, and
that of Mr. Truesdale. la critical. The
| others ere only gllghtly hurt, or not
•arloosljr. ’ *
Death and Destruction Wrought by
Explosion In Rolling Mill.
A dispatch from York, Pa, says
** ■
eight men were killed, nearly a score
of others more ©fleas scrously ln-
Jurd and thousands of dollars worth
of property damaged "by- the explo
sion of a boiler In the York Rolling
Mill late MondayiTternooH:
The dead: John Clency, York,
Benjamin Bremer. Harry Searchrlst,
Paoll Fuel, Alfred Struck, ^ohn
Sloseman, Harry Feger, all of Colum
bia, Pa; Edward Filler, Marietta,
Pa.
The boiler, which was located In
the-centre of the mill, exploded
wthout a moment's warning.
A rescue party was quickly or
ganized and search for the bodies
was instituted.
Ambulances from New York Hos
pital were hurried to the scene, but
owing to
Injured, delivery wagons and other
conveyances were pressed Into service
In ordar that the injured might be
rushed to the hosptal.
While the Injured were being look
ed after, the bodies of the dead were
being carried from the ruins of the
building. A majority of those kill
ed had thetr heads and limbs torn
from their bodies, and were so badly
mangled that identity was almost
an Impossibility.
The mill had been closed down for
about a week, and two score of men
were engaged In making repairs to
an engine. The men were working
close, to the boiler and when the ex
plosion occurred not one of them waa
able to make his escape. *
The shock was so terrific that it
demolished a large portion of the
mill and sent heavy pieces of twisted
Iron and metal In all directiona. The
plant of Broomal, Schmidt A fitaecy
Company, located near the scene of
the explosion, was badly damaged
and a horse which was standing 300
yards distant from the tnlll was in
stantly killed. Box cars on the rail
road aiding, adjoining the mill, were
torn to splinters and several persons
near the building were slightly In
jured by flying debris.
The shock was felt over the entire
city.
four feet square, was hurled nearly
block.
The Injured are all expected to re
cover.
LATEST GOVERNMENT REPORT
VERY OPTIhuATIC.
Average Condition on August 1 Was
-- 'f- , - * ' x Jj .
• a Per Cent better Than n Tens
LOCKJAW FROM BLOW.
apparently to slgnlty that.he^could
hold on a few minutes more. Al/eady
men had started toward the quart
ers of the fire show In Surf avenue,
and when they returned there came
with them John Green, foreman of
the show, with half a dozen employ
es carrying, one of the life nets used
In their exhibition. The men took
thetr positions and Grene, waiting
until Howard’s swaying form hung
for an Instant almost perpendicular
ly over the net. shonetd the worrd.
Howard opened his clenched tea(tf
A gasp arose from the crowd. Before
they could Inhale another breath,
the athlete was safe in the net and
a dozen hands were assisting him
out of It to the ground. The crowd
was forced back and he was hurried .
to the Emergency hospital, exhausted f* 1 *® 1 ' teeing across the fl£
and almost overcome by the ex per-
lence he had undergone
Howard hung by his teeth
nearly half an hour. ’—
for
KILLING AT AUGUSTA.
Former North Augu
Dead by a Policeman
At Augusta, Ga., Edwin C. Tur
ner. aged about forty-four years,
formerly employed as town marshal
of North Augusta, wu shot and In
stantly killed Tuesday night on Up
per Market street by Patrolman M
O. Matthews. Re claimed self-de
fence and was exonerated by the
coroner's Jury, who rendered It as
“tbfelr belief that ha fired six shots
in aelf-defenc*;' four of which-took
effect"
The Waehlngton coneepondeat of
The News and Courfer says unless
all signs fall the people of the United
States will thla year see the biggest
crops In the country’s history. The
year has been free from prolonged
droughts and the rainfall has been
almost normal with few flood periods
In the great grain growing States of
the West the crops have been made
and housed, and in some parts of
the number of d^ad and | ®°uth King Cotton la coming
again Into power ^
The latest report of the depart
ment of agriculture is optlmatic with
iegard to this year’s products and
is as fo’lows:
On August crop conditions in
the United States were In the aggre
gate somewhat better (2 per cent)
than a year ago, but slightly (1 per
cent) below a ten-year average con
dition on that date. Of the crop#
that are abov* the averse may be
mentioned winter wheat, hay, cot
ton and tobacco. Corn, barley, rye,
buckwheat, apples and flax ‘ tare
•lightly below the average; potatoes
above 6 per cent below and oats near
ly 10 per cent below the average. .
The conditions vary, however. In
the different aectlona of the United
States.
In the North Atlantic States gen
eral conditions are slightly bettered
per cent) than a year ago. and allg
ly below (2 per cent) than the
year average randition on Angnat
Corn, wheat and apples are allghtl
to moderately above the average
condition, while hay, potatoes, oats,
rye. buckVheat and barley are
low; thCLjtoteleney iq condition of
potatoes le about 10 per cent, and of
hay about 4 per cent.
In the North Central Statea, which
The head dT Ihe hotter, about f* re ^ 8t of th ® Mississippi River,
general crop conditions are about T
per cent below a year ago and about
per cent below the average. Corn
la about 7 per cent below, oata It,
per cent below, potatoes 4 per cent
below, apples 20 per cent below and
tobacco 6 per cent below the aver
age. Hay la good, being abont It
per cent above the average; wheat,
rye and grapes are slightly above,
and peaches are abont bO per ceat
above the average.
In the North Central Btatas, west
of the Mississippi River, crop eondl-
Mouh ln\the aggregate are practical
ly the sapie aa the ten-year average
and nearly 3 per cent better than a
year ago. Hay alone of the Important
crops Is materially above (14 per
cent) the average; rye la slightly
better and peaches about 40 per cent
better than the average. Practically
all the r.tber Important crops show
more or »es§ towemcondition than
the rveti** corn bsfug a*' <it 2 por
cent, wheat 2 to 2/per cent oata *•
p^r cent, t arley 3
•• »• j>.-r «t nt,
The on of d
the average.
In Jly? South Atlantic States crop
conditions ar« favorable, being abont
per cent bettor t£an a year ago
and nearly h * per cent-above the
average. Rice and potatoes are the
only ones of the important crops
which are below their ten-year aver
ages. The relative betterment of
the other Important crops above
their average Is, cotton 5 per cent,
corn 3 per cent, hay IQ per cent,
wheat 4 per ent, tobacco 4 per cent,
sweet potatoes nearly 1 per cent, ap
ples 25 per cent, peaches 40 per cent
and oats 4 per cent.
In the South Central State#, also,
conditions are favorable, being about
per cent better than a year ago
and 2 per cent better than the aver*
age. Cotton, the most important
crop, has the same condition as-the
ten-year average. Corn is 2 per cent *
above the average, hay 8 per cent,
wheat 6 per cent, tobacco R per cent,
sweet potatoes, oata and rice, each
4 per cent, and peaches 10 per cent,
respectively, above theft average
condition. Apples are 12 per cent
below, and potatoes, sorghum and
sugar cane are each slightly below
the average condition.
In the far Western States condi
tions are not so j favorable, being
5 per cent below a year ago ant
[Nearly 5 per cent below the ten-year,
average- condition. Nearly all the
Important crops are below the aver
age. Peaches, however, are about
IK per cent better and grapes slightly
better. The approximate extent of.
Man Comes to Hospital And Can't
Talk—Might Not Recover.
Philip Tully, 24 years old, enter
ed the receiving office of the Belle
vue Hospital of New York, Friday
night and by motions indicated that
he was suffering severe pain about
his head and jaws. He appeared
unable to speak and his Jaws were'
locked partly open.
Dr. LeRoy Smith questioned the
man with a pencil and paper, the
latter answered questions. He said
that he attended a dance at New
Dorp, Staten Island, about two weeks
ago. He was attacked by two thugs,
he wrote, inrd’" was struck over the
eye with a blunt Instrument that in
flicted a lacerated wound. He Jf»ft
the dance hall and went home with
out medical treatment.
Dr. Smith said the man was suffer
ing from tetanus and fhaf a germ of
the disease had developed In the
wound recived in the dance hall. The
physicians succeeded In feeding Tully
by an artificial process. Small hope
Is entertained for his recovery. The
police are seeking his assailants. *
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AMBUSHED AND MURDERED.
Hotel Keeper Evidently Was Keeping
Appointment as Letter Indicates.
A dTspltrtr from New York Thurs-
day ^ays: Ambushed In a lonely
spot known as the “murderer’s field"
on Lincoln road. In the Flatbuah sec
tion of Brooklyn, Fletro Barilla, a
well-to-do hotel keeper of Woodhav-
en, was attacked by a number of
men.
Barilla is thought to have gone to
the place to keep an appointment
as^a^etter was found on his person,
emlngly written In blood.
Barilla rode to the scene on a
bicycle and carried a magazine re
volver, which he nearly emptied In
his desperate defense.
Persons nearby : heard the shots
and rushing to the place, jgw - the
Bari
lla was found dead »*
FOUR CHICAGOANS DROWNED.
Pleasure Launch Overturned by the
Waves of Passing Steamer
At Kllbourn, Wis., by the capsls-
lng~oTT~nleaeu i e launch on the Wls-
Chlcagoans were drowned as follows
Miss Mabel Ward. Mrs. W". G
Heath and son, E. G. Pfeiffer.
The launch, containing nine per
sons, was returning from a trip
through the Della. When near the
wharf tha-boat got Into the waves of
a passing steamar and capsized. The
accident waa seen by many people
on the pier and rescue at once waa
attempted with boats and launches
but four had sunk before aid arriv
ed. ^
-
»r cent and ap-
■tU . *, ik w.
IV *cz Is at>-«ut
deficiency in the condition of othefr
crops is, hay 8 per cent, wheat C per
cenL barley 8 per cent, oata 4 per
_ cent, potatoes 5 per cent and apples
consin River Friday afternoon fcmr|4- PCr__cent. " “
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Shot His Mother by Accident.
A J , dispatch from Spartanburg,
say! Pete Jackson, colored, shot
Jane Jackaon. his mother, on North
Dean street Sunday afternoon, while
cleaning a pistol. The bell peaeed
through Jack won‘a left head, sad
struck his mother, entering the
stomach. The wound to thoaght M
be serious. Jackaon has
rested and to la jail
t- ] rested an
* 1 opments.
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