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BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER4T, lfK>8
MAKES GREAT FUGHT
WH1GHT KKEI’S his .MACHINE IX.
AIK I-X>K OVEK AN HOVH.
Ohio A«‘i-ouaut Coutinue« to BreAk
Worhl IWcords EAtAMiAhw) 'b)-
Himself.
A dispatch from Washingtou, D. U.,
saj-s Orvill Wright Thursday broke
The world’s record for time and dis
tance for a heavier than air flying
machine, which he established
Wednesday in a flight requiring
great skill on account of a ten-mile
wind. He circled around the drill
grourtds at Fort Myer 58 times in
65 minutes and 52 seconds, exceed
ing the time of Wednesday's record
flight by three minutes and ten sec
onds. The flight was witnessed by
nearly a thousand people. Through
out the day the weather was threat
ening and Mr. Wright did not arrive
at the field until after 4 o'clock. At
5 o'clock Mr. Wright announced
that he was ready.
“Are you going to try to break the
record which you made yesterday?"
he was asked. “No." he replied, "I
am golng.«up just for a little practice.
I may malte a flight of ten minutes
in order to determine at what rate
of speed 1 have been flying."
The aeroplane rose from the
ground almost immediately after
leaving the single starting rail. It
continued to climb higher with each
successive round of the field until
It reached an altitude of 75 fe*t.
For the first 30 rounds the machine
tlcw,as smoothly as on its previous
flights, but. from that rime on it was
aeon to pitch at the turns as the stifl-
ciiing brci-ze from the west struck H.
As the machine moved irom the
northern end of the field to the south
ern end. where the “aero-garge for
klorlng the aeroplane Is looted, Mr.
Wright kept It several points tn the
wind. A gust of wind unusuauy
strong struck the serial flyer, during
the 42d round and It plunged sharp
ie. Mr. Wright then brought his
machine lower, but In the 53d round
hi' had recahed an altitude of, 200
-rm- Mr Wrlgh* ranif At tt><1
of the 5Hth round, landing easily
"I encountered a stiff tore***, were
Mr Wright's first worda. His eye*
were blood-shot and caused him con
siderable pain. "I don't know
whether the wind or duet causes the
irritation of my eyes. 1 had ou.a pair
of goggles, too. f'riing In a wind at-
I did to-day is lots^f fun. It s more
sport than flying in a calm as on
yesterday The wind must have been
blowing fifteen or more miles an
hour, as I oould tell by the quarter
ing of the machine. I kept much
higher; than usual on account of Un
wind."
Signal corps officers of the war
department exV-Tsaed the belief that
Orville Wright Will make a speed of
at least forty-two miles an hour with
his heavier than air machine, which
did such excellent work at Fort
Meyer. It he does make forty-two
miles an hour he will he entitled to
a l>onus of 20 per cent, over the
contract price, which would net hln
for his machine $30,000, the con
tract prtco being 325,000. The o.u-
rial trials will fie held as soon as Mr
Wright announces his readiness. *
A STRANGE IHSAlTKARAXCE-y
TnckAge Lost by Express t'oni|N«y
Worth Oter •50,000.
A dispatch from Portland, Oregon,
says a package entrusted to the care
of Wells Fargo Express Company at
Salem, Oregon, by J. R. Albert, tin
president of the Capital National
Hank of that city and addressed to
Joseph M. Meyers at the Portland
Hotel In this city containing notes
$lid other valuable papers represet-
Ing over 350,000 Is strangely miss
ing. As soon as the robbery was
reported to the express company, de
lectives were put to work.
BATHER DROWNS AT SAVANNAH
His Cries for Help Cnheard by Dane
ers at Isle of Hope.
KERN COMING SOUTH.
Democratic Vice-President t’amiidate
to Tour Southern States.
John W. Kern, Democratic VJce-
Presidential candidate, will make a
speaking trip in the - South in Oct
ober, and the national committee is
now arranging the itinerary. He will
deliver one ot two speeches in Mary
land. and will speak in all probabi
lity in West Virginia ifnld Delaware
the first week in October: Mr. Kern
will speak in Winston-Salem, N. C.,
October 7, when the State Fair d*ill
be in progress.
The Vice Presidential candidate
has also been urged to make speeches
in Georgia and Tennessee. Senator
Gorg.^of Oklahom.a and G6o. Fred
Williams, of Massachuseetts. are to
stump the Western States. Col.
Moses C. Wetmore, of the finance
bureau, announced that 1,500 Demo
cratic newspapers had joined in the
movement to raise a popular sub
scription fund with which to run the
Democratic campaign. He says that
BUBONIC PLAGUE
AND ITS SPREAD IN DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES
Paper Prepared by Assistant Surgeon
General T. M. E a get Thereon 1*»
sued In Pamphlet Form.
Surgeon General Wymauu, of the
public health and marine holpltal
sen-ice, has issdbd in pamphlet form
geon J. M. Eaget giving a history of
the spread of buboni^ plague during
the last 14 years.
Xu study presents, more important
Eaget says, than the lines of march
taken by bubonic'plague during the
period mentioned in its advance from
the remote endem ic focus of the dis
ease in the province of Yunnan,
WANT’S TO WED RICH WIDOW.
Vi.mig Athlete Furnishes New York
China, to the numerous countries in
in his opinion every Democratic news-; H || q uar ters of the globe wherein
paper in the country wilt join in this , uan y j ns t a nces it has established it-
movement. "The Democartlc press
is doing a great work, said Col.
Wetmore, and if all the papers that
favor the election of Hryan and Kern
would go to work In yarnest in this
matter of collecting funds I believe
we would get the biggest part of the
money necessary to successfully con
duct our fight. This is a real contest,
and all our resourqeis will be taxed
to. combat the Republican party.
hich will secure the money it needs
through Its' rich agencies that have
derived legislative protection from
•
it."
COTTON CROP OF 1WO7-Oft.
Secretary Hester Completes HI* Art*
ntial Report <»n the Crop.
In his annual report On the cotton
crop of 1!**>7-o8. issued/-Thursday
night. Secretary Hester, of tl|e New
Orleans Cotton Exchange. quotes
some very interesting figures In con
nection with the shifting of the seat
of the American cotton milling irf-
dustry to Mie States of the cotton
’>elt.
He says that those conditions have
northern end of the field at thr^urliTTIt mult In ■'ihleii.T during l!l£
season just closed than ever before.
The consumption ot American cotton
in the South evm under the most un
favorable conditions having been in
round figures -.193.00*. while the
North totalled but 1.975.000 or 220.-
000 bale, in the increase in
the consumption of cotton Virginia
comes first. Oklahoma second, and)
Georgia .third
Mr. Hestor's 'rei'ort of crop of
different Statea is given as follows in
thousand* of bales, showttig a de
crease under 1906-07 of 1,939.016
bales, and an Increase of 225.978
over that of 1905-06: Alabama 1.-
\. against 1.289 last year; Ar
kansas 787, against 940 last year.
Florida 60, against 65 last year:
Georgia 1,964. against 1.695 last
year: Louisiana 673. against 995
last year: Mississippi 1,496. against
1,541 last year'. North Carolina 689.
against 663 last year: Sputh Carolina
1.226. against 657 last year; Tennes
see 335. against 372 la** V*kt'. Tex
as 2,221. against 4.050 last year;
OklahOtna 950. against 9 44 last
year. Total crops 1 1,572. against
,5H last year. Mr. Hester put,
the spindles In the South at 10.66h*
308. including old. Idle and not com-
plete, against 10,589,093 laM year. , - aw ' R
and remarks that this is the smallest
Intwease reported in twenty years. *
DR. UNDER ACVUIiaED.
self In defiance of the most carefully
planned preventive measures.
The revival of the plague, Dr Ea
get says, dates from 1 894, when es
caping from the western Chinese pro
vince of Yunnan, it reached Canton.
Between .March and August, .1894.
the number of deaths from plague in
Canton is estimated at 120,000. All
>'lasses among the population suffer
ed and rats were found to be affect
ed. but Id the foreign quarter of
Canton, with a population of about
3^00. not a single case occurred.
During the next year cases . of
plague were reported in Hong Kong.
Amoy. Macao and Foochow, and iu
1896 sanitary attention throughout
the world was forced on the threat
ening epidemic by Its appearance in
Bombay. Starting In August the dis
ease spread throughout the whole
vast territory of the Bombay presi
dency and before the end of the
year Showed a total of 2.980 cases
and 2.288 deaths. During that year
plague reappeared in Hong Kong
where it has been epidemic ever
since.
In China th»-re were epidemics at
Amoy and Swatow wtth many deaths
in other sections bt the empire and
tTr-rtie-fwIlawina vaar Hiere were over
150,000 cases in India with a mortal
ity of 117,0""
In 1900 plague Was present iu
every quarter of the Aorld. The
Philippine island wereMncludod iu
the march of the disease. 150 deaths
occurring tn Manila.
The most notable fact In the his
tory of the plague in the western
world wa, the nppeafaucP Of 22 fata!
cates In Sait Francisco, hi 1901 In
India a great augumentatlon took
l lace, until In 1904. the plague caus
ed the death of over 1,000,000 per
sons in India alone and epidemics
prevailed to a greater or less degree
iu nearly all parts of the world.
India, the great center, suffered
terribly In the year -19-Uu but in the
year 1906 there was a great decrease,
the number of deaths being about
332.000, bur again In 1907 there was
a great li-irrase. the deaths number
ing 1,200.000 ^8r ftine years. Dr
Eaget says. Hawaii in 1907 had not
been free from plague, but the Phil
ippine Island now seem to be clear
of the disease.
During the year 1907. 156 cases
of plague with 78 deaths occurred in
Can Francisco. Ttlerb were aftb a few
at Oakland and other cities
neighbors jf San Francisco.
At Seattle. Wash., three
cases occurred last October.
fatal
With Latest Romantic Rumor*.
Fashionable sqjourne/s at Sayvllle,
L. I., a resort for the wealthy of New
York, say no one will be in the least
surprised at any time to see an an
nouncement of tlYe marriage of Mrs.
Edward Kelly, rich widow of the sou
of Eugene Kelly and mother of Mrs.
Frank Gould, to Ralph Craft. 2 4
year old. athlete, yachtsman and
prime favorite all along the shore of
the. Great South bay. He Is an in
surance broker. .
Mr. Craft has been paying Mrs.
Kelly very- marked attention for a
year, has visited often at her home
and has taken her on automobile
trips to Sayvllle.
When the subject was broached to
Mr. Craft that gentleman did not
seem in the least surprised. And.
w hat is more to the point, he did not
deny that he hoped to -make Mrs.
Kelly his bride. He did d^y that
there Is a formal engagement of mar
riage. ,
"It's all rot," said Mr. Craft at
first, but he said it in a curiolis tone,
and when the name of one of Mr.
Craft's friends was mentioned as an
authority for the rumor that the mat
ter was being kept/secret because
Mr. Craft. Sr., did not frnow of it.
the young man, a little off his guard,
replied; "My father knows all about
it. He objects to It. But I don't see
what difference that makes.'' . *
- Ho STARS I,EFT BEHIND.
BLAZE COST UVES
TOUCHED OFF BY TH£ CARELESS
. STRIKING OF A 5»ATCH.
SAVED FROM-THE NOOSE.
Too Much C'oufjfslow tn Wltne****'
Three People Were Killed and an
Entire Block Threatened With De
struction.
• - - / __
A dispatch from Pittaburj;. Pa..
says a volcano of escaping gas. torch
ed off by the careless snaring of a
match, hearty wiped out tM family
of Rev. George Mtsquei, pastor of St.
George’s Syrian Greek church on
Seventh avenue,wcollapsed an ad
joining dwelling, burying its Inmates
under the debries of falling watfS?
Gives Murderer but *JO Years.
I
I o the Crl min a I court, at West
Chester, F'a.. Angela DTOnneneglldo.
the youug Philadelphian, who was
| charged w ith the shooting to death of
Passuule deFelico and his sou, Ales
sandro. on'the streets of that'tr
ough. one Sunday evening a few
weeks ago, entered a plea of murder
In the second degree. The plea was
accepted in view of conflicting testi
mony as to the facts of the crime.
The testimony was to tae effect
that Beneminio DcGildo. w - ho epm-
mlted suicide and was an uncle of the
prisoner, had fired several shot at
Alessandro, the young shoemaker,
and then, when pursued by the mob,
believing that he had killed Alessan
dro, tired a bullet j^Uo nis own brain,
dies on Scaffold.
and kindled a fire thof threaten^ i a,1,id lhf ‘ on ^ Veit lawn,
an entire block on Bedford gyenuej Butlei sentenced D Ermeno-
near Washington street at 9:30
o’clock Thursday night.
The dead:
Mrs. George Misquel, .aged 3 2, 922
Bedford avenue, found In upper room
burned to a crisp.
Jacob, her son, 4 years old. died ai
Pasbav&nt hospital.
Annie Magel, 17. servant at,the
Misquel home, died at 1:15. at
the hospital.
The injured:
Rev. George Misquel, aged 35.
burned about head and arms;
thought to have inhaled flames: con
dition serious. ,
Isaac Misquel,,aged 11. burned
about face and arms.
. Amelia Misquel, 6. legs and arms
badly bu
EighteenLMtohrivs old baby of^the
Misquel, scorched in'Its cradle, over
looked by rescuers, but carried out
gildo to serve 20 years in the Eastern
penitentiary, only one marge being
pressed by the commonwealth,
tlxfugh it was claimed that the con
victed man had killed the two deFe-
liqos, and had wounded Patrie*
phy In the leg and Mike Saraceni on
the elbow. ' •
LARGEST TURTLE CAPTURED.
Detachment From Battleship Fleet
. liooking For Stragsl^r*-
A patrol from the American bat*
tleshlp fleet Is still searching for the | a|sf jjj practically uninjured
men who failed to go aboard their - —
ships when they sailed from Mel
bourne, Australia. These number 85.
Nearly all the stragglers left be
hind at Sydney returned to the fleet.
A wireless message from the flag
ship Connecticut says that every one
aboard, from Rear Admiral Sperry-
down. gratefully remembered Mol-
borune, and'that all considered thoj
Australian visit the greatest demon
stration of International friendship
In American hlstofy.
The Argus, reviewing the visit of ^
tli6 neef to Australasia, «sa>4 In 80 n f thr Mltqnrl ivas responsible for the
editorial: “A more orderly body ot
men never landed. Officers and men
alike Inspired sincere regard and es
teem Never In history have two
countries of different flags found such
immediate and deep sympathy.' *
ffoney Was Melted, But Not 111 Value.'
While Frank Marks and 111* wife,
of Btrongville. O.. were awa^frOm
home, recently, robbers soSrched
the premises for the money which he
was know n to possess, as hf was dis
trustful of banks. IncldentABy. the
thieves fired the baru and the pig
pen. When Marks returned home
he searched the ruins of the pig pen
and adfprlied his friends by unearth
ing a lump of gold, fie had hidden
ms money, in gold coins, beneath the
pig pen floor, arid the iritese heat bad
inelted It. The lump wa* w0rtli sev
eral thousand dollars.
TEN TIMES NEAR DEATH.
Jury
Conclude* That ho Acted in
Self-Defence.
In the Court of Geubml Sessions
at Union Thursday, Dr, W.-L Lind
er was tried on the rhal’ge of murder
and found hot guilty. Iu October
last Dr. Linder shot Lucy Upsey, a
negro woman, three times, and the
woman died two days later. It was
proved in the ease that the Upsey wo
man had several monhs before shot
\
I.ullauA Man Show* More Vitality
Tlia 11 the “Nine*Lived" Urft.
llaving passed the danger point in
his latest nearly fatal venture.
John -M. McMahon, of Crawfordsvllle
Ind., holds the record for nearly-
fatal acchlets. About a month ago
he fell Into a vat of boiling water
His'skin peeled rtff but grftftitlA sav
ed Ills lift?. McMahon is 35 years of
The Swede Was Innocent.
While Waldeman Epstrand. s6n
of a wealthy banker, of Gutborg.
Sweden, wag being photographed at
police headquarters f 'Poughkeepsie,
N. Y., as the murderer of Fred ltdkail
son. a companion, word w-as received
which set him free. The news stated
that Hokanson had been shot by a
fish peddler, who he tried to hold up.
Epstrand has roved all over the w-orld,
and bis fund having run short, has
been working an s farm hand at
East Fishkill, X. Y. •
Margaret and Mary McKenna, of
920 Bedford avenue, caught in bed
under collapsing roof and debris,
dragged out by firemen: legs and back
sprained.
Mrs. Mary Mulligan. 920 Bedford
avenue; face cut and back Injured.
Policeman Peter Hanrday. hands
and face burned in rescue work.
Policeman W. H. Larkin, hands
burned, wrist cut.
Assistant Fire Chief Robert Mc
Kinley is convinced that a leaking
gas pipe in the attic of toe residence
Monster Weighing H-4U Found* I* to
Be Seen at Battery Aquasiuui.
A dispatch from York, say*
there is on exhibition at the Aqu
arium at the Battery the largest
turtle ever heard of by the Aquarium
authorities. It Is of the leather
back variety, the largest known sea
turtles. ' .
It weighs 8 iu pounds and was
captured in a fishermans net off
Belford. N. J. The director of the
Aquarium. Dr. Townsend, secured
the turtle from Its captor and shipped
it to the Aquarium. Eight men wese
required to lift the turtle into the
large tank In the middle of old castle
garden building, where the Aquarium
is located.
Dr. Linder in the back w hll^ ifi his i age. His left eyesjs gone, his left
. A
says
and
dispatch from Savannah. Ga.,
Ernest Roberts, ..for ten years
John’p Church,
a well known cnurch wrorker,
was drowned at Isle of Hope late
Thursday night while In bathing. On
a pavilion fifty yards away music for
dancers drowned his cries for help.
His wife and children were in their
home a -few feet -from the river
banks.
Good Horse Sense.
Only the fastidious sense of taste
of his horse, saved Robert McCor-
raick_QX Eat Mountain. Conn., from
TosTng flrSfiO itrrbanir bills, witich he
bad secured on selling his property,
a few days. McCormick, on return
ing from the bank, put the bills In
s sack of feed In the barn, thinking
the money safer there. The next
morning he fed the horse from the
sack of feed which contained the
bills, and forgot all about the money,
until his wife asked him. later, where
It was. He rushed to tie barn, rem
Santa Barbara, Cal., Deputy United
Umbering, but to his .great joy found; gtates Marsha] Lee McFe. on Thurs-
that the horse bad »ot eaten the
money. He ha4 cleaned up hi* feed
but the roll.cf Mila lay Intact in the
nianfer.
office: that sh" was tried for tbli-
assault and convicted. She appeal
ed to the Supreme Court, and was
out on l>ond ponding the appeal,
when she was shot. The evidence
established a clear
case of self-defence.
IN HARD LUCK.
e.ar. right toot and^a little finger are
.he only evidences of his narrow es
capes.
The career of accidents to a man
who has. more lives than any cat
and convincing j can boastxj.egan when he w aa Only
c-^ 0 ’ seven years of age. He came near
being drowned while swimming. A*
Furcweil hide fcnd* to tWgedt:.
Murder and suicide ended tbe faie-
well ride of Joel F. Baker, a carpen-
ter. and Mrs. Sylvia Hcrnice, a wid
ow, of Wabash, Ind., on Thursday.
It is said Mrs. Herluce had planned
F»ave for Benton Harbor, • Mich.,
where ahe h aft td haf¥ beeri idafried.
and her <mve with llaRdr, afl atow-
_ed admirer, was to tell hlm his fate.
Investigation showed that Baker had
killed his companion while both were
out of the buggy. He then loaded
her lifeless, form into the vehicle and
started to drive back to Wabash. On
the w-ay he killed hlmsblL
V
Clerk in City Treasurer's Office Ar
rested for Embezzlement.
Chief Clerk Vital Tujague, of the
New Orleans city treasurer'* office,
was placed in the parish prison
Thursday night on a charge of hav
ing embezzled a!>out $30,000 In city
funds. Tujague was lormerly city
comptroller and has been actlx-ely
Identified w ith local politics |or many
years. The alleged embezzlement of
Tujague makes the fifth shortage of
a public official in New Orleans dur-
ing'Thw last 18 months. .•
—Got Him at Last.
Alleging that he is-Jamea C. Dun
ham. who 12 years ago. It is charged,
killed three mon and three women at
*en he tried to hop a train arid lost
bisTrlght fefit. Ho Cattle float- hi ced
ing to death? While still on crutch
es while watching the construction
of a stone building the clamps on a
lifter slipped and his shoulder bone
was splintered by the falling rock
At 14 he fell from the top of a tre*.
and fractured his skull. At 18 he
lost his eye and part of his ear
through a shooting accident. He
tried.football 13 years later and was
injured in a train wreck. An acci
dent irt a foundry'and the explosion
the powder mill at Fontanet. Ind.,
this spring, brought the number ot
and .difficult sanitary ^problems, Dr
lives to nine and three weeks ago
dame the tenth. McMahon dactare*
life is worth living whatever the
cost.
Heavy Weight Sheri#.
Anderson County baa nominated a
- |man for Sheriff, ’who weighs 125
day. raused' the arreat of a. man . poun d;/"tti:^TmM‘ te-b« ae heaviest
known in the community in which j man In the South. The Anderson
he had resided for a year. Whitnlore. jp^op,^ htd better be on their good
Texas, as
Bill' Hatfield.
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explosion and fire.
Bedtime had come. Rev. and Mrs.
Misquel with their four little ones
went to-the rooms on the second floor
where were the sleeping quarters of
the family. The domestic. Annie Ma-
gel, a 17-year-old girl of the same na
tionality as the priest, followed them
up the stairway Just In time to catch
the force of a blinding explosion a*
a match was struck Id the darkened
sleeping room. The greater part of
the escaping gas seemed to have ac
cumulated in the mansard floor about
the secoud room, however, for a min
ute after the first flash there came a
shock that rocked the entire blpck.
The-fsllihg debries crashed through
the'toof and burled Margaret and
Mary McKenna, who were sleeping
on the second floor of the adjoining
building. This floor in turd partially
gave way arid Mrs. Mary Mulligan,
living below- the McKennas, was
buried.
The rescuers of Jhe \-letlms were
thrilling and were effected under
most exciting conditions. The prop
erty loss was comparatively small. *
GOMPERS FOR CANNON.
Child Besoued From High Wife.
Llut* Sopht* MtfTagnWr*! Skriith
Omaha. Neb., was playing on the ro<M
of a three-story building, last week,
when she cflmbed onto the coping and
fell off. Ted (eet below her Was a
mass of telephone wires. On these
she struck, gfabbbd them in her little
hands and held on tightly, yelling
as she dangled 30 feet , above the
street. The child's brother leaned
far out of a window just by the wires,
grabbed the little one's clothing and
dragged her info the window
Injured. “
Say* He i* the Worst Enemy of Eco
nomic neforul7~7
**T
Pieeider.t Samuel Oourpers. of the
Alnerlcah Federation of Labor, at
tacked the record of Speaker Catreov
in thC latter * own home tdwn o*
Dfirivfilf, Illinois. Before an enthus
iastic audience fcf 3,000 labor men
in Lincoln purity Mr. GUmpyrs said
some might uncomplimentary things
about the speaker. He caiue fo
Danville for the purpose of making
a speck to the laboring men of the
plsee. hoping in this way to defeat
Untie jPe fbf congress in November
Among other tfiltigi h* said:
"Uncle Joe Cannon stands Ifi this
country as the worst enemy of econo
mic and social and political reform
that the people have. '
Ms. Gompers read and^indorsed an
editorial which appeared in’ thr cur-
r-nt. issue of a weakly magazine,
which declared that of the two men-
acirig frvila to this eountfy Rocke-
Toolt fT.VOOO From Mi»»v*.
Six fvet tall, handsome, well dress
ed and highly educated. Wilhelm Ik'
Revy ha* been arrested at Cincinna
ti, O.. and locked up on the charge of
embezzling I76.00U from three bank*
rninntQwn- Fa. Warrants for the
man's arrest had been mailed to
Cincinnati authorities. It I* alleged
that the man wa* a bank cterk and
that he failed to deposit large sums
that foreign-born miner* in Pennayl-
vauia gave him for that purpose. •
Roma nee of Charity Worker.
Niue years ago Mrs. Anne Dewees,
of Anderson. InfJ^ then an agent for
the ludlana Children's Home society,
took an orphan for’adoptlon to Farm
er R. W. Morrison's family, near Mo
doc. Ind. Five years late? Mra. Mor
rison died. Recently Mr. Morrl»ou
met Mrs. Dewees, still In charity
work and proposed to her to take
charge of hi* home. As a result, the
two will marry soon.
A Fatal Apple Hunt.
Daniel McKeever, 17 years old.
residing near London, Ont.. was kill
ed near Pottersburg. He waa out
shooting with acme companions, and.
seeing an apple tree in a field. Jump
ed a fence, and using hi* rifle as
s cluli. tried to kock theapplea down.
The gun exploded, the shot entered
his body above the heart, tearing a
gaping wound,
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Death was instantan-
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feilfcjt and Cannon—the speaker is
Tfiegreater evil."
The speaker whs pictured nj' Gtmi-
pers,as an obstructionist of the deep
est/most corporation-bound type.
Mr. Cannon was a hide-bound-nar
row, old politician who seri|no good
in any reform, according to the labor
leader, who .berated the people for
going sheep like" to the polls every
election and sending tbl« man to
congress
Chicken Thief Killed.
Shot by a watchman. Peter Klossen,
at the poultry farm of W. S. Qlnnell,
Garden City. L. I.. Andrew Heinz
died, ttnr next.day. In ajiospltal from
his wound*. Hein* w-’a* *hot about
midnight and had nine hen* In his
hands when found by the, watchman,
who had been given a gtAx to ward
off intruders. Mr. Glnnell had been
missing choice hens for some time
past. _
Thieves Hid Victim’* Woodert Leg.
flobbar# who entered the house of
Oscar O’Harrah. railroad ticket agent
at Cdlifers. W, Va., hid his wooden
leg. and wfi*di he swakened he had
to lie. helpless, on hii bed, and watch
them go through his clothe* and steal
$125 In money and other valuables
Whea they had finished, the burg-
lars<i>M their victim that he would!
find his leg d5%n»taira.
Five Children Are Suffocated.
Five children of J- C. Burdette
were suffocated Thursday night in a
farm house near New Brighton,
Minn., while the neighbors, ignorant
that the little ones were in the place,
were endeavoring to save the house
hold effects. The parents had spent
NfXVBO ASSAILANT LEGALLY PUT
TO^ DEATH tS A*He*etA^
strain Inci-eAned thf Longer Me fto-
maiited Under rite Eye* of the Law
and He Trembled Violently.
A dispatch from Baxley, Ga., says
Neal Ryals. the negro asaailMt of
Mrs. Lizzie Overstretet, was executed
Friday morning at 11.35 o clock.
Deputies brought the negro from
Macon that morning, arriving at 7
o'clock. From that--hour until the
execution Rytls waa in consultation
with a mlnliter. taking part in a
religious service.
During the morning large crowds
of citizens constantly poured into the
town to witness as aiucfl of the exe
cution as uoydble. The crowd of
people was^dfderiylhid^nothln^ hap
pened thsn wag, unni ^
At J/F o'clock the dedthNenteoce
was read to Ryals by the Sheriff
aud he wa* immediately cont
.to the scaffold. Just before execu
tion Ryals was permitted to makeN
statement to th> crdVd. He talked
a clear voice and stead nerve. Ha
gave in detail wherk he waa on the
-morning of tfre crime. He anM he
had always' flared the taw and had
never had a fase In couH before la
hi* life, being 42 years old. Ha pro
claimed his Innocence to the Inst.
He praised the sheriff and others
for their klndt^ess to him. and nak
ed God to holt no charges against
them. He war^kd hit colored friewds.
He said they didn't Kave to do any
thing to get info trouble. He said H
was a matter of lot or accident.
\Yh?n asked if he knew who com
mitted the crime, he said he did not.
Rev. John Morris, hi* spiritual ad
viser. thanked the people of Baxley
for permiutnl the law to Uke IU
courae.
The prisoner then offered a long
and fervent prayer and then began
singing a* thh float, prepartlon wa*
made for hi* eitecutlow. and con tinned
to sing up to the Mat. He stopped
singing long enough to bid every
body good-bye. He dropped at 11.85
and waa pronounced dead In 16 min
ute*. *
FOUND NOT -GUILTY.
Jury Returned Yerdlct iu Case of
Dr. Linder.
A dispatch from Union says that
the case of Dr. W. L- Linder, n prom
inent young physktin of thnt city,
charged with killing Lucy Lipeey. n
nogress, wns given to the Jury ot noon
Thursday and they returned n verdict
of not guilty. Dr. Mn dcr 1b hit tee-
timouy told of various threatMtag
letters he had received from the wo
man and that he dig not shoot her
until he sew ter regcli for her hand
satchel, in which he shppoeed she had
a pistol. The woman's dying state
ment was put in evidence by state,
in which she declarfd she had not
threatened, him. bntJoved him onto
death, would forgive; hi* everyth***
and did not waat him hurt. *
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Young White Man of Union Who At*
tempted Assault Goee to Pea.
Arthur Beckneli. a young white
man who last December attacked and
attempted to criminally assault a
young white girl of teapectable fam
ily and who waa tried at Ualon kat
week, w as on Friday sentenced by'
Judge Klugh «o 16 rear* in the
State penitentiary’ at hard Ihbof.
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Roy Murder* Woman.
Mayme Elroad. a white woman
about forty years old, waa shot and
killed by Calhoun Donald, a yoath
of eighteen years. The shooting oc
curred near TQwnville la Ocoaea
County while the woman arts in the
Held picking cotton. The tragedy
was brought about by the crlmtaa)
intimacy of the wokan and the boy z
father.
Many Return to Weak.
A large number Of men retorted
to work in thd minfog district, kat
week. The etfort Mr a genert! re
sumption of operatlods in the Alaba
ma coal mines k now on. and K k
estimated that during the week ••
less than 10.000 dteo returned to
work after an idleness of trrtT
months. ^
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Abernathy May Die of Wound*
With both hands and arms swath
ed, a victim of blood poisoning, from
being bitten by Wolves several tiroes
during his recent hunt in Wichita
mountains. United States Marshal
John R. Abernathy, of Guthrie. Okla..
President Roosevelt’s guide, who
"catcljfcs ’dm alive." has returned to
bis fathcr-ln-law’* bomd. n*av Guth
rie. with his oh 114-bride, with whom
be recently eloped.'* Abernathy may
develop hydrophobia at a .reault of
hit wounds.
Negro fjanged * n Virginia..
Bank Wrecker Kfceade Dwns#-
"Billy" Montgomery, former cnih-
nuiu *>“■>-— -- - i~- v <nr the ier of the Alkfhenjf National hand,
the evening with friends, leaving tba,^ pittgburg# * ho r< &bed the InaOU-
children at home.
The A*me OM Story.
Carroll Hall, aged 14. of dcn prides hliiself dt bis J<*k#
U, Strother. . ne«ro «. h.o«ed s. H.. on ntmtorj**
,t M-htnon court hourt. y.. Krta.r hi. tl.ter. Howie. **"«.>.«•_ , " t, ‘
for' attempted criminal- assault on
Leola Frye, a young white woman.
He made a full confession an<LStated
that the crime was his second one. •
Flvo Men Burned to Death.
Five men lost their lives and a
score of person* were injured, several
of them seriously, in a fire that gut-
shotgun. The charge entered the
neck and death resulted almost In
stantly. Young Hall wa ft yrmtod-
He says he did not knew the gun
was loaded.
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tlon of $2,006. isJagaged In ttk
prison bakery and «<
at kneading bread /[*•
Bud Anb» "Loo# Urn Lwe#»~
7 Their automobile tnrttng turtle-
Faria Fletcbir. a ewnl dto*e
St. Paul. mnn. w<
wife waa aeripualy I
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To Starve Them Out.
.lofeph Briurba. wanted
Black Hand
aa a
criminal, ta besieged
tod the Belmont Motel, at Denver, in • coal mine at Seottabarg, IlL. end
Colo., a three-atory Villding at 17|J the police purpose to starve him
• Stout afreet Thjffrtdav morning [out. .. , _ •
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