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'X'-t, Barnwell VOL. XXXII BARNWELL. S. C., THURSDAY. JANE 10, 1909 NO.44 HE TOOK THEM IN An fscapid Convict Floocet Many Seorgia Poopla. POSED AS A RICH MAN He Purchased Four Banks and Uaed the Deposits, It Is Said, In Some Remarkable Exploitations — His « Assets Less Than One Hundred _ Dollars All Told. High finance of a remarkable or der by which, it Is alleged, Geor gians have been swindled out of $260,000 has come to light follow ing the arrest of A. D. Oliver, presi dent of the bank of Climax, Ga.. and three other banks In the south- weetern part of the State. Oliver arrived in Georgia last Jan uary and professed to be an Eastern capitalist. He displayed a great deal of money and said that he had about 15,000,000 on deposit in banka In New York city and elsewhere. He announced that he Intended to In vest these millions and that Georgia ■ulted him. Accordingly hs bought timbered lands, sawmills, banks, au tomobiles, etc. „ It is said he secured the ready cash he needed through deposits In his banks, in which the public had confidence, and with partial pay ments of cash, usually small amounts he would buy other properties, giv ing him to outward appearances large holdings. He controlled a bank at Climax, he established one at Attapulgus, he purchased one at Pelham, he purchas ed a planing mill at Thomasvllle, one at Pelham from D. M. Rogers, one of the large lumber dealers In that part of the State, and erected and put Into active operation an enormouf one at Climax. This is not the sum of his operations. The town of Climax is fast becom ing a center of all sorts of manu facturing and industrial enterprises Oliver, has erected a $10,000 resi dence and he is building several brick stores. While doing all this he found time to make love to Miss May England, end four weeks ago married her. He gave the bride $5,000 in cash and diamonds valued at $10,000. The bubble burst when Oliver was arrested on a warrant sworn out by a Thomasvllle man to whom he had given a New York draft for $10,- 000. The draft came back marked "no funds," and Oliver was arrested. Examiners took charge of the four banks and they found less than $100 all told. In one bank at Thomaa- ville there was only 50 cents. Just one month ago Oliver bought foui automobiles and presented them to the cashiers of his four banks. Oliver has been identified as-, ar escaped convict with an unexpired term of eleven years hanging ovei his head. The identification, which was made Thursday morning bv Sheriff T. O. Jones, of Aberdeen county, Miss., came as a climax to the sensational arrest of Oliver sev eral days ago, when he was fleein,; with his young bride in a rented automobile. Sheriff Jones reached Bainbridg. Thursday morning and immediate!.' went to the jail. The moment hr mw the ex-banker, he positively de dared that the prisoner was a fug ative from the Mississippi penlten tlary, where he was known ar Charlee Harding. The sheriff said that Oliver es raped from the Aberdeen penlten tiary on December 31st, 1908, and although the greatest efforts werr made to capture him, he succeeded iu making good his escape and al trace was lost of the man. On thi sixth day of January, this year, ex actely seven days after the alleged escape from the penitentiary, Olivet arrived in Climax, Ga., the little queen city of the lower Wiregrass region. The stranger entered the little town absolutely penniless, but in a very short time, he was reputed to be worth millions and began buy ing banka, saw mills and property throughout the whole section of the state. Oliver, in a few brief weeks, became famous for his ready replies to all propotlons, "I’ll take it, Just wrap it up." This applied to land, houses and stocks and In fact, every thing that was purchasable. He had the reputation of never refusing to trade aud he always paid a small proportion in cash. Insisted that the seller deposit the money in one of OHvefV many banks, and thus the endless chain of kiting continued,* Unlit Oliver's trade amounted into the hundreds of thou- esnds. He purchased automobiles tX whttlegale and gave them right and left in wanton prodigality to his newly-made friends. He built many fine houses and the whole country stood aghast at his wealth and hla napoleonic business ventures. Oliver was seriously ill shortly after his arrival In Climax and his recovery was In part due to the faithful nursing given him by Miss Rosa English, a beautiful young girl, sixteen years of age. who tenderly administered to his wants. When he recovered from his des- per|ite illness, ha courted tha beau tiful girl «nd la a short time they A SERIOUS CHARGE MADE AGAINST CHIEF OF POLICE OF BATE8BURG. Arrested on Warrant Sworn Out by a Woman Who Says He Attempted to Assault Her. A dispatch to The New* and Cour ier says Mr. John J. Darby, chief of police of the town of Batesburg, was arrested Wednesday by Deputy Sher iff Sim J. Miller upon a warrant sworn out by a woman of that town, chaqing him with assault with In tent to ravish. Mr. Darby was car ried to Lexington and was immedi ately released upon a $2,000 bond. The crime Is alleged to have been committed on or about the 7th day of February, thie year. Mr. Darby and his friends declare that he is innocent, and that It la a concocted scheme to Injure him because of his untiring efforts In rounding up the band of thieves, who had been oper ating In Batesburg for several weeks, and which finally resulted In the ar rest of three young men. Mr. Darby employed two detec tives to work up the case, and one of the men arrested was the son of the woman who has brought the war rant against Darby. This, It Is al leged, incensed the woman, and the arrest of Mr. Darby upon the very serious charge of attempted crimi nal assault followed Wednesday. The fact that more than three months were allowed to elapse before she issued the warrant, the friends of the chief assert, shows conclusively that it is a concocted scheme. It Is said that strong evidence xgalnst the woman Is on hand, and her arrest on several charges will nrobably follow within the next day >r two. The woman Is a widow, her husband bavin died about two years ago. She has been operating a boarding house in Batesburg since her husband’s death. It Is said that vhe will enter suit against the town >f Batesburg for $20,000 for hav- ng removed from her home an elec- ric light meter. Mr. Darby moved from Chester to Batesburg about two years ago, and has made a most excellent police iffleer. He has been unrelenting in his efforts to put the ban on crime >f ail kinds in the town, and has nade a host of friends." It is said ;hat the town of Batesburg will 'stand by" him in this trouble, and that he will have no trouble in mak- ng a strong defence. His arrest •aused no ttttle sensation at Bates burg. JUMPED FROM A WINDOW While Asleep and Sustained Fatal Injuries. Mr. B. B. Mouzon, of Klngstree, ifter retiring for the night, arose n a stupor of some kind, or a dream, ;s he calls it, and imagined that he vas in a fox chase. Jumped or fell rom a second story window in the esldence of Mr. Graham, of Cade, i distance of about twenty feet, to he ground, inflicting a very serious md probable fatal Inpury. Mr. Graham's family were awak- ned by groans and calling for help rom the unfortunate man. Dr. C. D. Rollins, of Lake City, was ailed in. and was with the injured nsn in a short time, but so far the xtent of his injuries has not been scertained. Mr. Mouzon Is a man about 35 ears of age and has a wife and two hlldren. Champion Stingy Man. Capt. Pickel. a police of St. Louis, '•to., claims that he has found the tlngiest man in the world. This nan, although he owns property and s reputed wealthy, is said to gather igar stumps for his smoking, to go o a barber’s college and get a free lair cut, and to borrow a razor every veek from a different neighbor so >s to shave hinrself to save a dime. A COZY HOME For Contadonto Veterans Their Old Age in FORMALLY OPENED >ere married and he promised to ndow her with his millions. He ived like a prince and spent money avlshly upon his young bride. He •stablished elegant stables and >ought blooded horses and almost veekly added to his stock of auto mobiles. He bought more banks and more ands, and signed contracts fdr the building of towns in the prarle country and drew at will on New fork hanks. His Waterloo came when a check for $1,000 given to an Albany contractor, was returned un paid..,—, —— ■ ■■ Then the people became auspic- iouj %od hi* arreat followed hie flight in an automobile vltb his bride. The couple were overtaken at Bain bridge and Oliver was sent to Jail pending an iavoatigation. When Oliver, alias Harding, was arrested in Bainbrtdge, it Is said, the body of his automobile was half full of currency In bills of large denomination, which was wrapped in newspapers. It is $aid that Oliver is not only wanted in Misslaalppi, where it is alleged he has eleven years tp serve In the penitentiary, bat thft he is wanted in Atlanta and Birmingham by federal authorities. H la said be bes served a term In the Ohio pen itentiary for obtaining diamonds un der false* p*' that D»T In Columbia on Thursday Afternoon. A Full Description of the Home and How it Will Be Managed. Has All the Conveniences of a Modern Home. The Confederate Home at Colum bia was formally opened Thursday afternoon, with appropriate exercis es. Addresses were made by Gover- ner Ansel, Senator F. H. Weston and Col. P. Cardwell. The following de scription of the Home we take from the Columbia Record: If any Confederate veteran re maining the guest of relatives or continuing to dwell In his own house enjoys more of creature comfort, of care and of congenial companion ship than do his comrades now gath ered within the home, a grateful State hag here provided for them, happy {ar beyond the average is his lot; for In the planning of this home no detail has been omitted that thoughtful, generous. loving kindness could suggest or willing hands could by untiring diligence supply. One who has visited it must necessarily in writing of it use often the word "home,” for that is what it is. A home Its founders studiously wrought to make It and the last act of the builders was to Inscribe the word over its doorway, so that the approaching veteran's first glimpse of the house that is like to be his last earthly dwelling place, should show him that this was indeed a home—his home—-"The Confederate Veterans' Home." The home will be formally opened tomorrow. The Daughters of the Confederacy in Columbia have come gallantly to the rescue or the com mission in charge and supplemented largely the appropriation which the legislature, through failure to under stand the conception entirely, failed to make sufficient, and accordingly the privilege of directing the opening ceremonies has been given to these devoted women. They invite tha at tendance on that occasion of ail per- ons interested In the home, and It is to be hoped that many will avail themselves of this opportunity to in spect the institution, tluch an in spection, especially if re-enforced by little interviews with the 20-odd vet erans already domiciled in the home, will remove from the mind of any reasonable person whatever misgiv ings may have arisen in regard to the wisdom of the home s establish ment or its adequacy to the needs of the veterans for whom it is Intend ed. The place looks like a home, even from a distance. The low white building, green-trimmed and girdled by trees, with its white-columned porticos, looks out over the city and in the near foreground on every side are the gently rolling fields of a farm calculated to gladden every farmer's heart—and most of the veterans come from farms On the slope of the opposite hill to the southwest lie the buildings of the Hospital for tlie Insane, making a picturesque feature of the view, but unconnected with the home In any sense, even In ap pearance. Trolley cars of two lines pass in view to the right and in front, and in the evening the light and sounds of the busy city pleasant ly suggest the nearness of youth and abounding vitality. The place is peaceful, but not smggestive of boredom. The house is of one story, with basement, substantially built in frame construction. Its genera] plan is that of a Latin cross, the main corridor, long, wide and airy, in tersected by a narrower hall running approximately east am. west. The house faces southward. Entering from the front, a wide porch, pro vided with lights for the evenings, gives upon the main corridor, where arm chairs and settees are grouped in a way s-uggestive of casual cozy gatherings after dinner. Tp the left is the commandant's office, to the right a parlor for the efitertalnmenT of the home’s friends, the very best of whom are ladies. The living quarters of the commandant and his wife are entered hy the second door upon the right. The second room, where the veteran* itoregather to talk, to read, to play faqaef,. wrjta \ Horn are such that there is always some breeze. The dinging room is a big. airy place with plenty of windows and tables seating eight or ten persons each. When a Record reporter visit ed the home {he other day supper time was near and the tables tad been set, a significant item being tne vate of fresh flowers from the yard in the center of each; Behind the dining room is one of the best equipped kitchens In the State, where a splendid coOk works at a gre.,t massive range. An as sistant cook has been engaged and will report for duty shortly. In the rear of the kitchen are conveniently located the pantry, the linen room and the medicine chest. In the latter are kept first-aid bandages and household remedies, besides such drugs as are likely to be needed from time to time. The main store rooms are in the basement, along with the heating apparatus. The home has a large kitchen garden, from which the veterans are* already enjoying their own beans and turnips. Later on there will be other vegetables, with melons and green corn. Full records of every department are kept. For instance, when asked about the bills of fare, the command ant turned to his desk and drew forth at random one sheet from a bundle. It happened to be the menu card for May 22nd and was as follows: Breakfast—Hominy, breakfast ba con, broiled; hot biscuit, butter, sy rup, coffee. Dinner—Lima means, rice and to matoes, Irish potatoes, corn bread, light bread, butrer, coffee. Supper—Hominy, butter, hot bir- cuit, stewed fruit, syrup, coffee. "We try to. make the bill of fare a liltie different each day," said the commandant. "Twice a week and on Sundays we have dessert and on two days we have soup—mighty good soup. Our cook is a fine one." The veterans seemed contented and thoroughly at home. The com mandant, Capt. W. D. Starling, is a veteran; the adjutant, Capt. B. F. Day, was also a soldier of the Con federacy. They are deeply interested In their work and a fine thing for the veterans, too, is the presence, night and day, of Mrs. Starling. The institution is directly in charge of Capt. Starling, chairman of the Con federate Home commission. The government of the home, as arrang ed by Col. Cardwell and Capt. Starling, is simple and kindly. There are few rules and none of these are such as an oh! soidter would not immediately see the neces sity of having. For instance, the veterans are free to come and go as they like, visiting the city or walking about the suburbs Capt. Starling stipulating only that they shall report to him where they ex pect to go. This is necessary be cause some of them are feeble and for all of them he is responsible to their relatives and to the State. The heaitfi of the veterans is doubly provided for. The institu tion's regular physician, Dr. Wil liam Weston, makes daily visits, and two of the veterans are themselves practitioners of long experience. The assembly room has been equipped with a big phonograph and a piano and doubtless all the news papers of the State will be glad to enter the home on their free sub scription lists when the matter is called to their attention. Careful and disinterested investi gation by Record reporters has dis posed to their satisfaction of every criticism against the home, from the veteran s standpoint, that has eome to their ears. The home has noth ing of the jail or poor farm about It; it has absolutely no connection with the State Hospital for the Insane; the veteran who enters it does not lose his pension nor any part of it; there is nothing of reproach or hu miliation connected with residence there, nor is any effort made to com pel the entrance of veterans—on the contrary, the admissions are limited by law to 81, two from each county, and in each case the commission must be shown by proper papers that there are good reasons why the applicant should be received. There is probably not one veteran in 50 who would not be both more com- fortable physically and happy men tally here than In his present situ ation. He may be well provided for at home, from a material standpoint, but here he will have congenial com panionship in addition to creature comfort at least equal to his present having And finally, he need not sit.? If conditions at the home dis please him. SLAIN BY NEGRO Mr. John watson Assassinated Near Graansea. A POSSE IN PURSUIT i Over Two Hundred People With Bloodhounds Are on the Hunt for the Assassin, and It is Hoped and Believed That lie Will Be Caught. A special dispatch from Conway says Mr. John Watson, a prominent young man of the Greensea section of the county, about 20 miles from Conway, was Wednesday waylaid sn shot by Melvin Watson, a notorloui negro. Mr. Watson died a few hourg after being shot. Sheriff Sessions learned of the af fair by telegram and wetxt immedi ately to the secne of the killing. News reached Conway after the sheriff left that more than 200 peo ple with bloodhounds went in searsh of the negro, who fled as soon as be fired the fatal shot. What has been learned at Con way of the affffairs came to telephone from Ixjris, a railroad station, about six mllea from Greensea, and hence full particulars have not been learn ed. From the best Information obtain able it appears that Mr. Watson ear ly Wednesday morning had started to Tabor, N. C., in a wagon. When only a short distance from Greensea he was fired upon by the negro, who was crouched in a fence Jam. Mr. Watson was superintendent of the large plantation of Hon. J. P. Derham, and It is stated that a young son of Mr. Derham was In the wagon when th(e shooting occurred. He was not hurt. Greensea is a populous section and a large posse gathered In a very short time and went in pursuit of the negro who, It is said, is & very dangerous character. Mr. Watson was a young man of wide family connection and very popular throughout the country, and great Indignation Is felt over the crime. TRIBUTE TO DAVIS MEMORY OF CONFEDERATE CHIEFTAIN HONORED. ’ ... . COTTON ACREAGE REDUCED. Decrease Placed at Three and a Half Per Cent. In its monthly cotton report Friday the New York Journal of Commerce shows that, compared with last year, cotton avearges have been reduced 3.5 per cent, according to over 1,800 reports from special correspondents of an avearge date of May 25. This is approximately the same result as given in last month’s report, when the consensus of opinion indicated a reduction of 4 per cent. On the basis of the revised area planted In 1908 of 33,370.000 acres, the present season starts off with 32,200,000 acres. The reduction has been largely brought through the high prlrg-s of provisions camming more land to be thrown Into corn and small grains at the expense of cotton Fear of the boll weevil In Louisiana and Mississippi, especially In the former, caused heavy curtail ment, being 2.8 and 6.7 per cent less, respectively. All other States show declines ex-. cept Texas, Tennessee and Florida. The increase of 4.5 per cent in Tex as ia due principally to drought, which destroyed grain crops. This acreage went Into cotton. CYCLONE IN GEORGIA letters o>~ otherwise amuse them selves when the weather or inclina tion drives them in from the lawn or the piazzas, which at this season are naturally preferred. A large room is provided on thla corirjdor for the safe storage of the veterans’ trunks and personal property not needed in the dormitories. These latter, with the bath-rooms and tel- let-rooma, open off the cross-hatl. Each dormitory contains four single beds, enameled white, with comfort able mattresses and neat bine spreads. The bath and toilet ar rangements artf altogether modern, sanitary and cohvealent. Everything Is clean as a hound’s tooth. The lights throughout the bnildlng are efSferlc and the entire building ia GORE ASTONISHES SENATE. Several Houses Wrecked aud a Few I’ersons Injured. A half done persons, probably more, wqre injured in a .terrifio ey clone that paseed over the lower part or Screven county, Ga., at 4 o'cloce Thursday afternoon, and while no Uft; has yet been lost because Of!tY* passing many persons escaped by seeming miracles, houses falling about and upon them, without inflict ing fatal injuries. The cyclone came from the direction of Dover and dls^ appeared from there in a northeaster ly direction. Many of those who were caught by the cyclone saw It approaching.^ but owing to Hs velocity were un able to find places of safsty before It atruck. It is stated that the storm's appearance was that of an ordinary whilwind. snch aa are fre quently seen In cummer, though It Oklahoma’s Blind Senator Has Mar velous Memory. Senator Gore astonished the Sen ate Wednesday by the citation of a long list of cotton and woolen manu factoring companies and giving their earnings, capital stock, surplus, etc. He undertook to show that corpora tions engaged In the cotton ana wool en industries are making very large earnings. The speech was one that no ofher Senatof would have attempted with out constant reference to notes, but the blind Statesman from the South west found no difficulty In giving off hand the greatest variety of de tails without the ability to assist his memory In any way. Referring to the cotton and woolen manufacturers, and with a rasping and slnj^tex. jone*JLhe Oklahoma Sen ator said he did not blame them for their large earnings^ '”T know they are Intelligent citi zens," he aaid, "Judging from their business success and from their se lection^ ftf_ United States Senators.” A Park Bearing Hie Name Opened at Fali-vlew, Kentucky, With Ap propriate Ceremonies. At Falrvlew, Ky. p among the trees which have grown up above the birth-place of Jefferson Divls since the year, early In the nineteenth century, when the Davis family re moved to Mississippi, the efferson Davis Memorial Park was simply dedicated Thursday. Northeast, across the State, la Hodgenvlile, near which Abraham Lincoln was bom eight monthe after hie grea: opponent. Falrvlew Is still a tiny town rimmed with forests and slop Ing gently, toward the grass-grown battlefields of Tennessee. In September. 1907. when the grey grown and enfiladed ranks of Kentucky's famous "orphant brig ade" met In Glasgow, Ky., at the grave of Gen Joseph H. Lewla, their commander, former Governor Boli var Buckner, of Kentucky, broached the plan of the Jefferson Davis Mem orial Association. Subscriptions were started, the women of the South aided nobly, and when all but $4,000 had been raised, tp purchase seven teen acres at Falrvlew, Gen. Ben nett H. Young, commanding the Ken tucky division of the Confederate Veterans, advanced that sum and made, the memorial possible. Oratory, music and flowera made the day notable. A basket dinner and a barbecue were provided by the people of Todd and Christian coun ties, which share equally the town of Falrvlew, and when Col. W. A. Milton, of Louisville, as chairman in the absence of Qen. Young, who was detained in Chicago, opened the meeting, the homestead of the Davis es was crowded. Gen. Young, a prominent Louisville lawyer, wrote the chief address of the day, and It was read by Col. Milton. He as serted that every Southern State should rear a shaft to Jefferson Da vis, whose character and sufferings ho dwelt upon sympathetically. He paid high tribute to Lincoln, say ing that the time had come when men might speak kindly and truly of the past. He said the meaaage which the united South gave to the world today was one of everlasting peace. The plan Is to raise $30,000 more with which to build a memorial tem ple to contain all the records of the Confederacy, and to remodel a two story residence upon the Davis farm to house the widows of Confederate soldiers. The seventeen acres which are to enclose the memorial buildings to be erected adjoin the original nine acres, which were the remains of the plantation upon which Samuel Davis, -father of the President, set tled when he came from Virginia in 1793. These nine were given by Mr. Davis to Bethel Church on the occasion, June 21, 1886, of his last visit to his first home. To the peo ple of the neighborhood this church stands as a memorial to their great neighbor, and to hla prida In his old Kentucky home they ascrlb# the fancy which led him to call hla land along the Mississippi shore of the Gulf "Beauvoir." The site of the memorial slopes softly from a splendid grove, which crowns Hs helghest point. It Is In the heart of Falrvlew. and the pres ent plan Is to place all the records of the Confederacy In the temple to be built, within the shadow of the tree*. A two-story residence is also on the land, and the Intent Is to make of this a home for the widow* of the Confederates whom age has rendered decrept and from whom the years and the war have taken hus bands and sons. RIOTS BEGIN Hi PhiladtlpMa Strut Car flats 3»v(B«r MANY PERSONS KURT Strike Sympathiser* Are Attempt of Tract km Rob Gera After Nightfall With Strike-Breakers, and Several Blot* Result, Demolishing Many Oars. The street car strike la Philadel phia Is becoming serious. One po liceman shot and probably fatally injured "early a'hundred persona and battered, either by po licemen or strike sympathisers, and five car* wrecked and the& haraad. ia the result of an attempt on the part of the Rapid Tranait Company to operate their ear* Wedaeeday. b/ imported strike-break ere. The point at which the moot se rious rioting occurred Is known a* Kensington MI1J district. Ia thi* section of the city there 11 vet nearly every nationality, the foreign ele ment predominating. When the Traction Company announced that cars would be run Wednesday night, nearly ail the store-keepres la the Kensington district, knowing tha temper of the residents there, clos ed their stores promptly at $ o'clock. As one car after another left the barn, crowds stood oa the street corners In sullen silence. Finally, a boy cried "scab,” and Immediately he was pursued by a policeman, who was riding on the car As the of ficer started for the youth the crowd closed in upon him, and so quickly was this done that he was unable to draw his revolver. The weapon was taken from him, and 1* believed to have been the same revolver with which Policeman Levy was shot a few minutes later. The fire which had been smoulder ing now burst into a flame of fury. The objective point was Allegbaaey avenue, and in lees than half aa hour seven cars were wrecked* five being completely demolished aad burned. The police officers were powerless at the moment to combat the mob, but a riot call brought half a hun dred Mneroats to the eceae. and the crowd was driven back. But the damage had been done and there was little need of the preservers of the peace so long as no attempt was made to run cars from the barn. While the serious disturbance was in progress in the Northeastern sec tion of the city, there were Incipi ent riots at the car barns at Six teenth and Jackson streets, in the down-town dlatrlct, and at Forty- ninth and Woodland avenue, in the. West Philadelphia diitrlcf. The crowd grew meanaclng when an attempt was made to run cars from the down-town barns, and a policeman who endeavored to qnell the disturbance was ducked In a water trough. Twenty-five plain clothes-men and policemen #asw rushed to the ecene on a special trolley, and after the ear* were rnn hack into the barn there was no further trouble. • — BAD END OF LIFB. BETTER LET IT ALONE. Movement on Foot to Reorganise Cl cm son College. It is understood that Mr. Mendel L. Smith, former speaker of the house and at the present one of the floor leaders will Introduce a reao- lutlon, at the next session of the leg islature calling for the appointment of a commission consisting of the at torney general and two other lawyers of reputation and standing to look into the feasibility, advisahlliey and legality of the proposition of buy ing out the Interest of the Clemson heirs In the Clemson estate and mak ing Clemson college In fact aa well as In name a State college. heated hy steam. Every room U aa It Is reported I outside room aad all openings are ! was very much larger aad moved a In Atlanta. J screened. The location Killed by Convicts. Several officers were killed, this week, by convicts during an upris ing at the Zulntana Roo mines, Mex ico's penal settlement. _ Made Big Haol. . - - Mrs. George Shea, of Duluth, Minn., was robbed, this week. In Seattle. Wash., of IXt.OOO, She had ToncfiaTed the "caslfTn a bed in the home where she was visiting, and wheq she returned to the room the cask was gone. — / * Killed in Wreck. The California fast mall on the Santa Fe was wrecked at Peabody. Kao . this weak, killing H. C. Thomp son, a posts) elork. * An Old Man Dies. Mr. W. A. Kelly, who died near Statesboro, Ga., recently, was the oldest man In that section. He was one hundred and one years old on the tenth of last .March. He bprn ro South Carolina In ISOS Killed Explosion of a cannon at St. Mary*. O.. this week, killed Hi Aged North Carolinian Found Dand ** ' * In Fence Corner. A special from Boone, N. C.. to the Charlotte Observer says Mr. Ran som Coffey, an aged cltlxen of Blue Ridge township, was found dead a few days ago near the roadMde. He had been visiting some of his relatives at this place and had start ed on bis return home. A Mr. Trip let, noticing a strange mule In kin field, went to turn It outside and ' recognized it as Mr. Coffey’a. Think ing strange of the animal having the saddle on he told his wife iff go to one of the neighbor’s and In quire If they had seen anything of the old gentleman, while he went ia usk another neighbor. On her way Mrs. Triplet came upon the old man sitting in a fence cor ner dead. The coroner was called and the verdict of the Jury was that he died of heart failure. Rat Bite Kills a Baby. Blood poisoning, brought oa ky tka bite of a rat, caused the death of 11 tGeEugeneJajftleaa of Ottawa,thJa week. The” rat bit the babe while It was lying In Its cradle and al though" medical afd was gam: death resulted ia a few hoars. At the annual sale Jersey cattle at this week, the high sold, was a bull, VIolarg ly, which was bought k$ the W. Kenlnlock stock tairm Mo., for «1S.$00. R Boy. another ball, lifca sold to O. D. Hudson, of New .Tort4 *< MWpA His ’Tfe got to murder some ssid Fred, Daniels,