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■'> < ♦ * » J ,4_ TOL. XXXII BARXWELL. S. C., THURSDAY. JULY 29, 1909 \ TEXAS HARD HIT Eighteen Persons Perish In the Hurricane. HEAVY RAINS FALL Boftidt* the Deed, Sixteen Were Ser* iotulj Hurt end Propertj Deni- •ffed to the Extent of Oxer • Mil* lion Dollers, According to the Lnt* . net Report*. Eighteen persons dead, and six teen seriously hur, and property ex ceeding a million dollars damaged, as far as can be ascertained at a lets hour Thursday night, Is the grim record resulting from the de structive sweep of the hurricane along the Louisiana and Texas coasts. The number of dead as reported from various towns and cities are as follows: Texas: Bay City 3; Galveston 4; Palacios 4; Eagle Lake 1; Wharton 1; Ken- dleton 1; Ramsey 1; El Campo 1. Louisiana: Mudd Pass 2. The number Injured seriously Is reported as follows from Texas points: Eagle Lake 1; Bay City 15. Meagre reports from the following Texas points, with many other towns in the devasted district not heard from give but a faint Idea of tbs Immensity of the storm in property damage: Galveston, loss |175,000. Bay City, loss $160,000. Bay Shore, considerable property damage. Velasco, only three stores left etandlng, and many homes blown down. lago, syrup mill destroyed. Austin, many buildings unroofed; telephone and telegraph wires level ed. Damage about $100,000. Brazoria, many buildings destroy ed, and loss of life feared. Pledger, heavy property damage, eyrup mills wrecked. Allenhurst, many structures were wrecked. Rumors of loss of life as yet without conflrnxatlon. Richmond, -fifty residence# and ■tores partially demolished. Palacios, a number of bousea were blown down. Aagleton, every house In the town badly damaged. Blessing, several lives reported lost and considerable property dam age. Eagle Lake, many houses unroof ed and two large sugar and rice plants partially wrecked. In Louisiana points In Cameron Parish are reported to have suffered severely from the hurricane. Much property Is reported as having been damaged In th e settlements at Bar ry, Creole, Grand Chenier and John- aoa's Bayou. The territory around Bay City eeems to have been the c entre of the ■torm, which moved aouthweat from Galveston. For four hours there a 70-mile wind swept across the coun try, carrying everything before it Velasco, a little town near Bay City, is reported demolished, but with no loos of life and none injured. Every building was unroofed, or partly demolished, and the town it in four feet of water. People are escaping in boats from Colorado Riv er, a mile away. Reports from the special train, on which General Manager'W. O. Vanv- leck, of the Southern Pacific Rail road. left Houston, Indicate that the lower coast suffered greatly. The loss will total thousands of dollars, and In some districts reports state that the storm was worsfi than the disaster of 1900, which deetroyed Galveston. Eagle Lake seems to have suffered on a parity with Bay City, but very few houses escaping the fury of the etorm. The same situation Is reported from Lissrte, Nowatta and East Ber nard, though there is no fatalities reported. At Glldden, a round house Is en tirely demolished, and a well der rick Is scattered over town. At Wllliqger part of the railroad station and office was unroofed as was the Allenton depot and East Bernard station. It Is Impossible to estimate the total damage. Along the Brownsville road from Kingsville, In parts, the deeolation was nearly complete .Corn fields were swept to the ground and har vesting will have to be done by a hay rake. The cotton, however, withstood the storm well. At El Campo, the electric plant le wrecked, all elevators afe badly d|nm.(ed and almost every church in towns tl either demolished or wreck ed. In the oil field around Markham, derricks were blown down and wells •tripped of their machinery. The Ir on ware house of the Markham Mer cantile Company, the Brown Grain Company ware house and the Enter prise restaurant were entirely de molished. The new building of the Coast Telephone Company was lift ed from its foundations and proba- My wttf be a total wreck. At Bay City, about 60 per cent of the business section wts damaged, including the Opera House, one bank. TEN LIVES LOST MEMBERS OP FISHING PARTY SWEPT INTO 1 HE SEA. They Were Caught Far Out in the Gulf of Mexico ou a Fishing Pier by the Storm. Ten dead Is the total number of lives lost so far a» is known in the hurricane, which swept over the Gulf of Mexico and struck Galveston 'Wed nesday morning and continued until after midday. While the city of Galveston was held aafe against the fury of the •torm by the aew $2,000,000 seawall, far out In the Gulf, on Tarpon fish ing pier, seven miles from the city, where the storm whipped over the Jetty Into the bay, ten persons were washed from the rocky promotories Into the Gulf. Boats are searching the hay for the bodies. Those drowned were members of a fishing party and employees of the Tarpon Pier, marooned on the petty. Boats were sent to taelr assistance late Wednesday, and it was learned that the house in which they had ■ought refuge had been washed away. W’hlle it is Impossible to get an accurate list of the dead, owing to the fact that the register has always been kept at the pier, the best in formation obtainable is as follows: Capt. Bettison and wife, Edward Lewla, C. H. Daly, circulation mana ger of the Galvestoa Tribune, form erly of Chicago, and four negroes. The othera are unknown. Mr. Daly was a guest at the pier, and It la stated that a young man named Peatsorn, of Houston, son of a book dealer, was also among the guests. This report could not be confirmed, however. Friends In Galveston set forth a faint hope that It might have been possible that all, or a part, of the party on the pier might have secured wreckage from the pier and floated to the Bolivar shore. In view of this report the launch Clifton, owned by Capt. Bettison. made the trip to Bollva r Wednesday evening, returning shortly after sev en o’clock, the captain, however, re porting that no trace of the party had been found. THEY ARE BOTH GONE A Coanty Clerk and His Stenograph er Are Missing. The police In every city of the South, la addition to a number of detectives, are searching for Foy W Dulaney, the missing Circuit Court Clerk of Washington County, Ten nessee, who suddenly disapiieared from his home nearly three weeks ago. Warrants have been issued for his arrest on a charge of embezzle ment. It is believed that he is near ly $20,000 short as clerk. He left other indebtedness of probably $20,- 000. It Is a singular coincidence that Dulaney's stenographer, a pretty black-haired girl, left Johnson City the day before he was missing, and has not been heard from since. De laney left a note saying he was go ing away to try his fortune else where, and if left alone would, if possible, pay back his shortage. Dulaney has a wife and one child here. He is believed to have gone to South America. WILL BE READY SOON. The State Will Help Take the Cen sus Next Year. As a result of Commissioner Wat son’s visit to Washington and a con ference with the chief of the bureau of statistics it is very probable that the census figures for South Carolina for the year 1910 will he published at least one year earlier than usual It is also very likely that this State will bo the first state to announce the result of the census. By an agreement reached between Col. Watson and the census bureau It will be necessary for the manufac turers of the State to fill out only one schedule, thus relieving them of much work. The federal and State government will cooperate with each other In the matter of tak ing the census In this State. The method of gathering agricul tural statistics will be Improved. An expert from the bureau of animal Industry is now available lor this State whenever needed. Was Millionaire’s Son. „ The body . an, itinerant umbrel la mender found In Stone'y "ICreek, near Paris, Ky., last Friday was Identified as that of Harry Hobbs, whose father is said to a millionaire. Word was sent to the father whose home is In Porcheeter,. Mass. JTe ordered the body buried ani fail particulars of the death sent Mm. The umbrella mender, who was known as Harry Martin, was about 36 years of age. FALLS INTO SEA Daring Franch Aviator Attempts to Fly From FRANCE TO ENGLAND the Court House, the new high school building and -the city Jail. In the Jail the cages were left standing and the prisoners were exposed to view but were safe. Six prisoners escaped from the Jail at Richmond, when the windows had been blown in and while the guards were repairing the damage. Herbert Latham Attempts to Go from France to England In his Monoplane, but After Covering Half the Distance, the Motor Falls. Rescued by Torpedo Boat. Herbert Latham, the French avi ator, made a daring but unsuccessful attempt to cross the English channel in his monoplane Monday morning. He got away splendidly under per fect conditions from the top of the Chalk Cllffe at Sangatte, and had cov ered over half the distance at an average height of 500 feet, when the motor slowed down and he was oblig ed to descend. The air space of the wings, how ever, kept the machine afloat and the monoplane, like a wounded bird, was stretched out on the water, when the French torpedo boat destroyer Har- pon, which had kept abreast thorough out the journey, came alongside and picked up the aviator. M. Latham was not wet and still sat on the saddle, which is located above the wings and behind the mot or, calmly smoking a cigarette. He immediately announced that he was not discouraged by the failure and would try again as soon as the ma chine was repaired. The injuries to the monoplane were slight, the prin cipal damage being caused when it was hauled aboard the torpedo boat destroyer. The motor is intact. The watchers on both shore had an anxious hour after the machine wa« lost to view behind a thin veil of fog on the French side, and apprehension was not allayed until it was reported at Calais that the Harpon was re turning with M. Latham, uninjured, aboard. tin landing the aeronaut was giv en a frantic reception. The failure of th e motor is attri buted to a bad carbureter on the monoplane, which, when 400 feet in the air, began to descend. When the machine was 200 feet above the wa ter M. Latham shut off the power and the machine glided down gently and alighted on the waves with hard ly a splash. In a brief interview M. Latham said: “I cannot exactly say what stopped the motor. 1 tried to get the engine working again, but could not, and was obliged to fly gradually down to the sea. The heavy motor immediately went under water, but the machine itself floated like a cork, and 1 lifted my feet to a spar to keep them dry. I found my matches still dry, and ro was able to light a cigarette. I believe the machine would have float ed for two hours in a calm sea. hut the wings were soon broken to shreds. “My experience has shown me that the English Channel can be crossed. Never mind. I will have another An toinette monoplane from Charlons. with which another attempt will be made to crofs the channel within a week or ten days. ” PROHIBITION ROW. ACCOUNTS DO NOT BALANCE. Georgetown Treasurer Admft* Appa rent Shortage of $6,800. A special dispatch from George town says persistent rumors of a shortage in the accounts of County Treasurer J. F. Detyens have been current since the 17th instant, fol lowing an examnlation of the books by Comptroller Jones and Chief Clerk E. B. Wilson, but as nothing of an authentic aature could be gathered nothing was mentioned in the papers. it is now definitely stated by those in position to know and in fact is Admitted by Treasurer Detyens. that there is an apparent shiortage of about 36,800, which cannot be ac counted for. Mr. Detyens asserts that mistakes in bookkeeping inci dental to the complicated system in vogue In the office is undoubtedly re sponsible for the outstanding balance against him. As Mr. Detyens is a young man of quiet and thrifty habits and appears to hav e always lived an upright life, the idea of his having used $6,800 of the county funds for his personal ends seems most improbable. He has never gambled or speculated. • LAST YEAR'S BATTLE WILL BE FOUGHT AGAIN. Bill Aimed at "Near-Beer" Dealers Arrays the legislature In Opposite Camps. When the Georgia legislature ad journed Friday it was evident that the prohibition fight, which everyone thought was stilled two years ago, had broken out once more, and that the battle would have ta be fougfht over again. The Afati-Prohibitlon- ists openly declare in favor of fili busters during the remainder of the session, which is only twenty days. The "drys" promptly forced through a resolution calling the dally sessions at 9 A. M. instead of ten. And they decJared Friday night that unless the new "dry” legislation is passed promptly at this session, they will force an extra session to carry out their purpose. A new feature of the row is a pledge extracted from Governor Brown, before his election, by which he bound himself to veto any liquor legislation that might be passed by the State Assembly. At that time the Prohibitionists did not dream of more stringent “dry laws, but were endeavoring to fight against any measures Introduced by the "wets.” The ethical question as to whether Governor Brown can sign the new bill is exciting much discussion, and even the "drys’’ are divided over it. The bill which is causing all the trouble is the one drawn by Repre sentative Hooper Alexander, of De kalb County, making it illegal to buy, sell or possess any liquid bever age which contains even a trace of alcohol. It is aimed at the sale of beer and aear beer, under a decis ion of the Courts that to he Intox icating a liquor must contain more than four per cent alcohol. The prohibition law enacted two years ago merely prohibited the sale of Intoxicating liquors. An attempt to put the bill upon its second reading was prevented by Ellis, of Bibb County, who held the floor until the time for adjournment. Meantime Representatives Alexander and An derson nearly came to blows upon fhe floor, but were separated by friends. The renewal of the quarrel has attracted representatives of both sides to the scene and the battle is now on. The ‘‘drys" frankly say that the time for absolute prohibi tion has arrived. • GROOM A BLAY'ER. Made Big Money. The Vlrglnla-Carollna Chemical Company made big money out of the farmers the past year. President S. T. Morgan said that the net profits of the parent and subsidiary compan ies for the year amounted to JSjSSS,- 593, and the total sales to $444,942,- 227, exceeding the last year’s sales by $5,144,287. Stnng by Been. Two young ladles of Fair Forest In Spartanburg County were fekffuHy stung by bees Wednesday. The young ladles went to the rescue of a calf that had overturned a bee gum, and the bees made for the girls by the thousands. The calf was so badiv stung that it swelled to the six* of an ox. Bride of Memphis Man Makes Him Confess Murder. James W. Robinson, who was ar rested at Denver, Colo., Friday on suspicion of being J. L. Byrd, wanted In Memphis, Tenn., for the murder In 1907, of Jas. Black, a shoe deal er of that city, confeesed that he was the murderer. Byrd was mar ried two weeks ago at Colorado Springs and with his bride was en joying his honeymoon at Denver. Robinson confessed at the behest of his bride. After the chief of po lice had questioned Robinson for some time, Mrs. Robinson exclaimed: ’ Jimmie, if you are the man, tell them. It will make no difference to me. because I will stick by you, no matter what the circumstances." Robinson, white and shaking, then said: "Chief, I am the man you want. I killed Black because I thought my life was in danger. We engaged In an argument over a base hall bet, and he started towards me with an open knife in his hand. I seized the only weapon at hand, a shoe stretcher, and struck him over the head with It. I did not mean to kill him." • SAVED THE CITY Galvntoi Stcura Behind Her Great Sei Wall WATER IS HELD BACK CLOUDBURST KILLS TWO. Picnic Party in Colorado Canyon Decimated by Yellow Torrent. Two are dead and two seriously Injured as the result of a cloud burst that deluged Two Mile Canyon north of Boulder, Colo., Friday. The dead are Verne Carlisle, aged 13, Boulder, and Arthur Dlckerman, aged 3 5, of Greeley. The seriously Injured are Mrs. Ah bott of Garden City, Kan., and Miss Bristow, of the University of Colo rado. The victims were members of a picnic party. When th e rain began to fall the pa*-ty sought shelter on- der a huge boulder. Presently s torrent two feet deep swept down the canyon. The walls of the can yon were precipitous, and It was With great difficulty that they found places of safety. “ Six 'trer* sbft to gain shelter, but in aiding their companions Dicker man and Carlisle were swept down with the torrent. Fatal Crap Game. As the result of a quarrel over the devision of the winnings In a gamt of cards at Dean’s Camp on the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Road In Spartanburg County Saturday night. Babe Kirby and Jim Logan, both colored, were shot and perhaps fatally wounded by Chris Sima, also colored, who made his escape. DANGER FROM FIRE CAN BE REDUCE!* BY RIGID IN* 8PECTION OF HOUSES* The Passing Away af The Texan Seaport Weathers a Ter rible Tidal Ware and Hurricane of Similar Porportione to One Which Well-nigh Deetroyed the City Nine Years Ago. Man’s strength and skill were pit ted against the fury of the elements Wednesday and man won, when the city of Galveston, safely entrenched behind her impregnable 17-foot sea wall, withstood, with comparatively trifling lore, a tidal wave and hurri cane equal In Intensity and doatruc- tlve fore to the one which destroyed the city on September 8, 1900. The hurricane swept the entire Gulf coast with an intensity and vic- iousnesa that has seldom been equal ed in a country where destructive storms are not unusual. It has Its origin on the Atlantic coast and, swinging westward and southward, devastated the entire Gulf coast even as far South as Matagorda Bay. That some lives were lost and that much property was destroyed is the general belief. The hurricane struck Galveston about 11 o'clock Wednesday morn ing. The wind, attaining a velocity of nearly seventy miles an hour, whipped the treacherous waters of the Mexican Gulf into a fury of de struction. With the pent-up anger of ten years of hate the waves blind ly assaulted the grim parapets of stone which man had bullded to re strain Its attacks. In vain it hurled its thousands of tons of water upon the splendid breastworks. Only a feeble burst of spray and a little water reached its objective and the beleaguered city lay calm and safe behind the wall. Outside the limits of the city, where the wall had not been reared and where the city had not been ele vated, the waters had their way. but they wrecked only deserted huts and abandoned territory. In this section of the city, which Is low and sparcely settled, the water rose to a height of seven feet, but the warnings of the weather bureau had been heeded and the Inhabitants had removed their possessions out of the danger zone. A hurricane for East Texas was forecasted at the district weather bureau in New Orleans early Wednes day morning, and warnings were sent out. When wind an 1 rain arrived several hours later they found Gal veston prepared. The inhabitants of the few scattered byuses in the low part of the island hail already sought safety, and the vessels that had clear ed and prepared to sail were riding at anchor in the hay. The fury of the storm soon abated and the anxiety of those who enter tained fears of another tidal wave were soon relieved. Small boys pad dling around the flooded streets, even before the heavy winds had died down, presented a scene which dis pelled the alarm felt by the timid. So short was the duration of the storm that the Mallory Line steamer, which was booked to sail for New York shortly after noon, left on the scheduled time. Message of Greeting. The following message was issued Wednesday night: "The city of Galveston sends greet ings to her sister cities, tfie people of the United States and of the world In that, at this hour, It has passed through a most formidable storm, manifesting in its course some of the most violent incidents of cyclonic disturbances and its great sea wall haie completely vindicated (ta effi ciency and protected the city against dangers from the seas, leaving such insignificant damages as are Incident to all storms. “Th« city, its great business inter ests and Ita people have safely pars ed through a most severe hurrlcrne, the sea wall proving a complete suc cess. The city’s great wharves and shipping interests suffered no d&m age and not a life was lost. (Signed:) "Lewis Fisher, Mayor; E. O. Flood, President Chamber of Commerce; B. Adoune, President Maritime Association." GONE KILLED BY UGHTNING. Mrs. Rabon of Horry Coanty Meets Death In a Storm. During a heavy thunder storm on Wednesday Mrs. Tally Rabop, who lives near Cool Spring, in Horry county, was struck by lightning and killed. Her step-father, Mr. Abram Rabon, who stood only a few feet from her, was struck by the same bolt m-rrd ■ knocked ■ unconscious. His •hose were also torn from his feet. Mr. Rabon never regained coscloua- ness until! several hours afterward. Mra. Rabon’s husband and children knew nothing of the sad occurrence until several hours afterward, when returning from the tobacco field they found the dead body lying In the yard and only a few feet away the unconscious form of another. The man and woman were in the yard when struck, they having started to the well daring the heaviest of the lightning. Commissioner McMastrr Thinks That Something Should Be Done by All Mnniclpnlities to Have Property. Insurance Commissioner McMaster Is determined to enforce the bnlYdlng Inspection law which gives and re quires of every fireman or other city official the right to Inspect buildings in order that risks might be rnduced. Recently he called attention to the carelessness many officials had shown In the examination of property and as a result just that much wealth of the world had been wtped out by the flames. He has prepared a circular letter, setting forth the requirements of the law, which has been mailed to every mayor or Intendant, the chief of po lice and chief of the fire department of every city and town In the State. The letter Is as follows: "In the hope of reducing the fire waste In this State, I call to your attention section 4 of the act of 1 904, which gives the chief of the Are department, or chief of police, or Intendant where there Is no chief of the fire department, the right to make examinations of all buildings and premises within their several Jurisdictions, at reasonable hours, and whenever any of said officers shall find In any building or upon any premises combustible material or Inflammable conditions dangerous to the safety of such building or premises, they shall order the same to be removed or remedied. A like power is conferred upon the insur ance commissioner, as the successor of the comptroller general or his deputy, to act in a like manner. "It is the desire of this department to act in co-operation with the muni cipal authorities of the State, and to render such assistance as is within its power In such matter. In order that the assistance which this depart ment 1s able to give may not be over estimated, It is proper to say that the only fund at the disposal of the de partment for thla purpose amounts to about $1,500 a year derived from tax of fire Insurance compaulea. This fund must be used primarily for the investigation of incendiary Urea. The deputy of the department may aid in the ‘inspection of buildings, only when he is aot employed In investigating auppoaed Incendiary fires. "Hence the appeal is made to the municipal authorities to have made periodic examinations of all buildings and premises within their Jurisdic tion to discover combustible material or inflammable conditions and to have these evils corrected. The sug gestion is made that a house to house examination be made at least once each quarter. "This matter is of such great Im portance that I should be glad to give all aid within my power, to furnish Information concerning fire preven tion means or building codes. All requests for information or corres pondence will be gladly answered. "I believe the following to be axioms: “(1) The destruction of property by fire is a loss of wealth to the world, and especially to the commun ity in which It happens. (2) Property destroyed by fire, if insured and replaced by insurance money, is paid for by the other in sured members of the community through their insurance premiums Insurance companies merely act as the clearing houses for the collec tion and distribution of Are loses, and so far as they are aide they at tempt to make each community pay for its own Are losses through the rates charged for fire insurance. In cases of great conflagrations, as Bal timore, San Francisco and Chelsea, the whole country Is laid under con tribution. Bnt as a general rule each community has Its fire insurance rates fixed by its Are loses. **(3f) Careful property owners should not be subject either by direct destruction of their property, or by being laid under contribution to re pair the losses of their careless or criminal neighbors. “Therefore the great need for the municipal authorities to take steps to prevent fire loss. It preserves wealth and money in the pocketg of those who take care of their oWn ; property. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The removal of combustible material or correction of Inflammable conditions, may save thousands of dollars, or may pre vent the loss of life or limb of fire men who attempt to put the fire out gftjgr It has started. ^Wlth due respect, I suggest: - - “(I) Adoption of a building code by each municipality. “(2) The careful Inspection »t all buildings In process of construction Jo. see that they conform to the build ing code. "(3) The quarterly Inspection of all buildings (whether a building code is adopted or not) to tee that inflammable conditions are reme died." JURIST The Venerable Man Was Visiting Bis Daughter When the End at (fin g Long and Useful Career Body Shipped to His Hoote ml nettavlUe for Intel meiit. “r Joshua Hilary Hudson, lawytr. Judge, teaeher. State Senator, and Veteran of the civil war, os« of the moat distinguished men in Booth Carolina, died shortly after noon Thursday In Greenville at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William A. Williams. Death waa due to Bright’s diseasa which had confined him to his room ' and bed for the past two weeks. His last public appearance as • speaker waa at the meeting of the Bute Press Association when he delivered -#v‘ abort Impromptu address. At that time he appeared to be In the best of health. Several weeks ago he left his home at Bennettsvllle to visit his daughters at Greenville, and daring a large part of the time he spent la Greenville he complained of feeling 111, and for the last few days hts family and friends have been ex pecting the end. He was totally blind during the last hours of his illness. Judge Hudson is survived by the following children: Mrs. William A. Williams, and Mrs. A. A. Bristow, of Greenville, and Mrs. J. L. Jordan and Mrs. W. R. Cross land, of Ben nettsvllle. The Interment was at Bennett* vine, the remains were taken to that place on the train leaving Greenville et noon Friday. Mem here of the Greenville Bar Association will eel *s honorary escort for the body when it is removed from the teeidsBoe nt Mrs. Wtlttama to the Charleston and Western Carolina railroad statk>a.~ Judge Hudeon was one of the shiest lawyers, as well as one of the most prominent and highly re* * garded cltlzem, of the Palmetto SUte. He waa president of the Stele Bar' Association at one time, and \ South Carolina has produced few members of the legal profession who stood higher In the estimation of the people. He was a lifelong and consistent members of the Baptist denomina tion and. as in affairs of State, his advice In church councila waa always respected and generally followed. In 2817 Judge Hudeon wrote hie autobiography for "The Bench and Bar of South Carolina," by Col. Brooks, In which he graphically bnt modestly portrayed the strnfflas of his early life. CHARGED WITH ELECTRICITY. Stepped on Ground mad Shocked to Death. Two horses were killed Wednes day morning at Anderson ia a most peculiar manner. Early that morn ing a horse belonging te J. H. Evan was passing in front of Anderson’s Pharmacy, when it keeled ovfcr as dead as a mackeral. A crowd quick ly gathered, and about the time they had decided on the cause of the ani mal's death Mr. Prue Skelton came along, driving a horse belonging to Llgon A Ledbetter. He was told to stop but before he realised the dan ger he drove onto the aame spot of ground and hla horse, too. fell dead. It appears that the electric wires leading Into the pharmacy had be come crossed In some way. This lead a heavy charge of current, about 1,100 volta, Into the ground wire leading from the store. There is a little drain running across the street at this point, fed by the waste wgter from the soda fountain, and as water is a good conductor, It soon had the ground along there charged with the electric current sufficient to kill e horse. Several bystanders who came Bp at the time wet* shocked bat not hurt. It takes*: $ much heavier charge of electricity to kill a man tftah- it takes to kill a horse. The matter- was speedily reported to the ButhoritieaKf, v wf* - ‘ ? » •< CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING. A Men Arrested In Ob - * Valuable Catcher. Good base ball players are worth big money. President Murphy of the Chicago National League Baseball Club is quoted as emphatically de claring that he would not tajtp $50,- 000 for Catcher Klinf. I ,• ,'i . ^ . - 3ft i t7, w - - Toe 'Ahdrevrs of No£- ttjfcariest^n. doing business under the nCttke of tee Carolina Produce and Copmlssloh hduse, was arrested on WedOM^if afternoon on * warrant sworn "out 'by Poatoffice ' Inspector 'Smith, ckafflliff IBBttWht HBr < mails. On account of the absence of .material witnesses the preliminary hearing before United Mates missioner Young next week. He is charged ceiving conelii lilBl rit vegetables He demise his creditors