Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Wellman, ared 40, of Philadelphia, conductor of the train Samuel Williams, aged 60, ne gro PuHman porter, whose home la said to have been In Jersey City, J. H. Bethea, aged 40, DiUon, 8. C. The Injured: John O. Wiley, aged 40, a park guard of Wilmington Del., shot in the hand and leg; Mat thew Haley, a citizen of WPmJn?- ton, shot In the leg. Others were grazed by flying bullets. The foi lowing graphic story of the awful tragedy waa told by one - of the mem hers of the train crew. “We left Washington at three o’clock ” said the member of the crew, "but nothing peculiar In the actions of Bethea wa* observed un til the train pulled out of Baltimore We had scarcely reached the out skirts of the city, when Bethea, who was occupylag a chair In the parlor car, bhreathned to chastise Williams, because of no apparent reason, other than he took exception to the por ter being a negro “A short time later the porter again had occasion to pass through the car. He was busy ooarilng a ventilator, when Bethea arose and lunged toward him. The porter hur riedly left the car and reported the matter to Conductor Wellnran. The latter toll Wlllinma to remain ort of the ear unleaa It was aoaciuteiy necessary tor him to.enter. Bethea in the meantime had taken a seat :u a coach. "When the ♦rain was hr- wren Harve de Grance and Newark, the porter started through the coaea, not noticing Bethea. The latter was ap parently dosing In his seat, but Just as the colored man passed him hs nose and said: ‘You negro; I'll shoot you full of holes.” “Wllllama waa less than four feel from the enraged man and as Bethea spoke Williams turned half aroui •y In evident surprise. As he did so Bethea fired a shot Into the porter's heart. Williams fell back Into a seat, and as Conductor Wellman ap proached the murderer, Bethea fired again. This last shot went througu Williams' thigh and burled Itself In the woodwork In the side of the car. *" “By this time pandemonium reign ed. There were about thirty persons In the car and they made a mad rush for both doors. Conductor Wellman apparently didn't know that Williams had been fatally shot, as the negro was sitting upright In the s*at. As Wellman spoke to Bethea the latter turned livid with rage, and placing his revolver almost on the conductor's chest, fired. Well man dropped without moving an Inch and Bethea, flourishing his re volver, backed toward the toilet room, entered and closed the d/^r “In the meantime the train had reached Newark, Del. No stop was made but a message was thrown off asking the railroad officials at Wil- mingtion. 12 miles distant, to have policemen on hand to arrest Beth ea. None of us knew at this time that either Williams or Conductor Wellman was dead. Before the train reached Wilmington the door was barred from the outside and a has ty examination of both men showed that life was Extinct. “Bo bitter was the feeling against the desperate man among the pas sengers that be could have been torn limb from limb had they been able to gain admittance to the toilet. "When Wilmington was reached % score of policemen and citizens were waiting op the station platform. The top of Bethea's head could be seen above the window blind as he was standing In the toilet. Captain Kane of the Wllmifigton police force was the ' flint mat! to step on our - train. He was followed by half a dosen other policemen. As they ap proached the toilet room Bethea threatened to murder the whole bunch, If they attempted to enter the room. The olflcers withdrew from the car and held a consultation. This conference was Interrupted by several shots from the toilet win dow. Bethea fhep drew back aa the policemen retained the fire. At this Juncture a fire appartus > was - turned In the broken window. Bethea kept on firtnff, but we -bad all secured convenient pasta and waited develop- ments. la a few minutes Beth? a from his L • — - cai .* *H» H i*» ** and a Knows no One He Could Trait to fo to Arctic Regions After Proofs if 'Be Mad the Money. Dr. William H. Axtell, of Belling ham, Wash., a personal friend of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the explor er, Wednesday received a letter from Mrs. Cook, dated Valparaiso, Chile, tn whish she says ths explorer Is broken In health, without funds and usable to continue his fight to es tablish his claim that he discovered the North Pole. Dr. Axtel said: "Mrs. Cook tells me In her letter that Cook made con siderable money out of his trip when he first landed |n New Tort, hut that he spent It In defending hlmselft against the bitter attacks from his enemies before the Copenhagen de cision was made public. Cook left New York later to escape contumely, says Mrs. Cook, and to go before the board of Iqulry at Copenhagea aa hit own representative. Then Mra. Cook sought him, met him In Eng land, found him a nervous wreck and very ill. “She writes that It was her fault that Cook did not appear publicly at the time he waa unfavorably report ed on. 8be says sbs took him to Holland, France. Rally and then to Spain, where they embaj-ked for Buenos Aires. "Fnom Buenos Aires they went around Cape Horn to Chile. Cook Is still very ill and will be In no con dition to take up his fight for the honors which he still says should been hie." Dr. Axtell added that, according to the letter, the explorer and his fam ily will arrive quietly in New York and settle down for a quiet life “Mts. Cook says.” he costinued, ‘that her husband has no funds with, which to go to the Arctic regions after ths proofs required by the University of Copenhagen, and that If he had the necessary cash, he knows of no one he could trust to do the work for him.” oe ! Furled Persus Prsbiblj Periibed ■ the Chktffi Ban. THEY RAN HIM DOWN TWELVE UIKIX PERISH. In Factory Ftre Caused by Explosion of Benzine. Twelve persons are reported dead in a fire which attacked the L'Fish Furniture company building at 1906 Wabash Avanue, Chicago Friday.. About 40 employes escaped. A girl who Jumped from a third story window died at a hospital. Ths dead were trapped, tt Is aald on the fourth fifty and sink floors, whsu aa ex plosion of benzine on the fourth floor wrapped the building la flames. Ladders were raised to the sixth floor, the topmost one, In a desper ate effort to reauoe any person who might be alive there. The Are Is said to have started from an explosion of benzine in the repair rooms on the fourth floor, probably from a carelessly dropped match. Two cabinet makers who at work In the repair room were among those who escaped slightly burned. When a great ahheet of fiame shot across the floor they were knocked down, but although almost stifled they managed to crawl to the front stairway, whence they made their eacsps to the street below. The fire, the said, was preceded by an explo sion which shook the building. QITT8 KANSAS CITT. Lillis of Recent Notoriety Exiles Himself. Jere F. Lillis, president of the Western Exchange bank of Kansas City, who was arracked by John P. Cudahy three week* ago in Cudahy s puse, left Wednesday on an In definite vacation, but his designation is not known by the public. Order ed by his physician to take a long rest. Lillis may go abroad before re turning to Kansas City. He has not resigned as president of the bank. A friend of Lillis was asked If the oanker did not expect to meet Cud ahy In the South, but this friend denied this was the purpose of Mr. Lillis' trip. Cudahy recently was In Asheville, N. C. f' ■ -*1, «1 to ■» Aa ■M another shot shattered his arm. Still struggling to thrust his revolver from his Injured arm to the sound member, the man dropped dead. "In the toilet room we found near ly fifty empty cartridges, while the Window was a full of holes af a pep per hex. There was no way of Identifying him by baggage, an we could find none. In hia pocket was a mem orandum book containing the name of H. Heflbea, Dillon, S. C., aged 40 years.’ "There were half a dozen wounds on hla body. He was shot In the arm. face and shoulder. “I never saw such a scene In my life and never want to see a rep etition of it:. The women passen gers were screaming and were no hysterical that they even attempted to Jump from the train. Even af ter It was known that the murderer ,— was deed Ire had oar hands full in his revolver. As he start- quieting some of the more nervous Falling Walls Halt the Search for Bodies.—(Jrapic Description of Horrible Burning of Men and Wo men in Fire Caused by Accidental Explosion of Benzine. Search of the wreckage for the remaining bodies of those who Tost their fives in the Fish Furniture Company fire horror at Chicago on Friday was discontinued Friday af teraoon owing to the danger from the fialllng walls but not until twelve of the dead had been recovered and eleven of those Identified. While earlier estimates placed the number of« victims trapped on the fourth and fifth floors of the Fish building as high as twenty, later and more thorough Investigation indicates with considerable certainty that there were but eixteen. Two of these escaped with their lives, which leaves bat two more to be accounted for. Leo Sbeckel, a clerk of the Fish Company, who by accident.is said to have started the fire, tol^L his story to Fire Attorney Frank Hogan Fri day afternoon. Although Stoeckel, who is but 20 years of age, is ad mitted more unfortunate than oul- pstble. Attorney Hogan says that he will 'bring some charge against the young man to Insure his attendance at the inquest. Btoeckel was brought before the Are attorney with his hand, which had been burned, swarthed in ban dage*. He appeared heart-broken, and told his story with difficulty. "About 4.45 p. m..” Stoekel eald, “MY. Mitchell, who is a member of the firm, gave me three piece cigar lighters, and told me to go to the finishing room bn the fourth floor and AM them with benzine. I had filled two of the lighters, consisting of a gallon ca* and was working on the third, when there waa an ex plosion. "A sheet of flame almost bMnded me, and I did not fully regain my senses until I had reached the street. The lighters contained a contrivance to make a spark, hut whether I ig- nlgbted one of them or not, I dos’t know. I either dropped the can of benzine when the flame shot up In front of me, or It was blown out of my hands ” Alexander Bush, a street car con ductor. identified one of the bodies aa that of Rosie Bruncke, whom he was to have married 'on Easter Sun day. He recognized her through the medium of a number of trlnketir-ht- cludlng an engagement ring he had given her. One of the victims lost his life In a desperate endeavor to rush upstairs to the aid of the women and girls Imprisoned above. TYn women and girls It is aald were at work on the sixth floor when the explosion occurred. The spread of the flames was almost Instantan eous. and when the girls rushed to the stairways they found escape cut off. They next turned to the front of the building, smashing the win dow. Horrified spectators In the street saw Emma Ltchensteln step to the window ledge and h«ard her scream fbr help. Then she Jumped. Falling on the awning over the front entrance to the store, she lay un conscious until Dr. Wm. L. Kings ley. crawling out on the canopy, lift ed her up. She was taken at once to St. Luke’s Hospital, only a few blocks away, but died soon afterward. Dr. Kingley suffered slight bums. Emma Lichtenstein was 20 years old. and was employed as a filing clerk. Death was due to Internal In juries received in her fall. Soon after Miss Lichtenstein’s des perate leap, a crash as If of floors flailing was heard, and the faces at the window disappeared. Dr. Kins ley graphically describbed his exper ience as follows: “I was nearby when the Are start ed. and when I reached the scene the sight fairly made my hair stand on end. The floors of the building were a mass of flames. Smoke In great clouds was rolling out of a windows. I noticed ‘sornethhig must be done,’ but Ike many others there, I was so stricken by the sight of the faces half revealed in the sixth story windows that I could scarcely move. The girl* were shouting ‘for God’s sake send us help,' and others were crying for the firemen to raise the ladders. I tried to get up the front stairway, but at the third floor MAN WHO SWINDLED PEOPLE IN THIS STATE CAUGHT At Oklahoma City, Ok la., Were He Was Banning a Bigger Swindle Than at Greenwood. .... . f . . ' _ ‘J*r ' A special from Greenwood to The News and Courier says Postoflke'"in- spector Gregory, who went to Okla homa to arrest W. J. Nicholls, former president of the Metropllltan Loan and Trust Company. Jim returned after having performed his part of the business tn locating the man, arresting him and having the Feder al authorities there "put next;" Inspector Gregory’s report of the Trail and final capture of Nicholls, as well as the varied career of Nlch- olls, himself, reads like a romance. When located in Oklahoma City, Nlbholls, now going as "Mr. C. L. Jackson,” was at the head of a con cern that was doing about the big gest business In that hustling com munity. He had an office like a railroad president, and Mr. Gregory said he had seventeen stenographers, young men and young women as busy as beee. His oncern was alread attract ing attention from Uncle Sam's men, and Federal district attorney there told MY. Gregory that as soon as the time was ripe he would have been nabbed. He was “selling the right to sell the right to sell,” a certain kind of stove, a sort of endless chain con tract business. No provision was made as to seeing how or where the stoves could he secured but the right to sell the right was what Jackson was doing. It was the wash ing machine swindle attempted in this State some years ago with stoves substituted for washing machines. (Mr. Gregory said when he called on Nicholls he had no little trouble In getting Into his private office. When he finally reached It, he found his attorney there, and hla private stenographer also present. He ask ed Nicholls or Jackson for a few words In private, and was told to go ahead as the other two were In a confidential relation. Mr. Gregory insisted, so these two finally returned to an adjoining room and then Mr. Gregory addressed him as Nicholls, and aaked about Green wood. Jackson was quite Indignant at the Joke, and carrlet his part out well, until Mr. Gregory showed him his own photo, and he saw the Jig was up. He trembling all over, Mr. Gregory said, although he still stout ly denied that hla name was other than C. L. Jackson. As an Indication of what a rushing business Nicholls was doing in selling the right to sell the right to sell a stove that needed no right to sell a hardware man at Oklahoma City told Mr. Gregory that Nicholls had paid him ten thousand dol lar* cash for a lot of stoves to be used by his demonstrators. People h>ve to be swindled. GONE TO HKE TEDDIK. And Talk Over Party Troubles in the Party Banks. It is said In Washington on the lr°st of authority that both Garfield and Plnchot wrote letters to Roose velt at Khartum, telling him of the sad occurrences there under the lead ership of Taft. They told Roosevelt that If he wished It one of them either Garfield or Plnchot would meet him In Europe and give him further particulars. Roosevelt cabled to them to come. Garfield was to go. but owing to the Ohio government matter Plnchot went. Now what does it mean? “All Washington” is speculating upon that question. Back from EUw? Is that It? Mr. Taft Is now squarely allign- ed with the so-called “reactionaries” of thte Republican party, those who have all along been fighting the so- called “Roosevelt poHcles"—the central idea of which, as we all un derstand, is to stay the threatening storm of wrath against the alliance of the Republican party with “pre datory wealth.” The same man that made these "poHeies” made also Mr. Taft, and promised the American people that Taft would carry them out. Now what is he going to do when he gets back here? Echo answers “what”? , AETNA ACTIVE Hirers if Re4 Het Lara RisUag Madly Dowi the Maoataia Side. ASHES BURIES HOUSES — Of Peasants, Who Congregated at* Nicholls to Watch the Scene of MUa 6f the by . e , ection# |» ^ the Eruption.—They Are Terror and Implore Mercy.— d^rjet. The one formerly re presented bv the lata David A. ?*- Desolation and Ruin Faces Them. ^Stricken Mount Aetna, near CatanU, Sicily, whose eruptions In the paat have wrought great destruction, Is again January- Now in MMaachtwetu, In the moat hide-hound Republican dis trict of all New England, ono never ANOTHER FATAL SHOOTING. - a Kuat of flame burnt me about Uir Bateeburg on Thursday when w p fa^e and hands and the next thing I knew I war back in the street •gain. Then came the cries of the poor girls trapped in the upper story ‘catne tgny onra nnq tkX#“6fle“iT ffil girls throw up her hands and plunge out of the window. _ “Her body crashed against the canopy over the front end of the store. Scarcely knowing what I did. I ran up-stalrs to the first floor, crawled out on the window and then carried her down a ladder which a fireman had rained." x?r _ y- . ^ -f- -r —• i* ■ (N - me of tan more nervous foubdllng i from Wilmington to this j ffton away Want More BnMen. A carload of babies from New York and orphan asylums was v •mlnly Clinton Rhoden Shot to Death by W. B. Glenn on Street. A fatal shooting took place at Glenn, superintendent of the electric light plant, shot Clinton Rhoden, to death, on one of the main streets of the town. The weapon used was a pistol; four shots were Ared, and each shot took effect. One witness stated that Rhoden was unarmed. It is stated that there had been had blood between the men for some time. Much sympathy is expressed for ail parties concerned, as each man has a large family. The affair has cist gloom over the town. t&'tsir Fifteen Drowned. The Norwegian steamer, Dixie, hound from h Scotland port capsized In the mouth of the Elbe river, dur ing a sevoru itorm Thursday and the ore* of If worn Wawand. in a violent state of activity. A pronounced movement within the crater beginning early Wednesday evening, Increasing In volume, and Thursday night the gravest feara are entertained aa to the results If the eruption continues In its present vio lent form. ■* ■ From Catania correspondents mot ored In the direction of the moun tain. Passing the village of Mas- calucla, twelve miles in a direct line from the crater, a thick curtain of smoke was encountered, which en tirely concealed Aetna. At Nlcolosl, ten miles from the crater, the entire population bad gathered in the square to watch the volcano, which appeared a aa black phantom above. Now and then It waa illuminated with flashes of light, appearing al most red. Higher up the rain of cinders became thicker and extended like a veil across the mountain. A deep roaring was heard and detona tions like the sound of artillery fol- fowlng one another In quick success ion, while the earth shook under foot. One of the guides cried: “An earthquake,” and could hardly be In duced to continue. The hot cind?ra covered the ground like a thick car pet, rendering walking difficult. A peasant was encountered coming down He said. "The fire is rushing down, burning everything. The lava is Ike a red hot river.” Proceeding a little further, four collossal columns of black smoke oould be ol>served. Occasionally they were cut by flashes of fire, pre senting an awe-inspiring spectacle. Then the wind opened the clouds for a moment, and a wide atrip of Are could be seen In the distance, advanc ing with monstrous contortions. It fell like a torrent from Mount Cap riole, spreading out In the valley below. The lava flow had already reached ed the vineyards above San Leo and Rinazzo seven miles from the crater, and had buried a large number of peasants houses. It came In several streams and united in one great mass about twenty feet In height and 1,500 feet a minute, varying accord ing to the condition of the ground. This mighty wall of lava was not more than flve miles from Bolosasso and Nlcolosi The meteorological station, on the mtontaln side, has been destroyed, and the village of Borrello is in serious danger. The populace, ter ror stricken, are flying from their homes. The earth shocks have reach ed alxmt fifty in number, but there is a continuous vibration and tremb ling from many miles around. Every where the villagers are carrying Im ages In procession and Imploring mercy. Twelve new craters have been opened up. Help for the people of the devas tated region is being organized. A detatohment of soldiers and a large number of engineers and doctors have gone forward. The prefect of Catania, returning from the scene Thursday evening, said “I have witnessed a spectacle of desolation and ruin which only those who saw the eruption of Vesuvlous In 1906 can Imagine. The present eruption can be compared to no other.” .The authorities have issued or ders that no one shall he permitted to go beyond Pelpasso and soldiers have been stationed at various points to see that these orders are obeyed. The village of„Bereli is surrounded by the lava and the inhabitants have fled to Belpasso. Prof. Rlcco, director of the Mount Aetna Observatory, said: “The erup tion is very grave/ and I think It will become much more serious. The lava has covered five miles In six teen hours and U my calculations are right the eruption of the volcano will not be short." SHOOTS DOWN GUARDS. Workhouse. At" Wilmington, Det.-, 'Stephen" Hdnter, k negro prisoner At the Nest- LOOKS GOOD TO THEM \ RECENT ELECTION^ RETURNS PLEASES DEMOCRATS. The Election in Mnssncbuette Tues day Turned Ont" Better Thnn ffie HRS. One in Missouri. (Each MCOhee says the Democrats in Washington are Jubilant over the scurt and' Massachusetts. Tito Mk- - ... « * reftejUA} .by, Jb*. late IMvid AJ*- -.mHffltr. 'U takjm *s atypi<%] Midd.e Wto&rn district. In tt the Democastle - candidate made large gains in the etoctijn in heretofore known to go Democratic, not even in the Cleveland laqJslid*, has been changed from 14,000 Re publican majority to 6,000 Democrai- 1c majority. In each of these district toe ta~- iff and the Republican ring rale were the issue*. Mr. Llody, the chairman of the Democratic congressional committee, who went up there last week, came back with the opinion that there would be Democratic gains and declaring that if the 14,000 Re publican majority should he cut down to 6,000 Republican mv.or-ty the Democrats would be doing mighty well and should be highly satLfled When the returna came In Tues day night, with 12,000 more l>em >- cratic votes than Mr. Lloyd had counted on, there was jollification indeed and the Republican wore aw* stricken. The Republicans do not pretend to minimize the significance, hut frankly admit that the situation is omminous of a Democratic tidal wave n November, unless it can be stayed. They generally sttty these threatening tidal waves, you know; and they may be able to stay this one; but they are wearing exceed ingly gloomy fares. The whole political situation gets more and more interesting every day. On Capital hill the Democrats are standing together In solid phal anx, and. contrary to ths usual habit, are saying mighty little. The breach In the Republican ranks shows no signs of healing. Not even the threat of Democratic victory seems to ftlghten either fectlon iuto mak ing overtures to the other. The Cannon or organisation men in the house are disconcerted, it is true, and all the Insurgents are sure of it that they have strengthened their own individual position at home by finding a scape goat in Can non flor the sins of their party. But these same insurgents have little spirit in any further attacks upon their organization. The victory laat week, so far as they are con cerned, la a sort of Borodin^. They may have captured Moscow by it >r;v . Cruk. .... # -? T ’ _ ■W/Owf- A ' Trolley Gar Mrs. Herbert 1, Mocmn LHe and Gem. J. F. Bed Berionsly Injured. MaJ. Gen. J. Franklin Ml, of staff of the United who fm injured early __ _ in Washington in an automobile me- cident, In which Mrs. Herbert J. Slo cum. wife of MaJ. Slocum, U. S. A., was almost 4natajit!y killed, was re ported at a late hour that night to be resting comfortably. One of bln ribs waa broken and he suffered some scalp wounds hut no internal in juries have been discovered sad no oomplicationa of any sort have set in. - ——— MaJ. Slocum, who la a member of the Seventh Cavalry, now station ed at Governor’s island, N. T., ««* rived in Washington Wednoaday night. 7 The accident was caused by a bouth hound trolley car of the Wis consin avenue car line, near Tea- skirts of the city, colliding with an automobile owned by Gen. Bell. The car was occupied by Mra H. J. Ilo- • cum, aged 50 years, Mra H. L. Green and Own. Beil. Mra Slocum, who received internal injuries, was re moved to Georgetown hospital in aa automobile, where she waa pro nounced dead. Chauffeur Ward was nahart, bat was soon arrested, together with the motorman and oondnethr of the trol ley car. They were latter released from custody, however, on from Coroner Nevltt, who __ them to appear at the inquest. Mra. Slocum, whose husband Js a nephew of Mra T “ visiting her sister. 1% H. L. Orton, »t the Wyoming, £ defgrtmei In Washington, but Tuatday went to Fort Myer to visit Mr. and Mra Dell. / with whom she and her basbnad were on terms of intimate friendship. It waa on the way back to the Wyemlag that the fata] oolllstoB occurred. The Tenaallytowa road. tMtitllr known aa Wisconsin Avenue, roan north fnom Georgetown through the western!/ environs of t he city, and Is a favorite route for automobUsa. Crossing ths Georgetown bridge from Fort, Myer, the car turned forth into Wisconsin avenue sad was about to turn easterly along the northerly boundary of the city when at Gar- — field street the collision oecnrred. The fast moving trolley car, wham the two came together. •.'■.IB . but are so disabled as to he unable demolished the automobile. to bold it. And it looks aa if they are going to let Cannon dominate the rules committee after all. The regular Republicans, or the Cannon forces, are counting on Mr. Taft to help them out, If not In the houae, then In the country, and Mr. Teft seems In truth to be doing all In his power to fulfill the expectation. BOGU8 HONIM4 AGAIN. Nevada legislature Is Anxious . ^ Take Them Up. to A special dispatch to the Char lotte Observer from Ralelga sajs Governor Kltchln received a tele graphic request from the Go en.or of Nevada asking for all possible in formation regarding the repudiated North Carolina special tax bonds, some of which have been offered Nevada in order to Induce that State to sue North Carolina '1 he Governor of Nevada says he decll-ies to accept the bonds, but the Legis lature is trying to force him to do so. Governor Kltchln and Attorney General Blckitt sent him a mass of information showing how fraudulent the bonds wers. HAD A CLOftE CALL. automobile waa hurlsd about five feet against a trolley pole. It finally turned over. General Bell was thrown out. Ward was pinned under the front of the car, but managed to extricate himself. Mrs. Slocum was crushed under the body of rke car. Blood ing about the hands and hood, Gen. Bell directed the passengers on the car and others in lifting the onto mobile from the Injured woman. Mra. Slocum waa then harried to the hoapiul. 4 BEATING A RIDE. . .TtiflG T r Falla From Moving Train and la Ground to eDath. i.ii: While beating hia way on n freight j ■ - iWm -. *3 train Wednesday afternoon Cbarleu Lockablll of Lexington. N. 0., ter known as “Clad", fell under tha moviag train and was catkin two across the stomnek, dying almost in stantly. The accident happened In the eastern part of Thomaavflle, a short distance above the oilege. * -2“ No particulars farther are known of the killing. Locknblll baa a wife and four amall children. He wan c •m. a hrickmaaon by trade and sidered cept spree. Itittle Girl Falls Five Htories but Was Not Hurt. AM New York Mary Davis, a 13- year-old school girl, la In good health and cheerful spirits despite the fact that she fell backward from a fire escape flve stories up, In Harlem Thursday and landed plump n a bas ketful of wet clothes in the back yard below. She was scarcely scratched. Aa she struck tha basket wtth-o damp 4faod.- Mary narrowly [.mQiftbar of tka missed Miss Peter LltUe^a Janitresa, who wM taking clothea from the >d a good peacable* fallow, ex- at times he would get am HUumons Guilty Agatm, ^—. At Anderson Webb young mill operative, waa found Wednesday guilty of the murder United States Deputy McJ * waa recommended to the the court, fllmmona killed _ in February, 1608, and wan ced to hapg laat July, r A waa granted on the ground hla opinion basket and hanging them on a near- Mortally Wounds Wardens at City by line. Mra. Little fainted and an AU 1. A A did Mery, who. waa found uncon scious but unhurt on tha baskvi. A Tug and Crew Lost. castle workhouse, who recently came Th « tu * Arthur B„ from T— to Delaware from Sonth Carolina, to Vancouver, foundered Wednesday shot and fatally wounded two gnarda, off Fraser river lightship. Six Walter Hastings and Thomas McCal- were drowned. The tag waa lough. The negro struck down Has- uaAd ln th « cement and plaster car tings aa the latter handed him bin rFing trade between Puget sound and breakfast through the eett door. So- British Columbia porta. ' curing the guard’s revolver he «m- \ ■' e » w ptied two shota into Basting's body \ Bodies From 1 and then dropped McCullough, who j Two unidentified had come to the rescue. The no- gro was himself wounded taf overcome. Mapleeapdnsnfel Thursday night. down the sap when' house caught fire. J _ nrfcs? fire with several nap from the i , r ; , y • ' i washed nahotn at