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BARNAVELL. S. a. THURSDAY. APRIL 21,19101
NO 34.
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PARDON COOPER KICK ON RING RULE KILLED BY CONVia BRYAN WRITES SOME TIMELY NEWS
The In Vk Asuuiutd Ei-ScuImt
Carmck u Set Free kj
SOME*REPUBLICANS INDULGE IN
PLAIN TALK.
LATER CONVICT WAS SHOT TO
DEATH BY OFFICERS.
PARHZAN GOVERNOR
Who Sign* Pardon Before the Opin
Ion of the Supreme Court Sustain
ing the Verdict of Guilty la ihe
Lower Court an Read to the End
by the Judges.
A dispatch from Nashville, Tenn ,
aays a aensation equalling that which
Inflamed In November. 1908, when
former United Statea Senator Ed
ward Ward Carmack was shot and
killed on a prominent street in Nash
ville, was created by the pardoning
by Governor M. R. Patterson, Wed
nesday of Col. Duncan B. Cooper,
who, with his son, Robin J. Cooper,
was convicted of the murder of Car
mack,
The issuance of the pardon on the
Governor's own initiative without a
formal petition before him, followed
quickly the reading of the opinion
of the Tennessee Supreme Court af
firming the verdict of guilty In the
chse of Col. Cooper, under sentence
of twenty years In the penitentiary,
and reversing the lower Court in
the case of Robin Cooper, who was
sentence to a like period for the
Carmack murder.
Governor Patterson wrote the full
pardon for Col. Cooper and filed It
with the Secretary of State, while
Chief Justice Beard was yet read
ing a dissenting opinion in the case
of Col. Cooper. In e statement giv
en to the pre«g almost immediately,
the Governor said: “In my opinion
neither of the defendants Is guilty,
and they have not had a fair and
Impartial trial, but sere convicted
contrary to the law and the evi
dence.”
The news of the Court’s action
and that of the Governor In pardon
ing Col. Cooper spread quickly over
the city, causing intense excitement
and heated discussion by numerous
groups of partisans. The conviction
and sentence of Col. Cooper was af
firmed by a divided Court. In an
entirely different line- up of the Jus
tices, the Court split as to the guilt
of Robin Cooper, by a vote of 3 to 2.
the lower Court being reversed and
the case remanded for a new trial
The reversal in the case of Robin
Cooper is based on assignments of
error in the trial Judge’s failure to
charge seperately as to Robin Coop
er's theory of self-defence, linking
the defence of the two defendants
together; excluding testimony of
Governor Patterson as to talks wHL
Robin Cooper, and advice given him
as to Col Cooper before the tragedy;
and the admission on cross examina
tion of Robin Cooper as to the in
tent of certain State's witnesses In
testifying as to certain incidents.
Col. Cooper was still at the Cap
ital When the pardon was entered In
the Secretary of State's office. He
was ns calm, and even cheerful,
through it all, as if he had received
an acquittal. The reversal in his
son's ca»° seemed to Interest and
please him to the exclusion of his
own fate
“I wanted Robin's vindication
more than I wanted a pardon,” was
his smiling remark, when told of
the Governor's acton in behalf of
himself Leaving the crowds gath
ered about him, he entered a car
riage with his daughter, Mrs Lucius
E. Burch, and his sister-in-law, Mrs
Junes C. Bradford, and accompanied
hy Marshall Robert Marshall, was
driven to the county Jail, where for
malities in the conectlon with the
pardon were gone through with and
he was released. He reached the
Jail at 2:20 P. M., leaving there
about 2.30 for the residence of hi?
daughter, Mrs. Burch. Robin Coop
er is under a $25,000 bond. His
friends freely predict that he will
not again be arralned for trial
Should he he. It would be a most
difficult undertaking to secure a Jury
in Davidson County under the law ?
requirements.
The opinions were read before a
Court room packed to suffocation,
the corridors being crowed with those
unable to gain entrance. Every word
was listened to with breathless in
terest, and the scene was a memor
able one. It merited sn epoch in
not only the legal annals of the
State, but the political as well. The
Democratic party of Tennessee has
been rent Into bitter factions over
the prohibition queetlon, and as a
wheel within a wheel, “the Cooper
case” has played a conspicuous part.
Cooper Is the close friend and al
leged political adviser of Patteraon.
who Is the leader of tha anti-prohi
bition forces In Tenneseee. Carmack
was the chief of the prSohlbltlbn
was the chelf of the prohibition move
ment. Patterson was a most Impor
tant witness for the defence at the
trial of the Coopers for the killing ol
Carmack, was the, outcome of politi
cal machlnlnatlon. Now on the verge
of an election of Jndlclary, the Su
preme Court was called on to pass
finally upon the esse over which.
It seems, the party factions hare ac
tually aligned themselves on one
side or the other. For sixty-nine
days the Court had the case aad the
8Ute has been on the tip-toe of
npectancy ae opinion day* came and
went wltout JU being referred to.
The announcement at teat showed
M tetereettaf uUtug to tbow t*»U-
About the Corruption Abroad in the
Land and the Great Need of a
Change. ~~
fThe annual dinner of the Repub
lican Club of Neida county, N. Y.,
was held Wednesday evening and at
tended by 700 men, for the most part
anti-organization men. The epeak-
ers Included Charles J. Bonaparte,
former attorney-general of the Unit
ed States; William H. Hotchkiss,
state superintendent of insurance,
and Congressman George W. Nor
ris, of Nebraska.
Former Assemblyman Merwin K.
Hart, president of the league. In his
Introductory remarks, said the peo
ple are as hard to fool as In Lin
coln’s time, and “were not deceived
by the Payne-Aldrich bill, and are
tired of continued disclosures about
politicians for revenue only.”
<Mr. Bonaparte's address was an
analysis of the methods of bosses
and rings, a protest againet the
methods of both and a plea for re
turning political power to the peo
ple.
“The mass of our citizens habi
tually oome to the polls, (Hot to
choose their rulers, but to record a
preferance between nominees of two
usurping monopolies,” he said.
Mr. Bonaparte declared leaders
“have made their trade so dangerous,
odious and noisome that against it
every force that makes for righteous
ness must be directed tomorrow as
it should be today.”
Superintendent Hotchkiss follow
ed and after referring to the mes
sage sent to the legislature by Gov
ernor Hughes for an Investigation
of legislative practices and proceed-
ure and also to a recent speech by
the governor voicing the public de
mand "for the uncovering of the
secret places of political power and
legislative favor,” said:
“Thus within a week have two
blows been struck at a system —
rather a system with a system — of
which New Yorkers have become
weary. Executives of great state*
do not speak thus without et.remc
provocation.
“Throueh what a period have we
been passing? Until recent yea: a
considerations the siJ' ?eem to
have t>een smiled at by the cynical;
the boasts of some of thee* in bvl-
rvom t.i.hs led toward S‘-'-p-al of
toe disclocures .r the ln,’i>y now
closing. What an atmospn re was
was that of the capital .-lev—said
one witness “this is not a Sunday
school, this is Albany’—where graft
has been a subject for Joking and the
distributors of It honored in song.
“And what shall be said of peo
ple whose action at the polls or In
cionviention has made such things
possibly? Each decade of late nas
seen the executive grow stronger, the
legislature weaker; each decade the
people have become more satisfied to
trust a man, not merely to execute,
but even at timee bo make the laws.
The current just now Is stronger
than ever before Impressed by the
oorrupt practices of the few. the
plain people are beginning to doubt
the reliability of the legislative
branch. Stories from Miaslasippl'a
contest in lurid vigor with those
from Pittsburg; New Jersey's of late,
cast in shadow even the dally tales
about New York Carried to the ul
timate. the present distress of pop
lar representation in city council, in
state legislature, yes, even in the
Federal congressmen's, sooner or
later, a practical despotism, a chief
tainship which, while still elective,
has yet all of the dangers against
which the father taught. God for
bid that the government should thus
be weakened.
“And so I take It our governor
was looking far into the future when
he asked a 'thorough and unsparing
investigation Into legislative process
es and procedure.’ What the peo
ple want is, however, not so much
a current resolution as a concur
rent revolution, an overturn In meth
ods. perhaps, rather than In men.
So be it.”
Policemen Most Pay Debt*.
Atlanta policemen must either pay
tbeir debts, or leave the force. Fol
lowing the suspension of two pa
trolmen several days ago the board
of police commissioners announced
that similar action would be taken
In all cases where policemen were
found to be delinquent In meeting
their obligations.
A Maddened Mob of Two Thousand
Seized the Outlaw's Dead Body
«and Strang It Up.
At Me’rldan, Miss, formed Sheriff
J. R. Temple was shot and killed
Wednesday by Tom O’Neil, a negro
prisoner. Deputy JaJler Boulwel!
waa serving breakfast, when he was
assaulted by O’Nell, the latter In the
scuffle securing Boutwell's pistol.
Temple, who was the Jailer, went
to the assistance of his deputy and
was shot and Instantly killed with
Boutwell's pistol. O'Neill and anoth
er negro prisoner escaped to the
basement of the Jail, carrying the
weapon with them and defied ar
rest.
Later O’Neil was shot and killed
by the officers after he had fired
four shots at them without effect.
O’Neil's companion. George Williams,
a negro, was shot in the leg.
A maddened crowd of nearly 2,-
000 people took the body of O’Neill,
who was expiring, from the officers,
carried It to a telephone pole about
a block distant, where It was strung
up. After cut, the negro's clothing
saturated with kerosene and set on
fire, but was reecued from the mob
after the clothing had been burned
from the body.
George Williams was placed In a
cell after O'Neil had been killed.
The men Insisted on securing him,
but no assault has been made on
the jail.
Judge Buckley, who Is holding
court, In an address counselled mod
eration, and It is not believed that
further efforts will be made to lynch
Williams, althoueh great excite
ment prevails. Mr. Temple was one
of the most prominent citizens in
the county.
Pairs Broadside liti Traits aid Maaopa-
lies af AOKiads.
LAUDS UP JEFFERSON
TRIED TO KILL MOTHER.
far with the Intricacies of the politl-
al situation. Chief Justice Beard and
Justice* McAlister and Bell reversed
the cane aa to Robtn Cooper; Jus
tices Neill and Shields dissenting.
Justices Shields, McAllister and Nell
confirm aa to Col. Cooper: Chief
Justice Beard and Justice Bell dis
senting. , .
" Tho Bu'pfenSe Court was more
widely divided than It ever was be
fore. Two of the most elaborate
opinions ever rendered were handed
down, and neither one of them,
strange to say. actually accomplish
ed result Intended by the opinion
Itself or the Justice who wrote it.
Justice John K. Shlelda read an opin
ion coveting 71 typewritten pages,
affirming the Judgments of the Court
below in gU things. In this Justice
X. X. X«U concurred.
Young White Man Iiodged in the
Colombia Jail.
Because he threatened to kill his
own widowed mother, young Sadler
Gillesle is in the Columbia Jail upon
charges preferred by hts uncle. The
case has excited considerable inter
est for the family is well connected
and prominent in social circles.
Young Gillespie, a few weeks ago,
flourished a carving knife in his
hand and police officer* were called
In to prevent hi* harming member*
of hi* family. He was not arrested
then on the plea of hi* mother, but
a repitition of his threats caused his
uncle. Mr. B M. TngHsh, to take the
matter up with the result that the
young man was arrested late Thurs
day. Gillespie, who Is well known
around town, lg only about 18 years
of age.
WITHOUT ANY WKAl*ON.
Single-Handed Whipped Fifteen Un
washed Hoboes.
Seeing a gang of tramps burning
croBstie* at their camp near Willows,
Cal.. Monday afternoon. H W. Sher
idan, a Southern Pacific superinten-
tent. stopped his special train to in
vestigate. One of the tramps, who
appeared to be the leader, objected
to the intrusion, whereupon Sheri
dan knocked him down. That pre-
clpltaed a free-for-all fight and Sher
idan found himself battling single-
handed with 15 brawny knights of
the road Before the train crew
could reach the scene, Sheridan with
kicks and blows had routed the en
tire crowd. The leader was knock
ed down four ttmps. Sheridan used
to be a hrakeman in Utah and Ne
vada, where he was a terror to hobos.
BILBO HAS flvOSE CALL.
His Expulsion from Senate Prevent
ed by One Vole.
By a margin of one vote short of
the required two-third* majority, 28
to 15, the Mississippi Senate, now in
session at Jackson, early Thursday
rejected a resolution to expel State
Senator Theodore Bilbo, who claims
that he accepted a bribe of $645 In
exchange for his promise to change
his vote from former Governor Jas.
K. Vardaman to United States Sena
tor Leroy Percy during the recent
Senatorial contest. The acceptance
of the money. Bilbo explained, was to
secure evidences of irregularity in
connection with the contest for«the
United States Senatorshlp.
AUTOISTB DOME TO GRIEF.
Machine Turns Turtle Near Gaffney
and Injures Four.
While F. H. Knox, of Spartanburg,
superintendent of the street railway
company; President Smith, of *H»e
Merchant* and Planters Bank; Dr
C. A. Jefferies and W. F. Smith, -of
Gaffney, were on their wlyTo G*f-
ton Shoals, in Mr. W. F. Smith’s
car, the machine went into a ditch,
a mile from Gaffney, and turned tur
tle, which reaulted in painful, though
not aerloua, injuries to all the occn-
pants. Mr. Kcox received the most
painful injury of any of the party,
Mb Shoulder and wrist being badly
-Idl .... si-. J -y- > saris >
As the Great Leader of the People
and a Safe One.—-Say* President
Taft’s Speech on Lincoln Sustain*
Position of the Advocates of Free
Silver in the Ninetie*.
The letter of William J. Bryan,
written from Brazil and read Wed
nesday night before the Democrats
who attended the Jefferson Day ban
quet af New York and those at a
similar function in Indianapolis was
as follows:
“I thank you for the invitation to
the Jefferson Day Banquet. While
I shall not return to the United
States In time to attend, I can Join
with you In spirit the more heartily
because of what I have learned by
visiting other countries. I have seen
everywhere the influence exerted by
his teachings. In the nation in which
I am Just now sojourning I find illus
trations of his idea of conquest. He
contended that we should conquer
the world with our Ideals rather than
with arms, and in this seris^, we are
egecting a conquest of Brazil. Her
constitution is modelled after ours;
she has copied from us the federal
system of government, which united
local control of local affairs with na
tional supremacy; her flag, like ours,
has a star for each state, and her
school system Is being made to con
form more and more to ours. These
victories, too, cement friendship, in
stead of arousing enmity. Hal! to
Jefferson, the world's schoolmaster,
whose views continue their majestic
march around the earth.
“But in our country, as well as
abroad, his principles are triumph
ing. He taught that the art of gov
ernment is the, art of being honest
and each new Investigation proves
the folly of those who refuse to
learn of him.
“He was the foe of monopoly in
every form and his name is the one
which can with most propriety be
Invoked when the trusts are attack
ed and when a contest Is being wag
ed for the application of the prin
ciples of poplar government.
“I am so far away from home that
I am not fully informed as to the
recent events, but have Just read of
one Jeffersonian victory, namely, the
selertlon of an investigating commit
tee by the house Instead of by the
speaker, and. better still, each party
selected Its members of the commit
tee. This establishes an important
precedent, which. If followed, will
make investigations real and effec
tive.
“i notice, also, that we seem like
ly to win a victory against the meat
trust. Monopoly price* at last have
provoked a popular protest and now
that the people are looking for a rem
edy there is hope that they will ac
cept the I>emorratlr party. It is not
unnatural that they should use the
boycott, even if they punish th-<n-
selves while they are Inflicting pun
ishment on their oppressors; but 1
am sure they will, In the end. And
legislation more satisfactory than ab-
stenance from meat and Join the
Democrats in declaring a private
monopoly—not the meat trust only,
but every private monopoly—inde
fensible and intolerable.
“But there is another Item of
news, which has just come to my
attention. President Taft, in his
Lincoln speech at New York, Febru
ary 12, attributed the present high
prices mainly to the Increase in the
production of gold and the conse
quent enlargement of the volume of
money. Thlis uneifpected Indorse
ment. of our party's proposition in
1896, when we demanded more
money as the only remedy for fail
ing price*, is very gratifying. How
valuable that admission would have
been to us if had been made during
the campaign of that year when the
Republican leaders were denying
that the volume of money had any
Influence on prices, and asserting
that it did not matter whether we
had much or little, provided it was
all good.
“We may now consider the quan-
tative theory of money established
beyond dispute and proceed to the
consideration of other questions. But
the president and his predecessor
admitted the correctness of the Dem
ocratic position on so many ques
tions that further argument is hardly
necessary on any subject, we may
now take Judgement against the Re
publican party by confession.
“Please present my compliments
to the Democrats assembled in mem
e*y of the Sage of Montlcello. X
bake for granted that your gathering
will not adjurn without the adoption
of a resolution urging the ratifica
tion by all the States of the income
tax amendment to the federal con-
stltation. «
“The time la ripe for a return to
Jefferson principles and I trust the
representatives of our party will
make a record which will secure us a
majority at the Coming congression
al elections. With that advantage
gained, the Democrat* will have an
opportunity to outline a program,
and with a program In harmony with
Jeffersonian Ideas, the Democt icy
will enter the presidential campaign
with promise of success."
WADE GOOD HAUL
HAPPENINGS IN WASHINGTON BOBBERS GET OFF WITH TEN
THAT WILL BE READ
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
With Interest by the General Header
Who Want* to Keep Ip With the
Current Event*.
A _
Congress has l«een a tame affair
since the complete routing of Speak
er Cannon.and his privileged Rules
Committee, and it is generally pre
dicted that much work will done
in the next six or eight weekae and
that adjournment will be taken a.iout
the first of June. The President lias
outlined much legislation ho would
like to see enacted, but owing to
conditions at the Capitol, he does not
expect it.
The Government printing office,
Jooated In this city, is the larger of
fice of the kind In the world. Prac
tically all government publications
including the Congressional Record,
are printed th^re, and at prescat re
quire a force of nearly 4,500 em
ployees. This great shop is never
without Its details of employers at
work. There are three shifts, of 8
hours each, from 8 a. m. to 4 p m.,
from 4 to 12 night, and from 12 to
8, making the work continuous, in
fact much of the machinery never
stops, except for repairs. The force
Is composed of men skilled in every
detail of the priters trade, aud they
come from all parts of the Un'on.
Besides these employee* of the nleh-
est skill, the machinery is the best
known to the craft. Of all depart
ments of the Government this Im
mense workshop Is more up to date
than any other.
The annual figh( is on in Co ig.es*
respecting the distribution of free
seeds. Every year a large appr :-
prfatlon is made for the purchase
and distribution of seeds, and as
there is much fraud practiced on the
Government in the purchase of
worthless seeds, there are many who
deem It the best policy to discoo-
tlue the work, and If the rural com
mittees do not stand together
against the city, and the east gener
ally, this will be done. The Agri
cultural Department is now raising
some of its seeds, and tests those It
purchases and yet when the seeds
are ready for distribution It Is found
that the bulk does not correspond
with the samples.
Under a recent decision of tne
Court of Claims, a large fund is
now being distributed amon* the
Cherokee Indians and their descend
ants. This fund was created by an
act of Congress to pay these people
for their land and other propc'v
taken from them hy the Govern
ment when it compelled them to give
up their lands and move to aucther
location. There are a large num
ber of these claimants, scattered ai,
over the country, but the greater
number is in Tennessee, the Caro-
linas, Missouri and Arkansas The
distribution is made upon sufficient
proof that the claimant is a descend
ant of the Cherokees in a certain
degree.
The Nafiona’ aHU of Fame, a? It ts
called, is the old House of Repre
sentatives in the Capitol, and Is a
spacious semi-circular room, with
marble columns supporting gallier-
les. and Inlaid floors and highly dec
orated ceilings. The use of this hall
for this purpose was declared by an
Act of Congress, and provided that
each State should be entitled to
place statues of two of its citizens
therein, and many of the states have
taken advantage of this law, and
marble or bronze statutes are fast
filling the vacant spaces. But one
woman is honored by occupying a
prominent space, and that is Francis
E. Willard, the Temperance advo
cate.
From the Vault of a National Bank
In TeniM‘nitre. Which They Blew
- Open.
- Robber* blew Abe vault of the
First National Bank of Spring City,
Tenn., Thursday morning at 1:25
o’clock and escaped with over $10,-
000. Nitro-glyccrlne was used
Hhoodhounds were placed on the
trail, but thus far the aafeblowera
have not been apprehendde. Thurs
day night there was $10,200 In the
vault and the next morning only $30
was found. One of the robbers shot
at S. E. Paul, assistant cashl-r of
the )>ank, as he was enroute to the
institution following the explosions.
Nltro-glycerlne was poured into
the cracks around the safe door.
Five flasks of the explosive were
found In the building Friday morn
ing. The work was evidently that of
inexperienced men. It 1* thought
the party was composed of four. En
trance to the building wag made by
a side door. The first explosion was
heard at 1.25 o'clock. Several per
ron* in the vicinity were aroused
and rushed to the bank. At 1.40 the
robbers were seen leaving the Insti
tution, having looted the safe In 20
minutes.
During the time the thieves were
robbing the bank, one of the party
held up the operator at the Cincin-
nattl railroad station to prevent him
giving alarm of the robbery. The
building, a subetantial brick struc
ture, was badly damaged, the front
end being practically destroyed. The
safe was blown to pieces, one of the
doors being found several feet away.
A search for the robber* was at
once instituted. However, no clue
to their Identity has yet been un
covered.
BITTERLY CRITICISED.
Patterson Justly Roasted for Par
doning Cooper.
Cap*. G. T. Fltzhugh, of Mem
phis, Tenn., assistant counsel for the
prosecution In the Cooper case,
whose speech at the famous trial at
tracted widespread attention, char
acterized the pardon of D. B. Coop
er aa an outrage. Wednesday he
said; “The disgraceful haste display
ed by the Governor In pardoning D.
B. Cooper before the Ink was hardly
dry on the Supreme Court opinion
convicted him of murder, ahocka ev
ery sense of decency.
“Sjyorn to execute the laws as
construed by the highest Court, the
Governor, without even a petition
from any one, tramples law under
foot and sets aside the Court's de
cision for the benefit of a cold blood
ed murderer, whose Influence with
the Governor Is. and has been, far
more potent than the Interests and
safety of the people of this great
Commonwealth."
SCAFFOLD BREAKS.
ELEVEN MEN BURIED
By Premature Explosion Under Ions
of Rock.
By a premature explosion in the
stone quarries of the Ng^.eth Port
land Cement Company at Eastern,
Pa., Thursday eleven men were bur
ied under five thousand tons of rock
and killed. The victims are Hun
garians and Italians. The quany
force was preparing to set off a
blast in four holes and had filled
the holes with hundreds of pounds
of dynamite. When the charges ex
ploded men w r ere scattered in all
directions. The entire side of the
mountain of rock was torn loose.
TRAP
Six Fireaca Band to Death Fifhttof
Rreto At C*BBty Jiil.
OTHERS BADLY BURNED
Explosion Of a GasoTTne Tank
a Back Draft and Slams
the Brave Fire Fighters a Big Iron
Door leaving Them at the Merc/
—i—’Ji
of the Flames.
Trapped by metal doors and barr
ed windows, six firemen were caught
by a back draft and burned to death.,
during the partial destruction of the
New Haven, Conn., county Jail Thurs
day. Three of their comrades vrers -
saved through the heroism of other
firemen. The bodies of the six men
were found late Friday after tha
debris cooled. Many other firemen
were fearfully burned bat remained
at. work.
Blx men from truck No. 1 were
fighting their way through the cell
room of the jail Into the workshop,
when an explosion of a gasoline tank
caused a back draft and slamed be
hind them th* Iron door* PQperayng;
the two building*.
Three of the men were hemmgd
In a corner and burned to death while
'he other three made their way to n
barred window to which they clung
with streams of water playing on
them from the outside. Soon after
reaching the window the roof fell
It and ladders were put up from the
outalde and down the inalde and the
men taken out. The other dead
firemen were caught in the aame
back draft as they were working at
the other end of the building and
were carried down by the roof whea
It fell.
The Are wa* discovered by a prl»-
oner and the 175 men in the work*
shop were *ent to fhelr cell*. When
it was seen that there was danger
of the fire spreading to the mall
building the 246 male and 42 fe
male Inmates were taken to th* po
lice stations and the foot guard ar
mory. The next night the prisoner*
were returned to the jail.
The buildings destroyed were th*
two workshop* and several adjoining
sheds and two dwelling honaee.
The Are Is thought to have been
caused by crossed electric wire*. Th*
loss of the New England Chair com
pany for whom the prlaonera do con
tract work, is estimated at $115,-
000, fully Insure^ and the loos on
the buildings of the jail la $15,(Hit
with full insurance.
HIT COMING AND GOING.
Costa Rica Quakes.
Senor Calvo, minister to the Unit
ed States from Costa Rica, received
a cablegram Friday from San Jose
stating that an earthquake shock had
been felt in all parts of the repub
lic Thursday. Slight damage was re
ported from various sections but
there were no fatalities.
And Painter Falls Four Hlorles to
the Ground.
At Marlon,.N. C., Dan Trinks, of
Atlanta, a painter employed by the
New Marlon Hotel Company, Thurs
day afternoon fell four stories to
what may prove his death. Th*»
man was at work painting on the
fourth floor when the scapold broke
Medical assistance was immediately
summoned, but the local physician
thought It advisable to send him to
Asheville where an operation may
save bis life. Trtnks was tn Itilte
pain when he left town. Several
months ago the middle wall -of the
hotel collapsed and five workmen
were seriously Injured, though no
deaths occurred.
GALLERY FALLS.
Six Persons are Seriously Hurt in
the Accident.
At New Orleans six persons were
injured, one fatally, when the gal
lery of a building at Canal and South
Rampart streets collapsed Thursday,
precipitating a dozen or more per
sons Into the street.
Loosened bricks from the build
ing fell on top of the wrecked gal
lery and an unidentified boy about
14 year of age was crushed so badly
that he was found to be tn a dying
condition when tak p n to the hos
pital. The~?nher five, all residents
of New Orleans, were not seriously
Injured.
Tossed hy Engine Against Another
(ilolng Different Way.
A peculiar accident Wednesday,
during which Frank Collins, 32 years
old. was converted literally Into g
human shuttlecock, probably will
cost him his life. Collins wss walk
ing along the Louisville A Nashville
tracks In Louisville, Ky., when he
was struck by a southbound freight
train and tossed against the pilot
of a northbound engine, which hurl
ed him 20 feet from the roadway.
He was picked up unconscious and
taken to a hospital, where Friday
morning it was said he could not
live.
HAYED WOMAN FROM HY1CIDE.
Engineer on Train Sees Her With
Stone About Waist.
C. L. Carey, an engineer on a
switch engine of the Kansas City
Southern railway, saved Mrs. Daisy
Mason, of Kansas City. Kansas, frost
suicide early Thursday. As Carey’s
engine was passing a barge at the
foot of Delaware street he tooked
out of the cab window and saw a
woman standing on the barge with
a stone tied a!>out her waist. Carey
stopped his engine, sprang from the
cab and ran to the woman, seizing
her just as she was about to leap
Into the Missouri river.
HEEKH WHITE FIEND.
Attempts Murder.
A sensation was caused in the pal
ace of the justice of Paris Thursday
when an anarchist, tn revenge, fired
four shots at M.’ Flory, the profes
sor of the court, which fpund.the
man quilty a year ago. Florey was
not hit and the anarchist was ar
rested.
Knocked Judge Down.
IHot words used by Chief J. T.
Jensen of the Atlanta city sanitary
department In objecting to. a decision
rendered by Judge Nash Broyles tn
police court precipitated a fist fight
between the two officials. In melee
both exchanged blows and Broyles
fell to the floor. On resuming the
bench h^ordered the sanitary chief
escorted from the room by police
men. . •
Fatal Blow.
At Darlington Pat Hudson and
Murdock Outlaw, two young white
men, beame Involved In a difficulty
Wednesday night, during which Hud-
eon struck Outlaw on the back of
Ala head, inflicting what la probably
a fatal wound. . ^ /
Looking for Brute.
Constable J. W. Adams, of Mill-
port. Ala., and a posse of cUUena of
that town, were In Columbus Thurs
day searching for Alfred Barnett,
wanted for an alleged assault the
evening before on > tha little 7-year-
old daughter of I. J. Dotoon. a proe-
peroua planter Bring near Millport.
From Alabama Who Is Wanted for
Assaulting a Girl.
Constable W. J. McAduma, of Mill-
port, Ala., and a pfr^gf. citizens of
that town, were in Colufmtuz search
ing for Alfred Barnett, wanted ter an
alleged assault on the little 7-year-
old daughter of E. 0. Doteon, a
prosperous planter living near Mill-
port. The assault took place in a
barn on the Dotson plantation while
Doteon was absent from home. Bar
nett. who is about 33’ years old. has
a wife and two children. .Ha fonP“_:
erly lived In Columbus and ia be
lieved to have gone there.
Seined by tohnak.- —
Letters received from Chris to b*T.
Panama, fetate that on March XI,
Samuel Barnes, a marine OB the
cruiser Tacoma. fnH' oweefruori oad
was carried under by a mammoth
•hark. The body waa not recovered.
Mystery surrounds the death of
two sons of Philip Bodali, a weal’
Italian of WUklnabarg.
dead In bed Thursday, the vtottma i
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