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MEETS DEATH IMer Suptcitis Circinstaaces Near Caiuikia n Tkirs4aj COMMIH8IONKK WATSON OFFER. El) HIOREIt POSITION. WAS DROWNED IN POOL Jfr*. Bookter RaitlH is the Name of the 8tippose<l Vk-tiin and Her Hus band and a Man Named Lewis Neeley Has Been Arrested Charg ed With Murdering the Woman The State says Mrs. Bookter Mar tin, better known as Cleo Starnes, was drowned Thursday afternoon between two and three o’clock, in Hampton's pond, a few miles south east of Columbia. The suspicious circumstances surrounding her death led to the arrest of Bookter Martin, her husband, and Lewis Neeley, both present at the time, who are held pending the coroner's Inquest will take place Sunday afternoon at three o’clock. Constable J. D. Dunnaway, who arrived at the poird, placed Neelev and Martin under arrest. Mabel Blackburn, the fourth member of the party who lives in the disorderly hsuse run by Dallas Starnes, was net arrested. The two men are said to have been drinking heavily and still were under the influence of whiskey when arrested. Besides Neeley, Martin an 1 the Blackburn woman, a few small boys were the only eye witnesses of the tragedy. One of the boys said that one of the men had Mrs. Bartin on his back out in the water. In some way, which the little fellow could not explain, she fell off and was drowned. It is alleged that the men had previously threatened to drow i one of the boys. Mrs. Bookter Martin, the dead wo man, is said to have led a very checikered career previous to her marriage to Martin, who lives eigh teen miles out on the Camden roed The two did not s'ay togethe- long after they were married. Lew's Neeley, now being held on suspicion, was recently arrested and released from the county jail, where h? was held pending the Investigation of the disappearance of Morgan Rmoak, a lb-year-old boy of Waverley, wn > has not been heard from June 8th, when he left his home with Neeley and another man, Arthur Loveu TO RESORT TO OOURTH. Picture Syndicate Says They Will Protect Their Interests. That the moving picture syndi- oate, owning the Jeffries-Johnson fight films, will resort to the Cour k of the several States to detem.lne their right to produce the pictures, was Indicated at Philadelphia Thurs day, when one of the best known moving picture meu in the '•ountry, who has a big interest in the s>n dlcate, said that the agitation ogatrr’ the displaying of the pictures wju d be fought. He said that too much tncmey had [been invested by the synd^Jcate. which represents woIvm dlf^jetu interests, to stand by an.. see’^J^ght pictures prohibited with out making a contest to determine the right of city authorities to stop the display. The pictures, It was further announced would be placed on public view in New York, Boston, Philadelphia. Chicago and sev.erai other cities on July 18. NKVKKE STORMS. Lives Are lyost and Damage Wrought in Minnesota. ■Western Minnesota and easteru South Dakota were visited Tuesday evening by severe wind and electri cal storms, which may .have caused .loss of life and great damage to cit ies and farming communities. The storm seems to have followed a well defined path west of Madison. Wires are down west of this point. Re ports indicate that one or more tor nadoes have swept through the storm area and a report from Wa tertown says a circus tent was blown down and the stage destroyed by fire. One man was killed and sev eral Injured. INCUMBENT LOSES OUT. Faison Nominated for Congress in Third N. O. District. Dr. John M. Faison,, of Warsaw, Dublin county, N. C., was Wednes day nominated for Congress by the Democratic Convention of the 3d N. C. district. The Convention, which^ y wgs tmtt at Goldsboro, began Tues* day, Hi* nomination being made on the lilpi ballot, affer an all night sestlohv There were five candidates In the race, one®of tbenT'being the present Congressman, Charles E. Thomas, of'Newbern. Dr. Faison is about sixty years old, and Is a prac ticing pysician. While active in pol itics, be has never held office. Selected Without Knowledge of So* licitation by National Government to Fill Newly Created Position. A special dispatch from Wrights- vttte. N. C.; to The State say* K. J. Watson Wednesday made the fol lowing statement in answer to a question as to an offer of a federal appointment: y "I really do not care to say any thing about it, but I always try to be frank, and since you ask the dir- rect question, I will tell you that it is true that on Monday last, by one of bhe cabinet officers, without any soliciting on my part, or even an intimation of the possibil ity of such a thing until I re ceived a wire from Washington, 1 was tendered one of the most at tractive positions in the gift of the national government at a salary larger than the assistant secretary of any of the departments, larger than any of the governors of the States, save Tennessee and in effect better perhaps than that of United States senators.’* Asked as to the position itself, Commissioner Watson said: "I do not feel at liberty to state that exactly. However, the duties would be In the nature of those of a special representative of the Wash ington government and of a purely constructive and non-political car- acter, being in execution of a re- cpn.4ly developed determination in the part of the government to push with especial vigor American trade and commerce into the furtherest sections of the world. The duties would be in line with those to which I have devoted my every energy in South Carolina, but with the world for a field, and would carry the man discharging them first for some years to the Orient—China, Japan and Mongolia—and then to South Africa and other countries. The du ties of the position w'ould be such too, as to enable one to accomplish much for the texile industry of the South as well of the country at large and perhaps to do a great deal on ail matters pertaining to cotton, which great American agricultural iProdifet would receive, under the policy adopted, most particular at tention. The fullest exploitation of American manufactured products in world’s regions wherein they are now unknown would be a leading line of duty." Asked still further about the of fer. Mr. Watson said: “I was totally in the dark that was even being thought of, and had no Intimation until a felasm-.^ came to me last week, w-hHe' 1 ! 0 was attending “4 farmers' union meeting nhd 1 went to Washington, where l found that Representatives Burle son of Texas and Lever of this State had suggested my name In connec tion with the position when inquir ies were being made about congress vs to a man equipped for the ser vice desired. After the cabinet meeting on Monday, last, after a very brief interview with me, the cabi net officially tendered the c.omMl#- sion to mo without regard to^in- dorsements or any thing else, and was readly to make the appointment t.hen and there. I was allowed a reasonable time to consider the mat ter, at my request, owing to its far-reaching effect upon my own fu ture and upon the work which L have been devoting my every energy n my home State." "What are you going to do about t?" was asked. Mr. Watson said. "That I can not vet tell. The offer, coming in this 'orm and being an offer of a posi tion of grave responsibilities free from the influence of politics, and >eing of the same constructive char acter as work in which I have been engaged, is extremely altering, and the salary makes it alluring. On the other hand my whole soul is '• rapped up in the work of my ow-n State. This work is developing at an astonishing rate, and I am nor seeking the fruits of untiring labor on every side. The work I have wanted to do in South Carolina is not yet done, but it Is on the high, rising tide, and 1 should hate to, abandon it. But I am a poor man and the State pays scarcely a living under present conditions, but then and there are many things to be taken into consideration, and I am giving them the most careful con- eideration of my life. As yet I honestly don’t know what I will do.’* It is learned that the salary con- sHerably exceeds $5,000 a year with ail expenses In addition. BAND PLAY8 WHILE THE BOAT 18 BURNING. Look Like a Repetition of Slocum Excursion. — Thousands Watched Blaalng Vessel. The old wdoden three-decker, Grand Republic, slater ship of the ili-fated excursion steamer, Gen. Slocum, caught Are Wednesday af ternoon while passing through the narrows in New York harbor, on her way to that city from Far Rock- away, and hurried full steam ahead her whistle blowiiu; a continuous succession of short, nervous blasts and a plume of smoke trailing be hind her, for the Cresent Athletic Club pier on the Brooklyn shores Her 245 passengers were all land ed safely and the fire extinguished with $2,500 damage, but there was no little alarm in the city and on the harbor until the full detaila were known. Everybody remembered how a lit tle more than six years ago, the Slocum, caught fire in the East riv er, when crowded with 1,600 pleas ure seekers, mostly women and chil dren, and was burned to the waters edge with 938 drowned, crushed, or baked alive. Wednesday, as then, the Are start ed, nobody knows how, in the gal ley just abaft the starboard paddle wheel and spread quickly through the wooden superstructure. There was no panic. The women were bad ly frightened, but the crew had no trouble in keeping them in band, and the children were so pleased with the music of the band, that they kept playing through the dash for shore, that they never knew their danger. The calls for aid from the Grand Republic brought Are boats, tugs, steamers and a Brooklyn Are engine to the pier and the passengers were quickly put on shore and the fire extinguished. Thousands of peopl-; had gathered along the shores to watch the blaz ing vessel. Capt. Carmen, when the fire was discovered, directed the en gineer, who was sticking to his post, in a smoke-filled engine room, to keep up as much steam as possible and put on full speed. Capt. Carmen and Purser John Mr Conaghey. by prompt attention, quelled what seemed for a few min utes would develop Into a panic. Men and women began to scream for help, but as the shores, at the point where the .fire was discovered were close by, the fears of the passengers were quieted. Life preserves were handed out to the people as fast as they could be taken from the racks, and for a time it Itifclied as If many of those wno had Rfe preserver* would jump over board. Children were 'ost In th« general excitement, but were rdaloi- ed to their parents after the vessel had docked. Capt. Carmen ordered the band to play until told to stop. The work of getting the people off the boat was done quickly and with out mishap. J«firiefcMasM Fit hi Retires Barred Frsa Muy Cities ALL OYER THE NATION Movement Started at Boston by the The official report of Internatl-mai Revenue Commissioner Royal E. Ca- Ctiristian Endeavor Society an I hell will contain many surprises when R Rapidly Spread All Over the United States and Other Countries on Both Sides of Ocean. ^ Had Neddie In Heart, p t LandgraC W. Va., ‘.Mlrand* Wa'-ks died suddenly and h^r hus- h" ^ ,* was arrested on suspicion of ' i iff caused her death. An au- jto.sr revealed a cambric needle pierc'ng the woman’s heart. There was no scar on the body to ahow that the needle had punctured the skin and the man waa released. WILL USE HIS INFLUENCE. Governor Anf>d to Itorommend Sup pression of Pictures. Governor Afisei has agreed to us.' his Inuueuce to prohibit Die exhi bition of moving pictures of the Jef fries-Johnson fight. He has address ed the following telegram to Wil liam 8. Shaw, the general secretary of the United Society of Chriatian Endeavor. “Your wire receive' 1 . Yes, I will join the other Governors iu recommending piohibition of moving pictures of Jeffries-Johnson fight. ' The following telegram had been received by Governor Ansel from Mr. Shaw: "Race riots and murders in many places Collowed the an nouncement of Johnson's victory n prize fight. These results will be multiplied many fold by moving pic ture exhibitions. Will you join the Governors in recommending the pro hibition of the demoralizing shows on some of our young people?” AN AWFUL DEED. Baby Found Uninjured. 1 A aeven-.montha-old child, was fqt-nd In • corn field adjoining the Detective Fatally Injured. City Detective W. M. CoUlM of Aiiguata, Ga.. waa fatally Injured in a rwneway Tueaday afternoon. Mr. •erne pf the Big Four wreck at CoUina waa In a buggy with Police- MMdletown, Ohio, Thursday morn- man A. J. Matthewa and another * ing. The ehlM had been there ainoe. man. The horse bolted, the buggy It is believed, U was hurled there! was overturned and Hr. Collins Woman Drowns Child to Thwart ■ ¥* Kidnappers. Crazed by the fear that her glx- year-oid daughter would be kidnap ped, Mrs. W. L. Duxton, wife of a well to do ranchman, living 11 miles from Cortex, Colo., drowned the child in a wa&htub to save it from what her unbalanced mind consid ered & worse fate. Mrs. Luxton was found Wednesday night by Sheriff Gawath on the door atep of the aher- ilTs home at Durango. She told tn an incoherent story of a conspiracy to kidnap her daughter and declared she had thwarted the plotters by holding the child's head in a tub of e'ater until it was dead. The officials of the Chriatian En deavor Society were much pleased over the result of their movement, started at Boston Tuesday agam.-t the exhibition of the pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson fight. Urgent tele grams have been sent to all the branch societies throughout the world to continue the agitation. Fort Worth, Texas. July 6.— response to the request of Mayor Davis, the city commiasion has pass ed an ordinance prohibiting the ex hibition of pictures of the Johnson and Jeffries fight in this city. Harrisburg, Pa., July 6.—Mayor E. 8. Meals today issued an order prohibiting the showing of the Reao prize fight pictures in this city. The mayor said that Harrisburg has many colored people and that he could not take auy chances ot dis turbances. Louisville, Ky., July 6.—Mayor William O. Head announced today that the exhibition of the Jeffries- Johnson moving fight pictures would be prohibited in Louisville. The mayor says he tears race riots. Portland, Me., July 6.—The exhi bition of prize fight pictures in Maine photographic or other reproduction Legislature in 1897. The law reads: "Whoever publicly exhibits any photographic orot her reproductlvn of a prize fight shall be pushed 0" a fine not exseeding $500." Mobile, Ala., July 6.^—-Mayor Ly ons today instructed Chief of Police Giblin to Inform all moving picture show operators in Mobile that they would not be permitted to preseoi pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson fight. Efforts to show the p'etures will lie followed by summary closing of the houses. New- Orleans. July 6.—Mayor Bei- nvan today Issued an order to the chief of police to arrest the proprie tor of any theatre attempting lo show the moving pictures of the Jeffiiee- Johnson fight and directing that the licenses of any such theatres shall be cancelled. Lexington, Ky., .July 6.—Police Judge Southgate today issued a sign ed statement, declaring that mov ing pictures cf the Jeffries-Johnson fight will not he exhibited here. 'Washington, July 6.—Moving pic tures of the Jeffries-Johnson fight cannot be shown in this city, nor elsewhere in the District of Colum bia. This was the decision of the district commissioners today. Little' Rock, Ark., July 6.—Mayor Duly today issued a proclamation declaring against the exhibition of pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson fight in moving picture shows here. He opposes it on the ground that it will stir up race prejudice and cause trouble among the races that would not otherwise occur. Milwaukee. July 6.—The exhibi tion of the Jeffries-Johnson fight will not be permitted in Milwaukee. Little Rock. Ark., July 6.—-Gov ernor Donaghey declared today that he would prevent the exhibition moving pictures of the Jeffries- lohnvon ftsht anywhere in Arkan sas. If It is in his power to do so RlcTrinond, Vs., July 6.—Governor Mann today stated that he will re quest officials of every city and town In Virginia to prohibit the showing of the Jeffries-Johnson fight pic tures. Boston, Mass., July 6.—Mayor Fitzgerald stated positively this af ternoon that he would not allow the Jeffries-Johnson fight pictures to be shown in Boston. Charlotte, N. C., July 6.—Mayor Hawkins stated to-day that moving pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson fight will not be allowed to show in Charlotte. Richmond. Va., July 6.—Mayor Richardson and Chief of Police Werne emphatically declared that they will use every means to prevent the pictures being shown here, and will invoke aid of the board of Ponce- commissioners. Spartanburg. July 6. —"Person ally I am emphatically opposed to allowing the Reno fight pictures to be shown in Spartanburg. I will prevent it if my authority permits, ’ declared Mayor J. fl. Lee to-day. Columbia. S. C., July 6.—At a special meeting at noon te-4ay, the ' Columbia City commission passed a resolution forbidding the production in this city of the Jeffries-Johnson Fights Follow Attempt* to Wipe Out the Traffic, Owe Officer Killed and Five Are Wounded. it Is offered for publication. While exact figures are not available, it is estimated that 2.000 Illicit stills were raided and seized during the ps't year, while the figures for the ye*.- ending June 30. 1909. showed l.MO succeaful raids . The commissioner declares that prohibitory legislation In the Southern states and the short age of corn and consequent raise In the price of legitimate corn whisk y to $2.60 a gallon, caused the moon shine business boom and prosper! y. The price of moonshine whiskey in Virginia is quoted at $1.25 and purchasers and consumers say it is superior stuff. One revenue officer was killed and five were wounded during the last 90 days. Kentucky popularly supposed to be the moon shiners paradise, is not included in the moonshine belt, although some Illicit distilling goes on in that state. Deputy Collector Anderson lost his life by being ambushed. He anj one of his deputies were shot down witho a chance for their lives in a fair fight. The deputy was wound ed, but (scaped. Three moonshiners were captured and received sentences of twenty to thirty years. Collector Dunlap, of the Eastern district of Tennessee, risked his life within two weeks after he had received his com mission. It is seldom that revenue collectors take part in a raid but Dunlap had formerly been the Uait- ed States marshal for that d'lUrlct. and when he located a still, through his agents, he organized afaid an J headed it himself. vV u. The party charged the atiji in' tVe face of a broadside from tfie mood- shiners. Dunlap sustalMd a.minor wound hut did not fallj Wfinr the moonshiners saw thstr-l were not to be stopped ed their surrender, and al>out to handcuff the leader when the man drew a weapon and star f o'; to ligh; again Dunlap clinch*-1 «i:h him in a rough and tumble struggle. In which they rolled down the moun tain side. Dunlap was severely in jured in addition to the gunehoi wound he had sustained, but he got his man. There were six persons at that still, four men and two women. One of the most spectacular en counters which the Federal officers have had with moonshiners in recent years was the raid headed by Agent Sams In North Carolina three weeks ago. A pitched battle took place, In which over 4fM) shots were ex changed, but no one was seriously Injured, and the moonshiners surren dered after a long Beige. Moonshin ers realize that arrest and convic tion pv*a«\ long terms of imprison ment. Consequently they rarely sub mit to arrest without * fight and shoot to kill. Many of them feel that they are justified In killing the officers. Local sentiment is Invar iably with the moonshiners. Still 10,010 stills were captured during the last eight years. (i *the otP.co.s i. tto* signcl- d I was Frank A. Reynold* Disappears In • Gave-ln of the Earth and U 8wep< Into River. „ 'While talking to William Okaea, a fellow employe, Frank A. Rey nolds, an oiler fa too Big Four yards, suddenly disappeared in a cave-in of earth snd despite efforts of railroad employea, two companies of the fire department and the life saving crew, was carried into the Ohio and drowned. Reynolds and Oakes, the fr Tl with his oil can in hand, wnm ing in the yards at Preston sr f when the cave-ln occured. L* was precipitated into one >f large sewers that empties in the Ohio, scarcely two blocks away. Oakes., who narrowly escaped, ran quickly and gave the alarm, return ing in a short time with a long piece of hose. This he threw Into the sewer, and although he could not see Reynolds, a vigorous tugging on the hose not ified the reacurera that the man waa still alive. The men above the ground were preparing for a hearty pull, when there was a further cave- ln followed by muffled cry from Rey nolds. A detachment of the fire de partment arrived on the scene, but •he continued falling of the ground made any attempt to rescue hazard ous. The life saving crew made a rush trip up stream from Fourth street, and after watching the sewer pour its muddy volume for a few minutes, detected a stream of oil, showing that the man's oil can waa empty ing. Despite the crumbling of the earth, which increased the opening to 20 feet In width, the fire depart ment and a large party continued teelr efforts and were rewarded about noon by finding the dead body of the other. It was taken out at the cave-in. Many trains of the Big Four snd Chesapeake and Ohio pass over the sever dally and a freight had Just passed, whea Reynolds sank to death. TOOK CARBOLIC - - - * -V lu Letters She Wrote 8he Gave a Reason for Her tality of Her Hi ed Revolver from Her Alleged Proteetios. lh npilaaw, ! h"l< the] condfuctc ■■ Chicago on Friday Mrs. Henry STABS HIS WIFE. White Man in August* Kills Her With Sharp Razor. Tom Desmuke, a white man, who lives out on the Savannah road, sev eral miles from Augusta, Ga., cut the brachial artery in the left arm of his wife last night with a razor and ahe bled to death shortly after wards. Desmuke waa arrested af ter the crime by a county officer and did not offer any resistance. The crime was a horrible one and there seems to be no motivb for it. Des muke was drunk at the time. Whsfn the officer went to Des- muke's house to arrest him, ' Des muke met him at the door, attired in only one garment, a top shirt, which was stained with blood. The only witness to the crime was Des- mukes little daughter. She saM her mother was sitting In the back door when her father suddenly rush ed up to her and stabbed her with a razor* « Woman Poisoned Husband, Mrs. C. E. Dunn, who was placed in the pariah jail at Tallulah, La., Wednesday, Is the first white wo man ever imprisoned tn that parish. She Is charged Jointly with Dr. T. W. Loper, an optician, of adminis tering poiaon to her husband vrlth intent to murder. She was arrest ed in Alabama while visiting rela tives T by the colUMoa. iiEL »• j throw* violently against a tree. Ttyree Thieves Injured. While Col. H. P. Bope, vice pres ident of the Carnegie Steel company, was attending a baaeball game in Forbes field, Pittsburg, three auto mobile thieves stole his touring car. They were getting away until they collided with • smokestack in a street and the car turned turtle. John -Miller apd A. G. Luca*, will die and Charela Haya is aenously result of the attempt- « r - _ >D#rr. prize fight pictures. Savannah, Ga.. July 6.—Mayor George W. Tledeman stated to-day that under no circumstances would he permit the showing of the Jeff- riet-Jehnson prixe fight pictures in Savannah. The Savannah people, both white and colored hgve shown very little feeling over the result of the fight, and the mayor does not propose to permit au appeal to race prajudice through tha preaentation of the pic tures of tha battla. Atlanta, Oa.. July «—*y practi cally unamftnoos vote the Atlanta city council to-day paased an ordin ance prohibiting the production here of moving pictures of prize fights, the penalty for violation being $o(>0 fine, thirty days’ imprisonment and the forfeiture of tbe offending thea tre’s license. Capetown, July 6.— There Is a widespread ^demand here (or the prohibition in South Africa of the Bioscope pictures of the Jeffries- Johnson fight, owing to ttaetr effect oh the natives. Sign* already are evident among them of excitement 00 account of the victory of the a#- . "~y~ u r~ '* fro. RURAL UAKRIKK8 MEET. They Had » Rig Time at the Mate Uoaventkm. With the election of officers, au address by Fourth Assistant Post master General DeGraw. an address by Congressman Finley, a good roads discussion, under the auspices 6t the Columbia Record’s good roads tourists, nad the transaction of rout ine business, the Btate Rural Letter Carriers’ Association of South Caro lina held a busy session Tueada) morning, reaching final ajouraaaeat shortly after one o'clock thsd after noon, with the siuglug of "God Be With You Till We Meet Again.’’ The session has been one of pleasure and profit, and has been by far the heat in the history of the Association, from *te point of *D*o4*u»> and from point of Interest and antfiua 1 * issm shown in the organization. Tbe visitors were made to feel at home In Newberry, and they have gone to their homes ethusiaatlc Id praise of Newberry's hospitality. . Florence waa selected aa tbe next meeting place. President Thus. E. Wicker, Secretary Paul K. Crosby and Treasury Arthur W. Hill were unanimously reelected. Mr. E. W. Cromer was unanimously elected vice president. As delegates to the next annual convention of tne national associa tion, which meets at Little Rock in September, tbe convention elected Mias Florence E. Livingston, Mess rs. Paul K. Crosby, Stanley A. Burch and F. C. DeVoe, Mias Livingston "headed the ticket.” goaded to desperation bp alleged brutality sad uafaithful- ^ her husband, a atroot cart: ' conductor, shot sad fatally wouaded tha latter sad their three-year-old daughter, and then killed bersolf by taking carbolic acid. Mrs, J|«lsaw borrowed a revolver from bar fath er alleging that tho-needed H for protection when her husband work ed at night. Than she wrote letters to her parents, her mother-in-law apd to the public. In these aha declared that aha hag been a good and faithfni wrtfa, bat that Mulaaw spent his spars time with other womep and of tan bet her. Mulaaw Is alleged to have jbean - \ with another woman until 4 o’clock Thursday morning, when he return ed to his horn#. According to the police he began abusing bis wife, ° seizing her by tbe hair sad kicking ’ her. 8he then drew tha revolver and ahot-bim in tha abdomen. He fell to the floor and aha sent another bullet Into hie back. She went to her bedroom and fired a ballet into the body of her little daughter. Satisfied that both were dead aha completed the traged by takiag poia on That ahe klsaed her child after taking the poiaon Hu shown by tha marks on the child’s face. ‘ ' la * : JP DARING DEED HAVES PLANT. Oil True! Employee Braves Horrible Death to Shat Valve. While firemen poured powerful streams of water upon him. W. A. Weaver, •uperiateadeat of the At* * Untie Refining giant. Pittsburg, Pa., dashed daringly through flame aai smoke early Thursday and shut a valve which prevented fire spreading from a burning still of booslno to great tanka of oil nearby. In th# C vicinity over 30,000 barrels of pe- trotenm in various stages of moat were stored. Two thousand per sona called from their beds by the peril, cheered the superintendent aa he came scorched from the still. What weald likely have a catittropne idaa several years ago whea SO# people were seriously iajorod lh * gasoline explosion was prevented and the Iota confined to the benzine •UU. -o- si Blind Runaway Horn repast* into Hysterics. A blind horse, frightened by the explosion of a cannon, at Vincennes. Tnd.. early Wednesday, ran sway* threw Its driver. Wayne Bunting, out of the buggy, faulty injuring him, plunged through a window at the home of Mrs. Anna Drugger aad f fell on a bed, where Mrs. Dugger and her daughter were seriously bruised gad both warp shocked tot* hysteria before the men of neighborhood attracted by the c and tbe screams of the could drag tbe frantic horse the house. .-•*w mWM jiv, **» ... ijss! NEGRO BURIED ALIVE. WENT OVER VERGE. Smothered in Pile of Dirt aa He Lay Asleep. Smothered by a pile of dirt aa •he lay asleep in the bottom of a construction car, was the fate of 13- year-old McKinley Myers, a negro boy. who was employed to carry wa ter to one of the laborers’ camps. The trainman were of eonrse not aware of hia presence in the ear, the hqy having crawled into the oar and fallen asleep while off daty~»nd a huge pile of dirt was thrown la upon him. It was not nntil the car •had made Its run, a disUnce of about two miles, to the fill-in of tbe Belem viaduct and the dirt waa dumped into tbe fill that the dead body waa discovered. ••* Automobile Plunged fro to Check. , . Aa a result of an auto from a bridge Into Sau Pedro 15 feet below, at Sen Antonio. Wednesday, one person is dead and four injured, two probably fotelty. The machine turned turtle as it fo$t into the water. The deed ore: Mies Dot Miller, buried under the wreck; body Bad to be chopped out with an axe. Probably fatally injured: Dorothy Miller and Ettte Leherir ^^ ' Fred Burns and Jim Johnson. “ latter tha chauffeur, were injured. - M • _ Thfevee Loot diurch. The Second Baptist church In Suf- field. Conn., was entered by^thievea last week, who stole a solid silver communion set. as well as a pewter service used in Revolutionary days. The latter waa very valuable. The pipe organ and piano wars damaged low Us bed beyong repair. Nothing la known as to of the accident. He and about two o’clock neat fc-TYiv- .5 Jv'v V, V V'i jki - -j • «• V i" m -4§te; '•via Carry Out Huiride Poet. Supposedly the result of a sui cide pact tha bodlss of N. A. Gam- mill and Mrs. Beulah Marsh were found Sunday in a boarding 1 conducted by the man's mothot. Mrs: Marsh wga a widow and we* hava been married to OkmaglU ig stent** , - ~ - - Killed by FaH. Tha body of J. W. Wedueadaji aight of a fan from IheJ of Ms boardtl was taken to MSefcoi. ■ * % a policeman lying on the fid f 1 window. Courtesy. WhUs driving in his on the rood near Ointar Lewis D. Lotus, a wealthy to a ill automobilo Henry Jones firow a and j