The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 07, 1905, Image 2
Old Mizzkook's Stratagem
Bj HESMAN CAILAND.
M^^hbjX maps of British North
Is) America, such as were Is0|
sued ten years a?o. one will
L_ find an extensive region
[Bjj [?}] about the head waters of
the Peace River, across
which is printed the word, "Unexplored."
It is a tract as large as the State of
Maiue, walled round to the south by
that transverse range of the Rockies
ir. which the Fraser River,rises; and
the scene of this narrative is the valley
of a small tributary now known
as 31 cDougal's Creek.
Along the creek for a distance of several
miles there are grassy plats of
alluvial meadows of such fertility and
such sylvan be: uty that in the summer
of 1S04 one Kcscce McDougal was
tempted to settle here, having it in
mind to keep cattle and sheep. Lofty
crags sheltered ihe valley 011 the west
side; and against the almost perpendicular
face of one of these McDougal
constructed a comfortable shack of
pine logs and "splits," and adjoining it
built a log shed for the three cows,
which one by one he led up here from
the nearest human habitation, fifty
miles lower down the river.
To this remote spot, during the summer
of I8D0, he brought liis wife and
two little boys, Donald and James,
aged ten and eight. Potatoes and turnips
are said to have grown well here,
and McDougal might perhaps have
made a home for himself and fajnily
and done well. But he seems to have
lacked the patience to work and wait;
and during the season of 1807, having
heard glowing accounts of the gold
found in the Klondike region, he grew
disocntented, and left his family. He
cannot be said to have deserted them,
for he left them a good stock of flour in
sacks, and other supplies; the cows,
too, afforded milk and butter in abundance.
Yet it was little less than foolhardy
to leave a woman and two boys
at such a distance from human aid and
companionship. They appear, however,
to have passed the following winter
without accident or trouble, but in
all that time did not see a human being,
except an Indian squaw, who came
occasionally to beg.
But in April calamity fell ?on them.
Mrs. McDougal suffered a serious injury
while attempting to lead one of
t?, the cows. Inflammation ensued, from
\ whicn she died on the fourth night
after, without medical aid, and attended
only by the boys and the squaw,
who chanced to come to them. The
grief and terror of the poor lads knew
no bounds.
The squaw, a saturnine, hideous old
creature, took up her abode with them.
Perhaps the dying mother had asked
her to do so. She cooked their food
. after a maimer, but was very wasteful
and dirty. At times, however, she
.went off to snare ptarmigan and hares,
and once fetched home a beaver, the
tail of which she cooked with curious
ceremonies and devoured with much
gusto. Her name was Mizzkook?at
least, that was what little Jimmy and
Donald called her. Sometimes she slept
over a day or two and would not get
up to prepare food. When she lUd
cooked, she gorged herself, then slept
again. The lads learned to make a
Kind of flour pone for themselves,
which they ate in milk, during these
long periods of slumber.
After this fashion they lived through
the summer, the bays hoping every
day that their father would come
back. Donald got out the scythe and
put up a little hay in the meadow.
They also planted a patch of potatoes.
Their cows now gave but little milk;
but as the season advanced they gathered
berries.
Neither Indians nor wild beasts had
troubled them thus far, in summer or
winter; but one day in September of
that autumn they heard their three
cows and their calves bawiing in a
frightful manner at a distance up the
meadow, and on running to learn the
cause of the commotion, beheld a terrible
speetacle.
t An enormous animal, the like of
Which they bad never seen, had killed
one of the cows, and was carrying it
? \ away to the woods. The calf fol
lowed after, belating pitifully. The
,o,tb?r two cows- stood at a distance,
bellowing loudly.
To Donald and Jimmy the huge animal
seemed to be white, or nearly so..
It was probably a "silver-tip" grizzly
bear. It seemed to them to be larger
than any one of the cows, and its
strength must have been prodigious,
for it carried the body of the cow, a
large one, with apparent ease.
The fear inspired in Jimmy and Donald
by this savage incursion cannot
be easily described. Awestruck, they
stared at the white monster, then ran
back to the shack to call old Mizzkook.
The latter, rousing from her slumbers
of repletion, issued forth, and 011 seeing
the great tracks of the bear in the
black loam of the meadow, was at no
loss to comprehend what had happened.
"Neesquoom! Xeesquooml" she muttered,
in some excitement, and bade
the hoys drive the cows to the shed
and shut them up.
.Nor would sue permit tliem to be
turned out the next day, but assisted
the boys to cut and fetch dry grass and
water from the creek for them. The
calf had not come lack.
Nothing further was seen of the bear
for a week or more, and they turned
out the cows again when the silvertip
made a second descent on t*iem,
killing and carrying off anolhei cow.
A calf, too, was aisauied; and tno foray !
was made so near the shack that the j
boys saw the bear approach and heard
its terrific roar as it rushed upon the j
littie herd.
So frightened, so filled with horror !
was little Jimmy that he shrieked and :
ran to hide himself in the farthest cor- J
ner of the shack. Old Mizzkook came J
forth, and stood mumbling, rolling her \
eyes, grunting strange execrations, j
Donald, who was old enough to think i
of defending their property, longed |
for a gun; but they had nothing in the _
way of weapons save a dull scythe and ;
a duller ax.
.Tor anotlier weeK mey wm- uui (
molested?while the bear found the j
cow sufficient for his wants. Then i
one night they were waked by the !
mournful lowing of the cow and the j
calves, and looking out, they saw the \
huge pale specter of a beast standing j
at the door of the shed. The grizzly j
had come for more beef.
But the log walls and door appeared 1
to puzzle the animal. It ran to and for. I
swinging its head, snorting and snuff- !
ing, and presently came to the shack !
door. One blow of the bear's huge paw I
would have crushed it.
The boys cowered in their bed, shiv- !
ering with fear, but the quaw kindled i
a lire, and as soon as brands were j
blazing, she threw one out at the little
window on that side. The bear
snorted and retired to a distance,where
it stood for a time, as if in astonish- ;
ment, then came round near the cow |
shed again. Immediately the cow re- j
sumed her plaintive lowing.
The bear stood up and pawed the
I walls of the shed, and would probably
have torn the structure down, but the
: squaw, opening the shack door, threw
brands at him. The huge beast went !
away, but returned toward morning, i
and but for the squaw's firebrands j
would have secured the cow. At sun- !
rise it shuffled away up the meadows. !
Vnt /?iirinc that !rtn!? ni<rht Imd i
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tlie boys closed their eyes; but they
now fell asleep, and were only awakened
several hours later by the sound
of blows. The cow and one of the
calves were in the shack. The squaw
was wielding the ax at the shed; and
on going out there Donald and Jimmy
scarcely recognized her!
From a grunting, apathetic old creature,
she appeared transformed into
a gleaming-eyed fury. They 'were
afraid of her. she looked so wild and
dashed to and for with such agility.
She had chopped at the rafters of the j
shed roof at both ends, where they i
rested on the log walls of the shed, j
but supported them by two props underneath,
as she worked she sang
some sort of savage chant over and i
over, ending it every time with an eldritch
whoop.
The lads were wholly at a loss to
know what had come over her, or what
she was doing in such a mood. She
appeared entirely forgetful of their
food, nor could little Jimmy induce
her to turn her attention to cookery.
During the afternoon she set both i
youngsters fetching stones from the {
foot of the crags a few yards away, |
and these she piled on the roof of the j
shed. In a word, the squaw was set- j
ting a bear trap?probably after the i
manner of her tribe. The task had j
roused lie:* from her overfed apathy, j
She drove the lads to and fro with arm- j
fuls of stones, and fetched large ones [
herself, till a weight of several tons i
had been piled on the splits of the shed !
r0?f- I
Tiie squaw iiaa iert tue lame can in i
the shed, tied at the far end of it, and !
would not allow Donald to lead it out; j
but the other calf was with the cow j
in the shed. At sunset she set the door j
of the shed ajar, and the boys now j
began better to comprehend her stratagem.
For if the bear entered at the door
of the shed to seize the calf at the far
end, he would have to pass between
the two props, the bases of which she
had set on round sections of a pine log. j
The props stood so near together that j
the grizzly's body would displace them, 1
causing the logs to roll outward.
As night drew on they retired to the
shack, and remained quiet there, without
light or tire.
Toward midnight the cow began to
low. The bear was coming. After a
time they heard it snuffing near the
door, and again a great fear fell on
little Jimmy. But he dared not cry.
Not long after this they heard a savage
roar, acompanied by a clatter. A I
moment later there was a tremendous
crash, followed by hoarse, awful out-;
cries and roars of distress.
Old MIzzkook ran out and danced !
about the shed, singing and whooping j
in savage glee. Her trap had sprung. |
But Donald and Jimmy were thinking t
of their poo: lame calf. I
They dared not go near the shed, ;
however, even after it had grown light
the next morning. The grizzly continued
its outcries at intervals all that
day and through the next night, moaning,
groaning or roaring in anguish. It
must have died a horrible death under
that weight of stones. But the outcries
were music in o'd Mizzkook's
ears. She danced and sang in unbounded
delight, nor when the bear
finally expired was she averse to feast- s
ing off its flesh.
Her stratagem had at least saved one
cow for them; and in praise of her ]
fidelity, such as it was, must be said |
that she remained there until Mc-Dou- i
gal's return in October, when lie re- j
moved his boys to Juneau, Alaska.
They left old Mizzkook in possession i
of the shack, and also of the cow and j
calf.?Youth's Companion. %
In an Ice Cream Shoo.
I A
mother, a little hoy and a girl
were eating ice cream. The hoy in- [
quired: "Mother, is yours goody j
"Yes, indeed, dearie. And yours,
how do you find it?"
"I don't fii d it at all. now," .answered
the boy, gazing sadly at his empty
plate.
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I SOUTH CAROLINA Z !
j STATE NEWS ITEMS, j ;
Testing Validity of Law.
'PVia i'nlirlir\' the law lin. I *
tier which the dispensary has been
voted out in over a dozen counties '
in South Carolina, which was to have
been argued in the state supreme j
court at Columbia last Monday, was
postponed for final hearing until January
8.
The future of the dispensary, as a ;
state institution, will depend largely
on the decision of the supreme court.
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Charged With Robbing Store.
Paul Brawley and Gail Coin, young ! J
men about 18 years old, were arrested
in Union a few days ago, charged with
being the persons who broke into and
robbed Lockhart Mills' store on November
19. On their persons were
found rings, purses, shoe strings and
other articles that, it is said, had
been carried in stock at the store. [
The arrests were made as a result j 1
of a long distance 'phone message ; 1
from Lockhart. Other arresls may fol- j 1
low. j 1
.
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Charleston's Poultry Exhibition. 1
The second annual exhibition of the ; 1
Charleston Poultry Association just: ]
closed, has proven one of the most j
successful ever held in the south, in I 5
the opinion of the judges, taking po- j '
sition with the fine display of the j
Cotton States exposition held in Atlanta.
Visitors from other cities have *
declared the exhibit, which contained
more than 2,000 birds, to be as fine ^
as those of many crack northern
shows.
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V
State Asks Big Damages.
The state house suit, which is an
action by the state of South Carolina:
to recover damages in the sum of
$200,000 against Mcllvain, Unkefer & !
Co., a contracting firm of Pittsburg,
Pa., and Frank P. Milburn, architect,
of Columbia, for alleged fraud in the
construction of the work in completing
the state capitol building, -was '
concluded at Columbia last Monday.
The case has attracted consideratie
attention and some of the best '
civil lawyers in the state have been
engaged in the suit, which has been
in progress more than a week.
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Duncan Bankruptcy Case.
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lilt; dii&wci ui uA-ricoiucuk yuu- i
can of the Union and Buffalo Mills, \
Union, in the bankruptcy proceeding j
instituted against him recently, in j
which he is charged with deeding j
property to his wife and others filed j
in the United States district court at j
Charleston, denies many cf the alle- j
gations, which are made, and finally I
asserts that he is solvent, praying a j
hearing of the court. He admits that j
he is indebted to the mills on open j
account, but alleges that they also!
are indebted to him. He admits the j
deeding of lands in Union and Spar-!
tanburg counties, as charged, but disputed
the time stated, and also ad- I
mits that from time to time he has
paid certain creditors money, and
transferred to them property, denying
all other allegations of insolvency.
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Squadron at Charleston.
Admiral Dickins' coast defpnse ,
squadron has begun its especially j
planned maneuvers and explorations ,
along the South Atlantic coast. The
monitors Florida, Nevada and Arkansas,
will make the visits to the neighboring
ports, leaving the flagship Texas
in Charleston port or off the
harbors of the ports which may be
visited by the monitors, as the draft
of the flagship does not allow her to
enter any other port but Charleston
along this coast.
Charleston will remain the base o!
operations for the fleet during the
winter and spring. The fleet will
make excursions to other ports and
for deep sea practice, these trips out
of Charleston lasting a week at a
time, when the vessels will return
for supplies and overhauling of their
machinery.
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Dispensary Tax Upheld.
The supreme court of the United
States has decided that the national
government may properly tax the liquor
dispensaries of this state. The
opinion das delivered by Justice Brewer
in the case of the State of South
Carolina vs. the United States. This
action was instituted by the state to
recover $20,000 paid to the revenue
officers of the national government on
account of the sale of liquors by state
and county dispensers under the dispensary
law.
The state took the position that the
dispensers sold liquor without profit
and they should not be taxed by the
government, bat the tax has been collected
since 1893. This is said to
have been the first case in which a
state unites in one undertaking the
[ exercise of its police power together
I with the prosecution of commercial
J business. The court of claims dismissj
ed the petition on the ground that
! the exercise of the police court was
I but thinly disguised, holding that the
I roti 1 nnrnnoo n-ao mnnni'.ma Lrin o- onrl
j a vwi |/ui |/\/ov jlaawaav-'J &uuniii5, aau j
i this decision is upheld. J
The contention on behalf of the
state was that the United States is
beyond the reach of state taxation,
so is the state equally beyond the
-each of United States taxation; that
neither the property nor the agencies
and instrumentalities used by the
state for the transaction of its business
can be subjected to any burden
af taxation by the United States.
The opinion dwells at length upon
:he possible consequences of conced
ng the position of South Carolina in
ae controversy, ana, m part, is as
tallows :
"The right of South Carolina to
control the sale of liquor by the disDensary
system has been sustained.
The profits from the business in the
fear 1901 were over half a million
lollars. Mingling the thought of proft
with the necessity of regulation
nay induce the state to take possesdon
in like manner of tobacco, oleonargarine
and all other objects of
Internal revenue tax. If one state
inds this profitable, other states may
tallow, and the whole body of internal
revenue tax be thus stricken
iown.
"More than this, there is a large
ind growing movement in the country
n favor of the acquisition and manigement
by the public of what are
;ermed public utilities, including not
nerely therein the supnly of gas and
water, but also the entire railroad
system. Would the state by taking
possession of these public utilities
lose its republican form of govern
rnent?
"Obviously, if the power of the
state is carried to the extent suggested
and at the same time .relieved
from all federal taxation, the national
government would be largely crippled
n its revenues."
Justices White, Peckham and McKenna
dissented.
NEW OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
By 8outhern Educational Assoclatior
at Nashville Meeting.
The following officers of the Southern
Educational Association for the
ensuing year were elected at the
Nashville convention;
President ? J. W. Abercrombie.
Montgomery, Ala.
First Vice President?S. A. Mynlers.
Second Vice President ? H. L.
Smith, Davidson college, Davidson,
NT. C.
Third Vice President?J. W. Kaykendall,
Fort Smith, Ark.
Secretary?R. J. Tighe, Asheville.
Treasurer?E. P. Burns, Atlanta.
Board of Directors?Maryland, M;
Bates Stephens, Annapolis; Virginia,
\V. L. Davis, Danville; West Virginia
D. B. Purinton, Morgantcn; Ncrtb
Carolina, M. V. Judd, Raleigh; South
Carolina, Frank Evans, Spartanburg;
Georgia, J. S. Stewart, Athens; Flor
Ida, Miss Clemm Hampton, Tallahas
see; Alabama, H. C. Gunnells.- Mont
gomery; Mississippi. J. N. Powers
West Point: Tennessee, P. P. Claxton
Kn'oxville; Kentucky, J. H. Fuqua, Sr.
Frankfort; Arkansas, J. H. Hineman
Little Rock; Texas, S. H. Moore
Georgetown; Louisiana, A. M. Herget
Baton Rouge; Missouri, J. Ev Anient
Warrensburg.
MORE INSURANCE RESIGNATIONS
Head of Supply Department of Mutual
Life Ousted.
Andrew O. Fields, former head ol
the supply department of the Mutual
Life Insurance Company, who maintained
a house at Albany during several
sessions of the state legislature,
Is no longer connected with that company.
Frederick Cromwell, the temporary
preaident of the Mutual Life Insurance
company, Friday announced that W
S. Sullivan, formerly in the advertis
ing department of the Mutual, has
been appointed head of the suppls
department. It is understood Mr
Fields will not return to . be ex
amined by the insurance investigat
ing committee.
Charles H. Smith, head of the Mu
tual Life Insurance press bureau, anr
who is paid $8,000 a year, has ten
dered his resignation to Mr. Crom
well, but It has not been accepted
Mr. Smith testified recently that he
caused many reports of the insurance
investigation to be published in the
newspapers at from $1 to $2 a line
Mr. Cromwell also announced thai
Adrian isenn, jr., wno uas ueen <
director of the company since 1895
has resigned as a director.
John C. McCali, secretary of th<
New York Life Insurance company
and son of John A. McCall, the pres
ident, denied the report that he ant
his father were to retire from theii
offices in the company in January.
ALLEGED PEON MISSING.
Government's Principal Witness Ca?
not Be Located by Grand Jury.
Monday was the time set for the
United States grand jury at Colum
bus, Ga., to pass upon the case o1
W. A. Johnson and Joe Skipper, prom
inent turpentine operators of Web
ster county, who are charged witt
peonage, but the investigation was
deferred, owing to the fact that th(
government's principal witness, Ar
tknr Williams, colored, the allege*
peon, disappeared from his home, .
miles from Cusseta, Ga., Friday night
under very mysterious circumstances
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SQUIERS GOES OUT'
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| Our Minister to Cuba Forced
to Resign.
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OBJECTIONABLE TO PALMA '
Corr.plaints Were Made as to His I
Attitude in the Isle of
Pines Secession
Movement
A Washington special says: Edward
V. Morgan, just relieved from his post
as American minister at Seoul, Korea,
I by reason of the establishment of a
1 Japanese protectorate there, has beea
appointed minister to Havana to succeed
Herbert G. Squiers, whose res!
ig^ation has been received and ac1
cepted.
For a long time past the relations
between Mr. Squiers and the Cuban
government has not been thoroughly
; satisfactory to the state department,
.! which regards it as essential to the
: conduct of business between the two
!
! governments that their respective
| n inister3 shall be thoroughly accept ii
i Lie at their posts. It is said that in
I interviews in the ^Havana Telegrapn
i I *
1 j ana a leading New York newspaper
1 | the minister afforded much encourago
' j ment to the American colonists ou
tfle isie or ?nnes ana Americans a*
home who had property in the island.
The administration had all along been
| advising these people to submit themsehes
to the Cuban government. Tne
acceptance of Mr. Squiers' resignation,
it is said, was inevitable, for in view
of the state department not only
was it a necessary step if cordial rei
lations were to be maintained with the
Cuban government, but it was regarded
as advisable at this time to ldt
American diplomatic officers abroad
and those in other responsible posttic
ns understand that they could best
meet the wishes of the department if
tbey refrained from intervening in the
internal politics of the country to
>b;ch they are credited.
The retiring minister, Mr. Squiers.
has an excellent service record, and it
ia with regret that the department perL.'its
his retirement from the diplo*>.c
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POWERS DON'T WANT WAR.
t
i Everybody Looking to Great Britain
For a Cue.
While in official circles in London,
. it is admitted that the powers do not
expect the sultan to yield, as the result
of the occupation of Mitylene,
it was stated Thursday that plans for
the next step had not yet been definitely
arranged, the other powers
awaiting the British proposals.
The foreign office states that the
British government does not know exactly
the extent of the coercion which
the other powers are willing to employ,
but it is certain that none of the
pewers is willing to resort to actual
warfare in order to enforce the demands
for the- financial control .'if
< Macedonia.
| This view of the situation makes
it quite possible that demonstration by
. occupation may be postponed indefinitely.
The present political situation
ir the united kingdom naturally Inci
eases the reticence in official cirr
cles here, and, as Great Britain is
} taking the lead, the movement of the
d< monstrating fleet may be delayed for
soine time pending tne decision of
, the cabinet concerning the resignation
' or the dissolution of parliament.
The government has received information
from Servia, through official
s' urces, that the Macedonian comnittee
has issued a practical ultima^
turn that unless the demonstration
j r;f the powers shall be "carried to a
successful issue, the revolutionaries
p?e prepared to announce that they
ii tend to create a situation which
j vill be certain to result in a war
| b.-tween Turkey and Bulgaria.
* TWENTYSIX GO TO BOTTOM.
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t Trightful Loss of Life Result of Storm
on Great Lakes.
A Chicago special says: Twenty-six
J lives are feared to have been lost,
3?:d nearly a score of vessels driven
ashore, by the hurricane that swept
j ever the great lakes Monday night
. rnd Tuesday. Six vessels are missing
ana fears are entertained for their
safety. The financial loss is estimated
pt possibly $2,000,000. No accurate
figures of the loss of life are obtainable.
With one exception, the crews
vere removed from all the wrecks re
i orted.
PLEDGED TO HOLD COTTON.
r Farmers of Alabama Reserve 25,000
Sales of the Staple.
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ii. UUUv ciiiiuii \jl Aiauama uivio
1 ion of the Southern Cotton Associa3
tion was held at Montgomery a few
1 days ago. Pledges were received tor
* holding 25,000 bales of cotton for 16
1 cents a pound, and a campaign to re
* move frcm the market all cotton yet
? in the hands of the growers was
started. i
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BALLOT RECOUNT BEGUN.
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Counsel for Hearst and McCiellan
Have Sharp Spats In Court,
But Are Overruled.
The recount of ballots in five bal
lot boxes used in New York's contest*
ed election was ordered to be begun ?-'?
Friday by Justice Amend in the supreme
court The original order to
open these five boxes was granted a .
few^ days ago. >1
Justice Amend, in ordering the recount
to begin, modified his original
order so as to limit the canvassing to'
the candidates for mayor, comptroller
and president of the board of alder*
men, and also eliminate from the re*
count the void and protested ballots.
Counsel for William Randolph
Hearst, Mayor McClellan and Assistant
Corporation Counsel Butts engaged
in a heated argument before the
boxes were opened, Alton B. Parker,
for Mayor McClellan, and Mr. Butts ,
contending that the court had no
Tight to make a re-canvass of the votes
or consider the result, but could compel
the election inspectors correctly
to state the result they reached on
election.
"You mean, then," said Aosten Cfc
Fox, for Mr. Hearst, "that you do not .
want the true vote ascertained; and\ % :%&
that if a vote for Hearst has been
counted for McClellan, you do not' ^
want it known?"
"I mean," retorted Mr. Butts, "that
1 warn me true vote asceruuueu
cording to law." s
"And how may that be done?" In- :~$M.
quired Mr. Fox.
"By quo warranto proceedings,"
was the reply. <?
"And such proceedings can only be
undertaken after January 1," coin- \
mented Mr. FOx; "I see."
Mr. Parker disclosed that the court v ^
had no right to throw out any ballot ? mM.
which had been counted by the elec- v
tion inspectors. Justice Amend ruled
that it is estopped from questioning : ?|||?j
the validity of the ballots, and that k f ip
they must be counted as cast. -/'-jsp
The first ballot box was then ope* ed
by inspectors in the court room , ... ;'vf
and the recount .was begun wfth the
representatives of the newspapers occupying
the seats intended for jury*
meh.
PRESCRIBED POISON FOR WIFE.
North Carolina Physieian' Arrested on
Murder Charge. ^
Dr. J. 0. Mathews, a well known
physician, was arrested in Greensboro,
'N. C., Friday night, on a war*
rant charging him with the murder
of his wife, who died after suffering
excruciating agony for more than 12
hours. 1
Her death, according to the coroner,
who was called to her bedside,
resulted from a dose of strychnine, !
followed by a potion of morphine, ad-;
ministered to the woman by her husband.
Dr. Mathews maintains that while vp
he prescribed for his wife, he did so
in the hep, of alleviating her paia
STRIKE IN TEXAS OIL REGION.' 3
Workmen Fight Against a Reduction ', fpi
of Their Daily Wages. ^
The strike of oil field workmen in
Texas against a reduction in wages rj
of 50 cents a day went into effect
Friday at Humble, Batson, Saratoga, ; dj
Sour Lake and Spindle Top, the Guf~ vj?j|
fey and Sun companies and Pass and ; ' >*%
Eastham being affected. About 260 t
men are out Drillers were not cut, _ s/1
but went oat on the score that they : ^
needed experienced help.
EXPLOSION WHELMS FAMILY. 'vfj
; ?
Qas Wrecks Home, Kilting Father, / 'V
Mother and Their Two Children.
Charles p. Douglass, a fanner, and
his -wife and two children were in- ^
stantly killed Friday night by an ex- ;.&%
plosion of h gas main running past < . ^
their .home near Wteston, W. Va.
Their home was wrecked and later ^
caught'fire, almost consuming the *'7
bodies. The explosion was felt for m
a distance of five miles, and caused
much excitement
BIDS MADE FOR PRINTERS.
Typothetae Preparing for General
Strike in New York in January. \~vv
In, anticipation of a general strike /%
the printers January 3, following T
the rejection of the demand of Typo- - f.^0,
^Taphical Union No. 6 for an eighthour
day, the New York Typothetae, 'i
the organization of employing print- ;.s
ors, has sent out a circular to railroad
agents throughout New York
srJate offering a commission of $5 fof /'
every compositor who can be induce!
m come to New York and accept em- > .<]?
plcjment. - 4
ON CHARGE OF WIFE MURDER
A Well Known Tennessee Farmer (s , I
Held by Authorities.
William Beard, a well to do fanner,
living near Fayetteville, Tenn.. was
arrested Snnday, charged with murdering
his wife.
The woman was shot in the tem- ' j
pie while driving with Beard, and :
the latter claims it was done by some
unknown man, who stopped them on
the road, firing as Mrs. Beard looked
from the buggy.