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He gazed at the double letter in j
Lis hand, not fully conscious as yet I
what it meant for him. This was the j
end of so much joy in creative work,
of such boundless hopes! "Regret,
not available for us." The letters
grinned at him derisively. He hastily
slipped the fatal paper into a port
folio, but ever before him flitted
those gray, cold words, "not avail>
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auie. aii mrougn me air iney i
danced: the walls of his room were
dotted with them. He could contain
himself no longer within these walls,
which had witnessed his inspiration
and hopes, and on which were now
written in black letters, "Regret, not
available."
He rushed out. Life, and all it
contained was hateful to him; he
hated tne whole universe: the plain
"bourgeoise" pushing her offspring
along in a go-cart; the young men
and girls with their tennis racquets?
was there ever a sillier game??the
old ladies knitting an a munching
Kaffeekuchen (coffee cake); old men
Strolling along, their eager talk interrupted
now and then by a little
coughing spell; and then those sweet%
hearts with their mien of blissful
? imbecility. All of them he despised,
the whole conceited lot of them. The
pa-k was filled with these ridiculous
people, Tbo were enjoying the early
spring and seemed glad to live, not
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work returned with "regret, not
available."
KThe
mall was one trembling mass
of glitter. The tender fresh green
of the lindens was as yet not too
dense to prevent the sun from filtering
through, making bolden blotches
on the blond heads of young girls
and glorifying the shabby black
V gowns of the old ladies.
A general disgust filled the young '
poet. He turned into a side path.
Here about the fish pond walked pa- ,
tient governesses with their rich
charges; on every bench sat a pair of
lovers, on every tree a nightingale.
He stared into the water as if eager
to murder the poor little goldfish
disporting themselves on the sun- ;
flecked surface. Oh, if that pond
were not so shallow, harmlessly shallow
like the ordinary German read- j
ing public, he would not have begrudged
them the pleasure of haul- ;
ing h - dead body,out of the water;
they might then understand that
once more indifference and lack of
appreciation had '"riven a poet to ;
his death. He walked on rapidly,
regardless of those who came in his
way. Those whom he jostled roughly
looked angrily at him. This '
pleased him, for he felt himself at
war with the whole world.
The heavy laden spring air soon '
overpowered him, and he looked ;
about for a place to rest. All the
seats were taken. At last he found
a bench with but one occupant, a !
young girl. He sat down on the extreme
end. Resting his arms on his
elbows he buried his head in his
hands and gave himself up to brood- j
ings. He did not care to see the ,
laughing sunlight. .
. Just along the line of vision, out |
of the corner of his eye, he saw a
small foot, shod in a gray gaiter; a J
dainty foot, which moved slightly,
but regularly. He followed the
movement mechanically. Something '
quieting to his nerves seemed to em- ;
anate from it. His tempestuous
mood soon gave way to one of melancholy.
All pain seemed ' to have .
vanished, and he was conscious of
% . but one wish, and that was that that
little gray body might keep on swaying
indefinitely. Gradually he got a '
glimpse of a blue skirt, then a very .
slim waist, and finally a delicate profile.
The lips quivered, and tears
were visible on the long lashes. He
dropped his eyes, and resumed watching
that moving foot.
Here, at last, was a woman who
was not giggling and chattering like '
the rest of them. She was a sufferer
like himself. Birds were jubilant,
and from the distance came sounds
of voices from the merry throng
which thought life good and nature
benign.
The sound of a suppressed sob
aroused him. Involuntarily, he
turned towards her. The girl, overcome
by grief, was pressing her handkerchief
to her eyes; wiping her
tears, she looked at him askance.
He could contain himself no longer.
Moving closer, he addressed her
in modest, respectful terms: "Don't
put any restraint on your feeling;
I, too, know what sorrow is. Could
I perchance be of any assistance to
you? To be sure, we are strangers,
but misery loves companionship."
"I thank you," she answered in a
childlike way, scrutinizing him closely;
"no one can help me. I am so
. unhappy." And again her tears be- <
gan 10 now.
"You are right," he said sadly.
".Who can help another? No one."
"In order that you may not think
me foolish," she began hesitatingly,
"or think Heaven knows what of me"
!((he had in reality thought Heaven
knows what of her) "I will tell you
all. I got a letter which disappointed
xne dreadfully, a letter of refusal."
"Indeed!"
"You see, I am a governess by
profession."
"Ah!"
"And felt sure I had the position;
jrhen this cruel letter came."
"J?y dear Fraulein, nothing i8 cer-:1
tain in this world, and one should
never count on anything with confidence,"
he replied with the .acrid bitterness
of the disappointed.
"You are right one should not.
Everything seemed satisfactory. I j
passed my examination, and I am a j
good musician."
He bowed slight!:* in acknowledgment
of such accomplishments.
"All that was asked was that I
should send my photograph. I did
so, and after a few days received a
letter from the old ca?, I mean,
lady, saying I was too young."
"Such injustice!"
"Do you not think so, too? It
isn't my fault, and I can't add to my.
years just for the time being."
"There are so many children to be
educated, unfortunately," he added
pessimistically. "We are a rising
nation. Look about you right here
in this park and see the swarms of
human beings."
"Indeed, there are a fearful lot of
children; but if you knew what it
meant to find a position, the demands
that are made! Very likely I'll prove
too young for other mothers." She
looked about her helplessly.
A smile lit up his handsome, melancholy
face. "Don't let that worry
you, lieber Fraulein. Too young!
Don't you see that this 'too young' is
in truth the highest compliment, that i
it rouses envy?"
She shook her head dubiously.
"I am willing to wager that the j
woman in question is a 'mater famil- j
ias' in the forties, void of graceful !'
lines, who is suspicious of youthful
curves. Or else a well-preserved
middle-aged person still vain of her
looks, who does not dare to have a
young and pretty governess about
her. Those whom fate has placed
above you would willingly exchange
places with you, be twenty-one, and
have life before them."
"Are you a poet?"
"Why?" he asked, brushing a curl
back from his forehead.
"Because you look like one."
He blushed and hesitated for a
moment. "Yes," he answered, sigh- '
ing deeply, "but the world will not
recognize me as such. He stopped |
short, not knowing whether to con
fide in her or not. Hers were such
soft, such dear brown eyes! "We
are in a measure companions in sorrow.
I, too, received a letter which
crushed me mercilessly." j
"Perhaps you, too, are too young."
"Yes," he almost shouted; "too 3
young! that's it. The 'old ones' don't ,
want to recognize us because we are 1
coming on and they will have to ,
yield us their places. They are get- (
ting uneasy on their toppling thrones.
I can see him before me, the old ,
worthy who rejected my work?an '
elderly chap, with bald head and an
embonpoint. You laugh, my dear 1
Fraulein? I am sure he is bald and 1
has a paunch, like all those in authority
and high in office, and he
wears spectacles; for the eyes grow
dim when one has a book of lyrics
for breakfast, a drama for dinner, '
and a novel for supper to review. A ]
sad office, this literary censorship! l
And what does such a demagogue j
know himself?"
"Never mind, another may appre- i
ciate your work," she said consolingly*
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"Perhaps; or I may write some- ,
thing else. I feel within me the .
strength to create a hundred works, '
better than what I have done. I see
it before me, still vague, but I shall
hold it." His hand clutched the air.
"We shall hurl something at those
Did fogies which they shall not dare
to ignore."
The little governess looked at him |
as young girls are apt to look at a [
young enthusiast when he tells them j
Hint ho is ahnnt to revolutionize the I
world.
"You will, no doubt, become celebrated
some day; you are still so <
young." ,
"Yes, I am young!" he exclaimed j
exultinglv. "We are young, the
world lies open before us, to us be- (
longs life."
"Listen to the nightingale,'' she. |
said, almost piously.
"It sings for us! Spring is ours,
and the poor old critic sits in his
smoky room and reads poems on ; '
spring, and your mater familias may
at this very moment be discovering i
a new wrinkle under her eyes."
The girl laughed a little cruel, triumphant
laugh. "After all, it Is de- '
licious to be still free on such a day j
as this," and in a dreamy way she 1
drew in the spicy, balmy air. "It ]
may be wrong that I rejoice in it so j
fully."
"No, you are right. Don't y(w be- (
lieve in fate? Isn't it a special act I
of Providence that we two should ]
meet here to-day?"
"Yes, I believe in fate," she whis- *
pered. "We must meet again, must 1
we not? Fate decreed that we <
should become closed acquainted." ?
By this time there was little space i
left between them on the seat.
"I don't know, exactly."
"Only as long as the lilacs are in
+{11 tha iacm'no blossoms i
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till the time of roses! You must
help me in my work. You give me
courage, faith, and inspiration. When
will you come back? To-morrow?
After to-morrow?"
"I cannot come after to-morrow."
"Then, Auf Wiedersehn, to-morrow."?New
York Evening Post.
Enjoys Life at 108.
London's oldest inhabitant is John
McNally, born in Ireland 108 years
ago, and a scaffolder by trade. At the
age of sixty he came to this country,
where he lived twenty-one years. I}e
is now an inmate of a Roman Cathode
home for the aged. He is still
fully possessed of all his faculties, is
an inveterate smoker and fond of
chatting with visitors.
Palmetto State Mewsf
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Greenville's Fourteenth Mill.
The Vardry Cotton Mills, Greenvile's
newest industry, will be in operation
in about GO days, and the work
of installation is progressing satisfactorily.
When this cotton spinning
mill is in operation it will be Greenville's
fourteenth mill, representing
invested capital approximated at someK1-/V
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Dr. Dreber Consul at Tahiti^
Dr. Jplius Dreher of Selwood, this
state, former president of Roanoke
college, Salem, Ya., has been named
by the president as American consul
to Tahiti. Society Islands. Mr. Dreher
graduated from Roanoke college
in 1871, and was president of that
institution from 187S to 1903.
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Charleston Navy Yard.
Bids were opened at the bureau of
yards and docks at Washington a
few days ago for the construction of
a power plant building at the Charleston
navy yard. The lowest bidder was
the Penn Bridge company of Beaver
Falls, Pa., at $214,887. As this bid is
much lower than the others, it is
expected that the award will be made
to the Penn company.
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Alleged Woman Beaters Arrested.
Lum West and Ollie Pender, young
men of well known families, have
been jailed at Spartanburg in connection
with the whipping of Mrs. Harriet
Coburn, in Union county, six
weeks ago, in a mysterious manner.
Mrs. Coburn, against whom nothing
was known, livc^l alone with one
child. Near midnight she was taken
into the woods and severely beaten,
disappearing immediately afterward.
No trace has been found of her since.
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Negro Wins Championship.
The republican state convention met
tn Columbia the past week for the
purpose of electing a chairman and
reorganizing the executive committee.
The only contest of the convention
was the selection of a chairman.
The faction led l^y John G. Capers
supported Edmund H. Deas, colored,
who was elected by a vote of 88 to
26 over John R. Tolbert, supported
by the faction beaded by District Attorney
Ernest F. Cochran. It was
decided not to put out a state ticket.
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Discussed Proposed Railroad.
A meeting was held recently at
rownville in the interest of the proposed
railroad that is to be built
Erom that point to Westminister.
Speeches were made by Mr. Julius
E. Boggs, Judge George Prince and
the president of the road, Mr. Joseph
J. Fretwell. There were fully 5,000
people present and they are enthusiastic
about their road. Seneca is
anxious to be connected and there is
talk also of Anderson. The proposed
route is estimated to cost $104,349.40.
This includes the entire cost of construction.
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Constables Make Report.
Chief Fant of the Spartanburg division
of the state constabulary has completed
the report of the work done
by the men under his supervision during
the month of July. The report
contains figures which show that the
officers have been on the alert during
Lhe four weeks past.
The report shows that 94 gallons
of whiskey were seized; 3,000 gallons
of still beer were destroyed ;
eight convictions resulted from arrests
made by the officers; $775 were
received from prisoners as fines, and
eight were sent to the chaingang.
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Suspected Men Discharged.
At Union David English of Hartsville,
Richard English and two ne
jroes, John Sarton and John Renwick,
charged with the murder of
Mose Hughes, whose body was found
in the Tiger river on June 7, were
iischarged on the ground of insuf
icient evidence. The negroes aftervards
were bound over as witnesses
n the cases. Letters were produced
o show that W. D. Smith, the name
)y which Douglas English, now out
un bond, had gone to Atlanta to
ivoid detection, knew the details of
he murder of Hughes.
Prize for Oat Growing.
An interesting oat growing contest
or the $50 prize which was offered
jy a Spartanburg bank has just,
closed and Boyce R. Pollard has been
announced as winner, he having
;rown 1,947 pounds of oats on one
lcre. The next best yield was that
)f J. M. Anderson, whose record was ,
1,920, while Yancey L. Pollard won .
hird place with 1,449 pounds.
The prize was offered several
nonths ago by the bank, and rules (
ind regulations governing the contest
vere adopted. The growing crops of
liose who signified their intention to
compete were inspected by the comnittee.
The contest has given an impetus
to oat growing in Spartanburg
:ounty an.l those who failed to win ,
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the prize feel satisfied with the result
of the experiment and the labor
involved.
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Bamberg First, as Usual.
For the fifth consecutive year Bamberg
markets have produced the first
bale of new cotton. On August 10
Mr. H. C. Folk shipped by express
a bale of new cotton to Messrs. Pope
& Fleming, cotton factors of Augusta.
The bale weighed 400 pounds.
Abe Simmons, who works a farm
for Mr. Folk, has become known as
the grower of the first bale, and i'
has become a regular thing for him j
to carry off the honors. In 1903 the ,
first bale was shipped to Charleston j
on August 31. In 1904 tfte Dale was
sent to Charleston August 13; last
year was the record year, the bale
being shipped six days earlier than i
this year, August 4, and weighed 425 j
pounds.
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Woman's Body Exhumed.
The sensation caused by the find- j
ing of the body of Mrs. Whit Ham- j
ikon in the well, five days after the j
disappearance from her home near
Dillon, did not end with her burial.
Vague rumors of foul play were rife
throughout the section and the inquest
was postponed until things
could assume some shape.
At the instance of a brother of the j
deceased and some of the jury, Coroner
Lassiter ordered < the grave
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openea ana an autopsy utuu. Aiinougu i
it was one of the hottest days of I
the summer, a large motley crowd
of men and hoys, black and white,
collected at the family burying ground, j
many of them walking about two
miles from Dillon, where the disinterment
took place. The casket was
removed from the grave and opened.
Decomposition, however, had set in.
obliterating all evidence, if there had
been any, of violence. Consequently,
the jury had to fall back upon the
prima facie evidence of suicide.
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Cotton Condition Improves.
Weather conditions in South Carolina
for the p^st week have been
ideal for cotton. There has been plenty
of sunshine and warm nights and
consequently the crop has been greats
ly improved. A week of clear weather
has dried out the fields and enabled
farmers to do some work in the
way of clearing out grass, although
in extremely lo.w places the crop is
still in grass. A week or two more
of dry weather, however, will materially
aid farmers in the lowlands
in ridding their cotton of grass.
The incessant rains of July wrought
permanent injury to the crops In the
lower portion of the state. Last
month witnessed the heaviest rainfalls
since the records have begun
to be kept. There was a precipitation
of 8.8S inches for the state generally,
and as high as 16 inches at one
point. This is the wettest July on
record, not only in point of state
average, but in maximum amount at
any one point. The lowest rainfall for
the month was at Blair's, Fairfield
county, which had only 4.22 inch9s.
UNION TYPOS IN SESSION.
Convention at Colorado Springs Dis- I
cusses Plans for 8-Hour Day.
The fifty-second annual convention
of the Internationai Typographical
Union of Xorth America began in
Colorado Springs Monday. Mayor
Henry C. Hall and other prominent
citizens welcomed the three hundred
delegates, who represent 46,000 union
printers, and President Lynch of the
union responded. The chief event of
the day was the formal presentation
of books to the Amos M. Cummings !
library at the Union Printers' Home,
which is located in the city. The
chief business before the convention
is the consideration of plans for carrying
on the fight for an eight-hour
d^v About $SOO.<"iOO has been expend
ed by the organization up to date
in conducting this fight.
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THINKS OLD MAN IS DEAD.
Son of President of Wrecked Bank Advances
That Theory.
At Chicago, Monday, Theodore
Stensland, son of the fugitive Milwaukee
Avenue bank president, made a
full statement of his knowledge of
the circumstances surrounding the
flight of his father and touching the
rnlnssal foreerv fraud in the bank.
The young man advanced the belief
that his father had not fled the country,
but has committed suicide. He
also advanced the theory that his father
could not, himself, have committed
the foregeries because of an impediment
in his control of the pen.
GRAND DUKE A TARGET.
Soldiers in Camp Plotted Death of
Czar's Brother.
A St. St. Petersburg dispatch says:
Nearly 100 soldiers of the Imperial
Guards are under arrest in TsarkoeSelo
for complicity in an attempt to
assassinate the grand duke, Nicholas,
in the summer camp. That the grand
duke escaped with his life is probably
due to the fact that the men who
used ball cartridges instead of blanks
while at the drill, began firing at
too great a distance and in their
haste aimed badly. It is not doubted
that the whole affair was the outcome
of a deep laid plot.
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CHINKS AS DIGGERS!
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Uncle Sam to Employ Chinese
on Canal Work.
PRESIDENT SO DECIDES
Present Quota of Workmen Entirely
Inadequate atari Agents Will Make
a Deal with the Chinese
Government.
A Washington special says: Chinese
labor will be given a thorough
test on the Panama canal. Contracts
calling for 2,500 Chinamen for canal
work have been prepared, and adver
tisements will be issued by the Isthmian
Canal Commission in a few
days for proposals from labor agents.
If the initial 2,500 Chinamen prove
a success, it is likely that many
more will be taken to the isthmus
to do the work which is too hard for
the Jamaicans, now employed there
hi large numbers.
Organized labor has offered much
opposition to the use of contract Chinese
labor, but the Jamaican workmen
have proven inadequate, sufficient
Spaniards cannot be had immediately
to rush the work, and the
Chinese are the last hope of the commission.
President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft,
Chairman Shonts of the Isthmian Ca-'
nal Commission and other men, prominently
identified with the canal work,
are known to have delayed employing
Chinese until it became certain that
the other help available was not
equal to the demands
The administration has taken the
position that the canal must be dug
at any cost, and although the presidant
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in employing Chinese he did not stanu
permanently in the yvay of the plan
to try the coolies.
It is the intention of the commission
to ask for bids from labor agents
who will arrange with the Chinese
government for the exportation of
labor, transport the Chinese to the
isthmus under contract to work for
a fixed wage and ship them back to
China, thus relieving the commission
of all detail work and all responsibility.
A bond wil be required of all contractors
for a satisfactory fulfillment
of any contract they may enter into
with the commission.
There are said to be about thirty
labor agencies which supply Chinese
to contractors in all parts of the
world. These agents are familiar with
all the Chinese laws, stand ready to
pay money to the families of the men
who are going into their service and
are ready on short notice to meet
demands for an unlimited number of
coolies.
ILeroy Park, a labor agent in the
employ of the commission, is still
in Spain negotiating with the Spanish
government for the employment
of a large number of peninsular Spaniards
on the isthmus. His effort3
promise to be successful, and tne
commission expects to recruit many
high-grade workingmen from Spain.
It is the desire of Chief Engineer Stevens
to have several kinds of laborers
on the isthmus.
The employment of the Chinese will
not displace the Jamaicans who are
already there, but it is not likely
that many more West Indians will
be hired if the Chinese prove a success.
The negroes are paid only 80 cents
a day against $1.60 to the Spaniards,
who are said to be capable of doing
three times as much work.
If the contractors obtaining help
for the commission do not pay more
.on the isthmus than the Chinese are
paid in other parts of the world, it
is believed the daily wage of the
coolies will be less than that of the
Jamaicans on the isthmus.
MONEY VOTED TO COLLEGES.
Four Georgia Institutions Provided
With Funds by Legislature.
Four mere state institutions were
handsomely provided for by the
Georgia house at "Wednesday's ses
slon. Tli?se were the Academy for
the Blind at Macon, the North Geor- '
gla Agricultural College at Dahlon- :
ega, the Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb at Cave Springs and the State 1
Normal School at Athens. '
The first of these received $65,000.
the second $20,000, the third $20,000 )
apd the latter $15,000, making a total
of $120,000. i
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THtREE COMPANIES INDICTED.
Standard and Vacuum Oil and Pennsylvania
Road Must Answer.
The federal grand jury of New
York at Jamestown, Friday, returned
Indictments against the Standard Oil 1
company ot New York, the Pennsy?? J
vania Railroad company and the Vacuum
Oil company of Rochester for 1
violations of the interstate commerce J
law. j
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LYNCHER GOES TO PEN.
Leader of Salisbury Mob is Quickly
Convicted and Given a Sentence
of Fifteen Years.
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George Hall, a cotton mill operative,
was convicted Friday of conspiracy
in connection with the lynching
of the three L-groes at Salisburg,
N. and given a term of
fifteen years in the state penitentiary.
The hearing of the case began when
court opened at 10:30 o'clock Friday
morning. At 6:15 p. m., after hearing
several witnesses establishing Hall'3
participation in the lynching, the
case was given to the jury. - After
being out twenty minutes, a verdict
of ormltv was n<rrpr<d nnnn. and the
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maximum penalty . for the offence
charged was imposed by Judge B. F.
Long. Court adjourned for the day
at 7:10 p. m. .
This is said to be the first conviotion
of the kind ever secured in the
state of North Carolina, although a
number of efforts have bee"h, made
to bring members of mobs to justice.
The state sprung a surprise in the '
trial when the offense against the
prisoner was changed from murdef
to conspiracy.
When the court was called to order,
Hon. T. J. Kluttz announced thai
his client would contend that the
court was unlawful. It was argued
that the governor could not sign & 4
commission for such a court unless
he was in the state, and it was claimed
that he was at Atlantic City, N.
J. 'Mr. Kluttz asked that a subpoena
be issued for Governor Glenn, and
have him brought to court to testify.
This was done and the chief executive
of the state was sworn and
(juestioned about his whereabouts on
the 17th of July, the day that, the
call for the court was made. He said
that he was in Atlantic City, N. J., and
in order to do what he could to prevent
a lynching, he wired his private
secretary to issue the commission and ' . -'4
sign his name to it This he consider? '
ed the proper thing to do. ; %
The objection of the defendant was \
overruled and the trial proceeded. / "
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Threats Made in Connection With thi -j
( Trial of Alleged Lynchers.
A dispatch from Springfield, Mo.,' .
says: After hearing from a city of- . ^||
ficer of the threats against members ?
of the grand jury which indicted Hill
Gooch and Doss Galbraith,, charged %
with lynching three negroes o?. April ^
14, Assistant Attorney General Kennish
left Friday for Jefferson City '
to confer with Governor Folk on the -M
situation. The threat, as told to Mr.
Kennish follows: \
"If one of those men who are on M
trial for 'negro killing' is convicted, ^
there will be a rope hung to the J
light tower in the t square for every,
one of the members of the grand jury ' ^
that indicted them, and there'll be ;
another one for Governor Folk."
REAL BULLETS WERE USED.
Sham Battle at Encampment Abruptly
Broken Up.
Real bullets were used at the encampment
at Chickamauga Friday by the
First Georgia regiment in its "bat> "
tie" with the seventeenth infantry regulars.
Colonel Gordon's regiment was the
main body of the "Blue" army. The
seventeenth regulars formed the mara
body of the "Brown" army. The two
forces met, when contesting in the
crucial point of the day's program. A*
hot fusilade ensued. During the heat
of the fight, bullets began to sing
above the heads and in the ranks
of the regulars. A rush was made ,
by the latter for cover. They sprang
behind trees, they lat flat upon the
ground, they did everything but turn '
their backs and run. One private,
whose name is unknown to the authorities.
was wounded.
Two companies of Colonel Gordon's
regiment were ordered off the field
and the maneuvers abruptly ended.- -v
Mystery seems to surround the sit- *
uation. An investigation may place., ..
the responsibility. . vl*
AT COMMAND OF FATHER
Eleven-Year-Old Boy Promptly Shoots ^
Another Youth.
At the command of his father, Fred
Debold, eleven years old, son of John
Denold, ol near Frederick, Mo., shot ;
and killed George Smith, son of a ?
neighbor. There had been bad feeling ' - ?
between the two families,- and they
quarieled over blackberries the
Smiths had picked off Debold's land.
"" ?? T>ohnld tn his son.
anoot mm, siiu ? ? '
pointing at the younger Smith.
The boy promptly fired a load from
a shotgun, which struck Smith over ' ^
the heart, killing him instantly. K
FIVE CHLJDREN CREMATED. - J|
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Father and Mother Also Badly .
Scorched in Burning Home.
Five children of Thomas O'Daniels.
it Omaha. Neb., perished Wednesday
avening in a fire, which destroyed the
family residence. Mrs. O'Daniels wa3
seriously burned, and may not rex>ver,
and her husband. was badly
mrned in an effort to save his famm
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