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DUEL UNDER WATER,
Swede With Bale Hook Fights
and Wounds Rescuer.
RESULT OF TOO MUCH RUM.
Submarine Scrap Stirs Surface of New
York Bay?Peacemaker Finds Combatants
In Deadly Embrace on Bottom
of Aqueous Arena.
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Armed with a bale hook and ten feet
under water Alexander Anderson, a
powerful longshoreman, put up a fight
against saving his life which makes
Victor Hugo's famous submarine duel
in the "Toilers of the Sea" lose a lot
of its glare as a thriller. Anderson
was rescued despite his struggle to die,
but he sent his captor to the hospital,
fend Anderson himself may succumb to
the blows he received as he and his
rescuer occasionally arose to the surface.
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me auei took pmce iu iuc
off the foot of Hamilton street, Brooklyn.
Anderson, who had just arrived
fp?m Sweden and who is thirty-eight
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h years old and built like a man of iron,
became suddenly crazed as a result of
too mucb rum. Darting out of his
? lodging house, GO Summit place, be ran
a >' almost to the water's edge, shooting at
the top of his voiced
; Near the foot of Hamilton street he
seized a bale hook and stood his
ground, mumbling and shrieking in his
^ Swedish dialect and brandishing his
weapon.
Robert Stevens, thirty-five years old,
living at 435 Columbia street, was the
first to get near him.
% Anderson knew of Stevens' prowess
? - and evidently did not relish a combat
with his powerful frame. He had
$1 enough sense left to know that he'd
:: have a better, chance in the water with
Stevens, who is six feet tail and muscaiar,
so Anderson Jumped In the river
^ carrying his hook with him. Stevens
followed. He dived directly where Anderson's
form was last seen.
' No one knows Just what happened
under the water. Several persons who
gathered on the pier say that every
few seconds an arm or a leg would appear
above, and once Stevens' face
t r *arose, showing a great gash down the
right side. Once Anderson reached
thb' surface and swung his hook sav.
agely downward. A stillness followed, j
V and only bubbles showed that life remained
below the water. In a few
seconds Stevens came up and feebly
cried for help.
I Charles Walsh, who had arrived dur"
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7' lag to learn the cause of the excitement;
jumped in. He found one of
7- Stevens' hands clutching the Swede by
1 tbejgaeck. Anderson was unconscious,
and Stevens was fast losing the little
7* strength that remained. Walsh tied
a rope about Anderson's body, and he
v" was bulled ashore. Several men jumped
irfto the river and dragged Stevens
/ to safety. %
Stevens' face and head were a mass
of cuts and bruises. Blood poured profusely
from a deep cut in his face,
and his arms and shoulders were
bared of their clothing. Anderson
showed effects, too, of the fearful contest
under water. His face was battered
and bruised, and both his eyes
were closed.
An ambulance of the Long Island
hospital was called, and both men
were given medical attention. Dr.
Doyle said that Anderson may die as
a result of his injuries,
y Stevens told the police that the man
bit and gouged him with the hook
and that several times he was about
to give up. He says he overcame Anderson
only by wrenching the hook
from his hands. Anderson without the
weapon was no match for him.
V Hunt Deer In Automobiles.
.Hunting deer and bringing in the
game in automobiles is the latest in
Sullivan and Orange counties, N. Y.
Dr. Leroy Culver of Jersey City, with
his National, and Dr. W. B. Kelley of
Port Jervis in his Ford machine went
. , to Cahoonzie, seven miles from Port
Jervis and got two deer. They started
with the carcasses for Port Jervis to be
% first in with their game, but Dr. Culver's
machine balked and was towed
up the grade by Dr. Kelley's Ford, Dr.
Culver and a friend pushing from be&
hind.
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Humor and Philosophy
By DUNCAN M. SMITH
THE ANNUAL NIGHTMARE.
The Christmas present problem
Looms largely just ahead
When winter is approaching
And summer days have lied.
A man must spend like water
His coin for that and this.
As though it were a pleasure
He really wouldn't miss.
A fellow wouldn't guess it
Until he stops to jot
The names of all- the nieces
And nephews he has got
And sort of takes a census.
That no one may be missed,
To see how many children
Are on the present list.
There's nothing in his family
To bring on it disgrace
That savors just a trifle
Of suicide of race.
For little olive branches
Are lying everywhere
When there are signs suggestive
Of Christmas in the air.
It's up to him to Scurry
Where toyshops lie in wait
And load himself with knickknacks
And other kinds of freight,
A rubber doll, a watch charm,
A book and china cup,
For Christmas is approaching.
And he must loosen up.
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uibiipfjuai my*
"That young man appears to be pretty
popular, and he is going some too."
"Yes, but I prefer the other kind."
"What kind?'
"The coming man."
Could Accommodate a Few.
"Whafs ail the fuss about in the pa-,
pers?" asked the lion as the Jungle J
News came in.
"The people of England are wondering
where they can find openings for
their young men," replied Mrs. Lion,
who was the reader of the family.
"Why don't they send them to me?'
asked the king of the forest as he
yawned lazily! opening his jaws to
their fullest capacity.
Helpful Hint.
"Just persevere, that's all."
"You think one will eventually sue
I ceear'
"Sure to."
'Thank you for those cheering
words."
''What's your line?"
'Trying to live without work."
Always the Little One.
We look before and after
And sigh for what is not
Because the biggest grafter
Ib very seldom caught.
Not City Broke.
"I knew you were from the country."
"On account of my green and gawky
ways. 1 presume."
"No; from the way you shied at the
lady with a train on her dress two feet
long."
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Probably.
"He is honest as the day is long."
"Then I presume that he is like the
nights to long days."
"How is that?"
"Short."
Thought It Explained Itself.
"What are you drinking now?"
"Nofblncr but water."
"Why add the Ia?t two words?"
Though banks / ^
may break I
and stocks I
And fortunes go \ /
It doesn't bother
Who never had
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
Lots of people don't mind borrowing,
but do so hate the paying back feature
of It.
The man who never made a mistake
made it when he lfet It be known.
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For an explanation that doesn't explain
ask the self made man.
Trouble is mighty familiar on short
acquaintance and never waits for an
introduction.
When explaining his conduct keeps a
man busy an investigating committee
of cold blooded disinteresteders would
not come amiss.
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gayety, but having to prove it is most
rtupid and boresome.
When marriage becomes self adjusting
it will cease to be a failure.
One reason for some men being in
politics is because they are out of jail.
A threadbare story has at least the
prestige of a past popularity.
Being a matter of temperament is
usually associated with the supposed
ability to pay for it.
A GOOD IDEA.
Attorney-General Lyon to Hake Innovation
in Engrossing Department.
Columbia, Dec. 12.-Attorney-General
Lyon is arranging to have at
least some of the work in the engrossing
department this year done
by typewriters. He finds that there
is nothing in the law to require the
old way of copying by hand every
bill and resolution that is introduced,
and while he does not propose to
make any radical innovations, he
thinks it will be well to give the legislators
an object lesson, so he will
secure several typewriters and competent
girls to manipulate the machines
and have the joint resolutions
and other measures of a temporary
character copied in that way. The
members of the general assembly
can then see how the plan works and
if they desire they can have all the
copying and engrossing done in that
way.
Mr. Lyon also finds that there is
no warrant in law for the large
sheets of paper which are used for
engrossing bills and he will endeavor
to secure more convenient forms prepared
for the purpose.
There are several reasons urged
for retaining the old system in the
engrossing department, which may
be stated as follows:
1. It has always been done that
way. .The legislator who advances
this reason ought to come to the ses-'
sion on horse back, no matter how
far his home is.
2. It is formality which should be
preserved. The legislator who advances
this argument should wear
his hair long and powdered.
; 3. It gives employment to worthy
girls and matrons. The answer to
this is that worthy girls and matrons
would still be found useful and necessary
if the system of typewriting
the bills were adopted, because
worthy girls and matrons are the
stenographers in the great majority
of offices.
A bill introduced last year provided
that the court stenographers
should come here each year and do
the work of the engrossing clerks,
but this is manifestly impractical,
since the court stenographers have
more than they can do promptly
now.
If Mr. Lyon will institute a more
business like system in the engrossing
department,he will greatly facilitate
the work of the general assem
bly and will injure no one.
A Washington educator * tells an
anfusing story of his college days in
New England, says The Washington
Star. One of the institution's most
eminent professors was lecturing.
His class was for some reason restless,
and after figeting for a time a
number of the studerfts took no pains
to conceal their weariness. The professor
remained a while in apparent
unconsciousness of their attitude, ^ut
suddenly he stopped. After an instant's
pause he leaned forward, his
face taking on a charming and
characteristically quizzical expression,
and said. "Gentlemen, I must
ask that yon be patient and bear with
me a few moments longer. I still
have a few more pearls to cast."
Duel in Mississippi Town.
Laurel, Miss., Dec. 16.?A deliberately
planned and sensational
duel occurred in the main street of
Laurel today, in which Edward Bragg
was killed and B. W. Sharborough,
former State senator, was wounded.
The two had a quarrel over a business
matter, during which Bragg is
said to have advised Sharborough to
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went to a nearby store and purchased
a shotgun and shells, while Bragg
waited. When Bragg opened fire, I
hitting his man three times without
dangerously wounding him, Sharborough,
in spite of the bullets, advanced
until so close that Bragg seized
the muzzle of the shotgun. After a
tussle for possession of?this weapon
Sharborough fired, ending the duel
by mortally woundingBragg. Asmall
boy spectator was slightiy wounded.
Gen. Oates Selected.
Washington, Dec. 13.?President
Roosevelt today appointed Gen. Wm.
C. Oates to succeed Col. Elliott as a
commissioner to mark Confederate
graves. Gen. Oates was a former
governor of the State of Alabama, a
colonel in the Confederate army, a
brigadier-general in the SpanishAmerican
war and also a former
member of the house of representatives.
Two little South American boys
were excluded from the schools in
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, last week
because they looked a little too much
like mulattoes. This is strange, particularly
in a community where there
is supposed to be no discrimination
on account of color and among a
people who are said to be inclined to
miscegenation as the radical solution
of the race question. ? News and
Courier.
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are not fishing fc
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President Praised.
Washington, Dec. 12.?Represen- ,
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tative uiayton, 01 Aiaoama, mtreduced
the following resolution in the
I house: "Resolved, that the country
is to be congratulated on recent dec- i
larations of the president of the United
States, affirming the wisdom of f
the custom which limits a president
to two terms, which declaration 5
demonstrates that he, in common J
with all other patriotic Americans, ,
recognizes that the precedent established
by Washington and other
presidents of the United States in retiring
from the presidental office ,
after their second term has become, j
by universal concurrence, a part of 1
the Republican system of government
and that any departure from <
this time honored custom would be J
unwise, unpatriotic and fraught s
with peril to our free institutions." j
Another Move in Saluda Case. 1
In the supreme court last Friday j
afternoon a motion was made to sus- j
pend the appeal in the case against j
Alfred Free and W. I. Henderson, in
order that a motion for a new trial
might be made. Free and Henderson
were tried for the killing of M. M.
Morse, in Saluda county, Free get- ,
ting a sentence of 10 years and Hen- j
derson 12 years in the penitentiary, j
The case attracted considerable at- i
tention in Saluda county, and there ^
were two mistrials before the ver- ^
KvniicrVit in Thp case haS c
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alsQ been before the supreme court ?
on the ground that the presiding cir- |
cuit judge erred in his charges and
that Free was fully 200 yards distant
from the scene of the shooting and
that Morse opened fire on Henderson
in the affray that followed.
Beer' Account Compromised. 1 (
Charleston, Dec. 13?At a special i
meeting of city council tonight a res- 1
olution was adopted, asking the State 1
dispensary board to settle the beer i
account with the city and county of i
Charleston on a basis of a cash settlement
by J. S. Farnum for the sum of ]
$12,000 for the period between Jan- 1
uary, 1902, and October, 1905, the i
city and county having agreed in con- i
ference with interested attorneys and J
representatives of the American i
Audit company to take this sum. j
The claim as made out against >
TTarnnm fnr nnnaid rovalties and al- \
lowances of rebates by the State dis- t
pensary commissioners aggregates i
$29,897.55. Of this amount the claim t
for unpaid royalty, amounting to (
$9,615.14, was practically admitted i
by Farnum, but the other claims i
were contested. (
Corporation Counsel Moffet ex- 1
pressed the opinion that the action t
of the commissioners was illegal, as
they had no right to allow Farnum t
rebates and then make the city and a
county pay the cost. However, to 1
enforce a settlement in full meant a s
lawsuit and the city and county de- c
cided to accept the compromise. I
i Born Evei
i made, with how much truth
ling about them, for our attei
i people of this section wi
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es, Dress (ioods
than they have ever bought ?
>r suckers and we give full v<
pent with us. Although we h
is McGowan's Cheap Cash Sto
tation of the cheapest store :
oods way below the prices otl
article we sell, and the trading
good every assertion and
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to Pieces Before
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taring about McGowan's cheap
prise the natives on everythn
;tock. No need to quote price
,y that you can buy cheaper tha
v you some of the great bar
ound everywhere else, at tl
len see how much cheaper we
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KILLING IN MARION.
Mian Named Shooter Shoots Down
Joseph Harrellson.
Marion, Dec. 19.?There was a ^
rilling near Page's Mill, in the
sounty, on Tuesday evening. From
;he reports which have reached here
t seems that Messrs. Joseph Harrellson
and Foster Smith went to the
esidence of Frank Shooter; that
;hey had been drinking before they
vent and all parties continued to
Irink after that.
Finally a difficulty arose and Smith
md Harrellson left, one of them
;hreatening to return with his
Winchester. Later Harrellson did
return, and he was shot down by
Shooter as he was entering Shooter's
ioor?Shooter using a double-barrel d
shotgun. All the parties to this unfortunate
affair are white, respectable
and well connected. .
Mr. Shooter came in to-day and si
?ave himself up to the sheriff, and y
t is understood that he will im- ^
nediately apply for bail. k
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A Terrible Mistake. c,
Pittsburg, Dec. 19.?Mrs. Woods, a
iged 70 years, the mother of William p
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tt. woods, a weaiuiy unui, waa ?u-i
nost instantly killed early yesterday F
norning by her son when he emptied s<
;he contents of a shotgun at her in
:he darkness about his chicked coop. ^
She had come down before day to get _
i pullet to cook for breakfast. Her *
jyes were almost obliterated.
Pardon Asked. J [
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Gov. Ansel has received a petition < >
for the pardon of Clarence Thrailkill J \
)f Saluda county. Thrailkill is now <>
serving a sentence of three years on J \
;he chaingang in that county, and
;he petition recalls the history of a loted
criminal case, which has been |
n the courts several times.
Clarence Thrailkill and his father,
Morgan Thrailkill, were tried for
;he killing of Ben Burton near Moletta
on April 27, 1904. Clarence
vas convicted of manslaughter and
sentenced to three years and his
father was sent up for life and is now
serving sentence. After the trial it
vas charged that Clarence Thrailkill
vas not made to serve sentence on she
chaingang, but was allowed the
freedom of the community and that
she law was not therefore carried
>ut. In the meantime an appeal was _
nade to the supreme court for a
lew trial, but this was refused and o
jov. Heyward ordered that the sen- < [
sence of the court be carried out to <
she letter. J
The petition to Gov. Ansel states +
shat Thrailkill was but 17 years old J [
vhen the crime was committed; that <
le has served a greater part of the J [
sentence and that the people of the <
jommunity feel that he has been
junished sufficiently. *
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Middle age, courageously fighting,
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