RUSS HELD FOR MUKDKK.
Young Man, Said to be Rival, Accused
of Crime.
Wilmington, N. C., March 25.?As
the result of the coroner's inquest
and preliminary hearing before a justice
in Columbus county, this State,
to-day, Cleveland Russ, 21 years old,
said to be a rejected suitor of Miss
Squires, of Bladen county, was committed
to jail without bond at White,
ville, N. C., for trial in the State superior
court next month on the
charge of having murdered Jerry
Bigford, a well known young farmer
and merchant, who was shot to
death through a window in his home,
near Freeman's, N. C., during Tuesday
night, and who was to have married
Miss Squires the night following
the finding of his body in his
home, where he resided alone.
A large number of witnesses were
examined, including Chief of Police
Edmundson, of Chadbourn, whose I
bloodhounds followed a trail four
miles through swamps and across the
river to the Russ home, where three
. brothers were arrested to await action
by the coroner. Leading attorneys
of Columbus county and Wilmington
appeared on both sides at
the hearing to-day, the prosecution
urging strongly that jealousy affordi
f: ed the motive and the bloodhounds
were unerring, while the defense
sought to set up an alibi by the
fciW brothers and others at the Russ
% 5 home the night of the murder and
' claiming that the theory previously
adopted by the officers directed the
trail of the- dogs to the house. Two
t ' of the brothers were released from
custody, but were recognized as witnesses
for the higher court Miss
vi . Squires, the fiancee of the dead man.
and her father were present for the
';4v-. inquest, but neither was introduced
a witness- All the parties to the
yvf- affair are prominent in their respec'?*<
tive communities. Cleveland Russ is
. being taken to jail at Whiteville to;
night, but no violence is feared.
v FIREMAN KILLED IN WRECK.
Frank Hardin, of Chester, Loses His
Life. *
P'J' Yorkville, March 24.?A special
train of an engine, baggage car and
i passenger car on the Carolina &
Northwestern railroad was wrecked
- to-day about two and a half miles
j Bouth of Yorkville. The train was
carrying about 65 passengers?
Knights Templars and their relatives
?from Chester to Yorkville to enjoy
a banquet got up by the ladies of
Yorkville. Fireman Frank Hardin,
of Chester jumped, and was instantly
killed. Engineer; Smyer stuck to
I his post and escaped uninjured,
I though the engine and tender both
turned over. None of the passengers
was hurt.
The wreck occurred on a straight
stretch of track when the train was
; going about 18 miles an hour. The
engine and tender and both cars left
'f- the track.
Col. Nichols and the Messrs. Davidson
and other officials were on the
train and did all they could to relieve
the situation. The ladies of the
\ party behaved splendidly, retaining
their self-possession and urging the
Kt men to work.
figlp-/" _ The cause of the wreck has not yet
Ifeyv been learned.
~ After the wreck the passengers
were brought on* to Yorkville by the
, southbound train, which ran down
as far as the scene of the accident
and returned with the wreck-bound
passengers from the ill-fated special,
ir. They went went back toward Chester
on the southbound as far as the
wreck, where another train was waiting
to carry them home.
This is the first wreck on the
Carolina & Northwestern in the last
15 years.
track is being built around the
wreck and traffic will soon proceed.
pp.; FIGHT OVER TELEPHONE POLE.
Ip^?' D. Prothro and J. H. Richardson,
i&i V- of Aiken County, Exchange Shots*
Ife'f Aiken, March 26.?Yesterday afternoon
a preliminary hearing was
ijfe'.v;.- given J. D. Prothro, who resides near
: Aiken, before Magistrate Smoak, on
.the charge of assault and battefy
with intent to kill, the charge being
made by J. H. Richardson, a farmS|k?
er, who resides on the road upon
which Prothro's rural telephone line
runs. Near the place of Richardson,
Prothro's telephone crossed the Postal
wires, and he had to change the 1
route slightly to avoid this. In
^ v changing a pole had to be placed
near Richardson's place, in the right
< V* of way of the public road, on which
?. Prothro had secured consent to place
his poles, Richardson objected to
? the pole being placed near his place 1
and a dispute arose over the placing
r of the pole there. It is charged that
Prothro fired at Richardson 11 times
"with a rifle and that Richardson
fired at Prothro three times with a
I:shotgun. All the shots went wide
and no injury was done. It is not
known which fired first, as both claim
the other fired first. After hearing
the prosecuting side Magistrate
- Smoak bound Prothro over to the
hiener court, under a bond of $200,
which was furnished.
DEAD AS RESULT OF KISS.
Trained Nurse is Infected from Kiss
Bestowed on Patient.
Cumberland. Md., March 28.?
Having become infected from a kiss
bestowed by request on a patient dying
of blood poisoning. Miss Marion
C. Spier, a trained nurse, died here
last night. Miss Spier nursed Mrs.
Virginia Callan Carder, wife of Dr.
Geo. L. Carder, a prominent society
woman at the Allegheny Hospital,
and was so kind to the sick woman
that the latter asked her to kiss her
as she was dying. The request was
granted and, in a few days, Miss
Spier was stricken with the same
malady.
Some one has correctly said that
our duty consists in:
Will to do right. Work for God's
cause. Win to temperance.
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CUT HIS THROAT. ]
Georgia Man Commits Snicide on a
Train.
Swainsboro, Ga., March 26.?Hon.
George H. Bell, former representative
in the State legislature, recently
released from the State insane
asylum, committed suicide by cutting
his throat while on the Central of
Georgia train No. 4, trom Atlanta to
Savannah early this morning. He
was lound under a seat when the
train reached Tommsboro by Conductor
Robert L. Drake.
He first stabbed himself under the
heart with a knife, which he obtained
from a friend. When the
conductor picked him up Bell reached
into his pocket, took out the knife
and cut his throat. He lived for
thirty minutes, praying all the time
to die. The body was taken to Wadlev,
and from there sent to this city
to his relatives, who were griefstricken
when they heard the news.
In the seat where he had been sitting
was found a newspaper in which
was an account of his wife's suit for
divorce.
One month ago yesterday he, after
a vigorous fight, was released from
the asylum at Milledgeville, on the
grounds that he had been illegally
committed to that place. He had
been confined there three years. The
order of the judge was that he would
be given liberty in thirty days, provided
he was not legally committed
to the asylum. The asylum authorities,
however, let him go at that
time. Since leaving, his wife has entered
suit for divorce from him.
Early in life he was an actor in a
Western company. He befriended a
member # of the company, Mrs.
Blanche Burton, who was the means,
a month ago, of obtaining freedom
for him. After leaving the stage he
came back to Swainsboro, where he
started a newspaper, subsequently
being elected to the legislature. He
was about 35 years of age, and was
the son of Dr. Green Bell. Mrs. Burton,
who lives in Indiana, has been
notified, and it is possible she will attend
the funeral. No arrangements
have been made..
PRAYED FOR DROUGHT.
No Rain After Angry Pastor's Petition
to Heaven.
Bokhoma, Okla., March 16.?Like
Moses of old, the Rev. Charles Ford,
a Holiness preacher, called down a
plague on Bokhoma, in the form of
drought. As if in answer to his public
nonrAm onofna q Hrnri nt rain has
lit; UiajUD, ovaivv U V*
fallen here for six months, until yesterday,
when the minister prayed for
the drought to% end.
The initial prayer was made after
the Rev. Mr. Ford had been denied a
sum of money, which he claimed as
back wages from the Frisco Lumber
Company. During the drought, business
was paralyzed, and hundreds of
men moved their families, that were
in actual want, to other parts of the
State.
The Rev. Mr. Ford's congregation
at Bokhoma is small, and in addition
to his pastoral duties he worked at
the mill of the Frisco Lumber Company.
Six months ago, last September,
the pastor resigned his position
at the mill and said he had not received
all the salary that was due
him. He then announced his intention
of asking the Lord to withhold
rain from this locality indefinitely.
The .following Sunday he made his
prayer from the pulpit.
Within a radius of fifty miles of
this stricken town rain was plentiful
on every side. The Red river and
Little river, which run through adjoining
counties, were brimful
throughout the drought, but the
nearest to a rain Bokhoma got was a
thunder storm and a darkened sky.
The water supply gradually grew
less, and the mills shut down. At the
end of three months the big pond
which supplied the water for the
lumber company was as dry as tinder,
and the plant was shut down.
When the workmen's families b'egan
to suffer the minister announced
that he would pray for enough rain
to enable the mills to resume operations
for a week.
In answer to his supplication, a
heavy rain fell that night and continued
throughout the next day. The
mills started up and worked just
eight days before the supply again
gave out,* and operations ceased.
In his farewell sermon the Rev.
Mr. Ford told his congregation he
would pray for rain as soon as he
had crossed the river into another
county, and bade them prepare to return
to work. The next morning,
yesterday, he took his departure, and
three hours after he left Bokhoma
the heaviest rajn in more than a
year set in. For six hours, an hour
for every month of drought, it poured
in torrenis without letting up.
Dynamited by Black Hand.
Shamokin, Pa., March 2S.?While
asleep in a bunk car near Traverton
to-day, Salvatore Belfore, a section
hand on the Philadelphia & Reading
railway, was blown to pieces by
dynamite. The explosive had been
placed directly where he was sleeping,
by supposed members of the
Black Hand, who escaped. The other
Italians, also asleep in the car,
were blown some distance from the
wrecked car by the explosion.
TRIPLE TRAGEDY IN IOWA.
Crazed Mother Kills Herself and Two
Children.
Des Moines, Iowa. March 27.?In
a fit of despondency, resulting from
a long illness, Mrs. John Lynch, living
on a farm near Cedar Rapids,
this afternoon cut the throats of her
five-weeks'-old baby, her 3-vear-old
son. and her 4-year-old girl. The
frenzied mother then attacked her
two other children, but they escaped
to a neighbor's house. When help
arrived Mrs. Lynch had cut her own
throat and set the house afire. Neighbors
rescued the little girl, who may
survive. The house was burned to
the ground, and the two bodies were
incinerated. The husband of the demented
woman was absent at the
time.
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KILLS HIMSELF WITH RAZOR,
R. C. Adams Inflicts Fatal Wound on 1
Himself,
Walhalla, March 25.?R. C,
Adams died early this morning at E
the home of Mrs. G. W. Eaton. On j:
Tuesday evening Mr. Adams attempt- ^
ed suicide by cutting his throat with e
a razor. While the wound proved a ^
fatal one, Mr. Adams had his right 1
mind since the deed, and seemed to
regret that he did not die instantly. *
Bad health was evidently the caus.i v
of this deplorable act, as Mr. Adams f
has been an invalid for 4 0 years. *
On Tuesday he bought his coffin 6
and made all funeral arrangements, f
looking carefully to the financial
part. He came here more than a ]
year ago and was often seen upon 1
the streets, but while he was most 8
pleasant in conversation he showed a
that he was dejected in spirits. *
His remains will be shipped to
New Bedford, Mass., his former t
home. 1
He wrote his relatives and ^
friends there Tuesday and doubtless f
they are looking for the worst. i
He called at the hardware store 2
to purchase a pistol, but none was
sold him. He procured an old one
somewhere and had snapped several 1
times upon loaded shells, but they <3
failed to explode. After his rash
act on Tuesday night a letter was t
found on his dresser addressed to <)
Mrs. Eaton. Along with the address 1
were words: "To be opened after 1
my death."
Negro Committed for Trial.
Gaffney, March 27.?The negro to
preacher Jackson was brought here t
Thursday from Greenville, where he j
was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Paul .
Lipscomb and lodged in jail. He demanded
a preliminary examination, '
and it was held by Magistrate Phil- t
lips, who recommitted him after taking
the testimony of the father and .
two brothers of the little girl upon
whom the attempt was made. The a
child testified that she was in the v
house with two little children, both ^
smaller than herself, when Jackson
came in and asked her to kiss him *
and had other offensive talk to her,
whereupon becoming frightened she f
caught up the baby and started to t
leave the house. When he attempted
to take the child from her, she escaped,
and when she reached the a
door saw her mother and older s
brother coming and Jackson left.
The father testified that Jackson
saw him after the attenipt and told
him that he was tempted by the devil
and that he had used language to
the child for which he was sorry, fi
and that he had been praying for for- ^
giveness ever since. The attempt
was made on the 19th of May, 1908, s
at which time the child was only *
about 10 years of age. Jackson left ?
the next day for parts unknown,
since which time Sheriff Thomas has c.
been trying to get him located. The J
little girl is "a bright looking child j;
of about 11 years, and gave her testimony
in a very impressive man- ^
i ner Jackson is a brutish looking \
negro of about 45 years of age.
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FIGHT ON TARIFF RATES. / 1
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East and West Opposed on Hides and
Lumber Schedules.
Washington, March 28.?The fate I
of lumber and hides in the proposed
new tariff law probably will not be
decided until the conference reports
on the bills have been approved by (
both the senate and house. The r
clashes on these schedules have oc- i
curred largely between the represep- q
tatives of the East and West ahd q
there is a prospect of the differences t
becoming so sharp that the Demo- -c
crats from the Southern States may 1
determine the outcome. s
The supporters of protection on c
hides express hope of inducing the s
senate committee to recommend the
continuance of the Dingley rates, d
The Western senators on the com- e
mittee have proved strong'advQcates t
of the restoration of the duty, while t
Senator Lodge is said to stand al- e
most alone in his campaign for free t
hides. ' a
Champions of the movement to v
take the duty off lumber entirely are t
not so sanguine of success as the a
advocates of free hides, so far as c
their contest in the committee is r
concerned. Senator McCumber, in v
accordance with the instruction of a
the legislature of North Dakota, is b
prepared to carry the fight to the a
floor of the senate. t
Regardless of; the votes of the
committee the advocates of free lum- p
ber and free hides have been prom- o
ised separate votes on these ques- a
tions in the senate. There is a well t
defined rumor in the senate that the s
committee on finance will uphold p
the principle declared in the bill of p
making the established rate the ii
minimum with a 20 per cent, retaliatory.
increase to countries which fail j h
to give their best rate to trie unitea n
States. If it should be decided to r
revise this proposition so as to make h
the established rate the maximum t!
and give to the most friendly nations t:
a favored rate of 20 p^r cent, less, v
it is asserted that the rates in the t
Payne bill would have to be raised ^
all along the line on the theory that x
all great nations would take action e
so as to be given the lower rate. lj
During the consideration of the c
bill thus far all of the rates which t<
depend upon existing treaties have
been laid aside to be considered
when the maximum and minimum
features are taken up. ^
Big Fire in Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 25.?
Fire at 1 o'clock this morning in a a
three-story building on Forsyth p
street, for a time threatened the en- b
tire business district. The loss is es- a
timated at $350,000, partially in- is
sured. n
The H. and W. B. Drew printing g
plant is a total loss. The fire is said p
to have been caused by lightning G
striking the electric wires which ig- f;
nited in the storage rooms on the r
east end of the third floor. A heavy J
rainstorm occurred during the fire ii
which aided the firemen consider- t
ably and ,th.e flames were confined to h
the Taylor block. . G
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A RACE ON ICE.
?he Skates That Got Away and
Those that Were Saved.
Thackeray once asked one of the
aen who let out skates on the Ser>entine
whether he had ever lost a
>air through the omission to exact a
ieposit, and he replied that he had
Lever done so, except on one occasion
rhen the circumstances made it aluost
pardonable.
A well dressed young fellow was
laving his second skate fastened on
vhen he suddenly broke away from
he man's hands and dashed to the
ce. The next instant a thickset, powirful
man was clamoring for another
>air.
He was a detective in pursuit of
lis prey, and a very animating sight
t was to watch the chase. He was.
is he had boasted, a first rate skater,
md it became presently obvious that
le was running down his man.
Then the young fellow determined
r? run a desnerate risk of libertv.
The ice, as usual, under the bridge
vas marked "Dangerous," and he
nade for it at headlong speed. The
ce bent beneath his weight, but he
;ot safely through.
The sheriff's officer followed with
squal pluck, but, being a heavier
nan, broke through and was
Irowned.
"His skates," said the narrator of
he incident, "I got back after the Inluest,
but those the young gentleman
tad on I never saw again."?London
telegraph.
An Interesting Speaker.
A Baltimore man had decided that
te must administer a stern lecture to
lis 6-year-old son, Harry. The boy
lad been naughty, but did not seem
o appreciate the fact; and it was
with some reluctance, therefore, that
he parent undertook a scolding.
He spoke judiciously, but severey;
he recounted the lad's misdeeds,
,nd duly explained the whys and
wherefores of his solemn rebuke, his
wife the while sitting by, duly imiressed.
Finally, when the father* ceased
or breath and incidentally to hear
he culprit's acknowledgement of eror,
the lad, his face beaming with
dmiration, turned to his mother and
aid:
"Ma, isn't Pa interesting?"
Some Excuses.
An Englewood school teacher
ihowed Gerald Sullivan, of the En
jlewood, (111.) Times a few letters
rom parents of pupils. The first was
in excuse, and read: "Missus Teachir,
Pleas excuse my Johnnie from ablence,
he had the measles to oblige
lis father, Carl Smith." Another
>ne, who objected to hhe "alcoholic
nstructions," read: "Miss Bland,
dy boy tells me that when I trink
>eer, der overcoat from my stomach,
;ets too thick, pleas be so kint as
lot to interfere in mine family afairs.
John Dash." Another one
vas: "Please excuse Willie for not
>eing at school yesterday. I took
lim out for a little pleasure to see
lis grandmother's grave."
CAPERS TO RETIRE.
designation, When it is Tendered,
Will be Voluntary.
Washington, March 24.?John G.
Papers, commissioner of internal
evenue, conferred with President
raft and Secretary Carpenter tolay.
Practically every State with a
[uota of job hunters is trying to get
his position. Ohio alone has three
?r four men hungry for the place,
^he president is resisting the presure
with the intention, it is said, of
ontinuing Commissioner Capers for
ome months at least.
Commissioner Capers stated tolay
that the subject of his retireoent
had not been discussed with
he president or with any one else at
he White House. Mr. Capers intiaated,
though, that it is his intention
o return to his law practice as soon
s he can complete some work upon
/hich he is engaged and which he
hinks should receive his attention
nd not that of a new man. Mr.
'apers will no doubt hand in his
esignation. His doing so will be
oluntary as the situation now looks
nd the time for its presentation will
e based upon his legal connections
nd upon the wishes of the adminisration.
It has been pointed out to the
resident that there are a number
f matters pending before the ways
nd means committee in regard to
he tariff upon which it is necesary
for Commissioner Capers to apear
before the committee. He has
repared himself for these hear- j
ags.
Mr. Capers, his friends say, has
ad under advisement for some j
lonths a number of good offers to
eturn to private practice, either
ere or in South Carolina, and as
hese have been tempting he has kept
hem under consideration with a
iew of acceptance, when he felt that
he interests of the government
rould permit his retirement.
It is known that Postmaster Genral
Hitchcock appreciates the poetical
work of Mr. Capers in the last
?? ? 3 in +V?/v rvynci/lnnt
ampaign auu win ?a?tv mc iuwiuvu
o retain him for a period at least.
NEGRO PREACHER HELD.
'harged With Assaulting Little Girl
in Cherokee County.
Gaffney. March 26.?Sheriff Thoms
has been notified that a negro
reacher named Elijah Jackson has
een arrested in 'Greenville county
nd is being held for him. Jackson
5 charged with an attempt to cornlit
a criminal assault upon a little
irl, the child of respectable white
arents, who reside a few miles from
laffnev. The attempt was maae iasi
all and Sheriff Thomas has been unemitting
in his attempts to locate
ackson since that time. Jackson fled
mmediately after the commission of
he crime and it is thought that he
as been in hiding in Anderson and
rreenville counties ever since.
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