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HAD CLOSE CALL. Young Boy Locked in Car Withoot Food or Drink Four Days. fcV/ _ When freight handlers employed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the Communipaw yards at New York unlocked a car loaded with sacks of flour Wednesday evening, an unconscious boy fell through the open doors to the gTound. rnl* - '? ~ A kAM/llAMfl SI** f hA l "I ll? ireigllt UdUUlCU vai i iv-u | boy to the police station and after water had been poured between his " . clenched teeth, he opened his eyes and began to cry. A doctor said he was suffering from thirst and starvaE^VViV tion. For a time the boy's condition was j so serious that it was feared he would die. His mouth and throat Ss-^'rf j 1 were filled with dry flour, and his* t V tongue was swollen. The boy re^ -,r vived almost immediately afiter wa5; ter was given him, and begged and v pleaded for more, but under orders from a doctor only a small quantity was given him at a time. | As his strength began returning |f|!, the boy begged for food, declaring If, he was starving. After more than an sr - hour he was strong enough to tell his story. "I have no idea how long I was p old," he began, "and I live at No. 2634 East Forty-seventh- street, Cleveland, Ohio. I was employed by ,the Henkel Flour Company in Cleve?v land, and last Thursday I was sent to a car to check off the number of flour bags that were to be shipped, ivvl was checking off the bags with the door open, when suddenly a brake-1 iman came along and shut the aoor and locked it. f . "I pounded and screamed to be let1 out, but the man did not come hack. I felt the car moving and v screamed until I lost all power to make a noise, and then I pounded on the door. "I have no idea how long I was in the car. I got so hungry I was weak. #I broke into a sack of flour and took great mouthfuls of it. Then I got thirsty and the more flour I ate the more thirsty I got. / "It began to rain. I could hear the water falling off the car, and T took - my handkerchief and stuck JA <1 /Xinnlr in tlia rinnr WhATI iilVUgU a u awa iu uwt. ?? uw handkerchief got wet I would i it back and moisten my lips, long as it rained I kept my hand;hief out of the crack. To get my handkerchief back >ugh the crack in the door als squeezed most of the water a it, but I managed to get a few as. I did this all the time it raining on Friday, Friday night Saturday, but the flour made thirstier, /and I was so hungry I I io eat something. When the stopped I found my mouth and at so parched that I couldn't k, much less, cry out. I was simjhoking to death. Whenever the train stopped I Id beat at the door, but somemy car always was far away i the station or where there was r!tchman or brakeman. could see through the crack in door when we got to stations, laltimore I managed to attract attention of a man and he stopat my car. I tried to speak to but couldn't, I was so thirsty, ae passed on, thinking some catrere in the car. don't remember much after I just lay down on the flour \ and got ready to die. I can't mber anything more until I got " e Jersey City police got into communication with Cleveland, and teij learned that young Golden had been reported as missing from home. An examination of the flour sacks showfejH" ed that one of them had been brokp.; en open. The boy was taken to the Oakland jlfc- avenue police station for the night, fe, Doctors who examined him said he ?*; *' would recover, but that had he staygU ed inrthe car another day he would ESm have died from thirst. When he is Bfk;' strong enough he will be sent home. Alleges Corruption. Ife'* Tallahassee, Fla., May 4.?Followp|: Ing the adoption to-day. by the Florida*house of resolutions looking to | further investigation of the bribery |v'' charges, it is rumored abuot the jp|C State capitol that there will be instill tuted impeachment proceedings jfpY:' against certain officials and a probable extra session of the legislature IX-to look into the matter. The situation grows out of the statement of Representative Wall that money had been offered him by persons unknown to him for a purpose of which he professed. ignorance. The resolutions adopted to-day were introduced by Representative Smith, of Clay county, and provided for a a committee and giving it power to subpoena wit!nesses and compel them to produce <: l>ooks and papers which may bear on the alleged attempt to bribe. Get in the contest early and work late. Some one will win. Why not you? ??ft . K*"". v ar*-' LAD TAKES POISON. Alex Steward Found Dead at Charleston Ball Park. Charleston, May 4.?Alex Steward, 18 years of age, was found dead tonight at the old base ball park on Meeting street. His mouth was burned with carbolic acid, probably taken with suicidal intent. He lost his father and mother some time ago, and it is thought that he was temporarily insane when he took the poison. The inquest will be held to-morrow. No News for "The State." A reporter for The State last Thursday while making his usual rounds, was handed the following letter from the office of Gov. Blease: Columbia, S. C., May 4, 1911. Mr. Bell: The unfairness with which the Columbia State treated me durine the campaign was overlooked by me when I came into office, and I I gave to the correspondents all of the information in the office, and requested my secretary and his assistant to be courteous and polite to all of the reporters and give them all of the public news. Those in charge of the .State saw fit not to appreciate it but continued to misrepresent me and to abuse me editorially and even now they publish falsehoods about me under assumed names, and when corrections are sent in by my friends, refuse to publish them for the people. Mr. Traywick has just sent in a communication in reply to an editorial from the State which the State refused flatly to publish, and Mr. Traywick is now getting it published in such county papers as will ac| cept it. I In view of these facts, I cannot give to the State, any news from this office, and have so instructed both of the young men in the office. I regret i this, as I feel that my acts in the office belong to the public, yet I feel that there are other sources through which they can be received, and henceforth there is nothing doing here for the Columbia State. Such information as it publishes will have to be received from some* other source. If it is false, it can be no worse than the malicious misrepresentations which they have been publishing against me since the Tillman bl tuti t COLE L. BLEASE. ? r CHIEF AND PATROLMAN DEAD. George Hinkle and William Short Killed in Fight. Pennington' Gap, Va., May 4.? George Hinkle, chief of police of this village and William Short, a patrolman, on the St. Charles, Va., police force, are dead as a result of a pistol fight 'here to-day. Hinkle attempted to arrest Short, who was alleged to have been disorderly during a circus performance. Invasion of Mexico Predicted. Washington, May 4.?Invasion of Mexico within the immediate future was predicted in the house to-day by Representative Focht, of Pennsylvania. He said an army officer just returned from the border told him intervention was inevitable. Mr. Focht did not name the officer. Mr. Focht said the officer, a young man associated with him, declared that the army was going over the Mexican border "to stay." "I would not think that the president would object. We have been absorbing everything they did not want in Europe for years and years. We have tak^n as trade in stock what nobody wanted in the Philippines? another white man's burden. We added a little more down here in the West Indies. Why could not we occupy something that is worth something and where we could be of some great good to somebody? "I am not a soldier of fortune. I /Irt oi-nnn+ +/-? ot thfl QrmV hilt U U UUt VA|/UV>I/ VV MV Ul/ vuv w? J we are called upon to discuss occasionally paramount questions and I believe that this will he a mighty interesting one before the house adjourns." Mr. Focht contended that the United States wanted empire and it was about to follow the "lure of gold and the call of adventure." Pardons Former Inspector. Springfield, 111., May 4.?Gov. Dineen# to-day, acting on the recommendation of the State board of pardons, issued a pardon to Edward McCann, former police inspector of Chicago, who is serving a term in the State penitentiary at Joliet for securing money from landlords of buildings used for immoral purposes and keepers of houses for police protection. In a crusade against bribery in the police department of Chicago the police inspector was sentenced to the penitentiary at Joliet for an indeterminate term. WEIGHT OF COTTON BALES. Hester Issues Statement Showing Average Since September. New Orleans, May 4.?Secretary Hester to-day issued a statement of weight of 8,969,792 bales of cotton handled at ports and across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers overland to American manufacturers out of the cotton belt during the months of September to April, inclusive, showing an average per bale of 516 81-100, against 510 3-100 for the same period last year. Details averages are: iexas pons, 527 91-100, against 516 93-100 last year; Louisiana ports, 522 33-100 against 513 9-100; Alabama ports 524 54-100, against 512 49-100; Georgia ports, 499 70-100, against 503 29-100; South Carolina ports, 4 95, against 495 last year. North Carolina ports, 490, against 493 50100; Virginia ports, 490, against 490; Tennessee, etc., 526 95-100, against 519 24-100 last year. These averages are, as stated, of cotton handled at ports and over - - irf - ! - , land, Dasea on omciai reiuius ui secretaries and superintendents of exchange and experts at ports in the States named. Plan for Love Feast. s Washington, May 4.?Plans for. a 50th anniversary love feast to be attended by the Union and Confederate soldiers who fought each other in the battle of Manassas are being made in Washington to-day. The peace meeting is to be held July 1, on the field where the men met 50 years ago, and it is expected that several hundred of the soldiers on each side will attend. Considerable impetus was given the project at a raising of the Stars and Stripes on the battlefield near Manassas, Virginia, and Washington 1 veterans who were in attendance re. turned to this city to-night enthusiastic over the plans. Lieut. George C. Round, of the United States Signal pnmc in a aneeeh he made at the ~ - -x flag-raising, said that the soldiers should abidk by the old Mosaic custom in which every one met and wiped out their debts and grievances once every 50 years. He is in Washington to-day further tp interest the veterans, and met them to-night on the plans. The movement' has received the indorsement of the Daugh- N ters of the American Revolution and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Resignation Not Due to Potash. Washington, May 4.?President Taft to-day gave Representatives Lever, of South Carolina, and Brantley, of Georgia, his personal and em- . phatic assurance that Dr. David , Jayne Hill had ont resigned as ambassador to Germanv on account of potash controversy. As a result of this conference Mr. Lever promised the executive that he would withdraw the resolution which he pre- < sented in the house calling for in- ' formation as to the reasons why Dr. Hill had left the diplomatic service. While the president did not confide to the two representatives the reason of Dr. Hill's resignation, he made it perfectly plain* that the ambassador had not decided to leave Berlin because 4>f the apparent failure of the potash negotiations. As he left the White House Mr. Lever said that he was wholly satis- * fied with the statement made by the president, and that he would not press his resolution. This leaves the potash matter as far from a solution as : ever. i Starts Investigation. Atlanta, Ga., May 4.?Acting on ] its own initiative, the State railroad . commission to-day started an investi- ] gation of the Southern Express com- i pany with a view to ascertaining the < equity of express rates in force in < this State. An order was issued instructing the express company to submit sworn statements concerning its affairs. Although an inqufry has been on quietly for sevqral months, j the public has not been aware of it. A committee composed of Commissioners Gray and Candler, has been looking into the rates charged by the Southern Express company throughout the country. The report of this < committee to-day resulted in ordering tho company to produce sworn state- , ments of its business. The investi- , * - * XI gation, it is stated, win De one 01 tue 1 most important ever undertaken by a Georgia commission. Brings Over Fifteen. Newberry, May 4.?Summer Bros. ' company sold 1,000 bales of cotton ' yesterday evening to the Clifton Manufacturing company at 15%. They i had been holding the lot for some time. Large quantities of cotton have been turned loose in Newberry within the past few days, since the price has gone to 15 cents. There' are 1 many who think the price is going higher yet. NATURE'S WARNING. Bamberg People Must Recognize and Heed It. Kidney ills come quietly?mysteriously, But nature always warns you. Notice the kidney secretions. See if the color is unhealthy? If there are settlings and sediment, Passages frequent, scanty, painful. It's time then to use Doan'S'Kidney Pills, To ward off Bright's disease or dropsy. Doan's have done great work in Bamberg. Mrs. J. W. Baxter, Carlisle St., Bamberg, S. C., says: "Doan's Kidney Pills, obtained at the Peoples Drug Co., have been used in our household and have proven very beneficial. A member of our family suffered severely from backache and also had trouble from too frequent passages of the kidney secretions. 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