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Established 1891 ' BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 6,1911. One Dollar a Yesr|||
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
80ME*IXTERESTXXG HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
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Ehrhardt, July 3.?Our team went
to Hampton last week and played a
game with them, resulting 9 to 2 in
favor of the Ehrhardt team.
The three Sunday-schools of town:
juemoaist, cayusi, ana ijuiaerau,
also some of their friends,! will go to
Ivanhoe on the 4th to enjoy the day
picnicing.
M. A. F. Henderson, cashier of the
Ehrhardt Banking Co., has a vacation
of two weeks, and will spend
' same in Tennessee. His going away
' must have brought us rain, or at
least the rain came the day he left.
Mr. Riley, of Bamberg, will hold his
job down for him until he returns.
The Hacker Mfg. Co. have started
their saw mill, and will soon have
same running in full. Some of the
new machinery will give some trouble
until adjusted. f
The weather is so warm that one
'can't do anything but eat ice cream
. and take on cold drinks.'
Some parties are getting quite particular
as to the number of roses
used in their bouquets these days.
Four is their favorite number. Color
not questioned.
Our drayman, George Rivers, colored,
was killed by lightning last
Monday afternoon. JEE.
KILLED HIS BEST FRIEND.
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Dispute Between Railway Men in
Aiken Ends Fatally.
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Aiken, July 3.?One of the most
deplorable killings which ever occurred
in this county happened in the
sub-station of the Aiken-Augusta
Railway Company, just this side of
Graniteville, about 9 o'clock on Sat
urday night. Lawrence Wise, made
crazy by whiskey, according to testimony,
walked into the sub-station
and literally shot John Duncan to
j pieces.
There were no eye-witnesses to the
killing, but the cause of the fuss was
? ever the report which was to be sent
in to the manager of the sub-station.
Both Wise and Duncan were
employed in this station, one being
the night man, while the other was
the day man. They were the best of
friends, and after the killing Wise
remarked that he had killed the best
friend he had..
Prom the inquest it seems that
Duncan was substituting for Wise,
who had gotten ofT to go to Aiken,
and that he should have reported
for work at 6:30 in the afternoon.
He did not show up until about 9
o'clock, and parties heard the men
fussing over the report which was
1 to go in. Duncan was trying to get
Wise to go home, and finally invited
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mm iu&iuc, auu Liieie tut? . suuunug
took place. Wise shot at Duncan six
> ' ' times and hit him six times. . Three
bullets passed entirely through the
dead man's body, one through his
hip, ranging upward; one passed
through his hat
Duncan tried to escape and he was
found leaning half-way out of a win\
dow with his head in the sand. Rural
Policeman Holley was on the car
which passed the sub-station about
the time of the killing and he placed
Wise under arrest and brought him
to Aiken and lodged him in jail. An
inquest was held on Sunday morning,
and the usual verdict was rendered
that Duncan came to his death
at the hands of Wise.
The affair is greatly regretted
here, as both men are well thought
of, and both haye families. Duncan
has six children and Wise has three.
Officer Killed Negro.
Charleston, July 2.?Police Officer
McDonald snot and killed John Hammond,
a negro, to-night as the latter
was violently resisting arrest on the
corner of Reid and Mary streets. The
officer shot only after the negro had
* Officer Kellar on the ground, feeling
that it was necessary for the preservation
of the life of himself and Kellar
to use his weapon. It appears
the negro cut Officer McDonald last
September and made his escape.
Learning this afternoon that the
negro was in the city with a number
of excursionists, McDonald, accompanied
by Kellar, hunted the negro,
and as Kellar laid hands on him the
negro who was of powerful build,
put up a vigorous resistance. He was
getting the better of the two policemen
when McDonald used his pistol
with fatal effect. McDonald is in custody
of the police department tor
night, awaiting the action of the
coroner's inquest.
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FRISCO SHAKEN. J
Two Shocks Recall Great Disaster
of 1906. s
* San Francisco, July 1.?Two earthquake
shocks, the heaviest since the g
big shake of 1906, and separated by
only a few seconds, jarred the central
portion of California and western
Nevada to-day. The first sharp shock,
experienced at 2:01 o'clock, was fol- c
lowed within a few seconds by one of ^
similar intensity, each lasting about
five seconds. N
Only trivial damage has been reported
from any section, but in San
Francisco and other cities in the affected
area a panic seized upon
crowds in stores and restaurants and
there was a pell mell exodus from the
large buildings.
One peculiar feature of the earthquake
was that it did not appear to
follow the old "fault" in the earth's
crust which has been the playground
of tremblers in the past, but extended
from the seacoast eastward to the
Sierras, including hitherto exempt
mountain areas.
Heavy Shock at Reno.
It was felt to the northward of
Sacramento in Sacramento valley,
southward as far as Fresno, and to
the east to Reno and Carson, Nev.,
the latter place experiencing the
heaviest shock in its history.
Some slight damage was done to
buildings in San Francisco. Heavy
stones in the cornice of the Mechanics
bank building were moved slightly
out of alignment; superficial
cracks were made in several large office
buildings, cornices of the new 2
postoflBce building were disarranged 1
and minor damage was done to the
interior walls of a number of other
buildings. j
Within a few seconds after the
first shock many down-town buildings
were depopulated in a rush to
the streets. Telephone and tele- .
graph service was suspended by the .
operators deserting their posts. Herbert
Hadley, a lodging house inmate,
fell dead of fright, and some cases of
hysteria, of cuts or bruises suifered
in the semi-panic were treated at the
hospitals. * r
Santa KOsa, wmcn sunerea me ^
greater disaster in proportion to its
' size than did San Francisco in the
/ a
catastrophe of 1906, scarcely felt today's
shock. ^
San Jose, also a -heavy sufferer in
1906, reported t?e shock to-day was
the severest experienced since that
time, but it did no serious damage. ^
Stockton and Fresno 'people were
frightened by the jarring,* but there, ^
as in Sacramento, where the State ^
offices were deserted in a trice as a |
result of the trembler, the damage to ^
buildings was trifling.
In Reno; Nev., the shock was
scarcely felt, but in Carson it was severe.
The federal" court was in ses
a ^ T
I sion in x;ne ixevaaa capuoi <tuu juuge, ^
jury and attorneys rushed to the
! street. ,
j At the Santa Clara college observatory
both reels were thrown off the }
seismographs. They were immediately
replaced, but the record of the disturbance
will be incomplete. f
The mean time clock at the observatory
of the University of California
was stopped for the first time since
the earthquake five years ago.
| The deep booming reverberation fi
' which usually marks disturbances of f
a widespread character accompanied t
the first tremor. In San Francisco ^
the groaning and creaking of the
! steel structures played a larger part t
! in frightening people than did the r
[ tremors.
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Governor Calls for Economy. ^
Nashville, Tenn., July 3.?In a *
special message to the Tennessee leg- f
islature this afternoon Gov. Hooper
told the two houses that unless the ^
appropriations in the general hill
passed Saturday were cut down he j
&ould veto the bill and other pend- ^
ing appropriations. The extravagant t
appropriations, he declared, were t
without precedent in the State and
he charged that there was a disposition
on the part of some of the legislators
to heap them up for political j
effect According to the governor's ^
estimates the appropriations for the
next two years exceed by nearly a
million and a quarter dollars wrhat
the revenues will be. One of the
severely condemned provisions of the
general appropriation bill is the $500
j expense money for each legislator c
| and a total of $65,500. A storm is S
being raised over the State about t
this. " I
It was announced by comptroller's "
office to-day that Saturday, July 1, d
being a half holiday in New York, I
the State would be safe in meeting t
the interest on the State debt there \
to-day, though the interest was due c
on July 1. \
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
JOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
itate News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
A company has been organized in
Sumter to build a hotel in that city
JOStmg $iUU,UVU. sumier iias ivu&
)een in great need of additional hotel
'acilities.
Congressman A. F. Lever will be
narried this (Wednesday)' evening
n Lexington to Miss Lucie Scurry
Butler, a daughter of Maj. John Wilson
Butler.
The water is so low in Broad river
;hat some of the cotton mills which
>btain power from the electric plants
ocated on this stream have been
,'orced to close down. Many of the
>ther streams in the Piedmont are
rery low, and in Spartanburg the supply
of water for the city is getting
scarce. The sprinkling of lawns and
gardens has been stopped by the city
luthorities.
An election is soon to be held on
he question of forming Jasper
:ounty from portions of Beaufort and
lampton, with Ridgeland as the
county seat. The Hampton people
ire opposed to the movement, and
he discussion in the newspapers, has
>ecome interesting. Our friend, Mr.
V. W. Brabham, of Olar,.this county;
s taking part in the discussion. It
s likely that Hampton will vote
igainst the scheme, and very proper- 1
y so. $500,000
IN TRUNK.
fortune of Granfield Killed in Auto
Mishap.
Denver, Colo., June 27.?Two 'J
ravel worn trunks left in a hotel here !
>y Horace Granfield, of Mount Verlon,
N. Y., have been opened by the
mblic administrator and found to
:ontain $500,000, on which the State 1
vill collect an inheritance tax.
Granfield was killed in an auto- 1
nobile accident near here May 7. He
?as taking a pleasure trip in the
nountains near Denver with a local <
ittorney. Their machine plunged off
t high embankment and both were
lead when picked up.
Granfield was known to be
vealthy, but not supposed to carrf
i fortune with him. His widow'and
laughter came here for the body,
tnd later began looking up his exensive
mining interests in this State. 1
tfrs. Granfield did not know of the '
ortune contained, in the trunks un- ;
il her arrival.
An attorney told the public adninistrator
that he should take
licli gC U1 Llie caiaic, auu au viuvao i
?ho went to the hotel where Gran- 1
leld was registered found the trunks '
md opened them,
He was surprised by the discovery 1
>f a $50,000 government bond, a
>10,000 bill and much other curency,
gilt-edge railroad bonds, jew- ,
dry, etc., valued in. all at fully $500,>00.
She's a Bird.
From just a plain Bird, through
uccession of cognomens of the i
eathered tribe, Mrs. Elizabeth Marin,
of Paris,~ Ky., wha has been
dsiting Warren county, has featherfd
her nest well, and holds probably 1
he most singular distinction of sur- 1
tames of any one on record. <
She began as Elizabeth Bird in i
larrison," Ky., and first ventured 1
rom the home nest when she marled
Bob Martin. When Mr. Martin i
lied she married Edward Crow, a i
armer. When the time came to ]
:hange nests she allied herself with ]
Villiam Robin, and lived happy un- ?
il the matrimonial season of Mrs.
lobin again rolled along. Then ]
)avid Buzzard, a widower, more attractive
personally and socially than
lis name would indicate, appeared
,nd Mrs. Robin became Mrs. Buzzard.
Into the Buzzard roost Mrs. Buz- .
ard carried one little Martin, two ]
ittle Crows and^me little Robin. '
)ne little Buzzard was already there (
o welcome the other birds.?Exhange.
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Had Passed Century Mark.
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Greenville, July 3.?Probably the <
ldest white woman in the State of 1
>outh Carolina died in this county :
o-day. The deceased, Mrs. Sarah i
^oftis, was 105 years old. < Aunt 1
'Sally," as she was familiarly known,
lied at the home of her son, Jas. 1
^oftis, in Bates township. She was 1
orn and reared in * the section in ;
?hich she died. She was the mother j
rf.six children, three of whom sur- 1
dve. <
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MR. LEVER GETS FIRST.
Congressman Starts Marriage Lioens<
Business in Lexington.
Lexington, July 1.?The first per
son to secure a marriage license un
der the act of the last legislature, ir
Lexington county, was Congressmai
A. F. Lever, who is to wed Miss
Lucile Scurry sutler, on next
Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock? The
happy young congressman?for hi
has been wearing a smile as broad as
it is long for the past few days?ap
peared early at the office of Judge oi
Probate Drafts, but the veteran of
ficer had gone to his farm, and it was
not until 11 o'clock that the firs
license was issued. In the meantime
there were others who wanted to se
cure licenses, among them a negrc
couple.
In the first announcement of the
coming' marriage of Mr. Lever anc
Miss Butler, which appeared in thif
correspondence yesterday it was stat
ed that the marriage would be sol
emnized at the home of the bride'i
father. This has since been changec
and the marriage will take place ii
St. Stephen's Lutheran church, anc
while no formal invitations have beer
issued, everybody invited.
SON FATALLY SHOOTS FATHER
McCrae Kirkland Victim of Familj
Quarrel in Kershaw County.
Camden, July 3.?McCrae Kirkland,
white, of the West Wateree sec
tion of this county, was killed by hii
son, Willie Kirkland, early this morn
ing.
From what can be gathered ii
seems that there* was some family
trouble and Willie Kirkland was pro
tecting his mother. It seems thai
McCrae Kirkland attacked his wife
last night and forced ner to ieav<
the house and stay outdoors all night
She sought refuge at the house of ?
neighbor, it is stated, and early thh
morning, just after daybreak, Kirk
land drove over to the neighbor's anc
called them all out, grabbed his wife
and threw her into the buggy, drev
a big knife and defied anybody t<
hinder him in his actions. Aboui
this time, it is said, Willie Kirklanc
came up and asked his father to re
lease his mother; when his father re
fused and threatened him, he seni
for his pistol and again demandec
that his father release her, but agaii
his father refused; then Willie shoi
him one time in the head, killing
him instantly. *
It seems that the first time he pulled
the trigger the pistol snapped:
cocking it again, he took carefu
aim and fired the fatal shot. McCrac
Kirkland bore a bad reputation anc
was considered a dangerous man
while his son is a very quiet younj
man and: is well thought of in this
section of the county. It does noi
appear that McCrae Kipkland was intoxicated,
but was almost insane froir
anger. *
"DRY" FOR FIRST -TIME.
Two West Virginia Counties Begii
Prohibition Year.
Martinsburg, w. va., Juiy z.?*01
the first time in the history of Berke
ly and Jefferson counties, coverini
a period of1 more than 200 years
both counties are to-day dry and wil
remain so for at least vone year.
JTefferson county was swung intc
the dry column by the refusal of the
county court to grant license to anj
one. At present there is not a "wet'
spot in West Virginia east of Grafton.
The saloons closed last night anc
it is estimated that several thousanc
gallons of whiskey, brandy, etc., were
purchased and stored by providenl
patrons of the local bars for future
contingencies.
The local option fight will be renewed
next spring.
Convicted After Seventy Hours.
Columbus, Ohio, July 3.?Pending
motion for a new trial, Rodney J.
Diegle, sergeant-at-arms of the State
senate, convicted by a jfiry to-day ol
having abetted the alleged bribery ol
Qonatnr T P Andrpws. was ad
mitted to bail in the sum of $10,000
this afternoon.
The verdict in the Diegle case, after
the jury had been out since 4:30
3'clock Friday aftenoon, came just
before noon to-day somewhat in the
nature of a surprise as it was generally
believed that the jurors were
hopelessly deadlocked.
. The penalty for conviction undei
the indictment is * imprisonment in
the penitentiary from one to five
pears or a fine of $500 or both. Die?le's
only comment on the verdict
was, "Well, I am glad the strain is
3ver."
WANT REVISION OF TARIFF
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INSURGENT SENATORS WILL ASK
FOR MORE.
. Bristow Says He Will Fight to Rei
duce Duties on All Trust Con1
trolled Products.
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Washington, July 3.?That the insurgent
Republican senators will not
be satisfied with the passage of only
the wool .reivsion and froe list bills,
" after the disposition of the Canadian
^ reciprocity bill, but will demand oth"
er tariff legislation, was indicated to3
day in a statement by Senator Brist
Fato a# Vonooa Mr Rriutnw hflfl hfld
5 a number of conferences with the
" other Insurgents of the party regara>
ing their programme.
He said he would never consent
3 to the adjournment of congress until
1 duties are reduced on trust cod3
trolled products, naming cottons,
- woolens, steel, sugar, lead, leather,
- rubber manufactures, etc. Amend*
3 ments making such reductions, he
1 would attach to the reciprocity bill,
i Failing in that, he served notice that
1 "some of us will insist that a bill or
i bills be passed reducing the duties
on these articles before the adjournment
of the present session."
"Bills making these reductions,"
he added, "will pass if the Democrats
7 will vote for them. The amendments
we propose would not endanger the
reciprocity, while to refuse to amend
it probably would result in passing
the reciprocity measure and then the
5 failure of the tariff bills thaf~follow.
"The reciprocity bill, which. I do
not consider effective as a revision Of
the tariff, will pass probably by Au'
gust X."
t Drpwned in Saluda River.
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? Greenville, July 3.?Belated news
. reached Greenville to-day. of the
l death of a white man, Jesse Perce,
i who was drowned in Saluda river on
- June 29, near the intersecting points
L of Greenville, Anderson, Abbeville
? and Laurens county lines. Magisr
trate L. S. Chasten, of Dunklin town)
ship, Greenville county, conducted
t the inquest. The verdict of the jury
1 was that the man took cramps while
- in bathing and was drowned.
The deceased was 25 years of age
t and leaves a wife and two children.
I He removed from Greenville to a
i farm in Dunklin township last Febt
ruary.
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Fight in Churchyard.
Williamsburg, Ky., July 2.?Rej
newing a feud of several years'
4 standing, three Galamores and four
Swains b?gan firing at each' other
this morning, in. a church yard at
I Paint Creek, nine miles from here,
| Albert and Martin Galamore are fat
tally shot and Wm. Swain- is dangerously
injured.
l The members of each family engaged
in the pitch battle tia<d attended
the services. On coming from the
church they began firing, the members
of the two families lining up
i with their kin. The wounded men
fell soon after the shooting began.
The Swain brothers telephoned they
were coming to surrender.
Mother Gives Child Away.
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' Hampton, July 3.?Curiosity and
excitement ran high on the excursion
train at Yemassee last night justbe}
fore it left for Augusta. The train'
men from the excursion train run\
ning from Savannah to Charleston
boarded the Augusta train in search
of a woman who had purposely left
her little baby on the Charleston
train. The woman was found and
proclaimed her innocence, but after
J being confronted with witnesses con|
fessed. A man from Augusta, hear
ing or tne anair, asaea inai sue give
him the child, as he was married and
had no children. The child, he said,
would fare well. He gave his name as
W. H. Emanuel, employed in a cotton
mill. The woman, after giving away
r the child, gave her name as Mamie
Maine from Fechtig, this county. She
> claimed she could not suport it. The
etnlil moe Q CM rl n O m AH
r IUC uauc, OUC aaiu, nao a,
' Thelma, 10 months old. Her hus.
band had forsaken her some time
i ago, she declared.
PAPER CHANGES HANDS.
J. O. Eargle to Publish Batesburg
Advocate.
Leesville, July 3.?With the last
i issue, the Batesburg Advocate, for
several years published at Batesburg,
changed hands. Heretofore it has
l been edited and published by N. Rog!
ers Bayly. Henceforth it is to be
edited and controlled by J. 0. Eargle,
: who is also editor and proprietor of
i the Leesville Nefo. Mr. Bayly left
Friday for California.
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SOUTHERN EXHIBIT -PLANNER
Commercial Congress to Exploit Resources
of This Section. '
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wasmugum, juiy j..?me
em Commercial Congress annottiices ^l^S
that it is preparing to open in Wash-"
ington, on October 1, a permanent
exhibit of Southern products, m&nu* S
factures and resources. A Qoor-.)l'}JM
space of 5,500 square feet, in ?k??||j
great room, will be used in the new gg
Southern building. It will be access*
ible from 15th street, and also
the corridors of the building and
be made one of the points of interest ^
to be seen by all visitors to WashingThe
mural decorations will be nsai^fdn
to emphasize the points of resonreeir^M;;
in which the South leads the naticp^^ ?^coast
line, navigable streams, war?p^?[
ter powers, rain fall, wet lands, soils,-'%M
growing hours, forests, minerals*
The sixteen columns of the
room will'each be used to emphasise^^ -$
the important features of one of
sixteen States embraced in the of
the Southern Commercial Cott-,-3^ -V
The exhibit will be so arranged
to impress every casual visitor with^
the main features of the Soutli'^, v
coming greatness, while detailed^h^^
formation will be ready for thbfo&p*
who wish to study any subject mcwj?
deeply. Southern manufacturers ante^'i:?
organizations working for commiHlI?g&Kj
ty development, have unanlmoi??|g?B
hailed the idea as bringing the Soui|||||; ^
ern Commercial Congress nearer
the realization of its slogan "For ^
Greater Nation through a Greateefjfe^
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GIANT HUSBAND HERTIUZB.^?fe
Petite Winner in Church Pair Oo??$ H j
test Not Compelled to Wed.
Philadelphia, June 27.?If Kithar^'|j||
ine N. Flanagan, petite and 24 makoej ";yf?
up her mind that she wants to wu^0,rx$&
Thomas Skelly, who is 6 feet tall ^
weighs more than 200 pounds, all
has to do is to say the word. 8&^; ||
held the lucky ticket in a drawhMf. :??m
decided at the fair of the church of :
the Immaculate Conception, German^: :f|
town, in which the prize was a hua-'^ ||||
Skelly was the prize, and his S
tity which has been a mystery
week, during which time the fair has ||||
been in progress, was disclosed sirg
mtilt&nennslv with . the
ment that he belonged to Miw.Fh#cs- :4agan
if she wanted him.
Father M. J. Higgins, pastor of t
church, declared his entire wilUh^v|g|
ness to marry the pair whenever jtaslEasked
him to, but concluded a dipkK:^J :M
matic address, with the ohserva>ti^S Js
that the man who had been ^
in this unusual fashion and the girt||||H
who had won him, could take a yeiaK^ ^
in which to become better acquaintedM ;
and reach their ultimate uecision. -^V$g8
SRelly is 40 years of age, and^folpaSB
a commercial traveler. ^
CONVERTED BALL PLAYER.
Rev. Billy Sunday a Successful Evan- J.
Erie, Pa., June 27.?As a restfitLw^ j
a series of evangelistic meetings be- ^
ing conducted here by the Rev.^Vj'
' 'Billy" Sunday, a former baseball 'fr'
player, over 1,000 persons have been v '.I
converted, 200 of the conversions, oo^lj*
curring during a service which stai^M'
ed Saturday night and ended
o'clock yesterday morning.
three hours following the meeting :
over 300 men who attended the
ing, remained in the church praying^ ,
for the success of the campaigttj:^^
against sin. Following the pxay^:^|
service they marched into the 7 ^
derloin district where they sang gospel
sOngs in the streets for-' twoiy^jiSj
Sunday's text for the meeting was.- ^
"Booze," and 7,000 men crowded in- : ^
to th'e church to hear him.
Picnic Party Struck.
New York, July 2.?Five persona >||^
were killed and two' injured in a., - <
grade crossing accident near Ozono: i|f^|
park, in the suburbs late to-day. The;
victims were in a horse-drawn ve- gs|g|
hide which was struck by a Loni^^SB
Island railroad train.
The crossing where the accident
occurred is at the bottom of a slight
declivity and flanked by obstructions
which prevent a clear view in either
direction. In the wagon was a party-.of
five residents of the Bast Side, whO;^^^
were out picknicking, and a driverr
Of the four women and two men in -^l^
the vehicle only one?a woman?is-v%|^
alive to-night and she probably will
die. The other injured person is
Richard Creed, conductor of the eleo- ^
trie train which struck the vehicle.