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ROBBERS HOLD UP LIMITED. Passengers on Train on Northern Pacific Relieved of $500. Grand Forks, N. D., July 20.? Train No. 2, the eastbound North Coast limited, on the Northern Pacific railroad, was held up by three masked robbers near Buffalo, N. D.f about 11 o'clock last night. The robbers secured about $500 in cash by going through the passengers and shot Engineer S. P. Olson, of Fargo, twice in order to make him stop the train, and made a successful escape in o? which they had AJJL UU UUVVUlvvtiv ? awaiting them near the scene of the robbery. The hold-up was the most daring 4 ever perpetrated in this part of the country. The men were not amateurs, as everything was cleverly planned and admirably executed. When the train stopped at the high bridge at Valley City, the three men boarded it and went into the day coach. Heavily armed and shooting recklessly in order to intimidate the passengers, they first lined up the train crew at one end of the car and then proceeded to search the passengers in the day coach. Pistol Shot Calls Passengers. In all they secured about $500 in this car. The sleeping car was en tered and in order to awaken the occupants of the berth a shot was fired down the aisle, narrowly missing the head of one of the passengers and embedding itself in the woodwork. After searching the occupants of the berths the robbers climbed out of the diner over the baggage and the express car to the engine, reaching that part of the train when near Buffalo. They ordered Engineer Olson to stop' the train so they could get off and when he refused to comply two shots were fired directly at him, one miraculously glancing off his watch and the other striking him on a rib, injuring him slightly. Robbers Vanish in Dark. After being wounded and seeing that the men were desperate, .engineer 'Olson stopped the train and the three masked men jumped from the train and ran into the darkness. -Engineer Olson was brought into Fargo with the train and is resting , easily at his. home there. After leaving the train the robbers went to an N automobile which they had waiting nearby and flashed off into the darkness. The train was run into Fargo, where the sheriff, every available 1 deputy and three United States marshal hurried back on a special train to pursue the robbers. Conductor Shoots Robber. St. Paul, July 20.?The North ? - ? j?_j Oi +V?io fjoast JLimuea arriveu iu ol. x am wis morning. Dr. J. W. Guest, of Loujs . ville, who occupied a berth in the sleeper-robbed, was relieved of $100 * in bank checks. Dr. Gpest attended Olson, the wounded engineer, and says his wound is not serious, being ; hardly more than a flesh wound in the lower left breast. i N. V. McMillan, also of Louisville, , occupied a berth next to Dr. Guest's, and was robbed of $100 in bank checks and $6 in cash. "When the robber came to my berth," said Dr. ' Guest, "I handed him my pocketbook i containing $100 in bank checks and mv railroad ticket. He took the checks out, and handed back the f pocketbook with the railroad ticket. Then he asked if I did not have any cash, and when I told him I had five dollars under my pillow he said: 'Dig it up.' Just at this moment he was attracted to the berth opposite me occupied by a Mr. Stark, of Cincinnati, representative of a harvester concern. He relieved Stary of $150 in bank checks, but forgot to bother me again for the five dollars. A remarkable thing about the affair was that the robbers passed up berth No. 13 entirely." Conductor Belgard, of the sleeping car, fired from the first sleeper at the desperado standing guard at the door. It is believed the bullet him # in the shoulder. The robbers then - ' ? J - c*. abandoned tneir wor? ana inaue iui the head of the train. Negro Killed. Bennettsville, July 21.?This morning about* 6 o'clock, T. E. Carrol, overseer on. G. D. Matheson's Dimvagan plantation, 24 miles south of Bennettsville, shot and killed Sam Howard, a negro. The negro was trying to shoot Mr. Carrol. They had had a quarrel. The negro went to his house, got his gun and was about to shoot when he was - - 1 - x - shot twice with a repeating snotgun. Magistrate J. P. Gibson, acting coroner, went to the scene and held the ? inquest this afternoon. The jury rendered the following verdict: "That Sam Howard came to his death from a . gunshot wounds at the hands of T. E. Carrol, and that Carrol was justifiable." Dr. R. R. Prentis conducts' ed the autopsy. Carrol is in jail to-night and will apply for bail to-morrow or Monday. Screen wire doors and windows of % all sizes and quality at Hunter's hardj ware store. I - " ORDERS RAIDS AND ARRESTS. Governor Blease Writes Union Sheriff on Near-Beer Situation. Columbia, July 19.?On seeing a newspaper statement that Union had nine near-beer saloons in operation under licenses issued by Mayor T. C. Duncan, Gov. Blease wrote to-day a letter to J. G. Long, sheriff of Union county, directing him to raid at once every establishment claiming to do business under such a license. The governor's letter was as folT rwi-a 4V II <J Mr. J. C. Long, sheriff, Union county, Union, S. C.?Dear Sir: Any nearbeer license appearing in any ?place in your city or county is prima facie evidence that the party is selling near-beer, in violation of, the law. Raid every such place you have such information about immediately; arrest the parties; bind them over to court for trial, and press this matter. Hold up on no one. We play no favors, "equal rights to all and special privileges to none." Very respectfully, COLE L. BLEASE, Columbia, July 19. Governor. The article which caused the governor to write as above to Sheriff Long was published Tuesday in Progress, a semi-weekly newspaper, of Union. It bore the two column-head: "Near-beer licenses issued on mayor's orders?such is the information secured from the office of the city clerk by a Progress representative. Nine near-beer saloons now doing business in this city by virtue of authority granted by the mayor. Fees are $15 for three months; $50 until next May?one man pays $15 to do business one month." The article reads as follows: "Union has nine officially licensed near-beer establishments. "The licenses for the places were issued on order from Mayor T. C. Duncan by the city clerk. t "The license fee is fifteen dollars for three months or less and fifty dollars for one year. Of the nine licenses, the licenses of eight expire on August 1, and were issued respectively on May 20, 25, 26, 29, June 20, 21, 22, July 1, which shows that there evidently is a good profit in the business as the last referred to party paid $15 for one month's privilege. "On July 3 one party took out a license to May 1, 1912, paying for this the sum of $50. These figures are authentic, having been furnished from the records in the city clerk's office. "It is understood that the mayor issued the orders for these licenses under section 10 of the special license ordinance for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 1911, whfch reads: " 'Section 10. For each and every business not specified above, a license fee shall be charged in the discretion of the mavnr not to exceed two hun tfred ($200.) That all license fees herein mentioned are due on May 1, 1911, and the said licenses are subject to inspection by mayor or policemen at any time.' "Several efforts were made yesterday by a press representative to see Mayor Duncan and ascertain how such licenses can be granted by this municipality when it is a prohibition territory and Gov. Blease having ordered State constables *o raid all places handling near-beer, not to say anything of what they sell on the side, but the effort was unavailing, ? 4. da Lie was uui ui uis uiutc. "The conditions above noted are especially interesting as in a dispatch sent out from Columbia on Saturday Gov. Blease is quoted as saying: " 'Near-been saloons have been introduced in the State and they are as bad as fake social clubs. Conditions at Union and Darlington appear to be particularly bad. I am doing all I can to uphold the law, but I cannot do it all.' " Father and Daughter Buried. Anderson, July 19.-^The bodies of W. V. Beasley and his daughter, Mrs. Emma Beasley Hyde, who were slain yesterday by Samuel N. Hyde, husband of the latter, were laid to rest side by side in Silver Brook cemetery this afternoon. At the coroner's inquest.it developed that the linen on the bed where Mrs. Hyde was shot caught fire from the explosion of the pistol and it was completely consumed. This shows how'Close Hyde was to his wife when he fired the fatal shot. The coroner's jury returned the usual verdict, holding Hyde responsible. Hyde maintains his demeanor toto-day, stating that he is as much pleased as ever over the success of his act. ? Hyde is very intelligent, has a fair education, and has been known among his acquaintances as a quiet and peaceable man. The majority of the people are inclined to believe that his mind became affected. They give this as an explanation for his deed. A conversation with him, however, would dispel this opinion, as he talks deliberately and with precision and apparently with all of his faculties. He expects to be hung for his deed and has reiterated his readiness to pay the death penalty at any time. I - .1 ' % SAYS ARSON TRUST EXISTS. Headquarters in Kansas City, Says 1 Illinois Fire Marshal. Chicago, July 19.?That there exists a gigantic arson trust, with headquarters in Kansas City and representatives in nearly all the large cities, the members of which make a business of setting fire to buildings < to enable the owners to collect insurance, was the sensational charge made to-day by State Fire Marshal P T Dnvlp in an address before the Chicago Association of Commerce. "The country is facing one of the i most gigantic organized arson con- < spiracies ever known," said Mr. Doyle. "The State fire department of Illinois, has united with the State i fire marshals of -Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio to wipe out the band of fifteen men at the head of this arson conspiracy. "The office of the firebug trust is in Kansas City, from which the operations of the entire gang is directed. "Members have been found at work in Bloomington, Springfield, Illinois, Pittsburg, Cleveland, New York, Buffalo, St. Louis, Chicago and other cities. "Two of this gang have been convicted and are now in prison in a Southern city. The others will be behind the bars before long, if we are successful in completing the cases we are now working on. "Without the cases of arson, the fire losses of the country are appalling. The yearly loss in this country amounts to about $500 a minute. In Chicago the loss is about $5,000,000 a year. We need to adopt the fire protection plans of European cities." Kansas City in Ignorance. Kansas City, July 19.?If Kansas City is the headquarters for an arson trust, as was declared by State Fire Marshal Doyle, of Illinois, before the Chicago Association of Commerce to-day, the police here have never learned of the fapt. Chief of Detectives Foos laughed at the statement. Queer Damage Case. Spartanburg July 20.?The case of Mrs. Grace Lancaster vs. the Southern railway, which was begun in the court of .common pleas Wednesday, was given to the jury this afternoon. The plaintiff is asking to recover in the sum of 540.000 for alleged injuries received at Spartanburg Junction and for the loss of her infant which was brought on by the injury she received, it is alleged. Mrs. Lancaster came down to Spartanburg Junction from Campobello January 30, 19lb. At the time of the trip she was a prospective mother and she alleges that when she stepped out of the car at the junction there was no stool under the steps and she fell and that by reason of the fall her baby was prematurely born and died. This morning the arguments were made in the case. John Gary Evans and R. E. Hannon speaker for the plaintiff and Sanders & De Pass for the railroad company. Then Judge Watts delivered his charge to the jury upon the .conclusion of the arguments anjJ the. case went to the in Jill J. This is the first case of the kind that has ever been tried in Spartanburg county and it has attracted a great deal of attention. Much expert testimony was introduced during the trial by both sides. The jury returned a verdict for $1,500 in favor of the plaintiff. What a War Costs. It costs $1,000 every time a thirteen-inch gun is fired. . A battleship in war carries eight hundred projectiles, two thousand medium and ten thousand small calibre, and the cost of firing them would exceed a million and a half dollars. Europe's tweny-five hundred ships in battle would burn two billion dollars worth of ammunition. The fighting ships to be employed bV European powers in case of war would extend, if placed end to end, for a distance of one hundred and ' fifty miles. In case of war Europe will put 40,000,000 men into the field. It would take eleven weeks, four hours and thirty minutes for a fighting force of this size to pass a certain point. Ships in the United States navy are given target practice every few mnnths and these* tests costs ud in the thousands. At several of the recent target tests old war vessels were used as targets, their destruction being the object of the gunners. Many of the smaller guns made at the navy yard in Washington, D. C., are tested at great expense at Indian Head, down the Potomac river several miles from the capital. Special targets are manufactured for these tests. \ An election was held last week on the question of forming Jasper county from portions of Beaufort and Hampton. A large majority voted for the new county, the vote being i 283 for to 24 against. Ridgeland wil be the county seat, winning over Gilli8onville by. a large majority. i : : -'---x. *.' >:V; >. : 4 >SSS.. y: TOOK STATE FUNDS. Two Packages of Money Secured at Boykins. Two packages of currency containing over '$500, shipped to Boykins station, which is 10 miles below Camden on the Southern railway, were stolen Tuesday from the officer of the Southern Express company at that place. The money was sent to pay off the guards at the State farm. D. J. Griffith, the superintendent of. the State penitentiary, yesterday confirmed the rumor. Detectives of the Southern Express company have been sent to Boykins but no arrests have been made yet. According to a dispatch from Camden, E. F. Ballard, the depot and express agent, received the money on the northbound train shortly after noon on Tuesday. He said that several farm laborers were the only per sons to see him get the package. Left Money in Coat. At 2 o'clock Mr. Ballacd went to dinner at the home of Henry Boykins, about one-half mile from the station. He left the money in his coat, as he had no safe to put it in. Upon his return to the station he missed the money and immediately telegraphed the express officials in Charlotte and Columbia. Detective Smyrl went to Boykins from Camden. Messrs. Coley, York^Sadler and other officials of the Southern Express company spent yesterday at Boykins investigating the robbery. No information as to the robbery could be obtained from local Southern Express company officials. Story from Camden. Camden, July 19.?Two packages of currency shipped to Boykins station, which is 10 miles below Camden, yesterday for the .purpose of paying off the guards, etc., at the State farm, were stolen. E. F. Ballard, depot and express agent, received the money on the northbound train, and he said that one or two farm hands were the only persons to see him get the money. The train passed Boykins about 1:2? o'clock yesterday afternoon. He went to his dinner at Henry Boykin's house, which* is about half ft vn 41 r\ onror o hrm* 9. nVlnelr He I Ok uiiiu a n aj ^ ui/vuv w v ^ left the money in his coat, as he had no safe to put it in. Upon his return he missed it and he immediately telegraphed the express officials in Columbia and Charlotte and Detective Smyrl here. Mr. Smyrl went to Boykins but did not stay long. Messrs. Coley, Saddler, York and other officials of the Southern Express company spent to-day at Boykins station and came up to Camden this afternoon. When interviewed, Mr. York said that they had a clue and expected to make an arrest soon. Neck Broken Young Man Laughs. New York, July 15.?"I'll fool 'em yet," said Waldorf Miller, as he awoke from a natural sleep in his cot. "They thought I was going to die. I did,* too, but this doesn't look like it. Does it?" he added, -as he unclasped his hands behind his head and raised his arms straight up. I feel better than I have felt since I made that dive at Hudson Park." Young Miller, whose sixth cervical vertebra was broken when he dived from the rocks at Hudson Park, New Rochelle, on Monday night, July 3, is fighting death by sheer grit. Sunday night he was thought to be dying, but now he seems to be steadily gaining, though the paralysis below his arms remains. His unexpected rally is puzzling the physicians at the hospital. They credit the nurses with saving his life at the critical moment n J? ?:i. Ua nrKiefloa talks to OUIiUctV LLlgUU xic nuiovivw, his friends and reads books, and said that he has a long life to live. Fred Miller, the brother of the injured young man, who broke his neck near the same spot at Hudson Park and! in a similar manner three years ago, lived ten days after his accident. Yesterday was the tenth since Waldorf Miller's dive. "If I don't die to-night I know it's all right," said the patient. Shot at Dog, Hit Man. Gaffney, July 20.?An accident occurred in this city this morning which came very near having a fatal termination. Chief of Police T. L. Lockhart shot at a stray dog which he saw in a pasture on Birnie street, near the business section of the city. The bullet struck the dog, passed through him, struck the side of a brick building and bounded over the street, a distance of some 30 feet, striking a large plate glass 'window in the front of the Sanitary Carbonating company's office. Mr. Lauriner Gaffney was seated at a desk in the office of the company named and the bullet, after passing through the window, struck him in the calf of the leg. Its strength, however, was by this time pretty well spent and happy to relate the young man sustained only a slight injury from the bullet and will be only Blightly inconvenienced. , r .... zJ&U,--:, '. V: GOT MUCH, EXPECTS MORE. Erwin's Pay in Greene-Gaynor Cases May Total Hundred Thousand. Washington,' July 19.?Marion Erwin, United States district attorney for the Southern district of Georgia, and special counsel for the government in the Greene-Gaynor-Carter Savannah harbor frauds, testified before the house committee on department of justice expenditures to-day that during the twelve years he had received from the government as special pay $76,724 in salary onH foaa T-T o olcn Vio ov. pected commission on amounts recovered, which would bring his total compensation to about $101,000 for the twelve years. Altogether there have been recovered from Capt. Carter, Greene and Gaynor about half a million dollars in cash, together with property valued at about $200,000 more. Mr. Erwin testified that he was employed as special counsel in the fraud cases at a salary of $3,500 a year. When he undertook the special prosecution of the fraud cases and the task of traqing the assets of the defendants, he was, guaranteed a salary of $5,000 a year and expenses and 10 per cdnt. of the money recovered and turned into the treasury. Mr. Erwin said he expected the litigation in these cases would be concluded next autumn. Plans for College Accepted. . ~ Anderson, July 20.?The board of trustees of Anderson college in session here to-day accepted the plans for the main building and (wo dormitories as prepared by the architects, J. H. Casey, of Anderson, and Shand & Lafaye, of Columbia, and authorized the building committee to advertise for sealed bids at once. The bids are to be opened on August 22, at which time the contract for the buildings will be let. The dormitories are to accommodate 128 young ladies and can be added to as the college grows. The trustees elected J. K. Breedjen, formerly of the South Carolina Coeducational institute at Edgefield, treasrer of the college and dean - of the faculty. The selection of a president has been well considered and the election of a prominent educator is expected within a few days. Ground will be broken for the college buildings by September 1. ?? ? ?r * / ' * Take it from the oldest mai acco is the chew for men. too nothing to hurt your stomach? bacco, properly aged and perf won't give you heartburn* It's our treat to put you on Cut out this ad. and mail to us \ attractive FREE offer to chewe LHPFERT SCALES C Name. Address ? dty. Wehatel Enoeeroyour immccfiate locaKly, write us c CORTRIGHT METAL 80 North 23rd Street | OWN AN Tl 4 I have for sale, al 4 tonish you, two seem * mobiles which are ju 4 they came from the 4 "S" two-passenger 4 passenger Buick tou 4 let me show you whi jj^he^Bepak HAS UNION OFFICER'S SWORD. ? Orangeburg Man Offers to Return Weapon Found on BattlfieeldL Milford, Mass., July 19.?Commander Henry Alonzo Pond, of Major, Emmons F. Fletcher Post, No. 22, G. A. R., to-night received a letter from O. K. Wilson,, of Orangeburg, S. C., which reads II part: "I can place in possession of John Reed, of Milford, Mass., if he is living, or any : ll?S of his relatives, a sword picked up /; on the battlefield of the Wilderness j^Sgjj or Cold Harbor. The sword is engraved John Reed, Milford, Mass. L. H. Beckwith, who was 1st serge- j ant of Company B, South, Carolina. jjjfj cavalry, under Gen. Wade Hamptop, ,. the noted Confederate officer, picked i up the sword, and his son now has*. Mr. Wilson also writes that he is\Y|S1Y a Massachusetts boy, who went South nine years ago, from Chicopee, he inclosed a clipping from a news paper, which says he is a candidate . Z't&yB for mayor of Orangeburg. ; The John Reed referred to for- ||| "J merly lived in Milford. He is dead. He served two enlistments in the |?m| civil war and had the rank of first lieutenant. First, he was with the 48th Massachusetts regiment and f v: later with the 57th Massachusetts.:;daSS He had an excellent war record. ihis . m only known living relative is vst rence Reed, who, for a number years, was mayor of Woburn. Couk mander Pond said to-night that he 'M ^ will at once get into communication, with Mayor Reed and acquaint with the offer. Union Sheriff Arrests.' * Union, July 20.?Sheriff J. . G., Long, acting under instructions ffonif the governor, to-?day went to the ofr^^frljf flee of the city clerk and obtained rfSBfejll the names of the nine parties t<* 'SjaH^ whom near-beer licenses had been7 j|9|| issued by the city of Union. Seven ^3 / nf tho nin#? alleged violators of thn- vlffll law have been arrested and are out |j|| on bond. The other two are ill, hmt will be placed under arrest as soon as practicable. The sheriff states that he is going to follow the law and continue to '-v' raid the places of business of violators of the dispensary law til the illegal traffic is broken up. Mayor T. C. Duncan is out of the ^ jJ city to-day and could not be seen regard to the near-beer situation }Mm ? :-v Si i hi the bunch, " Red Meat" tolK |jn spice?no excessive sweetening? ' m just good old North Carolina tch. W ^ ectly sweetened. That^s why'tej|| in anrA clttwmg. ?M vith your name and address Sor^jjH JO., Winston-Salem. N: C. c| >rer twenty years ago are as good as new to- B t ne?I renrewntatzrei almost erefywhcrebtil B feeetfotttapla.pricaandfalipa&cabni I ROOHN^OMPAOT^^^^j MOBILE! j t prices that will as- H id-hand rebuilt auto- ? st as good as the day i? ^ ! factory, one model * vif Ford, and one four- * ring car. Come and * 9 it bargains they are. * RICKLEf _^..Bairi)OTft S.J3^