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MYSTERY OF THF DEFT. A Most Remarkable Story is Told l?> Steamer's Captain. Newport News, Ya., Feb. 5.?With sails snugly furled, the lifeboats in the davits, the srallev ulentifully sup 9 ~ ' W plied wtih provisoins and water, but without a vestige of human life aboard, the Norwegian bark Remittent, Rio Grande to Liverpool, was picked up January 19 in mid-ocean by the British steamer Roumanian according to Capt. Claridge, of the latter vessel, "ho arrived here today. The strange disappearance of the Remittent's crew recalls the famous schooner Marie Celeste mystery which puzzled the maritime worlc for many months. f ' Lost Again During Storm. When picked up, only to be losl again during a severe storm, the Remittent was in latitude 40 degrees 30 minutes and in longitude 27 de gres, 30 minutes. The bark sailed from Rio Grande October 25 last and never was reported until found by the Roumanix an. Capt. Claridge to-night refused to hazard a guess as to the possible whereabouts of the Remittent's crew Members of the British steamer's crew state that the bark was sighted drifting, on January 19. Repeated efforts to get responses to signals from the bark were fruitless. Finally a boarding party was launched from the British ship and a careful search was made on the bark foi members of the crew. Ship in Perfect Order. Everything aboard the bark was in perfect order, but no trace of life could be found and nothing which might give a clue to the mystery was discovered. The bark was taken in tow by th rv-:.:.!. HfVion oovoi-al miles -DIHISI1 LtraiiiCi >* nv/U ov i off the Virginia Capes a severe storm was encountered. In the midst of the gale the hawser connected with the bark snapped and she began drifting away. Two life boats were smashed and their crews narrowly escaped drowning in an effort made to recover the bark. Finally the attempl was given up. When last seen by members of the Roumanian's crew the bark seemed to be riding out the storm well. The Remittent is registered as of 351 tons net. The Marie Celeste was found al sea with a pot boiling in her gallej and her captain's papers on the cabin table and every indication that souls were aboard within a few hours oi her discovery. But nothing ever was heard of her skipper or crew. The story of the Remittent is scarcely less strange. Death Due to Starvation. New York, Feb. 7.?Lillian Lorraine Hollis, who was said to be a famous beauty of the Pacific coast in 1S92, died in obscurity here last Monday, it was learned to-day. Hei * body was found in a little furnished ?- - * ? _ v. _ -i room on 4ytn streei, in wnicn a scurt . of cats were found slinking aboui and there was every evidence, physi ; ' cians said, that her death was caus4 ed by starvation. "In a voting contest conducted by several California newspapers in 1S92," said one of those who knew the woman here, "Miss Hollis was proclaimed the prettiest woman or the Pacific coast." A number of actors and actresses visited an undertaking establishment to see her body borne to a crematory after simple services. BEES TRAP A BURGLAR. . ' On His Way to Rob Farmer Tliiel Stumbles Over Hive.Driven into spasms of agony by the stings of a hive of bees, an armed burglar, trapped in the yard at the home of John Sampson, a farmer of Fallington, Pa., yelled at the tor of his voice and surrendered in gratitude when his tormentors were driven away. "For God's sake,.save me! Pleasf do something. I came to rob youi house, but fell over the hive anc these devils attacked me." After making this appeal the robber dropped his revolver and lantern Sampson picked ?them up, quietec the bees and led his prisoner to tht town jail. It was necessary to call i physician to relieve the victim's agony. Alphabet on a Pinhead. While almost iiw/redible, a Port 'laud, Ore., engraver has been abb to cut on the head of a common pit every letter of the alphabet, and the} are perfectly legible through a strong microscope, and it was only with tin aid of such a lens that the work coulc have been possible. The pin, of tin ordinary kind in common use for do mestic and office purposes, is ownet by llal Thompson, of Washington D. C. It's awfully hard to convince ; man that he is getting a square deal Two heads may be better than on< if they are not swelled. I STRIKE AT TRAGEDY STAGE. | r Girl Killed by nothing Shop Owner, j Three Others Hurt. i Rochester, X. Y., Feb. 5.?The l first death resulting from the strike of garment workers occurred here : to-day, when Valentine Sauter, proi prietor of a clothing shop, fired a shell from a shotgun into a crowd of > strikers who were engaged in a demi onstration in front of his place of , business. One girl striker, Ida Braej man, 17 years of age, was killed by - the shot and three others persons were injured. Two of the wounded ) are women. Sauter employs about ; forty machine hands, and 700 strik, ers went to his shop this afternoon I in an effort to persuade the operatives to walk out. Du'ring the demonstration many stones were thrown, t Sauter fired from an upstairs win dow of the shop. Miss Braeman died . almost instantly from the wound she ; ? ?j '"t. ? <vk a/n a/1 cf o 11 f at* received. 1 ne puncc ancsicu and he is charged with murder in i the first degree. More arrests will be made, the police say, on charges of rioting. I James McManus, of the bureau of ; mediation and arbitration, who has . been trying to settle the strike, to> day sent a circular letter to the man, ufecturers and employees, suggesting 1 that a conference be arranged. Such ; a conference, he believes, will result in settling the trouble or defining the I issues. So far the strikers have I made no formal presentation of de mands. BREAKS RECORD. * 1 Alien Inrush for Coming Year Promises to Reach 1,400,000. The fiscal year 1913 promises to be a record-breaking one for immigation. Daniel J. O'Keefe, commissioner general of immigration, is in possession of reports from Ellis Island and other immigration stations showing , that more immigrants are seeking | admission into the United States than I at any corresponding period during the past five years. During the first four months of the current fiscal year, beginning k July 1, the total number of alien im[ migrants admitted into the United , States was 374,389, says a Washington letter. This represents an increase of about 60 per cent, in the t tide of immigration toward the UnitP ed States during these months as compared with the same months in , 1911. If this rate of increase is > . maintained until next June the immigration for the year will approximate k I 1,400,000. It will smash all American .! records by nearly 200,000. > During the first four months of the current year the number of immigrants admitted at Ellis Island I was 276,985. This was more than "' the total number admitted through I ~ n ? Tult- A ii rrnnt OKnr <111 [JU1 IS 111 -lllguoi, ucyitmuvi 1 and Octot^r, 1911,* which was 233, | 864. About one-fifth (76,653) of all the immigrants admitted were Italians. 1 The greatest number of South ltali: ans ever admitted in one year was ' 242,497 in the fiscal year 1907. At " the present rate, about 250,000 of them will be admitted during the fiscal year 1913. L During the first four months of the current year the number of Polish 5 immigrants admitted was 41,634, 1 giving them second place only to the Italians while the Jews admitted ; ranked third, with 34,526, who came ; into the country during July, August. ' September and October. i During July, August, September and October the tide of immigration was stronger from than to the Bal' kan States. In these months 4.S12 Bulgarians, Servians and Montenegrins; 2S,586 Greeks and S54 Turks ' were admitted, making a total of 34,252 immigrants and nonimmi: grants. In the same period 2,771 ' Bulgarians, Servians and Monteneg> rins; 9,577 Greeks and S64 Turks left the United States a total of 13, 212 emigrants and non-immigrants. The excess of admissions over de5 partures for the five races during the four months immediately preceding I the outbreak of the Balkan war was 21,14 0. The Turks are the only one - of these five races whose emigration . from the United States exceeded their I immigration into this country. COCOA NUTS HELD WHISKEY. 5 Texas Farmer Tells How He Evaded Oklahoma Law. A man has appeared in Texas as . 'a capitalist and with the expecta? tion of becoming a decent citizen. l He says he made his fortune boot7 legging whiskey into Oklahoma by r mean of cocoa nuts. In Kansas i City, St. Louis, Fort Smith and othl er convenient points he bought cocoa ^ nuts by the carload. He removed . . the "eye" from each with a knife and 1 emptied the nut of its milk and subt I stituted liquor. The "eye" was then replaced and sealed with a wax which left no sign of an opening having 1 been made. The nuts sold at $1 each. He made enough money with5 in a short time to buy a fine Texas farm. THE \VHITECHAPEL CLUB. The Story of a Famous Boheni Club in Chicago. Brand Whitlock, mayor of Tole Ohio, writing his personal remir cences in the February Americ Magazine, gives the following count of the "Whitechapel Club,' famous Bohemian club of Chicago "The Whitechapel Club of C cago, although founded twenty-! years ago and lasting only six seven years, still remains in 1 minds of newspaper and literary rr as one of the most remarkable Bohemian clubs. It was founded 1887 and first had rooms back Henry Coster's saloon in an al near the Chicago News building, soon gathered unto itself all 1 clever men of Chicago who w writing for newspapers, and a few their intimate comrades in other lii of work, but of sympathetic spi The membership included: "Finley Peter Dunne, who had ] as yet created 'Mr. Dooley.' "George Ade, who was a repor on the Chicago Record, just start his 'Streets of the Town,' the V* fomAnc ' TPo K1 /\r? 5U111111& ui 111? lamvuo i au Slang.' "Ben King, who was writing am ing verses, such as 'If I Should 1 To-night' and 'Nothing To Do I Work.' They have preserved fame, though he died many ye since. "Opie Read, of the Arkansas Tr eler. "Alfred Bfenry Lewis-, who \ Washington correspondent and, I lieve, was even then writing 'Wolfville' stories. "William E. Lewis, who has some years been editor of the N York Morning Telegraph. "Fredrick Upham Adams, the n elist, who was writing 'Presid John Smith.' "Thomas E. Powers, caricatu] illustrator, who had not then ent ea the field which has made him well known. ''Horace Taylor, the artist. "Wallace Wright, reporter ? poet, one of the most learned < scholarly Chicago journalists. "Arthur Henry, who has si written 'The House in the Woe and 'The Island Cabin.' "W. A. Taylor, now editor of Associated Sunday Magazine. "W. W. Denslow, artist and ill trator, of 'Wizard of Oz' fame. "The club was nameless at fi: But one afternoon a group were ting in one of the rooms when newsboy passed through the alley ? cried: 'All about the last Wh: chapel murder!' Seymour paui with a stein of beer lifted, and sa 'We'll call the new club "Whitech el Club."' "The members of the club at start made a practice of collect relics of tragedies which they repc ed. Shortly after it was repor the Sioux war broke out and S mour and others brought back fr the battles a large number of ski of Indians, and drums and blank drenched in blood, which were hi on the walls of the club. From t' time on it became the practice sheriffs and newspaper men eve where to send anything of that k: f /\ 4- V. W7 V* i + aaV* r% C 1 n K HP V* r\ LU LUC \V llllCLlia^Cl V^iuu. X 11C suit was that within a few years had the largest collection of crimi skulls in the country. Dr. G. Frz Lydston afterwards wrote a book the skulls of criminals, using Whitechapel collection as the ba The club also had about fifty ha men's ropes. There was in the c a famous coffin-shaped table, * each member had a silver screw ii bearing his number. "Admission was obtained in a culiar way. An applicant for m< bership had his name proposed, i it was then posted on a bulle board. He was on probation for days, during which he had to bu the' club at least five days in week, in order to become acquain with Hie members. Within t time any member could go and t his name down, and that ended candidacy. When his name fin* came up for voting it required full vote of the club to get him in. "The fame of the club led to end. Rich and important men Chicago pressed for members! Some were admitted, then more. a result the club lost its Bohem character, and finally disbanded.*" ONE DEAD, ANOTHER DYIXC Man and Wife, Would-be Per makers. Badly Hurt. Alma, Colo.. Feb. 5.?Oswald T eway is dead and Fred Kemphei probably fatally wounded, while and .Mrs. John L. Roberts are seric ly hurt as the result of a fight w 'butcher knives at a ranch near h to-day. According to reports Treleway : Kempher, employees of Robe fought and .Mr. and Mrs. Rob* were injured in trying to separ them. rr* ^ 1% konrvinApf IP f i lit; ueau i y auuui nap^mcoo ia l no man can keep it all to himself. ac- I j We don't know wl ive [J good, bad or in( the |0 bring you better D D m Our success depe ; U to say that the v erl S any previous yeai a?ei || assure you that 3 rit f| our best to give not I an up-to-date dru ter | L"- U PEOPLE : l=?= 3ut ASSESSMENT NOTICE. The Auditor or his deputy will b< ars at the following places on the dayi and dates named below for the pur av_ pose of taking returns of persona property, notice of transfers of rea ""'oto n n rJ t Q V rotlirns* COtat^) aiiu auv/vniv_/ tMiv ? Vvv**MW. vas I will appreciate it very much i be- every taxpayer will meet me an< tjie make his or her return in person. All male persons between the age of 21 and 60 are liable to $1 pol for tax, except Confederate soldiers an< few sailors who are exempt at 50 year of age. All able-bodied males between th< ov" ages of 21 and 55 are liable to thi ent commutation tax of $2. Come prepared to give the nairn rist and number of your school district and if you have bought or sold an; ;er" real estate be sure to give notice o so same when you make your returns 50 per cent, penalty will be adde< to all personal property not return ^d before the 20th of February. md R. W. D. ROWELL, md Auditor SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. nee A , (Complaint not served as to absen defendants.) The State of South Carolina?Coun the ty of Bamberg?Court of Conil^o] Pleas. us_ Matthew Hampton, plaintiff, against J. J. Cleckley, Ella Brabham, Alic< rst. Walker, Simon Washington Hamp sit- ton, George Hampton, and Carr; L a Hampton, defendants, d To the defendants above named You are hereby summoned and re Ite" quired to answer the complaint ii sed this action, which a copy is filed ii id: the office of the Clerk of the Court o Common Pleas for the said county and to serve a copy of your answer t< the said complaint on the subscriber its at their office, in town of Blackville ing S. C., within twenty days after th< )rt_ service hereof, exclusive of the da; ~ of such service; and if you fail t< ted answer the complaint within th ev- time aforesaid, tne piaintin in im om action will apply to the court fo jjjg the relief demanded in the complaint To the defendants Simon Washing ets ton Hampton, George Hampton ing and Carry Hampton, hat Take notice, that a copy of thi 0f summons and complaint in the abovi entitled action was filed in the Clerl of Court's office of Common Plea ind for said county, said State, at Bam re- berg, S. 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