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The Marlboro' Democrat ..DO THOU, GREAT LIHEHTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKIO OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GIiORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL. XXXI4 BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1907. NO. 27. CAROLINA DAY. An Exchange of Greetings With Virginia. A BIG SUCCESS. Exercises Opened Hy ('?pt. Gonzales Whq Introduces Gov. Ansel, Who Presents tho Speakers of ?he Occa sion.-ll. St. George Tucker, Pres ident of Exposition, and Hon. Wol ter Hazard Deliver Addresses. A dispatch from Norfolk, Va., to The State nays Friday was observed at "South Carolina Day" at the Jam estown Exposition with Gov. Ansel, his staff, the South Carolina Slate commission, tho Second regiment of infantry, South Carolina Natlonnl ^ Guard, and several hundred South Carolinians present to partic?palo In tho ovonts on tho day's programme. The exercises were called to order on time hy Capt. Wm. 10. Gonzales, chairman of the South Carolina com mission, who. la a very happy man ner, fol iel tod tho South Carolinians upon being thore at that lime among tho hospitable Virginians. He Hum presented Gov. Ansel, who, if was announced, would presido over the exercises. ( Gov. Ansel was given an ovation. Capt. Gonzales' statement Huit al the evening reception South Carolina would bo "at homo in Virginia's houBo" WHS also cheered heartily. Gov. Ansel spoke briefly hut. feel ingly and in an impromptu manner, which showed his appreciation all the more. After expressing his thanks foi' the warm welcome, Gov. Ansel said he brought to everybody in Virginia the greeting of everybody in South Carolina. There ls a wann spot in the heart of every South Car olinian for Virginians because lhere aro immy sad and sacred spots in Virginia dear to South Carolinians. He brought the greetings o? the State of Stott h Carolina to the commission for Its great achievement-a work which had been so highly compli mented on all sides. Ho then with pleasure Introduced "the chief magistrate of the greatest ~ State in (he Union, except South Car olina, which is her peer. Gov. (Maude 10. Swanson of Virginia." Go. Swanson also was given an ovulion. He is a man of striking presence and of charming personality He ls a trained speaker, an eloquent man and a Virginian. He first complimented the South Carolina militia, saying that he was proud that they could yell as lustily ns did their fathers on Virginia soil in days gone hy. Thorn havo always been close ties and warm and loving friendships between Virginia and South Carolina. In the days of the organization of the government Vir ginia was large and South Carolina was small. Virginia gave to Soul h Carolina tho right to one of her seats in tho congress, for she knew thal the place would ho filled with bril liacc and patriotism. Ho closed with n beautiful tribute to the life of Calhoun, which is worth moro to the Stale ol South Carolina as a herllag?' than a great Tort uno. Gov. Ansel lifter thanking Gov. Swanson for lils eloquent references to South Carolina, presented (ho pres ident of tho association, lion. St. George Tucker. In a graceful Speech of a very few minutes Mr. Tucker quite made a personal friend of every South Caro linian in the auditorium. He com plimented the South Carolina militia upon Ks lim* appearance and spoko beautifully of (hose South Carolin ians whom he had seen many yours ago, men who had made glorious many a stream, many a hill, many a field in old Virginia. Ile spoke of the greatest Carolin ian, Wade Hampton. Not so great in intellect as Calhoun, for no American lins been so great, but Hampton wan greater in all his matchless so If-con 4P trol.. Ile concluded liv saying that South Carolina outranks all other States because she has preserved lo a heiler degree the ideals ol' former days with Hie pluck and progress ol' today. The military feature or South Car olina day was a great success despite tho weather. When tho troops form ed for the parade there was a heavy shower, but the blue jackets from Hie war vessels in Hampton Roads and tho marines marched with a swinging step and look position as \( ll were a pleasure to do honor lo the State or South Carolina. First came the Twenty-third reg iment ol' infantry, headed by a sn perb band. This was followed bj three companies of blue jackets at the head of willoh was a bugle cori and band. Nine companies of ina linns In the dressy uniforms followed Tlmn came a squadron of calvary ami a company of artillery, the latter e\ citing much admiration, and finally came Col. Henry T. Thompson and the Second South Carolina, headed by Shuiiuu lier's band. Tho I I com panies from Soul li Carolina wore sup plemonted by olio from New York, commanded by Capt. John s. Thomp son, brother of Col. Thompson.. When the parado was over many people erowdod around to congrat? lalo (hiv. Ansel and lb?- commission ors liol only upon South Carolina's line exhibit, but upon the entire suc cess of "South Carolina dav." Following the official ccromonioK Hm celebration of tho day was contin ued al the South Carolina exhibit pal ace, whore tho Polmotto State bas an ?^exceptionally lino exhibit of its pro ducts, occupying almost ono entire side Of the palace. South Carolina Tea was served to all callers, being poured by ladies of Hie official South Carolina party and served by Japan ese girls. Tho dav's c?l?bration was brought to a close willi an official r?ception by tho South Carolina party in Ibo Virginia Slate building. Gov. Ansol and the South Carolina commission had as their gUOStS Gov. Warfield ol Maryland, Gov. swanson of Virginia and Hon. Prank Oliver, minister Of tho interior tor the Dombilon of Can ada. Gypsies Carried Fort unes. Many thousands of dollars mostly in gobi coins, were lound lu ?anves bags in the wagons of a tribe of gyp sies arrested on the outskirts of Springfield, III., the other day, for stealing. One sack alono contained about $10,000. CANNIBAL KING Columbia Visitor Tells Some Mar velous Tales. Baye Ho Has Hoon a King in Now lie brides Islands and ls Now a Newspaper Magnate. Col. John F. Hobbs, a nativo of tho DUCh Fork of Lexington county, who has been king of tho cannibals in tho NOW Hebrides Islands, Oceania, part owner of "The New York Nows" and part owner and proprietor of the New York Review of Reviews, accor ding to his statements to a Columbia Record man Thursday morning, is in Columbia, visiting his kinsman, Dr. .1. ?dWln Boozer, 1310 Rlanding street. He hasn't visited his king dom in 12 years, he says, but is still king, and is thought by his subjects to have ascended into heaven. Ho is at present a resident of Now York. Col. Hobbs talked frooly, when lo cated by a Record man at Hie Hailey Copeland store . With him was his little daughter. lie is a man of about Illly, but wore a jaunty red tie and a never-fading smile. Hulling himself together within an air of ease, the colonel proceed od to tell of Ids experience. "In the ear ly eigldies my health began to leave ino and my physician insisted that I should take a trip abroad and settle in Australia. This I did and I soon gained flesh and strength and 1 sought my native land. 1 came back to this country in 1885 and studied law for two years in Atlanta. My health again failed me and I went back lo Australia ??nd from there to the New Hebrides islands. Tho na tives of that country at once took a liking for me and made me their king against my will. They gave me everything and did everything to make my life a piensan! ono. "I loft the islands in 18.S0 and went to New York, where I was mar ried. With my wife 1 returned to the islands, and she was made queen. I (?night them that, lt was wrong to (Mit their fellow man and soon they learned it was wrong and developed into great int uto rs and fishermen and lived on their catches. "There ?in? over two hundred is lands in the group ?iud upon each is land a tribe lives and each tribe speaks a different language. 1 soon learned to speak their tongues and many learned to converse with me in our language. "Fach time I hal I loft the island they (Irmly believed thal I had gone lo heaven, returned to the 'Croat Fid her' t hat gave me lo thom. The last time I leffwas in 1SS7 and I have, not returned since. My home is in New York and my business is Hm saine as yours, newspaper busi ness. 1 am In i crested lu several pub lications of tho great metropolis and at present I am on tho staff of the New York News. Leaving here 1 will go to my native home, up in tho Dutch Fork, whore 1 will spend a few days and from HUMO I will go to Atlanta, where 1 have some property to look after. "From Atlanta 1 go to Washington where 1 have an appointment willi President Roosevelt on the loth of July, and from there I go io New York. Then I go to my summer home, at Palenvlllo, Catckklll moun tains, New York My wife and youngest child ?ire Hiere now." Tho colonel has not been back to his island since he left them twelve years ago. Tho affairs of the islands are looked over by two of his childs. DUO % big giant, seven feet, ten lu ches in height and the other a mid get. Col. Hobbs says he will never re turn to the islands unless something goes wrong and his services are need ed. Col. Hobbs is related to the Hoo/. ers, Flen/.ers, Houseals and other prominent families of Columbia and a number throughout the Slate. Wild, .MUHT AT OKANOHUKC. South Carolina Undertakers Select Nevi Meeting Place. A special from Columbia says the final sessions of the under takers' convention were held on las! Wednesday, the numbers on the pro gram of most interest being a serlos of demonstrations on three subjects reserved for the purpose by Col. Clarke, of Clarke Sc hool of Embalm ing ai Cincinnati!. This expert shows the delegate a number Of new wrin kles that had not been seen before and his talk was appreciated. Resolutions of regret were adopt ed OH th<- death Of Mr. .lohn F. An sel, of Walhalla. Orangeburg was chosen as tho nexl meeting place. New oilicers were elected as fol lows: Pi e; ideiil, W. Hampton Dukes. .i Orangeburg; llrsl vice-president, I. Mi Van Metre, of Columbia; so und vice-president, T. J. McCnrtha, Charleston; treasurer. J. F.d. Reid. Kock Mill; secretary, .lames F. Mack av, (?reenvillo, Executive committee, J. F. Mack ey, (?reenvillo; W. W. Moore, Hum well; .lohn D. Wood, (Heers. A UTO TU lt NS TU KT LIO. And a Yale Student, Who Was mix ing, Was Killed. Al New Maven. (Num.. Thursday, bv the overturning of an automobile, Daniel Lee Oliver, of Allegheny, Pa., ?, junior at tho Shellold Scientific school, of Yale, was instantly killed; ! C ("olson, a senior nt Shofllold, was seriously injured; w. Strother .loues, a Sheffield junior, of Redbank, N. Y., and IO. Hudson, a guest at tue Vale 'commencement, were slightly hurt. . , , The ear shuck an iron post, shot over a I .". fool embank nieiil, turning completely over, oliver was driving tho car al tho linnie of tho fatal acci dent occurred. THF DEADLY NAIL. Young Pearl Forrester of Anderson, Hies With Lockjaw. Al Anderson little Miss Pearl For rester, the ten year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Forrester, of the Orr Mill village, died Thursday morn lng from lockjaw. She slopped on a nail ahOtll tim days ago and Several days ago tho dreaded disease took hold of her. she suffered terribly and her death was a most horrible ono. SHE TELLS VYKY. Miss Loving Tells the Tale of Her Wrongs. DRUGGED AND RUINED. Miss Elizabeth, tho Young Daughter of Judge Loving, Goos oil the Stand and Relates tho Horrid Treatment She Received at the Hands of Yoting listos, While They Were On That Lonely Hide. At HoustOU, Va., on Wednesday af ternoon, of last week, between stif ling sobs, with tears streaming from hor bright hluo eyes and violently struggling to control her ?motions. Miss Elizabeth Loving, who has oc cupied the contre of tho stage tn the trial of her father. Judge Wm. G. Loving, for the murder of Theodore listes, told on (he witness stand the story of her alleged ruin at the hands of tho young mau her father shot down. The recital was probably tho most dramatic ever heard in a Vir ginia court of justice and rivaled, if not surpassed, in point, of ntrocious ness tho story told by Fvelyn Nesbit Thaw of hor experience with Stan ford White. It was tho same story she said she told to hor father on the day of tho tragedy. At the afternoon session Judge Harksdale ordered the court room cleared of all persons except thoso directly Interested and the newspa per correspondents. In a few seconds tho crowd had Hied their way out. t?vorybody knew this step was pre liminary to the placing on tho stand of Miss Loving. Miss Loving, weep ing, -took the arm of Attorney Leo, leading counsel for tho defence, who led lier to the stand. She wore a black skirt ami waist, black hal and veil of the same color. She lifted her veil and bogan her 1 story. For the first few minutes she ! had to bo allowed to stop at. Intervals In order to dry the tears which con- 1 t inuously ran down Inn- face. During the recital several attorneys for the ' defence and Judge Loving, his young son and Miss Annie Snead, a sister ( of Mrs. Loving, gave way to tears. 1 Miss Loving test Hied that she was 1 2 0 years of ago; that lier relation ' with her father was always affection- ' ate, that he had "always been a most devoted father." "Relato to the jury in your own j words everything that took place be tw?eU yourself and your father when he called you into his room." "Ho told me. that Uncle Harry , Snead had told him that Theodore Fstes had brought nie home the night : before in a drunken and unconscious ' condition, and he wanted mo to ex- ' plain to him what it all meant. 1 went over and knelt down by father 1 and put my arms around him and he \ put his arms around me, and as soon as I could speak I told him that ? while I was in Lovingston, Theodore j l?slcs had asked me lo go driving With him; thai I flrsl refused, but thai on Annie Kidd insisting I did go ? tinnily, hut thought we would only go a little way. I did not put my 1 hat on; just thought it. was to be a \ short drive. We first drove out to- ' wards Oakridge station, drove about half way to Oakridge station, then 1 turned around and come back 1 through Lovingston and stopped at ' his house. He told me he was go- ' lng in his house a minute, would I ' wait there and hold the horse until ( he came hack. He was in the house ! five or six minnies. II?4 came hack 1 and WO drove on down through Lov ingston. through the Oap and down below Mr. Coleman's obi placo, and turned around and cann; hack to- i wards Lovings ton. Just bo fore wo got to tho Oap he took out a bottle ol' whiskey and asked me to take a drink ol' il, ami I dbl take a swallow of ii. I told father I thought it ? must have hoon drugged, because I I immediately began to g?>( dizzy and I couldn't see things. Fvm-ything coin- I nienced to danoo before me, and I '? asked him to take nie home at once, ? back to Lovingston. Winni wo gol to where one road turns down and one up tho mountain, instead of Holl ing towards Lovingston, ho started up the mountain. I asked him t<? lake mo hom?' at one , that : was feeling very badly and v. as sick, so please take me. He didn't answer ino at all. bul drove on as rapidly as he could. So father Hum asked rn?? If he attempted to assault nie. I told him (hat ho had forced himsolf upon me. I screamed bul I suppose no one bearii nie; and that I (hen lost consciousness and dbl liol re member anything after thai until I was al Mrs. Rabi's hons?' that night. When I told father that, lu? had got so white and unnatural looking thal il scared me. I ran out to mothor nnd told her 1 believed I bad killed my falber." At tho conclusion of hor statement Miss Loving regained composure and th?- cross-examination by tho prose cution bogan. A Map Presented. Attorney Dnn'l Harmon presented a map of the country over which the buggy ride was Ink cn, and asked (hat the witness fix the point whore Fstes gave her a drink. She could not re member exactly, bul designated tho neighborhood. Sh?' was Hum asked where the assault occurred, lo which she replied that it was lifter she and Fstes had turned up tho mountain road. "When di<i you romombor gaining consciousness?" "During the night at. Mrs. Kidd's " "ho you romombor tolling Mrs, Kidd that you had taken too large a drink and that you ?lid that once b?' fore at llollcvuc?" "No." "Did you not get out. of the buggy and walk up the st?>ps and into the house without assistance?" "No." "On the ilOXl morning did you see Miss Sheldon, tho dressmaker? Dbl Miss Sheldon C01U0 up to take your measure for n dress?" "Yes." "Did not Mrs. Fstes, mother Of Theodore, rome to seo you on the day after tho assault and give you a cup of chocolate?" "Yes." , "Did you not lake, breakfast nt the OURS RANKS THIRD The Naval Force of America and Japan Compared. While Japan's Hunk Fifth.-AmorK can M ii ii m y Ofllcers Speculate on . Ike Outcome of a Wat When tho prosldont loft, town last week lt was not reasonable to ex pect that Washington would bo dull, but tho war scare carno along at an opportune time. There isn't any doubt that a great deal moro has been made of this little misunder standing with Japan than the situa tion has really J us tl fled; but then Washington is full of eager newspa per correspondents and it is also full of army and navy oilicers, men whoso hope of early advancement in their profession of arms is conflict with some other power, lt ls weary bus iness, this sitting down in piping times of peace waiting for older ofll cers to die off or he retired, lt is a long limo between promotions, and thc inactivity is killing to men who arc young and ambitious and thirst for martial glory. lt ls no wonder, then, that evory time tho United States has a diplo matic misunderstanding with some other government Washington talks war. If army and navy officers had their way ail our ambassadors and ministers would be recalled and diplo macy rel aga ted to the limbo of for gotten things. The sword would bo tho only arbiter, the drum would beat, tho bugle call, and the land be gay with tho panoply of war. Hut, fortunately for thc country, lt is not tho nation's warriors who aro charg ed with responsibility; and tho chances that we shall have to light tho Mikado's yellow men aro remote Indeed. Hut. regardless of tho Improbabil ity of a rupture between the two na tions, military ofllcers are already speculating quietly upon Hie possi bility of an estrangement, and com parisons are being made of tho re spectivo strength of tho navies of the. two countries. In their minds they have begun to dispose of tho American navy In places whore tho most effective results could bo ob tained. To bo sure, oilicers of re sponsibility studiously refrain from discussing a matter of this kind, knowing that it is tito desire of thc Fwhninlstrntion not. to accentuate an already acute situation. Hut their commendable reserve in this respect; lins" not estooped them, ns well as dhers, from examining tho naval r? cords of the world's powers and as certaining the lighting strength of the Japanese navy as compared with jur own. Tito following table shows how the two nations stand in naval equip? mont: Type of vessels. \ H. S. Japan. Battleships.m ii Armored cruisers . . . . ?s 10 Protected cruisers.. ,.43 19 Torpedo boals.',12 7 7 Destroyers.I ti 54 Submarines.S 7 Const defense.ll [\ The number of vessels to bo built under existing appropriations by ?adi nation is as follows: Typo of vessels. U. H. Japan. Battleships.s 3 \rinored cruisers .... 4 4 Protected cruisers. . . . ;i 1 Oest roy ors.f> - Submarines.I - Compared with oilier nations of Hie world, the navy of the United States ranks third and Japan's fifth. Most, of the Japanese ships are in lome waters, the same being true of hose of the United States. The pick if our navy is now at Hampton Hoads, or the vicinity, nineteen of .he battleships and armored cruisers icing rendezvoused there on account d the Jamestown exposition in addi .lon to a large torpedo and subma rine liol ila. FI vu PUKISHUD. PIl'O Wipes Out Seven Hlocks Adjoin ing Exposition (?rounds. Hy lhe explosion of a gasoline aove In tho Borkeloy Hotel at Pine Urach adjoining tho Jamestown JOx lOSltion grounds, Wednesday, seven lilia ks, comprising sixty-live hotels, saloons, eating houses and freak shows, were burned to the ground, rho loss is estimated at $225,000. I'ive persons--a negro boy, three white women and au infant died in tho flames. Detective Peyton, of the secret ser dre department of the Imposition, rescued a woman who was uncon scious in her bed in the Arcade Hotel Ills mother and sister were stopping it this hotel. Miss Peyton, after es .aping from Hie burning building [old her brother she had left her jewelry In ber room. Ile rushed ili lli lhe burning building, bul by niis lake entered the wrong room. Here lie found the woman. lim.f Mrs. Kidd on the following morning " .'Yes." Tho prosecution brought tho slate mont from Ibo witness Hint she had not mentioned a single word of her experience on the evening prior to people she niel on the same day. She lind talked pleasantly willi Ibo molli cr of the victim on the morning of lix* tragedy, bul had not mentioned lier experience lo her. The willies;; ivas asked if before she went buggy liding she lind not taken a drink of whiskey at Bstes' store, lo which she replied "Yes."' "hid you drink in Estes' store on Kastor'.'" Tho defence objected to the ques tion ?ind Hie jury left the court room. Mr. Houldiug, who was conduct ing th?' cross-examination, said that lils motive in asking lhe quest lon was Io show that Miss Loving was in Hie dabil of drinking whiskey. However, Hie prosecution waived ibo question iv I tho ul Jugde Barksdalo rendering mi opinion, hui intimated that it might be brought up again at Hie limper lime. Mr. Houldiug stated that he OX peeled lo show that Theodore Kstes ivas gullly of no Impropriety to Miss Loving. Tho jury was brought back Into the court room and the question* lng resumed. Miss Loving, in answer to quos llons. stated that she W0.8 an expert Itorsowomnn and weighed about 110 pounds. This concluded the cross-exnmlna llon and the court adjourned for tho [lay. SHOT HUSBAND. .-\S(.V-.?B He Attempted to Whip Adopted Son When Wife Interferred. - _ Tho Woman Picked I'p Gun mid Shot Ih-i' 11 domini, and Thon Went On Wi*h lief Work. A speclabto Tho Augusta Ohroniclo says Thursday evening, Filmore haitian, a prosperous farmer, living Ave milcH east of Sal ley was shot hy his wife; Mrs. Josephine I .ailinn. Ho waa attended hy Dr. P A. Phil lips and Dr. T. A. Jones ol Spring field, who found it necessary to am putate all of the fingers of his right hand except the thumb. About fifteen or twenty fshot entered his right side nour tho paint of the hip. but tho doctors were unable to ascertain if they penetrated the abdominal cavity or not . Lal ban is seriously If not dangerously shot. Filmore Latban is said to bc a hardworking man of some means bul. ls of a high and passionate nature, ills Wife is said to be of a Uko na ture. Thursday evening Lal lian at tempted lo whip nu adopted hoy when his wife interferred causing a difficulty jiOtweon them in which sin* struck La tb an with a stick. Latban grabbed Up a double-barrelled shot gun and snapped it In the breast of his wife, who stepped back Into tho house and picking up anotnor gun shot Latban as above described. People who knew them blame La tban. After shooting Latban his wife went on willi her work as usual. HOHHIOKS t'HH AN AUTO. Vanderbilt Huco Course Selected for Opera! ions. Robbers in the state "of Long Is land have taken to the use of the automobile, A number of robberies have been committed on the course on which the Vanderbilt Cup race was run and in each case the robbers , have come to the house and escaped in an automobile. Tho latest theft ; was committed near Mitine?la, L. I. un the Jerico turnpike, near K rug's corners, where thc fastest running ' waa done in the famous race last fal, Herman Schwerter, a farm , Hand in ihe employ of Charles Os- ] tvald was attacked and made uncon- j ?cious, by the use of chloral. Then < the safe in the house was robbed of t ju ,000 an l valuable jewelry. The ' :rio of robbers came to the farm in a ] red racing car and then escaped. When Oswald and his wife returned o the farm they found Schwerter , jagged and unconscious. It took | three hours to revive thom. < Mr, Oswald saw the robbers while t hey \ ero on their way to his lion e i Eic M ^ cs wife were driving along i ho r They met a car in which ;bere re three men. All wore 1 japs and were dressed alike. When Schwerter revived he told the story if the crime. He said he was writ- ( ng a letter, when there came a < unck at th" door. H opened it and < vas confronted by three men, all in i mt: m "?bile caps and dressed alike. 1 The men questioned him until they ( foi:nd he was alone and then . ; wo overpowered him, while the ( ;hird rushed in and forced choral in- ( ;o his mouth. ( After seeing the man helpless on ' the floor the robbers broke the safe ( ,vith a pickax they had gotten in the < jarn, removed $1,000 and Oed. It t ,vas an hour before Mr. and Mrs. Oswald returned. They summoned ( he sheriff, who called out all the , leputies in the county. A doctor , ,vas summoned to care for Schwer- | ;er. A determined effort is being t nade to apprehend the criminals, Decause of thc fact that there have < leen so many robberies on the island s n which the robbers have escaped J n racing ears. Tito discription given j jy Mr. Oswald is counted as an ?in- . sortant clue in the search. TH HOP AND INVENTOR. Philadelphia Prisoner a Continued Hob ber and Mechanical Genius. Invention and thievery go hand in land with Joseph L<\ Svatk, confined in the City hall at Philadelphia on .barge of robbing a saloon. The man las a mottled record, and has lived under a variety of assumed names. He has been charged with and con victed of every crime connected with thieving from petty larceny to dar ing burglaries and horse stealing. Police records show that he is one of the most expert robbers in the busi ness and that his inventive genius makes it almost impossible to impris on him, as he picks all kinds of locks and has never served a full sentence for any charge of which he was con victed and imprisoned. Svatk isa mechanical genius. While in prison ho has perfected a number of inventions to lie used in the man ufacture of shoes. Foi' one of t hese he received $1,001). For another, which he also perfected during a per iod of enforced confinement, and which is for perforating shoe tips, be has been offered a large sum ami big yearly percentages in royalties. Tile man could make a living honest ly, but he prefers to pilfer rather than labor. 1110 WANTS TO GO. Asked to He Hanged in Place ?d' His Hi ot her. Al Montgomery, Ala., Rev. John lineman, a Baptist preacher and bro ther of David Leeman, colored sen tenced to be banged on July l!ti for the murder Of his wife made Hie re nnest in the office of Sheriff Heizer Thursday that he be hanged in the place Of his bl ot liol'. "I am much better prepared lo die than David," said John Herman. "I believe I would gel i.O Heaven and David would not. I believe lt would make a better man of David and mat he would moot 1110 in heaven." The negro spoke with earnestness and sahl he was ready and willing to suffer for tho sins of his brother, ile is an Intelligent negro and reali/.os what ho is doing. The negro seemed surprised and hurt when told that the ..alto could not allow the aacrlllco. j LGSI SN A FOG Mr. and Mrs. W. Masuad Picked Up Half Unconscious in GASOLINE LAUNCH. They Tiost Their Hearings in n Fog lind Drifted Alu.ul For Thirty Hours nt Sen.-Tho Supply of Gas oline (Jove Out When They Wero Far From Shore, and They Had About Given Un All Hope. After giving themselves up for lost When they found that their tiny gas oline launch had drifted out into tho open ocean in the sudden fog that that swept over tho Long Island Bh?re on Sunday evening, William Masuad, manager of tho Alhambra Theatre, of Harlem, N. Y., and his wife were picked up bite Mouday night in a semi-conscious condition by the Canarsle-Bergeh Beach ferry boat Helen and Frank MeAvoy. For hours after the gasoline supply of the tiny Capitela had been ex hausted they wero buffeted about by waves that threatened to lill her with every sweep. Then? was not a mor sel ot food on the little craft, nor any prooteclion from tho spray and night chill. A single bottle of water was soon exhausted. When daylight came and no land was to be seen, the occupants of the launch practically gave up hope, and gradually sank into a stupor in the bottom of the launch. Then the re turning tide caught up the little craft and slowly swept it back into tho beaten track. When the launch was sighted hy tho captain of the Helen und Frank MeAvoy there was no sign of life on board, and it was not until the latter craft .vas actually picked up that the presence of the threat rical manager und his wife was discovered. They wero revived to full consciousness with dililculty and cared for by Hie frew. Mr. and Mrs. Masuad started out JU an aimless cruise off Hergen Beach Sunday afternoon. They intended to i?o to Rockaway Beach for dinner, mid took no supplies from the beach sottage, which they have rented for Lhe summer. Ween some distance off shore they (ramo across .lames McIn tyre, of McIntyre and Heath of "Ham Tree" fame, who had a party of Friends in his launch, the Random. McIntyre saw Hie fog rolling in md advised Masuad, who did not snow the coast, to keep the Capitela 1 dose to Hie Random. The fog set- ? led down over the two launches ami ?'or a Him* they sept together head- 1 og for Rockaway Point. In some manner they became sop- 1 >rated. Aftor an eratic course Mc- < intyre, in tho Random finally' made < diere at 1 o'clock in the morning. 1 About the same time thc gasoline 1 m the Capitela gave out and Musted vas forced to let her drift. When lay light came and land was nowhere n sight, he decided that he had urned around In the fog and steamed >ut to sea during the night. According to the threatlcal man, ie and ms wife lost consciousness luring the agonizing day, and long lOfore they had.drifted back In sight if tho coast tliey had given up hope. Phey did not know that the tide had .arried them back over their eratic .ourse of Sunday night, nor did they bink of putting out distress signals. Tlie ll iden and Frank took them to "anarsie, where they spent Monday light. They wore taken to their Hergen Beach cot'age Tuesday, and hoir physician says in a few days hey will be none the worst for their hlrty-hour drifting experience. When Mr. McIntyre discovered that tho Capitela had not reached moro ho was much alarmed for their safety, and at Morgen Bench it was 'eared that they had been run down .y a larger craft. Mrs. Masuad ls i sister of Percy C. Williams, woll mown on the vaudeville stage. This is one of the near-tragedies d' as remarkable fog as ever swept iver Coney Island and the adjoining ?caches. lt blew in from the sea. .ompletoly blanketing a bright sun in ess time than it takes to tell it. So ll Ich was the fog that great drops of valor foll from the sky as the thicker .auks were driven Inland. MOST ATROCIOUS CHIMU. Willie Man Assaulted Colored Child and Shot Colored Man. A dispatch from Aiken says news cached that city last Thursday of an itroclous crime hoing co in in it ted lear Tonio, on tho edge of Aiken and d angelon g count ies. Only rumors SO (I ld bo gotten, as no official notice lias been received by the authorities. From what could be learned ii seems that tho affair is about as fol lows, Ol' rather this is one side of the story, and tho other side cannot bo carnell : Oil Tuesday Have Jeffcoat, a white man of questionable repulo, went to Lho home Of a negro named Fogle illld while Foglo was away working in a field, assaulted his little daugh ter, who is said io bo about ten years dd. He then, il is said, went io the held where Foglo was at work and I here shot him with a gun, Inflicting H mortal wound. What occurred be tween tho mon lhere ls not known. As wns stated, the affair luis not been officially reported and owing to tho distance Hie report could not he substantiated. If the above is Hue. jeffcoat lias golton himself Into Sor lons trouble. ATTHMPTS MUKDHIt. Negress Poisons Seven Members of Her Family. On the charge of poisoning seven mom hors of ber family, ('ora Setzer, colored, was lodged in jail at Sails burg, N. C.. to await trial In tho su perior court. lu a hearing before a justice of the peace, the girl pleaded guilty to plac ing Rough on Rats In the coffoe of hoi' father and mother. Five other members of the family also drank of the coffee and all came near dying. A physician was called and the arrest of tho girl followed. Sho gave as a reason for her acts thal she wished to see the effect, of the poison. This was lier third at tempt, lt ls alleged, to end tho lives of her paronts. TOO MUCH FREE LOVE Wellesley Afraid Happy Colony Will Corrupt Its Morals. "?Tho Home of Spontaneous Lovo" nt Wellesley, MUSH., is About to Ho Ilrokon Up. The "Homo of Spontaneous Love," at Wollesloy, Mans., ls In danger of a violent ond, with big, burly, Wel lesley policemen furnishing tho vio lonco. Tho nominal reason ls that Massachusetts cannot very well pt ido itself on ita famous old Illuo laws and ut the same time allow this free lovo colony to exist. Tho real reason lt that tho morals of tho giiT student s attending Wellesley college aro in gravo danger, and tho Inhabitants of tho staid, old New langland town are very much shocked over tho reputa tion which tho place has managed to bulbi up, and have determined to run tho colony out of town. Over brook, as tho freo love colony run by Frederick Reed, n former VVelloslo'v professor, ls known makes no secret of Its Idea of liberal morality, and, as t ho result of t he start ling'stories of strange doings in this community, Chief of Police Kingsbury, of Welles ley, has decided upon a lillie investi-' gation, and if cortain things are true; well, food bye to the "Homo of Spon taneous Love." Reed luis run this free love colony for two years, and his wile, who strongly belives In his principles, has helped him conduct lt.. There has been absolu I ely no restrictions at OverbroOk, Reed maintained that "destiny" controls everything. While tho marriage contract is not decried, lt ls not. oscenttal. Tho first protest against the colony came from the faculty of Wellesley college when it was discovered that a number of the students, girls, had been visiting tho places for some time; AU of them were fascinated hy the absence Of restraint that ls Overmook s main characteristic, and, moveovet', they saw nothing wrong and gre v more attached to the place with each visit. Then the residents of Hie town of Wellesley began to grow suspicious when they saw painted women with glillering diamonds frequent the ' place. Wealthy business men of Hos- ' ton also made numerous (rips to (he colony with women other than their wives. SI range tales were told of tho ! beautiful lake in the center of Rodd's 1 domain, where men and women were 1 wont to bathe, with or without bath ing suits, mostly the latter, and of 1 tho secluded walks which seemed to :. be always populated. Men and wo- 1 men who held a high position In so- ( clety mingle freely with the "nude- ' strahle citizens," and, consequently, Wollesloy decided to have the chief ' o? police make an Investigation. Tho women at Overbrook, thal ls 1 Lho regular female members of the 1 colony, wear bloomers. Reed declar- t os tills was tho primitive dress of tho v r?reeks and Turks and that, lt is a , perfectly logical attire. The men go 1 ihout in overalls and don't pay any particular attontion as to how they ? look. All load a happy, care-free life ' \t present there are26 members of J Ibo colony. Twelve of them aro wo- J men and most of these aro pretty. At ' limos, however, the membership runs ( to 100, and then life is indeed gay at J Overbrook. The work when they please, which is not very often with ] tho most of them. They spend their time, ealing, sleeping, or lounging 1 around the building or grounds. "It is all one glorious family," de- 1 ::lares Reed. "I do not see why any J mo seriously objects to our colony, j When the Wellesley college girls he- 1 gan coming here I welcomed them, thinking that, they had been directed 5 by fate. I could not seo anything 1 wrong in permitting their visits. \ None of them ever became members nf the colony. Now that the prest- 1 dent of the college has objected to j their visits I am perfectly willing ? that they remain away." 1 ------- i ?OMMITT10I) SUICIDIO. ; Hedy Was Hurled Through Car Win- ? dow natl Foll lu Aislo. 1 While a trolley ear was speeding I over Brooklyn Bridge Thursday night I Et man's body shot through tho sec ond window from tho rear of I lu* car and fell In the aisle.. Six passengers In the car wore badly frightened, und | the conductor, ofter a short exami nation, saw that the man was dead. Where Hie body came from ls a mystery. The motorman says the front of the car dbl not strike the : man. The police think the man at- < templed to commit suicide by throw ing Himself from the promenade above into tho roadway in front of , tho car, hut misjudged the speed of ] the car and landed against Its side, falling through an open window. Tho name of the dead man is supposed to bo .lohn Nelson. Ill SHANI) CO.MMITTS SUICIDIO His Wife Had (hmo to iler Mother's Willi thc Children. Pinding that his wife with their two Children had gone to the home of his mother-in-law. Paul Woln traub, a salesman, 3f>-yearS-old, of No. 72 Gorry street, Williamsburg, N. v., committed suicide early Thurs day morning by inhaling gas in the parlor of his home. He had been 111 as well as one of hi ' hildron. Before he killed hin ?elf he remov ed the tips from three ,as burners ill the parlor and plunged u] every hole and crevice In Hie room. His sui?, ide was discovered by the family of Sa lil lie! Lovermoit oii tho door above, who were almost Overcome by the fumes of (he escaping gas which had pen id rated I heir rooms through an air shaft. STRUCK RV LIGHTNING. Four Men Killed Hy Lightning Dur ing Thunder storm. At SpartanhUI'g, S. C., Thursday joe (Jossett was struck by lightning ami instantly killed whlb? ridiitg to his bonni near Walnut Grove ahead of an approaching thunder storm. A neighbor, who was riding a fnulo ulong with him, was also knocked from his mount, hut may recover A dispatch from Winterville, Ga., suva while hoeing lu a Held under a olear sky, Jerry Oaroy, an old negro was st rin k bv a bolt ol' lightning mid instantly killed. He is tho third negro to DO nilled by lightning in tho Cherokeo Corner neighborhood dur ing thc last throe days. TERRIBLE CRI.. Buried His Wife's Little Daughter Alive In a Ref use Hole. MYSTERIOUS CASE. Pretty Llttlo Hoven Year Old Mary Noulin Hurled Alive By Her Step father, Irwin bowls, Who Ia Now In Jail.-Lewis Admits Burying . Her Hut Declares That Ho Thought Her Dead. Hurled alivo by hor stepfather was tho tragic fato of pretty, llttlo sov on-year-old Mary Nowlin, for whose death Irwin i^ewis is now in jail at Chester, Pa., awaiting tho action of Hie grand jury. Lewis, thought admitting that ho burled his llttlo stepdaughter, declares ho did not murder her, or Know she was living when he buried hor. "1 thought heV dead when she foll from tho car riage barn," ho moaned in bl? do fonso at tho coroner's investigation. But bis excuse was so llimsy.and the weight of the evidence against him so groat that ho was quickly remanded to jail to await tho Janu ary term of court, and it was only tho prom pl work of the Sheriff and his d?polies in getting liim quickly out of the little courthouse at Avondale, w here Hie hearing was held, that sav ed the young Pennsylvania farmer from death at the hands of the mob. LOwls* partial confession was wrung from him by District Attornoy M ac Fd roo on the day in which his stepdaughter's tiny body was found by w. 0, Shelley and John O'Brien, deputy sheriff, in a hole that Howls had declared lie dug to bury somo refuse in. The one essential feature to establish thc murder without a doubt on {tho young stepfather, the admission that he killed tho child, MacKlree was unable to get. On Hie contrary, the farmer insisted his stepdaughter's death was due to her all from the carriage shed roof, and bat ho buried the body after Undine, lie child dead. Giving as Iiis reason hat he wished LO spare lils wife who s in a delicate condition, the shock >f her daughter's death. But the alert prosecutor warf^pre larod for Just such a move as this, ind startled the vast audience at tho nquesl by producing medical ovi lence to show that the child died >f strangulation and suffocation. There was not a mark nor a bruise m the body of the child and ?ho had mt been assaulted, as intimated. On 1er neck, however, were Hie marks if lingers, showing some one had fr lp poa tho child by the throat, and vound lightly around tho neck there vas alsd a piece of string, fixed tight 'iiough to produce suffocation. This partial confession upon the itepfatber's part removes all question d' kidnappers being mixed up in the rase, as was at first thought, and lt. s tho opinion of everybody In dies er county that when the cell doors dosed on irvin Lewis, tho girl's real nOrderer had been safely secured. The prosecution is said to havo two vitnesses under cover who will say hat Mary ls said to have told them hat some.one in her own homo had ried to kill her twice during the win er. The child is said to havo divul ged the attempts upon her lifo while telling how nnich afraid sho was of 1er "dad," moaning young Lewis "I always run and hide whon 1 see him coining," Hie dead child is reported to have said to tho two wit nesses before she dually disappeared. That she stood in deadly fear of her stepfather has been learned from nen and women who have worked ibout the Howls farm or visited lt, ind w ho, on several occasions, watch ed meetings between Hie dead girl ind her accused parent. There aro many who reside in the vicinity of ho alleged crime wdio believe that Lewis is crazy, and that it will bo nec essary to (diluu- take him to an Insane isyluni or have a commission inquire into Ids state of mind beforo his trial, still months distant, is begun. Cl(.11T KHJHHD. Dynamite Explosion Tore Workmen Into Fragments. As the result of a premature explo sion of a box of dynamite near Tola, ['harlotte county, Va., Thursday af ternoon, eight persons wero killed iiitright and six other persons ser iously Injured, The two Amorlcans killed wero Bdward Clark, of (mar lon e bounty, fireman of a dlnkoy on gilie and Cornelius Sullivan, of Ham mi, lil., foreman of tho McDermott Constructioil company of Chicago, which lias the contract for tho con struction of a part of tho Tldowator railway. The six others killed aro all Italians, who aro known by numbers rather than names. The accident happened lu ti deep cut where a force of about ilfteen men were engaged. A box contain ing about fifty pounds exploded and ult in the immediate vicinity wero killed. The victims wero blown to atoms, and fragments of the bodies were scattered lu all directions. For anne distance around tho scene, beads, arms and legs wero picked up. One Italian was blown so far up into Hie embankment that tho body had lo lie dug out with picks. A dinkey engine standing In tho yards was blown to pieces. The ex plosion was heard for miles around and nearby houses were damaged by the terifftc shock. Tho cause of tho explosi?n i* unknown as tho victims were the only persons in tho vicinity. George Mason, an onglneer, was fat ally injured. _ BLOWN TO P1FOFS. Kills Himself With Dynamite Be cause Wife Hebuftod Him. At Monroe, Mich., after his wife bad refused to como back and live With him because of his drinking habits. Heorgo Kummer, a quarry man, walked to tho barn at the rear of his wife's house, lay down on tho door and blew himself to pieces with a stick of dynamite. Ile had carried the dvnanilic In his hand from tho quarry, where he was employed, and evidently had planned tho suicide If his wife" persisted in refusing to livo with him. AU that was loft of him after tho oxplosion was his logs.