The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, July 26, 1907, Image 1

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The Marlboro' Democrat. "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERT*", INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL. XXXI BENNETTS VILLE, S, C" FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1907. ? QUEER CASE. A Man Mourned For Years as Dead Turns Up AND TWO WIVES SUE. Mun Believed Drowned S( ai l les ??Widow" by Anteing Aid Against New "Wife." Seeks Deere? Her self and Spurns Bequest to Kill Bival's Action and Rejects Offer of His Bet urn. This queer tale comes from Chic-! ?Ko. Some twenty-nine years ago Andrew Buckley, beloved husband of Phtmene Buokloy, was drowned, hav ing disappeared from tin overturned rowboat. Ho is now defendant in two suits for divorce. Ono ploasunl day In October nearly three score years ago lie went for ? row. Next day the boat was found bottom up, and Buckley was found not at all. A sufficient time having passed without his coining homo to his meals, as had been bis custom, Mrs. Buckley was retuctlantly led to be lieve that her husband was thorough ly ?inci unalterably drowned, in spite of the fact that the body was never , recovered, and she grew to look upon herself as a widow. As a widow, s'ne fixed up a nice grave and decorated it with flowers every year. As a widow, she receiv ed the condolences of ber friends and extolled tho virtues of tho late lamented Muckley among the neigh bors, (o the discomfiture of many husbands who had had no opportun ity to prove themselves drowned and vii i nous. Luxuriating in recollections of Ibo happiness that was. she remain ed tine to the past and brought up ber son in fond reverence of the memory of his worthy father. During twenty-nine years she had become firmly fixed in the habit of believing she was a relict and was reconciled. Therefore, she was surprised, lo say the lea.sl. when she recently re ceived a*letter from Buckley. The letter bore a water mark, but no | oilier indication of having come from a mau who had gone to a moist and permanent death. On the contrary it gave evidence of cuniing from one who was very thoroughly possessed of vitality and animal ion. In fact it went so far as to show thal the Writer bad been loading a double life. The writer explained to (he loving ' and affectionate widow Hun the con structivo corpse was In trouble and needed her assistance, ll is related that tho woman willi whom be bad beeil li-ving since his vicarious death was suing him for divorve and asking alimony. Ile wanted his widow to sign a disposition that she was his wife in Ol'der to upset the claims of his se cond wile, living in Seattle, Wash. "Philomena, darling," said the letter, "Won't you please make this disposition? I want to prove to my wife thal she is not my wife, bul llial you are. You have always boon very good to nie, and I am sure you wili be so now. My present wife is bard to convince. Von wore never so. She wants alimony, 'ml if 1 do not have lo pay her I can have ear faro enough ?O pay my way back lo you, and I will live witli you all my life. I presume our son is earning money now. Please forward by re turn mail. Yours, as was, Andrew." Believing thal she had been Injur ed liv tho supposedly drowned man. who had originally deprived ber of support and theil of a widow's com fort, Mrs. Huck ley asked Judge Mc Kwen to grant her a divorce from the waterlogged male of former years. |'<)UM) l>IO.\l) l\ BAY. Supposed lo Have Fallen Overboard While in a Fight. The New York American says I wo dead sailors, with arms locked, re vealed a river tragedy Thursday af ternoon, when found floating mai the statue ol' hi berty. What the eh (.HIM. lances pf their death were Could not be ascertained, bill it was assum ed thal they had been I?IAIII?IIK and had fallen from Iheir ship. II is possible, however, that one had tallon overboard and tho other, trying lo rescue him. had been dragged down to death. Both came from tho steamer Dor;: ('., and fro lil letters found Oil one ol (hem ho is believed to be ('.hallos faulkner, I weill y-seven years old, ot No. SI New street. Manhattan. DBOWiNKI) IN BATH I NO Pool,. Young Mun, I-est Mis Life While in Swimming. A dispatch from Roch Hill io Thc Slate says H. Alloy, a young mimar ried man. li:! years old. was drowned in Ibo swimming pool of Arcade col lon mills abojil nine o'clock Wodnen da\ evening. Il is not known whet h er he could swim or liol. He was on a plank floating around in tho pool which is a pr?valo altair for Hie opel' ai ives Those nearby who hoard his rall for help were not able lo gol to him in time. Il was an hour or moro before his body was rccovorod. dredging tho pool having to be re sorted lo. I IY IO Ml BUS KU,1,1,1 ) By l/ighning While Bunning Loose In a Pasture. Tho AllgllSln Herald sax s fi VC in liles, val neil at } i .L'on, ?md be longing to Ibo Woodward humber company of mal elly, wore struck by lightning Wednesday afternoon about lour o'clock and instantly killed. The mulos had boon sent to Jud son. thirteen miles from Augusta, li ne used by I bo company I boro. Tho/' were loose and in a pasturo when the storm came up. lt is supposed thal Uioj were huddled dose together When lulled hy tho deadly bolt. I O? BTIOIA AUK DHOW'NKD. Sailboat Ca ps I/.CH and Hie Occupants LOSO Theil' liiveSt Four leon persons are reported to havo been drowned at Marstrand, Sweden, by tho capsizing of a sail boat. HE DENIES IT. Rev. C. M. Billings Publishes Card In Augusta Chronicle. Mr. Robert B. Pickling, of Blackville, Replies to Snnio Through Tho Col umbia State. The following communication ap peared In tho Augusta Chronicle ono day last week: "On June 2?, and 24 dispatches wore given to tho press to the effect that. 1 had been expelled from the Blackville, S. C., Baptist church on account ol" letters containing expres sions of endearment for a house-maid who had formerly served in our home A further statement to the effect that 1 had forsaken my wife and child and gone away witli this servant was made. "I want to say hy way of explana tion for my silence that for tho first 10 days after those dispatches ap peared 1 was not in a .physical nor mental condition to make tho state men) 1 wish to make. Besides, friends as wei! as myself thought a statement which would finally he made hy a body of brethren would be more satisfactory to tho general public. Hut timing Unit many of mj friends aro expecting a statement from me and aro waiting Impatiently for it, 1 wish to declare: "First. That the letters in ques tion were not written by mo; neither have I hoon allowed tho privi'ogo of seeing them. "Second. The statement with ref erence to the relations of endear ment existing between mo? and tho servant in question are libelous. "Third. At the time that the dis patch went out I had not only for saken my family, hut was at home with (hem. This (lie author certain ly must have known. "it is true upon the evidence con tained upon these letters 1 was ex eluded from tho church, hut I had absolutely no opportunity to defend myself or deny tho authorship of them, since I was preaching for a friend in Augusta and did not reach home until 5 o'clock in the after noon of thal day. "This is my final statement until a body of reputable brethren hoar tho case and their findings made public." "Rev. C. M. Billings." <'ont i ndicts Hillings. To tho hld I tor of The Slate: li has been the purpose ol' your correspondent to have nothing more to say in regard to l he awful Hil lings matter which has been the talk ot our (own and the whole Stale and caused great grief to Christian peo ple here and elsewhere. Hut the statement in your paper today, copied from the Augusta Chronicle, is so misleading to (hose (icoplo over the State who do not know tho facts in the ease and is so totally devoid of truth until this in formant must come toidi. Now, every reputable man in this town will sign his name to Ibo fact that those awful loders writ len by Billings to tho negro who had been his house maid are in Billings' own handwriting. These letters wei o w'rilton hore and malled lo Bamberg, where the maid had gone a flor leav ing his home on account of tho fact leaking out here A young newly married man could liol write a letter in more endearing terms lo his tender bride. Tho only word of sympalhy for tho man hore for his crime is occasionally (he state ment (hat "(lie man must have lost bis mind." This answers Billings' ll rsl slalo ment in regard lo his not writing (l?ese bitters. Second. That he han not been al lowed the privilege of seeing them ls false. On the oilier hand he was begged lo KO and read diem and lie lint-fooledly refused lo do so. dis third statement, thal lu- bad absolutely no opportunity to defend himself or io deny the authorship ol' tho loders as he was away preaching for a friend and didn't reach home until .". o'clock in Ibo afternoon be was excommunicated is devoid ol' any truth whatsoever. On tho contrary, Hillings was not ified ??" I'Viday afternoon thal ho would be turned oui of tho church on Sunday and was asked to bo there. This he failed to do, but on die con tm ry, look the train for Augusta, Ca., and preac hed there for a preach er who c ame here for him and heard the proceedings al church hore Sun day morning. This was aol ii previous engage ment for him io preach in Augusta, for ho bad un engagement lo preac h lu Lexington, N. C., and wired (hem. aller arriving in Augusta, be could not come. This informal ion was in Ute Charlolle Observer. lt niighl also bo stated thai Bil lings was excluded dom the church m.iij for gross immorality In re if ii vd to his Ufo with tho negro bul for prevarication. A copy ol' ibis letter has been sent io tho Augusts Chronicle In reply m the card appearing In thal paper. Robert H. fielding. Blackville, S. C.. July 17.1 907. I\irmiOl) CITY FOHN I ?. lu Texas Which Was Long Ago Densely Populated. Prof. 'I'. I- loverly, an archaeolo gist and Instructor In tho Canadian college ai Hereford, Texas, has dis covered a buried city hi Ochiltree codnty, in the extreme northern pan of the Han dandle. The appearance of a number ol mounds upon wlial was otherwise a level plain attracted Mr. ISvorly's ai tendon, and he began ll?V< si I gil I lons, dis excavations have revealed buried buildings, in which are human bodies ancient potters and stone utensils. The mounds are rectangular in Shape, and I heir number shows I hat ll was a city of several thousand In? ? habitants. ' The character ol' die ?ruins Indicates (hal (hoy ante-date ! tho Aztecs or Tollies. Mr. loverly I will make further excaval ions. ( MIRKS I0RROR. Ignorant (UH Served S'en I'S in I'UMMI for .Months, Because a clerk wrote yeai s In stead of month, Lena Rivers, an ig norant girl, has served almost a sore of years in Alabama mines when lb' veal lime was less than two yea s. ShO died just before her lime- was up land her mother now asks (be Ali j bama legislature for ovoi time pay. AWFUL TRAGEDY. Miss Julia Wannamaker a Victim * of the Undertow. SWEET YOUNG GIRL From Orangcutirg Swept orr ncr Feet and Out to Sea While Surf Bathing, Nour Station 1J>, on Sul livan's Island, Heroic Utforts to Save Her Palling-Two Others Narrowly Fsenpo. Caught In the merciless mip of tho undertow, in water ha re ly waist (loop, Miss Julia Wannamaker, tho beauti ful young daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Hoher Wannamaker, of Ol'nngeburg, was drowned while in surf bathing on Sullivan's Island, opposite the street leading from station No. li), near the rocks, late Friday afternoon. Mrs. Joe Bell, of Charleston, and Miss Pauline Cart, of Orangoburg, nar rowly escaped a like fate, being sav ed only aller the most heroic efforts. Tho following account ol the sad af fair is taken from The News and Courier: The three ladies named and Prof. Francis H. Parker entered the surf thou! 6:30 o'clock. The lido al Hu. hour was dead low aim still running out. They found that, although the water was comparatively shallow, ho ing not moro than wis! deep, the un dertow was so swill thal they were unable lo retain their footing. The ladies called to Prof. Parker that the undertow had them. Ile quickly seized them, hunched them togCtner and called for help. Air. Tom Buist, of Charleston, was tho first to reach them, and Prof. l arker turned over Miss Wannama ker, who had become panic stricken, lo Ililli. It had been very necessary, however, for Mr. Buist lo make a loni; run up the beach before reach ing them and he was practically ex hausted when he undertook to sup port Miss Wannamaker, and could aol keep her head above (he surface. Mr. George llitgiienin, also ol' Charleston, being attracted by the calls for help, hastened lo Mr. Buist's assistance. Mr. Hiigueiiln has been il! recently and his strength was soon gone. He was linallie lo support .Miss Waiinaniakor and she sank. Mr. Ja* Adger, who ..ad been swimming some distance further out, close lo the jel lies, reached the stone ol' trouble aboul lins lime, and undertook lo as sist Miss Wannamaker, bul was him self seized with cramps. In the meantime Messrs. Norwood Hastie and Alex Martin had seized n boat nearby, belonging io Mr. Oreg Kollock, and had arrived on the scone. They first picked up Mr. llug iienin, who was sinking himself, and (dose hy they found Miss Wannama ker, ber head about a foot beneath Hie surface. -She was still alive when pulled into tho boat, bm never reviv ed in spile et heroic efforts ai. re suscitation. Meanwhile. Capt. MeMiligan, ol' tho United States army, and Quartennas ter Pulton had gone to Hie aid ol' Prof. Parker, up lo his neck in waler by Ibis lime, and still struggling with Mrs. Hell and Miss Carl. Capt. Mc Millan seized and supported one of the ladies, while Quartermaster Fal lon assisted Prof. ParUor with the oilier, (?nile a number of other gon l.lcmcn had come up in the meantime and formed a chain by joining hands, and passed Hie ladies from Ibo shal low Water io the beach. As soon as all had been golton ashore prompt efforts ai resuscitating Miss Wannamaker wore begun. Dr. Wannamaker, tho uncle of the young lady. nr. ti. s. Kirk, Surgeon Kirk patrick ?mil Contrae! Surgeon lind on, of the Hulled States army, and three trained nurses did everything which their combined knowledge could suggest and skill perform, bul their efforts were wholly unavailing. Miss Wannamaker never regained consciousness, and it was staled (hat she npeared to have succumbed lo complete collapse. Miss Julia Wannamaker would have been sixteen years old next Mon day. Mr. and Mrs. .Wannamaker, her father and mother, left Charles ton Wednesday for Now York. They were telegraphed Friday nigh! Ibo sad news of their dani;'.: er's Iragie death, and returned al once. Miss Wannamaker. during the absence ol' her parents lu the North, was lo have been the guesl on the Island of Mrs John Carl, also of Orangoburg, and with Mrs. Carl she was hoarding al Mrs. Hudson's al Station No. li), Un dertaker Connelley look charge ol' Ibo remain:;, which were taken lo Charleston and then h rough! lo Or .?\i\f> ohui'K Sa i II rday. The loree ol Hie undertow li. IhO gllp Ol' Which Messrs lillis!. Hug nenin, Adger and ol hors sough! lo rescue Miss Wanhamakor, appears lo have been terrific. Mr. Norwood Mas Ile, one ol' the mosl powerfullj bulli young men In Charleston was swop! off his feel tho moment ho turned loose the hand ol Ibo noxl man in i he chain In order lo pass t he young lady on up tho line of rescuers. When Prof. Parker and Ibo ladies in the surf With bini first realized thal they were hoing carried out lo sea they were in comparative shallow waler, bul they were swill ly carried awa> from the shore uni il when li nally assistance reached thom Ibo Water .vas about up lo bis chiii. Dr. Parker said friday nigh! that when the firs! ot tho helpers gol lo bim bo was almost lo the Jellies and close lo I he channel. Had not Miss Waiilianiaker become alarmed and interfered with 'he ol' forts ol' those who were seeking io I'OSCUO her she inlghl have been sav ed, sin- was. ol' course, very much frightened as soon as she realized Dial the sand was slipping beneath ber feet, as were tho other two ladies. Hui when Dr. Parker, realizing the I ni possibility of bringing in the three ladies, unassisted, raised a cry for assistance, Miss Wannamaker ap pears <o have completely lost her bead, sin- was thoroughly panic stricken and struggled so violently thal not only were the efforts of those who sOIIgh! IO save her impeded, but, weakened as they were, cdt her by h?V?ng had to run or swim in Order lo roach her, she almost succeeded In drowning thom also. There were quite a lilimbor ol other persone close at hand, but 80 swiftly were Miss Waniuiniakor and the others swop! out to sea, SO qui CK ly did Hu' danger arrive and so pow WANTS DIVORCE So As Her Husband Can Marry Another Woman. And Glvo HIN TWO illegitimate Daughters His Namo and Tims Save Thom From Shume. With tho formal application made Thursday In tho New York Supremo Court for a filial judgement of dir voice, following an interlocutory de cree signed hy Justice Crane on April .?Hi last, is made public astartllng story of mart lal Infidelity and double lifc?. in which a prominent resident of Borough Park, Brooklyn, ls tho d?fendant, ami a social scandal which has agitated Boston at times for several yours ls revived. Tho man who ls charged by his wife with having led a double life is Joseph T. Cunningham, said to bo drawing a salary of $ 1 5,000 as man ager of an electrical company with offices at in Broadway, Manhattan. lils wife, Mrs. lOsnbol s. Cunningham, of (!('? ('litton place, charges that ho has boon living willi one Lizzie Demp sey at 5817 Fifteenth avenue, Bor ough Bark, and by whom he has had i wo children. From the papers and tho testimony in th<" case which was taken Indore Justice (b-ane on Mandi !22d, nundi of (he romance of the Cunninghams and the sorrow of thc; wife at her discovery of her husband's transfer of his affect ions to tin? Dempsey woman is revealed. Belters of Airs. Cunningham aiso tell of ber wish ie endure self-abnegation in (he nope that, if she secured tho divorce, her husband would marry the mother of his children. Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham were married at the Hotel Oxford on Dec ember 14, 1804. Al that lime Cun ningham, it is said, had great politi cal aspirations in Boson, being a friend of former Mayor Josiah Quincy and a close associate with other prominent Democrat ic politicians of Massachusetts. He was al one time ii member ol th?1 Democratic National [committee, it is said. Ans. Cunningham was also of a prominent family in Boston, highly i nil m od and educated, ami of inde pendent means. Tho marriage of the parties was a social event. A few years later, it is said, and the charge is made in Hie papers in the action brought by Mrs. Cunningham, the husband became enamored with one Lizzie Dempsey, daughter of a promi nent society man in Boston, and de serted his wife, after having dissipat ed as much of her fortune as ho Could gp! hold upon the woman who is mentioned as the correspondent in Hie ?ellon, lt is that Airs. Cun ningham, aller tracking her husband ind tho Dempsey woman te. >:ew York (itv, about seven years ago, horsewhipped the woman in (he Grand (Jouirai staion The discovery that Cunningham and Allss Dempsey were living to gether in Borough Park was made, ibo plaintiff says in her testimony, lu lune. 1006, and it is claimed that the $15,000 Queen Anno cottage, 5817 Ff leen th avenue, which stands in .Miss Dempsey's name was a presen! lo her from Cunningham. Testi mony was given at the trial that AHss Dempsey is known there as Mrs. Cunningham, and that few in the Borough Bark coterie of friends of (billingham knew otherwise. Airs. Cunningham says, in a lotter, beca ll so of the two little girls, daugh ters of tho Dempsey woman and Cun ningham, she is averse to any oxpo nre of tho,marital infelicities that have came between herself and hus band. She writes: "Plie little girls," she says, "ari" six and four and a half years, respec tively. Because of them I was able lo bring myself to a point whore 1 was willing to divorce him. lt was (brough him that I lost my horses, jewelry and other properly every thing dear to me. I horsewhipped her seven years ago whim ho wanted to como back lo mo." KIDDINO Ni')AB Met OBMICK Fatal Bow Between Two Negroes on Public Bond. A dispatch from McCormick to Tao State says news reached there Thurs day allot noon of a difficulty whic h occurred on the public highway about four miles from this place between two negroes. Ono of the negroes was killed and his slayer has berni locked up. The weapon used was a Kiln and whiskey is said to have boon the cause ol' the trouble. The names ol' Hie participants in the tragedy are unknown at tho time th lu dispatch was sent. orful was thc grip of the iindotiow, which held Miss W'annaniaker thal to rescue her was Impossible. Those who came io lier assistance exerted themselves io ibo utmost, and the boat was maned and roached her in an incredible short Hine, hut al though she was gotten Into it before life was extinct ibo nervous shock as well as strangulation had been so great that, as already stated il was not possible to i'esuscltato her. A person ol' more vigorous constitution would undoubtedly boon revived, Among those who took part in tho efforts to save the distressed bathers were: Capt. McMillan, I'. S. A., Don ald Ab Kay frost, Alex Martin, James Vdger, Quartermaster Fulton C Nor wood Hastie, Krauels D. Parker, Jr.. Tom H?lst, James Adgor, Ooo. 10. Huguonin, Surgeon Kirkpatrick, Con tract Surgeon Hudson, U, S. A., Dr. W'annaniaker. post electrician. Alosl of these young men belong lo a club, which has a cottage on Hu4 Island, .iusi in front of which tho tragedy occured. Oap!, frank IO, Taylor and Air. Theodore J. Simons, friends of tho family, and her uncle. Dr, W'anna niaker, took charge of Miss Wanna maker's body and notified her par ents and oilier relatives. The army post also did everything possible io render all needed assistance to the friends Of the unfortunate young lady. Mr. W annaniaker. tho father ol' Miss Julia W'annamakor, is a prom inent citizen fd' Orangehiirg. Ho is now connected wth the Orange Cot ton Mills, in Orangol mg. Ile moved from Columbia to Orangohurg. ft was slated that at one time he irav oiled for the Ashepoo Fort tl izor Oom pany, of which Capt. Frank io. Tay lor, is vice president and peneral ma nager. PLUNGE IN AIRSHIP. Aeronaut Lights a Cigarette Af ter 000-Foot Drop. When Propeller Hips Silk, Machine Plunged Very Rapidly Toward the Faith. Car) Robinson, who sails tho Kna benshuo airship, foll 800 feet Satur day evening at Springfield, O., and lives to tell about one of the most remarkable decent?. He escaped serious injury. The only mark he has to show for his experience is a tiny scratch over his left oyo. When Robinson landed on tho ground people Hocked to the, scone of Um accident'expecting to find him dead. Hut be quietly remarked to thc first arrival: "Why, you people are more excited over this than 1 am." Then ho lighted a cigarette and asked a mau in an automobile to drive him to the city to get a meal. The eyes of thousands of people were fastened on Robinson when his airship collapsed. Screams rent the air and many women fainted. Every one expected to see Robinson dashed te 8 pulp. At first ho shot through space so rapidly that it was difficult for the oyo to follow him. As he neared the earth the machine slowed up and he reached ground safely, lowered as neatly as a mother would place ber baby in a cradle. Robinson has made one successful trip, He says that when he started on his second trial to reach the center of the city he went, higher Hum usual .so as to get free of the wind, and as he soared he was struck by counter currents. , The propeller was thrown against the end of tho balloon and the rapid ly revolving wheel cut opon the gas , bag. It immediately hogan to settle | rapidly. Robinson kepi his head and ? climbed quickly to tho propeller and grahj)?d the gas bag side of the rent, , thus forming a parachute. As soon as this was done tho air entered tho | hag and the machine's fall was brok K I,SHI NU DIOVIIi. ls Worse Than Whiskey Says Hov. j? Mr. Bass. , Hov. 1). L. Sass, formerly of this 1 state, but now preaching at Cairo, \ 111., Whose recent sermon on the evils i >f kissing created a stir there, has | renewed his attack on tho "kiss i ile\ ll." "Tho kiss devil is doing more to | ?il hades than tho whiskey devil, the - drug devil, and all the other devils . ul? i <m," said Dr. Bass. j ? Sweethearts should never kiss uti- j til they are married. In tho days of , Dur grandparents, In the Southern . States as least, any attempt to kiss a , girl was rightly declared as great a wrong as could be committed against. , her. Such an at oin pt was a gross , insult, and tho man who offered it | and the young woman's father or < brother mot with pistols at. the next , sunrise. "Lol sweethearts hold each other's hands as a token nf their pure after- , lion. And When the part the man ( may perhaps bring his sweetheart's ? tender hand to his lips for (lootlng. ( gentle , respectful pressure. But that's all. (?od deliver us from tho , kissing devil." B.\(i(;i:i) FBOM BBACB. Passengers on Jersey Shore Shocked by Adain?aiid-Kvo Al. Jersey Shore. Ba., shocking re lions of carelessness regarding bath ing there have bobbed up from time to time. The vost nines worn by those frolicsome bathers have been the cause of complaint. In fact, the cost tunes have been overlooked en tirely, and it is this that the town authorities object to. Passengers on the trains and trol ley cars passing the river have told stories whereby they gazed with a dread curiosity on the water frolics. Time was when the (?arden of l?den Offed was confined entirely to Hie men, hut now women have been add ed. This calls for decisive action, say those in control. So tho police wore given special orders to keep a lookout for Incise who pooh-pooh conventional garb, and ofllcors carried out instructions to the letter. lOven, ll is said, that some of the women who disported themselves In this highly unusual manner arc? prominent socially; but this is discredited. I XCOXSIOI'S MNGINKIflH Was nt tho Throttle as the Train Sped on. Hundreds of lives wine imperiled Thursday when Floyd E. Webber, en gineer of the fast westbound Bake? Snore passenger train, was stricken unco scions al his thro I lo and the train sped almost into Cleveland, ().. wit hout a guiding hand. The engineer was overcome by the Intense boat. As the engine rocked into Hie Cleveland yards over (he switch joint the motion threw the engine driven- from his seal lo the lloor of the c ab. Then tho fireman learned what had happened. He jumped to the engi neer's seal, leaving his companion hOlploa on tho footboards, while he brough! ibo speed of tho train down within the yard limits. Webber's condition was found lo he critical. How long (ho engineer had heirn unconscious al Hu- throttle is not known. HIVBB BICVFABS Ml BDFB. Boc'.r Found Floating With Anns Tied ami Throat <'ut. The body of a man was found floating in Tug Hiver Malewan, NV, Va., Thursday. A rope had been tied about the body, Which hold Un arms securely to tho sides, and the Victims throat had been int from cai to ear. Thc floating body was gowned in nothing but a night shirt, and tho indications aro that the murder had been committed while the victim w is in his room a! nigh! and tho body thrown Into the river. The body ls that of a man prob ablby forty years of age, but nothing could lie found by which it could be Identified. GREAT HAVOC Caused By Cloudburst In Ohio and West Virginia PROPERTY DAMAGED. Many Washouts on Hail Lines. Three Deaths from Storm nt Zanesville, Ohio-Ono Drowning and u Light nihg Fatality-Many Wire Pros trate-Landslides Add io Damages (o Houris. A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pu., says telephonic communication win? West Virginia points late Thursday night report enormous damage by cloudbursts and storms in the inter ior of the State. At Zanesville, Ohio, a cloudburst and electrical storm resulted in three deaths, and much property damage. Taylor Davis was drowned while fording a crook at Museville and a man was drowned in tho Adams Mill basin. Ills boat was upset by the wind. Jouil Kline, a miner of Con nel Isvll le, was killed by lightning nt South Zanesville. Along tho Western Maryland rail road between Thomas and Hlkins, W. Va., the damage ls so great that it will not bo possible lo operate that portion of the road for at least 24 hours. Two hundred and lift y feet of tho track was washed over tho banks of Tub Run between Hanisle ton and Hendricks, and at tho same point there is a 30 foot landslide. All telephone and telegraph wires are down bet ween Parsons and Hlkins. Hot ween Douglas and Thomas, Ibo track 8 are washed out for a quarter of a mile. Kain is still fall ing and railroad otlicials fear oven greater trouble. The dry Fork railroad is reported under water and tho big main of tho West Virginia and Maryland (las com patty was torn out at Parsons. On the Baltimore and Ohio rail road there has been trouble between 1 Terra Alta and Grafton, including I washouts and landslides, and since 9 1 Volock (hore have been no trains ov- ( jr that division. I The dam at 'Thomas has been weak ! med and it is feared it will give way, < trecipitatittg several million gallons 1 >f waler into Cheat and Tygarts val- ' ey. The coal and Iron branch of the Western Maryland road between 101- J (ins and Durbin is reported tied up ' i.v washouts and landslides. 1 Dispatches from Grafton, Rowley- | ung. Tunnel ton and other towns In j Tygart's valley, in nor thom West Vir ginia tell of terrifiicrains followed by ho river going out ol its bank nearly 1 ts entire length, resulting in the 1 lentil of throe persons and causing c ?ropet'ty losses Unit will aggregate 1 toarly a quarter of a million dollars. ' At lOlkins the rainfall reached tho 1 remarkable total of live inches and , ivas nearly ?is heavy at other points, i Fifteen or more bridges are washed i mt, railroads are washed out and at * Grafton a church from Bowlcyburg < passed down UK; raging river. I At Thornton several houses were I washed away. At McCoonths the wa ler carno in an Immense wave, wreck ing the house ol Mrs. Mary Ballard, 1 carrying off three of her small chil dren, whose bodies have not been re covered. lt is feared many other Uvea have been lost as tho Hood caine without warning. .1 ITO HITS Ki Hi WAGOX. injuries to its Occupants Might De Termed Superficial. The New York American says au auto containing Andrew 1). Maloy, of ?o. :.'."> Broad street, Manhattan, and several friends whirled three block': 'Thursday down the hill which leads from the Hong Island Railroad tracks to Jamaica avenue, Hast New York, and crashed into two wagons laden with bgga. The result might bo described as au omlOtte du force. Broken eggs spattered about as if the sky woro showering the barnyard product. One man was slightly bruised when the auto hit tho wagon ho was driving. Mr. Maloy and his friends were un injured, but not so their clothing. SPAT OA STABS AND STRIPKS Japanese Hughie Wiper al Los An geles is Roughly Dandled. T. Yoni, a Japanese employed as wiper in the Southern Paclllc shops in Hos Angeles, Hal., narrowly escap ed serious injury at the hands of an enraged mob of American workmen recent ly. Yoni was wiping an engine on which hail been placed two small American flags. While wiping the. engine Yoni turned and deliberately spat upon one of the Hags. A crowd quickly surrounded tho Japanese and he was roughly handled when he managed to elude his a snilants and oscnpod, DIF.D FROM FRIGHT. Thought Dis Wile Would Be Injured hy Dorse. A dispatch from Anderson lo 'Tho State says Solicitor Bogga arrived in the city Wednesday and brought ItoWS of the rather uni?|iie death of Mr. M. H. Waters of Brcvard, N. C., who lost his life from fright near Bickens. H seems thal Mr. and Mr:;. Waters were driving out ia Hu* coun try when their horse became fright eiied and was rearing upon it's hind foot. Mr. Waters became frightened on account of his wile and collapsed, dying eight mlltUtOS later. 'The horse did liol run bul fell burk and Injured Mrs. Waters slightly. KI Pl,HD SFLF WITH GAS. Formet1 Partner of Marshal Field Dead in New Vork. Albert G. Hiscomb, formerly con nectod with the brm of Marshal F|Cld ? nd Co.. was found dead in bis apartments at the Chatsworth apart ment house, asphyxiated from gas Which was escaping from several burners, Mr. Llscomb's family ls away in tho country. Hiscomb sev ered bis connection with Marshal Field and Co., four years ugo to ne j t opi a p08itl011 lu New York. ! CUPID VS CUPIDITY Blind God Routed In Honeymoon, Says Harrison. Now ll? Wants a Divorce-Declares Wedded Life Hos Deon Anything but Pleasant* Rudely awakened on his honey moon up the Hudson river by tho declaration of his brido of a few hours that she had married him only "to collect alimony and live inde pendently," Arthur W. Harrison, has sued for divorce. Hore are some of the allegations in his complaint. That on their honeymoon his wife treated him cruelly, and kicked und cuffed him about. That sho pulled bis hair. That she assaulted him and slap ped him in tho face, wounding bis pride. That she drew a loaded revolver and threatened his life. That she grabbed a handful of his ear while he lied a tie, and unmerci fully Hayed him about tho be'"' un til he called for help. That she followed him to his office and down-town places, and annoyed and a h used him. That she demanded $36 monthly allowance and refused to return abd live with him. That she stayed away from home o' nights and didn't tell him where she went. That she is nervous and quarrel some and that she made life a burden for him. That she did it all again. The Harrisons, Arthur W. and .Mary ii}., were married on July 14, 1901, according to tho complaint, and their troubles commenced before they bad gotten a fair start on their honeymoon. It was then she told him she bad married him to collect alimony, and life wasn't exactly pleasant from that time on. He declared he was "treated" With "cruelty and inhumanity" the rest of ' Ibo trip, and it didn't stop when they 1 reached home. But they managed to lied, along without police interference 1 until April, 1903. At that time be cause Arthur would not produce the ' money for a new gown, ho avers that ? die set. upon him as he entered home ! nie evening and battered him so his 1 friends had difficulty in establishing ' Iiis ldontitiy. < This breach was patched up until ' September, when lt was said that Mrs , Harrison met Arthur with a large re- ' colver one night, and compelled him ( o stand still while she explained 1 inst what she thought of him. ( Then came the Ho Incident. ' lt seems that Harrison, like most ! nen who wear collars, can tie a tie ' iVlthout invoking profanity and .with- ! int donning war paint. Ho declares I here was nothing In his attitude at ' he time in question that might have >eon construed luto a declaration of < var, but, nevertheless, Mrs. Harri- ' ;on, while be was deeply engrossed ' ll making the how look properly put 1 ogolhor, grabbed an ear and an end 1 d' the lie and belabored him about 1 tho head until hr yelled "miff," and 1 bellowed for help. About then ls when, according to Han ison, his wife began staying out ;>' nights, and he absently forgot, to return home frequently. Consequent ly she began to call at his office and ut tho patent office and other places, and everybody within earshot knew just how she fell about it, lt was finally agreed that he would give her $:ir? a month and be let alone Phis was on .lune 2 7. 1 itt)ti. and for tho t il lime In live years, Harrison fell happy, in September, however, business was bad and he felt he could not afford balminess as a $36-n month luxury, so ho asked his wife to come hack and love him again. Mrs. Harrison declined, and de manded her $35, with the result that Harrison is willing to chuck it all and forego the pleasure of family life and once again assume the role with the single tared. Now he wants the court to take up his burdens and keop his wife away from his office, and give him a di vorce, a mensa el thorn, which looks Uko a frill, but means .from bed and hoard." XFOHO LYNOHI3D Assassin Quickly Fvpiates for Cow ardly Crime. '.'rank Balley, a negro, was lynch ed by a mob consisting of 150 men and hoy i Wednesday night al Osage, Okla., after ho had shot and mor tally wounded Frank Kelley, a brake man on tho Missouri, Kansas and Texas. Ke)ley had ejectod the negro from the train in thc? afternoon. The ne gro hid in tho yards and as th?' train upon the top of which Kelley was standing passed, tho negro shot him. Tho negro was captured an hour latin-. The mob was formed and overpowered the two of?cors who had Hailey in custody Its members took thc- negro to tho scone of his crime and banged him lo a telegraph pole. BLOWN TO Pl KOKS. (Jen. AlikhanolV, Woman and Coach man Killed. Clouerai Mlknhoff, former govern or general ol' Tillis, Mme. dienoff, wiie o? cien. ?lloboff, and thc? coach man, were blown to pieces by a bomb thrown at their conveyance-. A son of Hen. Allkhanoff and daughter of Hen. Ollehoff sustained serious injuries. Cen AUkahanoff was nicknamed -Tho Wild Beast" by Caucasian mem bers of thc lower house- of Parlia ment. His rigorous methods broughl down upon him tho enmity ol' the revolutionists. DI F l- HOM IIFAT. Intense Suffering in New York-Peo ple Sleep in Open. IC I ghi persons aro dead from heat ui> to i o'clock Thursday afternoon and thc? hospitals are crowded with heat prostrations in New York. Thc number runs Into thc* hundreds. Creal humidity added to a tempera turo of 88 at noon bas caused thc greatest suffering. Hundreds ol poi sons camped on tho sand at Cone) Park? Which has boon opened for thc publie to sleep in al night. ll h probable that thousands will sleei out doors to escapo Ibo killing heat UGLY CHAR Alleged That Hammet Secured Affidavits Wrongly ABOUT DISPENSARY. Statements by Attorneys, Messrs. Stevenson and Matheson, Who Are Outspoken In Their Declaration to tho Courts, Reflects Very Serious-, ly on the Ex-Chlof Constable of tho Slate < 'on st a hillary. "Tho affidavits, were obtained by a method of legerdemain, which in most instances smacks of fraud, and men like Mr. Tate of Eutawvile were tricked by thoir former chum, Mr. Hammet, into signing ignorantly what was not true," is the positivo characterization of tho arts of U. H. Hammet, deputy collector of internal revenue for South Carolina and for mer chief dispensary Constable for South Carolina, contained in tho brief of Messrs. Stevenson & Mathe son, attorneys for tho State dispen-' sary commission in tho matter of tho assessments of internal revenue taxos against tho State of South Carolina. On the strength of aflldavlts al leged to have been secured from vari ous dispensers throughout the Stato by Mr. Hammet and other revenuo officers serving under him and now ou lile in tho office of Maj. Mfcah Jon kins, collector of internal revenuo for the district of South Carolina, de mand was made upon the dispensary commission on May 7, for $3 2,527 for license fees claimed to be duo tho United States government as a rosult of the fact, as alleged, that dispen sers had sold hoer in greater quanti ties than 1 7-8 galons in singlo sales, making them liable to the wholesalo liquor dealers license; $4,i>27 of this amount covered a poriod of flftoon months prior to the dato when tho [loinand was made upon tho com mission for settlement; the other $28,000 being charged up for the period beyond that dato. The dispensary commission paid the first named amount, $4,527, inl ier protest and on July 2 W. F. Stevenson appeared before tho com Missioner of internal revenue, John i. Capers, at Washington, and argu ed for the refunding of tho amount, lis grounds hoing: (I) That thorn vas no proof that sales wore made n wholesale quantities; (2) that, if ho proof wore convincing that dis lensers had made sales in greater liiantities than 4" 7-8 gallons, tho State would not bo liable Insomuch is any such action would be clearly n violation of the statute law of the state and of instructions given to he dispensers from time to time by hose in authority. Mr. Stephenson submitted numer ?is affidavits to the commissioner of internal revenuo from dispensers throughout the State, and, according to those aflldavlts, Mr. Hammet had resorted to most questionable means lo secure the allldavlts which, it ls said, are on hie at the office of Maj. l eak ins. Several of tho affidavits sub mitted by Mr. Stephenson contain charges against Mr. Hammet of a serious nature. It is alleged that Hammet secured the affidavits in a fraudulent manner, and, not only that, but that be made interlinea tions after tho aflldavlts were signed. -Columbia Slate. ATTACKS AGER MINISTER,' Hov. It. T. Bradley Seriously Cut by Negro Farm Hand. A dispatch to Tho State says great excitement prevailed at Troy, In Cree wood county Thursday afternoon over a murderous assault made by a negro upon Hov. H. F. Bradley, the highly esteemed pastor of tho A. B. P. church at Long Cane. Tho negro, John Sillier, who came from Georgia some months ago, was employed by Mr. Bradley upon hU farm. Thursday the negro resented some order or reprimand given by Mr. Bradley and made an attck on him with a knife. Mr. Bradley was cut twice, once on each side of his throat, and also had a long gash across his back. The negro at once fled. Reports from Troy say that every man in tho town and surround ing country is searching for the ne gro. Sheriff McMillan, as soon as the news reached him, left in an automo bile for Troy. The dogs owned hy the county were at lOpworth, sonio 20 miles from Troy, hut they were at once ordered to the scone. A later report from Troy says Mr. Bradley is not fataly wounded. lt is almost impossible to get. commun ication with the little town. Every uno is beside himself with iago and resentment. Mr. Bradley Is ono of the most highly esteemed citizens of tho county. He is about 60 years Old and a leading minister of his de nomination and lis known all over the State._ HAB V OF F H RE I) FOR SALE. Hying Mother Wishes to Fay Off All Her Debts. In order that she may leave, this world without a single creditor, Mrs. Oscar Ten?anos of Monossen. Ba., of forod ,,or foin-nionths-i :.i baby lor salo at the priCO of $f.0. With the money she intended to pay her doc tor's and druggist's bills and a sinai! debt for food. She said she know thal an voue who was willing and ab o to give'*50 for a baby would be aldo to provide lt a good home., Wh"i\ friends of Mrs. T?manos ?aW he advertisement In the paper olfor Inn the Child for sine ?hoy agreed to causel her Indebtedness hut she in sisted on offorlng for sale hor sole, and dearest posesslon. Her husband deserted his wife and child about. Mm e months ago leaving thom desti tute. . ORDINARY POACHING. Japaneso Schooner Seized Near Sorti Island off St. Paul. Tho State dopartmmont was Inform ed that two Japanoso fishing schoon ers wero seized hy tho revenuo cut tor Manning near tho Seal Islands off St. Paul. Tho Japanese embassy, was nollned but as tho case appo?r? to bo an ordinary ono of poaching I ls not oxpectod that any diploma^ Incldont wtl bo tho result.