Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.'HO THOU, GRISAT LIBERTY, INSPlRlti OUR SOULS AND MAKIO OUR LIVICS IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OH OUH DICATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSH." NO. 18 BIG LOSS OF LIFE In Several States Caused by a Destructive Cyclone THREE HUNDRED DEAD Over On<< Thousand More or Less 4 Injured, and Many Thousands Are Homeless.-SI orin (.'evered Much Territory, Nearly Fifty Towns Me in? Wrecked, Some of Which Aro Almost W iped Out. Three hundred and fifty, killed, ti hundred or more persons fatally in jured and many limes this nu ni her painfully hun, together with u mop orty loss running up Into the millions, is the record so far of a series of tornadoes thal originated in the Wesl Thursday, sweeping across Texas, Ok lahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missis sippi, Tennessee. Alabama and Geor gia Friday and Friday night. H loft a path of death, desolation I. ti nd want In its wake, seriously inter rupted communication between cities In (he South and brought about chao tic conditions in many smaller towns. Mississippi bore the brunt of tim storm. Reports Hom that State in dica tx; thal the loss of life will he by far the greatest of any section through which the storm passed. Fsti mates of those who loss their lives as a result of tornadoes In Mis sippi place the death list at near three hundred and fifty, with u thousand or more injured. In Texas. Louis iana, Alabama and Georgia Hie death lists are also large, with loss of life in Arkansas and tennessee. Authentic information is in many instances lacking ow lng to crippled facilities, for communication and tho lack of time to form anything like an accurate estimate of the damage. Tlie storm, which fi rsl appeared, ill GeQrgbg at Columbus, on tho Ala ba.mu Hue. ao'oins to have moved in a' northeasterly direction, striking the towns of Chlphy. Harris. LaHrange. G ri ill ll, ?McDonald. Locust Drove. C . dartown and Cave Springs, while a portion of hs fury was felt in Gie eastern surblirbs of Atlanta shortly after midnight, j. Mos! of the dead are negroes. Per haps a dozen w Ititi poi sons were . aught in falling buildings and cit hoi fatally injured or so sci'OUSly disabled as to 1*0(1 UlI'C medical attention. Tho loss id' life wa.1- in the quar ters of colored persons where Gio wind destroyed llloir cabins, burying the occupants in the debris, or in the farming section ol' the country where I roes were uprooted, telegraph aim telephone polls lorn up ami general destruction became an encore to a storm which, with almost tornado fury, swept through the country. lt is difllcufl to estimate the h.ss ol' life or the extent of the disaster, for lhere is little or no communica tion willi the points where tie- wind ami rain did its greatest damage. In Louisiana it is estimated tba' a score of small towns were destroyed or partially wrecked These Include Amito City, Arcadia ami Independ ence, Bolle Drove. Melton, I.orman. Pinn Midge. Qiiitinaii, Landing, Tai. childs Creek, Purvis ami I timberton, Miss, are reported seriously damaged , \\ the .storm. lu Alabama, Dora was the child' sufferer. This bOWU is also known as Morgen'. Four or more persons were killed, among them the wife bud daughter Of Section Master Mool'-. Fifty persons at Hie lowest estimate were injured. 'Tho: . most sm ions1., hurl ware carried to hospitals in Mil - mingham, Ala. Om? womftn, a \i McCully, died on Hie Hain. 'Two Other members of this family were riously injured Ai Morgoh cats ere blown from Hie railroad tracks and considerable other properly de si roved. Iteporls nlsO av that the morin struck Abet tvllle, Ala., and de stroyed nearly Hie cut in nol l horn portion of tho low n. A colton mill was blown down. Gio storm ranging northward, doing much destruct iou io life and property. An Unconfirmed report from that section gives Ibo death list as from 30 lo Sri willi other persons injured. A Special Hain was sent from Ml rm Ing ham, ?arryliiu physicians ami a sound of State militiamen to tho district. Aid is also pouring in noni lill dree tons. From Meridian. Miss., conies a re port Hint Mri. John Minniece ami ber child were killed outfight sud .lob" Mt uni ceo was scriousl} Injured, while a n.UtnbCI 'd' olle r persons were huit and ibero was considerable dCSll'UC Hon of properly, ? Richland mid L:\tnourlo, La. were Struck by the slorm and nearly a fifth of their population Injured. Winchester. Mi s . a small town, lit reported wiped oil, I hough only two persons are Un i\Vh to have been killed. Natchez, Miss., reports sixty un known to ho dead in the northern THE PRESS GANG HOW TIMK WIU, HE SPENT AT GAFFNEY. Many Interesting rapers to Be Head. People or Cadney Expect to .Make Visitors Have a Hood Thoo. President E. li. Aul), of tho Soul h Carolina Press Association, attended a mool lng al. (la fin ey lust week of Du- su bec ip tn i Kee which was appoint ed to arrange tho details of tho pro gramme for tho annual morning of tho Assoclatou at (SuffnOy, .lune ir> 18. .1. IO. Normen!, c. M. t??lloway ami Willam Hanks wore also ol' this subcommittee, lon wore unavoidably absent. President Aull ami .Mr. fOdward DcCnmp mot ami wont over the pro gramme as iiartially agreed upon at a former meeting ot tho committee, and President Aull was requested to jmi the programme in shape ami ar runge for iis publication, As a result of the conference the following pro gramme is announced for Hie annual meeting : Tuesday Morning, .lune I ti, IO O'clock. Association culled to order in aud itorium of Limestone Hollege hy Pres ident I-:. H. Aull. Prayer hy 'he chaplain, the Uev. W. H. .lacobs I). H. Address ol welcome on heka If vf the eitj (.: i:yft"ney, by Prof. ii. H. ti rid; th. Address ol' welcome on behalf of Limestone College by Hi. Lee Davis 1 edge. lt OS" POIISOS lo addresses of Welcome li.,' President H. ll. Aull and Secre tary li. li. Freeman. Ilosiness Session. Subject, "The Business lOnd of .?. Kowsnnper Office," H. L. Watson* Q roon wood index. "To What l?xteill Should Xew.s pajl?rs (live the Lice Cse ol' Their Colunia.to Caudtdales." C. Wj Wolle, .Knight tee Keconi. "My ICsteemed Contemporary," T, lt, Waring. Charleston I'ost. Afternoon Session. rim Impress of lOnvlroninenl Upon the Newspaper and its ForiUtitlvo In fluence," .1 li. NoriUOItL M iscolln m ons business. I : HO o'clock. Drive around the i it .. including v isit to manufactories and .'ni mines lOvoning Session. 8:.i0 O'clock. Address, "The (?real Importance of Hie Development di our Hura! Schools," Miss Mdr> T. Name, pres ident of the UurnI School Improve ment Association of South Carolina. Wednesday .Morning, .lune 17, o O'clock. Visit lo power plant of the Elec trical Lower ami Manufacturing Company on H road Hiver in a special train. A general picnic will lu- served al the power plain. Night Session, Address. 'The Poslotllco Depart ment and the Legitimate Publisher," Hon. A. L. Lawslio third assistant Postmaster Ceneral, Washington, l> c. . Address. Ibm IJ H. lOdlUOllds. editor ol' lim Manufacturers' Record, Ihiliimorc, Md. , Thursday iilorning, -lune IH. OHIO O'clock. " The Technical Const i ncl ion ol' a Newspaper Sioi.v." .las. A. Hoyt, The News and Courier ItUl'OUU, Columbia, S. C. "I low lo Prepare ( fop.V," C. II (?ab loWay, the State. Columbia, s. c. "Tile (iso ot i he Telephone in Calle ering Ibo N'eus." A ll. Carpenter, the Dally Mail. Anderson. S. C. Afternoon Session, ."> O', bick. "Historical Symposium," paper ami addresses by Col. T. H. Crews. Her ald, Laurens. N. H. Osteen. Watch man and Southron, Suinter; .Ino. W. Holmes. People, Barnwell; 11 ugh Wilson. Hiess and Haulier. Abbeville! Miles H. Mcsweeney. (lUlirdiuil, I lampton. Miscellaneous business. Kb i t ion of ollicers. Night Session, io O'Clock. Ibiiupiot. tendered by citizens of Hnffney. H is earnestly roipiest?d h> the cdtl'/ous of (?affno.v (bal all members, willi their families, will roach Half ney during Monday ami Monday eve ning. The oflleors of Hie Association, also, earnest l.v rO(|tiesl thal every publisher III Soul il Carolina attend Ibis nieelim; Tim people of Ha liney are ye ry much in earnest in then efforts to make Ibis, a most en |oyilhlo lUboHlig, and when they iindorltlku io do a thing they do h. lu addition to the program lOdllor Loyless. of Hie Augusta Chronicle, lind 10(111 Ol' Caldwell, ol iib Charlotte Observer, har,, accepted invitations l ouisiana .lorin. Hundreds ol plan talion cabins are reported destroyed lu that seel iori. Mobile reported nine dead in Hat lleshiirg. Hiss., but tbi - bas md been confirmed. . * Twenty-Eight Men Are Dead or Missing as Results. CRUISER AND LINER Como Together on the INIO <>f Weight and Hie Ci'iilsor Hoes (o Hie Hoc lom With Purl of Hoi Crew.-Tho j Accident Was I'luivohluhle ls Hie General Opini?n Among Shipping ' Mon. A dispatch from London says tho l?lul n a inl?er of doad and missing ol' Hie Gladiator's crow as a rosu 11 of Hie collision hoiWoon I In- American liner Si. Pu iii and (ho British cruiser off Hie Isle of Wright is '28, Divers! Sunday searched the sunken cruiser\ for bodies, bul were liol, successful in finding any. Tho opinion among shipping men and naval officers and otlicials appears to be unanimous that Hm accident was unavoidable, being om; of Hie chances of tim sou which all sou men must risk. All wUnosss ol the disaster agree practically thal both crows behaved as wadi as possible. Coming so soon after Hi?' loss of the 'torpedo boat destroyer Tiger. Which was sunk by Ibo cruiser Ker wick off the Isle of Wright on April :!, last. .10 mon being drowned, tho sinking of ibo Gladiator is a severe blow io Gie Uritlsh navy. The damaged bow ot the St. Paul indicates i li a i she forced ber nose al least 20 it el I brough the cruiser's side, but. fortunately the greatest damage she received was above Hie water line. Tho bow post was buckled) Willie the plates on both the port and starboard bows Were crushed in and gaping cracks extended along tho olde. Nether cam P.-.-row nor anv ol'! lils orneors would discuss the acci dent, preferring lo wail until they cati submit i hoir reports lo ibo propel' ??icials. ll was learned, however, Llmi Capt i l'assow is sorely grieved il the disaster, this being his hist serious mishap. Had (lie cruiser been painted any allier color limn slalo she miglll have been iOOli earlier and the collision ;i voided, bul Great I tri I ni ti bas decid* cl thal her warships attract less al tem iou \\ h< li I li us pa lilted. A SUV IO lt M CVChOXIC. Hollies el a Mau ami His Wile < al lied a Mile. A destruct ive cyclone visited Ne braska last Thursday. sweeping through Cumming County. Til ree people ale known to have* peen kill ed, a number Injured ami a ll ll ni her of houses destroyed. Telegraph and telephone lines are down and reports are slow in arriving, The tornado struck the house of John Mannie.on. near Pender. X? '>.. ami then swooped up imo the air. taking tho wreckage and both .Mr. and Mrs Mathieson Holli were kill i'd. I heir bodies being carried a mile. George Wacher and family were at lunch when Gu twister struck their bouse. Three ot Ibo lo mi ly were ?au ioii.dv injured. to meei will) their South Carolina bi ol h I eu ' lt you a re mn a mein ber of i ho Association," sa vi President Anil, en.I your name ami initiation fee to I'reiisurei' Viigiisi Kehn, Columbia, S. ,*.. ami make your arrangements to like a week off, leaving your homo m Monday, so a;, io reach fla (They i'> litio bo Hu opening session 'Tuesday roi niio;. mid ItllVO youl' business so irrung?O I lilli Voil can remain away rom your desk uni il Hie follow ing M i md ii,\', MI thai you may I alt h thc rip through Hie beautiful scenery of IA rsiorii Kort h Ca.-ollna. which nip s be;-..'; arranged and Hip details of ,\ Iiiiii will be announced in a .-e?> oa'e i i rular. ' l\ . will live loge III Ot' as one faill is di. nip t he session tit flafl'noj. in i?e i hiiostonc College. While thens ,\ e will be the guests ol' the (div. lid 11 or DoCantp made thal statement it the Isle of Palhis last summer and m ?si on carrying it out. . 11 vim desire 11 ansporlnt ion tot' ,ocr. eli m anv member of your fain jj w i ile in ample lillie lo Hie presl ieiil al Newberry. S. C.. or to the iecrpUir> ai iloniietisvllle, S. C., slat ing by which ronlo yon de ire lo go, ind efforts w ill be made lo secure you nee. 'ii. I ransport at ion. ''Del us repeat our request thal v i i ai temi I his meet inc and SOO cornel liing of 111 i - wonderful Pied in- al section of your ?talo. Ker (wo vous we have enjoyed 'he sea br. e/es aili hospitality of Hie pOOph id Hie City (d' Charleston, and thi year we want you hil to go with itt Matte By las. C. Hardin, Represen tative of Wofford College. GIVEN FIRST HONOR. J. W. Mirks, of Purumu Colloq. Muks Second Hos! Speech, und ls (ijven Si'cond Honor. Nine Colleges Weir Represented by .Vim- Talent* <-d tuting (Jcitilcinctt in (he (?'real Oratorical Conics). \ dispatch from Greenwood io i'ho N'?WH ;uul Courier says promptly j ?il eight o'clock Prida.v lilghl tho doors oi tho [.ander College auditor ium wore closed ahd tho loath annual Slain oratorical contest was commenc ed. ? Atter a SOUR ol' welcome hy tho Louder College chorus Club and prayer hy tho Hov. Robert Adams prcs.detil of tho Presbyte ihm College of South Carolina, Mr. Hardin, ol Welford Colige, being fl.*- ilrst speak er of the evening, spoke, the subject ol' his oration being "Tho Battle A giltst Ignorance." Then followed Ibo other speaker*, the following pro gramme heilig carried oui : "The Handicaps ol Hu- South," li. S. Owens. "The Spiril ol' tho Age," 'I'. (,'. I ley wa rd. '"Wie Small* College,"? J. B. Brown. '?"Christian Citizenship The Hop of Democracy," B. io. Petreay. "in Defence of ihn Plug," .1. P Noh idea. 'The American Shibboleth," .1 W. II lei ii. ''Tho Mounce of Mamtnom," <; \. McCormick. "Tho Soul h and Her Heroes." fi, Ii fj; ..stales. A Intervale music was rendered hy the. . . un y of Lander College and tho #Uv'..-; Chorus Club. Arte-' the rtneechos a wail ol' a few minuter was made necessary for tho judges, \?jib wore the Hon. .1. C. ons. of Gaffney; thc Be v. J. H. Creen, of Creen wood, and ibo Kev. .1. Phillips Vernor, <>i Columhiu, to make Ihoh deriah a. There few moments wore momea hi of suspenso, and anxloix .vas i ainl.x written in largo loiters on i he contestants' face-. Bill When tho judges announced I hat Mr. .1 C. Hardin. Ol' Wofford had won !'.'-.si place, the weikht was matin lo lng ! i Pi Indent' from Wofford, and their presence was mad. I now by yells and the Haunting and waving of their college rOhvji. .vir 1 \\. Hicks, of Puiman. was an nounced ?'Inncr '?i second place and los supporters cheered him '*. ih< coho. The <(>niest was a hattie roya i so far as (hougt, oratory and elocution was concerned. hqr gracefully and weil did the young or. tor- ondea vor I , hold up the reputation of Ibu col I.!-.. they represented. 11;. I. ? -< 1 as the judges expressed it, ii was a hard natter lo pick tho winner, bill all ino ; gre? .! i hal the right man. Mi M n dm, won. Mr* Hardin's speer li was one of the liest ever delivered by ti college man in (treenwood, an I lie deserves great credit for the ninsiev I) (hough) and henutlfiil composition nf Ideas he Injected Into his speech. However, all the speeches1 wer?' good, nn.l laking thom as a whole they have been excelled and many thought m vcr equalled, lit any ol thc previous coi n tr. held here. .1. C. Hanlin, th? ropioUi nt Ci .. nf Welford College In Ibo Sine orn I,,.-. .,| conlesi. is L'l yeai.- old i I r i ( .'ver. S G . ind . . Itieui he,' el the Junior das; nf Wotford ( ,,"( (ii Soon aller oh' ' .r ; co) lou? \l I '?o dill won a rep i' C I ?'i ! . sCll as a speaker and hecllUSO of his (Korong literary work, ile has sblV ,.,i ii presiden I "?' hts class during li' s phniore year. The sann' year he was elected second ?ensor, corres ponding secret ai j and monthly bra lor in the Preston Society. During the present year Mr. Hardin is serv il,?* as chief marshal, assistant OX i lu ?ito editor of t he .lonrnal sinif .md vtc? presideul <>i tho Y M. C. A. He .> HS also elected i" reprosont his Societv on Hie preliminary Kinory dehnte and Hie junior debato. Mr. j j I, l-d In is a brother ol' the Kev. IO. K Hm lilli ? Who won the Slate ron (esl at Cl roon Wood in 1JI04 tor Wol lun! beilege. M 1.1.KD IN VVKPCK. Over fifty Aro Dead and About Nine ty Injured. Porty-twO I-odies have Leen (akon ()UI of Hip Wreck tige caused by the Collision Which happened on April li? 0f ivso trains al Braybrook .Junction. (I hon I eight miles from Melbourne. Australia, II IS hollovod that several others are still burled under tho do ini:,. The number of injured is plac ed at olghly-olght. TRIED TO KILL THEM QUEENWOOD .?IAN AND WIFE HAD CLOSE CAM.. Wltile They Wore Asleep in Red tho Son of tho Man Shot al Thom at Close Dango. A dispatch from Greenwood lo The Nows and Courier says Puller Pinson, known as "Dub," is charged with making an attonipl lo kill his falber and step-mother, .slr. and Mrs, ii. i\ Pinson, as I hoy lay asleep early on Tuesday morning, firing both barrels of a gun nt them, and when only about elghl feel away from them*. Thal Mr. and Mrs. Pinson aro living to tell how ii happened is ti miracle, for the load of shot entered ibo hoad of thc hod, only a few Inches above their heads, and some of tho shot were lound imbedded in tho pillows, on which their hoads rested. Mr. P.. M. Pinson lives about, a nillo uni a half soul boast of Saluoa. and within about four hundred yards of Siloam Church. Ho is a wolLto-do fumier, and is n um bored among Greenwood County's most substantial citizens, lie being a man ol' about 55 years of ago. "Pub," however, seems t? boara pretty bad reputation, having lived a vory profligate lil'?', living tho greater pari of the time away from homo. Young Poison's motive is unknown, bul his father, I ho elder Pinson, him self thinks that the boy, knowing that no one knew ho was in this part of tho count ry, decided that ho would kill both himself and Mrs. Pin son, and thal he would then share the ?-State with his brother, Richard, being hurd pressed for funds. Mr. Pinson had only lately refused to grant his request for money. Young Pinson made his o sea pc, hut , Sheriff McMillan is making every of- ; lon to catch bini, and has sent out Hie following description of Pinson all over Hie country: "Arrest Butler Pinson; charge, attempt to murder; color, white, joro twonlv-slx years, no?g?u ."> feet, 7 inches, weight , Hin pounds. Said to have missing tooth, brown eyes and dark hair; full I face and clean shaven. Use caution." ()\i: MAN KIDDED. Ko ur others Injured in Street Duel al Dorn iee, I.a. Ai lleriiinco. Da., Tuesday, a spec ialer was killed dlirilig a street duel, lind lour others were wounded. Doth duelists vere wounded, but liol ser iously. 'I li?' light was between C. .1. Morton ami W K. Harham. Tho cause nf iheir quarrel is not known Morion was just slopping off an Ar kansan Soul hem passenger train, ac companied by his wife and seven year-old son, when Da rh a in appeared. Doth men opened lire and Morton's lillie boy fell, mortally wounded; T. \Y. Clarke was instantly killed and Thoa. Rivers wis wounded in the thigh, Conductor Alford of Ile train and a mme passenger were In jured. Morton was struck hy two bull?is and Dalham hil by one. * HUYAN WINS AGAIN. Massachusetts W?I Send Delegates to Denver Favorable to Him. A dispatch from Dostoil says, I be liryan men report tho slate for Dryan ai the caucussos held to elect delegates to the stale convention. No contest worth tho name was made foi illly other candidate, and the dele gates ?hosen, were, generalis speak ing, favorable to Dryan. In Heston only foin- pei- cent, of Hie party vide came out. and the same thine, was the tule throughout ibo slate, In one Heston ward, where efforts were made lo elect delegates, pledged lo Johnson, the at tempi ssas utlsuCCOSS lui. , * HEAVY DISPENSARY SAI.ES. Til rec Thousand Dollars Worth'of Liquor Sold io One Day. The largest sales since tho opening of the North AugtlStll dispensary svere made on Saturday, April IS, the sales amounting '<> over $?'.000. This amount exceodod the largest amount yet sold in one das previous by about no, the largest salea previously being about $1 .000. A Wonderful Cal. The Newberry Observer says: "There is a pet cai in the family of Thomas narberry, of Hopkins Cor ners. Mich.. I hat will never play with Hie baity without firStl billin-, off the ?harp point on its ( law s Russian General Dead. lieut. Hen. MlievllCh, aide do camp to Emperor Nicholas, and the commander of tho tost Manchurian army, died ai st. Petersburg of pneu monia Thursday night. He had been I III for a lillie over a sveok. Selling Booze or Go to Jail for Contempt of Court. AFTER BLIND TIGERS ('omi Injunctions Will bc Pushed mid mi Kantest Kltorl ?Vindo to Stop thc Illegal Sale of Liquor-Gov, Ansel Will Authorize tho Attorney General lo Proceed as Supremo Court (lives Hie Hight. "Whal will he dune now that the supreme cou ri has sustained Ih?'ln junclion policy as applied to hltnd tigers? This question has suggested itsell' to a Brea! many people u tho last two doys. dov. Ansel himself declines to talk, and Attorney General Lyon is out ol' the city," says tho Columbia state. "Mut ii is reported that Mr. Mar shall p. Dellruhl, assistant attorney general, lias laen given a batch of ol' injunction affidavits and has beeu Ordered by Governor Ansel to pro ceed against the places regarded as 'blind tigers.' lt is said that among these cases are live right lune in Columbia and that Capt. T . 10. Dixon has been given orders to enjoin not only the keepers cd' the places but the owners of Gio property from ever again toleratng the Illicit sale ol' 11 quor on the premises, such salo con stituting a nuisance under Die Carey Co th ra ll act and subjecting the prop erty io be handled in injunction pro ceedings. lt is believed that Gov. Ansel will now push the Injunctions against hiing tigers in Charleston and in other cities where, they may exist ?ind by this drastic measure drive, tlmse people out of an unlawful bus iness. "When GoV, Ansel was a candidato for governor he received nearly lu uer. ce?/, ot' tho o I.e.?. Ia Chuck-.001? 30 li ri ly.* Some time after be assumed bis official duties there was sonio talk to the effect Dial Cha ri os toil was getting more and more 'wide ?pen,' depending upon dov. Ansel's political friendship. When this mal ler was brought to Gov? -Ansel's at tention he inquired of the attorney general if there were- any way effect' nail) to go after ibo blind tigers. "Mr. Lyon suggested the injunction method This was approved b> tho Governor and the state disueiisary auditor. Mr. W. li. Wost, was sent lo Charleston to wauk up evidence against suspects. The dispensary constabulary was used and upon af tidaits thus obtained the attorney general issued injunctions closing a number of liquor shops in Charles ton "An appeal was taken to the su preme! court and the court decided In favor of the injunctions. .Mr. Lyon had been advised hy dov. Ansel to suspend (ho enjoining proceedings until the court should act. Mr. De Brtihl, it is stated, luis received In structions thai as tho court has sus tained the Injunctions the work should bo pushed. ll is said that in Charleston when a law breaker was enjoined from selling liquor he would move bis place to th?4 upper story of the saino building and fondue! the business in bis chock's name. Mr. Lyon w ill now issue injunctions against property owners also. These injunctions aro perpetual, and the punishment is sure." . * M A KT V K TO SHH VICK. Attendant io a Contagious Hospital a Victim ?ff Septicemia. A New York dispatch says one of Hie m >si popular and efficient nurses of Hie Itiorslde Hospital on North Mi-other Island. Miss Maybelle F. Strawskl, has given ber life lo ber railing. Riverside Hospital is a eily institution given over to Hie treat ment of contagious diseases exclusive ly and about three weeks ago Mis;; St raw sk i was in charge of SO vera I diphtheria patient.-. She pricked ber thumb with a safe ty pin in the care- cd' one of Hie pa tients and at the time thought noth ing of il. In a few days, however, lt devel oped thal iho pin was badly infected and Miss St raw ski Wae fourni ?o bo suffering from a vident attack ot septicemia, LOST CONTKOL OP THAIN, Font' Kalians Were Killed When tho Crash Caine. Pour Italians were killed outright, om- fatally injured, and died on tho train while en route to tho Williams? port hospital, ami four others prob? ably fatally injured lu a wreck on a log hain on the LtlQuInU lumber road at Whalen. Pa.. Wednesday morning. Fail tiro of the reverse lever on tho engine allowed the train to run away.