The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 05, 1905, Image 4
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TROUBLE NEAR ELLOREE.
A Desperate Negro Shoots Fire Poo* 1
pie Before He Is Stopped.
Ellorek, Sept. 25?Special: We are
accustomid to reading In the papers of ,
atrocious crimes committed In different
sections of the country, but last {
night this section of ()rangeburg Coun- '
ty was the scene of the most horrible i
outbursts of orlme ever committed ,
here. All the parties are negroes, John
Bauldrlck, a most desperate character, 1
thought it was butchering time, and 1
went out last night about seven o'clock
and before he was stopped, shot and
wounded no less than fivo persons,
three women and two children.
He went first to Julia Palmer's
house, on Mrs. Flattie Balrs place,
and began cursing in a loud tone of
voice. She became frightened and
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nvuviuiu uci 11UU9C. lie Luuuweu Wllifl
his gun, and as she tried to Jump out
of the window he fired, hitting In the
shoulder blade, almost severing It from
her body, and shattering the arm of
her little child, who was clinging
around Its mother's neck. They are
both wounded seriously, perhaps fatally
1
Bauldrlck then went to Prince
Moore'shou."c, about a ha'f mile away
from where he shot the Palmer wo
man and her child. Here he shot Anna
Robinson and one of Moore's boys,
who was looking out the window. Ho 1
hit the woman In the arm and tho
boy In the head. The woman was seriously
hurt and the boy slightly. Next ;
the desperado went to the h use of
Ed. Feldcr, who lives on J. E. Hun- !
gerplller's place. Finding Felder's \
wife on the plezza and she remon !
strated with him for cursing. Ho 1m !
AAiv uiT'U iillU tt 1CW HflQli
striking her in the back She was not 1
seriously hurt.
Not yet satisfied with his bloody
work, be went to the house of Mose J
Adams, and here he met his match.
He asked to see Adams' wife. Adams, ,
not knowing what had Just happened, '
invited him in, but he declined to go
In. Bauldrick then said that if Adam's
wife would not come out to see him
he would go in. He burst through the
door with his gun, and as he entered
Adams grabbed the gun, and reached
back, got his axe and struck Bauldrlck
with it.
Then Adams got his razor out of his
pocket and cut Bauldriok's throat on
both sides, but neither wound reached
the jugular vein. The fuss created
by the scuffle between Adams and
liauldrick and the accidental discharge
of the gun, caused some men to gather,
who caught Baldrick and tied him. lie
was in bad shape by this time, having
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w?uu auuu in luu HtitU WUCD 11 'HVing
Prince Moore's house. The men who
had him took liauldrick to his mother's
house, where he was kept until Monday
morning, when he was taken to
the guard house at EUoree. He was
then brought to Orangeburg and lodged
In jail.?Times and Democrat.
The Truth liurtH.
The BurliDgton News says the editor
of an Indiana paper became tired
of being called a liar so he announced
that he would tell the truth in the future.
The first issue thereafter contained
the following:
"John Bonin, the laziest merchant
in town, made a trip to Bellville Tuesday."
"JohnCoyle, our groceryman, Is do
Jng a poor business. Ilia store is dirty,
dusty and noxiously odoriferous. How
can he expect to do much?"
"Rev. Styx preached last Saturday
night on charity.' The sermon was
punk."
"Daye Sonkey died at his home in
this place. The doctor gave it out as
heart failure. The fact is, he was
drunk, and whiskey is what killed
him."
"Married.?Miss Sylvia Rhodes and
James Ccnhan, last Saturday evening
at the Baptist parsonage. The bride
is a very ordinary town girl who does't
know any more than a jack-rabbit
about cooking, and never helped her
mother three days in her life She is
not a beauty by any means, and has a
gait like a fat duck. The groom is
well known as an up-to date loafer,
lie's been living off the old folks all
his life aud don't amount to shucks.
They will have a hard life.
The paper had no sooner reached
the public than a committee was sent
to him bearing a petition asking him
to continue in the good old way, and
stated that they believed him to be a
truthful and he nest man.
Alimony for Huwbaiid.
For the first time on record in
Ohio a husband who said ho was
abused obtained an alimony judgement
at Cincinnati Friday. Judge
Smith, sitting In common pleas court,
ordered Mrs Anna P. Newton to pay
her husband, Robert A. Newton,
whom she sued for divorce last July,
$1,000 and $10 a week as long as he
lives, or until such a time as he shall
marry again. The judge did not indicate
that be believed if Newton
married again his second wife would
support him, but as much was presumed
from bis decision In the ease.
Newton Is well known. In his counter
suit he alleged that his wife ill
treated him, and asked that she be
ordered to pay alimony. Mrs. New
to{i is wealthy.
Killed Himself.
At Philadelphia William n. KilPatrick,
the Philadelphia agent of
the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
company, of Milwaukee, was
found dead Tuesday morning In the
bathnx m of his apartments with a
bullet wound in bis head. He bad
shot himself sometime during the
night. Mr Kllpatriok had been in
ill health for some time, and that is
supposed to have been the cause of
his suicide.
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RURAL MAIL DELIVERY.
Womlorful Growth ol the System lu
a Few Years.
Some figures recently given oub as
bo the cost of rural mall delivery bring
>ut In striking fashion the growth of
this important branoh of our postal
service. "The net loss of the system
up to June 30 of this year is estimated
at nine millions of dollars," says one
exchange. "This seems rather a high
price to pay, but the Congressmen
from the rural districts can be depended
upon to fight any proposition
to discontinue free delivery."
And well may "the Congressmen
from the rural districts" tight any
proposition to discontinue the service.
It is the greatest boon our farmers
have ever had from the National
Government?and the rural half of
our population certainly deserves seme
consideration. Hut it is not real
ly in the Interest of farmers alone.
By the promotion of Intelligence and
ijulcker communication between all
sections, every class of people is benefited.
We have no doubt in the world but
that the real prestige and power of
America is far more strengthened and
better safeguarded by the $9,000,000
spent for rural mail delivery than it
would be by twicj that sum spent for
battleships and fortifications. The
Interests of the eutiro country demand
the extension of the rural mall
service, and it should be extended,
Bven if it does involve the painful and
unusual proposition that the farmer
himself Is to get back some of the
heavy tariff and revenue taxes he is
oalled upon to pay.
To the. above, from the Progressive
Farmer and Cotton Plant, we say
most heartily amen. It would be better
for the country and the whole
world if some of the millions now
spent on the navy and array was spent
on building up good roads and reclaiming
the waste lands. Every dollar
spent on the rural mail delivery is
money well invested. Instead of curtailing
the system it should he ex
tended until every farm in the United
States is reached. Reduce the ex
penses of the army and navv, but let
the rural mail delivery alone.
Itroko Up 11 iu Funeral.
At Patterson, N. J., all arrangements
had been made for the funeral
of Frank Hennessey, a son of Mrs.
Mary Lyons, of 08 Marshall street,
this city. Insurance papers had been
signed, mourners had gathered, and
everything was in readiness for the
rites, when Hennessey turned up, accompanied
by his two brothers,
thoroughly alive. He pleaded ignor
ance of a telegram which his motbei
had received from Saratoga last Weduesday
and which read: "Your son
Frank has died here Wednesday. Send
for the body." lie said he did not
know who sent the telegram. On receipt
of the telegram the two brothers
of the supposed dead man went to
Saratoga to get the body. They found
Hennessey sitting on the veianda of a
hotel, lie had been there since the
racing season. Undertaker Nichols
had been engaged to reoeive the body
at the railroad station and the house
was in mourning. When the youny
man appeared in the ilesh the trappings
of woe were removed and the
relatives aud friends united in eelobra
ting his return.
l>*r? an Presented.
A special from Darlington to the
State says: The Darlington grand jurj
made the following presentment:
"We, the grand jury, present Peg ram
Dargan for abiding and abetting Hob
ert Keith Dargan in taking his own
life, by procuring and giving to his
brother, Robert Keith Dargan, car colic
acid and other drugs, with whlcb
1m took his life on tho 11th day ol
July, 1905, in Darlington, S. (J. We
otTer as witnesses, J. N. Cianton, G,
11. Edwards, J. 8. Floyd and J. K.
Doyle." It. K. Dargan was president
fit f Ho T Ar\/vv-> *- / 1^4 1
ui uiio ALiuo(/cuuiruu UUbUUU 1) 1 VJUITipany,
and of the Darlington Trust Co.,
Institutions which have recently failed.
Dargan committed suicide in July
by taking poison.
A Hik butt.
At Chicago suit was begun In the
superior court last week for $250 00)
damages against the Curtis Publ nIng
company, publishers of the La i
les Home Journal, Samuel M. Ilat
man of Columbus, Ohio, Proprleowr o
the Peruna Medicine company, is th
plaintiff in the suit. In the Au-us.
issue of The Journal, the declaration
says that an advertisement of the
Peruna company contained a tettimonlal
from Congressman Ceo. H.
Vtyhlte of North Carolina. In the
neit issue of the magazine, the duolaration
alleges that the testimonial
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waa lopiiui/CU, UUU W1 Lll It WUS U Signed
denial from Congressman White
that he had given the testimonial to
the medicine company. This denial
Ilartman alleges, was secured through
a misunderstanding, as Congressman
White, it is said in the declaration,
signed the original testimonial.
Enrti 11 ih Own litfH.
At New York, William R. Travers,
millionaire man of leisure, son of
the celebrated wit and Wall street
operator, William R. Travers, committed
suicide Friday by shooting
himself through the head in his apartments
in Madison avenue. The suicide
is inexplicable, Mr. Travers being
in the prime of life, in fair health
and the possessor of a large fortune.
Mr. Travers married Miss Lily Harriman,
a sister of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbil,
Jr. The oouple separated three
years ago, Mrs. Travers going to Paris
to live.
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SPECIALISM IN LAW.
The Solicitor and the nnrrtster la
Our l.eunl I'rartico,
In this country nearly every student
admitted to the bar Is under the luiprcsslou
that there Is In him the more
than possibility of a great trial lawyer.
Having read accounts of brilliant cross
examinations and successful addresses
to juries, he has in mind tl^t he Is entirely
competent at the outset to try
the most complicated and difficult
cause. Unfortunately as to many who
are not qualitlcd for that work it is
only after very man^years and after
considerable experience at the expense
of litigants and the public. If at all,
that they ascertain that they have not
the peculiar aptitude necessary to the
successful trial lawyer. In the meantime
not only have clients suffered, but
the business of the courts has^keen retarded
to a very serious exteiiT by the
lack of adaptability on the part of the
practitioner as well as by lack of experience,
since It Is Impossible that every
man admitted to the bar shall have
the opportunity to try a sufficient number
of causes t>> give him the degree of
experience requisite In order to obtain
the beat results.
Sooner or later In tho interest of the !
clients and to save the time and patience
of the courts there must he In
this country a natural division between
the labor of the solicitor and the
duty of the barrister, not artificial or
conventional, hut one which shall grow
up from the nature of the case, by
which certain men who are best quailfled
for the trial of causes will carry
on that work to ch.> practical exclusion
of those without special adaptability
for that elnss of business. In this, us
in every oilier direction, the specialist
must find his pla< e. Green Hag.
MALIBRAN WAS A TEASE.
Tito Clrent I'rlma Doniirt Wan full of
MlNchlt'f KiiU Cniiriuo.
No prima donna was ever more de- ,
llghtfully capricious, more full of mischief,
than the famous Mine. Mallhran.
At the rehearsals of "Komco and Juliet"
sho could never mako up her
mind where she was to "die" at night. ,
It was important for itoineo to know,
but ti 11 ho could get was "not sure,"
"don't know," "can't tell," or "It will
bo Just as It happens, uccordlng to my ,
humor; sometimes in one place, some- (
times In another." On one occasion
she chose to "die" closo to the foot- (
lights, her companion, of course, beinsr
compelled to "die" besldo her, and
thus, when the curtain fell, u couple of ,
footmen had to carry the pair off, one
at a time, to the Intense amusement of
l the audience. ,
) John Teinpleton, the flno old Scottish ,
tenor, wan prohahly never so miser- ;
able as when ho was cast to sing with
Malibran. Very often sho was dls.
pleased with his performance, and ono
evening sho whispered to him, "You
are not acting properly; make love to >
I me better," to which, so It Is said,
Templeton Innocently replied, "Don't
you know I am a married man?" Evidently
tho lady did not think tliero ,
was anything serious In the circumstance,
for not long afterward, when ,
In "Somnambuln" sho was on her
| knees to Templeton as Elvlno, sho succeeded
In making tho tenor scream ,
1 with suppressed laughter when ho
should have been singing by tickling
' him vigorously under the nrrns.
Glaus Window*.
* Glass windows are known to have
existed at Pompeii as early as A. D.
79. In the third century the windows
of royal houses throughout Europo '
, were glazed. Windows of colored gluss ;
r were placed In many French and ltal- I
inn churches In G74, and the uso of i 1
' glass becnine general in private houses ]
i during (he twelfth century. Tho panes,
however, were only three or four inches
square, and tho material was so inferior
that, while a room was lighted, it
was often a matter of some dllllculty to
discern objects on tho outside through
the glass. For a long time windows in 1
England were a subject of taxutlon.
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Diirnn and Fume,
It is amusing to learn that Burns !
' when Just emerging from obscurity 1
Jocularly anticipated that his birthday
would come to bo noted among other '
remarkable events. In a letter to his ;
early patron, Gavin Hamilton, in 1780
he says, "For my own affairs I am In a
fair way of becoming as eminent as 1
Thomas a Kcmpls or John Bunyan, '
and you may henceforth expect to seo 1
my birthday inscribed among tho wonderful
events in the Poor Robin and
Aberdeen Almanacks along with tho {
Black Monday and the battle of Bothwell
Bridge."
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The Ileal Iiino, ]
Btern Parent Well, young man, I j
know nothing against you, but I'm not ,
very well acquainted with you. Reforo ]
you marry my daughter I'd like toliavo ,
noniethlng In the naturo of references
or? Rultor? I can glvo references (
from throe clergymen, sir. Parent^- 1
That's all very well, but can you give i
references from many bankers? ?
Clovoland leader.
To the Point. ]
Dr. Gruff?Your husband* madam,
needs rest.
"I know that, doctor { but ho won't
listen to ine."
Dr. Gruff?If you would make It unnecessary
for him to listen to you, <
i madam, I think that will be rest
enough.?St. Louis Republic.
Almost Human.
Lady?Can that parrot talk? Denier
?Talk? Why, say, lady, you'd t'lnk he
waz brought up In a box at do opery^Puck.
The saying that beauty Is but skin
deep la a skin deep sayings?Herbert
fipencer.
THE LASTING BRICKS.
Onoo Made, The?e Calcea of linked
Clay Are Good For All Time.
From the time the clay Is dug out
of Its bed until It finds Its permanent
place In some building's walls as a
brick It la bundled not loss thuu a hundred
times and by more than a score
of different Individuals.
Take into aeoount the persons and
processes directly and Indirectly Interested
In brlckmnklnK. masonry
building and inhabiting such buildings,
and the human mind is batiled by llgures
reaching Into the trillions-and a
trillion is written 1,000,000,000,0001
Once made, a brick Is practically Indestructible.
Nearly every brick that
has ever been made by man from the
beginning of time Is still In existence
on this earth. The men who made and
laid them nnd who directed these
operations have long since been gathered
Into dust. Some of them have
doubtless contributed in their bodies to
the making of more bricks. But the
steadfast and enduring square of
baked clay persists and will until the
heavens and earth are shriveled like
a scroll.
X'pon inscriptions In bricks our earliest
knowledge of human history depends.
Kings whose glory lias passed
so utterly that all but their names
have perished still owe the perpetuation
of these names to a mark In the
perdurable brick.?Chicago Journal.
THE ALLIGATOR'S JAWS.
They Will Open If Yon StlcU Yonr
Fluffom In 111m ICycw.
"If ever you have the luck to he
caught by an alligator put a finger In
each eye," says an old Australian hunter.
"That will have the effect of making
him open his Jaws, and then you
can make the most of your opportunity.
There are several known Instances of
the escape of natives by that means
Alligators prefer their food high, so the
chances are If you are caught you will
he deposited on the bottom somewhere.
I heard of one native escaping even
then. When crossing the rivers the
natives carry stout sticks, so If encountered
by an alligator they can
ward him off by shoving a stick down
his throat.
"That alligators have enormous
strength I have evidence besides my
own experience. At Port Essington a
buffalo was drinking In n stream when
an alligator nailed It by the head and
drowned It. Soon afterward a horse
was caught while drinking at the same
spot. It dragged the alligator about
forty yards before the brute lot go.
Mr. Robinson anchored the body of
a horse a little distance out from a
r'liff rloRP tn Ilia r>n mr* In + 1.^
lind his chance and shot u fifteen foot
allicutor."
ARTIFICIAL FLIES.
The Peculiar DunIiicnm of the Farmer
Who ItatMCM Tlieui.
"I raise flies on my fnrin?artificial
llies," he said, smiling. "I am, In fact,
an artificial fly farmer.
"That confuses you, doesn't It? Yet
It Is simple enough. I raise birds that
give those little delicate bright feathers
that compose fishermen's flies.
That is all.
"The finest birds I raise aro golden
pheasants. You have seen salmon
flies? You know their beautiful toppings?
Well, those toppings can only
Ih> got from the golden pheasant's
crest.
"At a certain time of the year I
gather my golden pheasants around
me. I take one between my knees. I ,
pluck out his crest. IIow mad ho |
gets! 1 wrap the crest In silver paper. ,
And so I go on till every bird has been
plucked. Do you know what I got for
these crests? I get $2.50 apiece for
tliem.
"I rniso mynnlis, finches, mallards,
Jnys and green parrots. I supply ten ;
fly makers with all the feathers they
can use."?Philadelphia Bulletin.
"Why Touoti-iiic-not.
The columbine, geranium and larkamir
wn UilnL f*^ * k -?
JJ.... ,, V ilium ut i UClHUISf niry
Fire all named after birds?the dove,
the crane and the lark. The meaning j
:>f geranium is "crane's bill," and If i
pou notice the seed pods of u geranium
pou an* 111 see that they do look like tho
long bill of a crane. The touch-me-uot
pfots its name from a peculiarity of the
seed pod, too, but not a peculiarity of <
appearance. It is the pod you must 1
not touch, for If you do It will burst, '
and out will fly the seeds.?St. Nlch- >
alas. I
A Blood Suckintr Enrthirorm, <
South Africa la the home of a species ;
3f earthworm, a creature closely re- <
lated to our common angloNVorm, who l
Is not only- a giant among the denizens ;
:>f the soil, but which Is reputed to 1
tiave a tasto for human blood. Thero I
are two species of this uncanny Avig- 1
gler one of a dark red color and the i
Dther almost black. They are larger ]
than one's finger and from threo to 1
rour inches in length. <
A nolil Girl,
ITer Mother?If you marry him you
need never expect me to come to see
pou.
Daughter?Will you put that Into
writing? 1
"What forr
'T want to give It to Fred at a wed
ling present." 1
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Forco of Klablt. (
"A thousand stars are looking down (
on you this night!" said the poetical ,
young man to the girl.
And she unconsciously put. her hands .
np to arrange the position of her hat. 1
If we did not tako great pains find |
were not at great oxpoose to corrupt (
our naturb, our nature would never ,
corrupt us.?Claremjon. (
A YEAR OF BIO CROPS.
Lot Ua Be Tfianklul to God for ilia
Bounty.
But not only Is Hits a season when
tbe heart Is made glad by the beautiful
in Nature, but again too, we share
the Joy of the Psalmist as he looked
out on some September scene in old
Palestine centurieB and centuries ago:
"The pastures are clothed with Mocks,
and the valleys are covered with cjrn.
Thou crownest the year with thy
goodness, aud thy paths drop fatness."
For Indeed this is a year of plenty.
All the great staple crops have yielded
b( unteously, except cotton?and
the pi ice for that is tco good for there
to be much disc intent as to the shortage.
Our American corn crop this year,
It is said, will be 2.717,000,000 bushels.
The wheat crop i? estimated at 704,000,000
bushels; oats 930,000.000 bushels;
rye 30,000,000 bushels; potat< es
283 000,000 bushels; barley 135,000,000
bushels. "Of these crops," says
the Charlotte Chronicle, In commenting
on the estimates, "It is said that
it is the largest production of corn
ever known." And It continues:
"The highest previous corn yield
was 2,523,000,000 bushels. Only in
1901, when it was 748,000,000 bushels,
did the wheat crop go above the 1905
yield. Oits never beat this year's figures
except in 1902, when the output
was 988,000,000 bushels. In 1901 and
1902 rye went a little above the year's
level. In 1904 barley beat the 1905
output oy aoout 4,000,000 bushtl*.
Potatoes have several times scored
higher totals than they did this year,
but averages of the cereal crops for
1905 are much above that of an pievlous
year. And while cotton may be
short, the pr!c:s the farmers get will
average as good as that of the previous
year. Taking all things Into consideration,
it is reasonable to say that the
present year Is a year of plenty, and
let It go at that."
fought * Cur.
John E. Ryan, of Chicago, a Paciiic
express messenger on passenger train
No. 13, and Edward Greene, also of
Chicago, a former express messenger,
fought with pistols in Ryan's car
Thursday. Both were seriously
wounded and may die. Conllicting
stories are told by the combatants,
Greene says that he got on the ex
pre S3 car, intending to go to Pitts
tield, to visit relatives, lie was an
old friend to Ryan, Greene claims,
permitted hira to ride. Greene says
he assisted Ryan with the express
matter aud that they began drinking.
Jokes led to a quarrel and Greene says
he and Ryan drew pistols at the same
time. Ryau's story is that he did not
see Greene in the car until the train
reached Ceiro Gordo. Believing that
Greene jumped in for tue purpose of
robbery, Ryan tired at him. According
to Ryan the" cliuchrd and both of
tbem with revolvers drawn, rolled
about on the car tloor. Finally separating
each sought shelter In the car
and waited for the other to exptsi
himself. Juntas the train was near
Decatur, Ryan says, he and Greene
tired and both went down, but were !
on their feet in a short time and the
duel continued uutll the train reached 1
the outskirts of Decatur, III., when
Greene opened a door and jumped from
the car. Greene was unable to run
and was found an hour later by the 1
police. <
A Georgia Murder. j
Mr. David II. Murray, a well known ,
citizen of Waro county, Ga , was as- ]
sassinated about 7 o'clock Wednesday
evening at his home at Millwood, In j
this county. Murray was shot In the (
back of the head with a double bar ,
relied shotgun which nearly tore the '
head from the body. The assassin (
tired at Murray while he was seated (
at his table eatirg supper, through a j
hole in the door, and m ule his escape. (
Murray was about 38 years old and (
leaves a wife and one child. Ho was ^
under bond In connection with the ,
murder of a young man named Horace
Roberts, in this c .unty, some two ,
years ago. A true hill was found
against Murray charging him with t
an accessory to the murder of young (
Roberts.
Blown to Pieces.
At Cincinnati, Ohio, William Hell, ,
\ guard at city workhouse, was b'o vn ,
to pieces by the explosion of a box of ,
iynamite, which he tried to open with ,
\ hatchet. Hell was in charge of a
.rang of prisoners In the stone quarry. ,
When dynamite for blasting was re ,
quired Bell took a hatchet and struck ,
i blow with it before the prisoners .
:ould warn him. When picked up the
man's eyes were blown out, his left
fcrm was blown off and the left side of
his face was torn away Flesh wa
hanging from the limbs < f a tree under j
which he had been sittlr g. Still the
unfortunate man was alive. A hurry
run of the patrol wagon failed to ge?
him to the city hospital before doath
same. i
Died iMaying Card*.
"I've won the game, boys," said
Robert Milllous, an old railroad man,
Tuesday night to three friends with ,
whom he was playing pinochle at
Bridgeport, Oonn. He had just melded
rour aces, when he fell on the table,
uttered a moan, threw back his head 1
and died. The game had been close,
and Miliums* score stood 960, needing
only 40 points to win. When he (
played the four aces the excitement of .
winning the contest proved too much
for his heart. It Is a strange fact
that he had often playfully remarked
that he would like to die in just this 1
manner, for he was an Inverate plno- t
chle player. He was playing cards In 1
the back room of an undertaking 1
Establishment when he died. i
THIRTEEN TB ^^DIK8
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Occurs In OnA^<i(lian? Family in
Few Years*
The death of Samuel Horn, who
was accidentally killed last week while
hauling logs near Rochester, Fulton
county, Indiana* is the thirteenth
tragic death in one family. Four
members were murdered, three committed
suicide; three died in insane
| asylums and three died by accident.
I This series of tragedies, which has
occurred within the memorj* of many
persons who have lived near the family,
has awakomd a feeling that a
strange fatality attcuds in some way
to the place and the house is now unoccupied
because of the fear that it
inspires.
The first of the family were Abraham
Cripe and his wife, industrious
people, and grandparents of Samuel
Horn, who has just met death. Mrs.
Cripe became discontented and wished
to return to Germany. After repeated
refusals by her husband she became
deranged, set fire to the barn
and died in the building.
Two weeks after Mrs. Gripe's death
Mr. Cripe's sister fell dead while
raking leaves in the yard. In an investigation
that followed it was shown
that Mrs. Gripe the day before her
suicide, had struck her sister-in-law
on the head with a whetstone, and it
was from this blow that she died.
In a few months Lucan Gripe showed
signs of insanity, and soon afterward
was found dead in the woods,
where he had been struck by a falling
limb. Elias Cripe, a brother of Lucan
upon receiving a large araouut of
money for his part of the estate, was
found murdered in his barn nno mnm.
ing. The Identity of bis assailant
was not discovered.
Within two years George Crlpo was
killed by a tree falling on him, and
soon afterward Jay and Clark, sons of
of Ellas, were taken to an insane asylum,
where both diedr in a short time.
The series of tragedies culminated in
December last in a triple murder and
suioide. Wilson Burns, who had
married a daughter of Abraham Cripe
killed his wife with a shotgun and
then murdered Joseph Cripe and Margaret
Branham, an aunt, lie then
turned the gun on himself and killed
himself. Samuel Horn was the last
of the family, save two.
ltovoltiriK OruclticH
A dispatch from Puis says the report
of the late Count de Brazza upon
his investigation of charge* against
otllclals of the French Congo, is said
by the Matin to contain grave charges
against the governor, Emlle Centil.
The cruelties alleged against him are
hanging up women by their feet till
they died and ordering negroes clubecl
to death. It Is stated that he is responsible
for the sac till ce of an enormous
number of natives. Count de
Brazzt was ordered last February by
the French government to proceed to
the Congo district and investigate
charges of irregularities and brutality
against the officials. lie performed
his mission, but arrived at Dakar:.
Senegamdla, September 13, in a critical
condition of health, and died September
15, thus ending a glorious
and useful series of African explorations.
( 'iRlit With UurKl*rH.
In an attempt to capture two burglars
on Hartford bridge in Hartford,
Conn., early Friday morning, Policeman
Hayes was shot through the
breast and band and Officer Cowley
was grazed by a bullet. Tne burglars
bad dynamited a safe in the store of
Howe & Son, Glastonbury, eight milea
from llartsord. The noise* of the explosion
awakened person^, who saw
(he burglars drive away in a wagon.
Toe Hartford police were notitied by
[.elephone, and Hayes and Cowley were
ietailed at the bridi/p. to ?nnraiionH
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jhe burglars. When the latter and
police met, the burglars abandoned
ihe wagou and ran away. The police
(ave cnase and a running fight remlted
in a dozen shots being tired,
rho burglars escaped through the
.voods. A posse is hunting them.
The deserted wagon contained a full
let of burglars' tools and a quantity
pf dynamite.
Why Japan Mailo i'eacn.
A dispatch from Toklo says .lotwlthitandlng
the silence of the government
[/Lie real fact is disclosed thlit Japan
made peace at Portsmouth"in fear of
* financial breakdown. The war
proved more costly than had been calculated
and tbe rice and cereal crops
seemed doomed to failure. Six
months more of war would have meant
very hard times.
Found Deaul.
The dead body of Mrs. Nellie West
Long was found Thursday in a room
at the Burlington Hotel in St. Louis
Sue tiad committed ruiclde with morphine.
"Bert"' Grimm, her fiancee,
who was with her, is under arrest
charged with having entered into a
suicide compact with the woman, falling
to keep his agreement.
UT4II Il-.-i- t*
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Go". Heyward will push the lnvestigat
as to the lynching of the negro
j Jlonea Path, and every effort
will ijw made to have the guilty parties
held acoountablo. Strange to say,
there were several members of the m
mob that were recognized by men on
the coroner's jury, yet a verdict was
rendered that the negro come to his
ncatfc by "parties unknown to the
fc'oand
A negress, Bach&el Burkett, was
tound dead near ber home at Johnston.
Coroner's Inquest rendered a
verdict that death resulted from a ||v'
broken neok, caused by unknown persons.
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