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V X Pflff HELD IN TRUST. : t Brevard Miller swears that Glass J Stock was given Directors. ( ii STATEMENT DENIED. I i < a ^ The Qlass [Company Officials Assert \ That the Dispensary 'Officials | \ Were not Presented With Stock in the QIass Company. Wednesday au attidavit from Mr. Brevard D. M Uer, organizer of the company which built the Carolina Glass company in Columbia was put la evidence bi'ore the dispensary investigating committee. MILLKK8 AFFIDAVIT. . Personally appeared lireVard D. Miller, who being duly swum dcposeih and sayeth. That up to sometime in 1892, he was for sometime pr"vious living in the city of Columbia, South Carulina, being at that time counected with Granby cotton mills of that city. During the time of his residence there he developed the idea, and was one of the promoters In the organ Izatlon of the Carolina Glass company, Being associated In the organization of this glass company with J no. J. Seibels, Thomas Taylor, Jr., W. G. Cnlids and E. G. Seibels. The incorporators of the Carolina Glass company realizing that t"e ouslness of the State dispensary iKl be an advantage and Insure the fVce8H of the company, approached II. li. { Evans and L. J. Williams, then directors of the Stale dispensary, with the t iler to sell them a certain amount of stuck of the Carolina Glass compa- / ny to be paid for in money at the samo price as the stock was sold to 1 other parties. It was understood at this stage in the transaction that the Carolina Glass company was to meet competing prices. Later, it was decided by the controlling interests of the Carolina Glass , company to give the said 11. 11. Evans and L. J. Williams a block of this stock in return for whlcn the Caruli a Glass company was to be given all, or a part, of the State ci'spcusary glass business. Abou* this time, during ' conversation between J.J. Seibels and H. II. Evans, In my presenoeJno. J. fcieibels stated that the Carolina Glass ' compauy, not being very strong iiuan- 1 cially, would net be able to stand for < an, length of time a cut In prices by < their competitors, if It should be made. ' To which statement 11. H. Evans re- < pliod, "Oh neli, we are put here to 1 .Judge glass. When the policy of giving the stock 1 to the directors of the State dispensa- ! ry was decided on, 1 was not in ac- 1 cord with it and objected to it, real- 1 izlog that I was in the minority, and ? not at all in accord with the policy of the incorporators, and that 1 could ( not prevent this gift of stock, or such actions as wi uld naturally follow, 1 withdrew from the company and my Interests were taken over by other 1 parties. It was ncy understanding at the time I withdrew that this gift of stock was to be made to W. G. Chiles as trustee for II. II. Evans and L. J. Williams. It was my understanding, up to the time of my decision to withdraw from the Carolina Glass company, that the Carolina Glass company was to meet competitive prices, and that the dl- 1 rectorB of the State dispensary were to be stockholders on the same basis as the Incorporators, whereas this gift of soock, to which I objected, ; would g:ve the infereuce that the Carolina Glass company would be favored by the directors of the State ' dispensary. At a meeting of the incorporator? 1 of the Carolina Glass cere pur y at which this gift of stook was discoered and from which I withdrew aftd Resigning my interests. 1 was requested by J no. J. Selbels to say nothing of my kno ledge of the transactions of ' the Care Una Glass company. This I \ refused to do. It has been several years since the transaction related above occurred, 1 but the same is substantially as re. ULea above. Brevard D. Miller, Sworn to and subscribed to before me, this 17in cay of April, 1906. 1 J. R Wharton, Notary Public. 1 MILLER FLATLY CONTRADICTED, The directors of the glass company who were in the city gave out j following statement, which xiitly contradicts Mr. Miller's statement: Hon. J. T. Hav, Chairman Investigating Committee. Columbia; S. 0., June 13, 1906. Our attention has Just been called to an alii lavit which was placed in evidence before the State investigating committee just before its adjournment today, and which purports to emlnate from Brevard D. Miller, now of Alabama, but formerly of this place. p- . He states that the Incorporators i approached n. H. Evans and L. J. Williams with an offer to sell them stock in the glass company. We #an state with oertainty that none of us approached Mr. E fans or Mr. Williams In reference to this matter; and if Mr. Miller approached said gentle1 , . nen for the purpose stated in bis affllavit, be did so of bis own volition, ind without the knowledge or sanction of the other incorporators. The main gist of the affidavit Is contained in the statement, "It was leotded b/ the controlling Interest * * * to give the said II H. Evans and L J. Williams a b ->ck of his stock in return for which the Carolina Oiass oompany was to be ;lven all or a part of the State dispen ary glass business." And the same >arty states that he resigned his office md connection with said company on icoount of this decision and policy. We ur.qualitiedly deny this statement ' lot only was no stock given to any nember of the dispensary b ard, but 10 stock or bonus or commission or valuable consideration of any kind whatsoever was, at any time, given to my one; nor was any such decision or policy, as stated by said Miller, made )r agreed to by toe stockholders or directors, or the controlling interests if the Carolina Glass oompany. Mr. Miller severed his connection with >aid oompauy not for the reason stated in his affidavit, but because his lervlces were unsatisfactory to the soard of dlreotors. Upon his withdrawal, when there had odIv been 20 per cent, paid on his stock, it was taken up and he was succeeded ou the ooard cf directors of said tfla-s cotnpauv by the iate Dr. B. W. Taylor. Mr. Miller further states as his understanding "this gift of suck was to 33 mad* to W. G. Ghilds, trustee, for II. II. Evans and L J. Williams" We assort possltlvely that neither II. 11. KvariB nor L J. Williams nor any Jtber member of the former or present hoard of control of the State dls pensary directly or iudirtctly owned jr nad any Interest In any stock of mid gla->s company; nor was any stock jf said company held by W. G. Ghilds in trust for any such parties. The itock book and other records of the ompany have been heretofore froely furnished to the Investigating committee and remained in their custody for Inspection for da>s, and until they voluutarily returned them to tne lompauy. John J. Selbels, W. G. Chllds, B. F. Taylor. This statement Is not Binned by 10. 3. Selbels or Thos. Taylor becau.se .hey are both absent from the city. John J. Selbels, B. F. Taylor. LEAufiRS FOR HRYAK Hih Itecent Uttor*nc?'H on SoclallHin CJrootetl with Approval. , A dispatch fri,m Washington says Democrats in congress are highly pleased with Mr. Bryan's Berlin Interview. "If he will only cut out socialism mdslictto democracy," they have oeen saying in their heart to heart :lisouHslons of the outlook. Now that Mr. Bryan has taken the tlrst opportunity to draw the lines agiinst socialism they believe all doubt of his nomination has been removed. "1 fully expect to see Grover Cleve land supporting Mr. Bryan in l'JUb," laid Representative Beall, of Texas, this eventug. "If lx ;.:akes the right iort of speech at that New York re caption, and I am coutident he will, he will not only be nominated, but elected." "There is no reason to doubt Mr. Bryan's democracy," said Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, "There need be no fear that he will not rise equil to the occasion. We who have si ways supported him know that Mr Bryan is not extremely radical. He is a democrat, and democracy, Is healthy conservatism." "I am glad to see that Mr. Bryan Iiib ar.arrarl r>ff rifthh aoM T > *>?W u??*< vvva v/ * i A W( ?X?1U u U J^D Daniel Smith, of Keutuoky. "What tie says in his Berlin interview Is all right. Democracy is not socialism and socialism U rot democracy." "Byanisall right. There is no man la the Unlied State. I would rather see p/e?icent iL:n he, for I now he li all right," said Senator Tillman. "lhe so called conservative icmocrata of the c untry knew they J em have ever / con til en 03 in him. 1 ought to know it, for, jcu & e, I am raetlmes pic uved ts a conservative icy < If." "VVnat Mr. Bryan Is quoted a3 havIngtaidln Bdiiiniiill r'g if," said Henry D. Clayton, represent etive from Alabama, and member of the democratic national committee. "The democrats of the South are not socialists and never will oonsont to giving the party over to socialism. The democrats believe in applying old fashioned remedies to politioal ccndi tions, not in rnnning after every new ism in the hope of finding in it a political issue. The democrats of the southern states will be glad to see Mr. Bryan nominated, believing as they do that he Is a safe but fearless democrat." "I am delighted at Mr. Bryan's ringing utterance against socialism," said Representative Webb, of North Carolina. "Ills interview lias the right ring to It. North Carolina can be counter! a Hrvan state." BorntjU by At Atlanta, Ga., an explosion of gasoline in a dye house on North Pryor street Thursday evening, resulted in the severe burning of the proprietor, W. J. Stoddard, about the faoe, neck and arms. When entering the place to fight the fire, Assistant Chief Pressley was seriously Injured by a second explosion, which soorohed the upper part of his body. It is fear ed that he inhaled the flames and ha* suffered dangerous injuries. Both men were taken to the Grady hospital. Several other firemen were burned as they followed Chief Pressley into the building. \ BIG FISH STORY. t ?? Fine Bass Fishing in the Street of a City. CHOKED WITH FISH, And Water Would Not Come Out of the Hydrants, Causing a Water Pamine in Some Sections of the Great City of New York. The New York American says that a hundred stripped bass came out of a hydrant at One Hundred and Eighteenth street and Manhattan avenue Wednesday. Seventy-tive more Ho wed Into the street from another hydrant a block further north. The visitation caused great juveullc excitement In the neighborhood. Children swarmed about the streams In the gutters and thrust In Sunday sleeves to the elbow to capture the tinny Invaders. Protests to the Water Department from residents of the apartment houses lu the neighborhood, who could get uo water above lirst 11 )ors, was directly responsible for tbe tish show. For two weeks the water sup ply in the district h*d been vacillating and eccentric. On some days the answer to an opened faucet would he an anaemic dribble which would not till a basin lu.au eight hour day, not & bath tub in a life time. Again an impetuous chocolate-colored 11 joo would burst forth, which wo dd havt been scorned as unsauitary even in ft packing house. Wednesday brought a c'lmax of poor service and there was no water at all. John Willa, janitor of the Harold, an apartment house at No 439 Manhattan avenue, telephoned the Water Department for relief. When the hydrants were opened, striped bass shot gaily through their iron mouths with astonlshir g rapidity. In a few minutes, almost two hundred active ablo bodied tish were endeavoring to adjust themselves to life in a great city. It furn's led joyous diversion for the children. For olocks around they were infected with the excitement and Hocked about the muddy streams. When the last tish was captured there was not a dry shirtwaist in the orowd. Several animated disputes among the children concerning the relative slz-3 of the tish they had captured marred somewhat the pleasures of the day. A dirty piece of a tape measure was brought In as arbiter. Some of the bass actually measured nine inches from stem to stern and weighed a pound and a half. The most aggressive boy in the gathering, however, successfully i maintained that he had captured a llsh eighteen inches in length, which weighed four pounds. It was be ing piepared at homo for dinner, he said. No one disputed the statement, but after bis departure some of the young skeptics measured the hydrant opening and whispered doubts. While striped bass were predominant in the wondrous visitation, the monotomy was relived by a few pickerel, perch, suckers and eels. Water famine was only partially relieved. Some of the experts from the Water Department said that some of the lish had been forced up Into the pipes leading from the mains to the houses and had completely choked them up. Drowned In trie ?urf. A telegram from Charleston Thursday announced the drowning on Sullivan's Island of Mr. U. L. Haves, a well-known book mm and the author of a number of articles on pedagogy. Mr. llayes according to the telegram, was in bathing with Mr. W. K. Tate, the principal of the Memmlnger Normal school of Charleston, and a uum ber of others and was caught la the undertow and swept out In the ocean. Although a number of those In the water at the time attempted to rescue Mr. Hayes their eff >rts were In vain, and Mr. Tate, who went out after the drowning man was himself nearly drowned, Mr. Hayes was the general manager of the Webbs and Ware drawing books concern of Nasivillo, Touo., and has taken an active part in educational affairs in that State, being at one time mentioued for State superintendent of education. Convicted of Murder. William Marcus, formerly of the United States artillery, was tried at Charleston Wednesday on t,h? nharLm of murder, having killed his wife, on the front beach of Sullivan's idand, April 14, last. Tae woman, who was universal'1/ well regarded, was horribly mutilated with an ice pick with which the killing was done. As was expected, the attorney for the defense, L. G. Fulz, who was appointed by the court, set up the plea of insanity and made a hard flgnt for the life of his client, while Solicitor Jervey was assisted in the prosecution by Ootavus Cohen, handled the case well for the state. A verdict of guilty was found after a deliberation of three hours. Marous was sentenced by Judge Aldrioh to be hung on August 3. He reoelved his sentenoe without any marked emotion or state* meut. This will be the first hanging of a white mact in Charleston oounty in many years. WILL MOT AlTiSAK BKKOIIK THE D1SPBN8\HY INVK8TIOATING COMMITTEE. But Will Stand Trial In the Conrt of General Sessions If Necessary. The members of the formor State board of directors of the dispensary nave not appeared before the Investl- | gating committee In answer to the I Invitation of the commlttie. Mr. L. VV. Bjykln was present Wednesday but did not go on the stand. Col J no. Hell Towill was present the day that Mr. <J. C. Davis of Newberry testltied to tbe matters which have excited so much comment. Mr. 11. II. Fvatis has taken apparently little Interest iu the in aestivation, as he has not been In Columbia recently. Nj return was made by him Wednesday through his attorneys. At tho meeting of the committee Wednesday afternoon, Mr. R. H Welsh of the law tirm of Bellinger & Welsh appeared and presented a return for Mr. Boy kin and a separate return for Mr. Towlll. The two are identified iu language, but arc not signed jointly. Following Is a oopy of one of the returns: Columbia, tf. 0., J una 13, 11)00. Hon. J. T. Hay, ohalrman, and ocner memoers of me committee appointed to Investigate the alTairs of the State dispensary. Uentlomeu: la response to your invitation, if I so chose, to appear before your committee loday for toe purpose of m&klntf any statement that 1 desire to make concerning my former connection witu tho State dispensary i bog to say that 1 prefer that your investigation snould proceed uninfluenced oy any statement Vhat 1 might rnuke. The more thorough and searching the luvestiga lion is made, the more certain will the correctness of my conduct be demonstrated. 1 am not only anxious to see the investigation proceed in the most rtgid manner but 1 should be much disappointed if It did not do so. indeed, humiliating as It nrighl be. 1 challenge the closest scrutiny of my conduct before any tribunal before wnioh It can bs made. 1 have no fear that those who know me will believe that 1 have done anything that has been either Illegal or immoral. Instances in which honorable men might dltler with me in judgment may, and perhaps will be discovered. Wrong cannot bo, for It does not exist. Wnlle 1 have keenly felt the injustice and the cruelty of some of the suggestions whtoh have been made in relation to my former connection with the dispensary. I am contldent that when the scrutiny n&s been made complete that even tnose w io do not know me will reacu a like conclusion with those who do. At a future day and when It can have no influence upon tlio action of your committee it Is my purpose to send you a written statement covering the matters that 1 deem of c msequence, which I shall ask you to regard as part of this communication and whicn 1 shall ask you to lile as a part oi your report. Very respectfully, L. W, IlOYKlN. After presenting the ooumiuuicatiou. Mr. Wf.lnll awtorl f.hft nnrnmlriQH _ t . . V,w..v>? WHV V/^/UiUilllUbO nub to acijjurn sine die until these gentlemen named could have an opportunity to prepare a defense. Ah for himweif, he would have a threat deal to do on account of the Illness of Mr. Bollinger, out he made tills appeal to the committee in good faith not to aujuurn until his clients could ! have a noariug. Hmiuu Oju TriCK.. The Boston Transcript admits that Mr. Bryan would run a little hut acids: ' Tnat he would bo defeated, however, Is highly probable, almost oeyond the possibility ot a douot; not that it would be easy to defeat nlau, but because the business iuterests of tne country wouiu una it absolutely necessary to do wo." To wbicn the Coiumoia State sa^s: 'Tndeeul Ana what are tiiese 'business Interests?' Tne corporations, we presume. If there has been any doubt as to the necessity of passing tne bill prohibiting campaign contributions by tne corporations suon talk as this from the Transcript should brusn these doubts aside. Are the 'business interests' to bo permitted to repeat the performance of 18110 and overthrow the will of the people by the free and unlimited use of money? Tnat seems oO be what The Trarihcnot excaefcH." Who im /Vhti ilamO' i*nor? n. M. Mobley, CJerk S-ato Board Directors, made allldavit before a notary public "mat he uas examined the records of the Statu dispensary from lb93 to the presenu date and that tne records uo nut t>Uu .v any purchases whatever from a w( okey house r>y tue name of Uann, BMt vSg Uo., represented by one ad liauioerxer of Baltimore, Marylanvi, us testtued toby Mr. Brlstow of Oroe .vine, S. U. before the legislative i .yeatlKatlnR committee of this State ' Truum trio l*??u , William JeQDlnvfs Bo ..a was seen by a reporter in Berlin, u u oauy, and asked about the political at uatlon in one united Slates. Mi Bryan expressed che opinion thai the aexo election in Che states woulu tu?a ou Cue question of Che trusts. The silver issue he said was a ' dead hoise". Being asked about the pi aspect of a passage of reciprocity tuaties Mr. Bryan said that he was iu *<tvor of a general reduction of duties, in which case reolprooal treaties wiun foreign oountrles would be superfluous, MORE RIOTS AND IUiOOUSHKl) IN THK CZAlt*S DOMINIONS A Jewish Anarchist Paid to Have I Caused the Trouble by a Bomb. A dispatch from Hlalystok, ItuFSia, says a Jewish anarchist threw a ttomb among the Corpus Chrlstl procession which was In progress there on Thursday and killed or wouuded many persons. In consequence the Christians attacked and massacred the Jews and demolished their shops. Hundreds of persons were killed or wounded. The bomb was thrown from the baloony ( f a house in Alexaudrov street. A Prus stou clergyman named FedetolT waa anion* those killed by the explosion. Immediately after the explosion Jows began to tire with revolvers from the windows of the house Into the crowd. Soldiers surrounded the house and tired two volleys into the windows. Meanwhile the enraged Christians attacked the Jewish stores In Alexan- 1 drcv and Suraz streets, demolishing the llxtures and windows and throw tug ti e goods Into the gutters and beating and murdering the Jews. A crowd of Jews lied to the railroad station, pursued by the mob, which killed many of them there. Th.ee Jews were thrown from second story windows of the railroad station building. < Tnn Hil/nn.1 f/.r t.lin (Mil ? >v> v>iu utiuuioa^i niniiii apparently was deliberately planned, perhaps a couuterstroko for the raurjcr of Chief Police Derkatchoff on June 10, which was attribuLed to Jewish Bundis, Is given as the explosion of a bomb during a religious prooosslou. This was followed by revol vor fusillades In several quarters of the city. The police are said not to have attempted to Interfere In the early stages of the riot. The Jews, who number three fourths of the population of the city, offered tho best resistance possible, many of them being armed but were unable to prevent the pillaging of their homes and places of business. Finally the military interfered, but according to ad- i vices received at St. Petersburg, without being able to restore order, i Reinforcements have been rushed to Blalystok, from Grodno. According to reports received Satur- i day from ihalystok fusillading has continued throughout the city all day, Jews tiring from the windows of their houses, the soldiers answering with < volleys, crowds of peasants armed with ciubs and sevthes pillaging and j beating Jews and cavalry patrols Hunting oown pillagers. The city has oeen ourdoned in order to prevent the ingress of more peasants. Many persons are reported to have been 1 wounded but the number of dead is 1 said to be comparatively small. Exact dttvlls of Friday's disturbances are | lacking; out Thursday's pillaging Is 1 attributed largely to peasants from the country. The .Jews are fleeing from Blaly- 1 stok to the neighboring forests and mobs arc pursuing them. Detachments of dragoons have been sent out to protect the Jews. Jews arriving at Batlystok on railway trains have been dragged out of the cars ani many of them have been murdered. Troops bave cleared the railway station Tne betst stores in the city had been sacked, and many were dead and wounded. Figures, however were not given, and probably the casualties are not known in Blaly stok owing to the continuauco of the disorders. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says disorders appear to bave broken out at Blalystok Friday afternoon with even greater fury than characterized Thursday's riots. No dispatches nave been reoelved direct from Blalystok, wnere tbe telegraph ollUe is closed, but semi-otllcial messages from Grodno and Minsk report that die excesses were started again today by the throwing of several bombs. Tne crowds, according to these dispatches, then opening tire on tne polioe sta tlon, to wiiloh the troops reolied, and there was a constant Interchange of shots between Jews in their houses and soldiers in the streets. A mob of peasants, armed with clubs, scythes, etc., wno had found their way lnco the city Thursday, was participating in the rioting. A dispatch from Minsk slates that the authorities had been fully forewarned of the pos slbillty of trouble Thursday, and had recalled a battalion of Infantry and several squadrons of oav&lry from their Rummer camp to strengthen the garrison, out witnout overawing the for uucuucia ui biuuuiOi Klcotion IIIckaI. Judge llydrlok Wednesday announced his decision in the Laurens dispensary election case. The decree reverses ttie litiding of tne state board of canvassers and sides with the Laurens oouuty board of canvassers, who declared tne election void on account of irregularities. The returns showed that the dispensary had been voted out of Laureus last January by a small majority. Judge Hydriok's decision has the etlect of keeping the dispensaries open. Whether the antldispensary people will appeal Is not Kuuwii. ib ih unougni, coat tney will. Tne Laurens dispensaries have Dover been cloned, the state board's reversal of the county board's finding having been held up by the writ of certiorari granted by Judge Hydrioic. Democrat Kltieted. Qeo. K. <Jhamt>erlain, democrat, was re-elected on Tuesday governor of Oregon by a majority of about two thousand; but Jonathan Bourne, Jr., reoeived the popular nomination for United States senator by 6,000. I NINE KILLED And Forty Injured by Explosion on Board a Ship. VERY MYSTERIOUS. Tne Steamship Had Just Arrived at Liverpool from Philadelphia. The Cause of the Bxplosion is Unknown but^Attributed to Bscaping^Naptha. At Llvorpoo), England, nlno mon were Instantly killed and about 40 were wounded as the result of a terrltlo explosion Wednesday on the Urltlsh steamer Hiverford of the International Navigation company. The vessel, wiitoh is commanded by Uapt. Nollicn, arrived there from Philadelphia. Tne explosion blew otT the hatches, rent the decks and hurled dead and wounded men In all directions. Several bodies wero dismembered and the deck resembled tho lloor of a c.iarnel hntn-v Tna victims wore mostly atevodorea. The explosion, whic 1 was heard for many miles, was followed by tno outbreak of tiro. The c irgo, o jnsistlag of linseed oil oako, was aoon blazing ticreely. Firemen and police hurried to the spot and the Injured were taken to a neighboring hospital, while the woik of searching for further possible casualties proceeded with vigor in spite of tne fierceness of the lire, v* i no/1 so on assumed alarming proportions. After two hours hard tight, however, the tiremen ootalued mastery of the tlames. A rumor that the explosion was due to an Infernal maohino arose from the tlndiug of a wooden box a foot Mjuaro In one of the holds. This box, wnloti was only partly shattered, still contained pieces of steel machinery. It was prominently marked "for Manchester, England." The otllcials of the International Navigation company have taken unargo of the box, but they do not attacn Importance to the theory of foul play and say that the presence of the box in the hold was a mere accident. Tne otllcials say they believe the explosion was due to Ignition of gas given off by naptha soap, whlon formed part of tin cargo Hlioom Two Mod. At Wadley, Ga., Will Smith, an escaped negro conviot, early Tuursday biot and killed Marshal Morris of Mldville, and mortally wounded J. J. Pope, a well known planter, living near there. Tno negro who was serving a twenty year seutenc*, had escaped from the camps. Mr. Popo discovered that the negro had taken refuge at his former homo and was being protected by his wife. Summoning Marshal Morris the two approached the cabin and were met with a volley of saots which c ntiuueJ until the marshal was dying on the ground and Mr. Popo lay mortally wouuded. Smith then came from the cabin, examined his would be captors and disappeared into tne douse woods. Muen excitement followed and a posse was formed immediately at Wadley, whioh Is now In pursuit of tno desperate negro. Thursday morning Commissioner Tatum received cue following letter from Caaa, lieu & Jo., a copy of wnloti he scut to the committee with & requesc that it be male a part of the leoord of the Investigation: 4'Mr. W. O. Tatum, Commissioner, State Dispeusary, Columoia, S. (J. "Dear Sir: We acknowledge receiptor your favor of toe 9?u iait. Replying thereto, we have never o i'l toe Sjui.o (Jarollaa dispensary ujy goods nor have we ever oeen re.)*;seated before them by Mr. Abe II t:n* berger, or solicited any oruer.j r thorn througu hnn, nor pail at/ n oney to anyone for securing bu.inoes from the South Carolina dljp;asary. 14 Yours very truly, CahQ, II )it & Co." Freak of Lik'hIok. An extraordinary ngutnlug freak la reported from Bonlay, France, during a thunderstorm. A mau named Doyen, who was hoeing potatoes' was killed by lightning, his clotnes being torn to rags. Ills wife and Luc two men who were near had their clothing torn, but escaped uninjured, except for toe faoo tnat by some unaccountaole freak the lightning paint* ou uuwr laooh a bright red and their Hps biack. la tbe little villlage of Orchles, 27 houses were Htrlpped of tuelr roots. At Frels Marais the lightning threw a motor-car across the road the two passengers escaping un* injured. In the Vosgos a number of people were killed and a village was set on fire. Deadly 1 Meotrlcity. Electric light wires are dangerous and tne greatest care should be exercised In their erection to see that they urA uiall /v fuu U|>. vvur 10 Augusta, Ga., oue night last, weak Mr. J. E. Carlton, a young man, stumbled into two electrlo wires on the corner ot Cherry alley and Gardner avenue. Hli orles for assistanoe attraoted the attention of those who lived near by, but all efforts to resuaoitate him when reached were in vain. The wires were finally out and pushed out from under his body and it was removed to a nearI by house whore he died.