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BLOODSHED In the Streets of Lodz, Russia, by Cruel Cossacks. ATTACK MAIL WAGON. # ??1? Which CauHOS the llody of C/OssackK 1 to Shoot Indiscriminately?Near 1 Warsaw Terrorists Kill Four and , Wound Nintj in Hold Attack on I Railroad Ollice Under Guard. Ini nocent People Killed. At Lodz, In Russian Poland, sixtyeight workmen, of Kuttner's Spinning Mills, were shot down Friday morning by a patrol of Cossacks hecause a band of terrorists attacked a mail wagon in the neighborhood, killed a Cossack guard and wounded another Cossack and two postollice nfilfiiilu While the wagon iwas passing through Longkowa street the terrorists suddenly appeared from a side street, opened fire on the Cossack escort, seized $1,000 from the wagon and escaped. A moment later a patrol of Cossacks arrived on the scene, and infuriated by the fate of their comrades rushed into the Kuttner factory, which was near the spot where the robbery occurred, and began tiring indiscriminately, killing 21 and wounding over 4 4 persons. The greatest indignation prevails at Lodz, as it is claimed that the employees of the factorn had nothing to do with the attack on the mail wagon. Laid Railway Office. At Warsaw, Russian Poland, a band of terrorists held up the city office of the Vistula Railroad, on Dulga street, at 10 o'clock Friday morning and got away with $f>,000 after a severe fight in which four persons were killed and nine wounded. The office was full of people at the time, and soldiers were guarding the premises, but terrorists attacked them with revolvers, killed two and wounded four of the guards before they reached the place where the money was kept. Thpn snntrhniic un n liner rnntnln ing $5,000 the men ran out of the office. The soldiers fired at the fleeing terrorists, but only succeeded in hitting some bystanders, two of whom were killed and five wounded. SAVED THEIK COMHADKH. Thrilling Experience in the Hold of a Ilurniiig Oil Harge. At New York half a score of firemen risked their lives in saving six of their comrades who had been overcome by smoke in the hold of a burning oil barge lying at a pier in the Hudson river. Six had gone into the hold when they thought the fire had been overcome and were cutting away a partition when a terrific burst of flames and smoke swept through the opening and enveloped them. The men dropped unconscious and the flames were pouring over them whn their comrades braving the fire, and choking smoke, rescued them, The rescued men were seriously burned but will recover. CUKE WO USE THAN DISEASE. So-called Evangelist Whips Ills Little Son Nearly to Death. Because he whipped his 12-year old son for playing baseball on Sunday, J. H. Arnold, a travelling revivalist was sentenced to six months on the rock pile by Mayor Horsey, of Macon, Ga. The physicians testified that the boy was lashed until the flesh was a pulp and that he might, not recover. Arnold said it was a deadly sin to * play baseball on Sunday and he had ordered his ?on not to play but the latter disrhj^ed and was even the captain of fj,.e team. SEQUEL OF AN OUTKAGE. * Miss Nevada Taylor Dies as Hesult of Nervous Trouble. Misfl\Nevada Taylor who was criminally assaulted near Chattanooga by Edward Johnson, a ntgro on January 19, for which crime the negro was lynched, died at her childhood home Kindlay, Ohio, of nervous trouble brought about by the crime. The pase has btcome a celebrated one. The supreme court of the United States now has Sheriff Shipp, several f his deputies and others unde<* a charge of contempt as a result of the lynching. PltOVKD BKKlOla. Several School tloys llurncd by a Practical Demonstration. A teacher In the graded school at Darlington Thursday morning was planning to give her class a practical demonstration of volcanic eruption. A pile of dirt was heaped up over some gunpowder. By some means there was a premature explosion and three or four of the boys were blackened and painfully burned about the face and hands. Medical aid was summoned, however, and tfhere were no serious results. There is something the matter with a woman when she is willing to let a man do all the talking. Most men appreciate the nonsense of a pretty woman far more than they do the setose of a homely one. m OLD SWINDLER DEAD. Body at Astieville is That of lord Beresford." Ho Ix'ft a Trail of Wives?Clever Australian, IjumccIIcs, Hoodwinked Anieriean Ambassador. The body of Henry Asquith, of Norfolk, which has been lying at the undertaking establishment of Noland, Brown & Co., of Ashevilje, N. C., waiting for It to be claimed by relatives, has been Identified as the notorious bogus "Ixjrd Beresford," alias Asquith, Hobson, Williams, Morris, etc. This identification was made by W. T. Cheney and Linton Dean, lawyers, of Rome, Ga., who arrived In Asheville a few days ago. Asqtilth's real name was Sidney Lascelles. He came to Asheville with physicians and nurses, whom ho led to believe would be paid handsomely. Mr. Chancy says: "Sidney Lascelles was born in Australia of parents comparltively well to do. He was given an excellent education, and when he reached his majority was sent to England. There he made a hit, learned (he ins and outs of society. He lived a fast life and his funds soon ran out. While thus financially embarrassed, he conceived a plan similar to that followed by the notorious bogus 'Lord Douglass' for recuperating his for tune. "Lascelles secured an introduction to the American ambassador at London under the name of Beresford, pos'"g as a cousin of the English lord of that name. He cultivated the acquaintance of the American ambassador and soon gained bis confidence. Beresford then represented to the ambassador that he was about to take a trip to America and around the world. The ambassador Immediately offered him letters of introduction to many well known society people of America, including members of New York's '4 00.' Lascelles secured money and credit enough as a member of the Beresford family to buy a London wardrobe which was the wonder of New York. His clothes were copied and he became lionized by Gotham society. He was able, with comparative little expense, to hold his own, he was so constantly entertained in the American metropolis. "After he had obtained entry into New York society and had obtained credit of hundreds of thousands he decided to come South on a trip, armed with letters from well-known society people and business men. He went to Home, Ga., where he represented himself as Ix>rd Beresford, come to America as a representative of an Engliph syndicate in search of investment. The firm of Hamilton & Co., then the wealthiest in Rome, was at the time selling agent for 10,000 acres of land. They tried to interest the bogus lord in a trade. "Lord Beresford became very much interested, in the meantime doing the society stunt and paying much attention to a young society belle of that place. Beresford had the genuine Beresford coat-of-arnis on everything it could be placed. This coat-of-arms was on his private check book on the Bank of England. One day he was explaining to Hamilton & Co., the difference between American and English systems of banking. He showed his imposing check book and told how the checks were numbered in England. Then in a careless eort of v/ay, he said to Hamilton: " 'By the way, I have been in America for some time, and have run short of ready cash. I would like to have a change, don't you know. Could you led me have a few hundreds or so?' "Hamilton & Co., mindful of the English syndicate and prospective trade, together with Beresford's letters, opened the company safe, giving him the money in large denominations. With a careless thanks, Beresford thrust the money into the pocket of his trowers, and wrote out a check on the Bank of England for $2,250. The society stunt was kept up for about a week afterward, when the Lord Beresford dissapeared, having neglected to pay his hotel and other bills. It was then learned that Beresford had forgotten to return diamond rings and other tokens loaned him By society damsels. "Beresford went from place to place, carrying out his nefarious schemes, with sleuths close behind him. He married whenever a wife would be of any use to hif in carrying out his schemes. It is known that he had at least sx or eight wives, and probably many more times that number." PATHETIC INCIDENT. Bride and Groom Killed In the Hame Accident. One of the most pathetic of scenes was caused by the wrecking of the train with the Bhriners on it in California last week. It was the death of a bride and groom, at almost the same instant, each believing the other still living. They were thrown from the coach on opposite sides of the train. "Tell my wife that I am alright," murmered Ellenton to the physician, "give her my love and let me know hoW she is." Mrs. Ellenton in return sent a message of love to her husband. Before it could be carried the husband was dead. Some women marry in order to be Independent, and some men get married for that same reason. A man likes to get his wife in an automobile and then run it so fast that she Is frightened speechlese. WILL SAVE LIFE! The Government Planning to Prevent Sacrifice of Life in COAL MINE HORRORS That So Frequently Occur iu This And Other Countries. A Testing Station is Assured. The Effect of Explosives on Gases Will lie Noted. Demonstration of Apparutus Used in Europe Will lie Made. The fuel division of the Geological survey is planning to make a determined effort to stop the terrible sacrifice of life in the coal mines in the United States. In 1906, 500 lives were lost in Pennsylvania mines! alone. European countries are far ahead of ths country in matters relating to the preventation of disasters in mines and in caring for miners who are entombed, b.v entering tbo mine before the men have been smothered by dust or gases. An experiment station will be established in the mining region in the vicnity of Pittsburg, where tests of the various explosives used in blasting coal, will be made. The explosives will be projected by a mortar into a vast boiler-plate cylinder filled with gas, and the effects will be carefully noted. If ignition fails after severe tests explosives will be known as "permissible explosives," and their use will be urged. There will also be experiments in rescue work. One part of a station will be fitted as a miniature mine, and miners and operators will be taught how to save lives. It is declared that hundreds of lives Could be saved were it possible for the rescue party to enter the mine immediately. As it is now fire damp often holds the men back for hours while their comrades are being suffocated or burned to death. Government experts have found an apparatus in Europe which, worn by rescurers, enables them to enter where there is gas. The use of the apparatus will be demonstrated. Some of the recent mine explosions in one state, West Virginia, are as follows: Red Ash, March 6, 1906, 24 killed. Rush Run, March 18, 190G, 24 killed. Bluefleld Coal Dale mine, January 4, 1906, 22 killed. Paint Creek, Detriot mine, January 18, 1906, 18 killed. Fayette County, Paral mine, February 8, 1906, 22 killed. Philippi Century mine, March 25, 1906, 26 killed. Fayette county, Stuart mine, January 29. 1907, 82 killed. Fayette county, Whipple mine, May 1, 1907, 21 killed. If the experimental station is erected within the Pittsburg coal district natural gas will be used for testing purposes. Safety valves will he placed all along the top or the cylinder used in such a manner that whenever there is an explosion they will fly open. A series of port holes covered with one-half Inch glass will enable those conducting the experiments to witness the explosions from the observation house 60 feet away. THK FAT BOY. Small Fee Charged by Mother to See the Baby. Mrs. Herbert Brockwoll, of Chesterfield county, Va., twenty-seven years of age, Is the mother of what she believes to be the champion heavy-weight baby of the world. The boy, Andrew Thomas Brockwell, eleven months old, weight 56 pounds, and is physically in the pink of condition. The child weighed 15 pounds and 7 ounces at his birth. He was born with a full suit of raven black hair. The thrifty young mother, on account ef the large number of people coming daily to see her baby has suspended a sign from her front porch announcing an admission fee of 10 cents. HIS MOTHER SHOT HIM. The Sad Fate That Befell a Practical .Trtpb ni* A shooting took place near Taylor, Texas, on Thursday night as the result of a practical joke. Returning home, Lee McFalls, a young man, appeared at the windpw to frighten the children of the house. His mother, believing it to be a burglar, fired through the wondaw, inflicting several wounds, from the effects of which it is believed the young man cannot recover. 8KNNATIONAL AFFltAY. Man Hliot Five Times at Jonesville, Disarmed His Assailant. As a result of a very sensational shooting at Jonesville Thursday night, S. M. Oilmore who was shot five times by James W. Gallman, died at noon Friday. After discharging his revolver, Gallman was disarmed by Gilmore, who beat him severely on the head with the weapon Both men are prominently connected. Women, as a rule, have poor headi for figures. That may be why It li almost Impossible for one to figure x her age correctly. t| A woman la always pretending Ithat she never pretends. I OWNED SLAVES Some Charleston History Not Very Generally Known. RICH COLORED FOLKS Who Owned and Controlled Negro Slaves, the Same as White People, Vp to the Close of the Confederate War. They Were Very Intelligent And Stood Well Among the White People. Thore were a good many negroes who owned negro slaves In the South before the war. says the News and Courier. In the "List of the Taxpayers "of the City of Charleston, 1860, published by Evans & Cogswell In 1861, the names of one hundred and thirty-two colored people who owned and paid taxes on three hundred and ninety slaves in Charleston. The tax on slaves was $:? per capita, and the amount paid on the negroes owned by negroes in this town at the beginning of the war aggregated $1.170. Doubtless there were other slaveholders among tlie negroes in other parts of the State, l)ut of these we have no record. There were negro slaveholders also in other parts of the South. Mr. J. J. Wood, of Columbus, Ga? recently told the Enquirer-Sun, of that city, an interesting story about tlie free negro persons who owned slaves in their own right in that community. One of these slaveholders was Doit Parker, who ran a line of drays in Columbus, owning his hands and drays. Il?> also owned negro women and children. Dilsey Pope owned her husband and hired him out, and when he offended her in some way she got rid of Dim by selling Dim to Colonel Seaborn Jones. Joe Clark, another negro in Columbus, a barber by trade, owned and worked negroes whom he bought. If the Dilsey Pope plan could only lie adopted nowadays among Die white people it might be practicable to rid the community of some very trifling husbands; but that is another matter. There were more negro slaveholders in Charleston than in any other community in this State; certainly there was a larger number of "free persons of color" here than in any other city in the South, with the exception probably of New Orleans. In this class were included seven Indian families who had consorted with the negroes. Some of the family names of the free persons of color who flourished here and owned slaves are still be to found In the City Directory and there are many of their decendants still living, but most, of the old slave-holding negroes have left |o sign that they ever existed. The Weston family was the largest and most important of the free negro families living here, and they were all very good people. The free negroes generally held themselves In high esteem art/1 uroen ??Aor\oelo/l V* o ? in h 1 t r? "Ul C 1 VO|lv\itv\l IJ J lUCH VTIIILTneighbors. There were 361 taxpayers among them and In 1861 they paid taxes on real estate that was valued at $7 59,970. The rate of taxation on real estate was $1.10 per cent, so that these people paid into the City Treasury on account of their real estate holdings, slave property and other exations of the municipial government, $12,208.14. The largest, owners of slaves among the colored people here were R. K. Dereef (Indian) and Maria Weston, each of whom had fourteen slaves. Amos Baxter owned 13, Elizabeth Duprat and George Shrewsbery each owned 12, Phoebe I^owis owned 1 1, James Johnston owned 10, Samuel Weston (Trustee) owned 8, Peter D. Matthews and Jacob Weston each owned 7, J. A. Sasportas and Louias Decoster each owned 5, and others whose names are not so familiar owned from 1 to 6. The largest taxpayer among the "free persons of color" was Maria Weston who owned $ 10,075 worth of real estate and paid $613,05 taxes. Other large taxpayers among these people were as follows: Robert Howard, real estate $33,900, slaves 5, taxes $491. R. E. Dereef, real estate $23,000, slaves 14, taxes $384. William McKinlay, real estate $25,000, slaves ?, taxes $354.48. .Joseph Dereef, (Indian, real estate $16,000, slaves 6, taxes $242. Rlias Garden, (Indian,) real estate, $14,000, slaves 3, taxes $227. John L. Francis, real estate, $11,600, slaves 7, taxes $1 82.40. Jacob Weston, real estate $1 1,600, slaves 2, taxes $178.40. Francis St. Marks, real estate $11,550, slaves 3, taxes $170.70. George Shrewahery, real estate $5,500, slaves 12, taxes $153. ? Samuel Weston, real estate $9,300, slaves 12, taxes $133,20. R. Holloway, realestate $9,200, slaves 12, taxes $131.80. J. A. Sasportas, real estate $6,7 00, slaves 5, taxes $118,80. Thomas R. Small, real estate, $7,300, slaves 3, taxes $111,20. James* Johnson, real estate $7,300 slaves 10, taxes $102.20. Some of the "free persons of color" became prominent in the politics ol the city and State after the close ol the war, and all of them who wenl into politics were allied with the Republican party. Artson was a con, splcuous name in the Reconstructior ! days of the State, and Saaportas > Deas, De Largo, Elfe, Grant, McKin lay, Shrewsbery and Mushingtoi i KODOL For Dyspepsia clears the ste s mach and makes the breath as swee 5 as a rose. KODOL la told by drag gists on a guarantee relief plan. I conforms strictly to the Nations K Pure Food and Drugs Law. Bold V Conway Drug On. BRYAN THE MAN. Senator Tillman Says He Is the Logical Candidate He Thinks that the VIce-President ial Candidate Should Clonic From tlu> South. "It looks to mo," Hald Senator Hen Tillman, of South Carolina, who panned throu' A agitata on Thursday, "as if (he Democrats will havo to nominate Hryan for the presdency next year. He seenta to he the only logical man. He will have as a running mate some substantial Southern man, probably Culberson of Toxas, Hoke Smith of Georgia, or Daniel of Virginia. "If a Southerner is not placed on the ticket the field will he split. It. is a pity thut we cannot have a Southern man llrrt on the ticket, hut the conservative nomocracy of the South understands that sectional prejudice has not sulliciently died out yet to remove a dangerous element of chance. "It is time for the Democratic party to stop offering obsolete millionaires for the vice presidency, especially when they have nothing but money to recommend them. 1 refer to Sewell who ran with Hryan the first time and Ilenry Gassaway Davis who ran with Parker. Mr. Hryan Is a clean and able man, and has the confidence of the neonle nlthmich l <ln not sympathise with his theory of government ownership. "I can see no other man in the ranks of northern democrats looming up as a presidential possibility. The trouble with most Northern Democrats is that they have become ward heelers. "Joe Bailey has been spoken of in connection with presidency I>tit he is down and out so far as politics is concerned. I do not believe that the charges against him n connection with the Standard Oil company are true, but they have had a certain effect with the public Bailey got into bad company and was found out. "Mr. Roosevelt is very anxious to be pdesident again and will be a candidate if he can so manipulate the situation as to make the proposition come in accordance with his ideas as to how it should be brought about But ho won't get the nomination if the Kepublcian politicians can prevent it. The Taft boom seeniB to have sprung jointly between the white house and Ohio. So fur as I am able to observe, it has not gone much further, either. I might say that the Foraker boom haB not made very much progres. Vice President Fairbanks should not be overlooked as a presidential possibility on the presidential nlatform. He is a strong man. I do not think much of the Hughes boom." HOMICIDE IN MACON. Torn Battle, Well Known Citizen, Kills I). M. Berry. Tom Battle, a well known citizen and foreman on the new United States building at Macon, Ga., struck D. M. Berry on the head Thursday with an iron bolt, knocking Berry to the tloor breaking his neck and killing him almost instantly. The homicide occurred on territory of the United State government and warrant was issued from the United States court for Battle. Berry was 26 years old and leaves a young wife having been married but six weeks. VEItY STKANGE CASK. Blade of Grass Goes Through The Lungs of Child. At Warrenton, Ga., W. W. Pilcher has taken from the back of the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. I)eBeaugrine, a blade of grass that had been swallowed several days ago. The grass entered the wind pipe and worked its way from there through the right lung, coming out just below the shoulder blade. The little girl had some hemorrhages, but at present is doing well. were also prominent at that time. The colored people returned 3 2 horses for taxation, and several of them owned carriages. They had no political privileges but they were amply protected in all their civil rignis ana wore rreo 10 r>uy ana sen and to engage in whatever legitimate conimerrlal enterprise or industrial undertaking they pleased. How they became into possession of the slaves they owned, whether by gift or by purchase, we do not know, although we were informed, that these i colored people bought their slaves just as slaves were purchased by the white people, and that they managed them very much in the same way. The free colored people of Charleston were generally a very lniemgeni ioik, and have always* composed the colored aristocracy of the town. It la . true, as the Washington Herald says, that "the negro was not wholly i averse, when possessed of the means and the opportunity, to dealing in ' his own flesh and blood." It Is not remarkable that he should have felt no scruples upon this score In view t of the fact that In his Fatherland the slave trade found Its largest de. velopment. z i There Is ample material In Char, leston for the making of one of the - most interesting books covering the 1 slave period in this country. A quiet wedding is hut a curtail 1 raiser for a strenous afterpart. A woman is always looking on th< t bright side?of a mirror. J ___________________ 7 Courtship la the juicy grape an< marriage the appendicitis. WAS FOUND OUT By a Love Letter That Fell Into the Wrong Hands. AFTER BEING FREED Tho Old Ka*cul Defend* Hi* Illicit Love Affair. I'rctoiidN That kiln l<cgal Wife Was Never Hla Af(Inity, and That He Met A Young Woman and Loved Her on Flint Sight. "Whatever the world nifty think of my actions, I know I hnve done i\m wrong In the sight of Henven. I never loved my wife; and God Intended Delia to ho my affinity." With thin remarkable statement, the Itov. De Witt Maynnrn Carpenter, whose infatuation for a young woman who was his former assistant pastor n the Aspostolic Holiness Union church, at Harrington, Del..explained the disclosures that came to the oars of his congregation through the strange delivery or a love letter to the wrong person. Hy mistake Carpenter mailed to the recorder of deeds of Kent county a fervent letter to tho woman, and the recorder taking a wide interpretation of iiis official title, recorded the matter and notified the trustees of the churrh. Meanwhile the pastor has left town, presumably for parts unknown. His heart-broken wlfo and his two sons, one of whom ltolins, seventeen years old, lived with ills parents, have no knowlcdgo of his destination. Hefore his departure, Carpenter spoke froely of his love for Miss Delia Goodrich, who is now in a town in the western part of Pennsylvania. "Whom God hath united let no man put asunder," he said, speaking of Miss Goodrich. "I married Mrs. Carpenter thirty years ago. She was Miss Vola Pilling, and lived not far from JohnRton. I thought I loved her before I wedded, but immediately ly after tho ceremony I realized I had made a mistake. I know that she was not my afllnity. I have always tried to treat her kindly, but she has known as well an 1 that there was not a perfect oneness between as. "When I met Delia six years ago, I knew at once that God had intended uh for each other. Rhe was in perfect accord with me, but as I was married I did not permit her to enter my life at that time. Later when ahe came down here, the conviction became stronger that she was really my wife and that Mrs. Carpenter was not. "It is hard to explain such things to persons who do not understand tho ways of heaven, and therefore we did not mention it to our congregation. I cannot understand how I made the mistake of the lottora. I was in a hurry to get them mailed and placed Delia's letter In the wrong envelope. That is all there is to it. The recorder of deeds, however, had no right to keep the letter. "He should have sent It hack to me without making it public and causing all this trouble and misapprehension. I have decided to go away from here, and that it is tho best that I separate from my wife. She agrees with me and I have advised her to try to get a divorce soon. Rhe will probably continue here for a time, as the congregation has a high regard for her." Carpenter declined to say where ho was going or whether he intends to see Miss Goodrick. He also refused to say where she is located at present. Mrs. Carpenter, whose grief is tempered somewhat by the fact that the blow has not been unexpected by her, said that she thought her hus, band's mind had been unbalanced for some time, or ever since Misa | Goodrich had come to Harrington. She has known of the almost daily letters that he has sent to the young woman since she went away. She said the pastor would arise in the morning as early as five o'clock to write them and would hurry to the 1 postoiflce to get them off on the 6:30 1V* II UIU. Members of the congregation are amazed at the revelations. "He was ono of the most magnetic men I ever met," declared one of them. "The congregation Idolized him." At the regular weekly prayer meeting while the pastor and his wife sat with bowed heads in the library of their home, across the street from the church, Cyrus N. Grant, president of the board of trustees, led the meeting. A remarkable demonstration of grief characterized the gathering every person In the church was in tears until It ndjourned, and an outsider would have thought that some calamity such as a plague had afflicted every household represented. Following the meeting, men, women i and children flocked to the pastor's house and offered their sympathies to , Mrs. Carpenter. The pastor, unable to meet hiB fol lowers, went to the rear yard and I paced up and down under the shade trees. Two men were detailed to watch him lest he should try to do - himself Injury. Late in the night, ; after the callers had gone, he packed i two valises and left town by the first morning train. < 1 "Good for everything a salve is used (or and especially recommended fer Piles." That is what we nay about DeWltt's Car bo Used Witch Hassl Salve. That Is what twenty years' I of usage has proven. Sold by Ooiwif [Drug Oe.