The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 10, 1908, Image 5
DOUBLE TRAGEDY
MAN SHoK'lS !H>\Vy WIDOW IN
TOWN OF SKNKCA.
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Thni lvlils Himself? Hud itccn
Persistent Suitor tor Her Affections
Culminated in tin* Tragedy.
F. Hinklo shot and fatally
wounded Mrs. K. h. Anderson, a
widow with three children, there at
her hime on Main street at Seneca,
Wednesday bet ween 1:30 and 3
o'clock, and then killed himself.
Mrs. Audocumi died at 7:LMt that
night.
It is r unit red that Mrs. Anderson
refused to marry Hlnkle and
this is said to have caused the tragedy.
Hinkle shot at Mrs. Anderson's
daughter, Christine, once and then
at Mrs. Anderson twice, and afterwards
shot himself once, the hall entering
his head below the chin and
passing through the roof of his
mooth,lodging in the brain. He died
instantly.
One ball entered Mrs. Anderson's
left tide, passing through the abdomen,
and iflM^hroko her right arm.
11 inkle I Colt's pistol.
H inkle went into the room where
Mrs. Anderson was sitting with several
hoarders and said to her: "I
would like to pay my hoard," and
asked her to come into the dining
rcorn, which she did. Upon her refusal
to marry him he shot her.
12 inkle left three letters, one addressed
to I)r. Doyle of that city, one
to thr Atlanta "ournal and one to the
public. In Dr. Doyle s letter he
requested him to buy a cheap collin
and t ury him beside his first wife in
Sena- * cemetery.
Mrs. Hughes of Richland, a sistei
ol" Mrs. Anderson, arrived about font
hours before she died. Mrs. Anderson's
brother, Dr. Cox of Pendleton,
was also with her in her last hours.
roe veraicis 01 inc coroner s jury
is in accordance with the above facts,
Mrs. Anderson was a native of Andersin
county, wide and priniinently
connected.
Another Account.
A dispatch from Walhalla, says
Coroner J. W. Hollman received notice
Wednesday at 2 o'clock to go to
Seneca to investigate a double tragedy,
which occurred at Seneca, eight
miles from there, shirtly before 2
o'clock.
The tragedy was one if the most
harrowing Oconee has witnessed in
Aears. J. F. Iiinckle shot and mortal*
) l\v wounded Mrs. Emma L. Anderson,
proprietress of the Anderson boarding
house while they were in a conversation
in the dining room of Mrs
Anderson's home, and as soon as he
had committed the awful deed, lllnck
le turned the weapon upon himself
tiring point blank under his chin, the
ball ranging upward and into the
brain. Within a few minutes he hat
expired before having spoken to anj
one.
Mr?. Anderson lingered until J
o'clock that night, when she dier
without having regained conscious
nese.
Hinckle fired three shots at Mrs
Anderson, ono of,which was warder
oft' by her,"one breaking her arm am
t\ie third entering her body botwooi
the seventh and eighth ribs and com
ing out at the back, crashing throng]
her body close to the heart. Mrs
Anderson ran from the room and wa
caught by some one as she fell ntor
tally wounded.
It is stated that the first shot firei
was aimed at Mrs. Anderson's (laugh
ter. two of her children being in th
room with her when she and llinckl
entered the rooim Hinckle engage*
Mr?. Anderson"v?i? a conversatio
under the pretext of wishing to pa
his t?oard bill. It is understood tha
he bad been a persistent suitor l'o
Mrs. Anderson's affections for sotn
time and. that day's tragedy was th
culmination of her refusal to niarr
him. Several notes were left by hit
and are in the possession of Corone
Hollman. but their cintents have no
been made public.
For a number of years Hinckle wa
piliceman at Seneca and was we
thought of. For some time he an
Mrs. Anderson had been quite int
mate. She was imvviman of beauty
face and figure trod had many a(
mtrcrs. Jealousy and Mrs. Andei
son's persistent refusal, of him ai
generally thought to he the two prim
factors that led to the murder an
suicide.
Hinckle was about .">0 years of ap
and a widower, and Mrs. Anderso
several years younger. Her husban
has been dead about three years.
Woman Perish in Fire.
ti dispatch from Gadsden, Ala., saj
Mrs. Elizabeth McNeal, aged 75 year
and her invalid daughter-in-lai
Mrs. Jde McNeal, aged 55 years, wei
burned to death Wednesday night I
a tire which destroyed their home r
lyookout mountain. It. is thought tl
tire originated from a defective flu
The two women yere alone In tl
house at the time.
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MFFTS HOKIUHIjK DKATH.
Aeronaut Falls Five tltm<lre<l Feet
to ltis Death.
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At Waterville. Maine, in full view
of 3 3,000 horrified spectators, assein
bled on the Central Fuir ground late
Tuesday, Charles Oliver Jones of
Hammond ports, X. Y., aeronaut, fell
a distance of GOO feet to his death.
Among the witnesses of the frightful
plunge were Mrs. Jones and they
were almost the first to reach the side
of the dyiug man. Jones died an
hour and a half after the aceiclet.,
Jones had been at the fair grounds t
with his dirigible balloon. "Boomer- j
ang, known as a Strobel airship. .
since Monday. He arranged a llight
between 3 and 4 c? clock but such a '
high wind prevailed that a delay was '
necessary. At 4:30 conditions had
modified and he gave the word to ,
have the machine released. j
When the aeronaut reached a
height of more than GOO feet the
spectators were amazed to see small
tongues of llama issuing from under
the gas bag in front of the motor.
At tliis time the balloon had passed
out of the fair grounds. Many persons
in the great crowd endeavored
I to apprise Joes of his danger, but
several minutes elapsed before he noticed
the fire. Then he grasped the
rip cord and by letting out gas endeavored
to reach the earth. The
machine had descended but a short
, distance when a sudden burst of
(lame enveloped the gas bag and the
frame work immediately separating
from the bag.
Jones fell with the frame of lits motor
and when the Ktwictnlnrs rnaehArt
him ho was lying under it: the gas
hag was completely destroyed. The
physicians who were in the crowd
found that .Jones had no chance to
survive as he was injured internally
L and hjs spine was broken.
Jones had trouble with his balloon
the day before on account of the
. cold weather which caused a number
. of leaks, through the contraction of
the gas bag. It is thought that the
hag leaked again and that a spark
from the motor caused the disaster.
Jones was 40 years old.
wife iiktkayk murderer.
English Woman Writes Letter to Rccorder
in Patterson, X. .1.
| The mystery of the killing of Miss
i Mamie Sullivan, in Patterson, N. J.,
in 1 S0. may finally yield to solution.
; Last week Recorder Carroll received
a letter from a woman In Chester,
j England, which is now being investi.
gated and may lead to an arrest. The
i man was suspected at the time of the
> killing. The letter follows: ,
, Recorder of Putcrson: ? I write to
''tell you that my husband is the slayer
of Mamie Sullivan, who was killed
. i March 4, 1896. He did the deed with
> a coupling pin, and notwithstanding
the fact that ho was arrested and put
,'through a series of questions was ali
lowed his freedom. lie came to Kn*
gland later, where 1 met and married
1 him. Two years ago h?? eoniided to
t J me that he was the man wanted in
your city for the murder, and swore
1 hat if I ever showed him up he would
I have my life. My conscience has
- troubled me so that I had to write to
tell you of the crime. For (iod's sake
. have mercy on him. 1 love him
I dearly, and this confession has broken
i my heart and will result in my
i death."
t1 Dl'lOli IX MI DSTIll'JAM.
s | Dramatic Affair liotween Two Fishermen?A
Woman the t'niise.
' Knmity between two fishermen
having its origin several "years ago,
I when, it is alleged, tin* wife of one desorted
him for the other, reached a
r* spectacular culmination in midstream
II of the Mississippi river Friday night
^ near Memphis. Tenn., when S. L.
1 Smith and his son were tired upon,the
1 younger man being killed and the
? elder wounded by P. L. Nichols, the
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man who. it j? alleged, was aggrieved,
according to the statement of
n Smith, who reported the occurrence
. to the police.
' I Smith asserts that he and his son
I were returning shortly after nightfall
in a motor boat, from tendlg their
'Mi. 1 Vlnhnlu I ?.
lines cillll <*iu;uuiiv*:i i u i^iv-nvio 111 u
skiff. The later according to Smith,
l|. opened fire, killing the younger man
l_|nnd seriously wounding the elder.
r_ Nichols escaped.
0 AS AWFl'L SIIII'WIIKCJK.
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2K Oul of a <*Te%v of ;{;? l,osl Oft the
? (oust of Wales.
n
d The British schooner Amazon was
wrecked off Port Talhoti, on the coast
of Wales, Tuesday, and 2 8 of the
crow of ??8 men wont down with hor.
fs The Amazon was wrecked in the
s, storm that swept the KugTlsh channel
v, and the west coast the first of the
re week. Nearly every vessel that put
In 'into port Tuesday showed the terrible
>n (effects of the storm, and Rreat anxiety
ie is felt for those that are now ovor?
{due A number of vessels were driv3p,en
ashore and it is doubtful whether
* j some of thorn can be floated. *
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MOODY CONFESSES
JAYS AXOTHKll ASSISTj;i> IX HOBHKltY
AX!) KILLING.
Due of the Negroes W ho Shot 1*osm
at Yt'massoe Caught?Lynching
Xot KxpOCtCCl.
Henry Moody, a mulatto, has been
irrestod and lodged in jail at i emas?ee,
charged with stealing from Atantic
Coast Line cars and with beng
one of the negroes who were puritted
by a Yeinassoe merchant and
i blacksmith and who shot and killMi
the two Yeniassee men.
The Savannah Morning News of
Sunday hits the following story of
the capture of Moody and of bis confession
:
That one of the Yeniassee negro
murderers has been captured and litis
confessed, and that the otllcers have
u clue to the whereabout.-, of the other.
is the report brought to Savannah
by Chief Special Agent <}. S. Godbold.
of the Atlantic Coast Line, who
returned from the scene of the homicide.
Henry .Moody is the name of the
negro captured. lie is a one-armed
mulatto, who is known in Savannah,
having been brought to this section
of the country by a circus and left
in Savannah. Mr. (iodhold recognized
the negro as soon as he saw him. He
is in the Yeniassee jail.
Moody has made a confession of
the railroad thefts, but claims he was
not implicated in the shooting. He
gives the name of his companion as
Mclvin Curry, who is a young, heavy
set, black negro. Moody says Curry
did all the shooting, using a Winchester
pump gun, loaded with buckshot.
Moody told of the haunts of his
</o m pun ion. niiT) and also what part
of the country lie conies from. 11?
also gave the officers information by
which they may he able to arrest
Curry. .Moody says then1 is little
chance of Curry being taken alive.
The capture of Moody was accomplished
by Deputy Sheriff White, oi
Iteaut'ort county. The officer was on
his way to .lacksonhoro, a short distace
from Yemassee. when lie recognized
Moody 011 t he road. He left
the train and put Moody under arrest,
slipping no on him and give liiui no
chance to resist.
At Yemassee Moody was identified
l>\ several Yemassee negroes who
had recognized the pair at work.
When Mr. (.Sodhold saw the negro,
he recogized him and advised him
to tell the truth. This brought
forth a full confession, and also instructions
as to how to capture the
other negro.
A description of the two negroes
was received by the officers from Yemassee
negroes. It was these negroes
who identified Moody. The officers,
joining in the chase were Sheriff T.
10. McTeer, of Iteaufori county; Deputy
Sheriff White. Special Agent
William Elliott, of the Charleston
and Western Carolina railway, and J
Marsha] W. K. Sloman.
Mr. (Sod hold does not think
Ylr?r??lv will lu< I vnrlinil ;i I Y # 111 ;i stsse,?
at least, not until tin- other negro is
captured. He exftctod a promise
from the citizens of Yemassee that
thoy would not lynch ?\Toodv in view
of his confession.
The negroes are charged with the
murder of Mr. S. \V. Litchfield, of
Colleton county; and Joseph Prancis,
a negro blacksmith. The murderers
had been discovered breaking into a
railway car and an attempt was being
made to catch them.
That the negroes had made a good
haul from the broken cars is shown
by the fact that between $15 00 and
$.*>00 worth of goods were found
about .*>00 yards from the station
where they had dropped them when
pursued. The goods were stolen
from four cars, which had been placed
on a siding by the Coast Line, to
be taken up bv the Charleston and
Western Carolina railway, and which
were delayed owing to the washouts.
PIKS TO SAYK DA CtilVTKIt.
Woman Plunges Into Cistern of Scald
fug Water and llotli Perish.
Mrs. James Mc.Mahanaity was
dangerously scalded near her home
in Loyal Hanna. I'a.. Thursday in a
futile effort lo save her three-yearold
daughter from death.
The child while at play fell into a
cistern which received the waste
lit i</in mi >i ) (I t\in i (ie I* n> 'i or\o 1
nti ( a ui iiifi nun i i iv/iii <i ? win
mining plant ami was so severely injured
that sin* died just nftor being
rescued.
The mother plunged into t hi
seething cistern and carried her child
out.
Twenty-Seven Perish.
A dispatch from North Whales sayt
the Hritish bark Amazon, for Por
Talbot, has been wrecked near thi
latter port. Ouly live, out a crew o
thirty-two were saved. Siv bodiei
have been washed ashore.
9W TO
"1MMOHTAL SIX lll'NDHKIl."
Money to Im? Kuistif for a Monument
to t'o ni't it era to Sohliers.
The Washington corresjKjndent of
Th?? Mews and Courier says confederate
camps throughout the South are
receiving copies of a circular letter
being sent to them for the purpose of
raising funds to commemorate the
deeds of the six hundred soldiers,
who braved deuth on Morris Island
and at Fort Delaware in the War Retween
the States. If sufficient funds
are raised a suitable monument will
be erected in their memory.
J. Ogden Murray, of Charleston,
W. Va.. is secretary of the Society of
the "Immortal Six Hundred," and
would like to receive any donations
that are given for the erection of the
monument.
The circular being sent out is as
follows:
"The Society.of the Immortal Six
Hundred, survivors of the six hundred
Confederate officers, prisoners of
war. who by the order of Hdwln M.
Stanton. Federal Secretary of War,
taken from the military prison of
Fori Delewate and placed under tire
of tin* Confederate batteries shelling
the Fnited States troops on Morris
island. S. in August. 1SG1. and
kept under the lire of our own guns
for forty-two days, fed upon a ration
of four rotten hard tack army crackers.
with the addition of one ounce of
fat meat, and one-half pint of mush,
or bean soup each twenty-four hours,
as our only ration, obtaining our
water suply by digging holes in the
aim aim wamng until sutticient water
hispid ami bad. would oo /.< > out to
quench our thirst, determined at
their last meeting hold in the city of
Mirmingham. Ala., t<? build a inonninmit
to the memory of our dead comrades.
who remained trim and died
for the cause of the South under this
torture ot retalliation.
"Alter this ordebl of lire and starvation
on Morris Island we were removed
from the island to Fort Puljaski,
situated at the mouth of the
Savannah Uiver, ('morula. At this
point our number was divided; part
sent to Hilton Head, S. remainder
detained at Fort I'ulnski. Our rations
in both these prisons wore alike,
ien ounces of rotten corn meal, with
onehalf pint of cucumber and onion
pickle each twenty-four hours, no
salt, no urease; nor meat of any kind
was Issued to us. simply ten ounces
of rotten corn meal tilled with bugs
and worms and hard lumps. This
meal was ground by the llrandywino
Mills. 1NG1. When we picked out the
hugs, worms and dirt we wore com
I mm I I'm I to throw ;it least three ounces
away until for use, and on this ration
wo lived for sixty-five days, causing
hat dreadful disease, scurvy, amongst
our men."
The ollicerx of the Society are:
("apt. I,. Hempstead, president;
"t. .1 \V. .Mathews, lirst vice-president;
('apt. T. Chttmller, second
vice president; Lieut \Y. \V. (leorge,
color bearer.
Const it uldonal Committee Major
.McD. -Carrington, Capt. Thomas
Pinckney, Lieut. L. Lee Hell.
Chaplains?The Uev. T. S, Armistead.
the Lev. George \Y. Finley, the
Lev. I). M. Layton. *
SKNATOH "BKATKX I I'."
Had Wood .Spilled at Wheeling-, W.Va.,
in a Hanking House.
United Stales Senator Nathan l?.
scot i, of West Virginia, bears some
SO bruises about his face and shoulders
:is the result of an encounter with
ex-Senator S. (J. Stnilli. a prominent
httsiness man of Wheeling. W. Va.
The men met in the corridor of tlie
Dollar Savings and Trust company in
Wheeling. It appears there has been
some bad blood between the two owing
to Smith's recent declaration that
the' 1'nited States senatorship in West
Mrginiahad been bought at public auction
for many years.
Senator Scoll took exception to
Smith's statement and called hint to
account for the same One, word
brought on another until Scott called
Smith a liar. Smith declared United
States senators are not divine and
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t'Ulll'U r?t IM I (I U UIMIM M Mill UIIM ?
fight was on Cashier L. F. Tltvi
rushed hot worn the two men hut not
until Smith had delivered MO blows on
S<'?)ft and the latter had landed six
times. Scott was "all in" at the
count..
A conference is now being arranged
to settle the affair as Scott's friend*
realize the senator was entirely in
the wrong.
(.KOICt.H WOMAN* ASS\n/lT.I>.
The I'stinl Kesiilt is l-'vpecteil to Kol>
low.
A special 1*10111 Damn sous, Oh., says
I John VV. Town, a negro who Thursday
night attempted to criminally assail 11
the wife of .loe Wheeler, a whit<
man, is in danger of tiring lynched.
* Mrs. Wheeler's screams aroused he:
( husband and frightened the nogn
3 away. A posse captured him late
f and he was placed in jail. Feelini
s Is running very high and uiob viol
('Mioo is feared.
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HORRIBLE MURDER.
WOMAN'S IUS.MKM ItKKKI) ItODV
rOl NI) IN THINK.
Actor KilK Ills Wife ami t uts Iter
Hotly in Hirers?Siivs it Was Accidental.
The most brut al < riinr commit ted in
(1 renter Hoston since the death of
Susan M. deary, a chorus girl, four
years ago, and one much resembling
it in its details, was disclosed Thursday
night by the discovery of the
torso of Mrs. ilonorali Jordan, an actress.
aged L':; years, of Soinerville,
in a trunk at No. 7 Hancock street,
on itcaeon Hill, Hoston. Hater the
head and bones of the limbs were
found in the furnace of the Jordan
home at Soinerville, and the seal,),
hair and other gruesome remains
were taken from the kitchen range ot
the house.
Chester Jordan, aged 25 years, an
actor, of Soinerville, is hold bv the
police charged with the murder, and
according to the ollicers, lie made a
complete confession of the crime.
According to Jordan's confession.
he accidentally killed his wife Tuesdav
night in a quarrel at their home,
and because becoming desperate ove?
what he did he bought a bntcht > c
knife, razor and shears, cut up .he
ody and phiced the torso in a trunk.
lie then planend to take the steamer
Harvard for New York and throw the
parts of the hotly overboard. The
fact that the Harvard was laid off,
owing to an accident, disarranged hi:
- -
I>ians, and in- was obliged to him a
hackmun t<> take the trunk to a H niton
house to await a more favorable
opport unit v.
Mt'ltMOIl M VSTKISV.
Tuo Dead Itodics Found Nrur Kuril
Other.
' Washington I'a., lias a double murder
mystery. Coroner W. II. Sipe had
scarcely begun his investigation into
the dentil of a young man whose
body was found two miles from there
Tuesday afternoon, when t lie mystery
was deepened hy the discovery of another
body lying fifteen feet from the
first in a dense underbrush.
The lirst body was found in a|
thicket close to the tracks of the
Moiiongaiiela and Washington railroad.
It was partially decomposed.
Marks of a struggle, were easily diseernable,
while the trousers pocketsof
the dead man turned inside out point
en to murder and robbery.
At G o'clock Tuesday evening men
searching aliotil the thicket for clews
to the man's identity stumbled upon
another partly decomposed body. A
search revealed throe hats and a' revolver.
indicating that three men
were involved in the strange tragedy.
No residents of the region who viewed
the bodies were able to identify
them and it is said not one in that
neighborhood is missing.
Some think it probable that the
two men fought a duel, which was
watched by a companion, and that
each. mortall.N wounded, crawled into
the thieket to dio?
l>.\\< r.l> HIMSHI.F TO DKATII.
Ilurdy-Curdy Causes Young .Mulatto
to Fxecutc too .Many l*'igures.
At Pittsburg, on Thursday a youny
mulatto "'danced himself to death"
will probably be the verdict of tin
coroner's jury in the ease of Albert
11 niton, aged twenty-five, who was
found dead in his bed.
Huitonwas attracted to the Street
by the tune of ?'i hurdy-gurdy, ami
throwing the operator a quarter of ?
dollar, told him to repeat the turn
as often as the coin would pay for it
Then Million began dancing, exe
eating two-steps, waltz, jig and buci
and wing steps as the niovnmen
changed.
A crowd gathered and when tin
music for the first coin paid for c.oas
ed. another one was passed up am
the dancing continued until the polin
interfered.
11 ii I to retired to his room and ;
doctor was called, when he was found
Tie said death was due to heart dis
I ease, due to over exertion.
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Shocking Fate of Man in Fire in Mis
sissippi Tow".
Practically the entire business set
Hon of Summer. .Miss., was destroye
sind one man. A. M. Phipps, an em
ploye of the Summer News, lost hi
? life in a fire of an unknown origi
wnK II vn ;is uis? uvrn-u in um sun
1 huildiiK occupied by M. H. i'olk & Cc
" early Friday.
Phlfips w;?s smothered to cleat
r while he slept. The property loss
:) estimated at $100,000. partly covere
r by insurance, the buildings destroy?
K Included the recently erected eou
* house, a hotel, several stores and o
* fice buildings and several residence
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Parker lleturiis I'i'iim West With
( out! \i'?s For l^morriitw.
Former Judge Alton if. Parkor,
who has returned t'roin a visit to the
Pacific toast, when* he made several
speeches tor William J. Bryan, conferral
for over an hour Wednesday
night with National Chairman Mark
at tin* Democratic national headquarters
in New York. Plans for a speaking
campaign in the Fast by Mr.
i Parker in the interest f the ticket
Were discussed.
J A re|K?rt circulated was t<? tie- effect
that the former Democratic candidate
might be nominated for governor of
his State. Mr. Parker had nothing
to say regarding the report. As to
Democratic prospects generally, Mr.
Parker said he was surprised at the
show of early Democratic strength in
the West. I visited Oregon. Washington
and Montana," snid Mr. Parker,
"and everything there was a surprising
growth of sentiment for the
Democratic ticket.
"I talked with many Kcpublicnns
who told ine they were going to support
the Democratic ticket. Some
gave one reason, some another. I
met an Ohio manufacturer who told
tue he was seriously considering supporting
the ticket on the ground that,
he wanted to maintain the status quo.
lie said that with Bryan In the White
House and a Itepuhlioan senate nothing
could he done and everything
would go in business just the same.
"I am going to make several speeehns
in the Fast for the party, but the
dates and ii1:ici?m linv??
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< It ASII AT ("ROSSIXC*
Two Arc Killed an<l Throe Seriously
Injured.
Two persons were killed. I wo fntally
hurt and three seriously Injured >
near Ottawa. 111.. Thursday night,
when an electric car on the Illinois
Valley railway struck a carriage, in
which were seated Walter Snell, a
wealthy tanner and a party of six
persons.
The dead are: Daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Snell, l l? years. Son of Mrs.
and Mrs. Snell. S years old.
The fatally injured are: Mrs. Mamie
Townsend and daughter of Mrs.
Snell. 15 years old.
The seriously injured are: Mr.
and Mrs. Snell and a son of Mrs.
Townsend, S years old.
The crash occurred at a point wher
the road crosses the electric line
about six miles from Ottawa. The
road was not well lighted and near
the crossing there is a sharp curve
which prevented Mr. Snell, who was
driving from seeing the approach of a
car. The carriage was directly In
the center of the track when the car,
coming at top speed, crashed into it.
All the occupants of the carriage
were thrown far from the track and
the carriage was completely wrecked.
The horses were also thrown away
from the track. The car Was not.
damaged and none of the passengers
was injured.
CONDITION Or COTTON CROP.
Average on August ?.*? Was 70.1 I'er
Cent of Xormul.
The crop rej?orting board of the
bureau of statistics of the Agricultural
Department reported the aver
; age condition of the cotton crop on
August UT. was 7C.1 per cent of nor>
nuil.
This is compared with 83 on .Inly
> 2.7th' last, and 72.7 on August 28th.
1907, and 73.9, the average of August
25th conditions for the past ten
I years.
i The report hy States, giving the
condition on 'August 25 last and avor.
age for ten years past respectively.
follows: Virginia, 87, 81; North
c Carolina, 80, 77; South arolina. 70.
t 76; Georgia, 77, 70; Florida, 80. 7.7;
Alabama, 77, 74; Mississippi, 79, 77;
p Louisiana, 03, 75; Texas, 75, 09; Ar
kansas, S3. 75; Tennessee, 88. 82;
1 Missouri, 90, 81; Oklahoma, 70, 77.
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MUTINY AM) TKAGKDV.
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>isiiu?Mtetl in Storm, Sailors Rebel ami
Kill One of Their Number.
A dis|>ateh from San Fracniseo,
Cai., says news of a mutiny and a
tragedy on the Chilean hark Fa ton
Hall during a stormy voyage in whleh
the vessel was dismasted was brought
Wednesday from Tahiti.
The Raton llall was hound from'
(I Now Castle, Australia, to Valparaiso,
i- with a cargo of coal. On August 12.
s when the ship was about f?0 miles
n from Theresa roof, a storm sprang up,
e tearing the masts out and littering
> the decks with debrles. Subsequently
while Capt McLean was making
h every effort to bring his almost helpis
h?sH ship to port the sailors became
'<1 mutionns and in the. trouble that fol'd
lowed a sailor was killed. Finally
rt the bark was picked up by a French
f- power boat and towed to I'apete,
where she will be repaired. *
iRALD
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