The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 29, 1908, Image 6
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OUTLOOK BRIGH1
For Domocrata Success in the
i\ Election Next Tuesday
, SAYS WM. J. BRYAN
j Ho
Telia Interviewer That Home Flection
Forecast* In t^, Papers l>ld
Not Agree With Ileports Keceivetl
t>y Film.
After a week of hard campaig .i??;
Wm .T It rvnn i- ?- '
?? ?? iuui.1 iii iu canaiualo
for President, rested Sunday In New
'York. He wild that some of the fore<\a?ts
ho had seen In the morniug
papers did not agree with the reports
that he had been receiving.
* How do things look, Mr. Bryan?"
"Very encouraging," was the reply.
"What do you think of Indiana?"
Fie was asked.
"We had very enthusiastic meetings
there and also in Ohio. The
prospects in botA States are very
bright," was the itnswer.
Mr. Bryan said that all the straw
ballots that had boon taken In the
eonntry showed Democratic gains,
"hut," he continued, "of course the
accuracy of the straw ballot depends
upon the way it is taken and the wav
the names nro selected. You select
a list of names to send postal cards
to, you receive n* fay ansWers, but
you have no way of finding nut hov
the men who did not answer are
going to vote. The trouble comes
when you try to average the votes
of the ones who have not responded
with the votes of those who have
responded."
"Where hove the Democratic
gal 118 been this year In comparison
with other years?" the candidate was
asked.
"This year the Democrats have
gained In every State. Heretofore
we have made gains in some States
and have lost In other States. T1 is
year there are gains throughout the
whole country and gains In every
occupation. There are gains among
the farmers; these gains are very
marked. There are gains among business
men; professional men, and
especially among college men. That
is the interesting point In this campaign
as compared with the other
campaigns that 1 have had anything
tp do wtth."
"What is the reason for thLs
gain?"
"Only ono." reuliua, Mr. Ilrvu.u
~T think that it is that the HopubJtcan
party, in power for twelye
years, has failed to meet the responsibility."
Mr. Bryan said that the poll in
.New York city, the largest city in
the country, and tho poll in Iowa,
probably the largest agricultural
State, showed that the Democratic
gains were substantially the same.
In New York State and city tho reports
show 50 per cent gains, and
tn Iowa about the same.
Mr. Bryan today received the fol
lowing cablegram from Oxford Col
lege, England:
"William J. Bryan, Democratic
Headquarters, Now York: American
Kbodes scholars, after debate, emphatically
support you for President
and wish you success.
<Signed) "American Club."
CMFFNKY KLKOTKICIAN KILLED.
Young Man From Michigan Touchw
Live Terminal and> Dies.
A young electrician named N\ K.
Ktreter, while painting a switchboard
In the engine room of the Gaffuey
Manufacturing Company Tuoaduy
morning, touched a live terminal
with his brush, with tho result that
2,300 volts of electricity were sent
coursing through his system. He
only lived about five minutes after
the accident. The physicans say
hat he probably had a weak heart.
The young: man has only been In
Gaffney al>out two months and came
here from Michigan, ?He has rcdaj
tires In Ashvllle and the remains
f were turned over to Shuford & Lamaster,
undertakers, awaiting Instructions
from his people as to their dispordtion.
The young man made
inane friends In Gaffney and his
denth was a shock to all who knew
him.
Dies in Circus.
Waddy Bramlett, a rur.tl carrier
on one pf the U F. D. routes out of
GreenVllle, dropped lead in the ten;
of Ilingland Brothers circus Tuesdav
He was entering the tent
to witness the performance, and
It is supposd that he became overheated
whilo waiting for the gates
to open. lie fell Just as he entered
the tent and died before medical aid
?cold reach him.
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BRYAN AND TAFF
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WILL TO I'll XKW YORK THIS
WEKK.
Indiana, Ohio and Other States Will
lie Stumped ThLs Week by I loth
Forties.
New York State will be the etorui- ,
ceuter of the cloning week of the
political campaign. Both the Hepublican
and Democrutia presidential
nomineeH will tour tho State and
Home of the ablest speakers at the
command of the National Committees
have been assigned to participate
in the battle for votes. I
| With the exception of a brief (
speech in New Haven, Conn., Mr ,
Taft, the Republican candidate for
president, will spend the entire week
within the Km pi re State.
Mr. Ilrvan will devote four days
to New York and on Friday will en-1 ,
tor Ohio, which, like New York, has |
a place in the doubtful column j ,
Indiana, another uncertainty, will bo .
toured by Mr. Bryan on Saturday (
the Democratic candidate closing the'
I week's campaign with u night speech
in Chicago.
I James 8. Sherman haH a week's (
I r>u rimulom 1 ?
> ...?/<?irsii uiuiiuvu in i>t>w 1 OTK
State, while the plana of John W.
Kern, who had expected to dovoM
the week to speech making in Indiana,
depend on the condition of his ,
son. whose illness compelled Mr.
Kern to abandon his tour at Syra- .
cuae last woek.
Members of President Roosevelt's
cabinet will tnke an active part
in the weofc'n campaign. Secretary
of State Hoot will speak in Ohio and ,
New York; Postmaster General Moyor
in Ohio, Maryland and New Jer- '
Key; Secretary of War Wright in
, Virginia; Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf in West Virginia; Attorney
General Bonaparte in New York;
Secretary of Treasury Cortelyou in
I New York, and Secretary of the InI
terior Garfloid in Ohio.
| While New York will bo the center c
of political activity, Ohio ami Indiana
will be Ht limped by both parties
! The Democrats will send two special
traina bearing prominent speakers
through each State and the Kepubllcans
are planning many meetings.
| Throughout the country the week (
I will be one of red lire and speech- c
making.
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^OMPKHH NOT AFTKK OFFICK. J
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He Tells Bryan He Would Not Ac- i,
cept (Vlbinct Position. |
National Chairman Mack made
public the following telegram from 1
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Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of l.aibor, anu ?;
received by Mr. Ilryan upon hlH ur- r
rival in Jersey City Friday: J
"Washington, D. C., Oct. 1*3. 190S. T
?Hon. W. J. Bryan, Jersey City, N
J.: Just ?aw President Roosevelt's
attack. I deem it my duty to ad viae
you- that I am preparing an anawe".
Home newspapers are trylug to em- *
i>arraa you b<3 declaring that you wii) ^
appoint me a member of your Cabinet,
if you are elected President.
You may nay that I have publicly. *
emphatically and frequently declared "
that, under no circumstances, would
I accept any public office, either elective
or appointive, and thlw declaration
ia irrevocable. The contest of
labor ia for jut-tlce and not tor of
? H
flee.
(Signed) "SAMURL OOMPKU8." 1
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TUAGKDY IN MISSISSIPPI. J;
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Cowboy und Policeman Hlioot Fjicu ^
Other to Death. r
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A specia 1 from New Orleans nay a ?
newH was received there Monday of t
a double tragedy 8unday bight
at Gulfport, Miss., in which a cowboy ^
belonging to a Wild Went Show and (j
a Gulfport policeman lost their
IIVOB.
While the ahow waa packing un
preparing to leave for New Orleans,
Lon Seoly, the cowboy, in alleged
to have ridden into it crowd of n?>groea,
beating thorn over the hnada
with the butt of his revolver. Policeman
Leo Varnadoo started in pursuit ^
of Seoly and the two men were lost e
to view In a cloud of dust. Later
their bodies were found near the t
railroad, each body bearing a single ^
bullet wound and each man's re
voiver containing one* empty shell.
Seedy was the son of a ranch owner f
living near 101 Paso, Texas. * .
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They Must Work.
At Oduinbin as a result of a war -j
on vagrancy and idle negroes the
police department Tuesday arrested
iifty negroeH. Another raid will h'*
made Wednesday and it has been an- f
nounced that every one, white 01 t
black, must work, show cause or i
work for the city. ?\
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BRYAN A WINNtR
National Chairman Mack Predicts
a Democratic Landslide.
HE CLAIMS AT LEAST
Throo Hundred and One Klcctoral
Votes, Which Is Fifty-Nine More
Than Fnough to Fleet the I>emocratic
Ticket, and Names the
States the Democrats Will Carry.
In b statement issued Saturday
from New York, Chairman. Mack
sluims that Dryun will be elected by
a landslide. Chairman Mack says:
"The rumbling and thunder of the
Bryan landslide in the West are
iilrcady heard iu the Faster Stat?,
xnd today I can confidentially predict
tho election of Mr. Bryan. That
landslide in the West will extend to
ho shores of the Atlantic. It moan a
he Democratic nath/'al ticket will
:urry every doubtful State in this
lection, and in roek-ribed Repubh'an
ctitrtri<*t? the majorities of that
Kirty in recent years will be reduced
o a minimum. Rasing my forecast
>11 the most conservative lines, in
:iew of the optimistic reports I have
received from all sections of the
country. 1 figure that Mr. Bryan
will have at least 301 electoral
rotes, or 59 more than necessary
or a choice. This comfortable majority
will be increased rather thaa
lecreased when the vote Is counted.
"In addition to the 1 votes of
he solid South?I nm confident that
dr. Rryan will carry New York, New
lersey, Connecticut, Idaho, Montana,
Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, Indian i, j
)hio, Delaware, Kansas and South
)akotn ?a total of 301 votes. All
>ver the country there is a change
>f 2T? to 50 per cent from the Rooserelt
vote of 1R04 to Mr. Rryan.
"The result Ih no longer in doubt
n New York. The 3 9 votes of the
Hate are assured for Mr. Rryan
lo will win by a substantial plural-j
ty. The Empire State can no longer!
>e included In that territory called
in* enemy's country. 1 speak from
nformation gained from a thorougn
anvass and reporta from every
ounty in the State.
"From Connecticut I have received
ery encouraging reports. Judge,
tobcrtaon, the Democratic candiuate I
or governor, will carry the State by J
,bout 20.000 plurality, and the nat-1
i?ual ticket, hacked hy a united
arty, has the best chance In years
or winning the seven electoral votes
"N-ow Jersey sounds an optimistic
tote and there is. every reason to
?olleve that that State will he in
ho Democratic column. Few if any
tute in the Union have a better or
pore effective organization that Now
ersey.
"Mr. Bryan's tour of the State < n
"rii'.ay last and the ovation he reeived
spelled victory to my mini,
rhe internal ditsension in the KepuV
ican party in West Virginia and the
wing of the labor vote in that State
o Mr. Bryan are powerful factors
or his success.
"Delaware we expect to win. The
>oople are hot with resentment
gainst a purty branded with Du'ontisth.
T .ousands of Republicans
here will either vote for Bryan or
lot vote at all.
"In Ohio and Indiana every nlenent
is working for our suet ess.
nd despite the great Republican
naJoritioM of previous years, I am
onfldent that both States will be in
he Democratic column. Thoy are
or Bryan today, and there is no
eftson for believing that the next
voek will witness a change of sent!
nont. Eighty per cent of the labor
oto in Ivoth States and fully qh large
percentage of the German populuion
are for Bryan.
"Illinois is doubtful, with the
huncea In favor of Mr. Taft, but U
te wlna It will bo by a greatly roluced
plurality.
"The Pacific coast Btatea all rhow
, trend toward Bryan and a dls;u?t
of the extravagant, destructive
loliclea of Mr. Roosevelt. In each,
articularly in Oregon, State issues
re an important factor.
"The Mountain Statea, from lnfornation
I have received within IS
lours, will, I am confident, be countd
in the Democratic column.
"In fine, I figure at the present
ime Mr. Bryan will have at Icuhi
00 electoral votes. I include In my
atimate the following States:
"Solid South, I 66; Idaho, 3; MonnttA
O. . ?, f . Xf-l.-- -1- ? O -
O, l-IIIUIttUU, U, ill 1)1 <1M K H . f> ,
fevailn, 3; Indiana, 15; Ohio, 23; j
)elawaro, 3; Kansas, 10; New York.
59; Now Jersey, 12; Connecticut,
South Dakota, 4. Total, 301. *
(V)tton Mills ItoNiune Operations.
A dispatch from Eatonton. Oa..
uiya that the Floyd Cotton Mills of
hat place resumed operation this
week, after being clotted about five
BAAtbt.
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DARING ESCAPE
SAW MGIIT KIDKItS KILL HIS
PltlKNIL
Judfto Taylor llrokc Auay and Kan
Into tho Woods, SulfiTiiiK Great
HearahliM.
Judge Taylor, who was supposed
to have beeu killed by fishermen
night riders with Qucntin Rank in,
turned up near Tlptonville, Tenn..
30 miles from the scene of where
he was abducted, at 8 o'clock
Wednesday morning. Judge Taylo~,
telling his story of the affairs, says.
"Tho night riders forced In our
door at the hotel and at tho point
of revolvers, compelled us to dress.
They then took ub on horseback to
the edge of Keelfoot Lake. Hero 1
watched them hung poor Captain
Itaukin and the fire into his body.
After they were satisfied that he wus
dead, they discussed my fate .and 1
j had to stand by while they debated
, whether to nang mo or keep me captive,
hoping to force the Ktwlfool
fishing company stockholders to concede
free fishing on the lake. Hut
those who favored hanging seemed
to be winning tho day when they
pointed out that they could not
keep me prisoner without my knowing
my prison, and that this would
( lead to their being taken captive
when I was freed. When I saw the
day was going against me, I deteri
mined to try for libertv I ?.r/,b..
j t'rom the two men who were holding
n)ft and ran. They followed slowly
i for they thought they could easily ,
catch me. it was growing daylight
and I knew that I made a fair y
i good target. So I surprised them by
plunging into the bayou that runs ,
, from the lake.
I "1 used to he a good swimmer and i
I stayed under water as long as i |
! could. When I came up they shot ]
at me. I could not stay in the wa- j
ter longer, and Jumped on the bank. <
l here came a volley of shots, (red i
was with me, and 1 was not hit, but (
I straightened, threw up both dauds. i
reeled and fell face-downward. I i
thought my ruse had failed when '
they fired at my prostrate body, but
they missed me. Thinking they had j
killed me, they departed without ,
crossing the bayou. h
"After an hour I cautiously moved i
and then got up and walked through }
the forest. *i uesday night In the ,
woods and Wednesday morning ' i
ventured on a public road. I was i
afraid to go Into a farm house, for i
fear of meeting enemies, but 1 had
not eaten since Monday night, an 1 ,
the ravages of hunger became too j
strong, and I went Into n farm house ,
at H o'clock Wednesday morning and i
was fed. The occupants telephoned |
to Tiptonville that 1 was safe. Then v
I was driven here und hero 1 am." ,
Cfovornor Patterson has orders 1 ,
soldiers to the neighborhood where ,
the outrage took place, and the re- t
wnrd for the guilty one has been
Increased from $10,000 to $12,|
000. '
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HKAK8TH UK NAIIJKIK ~ 1
Bryan Always a Friend of the lather*
Ing iuun. f
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"I protest against there being j
placed before the country uh beggars. f
They do not ask for pity; they do (
not aak for charity; they Himply de- >
mand justice." {
This quotation wan olhcinlly pro- i
mulgated by John B. Lamb, in f
charge of l>enK>cratlc headquarters, f
at Chicago Friday, au being what Mr.
Hryan actunuy said upon the oc- >
caaion M'heu he is ulleged to hnve rc v
ferred to laboring men as "public j
beggars." r
"While the charge came only from x
W. 11. Hearst. Mr. Hrvan refnwe/t tn .
take notice of It," said Mr. Umli, j
"but now that Secretary Straus hue t.
used tho term in a newspaper inter- j
view, it is time we gave out the co?rect
version." \
Mr. Lamb said the quotation was n \
matter of record at Washington. * t
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PREFERRED DEATH TO TRIAL.
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New York l>octor Accused of < "rim- ^
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inal lYttctico Suicide*. \
Rather than face trial for manslaughter,
growing out of a case of
u.ioged criminal practice. I)r. Irvinir .
J. Cook, a young doctor of Now York,
drank a dose of a powerful poison
and shot, himself at the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel Friday. His body was
found by hotel attendants. The man r
left a sealed letter addressed to hi* <
wife, hut accompanying it was a terso 1
note in which he usked her "not i
to take this affair hard." Dr. Cook )
was arrested last Tuesday night and
the following day he was released I
in $10,000 bail. lie was to have i
been prosecuted for the death of a 1
young woman at Summit, N. lart 1
summer. * i
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A GROOM SLAIN
By former Suitor for the Bride's
Hand On a Train
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
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After Killing Her Husband, the Cowardly
Assassin Turned the Woap*
on ttie llrioo and Would Have
Killed Her Hud Not Her Uncle
Caught tlvo Pistol.
A dlHpatch from New Orloaus says
on her bridal tour, which hud begun
scarcely an hour before, and seated
in a railroad coach almost between
her huKband and a former sulior
for her hand, Mrs. Kitni Van
Ingen Thursday night saw the flash
of the suitor's revolver, felt the
sudden grip of her husband's hand
as the bullet killed him, and thon
turned and fought for hef life.
When the girl appeared about t ?
become the victim of the second bullet
from the revolver her uncle, a
man with umv ixii- ?* ? - ?- - ?*
0....> i/ui niiuii^ Jlll'l
cool under tho excitement, rushol
anil thrunt his thumb beneath the
hummer of tho revolver, Jamming
the mechanism ami rendering the
weapon hnrnilcss.
Thin was the Ktory which the other
passengers oil the Texan and Pacific
' cannon ball" told when they reached
New Or lean h Friday, but the
principal uctorB in the tragedy, most
of whom are connected with Loulsiana'a
leading families, have ?o far
refuaed to discuHB the matter.
The former Kiiitor Is F. S. lleauve.
of i'laqucinine, La., at which pla:o
lie waa taken from the train and
placed under arrest. The unfortunate
husband was Prof. Fred Van
Ingen, a prominent teacher, of Ale.vtndria.
La., and a relative of former
rrovernor Hlanchard. The bride it
die daughter of James M. Rhorer,
me of the leading ofllclals of Iberville
Parish, residing at Baton
Rouge, lieauvo Is 1M years old and
1/un Ingen was 2'i.
Tho wedding took place at Alexindria.
Ileauve was lti town, having
irrlved there, it Is reported. on the
tame day as Miss Rhoror. When tho
iridal couple left for New Orleans
10 boarded the train also, and after
i time sat in a pent where he was
'aclng Mr. and Mrs. Van Ingen,
vith the bride between him and her
lusband.
Other passengers sny Benuvo talkid
with the bridal couple just before
he shooting and that his manner
ippeared cordial. It was at first r>
lorteil that he congratulated thorn,
>ut this was later denied. The young
woman's hand was In her husband's
when Beauve suddenly drew his revolver
and fired. After being dlsirmod
the young tnau quietly subliitted
to arrest.
DON'T WANT BUY AN.
tall way Maputo Will I>o All They
Can to Ileut Him.
Alarmed by the growing sentiment
imong railroad employee for liryan,
he managers of the Htg Four dlviaon
of the New York Central railroad
ire wending a H|>eclul train across
}hio with General Manager Van
tVinkle and other otllcialw on board,
irglng the men to vote for Taft
The llrwt wtop waa made at Springlold,
that being headquarters for
our divisions of the road.
"We have heard, men," said air.
/ariWinkle, "that you think that we
vant you to vote for Ilryan. That
? a mistake. 'Wo1 hope-as many as
sensible will vote for Mr. Taft, for
vo are convinced that Bryan's eleclon
would mean four years of tie*
jreaalon. On tho other hand, wo
hink Tuft's election will mean pros erlty.
Don't think anybody is going to
>e discharged if he votea for Bryan
Ve simply want to Impress upon yon
hat work will be more plentiful if
I'aft ia elected."
Men holding executive positions on
ho road are bsiug asked to talk
raft to the men under them. I.\
nany instances the action of the of-(
loial waa resented.
NKOItO IMNGKII.
*ay? Penalty for Murder of a Negro
CJIrl.
Stark MeanR, colored, was hanged
it Winnaboro Friday for the murder
j( Annie Hell HussoU, a girl o?
lis own race. Means shot the gii!
11 March, 1 907, and also seriously.
mounded two negro hoys, who were
accompanying her home at night
from a choir practice held in a house
n the eastern part of the town, layup
in wait for them. He ran away
but waa brought back, tried and co??
irtated. *
)RRY HI
WANT HIM TKItU
NKGKO LBTTKK CAItltlttlt AT
HI'AKTANIIL'HG OFFICK
Likely to (iuuHo Trouble l alm lie U
Removed, llecause He Wrote Inciter
to White Ijuljr,
A special dispatch from Hpertanburg
to the Columbia Rocord nays
there 1b likely to lx> a pretty post
office iih'kh there uulosa J. A. Aodcrnon,
colored, who was recently ajrpoitnod
substitute letter carrier is
the city, ix removed. Hhortly after
Ander?on wan appointed by PoatmuHter
Pointer the Hpartanburg
Journal published an article to t)i3
effect that Anderson wna formerly
in the postal railway service and ho1
been removed on the charge of writing
an improper letter to a white
woman. The officials In charge of
the postofflce Wi*rn lnfApm<v?l ~r ?
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charge agaiunt Anderson, but ik?
steps wore taken ho far uh la knowa
to find out If the charge wa? true.
Last Friday night week a colored
sporting tiouHe wun raided and forteen
coloreu gamblers wore arrested,
and urnoiK those taken '.a by the
police were a colored minister and
J. A. Anderson. The latter begging
the police not to give out hla name to
the reporters, saying that If hla came
wuh publiHhed in the pupjrs it would
hurt him, us he wuh in the postofflce
service. Anderson wuh to take
out hiH route and he hustled and got
some one to put up ball for hint, so
that he might secure his release und
deliver IiIb mail on time; I. ut, it
is said, he failed to secure bail la
time and many people receive! late
mall.
Many patrons on Anderson's 'oute
are said to have made the remark
that they did not intend to allow him
to come to their door, believing mm
to tie the man who was fired
from the postal service for writing
an Improper letter to a white woman.
Unless Anderson Is removed, und a
white man appointed, there is likely
to be trouble for it is said that
the clerks in the postofTlce ende?#vored
to keep Anderson from being appointed,
Informing I'ostinsHter Poioier
of the charges against Anderson.*
FIVK NKUHOKH IIUNO
For Taking the Lives of Hevcn Other
People.
A dispatch from New Orleans says
Friday was known us "hangman's
day" in Ixjuieiana, owln? to the
hahglng of Ave n???roeh for m'unieif.'
i ho taking of seven lives constituted
the Hum total of crimen for which
thla quintette paid tho death penalty.
Robert Hall, hanged In Plaquemlne
pariHh, killed two members of
hiu own race; Kmost Montgomery,
banged in Vermillion parish, killed
three negroes, and Kdward Ayle*,
hanged in iluptdoH pariah, tnurderol
one, his wife.
The remaining two negroes killed
a white man, Policeman Robert CarnbluH,
in New Orleans, where they
were hanged. These negroes.
Kdward Home and Jacques Pierro.
l?elonged to the selfstyled "Couneti
of Ood,, sect of negro fanatics of
New Orleans, and they attached
Policeman Cnmblfts for attempting to
quell a disturbance at one of the
meetings of the sect. *
BRAVK HCHOOL TKACHKR.
Saved the Idves of the Children hi
Her Cluirge.
A dispatch from Alpena, Mich-.
ua tru om/vni? ? ? ? k -M 11 ? ? ?
ui*7 o Miuwufs nit; mum luriililiK BApiV
rloncoa of the survivors of the Preequo
Isle county forest tires was thai
of Miss Grace Harber, achool teache/.
19 years old, whose school was In
session whon tho flames swept dowo
upon iho school house.
Hhe took all of tho school children
to a plowed field nearby whore tbey
were kept crowded close together,
each burning ember being extinguished
as It fell upon their clothing.
Boon animals began to api>ear
on the edge of the field, and during
the night two bears made their appearance.
Among other animals appearing
was a fox and a wild cat, but non ?.
including the bears mn/1? imu v,^.?
tile demonstration. Miss Barber kept
her charges In the field until morning.
when they were sent to their
homes.
Four Were Killed.
Four were killed near Clayton, N.
M., ns the result of a tornado and
cloudburst. Twenty persona were Injured,
three of whom may die. The
TTnlon county court house which cost
$10,000. was wrecked, and a scoro
of houses were demolished or torn
from their foundations.
3RALD