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FOUR ARE DEAD ' And Many Injured in a Queer Accident. CYCLE RUNS AMUCK KAuriug a Ithfcln Kiu? at lirrliu, d^rniAuy, ?> Snartaf, a Motor <'y rlc Mxplodrd Aflcr Hunainp; Ann)' Carrying Dcntli and Cubic Into the Hiurge (Vow*1 of Spectator**. A< llorlia, (1 e(many, on Sunday, four persona were killed, more than twenty taiM'iouuly injured and a dozen others slightly injured, at* the result of the e\plo*:4on of a motor eyele and l Ore whieh followed it during a cy',)(*. raee at the llotanlc Gardens Sunday evening. Thousands of spectators had gathired around the track, which was I . d for the 13rst time a few days urn During .mi endurance race, the i.irn of ono of the pacemakers' motor cycle burst anil the rider h>Ht control. The boiir.ine exploded In a hurst of Maxim and the machine leaped Into the air The rider was thrown against other competitors. So terrllle was (.he speed of the motor cycle that It continued on Its course after the explosion, crashing Into the public stand, hurling spectator right and toft, and setting on lire several women's dresses. Two women were instantly killed and their bodies, saturated with (laming benr.ine, were burned to cinders The wooden stand caught fire, and the flames Hashed in the faces of hytsiandi^rs, who, with clothing ahlar.o ru<shed about shrieking with pain and f en r. A panic onsu(Hi, In which a great n.umher of persons, including children. were badly trampled. Mtghteou men and four women were seriously injured, two of whom having slnco died. The hospital surgeons say that several others are In a hopeless condition. OUTS IK)\VN T11K KKVKML'K. How (ho Dl^jonisory )IH|>s Roaufoit County. Dispensary advocate.y in Beaufort ooupty tire arguing that prohibition wtjl moan transferring tho $36,000 now received in revenue from tho <1 ii?peiiHftry from the pui>lic tundo to the poekots of blind tlgera. Tho county commiHHtoncrs frotn Beaufort in hint weeks' bmio of tho Beaufort Gazette states that tho loss .of the dispensary fund will make it ueocwsary for the county to cut /ittVL'ri t Iwt a niiTAnrl'i I inn f?.r <?r,l I nu fir ......... ...... .... road repairs from $10,000 to $4,000 ami stop bridge and road building, or raise tho county levy from 11 ;5 1 mills to 8 mills. The town officials announce that the loss of the dispensary revenue to tho town of Beaufort will reduce tho town's income by one half and make the contemplated bond Issue for electric lights and water-works impossible. The county superintendent of education reports that tho loss of the dispensary revenue that now* goes to the school fund will reduce It from $20,000 to $14,000. Kll.hS HIS SLSTKK. I?y tho Accidental Shooting of a Pistol. ' At Brunswick, (?a., within a half > dour after he reached home after an absence of a year at Ilome, Oa., and while distributing presents ainoujt he members of the family, J. Edgai Smith, aged 2 0. shot and alomst Instantly killed his 14-year-old sister RoIk*. who was standing at his shl< watching him as ho showed his fathei a pistol he had brought home foi 1 m The ball eutered tho girl'i f irehead. The father, mother, sisters an< brother* were staiiditnr near. Th girl was young Hmith'u favorite o hV sisters and was nearest hi in. Th yoi tig man had examined the piste whi h was of the automatic type, an lieB ved it empty. He stated tha eve i though ho bolleved the inag? qin contained no cartridge he woul no' have pulled the trigger, hut <11 an accidentally. The father, w. , Y. nith, had made special preparatlor to welcome thyoung man at h b'?nie coming and it was planned thi after ho had distributed the presoni tie family would sit down to a ri ur'lon feast. Whs Turned Out, ''The ItaptiHt church in Heaufort lu di: .'niBsed from membership the a slf oant dispenser at that place b< cacgt* ho would not give up hi? jol Tlho ministers, both white and co orcd, throughout the county are a tive. Tonuule Injured Twrut/. A. tornado swept ovor a part c ft tt tier county, Ohio, a few days ag< * AX ft point seven miles from Haral ^On, Ohio, a funeral procession ei cocitarvd the storm and 20 pei tons were more or loss Injured. v, 40 MILLS AN nUUK O. WIUURT MAKES ANOTHER ttUCXWMttFUL FLIGHT. Sksrt IligkU, Will k? Made Until M eokiaccy is ia G*od Working Ord^r. Orville W'rlgkt Uoaday evening made a very successful flight in the Wright aeropl&ao at Fort Myer, Va., near Washington, remaining in the air Ore minutes a?d thirty seconds, during which time the machine attained the exceptional speed of forty miles nn hour and circled the parade grounds half a dozen times, a total distance of ahout thre<> and a half mile*}. A strong breeze prevented the Wright, brothers from starting the aeroplane immediately after it was brought from the shed. While waiting fur favorable conditions, theyj examined t he machine carefully and cIihIted with prominent persons who I had gone oror from Washington to I witne?B the trial. With Oonnt von VernstorfT, Gcrinan ambassador, the Wrights talked at length explaining the working of the machine. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, daughter of Fx-President Roosevelt. enthUhlasticnlly examined the aeroplane, as did Secretary of the Navy Meyer. When the signal finally was given to start, the machine shot forward I and mounted gracefully Into the light breeze. Orvillo Wright guided the llyor to the lower end of the large parade ground and circled around toward the starling point, gradually rising higher from the ground. Six time* he rounded the course, the machine attaining an average speed of about forty miles an hour, according to Mr. Wright. After passing the crowd the sixth lime the aviator decided to make a lauding because the motor occasionally was missing a spurk. He descended early and lighted with no apparent jar. the machine sliding smoothly over the ground, until it camo to a Hto|> At a point near tho Rhod. Both of tho Wrights expressed themselves as pleased with the performance. They Intend to make only short tlights until tho now bearings have become worn down and the propelling motor is working perfectly. When those things have Adjusted Ihenusejvefl to the satisfaction of tho aviators they intond to attack their main tn.-?k. to which those minor nights are preliminary?that of satisfying tho conditions proscribed 1))* the (Government for tho official test.. WANTICB TO I.VNC1I WHITK MAN. I'eiinsy 1 v aula Mob Bought I.ifo of (Jlilld'N Assailant. Only a rtiso by tho authorities of Caronaburg and Meadow lands, near Plisburg, Pa., prevented the lynching early Monday of a white man who was arreted at midnight in connection with an attack on Lydia Spade, twelve yours of age, which occurred in a berry patch close to the child's home. Believing the man had boen capturod, but uncertain, a large crowd gathered about tho Canonsburg jail, after midnight early Monday inorning. A ro[>?< was thrown over a tree uol demand made for the assaulter. Chief of Police Swan assured tho crowd no arrest had been made and appealed to all present to institute , a hurried search for tho criminal. The uppoal won and headed by of. flcials, tlio crowd separated into searching parties, who scoured th? ' vicinity until long after daylight. In tho meantime Jos . Johnson, of New Cu in her land, West Va., who had ' he"ii arrested as n suspect, was kept 3 hidden In Hie Jail, heavily guarded hy extra police. 'tin- ' V.ihi was serloi .} injured Later, ?s s. precautlonni y measure j lol nson was taken to Washington T'ouu. He stated he wit' under tin - Intlueuce of liquor Sunday. " RORRKl) T1IK GRAVK. d it I^li (irfcitp ltt*vlvcd Man Ll?ted fo i(1 tho Morgue. (* Kloctricty saved the life of Josopl Romillard, a baker 4 0 years of age lH of Worcoflter, Mass. He was pros U t rated by tho heat wave In that clt; L? I several weeks ago, taken to tbo hos l?* pllal and within a few hours declar ed dead. ' This woek he walked fron the Institution, literally from th grave. The case is regarded ftR on< is of the inost remarkahlo ever brough b- to the attention of physicians, iv Remlllard gave all the wlgns o b. dissolution from heat proBtration 1- and his apparently dead body wa c- placed on a truck to be taken to th morgue. Instead of taking him t the morgan, however, the doctor 1 charge wheeled him in the electrlca >f apparatus room, where the physician y. tried toots on him with eleetrlee currents. He was revived and grea i. care was taken to nurse the apsrl r. of life, until Remlllard walked oul this week. WEDDED 18 liMcb Mida a bj><n<*ss uf MaKmg Love and Murving. 8IGAMti?i CONFESSES ChriNtfrva C. Johison Raid U lavf Ad nut fit od That Tie In "John Madno u" Waated la Maay Parte of tha Couatry for Matrimonial Vea tiiren, Courting Ten at a Time. Christian C. Johnson, Bentoncod Monday ut San Joso, Cal., to Beven years In I ho penitentiary for bigamy, l.i reported to hav? confessed that ho Is tho tnyHterlous "John Madson," wan tod In many parts ot the country for matrimonial vonitnos iii'l systematic swindling of a nnmhor of women under promise of in a rrlage. Johnson's alleged confession, however. Is full of inconsistencies greatly at variance with statements ho has made since his arrest in that city last week. He declares that he hatbeen married to so many women that he cannot count them off-hand. "In ho says, "I quit my business of buying horses, and from that day to this time I havo been making my living bv marrying and making lov? to women, getting their money and then deserting thorn." One of his most amazing feats, according to his own confession, was making love to ten women at one time in Portland. Ore. While he I. .1 t,\ I I (1 l?,r. ? t -? itimit-i uiik m: nn(ni') I mill UHMl of them mid that Ills marriages were part of a "get-rlch-qulck system," Johnson declares that In every Instance ho spent the money hi1" received upon the victim herself. | Johnson declares that ho wiih horn In (Jerin.any, and coming to this country In the '7 0s, securing a post with the United States government buying horses for the army on commission. Tills took hlrn all over the country. At first, he says, he was a woman-hater, because ho had been separated from a sweetheart In Gerniany, who died later. He married j tb? first of his many wives In Springfield, Mass., In 1905. She woa Mrs. Mary Rrown. "T married only one woman under the name of John Modson," Johnson declared. "Her name was Jones? If I remember rightly?Ada Jones. 1 trot $1,800 from her becnu&o she said she loved me. I could have, got $50,000." From most of the women. Johnson says he obtained money or hxw elry, or both. Johnson loft San Joso Tuesday. In custody of a deputy shorlff. for San Quontln prison, whore h?? Is to servo a seven-year sentence. Of eighteen women who in Johnson married, according to the confession. seven are from California, four from Missouri, two from Oregon and one each from Kansas. Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois and Massachusetts. The woman from Tennessee was Mrs. Bertha King, of Memphis, and 'he one from Arkansas, Mrs. Birdie King, or Hot Springs. TAFT HAS A DOl'ltLK IX OA. llep. Kufo linker Kosemblea the President. President Tuft's double Is a Gvor glan and a member of the present legislature, says a special from Atlanta. So strikingly does Representative Uufe Haker of Lumpkin county resemble the President that lie has been repeatedly taken by people lr. the street for the nation's chief, many of whom are Inquiring what the President is doing in Atlanta. One day last week Colonel Haker ' was returning from the dally consult of the solons at the capltol when he was hailed by an old darkey, whn was most profuse In his courtesies and eagerness to serve the member. "How is you, Marse President,' the old negro began, bowing low tr the ground. "When M you git tei Atlanta? I'se powerful glad tor sot yor. Knowed yer when yer wur, dowr r ter 'Oustah las' winter. Lotnme m< ky rui y r umnroiia Tor you. The member could not deollno ser ^ vices that were bo fulsomely offered and he left the old darkey rejoicing * with a new dollar and the feeling tha - he had just waited on "do ProHiden y or do United RtatoR." Tho lnclden grentoly am used Colonel Paker'i Mends, who are introducing hln u around to strangers generally now ft! 0 ^resident Taft. e The Lumpkin representative hai ( 'he President's flguro and weight Mnufl about thirty pounds, his liber f al mustaches and much of hia genla { good humor and faculty for wlnninj a friends. o , o 21 Children In JUS Yours. n Tn his 3F> years of married llf< A William Toner, a blacksmith, o 8 Wilmington, Del., has been the fathe ^ of 21 children. The latest additloi A to hie family Is a pair of twins whlcl * arrived this week. Toner la 67 year t* of age and bis wtfe la 50. Of th< 21 children 1ft am living. Ltf" IH i Wjntt Iafram, Jr.. of New Orleans Under Charges. Official of Whernla Hank, Amused of Being Defaulter and Forger, Taken to Prinen in Ambulance. Wyatl H. Ingram, Jr., trust of cnr ?f the Hlfcernla Hank and Trust Company of New Orleans was arrested at hie home, 1 840 State street, in that city, ehortly before 6 o'clock Wednesday evening on tbo cliargo of being a defaulter and forger. It is alleged that he is between $7 5,000 und $100,000 short, in his accounts. It is declared that Ingram's defalcations have extended over a period of 15 months. Ingram was said to be too ill when the arresting olUcors reached his home to accompany them to the police station, but District Attorney Adams, upon being communicated with insisted that the accused be brought to prison without delay. He was carried to police headquarters in an ambulance. It was reported that Ingram had mudo an attempt at self-destruction lute Wednesday, but this is without confirmation. It is believed rather that th^ strain under which he had labored and the recent excessive heat resulted in his partial collapse. The trust officer 1h said to have confessed to VICo President Pool of the Hibornla bank that hts defalcation Monl'l approximute $100,000. It iH stated that a chick for $5,000, on v hleh Ingram forged the signature of a prominent business man of New Orleans, led to the disclosure of tho embezzlements and forgeries now charged against him. Ingram for a number of years has stood high in business and social circles of New Orleans. He Is a prominent club man and has been a leading member of commercial organizations. He married six month ago. He is a native of Henderson county, Kentucky, and is P>4 years old. He has lx>en a resident of New Orleans about 0 years. His family connections In Kentucky, Maryland and other Southern States are prominent. Officers of the Hibcmla bank state that th? loss is not sufficient to affect the institution in the slightest. It is regarded o-s one of tho larg?*?t and strongest, banks in the South. TK1VPLJM KII.1JNO BY NKCIHO. Vorth Carolina Black Hluys VVlie Brother-ln-I>aw and Himself. A special to the Star of Wliming ton, N. ('., from Bnrgaw, N. C., say* that early Tuesday Walter Williams 'If. von r?4 rtl/t living nuni that place, shot and killed IIcnr> Hayes, his brother-in-law, his wife Mary Williams and then himself. Williams and his wife had no' lived happily nnd three weeks ngr agreed 011 a peaceful separation aftei dividing their personal effects, th? latter leaving for Georgetown, S. C He returned Sunday, however, am 'a t tr?m ntrxl ;i rprnnnlllntlAn firwl titint lt? failure Tuesday morning, tankei up on a so-called prohibition bever ngo and repaired to a brick yard where his brother-in-law was at wort and 11 rod upon him, killing him In stantly. Then going to the home o his wife ho shot her to death throng! the rich* breast. Reloading his gin he emptied the contents of both bar rels Into himself, dying two hour later. Williams charged his hrother-ln law with undue interference in hi domestic affairs. TO IIKLP FKiHT WHITE PLAGP* Bill Posters anil Poster Printers Jo! A nt i-Tubcrculosls Campaign. The National Association of HI In Convention at Atlanta, Ga., to d< ( nate to the anti-tuberculosis figt $1,200,000 worth of publicity. Th , means that all over the United Htat? f and Canada they will glvo not on! , apace upon bill boards, but tho lab< ^ of posting as well, to bints and cai i tlons to thoao who have or may 1 > exposed to the white plague. On tl heeltt of this generous offer, the Po? er Printers' Association donatt $200,000 worth of work upon pap< I to bo printed for tho campaign. ^ Tho officers of the Association si t they have assurance that the ra t roada and express companies will ca rv frr>o nil tho nnnfir for the wor i* ~ ' "r" ? ^ and that the allied printing trad _ will bo asked to do the prlntii freo. ^ WOMAN ANI) CHILD M1881NG 1 Wife *n<1 S<?n of St. Stephen** Mi Gone Since Saturday. Mr*. F M. Rhode?. wife of A, Rhodes, of St. Stephen^, myeteriou p ly disappeared from her home < f laM Satnrday night, and no clue r to her whereabout* has aa yet be i obtained. Her little eon, Jennlnf j aged about 12 yearn, 1h aheo mistln i SI nee, Sunday all efforts on the pa ? of her hoeband and others to loca them bev? tailed. Wt ARE NO I operty for ft | you have any like to dispose No charges u made. CAROLINA SAI 49 ill Russell St. 0 Southern States iVTa^'htncr,y fP/ Plumbing <**rlMfcr IA^. V-'' *- a" Yi>iH jUb'. y. 'rf3B COLUME WJtllMliUkfWnWMOTVMMIIMiM M HMIiNVVMNMOMMWI NKW INVENTION. I : Torpedo Can Ik Controllnl by YVIreloNH. TMnk of calmly etunding on the seashore und by meana of u small key and no connecting wires being able to annihilate an entire nnvy. 1 Thin has been rendered possible by { i the Invention of a submerged tori pedo propelled und controlled by i | wireless electricity transmitted by the wireless method ? the work of Carl Abrahamaon of San Diego, Cal. The Invention is so si tuple that wireless experts are wondering how ! they overlooked it so long. The pro- ! I polling force Is manipulated on the' j same principle as the wireless tele- J , graph. Klectrlcity is transmitted i j from aerial wires on shore to aerials 1 . supported by cork floats and connect- I , ed with the propeller wheel of the j torpedo, which Is submerged. A , current powerful enough to send a : sixteen-foot torpedo, of the type used by the American navy, through the water at a spc*xl of thirty-two miles j on hour can bn transmitted, says the ! Inventor. Control of the device Is secured by magnets set on each side of the propeller and connected with the j* <?,> v* 1 r\ r? a * 1 ' ? ? ? - * - ? - ? ^ , ^ivu. i iiiitKni'iii arp m different degrees of sensitlvoneafl and ] are susceptible to varying degrees of j>ower In electric currents. The steering is thus made possible by a J variation in tho amount of power sent to tho torpedo.?From "Weird I Feats of Wireless." in the August ' Technical Magazine. | ! . j NOT TO COMK IN FKKK. 1 ! Cotton Hugging Sure to bo Taken Off tho Kxompt List. ' I That cotton bagging, which was J put on tho free list by the Senate, , in hoi to remain unuuuanie, ik one J " of the first predictions made in re-] gard to the proposed action of the] { conference committee on the tarifT i till! in Washington. The Mouse con* ^ forces contend that a number of 1 American manufacturers o f cotton I baggiug would bo compelled to shut down tf that mt'cle should remain a on the free list, and it 1h said that the Senate conferees will not need " much urging to ugre? to return bagtt ping to the dutiable list. A IUSHONKST WATCHMAN. Steals the Goods lit? Is Employed to II Watch Over. At Columbia on Friday C. C. Oard11 nor, night watchman at the stoam> t>oat company's warehouse, was it l)ound over to await trial at he Sop ih | n uiiivi icriii ui touri <> 11 iijt' cnarge ?h of p.and larceuy. con ly feared to taking a lnrgo n urn Inn* <f articles from the warehouse. Ho ii- had a walled up place In the river hank, whore tho goods woro kept un10 til ho could transfer them to his t- trunk. Claims wore received by tho id steamboat for gooda allog?*d to be> er lost, and this led to tho working up of tho cose. Tho stolen articles ln\y cludod shoes, bolts of cloth, shirts, 11- etc. r k, Drowned at Cincinnati. es j A dispatch from Spartanburg last ig Friday to Tho News and Courier pays Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Frleraon have Just received a dispatch from Cincinnati I. that their only child. Oeilvie. was drownod In Cincinnati that afternoon, while out fishing with somo relitlvcB. The boat cftpsi*ed and others were drowned. He woa a very bright, Interesting hoy. ? use~p7 It laatfl lon| * Cjy It U a money si 2 COLOMBIA SOPP1 W LISTING all sales. If r you would of write us. filers sale is LES AGENCY, 'rangeburg, S. C. Supply Compo^y ! i a. s c |)rowu#Nl <U Augusta. Jos J. VanDykn, o locomotive fireman, was drowa?Hl Tuesday night at Laukey's u&tat.ortum, nt Anouuta. He wont to the swimming pool with a party of friends. He was a good swimmer and dived from the spring hoard to eoine "P no more. It was not known that he was drowned until ho waa in is teat by the party, who began search immediately and found hia body in tho bottom of the pond. Ho is survived by seven children and a wife. Miss Norman Vandyke, a daughter, hud Just gone to Atlanta for a visit, and hu? t U ! rA/1 A . ..MM w \ *i ?t it ru IV return homo at once. CLASSSFiEO COLUMN Tolmcco Habit (Juml or no Cost Harmlotiu homo treatment. NicKa> hauri??, Wichita, Kansas. A good worm powder for horses and mulrth. Safe and erteetivo. Stmt postpaid on rtfCfipl of 2f>o. T. W. Wanuamaker. CTheraw, S. C. FaJnriow House, Ctjnh^, N. CX?Kfae view, good wafer, good table. Kates $6 and up per week. Nn consumptives. Dr. V. M. Davis. W?<dtlla? InrltatkniN and announcements. Fluent quality. Correct stylos. Samples free. James H. DeLooff, Dept. t>. Grand Rapids. Mich. fklXl.U'rtia i 'in rn i .iii tt ( f J < JM l'AN \ 1 IoI CnilitMlrnl St., Ilaltimoiv, Md. 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