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BOYS ROB BANK
They Secure Eight Hundred Dollars After
Shooting the Cashier.
ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE
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Older ltobber Bhoote Himself in
Head WhLlo Hcing Pursued?Is
Only Seventeen Years Old?Young<>p
lUtv ivi Tint. iiml l.ivrk
at Jacksonville, Florida.
At Eudora, Kan., Karl Bullock, a
boy bandit of Laurence, Kansas, acoompanled
by Wm. McKay, 15 years
old, of Jacksonville, Fla., Friday in
an attempt to repeat his exploit of
a month ago, robbed tho Eudora
State Bank of $800, after shooting
Fred Starr, a banker, and later probably
mortally wounded himself,
when closely pressed by armed citizens.
In his first hold-up of tho Eudora
State Bank, Bullock, who Is 17 years
* old, shot and instantly killed a policeman.
Officers had about decided
that Bullock had left tho State with
the loot of the previous hold-up. He
and McKay entered tho bank about
^losing time.
Fred Star, cashier of the Kaw
Valley State Bank, of Eudora, who
was in the State Bank, with his
day's clearings, stood by as the outlaws
hold up the State Bank's cashier,
Henry Wilson. Although Starr
offered no resistance to the hold-up,
* Bullock shot him through the jaw.
Snatching more than $800 Bullock
^ and McKay fled. Each youth had
two revolvers.
Wilson spread tho alarm and citizens
armed with shotguns, ritles and
revolvers pursued tho bandits across
tho field. In attempting to swim
tho Kaw River tho boys lost ground,
and a few minutes later the pursuers
were at their heels. McKay
surrendered, but Bullock wrenching
the revolver from his faltering partner's
hands, aped on Into the woods.
John Miller, a farmer, who knew
nothing about the pursuit, stepped
-v into Bullock's path and the boy,
thinking him a pursuer, tired several
Bhot.8 that barely missed) Miller.
Seeing that the youth was ready
to shoot at any one, the pursuers
tired a score of shots at Bullock, who
returned the tire.
Thus the chase continual for some
time, none of the shots exchanged
between the citizens and their quarry
taking effect. Tho robber gradually
losing ground, he stopped and 1
shouted: i *
"I have only one bullet left, but 1
I'll beat you yet." Then ho fired (
his remaining bullet through his own '
hoad. [
Thinking Bullock dead, most of 1
the pursuers turned their attention '
to McKay, with tho intention of I
lynching him, some announced. j *
Ofiloers, however, hurried McKay ?
to the Lawrence jail in an automo- 1
bile. 1
Aftor Bullock held up the State f
Bank of Eudora, on October 11, 1
he murdered Policeman William t
I Pringle, who attempted to arrest the J
* bandit in his home in Lawrence.
It was while In charge of Deputy
Sheriff Woods, of Lawrence, who had c
arrested the boy on a charge of rob- a
bing a second-hand store, that Bui- r
lock drew two revolvers and forced j
Woods and Cashier Wilson into tho a
State Bank vault. Then he snatch-,
ed $1,000, fled and was lost track of. j
According to McKay, Bullock was .
living at a fashionable hotel In Jack- t
sonvllle undor tho name of "J. A. f
Donaldson." Ho had money on deposit
in the Florida National Hank t
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VWDER Mji ;
lolutely Pure
under that name, McKay Haid. ji
McKay, u tall, slender and appar- t
ently weak youth was led into the c
crime by Mullock's lurid description
of the thrilling life of a desperado, i
"Bullock, whom I knew as Donald- i
son, fell In with me in Jacksonville, a
and entertained me royally," said n
McKay.
"One day Bullock told me he want- s
ed me to go to Kansas City wiMi him, t
as he knew whore there was r IP- j
tie bank near there with onlv one j
man in it that we could roo without
any trouble. v
"We left Jacksonville Sunday and t
arrived at Donate, Kan., two miles r
from Eudora Thursday. Then he j
gave me some ammunition and two \
revolvers, and told ino we would t
rob the bank Friday. r
"1 was supposed to guard the door 1
,ind see that nobody entered. He a
robbed the bank and shot the man
( Starr.) Then told me to follow t
him." ii
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TUBERCULOSIS EXHIBIT. n
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Now Coin# on in Charleston Should
8
bo S<fu by All. t
r
We take pleasure in announcing h
that the American Tuberculosis Kx- s
hi bit opened in Charleston on Thurs- n
day to continue through the 23rd. j
This exhibition is purely educa- (j
tional and is free from commercial v.
or promotion features. There is no
charge for admission. The purpose
is to awaken people to the wide- a
spread prevalence of tuberculosis or r
consumption, to point out the means
fqr its prevention and cure, and at c
the same time to suggest practicable tl
methods for all who will join in ?
the campaign against needless dis- tl
ease and premature death. r
There is nothing dangerous or disagreeable
about the exhibition. r'
There are no specimens of disease c
or parts of the human body. In H
eminently attractive fashion the ex- ti
hibition will point out fundamental
facts whicth should bo known by S(
every person. o
During the continuance of the d
exhibition there will bo illustrated c
talks, with a series of platform con- h
forences, and a program of special
addresses twice daily. Special days b
will be announced for the colored a
people. 1 al
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SHOOTS HIMSDLr. 11
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Mr. Leo linst, Near Holly Hill, ,,
Takes His Own Life.
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Mr. hoe Hast, a substantial farm2r,
living near Holly Hill, committed
suicide Tuesday afternoon by j
ihootiug himself through the head
with a shotgun. No reason to.* the Ql
leed has been learned, except that fj
le had just returned from Charleson,
where It is said lie was to have
>een married. Ho returned without
lis bride, and possibly this disaplolntment
caused him to kill himself.
Ie was a widower, about 40 years of
ige, and leaves six small children, .j
lis mother, who lived with him,
eft him in his room apparently
islecp a few minutes before hearing t
he noise of the gun. On entering
he room, she found him dead on the
loor with the gun by his side.
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Mr. "Soakurn" says "no section lu
>f the country has experienced such 111
i growth as will be developed in the a
leh South within the next few years sh
f its strength is pushed forward
ind allowed to follow the rules of pi
lound business judgment." Sound ni
>uhiii?hh judgment, according to Mr. th
'Soakum" would ho for tho South flf
o join hands with the Republican
>arty and help it hold up the people ie
;o as he and his friends could con- si
inue to rob them. ca
BRIBE Nl
MINERS JERISH
ur Hundred of Them Killed by an Explosion
in a Coal Mine
THE ENTRANCE CLOSED
Workmen Trapped in a (Jom (littked
Shaft?Only Twelve IkxlitN Taken
Out of tho lVptlis?Five of the
Men Mot Heroic Deaths Trying to
Save Others.
A dispatch from Cherry, 111., says
tine officials or the St. Paul Coal
lompany mine, where an explosion
centred a few days ago, say that.
00 men are dead in the mine,
'welve bodies have been taken out.
lix of these were men employed in
the futile effort to save the imprisond
workers.
Mine Superintendent James Steele
leclared five hours after the exilosion
that it was almost impossible
hat any of the miners still imprisoned
could escape death.
The mine had a day shift of 484
nen. Of these f>0 left the mine at
loon. Twenty-five or more escaped
fter the tire broke out The others
ire believed to be dead.
The entrance to the mine has been
ealed up in tho hope of choking
he flames. The building above the
>it entrance was blown up to peril
it this.
The tire causing tho explosion
vhicli may prove one of tho greatest
Pfl l?i? 1 n t >w-k **
W ??o\. yj i llllllf IIUI "
ors had an origin almost trival. A
>ile of hay allowed to smoulder too
ong finally Ignited the limbers of
ho mine and before the workers
ealUed their danger the mine was
11 led with smoke, gases and Haines
ml all exit was Impossible.
Heroism such as is rarely exhibited
was shown by oflieials of the
nine and residents of the town ot
iherry. Those men, who wore outide
the mine when the lire originated,
contributed five to the list of
'1 known dead.
Alexander Nerberg, a pit man,
Jive bis life unhesitatingly in a fuile
effort to save those of his comades,
who risked their lives with
iru. Standing at the bottom of the
haft ho carriod the bodies of four
ion into the cage, the on;y way of
scape. As the last was carried in
e fell across the bodies. lie was
end, as were all his companions,
hen the cage was lifted to the top.
Those who had gone in to the pit
rith him were John Huudy, the
line superintendent, John Flood,
nd Isaac Lewis, a merchant of Chery,
and John Fermento.
Dr. W. Howe, a physician of the
ity. who had sought to go with
tiem, was thrust out by Dundy, who
xclaimed, "They will need you at
lie top if we get any one out. No
isking your life down here.'
The physician vainly sought, to
esuficitate the men when they were
arried to him a few minutes later,
le said they hud died of suffoca
ion.
At tho entrance Of the shaft a
?ene was enacted such fts is neon
nly at a disaster of this kind. Ilun- j
reds of screaming women, weeping
hildren and frantic but helpless :
ion crowded al>out the scene.
A few survivors were surrounded
y groups of the women ana the
nswers of these men to the loudly
liriekod inquiries only added to the
rror of the women. Almost to a
urn the survivorts declared that
iere was no hope for those still
i the mine. Almost 200 of the men
nprisoned, they declared, were In
ie third vein, the only entrance to
hich was from the second vein,
early r?oo feet from the main shaft
f the pit.
That those of the men who were
jle had retreated to the furthermost
ids of the veins was the statement
' the Illinois 011 tho surface. There
ley might huddle together, breathig
what little oxygen remained in
ie sealed and burning mine and
living that the rescuers might reach
1 em before it was exhausted. The
ost hopeful doubt that more than
few score will he found alive when
nit aid comes.
The only men to escape were those
*ar the main shaft when the fire
iirtod. They declared that a caress
miner had thrown a torch on
bundle of hay used to feed the
ules stationed in the mine. No
tentlon was given the smouldering
ly for a few minutes. Then two
iners threw the burning mass 011
cart and started toward the main
in ft about 1T?0 feet away.
Before it wan reached a small exosion
occurred and in a few nioentri
the entrance to the vein from
,e shaft was tilled with smoke and
irnes.
Those nearest to the cages hurd
to them and were hoisted to the
irface. After about four trips tho
iges ceased moving and no more
)W TO
MAIL STEAMER SINKS
AN OCEAN I.IN lilt CUTS STKAMKH
LA SKVNK IN HALF.
And Ono lIuiHlrt'd Persona Mwt
Death by Drowning or Wore Katen
by Huge Sharks.
The mail steamer La Seyne, of ^
the Messageries Maritlines Service,
running between Java and Singapore,
and on her way to Singapore, was
in collision early Sunday morning
with the ytearner Onda, of the Brltish-lndia
Hue, and sank within two
minutes.
Seven Kuropenn passengers, including
Baron and Baroness Beniczskv,
the captain of La Seyne, Ave
lOuronean ofllei?r>? nml tilirhtl(
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others, comprising native passengers
and members of the crew, were
dro wned.
The rescue of sixty-one persons,
practically from the jaws of shoals
of sharks, formed a thrilling incident
of the wreck. The accident
occurred about 4 o'clock in the morning
in a thick haze. The vessels
were steaming at good speed, and
the Seyne was cut almost in half.
The majority of those on hoard were
caught in their berths and carried
down with the vessel.
The force of the collision brought
the Onda to almost a dead stop, and
her engines were at once slowed and
boats lowered. The rescue work
proved thrilling, for not only were
the rescuing parties impeded by the
dark, but shoals of sharks were already
attitrkjng t hoso clinging to
pieces of wreckage in the water.
Sixty-one persons from the ill fated
steamer were finally dragged Into
the boats and carried by the Onda
to Singapore. Many of them had
been bitten by sharks, and several
are severely injured. *
TOOK HIS OWN LIFW.
\V. .1. A rant, of Columbia, Commit
t?'<! Suicide Friday. 1
With his uniform of the Confcd- i
crate army by his bedside, and a re- n
quest that he be buried in his bo- I
loved gray, W. J. Araut, well known ']
in this State, says The State, was t
found dead in Columbia Friday
morning. An empty bottle that had \
contained laudanum accounted for t
the manner of his death. The news 1
of the suicide came as a surprise I
generally, although Mr. Arant was s
known to have suffored much with 1
despondency, dating from tl.o time r
his wife died, about a year ago, in
Charleston. f
Only a short while ago Mr. Araut t
was heard to say that he could never }
recover from his great lobs and I
would rather bo dead than alivo, but
not even his most intim-uc friend?
thought of suicide In conneetic/o
with their friend. Requests found! 1
by the bed, to notify F. II. Arant,
a son residing in Camden, and II.
B. Bulger and C. F. Hebrich of Char- I
leston, were complied with and F. H.
Arant arrived Friday morning. *
Hanged i<it Murder.
At Conwav on Friday MelvlP Watson
was legally hanged, paying lii*'
penalty for the murder of John Watson,
a white man. at Green Sea on a
June II. The trap was sprung at
12:27 and in 12 minutes lie was pro- "
nounced dead by Dr. F. Norton.
Seven minutes afterwards the body 1
was cut down and prepared for
burial. 11
miners came from the shaft,
j After waiting a few minutes at ^
tiie head of the shaft liiimtv w
into the cage, calling Nerborg and f<
two miners. The later two were
afraid, and from the group of resi- 0
dents gathered near the entrance a
volunteers came, eager to assist.
Flood, Lewis, Fermento and a miner
named Hubinski entered the cage a
and descended. The next trip of
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ti?e cage, operated from below, carried
up the bodies of six miners.
Then a few minutes elapsed which, (>1
seemed an hour to those waiting at f)i
the top. Then the cage again as- '
cendod, this tiino bearing the unconscions
bodies of three of the res- ^
euing party. Again it was lowered n<
and the bodies of the last three of u
the six, including Nerborg, were c'
brought up.
City Attorney Hallorick, of Spring
Valley, who was at tlie scene, expressed
the belief that not one of w
the miners would be taken out alive. w
He is familiar with the construction H
of the St. Paul mine and believes e(
that the tire caused the death of all
tiie men before the opening had been
scaled.
About the little town of Cherry rr
mo wildest scenes of its history fol- cc
lowed. Stores and residences were tl
vacated and almost every person of ti
the population of 5,000 gathered Ie
about the mine. From all directions! U
teams and pedestrains hurried into ! w
the city from districts which had | 0
been notiiled by the telephone. * i if
THE HI
AMOUNT STOLEN
:rom th? Government by the Sugar Trust
is Thirty Millions
WHOLESALE SWINDLING
)f the t'nited States Treasury Has
IUh'u Goiuu on for Twenty Years?
(Histom CMHcetn Were Corrupted?
The OtlU-ials I'ndcrwolKhod Importation.*?-Kept
Thnn in Jobs.
A dispatch from Now York says
lew facts brought to light Thursday
llsclose that the American Sugar
teftning Company, bettor known as
he sugar trust, has stolen the enornoua
sum of $110,000,000 from the
Jnited States treasury within the
>ast twenty years through undervelghlng
of Importations and under
>ayment of custom duties. As a reuilt
more federal indictments have
>een drawn up.
These facts reveal the trusts wholewile
corruption of custom otllcials
md its covert bribery of politicians
o accomplish its ends. The custom
>fflcials underwelghed the importaions
and the politicians kept them
n their Jot>H.
It appears that the tr\?st has been
dealing from live to ten per cent
>f the duties on every cargo of sugar
jrought into the United States for
he past twenty years.
The present prosecution of the
itigar trust, it is said, is taking cogllzanco
of these facts. The methods
revealed have given the United
States authorities cause for consir;rable
thought and much planning,
t appeared as it claims would lie
nade against the tobacco trust and
he Arbuckle Sugar and coffee con orn
for repayment of heretofore
Indorpaid duties.
T !l 4? ft I ? ?* - J 1 1 1 '
^ ??\ mwu^uuv/ii iii1uuo iii(ii t 111.
obaceo trust has boon Importing the
product in bales .listed as llllors,
vhlch pays a certain duty, when the
Kilos contained wrapped tobacco,
rhe latter should pay a considerable
lighor duty.
The government authorities have?
lndcr investigation the sugar Iniporatlons
of the Arbucklc Brothers. It
? claimed that there is a discrepancy
>etwcfon the original invoices of the
ugar and the weighers returns. It
s this on which the claim for repayment
of back dues will be made.
In the recent developments of the
ight on the trust, the corporation
his been forced to give up more than
>2,000,000. The exact showing is:
<"ines for rebating, which
at the time imposed
were four times as large
as any precedent 108,000
"ufiishment for cheating
tho government with
false scales 18 5,000
lack duties paid when tho
trust was convicted of
defrauding tho government
with fradulent
scales 2,000,000
Total .i"?i j' ?... $2,308,000
ht'ury 1j. StlmsOtf, deputy U. S.
ttofrjey general, who was formery
U. H. district attorney is Thursay
preparing (u push the criminal
rosecutions in the siiftar cases, hcvng
connected, it was dac'Ltfcd, a
igh othcial in the American ilefintig
Company with tho import-scale#
rands.
For nearly a year Mr. Stimson has
oen finishing the work he began
rhen U. B. district attorney. His
:irnif>r ? ? ?- um-?- " '**
_ . ...x. . w nil rt?(l J. U6I11en
and Felix Frankfurter and two
ther attorneys, Franklin 11. Mills
ad Delancy K. Jay, have assisted
ini.
For a week Mr. Stlmson has been
linost constantly before the F. S.
rand Jury while it was in session.
few days ago the government's
and was decided on at a eonfernce
hold In New York and partiei'ited
in by Mr. Stlmson. Attorney
eneral Wlckorsham, Secretary of
le Treasury MaeVeagh, Collector of
io Port Leob, II. S. District Attor[;y
Wise and I). Wickham Smith,
special prosecutor in the ilg and
iee.se cases.
Special Treasury Agent Richard
arr, with a corps of assistants, has
sen put In charge of the sugar
eighlng, and ho has collaborated
1th Mr. Stlmson. It was said that
weral confessions had been obtaln1.
'Hunker's Singular H<'<|uest.
rno will of Walton Townsend, a
tired Imker of flan Francisco,
>ntalns this request: "I direct
lat iny remains be cremated in
10 Fresh Pond crematory on Long
iland and ask that my ashes be fed
> the flowers." Mr. Townsend's
111 divides his estate of about $250.00
between two grandsons, living
1 New York. I
IRRY HI
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SHOULD BE THRASHED \
SKVKN WOMKN CLAIMS THAT
TICKKT FOOLKI) Til KM.
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Five of Them Say Ho Married
Tlwm and Koblxd Them of Viu
rious Amounts.
A pathetic tale coin or from Cleveland,
Ohio, which reveals how mean
some men can bo and how easily
women can be fooled by them. Here
Ir the tale:
The evidence of five wlvee and
two fiances wuk produced by government
officers a few days ago In the
trial of Lucian Pickett on trial iu
the t'nited States court thero on
the specific charge of procuring under
false pretenses $1,000 from Miss
Allio (I'reasley, a crippled woman
from Sprlngdale.
One after another the women took
the witness stand and told, in tears,
how Pickett had promised to marry
them, how they had given hiiu
considerate sunus of money, and
how finally, he had gone away, usually
after, sometimes before tho
wedding.
Miss Addie Leonard, a Chicago
school teacher, said she hnd given
Pickett $7f>0 on his promise to marry
her. The marriage did not take
place, but postollico inspectors produced
evidence to show that Pickett
had already been married four times.
Miss Allle Greeley, nearly helpless
from a spinal ufllLdlon, testified that
Pickett was the oul> man who had
ever wooed her and that she gave
him $ 1,000 to establish him in business.
A marriage license was issued
but the wedding did not take place.
Other women who testified were
Mrs. George Pickett, of Cena, Pa.;
Mrs. Kllen S. Pickett, of Albany, N.
Y; Mrs. Lulu Kmrlch Pickett Robinson,
of New York, who lias procured
a divorce from the man, and
Mrs. Alma Miller, of Macon, Ills.
Pickett says he served a term in
.loliet penitentiary for bicamv.
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T1IKKK KILLED IN FIUE.
Seventeen Others Injured in Rtaze
in Polish IxxlKinK House.
Three unidentified men, nil foreigners,
are deftd; lUo others are
jMyiously injured and twelve men
and women are Buffering from bruisoh
and shocks, the reBult of an early
morning lire in a Polish lodging
house on the river front in Pittaburg.
When the fire broke out.
about thirty persons were asleep iu
the building. Firemen aroused the
occupants of the place and curried
tho women and children to safety.
The bodloa of the unidentified foreigners,
known to be street laborers,
were not discovered until late In the
afternoon, when persons clearing'
away the lire dobrls found their
charred bones under a stairway.
The damage to the lodging houso
is In excess of $10,000.
On account of the mysterious origin
of the blaze, the police are conducting
a r*!?1'1 Investigation^
Stole Two Million.
II !o reported from Cincinnati that
Mb shortage n'l Ihf? (ihauc^l departHksnt
of the Hig Four railroad, developed
through tho alleged defalcation
of Charles L. Warriner, deposed
treasurer, may reach two million
dollars. Warriner has astounded
his superiors with the details or
fiow ho spent the money. Ho says
that he has not one dollar left.
Sold Spoiled Fish.
City neaiin umcer E. I. Iteardon,
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iti nuiiiitT, iias complained to Statu
Health Officer Williams, of a custom
some of the Charleston fish dealers
have been practicing as noticed by
consignees of Sumter of mixing
spoiled fish with good. The rascal
that does such a thing should bo
severely punished.
Night Watchman Murdered.
Night Watchman Durham at the
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company
works at Americas, (la., was
brutally murdered by unknown persons
a few days ago. Ho was brained
by a club axe and his pockets
rifled of eight dollars. The body
was found in the office of the factory.
Seven Victims Hoovered.
Seven victims have been recovered
and It is believed the list of dead
will reach twelve, as the result of
a fire in the Auchincloss shaft of
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,..<7 unnw<iri), biicKftwanna & Wefttorn
Coal Company, at Natlcocke,
Pa. An explosion of gas set flro to
tho timbers of the mine.
Broke Man's Neck.
A man whoso Identity tho police
have been unable to establish, waa
killed in a peculiar manner when ho
attempted to avoid a Brooklyn trolj
ley car. Dashing for the curb ho
ran his head Into tho halter of a
' horse which was tied to a post.
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