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[ THREE ARE DEAD Aid Oae Seriously Hart as Result of the Wrecking of a Balloon OYER THE BALTIC SEA Those Who Went Up in the Airship, Which Met With Several Serious Accidents, Were lladly Injured Hefore Itcine Precipitated from Very Great Heights. The German balloon Pommern, which made an ascension at Stetlln, " - German, Sunday afternoon, met with a series of accidents, which ended in a disaster under most tragic circumstances in the Baltic Sea. Three men lost their lives, including the Radical member of tho Reichstag, Vomer Hugo Delbrueck. Hugo DelbUreck. ber of the party wore drowned, a third occupant of the car was picked up unconscious and died of his injuries, while the fourth was rescued in a serious condition. The Pommern, carrying Delbureck, who was acting as pilot; a banker, Herr Sommelhardt; an architect, Herr Benden, and a man named Hein, ascended early in the afternoon at the gas works. The wind at the time was blowing a hurricane and the Pommern broke away before she was completely ballasted. A chapter of accidents began immediately. The balloon collided with telegraph wires, which broke, almost overturning the basket. It ?k/\ rvf 0 nnhrh. iuoa uasut'u imu tuu luum ui <* boring factory, destroying tho smokestack. With tho basket swaying wildly, and half of Its ropes cut, the balloon soared to a great altitude and disappeared in the clouds at a terrific speed. Thousands of on-lookers, including a detatchment of military, which had assisted in the ascent, ran along the roads expecting! the basket to break away. The balloon, however, was not seen again until it reached Swinemunde, thirty-six miles northwest of Stettin, over which it passed, at a height of 6,000 feet, in the direction of the sea. Tugs followed in its track, and one of them which had out-distanced the others, was almost directly under it, when suddenly tho balloon fell into the sea. The tug steamed to the apot quickly, but the work of rescue was difficut. Already Delbareck and Benduhen had disappeared, but Sommelhard and Hein were clinging to the ropes, and they were dragged aboard the vessel. (Describing their terrible experiences, Herr Sommelhardt, when he had ?^ somewhat revived, said: "Our collision with the telegraph > lines and the factory roof had the most horrible consequences. Delbureck sustained a broken leg and a sever injury of the head. Benduhen had an arm and leg fractured. Hein received bad concusioas of the head. I was knocked senseless, but recovered in a moment to find that I had a crushed knee and chest. The net work around the envelope was torn in such a manner that we fear ed every second the gas bag would slip out, and we wtould crash down to the earth from a height of six thousand feet, to which we had asrr cended like a flash. "Delbrueck, in spite of his awful condition, vainly endeavored to open the valve, which had become entangled. We knew not what to do, but merely awaited our fate." * GAYNOR FOR PRESIDENT. A Rich Texas Republican Declares That He Can Win. "People down in Texas are backing Mayor Gaynor as the logical candidate for the Presidency in 1912, and although I am a Republican, I agree with them." This was the declaration of Edward H. R. Green, former Republican national committeeman from Texas, in an interview at New York Thursday. Mr. Green is a son of Mrs. Hetty Green, and president of the Texao Midland. Mr. Green declares that the Republican party is hopelessly divided, and he predicts success for the Democrats ^ at the next election. W llil. /I1..I r?u?n5 ijiiik; uin. Florence Holllday, alias Kate Vaughn, wanted In Golston, N. C., for kindnapping Lizzie Wilkie, a 13year-old white girl, was arrested at Fayetteville Friday. After the arrest, which waa made as a result of a telephone massage from (Joldston, It was learned that the woman was formerly a notorious resident of the , ^ city. Roth will be held awaiting the i arrival of the child's father. * SUBSCi V I WILL MAKE EIGHT REPUBLICANS WILL PUT OUT A TICKET THIS FALL. The Nejcro Is to Be Eliminated and Only White Men Will Be Put up for Office. "We will put out in each of the seven congressional districts in South Carolina a high class candidate on me Republican ticket; one who will appeal to the business interests and will make a decent run against the nominees of the Democratic party," remarked John G. Capers, national committeeman of the Republican party from this state and at present living at Washington, while on a recent visit to Columbia. The State says there was a conference in Columbia on Saturday, among about thirty-live prominent white members of the Republican party, including Little, Clinton; Webster, Orangeburg; Huggins, Columbia; Gettys. Blacksburg; Page, Landruin; Scott, Jonesville; McCravey, Laurens; Rion, Winnsboro; Leaphart, Lexington; Floyd, Spatranburg; Kester, Gaffney. Former Postmaster John W. Dunocant of Chester, who used to take active part in some of the l>eas State conventions, and I. H. Harris, Republican, or Yorkville, were also present at the conference. The conference lasted a considerable part of the day and all sides of the situation were discussed with the final understanding that in every district some prominent man who ha:i had Republican leanings or is at present a member of the party will be brought out in each district to oppose the Democratic nominees. "Since there has been considerable talk alKHit President Taft making an effort to split the solid South, did the president have anything to do with this?" Mr. Capers was asked. "Not a thing," was the reply. "We have had the matter under consideration for some time, and ?.\lr. Taft knows nothing of the present conference. Of course, in a general way the Republican leaders in Washington have often talked over the situation in the South and expressed the opinion that there were many in this section who would be glad to vote the Republican ticket if the candidate is one in whom they have confidence. "We want to make it plain that we will not interfere in any way in local or State affairs. Wte will not put out at any time a candidate for United States senator, even when the terms of the incumbents expire. But we will make a strong fight in each congressional district." Mr. Capers said that there was no fight to be made on Maj. Micah Jenkins, who is the collector of internal revenue and has served satisfactorily since his appointment by Roosevelt. He did state, however, that he favored Leumas Blalock for the position. With the statement that the l>e_ publicans would make a fight for control of the congressional districts, there is considerable speculation as to the elimination of the negro from the situation. The fact that Mr. Capers has stated so emphatically i that prominent business men would j be put up probably means an end to j the farcial contests before the conI gressional committee each year for the seats of the various Democratic congressmen. * KILLH1) IN A KKSOKT. A Worthless Female at the Bottom of the Homicide. At Washington, I). C., Samuel G. Tayloe, a member of a prominent family, was shot and killed in a resort on the outskirts of that place Thursday night. Five shots were fired by Carl Kelly, all entering the body of Tayloe. Tayloe, on being shot, sharted to make his way to a hospital, but fell and died before reaching it. Kelly left the scene of the shooting in great haste and was chased by a posse with dogs. Automobiles also joined in the pursuit. Kelly made his escape, but later telephoned the sheriff from his residence in the city. A strong guard was placed about the jail after Kelly had been lodged therein, as excitement was intense. The cause of the killing has not been ascertained, but it is said that a woman was at the bottom of it. Actinir on f)rdor? frr?r?i Governor Kitchin, a company of National Guards is on duty to prevent the lynching of Carl Kelly. * Tillman Improving. At Atlanta Senator B. R. Tillman is rapidly regaining his health. The 8* nator is taking the "rest cure" at a local sanitarium. The Senator's friends are pleased to know that he is improving. ili AWFUL THINGS 4 Predicted From the Tail of the Cenet That Will Visit Us Som. DEATH TO ALL LIVING , Antiiuls, Human and lleast, Is to be the lMreful Consequence** of the Vtottation of the Harmless Little Wandering Star, Says an Rxcitcd Georgia Prophet. Some chemist has declared that the comet's tail is going to give our earth a slap Ui the face and fill our atmosphere with the poisonous gas, with destructive effects upon human and animal life. One K. K. L. Evans, of Thompson, Ga., who is neither an astronomer nor a chemist, accepts the statement, and writes to the Atlanta Journal under a recent date concerning the syanogen gas, and finds a special prophecy to suit the occasion in the New Testament Hook of Revelations, chapter VIII, verses 10 and 12. The chapter portrays ui>on the grand celestial stage of the universe one of the most unspeakable and magniflcieutly dramatic scenes that can be .magined, thus: "And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. "And another angel came and stood at the altar, having censer; and there was given to him much incense that ho should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. "And the smoko of the incense which Come with the nrnveru th?? saints ascended up before Go.i out 1 of the angel's hand. ^ "And the. angel took tho censer 1 and filled it with fire of tho alter, 1 and cast it intovttfe earth; and'there H were voices, and thunderbolts, and lightnings, and an earthquake. J "And tho seven angels which had r the seven trumphets prepared them- v selves to sound." a Here follows an account of tho 11 frightful catastrophes that were Im- 1 mediately visited upon the earth and s its inhabitants, a single terrible vlsi- v itation following the trumphet blast. The terrific calamity which the Georgia predictor identifies with the slap our earth is to get from the tail of i Halley's cornet follows tho trumpet blast of the third angel. The sacred text continues. "And tho third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from 0 heaven, burning as it were a lamp, ' and it foil upon the third part of c the rivers and upon the fountains of * water; and the name of the star is 3 called Wormwood; and the third a part of the waters became worm- 3 wood, and many died of the waters 1 because they were made bitter." 1 It is to be noted, according to * tho sacred text of this wonderful and ^ to us incomprehensible vision of St. 1 John, the beloved apostle, that the c sounding of each of the seven trum- 1 pets is to be the precursor of the s uost frightful occurrences, the 1 seventh trumphet being followed by * tho end of all things earthly, and the grand consummation of the ages. Yet for some reason wholly his own, the Georgia predictor has chosen to i identify the star Wormwood with the f comet which we are expecting in a \ few weeks honno ii? on,,... ,.v/..v,v/. ? iv at* J o < "The majority of the Christian > world believes in the Bible, and if c they do, then they must believe all 1 of it, or none, and the Hible says n distinctly that when the third angle t blows his trumpet, Wormwood (Ilal- ley's comet) will destroy one-third r of what is on the earth. Literally 1 this is true, for when the first and 3 second angels blow their trumpets s the other two thirds of the earth n will be destroyed of all living ani- f ma Is. v "In my opinion Wormwood is Hal- c ley's comet, and it is only a matter c of time when we will come through i the tail of it and the animal life t j will be killed on earth. This May, I t do not think, is the time for this to j occur because there are so many things that will take place before an- " lmal life is being killed. The South s Pole is yet to bo discovered. The d air is to bo full of airships; the c Eastern war to take place; the Hi- 1 ble to be known in all parts of > the world; electricity to be more s utilized, and when all these things i have come to pass, then we will go through the tail of Halley's comet d and the prophecy will be fulfilled t as wo read in Revelation." c The tone of confidence and the air s of assurance with which this self- r appointed prophet predicts the most t dreadful catastrophes to our earth c and to us are almost ridiculous, as c A.. -- A A ? ' in -y are uuerauiy absurt. In the j t course of the celestial panorama ' c I and the titantlc drama in which the t W TO DEAF TO PLEA OF MERCY A MERCHANT CIU'ELIjY SLAVS A MILL OPERATIVE. The Slayer Flrrs Two RiMe Ralls Into His Victim, While He Regs for H is ife. At half-past 11 o'clock 011 Sunday at Hoberdel, No. 2, a mill village near Rockingham, N. C., Pearl BruLon shot and killed Oscar Williams after beating him terribly with a ?hair. Williams lived but a few ninutes after being shot. Hruton keeps a store on the main street of the village. On Saturday light an altercation occurred between vim and B. 8. Harris, a resident of :he place, and Ilruton used a chair >n Harris in return for some foul lames Harris had called him. tit seems that Hruton had been jothered with requests to go to his itoro on Sunday and sell drinks. Sunday morning Oscar Williams latne to Bruton's house, which is right near the store. When Hruton same to the door he said, "You come lore to raise a fuss with me at my tiouse." 'Williams denied this and said he :>nly wanted to see Hruton. Hruton ;ursed him and said he would put lis light out, and grabbing a heavy ihair broke it in pieces over Wiliam's body. Williams staggered into .toe street to got out of the way of Hruton, but Hruton ran Into the louse, and came out in a moment ivith a Winchester rille. Williams seeing the gun, begged 1I111 not to shoot and turned and itarted to run. Hruton then fired wo or three times, and Williams ell across the street, pierced by two Millets. One entered his back and :ame out through his chest; the otb?r entered near the hip and went hrough and lodged in tho abdomen. The first bullet was easily taken out >ut the other was not recovered. Wiliams was dead In about five minutes ifter being shot. Hruton was arrested and lodged in ail. Ho and Williams are both young lien, and leave families. Williams vas a small man of medium height md weight. Besides the two wounds nade by the bullets there were many truises alKMit the head, neck and houlders as a result of the beating kith the chair. IJAHOH I'AKTY TALK. Trade Union Prepare to Carry Fight to the Polls. The first formal move toward the organization of a Labor party in 'ennsylvania was made in Luzerne ounty when the State Federation of jabor met lii WHkes-Uarre. The ame convention that decided against i state-wide strike because of tlie treet car strike in Philadelphia, peitloned the courts to allow them to ise the name "The Federated Labor 3arty" on county ballots this fall, limilar steps will be taken in all lie counties of the state and a state >onvention held in the summer will tamo labor candidates for the state lenates, the state house of represonatives and the United States confess. Tree Fell 011 llim. A most distressing accident hap)ened Saturday on the Nicholson arm, ahout two miles from StatesMllo, N. C., where Messrs. Adderholdt ind Dlshman were cutting trees. A ' 'oung man, Lawrence May, was taught beneath a falling tree and >adly crushed about the head, chest lnd shoulders. No hopes are enteralncd for his recovery. ingels of the Lord are working his ; Vlmighty will upon this earth of ours md its doomed Inhabitants, it is trange that while many blazing stars ire represented as falling from heavm, he should have chosen "Wormvood" to represent the well-known omet which has harmlessly visited >ur skies nearly one hundred times n the era embraced in Human hisory, with no warrant whatever save he guesses of pseudo-scientists to uatify any belief in its host lies. Fortunately, however, the Georgia 'cracker" predictor gives us a repite until the South Pole shall be li8Covered, aviation shall be as much ?f any everyday business as autodling, the Kastorn war with Gog and rtagog shall he fought, electricity hall be fully understood and utilized ind the Bible known in every land. Truly, we can be thankful for this lelay of the consummation of all hlngs, but we can rest with greater onftdence upon the assurance of the cientists, that already our earth has nore than once passed through the ail of Halley's comet without reviving the slightest harm and wlthmt the occurrence being known save hrough scientific observation. Wo :an rest with some confidence upon ' he conditions so represented. * THE HOI SURE TO COME French Admiral Predicts Terriffic Struggle in New Future. INVOLVES ALL NATIONS Tlio War Will lie Commenced by the I'uit.wl * * - ?... u ohu ?II|NIU 1(1 M Quanvl Over China, and Will ho Moat Direful in its Far flenching Consequences. The memoirs of Vice Admiral Founder, commander of tho Mediterranean squadron of the French navy, in which he discussed particularly the possibility of ft war between the United States and Japan and the resultant danger of dragging all Europe into a terrlflrt court let, have Just been Issued in book form at Paris. Tho memoirs have caused something of a sensation in political and diplomatic circles. Admiral Founder accords the star role on the stage of international politics to the German Kmperor, not only in . Europe, says the writer, where tho Emperor is trying desperately to break the league of pow-VR against hlin, but also indirectly as an influential factor in tlie relations between the United States and Japan. Admiral Founder says that it is useless to deny that there is a possibility of war between the United States and Japan as a result of popular irritation in America shou'd Japan s demands or Japan's policies of absorption prove intolerable to America's excessive self-esteem or interests in the Far East. These interests, the admiral adds, are antaganlstic to those of Japan, which, pusned on by fate : expand in the Asiatic continent by conquest or diplomatic victory, se?ks to become predominant in the very reg oris which the United State protects in supporting tho Integrity of China and policy of the open door. The admiral declares that .Tnpan's great fear is that the friendly relations between the United States and China will culminate in an ou* and out allegiance, and thus, in event of War, the United States would have a base of operations and general resources vastly superior to the Philippines. Japan's increased armaments, therefore, are explainable tint as a menace to Russia, but in preparation to combat before it is too late the peril contained in America's policies. Admiral Fournler thinks that the naval strength of the United States will one day not only exceed that of Japan, but probably will equal that of Great Britain, in spite of the effort of England to preserve her supremacy of the seas, and Japan's inferiority would oblige her ally, England, to come to her aid In the event of a conflict with the United States In case of a hostile coalition of the United States with the triplo alliance, the admiral believes, France would be forced to supplement the forces of England, Japan and Russia. He doubts, however, that the German Emperor, "although devoured by a desire to smash the league, and adopting a diplomacy as unscrupulous as that of the iron chancellor," would enter on the perilous venture of such a war, which would offer little chance of victory on land or sea. Without the intervention in Europe of the navies of the triple alliance in a way to help the American fleet at the moment it was seriously engaged in the Atlantic and the Pac- 1 ific, the decisive superiority in that struggle," declares the vice admiral, "would rest with the forces of Japan and England. Under these conditions, which spell defeat, the United States would undoubtedly resist the temptation to settle her differences with Japan by an appeal to arms." ? lie Is in n IIjkI Fix. Heseeching Judge Doputy at Chicago to sentence him to life imprisonment as an incurable morphine user, Christain 10. Walters, plead guilty of larceny and was sentenced to the penitentiary for an indefinite | term of from one to ten years. What ; is the use of letting me out of the penitentiary, when I can't keep away | from crime?" the prisoner said. * ' ii . . . , A Georgia Tragedy. (Ed Hart was shot and instantly killed and Mrs. Hart, his wife, was fatally wounded by Itufe Miller, at the home of the former in Dodge county, Ga., Saturday night. Details nf ?????1 wi me 11 nKwiy ttre meagre, out It la km 1(1 that the shooting wns the result of an old grudge between the men. | 1RY HER BURGLARnvmRDiRl^H ONE WOMAN AM) SK1UOUSLY JL'RES ANOTHER. H His Dojimnd for Money Ileiog fused Masked Intruder Fires ofl^| School Temhor. His demand for money havin|^^| been ignored, a masked burglar, had entered the drawing room of residence of Mrs. Sarah J. now n?H Round HIU, In the northern part Springfield, Mass., Friday ?-vening,^^| shot and killed Miss Martha B. Blackstone, 29 years old, a publle^H school teacher, and probably fatally^H wounded Miss Harriet IJ. Dow, a fel-^H low teach r. Miss Blackstone was shot through^H the heart as she ran screaming into^H an adjoining room. Miss Dow'gj^H skull was fractured and trepanlng^H will be resorted to in an effort to save her life. With Miss Dow and Miss Blackstone in the dining room H were the former's mother and sister. The murder was a most wanton one. Mrs. Dow, her two daughters, and Miss Blackstone, who was a guest for the night, were seat* d in the^H living room, of the home about small table, solving a picture puz-^^H The first Intimation they had ot^H in intruder was a demand for money H from the dining room, just in the rear. They looked up to see a masked man in tin- dark hallway, threatening them with a revolver. Mrs. bow retained her composure and replied: "We have no money," but Miss Black stone, in fright, jumped to her feet and ran screaming into a reception mom to the right of the living room. ~ The burglar said: "If you to be killed keep on screaming" an<l^^| fired as he spoke, tin* bullet entering^! Miss Blackstone's left breast. Death followed instant!v. Tim ? . - IHUIUVIUI hardly paused to see bis victim fall before he turned the revolver on tho group, shooting Miss Harriet Dow in the head. He then ran to the front door, leaped over the piazza railing and disappeared. The police have no clue to his identity. I Both Miss lllackstone and Mlsa Dow were teachers in tho Jefferson avenue school. Miss Blackstone was 3 9 years old and Miss Dow about KlltlOBKi AT SI>AKTA.\HUItG. Incendiary Blaze in tlie Heart of the.H City l'ut Out. 'V Tho prompt discovery of a fire H Friday nigiit at Spartanburg in the H rear <>r Tuck's fruit store by Mrs. H Hair of Augusta, (>a., patient at the H Stoed 1 ey sanitarium, prevented a H serious fire on East Main street iti H the very heart of tho business secMrs Hair had occasion to go to the medicine room to take a dose of medicine and on looking out of the window, saw the blaze from the window. Peering out she saw a man shoving lots of waste paper into a H pile of burning boxes in the rear of H Tuck's Fruit Store, adjoining the H wholesale grocery houses of J. A. H Gall man and Brown Bros. H Tho tiro burned rapidly and In a H moment's time the rear of the two H Stores wore on fire. The flamea H spread to the hospital building, H burning the windows to the third H storv mwl fliiiii" c.n nit; I wuilin Willi sinoko. Tho patients of the sanl- fl tarium were thrown into a state of H wild excitement and preparations H were made to remove them from the fl building Klin lent work of th Are fl department, however, prevented ser- fl ions disaster. fl Killed i?y Lightning* fl At Ashevllle 'Mrs. Whit Blackwel- B der, aged 4 0, one of the most widely fl known residents of that section, watt fl killed by lightning during a severe B electrical storm Saturday afternoon, B Tho deceased was alone in the house fl at the time and was found by nei?hbors an hour lat r. Tiie bolt which jfl killed Mrs. Blackwelder passed in fl through the roof of the house. fl Victim of Forest Fire. fl The charred body of Kate How- fl ell, an aged woman, was Saturday fl afternoon found near her home in fl Carvers Creek township, near Fay- fl wtv nuCf u., wnere she had met H her death fighting a forest Are Thurs- I day. James Harden, a neighbor* H heard her screams, but fighting to H save his own home, could not invea- H tigate. I Gipsies Drowned. I A caravan of fifty Gypsies broke H through the Ice Thursday on Cher- H emenetzki Lake, near Luga, Russia. nearly all of the 50 men, women and H children were drowned. H AID J