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FALLS TO DEATH Rilpk Johnson's Aeroplane Drops Fife Hundred Feet and He IS INSTANTLY KILLED (Jk? m I'Juimuei, 1110 itruKi-u .<i?- i I *ttilne Drops Amid Thousands of 4|ifootn(ors at Overland Park.? Aviator is Mangled in the Wreck and 10 very lione Is Ilroken. With one wing tip of his machine crumbled like a piece of paper, Ralph Johnstone, the daring young aviator, Holder of the worlds alti- I tnde record, dropped like a plummet from a height of live hundred feet into the inclosure at Overland Park aviation field, at Denver, Col., on Thursday afternoon. He was instantly killed. When , spectators reached him his body lay beneath the engine of the biplane, with the white planes that had fail ed hi in in time of nee I, wrapped about it like a shroud. Nearly every bone in his body was broken. He had gambled with death orme , too often, but he played the same to the end, fighting cooly and grimly to the last second to regain control j of his broken machine. Fresh from his triumphs at Helinont Park, where he had broken the worlds record for altitude with a flight of 0,7 14 feet, Johnson attempted to give the thousands of spectators an extra thrill with his most daring feat, the spiral glide, which hns made the Wright aviators fani- ' oiks. The spectators got their thrill. The fatal flight was the second Johnstone had made during the afternoon. In the first flight, when he was in the air with Hoxsey and Brookins. he had gone through his usual programme ot' dips and glide* with the machine apparently under perfect control. Then Johnston rose again and after a few circuits of the course to gain height, headed toward the foothills. Still ascending, ! he swept back in a big circle and as he reached the north end of the en- 1 closure he started his spiral gliding. J He was at an altitude of about 800 feet. With his planes tilted at j au angle of almost ninety degrees, he swooped down in a narrow circle, j the aeroplane seeming to turn almo3t in its own length. As he started the second circle, the middle spur, which braces the left side of the lower plane gave war and the winds tips of both upper and lower planes folded j up as though they had been hinged. For a second Johnstone attempted to right the plane by working the other wing tip. Then the horrified spectators say the plane swerve like a wounded bird and plunge straight toward tht earth. Johnstone was thrown from his seat as the nose of the plane swung downward. lie caught on one of his wire stays between the planes I and grasped one of the wooden brae- ' ed of the upper piano with both hands. Then, working with hands and feet, he roungt ny ; main strength to warp the planes so that their surface might catch the air and check his descent. For a second it seemed that he might succeed, for the football helmet he wore blew off and fell much more rapidly than the plane. The hope was momentary, howevvr, for when about ft00 feet from the ground the machine turned completely over, and the spectators fled woldl.v as the broken plane, with the aviator still fighting rimly In its mesh of wires and stays, plunged among them with a crash. Srarcelv had Johnstone hit the ground before morbid men and women swarmed over the wreckage, fighting with each other for souvenirs. One of the broken wood stays had gone almost through Johnsone's l>ody. Before doctors could reach the scene one man had torn this splinter from the body and run away, carrying his trophy with the aviator's blood still dripping from Its ends. Frantic, the crowd tore away the canvas from over his body and then 1 fought for the very gloves that had protected his hands from the cold. I The machine fell on the opposite Ride of the field from the grand stand and there were hut ? 'c\v hundred persons near the spot, but physicians and policy were rushed across as soon as possible. Physicians declare that death was instantaneous as Johnstone's back, neck and both less were broken, the bones of h's thigh being forced through the flesh and leather garments he wore. Aich Moxsey, who In a previous light that afternoon had reached an altitude of 2.f?00 feet, had risen Just before Johnstone began his fat 11 glide and was in the air when 'lie accident took [dace. As he swung around the other end of the course ko saw Johnstone had fallen and guided his machine directly over the body of his friend. lie descended as soon as he could bring his plane #o the ground and rushed to (lie wreck a ee where lie and Walter ?roriklns helped lift the mangled body to an automobile which brought It to the city. Many of the spectators ware watch COAST LINE LUStS MUST PAY FOR DAMAGE TO COTTON OF COPH FIRM. The Colon Was Ruru<Nl While on tlie Platform of Defendant Await* log Shipment. The Atlantic Coast Line must pay for damage to 20 bales of coltm that belonged to the Green-Brabham | Company of Cope, the cotton having, been destroyed by firo while on th j defendant company's platform. The allegation in the complaint wis that the fire started from a spark from an engine of the Atlantic Coast Line. The action was brought under that section of the law which makes j railroad corporations liable for dam- j ago caused by fire communicated by its locomotive engines, "except in such cases where property shall have j been placed on the right of way of such corporation unlawfully and i without its consent." Only a. few days ago the Supreme Court ruled that it was not r?enecsnry for negligence to be shown in order that, a person having property damaged might recover from a railroad corporation. In this case, on which the 'Supreme Court rules, the defendant denied that the fire was set by its engine and alleged that the cotton was there without its consent. At the time of the lire and for several years previous to the time, the company had kept posted on its depot a notice which said that all persons were forbidden from placing cot'on or other property in the right of way of the company or on its premises, unless the same was tendered for shipment or full shipping instructions given to the agent' at that point. The railroad company pointed out to its patrons thai" it would not be responsible t'or prot. erty so unlawfully put on its platform. The testimony in the Green-Brabham case tended to show that for three years the plaintiff had been buying cotton, and from time to time it was carried to defendants platform and weighed by the public weigher and loft there until ciioudi had been bought to make up a shipment, when plaintiff would call on defendant's agent and get a bill 01 iau ing. The defendant company asked thit a verdict be directed on the ground that plaintiff should have known, by reading the notice, that tli? cotton had been placed there at his own risk. This motion \va3 refused. The Supreme Court rules that it was up to the jury to decide the question as to whether the cotton was there with or without consent. The verdict of the jury for $G60.G2, was sustained by the Supreme Court. PREACHER STOLE CHICKENS And Sold the Poultry He Stole to Another Preacher. A funny mix up of preachers took place at Spartanburg a few days ago. A negro preacher visited the henhouse of Rev. L. M. Roiier, pastor of the First Baptist Church and took seven fine hens, which were later sold to the Rev. \V. II. K. Pendleton, i pastor of the Church of the Advent Preacher llenry WorJey, as he is known from the pulpit, or Clarene* Thaeker, as he is known when fol- ' lowing his other vocation, wm suspected of the theft of the fowls, an J the polic* department searched his home. lie was arrested, and tne Iter. Mr. Roper was present rtt the trial the ease was called, and positively identified his birds. The Rev. Mr. Pendleton idontifi <1 thei negro as being the one who so1! them to him, and Worley or Thacker was convicted. When the officers visited his home they also found a bicycle that w-\? I stolen from .1. A. Tillinghu.st, pro fessor at Converse College. When I the negio completes a sentence of three months for the city he will bo tried In the Circuit Court on the charge of the larceny of a bicycle. \VA\TKI> HIM LYNCHKl). Asbury I*?rk Mob Seeks Life of the Alleged Murderer. Following an abortive attempt by j a mob at Asbury Park, X. to lynch Thomas Williams, the negro suspected of the murder of nine-year-ola Alary iSmltn, tne prisoner trembling with fear and on tlie verge of collapse. was quietly removed from the jail and whisked away in an automobile to the county jail at Freehold. The mob had scattered and the streets had been cleared so that the officers in charge of the prisoner had little difficulty in getting him out of, town. Williams denies all knowledge of the crime, and from official sources it was learned ho had apparently established a good alibi, lie is being held without bail for further examination and to await the inquest. ing Hoxsey's flight, and did not see Johnstone's machine collapse, but .? woman's shriek. "My God, he's gone," drew every eye In time to see him dashed to death upon the ground. VfcK* MKANbfc tA5t RICK WOMAN CHARGED WITH TRYING TO PUT HER Husband, Wlio is a Millionaire, Out of tho Way So She Could Marry a Poor Clerk. A strange ease i? now being tried at Wheeling, W. Va.t which shows that money does not always bring happiness to those who have plenty of it. Wilson, the chauffeur, sworo that Mrs. John O. Schenk, wife of his millionaire employer, had tried to pet him to run their car over an embankment, so her husband would ho killed, that she might marry a $20 a week clerk. Failing in ibis scheme the woman attempted to kill her husband by slow poison, and he is now in a precarious condition. Mr. Schenk, who hovers between life and death, referring to his wife'a arrest said: "If what tlio police tell me is j true, she is where she deserves to be." Mr. Sc.-honk has been a man of iron strength up to last June, when he returned from a trip around tho world. Shortly after that he began to grow suckly and finally sand into complete invalidism. It is gald that during tho summer the Schenks quarreled frequently over the wife's desire for pleasure and companionship. It is said that Mr. Schcnk, himself mentioned 'to a friend his suspicion that some one was poisoning him. Tho friend notified his relatives and then began the clever v. ork of the private detectives. Mr. Schenk was confined to his bed, and the nurse who had charge of him was a woman detective. Lundy Wilson, the chauffeur, was displaced by a detective, who is said to have gathered evidence while driving Mrs. Schenk about the city. The deteotive-nurse is said to have reported to the prosecutor that, oil ono occasion, she was trying to open a bottle of lithia water when Mrs. -chcnk took it from her hands, sayin ir: "Let. me open it: I'm nfrairl you 11 cut your hand." This, ' t is believed, was the first intimation of the method of the poisoning. Several half consumed bottles of the water were sent to the chemists of the University of Virginia and John Hopkins Universtiy The reports came back that all were quantity. Mr. Schenk was taken to the hospital about two weeks ago. And, even there, according to the accusers, Mrs. Schenk offered a nurse? also the detective?$1,00 0 to poison her husband. m ? IIA KM OX AM) WlbSOX. Senator Money Thinks They Would Make Strong Team. Senator Hernando I). .Money, Democratic leader In the senate, says that the majority in the Sixty-second congress should proceed immediotel> to revise the tariff with any leferenoe whatever to the taric com mis sion. The senator arrived at Washing [on Monday from New York. Sena tor Money says that Judeon Harm m is the man for president and that in 1 New York all the taik was for 11 ir mon and Wilson. Concerning Gov. Harmon the senator said: "lie combines 'the essential qua!' ties of leadership. His honesty, .n tegrity, his courage and the sterling Roundness of his democracy; his unparalleled personal triumph in sweeping Ohio.th e president's own State; the inspiration which hit great victory has given the Democrats everywhere?are a few of the things that male him an ideal candidate. He is a strict constitution u and State rights Democrat. ' Found Watery Grave. A special to the Savannah Pres> from New York states that H. N Mason, with headquarters in New York, but who had lived recently in Hoston and Augusta, Ga., committed suicide at sea on last. Sunday night by jumping overboard from the passenger steamship City of Columbus of tlie Savannah line. Itrcniiic a Nuisance. The court at Topeka, Kansas, lias been called upon to decide a queer legal question ? whether or not the attentions of a persistent wooer becomes a public nuisance. Mrs. Ida Carter, a pretty widow, declares they ; do, and she lias had Scott Smith arl rested, because lie persists in pro,losing to ber every time they meet. Noted Case Knded. At Nashville, Tenn., Robin J. Cooper, charged with murdering for-! mcr United States Senator Kdward | I W. Carmaok, November 5, was j | given a verdict of not guilty in ] [criminal court Tuesday morning on tlio recommendation of Attorney j j Central Anderson. Thus was Mow ' od one of the most celebrittd <a*wb in Tenneuaeo court, annals. Tariff lesson for Farmers. Wha* hus caused the State of Iowa to decrease 7,082 in population since 1900? Secretary Wilson has told us that the tariff is making tho farmers prosperous, and yet thousands have moved away from this prosperity to seek other and more invUing fields. Is it possible that 4 l- - t. i U mma /?P \TA?*lh tunuinm lUt) UltUU {JIHUICD U1 iiuiiiinbovsin Canada, where corn will not ripen, offer better prospects for successful farming than the rich lands of Iowa? The fact is, Secretary Wilson is mistaken and the farmers know It, elso why their intense demand for real tariff revision. The only Iowa farmers that the tariff helps are those who raise sheep, for they benefit by the tariff of 12 cents per pound on wool. But there were in 11)09 only 74 7,000 sheep in Iowa, an i the number is decreasing; for according to the same authority there were 800,000 sheep of sheering age in 190S, which shows a reduction of 53,000 in one year. in tneso c.iine oiitcini siansucis m price of sheep 011 the farm appears to he declining; for in 1908 the average price in the United 'States is quoted at $3.88 per head, v/liila in 1909 the price had declined to $3.43. Tnis does not indicate that the farmers are getting their share of the prosperity which the Republicans assure us is due to the protective tariff. Even their sheep and wool on which they are protected do not seem to be adding to their prosperity; and on nothing else than wool is the Iowa farmer really protected by the tariff. The price of wool lias declined since the passage of the new tarifi law, although the very high protection on wool and woolens was not changed. At St. Louis the highest price reached in January, 1908, for best tub-washed was 33 cents a *ound; while during December o; the same year the price fell to 2S cents per pound. There are no latei government statistics published, bni the Daily Record of Qu.'ncy, Illinois. November 4, 1 hi 0 in its market re nort of the price of hides and wool says: "Wool?Although prices are not advancing just yet the market is toning up. There is a better demand and the general feeling is better." While the Iowa farmer has beet: having good crops and getting good prices for them during the past fov rears, the cost of living has advain ed over CO per cent with him as with every dweller in the citie3, and those who have rented farms have had 'heir rent raised as the price of land increased. These Iowa farmers wm have emigrated probably mostly ten ints?have 'evidently not been ven prosperous, or they would not leav? their homes and their neighbors and their friends to go to new countrie:and begin all over again with all tin hardships of frontier life. No wonder that in Iowa and in all the Western states where similar condition.4prevail there has been a general demand for tariff revision downward: for it is very evident that protection f!oi'S not protect the farmer, bui plunders him. Tcrldv's Iliii/il \tji ( urC Roosevelt is entirely devoid of an; :hing like sympathy or kindness fo: his fellowman who m:.v be uu'Tnunato. This has been shown in do/ ?ns of cases, but one of t he most conspicuous v.as that of the late .lameg \". Tyner, assistant attorney-genor;?? or the pcatoflice department, wh< >n October 190.1, was in iicted to conspiracy to defraud the government in the postoffice frauds? Mr Tyner was seventy-seven, and fo: nearly forty years he had served tin* government in various important of Hcos. He was a broken man physi ally. After his indictment, while hi*case was awaitin? trial, at a time when every dictate of decency calle i for suspension of ju igment as to his grilf, Theodore Roosevelt, as the President of United States, sent fo r> 11 gross a memorandum on the pos;office frauds in which Mr. Tyner wa> condemned as a law breaker, held ui to scorn as a scoundrel, and lashec as a villian. So obviously imprope. was this proceeding that Senatoj flonri'n ITriulilo llrtnr t\ f \I n nil 11 setts, paid a personal call on Mr. Ty ner to make public display of his disapprobation of Theodore Roosevelt's outrageous conduct. Mr. Tyner was put on trial, and on May 25, ll?04, the jury declared bin. Innocent of the charges. On the 1 im> np Tnno 100 4 *!r Tvnrr thru i i til U i ] uuv., i u o i | mil i ; in i , til vin Heated and with hii good name unclouded, wrote from his deathbed to Theodore Roosevelt an appeal for justice. This lector closed with these words: "My remaining hours are feu and though my nouse is in order and wi h clear conscious 1 await from day to day the irrevocable summons, nevertheless 1 can not close my oy< s without first appealing to you, Mr. President, as my chief accuser, to endeavor, in ?o far as you can, to ri ht the great wrong Hiicli you havo unwittingly done me." This manly and pathetic appeal, presented in the most respectful m.uiiH r elicited no symphatlc reply from the President. The attitude or the general public fonn 1 no echo in the White House. The figure of the dying man aro; s? d no sentiment of kindness, no thought of justice, in Theodore Roosevelt. Tire aged public servant, his name umunlrchcd after 'the ordeal of the courts, vindi- j 'ratod after j*ha...'t by the powerful j CONFERENCE CLOSES daughters of american rev OIjUTIOX adjourn. ? ? The Next Ki^gion Will Re Held id Cheater.?Officers Elected and aii Commit tees Appointed. 1 The fourteenth annual conference of the Daughter** of the Aeinerlcin Revolution, ended its session in Orangeburg on Friday week after a enthusiastic and enjoyable meeting. Much business was accomplished at ho conference and it was the larg est over held. The conference was ) res id ed over by Mrs. F. R. Mayos, -Tate Regent, of Greenville. The annual report of the State resent was excellent showing great kuowlcdgo ind research. The following committees made splendid reports at tlx; conference State Flu go, by Mrs. A. C. Ldgon, of Orangeburg; Industrial Kducauou, Mrs. F. II. II. Calhoun, Clcmson Coleee; Railroad Rates, Mrs. A. C. lugon, Orangeburg; Continental Hail, ?Irs. .J. A. .Miles, Charleston; Magazine. Mrs. S. C. Baker, Sumter; Revolutionary Graves, Miss Kate Idly Blue, Marlon. Mrs. Rebecca Bacon, of FJdgefleld, the first State Regent and lineal descendant of General Pickens audi laughter of Governor Pickens, was >resent and a beautiful tribute wrir-l ten by Mrs. Bacon to Sumter, Pickuis aiul Marion was read by Mrs. tobertson. Mrs. Bacon is the pionor 1). A. Ft. in this State and, al-1 hough, advanced in age, she is in ;ood health. An < i/li>nci! ,->,1 ("'fificuri' i I Win I?*_r I n li UJ u i v.ij-1 \mi nuv i ? u ?// Mrs. Bratton of Gothriesville, an exRate regent, was enjoyed by tiio onferonce. .Mrs. .Mario G. RichardsO11, O i G reonville, brought, a message Tom the Children of the ltevoluion. It was decided to petition the leg-! slature to adopt the song "Carolin i" is tho State song, because it wad omposod by Ilenry Timrod and sm o musie by Mrs. Burgess, both naive South Carolinians. 'I ho following ollicers were eloct(1 at this conference: Second vice pgent, Mrs. II. B. Carlisle. Spartan-! uirg; Third vice-regent, Mrs. K. 11. TJhoun; Auditor, Mrs. S. C. Baker, unitor; Assistant historian, Mrs. W.J \ Watson, of Greenville. The following standing committees or the ensuing year have been appointed by the State regent: State Monument?Mesdames A. I. tobertson, Sattilee; II. W. Richardon, Clark Waring, Miss I. 1). .Martin, 1 of Columbia; Mrs. Rebbecca Bac>n. Eigofleld; Mrs. R. K. Carson, Spartanburg; Mrs. E. W. Duvall, Oheraw; Mrs. A. C. Sinclair, Benmsvlile; Mrs. Cox, Chester; Mrs. Eason, Charleston; Mrs. G. G. Byers, iaff ony. state umcers?.Mrs. A. H. Dean, I ireenviHo; Mrs. A. X. Wood, GafYicy; Mrs. W. H. Dial, Laurens. Revolutionary Graves?M!?i With rspoon, Yorkvilie; Miss Mattie 1\ zard. Columbia; Mrs. W. K. Soaso, M-angebur^;; Mrs. W. J. Bailey, "'linton. Patriotic Education?Mrs. F. H. II. 'alhoiiii, Clernson College; Mrs. H Carlisle, Spartanburg; Miss Mar 'ia nrun .on, r i ore nee. The State Urgent paid the musical' alent of Orangeburg a deserved tr!bito for fho sweet music tendered be conference by Orangeburg s girtid musicians and vocalists. The social events of the Confer-! nee were a reception tendered by he Orangeburg Elks, a tea by Eut* v j Chapter, I). A. R.; a luncheon by ' ivio club; a luncheon by Moultrie | haptor, i>. A. R. ami a reception teamed by Paul McMichael Chapter, 'I. D. C. 'I'lie next conference will be h3 Id t Chester; Anderson and Cbms.n Co)lego bavinr withdrawn their invitations in favor of Chester. SHOOTS ms OWN SON. ? . ? rrom KITects of Which the Young Man looses a Leg. Leo Ranks, a white man, was lodged in jail at Lexington Wednesday morning by Deputy Sheriff Miller, charged with having tried to take the life of his 20-year-old son, Troy Ranks, at the former's home, near f oesville, Tuesday afternoon. It is stated that the son was fired upon by the father with a rifle, the bullet iakin? effect in the calf of his iefe, shattering the hone to such an ex tent that amputation was necessarv. Details of tlie affair are meagre, but from what can be gathered It seems that the father had been drinking for several days, and wlhlo under the influence of whiskey, attacked his family, with the result that the son was shot. The terrible affair has shocked the entire community, and it scorns almost unbelicvah'e that a man should attempt to take the life of his only child. agencies of the department of justice, went to his grave without one word of correction of the gross wrong that had been done liirn by Theodore Roosevelt, then Pros! lent of the United State. let us all re.'olce because of the repudiation of this brutal man by the people of this great country. THE DEADLY CAR i A Fearful Automobile Accident Hart * v Rdleigb Aviation Meet. WHILE AT HIGH SPEED " ? ' ?n n fhirvn lilt? ? ->;tr riitiuiicii vn -w... - ~ tile Fair Huildiiig and Plunged Through the Pence Over Into * ^ Crowd of Spectators, Madly Injurlug Three of Tliciu. Mrs. A. II. Mooneyhan, wife of a member of the mercantile corporation of Dobbin Farral Co., of Raleigh, NT. C., and two negro wouien, both from Durham, were perhaps fatally injured Wednesday afternoon during the big flying machine aud automobile meet at Raleigh. I", V.as an till lUIIHdiiiu iii'.nnrui vtt- ?? - for the flying machine events were , pulled off. H. D. Woollcott, manager of the Haleigh Motor Car and Garage Co., and Mrs. Woollcott wern speeding a Jackson car around the race track while the flying machine* were being prepared for flight. Mrs. Woollcott was at the whoot when the car passed 'over a de pression in the track and skidded on a curve nearest the fair building* and plunged through the fence over into crowd of spectators. Mrs. Woollcott fainted and Mr. Woollcott sei/.t (1 the wheel and shut down the power, neither of the Woolleotts or the machine being serI iously injured. However the car ran over Mrs. MooneyhaA, breaking I her leg and inflicting internal injuries. Alice Castlebury, colored, of Durham, had her skull fractured and other injuries, and Ada Hryant, colored also of Durham, was terribly crushed and bruised. There is no hope for the recovery of either of them and only a fighting chance for Mra. Mooneyha n. The flying machines, manned by Messrs. MeCurdy and 101 y, made successful flights between four and six o'clock. MeCurdy led off with a flight that was all that could he desired, circling the race track and going far out over the city. When he made his descent ho alighted at full speed and would have crashed into tne race track fence but for the machine having careened so as to dig the right plauo into the earth; it would have u'fnnlrnil n ml i./iv:cilklv Iho aviatnr in. jured. As if. was the right plane ww smashed and the machine badly strained. Probably one thousand persons witnessed the event. served him incur. Takes a Cold Ruth for Ilettlng *n Republican. In the eobl, gray d.iwn of the e*rly morning?it was the coldest morning this fall?John Gear, who thought that Henry L. Stimson would be elected Governor of New York, took otT his clothes, put on a bat hi a? suit an 1 jumped in the icy List River at New York Wednesday. With a row boat fo'dowing close ibchhid, he swam across the r:v->r to Randall's Island, thereby carrying out. the provisions of an election bet. [A crowd watched and cheered his v plucky performance. Must Steer Clear of Them. The New York Sun, in spo iking of 'the rumor that James 13. Campbell jaud John J. Lent'/ are candidates for (Senator Dick's sent in the United J Stales Senate from Ohio, says "If the Democratic party sends political i hacks to Washington from those States where the opportunity has come to it to strengthen the minority in the Senate it ought to havn short shift at the hands of the i >* era." f In the same connection, the Chicago Record-Herald says "John R. McLean, after living in Washington ,for nine years, has just moved back ; io unio. inc unio legislature i* soon to elect a United States i-ennior of Mr. McLean's political persuasion." Tho political persuasion 1 of McLean is with the protected trusts and other plunderers of tfr? people. The Democrats of Ohio do not f need either of these gentlemen In the l!nlt?d States Senate. As Tko state says the Democratic party In Ohio and other States, recently wreat ed from the Republican part#* "should have the wisdom to avoid the rocks of the professional politicians. They are not hid len rocks. A. half dozen States have recently demonstrated their possession of drat' rate Democratic material, and that M pays to use that material. Ever/ j:State has a fair supply, but It ban (to be sought." . killed b.v 'I rain. With nis foot caught in a frog on the track and unable to e\trlcam himself. Ceorge II. Hart, aged ?~>A? of I'eabodv, Mass., stood ant vuicsed a freilht train as it bore tioun on him. was Instantly kll'ed.